Theatre Troupe With Daniels County Connection Take Original Montana Farm Drama To Off-Broadway

The Montana Actors’ Theatre (MAT), based in Havre, is preparing to take a major step onto the national stage this fall with its production of The Harvest, an original play by MAT co-founder Jay Pyette. The production of The Harvest will be staged in downtown Manhattan as part of the prestigious Manhattan Repertory Theatre’s (MRT) Off-Broadway season, marking a major milestone for the rural Montana theatre company.

Pam (Puckett) Veis, who plays the matriarch in the production, is a longtime Fort Peck Summer Theatre company member and has strong roots in Daniels County. Her great grandparents, F.R. and Bessie Puckett moved to Peerless in 1932 and her grandparents, Ed and Norma Puckett and Elsie and Charles Motschenbacher, were long-...