November 2025 Open Training: Observe/Repeat
2025-11-15 10:00 - 12:00 UTC | tKAPOW Studio, 66 Hanover Street Suite 101, Manchester, NH, 03101, United States
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This month, we will delve into the art of observation and response through exercises rooted in the Meisner Technique. By engaging in improvisation, repetition, and active listening, we will focus on observing the physical and vocal choices of others, while exploring ways to be fully present in each moment Join us for a morning of exploration led by company member Rachael Longo.

Training is an integral part of theatre KAPOW’s work: acting, movement, improvisation, voice, speech, object work, viewpoints, and more. Company members have trained with Double Edge Theatre Company, the Michael Chekhov Studio, Shakespeare & Company, The Atlantic Acting School and SITI Company, and draw on these techniques and methods for their work.
Training is open to everyone 16 and older, with any level of experience or none. Participants should come comfortably dressed to move (no jeans). Arrive 15 minutes early to check in and stretch.
Water bottle recommended! Pay what you will!

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December 2025 Open Training
2025-12-20 10:00 - 12:00 | tKAPOW Studio, 66 Hanover Street Suite 101, Manchester, NH, 03101, United States
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In this month’s training, which takes place exactly 24 hours prior to the Winter Solstice, we will explore some traditional stories of the solstice and create work that celebrates the lengthening of days as we head towards spring. Please plan to bring one song that helps lift your spirits when the days are at their darkest (this need not be holiday music and better not be a certain song by Wham!). Come dressed to move as we will use traditional tales as a launching off point for the generation of movement sequences. Join us for a morning of exploration led by Artistic Director Matt Cahoon.

Training is an integral part of theatre KAPOW’s work: acting, movement, improvisation, voice, speech, object work, viewpoints, and more. Company members have trained with Double Edge Theatre Company, the Michael Chekhov Studio, Shakespeare & Company, The Atlantic Acting School and SITI Company, and draw on these techniques and methods for their work.
Training is open to everyone 16 and older, with any level of experience or none. Participants should come comfortably dressed to move (no jeans). Arrive 15 minutes early to check in and stretch.
Water bottle recommended! Pay what you will!

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What the Constitution Means to Me
2026-02-06 19:30 - 21:15, 2026-02-07 19:30 - 21:15, 2026-02-08 14:00 - 15:45 | Winnipesaukee Playhouse, 33 Footlight Circle, Meredith, 03253, United States
Fri, Feb 6, 2026 7:30 pmSat, Feb 7, 2026, 7:30 pmSun, Feb 8, 2026, 2:00 pm

Winnipesaukee Playhouse, Meredith, NH

Humor and History collide in a debate of national proportions.
Fifteen-year-old Heidi earned her college tuition by winning Constitutional debate competitions across the United States. In this hilarious, hopeful, and achingly human Pulitzer Prize finalist play, she resurrects her teenage self to trace the profound relationship between four generations of women and the founding document that shaped their lives. Unleash your mind and ignite powerful conversations on democracy, equality, and justice with What the Constitution Means to Me — a thought-provoking exploration of our constitutional rights.

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What the Constitution Means to Me
2026-02-13 19:30 - 21:15, 2026-02-14 19:30 - 21:15, 2026-02-15 14:00 - 15:45 | BNH Stage, 16 S Main St., Concord, NH, 03301, United States
Fri, Feb 13, 2026 7:30 pm
Sat, Feb 14, 2026, 7:30 pm
Sun, Feb15, 2026, 2:00 pm

BNH Stage, Concord, NH

Humor and History collide in a debate of national proportions.
Fifteen-year-old Heidi earned her college tuition by winning Constitutional debate competitions across the United States. In this hilarious, hopeful, and achingly human Pulitzer Prize finalist play, she resurrects her teenage self to trace the profound relationship between four generations of women and the founding document that shaped their lives. Unleash your mind and ignite powerful conversations on democracy, equality, and justice with What the Constitution Means to Me — a thought-provoking exploration of our constitutional rights.

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March 2026 Open Training: Image, Sound, Movement
2026-03-21 10:00 - 12:00 | tKAPOW Studio, 66 Hanover Street Suite 101, Manchester, NH, 03101, United States
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A recipe: Start with shape, color, texture, and light. Mix in sound, maybe a little voice. Now move all of it. What can you create? What adjustments can you make and how do they change the story you are telling? Join company member Carey Cahoon for a morning of some creative exploration using available objects, simple sound and light, and the bodies in the studio. We’ll find inspiration from a text will be working with in just a few months.
Enjoy a morning of exploration and creativity!

