A Prairie Homeless Companion - Saturday Oct. 5, Saint Paul

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.

A Prairie Homeless Companion 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 performance is the second regional adaptation of our original play, and includes content from interviews, story circles, and creative workshops in Northeast Minnesota.

The Saturday, Oct. 5 performance of A Prairie Homeless Companion takes place at 825 Arts in Saint Paul. The performance starts at 4:00pm (the box office will open at 3:00pm) and lasts approximately 2 hours, including an intermission. As a thank-you to audience members bringing the lived experience of homelessness, we offer $20 Walmart gift cards while supplies last.

Saturday's performance includes ASL interpretation. For accessibility needs, please contact our Company Manager, Esther Ouray, at [email protected] or 612-760-4804.

Parental advisory: alongside much humor and content for all ages, some stories contain mature themes including domestic abuse and drug use. Therefore parental discretion is advised.

To learn more about the project and zAmya Theater Project, please visit our website.

Host or Publisher zAmya Theater Project