Announcing Our 2017-2018 Season
Fall 2017: The Bridges of Madison County Music/Lyrics by Jason Robert Brown Book by Marsha Norman Based on the novel by Robert James Waller Directed by Craig Pettinati Music Direction by Stuart Y. Weich Winter 2018: Steel Magnolias Written by Robert Harling Directed by John Nunemaker Spring 2018: You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown...
KAT Voted Best Community Theatre in the DC Metro Area by Readers for 2016!
Thank you to everyone who voted for us in the 2016 MD Theatre Guide readers’ poll. Over 10,000 votes were cast, and we were selected as the Best Community Theatre in the DC Metro Area. We are thrilled and honored to receive this accolade and promise that we will continue to create art that challenges...
TWO ROOMS
Performance Dates: February 17, 18, 19 (Sunday), 24, 25, 26 (Sunday), March 3, 4 CLOSED *Friday/Saturday shows at 8:15pm, Sunday shows at 2:00m Location: Kensington Town Hall/The Armory 3710 Mitchell Street, Kensington, MD 20895 Written by Lee Blessing Directed by John Nunemaker Produced by Kelsey Jenkins THE STORY: The two rooms of the title...
Another successful run at Second Stage
The Wizard of Oz (Young Performers Edition) is a one hour adaptation specifically tailored for students in grades 5 – 12. Like so many girls her age, little Dorothy Gale of Kansas dreams of what lies over the rainbow. One day a twister hits her farm and carries her away over the rainbow to another world. Come join Dorothy, the...
Phenomenal Run for CABARET
Cabaret takes place from 1929-1930, a time when Berlin, in the midst of a Post-World War I economic depression, is transitioning from a center of underground, avant-garde cultural epicenter to the beginnings of Hitler’s totalitarian regime and the rise of the Nazi Party. Into this world enters Clifford Bradshaw, a struggling American writer looking for...
A Great Run for THE WHO’S TOMMY
Based on the iconic 1969 rock concept album, The Who’s Tommy is an exhilarating story of hope, healing, and the human psyche. After witnessing the accidental murder of his mother’s lover by his father, Tommy is traumatized into catatonia, and as he grows up, he suffers abuse at the hands of his relatives and neighbors....
FIDDLER ON THE ROOF JR: Another successful run for KAT2!
This special adaptation of the nine-time Tony Award-winning Broadway musical, Fiddler on the Roof JR follows Tevye the milkman as he tries to protect his daughters and his way of life from a changing world. The show tackles the universal theme of tradition in ways that reach across barriers of race, class, nationality and religion!...
THE LARAMIE PROJECT: A Letter from Judy Shepard, Matthew’s Mother
“The Laramie Project with its powerful messages, unfortunately, continues to be relevant in the world today as you have unfortunately seen recently very close to home. Bullying, hate crimes, young people committing suicide because they are harassed and targeted for being who they are; all of these events surround us on a daily basis and...
Five Star Reviews for The Laramie Project
The dialogue and monologues which comprise The Laramie Project are taken from interviews, news reports, courtroom transcripts, and journal entries. It is an amazing theatrical collage that explores the depths to which humanity can sink and the heights of compassion of which we are capable.
KAT Junior Closes with a Great Run of SHREK
Everyone’s favorite ogre is back in the hilarious stage spectacle based on the Oscar-winning smash hit film. Tickets available at kat.ticketleap.com or at the door (cash only) on the day of performance.
A Great Run for Jesus Christ Superstar
Jesus Christ Superstar tells the biblical story of Jesus Christ's final days of life.
Thanks for making 2nd Stage’s Disney’s Aladdin JR a big success!
Performance Dates: October 16, 17, 18, 23, 24, 25 (CLOSED) Music by Alan Menken Lyrics by Howard Ashman, Tim Rice Book Adapted and Additional Lyrics by Jim Luigs Music Adapted and Arranged by Bryan Louiselle Directed by Fred Zirm Music Direction by Arielle Bayer Produced by Doe B. Kim Based on the 1992 Disney film, Aladdin...
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