Maine Cabin Masters' renovation at Pine Tree Camp airs Feb. 3
ROME — Pine Tree Camp kicks off its 80th anniversary year by revealing a secret.
This summer, the Maine Cabin Masters renovated camp’s recreation hall and theatre space. This 2,343 square foot building dates back to the 1960s, is home to camp’s drama and music program, and features memorabilia from as far back as the 1940s. The building was totally reimagined and revamped in the heart of Pine Tree Camp’s fully-accessible campus on North Pond.
The completed project, largely funded by a grant from the Prescott Family, and built by the cast and crew of the Magnolia Network’s reality television series, Maine Cabin Masters, will be unveiled on the Monday, February 3 episode titled “Curtains Up! Theatre for Extraordinary Campers” airing at 9 p.m., on the Magnolia Network.
“The new space is truly incredible,” said Pine Tree Camp Director Dawn-Willard Robinson, in a Pine Tree news release. “They created a space where our campers can let their talents shine. They took our goals for theatre, music and arts programming and brought it to life in ways we could have never imagined.”
The Maine Cabin Masters are known for renovating old lakeside, family camps and cabins.
"The recreation hall project was a perfect fit because it is in the center of an 80 year old summer camp, surrounded by cabins, woods and water," said the release. "Pine Tree Camp’s mission to serve Maine kids and adults with disabilities made the project particularly special."
“Pine Tree Camp is a place where kids and adults with disabilities can get outside and experience anything they want to try,” said Willard-Robinson. “From swimming to archery to standing up on the stage and belting out a song, our campers are free to explore new things.”
Construction began in June and the Maine Cabin Masters crew worked through the summer to finish the project by September when they filmed the big reveal.
When Willard-Robinson first saw the finished space during the September filming of the reveal, her eyes filled with tears, according to Pine Tree Camp.
“They were tears of joy,” she recalled. “I could imagine our campers in the space and the emotion was overwhelming.”
When to watch:
Maine Cabin Masters
“Curtains Up! Theatre for Extraordinary Campers”
Monday, February 3
9:00pm
Magnolia Network (available on cable, satellite and select streaming channels)
Pine Tree Camp, which celebrates its 80th anniversary in 2025, is a program of Pine Tree Society and an American Camp Association-accredited camp for people with disabilities. Every year, hundreds of Maine children and adults with disabilities arrive at Pine Tree Camp in Rome and their lives are transformed. Year-round, campers experience freedom and independence by actively participating in outdoor activities like kayaking, boating, swimming, fishing, hiking, biking, archery, snowshoeing and cross country skiing thanks to Pine Tree Camp’s 285-acre, fully-accessible campus on North Pond. Full tuition assistance is available. Since 1945, no camper has ever been turned away due to their ability to pay. https://pinetreesociety.org/camp-home/