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SUMMARY:Old Crow Medicine Show - Circle the Wagons Tour at Wachholz College Center
DESCRIPTION:Old Crow Medicine Show brings their Circle the Wagons Tour with special guest Meels to Wachholz College Center in Kalispell at 7:30 pm Thursday\, October 9\n\n\n\n\n\nDoors @ 6:30 pm \n\n\n\nCome see Old Crow Medicine Show live in concert with special guest Meels for an electric night of American roots music – dancing is encouraged!**PLEASE NOTE**  FOR PATRONS THAT WISH TO STAND UP & DANCE AT THEIR SEAT\, THIS SHOW FEATURES GENERAL ADMISSION SEATING ON MAIN FLOOR OF McCLAREN HALL. THE BALCONY FEATURES RESERVED SEATING.“If this is any indication of what Old Crow Medicine Show still has in store after so many recordings in its career\, we should count ourselves lucky.” – NPR Music \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOld Crow Medicine Show got their start busking on street corners in 1998\, from New York state and up through Canada\, winning audiences along the way with their boundless energy and spirit. They eventually found themselves in Boone\, North Carolina where they caught the attention of folk icon Doc Watson while playing in front of a pharmacy. He invited the band to play at his festival\, MerleFest\, and the rest is history. \n\n\n\nIt’s been over twenty years since these humble beginnings. The band has gone on to receive the honor of being inducted as members of the Grand Ole Opry and have won two Grammy Awards: “Best Folk Album” for Remedy (2014) and “Best Long Form Music Video” for Big Easy Express (2013). Additionally\, their classic single\, Wagon Wheel \, received the RIAA’s Double-Platinum certification in 2019 for selling over 2\,000\,000 copies while the band’s debut album O.C.M.S. has been certified Gold (500\,000 copies). The band’s latest Grammy nominated album Jubilee (Aug 2023) released via ATO Records. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOpening the show is MEELS \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMeels discovered her voice among the towering redwoods of her native California. Her music\, a fusion of small-town charm and the grandeur of nature\, traces her journey from the woods to NYU’s Clive Davis Institute in New York City to Los Angeles\, where she now resides with her dachshund\, Baltimore. Establishing herself as a fresh voice in Americana\, she released her debut album\, Tales from a Bird’s Bedroom\, in June 2024\, with her sophomore record “Across The Raccoon Strait” set for release this year. Rooted in nostalgia\, nature\, and intricate human connections\, Meels’ songwriting transforms melodies into stories and confessions. Her sound blends the warmth of ’60s and ’70s folk with timeless Americana and classic country influences. As of late she has been playing sets up and down the California coast\, picking oranges in the garden with her 85 year old Grandmother Marsha June\, and writing songs on her vintage quilted bed. As she continues to grow\, Meels strives to connect with listeners who see their own stories reflected in her music. \n\n\n\n\n\nPurchase Tickets LINK \n\n\n\n\n\nThis show is presented by WCC.  No outside food or beverages allowed in Wachholz College Center.Recommended age limit 10+
URL:https://missoulaunderground.com/mugevent/old-crow-medicine-show-circle-the-wagons-tour-at-wachholz-college-center/
LOCATION:Wachholz College Center at FVCC\, 795 Grandview Drive\, Kalispell\, Montana\, 59901\, United States
CATEGORIES:Americana,Banjo,Bluegrass,Country,Country Music,Honky Tonk,Music,Roots,Singer Songwriters,Violin,Western
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SUMMARY:Niko Moon - American Palm Tour with David J at The Wilma
DESCRIPTION:Logjam Presents welcomes Niko Moon for a live performance on the American Palm Tour with David J opening at The Wilma in Downtown Missoula at 8:00 pm Tuesday\, October 21\n\n\n\n\n\nDoors @ 7:00 pm \n\n\n\nLogjam Presents welcomes Niko Moon for a live performance on the American Palm Tour with David J opening at The Wilma in Downtown Missoula at 8:00 pm Tuesday\, October 21. \n\n\n\nTickets on sale at Logjam Presents Box Offices and online while supplies last. All tickets are general admission standing room only. All ages are welcome. \n\n\n\nTake a look at these tips to best prepare yourself for a smooth ticket buying experience. \n\n\n\nAdditional ticketing and venue information can be found here. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Niko MoonChart-topping American country artist NIKO MOON has been having a very good time since breaking out as a solo act in 2019\, after being a member for a couple years of Sir Rosevelt alongside fellow artists Zac Brown and Ben Simonetti. \n\n\n\nHis first single “Good Time” went #1 on country radio and his other hits continue to climb the charts as he releases more and more music\, bringing a feel-good positive vibes message to all that listen. \n\n\n\nOriginally from Tyler\, Texas\, Moon relocated to Douglasville\, Georgia when he was 10. His father\, a truck driver and his mother\, a waitress\, introduced Niko to the works of artists like John Prine and Patty Griffin. \n\n\n\nBeyond singing\, Moon has written eight #1 songs and over 40 major record label cuts for artists such as Morgan Wallen\, Avicii\, Dierks Bentley\, Pitbull\, Zac Brown Band\, Rascal Flatts and more. He also co-produced the Zac Brown Band albums\, Jekyll+Hyde and Welcome Home\, and was recently named a SESAC country songwriter of the year. \n\n\n\nWhen not touring\, Moon resides in Nashville\, TN and is married to singer-songwriter Anna Moon\, with whom they share a daughter\, Lily Ann Moon. He is also the founder of the “Happy Cowboy Foundation”\, a 501c3 nonprofit that helps raise awareness and funds for those in need of help to battle various addictions. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout David JWith a deeply embedded work ethic rooted in his upstate New York hometown\, 21-year-old phenom David J began honing his hook-heavy songwriting skills while still in high school and started making trips to Nashville when he was just 15. Captivated by the craft of songwriting\, David taught himself to sing and play multiple instruments\, strengthening his passion for the music and igniting a spark that saw the natural talent making trips to Nashville by the time he was 17\, connecting with songwriters and other young musicians\, helping craft his singular sound.The self-taught multi-instrumentalist kicked off 2024 by releasing his major label debut project\, Commitment Issues\, which features streaming hits “After We Broke Up (feat. Frawley)” and “Found A Girl\,” both highlighting the 21-year old’s vast range of musicality. Including co-writes with Ryan Tedder\, Grant Boutin\, Danny Majic\, and more\, the eight-song collection explores budding relationships\, braving heartbreak\, and moving on.Through it all\, David’s piercing\, mature voice that transcends well beyond his age invites listeners into his emotional journey navigating young love. Having shared the stage with the likes of Mitchell Tenpenny\, Lauren Alaina\, Blake Shelton\, Chase Rice\, and more\, David J is currently on tour with Niko Moon.
URL:https://missoulaunderground.com/mugevent/niko-moon-american-palm-tour-with-david-j-at-the-wilma/
LOCATION:The Wilma Theater\, 131 Higgins Avenue\, Missoula\, Montana\, 59802\, United States
CATEGORIES:Country,Country Music,Music,Singer Songwriters
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SUMMARY:"Lake Crescent and Other Spirits" Author Pam Gullard Reading and Signing at Fact & Fiction Books
DESCRIPTION:“Lake Crescent and Other Spirits” author Pam Gullard will be at Fact & Fiction Books in Downtown Missoula for a live reading and signing 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm Thursday\, October 30\n\n\n\n\n\nPam Gullard: Reading and Signing \n\n\n\nAbout the Book: These eleven stories\, set in the San Francisco Bay Area and Seattle\, look into the hearts of characters who want desperately to find love and talk intimately about their fears\, their desires. But things go wrong. Conversations break off. People leave or make an outrageous demand or start an affair that flames out of control. In the title story\, a writer discovers that the afternoon his careless mother dove from a cliff into Lake Crescent has sunk into his bones. Closed his soul. The secret grip of that day is lost to him until a new lover sees that his biggest obstacle is his own heart. \n\n\n\nLake Crescent is a huge\, deep lake in the Olympic National Forest four hours west of Seattle. Jumping into the water is like speeding through burning liquid ice. I am not brave\, but when I was twenty\, I lived alone through the summer in a one-room cabin near the edge of the lake. This astonishes me still. There was no phone\, no heat\, not a soul around. My family in Seattle was on a slow roll of breaking up\, my boyfriend was in California\, and at night\, I asked myself how big a window had to be for a cougar to climb in. Or an axe murderer. In the evening\, we college kids with jobs at the national park gathered at the small pebbled beach. Cold trees like giant\, indifferent gods towered over us as we lay on our backs\, our heads on a log\, and scanned the Pleiades for shooting stars. At the edge of that glacial lake\, I started to write and to piece together the spirit that would become myself. \n\n\n\nAbout the Author: Pamela Gullard is an author and teacher living in Menlo Park\, California. Her latest collection of short stories\, Lake Crescent and Other Spirits\, was published by Galileo Press 9 July 2025! Her stories have appeared in the North American Review\, Arts and Letters\, The Iowa Review\, TriQuarterly\, and elsewhere. Her short story collection\, Breathe at Every Other Stroke\, published by Henry Holt\, appeared in Kindle format in 2014. She has also written\, with Nancy Lund\, three city histories\, showing in microcosm how the booming economy of the 19th century led to Silicon Valley.
URL:https://missoulaunderground.com/mugevent/lake-crescent-and-other-spirits-author-pam-gullard-reading-and-signing-at-fact-fiction-books/
LOCATION:Fact & Fiction\, 220 N. Higgins Avenue\, Missoula\, Montana\, 59802\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Live Reading,Literature
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SUMMARY:The Bangingsons present "Inexplicable Sidenote" at Zootown Arts Community Center
DESCRIPTION:The Bangingsons present “Inexplicable Sidenote” at Zootown Arts Community Center in Downtown Missoula at 7:30 pm Thursday\n\n\n\n\n\nDoors @ 7:00 pm \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrought to you by the BANGINGSONS (Melissa Bangs & Eric Ellingson)… \n\n\n\nInexplicable Sidenote is pulled from the deep mystery and unbound hilarity of “inexplicable sidenotes” Melissa shared during their sold-out show The Bangingsons: A Love Ballad at the ZACC. \n\n\n\nThese morsels from the unseen world acted like a handrail through tales laced with dismantling\, death-defying\, and profoundly joyful forces. And then—green lights\, the X-FILES theme\, Melissa deadpans: “Inexplicable Sidenote…” followed by the craziest\, otherworldly details. \n\n\n\nJoin us for a night of goose bumps\, shrieks\, wild laughter… all in recognition of the vast unknown\, the mystery leaving breadcrumbs\, begging to be honored and seen. \n\n\n\nPart planned storytellers\, part spontaneous OPEN MIC\, IneXplicable Sidenote dives into the Unseen World so many experience yet rarely speak of. Each storyteller will have: 3–7 minutes. Green lights. X-FILES theme. And Eric\, repeating your wildest lines\, underlining the truth within the unknown. \n\n\n\nBring your ghost stories\, alien encounters\, dead relatives on your bed\, inexplicable synchronicities—all wild winks from the great beyond. \n\n\n\nIn honor of Samhain\, All Hallows Eve\, Día de Los Muertos\, and the traditions of their ancestors in Scotland\, the Viking world\, and the Philippines… The Bangingsons call on the UNSEEN WORLD—guides\, ancestors\, angels\, masters—sourced in love\, from the heart of Mother Earth to the edges of the cosmos. Show yourselves!!! Share your magic through the stories and their tellers! October 29th & 30th!
