Each summer we get to host a variety of groups and organizations to showcase their talents on the Wilcox Main Stage. Community showcases are presented in advance of select musical theatre performances. Our audience loves to come early, enjoy the pre-show, and cheer on these local performers.
In 2024 we were proud to present NH Academy of Performing Arts’ Seacoast Civic Dance Company, Burgess Street Dance, PMAC, Extreme Air, Stranger than Fiction Improv, Fox Run Dance Hall, Sole City Dance, Southern New Hampshire Ukulele Group, Russian Ballet Academy, Sounds of the Seacoast – Women’s Award-Winning Barbershop Chorus, Studio Be, BKS Dance, RGC Theatre, and Portsmouth ProMusica’s Sweetgrass Quartet.
Southern New Hampshire Ukulele Group 5:30pm | Thursday, June 29 We are a Southern New Hampshire based ukulele group. SNHUG’s primary purpose is to provide a forum for area ukesters of all levels to share & play songs, learn techniques and form friendships while learning more about everyone’s favorite instrument. The secondary function is one […]
Burgess Street Dance 11:30am | Saturday, July 1 Burgess Street Dance began in 2019 when founder, Anna Fontanes, had a vision to use her professional dance training and love for children to create a summer dance camp. The camp was a success leading to another camp and by fall there was a demand to begin […]
Stranger than Fiction Improv & Comedy 5:30pm | Saturday, July 8 Established in the spring of 2004, Stranger Than Fiction is the premier improvisational comedy troupe for the Granite State. Every year we strive to provide audiences with shows that rival improv clubs around the world. Our cast is a diverse collection of talented actors and comedians, united by the shared […]
Portsmouth Music and Arts Center (PMAC) Summer Teen Jazz Workshop 5:00pm | Friday, July 14 Join us for a community showcase presentation of PMAC's Summer Teen Jazz Workshop! Students from this summer's Teen Jazz Workshop Week will play a variety of traditional and contemporary jazz tunes along with original songs. Tonight's show is the culmination […]
Extreme Air of New Hampshire 6:00pm | Saturday, July 15 Extreme Air is a nationally competitive jump rope team currently consisting of athletes from Maine and New Hampshire ages 8-18. They train in speed and freestyle in both single rope and double dutch. The team previously competed in Cincinnati earning their way to Grand Nationals in […]
Portsmouth Music and Arts Center (PMAC) Teen Rock and Beyond Camp, Week 1 5:00pm | Friday, July 21 Join us for a community ROCK SHOW with PMAC's Teen Rock Band students! The show will feature bands who will play their own versions of songs by popular artists and present their original tunes written during the […]
Seacoast Civic Dance Company 5:30pm | Saturday, July 22 The non-profit Seacoast Civic Dance Company (SCDC) in partnership with the New Hampshire Academy of Performing Arts (NHAPA) are celebrating NHAPA's 66 year in dance education. The performers perform award-winning, originally choreographed pieces in a variety of dance genres including Ballet, Tap, Jazz, Hip Hop, Modern […]
Portsmouth Music and Arts Center (PMAC) Teen Rock and Beyond Camp, Week 2 5:00pm | Friday, July 28 Join us for a community ROCK SHOW with PMAC's Teen Rock Band students! The show will feature student rock bands who will play their own versions of songs by popular artists and present their original tunes written […]
Portsmouth Pro Musica's Sweetgrass Quartet 6:00pm | Thursday, August 3 Portsmouth Pro Musica is dedicated to providing an enriching musical experience to both their members and audiences through the scholarship and presentation of diverse professional-level choral repertoire. The chorus is well-known throughout the Seacoast for the warmth and energy of its sound, adventurous programming and […]
Studio Be. 5:30pm | Friday, August 4 Studio Be. is a dance studio in Dover New Hampshire that operates under the philosophy to ‘be as you are’. We live out this mission by presenting dance technique, choreography and etiquette in a way that highlights and celebrates each students' originality. We encourage all students to unlock the potential to use dance as a […]
Sole City Dance 5:30pm | Saturday, August 5 Sole City Dance provides a strong technical foundation in dance in a non-competitive, nonjudgmental environment, for the encouragement of artistic expression. Arts Rochester, Inc., DBA Sole City Dance, is a federally designated 501(c)(3) non-profit arts organization. The non-profit status allows the organization to reinvest money into higher […]
