The 12 Days of Pyramus

Directed by:  Elizabeth Ruelas

Part of the “Holidays at the Estate” celebration!

WHEN:  Friday, December 11, 2026, at 6:00 pm 

WHERE:  The Kimball Jenkins Estate, 266 North Main Street, Concord, NH

COST:  FREE!  (While this event is free, the Kimball Jenkins Estate website notes that a donation of $5 per person or $20 per family to the Estate is welcomed and appreciated.  Donations allow them to continue offering quality community events and programming.)

     The Community Players of Concord is pleased to present this 30-minute free performance of The 12 Days of Pyramus as part of the Kimball Jenkins Estate’s “Holidays at the Estate” celebration.  The premise — In William Shakespeare’s comedy A Midsummer Night’s Dream, a group of bumbling working men called “the Mechanicals” present a hilariously botched play within a play that they call the “Tedious Brief Tale of Pyramus and Thisbe” — based on a classical myth of two young Babylonian lovers whose families forbid them from marrying. Unfortunately, Snout, one of the Mechanicals, has told the Community Players of Concord that their band would be happy to perform a Christmas version of their play. With literally no time to prepare, these bumbling amateur actors pull together a Christmas-themed “Pyramus and Thisbe” for the audience in real time. Quince, one of the Mechanicals, must keep the Christmas-theme action rolling, an audience member is brought on stage at one point to participate, and it ends with a rousing rendition of the 12 Days of Christmas with the audience.

     This performance of The 12 Days of Pyramus is just one of the many free events, including self-guided tours, free performances, visits with Santa, and more that are being offered during the “Holidays at the Estate” celebration at the Kimball Jenkins Estate!  For more information about these events, please visit the Kimball Jenkins Estate’s website by CLICKING HERE!