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Murder mystery spoof a twist on Agatha Christie classic
A murder mystery spoof and choral performance
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RAAPA will hold auditions for popular Murder Mystery Dinner Theater
RAAPA is bringing back their popular Murder Mystery Dinner Theater for its 6th season on Friday, June 12, and Saturday, June 13, at the Eagles Hall in Rumford. This year’s production is a spoof on the famous Agatha Christie play, “And Then There Were None” (a.k.a., “Ten Little Indians”). It is the story of a […]
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Chorus rehearsals for RAAPA Christmas Show
MEXICO — RAAPA (The Rumford Association for the Advancement of the Performing Arts) announces its 2018 Christmas production and a call for new members to join the chorus. This year’s annual Christmas concert celebrates RAPPA’s 50th year as a community theater organization. Gail Dorr has once again agreed to take on the dual positions of musical […]
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RAAPA announces return of Murder Mystery Dinner Theater
RUMFORD — RAAPA is bringing back the popular Murder Mystery Dinner Theater. This year’s play is called “Death of a Hot Sauce Salesman” and will be performed Friday and Saturday, May 25 and 26, at the Eagles, 129 Rumford Ave. RAAPA is holding auditions at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 6, at the Rumford Public Library. […]
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RAPAA staging 'Who Will Give Christmas'
RUMFORD — Rumford Association for the Advancement of the Performing Arts has a history of filling hearts with Christmas spirit each year with their annual holiday production that often leaves audiences humming or singing, and eager to begin the season with open hearts. This Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 2 and 3, RAPAA will present “Who Will Give […]
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Santa and Mrs. Claus attend Festival of Trees
RUMFORD — Santa and Mrs. Claus visited Rumford Saturday evening to attend the 8th annual Festival of Trees, presented by the Rumford Association for the Advancement of Performing Arts Committee. The upstairs walls of the Rumford Municipal Building were lined with glistening trees, decorated by area businesses and clubs. Attendees could vote for the best-decorated tree, […]
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RAAPA auditioning for ‘Eat, Drink and be Murdered’
RUMFORD — Following the success of its first murder mystery dinner theater last year, the Rumford Association for the Advancement of the Performing Arts is planning another exciting murder mystery dinner this spring with the hilarious, yet mysterious, “Eat, Drink and be Murdered!” directed once again by RAAPA veteran Connie Venskus, from Rumford. The play […]
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Veterans Day ceremony held in Mexico
MEXICO — Dozens of residents gathered in the Mountain Valley Middle School lecture hall Tuesday morning for the annual Veterans Day ceremony by Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1641. The ceremony began with a prayer, delivered by Oxford County Sheriff Wayne Gallant, followed by a musical performance by the Rumford Association for the Advancement of […]
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Rumford’s 49 Franklin, Paper Moon Players to produce ‘On Golden Pond’
RUMFORD — Gail Parent and Jim Robertson, the local version of Katherine Hepburn and Henry Fonda, will help bring “On Golden Pond” to life at 49 Franklin’s Mystic Theater this month. Parent and Robertson have thrilled audiences at Rumford Association for the Advancement of the Performing Arts with theatrical productions and now they will do […]