Film and Theater

Strand On The Air broadcasts a ‘Holiday Special’ on Dec. 25
Thu, 12/15/2022 - 3:15pm

ROCKLAND — The Strand Theatre presents a new edition of its radio variety show series Strand On The Air with a Holiday Special on Sunday, Dec. 25, at 5 p.m. The Holiday Special can be heard by tuning in to WRFR at 93.3 in Rockland or by streaming at WRFR.org. Following their broadcasts, these shows are made available to stream on the Strand Theatre website at RocklandStrand.com, and as podcasts. It's Christmas Night in Abysmal Point as Mrs. Grunden and her friends gather at...
a terminally ill young boy is told stories of a magical fantasy world
Rockport library celebrates National Short Film Day with ‘Helium’ Dec. 28
Mon, 12/12/2022 - 6:45pm

ROCKPORT — On Wednesday, Dec. 28, at 1 p.m., the Rockport Public Library will celebrate National Short Film Day with a screening of the film Helium (2013, 22 min). A winner and nominee at numerous international film festivals, Helium received an Oscar in 2014 for Best Short Film, Live Action. The film is about a terminally ill young boy named Alfred who develops a friendship with an eccentric hospital janitor named Enzo. Enzo tells Alfred stories about a magical fantasy...
Peter Panagore first up on new NDE YouTube channel
Tue, 12/06/2022 - 4:45pm

Last month, the new YouTube channel, Coming Home, dedicated to presenting the experiences of people who’ve had near death experiences (NDE) was launched. The channel is a dream of California-based based brothers Jesse and Eliot Estrin. Jesse Estrin has been reading about people who’ve had these experiences and their lifelong effects. About three years ago, he read about East Boothbay resident Peter Panagore’s NDE in the book “Heaven Is Beautiful,” written by Panagore in 2015. “I loved the book...
Free admission
New film about Rockland’s history at Strand on Dec. 11
Fri, 12/02/2022 - 8:00am

ROCKLAND — The Strand Theatre will host the premiere screening of Rockland: A Maritime Heritage , the new film from documentary filmmaker Dale Schierholt, on Sunday, Dec. 11, at 2 p.m. Admission is free and open to the public. The film was cowritten with local author John Bird based on his book Rockland Maine: Rise and Renewal . Joining Schierholt and Bird on the production is local video historian Wayne Gray. The film chronicles the history of the city of Rockland from its...
followed by punch and cookies, and some singing of carols
Watts Hall Community Players’ to read of A Child’s Christmas In Wales
Wed, 11/30/2022 - 3:30pm

THOMASTON — The long-standing tradition of Watts Hall Community Players’ reading of Dylan Thomas’ A Child’s Christmas In Wales is back. On Sunday, Dec. 18, at 3 p.m., in Watts Hall, Thomaston, a gathering of readers of all ages will retell this heart-warming tale of Christmases gone by. “All your Christmases will live again in the magic of Thomas' poetic language while local musicians Playin’ Possum add to the charm,” said the Community Players, in a news release. This holiday family...
‘The musical score, first broadcast in December 1965, is just as poignant and touching as the story’
Heather Pierson Trio performs ‘A Charlie Brown Christmas’ live at The Waldo
Mon, 11/21/2022 - 1:00pm

