Project Grant - Round 1
ACHF Arts Access ACHF Arts Education
We will have provided approximately 15 staff and 30 local volunteers with an opportunity to work in a supportive artistic environment. There will be an increase in their self-esteem, a feeling of pride in a job well done, and a sense of accomplishment in co-creating an artistic vision. We will have provided an opportunity for approximately 12 performers to grow as artists and will have increased their skill sets in the performing arts discipline. We will have entertained audiences totaling approximately 800 people of all ages, from all economic and cultural backgrounds. We will have attracted at least 20 new people that have not been to or involved in a previous Buffalo Community Theater production. We will have increased awareness of and access to Buffalo Community Theater in the community, and exposed them to the art of live theater.We will measure our goals by tracking the people who: audition, volunteer, perform in, or attend our performances. We will solicit comments and reactions from audience members, actors, musicians, and volunteers. An audience survey in programs will help to provide feedback from the perspective of someone who attended the production. Questions regarding how the audience member heard about the show should help us track how well our marketing and publicity campaigns worked. A participant survey given to the actors as well as the volunteers will help us gather data about how we can improve our procedures from auditions to striking the production.
Buffalo Community Theater successfully produced and mounted 6 performances of the musical Little Shop of Horrors in October/November 2012. A staff of 14 and approximately 40 local volunteers (including 15 youth) worked together over a period of about 2 months. 12 actors, including 4 youth, were cast in the production. Attendance figures were carefully documented through the box office. First weekend ticket sales were slightly lower than projected but sold out houses on the second weekend were observed and documented, with many referrals and repeat attendees. Overall attendance was lower than projected. Audience surveys were handed out at performances and gave us valuable feedback, including: 30% of those who attended were first time attendees to a Buffalo Community Theater production. (We had hoped to increase attendance of new patrons by 10%, so we exceed that by 20%.) Audiences included people ranging in age from 6 to 87. Attendees came from all over the area from St Cloud to Minneapolis. Total audience numbers were: 908 paying customers, plus 110 complementary tickets.
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