Andy Meyers To Leave Fort Peck Summer Theatre
The Fort Peck Fine Arts Council has announced that this will be the final season for Andy Meyers, artistic director at Fort Peck Summer Theatre. This is his 15th season. Meyers joined the company in 2011.
During Meyer’s tenure, FPST produced 71 main stage productions, off-season readings, ten Seasons of Theatre for Young Audience tours and a handful of special events, including DAM Cabarets, the 50th Anniversary encore of Oklahoma, as well as Charlie Brown Christmas, A Christmas Carol Radio Play and The Living Nativity, plus the annual Performing Arts Camp.
Meyers cast 396 local or professional actors and musicians in FPST productions, along with 91 designers and stage managers and 52 directors, musical directors and choreographers.
Meyer’s noteworthy FPST credits include Paul in Misery, Horton in Seussical, Boolie in Driving Miss Daisy, Sam in Million Dollar Quartet, Caleb in The Spitfire Grill, Scuttle in The Little Mermaid and the title roles in You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown, Shrek, One Man Two Guvnors and The Music Man and directing and/or choreographing The Buddy Holly Story, Souvenir, Dames at Sea, Bonnie & Clyde, Woman in Black, Bridges of Madison County, Wait Until Dark and Hairspray, among many others.
This season Meyers appears as Robert in The Play That Goes Wrong and Lonny in Rock of Ages, while directing/ choreographing Annie and writing the season closer, Dracula.
The Fort Peck Fine Arts Council will be conducting a search for a new artistic director, with details to come shortly.