WALDOBORO — The Heather Pierson Trio brings their holiday "A Charlie Brown Christmas" show to The Waldo Theatre on Sunday, Dec. 11, 2022, at 4 p.m. Based in Conway, New Hampshire, The Heather Pierson Trio (Heather, piano and vocals; Shawn Nadeau, bass; and Craig Bryan, drums) performs a rich variety of Pierson’s originals, jazz and blues standards, and unique re-workings of familiar American music. Heather Pierson is a pianist, multi-instrumentalist, singer/songwriter, songleader, and performer...
Belfast Maskers to hold open auditions for ‘A Doll’s House, Part 2’
Mon, 11/21/2022 - 12:45pm
BELFAST — Belfast Maskers will hold open auditions for the first production of its 2023 season, “A Doll’s House, Part 2”. Auditions will be held Dec. 3, from 10 a.m. - 1 p.m., and Tuesday, Dec. 6, from 6 - 9 p.m., at the Basil Burwell Community Theater, 17 Court Street in Belfast. Written by Lucas Hnath in 2017, the play takes place in the same house as Henrik Ibsen’s groundbreaking classic A Doll’s House . It opens with a knock on the very door that Nora, a young wife and mother,...
Auditions begin for ‘You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown!’
Sun, 11/20/2022 - 5:30pm
THOMASTON — Watts Hall Community Players is readying a production of You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown! Based on the beloved Charles Schulz comic strip, You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown , explores life through the eyes of Charlie Brown and his friends in the Peanuts gang with charm, wit, and heart. While performances won't be until the last weekend in February and the first in March, the Players are holding auditions December 6 and 7 to allow cast members plenty of time to...
Holiday Family Movie Series celebrates Christmas at the Rockport Opera House
Sat, 11/19/2022 - 8:00am
ROCKPORT — The Rockport Opera House is hosting a free Holiday Family Movie Series on three Saturdays in December. Each movie begins at 3:30 p.m. Saturday, December 3: ELF and Elf Yourself activity Join the Opera House as it celebrates Christmas By The Sea with a family festive screening of the popular 2003 Christmas comedy, ELF, starring Will Ferrell as a human raised by Santa’s elves. 1 h 37min Everyone is welcome to participate in an “Elf Yourself”...
conductor, costumed chefs, and one of Santa's elves
Polar Express family event chugs into Rockport Opera House, Dec. 7
Wed, 11/16/2022 - 1:45pm

ROCKPORT — Families are invited to don their coziest pajamas and head over to the Rockport Opera House on Wednesday, Dec. 7, at 5:30 p.m., for a special Polar Express-themed event, presented by the Rockport Public Library. Attendees will be greeted by the Polar Express conductor; costumed chefs will be serving baked goods and hot cocoa; and one of Santa's elves will be distributing jingle bells. Families will be transported on a magical adventure with a film screening of The Polar Express...
also snacks, an activity, and surprises
‘How The Grinch Stole Christmas’ film to be shown Nov. 25 in Stockton Springs
Mon, 11/14/2022 - 12:45pm
STOCKTON SPRINGS — Everyone’s invited to the Stockton Springs Community Library for a holiday screening of the animated film How the Grinch Stole Christmas on Friday, Nov. 25, at 6:30 p.m. How the Grinch Stole Christmas is a classic 1966 animated film based on the children’s book of the same name by Dr. Seuss. It is the story of The Grinch trying to take away Christmas from the townsfolk of Whoville below his mountain hideaway. Boris Karloff, in one of his final roles,...
Matinee student production of Grease
Tue, 11/08/2022 - 1:45pm

BELFAST — Travel down memory lane with your favorite characters and songs from the classic Broadway musical Grease , being performed by the Belfast Area High School drama club November 17-20 on the high school stage. Written by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey, Grease was on Broadway for 3,388 performances. It was made into a successful movie with Maine summer resident John Travolta and the recently deceased Olivia Newton-John. The cast includes Connor Bowles as Danny, Hayle Withee...
Belfast Area High School drama club presents Grease
Tue, 11/08/2022 - 1:30pm

