Last week the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) moved Cumberland County and the entire State of Maine to the designation of "medium" community level for COVID-19. As a result of these changing conditions, I wanted to share with you the Museum & Theatre’s updated masking policy. As an institution that listens to content experts and follows science, we have been committed to mirroring CDC guidance as it pertains to our decisions around the spread of COVID 19, including masking.
Read MoreMaddy’s Theatre is seeking young actors ages 10-16 for the upcoming production of DRAGONS LOVE TACOS, based on the book by Adam Rubin and adapted for the stage by Ernie Nolan! Performances run April-May 2022. Check out this listing for details about the roles, production calendar, and how to sign up for an audition.
Read MoreBrie Roche is a Portland-based actor and educator who wears numerous hats (literally!) on and off the stage! When she’s not singing her way through A Year with Frog and Toad in Maddy’s Theatre, Brie can be found as a Princess, a Dinosaur Wrangler, or an educator with the Animal Welfare Society. ”These programs can be life changing and I have a blast working in them. I am truly the luckiest!” she says about her work in Maine’s communities. Learn more about the creativity and collaboration that brought A Year With Frog and Toad to life, and how this production is a valuable social emotional tool for children and their families.
Read MoreAs the first in the Visiting Artist Series at the Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine, Pamela Moulton will facilitate two projects. The first is an immersive sculptural installation that visitors will create using projects that use repurposed fishing rope and nets. The rope and nets are sourced through cleanup efforts done by the Gulf of Maine Lobster Foundation. The second project invites visitors to repurpose found objects to create an enchanting underwater forest environment.
Read MoreCongratulations to our very own Emma Hindall, who is now a published illustrator and the illustrator of our A Year with Frog and Toad image! Emma works at the Museum & Theatre as a Visitor Engagement Assistant, helping to greet visitors, check families in, and stamp kids' hands as they enter the museum. She reflects on the inspirations behind her work, her artistic process, and how working at the Museum & Theatre has impacted her illustrations.
Read MoreA wildly dizzying whirl of juggling, magic & movement, puppetry, circus & socks…totally tangled together! Meet Janoah Bailin: a pajama-clad unicyclist who sways on stage, with a suitcase in tow. As he unpacks, he introduces the audience to a whimsical world of clothes-pin towers and erratic toothbrushes. SpinS is a one person circus show that weaves circus, dance and puppetry into entertaining and mind-bending performances for all ages.
Read MoreThe Visiting Artist Series in the Lunder Arts and Culture Gallery is designed to enrich the Museum & Theatre’s arts education programming for children and their families with a focus on using art as a lens to explore sustainability and our changing planet. From February 19, 2022 to May 28, 2022, the Visiting Artist Series will host three artists, all of whom call Maine home and will work with Museum & Theatre visitors to create communal works of art.
Read MoreWhile the City of Portland Mask Mandate requires that all guests over the age of two wear a mask, we want to help you to make masking as positive a learning experience as possible.
Read MoreThe Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine is pleased to announce they have been approved to receive an American Rescue Plan grant in the amount of $150,000 from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) to help the arts and cultural sector recover from the pandemic. The Museum & Theatre will use this funding for its arts education mission by supporting arts educators, visiting artist stipends, and marketing of art programming. The Museum & Theatre is one of seven recipients in Maine.
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