Community Arts Support

We have made strides in the administrative area of SOAR. We developed our staff hiring and training process via interviews with our previous and current staff as well as consultation with a legal advisor. A welcome email was created for each staff member that is hired that outlines the documents needed. Once all production staff are hired, we hold an administrative meeting with all staff to answer questions and train staff regarding the expectations regarding their positions. In addition, we are continuing to work with our legal advisors to develop our contracts. We are extremely pleased to have hired a grant writer for our organization. Our grant writer has attended workshops and continues to seek ways to help our organization grow. We had great success with our partnership with the City of Otsego and our Theatre Arts Guild group last year. We have been asked back to continue our Broadway in the Park series this summer. We are currently developing our show for this summer through audience and city feedback. We are currently working with Kaleidoscope, a local charter school in Otsego to develop a partnership that will benefit the children in our community. Our most exciting development has been the growth of our Beyond the Stage program. This year in conjunction with our Academy of Lion King Jr, we are offering free classes to the community that parallel what our Academy participants experience during rehearsal. We will be connecting with the participants of the community workshops to find out about their experience and use this feedback to develop our community workshops moving forward.