URL:https://missoulaunderground.com/mugevent/the-bangingsons-presents-inexplicable-sidenote-at-the-zacc/
LOCATION:Zootown Arts Community Center\, 216 W. Main Street\, Missoula\, Montana\, 598802\, United States
CATEGORIES:All Hallows Eve,Dia de Los Muertos,Halloween,Holiday Events
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SUMMARY:Margo Price "Wild at Heart" Tour with Logan Ledger at The Wilma
DESCRIPTION:Logjam Presents welcomes Margo Price for a live concert performance on her “Wild at Heart” Tour with Logan Ledger at The Wilma in Downtown Missoula at 8:00 pm Sunday\, November 2\n\n\n\n\n\nDoors @ 7:00 pm \n\n\n\nLogjam Presents welcomes Margo Price for a live concert performance on her “Wild at Heart” Tour with Logan Ledger at The Wilma in Downtown Missoula at 8:00 pm Sunday\, November 2. \n\n\n\nTickets on sale at Logjam Presents Box Offices and online while supplies last. General admission standing room only floor / standard balcony and reserved premium balcony seating tickets are available. All ages are welcome. \n\n\n\nTake a look at these tips to best prepare yourself for a smooth ticket buying experience. \n\n\n\nAdditional ticketing and venue information can be found here. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Margo PriceNearly a decade ago\, Margo Price turned Nashville on its head with her breakthrough\, beloved debut solo album\, Midwest Farmer’s Daughter. Released in the throes of bro-country and before pop stars were crossing over into the genre left and right\, it showcased an artist completely unafraid to double down not only on herself\, but what she’d always loved: classic country songs written from the intellect and the gut\, hell-bent on truth-telling and both timeless and urgent all at once. Respected by her peers\, praised by critics and beloved by her fans\, Price created a lane where independent-minded\, insurgent country music can exist and thrive alongside the mainstream\, and became an ardent fighter for her beliefs in a genre where the norm is to shut up and sing. A trailblazer and a champion for the craft\, Price redefined what it meant to be a modern country artist. \n\n\n\n    And now she’s back with an exquisite\, truly timeless album that reconnects with her roots and pays tribute to the art of the country song\, inspired in part by the legends whom she now calls colleagues and friends. Hard Headed Woman is both a look forward and a look back: a way to march forward while staying true to yourself when the path of less resistance is right there in front of us\, and short cuts are around every corner. And a way to look back when we need to trim what is no longer working\, and to stay connected with where we’re from. It is a promise and a manifesto\, a love song to both a city and a genre\, and a defiant cry for individuality. \n\n\n\nIn creating Hard Headed Woman\, Price brought all of her power as one of  our most beloved and respected songwriters to craft a deep exploration of love and America in a time of unprecedented uncertainty. Featuring appearances from Tyler Childers\, co-writes with Rodney Crowell and a Waylon Jennings song that his widow\, Jessi Colter\, urged her to sing\, it is country music as only Price can make it: free of rules\, cherishing tradition\, hard headed to the core but with a delicate\, beating heart. \n\n\n\nSince releasing Midwest Farmer’s Daughter\, Price has barely slowed down. She’s made four records\, played Saturday Night Live\, been nominated for a Grammy\, toured the world alongside artists like Chris Stapleton and Willie Nelson\, released a lauded memoir (Maybe We’ll Make It\, due on paperback September 2nd)\, became an in-demand producer and was appointed as the first female board member of Nelson’s Farm Aid. And she’s been fearless when it came to genre\, venturing into psychedelic rock on her most recent\, Jonathan Wilson-produced record\, Strays. It would have been easiest to just stay that course\, and keep running. But Price doesn’t follow success or comfort. She follows the art. \n\n\n\n    It took a whole lot of hard work and honesty with herself and others to get there\, but that’s never stopped Price before.  “I made the decision that I had to rebuild everything from the ground up\,” Price says. “There’s all this pressure to be pumping out content\, and I felt the opposite in the way I wanted to approach this record and my life in general.” \n\n\n\n    Price had also established herself as one of the most passionate\, vocal artists in country music and beyond when it came to standing up for political and personal causes\, from the presidential election\, to abortion to gun control: happily hard headed when it came to the fight for equality and justice\, especially for the working class and underserved in our society. Price has always brilliantly woven her activism into her songs\, but her role as a spokesperson had started to overtake\, on occasion\, her role as a songwriter. She wanted to focus on using her written word to deliver the most potent punch of all. \n\n\n\n    “I always hope to do like Johnny Cash did\,” Price says\, “which is speak up for the common man and woman. But there have been so many threats and anger and vitriol over the years\, when I am only coming from a place of love.” \n\n\n\nPrice realized she just needed a break from everything outside of the bubble of family life and her art. She started spending more time at home\, writing songs alone and with her husband\, Jeremey Ivey. She started popping up in the dive bars and tiny venues around Nashville where she got her start\, sometimes just to play a country cover or two or dance with the crowd. She refused guidance to write for pop stars or compromise her values for a quick buck. Most of all\, she turned the emphasis in her music back to songwriting\, exactly where she began.          \n\n\n\n“So much of Strays was leaning into this psychedelic\, textural territory\,” says Price. The music lent itself to vibrant\, heavy stage jams\, with Price often hopping behind the drumkit and bruising her thigh from a tambourine beat. She found herself longing for the days when it was just her and her guitar\, playing at an East Nashville dive bar. “I always knew\,” she adds\, “I would come back to this more rooted sound.” \n\n\n\n    Hard Headed Woman is rooted to its core. Rooted in Price’s history and struggle to make it as a musician for so many years in a town that prizes uniformity and the bottom line\, rooted in the country and folk sounds that have become her signature\, rooted in the simplicity of a few key collaborators instead of songs-by-committee. At the heart of Price’s work is her creative partnership with Ivey\, with whom she describes as having a “soul connection.” “I’m a songwriter\,” Price says. “I’m not somebody who goes out and needs five people to craft a song\, and then tack my name on it. That’s never been my style. I have something to say.” \n\n\n\nSomething to say\, nothing to prove. The first song they wrote for the album that would become Hard Headed Woman was “Close to You\,” a simple\, pining call for a lover that is infused with the sounds of the desert. It’s unfettered and truth-telling\, accented by some flamenco guitar and Price’s gorgeous\, urgent vocals. “We played the jukebox while democracy fell\,” Price sings\, never letting her songs fall out of the context in which they exist. It’s the kind of thing that only she could write\, carrying both love and fear in one single line. \n\n\n\nAs more songs started to form\, an early boost of confidence came from her friends Rodney Crowell and Emmylou Harris\, who heard some of the work at a political fundraiser and encouraged Price to keep going.  “I have both of them to thank for building me up and making me believe in the songs I am writing in this season of my life\,” Price says. Crowell remained not only an inspiration and supporter of the album but a contributor: he co-wrote two songs with Price and Ivey. \n\n\n\n    The album that unfolded from there is drenched in Price’s unique story and unshakeable instincts: while Midwest Farmer’s Daughter was about her journey from childhood to Nashville\, Hard Headed Woman is very much her battle since from dive bars to tour buses\, through parenthood and marriage\, through scrutiny and sacrifice all while fighting constantly for what she believes in\, and the music she loves. It begins with a proclamation on the prelude\, which serves as the album’s mission statement: or\, Price puts it\, “a disclaimer and reminder that I don’t owe you fucking shit.” \n\n\n\n    Songs like the album’s lead single\, “Don’t Let the Bastards Get you Down\,” speak for the downtrodden and the forgotten\, an “anthem for people who are being overlooked in society and need to be lifted up\,” Price says\, “because we are up against so much right now.” As so many of Price’s songs do\, it speaks both for the personal and the political all at once. Price was inspired by the message Kris Kristofferson whispered to Sinead O’Connor when she was booed on stage at a Bob Dylan 30th Anniversary show\, and even got Kristofferson’s widow’s blessing to include his name on the credits. “I always admired Kris for how he stood by her in that moment\, instead of pulling her off the stage like they told him\,” Price says. It serves as a reminder to anyone who encounters resistance in the face of fighting for justice to keep going\, especially when it would be so much easier to capitulate and cower. \n\n\n\n“The song was originally written for a movie that never happened\, but it feels so timely with everything that’s going on in the world\,” Price explains. “The phrase\, ‘Don’t Let The Bastards Get You Down’ originates from Margaret Atwood’s brilliant 1985 piece of literature\, The Handmaid’s Tale. It’s referred to in Latin and used as a rallying cry for resistance against the oppressive regime that symbolizes resilience and hope in the face of adversity. Nolite te Bastardes Caborundorum.” \n\n\n\n    That spirit resonates all across the songs of Hard Headed Woman. The blistering “Don’t Wake Me Up” was based around some writings that Ivey stumbled upon in one of Price’s notebooks\, inspired in part by her deep readings of Frank Stanford\, one of her favorite poets due to his freewheeling work free of boundaries. They spun it all into song in minutes that chugs with the essence of Dylan’s “Subterranean Homesick Blues”: “The way this world is going\, ain’t where I’m at\,” Price howls in her powerful\, unmistakable voice. “Nowhere is Where\,” turns slow and contemplative\, road-worn but never broken\, the call of someone who has been to the mountain but never forgets the prairie below. And “Losing Streak” whirls in with an organ and out with a weary\, world-worn defiance: our worst times don’t define us\, but they’re always part of who we are. \n\n\n\nThere are songs that go back to the beginning of Price’s early grind\, like the western-tinged “Wild at Heart\,” reflecting on how much her life and the city of Nashville has changed over the years – and how important it is to stay true to exactly who you are despite it all. Another\, called “Red Eye Flight\,” is about both leaving a lover and also leaving her longtime band the Pricetags. “I’ve been with those players for ten\, thirteen years\,” she says. “But I could feel that I needed to make a change\, and to change texturally what’s going on with the band. But it’s a familial bond\, different than a friendship.” \n\n\n\nThere are a few choice covers and cuts\, too: “Love Me Like You Used To Do” is by Price’s friend Steven Knudson\, an unsung Nashville writer on whom she hopes to shine a spotlight (helping to elevate the town’s incredibly talented but buried voices is one of Price’s favorite pastimes). Friend Tyler Childers joins Price on that waltzing country ballad\, while “I Just Don’t Give a Damn” is Price’s “Jolene goes to Memphis” take on the Jimmy Peppers and George Jones classic. And showcasing how Price has been trusted by the greats to lead the next generation of country music renegades\, “Kissin You Goodbye” was given to Price by Jessi Colter\, Waylon Jennings’ widow\, when Price was producing her record. They’re songs chosen to appreciate the past and the present as she sees it – not as Music Row or the algorithm might dictate – and place Price squarely amongst her heroes as a living and breathing part of the new country tradition. \n\n\n\n    When it came time to record Hard Headed Woman\, it was important for Price to keep that ethos alive\, decamping to Nashville’s RCA Studio A and reuniting with producer Matt Ross-Spang\, with whom she made her first two solo albums. Though she has worked with everyone from Sturgill Simpson to Jonathan Wilson since\, it was Spang’s vocal rebuke of easy studio shortcuts that made her eager to reunite again. “He’s so unpretentious\,” Price says. “He fully believes in me\, he fully believes in my songs. He got us back to feeling it in your gut and not needing everything to be so perfect.” \n\n\n\n    It felt truly significant for Price to make the album in Nashville\, a city where she’s lived for over two decades and played a seminal role in its transformation\, yet somehow never recorded an album in the place she’s called home. The historic RCA Studio A helped connect Price even closer to the legacy of songwriting she holds so dear\, a place where everyone from Dolly Parton to John Prine to Loretta Lynn have made albums. “It felt like there were ghosts and spirits just hanging out\,” Price says. In perfect kismet\, she also launched her own signature Gibson J-45 guitar\, inspired by her 1960’s Gibson she’s had by her side for years as her career took off. It’s all part of the continuity that she wishes to create with her art\, not just with timeless songs but inspiring future generations of women\, mothers and artists in general who don’t want to sacrifice their vision\, moral compass or family life in favor of mainstream success. \n\n\n\nAt its core\, Hard Headed Woman is about that furious instinct to never waver\, especially when ourselves\, our values and our future is so clearly on the line. As she sings on the title track\, “I ain’t ashamed\, I just am what I am.” \n\n\n\n    “I hope this album inspires people to be fearless and take chances and just be unabashedly themselves\,” Price says\, “in a culture that tries as hard as it can to beat us into all being the same.” \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Logan LedgerA Nashville-based singer/songwriter with a smooth voice and classic tone\, Logan Ledger built a buzz around Music City in the late-2010s\, calling to mind names like and . His career got a significant boost when producer signed him and brokered a record deal with \, resulting in an eponymous full-length record appearing in 2020 as well as 2023’s Golden State. \n\n\n\nA native of California\, Ledger developed a fondness for bluegrass\, old-time\, and honky tonk music from a young age. After a brief post-college stint as part of a Bay Area bluegrass band\, he migrated east to Nashville and put in the requisite hours working on his songs and playing at venues around the city. Industry insiders quickly took notice\, and before long he was working with the legendary \, who signed him to his imprint and helped foster a deal for Ledger with . The first official release from these sessions arrived in early 2019 with the singles “Starlight” and “Imagining Raindrops.” \n\n\n\nFor 2023’s Golden State\, Ledger worked with producer \, along with such musicians as Nick Bockrath and Jamie Douglass; it also featured a cameo by on “Some Misty Morning.” ~ Timothy Monger
