“Lunenburg,” a delightful mix of mystery, comedy, and romance, will make its US premiere and be performed May 3-12 at The Public Theatre in Lewiston. When Iris’ husband is unexpectedly killed in a plane crash, her lawyer reveals she has inherited a beautiful home in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia – that she never knew existed! With […]
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One woman show ‘Keeping It Inn’ to be staged at The Hill Arts
The lives of women born in the 1920s are rarely documented or even considered to be interesting. As a playwright and performer of “Keeping It Inn,” it is clear that Cindy Pierce had a front-row seat watching her mother, Nancy Pierce, break out of the conventional life expected of women her age and step into […]
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Monmouth Community Players to stage ‘Heathers, The Musical’
The Monmouth Community Players announce the cast for their upcoming production of “Heathers, The Musical” to be performed April 19-28 at Cumston Hall, 796 Main St. in Monmouth. Performances are set for 7:30 p.m. on April 19, 20 and 26; and at 2 p.m. on April 21, 27 and 28. “Heathers, The Musical,” lyrics and […]
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Final weekend for ‘Spring Awakening’ at Community Little Theatre
The Community Little Theatre production of “Spring Awakening,” directed by Becca Tinkham, will wrap up with performances at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, April 12, and at 2 p.m. on Saturday, April 13, and Sunday April 14, at Community Little Theatre in Auburn. “Spring Awakening” is based on the 1891 work of the same name written […]
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Freeport Players present ‘dessert theater’ featuring production of ‘Murder at the Pie Auction’
Freeport Players presents a murder mystery “dessert theater” presentation of “Murder at the Pie Auction,” by Michael Druce, at 7 p.m. on Friday, April 19, and Saturday, April 20, at the First Parish Church Hall in Freeport. After years of trying unsuccessfully, the small town of Mynute, Alaska, finally lands the famous Mother Mabel’s Pie-Baking […]
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Mad Horse Theatre Company presents cowboy comedy ‘Tumacho’
Buckle up as music, puppets, slapstick, and general rootin’ tootin’ times all smash together to bring you “Tumacho,” by Ethan Lipton, directed by Jake Cote, a delirious Western comedy unlike anything you have seen before. In a small town in the Old West, the mayor can’t keep his people from running away or dying at […]
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Gaslight Theater presents production of ‘Four Old Broads’
The Gaslight Theater will present “Four Old Broads” by Leslie Kimbell over two weekends in April at Hallowell City Hall Auditorium. Things have not been very pleasant at Magnolia Place Assisted Living home so our Four Old Broads decide to outsmart the “evil” nurse, Pat, to solve the mystery of wrong pills, “the dark side” […]
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UMF presents first-ever campus student production of ‘The Sacred Prostitute and Other Plays’
Students at the University of Maine at Farmington will present the first-ever campus student production of “The Sacred Prostitute and Other Plays” by Mina Loy. This next stop on the world premiere tour will take place at 7:30 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, April 4-6; and at 2 p.m. on Sunday, April 7, in the Performance Space in […]
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Coming-of-age production ‘Spring Awakening’ to open at CLT
The production of the angst rock musical “Spring Awakening,” telling a cautionary tale of what happens when adults are distrusting of youth, and the importance of communication, patience, and understanding between adults and children, will open on Friday, April 5, at Community Little Theatre in Auburn. It is 1891 in Germany and a group of […]
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‘Secret Hour’ opening at The Public Theatre
The compelling new play “Secret Hour” featuring Jason Cadieux as Ben and Katharine McLeod as Kate will open on Friday, March 15, and running through March 24, at The Public Theatre in Lewiston. This will be the play’s second production after its world premiere last year in New York. Playwright Jenny Stafford will be joining […]