Picnic Plays!

Picnic Plays are back again this year and are coming to a community near you. Picnic Plays is our outdoor theatre series for all ages, which we offer as a pay-what-you-can experience, making it accessible to families and bringing the community together to enjoy a play full of imagination, laughs and sunshine. Picnic plays will play to communities across Cumberland and Colchester counties, including Five Islands, Masstown, Economy, Advocate, and right here in Parrsboro. 

This year the Ship’s Company Theatre is thrilled to present Skeleton Dance by Ella MacDonald and Emma James playing August 6th-10th, 2025!

THE SKELETON DANCE follows two young children, Emma and Ella, as they process the news that their Great Uncle Trout has suddenly passed away. They consider the implications of this in an entertaining, irreverent way, where the audience is privy to their many whimsical theories about death.

Skeleton Dance will play in the following locations: