Intermountain Opera creates recyclable sets

The wood behind Into the Woods

The hit musical 'Into the Woods' has come and gone at Intermountain Opera Bozeman.

More than 2,500  people attended Intermountain Opera Bozeman's six performances. People who saw the show witnessed the massive two-story set made entirely out of pallets.

This was set designer Ashley Milleson's brainchild: a way to design the world of the Woodswithout wasting natural resources for a relatively short run. The pallets were given a second life as a supporting character in a musical.

When shows must close, many sets are not salvageable. Such was going to be the case for our Woods set until Master Carpenter Greg Vallor got the notion to donate the valuable material to HRDC's Emergency Firewood program.

COMING UP at Intermountain Opera Bozeman

April brings Intermountain Opera Bozeman's first-ever school tour, Wheels of Harmony. Inspired by 2021's Circle of Resilience recital, Wheels of Harmony brings Indigenous music and culture to mostly rural schools in Montana.

May brings Verdi & Piave's tragic story of love, lust, and revenge. Rigoletto stars Grant Youngblood, Katrina Galka, and John Riesen and runs May 5 and 7 at the Willson Auditorium.