Productions
Season 18: REVERBERATE
“The reverberation often exceeds through silence the sound that sets it off; the reaction occasionally outdoes by way of repose the event that stimulated it; and the past not uncommonly takes a while to happen, and some long time to figure out.” -Ken Kesey
In season 18, tKAPOW has selected a series of shows that will reverberate with audiences but also that speak directly to how history has a way of reverberating into the present. As Kesey puts it, “the past not uncommonly takes a while to happen” and the characters in this season’s shows all grapple with decisions long since made that continue to have impact on their lives and relationships. We, as a company, continue to be keenly aware of the ripple effect of decisions in our society that fundamentally change not only how we produce our work but how our work can influence others. We are excited to start new conversations. We are excited to learn from the past and impact the future. And, most of all, we are excited to partner with our audiences to share in the communal experience of live theatre.
I look forward to seeing you at a show this season,
Matt Cahoon
Artistic Director
Thurs, July 17, 2025, 7:30 pm
Fri, July 18, 2025, 7:30 pm
Sat, July 19, 2025, 7:30 pm
Thurs, July 24, 2025, 7:30 pm
Fri, July 25, 2025, 7:30 pm
Sat, July 26, 2025, 7:30 pm
Saint Anselm College, Manchester, NH
All the world will be in love with night.
theatre KAPOW and Ballet Misha bring to life the greatest love story and most epic tragedy of all time. Seven actors and sixteen dancers lay their scene in fair Verona in this fresh and physical reimagining of Shakespeare’s transcendent Romeo & Juliet.
Featuring selections from Prokofiev’s Romeo & Juliet ballet, this is the second collaboration by these two Manchester, NH-based companies for Shakespeare on the Green, presented by the Dana Center. Performances will take place on the beautiful green space in front of the iconic Alumni Hall at Saint Anselm College.
Running Time: 2 hours, 10 minutes plus intermission.
Show Details
Romeo & Juliet. by William Shakespeare
A collaboration with Ballet Misha
Romeo… Casey Dow
Juliet/Tybalt… Greta Swartz
Mercutio/Paris/Prince… Courtney St. Gelais
Lady Capulet/Montague… Rachael Longo
Benvolio/various… Jay Doane
Lord Capulet/Apothecary… Katie Proulx
Nurse/Friar Lawrence… Leslie Pasternack
Directed by Emma Cahoon
Fight Direction by Kyrie Ellison
Choreography by Amy Fortier
Show Program
photos by Matthew Lomanno
Fri, September 19, 2025, 7:30 pm
Sat, September 20, 2025, 7:30 pm
Sun, September 21, 2025, 2:00 pm
BNH Stage, Concord, NH
Series Sponsor:
You’re going to speak more than 123 million words in your lifetime.
But what will you do when they run out?
In a world where spoken language is restricted to a set number of words, the choices we make about what we say – and don’t say – take on profound meaning. Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons follows Oliver and Bernadette, two people grappling with the limits of communication and the impact it has on their relationship. Hilarious yet poignant, the play explores what happens when we can no longer speak freely and how humans continue to communicate through actions, body language, and the spaces between words.
Running Time: 90 minutes, no intermission.
ASL interpretation at Sunday, 9/21 2:00 performance
*Content Transparency: Adult themes; coarse language; sexual references; and content that may offend some people (but, as Ray Bradbury said, “We need to be really bothered once in a while”).
Show Details
Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons by Sam Steiner
Bernadette… Ashley Risteen
Oliver… Glenn Provost
Directed by Matt Cahoon
Lighting Design by Tayva Young
Costume Design by Barbara Holbrook
Intimacy Direction by Kyrie Ellison
Stage Management by Carey Cahoon
About Sam Steiner
Sam is a playwright and screenwriter hailing from Manchester (UK, not NH). His acclaimed plays include Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons (Walrus Theatre, Edinburgh Fringe, 2015), A Table Tennis Play (Walrus Theatre, Edinburgh Fringe, 2019), You Stupid Darkness! (Paines Plough & Theatre Royal Plymouth, 2019 and Southwark Theatre, 2020), and Kanye the First (HighTide, 2017). He also has commissions with the Almeida Theatre and Francesca Moody. He completed an attachment at Paines Plough as their Playwright Fellow and holds an MA in Screenwriting from the National Film and Television School. Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons has been performed all over the world in over a dozen languages and made its West End debut in January 2023.
Sam’s current feature slate includes MORNING, directed by Justin Kurzel and starring Laura Dern, Benedict Cumberbatch and Noah Jupe. He has been a writer on two films: FINGERNAILS (2023), directed by Christos Nikou and starring Jessie Buckley and Riz Ahmed; and RICH FLU (2024), directed by Galder Gaztela-Urrutia and starring Mary-Elizabeth Winstead. He is also working an on original horror BANQUET and original feature drama THE ENDLING.
Show Program
Fri, February 6, 2026, 7:30 pm
Sat, February 7, 2026, 7:30 pm
Sun, February 8, 2026, 2:00 pm
Winnipesaukee Playhouse, Meredith, NH
Fri, February 13, 2026, 7:30 pm
Sat, February 14, 2026, 7:30 pm
Sun, February 15, 2026, 2:00 pm
BNH Stage, Concord, NH
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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.
Running Time: approximately 1 hour and 45 minutes with no intermission.
