PORTLAND > THEATER
Acorn Productions
Address: Dana Warp Mill, 90 Bridge St, Westbrook
Phone: 207.854.0065
Email: http://www.acorn-productions.org
Web: OCT 6 “Sonnets & Soliloquies” | at Wine Bar, 38 Wharf St, Portland OCT 10 Second Friday dramatic-reading series NOV 14 Second Friday dramatic-reading series DEC 12 Second Friday dramatic-reading series DEC 26 THROUGH 31 “Phyzgig” | at SPACE Gallery, 538 Congress St, Portland + Portland Performing Arts Center, 25A Forest Ave, Portland
Most events are free, with a $5 donation suggested. All events are in Westbrook unless otherwise noted. Call for times.
Anthony’s Italian Kitchen
Address: 151 Middle St, Portland
Phone: 207.774.8668
Email: http://www.anthonysdinnertheater.com
Broadway-style dinner theater with a five-course Italian meal. Shows Fri and Sat at 7pm. $39.95 per person includes dinner and the show.
Bates College
Address: 7 Andrews Rd, Lewiston
Phone: 207.786.8294
Email: http://abacus.bates.edu/Faculty/theater
Web: OCT 30 THROUGH NOV 2 A Lie of the Mind NOV 11 AND 20 Ten Minute Plays From the Actors Theatre of Louisville
Shows are at Schaeffer and Gannett theaters. Curtain is Thu-Sat 7:30 pm; Sat-Sun 2 pm. Call for tickets.
The Belfast Maskers
Address: downtown Waterfront Theater, Front St, Belfast
Phone: 207.338.9668
Email: http://www.belfastmaskerstheater.com
Web: OCT 9 THROUGH 19 True West | Thurs-Sat 8 pm; Sun 2 pm NOV 27 THROUGH DEC 7 The Wind in the Willows | Thurs-Sat 7 pm; Sun 2 pm
Call for tickets.
Biddeford City Theater
Address: 205 Main St, Biddeford
Phone: 207.282.0849
Email: http://www.citytheater.org
Web: OCT 10 THROUGH 19 1776
Shows are Fri and Sat at 8 pm, and Sun at 2 pm. Tickets are $20, $15 for seniors and children.
UPCOMING EVENTS
citytheater@adelphia.net
Bowdoin College
Address: 9100 College Station, Brunswick
Phone: 207.725.3663
Email: http://academic.bowdoin.edu/theaterdance
Web: OCT 30 THROUGH NOV 1 The Play About the Baby NOV 6 THROUGH 8 Skin of Our Teeth (Pickard Theater) NOV 20 AND 21 Studio 305 Projects
All performances are at 8 pm in Wish Theater, unless otherwise noted. Tickets are free.
UPCOMING EVENTS
theater-dance@bowdoin.edu
Camden Opera House
Address: 29 Elm St, Camden
Phone: 207.236.7963
Email: http://www.camdenoperahouse.com
Web: SEP 14 “Selected Shorts” SEP 20 Bunraku Bay Puppet Troupe
The Opera House is home to a variety of events as well as Camden's municipal offices and police station. Call for curtain and tickets.
UPCOMING EVENTS
khadley@town.camden.me.us
The Children’s Theatre of Maine
Address: Children’s Museum of Maine, 142 Free St, Portland
Phone: 207.878.2601
Email: http://www.childrenstheatremaine.org
Web: OCT 17 THROUGH 26 Pecos Bill DEC 12 THROUGH 21 The Twelve Dancing Princesses
CTM is a professional theatre providing quality entertainment for children and families. Call for curtain.Tickets are $5.
UPCOMING EVENTS
ctm@maine.rr.com
Chocolate Church Arts Center
Address: 798 Washington St, Bath
Phone: 207.442.8455
Email: http://www.chocolatechurcharts.org
Web: OCT 17 THROUGH 26 Pirates of Penzance with Studio Theatre of Bath NOV 8 Capitol Steps | at Morse High School, 826 High St, Bath
Call for curtain and tickets.
