OUR TOWN Will Come to Portland Stage in April
by Stephi Wild - Mar 20, 2026
This spring, Portland Stage will bring Thornton Wilder's Our Town to the mainstage. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Wilder's timeless tale of the tiny tragedies and victories of small town life resonates across the ages.
OUR TOWN to Open at Portland Stage April 1
by Gillian Blum - Feb 21, 2026
Our Town, directed by Todd Brian Backus, will run at Portland Stage from April 1 through April 26, 2026, starring John Cariani, Kathleen Lewis, Parker Hough, and more.
Mad Horse Theatre Will Perform Reading of THE WITCH OF EDMONTON
by Stephi Wild - Oct 8, 2024
Mad Horse Theatre will present Dark Horse Nights! This new series of staged readings presents works that provide additional insights and conversation to the mainstage productions they align with. In this inaugural reading, The Witch of Edmonton is presented alongside Jen Silverman's Witch, a modern re-telling of the same story.
BWW Review: The Rocky Road of Modern Love and Friendship
by Carla Maria Verdino-Süllwold - Mar 5, 2022
The Good Theater’s latest offering, SIGNIFICANT OTHER, is an edgy, quirky, bittersweet look at the complexities and pitfalls of modern love and friendship, seen from the perspective of a quartet of marriage-age friends, who try to navigate this rocky road as best they can. Told with humor and compassion, Harmon’s play, examines the yearnings, strivings, and conflicts that befall the heart.
Good Theater Presents SIGNIFICANT OTHER Next Month
by Stephi Wild - Feb 21, 2022
Romance is back in the air at Good Theater with Joshua Harmon's bittersweet hit comedy SIGNIFICANT OTHER. SIGNIFICANT OTHER opens March 2nd and plays through March 20th, 2022 at Good Theater's home, the St. Lawrence Arts Center, 76 Congress Street, Portland.
BWW Review: Portland Stage Perseveres with A CHRISTMAS CAROL
by Carla Maria Verdino-Süllwold - Dec 21, 2021
Forced to cancel its holiday production of Dickens’ A CHRISTMAS CAROL because of Covid issues, Portland Stage has forged ahead and created a digital-on-demand version to bring some cheer to audiences. The streamlined and re-imagined production, directed by Sally Wood. is captured effectively in Mical Huston’s video editing and serves to keep the Christmas message of this perennial favorite alive.
BWW Review: Mad Horse Streams Theatre of the Absurd Original
by Carla Maria Verdino-Süllwold - Mar 7, 2021
Portland’s Mad Horse Theatre continues its commitment to new plays by company members during the pandemic. THIS IS JUST INTERMISSION by Jared Mongeau is a one-character absurdist musing on the isolation of the pandemic.
Mad Horse Theatre Presents THIS IS JUST INTERMISSION With Jared Mongeau
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 12, 2021
Mad Horse Theatre will present a new virtual theater experience , This is Just Intermission, a digital physical comedy, created and performed by Jared Mongeau on Friday, February 19th and Friday, February 26th at 7:30 with streaming available until March 7th 2021.