USM theater and music students shine at 2025 BroadwayWorld Maine Awards
Two University of Southern Maine students are celebrating a combined three wins at the 2025 BroadwayWorld Maine Awards, earning statewide recognition for their work … Read More
From Midcoast Maine to the Big Screen: USM Alum Clint Elliott Brings 20-Year Story to Life
This Thanksgiving weekend, Clint Elliott ’97 will mark a major milestone: the release of his first feature film on the big-screen. His screenplay, Stone … Read More
Lecturer of Theatre Karmo Sanders Remembered Across Maine as Beloved ‘Marden’s Lady’
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Karmo Sanders, who taught playwriting and acting for non-majors at the University of Southern Maine, passed away on October 25, 2025. A beloved faculty … Read More
USM Celebrates Grand Opening of Crewe Center for the Arts in Portland
The University of Southern Maine officially opened the Crewe Center for the Arts, a 40,000-square-foot facility that transforms how students learn, and how the … Read More
Musical adaptation of ‘Little Women’ is not your average Jo of a show
The relationship between aspiring writer Jo March and her sisters is the emotional crux of both the play and the book upon which it was based.
On-stage perch for patrons makes ‘The Birds’ an immersive experience
Both the play and the famous Hitchcock movie draw from a common source, but each adaptation takes the story in a very different direction.
A Jazz Age reinvention of ‘Gianni Schicchi’ is a zoot-suited hoot
Performers in a new campus production of Puccini’s classic comic opera sang their roles in Italian while a screen above the stage provided the audience with English surtitles.
Literary analysis leads to personal realizations in ‘John Proctor is the Villain’
The Theatre Department’s latest production uses ‘The Crucible’ as a springboard for discussion about the intersection of such issues as sex, power, control, and consent.
Listening party transports Oz fans over the rainbow
The cast of “The Wizard of Oz” radio play dressed up as their characters to entertain guests at a listening party for the premiere broadcast.
Brains, heart, courage: New ‘Wizard of Oz’ radio play has it all
The cast will host an in-person listening party in tandem with the show’s debut on campus radio station WMPG.