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| | Birds of North America (CP2 Mini-Festival #1)
By Anna Ouyang Moench
An intimate and thrilling father-daughter drama
Directed by Jeffery Battersby
OCTOBER 2026
Evening - Friday, October 2, 8pm
Matinee - Saturday, October 3, 2pm
John and his daughter Caitlyn are birders. As they scan the skies over their backyard in suburban Maryland looking for elusive birds, years go by. Relationships begin and end. Children grow up and parents age. This lyrical and endearing family portrait unfolds in delicate, detailed layers like the scattered leaves of each passing year.
Binoculars. Birds. A Baltimore backyard.
“…[A] beautifully crafted… lyrical, funny, and painful play that should be on your must-see list.” – MD Theatre Guide
“A gentle reminder to seize the day for yourself and those you love.” – (DC Metro)
Birds of North America is presented through special arrangement with TRW Plays. trwplays.com
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| | Dead Man's Cell Phone (CP2 Mini-Festival #1)
By Sarah Ruhl
A beguiling surrealist comedy
Directed by Kit Colbourn
October 2026
Evening - Saturday, October 3, 8pm
Matinee - Sunday, October 4, 2pm
A comedy about how we remember the dead – and how that memorialization changes us. It is the journey of a woman forced to confront her presumptions about isolation in a technological society. Everything we thought we knew, everything we thought was dead, can be uncovered, re-discovered, and brought to life again.
A ringing cell phone in a quiet café. A stranger at the next tablet. And a dead man-with a lot of loose ends
"Satire is her oxygen [...] In her oddball comedy, Sarah Ruhl is forever vital in her lyrical and biting takes on how we behave." – The Washington Post
Dead Man’s Cell Phone is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals, on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. concordtheatricals.com
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| | Peter and the Starcatcher (Main Stage #3)
a play by Rick Elice with music by Wayne Barker. Based on the novel by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson
A whimsical musical adventure
Directed by Christine Crawfis
NOVEMBER 2026
Fri & Sat 8pm / November 6, 7, 13, 14, 20, 21
Sun Matinee 2pm/ November 15
Sat Matinee 2pm/ November 21
A grown up prequel to Peter Pan, this Tony Award®–winning adventure reimagines the Neverland you never knew. Peter and the Starcatcher transforms the classic tale with a wildly inventive origin story of how a nameless orphan became The Boy Who Wouldn’t Grow Up. An ensemble cast conjures more than a hundred characters through ingenious stagecraft and boundless imagination.
With music, mermaids, stardust treasure, a spirited heroine, unruly pirates, and a wickedly absurd Captain, Peter and the Starcatcher takes flight. Pirates included. Plenty of them.
The story of how Peter became Pan.
“SENSATIONAL! Showbiz at its most brazenly infectious.” – The New York Times
Peter and the Starcatcher is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. MTIShows.com
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