Wildflyer Coffee is partnering with zAmya Theater Project to present A Challenge to Change–designed to inspire conversations, challenge biases and change perceptions towards people experiencing homelessness.

This performance and dialogue creates a moving and bold experience for diverse audiences. The theater troupe presents a unique and meaningful opportunity to engage in a constructive dialogue about homelessness and how our culture is addressing the issue. The first part of the workshop is an entertaining and illuminating performance of imagined and true stories followed by guided conversation based on the experience of seeing and hearing these stories. Expect to laugh, to move, to learn, to be inspired.

Tickets are sold as Free / Pay-What-You-Can / Donation and no one will be turned away for lack of funds. There will be beverages and snacks available for Free / Donation. All ticket proceeds will be split equally between Wildflyer Coffee & zAmya Theater Project.

Doors at 5:30pm. Show begins at 6pm.

Tickets and information can be found here.

A Prairie Homeless Companion, by Josef Evans, is modeled after the well-known radio show A Prairie Home Companion. With good music, bad jokes, and real stories, in zAmya’s version, a theater company from the city presents a show with a quaint depiction of small-town life in Minnesota. But the actors find a very different reality than the community they’ve been spoofing. Residents of the town take over the show and tell more realistic stories.

This show was originally created for the stage in 2019 by zAmya Theater Project with PlaceBase Productions, commissioned and supported by the Partnership Art Program of Southwest Minnesota Housing Partnership, featuring stories gathered in rural MN communities. 

This October, we’re touring our Northeast Minnesota adaptation, built with people across the housing spectrum.

• Fri 10/4 @ 6:30pm in St. Paul 

• Sat 10/5 @ 4pm in St. Paul **ASL interpretation**

• Mon 10/7 @ 6:30pm in Grand Rapids

• Tue 10/8 @ 6:30pm in International Falls

• Wed 10/9 @ 1pm in Duluth (private event)

• Thur 10/10 @ 6:30pm in Virginia

• Fri 10/11 @ 7pm in Puposky

Tickets are sliding scale, including FREE. 

As a thank-you to audience members bringing the lived experience of homelessness, we offer $20 Walmart gift cards. (while supplies last)

More information about each show, including ticketing and registration, can be found here. 

A Prairie Homeless Companion, by Josef Evans, is modeled after the well-known radio show A Prairie Home Companion. With good music, bad jokes, and real stories, in zAmya’s version, a theater company from the city presents a show with a quaint depiction of small-town life in Minnesota. But the actors find a very different reality than the community they’ve been spoofing. Residents of the town take over the show and tell more realistic stories.

This show was originally created for the stage in 2019 by zAmya Theater Project with PlaceBase Productions, commissioned and supported by the Partnership Art Program of Southwest Minnesota Housing Partnership, featuring stories gathered in rural MN communities.

This October, we’re touring our Northeast Minnesota adaptation, built with people across the housing spectrum.

• Fri 10/4 @ 6:30pm in St. Paul 

• Sat 10/5 @ 4pm in St. Paul **ASL interpretation**

• Mon 10/7 @ 6:30pm in Grand Rapids

• Tue 10/8 @ 6:30pm in International Falls

• Wed 10/9 @ 1pm in Duluth (private event)

• Thur 10/10 @ 6:30pm in Virginia

• Fri 10/11 @ 7pm in Puposky

Tickets are sliding scale, including FREE. 

As a thank-you to audience members bringing the lived experience of homelessness, we offer $20 Walmart gift cards. (while supplies last)

More information about each show, including ticketing and registration, can be found here. 

A Prairie Homeless Companion, by Josef Evans, is modeled after the well-known radio show A Prairie Home Companion. With good music, bad jokes, and real stories, in zAmya’s version, a theater company from the city presents a show with a quaint depiction of small-town life in Minnesota. But the actors find a very different reality than the community they’ve been spoofing. Residents of the town take over the show and tell more realistic stories.

This show was originally created for the stage in 2019 by zAmya Theater Project with PlaceBase Productions, commissioned and supported by the Partnership Art Program of Southwest Minnesota Housing Partnership, featuring stories gathered in rural MN communities. 

