The Yellowstone Repertory Theatre is ending its first season with the theatrical equivalent of a walk-off home run, an engaging and memorable production of a Pulitzer Prize-winning play. On opening night of “Crimes of the Heart,” Craig Huisenga, one of the theater’s founding members along with Dina Brophy and Caitlin Hart, assured the audience that a second season is coming. (more…) Continue Reading →
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Yellowstone Rep presents ‘Crimes of the Heart’
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Yellowstone Repertory Theatre will end its inaugural season with “Crimes of the Heart,” by Beth Henley, which opens Friday, June 8, at NOVA Center for the Performing Arts. (more…) Continue Reading →
Filed under: Culture, Beth Henley, Crimes of the Heart, NOVA Center for the Performing Arts, Yellowstone Repertory Theatre
‘Glass Menagerie’ still a winner
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The Yellowstone Repertory Theatre took an old warhorse of a play out for another lap Friday night and finished with a win, place and show. (more…) Continue Reading →
Filed under: Culture, 'The Glass Menagerie', Caitlin Hart, Craig Huisenga, Dan Nickerson, Dina Brophy, Katie Rehberg, Rob Gunderson
Yellowstone Rep to present ‘The Glass Menagerie’
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“The Glass Menagerie” by Tennessee Williams, one of the most celebrated plays in American history, will open a three-weekend run Friday night in the Black Box at NOVA Center for the Performing Arts, 2317 Montana Ave. The play will be presented by Yellowstone Repertory Theatre, Billings’ only professional repertory company. (more…) Continue Reading →
Filed under: Culture, 'The Glass Menagerie', NOVA Center for the Performing Arts, Tennessee Williams, Yellowstone Repertory Theatre
‘Doubt’ makes persuasive theater opener
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Nothing evokes the hazards of theatrical entrepreneurship like introducing the company’s first season with a play called “Doubt.”
But the Yellowstone Repertory Theatre’s maiden production quickly removed all doubt about the quality of its work, if not the sustainability of its venture. “Doubt: A Parable” was performed superbly and suggests high promise for the season to follow. (more…) Continue Reading →
Filed under: Billings, Culture, Bobbi Hawk, Caitlin Hart, Craig Huisenga, Dan Nickerson, Dina Brophy, Wanda Morales
New repertory theater group schedules first 3 plays
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A new professional theater company in Billings will kick off its debut season next month, presenting three award-winning plays through next June. The Yellowstone Repertory Theatre, whose beginnings were charted by Last Best News in February, will open its first season with a production of “Doubt, A Parable,” by John Patrick Shanely, running Nov. 3-18. That will be followed by Tennessee Williams’ “The Glass Menagerie,” March 2-17 2018, and Beth Henley’s “Crimes of the Heart,” next June 8-23. (more…) Continue Reading →
Filed under: Billings, Culture, Caitlin Hart, Craig Huisenga, Dina Brophy, NOVA Center for the Performing Arts, Yellowstone Repertory Theatre
Professional theater company launched in Billings
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Craig Huisenga was still living in San Diego eight years ago when he came up with the idea of starting the Yellowstone Repertory Theatre. He was thinking of returning to Billings to care for his aging parents, but having
worked as a professional actor and director in Seattle, Eugene, Ore., and San Diego, he wanted to be able to continue as a professional if he moved back home. (more…) Continue Reading →