False Portrait playing at The Millspace!
False Portrait is a band driven by improvisation. Every show, they are blending genres such as Funk, Jazz, Rock, and Prog, creating a new, experimental experience every time. Alongside their original tunes, their cover bands such as Phish, Grateful Dead, Led Zeppelin, Steely Dan, Pink Floyd, and more. With each show being different, you never know what you’re going to get. 

Opening Band..Rambler

Rambler is a small acoustic group comprised mostly of college students from Plymouth, NH. Rambler primarily plays folk/country with songs from many other genres mixed in. Expect easy listening and a good vibe when Rambler is on stage, and always be ready to sing along or dance.

Two Hour Parking is a pop/alternative cover band made up of UNH students opening the night. Playing a mix of current radio hits and fun throwbacks, they’re guaranteed to get you on your feet and start the night off strong. 

Next up, Tumble Over is a new band out of Durham, NH, and is well known for their upbeat music, spanning rock music and all its subgenres. 

Amara, a metal group based out Worcester Polytechnic Institute, is closing out the night. With melt-your-face-off metal, they’re guaranteed to keep you dancing until the end of the night.

Come see the students of Stranger Than Fiction's Advanced Improv show their stuff on stage!

Doors open at 6:30.

Join us for an evening of amazing rock music! Featuring Blowflies, Kucktus, Witches Window, Vermilion, Fabricoh and The Big Sun!

Halloween costumes encouraged!

We round off our Mainstage Cabaret series with night of haunting music, eerie poetry and spine chilling ghost stories. Going live on Halloween Night, It's Serenades in Shadows II, our All Hallows evening by candleight. Featuring the biggest and most talented cast of performers we've had yet. Our Storytellers will thrill you with haunting stories and poetry from the likes of Edgar Allen Poe, Lewis Carrol, Orson Welles and more! And our Serenaders will delight you with songs ranging from chilling showtunes to bone rattling rock tunes. With special performances from our friends at Dive In Productions and the incomperable Lady Ro. And of course, what is Halloween without cotumes? Come dressed in your very best, and you just might win our Costume Contest!

Join us for a night of hilarious comedy benefitting Mary's Dogs (marysdogs.org), a charity pet rescue that rescues around 600 dogs a year from kill shelters!

Hosted by Mark Moccia. Mark is the founder of Moccia Comedy Productions (mocciacomedy.com). As of this writing, Moccia Comedy Productions has raised $80,000 for charities from Boston to Vermont!

Headliner: James Dorsey

After receiving his first D- for conduct in the second grade, James realized school was not his cup of tea and took his “disruptive in class” trademark to the stand-up stage and never looked back! He shares life experiences through high energy, witty act outs and facial expressions. His use of imitations and characters is incredibly vivid and entertaining. James was the national winner of the Catch a New Rising Star competition, the winner of the Plymouth Rock Comedy Festival, Runner Up at the Hoboken Comedy Festival and a semi finalist at the prestigious Boston Comedy Festival. James has been 

featured on the cover of Worcester Magazine, in Pulse Magazine, The Boston Herald, on Spike TV, the MyTV Network and Comcast on Demand Spotlight. James’ performance on stage has been described as “Flawless, smooth and original. A born professional”. James has shared the stage with Jerry Seinfeld, Patrice O’Neal, Jim Gaffigan, Joe Rogan, Gilbert Gottfried, Lenny Clarke,Bryan Callen and Steven Wright. He can be seen in every major comedy club in New England and will remain in your head and heart long after he has made his exit from the stage!!

Also featuring:

Rich DiPippo: Rich is from Newmarket, and has performed at the Millspace, the Stone Church and Throwback Brewery. His four daughters drive him crazy and provide ample material.

Kaile Krenzer: Kaile is an up and coming comedian from Nottingham NH. Currently a student at UNH, Kaile has already made a name for herself performing at Mohegan Sun and all over the seacoast.

Logan O’Brien: Logan is a Boston based comedian who placed third out of one hundred comedians in Laugh Boston’s Massachusetts Funniest Person competition in 2019, and has worked with national headliners such as Big Jay Oakerson, Punkie Johnson, Shane Gillis, and more. He performs regularly at clubs such as the Comedy Connection, Laugh Boston, and Nick’s Comedy Stop. He also co-hosts a podcast, and writes, produces, and acts in online sketches with three other comedians under the name the “South Shore Boyz.”

Come and see Slow Slow Loris with State Vector Collapse, Burial Woods, and Dei Xhrist!

Doors open at 7, show starts at 8.

Live October 12th at the Millspace, UNH’s own Mother Nimbus, Two Hour Parking, and Saguaro! 

Come join us for a night of great music from a diverse mix of genres!

Saguaro plays a blend of rock, blues and country, Two Hour Parking are an indie rock/pop band, and Mother Nimbus are an alternative rock group.

Come witness the true spirit of improv as performers come together after twenty years apart and test their skills in front of an audience!

The Newmarket Library and the Millspace bring you Dorks in Dungeons - an internationally renowned fantasy-improv comedy troupe that brings the table top RPG experience to life in a wild and unpredictable live adventure. Follow our misfit band of Player-Characters in a fantastical journey as they try to make deliveries across the various realms of Continentia. 

Following the traditions of table top Role-Playing Games, Dorks in Dungeons uses long-form improvisation to create memorable and hilarious characters who roll dice and face challenges brought to them by a pit of improv actors. Audience members have the ability to make suggestions and change the fate of our heroes' journey by throwing their all-powerful Re-Roll Tokens on stage!

 Will our heroes be up to the challenges they face? Or will they meet their tragic doom? What will happen?? No one knows! Come uncover the story with us!

On August 31st, Summer Sham returns to the Millspace, brought to you by Stranger than Fiction!

Improvisers from our community come together to compete for the championship belt at this unique theater experience!

Tickets are $12, $15 at the door.

Join us for a night of live music featuring Teething Veils with special guest stars Eternal Slumber and A.Drift!

Join Crash the Net with special guests House Lights, The Graniteers, and Grub Lord for an all ages night of live music at the Millspace!

Come one come all to the 2nd Annual Millspace Showcase! The first in our Millspace Mainstage Cabaret Series! 

Witness a spectacular evening of talent with Singing, Dancing, Comedy and lots more! Come on down as we celebrate the wonderous community of Newmarket and thank that community for helping us launch our Millspace Mainstage Theatre Series!

We can't wait to share all this amazing talent with you!

Improvmania, is the ultimate showdown of established Improv troupes! This one-of-a-kind event pits the sharpest, funniest improv troupes from New England in a no-holds-barred battle of wits and laughs. Stranger Than Fiction hosts, ready to throw down with visitors Queen City Improv, (Manchester, NH)  Improv Anonymous (UNH) and Yes & Co (Portland, ME). It's an all-out improv brawl where only the funniest will stand tall. So, grab your seats and prepare for an epic clash of laughter, creativity, and spontaneous comedy genius at Improvmania—where the punches are punchlines and every match is unscripted madness!

Join us for an evening of hilarious comedy! All ticket sales go to benefit the Newmarket Food Pantry!

For tickets, click here!