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Berwick Academy: A.A. Milne’s “The Perfect Alibi”

[ October 30, 2009; 7:00 pm; October 31, 2009; 7:00 pm; ]
Halloween Weekend Brings Romance, Mystery, and Murder to the Berwick Academy Stage:  Performing Arts Season to be Kicked-off with A.A. Milne’s “The Perfect Alibi”

The Berwick Academy Upper School Drama Department will kick-off the performing arts season with the fall play, “The Perfect Alibi,”  to be presented Friday and Saturday, October 30 and 31, on the [...]

SAD35 District Musical: The Wizard of Oz

[ November 13, 2009; 7:00 pm; November 14, 2009; 7:00 pm; November 20, 2009; 7:00 pm; November 21, 2009; 2:00 pm; 7:00 pm; ] Mark your calendar and get your ruby red shoes ready because the SAD35 District Musical, “The Wizard of Oz” will be presented in five performances over two weekends in November.
Friday, Nov. 13 at 7 PM and Saturday, Nov. 14 at  7 PM
Friday, Nov. 20 7 PM and Saturday, Nov. 21 at 2 PM and 7 PM

Poolyle Productions: Mid-Life Crisis Cabaret in Portsmouth

[ August 22, 2009; 2:00 pm; 8:00 pm; August 23, 2009; 2:00 pm; ] South Berwick’s Poolyle Productions present “Mid-Life Crisis Cabaret” at the West End Studio Theatre in Portsmouth this weekend.

Are you ready for the kids to go back to school? The grandchildren to go home? Are you sick of sand in your bathing suit? Tourists in your way? Are you tired of working up a sweat just [...]

Take in Anything Goes and help Great Works Regional Land Trust

[ July 17, 2009; 8:00 pm; ] Join Great Works Regional Land Trust for an evening of great fun (and fundraising): Anything Goes at Hackmatack Playhouse, Friday, July 17, 8 pm.

This Cole Porter musical is a high energy song and dance aboard the original Love Boat. Songs include American standards: You’re the Top, I Get a Kick Out of You, It’s Delovely, [...]

Anything Goes for Marshwood Education Foundation

[ July 11, 2009; 8:00 pm; ] Marshwood Education Foundation in collaboration with the Hackmatack Playhouse is hosting “Anything Goes” on Saturday, July 11th at 8PM.  Tickets are $20.00 each and can be bought from Hilda Howell at 384-2908 or jimhilda@msn.com.

This lively musical features our very own Marshwood Music Director, Tanya West, and Stacie Cocola, English teacher. Stacie’s husband, John Payne, and [...]

Will Work for Tickets

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Hackmatack Playhouse is looking to trade tickets for handyperson carpentry work (fix screen doors, windows etc).  Please contact Hackplayhouse@aol.com or call 207-698-1807.

Marshwood High Musical: Oklahoma

[ April 2, 2009; 7:00 pm; April 3, 2009; 7:00 pm; April 4, 2009; 7:00 pm; ] Marshwood High School’s Spring Musical coming up!

Marshwood High School presents
Rogers and Hammerstein’s

“OKLAHOMA”

April 2, 3 amd 4 ,  2009.  7:00 PM  (Thurs. Friday and Sat. nights)

Wesley Kennedy Center for Performing Arts..Marshwood High School

For tickets call 384-4500 or www.sad35.net

Music By Richard Rogers.. Book and Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein 11
Based on the  play “Green Grow the Lilacs” by [...]

A Wicked Good Time at Town Hall: A Visit With Ida

[ March 21, 2009; 7:00 pm; March 22, 2009; 2:00 pm; ] “A WICKED GOOD TIME AT TOWN HALL!” RETURNS

March 21 & 22   “A Visit With Ida”
April 4 & 5         “Celtic Songs and Stories”
May 2 & 3           “Mid-Life Crisis Cabaret”

Fed up with shoveling? Ice storms? News about the economy? You’re in for a treat! This winter, “A Wicked Good Time at [...]

To Do List: MSAD 35 Musical – A Christmas Carol

SAD 35 Musical: A Christmas Carol
Wesley E. Kennedy Performing Arts Center at Marshwood High School
Friday, November 14 @ 7pm
Saturday, November 15 @ 7pm
Friday, November 21, @ 7:00 pm only
Saturday, November 22  @ 2 pm (matinee) & 7:00 pm.
Purchase tickets at www.marshwoodmusic.org or Marshwood High School main office, 260 Route 236, South Berwick
For more info: [...]

Out & About: Harbor Light Stage – Three Viewings

Last Sunday I had the pleasure of attending Harbor Light Stage’s production of Three Viewings.  It was an unexpected delight.  Three Viewings, by playwright Jeffrey Hatcher, is three separate stories all set in a funeral home, each told as a monologue.  Each was a gem of storytelling where the actor wove a world with a [...]

Creative South Berwick: Poolyle Productions

Poolyle Productions, the artistic collaboration of South Berwick residents Susan Poulin and Gordon Carlisle is in high gear.  They have some upcoming performances in Portsmouth:
August 13, 14, 20 & 27, 2 & 8 pm
Ida: Woman Who Runs With The Moose!
ACT ONE Festival of Fun, West End Studio Theater (WEST),Portsmouth, NH
603-300-2986  http://www.actoneonline.blogspot.com
August 21 & 28, [...]

To Do List: Godspell at Marshwood High School

On April 3, 4, and 5th Marshwood High School presents Godspell, one of the biggest Broadway successes of all time. The show is based on the gospel of Saint Matthew and is the story of Jesus and his disciples. The Marshwood production takes a modern look at Godspell,–and as societal divisions persist and current [...]

Creative South Berwick: Susan Poulin, V. E. Kent, Jim Vaughn and Nicholson Baker

South Berwick is home to artists, writers, and performers. Here are some news stories about some of them:
Susan Poulin:
Susan Poulin fights ennui in ‘Peggy Lee’
Portsmouth Herald News – Portsmouth,NH,USA
And as with any subject the South Berwick, Maine, resident turns her eye on — poignant, pop or both — it’s explored in a warm, [...]

To Do List: Shutting Up Peggy Lee!

Susan is happy with her life. Really! At least she thought she was, until the strains of Peggy Lee’s, “Is That All There Is?” started reverberating in her head. Now she’s not so sure. Susan figures this may be as good a time as any to go searching for the meaning of life. She’s hoping [...]