Event Details
Pontine Theatre (Portsmouth, N.H.) pays tribute to New Hampshire’s beloved poet, Donald Hall, with an original staging of his story Christmas Snow, which appeared in The New Yorker in 1964.
Hall writes of a holiday trip to Eagle Pond Farm, his Grandparent’s home in Wilmot, New Hampshire, in 1938, when he was ten. This memoir blends reminiscences, anecdotes, and vignettes that capture the spirit of a New England Christmas amid the quiet delights of rural life.
For over 35 years, Pontine Theatre has been an active participant in the development of actor-based theatre, creating work that is engaging, innovative, and original. Pontine’s work is founded on the concept that the actor should function as a creative (rather than interpretive) artist, and that the name actor dictates action (movement) as a primary tool. Co-Artistic Directors, M. Marguerite Mathews, and Gregory Gathers, have produced over 50 original works. Creating and performing these works, Pontine has introduced their unique form of theatre to audiences throughout New England, transforming audience interest in mime, puppetry, literature, and history into enthusiasm for this distinctive synthesis of forms.
Event Type(s): Arts, Music, Dance, and Films
Age Group(s): Adults
Gail Zachariah
(603) 352-0157
gzachariah@ci.keene.nh.us
Saturday, December 17, 2022
1:00 PM – 1:45 PM
Original source can be found here.
