Production History
Advice To The Players was founded in the Spring of 1999 by Caroline Nesbitt. Beginning with a March production of Othello and continuing the next year with Much Ado About Nothing (2000), programming expanded over the years to include our celebrated outdoor Summer productions at the Sandwich Fairgrounds Stage in Sandwich, NH, beloved performances of A Christmas Carol at The Barnstormers Theatre in Tamworth, NH, as well as our Education initiatives that have brought the joy of Shakespeare to an entire generation of area youth.
We continue to mount two full-scale productions in the Summer and Spring, as well as additional “second-stage” offerings during our Summer season. We offer classes, camps, and workshops during the Summer and Winter.
We continue to mount two full-scale productions in the Summer and Spring, as well as additional “second-stage” offerings during our Summer season. We offer classes, camps, and workshops during the Summer and Winter.
Production History
- March 1999 – Othello
- March 2000 – Much Ado About Nothing
- December 2000 – A Christmas Carol
- March 2001 – Romeo & Juliet
- August 2002 – As You Like It
- December 2002 – A Christmas Carol
- March 2003 – A Midsummer Night’s Dream
- August 2003 – The Comedy of Errors
- December 2003 – A Christmas Carol
- March 2004 – Hamlet
- August 2004 – Much Ado About Nothing (NH Theatre Award Best Actor Winner: Heather Hamilton as Beatrice)
- December 2004 – A Christmas Carol
- March 2005 – The Tempest (NH Theatre Award for General Excellence)
- August 2005 – Love’s Labour’s Lost (NH Theatre Award for General Excellence)
- December 2005 – The Pirates of Penzance
- March 2006 – Romeo and Juliet (NH Theatre Award Best Actor Winner: Jean Mar Brown as Nurse)
- August 2006 – Twelfth Night
- December 2006 – H.M.S. Pinafore
- March 2007 – Macbeth
- August 2007 – As You Like It (NH Theatre Award Best Actor Winners: Candace Clift as Rosalind & Miranda Posner as Celia)
- December 2007 – A Christmas Carol
- March 2008 – A Midsummer Night’s Dream
- August 2008 – The Taming of the Shrew
- December 2008 – A Christmas Carol
- March 2009 – Henry V (NH Theatre Award for General Excellence)
- August 2009 – The Winter’s Tale (NH Theatre Award for General Excellence)
- October 2009 – The Life & Death of that Dastardly Villain Richard III
- December 2009 – A Christmas Carol
- March 2010 – Hamlet
- August 2010 – The Comedy of Errors
- October 2010 – The Most Lamentable Comedy and Most Cruel Death of Pyramus & Thisby
- March 2011 – Othello
- August 2011 – A Midsummer Night’s Dream
- March 2012 – The Merchant of Venice
- August 2012 – The Two Gentlemen of Verona
- March 2013 – Julius Caesar (NH Theatre Award Best Actor Winner: Angela Hope Smith as Gaius Cassius)
- August 2013 – Much Ado About Nothing
- March 2014 – Richard III
- August 2014 – The Merry Wives of Windsor
- March/April 2015 – Romeo and Juliet
- July/August 2015 – Twelfth Night
- March/April 2016 – Hamlet
- July 2016 – The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) [revised]
- August 2016 – The Tempest
- March/April 2017 - Macbeth
- July 2017 - Wittenberg
- August 2017 - Henry IV (all the good bits)
- March 2018 - King Lear
- July 2018 - The Taming
- August 2018 - Love's Labour's Lost (NH Theatre Award Best Supporting Actor Winner: Johnny Segalla as Don Armado)
- December 2018 - Twelfth Night
- March 2019 - The Taming of the Shrew
- July 2019- Shakespeare & The Language that Shaped a World
- August 2019- Measure for Measure
- December 2019- Twelfth Night
- March 2020- Winter's Tale
- August 2020- As You Like It
- August 2020- Noir Hamlet
- December 2020- Twelfth Night
- March 2021- A Midsummer Night's Dream
- July 2021- The Ballad of Daphnis and Chloe
- August 2021- Comedy of Errors
- December 2021- Twelfth Night
- July 2022- Merchant of Venice Beach
- August 2022- All's Well That Ends Well
- September 2022- Henry V
- August 2023 - War of the Roses: She-wolves and Queens
- August 2023 - An Iliad
- September 2023 - Much Ado About Nothing
Awards & Reviews
New Hampshire Theatre Awards:
- 2004 – Heather Hamilton, Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing
- 2005 – Love’s Labour’s Lost, General Excellence
- 2006 – Jean Mar Brown, the Nurse in Romeo & Juliet
- 2007 – Candace Clift, Rosalind in As You Like It,
Miranda Posner, Celia in As You Like It - 2008 - Caroline Nesbitt, Excellence in Children’s Theatre
- 2009 – Henry V & The Winter’s Tale, General Excellence
- 2013 – Angela Smith, Cassius in Julius Caesar
- 2018 - Johnny Segalla, Don Armado in Love's Labour's Lost