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The Fine and Performing Arts Center (FPAC)

Bowie State University’s Fine and Performing Arts Center opened in the spring of 2012 and features extraordinary resources for students and faculty including specialized art studios; a photography processing lab; an art gallery; and an outdoor sculpture workspace. The 123,000 square-foot building also includes a 400-seat main stage theatre, a 200-seat black box theatre, a movement studio, and a 200-seat recital hall. Spacious classrooms, laboratories and office suites are strategically placed throughout the building to accommodate various faculty and programs.

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Box Office Information

Please note that the BSU Theatre Box Office now operates through On the Stage. All tickets must be reserved and paid electronically through the BSU Theatre On the Stage platform. Make reservations for all theatre and dance productions by visiting the BSU portal at OnTheStage.com . Tickets may be picked up 30 minutes prior to performance time and seating begins 15 minutes prior to curtain.

For more information about performances and events in the Department of Fine and Performing Arts, please contact Event Coordinator Desiré Dubose at ddubose@bowiestate.edu or call 301-860-3123.

Senior Theatre Capstones

Free admission!!

Please join us this weekend for senior theatre capstone productions of three original plays, INTERNAL PLEADING by Jacobie Thornton and directed by Justus Harris; WAITING … by Lauren Christin and directed by the playwright; and WHATCHU SAY YOUR NAME WAS? by Raymond Ingram and directed by Malaysha Sabria. These productions include capstones for graduating seniors Brielle Bertrand, Lauren Christin, Justus Harris, Raymond Ingram, Malaysha Sabria, and Jacobie Thornton. Each play receives three performances in the Black Box Theater in the Fine and Performing Arts Center.

Performances are:
Thursday, May 1 @ 7:30 PM
Friday, May 2 @ 7:30 PM
Saturday, May 3 @ 7:30 PM
Sunday, May 4 @ 7:30 PM

Black Box Theater
Fine and Performing Arts Center, 14000 Jericho Park Road, Bowie, MD 20715.
Free tickets available at the door.

These plays are not suitable for children.

Reserve Tickets

WAITING … by Lauren Christin, directed by Lauren Christin
Told through spoken word and hip-hop lyrics, this new play follows strangers Vaughn and Ellis as they tackle hustle culture, internalized anti-blackness and gentrification. Inspired by Samuel Beckett’s WAITING FOR GODOT. (30 minutes) (PG-13)

INTERNAL PLEADING by Jacobie Thornton, directed by Justus Harris
In this theatrical journey of self-discovery, a young man explores creativity, tackles grief, and discovers identity. (45 minutes) (PG)

WHATCHU SAY YOUR NAME WAS? by Raymond Ingram, directed by Malaysha Sabria
In this hilarious reimagining of Oscar Wilde’s 1895 hit comedy, James and Adonis find out the importance of being earnest at a summer backyard barbeque. (85 minutes) (not appropriate for children)

THEATRE CAPSTONE PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE:

Thursday, May 1, 2025
WAITING ... by Lauren Christin at 7:30 PM
INTERNAL PLEADING by Jacobie Thornton at 8:30 PM

Friday, May 2, 2025
WAITING ... by Lauren Christin at 7:30 PM
WHATCHU SAY YOUR NAME WAS? by Raymond Ingram at 8:30 PM

Saturday, May 3, 2025
WAITING ... by Lauren Christin at 1:30 PM
INTERNAL PLEADING by Jacobie Thornton at 2:30 PM
WHATCHU SAY YOUR NAME WAS? by Raymond Ingram at 5:00 PM

Sunday, May 4, 2025
INTERNAL PLEADING by Jacobie Thornton at 2:30 PM
WHATCHU SAY YOUR NAME WAS? by Raymond Ingram at 5:00 PM

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