URL:https://missoulaunderground.com/mugevent/margo-price-wild-at-heart-tour-with-logan-ledger-at-the-wilma/
LOCATION:The Wilma Theater\, 131 Higgins Avenue\, Missoula\, Montana\, 59802\, United States
CATEGORIES:Country,Country Music,Music,Singer Songwriters
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SUMMARY:Montana Repertory Theatre "Can't Drink Salt Water" with UM School of Theatre & Dance at UM Montana Theatre
DESCRIPTION:Montana Repertory Theatre presents the world premiere of Kendra Mylnechuk Potter’s “Can’t Drink Salt Water” with the UM School of Theatre & Dance in the Montana Theatre with performances from Saturday\, February 14 through Sunday\, February 22\n\n\n\n\n\nDoors @ 30 minutes before show time \n\n\n\nWith transformative support from The Roy Cockrum Foundation\, and in partnership with UM School of Theatre and Dance\, Montana Repertory Theatre presents the world premiere of Kendra Mylnechuk Potter’s Can’t Drink Salt Water. The opening night of this gripping new play will take place Saturday\, February 14\, 2026 in the Montana Theatre on the UM Campus (PARTV Building)\, with eight additional performances following\, through February 22. \n\n\n\nJuxtaposing a mother’s relentless search for her missing daughter with the journey of a young woman newly arrived at Bethel House\, an evangelical shelter for victims of sex trafficking\, this timely story weaves together Native identity\, maternal grief\, contemporary religious faith\, humor\, and a call to action. The production showcases professional Indigenous talent from across the country\, including cast members Allison Hicks\, Jennifer Rader\, Serenity Mariana\, and Bradley Lewis\, costumes by Asa Benally\, lighting design by Emma Deane\, sound design by Rory Stitt\, and mask design and creation by Cannupa Hanska Luger. As a co-production\, it showcases UM student actors\, designers\, and crew alongside the professionals. The cast includes students Shadie Wallette\, who previously performed in the 2023 staged reading\, and Octavio Jimenez\, who has toured the state over the past year with State of Mind\, a collaboration between The Rep and the University of Montana Co-Lab for Civic Imagination. UM Students in the crew include Ronnie Avansino as the Props Designer\, Rae Scott as the Assistant Stage Manager\, and Aaron Prati as the Assistant Lighting Designer. The playwright\, Kendra Mylnechuk Potter\, is a University of Montana alum\, and is based in Missoula. \n\n\n\n“I am humbled to have the opportunity to collaborate with so many artists in this meaningful way. And for the work to get to live on this particular stage where I first worked over 20 years ago as a student\, my “home stage” as it were\, is a straight up dream\,” Potter said. “The caliber of work – soup to nuts – from designers through performers\, is just such a treat for our town to get to share in\, and getting to mingle seasoned professionals at the top of their craft while highlighting the talent here in town with that of our UM student artists is a joy that brings this experience additional heart. My sincere hope is that we are able to provide a theatrical experience that feels like a useful contribution to the issues we seek to address: Missing and Murdered Indigenous People\, community care\, ecosystems\, and seeing what (and who) has been here all along.” \n\n\n\n“The School of Theatre and Dance is proud to partner with Montana Repertory Theatre to tell this vital story. We are so grateful to the Native artists\, The Roy Cockrum Foundation\, and to all involved for sharing their artistry\, talents and resources with our students and we look forward to welcoming audiences to the Montana Theatre to see Can’t Drink Salt Water\,” said Bernadette Sweeney\, Director of UM School of Theatre and Dance. \n\n\n\n This project began in 2019 with the idea to commission an original work from an Indigenous artist\, grounded in The Rep’s action-oriented Land Acknowledgement: “Montana Repertory Theatre acknowledges that we are in the aboriginal territories of the Salish and Kalispel people. We also acknowledge the privilege of gathering on this land to share stories. We pledge to always hold a place on our stages for the stories of this land and of its first peoples.” The original commission was supported by the Warren Miller Performing Arts Center in Big Sky\, Montana\, and this story was chosen by a nationwide team of Indigenous artists\, including Lily Gladstone\, DeLanna Studi\, Madeline Sayet\, and Andre Bouchard. \n\n\n\n“The Warren Miller Performing Arts Center (WMPAC) is thrilled to see the next phase of Can’t Drink Salt Water coming to life in Missoula this spring. Any chance we can get to help support new\, adventurous work like the piece that Kendra Mylnechuk Potter has created\, we’re fully on board\, especially when it comes to cultural realities that authentically embody lived experiences here in Montana\,” said John Zirkle\, Executive Director / Artistic Director at WMPAC. \n\n\n\nThis production is supported by a generous grant from The Roy Cockrum Foundation. Founded in 2014 by Roy Cockrum and Benita Hofstetter Koman with winnings from Mr. Cockrum’s Powerball lottery jackpot\, the Foundation’s mission is to award grants to support world-class performing arts projects in not-for-profit professional theatres throughout America. Since 2014\, 76 American theaters and performing arts organizations have received major grants from the Foundation. Inspiration for its mission derives from a Camus quote:“Without culture\, and the relative freedom it implies\, society\, even when perfect\, is but a jungle. This is why any authentic creation is a gift to the future.” ― Albert Camus\, The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays.This performance includes mature themes. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPurchase Tickets LINK
URL:https://missoulaunderground.com/mugevent/montana-repertory-theatre-cant-drink-salt-water-with-um-school-of-theatre-dance-at-um-montana-theatre/2026-02-14/
LOCATION:UM Montana Theatre\, 32 Campus Drive\, Missoula\, Montana\, 59812\, United States
CATEGORIES:Indigenous,Play,Theatrical Plays
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SUMMARY:Montana Repertory Theatre "Can't Drink Salt Water" with UM School of Theatre & Dance at UM Montana Theatre
DESCRIPTION:Montana Repertory Theatre presents the world premiere of Kendra Mylnechuk Potter’s “Can’t Drink Salt Water” with the UM School of Theatre & Dance in the Montana Theatre with performances from Saturday\, February 14 through Sunday\, February 22\n\n\n\n\n\nDoors @ 30 minutes before show time \n\n\n\nWith transformative support from The Roy Cockrum Foundation\, and in partnership with UM School of Theatre and Dance\, Montana Repertory Theatre presents the world premiere of Kendra Mylnechuk Potter’s Can’t Drink Salt Water. The opening night of this gripping new play will take place Saturday\, February 14\, 2026 in the Montana Theatre on the UM Campus (PARTV Building)\, with eight additional performances following\, through February 22. \n\n\n\nJuxtaposing a mother’s relentless search for her missing daughter with the journey of a young woman newly arrived at Bethel House\, an evangelical shelter for victims of sex trafficking\, this timely story weaves together Native identity\, maternal grief\, contemporary religious faith\, humor\, and a call to action. The production showcases professional Indigenous talent from across the country\, including cast members Allison Hicks\, Jennifer Rader\, Serenity Mariana\, and Bradley Lewis\, costumes by Asa Benally\, lighting design by Emma Deane\, sound design by Rory Stitt\, and mask design and creation by Cannupa Hanska Luger. As a co-production\, it showcases UM student actors\, designers\, and crew alongside the professionals. The cast includes students Shadie Wallette\, who previously performed in the 2023 staged reading\, and Octavio Jimenez\, who has toured the state over the past year with State of Mind\, a collaboration between The Rep and the University of Montana Co-Lab for Civic Imagination. UM Students in the crew include Ronnie Avansino as the Props Designer\, Rae Scott as the Assistant Stage Manager\, and Aaron Prati as the Assistant Lighting Designer. The playwright\, Kendra Mylnechuk Potter\, is a University of Montana alum\, and is based in Missoula. \n\n\n\n“I am humbled to have the opportunity to collaborate with so many artists in this meaningful way. And for the work to get to live on this particular stage where I first worked over 20 years ago as a student\, my “home stage” as it were\, is a straight up dream\,” Potter said. “The caliber of work – soup to nuts – from designers through performers\, is just such a treat for our town to get to share in\, and getting to mingle seasoned professionals at the top of their craft while highlighting the talent here in town with that of our UM student artists is a joy that brings this experience additional heart. My sincere hope is that we are able to provide a theatrical experience that feels like a useful contribution to the issues we seek to address: Missing and Murdered Indigenous People\, community care\, ecosystems\, and seeing what (and who) has been here all along.” \n\n\n\n“The School of Theatre and Dance is proud to partner with Montana Repertory Theatre to tell this vital story. We are so grateful to the Native artists\, The Roy Cockrum Foundation\, and to all involved for sharing their artistry\, talents and resources with our students and we look forward to welcoming audiences to the Montana Theatre to see Can’t Drink Salt Water\,” said Bernadette Sweeney\, Director of UM School of Theatre and Dance. \n\n\n\n This project began in 2019 with the idea to commission an original work from an Indigenous artist\, grounded in The Rep’s action-oriented Land Acknowledgement: “Montana Repertory Theatre acknowledges that we are in the aboriginal territories of the Salish and Kalispel people. We also acknowledge the privilege of gathering on this land to share stories. We pledge to always hold a place on our stages for the stories of this land and of its first peoples.” The original commission was supported by the Warren Miller Performing Arts Center in Big Sky\, Montana\, and this story was chosen by a nationwide team of Indigenous artists\, including Lily Gladstone\, DeLanna Studi\, Madeline Sayet\, and Andre Bouchard. \n\n\n\n“The Warren Miller Performing Arts Center (WMPAC) is thrilled to see the next phase of Can’t Drink Salt Water coming to life in Missoula this spring. Any chance we can get to help support new\, adventurous work like the piece that Kendra Mylnechuk Potter has created\, we’re fully on board\, especially when it comes to cultural realities that authentically embody lived experiences here in Montana\,” said John Zirkle\, Executive Director / Artistic Director at WMPAC. \n\n\n\nThis production is supported by a generous grant from The Roy Cockrum Foundation. Founded in 2014 by Roy Cockrum and Benita Hofstetter Koman with winnings from Mr. Cockrum’s Powerball lottery jackpot\, the Foundation’s mission is to award grants to support world-class performing arts projects in not-for-profit professional theatres throughout America. Since 2014\, 76 American theaters and performing arts organizations have received major grants from the Foundation. Inspiration for its mission derives from a Camus quote:“Without culture\, and the relative freedom it implies\, society\, even when perfect\, is but a jungle. This is why any authentic creation is a gift to the future.” ― Albert Camus\, The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays.This performance includes mature themes. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPurchase Tickets LINK
URL:https://missoulaunderground.com/mugevent/montana-repertory-theatre-cant-drink-salt-water-with-um-school-of-theatre-dance-at-um-montana-theatre/2026-02-15/
LOCATION:UM Montana Theatre\, 32 Campus Drive\, Missoula\, Montana\, 59812\, United States
CATEGORIES:Indigenous,Play,Theatrical Plays
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SUMMARY:Montana Repertory Theatre "Can't Drink Salt Water" with UM School of Theatre & Dance at UM Montana Theatre
DESCRIPTION:Montana Repertory Theatre presents the world premiere of Kendra Mylnechuk Potter’s “Can’t Drink Salt Water” with the UM School of Theatre & Dance in the Montana Theatre with performances from Saturday\, February 14 through Sunday\, February 22\n\n\n\n\n\nDoors @ 30 minutes before show time \n\n\n\nWith transformative support from The Roy Cockrum Foundation\, and in partnership with UM School of Theatre and Dance\, Montana Repertory Theatre presents the world premiere of Kendra Mylnechuk Potter’s Can’t Drink Salt Water. The opening night of this gripping new play will take place Saturday\, February 14\, 2026 in the Montana Theatre on the UM Campus (PARTV Building)\, with eight additional performances following\, through February 22. \n\n\n\nJuxtaposing a mother’s relentless search for her missing daughter with the journey of a young woman newly arrived at Bethel House\, an evangelical shelter for victims of sex trafficking\, this timely story weaves together Native identity\, maternal grief\, contemporary religious faith\, humor\, and a call to action. The production showcases professional Indigenous talent from across the country\, including cast members Allison Hicks\, Jennifer Rader\, Serenity Mariana\, and Bradley Lewis\, costumes by Asa Benally\, lighting design by Emma Deane\, sound design by Rory Stitt\, and mask design and creation by Cannupa Hanska Luger. As a co-production\, it showcases UM student actors\, designers\, and crew alongside the professionals. The cast includes students Shadie Wallette\, who previously performed in the 2023 staged reading\, and Octavio Jimenez\, who has toured the state over the past year with State of Mind\, a collaboration between The Rep and the University of Montana Co-Lab for Civic Imagination. UM Students in the crew include Ronnie Avansino as the Props Designer\, Rae Scott as the Assistant Stage Manager\, and Aaron Prati as the Assistant Lighting Designer. The playwright\, Kendra Mylnechuk Potter\, is a University of Montana alum\, and is based in Missoula. \n\n\n\n“I am humbled to have the opportunity to collaborate with so many artists in this meaningful way. And for the work to get to live on this particular stage where I first worked over 20 years ago as a student\, my “home stage” as it were\, is a straight up dream\,” Potter said. “The caliber of work – soup to nuts – from designers through performers\, is just such a treat for our town to get to share in\, and getting to mingle seasoned professionals at the top of their craft while highlighting the talent here in town with that of our UM student artists is a joy that brings this experience additional heart. My sincere hope is that we are able to provide a theatrical experience that feels like a useful contribution to the issues we seek to address: Missing and Murdered Indigenous People\, community