July 2025
Angie Ripple
This July 10–27, the Ellen Theatre lights up with Cabaret — a boundary-pushing Broadway classic set in the shadowy, glittering cabarets of 1930s Berlin. Montana TheatreWorks celebrates its 30th summer season with a production that’s…
June 2025
Across Montana, an extraordinary thing occurs daily—people of all ages, backgrounds, and political affiliations visit museums, galleries, and art centers, discovering inspiration, connection, awe, and joy through arts and culture.We have the…
June 2025
Kevin Brustuen
Richard Powers, in his 2019 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, The Overstory, says:
“You and the tree in your backyard come from a common ancestor. A billion and a half years ago, the two of you parted ways. But even now, after an immense journey…
February 2025
As the community emerges from the winter months, Empty ( ) Space Company will provide nourishment for our hearts and minds, and appreciation for the life experiences that shape us and our communities. The curtain rises this March for a production of…
February 2025
The Minutes
These days, our political discourse is colored by the notion that an objective truth does not exist; a truth that one can independently determine through common sense or reasonable diligence. Instead, truth is what one side tells you, and anything…
January 2025
Get in the mood for Valentine’s day and experience different shades of love through song, dance, and the epic journey of Frederick Davis - From the Streets to the Stage in Yellowstone Ballet Company’s Songs & Dances of Love Saturday…
January 2025
Kevin Brustuen
Opera Montana brings Stephen Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd to the Ellen Theatre stage in January. This beloved musical opens on January 30, 2025, and offers eight performances over two weekends, closing with a Sunday matinee on February 9.
The story…
December 2024
Sydney Jones
This December, Montana TheatreWorks and The Ellen Theatre present ten wonderful performances of the beloved Broadway musical, Annie. Opening Wednesday, December 11th and running Wednesday through Sunday through December 22nd, the show offers a…
December 2024
Jessica Cairoli
Hallmark movies are a corny Christmas staple, and have been nationally heralded for decades, and although they’re not everyone’s cup of hot cocoa, it’s impossible to deny their lasting cultural…
November 2024
25 Years of Writing Feminist Comedy… Has Anything Changed?
Twenty-five years ago, the two of us were privy to our cousins having a very, very important and slightly heated conversation. They were new parents and figuring out what to call “it”… the “pee pee,” or the “wee…
