Off Broadway, on point
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Twice a year, in her attempt to embrace the muse, Dorothy Prophet directs and produces a play with local actors. After a two-year hiatus due …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Twice a year, in her attempt to embrace the muse, Dorothy Prophet directs and produces a play with local actors. After a two-year hiatus due …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Fans of Broadway musicals will already be familiar with Rent, the Tony Award- and Pulitzer Prize-winning work by Jonathan Larson. The production as it …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
The Panida Theater starts off its 2020 theater season with a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for drama. Love Letters, by playwright A.R. Gurney, …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
In William Shakespeare’s “Henry IV, Part I,” the young nobleman Hotspur has an existential moment as he considers the brevity of life.
“The time of …
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
The folks at the Panida Theater will likely be toasting state officials if a bill permitting beer and wine sales at historic theaters is signed …
By Ben Olson and Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
Scoundrels, knaves and thespians alike, gather ye to the Bonner County Fairgrounds Sunday, Aug. 19 for a free performance of William Shakespeare’s …
By Kate McAlister
Reader Contributor
From the moment the actors walked down the aisle at the Panida, I was engaged.
For me, “The Rocky Horror Show” is indeed a time …
By Kate McAlister
Reader Contributor
“He won’t come today, but surely he’ll come tomorrow.”
Leave it to an Irishman to write a play both introspective and nonsensical at the same …
By Scout Anatricia
Reader Intern
One of the most challenging roles in theater is performing in a one-person show, and even more difficult is portraying an iconic character and getting …
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