Wonderlust Productions

Wonderlust drives change.

Over the past two years, Wonderlust Productions has been engaging in a participatory evaluation process called Ripple Effect Mapping. By hearing from over 75 community members who felt that Wonderlust had an impact on them that rippled into the rest of their lives, we can say that Wonderlust: 

Transforms Relationships

“We [my birth mother and I] have a very strong relationship, as if I was never adopted. I wouldn’t have this without the play.”

-Participant in The Adoption Play Project

Creates caring across difference 

“I realized that I wasn't seeing the humanity in all people who are part of the incarceration picture. . . This changed how I related to people everywhere. There was a profound impact on how I related to people who work in these systems.” 

-Participant in The Incarceration Play Project 

Changes behavior 

“I stopped worrying about not knowing what to say to someone who is grieving and picked up the phone.”

-Audience member of Lost and Found

... and more. 

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In 2026 we will...

• Refine the script of and produce The Values Play Project, a new production that interrogates how individual values interact and conflict within a democracy, aimed at combatting the isolation that deepens cultural and political divides in our country.
• Produce the third season of Hidden Herald, a series of short audio plays about St. Paul that tell stories about the people and places that make our city run. This year we will continue to expand beyond downtown St. Paul, focusing on moments of historic change in our city. 
• Develop the second year of Emerge, a mentoring and commissioning program called Emerge where community members who we worked with in the past can dig deeper into their own stories and learn from Wonderlust ensemble members and working artists.
• Grow the ripples of our past projects. It is important to us to stay invested in the communities we work with. We will tour The Caregiver Play Project, share our graphic novel In My Heart: The Adoption Story Project, our educational podcast Our House: The Capitol Project Podcast; and more.
• ..and more! 

There are many ways to support Wonderlust. 

Listen to the podcast, attend a reading, and more. (wlproductions.org). 

Donate today through Give to the Max. 

Visit wlproductions.org to donate.

 Mail your gift to PO Box 8021, St. Paul, MN 55108. 

 

Thank you for supporting community-driven art!