CREATIVE CONSULTANT
MUSIC/VOCAL DIRECTOR

Frankee wears many hats at OGCT, from Music Director to Accompanist, from gathering sponsors and producers to assisting with all things creative - we couldn’t do any of what we do without her!

After teaching College English and Theatre for many years, as well as maintaining her own piano and voice studio, Frankee Angel joined the Orphan Girl Theatre as a coach and fellow performer in 2013. Among her various theatrical credits are paid positions on The Crooked River Dinner Train in Redmond, Oregon, and a stint at Calico Ghost Town in Yermo, California, as the first female gunfighter on the payroll. She hopes to remain an active participant in the vital artistic community she has found in Butte, MT.

COSTUMES/HAIR/MAKEUP DESIGNER
GUEST DIRECTOR

Karlee is a jack-of-all-trades visual and performing artist. OGCT has jumped at every chance to have her artistry involved in all the projects she is willing to take on.

She has been passionate about theater since age seven and chased that love through a drama minor in college, growing it into working with and advocating for performing arts at the Orphan Girl Children's Theater and using her makeup and practical fx skills for several independent films produced in Montana. She also holds majors in Visual Arts/Design and English and uses those skills creating custom framing designs here in Butte. Karlee has performed on both the Orphan Girl and Mother Lode Stage in OGCT productions, and has a rich performing history in Dillon, in Anaconda with AET, and more. Karlee has called Butte, Montana home since 2019 and lives there with her lifetime companion and artistic partner, BT Livermore, and their three children.

MUSIC DIRECTOR

Since 2015, Fred has worked with Orphan Girl Children’s/Community Theatre as a Music Director and Vocal Coach, as well as appearing onstage in several productions as an actor.

Fred is a Butte native and graduate of Butte Central High School. He received his Bachelor of Music in Composition and Technology from the University of Montana and his Master of Music in Composition from the University of Glasgow in Glasgow, UK (Scotland). Fred became one of the founding members of the Buttenik Ensemble at the Covellite Theatre in Butte, MT in 2004, where he worked as the Music Director until 2007. In 2009, Fred took part in the World Premiere of 6:01 am, a hip hop/spoken word musical, as the Composer and Conductor with members of the Reno Philharmonic and Nevada Opera Orchestras in Reno, Nevada.

He is also the Musical Director for the Brewery Follies in Virginia City, MT and has held this position since he returned to Montana in 2010. He is also the director of the Copper Hill Choir of Montana Tech, the Mining City Choral Union, and the Aldersgate Chancel Choir.