Key City Improv
Our home grown heroes are back! During the Holidays of 2021, a group of Ensemble School improv students formed Key City, specializing in short form improv! If you enjoy "Whose Line is it Anyway?" you will love this show!
Maryland Ensemble Theatre
31 West Patrick Street
Frederick, MD 21701
Maryland Ensemble Theatre is a theatre in Frederick, MD.
Upcoming Shows
"The Fall of the House of Improv" at MET Comedy Night
The Comedy Pigs, in collaboration with the National Poe Theatre, present Fall of the House of Improv: an interactive improvised show where the performers blend Edgar Allan Poe macabre mystery with razor-sharp wit and audience inspired comedy to rewrite and perform a completely...
Planet Claire: A Sci-Fi Go-Go Musical
Maryland Ensemble Theatre revives Planet Claire, a sci-fi go-go musical built around the music of The B-52s, in partnership with Theatre FCC. Originally premiering at MET in 2003, the show was written and directed by MET founding producing artistic director Tad Janes. The...
Lighting Round
Calling all Dropout fans - we have the show for you! Lightning Round is an improv comedy game show where the contestants find out the rules as they're playinh. Come see what's up and who will win.
Clue, but Bloody
There's been a murder! and there's sure to be more in this delightfully (potentially excessively) stage-blood packed, improvised whodunit! See which of the members of the house party will survive the night! Come in costume for a fun Halloween trick or treat! Upgrade to the VIP...
Mouth Stuff
Mouth Stuff is a Baltimore legend. Starting from a monologue inspired by the audience, things fly off the handle from there. Expect lots of talking animals and stories that usually end in demise.
Fall Over Laughing with The Comedy Pigs
Established in 1993, The Comedy Pigs are the region’s longest-running improv troupe. They are also a founding piece of the MET. Join them for a hilarious show filled with a series of fun short-form improv games. If you enjoy “Who’s line is it anyway” you will love this show!
That's What She Said
That's what SHE said is an all female improv team. They bring their own brand of long form to the stage that is informed by their experience as baby mamas, baddies, and besties. These gal pals have been performing together since 2022 and have even been a book club since 2026.
Key City Improv
Our home grown heroes are back! During the Holidays of 2021, a group of Ensemble School improv students formed Key City, specializing in short form improv! If you enjoy "Whose Line is it Anyway?" you will love this show!
Oh Crit!
Roll for initiative! Oh Crit performs improv comedy fused with "Dungeons & Dragons". Join them as they embark on an adventure of twists and turns, and occasional epic failure...All with the help from YOU and an unforgiving 20-sided die!
The Crater Sisters' Christmas Special
THE CRATER SISTERS’ CHRISTMAS SPECIAL BY JOHN MOROGIELLO AND LORI BOYD DIRECTED BY LYNN SHAPR SPEARS MUSIC DIRECTED BY MELYNDA BURDETTE WINTROL CHOREOGRAPHED BY JULIE HERBER NOVEMBER 20 – DECEMBER 20 When the entire cast and crew quit thirty minutes before her comeback special...
Improvised Austen
You are cordially invited to our Jane Austen- inspired improv show! Featuring arranged marriages, nosy neighbors, and plenty of scandals.
Being Human
Rich and AJ are bringing new life to an old MET Comedy night favorite. They will host a surreal and strange talk show about what it means to be human, with the help of very special guests!
The Pigeon Gets a Big Time Holiday Extravaganza!
When Mo Willems' characters get together for the holidays, it's bound to be the biggest extravaganza ever! The Unlimited Squirrels deck the halls and Elephant and Piggie come ready to celebrate! But will The Pigeon join in the festivities, or will he run all the way to the North...
Lighting Round
Calling all Dropout fans - we have the show for you! Lightning Round is an improv comedy game show where the contestants find out the rules as they're playinh. Come see what's up and who will win.
The Moors
A lush, queer, and Gothic dark comedy set in the isolated moors of northern England, where nothing is as it seems. Two sisters, their maid, and a melancholy dog live in a wretched existence in a crumbling and strange mansion, set apart from the world...until the arrival of a...
Appropriate
An aging patriarch has died, leaving his messy and bitter family left to pick through the pieces of their crumbling childhood plantation home. At once a biting satire and a searing spotlight on America's dark history, Appropriate asks what, if anything, deserves to be preserved...
The 39 Steps
A madcap, campy parody of the original Hitchcock movie, The 39 Steps, is a wild and hilarious spy thriller. Four actors play nearly a hundred different roles in a highly stylized and side-splitting send-up of the genre.
Articles
Review: MARY SHELLEY'S FRANKENSTEIN at Chesapeake Shakespeare Company
Victor Frankenstein had a plan. A magnificent plan. A plan to conquer death, overturn nature and establish himself as the greatest scientific mind since God invented the universe.…
Review: TITUS/MEATLOAF at Baltimore Theatre Project
Motte & Bailey Production presents Titus/ Meatloaf adapted and directed by Hannah Fogler. The fourth and final installment of their Shakespeare/Music series. The combo of one of Shakespeare's bloodiest play and the album Bat out of Hell come together in one of the most insane nights I've ever had in…
Review: Obviously SOMEBODY Cares: LAURA BENANTI: NOBODY CARES, at Baltimore Center Stage
She’s sufficiently droll as a storyteller that she invariably amuses. The audience was in the palm of her hand from the first.…
Review: THE DROWSY CHAPERONE Shows Off Stellar Talent at Laurel Mill Playhouse!
