Arts Activities Support

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Chronofon Productions
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
June 2019
End Date
September 2019
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Hennepin
Hennepin
Project Overview

Arts Activities Support

Project Details

She Wrote That: The Songs of Weill, Brecht and Elisabeth Hauptmann.

Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications

Lynne Bertalmio: Retired Director Stillwater Public Library; Cristeta Boarini: Mid-Continent Oceanographic Institute Program Director; Tricia Heuring: Public Functionary Executive Director; Alejandra Iannone: Sparkle Theatricals Creative Co-Director; Wu Chen Khoo: Technical Tools of the Trade Stage Technical Designer and Director; Wendy Lane: Retired Human Resources Consultant; Dayna Martinez: Ordway Center for the Performing Arts; Donna Saul Millen: TPT-Twin Cities PBS Events Director; Christal Moose: Native Pride Productions Inc Manager; Adaobi Okolue: Twin Cities Media Alliance Executive Director; Andrea Sjogren: Hopkins Community Education Adult and Youth Programs Coordinator; Deanna StandingCloud: New Native Theatre; Sara Wilson: Gislason and Hunter LLP Attorney.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Audrey Anderson: Organizational Development, Audience Development / Marketing, Artistic; Curt Lund: Audience Development / Marketing, Artistic; Heidi Droegemueller CFRE: Fundraising, Volunteerism, Organizational Development / Planning; Kim Peterson: Organizational Development, General Administration, Volunteerism; Monica Cruz Zorrilla: Organizational Development, Community Education, Community Service / Development; Teresa Mock: Artistic, Audience Development / Marketing, Organizational Development / Planning.

Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota 2017 Regular Session, chapter 91, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3
Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access

2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Other Funds Leveraged
$21,650
Direct expenses
$31,650
Administration costs
$0
Number of full time equivalents funded
0.00
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

We hope to have robust attendance of 90-110% capacity each day/night of the run and that our audiences are moved to make connections between the issues represented in our piece and those of our lives presently. We look forward to enlightening audiences to the depth and breadth of the collaboration between Hauptmann and Weill and Brecht and her intrinsic contribution to the canon of work that has heretofore only been credited to the more well-known partnership between the male composers. We will hold two formal and nightly informal after-show talk-back sessions with our audience members to hear their feedback, impressions, propose questions and suggestions and allow them a chance to express how the work impacted them. Audience members will be presented with written surveys via email at the end of the run and the artistic team will meet to discuss the success of our work based on our projected goals regarding audience attendance and engagement and the different forms of feedback we will access.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Ticket sales were satisfactory and we were able to meet our goal of near 100% audience capacity. Our early marketing was unfortunately limited by the project start date of the grant so our first week was slower than we'd hoped. But we made up for it with second week. Audiences were generally very moved by the timeliness and directness of the piece as it illuminated much-needed issues for us today.

Proposed Outcomes Achieved
achieved most of the proposed outcomes
Source of Additional Funds

Other,local or private

Recipient Board Members
Amy Danielson, Diana Grasselli, Jacqueline Moser, Susan Haas, Joel Sass.
Project Manager
First Name
Diana
Last Name
Grasselli
Organization Name
Chronofon Productions
Street Address
795 Raymond Ave
City
St Paul
State
MN
Zip Code
55114
Phone
(612) 630-1599
Email
dianagrasselli@gmail.com
Administered By
Administered by
Location

Griggs Midway Building, Suite 304,
540 Fairview Avenue North,
St. Paul, MN 55104

Phone
(651) 539-2650 or toll-free (800) 866-2787
Email the Agency
Location

PO Box 14106
Saint Paul, Minnesota 55114 

Phone
Project Manager: Kathy Mouacheupao
651-645-0402
Email the Agency