Andy's Summer Playhouse

Andy's Summer Playhouse
Map
AddressWilton, New Hampshire
United States
OwnerNon-profit organization
Current useYouth theater
Opened1971
Website
www.andyssummerplayhouse.org

Andy's Summer Playhouse is a youth theater located in Wilton, New Hampshire.[1]

Andy's Summer Playhouse programs foster creative collaborations between children and professional artists who work in a variety of media: performance art, theater, dance, music, puppetry, video, set and lighting design and playwriting.[2][3][4][5][6] In addition to its unique mission to produce original and adapted plays for children,[7] the theater boasts a number of well-known alumni and teaching artists, including Tony Award winning artists Stephen Karam[2][7] and Lisa Kron,[1][8] Emmy Award winning artists Paul Jacobs and Sarah Durkee,[9] Pulitzer Prize winning playwright David Lindsay-Abaire,[10][11] Caldecott Medal winning authors Brian Selznick[10][12] and Elizabeth Orton Jones,[13][14] as well as several Alpert, Bessie, Obie, and Drama Desk Award winning artists.[8][15]

  1. ^ a b Rutherford, Kourtney (1 November 2012). "Currents: Experimental Theatre Education Programs" (PDF). American Theatre. Retrieved 26 November 2012.
  2. ^ a b "Make Art: Make a Scene". MacDowell Colony Newsletter. Vol. 40, no. 2. Winter 2011. p. 6. Retrieved 14 January 2013.
  3. ^ Michaelson, Robert (2 July 2010). "Andy's goes to the vault". Monadnock Ledger-Transcript. Archived from the original on 15 February 2015. Retrieved 26 June 2012.
  4. ^ Horwitz, Andy (18 February 2004). "Talking with Dan Hurlin, part 2". Culturebot. Retrieved 26 June 2012.
  5. ^ Levithan, David; Farmer, Jonathan (2011). Every You, Every Me. Knopf.
  6. ^ "Greater Nashua Chamber of Commerce". NashuaChamber.com. Archived from the original on 9 April 2012. Retrieved 26 June 2012.
  7. ^ a b "Medal Days". New York Social Diary. 18 August 2011. Archived from the original on 22 May 2012. Retrieved 26 June 2012.
  8. ^ a b Hurlin, Dan (2010). "Curriculum Vitae" (PDF). danhurlin.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 January 2015. Retrieved 27 June 2012.
  9. ^ "'Maxwell of Rotek' at Andy's". The Telegraph. 12 August 1982. p. 30. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
  10. ^ a b "Andy's Summer Playhouse celebrates 25 years". Milford Cabinet. 5 July 1995. p. 30. Retrieved 26 June 2012.
  11. ^ "Production history of Snow Angel". Playscripts, Inc. Retrieved 26 June 2012.
  12. ^ "Production history of Byline: Amanda Danger". Playscripts, Inc. Retrieved 29 June 2012.
  13. ^ "Caldecott Medal & Honor Books, 1938 - Present". Association for Library Service to Children. ALA. Retrieved 2012-07-2.
  14. ^ Salisbury, Jessie (30 December 2001). "A Twig with strong roots". The Nashua Sunday Telegraph. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
  15. ^ Memran, Michelle (3 May 2012). "ACCORDIONS IN THE ARCTIC: Cynthia Hopkins Sails Ahead". The Brooklyn Rail. Retrieved 6 June 2015.