Season 12

2013 - 2014

Clybourne Park

by Bruce Norris

October 2 - 27, 2013

Pulitzer Prize Winner and Tony Award Winner for Best Play Clybourne Park explodes in two outrageous acts set fifty years apart. Act 1 takes place in 1959, as nervous community leaders anxiously try to stop the sale of a home to a black family. Act 2 is set in the same house in the present day, as the now predominantly African-American neighborhood battles to hold its ground in the face of gentrification.

  • Russ/Dan - Stephen Underwood
    Bev/Kathy - Amy Roche
    Francine/Lena - Noelle LuSane
    Jim/Tom - Lucas O'Neill
    Albert/Kevin - Bari Robinson
    Karl/Steve - Mark Rubin
    Betsy/Lindsey - Sally Wood*

    Directed by Brian P. Allen^
    Stage Manager/Costume Designer - Justin Cote
    Set Design - Stephen Underwood/Brian P. Allen
    Lighting Design - Iain Odlin
    Assistant Technical Director - Craig Robinson

    * Member Actors' Equity Association
    ^ Member SDC, Society of Directors & Choreographers

The Grand Manner

by A.R. Gurney

November 6 - 24, 2013
Maine Premiere

In 1948, a young boarding-school student travels to New York to attend a performance of Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra. Going backstage afterward he meets the production’s star, Katharine Cornell, who was dubbed “The First Lady of the American Stage.” A mix of remembrance and imagination, The Grand Manner is a love letter to this fabled actress and a heartfelt look back at the glorious heyday of the Broadway theater.

  • Katharine - Denise Poirier*
    Gutherie - Tony Reilly
    Gert - Maureen Butler
    Pete - Tristan F. W. Rolfe

    Directed by Brian P. Allen^
    Stage Manager - Michael Lynch
    Costume Design - Justin Cote
    Set Design - Brian P. Allen & Stephen Underwood
    Lighting Design - Iain Odlin
    Assistant Technical Director - Craig Robinson

    * Member Actors' Equity Association
    ^ Member SDC, Society of Directors & Choreographers

Broadway at Good Theater

Conceived & Directed by Brian P. Allen
Musical Director & Arrangements by Victoria Stubbs

December 5 - 8, 2013

Good Theater’s annual Broadway/Holiday musical event is back! Five performances only with Good Theater favorites and 2 Broadway Stars!

  • Guest Stars: Kenita R. Miller & Christopher A. Pecoraro

    Featuring: Grace Bradford, Todd Daley, Marie Dittmer, Lynne McGhee, Jen Means, Erik Moody, Bethann Renaud, Amy Roche, Benjamin Row, Stephen Underwood, and Michael Wood

    Directed by Brian P. Allen^
    Musical Director Victoria Stubbs

    Piano - Victoria Stubbs
    Bass - John Lawson
    Percussion - Bill Manning

Becky's New Car

by Steven Dietz

January 29 - February 23, 2014
Portland Premiere

Becky is caught in middle age, middle management and in a middling marriage with no prospects for change on the horizon. When Becky is offered nothing short of a new life, the audience is offered a chance to ride shotgun on this rollicking adventure. Becky’s New Car is a thoroughly original comedy – a devious and delightful romp down the road not taken.

  • Becky - Laura Ellen Lewis Houck*
    Joe - Paul Drinan
    Chris - Jesse Leighton
    Walter - Paul Haley
    Kenni - Allison McCall
    Ginger - Kathleen Kimball
    Steve - Wil Kilroy*

    Directed by Brian P. Allen^

    Set Design - Craig Robinson
    Costume Design & Stage Manager - Justin Cote
    Lighting Design - Iain Odlin

    * Member Actors' Equity Association
    ^ Member SDC, Society of Directors & Choreographers

The Outgoing Tide

by Bruce Graham

March 5 - 30, 2014
New England Premiere

This beautiful and touching play premiered in Chicago and recently played off-Broadway. Good Theater’s production will move to Hilton Head, South Carolina following the Portland engagement! Set on Maryland’s Chesapeake Bay, The Outgoing Tide is about two generations of family dealing with choices, getting older and accepting the past.

  • Gunner - William Rhys*
    Peg - Florence Lacey*
    Jack - J. Paul Guimont

    Directed by Brian P. Allen^

    Set Design - Steve Underwood
    Costume Design - Justin Cote
    Stage Manager - Michael Lynch
    Technical Director - Stephen Underwood
    Assistant Technical Director - Craig Robinson

    * Member Actors' Equity Association
    ^ Member SDC, Society of Directors & Choreographers

UnderwaterGuy

written & performed by Stephen Underwood

April 2 - 13, 2014
World Premiere

Good Theater has announced the world premiere of Stephen Underwood's UnderwaterGuy: a mixture of HD multimedia visuals, plus live on stage, colorful characters, fascinating stories, original music and much more...

Over the past five years, Steve has filmed in more than 80 of Maine's most pristine lakes, ponds, rivers and streams. In more tropical climates, he has filmed whales, sharks, dolphins, turtles and fish by the thousands. He has done all of this while holding his breath. UnderwaterGuy is a solo performance celebrating the beauty that awaits us below the surface.

  • Written & performed by Stephen Underwood

    Directed by Cheryl King
    Lighting Design - Iain Odlin
    Production Stage Manager - Michael Lynch