The Briggs Opera House
The Briggs Opera House (BOH) welcomes community arts groups of every kind to present performances in the historic theater in downtown White River Junction, VT. Shaker Bridge Theater is the resident theater company and primary leaseholder of the BOH, and will now manage reservations of the space directly. Community groups have the opportunity to rent the BOH during the ~25 weeks available annually between SBT’s regular productions.
As the former venue manager, JAM thanks Shaker Bridge Theater and the BOH for our partnership of the past four years! Please direct all reservations to the Shaker Bridge Theater webpage or select the button below.
The Briggs Opera House offers a highly versatile and storied performance space centrally-located in historic downtown White River Junction, Vermont for community arts groups of every stripe. Recent productions in the Briggs include shows by The Junction Dance Festival, Upper Valley 24-Hour Play Festival, We The People Theater, White River Indie Film Festival, Rio Blanco Social Club, Revolution Fashion Show, and more. The Briggs has also hosted local graduations, workshops, candidate forums, music jams, and burlesque.
A 240-seat, wheel-chair accessible theater, the Briggs is larger than most venues in the area but small enough to feel intimate. Founded in the 1890s as the Gates Opera House, when White River Junction was a booming railroad hub, it fell into disuse after World War II and became retail space in the 1950s. After the closing of the JJ Newberry department store, the opera house was reopened in 1985.
