Good Theater Inc

THE ORGANIZATIONS PRIMARY PURPOSE IS TO EDUCATE THE GENERAL PUBLIC BY PRESENTING THEATRICAL PRODUCTIONS INTENDED TO FOSTER APPRECIATION OF THE THEATER AND PERFORMING ARTS IN THE COMMUNITY.

GOOD THEATER HAD A VERY BUSY 2022 PRODUCING FIVE MAIN STAGE PRODUCTIONS AND TWO SPECIAL EVENTS. THE YEAR BEGAN WITH AN OUTBREAK OF THE OMICRON VARIANT OF COVID, CAUSING THE COMPANY TO DELAY THE OPENING OF THE FIRST TWO EVENTS. SOME JUGGLING AND RESCHEDULING ALLOWED FOR ALL OF THE ANNOUNCED SHOWS TO BE PRODUCED, BUT SCHEDULES WERE SHUFFLED TO ACCOMMODATE THE DELAYS. THE FIRST MAIN STAGE SHOW WAS THE REGIONAL THEATER PREMIERE OF THE RECENT OFF-BROADWAY HIT, HARRY TOWNSEND'S LAST STAND. THIS TWO-CHARACTER PLAY ABOUT AGING DELIGHTED AUDIENCES. THE AUTHOR OF THE PLAY, GEORGE EASTMAN, ATTENDED THE FIRST TWO PERFORMANCES AND WAS VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THE PRODUCTION. BROADWAY GOES POP WAS A MUSICAL REVUE WITH FOUR SINGERS AND A SMALL BAND FEATURING SONGS FROM ROCK INFUSED BROADWAY SHOWS. THE PRODUCTION WAS TAPED AND RELEASED ONLINE. MEN: THINGS THAT GO BUMP IN THE NIGHT WAS A REMOUNTING OF ONE OF OUR SECOND STAGE PRODUCTIONS. IT WAS ALSO TAPED AND RELEASED ONLINE. SIGNIFICANT OTHER BY JOSHUA HARMON WAS A MAINE PREMIERE. THE SHOW WAS THE BEST ATTENDED PRODUCTION SINCE REOPENING FROM THE COVID SHUT DOWN. IT FEATURED A YOUNG CAST AND PATRONS LOVED THE PRODUCTION. WE CLOSED OUR 19TH SEASON WITH DESPERATE MEASURES, A MUSICAL, THAT WAS INTENDED TO OPEN IN SPRING OF 2019 JUST BEFORE COVID FORCED EVERYTHING TO CLOSE. THIS JOYOUS, FUNNY, FEEL GOOD SHOW WAS A BRIGHT SPOT AND ALSO SOLD VERY WELL. AFTER A QUIET SUMMER, THE COMPANY BEGAN IN THE FALL OF 2022 WITH ITS 20TH ANNIVERSARY SEASON. THE OPENING PRODUCTION WAS THE LIFESPAN OF A FACT IN ITS MAINE PREMIERE. THIS RECENT BROADWAY HIT DID NOT ATTRACT AS MANY AUDIENCES AS HOPED FOR; HOWEVER, PATRONS WHO DID ATTEND WERE FASCINATED BY THE INTRIGUE OF THE STORY LINE THAT LEFT AUDIENCES ASKING THE QUESTION, "DID THEY PUBLISH THE ARTICLE OR DID THEY NOT?" THE FINAL SHOW OF 2022 WAS THE MOST AMBITIOUS SHOW IN GOOD THEATER'S HISTORY, CAROUSEL. THIS CLASSIC FROM RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN WAS PRESENTED WITH THE GLORIOUS TWIN PIANO ARRANGEMENT AND 17 ACTORS. REVIEWS WERE STELLAR AND THE SHOW WAS A SELL-OUT. THE FIRST TIME SINCE COVID THE COMPANY HAD EXPERIENCED SOLD OUT PERFORMANCES. THE COMPANY HAD MANDATORY FACE MASKING FOR THE SHOW IN THE EARLY PART OF 2022. FOR THE FALL, THE COMPANY ADOPTED A POLICY OF OPTIONAL FACE MASKING FOR WEDNESDAY, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY PERFORMANCES WITH MANDATORY MASKING FOR THURSDAY EVENINGS AND SUNDAY MATINEES. THIS POLICY WAS ADOPTED BY SEVERAL OTHER THEATER COMPANIES IN THE AREA, AND IT PROVED TO BE POPULAR WITH AUDIENCES.