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Cross-country collaborative. New works + monthly reading series + writers retreats. Join us in Montana + NYC.

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@yellowstonenps with fellow writers. @mtnyccollaborative
#writermom #writingprocess #nationalparks

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What do the days look like when you’re on retreat with us? Good. They look really good.

MT+NYC Collaborative Writer’s Getaway Retreat 10/17-22/2026 in Gardiner, MT near the north entrance to Yellowstone.

Details @mtnyccollaborative or just ask me!

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🫣 Catch a sneak peek of the incredibly beautiful set for Can’t Drink Salt Water, a new play by Kendra Mylnechuk Potter — premiering Saturday, February 14 in the Montana Theatre, University of Montana campus.

Presented by Montana Repertory Theatre, in partnership with UM School of Theatre and Dance, Can’t Drink Salt Water is supported by a transformative grant from The Roy Cockrum Foundation, allowing for a large-scale production full of theatrical magic and special effects.

This gripping new play juxtaposes a mother’s relentless search for her missing daughter with the journey of a young woman newly arrived at Bethel House, an evangelical shelter for victims of sex trafficking. This timely story weaves together Native identity, maternal grief, contemporary religious faith, humor, and a call to action.

🎟️ Get tickets now at montanarep.org/tickets (link in bio).

[NOTE: This is a rehearsal reel and designs are still in progress.]

@mtnyccollaborative @sister.moon.wellness @um.theatredance @umontana @allison_hudson_hicks @jennifer._lynn._ #cantdrinksaltwater #missoulatheatre #montanatheatre

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FREE & OPEN TO ALL
Monday, February 9 at 6:30 PM in Cooper Room A at Missoula Public Library (4th Floor)

Join us for an artist talk with the playwright, Kendra Mylnechuk Potter, and the director, Meghan Finn, of Montana Repertory Theatre’s upcoming production of Can’t Drink Salt Water (Feb. 14-22), produced in partnership with UM School of Theatre and Dance.

Hear about the process of writing and re-working this amazing script, which has been years in the making, and the directorial vision bringing it to fruition onstage.

Kendra & Meghan’s bios in the comments 👇

@sister.moon.wellness @meghanjeanfinn @mtnyccollaborative @missoulapubliclibrary @um.theatredance @umartsandmedia #cantdrinksaltwater

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TIX ON SALE NOW 🎟️ (link in bio)

World Premiere February 14, 2026
Evenings Feb. 14, 18, 19, 20, 21, & 22
Matinees Feb. 15, 21, & 22
in the Montana Theatre, on the U of MT Campus

Montana Repertory Theatre, in partnership with UM School of Theatre and Dance, and with transformative support from The Roy Cockrum Foundation, is excited to announce the full production of Can’t Drink Salt Water by Missoula-based Indigenous playwright Kendra Mylnechuk Potter, opening Saturday, February 14, 2026 in the Montana Theatre on the UM Campus (PARTV Building), with eight additional performances following, through February 22.

This gripping new play spotlights the Missing and Murdered Indigenous People epidemic, and highlights Indigenous excellence, artistry, and identity. The production showcases professional Indigenous talent from across the country, including cast members Allison Hicks, Jennifer Rader, Serenity Mariana, and Bradley Lewis, costumes by Asa Benally, lighting design by Emma Deane, sound design by Rory Stitt, and mask design and creation by Cannupa Hanska Luger.

As a co-production, it showcases UM student actors, designers, and crew alongside the professionals. The cast includes students Shadie Wallette, who previously performed in the 2023 staged reading, and Octavio Jimenez, who has toured the state over the past year with State of Mind, a collaboration between The Rep and the University of Montana Co-Lab for Civic Imagination. UM Students in the crew include Ronnie Avansino as the Props Designer, Rae Scott as the Assistant Stage Manager, and Aaron Prati as the Assistant Lighting Designer. The playwright, Kendra Mylnechuk Potter, is also a University of Montana alum.

Tickets are Pick-What-You-Pay, through the generous support of Northwestern Energy, with a suggested ticket price of $35. Free tickets are available to any self-Identifying Indigenous patrons. To secure a free ticket, email the box office at montanarepertorytheatre@gmail.com, or call (406)243-6809.

