Maddy's Theatre Artist Spotlight: Brie Roche
Brie Roche is a Portland-based actor and educator who wears numerous hats (literally!) on and off the stage! When she’s not singing her way through A Year with Frog and Toad in Maddy’s Theatre, Brie can be found as a Princess, a Dinosaur Wrangler, or an educator with the Animal Welfare Society. ”These programs can be life changing and I have a blast working in them. I am truly the luckiest!” she says about her work in Maine’s communities. Learn more about the creativity and collaboration that brought A Year With Frog and Toad to life, and how this production is a valuable social emotional tool for children and their families.
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Visiting Artist Series: Pamela Moulton
As the first in the Visiting Artist Series at the Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine, Pamela Moulton will facilitate two projects. The first is an immersive sculptural installation that visitors will create using projects that use repurposed fishing rope and nets. The rope and nets are sourced through cleanup efforts done by the Gulf of Maine Lobster Foundation. The second project invites visitors to repurpose found objects to create an enchanting underwater forest environment.
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Staff Spotlight: Emma Hindall
Congratulations to our very own Emma Hindall, who is now a published illustrator and the illustrator of our A Year with Frog and Toad image! Emma works at the Museum & Theatre as a Visitor Engagement Assistant, helping to greet visitors, check families in, and stamp kids' hands as they enter the museum. She reflects on the inspirations behind her work, her artistic process, and how working at the Museum & Theatre has impacted her illustrations.
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Maddy’s Theatre Presents SpinS: a One-Person Circus Show
A wildly dizzying whirl of juggling, magic & movement, puppetry, circus & socks…totally tangled together! Meet Janoah Bailin: a pajama-clad unicyclist who sways on stage, with a suitcase in tow. As he unpacks, he introduces the audience to a whimsical world of clothes-pin towers and erratic toothbrushes. SpinS is a one person circus show that weaves circus, dance and puppetry into entertaining and mind-bending performances for all ages.
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National Endowment for the Arts Funded Visiting Artist Series Launches at Children’s Museum and Theatre of Maine
The Visiting Artist Series in the Lunder Arts and Culture Gallery is designed to enrich the Museum & Theatre’s arts education programming for children and their families with a focus on using art as a lens to explore sustainability and our changing planet. From February 19, 2022 to May 28, 2022, the Visiting Artist Series will host three artists, all of whom call Maine home and will work with Museum & Theatre visitors to create communal works of art.
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Helping 2-4 Year Olds to Wear Masks
While the City of Portland Mask Mandate requires that all guests over the age of two wear a mask, we want to help you to make masking as positive a learning experience as possible.
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National Endowment for the Arts awards $150,000 Grant to the Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine as part of the American Rescue Plan
The Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine is pleased to announce they have been approved to receive an American Rescue Plan grant in the amount of $150,000 from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) to help the arts and cultural sector recover from the pandemic. The Museum & Theatre will use this funding for its arts education mission by supporting arts educators, visiting artist stipends, and marketing of art programming. The Museum & Theatre is one of seven recipients in Maine.
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Dr. Hal Cohen Returns to the Stage in a World Premiere in Maddy’s Theatre
Hal Cohen is a physician by day, and has been an active member of the Portland theatre community for a little over a decade. Now, he is starring as Skylar’s Father in the World Premiere of CRISSCROSSING THE GALAXY AT FASTER THAN THE SPEED OF LIGHT FOR A HUG by Arizona Playwright Paco José Madden. “The arts bring us all together. We need that now,” he says. Dr. Cohen speaks about the power of theatre and the relevance of the latest production in Maddy’s Theatre.
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Celebrate the Legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. at the Museum & Theatre
This year, we celebrate the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. with “Black is Beautiful Art Exploration” during the January 15th, 16th, and 17th play sessions of Martin Luther King Jr. Day Weekend.
Also, the Museum & Theatre will be OPEN to all members of the public for play sessions on Monday, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, from 9am-12pm and 1pm-4pm. (Normally Mondays are reserved for members).
Lastly, we are hosting a donation drive in partnership with Maine Needs for the month of January.
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