BELFAST — Travel down memory lane with your favorite characters and songs from the classic Broadway musical Grease , being performed by the Belfast Area High School drama club November 17-20 on the high school stage. Written by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey, Grease was on Broadway for 3,388 performances. It was made into a successful movie with Maine summer resident John Travolta and the recently deceased Olivia Newton-John. The cast includes Connor Bowles as Danny, Hayle Withee...
Sunday matinee of Searsport District theatre’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Tue, 11/08/2022 - 1:30pm
SEARSPORT — Searsport District Middle/High School Theater presents William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, opening Thursday, Nov. 17, at 7 p.m.; running Friday, Nov. 18, at 7 p.m.; Saturday, Nov. 19, at 7 p.m.; and also a Sunday matinee, Nov. 20, at 2 p.m. All shows are at Searsport District Middle/High School. Tickets are $5 at the door to see one of Shakespeare’s most popular comedies. Cast members include Seniors Josh Bragdon as Duke Theseus and Oberon King of the Fairies, Bella...
Searsport District Middle/High School presents A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Tue, 11/08/2022 - 1:30pm
SEARSPORT — Searsport District Middle/High School Theater presents William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, opening Thursday, Nov. 17, at 7 p.m.; running Friday, Nov. 18, at 7 p.m.; Saturday, Nov. 19, at 7 p.m.; and also a Sunday matinee, Nov. 20, at 2 p.m.. All shows are at Searsport District Middle/High School. Tickets are $5 at the door to see one of Shakespeare’s most popular comedies. Cast members include Seniors Josh Bragdon as Duke Theseus and Oberon King of the Fairies, Bella...
a romcom of sun, sea and mistaken identity
Captured-live London stage production of ‘Much Ado About Nothing’ at Strand
Mon, 11/07/2022 - 4:15pm

ROCKLAND — The Strand Theatre’s series of captured-live high-definition broadcasts from London’s National Theatre continues with Much Ado About Nothing on Thursday, Dec. 1. Showtimes are 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Katherine Parkinson (The IT Crowd) and John Heffernan (Dracula) lead the cast in Shakespeare’s romcom of sun, sea and mistaken identity. The legendary family-run Hotel Messina on the Italian Riveria has been visited by artists, celebrities and royalty. But when...
portion of ticket sales to benefit scholarship program
Thomas Performing Arts Center presents the Nutcracker
Sun, 11/06/2022 - 11:00am
BELFAST — Make the Nutcracker part of your holiday tradition right here in Belfast as Thomas Performing Arts takes you on a journey as Clara befriends a nutcracker who comes to life on Christmas Eve. This is our studio’s take on the acclaimed holiday show with a cast of angels, soldiers, a Snow Queen, and of course, the notorious Rat King! This is the holiday event of the season and must see for the whole family! There will be three opportunities to see The Nutcracker at at the Crosby Center,...
Peace and Social Justice Forum of Waldo County
Climate justice film to be shown in Belfast, Nov. 16
Sun, 11/06/2022 - 8:00am
BELFAST — The Peace and Social Justice Forum/Waldo County will show the film Our Shared Future: People and Nature and Local Solutions on Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022, at 6 p.m., in the Abbott Room, Belfast Free Library. The film is of a panel discussion in celebration of Half-Earth Day, October 13, 2022 presented by the Smithsonian Institute and E.O. Wilson Biodiversity Foundation. Biologist E.O.Wilson was the creator of the Half-Earth Project-a bold call to protect 1/2 of the...
series of interviews with Mainers while looking to answer the everyday questions of homelessness
‘Hungry Now’ film premieres Nov. 13 at UMaine, continuing Right to Food film series
Sat, 11/05/2022 - 8:00am

ORONO — The film Hungry Now , which was created through a documentary filmmaking course at University of Maine Machias, will premiere Sunday, Nov. 13, at 3 p.m., at the Collins Center for the Arts, in Orono. Hungry Now is an hour-long documentary that looks to answer the everyday questions of homelessness through a series of interviews with Mainers of all ages living in several rural and coastal towns, including Bangor, Milbridge, Jonesport, Machias and Eastport. The film is...
costume contest, prop bag, full-screen Technicolor with subtitles so that everyone can sing along
Sound of Music sing-a-long fun at The Waldo on Black Friday
Fri, 11/04/2022 - 5:00pm

