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SOMETHING WONDERFUL
SOMETHING WONDERFUL
1/15 - 2/1/2026


SOMETHING WONDERFUL January 15 - February 1, 2026 Maine Premiere created and performed by George Dvorsky   https://www.goodtheater.com/something-wonderful   Join Broadway’s George Dvorsky as he ...

Ken Ludwig's LEND ME A SOPRANO


Ken Ludwig’s LEND ME A SOPRANO February 19 - March 8, 2026 Maine Premiere by Ken Ludwig   https://www.goodtheater.com/lend-me-a-soprano   It's 1934, and the clever ...

GRAND HORIZONS
GRAND HORIZONS
4/2 - 4/19/2026


GRAND HORIZONS April 2 - April 19, 2026 Maine Premiere by Bess Wohl www.goodtheater.com/grand-horizons Fifty years into her marriage to Bill, Nancy wants a divorce. ...



Review: Vampires, Victorians, and a Sendup of Bram Stoker


by Carla Maria Verdino-Süllwold - November 07, 2025

In this revolving door, gender-bending farce, five actors switch roles with dizzying speed to tell the tale of Count Dracula on the trail of his latest conquest, Lucy, who is determined to break Victorian convention. ...

DRACULA: A COMEDY OF TERRORS Comes To Good Theater


by Stephi Wild - October 31, 2025

​​​​​​​Good Theater will bring a sharply comedic twist to the gothic canon this fall with the Portland premiere of Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors, set for this November. Learn more here!...

Review: IT SHOULDA BEEN YOU at Good Theater


by Steve Feeney - October 06, 2025

Are weddings where people sometimes find themselves “happily unhappy”?  That contradiction and it’s overcoming is at the heart of It Shoulda Been You, the first mainstage production presented at the new home of Portland’s Good Theater....

Review: THE ONE GOOD THING - OR 'ARE YA PATRICK SWAYZE?' at Washington Stage Guild


by Roger Catlin - October 05, 2025

In a small coastal town in Ireland, a pair of brothers greet each other one glorious morning on the Emerald  Isle. Except one of them announces he is dead. And he spends a lot of time convincing his brother he’s talking to a ghost....

IT SHOULDA BEEN YOU Opens Good Theater's 22nd Main Stage Season


by Stephi Wild - September 26, 2025

​​​​​​​Good Theater will open its 22nd Main Stage season with the Broadway musical comedy It Shoulda Been You. The production is the company's first Main Stage show in its new home at Stevens Square Theater....

Good Theater Launches Inaugural New York Cabaret Series With Lillias White


by Stephi Wild - September 02, 2025

Good Theater will launch its inaugural New York Cabaret Series with Broadway legend Lillias White. White will perform three exclusive concerts, September 12–14, 2025....

I'LL EAT YOU LAST: A CHAT WITH SUE MENGERS Comes to the Good Theater


by Stephi Wild - July 29, 2025

Good Theater will present the Maine premiere of I'll Eat You Last: A Chat with Sue Mengers, a one-woman play by Tony Award-winning playwright John Logan in August....

Good Theater Launches Summer Fun Series With Pride Concert Featuring The Skivvies


by Stephi Wild - June 10, 2025

Good Theater will kick off its new Summer Fun Series with The Skivvies, a bold and celebratory Pride event featuring Broadway stars Lauren Molina and Nick Cearley. ...

Review: Good Theater Presents Inaugural Concert at Stevens Square


by Carla Maria Verdino-Süllwold - May 01, 2025

The Good Theater welcomed a full house of almost 500 to its newly renovated space at Steven Square on April 30 to begin a week of celebratory concerts, marking the theatre’s return to the Portland theatrical landscape after a year’s absence. ...

Review: FIDDLER ON THE ROOF at Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre


by Rich Mehrenberg - April 19, 2025

Good theater should give the audience more to think about at its conclusion beyond “where did I park my car?” Fiddler on the Roof is just that show....

