The show is a collection of vignettes based on a series of articles and short stories that Checkov wrote to help pay for medical school. Using a writer/narrator who is suffering from writer’s block, Simon created a series of fast moving and funny situations with memorable characters, each one loonier than the last. “The Good […]

The play is inspired by a real moment in history. In the early 1890s, American actresses Elizabeth Robins and Marion Lea discovered the work of Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen and dedicated themselves to producing “Hedda Gabler” in English. They were particularly fascinated with the complicated title character. “Hedda Gabler,” written in 1891, tells the story […]

Immortalized onstage and screen by Anne Bancroft and Patty Duke, this drama is based on the remarkable true story of Helen Keller and her teacher, Annie Sullivan. Young Helen Keller, (performed by Olivia Degen), blind, deaf, and mute since infancy, is in danger of being sent to an institution because her inability to communicate has […]

Presented by the USM Department of Theatre, “Bus Stop,” tells the story of a cross-country bus that gets marooned at a Midwest diner, where longing for love is the desperation du jour. “Inge’s story takes place in the 1950s; it’s a classic American dramatic comedy,” said Thomas Power, director of the show and USM professor […]

PORTLAND — Good Theater will open the Maine premiere of Jeffrey Hatcher’s delightfully wacky comedy “Mrs. Mannerly” beginning Wednesday, Oct. 29, and continuing through Sunday, Nov. 23. “Mrs. Mannerly” is a play about an actress with a past who now teaches manners classes in Steubenville, Ohio. Her prize pupil is Jeffrey who hopes to be […]

The Center Stage Players are an ensemble of actors 55 or older, who produce their works as reader’s theater. “I Hope I’m Not Crowding You” features a potpourri of contemporary theater done as staged readings, script in hand. A cast of 11 actors perform the six plays that comprise this offering, dealing with themes of […]

VIENNA — This year the Vienna Union Hall Association will present the Theater at Monmouth’s on-the-road production of “Macbeth” at 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 25. This production is part of “Shakespeare in American Communities,” a program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest. This will be the third time the […]

The many curious creatures she meets ask a similar question: “Who are you?” As Alice ventures further into Wonderland, she learns more about herself than she ever imagined possible. This is a brand new adaptation of Lewis Carroll’s classic children’s tale full of riddles, poems and songs that will have you thinking “as many as […]