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M AY 2016 17 TheaTer FromtoporiginalphotobybrettallisonphotographyJackDykingasWbraDley Rustic Charm With warmer months approaching summer theaters get ready to welcome Vacationland visitors. Local favorite Hackmatack Playhouse takes us into the upcoming season. By SaraH Moore T his June Hackmatack Playhouse in Berwick will open its barn doors to the public for its 44th consecu- tive summer season since its founding in 1972 by farmer and Berwick native Carl- ton S. Guptill. The Guptill family who have farmed the land since the 1600s welcome around 1000 visi- tors a week to their rustic barn-con- version theater situated on 30 acres of rolling fields where roams the second Hackmatack attractionthe familys herd of buffalo. Its an un- usual yet effective combination. I think we are the only theater with a bison herd in Maine may- be in the whole country says Mi- chael Guptill Carltons son and successor. Not sotheres another in South Dakota. This adds new meaning to the term hoofer. Summer 2016 will see Hackmatack named for the native coniferous tree stag- ing four plays from June 16 through La- bor Day weekend. Theatrics commence with Noises Off a raucous backstage farce. Next up is the vintage Leonard Ber- nstein Broadway hit On the Town follow- ing three young sail- ors on shore leave in New York City. Then its Once Upon a Mattress the comical and absurd musical retelling of Hans Christian Andersons fairy tale The Princess and the Pea. Summer season will close with a much- loved Maine original by John Cariani de- Ruthless closed out the 2015 season. Hackmatack is not the kind of place people to come and sip champagne in silence.