“As Time Goes By,” opening at the Players Ring on Sept. 18, is the theatre’s premier production for its 2026-27 Mainstage Season. Written by G. Matthew Gaskell and directed by Jamie Bradley, the play is about time travel, comedy and heart. An inexplicable visitor from the...
'Time of Your Life' is a memorable tune. It was the graduation song, the goodbye song, the song that seemed to be everywhere in the late 1990s and early 2000s.…
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An evening in Prescott Park fits perfectly like the glass slipper in 'Cinderella.'…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
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?…
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.…
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/…
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Step into “A Slice of Crazy Pie”, a surreal cabaret of hand-carved wooden marionettes, live music, and audience interaction created by puppeteer and multidisciplinary artist
For three performances only, celebrate the wit, the wordsmith and the bizarre, hilarious, imaginative world of G. Matthew Gaskell with an evening of his greatest short-play hits. A longtime Players’ Ring favorite, Gaskell has written, directed, premiered, and performed in dozens...
Stranger Than Fiction Improv returns to the Players Ring for their third summer with the “A Splash of Improv” series — an unpredictable, high-energy mix of games, stories, characters, and complete comedic chaos. Every show is different. One night may feature fast-paced short...
A favorite of Players Ring audiences since 2014, Andrew Pinard has entertained hundreds of thousands of people throughout New England and around the world.
Written by Jack Neary, who will be taking the stage, not alone, but accompanied by the brilliantly talented pianist and performer Jon Abrams. Neary is a director, a producer, and a playwright who has written more than 30 full-length plays, countless shorter works, and scripts...
Stranger Than Fiction Improv returns to the Players Ring for their third summer with the Splash of Improv Series — an unpredictable, high-energy mix of games, stories, characters, and complete comedic chaos. Every show is different. One night may feature fast-paced short form...
Couch to Mic presents a wildly honest, funny, and multi-genre evening of storytelling, performance, and art about the chaos, humor, and humanity unfolding inside our heads. Featuring dance performance artist Sara Juli alongside theater makers, comedians, and storytellers Sandi...
Hosted by Couch to Mic creator Steph Lazenby and featuring fan favorites, this evening celebrates some of the Seacoast’s most memorable emerging comics. Couch to Mic is a fast-paced comedy workshop and live performance series. Since its launch in 2019, more than one hundred...
The summer’s hot, but the comedy is cool. Stranger Than Fiction Improv returns to the Players Ring for their third summer with the Splash of Improv Series — an unpredictable, high-energy mix of games, stories, characters, and complete comedic chaos. Since 2004, this...
PORTSMOUTH – “Emma,” a sparkling and mischievous reimagining of Jane Austen’s beloved classic, will be on stage at the Players Ring May 29 through June 21. Written by Kate Hamill and directed by Ro Gavin, the audience will see Emma Woodhouse as clever, charming, and perhaps a...
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Mamma Mania Claremont Opera House (11/21-11/21) |
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ThunderBeard Claremont Opera House (11/07-11/07) |
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THE EUROPEANS (1979) Filmed in New Ipswich! With talkback and Q&A. Sun Oct 4, 2pm The Park Theatre (10/04-10/04) |
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MEDIUM LAUREN RAINBOW “Messages From The Spirit” – Fri Oct 16, 7:30pm The Park Theatre (10/16-10/16) |
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Tell Me Lies Claremont Opera House (10/10-10/10) |
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Looking Glass Land - The Misadventures of a Girl Named Alice The Community Players of Concord - Children's Theatre Project (10/16-10/17) |
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Count Arthur Strong - And Its Goodnight From Me! Portsmouth New Theatre Royal (3/11-3/11) |
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Johnny Folsom 4 Claremont Opera House (11/14-11/14) |
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‘As Time Goes By’ Players Ring (9/18-10/11) |
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Count Arthur Strong - And Its Goodnight From Me! Key Theatre (5/12-5/12) |
