Opening August 16th
Bowie Community Theatre
Arsenic and Old Lace
by Joseph Kesselring
Directed by Randy Tusing

August 16th through September 8th
Fridays and Saturdays at 8 PM
Sundays at 2 PM
Bowie Playhouse
16500 White Marsh Park Drive, Bowie, MD 20715

Tickets $25, Seniors and Students $20
Group Rates Available
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Drama critic Mortimer Brewster’s engagement announcement is upended when he discovers a corpse in his elderly aunts’ window seat.
Mortimer rushes to tell Abby and Martha before they stumble upon the body themselves, only to learn that the two old women
aren’t just aware of the dead man in their parlor, they killed him! Between his aunts’ penchant for poisoning wine,
a brother who thinks he’s Teddy Roosevelt, and another brother using plastic surgery to hide from the police—
not to mention Mortimer’s own hesitancy about marriage—it’ll be a miracle if Mortimer makes it to his wedding.
Arsenic and Old Lace is a classic black comedy about the only thing more deadly than poison: family.

Auditions
The British Players
Jack and the Beanstalk, A British Pantomime
by Ben Crocker

Calling all singers, actors, dancers and joyous talent!
The British Players will be casting its annual pantomime, a family musical comedy show, with adults and children over the age of 12.
AUDITIONS!
August 26th and 27th
From 7:00 PM to 9:45 PM
Bannockburn Community Clubhouse
6314 Bannockburn Dr., Bethesda, MD 20817.
Call backs, if needed, will be held Wednesday, August 28 at Bannockburn.
For more information, check out: www.britishplayers.org

Jack Trot and his mother, Dame Trot live in a village called Merrydale. Jack is in love with King Bertram’s daughter, the lovely Princess Demelza.
The village is being terrorized by the Giant who lives Up-In-The Clouds. He demands increased taxes and the hand of the Princess in marriage.
In order to pay the Giant, Dame Trot and Jack are forced to sell their cow Daisy. However, Jack is tricked by Slimeball, the Giant’s henchman,
who pays him in beans instead of cash; and who abducts the Princess and takes her to the Giant.
Jack throws the beans away in disgust, but magically they grow into a huge beanstalk allowing him to climb up into the clouds to rescue the Princess.
Will it end happily ever after?

Opens September 6th
Colonial Players of Annapolis
Tiny Beautiful Things
Based on the Book by Cheryl Strayed
Adapted for the Stage by Nia Vardalos
Co-Conceived by Marshall Heyman, Thomas Kail, and Nia Vardalos
Directed by Rikki Howie Lacewell

September 6 - 28, 2024
Thursdays through Saturdays at 8 PM
Sundays at 2 PM
Colonial Players of Annapolis
108 East Street, just off State Circle, in historic Annapolis.

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Tiny Beautiful Things personifies the questions and answers that “Sugar” was publishing online from 2010-2012.
When the struggling writer was asked to take over the unpaid, anonymous position of advice columnist, Strayed used empathy
and her personal experiences to help those seeking guidance for obstacles both large and small.

Tiny Beautiful Things is a play about reaching when you’re stuck, healing when you’re broken, and finding the courage to take on the questions that have no answers.

Open Auditions
Colonial Players of Annapolis
A Visit From St. Nicholas or The Night Before Christmas
Written by Lowell Swortzell
Directed by Joe Thompson

Saturday, September 7, 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Sunday, September 8, 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m
The Colonial Players Annex
2132 Renard Court, Annapolis, MD 21401
Callbacks will be by invitation only Wednesday, September 11, 7:00 p.m.

All roles are open and non-paying.
The show requires at least 6 performers, but we will also cast a small ensemble of adults and kids to present the supplemental material, which may include singing.

Performance Dates: December 5 - 15, 2024

Synopsis:
On Christmas Eve, 1822, Clement Clarke Moore's house is not as quiet as a mouse—in fact, everyone is stirring.
The three children await the arrival of St. Nicholas. Mother and Father arise thinking they hear intruders.
Cousin Harriet enlists the children to copy the poem their father has just written for them, which she hopes to have published for all young people to enjoy.
But Father, as a distinguished professor who fears being known as a poet for children, burns the poem so it can never leave the house.
At first heartbroken, the children unite to save the poem for posterity by improvising it through a riotous enactment.
How they convince their father that his verses should be shared with children everywhere brings about the hilarious, happy ending.

It is intended for this show to be supplemented with original scripted material presenting holiday stories/songs/traditions from various countries and cultural communities.
If you play an instrument, please list it in the special skills section on your audition form.  
Some ensemble members will sing. Auditioners for a singing role may be asked to sing a holiday song a capella.

For full details and character breakdowns please visit:
https://thecolonialplayers.org/index.php/get-involved/auditions

Auditions
Kentlands Community Players
The Lion in Winter
by James Goldman
Directed by Chuck McCarter
Produced by Meredith Fogle

Tuesday and Wednesday October 22, 23 at 7:00 PM
Callbacks Thursday, October 24
The List Realty
371 Main Street, Gaithersburg MD
Auditions will be cold readings and scenes from pages provided at the auditions.
Rehearsals will normally be 7pm-9:30, Monday – Thursday. 
Bringing a resume will eliminate having to list stage experience on the audition form. 
Auditions are open to all. KCP is a non-equity community theatre company. All roles are unpaid.

Performances will be January 17-26, 2025 at the Arts Barn in Gaitherburg.

Sibling rivalry, adultery, and dungeons – “The Lion in Winter,” by James Goldman, is a modern-day classic.
Comedic in tone, dramatic in action – the play tells the story of the Plantagenet family, who are locked in a free-for-all of competing ambitions to inherit a kingdom.
The queen, and wealthiest woman in the world, Eleanor of Aquitaine, has been kept in prison since raising an army against her husband, King Henry II.
Let out only for holidays, the play centers around the inner conflicts of the royal family as they fight over both a kingdom and King Henry’s paramour during the Christmas of 1183.
As Eleanor says, “Every family has its ups and downs,” and this royal family is no exception.
Roles:
Henry II  - King of England, Age 50’s
Alais – a French Princess, mid 20’s
John, - the youngest son
Geoffry – the middle son
Richard Lionheart – the oldest son
Eleanor – Henry’s wife – early 60’s
Philip  - King of France, late 20’s to 30’s
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