Project Grant Round 2

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$8,000
Recipient
Great River Educational Arts Theatre AKA GREAT Theatre
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
June 2024
End Date
November 2024
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Stearns
Stearns
Project Overview

Project Grant Round 2

Project Details

The Youth Artist Project: ?Disney Winnie the Pooh KIDS?. Summary: GREAT Theatre's 24/25 production for young audiences featuring an all youth cast and directed and designed by high school students under the mentorship of theatre professionals.

Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications

Buddy King: CMAB Board Chair, St Cloud Playwright, percussionist, teaching artist, community youth arts initiatives; Gretchen Boulka: CMAB Vice Chair, Director of Performing Arts at Paramount Center for the Arts, arts administrator with background in development, special events, program management, marketing and communications; musician, Association for Performing Arts Professionals (APAP) member, Minnesota Presenters Network board director; Sean Donahue: CMAB Board Treasurer, Performing arts technician; Professional light and sound designer, Musician, equipment retail experience, event and project manager; Bopha Thomas, Princeton Area of Commerce Board Member; Associate of the Arts in Fashion Design, Theatre performance; Louis Witt: BA and MA in Music Education, Conductor and musician for Community Bands, Musical Theatre and Orchestras, served as VP of Corporate Giving, past member and chair of MOST Ministries, serve on Advisory Council for Feed My Starving Children; Tom Berger: Small Business Owner, AAA Courier Express, Waite Park; Producer, Production Manager, Designer with Belville Productions; Served in many capacities for the History Theatre in St. Paul including Managing Director, Educational Project Director, Tour Director, Production Manager, Designer; University of Minnesota, Theatre Arts, Classics, Geology; Deb Vander Eyk, BA in social research, BS arts education, AA Advertising, past experience as an Art Teacher and instructor; served as ED for Multicultural Childrens' Art Connection dance program, member of Women of words, Member of League of MN Poets, manager of Good Earth Coop Art Gallery; Eric Ellwoods: facilities manager, BA in Christian Ministry, history of involvement in choirs and community theater, member of Buffalo Community Theater board of directors.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Aimee Minnerath: Senior Director of Communications for the Boys and Girls Clubs of Central Minnesota, many years of experience writing grants to support arts programming, supervised the Youth Arts Initiative, decades of experience in the arts through involvement in community theatre as a volunteer actor. I also painted during my high school years and participated in school and church choir. I have served as a grant panelist. Rebecca Pflueger: BA in Fine Arts with an emphasis in art history, School of the Art Institute in Chicago, 20 years experience working in public arts with various organizations in Minnesota, Chicago and abroad, currently I work with St. Cloud SCRAPS as a visiting artist for their Maker Monday nights and volunteering in other roles within that program, College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University Gallery Manager and head of their permanent collections of art on both campuses Susan Lorenz: published writer, previous director of Community Programs, CommunityGiving Arts Fund Committee, previous volunteer experience with Central MN Arts Board, United Way of Central MN St. Cloud, MN Grant Reviewer-Volunteer, Historical Salem Church, board member. Diane Johnson: BA in Chemistry, BA in Flute performance, MA Community Education Administration retired community education director, experience coordinating and administering community ed art classes, board of directors for Delano Area Council for Arts and Culture, previous board volunteer for Watertown Area fine Arts Council, Upper Midwest Flute Association, 3M Orchestra, experience in grant writing and grant review.

Conflict of Interest Disclosed
Yes
Conflict of Interest Contact

Central Minnesota Arts Board, Leslie LeCuyer (320) 968-4290x 3

Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access

2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$8,000
Other Funds Leveraged
$35,150
Direct expenses
$43,150
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Deliver an accessible, affordable, and engaging arts event for young audiences as well as provide youth an outlet for artistic expression while developing confidence, speaking skills, teamwork skills. Seeking, listening, and responding to evaluation feedback from audience, youth artists, volunteers, and mentors in embedded in our processes. We also analyze various participation, audience, and financial data for all programming.

Source of Additional Funds

Other,local or private

Project Manager
First Name
Lacey
Last Name
Schirmers
Organization Name
Great River Educational Arts Theatre AKA GREAT Theatre
Street Address
710 Sundial Dr
City
Waite Park
State
MN
Zip Code
56387
Phone
(320) 258-2787
Email
lacey@greattheatre.org
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

P.O. Box 458
220 4th Ave North 
Foley, MN 56329

Phone
Project Manager: Leslie LeCuyer
320-968-4290x 3