Every Brilliant Thing
1/24 - 2/2/2025
Told with the help of the audience, this hilarious, heartbreaking and critically-acclaimed Off-Broadway hit is an interactive life-affirming experience you will never forget.
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Review: Public Theatre Opens Season with Victorian Spoof
by Carla Maria Verdino-Süllwold - October 14, 2024
Lewiston’s Public Theatre opens its 34th season to a full house, convulsed in laughter at the Victorian spoof, DRACULA: A COMEDY OF TERRORS. The 2023 Off- Broadway comedy by Steve Rosen and Gordon Greenberg is a sendup of Bram Stoker’s Gothic novel Dracula, but in this delightful comic concoction...
MANHATTAN SHORT FILM FESTIVAL To Screen at The Public Theatre
by A.A. Cristi - September 13, 2024
The Manhattan Short Film Festival has announced its lineup for 2024, featuring films from around the world....
DRACULA: A COMEDY OF TERRORS & More Set for The Public Theatre 34th Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - September 09, 2024
The Public Theatre has revealed its 34th season, featuring a lineup of new productions and returning favorites. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets....
Shakespearean Comedies & More Set for Theater At Monmouth 55th Anniversary Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 24, 2024
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LUNENBURG Begins Performances This May At The Public Theatre!
by A.A. Cristi - April 25, 2024
The Public Theatre presents the anticipated U.S. premiere of Lunenburg playing at Lewiston/Auburn's professional theatre, May 3 – 12....
LUNENBERG Begins Performances At The Public Theatre This May
by A.A. Cristi - April 19, 2024
The Public Theatre will present the U.S. premiere of Lunenburg, running May 3 – 12....
SECRET HOUR Comes to the Public Theatre This Month
by Stephi Wild - March 05, 2024
The Public Theatre will produce the new play Secret Hour, March 15 – 24. This will be the play’s second production after its world premiere last year in New York....
Review: Forgiveness & Family Dynamics: INCIDENT AT OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL HOPE
by Carla Maria Verdino-Süllwold - January 29, 2024
Katie Forgette’s bittersweet memory play about a Catholic childhood in the 1970s takes the stage at the Public Theatre in Lewiston in a gently funny and touching production directed by Janet Mitchko. INCIDENT AT OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL HELP focuses on the O’Shea family, a prototypical middle class Ir...
Ray Dumont Named New Executive Director at The Public Theatre in Lewiston
by A.A. Cristi - January 08, 2024
Students and educators attend 'A Christmas Carol' at The Public Theatre. New executive director announced as Ray Dumont takes over from Christopher Schario. Exciting changes at The Public Theatre in Lewiston....
New Executive Director Takes The Reins at The Public Theatre In Lewiston
by Blair Ingenthron - January 06, 2024
Lewiston native Ray Dumont will be stepping into Christopher Schario's shoes as Executive Director, and artistic continuity will be maintained as current Co-Artistic Director Janet Mitchko assumes the role as the sole Artistic Director for the Theatre....
Past Shows
A Christmas Carol
12/13 - 12/15/2024
A Christmas Carol adapted by Christopher Schario Dec 13, 14, 15 - 2024 Dec 13 @ 7 pm / Dec 14 @ 2pm & 7pm ...
Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors
10/11 - 10/27/2024
Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors by Gordon Greenberg & Steve Rosen Oct 11, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19*, 20, 24, 25, 26, 27 – 2024 ...
Manhattan Short Film Festival
9/27 - 9/28/2024
The Public Theatre will host the 27th Annual Manhattan Short Film Festival featuring a selection of the best short films from ten countries, including the ...
Lunenburg
5/3 - 5/12/2024
Lunenburg by Norm Foster May 3, 4, 5, 9, 10, 11*, 12 - 2024 From the author of the hit comedy The Ladies Foursome , ...
Secret Hour
3/15 - 3/24/2024
Secret Hour by Jenny Stafford March 15, 16, 17, 21, 22, 23*, 24 - 2024 Entertaining, humorous, poignant, and thought-provoking, if you’ve ever been in ...
Incident at Our Lady of Perpetual Help
1/26 - 2/4/2024
Incident at Our Lady of Perpetual Help by Katie Forgette Jan 26, 27, 28, Feb 1, 2, 3*, 4 - 2024 Whether you grew up ...
Paint Night by Carey Crim
10/20 - 10/29/2023
A WORLD PREMIERE! Imagine Steel Magnolias with modern day issues, as six women gather for a much-needed girls’ night out.
Polkadots: The Cool Kids Musical by
5/20 - 5/21/2023
POLKADOTS: The Cool Kids Musical Book by Melvin Tunstall III, Music by Greg Borowsky and Douglas Lyons, Lyrics by Douglas Lyons, Based on an original ...
Jeeves and Wooster in ‘Perfect Nonsense’ by The Goodale Brothers
4/21 - 4/30/2023
Jeeves and Wooster in ‘Perfect Nonsense’ by The Goodale Brothers April 21, 22, 23, 27, 28, 29*, 30 - 2023 It's Monty Python meets Downton ...
