Community Arts

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Strange Capers
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
April 2012
End Date
July 2012
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Hennepin
Hennepin
Project Overview

The Comedy of Errors

Project Details

Funding for free outdoor performances of ShakespeareÆs The Comedy of Errors at the Bloomington Theater and Arts CenterÆs amphitheater and Minneapolis Powderhorn Park in summer 2012.

Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications

Tim J. Peterson: Director of Marketing and Operations, Cantus; Jeanne Junge: Artistic Director, Sounds of Hope; Anne Bertram: Managing Director, Theatre Unbound; Caitlin Hargarten: Managing Director, Stevens Square Center for the Arts; Walken Schweigert: Ensemble Member, Unseen Ghost Brigade; Peter Thompson: Artistic Director, Art Shanty Projects; Tanaegh Haddad: Arts Coordinator, Womens' Initiative for Self Empowerment; Christina Marie Ham: Playwright, The Playwrights' Center; Pete Driessen: Curator and Director, TuckUnder Projects.

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
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
$5,462
Direct expenses
$10,462
Administration costs
$0
Number of full time equivalents funded
0
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Audiences in Bloomington and Powderhorn Park will experience Shakespeare in unique settings for free.Audience feedback at performances and through social media; artist feedback; advisory committee assessment.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Presented free performances of Shakespeare's Comedy of Errors for audiences at Bloomington Arts Center and Powderhorn park; included ASL and audio described performances.

Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members
Dianne Brennan, Bernadette Christiansen, Liz Engelman, Hunter Gullickson, Lee Henderson, RIck Shiomi, Amy Steele Gudmestad, Ken Washington
Project Manager
First Name
Rob
Last Name
Nygaard
Organization Name
Strange Capers
Street Address
1821 Fillmore St NE
City
Minneapolis
State
MN
Zip Code
55418
Phone
(612) 234-7694
Email
thestrangecapers@gmail.com
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

PO Box 14106
Saint Paul, Minnesota 55114 

Phone
Project Manager: Kathy Mouacheupao
651-645-0402
Email the Agency