THEATER
![[photo, Center Stage at night, 700 North Calvert St., Baltimore, Maryland]](/msa/mdmanual/01glance/symbols/images/cstage2.jpg)
Maryland's two principal theaters are Baltimore Center Stage (the State Theater) and Olney Theater (the State Summer Theater).
In addition, Maryland is home to a variety of professional and community theaters, ranging from classical to experimental.
Center Stage at night, 700 North Calvert St., Baltimore, Maryland. Photo courtesy of Center Stage.
![[photo, Fell's Point Corner Theatre, 251 South Ann St., Baltimore, Maryland]](/msa/mdmanual/01glance/arts/images/1198-1-3421.jpg)
The Hippodrome Theatre in Baltimore showcases touring shows from Broadway, as well as other musical acts.
Baltimore's vibrant theater community also includes a variety of smaller companies that produce everything from avant-garde puppetry to Shakespeare.
Fell's Point Corner Theatre, 251 South Ann St., Baltimore, Maryland, December 2008. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.
The Classic Theatre of Maryland and the Colonial Players entertain audiences throughout Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, while the Port Tobacco Players thrive in La Plata, Charles County.
Theatrical productions, including musicals, also are staged around Maryland by local schools, often providing young actors with their first opportunity to perform.
"West Side Story" rehearsal, Annapolis High School, Riva Road, Annapolis, Maryland, March 2017. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.
ACTORS
- Albaugh, John W., Sr. (1837-1909)
Born in Baltimore, Maryland, September 30, 1837
Died in Jersey City, New Jersey, February 11, 1909
- Albaugh, John W., Jr. (1867-1910)
Born in New York, New York, 1867
Died in Baltimore, Maryland, April 7, 1910
- Bankhead, Tallulah (1902-1968)
Born in Huntsville, Alabama, January 31, 1902
Died in New York, New York, December 12, 1968
Buried in Chestertown, Maryland
- Bateman, Hezekiah L.
(1812-1875)
Born in Baltimore, Maryland, December 6, 1812
Died in London, England, March 22, 1875
Beverley, Trazana (1945-)
Born in Baltimore, Maryland, August 9, 1945
Booth, Edwin (1833-1893)
Born in Bel Air, Maryland, November 13, 1833
Died in New York, New York, June 7, 1893
Booth, John Wilkes (1838-1865)
Booth, Junius B., Sr. (1796-1852)
Born in London, England, May 1, 1796
Lived in Harford County, Maryland, 1822-52
Died on the J. S. Chenoweth, a Mississippi steamboat, November 30, 1852
Booth, Junius B., Jr. (1821-1883)
Born in Charleston, South Carolina, December 22, 1821
Lived in Harford County, Maryland, 1822-58
Died in Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts, September 16, 1883
De Shields, André (1946-)
Born in Baltimore, Maryland, January 12, 1946
Frost, Myles (1999-)
Born in Maryland, July 21, 1999
Knower, Rosemary (1942-2019)
Born in Baltimore, Maryland, July 1, 1942
Died in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania, March 27, 2019
Oakley, Annie [Moses (Mozee, Mosey), Phoebe Ann] (1860-1926)
Born in Darke County, Ohio, August 13, 1860
Lived in Cambridge, Maryland, 1913-17
Died in Greenville, Ohio, November 3, 1926
Rogers, Edmund L., Jr. (1850-1893)
Born in Baltimore, Maryland, July 1, 1850
Died in Baltimore, Maryland, December 19, 1893
Rollins, Howard (1950-1996)
Born in Baltimore, Maryland, October 17, 1950
Died in New York, New York, December 8, 1996
Victor, Melissa (1990-)
Born in Baltimore, Maryland, 1990
Lives in New York, New York
THEATERS (by county)
![[photo, Baltimore Theatre Project, 45 West Preston St., Baltimore, Maryland]](/msa/mdmanual/01glance/arts/images/1198-1-1280.jpg)
Arena Players, Inc.
Baltimore Annex Theater
Baltimore Center Stage
Baltimore Rock Opera Society
Baltimore Shakespeare Factory
Baltimore Theatre Project
Baltimore Theatre Project, 45 West Preston St., Baltimore, Maryland, December 2005. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.
![[photo, Kestrel Shakespeare Theater, St. Mary's Community Center, 3900 Roland Ave., Hampden, Baltimore, Maryland]](/msa/mdmanual/36loc/bcity/images/1198-1-10106c.jpg)
Kestrel Shakespeare Theater, St. Mary's Community Center, 3900 Roland Ave., Hampden, Baltimore, Maryland, October 2019. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.
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Iron Crow Theatre
John Astin Theatre (Johns Hopkins University)
Lyric Baltimore
Opera Baltimore
Kestrel Shakespeare Theater, St. Mary's Community Center, 3900 Roland Ave., Hampden, Baltimore, Maryland, October 2019. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.
(closed)
Spotlighters Theatre
Stillpointe Theatre
Strand Theater Company
Vagabond Theatre
Young Victorian Theatre Company
MONTGOMERY COUNTY
- Adventure Theatre, Glen Echo
- Bethesda Little Theatre, Bethesda
- Damascus Theatre Company, Damascus
- Imagination Stage, Bethesda
- Montgomery Playhouse, Asbury
- Music Center at Strathmore, North Bethesda
- Olney Theatre Center, Olney
- Perisphere Theater, Silver Spring
- Rockville Little Theatre, Rockville
- Rockville Musical Theatre, Rockville
- Round House Theatre, Bethesda
- Sandy Spring Theatre Group, Sandy Spring
- Silver Spring Stage, Silver Spring
- Theatre Consortium (ArtStream, Inc., Forum Theatre (closed in 2018), Live Garra Theatre, Lumina Studio Theatre), Silver Spring
- Victorian Lyric Opera Company, Rockville
- Wildwood Summer Theatre, Bethesda
PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY
- Bowie Community Theatre, Bowie
- Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center (University of Maryland), College Park
- Greenbelt Arts Center, Greenbelt
- Hard Bargain Players, Accokeek
- Laurel Mill Playhouse, Laurel
- Music & Drama (MAD) Club (Goddard Space Flight Center), Greenbelt
- Prince George's Little Theatre, Bowie (closed in 2018)
- St. Matthew's Musical Theatre Troupe, Bowie
- 2nd Star Productions, Bowie
- Ulrich Recital Hall (Tawes Theatre, University of Maryland), College Park
![[photo, Old Colonial Theatre, 12-14 South Potomac St., Hagerstown, Maryland]](/msa/mdmanual/37mun/hagerstown/images/1198-1-778b.jpg)
Old Colonial Theatre, 12-14 South Potomac St., Hagerstown, Maryland, June 2004. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.
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