Maine Inside Out

Name

Maine Inside Out

Legal name

Maine Inside Out

Website

https://maineinsideout.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Community Theater and Performing Arts Services

NAICS

Theater Companies and Dinner Theaters (71111), Theater Companies and Dinner Theaters (711110)

SIC

Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900)

akta.pro primary industry

Performing Arts Organizations (Theater, Dance, Opera, Music) (BPAGAHAB)

Keywords

• Theater for social change
• Prison theater workshops
• Youth theater programs
• Community-based performing arts
• Nonprofit arts organization

Headquarters

HQ city

Lewiston

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Individual Donations: Tax-deductible charitable contributions from individual supporters, including monthly sustaining gifts, one-time donations, and special appeals.
2. Corporate/Mission-Driven Organization Workshops: 90-minute theater-based workshops for businesses and organizations at $2,500 per session, with limited subsidies available.
3. Community Conversation Hosting: Interactive dialogue programs featuring film screenings and facilitated community conversations at $2,500 for 90-minute sessions.
4. Fiscal Sponsorship: Administrative and financial infrastructure support for mission-aligned artists and organizations without 501(c)(3) status, enabling them to access grant funding.
5. Merchandise Sales: Sale of branded merchandise including apparel through Bonfire storefront.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Maine Inside Out is a nonprofit theater organization that creates and performs original theater with system-impacted youth, incarcerated adults, and community members in Maine. The organization runs inside-prison theater workshops, youth theater workshops, a touring creative ensemble, corporate team-building workshops, fiscal sponsorship, and touring original productions such as "Broken Clock." All offerings are unified by a Theater for Social Change methodology that engages participants in creating and sharing original performance work.

Product overview

Maine Inside Out is a nonprofit theater organization offering a portfolio of programs centered on theater for social change. The core offerings include Inside Prison Theater Workshops, Lewiston Youth Theater Workshops, Creative Ensemble, and the MIO-MPAC Adult Re-entry Community Group. The organization produces original plays including the acclaimed 'Broken Clock' and hosts annual festivals such as the Juneteenth celebration. Fee-based services include Ambiente Workshops (corporate team-building) and Community Conversations. Additional offerings include Fiscal Sponsorship for mission-aligned artists, merchandise via Bonfire partnership, and media products including the album 'If Not Us, Then Who?' The portfolio is unified by the mission to engage youth and adults impacted by systemic oppression to create and share original theater for social change.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Inside Prison Theater Workshops Workshop program engaging people incarcerated in Maine prisons to create and share original theater, building peer support, preparing for re-entry, and inspiring social action.
• Lewiston Youth Theater Workshops

Quantifiable outcome

• More than 1,800 audience members engaged in active dialogue through the Broken Clock tour

Named customers13 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Feature2 records

Partnerships

25 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Maine Prisoner Advocacy Coalition (MPAC)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026Launched MIO-MPAC Adult Re-entry Community Group pilot program in 2026. Collaboration brings together MIO's theater expertise with MPAC's adult re-entry advocacy to engage adults in re-entry in peer support, art, and advocacy projects. Combines MIO's experience with system-impacted youth with MPAC's expertise in adult policy change advocacy.
• Somali Bantu Community AssociationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on Lewiston Youth Theater Project engaging system-involved youth in Lewiston.
• Tree Street YouthcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on Lewiston Youth Theater Project supporting youth through community partnership.
• Youth-LED JusticecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on Lewiston Youth Theater Project with youth-led justice organization.
• Maine Immigrant and Refugee ServicescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration supporting immigrant and refugee youth through theater programming.
• Maine Community IntegrationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership supporting community integration through youth theater programming.
• Double House Arts CollectiveminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFiscally sponsored inclusive arts studio for artists with and without disabilities.
• Sunlight Media CollectiveminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFiscally sponsored organization of Wabanaki and non-Wabanaki media makers documenting issues affecting Wabanaki people.
• Myles Bullen & Apes of StateminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFiscally sponsored 'Going Back to Rehab Tour' bringing music and poetry to individuals in recovery across 1,600 miles from Miami to Portland.
• Maine's Permanent Commission on the Status of Racial, Indigenous, and Tribal PopulationscoreGTM or Marketing PartnerSupport for Juneteenth performances and community dialogues. Collaborative support for events.
• Androscoggin BankcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerSponsorship support for Juneteenth community dialogue events.
• Berman & SimmonscoreGTM or Marketing PartnerSponsorship support for Juneteenth events.
• KeyBankcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerSponsorship support for Juneteenth community dialogue.
• Sam L. Cohen FoundationcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerFoundation support for Juneteenth performances.
• Youth Justice Clinic and Center for Youth Policy & Law at Maine LawcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerSponsorship and collaborative support for Juneteenth events.
• Maine Correctional CentercoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerPartnership to bring Broken Clock inside prisons for incarcerated audiences.
• Maine State PrisoncoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerPartnership for inside prison performances and dialogues.
• Mountain View Correctional FacilitycoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerLongstanding partnership for theater programming with incarcerated artists.
• Maine Youth Action Network (MYAN)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-hosting of Broken Clock performances including at University of Maine Orono.
• Penquis Community Action ProgramminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership to bring Broken Clock to Bangor at Penobscot Theatre Company.
• Mano en ManominorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration for Washington County performances with migrant and immigrant communities.
• Blueberry Harvest SchoolminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration for performances and workshops with migrant youth and families in Washington County.
• The Public TheatrecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerVenue partner in Lewiston for performances including Juneteenth events.
• Mayo Street ArtscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerVenue partner in Portland for performances and community events.
• Celebration BarncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerResidency partner for creative ensemble, nationally renowned center for physical theater training.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Free Southern Theater: Civil rights-era theater rooted in the Black Arts Movement that used original theater for community organizing. Comparable mission of leveraging theater as a vehicle for social justice and community mobilization.
• The Actors' Gang: Tim Robbins-founded LA theater company running prison theater programs including The Actors' Gang Prison Project. Directly comparable in combining professional theater craft with incarcerated-audience programming and social-justice orientation.
• Theater of the Oppressed NYC: NYC-based nonprofit practicing Augusto Boal's Theater of the Oppressed methodology that MIO explicitly uses. Direct methodology peer with overlapping facilitation approach, though operating in a different geography.
• Tectonic Theater Project: New York-based theater company known for The Laramie Project and Moment Work methodology that uses interview-based theater for social justice. Comparable mission of using original theater to drive dialogue on systemic issues, though operates at larger national scale.
• Mixed Blood Theatre: Minneapolis-based nonprofit theater producing work on race, class, and identity using a "radical hospitality" model. Comparable in combining equity-centered original theater with programming for system-impacted communities.
• Shakespeare Behind Bars: Louisville, KY-based nonprofit that produces Shakespeare's plays with incarcerated individuals. Closest direct peer to MIO's Inside Prison Theater Workshops, sharing theater-of-the-oppressed-style methodology applied inside correctional facilities.

Regional players

• Portland Stage Company: Portland, Maine-based regional professional theater with a mission-driven programming focus. Operates in the same Maine geography and audiences MIO serves, with adjacent artistic-development programming.
• Penobscot Theatre Company: Maine's largest professional theater, based in Bangor. Comparable Maine-region theater peer that partners with MIO on tour stops and shares the same regional audience base for performing-arts programming.

Market position

Strengths1 record

Weaknesses1 record

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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