The future of community theater is… complicated
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
It seems everything has been turned on its side during the COVID-19 pandemic, but one area that has been especially hard hit is community theater. …
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Happy Holi-plays
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
People often do a lot of acting around the holidays — acting like they love green bean casserole, acting like their career is “going great” …
Unknown Locals’ Herron pens another original play: “Blind Panic”
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
The folks at local theater company Unknown Locals are at it again, and this time, they’re going in blind.
“Blind Panic,” the latest play by …
‘Death’ comes back to life
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff Writer
Editor’s Note: This play was written by Ben Olson, who is co-owner and publisher of the Sandpoint Reader. He is shamelessly using this newspaper …
Unknown Locals play ‘Secret Shame’ makes a half-dozen for Herron
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff Writer
Infidelity, family troubles, suicide clubs and even weddings: Sandpoint theater company Unknown Locals likes to tackle some tough subjects with human touch.
Their upcoming …
‘Hamlet’ aims big for the Heartwood Center
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
It’s one of the iconic works of the English language. It’s among the most-performed plays in theater. And it’s coming to Sandpoint.
Following up on …
Unknown Locals bring ‘Hamlet’ to Heartwood
By Cameron Barnes
Reader Staff
Being the macho man that I am, I once refused to see plays when I lived near Broadway in New York. Shortly after, my father …
‘Cold Feet’ set to break a leg at the Heartwood
By Dion Nizzi
Reader Staff
Oscar Wilde once opined in his 1889 essay “The Decay of Lying” that, “Life imitates art far more than art imitates life.” That notion is …
“No Service” in review
By Dion Nizzi
Reader Contributor
Most would offer the idea that death, or even the prospect of it, is not a laughing matter.
“No Service,” the most recent play from …
Unknown Locals’ ‘No Service’ play to hit the stage
By Scout Anatricia
Reader Intern
It’s one of those topics that make people’s increasingly wrinkly palms sweaty and forms a knot in the pit of their ever-aging gut.
The inevitablitity …
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