Chestertown, MD – As part of its efforts to reopen to public performances, the Garfield Center for the Arts is planning an outdoor summer edition of its popular annual Short Attention Span Theatre (also known as SAST). The location for the performances is still being finalized, but the performances are set for July 23, 24, […]
Continue ReadingChestertown, MD – For most of 2020, the pandemic kept the Garfield Center for the Arts closed to the public. Only their initial production of Greater Tuna made it to the stage before the pandemic closed everything down in March. The GCA remained active, though, offering free weekly streamed programs under the banner of GCTV: […]
Continue ReadingChurch Hill Theatre proudly announces a radio production based on Alfred Hitchcock’s mystery The 39 Steps. Inspired by Hitchcock’s classic tale, and adapted for radio by George Wells, this romantic thriller is a fast-paced ride through the signature world of the Master of Suspense. Richard Hannay is visiting 1930’s London when he meets Annabella Smith, […]
Continue ReadingChurch Hill, Maryland – Church Hill Theatre will be live streaming The Worst Choice, a searing—and timely—new play by John Carl Haas this February. Haas, a history professor at Chesapeake College, poses a disturbing moral question: what if General William Tecumseh Sherman had been challenged, even faced court martial, for his hard tactics during the […]
Continue ReadingFeaturing three new music performances from cast members of the 2018 GCA production, “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” is revisited this week with GCTV’s second installment of ENCORE. A program designed to look back and discuss past shows with the personalities involved, and to enjoy new performances from the cast, this second […]
Continue ReadingChurch Hill, Maryland – Church Hill Theatre will be live streaming an acclaimed radio version of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol on the weekend before Christmas. With social distancing still in effect, this would make a marvelous gift for out-of-town friends and relatives, allowing us to virtually share a cherished experience. So add a log […]
Continue ReadingIt was on October 30, 1938 that Orson Welles adaptation of H. G. Wells’s novel The War of the Worlds was first broadcast on radio. The world was much simpler then. There were no cell phones. No streaming entertainment services. There weren’t 100’s of channels on TV. In fact there was no TV. Radio was […]
Continue ReadingChurch Hill Theatre Presents War of the Worlds (Radio show) Adapted by John Haas and Kathy Jones. Story originally by H.G. Wells., directed by John Haas MARTIANS WILL INVADE THE EASTERN SHORE AT HALLOWEEN Thanks to Church Hill Theatre, local audiences can share thrills and chills in a recreation of the famous 1938 Mercury Theatre […]
Continue ReadingChestertown, MD – Like so many other businesses and arts organizations, the pandemic had a strong impact on the Garfield Center for the Arts’ operations and income. Despite the building being shuttered to the public, its staff kept up a very busy, weekly schedule of online public entertainment offerings in the form of GCTV – […]
Continue ReadingChurch Hill, MD – After an election process agreed upon by The Church Hill Theatre, Inc’s Board of Directors, an election was completed this weekend to replace former Chairman of the Board, Dr. David Bowering who resigned his position as of October 4, 2020. It was with a clear majority that The Board of Directors […]
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