Operating Support
Operating Support
General operating support
Ardell Brede: Mayor of Rochester, elected 2002.; Peggy Burnet: Businesswoman, art collector, and community volunteer. Chair of the Nominating Committee, Smithsonian National Board. Trustee, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Michael Charron: Dean of the School of the Arts, Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Wendy Dayton: Arts and community leader and philanthopist.; Sean Dowse: Executive director, Sheldon Theatre. Board member for Minnesota Music Coalition, Minnesota Citizens for the Arts, and Anderson Center for Interdisciplinary Studies.; David Glenn, Executive director of the Minnesota Project, ceramic artist; Benjamin Klipfel: Board member, Minnesota State Arts Board. Executive Director, Alexandria Area Arts Association, Inc. Director and arts educator.; Ellen McInnis: Director of Twin Cities government relations, Wells Fargo. Member of Bottineau Boulevard Partnership. Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Thomas Moss: Consultant to nonprofits and government agencies; Janice Sivertson: Gallery owner and visual artist; Anton Treuer: Professor of Ojibwe, Bemidji State University.
Paul Boehnke: Artistic Director, Bach Society of Minnesota; Bradley Delzer: Performer and board member, Theatre B, Fargo; Millicent Engisch-Morris: Artistic director, The Crossing Arts Alliance; owner, Quiet River Studio.; Curtis Gruhl: Retired business and finance manager; former teacher; performer and director; treasurer, Red Wing Art Association; Anna Johnson: Arts Administrator and consultant, specializing in development; former administrative manager, Minnesota Chorale; Bradley Kruse: Program director for SRI, Bayport; board treasurer, Minnesota Council of Foundations; Gina Kundan: Director, Center for Health Interprofessional Programs, University of Minnesota; Board chair, Ananya Dance Theatre; Richard Robbins: Professor of English and director of the creative writing program, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Peter Spooner: Former curator, Tweed Museum of Art, University of Minnesota Duluth|Andy Zimney, Director of retreat programs, Youth Frontiers; helped to found Theatre Limina
ACHF Arts Access
Future fiscal sustainability. To protect the future fiscal sustainability of the company, the Commonweal will evaluate its new operating model to achieve an operating fund surplus, on course eventually to building a significant working capital reserve. The Commonweal Theatre maintains records of attendance, revenue generation, costs and benefits, and demographic trends for each production and program. Revenue and expense (actuals and budget) are reviewed monthly - quarterly at the board level. 2: The Commonweal will maximize accessibility to the arts for the Southeastern Minnesota region by offering high-quality artistic mainstage and special events programming with minimal financial barriers. Programming will be evaluated at the staff and board level. The Commonweal Theatre’s primary tool for evaluation is the weekly Resident Company meeting. These forums allow for self-evaluation of artistic and administrative progress of the company as a whole, as well as each individual production and program.
The Commonweal Theatre is making progress toward fiscal stability and future sustainability by operating well within budgeted income and expenses. The Commonweal is in the midst of a popular and successful 2014 mainstage season.
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