Dirty Deeds Downeast at Portland Stage Company
Dates: 10/29/2025 - 11/23/2025
📍 Theatre: Portland Stage Company
25A Forest Avenue, Portland ME, 04101
Portland, ME 04101
Phone: 207-774-0465
Tickets: $30-$75
Mainers tend to take care of their own business, much to the chagrin of Gerard, the only cop on the island. When he finds evidence of foul play surrounding a recent death, things go hilariously amok and Gerard finds there’s something sinister hiding behind the cozy vacation town he grew up in. Join us for this side-splitting comedy about murder and mayhem in Maine!
“[Askari] keeps the laughs coming fast and furiously in his new work.”
– Bangor Daily News
Dirty Deeds Downeast is a fast and loose comedy about those who take care of their own at the edge of society. Part Hot Fuzz and part Murder She Wrote Askari’s play examines the not-so-nice side of quaint island life. As the summer season approaches Gerard is warned his investigation might not be “good for business,” and he’ll have to choose to stick to his guns or fold.
Dirty Deeds Downeast premiered at the George Street Playhouse (David Saint, Artistic Director; Kelly Ryman, Managing Director) on March 6, 2020.
Tickets go on sale September 16th, 2025.
Ages: Grades 9-12
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Review: Sleuthing and Secrets: DIRTY DEEDS DOWNEAST at Portland Stage
November 14, 2025 Brent Askari’s new play, set on an isolated island in Maine, explores the secrets , insecurities, and yearnings of a handful of quirky characters brought together by a murder investigation. DIRTY DEEDS DOWNEAST is an amusing and touching portrayal of small town life, the secrets the townsfolk keep, the iconoclastic barriers they erect around themselves, and the bumbling, yet uncannily accurate instincts of the island’s only policeman, who himself harbors a history of mental struggle and deep insecurity.
Review: DIRTY DEEDS DOWNEAST at Portland Stage
November 03, 2025 In his well-wrought new comedy/mystery/romance, homegrown playwright Brent Askari seeks to scratch the surface and look a little deeper into the soul of a seemingly placid island community off the coast of Maine.
DIRTY DEEDS DOWNEAST Comes to Portland Stage
October 27, 2025 Portland Stage will present Dirty Deeds Downeast written by local Maine playwright, Brent Askari on its mainstage this fall season. Enjoy a small town murder mystery comedy set off the the coast of Maine.About the Theatre
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