Hundred Highways Tour #53, 54: U.S. 89 & Highway 540 to Pine Creek

Posted on March 12, 2017 by marcbeaudin

The nice thing about having a blog that three people read, is that when I’m five months late on posting an installment, only three people notice. However, I just noticed that I never posted about the leg of the Hundred Highways Tour to the legendary Pine Creek Lodge.
Pine Creek is the first place I performed when first moving to Montana. I was asked to open for the band The Fossils, for which I wrote the poem “Fossils.” That began a great stretch of readings and performances, including the premiere of Remington Streamliner, the defunct poetry band that lasted about as long as poetry bands do.

More importantly, Pine Creek has a place in history as being home base, for a time, of the Montana Gang, a loose group of writers, musicians and actors that included Richard Brautigan, Thomas McGuane, Jim Harrison, Gatz Hjortsberg, Jeff Bridges, Jimmy Buffett and Guy de la Valdene.

I once spent the night in Cabin 2, where Brautigan lived while writing The Hawkline Monster. Sadly, those cabins are gone, destroyed by the person who owned this magical place between the great days of Ned and Dan and these new days of Chip and Jen. It’s fantastic that the new owners are doing much to make Pine Creek my favorite venue again.

The reading for Vagabond Song was great fun, great crowd and I had the best mac & cheese of my life. Really. Plus this happened:

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Acting Resume

Posted on March 11, 2017 by marcbeaudin

Acting Credits:

No Winter’s Tale, by Gretchen Minton; Montana State University, “Gil”

Mary Page Marlow, by Tracy Letts; Blue Slipper Theatre, “Ray”

Oguta Island (film adaptation of The Tempest, set in Nigeria), by Nnamdi Kanaga; Montana InSite Theatre, “Master Prosper/Prospero”

Macbeth, by William Shakespeare; Shane Lalani Center for the Arts, “Banquo”

A Singular Kind of Guy, by David Ives; Caldera Theatre Company, “Mitch”

Sure Thing, by David Ives; Caldera Theatre Company, “Bill”

On the Harmful Effects of Tobacco, by Anton Chekhov; Blue Slipper Theatre, “Nyukhin”

Romeo & Juliet, by William Shakespeare; Shane Lalani Center for the Arts, “Lord Capulet”

Red, by John Logan; Blue Slipper Theatre, “Rothko”

Well, by Lisa Kron; Actors Theatre of Montana (featuring Margot Kidder), “Man”

The Baltimore Waltz, by Paula Vogel; The 303 Collective, “The Third Man”

Cabaret, by Kander/Ebb; Pit and Balcony Community Theatre, “Max”

Freewheelin’ in the Attic of Whim, by John Francis Bueche, The 303 Collective, “Frank”

Burn This, by Lanford Wilson; Something Blue Independent Theatre Co., “Pale”

Nice Shoes, by Marc Beaudin; Collective Artists Gallery & Exchange, “Man”

The Dirt Play, by Julian McFaul; HERE Gallery, NYC, “Thug”

Working, by Schwartz/Faso; Pit and Balcony Community Theatre, “Frank Decker” “Roberto Nunez”

Beau Jest, by James Sherman; Pit and Balcony Community Theatre, “Abe”

Crimes of the Heart, by Beth Henley; Pit and Balcony Community Theatre, “Doc”

The Lion in Winter, by James Goldman; Pit and Balcony Community Theatre, “Geoffrey”

Dream St., Over & Out, by Al Hellus; Collective Artists Gallery & Exchange, “The Poet”

100 Years of Pure Shit: A Centennial Aberration of Ubu Roi, by Alfred Jarry (adapted by John Francis Bueche et al.); Bedlam Theatre, “Ensemble”

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Scenic Design Resume

Posted on March 11, 2017 by marcbeaudin

“The first thing that strikes you, as the curtains open, is the set — a set like none you’ve ever seen.” (No Exit)

“Beaudin’s musical score set is gorgeous and his direction outstanding.” (Amadeus)

“Director/Designer Marc Beaudin certainly knows how to create a permeating atmosphere.” (The Exonerated)

“Beaudin’s ramshackle set testifies of the broken lives of these two men.” (TopDog/UnderDog)

“Beaudin’s multilevel set is lovely and the technical design solid.” (Christmas My Way)

Design Credits:

Arcadia by Tom Stoppard, 2024
Bozeman Actors Theatre; Bozeman, Montana

Born with Teeth by Liz Duffy Adams, 2024
Bozeman Actors Theatre; Bozeman, Montana

