BFACT’s children’s show of 2022 Don Q and His Squire Sancho by Dick Caram is a retelling of the classic tale of Don Quixote. Miguel de Cervantes’s famed tale of the eccentric knight and his inept but trusting squire. Alonso Quixano is obsessed with tales of chivalry. So much so that he believes himself to be a knight – Don Quixote – and he sets out to seek adventure, with a peasant farmer, Sancho Panza, as his squire.
Even with a huge storm, the excitement of the cast couldn’t be dampened and they put on a heck of a performance, much to the delight of the enthusiastic crowd.
Only heaven knows how much harm my craziness has caused. But Sancho was my greatest fear. He believed as much as I did – and Sancho is not crazy.
“Pandora’s Revenge” by Pat Cook | “Boise, Idaho” by Sean Micahel Welch | “Self-HELP!” and “Coffeehouse Hotel” by Derek Olson
Venue
BF Community Hall & BF Rec Center Auditorium
Dates
April 22 & 27 at 7pm
Duration
Approx. 2 hours (incl 3 10 min intermissions)
ENJOY A NIGHT OF COMEDIC ONE ACTS!
We love doing our nights of one-acts at Belle Fourche Area Community Theater and in 2022 we had a great night of four hilarious shows. The show starts with the mystery and revenge fueled Pandora’s Revenge then transitioned to the meta commentary of story and the characters stuck in the middle of it with Boise, Idaho. Then there was the micro one-act Coffeehouse Hotel about sisters running two conjoined businesses or are they who they say they are and ended the night with Self-HELP!, the story of three friends who need some help with their lives and go looking for that help in the worst possible place.
The first performance of Take a Bow was held at Belle Fourche Community Hall but because this is South Dakota, a freak snowstorm blew through, and the cast had to tear down the set and perform a few days later back at our normal home of the Belle Fourche Rec Center Auditorium. The weather didn’t keep the cast down, nor the audience who got to spend a night of side-splitting laughter.
THAT… THAT IS PRETTY MESSED UP, I MEAN I AM A CREATURE OF PURE EVIL AND TERROR, BUT THIS BOSS SOUNDS, REALLY GROSS.
ABADDON FROM “SELF-HELP!”
Pandora’s Revenge by Pat Cook
The story goes, according to legend, that when Pandora’s box was opened all sorts of pleasures and evils escaped. Just what sort of package has Marvin Hanover opened, he wonders, as he tries to sell insurance to Miss Thorndyke. First, she really isn’t Miss Thorndyke—she’s Ida Simpkins and she doesn’t actually live at the address she gave him over the phone. She seems to have more questions for Marvin than he ever saw on any application. Panicked by the evening news and her rundown neighborhood, she grills Marvin like a hamburger patty. Lines fly fast and ferociously in this cat-and-mouse adventure with Marvin wondering just who’s the cat and who’s the mouse.
Boise, Idaho by Sean Michael Welch
The narrator of a story dutifully chronicles the meeting of a couple in a small café in Paris, France, only to start losing control of his characters once they realize he exists. Blending the lines between fiction and truth, this hilarious play examines what should triumph: reality, or a good story.
Coffeehouse Hotel by Derek Olson
Come enjoy your stay at the Coffeehouse Hotel. Or actually, you can’t enjoy yourself at the coffeehouse or the hotel. That may not make a lot of sense but in this fast-paced comedy, Tristan just wants to get his room and a latte but the sisters Maeve and Maeve aren’t going to make it easy.
Self-HELP! by Derek Olson
A night of gaming becomes anything but when the dread demon Abaddon is summoned. Three friends want Abaddon to fix the various problems in their lives but he has his own ideas and things don’t go quite like anyone expects them to. This comedic one act is all about getting what you want isn’t always what you imagine.
Olston (Tyler Schone) and Chastity (Heather Pittman) are annoyed because the Narrator (Allie Juso Very) decided they were supposed to be in Boise, Idaho
Take a Bow: A Night of Comedic One-Acts Cast
Pandora’s Revenge
Ida
Shirlene Joseph
Marvin
Louis Mehlhaff
Announcer
Kylee Jones
Boise, Idaho
Waiter
Tyler Soldatke
Olston
Tyler Schone
Chastity
Heather Pittman
Narrator
Allie Juso Verry
Self-HELP!
