Professional Fighters League's Bellator Champions Series to Stream on Max
Warner Bros. Discovery acquires exclusive U.S. rights to the Professional Fighters League's Bellator Champions Series, bringing high-octane MMA action to viewers nationwide. This new series will stream exclusively on Max and be available on all plans. The series includes eight mega events staged in cities across the globe/
Mad Horse Theatre Company Opens Their Season With YOU GOT OLDER By Clare Barron
Dumped and fired by her boyfriend/boss, Mae assumes her life can't get worse — until her Dad acquires a rare, aggressive form of cancer. You Got Older is a dark comedy about coming of age as your youth falls apart behind you. Sexual desire, fantasy cowboys, high school boyfriends and family are all part of Mae's hilarious, emotional journey. Barron is not afraid to tackle the grittiest details of sex and death and explore the delicate moments that occur in times of passage.
APPROPRIATE Opens At SPACE
Mad Horse Theatre Company will collaborate with SPACE to present Appropriate by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins. This is the first time the work of MacArthur Genius Fellow Branden Jacobs-Jenkins will be shown in Maine.
Mad Horse Theatre Presents MARY JANE
Mad Horse Theatre presents Mary Jane by Amy Herzog, directed by company member, Stacey Koloski, November 7 - 24 at Mad Horse Theatre, 24 Mosher Street, South Portland, ME.
Mad Horse Theatre Company Presents THE TOMB OF KING TOT
Directed by company member Reba Askari, THE TOMB OF KING TOT is the story of comic strip creator Jane Haley. She is nominated for the Chuckling Willow award but when tragedy strikes the Haley household Jane copes by working furiously on her strip. Her art suffers as her main character wanders through the Land of the Dead looking for his "mummy". The play makes the case for whimsy as a filter both for shutting out and eventually coming to terms with an unforgiving world.
Mad Horse Theatre Company Presents THE TOMB OF KING TOT
Maine Mad Horse Theatre Company presents THE TOMB OF KING TOT by Olivia Dufault at Mad Horse Theatre Company, 24 Mosher Street, South Portland, ME. The play alternates between reality and imagination, laugh-out-loud humor and tragedy as cartoonist Jane Haley grapples with death, love and responsibility.
BWW Review: Mad Horse Theatre Grapples with Life's Vagaries in LIFE SUCKS
As a sequel to producing successfully Aaron Posner's Stupid F****ing Bird, South Portland's Mad Horse Theatre company has mounted Posner's take on Chekov's Uncle Vanya, Life Sucks. Filled with colorful characters and some truly witty dialogue, Posner's new play does a fine job of bringing the Russian dramatist's story to life for a contemporary audience. One does not need to know the original to enjoy Life Sucks, but if one is a Chekov fan, the humor, allusions, and twists are all the more delicious and make one realize how truly modern Checkov was.
BWW Review: THE HAUNTING 2.0 Proves To Be Sophisticated Sequel
Dustin Tucker's THE HAUNTING 2.0, presented in the Studio Series at Portland Stage, proves to be a sophisticated and fascinating sequel to last season's inaugural Halloween event. Shaping six horror stories by Maine writers into an imaginative, often chilling dramatic sequence, Tucker's piece explores the psychological dimensions of terror with a combination of visceral fear and dark humor.