About

Welcome to the web site of the New Bedford Festival Theatre! If the excitement, color and spectacle of Broadway musicals is what you’re looking for,  look no further.  We offer the finest in musical theatre production in Southeastern, MA. The New Bedford Festival Theatre is a professional, non-profit performing arts organization dedicated to:

  • Producing a varied selection of the best of Musical Theatre, from the classics to the contemporary.
  • Utilizing quality production techniques and dynamic, challenging staging and choreography.
  • Engaging the best local and national talent available, thus nurturing theatre artists.
  • Responding to the diverse needs of its artistic community and the public.
  • Serving as a cultural resource to enrich the community, the state and the region.

Winner of the NETC Moss Hart Award for
Best Theatrical Production in New England:
“LES MISERABLES”

Sponsored in part by The Massachusetts Cultural Council
Contact the Zeiterion Box Office at 508-994-2900 for further information.

The New Bedford Festival Theatre was founded in 1990 by Armand Marchand and since then we have presented 21summers of fully mounted musical productions that have entertained over 350,000 theatregoers.

Under the artistic direction of George Charbonneau, the organization has received recognition from the New England Theatre Conference for its productions of Nunsense, Crazy for You, & Les Miserables and won critical praise for productions including Cats, 42nd Street, Annie, The Sound of Music, Fiddler on the Roof, Jesus Christ Superstar, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Evita, Phantom of the Opera, La Cage Aux Folles, Forever Plaid, South Pacific, Oklahoma!, Peter Pan, Chicago, Smokey Joe’s Cafe, Jekyll & Hyde, Disney’s Beauty & the Beast, Oliver!, and Cabaret.

Celebrating 22 Seasons of Bringing the Best of Broadway to Southern New England

Board of Directors

President
Dr. Gail Berman-Martin

Vice President
Elaine Santos

Controller/Treasurer
Leo J. Schick

Recording Secretary
Therese Cormier

Corresponding Secretary
Connie Aiello

Armand R. Marchand Founder / CEO / Executive Producer

Kathleen Castro
George Charbonneau
Arthur P. Motta, Jr.
Scott Simpkin
Martin Wood
Paula Freitas
Sarah Lamothe
Dr. Eli Rubin
Patrice Cloutier
Michelle Keith
Herve W. Vandal