THEATRE CLASSES
Learn the ropes on how to write out your ideas, work with actors, and even direct others in your dream projects!
Designed and instructed by Artistic Director Andrew Munz, each of these introductory theatrical courses support the others, as writing students will create scripts for use in both the acting and directing courses. Actors will also "audition" for directing students and learn how to work with directors. This unique, collaborative approach emphasizes Tumbleweed's mission and encourages community members to dive into their creative sides and bring their stories to the stage.
Ages 13 and up. Open to all experience levels.
Registration required; no drop-in.
All courses will take place at the Pink Garter Theatre, 50 W Broadways Suite 202
WRITING FOR THE STAGE
SESSION A: Jan 12 - Feb 16 (Sundays 1 - 3pm)
SESSION B: Jan 14 - Feb 18 (Wednesdays 6 - 8pm)
DIRECTING FOR THE STAGE
Feb 5 - Feb 26 (Wednesdays 6 - 9pm)
ACTING FOR THE STAGE
SESSION A: Jan 15 - Feb 5 (Wednesdays 6 - 8pm)
SESSION B: Feb 26 - Mar 19 (Wednesdays 6 - 8pm)
Calendar
Acting for the Stage: Session B
Acting for the Stage
Acting isn’t about memorizing lines—it’s about living truthfully in the moment. In this four-week course, we’ll explore how to be present on stage, build patience, and let characters come alive through you. Utilizing improv, imitation and intentional movement, this course is designed to help students embrace spontaneity and discover how to maneuver confidently in someone else’s skin.
Acting for the Stage: Session B
Acting for the Stage
Acting isn’t about memorizing lines—it’s about living truthfully in the moment. In this four-week course, we’ll explore how to be present on stage, build patience, and let characters come alive through you. Utilizing improv, imitation and intentional movement, this course is designed to help students embrace spontaneity and discover how to maneuver confidently in someone else’s skin.
Acting for the Stage: Session B
Acting for the Stage
Acting isn’t about memorizing lines—it’s about living truthfully in the moment. In this four-week course, we’ll explore how to be present on stage, build patience, and let characters come alive through you. Utilizing improv, imitation and intentional movement, this course is designed to help students embrace spontaneity and discover how to maneuver confidently in someone else’s skin.
“PETTICOAT RULES” - Auditions
Set in 1920s Jackson Hole, Petticoat Rules is a centers on Jackson's first all-female town council. Led by Rose Crabtree and Grace Miller, this group of determined women stand up and take reins of local government—much to the dismay of the town’s men. As they navigate political pushback, personal rivalries, and the challenges of leadership, an unlikely romance blooms between Cissy Patterson, an East Coast socialite, and Cal Carrington, a charming Wyoming wrangler. With humor, heart, and a lively western score, Petticoat Rules honors these pioneering women who defied expectations, leading with their slogan: "Roosters crow. Hens deliver!"
Music by Pam Drews Phillips
Book and Lyrics by Mary Murfitt
Auditions take place on Friday 3/14 - 3/15. Registration encouraged.
Ages 14+
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“PETTICOAT RULES” - Auditions
Set in 1920s Jackson Hole, Petticoat Rules is a centers on Jackson's first all-female town council. Led by Rose Crabtree and Grace Miller, this group of determined women stand up and take reins of local government—much to the dismay of the town’s men. As they navigate political pushback, personal rivalries, and the challenges of leadership, an unlikely romance blooms between Cissy Patterson, an East Coast socialite, and Cal Carrington, a charming Wyoming wrangler. With humor, heart, and a lively western score, Petticoat Rules honors these pioneering women who defied expectations, leading with their slogan: "Roosters crow. Hens deliver!"
Music by Pam Drews Phillips
Book and Lyrics by Mary Murfitt
Auditions take place on Friday 3/14 - 3/15. Registration encouraged.
