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Olney Theatre Center

2001 Olney-Sandy Spring Road, Olney, MD 20832
Olney , MD 20866

Upcoming Shows

A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Carol

Dec 3

Adapted and Directed by Hallie Gordon This season, Ebenezer Scrooge gets a refreshed look in our brand-new adaptation of Charles Dickens’ holiday classic that practically invented our modern understanding of the meaning of Christmas. The one-person performance stays true to the...

Review: KIM'S CONVENIENCE at Everyman Theatre

Review: KIM'S CONVENIENCE at Everyman Theatre

by Tina Collins · September 8, 2026

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: MY FAVORITE SOCIOPATH at Contemporary American Theater Festival

Review: MY FAVORITE SOCIOPATH at Contemporary American Theater Festival

by Jack L. B. Gohn · July 18, 2026

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

Review: REFUGEE RHAPSODY at Contemporary American Theater Festival

by Jack L. B. Gohn · July 18, 2026

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: THE SMOKER at Contemporary American Theater Festival

Review: THE SMOKER at Contemporary American Theater Festival

by Jack L. B. Gohn · July 16, 2026

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.…

Review: Viciously Funny MEAN GIRLS AT Rules Toby's In Columbia

Review: Viciously Funny MEAN GIRLS AT Rules Toby's In Columbia

by Cybele Pomeroy · July 11, 2026

MEAN GIRLS at Toby’s in Columbia is a popcorny treat with juicy musical numbers. Enjoy climate-controlled family-friendly live entertainment and a great meal with wonderful service, provided primarily by the show's actors. Through August 23, 2026.…

Review: THE DIVINE SISTER at Vagabond Players

Review: THE DIVINE SISTER at Vagabond Players

by Lisa A. Crayton · June 19, 2026

THE DIVINE SISTER is a devilishly funny. It is a fun, comedic, irreverent, and enthralling. It's unlike any of the works that inspired it. The play will seem vaguely familiar at times, but it stands on its own as uniquely creative!…

Past Shows

19 total · showing 11–19

Waitress

FeaturedWaitress

Feb 13 – Mar 30, 2025

The beloved musical by Grammy Award-winner Sara Bareilles (“Brave” “Lovesong”) is yet another Olney Theatre Center Regional Premiere. Tony-nominated director Marcia Milgrom Dodge returns to the Roberts Mainstage (Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, Once) for a new serving of one of...

Eisenhower: This Piece of Ground

Sep 27 – Nov 3, 2024

Eisenhower: This Piece of Ground is a compelling one-man play featuring Tony Award-winner John Rubinstein in the role of President Dwight D. Eisenhower. Set in 1962 at Eisenhower's Gettysburg farm, the narrative explores his reflection on life, legacy, and the complexities of...

Fela!

Fela!

Jul 7 – Aug 13, 2023

Co-produced with Round House TheatreRound House Theatre and Olney Theatre Center combine forces for an epic co-production of the award-winning musical Fela!, the first professional production anywhere in the world since its national tour more than ten years ago. Its 1978, and we...

The World Goes 'Round

The World Goes 'Round

Apr 19 – May 21, 2023

A co-production of ArtsCentric, Everyman Theatre, and Olney Theatre CenterIn musical theatre, the team of John Kander & Fred Ebb produced iconic songs for unforgettable characters like Roxy in Chicago, the Emcee in Cabaret, Zorba, Chita Riveras Spider Woman not to mention Liza...

A Nice Indian Boy

A Nice Indian Boy

Mar 8 – Apr 9, 2023

A meet-cute at the local temple brings Naveen face-to-face with the man of his dreams: a fellow Marathi-speaking Hindu who loves the same Bollywood films and can cook a mean dal makhani. If his parents were ever going to accept him bringing home a boyfriend, Keshav would be that...

Kinky Boots

Kinky Boots

Feb 10 – Mar 19, 2023

The uplifting Tony, Grammy and Olivier Award-winning hit by superstar Cyndi Lauper lands on the Olney Theatre Mainstage in spike heels and ready to strut. Charlie Price is desperately trying to save his familys shoe factory, when an encounter with Lola, a London drag queen in...

Disney's Beauty and the Beast

Disney's Beauty and the Beast

Nov 9 – Jan 1, 2023

Last winter our internationally acclaimed production of Disneys Beauty and the Beast inspired thousands of theatergoers: as People Magazine said, its a tale as old as time [that] feels refreshingly new.. Now Jade Jones (Belle) and Evan Ruggierio (Beast) are back in a revival of...

A.D. 16

A.D. 16

Feb 4 – Mar 20, 2022

What if your first crush really was perfect? From the comic genius of Cinco Paul (Despicable Me and the musical hit of the summer Schmigadoon) and Bekah Brunstetter (This Is Us) comes the delightfully witty, sublimely inspiring story of teenaged Mary Magdalene, who falls in love...

Lautrec at the Saint James

Lautrec at the Saint James

Mar 11

Part of the Applause Concert SeriesIn this new musical set in March, 1899, French artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, passes out in a gutter and is kidnapped. He awakes in the Chateau St. James, an asylum. Triggered by his imagination and a need to understand his downfall, the St...

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SIX (Boleyn Tour) in Baltimore SIX (Boleyn Tour)
Hippodrome Theatre- France-Merrick Performing Arts Center (10/25-11/01)
The Moors in Baltimore The Moors
Maryland Ensemble Theatre (2/12-3/07)
Our Town in Baltimore Our Town
The Colonial Players of Annapolis (9/11-10/03)
The Dinner Detective Murder Mystery Dinner Show in Baltimore The Dinner Detective Murder Mystery Dinner Show
The Dinner Detective Murder Mystery Dinner Show (10/17-10/17)
Classic Theatre of Maryland presents "THE SECRET GARDEN" in Baltimore Classic Theatre of Maryland presents "THE SECRET GARDEN"
Classic Theatre of Maryland (7/08-7/25)
Maybe Happy Ending in Baltimore Maybe Happy Ending
Hippodrome at France-Merrick Performing Arts Center (9/13-9/19)
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein in Baltimore Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
Chesapeake Shakespeare Company (10/09-11/01)
A Christmas Carol in Baltimore A Christmas Carol
Olney Theatre Center (12/03-12/03)
Moon Festival Alice in Baltimore Moon Festival Alice
Maryland Ensemble Theatre (9/26-10/18)