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The Peterborough Players presents the surprising comedy-thriller, Stage Struck by Simon Gray, February 7-17. In his younger days, Robert Simon was a first-rate stage-manager. Now he has become a thoroughly efficient and happy house-husband, catering to the whims of his successful West End actress wife. Through the clumsy intervention of a psychiatrist, he learns that his happiness and his marriage are soon to end. Wounded, Robert plots revenge on wife and psychiatrist, using his stage-management skills and some macabre theatrical effects, to teach them an unforgettable lesson. What could possibly go wrong? Stage Struck is directed by Charles Morey and features Lisa Bostnar, Kraig Swartz, Nicholas Wilder, and Charles Weinstein. Rated PG-13 . For tickets to this and all Players productions visit www.peterboroughplayers.org or call 603-924-7585. The Peterborough Players is located at 55 Hadley Rd in Peterborough, NH.  On Saturday, February 2 at 1:00pm the Peterborough Players present, Live from the Metropolitan Opera, a screening of Bizet’s Carmen. Mezzo-soprano Clémentine Margaine reprises her remarkable portrayal of opera’s ultimate seductress, a triumph in her 2017 debut performances, with impassioned tenors Yonghoon Lee and Roberto Alagna as her lover, Don José. Omer Meir Wellber and Louis Langrée share conducting duties for Sir Richard Eyre’s powerful production, a Met favorite since its 2009 premiere. Tickets to Metropolitan Opera screenings are $25. For tickets and information on this and all upcoming productions, call 603-924-7585 and visit www.peterboroughplayers.org. The Peterborough Players is located at 55 Hadley Road in Peterborough, NH.  On Saturday, January 26 at 1:00pm the Peterborough Players present an encore screening from National Theatre Live: THE MADNESS OF GEORGE III, It’s 1786 and King George III is the most powerful man in the world. But his behavior is becoming increasingly erratic as he succumbs to fits of lunacy. With the King’s mind unravelling at a dramatic pace, ambitious politicians and the scheming Prince of Wales threaten to undermine the power of the Crown, and expose the fine line between a King and a man. Written by one of Britain’s best-loved playwrights, Alan Bennett (The History Boys, The Lady in the Van), this epic play was also adapted into a BAFTA Award-winning film following its premiere on stage in 1991.The cast of this new production includes Olivier Award-winners Mark Gatiss (Sherlock, Wolf Hall, NT Live: Coriolanus) in the title role, and Adrian Scarborough (Gavin and Stacey, Upstairs Downstairs, After the Dance). Runtime is approximately 2 hours and 45 minutes including an intermission. Tickets to National Theatre Live screenings are $20. For tickets and information on this and all upcoming productions, call 603-924-7585 and visit www.peterboroughplayers.org. The Peterborough Players is located at 55 Hadley Road in Peterborough, NH.  PETERBOROUGH, NH—Peterborough Players welcomes Beth Brown as its new Director of Advancement. An established and successful professional, Beth has spent more than 25 years in the fields of development and marketing. She has worked for corporations and nonprofit organizations in New York City, the Washington, DC area, and most recently in Keene, NH where she planned, led and completed a $5mil capital campaign for MoCo Arts. “We are fortunate to have Beth at the helm of our development efforts. Her knowledge and experience are a perfect fit for our organization and we couldn’t be happier to welcome her home to Hadley Road”, says Players’ Managing Director, Keith Stevens. Beth's career has included retail advertising sales for GLAMOUR Magazine, Director of Marketing for the Naval Academy Athletic Association, Vice President of Marketing for DavCo Restaurants / Wendy's Old Fashioned Hamburgers, and Director of Development at MoCo Arts. She is a past member of the Rotary Club of Annapolis, Board Member of the Annapolis Chamber of Commerce, Chairman of the Board of the Annapolis & Anne Arundel County Conference & Visitors Bureau, Board Member of Arts Alive, and many other civic and community organizations. Raised in Peterborough, Beth has always held a strong love for the performing arts and maintains a special connection to the Players in particular as it was founded by her family in 1933. "MoCo brought me home to NH after many years in corporate life in NY and DC, and this next stage is uncannily poetic; I will--quite literally--be home. The Players, founded by my grandmother and run for decades by my mother, has been a cultural treasure for generations. I am so grateful to Ellen Dinerstein and Chuck Morey, and more recently Keith Stevens and Gus Kaikkonen for keeping this magical theatre going and growing. I look forward to continuing to find ways for the Peterborough Players' high-quality professional theatre to thrive in the Monadnock Region and to reach diverse audiences, existing and new." Peterborough Players is New Hampshire’s premiere professional regional theater. Known for their annual Summer Season consisting of 7 main stage productions and 2 children’s shows, the Players now produces a 3-play Winter Season and continues to offer their Arts on Screen series that includes screenings of renowned performances from the Metropolitan Opera and London’s National Theatre. The Players strives to enrich the human experience by producing quality live professional theatre, developing and training theatre artists, and offering New Hampshire a wide variety of performing arts events. The Peterborough Players is a not-for-profit 501(c)3 organization, and has been providing professional theatre to audiences since 1933. They are located at 55 Hadley Road, Peterborough, NH 03458. (603) 924-9344, www.peterboroughplayers.org.  The Peterborough Players presents the award-winning comedy, Fully Committed by Becky Mode, January 17-27. A return engagement of one of their most popular productions, this hit comedy warms the basement of Manhattan’s trendiest, most impossible-to-get-into restaurant where the best food inspires the worst behavior. In one frazzled day, our hero, a harried reservationist/struggling actor, fends off coercion, hysterics, and bribes, only to stumble upon his own recipe for success. Kraig Swartz first opened his menu of 40 delicious characters at the Players in 2001. Since then his Fully Committed performance has won him Philadelphia’s Best Actor Barrymore Award and Michigan’s Thespie Award. Directed by Players’s Artistic Director Gus Kaikkonen, Fully Committed is approximately 90 minutes and is Rated PG-13. For tickets to this production and more, visit www.peterboroughplayers.org or call 603-924-7585. The Peterborough Players is located at 55 Hadley Rd in Peterborough, NH.  On Saturday, January 12 at 1:00pm the Peterborough Players present, Live from the Metropolitan Opera, a screening of Cilea’s Adriana Lecouvreur. The New York Times raves that this production "bristles with passion and danger." Soprano Anna Netrebko joins the ranks of Renata Tebaldi, Montserrat Caballé, and Renata Scotto, taking on—for the first time at the Met—the title role of the real-life French actress who dazzled 18th-century audiences with her on-and offstage passion. The soprano is joined by tenor Piotr Beczała as Adriana’s lover, Maurizio. Sir David McVicar’s staging, which sets the action in a working replica of a Baroque theater and has been praised as an “elegant production, sumptuously designed … The spectacle guarantees a good night out.” Runtime is approximately 3 hours and 25 minutes including 2 intermissions. Tickets to Metropolitan Opera screenings are $25. For tickets and information on this and all upcoming productions, call 603-924-7585 and visit www.peterboroughplayers.org. The Peterborough Players is located at 55 Hadley Road in Peterborough, NH.  |
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