2025-2026 Season Tickets Now on Sale!
Tickets to USM Department of Theatre’s productions are now available through PortTix.
You may purchase online
By phone – (207) 842-0800
In-Person Monday-Thursday, 11am-3pm at 400 Congress St., Suite A, Portland, ME 04101
All shows are performed at Russell Hall on the USM Gorham Campus.
A Monster Calls
October 24-November 2, 2025
Based on the novel by Patrick Ness and inspired by an original idea by Siobhan Dowd
Devised by Sally Cookson, Adam Peck and the Company
Directed by Rachel Price Cooper
Conor has been having nightmares. Or rather, THE nightmare. It jolts him awake every night seven minutes after midnight ever since his mother got sick. Tonight, the ancient Yew Tree in his yard has come to life and demands to be heard. This monster informs Conor that he will tell him three stories, one a night, and all true. After that, Conor must tell his. A Monster Calls is a stunning spectacle that reckons with loss, grief, and the stories we tell to make sense of the unimaginable.
Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind
(30 Plays in 60 Minutes)
November 14-16, 2025
by Greg Allen
Directed by Sara Valentine
Can a theatre ensemble possibly perform thirty plays in under an hour?! Join us for this high-octane, interactive theatre experience, one of Chicago’s longest-running theatre phenomena. Part theatre, part sporting event, each night is different as the audience picks the plays and cheers on the cast to make it past the finish line before the buzzer sounds.
USM Fall Dance Concert
December 5-7, 2025
Directed by Jessie Laurita-Spanglet
Enjoy a fantastic compilation of original dance works from USM Dance faculty & guest choreographers performed by USM dance students.
All in the Timing,
6 One-Act Plays
February 27-March 8, 2026
By David Ives
Directed by Jared Mongeau
Winner of the John Gassner Playwriting Award, this critically acclaimed, award-winning evening of comedies combines wit, intellect, satire and just plain fun.
Cabaret
April 2-12, 2026
Presented in collaboration with the Osher School of Music
Book by Joe Masteroff, Music by John Kander, Lyrics by Fred Ebb
Directed by Danny Hutchins
Musical Direction by Edward Reichert
Choreography by Vanessa Beyland
In a Berlin nightclub, as the 1920s draw to a close, a garish Master of Ceremonies welcomes the audience and assures them they will forget all their troubles at the Cabaret. With the Emcee’s bawdy songs as wry commentary, Cabaret explores the dark, heady and tumultuous life of Berlin’s natives and expatriates. Daring, provocative, and exuberantly entertaining, Cabaret explores essential and timely themes as the audience watches the joyful and beautiful world of Bohemian Berlin slowly yield to the emerging Third Reich.