Pilgrims Musa & Sheri in the New World
3/3 - 3/12/2023
Pilgrims Musa & Sheri in the New World by Yussef El Guindi March 3, 4, 5, 9, 10, 11*, 12, 2023 Anyone who has ever ...
The Victorian Ladies' Detective Collective
11/4 - 11/13/2022
The Victorian Ladies’ Detective Collective by Patricia Milton Nov 4, 5, 6, 10, 11, 12*, 13 - 2022 It’s “Sherlock Holmes” meets “Arsenic & Old ...
Be Here Now
6/17 - 6/26/2022
An Intriguing Comedy About HappinessA pessimistic professor of nihilism develops a dangerous medical condition with a side effect that turns her into a happy, hopeful, ...
Be Here Now - Video on Demand
6/21 - 6/26/2022
An Intriguing Comedy About HappinessA pessimistic professor of nihilism develops a dangerous medical condition with a side effect that turns her into a happy, hopeful, ...
Screwball Comedy
4/29 - 5/8/2022
Imagine His Girl Friday meets The Carol Burnett Show in this fast-paced, hilarious nod to the Hollywood comedies of the 30s and 40s. Filled with ...
Dancing Lessons - Video On Demand
3/19 - 3/27/2022
Dancing Lessons by Mark St. GermainVideo On Demand: March 19-27, 2022Single ticket $25 (one person viewing on one device)Household ticket $50 (2+ people viewing together ...
Dancing Lessons
3/11 - 3/20/2022
Dancing Lessons by Mark St. Germain March 11, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19*, 20 - 2022 Thurs-Sat 7:30 pm, Sun 2pm, *Sat, Mar 19 - ...
Screwball Comedy - Video on Demand
5/3 - 3/8/2022
Imagine His Girl Friday meets The Carol Burnett Show in this fast-paced, hilarious nod to the Hollywood comedies of the 30s and 40s. Filled with ...
A Very Ida Christmas
12/10 - 12/12/2021
A Very Ida Christmas with Susan Poulin - Ida has the inside scoop on everything: the Not-So-Secret Santa plan, the do’s and don’ts of Holiday ...
Middletown
10/15 - 10/24/2021
TITLE: Middletown DATE SPAN: Oct 15 - 24, 2021 DESCRIPTION: Middletown by Dan Clancy. Presented by Special License from GFour Productions Oct 15, 16, 17, ...
I And You
3/8 - 3/21/2021
Last MARCH, due to COVID, The Public Theatre had to cancel its production of I AND YOU on the day it was scheduled to open. ...
I and You
3/13 - 3/22/2020
I and You by Lauren Gunderson March 13, 14, 15, 19, 20, 21*, 22 - 2020 Thurs-Sat 7:30 pm, Sun 2pm, *Sat, Mar 21 - ...
Sexy Laundry
1/24 - 2/2/2020
Michele Riml; dir: Terry Martin....
Women in Jeopardy
10/18 - 10/27/2019
Wendy MacLeod; dir: Kelly Criss....
Grease
6/18 - 6/29/2019
Grease is a high-octane musical bursting with rock and roll energy, taking you back to the world of 1950s teenagers. Written by Jim Jacobs and ...
Fireflies
5/3 - 5/12/2019
The Public Theatre: Matthew Barber; dir: Judith Ivey....
A Doll's House, Part 2
3/15 - 3/24/2019
Doll's House, Part 2 is a 2017 play written by Lucas Hnath. The play premiered at the South Coast Repertory, in April 2017, before transferring ...
Human Error
1/25 - 2/3/2019
The Public Theatre: Eric Pfeffinger; dir: Christopher Schario....
Makin' Whoopee!
11/9 - 11/11/2018
Susan Poulin....
Things My Mother Taught Me
10/19 - 10/28/2018
Katherine DiSavino....
Marjorie Prime
3/16 - 3/25/2018
It’s the age of artificial intelligence, and 85-year-old Marjorie — a jumble of disparate, fading memories — has a handsome new companion who’s programmed to ...
Fly Me to the Moon
1/26 - 2/4/2018
Francis and Loretta are community care visitors. Unknown to him, Davy, one of their elderly charges, has had a significant win on the horses. When ...
The Revolutionists
10/20 - 10/29/2017
Four beautiful, badass women lose their heads in this irreverent, girl-powered comedy set during the French Revolution. At the height of the Reign of Terror, ...
Chickens and Crocodiles
5/19 - 5/23/2017
Antonio Rocha....
Ripcord
5/5 - 5/14/2017
A sunny room on an upper floor is prime real estate in the Bristol Place Senior Living Facility, so when the cantankerous Abby is forced ...
Last Gas
10/14 - 10/23/2016
When an old flame returns to town, Nat Paradis gets another chance, but faces a choice between the possibilities of new love and old in ...
