White Rabbit
Red Rabbit

by Nassim Soleimanpour

September 10-26

Produced by the Community Players of Concord.

White Rabbit Red Rabbit is an absurdist adventure which sits on the boundary of comedy and drama. The script itself is unknowable. Actors and audiences alike are encouraged not to talk about it at all. To this day, there is virtually nothing online about its content. It's not being coy to say we can't describe the plot; it's a requirement of the license.

The conceit of the play is intriguing. Audience members arrive, take their seats, and a lone actor (no director, no rehearsal) enters the stage, is handed the script, and both audience and actor embark on the discovery together.

The play by Nassim Soleimanpour is a work about the contemporary world and from a generation born amidst the Iran-Iraq war; computer-literate, well-informed young people who have only known the Islamic Republic. Barred from leaving Iran because he refused to do military service, he sent the play abroad hoping it would be performed.

White Rabbit Red Rabbit has been performed widely and in more than 20 languages! The 2016 Off Broadway run was an astounding 42 weeks, each performance with a different actor: Nathan Lane, Whoopi Goldberg, Cynthia Nixon, Darren Criss, and Brian Stokes Mitchell, to name just a few.

This production contains adult language and descriptions of violence.

Fridays & Saturdays @ 7:30pm; Sundays @ 2pm.

“White Rabbit Red Rabbit” is presented by arrangement with Aurora Nova Productions and
Boatrocker Entertainment.

PLEASE NOTE OUR POLICIES REGARDING COVID-19 PRECAUTIONS. MASKS WILL BE REQUIRED OF PATRONS.

NEWSFLASH!!! - Due to the special nature of White Rabbit Red Rabbit (Nine Performances, Nine Different Performers), Hatbox Theatre is offering a very special, once-in-a-lifetime deal. Those who wish to experience WRRR more than once may receive 20% OFF the price of subsequent tickets. This is ONLY AVAILABLE AFTER you have purchased *and* attended a performance. To receive 20% OFF, you must contact the Box Office by email at boxoffice@hatboxnh.com, request the discount, and provide your name, as well as, the performance dates you wish to attend. We will send you a reservation for those performances with the discount applied. Already purchased tickets for multiple shows? We have your back as well and will, upon request, refund 20% of the ticket price on your subsequent purchases. NOTE: Due to extremely limited seating (less than 70 seats with mask & social distancing), there is a limit to this offer - it is intended for repeat visitors only; discounts are only available until two days prior to the requested performance (not available at the door); and staff will qualify your request. The discount is not automatically applied.

Greater Tuna

by Jaston Williams, Joe Sears, Ed Howard

October 1-10

Fridays & Saturdays @ 7:30pm; Sundays @ 2pm.

Produced by Hatbox Theatre.

The long-running Off Broadway hit features two actors creating the entire population of Tuna in a tour de farce of quick change artistry, changing costumes and characterizations faster than a jack rabbit runs from a coyote. Two actors, twenty characters, and a barrel of laughs, y’all.

This caricature of small town living, Greater Tuna may at times remind you of life here in New England. With something zany, crazy, funny, touching, and goofy, this show has something for everyone.

Greater Tuna was originally produced in 1981 and has become one of the most produced plays in American theatre history.

This production marks a reunion as Andrew Pinard and Eric Stanley reprise the roles they portrayed at the Annichiarico Music Theatre in 1991.

CAST

Thurston Wheelis (et al): Andrew Pinard
Arles Struvie (et al): Eric Stanley

Directed by Toby Paul

CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO A RADIO INTERVIEW FROM THE 1991 PRODUCTION.

"Greater Tuna" is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com

PLEASE NOTE OUR POLICIES REGARDING COVID-19 PRECAUTIONS. MASKS WILL BE REQUIRED OF PATRONS.

Queen City Improv

Monthly: Select Thursdays & Special Events

Queen City Improv is Manchester's finest improv troupe, and they're bringing their act to the Capital City! Join QCI as they perform a night of goofs, gaffes, and laughs through a never before seen show-every night! Improvisational theater is made up on the spot, which means the games are planned but the scenes stories are not! What will they come up with next? Join us to find out!

PLEASE NOTE OUR POLICIES REGARDING COVID-19 PRECAUTIONS. MASKS WILL BE REQUIRED OF PATRONS.

This is a BYOB/W event. 7:30pm.

Wonders

by Gary Locke

October 29-November 7

Fridays & Saturdays @ 7:30pm; Sundays @ 2pm.

Produced by Phylloxera Productions.

Welcome to the Finger & Wood Recovery and Rehabilitation Clinic, dedicated to serving the physical, spiritual, and mental health of those unfortunate individuals who have lost their super powers. The facility is on high alert. There is a highly reliable threat leveled against the clinic, reducing the staff to a minimum of four highly trained professionals. It is likely that the threat is aimed at one of the residents; Nemi, formerly the human avatar of Nemesis, the God of Vengeance and Retribution; The Agent, who used his invisibility powers to steal for the highest bidder; or the mysterious new client due to arrive at any moment. Tension is high, nerves are on edge, and the food just isn’t as good as usual.

Directed by Gary Locke.

Duration: 100 minutes, 1 intermission.

PLEASE NOTE OUR POLICIES REGARDING COVID-19 PRECAUTIONS. MASKS WILL BE REQUIRED OF PATRONS.

Dickens' A Christmas Carol

Adapted by Jill Pinard

December 3-12

Produced by Hatbox Theatre.

In this original adaption of the holiday classic, Hatbox Theatre focuses on how the dream-like qualities of the ghost story aspect of Dickens’ work can bring about redemption. Is it “an undigested bit of beef” – a line in the original story – that leads Scrooge to have bad dreams or is he really being visited by ghosts intent on helping him redeem himself. Audience members, too, will wonder if they are dreaming when they are immersed in sound, lights and projections that bring out these eerier aspects of Scrooge’s fateful night.

Fridays & Saturdays @ 7:30pm; Sundays @ 2pm. 

Approximate run time is 90 minutes including intermission.

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Mary & Me

by Irene Kelleher

January 28-February 13

Produced by Glass Dove Productions.

Ireland 1986. Fifteen-year-old Hannah Brennan lives in a claustrophobic small town. Sure, she has friends, but no one who understands her, no one she can confide in who will listen to her. And she is going to need a lot of understanding. After touring Ireland, appearing in the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and in the Brighton Fringe in 2017 with playwright and actor Irene Kelleher as Hannah, Mary and Me began its United States premier tour in New Hampshire in 2020. Directed by Peter Josephson and starring producer and actor Emily Karel as Hannah, this seventy-five-minute one woman show takes its audience on a journey of laughter, determination, love, and heartbreak.

NOTE: PG-13. Contains mature themes and adult language.

Fridays & Saturdays @ 7:30pm; Saturdays & Sundays @ 2pm.

PLEASE NOTE OUR POLICIES REGARDING COVID-19 PRECAUTIONS. MASKS WILL BE REQUIRED OF PATRONS.

Love Letters

by A.R. Gurney

March 11-20

Fridays & Saturdays @ 7:30pm; Sundays @ 2pm.

Produced by Hatbox Theatre.

Andrew Makepeace Ladd III and Melissa Gardner, both born to wealth and position, are childhood friends whose lifelong correspondence began in second grade and continued for fifty or more years! The letters trace not only the arc of their friendship in both good times and bad, but are also a glimpse into twentieth century history and changing times from the 1930s to the 1980s. The play traces a lifetime between two people who grew up together, went their separate ways, but continued to share confidences.

Love Letters was a finalist for The Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1990.

A.R. Gurney and Holland Taylor, long-time friends, did the very first performance in 1988 at The New York Public Library. It then went to Off-Broadway and then Broadway, and has become a constant in regional professional theaters. Renowned artists from theater and film have lined up to perform the piece.

It's a thrilling evening for audience members, very funny, sad in places, and enlightening.

CAST

Andrew: Erik Hodges
Melissa: Kathryn Hodges

LOVE LETTERS is presented by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc., New York.

PLEASE NOTE OUR POLICIES REGARDING COVID-19 PRECAUTIONS. MASKS WILL BE REQUIRED OF PATRONS.

Twisted: The Untold Story of a Royal Vizier

Music by A. J. Holmes; Lyrics by Kaley McMahon; Book by Matt Lang, Nick Lang and Eric Kahn Gale

April 15 - May 1

Presented by Actors Cooperative Theatre.

