Verge Theater has been entertaining for many successful seasons and the excitement continues into the spring!
In March, Verge Theater is proud to present These Shining Lives, Melanie Marnich’s play based on a true story of four women who worked in a watch factory in the 1920s. The story dramatizes the danger that women faced as new members of the American workforce, and the lack of concern by companies for protecting their employees. Contemporarily, as we debate concussion protocols in the NFL, and despair over textile mills collapsing on workers throughout the world, Marnich’s play adds a human voice to the dialogue and speaks relevant volumes. Catherine Donohue lands a good paying job with the Radium Dial Watch Company, painting the faces of watches with a radioactive Radium compound that glows in the dark. The women are told that the compound is not dangerous, and actually may have healthful attributes, but as the watches pile up, the symptoms start to mount, and the women must fight battles on many fronts as their new worlds begin to decay. The emancipation that comes with money and work outside of the home exposes the women to new friendships, new ideas, and new perils. These Shining Lives will feature some of Bozeman’s best young talent, in roles that will stay with you for a long time. Performances will begin promptly at 8pm on Fridays and Saturdays from March 18th through April 2nd. Reservations are $14, and can be made in person at Cactus Records in Downtown Bozeman, or online at vergetheater.com/. Come check out what Improv Comedy is all about! Once again Verge Theater is offering up a Monday Night sacrifice of the most daring, death defying type of live theater there is: Improv! They call it Improv on the Verge! Improv Monday Nights feature The Bozeman Improverts who will beguile you with their laser-like wits, sharp tongues, and obnoxiously large heads. These masterful, main stage players improvise sketches built around audience suggestions, play improv games similar to those you see on Who’s Line Is It Anyway?, and perform long form improv that is basically making up short plays on the spot. You have to experience this to believe it!! It’s a mere $7 to get in and laugh like hell at our team of S.W.A.T. trained Improv Players. (S.W.A.T. = SouthWest Alternative Theater). Upcoming show on March 21st at 7pm. Reservations can be made online at vergetheater.com/ or in person at Cactus Records in Downtown Bozeman. Verge Theater is located at 2304 N. 7th Ave, in the strip mall across from Murdoch’s at the EXTREMELY FUN edge of Bozeman. Reservations for all shows can be made in person at Cactus Records, or online at vergetheater.com/. Visit the website for more information. See you at one of these exciting shows! •
