Starry Night Fundraiser at 2nd Star Productions

     Folks who like to attend musical theater mostly for the show-stopping numbers have an opportunity to enjoy the best of a decade of 2nd Star Productions musicals in one evening. For 50 tax deductible dollars, patrons can reserve a seat at the little theater in the woods, a.k.a. the Bowie Playhouse, on Sunday, November 13th.

     The evening starts at 8 pm with music direction by Donald K. Smith, and performances by local artists reprising their favorite performances from 2nd Star musicals, as follows:

Damn Yankees -  Dean Davis, Wendell Holland

The Sound of Music  - Barbara Hartzell

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum -  Brian Douglas
Something's Afoot - Duncan Hood and Shannon Benil

My Fair Lady - Pamela Day    

A Funny thing Happened on the Way to the Forum - Nathan Bowen

Anything Goes - Drea Elward    

Oliver  - Tiffany Shannon

Oliver - Zac Fadler , Michael Mathes, Brian Jolly, Stevie Mangum

Annie - Vivian Wingard, Tabi Thornhill, Leela Dawson, Angeleza Anderson, Kashamere Maria
Pirates of Penzance - Tania Rosa Bindhoff Frieswyck

The Secret Garden - Samantha Feikema, John Day, Eddie Chell,  Vivian Wingard, Zac Fadler

King and I - Wendell Holland

Cinderella - Malarie Novotny, Lisa Gregg, Pam Shilling

Brigadoon -  Barbara Hartzell, John Day

Damn Yankees - Hannah Thornhill

Into the Woods - Christine Asero, Pamela Day, Brian Douglas

The Music Man - Julie Kurzava
The Man of LaMancha - Michael Galizia

     Light refreshments and a silent auction will be served at the intermission. 

     Seating is limited and prepaid reservations should be made very soon. Call 410-757-5700  or 301-832-4819. For more information and directions, go to the 2nd Star home page.

     Watch for Vivian Wingard's and Zac Fadler's performance from The Secret Garden.  Vivian Wingard is the teen granddaughter of Janie Wingard, owner and founder of the theater, and Janie described their performance of "Wick" as one of her proudest moments in the theater's history when we talked last spring. (See  The Force Behind 2nd Star Productions)

2nd Star Productions

Last month, 2nd Star Productions reprised Larry Shue's "The Foreigner" at the charming little theater in the woods, Bowie Playhouse. After performing there for Director Jane Wingard fifteen years ago in the same play and with the same lead (Steve English), I had to check out the final performance.

This show was excellent! A high compliment from an audience member predisposed to hope that the production wouldn't be quite as good as ours had been. But it was, and even better as an ensemble. There's no point in writing a review, now, but suffice it to say that the review of opening night that came out in Bay Weekly is right on the mark.

Bay Weekly Review of The Foreigner
The final performance blew the audience away.

Bowie Playhouse, White Marsh Recreational Park, Bowie, MD

Last spring, Wingard graciously spent some time answering questions and discussing the history of 2nd Star Productions. See The Force Behind 2nd Star Productions.