UPCOMING EVENTS
info@chocolatechurch.com
Colby College
Address: 4000 Mayflower Hill, Waterville
Phone: 207.859.4535
Email: http://www.colby.edu/theater
Web: SEP 21 Bunraku Bay | 2 pm OCT 3 If You See Something Say Something with Mike Daisey OCT 17 AND 18 Slices of Life NOV 13 THROUGH 15 The House of Bernarda Alba
Performances in Strider Theater, at 7:30 pm unless otherwise noted. Call for tickets.
UPCOMING EVENTS
djward@colby.edu
Community Little Theatre
Address: Great Falls Auditorium, Great Falls School, Auburn
Phone: 207.783.0958
Email: http://www.laclt.com
Web: OCT 10 THROUGH 16 Kiss Me Kate
Call for curtain. Tickets are $17, $13 seniors & students.
Freeport Cabaret
Address: 5 Depot St, Freeport
Phone: 207.865.1780
Email: www.yikesmonsters.com
Web: OCT 27 locally written original theater with Yikes! Monsters | 8 pm | $5 NOV 3 locally written original theater with Yikes! Monsters | 8 pm | $5
Showing theater, music, and other events.
Gaslight Theater
Address: City Hall, Winthrop St, Hallowell
Phone: 207.626.3698
Email: http://www.gaslighttheater.org
Web: OCT 30 THROUGH NOV 8 Private Lives
Gaslight produces four regular shows in Hallowell each year, plus special events off-site. Shows are Thurs 7:30 pm; Fri and Sat 8 pm. Call for tickets.
UPCOMING EVENTS
gaslighttheater@yahoo.com
Good Theater
Address: 76 Congress St, Portland
Phone: 207.885.5883
Email: http://www.goodtheater.com
Web: SEP 18 THROUGH OCT 12 On Golden Pond OCT 16 THROUGH 26 Marvelous! The Judy Garland Songbook OCT 30 THROUGH NOV 23 Stones In His Pockets DEC 4 THROUGH 7 Broadway at Good Theater
House theater company at the St Lawrence Arts Center. Call for curtain and tickets.
UPCOMING EVENTS
info@goodtheater.com
Johnson Hall Performing Arts Center
Address: 280 Water St, Gardiner
Phone: 207.582.7144
Email: http://www.johnsonhall.org
Web: SEP 27 Wingnuts OCT 25 AND 26 “An Evening With Mark Twain” NOV 22 “Shaboom!”
Johnson Hall is a nonprofit arts organization that holds art and community programs in the renovated first floor of the historic 1864 Johnson Hall Opera House. Call for tickets and start times.
UPCOMING EVENTS
johnsonhall@verizon.net
L/A Arts
Address: 49 Lisbon St, Lewiston
Phone: 207.782.7228
Email: http://www.laarts.org
Web: SEP 27 AND 28 “Medieval Merrymaking” | at McLaughlin Garden, 97 Main St, South Paris
Call for curtain and tickets.
The Lakewood Theater
Address: 76 Theater Rd, Madison
Phone: 207.474.7176
Email: http://www.lakewoodtheater.org
Web: THROUGH SEP 20 Bubba’s Revenge
Call theater for curtain and tickets.
UPCOMING EVENTS
generalinfo@lakewoodtheater.org
Leddy Center for the Performing Arts
Address: 133 Main St, Epping NH
Phone: 603.697.2781
Email: http://www.leddycenter.org
Web: OCT 24 THROUGH NOV 9 Peter Pan DEC 5 THROUGH DEC 14 Christmas Show TBA
Curtain times vary; see Web site. Tickets $14-$16.
Lyric Music Theater
Address: 176 Sawyer St, South Portland
Phone: 207.799.1421
Email: http://www.lyricmusictheater.com
Web: SEP 19 THROUGH OCT 12 The Will Rogers Follies: A Life in Review NOV 21 THROUGH DEC 7 Annie Warbucks
Call for curtain and tickets.