Training is an integral part of theatre KAPOW’s work: acting, movement, improvisation, voice, speech, object work, viewpoints, and more. Company members have trained with Double Edge Theatre Company, the Michael Chekhov Studio, Shakespeare & Company, The Atlantic Acting School and SITI Company, and draw on these techniques and methods for their work.
Training is open to everyone 16 and older, with any level of experience or none. Participants should come comfortably dressed to move (no jeans). Arrive 15 minutes early to check in and stretch.
Water bottle recommended! Pay what you will!

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April 2026 Open Training
2026-04-18 10:00 - 12:00 | tKAPOW Studio, 66 Hanover Street Suite 101, Manchester, NH, 03101, United States
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Crossing the Threshold: Space, Place, and Gesture

The great British director Peter Brook called the theater “the empty space.” Actors cross the threshold into that space and through movement they discover what is inside of it and give voice to their discovery. We’ll work with simple techniques of movement to create a place for characters to inhabit and a story they can tell. Join us for a morning of exploration with company member Peter Josephson.

Training is an integral part of theatre KAPOW’s work: acting, movement, improvisation, voice, speech, object work, viewpoints, and more. Company members have trained with Double Edge Theatre Company, the Michael Chekhov Studio, Shakespeare & Company, The Atlantic Acting School and SITI Company, and draw on these techniques and methods for their work.
Training is open to everyone 16 and older, with any level of experience or none. Participants should come comfortably dressed to move (no jeans). Arrive 15 minutes early to check in and stretch.
Water bottle recommended! Pay what you will!

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May 2026 Open Training
2026-05-16 10:00 - 12:00 | tKAPOW Studio, 66 Hanover Street Suite 101, Manchester, NH, 03101, United States
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Join us for a morning of exploration and creativity!

Training is an integral part of theatre KAPOW’s work: acting, movement, improvisation, voice, speech, object work, viewpoints, and more. Company members have trained with Double Edge Theatre Company, the Michael Chekhov Studio, Shakespeare & Company, The Atlantic Acting School and SITI Company, and draw on these techniques and methods for their work.
Training is open to everyone 16 and older, with any level of experience or none. Participants should come comfortably dressed to move (no jeans). Arrive 15 minutes early to check in and stretch.
Water bottle recommended! Pay what you will!

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Morning Sun
2026-06-05 19:30 - 21:15, 2026-06-06 19:30 - 21:15, 2026-06-07 14:00 - 15:45 | BNH Stage, 16 S Main St., Concord, NH, 03301, United States
Fri, June 5, 2026 7:30 pmSat, June 6, 2026, 7:30 pmSun, June 7, 2026, 2:00 pm

BNH Stage, Concord, NH

One woman. Her mother. Her daughter. A portrait of an entire life in the changing light.
In Greenwich Village a generation or so ago, the city is alive. Joni Mitchell sings, friends and lovers come and go, and the regulars change at the White Horse Tavern. As 50 years pass, one woman’s life is revealed in all its complexity, mystery and possibility in this play about mothers and daughters, beginnings and endings in New York City. As it picks apart evolving ideas of identity, family, memory, and more, Morning Sun reminds us that the interruptions in our lives are the ghosts we carry with us.

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Morning Sun
2026-06-12 19:30 - 21:15, 2026-06-13 16:00 - 17:45, 2026-06-14 14:00 - 15:45 | New Hampshire Theatre Project, 959 Islington Street #3, Portsmouth, NH, 03801, United States
Fri, June 12, 2026 7:30 pmSat, June 13, 2026, 4:00 pmSun, June 14, 2026, 2:00 pm

NH Theatre Project, Portsmouth, NH

One woman. Her mother. Her daughter. A portrait of an entire life in the changing light.
In Greenwich Village a generation or so ago, the city is alive. Joni Mitchell sings, friends and lovers come and go, and the regulars change at the White Horse Tavern. As 50 years pass, one woman’s life is revealed in all its complexity, mystery and possibility in this play about mothers and daughters, beginnings and endings in New York City. As it picks apart evolving ideas of identity, family, memory, and more, Morning Sun reminds us that the interruptions in our lives are the ghosts we carry with us.

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June 2026 Open Training
2026-06-20 10:00 - 12:00 | tKAPOW Studio, 66 Hanover Street Suite 101, Manchester, NH, 03101, United States

July 2026 Open Training
2026-07-18 10:00 - 12:00 | tKAPOW Studio, 66 Hanover Street Suite 101, Manchester, NH, 03101, United States

August 2026 Open Training
2026-08-15 10:00 - 12:00 | tKAPOW Studio, 66 Hanover Street Suite 101, Manchester, NH, 03101, United States
