We are excited to bring a mix of returning favorites, Maine artists we’re welcoming for the first time, and nationally-acclaimed performers to the historic Stonington Opera House in 2022. This year’s highlights include an outdoor production of Much Ado About Nothing, nationally-acclaimed jazz pianist Craig Taborn headlining the 22nd Annual Deer Isle Jazz Festival, concerts by Paul Sullivan and Mali Obomsawin, and Artistic Director Cait Robinson directing World Builders by Johnna Adams.

Opera House Arts, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, was founded in 1999 to restore the 1912 Stonington Opera House, on the National Register of Historic Places, to its original role as a performance venue and a community gathering space. Our theater sits on the southwest corner of School and Main Streets in Downtown Stonington, overlooking one of the busiest working waterfronts and the top lobster port in Maine.

Opera House Arts collaborates with the local school district to create accessible programming for creative learning through the arts in the classroom, in the community, and on the stage. Since 2002, Opera House Arts has hosted the Bud Carter Memorial Scholarship Concert, raising student funds for music lessons, camps, and instruments. In addition to youth initiatives, the Stonington Opera House is home to community-based programs, including playreadings, workshops, classes, discussions, book launches, meetings, gatherings, and more. Annual events include local favorite, Island Women Speak.