The Music Hall, Portsmouth, NH
Brittany Wason is a Co-Editor at Maiden Magazine, where Brittany works with a bicoastal team to publish new works of poetry and creative nonfiction. Prior to this role, Brittany has also held positions such as Literary Producer & Content Manager at The Music Hall, Senior Editor and Editorial Manager at Cider Mill Press Book Publishers, and Assistant Director of Education and Children's Programs at Book Passage. With a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing - Poetry from Saint Mary's College of California and a Bachelor of Arts in English from Wittenberg University, Brittany has a strong background in writing, editing, and coordinating literary events.
The Music Hall, Portsmouth, NH
“the beating cultural heart of New Hampshire’s seacoast” – Boston Globe The Music Hall is a performing arts center featuring curated entertainment from around the world in two theaters in its downtown Portsmouth, New Hampshire campus - one, a landmark 1878 Victorian theater, designated an American Treasure for the Arts by the US Senate, the other the intimate Music Hall Loft around the corner, recently named “best performing arts venue” by Yankee Magazine and the recipient of the NH AIA award for design excellence. Acclaimed signature series bring top authors and artists to both stages, while HD broadcasts and independent film fill both screens. A radio show broadcast on NH Public Radio originates here. This dynamic arts center urges patrons to Explore + Learn via master classes, post film panel discussions, and matinees for children. An anchor cultural organization in this historic working seaport, The Music Hall is one of downtown Portsmouth’s biggest employers and largest contributors to the regional economy: The Music Hall and its patrons contribute $7.1 million annually to the local economy through show and visitor related spending. Innovative in its outlook, the organization is community oriented and committed to making the Seacoast flourish. The Music Hall is 501c3 nonprofit managed by a professional staff with the assistance of a volunteer board. Though global in the scope of its artists and programs, The Music Hall operates independently with the support of 3,500 members, 300 business supporters and over 60 community partners. Welcoming more than 100,000 patrons (including 20,000 children) each year from the tri-state area and beyond, The Music Hall is the region’s center for the performing arts, literature and education…easy to get to, impossible to forget.