Abaddon
Garrett Merrow
Tim
Nathan Schreier
Jen
Kelsey Gronlund
Amanda
Sentel Schreier
Coffeehouse Hotel
Maeve
Kylee Jones
Tristan
Tyler Soldatke
Take a Bow: A Night of Comedic One-Acts Creative
Pandora’s Revenge Director
Derek Olson & Allie Juso Verry
Boise, Idaho Director
Derek Olson
Coffehouse Hotel Director
Derek Olson & Allie Juso Verry
Producer
Derek Olson
Self-HELP! Director
Allie Juso Verry
Take a Bow: A Night of Comedic One-Acts Credits
Produced by special arrangement with the Dramatic Publishing Company of Woodstock, Illinois
Produced by special arrangement with Playscripts, inc.
“The Christmas Caper” by George Novakov JR “Night of the New & Improved Christmas” by Christina Hamlett “Christmas with the Cratchits” by Christina Hamlett “Million Dollar Christmas” by John DePrine
Venue
BF Rec Center Auditorium
Dates
December 10 & 11 at 7pm | December 12 at 3pm
Duration
Approx. 2 hours (incl 3 10 min intermissions)
Our Annual Tradition is back in person!
Four To Go For Christmas is four fun and funny Christmas plays. In The Christmas Caper Santa is kidnapped by a little-known fairytale character who just wants to be popular. In The Night of the New and Improved Christmas, a Madison Avenue public relations firm wants to update Santa and the whole holiday tradition. In Christmas With the Cratchits, Tiny Tim’s family is ecstatic when they think they’ve won the lottery. In Million Dollar Christmas, three of the most miserly people ever known must give away a million dollars by midnight on Christmas Eve.
But elves, I’m confused. What do I need with a consulting firm way up here in the North Pole?
Santa – Night of the New and Improved Christmas
Latisha (Emma Tinsley) attacks Officer Kelly (Nathan Schreier)
All Hail the new Mr. Beautiful Fork – Nathan Schreier
We want to thank everyone for making Mr. Beautiful Fork – Fight Night a fantastic event. We want to thank our volunteers: Anna Robinson; Emma Tinsley; Heather Pittman, Kelsey Gronlund; Carrie Donovan. We also want to thank our amazing Emcee, Geno Pesicka and our wonderufl contestants. Of course we want to congratulate our new Mr. Beautiful Fork, Nathan Schreier
It’s for a worthy cause
The most important thing about Mr. Beautiful Fork – Fight Night is that all the money raised went right back into Belle Fourche Area Community Theater. It costs a lot of money during the season to put on the shows and the events we do and the generosity of the people of Belle Fourche and the surrounding area is what allows us to continue.
We were so happy to finish our 2020 – 2021 Season with the classic comedy, Arsenic and Old Lace. It was a pleasure to present and we are so grateful for the enthusiastic response to this hilarious show.
The Story
Drama critic Mortimer Brewster’s engagement announcement is upended when he discovers a corpse in his elderly aunts’ window seat. Mortimer rushes to tell Abby and Martha before they stumble upon the body themselves, only to learn that the two old women aren’t just aware of the dead man in their parlor, they killed him! Between his aunts’ penchant for poisoning wine, a brother who thinks he’s Teddy Roosevelt, and another brother using plastic surgery to hide from the police—not to mention Mortimer’s own hesitancy about marriage—it’ll be a miracle if Mortimer makes it to his wedding. Arsenic and Old Lace is a classic black comedy about the only thing more deadly than poison: family.
Well, dear, for a gallon of elderberry wine I take one teaspoon full of arsenic, then add half a teaspoon full of strychnine and then just a pinch of cyanide.
Martha Brewster
The cast of ‘Arsenic and Old Lace’ having way too much fun
Arsenic and Old Lace Cast
Abby
Carrie Donovan
Martha
Cynthia Scherer
Elaine
Kelsey Gronlund
Mortimer
Tyler Schone
Jonathan
Derek Olson
Dr. Einstein
Kylee Jones
Teddy
Jonny Rey
O’Hara
Brenna Meyer
Klein
Hannah Bugos
Brophy
Brayden Neri
Rooney
Heather Pittman
Witherspoon
Angela Hastings
Mrs. Harper
Nadine Larson
Gibbs
Kristen Pace
Arsenic and Old Lace Creative
Director
Derek Olson
Assistant Director
Heather Pittman
Tech
Morgan Martin
Producer
Derek Olson
Lights/Sound
Anna Robins
Arsenic and Old Lace Credits
Arsenic and Old Lace is presented by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc., New York.
