Deertrees Theatre August Schedule
The August schedule for the famous and enduring Deertrees Theatre & Cultural Center on Deertrees Road in nearby Harrison includes a wide variety of shows and acts.
For more information on shows listed here call 583 6747 or e-mail: deertrees@usa.net or log onto www.deertreestheatre.org
The Deertrees Box Office is open from 10 a.m until 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and one hour before performances.
Deertrees Theatre is handicap accessible and free parking is available on the grounds.
August 1-5
$100
The 6th Annual Deertrees Theatre Festival Student Theatre Workshop for ages 12-14.
Rory Kozoll returns to direct three weeklong workshops that introduce the fundamentals of the stage; the discovery of character and the moment-to-moment play of acting while building an original work for the stage.
Mr. Kozoll previously worked in Salt Lake City with the Theatre School for Youth and the Youth Theatre Conservatory, teaching, directing, and developing curriculum. Since receiving his MFA in acting at Harvard, he has been living in Los Angeles, combining an acting and directing career with youth theatre.
August 2 at 8 p.m.
$20 Adults/$8 Students
Sebago-Long Lake Music Festival
Grace and Passion
Mozart’s String Trio and Tchaikovsky’s Piano Trio – a pair of masterpieces performed for the first time at the Festival.
Mozart: Divertimento for String Trio K. 563 in E-Flat Major
Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio in A Minor Op.50
August 3 at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m.
$5 adults/$4 children
Children’s Wednesday
Dan Grady
Currently celebrating 24 years of touring throughout New England, up into Canada, and down the Eastern Seaboard to Florida, this much acclaimed marionette variety show has evolved and developed into an incomparable, slick-moving, fast-paced, stringed puppet production that is sure to captivate, enchant, and delight young and old.
August 4 and 5 at 8 p.m.
$16
EbzB Productions presents “War Bonds: The Songs & Letters of World War II”
Interspersing the music of the era with actual letters from soldiers on the front, this living history cabaret creates a sentimental and poignant journey through the days when blackouts and rationing were a small sacrifice to obtain freedom. A warm reminiscence and a harrowing reminder of a time that is not unlike the present.
August 6 at 8 p.m.
$18
The New Black Eagles Jazz Band
Widely acclaimed as the world’s best traditional jazz band, the New Black Eagles have been a Deertrees summer tradition since 1992. New Orleans-inspired Dixieland jazz interpreted with fresh insights and imbued with individual music personalities.
August 8-12
$100
The 6th Annual Deertrees Theatre Festival Student Theatre Workshop for ages 8-12
Rory Kozoll returns to direct three week-long workshops that introduce the fundamentals of the stage; the discovery of character and the moment-to-moment play of acting while building an original work for the stage.
Mr. Kozoll previously worked in Salt Lake City with the Theatre School for Youth and the Youth Theatre Conservatory, teaching, directing, and developing curriculum. Since receiving his MFA in acting at Harvard, he has been living in Los Angeles, combining an acting and directing career with youth theatre.
August 9 at 8 p.m.
$20 Adults/$8 Students
Sebago-Long Lake Music Festival
“Bicentennial”
A celebration of Harrison’s Bicentennial – music of Spohr and Beethoven, composed during Harrison’s infancy.
Bruckner: Adagio from Viola Quintet in F Major
Spohr: Octet Op. 32 in E Major
Beethoven: Piano Trio Op. 97 in B-Flat Major, “Archduke”
Aug. 11 through Sept. 4
The BackStage Gallery
Acrylics on canvas by for Sandra Josephine Bell, watercolors by Zoltan Szabo and wood figurines by Gideon Dorman.
August 11 and 12 at 8 p.m.
$20
The 6th Annual Deertrees Theatre Festival
GreenLight TheatreWorks presents “The History Of America (Abridged)”
From the trio responsible for “The Compleat Wrks of Shakespeare” and last summer’s hugely popular “The Bible; The Complete Word of God,” comes a brilliant lampoon of America’s colorful history from the native Americans, early explorers, first colonies wars and industrial revolution to the present. It’s all very funny and takes less than two hours with an intermission.
