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Updated 2/8/2019

MDI Drama - Mount Desert Island High School Drama

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Institution/Business Type: School (K-12 Arts Program / Department)

Providing excellent educational theatre opportunities to the youth of Mount Desert Island and its surrounding communities since 1968.

2017 and 2018 Maine One Act State Champions

MDI Drama presents four productions each school year: the Fall Musical (November), the One Act Play (February/March) and two Spring Plays (May).

MDI Drama has hosted the Downeast Regional of the Maine Drama Festival numerous times throughout its history and will host again in 2019. 


MDI Drama's home is the 396-seat Higgins-Demas Theater. The facility is named after George Demas and Joyce Higgins, two educators who guided a generation of young people to a greater understanding of the beauty of theater and life.

For more information and to learn how to donate to the Black Rose Fund to Renovate the Higgins-Demas Theater, please visit MDIDRAMA.ORG.

Find Me

Casey Rush
Job Title: director
Phone: 207 288-5011 x 3110
Address:
Mount Desert Island High School Drama
1081 Eagle Lake Rd.
Mount Desert, ME 04660

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About

Overview

Institution/Business Type:

School (K-12 Arts Program / Department)

Legal Status:

Nonprofit - Embedded in non-cultural public agency

Parent Organization:

Mount Desert Island High School

Year Founded:

1968

Overview

Institution/Business Type:

School (K-12 Arts Program / Department)

Legal Status:

Nonprofit - Embedded in non-cultural public agency

Parent Organization:

Mount Desert Island High School

Year Founded:

1968

Disciplines

Primary Discipline:

Theater - General

Additional Disciplines:

  • Theater - Musical

Activities and Services

Activities and Services:

  • Performance / Concert / Reading
Seasons Active: spring, fall, winter
Events Per Year: 4

Communities

Populations Engaged:

  • General Public
  • Teens

Geographic Reach:

  • Town / City
  • County

Media Gallery

Affiliations and Accomplishments

Awards

Awards:

  • 2017 Maine State One Act Champion (Class B) - "The Insanity of Mary Girard"
  • 2018 Maine State One Act Champion (Class A) - "Jack, or The Submission"

Awards

Awards:

  • 2017 Maine State One Act Champion (Class B) - "The Insanity of Mary Girard"
  • 2018 Maine State One Act Champion (Class A) - "Jack, or The Submission"