By Ben Olson Reader Staff It seems everything has been turned on its side during the COVID-19 pandemic, but one area that has been especially hard hit is community theater. With social distancing guidelines...
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff People often do a lot of acting around the holidays — acting like they love green bean casserole, acting like their career is “going great” when their father-in-law corners...
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff The folks at local theater company Unknown Locals are at it again, and this time, they’re going in blind. “Blind Panic,” the latest play by writer and director Chris...
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Writer Editor’s Note: This play was written by Ben Olson, who is co-owner and publisher of the Sandpoint Reader. He is shamelessly using this newspaper to promote his play....
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Writer Infidelity, family troubles, suicide clubs and even weddings: Sandpoint theater company Unknown Locals likes to tackle some tough subjects with human touch. Their upcoming play, “Secret Shame,” is...
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff It’s one of the iconic works of the English language. It’s among the most-performed plays in theater. And it’s coming to Sandpoint. Following up on the run-away success of...
By Cameron Barnes Reader Staff Being the macho man that I am, I once refused to see plays when I lived near Broadway in New York. Shortly after, my father coerced me into going....
By Dion Nizzi Reader Staff Oscar Wilde once opined in his 1889 essay “The Decay of Lying” that, “Life imitates art far more than art imitates life.” That notion is about to be tested...
By Dion Nizzi Reader Contributor Most would offer the idea that death, or even the prospect of it, is not a laughing matter. “No Service,” the most recent play from Sandpoint production company Unknown...
By Scout Anatricia Reader Intern It’s one of those topics that make people’s increasingly wrinkly palms sweaty and forms a knot in the pit of their ever-aging gut. The inevitablitity of it is profound...
