From the Hatbox’s adaptation of a Christmas Carol to a pantomime version of Jack and the Beanstalk at the Winnipesaukee Playhouse to the reasons why, after 83 years, the Peterborough Players are offering their first winter season, NHPR’s Sean Hurley has a holiday theater round-up for the month of December.
A list of the must see December shows in New Hampshire (courtesy of theater critic Michael Curtis, co-host of the NHPR Theater Podcast "The Granite Stage").
Dickens' A Christmas Carol at the Hatbox in Concord. November 25 - December 18th.
The Boy Who Drew Cats at the Winnipesaukee Playhouse in Meredith. December 2-4th.
Jack and the Beanstalk, A Traditional English "Panto" at the Winnepesaukee Playhouse in Meredith. December 16 - 31st.
Peterborough Players The Santaland Diaries in Peterborough, December 7-17th.
A Wonderful Life, The Musical at the Seacoast Repertory Theatre in Portsmouth, December 2-23rd.
A Dickens' Christmas Carol, A Traveling Travesty in Two Tumultuous Acts by the Pittsfield Players, in Pittsfield. December 9-17th.
Christmas Revels: A French Canadian Celebration at the Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, December 15-18th.
Float at the Shaker Bridge Theatre in Enfield. December 1-18th.
