Pontine Theatre, a two-person ensemble, is well known for a large body of innovative original productions that celebrate the history and culture of New England. These include a staging of Thomas Bailey Aldrich’s 1869 novel, The Story of a Bad Boy; an original adaptation of Brewster’s Rambles About Portsmouth; Wallace Nutting’s Old America; a two person staging of Thornton Wilder’s classic portrait of rural New Hampshire, Our Town; an original adaptation of Sarah Orne Jewett’s 1896 novel, The Country of the Pointed Firs; Cornish Castles, based on the life and work of New Hampshire painter, Maxfield Parrish; Journey To Heaven, based on the lives and beliefs of the Shakers; and Dearly Earned, about 19th century New England textile mill workers. Pontine Theatre has performed in hundreds of sites throughout the region including Bates College, Dartmouth College, M.I.T., Currier Museum, DeCordova Museum,
Farnsworth Museum, Fruitlands Museum, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, Boston Museum of Fine Art, Canterbury Shaker Village, and the Enfield Shaker Village.
See our Calendar of Events to see what’s when and visit their website for more info otherwise.
Pontine / West End Studio Theatre
959 Islington Street, Portsmouth, NH 03801
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