Published on: Wednesday, September 08, 2010

2nd Star Productions

Bowie Playhouse @ White Marsh Park

6314 Crain Highway, Bowie,

301-809-3078

www.2ndstarproductions.com

“Jake’s Women” through Sept. 11, is a comedy about modern relationships. Performances: 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 3 p.m. Sundays. Call 410-757-5700 or 301-832-4819 for reservations.

Annabelle Ferguson Auditorium

Suitland High School

5200 Silver Hill Road

Forestville

301-875-9216

www.promise-productions.net

“He’s Not Mine * She’s Not Mine”

Ray Quick presents the theatrical stage play, “He’s Not Mine * She’s Not Mine” Saturday, Sept. 18.

Written and produced by Quick, this heartfelt story exposes the challenges and struggles of blended families. A non-biological son and husband refuse to get along— what role did the wife play in this? Will they ever survive? It delivers a powerful performance that highlights both points of views from the man’s and woman’s perspective. The play in unquestionably structured to bring awareness, communication and healing to an ever growing population of blended families.

The Art Gallery

1202 Art-Sociology Building

The University of Maryland,

College Park

“The Very Queer Portraits of Heyd Fontenot”

Through Dec. 4, The Art Gallery at the University of Maryland presents the exhibition “The Very Queer Portraits of Heyd Fontenot” by Austin, Texas-based artist Heyd Fontenot.

Chesapeake Choral Arts Society

PO Box 476

Port Tobacco

301-642-0594 or 301-934-5447

www.chesapeakechoral.com

Auditions by appointment: Chesapeake Choral Arts Society. Sept. 13 at 6:30 p.m. La Plata United Methodist Church, at the intersection of Routes 6 and 301, La Plata. Auditions will consist of vocal warm-ups, pitch matching and vocal exercises to determine the singer’s vocal range. No prepared piece is necessary. High School age singers and up are welcome! Call 301-642-0594 for audition appointment. Visit www.chesapeakechoral.com for information about the CCAS.

Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

University of Maryland,

College Park

www.claricesmithcenter.umd.edu

Liz Lerman Dance Exchange’s “The Matter of Origins,” Sept. 10-12.

Act One is a dance performance illuminated by video and a vivid soundscape, exploring the nature of beginnings and the physics that underlies the origin of matter. Act Two will incorporate tea, cake and conversation as Dance Exchange cast members serve tea and chocolate cake made from the famous recipe of Edith Warner, the Los Alamos local whose tea house was a gathering spot for the scientists at the Manhattan Project. This experience will allow audiences to respond to what they have seen and contribute their own insights to the spirit of discovery at the heart of “The Matter of Origins.”

Greenbelt Arts Center

123 Centerway, Greenbelt

301-441-8770

www.greenbeltartscenter.org.

Announcing our 31st season:

Note: Show dates subject to change

Sep 24 - Oct 16: “Volpone,” by Ben Jonson, directed by Bill Jones

Nov 12 - December 4: “Chapter Two,” by Neil Simon

Laurel Mill Playhouse

508 Main St., Laurel

301-452-2557

www.laurelmillplayhouse.org.

One Act Festival, produced by Maureen Rogers and Diana Simmons. Performances run Sept. 3-5, 10-12 and 17-19, Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m.

A different set of shows each weekend!

General admission tickets are $10 each or to see all three weekends, special price of $25. For reservations, please call 301-617-9906 and press 2.

Port Tobacco Players’ Theatre

508 Charles St.

La Plata

301-932-6819

www.ptplayers.com

“Arsenic and Old Lace,” through Sept. 12.

A farcical black comedy set in Brooklyn, New York during the 1940s. The play revolves around two nice, sweet old ladies who murder nice, sweet, lonely old men by offering them elderberry wine laced with poison. The Brewster sisters live with their mentally challenged nephew Teddy who believes he is Theodore Roosevelt and frequently charges up the stairs as if it were San Juan Hill. Matters get complicated when a second nephew Mortimer, a theater hating drama critic discovers the murders.

Mortimer must juggle the antics of his two murdering Aunts, calls from the NYPD regarding Teddy, woo his fiancé Elaine and get rid of his criminal older brother Jonathan who has just arrived in town with the alcoholic plastic surgeon Dr. Einstein. In this adroit mixture of comedy and mayhem, Arsenic and Old Lace satirizes our normal charitable impulses and pokes fun at the conventions of the theater.

Performances are Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m., Sundays at 3 p.m.

Admission: $17 for adults; $14 for students/seniors/military.

Prince George’s Arts Council

The Prince George’s Arts Council is pleased to announce its Hispanic Heritage Month Exhibition: “The Love of Artistic Expressions” featuring artists Marite Vidales and Rafael Corzo. The exhibition will take place Sept. 15- Oct. 15 at University Town Center Metro 3 Building, 6525 Belcrest Rd. Hyattsville, MD 20782. Therewill be a closing artists reception From 6 to 8 p.m. Oct. 13. For more information, please visit www.princegeorgesartscouncil.org or call 301 277-1402.