Why are we here?
To entertain. To bring joy. To foster community and learning through shared laughter. To lighten our shared burden of existence for a short while.
Why comedy?
Broadly defined and properly presented, comedy encompasses all of the human experience. It can make us laugh and make us cry. It can bring joy and it can bring anger. It makes us think and makes us forget. It exalts and ridicules. It can divert, and it can focus. Comedy levels life’s playing field.
Why theater?
Theater, music, dance and art are proudly brought to Cecil County by the Milburn Stone Theatre. The Milburn Stone is the leading performing arts theater serving the northeast region of Maryland, conveniently located off exit 100B of I-95.
Opera Baltimore was originally founded in 2009 as Baltimore Concert Opera. Our commitment to strong organizational structure and artistic excellence set the stage for both continued success and smart growth. Opera Baltimore is an Artist-in-Residence at the stunning Garrett-Jacobs Mansion in Baltimore’s arts district of Mount Vernon. We strive to invigorate both our audiences and artists through a balance of classic and innovative programming.
A Baltimore-based non-profit organization, The Next Ice Age was founded in 1988 by Nathan Birch and Tim Murphy, former members of the John Curry Skating Company. John Curry used his status as Olympic Champion to elevate figure skating to a legitimate performance art. The Next Ice Age is proud to pass on his lineage of artistic figure skating to the next generation of skaters and to enthusiastic audiences throughout the Baltimore community.
Organization Mission Statement
The mission of the Children’s Playhouse of Maryland, Inc. (CPM) is to provide theatrical experiences for young people in Baltimore’s diverse metropolitan area. The goals of CPM are to make live theatre accessible to all children, to enable young people to gain an appreciation for the arts, as well as confidence and a sense of responsibility, and to provide training and practice in acting and theatre production for youth.
Annapolis Shakespeare Company - the Classic Theatre of Maryland - is a Helen Hayes Award-nominated professional theatre company based in Annapolis, Maryland. Our mission is to produce bold, re-imagined, entertaining and accessible interpretations of classical and contemporary plays and musicals—with a core commitment to the works of Shakespeare and other major dramatists.
A History of The Baltimore Classical Guitar Society
Silver Spring Stage, founded in 1967, is a community theatre with a mission to present the best in contemporary plays at affordable prices. Our theater facility is located in the Woodmoor Shopping Center in the Four Corners area of Silver Spring, Maryland, and we draw audiences from throughout the DMV area. In recent years we have produced plays that seek to embrace the diversity of our area and expand our reach to new artists and audiences.
Since its founding in 1982, the Maryland Symphony Orchestra’s influence and reputation has reached far beyond Western Maryland. It is one of only four professional symphony orchestras in Maryland and audience members from South Central Pennsylvania, West Virginia’s Eastern Panhandle, the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia and the Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan area are drawn to concerts held at the historic Maryland Theatre in downtown Hagerstown.
Everyman Theatre is a professional theatre celebrating the actor, with a Resident Company of artists from the Baltimore/Washington, DC area. The theatre is dedicated to engaging the audience through a shared experience between actor and audience seeking connection and emotional truth in performance. Each season of plays is carefully curated to foster a diverse range of human experiences found in a mix of dramas and comedies selected from timeless classics to world premieres of plays.