May 16 Thursday
Join in the fun and register your team for a 2024 News & Brews Trivia night!
Team check-in starts at 5:30pm. Trivia starts at 6:00pm!
*Note that we can’t accept teams with more than 5 players.
Click HERE to see the full 2024 News & Brews schedule!
May 22 Wednesday
Gillian Burnes will discuss the book Soft Features with host Bill Nemitz on Wednesday, May 22nd at 7:00 PM.
Click HERE to join the virtual meeting
Do you love books? Are you interested in hearing from the author and looking behind the curtain at what the author was thinking while writing? Perhaps have the author respond to a question or two that has been on your mind about a particular scene or character. Look no further than the Maine Public Book Club!
Click HERE to join the book club and receive information about book club news & events!
May 30 Thursday
May 05 Sunday
The electric grid has failed, society has crumbled, and, to stave off the darkness, a group of survivors gathers around a fire and recreate their fallen world through the brave act of storytelling. Out of the darkness, they find connection and, with that, light as they piece together a new society from the memories of what’s been lost. A testament to human resilience and a love letter to live theater with music, spectacle and an unlikely hero (named Bart.) MR BURNS is a bold, touching, innovative dramatic experience that celebrates the human spirit and the necessity of telling stories in the dark.
May 07 Tuesday
25044 is a solo musical story, written and performed by Russell Kaback, based on the life of his grandfather Szyjek Magier, a Polish Jewish teenager who spent four years in the Nazi labor and concentration camps.
Presented in Russell’s theatrical storytelling style that weaves together original songs on guitar, characters, sound effects and gestures, the piece incorporates personal interviews, testimonies, in-depth research and imagination, reminding us that life and hope can endure.
May 09 Thursday
What happens when the biggest teen heartthrob visits a small town in Ohio to very publicly kiss one lucky fan "farewell"? Chaos of course!
Come join the Midcoast Youth Theater community actors for this hilarious send-up of life in middle America in the 1950's, as the harried talent manager Albert and his fed-up secretary Rose concoct a brilliant plan to capitalize on their biggest client, Conrad Birdie, being drafted into the army: take him to Sweet Apple, Ohio, to bestow a symbolic goodbye kiss a randomly selected fan, Kim MacAfee, on national television! Watch as they navigate a troubled star, hoards of screaming teenage (and adult!) Birdie fans, Kim's jealous boyfriend, and Albert's outrageously interfering mother - what could possibly go wrong?
Show dates/times:Thursday May 9 - 7:00pmFriday May 10 - 7:00pmSaturday, May 11 - 2:00pm and 7:00pmSunday, May 12 - 2:00pm
Lunenburg by Norm Foster
May 3, 4, 5, 9, 10, 11*, 12 - 2024
From the author of the hit comedy The Ladies Foursome, comes the perfect combination of mystery, comedy and romance. When Iris’ husband is unexpectedly killed in a plane crash, her lawyer reveals she has inherited a beautiful home in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia - that she never knew existed! Setting out from her home in Brunswick, Maine with her best friend by her side, she begins a laugh-filled and poignant road trip north to unravel the mystery of her husband’s secret life.
Tickets:$30 Adult / $25 Group (10+) / $15 Youth (12-18)Thurs-Fri 7:30 pm, Sat 3 pm, Sun 2 pm, *Sat May 11 - 3pm & 7:30 pm**all tickets are subject to a $3 handling feePlease join us for a post-show discussion with the cast and director following the Sun, May 5 matinee.
Run Time: approx 2 hoursHearing Assistance and handicapped seating are available upon request.
Sponsored by: Auburn Manufacturing, Austin Associates CPA, Bangor Savings Bank
May 10 Friday
Acadia Community Theater Proudly Presents its spring musical "Just So". Based on the Just So stories by Rudyard Kipling, "Before the High and Far-off Times... came the Time of the Very Beginnings," when everything was just so, until Pau Amma the Crab started playing with the ocean. This caused the lands to flood, disrupting the other animals and putting them in danger. While the rest of the animals accept their sad fate, Elephant's Child embarks on a journey to challenge and overcome the disobedient crab. Along the way, he meets other animals and discovers how the mysteries of their phenomenon came to be.
May 11 Saturday
Cumberland County Children's Theatre (CCCT) will transport audience members to a “world of pure imagination” with their production of Roald Dahl’s Willy Wonka Jr., a musical based on Roald Dahl’s timeless children’s book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, on Saturday, May 11 at 2PM and 7PM, Sunday, May 12 at 2PM, Saturday, May 18 at 2PM and 7PM, and Sunday May 19 at 2PM. Performances will take place at Gray-New Gloucester High School in Gray, Maine.
In Willy Wonka Jr., a world-famous reclusive candy man named Willy Wonka offers the tour of a lifetime through his secret chocolate factory to five children who find a golden ticket in one of his world-famous candy bars. One ticket-holder will also win a lifetime supply of chocolate. The children encounter marvelous sights and tastes along the way, including giant nut-selecting squirrels, fizzy lifting drinks, Everlasting Gobstoppers, and a chocolate river. But each stop proves to be a test, as only one can go on to win the Wonka prize.
CCCT’s production will include beloved songs “The Candy Man,” “I Want It Now!”, and “Pure Imagination” from the classic 1971 film Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.
Tickets are available in advance by visiting: www.our.show/ccctwonka
Now in its fourth season, CCCT is a Maine nonprofit whose mission is to inspire, educate, and empower young people through theater. They offer high-quality, accessible theater programming for kids ages 5–17. For more information, visit: www.ccctme.org