3rd Annual Winter Lodge Rendezvous
A live show featuring Native American Performers
7:00 p.m. on December 1 & 2, 2023; at the Helena Avenue Theatre, 1319 Helena Avenue; in Helena, MT
Produced by the Montana Playwrights Network, this event is supported in part by grants from the Montana Arts Council, an agency of state government, the National Endowment for the Arts, Montana Community Foundation’s William B. Pratt Endowment Fund, and Slate Architecture.
Tickets are $25 each and available online at www.montanaplaywrights.org,
For thousands of years members of the Montana tribal nations would gather in their lodges during the winter months to share ceremonies, songs and stories. The Montana Playwrights Network (MPN), in collaboration with Native American performance artists, host a unique and exciting event that features songs and stories that entertain and educate at the same time; traditional ‘edutainment’: the Winter Lodge Rendezvous.
The 3rd Winter Lodge Rendezvous features outstanding Native American performers: Featured are Chris La Tray, Storyteller and Montana’s Poet Laureate; host and scholar, Shane Doyle, Northern Plains singer and humorist; Darnell and (Robert) Smokey Rides At The Door, Blackfeet historians & South Peigan Traditionalists; Barney Doney, Native humorist and comedian, and Sapphire Ferguson Jetty, Metis & Western Fiddler.