Arts and Cultural Heritage, Arts Project
Project Details by Fiscal Year
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,180
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
New Ulm Actors Community Theatre
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
June 2012
End Date
August 2012
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Blue Earth
Brown
Nicollet
Project Overview
Arts and Cultural Heritage, Arts Project
Project Details
They will present the locally written play "Dogs in the Hot Moon" as part of the 150th Commemoration of the United States-Dakota War.
Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications
Denice Evers: retired teacher, and volunteer with Springfield Community Theater; Mary Jane Glawe: visual artist; Sara Krassin: arts administrator for the Childrens' Museum of Southern Minnesota; Joe McCabe: St. James City Manager, volunteers with the St. James Community Theater; Mary Motter: 5th grade teacher at Eagle Lake Elementary, arts volunteer; Pat Potzler: retired teacher, singer in the Minnesota Valley Sweet Adelines; Lill Robinson: retired Language Arts teacher, volunteer with the Blue Earth Community Theater; Paula Scheffler: substitute teacher in LeSueur; Melanie Schmidt: high school speech coach, Program Director for Mankato Community Education; Bonnie Taplin: volunteer with the Interlaken Heritage Days Festival; Elizabeth Traxler: teacher, playwright, director; Gina Wenger: professor of Art Education at Minnesota State University; Greg Wilkins: Director of Student Activities at Minnesota State University.
Advisory Group Members and Qualifications
Denice Evers: retired teacher, and volunteer with Springfield Community Theater; Mary Jane Glawe: visual artist; Sara Krassin: arts administrator for the Childrens Museum of Southern Minnesota; Joe McCabe: St. James City Manager, volunteers with the St. James Community Theater; Mary Motter: 5th grade teacher at Eagle Lake Elementary, arts volunteer; Pat Potzler: retired teacher, singer in the Minnesota Valley Sweet Adelines; Lill Robinson: retired Language Arts teacher, volunteer with the Blue Earth Community Theater; Paula Scheffler: substitute teacher in LeSueur; Melanie Schmidt: high school speech coach, Program Director for Mankato Community Education; Bonnie Taplin: volunteer with the Interlaken Heritage Days Festival; Elizabeth Traxler: teacher, playwright, director; Gina Wenger: professor of Art Education at Minnesota State University; Greg Wilkins: Director of Student Activities at Minnesota State University.
Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Project Details: 2012 Fiscal Year
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota 2011, First Special Session, chapter 6, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3
Appropriation Language
ACHF Arts Access
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,180
Other Funds Leveraged
$4,670
Direct expenses
$7,850
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)
To increase the number of performances and audience members; to have higher quality performances in more stable venues; and to expand our board of directors and continue their training.A New Ulm Actors Community Theatre Board Committee will conduct the audience survey with the assistance of members of the "150th Commemoration Committee."
Measurable Outcome(s)
They increased the number of performances and audience members; they had higher quality performances in more stable venues; and expanded their board of directors and continued their training.
Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds
Other, local or private
Recipient Board Members
Judy Sellner, Kent Menzel, Oliver Skillings, Reed Glawe, Keara Roberts, LaRonda Bourn, Adam Towles, Kristine Parker, Zachary Stowe
Project Manager
First Name
Paul
Last Name
Warshauer
Organization Name
New Ulm Actors Community Theatre
Street Address
PO Box 171
City
New Ulm
State
MN
Zip Code
56073
Phone
(507) 359-9990
Email
execdir@newulmact.com
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