Monadnock Ledger-Transcript
Published: 12/23/2020 3:39:12 PM
For more than half his professional life, Gus Kaikkonen has called the Peterborough Players his artistic home. It’s where the longtime artistic director has worked with legendary actors and helped mentor others just cutting their teeth in the theater business.
He has helped plan and arrange more than two decades of summer seasons and over the previous four years, done the same for a shortened winter lineup. Add it all up and Kaikkonen has in some way, shape or form put his fingerprints on more than 160 shows – and that’s not even counting all the Second Company productions, which began during Kaikkonen’s first year on staff. He has directed and acted, designed sets and helped raise the bar for the small town theater organization with a longstanding tradition and national recognition. But as they say, all good things must come to an end.