ASL interpretation at Sunday, Feb 15 2:00 performance
Show Details
What the Constitution Means to Me by Heidi Schreck
Heidi ….. Carey Cahoon
Legionnaire ….. Nick Meunier
Debater ….. Adia Robinson-Wood, Inaya Robinson-Wood
Director ….. Emma Cahoon
Stage Manager/Dramaturg ….. Claire Gardner
Costume Design ….. Barbara Holbrook
Lighting Design ….. Tayva Young
Scenic Design ….. Matt Cahoon
Content Advisory: This production contains references to and discussions of domestic violence, sexual assault, abortion, and generational trauma
Show Program
Fri, June 5, 2026, 7:30 pm
Sat, June 6, 2026, 7:30 pm
Sun, June 7, 2026, 2:00 pm
BNH Stage, Concord, NH
Fri, June 12, 2026, 7:30 pm
Sat, June 13, 2026, 4:00 pm
Sun, June 14, 2026, 2:00 pm
New Hampshire Theatre Project, Portsmouth, NH
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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. Beautifully crafted and deeply moving, this NH premiere is a poignant exploration of the human experience.
Running Time: 100 minutes
*Content Transparency: This production contains strong language and adult content, including themes/descriptions of violence, loss, alcohol and drug use. Recommended for ages 16+.
ASL interpretation to be scheduled
Show Details
Morning Sun by Simon Stephens
Actor 1 … Rachael Chapin Longo
Actor 2 … Pamela Battin-Sacks
Actor 3 … Annie Lelio
Directed by Leslie PasternackScenic
Scenic/Lighting Design by Matt Cahoon
Costume Design by Barbara Holbrook
Sound Direction by Kyrie Ellison
Stage Management by Carey Cahoon
Meet the Company
Pamela Battin-Sacks (Two) has performed throughout the New England area in a variety of venues. Past productions include: The Actor’s Studio of Newburyport: The Gin Game, Twelve Angry Women, The Goat, Who’s Sylvia?, Last Summer at Blue Fish Cove, Picnic. Punctuate4: Rite of Passage, Saltonstall’s Trial; Firehouse Center for the Arts: Trifles; Footlights Theatre: And No More Shall We Part, The Wicked Women of Whynot; Player’s Ring:Death of A Salesman, Patience Boston. ActOne: On A First Name Basis, Make Sure It’s Me.; LemonPunch Theatre Lab: I’ll Be Right There (Zoom). Pamela trained with Leslie Pasternack (Lemon Punch Theatre Lab), Marc Clopton (Actor’s Studio of Newburyport), Scott Fielding ( Chekhov Institute of Boston), Lindsey Jade Higgins (Embodied Acting Coach).
Annie Lelio (Three) is thrilled to make her debut with theatre KAPOW and for the opportunity to help tell this beautiful story. Annie was most recently seen as Wednesday Addams in Concord Community Players’ production of The Addams Family. Annie is a two time semi-finalist for the New Hampshire Theatre Awards for her portrayal of Juliet in Romeo and Juliet (dive in productions, 2025) and Annelle in Steel Magnolias (BALL Players, 2024). Annie works as a licensed behavioral health clinician with the Granite State Children’s Alliance and enjoys practicing yoga, thrifting, and spending quality time with her husband and their two black cats, Mabel and Harry. She is thankful to her family and friend for their unwavering support—and thanks YOU for supporting local theatre.
Rachael Chapin Longo (One) received her BS in Theater from Skidmore College and her MA in Educational Theatre from NYU. She is an actor, director, educator, playwright and arts advocate. Throughout her career, Rachael has dedicated herself to arts education and has worked as a theater educator and education director; creating curriculum and teaching classes in acting, directing, playwriting and movement for arts organizations and at the college level. In 2023, she became a council member of the Andover Cultural Council, which is responsible for awarding state grant funding to local artists. Her directing credits include The Wizard of Oz, The Laramie Project, The Death of a Caterpillar, West Side Story, The Tempest, South Pacific, Sister Act, Singin’ in the Rain, The Ash Girl and Silent Sky (for which she was a finalist for a NHTA “Best Director” Award in 2019). Acting credits include The Crucible, Desdemona, Mr. Burns: A Post Electric Play, The Penelopiad, The Burial at Thebes, Natural Shocks, Gideon’s Knot, The Boyg, Breadcrumbs, Life Sucks, and The Wolves. Rachael is a company member, board member and actor with theatre KAPOW and most recently appeared as “Lady Capulet/Lord Montague” in the summer 2025 Shakespeare production of Romeo and Juliet. She is grateful to have the support of her tKAPOW family as she continues to train and learn. Special thanks to her incredible family for cheering her on for so many years.
Leslie Pasternack (Director) is a theatre maker and the owner of Lemon Punch Theatre Lab in Durham, NH. She is also Director of the Players’ Ring’s Ring-Works New Play Lab, mentoring playwrights through revisions and directing staged readings. Recent mainstage directing credits include Enid’s Mill at the Ring and The Revolutionists and Trifles/Escaped Alone at The Firehouse. Recent acting credits include The Man Who Laughs and As Small As Stars at The Players’ Ring and Romeo & Juliet for theatre KAPOW. Leslie holds her Ph.D. in Theatre History from UT Austin, studied at the Dell’Arte School of Physical Theatre and has performed her award-winning solo show, CLEAN ROOM, throughout New England and in NYC. She provides private acting coaching and new play dramaturgy through lemonpunchtheatrelab.com.
