MPN's 2026 Page To Stage Series
Author Visit with
Leslie Budewitz
Sunday, May 17, 2026 | 1:00 p.m.
Helena Avenue Theatre
1319 Helena Ave. | Helena, MT
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The Montana Playwrights Network (MPN) invites you to enjoy an inspiring and entertaining visit with Montana mystery author Leslie Budewitz as she talks about Mary Fields, the remarkable real-life Montana woman at the heart of her new historical short story collection, All God’s Sparrows & Other Stories: A Stagecoach Mary Fields Collection, as well as the missionary era and the Black experience in 19th-century Montana. Tickets $10
Welcome to the Montana Playwrights Network, a Montana nonprofit organization with 501(c)3 status as recognized by the IRS.
WHY SHOULD YOU JOIN THE MONTANA PLAYWRIGHTS NETWORK?
WHY SHOULD YOU JOIN THE MONTANA PLAYWRIGHTS NETWORK?
Although playwriting and new plays are our primary interest, the Montana Playwrights Network is not just for playwrights. We also welcome storytellers and writers who create or perform stories, write memoirs, essays, and poetry and who wish to strengthen their creative works by learning and practicing playwriting techniques. We also serve teachers who work with students of all ages in developing and strengthening writing and reading skills within the schools and general population through stories, storytelling and playwriting.
“Most of the use of story is the fundamental instrument of thought. Rational capacities depend on it. It is our chief means of looking into the future, of predicting, planning, and of explaining … most of our experience, our knowledge; our thinking is organized as stories.”
- Mark Turner, author of The Literary Mind
MPN Radio Show: Montanans At Work!
The Montana Playwrights Network is happy to share its latest project: a radio series called, "Montanans At Work!" The series highlights different careers and areas of employment in the Treasure State, and will air on radio stations around Montana.
Episode 4: "Montana Entrepreneurs" features several enterprising individuals with thriving businesses, plus an informative historical perspective of the lively entrepreneurial spirit prevalent in communities throughout Big Sky Country.
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