(May. 18 12:30 AM) - Silver Spring Stage presents The Beauty Queen of Leenane by Martin McDonagh, directed and produced by Seth Ghitelman. Set in the Irish countryside, a lonely woman in her forties has her first and possibly last chance at love until her manipulative mother sets in motion a train of events that leads to a terrifying conclusion.The Beauty Queen of Leenane will perform weekends tonight, May 18 to June 9.

(May. 17 12:30 AM) - After three wonderful seasons, CENTERSTAGE concludes our Cabaret Series with a return engagement of the phenomenal E. Faye Butler tonight, May 17 through May 20. E. Faye returns with an all-new act, “What a Difference a Diva Makes,” ready to bring raise the roof and bring down the curtain on our final Cabaret.

(May. 16 8:52 PM) - Pumpkin Theatre is hosting their Family Fun Day this Saturday, May 19, at CENTERSTAGE. From 10 am to 1 pm, Pumpkin will present performances, arts and crafts, face painting, and more. The Iced Gems Baking Cupcake Truck will be on site, and Pumpkin’s Creative Drama classes will present special performances. There will be a live announcement of Pumpkin Theatre’s 45th Anniversary Season, and a special subscription series offer as part of the season announcement.

(May. 16 10:14 AM) - Olney Theatre Center today announced the opening of the mystery thriller, Sleuth, as well as says goodbye to long-time Artistic Director Jim Petosa. Sleuth will play Olney Theatre Center’s Mainstage from June 13 to July 8, 2012.

(May. 16 12:30 AM) - On a bi-monthly basis The Manor Tavern Restaurant in Monkton, MD will host the Whodunnit for Hire traveling troupe as they perform MURDER ON THE VINE during dinner. The 2012 dates are all Wednesday evenings: tonight, May 16, July 18, September 19 and November 14. The mystery dinner is from 6:30 until 9 pm.

(May. 16 12:30 AM) - Meet the Sycamores – the delightfully eccentric family at the center of the action in the madcap comedy classic, You Can’t Take It With You. They revel in day-to-day occurrences such as collecting snakes, making fireworks in the basement, and practicing ballet steps in the parlor. When their daughter Alice, decides to invite her conservative boyfriend’s family to dinner, they promise to be on their best behavior. However...! Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and adapted into an Academy Award winning film, this beloved comedy has been a perennial favorite to theatre-goers for more than 70 years.

(May. 15 8:46 PM) - Spotlighters Theatre announces auditions for Bus Stop, with performance dates Oct 12, 2012 - Nov 11, 2012 - Fri & Sat - 8pm, Sun - 2pm. Auditions will take place Saturday - June 9, 2012 11am - 2pm and Sunday - June 10, 2012 6pm - 9pm. Arrive no less than 30 mins before the scheduled end of auditions.

(May. 15 12:54 PM) - The Vagabond Players’ final production of its 96th season, Souvenir: A Fantasia On the Life of Florence Foster Jenkins written by Stephen Temperley and directed by Roy Hammond, opens June 1 and runs weekends through July 1.

(May. 15 7:04 AM) - Glass Mind Theatre's Brainstorm festival is back, this year with a new twist! Playwrights will be teaming up to tackle 5 brand-new short plays inspired by the Baltimore community. The twist? Each playwright chose a submitted location and were tasked with creating half a play either starting in said location, or ending there. Brainstorm 3: Mind the Gap runs June 1 – June 17, 2012 at Load of Fun Theatre (120 West North Avenue, Baltimore), on Fridays, Saturdays at 8pm and Sundays at 7pm.

(May. 14 6:33 PM) - Generous Company’s WordBRIDGE Playwrights Laboratory celebrates its 16th birthday at CENTERSTAGE in June 2012, and will welcome six playwrights to the 2012 Lab.

(May. 14 4:25 PM) - Silver Spring Stage presents The Beauty Queen of Leenane by Martin McDonagh, directed and produced by Seth Ghitelman. Set in the Irish countryside, a lonely woman in her forties has her first and possibly last chance at love until her manipulative mother sets in motion a train of events that leads to a terrifying conclusion.The Beauty Queen of Leenane will perform weekends May 18 to June 9.

(May. 14 2:12 PM) - Maryland Ensemble Theatre (MET) will present an original ensemble created production for the Fredneck in all of us, The All New Grand Ole Hee Haw Hootenanny Hoedown Jamboree.

(May. 14 12:30 AM) - CENTERSTAGE and Baltimore Open Theatre are joining forces and creating a platform for Baltimore performing artists to showcase, workshop, and explore new artistic ideas—beer in hand. These events will be hosted at Liam Flynn’s Ale House, 22 W. North Avenue, and are free and open to the public.

(May. 14 12:30 AM) - In the coming weeks, Maryland Ensemble Theatre (MET) is holding auditions for three very different projects, including two World Premiere productions. The first of which will be presented as part of MET's series, MET-X, created to expand the collective horizons of the MET ensemble and its audience. The other World Premiere is a community collaboration between MET, Frederick Community College and Hood College that is looking to cast a large ensemble of actors to occupy FCC's Kussmaul Theater this August. Last but not least the MET's resident improv & sketch group, The Comedy Pigs, is hoping to pick up some new players as they enter their twentieth season. These three very disparate projects cast a large net that will offer performers of all levels of experience a chance to seize the spotlight.

(May. 12 6:47 PM) - Silhouette Stages, a non-profit community theater group in Howard County, has announced its spring production, Stephen Sondheim’s Company, nominated for fourteen Tony Awards. Company is a meditation on modern couples seen through the story of Bobby, a single man seeking love, his three gal pals, and the good and crazy married couples who are his best friends.

(May. 12 12:30 AM) - Single Carrot Theatre is opening its doors for its sixth annual gala. This year’s theme? Gold Rush. “We thought it was appropriate,” says gala committee member Jessica Garrett. “They certainly knew how to party in the old west, and so do we. Why not take the theme and run with it?” she added.

(May. 11 1:32 PM) - BroadwayWorld Seattle was granted EXCLUSIVE access to Kristin Chenoweth's debut performance of her new (and first ever) tour, which opened in Seattle on Wednesday night ... and received a whopping NINE standing ovations for a show unlike we had ever seen.

(May. 10 9:52 PM) - Maryland Ensemble Theatre (MET) will present The Comedy Pigs, the improv comedy troupe in three brand new shows this May 18 & 19 and June 2 at 10:30pm