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RAAPA’s Murder Mystery Dinner Theater to return for 5th season
A Rumford area favorite, this murder mystery/choral experience includes the murder mystery play, a musical performance by the RAAPA chorus and a full sit-down dinner.
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The busy stages of Judith Ivey
You know her face. You don’t know her story. The stage and screen star talks about her life and why she’s directing ‘Fireflies’ at Lewiston’s Public Theatre in May.
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'Twelfth Night' launches Thursday at TAM
MONMOUTH – Theater at Monmouth’s 2018 Summer Repertory Season continues with William Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night.” In this irresistible romantic comedy of mistaken identity, concealed truth, and comic revelation, the party rages, the laughter flows, and the festive music plays on. The revelry begins Thursday, July 5, at 7:30 p.m. and continues throughout the season including […]
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Helene D. Cortigene
AUBURN — Helene D. (Arcidiacono) Cortigene, 85, passed away peacefully with her loving family by her side on Sunday, May 13, at Clover Manor. She was born in Philadelphia, PA, on Jan. 28, 1933, the daughter of the late Salvatore and Fillipina (Musumeci) Arcidiacono. Helene ran the Brule House in Auburn for over 40 years and […]
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Lewiston High School to stage ‘Bye Bye Birdie’ this weekend
Lewiston High School’s Centre Stage Ensemble will perform the Tony Award winning musical comedy “Bye Bye Birdie” this weekend at the Lewiston Middle School auditorium. Performances will be held at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 22, Friday, March 23, and Saturday, March 24. A matinee will also be held Saturday, March 24, at 2 p.m. […]
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Gaslight Theater holding auditions for one-act plays
HALLOWELL — The Gaslight Theater will hold auditions for its first production of the year, an evening of one acts. Auditions will be at 5 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 7, and Tuesday, Jan. 9, at Hallowell City Hall. The first one act is “Lottery” by Shirley Jackson will need many actors of all ages. This unusual […]
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CLT to hold 'Urinetown' auditions Jan. 5, 6
Urinetown Audition Notice AUBURN — Community Little Theatre will hold auditions for “Urinetown: The Musical,” a satirical comedy, Sunday Jan. 7, at 6 p.m., and Monday, Jan. 8, at 7 p.m. The auditions will take place on the second floor at the Great Falls Performing Arts Center, 30 Academy St. The doors open at 5 p.m. […]
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Friday, Saturday and Sunday: 49 Franklin comedy depicts town nuttier than 'FrUiTCaKeS'
RUMFORD — Mix together a batch of fruitcakes, three dozen Christmas trees, 10,000 outdoor Christmas lights, a chicken pox epidemic, two southern spinsters, an estranged old man, a lost cat named Tutti-Frutti and a Christmas hog named Buster and the result is a story of alienation, understanding and reconciliation. Into this world will come Jamie, […]
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Emmy Award-winning theater troupe to visit Peru school
PERU — An Emmy Award-winning nutrition media company will bring its theater troupe to Dirigo Elementary School at 1 p.m. Monday, March 30, to teach children about healthy eating and childhood obesity. School nurse Erin Wainwright said FoodPlay Productions reached out to the school about performing. “A troupe of actors come in and put on […]