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A New Look for a New Season: Previewing PTC’s 2017-18 Offerings
by Allen Adams of The Maine Edge: A Bangor artistic institution is getting ready to launch another season. Penobscot Theatre Company is just a few days away from getting officially underway with their 44th season of producing live professional theater for the greater...
The Full Monty a Triumph as PTC Cast Bares More Than Just Skin
by Judy Harrison of The Bangor Daily News: “The Full Monty” is a triumph for director and choreographer Ethan Paulini and his talented cast of local actors and pros from away. It is funny, touching, charming and delightful. With his debut at PTC, Paulini has directed...
Comfort Food: I Loved, I Lost, I Made Spaghetti
by Allen Adams of The Maine Edge: A bounteous feast of a love story is being served at Penobscot Theatre Company. PTC’s latest offering is “I Loved, I Lost, I Made Spaghetti,” a one-woman show based on author Giulia Melucci’s memoir of the same name and adapted for...
The Passion and Pathos of “Papermaker”
by Allen Adams of The Maine Edge: A tale of a Maine paper mill written by a Maine playwright on a Maine stage – that’s the latest from Penobscot Theatre Company. PTC’s latest production is “Papermaker,” the first play from Maine novelist Monica Wood. The story of one...
Bangor Embraces Silly Sappy Lumberjacks in Love at Opera House
by Judy Harrison of The Bangor Daily News: When the groundhog sees its shadow and 12 more weeks of winter are forecast for northern Maine, it’s time to head to the Bangor Opera House and spend time with burly men swinging axes who chase away the winter doldrums with...
Oliver! at Opera House a Satisfying Holiday Concoction
by Judy Harrison of The Bangor Daily News: Theater lovers should rush to the Bangor Opera House box office and beg: “Please, sir, I want some more.” Not more of the gruel served to workhouse orphans in the musical “Oliver!” being performed there this holiday season,...
Dynamic Duo – Murder for Two
by Allen Adams of The Maine Edge: There's murder afoot at the Bangor Opera House. Penobscot Theatre Company presents 'Murder for Two,' a thrilling musical murder mystery. The book is written by Joe Kinosian and Kellen Blair, with Kinosian writing the music and Blair...
Tight Ensemble Hits All the Right Notes
by Judy Harrison of The Bangor Daily News: What the members of the Knapely branch of the Women’s Institute wanted in 1998 was to buy a settee for the visitors’ lounge at the local hospital. What they wound up doing was raising enough money to buy the furniture and to...
Love and Loss, Music and Murder–A PTC Preview
by Allen Adams of The Maine Edge: One of Bangor’s longest-tenured artistic organizations is preparing to kick off yet another season. Penobscot Theatre Company is just days away from the kickoff of its 43rd season of producing live theater for audiences from greater...
Penobscot Nation values come to life in ‘Transformer Tales’
by Judy Harrison of The Bangor Daily News: Fourteen-year-old Raven Sockalexis grew up hearing stories about Gluskabe, the transformer who shaped the landscape and the traditions of the Wabanaki people. Ruby El-Hajj, 16, grew up 30 miles south of Indian Island, in the...