A pessimistic professor of nihilism develops a medical condition with a side effect that turns her into a happy, hopeful, believer in love. But what if curing her condition will return her to misery?  This wise and quirky comedy asks: Is happiness a choice or a pre-existing condition? “Be Here Now,” by Deborah Zoe Laufer, […]

The Public Theatre will be taking its annual spring auction online at thepublictheatre.org starting Friday, June 10, and ending midnight on Sunday, June 26. The auction features gift certificates for many wonderful things to do in Maine as well as handcrafted items. Looking for a private singing lesson with a Broadway singer? A winter weekend […]

Imagine “His Girl Friday” meets “The Carol Burnett Show” and you’ve got “Screwball Comedy,” a fast-paced, hilarious nod to the Hollywood comedies of the ’30s and ’40s playing at The Public Theatre from April 29 through May 8. Featuring Jessica DiGiovanni as reporter Mary Hayes and Mike Anthony as Star-Reporter Jeff Kincaid, “Screwball Comedy” is […]

The Public Theatre will fill a private coach to attend a matinee performance of the Broadway sensation ‘Wicked’ on Sunday, July 10, at the Citizens Bank Opera House in Boston. The private coach will depart The Public Theatre in Lewiston at 7 a.m. and arrive at Quincy Market in time for shopping and lunch. Enjoy […]

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Suzannah Herschkowitz as Senga Quinn and Jed Peterson as Ever Montgomery in “Dancing Lessons.” The play opens Friday, March 11, and runs through March 20, at The Public Theatre in Lewiston. A professional dancer with a career-ending injury is thrown for a loop when a geoscientist shows up on her doorstep asking for a dance […]

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