Winnipesaukee Playhouse
 New 200+ seat theatre | |
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| Address | 33 Footlight Circle (formerly 50 Reservoir Road) Meredith, New Hampshire United States |
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| Coordinates | 43°38′14″N 71°30′30″W / 43.6372°N 71.5083°W |
| Type | Regional theater |
| Capacity | 200–250 |
| Opened | 2004; Relocated 2013 |
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The Winnipesaukee Playhouse is a 200+ seat courtyard-style
New Hampshire Magazine as the best professional theater in New Hampshire.[4] In 2013 the Playhouse moved from Weirs Beach in Laconia to the former Annalee Dolls campus in Meredith. The new theater has 200 seats as well as support spaces such as offices, dressing rooms, and a lobby, which the previous theater did not have.[5]
History
The
non-profit organization.[6]
In 2008, Hidden Green LLC, investors in the Winnipesaukee Playhouse, purchased the Annalee Dolls factory site for $1.05 million. The Playhouse renovated this property to create a "Tanglewood type of setting" to perform theater and other endeavors in.[7] The theater moved from its previous site in Weirs Beach to the site of Annalee's former gift shop in 2013.
As of 2012, the Winnipesaukee Playhouse had performed 91 plays, 45 of which were professional
community theater or children's theater.[8]
New theater
The access to the Annalee Dolls campus allowed the Winnipesaukee Playhouse to greatly expand and create the first
amphitheater with performances available before select shows, and a brand-new menu. The entire project to create a performing arts campus cost roughly $4 million.[5] The new theater, with almost 200 seats, more than doubles the audience space that the previous theatre held (84 seats).[9]
References
- ^ Gardner, Kevin. "It's An Uneasy Relationship". New Hampshire Public Radio. March 20, 2008. Accessed January 22, 2010
- ^ "New Hampshire Theatre Awards". Winnipesaukee Playhouse. Accessed August 14, 2013.
- ^ "MVSB awards grant to Winnipesaukee Playhouse". The Citizen. August 16, 2009. Accessed January 22, 2010
- ^ "2009 Best of NH". New Hampshire Magazine. Accessed January 21, 2010
- ^ a b c Masek, Heidi. "Winnipesaukee Playhouse rolling forward". The Hippo. Accessed January 22, 2010
- ^ "History". Winnipesaukee Playhouse. Accessed January 21, 2010
- ^ a b "Annalee property sold for playhouse". New Hampshire Business Review. February 1, 2008. Accessed January 17, 2010
- ^ Past Shows. Winnipesaukee Playhouse. Accessed January 28, 2010
- ^ Broadway World. January 13, 2010. Accessed January 22, 2010
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