It is a professional theater that is also an educational facility. Check out Bowiecenter.org.
Actually, it's a pretty much state-of-the-art two venue Performing Arts Center, owned by the School System and run by a Governing Board with representatives from the System, the City, the County, and BRAVA, the folks that made it happen. It is a rental house.
Neither, it's a glorified theater that can be rented. It's attached to Bowie High School and since the BCPA is owned by the county, the school is permitted to use it for free.
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