Ages 14+
Click Here To Learn More
Acting for the Stage: Session B
Acting for the Stage
Acting isn’t about memorizing lines—it’s about living truthfully in the moment. In this four-week course, we’ll explore how to be present on stage, build patience, and let characters come alive through you. Utilizing improv, imitation and intentional movement, this course is designed to help students embrace spontaneity and discover how to maneuver confidently in someone else’s skin.
Directing for the Stage
Directing for the Stage
This four-week course offers students a comprehensive exploration of the director’s role in theatre. Through hands-on exercises and collaborative projects, students will learn how to transform a script into a fully realized production.
Writing for the Stage: Session B
Writing for the Stage
Through bold exercises and unexpected approaches, you’ll learn to shape dialogue, structure chaos, and manipulate the stage to capture your audience. This is a course for writers who want to push boundaries, embrace risk, and explore the radical potential of live performance. By the end, you’ll have the foundation of your own play, with Act One, Scene One ready to hit the stage. This isn’t playwriting as usual—it’s writing for the stage with purpose, power, and a touch of audacity.
Writing for the Stage: Session A
CLASS DESCRIPTION
Playwriting isn’t just about telling a story—it’s about creating an experience for both audiences and performers alike. In this six-week writing course, instructor Andrew Munz invites you to reimagine what a play can be. Why this story? Why now? Why these characters? These are the questions we’ll wrestle with as we uncover what makes your work urgent, alive, and impossible to ignore.
Through bold exercises and unique approaches, you’ll learn to shape dialogue, structure chaos, and manipulate the stage to capture your audience and create a dynamic story. This is a course for writers of all experience levels who want to push boundaries, embrace risk, and explore the radical potential of live performance. By the end, you’ll have the foundation of your own full-length play, one-woman show, or whatever you dream up.
This isn’t playwriting as usual—it’s writing for the stage with purpose, power, and a touch of audacity.
INSTRUCTOR
Andrew Munz is the Artistic Director of Tumbleweed Creative Arts and is one of the most prolific playwrights in Jackson Hole. Recent productions include THE BLACK IBIS and THE IMPORTANCE OF WILD COUNTRY, as well as SAGA: A NEW NORDIC MUSICAL, all produced by Tumbleweed at the Pink Garter Theatre. Other productions include COWBOYS LIKE US: A FAIRY TALE, TRÖLLASKAGI, and the five productions comprising the famed I CAN SKI FOREVER series. Raised in Jackson, Munz also studied at The Second City, iO Theatre and The Annoyance Theater in Chicago, IL.
SESSIONS
Session A — Sundays, Jan 12 - Feb 16 @ 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Session B — Tuesdays, Jan 14 - Feb 18 @ 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
COST
$300
Directing for the Stage
Directing for the Stage
This four-week course offers students a comprehensive exploration of the director’s role in theatre. Through hands-on exercises and collaborative projects, students will learn how to transform a script into a fully realized production.
Writing for the Stage: Session B
CLASS DESCRIPTION
Playwriting isn’t just about telling a story—it’s about creating an experience for both audiences and performers alike. In this six-week writing course, instructor Andrew Munz invites you to reimagine what a play can be. Why this story? Why now? Why these characters? These are the questions we’ll wrestle with as we uncover what makes your work urgent, alive, and impossible to ignore.
Through bold exercises and unique approaches, you’ll learn to shape dialogue, structure chaos, and manipulate the stage to capture your audience and create a dynamic story. This is a course for writers of all experience levels who want to push boundaries, embrace risk, and explore the radical potential of live performance. By the end, you’ll have the foundation of your own full-length play, one-woman show, or whatever you dream up.
This isn’t playwriting as usual—it’s writing for the stage with purpose, power, and a touch of audacity.
