When: Performances July 29th through September 10th 2023
Where: Performances throughout the metro and Minnesota, including the North Shore, Iron Range, and southeastern MN.
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Mixed Precipitation celebrates 15 years of outdoor summer fun, performing one of the most beloved and famous tragedies in the theatre tradition, Romeo and Juliet, adapted from Vincenzo Bellini’s 1830 opera, I Capuleti e i Montecchi (The Capulets and the Montagues).
This adaptation of the beloved tragedy promises laughter, gorgeous bel canto melodies, and calamitous romance. This timeless tale of star-crossed lovers careening toward doom is tragically hopeful and hopefully tragic. Continuing Mixed Preciptiation’s tradition of musical ingenuity, this production also features the music of Fleetwood Mac, The Fugees, and the Pixies – star-crossed bands whose passionate romance and feuds play out in their music.
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Saturday, July 29th at 5:00 pm (Preview) at Loppet Trailhead, 1221 Theodore Wirth Parkway, Minneapolis, MN 55422
Sunday, July 30th at 5:00 pm (Opening) at Loppet Trailhead, 1221 Theodore Wirth Parkway, Minneapolis, MN 55422
Thursday, August 3rd at 7:00 pm at Bronx Park Community Garden, 2500 Georgia Avenue South, St. Louis Park, MN. Audio description service offered at this performance.
Friday, August 4th at 7:00 pm at Caponi Art Park, 1220 Diffley Road, Eagan, MN 55123
Saturday, August 5th at 2:00 pm at Keepsake Cidery, 4609 135th Street East, Dundas, MN 55019
Sunday, August 6th at 5:00 pm at Silverwood Park, 2500 County Road E, St. Anthony, MN 55421
Friday, August 11th at 7:00 pm at Early Frost Farm, 7273 Palo Tia Road, Embarrass, MN 55732
Saturday, August 12th at 2:00 pm at Whiteside Park, 721 East Sheridan Street, Ely, MN 55731. Presented by the Northern Lakes Arts Association
Sunday, August 13th at 2:00 pm at Mesaba Cooperative Park, 3827 Mesaba Park Rd, Hibbing, MN 55746
Thursday, August 17th at 7:00 pm at Loring Park Garden of the Seasons, 1382 Willow Street, Minneapolis, MN 55403
Friday, August 18th at 7:00 pm at Dream Acres Farm, 17289 County Road 8, Wykoff, MN, 55990. For reservations, contact Dream Acres: 507-316-3795, dreamacrespizza@gmail.com
Saturday, August 19th at 3:00 pm at History Center of Olmsted County, 1195 West Circle Drive SW, Rochester, MN 55902. Presented by the Village Agricultural Cooperative
Sunday, August 20th at 2:00 pm at Patton Park, 112-114 South High Street, Lake City, MN 55041. Presented by Lake City Area Arts
Thursday, August 24th at 6:00 pm at Schaap Community Center (GTVFD Hall #1), 7401 Gunflint Trail, Grand Marais, MN 55604, one mile north of Clearwater Road turnoff. Performance benefiting the Gunflint Trail Volunteer Firefighters
Friday, August 25th at 6:00 pm at Hovland Town Hall, 4957 East Highway 61, Hovland, MN 55606. Presented by the North Shore Music Association and Opp-Hvidston Foundation
Saturday, August 26th at 3:00 pm at Sweethearts Bluff in the Grand Marais Recreation Area, 114 South 8th Avenue West, Grand Marais, MN 55604. Presented by the North Shore Music Association and Opp-Hvidston Foundation
Sunday, August 27th at 2:00 pm at Finland Heritage Site, 5653 Little Marais Rd, Finland, MN 55603
Wednesday, August 30th at 6:00 pm at North Hennepin Community College, 7411 85th Avenue North, Brooklyn Park, MN, 55445. Presented by the City of Brooklyn Park, Recreation and Parks
Saturday, September 2nd at 2:00 pm at Alexis Bailly Vineyard, 18200 Kirby Ave. Hastings, MN 55033. ASL Interpretation offered at this performance.
Sunday, September 3rd at 2:00 pm at Alexis Bailly Vineyard, 18200 Kirby Ave. Hastings, MN 55033
Friday, September 8th at 6:00 pm at Dodge Nature Center, 1701 Charlton Street, West St. Paul, MN 55118 (Farm Education Entrance)
Saturday, September 9th at 3:00 pm at Swede Hollow Park, 657 East Beaumont St, St. Paul, MN 55106
Sunday, September 10th at 3:00 pm at JD Rivers’ Children’s Garden, 2900 Glenwood Ave N, Minneapolis, MN 55405
More about our show and our incredible team!
