Playhouse brass want to make road show an antique

The shows are over and the reviews are in; touring is best left to rock bands.

After 23 shows of three different plays over the course of two months, hundreds of miles logged and many hours of setting up, taking down and moving equipment for this summer’s abbreviated Black Hills Playhouse schedule, Playhouse officials agree that while the experience was a learning one, it’s one that all involved would just as soon not have to endure again.

“Not if we can help it,”â��Playhouse board president Jerry Wheeler said of doing another touring season next summer. “We needed to do it to keep the image alive and the Playhouse visible for people, but it’s just so much extra work. Iâ��never want to do it again.”

The season started at the beginning of July and lasted until last Sunday, with the company putting on three shows in three different towns—Custer, Hill City and Lead. In Custer and Hill City, the shows were done in the high school theatres, while the Lead show was done in the Opera House.

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