Sonnets in the Snow
No Winter’s Tale
No Winter’s Tale: November 5 and 11, 2025
Adapted from Shakespeare’s Winter’s Tale, Minton’s No Winter’s Tale is a modern story of disaster that ends in hope.
Note: No Winter’s Tale is not a MIST production, but we do encourage our followers to attend this production, created by Gretchen Minton.
Mark your calendars now to attend the full production of Gretchen Minton’s No Winter’s Tale.
No Winter’s Tale reimagines Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale through a climate-changed Intermountain West—a realm where vanishing winters reshape both landscape and lives. Minton’s adaptation preserves the original’s emotional core—jealousy, loss, and eventual reconciliation—while casting these themes into the urgent and fragile context of ecological collapse and renewal. It’s a deep, artistic fusion of Shakespearean drama with environmental science and hope.
Performances will be held in the Warren Miller Performing Arts Center in Big Sky on November 5, and in the Black Box Theatre on the MSU campus on November 7. Performances are free, but attendees will be asked to sign up so audience size can be anticipated.
“Sonnets in the Snow”: February 7-8, 2026
Fifteen artists, two miles groomed trails, beautiful mountains, fifty poems and sonnets equals two wonderful days of arts in the mountains.
Sonneteers will be on the groomed Blackmore Trails up Hyalite Canyon from 11am to 1pm both days, bringing our usual array of poetry to you. Trails are well-groomed, easy, and very accessible for skiers, snowshoes, and walkers. The complete loop is about 2 miles.
Mark your calendars and reserve the weekend of February 7-8, 2026. We look forward to seeing you at our 6th Sonnets in the Snow at Blackmore Trailhead up Hyalite Canyon.