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COMING ATTRACTION –– A NEW AND BEAUTIFUL LOBBY
In 2005 we enlarged the women’s restroom to cheers from our female patrons. This year’s coming attraction is a NEW AND BEAUTIFUL LOBBY! We plan to double the size of the lobby, add more refreshment counter space, redesign and replace the heating and air conditioning system and upgrade the fire sprinkler system.
The theater building is the largest single purpose structure on Electric Avenue. It is located in the very center of Bigfork and is visually set off by its gardens in front. Without the theater building, Bigfork as it is known today would not be the same. The 25,000 to 30,000 theatergoers in the summer provide the foundation and economic support for most all businesses in Bigfork.
Additionally, theater events throughout the year give an economic boost to what is basically a one-season community. The lobby expansion will provide an entertainment space for the community to use both in association to theater events held in the building and for other receptions.
The estimated cost of this project is $980,000. Please help us maintain the Bigfork Theater as the premier performing arts theater in the Flathead Valley for generations to come. For more information or to make a pledge, please call Tom Brown at (406) 837-7050 or Walter Kuhn at (406) 837-4550 or complete the Pledge Form and mail it to the Bigfork Center for the Performing Arts Foundation to P.O. Box 1230, Bigfork, MT 59911.
The Bigfork Center for the Performing Arts Foundation is a tax-exempt organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. As such, contributions to the Foundation are tax deductible to the extent allowed under the Internal Revenue Code.
THE THEATER IS BIGFORK’S HEART AND SOUL. PLEASE JOIN US AND MAKE A PLEDGE TODAY! NO PLEDGE IS TOO SMALL OR TOO LARGE.
Thank you,
Bigfork Center for the Performing Arts Foundation
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Footloose
July |4|7|12|16|20|25|31
Aug |5|9|14|19|23
Box Office is Open Daily
from 10:00 AM through Showtime
From May 15 - August 23
call 406-837-4886
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Footloose is the story of a young man from Chicago (Ren) forced to move with his mother to a puritanical, small town after his father abandons the family. To Ren’s shock, dancing and rock 'n' roll are forbidden. Through tenacity and clever use of the bible, Ren manages to convince Reverand Moore to let the town’s high schoolers dance again. |
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Paint Your Wagon
July |5|10|15|18|24|30
Aug |4|8|13|17|22
Box Office is Open Daily
from 10:00 AM through Showtime
From May 15 - August 23
call 406-837-4886
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After years of searching for gold out West, Ben Rumson and his young daughter, Jennifer, strike it rich. At the burial service of another miner, Jennifer discovers a gold nugget and Rumson Town is born. The strike encourages other miners to move to Rumson Town and a boomtown is formed. Meanwhile, Jennifer falls in love with a Mexican prospector, Julio Valveras. With the lack of women in the town, the men feel uncomfortable with Jennifer's presence, so Ben sends her back East to school. When, a while later, she returns back to the town unexpected, Rumson Town has turned into a ghost town and Julio is gone. In the end, Julio returns and he and Jennifer are reunited.
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Kiss Me Kate
July |3|9|13|19|23|29
Aug |2|7|12|16|21
Box Office is Open Daily
from 10:00 AM through Showtime
From May 15 - August 23
call 406-837-4886
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A musical version of "The Taming of the Shrew" is about to open in Baltimore. In the show with producer- actor Fred Graham are his former wife, Lilli; Lois, a singer in whom he is interested; and Bill Calhoune, who is Lois's interest. The irresponsible Bill informs Lois that he has signed Fred's name to a 10,000 dollar IOU for gambling debts. She begs him to reform. Fred and Lilli patch up their differences as they reminisce nostalgically about other shows in which they have appeared together. Fred sends a bouquet to Lois, which is delivered in error to Lilli. On stage as Katherine, Lilli discovers that the bouquet was meant for Lois and threatens to leave the show. Her departure is prevented by two gangsters who have come to collect the IOU with Fred's signature. As the first Act ends she is raging, both in character and reality. |
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Urinetown
July |8|11|17|22|26
Aug |1|6|10|15|20
Box Office is Open Daily
from 10:00 AM through Showtime
From May 15 - August 23
call 406-837-4886
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The show is set in a Gotham-like town plagued by a 20-year drought, where water has become so scarce that private toilets have become unthinkable. At the mercy of a single dominating corporation who maintains a monopoly on the town’s public amenities, the destitute citizens must pay towering taxes and fines to carry out their most private and basic of needs. Out of the mass of the pitiable, a hero rises to lead his fellow citizens against the tyrannical regime. Drawing from West Side Story and Chicago, among others, the show irreverently pays witty homage to the great American musical theatre tradition. Hilariously funny and touchingly honest, Urinetown provides a fresh perspective of one of America’s greatest art forms. |
The Bigfork Summer Playhouse will be celebrating 49 Seasons of live professional theatre. Known by many as the "theatre by the bay", the playhouse brings talent from across the country to bring the finest live professional theatre in the Northwest and is a past recipient of the Montana Governor's Award for the Arts.
We are open for the summer season - We're back online for early ticket sales now
Buy Tickets online
Check out the Theater expansion program
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