Our Programs.
Opera House Arts
We offer a year-round schedule of professional theatre, music, film, dance, educational programs, community events, and more. Opera House Arts’ programs serve all of Hancock County’s winter and summer residents and visitors, with a special emphasis on the residents of Deer Isle and the Blue Hill peninsula.

Photo credit: Alicia Allen Photography
2022 Highlights
This year’s highlights include an outdoor production of William Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing in June and July, followed by the New England premiere of World Builders by Johnna Adams and directed by Cait Robinson, Artistic Director.

2022 Highlights
This year’s highlights include nationally acclaimed jazz pianist Craig Taborn headlining the 22nd annual Deer Isle Jazz Festival, and concerts by Paul Sullivan and Mali Obomsawin.

2022 Highlights
Caroline Cotter in Concert
June 22
Thom Wall, Master of Modern Vaudeville
July 27
Don Roy Fiddlers
August 3
George Emlen and Friends
August 17
Halcyon String Quartet
September 17

Community & Learning


Opera House Arts has a rich history with over 20 years of production history.
Explore our past performances.
Opera House Arts is funded in part by a grant from the Maine Arts Commission, an independent state agency supported by the National Endowment for the Arts.
Opera House arts is supported by the New England Foundation for the Arts through the New England Arts Resilience Fund, part of the United States Regional Arts Resilience Fund, an initiative of the U.S. Regional Arts Organizations and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, with major funding from the federal CARES Act and the American Rescue Plan from the National Endowment for the Arts.
Live! for $5 performances are sponsored in part by the W.F. Whitman Family Foundation, in honor Maia Aprahamian, with additional support from the Margaret E. Burnham Charitable Trust.
Opera House arts is additionally supported in part by a grant from the Onion Foundation.

Opera House Arts employs the performing arts to foster and promote excellence in all the ways we perform our lives: Incite Art, Create Community.