Bridget Beirne News

'SILK' A New Musical receives an industry reading. Press release announces the upcoming presentation of the musical.

Art Lab will present MUM'S THE WORD! (a musical celebration of mothers).

A musical celebration of the groovy women of the 1960s! BEEHIVE: THE ‘60s MUSICAL is created by Larry Gallagher and directed/choreographed by Ilyse Robbins. Musical direction by J. Kathleen Catellanos and Jim Rice.

The Players' stage comes roaring back to life with Cabaret, the daring, bold, and provocative classic musical, with music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb, and a book by Joe Masteroff. This celebrated, show-stopping, musical masterpiece is the first mainstage Players' production to return indoors since February of 2020. Cabaret opens on Thursday, June 23rd and runs until Sunday, July 3rd.

The countdown to the Players' 2022 Summer Season is on, and excitement is in the air! A lineup of attention, transformation, beauty, and joy, the season of shows sizzles with newness, as well as the long-awaited return of Players’ favorite creatives and traditions.

The sounds, sights, and moves of the powerhouse female vocalists of the 1960's will bring the Players' new outdoor Elsewhere Stage roaring to life in Beehive: The 60's Musical! 

The Players invites anyone who needs assistance accessing tickets to attend, with a guest, for whatever they feel they can pay. Tickets must be reserved ahead of time through the box office. Learn more about the production and how to purchase tickets here!

If you've yet to experience Playgroup, now is your chance! Peterborough Players is bringing back the popular online workshop series this February, March, and April. The new series, which begins with popular company member Bridget Beirne presenting on Musical Theatre on February 12th  and 19th at 7:30pm, gives patrons and artists alike the opportunity to learn and discuss the elements that comprise the theatre they love.

Read an important message from the team at Peterborough Players regarding the cancellation of its upcoming summer season:

The Peterborough Players rings in the New Year - and new decade! - with an audience favorite, Always...Patsy Cline, created and originally directed by Ted Swindley, from January 16th-26th. This rousing musical, featuring classic Patsy Cline hits, has not been seen on the Players' stage since 2003. The Players has a long history with the music of the country legend, having produced a separate look at Patsy Cline's life in a different show, A Closer Walk with Patsy Cline, in 2014.

The Peterborough Players celebrates the return of their on-stage Winter Season with three selections sure to delight audiences during this cold time of year. A boisterous comedy, a return of a country music legend, and an encounter with one of America's most revered poets come to life in A Tuna Christmas, Alwaysa??Patsy Cline, and This Verse Business December 2019 a?" February 2020.

a??a??a??a??a??a??a??A play filled with some of the most beautiful music ever written, Dumas' Camille is both a deeply romantic love story and a thought-provoking exploration of the relationship between truth, memory, and art. Written by New Hampshire playwright Charles Morey, this emotionally charged, highly romantic 'play with music' opens at the Peterborough Players on August 14th and runs through the 25th.

"She loves me/And to my amazement/I love it knowing that she loves me/She loves me/True, she doesn't show it/How could she when she doesn't know it?" If those well-known lyrics strike up a tune in your head, then you're no doubt familiar with She Loves Me, this season's big, Broadway-style musical on stage at the Peterborough Players from July 31st- August 11th.

Before Paul Osborn wrote the screenplay for Rodgers and Hammerstein's box office hit South Pacific, he wrote a hysterical, semi-autobiographical Broadway comedy that captures Midwestern eccentricity to hilarious effect. Winner of 4 Tony Awards, Morning's at Seven is a funny and deeply poignant look at the foibles of a close-knit Midwestern family in the 1930s. It opens at the Peterborough Players on July 17th. ?

The Peterborough Players opens their 3rd Annual Winter season opens with It's A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play, adapted by Joe Landry, playing December 6-16.

With a library copy of 'SEX FOR DUMMIES' in hand, Alice attempts to re-kindle her decades long marriage to Henry. Over the course of a weekend in a luxury hotel, the couple stumbles over the hilarious and humbling truths of their 'long-running' marriage. This adult comedy is for any adult who has ever been married to another adult for a significant amount of time. A hit in Canada, we are thrilled to present the New Hampshire premiere of this comedy!

The Players fifth and sixth shows of the summer offer something for everyone, with George Bernard Shaw's The Man of Destiny playing August 15-26 and a musical adaptation of Pippi Longstocking playing August 18-25.

Winner of five Tony Awards, including Best Book and Best Original Score, The Drowsy Chaperone is a loving send-up of the Jazz Age musical, featuring one show-stopping number after another.  

The final show of the Peterborough Players 2nd Annual Winter Season is the New Hampshire Premiere of Ripcord, the new comedy by Pulitzer Prize-Winning playwright, David Lindsay-Abaire.

The classic holiday tale told from a new perspective the Peterborough Players present JACOB MARLEY'S CHRISTMAS CAROL. Follow Jacob Marley to the afterlife and back again in his attempt to redeem his former business partner. A story of renewal, sacrifice and ultimately the bonds that tie us all together. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!