RLT will be awarding one $1,000 scholarship to a graduating senior from the Richard Montgomery, Rockville or Thomas S. Wootton high school class of 2021. Thanks to the generosity of an anonymous donor, the scholarship will be doubled to $2,000. The finalists and winner will be recognized on our website and via social media.
Submission Deadline: January 31, 2021
A gripping re-imagination of events the night before the assassination of the civil rights leader, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. On April 3, 1968, after delivering one of his most memorable speeches, an exhausted Dr. King retires to his room at the Lorraine Motel while a storm rages outside. When a mysterious stranger arrives with some surprising news, King is forced to confront his destiny and his legacy to his people.
The remainder of the 2020-21 season at the F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre has been cancelled due to COVID-19 concerns. Where possible shows have been rescheduled to our 2021-22 season. See below...
At a gathering for their tenth wedding anniversary, the host lies bleeding, and his wife is nowhere in sight. His lawyer, Ken, and wife, Chris, must get "the story" straight before the other guests arrive. As the confusions and miscommunications mount, the evening spins off into classic farcical hilarity.
September 2021: 24, 25, 26, October 1, 2, 3
Christine Penmark seems to have it all, a loving husband, a beautiful home, and the perfect daughter, Rhoda. But when a child drowns under suspicious circumstances, the whole town starts to speculate about what really happened… was it truly an accident? Was it a classmate? Who knows more than they are telling? Christine’s secret past is revealed and the fear grows to a chilling finale in this psychological thriller.
January 2022: 28, 29, 30, Feburary 4, 5, 6
One of the greatest romantic comedies of manners. A young man comes to the country to court the daughter of a friend of his father's. Although well-bred, he is shy around women of his own standing, but a rake around 'women of another sort.' He is fooled into thinking that the old-fashioned house he is to visit is actually an inn, his father's friend is the Innkeeper, and his potential betrothed a barmaid. Comic hijinks ensue.
April 2022: 29, 30, May 1, 6, 7, 8
Supported in part by the Maryland State Arts Council (msac.org) and the Nora Roberts Foundation (norarobertsfoundation.org)