Music! Food! Makers! CMTM hosts International Music Stage, part of Resurgam Music Festival
The Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine is excited to host the International Music Stage as part of the Resurgam Music Festival! Resurgam is happening at Thompson’s Point on Sunday, June 12, from noon to 9pm and will feature six musical stages set up across the Point, with a diversity of music, lots of food trucks serving up delicious food (as well as the established eateries of Thompson’s Point), and a maker’s mall with local businesses and artists set up in Brick South! Thanks to generous support from the Sam L. Cohen foundation, all museum visits on Sunday, June 12 will be Pay What You Can, so anyone can visit the Museum & Theatre without financial barriers.
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Museums for All Admission Reduced to $1
Beginning June 1st, 2022, Museums for All admission has been reduced from $3 to $1 per person! Museums for All is a national access program that offers reduced admission to anyone with EBT Benefits (formerly called food stamps). The Museum & Theatre extends qualifications to anyone with MaineCare, WIC, SNAP, or other forms of public assistance. Visitors can reserve tickets and use the "Discount: Pay at the Door" function at checkout and then pay at the front desk when they check in for their museum visit.
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Museum & Theatre Expands Ticketing to Reach More Families
Starting Wednesday, June 1st, 2022, the Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine will be open from 9 am - 4 pm Wednesday to Monday and closed on Tuesdays. Visitors will be able to reserve tickets for a 3-Hour Museum Visit starting on the hour between 9 am and 4pm. This expansion allows us to streamline our ticketing and check-in process, and reach even more children and families with the power of play.
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CMTM celebrates Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month with Arts and Storytime Programming
May is Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month! In honor of AAPI Heritage Month, the Museum & Theatre is excited to launch a special Storytime and Makerspace Series. Join us during the month of May for an interactive storytime of Eyes that Kiss in the Corners and Watercress. From marveling at the centuries-old Korean language to diving into tales of Chinese immigrants, our programs use stories and art to celebrate the unique and wonderful voices and contributions of AAPI individuals that are an important part of our community, past and present. Check out all AAPI programming!
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Visiting Artist Series: Marissa Glover
As the final artist in the Visiting Artist Series at the Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine, Marissa Glover will facilitate a collaborative art project. During Marissa’s “pop-up studios”, visitors will work together to create an interactive textile installation celebrating the natural world. The recycled, thrifted, and salvaged materials will be used to form flowers, plants and trees that celebrate the diversity of ecosystems from the mountains to the sea. As we repurpose items through creating beautiful art, we become part of a greater conversation about our role in nature and how we can help maintain its beauty and health.
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Alumni Spotlight: Meet Jared Mongeau!
Jared Mongeau made his stage debut with the Children’s Theatre of Maine at Marginal Way in 2002, and has now made his way back to star in Dragons Love Tacos in Maddy’s Theatre! By age 10, Jared was a trouper with Circus Smirkus, then spent his teen years apprenticing under clown and vaudevillian Michael Trautman before joining the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey’s Circus. He attended Dell’Arte International School of Physical Theatre in California and studied traditional mask carving and performance in Bali, Indonesia. Just like his character in Dragons Love Tacos, he wholeheartedly believes that "with a little drive and determination, amazing things can happen!" Learn all about Jared’s extensive background in Clown and Physical Theatre, and how the fun translates on stage in Maddy’s Theatre.
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Meet Maddy's Theatre Intern: Alyssa Pearl Ross!
Alyssa joined the Maddy’s Theatre team in January and has been diligently working in all aspects of theatre creation and development while being a full-time student at the University of Southern Maine! Alyssa’s own theatre career started when she was 9 years old, and she’s currently in her senior year studying Theatre Performance and Dance at the University of Southern Maine. In this blog, learn more about Alyssa’s perspective of growing up a “theatre kid” and how her experience working with Maddy’s Theatre is preparing her for a career in the theatre field after graduation.
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You're Invited To A Taco Party!
Everyone is welcome to the Taco Party in this deliciously funny live version of a favorite book that will make you laugh until spicy salsa comes out of your nose. Dragons Love Tacos is an unforgettable tale of new friends, celebrating who you are, and (of course), the perfect snack. Director Emily M. Dixon reflects on the process of bringing this story to life on the Maddy’s Theatre stage as both a wonderfully silly predicament with some wonderfully silly dragons, and as an open invitation of acceptance to children and families of all identities.
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Raising Readers and Children's Museum and Theatre of Maine Partner on Children's Book Exhibit
The Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine and the Raising Readers program at Maine Health announce the installation of the “Little Beaver and Echo” exhibit at the Museum & Theatre’s location on Thompson’s Point. The illustrated pages are mounted along the indoor route that families take to enter the Maine Watershed Aquarium; there visitors can also see a beaver specimen from the Museum & Theatre’s collection on display and learn about its habitat and lifeways.
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