care\, ecosystems\, and seeing what (and who) has been here all along.” \n\n\n\n“The School of Theatre and Dance is proud to partner with Montana Repertory Theatre to tell this vital story. We are so grateful to the Native artists\, The Roy Cockrum Foundation\, and to all involved for sharing their artistry\, talents and resources with our students and we look forward to welcoming audiences to the Montana Theatre to see Can’t Drink Salt Water\,” said Bernadette Sweeney\, Director of UM School of Theatre and Dance. \n\n\n\n This project began in 2019 with the idea to commission an original work from an Indigenous artist\, grounded in The Rep’s action-oriented Land Acknowledgement: “Montana Repertory Theatre acknowledges that we are in the aboriginal territories of the Salish and Kalispel people. We also acknowledge the privilege of gathering on this land to share stories. We pledge to always hold a place on our stages for the stories of this land and of its first peoples.” The original commission was supported by the Warren Miller Performing Arts Center in Big Sky\, Montana\, and this story was chosen by a nationwide team of Indigenous artists\, including Lily Gladstone\, DeLanna Studi\, Madeline Sayet\, and Andre Bouchard. \n\n\n\n“The Warren Miller Performing Arts Center (WMPAC) is thrilled to see the next phase of Can’t Drink Salt Water coming to life in Missoula this spring. Any chance we can get to help support new\, adventurous work like the piece that Kendra Mylnechuk Potter has created\, we’re fully on board\, especially when it comes to cultural realities that authentically embody lived experiences here in Montana\,” said John Zirkle\, Executive Director / Artistic Director at WMPAC. \n\n\n\nThis production is supported by a generous grant from The Roy Cockrum Foundation. Founded in 2014 by Roy Cockrum and Benita Hofstetter Koman with winnings from Mr. Cockrum’s Powerball lottery jackpot\, the Foundation’s mission is to award grants to support world-class performing arts projects in not-for-profit professional theatres throughout America. Since 2014\, 76 American theaters and performing arts organizations have received major grants from the Foundation. Inspiration for its mission derives from a Camus quote:“Without culture\, and the relative freedom it implies\, society\, even when perfect\, is but a jungle. This is why any authentic creation is a gift to the future.” ― Albert Camus\, The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays.This performance includes mature themes. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPurchase Tickets LINK
URL:https://missoulaunderground.com/mugevent/montana-repertory-theatre-cant-drink-salt-water-with-um-school-of-theatre-dance-at-um-montana-theatre/2026-02-18/
LOCATION:UM Montana Theatre\, 32 Campus Drive\, Missoula\, Montana\, 59812\, United States
CATEGORIES:Indigenous,Play,Theatrical Plays
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SUMMARY:Montana Repertory Theatre "Can't Drink Salt Water" with UM School of Theatre & Dance at UM Montana Theatre
DESCRIPTION:Montana Repertory Theatre presents the world premiere of Kendra Mylnechuk Potter’s “Can’t Drink Salt Water” with the UM School of Theatre & Dance in the Montana Theatre with performances from Saturday\, February 14 through Sunday\, February 22\n\n\n\n\n\nDoors @ 30 minutes before show time \n\n\n\nWith transformative support from The Roy Cockrum Foundation\, and in partnership with UM School of Theatre and Dance\, Montana Repertory Theatre presents the world premiere of Kendra Mylnechuk Potter’s Can’t Drink Salt Water. The opening night of this gripping new play will take place Saturday\, February 14\, 2026 in the Montana Theatre on the UM Campus (PARTV Building)\, with eight additional performances following\, through February 22. \n\n\n\nJuxtaposing a mother’s relentless search for her missing daughter with the journey of a young woman newly arrived at Bethel House\, an evangelical shelter for victims of sex trafficking\, this timely story weaves together Native identity\, maternal grief\, contemporary religious faith\, humor\, and a call to action. The production showcases professional Indigenous talent from across the country\, including cast members Allison Hicks\, Jennifer Rader\, Serenity Mariana\, and Bradley Lewis\, costumes by Asa Benally\, lighting design by Emma Deane\, sound design by Rory Stitt\, and mask design and creation by Cannupa Hanska Luger. As a co-production\, it showcases UM student actors\, designers\, and crew alongside the professionals. The cast includes students Shadie Wallette\, who previously performed in the 2023 staged reading\, and Octavio Jimenez\, who has toured the state over the past year with State of Mind\, a collaboration between The Rep and the University of Montana Co-Lab for Civic Imagination. UM Students in the crew include Ronnie Avansino as the Props Designer\, Rae Scott as the Assistant Stage Manager\, and Aaron Prati as the Assistant Lighting Designer. The playwright\, Kendra Mylnechuk Potter\, is a University of Montana alum\, and is based in Missoula. \n\n\n\n“I am humbled to have the opportunity to collaborate with so many artists in this meaningful way. And for the work to get to live on this particular stage where I first worked over 20 years ago as a student\, my “home stage” as it were\, is a straight up dream\,” Potter said. “The caliber of work – soup to nuts – from designers through performers\, is just such a treat for our town to get to share in\, and getting to mingle seasoned professionals at the top of their craft while highlighting the talent here in town with that of our UM student artists is a joy that brings this experience additional heart. My sincere hope is that we are able to provide a theatrical experience that feels like a useful contribution to the issues we seek to address: Missing and Murdered Indigenous People\, community care\, ecosystems\, and seeing what (and who) has been here all along.” \n\n\n\n“The School of Theatre and Dance is proud to partner with Montana Repertory Theatre to tell this vital story. We are so grateful to the Native artists\, The Roy Cockrum Foundation\, and to all involved for sharing their artistry\, talents and resources with our students and we look forward to welcoming audiences to the Montana Theatre to see Can’t Drink Salt Water\,” said Bernadette Sweeney\, Director of UM School of Theatre and Dance. \n\n\n\n This project began in 2019 with the idea to commission an original work from an Indigenous artist\, grounded in The Rep’s action-oriented Land Acknowledgement: “Montana Repertory Theatre acknowledges that we are in the aboriginal territories of the Salish and Kalispel people. We also acknowledge the privilege of gathering on this land to share stories. We pledge to always hold a place on our stages for the stories of this land and of its first peoples.” The original commission was supported by the Warren Miller Performing Arts Center in Big Sky\, Montana\, and this story was chosen by a nationwide team of Indigenous artists\, including Lily Gladstone\, DeLanna Studi\, Madeline Sayet\, and Andre Bouchard. \n\n\n\n“The Warren Miller Performing Arts Center (WMPAC) is thrilled to see the next phase of Can’t Drink Salt Water coming to life in Missoula this spring. Any chance we can get to help support new\, adventurous work like the piece that Kendra Mylnechuk Potter has created\, we’re fully on board\, especially when it comes to cultural realities that authentically embody lived experiences here in Montana\,” said John Zirkle\, Executive Director / Artistic Director at WMPAC. \n\n\n\nThis production is supported by a generous grant from The Roy Cockrum Foundation. Founded in 2014 by Roy Cockrum and Benita Hofstetter Koman with winnings from Mr. Cockrum’s Powerball lottery jackpot\, the Foundation’s mission is to award grants to support world-class performing arts projects in not-for-profit professional theatres throughout America. Since 2014\, 76 American theaters and performing arts organizations have received major grants from the Foundation. Inspiration for its mission derives from a Camus quote:“Without culture\, and the relative freedom it implies\, society\, even when perfect\, is but a jungle. This is why any authentic creation is a gift to the future.” ― Albert Camus\, The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays.This performance includes mature themes. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPurchase Tickets LINK
URL:https://missoulaunderground.com/mugevent/montana-repertory-theatre-cant-drink-salt-water-with-um-school-of-theatre-dance-at-um-montana-theatre/2026-02-19/
LOCATION:UM Montana Theatre\, 32 Campus Drive\, Missoula\, Montana\, 59812\, United States
CATEGORIES:Indigenous,Play,Theatrical Plays
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SUMMARY:Montana Repertory Theatre "Can't Drink Salt Water" with UM School of Theatre & Dance at UM Montana Theatre
DESCRIPTION:Montana Repertory Theatre presents the world premiere of Kendra Mylnechuk Potter’s “Can’t Drink Salt Water” with the UM School of Theatre & Dance in the Montana Theatre with performances from Saturday\, February 14 through Sunday\, February 22\n\n\n\n\n\nDoors @ 30 minutes before show time \n\n\n\nWith transformative support from The Roy Cockrum Foundation\, and in partnership with UM School of Theatre and Dance\, Montana Repertory Theatre presents the world premiere of Kendra Mylnechuk Potter’s Can’t Drink Salt Water. The opening night of this gripping new play will take place Saturday\, February 14\, 2026 in the Montana Theatre on the UM Campus (PARTV Building)\, with eight additional performances following\, through February 22. \n\n\n\nJuxtaposing a mother’s relentless search for her missing daughter with the journey of a young woman newly arrived at Bethel House\, an evangelical shelter for victims of sex trafficking\, this timely story weaves together Native identity\, maternal grief\, contemporary religious faith\, humor\, and a call to action. The production showcases professional Indigenous talent from across the country\, including cast members Allison Hicks\, Jennifer Rader\, Serenity Mariana\, and Bradley Lewis\, costumes by Asa Benally\, lighting design by Emma Deane\, sound design by Rory Stitt\, and mask design and creation by Cannupa Hanska Luger. As a co-production\, it showcases UM student actors\, designers\, and crew alongside the professionals. The cast includes students Shadie Wallette\, who previously performed in the 2023 staged reading\, and Octavio Jimenez\, who has toured the state over the past year with State of Mind\, a collaboration between The Rep and the University of Montana Co-Lab for Civic Imagination. UM Students in the crew include Ronnie Avansino as the Props Designer\, Rae Scott as the Assistant Stage Manager\, and Aaron Prati as the Assistant Lighting Designer. The playwright\, Kendra Mylnechuk Potter\, is a University of Montana alum\, and is based in Missoula. \n\n\n\n“I am humbled to have the opportunity to collaborate with so many artists in this meaningful way. And for the work to get to live on this particular stage where I first worked over 20 years ago as a student\, my “home stage” as it were\, is a straight up dream\,” Potter said. “The caliber of work – soup to nuts – from designers through performers\, is just such a treat for our town to get to share in\, and getting to mingle seasoned professionals at the top of their craft while highlighting the talent here in town with that of our UM student artists is a joy that brings this experience additional heart. My sincere hope is that we are able to provide a theatrical experience that feels like a useful contribution to the issues we seek to address: Missing and Murdered Indigenous People\, community care\, ecosystems\, and seeing what (and who) has been here all along.” \n\n\n\n“The School of Theatre and Dance is proud to partner with Montana Repertory Theatre to tell this vital story. We are so grateful to the Native artists\, The Roy Cockrum Foundation\, and to all involved for sharing their artistry\, talents and resources with our students and we look forward to welcoming audiences to the Montana Theatre to see Can’t Drink Salt Water\,” said Bernadette Sweeney\, Director of UM School of Theatre and Dance. \n\n\n\n This project began in 2019 with the idea to commission an original work from an Indigenous artist\, grounded in The Rep’s action-oriented Land Acknowledgement: “Montana Repertory Theatre acknowledges that we are in the aboriginal territories of the Salish and Kalispel people. We also acknowledge the privilege of gathering on this land to share stories. We pledge to always hold a place on our stages for the stories of this land and of its first peoples.” The original commission was supported by the Warren Miller Performing Arts Center in Big Sky\, Montana\, and this story was chosen by a nationwide team of Indigenous artists\, including Lily Gladstone\, DeLanna Studi\, Madeline Sayet\, and Andre Bouchard. \n\n\n\n“The Warren Miller Performing Arts Center (WMPAC) is thrilled to see the next phase of Can’t Drink Salt Water coming to life in Missoula this spring. Any chance we can get to help support new\, adventurous work like the piece that Kendra Mylnechuk Potter has created\, we’re fully on board\, especially when it comes to cultural realities that authentically embody lived experiences here in Montana\,” said John Zirkle\, Executive Director / Artistic Director at WMPAC. \n\n\n\nThis production is supported by a generous grant from The Roy Cockrum Foundation. Founded in 2014 by Roy Cockrum and Benita Hofstetter Koman with winnings from Mr. Cockrum’s Powerball lottery jackpot\, the Foundation’s mission is to award grants to support world-class performing arts projects in not-for-profit professional theatres throughout America. Since 2014\, 76 American theaters and performing arts organizations have received major grants from the Foundation. Inspiration for its mission derives from a Camus quote:“Without culture\, and the relative freedom it implies\, society\, even when perfect\, is but a jungle. This is why any authentic creation is a gift to the future.” ― Albert Camus\, The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays.This performance includes mature themes. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPurchase Tickets LINK
URL:https://missoulaunderground.com/mugevent/montana-repertory-theatre-cant-drink-salt-water-with-um-school-of-theatre-dance-at-um-montana-theatre/2026-02-20/
LOCATION:UM Montana Theatre\, 32 Campus Drive\, Missoula\, Montana\, 59812\, United States
CATEGORIES:Indigenous,Play,Theatrical Plays
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SUMMARY:Montana Repertory Theatre "Can't Drink Salt Water" with UM School of Theatre & Dance at UM Montana Theatre
