Pickup Truck Opera: Tales of Hoffmann

Playing

By Jacques Offenbach & Jules Barbier

Mixed Precipitation

Dates

Aug 8 – Sep 13, 2026

22 outdoor performances touring parks, nature centres, wineries and farms across Minnesota · approx. 75–90 minutes

Director

Scotty Reynolds

Accessible Performances

Sun, Aug 30, 5:00 pm — ASL Interpretation, Sensory Friendly, Large Print Playbill
Thu, Sep 10, 7:00 pm — Audio Description, ASL Interpretation, Large Print Playbill
Fri, Sep 11, 7:00 pm — Audio Description, Large Print Playbill

Via the MN Access Alliance calendar — confirm with the theater when booking.

Admission

$5–$50 suggested donation per person · no one turned away for lack of funds · free for anyone under 18

Mixed Precipitation's eighteenth outdoor summer season reimagines Offenbach's 1881 opera as a futuristic picnic operetta, staged off the back of a blue Ford Ranger. Hoffmann, a travelling poet, chases love and inspiration through a world overrun by technology, meeting ghosts, robots, magicians and a shape-shifting demon along the way. "The Barcarolle" and "The Doll Song" sit alongside grunge-era covers of Courtney Love, Tori Amos, Offspring and Deadeye Dick. Bring a lawn chair. All ages.

Tour Schedule17 remaining

Tue, Aug 18, 7:00 pm
Viking Plaza
38175 Grand Avenue, North Branch, MN 55056
Thu, Aug 20, 7:00 pm
Minnesota Humanities Center
987 Ivy Avenue East, St Paul, MN 55106
Fri, Aug 21, 7:00 pm
Lakefront Park
5000 Kop Parkway, Prior Lake, MN 55372
Sat, Aug 22, 7:00 pm
Caponi Art Park
1220 Diffley Road, Eagan, MN 55123
Sun, Aug 23, 3:00 pm
Cedar Lake East Beach ("Hidden Beach")
2000 South Upton Avenue, Minneapolis, MN 55405
Wed, Aug 26, 6:30 pm
Silverwood Park
2500 County Road E, St. Anthony, MN 55421
Fri, Aug 28, 6:30 pm
DreamAcres Farm
17289 County Road 8, Wykoff, MN 55990
Sat, Aug 29, 3:00 pm
Cascade Lake Park
88 23rd Avenue SW, Rochester, MN 55902
Sun, Aug 30, 5:00 pm
Loring Park Garden of the Seasons
1382 Willow Street, Minneapolis, MN 55403
Amplified performance
Wed, Sep 2, 6:30 pm
Mississippi Gateway Regional Park
10360 West River Road, Brooklyn Park, MN 55444
Sat, Sep 5, 2:00 pm
Alexis Bailly Vineyard
18200 Kirby Avenue, Hastings, MN 55033
Sun, Sep 6, 2:00 pm
Alexis Bailly Vineyard
18200 Kirby Avenue, Hastings, MN 55033
Wed, Sep 9, 7:00 pm
Dodge Nature Center, Farm Education Center
1701 Charlton Street, West St. Paul, MN 55118
Thu, Sep 10, 7:00 pm
Central Park Bandshell
430 2nd Avenue NW, Faribault, MN 55021
Fri, Sep 11, 7:00 pm
Harriet Island Regional Park
110 Harriet Island Road, St Paul, MN 55107
Amplified performance
Sat, Sep 12, 3:00 pm
Swede Hollow Park
657 East Beaumont Street, St. Paul, MN 55106
Sun, Sep 13, 3:00 pm
JD Rivers' Children's Garden
2900 Glenwood Avenue N, Minneapolis, MN 55405

Cast

Felix Aguilar Tomlinson and Phill Takemura Sears (Hoffmann); Rodolfo Nieto and Andrew Wilkowski (Lindorf); Madison Holtze and Lizz Windnagel (Olympia); Lexi Reed and Elena Stabile (Antonia); Joni Griffith (Giulietta); with Beth Gusenius, Joel Mathias, KayJay Olson, Nick Miller, Gary Ruschman, Trevor Woggon and Alex Yang. Music direction by Gary Ruschman, choreography by Antonia Perez; puppetry by Ches Cipreano and Jake Quatt, scenic design by Lisa Kudas, costumes by K Marie Mielke. Several roles are double-cast — check the company's site for who plays which date.

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