INSTRUCTOR
Andrew Munz is the Artistic Director of Tumbleweed Creative Arts and is one of the most prolific playwrights in Jackson Hole. Recent productions include THE BLACK IBIS and THE IMPORTANCE OF WILD COUNTRY, as well as SAGA: A NEW NORDIC MUSICAL, all produced by Tumbleweed at the Pink Garter Theatre. Other productions include COWBOYS LIKE US: A FAIRY TALE, TRÖLLASKAGI, and the five productions comprising the famed I CAN SKI FOREVER series. Raised in Jackson, Munz also studied at The Second City, iO Theatre and The Annoyance Theater in Chicago, IL.
SESSIONS
Session A — Sundays, Jan 12 - Feb 16 @ 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Session B — Tuesdays, Jan 14 - Feb 18 @ 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
COST
$300
Writing for the Stage: Session A
Writing for the Stage
Through bold exercises and unexpected approaches, you’ll learn to shape dialogue, structure chaos, and manipulate the stage to capture your audience. This is a course for writers who want to push boundaries, embrace risk, and explore the radical potential of live performance. By the end, you’ll have the foundation of your own play, with Act One, Scene One ready to hit the stage. This isn’t playwriting as usual—it’s writing for the stage with purpose, power, and a touch of audacity.
Directing for the Stage
Directing for the Stage
This four-week course offers students a comprehensive exploration of the director’s role in theatre. Through hands-on exercises and collaborative projects, students will learn how to transform a script into a fully realized production.
Acting for the Stage: Session A
Acting for the Stage
Acting isn’t about memorizing lines—it’s about living truthfully in the moment. In this four-week course, we’ll explore how to be present on stage, build patience, and let characters come alive through you. Utilizing improv, imitation and intentional movement, this course is designed to help students embrace spontaneity and discover how to maneuver confidently in someone else’s skin.
Writing for the Stage: Session B
Writing for the Stage
Through bold exercises and unexpected approaches, you’ll learn to shape dialogue, structure chaos, and manipulate the stage to capture your audience. This is a course for writers who want to push boundaries, embrace risk, and explore the radical potential of live performance. By the end, you’ll have the foundation of your own play, with Act One, Scene One ready to hit the stage. This isn’t playwriting as usual—it’s writing for the stage with purpose, power, and a touch of audacity.
Writing for the Stage: Session A
Writing for the Stage
Through bold exercises and unexpected approaches, you’ll learn to shape dialogue, structure chaos, and manipulate the stage to capture your audience. This is a course for writers who want to push boundaries, embrace risk, and explore the radical potential of live performance. By the end, you’ll have the foundation of your own play, with Act One, Scene One ready to hit the stage. This isn’t playwriting as usual—it’s writing for the stage with purpose, power, and a touch of audacity.
Acting for the Stage: Session A
Acting for the Stage
Acting isn’t about memorizing lines—it’s about living truthfully in the moment. In this four-week course, we’ll explore how to be present on stage, build patience, and let characters come alive through you. Utilizing improv, imitation and intentional movement, this course is designed to help students embrace spontaneity and discover how to maneuver confidently in someone else’s skin.
Writing for the Stage: Session B
Writing for the Stage
Through bold exercises and unexpected approaches, you’ll learn to shape dialogue, structure chaos, and manipulate the stage to capture your audience. This is a course for writers who want to push boundaries, embrace risk, and explore the radical potential of live performance. By the end, you’ll have the foundation of your own play, with Act One, Scene One ready to hit the stage. This isn’t playwriting as usual—it’s writing for the stage with purpose, power, and a touch of audacity.
Writing for the Stage: Session A
Writing for the Stage
Through bold exercises and unexpected approaches, you’ll learn to shape dialogue, structure chaos, and manipulate the stage to capture your audience. This is a course for writers who want to push boundaries, embrace risk, and explore the radical potential of live performance. By the end, you’ll have the foundation of your own play, with Act One, Scene One ready to hit the stage. This isn’t playwriting as usual—it’s writing for the stage with purpose, power, and a touch of audacity.
