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.
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.
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.
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.
Albert Schultz, Founding Artistic Director of Soulpepper Theatre Company, today announced that the company's new lab series will open with The Aleph.
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.
Albert Schultz, Founding Artistic Director of Soulpepper Theatre Company, today announced that the company's new lab series will open with The Aleph.
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 announces that they will be producing a season of 3 children's plays beginning this February in the company's new Acorn Studio Theater at the Dana Warp Mill in Westbrook.
Acorn Productions continues the company's 2009/10 season of Naked Shakespeare events with two evenings of scenes at SPACE Gallery on Congress Street in downtown Portland.
Acorn Productions 12th annual Phyzgig festival, a celebration of physical comedy and variety entertainment for the family, will take place in downtown Portland between Christmas and New Year's Eve 2009.
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 announces that the company will kick off their 2009/2010 season of dramatic readings of new scripts by Maine playwrights with AN ARMY OF ONE, by Laura Emack. This full-length play follows the story of booksmart high school senior Joan, who poses as a potential enlistee to expose hardball recruiting, but ends up responding to her country's call by a committed emissary she cannot dismiss. The script will be brought to life by actors from Acorn's 'Naked Shakespeare' Ensemble as well as students studying their craft in the Acorn Academy Academy. This reading is the first of a series of five events that will take place over the next few months to assist Acorn's staff in choosing the one play that will be given a full production at the St. Lawrence Arts Center next spring as part of the Maine Playwrights Festival.
Sundance White Oak Lab has announced principal casting for the production of LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE. The cast will include Broadway veterans Craig Bierko, Dick Latessa and Sherie Rene Scott. The musical is being adapted by theater vets William Finn and James Lapine. Sundance will also premiere the musical adaptation of 'Like Water for Chocolate' by Laura Esquivel.
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 announces that the company has selected 5 full-length plays to be given dramatic readings in the Acorn Studio Theater as part of the process of choosing a featured play for this year's Maine Playwrights Festival. The scripts were chosen from the 17 pieces submitted this fall by Maine-based playwrights and address issues ranging from race relations to aging and military recruiting practices.
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