Articles by jason bannister
Pygmalion
Midcoast Actors’ Studio opens its second season with George Bernard Shaw’s classic play that inspired My Fair Lady. Performances are May 31-June 9 at Troy Howard School Theater at 173 Lincolnville Ave. in Belfast. Fridays and Saturdays at 7:00 p.m. and Sundays at 2:00 p.m. Tickets are $10 and can ...
Pygmalion at Troy Howard School Theater
Midcoast Actors’ Studio opens its second season with George Bernard Shaw’s classic play that inspired My Fair Lady. Performances are May 31-June 9, at Troy Howard School Theater at 173 Lincolnville Ave. in Belfast. Fridays and Saturdays at 7:00 p.m. and Sundays at 2:00 p.m. Tickets are $10 and can ...
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Midcoast Actors’ Studio Announces 2013 Season
After a successful premiere season in 2012, Midcoast Actors’ Studio’s Artistic Director Jason Bannister is happy to announce this year’s productions. The season kicks off with George Bernard Shaw’s classic play Pygmalion in May/June; then the Pulitzer Prize winning Glengarry Glen Ross by David Mamet; and finishing the season is ...
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3rd Maine Student Acting Competition a Success
The third annual Maine Student Acting Competition was held Saturday, May 4 at Troy Howard Middle School in Belfast. Over 70 students from Bangor, Bar Harbor, Belfast, Lincolnville, Riley School, Searsport and Winterport competed in acting, musical theater and improvisation events. MSAC organizer Jason Bannister, performing arts teacher at Troy ...
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Maine Student Acting Competition
 Do you know a middle schooler who loves to act and/or sing? Is in all the school plays and musicals? Well, then they should come compete in the Maine Student Acting Competition. The MSAC is a one-day acting tournament geared specifically towards middle school actors and singers in Maine. ...
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Midcoast Actor’s Studio Prepares Production of Miss Julie
The new and upcoming theater group, Midcoast Actor’s Studio (MCAS), after a successful run of Hedda Gabler last fall, is putting its final touches on their sophomore production. Written by Swedish playwright August Strindberg in 1880, Miss Julie is a naturalistic play that deals with class, love, the battle of ...
Controversial play ‘Miss Julie’ to be staged in Camden
CAMDEN, Maine — Midcoast Actor’s Studio will present August Strindberg’s masterpiece, “Miss Julie,” adapted by Chicago playwright Penny Penniston, at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Dec. 7-8; and 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 9, at St. Thomas Church, 33 Chestnut St. Jason Bannister directs the play. It stars Marie Merrifield as ...
Hedda Gabler
Mid Coast Actors’ Studio, a newly formed community theater, will perform the masterpiece Hedda Gabler, written by Henrik Ibsen, May 25-June 2. Jason Bannister, founder of MCAS and actor/director of Hedda Gabler, describes the production as “a classic Realist play from the late 19th century, with one of the greatest ...
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