Arts News
FREE Outdoor Immersive Theater Coming to Hallock June 27
Outdoor, Immersive Theater in Hallock June 27
FARM A new immersive outdoor theater experience from Sod House Theater
Celebrate the Return of Summer with Outdoor Theater in Rural Hallock
Far North Spirits — Rural Hallock
2045 220th Avenue, Hallock MN 56728
Saturday, June 27, 2026
Performance begins at 7:00 PM
Food Truck at 6:00 PM
“Each day I go into the fields to see what is growing and what remains to be done. It is always the same thing: nothing is growing, everything needs to be done.”
— The Farmer by W.D. Ehrhart
Sod House Theater, the Minneapolis-based company known for creating immersive, community-engaged performances in rural spaces, announces the summer tour of FARM, a moving theatrical meditation on small family farming in Minnesota, including rural Hallock.
Blending music, dance, storytelling, and large-scale visual imagery, FARM explores the labor, rituals, joys, and uncertainties of agricultural life. Featuring Twin Cities artists alongside local community performers, the production invites audiences to reflect on farming traditions, food accessibility, and Minnesotans’ relationship to the people who grow their food.
Through a series of vivid theatrical vignettes, audiences will encounter scenes of hard work in the fields, family meals, celebrations, storms, dance, and play — culminating in a music-filled “ghost grove” honoring the past, present, and future of farming in Minnesota.
Performed outdoors at working farms and community gathering spaces, FARM offers audiences an immersive journey through the landscapes and stories that shape rural Minnesota.
Ticket information and reservations are available at Sod House Theater Tickets & Information
Audience
Audience members will be guided to four different locations throughout each site during the performance. The experience includes walking and standing, so guests are encouraged to bring:
A lawn chair or blanket
Comfortable walking shoes
An umbrella or weather protection for sun or rain
Parking will be available. In the event of severe weather, performances may be canceled. Cancellation notices will be posted on the Sod House Theater website and emailed to ticket holders. Rain locations may be used.
About Sod House Theater
Founded in 2011 by co-artistic directors Darcey Engen and Luverne Seifert, Sod House Theater is now in its 16th season of collaborating with Minnesota communities to create imaginative, site-specific performance events.
The company has produced acclaimed reimaginings of classics including The Cherry Orchard, The Visit, Peer Gynt, and Urinetown, alongside original productions such as Hoopla Train with Yard Master Yip and His Polkastra and Arla Mae’s Booyah Wagon.
Sod House Theater selects touring works for their relevance to small-town communities and stages them in nontraditional venues that connect deeply to local history and culture.
For more information, visit Sod House Theater Official Website
Created by Darcey Engen and Luverne Seifert
Choreography by Berit Ahlgren
Original Music by Jenna Wyse and Christopher Hepola
Media Contacts: Darcey Engen, 612-281-8998, darcey@sodhousetheater.org
Luverne Seifert, 612-414-2032, luverne@sodhousetheater.org
Thief River Falls Area Theater 2026 Season
Thief River Falls ACT has a full 2026 season. Check out their shows, including The Sound of Music (June 10-12 and 15-17), Frozen (June 30-July 2), The Sweet Delilah Swim Club (July 14-16), and Something Rotten Jr (July 28-30).
Learn more at https://trfact.org.
Sketches of Minnesota Civic Improv Comedy Tour at Firefly Center for Art & Wellbeing Oct 18
Join the Minnesota Humanities Center, Danger Boat Productions, and Firefly Center for Art & Wellbeing for the Sketches of Minnesota civic improv comedy tour on October 18. These free events use laughter and comedy to celebrate Minnesota communities, promote dialogue, bridge divides, and help find ways to work constructively across differences in today’s political environment. Beginning with a catered meal, these gatherings invite audience members to share what makes their town great, what they think people get wrong about it, what local divisions concern them, and what future they imagine. An improv comedy troupe listens in on the conversations, takes everything they heard from residents, and brings it to life on stage through entirely unscripted improv comedy theater.
5:00–6:00 PM: Doors open / Community hour
6:00–7:15 PM: Dinner
7:15–8:00 PM: Performances
8:00–8:30 PM: Talkback
The work of the Minnesota Humanities Center is to create a stronger Minnesota by increasing our understanding of the beauty, wisdom, and stories of its people. Through partnerships, we facilitate the spaces, like Sketches of Minnesota, that seek to build connections and deepen understanding of ourselves and our communities in pursuit of a more just society.
THIS EVENT IS FREE, BUT REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED
Firefly Center for Art & Wellbeing, 102 S Kaiser Ave, Fosston, MN 56542
Warroad Summer Theatre’s Girls Night Out Oct 2-4 & 9-11
Warroad Summer Theatre Presents
Girls Night Out
Oct 2-4 & 9-11
Warroad RiverPlace
Tickets at warroadsummertheatre.com or
218-242-3476
TRF Area Community Theater’s Evening of Short Comedies Nov 13-15
An Evening of Short Comedies
November 13-15, 2025
Eagles Club, Thief River Falls
This year’s TRFACT’s showcase will feature 10 hilarious 10-minute plays, each one a mini-masterpiece of wit and humor, brought to life by some of the community’s most talented actors. Get your tickets at http://our.show/tbk2rynn7a or get them at the door.
Mixed Blood Presents Warroad Community Potluck at Warroad RiverPlace September 12-14
Mixed Blood Theater Presents Warroad Community Potluck at Warroad RiverPlace September 12-14.
ANNOUNCING TICKET SALES | Tickets are now available for the free production of Warroad Community Potluck, a new play by Mixed Blood Theater made for the RiverPlace stage on:
Friday, September 12 | 7 PM
Saturday, September 13 | 7 PM
Sunday, September 14 | 2 PM
TICKETS: warroadriverplace.org/events/potluck
It’s Potluck Time—and the stakes have never been higher!
It’s the ultimate small-town showdown: a potluck battle judged by a mysterious visitor on a mission to determine Minnesota’s best. With hotdish drama, fishing contests, heritage trivia, and surprise guests, this lighthearted comedy celebrates the spirit of Warroad, where competition is fierce but community always wins.
*Special note: This play is a potluck in name only. Just bring yourself — no food, please! — and stay for light refreshments and community conversation after the show.
Written by nationally-recognized playwright Kira Obolensky and directed by award-winning director Michael John Garcés, Warroad Community Potluck is brought to you by Mixed Blood Theater—a nationally acclaimed theater company in Minneapolis that models reciprocity, inclusion, and genuine welcoming to build relationships—and Warroad RiverPlace.
**This production was made possible by the American Theatre Wing, National Endowment for the Arts Our Town program, the Ruth Easton Fund of the Edelstein Family Foundation, and by the voters of Minnesota through grants from the Minnesota State Arts Board and the Northwest Minnesota Arts Council, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.