Artistic Team

Elizabeth Crase holds an Associate of Fine Arts in Theatre from Young Harris College in Georgia, as well as a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Acting from the University of Montana. Her MFA in Integrated Arts in Education is in progress with the Creative Pulse at the University of Montana. She began theatre at a young age in Georgia performing with Rome Little Theatre and had the unique experience of working as an intern with Prospect Theatre Company out of NYC while still in high school.

After performing in theaters across the south in over 40 productions and projects, Elizabeth worked in Butte as both an actor and as Education Coordinator with the Buttenik Ensemble at the Covellite Theatre from 2005-2008. She also had the amazing experience of touring with Montana Repertory’s Educational Outreach Tour as Eve in Mark Twain’s The Diaries of Adam and Eve in 2008. Following her tour, Elizabeth worked as Assistant Director for an after school theatre program called Promises in Portland, OR. During her time in Portland she also worked as a performer and as the Live Acts Coordinator for Clowns Unlimited where she trained performers in clowning, balloon art, face painting, stilt walking, stage hypnotism and stage magic. In 2011, Elizabeth returned to Montana as an actor with Brewery Follies of Virginia City where she performed for three years and again in 2019.

Elizabeth Crase
Executive Artistic Director

Since becoming a part of the artistic team at Orphan Girl Children's Theatre, Elizabeth has directed close to 40 shows, productions and projects. She feels passionately about educating through the arts and looks at every day as a new opportunity to learn something from, teach something to, and share something creative with the artists, volunteers and community surrounding OGCT.

Peytan Campbell
Artistic Assistant

Peytan participated in several productions with the Same Difference Theatre Company from the time she was walking and talking. After a short break, she returned to theatre at age 11 in OGCT’s production of The Little Mermaid in 2016. Peytan’s passions include dance with Little Steps Dance Troupe, acting, singing, and dedicates all of her time to pursuing those passions at 100%. Most recently you may have seen her on the Orphan Girl Stage as Wednesday in Addams Family, or on the Mother Lode Stage as Matilda in Roald Dahl’s Matilda.

Frankee Angel

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.
Karlee Tempest Jane

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.
Fred Crase

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.