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Portland, ME 04101
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Portland Stage is a theatre in Portland, ME.
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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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...
In association with Compagnia de' Colombari, the team behind the remarkable Babette's Feast in 2018, Portland Stage is proud to present this actor-driven adaptation of one of Flannery O'Connor's final stories. This Southern Gothic tale revolves around Ruby Turpin, who judges the...
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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 …
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.…
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.…
Hackmatack takes a walk on the dark side with Sweeney Todd…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
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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Stoppard’s masterpiece, Arcadia , tells a burning story of love and science as the play flows back and forth through time at the Coverly Estate. In 1809 a young Thomasina learns math and science from her tutor, Septimus, who in addition to his teaching duties, must face a duel...
As three researchers dig into the history of an idyllic English estate, they uncover the secrets of its past... or do they? In this masterwork from the late Tom Stoppard, the world of 1809 bleeds into the present as science, sex, literature, and love ensnare two worlds and...
A tour-de-force solo show brings the dynamic First Lady, Eleanor Roosevelt, to life. As Eleanor weaves the tale of her public and private lives we see her at times both strong and vulnerable. Learn more about the passionate and unforgettable woman at the heart of her husband’s...
Della has planned to bake Jen's wedding cake since she was a little girl, but when Jen comes back from NYC with her fiancée Macy, Della doesn't know what to do. This deliciously funny comedy asks what happens when what we believe comes in conflict with those we love.
From the late August Wilson, one of Americas greatest playwrights, comes this autobiographical tour de force. In his one-man show, Wilson takes us on a journey through a heartfelt theatrical memoir charting one man's journey of self-discovery through adversity, and what it means...
Beatriz, a Cuban American baker in Maine, tries to figure out whether she should stay with the community shes developed, or reunite with her estranged mother in Miami. Along the way Beatriz explores what it means to belong as she cooks up the recipes of her childhood with the...
Come on back to Tuna (the third smallest town in Texas) for the holidays! Thurston Wheelis and Arles Struvie will keep you up to the minute with all the local news as they follow the contentious annual lawn display competition and try to unmask the Christmas Phantom.
Follow Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson on two of the detectives most daring cases: A Scandal in Bohemia and The Final Adventure. Effortlessly woven together by Steven Dietz, these stories introduce us to Sherlock's greatest love, Irene Adler, and his fiercest rival, James...
Manford is 5'5", Chinese American, and desperate to make it onto the USF basketball team. If he can run the court as well as he runs his mouth, he might have a shot. Against his better judgment, Saul Slezac, the man who brought basketball to China, brings Manford to Beijing for...
Smoke on the Mountain tells the hilarious and heartwarming story of a Saturday Night Gospel Sing at a country church in North Carolinas Smoky Mountains in 1938. The show features two dozen rousing bluegrass songs played and sung by the Sanders Family, a traveling group making...
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The Fiance The Public Theatre (4/30-5/09) |
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Revelation Portland Stage (5/05-5/23) |
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A Wicked Good Time The Public Theatre (11/13-11/15) |
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Primary Trust The Public Theatre (3/12-3/21) |
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The Real Sherlock Holmes Portland Stage (1/27-2/21) |
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Les Misérables Waterville Opera House (4/16-4/25) |
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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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The Importance of Being Earnest Waterville Opera House (1/22-1/31) |
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It's a Wonderful Life Portland Stage (12/05-12/24) |
