Fall Events! Join us for new original performances
Maine Inside Out’s hosted “Juneteenth Ain’t Enough” with over 40 partners, collaborators, and community members this June in Lewiston’s Kennedy Park
This fall, generations of Maine Inside Out artists will share new original work. These performances will happen in schools, within prison walls, and in community spaces. Maine Inside Out has a long history of moving between these spaces and connecting people across boundaries with art.
From schools to prisons, the paradigm of punishment ripples through families and generations. When someone is isolated or incarcerated it impacts them personally as well as their family and community. We are missing people - friends, parents, siblings, children, mentors, elders, leaders and so many more. Maine Inside Out artists are building a new cycle of connection and leadership across boundaries and generations. Join us this Fall for original performances and community dialogue about our visions for community change.
Upcoming Events
“Freedom Over Bars”
October 27, 5:30-7:30pm
168 Lisbon Street, Lewiston
The MIO Open Mic returns in person after three years! Come join us at the MIO Lewiston Site for an evening of original performance with featured artist Dominick Morrison.
RSVP to Morgan to attend in person OR Join us remotely!
Inside Vision: An Outside Exhibition of Inside Art
October 3-23
Portland Public Library
Portland, ME.
Come view art by artists of Maine’s prisons coordinated by the Maine Prisoner Advocacy Coalition.
MIO Performance and Film Debut
November 9, 3:30-5:30pm
Mountain View Correctional Facility in Charleston, Maine
OR
168 Lisbon Street, Lewiston
Join us for an original theater performance and dialogue with a troupe of incarcerated artists at Mountain View Correctional Facility. Featuring an original film in collaboration with Smooth Feather Productions.
Or gather with us in person to view the live stream from the MIO Lewiston Site.
RSVP to Morgan to attend the event at either location. If you would like to attend in person at Mountain View Correctional Center, please RSVP with your full name and DOB by November 1. The facility requires a background check for attendees.
Virtual Tool-Building Workshops: Power Sharing in Organizations
Wednesday, November 16, 6:00 - 8:30pm on Zoom
Join MIO Co-Directors Bruce King and Margot Fine for this Next Step organizing workshop. This series is for current and aspiring grassroots organizers interested in and currently building an antiracist culture of belonging in predominantly white communities within the state of Maine. Sign up here!
MIO Lewiston Middle School Performances
December 6 and 8, 5:00pm, Lewiston Middle School
Join us for original theater performances and dialogue with two groups of Lewiston 8th grade students.
Please RSVP to Morgan to attend either performance. Space is limited.
Mountain View Correctional Facility Workshops
Members of the Mountain View theater troupe work on an audio track for the new performance with MIO staff member Tyler Jackson and filmmaker Silas Hagerty
Since August, a troupe of incarcerated artists at Mountain View Correctional Facility has been creating a new original performance. This is MIO's first theater project inside a correctional facility since 2019. The workshops were initiated and organized by a group of experienced MIO participants who are incarcerated at Mountain View. On November 2, the troupe will debut the new play for peers and facility staff. On November 9, the play debuts to the public followed by a dialogue with the artists. Join us for the performance at Mountain View or to watch the live stream in person at the MIO Lewiston Site!
Lewiston Middle School Workshops
Maine Inside Out student participants from Lewiston Middle School gather at the MIO Community Site on Lisbon Street for a completion celebration in June.
Maine Inside Out has started a second cycle of workshops in Lewiston Middle School. Two groups of eighth grade students will debut original performances in December for audiences of peers, families, school staff and community. The workshops are facilitated by former Maine Inside Out artists and performers who are mentoring the next generations in their community to create theater for social change.
In August, the facilitation team visited the Cobscook Institute in August to lead a theater of the oppressed workshop for staff and high school students. While in Washington County, the team visited the beautiful coastline of Maine’s bold coast and watched the sun rise over the most northeast corner of the country.