Andy’s Summer Playhouse

"Reinventing theater by children, for audiences of all ages" 

Andy’s Summer Playhouse is an innovative summer youth theater located in southern New Hampshire. Every summer, we produce original works that are performed by local artists ages 8 to 18, with direction and mentoring by professional artists from New Hampshire and beyond. In 2020, our summer seasons became tuition-free, which makes 2026 our 7th season of tuition-free programming! Our season consists of FIVE mainstage productions, a week-long Greenhouse Initiative, a backstage Apprenticeship program, and workshops. 

Andy’s Summer Playhouse exists to provide a safe environment for children to experience and learn about all aspects of the performing arts, with the goal of creating innovative theater for the surrounding community. Andy’s emphasizes education and community building, encouraging all participants to explore their own creativity. 

Andy’s affords children an opportunity to:

• Be responsible to and for something larger than themselves

• Create a viable work of art recognized by all ages

• Begin to understand the nature of creative self-expression

• Work with professional artists

• Develop a lifelong appreciation of the arts

The single, most important guiding principle is an unrelenting faith in the integrity, dignity, and importance of children and their point of view.