WALDOBORO — The Waldo Theatre is kicking-off the holiday season with a fun and festive post-Thanksgiving Sound of Music Community Sing-A-Long on Friday, Nov. 25, at 4 p.m. “The event is a one-show-only screening of the 1965 Julie Andrews film musical in glorious, full-screen Technicolor, with subtitles so that everyone in The Waldo can sing along to the magnificent music of Rodgers and Hammerstein. A host, a costume contest, and free interactive prop bags for every audience member help ensure...
the changing nature of power
‘Tár’ director Todd Field to introduce film at Strand Theatre this Friday
Thu, 11/03/2022 - 3:30pm

ROCKLAND — Producer-writer-director Todd Field of In the Bedroom and director of the newly released film Tár will be at the Strand Theatre on Friday, Nov. 4, to introduce the 8 p.m. screening of the film. Field is currently a Midcoast resident. Tár stars Cate Blanchett as the iconic musician Lydia Tár and is set in the international world of classical music, where she is widely considered one of the greatest living composer/conductors and first-ever female chief...
humor, romance, energetic dance
‘Hello Dolly’ to take the stage at Medomak Valley High School
Thu, 11/03/2022 - 1:45pm
WALDOBORO — The Medomak Valley Players will open “Hello Dolly” on Friday, Nov. 11, in the Ronald E. Dolloff Auditorium, at Medomak Valley High School. Performances for the annual fall musical will be November 11, 12, 18, and 19, at 7 p.m. There will also be two matinee performances on November 13 and 20, at 2 p.m. There will be an opportunity for patrons to participate in an after show tea on Sunday, November 13 in the cafeteria where patrons can meet the performers. There is no charge to...
Sal wanders to the other side of Blueberry Hill and discovers a mama bear
Maine Children’s Theatre musical ‘Blueberries for Sal’ comes to Thomaston, Nov. 13
Thu, 11/03/2022 - 1:30pm

THOMASTON — Maine Children’s Theatre is renowned for its family shows, according to Watts Hall Community Arts, in a news release. And now Midcoast families don’t have to go to Portland to see one. Watts Hall Community Arts presents MCT’s traveling production of “Blueberries for Sal: The Musical” Sunday, Nov. 13, at 2:30 p.m., at Watts Hall, 174 Main St., in downtown Thomaston. Based on the book by Robert McCloskey, this family show is adapted for the stage by Michael J. Bobbitt and Sandra B...
examples of the ‘blue’ material which would be censored just a few years later
Strand to screen ‘pre-Code’ Hollywood films from 1930s
Tue, 11/01/2022 - 1:00pm

ROCKLAND — The Strand Theatre presents a “pre-Code Hollywood Film Fest,” a series of films produced in the 1930’s before the “Hay’s Code” imposed film censorship guidelines. During the early 1930s, desperately trying to lure broke depression-era movie goers into theaters, Hollywood studios created many films that challenged and transcended the "moral" and sexual boundaries of their times. Some films depicted or implied sexual innuendo, romantic and sexual relationships between white and black...
Sunday matinee of ‘The Best Christmas Pageant Ever’
Sat, 10/29/2022 - 6:00pm

BELFAST — Rehearsals are under way for Belfast Maskers’ next full production, “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever” by Barbara Robinson. “Auditions were held in October for the hilarious, family-friendly holiday classic, and the cast was filled by a blend of perennial Maskers’ favorites and a stellar batch of newcomers,” said Maskers, in a news release. The story is told from the perspective of Beth Bradley played in this production by Ella Capetta. Jessica Bayne (Grace) and Tom Fowler (Bob) play...
The Herdmans, a.k.a. ‘the worst kids in the history of the world’
Belfast Maskers announce cast of ‘The Best Christmas Pageant Ever’
Sat, 10/29/2022 - 6:00pm

BELFAST — Rehearsals are under way for Belfast Maskers’ next full production, “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever” by Barbara Robinson. “Auditions were held in October for the hilarious, family-friendly holiday classic, and the cast was filled by a blend of perennial Maskers’ favorites and a stellar batch of newcomers,” said Maskers, in a news release. The story is told from the perspective of Beth Bradley played in this production by Ella Capetta. Jessica Bayne (Grace) and Tom Fowler (Bob) play...
‘prismatic reflections on blackness’ to ignite and expand conversations about race and identity
One man, one night: ‘Rhapsody in Black’ comes to Camden Opera House
Thu, 10/27/2022 - 4:30pm

