Missoula Children's Theater offers students opportunity

Many of Whitman County's small schools struggle to provide students with exposure to the arts. One way of filling that gap is with a partnership with the Missoula Children's Theater, based out of Missoula, Mont., which arrives at the school and in one week auditions, rehearses and performs a theatrical production.

"Our goal is to teach kids life skills through the arts," said Lindsey Wayne, half of the tour duo that put on "Blackbeard the Pirate" with the St. John/Endicott students last week.

Wayne and her cohort Sarah Price have been doing Blackbeard since May 2018. Each MCT pair does one sho...