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.