ROCKLAND — The annual Maine Drama Festival is this weekend (March 6-7). Results should be sent out by noon on Sunday, March 8.

This information and more is available on the Maine Drama Council website www.mainedramacouncil.com.

In the upcoming weeks, more than 2500 Maine high school students from 78 high schools will compete in the 84th annual Maine Drama Festival. The annual event is sponsored by the Maine Principals' Association and the Maine Drama Council.

March 6-7, at nine regional competitions around the State, schools will present plays ranging from the classics to original student-written plays. Winners from each regional will be selected by a panel of judges to advance to the State Finals on March 20-21.

A list of Regional winners should be posted on the MDC website, Sunday, March 8.

Below are the performance schedules for each of the nine regional festivals this weekend (March 6-7). Note start times vary at each site, and latecomers will not be admitted once a performance has started.

Admission $8 - adult $5 – student/senior for each session

OCEANSIDE HS in Rockland

FRIDAY EVENING 6:00 p.m.

Medomak Valley - "The Blue Bird"

Boothbay - "Lady's Night at the Globe"

Wiscasset - "The Unknown Soldier"

SATURDAY AFTERNOON 12:30 p.m.

Belfast - "The Good Doctor"

Vinalhaven - "Virtual Family"

Camden Hills- "Rumors of Polar Bears"

SATURDAY EVENING 6:30 p.m.

Lincoln Academy - "Trojan Women"

Oceanside- "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight"

BREWER HS

FRIDAY EVENING 7:00 p.m.

Presque Isle - "Dracula"

Ellsworth - "Under Milk Wood"

Hermon - "A Midsummer Nights Dream"

SATURDAY AFTERNOON 12:00 p.m.

Orono - "The Revenger's Tragedy"

Old Town - "Private Wars"

MCI - "The Orphan Train"

Mt. View - "The Would-Be Gentleman"

SATURDAY EVENING 7:00 p.m.

Bangor - "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"

Brewer - "The Rimers of Eldritch"

LAWRENCE HS

FRIDAY EVENING 6:00 p.m.

Erskine - "Much Ado About Nothing"

Winslow - "Wendy's Tale"

Morse - "Look Up"

SATURDAY AFTERNOON 12:00 p.m.

Oak Hill - "Mirrors"

Waterville - "April Fish"

Winthrop- "Thrice Monkeys"

Waynflete - "Henry V"

SATURDAY EVENING 6:00 p.m.

Lisbon - "A Doll's House"

Lawrence - "Yellow Boat"

FREEPORT HS

FRIDAY EVENING 6:00 p.m.

Casco Bay - "Take Five"

Edward Little - "4 a.m."

Merriconeag Waldorf - "Hamlette"

SATURDAY AFTERNOON 11:00 a.m.

Lewiston- "How I Murdered My Roommate For An A"

Yarmouth - "Epic Proportions"

Baxter Academy - "Not-so Grimm Tales"

Cape Elizabeth - "The Dishwasher"

SATURDAY EVENING 6:45 p.m.

Freeport - "What Sunlight Doesn't Touch"

Gray New-Gloucester - "The Nine Worst Break Ups of All Time"

FALMOUTH HS

FRIDAY EVENING 6:15 p.m.

Bonney Eagle - "War at Home"

South Portland- "Red"

Westbrook- "Property Rights"

SATURDAY AFTERNOON 12:15 p.m.

Scarborough - "The Actor Games"

Gorham - "Baby"

Windham- "The Chronicles of Jane, Book Seven"

Deering - "The Canterbury Tales"

SATURDAY EVENING 7:15 p.m.

Portland - "An Interview"

Falmouth - "Don Quixote"

STEARNS HS

FRIDAY EVENING 6:00 p.m.

Piscataquis - "The Last Leaf"

Foxcroft Academy - "Sorry, Wrong Number"

SATURDAY AFTERNOON 1:00 p.m.

Greater Portland Christian - "Elephant's Graveyard"

Central - "The Meadow"

Fort Kent - "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde"

SATURDAY EVENING 6:30 p.m.

Stearns - "Booby Trap"

Easton - "Don't Say 'Macbeth'!"

THORNTON ACADEMY

FRIDAY EVENING 7:00 p.m.

Old Orchard - "Removing the Glove"

Cheverus - "The Dark Tower"

Thornton Academy - "Hamlet"

SATURDAY AFTERNOON 12:00 p.m.

Catherine McAuley - "The Unravelling"

Massabesic - "Check Please"

Traip Academy- "Almost, Maine"

SATURDAY EVENING 6:00 p.m.

Marshwood - "Impossible Theater"

Fryeburg Academy - "The Other Room"

SKOWHEGAN HS

FRIDAY EVENING 6:30 p.m.

Mt. Blue - "Taylorbeard"

Poland - "The Good Doctor"

Monmouth Academy - "The Least Offensive Play in the World"

SATURDAY AFTERNOON 12:00 p.m.

Carrabec - "A Play With Words"

Oxford Hills - "Elephant's Graveyard"

Leavitt - "Bernice Bobs Her Hair"

Spruce Mountain - "The Homecoming"

SATURDAY EVENING 6:30 p.m.

Madison - "Coyote Tales"

Skowhegan - "The Taming of the Shrew"

MOUNT DESERT HS

FRIDAY EVENING 7:00 p.m.

Shead - "Conflict"

George Stevens Academy - "Primum Non Nocere"

Mount Desert - "The Dancers"

SATURDAY AFTERNOON 12:00 p.m.

Bucksport - "The Actor's Nightmare"

Searsport - "An Allagash Haunting: The Story of Emile Camile"

Sumner - "Mizzy's Dramatic Lead"

SATURDAY EVENING 7:00 p.m.

Deer-Isle Stonington - "Dogg's Hamlet"

Washington Academy - "4 a.m."