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| | Tru
I'm about as tall as a shotgun, and just as noisy - Truman Capote. One of the most celebrated writers of the 20th century, Truman Capote was also one of its most complex personalities. His personal dalliances and extravagant lifestyle matched his writing and flair for the dramatic. The wild success of “Breakfast at Tiffany's” and “In Cold Blood” made him a transcendent literary star and gave him entrée to New York's social elite. Until he decided to write about them. Tru is a one-man play adapted from his words and works and takes place in the writer's New York City apartment at Christmas, 1975. Winner of the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding One-Person Show.
Starring Kraig Swartz
Directed by Gus Kaikkonen
Rated PG-13. Tickets are $42 | PURCHASE TICKETS | |
| | The Wind in the Willows
Adaptation and Lyrics by Gerardine Clark Music Lyrics and additional text by Dianne Adams and James McDowell. Based on the book by Kenneth Grahame
The famous English country gentleman, Mr. Toad of Toad Hall, and his friends, Otter, Badger, Ratty, and Mole come to Hadley Road this summer in a grand musical rendition of one of the world's classics for children!
Rated G. Tickets are $9 for children and $11 for adults | PURCHASE TICKETS | |
| | The Skin of Our Teeth
Meet George and Maggie Antrobus of Excelsior, New Jersey, a suburban, commuter-town couple (married for 5,000 years), who bear more than a casual resemblance to that first husband and wife, Adam and Eve: the two Antrobus children, Gladys (perfect in every way, of course) and Henry (who likes to throw rocks and was formerly known as Cain); and their garrulous maid, Sabina (the eternal seductress), who takes it upon herself to break out of character and interrupt the course of the drama at every opportunity (“I don’t understand a word of this play!”). Whether he is inventing the alphabet or merely saving the world from apocalypse, George and his redoubtable family somehow manage to survive – by the skin of their teeth. Written by Peterborough’s own Thornton Wilder, this play was the Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
Directed by Gus Kaikkonen
Rated PG. Tickets are $42 | PURCHASE TICKETS | |
| | J.B. Priestley's "whodunit" ran for 8 years in London's West End and the classic thriller's last Broadway revival won 4 Tony Awards. An unexpected knock on the door propels the prosperous Birling family through surprising twists and startling revelations in this award-winning mystery.
​Rated PG-13. Tickets are $42 | PURCHASE TICKETS | |
| | The Drowsy Chaperone
With Music and Lyrics by Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison. Book by Bob Martin and Don McKellar
Winner of five Tony Awards, including Best Book and Best Original Score, The Drowsy Chaperone is a loving send-up of the Jazz Age musical, featuring one show-stopping number after another. A musical comedy fan known only as "Man in Chair" puts on his favorite record, the original cast recording of a fictitious 1928 musical called The Drowsy Chaperone, and in an instant the record comes magically to life. His apartment is filled up and swept away by a jazz-age evening of madcap delight. Out of the woodwork come two Broadway stars on the eve of their wedding, a bumbling best man, a desperate theater producer and his moll, a not-so-bright hostess, two gangsters (--or are they pastry chefs?), an aviatrix, a misguided Don Juan and a very heavily intoxicated chaperone.
"The Perfect Broadway Musical" - New York Magazine
Rated PG-13. Tickets are $45 | PURCHASE TICKETS | |
| | Galvanized by victory over the Austrians, the young Napoleon believes he is invincible. At an Italian inn he meets his match, a mysterious young woman, determined to interrupt his rise to power. The resulting sparkling battle of wits, political trickery and sexual intrigue make up Shaw's 90 minute comedy. With this rarely performed romp, the Players completes productions of all four of Shaw's self-described Plays Pleasant, ARMS AND THE MAN, CANDIDA, YOU NEVER CAN TELL and THE MAN OF DESTINY.
Directed by Gus Kaikkonen
Rated PG. Tickets are $42 | PURCHASE TICKETS | |
| | Pippi Longstocking
Adapted for the Stage by Thomas W. Olson Music by Roberta Carlson Based on the book by Astrid Lindgren Annika and Tommy's new neighbor Pippi Longstocking has crazy red pigtails, a pet monkey named Mr. Nilsson, and a tendency to get caught up in one outrageous adventure after another! Whether she's fending off burglars, wrestling a circus strongman, or sailing away on a pirate ship, Pippi wins over even the sternest of hearts in this rollicking musical adaptation of Astrid Lindgren's beloved book.
Directed by Gus Kaikkonen
Rated G. Tickets are $9 for children and $11 for adults | PURCHASE TICKETS | |
| | Sexy Laundry
By Michele Riml
With a library copy of "SEX FOR DUMMIES" in hand, Alice attempts to re-kindle her decades long marriage to Henry. Over the course of a weekend in a luxury hotel, the couple stumbles over the hilarious and humbling truths of their "long-running" marriage. This adult comedy is for any adult who has ever been married to another adult for a significant amount of time. A hit in Canada, we are thrilled to present the New Hampshire premiere of this comedy!
Rated PG-13. Tickets are $42 | PURCHASE TICKETS | |
| | The Dork Knight
Written and performed by Jason O’Connell
A look into one man's obsession with movies about another man's obsession with dressing up like a rodent and punching people, The Dork Knight traces the ups and downs of actor Jason O’Connell’s personal and professional life as seen through the prism of his love/hate relationship with the Batman movies. Featuring numerous “cameos” from the bat-voices in his head, O’Connell takes us on a trip down cinematic memory lane that begins with the 1989 Michael Keaton blockbuster, and strolls past George Clooney’s bat-nipples, Christian Bale’s bat-growl, and a couple of iconic Jokers en route to (sigh) Batfleck. This funny, intimate memoir demonstrates how one’s “inner geek” can guide and inspire in good times and in bad.
Rated PG-13. Tickets are $42 | PURCHASE TICKETS | |