NEW HAMPSHIRE THEATRE NEWSROOM

Elizabeth Strout will appear at The Music Hall in Portsmouth as part of the Writers on a New England Stage series.

At Seacoast Repertory Theatre, the current production of Altar Boyz plays less like a traditional musical and more like a full-on concert experience—loud, fast, and packed with driving beats and body-bending choreography.

Ty Simons, an ACTF Region IV award-winning director with an MFA in Theatre for Young Audiences, has been named Director of Education and Community Engagement at New London Barn Playhouse in New Hampshire.

The Music Hall has revealed the winners of its 2026 Emerging Artist Grant Program.

Broadway director Christina Sajous will return to Weathervane Theatre in Whitefield, NH to helm Noël Coward's PRIVATE LIVES, starring Shinnerrie Jackson, Robert H.

The Children will make its New Hampshire premiere at The Players’ Ring Theatre.

The Park Theatre in Jaffrey, NH, will present an encore screening of the LORD OF THE RINGS extended edition trilogy on its historic big screen, marking the series' 25th anniversary.

A new Executive Director at the helm of Seacoast Repertory Theatre

There is something immediately disarming about “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.

New Hampshire Theatre Project will continue its 2025-2026 MainStage Season by joining with Threshold Stage Company to present a production of the 2025 Tony Award winning Eureka Day.

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Elizabeth Strout will discuss her new novel, The Things We Never Say, at The Historic Theater in Portsmouth, NH on May 13, with a moderated conversation and audience Q&A.

The final playreading of New Hampshire Theatre Project's Play Readings For Grown-ups Series is Molly's Hammer by Tammy Ryan, the dramatization of real life events in 1980 that resonate even more strongly in 2026.

Jodi Picoult will join Jennifer Finney Boylan for a discussion of Boylan's memoir at The Music Hall Lounge on April 14 at 7pm.

The Kingston Trio are folk music legends and they continue their tradition of bringing distinctive music to audiences worldwide by coming to the Monadnock region in April.

Dive In Productions will present the third installment of their Dive In-Cubator staged reading series with a workshop performance of the new musical Real, enough at the New Hampshire Theatre Project.

There’s one thing that the Seacoast Repertory Theatre knows how to do very well.

The New Hampshire Theatre Project will present OUR KIDS ARE NOT ALRIGHT as part of its 2025-2026 Elephant-in-the-Room Series.

The Weathervane Theatre, a professional, award-winning Equity theatre in Whitefield, NH, will celebrate its 61st season and will present ten productions on its Mainstage, including Rent, Tick, Tick.

The Music Hall and New Hampshire Public Radio have announced the spring lineup for their Writers on a New England Stage series, featuring Booker Prize winner Yann Martel, Pulitzer Prize winner Elizabeth Strout, #1 New York Times bestselling author Matt Haig, and bestselling novelist Maggie O’Farre

Pontine Theatre will present an original stage adaptation of The Flat Iron Lot, written in 1899 by Hampton Falls NH author Alice Brown.

Park Theatre will present an exciting lineup for the 2026 Shamrock Fest and St.

ENID’S MILL, a new family drama by Martha Douglas-Osmundson, will premiere at The Players’ Ring Theatre in Portsmouth from March 6–22.

New Hampshire Theatre Project will continue its 2025–2026 season with Marjorie Prime by Jordan Harrison, directed by Monique Foote.

Join authors Tayari Jones and JerriAnne Boggis as they delve into the themes of KIN at The Music Hall Lounge on March 6.

Opera North has announced that tickets for Summerfest 2026 are now on sale.