Operating Support
Operating Support
Yellow Tree Theatre brings stories to life that ignite passion, inspire laughter, and awaken possibility while exploring and celebrating the great complexities of the human spirit. We strive to be a welcoming artistic venue where people of all ages and walks of life can gather to experience authentic community, and to produce high quality professional productions in the heart of the Northwest suburbs of Minneapolis, making live theater more accessible to the community.
Peggy Burnet: Businesswoman, art collector, and community volunteer. Chair of the Nominating Committee, Smithsonian National Board. Trustee, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Uri Camarena: Business consultant, Metropolitan Economic Development Association. Board chair, Minneapolis College of Art and Design. Officer at-large, Minnesota State Arts Board; Michael Charron: Dean of the School of the Arts, Saint Mary's University of Minnesota. Secretary/Treasurer, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Sean Dowse: Mayor of Red Wing, elected 2016. Former executive director, Sheldon Theatre. Board member for Minnesota Citizens for the Arts. Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Philip McKenzie, Oboe and English horn player; adjunct oboe faculty, NDSU; Mary McReynolds-Pellinen: Executive director, Lyric Center for the Arts; coordinator, First Stage Gallery; Dobson West: Senior advisor, Spell Capital Partners Fund.; Christina Widdess: Arts organization consultant; former managing director, Penumbra Theatre. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.
William Adams: Public policy consultant; community leader of Kaddatz Galleries creation; Ann Fee: Executive director, Arts Center of Saint Peter; teaching artist, writer, editor, and instructor; Marjorie Grevious: Homeowner development manager, Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity; Paula Justich: Program director of arts and cultural management, Saint Mary's University of Minnesota; Sarah Larsson: Outreach and development director, Somali Museum of Minnesota; Anne Makepeace: Grand Center for Arts and Culture founder executive director; Steven Richardson: Director of the arts, Carleton College; Deneane Richburg: Dancer and choreographer; founder of Brownbody; Jonathan Rutter: Executive director and curator, The Rourke Art Gallery + Museum; Carla Tamburro, Coordinator, Park Point Art Fair, Duluth; art educator
ACHF Arts Access
Improve caliber of productions by raising wages of artists and increasing resources for those artists to work with. Collect audience and critic feedback on productions; track through audience surveys and artist interviews; assess equitable pay for designers, actors and directors. 2: Increase participation of diverse Minnesota artists and audiences by actively promoting diversity within artists, audience and programming. Increase in participation among diverse patrons and artists will be assessed via surveys/ interviews; track through box office data; board and staff interviews.
YTT increased artist wages overall by 7% and increased resources for artists to work with. YTT collected audience and critic feedback on productions; tracked audience and artist satisfaction through audience surveys and artist interviews; assessed equitable pay for designers, actors, and directors through artist interviews. 2: YTT increased participation among diverse patrons and artists by hiring more artists of color and attracting a more diverse audience. YTT tracked participation of diverse patrons and artists through surveys/ interviews, box office data, and board and staff interviews. While post-show surveys, on average, only capture 30% of actual data, YTT also relied heavily on in-person conversations with patrons as well as direct feedback via email and social media.
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