Community Arts

2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$5,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Recipient

Workhaus Playwrights Collective AKA Workhaus Collective

Recipient Type

Non-Profit Business/Entity

Status

Completed

Start Date

December 2014

End Date

June 2015

Activity Type

Grants/Contracts

Counties Affected

Hennepin

Project Overview

Community Arts

Project Details

Funding to present collective member Dominic Orlando’s new work, The Reagan Years, a play examining American culture's ambivalent attitude towards its youth. Performances will take place at the Playwrights’ Center’s Waring Jones Theatre in spring 2015.

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

Cassandra Shore: Artistic, community service, administration; Mark Kausch: Artistic, audience development, organizational planning; Jeanne Morales: Finance, artistic, fundraising; Jonna Kosalko: Fundraising, audience development, administration; Justine Pearson: Artistic, administration, audience development; John Allen: Finance, administration; Laura Krider: Administration, artistic; Chris Garza: Artistic, administration, audience development; Sam Stahlmann: Artistic, youth programming, organizational development.

Project Details: 2015 Fiscal Year

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

$5,000

Other Funds Leveraged

$14,500

Direct expenses

$19,500

Administration costs

Number of full time equivalents funded

Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

We propose that this activity will benefit about 500 audience members, including 80 youth audience participants. We will actively conduct outreach into both communities of young adults who don't normally attend the theatre, especially local universities and colleges. We propose 24 artist participants involved in the project, including a young cast of 7 made up of local early career actors. We will evaluate our outcomes using several methods, including an audience and participant count, audience surveys, artist surveys and weekly post-performance discussions.

Measurable Outcome(s)

The most significant outcomes to arise from our project are: the effect it had on the further development of the young artists who performed in it; the provocative conversations it inspired in the audiences who saw it; and in the way it served the playwright's ability to further explore and refine his art form.

Description of Funds

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members

Jeremy Cohen, Polly Carl, Jonathan Wolfe, Daniella Topol, Christoper Smith, Keri Kellerman

Project Manager

Jeannine

Coulombe

Workhaus Playwrights Collective AKA Workhaus Collective

2301 Franklin Ave E

Minneapolis

55406