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PETERBOROUGH PLAYERS

55 Hadley Road
Peterborough, NH 03458

Tosca
Tosca
11/23


• Following a string of awe-inspiring Live in HD performances where she was praised for her “towering” (Financial Times) and “nearly supernatural” (The New York Times) turns ...

Aida
Aida
1/25


• Soprano Angel Blue, known for her celebrated turns in the Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess (2020), Terence Blanchard’s Fire Shut Up in My Bones (2021), ...

Prima Facie


Jodie Comer’s ( Killing Eve ) Olivier and Tony Award-winning performance in Suzie Miller’s gripping one-woman play returns to cinemas.   Tessa is a young, ...

Fidelio
Fidelio
3/15


• Soprano Lise Davidsen returns to headline Beethoven’s only opera as Leonore, who risks everything to save her husband from the clutches of tyranny. Tenor ...

Nye
Nye
4/12


Confronted with death, Aneurin ‘Nye’ Bevan’s (Michael Sheen) deepest memories lead him on a mind-bending journey back through his life; from childhood to mining underground, ...

Le Nozze Di Figaro


• Leading an extraordinary cast in Mozart’s period comedy, bass baritone Michael Sumuel stars as the clever valet Figaro, opposite soprano Olga Kulchynska as his ...

Salome
Salome
5/17


• Headlining the new production is soprano Elza van den Heever as the unhinged heroine, who demands the head of Jochanaan, sung by celebrated baritone ...

Il Barbiere Di Siviglia


• Following her critically acclaimed performance in Bizet’s Carmen (2024), mezzo-soprano Aigul Akhmetshina returns to the Met to headline Bartlett Sher’s madcap production of Rossini’s ...


RELATED STORIES

Review: MAN OF LA MANCHA at the Peterborough Players


by Dan Marois - August 16, 2024

The Peterborough Players ends a record breaking season with a production of “Man of La Mancha,” starring Scott Bakula (From television in, “Quantum Leap,” “Star Trek Enterprise,” and “NCIS:New Orleans”) and his wife, Chelsea Field (best known Rita Devereaux  in “NCIS:New Orleans”), in the lead roles...

Interview: Scott Bakula and Chelsea Field of MAN OF LA MANCHA at Peterborough Players


by Dan Marois - July 28, 2024

Scott Bakula and Chelsea Field are set to grace the stage in the upcoming production of the musical, “Man of La Mancha” playing at the Peterborough Players from August 14 to 25....

Last Chance to Vote for the BWW New Hampshire Awards; Voting Ends 12/31


by BWW Awards - December 26, 2023

It's the final week left to vote for the 2023 BroadwayWorld New Hampshire Awards! Voting ends on 12/31 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!...

2 Weeks to Vote for the BWW New Hampshire Awards; NEWSIES THE MUSICAL, CRUCIBLE, Arts In Motion & More Lead!


by BWW Awards - December 18, 2023

There's just two weeks left to vote and we have the latest standings as of Monday, December 18th for the 2023 BroadwayWorld New Hampshire Awards! Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!...

BroadwayWorld New Hampshire Awards; NEWSIES THE MUSICAL, CRUCIBLE, Arts In Motion & More Lead!


by BWW Awards - December 11, 2023

It's the final 3 weeks and we have the latest standings as of Monday, December 11th for the 2023 BroadwayWorld New Hampshire Awards! Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!...

THE 24 HOUR PLAYS Return to Jaffrey's Park Theatre For Third Time


by Stephi Wild - September 13, 2023

The Park Theatre will present The 24 Hours Plays: MONADNOCK! on Saturday, September 30, at Jaffrey, New Hampshire's acclaimed Park Theatre performing arts center. Learn more about the performance and how to get tickets here!...

Past Shows

The Motive and the Cue


Sam Mendes ( The Lehman Trilogy ) directs Mark Gatiss as John Gielgud and Johnny Flynn as Richard Burton in this fierce and funny new ...

Vanya
Vanya
11/2


Andrew Scott ( Fleabag ) brings multiple characters to life in Simon Stephens’ ( The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time ) radical ...


The Peterborough Players, a historic summer theater in New Hampshire, welcomes Brendon Fox as its new Artistic Director, following an extensive search that attracted over ...

