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POWERHOUSE THEATRE COLLABORATIVE

609 Main St
Laconia, NH 03246



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


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


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


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


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

The Crucible
The Crucible
Oct 11 – Oct 13, 2024

Arthur Miller's classic play about the Salem Witchcraft Trials comes to gripping life on the Colonial Theatre stage produced by the award-winning Powerhouse Theatre Collaborative. ...

Quilters the Musical
Quilters the Musical
Sep 29 – Oct 1, 2023

Quilters, with book by Molly Newman and Barbara Damashek, and lyrics and music by Damashek, is an intimate musical with a small all-women cast. The...

Videos


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)
Euruka Day in New Hampshire Euruka Day
The Barnstormers Theatre (7/09-7/18)
Shear Madness in New Hampshire Shear Madness
The Barnstormers Theatre (8/20-8/29)
A League of Their Own in New Hampshire A League of Their Own
The Park Theatre (6/12-6/12)
Red Solo Cup- A tribute to Toby Keith & East Coast Combs- A Tribute to Luke Combs in New Hampshire Red Solo Cup- A tribute to Toby Keith & East Coast Combs- A Tribute to Luke Combs
Red Solo Cup- A tribute to Toby Keith & East Coast Combs- A Tribute to Luke Combs (6/13-6/13)
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels in New Hampshire Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
The Barnstormers Theatre (6/25-7/04)
"Emma" in New Hampshire "Emma"
The Players' Ring Theatre (5/29-6/07)
The Natural in New Hampshire The Natural
The Park Theatre (5/29-5/29)
Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express in New Hampshire Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express
The Barnstormers Theatre (8/06-8/15)
KISS/POISON Tribute Concert – Sat, May 30, 7:30pm in New Hampshire KISS/POISON Tribute Concert – Sat, May 30, 7:30pm
The Park Theatre (5/30-5/30)