Programming Year-Round at Johnson Hall Performing Arts Center, 2010
Johnson Hall Performing Arts Center, Entertainment & More Since 1864, is a nonprofit organization presenting a wide range of programs serving the southern Kennebec Valley region in the renovated first floor of historic 1864 Johnson Hall Opera House:
Sounds Good! Music Live at Johnson Hall–concert series
Center Stage Series — theatrical performances of plays, storytelling, comedy, new vaudeville
Lively Lunches—free outdoor shows in Johnson Hall Mini-Park—Wednesdays in August.
Portland Chamber Music Festival spring classical concert
Summer and Winter Shenanigans—visual & performing arts day camps, 4 weeks in June and July; 3 days in February
Teen-Elementary School Shows (TESS) —after-school theater & art led by teens, with adult supervision. Mar, Apr, May, at 3 elementary schools
Upstage Youth Company – Production classes–Saturday mornings in the fall, leading to a performance
Teen Bands – shows and dances year-round
Music & Art in the Park and Waterfront Talent Show — at Celebrate Gardiner River Festival, “Whatever Week” kickoff, 3rd Saturday in June
ArtWalk Gardiner site, showing art and photography. 3 per yr.
Fundraiser “The Omar Ricardo Cabaret Show”
Occasional professional productions by Theater at Monmouth, Penobscot Theatre, etc.
Community Use—many groups, including:
Open Book Players Readers’ Theatre –3 or 4 performances/year at JH
City of Gardiner, exercise classes, Maine Development Foundation, Autism Society, Gardiner Youth Tigers Cheerleading, and others.
Available for rentals for events, performances, business meetings, classes, and more…