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New Hampshire Theatre Project

959 Islington St #3, Portsmouth, NH 03801
Portsmouth, NH 03801

Review: GODSPELL at Break A Leg Legally

Review: GODSPELL at Break A Leg Legally

by Dan Marois · June 22, 2026

It is only fitting, then, that Break a Leg Legally should deliver a production that feels so profoundly inclusive, energetic, and thoroughly joyful in The Strand theater in Dover.…

Review: MEAN GIRLS at Seacoast Repertory Theatre

Review: MEAN GIRLS at Seacoast Repertory Theatre

by Dan Marois · June 15, 2026

Based on Tina Fey's (of Saturday Night Live fame) wildly popular 2004 film, Mean Girls wisely embraces what made the original such a phenomenon while bringing enough energy and personality to succeed on stage. Like many movie adaptations, however, it occasionally struggles to escape comparisons to t…

Review: JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT at Rochester Opera House

Review: JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT at Rochester Opera House

by Dan Marois · May 11, 2026

Among the heavy hitters of the Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice catalog, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat doesn’t always carry the same somber weight as Phantom of the Opera or Jesus Christ Superstar. That’s likely because Webber originally penned it at the tender age of 20 as a mode…

Review: THE CHILDREN at The Players' Ring

Review: THE CHILDREN at The Players' Ring

by Dan Marois · May 10, 2026

What starts as a casual catch-up among old colleagues spirals into something much heavier, darker, and deeply haunting in Lucy Kirkwood’s The Children, now playing at the Players’ Ring in Portsmouth. In the famously intimate confines of the Ring—where the actors are often close enough to breat…

Review: ALTAR BOYZ at Seacoast Repertory Theatre

Review: ALTAR BOYZ at Seacoast Repertory Theatre

by Dan Marois · April 29, 2026

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.t did our critic think of ALTAR BOYZ at Seacoast Repertory Theatre?…

Review: THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE at Seacoast Repertory Theatre

Review: THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE at Seacoast Repertory Theatre

by Dan Marois · April 14, 2026

There is something immediately disarming about “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.” It doesn’t arrive with spectacle or grand stakes; there are no sweeping romances or life-or-death consequences. Instead, it gives you a handful of awkward kids, a gymnasium, and a spelling competition.…

Review: DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS at Seacoast Repertory Theatre

Review: DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS at Seacoast Repertory Theatre

by Dan Marois · March 15, 2026

There’s one thing that the Seacoast Repertory Theatre knows how to do very well. It’s transforming their intimate, brick-walled space in Portsmouth into a world that feels ten times its actual size. Their current production of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels—the 2005 musical based on the Steve Martin/…

Past Shows

36 total · showing 11–20

Collected Stories

Collected Stories

Apr 12 – Apr 28, 2024

Collected Stories April 12 to April 28 One Thursday Only, April 25- 7:30PM Fridays 7:30pm, Saturdays 4:00pm, Sundays 2:30pm The nature of story itself is a fascinating subject to explore. Who owns the rights to our story? To our privacy? A teacher and respected author mentors a...

In the Garden of Z

In the Garden of Z

Jan 19 – Feb 4, 2024

In the Garden of Z is the story of one Russian girl's reaction and response to the horrors of the war in Ukraine and how it motivates her to examine her family, her culture, history, war and the nature of propaganda- how it affects our lives and divides our communities...

It’s A Wonderful Life:  A Live Radio Play by Joe Landry

It’s A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play by Joe Landry

Nov 25 – Dec 10, 2023

The special holiday production of It’s a Wonderful Life returns to New Hampshire Theatre Project! Special Thursday Performances Nov 30 and Dec 7 at 7:30 pm Fridays 7:30 pm, Saturdays 4:00 pm, Sundays 2:30 pm Joe Landry has re-envisioned the beloved film classic as a 1940’s style...

