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The Players' Ring Theatre

105 Marcy Street, Portsmouth NH 03801
Portsmouth, NH

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

53 total · showing 41–50

First Night

FeaturedFirst Night

Dec 29 – Dec 31, 2023

A bright, warm comedy about dreams, life, and love. Danny Fleming had convinced himself that life’s dreams can’t be anything more than dreams. Then back into his life walks his eighth-grade flame, Meredith O’Connor – only now it’s Sister Meredith Louise, and it becomes a New...

'A Christmas Carol'

'A Christmas Carol'

Dec 1 – Dec 23, 2023

PORTSMOUTH – The holiday season wouldn’t be complete without seeing the classic Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol,” running at the Players’ Ring Theatre for the first three weeks of December. Directed by Debra Martuscello Wiley, this timeless tale has been produced at the Ring...

'What the Dickens'

'What the Dickens'

Nov 25

“What the Dickens,” produced by Stranger than Fiction, will be showing on Saturday, Nov. 25, at the Players’ Ring Theatre for two shows at 2:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Cold-hearted Ebenezer Scrooge will be visited by the ghosts of Christmas past, present, and future - only this time...

'Granite State Proud'

'Granite State Proud'

Nov 10 – Nov 19, 2023

PORTSMOUTH – An original thought-provoking play, “Granite State Proud,” written and directed by Bretton Reis opens at the Players’ Ring Theatre on Friday, Nov. 10. “Granite State Proud” chronicles one man's slide into extremism in northern New Hampshire against the backdrop of a...

'Gay Bride of Frankenstein'

'Gay Bride of Frankenstein'

Oct 20 – Nov 5, 2023

PORTSMOUTH – Just in time for the Halloween season, the Players’ Ring Theatre is bringing back its original comic-book rock musical, “Gay Bride of Frankenstein.”

Outside Mullingar

Outside Mullingar

Sep 29 – Oct 15, 2023

Outside Mullingar A Romantic Comedy by John Patrick Shanley Directed by Matthew Parent Anthony and Rosemary are two introverted misfits straddling 40. Anthony has spent his entire life on a cattle farm in rural Ireland,. Rosemary lives right next door, determined to have him...

Deathtrap

Deathtrap

Sep 8 – Sep 24, 2023

Deathtrap A Thriller Comedy by Ira Levin Directed by Jack Neary Comfortably ensconced in his charming Connecticut home, Sidney Bruhl, a successful writer of Broadway thrillers, is struggling to overcome a dry spell which has resulted in a string of failures and a shortage of...

First Night

FeaturedFirst Night

Dec 30 – Dec 31, 2022

First Night A Romantic Comedy by the author of "Moonglow" Jack Neary A bright, warm comedy about dreams, life, and love. Danny Fleming had convinced himself that life’s dreams can’t be anything more than dreams. Then back into his life walks his eighth-grade flame, Meredith...

Children of the Grim

Children of the Grim

May 13 – Jun 5, 2022

Bitter Pill is back at the Players Ring Theatre with a brand new theatrical presentation for the first time in four years since their bloody successful production of William Shakespeare's, "Titus Andronicus Musicus" in 2018."Children of the Grim," is a neo-gothic musical staging...

Moonglow

Moonglow

Apr 22 – May 8, 2022

Its 1967. Ray Healy is a music teacher and a marching band leader in his parish. At 50, hes single, hes highly respected, and he leads a quiet life. Arlene Hodge, 45, assists him with the marching band, and would like to get closer to him. Shes heard a rumor that he had been...

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The Park Theatre (9/10-9/17)
Viva Las Elvis in New Hampshire Viva Las Elvis
Claremont Opera House (9/19-9/19)
REVEREND HORTON HEAT Live on our stage with Messer Chups – Sat, Sept 5, 7:30pm in New Hampshire REVEREND HORTON HEAT Live on our stage with Messer Chups – Sat, Sept 5, 7:30pm
The Park Theatre (9/05-9/05)
Skynyrd's Hatchet in New Hampshire Skynyrd's Hatchet
Claremont Opera House (10/03-10/03)
Shear Madness in New Hampshire Shear Madness
The Barnstormers Theatre (8/20-8/29)
Golden Girls: The Laughs Continue - Ages 18+ in New Hampshire Golden Girls: The Laughs Continue - Ages 18+
The Music Hall-NH (10/08-10/08)
THE BRIT PACK – British Invasion and More • Sat, Aug 29, 7:30pm in New Hampshire THE BRIT PACK – British Invasion and More • Sat, Aug 29, 7:30pm
The Park Theatre (8/29-8/29)
Mamma Mania in New Hampshire Mamma Mania
Claremont Opera House (11/21-11/21)
Tell Me Lies in New Hampshire Tell Me Lies
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