MEET THE COMPANY

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Originally from that whore state Idaho, David has been a happy Montanan for over a decade now, slutting around with different art forms his entire career: he's a performer, screenwriter, comedian, novelist, and bad singer. Filmwork includes The Free Fall, Trim Season, The Triangle, and the hit YouTube musical sensation, Your Musical is Cancelled: The Musical! His debut novel Firebug was released earlier this summer to mediocre reviews! David is thrilled--not thrilled, SHITTING HIS PANTS WITH EXCITEMENT--at the return of Whitefish's favorite cabaret and can't wait to educate and corrupt a whole new audience with dick jokes and local humor. He lives with his gorgeous partner Jake, and his equally gorgeous cat Monica. 

PRODUCTION MANAGER

Kelsie Gripentrog is a lifetime supporter, advocate, and consumer of the arts. She graduated Summa Cum Laude from The University of Montana with a Theatre degree emphasizing in technical theatre, specifically Stage Management and Lighting Design. Her recent work include new works musical Heath: A Yuletide Tale with the Montana Repertory Theatre, national touring stage manager of MasterChef Junior Live with TCG Entertainment, and production managing Coeur D’Alene’s 2022 summer season. She is frantically in love with all the Cabaret members and is ecstatic to work with them again after their grueling five year hiatus!

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Becky Rygg is a Whitefish native who ran away to the city as soon as she could, but somehow found herself back in MT 11 years ago. She owns Harlow Wf and Harlow Missoula and for a short time another store called Harlette, which is now the location of Harlow…it’s all very confusing, just follow her store on Instagram @myharlow. Acting is her favorite thing to do and she pursued it all over the country; but found her theatre home in her hometown. She has served on the board at Whitefish Theatre Company for many years (she cannot remember how many), but her current title is “past board president” and actor.  She’s super psyched to be back at it with The Cabaret which took a break 5 years ago when she was pregnant with her second wild little boy. Working with this wild crew has been a highlight of her acting career. Singing, dancing and debauchery, oh my!! Enjoy the comeback, and come back again and again!! 

MEDIA DIRECTOR 

ADAM PITMAN was born and raised in Whitefish, Montana. He has written, directed and edited four feature films and countless shorts. Adam has produced five award-winning feature films: The Sighting, The Triangle, Roulette, Winter Carnival and most recently, Your Musical is Cancelled: The Musical!.  Awards include “Best Feature” at the Erie Horror Film Festival, On Vous Ment Festival, Shockerfest, Seattle True Independent Festival, and the AltFF Festival, among numerous others.

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Collette Strean has had her hands in the arts and dirt since she was pushed out of her mom on a Sunday in Whitefish. She grew up singing and logging, and over the years sang and played piano solo and with bands on the stage and in the studio. It was one Tuesday back in Whitefish High School she was bit by the acting bug! After some glorious adventures in Portland,Or and Alaska pursuing education and work (ASL and psychology) and raising amazing humans, her job as a sign language interpreter led her back to the Valley in 2007, and back to the theatre, where while interpreting shows, the bug to be on stage was re-awakened! So, one Monday she decided to jump on in and went to an audition. Since then she has been in several Whitefish Theatre Company productions, her favorites being a lead in Tribes and the lead, Donna, in Mamma Mia. And then came The Cabaret! On that fateful Friday when the paths of this crew intersected, she fell in love and has never been the same! She is out of her mind excited to create and perform with them and pour out some delicious comedy medicine to a bunch of people that makes them laugh so hard and long that their faces hurt, and maybe even makes them pee a little! She can also be found Monday thru Friday at her interpreting job, some other days at her mental health job, and every day in her garden. 

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Originally from Denver, Mikey has been performing since he was 10 years old when made his debut as an Oompa Loompa in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and has been a raging theatre nerd ever since. Then, 9 years ago when the first cabaret was born, he was able to meld his love of theatre with his other two passions: Drinking and making people laugh. Since moving to Montana permanently in 2012, he has performed in over 50 productions with companies across Montana, one of them being an original movie musical Your Musical is Cancelled: The Musical he wrote along side collaborators David Blair and Erica Von Kleist. “Enjoy the show and thank you for choosing to support locally grown art!”