Onstage this summer

Gloucester Stage Company and the Publick Theatre recently announced their 2006 summer seasons.

Gloucester celebrates the memory of two revered playwrights, Arthur Miller and Wendy Wasserstein, and pays tribute to the memory of Samuel Beckett on the 100th anniversary of his birth in its upcoming season, which for the first time extends into December.

The plays include Wasserstein's ''The Heidi Chronicles," June 15-July 2; Beckett's ''Happy Days," featuring Nancy E. Carroll, July 6-July 16; Miller's ''The Price," with Sol Frieder, July 20-Aug. 6; a world premiere of Israel Horovitz's ''The Secret of Madame Bonnard's Bath," Aug. 10-Aug. 27; the world premiere of Barry Wyner's ''Calvin Berger," Aug. 31-Sept. 17; Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett's ''The Diary of Anne Frank" (adapted by Wendy Kesselman), Sept. 21-Oct. 8; and Kenneth Grahame's ''The Wind in the Willows" (adapted by Alan Bennett), Nov. 30-Dec. 17. Tickets: $25-$35. 978-281-4433, www.gloucesterstage.org.

Along the banks of the Charles, the Publick Theatre will present the Boston-area premiere of Amy Freed's ''The Beard of Avon" and Michael Frayn's Tony Award-winning ''Copenhagen." The plays will run in repertory June 29-Sept. 11 at Christian Herter Park. 617-782-5425. For a complete performance schedule, visit www.publicktheatre.com.