Winnipesaukee Playhouse

[4] In 2013 the Playhouse moved from Weirs Beach in Laconia to the former Annalee Dolls campus in Meredith.

[5] The Winnipesaukee Playhouse was founded in 2004 by brother and sister Bryan Halperin and Lesley Pankhurst and their spouses, Johanna and Neil.

[6] In 2008, Hidden Green LLC, investors in the Winnipesaukee Playhouse, purchased the Annalee Dolls factory site for $1.05 million.

The Playhouse renovated this property to create a "Tanglewood type of setting" to perform theater and other endeavors in.

[8] The access to the Annalee Dolls campus allowed the Winnipesaukee Playhouse to greatly expand and create the first performing arts complex in the Lakes Region of New Hampshire.

A map of the former Annalee Dolls campus. The following is what each building is currently used for by the theater:
1a- Paint shop
1b- Rehearsal space ( Future Black Box Theater )
2- Storage
3- Summer camp space
4- Main Theater
5- Amphitheater
6- Covered Bridge
7- Scene shop
8- Company housing
9- Former Annalee Dolls corporate offices and Outlet Store, (demolished 2013, possibly to make way for future education building)