A one man show of entertaining and illuminating stories written and told by mast storyteller, Chris Newcomb. Stories that challenge our assumptions of what's normal or acceptable. Can't seem to follow the prescribed pathways? You'll love this show.
Local Play or Performance
Gawler Family Band Part 1
John and Ellen Gawler and their daughters Molly, Edith, and Elsie, and joined by Ethan Tischler and Bennett Konesni, bring you an assortment of old and new sounds from many folk traditions. They accompany interweaving family harmonies with fiddles, banjo, cello and guitar, as well as a few surprises.
Maine Playwrights Festival – April 2023
The five winners of the Maine Playwrights Festival performed.
The Only Woman in the Room
An original play premiering in July 2022 in Damariscotta about Francis Perkins, the Secretary of Labor in FDR's administration who fought the current of her times to bring about the major policies of the New Deal that we still benefit from today. She was the first woman to hold a cabinet position and resident of Newcastle, Maine.
South Portland Recreation Department – Concerts in the Park – Andi Fawcett – July 6 2022
A collection of Concerts in the Park, hosted by the City of South Portland Maine
The Lonely Passions of a Winters Night
An accomplished college professor goes on a cruise with her ex-husband and thinks about her life. This is an original play written by local playwright Paul Dervis, starring Elizabeth Freeman.
Murky Overhead Book Launch
The launch and celebration of the book, Murky Overhead, at the Maine Irish Heritage Center.
Mostly Sunshine
A play by Paul Dervis about a young man seeking a connection with his estranged mother.
240 Strings – June 2021 Mini-Concert
A short concert of students attending 240 Strings
Ulysses for Beginners
An abridged and fun live reading of James Joyce's Ulysses as a celebration of Bloomsday.
Destiny Manifest
This is the full length 'Destiny Manifest', a segment of 'Sacred Resonance', which aired on November 30th, 2020 as a part of The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts: Arts Across America.
Twelfth Night – Portland High Students – 5-29-21
Portland High School student productions of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night
Twelfth Night – Portland High School
Live studio production of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night performed by Portland High School students
Dropmotion
DropMotion is a band local to Santa Rosa, CA. Jill Newman produced this show with the help of a volunteer crew, typical of PEG stations at the Community Media Center of the North Bay studio. The band interviews were recorded in the woods of Sebastopol at the bands favorite fire pit.
The Maine Steiners
Male a capella singers perform at Hammond Street Congregational Church in Bangor in January 2020.
Hot Chocolate Jubilee 2019
Hot Chocolate Jubilee is an amateur, community based variety show featuring comedy and musical acts in support of the Chocolate Church Arts Center in Bath, Maine. Many of the acts are by performers of local and regional fame, and some of the acts are unique to this show over the years. Hot Chocolate Jubilee has been performed bi-annually over many years.
Burundi Drummers part 2 – June 2019
Burundi Drummers part 1 – June 2019
Creative Portland presents a convention of Burundi drummers and dancers.
Scuttlebutt
A reading of a story about an island "that isn't an island" by it's author Donny MacVane.
The Number 42 Bus
A Radio Play by Jay Weston Jones
Boilerplate
A play inspired by true event by David Gow with L. Kalo Gow involving mediation between a pornography company and an 18-year old woman who was raped during an audition for what she thought was a swim suit ad.
SpinS
A one-man show of juggling, uni-cycling, balancing and other physical feats performed by Janoah Bailin.
Maine Playwrights Festival – May 2019
Five of the six plays presented as part of Acorn Productions' Maine Playwrights Festival 2019.
The Wave
A Scarborough Middle School class performs a reader's theater of The Wave, adapted from a novel by Todd Strasser based on a true story of a classroom social experiment that went awry.