By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff A critically acclaimed semi-finalist on America’s Got Talent, Lightwire Theater blends technology, music, puppetry and light to tell visually stunning, inventive stories. Brought to the Panida Theater by the...
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff Lake Pend Oreille Repertory Theater Education Director Courtney Roberts wanted to maximize her reach, giving as many local kids as possible the chance to dabble in the art of...
By Reader Staff Variety is certainly the spice of life for the Pend Oreille Arts Council, as evidenced by the recent announcement of the local nonprofit’s 2022-’23 performing arts series, set to run from...
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 to COVID-19, Prophet is...
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 has appeared on the biggest...
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, takes the stage Thursday, Feb....
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 life is short,” he...
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 into law. The bill,...
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 “Othello.” The show is produced...
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 warp to another great...
