Upcoming Theater in Maine http://www.maine.info/events/theater/march.php http://www.maine.info/events/theater/february.php#3197 Merry Wifes of Windsor is a rarely seen Shakespearean comedy with several fantastic female leads and the infamous comedic character John Falstaff best known from Shakespeare's two history plays: Henry IV Part I and II. Auditions: Sunday, February 7th at 3:00 p.m. 3rd floor Camden Opera House and Monday, February 8th at 6:00 p.m. 3rd floor Camden Opera House. Please come prepared with a monologue one minute (or so) in length, preferably Shakespeare - if you don't have a monologue, there will be materials available to cold read at the auditions. Call backs Wednesday February 10th at 6:00 p.m. location TBA. First read through will be on Saturday February 13th time TBA. The performances are Friday April 9, Saturday April 10, evening performances Sunday April 11 matinee, and the following weekend Friday April 16, Saturday April 17 evening performances, and Sunday April 18 matinee. http://www.maine.info/events/theater/february.php#3197 44.208355 -69.066658 http://www.maine.info/events/theater/march.php#1808 A sometimes comic, frequently searing, and ultimately hopeful coming of age story set during a rain-soaked afternoon in South Africa. Fugard's masterpiece is a powerful examination of the impact of apartheid on the close friendship between young Hally, a teenager from a fractured family trying to find his place, and two black servants. The Portland Stage Experience is intimate, exhilarating, and completely original. Our theater is fully accessible for handicapped individuals, and we provide listening aids. We are committed to presenting a diverse array of plays ensuring that audiences have access to vibrant, innovative theatre. For info and tickets phone (207) 774-0465. http://www.maine.info/events/theater/march.php#1808 43.655392 -70.263489 http://www.maine.info/events/theater/march.php#3062 The Importance of Being Earnest is Oscar Wilde's classic comedy/satire about the hypocrisy of Victorian society. This Good Theater presentation features an all-star cast of eight and a stunning physical production. Fast, funny and frothy! See website for performance dates and times. http://www.maine.info/events/theater/march.php#3062 43.654213 -70.284058 http://www.maine.info/events/theater/march.php#2513 ACAT presents: Love Song, by John Kolvenbach, focuses on Beane, an introverted, morbid and slightly lost character and his better-adjusted sister Joan. Whilst for Beane, social interaction is baffling, his sister's trials are in her stressful, professional life where she is "surrounded by dipsticks" and she takes four-minute lunch breaks. Having just fired another intern, this time for tears after a misfiling incident, her contempt for the incompetent is hilarious: "Is it too hard to staple?" Directed by Doree Austin. http://www.maine.info/events/theater/march.php#2513 44.549904 -69.629868 http://www.maine.info/events/theater/march.php#2276 Portland Players presents Barefoot in the Park. http://www.maine.info/events/theater/march.php#2276 43.635410 -70.234024 http://www.maine.info/events/theater/march.php#3414 Live Comic Theatre at The Grand! Ten Bucks Theatre presents Fawlty Towers Meets Monty Python, Part 3. Ten Bucks Theatre brings you two more outrageous episodes of Fawlty Towers with plenty of Python hilarity in between. Thursday - Saturday, March 18 - 20 at 7 p.m., Sunday, March 21 at 2 p.m, and Thursday - Saturday, March 25-27 at 7 p.m. $10 bucks for all tickets. http://www.maine.info/events/theater/march.php#3414 44.541698 -68.422836 http://www.maine.info/events/theater/march.php#2306 Told with startling honestly, intelligence and humor, Magnetic North explores the faith in faithfulness and the fine line between flirtation and betrayal when a husband stumbles upon the email address of a former girlfriend and is pulled towards the past. http://www.maine.info/events/theater/march.php#2306 44.090652 -70.212860 http://www.maine.info/events/theater/march.php#3415 The Grand announces open auditions for their upcoming production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Nominated for seven Tony Awards, the journey of Joseph and his coat of many colors comes to vibrant life in this delightful musical parable. Auditions will be held Saturday March 20 from noon to 4 p.m. at The Grand Auditorium, 165 Main Street, Ellsworth and on Wednesday, March 24 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Next Gen Theatre (Dance Studio), 