a theatre company with a social conscience

Coming in May

CHIMERA

A Shapeshifter’s Journey

A Lively Hour with Lisa Stathoplos

Friday, May 15 at 7pm

Saturday, May 16 at 2 pm

at the Unitarian Universalist Church • 37 Miller St, Belfast

Tickets $15 at the door

Read Lisa's Bio 

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Letter from our Artistic Director

First and foremost, thanks to everyone who supported our company in 2025. In particular, we are grateful for all the local merchants, businesses, and individuals who contributed to our “Support an Artist” program, which made it possible to pay all involved in our very successful production of A Modicum of Guilt.

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APRIL 2026

Coming in October

The Bribe of Bread

A tragical comedy for frivolous people

by Suzanne Ramcyzk

October 2, 3, 9, 10 at 7pm

October 4, 11 at 2 pm

at the Basil Burwell Theatre • 17 Court St, Belfast

Tickets $25

What Our Audience Is Saying

Best theatre I’ve seen in Maine in twenty years!

I was completely caught off guard and loved it!

Riveting!

Thank you for enriching lives.

I cried throughout many of your stories.

Such robust productions!

Best theatre I’ve seen in Maine in twenty years! I was completely caught off guard and loved it! Riveting! Thank you for enriching lives. I cried throughout many of your stories. Such robust productions!

Such robust productions!

So intimate.

Loved, loved, loved your Christmas Carol!

Thanks for bringing this into our community.

Excellent adaptation and staging.

Such robust productions! So intimate. Loved, loved, loved your Christmas Carol! Thanks for bringing this into our community. Excellent adaptation and staging.

My heart collided with stories well told.

I felt the air around me crackle.

The quality of listening in this theatre space is very rare.

Amazing acting.

What you do is important. It matters.

You do very important work. This needs to be seen.

My heart collided with stories well told. I felt the air around me crackle. The quality of listening in this theatre space is very rare. Amazing acting. What you do is important. It matters. You do very important work. This needs to be seen.

Gallery

A Christmas Carol

Group of five older adults performing a play on stage, dressed in period costumes, with some holding scripts and appearing engaged in a scene.

December 2024

at The Basil Burwell Theatre in Belfast, Maine

The Shakespeare Lonely Hearts Club

Four short plays about loneliness, friendship and redemption

by Suzanne Ramczyk

May 31th - June 9th 2024

at the Basil Burwell Theatre in Belfast, Maine

AddictionSpeaks Again

A theatrical stage scene with six actors portraying a dramatic or emotional moment, with four women and two men; the background features wooden panels with handwritten words and phrases.

by Suzanne Ramczyk and based on true stories of addiction

a contemporary tragedy

October 27 - November 5, 2023

at The Basil Burwell Theatre in Belfast, Maine

The Madwoman of

Chaillot — Uncensored

by Jean Giraudoux | Adapted by Suzanne Ramczyk

June 2-11, 2023

at the Playhouse Theater in Belfast, Maine