DESCRIPTION:Montana Repertory Theatre presents the world premiere of Kendra Mylnechuk Potter’s “Can’t Drink Salt Water” with the UM School of Theatre & Dance in the Montana Theatre with performances from Saturday\, February 14 through Sunday\, February 22\n\n\n\n\n\nDoors @ 30 minutes before show time \n\n\n\nWith transformative support from The Roy Cockrum Foundation\, and in partnership with UM School of Theatre and Dance\, Montana Repertory Theatre presents the world premiere of Kendra Mylnechuk Potter’s Can’t Drink Salt Water. The opening night of this gripping new play will take place Saturday\, February 14\, 2026 in the Montana Theatre on the UM Campus (PARTV Building)\, with eight additional performances following\, through February 22. \n\n\n\nJuxtaposing a mother’s relentless search for her missing daughter with the journey of a young woman newly arrived at Bethel House\, an evangelical shelter for victims of sex trafficking\, this timely story weaves together Native identity\, maternal grief\, contemporary religious faith\, humor\, and a call to action. The production showcases professional Indigenous talent from across the country\, including cast members Allison Hicks\, Jennifer Rader\, Serenity Mariana\, and Bradley Lewis\, costumes by Asa Benally\, lighting design by Emma Deane\, sound design by Rory Stitt\, and mask design and creation by Cannupa Hanska Luger. As a co-production\, it showcases UM student actors\, designers\, and crew alongside the professionals. The cast includes students Shadie Wallette\, who previously performed in the 2023 staged reading\, and Octavio Jimenez\, who has toured the state over the past year with State of Mind\, a collaboration between The Rep and the University of Montana Co-Lab for Civic Imagination. UM Students in the crew include Ronnie Avansino as the Props Designer\, Rae Scott as the Assistant Stage Manager\, and Aaron Prati as the Assistant Lighting Designer. The playwright\, Kendra Mylnechuk Potter\, is a University of Montana alum\, and is based in Missoula. \n\n\n\n“I am humbled to have the opportunity to collaborate with so many artists in this meaningful way. And for the work to get to live on this particular stage where I first worked over 20 years ago as a student\, my “home stage” as it were\, is a straight up dream\,” Potter said. “The caliber of work – soup to nuts – from designers through performers\, is just such a treat for our town to get to share in\, and getting to mingle seasoned professionals at the top of their craft while highlighting the talent here in town with that of our UM student artists is a joy that brings this experience additional heart. My sincere hope is that we are able to provide a theatrical experience that feels like a useful contribution to the issues we seek to address: Missing and Murdered Indigenous People\, community care\, ecosystems\, and seeing what (and who) has been here all along.” \n\n\n\n“The School of Theatre and Dance is proud to partner with Montana Repertory Theatre to tell this vital story. We are so grateful to the Native artists\, The Roy Cockrum Foundation\, and to all involved for sharing their artistry\, talents and resources with our students and we look forward to welcoming audiences to the Montana Theatre to see Can’t Drink Salt Water\,” said Bernadette Sweeney\, Director of UM School of Theatre and Dance. \n\n\n\n This project began in 2019 with the idea to commission an original work from an Indigenous artist\, grounded in The Rep’s action-oriented Land Acknowledgement: “Montana Repertory Theatre acknowledges that we are in the aboriginal territories of the Salish and Kalispel people. We also acknowledge the privilege of gathering on this land to share stories. We pledge to always hold a place on our stages for the stories of this land and of its first peoples.” The original commission was supported by the Warren Miller Performing Arts Center in Big Sky\, Montana\, and this story was chosen by a nationwide team of Indigenous artists\, including Lily Gladstone\, DeLanna Studi\, Madeline Sayet\, and Andre Bouchard. \n\n\n\n“The Warren Miller Performing Arts Center (WMPAC) is thrilled to see the next phase of Can’t Drink Salt Water coming to life in Missoula this spring. Any chance we can get to help support new\, adventurous work like the piece that Kendra Mylnechuk Potter has created\, we’re fully on board\, especially when it comes to cultural realities that authentically embody lived experiences here in Montana\,” said John Zirkle\, Executive Director / Artistic Director at WMPAC. \n\n\n\nThis production is supported by a generous grant from The Roy Cockrum Foundation. Founded in 2014 by Roy Cockrum and Benita Hofstetter Koman with winnings from Mr. Cockrum’s Powerball lottery jackpot\, the Foundation’s mission is to award grants to support world-class performing arts projects in not-for-profit professional theatres throughout America. Since 2014\, 76 American theaters and performing arts organizations have received major grants from the Foundation. Inspiration for its mission derives from a Camus quote:“Without culture\, and the relative freedom it implies\, society\, even when perfect\, is but a jungle. This is why any authentic creation is a gift to the future.” ― Albert Camus\, The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays.This performance includes mature themes. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPurchase Tickets LINK
URL:https://missoulaunderground.com/mugevent/montana-repertory-theatre-cant-drink-salt-water-with-um-school-of-theatre-dance-at-um-montana-theatre/2026-02-21/1/
LOCATION:UM Montana Theatre\, 32 Campus Drive\, Missoula\, Montana\, 59812\, United States
CATEGORIES:Indigenous,Play,Theatrical Plays
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SUMMARY:Montana Repertory Theatre "Can't Drink Salt Water" with UM School of Theatre & Dance at UM Montana Theatre
DESCRIPTION:Montana Repertory Theatre presents the world premiere of Kendra Mylnechuk Potter’s “Can’t Drink Salt Water” with the UM School of Theatre & Dance in the Montana Theatre with performances from Saturday\, February 14 through Sunday\, February 22\n\n\n\n\n\nDoors @ 30 minutes before show time \n\n\n\nWith transformative support from The Roy Cockrum Foundation\, and in partnership with UM School of Theatre and Dance\, Montana Repertory Theatre presents the world premiere of Kendra Mylnechuk Potter’s Can’t Drink Salt Water. The opening night of this gripping new play will take place Saturday\, February 14\, 2026 in the Montana Theatre on the UM Campus (PARTV Building)\, with eight additional performances following\, through February 22. \n\n\n\nJuxtaposing a mother’s relentless search for her missing daughter with the journey of a young woman newly arrived at Bethel House\, an evangelical shelter for victims of sex trafficking\, this timely story weaves together Native identity\, maternal grief\, contemporary religious faith\, humor\, and a call to action. The production showcases professional Indigenous talent from across the country\, including cast members Allison Hicks\, Jennifer Rader\, Serenity Mariana\, and Bradley Lewis\, costumes by Asa Benally\, lighting design by Emma Deane\, sound design by Rory Stitt\, and mask design and creation by Cannupa Hanska Luger. As a co-production\, it showcases UM student actors\, designers\, and crew alongside the professionals. The cast includes students Shadie Wallette\, who previously performed in the 2023 staged reading\, and Octavio Jimenez\, who has toured the state over the past year with State of Mind\, a collaboration between The Rep and the University of Montana Co-Lab for Civic Imagination. UM Students in the crew include Ronnie Avansino as the Props Designer\, Rae Scott as the Assistant Stage Manager\, and Aaron Prati as the Assistant Lighting Designer. The playwright\, Kendra Mylnechuk Potter\, is a University of Montana alum\, and is based in Missoula. \n\n\n\n“I am humbled to have the opportunity to collaborate with so many artists in this meaningful way. And for the work to get to live on this particular stage where I first worked over 20 years ago as a student\, my “home stage” as it were\, is a straight up dream\,” Potter said. “The caliber of work – soup to nuts – from designers through performers\, is just such a treat for our town to get to share in\, and getting to mingle seasoned professionals at the top of their craft while highlighting the talent here in town with that of our UM student artists is a joy that brings this experience additional heart. My sincere hope is that we are able to provide a theatrical experience that feels like a useful contribution to the issues we seek to address: Missing and Murdered Indigenous People\, community care\, ecosystems\, and seeing what (and who) has been here all along.” \n\n\n\n“The School of Theatre and Dance is proud to partner with Montana Repertory Theatre to tell this vital story. We are so grateful to the Native artists\, The Roy Cockrum Foundation\, and to all involved for sharing their artistry\, talents and resources with our students and we look forward to welcoming audiences to the Montana Theatre to see Can’t Drink Salt Water\,” said Bernadette Sweeney\, Director of UM School of Theatre and Dance. \n\n\n\n This project began in 2019 with the idea to commission an original work from an Indigenous artist\, grounded in The Rep’s action-oriented Land Acknowledgement: “Montana Repertory Theatre acknowledges that we are in the aboriginal territories of the Salish and Kalispel people. We also acknowledge the privilege of gathering on this land to share stories. We pledge to always hold a place on our stages for the stories of this land and of its first peoples.” The original commission was supported by the Warren Miller Performing Arts Center in Big Sky\, Montana\, and this story was chosen by a nationwide team of Indigenous artists\, including Lily Gladstone\, DeLanna Studi\, Madeline Sayet\, and Andre Bouchard. \n\n\n\n“The Warren Miller Performing Arts Center (WMPAC) is thrilled to see the next phase of Can’t Drink Salt Water coming to life in Missoula this spring. Any chance we can get to help support new\, adventurous work like the piece that Kendra Mylnechuk Potter has created\, we’re fully on board\, especially when it comes to cultural realities that authentically embody lived experiences here in Montana\,” said John Zirkle\, Executive Director / Artistic Director at WMPAC. \n\n\n\nThis production is supported by a generous grant from The Roy Cockrum Foundation. Founded in 2014 by Roy Cockrum and Benita Hofstetter Koman with winnings from Mr. Cockrum’s Powerball lottery jackpot\, the Foundation’s mission is to award grants to support world-class performing arts projects in not-for-profit professional theatres throughout America. Since 2014\, 76 American theaters and performing arts organizations have received major grants from the Foundation. Inspiration for its mission derives from a Camus quote:“Without culture\, and the relative freedom it implies\, society\, even when perfect\, is but a jungle. This is why any authentic creation is a gift to the future.” ― Albert Camus\, The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays.This performance includes mature themes. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPurchase Tickets LINK
URL:https://missoulaunderground.com/mugevent/montana-repertory-theatre-cant-drink-salt-water-with-um-school-of-theatre-dance-at-um-montana-theatre/2026-02-21/2/
LOCATION:UM Montana Theatre\, 32 Campus Drive\, Missoula\, Montana\, 59812\, United States
CATEGORIES:Indigenous,Play,Theatrical Plays
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SUMMARY:Montana Repertory Theatre "Can't Drink Salt Water" with UM School of Theatre & Dance at UM Montana Theatre
DESCRIPTION:Montana Repertory Theatre presents the world premiere of Kendra Mylnechuk Potter’s “Can’t Drink Salt Water” with the UM School of Theatre & Dance in the Montana Theatre with performances from Saturday\, February 14 through Sunday\, February 22\n\n\n\n\n\nDoors @ 30 minutes before show time \n\n\n\nWith transformative support from The Roy Cockrum Foundation\, and in partnership with UM School of Theatre and Dance\, Montana Repertory Theatre presents the world premiere of Kendra Mylnechuk Potter’s Can’t Drink Salt Water. The opening night of this gripping new play will take place Saturday\, February 14\, 2026 in the Montana Theatre on the UM Campus (PARTV Building)\, with eight additional performances following\, through February 22. \n\n\n\nJuxtaposing a mother’s relentless search for her missing daughter with the journey of a young woman newly arrived at Bethel House\, an evangelical shelter for victims of sex trafficking\, this timely story weaves together Native identity\, maternal grief\, contemporary religious faith\, humor\, and a call to action. The production showcases professional Indigenous talent from across the country\, including cast members Allison Hicks\, Jennifer Rader\, Serenity Mariana\, and Bradley Lewis\, costumes by Asa Benally\, lighting design by Emma Deane\, sound design by Rory Stitt\, and mask design and creation by Cannupa Hanska Luger. As a co-production\, it showcases UM student actors\, designers\, and crew alongside the professionals. The cast includes students Shadie Wallette\, who previously performed in the 2023 staged reading\, and Octavio Jimenez\, who has toured the state over the past year with State of Mind\, a collaboration between The Rep and the University of Montana Co-Lab for Civic Imagination. UM Students in the crew include Ronnie Avansino as the Props Designer\, Rae Scott as the Assistant Stage Manager\, and Aaron Prati as the Assistant Lighting Designer. The playwright\, Kendra Mylnechuk Potter\, is a University of Montana alum\, and is based in Missoula. \n\n\n\n“I am humbled to have the opportunity to collaborate with so many artists in this meaningful way. And for the work to get to live on this particular stage where I first worked over 20 years ago as a student\, my “home stage” as it were\, is a straight up dream\,” Potter said. “The caliber of work – soup to nuts – from designers through performers\, is just such a treat for our town to get to share in\, and getting to mingle seasoned professionals at the top of their craft while highlighting the talent here in town with that of our UM student artists is a joy that brings this experience additional heart. My sincere hope is that we are able to provide a theatrical experience that feels like a useful contribution to the issues we seek to address: Missing and Murdered Indigenous People\, community care\, ecosystems\, and seeing what (and who) has been here all along.” \n\n\n\n“The School of Theatre and Dance is proud to partner with Montana Repertory Theatre to tell this vital story. We are so grateful to the Native artists\, The Roy Cockrum Foundation\, and to all involved for sharing their artistry\, talents and resources with our students and we look forward to welcoming audiences to the Montana Theatre to see Can’t Drink Salt Water\,” said Bernadette Sweeney\, Director of UM School of Theatre and Dance. \n\n\n\n This project began in 2019 with the idea to commission an original work from an Indigenous artist\, grounded in The Rep’s action-oriented Land Acknowledgement: “Montana Repertory Theatre acknowledges that we are in the aboriginal territories of the Salish and Kalispel people. We also acknowledge the privilege of gathering on this land to share stories. We pledge to always hold a place on our stages for the stories of this land and of its first peoples.” The original commission was supported by the Warren Miller Performing Arts Center in Big Sky\, Montana\, and this story was chosen by a nationwide team of Indigenous artists\, including Lily Gladstone\, DeLanna Studi\, Madeline Sayet\, and Andre Bouchard. \n\n\n\n“The Warren Miller Performing Arts Center (WMPAC) is thrilled to see the next phase of Can’t Drink Salt Water coming to life in Missoula this spring. Any chance we can get to help support new\, adventurous work like the piece that Kendra Mylnechuk Potter has created\, we’re fully on board\, especially when it comes to cultural realities that authentically embody lived experiences here in Montana\,” said John Zirkle\, Executive Director / Artistic Director at WMPAC. \n\n\n\nThis production is supported by a generous grant from The Roy Cockrum Foundation. Founded in 2014 by Roy Cockrum and Benita Hofstetter Koman with winnings from Mr. Cockrum’s Powerball lottery jackpot\, the Foundation’s mission is to award grants to support world-class performing arts projects in not-for-profit professional theatres throughout America. Since 2014\, 76 American theaters and performing arts organizations have received major grants from the Foundation. Inspiration for its mission derives from a Camus quote:“Without culture\, and the relative freedom it implies\, society\, even when perfect\, is but a jungle. This is why any authentic creation is a gift to the future.” ― Albert Camus\, The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays.This performance includes mature themes. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPurchase Tickets LINK
