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Maine Inside Out presents “Love is Alternatives to Incarceration”

Congress Square Park Portland, ME, 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 …

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Stage Frenzy: A 24-Hour Theater Marathon!

Congress Square Park Portland, ME, 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 …

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Celebration Barn Road Show

Congress Square Park Portland, ME, 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 …

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Fenix Theatre’s “Eurydice”

Congress Square Park Portland, ME, 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 …

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Nevaeh Dance Circus

Congress Square Park Portland, ME, 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.

Somali Mainer’s Youth Network’s Community Arts Showcase

Congress Square Park Portland, ME, 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 …

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Final Dark Follies Show!

Congress Square Park Portland, ME, United States

Come see Dark Follies for their final outdoor show!! 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 …

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CANCELED: Clowning Workshop with Tennessee Shakespeare Company

Congress Square Park Portland, ME, United States

***This event has been canceled due to weather. Sadly, it's a rainy day -- and we're concerned for the safety of our clowns jumping, dancing and cavorting on too wet surfaces!*** Interested in learning how to clown?! Come play! Carmen Maria, Education Manager at Tennessee Shakespeare Company will lead a workshop open to the public …

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POSTPONED: Interactive Bunraku Puppetry with Figures of Speech Theatre

Congress Square Park Portland, ME, United States

***This event has been postponed until Saturday, June 8th from 10am-12pm. Sadly, it's too rainy and chilly for the puppets!***   Try your hand at bunraku puppetry in a free playshop with Figures of Speech Theatre! Participants will work in groups of 2-3 puppeteers to animate a single puppet and create short, non-verbal performances, which …

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“Best Of Hell” with 2Sheets Theater

Congress Square Park Portland, ME, United States

A smattering of of 2Sheets Theater Company's favorite stories so far. Skunks making love on the hood of a car, bugs looking for honey, Eastern European servants, time traveling accountants. Short and wise tales of hysterical existentialism, warring ideals, and playful philosophy. 2Sheets Theater has been described by the Portland Phoenix thusly: "You never know …

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