“Maine Cabin Masters” from left are Ryan Eldridge, Ashley Morrill, Chase Morrill, Jared “Jedi” Baker and Matt “Dixie” Dix. Submitted photo

ROME — Pine Tree Camp kicks off its 80th anniversary year by revealing a secret.

This summer, the Maine Cabin Masters renovated camp’s recreation hall and theater space. This 2,343-square-foot building dates back to the 1960s, is home to camp’s drama and music program, and features memorabilia from as far back as the 1940s. The building was totally reimagined and revamped in the heart of Pine Tree Camp’s fully-accessible campus on North Pond, according to a news release from the camp.

The completed project, largely funded by a grant from the Prescott Family, and built by the cast and crew of the Magnolia Network’s reality television series, “Maine Cabin Masters,” is set to be unveiled on the Monday, Feb. 3, episode. Titled “Curtains Up! Theatre for Extraordinary Campers,” it airs at 9 p.m. on the Magnolia Network.

“The new space is truly incredible,” said Pine Tree Camp Director Dawn-Willard Robinson. “They created a space where our campers can let their talents shine. They took our goals for theater, music and arts programming and brought it to life in ways we could have never imagined.”

The Maine Cabin Masters are known for renovating old lakeside, family camps and cabins. The recreation hall project fit because it is in the center of an 80 year old summer camp, surrounded by cabins, woods and water.

“Pine Tree Camp is a place where children and adults with disabilities can get outside and experience anything they want to try,” said Willard-Robinson. “From swimming to archery to standing up on the stage and belting out a song, our campers are free to explore new things.”

Construction began in June. The Maine Cabin Masters crew worked through the summer to finish the project by September, when they filmed the big reveal.

When Willard-Robinson first saw the finished space during the September filming of the reveal, her eyes filled with tears.

“They were tears of joy,” she recalled. “I could imagine our campers in the space, and the emotion was overwhelming.”

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