THEATER

Snowlion Repertory Company will present “The Maine Dish: A Feast of Plays about Food” that will take place during Maine Restaurant Week. The show features 12 short plays all with the theme of food. Showtimes will be Thursday, March 5 and Friday, March 6 at 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, March 7 at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, March 8 at 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. For more information, go to www.snowlionrep.org.

An upcoming schedule of theater arts classes at The Schoolhouse Arts Center has been announced. “Creative Movement” will be held from March 5 through May 28 on Thursdays from 10-10:45 a.m. Students will learn to follow the teacher to work on basic dance steps as well as movement games to explore the dancer’s own creativity and sense of movement with music. This class is for ages 3-5 and costs $100. “Storybook Theatre” will be held from March 4 through May 27 on Wednesdays from 5:30-6:30 p.m. Students exercise their natural creativity through movement, vocal work, games and improvisation to portray storybook characters. This class is for ages 5-9 and costs $145. “Beginner Jazz/Tap” will be held March 5-May 28 on Thursdays from 4-5 p.m. This class is for ages 6 and up and costs $145. For a full listing of classes, go to www.schoolhousearts.org or for more information, contact Dillon Bates at [email protected].

“Alligator Road” will run March 12-29 at Mad Horse Theatre Company, 24 Mosher St. in South Portland. The production was written by Maine playwright Callie Kimball, directed by Reba Short. Kimball’s plays have been produced to critical acclaim across the country and she teaches playwriting at Maine College of Art. Performance times are Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday afternoons at 2 p.m. There will be an opening night reception immediately following the Friday, March 13 performance. Tickets are $20 for adults and $15 for seniors and students. Reservations are strongly recommended. Tickets can be purchased online at www.madhorse.com. Call 747-4148 for more information.

“Tick, Tick…Boom!” the musical will be on stage at City Theater in Biddeford from March 6-15. Showtimes are Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. Tickets are $20 and are available at www.citytheater.org or by calling 282-0849.

“The 6th Annual Mystery Dinner and Silent Auction” will be held on March 21 at 6 p.m., hosted by The Best Western Merry Manor Inn of South Portland. All proceeds will benefit the Lafayette Family Cancer Center. There will be dinner, door prizes, cash bar and a 50/50 raffle, along with a silent auction held at the Last Chance Bar & Grill. Tickets are $50 per person. Overnight packages cost $179 and include dinner, the show and breakfast. For more information and reservations, call 774-6151.

Maine State Ballet’s premieres “Le Corsaire” at the Maine State Ballet Theater in Falmouth from March 28-April 12. The show boasts pirates, dancing, and sword fighting, all presented with a comic flair. The performances will be held on Saturday, March 28 at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m.; Sunday, March 29 at 2 p.m.; Friday, April 3 at 7 p.m.; Saturday, April 4 at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m.; Friday, April 10 at 7 p.m.; Saturday, April 11 at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. and Sunday, April 12 at 2 p.m. Tickets are on sale online at www.mainestateballet.org or by calling the theater at 781-3587. Tickets cost between $19-25 and discounts are available for seniors and children. There is a $5 processing fee for phone and box office orders, but no fee for online purchases. For more information, visit www.mainestateballet.org.

School Around Us presents “Rumpelstiltskin, Private Eye,” which will be performed at The Brick Store Museum Program Center on Thursday, April 16 at 7 p.m., Friday, April 17 at 7 p.m. and Saturday, April 18 at 2 p.m. This production is a film-noir fairytale spoof in which “Fairytale Land” has been hit by a crime wave. Tickets are available for purchase at The Brick Store Museum Program Center on Dane Street in Kennebunk. Adults are $10 and children are $5. For more information, go to www.schoolaroundus.org or call 967-3143.

ART

Engine has announced an upcoming class schedule. “Open Painting Group” will be on Saturday, March 7 from 11 a.m to 1 p.m. This class is for ages 14 and up and costs $10. “Charcoal Drawing for Youth” will also be on Saturday, March 7 from 11 a.m to 1 p.m. This class is for ages 14 and up and costs $10. “Draw, Paint or Sculpt from the Figure” will take place on Tuesday, March 10 from 6-8 p.m. The class is for ages 14 and up and costs $10. “After School Art Club” will be on March 11 from 3:30-4:30 p.m. This class is for ages 7 and up and costs $5. Engine is located at 265 Main St. in Biddeford. Registration is required for most classes. For more information, email [email protected] or call 370-9130.

