Community Arts
Community Arts
Pirates of Penzance on Raspberry Island Funding for four free productions of Pirates of Penzance. The production will feature a lesbian pirate King and her swarthy crew of sailors, the Major General?s daughters (men in dresses), dancing, a live band, and audience sing-alongs. The production will be staged around the band shell at Raspberry Island in St Paul during Twin Cities Pride week in June 2017.
Julie Andersen: Eagan Art House Executive Director; Bethany Brunsell: Music teacher, performer; Shelly Chamberlain: Minnesota Council of Nonprofits Operations Director; Marisol Chiclana-Ayla: Artist, Board Chair at El Arco Iris; Jamil Jude: Theatre artist; Tricia Khutoretsky: Public Functionary Curator and Co-Director; Peter Leggett: Walker West Music Academy Executive Director; Dayna Martinez: Ordway Center for the Performing Arts; Coleen McLaughlin: Arts Midwest Director of External Relations; Tom Moffatt: Silverwood Park Supervisor; Osman Mohamed Ali: Somali Museum of Minnesota Founder and Executive Director; Kathy Mouacheupao: Twin Cities Local Initiatives Support, Corporation Cultural Corridor Coordinator; Adam Napoli-Rangel: Artist; Heather Rutledge: ArtReach Saint Croix Executive Director; Djenane Saint Juste: Afoutayi Dance Company Founder; Andrea Sjogren: Hopkins Public Schools Youth Programs Coordinator; Dameun Strange: Composer, Performer; Melissa Wright: Twin Cities Public Television.
Zhen Zou: Education, general management, artistic; Emmy Carter: Fundraising, education, artistic; Kevin Vollmers: Fundraising, audience development, organizational development; Liane Olson: Administration, fundraising, community education; Marjorie Fedyszyn: Artistic, education, volunteerism; Colleen Zuro-White: General administration, organizational development, volunteerism; Tisidra Jones: Artistic, administration; Tiffany Kong: Computer systems, administration, organizational development; Nicole Matter: Administration.
ACHF Arts Access
Outcomes include 2,000+ adults, youth and children will experience a live, outdoor, free musical creatively staged on the Mississippi river in Saint Paul. Over 150 performers and crew will take part in the production - most of them as community volunteers. Pirates of Penzance will be staged in a gender-bending and outside-the-box style that gives new life not only to the show, but to comic opera as a community art form. Audiences will leave inspired to explore and consider gender expression in new ways. The evaluation plan will consist of audience and participant count, audience surveys, and formal and informal post-performance feedback via conversations, social media posts, email response, etc.
1,500 people attended performances. 112 artists shared their talents with audiences. Audience surveys showed 43% of respondents experienced a performance by One Voice Mixed Chorus for the first time. 88% stated the performance “made an impact.” Audiences enjoyed One Voice’s interpretation of Pirates. 93% said they would more than likely return for a future performance by One Voice Mixed Chorus.
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