LIKE FLIES: A RAGE PLAY Comes to Portland Stage
by Stephi Wild - Feb 24, 2026
PORTLAND STAGE will present the world premiere of LIKE FLIES: A RAGE PLAY, opening on March 6, 2026, in Portland, Maine. Learn more about the production here!
Review: Sleuthing and Secrets: DIRTY DEEDS DOWNEAST at Portland Stage
by Carla Maria Verdino-Süllwold - Nov 14, 2025
Brent Askari’s new play, set on an isolated island in Maine, explores the secrets , insecurities, and yearnings of a handful of quirky characters brought together by a murder investigation. DIRTY DEEDS DOWNEAST is an amusing and touching portrayal of small town life, the secrets the townsfolk keep, the iconoclastic barriers they erect around themselves, and the bumbling, yet uncannily accurate instincts of the island’s only policeman, who himself harbors a history of mental struggle and deep insecurity.
Review: DIRTY DEEDS DOWNEAST at Portland Stage
by Steve Feeney - Nov 3, 2025
In his well-wrought new comedy/mystery/romance, homegrown playwright Brent Askari seeks to scratch the surface and look a little deeper into the soul of a seemingly placid island community off the coast of Maine.
Review: MURDER FOR TWO at Portland Stage
by Steve Feeney - Aug 4, 2025
The scenes may seem a little frenzied in the 2025 late-summer show at Maine’s Portland Stage. But that’s only if you don’t surrender your imagination to a pair of high-energy performers taking on thirteen roles in the madcap mystery/musical/comedy Murder for Two.
Portland Stage Presents THE SNOW QUEEN
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 16, 2024
Portland Stage Company will present the timeless tale of love, friendship, and the lengths we go to to care for our loved ones, THE SNOW QUEEN.
Review: ANGELS IN AMERICA in the New Millennium at Portland Stage
by Carla Maria Verdino-Süllwold - May 13, 2024
Portland Stage joins forces with the Dramatic Repertory Company to revive Tony Kushner’s multiple award-winning 1991 drama, ANGELS IN AMERICA, in a production that Artistic Director Anita Stewart proudly calls “all Maine-made.” The company has shouldered the huge task of presenting the sprawling seven-hour epic in two parts, the first of which “Millennium Approaches” proves its ability to create a powerful emotional impact long after its premiere.
Review: TURANDOT at Belk Theater
by Perry Tannenbaum - Apr 22, 2024
Yes, a grand opera was inserted at Belk Theater as the clock or calendar was winding down! Around the world, Callas, Nilsson, and Sutherland are among the divas who have graced the powerhouse role of TURANDOT, and Franco Zeffirelli's production at the Met is as revered for its stateliness and splendor as the Notre Dame Cathedral. Grand? Monumental.