Bozeman Magazine

Behind the Scenes of the Willson Auditorium

Katie McGunagle, photos by Zach Hoffman

When you go to a production at the Willson Auditorium, you may glimpse young people quietly running the light and sound control boards in the back of the hall. Others work back stage, assisting with set changes, costumes, and makeup. These stagehands…

Reinvented RIALTO Reopens for Business

Angie Ripple, photos by Zach Hoffman

With nearly a dozen events under its belt since opening night January 17, 2018, the newly renovated Rialto Theatre in downtown Bozeman is breaking its way as a new hub for culture and entertainment, as is their vision. From peanut stand to cultural…

Freak Out: The Musical

An all original psychedelic-horror-rock musical, using life-sized puppets, written by Ryan Cassavaugh (book and lyrics) and Joe Knapp (music), “Freak Out” tells the story of two counter-culture bikers in the late 1960s on a voyage to…

A Winter’s Madrigal - ONE WEEKEND ONLY!

Just imagine… A room dimly lit by candles and sparkling lights on a Christmas tree forest. Music begins and glittering fairies swirl out from pines to dance around guests’ tables bringing magic to awake an old castle asleep for…

Rocky Horror Show & Sword and the Stone

For the past several years, October in Bozeman has loved participating alongside our Rocky Horror Show cast at Plonk Wine in downtown Bozeman for a Verge/Plonk Halloween dinner theater tradition. And this year will be no different. On Saturday…

Verge Theater 2017-2018 Season!

Every August we at Verge Theater regroup, after our 11 month Season, and contemplate existence, our place in the world, and of course the next season. So, after much thought, here is our 2017-2018 season lineup. Go to vergetheater.com for more info…

Comedian Paula Poundstone back at the Ellen Theatre

Angie Ripple

Comedian Paula Poundstone will be back at the Ellen Theatre this month, grabbing jokes from the money blowing machine that encapsulates her 38-year stand-up career. She claims to have the best job ever, doing 90 shows a year around the country as…

Sixty-Eight Years of Play The Virginia City Players

Katie McGunagle

For many, summer is the time of wandering, be it out of state or within. Living in Montana, it can be easy to forget that wandering down the road for a mere spell can bring us to the heart of history and adventure. Virginia City is one such place…

Freak Out at the Verge Theatre

Local playwright, Ryan Cassavaugh has done it again, upping the ante on his own madcap adventure in writing. With the help of local musician, Joe Knapp, they have created this all original psychedelic rock musical that will be performed using…

Montana’s Own: Verge Theatre

Monday Night Improv On The VergeRecover from your weekend with Improv Comedy! Join us as we offer up a Monday Night sacrifice of the most daring, death defying type of live theater there is: Improv! We call it Improv on the Verge! Improv Monday…

Montana Premiere of Marjorie Prime

Bozeman Actors Theatre, in cooperation with Verge Theater, will present Montana’s first fully staged production of “Marjorie Prime” in February and March at Verge Theater.The critically acclaimed play by Jordan Harrison, nephew of…

Verge Theatre November

Random Acts of ImprovThe amazing Bozeman Improverts are on the Verge Main Stage in November to tackle long form improv, the tight rope walk of the theater world! Using only an audience member's suggestion for the name of a play, the Improverts will…

Verge Theatre

Talking With, by Jane Martin Directed by Stephanie Campbell, Talking With is a play composed of eleven ten-minute monologues, each featuring a different woman who talks about her life. The play includes the pieces, "Fifteen Minutes," "Scraps,"…

Celebration of Life: Ben Tone

Anika Hanisch

  The regional and national theatre and film community will come together on Friday, August 12th at the Virginia City Opera House in Virginia City, Montana to celebrate the life of Ben Tone—beloved actor, director, and theatre instructor…

Don’t Close Your Eyes: Live Radio Theatre

Question 1: How did DCYE come about? Ryan CassavaughNot sure where to start on that one. It came from our love of old radio. Keith SutaWe each grew up listening to cassette tape recordings of old-time radio programs. For me it was The Shadow, Jack…

Bozeman's Choice is the People's Choice

Angie Ripple

On Oct. 16 our first-ever Bozeman’s Choice Reader’s Poll went live and our readers responded immediately. The big, giant, massive poll covered everything from local restaurants to local media, to arts and entertainment and everything in…

Verge Theatre has their 2015 - 2016 season planned

Verge Theater will open its 2015-2016 Season in September, on its tiny stage, with the giant Mel Brooks Musical, Young Frankenstein. Left in stitches from Young Frankenstein, we’ll draw back the curtain in late October and continue in true…