2012-2013 Season Schedule
With our PAY-WHAT-YOU-WANT ticket policy, there’s no reason for audiences of all ages to miss out on these fantastic productions!
October 12 - 14
Friday and Saturday at 7:30
Sunday at 2:00
Pay – what – you – want
(Made possible by a grant from a component fund of the Maine Community Foundation)
This anthology was commissioned in response to the growing epidemic of bullying and the all-too-often tragic results. The plays are touching, imaginative, powerful, uplifting and funny. A botched chemistry experiment creates a horde of teenage zombie bullies. A teenager poignantly relates to his dad how a bullied classmate resorted to physical violence. Three dinosaurs at a museum surprise three bickering kids on a school outing. This collection of short plays will challenge, inspire and enlighten us and help us confront the issue of bullying in a constructive and creative way.
(With a special collaboration with CHANS Hospice Care Program, and Sarah Ruhl)
October 26 – November 11
Friday and Saturday at 8:00
Sunday at 2:00
Pay – what – you – want
Produced with the support of Maine Humanities Council
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In Eurydice, Sarah Ruhl reimagines the classic myth of Orpheus through the eyes of its heroine. Dying too young on her wedding day, Eurydice must journey to the underworld, where she reunites with her father and struggles to remember her lost love. With contemporary characters, ingenious plot twists, and breathtaking visual effects, the play is a fresh look at a timeless love story.
"EXHILARATING!! A luminous retelling of the Orpheus myth, lush and limpid as a dream where both author and audience swim in the magical, sometimes menacing, and always thrilling flow of the unconscious." The New Yorker
November 16 - 18
Friday at 7:00
Saturday and Sunday at 2:00
Pay – what – you - want
A collection of pieces, new and old, that celebrate the 10th year of the Center Stage Players.
THE BEST CHRISTMAS PAGEANT EVER
December 14 - 23
Friday and Saturday at 7:30
Sunday at 2:00
The Young Company
Pay – what – you - want
In this hilarious Christmas tale, a couple struggling to put on a church Christmas pageant is faced with casting the kids-- probably the most inventively awful kids in history. You won't believe the mayhem-- and the fun-- when the Herdmans collide with the Christmas story head on!
WALES AND TALES
Thursday December 20th at 7:00
Sunday December 23rd at 5:00
Pay – what – you - want
Join Al and some friends for our annual Holiday treat!
WINTER CABARET
January 25 – February 10
Friday and Saturday at 8:00
Sunday at 2:00
Pay – what – you - want
How do we explain Winter Cabaret if you haven’t seen it before? Well, do you like to laugh? Do you like to have a good time? Do you like delicious desserts and good music? Well, you’re gonna have to trust us on this one. Just come and see it - it’s funny and we’ve been doing it for over 10 years.
Les Miserables
March 15 - 24
Friday and Saturday at 7:30
Sunday at 2:00
All Ages, Community Collaboration
Pay-what-you-want
Les Misérables, one of the world's greatest literary classics, sold out its first edition the day it went on sale in 1862. Since then, it has never been out of print. It has been filmed countless times and is currently the subject of a smash-hit international pop opera. It is the story of ex-convict Jean Valjean and his relentless pursuit by "law and order" police inspector Javert. Filled with fascinating vignettes of 19th-century France, the script boasts a brilliant cast of characters who weave an exciting tapestry of humankind at its best and worst.
** this production is NOT the famous Broadway musical...we still think you will love it!**
April 12 - 14
Friday and Saturday at 7:30
Sunday at 2:00
Pay-what-you-want
Produced by special arrangement with
THE DRAMATIC PUBLISHING COMPANY of Woodstock, Illinois
A magical peach! An imprisoned boy! Insect friends! An incredible journey! Roald Dahl’s amazing adventure of James Henry Trotter will fulfill the fantasy of anyone who has ever dreamed of escape...
The Center Stage Players at The Theater Project
May 17 - 19
Friday at 7:00
Saturday and Sunday at 2:00
Pay-what-you-want
A group of Mid-Coast Maine seniors who create and perform original and classic pieces in a Readers’ Theater format.
VOICES IN THE MIRROR
May 31 – June 2
Friday and Saturday at 7:30
Sunday at 2:00
Pay-what-you-want
Ever look at life from a teenager’s point-of-view? Voices in the Mirror gives us that glimpse. They reveal their lives through hilarious skits that they come up with through improv games and exercises. Think Saturday Night Live with teens. This will be our 17th year producing Voices!
LAFILLE AT TESS’ MARKET by Al Miller
June 21 - 30
Friday and Saturday at 8:00
Sunday at 2:00
Community Collaboration
Pay-what-you-want
Back by popular demand this original musical set in Brunswick, written by Al Miller, continues to delight audiences of all ages. Long time residents of Brunswick will remember LaFille as the woman with the silver hair and ice blue eyes who collected bottles and cans in town. LaFille and her silent companion, Dancer, travel back in time to places like Merrymeeting Park on the banks of the Androscoggin River in the late 1890’s and to St. John’s Bazaar.
Original music composed by Jim Hall
Tales Of A Fourth Grade Nothing
July 19 - 21
Friday and Saturday at 7:30
Sunday at 2:00
Pay-what-you-want
Come see our adaptation of the popular book, Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing. Through acting exercises and games we will create our own tales.
boxers, a collection of shorts
July 26 - 27
Friday and Saturday at 7:30
Pay-what-you-want
This is the opportunity for you to see our Young Company in comedic short pieces directed by Young Company alumnae. Together they come up with an evening not to be missed.
Treasure Island
August 16 - 18
Friday and Saturday at 7:30
Sunday at 2:00
Pay-what-you-want
An exciting theatrical adaptation in which young audiences will thrill to the lightning adventure, exotic settings, sea chanteys and the salty pirate dialog. This dramatization of Jim Hawkins' adventures is irresistible in the hands of an American master playwright for young people.
