Pierre Players Offers Post-Secondary and Theater Workshop Scholarships

Pierre Players offers scholarships for post-secondary education and theater workshops for all ages. Post-secondary scholarships are based on participation in fine arts programs, activities and events. Pierre Players participation is given preference. The deadline to apply for a post-secondary scholarship is March 31, 2025. Pierre Players also offers scholarships for theater-related camps and workshops in South Dakota for students to develop their theater skills. Camp/workshop scholarships are based on Little Players involvement, as well as other fine arts programs. Learn more.

Pierre Players Transitioning to New Online Ticketing System

Pierre Players is transitioning to a new online ticketing system with Arts People. For the remainder of the 2024 season, Pierre Players will be using the new system to sell tickets and reserve seats for theatergoers. You will need to call or stop by the Box Office and have a member of Pierre Players assist you in purchasing your tickets. At the start of the 2025 season, theatergoers will be able to use the new ticketing system to purchase their season passes and show tickets online.

• With our new online ticketing system, payment is now required at the time seats are reserved. Seats will not be reserved without payment.
• We continue to accept credit cards (MasterCard, Visa, Discover), checks or cash. The new online ticketing system does not store credit card information.
• All ticket sales are final; there are no refunds.
• Ticket exchanges for a different performance date are allowed prior to the date of the original ticket's performance.
• Walk-in ticket prices will be charged for any sales the day of the performance.

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PPCT Thanks Michele Beeler for Dedicated Service, New Face in Pierre Players Box Office

When you purchased your tickets for Clue: On Stage, you may have noticed that Business Manager Michele Beeler's smiling face was missing from the box office. On the day box office opened for Clue, Michele was unexpectedly airlifted to Minneapolis and underwent open-heart surgery.

Michele is home recovering and doing remarkably. She is focusing on therapy and getting her strength back, returning to her job full time in the training office of the South Dakota Department of Transportation, and continuing her volunteer work with Little Players Children’s Theatre. She is also focusing on her family: husband, Brad, and four-legged child, Nellie.

Pierre Players Board of Governors has regretfully accepted Michele’s resignation as interim business manager and thanks her for her dedicated service to the position since September 2020. Michele brought many improvements to the box office and PPCT's accounting/financial structure. Whenever something needed to be done at the theater, she made sure it got done.

Michele has been involved in Pierre Players since 2008 as a director, actress, costumer, props master, house manager and producer for numerous productions. Michele also helped develop and helps lead PPCT’s Little Players Children’s Theatre program. Michele previously served two, three-year terms on PPCT’s Board of Governors and was serving her third term when she took the role of interim business manager.

Pierre Players wishes Michele a speedy recovery and hopes to see her on stage again soon.

Pierre Players Board of Governors is excited to announce our new interim box office manager, Brenda Sharkey. Throughout her career, Brenda has worked as a USDA inspector, group home and hotel manager, and an inspector/assistant director for Inspections and Weights & Measures. Brenda’s diverse professional background led her to her current role as a procurement specialist at the South Dakota Department of Transportation, Air, Rail and Transit Division.

Brenda and her husband, Dennis, have four sons (Chad, Donald, Adam and Michael) and five granddaughters. In her free time, Brenda enjoys crafting at home, camping, fishing and spending quality time outdoors with her grandchildren. Brenda's passion for arts and entertainment has led her to work at Pierre Players to contribute to enhancing the community through cultural experiences.

Please help welcome Brenda to Pierre Players the next time you are in the box office. Box office for Love, Loss and What I Wore opens on Monday, April 8, 2024.

"The Outsider" Preview Performance Canceled

Due to the winter storm, Pierre Players has canceled "The Outsider" preview performance on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023. The Box Office will also be closed on Wednesday due to the weather. The Box Office will reopen on Thursday, Feb. 23, at 5 p.m. Opening night for "The Outsider is Friday, Feb. 24, 2023. Learn more. 

Pierre Players Looking to Fill Two Board Seats

Help play a part in the arts! Pierre Players Community Theatre has two open seats on its Board of Governors. Pierre Players is looking for Board members who will be enthusiastic and active in the organization for a three-year term. Those wanting to serve do not need any theatrical experience. They must be able to help the organization fulfill its mission and vision, as well as set and achieve its growth and development goals.

The deadline to apply is Sept. 6, 2022. Email a letter of interest including a little about yourself and why you are interested in joining Pierre Players Board at info@pierreplayers.com. If you have questions, talk to a current Board member or email Pierre Players.

New Board members will be voted on at the Annual Membership Meeting on Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022, 6:30 p.m. with entertainment to follow at the Grand Opera House. Be watching for more details.

Pierre Players Fall 2020 Backstage Newsletter

Pierre Players Fall 2020 Backstage Newsletter is now available. Read news from our past year, how the pandemic will not stop Pierre Players, what we have in the works for our 2020-2021 season and news from Little Players Children's Theatre.

Read the 2020 newsletter.

Play Your Role in Pierre Players: Apply to Join the Board

Help play a part in the arts! Pierre Players Community Theatre has two open seats on its Board of Governors. Pierre Players is looking for Board members who will be enthusiastic and active in the organization for a three-year term. Those wanting to serve do not need any theatrical experience. They must be able to help the organization set and achieve its growth and development goals, plus help in the Box Office. The deadline to apply is August 20, 2020. For more information, talk to a current Board member or email a letter of interest including a little about yourself and why you are interested in joining Pierre Players Board at info@pierreplayers.com.

View Pierre Players Board of Governors

Pierre Players Scholarship Deadline Is March 31

Pierre Players Offers Scholarships

Pierre Players Community Theatre offers post secondary scholarships on a yearly basis. Funds to support the scholarships are provided by concession sales during Pierre Players productions. Awarded scholarships will be a minimum of $500, with the number of scholarships awarded each year dependent on funds available. 

The scholarship is based on participation in fine arts programs, activities and events. Pierre Players Community Theatre participation is given preference. Scholarship awards will be disbursed directly to scholarship winners. Winners will be announced at the end of April.  

Applicants must be currently enrolled in high school or higher education. Applicants may apply their senior year of high school and reapply each year as they complete their post-secondary education. Application must be completed in full and returned to Pierre Players by March 31, 2020

Click here to view the application. 

Pierre Players Announces 2018-2019 Season

Pierre Players is excited to announce the lineup of its 2018-2019 season.

• Fall: The Charitable Sisterhood of the Second Trinity Victory Church, a comedy by Bo Wilson
• Winter I: Whodunnit, Darling?, a mystery/comedy by Charles Edward Pogue & Larry Drake
• Winter II: Bill W. and Dr. Bob, a drama by Samuel Shem & Janet Surrey
• Spring: Born Yesterday, a dramatic comedy by Garson Kanin
• Summer: Peter and the Starcatcher, a musical by Rick Elice with music by Wayne Barker

Be watching for more details to come, including audition dates and show dates for all of the shows.