LEWISTON — Starting in October, The Public Theatre will launch its new Play Pal program for people who love to go to the theater, but find themselves having no one to go with. This program will connect solo theater-goers with other solo theater-lovers when they attend a 3 p.m. Saturday performance. All Play Pal members […]
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Non-equity performers sought for Monmouth theater’s tour of ‘Macbeth’
MONMOUTH — Auditions for Theater at Monmouth’s Shakespeare in Maine Communities Tour of “”Macbeth will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 23, at Helen Melledy Hall, 775 Main Street. The production will be performed with a cast of seven actors. All roles are available and current doubling tracks are: Macbeth, Banquo/Lady MacDuff/Seyton, Duncan/Murderer 1/Doctor, […]
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Kit Kat Club opens in South Portland on August 14
SOUTH PORTLAND — Mad Horse Theatre Company, in association with Razer Entertainment, will present the Tony Award-winning musical “Cabaret” directed and choreographed by Ray Dumont, from Aug. 14-24, at the Mad Horse Theater. Germany, 1929, is the backdrop for this musical, which tells the story of Sally Bowles, a wild and fascinating performer who becomes […]
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Zombie production opening at Brunswick theater on August 15
It’s the end of the world, and hordes of rampaging zombies are about to get you. What do you do? Try your hand at kung fu against the undead? Attempt to reason with creatures that would rather eat brains than use them? Fortunately, there is this handy and hilarious guide to surviving the zombie apocalypse […]
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‘Boo!’ auditions to be held at Hallowell theater
HALLOWELL — The Gaslight Theater has announced that auditions for a play called “Boo! Thirteen Scenes from Halloween” at 9 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 16; and at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 19 and Thursday, Aug. 21, at Hallowell City Hall. The auditions are for 32 actors which includes seven children between the ages of 8 and […]
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Memoir presentation at Monmouth theater August 14
MONMOUTH — Theater at Monmouth will present a world-premiere adaptation of Hannah Nyala’s memoir “Point Last Seen” featuring Odelle Bowman at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 14. Bowman will tell the story of Hannah Nyala, search-and-rescue tracker, who escapes an abusive marriage by teaching herself to track in the Mojave Desert. A post-performance discussion with the […]
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‘Golden Pond’ to open at Rumford theater on August 22
Lovable curmudgeon Norman Thayer is as tart tongued as ever. His spirited wife, Ethel, delights in all the small things that have enriched their lives. Together, they are returning to their summer home on Golden Pond for their 48th year, and are soon visited by their estranged daughter Chelsea, her uptight fiance and his rebellious […]
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Benefit show for Brunswick theater
BRUNSWICK — Maine State Music Theatre will present “Footlight Follies” — a show so big it starts outside the theatre — on Monday, Aug. 11, at the Pickard Theatre on the Bowdoin College campus. From 6:45-7:25 p.m., seven outdoor stages will highlight a variety of entertainment free to the public. The main stage show begins […]
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‘See How They Run’ to open in Norway August 14
NORWAY — Oxford Hills Music and Performing Arts Association has announced the dates of its summer production “See How They Run” which will open at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 14, at the Norway Grange Theater, Whitman St. “See How They Run” is a typical English farce, replete with mistaken identities, slamming doors, pithy lines and […]
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‘Odd Couple’ to open at Rangeley theater August 15
Neil Simon’s famous update of his contemporary classic comedy “The Odd Couple” starts with a group of women (Joanne Dunlap as Renee, Sonja Johnson as Sylvie, Kerry McMillan as Vera, and Brenda Honey-Rogers as Mickey the cop) playing a game of Trivial Pursuit. The coterie is meeting at the apartment of Olive Madison (Elyse Andrews), […]