Remembering Beverly Clark

      Billings Studio Theatre has suffered a great loss with the passing of Beverly Clark. Bev was a member of an original play reading group in the early 50s that later became Billings Studio Theatre. Bev served on the B.S.T. Board of Directors countless years and was Board President in 1978. She was an active member of Supporting Cast, a group of women who has done everything in the theatre from mailings and staffing the Box Office to raising money. She served as their President several times over the years as well as performing in their shows. Bev was a very social person and delighted in holding the spring meetings of Supporting Cast in her home here in Billings, or, when feasible, at "the ranch" in Fishtail. If she wasn't on stage, you would find her in the basement Costume shop making order out of chaos. Bev played the role of Myrtle Mae Simmons in BST's production of Harvey in 1957. In the 1979 production of Arsenic and Old Lace, she played Martha, and in the 2001 production of the same show she played Abigail. Bev has performed in such popular productions as Steel Magnolias, Picnic, Mornings at Seven, and BST's Dark Night production of Three Viewings. She received the Best Actress Award for her roles in Life with Father and On Golden Pond. In 1994 she received the Bruce K. Meyers Award in recognition of years of Excellence on the BST stage. Bev, you will be greatly missed.

The Billings Studio Theatre dedicates the 2011-2012 season of plays to

Beverly Clark.