URL:https://missoulaunderground.com/mugevent/montana-repertory-theatre-cant-drink-salt-water-with-um-school-of-theatre-dance-at-um-montana-theatre/2026-02-22/1/
LOCATION:UM Montana Theatre\, 32 Campus Drive\, Missoula\, Montana\, 59812\, United States
CATEGORIES:Indigenous,Play,Theatrical Plays
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SUMMARY:Montana Repertory Theatre "Can't Drink Salt Water" with UM School of Theatre & Dance at UM Montana Theatre
DESCRIPTION:Montana Repertory Theatre presents the world premiere of Kendra Mylnechuk Potter’s “Can’t Drink Salt Water” with the UM School of Theatre & Dance in the Montana Theatre with performances from Saturday\, February 14 through Sunday\, February 22\n\n\n\n\n\nDoors @ 30 minutes before show time \n\n\n\nWith transformative support from The Roy Cockrum Foundation\, and in partnership with UM School of Theatre and Dance\, Montana Repertory Theatre presents the world premiere of Kendra Mylnechuk Potter’s Can’t Drink Salt Water. The opening night of this gripping new play will take place Saturday\, February 14\, 2026 in the Montana Theatre on the UM Campus (PARTV Building)\, with eight additional performances following\, through February 22. \n\n\n\nJuxtaposing a mother’s relentless search for her missing daughter with the journey of a young woman newly arrived at Bethel House\, an evangelical shelter for victims of sex trafficking\, this timely story weaves together Native identity\, maternal grief\, contemporary religious faith\, humor\, and a call to action. The production showcases professional Indigenous talent from across the country\, including cast members Allison Hicks\, Jennifer Rader\, Serenity Mariana\, and Bradley Lewis\, costumes by Asa Benally\, lighting design by Emma Deane\, sound design by Rory Stitt\, and mask design and creation by Cannupa Hanska Luger. As a co-production\, it showcases UM student actors\, designers\, and crew alongside the professionals. The cast includes students Shadie Wallette\, who previously performed in the 2023 staged reading\, and Octavio Jimenez\, who has toured the state over the past year with State of Mind\, a collaboration between The Rep and the University of Montana Co-Lab for Civic Imagination. UM Students in the crew include Ronnie Avansino as the Props Designer\, Rae Scott as the Assistant Stage Manager\, and Aaron Prati as the Assistant Lighting Designer. The playwright\, Kendra Mylnechuk Potter\, is a University of Montana alum\, and is based in Missoula. \n\n\n\n“I am humbled to have the opportunity to collaborate with so many artists in this meaningful way. And for the work to get to live on this particular stage where I first worked over 20 years ago as a student\, my “home stage” as it were\, is a straight up dream\,” Potter said. “The caliber of work – soup to nuts – from designers through performers\, is just such a treat for our town to get to share in\, and getting to mingle seasoned professionals at the top of their craft while highlighting the talent here in town with that of our UM student artists is a joy that brings this experience additional heart. My sincere hope is that we are able to provide a theatrical experience that feels like a useful contribution to the issues we seek to address: Missing and Murdered Indigenous People\, community care\, ecosystems\, and seeing what (and who) has been here all along.” \n\n\n\n“The School of Theatre and Dance is proud to partner with Montana Repertory Theatre to tell this vital story. We are so grateful to the Native artists\, The Roy Cockrum Foundation\, and to all involved for sharing their artistry\, talents and resources with our students and we look forward to welcoming audiences to the Montana Theatre to see Can’t Drink Salt Water\,” said Bernadette Sweeney\, Director of UM School of Theatre and Dance. \n\n\n\n This project began in 2019 with the idea to commission an original work from an Indigenous artist\, grounded in The Rep’s action-oriented Land Acknowledgement: “Montana Repertory Theatre acknowledges that we are in the aboriginal territories of the Salish and Kalispel people. We also acknowledge the privilege of gathering on this land to share stories. We pledge to always hold a place on our stages for the stories of this land and of its first peoples.” The original commission was supported by the Warren Miller Performing Arts Center in Big Sky\, Montana\, and this story was chosen by a nationwide team of Indigenous artists\, including Lily Gladstone\, DeLanna Studi\, Madeline Sayet\, and Andre Bouchard. \n\n\n\n“The Warren Miller Performing Arts Center (WMPAC) is thrilled to see the next phase of Can’t Drink Salt Water coming to life in Missoula this spring. Any chance we can get to help support new\, adventurous work like the piece that Kendra Mylnechuk Potter has created\, we’re fully on board\, especially when it comes to cultural realities that authentically embody lived experiences here in Montana\,” said John Zirkle\, Executive Director / Artistic Director at WMPAC. \n\n\n\nThis production is supported by a generous grant from The Roy Cockrum Foundation. Founded in 2014 by Roy Cockrum and Benita Hofstetter Koman with winnings from Mr. Cockrum’s Powerball lottery jackpot\, the Foundation’s mission is to award grants to support world-class performing arts projects in not-for-profit professional theatres throughout America. Since 2014\, 76 American theaters and performing arts organizations have received major grants from the Foundation. Inspiration for its mission derives from a Camus quote:“Without culture\, and the relative freedom it implies\, society\, even when perfect\, is but a jungle. This is why any authentic creation is a gift to the future.” ― Albert Camus\, The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays.This performance includes mature themes. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPurchase Tickets LINK
URL:https://missoulaunderground.com/mugevent/montana-repertory-theatre-cant-drink-salt-water-with-um-school-of-theatre-dance-at-um-montana-theatre/2026-02-22/2/
LOCATION:UM Montana Theatre\, 32 Campus Drive\, Missoula\, Montana\, 59812\, United States
CATEGORIES:Indigenous,Play,Theatrical Plays
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SUMMARY:Book Event: Maya Jewell Zeller in conversation with Sharma Shields at Fact & Fiction
DESCRIPTION:Raised by Ferns author Maya Jewell Zeller in conversation with Sharma Shields at Fact & Fiction in Downtown Missoula at 7:00 pm Monday\, March 16\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the Book: From award-winning poet\, essayist\, and highly-lauded educator Maya Jewell Zeller comes Raised by Ferns\, a memoir of growing up feral in rural America\, told in interconnected essays that move between a precariously settled adulthood and the narrator’s unconventional past. Praised by Jess Walter as “Lovely\, vital writing that challenges and makes personal the tired conceptions and biases we have about poverty” and by Jamie Ford as “A luminous meditation on growing up with empty pockets but a heart full of wildflowers\,” Raised by Ferns will appeal to readers interested in place-based writing\, class tensions\, the struggles and joys of parenthood and family\, and the trouble with systems that don’t serve most of us. \n\n\n\nAbout Maya: A 2024 Washington State Artist Trust Fellow\, Maya Jewell Zeller is most recently the author of The Wonder of Mushrooms (AdventureKEEN\, 2025); and out takes/ glove box (New American Press\, 2023)\, chosen by Eduardo Corral as winner of the 2022 New American Poetry Prize and praised by Diane Seuss as “ the kind of deft performance only a mermaid or a mother could pull off.” Jewell Zeller is also co-author\, with Kathryn Nuernberger\, of Advanced Poetry: A Writer’s Guide and Anthology (Bloomsbury\, 2024) as well as the interdisciplinary collaboration\, with visual artist Carrie DeBacker\, Alchemy for Cells & Other Beasts (Entre Rios Books\, 2017). Earlier collections include the chapbook Yesterday\, the Bees (Floating Bridge Press\, 2015) and Rust Fish (Lost Horse Press\, 2011). She also co-edited\, with Washington State Book Award winner Sharma Shields\, the multi-genre anthology Evergreen: Grim Tales & Verses From the Gloomy Northwest (Scablands Books\, 2021). Recipient of a Promise Award from the Sustainable Arts Foundation\, a Writing Fellowship from Oxford\, and two residencies in the H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest\, Jewell Zeller has presented her work in Madrid\, as part of the Unamuno Author Festival\, and at the University of Oxford. She serves as Professor for Central Washington University and as Affiliate Faculty in Poetry and Nature Writing for the low-residency MFA at Western Colorado University. She lives in the Inland Northwest with her teens. \n\n\n\nAbout Sharma: SHARMA SHIELDS is the author of a short story collection\, Favorite Monster (Autumn House Press 2012)\, and three novels\, The Sasquatch Hunter’s Almanac (Henry Holt 2015)\, The Cassandra (Henry Holt 2019)\, and Duckling (forthcoming from Henry Holt in 2027) . Sharma’s short stories and essays have appeared in The New York Times\, Electric Lit\, Catapult\, Slice\, Slate\, Kenyon Review\, Iowa Review\, Fugue\, and elsewhere and have garnered such prizes as the 2020 PNBA Award\, a 2020 Artist Trust Fellowship\, 2016 Washington State Book Award\, the Autumn House Fiction Prize\, the Tim McGinnis Award for Humor\, and the A.B. Guthrie Award for Outstanding Prose. She managed a small press\, Scablands Books (now dormant)\, and is a contributing editor for Moss. Sharma has worked in independent bookstores and public libraries throughout Washington State and is currently the Writing Education Specialist for Spokane Public Library. In autumn of 2025\, Sharma received a Humanities Washington Changemaker Award for her library service and contributions to the Inland Northwest literary community.
URL:https://missoulaunderground.com/mugevent/book-event-maya-jewell-zeller-in-conversation-with-sharma-shields-at-fact-fiction/
LOCATION:Fact & Fiction\, 220 N. Higgins Avenue\, Missoula\, Montana\, 59802\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Live Reading,Book Readings,Book Signing,Literature,Storytelling
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SUMMARY:Local Author Julie Petrou - Reading and Signing at Fact & Fiction
DESCRIPTION:Meet local author Julie Petrou for a Reading and Signing at Fact & Fiction at 7:00 pm Wednesday\, March 18\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the Books: \n\n\n\nShadows of Defiance: For Anna\, a teacher in 1952\, a simple errand becomes a journey into the past. Ripped from her own time and thrown into the brutal Second Seminole War of 1835\, she finds herself in a strange world\, with a purpose she doesn’t understand. Although drawn to Alligator\, a brave Muskogee leader\, Anna’s true mission is to save the life of a woman who will become her great-great-grandmother. Every step in the past is a fight for her family’s future\, yet a bond with Alligator forms\, leading to a connection more profound than she could have imagined. Anna soon learns that her visit to the past has created a link that can never be broken. Unwillingly returned to her own time\, she is heartbroken\, pregnant\, and alone. Having completed her mission by saving her ancestor\, she must accept the impossible truth: she is carrying Alligator’s child\, a legacy that will forever bind her to a century she was never meant to be a part of. \n\n\n\nGuardian: Origin of the Amulet: When the Spanish arrive on Incan soil\, Aniya’s fate is sealed – until her father\, a master of ancient mystical enchantments\, forges a powerful amulet to protect her. But\, protection comes at a price. Torn between duty and heart\, the young conquistador\, Mateo\, defies an empire to save her and rescue her family from an uncertain fate. Together the flee to the quiet shores of Guadeloupe\, hoping to build a life of peace. But the world they left behind refuses to forget them. With pirates on the horizon and old enemies closing in\, they must stand together. Aniya and Mateo rely on the amulet’s true power to protect them against impossible odds. They’re not only fighting for their lives\, they’re also fighting for their legacy. \n\n\n\nDream Keeper: Until now\, Andrea had never put stock in the mystic foretelling of a Tarot Reading. Her purchase of an enchanted amulet\, combined with a more than mysterious reading\, began a nightmare that whisked her away from all she knew and into a life of numerous dangers. Unwillingly thrust into a different century\, Andrea finds her purpose in 1798\, having been escorted to a place and a time that needs the amulet’s help. Fear\, friendship\, romance\, and history are played like instruments by the amulet’s divination\, as Andrea unravels the threads of its deeper story. Dream Keeper immerses the reader in life after war and the resettling of a diverse culture. This mesmerizing story will draw you into a mystery alongside a young woman who struggles with the turmoil of modern crimes against humanity and the trauma of being a victim. \n\n\n\nAbout the Author: Julie Petrou was born and raised in Idaho and now makes her home in western Montana. Having raised her children\, she now enjoys spending time with her grandchildren whenever she gets the chance. The author of three books\, she loves to see the results of her labors\, whether through gardening\, crafts\, reading\, or\, most of all\, writing. Always having a place in her heart for history\, she is currently focused on indigenous tribes. She applauds their continued reverence and respect for their traditions. Embracing the outdoors\, her family\, friends\, and her puppy companions\, Julie loves to create worlds through her writing that give life to her stories; both those of the present and those who came before us\, hoping they will be understood and appreciated for years to come.
