Mask & Rose Women's Theater Collective

06/12/2026

05/30/2026

Come that night for the Sister Song Concert but ALSO CELEBRATE with JOY ~~~20 years of art making by the Mask & Rose Women's Theater Collective as were founded in 2006 !! We added up the art offerings for community and in collaboration with many local groups as well as some of our favorite collaborations with Minneapolis / St. Paul and even NYC art organizations & here is what we are celebrating !
DRUM ROLL !! Here are the numbers over 20 years , and we have been busy !
Full adult theater productions - 17
Youth productions / camps- 8
Original theater works - 8 one taken to NYC
Supporting staged readings of other artists' original works - 5
Collaborations with groups such as BSU , Jaycees , Long Lake Theater , Walker Theater By the Bay , Theater Unbound , Ten Thousand Things Theater , Tiger Lion Arts , Mixed Precipitation , zAmya Theater , Taos Khazem, the Coldharts , DeFrost Project out of NYC - 10
& Concerts and other items such as a "She Wrights" and "Little Black Ink" women's playwright festivals .
Two festivals - "Taste of the Arts" and "Bikes and Arts Fest" as well as a celebration of the theater community with the "Oxcars" were also produced by the Mask and Rose!

Cake celebrating 20 years and beverages will be served before the concert 6:00 PM . Donna Alena Hrabcakova 's original wearable fashions will be displayed and for sale in the Fleur de Lis Gallery at 5:00 PM that night as well !

05/25/2026

June 27th at 6:30 PM out at Belle Thalia Creative Arts Space ! Always a wonderful concert and 2 scholarhips given to two female artists ! The Mask and Rose Theater on the campus of Belle Thalia Creative Arts Space is presenting its 6th Sister Song Celebration Concert on Saturday , June 27th at 6:30 PM in an outdoor concert (moving inside the Wild Rose theater in inclementweather ) . Two $500. musical scholarships will be awarded to two up and coming female musical artists. Other artists presenting are Miriam Tell , Maren Eichman , Mary Overlie ,Makafui Kossivi and many others soon joining the lineup . The scholarship concert will be MCed by Artistic Director of the Mask and Rose , Cate Belleveau . Please bring your own chairs or blankets , water bottle , and bug spray . The entrance is sliding fee $5.00 - $15. pay what you are able to support future scholarships & concerts .The location is 24011 Highway 89 NW Puposky .The Fleur de Lis Gallery is featuring the art work & wearable art original fashions of Slovakian artist Donna Alena Hrabcakova , and she will be on hand to speakabout her work and her ancestral home only 27 miles from Ukraine . [email protected] with questions . “This activity is made possible, in part, by a grant provided by the Bemidji Area Arts Endowment, a component fund of the Northwest Minnesota Foundation.”

05/12/2026

Not too far away ! The Sister Song Celebration Concert 2026 out at the Belle Thalia outdoor stage ( inside if it rains ) . Put on your calendars . Here is a link to a concert a few years back . Always a joy ! Two scholarships will be awarded to some local female musicians to move them ahead in which ever they need to move ahead . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOzjpJbaBdc&feature=share...

05/01/2026

As promised , we have our tickets available for purchase today , May 1 with a limited 135 seats availble on one night only Sept. 5th at 7 PM . Tickets can be puchased via the VENMO app at CateBelleveau@MaskRose . Here are all the details :

Key Details of the Play
• Starring/Writing: Written and performed by Kim Schultz.
• Length: Approximately 80–90 minutes with no intermission.
• Venue: The Wild Rose Theater in Puposky , MN on the campus of Belle Thalia Creative Arts
Date: One night only on Sept. 5th at 7:00 PM Tickets via CateBelleveau@MaskRose on Venmo starting on May 1 with only 135 seats available .
• Premise: The play challenges the notion of Dorothy as the "loneliest woman in America," as she was called by a Saturday Night Evening Post journalist who visited her . The play highlights her choice to live in the BWCA, her connection with visitors, and her struggle with the U.S. Forest Service as the area moved to a designated wilderness area , and her cabin on “ her island” was grandfathered in .
Some facts about Dorothy Molter (The "Root Beer Lady")
• She owned and operated the Isle of Pines Resort on Knife Lake in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.
• She was known for selling or giving away thousands of bottles of homemade root beer annually.
• She was a staple of the area from the 1930s until her passing in 1986. Her beloved cabin was moved after she died , and is now a museum in Ely , MN .
We believe the opportunity is for local audiences to learn more about this area of Minnesota that is in the news presently and about one of its fascinating characters will be enjoyable and educative . We appreciate that this presentation aligns with the Mask and Rose Theater ’s mission to feature underproduced female playwrights . We hope it might spark conversations on what the benefits of leaving some portions of out great wild places undeveloped by humans .

04/18/2026

Oh, hi there!
We are opening up the Firehouse for the next great Mixed Blood show!!! The cast and creative team of The Jungle welcomes you.
Preview night/Industry Night is tomorrow. Thursday, April 16 at 7:30pm.
Runs 4/16 - 5/3. All shows are at 7:30pm.
Photo by CAndrew Mayer.

https://mixedblood.com/the-jungle/

03/18/2026

https://www.denvercenter.org/news-center/celebrating-women-in-theatre-womens-history-month/

Theatre has come a long way from its origins in Ancient Greece. Women have pushed forward to break barriers and create lasting change in the theatre industry – though there is still more work to be done, especially for women from marginalized communities. In honor of Women’s History Month, we…

03/18/2026

Fun event celebrating Women's History Month -

03/11/2026

With our personal love of the Boundary Waters Canoe and Wilderness Area , and the threats it currently faces , we are pleased to announce that we have locked in a one night only performance of the Root Beer Lady theater production way out on Sept. 5th at the Wild Rose . Stay tuned at www.maskrose.com
https://www.mprnews.org/.../sweet-treat-a-onewoman-play...

03/11/2026

Now that my carefree vagabond life of 3 weeks has ended , my mind turns to art offerings coming up soon (as the weather warms ) at the Wild Rose Theater . In May is the Women’s Film Fest . June brings the Sister Song Concert ( offering musical scholarships for 2 female musicians ) and loads of local female musicians showing their chops . July will be a historical periods fashion show with a twist - we will highlight many local artists who create wearable art ( Mary Therese, Donna Alena Hrabcakova, hopefully Monica Hansmeyer & Hattie Peterson with their jewelry and others ! Then as a great lover of wild places and the BWCA we are SUPER jazzed to produce “ The Root Beer Lady “ with one show only on Sept. 5th !! Stay tuned on the Mask and Rose Women’s Theater Facebook site or www.maskrose.com !