The British Players

06/15/2026

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Silhouette Stages’ “Fun Home” earns the All-Round Production Excellence trophy, the competition’s highest honor KENSINGTON, MD — The British Players are proud to announce th…

06/07/2026

Congratulations to the winners of Ruby Griffith Awards!

All around Production Excellence:

Fun Home, Silhouette Stage

Outstanding Achievement in a Musical-A Tie:

The Addams Family, The Talent Machine Company

The Prince Of Egypt, Woods Memorial Presbyterian Church

Outstanding Achievement in a Play:

Dracula, A Comedy of Errors, The Colonial Players of Annapolis

05/30/2026

You may have missed this fabulous show, but another one is coming in 2028!

Welcome, welcome back to Music Hall! A wonderful tradition returns to Kensington as The British Players present this classic of the British tradition back to the stage. For readers unaware of what …

05/13/2026

Rachel Waldstein (Bow Belle) is happy to be onstage in the Old Time Music Hall after barmaiding too many times to count. She also appeared in BP’s Jack and the Beanstalk and Robin Hood and the Babes in the Wood. Rachel performed for over two decades with Hexagon, "Washington's Only Original Political Satirical Musical Comedy R***e." Other credits include: The Pirates of Penzance (TAP), Anything Goes and The Music Man (MTA), 42nd Street (American Music Stage) and My Fair Lady (RMT). Previously, she danced with TAPestry, a DC-based tap company. Rachel also teaches yoga. Come see Rachel and the rest of this most illustrious cast in Music Hall, The Tradition Continues performing May 1-16! Buy tickets: https://app.arts-people.com/index.php?show=300162

05/12/2026

John Allnutt was last seen in BP’s One Man Two Guvnors in 2025. He has appeared on numerous stages in the area including MP, RMT, PTC, Hexagon, TAP, Tantallon Players, Quotidian Theatre Company and BP. Some of his favorite roles include Our Town (Stage Manager), Arms and the Man (CaptBluntschli), The Philadelphia Story (Dexter Haven), The Music Man (Harold Hill), Pygmalion (Henry Higgins), The Sound of Music (Capt Von Trapp), Grease (Danny Zuko), The Audience (John Major) and Fawlty Towers (Basil Fawlty). His oeuvre of farces include Noises Off (twice: once as Gary/Roger once as Lloyd Dallas; Run for Your Wife and its sequel Caught in the Net (BP), both as taxi driver John Smith; Move Over Mrs. Markham (once as Henry Lodge and once as Phillip Markham); Two Into One and Out of Order, both as George Pigden. He also enjoyed playing Arthur Pullen in Shut Your Eyes and Think of England, a title so long it busts a 75-word limit for program bio alone. He has performed in 23 Hexagon revues, 20 of them as a president named George Bush (41 and 43); and opened an act of the 1990 Music Hall as 41 conversing with Margaret Thatcher (played by Ann Pasco). He is a Bernard Shaw aficionado. In addition to Higgins (supra), BP's 2017 Pygmalion production as Pickering. Elsewhere: Man and Superman (Octavius Robinson); Overruled (Gregory Lunn) and Press Cuttings (General Mitchener). He directed Getting Married for BP in 2009. Other BP shows include Music Halls 1987 and 2024, Round and Round the Garden, How the Other Half Loves, Bedside Mannersand Quartet. Come see John and the rest of this most illustrious cast in Music Hall, The Tradition Continues performing May 1-16! Buy tickets: https://app.arts-people.com/index.php?show=300162

05/11/2026

Introducing Kris Humphrey who joins us as an Edwardian for this year's production! Kris, a long time Players member and experienced Barmaid, is thrilled to return to the stage for her 5th (6th?) Music Hall. She loves the combination of bad jokes, beautiful singing, silliness, and wine that the Music Hall provides to the audience, cast, and crew alike, and hopes you'll come share the experience with her! By day, Kris is a consultant at the Defense Department, mom of two amazing teenagers (who still speak to her!), and wife to her considerably patient and supportive husband Justin. She tries to be a force for chaotic good in the world. Cheers! Come see Kris and the rest of this most illustrious cast in Music Hall, The Tradition Continues performing May 1-16! Buy tickets: https://app.arts-people.com/index.php?show=300162

05/08/2026

Run! Don't walk to see this show with "rousing ensemble dance numbers; stunningly beautiful star turns and hilarious comedic interludes"

Comedy, old and new songs, dance, and even some sing-alongs highlight this entertaining production that brings back the British vaudeville tradition.

05/08/2026

The critics love us! Come see this fabulous show!

Comedy, old and new songs, dance, and even some sing-alongs highlight this entertaining production that brings back the British vaudeville tradition.

05/06/2026

Bethany Blakey first appeared in Music Hall in 2000. This year, she reprises one of her Red Hot Mama numbers from that debut (see pic), this time with new choreography and a teal dress that was also custom made for her for that show. Rumor has it she loves the teal dress so much that she had her historic home in Frederick painted the same color.

Bethany will also debut a hot new old song that you don't want to miss!

Come see Bethany and the rest of this most illustrious cast in Music Hall, The Tradition Continues performing May 1-16! Buy tickets: https://app.arts-people.com/index.php?show=300162

05/05/2026