@um.theatredance @umontana @umartsandmedia #cantdrinksaltwater @sister.moon.wellness @mtnyccollaborative

Graphic artwork by @stella.nall

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I was⭐️beyond lucky⭐️to spend the last week in the delicious @mtnyccollaborative writer's retreat with some amazing writers and artists across all genres. I birthed a new play that I can't wait for you to meet (registry link in bio👶🏼). I paid $15 to a cult to use "their" hot spring (twice). I was fed (WELL! in body and spirit). I was treated with integrity as an artist, so remembered to treat myself the same. Every night we read one another's work and fell deeper in respect and admiration for the creators in our midst. These are the the sacred spaces, the healing huddles everyone deserves, and I wish all beings to experience 💛 I'm so grateful to @ciararosegriffin and @ohsofortunate for holding and uplifting this important and radical joy and play and nurturing collaboration.

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If you know me, you probably know I love a ceremony. I love a vow. And this last week, a new group of humans came together to make a creative space to listen deeply and devote ourselves to the River and to written words. This was the 5th cohort of @mtnyccollaborative Writer’s Getaway Retreat, and it was a gosh darn delight.

After a few days of morning asana practice, 6 hours of silence/day for writing, soaking in hot springs, and eating the most incredible food, a few of us went into Yellowstone National Park. While there, my creative partner @ciararosegriffin and I had an impromptu ceremony to ritually formalize our shared commitment to support the creative work we wish to do for life. It was a joke and i was also dead serious. It was officiated by playwright @williamlostit , and witnessed by theatre artist and activist @meghanjeanfinn and writer/actor @hadleyactsup. In the ceremony at the Artists Paint Pots (in front of the farting mud pits, so appropriate), he spoke of our work to thicken the creative, “from soup to stew.” Then we went back to the lodge, where our chef served up a gorgeous venison stew. The venison was harvested by my brother @scottmylo and most of the veg was grown by friends.

We were surrounded by excellent artists making excellent work.

I am so full and so tired, not depleted but full/empty. I am home with my family for 36 hours before heading back out for another retreat. This time it’s the 5th cohort of Atha Yoga Immersion+YTT. The Living Yoga Retreat with AnandAshvattha. What an incredible gift to get to have so many ceremonies as invitations to be present, so much love, and so many circles of community I get to play within!

Much of the writing this year seemed to center around grief. And it was sometimes tear jerking, of course, but also huge belly laughs, nods of recognition, and enthusiastic encouragement to stay with it.

It feels good to connect. And even better to connect through service. To see and celebrate the places where we share humanity. To learn to sing our own songs. To realize most humans can sing a tight harmony with one another’s embodied experience IF we spend a few moments listening first.

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America’s first dude ranch. Seriously. Teddy Roosevelt slept here. In the early 1900’s the ranchers voted to call their establishments Dude Ranches in honor of their guests who they nicknamed “Dudes,” city slickers who came West in the summers to play cowboy. The things you learn at the MT/NY Collaborative Writers Retreat.

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Old Faithful did not disappoint. #weread #wewrote #wewentonexcursions #artistswhopicnic

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Writers on the storm. Get ready for a photo dump of the spectacular week I just spent with the MT/NY Collaborative in Montana. #actorswhowrite #writerswhoact #alsobison #hotsprings #hiking #picnics

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The earth is alive, and if you listen, she speaks.

What a gift to spend some time in and near Yellowstone during the @mtnyccollaborative 5th Annual Writers Getaway Retreat.

We’ve been silent 6 hours daily, but yesterday several of us took a park day and went to connect to one another and also listen to this mud and the rush of the waterfall. #writersgetawayretreat

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This retreat is a dream child that’s grown into a meaningful project. My creative partner @ciararosegriffin and I are excited to launch the next round of our Writers Getaway Retreat. Such good people, SUCH GOOD FOOD, and an abundance of space and support while you make your work. It sells out quickly, so if you know you want in, please apply asap.

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What we offer:
+6 hours of silence/day
+3 beautifully prepared meals per day from chef Matt Brill
+optional morning yoga practice with Kendra Potter (all levels welcome)
+optional excursions
+private or shared rooms with a shared bathroom
+community of other creatives from around the country
+the gift of unscheduled and unstructured TIME

$1600/ private room*
$800/shared room*
includes 5 nights lodging, 3 meals/day, yoga, some excursions

*Price does not include transportation to or from the retreat. Please note that some of the optional excursions may involve an extra fee. If your application is accepted, payment is non-refundable and must be received upon acceptance to hold your space.

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