New Hampshire Magazine
Experience great talent and performances in picturesque Prescott Park
May 17, 2021
A photo from a past performance at the Prescott Park Arts Festival. This year’s musical is “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown.”
Following a one-year break due to coronavirus-related precautions, the Prescott Park Arts Festival is back and ready for an outstanding season.
As usual, the festival will feature a musical, film series and concert series. In addition to the performing arts, there will be community collaborations and showcases as well as the return of their theater education camp “Camp Encore!”
However, the similarities to past years mostly end there. The festival has been reimagined to be COVID-safe. Instead of the typical crowds of people in front of the stage, there will be assigned socially distanced “pods,” spread either three or six feet apart, depending on guidance at the time. Mask-wearing will be required when walking around, but can be remo
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Ginnie Lupi, director of the New Hampshire State Council on the Arts, said Covid assistance funding is needed by performance and other venues across the state.
The initial stay-at-home order issued by Gov. Chris Sununu in March 2020 required The Music Hall in Portsmouth to shutter completely. The 142-year-old theatre in downtown Portsmouth hosts concerts and performances, literary events and other entertainment. But due to the pandemic, the gathering people in large or even smaller crowds was impossible.
In 2020, The Music Hall lost about 90% of its earned revenue, said Monte Bohanan, director of communications and community engagement.
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PORTSMOUTH Fresh off her announcement the Prescott Park Arts Festival will return in 2021 and produce “You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown” as its summer musical, Courtney Perkins talked about her first season leading one of the Seacoast’s most beloved arts traditions.
“I’m excited for our board and and our staff to finally announce the musical, and really happy to be in Portsmouth to bolster the community. The arts are a real shot in the arm for the community, one we need now more than ever,” said Perkins, the festival s executive director. “This is going to make us all feel great, and I’m especially grateful to be here for my first year.”