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Winter Roundup: Theatre in the Midst

John Hosking and 23 other cast members and half a dozen show crew just celebrated a successful three-week run of “The Christmas Carol” at the Ellen Theatre in Bozeman. Cast and crew kept to a fairly strict “theatre bubble” during the rehearsal period and the run, and (giant sigh of relief by all involved) no … Continue reading Winter Roundup: Theatre in the Midst

Bozeman’s Ellen Theatre returns to live shows with 3-week run of “The Christmas Carol”

John Hosking is starring as Scrooge for the first time in the Ellen Theatre’s production of The Christmas Carol, based on the holiday ghost story by Charles Dickens. Hosking is excited to be involved in this fresh take on the well-known holiday show. Two years ago, Director Mark Kuntz first nudged the Dickens classic in … Continue reading Bozeman’s Ellen Theatre returns to live shows with 3-week run of “The Christmas Carol”

Evening of Memoir-writing Tips: Watch it again on YouTube

On October 28th, Anika Hanisch interviewed long-time novelist and memoirist Laura Kalpakian who has recently published a new instructional work: Memory into Memoir: A Writer’s Handbook. The two women shared their insights into the memoir-writing process, drawing from their experience as writing instructors and as authors. Kalpakian is an award-winning novelist and now memoir-writer herself, … Continue reading Evening of Memoir-writing Tips: Watch it again on YouTube

Memory into Memoir: An author interview

Country Bookshelf in Bozeman, Montana has asked Anika Hanisch to interview long-time novelist and memoirist Laura Kalpakian about her new non-fiction instructional work: Memory into Memoir: A Writer’s Handbook. The two women have taught memoir-writing and written books for decades—Hanisch as a ghostwriter and Kalpakian as an award-winning novelist and now memoir-writer. The evening promises … Continue reading Memory into Memoir: An author interview

Summer Summary: A fundraising, barn-raising kind of season

This has been, and continues to be, a summer of theatre and art-world fundraisers. Several local and regional theatres are using the warm summer months to reconnect with their fans at outdoor fundraising events and small-audience events in donors’ homes. In June, John Hosking performed at a Bozeman Actor’s Theatre fundraiser in a donor’s backyard—with … Continue reading Summer Summary: A fundraising, barn-raising kind of season