39 Center Street, Brewer. Please prepare an upbeat contemporary song that shows your range. Songs prepared from the show are welcome. http://www.maine.info/events/theater/march.php#3415 44.541698 -68.422836 http://www.maine.info/events/theater/march.php#3193 Studio Theatre of Bath announces an upcoming audition for community actors. An open audition will be held for actors to be considered for a role in "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee" on Sunday, March 21 from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Chocolate Church Performing Arts Center. Callbacks will be held on Tuesday, March 23 from 6 to 8 p.m. Please report to the annex. Actors should come prepared to sing an up-tempo song from the show or another contemporary production that shows off their voice and acting skills. An accompanist will be provided, please bring sheet music. There will also be a dance audition. The director is looking for adults to play child spellers as well as two adult moderators, ranging from 18 to 30 years old. Studio Theatre is a financially secure, semi-professional theatre company that provides a technically superior and creative theatre experience. "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee" is directed by Justin St. Louis, musical direction is by Sara Sturdivant. Contact Justin St. Louis, Director Phone: (207) 229-2675 or email justin.stlouis@maine.edu. http://www.maine.info/events/theater/march.php#3193 43.912998 -69.816978 http://www.maine.info/events/theater/march.php#3269 One of the premier comedians in the country, Brian Regan has performed on the late shows of Johnny Carson, David Letterman and Conan O'Brien. A favorite of Comedy Central, his wildly popular "Brian Regan in Concert: A Comedy Central Live Event" preceded the development of his own show for the network. http://www.maine.info/events/theater/march.php#3269 43.659847 -70.257332 http://www.maine.info/events/theater/march.php#2666 Athletic bodies and contemporary costumes meet explosive Taiko drumming and innovative choreography in this show that has critics waxing lyrical about TAO's extraordinary precision, energy, and stamina. With hundreds of sold out shows and more than a million spectators, TAO has proven that modern entertainment based on the traditional art of Japanese drumming, has massive international appeal. Performance at 7 p.m. http://www.maine.info/events/theater/march.php#2666 44.897530 -68.666023 http://www.maine.info/events/theater/april.php#3140 8:00pm $tba. "My show is a combination of drag, dance, classical voice, clowning, circus art and theater." http://www.maine.info/events/theater/april.php#3140 43.654213 -70.284058 http://www.maine.info/events/theater/april.php#2502 Powerful and elegant, with music by George Gershwin and libretto by Ira Gershwin, Porgy and Bess takes us into the hearts and minds of the denizens of rough-and-tumble Catfish Row, where dancing, gambling, fighting, and loving are the order of the day. Savor the unforgettable characters of Sportin' Life, Porgy, Crown, and Bess in the stylish international touring production of the great American opera that has drawn standing ovations in more than a thousand performances on six continents over the past 15 years. Glorious interpretations of Gershwin classics like "It Ain't Necessarily So," "Bess, You Is My Woman Now," "I Got Plenty of Nuttin'," and the haunting "Summertime" assure an evening of American musical theater you'll remember for a long time to come. http://www.maine.info/events/theater/april.php#2502 43.659748 -70.257233 http://www.maine.info/events/theater/april.php#1914 Mary's Wedding is a passionate and heart-breaking love story about a young farmer and his bride-to-be who are separated when he enlists in World War I. Mary and Charlie tell an unforgettable story from the quiet after a prairie thunderstorm to the terrors of the trenches in this award-winning drama about two lovers who must surrender their fate to the uncertainties of tumultuous times. The Portland Stage Experience is intimate, exhilarating, and completely original. Our theater is fully accessible for handicapped individuals, and we provide listening aids. We are committed to presenting a diverse array of plays ensuring that audiences have access to vibrant, innovative theatre. For info phone (207) 774-0465. http://www.maine.info/events/theater/april.php#1914 43.655392 -70.263489 http://www.maine.info/events/theater/april.php#3384 Comedian Paul Nardizzi appears live to benefit the Cony 2010 Project