Arts Activities Support

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Red Bird Theatre
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
In Progress
Start Date
September 2015
End Date
June 2016
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Hennepin
Hennepin
Project Overview

Arts Activities Support

Project Details

Funding to produce Sam Shepard's Pulitzer Prize-winning play, Buried Child, as well as seven master classes and workshops. Performances will take place at The Southern Theater in May and June 216.

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: Eastern Carver County Schools 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; Coleen 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: Minnesota Public Radio Development Officer; Dameun Strange: Composer and performer; Melissa Wright: Twin Cities Public Television.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Erinn Liebhard: Artistic, marketing, administration; Kathryn Murray: Artistic, administration, organizational planning; Betty Mackay: Artistic; Rachel Levitt: Marketing, fundraising, community development; Susan Bernstein: Artistic, administration; Don Mabley-Allen: Artistic, administration, disabilities specialist; Natalie Wass: Artistic, volunteerism, education; Edie Abnet: Artistic, education, community education; Harry Sapienza: Education, administration, finance.

Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota 2013, Chapter 137, Article 4, Section 2, Subdivision 3
Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access

2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Other Funds Leveraged
$17,900
Direct expenses
$27,900
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Our proposed measurable outcomes include 700 tickets sold over the course of our run, and 25% of those tickets purchased by new audience members. Additionally, we hope to have at least 60% participation in our audience surveys, allowing us to collect a host of information about our audience in order to better serve them in the future. Methods for evaluating our outcomes include box office reports, audience/participant surveys, post-show talk backs and small group moderated discussions. Additionally, we will conduct post mortem discussions between artist participants, Red Bird leadership, our Artist Advisory Committee and Board of Directors. Our board and leadership will complete self-evaluations in terms of our quantitative and qualitative goals, and at our last board meeting of the year we will set new goals based on those evaluations.

Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members
Genevieve Bennett, Michelle Hernick, Oron Stenesh, Haley Kilgour, Bill Thurston, Delta Giordano
Project Manager
First Name
Genevieve
Last Name
Bennett
Organization Name
Red Bird Theatre
Street Address
345 Chester St  
City
Minneapolis
State
MN
Phone
(612) 770-5349
Email
redbirdtheatre@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