The Garfield Center for the Arts Board of Trustees is pleased to announce the selection of Steven Arnold as the Garfield Center’s new Executive Director. After an extensive search, the board recently voted unanimously to offer the position to Arnold. Arnold brings with him more than 25 years of extensive arts administration, set design, lighting […]
Continue ReadingChestertown – Garfield Center for the Arts in Chestertown is proud to announce its 2020 season of theatrical productions. Presented by the Garfield and directed by a group of talented local directors, this season offers a variety of shows – sensational drama, romantic musical, moral examination and a madcap comedy. MUSICAMP runs from from July […]
Continue ReadingAnnie, the Musical at the Garfield Center for the Arts in Chestertown completed their first weekend to large audiences including a sold-out show on Sunday, November 24, 2019. People are saying: “Do not miss this production! To all my friends in the cast, I was truly blown away!” “Fabulous production, highly recommend!” “Annie is amazing […]
Continue ReadingThe Garfield Center of the Arts and The Mainstay came together on Friday November 15, 2019 as the cast of the Garfield’s upcoming musical Annie took a little break from rehearsals to perform a few Musical Theatre songs at the Mainstay in Rock Hall. It wasn’t hard to spot the members of the cast sitting […]
Continue ReadingThe Garfield Center for the Arts in Chestertown is proud to announce its 2020 season of theatrical productions. Presented by the Garfield and directed by a group of talented local directors, this season offers a variety of shows – sensational drama, romantic musical, moral examination and a madcap comedy. MUSICAMP runs from from July 6-10 […]
Continue ReadingThe Garfield Center for the Arts, working with wizarding fans and community volunteers, is busily planning a fun HP Festival Wizarding Weekend for October 4 and 5, 2019. This year’s event is being supported by other local nonprofits that include Main Street Chestertown, RiverArts, and the Downtown Chestertown Association. The 2019 Chestertown HP Festival’s Wizarding […]
Continue ReadingCHESTERTOWN, MD — In a news release The Garfield Center for the Arts announced they have accepted the resignation of Tess Jones as executive director. The resignation was effective August 29, 2019. The Garfield center says that scheduled Garfield Center productions and events will go on as planned, including the annual Chestertown Jazz Festival in […]
Continue ReadingThe Kent County Arts Council (KCAC) is excited to present DREAMWEAVER – a theatrical and literary journey across five decades of the life of poet/playwright Langston Hughes. One Performance only, Friday, September 27, 2019 at 7:30 p.m. at the Garfield Center for the Arts, 210 High Street, Chestertown, MD. Call 410-778-3700 to make a reservation […]
Continue ReadingReview by Lanny Park Photos by SG Atkinson Circle Mirror Transformation by Annie Baker is currently being performed at the Garfield Center for the Arts in Chestertown. Directed by Bonnie Hill, the assembled cast exhibits the professionalism we have come to expect from her guidance and vision. The set is stark, as befitting a windowless […]
Continue ReadingMUSICAMP returns to the Garfield Center for the Arts in Chestertown for its seventh year, featuring local talent ages 8 to 15. This year the production is, “Sally Sells Sea Shells (And You Can Too!).” Written by Denver Casado and Kerry Kazmierowicztrimm, and directed by Julie Lawrence. Sally is a kid con-artist who explodes onto […]
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