Peterborough Players Sets Summer 2016 Season

The Peterborough Players announced today the lineup of productions for the 2016 summer season. This year marks the 83rd anniversary since the Players presented their first production at the barn theatre in 1933.

Artistic Director for over 20 years, Gus Kaikkonen outlined the upcoming 2016 season:

"This season the Players is happy to present a joyous slate of award winning comedies, dramas and new plays. The most famous Socialist named Bernie (until recently), Bernard Shaw will be back on our stage with PYGMALION (Aug 3-14), his best known play. He won the 1938 Academy Award for its screenplay, and he had already won a Nobel Prize for Literature--he remains the only writer to win both. Oh, and he turned down the knighthood he was offered! Alfred Uhry also won the Academy Award for writing the film version of his own play, DRIVING MISS DAISY (June 22 - July 3) -and the Pulitzer Prize when it was originally produced Off Broadway. DAISY opens our season. Yasmina Reza's GOD OF CARNAGE (August 31 - September 11) and Christopher Durang's VANYA AND SONIA AND MASHA AND SPIKE (July 20 - July 31) both won Broadway's Tony Award for Best Play, and Ms. Reza picked up London's Olivier Award for Best Play, as well. Add to that Chuck Morey's rollicking take on Feydeau, THE LADIES MAN (August 17 - August 28), Sharr White's moving exploration of human foibles, ANNAPURNA (July 6 - July 17), and Stephan Wolfert's autobiographical veteran's tale CRY HAVOC (September 14 - September 18) and you have a summer of programming as varied and exciting as anyone could imagine. The Second Company will be performing the modern children's classic MISS NELSON IS MISSING (June 25, July 1, 2, 8, 9, 13, 15, 16, 22, 23), and a world premiere version of SHERLOCK! (August, 20, 22, 23, 27), adapted from A. Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes by yours truly. Enjoy!"

April 1st is the deadline for last year's season subscribers to buy 2016 subscriptions and keep their same seats. Barn Door Flex Passes are available for sale immediately and on May 15 the Box Office takes ticket reservations using those passes. Also, starting this year, if you buy two Barn Door Flex Passes with a credit card, you can pay for them in two payments, one payment is made the day you purchase and the other payment is made automatically 30 days later. The Players accepts MasterCard, Visa and American Express for all ticket purchases.

The Box Office accepts single ticket sales for all shows starting on Wednesday, June 1st at 10am.

The Box Office can be reached by calling (603) 924-7585. Ticket information can be found at PlayersTix.com.

The Peterborough Players Theatre is located at 55 Hadley Road in Peterborough, New Hampshire, approximately 80 miles from Boston.

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