Mad Horse Theater Company
Address: Portland Stage Company’s Studio Theater, 25a Forest Ave., Portland
Phone: 207.730.2389
Email: http://www.madhorse.com
Web: OCT 9 THROUGH OCT 26 The Children’s Hour OCT 13 THROUGH 22 Dark Night Series: Mr. Happiness, One For The Road, Cloudhoppers, The History Boys NOV 6 THROUGH 16 The Children’s Hour | at Maine State Ballet Theater, Falmouth
Mad Horse has a decades-long history of edgy and interesting theater. Call for curtain and tickets.
Maine Center for the Arts
Address: Maine Center for the Arts, Orono
Phone: 207.581.1755
Email: http://www.ume.maine.edu/~mca/welcome.htm
Web: NOV 7 “Life Cycle of the Butterfly” with Hudson Vagabond Puppets
Call for curtain and tickets.
Merrill Auditorium
Address: 20 Myrtle St, Portland
Phone: 207.842.0800
Email: http://www.porttix.com
Web: OCT 2 Irving Berlin’s I Love a Piano | 8 pm | $41-58 OCT 17 AND 18 Chicago | Fri 8 pm; Sat 3 & 8 pm | $50-65
Home to a variety of theatrical performances, this is a historic theater in Portland’s City Hall building.
UPCOMING EVENTS
ptixbox@porttix.com
The Music Hall
Address: 28 Chestnut St, Portsmouth NH
Phone: 603.436.2400
Email: http://www.themusichall.org
Web: OCT 22 Leo Leonni’s Swimmy, Frederick, Inch by Inch | 10 am & noon OCT 28 The Courage to Dream: The Amazing Life of Ben Franklin | 9:30 & 11:30 am NOV 7 La Traviata with Granite State Opera | 8 pm NOV 12 Super Scientific Circus: The Science of Magic | 9:30 & 11:30 am NOV 28 Moscow Cats Theatre | 4 & 7:30 pm DEC 6 All is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1941 | 4 & 8 pm
Tickets are available online; prices vary by performance.
UPCOMING EVENTS
info@themusichall.org
The Oddfellow Theater
Address: Rte 117 next to Tilton’s Market, Buckfield
Phone: 207.336.3306
Email: http://www.oddfellow.com
Web: DEC 5 THROUGH 20 Bah Hoonchbach: A Very Odd Christmas Carol | Fri-Sat 7:30 pm
Founded in 1998 in the former Odd Fellows’ Hall in Buckfield, the theater is a strange and entertaining addition to theater in Maine. Tickets are $12, seniors $10, children 12 & under $8.
UPCOMING EVENTS
info@oddfellow.com
Ogunquit Playhouse
Address: 10 Main St, Ogunquit
Phone: 207.646.5511
Email: http://www.ogunquitplayhouse.org
Web: THROUGH OCT 12 Les Miserables
Equity house primarily showing musicals.
Penobscot Theatre Company
Address: Bangor Opera House, 131 Main St, Bangor
Phone: 207.942.3333
Email: http://www.penobscottheatre.org
Web: THROUGH SEP 21 On Golden Pond OCT 22 THROUGH NOV 2 State of the Union DEC 10 THROUGH 23 A Year With Frog and Toad + A Tuna Christmas
Call for curtain and tickets.
UPCOMING EVENTS
ptcmsf@mint.net
Players’ Ring
Address: 105 Marcy St, Portsmouth NH
Phone: 603.436.8123
Email: http://www.playersring.org
Web: THROUGH SEP 21 Hideaway with New York Theater Company SEP 26 THROUGH OCT 12 I Never Sang for My Father with Theater on the Rocks OCT 17 THROUGH NOV 2 Gay Bride of Frankenstein with Lot 20 Productions NOV 7 THROUGH 30 The Pain and the Itch with Rolling Die Productions DEC 5 THROUGH DEC 23 A Christmas Carol with Players’ RinG
The Players’ Ring Theatre is a New Hampshire non-profit organization founded in 1992 to provide a venue for local production companies and to produce original works by local playwrights. Call or check Web site for showtimes. Tickets $12, seniors & students $10.