“Collections” & “Doctor Vile” by Derek Olson and “School Spirit” by Toi Lyn Flick & Cynthia Rasmussen
Venue
BF Rec Center Auditorium
Dates
June 18 & 19 at 7pm and June 20 at 3pm
Duration
Approx. 120 Minutes (Incl 2 15 Min intermissions)
BFACT is back with a night of one acts
After time away in person due to the pandemic we were very excited to be back in person, this collection of locally written one-acts was our first in-person stage show since December 2019. This show was a huge success and a lot of fun, a great chance for our volunteers to get back together and perform with one another again.
The Shows
Collections
Collections tells the story of a group of workers at a call center on what might be their last day before their branch shuts down. Just because they are bad at their jobs doesn’t mean they will go down without a fight! This fast-paced comedy has lots of laughs and lots of absurdity. That is unless you’ve worked in a call center, then you might have actually met these characters before.
School Spirit
School Spirit is about different groups of people who break into a local High School on a Saturday. They may have all broken in for their own reasons but they have one thing in common, a ghost that doesn’t want them there! Join these teachers, janitors, students, nerds and graduates as they find out it is easy to break-in, getting out is the hard part. This comedy is co-written by first-time local author Toi Lyn Flick.
Doctor Vile
Doctor Vile is about the eponymous villain and his efforts to get into the villain’s union, V.E.N.O.M. The only thing standing in his way is an over-the-hill super spy, potential love, an evaluator who has no time for his nonsense and a whole bunch of incompetence. Don’t worry though, he won’t let that stand in his way. This comedy was co-written by local theater director Nathan Schreier.
Mr. Brawn is referring to V.E.N.O.M. Villains Evil Network Of Malignancy. We are a union that allows professional villains all across the globe to pool resources, share secrets, technology, that sort of thing. We are top tier villainy.
Evaluator from “Doctor Vile”
Miss Hawkes (Carrie Donovan) has a heart-to-heart with Superintendent Olson (Matt Pittman)
In a new world, BFACT had a new way to watch Shakespeare!
Belle Fourche Area Community Theater’s presentation of Art Thou Virtual went fantastic on the night of May 14, 2021. The cast was amazing and there were only a few technical hiccups. We want to thank the whole cast and crew as well as everyone who bought tickets to watch this unique show.
Murder most foul, as in the best it is; but this most foul, strange, and unnatural.
Ghost, Hamlet Act 1 Scene 5
The Show
Show Sponsor
Psthumus (Tyler Shone) and Iachimo (Jonny Rey) plot in “Cymbeline”
Art Thou Virtual? An Online Shakespeare Event Cast
Cymbeline
Act 1, Scene 4
Posthumus
Tyler Schone
Iachimo
Jonny Rey
Philario
Searraha Droppers
Act 5, Scene 5
Imogen
Sophia Thompson
Posthumus
Tyler Schone
Iachimo
Jonny Rey
Cymbeline
Sharon Tompson
Julius Caesar
Act 4, Scene 3
Cassius
Jonny Rey
Brutus
Derek Olson
Two Gentlemen of Verona
Act 1, Scene 2
Julia
Alaethia Thompson
Lucetta
Sophia Thompson
Act 2, Scene 3
Servant
Kylee Jones
Act 4, Scene 4
Julia
Alaethia Thompson
Proteus
Tyler Schone
Hamlet
Act 1, Scene 5
Hamlet
Jonny Rey
Ghost
Derek Olson
Act 3, Scene 1
Hamlet
Jonny Rey
Ophelia
Alex Arnold
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Act 1, Scene 1
Helena
Shonee Singer
Romeo and Juliet
Prologue
Narrator
Sharon Thompson
Act 2, Scene 2
Romeo
Tyler Schone
Juliet
Kylee Jones
Act 3, Scene 1
Benvolio
Searraha Droppers
Mercutio
Alaethia Thompson
Tybalt
Sophia Thompson
Romeo
Alex Arnold
Art Thou Virtual? An Online Shakespeare Event Creative
A Christmas classic performed in a new kind of way
A Christmas Carol is one of the most recognizable and beloved Christmas tales written by Charles Dickens. It tells the story of old, miserly Ebenezer Scrooge who is visited by the ghost of his former business partner, Jacob Marley, and the spirits of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come. After his incredible Christmas Eve, Scrooge becomes a kinder, gentler man. First published in 1843 there have been many different versions over the years, including in 1939 when Orson Welles performed it at the Campbell Playhouse.
