USM Department of Theatre is pleased to present Dance USM!, highlighting the talents of student dancers and choreographers as USM presents an evening of thrilling and unique dance. Featuring professional guest choreographers, these special performances are a not-to-be-missed exhibition of the power and beauty of the world’s oldest art form.

“This year the energy is electric and the excitement about dance is contagious,” says Director Maria Tzianabos “I have spent 15 years directing this show but I am most excited about Dance USM 2011. I am seeing a greater respect for dance as an art form, a rigor in the rehearsal process and a feeling of camaraderie within our cast and crew.”

Performances are at RUSSELL HALL, University of Southern Maine, 37 College Ave. in Gorham; December 8, 9, 10 at 7:30pm; December 11 at 5pm;

Ticket prices are as follows:

Adult: $15, Student: $8, Senior: $11, USM Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $11

For more information on show times and tickets call the USM Theatre Box Office at 207.780.5151 or visit www.usm.maine.edu/theatre to purchase tickets online.

A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE

ONE WEEKEND LEFT!

“Thomas Power directs USM actors in a beautifully subtle production of this tragedy.”

-Portland Phoenix

Read the entire Portland Phoenix review here

http://portland.thephoenix.com/arts/128247-usms-bridge-leads-from-safety-to-tragedy/

Performances in the Russell Hall auditorium on the Gorham campus are October

14, 15 at 7:30 p.m. October 16 at 5 p.m.

For more information on show times and tickets call the USM Theatre Box Office at

207.780.5151 or visit www.usm.maine.edu/theatre to purchase tickets online.

A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE opens this week!

"A kitchen sink drama with knives"

The New York Times

The University of Southern Maine Department of Theatre is pleased to present A View From the Bridge – one the great plays of American Theatre – written by Arthur Miller and

directed by Thomas Power.

Passion can have a huge creative power - but not for Eddie Carbone; not in Brooklyn the year his only niece turned 17 - not by a long shot. When his niece falls in love, Eddie dives headlong into a pit of self-destruction. Only Arthur Miller could have written this story - which is like a force of nature. You're not watching a play, you're watching a fire out of control. This is a blistering work from an American master.

Performances in the Russell Hall auditorium on the Gorham campus are October 7, 8,

13, 14, 15 at 7:30 p.m. October 9, 12, 16 at 5 p.m. High school matinee October 12 at 10

a.m.

For more information on show times and tickets call the USM Theatre Box Office at

207.780.5151 or visit www.usm.maine.edu/theatre to purchase tickets online.

A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE opens next week!

Real life in Brooklyn becomes Greek tragedy

in this one-of-kind masterwork.

The University of Southern Maine Department of Theatre is pleased to present A View From the Bridge – one the great plays of American Theatre – written by Arthur Miller and

directed by Thomas Power.

Passion can have a huge creative power - but not for Eddie Carbone; not in Brooklyn the year his only niece turned 17 - not by a long shot. When his niece falls in love, Eddie dives headlong into a pit of self-destruction. Only Arthur Miller could have written this story - which is like a force of nature. You're not watching a play, you're watching a fire out of control. This is a blistering work from an American master. The New York Times called this harrowing play a “kitchen sink drama with knives.”

Performances in the Russell Hall auditorium on the Gorham campus are October 7, 8,

13, 14, 15 at 7:30 p.m. October 9, 12, 16 at 5 p.m. High school matinee October 12 at 10

a.m.

For more information on show times and tickets call the USM Theatre Box Office at

207.780.5151 or visit www.usm.maine.edu/theatre to purchase tickets online.

HARVEY OPENS THIS FRIDAY!

USM Department of Theatre presents Harvey – about a lovable eccentric and his invisible friend – written by Mary Chase and directed by William Steele.




This is a rare chance to see one of the funniest American comedies ever written.

Performances in the Russell Hall auditorium on the Gorham campus are April 22, 23, 28, 29, 30 at 7:30 p.m. April 24, 27 and May 1 at 5 p.m.

Ticket prices are as follows: Adult: $15, Student: $8, Senior: $11, USM Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $11, $5@five Show: April 27 at 5 p.m., all seats $5.

For more information on show times and tickets call the USM Theatre Box Office at 207.780.5151 or visit www.usm.maine.edu/theatre to purchase tickets online.

HARVEY opens April 22!

USM Department of Theatre is pleased to present Harvey – one of the best-loved comedies in all of American Theatre – written by Mary Chase and directed by William Steele.

