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May 2018

Dark Follies

May 4, 2018 @ 8:15 pm - 9:00 pm
Congress Square Park Portland, ME 04101 United States

Dark Follies is an award winning vaudeville style variety show based in Portland, Maine. Family friendly while still keeping an edge, Dark Follies features the live music of the Dark Follies Rhythm Orchestra, dancing, juggling, side show acts, fire performers and more. Celebrating their ten year anniversary, this year Dark Follies is showcasing performers who have shared the stage with the troupe over the past decade of their history as street performers in Portland. Dark Follies will perform in Congress…

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Sound & Fury presents “Romeo & Juliet”

May 5, 2018 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Congress Square Park Portland, ME 04101 United States

Sound and Fury presents: Romeo and Juliet - Shakespeare's famous comedy-turned-tragedy. Their company mission is to tell honest and accessible stories using Shakespeare's text. In this play, Sound & Fury sees the truths in the struggles that we have all faced, especially as teenagers. *Content warning: themes of depression, violence, and suicide. If you miss this performance, note that Sound & Fury will host additional performances in early May: Friday 5/4 - North St. Park Sunday 5/6 - Quill Books &…

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Rene Goddess Johnson presents “g e e l”

May 23, 2018 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Congress Square Park Portland, ME 04101 United States

g e e l is an interactive devised, original one-woman show, written and performed by René Johnson, and directed by Marjolaine Whittlesey. The action unfolds through thoughtful storytelling as her "tribe," the audience, experiences a new kind of theater that includes powerful dance and song in multiple languages, including English and Afrikaans. Amanda Huotari, Executive Artistic Director of Celebration Barn shared, "Rene is a creative powerhouse with an incredible story of overcoming childhood trauma. She takes the audience on a…

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June 2018

Maine Inside Out presents “Love is Alternatives to Incarceration”

June 1, 2018 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Congress Square Park Portland, ME 04101 United States

Maine Inside Out (MIO) initiates dialogue, develops leadership, and builds community across boundaries with collaborative original theater, inside and outside correctional facilities. MIO youth inside of Long Creek Youth Development Center and in Maine communities of Biddeford, Lewiston, Portland, and Waterville create original theater as a tool for social change. MIO's outside community group, comprised of members from our Biddeford, Lewiston, and Portland groups, is currently touring “Love Is Alternatives to Incarceration” (Love Is). Love Is premiered as a collaboration…

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July 2018

Stage Frenzy: A 24-Hour Theater Marathon!

July 7, 2018 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Congress Square Park Portland, ME 04101 United States

Stage Frenzy is a 24 Hour Theatre Marathon where, over the course of 24 hours, theater artists of various backgrounds, skill-sets, and artistic processes will convene to write, direct, act, design, and perform a freshly written crop of original short plays. Stage Frenzy is an opportunity for theater makers to create theater in its purest form, with little opportunity to over-think or second guess artistic decisions. It is also an opportunity to take risks. This is the time and place…

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Celebration Barn Road Show

July 25, 2018 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Congress Square Park Portland, ME 04101 United States

Celebration Barn Road Show's "Out of this World" A fusion of comedy, physical theater, and vaudeville, OUT OF THIS WORLD celebrates creativity and imagination. Following the performance, both adults and kids are invited to participate in a Theater Play Workshop, with games and fun exercises to bring your imagination to life. OUT OF THIS WORLD is an original production created by Celebration Barn Theater, an immersive physical theater center in South Paris, Maine that draws artists from around the world…

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Fenix Theatre’s “Eurydice”

July 28, 2018 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Congress Square Park Portland, ME 04101 United States

"Eurydice" as imagined by Sarah Ruhl is a contemporary, theatrical event that explores the power and limits of love, loss and memory. Eurydice leaves her wedding for the underworld, searching for her father but the reunion is costly. Trapped on the opposite side of death, Orpheus fights to retrieve his bride, making a deal that seals both their fates. Celebrated by the New York Times as a "weird and wonderful new play," playwright Sarah Ruhl explores the ancient Greek myth…

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August 2018

Nevaeh Dance Circus

August 31, 2018 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Congress Square Park Portland, ME 04101 United States

Nevaeh Dance Circus is an innovative, creative and talented group of performance artists based out of Western Maine. Nevaeh combines modern forms of Dance Theater with both traditional and contemporary circus arts.

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September 2018

Somali Mainer’s Youth Network’s Community Arts Showcase

September 6, 2018 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Congress Square Park Portland, ME 04101 United States

Join Somali Mainer's Youth Network for an evening of community arts - from music and fashion to poetry and acting! Somali Mainer's Youth Network's mission is to bring unity and awareness through the Somali community by empowering youth, getting both parents and youth involved in and aware of what goes on around their community. Through workshops, community service, and local events, they aspire to unite Somali Youth and give them opportunities to break the language barrier, gain educational opportunities, and engage…

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