UPCOMING EVENTS
player@playersring.org
Pontine Movement Theatre
Address: West End Studio Theatre, 959 Islington St, Portsmouth NH
Phone: 603.436.6660
Email: http://www.pontine.org
Web: NOV 7 THROUGH 9 Stories We Tell Ourselves with Tom Caylor & Steve Hayes DEC 5 THROUGH 7 It’s a Wonderful Life
All performances are Fri-Sat 8 pm; Sun 2 pm. Call for tickets.
UPCOMING EVENTS
info@pontine.org
Poolyle Productions
Address: various locations
Phone: 207.384.4526
Email: http://www.poolyle.com
Web: OCT 17 THROUGH 19 Shutting Up Peggy Lee! OCT 24 THROUGH 26 Shutting Up Peggy Lee! DEC 19 THROUGH 21 A Very Ida Christmas
Touring company with several shows in repertory. Check Web site for venues, curtain, and tickets.
UPCOMING EVENTS
info@poolyle.com
The Portland Players
Address: 420 Cottage Rd, South Portland
Phone: 207.799.7337
Email: http://www.portlandplayers.org
Web: SEP 12 THROUGH 28 The Music Man NOV 7 THROUGH 23 Five Women Wearing the Same Dress
Great performances, and they’re directly across from the liquor store to boot. Unless otherwise noted, all performances are Fri and Sat at 8 pm, and Sun at 2:30 pm. Tickets $20, $18 seniors, $15 students.
UPCOMING EVENTS
info@portlandplayers.org
Portland Stage Company
Address: 25A Forest Ave, Portland
Phone: 207.774.0465
Email: http://www.portlandstage.com
Web: SEP 23 THROUGH OCT 19 Julius Caesar OCT 28 THROUGH NOV 23 Wait Until Dark DEC 5 THROUGH DEC 24 A Christmas Carol
Maine's premier professional theater, featuring classics and contemporary works. This year marks Portland Stage Company's 35th season with seven unique productions for a variety of audiences. Preview performances in first week run Tues-Thurs 7:30 pm; all other performances Fri 7:30 pm, Sat 4 & 8 pm, and Sun 2 pm. Call for tickets.
UPCOMING EVENTS
info@portlandstage.org
The Public Theatre
Address: 31 Maple St, Lewiston
Phone: 207.782.3200
Email: http://www.thepublictheatre.org
Web: OCT 24 THROUGH NOV 9 Soccer Mom
This Equity theater brings some serious culture to the L/A area. Plus, it’s located in the old Ritz Theatre building. Call for curtain. Tickets $18, $16 students & seniors, $10 children under 12.
UPCOMING EVENTS
info@thepublictheatre.org
Rochester Opera House
Address: 31 Wakefield St, Rochester NH
Phone: 603.335.1992
Email: http://www.rochesteroperahouse.com
Web: NOV 13 THROUGH 22 I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change DEC 5 AND 6 The Nutcracker DEC 14 The Divas Holiday Spectacular DEC 17 THROUGH 21 A Christmas Carol
Call for curtain and tickets.
UPCOMING EVENTS
info@rochesteroperahouse.com
St Lawrence Arts & Community Center
Address: 76 Congress St, Portland
Phone: 207.775.5568
Email: http://www.stlawrencearts.org
Web: NOV 29 Rory Raven | 8 pm
Beautifully renovated church hall, supported by volunteers and donations. Call for tickets. Also see the listing for Good Theater, the St. Lawrence’s resident company.
UPCOMING EVENTS
info@stlawrencearts.org
Sanford Maine Stage Co
Address: 1 Hill Top Lane, Springvale
Phone: 207.324.9691
Email: http://www.sanfordmainestage.org
At press time was planning Scrooge: The Stingiest Man in Town for some time in November or December. Check Web site for dates; call for curtain and tickets. Also check the listing for Vacationland Theater, the resident company.
