• Kearsarge Arts Theatre (KAT) was started to provide youngsters in rural areas the chance for access to the arts. Each summer, 40 professional artists and teachers offer the highest calibre in fine and performing arts to nearly 300 children between ages 4 and 18. KAT does not turn anyone away due to an inability to pay.
  
  
• KAT youngsters represent 35 New Hampshire cities and towns as well as our New England states and others across the country. This year, as in years past, KAT is honored to host students from several foreign countries.
  
  
• KAT is an award-winning nonprofit organization honored in 2002 with the Moss Hart Award, the highest honor given for theatrical productions in New England by the New England Theatre Conference (NETC). The award encourages the highest standards of excellence in theatre. It recognizes play scripts that present affirmative views of human courage and dignity, that have strong literary and artistic merit and which, in their productions, exemplify fresh, imaginative, creative treatment within the intent of the playwright.
  
  
• KAT has performed nationally at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. and internationally in England, South Africa, Lithuania and Ireland. This summer KAT performers will travel to New Zealand to create a collaborative theatre production with a group of children in a Maori school.
  
  
• Trish Lindberg, KAT's Artistic Director and Founder, has directed close to 100 productions for family audiences, including performances in Ireland, England, South Africa, Lithuania and New Zealand. See Full Biography.
  
  
• Each summer over 3,000 audience members come to enjoy and support KAT. Together, for 25 years, KAT has made“magic” and memories for thousands of children.

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