Our Season

The Quannapowitt Players, Inc. have been in the business of providing quality, volunteer-run, community theater for over 65 years. Renown for their depth of talent, both in the actors who are featured on stage and the technicians who build the “magic”, QP provides an inexpensive alternative to the theater hosted in Boston. Come join us for an evening – we guarantee you will be delighted by the quality and craftsmanship of our performers and technicians!

The Foreigner

by Larry Shue
Directed by Chip Sheeran

Production Dates:

March  23, 24, 30, 31, and April 1, 6 and 7, 2012

Featuring: 

Jon Nuquist,  Shawn Maguire, Christine Connor, Shayne Doherty, Danielle Sosnowski & Ron Wackowski

In this fish-out-of-water farce, a painfully shy Englishman Charlie Baker must spend three days in rural Georgia. When townsfolk start believing he doesn’t speak English, he unexpectedly becomes privy to all kinds of secret exchanges among the locals, including a spoiled debutante, a scheming preacher and an ambitious Klansman. Charlie realizes not all is as it seems and he may be the only one who can save the day… but first he’ll have to overcome his “language barrier.”

The Diary of Anne Frank

by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett
Newly Adapted by Wendy Kesselman
Directed by Nancy Curran Willis

Production Dates: May 18, 19, 20, 24, 25, and June 1 and 2, 2012

Seventy years ago this July, in an effort to escape the Nazi’s, Otto Frank led his family up the stairs to the attic that was to be their home for almost two years. The Quannapowitt Players dedicate these performances in remembrance of all those who lost their lives to the Holocaust.

The Diary of Anne Frank captures the claustrophobic realities of the daily existence for a young girl and seven others hiding from the Nazis in an Amsterdam attic. Through their fear, hope, laughter and grief, over two dark years, Anne’s voice shines through: “When I write I shake off all my cares. But I want to achieve more than that. I want to be useful and bring enjoyment to all people, even those I’ve never met. I want to go on living even after my death.” Through this powerful adaptation by Wendy Kesselman, Anne’s words are reborn for a new generation.