Man of La Mancha
Man of La Mancha
8/14 - 8/25/2024


“To Dream the Impossible Dream… to fight the unbeatable foe…to reach the unreachable star.” Adapted from Don Miguel de Cervantes’ classic Spanish novel, “Don Quixote”, ...

Ben Butler
Ben Butler
7/31 - 8/11/2024


“I heard a good lawyer can always use convoluted reasoning to find a loophole.” When an escaped slave shows up at Fort Monroe demanding sanctuary ...

Cabaret
Cabaret
8/9


Join the talented Second Company and Equity Company of the Peterborough Players as they sing their way into your heart!  Hosted by Kraig Swartz, this ...

Pride & Prejudice
Pride & Prejudice
7/17 - 7/28/2024


"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife."  Jane Austen’s ...

Deathtrap
Deathtrap
7/3 - 7/14/2024


“What’s the point of owning a mace if you don’t use it?” Would a writer of stage thrillers, whose last hit was 18 years ago, ...

Noises OFF
Noises OFF
6/19 - 6/30/2024


Join the Peterborough Players as they proudly present the FUNNIEST FARCE EVER! “Doors and sardines, that’s what it’s all about – getting on -getting off. ...

JUST JIM DALE


Tony Award winner and beloved actor/singer, Jim Dale, hits the stage again with his critically acclaimed one man show,  Just Jim Dale , at the ...

LADY DAY AT EMERSON'S BAR & GRILL


Its the evening show at Hal Emersons Bar and Grill in Philadelphia, PA, March of 1959, and youve got a seat at the bar. Youre ...

THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOTHES
THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOTHES
7/15 - 8/15/2022


Theatre for the young (and the young at heart!) returns with our Second Company show!Marcus the Third is too young to take the throne, and ...

2 PIANOS 4 HANDS
2 PIANOS 4 HANDS
8/4 - 8/14/2022


Two actors, two pianos and many, many characters grace the stage asfifteen years of learning the art of piano playing unfolds. From classical to pop ...

Ben Butler
8/26 - 9/6/2020


Richard Strand Peterborough Players...

Into The Woods
7/29 - 8/9/2020


The Brothers Grimm hit the stage with an epic fairytale about wishes, family and the choices we make....

Lungs
7/1 - 7/12/2020


Duncan Macmillan Peterborough Players...

This Verse Business
This Verse Business
2/6 - 2/16/2020


By A.M. Dolan Directed by Gus Kaikkonen Featuring Gordon Clapp February 6-16 The perfect marriage between a treasured American poet and a beloved actor, Emmy-winner ...

Always...Patsy Cline
Always...Patsy Cline
1/16 - 1/26/2020


Created and originally directed by TED SWINDLEY, based on a true story Directed by TOM FREY Featuring BRIDGET BEIRNE JANUARY 16-26 Full of down-home laughs ...

A Tuna Christmas
A Tuna Christmas
12/5 - 12/15/2019


A Comedy by ED HOWARD, JOE SEARS, and JASTON WILLIAMS Directed by GUS KAIKKONEN Featuring TOM FREY and KRAIG SWARTZ December 5-15 In this boisterous ...

Rose
Rose
9/11 - 9/15/2019


By MARTIN SHERMANDirected by HOWARD MILLMANStarring: CAROLYN MICHELIm eighty years old. I find that unforgivable and suddenly its a millennium and I stink of the ...

A Doll's House, Part 2
A Doll's House, Part 2
8/28 - 9/8/2019


By LUCAS HNATHDirected by KEITH STEVENSFeaturing: LISA BOSTNARWhat happens when you leave everything youve ever known, and what happens to those youve left behind? Fifteen ...

Dumas' Camille
Dumas' Camille
8/14 - 8/25/2019


By CHARLES MOREYDirected by CHARLES MOREYFeaturing: GUS KAIKKONEN, REBECCA BRINKLEY, BRIDGET BEIRNE. and ALEX CARRA play filled with some of the most beautiful music ever ...

Cindy Reilly
Cindy Reilly
8/17 - 8/24/2019


Directed by GUS KAIKKONENAn updated musical story by GUS KAIKKONEN & KRAIG SWARTZMusic by ELLEN MANDEL In this modern, musical retelling of the beloved Cinderella ...

