Playwrights Network to stage one-night-only show in Helena

The Montana Playwrights Network announces a one-night-only performance of a staged reading of original stories, poetry and plays written by Montana playwrights and writers as part of the 2018 Montana Playwrights Network Writer’s Challenge Competition.

This collection of original works is entitled “Montana Tales & Other Stories” and will be presented in a public performance at 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 15 at the FLEX Theatre at Carroll College in Helena.

The performance features: Charlie Russell Windshield, a poem by Jay Kettering; “Roy’s Day,” a short story by Susan Gunn; “A Montana Fish Story,” a short play by Pamela Jamruszka Mencher; “Active Shooter,” a short play by Cynthia M. Webb; “Trust,” a monologue by Shaun Gant; “A Bad Play,” a short play by Leah Joki; “The Cell,” a short play by Jordan R. Mencher; “A Travel Tale,” a storytelling by Janice Jamruszka-Wilson; “Thinking About Moore, Montana,” a memoir by Jay Kettering; and “Grief,” a poem by Shaun Gant.

“Montana Tales & Other Stories” features talented actors from Helena, Missoula and Bozeman, including members of the Vigilante Players and Shakespeare in the Parks, John Hosking, Rhonda Smith and Tom Morris. Featured performers from Missoula are Ann Peacock and Shaun Gant.

Admission is $10 and tickets are available online at www.montanaplaywrights.org, or call 406-235-0353 for reservations and more information.