Named after children's book illustrator C. W. Anderson, Andy's was founded in 1971 by two teachers at the Mascenic Regional School, Margaret Sawyer and William Williams.[16] The Playhouse found its first home in Mason, New Hampshire, and was later relocated to a historic meeting house in Wilton.[3] From 1980 to 1993, the playhouse grew under the artistic direction of Dan Hurlin, who attracted a number of internationally recognized artists from PS 122, The Kitchen, 8BC, WOW Cafe and other avant-garde theatre venues in New York City.[4][17][18][19] From 1994 to 2007, the theater was led by director and playwright Robert Lawson,[20] and DJ Potter served as Artistic Director from 2008 to 2014.[16] Both artists further solidified the organization's professional reputation, and increasingly involved alumni in the artistic and executive operations of the theatre.[10][21][22][23] The theatre is currently led by Jared Mezzocchi.[24]
The Buildingedit
Andy's sits on the site of the original meeting house of Wilton, a log structure built in 1752 but then torn down and replaced with a larger meeting house in 1779. The second meeting house served the town for 80 years until it burned down in 1859.[25] The town voted to build a third meeting house (the building that stands today) on the same spot, at a cost "not to exceed $2,500" and the building was completed in 1860. The original Paul Revere and Sons bell damaged in the fire was recast by Henry Northey Hooper & Sons of Boston and placed in the new building, where it remains today in the bell tower. In 1883, the town moved its business to a new Town Hall located several miles to the east in what is now downtown Wilton, so the current building was sold in 1884 to a group of interested citizens and renamed Citizens Hall. It served for many years as a public meeting hall, and was taken over by the National Grange organization in 1925, and then by Wilton Lions Club in 1968. The Pine Hill Waldorf School bought the building in 1978 and for several years ran a school on the site. It was sold to Andy's Summer Playhouse on August 11, 1985.[25]
^Masek, Heidi (28 June 2007). "Transformations: Andy's Summer Playhouse". HippoPress. Retrieved 28 July 2012.
^ ab"Andy's Schedules Auditions March 27–29". Merrimack Journal. 20 March 1998. p. 15. Retrieved 14 January 2013.
^"Andy's Summer Playhouse Names Jared Mezzocchi Producing Artistic Director: Award-winning director, educator, and multimedia theatre artist becomes the fifth leader in the history of the 45-year-old children's theatre company". American Theatre. 6 July 2015. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
^ abClark, Charles E. (1 October 1998). The Meetinghouse Tragedy: An Episode in the Life of a New England Town. ISBN978-0874518726.
^Masek, Heidi (22 June 2006). "DaVinci to Rube Goldberg: Andy's Summer Playhouse is all about invention". HippoPress. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
^ ab"Andy's Summer Playhouse puts focus on kids' 'Identity'". The Telegraph. 6 July 2016. p. 30. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
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Andy s Summer Playhouse is a youth theater located in Wilton New Hampshire 1 Andy s Summer PlayhouseAddressWilton New HampshireUnited StatesOwnerNon profit organizationCurrent useYouth theaterOpened1971Websitewww wbr andyssummerplayhouse wbr orgAndy 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 Contents 1 History 1 1 The Building 1 2 Notable alumni and teaching artists 2 ReferencesHistory editNamed after children s book illustrator C W Anderson Andy s was founded in 1971 by two teachers at the Mascenic Regional School Margaret Sawyer and William Williams 16 The Playhouse found its first home in Mason New Hampshire and was later relocated to a historic meeting house in Wilton 3 From 1980 to 1993 the playhouse grew under the artistic direction of Dan Hurlin who attracted a number of internationally recognized artists from PS 122 The Kitchen 8BC WOW Cafe and other avant garde theatre venues in New York City 4 17 18 19 From 1994 to 2007 the theater was led by director and playwright Robert Lawson 20 and DJ Potter served as Artistic Director from 2008 to 2014 16 Both artists further solidified the organization s professional reputation and increasingly involved alumni in the artistic and executive operations of the theatre 10 21 22 23 The theatre is currently led by Jared Mezzocchi 24 The Building edit Andy s sits on the site of the original meeting house of Wilton a log structure built in 1752 but then torn down and replaced with a larger meeting house in 1779 The second meeting house served the town for 80 years until