Patricia Mew

Panhandlers on the median strip versus the City of Portland:  The conscience of a community is tested when Portland must come to grips with conflicted feelings about homelessness, giving, and individual freedom, as the proposal of a simple public safety ordinance unleashes a torrent of passionate, sometimes outrageous response from all sides that ultimately leads to a heated court battle over Constitutional rights!

Pie Man Theatre Company (PMTC) will present Arms and the Man, a comedy written by George Bernard Shaw and directed by PMTC co-founder Stephanie Ross.

Pie Man Theatre Company (PMTC) will present Arms and the Man, a comedy written by George Bernard Shaw and directed by PMTC co-founder Stephanie Ross.

The conscience of a community is tested when Portland must come to grips with conflicted feelings about homelessness, giving, and individual freedom, as the proposal of a simple public safety ordinance unleashes a torrent of passionate, sometimes outrageous response from all sides that ultimately leads to a heated court battle over Constitutional rights!  

Seventeen actors, 12 playwrights, 4 directors, 1 delicious theme - FOOD! THE MAINE DISH: A Feast of Plays about Food will have its world premiere at the Portland Ballet Studio Theater running this weekend, March 5 through 8 during MAINE RESTAURANT WEEK.

Seventeen actors, 12 playwrights, 4 directors, 1 delicious theme - FOOD! THE MAINE DISH: A Feast of Plays about Food will have its world premiere at the Portland Ballet Studio Theater running March 5 through 8 during MAINE RESTAURANT WEEK.

Weeks of anxious waiting ended last night for local playwrights as the Acorn Productions announced the finalists of the 2014 Maine Playwrights Festival. The Festival, now entering it's 13th year, is an annual showcase of new work by Maine-based playwrights. Spanning two weekends in April and May, the Festival will feature the work of more than 17 local writers as well as dozens of actors, directors and crew.

The Maine Playwrights Festival (MPF), now entering it's 13th year, has announced the performance schedule for this year's event, which takes place at the St. Lawrence Arts Center in Portland. The 2014 MPF takes place between April 23 and May 4, and includes two schedules of short plays, a staged reading of a full-length play, the 24-Hour Theater Project, and a new event entitled "The Monologathon' featuring teams of actors and writers competing with new monologues before a panel of celebrity judges.

Weeks of anxious waiting ended last night for local playwrights as the Acorn Productions announced the finalists of the 2014 Maine Playwrights Festival. The Festival, now entering it's 13th year, is an annual showcase of new work by Maine-based playwrights. Spanning two weekends in April and May, the Festival will feature the work of more than 17 local writers as well as dozens of actors, directors and crew.

Acorn Productions, a non-profit organization dedicated to nurturing and developing the Southern Maine community of performing artists, has selected the scripts for this year's twelfth annual Maine Playwrights Festival (MPF).

The Maine Playwrights Festival is entering its eleventh year of presenting world premiere scripts by some of the area's most talented playwrights. This year's festival features 10 short plays and 2 full-length plays that were selected from over 90 submissions.

Acorn Productions has announced the performance schedule for the 11th annual Maine Playwrights Festival. This year's festival takes place during the month of April, beginning with a special fundraising event titled "Write Right Wright" on April 3rd, continuing with 2 staged readings on April 7th and 14th, and culminating with 2 weekends of fully staged performances at the St. Lawrence Arts Center from April 19th to 29th.

Acorn Productions, presenters of the free 'Naked Shakespeare' series, will be returning to the Wine Bar on Monday, November 2 at 8 p.m. with an all-new installment of 'Sonnets and Soliloquies,' the company's monthly free performances of some of the Bard's best verse.

Acorn Productions, presenters of the free 'Naked Shakespeare' series, will be returning to the Wine Bar on Monday, November 2 at 8 p.m. with an all-new installment of 'Sonnets and Soliloquies,' the company's monthly free performances of some of the Bard's best verse.