Acting for the Stage: Session A
Acting for the Stage
Acting isn’t about memorizing lines—it’s about living truthfully in the moment. In this four-week course, we’ll explore how to be present on stage, build patience, and let characters come alive through you. Utilizing improv, imitation and intentional movement, this course is designed to help students embrace spontaneity and discover how to maneuver confidently in someone else’s skin.
Writing for the Stage: Session B
Writing for the Stage
Through bold exercises and unexpected approaches, you’ll learn to shape dialogue, structure chaos, and manipulate the stage to capture your audience. This is a course for writers who want to push boundaries, embrace risk, and explore the radical potential of live performance. By the end, you’ll have the foundation of your own play, with Act One, Scene One ready to hit the stage. This isn’t playwriting as usual—it’s writing for the stage with purpose, power, and a touch of audacity.
Writing for the Stage: Session A
Writing for the Stage
Through bold exercises and unexpected approaches, you’ll learn to shape dialogue, structure chaos, and manipulate the stage to capture your audience. This is a course for writers who want to push boundaries, embrace risk, and explore the radical potential of live performance. By the end, you’ll have the foundation of your own play, with Act One, Scene One ready to hit the stage. This isn’t playwriting as usual—it’s writing for the stage with purpose, power, and a touch of audacity.
Acting for the Stage: Session A
Acting for the Stage
Acting isn’t about memorizing lines—it’s about living truthfully in the moment. In this four-week course, we’ll explore how to be present on stage, build patience, and let characters come alive through you. Utilizing improv, imitation and intentional movement, this course is designed to help students embrace spontaneity and discover how to maneuver confidently in someone else’s skin.
Writing for the Stage: Session B
Writing for the Stage
Through bold exercises and unexpected approaches, you’ll learn to shape dialogue, structure chaos, and manipulate the stage to capture your audience. This is a course for writers who want to push boundaries, embrace risk, and explore the radical potential of live performance. By the end, you’ll have the foundation of your own play, with Act One, Scene One ready to hit the stage. This isn’t playwriting as usual—it’s writing for the stage with purpose, power, and a touch of audacity.
Writing for the Stage: Session A
Writing for the Stage
Through bold exercises and unexpected approaches, you’ll learn to shape dialogue, structure chaos, and manipulate the stage to capture your audience. This is a course for writers who want to push boundaries, embrace risk, and explore the radical potential of live performance. By the end, you’ll have the foundation of your own play, with Act One, Scene One ready to hit the stage. This isn’t playwriting as usual—it’s writing for the stage with purpose, power, and a touch of audacity.
HOLE FOR THE HOLIDAYS - A Christmas Comedy Show
December 19 - 21 & 26 - 28, 2024
7:00 - 9:00 PM
This holiday season, Your Girl Catherine—Jackson Hole’s self-proclaimed queen of wit and real estate—invites you into her world for an evening of sharp humor, subversive insights, and just the right amount of holiday chaos.
In Hole for the Holidays, Catherine (Andrew Munz) takes on the absurdities of winter in Jackson with her signature charm, dissecting everything from the bubbling housing market, to the death of Grizzly 399, to the wealthy tourists and homeowners who flock to the Tetons during the holidays, all while sipping martinis and holding absolutely nothing back, roasting more than just chestnuts on an open fire...
Perfect for locals, transplants, and anyone who can afford a $10,000 ski pass, this is the fun and stupid holiday show everyone needs right now. Each night features improvised moments and surprise special guests! No two shows the same.
Tickets are $25 for general admission, $35 for the unobstructed VIP railing seats.
All proceeds from this production go back to supporting Tumbleweed Creative Arts.
Duration: 90 minutes
Doors open at 6:30pm. Recommended for ages 13+
All sales are final. No refunds or exchanges.
HOLE FOR THE HOLIDAYS - A Christmas Comedy Show
December 19 - 21 & 26 - 28, 2024
7:00 - 9:00 PM
This holiday season, Your Girl Catherine—Jackson Hole’s self-proclaimed queen of wit and real estate—invites you into her world for an evening of sharp humor, subversive insights, and just the right amount of holiday chaos.
