“There is nothing like seeing live theater in a post pandemic world.
The theater was originally founded in 1933 by Broadway showman Walter Hartwig and his wife Maude as an attractive summer locale that hosted traveling productions with big-name stars.
From 12 weeks, recent seasons have grown to 26 weeks beginning in mid-May and running to the end of October, with an additional holiday show produced for The Music Hall stage in Portsmouth, N.H.
For “Monty Python’s Spamalot,” the Ogunquit Playhouse is starting out with social distancing pods to accommodate a maximum of 450 people.
We’ll probably operate at a bit of a loss, but we knew if we could get people back on site we should be brave but be safe,” Kenney said.
For “Young Frankenstein” once again “everyone stepped up” to help out, Kenney said.
For all of the flair that Kenney and the Ogunquit Playhouse bring to musicals, Kenney said that a non-musical, a theater adaptation of “Murder on the Orient Express” staged in 2019, broke all box office records.
Geof Dolan, former Foothills technical director, has been the Ogunquit Playhouse’s technical director and scenic coordinator for a number of years.