Theatre

Playwright Larissa FastHorse is the author of a new show at the Black Hills Community Theatre. FastHorse is collaborating with the theatre to produce “Average Family.” It’s a satirical commodity about a Native family and a white family who must switch places during a TV competition.FastHorse is also the creative mind behind “The Thanksgiving Play,” which opens on Broadway in Spring 2023. The Thanksgiving Play has been one of the top-ten most-produced plays in America. FastHorse is the first Native American playwright to make that top-ten list.

It's a parody of a Broadway musical and a spoof of all things Shakespeare. "Something Rotten" is the latest production from the Black Hills Playhouse in Custer State Park.

An upcoming play at the Black Hills Community Theater follows the academic Dr. Katherine Brandt, who is battling Lou Gehrig's disease. As Brandt faces the end of her life, she finds herself driven on a quest to understand why the frequently ill and profoundly deaf Beethoven spent the last years of his life composing "Variations on a Waltz by A. Diabelli."

The South Dakota Shakespeare festival has announced the cast for its June production of Othello.The play has resonated with audiences for centuries thanks in part to its themes of passion, jealousy and racial prejudice.

Larissa FastHorse (Sicangu Lakota) returns to collaborate with Lakota people via The Lakota Project. She joins In the Moment for a preview of the upcoming…

Playwright Matthew Stoffel discusses the Monstrous Little Theatre Company, how writers tackle topics deeply emotional topic and overcome self-doubt, and…

Alumni from across the country are reuniting in the Black Hills region to celebrate years of live theatre. The Black Hills Playhouse is in its 70th…

Caryl Crozier was the catalyst for the play, "The Friendly Hour," which is receiving its South Dakota premiere by the Northern Fort Playhouse. Crozier…

The BEAR Project is a theater group at Pine Ridge that performs graphic and moving skits that work to reach youth. The group is made up of a number of…

A southern Black Hills town known for its interest in the arts is expanding to include a thespian group - or “theatre group” for the uninitiated.Betsy…