Community Arts
Project Details by Fiscal Year
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Masquers Theatre Company
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
March 2012
End Date
October 2012
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Washington
Project Overview
Community Arts
Project Details
Funding for 14 performances and a free preview performance of Fiddler on the Roof at Forest Lake High School Auditorium in July 2012.
Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications
Ginny Jacobson: Teacher, Musikgarten; Suzi McArdle: The Park Theatre Company; Betsy Mowry: Program Manager of Youth Projects, Juxtaposition Arts; Michele Hammel: President, Perimeter Productions; Andrea Dittmer: Choir Manager, Angelica Cantanti; Craig Harris: Managing Director, Playwrights Center; Nirmala Rajasekar: Musician; Heather Rutledge: Executive Director, ArtReach Saint Croix.
Advisory Group Members and Qualifications
Jill Anfang: City of Roseville assistant parks and recreation director; Heather Beal: free-lance architectural writer; Melissa Brechon: retired Carver County Library system director; Kathy Busch: realtor, Shakopee School Board member; Shelly Chamberlain: Minnesota Council of Nonprofits director of operations and human resources; Paul Creager: Gordon Parks High School teacher and administrator, Square Lake Film Festival director; Erika Eklund: Playwrights'Center director of external relations; Joan Elwell: Lakeshore Players Community Theatre Managing Director; Kristi Gaudette: Prior Lake-Savage school district program specialist; Peter Leggett: Walker West Music Academy executive director; Christine Murakami Noonan: Minnesota State Fair Foundation Project Manager; Rachel Smoka-Richardson: Childrens Theatre Company director of institutional giving; Margaret Rog: free-lance grant writer and organizational development consultant; Beth Starbuck: retired consultant; Dameun Strange: free-lance musician and composer; Melissa Wright: William Mitchell College of Law assistant director of Career and Professional Development.
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
$5,000
Other Funds Leveraged
$23,000
Direct expenses
$28,000
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)
To surprise the audience by presenting a familiar story in a new light; to celebrate the Masquers Theatre Company's 36th years of production by doing the same production they did in their first year.Audience feedback; online surveys; audience surveys included in programs; attendance.
Measurable Outcome(s)
Over 2000 audience members were given the opportunity to experience live theater in their community; 60 community members were given the opportunity to participate as cast and crew; Masquers Theatre Company has been asked to create a holiday production fo
Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds
Other, local or private
Recipient Board Members
Brenda Brown, Paul Brown, Elizabeth Capouch, Deborah Johnson, Robbie Kelley, Mike Manning, Craig Moen, Tony Nobles, Carla Ratgen, Janice Murphy ROman, William Roman, Bobbi Sells, Marti Steek
Project Manager
First Name
Janice
Last Name
Roman Murphy
Organization Name
Masquers Theatre Company
Street Address
PO Box 446
City
Forest Lake
State
MN
Zip Code
55025-0446
Phone
(651) 587-3538
Email
janixL@usfamily.net
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