We are Heidi Rentz & Zander Ault, Co-Conspirators behind Shack in the Back Productions. Together and with a rotating cast of incredible friends, we work to achieve the goals of this unusual and fun organization.
We’ve spent the past 15 years allowing the Sonoran Desert to welcome our souls deeper & deeper into its powerful habitation. It's vastness and raw characteristics have provided us the space to dream & realize our potential to impact those we spend time with on the land, around the table, and amongst the stars of the Madrean Sky Island ecosystem.
What an honor it is to welcome you to ‘Shack in the Back Productions’, the official home of our dreams that have come to life over these past 15 years. We hope you’ll shoot us an email to say hello, enjoy reading about our favorite happenings in the area or better yet, get a wild hair and sign up to join us at a gathering! Thank you for taking the time to be here today… we’ll look forward to knowing you better soon.
Teeth to the wind!
-Heidi & Zander
A time line when some dreams of ours came to life:
2015: The Cyclist’s Menu
2019: The Spirit World 100
2020: The Gravel House
2021: The Patagonia Lumber Company (we founded this bar & sold it to some amazing people in July, 2024. So happy it still exists so we can enjoy it all and say hello to wonderful friends regularly)
2022: Patagonia Bikes (in 2024, we handed this bike shop over to co-worker and great friend Noe Mencias. An incredible shop, not to miss!)
2023: We had a baby girl!
2024: The Daydreamer
2025: Weekend in Paradise