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Maine Theatre Shows
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The Haunted Mill Ball 2026: Night Shift
Set inside the historic brickwork of an authentic 19th-century New England mill, The Haunted Mill Ball 2026: Night Shift invites audiences to "punch in" exactly one century after a fatal 1926 Prohibition-era disaster. Blending environmental storytelling, site-specific staging...
An Ode to He Who Walks Behind The Rows
The Husky Boiz present a remount of the popular one-night-only event from PortFringe 2026, an unofficial musical homage to the classic Stephen King short story The Children of the Corn. Through music, maize enthusiasm, unwavering devotion, and ample violence, the show is part...
SMALL TOWN
Small Town, the world premiere musical by John Mellencamp, features a book by Naomi Wallace and is directed and choreographed by Kathleen Marshall. Set in a small town experiencing turmoil, it follows the lives of Jack and Diane, two lovers determined to maintain their youthful...
Small Town- A World Premiere John Mellencamp Musical
Step into the story of a small town in free-fall. Including John Mellencamp’s greatest hits, this isn’t just a musical—it’s a pulse-pounding story of the men and women living on the edge of the promise. Follow Jack and Diane, two star-crossed lovers refusing to let the world...
Small Town: A John Mellencamp Musical
A world premiere musical featuring 24 of John Mellencamp's chart-topping hits, with a book by Naomi Wallace and direction by Lisa Peterson. The story follows Jack and Diane, two star-crossed lovers in a small town in free-fall, set against songs like Hurts So Good, Lonely Ol'...
The Real Inspector Hound
Feuding theatre critics Moon and Birdboot are swept into the whodunit they're reviewing in this spoof of Agatha Christie-esque melodrama. Reality and make-believe blur, the body count rises, and no one is quite who they say they are as mists rise around the isolated Muldoon...
Men On Boats
MEN ON BOATS reimagines John Wesley Powell’s 1869 expedition with a cast that flips history on its head. This production centers underrepresented voices while charting a familiar story of risk, power, and who gets remembered. By reserving your seat, you support SecondStory...
Steel Magnolias
Filled to the brim with humor, heart and hairdos, this beloved comedy celebrates the lives and friendship of six southern women.
A Wicked Good Time
“Maine’s funniest Woman” Susan Poulin, returns to The Public Theatre as Ida LeClair, in her hilarious new show about her adventures with her Maine gal-pals.
School of Rock
Based on the hit film, this hilarious musical follows Dewey Finn, a failed, wannabe rock star who decides to earn a few extra bucks by posing as a substitute teacher at a prestigious prep school. There he turns a class of straight-A students into a guitar-shredding...
Rooted
Emery doesn’t like people, she likes plants instead! She broadcasts her plant experiments from her treehouse and develops a large online following. One day her sister, Hazel, comes home to find Emery’s online success has gone viral, with fnas congregating in their backyard. To...
Frozen the Broadway Musical
Disney’s Frozen the Broadway Musical Music and lyrics by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez Book by Jennifer Lee Originally directed on Broadway by Michael Grandage Based on the Disney film written by Jennifer Lee and directed by Chris Buck & Jennifer Lee Originally...
A Christmas Carol adapted by Christopher Schario
Six actors and a fiddler perform the Dickens out of this beloved holiday story told in a way you'll never forget.
A CHRISTMAS STORY: THE MUSICAL
A Christmas Story the Musical is Broadway’s musical comedy gift! Based on the classic movie, this musical captures holiday wonder with funny and heartfelt songs, a kooky leg lamp, outrageous pink bunny pajamas, and a triple-dog-dare to lick a freezing flagpole. It is full of...
It's a Wonderful Life
The beloved American classic is presented as a live 1940s-style radio play. With the help of the town and an angel named Clarence, George Bailey discovers the importance of each person in their community. Join us for this heartwarming story that will inspire and delight young...
It's A Wonderful Life: A Radio Play
Artistic Director Anita Stewart says, “Joe Landry’s It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play is a heartfelt and truly theatrical adaptation of this beloved holiday classic that reminds me of what’s most important in life.” Coming to you LIVE from Radio Station WBFR, actors are...
Darker the Night Brighter the Stars
A group of young Mainers wish on shooting stars and ask each other big questions about life, love, and themselves.
Las Cafeteras
Las Cafeteras, from east Los Angeles, performs as part of Portland Ovations' in-school artist residency programming in January 2027. The booking is designed to bring artists directly into schools for youth audiences.
The Importance of Being Earnest
Written by Oscar Wilde Legend has it that Oscar Wilde's beloved farce was the very first play produced on the Waterville Opera House stage in 1902. This classic is a delight from the first cucumber sandwich on as Jack's double life catches up with him. The problems are resolved...
