Wanda June was run over by an Ice Cream Truck. Now residing in Heaven, she hangs out with an assortment of odd and interesting characters who, along with Wanda June herself, have a connection to a big game hunter and war hero named Harold Ryan. Ryan has been missing for several years in the Amazon […]
Continue ReadingTHERE ARE SEPARATE AUDITIONS DATES AND TIMES FOR KIDS AND FOR ADULTS. The Garfield Center for the Arts will produce Disney’s Beauty and the Beast live on stage for 11 performances in December. To audition, please note the following separate dates and times for kids and adults. KIDS: There are 2 audition dates. The first […]
Continue ReadingYoung theatre campers who attend the Garfield Center for the Arts’ Playmakers program are treated each summer to additional events that are simultaneously entertaining and educational in nature. These performances, by Maryland artists, bring other performance perspectives to the campers beyond the theatre skills opportunities that the Playmakers program already provides them. This additional programming […]
Continue ReadingThe Garfield Center for the Arts has opened its annual call for play and musical titles for production consideration. Suggestions and proposals can be made by Directors who would like to present a play or musical in the 2025 season as well as by interested community members, patrons of the Garfield Center and arts participants. […]
Continue ReadingThe Garfield Center for the Arts and Director Marcia Gilliam have announced audition dates for Ken Ludwig’s Sherlock Holmes comedy, “Baskerville.” Auditions will occur at the Garfield Center on Saturday, February 10th, at 1:00 PM, and Tuesday and Thursday, February 13th and 15th, both at 6:30 PM. The play’s afoot, so get your deerstalker cap […]
Continue ReadingThe Garfield Center for the Arts is gearing up for its annual celebration of playwrights, directors and actors who delight in the art of the 10-minute play! Short Attention Span Theatre (SAST) offers an evening of 10-minute plays, designed to hold your attention for “just. long. enough.” Auditions for this year’s SAST will be held […]
Continue ReadingIt is not widely known that TV’s Columbo first originated as a character in the play “Prescription: Murder,” by William Link & Richard L. Levinson. The play never made it to Broadway – it was first performed at the Curran Theatre in San Francisco on January 2, 1962, and ran on tour for 25 weeks […]
Continue ReadingFrom modern cult comedy to the classically familiar to the pomp and pageantry of a beloved Disney classic, the Garfield Center’s exciting 2023 season will provide audiences with all the feels we expect from live theatre. The new season opens February 10, 2023, with Psycho Beach Party by Charles Busch. Performances will run weekends until […]
Continue ReadingComedy and laughter is the theme for this year’s edition of the Garfield Center’s annual Short Attention Span Theatre. Presenting a diverse set of short plays ranging from the outrageous to the hilarious, this year’s SAST received over 350 script submissions from playwrights across the country and internationally. SAST opens for live performances starting June […]
Continue ReadingOpening the 2022 season at the Garfield Center for the Arts in February is the over-the-top hilarious new comedy The Play That Goes Wrong, by Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer and Henry Shields. The Garfield Center’s Executive Director, Steven Arnold, will direct the production. Auditions are scheduled for Saturday, December 4th 2021 from 2:00 to 5:00 […]
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