"If there's one play you
see this year, see this one"
– the Wire
"Bravo! Bravo! Bravo!"
– audience member
This year, New Hampshire Theatre Project celebrates 20 years of transformative theatre, productions that encourage meaningful reflection and community dialogue for both audience and participants.
The 2008/09 anniversary season explores the befitting theme of time and destiny – how actions in the past influence future possibilities. We begin in November with Doubt, John Patrick Shanley’s provocative investigation of truth and consequences in the Catholic Church, and end in May with Hamlet, Shakespeare’s dark prince of doubt who brings about his own tragic destiny. Celebration! proclaims the triumph of choosing light and love over greed and corruption, and time is definitely “out of joint” in the hilarious Revenge of the Space Pandas. Our special anniversary production of Entr’Acte is a retrospective that honors NHTP’s past 20 years and propels us toward the future.
Come join us for provocative drama, hilarious comedy, delectable music, and lively audience discussions. Explore the gifts of theatre: affirmation, healing, responsibility, teamwork, creativity, communication, cooperation, confidence, tolerance and passion. Come celebrate and make NHTP an important part of your life!
Genevieve Aichele
Artistic Director
Showtime
8 pm Fridays & Saturdays
2 pm Sundays
(Note: Youth Repertory Company evening shows are at 7 pm.)
Reservations
$22 general admission
$15 students and seniors
Reservations are highly recommended. All shows have general seating. To make reservations, call 603/431-6644 × 5 or email reservations@nhtheatreproject.org.
Payment
Cash and checks made out to NHTP
are accepted at the door. Following confirmation of reservation, credit card purchases may be processed online at payment.nhtheatreproject.org.
Our Theatre
NHTP’s 959 Islington Street theatre in Portsmouth, NH offers free parking and handicap accessibility. Driving directions are available online at directions.nhtheatreproject.org.
Listen to Genevieve Aichele & Blair Hundertmark introduce the 2008/09 Season
Mainstage Productions
November 2008
Fri
Sat
Sun
14 *
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28 *
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PRIZE-WINNING DRAMA
Doubt, A Parable
By John Patrick Shanley
Directed by Dev Luthra November 14–30, 2008
* Post-show audience discussions every Friday
Set in 1964 at a Catholic School, Shanley’s parable portrays the struggle between an older nun and a new priest she suspects of abuse. This mysteriously tense drama investigates deeply disturbing subject matter with artistry and taste, offering insights that are both emotional and thoughtful. Doubt is directed by Dev Luthra from Boston’s And Still We Rise Productions. Award winning NHTP artistic team of Genevieve Aichele & Blair Hundertmark star in this Pulitzer Prize, Obie, and Tony Award winning play. MORE »
January 2009
Fri
Sat
Sun
9
10
11
16
17
18
23
24
25
MIDWINTER MUSICAL
Celebration!
By Tom Jones & Harvey Schmidt
Directed by Genevieve Aichele January 9–25, 2009
This joyous musical, which was written by the same team that created The Fantasticks, presents an allegorical fable resplendent with masked revelers celebrating the triumph of innocence over evil. With tuneful music and powerful movement, Celebration! combines wry comedy with pure passion, exploring the personal costs of environmental destruction when motivated by greed. This musical, which premiered 40 years ago, wraps its strongly contemporary themes in the wildness of a crazy midwinter carnival. With music direction by the indomitable Gail Adams, Celebration! is one musical you won’t want to miss.
March 2009
Fri
Sat
Sun
13
14
15
20
21
22
SPRING FLING DOWN MEMORY LANE
Entr’Acte
By 20 years of NHTP performers
Directed by Meghann Beauchamp March 13–22, 2009
Do you remember Neighborhoods, Rocky & Bullwinkle or Waiting for Godot? How about The Madwoman of Chaillot or Fabulous Faerie Tales? In Entr’Acte, our production celebrating NHTP’s 20th anniversary, we’ll present comedy, drama, music and mayhem that loyal fans, former theatergoers and new audience members of all ages will enjoy and applaud. With Entr’Acte, which is a theatrical term for a short presentation “between acts,” we’ll commemorate NHTP’s rich and varied past and honor its exciting and innovative future.
Youth Repertory Company
April 2009
Fri
Sat
Sun
10
11
12
JUNIOR REPERTORY COMPANY
Revenge of the Space Pandas,
or Binky Rudich & the Two-Speed Clock
By David Mamet
Directed by Meghann Beauchamp April 10-12, 2009
The madcap adventures of a boy named Binky as he travels through time and space with his friends Vivian (a girl) and Bob (a sheep).
May 2009
Fri
Sat
Sun
15
16
17
22
23
24
SENIOR REPERTORY COMPANY
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Genevieve Aichele
May 15-24, 2009
Shakespeare’s most powerful drama about choices and destiny, a masterpiece of noble tragedy performed by the award-winning NHTP youth company.
Other Season Highlights
October 9, 2008
5:30–7:30 pm
20th Anniversary Party at the 100 Club
Join Tom Haas & the NHTP family
as we celebrate 20 years of innovation, education, and excellence at the 100 Club, 100 Market Street in Portsmouth.
