New Thalian Players

Performed at Robert Frost Hall at Southern NH University March 18th-20th, 2011 The New Thalian Players, in partnership with Southern New Hampshire University, presents A NEW BRAIN, a musical comedy by composer William Finn (FALSETTOS & SPELLING BEE) and writer James Lapine (INTO THE WOODS). A NEW...

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(Productions marked with an * were free plays performed in Manchester's Veterans Park) 2009 Disney's High School Musical* 2008 The Wizard of Oz* 2007 The Taffetas* You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown* 2006 Hot Mikado A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum* Run for Your Wife 2005 Wicked Songs You...

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New Thalian Players are pleased to present the New Hampshire premiere of Hot Mikado this fall. Well-drawn comic characters, witty dialogue, and vibrantly colored sets are the signature aspects of this show. PERFORMANCE DATES Dont miss the New Hampshire Premier of this wonderful update to Gilbert &...

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About the Show Music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and a book by Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart Based on the comedies of the ancient Roman playwright Plautus "Tragedy tomorrow, comedy tonight!" Broadway's greatest farce is light, fast-paced, witty, irreverent and one of the funniest musicals...

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About the Show By Roy Cooney. John Smith is a London cabbie with his own taxi, a wife in Streatham, a wife in Wimbledon and a knife-edge schedule! By strict adherence to this schedule, he has been a successful, if tired, bigamist for three years, but one day, gallantly intervening in a mugging, he is...

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The Community Players of Concord are proud to present the New Thalian Players' production of the The Wicked Songs Your Mother Never Taught You A musical revue of those delightfully funny, inappropriate and slightly naughty songs and skits we all love so much, but never get a chance to perform! The team...

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It includes a great ensemble of characters including the star-crossed sweethearts Danny and Sandy, the on-again, off-again couple Rizzo and Kenickie, one-woman “USO” Marty, beauty-school dropout Frenchy, and who could forget Roger and Doody. And of course a special appearances by “Teen...

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About the Show By Carl Sternheim. Adapted by Steve Martin. Not since Monica Lewinsky's thong almost toppled a presidency has a pair of panties caused such a national fuss. In "The Underpants," actor-writer Steve Martin has adapted the 1910 social comedy by German playwright Carl Sternheim and...

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The Community Players of Concord are proud to present the New Thalian Players' production of the 1944 Big Band Comedy Canteen The first time this original show was presented by the New Thalian Players, amazing reviews and comments were received on this fresh, funny, and nostalgic show. The premise is...

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About the Show Proposals recalls the summer of 1953, and the last time the Hines family gathered at their retreat in the Poconos. It's a summer of romantic entanglements, which intertwine the nine characters' lives one idyllic afternoon. Clemma, the family's housekeeper, dreads a visit from the husband...

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