All the world is a party, and everyone is welcome to join at Laurel Mill Playhouse. While the original 2006 form of The Drowsy Chaperone may inspire cautious apprehension in the hearts of knowing theatre-goers, LMP’s mounting directed by Alex Campbell proves that Drowsy can still show off in style…
Review: KIM'S CONVENIENCE at Everyman Theatre
Kim’s Convenience, written by Ins Choi and directed by Cara Hinh is a deft comedy about a family that loves one another but doesn’t quite know how to talk to each another.…
Review: 10X10X10 PLAY FESTIVAL at Fells Point Corner Theatre Scores Tens Across the Board!
Tucked between row homes on a quiet, one-way street in Upper Fells Point lives an 18th century firehouse with a community whose heart could carry the entire city of Baltimore. No single event showcases this better than Fells Point Corner Theatre’s 10x10x10 Play Festival. This festival is not to b…
Review: MY FAVORITE SOCIOPATH at Contemporary American Theater Festival
Thanks to a serious discussion wrought by the end, the play avoids being a mere entertainment. The characters are not merely competing, ruthlessly but wittily too, for whatever prizes journalism may have to offer, but are visibly debasing their souls to win those prizes, and with their souls, part o…
Review: REFUGEE RHAPSODY at Contemporary American Theater Festival
Refugee Rhapsody, by Yussef El Guindi, is kind of funny. You may consider that an odd trait for a play about violence, racism, immigration and the dangerous effects of celebrity culture, but it happens to be true. In our media environment we are frequently confronted by enormities that leave us very…
Review: BEST LINE WINS at Contemporary American Theater Festival
There are a lot of good laughs there.…
Review: THE SMOKER at Contemporary American Theater Festival
In the end, this is not so much of a takedown of one specific person as of a way of being a person. To shrink down to that person’s size is to lose out on life. In this good and carefully-written play, D’Amour makes that clear.…
Past Shows
75 total · showing 31–40
Peter Rabbit and the Secret Garden Gate
PETER RABBIT AND THE SECRET GARDEN GATE A MET ORIGINAL FEBRUARY 21 – MARCH 15 Step into a world of wonder, whimsy, and woodland mischief in this bold new re-imagining of Beatrix Potter’s beloved tale! Peter Rabbit & The Secret Garden Gate invites young audiences on a thrilling...
Small Mouth Sounds
SMALL MOUTH SOUNDS BY BESS WOHL DIRECTED BY PETER WRAY FEBRUARY 13 – MARCH 15 Preview February 12 ASL Interpreted Performance February 20 Six strangers find themselves at a silent retreat in the woods, each seeking connection while struggling with their own, silent, inner...
Lightning Round
Lightning Round is an improv comedy game show where the contestants find out the rules as they’re playing. Come see what’s up and who will win!
"Improvised Austen" at MET Comedy Night
You are cordially invited to our Jane Austen-inspired improv show! Featuring arranged marriages, nosy neighbors, and plenty of scandals.
Tiny Stages: Pop!
Pop! A FUN Company Tiny Stages Production Directed by Julie Herber and Shea-Mikal Green Run time: Around 45 minutes without an intermission. This show is geared towards the very young, ages 0-5 About: Bubbles, balloons, and popcorn come to life in this joyful, immersive show...
MET Comedy Extravaganza
MET Comedy Nights Improv comedy Festival is BACK! Join us for a weekend of fun and laughter as we kick off the comedy season (IN OUR NEW KEY STAGE) with a bang. The show will feature members from The Comedy Pigs, Oh Crit, That’s What She Said, Off Key: An improvised musical and...
The Prom
MET's Teen Ensemble presents THE PROM Book and Lyrics by Chad Beguelin Book by Bob Martin Music by Matthew Sklar Note: The Prom features student actors who are still in training. Directed by Zack Callis and Becca Benson Musical Direction by Melynda Burdette Wintrol Stage Managed...
Junie B. in Jingle Bells Batman Smells
JUNIE B. IN JINGLE BELLS BATMAN SMELLS ADAPTED BY ALLISON GREGORY BASED ON THE BOOK BY BARBARA PARK NOVEMBER 30 – DECEMBER 22 She’s back! Follow the feisty and irrepressible Junie B. Jones as she plays Secret Santa to her least favorite classmate, Tattletale May. Will Junie B...
Holi-Improv at MET Comedy Night
A MET Comedy Night Holiday tradition! Join us for our annual Holi-improv show. A brand new holiday classic brought to life right in front of your eyes.
The Thanksgiving Play
THE THANKSGIVING PLAY BY LARISSA FASTHORSE DIRECTED BY SUZANNE BEAL NOVEMBER 7 – DECEMBER 7 Preview November 6 ASL Interpreted Performance November 14 Good intentions collide with absurd assumptions in this biting satire, as a troupe of performatively “woke” thespians scrambles...
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The Score Shakespeare Theatre Company (9/11-10/25) |
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The Moors Maryland Ensemble Theatre (2/12-3/07) |
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The 39 Steps Maryland Ensemble Theatre (5/21-6/13) |
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McDaniel for the Holidays McDaniel College (11/15-11/15) |
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Classic Theatre of Maryland presents "HOLIDAY INN" Classic Theatre of Maryland (11/27-1/03) |
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Improvised Austen Maryland Ensemble Theatre (11/21-11/21) |
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College Band Concert McDaniel College (12/04-12/04) |
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Student Solo Recital McDaniel College (11/13-11/13) |
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Lighting Round Maryland Ensemble Theatre (10/30-10/30) |
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Student African Drum Ensembles McDaniel College (12/01-12/01) |
