"The Glass Menagerie" 

Opens This Friday!

Tennessee Williams most deeply personal play is given an extraordinary production at USM's Russell Hall on Gorham Campus starting this Friday. The dreams faded southern belle, her introverted daughter and her frustrated son collide and make for the most spectacular of theatre experiences. Don't miss this one-of-a-kind drama.

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THE GLASS MENAGERIE 

OPENS NEXT WEEK!

On anyone's list of the 10 greatest American plays, The Glass Menagerie is there.

Tennessee Williams took the tragedy of his own family and transformed it into a poetic work of beauty and pain. The dreams of a woman living in a fantasy world and a woman living in the past clash and create spectacular dramatic lightning. The fragile and radiant Laura Wingfield is one of theatre’s most memorable characters. 

And, by the way, the cast in this production is amazing.

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"YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU" OPENS THIS FRIDAY!

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YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU

By George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart Directed by Wil KilroyOctober 12-21, 2012It’s the height of The Great Depression, but hey — the Sycamore family could not be any less depressed. Can Alice Sycamore get her straight-laced fiancé to accept her crazy family? Amateur wrestling, ballet lessons, exiled royalty, xylophone serenades and spontaneous fireworks are the chaotic backdrop to a Romeo and Juliet story everyone can relate to.

"YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU" OPENS OCTOBER 12!

Tickets are now on sale for the 2012-2013 season! Just look at the varied menu of exciting plays that USM will present this year...Click for tickets

YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU

By George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart 

Directed by Wil Kilroy

October 12-21, 2012

It’s the height of The Great Depression, but hey — the Sycamore family could not be any less depressed. Can Alice Sycamore get her straight-laced fiancé to accept her crazy family? Amateur wrestling, ballet lessons, exiled royalty, xylophone serenades and spontaneous fireworks are the chaotic backdrop to a Romeo and Juliet story everyone can relate to.

2012-2013 Theatre Season!

Tickets are now on sale for the 2012-2013 season! Just look at the varied menu of exciting plays that USM will present this year...Click for tickets

YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU

By George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart 

Directed by Wil Kilroy

October 12-21, 2012

It’s the height of The Great Depression, but hey — the Sycamore family could not be any less depressed. Can Alice Sycamore get her straight-laced fiancé to accept her crazy family? Amateur wrestling, ballet lessons, exiled royalty, xylophone serenades and spontaneous fireworks are the chaotic backdrop to a Romeo and Juliet story everyone can relate to.

THE GLASS MENAGERIE

By Tennessee Williams 

Directed by Thomas Power

November 16-December 2, 2012

Tennessee Williams took the tragedy of his own family and transformed it into a poetic work of beauty and pain. The dreams of a woman living in a fantasy world and a woman living in the past clash and create spectacular dramatic lightning. The fragile and radiant Laura Wingfield is a character that will lodge in your heart and stay with you forever.

THE ZOO STORY and THE AMERICAN DREAM

By Edward Albee Directed by William Steele

February 1-10, 2013

The Studio Theatre at Portland Stage

Portland Performing Arts Center 

25A Forest Avenue, Portland

Two men meet at a park bench. A neighbor visits a suburban family. These innocuous premises become savage satire in two of Edward Albee’s famed plays. By turns horrifying and hilarious, these one-acts offer a singular vision of a world spinning off its axis. As unflinching indictments of American idealism, this is a theatrical event that will send you reeling.

DIE FLEDERMAUS

Operetta by Johann Strauss Directed by Assunta Kent Musical Direction by Ellen Chickering

A joint production with The USM School of Music

March 8-16, 2013

A ball at a royal palace, a husband hoping for a fling, and a case of mistaken identity. Stir these ingredients into a crystal glass of bubbly and you have the comic opera that has delighted audiences for over a hundred years. You’re invited to a party at Prince Orlovsky’s villa. But be careful — champagne and desire can be a scandalous combination!

ORLANDO

By Virginia Woolf Adapted by Sarah Ruhl 

Directed by Meghan Brodie

April 19-28, 2013

In the hands of playwright Sarah Ruhl, Virginia Woolf’s gender-bending satire becomes a lavish pageant of sex, style, and soul. Orlando, a man born during Shakespeare’s time, lives and loves through centuries without aging and — fantastically — transforms into a woman along the way. This play is like a dream — strange, beautiful, and not easily forgotten.

PLUS THESE SPECIAL EVENTS!

USM THEATRE OPEN HOUSE

Thursday, September 20 5:30 pm to 7:30 p.m. 

Free 

7 p.m.: free reception in the lobby 

Russell Hall, USM Gorham

Discover the magic behind the curtain! Find out everything you have always wanted to know about putting on a play — but never had the opportunity to ask. Learn the secrets of creating costumes, scenery, stage make- up and more, peek at rehearsals — then grab a cookie and a glass of cider for a fun hour of mingling with the actors, dancers and directors of our upcoming shows.

"8"

By Dustin Lance Black Staged Reading directed by Wil Kilroy

Friday, September 28 at 7:30pm 

Russell Hall, USM Gorham 

Admission is free

This new documentary play by Academy Award-winner Dustin Lance Black (Milk) is about the federal court challenge to Proposition 8, and seeks to uncover the truth about the same-sex marriage controversy. Using the actual court transcripts from the landmark federal trial of California’s Prop. 8

and first-hand interviews, “8” shows both sides of the debate in a moving 90-minute play.

HEDDA GABLER OPENS THIS FRIDAY!

Who is Hedda Gabler? Victim or perpetrator? You decide. Henrik Ibsen's shocking play opens this Friday.

Hedda Gabler plays April 20–29

April 20, 21, 26, 27, 28 at 7:30 p.m.

April 22, 29 at 5 p.m.

$5 @ Five show: April 25 at 5 p.m., all seats $5

$8 students

$11 seniors/faculty/ staff/ alumni

$15 general public

Groups of 10 or more: $5

PLUS - Early bird 2012-13 Season Flex Passes now on sale!

$60 for 12 tickets and $40 for 6!

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.

The Drowsy Chaperone Open this Friday!

It's just refreshing to see a musical that is NOT based on a movie or on a comic strip.

Who says they’re not making great musicals any more? This smash hit received more 2006 Tony awards than any other musical! When a die-hard fan plays his favorite cast album, the show miraculously comes to life! Hijinks ensue as mobsters try to force a Broadway producer to sabotage his leading lady’s wedding. Toe-tapping tunes and silly situations abound in this hilarious valentine to the Golden Age of Musicals.

Music and lyrics by Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison

Book by Bob Martin and Don McKellar

Directed by Assunta Kent

Musical direction by Edward Reichert

A co-production with USM School of Music

Performances in the Russell Hall auditorium on the Gorham campus are

March 9, 10, 15, 16, 17 at 7:30 p.m.; March 11, 18 at 5 p.m.; March 14

at 5 p.m.; with a High School Matinee March 13 at 10 am

Ticket prices are as follows:

Adult: $21, Seniors, USM Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $15, Student: $10;

March 14 at 5 p.m., all seats $10

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.

(And by the way, that's Jericah Potvin as Kitty and Matt Defiore as the "Man in the Chair" in the above picture...)