PRESS RELEASE: Casting Call for Matilda
CASTING CALL FOR MAINE PROFESSIONAL PREMIERE OF MATILDA THE MUSICAL Bangor, ME – Penobscot Theatre Company is issuing a local casting call for specific roles in their holiday production of…
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REVIEW: ‘Fun Home’ soars with perfection, packs emotional wallop, too
By Judy Harrison Penobscot Theatre Company’s “Fun Home” packs an intellectual and emotional wallop. It is a welcome punch in the solar plexus from Bangor’s only professional theater group that…
Read MoreREVIEW: Coming of age and coming out – ‘Fun Home’
BANGOR – A musical tale of coming of age and coming out, a story of family and fate, is showing at the Bangor Opera House. Penobscot Theatre is presenting “Fun Home,”…
Read MorePRESS RELEASE: PTC announces 2019-2020 Season
BANGOR, ME–Penobscot Theatre Company proudly announces its 2019-2020 Season, an assortment of plays and musicals professionally produced and staged at the company’s historic home, the Bangor Opera House. The season…
Read MorePRESS RELEASE: PTC presents FUN HOME
Bangor, ME – Penobscot Theatre Company is thrilled to present the five-time Tony Award-winning musical Fun Home. Refreshingly honest and wildly innovative, Fun Home is based on Vermont author and…
Read MorePTC’s ‘Ripcord’ a thrilling comedic ride
From the Maine Edge As part of its 45th season, Penobscot Theatre Company presents “Ripcord,” a comedy written by David Lindsay-Abaire and directed by Bari Newport. The show runs through…
Read MorePress Release: PTC Appoints Director of Development and Communications
PENOBSCOT THEATRE COMPANY APPOINTS KATHRYN RAVENSCRAFT AS DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT AND COMMUNICATIONS. BANGOR, ME–Penobscot Theatre Company is pleased to announce the hiring of Kathryn Ravenscraft as Director of Development and…
Read MorePress Release: Mamma Mia
Bangor, ME – Penobscot Theatre Company will close out its 45th Anniversary Season by kicking off summer with the international smash hit Mamma Mia!, from June 13 to July 14….
Read MoreUp Next: Feb Vacation Camp
February 18-22 9:00 am – 4:00 pm $50/Day or $225/Week Spend February Vacation Camp week with us! Our vacation camp is perfect for students who are looking for…
Read MoreNext Up: Honky Tonk Laundry
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 7, 2018 MEDIA CONTACT: Magnus Stark 626-674-0942 magnus@penobscottheatre.org www.penobscottheatre.org HONKY TONK LAUNDRY WASHES AWAY WINTER BLUES Country-N-Western musical set to spin onto…
Read MorePTC makes the most of ‘Elf the Musical’ with glitter and glitz
By Judy Harrison, BDN Staff There’s a lot of glitz and glitter on stage at the Bangor Opera House this holiday season. Even in the dark, the proscenium sparkles with…
Read MoreThe Spitfire Grill Is Cooking with Gas
by Allen Adams of The Maine Edge Penobscot Theatre Company has cooked up another crowd pleaser. PTC’s “The Spitfire Grill” – with music and book by James Valcq and lyrics and…
Read MoreMore than skin deep – ‘Ugly Lies the Bone’
by Katie Toole and Adam Cousins of The Maine Edge The title intrigues you first: from an aphorism attributed to Einstein, concluding “beauty dies and fades away, but ugly holds its…
Read More‘Escanaba in the Moonlight’ at Opera House zany, silly escape from winter
by Judy Harrison of The Bangor Daily News Fudgesuckers beware. You’re not in the flatlands any more. No, siree. You are in Yooper Territory, now, where UFOs drop in, the maple…
Read MorePTC’s ‘Beauty and the Beast’ cast, costumes, set dazzles audience
by Judy Harrison of The Bangor Daily News A fairy tale about a bright and beautiful young woman who transforms a beast into a prince with love and understanding hardly…
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