CAMDEN — Camden Opera House, 29 Elm St., presents “Rhapsody in Black,” a one-man show written and performed by LeLand Gantt, Friday, Nov. 4, at 7:30 p.m. Gantt’s show, developed under Estelle Parsons at the Actors Studio, is a traveling production from Poughkeepsie’s Bardavon Opera House. LeLand Gantt has a long stage, TV and film resumé and has toured “Rhapsody in Black” nationally and internationally, using its “prismatic reflections on blackness” to ignite and expand conversations about race...
Jack’s advances soon turn to anarchy
Captured-live production of ‘Jack Absolute Flies Again’ streams at Strand
Wed, 10/26/2022 - 1:00pm

ROCKLAND — The Strand Theatre’s series of captured-live high-definition broadcasts from London’s National Theatre continues with Jack Absolute Flies Again on Thursday, Nov. 10. Showtimes are 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. This rollicking new comedy by Richard Bean (One Man, Two Guvnors) and Oliver Chris (Twelfth Night) features a cast including Caroline Quentin, Laurie Davidson, Natalie Simpson and Kelvin Fletcher. After an aerial dog fight, Pilot Officer Jack Absolute flies home to win the heart of his old...
‘Mamma Mia!’ comes to the Strom at Camden Hills Regional High School this November
Mon, 10/24/2022 - 7:15pm

Camden Hills Regional High School will be staging the musical production of Mamma Mia! to audiences this November. After a resoundingly successful return to live performances last year, CHRHS will once again turn on the bright lights of Strom Auditorium and bring to life the story of Sophie, a young bride-to-be, who after secretly reading her mother’s diary, sets out to find her true father before her walk down the aisle. Twists, turns, and romances develop in a plot that is sure to...
Local musicians are invited to attend a Master Class earlier in the day
The Waldo presents ‘Bass Extremes’ Nov. 10
Sun, 10/23/2022 - 7:45am

WALDOBORO — The Waldo Theatre, in Waldoboro, in partnership with Midcoast Music Academy, presents Victor Wooten featuring Steve Bailey and Derico Watson for “Bass Extremes” in their only performance North of Boston on Thursday, Nov. 10, at 8 p.m. Victor Wooten is a 5-time Grammy Award winner and a founding member of the supergroup Béla Fleck and the Flecktones. He has been called the most influential bassist of the last two decades and was listed as one of the Top Ten Bassists of All Time by...
a self-sacrificing courtesan, a self-centered lover, a disapproving father
Verdi’s La Traviata simulcast at Strand, Nov. 5
Sat, 10/22/2022 - 11:00am

ROCKLAND — The Strand Theatre’s 2022-23 season of Metropolitan Opera simulcasts from New York City continues on Saturday, Nov. 5, at 1 p.m., with Verdi’s La Traviata. An encore will be presented on Tuesday, Nov. 15, at 1 p.m. Soprano Nadine Sierra stars as the self-sacrificing courtesan Violetta—one of opera’s ultimate heroines—in Michael Mayer’s vibrant production of Verdi’s beloved tragedy. Tenor Stephen Costello is her self-centered lover Alfredo, alongside baritone Luca Salsi as his...
they’ll ‘moan their way into your hearts’
Strand On The Air to broadcast ‘the Fun Size Halloween Special’
Thu, 10/20/2022 - 1:30pm

The Strand Theatre presents a new installment of its radio broadcast series Strand On The Air with the Fun Size Halloween Special on Sunday, Oct. 30, at 5 p.m. The show can be heard by tuning in to WRFR at 93.3 in Rockland or by streaming at WRFR.org, and it will be rebroadcast twice on Oct. 31. Following their broadcasts, these radio variety shows are made available to stream on the Strand Theatre website at RocklandStrand.com, and as podcasts. Crypt Manager Liz McLeod and the Strand Family...
All the world’s a stage
‘As You Like It’ to be performed at The Waldo, Oct. 28
Mon, 10/17/2022 - 3:45pm

