There’s no better time to enjoy a stage play or musical than the spring, when many community theaters, high school drama clubs and children’s theater companies debut new productions for the new season. Whether you’re in the mood for an exciting drama, a comedic romp or a play that even the youngest audiences can enjoy, there’s something for every young theater enthusiast in Maryland! Look out for these productions in Spring 2026.
Some of these productions may contain material inappropriate for very young children. Parent discretion is advised.
Anne Arundel County
“A Terrific Time to Tell A Tale” | Hammonds Lane Theatre at Chesapeake Arts Center
“Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!” | Hammonds Lane Theatre at Chesapeake Arts Center
“Junie B. Jones the Musical” | Hammonds Lane Theatre at Chesapeake Arts Center
“The Magic School Bus: Lost in the Solar System” | Hammonds
Lane Theatre at Chesapeake Arts Center
“Compass Rose Cabaret” | Compass Rose Theater at Unity by the Bay
“Disney’s The Lion King Jr.” | Children’s Theatre of Annapolis
“The True Stories of The ‘So-Called’ Big Bad Wolves” | Pasadena Theatre Co.
at Live Arts Studio (Annapolis Mall) and Park Books (Severna Park)
“Willy Wonka Jr.!” | The Talent Machine Co., Inc with The Penguin Project at Mid Atlantic Community Church Baltimore County
Baltimore (City & County)
“Hadestown: Teen Edition” | Children’s Playhouse of Maryland at CCBC Essex
“Kimberly Akimbo” | Hippodrome Theatre at the France-Merrick Performing Arts Center
“Once on This Island” | Murphy Fine Arts Center at Morgan State University
“The Magic School Bus: Lost in the Solar System” | Pearlstone Theater at Baltimore Center Stage
“Beautiful: The Carole King Musical” | Dundalk Community Theatre at CCBC Dundalk
“Little Shop of Horrors” | Notre Dame Preparatory School
“Mean Girls Jr.” | Charm City Players Youth Theatre Company at Oldfields School
“The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” | UMBC Proscenium Theatre
“Into the Woods Jr” | Jewish Community Center of Greater Baltimore
Calvert, Kent, Queen Anne’s and Talbot Counties
“The Wizard of Oz” | Children’s Theatre of Southern Maryland at St. John Vianney Family Life Center
“Into the Woods” | College of Southern Maryland
“The SpongeBob Musical” | Garfield Center for the Arts at the Prince Theatre
“Between the Lines” | Church Hill Theatre
“The Pout-Pout Fish’” | TheaterWorksUSA at Avalon Theatre
Carroll, Harford and Howard Counties
“Shrek The Musical Jr.” | Constellations Theater Company
Spring Children’s Troupe Musical (TBA) | Carroll County Arts Council
“Mamma Mia” | Harford Tech Cobra Theater Company at The Amoss Center
“Disney’s The Little Mermaid” | The Whiteford Playhouse
“Alice in Wonderland” | Chesapeake Theater at Harford Community College
“Disney’s Newsies Jr.” | Columbia Center for Theatrical Arts (at several local schools)
“Into the Woods” | Smith Theatre at Howard Community College
“The Addams Family (Young@Part®)” | Columbia Center for Theatrical Arts (at Burleigh Manor Middle School and Folly Quarter Middle School)
“The Wizard of Oz” | Toby’s Dinner Theatre
Frederick and Washington Counties
“Arthur and Friends Make a Musical” | Maryland Ensemble Theatre
“Click Clack Moo” | Weinberg Center for the Arts
“Mamma Mia” | Urbana High School
“Oklahoma!” | The Washington County Playhouse Dinner Theater
“Hadestown Teen Edition” | Barbara Ingram School for the Arts at The Maryland Theatre
Montgomery County
“Aesop’s Fables” | Adventure Theatre at Glen Echo Park
“Cinderella” | The Puppet Co. Playhouse at Glen Echo Park
“Good Morning, Good Night” | Imagination Stage
