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"We were driving through the pretty town of Harrison, out Route 117 toward Norway. Seeing the signs, we detoured to explore "Deertrees Theatre."  Driving down a long, quiet road, we came upon a rickety house with an old dish-washer sitting on its tilting porch and wondered if we had gotten lost.  Then a magnificent building, constructed entirely from the red cedar of the surrounding woods, materialized out of the forest."

 

Sue Davis

 Boston Sunday Globe, July 14, 2007

Deertrees Theatre

 

 

General Information

                   
      Box Office      

207.583.6747

deertrees@usa.net

 

162 Deertrees Road

Post Office Box 577

Harrison, Maine 04040

The Deertrees Box Office is open from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. on Tuesday through Saturday and from 6 p.m.  until show time on days of performances.  MasterCard and Visa accepted

     

 

Ticket Outlets

 

 

Books & Things
162 Main Street, Bethel
207-824-0275

 

The Cool Moose
108 Main Street, Bridgton
207-647-3957

 

Center Lovell Market
Route 5, Center Lovell
207-925-1051

 

 

 

 

 

 
The Country Sleigh
Route 302, Naples
877-693-6753
The Fare Share Coop
443 Main Street, Norway
207-743-9044
   
     

Handicap Accessibility

 
               

 

Deertrees Theatre is fully accessible for those in wheelchairs.

 

The Theatre is equipped with an Assistive Listening System for the Hearing Impaired

 

Please advise the Box Office of any special needs

 

                   
      The Salt Lick Cafe      
       

So named because when the theatre was built, the deer would come and feed at a salt lick on the property. The Deertrees Refreshment Stand is open one half hour before show time and during intermission serving wine, beer, Summit Springs water, coffee, and "our now famous" homemade cookies.

 

Picnicking is encouraged

Please feel free to enjoy a picnic dinner on the Deertrees grounds before the performance. We only ask that you clean up afterwards and do not  bring food or drinks into the theatre

                   
      Volunteers at Deertrees      
                   

During the days and nights just before Deertrees first opened in August, 1936, volunteers helped sew the "gaily colored Indian print" curtain that hung across the stage. In the 1980’s, volunteers rescued the historic theatre from years of neglect and restored it to its former glory. And today, volunteers help perform the myriad of tasks that has made Deertrees one of the most active performing arts centers in the Northeast.

 

 

Please contact us if you would like to become a "volunteer extraordinaire".

                   
      Annual Appeal  
 

The realities of theatre financing is that tickets prices cover only about one-third of production costs. For the remainder, we are dependent upon contributions, corporate sponsors and advertising in the theatre's "playbill."

 

If you have not yet contributed to the Deertrees Annual Appeal, please remember that the theatre is dependent on your support.

 

Deertrees Theatre is a 501 C (3) Nonprofit Organization.

In addition, we are able to accept matching employer gifts

                   
      Corporate Sponsors      

 

 

       

 

 

Some corporations sponsor NASCAR races, some companies sponsor baked bean suppers.

Each season, Deertrees Theatre offers a wide array of sponsorship and advertising opportunities that that can be tailored to your needs and the needs of your business.

 

Every show at Deertrees has its own individual appeal. Which is right for your business, your employees, your clients?

 

Here is your opportunity to showcase your business and support what the Boston Sunday Globe called, "the Jewel in the Maine Woods."

                   
      Internship Program      

 

 

       

In the summer of 1939 it took a crew of thirty including a jack-of-all-trades apprentice named David Merrick to produce just eight plays at Deertrees. This year a staff of four plus three interns will be producing over fifty shows ranging from Broadway plays to Bluegrass Concerts. We are not claiming that after one season as an intern at Deertrees you will be as good as David Merrick, but you will have had the opportunity to do just about everything that needs to be done in a theatre You will be a lighting technician, set designer and maybe have a part in a play. You will write press releases and work in the Box Office. You can even get college credit and you will be paid - although not very much.

                   

 

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