Summer Theater in Maine

DateAugust 12 1980

AbstractThis program focuses on the history of professional theater in Maine. It includes a segment of the history of the Lakewood Theater in Skowhegan. Terry Flettrich (host) interviews Franklyn Lenthall (Boothbay Theater Museum), Robert Newell (critic), Donna Pizzi (critic), John Raitt (actor), Richard Whiting (producer at Lakewood Theater), George Vafiadis (producer, Acadia Repertory Theater), Richard Sewell (producer, Theater at Monmouth) and Michael Yeager (producer, William Shakespeare Company). Flettrich also interviews Governor Joseph Brennan about the cultural climate in Maine. This program includes shots and footage of Lakewood Theater in Skowhegan, Brunswick Music Theater, Cumston Hall and the Ogunquit Playhouse.