Review: GREEN DAY'S AMERICAN IDIOT at Seacoast Repertory Theatre
'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.…
The Players' Ring Theatre
105 Marcy Street, Portsmouth NH 03801
Portsmouth, NH
The Players' Ring Theatre is a theatre in Portsmouth, NH.
Articles
Review: GREASE at Seacoast Repertory Theatre
What did our critic think of GREASE at Seacoast Repertory Theatre?…
Review: CINDERELLA at Prescott Park
An evening in Prescott Park fits perfectly like the glass slipper in 'Cinderella.'…
Review: GODSPELL at Break A Leg Legally
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
53 total · showing 21–30
‘Gruesome Playground Injuries’
PORTSMOUTH – In collaboration with Bardo Theatre Company, “Gruesome Playground Injuries” will be on stage at the Players’ Ring Theatre Feb. 28 through March 16. Written by Rajiv Joseph and directed by Tyler Christie, this unconventional drama tells of a different kind of love...
'Whispering to Dostoevsky'
PORTSMOUTH – The extraordinary love story of Fyodor Dostoevsky and the woman who became “the architect of his life,” will be on stage at the Players’ Ring Theatre from Jan. 3 through the 19, written and directed by Richard McElvain. When his unscrupulous publisher had a gun to...
"Discovering Magic"
Andrew Pinard's Discovering Magic is back!Andrew will act as the tour guide to the impossible and absurd, inviting you to explore the mystical and magical world of perception and deception. Audience members actively participate in the performance making every show a unique...
'A Christmas Carol'
The Players' Ring Theatre presents its 29th production of "A Christmas Carol," adapted and directed by Ben Bagley. “Will you believe it – the Players' Ring has been presenting ‘A Christmas Carol’ for 29 consecutive years,” said the Ring’s Executive Director Margherita Giacobbi...
"What The Dickens"
Cold-hearted Ebenezer Scrooge will be visited by the ghosts of Christmas past, present, and future - only this time the audience decides how the story goes! Join us for an evening of improvised comedy as we celebrate Charles Dickens' holiday classic "A Christmas Carol"...
"A Tuna Christmas"
In this hilarious sequel to “Greater Tuna,” it’s Christmas in the third-smallest town in Texas. Radio station OKKK news personalities Thurston Wheelis and Arles Struvie report on various Yuletide activities, including the hot competition in the annual lawn-display contest. In...
'The Fall of The House of Usher'
PORTSMOUTH – Thrill-seeking Portsmouth Halloween Parade goers are invited to end their spooky night at the Players’ Ring Theatre for an exciting adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Fall of The House of Usher,” by Jack Neary who also directs the play that opens on Oct. 31 at 9...
"Head, Heart, and Heather"
PORTSMOUTH - What happens if Head and Heart both demand to have a say in a young woman’s dating life? This is what will transpire in an original play written by Emily Andrews and directed by Billie Butler running Oct. 4 through Oct. 20. at the Players’ Ring Theatre. The play...
“Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike”
PORTSMOUTH – “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike,” a Tony award winning, deliriously funny comedy, begins the 2024-25 season of the Players’ Ring Theatre. Written by the late Christopher Durang and directed by Matthew Parent, the play opens Sept. 6 and runs through Sept. 22...
'Dionysia'
A festival of short plays, in collaboration with Outcast Productions, and directed by Alex Bickerstaff and Jordan Formichelli The Dionysia was a large festival in ancient Athens in honor of the god Dionysus, the central events of which were the theatrical performances of...
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Mamma Mania Claremont Opera House (11/21-11/21) |
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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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'And Then There Were None Players Ring (10/23-11/15) |
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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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THE BIG TRAIL (1930) In 70MM Widescreen with John Wayne. Sun, Oct 18, 2PM The Park Theatre (10/18-10/18) |
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THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME (1922) Silent film with Jeff Rapsis LIVE on the organ. Wed, Oct 28, 1:30pm The Park Theatre (10/28-10/28) |
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THE LONG RUN – Songs of The Eagles – Sat, Oct 17, 7:30pm The Park Theatre (10/17-10/17) |
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ArtsCinema Series: Finding Vivian Maier The Park Theatre (10/14-10/14) |
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FALLEN ANGELS – The Noel Coward comedy is back! Stage2Screen with Rose Byrne & Kelli O’Hara – Oct 22 & 25 The Park Theatre (10/22-10/25) |
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Stanley Kubrick’s THE SHINING (1980) Jack Nicholson at his best. Fri Oct 23, 6:30pm The Park Theatre (10/23-10/23) |
