The Colonial Performing Arts Center

Greetings! 

The Colonial Performing Arts Center works hard every year to bring the arts to thousands of students and community members for enriching educational opportunities. Your generous support during New Hampshire Gives provides opportunities for local schools to attend matinee performances of educational programming, talented artists to perform at community festivals, and educational workshops throughout the year. We believe that every child deserves access to the transformative power of arts education. Going to the theatre and interacting with skilled performers is a magical and memorable experience that fosters imagination and inspires connection to community. We are proud, with your help, to help enrich local educational opportunities that are vibrant in the arts which cultivate creativity, critical thinking, and collaboration.

SEND-A-KID - or multiple school-aged children to a Colonial Student Matinee performance in our upcoming season! Your generosity and support will empower the next generation of young people, and these opportunities would not be possible without you!

We will also gladly accept unrestricted contributions of any amount at this time to go towards everyday expenses of running our facilities.

THANK YOU for your continued, generous support of The Colonial - We are grateful!

Sincerely,

Eric V. Weisenberger

Director of Advancement

Who We Are

The Colonial Theatre Group, Inc., in Keene, New Hampshire (NH), is a non-profit, 501(c)(3) arts organization operating with professional management and governed by a volunteer Board of Directors. Each season’s live performance genres typically consist of World Music and Dance, Classical Music, Ballet, Popular Music, The Metropolitan Opera (Live in HD), Celtic, Comedy, Broadway, Spoken Word and more. Critically acclaimed and award-winning film is presented year round as well. The Colonial Theatre hosted more than 50,000 patrons during the most recently completed, 2014-2015 season.

Our Vision: The Colonial will be the model regional performing arts center; exciting, educating and challenging audiences of all ages.

Our Mission: The Colonial is an historic performing arts center which brings the cultural and creative spirit of our community to life.

Also, between five and seven curriculum-based, live performances are presented through our Education & Outreach Program’s Student Matinee Series each season. During the most recently completed 2018-2019 Season, more than 8,000 area school children (Pre-school through High School) from several regional school districts in NH, VT and MA attended a performance. The Colonial also continues to manage a Student Matinee Scholarship Fund, affording schools the opportunity to attend matinee performances at a free/reduced ticket price or with subsidized transportation funded with restricted corporate and private donations.