Five shows set for Fort Peck's 46th season

Press release

The Fort Peck Summer Theatre, celebrating its 46th season, is prepping for the 2015 season, featuring popular, in-demand titles and some of the theater’s most frequently requested musicals

Under the leadership of returning Artistic Director Andy Meyers, this season promises five shows likely to attract the entire family: “Always ...Patsy Cline,” “One Man Two Guvnors,” “The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas,” Disney’s “Tarzan” and “Steel Magnolias.”

The Annual DAM Cabaret will be performed July 1, and the theater hosts the Missoula Children’s Theatre production of “Rapunzel” featuring nearly 50 local child actors July 3 and July 4.

Meyers returns for his fourth summer as artistic director.

In past seasons at Fort Peck he has directed the record-breaking “Buddy Holly Story,” “Ring of Fire” and “All Shook Up,” and, most recently, appeared as Shrek in “Shrek,” Boolie in “Driving Miss Daisy” and Harold Hill in “The Music Man.”

Since last summer, he has directed “Peter Pan” in Bigfork and “The Last of the Dragons” and “The Winter Wonderettes” in Missoula.

He returns to Montana for summer from Arizona Broadway Theatre, where he directed “The King and I” and “Pinocchio,” served as choreographer and assistant director for “Les Miserables,” in which he also played Grantaire, and performed as Oscar in “Sweet Charity” and the emperor in “The Emperor’s New Clothes.”

Meyers has a cast to work with that boasts many audience favorites from past seasons: Havre’s own Pam Veis, Debra Berger, Chanel Bragg, Alicia Bullock-Muth, Johanna Carlisle, EJ Dohring, Alexa Etchart, Evan Goldhahn, Luree Green-Chappell, Sydney Hayward, Ryan Luwe, John Knispel, Shannon McMillan, Jamie Parnell, Morgan Phelps, Jay Michael Roberts, Hailey Stone, Matthew Whitfield and Megan Wiltshire.

The returning company members will be joined by new artists from across the country.

The 2015 season:

“Always,  Patsy Cline”

May 29-June 7

Director: Heather Adams

Debra Berger and Havre resident Pam L. Veis star in this musical, celebrating the famous singer through the eyes of her biggest fan. As Patsy Cline, Berger will perform dozens of the singer’s greatest hits,

“One Man, Two Guvnors”

June 12-28,

Director: Trey Compton

The runaway hit the 2012 Broadway season, this musical farce, making its Pacific Northwest premier, features everything that Fort Peck audiences love: physical comedy, mistaken identity, gender-bending disguises and a classic love story, all underscored with lively music performed by a live skiffle band.

“The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas”

July 10-July 2

Director: Andy Meyers

In a role that featured Dolly Parton in the movie version, Shannon McMillan returns to star as Mona. Full of athletic dance numbers and rockin’ country music, “The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas” is a hilarious romp sure to leave audiences tapping their toes and laughing in the aisles.

Disney’s “Tarzan”

July 31- Aug. 16

Director: Megan Wiltshire

A perfect evening for the entire family, Disney’s hit featuring a score by Phil Collins, comes to life as only Fort Peck Summer Theatre can do it. Get ready to swing from the vines and be transported to the jungles, joining Tarzan on all of his high flying adventures.

“Steel Magnolias”

Aug. 21- Sept. 6

Director: Andy Meyers

Before the iconic movie became a cult favorite, this stage play was a hit in New York. Inside Truvy’s Beauty Parlor in modern-day Louisiana, this touching comedy revolves around the lives of six close-knit friends. Glasgow native Alexa Etchart, recently seen on “Grey’s Anatomy,” returns home to star as Shelby.

To purchase preseason tickets, contact the Glasgow Chamber of Commerce or the Fort Peck Fine Arts Council at  406-228-9216.

Performance times are Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m., with Sunday matinees at 4 p.m.

For individual tickets or reservations, call the Fort Peck Summer Theatre Box Office at 406-526-9943. The office opens at the top of the season.