Graduation. Join us for a great night of comedy! We have two fantastic comics scheduled to perform on April 9th at 7:30 p.m. in the Cony Auditorium. The headliner is the hilarious Paul Nardizzi. Paul has appeared in comedy clubs all across the US, had been a guest multiple time on Conan O'Brien, added comic perspective on NESN and has authored several side-splitting books. If you are not familiar with Paul's style of comedy or his rapid fire, thick Boston accented entertainment, be sure to check out the linked You Tube videos. His opening act is retired Navy aviator/pilot, Mitch Stinson, who offers great family friendly comedy for all to enjoy. This is guaranteed to be a night filled with fun and laughter while your ticket sales will help ensure that the Cony Class of 2010 will have a Project Graduation celebration to remember! Tickets are $10 at the door. http://www.maine.info/events/theater/april.php#3384 44.312534 -69.748070 http://www.maine.info/events/theater/april.php#3395 Heartwood Regional Theater Company presents a staged reading of Irish writer Seamus Heaney's adaptation of Sophocles' "Philoctetes." Performances Friday and Saturday, April 9 and 10 at 7:30 p.m., Sunday April 11 at 3:00 p.m. Tickets $8 general admission. Use Elm Street entrance (at ear of building) for performances. http://www.maine.info/events/theater/april.php#3395 44.044849 -69.506195 http://www.maine.info/events/theater/april.php#2498 The entire community of Camelot awaits the arrival of Guenevere, King Arthur of England's future Queen. Members of the audience are quickly drawn in. Some of the enchanting musical numbers include The Simple Joys of Maidenhood, The Lusty Month of May, How to Handle a Woman, I Loved You Once in Silence, If Ever I Would Leave You, and What Do the Simple Folk Do? In the end it is fourteen-year-old Tom who tells the world of Camelot's quest for right and honor and justice. As the first Broadway musical by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe after My Fair Lady, Camelot was as highly anticipated as a coronation. At the time, the advance sale was the largest in Broadway history. The 1960 musical, which turned out to be the last Lerner and Loewe theatrical collaboration, has grown in stature over the years, primarily because of its superb score. http://www.maine.info/events/theater/april.php#2498 44.549904 -69.629868 http://www.maine.info/events/theater/april.php#3356 The renowned author of Snow Flower and the Secret Fan and Shanghai Girls will speak at 7 PM, followed by coffee, dessert and booksigning. Advance Tickets $18; $20 at door. For tickets: www.camdenoperahouse.com; Camden Town Office Monday - Friday 9 - 3 PM or 207-470-7066 FMI: www.maineliteraryfestival.org Cosponsored by the Owl and Turtle Bookstore http://www.maine.info/events/theater/april.php#3356 44.208355 -69.066658 http://www.maine.info/events/theater/april.php#2625 "In the whole long, sorry history of rock musicals, Hedwig and the Angry Inch is the first one that truly rocks." -- Rolling Stone. "The most exciting rock score written for the theater since, oh, ever!' = Time Magazine. "Sublimely Trashy and Surprisingly Powerful." - LA Times. This groundbreaking Obie-winning Off-Broadway smash also won multiple awards for its hit film adaptation. It tells the story of internationally ignored song stylist Hedwig Schmidt, a fourth-wall smashing East German rock 'n roll goddess who also happens to be the victim of a botched sex-change operation. Who's never had a rock 'n roll fantasy? http://www.maine.info/events/theater/april.php#2625 44.798954 -68.772636 http://www.maine.info/events/theater/april.php#3402 Join us at The Grand for high-class hilarity! Just like the TV show, where your vote counts for dollars. Judge the "stars of Ellsworth in ballroom dance competition - a benefit for The Grand. http://www.maine.info/events/theater/april.php#3402 44.541698 -68.422836 http://www.maine.info/events/theater/april.php#2668 The Moscow Festival Ballet was founded in 1989 when legendary principal dancer of the Bolshoi Ballet Sergei Radchenko sought to realize his vision of a company which would bring together the highest classical elements of the great Bolshoi and Kirov Ballet companies in an independent new company within the framework of Russian classic ballet. Performance at 7 p.m. http://www.maine.info/events/theater/april.php#2668 44.897530 -68.666023 http://www.maine.info/events/theater/april.php#2662 There's no better way to introduce your family to the wonders of live