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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...

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...

by Judy Harrison of The Bangor Daily News: I walked into the Bangor Opera House on Friday night fully prepared to dislike Penobscot Theatre Company’s production of “Rock of Ages.” But, then, Andrew Crowe lurched onto the stage in pleather pants, a fake fur coat and...

by Allen Adams of The Maine Edge: Penobscot Theatre Company is closing out the 2015-2016 season in a big way with the rock musical “Rock of Ages,” directed and choreographed by Michele Colvin with musical direction by Andrew Crowe ... Read more.

by Shelby Hartin of The Bangor Daily News: Over a year ago, the Penobscot Theatre Company mailed a number of items to Samuel French Inc., a theatrical licensing and publishing company in New York that holds the rights to the rock musical “Rock of Ages.” The package...

from The Maine Edge: Penobscot Theatre Company is set to bring the massive musical “Rock of Ages” to the stage this month for its Maine premiere. For four weeks, the Opera House stage is going to rock and roll to the musical, featuring a book by Chris D’Arienzo and...

by Allen Adams of The Maine Edge: What happens when a tabloid reporter tracks down a story that might actually be true? That’s one of the questions raised by Penobscot Theatre Company’s production of “Duck Hunter Shoots Angel,”a play... Read more.

by Judy Harrison of The Bangor Daily News: Technical wizardry and some truly fine comedic performances lift Penobscot Theatre Company’s production of “Duck Hunter Shoots Angel”... Read more.

by Shelby Hartin of The Bangor Daily News: “Duck Hunter Shoots Angel,” the poster reads, the giant white lettering splashed across a photo of a hunter with a gun being interviewed by two men in suits ... Read more.

by Allen Adams of The Maine Edge: Regarding the theater, most of us have a very specific idea of what a musical is. Musical theater elicits images of huge sets and massive casts singing big songs – sheer spectacle across the board. And for the most part, that’s what...