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“Back in Heartwood’s earlier years,” notes Executive Director Joy Braley, “we produced annual winter dramas (affectionately referred to as our ‘Janu-Dramas’) in the atrium of Skidompha Public Library. It was somewhat of an unlikely performance space...

Heartwood Theater Summer Camp is filling up, and registrations are open for students graduating grades 5-12. Students may choose from two camps: Shakespeare/Acting – 2 weeks (“Romeo and Juliet”) and Broadway Music – 3 weeks (“Madagascar, Jr.”) OR...

Heartwood Theater is casting roles for both new actors and performers who have already worked with Heartwood, for a springtime production of "Chalk Garden," by Enid Bagnold. Roles are also being considered for future productions, including a...

Open auditions for Heartwood’s returning Winter Drama Adventure are scheduled in the Poe Theater at Lincoln Academy, on Monday, Dec 13 from 3-4:30 p.m. Auditions are open to all Midcoast students, grades 5-8, from any public, private or home school...

“Oh, what a beautiful morning, oh, what a beautiful day! I got a beautiful feeling: everything's going my way!” In 1943, Rogers and Hammerstein opened their (predicted to flop) Broadway musical “Oklahoma” with this buoyant opening number … and...

I feel like going back in time. Back to when my kids, who are now grown, were just babies, to the 1980s. I want to be at a basketball game, at what was then known as Wiscasset High School. If WHS was hosting a Friday night game, you had to be in the...

Lincoln Academy (LA) and Heartwood Regional Theater Company announce their 19th Annual Student Collaboration, the musical “Oklahoma!” scheduled for fall 2021. Auditions are open to high school students from any Midcoast school or homeschool, and 7th...

Heartwood Theater will soon present a free online, fully-produced film production of Henrik Ibsens’ “Rosmersholm.” Originally on the calendar for live performance last spring, the play had been cast and set construction well underway, when the...

Joy Braley Wed, 03/10/2021 - 11:30am Heartwood Theater Summer Camp registration is open for students graduating grades 5-12. Students may choose from two camps – Shakespeare/Acting (two weeks) and Broadway Music (three weeks) or participate in both with permission of the camp director. Mastery of Shakespeare creates a solid foundation for all types of theater performance; this camp delves in with individualized and small group instruction in speaking, understanding and performing a ...