In Hole for the Holidays, Catherine (Andrew Munz) takes on the absurdities of winter in Jackson with her signature charm, dissecting everything from the bubbling housing market, to the death of Grizzly 399, to the wealthy tourists and homeowners who flock to the Tetons during the holidays, all while sipping martinis and holding absolutely nothing back, roasting more than just chestnuts on an open fire...
Perfect for locals, transplants, and anyone who can afford a $10,000 ski pass, this is the fun and stupid holiday show everyone needs right now. Each night features improvised moments and surprise special guests! No two shows the same.
Tickets are $25 for general admission, $35 for the unobstructed VIP railing seats.
All proceeds from this production go back to supporting Tumbleweed Creative Arts.
Duration: 90 minutes
Doors open at 6:30pm. Recommended for ages 13+
All sales are final. No refunds or exchanges.
HOLE FOR THE HOLIDAYS - A Christmas Comedy Show
December 19 - 21 & 26 - 28, 2024
7:00 - 9:00 PM
This holiday season, Your Girl Catherine—Jackson Hole’s self-proclaimed queen of wit and real estate—invites you into her world for an evening of sharp humor, subversive insights, and just the right amount of holiday chaos.
In Hole for the Holidays, Catherine (Andrew Munz) takes on the absurdities of winter in Jackson with her signature charm, dissecting everything from the bubbling housing market, to the death of Grizzly 399, to the wealthy tourists and homeowners who flock to the Tetons during the holidays, all while sipping martinis and holding absolutely nothing back, roasting more than just chestnuts on an open fire...
Perfect for locals, transplants, and anyone who can afford a $10,000 ski pass, this is the fun and stupid holiday show everyone needs right now. Each night features improvised moments and surprise special guests! No two shows the same.
Tickets are $25 for general admission, $35 for the unobstructed VIP railing seats.
All proceeds from this production go back to supporting Tumbleweed Creative Arts.
Duration: 90 minutes
Doors open at 6:30pm. Recommended for ages 13+
All sales are final. No refunds or exchanges.
HOLE FOR THE HOLIDAYS - A Christmas Comedy Show
December 19 - 21 & 26 - 28, 2024
7:00 - 9:00 PM
This holiday season, Your Girl Catherine—Jackson Hole’s self-proclaimed queen of wit and real estate—invites you into her world for an evening of sharp humor, subversive insights, and just the right amount of holiday chaos.
In Hole for the Holidays, Catherine (Andrew Munz) takes on the absurdities of winter in Jackson with her signature charm, dissecting everything from the bubbling housing market, to the death of Grizzly 399, to the wealthy tourists and homeowners who flock to the Tetons during the holidays, all while sipping martinis and holding absolutely nothing back, roasting more than just chestnuts on an open fire...
Perfect for locals, transplants, and anyone who can afford a $10,000 ski pass, this is the fun and stupid holiday show everyone needs right now. Each night features improvised moments and surprise special guests! No two shows the same.
Tickets are $25 for general admission, $35 for the unobstructed VIP railing seats.
All proceeds from this production go back to supporting Tumbleweed Creative Arts.
Duration: 90 minutes
Doors open at 6:30pm. Recommended for ages 13+
All sales are final. No refunds or exchanges.
HOLE FOR THE HOLIDAYS - A Christmas Comedy Show
December 19 - 21 & 26 - 28, 2024
7:00 - 9:00 PM
This holiday season, Your Girl Catherine—Jackson Hole’s self-proclaimed queen of wit and real estate—invites you into her world for an evening of sharp humor, subversive insights, and just the right amount of holiday chaos.
In Hole for the Holidays, Catherine (Andrew Munz) takes on the absurdities of winter in Jackson with her signature charm, dissecting everything from the bubbling housing market, to the death of Grizzly 399, to the wealthy tourists and homeowners who flock to the Tetons during the holidays, all while sipping martinis and holding absolutely nothing back, roasting more than just chestnuts on an open fire...