Last Gas
10/14 - 10/23/2016
When an old flame returns to town, Nat Paradis gets another chance, but faces a choice between the possibilities of new love and old in ...
Crossing Delancey
5/6 - 5/15/2016
So, do yourself a mitzvah: Come to New York's Lower East Side, visit with Izzy, sit a spell with her Bubbie (grandmother) in this romantic ...
What Rhymes With America
3/11 - 3/20/2016
A father and his teenage daughter stand on either side of a closed door. Life is unraveling for him, and it is entirely uncertain for ...
The Ladies Foursome
1/22 - 1/31/2016
Norm Foster; dir: Judith Ivey....
Wait Until Dark
10/16 - 10/25/2015
A blind housewife becomes the target of three con-men searching for heroin hidden in a doll that her husband innocently brought back from Canada. This ...
The Sunshine Boys
5/1 - 5/10/2015
One of the most highly anticipated events of the season will be the union of Guthrie dream team Raye Birk (Faith Healer, Third) and Peter ...
Outside Mullingar
3/13 - 3/22/2015
This is a new romantic comedy from the Pulitzer-, Oscar-, and Tony Award-winner John Patrick Shanley, writer of Doubt and Moonstruck. Anthony and Rosemary are ...
Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
1/23 - 2/1/2015
Middle-aged siblings Vanya and Sonia share a home in Bucks County, PA, where they bicker and complain about the circumstances of their lives. Suddenly, their ...
Moonlight & Magnolias
5/2 - 5/11/2014
Legendary movie producer David O. Selznick is unhappy. The filming of “Gone with the Wind” is going down the drain and a new script and ...
Good People
3/14 - 3/23/2014
Welcome to South Boston, where this month’s paycheck covers last month’s bills and a night on the town means a few rounds of bingo. When ...
Tigers Be Still
1/24 - 2/2/2014
The Wickman women are having a bad day. Twenty-four year old Sherry has a Masters degree in Art Therapy - which means she’s unemployed and ...
The Book of Moron
11/8 - 11/10/2013
The Public Theatre: Robert Dubac....
LOVE/SICK
10/18 - 10/27/2013
For more information, visit the website...
Haiku, Hip Hop & Hot Dogs
5/19 - 5/22/2013
The Public Theatre: -...
The Last Romance
5/3 - 5/12/2013
Two strangers in their golden years meet on their daily visits to the dog park. Their playful banter leads them to common ground, and a ...
Time Stands Still by Donald Margulies
3/15 - 3/24/2013
The Maine Premiere of the Broadway Hit Times Stands Still by Donald Margulies For photojournalist Sarah Goodwin, happiness has been rushing from hotspot to hotspot ...
The Hound of the Baskervilles
1/22 - 2/3/2013
The Public Theatre: - dir: Christopher Schario....
A Christmas Carol
12/7 - 12/9/2012
Start your holiday season at The Public Theatre. Don’t miss The Public Theatre’s critically acclaimed holiday production! Rediscover the magic of theatre, when six actors ...
Robert Dubac's The Male Intellect: An Oxymoron?
11/9 - 11/11/2012
The title may say it all, but the twist is it’s performed by a man! Bobby is trying to figure out what women want, but ...
The Book Club Play by Karen Zacarias
10/19 - 10/28/2012
Laughter meets literature in this hip and clever new comedy when a book club becomes the subject of a documentary film and is captured in ...
Anansi, Spiderman of Africa!
5/20 - 5/23/2012
Don’t miss this side-splitting selection of famous folktales from Africa. Anansi the Spider loves to eat and hates to work, so he tries to trick ...
On Golden Pond
5/4 - 5/13/2012
Get ready for an unforgettable summer in Maine when real life couple Ellen Crawford and Mike Genovese (from NBC's E.R.) star in this heartwarming and ...
Red
3/16 - 3/25/2012
The Language Archive
1/27 - 2/5/2012
A Christmas Carol
12/6 - 12/11/2011
The Moose In Me, The Moose In You
11/4 - 11/13/2011
Maine's funniest woman Ida Leclair, has become a Certified Maine Life Guide and gone from "Running with the Moose" to studying them and sharing the ...
Around the World in 80 Days
10/14 - 10/23/2011
Comedy, romance and adventure abound, as five actors portraying 39 characters traverse seven continents in this thrilling adaptation of one of the greatest adventure stories ...
Videos
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REDshift
Southworth Planetarium (1/10 - 1/18) | |
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Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Portland Stage (5/14 - 6/1) | |
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Not Quite Almost
Portland Stage (4/2 - 5/4) | |
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Winnie-the-Pooh
The Children's Museum & Theatre of Maine (12/7 - 12/29) | |
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Mother Russia
Penobscot Theatre Company (4/1 - 4/18) | |
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The Children's Hour
True North Theatre (1/10 - 1/19) | |
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Every Brilliant Thing
The Public Theatre (1/24 - 2/2) | |
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Madeleines
Portland Stage (3/5 - 3/23) | |
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