January 2024

I think the stickiest part of a production is pre-production. At its best, it is the time when we throw all the creative spaghetti at the wall to see what sticks. We can ask, “What if goblins carried swords that look like stalagmites?” or “Could our dwarves wear mushroom armor?” or “Have you seen this […]

We’re up to our elf ears in snow as the 2024 Missoula Winter Storm does its dastardly deeds to our Jack and the Beanstalk rehearsal schedule. School and rehearsals are canceled, and while we work to keep families in the loop, we’ve got a few fun pieces of art that Brant Bollman has been working

The design team met for the first time this week! We’re a mix of Auditorium staff, community colleagues, previous Youth Theatre students (now graduated and out in the world), and current William Penn students. Did you know that to acquire the production rights from the Playwrights Guild of Canada, we had to be considered a

Welcome to There and Back Again – A Hobblog. This is where we will chronicle the Auditorium’s next adventure: a full-length production of The Hobbit! Keep up with the Hobblog and come along on an unexpected journey with the cast and crew as we create an enchanted world with trolls, spiders, dwarves, and more for performances