WALDOBORO — The Waldo presents “As You Like It” on Friday, Oct. 28, at 7 p.m., as part of the “Shakespeare in Communities” program offered in collaboration with the Theater at Monmouth. “As You Like It” is the story of Rosalind. Oppressed and exiled from Court under threat of death, she escapes with her cousin, cross-dressed and gartered, into the wild and unpredictable Forest of Arden. Disguised as a boy, she creates a world of her choosing, reveling in her newfound agency and self-discovery...
the investigator needs the audience's help figuring out the guilty party
Murder, mystery, and dinner at Watts Hall
Wed, 10/12/2022 - 1:15pm

THOMASTON — What’s better for Halloween weekend than … murder? How about a 1920s Speakeasy-themed murder mystery dinner theater? Mystery 207 will bring its show to Watts Hall, Saturday, Oct. 29, from 6 to 9 p.m. Mystery 207 is a professional murder mystery dinner theater group that tours all over northern New England. The basic premise is that the big boss of "the family" has been killed in his own club, and the investigator needs the audience's help figuring out which of the six suspects is...
His search for companionship at the end of the world will lead him to a discovery of even darker circumstances
Halloween film screening at Rockland Public Library
Wed, 10/12/2022 - 1:00pm

ROCKLAND — The Rockland Public Library presents a film screening of The Last Man on Earth , Thursday, Oct. 27, at 6 p.m. This event is free and open to all. Join library staff for a spooky screening of the classic 1964 horror film based on Richard Matheson’s 1954 novel, I am Legend . Directed by Sidney Salkrow and Ubaldo B. Ragona and starring Vincent Price and Franca Bettoia, the film centers on a doctor who has survived a plague that turned everyone around him into vampires...
a group of ‘average American’ strangers battle flesh-eating zombies
‘Night Of The Living Dead’ staggers into town
Tue, 10/11/2022 - 3:45pm

ROCKLAND — Join the Strand Theatre on Sunday, Oct. 16, at 8 p.m., for a screening of the newly restored cult classic Night Of The Living Dead (1968). This presentation is part of the Strand’s Fright Night Film Fest, a series that runs through out October. When unexpected radiation raises the dead, a group of “average American” strangers has to battle flesh-eating zombies in George A. Romero's landmark cheapie horror film. “Shot outside of Pittsburgh at a fraction of the cost of a...
challenged to balance blueberry hand raking traditions with the economics of the world market
Film in recognition of Indigenous Peoples’ Day to screen in Belfast, Oct. 19
Mon, 10/10/2022 - 7:00am
BELFAST — The Peace and Social Justice Forum/Waldo County, in collaboration with Rural Action Group Against Racism (RAGAR), will show the film Voices from the Barrens, Native People, Blueberries and Sovereignty on Wednesday, Oct. 19, at 6 p.m., in the Abbott Room, Belfast Free Library. Filmmaker Nancy Ghertner documents the wild blueberry harvest of the Wabanaki Indigenous People from the USA and Canada as the tribes are challenged to balance blueberry hand raking traditions with the...
a person who dives in and out of physical transformations
Strand Theatre and CMCA present a contemporary dance performance
Fri, 10/07/2022 - 1:15pm

ROCKLAND — Dance soloist Marcos Duran will perform Shapeshifter, an evening of new choreography and performance art inspired by CMCA’s (Center for Maine Contemporary Art) latest exhibition, on Saturday, Oct. 22, at 5:30 p.m. This contemporary dance performance is presented in collaboration with CMCA and will take place in their Main Gallery. Shapeshifter is part of the Strand’s New Century Series of shows that explore new works, artists, and spaces, bringing live theatre, dance and innovative...
the mythic sorceress who will stop at nothing in her quest for vengeance
‘Medea’ to open Met Opera Live In HD season at Strand
Thu, 10/06/2022 - 1:00pm