Juliet and Romeo are online strivers in a time of global strife. She’s lifting up others through her social media career – teaching survival skills, sharing recipes, and DIY crafts. Romeo is documenting his van-life travels, inspiring millions to live life to the fullest, even in the darkest times. These two social media sensations are tired of depending on clicks and likes to survive. So they’re teaming up for a cross-country elopement and honeymoon. But larger forces plan to disrupt their destiny.
This adaptation of the beloved tragedy promises laughter, gorgeous bel canto melodies, and calamitous romance. This timeless tale of star-crossed lovers careening toward doom is tragically hopeful and hopefully tragic. Continuing Mixed Preciptiation’s tradition of musical ingenuity, this production also features the music of Fleetwood Mac, The Fugees, and the Pixies – star-crossed bands whose passionate romance and feuds play out in their music.
For this 15th summer production, Mixed Precipitation welcomes new artists to our team: staging director Tara Moses and multi-hyphenated theater artist and playwright Denzel Belin.
Tara Moses (she/her) is a citizen of the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma, Mvskoke, director, and award-winning playwright. She directed an acclaimed outdoor production of Othello for the South Dakota Shakespeare Festival, and her adaptation of Hamlet: El Príncipe de Denmark was recently published in The Bard in the Borderlands: An Anthology of Shakespeare Appropriations en La Frontera, Volume 1. Last spring she directed a production of Hedwig and the Angry Inch in Providence, Rhode Island and the world premiere of Cashed Out by Claude Jackson, Jr at San Francisco Playhouse.
Regarding this production, Tara says, “This is not my first outdoor production, but it is the first time I’ve been able to bring together many of my loves: Shakespeare, beautiful Italian opera, and Fleetwood Mac. Being able to tell this classic story with such a contemporary lens has breathed new life into this cautionary tale, and with the adaptation by Denzel Belin, it has also shed light on the more sinister parts of social media.”
Music director Gary Ruschman and artistic director Scotty Reynolds and movement director Jacob Miller contribute to this modern adaptation.
Sopranos Corissa Bussian and Jennifer LeDoux lead the cast, sharing the role of Juliet (Guilietta ) on alternating weekends. Mezzo-Sopranos KrisAnne Weiss and Kara Morgan share the role of Romeo. Tenor Paul Coate plays the role of Tabaldo, Romeo’s rival.
Mark Billy and Joshua Eidem share the role of Lorenzo. Baritone Nick Miller returns for his 4th Mixed Precipitation production as Capellio, Juliet’s father. He will share this role with Baritone Eric Smedsrud . Multi-instrumentalists Ruschman, Nick Miller, Uchenna Chidozie and Galina Dordevic accompany the drama. Watch our website for information about the rotating cast.
Rotating cast for a six-week tour
Romeo:
KrisAnne Weiss (July 29, August 3-13, and August 30 – September 3)
and Kara Morgan (July 30, August 17-27, and September 8-10)
Juliet:
Jennifer LeDoux (July 29, August 3-27)
and Corissa Bussian (July 30, August 30 – September 10)
Capellio:
Nick Miller (July 29 -August 13 and August 23 – September 10)
and Eric Smedrud (August 17-20)
Lorenzo:
Mark Billy (July 30, August 24 – September 10)
and Joshua Eidem (July 29, August 3-20)
Tebaldo:
Paul Coate
Ensemble:
Alijah Goetting, Jacob Miller, Scotty Reynolds, Will Dierenfield
This touring spectacle features the work of set designer Alex Hathaway, costume designer Rhiannon Fiskradatz, props designer Woody Timberheart, and stage manager Brian Hirt. We are also supported by intimacy coordinator James Grace, and our Anti-oppression and Wellness facilitators, Akiko Ostlund and Asher Edes.
OUTDOOR PERFORMANCES
Their 2023 summer tour includes performances in sprawling parks, nature centers, and farms all over Minnesota. Audiences are encouraged to bring a lawn chair and beverages for comfort and hydration. The performance lasts approximately 75-90 minutes. All shows are outdoors. Watch our website and social media for weather delays.
Mixed Precipitation began this mobile format in 2020, using a blue 2011 Ford Ranger Pickup Truck and a trailer as the container and platform for the opera’s action. The Pickup Truck will bring pop-up performances to audiences on neighborhood streets, public squares, libraries, and care facilities.
Access Services
Audio description services will be offered Thursday, August 3rd at 7 pm at the Bronx Park Community Garden. Audio describing Laurie Pape-Hadley
ASL interpretation will be offered Saturday, September 2nd at 2 pm at the Alexis Bailly Vineyard. Interpreters Sarah Brown and Gilda Houck-Markovits
