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Scripts, Stages, and City Lights | An Interview with Jay Pyette
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From growing up in Chinook on Montana’s Hi-Line to founding Montana Actors Theater, teaching high school theater, raising a family, and now preparing to take his original play The Harvest all the way to New York City — Jay Pyette has lived and breathed theater for decades.
In this episode of Bear With Us, hosts Julea and Sara sit down with Jay to talk about:
- His small-town roots and how the Hi-Line shaped his work ethic
- The early days of starting Montana Actors Theater with little more than optimism and borrowed lumber
- His years teaching and building a thriving high school theater program
- How MAT grew into a cornerstone of community life in Havre
- The journey of The Harvest from local production to off-Broadway in New York
Along the way, Jay shares stories of risk-taking, resilience, and why theater matters so much to rural communities.
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