History
The Winnipesaukee Playhouse was founded in 2004 by brother and sister Bryan Halperin and Lesley Pankhurst, as well as their spouses, Johanna and Neil. They opened the Playhouse in the Alpenrose Plaza (former Dexter Shoes outlet plaza) in the village of Weirs Beach in the city of Laconia, New Hampshire. The theater started with a professional summer stock season, and then continued with community theater and children's theater during the rest of the year. In 2006 it became a non-profit organization.
In 2008, Hidden Green LLC, investors in the Winni Playhouse, purchased the Annalee Dolls factory site for 1.05 million dollars. The Playhouse plans to renovate this property to create a "Tanglewood type of setting" to perform theater and other endeavors in. The plans are to move the theater from its current site in Weirs Beach to the site of Annalee's former gift shop. Annalee still operates out of its corporate headquarters, a former chicken farm building on site.
Since its inception, the Winnipesaukee Playhouse has performed 55 plays, 27 of which were professional summer stock, with the rest being community theater or children's theater.
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