Acorn Productions Receives Grant From Rines/Thompson Fund

Acorn Productions announces that the company has received a $3,000 grant from the Rines/Thompson Fund administered by the Maine Community Foundation to underwrite the company's new series of plays in the Acorn Studio Theater in Westbrook. The funds will be used to purchase 50 new padded stacking chairs, similar to those found in the city's other intimate theater spaces, as well as expanding the artistic personnel for the upcoming productions in the 40-seat black box venue.

Acorn is currently running The World of Sholom Aleichem in the Acorn Studio Theater, which performs through December 19th. The rest of the season includes two productions of plays by local playwrights Crying at Movies, by John Manderino, and Best of Fest: Volume II, a compilation of short plays from the first ten year of the Maine Playwrights Festival. Additionally, Acorn's Fairy Tale Players, a company of young actors from the Acorn Acting Academy, will be presenting 2 more "fractured" fairy tales: JoJo Dubois Meets His Match, and Rapunzel.

Acorn Productions was founded in 1998 and currently makes its home in the Dana Warp Mill in Westbrook. The company's mission is to invigorate the community of performing artists in Southern Maine. Acorn seeks to nurture new performance pieces, develop artist collaborations, train new talent, and make the arts accessible to a wide spectrum of the general public. Acorn accomplishes these goals by mounting annual festivals that are open to a variety of artists as well as presenting professional performances by local actors in both traditional and non-traditional venues. Ticket prices for these performances are maintained at an affordable level in order to lower economic barriers for potential audience members. Acorn also offers educational programs, including acting classes and workshops, and offers fiscal sponsorships to grassroots organizations or individual artists seeking to become more active members of the performing arts community.

Call Acorn Productions at 854-0065 or visit www.acorn-productions.org for more information about the Studio Series or any other programs offered by Acorn Productions.