Entries by Laura Hillstad

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No rest for the theatrically inclined!

With the lights going down for a summer musical of epic proportions, the Picketwire Players scarcely have time to rest before the lights go up for the fall play. This fall sees a hilarious, off-beat murder mystery with quite the twist, take the main stage. Murder Mystery at the Murder Mystery, written by Brian D. […]

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Do You Hear the People Sing?

Picketwire’s Les Miserables Runs Two More Nights – written by Susie Sarlo In Picketwire Players’ summer musical “Les Miserables”, it is all about the people singing. The lead actors – Joe Trainor as Jean Valjean, Natalie Summers as Fantine, Tom Seaba as Javert, Scott Goheen as Marius, Leeanne Roath as Eponine, and Katie Lagergren as […]

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The Music is Soaring at Picketwire This Weekend

Les Miserables in Its Second Week by Susie Sarlo The voices, the orchestra, the emotion . . . it is almost too much to take in as Picketwire Players open their second and final week of their summer production “Les Miserables” this Thursday. The first week opened to packed houses and rave reviews. The actors […]

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Auditions for Fall Play, August 18th & 19th

  Les Miserables final performances continue this weekend, August 7th, 8th and 9th.  But that doesn’t stop Picketwire from planning another great show to delight the Arkansas Valley community. On August 18th and 19th, Picketwire will be holding cast auditions for Murder Mystery at the Murder Mystery.  The cast includes 14 people: 7 women, 5 men, […]

The Women of Les Miserables

The lead female actors of Picketwire Players’ production of “Les Miserables” portray love, happiness, despair, loneliness and hope. Each character teaches a lesson about overcoming adversity, protecting those we love, and living the life you are given the best you can. Fantine is played by Natalie Summers. Natalie is no stranger to the Picketwire stage, […]

Tom Jeffers’ takes us to the beginning….

Congratulations to the Picketwire Players for 46 years of outstanding productions and the continuation of what we, as founding members, always hoped and worked for.  No, we did NOT anticipate all that has followed over these years of fantastic community theater! It was my privilege to have been one of those who started this community […]

It’s all About the Music for Picketwire’s Summer Production

When Picketwire Players of La Junta, Colorado open their summer musical on July 31st, the audience will truly be blown away by the sheer power and passion of the music that is “Les Miserables”. For the third year in a row, Josh Race assumes the duties of orchestral director and for the second consecutive year, […]

It’s a Family Affair at Picketwire This Summer

It’s a family affair in the Picketwire Players’ production of Les Miserables July 31, August 1, 2, 7, 8, 9, 2014. It’s always more fun when family members do plays together – especially during the summer musical. This year, there are even more relatives than usual singing and emoting on the Picketwire stage. Tom Seaba, […]