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The Players' Ring Theatre

105 Marcy St
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

53 total · showing 31–40

'Alice'

'Alice'

May 24 – Jun 2, 2024

The Players’ Ring Theatre, in conjunction with Upside Arts, is producing this tale, based on the books by Lewis Carroll, and adapted and directed by Miles Burns and Joshua Goldberg with “Alice,” on stage at the Ring May 24 through June 2. When: May 24 through June 2 Fridays and...

The Legend of Georgia McBride

"The Legend of Georgia McBride"

May 3 – May 19, 2024

PORTSMOUTH – The entertaining story of “The Legend of Georgia McBride” written by Matthew Lopez and directed by Joe Juknievich, will be on stage at the Players’ Ring Theatre from May 3 through May 19. Casey (played by Aaron Bencks) is an Elvis impersonator with everything going...

'Macbeth'

'Macbeth'

Apr 19 – Apr 28, 2024

PORTSMOUTH – “Something wicked this way comes .” Experience a drum-beating, hair-raising, blood-pumping, two-faced production of Shakespeare’s “Tragedie of Macbeth .” Running at the Players’ Ring Theatre April 19 through April 28, the production is a creative collaboration...

America America

"America America"

Apr 5 – Apr 14, 2024

PORTSMOUTH – An original play, America America , written and directed by Joan Bigwood , performed in English and Spanish (with the projection of English subtitles), will be on stage at the Players’ Ring Theatre from April 5 through April 19. After 17 years of marriage, venture...

'The Aliens'

'The Aliens'

Mar 8 – Mar 24, 2024

PORTSMOUTH - After the success of "Is Edward Snowden Single?" almost exactly one year ago, the Players' Ring Theatre and Bardo Theatre Company are thrilled to collaborate once again on “The Aliens” by Annie Baker, which premiered Off-Broadway in 2010 and won the Obie Award for...

‘Jonathan Harrington - 19th Century Magician’

‘Jonathan Harrington - 19th Century Magician’

Feb 23 – Feb 25, 2024

PORTSMOUTH – Looking for some fun in the middle of winter’s bleakness? Look no further than catching some magic at the Players’ Ring Theatre the weekend of Feb. 23-25. Walk back in time with Andrew Pinard performing as 19th century magician Jonathan Harrington (1811-1881) in...

'I See No Arlecchino'

'I See No Arlecchino'

Jan 26 – Feb 11, 2024

PORTSMOUTH – To lighten up the winter doldrums, The Players’ Ring Theatre is showing “I See No Arlecchino,” Jan. 26 through Feb. 11, directed by Kelli Leigh-Ann Connors. Written by David Kaye and Evan Russel, this hysterical piece features all the traditional beloved masks of...

'The Poor Rich'

'The Poor Rich'

Jan 19 – Jan 21, 2024

PORTSMOUTH – Everything you make, she takes. Mother Greed comes in many forms, but in “The Poor Rich,” she’s at her most unadulterated. Seacoast native Gemma Soldati brings her latest solo show to the Players’ Ring Theatre for three nights, Jan. 19, 20 and 21. Behold the...

Whispering to Dostoevsky

Jan 3 – Jan 19, 2024

Whispering to Dostoevsky unfolds the passionate love story of the renowned writer Fyodor Dostoevsky and his collaborator, Anna, who became his wife and publisher. Written and directed by Richard McElvain, the play explores their tumultuous journey together, battling personal...

'You, Me and The Woodsmoke'

'You, Me and The Woodsmoke'

Jan 5 – Jan 14, 2024

PORTSMOUTH – The Players’ Ring Theatre welcomes the new year on Jan. 5 with the world premiere of “You, Me and The Woodsmoke,” written and directed by Catherine Stewart. Julianne (Monique Peaslee Foote) and Margo (Kolby Hume) hope a camping trip will rekindle their long-lost...

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