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See things through A Different Lens and immerse yourself in new perspectives at the Playhouse in Custer State Park.

The handy calendars in this guide are designed to assist you as you purchase tickets and make reservations.

Box office is open from 10 am–noon & 1 pm–4 pm MDT (605) 255-4141 or visit www.blackhillsplayhouse.com

Package holders will receive a link for reservations on Wednesday, March 1, 2023 via email.

We can’t wait to greet you at the Playhouse next summer for relaxation, fun, and some amazing theatre!

–Your friends at the Black Hills Playhouse

SILENT SKY JUNE 9–JULY 2

by Lauren Gunderson

performed in repertory with The Lifespan of a Fact

A soaring, music-rich, female-led science drama about Henrietta Swan Leavitt and the forgotten women’s faces of science working at the dawn of modern astronomy to classify the stars. This luminously beautiful play explores a woman’s place as defined by men in society during a time of immense scientific discoveries. With music and math bursting forth onstage, Henrietta and her female peers change the way we understand both the heavens and Earth. RATED PG

THE LIFESPAN OF A FACT JUNE 10–JUNE 30

by Jeremy Kareken, David Murrell, and Gordon Farrell performed in repertory with Silent Sky | Title Sponsor: South Dakota News Watch

Based on a true story, this 2018 critically acclaimed Broadway play is a fast-paced story exploding with blistering comedy and timely relevance. Facts become blurry when they’re twisted into fiction in the high-stakes world of publishing. The demanding editor-in-chief of a high-end magazine hires a determined millennial fact-checker to work on a groundbreaking essay written by a famous author. The deadline is tight, the essay is dense, and everyone must make a good faith effort in telling the story honestly. But the overly eager Jim’s over-the-top fact-checking creates the ultimate showdown of fact versus fiction. RATED PG-13*

*Advisory: The Lifespan of a Fact is suitable for adults and older teenage audiences. Characters lock horns in a debate of fact vs. fiction, and they drop some F-bombs in the process. Their explosive dialogue features other mature themes, including discussions of suicide.

THE DROWSY CHAPERONE JULY 9–JULY 23

Music and Lyrics by Lisa Lambert & Greg Morrison Book by Bob Martin & Don McKellar

When a die-hard theatre fan plays his favorite cast album, the characters come to life in this hilarious musical farce featuring BHP fan-favorite, Jeff Kingsbury. This loving send-up of the Jazz Age musical features one show-stopping song and dance number after another. Mix in two lovers on the eve of their wedding, a bumbling best man, a desperate theatre producer, a not-sobright hostess, two gangsters posing as pastry chefs, a misguided Don Juan, and an intoxicated chaperone, and you have the ingredients for an evening of madcap delight. RATED PG

Linda Anderson, Executive Director

Sage Studios

Dan Workman, Artistic Director

Buffalo Passes

(4 flexible, discounted tickets) are available through Sunday, June 11 for the low price of $136 + $8.00 convenience fee. Individual tickets go on sale Saturday, April 1, 2023 at a higher rate. Purchase passes now to get best prices and get access to the early reservation period. Reservations for package holders open Wednesday March 1, 2023.

9 TO 5 THE MUSICAL JULY 30–AUGUST 12

Music and Lyrics by Dolly Parton • Book by Patricia Resnick

Upbeat, funny, and entertaining, featuring the music of Dolly Parton and based on the 1980 20th Century Fox film. Three secretaries band together after a series of injustices - and an accidental act of retribution - to take down their sexist boss, Franklin Hart Jr. While he is indisposed, the trio run the company with working conditions that, in 2023, still remain a fantasy for most women: job flexibility, free health care, free daycare, and equal pay. RATED PG