Brunswick Junior High commemorates the season with its production of the Disney animated film.
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Lewiston theater to stage off-Broadway hit featuring audience participation
The Public Theatre in Lewiston is putting on the play “Every Brilliant Thing” from Jan. 24 through Feb. 2. This funny and moving story is told with the help of the audience. When a woman goes into the hospital because she finds it “hard to be happy,” her 7-year-old daughter starts writing her a list […]
Local community theater to hold auditions for ‘Fiddler on the Roof’
Lincoln County Community Theater will hold auditions for its winter/spring production of the musical “Fiddler on the Roof” on Jan. 6 and 7. Performances are scheduled for the weekend of May 2, 3 and 4. This will be a fully staged production with full orchestra. The roles of Tevye and his wife, Golde, are already […]
Monmouth Community Players to present 11 short plays in festival
The Monmouth Community Players will present their 4th Annual MCP Shorts Play Festival from Jan. 3-5 at Cumston Hall, 796 Main St. in Monmouth. This short play festival had its origins during 2020, where MCP solicited scripts from local playwrights and presented staged readings via Zoom recordings. Since then, the festival has evolved to include […]
State Theatre production staff files petition to unionize
About 35 stagehands at one of Portland’s biggest venues say they are seeking industry-standard wages and benefits.
Studio Theatre of Bath suits up for its adults-only Twisted Christmas
The local theater is putting on an adults-only comedy, music, dance and improv show with a twist on classic Christmas themes to close out the year.
‘A Christmas Carol’ returns to The Public Theatre in Lewiston
This holiday season, for one weekend only, The Public Theatre in Lewiston presents its adaptation of “A Christmas Carol” this weekend, Dec 13-15. This inventive version, performed by six actors and a fiddler, was developed at The Public Theatre by former Executive/Co-Artistic Director Christopher Schario. It has since been published and performed by theaters around […]
Friends of Merrymeeting Bay series features kids’ theater-meets-documentary work
Friends of Merrymeeting Bay’s next installment of its 28th annual Winter Speaker Series, “Our Town! Adventures in Richmond History,” features the Piti Theatre Company and the 2023-2024 fourth graders of Richmond’s Marcia Buker Elementary School. The event will be at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 11. Visit fomb.org for the Zoom link. This program premieres the […]
Students, community collaborate on fall musical
Kennebunk High School’s production of “The Hunchback of Notre Dame” is scheduled for Nov. 7-10.
Monmouth Community Players brings ‘Dracula’ to historic Cumston Hall
The Monmouth Community Players will present its fall production of “Dracula” Nov. 1-3 and 8-10. This version is a stage play written by the Irish actor and playwright Hamilton Deane in 1924, then revised by the American writer John L. Balderston in 1927. It was the first authorized adaptation of Bram Stoker’s 1897 novel “Dracula.” […]