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Mad Horse Theatre Company

24 Mosher Street
South Portland, ME

Mad Horse Theatre Company is a theatre in Maine.

Upcoming Shows

Eureka Day

Oct 1 – Oct 25, 2026

A bitingly funny satirical play that explores how a progressive private school board fractures during a mumps outbreak. The Eureka Day School in Berkeley, California, is a bastion of progressive ideals, but the outbreak makes facts subjective and every solution divisive. The...

An Ode to He Who Walks Behind The Rows

Oct 30 – Nov 1, 2026

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...

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Articles

Review: ARCADIA at Portland Stage

Review: ARCADIA at Portland Stage

by Steve Feeney · October 12, 2026

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

Review: SMALL TOWN at Ogunquit Playhouse

by Steve Feeney · October 5, 2026

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

Review: THE PRODUCERS at Ogunquit Playhouse

by Dan Marois · August 31, 2026

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: MAGIC MOMENT OF RECORDING HISTORY

Review: MAGIC MOMENT OF RECORDING HISTORY

by Carla Maria Verdino-Süllwold · August 29, 2026

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

Review: AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE RESONATES WITH CONTEMPORARY RELEVANCE

by Carla Maria Verdino-Süllwold · August 24, 2026

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

Interview: COMMUNITY & COMING TOGETHER

by Carla Maria Verdino-Süllwold · August 14, 2026

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

Review: MSMT YOUTH COMPANY SHINES IN MATILDA, JR. THE MUSICAL

by Carla Maria Verdino-Süllwold · August 10, 2026

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

Review: MATILDA THE MUSICAL at Hackmatack Playhouse

by Dan Marois · August 8, 2026

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

Review: Welcome To The Rock: MSMT'S COME FROM AWAY Radiates Inspiration

by Carla Maria Verdino-Süllwold · August 6, 2026

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…

Past Shows

The Amateurs

Oct 14

A staged reading of Jordan Harrison's play about a traveling troupe of 14th-century pageant players trying to outrun the Black Death, directed by Lauren Stockless. Presented as a Dark Night offering during the run of Eureka Day.

AN EMPTY PLATE AT THE CAFE DU GRAND BOEUF

Apr 23 – May 17, 2026

AN EMPTY PLATE AT THE CAFE DU GRAND BOEUF unfolds in the heart of Paris's renowned restaurant, where headwaiter Claude and waiter-in-training Antoine await the return of their despondent boss, Victor. As the staff, including waitress Mimi and chef Gaston, try to revive Victor's...

An Empty Plate in the Cafe Du Grand Boeuf

Apr 23 – May 17, 2026

Mad Horse Theatre Company presents the Maine premiere of An Empty Plate in the Cafe Du Grand Boeuf, written by Michael Hollinger and directed by company member Stacey Koloski. Set on a hot Paris night in 1961, this absurdist tragicomedy follows the devoted staff of the Café du...

THE MINUTES

Feb 26 – Mar 29, 2026

Mad Horse Theatre Company presents The Minutes, a sharp comedy by Tracy Letts, directed by Christopher Price. Set against the backdrop of small-town politics, the play delves into the darker side of American narratives and the lengths individuals will go to avoid becoming...

THE SQUIRRELS

Oct 30 – Nov 23, 2025

Mad Horse Theatre Company presents THE SQUIRRELS, a darkly satirical play by Robert Askins, directed by Jake Cote. Set against a backdrop of a fierce food hoarding conflict, the story revolves around Scurius, the patriarch of a gray squirrel family, whose refusal to share his...

REALLY

Sep 4 – Sep 28, 2025

Mad Horse Theatre Company presents REALLY, a thought-provoking play by Jackie Sibblies Drury, directed by Allison McCall. The story unfolds as a grieving mother visits her late son’s girlfriend, revealing the complexities of love and legacy intertwined with themes of mourning...

Deer

Deer

Jan 10 – Jan 27, 2019

Ken and Cynthia have been married for thirty years. Ken and Cynthia drive to their vacation home for the weekend. Ken and Cynthia hit a deer. Ken seriously just wants to spend the weekend alone with his wife, but Cynthia will not abandon their bloody new pet. As the deer begins...

Kimberly Akimbo

Kimberly Akimbo

Jan 22 – Feb 8, 2015

Set in the wilds of suburban New Jersey, KIMBERLY AKIMBO by David Lindsay-Abaire is a hilarious and heartrending play about a teenager with a rare condition causing her body to age much faster than it should – rendering her an adolescent in a geriatric body. When she and her...

A View From The Bridge

A View From The Bridge

Oct 2 – Oct 19, 2014

Mad Horse Theatre Company is proud to open our 29th season with Arthur Miller’s stirring classic, A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE. Unfolding on a scale both deeply intimate and virtually operatic, Miller’s passionate tale of love, loyalty and betrayal in post-World War II Red Hook...

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