URL:https://missoulaunderground.com/mugevent/local-author-julie-petrou-reading-and-signing-at-fact-fiction/
LOCATION:Fact & Fiction\, 220 N. Higgins Avenue\, Missoula\, Montana\, 59802\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Live Reading,Book Readings,Book Signing,Literature,Storytelling
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SUMMARY:"Woman House" author Lauren Westerfield in conversation with Brian Blanchfield at Fact & Fiction
DESCRIPTION:Meet “Woman House” author Lauren Westerfield in conversation with Brian Blanchfield at Fact & Fiction in Downtown Missoula at 7:00 pm Thursday\, March 26\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the Book\, “Woman House”: The essays and assemblages in this book plumb the depths of two women’s experiences\, exploring the pain and pleasure they find in their bodies\, in culture\, and in their own art. Violence\, beauty\, and love reverberate and dissipate and shape the forms and psyches of these two profoundly connected family members. At once raw and refined\, narrative and lyrical\, nostalgic and blunt\, the stories and images presented here explore Westerfield’s life—from childhood to adulthood—passing through innocence\, self-discovery and familial tethers. In unpacking her mother’s history and the complexities of their relationship\, Westerfield finds herself confronted with her own story: one grounded in a yearning for agency and individuation\, of a body and mind groomed to be at odds with one another\, of a feminist politics examining deeply rooted patriarchal understandings of beauty\, control\, and power. \n\n\n\nLauren W. Westerfield is the author of Woman House and Depth Control. Her essays and poetry have been published in FENCE\, Seneca Review\, Willow Springs\, Denver Quarterly\, Indiana Review\, Ninth Letter\, and elsewhere. Westerfield is a 2022 Idaho Commission on the Arts Literary Fellow. She teaches at Washington State University\, where she serves as the editor-in-chief of Blood Orange Review. \n\n\n\nBrian Blanchfield is the author of three books of poetry and prose: Proxies: Essays Near Knowing (Nightboat Books\, Picador UK)\, A Several World (Nightboat)\, and Not Even Then (University of California Press). His work has appeared or is forthcoming in The Atlantic\, Harper’s\, The Paris Review\, Oxford American\, BOMB\, Brick\, The Yale Review\, and in anthologies like Best American Essays and American Poets in the 21st Century\, among many other publications. The recipient of a Whiting Award in Nonfiction and the Academy of American Poets’ James Laughlin Award\, he is Associate Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Montana.
URL:https://missoulaunderground.com/mugevent/woman-house-author-lauren-westerfield-in-conversation-with-brian-blanchfield-at-fact-fiction/
LOCATION:Fact & Fiction\, 220 N. Higgins Avenue\, Missoula\, Montana\, 59802\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Live Reading,Book Signing,Literature
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SUMMARY:MissCast Productions presents The Trial of Mother Jones at Zootown Arts Community Center
DESCRIPTION:MissCast Productions presents The Trial of Mother Jones by Roger Holzberg with performances nightly at Zootown Arts Community Center in Downtown Missoula 7:30 pm to 10:30 pm Wednesday\, April 15 thru Sunday\, April 19\n\n\n\n\n\nDoors @ 7:00 pm \n\n\n\n“If they want to hang me\, let them. And on the scaffold I will shout Freedom for the working class!”– Mary Harris ‘Mother’ Jones \n\n\n\nIt’s 1914 and impoverished coal miners are on strike in Colorado. On April 20th soldiers from the Colorado National Guard are dispatched to Ludlow to the quash the strike. Countless miners and their family members are injured\, and 21 are killed – 11 of them children. \n\n\n\nIn the aftermath of this massacre\, the prominent union rights activist Mother Jones\, summons 500\,000 UMW members\, imploring them to pick up arms and fight. What follows is The Colorado Coalfield Wars… the bloodiest labor dispute in US history. \n\n\n\nInspired by true events\, The Trial Of Mother Jones is a historical supposition. This play takes place in the eye of the storm – between the Ludlow Massacre and before the Colorado Coalfield Wars – and it asks the question\, was this the only way it could have gone? \n\n\n\nMissCast Productions will be providing Open Captions for the deaf/hearing impaired/hard of hearing community at every show. \n\n\n\nAudio description will be provided by A Quantum Dream at every show for the blind/visually impaired/low vision community. \n\n\n\n\n\nPURCHASE TICKETS LINK
URL:https://missoulaunderground.com/mugevent/misscast-productions-presents-the-trial-of-mother-jones-at-zootown-arts-community-center/2026-04-15/
LOCATION:Zootown Arts Community Center\, 216 W. Main Street\, Missoula\, Montana\, 598802\, United States
CATEGORIES:Play,Theatrical Plays
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SUMMARY:MissCast Productions presents The Trial of Mother Jones at Zootown Arts Community Center
DESCRIPTION:MissCast Productions presents The Trial of Mother Jones by Roger Holzberg with performances nightly at Zootown Arts Community Center in Downtown Missoula 7:30 pm to 10:30 pm Wednesday\, April 15 thru Sunday\, April 19\n\n\n\n\n\nDoors @ 7:00 pm \n\n\n\n“If they want to hang me\, let them. And on the scaffold I will shout Freedom for the working class!”– Mary Harris ‘Mother’ Jones \n\n\n\nIt’s 1914 and impoverished coal miners are on strike in Colorado. On April 20th soldiers from the Colorado National Guard are dispatched to Ludlow to the quash the strike. Countless miners and their family members are injured\, and 21 are killed – 11 of them children. \n\n\n\nIn the aftermath of this massacre\, the prominent union rights activist Mother Jones\, summons 500\,000 UMW members\, imploring them to pick up arms and fight. What follows is The Colorado Coalfield Wars… the bloodiest labor dispute in US history. \n\n\n\nInspired by true events\, The Trial Of Mother Jones is a historical supposition. This play takes place in the eye of the storm – between the Ludlow Massacre and before the Colorado Coalfield Wars – and it asks the question\, was this the only way it could have gone? \n\n\n\nMissCast Productions will be providing Open Captions for the deaf/hearing impaired/hard of hearing community at every show. \n\n\n\nAudio description will be provided by A Quantum Dream at every show for the blind/visually impaired/low vision community. \n\n\n\n\n\nPURCHASE TICKETS LINK
URL:https://missoulaunderground.com/mugevent/misscast-productions-presents-the-trial-of-mother-jones-at-zootown-arts-community-center/2026-04-16/
LOCATION:Zootown Arts Community Center\, 216 W. Main Street\, Missoula\, Montana\, 598802\, United States
CATEGORIES:Play,Theatrical Plays
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SUMMARY:MissCast Productions presents The Trial of Mother Jones at Zootown Arts Community Center
DESCRIPTION:MissCast Productions presents The Trial of Mother Jones by Roger Holzberg with performances nightly at Zootown Arts Community Center in Downtown Missoula 7:30 pm to 10:30 pm Wednesday\, April 15 thru Sunday\, April 19\n\n\n\n\n\nDoors @ 7:00 pm \n\n\n\n“If they want to hang me\, let them. And on the scaffold I will shout Freedom for the working class!”– Mary Harris ‘Mother’ Jones \n\n\n\nIt’s 1914 and impoverished coal miners are on strike in Colorado. On April 20th soldiers from the Colorado National Guard are dispatched to Ludlow to the quash the strike. Countless miners and their family members are injured\, and 21 are killed – 11 of them children. \n\n\n\nIn the aftermath of this massacre\, the prominent union rights activist Mother Jones\, summons 500\,000 UMW members\, imploring them to pick up arms and fight. What follows is The Colorado Coalfield Wars… the bloodiest labor dispute in US history. \n\n\n\nInspired by true events\, The Trial Of Mother Jones is a historical supposition. This play takes place in the eye of the storm – between the Ludlow Massacre and before the Colorado Coalfield Wars – and it asks the question\, was this the only way it could have gone? \n\n\n\nMissCast Productions will be providing Open Captions for the deaf/hearing impaired/hard of hearing community at every show. \n\n\n\nAudio description will be provided by A Quantum Dream at every show for the blind/visually impaired/low vision community. \n\n\n\n\n\nPURCHASE TICKETS LINK
URL:https://missoulaunderground.com/mugevent/misscast-productions-presents-the-trial-of-mother-jones-at-zootown-arts-community-center/2026-04-17/
LOCATION:Zootown Arts Community Center\, 216 W. Main Street\, Missoula\, Montana\, 598802\, United States
CATEGORIES:Play,Theatrical Plays
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SUMMARY:MissCast Productions presents The Trial of Mother Jones at Zootown Arts Community Center
DESCRIPTION:MissCast Productions presents The Trial of Mother Jones by Roger Holzberg with performances nightly at Zootown Arts Community Center in Downtown Missoula 7:30 pm to 10:30 pm Wednesday\, April 15 thru Sunday\, April 19\n\n\n\n\n\nDoors @ 7:00 pm \n\n\n\n“If they want to hang me\, let them. And on the scaffold I will shout Freedom for the working class!”– Mary Harris ‘Mother’ Jones \n\n\n\nIt’s 1914 and impoverished coal miners are on strike in Colorado. On April 20th soldiers from the Colorado National Guard are dispatched to Ludlow to the quash the strike. Countless miners and their family members are injured\, and 21 are killed – 11 of them children. \n\n\n\nIn the aftermath of this massacre\, the prominent union rights activist Mother Jones\, summons 500\,000 UMW members\, imploring them to pick up arms and fight. What follows is The Colorado Coalfield Wars… the bloodiest labor dispute in US history. \n\n\n\nInspired by true events\, The Trial Of Mother Jones is a historical supposition. This play takes place in the eye of the storm – between the Ludlow Massacre and before the Colorado Coalfield Wars – and it asks the question\, was this the only way it could have gone? \n\n\n\nMissCast Productions will be providing Open Captions for the deaf/hearing impaired/hard of hearing community at every show. \n\n\n\nAudio description will be provided by A Quantum Dream at every show for the blind/visually impaired/low vision community. \n\n\n\n\n\nPURCHASE TICKETS LINK
URL:https://missoulaunderground.com/mugevent/misscast-productions-presents-the-trial-of-mother-jones-at-zootown-arts-community-center/2026-04-18/
LOCATION:Zootown Arts Community Center\, 216 W. Main Street\, Missoula\, Montana\, 598802\, United States
CATEGORIES:Play,Theatrical Plays
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SUMMARY:MissCast Productions presents The Trial of Mother Jones at Zootown Arts Community Center
DESCRIPTION:MissCast Productions presents The Trial of Mother Jones by Roger Holzberg with performances nightly at Zootown Arts Community Center in Downtown Missoula 7:30 pm to 10:30 pm Wednesday\, April 15 thru Sunday\, April 19\n\n\n\n\n\nDoors @ 7:00 pm \n\n\n\n“If they want to hang me\, let them. And on the scaffold I will shout Freedom for the working class!”– Mary Harris ‘Mother’ Jones \n\n\n\nIt’s 1914 and impoverished coal miners are on strike in Colorado. On April 20th soldiers from the Colorado National Guard are dispatched to Ludlow to the quash the strike. Countless miners and their family members are injured\, and 21 are killed – 11 of them children. \n\n\n\nIn the aftermath of this massacre\, the prominent union rights activist Mother Jones\, summons 500\,000 UMW members\, imploring them to pick up arms and fight. What follows is The Colorado Coalfield Wars… the bloodiest labor dispute in US history. \n\n\n\nInspired by true events\, The Trial Of Mother Jones is a historical supposition. This play takes place in the eye of the storm – between the Ludlow Massacre and before the Colorado Coalfield Wars – and it asks the question\, was this the only way it could have gone? \n\n\n\nMissCast Productions will be providing Open Captions for the deaf/hearing impaired/hard of hearing community at every show. \n\n\n\nAudio description will be provided by A Quantum Dream at every show for the blind/visually impaired/low vision community. \n\n\n\n\n\nPURCHASE TICKETS LINK
URL:https://missoulaunderground.com/mugevent/misscast-productions-presents-the-trial-of-mother-jones-at-zootown-arts-community-center/2026-04-19/
LOCATION:Zootown Arts Community Center\, 216 W. Main Street\, Missoula\, Montana\, 598802\, United States
CATEGORIES:Play,Theatrical Plays
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DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20260423T200000
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SUMMARY:Trivia Thursdays at Big Sky Brewing Company
DESCRIPTION:Thursday Night Trivia at 6:00 pm each week at Big Sky Brewing Company in Missoula\n\n\n\n\n\nTest your brain and brag to your mother-in-law about how you smoked those foo’s at Trivia!Thursday night Trivia at 6:00 pm each week at Big Sky Brewing Company!
