Steel Magnolias
Filled to the brim with humor, heart and hairdos, this beloved comedy celebrates the lives and friendship of six southern women.
About the Theatre
For over 30 years The Public Theatre has been producing the most exciting contemporary plays from Broadway and beyond featuring the finest professional actors from New York to Los Angeles. Whether you’re seeing a rollicking comedy or a searing drama, we promise you a good story, well told. Located in the Central Maine "Twin Cities" of Lewiston/Auburn, The Public Theatre provides affordable high quality theatre and arts education opportunities to communities across the State.Upcoming Shows
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…
Review: CITY OF ANGELS at Ogunquit Playhouse
It is hard to believe that City of Angels debuted nearly four decades ago. Born out of the late-1980s resurgence of film noir send-ups, the show demands rapid-fire lyrical precision and a swinging jazz score that balances tough-edged detective lore with a biting satire of early Hollywood. With music…
Review: BRUNSWICK CELEBRATES MIDSUMMER IN HIGH STYLE
For almost a decade now, MSMT, together with the Brunswick downtown Association’s Music on the Mall, has presented, on the town green, a large outdoor concert free for the citizens of Brunswick, greater Maine and beyond. This MSMT summer event traditionally draws the largest crowd in the history o…
Past Shows
40 total · showing 1–10
Million Dollar Quartet
Million Dollar Quartet Book by COLIN ESCOTT and FLOYD MUTRUX · Original Concept and Direction by FLOYD MUTRUX · Inspired by ELVIS PRESLEY, JOHNNY CASH, JERRY LEE LEWIS, and CARL PERKINS August 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, September 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 – 2026 Wed, Fri, Sat at...
Good Vibrations: A Celebration of the Beach Boys
Good Vibrations: A Celebration of The Beach Boys is a live musical production celebrating the legacy and spirit of The Beach Boys by re-creating their classic music and timeless sounds of summer on stage. The high-energy show features signature hits including Surfin' USA, I Get...
Grandma Gatewood Took a Walk
The New England premiere of the true and inspiring adventure of "Grandma" Gatewood, the first woman to solo hike the Appalachian Trail.
Whit's End
From the author of last season’s hit, Halfway There, comes a hilarious and heartwarming new comedy about love, family and getting married.
Still
Still by Lia Romeo Jan 30, 31, Feb 1, 5, 6, 7*, 8 – 2026 Thurs & Fri @ 7:00 pm / Sat @ 3:00 pm / Sun @ 2pm / *Sat, Feb 7 @ 3:00 pm & 7:30 pm Lost love is rekindled in this funny, heartbreaking, sexy, smart and timely story, when a couple who broke up in their 30s get a second...
A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol adapted by Christopher Schario Dec 12, 13, 14 - 2025 Dec 12 @ 7 pm / Dec 13 @ 2pm & 7pm / Dec 14 @ 2pm Perfect for the whole family, six actors and a fiddler perform the Dickens out of this beloved holiday story told in a way you’ve never imagined and will...
Misery
Misery by William Goldman adapted from the novel by Stephen King Oct 24, 25, 26, 30, 31, Nov 1*, 2, 6, 7, 8 ,9 - 2025 Thurs & Fri @ 7:00 pm / Sat @ 3:00 pm / Sun @ 2pm / *Sat, Nov 1 @ 3:00 pm & 7:30 pm Stephen King’s best-selling psychological thriller and Oscar-winning film is...
Now and Then
Now and Then by Sean Grennan May 2, 3, 4, 8, 9, 10*, 11 – 2025 Thurs & Fri @ 7:00 pm / Sat @ 3:00 pm / Sun @ 2pm / *Sat, May 10 @ 3:00 pm & 7:30 pm They say there are no “do-overs” in life, but if you could get one, would you take it? Late one night in a Chicago pub, a young...
Halfway There
Halfway There by Norm Foster Mar 14, 15, 16, 20, 21, 22*, 23 – 2025 Thurs & Fri @ 7:00 pm / Sat @ 3:00 pm / Sun @ 2pm / Sat, Mar 22 @ 3:00 pm & 7:30 pm From the author of Lunenberg and The Ladies Foursome , comes a hilarious and heartwarming new comedy about the unshakeable...
Every Brilliant Thing
Told with the help of the audience, this hilarious, heartbreaking and critically-acclaimed Off-Broadway hit is an interactive life-affirming experience you will never forget.
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Æther and Unearthed Westbrook Performing Arts Center (9/19-9/19) |
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Jane Eyre Portland Stage Company (3/31-4/25) |
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Arcadia Portland Stage Company (9/30-10/25) |
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ACAT presents: Kodachrome by Adam Szymkowicz The Playhouse At Waterville Station (9/11-9/20) |
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It's a Wonderful Life Portland Stage Company (12/05-12/24) |
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The Real Sherlock Holmes Portland Stage Company (1/27-2/21) |
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Frozen the Broadway Musical Waterville Opera House (11/13-11/29) |
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Revelation Portland Stage Company (5/05-5/23) |
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Cabaret L/A Community Little Theatre (10/16-10/25) |
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Stroll Haunted Yarmouth 2026 Royal River Community Players (10/14-10/25) |
