COMING SOON
The 2012 SUMMER MUSIC THEATRE FESTIVAL kicks off its 3rd year of presenting great theatre with the hilarious production of Larry Shue’s audacious comedy, THE FOREIGNER. Presented in collaboration with Bangor Community Theatre this show is sure to start your summer off rolling in the aisles.
PERFORMANCES:
Cyrus Pavilion Theatre
JUNE 8, 9, 15, 16 @ 7:30PM
JUNE 10 & 17 @ 2PM
TICKETS: $12 or $6 for students
LIMITED TIME OFFER:
Ticket Subscriptions starting at $40, with packages for Individuals, Couples and more.
PLAY SYNOPSIS:
Set in a resort-style fishing lodge in rural Georgia, the plot revolves around two of its guests, Englishman Charlie Baker and Staff Sergeant Froggy LeSueur. Charlie is so pathologically shy that he is unable to speak. As way of explanation, Froggy claims his companion is the native of an exotic country who does not understand a word of English. Before long, Charlie finds himself privy to assorted secrets and scandals freely discussed in front of him by the other visitors. These include spoiled but introspective heiress and Southern belle Catherine Simms and the man to whom she is somewhat reluctantly engaged,and impregnated by, the Reverend David Lee, a seemingly humble preacher with a dark underside. Her younger brother, Ellard, a chubby and somewhat “slow” boy is a simpleton who tries to teach Charlie how to speak English. Owen Musser, the racist county property inspector, plans to oust property owner Betty Meeks and convert the lodge into a meeting place for the Ku Klux Klan.
SMTF and THE GILBERT & SULLIVAN SOCIETY OF MAINE present an evening of non-stop musical performances you won’t soon forget with a GILBERT & SULLIVAN MUSICALE featuring TRIAL BY JURY with selections from THE MIKADO, PIRATES OF PENZANCE, THE GONDOLIERS, H.M.S. PINAFORE, among many others…
PERFORMANCES:
Hauck Auditorium
June 29, 30 @ 7:30PM
July 1 @ 2PM
TICKETS: $14 or $7 for student
LIMITED TIME OFFER:
Ticket Subscriptions starting at $40, with packages for Individuals, Couples and more.
Rounding out the festival is the pre-Broadway production of Richard Dresser’s next grand slam hit musical, JOHNNY BASEBALL.
Tracing the origin of the Curse to a chance collision of three orphaned souls: Johnny O’Brien, a hard-luck right-hander on the 1919 Sox; his idol, Babe Ruth; and Daisy Wyatt, a dazzling African-American blues singer and the love of Johnny’s life. These three lives contain both the reason for the Curse and the secret to its end off the bat of Big Papi in 2004. Johnny Baseball packs a thoughtful commentary on American social history into a fun and spirited musical that will bring cheers and tears to baseball fans everywhere.
PERFORMANCES:
Hauck Auditorium
August 3, 4, 10, 11 @ 7:30PM
August 5 & 12 @ 2PM
TICKETS: $18 or $9 for students
LIMITED TIME OFFER:
Ticket Subscriptions starting at $40, with packages for Individuals, Couples and more.
Please refer to the Spring Calendar for a complete listing of upcoming SPA events.
Information regarding specific events will be posted here as it becomes available.
Thank you for your interest in the UMaine School of Performing Arts.