The Flick

The Flick

Nov 3 – Nov 19, 2023

In a rundown movie theater in Massachusetts, three movie theater employees have their own stories to share, as they clean up at the end of the night and attend to one of the last 35mm projectors in the state. Their story together is a heart-rending, hilarious cry for...

Dreaming Again

Dreaming Again

Oct 28

In 2012, New Hampshire Humanities commissioned playwright Genevieve Aichele to write a play based on the real life stories of refugees and immigrants in New Hampshire. The result was the play Dreaming Again, which Aichele based on oral interviews with over 40 people who had left...

Thirst for Freedom

Thirst for Freedom

Sep 22 – Oct 8, 2023

The story of Ona Judge will inspire and touch your heart. Enslaved by George and Martha Washington, she dares to defy her circumstances by fleeing their Philadelphia residence in search of a new life in Portsmouth, NH. Her unwavering determination, strength, and sacrifice facing...

Gen-ERATIONS!

Gen-ERATIONS!

May 5 – May 21, 2023

Gen-erations! is joyful retrospective and celebration of Genevieve Aichele’s past 35 years at New Hampshire Theatre Project, including scenes, scripts and songs that she has written, directed and performed. A company of NHTP actors, including NHTP Youth Repertory Company alumni...

NHTP’s 7th Annual Storytelling Festival

NHTP’s 7th Annual Storytelling Festival

Apr 15

NHTP’s 7th Annual Storytelling Festival will take place at New Hampshire Theatre Project on Saturday, April 15 at 8 pm and will also be streamed online. This popular program will feature six storytellers sharing a variety of traditional tales, personal stories and spoken word...

NH Theatre Project Presents Dreaming Again

NH Theatre Project Presents Dreaming Again

Mar 24 – Mar 26, 2023

Dreaming Again , adapted by Genevieve Aichele and directed by CJ Lewis, is based on Aichele’s oral interviews with over 40 people who left their homes and lives in other countries to resettle in New Hampshire. Given New Hampshire’s role as a refugee resettlement state this play...

The 39 Steps

The 39 Steps

Jan 20 – Feb 5, 2023

Mix a Hitchcock masterpiece with a juicy spy novel, add a dash of Monty Python and you have The 39 Steps , a fast-paced whodunit for anyone who loves the magic of theatre. This two-time Tony and Drama Desk Award-winning treat is packed with nonstop laughs, over 150 zany...

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Tell Me Lies in New Hampshire Tell Me Lies
Claremont Opera House (10/10-10/10)
Skynyrd's Hatchet in New Hampshire Skynyrd's Hatchet
Claremont Opera House (10/03-10/03)
Count Arthur Strong - And It’s Goodnight From Me! in New Hampshire Count Arthur Strong - And It’s Goodnight From Me!
Portsmouth New Theatre Royal (3/11-3/11)
Count Arthur Strong - And It’s Goodnight From Me! in New Hampshire Count Arthur Strong - And It’s Goodnight From Me!
Key Theatre (5/12-5/12)
The Third Man in New Hampshire The Third Man
The Park Theatre (9/25-9/25)
YAEKO MIRANDA STRING QUARTET – Rock meets classical. Unforgettable. Sun Sept 27, 7pm in New Hampshire YAEKO MIRANDA STRING QUARTET – Rock meets classical. Unforgettable. Sun Sept 27, 7pm
The Park Theatre (9/27-9/27)
ThunderBeard in New Hampshire ThunderBeard
Claremont Opera House (11/07-11/07)
THE MAGIC FARAWAY TREE (2026) The hit family movie from England! Starts Sept 18 in New Hampshire THE MAGIC FARAWAY TREE (2026) The hit family movie from England! Starts Sept 18
The Park Theatre (9/18-9/24)
GOLDFISH in New Hampshire GOLDFISH
Bridewell Theatre (11/03-11/07)
Mamma Mania in New Hampshire Mamma Mania
Claremont Opera House (11/21-11/21)