Schoolhouse Arts Center
Address: Sebago Lake
Phone: 207.642.3743
Email: http://schoolhousearts.org
Web: OCT 9 THROUGH 26 You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown DEC 4 THROUGH 21 The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
The Schoolhouse Arts Center at Sebago Lake was formed in the spring of 1989 by Hank and Nancy Beebe. The center produces community plays and incorporates arts education programs. Call for curtain and tickets.
Seacoast Repertory Theatre
Address: 125 Bow St, Portsmouth NH
Phone: 603.433.4472
Email: http://www.seacoastrep.org
Web: OCT 9 THROUGH 19 Twelfth Night NOV 28 THROUGH JAN 4, 2009 Meet Me in St. Louis with Susan Poulin
Performances are Thurs 7:30 pm; Fri 8 pm; Sat 4 & 8 pm; Sun 3 pm. Call for tickets.
UPCOMING EVENTS
info@seacoastrep.org
The Theater at Monmouth
Address: Cumston Hall, Rte 132, Monmouth
Phone: 207.933.9999
Email: http://www.theateratmonmouth.org
Web: SEP 25 THROUGH OCT 5 The Mikado
Maine’s Shakespearean and repertory theater. Curtain at 7:30 pm Thurs through Sat, and 2 pm Sun. Call for tickets.
UPCOMING EVENTS
TAMOffice@TheaterAtMonmouth.org
The Theater Project
Address: 14 School St, Brunswick
Phone: 207.729.8584
Email: http://www.theaterproject.com
The best part of this theater? All tickets are pay-what-you-can, but a $10 donation is suggested. See Web site for season information.
UPCOMING EVENTS
theater.project@verizon.net
University of New Hampshire
Address: Paul Creative Arts Center, Durham NH
Phone: 603.862.2919
Email: http://www.unh.edu/theatre-dance/calendar.html
Web: OCT 8 THROUGH 12 Little Women NOV 5 THROUGH 9 The Winter’s Tale DEC 3 THROUGH 7 I C No Arrlechino
Call for curtain and tickets.
UPCOMING EVENTS
c.peabody@unh.edu
University of New Hampshire
Address: Paul Creative Arts Center, 30 College Rd, Durham NH
Phone: 603.862.2290
Email: http://www.unh.edu/theatre-dance/
Web: OCT 8 THROUGH 12 Little Women NOV 13 Musical Theatre Showcase DEC 3 THROUGH 7 I C No Arrlechino DEC 9 Musical Theatre Showcase DEC 11 Puppetry Showcase
Call for times and tickets.
USM
Address: Russell Hall, USM Campus, Gorham
Phone: 207.780.5151
Email: http://www.usm.maine.edu/theater
Web: OCT 3 THROUGH 12 Fool for Love NOV 14 THROUGH 23 The Man Who Came To Dinner
Call for curtain and tickets.
Vacationland Theater
Address: 1 Hill Top Lane, Springvale
Phone: 866.584.0770
Email: http://www.vacationlandtheater.com
Web: THROUGH SEP 21 Lend Me A Tenor
Resident at the Sanford Maine Stage. Call for curtain and tickets.
Waterville Opera House Studio Theater
Address: 93 Main St, Waterville
Phone: 207.580.6783
Web: SEP 26 THROUGH OCT 5 Sweeney Todd: the Demon Barber of Fleet Street | Fri-Sun NOV 21 THROUGH 30 An Empty Plate in the Cafe du Grand Boeuf with ACAT | Fri-Sun
This 64-seat black-box theater is host to resident company ACAT, as well as other theatrical performances. Call for curtain and tickets.
Waterville Opera House
Address: 93 Main St, Waterville
Phone: 207.580.6783
Email: www.operahouse.com
Web: SEP 15 Jack NOV 7 THROUGH 16 The Full Monty | Fri-Sun
Call for curtain and tickets.
