Arts Tour Minnesota
Arts Tour Minnesota
Sunrise at Midnight, a dynamic theater piece with original songs that bring together stories from the Kabyle folktale tradition from Algeria, will tour to four different communities in greater Minnesota.
Ardell Brede: Mayor of Rochester, elected 2002.; 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; Thomas Moss: Consultant to nonprofits and government agencies.; Dobson West: Senior advisor, Spell Capital Partners Fund.; Christina Widdess: Arts organization consultant; former managing director, Penumbra Theatre. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.
Darcey Engen: Coartistic director, Sod House Theater; theater professor, Augsburg University; Nathan Hanson: Composer and saxophonist; Arts Board grantee; Kurt Kwan: Actor; Pillsbury House Theatre artistic associate; David Marty: Former President, Reif Arts Council; Christine Murakami Noonan: Marketing and advertising supervisor, Minnesota State Fair; former MRAC board chair; Sara Pillatzki-Warzeha: Freelance director, actor and theater educator; James Rocco: Director and producer; former producing artistic director, Ordway
Executive director Sue Gens (651) 539-2650
ACHF Arts Access
Minnesota audiences will engage with North African/Muslim/Arab/Berber culture through theater. Audiences in attendance will participate in a post-show discussion after having seen Sunrise at Midnight to ask any questions the play raises for them about cultural practices, religious influences, and folktale traditions. 2: Audience member's views of North African/Muslim/Arab/Berber culture are expanded and deepened. Before each show the audience will be invited to write on a paper collected anonymously about what comes to mind when they hear North Africa/Arab/Muslim/Berber. After the performance they will be invited to do the same and note any changes.
MN audience will engage with North African/Muslim/Arab/Berber culture through theater. Audiences in Northfield, Granite Falls, and New London engaged in lively post-show discussions. They asked questions notably of storytelling traditions and cultural practices. 2: Audience members views of North African/Muslim/Arab/Berber culture are expanded and deepened. In Northfield audiences were invited to write on paper collected anonymously about how their views had changed and expanded. In Granite Falls and New London audiences expressed this through discussion.
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