A Year With Frog and Toad: TYA Version
Mar 7 – Mar 22, 2026
Based on the books by Arnold LobelBook and Lyrics by Willie RealeMusic by Robert RealeDirected by LIZ BOYER HUNNICUTTMusical Direction by CHARLOTTE EVANSHop into Spring with a tale of friendship...
HADESTOWN: Teen Edition
May 1 – May 17, 2026
Book, Music & Lyrics by Anaïs MitchellDirected by LIZ BOYER HUNNICUTTMusical Direction by CHARLOTTE EVANSJourney to the Underworld... and back again.The myth of Orpheus and Eurydice comes alive...
Review: AUGUST WILSON’S FENCES AT Chesapeake Shakespeare Company
by Lisa A. Crayton - February 20, 2026
Strike one! Troy Maxson is at bat ready to hit a homerun in the game of life. What could possibly go wrong for the former Negro League baseball player in 1950’s Pittsburgh? Lots!...
Review: DAWN at the Everyman Theatre
by Tina Collins - February 13, 2026
In DAWN, the luminous world premiere by Tuyết Thị Phạm, now on stage at the Everyman Theatre , the ordinary becomes sacred. A kitchen table transforms into an altar. A cup of tea becomes an invocation. Silence stretches into something holy. What unfolds is not simply a story, but a ritual of...
Review: A Realistic and Involving STEREOPHONIC at National Theatre
by Jack L. B. Gohn - February 11, 2026
History will record that in 1976, a rock group named Fleetwood Mac, three men and two women, three Brits and two Americans, congregated with an engineer and staff at a recording studio in Sausalito, north of San Francisco, to begin recording a new album....
Review: THE GREAT GATSBY at The Hippodrome
by Timoth David Copney - February 06, 2026
When F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby danced its way off the page and into the American consciousness, it became one of the defining portraits of the hedonistic, halcyon Roaring Twenties. ...
Review: THE SHARK IS BROKEN at Vagabond Players
by Tina Collins - January 14, 2026
This gem of a production is a perfect way to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Jaws, the blockbuster that started it all....
Review: WICKED at The Hippodrome
by Timoth David Copney - December 22, 2025
For the last couple of years or so, theatre nerds everywhere have been besotted with the film version of the hit musical Wicked. After the debut of the first installment, anticipation only grew for Part Two, which dropped this past November. But amid all the brouhaha and ballyhoo over the cinematic ...
Review: DECEIVED at Everyman Theatre
by Tina Collins - December 17, 2025
Christmas is the season for goodwill, warm hearths, and ghosts, real and imagined. Dark days and chill nights conjure tales of things tapping at the window or lingering in the shadows. ...
Past Shows
"The Play That Goes Wrong - High School Edition"
Jan 24 – Feb 1, 2026
The Children's Playhouse of Marylandin residence on the campus of CCBC, EssexProudly PresentsThe Play That Goes Wrong - High School EditionAuthors - Jonathan Sayer, Henry...
The Play That Goes Wrong: High School Edition
Jan 24 – Feb 1, 2026
By HENRY LEWIS, JONATHAN SAYER & HENRY SHIELDSDirected by LIZ BOYER HUNNICUTTEverything goes hilariously wrong this New Year - on purpose!Get ready for a side-splitting night of...
"Annie"
Dec 5 – Dec 14, 2025
The Children's Playhouse of Marylandin residence on the campus of CCBC, EssexProudly PresentsAnnieBook by Thomas MeehanMusic by Charles StrouseLyrics by Martin CharninBased on Little Orphan...
Disney's The Little Mermaid
Sep 20 – Oct 5, 2025
Music by Alan MenkenLyrics by Howard Ashman, Glenn SlaterBook by Doug WrightBased on the Hans Christian Andersen story and the Disney film that was produced by Howard Ashman...
Disney's The Little Mermaid
Sep 20 – Oct 5, 2025
The Children's Playhouse of Marylandin residence on the campus of CCBC, EssexProudly PresentsDisney's The Little MermaidMusic by Alan MenkenLyrics by Howard Ashman, Glenn SlaterBook by...
Annie
Dec 5 – Sep 14, 2025
Book by Thomas MeehanMusic by Charles StrouseLyrics by Martin CharninBased on Little Orphan Annie by permission of The Media Tribune Services, Inc. Directed by LIZ BOYER HUNNICUTTMusical Direction by CHARLOTTE EVANSJoin little...
CPM's 18th Annual Fundraising Gala: Rodger's & Hammerstein's "A Grand Night for Singing"
Sep 13
Music by Richard RodgersLyrics by Oscar Hammerstein IIMusic Arrangements by Fred WellsConceived By Walter Bobbie Directed by Liz Boyer HunnicuttMusical Direction by Charlotte EvansOn Saturday, September 13, 2025 the...