The Real Sherlock Holmes
A young medical student, Arthur Conan Doyle, tags along with his professor to investigate a murder. In this fast-paced whodunit, traveling from ballrooms to bogs, we hear the story of how the Real Sherlock Holmes came to be! Tickets on sale December 1, 2026.
I Am My Own Wife
Doug Wright discovers the unsung story of Charlotte von Malsdorf, a trans woman, who lived openly in Germany during the Nazi and Stasi regimes. Composed of interviews with Mahlsdorf and others, this is a story that needs to be seen to be believed. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize...
Primary Trust
This 2024 Pulitzer Prize winning play tells the quirky and uplifting story of a lonely man who discovers the joy of connecting with others.
Jane Eyre
Charlotte Brontë’s beloved heroine shines brightly in this adaptation by Elizabeth Williamson. Orphaned as a child, Jane takes a job as a governess on a remote estate hoping to put her troubled childhood behind her. But as the bond between the governess and her brooding employer...
Les Misérables
Waterville Opera House by arrangement with CAMERON MACKINTOSH Presents a new production of BOUBLIL and SCHÖNBERG'S Les Misérables A musical by ALAIN BOUBLIL and CLAUDE-MICHEL SCHÖNBERG Based on a novel by VICTOR HUGO Music by CLAUDE-MICHEL SCHÖNBERG Lyrics by HERBERT KRETZMER...
Latest Maine Reviews
Review: ARCADIA at Portland Stage
Where do you go to have an entertaining time at the theater while simultaneously being intellectually stimulated? Attending a play authored by Tom Stoppard would seem to be an obvious answer. And Portland Stage is offering a production of what many consider his best work to open the company’s …
Review: SMALL TOWN at Ogunquit Playhouse
If memory serves, John Mellencamp last performed in Maine about a decade ago. Now, his songs have a new way to live on in the form of a musical having its world premiere at the Ogunquit Playhouse.…
Review: THE PRODUCERS at Ogunquit Playhouse
Mel Brooks' The Producers is probably one of the most irreverent, outrageous and boundary-pushing musicals ever put on a Broadway stage. It is also one of the most entertaining.…
Review: SWEENEY TODD at Hackmatack Playhouse
Hackmatack takes a walk on the dark side with Sweeney Todd…
Review: MAGIC MOMENT OF RECORDING HISTORY
The 2010 jukebox musical MILLION DOLLAR, QUARTET by Colin Escott and Floyd Mutrux celebrates an impromptu moment in recording history when the legends Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins, and Jerry Lee Lewis found themselves together in the studio of Sun Records. The jam session that followed…
Review: AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE RESONATES WITH CONTEMPORARY RELEVANCE
In its new, streamlined adaptation by Amy Herzog, Henrik Ibsen’s AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE, written in 1891, speaks to a contemporary audience with searing relevance. The trim, intense production, presented by Portland Theater Festival, playing at the Crewe Center for the Arts, hits home with its com…
Interview: COMMUNITY & COMING TOGETHER
Maine State Music Theatre concluded its 2026 Peek Behind the Curtain Series on August 12th with a discussion devoted to the theatre’s hit production of COME FROM AWAY. A capacity crowd assembled at Curtis Memorial Library to listen to three of the production’s stars, Carolyn Anne Miller (Bonni…
Review: MSMT YOUTH COMPANY SHINES IN MATILDA, JR. THE MUSICAL
For the past five years Maine State Music Theatre has been growing and refining a program known as its summer intensive, a pre-professional theatre training opportunity for youngsters ages eight to eighteen, which culminates in a full scale production on the main stage each August. The complexity of…
Review: MATILDA THE MUSICAL at Hackmatack Playhouse
Hackmatack’s production delivers a strong message with singing, dancing, silliness and heart. It’s an easy show to recommend for families, Dahl fans and anyone looking for an entertaining summer night out.…
Review: Welcome To The Rock: MSMT'S COME FROM AWAY Radiates Inspiration
Maine State Music Theatre's production of Come From Away is a stirring tribute to compassion in the face of tragedy. Led by first-time director Mark Johnson and performed by an all-star company of MSMT veterans, the production captures both the heartbreak and the humanity of the events that unfolded…
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Cinderella The Public Theatre (5/23-5/23) |
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The Haunted Mill Ball 2026: Night Shift The Run of the Mill Public House & Brewery (10/31-10/31) |
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Rooted Portland Stage (11/04-11/22) |
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A Christmas Carol adapted by Christopher Schario The Public Theatre (12/11-12/13) |
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It's A Wonderful Life: A Radio Play Portland Stage (12/05-12/24) |
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A CHRISTMAS STORY: THE MUSICAL City Theater (12/05-12/20) |
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Primary Trust The Public Theatre (3/12-3/21) |
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Jane Eyre Portland Stage (3/31-4/25) |
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Darker the Night Brighter the Stars The Public Theatre (1/22-1/31) |
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Dial M for Murder Waterville Opera House (8/27-9/05) |
