Orion Performing Arts Center (OPAC), a beautiful 900-seat theater inside Mt. Ararat Middle School, Topsham, serves the Midcoast area. This largest performance space in the region has exceptional acoustics. Orion hosts school shows, and rents the theater for professional productions, conferences, community meetings, music, dance, and more. OPAC offers a vibrant and inviting space (air-conditioned in summer) for artists to perform, and the community to gather. OPAC is also available for reasonable rental fees to groups and businesses for conferences and meetings, with rooms for workshops and food service, and wireless internet. The theater has a lovely lobby with a concession area and plentiful restrooms. The facility is accessible. Check the website or facebook for what's going on and rental information. The Orion, as an enterprise fund of the SAD75 budget, operates without reliance on taxpayers.
A sampling of our presentations: Mt. Ararat Stage Company plays, Midcoast Symphony Orchestra concerts, Midcoast Youth Theater plays, Fiddle-icious! fiddle orchestra, School band and chorus concerts, several dance school dance shows, Maine Coast Heritage Trust land conservation conference, DownEast Country Dance Festival, and more. The Orion Presents! shows raise money for our capital needs. In 2014 we replaced the stage floor, in 2015 we added black curtains to the back wall, and in 2017, installed a set of beautiful red proscenium curtains. We plan future upgrades to LED lighting and better sound to improve the theater.
We’re named after the P3-Orion aircraft that flew out of Brunswick Naval Air Station, and the Orion the Hunter constellation, visible world-wide, with his belt of three stars (echoed in our logo). We invite you to attend a show, call for a rental, or come for a visit. Coordinator Judy Lloyd will be happy to talk with you.

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