This October, we’re touring our Northeast Minnesota adaptation, built with people across the housing spectrum.

• Fri 10/4 @ 6:30pm in St. Paul 

• Sat 10/5 @ 4pm in St. Paul **ASL interpretation**

• Mon 10/7 @ 6:30pm in Grand Rapids

• Tue 10/8 @ 6:30pm in International Falls

• Wed 10/9 @ 1pm in Duluth (private event)

• Thur 10/10 @ 6:30pm in Virginia

• Fri 10/11 @ 7pm in Puposky

Tickets are sliding scale, including FREE. 

As a thank-you to audience members bringing the lived experience of homelessness, we offer $20 Walmart gift cards. (while supplies last)

More information about each show, including ticketing and registration, can be found here. 

A Prairie Homeless Companion, by Josef Evans, is modeled after the well-known radio show A Prairie Home Companion. With good music, bad jokes, and real stories, in zAmya’s version, a theater company from the city presents a show with a quaint depiction of small-town life in Minnesota. But the actors find a very different reality than the community they’ve been spoofing. Residents of the town take over the show and tell more realistic stories.

This show was originally created for the stage in 2019 by zAmya Theater Project with PlaceBase Productions, commissioned and supported by the Partnership Art Program of Southwest Minnesota Housing Partnership, featuring stories gathered in rural MN communities. 

This October, we’re touring our Northeast Minnesota adaptation, built with people across the housing spectrum.

• Fri 10/4 @ 6:30pm in St. Paul 

• Sat 10/5 @ 4pm in St. Paul **ASL interpretation**

• Mon 10/7 @ 6:30pm in Grand Rapids

• Tue 10/8 @ 6:30pm in International Falls

• Wed 10/9 @ 1pm in Duluth (private event)

• Thur 10/10 @ 6:30pm in Virginia

• Fri 10/11 @ 7pm in Puposky

Tickets are sliding scale, including FREE. 

As a thank-you to audience members bringing the lived experience of homelessness, we offer $20 Visa gift cards. (while supplies last)

For parking: Please drive in through the main entrance and take a left to park in the main lot. Door 3 is the closest entrance to the theater. Doors open at 6pm.

More information about each show, including ticketing and registration, can be found here. 

A Prairie Homeless Companion, by Josef Evans, is modeled after the well-known radio show A Prairie Home Companion. With good music, bad jokes, and real stories, in zAmya’s version, a theater company from the city presents a show with a quaint depiction of small-town life in Minnesota. But the actors find a very different reality than the community they’ve been spoofing. Residents of the town take over the show and tell more realistic stories.

This show was originally created for the stage in 2019 by zAmya Theater Project with PlaceBase Productions, commissioned and supported by the Partnership Art Program of Southwest Minnesota Housing Partnership, featuring stories gathered in rural MN communities. 

This October, we’re touring our Northeast Minnesota adaptation, built with people across the housing spectrum.

• Fri 10/4 @ 6:30pm in St. Paul 

• Sat 10/5 @ 4pm in St. Paul **ASL interpretation**

• Mon 10/7 @ 6:30pm in Grand Rapids

• Tue 10/8 @ 6:30pm in International Falls

• Wed 10/9 @ 1pm in Duluth (private event)

• Thur 10/10 @ 6:30pm in Virginia

• Fri 10/11 @ 7pm in Puposky

Tickets are sliding scale, including FREE. 

As a thank-you to audience members bringing the lived experience of homelessness, we offer $20 Walmart gift cards. (while supplies last)

This performance is in the McMahon Student Center, in the center of MN North College’s Itasca Campus. Please park in the mail lot, and watch for signage starting in the parking lot to lead you to the Student Center. The box office will open at 6:00pm.

More information about each show, including ticketing and registration, can be found here. 