The Gentleman Caller by Philip Dawkins, 2023
Bozeman Actors Theatre; Bozeman, Montana

Alice Invents a Little Game and Alice Always Wins by Nick Flynn, 2023
Blue Slipper Theatre; Livingston, Montana

Talk to Me Like the Rain: Short Plays by Tennessee Williams, 2022
Blue Slipper Theatre; Livingston, Montana
(lighting co-designed with John Henry Haseltine, sound co-designed with Ted Robinson, scenic drops created by Aaron Schuerr (“Auto-Da-Fé”), Jim Barrett (“I Can’t Imagine Tomorrow”), Edd Enders (“Moony’s Kid Don’t Cry”) and Angie Froke (“Talk to Me Like the Rain and Let Me Listen …”)

No Exit by Jean-Paul Sartre, translated & adapted by Marc Beaudin, 2019
Blue Slipper Theatre; Livingston, Montana

Proof by David Auburn, 2018
Blue Slipper Theatre; Livingston, Montana

Venus in Fur by David Ives (co-designer, scenic painting & lighting design), 2017
Blue Slipper Theatre; Livingston, Montana

Dying City by Christopher Shinn, 2016
Caldera Theatre Company; Buckhorn Theatre, Livingston, Montana

Chekov’s Squirtgun (“The Proposal,” “On the Harmful Effects of Tobacco” and “The Bear”) by Anton Chekov, 2013
Blue Slipper Theatre; Livingston, Montana

The Lion in Winter by James Goldman, 2012
Blue Slipper Theatre; Livingston, Montana

Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, 2012
Shane Lalani Center for the Arts; Livingston, Montana

Frankenstein, Inc. by Marc Beaudin, 2011
Blue Slipper Theatre; Livingston, Montana

The Woman in Black by Stephen Mallatratt, 2011
Pit & Balcony Community Theatre; Saginaw, Michigan

Dracula by Steven Dietz, 2010
Blue Slipper Theatre; Livingston, Montana

The Women of Lockerbie by Deborah Breevort, 2009
Bay City Players; Bay City, Michigan

Amadeus by Peter Shaffer, 2008
Pit & Balcony Community Theatre; Saginaw, Michigan

Little Shop of Horrors by Alan Menken & Howard Ashman, 2008
Pit & Balcony Community Theatre; Saginaw, Michigan

Enchanted April by Matthew Barber, 2008
Pit & Balcony Community Theatre; Saginaw, Michigan

Beauty and the Beast by Alan Menken & Howard Ashman, 2007
Pit & Balcony Community Theatre; Saginaw, Michigan

Six Degrees of Separation by John Guare, 2007
Pit & Balcony Community Theatre; Saginaw, Michigan

Baltimore Waltz by Paula Vogel, 2007
The 303 Collective; Saginaw, Michigan

Cabaret by Joe Masteroff, Fred Ebb & John Kander, 2007
Pit & Balcony Community Theatre; Saginaw, Michigan

Broadway Bound by Neil Simon, 2007
Pit & Balcony Community Theatre; Saginaw, Michigan

Picasso at the Lapin Agile by Steve Martin, 2007
Pit & Balcony Community Theatre; Saginaw, Michigan

Christmas My Way by Todd Olson, 2006
Pit & Balcony Community Theatre; Saginaw, Michigan

Crowns by Regina Taylor, 2006
Pit & Balcony Community Theatre; Saginaw, Michigan

Rocky Horror Show by Richard O’Brien, 2006
The 303 Collective; Saginaw, Michigan

TopDog/UnderDog by Suzan-Lori Parks, 2006
The 303 Collective; Saginaw, Michigan

Biloxi Blues by Neil Simon, 2006
Pit & Balcony Community Theatre; Saginaw, Michigan

The Exonerated by Jessica Blank & Erik Jensen, 2006
Pit & Balcony Community Theatre; Saginaw, Michigan

Bye Bye Birdie, by Strouse/Adams/Stewart, 2005
Pit & Balcony Community Theatre; Saginaw, Michigan

Burn This by Lanford Wilson, 2004
Something Blue Independent Theatre Co.; Saginaw, Michigan

Joseph & The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat by Andrew Lloyd Webber & Tim Rice, 2003
Pit & Balcony Community Theatre; Saginaw, Michigan

Back When the Animals Talked by Lee Perry Belleau, 2001
For a Good Time Theatre Company; Saginaw, Michigan

Betrayal by Harold Pinter, 2000
Collective Artists’ Gallery & Exchange; Saginaw, Michigan

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