ROCKLAND — The Strand Theatre’s 2022-23 season of Metropolitan Opera simulcasts from New York City begins on Saturday, Oct. 22, at 1 p.m., with Cherubini’s Medea . An encore will be presented on Tuesday, Nov. 1, at 1 p.m. This Met-premiere production stars soprano Sondra Radvanovsky in the title role. Having triumphed at the Met in some of the repertory’s fiercest soprano roles, Sondra Radvanovsky stars as the mythic sorceress who will stop at nothing in her quest for vengeance...
Puppeteers to perform The Headless Horseman of Sleepy Hollow
Wed, 10/05/2022 - 1:00pm

ROCKPORT — Rockport Public Library invites you to a production of The Headless Horseman of Sleepy Hollow performed by Frogtown Mountain Puppeteers, Wednesday, Oct. 19, at 5 p.m., in the Rockport Room of the Library.
Disguised as a boy, she creates a world of her choosing, but the love-struck Orlando complicates her new adventure
Strand Family Series to host Theater at Monmouth on Tour’s abridged As You Like It
Wed, 10/05/2022 - 12:45pm

ROCKLAND — Theater at Monmouth repertory company will present an abridged version of Shakespeare’s As You Like It on Wednesday, Oct. 19, at 6:30 p.m., at the Strand Theatre. As part of the Strand Family Series , tickets are available on a Pay-What-You-Can scale, $0-20. The performance is recommended for ages 11 and up. Theater at Monmouth is a year-round repertory company of professional theatre artists from across Maine and the United States. Its mission is to present...
Strand Youth Film Fest entry deadline is October 31
Tue, 10/04/2022 - 12:45pm
ROCKLAND — The Strand Theatre’s third annual Strand Youth Film Fest (SYFF) – an opportunity for young people living in Maine to create and submit their own short films – is currently taking submissions. The entry deadline for this short film competition is October 31, with awards and a public presentation of the films in December. Prizes will be awarded by a panel of judges comprised of Strand staff and local film professionals. Eligible filmmakers must be 9-18 years old. The Junior division...
Theatrical performance of ‘Darrow’ to take place in Thomaston, Belfast
The World of Clarence Darrow
Mon, 10/03/2022 - 9:15pm

On October 7-9 in Thomaston and October 14-16 in Belfast, I will be performing the role of Darrow in David Rintel’s play of the same name. Although Darrow’s career spanned the early decades of the 20th century, the issues he dealt with — racial prejudice, income inequality, religious intolerance and worker exploitation — will resonate strongly with modern audiences. Therefore I thought it might be helpful to provide context that will enable audiences to better understand the world in which...
THE STORY OF A FORMER INMATE AT THE MAINE STATE PRISON
‘For the Next Guy’ matinee stars David Troup
Mon, 10/03/2022 - 1:00pm

ROCKLAND — The Strand Theatre and Artivism in Maine (A.I.M.e) announce an additional show time added to the premiere run of the play For The Next Guy. Performance times are now Friday, Oct. 7 and Saturday, Oct. 8, at 7 p.m.; and Sunday, Oct. 9, at 1 p.m. For the Next Guy is an uncensored true story of one Mainer’s 30 years inside the Maine State Prison system and his transition back into the “free” world. The play is written and directed by Larraine Brown, with sound and...
the story of a former inmate at the Maine State prison
Additional performance offered for ‘For the Next Guy’ starring David Troup
Mon, 10/03/2022 - 12:45pm

ROCKLAND — The Strand Theatre and Artivism in Maine (A.I.M.e) announce an additional show time added to the premiere run of the play For The Next Guy . Performance times are now Friday, Oct. 7 and Saturday, Oct. 8, at 7 p.m.; and Sunday, Oct. 9, at 1 p.m. For the Next Guy is an uncensored true story of one Mainer’s 30 years inside the Maine State Prison system and his transition back into the “free” world. The play is written and directed by Larraine Brown, with sound and...