The Show Must Go on...For 62 Years!
Exterior of the Bigfork Summer Playhouse during the first summer of 1960. (Collection of Firman “Bo” Brown)
Playhouse cast members painting salvaged theater chairs to be installed in the new Bigfork Summer Playhouse in 1960. (Collection of Firman "Bo" Brown)
Playhouse cast members prepare for a performance in the backstage dressing rooms. (Collection of Firman “Bo” Brown)
Patrons leaving after a performance sometime in the mid-1960s. (Collection of Firman “Bo” Brown)
Since 1960, one of Bigfork’s main attractions, arguably bringing in thousands of people each summer, is the Bigfork Summer Playhouse. The humble beginnings can be traced back to Bo Brown and his wife Margery who recognized the wave of revived community theaters spreading across America in the 1950s and even though “Montana was somewhat behind” the rest of the country, they figured there was an audience for live theater here as well. ...
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