Aqua City Actors Theatre

There really were book clubs before Oprah’s. Really. Ana likes everyone to think her life is perfect; from her adoring husband and ideal job, to her greatest passion: Book Club. As hostess, she rules the group with an iron fist in a velvet-cake glove. BUT she does allow everyone to take a turn selecting books […]

There really were book clubs before Oprah’s. Really. Ana likes everyone to think her life is perfect; from her adoring husband and ideal job, to her greatest passion: Book Club. As hostess, she rules the group with an iron fist in a velvet-cake glove. BUT she does allow everyone to take a turn selecting books […]

Welcome to Southie, a Boston neighborhood where a night on the town means a few rounds of bingo, where this month’s paycheck covers last month’s bills, and where Margie Walsh has just been fired from yet another job. Facing eviction with her adult, developmentally-disabled daughter and scrambling to catch a break, Margie thinks an old […]

Welcome to Southie, a Boston neighborhood where a night on the town means a few rounds of bingo, where this month’s paycheck covers last month’s bills, and where Margie Walsh has just been fired from yet another job. Facing eviction with her adult, developmentally-disabled daughter and scrambling to catch a break, Margie thinks an old […]

Luke believes in God. Adam believes in everything else. Next Fall portrays the ups and downs of this unlikely couple’s five-year relationship with sharp humor and unflinching honesty. When an accident changes everything, Adam must turn to Luke’s family and friends for support… and answers. Next Fall paints a beautiful and funny portrait of modern […]

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Auditions: Sunday, September 3 @ 4:00 pm Monday, September 4 @ 6:00 pm Performances: October 20-22 & October 27-29, 2017   Auditions will consist of cold readings from the script. Please bring your calendar with you to determine possible schedule conflicts. For more information visit the Facebook event page, or if you are unable to attend either […]

Aqua City Actors Theatre (ACAT) is pleased to announce Between the Lines, a new play reading series presented in partnership with the Waterville Public Library and Waterville Creates! The play readings will complement ACAT’S main series of staged productions. The inaugural season of Between the Lines consists of four significant plays, presented in dramatic readings […]

ACAT’s production of Almost, Maine opens this Friday night and runs Jan. 12-13 and 19-20 at 7:30 p.m. and Jan. 14 and 21 at 2 p.m. in Studio 93 at The Center, 93 Main St., Waterville. On a cold, clear, moonless night in the middle of winter, all is not quite what it seems in […]

The entire Jordan family is in a farmhouse parlor in Veazie, Maine in October 1922.  They await the imminent death of the family matriarch, who lies in the next room, and the subsequent reading of her will.  They all talk about how they’ll spend her money.  All except distant cousin Jane Crosby, who actually loved […]

Written by Yasmina Reza, Translated by Christopher Hampton, and Directed by Doree Austin A playground altercation between 11-year-old boys brings together two sets of Brooklyn parents for a meeting to resolve the matter.  At first, diplomatic niceties are observed, but as the meeting progresses, and the rum flows, tensions emerge and the gloves come off, […]

Written by Yasmina Reza, Translated by Christopher Hampton, and Directed by Doree Austin A playground altercation between 11-year-old boys brings together two sets of Brooklyn parents for a meeting to resolve the matter.  At first, diplomatic niceties are observed, but as the meeting progresses, and the rum flows, tensions emerge and the gloves come off, […]

ACAT is pleased to announce Between the Lines, a new play reading series presented in partnership with the Waterville Public Library and Waterville Creates! The play reading series complements ACAT’s main series of staged productions. The inaugural season of Between the Lines consists of staged readings of four significant plays, the last of which is […]

1939 Hollywood is abuzz. Legendary producer David O. Selznick has shut down production of his new epic, Gone with the Wind, a film adaptation of Margaret Mitchell’s novel. The screenplay, you see, just doesn’t work. So what’s an all-powerful movie mogul to do? While fending off the film’s stars, gossip columnists and his own father-in-law, […]

1939 Hollywood is abuzz. Legendary producer David O. Selznick has shut down production of his new epic, Gone with the Wind, a film adaptation of Margaret Mitchell’s novel. The screenplay, you see, just doesn’t work. So what’s an all-powerful movie mogul to do? While fending off the film’s stars, gossip columnists and his own father-in-law, […]