The curtain is rising on fall theater productions throughout the school system, at middle and high schools. Plan now to see these great performances, which run into early 2023. From “Shrek” and “Mamma Mia” to “Radium Girls” and “Lavender,” an original work by a 2023 Albert Einstein High School graduate, there’s something for everyone. Full list below, courtesy of MCPS:
Middle Schools
A. Mario Loiederman “Lord of the Choir”
Nov. 16, 17 and 18, 7 p.m.
Briggs Chaney
“And Then There Was One – A Spoof” Nov. 16 and 17, 7 p.m.
Earle B. Wood Talent Show Nov. 3, 7 p.m.
Eastern
Talent Show Oct. 27, 7 p.m.
Francis Scott Key
“The Redemption of Gertie Greene” Jan. 26, 6 p.m.
Jan. 27, 1 p.m.
Gaithersburg
“Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse” Dec. 6, 6 p.m.
Dec. 7, 6 p.m.
John Poole
“Parents Just Don’t Understand” Dec. 15, 6:30 p.m.
Dec. 16, 2 p.m.
John T. Baker Variety Show Nov. 17, 6 p.m. Nov. 18, 1 p.m.
Lakelands Park
“A Night of One Acts” Dec. 15, 8, p.m.
Parkland
“Beauty and the Beast, Jr.” Feb. 8, 2024, 7 p.m.
Feb. 9, 2024, 7 p.m.
Redland
“Madhouse! A Madcap One-Act” Nov. 16 and 17, 7 p.m.
Robert Frost
“Legally Blonde, Jr.” Nov. 17 and 18, 7 p.m. Nov. 19, 2 p.m.
Rocky Hill
“Alice in Wonderland” Dec. 15, 7 p.m.
Dec. 16, 3 p.m.
Rosa M. Parks
“You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown” Dec. 1 and 2, 7 p.m.
Silver Creek
“Still Life with Iris” Dec. 1, 7 p.m.
Dec. 2, noon and 6 p.m.
Thomas W. Pyle
“Dorothy Meets Alice – The Wizard of Wonderland” Nov. 30, Dec. 1 and Dec. 2, 7 p.m.
Tilden
“WCKY”
Dec. 1, 2, 8 and 9, 7 p.m.
Westland Showcase of Talent Dec. 12, 7 p.m.
High Schools
Bethesda-Chevy Chase
“The Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon” Nov. 16, 17 and 18, 7 p.m.
Albert Einstein
“Lavender”
Nov. 2, 4, 10 and 11, 7 p.m.
Winston Churchill “Mamma Mia!”
Nov. 10 and 11, 7 p.m. Nov. 12, 2 p.m.
Nov. 17 and 18, 7 p.m.
Clarksburg
“Elf”
Dec. 1, 2, 8 and 9, 7 p.m. Dec. 3, 1 p.m.
Col. Zadok Magruder “Clue,” High School Edition Nov. 9, 10 and 11, 7 p.m.
Damascus
“Suite Surrender”
Oct. 20, 21, 27 and 28, 7 p.m.
James Hubert Blake
“Shrek The Musical”
Nov. 10, 16, 17 and 19, 8 p.m. Nov. 11, 1 p.m. and 8 p.m.
Montgomery Blair
“Caesar and Cleopatra”
Nov. 9, 4 p.m.
Nov. 10, 11, 17 and 18, 7 p.m. Nov. 11 and 18, 2 p.m.
Nov. 16, 4 p.m.
Gaithersburg
“Alice in Wonderland” Nov. 2, 3 and 4, 7 p.m.
Northwest
“67 Cinderellas”
Nov. 3, 7 p.m.
Nov. 4, 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Nov. 5, 2 p.m.
Northwood
“George A. Romero’s Night of the Living Dead: Live!”
Oct. 31, Nov. 2, 3 and 4, 7 p.m.
Paint Branch
“Murder on Center Stage” Nov. 9, 11, 16 and 18, 7 p.m.
Poolesville
“Dessert Theatre”
Nov. 16 and 17, 7 p.m. Nov. 18, 2 p.m. and 7 p.m.
Quince Orchard
“Peter and the Starcatcher”
Nov. 11 and 18, 2 p.m. and 7 p.m.
Richard Montgomery
“Hello, Dolly!”
November 10, 11, 17 and 18, 7 p.m.
Rockville
“The Video Gamapalooza” Nov. 10, 11 and 17, 7 p.m. Nov. 18, 1 p.m. and 7 p.m.
Seneca Valley “Radium Girls”
Nov. 3 and 10, 7 p.m. Nov. 4 and 11, 2 p.m.
Sherwood
“Grease”
Nov. 16, 17 and 18, 7 p.m. Nov. 19, 2 p.m.
Springbrook
“Clue”
Nov. 9, 3 p.m.
Nov. 10 and 11, 7 p.m. Nov. 13, 10 a.m.
Thomas S. Wootton “Radium Girls”
Nov 9, 10 and 11, 7 p.m. Nov. 11 and 12, 2 p.m.
Walt Whitman
“A Flea in Her Ear”
Nov. 9 and 10, 7 p.m. Nov. 11, 1 p.m. and 7 p.m.
Watkins Mill
“She Kills Monsters” Nov. 16, 17 and 18, 7 p.m.
Wheaton
“I Am Frankenstein” Nov. 10 and 11, 7 p.m. Nov. 11, 2 p.m.
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