Hold on to your flying carpet, because this musical parody retells the classic tale of Aladdin, but from the villain's point of view! Yes, just like Wicked! Long ago in a Magic Kingdom, one misinterpreted Royal Vizier will take on the difficult task of saving his city from its bumbling sultan, an invading prince, and the most notorious thief to ever live! With the help of the Kingdom's free-spirited, teenage Princess, the Vizier must find a magical lamp containing a hilarious wish-granting Djinn and defeat the city's most-wanted criminal... Aladdin! This musical adventure celebrates and lovingly pokes fun at everyone's favorite series of hand-drawn, animated films. This show contains adult language and themes. Parental guidance is strongly recommended.

Fridays & Saturdays @ 7:30pm; Sundays @ 2pm.

Duration: Approximately 2 hours, 1 intermission.

This play contains adult language, adult situations, strobe/flashing lights, fog/haze, sexual situations

PLEASE NOTE OUR POLICIES REGARDING COVID-19 PRECAUTIONS. MASKS WILL BE REQUIRED OF PATRONS.

The Stands

by Jack Neary

May 20 - 22

Friday & Saturday @ 7:30pm; Sundays @ 2pm.

Produced by Acting Out Productions

THE STANDS is a new play by Lowell playwright Jack Neary, whose work has been produced nationwide and internationally. His most recent play, TRICK OR TREAT, was presented off-Broadway and starred Emmy Winner Gordon Clapp.

In THE STANDS, five parents and one grandparent of Little Leaguers gather to watch their kids play, once at the beginning of the season, and once at the end. As they reveal themselves to each other, often with many laughs, the audience begins to realize that something sinister is about to occur. What happens in the last ten minutes of the play is devastating.

THE STANDS is funny, gripping, suspenseful--and should prompt some lively conversations after the show.

Duration: Approximately 85 minutes, 1 intermission

This production contains adult language, adult situations and sexual situations.

PLEASE NOTE OUR POLICIES REGARDING COVID-19 PRECAUTIONS. MASKS WILL BE REQUIRED OF PATRONS.

The Bald Soprano

by Eugene Ionesco

June 17 - 26

In The Bald Soprano, a classic of modern theatre, a clock chimes seventeen times for seemingly no reason at all, the doorbell rings but there are no visitors, and the bald soprano never changes her hairstyle. A hilarious and unique satire on modern life by Eugene Ionesco, known as the father of Theatre of the Absurd, this is a theatre experience in which non-sequiturs fly, people talk at cross purposes getting nowhere, and the concept of time is turned on its head. This thought-provoking tour-de-force of linguistic acrobatics about modern communication (or the lack thereof) is sure to delight.

Produced by the Community Players of Concord.

Fridays & Saturdays @ 7:30pm; Sundays @ 2pm.

PLEASE NOTE OUR POLICIES REGARDING COVID-19 PRECAUTIONS. MASKS WILL BE REQUIRED OF PATRONS.

The Gulf

by Audrey Cefaly

July 22 - 31

Fridays & Saturdays @ 7:30pm; Sundays @ 2pm.

Produced by Perseverance Productions, LLC.

Relationships can be difficult to maintain. One day you wake up and discover you have drifted apart. Come see our couple navigate the waters of The Gulf. Winner of the 2015 Sam French OOB Drama Festival.

90 minutes, no intermission

THE GULF is presented by special arrangement with NPX: New Play Exchange.

PLEASE NOTE OUR POLICIES REGARDING COVID-19 PRECAUTIONS. MASKS WILL BE REQUIRED OF PATRONS.

The Great Atlantic and Pacific Shakespeare Company

By Alan Lindsay

August 19 - 28

Fridays & Saturdays @ 7:30pm; Sundays @ 2pm.

Produced by Granite Playwrights

Unfortunately the group’s co-founders and biggest stars, and erstwhile lovers, Biron and Rose, struggle to maintain focus. Biron can’t get past the death of his wife two years earlier – a death he is convinced he caused by having an affair with Rose. He has taken refuge in religion, making regular retreats to a nearby monastery and the dubious ministrations of the enigmatic Brother Rene. Tired of waiting for Biron, Rose has found a retreat of her own on a Caribbean yacht with a smarmy lawyer. Can Rose and Biron work out their differences – or will their bickering mean the end of “The Great A&P”?

Duration: 120 minutes, 1 intermission.

his production contains adult language.

PLEASE NOTE OUR POLICIES REGARDING COVID-19 PRECAUTIONS. MASKS WILL BE REQUIRED OF PATRONS.