Join Modern Times Theater for a conversation about community building, busking, and outdoor shows for puppeteers!
Following the free 4:00 PM performance of Modern Times Theater’s The Perils of Mr. Punch, Friends of Congress Square Park will facilitate a 30-minute discussion with Rose Friedman and Justin Lander, Co-founders of Modern Times Theater.
Performing artists and community builders from all disciplines are also invited to join the conversation.
When they’re not on tour, Modern Times Theater employs their creative talents to foster connection in their small hometown in Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom.
The Hardwick Midway Project, as one example, brings community members together to hand-build a retro carnival replete with games, carnival barkers, and fortune tellers in an annual event, “created by and for Hardwickians.” Modern Times’ artists collaboratively design games with students from Hazen Union High School. Through a series of open workshops at the Highland Center for the Arts, local residents help to build the games, make them beautiful and spectacular, and learn to run/perform them on the day of the event.
PAY WHAT YOU CAN
No one will be turned away from PiP events for lack of funds; please contact us at 207-879-4629 or pip@mayostreetarts.org for information on our pay-what-you-can admission policy. Our box office staff are also happy to help.
Xavier Bobés Things Easily Forgotten in PiP 2024 is an intimate performance for which only 50 total seats are available. We have allocated 30 tickets for sale at $50, 12 seats as pay-what-you-can via a sweepstakes, and 8 seats for staff and volunteers. Tell us what you think.
ACCESSIBILITY
Congress Square Park is accessible from two locations: via Congress Str bordering the park’s performance stage and the outside wall of 593 Congress St onto a ramp which leads to the lower part of the park; and from High St between the park which leads into the lower part of the park.
If you would benefit from additional information or accommodations, we invite you to contact Amy Krawczyk, PiP Festival Coordinator, at amy@mayostreetarts.org or 207-879-4629.
EVENT PARKING
Congress Square is surrounded by Paid on-street parking with metered parking 9AM-6PM Monday through Saturday. On-street parking is free on Sundays.
Two parking garages are conveniently located near Congress Square:
Gateway Parking Garage (181 High St, Portland, ME 04101)
Spring Street Parking Garage (45 Spring St, Portland, ME 04101)
Congress Square Park is served by many Greater Portland Metro bus routes. Click here to learn more.
SEATING POLICY
We will save your reserved seat until showtime, at which point any unclaimed seats may be offered to other people.
CANCELATION POLICY
PiP has a no refund policy for all reservations. In the event that PiP is forced to cancel an event due to weather, illness, etc., refunds will be offered via the Ticket Tailor platform.