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Fort Peck Summer Theatre |  |
Standing majestically atop Montana's prairies, the Fort Peck Theatre is one of the state's grandest treasures. Built as a temporary structure in 1934, its beauty and solid construction have weathered the years. Today, it is a living, vital part of life for residents and visitors alike. Acknowledging the significance of this Montana Treasure, the Theatre was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. Enjoyed first by people building Fort Peck Dam, the Theatre has played host to live weekend entertainment Friday, Saturday and Sunday evening at 7:30pm every summer since 1970. This year is no exception. Reserved seating is available by calling the box office. General seating is available for most performances. Dress is casual.
Little Shop of Horrors: June 17, 18, 19, 24, 25, 26; July 1, 2, 3
42nd Street: July 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 17, 22, 23, 24
Annie Get Your Gun: July 29, 30, 31; August 5, 6, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14
Barefoot in the Park (a comedy): August 19, 20, 21, 26, 27, 28; September 2, 3, 4
Curtain time is 8pm for all performances. Tickets can be purchased at the Theatre box office the night of the show. Adults $12, Seniors $10, Students $7. Reserved seating available for additional $5 by calling the box office in advance.
Each season's company is lead by professional performers and technicians and a host of regional performers of all ages. The season is produced by the Fort Peck Fine Arts Council, Inc., a group of volunteers who dedicate a countless number of hours to ensure the quality and the success of each endeavor.
The Fort Peck Theatre opened as a movie house on Friday, November 16, 1934, showing the Richest Girl in the World, starring Miriam Hopkins and Joel McCrea. During 'The Dam Days', movies ran 24 hours a day, seven days a week, often with every one of the 1,209 seats full. People sometimes stood in lines seven blocks long to purchase tickets. The adult admission price was 40 cents on the main floor and 30 cents in the balcony. Children attended for a dime. During this time, over 50,000 people lived in and around Fort Peck and an evening at the movies was a special event for young and old.
An interesting look back to this time is the display of the 35mm carbon-rod projector displayed in the Theatre lobby. The Theatre's second and identical projector is on loan to the Pioneer Museum in Glasgow. The Theatre was built with a Vaudeville type stage, four dressing rooms and a lighting system. Forty years later, the stage was extended to meet the needs of live performances
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers designed and constructed the Theatre in 1934 in less than nine months. It was a labor intensive project, integrating the New Deal arts and crafts tradition with a Swiss chalet motif. Decorative appointments - inside and out - are elaborate. Notable are the light fixtures and the massive, wooden beams overhead in the auditorium. The light fixtures were hand built, right down to the glass and metal strapping, created in the local Corps of Engineers shops. Each hand hewn beam is nearly two feet thick and 74 feet long. The original weather vane on the roof draws travelers to the Theatre and the four light posts at the entrance are the only original lights remaining in the town of Fort Peck.
Directions: The Fort Peck Summer Theatre is located in Fort Peck, 10 minutes south of the Nashua exit on US Highway 2. It is near the Fort Peck Dam and the CM Russell Wildlife Refuge. It is 17 miles from Glasgow and 50 miles from Wolf Point.
Fort Peck Summer Theatre
, Glasgow, MT 59230
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