A Prairie Homeless Companion, by Josef Evans, is modeled after the well-known radio show A Prairie Home Companion. With good music, bad jokes, and real stories, in zAmya’s version, a theater company from the city presents a show with a quaint depiction of small-town life in Minnesota. But the actors find a very different reality than the community they’ve been spoofing. Residents of the town take over the show and tell more realistic stories.

This show was originally created for the stage in 2019 by zAmya Theater Project with PlaceBase Productions, commissioned and supported by the Partnership Art Program of Southwest Minnesota Housing Partnership, featuring stories gathered in rural MN communities. 

This October, we’re touring our Northeast Minnesota adaptation, built with people across the housing spectrum.

• Fri 10/4 @ 6:30pm in St. Paul 

• Sat 10/5 @ 4pm in St. Paul **ASL interpretation**

• Mon 10/7 @ 6:30pm in Grand Rapids

• Tue 10/8 @ 6:30pm in International Falls

• Wed 10/9 @ 1pm in Duluth (private event)

• Thur 10/10 @ 6:30pm in Virginia

• Fri 10/11 @ 7pm in Puposky

Tickets are sliding scale, including FREE. 

As a thank-you to audience members bringing the lived experience of homelessness, we offer $20 Walmart gift cards. (while supplies last)

More information about each show, including ticketing and registration, can be found here. 

A Prairie Homeless Companion, by Josef Evans, is modeled after the well-known radio show A Prairie Home Companion. With good music, bad jokes, and real stories, in zAmya’s version, a theater company from the city presents a show with a quaint depiction of small-town life in Minnesota. But the actors find a very different reality than the community they’ve been spoofing. Residents of the town take over the show and tell more realistic stories.

This show was originally created for the stage in 2019 by zAmya Theater Project with PlaceBase Productions, commissioned and supported by the Partnership Art Program of Southwest Minnesota Housing Partnership, featuring stories gathered in rural MN communities. 

This October, we’re touring our Northeast Minnesota adaptation, built with people across the housing spectrum:

• Fri 10/4 @ 6:30pm in St. Paul 

• Sat 10/5 @ 4pm in St. Paul **ASL interpretation**

• Mon 10/7 @ 6:30pm in Grand Rapids

• Tue 10/8 @ 6:30pm in International Falls

• Wed 10/9 @ 1pm in Duluth (private event)

• Thur 10/10 @ 6:30pm in Virginia

• Fri 10/11 @ 7pm in Puposky

Tickets are sliding scale, including FREE. 

As a thank-you to audience members bringing the lived experience of homelessness, we offer $20 Walmart gift cards. (while supplies last)

More information about each show, including ticketing and registration, can be found here. 

zAmya, North Loop Neighborhood Association and Avivo joined forces in an ongoing project aimed at establishing a shared vision in the North Loop of what needs to happen for all community members to feel safe, have shelter, and ensure support for the most vulnerable. 

One special outcome of the project will be a new play - made by, with and for - North Loop community members across the housing spectrum. This original musical will debut in 2025 and weave true experiences with unsheltered homelessness into a fictional narrative, inspiring neighbors to dream up solutions to end homelessness. 

Please join us for a mid-project community celebration of Avivo Village, which has successfully provided permanent housing for more than 200 individuals!

What to Expect:

• Community Celebration: Acknowledging the achievements of Avivo Village in collaboration with zAmya Theater Project and the North Loop Neighborhood Association in a beautiful setting at North Loop Green 360.

• Delicious Food and Drinks: Enjoy meals and snacks from a food truck and beverages from a cash bar.

• Engaging Program: Event features a short presentation including -

• A short show from zAmya Theater Project: Excerpts from Dis Place, a play currently in development about Avivo in the North Loop. 

• Celebration Highlights: Honoring the partnership and collaborative efforts between Avivo, zAmya, and NLNA. Information about current advocacy efforts to end homelessness.

• Outdoor Fun: Relax and enjoy the new North Loop Green 360 outdoor space.

• Networking: Connect with old friends and make new ones as we unite to end homelessness. 

This is a welcoming, casual, and family-friendly event. Everyone is invited to come together and celebrate our collective achievements and learn how we can advocate for unhoused neighbors.