theater than with the magic, the mystery, the memory of CATS. What began as a musical about cats after Andrew Lloyd Webber picked up a book of poems in an airport bookshop has become one of the longest running shows in Broadway's history. Winner of seven Tony Awards including Best Musical, CATS features 20 of Andrew Lloyd Webber's timeless melodies, including the hit song, "Memory." Performance at 7 p.m. http://www.maine.info/events/theater/april.php#2662 44.897530 -68.666023 http://www.maine.info/events/theater/april.php#2271 Take a step back in time with the uplifting classic, Guys and Dolls. This Tony-award winning story of gambling, gamesmanship and unrequited love, features music and lyrics written by Frank Loesser and book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows. Guys and Dolls features such well-known songs as "Adelaide's Lament," "Luck Be a Lady" and "Sit Down, You're Rockin' the Boat." Directed by Maine theatre icons Vince and Denise Knue, Guys and Dolls will have you tapping your feet all the way home. http://www.maine.info/events/theater/april.php#2271 43.645496 -70.240318 http://www.maine.info/events/theater/may.php#2669 This mythical story of a sorceress who enthralls men in her island prison has inspired operatic settings by a multitude of composers, including Gluck, Haydn, and Dvorak. Renee Fleming stars in the title role of Rossini's version, opposite no fewer than six tenors. Tony Award winner Mary Zimmerman returns to direct this new production of a work she describes as "a buried treasure, a box of jewels." The fanciful and magical tale, Zimmerman says, "has an epic, enchanted quality and a tremendous visual element." Performance at 1 p.m. http://www.maine.info/events/theater/may.php#2669 44.897530 -68.666023 http://www.maine.info/events/theater/may.php#2025 When the coveted position of organ master at Leipzig Cathedral is advertised, the greatest musicians of 18th century Germany scurry to audition. Waiting for their turns to play, seven discordant characters collide in a hilarious fugue of wit and wordplay, as they deliciously scheme, bribe, and double-cross to win the post that will make one musician a legend. The Portland Stage Experience is intimate, exhilarating, and completely original, handicapped accessible, and we provide listening aids. For info and tickets phone (207) 774-0465. http://www.maine.info/events/theater/may.php#2025 43.655392 -70.263489 http://www.maine.info/events/theater/may.php#2487 The grace and elegance of classical ballet coupled with an eclectic repertoire full of sharp new works makes Aspen Santa Fe Ballet one of the most exciting contemporary ballet companies in the world. Sensual and stylish, exuberant and edgy, Aspen Santa Fe has captivated the dance world and charmed audiences with its sophisticated European flair, performing inventive works by today's foremost choreographers that showcase the company's "musicality, athleticism, and technique-conscious delivery" (New York Times). The program will include an imaginative reconstruction of Twyla Tharp's masterful 1975 ballet, Sue's Leg, set to the music of Fats Waller, and more. http://www.maine.info/events/theater/may.php#2487 43.659748 -70.257233 http://www.maine.info/events/theater/may.php#3268 Nickelodeon presents their newest, biggest, most exciting live show ever - Storytime Live! Leap into Fairytale Lane with Dora the Explorer, journey through Purewood Forest with the Backyardigans, hop into Wonderland with Wonder Pets! And monkey around The Monkey King Adventure with Ni-Hao, Kai-lan. Nickelodeon's musical adventure, Storytime Live, features four of the top rated pre-school shows on television today. http://www.maine.info/events/theater/may.php#3268 43.659847 -70.257332 http://www.maine.info/events/theater/may.php#2307 This delightful Off-Broadway comedy follows the awkward and enchanting romance between a taciturn Yankee widower and a spunky southern grandmother. Each set in their own ways, with separate families, habits, political opinions and households of furniture, these stubborn old dogs must learn a few new tricks about the importance of compromise and the rewards of change. http://www.maine.info/events/theater/may.php#2307 44.090652 -70.212860 http://www.maine.info/events/theater/may.php#2509 Forty-five seconds is the amount of time it takes to walk to Broadway from this Neil Simon play's setting, a coffee shop off the lobby of midtown-Manhattan's tourist-class Edison Hotel. Comedian Mickey Fox holds center stage, along with