In 2020 due to the Coronavirus pandemic and being unable to perform in front of a full audience, Belle Fourche Area Community Theater performed this version as a radio play. This show was sent out live across the internet to our patrons and was given free to various senior centers across the area.
Ebenezer, I am here to warn you that you have yet a chance of hope of escaping my fate. Do you hear that, Ebenezer?
The Ghost of Marley
Show Sponsors
Becky and Jonathan Tinsley
A Virtual Christmas Carol Cast
Narrator
Reva Potter
Ebeneezer Scrooge
Darin Newton
Bob Cratchit
Kendal Schreier
Mrs. Cratchit / Ensemble
Alaethia Thompson
Martha Cratchit / Ensemble
Kaitlyn Thompson
Tiny Tim / Ensemble
Timothy Thompson
Child / Girl / Boy / Ensemble
Kaeli Thompson
Gentleman / Young Scrooge / Man 1
Conrad Schreier
Marley / Man 2
Orin Olson
Belle / Ensemble
Rachel Crittenden
Ghost of Christmas Past
Sentel Schreier
Fred / Fezziwig / Belle’s Husband / Ghost of Christmas Present
Nathan Schreier
Ensemble
Nathan Thompson
A Virtual Christmas Carol Creative
Director
Nathan Schreier
Assistant Director
Reva Potter
Emcees
Toi Lyn Flick & Derek Olson
Producer
Derek Olson
Technical Director
Derek Olson
Music/Sound Effects
Anna Robins & Jessie Johnson
A Virtual Christmas Carol Credits
Originally arranged 1939 Radio Script performed by Orson Welles
Here’s a comedy package of 12 yuletide sketches just perfect to give your audience for an evening’s entertainment this Christmas! Everybody in the little town of Christmas is friendly and funny and you’ll meet them all, including Skeezix and Sylvester, an elf comedy team that is short in stature and long in laughter; Dancer, the reindeer with a whacky sense of humor; Mrs. Claus, the REAL boss of the outfit; and a hilarious street corner Santa, tested and almost bested by one tough little kid with a sticky sucker.
Also included are old favorite stories such as “‘Twas the Night Before Christmas” and “A Christmas Carol,” updated and aimed right for the funny bone, of course. Throw in a wandering group of carolers who cough and sneeze on cue, three kids trying their best to be wise men in the Christmas play, and a riotous lecture on Christmas etiquette, and you’re in for an evening of holiday laughter and warmth.
I help him out. In my little way, standing on this corner, I do what I can. And you should too.
Santa, Scene 5
Community Theater is back in Belle Fourche
After a break to reorganize and come back as a non-profit, community theater was back in Belle Fourche as Belle Fourche Community Theater became Belle Fourche Area Community Theater and we kicked off this new era with the heartwarming Christmas show, The Little Town of Christmas. Not having done theater since summer of 2018, our volunteers were so excited to be back together and on stage once again doing what we all love, theater. The show was a hit, our worry that the audience had forgotten about us after a long hiatus turned out to be nothing because they came out in droves to support theater in our small town once again.
Candy (Kalika Nulle), Joy (Naomi Bricker) and Noel (Victoria Donovan) narrate the stories of the Little Town of Christmas
The Little Town of Christmas Cast
Candy
Kalika Nulle
Joy
Naomi Bricker
Noel
Victoria Donovan
News Anchor
Jessica Car
Announcer
Colleen Anderson
Newswoman
Alexandra Arnold
Helen
Searraha Droppers
Mischievous Kid
Piper Davis & Kyra Buckley
Professor Plum
Wyatt Lesmeister
Mayor
Darian Pesicka
Hi
Darin Newton
Hi’s Wife
Alyssa Frisbie
Man
CJ Gains
Skeezix
April Stuart
Sylvestor
Melissa Gaines
Maestro
Darin Newton
Hiccuper
Kaitlyn Thompson
Sneezer
Sharon Thompson
Cougher
Taran Garman
Interviewer
Kim BlackBonnet
Announcer / Dancer
Colleen Anderson
Santa
Nathan Schreier
Kid
Kyra Buckley
Mrs. Claus
Sarah Wheaton
Carolers
Jeselyn Carr, Ryker Biggs, Kaeli Thompson, Kim BlackBonnet, Zach Tonsager, Carlie Reeves, Darian Pesicka, Morgan Martin & Carston Sechser
