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.
Ardell Brede: former mayor of Rochester; Peggy Burnet: entrepreneur, art collector, and community volunteer; Uri Camarena: business consultant, Metropolitan Economic Development Association (MEDA); Michael Charron: executive director of grants and sponsored programs for Saint Mary's University of Minnesota., Saint Mary's University of Minnesota; Sean Dowse: former mayor of Red Wing; former executive director, Sheldon Theatre; Anthony Gardner, vice president, marketing and communications at CentraCare; Philip McKenzie: team lead with Boutique Air, founder and owner of Bluedoor 74, adjunct college faculty; Mary McReynolds-Pellinen: executive director, Lyric Center for the Arts; Thomas Moss: consultant to nonprofits and government agencies; Dobson West: retired attorney; Christina Widdess: nonprofit consultant; former managing director, Penumbra Theatre
Ardell Brede: former mayor of Rochester; Peggy Burnet: entrepreneur, art collector, and community volunteer; Uri Camarena: business consultant, Metropolitan Economic Development Association (MEDA); Michael Charron: executive director of grants and sponsored programs for Saint Mary's University of Minnesota., Saint Mary's University of Minnesota; Sean Dowse: former mayor of Red Wing; former executive director, Sheldon Theatre; Anthony Gardner, vice president, marketing and communications at CentraCare; Philip McKenzie: team lead with Boutique Air, founder and owner of Bluedoor 74, adjunct college faculty; Mary McReynolds-Pellinen: executive director, Lyric Center for the Arts; Thomas Moss: consultant to nonprofits and government agencies; Dobson West: retired attorney; Christina Widdess: nonprofit consultant; former managing director, Penumbra Theatre
ACHF Arts Access
Improve calibration of productions by raising wages of artist 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 continue to be assessed via surveys/interviews; track through box office data; board and staff interviews.
Due to the pandemic, YTT was not able to raise artist wages in FY21, or present any of its usual programming. YTT worked to offer opportunities for artists with some payment, and consulted with other theaters and artists to establish wages. 2: YTT put together an unusual season of surprises, offering virtual and outdoor experiences with much diversity among artists. At the end of the season, a survey was sent to the audience to establish what programs they participated in, and what their reactions were to the art This survey and an artist survey also continued to track diversity in YTT audiences and programs.
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