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A New England Christmas at Pontine Theatre

Dates: 11/28/2025 - 12/14/2025

📍 Theatre: Pontine Theatre


1845 Plains Schoolhouse, #1 Plains Ave, Portsmouth NH 03801
Portsmouth, 03801

Phone: 603-436-6660

Tickets: $32 General Admission / $29 Senior


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Pontine Theatre's A NEW ENGLAND CHRISTMAS / Nov 28 - Dec 14 @2pm This season’s edition of Pontine’s annual holiday celebration features original stagings of “Christmas Back Home,” a charming, nostalgic reflection on small town Christmas traditions circa 1905, by Eugene Wood and a touching Christmas ghost story by Annie Trumbull Slosson, “A Speakin’ Ghost,” published in 1890. We’ll also have live fiddle music by Ellen Carlson and members of the New England Fiddle Ensemble, plus a post-performance onstage party complete with homemade Christmas cookies. Pontine's 1845 Plains Schoolhouse theatre is located at #1 Plains Avenue in Portsmouth NH. There's free parking adjacent and the space is fully accessible. Adults: $32 / Seniors & Children 12 years and older: $29. Tickets: www.pontine.org Photo by Michael Sterling


Ages: Adults / Children 12 or older

News About A New England Christmas at Pontine Theatre

A NEW ENGLAND CHRISTMAS Will Play Pontine Theatre

October 31, 2024

Pontine Theatre’s 24-25 Performance Season continues with A NEW ENGLAND CHRISTMAS. The cast features Pontine Artistic Co-Directors, Marguerite Mathews and Greg Gathers.  Live music is provided by New England Fiddle Ensemble’s Ellen Carlson.

Pontine Theatre Performs Donald Hall's CHRISTMAS SNOW

November 3, 2022

Pontine Theatre pays tribute to New Hampshire’s beloved poet, Donald Hall, with an original two-actor staging of his story, Christmas Snow, which first appeared in The New Yorker in December 1964.  Hall writes of his 1938 holiday trip to Eagle Pond Farm, his grandparents’ home in Wilmot, NH, when he was ten years old.

A NEW ENGLAND CHRISTMAS is Headed to Portsmouth This Holiday Season

November 14, 2021

November 26 through December 5, Pontine Theatre presents, A New England Christmas, an annual event featuring the work of favorite regional authors.  This year the program includes two seasonal stories:  Honey & Myrrh (1898) by Hampton Falls’ Alice Brown and The Old Peabody Pew (1905) by Buxton, Maine’s Kate Douglas Wiggin.  

About the Theatre

Pontine Theatre

1845 Plains Schoolhouse, #1 Plains Ave, Portsmouth NH 03801
Portsmouth, 03801

Phone: 603-436-6660

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Pontine Theatre
1845 Plains Schoolhouse, #1 Plains Ave, Portsmouth NH 03801, Portsmouth,

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Pontine Theatre Frequently Asked QuestionsFAQ

Where is Pontine Theatre located?

Pontine Theatre is at 1845 Plains Schoolhouse, #1 Plains Ave, Portsmouth NH 03801, Portsmouth.

What shows have played recently at Pontine Theatre?

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