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This weekend, March 8 and 9, in nine high schools across Maine students will be putting on their best performances as part of the Maine Drama Festival. It’s a great opportunity to support students in the arts, specifically drama, and a wonderful chance to enrich your lives by viewing several short plays in one location. Not to mention, it’s Maine, it’s winter, it’s March – what a great way to spend a weekend!
Below shows you which schools are performing where and the order of the performances. If you click on the image you’ll be able to see it at a larger scale. In blue are the schools performing on Friday night and in salmon are the schools performing on Saturday.
Students are scored by three judges on all kinds of categories including by not limited to: Ensemble Acting, Set Design, Scenic Art, Set Construction, Lighting Design, Sound Design, Special Effects, Prop Design/Construction, Costume Design/Construction, Make-up, Choreography, Stage Combat, Overall Technical Excellence, Original Music by a Student, Student Direction, Student-Written Script. You can imagine after practicing for several weeks, hundreds of students are ready and excited!
Cast and crew of Waynflete School’s (Portland) production of SAINT JOAN by George Bernard Shaw
Schools who come out on top will advance to the States being held on March 22 and 23.
In the upcoming weeks, nearly 3000 Maine high school students from 81 high schools will compete in the 85th annual Maine Drama Festival. The event is sponsored by the Maine Principals’ Association and the Maine Drama Council. March 4-5, at nine regional sites, schools from Class A (at least 525 students) and Class B (524 or less students) will present plays ranging from the classics to original student-written plays. Winners from each regional will be selected by a panel of judges to advance to the State Finals on March 18-19. The Class A Finals will be at Camden Hills Regional HS and Class B at Stearns HS. One school from each State Final will be selected to advance to the New England Drama Festival April 21-23 in Old Saybrook, CT.