“We Drew the Sky,” Acorn Studios, Westbrook
Apr. 12, Thursday, 7-8pm, Dark Follies Music Preview and Coffee Extravaganza, music by the Dark Follies Rhythm Orchestra, performances by Dark Follies Dancers, and lots of Dark Follies coffee to sip, tips and donations, Gorham Grind, 18 South Street, Gorham.  FMI:  207-671-4292, www.gorhamgrind.com.
Apr. 12, Thursday, 7:30pm, Stephen Sondheim’s “Company,” on screen from the New York Philharmonic, concept musical composed of short vignettes, $18/general, $15/seniors, $10/students, Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center, Fryeburg Academy, Fryeburg.  FMI:  207-935-9232, www.fryeburgacademy.org/pac.
Apr. 13, Friday, 7pm, “Lowry’s Lodge,” monthly reading series hosted by Jim Donnelly and Anna Wrobel with Marty Pottinger and Michael Macklin, $5, Acorn Studios, Dana Warp Mill, 90 Bridge Street, Westbrook.  FMI: 207-854-0065, www.acorn-productions.org.
Apr. 13, Friday, 7:30pm, “Steel Magnolias,” comedy-drama about southern women, $14/general, $12/seniors and students, Schoolhouse Arts Center, Route 114, Standish.  FMI:  207-642-3743, www.schoolhousearts.org.
Apr. 13, Friday, 8pm, Barn Burner with Session Americana, round table jamboree, it’s not a block party, it’s not a barn dance, it’s not a club gig…it’s all of those things, a cheap ticket, casual style show held in the Quisisana Barn, no dinner served, but pizza oven on from 6:30pm, order tickets ahead, capacity limited, $18, Stone Mountain Arts Center 695 Dugway Road, Brownfield.  FMI:  207-935-7292, www.stonemountainartscenter.com.
Apr. 14, Saturday, 7:30pm, Maine Playwrights Festival, staged reading of “We Drew the Sky,” by Charlie Marenghi, based on the life of Friedl Dicker-Brandeis who was an artist who brought hope and joy to children in a concentration camp during the Second World War, $5, Acorn Studios, Dana Warp Mill, 90 Bridges Street, Westbrook.  FMI: 207-854-0065, www.acorn-productions.org.
Apr. 15, Sunday, 2pm, Opera Workshop Performance, selections from “Carmen,” “The Goose of Cairo,” “Cinderella,” and “The Crucible,” $6/general, $3/seniors and students, USM, Corthell Concert Hall, Gorham.  FMI:  207-780-5555, www.usm.maine.edu/music.