August 12 at 7 p.m.
BackStage Gallery opening reception for Sandra Josephine Bell, Gideon Dorman, and Zoltan Szabo.
August 13 at 8 pm
$18
The Dave Rowe Trio
In a time when rural music is being urbanized and urban music is being ruralized, a refreshing opportunity to hear the simple beauty and foot-stomping joy of traditional Celtic and Canadian Maritime favorites played with enthusiastic, twangy mastery. Dave Rowe on lead vocals, guitar, piano and tin whistle, bassist extraordinaire Kevin O’Reilly, and fiddle/mandolin wonderking Edward Howe jam up a real nor’easter of a performance.
August 16 at 8 pm
$14
The Downeast Brass
There is something absolutely amazing about a brass quintet! Just two trumpets, one French horn, a trombone, and a tuba and a musical sound is created that is like no other musical sound. Add the acoustically perfect venue of Deertrees Theatre and a warm summer evening and the magical combination is complete
August 18 and 19 at 8 p.m.
$20
The 6th Annual Deertrees Theatre Festival
GreenLight TheatreWorks presents “Cliffhanger” by James Yaffee
Mingling suspense and humor, this ingeniously plotted thriller follows all the unexpected twists and turns that result when a seemingly mild-mannered professor of philosophy is driven to apparent murder to protect his reputation and career. A regional theatre success, the play was later transferred to Broadway for an extended run. “It combines the warmth and charm of “On Golden Pond” with almost as many plot twists as “Deathtrap.” -Variety. The “Friends of Bela Blau” 2005 Selection.
August 20 at 8 p.m.
$20
Doreen’s Jazz New Orleans
By name and reputation, “The Show Stealers!” The funkiest, most aggressive, high-octane traditional jazz you will ever hear outside of Jackson Square. Doreen is perhaps the best clarinetist on earth, laughing and smiling like Louie in a dress while belting out lyrics like you never heard before
August 23 at 8 p.m.
$14
Isla
While the Celtic tradition lies at the heart of Isla, the band’s four members share an eclectic appreciation for the primal vitality found in the music of other folk traditions. One hears melodic nuances from Eastern Europe, French Canada, Medieval England, and the American Appalachian mountains. The effect is a clear expression of the human experience that transcends borders and needs no translations.
August 25-27 at 8 p.m.
$20
The 6th Annual Deertrees Theatre Festival
GreenLight TheatreWorks presents “Marriage Play”
Edward Albee’s darkly comic/dramatic key-hole look at a pivotal day in the lives of Jack and Gillian, a married couple smack-dab in the middle of that existential reality, the midlife crisis. Jack comes home from a boring day at the office and announces to his wife that he is leaving her. After 30 years together, she knows him too well to be surprised. But still, they argue, each trying to make the other understand…
August 28 at 1 p.m.
$75 (Advance registration required)
Blues Guitar Workshop with Roy Book Binder
Fingerpicking blues taught by the “Book.” Passing on the secrets learned directly from legendary Bluesman Rev. Gary Davis and Pink Anderson, Roy will help you develop your own distinctive blues style and show how it can be used to take you on new musical adventures. Some Finger Style experience is required. Enrollment limited.
August 30 at 8 p.m.
$15
Roy Book Binder
The legendary blues singer, guitar picker, song writing raconteur! Book Binder is a genuine example of the traveling bluesman tradition whose unique brand of humor and music is inspired by none less then Rev. Gary Davis and Pink Anderson. He has toured with Bonnie Raitt, Hot Tune, J.J. Cale and been the featured artist at such venues as: The National Story Telling Festival, The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, the Chicago Blues Festival, and Merlefest.
September 1-4 at 8 p.m.
$20
The 6th Annual Deertrees Theatre Festival
GreenLight TheatreWorks presents “Sight Unseen”
Is an artist a success just because people will buy his paintings sight unseen? Described as “a perfect play,” David Margulies’ 1992 Obie winner skillfully zeroes in on the choices that men and women make in self-aware moments and, just as crucially, in unself-aware moments, unfurling the complexities of relationships, materialism and, how people can nourish or inhibit love.
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