SHE LOVES ME
7/31 - 8/11/2019


Set amidst the charming chaos of a 1930s Budapest perfume shop, She Loves Me blossoms with mistaken identities, witty banter, and heartwarming romance. We meet ...

She Loves Me
She Loves Me
7/31 - 8/11/2019


Book by JOE MASTEROFFMusic by JERRY BOCK Lyrics by SHELDON HARNICKDirected by GUS KAIKKONEN Choreography by BILL BURNSFeaturing: TOM FREY, REBECCA BRINKLEY, JOE BIGELOW, and ...

Morning's at Seven
Morning's at Seven
7/17 - 7/28/2019


By PAUL OSBORNDirected by GUS KAIKKONEN Featuring: LISA BOSTNAR, KATHY MANFRE, GREG WOOD, and KRAIG SWARTZBefore Paul Osborn wrote the screenplay for Rodgers and Hammersteins ...

Fully Committed
1/31 - 2/10/2019


Becky Mode Peterborough Players...

THE DROWSY CHAPERONE
8/1 - 8/12/2018


The Drowsy Chaperone is a hilarious and meta-theatrical musical that injects a dose of nostalgia and playful satire into the world of classic Broadway musicals. ...

Hold These Truths
Hold These Truths
9/17 - 9/21/2014


In WWII Seattle, a Japanese university student with a passionate belief in the US Constitution wrestles with the Government’s mass internment of people of Japanese ...

A Closer Walk with Patsy Cline


From small-town Virginia to the bright lights of Carnegie Hall, Patsy Cline’s legend is a monument to ambition, grace and talent. Starring Players favorite Bridget ...

The Granite State
The Granite State
7/23 - 9/3/2014


The Granite State is a smart and topical new comedy about aging, love, loss, literature, family – and blackmail. George is a famous novelist who ...

The Voysey Inheritance
The Voysey Inheritance
8/20 - 8/31/2014


Edward Voysey, an idealistic young lawyer, is given a partnership in his family’s estates and trusts law firm, only to discover that his beloved father ...

Little Women
Little Women
8/23 - 8/30/2014


Little Women returns to the Peterborough Players and the March sisters grow up for a whole new generation. Romantic Meg, tomboyish Jo, gentle Beth and ...

The Circle
The Circle
8/6 - 8/17/2014


From the era of Downton Abbey, The Circle is a comedy of high-society intrigue. When Arnold Champion-Cheney was a boy, his mother, Lady Kitty, scandalously ...

The Emperor's New Clothes
The Emperor's New Clothes
6/28 - 7/26/2014


A classic story gets brought to life: an emperor obsessed with fashion, a nation of people who live to serve him and two oddly loveable ...

The Last of the Red Hot Lovers


From Tony, Emmy and Pulitzer-winning author Neil Simon, The Last of the Red Hot Lovers follows long-married Barney Cashman as he crashes through a mid-life ...

Family Secrets
Family Secrets
6/25 - 7/6/2014


Family Secrets is a masterful and vivd portrait of an American family in a series of side-splitting scenes. Carolyn Michel (from 2011's The Lady with ...

The Lady With All the Answers


Laugh along with America's favorite advice columnist, Ann Landers. No topic was taboo in her newspaper column, where she answered countless letters with wit and ...

Measure for Measure
Measure for Measure
8/31 - 9/11/2011


“Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall.” Shakespeare’s black comedy tingles with intrigue in this story of love, lust, and politics. A full ...

Videos


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New Hampshire Theatre Project (12/10 - 12/12)
Bye Bye Birdie in New Hampshire Bye Bye Birdie
Community Players of Concord (11/22 - 11/24)
A Tuna Christmas in New Hampshire A Tuna Christmas
Players' Ring Theatre (11/22 - 12/1)
Nye in New Hampshire Nye
Peterborough Players (4/12 - 4/12)
Discovering Magic in New Hampshire Discovering Magic
Players' Ring Theatre (12/27 - 12/29)
The Simon & Garfunkel Songbook: an Evening of Songs & Stories featuring Aztec Two-Step 2.0 in New Hampshire The Simon & Garfunkel Songbook: an Evening of Songs & Stories featuring Aztec Two-Step 2.0
North Country Center for the Arts at Jean's Playhouse (2/15 - 2/15)
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