Portland Ovations Presents Maine Native Michael Cooper 11/19

Portland Ovations brings Maine native, sculptor and virtuoso mime Michael Cooper and his Masked Marvels and Wondertales to the stage at South Portland Auditorium, South Portland High School on Saturday, November 19th at 11am for a Family Series performance for all ages.

A protégé of Celebration Barn's Tony Montanaro, Cooper's one-man show Masked Marvels & Wondertales combines his breathtaking handcrafted masks and graceful physicality to create a world where dogs wear hats, wild stallions are tamed, giant noses sneeze and fish bait candy to catch children in a pond. Mr. Cooper puts on a performance that charms audiences with thrilling adventure, silly antics and outlandish possibilities while capturing hearts and stimulating imaginations.

In conjunction with this performance, Ovations Offstage in collaboration with Oak Street Studios offers a mask-making workshop for children 4 and up on Saturday, November 12th at the Portland Public Library, in their Children's Library from 10:30am to 12:30pm. The workshop is free and open to the public, but registration is required and space is limited to 50 participants. The public may register at the Children's Library in the Portland Public Library.

Tickets to Michael Cooper: Masked Marvels and Wondertales are $10 and may be purchased by contacting PortTIX at 207.842.0800 or visiting the box office window at Merrill Auditorium. Tickets are also available online at www.portlandovations.org.

About Portland Ovations
Each year since 1931, Portland Ovations brings a dynamic season of exceptional performing artists from around the world to Maine including classical music, jazz, opera, dance, theater, and Broadway national tours. In addition to live performances, Ovations brings the exhilaration of the performing arts out into our community with season-long educational and outreach activities known as Ovations Offstage. A Maine-based non-profit, Portland Ovations contributes to the cultural, social and economic well-being of our community by presenting an array of high quality performing artists from around the world and creating diverse educational experiences that bring the enjoyment, energy and enrichment of the arts to all.

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