Past Shows

DRACULA: A COMEDY OF TERRORS
DRACULA: A COMEDY OF TERRORS
11/6 - 11/23/2025


DRACULA: A COMEDY OF TERRORS by Gordon Greenberg & Steve Rosen November 6 - November 23, 2025 www.goodtheater.com/dracula-a-comedy-of-terrors  Ever wondered what would happen if you ...

IT SHOULDA BEEN YOU
IT SHOULDA BEEN YOU
10/2 - 10/19/2025


IT SHOULDA BEEN YOU   music and concept by Barbara Anselmi book and lyrics by Brian Hargrove   October 2 - October 19, 2025   ...

A Man of No Importance
A Man of No Importance
2/28 - 3/24/2024


Good Theater will cap off the company’s 21st season with the smart and tender musical A MAN OF NO IMPORTANCE with music by Stephen Flaherty, ...

One Man, Two Guvnors
One Man, Two Guvnors
1/17 - 2/11/2024


Good Theater will kick off the new year with the side-splitting comedy ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS by Richard Bean, starring local favorite Dustin Tucker in ...

Broadway at Good Theater: Twin Pianos Edition


Good Theater is proud to present the annual musical event BROADWAY AT GOOD THEATER – with a twin pianos twist! Nine singers, the two amazing ...

Fireflies
Fireflies
10/11 - 10/29/2023


Good Theater is delighted to announce FIREFLIES by Matthew Barber as the opener of the company’s 21st season. Directed by Good Theater Artistic and Executive ...

You Can't Take It With You
You Can't Take It With You
3/29 - 4/23/2023


Good Theater is proud to present the Pulitzer Prize-winning comedy YOU CAN’T TAKE IT WITH YOU as the finale of its 20th anniversary season, running ...

Nureyev's Eyes
Nureyev's Eyes
2/22 - 3/12/2023


Good Theater continues its 20th anniversary season with NUREYEV’S EYES, running February 22nd through March 12th. Directed by James Noel Hoban, the production will star ...

The High Road
The High Road
2/1 - 2/19/2023


Good Theater continues its 20th anniversary season with THE HIGH ROAD, running February 1st through the 19th. THE HIGH ROAD stars Steve Underwood, who also ...

Killer Comfort
Killer Comfort
2/4 - 2/18/2023


Good Theater continues its 20th anniversary season with the world premiere of KILLER COMFORT, written and performed by Good Theater favorite Lynne McGhee. Grab your ...

Crimes of the Heart
Crimes of the Heart
1/11 - 1/29/2023


Good Theater welcomes the new year and continues its 20th anniversary season with Crimes of the Heart , running January 11th through January 29th. Written ...

Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel


Good Theater is proud to continue its 20th anniversary season with  Carousel , running October 5th through October 30th. Based on the play  Liliom  by ...

The Lifespan of a Fact
The Lifespan of a Fact
10/5 - 10/30/2022


Good Theater is proud to open its 20th anniversary season with THE LIFESPAN OF A FACT, running October 5th through October 30th. Based on the ...

Back to Good Times
Back to Good Times
4/17 - 4/24/2022


Comedy?! Who needs comedy in harrowing times? We all do! Join us for the theatrical premiere of original comedy shorts, ad parodies and music videos. ...

DESPERATE MEASURES
DESPERATE MEASURES
3/30 - 4/24/2022


After postponing the initial run due to COVID-19 during the spring of 2020, Good Theater is proud to finally present the Maine premiere of DESPERATE ...

SIGNIFICANT OTHER
SIGNIFICANT OTHER
3/2 - 3/20/2022


GOOD THEATER PRESENTS JOSHUA HARMONS ROMANTIC COMEDY SIGNIFICANT OTHERRomance is back in the air at Good Theater with Joshua Harmons bittersweet hit comedy SIGNIFICANT OTHER. ...

Harry Townsend's Last Stand
Harry Townsend's Last Stand
2/2 - 2/20/2022


Good Theater returns for the second half of the 2021/2022 season with the Maine premiere of HARRY TOWNSENDS LAST STAND by George Eastman. A smash ...

WHO’S HOLIDAY - Back by Popular Demand!


BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND! Good Theater ushers in the holiday season with the Maine premiere of WHO'S HOLIDAY! by Matthew Lombardo. The production opens November ...

Broadway at Good Theater: Tribute to the 1990s


Good Theater is delighted to announce the line up of this years Broadway at Good Theater. The annual musical event runs November 17th through the ...

Jane Austen's Lady Susan
Jane Austen's Lady Susan
10/20 - 11/14/2021


The 2021-2022 season kicks off with the world premiere of LADY SUSAN, a delightful comedy of manners adapted by Rob Urbinati from the Jane Austen ...

Popcorn Falls
Popcorn Falls
1/8 - 2/2/2020


What do you get when you mix WAITING FOR GUFFMAN with GREATER TUNA? James Hindmans POPCORN FALLS! A hit off-Broadway last season, POPCORN FALLS is ...

Murderers
Murderers
1/11 - 2/1/2020


Good Theater continues its Second Stage series with MURDERERS, the darkly hilarious comedy by Jeffrey Hatcher. The production will run in repertory with the current ...

Broadway at Good Theater
Broadway at Good Theater
12/4 - 12/8/2019


Good Theaters annual fundraising concert is a salute Broadway music and holiday tunes. This years tribute is to the fabulous 40s! More than 20 singers, ...

Lucky Stiff
Lucky Stiff
3/27 - 4/28/2019


Ahrens & Flaherty's hilarious musical comedy, Lucky Stiff features a hapless shoe salesman who will inherit $6 million if he takes his dead uncle on ...

The Irish Curse
The Irish Curse
2/23 - 3/16/2019


The Maine premiere of Martin Casella's hilarious, The Irish Curse, as a second stage production directed by Paul Haley, starring Seth Berner, Thomas Ian Campbell, ...

A Doll's House Part 2
A Doll's House Part 2
2/20 - 2/17/2019


Lucas Hnath's award winning play, A Doll's House Part 2, makes its Portland debut starring Abbie Killeen, James Noel Hoban, Maureen Butler and Hannah Daly, ...

An Act of God
An Act of God
1/16 - 2/10/2019


David Javerbaum's hit comedy, An Act of God, in its Maine premiere starring Laura Houck as God, with Paul Haley and Michael Lynch, directed by ...

Love Loss and What I Wore
Love Loss and What I Wore
1/19 - 2/9/2019


Nora and Deliah Ephron's hit play, Love, Loss and What I Wore, makes a return visit after last year's smash Maine premiere....

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time


Good Theater presents the Tony Award winning Best Play The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time in its Portland debut....

No Biz Like Show Biz
No Biz Like Show Biz
9/23 - 10/11/2015


No Biz Like Show Biz, conceived & directed by Brian P. Allen, with musical direction and arrangements by Victoria Stubbs, starring Marie Dittmer, Lynne McGhee ...

Videos


Christmas At The Castle in Maine Christmas At The Castle
Donald M Gay Performing Arts Center (12/20 - 12/20)

HOLIDAY SHOW NEW COMEDY MAINE PREMIERE Tracker
Charles's Christmas Carol Story in Maine Charles's Christmas Carol Story
Schoolhouse Arts Center (12/5 - 12/14)

HOLIDAY SHOW Tracker
The Wizard of Oz! in Maine The Wizard of Oz!
Community Little Theatre Corp (8/7 - 8/16)
The Little Prince in Maine The Little Prince
Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine (11/28 - 12/28)
SOMETHING WONDERFUL in Maine SOMETHING WONDERFUL
Good Theater (1/15 - 2/1)
The Secret Garden in Maine The Secret Garden
Community Little Theatre Corp (4/10 - 4/19)
Christmas at the Castle in Maine Christmas at the Castle
Donald M. Gay Performing Arts Center (12/20 - 12/20)
An Evening at Dave's Sauna in Maine An Evening at Dave's Sauna
Steven's Square Theater (5/1 - 5/10)
A Christmas Carol in Maine A Christmas Carol
The Public Theatre (12/12 - 12/14)
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