Welcome to the

Children's Theatre

of Southern Maryland!

Welcome to the Children's Theatre of Southern Maryland

CTSMD is a non-profit children’s theatre organization dedicated to inspiring self-confidence, communication skills, and self-worth in all participants. Our mission is to support productions and classes that showcase and educate local talent while enhancing the artistic experience for all who participate, whether on stage, behind the scenes, or in the audience. Our goal is to foster, promote, and increase the public knowledge and appreciation of the arts and cultural activities in Southern Maryland, and to develop opportunities for children in theatre arts.

Meet the people behind the curtain that make CTSMD possible.

We have a variety of volunteer opportunities for youth and adults!

News, press releases, resources and announcements.

Classes, productions, workshops and more!

Come see a show!! Our Production announcements will be listed under our events page. This is your one stop shop for our production announcements and dates, locations and times for our productions.

There are many ways you can support the Children’s Theatre of Southern Maryland! (All donations are tax deductible)

Our Theatre's Core Values

We collaborate to create an atmosphere that empowers artists to do their finest work. Our rigorous standards reflect our commitment to excellence in every area of production. We hope to inspire the next generation of performers to not only strive for excellence, but to have fun doing it, while offering quality theatre produced by children for general audiences.

Artistic Excellence

We collaborate to create an atmosphere that empowers artists to do their finest work.

Communication

We aspire to work as a team within and between departments

Community

We support inclusion to advance social unity throughout the communities we serve.

Diversity

We are committed to an environment that fosters inclusion and that reflects our community.

Education

We offer educational and performance opportunities throughout the Tri-County area that will be unique to the community

Making someone else’s dreams a reality is something that's value is innumerable

Upcoming Events

Our Session C (6 week) and Session C/D (12 week session) class registration is now open! Our new location for classes will be at New Life Church in Prince Frederick so that we can be more centrally located to all three Southern Maryland counties!

The link for classes is listed below. PLEASE NOTE: one of the tabs is for our 6 week courses and one is for our 12 week courses. Make sure you take note of which class you are registering for, as some classes are for 6 weeks and some are for 12.

CLASSES BEGIN ON THE WEEK OF JANUARY 3rd
REGISTRATION IS OPEN UNTIL JANUARY 9

PRICING:

Multiple-Class discounts are still in effect. If you sign up for 2 or 3 classes, there will be an automatic 10% discount applied. If you sign up for 4 or more classes there will be a 25% discount applied. PLEASE NOTE: If you are taking BOTH 6 and 12 week classes, you’ll need to contact brandy.oshields@ctsmd.org so that we can manually apply that discount.

3-Week payment plan. Payment for both 6 and 12 week classes are split into 3-week intervals, with the first 3-Week payment due upon enrollment.
Reduced cost for several classes accepting children under 8 years of age.

For additional information on CTSMD educational opportunities and scheduled performances please visit events page

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News & Articles

Our blog brings together news, education, resources and perspectives from our staff, and many guest bloggers!

Location And Dates For Our Fall Production of A Christmas Story

https://ctsmd.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Announcement-Northern-1.mp4CTSMD is thrilled to announce the location and dates for our fall production of A Christmas...

Winter Musical Announcement!

We are happy to announce auditions for our holiday show, “A Christmas Story: The Musical”!! Auditions...

Hoping to take center stage: Veteran actor helps found new children’s theater

Check out this article that was written about CTSMD by SOMD News! Click to view article

Captains Program

The CAPTAINs acquire skills through active participation in all of CTSMD’s activities, while staff members serve as their mentors.

Classes & Workshops

Our classes, taught by highly educated teaching artists, challenge students to push their creative limits.

Perform

We intend to offer educational and performance opportunities throughout the Tri-County area.