Frogtown Mountain Puppeteers
Puppetry troupe based in Bar Harbor, Maine
Frogtown Mountain Puppeteers is a puppetry troupe based in Bar Harbor, Maine, comprising three siblings: brothers Erik and Brian Torbeck and sister Robin (Torbeck) Erlandsen. They will perform “Everybody Loves Pirates” at the Maine Ocean Festival.
It’s the story of eight-year-old “Lucy” and her goofy pal “Little Chucky,” who are searching for buried treasure, but a gang of bumbling pirates keeps getting in the way! The kids get some help from their new ocean-dwelling friends, including enthusiastic superhero “Lobster Boy,” his reluctant sidekick “Crabby,” and an overgrown sea monkey.
“Everybody Loves Pirates” features 15 hand-crafted mouth and rod puppets and an 8-foot paper-mache pirate ship.
Founded in 2000, Frogtown Mountain Puppeteers performs at festivals, schools, libraries, and theatres in the United States and Canada. They write and create all the shows they perform and have received three Citations of Excellence from UNIMA-USA, the highest national award in puppetry.
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Chewonki
Wilderness education organization based in Wiscasett, Maine
“Chewonki inspires transformative growth, teaches appreciation and stewardship of the natural world, and challenges people to build thriving, sustainable communities throughout their lives.”
Meet Chewonki’s animal ambassadors and their handlers at this years festival as they present “Owls of Maine: Habits and Adaptations of Maine’s Native Owls.” An hour long program where you can meet some of the amazing owls that call Maine home!
Initially founded in 1918 as a boys camp, Chewonki began experimenting in the 1970s with year-round programs and more extensive wilderness trips. Thus began Chewonki’s transformation into a full-time, year-round educational institution. Today Chewonki continues to maintain its traditional boys camp. It also offers residential summer camp programs, coed leadership expeditions, a broad array of environmental education programs, traveling natural history education programs, workshops for adults, and two schools: Maine Coast Semester at Chewonki and Chewonki Elementary & Middle School.
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Diver Ed
Diver Ed Dive-in Theater based in Bar Harbor, Maine
Learn about the creatures of Frenchman Bay in a truly unforgettable way with professional diver and Smithsonian marine ecologist, Diver Ed. With hands on opportunities to explore the Gulf of Maine and Diver Ed’s zany antics this is not an experience you’ll soon forget!
“Diver Ed is an entertainer, ecologist, and extraordinary diver, with over 35,000 hours underwater, most of it off of Bar Harbor. His knowledge of local marine life is astounding. His experience as a commercial fisherman and Harbormaster in Frenchman Bay make him an excellent captain and seaman.” His love of diving and teaching always shines through.
Learn more about Diver Ed and the Dive-in Theater.