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Producing Exceptional, Diverse, Creative and Bold theatre for the Baltimore community since 1962!



Review: BACK TO THE FUTURE at The Hippodrome


by Timoth David Copney - February 26, 2026

The Act II energy, the dazzling effects, and the powerhouse leads make for a wildly entertaining night at the theatre....

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

Dickens' A Christmas Carol
Dickens' A Christmas Carol
Dec 9 – Dec 18, 2022

Dickens' A Christmas Carol ... a one man showwritten by Charles Dickens,  edited & adapted for the stage by Sherrionne Brown and Phil Gallagherdirected by Sherrionne Brownstage...

Twelfth Night
Twelfth Night
Oct 28 – Nov 13, 2022

Twelfth Nightby William Shakespearedirected by Michael BlumPerformance Dates:  Oct 28 - Nov 13, 2022;   Fri & Sat at 8pm; Sun at 2pmTwelfth Night, or What...

ZANNA DON'T
ZANNA DON'T
Jul 8 – Jul 24, 2022

Welcome to Heartsville USA, a wholesome, patriotic town in a parallel universe where the captain of the chess team is a sex symbol, the quarterback...

Art Isn't Easy
Art Isn't Easy
May 6

Honoring the life of legendary composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim, this cabaret features performances spanning all decades and productions of his career.The two-act event will...

Mousetrap
Mousetrap
Apr 15 – May 1, 2022

The Mousetrapwritten by Agatha Christiedirected by Paul SaarPerformance Dates: Apr 15 - May 1, 2022 TEN SPOT Thursday: Apr 21, 2022 at 8:00pm ($10 Tickets)The...

Puffs
Puffs
Mar 4 – Mar 20, 2022

PUFFS... or Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic and Magicwritten by Matt Cox, directed by Alanna Kiewe, stage managed by Grace...

Much Ado About Nothing
Much Ado About Nothing
Jan 21 – Feb 6, 2022

MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHINGwritten by William Shakespeareedited & adapted by Michael Blumdirected by Michael Blumstage managed by Mark Merryfield Performance Dates: Jan 21 - Feb...

Scharf's Schorts
Scharf's Schorts
Oct 28 – Nov 7, 2021

An evening of 8 short plays ...Everything from Killer Bunnies on the cul de sac, conversations with your roofer, missing your bus, and play of...

LYSISTRATA
LYSISTRATA
Sep 21 – Oct 14, 2018

Lysistrata . . . a play for the 21st Century! by Aristophanes Translated by Sarah Ruden Directed by Michael Blum & Darlene Harris 09/21/18 -...

Topic Tuesday - Songs
Topic Tuesday - Songs
Oct 9

TOPIC TUESDAY for Songs for a New World Tuesday - Oct 9, 2018 at 7PM Join our Dramatruge. Paul Gerczak, Directors: Michael Tan and Andrea...

CONSENT
CONSENT
Aug 16 – Aug 26, 2018

Consent by Glennyce Lynn In a near, yet very changed, future, where civilians volunteer to undergo traumatic medical testing in exchange for “favors” from the...

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