Arts Activities Support

2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$10,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Recipient

Green T Productions

Recipient Type

Non-Profit Business/Entity

Status

Completed

Start Date

August 2014

End Date

November 2014

Activity Type

Grants/Contracts

Counties Affected

Hennepin

Project Overview

Arts Activities Support

Project Details

Funding to produce an original drama, Prince Rama’s Journey, based on stories from the Hindu epic The Ramayana in collaboration with the dancers and gamelan musicians of Sumunar Indonesian Music and Dance to be performed at the Heart of the Beast in the fall of 2014.

Competitive Grant Making Body

Board Members and Qualifications

Julie Andersen: Executive Director, Eagan Art House; Jill Anfang: Program Director, Roseville Parks and Recreation; Bethany Brunsell: Music Teacher and Performer; Kathy Busch: Realtor and Shakopee School Board Member; Shelly Chamberlain: Minnesota Council of Nonprofits Operations Director; Paul Creager: Saint Paul Public Schools Administrator, Square Lake Film Festival Director; Joan Elwell: Lakeshore Players Executive Director; Mary Erickson: Eastern Carver County Schools Community Education; Kristi Gaudette: Prior Lake Savage Community Education; Peter Leggett: Walker West Music Academy Executive Director; Dayna Martinez: Ordway Center for the Performing Arts; Christine Murakami Noonan: Minnesota State Fair Foundation; Margaret Rog: Consultant and Grant Writer; Heather Rutledge: ArtReach Saint Croix Executive Director; Rachel Smoka: Children's Theatre Company Development Officer; Beth Starbuck: Vocal Performer; Dameun Strange: Composer and Performer; Melissa Wright: William Mitchell College of Law.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Clea Galhano: Artistic; Scott Pakudaitis: Artistic, Organizational Development, Marketing; Bill Venne: Fundraising; Bob Shoemake: Artistic, Administration, Organizational Planning; Kathryn Tjaden: Administration, Fundraising, Organizational Planning; Stanton Wood: Fundraising, Administration, Artistic; Kelli Tatum: Fundraising, Administration.

Conflict of Interest Disclosed

Project Details: 2014 Fiscal Year

Legal Citation / Subdivision

Laws of Minnesota 2013, Chapter 137, Article 4, Section 2, Subdivision 3

Appropriation Language

ACHF Cultural Heritage

2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$10,000

Other Funds Leveraged

$16,055

Direct expenses

$26,055

Administration costs

Number of full time equivalents funded

Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

We hope to draw 400 audience members to this production. We hope to increase our audience base by exposing our theater company to Sumunar's current audience.We will evaluate our audience size through daily box-office reports of total numbers of persons attending each production. The degree of audience cross-pollination will be determined through audience surveys.

Measurable Outcome(s)

617 people attended “Prince Rama’s Journey.” This was the largest audience at a Green T Performance in the past 10 years; 12 regular Green T artists, 12 Sumunar musicians, 6 Sumunar dancers and three directors were involved in the production. Additionally, we contracted with a costume designer who was new to the group. Thanks to Metropolitan Regional Arts Council funding the collaborators were able to spend more time working together to integrate the gamelan music with the dramatic performances than we had in our past collaboration and the result was an aesthetically pleasing production.

Description of Funds

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members

Rick Coleman, Kathy Welch, Virginia Haggart, Natalie Wass, Avian Jangula, Heather Klein Quigley, Mickaylee Shaughnessy, Mary Shamrock, Ethan Xiong

Project Manager

Richard

Coleman

Green T Productions

1549 University Ave W Ste 204

St Paul

55104