Elwood P. Dowd has a friend named Harvey. When Elwood introduces Harvey to the guests at a ritzy party, his society-obsessed sister, Veta, decides to have Elwood committed to a sanitarium. Harvey is, after all, a six-foot-tall invisible rabbit. As the lovable Elwood and Harvey evade Veta, a family crisis becomes hilarious chaos, pitting the realist against the dreamer.

This is a rare chance to see a full production of a play that is considered one of the funniest American comedies ever written.

Performances in the Russell Hall auditorium on the Gorham campus are April 22, 23, 28, 29, 30 at 7:30 p.m. April 24, 27 and May 1 at 5 p.m.

Ticket prices are as follows:

Adult: $15, Student:

$8, Senior: $11,

USM Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $11,

$5@five Show: April 27 at 5 p.m., all seats $5.

For more information on show times and tickets call the USM Theatre Box Office at 207.780.5151 or visit www.usm.maine.edu/theatre to purchase tickets online.

TRIUMPH OF LOVE OPENS TONIGHT!

Call the box office at 780.5151

or visit our web page to purchase tickets online!

TRIUMPH OF LOVE ON WCSH-TV TONIGHT!

Tune in to 207 (WCSH 6) at 7 p.m. tonight and again Friday at 7 p.m. for a preview of Triumph of Love with singers Jeremiah Haley and Rylee Doiron, accompanied by musical director Ed Reichert, plus an interview with director Assunta Kent. Triumph opens Friday!

TRIUMPH OF LOVE OPENS THIS FRIDAY!

TRIUMPH OF LOVE!

A WITTY MUSICAL ROMANCE

Music by Jeffrey Stock
Lyrics by Susan Birkenhead
Book by James Magruder
Based on the play by Marivaux
Stage Direction by Dr. Assunta Kent
Musical Direction by Edward Reichert

Call the box office at 780.5151

or visit our web page to purchase tickets online.

March 11, 12, 17, 18, 19 at7:30 p.m.

March 13, 20 at 5 p.m.

$10 students

$15 seniors/faculty/staff/alumni

$21 general public

$10@five Show, March 16 at 5 p.m., all seats $10.

High school matinee March 15 at 10 a.m.

The Triumph of Love cast includes talented USM Musical Theatre majors from Maine and Massachusetts. Pictured here: Jeremiah Haley as Agis (kneeling); in back Kelly Mosher as Hesione; (front) Rylee Doiron as Princess Leonide, and Kyle Dennis as Hermocrates.

Princess Leonide has fallen in love with a young man, who turns out to be a hidden prince, Agis. Agis, however, has been raised by his scholarly uncle, Hermocrates and his maiden aunt, Hesione to abjure all feelings so he can assassinate the Princess and regain the throne! Undaunted, Leonide hatches a plan to win his love by disguising herself as a devoted male student of his uncle. Vowing that she will “Do anything for his Love,” Leonide proceeds to assail this stoic trio, aided by her chambermaid, the soubrette Corine and two zany commedia dell’arte servants, Harlequin and Dimas. By the end of Act I, all three noble denizens of the garden retreat love Leonide (in her different guises), and Corine is doing her best to “handle” both servants. But the garden is too small for this ruse to go on for long. Can Love and Wit triumph over War and Reason?

Tickets for Triumph of Love go on sale tomorrow!

Call the box office at 780.5151

or visit our web page to purchase tickets online.

March 11, 12, 17, 18, 19 at 7:30 p.m.

March 13, 20 at 5 p.m.

$10 students

$15 seniors/faculty/staff/alumni

$21 general public

$10@five Show, March 16 at 5 p.m., all seats $10.

High school matinee March 15 at 10 a.m.

Airswimming Opens February 3!

Performances are in the Russell Hall auditorium on the Gorham campus.
February 3, 4, 5 at 7:30 p.m.
February 5 at 2 p.m.
February 6 at 5 p.m.

$8 students, $11 seniors/faculty/staff/alumni, $15 general public.

To make reservations please call the USM Theatre Box Office at 207.780.5151 or purchase tickets online and save $1.50 with this Coupon Code: 51510211. Tickets can be purchased online via the USM Theatre Department Website: www.usm.maine.edu/theatre

Airswimming follows Persephone and Dora during the fifty years they are imprisoned as moral imbeciles in St. Dymphna’s Hospital for the Criminally Insane through their release into a shared apartment in the years following their incarceration. With a blond wig, the music of Doris Day, and a singular form of synchronized swimming, Persephone and Dora rise above their circumstances and forge a life-long friendship. Based on a true story, Airswimming explores love, survival, and the power of the human spirit with both humor and compassion.