RENT School Edition
May 2 – May 18, 2025
La Vie Boheme! Jonathan Larson's iconic Pulitzer Prize-winning musical that shaped a generation of audiences and taught us all to measure our life in love.
The Wizard of OZ - Youth Edition
Mar 8 – Mar 23, 2025
The Children's Playhouse of Maryland in residence on the campus of CCBC, EssexProudly Presents The Wizard of OZ - Youth Edition By L. Frank BaumMusic and Lyrics by...
Charlie And The Chocolate Factory
Dec 6 – Dec 15, 2024
Roald Dahl's "CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY"Book by David GreigMusic by Marc ShaimanLyrics by Scott Wittman & Marc ShaimanBased on the Novel by Roald DahlSongs...
BYE BYE BIRDIE
Sep 21 – Oct 6, 2024
Children's Playhouse of MDProudly Presents BYE BYE BIRDIEBook by Michael StewartMusic by Charles StrouseLyrics by Lee AdamsDirected By Liz Boyer HunnicuttMusical Direction by Charlotte Evans CrowleyChoreography...
MEAN GIRLS - High School Version
May 4 – May 19, 2024
The Children's Playhouse of Marylandproudly presents ourYoung Adult Series production ofMEAN GIRLS - High School VersionBook by Tina FeyMusic by Jeff RichmondLyrics by Nell BenjaminBased...
Disney's Finding Nemo Jr.
Mar 2 – Mar 17, 2024
Join CPM this Spring as we dive into the Big Blue with Disney's Finding Nemo Jr. on a journey filled with family, friendship and adventure.
Neverland, A New Musical
Dec 2 – Dec 17, 2023
Neverland, A New MusicalBy David Evans andCharlotte Evans CrowleyUh oh! The Captain has lost his hook!Travel with us to Neverland in this modernized tale of Peter...
Anastasia, The Musical
Sep 23 – Oct 8, 2023
Book by Terrence McNallyMusic by Stephen FlahertyLyrics by Lynn AhrensInspired by the Twentieth Century Fox Motion Pictures by special arrangement with Buena Vista TheatricalFrom the play by Marcelle...
Jesus Christ Superstar
May 5 – May 21, 2023
What’s the buzz? A true global phenomenon, Jesus Christ Superstar has wowed audiences for over 50 years! A timeless work, with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and...
Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella - Youth Edition
Mar 4 – Mar 19, 2023
The Children's Playhouse of Maryland Proudy Presents their Production of Rodgers & Hammerstein's "Cinderella - Youth Edition"March 4, 5, 11, 12*, 18, 19 @ 1pmMarch ...
Disney Descendants: The Musical
Dec 3 – Dec 18, 2022
The Children's Playhouse of Maryland Proudy Presents their Production of "Disney Descendants - The Musical"Dec 3, 4, 10, 11*, 17, 18 @ 1pmDec 4, 10,...
42nd Street - Youth Edition
Sep 10 – Oct 2, 2022
Children's Playhouse of Maryland proudly presents 42nd Street - Youth Edition. Performances take place in the Administration Building Lecture Hall on the Campus of CCBC...
Legally Blonde The Musical Jr.
May 6 – May 22, 2022
The Children's Playhouse of Maryland, in residence at CCBC Essex, will present "Legally Blonde The Musical Jr." on May 6 and 13 at 7pm, and...
The Emperor's New Clothes (Ahrens & Flaherty's)
Mar 7 – Mar 22, 2020
The incomparably imaginative creators of Seussical, Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty, bring one of Hans Christian Andersen's most beloved tales to life in The Emperor's...
The Emperor's New Clothes (Ahrens & Flaherty's)
Mar 7 – Mar 22, 2020
CANCELLED - Due to the Community College of Baltimore County's policy in response to the Coronavirus outbreak, and out of an abundance of caution, CCBC...
CPM's Gala 2019 - Matilda The Musical
Sep 7
Children's Playhouse of MD requests the honor or your presence at their 13th Annual Fundraising Gala. This year's event will showcase our student performers in...
Disney's Newsies
May 3 – May 19, 2019
The Children's Playhouse of Maryland in residence at CCBC, Essex is proud to present our Young Adult Series Production of Disney's "NEWSIES." Music by Alan...
Les Miserables - School Edition
May 2 – May 17, 2015
Grand and uplifting, Les Misérables is a powerful affirmation of the human spirit and one of the most popular musicals of all time. Young performers...
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