Maine Theater

2024 Grants

Acorn Productions, to produce eight world-premiere plays by Maine playwrights: $3,675
Belfast Maskers, to produce a full season of quality plays, sustaining the vitality of our community stage and multi-purpose building: $5,000
Center Theatre, for staffing and producing its 2025 community theater season: $4,656
Eastport Arts Center, to produce "Clue: The Musical" in fall 2025: $5,000
Good Theater, for installation of a new LED lighting system at Stevens Square Theater, helping it become a state-of-the-art cultural hub for our community: $5,000
LA Public Theatre, to produce, "Every Brilliant Thing," a timely and life-affirming play: $5,000
Lamoine Community Arts Theater, to purchase lighting and sound equipment: $5,000
Machias Arts Council, to provide year-round theatre for Machias, Eastport and the surrounding communities: $5,000
Mad Horse Theatre Company, to support operations: $5,000
Mayo Street Arts, to upgrade their sound board and lighting equipment and consolidate these systems into a single tech booth: $5,000
Presque Isle Community Players, to foster participation in and appreciation of the theatrical arts across Aroostook County: $5,000
Rangely Friends of the Performing Arts, for general support: $5,000
Snowlion Repertory Company, for Boothbay Summer Theater’s June 2025 production of the drama “RED”: $5,000
The Theater Project, to upgrade two speakers, three computers and dated phone system: $5,000
Waterman's Community Center, for their annual production of Our Town in 2025: $5,000
Watts Hall Community Players, to update the theater’s lighting console: $4,000

2023 Grants

Celebration Barn Theater, for the 2024 series and pay-what-you-can ticket program: $5,000
Chocolate Church Arts Center, to upgrade the Annex Blackbox theater lighting and sound technology: $5,000
Community Little Theatre, for stage lighting and sound equipment: $5,000
Deertrees Theatre Limited, to acquire the soundtrack for “An Evening at Dave’s Sauna”: $5,000
Good Theater, for the production of “A Man of No Importance”: $5,000
LA Public Theatre, the for 2023-2024 subscription series with a focus on new plays and playwrights: $5,000
Mad Horse Theatre Company, for general operating support: $5,000
Maine State Music Theatre, for its pay-what-you-want and student ticket programs: $5,000
Penobscot Theatre Company, for its production of “Constellations”: $5,000
Portland Stage Company, to produce its 2023-2024 season: $5,000
Rangeley Friends of the Performing Arts, to support community theater productions: $5,000
Royal River Community Players, for its 2024 production of “Heidi”: $4,965
Saco River Grange Hall, for general operating support: $5,000
Schoodic Arts for All, to purchase guard rails for theater risers: $3,979
The Gilbert and Sullivan Society of Maine, for its production of “The Sorcerer”: $5,000
Theater at Monmouth, for its 2024 summer repertory season: $5,000
Waldo Theatre, to grow the Community Theatre Program and establish a Community Theatre Working Group to increase access and inclusivity: $5,000
Winter Harbor Music Festival, to produce the operas “Cosi fan tutte” and “Don Pasquale”: $5,000

2022 Grants

Center Theatre, to upgrade its audio board and QLab software: $2,850
Good Theater, for six productions for its 20th anniversary season, including “Carousel” and “You Can't Take It with You”: $5,000
Heartwood Regional Theater Company, for its production of “Hamlet”: $5,000
LA Public Theatre, for its production of “Pilgrims Musa and Sheri in the New World”: $5,000
Mad Horse Theatre Company, to hire theater artists to produce four plays
Mayo Street Arts, to replace audience risers and add additional chair stops and handrails: $5,000
Opera House Arts, to upgrade theater lights to new, energy-efficient, LED lights: $5,000
Penobscot Theatre Company, for its production of “Queen,” a play by Madhuri Shekar: $4,000
Portland Lyric Theater, to replace its emergency exit stairway: $3,135
Portland Stage Company, to produce its 2022-2023 season and develop a strategic plan: $5,000
Rangeley Friends of the Performing Arts, to support its 2023 productions: $5,000
Saco River Grange Hall, to support its 2023 season: $5,000
Snowlion Repertory Company, for a concert performance of the musical "The Christmas Bride": $5,000
Stage East, to support its only staff position: $5,000
Theater at Monmouth, to support strategic planning: $5,000
Theater Project, to produce "Squeeze Me!,” an original musical by Maine playwright Brian Daly: $5,000