Artist Lisa Roderick will have a gallery opening for her watercolor and oil paintings at the Wells Public Library on Saturday, March 7 at 11 a.m. Refreshments will be provided, and the artist will answer questions. Roderick, a resident of Ogunquit, has been oil painting since 2009. She won third prize in the 37th Annual Ogunquit Sidewalk Art Show after painting for only two months and is a member of the Maine Women in the Arts Association. The Wells Public Library is located at 1434 Post Road in Wells. For more information, call Cidney Mayes at 646-8181 or email [email protected].

The Ocean Park Association seeks participating artists for the 2nd annual Ocean Park Plein Air Festival that will be held July 15”“17. This is an opportunity for outdoor artists who will be in the Kennebunkport to Cape Elizabeth area in mid-July. The artists will have from daybreak on Wednesday, July 15 until 11 a.m. on Friday, July 17 to produce paintings of the Ocean Park environs. The artists will submit their 5 best paintings to be judged by Philip Frey of Ellsworth by noontime. All interested artists are asked to submit three samples in jpeg form of their work to Frank Costantino at [email protected] and a non-refundable application fee of $35 should be sent by March 31 to: Mr. Jerry Gosselin, Ocean Park Association, PO Box 7296, Ocean Park, Maine 04063. For more information, go to www.oceanpark.org.

MUSIC

Kat Edmonson will perform on Friday, March 6 at Jonathan’s Ogunquit, 92 Bourne Lane in Ogunquit. Edmonson has gone from singing in small rooms in her native Texas to concert halls and festivals around the world, playing dates with the likes of Gary Clark Jr., Lyle Lovett, Michael Kiwanuka and Chris Isaak. She has also performed on “Austin City Limits”, “A Prairie Home Companion” and has had her songs featured on several television shows and commercials. Advance Tickets start at $27.50 and are available online at www.jonathansogunquit.com.

The DaPonte String Quartet will pay homage to Vienna’s impact on classical music with their spring concert series “Viennese Confections,” running March 13 through the 22. They will perform quartets by Anton Webern, Fritz Kreisler and Ludwig van Beethoven in Portland, Topsham, Damariscotta, Boothbay Harbor and Thomaston. Evening performances are at 7:30 p.m. on March 14 in Portland at the Public Library, 5 Monument Square; March 20 in Damariscotta at Lincoln Theater, 2 Theater St. and March 21 at St. Columba’s Church, 32 Emery Way in Boothbay Harbor. Matinees are at 3 p.m. on March 15 in Topsham at the Mid-Coast Presbyterian Church, 84 Main St. and March 22 in Thomaston at St. John’s Church, 200 Main St. Tickets are $20. For more information, go to www.DaPonte.org or call 529-4555.

“The Don Campbell Band: an Evening of Dan Fogelberg Music” will be held on Saturday, March 21 at 7:30 p.m. at the Biddeford City Theater. Tickets are $15 and are available online at www.citytheater.org, at the City Theater box office and at the door. Don Campbell is a singer-songwriter, composer, and multi-instrumentalist who has released 12 CDs of original music, and recently, “Kites To Fly: Celebrating The Music Of Dan Fogelberg.” For more information, go to www.heartofbiddeford.org.

SPECIAL INTEREST

Ogunquit Performing Arts is presenting the film “The Razor’s Edge,” on Sunday March 8 at 2 p.m. at the Dunaway Center, 23 School St. in Ogunquit. This film is Darryl F. Zanuck’s 1946 production of Somerset Maugham’s 1944 novel. Admission to this event is free, along with free popcorn.

AUDITIONS

City Theater in Biddeford will be holding auditions for the production “Five Women Wearing the Same Dress” on Monday, March 9 and Tuesday, March 10 at 6 p.m. Open auditions will consist of cold readings from the script. For more information, go to www.citytheater.org.

The Hallowell Lyceum Series is calling for storytellers to participate in “The Hook Story Hour” on May 8 at Hallowell City Hall Auditorium. Based on the popular radio show “The Moth Radio Hour” heard on MPBN, “The Hook Story Hour” will be an evening of stories based on real life experiences in the Kennebec Valley told live in front of an audience. Organizers are looking for anyone with a story they are interested in telling to a live audience. Stories must be true, they must told without scripts and they should be no more than seven minutes in length. To participate, prepare a two minute pitch for your story (or stories) based on an experience in your life connected to the Kennebec Valley. Gaslight Theater members will hear pitches live at Hallowell City Hall Auditorium on Monday, March 16 at 6:30 p.m., or you may upload your video pitch to YouTube or Vimeo and email a link to Gaslight Theater director Richard Bostwick at [email protected].