Family Day
Photos from "Family Day" 2025
The Maine Inside Out community gathered in August at Joseph’s camp in Limington to celebrate “Family Day”! Family Day is an annual celebration of the MIO community and an opportunity for members to bring their families and friends together. This year, family day was alive with kids including newborns. There were kids playing together, parents sharing stories, and everyone talking about the experience of raising kids. Members also brought their extended families and friends who shared that they got to see their cousins, siblings, and friends in a different light.
Parenting and family is a core theme in MIO’s touring production of “Broken Clock.” The play opens with a mother looking for childcare for her baby so she can pick up a shift at work in order to make rent. We have a full lineup of performances and community dialogues this Fall and would love for you to join us!
The Fall tour kicks off with a residency this week at the Celebration Barn in South Paris. The creative ensemble will participate in theater workshops with Davis Robinson, Chalia La Tour, and Amanda Huotari as we continue to deepen the content and performance of “Broken Clock.” Join us on Friday, September 12 at 7pm for a performance and dialogue that will be alive with the learning and experiences of the residency.
Mountain View Correctional Facility in Charleston, ME
Friday, September 19
MIO returns to Mountain View after 3 years of collaborative programming there to share and dialogue with incarcerated community members about “Broken Clock”! This will be the tour’s 4th performance inside Maine prisons following performances at Maine Correctional Center and Maine State Prison in June. This performance is not open to the public.
Bowdoin College in Brunswick, ME
Monday, September 22 at 7pm
Bowdoin College and MIO present “Broken Clock.” This performance is open to the public.
Rockport Opera House in Rockport, ME
Thursday, October 2 at 6pm
This performance is co-hosted by Conscious Revolution and Tapestry as part of the Tapestry immersion program: a four-day immersion into history, healing, and collective reckoning. See the Partner Events section of the newsletter for more information about the Tapestry immersive. The performance is open to the public.
Beyond the Bars Conference at University of Southern Maine in Portland, ME
Friday, October 3
MIO will perform “Broken Clock” at the “Beyond the Bars” Conference at USM.
University of Maine Law School in Portland, ME
Thursday, November 13
The University of Maine School of Law’s Youth Justice Society and the Students for the 6th Amendment are hosting a performance of “Broken Clock” in the Living Room at Maine Law School.
This performance is specifically for the law school and Maine’s legal community. The event aims to foster dialogue about the 6th amendment crisis in Maine and its impact on individuals and communities across the state.
MIO is actively looking for donors and sponsors to support the Fall performances of “Broken Clock.” Sponsorship will support the artists and event production, and make it possible for MIO to offer free tickets for these events and to continue to bring this tour inside Maine prisons to perform and dialogue with incarcerated community members. Please consider sponsoring the tour and sharing this opportunity widely.
Along with the “Broken Clock” tour, Maine Inside Out is continuing to raise funds to support leadership development programing with young adults in Lewiston, after-school theater workshops with Lewiston youth, and statewide reentry support including regular community lunches, mentorship, open mics, peer support, crisis response, and emergency funding. This work is possibly only with your support!