the dining spot's proprietor and his wife, an upscale society dame and her nearly mute husband, a British impresario, a Broadway ingenue, and a South African playwright. One-liners fly through the comic first act; the play takes on a more serious note in Act II, when Mickey's older brother pleads with him to help his son become the comedian he desperately wants to be. http://www.maine.info/events/theater/may.php#2509 44.549904 -69.629868 http://www.maine.info/events/theater/may.php#2867 Biddeford City Theater presents Neil Simon's The Odd Couple. http://www.maine.info/events/theater/may.php#2867 43.493549 -70.456329 http://www.maine.info/events/theater/may.php#3273 Now in its 19th season, The Best of Broadway 2010 is an evening of song and dance featuring some of Maine's best talent, performing popular Broadway show tunes. The performance brings together the finest singers and dancers in our community, led by directors Stephen and Jane Filieo and music director Sue Ingrisano. http://www.maine.info/events/theater/may.php#3273 43.659847 -70.257332 http://www.maine.info/events/theater/may.php#3338 A staged playreading of a new play by Caitlin Shetterly as a part of "Our Own" Playreading Series. http://www.maine.info/events/theater/may.php#3338 44.157589 -68.666908 http://www.maine.info/events/theater/may.php#2277 Portland Players presents West Side Story. http://www.maine.info/events/theater/may.php#2277 43.635410 -70.234024 http://www.maine.info/events/theater/may.php#2626 Steve Martin - the renowned comic actor and author of Picasso at the Lapin Agile provides a wild satire adapted from the classic German farce about Louise and Theo Markes, a couple whose conservative existence is shattered when Louise's bloomers fall down in public. Though she pulls them up quickly, he thinks the incident will cost him his job as a government clerk. http://www.maine.info/events/theater/may.php#2626 44.798954 -68.772636 http://www.maine.info/events/theater/may.php#3367 The Friends of the Scarborough Library sponsor a performance of Everybody Loves Pirates by the Frogtown Mountain Puppeteers on May 23 at 3 p.m. at the Wentworth Middle School gymnasium. The performance is free and open to the public. http://www.maine.info/events/theater/may.php#3367 43.622936 -70.363922 http://www.maine.info/events/theater/may.php#3194 Studio Theatre of Bath proudly presents the 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee directed by Justin C. St. Louis. Musical direction by Sara Sturdivant. In the musical comedy, the 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, six young people learn that winning isn't everything and that losing doesn't necessarily make you a loser. This show is recommended for ages 12 and up. http://www.maine.info/events/theater/may.php#3194 43.912998 -69.816978 http://www.maine.info/events/theater/june.php#2516 ACAT presents I Ought To Be In Pictures, a Neil Simon three-character comedy-drama focuses on Herb, a struggling, writer's-blocked screenwriter who abandoned his family sixteen years earlier. Now daughter Libby has arrived on the West Hollywood doorstep of the father she barely remembers convinced he can jump start the film acting career she desires. Dispensing guilt and demanding love, she not only forces Herb to deal with the responsibilities of parenthood, but to come to terms with his on-again/off-again relationship with adoring girlfriend Steffy as well. Directed by Michael Jinbo. http://www.maine.info/events/theater/june.php#2516 44.549904 -69.629868 http://www.maine.info/events/theater/june.php#3416 The Maine Educational Theatre Association would like to invite you to participate in the first annual Maine Young Playwrights Festival on June 5, 2010 at Bonny Eagle HS in Standish, ME. The Festival will offer an opportunity for student works to jump to life off of the page and be seen and heard for the first time. The Maine Young Playwrights Festival will feature new plays written by high school student playwrights. To encourage participation and get as many student works on stage as possible, the format will be wide open to allow presentation of works in length from 10 to 40 minutes, and in any presentational style from a simple reading to a staged reading to a fully-staged production and anywhere in between. The student plays will be presented at 7 p.m. in a production open to the public. Tickets will be available at the door, $5.00 for adults and $3.00 for students. http://www.maine.info/events/theater/june.php#3416 43.694653 -70.598236