it burned down in 1859 25 The town voted to build a third meeting house the building that stands today on the same spot at a cost not to exceed 2 500 and the building was completed in 1860 The original Paul Revere and Sons bell damaged in the fire was recast by Henry Northey Hooper amp Sons of Boston and placed in the new building where it remains today in the bell tower In 1883 the town moved its business to a new Town Hall located several miles to the east in what is now downtown Wilton so the current building was sold in 1884 to a group of interested citizens and renamed Citizens Hall It served for many years as a public meeting hall and was taken over by the National Grange organization in 1925 and then by Wilton Lions Club in 1968 The Pine Hill Waldorf School bought the building in 1978 and for several years ran a school on the site It was sold to Andy s Summer Playhouse on August 11 1985 25 Notable alumni and teaching artists edit Henry Akona director and composer 26 Jess Barbagallo playwright and performer 27 28 Sally Bomer choreographer 29 Patrick Boutwell musician 30 David Bowles director 31 Rosellen Brown author 8 19 Matthew Buckingham filmmaker and multimedia artist 8 32 Lenora Champagne playwright and performing artist 8 33 Emmanuelle Chaulet actress 34 35 Austin Chick film director screenwriter and producer 36 Catherine Coray director actor and teacher 8 Migdalia Cruz playwright 8 32 Dancenoise performance artists 33 Kyle deCamp multimedia performance artist 8 33 37 David Dorfman choreographer and teacher 4 8 Sarah Durkee singer songwriter lyricist and writer 8 9 32 Edward Einhorn playwright director and novelist 29 Daniel Mark Epstein poet dramatist and biographer 29 Dan Froot performance artist and musician 8 38 10 39 Rosanna Gamson choreographer and director 40 Janie Geiser artist and experimental filmmaker 1 8 32 Alex Gino children s book author 27 28 Jonathan Glatzer writer director and producer 10 20 41 James Godwin actor 8 Mimi Goese musician Ain Gordon playwright director and actor 8 Neil Greenberg choreographer 4 8 David Greenspan actor and playwright 42 Rinne Groff playwright and performer 43 Sharon Hayes multimedia artist 8 10 41 44 Cynthia Hopkins performance artist composer and musician 15 Holly Hughes performance artist 1 4 8 33 39 32 Sam Huntington actor 21 Dan Hurlin puppeteer and performance artist 1 21 10 39 Anne Iobst performance artist 33 Paul Jacobs composer and musician 8 9 32 Amy Jenkins artist and experimental filmmaker 29 Elizabeth Orton Jones illustrator and children s book author 14 21 Myles Kane film producer and wizard rock artist 31 32 Stephen Karam playwright and screenwriter 2 7 John Kelly performance artist 8 33 45 Andy Kirshner composer performer writer and media artist 8 Lisa Kron actress and playwright 1 8 Robert Lawson writer director composer and visual artist 21 20 41 David Leslie performance artist and stuntman 8 10 Elizabeth Levy children s book author 23 41 Chris Lindsay Abaire actress 19 David Lindsay Abaire playwright lyricist and screenwriter 1 21 Sondra Loring dancer choreographer and actor 8 Erika Kate MacDonald performing artist and playwright Linda Mancini actor writer and performance artist 8 32 Victoria Marks choreographer and teacher 8 Jared Mezzocchi multimedia theatre director and designer 16 Sarah McLellan executive director 46 47 Tom Murrin performance artist and playwright 8 Eileen Myles poet and writer 33 32 Jim Neu playwright 8 39 32 Qui Nguyen playwright and fight director 48 Brooke O Harra writer director and performer 28 Julia Older poet and translator 29 Pat Oleszko performance artist 8 Claire Porter choreographer and comedian 10 Dave Quay actor 49 Alice Reagan director 43 Jenny Romaine puppeteer performer and director 8 John C Russell playwright 8 39 32 Dan Moses Schreier composer and sound designer 10 Brian Selznick children s book author and illustrator 8 Lucy Sexton performance artist and producer 33 Louise Smith playwright and actress 34 35 Kate Snodgrass director and playwright 29 Henry Stram actor 8 Carmelita Tropicana performance artist 4 8 Fritz Van Orden musician 50 51 Meiyin Wang director Washboard Jungle musicians 17 18 32 Erik White musician 50 Kristine Woods visual artistReferences edit a b c d e f g Rutherford Kourtney 1 November 2012 Currents Experimental Theatre Education Programs PDF American Theatre Retrieved 26 November 2012 a b c Make Art Make a Scene MacDowell Colony Newsletter Vol 40 no 2 Winter 2011 p 6 Retrieved 14 January 2013 a b 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 a b c d e f Horwitz Andy 18 February 2004 Talking with Dan Hurlin part 2 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