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Penobscot Theatre Company's board of directors is pleased to announce the promotion of Kathryn Ravenscraft, who has been serving since March as Director of Development and Communications to the position of Executive Director.

It's time to grab your best gal pals and head to Ogunquit Playhouse for the hilarious musical comedy Menopause The Musical®, on stage September 4 through September 14.

On the heels of a sold-out The Wizard of Oz, Maine State Music Theatre recently announced its 2020 shows.

Willkommen! And bienvenue! Welcome to a first look at the production of Cabaret from Cast Aside Productions!

Penobscot Theatre Company, the nation's Northeastern-most professional year-round theatre company, will kick off its 46th season with the rousing music and moving stories of American people as seen through the eyes of Woody Guthrie.

The first program created by the Ogunquit Playhouse, as part of the Tramuto Foundation and Ogunquit Playhouse Human Rights Partnership, took place on Thursday, August 22nd at the legendary theater.

Snowlion Repertory Company, whose mission is to create, develop, and present new theater works of cultural, ethical, and spiritual value, announces the world premiere production of the new multimedia play Omniphobia running October 4 through 13 at Portland Ballet Studio Theater in Portland.

a?oeA very, very merry, merry, happy, happy endinga??.

While it might seem sacrilegious to host a non-musical at the famed Ogunquit Playhouse, modern day audiences should know that the early years of the theater hosted a slew of non-musical productions.

Theater at Monmouth closes its What Dreams May Come 50th Anniversary Season with a Fall Show with a fresh take on Austen's Sense and Sensibility, adapted and directed by Producing Artistic Director, Dawn McAndrews.

a?oeFor nearly forty years this story has given faithful service to the Young in Heart; and Time has been powerless to put its kindly philosophy out of fashiona??.

The University of Southern Maine Department of Theatre kicks off the 2019-2020 season on Friday, September 6, 7:30 p.

City Theater is excited to welcome back our friend, Tim Sample on August 17 @ 7:30 - for ONE NIGHT ONLY! Get your tickets now and save! $18 advanced or $22 at the door!

If you happen to arrive at a?oePeter and the Starcatchera?? at Hackmatack Playhouse this month dressed as Peter Pan, you will get a free hamburger and hot dog BBQ before the show.

For the next month Portland Stage will be transformed into the Fats Waller Harlem Club where five performers and four musicians rock the stage each night recreating the sounds and sensations of the Harlem Renaissance era in music.

Penobscot Theatre Company's Dramatic Academy will stage two 1950s-era shows to round out a season of successful youth programming.

To stage the beloved cultural icon that is THE WIZARD OF OZ offers any theatre company a herculean challenge: one which requires stretching the imagination to the limits to create a universe where reality is redefined and fantasy is fulfilled.

Portland, Maine Mayor Ethan Strimling will present Guster with the Key to the City this Friday, August 9th on the patio of 94.

Mad Horse presents a season of five compelling plays that grapple with issues we face in our modern world.

a?oeIn the musical they all learn that the thing they believe is missing is already inside of them.

Maine's Theater at Monmouth appropriately celebrates its 50th season by mounting a spare, strong, intense, and updated production of the play often thought of as the pinnacle of Shakespeare's achievement: HAMLET.

Some pretty perfect casting was involved in filling the lead roles for a?oePeter and the Starcatcher a?oeopening next week at Hackmatack Playhouse in Berwick.

When actress Carolyn Anne Miller utters that iconic line on the Pickard Stage next week a?" a?oeToto, I have a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore,a?? it will have an added resonance for the Midwestern native, who makes her Maine State Music debut in THE WIZARD OF OZ.

All aboard! Ogunquit Playhouse announces the first non-musical production at the theatre in over 12 years, Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express, on stage August 14 through August 31.