ROCKPORT – Over 500 thespians from 18 Maine high schools will compete on Friday and Saturday, March 18-19 at the Maine Drama Festival State Finals. Eight schools from Class A will compete at Camden Hills Regional High School, and ten Class B schools will compete at Stearns High School. The finalists will be competing for the honor of being selected to represent Maine at the New England Drama Festival in April.

Admission is $8 - adult / $5 – student/senior for each session. No advance ticket sales. No admission once a performance has begun.

Schedule of performances:
Camden Hills Regional High School (Class A)
Friday evening 6:00 p.m.
Waterville - "The Game's Afoot"
South Portland - "The Children's Hour"
Oceanside - "All in Disguise"

Saturday afternoon 12 noon
Oxford Hills – "Of Mice and Men"
Bonny Eagle - "Free Will"
Westbrook - "Elephant's Graveyard"

Saturday evening 5:30 p.m.
Lawrence - "Excerpts from The Laramie Project"
Falmouth - "Ring Around the Moon"

Stearns High School (Class B)
Friday evening 6:00 p.m
Winslow - " Tribunal"
Lee Academy - "The Other Room"
Foxcroft Academy - "Cheating Death"
Freeport - "Out of the Machinery"

Saturday afternoon 12 noon
MCI - "These Shining Lives"
Lincoln Academy - "Beauty"
Mount Desert - "The Other Shore"

Saturday evening 6:00 p.m.
Baxter Academy - "How to Survive a Horror Movie"
Ellsworth - "Bound"
Lisbon - "The Impostures of Scapin"

The plays at the State Finals were selected by judges at each of the nine Regional Festivals on March 4-5.

The annual event is sponsored by the Maine Principals' Association and the Maine Drama Council. One school from each state final will be selected to represent Maine at the New England Drama Festival which will be held this year in Connecticut at Old Saybrook High School April 21-23.

For more information, Contact MDF Coordinator, Rick Ash at rick.ash@fivetowns.net

Resources:
The Maine Drama Council website (site assignments, script selections, etc.)  - mainedramacouncil.com
History of the MDF - sites.google.com/site/medramacouncil/about-us/festival-history
Festival rules and regulations - sites.google.com/site/medramacouncil/about-us/festival-rules