“The Best Christmas Pageant Ever” Auditions! - Lincoln County Community Theater (LCCT) is excited to announce auditions for this year’s holiday production, “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever,” by Barbara Robinson. In this hilarious Christmas classic, a couple, struggling to put on a church Christmas pageant, is faced with casting the Herdman kids--probably the most inventively awful kids in history. You won't believe the mayhem - and the fun - when the Herdmans collide with the Christmas story head on! This delightful comedy, adapted from the bestselling young adult book has plenty of great roles for children and adults, a few favorite Christmas carols, and lots of laughs.

We hope you’ll join us for our open audition, which will be held in Porter Hall at Skidompha Library in Damariscotta, Monday, Sept. 29 and Tuesday, Sept. 30 from 6 to 8 p.m. Performances will be at the Lincon Theater the weekend of Friday, Dec. 19 through Sunday, Dec. 21). Adults and children will be asked to read from the script and children may be asked to sing a Christmas carol or short song. No music is necessary. Rehearsals will be held in Damariscotta and will take place either after school, early evenings, or on Saturdays, depending on cast availability. If you have questions, please email info@lincolntheater.org.

National Theatre Live brings the best of British theater brought to the big screen right here in your very own community living room. Tickets are now on sale for the 2025-26 season, featuring Oscar-nominated Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl, Saltburn) in “Inter Alia,” the Olivier Award-winning stage adaptation of the best-selling novel “Life of Pi,” Bernard Shaw’s incendiary classic “Mrs. Warren’s Profession”; the critically acclaimed and subversively funny new play, “The Fifth Step,” and a fearless new take on Shakespeare’s tragedy, “Hamlet.”. The season opens with “Inter Alia” on Thursday, Nov. 20 at 6 p.m. and Friday, Nov. 21 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $15 Adult, $13 LT Member, and $5 Youth (ages 18 and under). All National Theatre

The Metropolitan Opera Live in HD - Subscriptions and individual opera tickets are on sale for the 2025 season of the award-winning series of live movie theater transmissions. The season kicks off with Bellini’s “La Sonnambula,” being presented as an encore at Lincoln Theater Saturday, Nov. 1 at 1 p.m. Dr. Morton Achter will give her first pre-opera talk of the season at 11:45 a.m. Tickets: $25 adult, $23 LT members, and $5 youth (18 and under) – and they’re on sale now - OR subscribe to all eight operas and save 10% - at LincolnTheater.org.

Classic Film Club celebrates the incredible films of the Golden Age of Hollywood! This year:“Stars & Noirs,” hosted by film historian Jeannie MacDonald with a short pre-film introduction and a post-screening discussion. This year’s slate of films begin Thursday, Nov. 6 at 7 p.m. with “The Thin Man” (1934) also playing Friday, Nov. 7 at 2 p.m. Enrollment: $60 per person and includes admission to all six films, a complementary small popcorn, and choice of one free wine or beer, specially selected for that month’s classic. Non-alcoholic beverages will also beavailable. Visit LincolnTheater.org to learn more and to enroll today!

Coming soon: “Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale” – Nov. 1.

Tickets are available in advance through the theater’s online box office at www.LincolnTheater.org. Remaining tickets are available at the door 30 minutes before showtime. Tickets: $10 adult, $7 LT members and youth 18 and under. Special event ticket prices vary. Wednesday matinee screenings contain Open Captions unless otherwise specified. The Lincoln Theater is located at 2 Theater St. in Damariscotta. Curtain going up!