Children’s Theatre celebrates centennial with weekendlong play festival

By Megan Gray | Portland Press Herald

Fifteen short plays, written by children and adults, will be performed May 20 and 21 at the Thompson's Point theater – the longest-running institution of its kind in the country.

To celebrate, the Children’s Museum and Theatre of Maine revived an old tradition: a play festival. The theater solicited plays that would run 10 minutes or less, and the pieces chosen will be performed throughout the museum next weekend, May 20 and 21. The writers are adults and youth (the youngest is 6 years old), and the casts are also intergenerational. Organizers said the event will recognize the theater’s history and also launch its next chapter.

Merritt Holman prepares for a scene during a rehearsal for “Sources of Light” by Ciara Neidlinger and directed by Reba Askari. Derek Davis/Staff Photographer

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