October 2024

Arcadia

Kevin Brustuen

Beth Burroughs, Chair of the Math Department at Montana State University, recently spoke to a roomful of actors and designers working for Bozeman Actors Theatre (BAT): “Don’t be afraid of math. Most people think of mathematics as dealing…

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September 2024

Stories of the Land

Kevin Brustuen

The land, the earth and sky. Spending my younger years on a farm growing wheat and hay, and raising cattle in a pasture with a lazy creek running through the middle, it seemed like there was nothing more healthy and comfortable than the smell of…

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July 2024

Shakespeare in the Parks Summer Tour

Kevin Brustuen

Joel Jahnke, retired Artistic Director of Montana Shakespeare in the Parks (MSIP), likes to tell a story that happened to him in the early days of MSIP’s summer tour, a story that made him realize that MSIP was onto something big. It was 1980…

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May 2024

Certain Death and Other Considerations

Kevin Brustuen

Headlines in the news talk constantly about disasters ready to befall us every day in the form of climate change, economic woes, perilous politics, and a threatened reshaping of world order. The continual flow of negative news about the future is…

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April 2024

Onstage in Bozeman

Kevin Brustuen

April presents some great opportunities to experience a wonderful mix of theater and music in Bozeman. This article gives a quick glance at The Bozeman Symphony, The Ellen Theatre, Bozeman Actors Theatre, and Intermountain Opera, all producing some…

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March 2024

My Barking Dog

The wild needs a home, too.” This phrase appears twice in Eric Coble’s nightmare comedy, My Barking Dog, coming to the Verge Theater’s mainstage March 15 through the 30th. It may be only six words but when uttered in the play, which…

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February 2024

Born With Teeth

Kevin Brustuen

Starting on February 22, Bozeman Actors Theatre (BAT) is featuring Born With Teeth, a new play by Liz Duffy Adams. This innovative play features a series of spirited conversations and debates between two young playwrights: William Shakespeare and…

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