Operating Support
Operating Support
HUGE Improv Theater is an artist led nonprofit dedicated to supporting the Twin Cities improv community through?performance and education.
Peggy Burnet: entrepreneur, art collector, and community volunteer; Uri Camarena: director of business consulting with Metroplitan Economic Development Association (MEDA); Michael Charron: arts educator and an arts and civic leader; Richard Cohen: attorney in private practice and a former state legislator; Sean Dowse: arts advocate, arts practitioner, and civic leader; 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; Dobson West: retired attorney; Christina Widdess: nonprofit consultant; former managing director, Penumbra Theatre
Peggy Burnet: entrepreneur, art collector, and community volunteer; Uri Camarena: director of business consulting with Metroplitan Economic Development Association (MEDA); Michael Charron: arts educator and an arts and civic leader; Richard Cohen: attorney in private practice and a former state legislator; Sean Dowse: arts advocate, arts practitioner, and civic leader; 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; Dobson West: retired attorney; Christina Widdess: nonprofit consultant; former managing director, Penumbra Theatre
ACHF Arts Access
Minnesotans expand skills and arts experience through quality, affordable longform improv education. Teachers monitor students' growth, Students' evaluation of classes include qualitative questions, Enrollment (goal 600) tracked, Up to 15% of students receive scholarships. 2: Performers grow their skills and artistry through paid performance and directorial opportunities. Evaluation of programs that cultivate performers and directors; Pay 200 or more artists; Produce and/or present at least twenty new shows; Further develop/remount at least twenty shows.
732 student enrollments, student feedback 92% positive, 6% of students received scholarships. Enrollment and scholarships were tracked through the grant period. Instructors tracked student progress. Students filled out evaluation forms at the end of the classes. Ratings were 92% positive, with 72% giving the highest possible rating. 2: HUGE had 460 performances, paying 122 artists. We produced or presented 22 news shows and remounted 14. HUGE tracked the data included in our outcomes and gave careful attention through the year to the number of artists opportunities we created and new works developed.
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