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Mission Statement
​& History

The mission of the Peterborough Players:  
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The Peterborough Players enriches 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.
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The Peterborough Players produces 7 Main Stage shows each season that run late June through September, and two Second Company children's shows that run July and August.

The Peterborough Players was founded in 1933 by Edith Bond Stearns -- EBS as she was known to friends -- a woman of imagination and vision with a love for the arts. To quote from Our Playhouse (available through Peterborough Players): “At the time EBS decided to purchase the Hadley Farm, it was abandoned and had no electricity or running water.”

From those humble beginnings grew a professional theater of excellence. The 18th-century barn, which has seen several major renovations, has been converted to an intimate 250-seat, state-of-the-art theatre with stage, rehearsal, office, restroom, dressing room, and lobby spaces newly created and/or modernized. The theatre is air conditioned and heated for year-round use.The barn and its outbuildings provide a uniquely charming theatrical venue, including a flower-decked patio and landscaped grounds, where patrons can picnic before a performance. The theatre is wheelchair accessible, has handicapped parking, and hearing assistance is available.

There have been many unforgettable moments at the theater -- like an early production of Our Town with the author, Thornton Wilder, in the audience! Throughout the decades, audiences have been entertained with classic drama and farce, enlightened by modern works, and enthralled by one-man shows like Will Rogers with James Whitmore, and Paul Robeson with Avery Brooks.
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As queried in Our Playhouse: “What compelled this mother of three children, with few financial resources and no steady income, during the deepest grips of the Depression, to establish a theatre in the backwoods of southwest New Hampshire?”  We may never know the full answer to that, but we’re sure glad Edith Bond Stearns gave birth to her vision of the Peterborough Players! For in the deepest, darkest woods, perhaps it is art that shines the brightest light.
©2022 Peterborough Players, P.O. Box 118, 55 Hadley Road, Peterborough, NH 03458 •
Box Office: 603-924-7585 • Administrative Office: 603-924-9344
A recognized 501(c)3 • EIN#02-0262885 
  • Home
  • About
    • News
    • Mission Statement & History
    • Past Productions
    • Board & Staff
    • Our Sponsors
    • Directions to the Players
    • Contact Us
  • 2022 Summer Season
  • Arts on Screen
    • Planning Your Visit | COVID Information
    • The Met: Live in HD >
      • LOHENGRIN
      • FALSTAFF
      • DER ROSENKAVALIER
      • CHAMPION
      • DON GIOVANNI
      • DIE ZAUBERFLOTE
    • National Theatre >
      • STRAIGHT LINE CRAZY
  • Players Online
    • Playgroup
    • Bright Spots
    • OUR PLAYHOUSE Video Readings
  • Jobs
    • Second Company
    • Volunteer
    • Jobs
    • Auditions
  • Box Office
    • Tickets and Subscriptions
    • Gift Certificates
    • Performance Calendar
  • Support
    • Donate
    • Auction
    • Annual Appeal
    • Appeals Archive
    • Patio Brick Inscription
    • Players Gives
    • Theatre Seat