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Heartwood Theater Summer Camp students are set to deliver fun for all ages, with “Scapino!” performances on July 14 at 7 p.m. and July 15 at 2 p.m. in the Poe Theater at Lincoln Academy. No reservations required - $5/students and $10/adults. Doors...

“The course of true love never did run smooth.” Shakespeare was definitely on to something there. This theme repeats and repeats through the centuries as we search, sometimes ache, for that one true love. The love that, despite all odds, feels like...

Reservations are rolling in for “Talley’s Folly” running April 28 through May 6. First produced in 1979, this superbly written script by American playwright Lanford Wilson was nominated for several Tony Awards, won the Pulitzer Prize in 1980 and is...

It’s folly … but it’s not. It’s “Talley’s Folly,” American playwright Lanford Wilson’s Pulitzer Prize winning play, soon to unfold on Heartwood’s stage as part of the 20th anniversary season. A 90-minute serious romantic comedy, this play is a...

Heartwood Theater Summer Camp registration is open for students graduating grades 5-12, and enrollment is half full. Camp will be challenging and encouraging, focusing on ensemble, skills development, confidence building and classic literature...

Beth Preston will soon be restarting in-person student vocal lessons in Heartwood Theater’s studio, at 18 Biscay Road in Damariscotta, as one element in Heartwood’s annual cycle of education and performance opportunities for Midcoast youths. For...

Heartwood announces auditions for its production of William Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” set to open in late July. Auditions will be held on Saturday, Jan. 14 between 3 and 4:30 p.m. at the Poe Theater at Lincoln Academy, 81 Academy Hill Road, in...

Griff Braley, drama teacher and director at LA and Heartwood Artistic Director, chose this piece for several reasons. First and foremost, it’s grounded in great literature, and most of this young cast of 40 students had never heard of Victor Hugo’s...

Something very special is about to unfold onstage in the Poe Theater at Lincoln Academy (LA), drawing audiences to celebrate live theater with the spirit of joy and enthusiasm known prior to March, 2020. Twenty years ago, Heartwood theater...

Heartwood and Lincoln Academy (LA) announce auditions for their fall 2022 musical production, which will mark the 20th season of their collaboration, a unique relationship which began with a production of “Les Miserables” in 2004. Auditions will be...