BRUNSWICK — The classic, spine-tingling tale of Ichabod Crane and the Headless Horseman is the next Theater Project Young People’s Theater production, onstage Nov. 7-9. Adapted by Kathryn Schultz Miller from the story by Washington Irving, “Sleepy Hollow” is the story of bumbling schoolmaster Ichabod Crane, and his mysterious fate. One placid autumn night, the […]

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 […]