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The Ballet Theatre of Maryland rehearses in February 2021. PAUL GILLESPIE/STAFF
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Chesapeake Arts Center hosts classes,
lectures, exhibits, recitals and performances through the Maryland Concert
Series. Several performing arts groups use
its large auditorium and black box theater,
including Arts on Stage, which will present a theatrical adaptation of “School
House Rock” Nov. 14. at 194 Hammonds
Lane in Brooklyn Park. chesapeakearts.org
The Children’s Theatre of Annapolis
offers camps, classes and workshops.
childrenstheatreofannapolis.org
The Classic Theatre of Maryland focuses
on offering outdoor Shakespeare each
summer at the Gresham Estate and
Reynolds Tavern. The theater puts on its
popular cabaret shows twice a month,
featuring the Unified Jazz Ensemble as
its house band and food from area restaurants. 1804 West St. in Annapolis. classictheatremaryland.org
inspired by the classic character. “A
Christmas Carol” returns in December,
and the new year opens with a production of “Other Desert Cities,” which
follows a writer who prepares to release
a memoir covering a tragic family event.
The season concludes with “City of
Angels,” based on the 1940s musical film,
and “Poor Clare,” a 13th-century Italian love story. 108 East St. in Annapolis.
thecolonialplayers.org
Compass Rose is the only area theater
with an agreement to use equity actors.
The nonprofit offers classes and workshops. One upcoming show will be “Pride
and Prejudice,” directed by the theater’s
new artistic director. compassrosetheater.org
performs a holiday concert in December. Plus, AACC has a symphony orchestra, opera company and jazz ensemble.
Other groups, including some community theater companies, also use the
space for their performances. 101 College
Pkwy., in Arnold. aacc.edu/campus-life/
attend-a-performance
USNA Masqueraders are one of the
St.John’s College’s King William Players’ performances are free and staged
in Mitchell Hall’s Key Auditorium. New
shows are announced each semester. The
college also hosts a Friday Night Lecture
and Concert Series that is also free. Most
Friday evenings during the academic
year, the community is welcome at a
concert, lecture or theatrical performance, beginning at 7:30 p.m. 60 College
Ave. in Annapolis. sjc.edu
Ensemble Galilei‘s winter solstice concerts
have been a holiday tradition in Annapolis since 1980. Led by Carolyn Anderson
Surrick, a viola de gamba virtuoso, the
ensemble has traveled the world performing music of the Renaissance and tunes
from the Celtic tradition, mostly on replica
period instruments. egmusic.com/home
Live Arts Maryland is the umbrella orga-
The Kauffman Theater can be found
within Anne Arundel Community
College’s Pascal Center for Performing Arts. The AACC Concert Choir
The Talent Machine has been mounting
nization for the Annapolis Chorale and
Chamber Chorus, the Annapolis Chamber
Orchestra and the Bach+ Consort. Performances take place at Maryland Hall, St.
Anne’s Church and a cabaret space at the
Annapolis Mall. liveartsmd.org
The Colonial Players cover a wide vari-
ety of genres in their 2025-2026 season,
which opens with “An Ideal Husband,”
onstage in Annapolis on Sept. 5-27. Next
up is “Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors,”
who appeared in the first national tour
of “To Kill A Mockingbird.” The theater
is most active over the summer but is
making plans for “A Jolly Holiday,” its
annual variety show running Dec. 13-23.
It will be at Indian Creek School in
Crownsville. talentmachine.com
youth theater productions for more than
30 years. Accomplished former stars
include Broadway veteran Luke Smith,
oldest college thespian troupes in the
U.S. Each year, the company performs a
drama, a musical and a midshipmen-directed One Act Festival. Performances
are held at the Beaux Arts Theater in
Mahan Hall. The fall play will be “Soul
Force,” about the Montgomery Bus
Boycott, and runs Nov. 15-16 and 21-22.
Highlights of the fall semester music
performances include the annual All
Saints Day organ concerts and Handel’s
“Messiah.” U.S. Naval Academy, 106
Maryland Ave. in Annapolis. usna.edu/
Masqueraders
2nd Star Productions will mount three
musicals in Bowie this season. First up
is “Legally Blonde The Musical,” based
on the hit film, running Sept. 5 to Oct. 4.
“Spitfire Grill” follows in January, and the
season concludes with a monthlong run
of “Shrek: The Musical.” 16500 Whitemarsh Park Drive, Bowie. 2ndstarproductions.com
