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Crown City Theatre Company Presents USS PINAFORE, Opens 5/20

Acorn Productions is pleased to offer local audiences the opportunity to experience the theatrical equivalent of a high-wire act -- better known as the 24-Hour Play Festival. In this event, a group of actors works with a director and playwright to create plays in 24 hours; sharing their work with the public on Sunday, May 2nd at 7:30 p.m. at the St. Lawrence Arts Center.

In a revelatory two-night showcase this spring, REDCAT celebrates the long-lasting legacy of French iconoclast, Gérard Grisey. Performed by CalArts New Century Players and the CalArts Orcheastra under the direction of Mark Menzies, Les Espaces Acoustiques and Beyond: New Music after Grisey is presented on Friday April 30, 2010 and May 1, 2010 at the Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater. Curtain for the performances is 8:30pm.

In a revelatory two-night showcase this spring, REDCAT celebrates the long-lasting legacy of French iconoclast, Gérard Grisey. Performed by CalArts New Century Players and the CalArts Orcheastra under the direction of Mark Menzies, Les Espaces Acoustiques and Beyond: New Music after Grisey is presented on Friday April 30, 2010 and May 1, 2010 at the Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater. Curtain for the performances is 8:30pm.

Acorn Productions, presenters of the "Naked Shakespeare" series, announces plans for the first annual Westbrook Shakespeare Festival, to take place May 14 to 23 at Riverbank Park in Westbrook, Maine. The Westbrook Shakespeare Festival will feature 2 different outdoor productions by Naked Shakespeare actors in repertory over 2 weekends. The featured presentation is AS YOU LIKE IT, directed by Michael Howard, which will be presented as a full-length production Friday through Sunday evening at 5:30 p.m. AS YOU LIKE IT is a classic comedy of disguise, in which Rosalind, one of Shakespeare's strongest female characters, dresses as a man when she is exiled to the forest of Arden along with her cousin Celia. Theater-goers are invited to bring a picnic or purchase a fresh taste of the old Southwest from the event's sponsor, the Blue Burrito, who will be doing concessions for the performances. Acorn's production of Shakespeare's classic tragedy ROMEO AND JULIET, directed by Karen Ball, will be shown weekend afternoons at 2 p.m. This heart-breaking tale of teenage love has been substantially abridged to run about 90-minutes and is the final project of the Young Actors Shakespeare Conservatory, a training program for local teen actors that began meeting in the fall of 2009. Admission to all performances at the Westbrook Shakespeare Festival is free, with a $5 suggested donation for ROMEO AND JULIET and $10 for AS YOU LIKE IT.

Acorn Productions is pleased to offer local audiences the opportunity to experience the theatrical equivalent of a high-wire act -- better known as the 24-Hour Play Festival. In this event, a group of actors works with a director and playwright to create plays in 24 hours; sharing their work with the public on Sunday, May 2nd at 7:30 p.m. at the St. Lawrence Arts Center.

Crown City theatre company presents 'USS PINAFORE', an outer space musical, which is adapted by Jon Mullich from 'HMS Pinafore' and other Gilbert & Sullivan works. The show has musical direction by William A. Reilly and presented by Crown City Theatre Company.

In a revelatory two-night showcase this spring, REDCAT celebrates the long-lasting legacy of French iconoclast, Gérard Grisey. Performed by CalArts New Century Players and the CalArts Orcheastra under the direction of Mark Menzies, Les Espaces Acoustiques and Beyond: New Music after Grisey is presented on Friday April 30, 2010 and May 1, 2010 at the Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater. Curtain for the performances is 8:30pm.

Acorn Productions, a non-profit art presented located in the Dana Warp Mill, has finalized plans for the 2010 Maine Playwrights Festival (MPF), the ninth annual spotlight on brand new plays by local writers, which will take place from April 15 to May 2 at the St. Lawrence Arts Center on Munjoy Hill in Portland.

The Acorn Shakespeare Ensemble, presenters of the 'Naked Shakespeare' series, offers Portland audiences a little April tomfoolery in their first Monday of the month performance in April.

Following last season's acclaimed, sold-out, extended run of the rarely produced Tennessee Williams play, Ten Blocks on the Camino Real, Target Margin Theater (David Herskovits, Artistic Director) continues its Williams exploration with '2010 LAB: The Unknown Willams.' Final shows are slated for March 27.

Albert Schultz, Founding Artistic Director of Soulpepper Theatre Company, today announced that the company's new lab series will open with The Aleph.

Acorn Productions, a company dedicated to nurturing and developing the next generation of performing artists and audiences, announces plans for April events designed to introduce new voices into the Greater Portland theater community.

The Acorn Shakespeare Ensemble, presenters of the 'Naked Shakespeare' series, offers Portland audiences a little April tomfoolery in their first Monday of the month performance in April.

Following last season's acclaimed, sold-out, extended run of the rarely produced Tennessee Williams play, Ten Blocks on the Camino Real, Target Margin Theater (David Herskovits, Artistic Director) continues its Williams exploration when it launches the 2010 season with a special three-week festival, '2010 LAB: The Unknown Willams,' set for March 11-27, 2010, a co-production with The Bushwick Starr (207 Starr Street between Irving & Wyckoff in Brooklyn).

Albert Schultz, Founding Artistic Director of Soulpepper Theatre Company, today announced that the company's new lab series will open with The Aleph.

Following last season's acclaimed, sold-out, extended run of the rarely produced Tennessee Williams play, Ten Blocks on the Camino Real, Target Margin Theater (David Herskovits, Artistic Director) continues its Williams exploration when it launches the 2010 season with a special three-week festival, '2010 LAB: The Unknown Willams,' set for March 11-27, 2010, a co-production with The Bushwick Starr (207 Starr Street between Irving & Wyckoff in Brooklyn).

The Acorn Shakespeare Ensemble, presenters of the 'Naked Shakespeare' series, continues its 2009/2010 season with an eclectic series of shows during the month of February. The troupe kicks off the month on Monday, February 1st at 8 p.m. with another edition of the popular 'Sonnets and Soliloquies' at the Wine Bar on Wharf Street. On Valentine's Eve, Saturday, February 13 at 8 p.m., the company reprises their scene night 'Fools for Love' at the Inn on Peaks Island. Finally, on Tuesday February 16 at 7:30 p.m., Acorn presents their high school touring version of Macbeth in a rare public showing at SPACE Gallery in Portland.

The Acorn Shakespeare Ensemble, presenters of the 'Naked Shakespeare' series, continues its 2009/2010 season with an eclectic series of shows during the month of February. The troupe kicks off the month on Monday, February 1st at 8 p.m. with another edition of the popular 'Sonnets and Soliloquies' at the Wine Bar on Wharf Street. On Valentine's Eve, Saturday, February 13 at 8 p.m., the company reprises their scene night 'Fools for Love' at the Inn on Peaks Island. Finally, on Tuesday February 16 at 7:30 p.m., Acorn presents their high school touring version of Macbeth in a rare public showing at SPACE Gallery in Portland.

Acorn Productions, a non-profit art presented located in the Dana Warp Mill, announces plans for the 2010 Maine Playwrights Festival (MPF), the ninth annual spotlight on brand new plays by local writers, which will take place from April 15 to May 1 at the St.