Arts Activities Support

2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$10,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Recipient

Walking Shadow Theatre Company

Recipient Type

Non-Profit Business/Entity

Status

Completed

Start Date

October 2014

End Date

December 2014

Activity Type

Grants/Contracts

Counties Affected

Hennepin

Project Overview

Arts Activities Support

Project Details

Funding to present Samuel D Hunter's play The Whale. Performances will take place at Mixed Blood Theatre in November and December 2014.

Competitive Grant Making Body

Board Members and Qualifications

Julie Andersen: Eagan Art House Executive Director; Jill Anfang: Roseville Parks and Recreation Program Director; Bethany Brunsell: Music Teacher and Performer; Kathy Busch: Realtor, Shakopee School Board Member; Shelly Chamberlain: Minnesota Council of Nonprofits Operations Director; Joan Elwell: Lakeshore Players Executive Director; Mary Erickson: Independent School District 112 Community Education; Anthony Galloway: Actor, Storyteller, West Metro Education Program; Jamil Jude: Theatre Artist; Peter Leggett: Walker West Music Academy Executive Director; Dayna Martinez: Ordway Center for the Performing Arts; Colleen McLaughlin: Arts Midwest Director of External Relations; Tom Moffatt: Silverwood Park Supervisor; Christine Murakami Noonan: Minnesota State Fair Foundation; Heather Rutledge: ArtReach Saint Croix Executive Director; Rachel Smoka-Richardson: Children's Theatre Company Development Officer; Dameun Strange: Composer and Performer; Melissa Wright: Twin Cities Public Television.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Mary Grace Flannery: Organizational Development, Administration, Community Development; Teresa Mock: Artistic, Audience Development, Organizational Development; Joan Vorderbruggen: Administration; Alex Legeros: Administration, Artistic; Carrie Christensen: Community Development, Education, Artistic; Toni Wilcox: Education, Administration; Christine Karki: Youth Programming, Education, Artistic; Paul Humiston: Administration; Deneane Richburg: Artistic, Community Education, Marketing.

Conflict of Interest Disclosed

Project Details: 2015 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

2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$10,000

Other Funds Leveraged

$17,115

Direct expenses

$27,115

Administration costs

Number of full time equivalents funded

Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

1260 people attend the production, earning $10,560 in individual ticket sales. The audience was strongly moved to respond to the production and the ideas behind it through post-show discussions, lobby conversations with company members, and written correspondence.We will evaluate the outcomes using audience count, box office receipts, and post-performance feedback (oral and written, including individual and press).

Measurable Outcome(s)

1014 people attended the production, earning $10416 in individual tickets. The audience was strongly moved to respond. Formal post-show discussions and informal lobby conversations were long and animated. Audiences reached out to us with unusual openness, sharing their personal connection to the play: sole caretaker to a homebound friend, friend/family to an addict, parent of a troubled teen.

Description of Funds

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members

Michael Borchert, John Heimbuch, David Pisa, Amy Rummenie, Charleen Zimmer, James Matheson, Ben Thietje, Brent LaSalle, Angela Sylvester, Amanda Thietje, Kit Shelton

Project Manager

David

Pisa

Walking Shadow Theatre Company

820 36th St E

Minneapolis

55407-2602

(612) 375-0300

info@walkingshadowcompany.org

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