UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MAINE

by A.A. Cristi - March 18, 2024

Catch the premiere of THE PROM by the USM Department of Theatre. Experience this exciting new production brought to life by the talented students and faculty of the University of Southern Maine....

by Stephi Wild - February 21, 2024

The War of the Worlds: The 1938 Radio Script by Howard E. Koch will be the first radio theatre produced in University of Southern Maine Department of Theatre’s new audio studio. ...

by A.A. Cristi - October 10, 2023

USM Theatre kicks off its season with an elaborate and engaging production of Shakespeare's 'The Winter's Tale.' Explore the destructive force of the aristocracy and the healing power of the natural world in this captivating play....

by A.A. Cristi - March 24, 2023

The University of Southern Maine Department of Theatre, in collaboration with the Osher School of Music, presents a dynamic reimagining of one of ancient Greece's most iconic myths in theatre, opera, and dance. ...

by Stephi Wild - January 12, 2023

Portland Stage Company’s first commissioned play, Sweet Goats and Blueberry Señoritas, is a moving and layered story of home, family, and forgiveness. Told with humor and emotion, this play by Richard Blanco and Vanessa Garcia explores the universal themes of love, loss, and community through the ri...

by Chloe Rabinowitz - June 08, 2022

Following the sold-out success of COVID SUX: The Musical at Cumston Hall, Chris Henry, and Mark Falconer have written a new sequel to their previous original musical comedy about the pandemic featuring parodies of hit Broadway songs from shows like Hamilton, Les Miserables, Tick Tick Boom, West Side...

by A.A. Cristi - April 20, 2022

​​​​​​​Opera Maine's 2022 Studio Artist Program, under the leadership of Richard Gammon, will feature performances of The Fall of the House of Usher by Philip Glass on June 29 and July 1, 2022. The opera will be sung in English with English supertitles and performed with the full orchestration....

by A.A. Cristi - March 25, 2022

Opera in the Pines presents the Maine premiere of The Diary of Anne Frank, by Russian composer Grigory Frid, on May 5th and 7th at 7 PM, in collaboration with the Maine Jewish Museum, 267 Congress Street, Portland, Maine....

by Stephi Wild - March 01, 2022

Hackmatack Playhouse has drawn campers to its theater camp for 43 years. But in the last two summers during the pandemic, the camp's open air rehearsal space, picnic tables, fields and attached bison farm have been a particular draw for kids looking for safe and healthy diversions....

by A.A. Cristi - September 22, 2021

The USM Department of Theatre welcomes audiences back to theatre with a free, family-friendly, traveling outdoor show, The Marvelous Meep Island Adventure.  ...