THE ROOT BEER LADY
CAST BIO
Kim Schultz (author, Dorothy Molter)
Originally from Minneapolis, Kim Schultz is a Chicago-based actor, writer, solo show artist and storyteller. Select theatrical credits include: A Christmas Carol at The Goodman Theatre, In the Garden at Lookingglass Theatre (u/s), No Place Called Home at The Kennedy Center, Silk Road Rising and 3LD, Yang Zen Froggs at Theatre de la Jeune Lune and King Lear at Ten Thousand Things, The Comedy of Errors at New England Shakespeare and The F Trip at The Zipper Factory. As an improviser and writer, she has worked at The Brave New Workshop, Disney Cruise Line, Chicago Improv Festival, Edinburgh Fringe Festival and on an HBO Comedy Showcase. This is Kim’s third solo show. Previous solo work includes The F Trip and No Place Called Home. Kim also authored the memoir, Three Days in Damascus (Palewell Press, 2016) about her experience meeting Iraqi refugees in the Middle East. Her television work includes Sex in the City, Chicago Fire, as well as several national/regional commercials. In addition, Kim is a corporate improvisation trainer and occasionally runs artist residencies in Mexico.
By Kim Schultz
Originally produced by The History Theatre (St. Paul)
July 15-19 at 7:30pm
Matinee Performance Thursday, July 17 at 1:30pm
The indomitable Dorothy Molter, known as The Root Beer Lady, was the last legal non-indigenous resident of the Boundary Waters. a fascinating woman who made her own way in a man’s world. She was a true trailblazer and the kind of person that becomes a folk hero around whom a mythology springs up. Funny and passionate, THE ROOT BEER LADY explores her independence, fortitude, and love of nature. Molter pushes back against the premise that her time in the North Woods made her the “Loneliest Woman in America,” as the Saturday Evening Post proclaimed.