URL:https://missoulaunderground.com/mugevent/trivia-thursdays-at-big-sky-brewing-company/2026-04-23/
LOCATION:Big Sky Brewing Company\, 5417 Trumpeter Way\, Missoula\, Montana\, 59808\, United States
CATEGORIES:Bar Games,Trivia
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SUMMARY:Trivia Thursdays at Big Sky Brewing Company
DESCRIPTION:Thursday Night Trivia at 6:00 pm each week at Big Sky Brewing Company in Missoula\n\n\n\n\n\nTest your brain and brag to your mother-in-law about how you smoked those foo’s at Trivia!Thursday night Trivia at 6:00 pm each week at Big Sky Brewing Company!
URL:https://missoulaunderground.com/mugevent/trivia-thursdays-at-big-sky-brewing-company/2026-04-30/
LOCATION:Big Sky Brewing Company\, 5417 Trumpeter Way\, Missoula\, Montana\, 59808\, United States
CATEGORIES:Bar Games,Trivia
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SUMMARY:MCT Premiere Night - Mamma Mia! at Missoula Children's Theatre
DESCRIPTION:MCT Premiere Night Fundraiser – Mamma Mia! at Missoula Children’s Theatre 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm Thursday\, April 30\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us at the Missoula Children’s Theatre for the premiere of Mamma Mia! This signature fundraiser features a catered reception\, an open bar\, dessert\, and your ticket to the first performance of this production. Tickets are $125 each and can be purchased by contacting the MCT Box Office at 406-729-7529. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMamma Mia\, here we go again! Back by popular demand\, the music by Sweden’s pop group ABBA and the unlikely story created from it will rock Missoula once again. Days before her wedding on a luscious Greek island\, Sophie is determined to learn the identify of her father. Sophie’s mother Donna has never revealed the details of the fateful summer when Sophie was conceived (“Honey Honey”). Sophie sends three wedding invitations to the likely fathers and when three accept\, Donna begins to reminisce about her past with the suitors (“Knowing Me\, Knowing You”). Sophie hopes for a future with her dad (“Thank You for The Music”)\, and the guests on the island\, well……they sing\, of course (“Dancing Queen”). This extremely popular musical contains adult themes and situations that may not be suitable for young children. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMusic and Lyrics by BENNY ANDERSSON and BJÖRN ULVAEUS • And some songs with STIG ANDERSON• Book by CATHERINE JOHNSON • Originally Conceived by JUDY CRAYMERMAMMA MIA! was originally produced in London by Judy Craymer\, Richard East and Björn Ulvaeus for Littlestar in association with Universal. Additional Material & Arrangements- MARTIN KOCH Music Published by Universal Music Publishing Group and EMI Grove Park Music Inc. and EMI Waterford Music Inc.MAMMA MIA! is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. www.mtishows.com \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRated PG-13- Parental Guidance Recommended
URL:https://missoulaunderground.com/mugevent/mct-premiere-night-mamma-mia-at-missoula-childrens-theatre/
LOCATION:Missoula Children’s Theatre\, 200 N. Adams\, Missoula\, MT\, 59802\, United States
CATEGORIES:Musicals
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SUMMARY:Mamma Mia! at Missoula Children's Theatre
DESCRIPTION:Mamma Mia! at Missoula Children’s Theatre performances from May 1 thru May 17\n\n\n\n\n\nMamma Mia\, here we go again! Back by popular demand\, the music by Sweden’s pop group ABBA and the unlikely story created from it will rock Missoula once again. Days before her wedding on a luscious Greek island\, Sophie is determined to learn the identify of her father. Sophie’s mother Donna has never revealed the details of the fateful summer when Sophie was conceived (“Honey Honey”). Sophie sends three wedding invitations to the likely fathers and when three accept\, Donna begins to reminisce about her past with the suitors (“Knowing Me\, Knowing You”). Sophie hopes for a future with her dad (“Thank You for The Music”)\, and the guests on the island\, well……they sing\, of course (“Dancing Queen”). This extremely popular musical contains adult themes and situations that may not be suitable for young children. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMusic and Lyrics by BENNY ANDERSSON and BJÖRN ULVAEUS • And some songs with STIG ANDERSON• Book by CATHERINE JOHNSON • Originally Conceived by JUDY CRAYMERMAMMA MIA! was originally produced in London by Judy Craymer\, Richard East and Björn Ulvaeus for Littlestar in association with Universal. Additional Material & Arrangements- MARTIN KOCH Music Published by Universal Music Publishing Group and EMI Grove Park Music Inc. and EMI Waterford Music Inc.MAMMA MIA! is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. www.mtishows.com \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRated PG-13- Parental Guidance Recommended
URL:https://missoulaunderground.com/mugevent/mamma-mia-at-missoula-childrens-theatre/2026-05-01/
LOCATION:Missoula Children’s Theatre\, 200 N. Adams\, Missoula\, MT\, 59802\, United States
CATEGORIES:Musicals
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SUMMARY:Mamma Mia! at Missoula Children's Theatre
DESCRIPTION:Mamma Mia! at Missoula Children’s Theatre performances from May 1 thru May 17\n\n\n\n\n\nMamma Mia\, here we go again! Back by popular demand\, the music by Sweden’s pop group ABBA and the unlikely story created from it will rock Missoula once again. Days before her wedding on a luscious Greek island\, Sophie is determined to learn the identify of her father. Sophie’s mother Donna has never revealed the details of the fateful summer when Sophie was conceived (“Honey Honey”). Sophie sends three wedding invitations to the likely fathers and when three accept\, Donna begins to reminisce about her past with the suitors (“Knowing Me\, Knowing You”). Sophie hopes for a future with her dad (“Thank You for The Music”)\, and the guests on the island\, well……they sing\, of course (“Dancing Queen”). This extremely popular musical contains adult themes and situations that may not be suitable for young children. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMusic and Lyrics by BENNY ANDERSSON and BJÖRN ULVAEUS • And some songs with STIG ANDERSON• Book by CATHERINE JOHNSON • Originally Conceived by JUDY CRAYMERMAMMA MIA! was originally produced in London by Judy Craymer\, Richard East and Björn Ulvaeus for Littlestar in association with Universal. Additional Material & Arrangements- MARTIN KOCH Music Published by Universal Music Publishing Group and EMI Grove Park Music Inc. and EMI Waterford Music Inc.MAMMA MIA! is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. www.mtishows.com \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRated PG-13- Parental Guidance Recommended
URL:https://missoulaunderground.com/mugevent/mamma-mia-at-missoula-childrens-theatre/2026-05-02/1/
LOCATION:Missoula Children’s Theatre\, 200 N. Adams\, Missoula\, MT\, 59802\, United States
CATEGORIES:Musicals
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SUMMARY:Mamma Mia! at Missoula Children's Theatre
DESCRIPTION:Mamma Mia! at Missoula Children’s Theatre performances from May 1 thru May 17\n\n\n\n\n\nMamma Mia\, here we go again! Back by popular demand\, the music by Sweden’s pop group ABBA and the unlikely story created from it will rock Missoula once again. Days before her wedding on a luscious Greek island\, Sophie is determined to learn the identify of her father. Sophie’s mother Donna has never revealed the details of the fateful summer when Sophie was conceived (“Honey Honey”). Sophie sends three wedding invitations to the likely fathers and when three accept\, Donna begins to reminisce about her past with the suitors (“Knowing Me\, Knowing You”). Sophie hopes for a future with her dad (“Thank You for The Music”)\, and the guests on the island\, well……they sing\, of course (“Dancing Queen”). This extremely popular musical contains adult themes and situations that may not be suitable for young children. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMusic and Lyrics by BENNY ANDERSSON and BJÖRN ULVAEUS • And some songs with STIG ANDERSON• Book by CATHERINE JOHNSON • Originally Conceived by JUDY CRAYMERMAMMA MIA! was originally produced in London by Judy Craymer\, Richard East and Björn Ulvaeus for Littlestar in association with Universal. Additional Material & Arrangements- MARTIN KOCH Music Published by Universal Music Publishing Group and EMI Grove Park Music Inc. and EMI Waterford Music Inc.MAMMA MIA! is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. www.mtishows.com \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRated PG-13- Parental Guidance Recommended
URL:https://missoulaunderground.com/mugevent/mamma-mia-at-missoula-childrens-theatre/2026-05-02/2/
LOCATION:Missoula Children’s Theatre\, 200 N. Adams\, Missoula\, MT\, 59802\, United States
CATEGORIES:Musicals
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SUMMARY:Mamma Mia! at Missoula Children's Theatre
DESCRIPTION:Mamma Mia! at Missoula Children’s Theatre performances from May 1 thru May 17\n\n\n\n\n\nMamma Mia\, here we go again! Back by popular demand\, the music by Sweden’s pop group ABBA and the unlikely story created from it will rock Missoula once again. Days before her wedding on a luscious Greek island\, Sophie is determined to learn the identify of her father. Sophie’s mother Donna has never revealed the details of the fateful summer when Sophie was conceived (“Honey Honey”). Sophie sends three wedding invitations to the likely fathers and when three accept\, Donna begins to reminisce about her past with the suitors (“Knowing Me\, Knowing You”). Sophie hopes for a future with her dad (“Thank You for The Music”)\, and the guests on the island\, well……they sing\, of course (“Dancing Queen”). This extremely popular musical contains adult themes and situations that may not be suitable for young children. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMusic and Lyrics by BENNY ANDERSSON and BJÖRN ULVAEUS • And some songs with STIG ANDERSON• Book by CATHERINE JOHNSON • Originally Conceived by JUDY CRAYMERMAMMA MIA! was originally produced in London by Judy Craymer\, Richard East and Björn Ulvaeus for Littlestar in association with Universal. Additional Material & Arrangements- MARTIN KOCH Music Published by Universal Music Publishing Group and EMI Grove Park Music Inc. and EMI Waterford Music Inc.MAMMA MIA! is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. www.mtishows.com \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRated PG-13- Parental Guidance Recommended
URL:https://missoulaunderground.com/mugevent/mamma-mia-at-missoula-childrens-theatre/2026-05-03/1/
LOCATION:Missoula Children’s Theatre\, 200 N. Adams\, Missoula\, MT\, 59802\, United States
CATEGORIES:Musicals
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://missoulaunderground.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Missoula-Center-for-the-Performing-Arts.jpg
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SUMMARY:Mamma Mia! at Missoula Children's Theatre
DESCRIPTION:Mamma Mia! at Missoula Children’s Theatre performances from May 1 thru May 17\n\n\n\n\n\nMamma Mia\, here we go again! Back by popular demand\, the music by Sweden’s pop group ABBA and the unlikely story created from it will rock Missoula once again. Days before her wedding on a luscious Greek island\, Sophie is determined to learn the identify of her father. Sophie’s mother Donna has never revealed the details of the fateful summer when Sophie was conceived (“Honey Honey”). Sophie sends three wedding invitations to the likely fathers and when three accept\, Donna begins to reminisce about her past with the suitors (“Knowing Me\, Knowing You”). Sophie hopes for a future with her dad (“Thank You for The Music”)\, and the guests on the island\, well……they sing\, of course (“Dancing Queen”). This extremely popular musical contains adult themes and situations that may not be suitable for young children. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMusic and Lyrics by BENNY ANDERSSON and BJÖRN ULVAEUS • And some songs with STIG ANDERSON• Book by CATHERINE JOHNSON • Originally Conceived by JUDY CRAYMERMAMMA MIA! was originally produced in London by Judy Craymer\, Richard East and Björn Ulvaeus for Littlestar in association with Universal. Additional Material & Arrangements- MARTIN KOCH Music Published by Universal Music Publishing Group and EMI Grove Park Music Inc. and EMI Waterford Music Inc.MAMMA MIA! is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. www.mtishows.com \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRated PG-13- Parental Guidance Recommended
URL:https://missoulaunderground.com/mugevent/mamma-mia-at-missoula-childrens-theatre/2026-05-03/2/
LOCATION:Missoula Children’s Theatre\, 200 N. Adams\, Missoula\, MT\, 59802\, United States
CATEGORIES:Musicals
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://missoulaunderground.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Missoula-Center-for-the-Performing-Arts.jpg
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