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What better way to celebrate the bicentennial of our State than with a play that put us on the map?  Offering charming vignettes about love, and life in Maine, this beloved play broke box office records, went onto critical acclaim, and delighted audiences across the globe after its premiere at Portland Stage in 2004. John Cariani has been cast in the Broadway revival of Caroline, or Change a musical by Tony Kushner and Jeanine Tesori, which begins rehearsals in early…

This brilliant new comedy turns well-intentioned neighbors into feuding enemies when a rising Chilean attorney, and his pregnant American wife, purchase a home next to a well-established D.C. couple, and their prized English garden.  Cultures and gardens clash over a fence line that spirals into an all-out border dispute, exposing notions of race, taste, class, and privilege.

DRC will produce the World Premiere of Lynne Conner's most recent play THE MOTHER, a thought-provoking and heartbreaking exploration of what happens to a family in the wake of a school shooting perpetrating by their son. With a non-linear timeline, highly-theatrical characterization (The Mother is played by two actors, one before the shooting and one after, who often speak to each other), and a seven-member cast, many of whom play multiple roles, the play reveals some of the less-talked about…

FIRESIDE: a theatrical, dance-infused, spine-chilling one-woman show Adapted and Directed by CHRIS HENRY; Choreography by LORNA VENTURA Starring NICOLE RENEE JOHNSON, with ERICA MISILO Outside at the SOUTH ROAD FARM (220 South Road, Fayette, ME 04349) October 31st at 12:30PM & 3:30PM After the huge success of Anne of Green Gables: Part I, NYC’s Royal Family Productions, a theatre company known for its innovative productions and development of new original work, will produce an eerie Halloween special. Chris Henry has adapted the…

In theater performances | October 29 – November 15th, 2020 Digital on Demand viewing | November 9 – November 22, 2020 A 1980 Pulitzer Prize-Winning Drama. After a year of writing letters, Matt Friedman travels from St. Louis to Lebanon, Missouri to try and convince Sally Talley to marry him. As the two re-examine their relationship, they explore the complexities of human connection and the different forms that a romantic partnership can take.