LEWISTON – The Public Theatre, Lewiston-Auburn’s professional theater, recently ended its season with a sold-out production of “A Month of Sundays,” making this season the most successful in ticket sales in the history of the theater.

Attendance has been averaging well over 90 percent this season, with most weekend performances selling out. For the first time in its history, the Public Theatre extended its January production of “Bad Dates” an additional weekend due to the demand for tickets.

“It’s been a very exciting season,” said Artistic Director Christopher Schario. “When we opened Deathtrap’ in the fall, the audience found themselves walking into a beautifully renovated air-conditioned lobby as we completed phase two of our capital campaign. It was a stunning improvement, and I believe bringing the level of our facility up to the level of our productions is definitely making a difference.”

This summer, the Public Theatre will begin phase three of its capital campaign and renovate the outside of its building, preparing to open its 2006-07 season with a production of “The Nerd” in October.

Subscriptions are on sale for the recently announced 2006-07 season. The subscription season includes “The Nerd,” a comedy by the author of “The Foreigner”; “The Old Settler,” a bittersweet romance set in 1943 in the tenements of Harlem; “Miss Witherspoon,” the New England premiere of Christopher Durang’s wacky comedy about a woman who refuses to reincarnate; and “Enchanted April,” an uplifting comedy about four women who take a rejuvenating trip to Italy.

Nonsubscription productions next season will include a yet-to-be-decided fundraising production from the creators of “In My Head I’m Thin” and “Ida, Woman who runs with the Moose.” Returning again for the holiday season will be the Public Theatre’s adaptation of “A Christmas Carol.”

Subscription prices are $64 for adults and $56 for seniors and students. The theater is one of five equity theaters in Maine, hiring professional actors, mostly from New York, Los Angeles and Boston.

For more information about the Public Theatre or to subscribe, call 782-3200 or visit www.thepublictheatre.org.