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Prairie
July 11 @ 7:30 pm – 10:00 pm
Local Theatre-Makers Dare to Show New, Original-Story Musical
Prairie is a new production developed over the past two years by the theatre community
in Billings, Montana. A commercial production, Prairie will have 12 performances,
including the world premiere, on July 10-13, 17-20, and 24-27, 2025, at the Roebling
Theater at NOVA Center for the Performing Arts, 2317 Montana Avenue, Billings,
Montana 59101.
The cast of Prairie includes the following audience favorites: DeLaney Hardy Ray
(“Keta”); Vint Lavinder (“Happy”); Cole Johnson (“Carl”); Amy Dixon (“Madge”); Brianna
West (“Denise”); and Thomas Popiel (“Jeff”).
The creators of Prairie are: Book, Music, and Lyrics by Justin Stark; Directed by Janie
Sutton; Choreography by Billie Parrott; Costume Design by Glenda Brauneis; and
Lighting Design by Riddic Nations. The Music Director is Dulais Rhys, and the Stage
Manager is Dodie Rife.
The synopsis of Prairie: In a town with a hotel named Prairie, folks make their own
mountains. In spring 1973, Happy, the town’s wealthy hotelier, is dying. His daughter
Keta is called home. Keta makes sense of her relationships with Happy and with her
daughter, Denise, whom Keta left as a baby to be raised by her two high-school lovers,
Carl, now the concierge at the hotel, and Madge, now the owner of a local bar. Happy
has sued Madge over the bar. Happy causes a turn of events that changes everything.
Throughout the two-hour performance (including an intermission), a live orchestra will
accompany the actors in 18 original musical settings in this rare, special event.
Tickets and more information are available at prairiemusical.com.
Contact:
Justin Stark, manager
Prairie Theatrical Ventures LLC
Email: producer@prairiemusical.com
Tel: 503-288-4485
Website: prairiemusical.com
