“Pontine Theatre is a
small miracle. This theatre has used puppets, mime and stagecraft to
convey visions of the past to modern audiences for more than 45 years.
Artistic Directors, Marguerite Mathews and Greg Gathers, conspire to
fascinate the contemporary mind with original works based on the
stories and literature of New England. There’s really nothing else
like it anywhere.”
—New Hampshire Magazine
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A NEW ENGLAND CHRISTMAS
In December 2025, Pontine Theatre will perform “A New England Christmas” in nine communities. The program includes original adaptations of two holiday stories: “A Speakin’ Ghost” by Annie Trumbull Slosson and “Christmas Back Home” by Eugene Wood. The tour is supported by grants from the Jack and Dorothy Byrne Foundation, Market Basket and the National Endowment for the Arts.
CHRISTMAS 2025 TOUR:
December 2, 2pm - Residence at Silver Square, Dover NH
December 3, TBD - Chichester Town Library, Chichester NH
December 9, 2pm - Harvest Hill, Lebanon NH
December 16, 4pm - Kelley Library, Salem NH
December 17, 4pm - Moultonborough Public Library, Moultonborough NH
December 18, 6:30pm - Remick Country Doctor Museum, Tamworth NH
December 19, 2pm - Atria Marland Place, Andover MA
December 22, 2 pm - Taylor Community, Wolfeboro NH
December 23, 2pm - Valley Terrace, White River Junction VT
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AVAILABLE APRIL / MAY 2026
THE FLAT IRON LOT
Pontine Theatre presents an original stage adaptation of Alice Brown’s short story “The Flat Iron Lot,” published in 1899. Set in the fictional town of Tiverton — based on Brown’s home town of Hampton Falls, NH — the story chronicles a rural New England community’s celebration of its 250th birthday. With fits and starts, contention and compromise, the residents organize historical reenactments, a grand parade, and speeches from civic leaders and the town’s beloved, unofficial historian. In the end, the townspeople enjoy a freshly reinvigorated sense of civic pride and appreciation for the shared heritage which binds them as a community. The story is an apt microcosm of the ambitions, struggles and ideals of our upcoming national observance of the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
To bring Pontine to your community, contact us at: info@pontine.org