Articles Tagged With: Lorraine Brooks

Return Engagements at Bowie Community Theatre

Reviews July 27, 2026 Ryan J Bordenski Leave a comment

author: Ryan J. Bordenski

Love is in the air, but so is deceit, mockery, adultery, the withholding of information, lies, and…uh…dental procedures? But don’t worry; this is a comedy so everything will be funny and fine in the end, right?! Of course, I am talking about Return Engagements at Bowie Community Theatre. This farcical and comedic play by Bernard Slade tells the story of four unique and awkward couples who have separate chance encounters and trysts,

By The Way, Meet Vera Stark at Laurel Mill Playhouse

Reviews February 25, 2026 Rick Bergmann

author: Rick Bergmann

By the Way, Meet Vera Stark Balances Screwball Comedy and Sharp Cultural Reckoning

By the Way, Meet Vera Stark by Lynn Nottage, now showing at Laurel Mill Playhouse, sets out to do a lot—and nearly pulls it off. First produced in 2011, the play examines the legacy of African Americans in Hollywood, skewering racial stereotypes while reveling in the conventions of classic cinema and theater.

Four Old Broads at Laurel Mill Playhouse

Reviews September 15, 2025 Amanda N. Gunther

Grab your turbo-strength girdle! Put your teeth in! And pull-up those big-girl panties! Because all hell’s about to break loose at the Magnolia Place Senior Living Home! But before we let the broads loose on the audience for approximately two and a half hour’s stage traffic, we should take down the particulars! Laurel Mill Playhouse is the where! This upcoming weekend (September 19th, 20th, and 21st 2025) is the when! (Also 8:00pm on Friday &

Pipeline at Vagabond Players

Reviews April 10, 2025 Amanda N. Gunther

People have expectations of you because of how they see you and if you get caught up in how you are seen you become what people expect, be it good, bad, or otherwise. Powerful stuff packed heavily into the words of Dominique Morisseau’s Pipeline appearing as the penultimate production at Vagabond Players in their 109th season. Directed by Lorraine Brooks, this thought-provoking play tackles some tough subject matters and really makes you stop and think about perception,

Fires in the Mirror at Laurel Mill Playhouse

Reviews February 10, 2025 Chris Pence

author: Chris Pence

The More Things Change: “Fires in the Mirror” at Laurel Mill Playhouse

What defines us, and what defines our views of the world? Is it our race? Gender? Religion? Culture? The community in which we live, or to which we belong? Laurel Mill Playhouse gives us a moment to reflect on these and many more questions in presenting Anna Deavere Smith’s Fires in the Mirror: Crown Heights,

Out of the Blue at Laurel Mill Playhouse

Reviews September 13, 2024 Chris Pence

author: Chris Pence

Where Were You when The World Stopped Turning: Out of The Blue at Laurel Mill Players

“September 11th, 2001, revealed heroism in ordinary people who might have gone through their lives never called upon to demonstrate the extent of their courage.”

– Geraldine Brooks

Everyone remembers where they were on that blue cloudless day in September when the Twin Towers fell,