Perfect for locals, transplants, and anyone who can afford a $10,000 ski pass, this is the fun and stupid holiday show everyone needs right now. Each night features improvised moments and surprise special guests! No two shows the same.
Tickets are $25 for general admission, $35 for the unobstructed VIP railing seats.
All proceeds from this production go back to supporting Tumbleweed Creative Arts.
Duration: 90 minutes
Doors open at 6:30pm. Recommended for ages 13+
All sales are final. No refunds or exchanges.
HOLE FOR THE HOLIDAYS - A Christmas Comedy Show
December 19 - 21 & 26 - 28, 2024
7:00 - 9:00 PM
This holiday season, Your Girl Catherine—Jackson Hole’s self-proclaimed queen of wit and real estate—invites you into her world for an evening of sharp humor, subversive insights, and just the right amount of holiday chaos.
In Hole for the Holidays, Catherine (Andrew Munz) takes on the absurdities of winter in Jackson with her signature charm, dissecting everything from the bubbling housing market, to the death of Grizzly 399, to the wealthy tourists and homeowners who flock to the Tetons during the holidays, all while sipping martinis and holding absolutely nothing back, roasting more than just chestnuts on an open fire...
Perfect for locals, transplants, and anyone who can afford a $10,000 ski pass, this is the fun and stupid holiday show everyone needs right now. Each night features improvised moments and surprise special guests! No two shows the same.
Tickets are $25 for general admission, $35 for the unobstructed VIP railing seats.
All proceeds from this production go back to supporting Tumbleweed Creative Arts.
Duration: 90 minutes
Doors open at 6:30pm. Recommended for ages 13+
All sales are final. No refunds or exchanges.
Original Works 3 - Local Artist Showcase
December 12, 2024
7:00 - 9:00 PM
Next up at Tumbleweed Creative Arts, our popular Original Works series is back for the third time on December 12th!
This event allows local artists the opportunity share the work they do on the Pink Garter stage. Previous iterations have included improvised piano compositions, dance performances, slam poetry, photography presentations, original music and more!
Join us in discovering the hidden talents that exist right here in our community.
Suggested donation of $10 helps keep Original Works alive!
All proceeds will support the presentation of local artists and the creation of new work in Wyoming.
Burlesque: Le Masque Macabre
Step into the shadows this Halloween season with Le Masque Macabre, a tantalizing evening of burlesque and mystery hosted by Tumbleweed Creative Arts. Behind every mask lies a secret, and behind every secret, a story waiting to be unveiled. Inspired by the haunting allure of Halloween and the seductive elegance of burlesque, this immersive performance blends sensuality, artistry, and dark glamour.
Burlesque: Le Masque Macabre
Step into the shadows this Halloween season with Le Masque Macabre, a tantalizing evening of burlesque and mystery hosted by Tumbleweed Creative Arts. Behind every mask lies a secret, and behind every secret, a story waiting to be unveiled. Inspired by the haunting allure of Halloween and the seductive elegance of burlesque, this immersive performance blends sensuality, artistry, and dark glamour.
Burlesque: Le Masque Macabre
Step into the shadows this Halloween season with Le Masque Macabre, a tantalizing evening of burlesque and mystery hosted by Tumbleweed Creative Arts. Behind every mask lies a secret, and behind every secret, a story waiting to be unveiled. Inspired by the haunting allure of Halloween and the seductive elegance of burlesque, this immersive performance blends sensuality, artistry, and dark glamour.
Burlesque: Le Masque Macabre
Step into the shadows this Halloween season with Le Masque Macabre, a tantalizing evening of burlesque and mystery hosted by Tumbleweed Creative Arts. Behind every mask lies a secret, and behind every secret, a story waiting to be unveiled. Inspired by the haunting allure of Halloween and the seductive elegance of burlesque, this immersive performance blends sensuality, artistry, and dark glamour.