Community Arts

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Lakeshore Players, Inc. AKA Lakeshore Players Theatre
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
April 2016
End Date
June 2016
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Ramsey
Ramsey
Project Overview
Community Arts
Project Details
Funding for the 12th Annual 10-Minute Play Festival featuring ten original plays performed over two weekends. Activities will take place at Lakeshore Players Theatre in White Bear Lake in June 2016.
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; Shelly Chamberlain: Minnesota Council of Nonprofits Operations Director; Marisol Chiclana-Ayla: Artist, Board Chair El Arco Iris; Anthony Galloway: Actor, storyteller, West Metro Education Program; Jamil Jude: Theatre artist; Tricia Khutoretsky: Public Functionary Curator and Co-Director; 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; Kathy Mouacheupao: Twin Cities Local Initiatives Support Corporation Cultural Corridor Coordinator; Adam Napoli-Rangel: Artist; Heather Rutledge: ArtReach Saint Croix Executive Director; Andrea Sjogren: Hopkins Public Schools Youth Programs Coordinator; Dameun Strange: Composer and performer; Melissa Wright: Twin Cities Public Television.
Advisory Group Members and Qualifications
Kathy Mattson: Organizational development, volunteerism, fundraising; Hayley Johnson: Audience development, fundraising, administration; Erin Gardner: Artistic, disabilities specialist, Community Education; Robert Cuerden: Audience development, fundraising, organizational development; Janelle Doyle: Education, Community Education, youth programming; Dave Browne: Fundraising, general administration, youth programming; Kathleen James: Youth programming, administration, audience development; Noel Nix: Community service, administration, organizational development.
Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota 2015 Special Session, chapter 2, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3
Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access

2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,000
Other Funds Leveraged
$25,913
Direct expenses
$30,913
Administration costs
$0
Number of full time equivalents funded
0.00
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Quantitative outcomes include: attendance of at least 75% capacity, or 1,350 seats filled, and participation by 35 actors, ten directors, ten playwrights, plus five contracted and staff artists. Attendance will be evaluated through tickets sales reports and data gathered from tickets scanning as attendees enter the theater from our PatronManager ticketing system. Post show artist surveys will be sent to participating artists to gather feedback about their experience.

Measurable Outcome(s)

We achieved our artistic goals of engaging, entertaining, and educating our community through this project. A strength AND challenge of our artistic process is having 10 different artists directing 10 different plays - each with different actors. This results in a variety of artistic visions for each play, each unique and engaging for the audiences, and each resulting in different learning experiences for the artists. The challenge in this process is coordinating all the different artists and volunteer actors through the rehearsal process, and "tech week" as each production worked through different sound, lighting and other tech needs. The end result was a highly successful festival with performances filled to 91% of capacity. Attendees were engaged, as shown by their response in voting for their favorite play: 791 voted (62%) for a fun show called "Gram Scams" which looked at perceptions and misconceptions between generations. Of the playwrights with plays selected for performance, nine were from across the United States from Maine to California, and one was from the Twin Cities metro community of Little Canada. The Festival included comedies and dramas with diverse topics from aging to speed dating to theater ghosts to a murder mystery spoof. We feel this activity was a tremendous success and we would not do anything differently for future festivals. We successfully reached our intended community of audience, volunteer actors and directors. Actors of all ages, abilities, and levels of experience were invited to audition, with a total of 52 actors coming out to try out to be in a play. Actors ranged in age from 17 to 70, with 14 men and 13 women cast in 27 roles. Most of the actors were Caucasian, with two Latino, and one African American. At least one of the artists self-identifies as gay. One of our directors, who is legally blind, was driven to and from the theater with his service dog. Of the 1278 attendees, 84 (7%) attended with a half-price or pay-what-you-can ticket, and 147 (12%) attended free of charge. There was no fee for actors to participate in the Festival. We exceeded our attendance goal of 75% of capacity, with the Festival filled to 91% capacity. The number of actors was 27 (8 fewer than anticipated), a result of plays selected for performance having fewer roles than in past years. Artists outcomes were as expected with 10 directors, 10 playwrights and 5 staff and contracted artists engaged. Two playwrights attend the Festival.

Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members
Betsy Buehrer, Bob Mitchell, Cynthia Stange, Elinor Jackson, Frank Mabley, JP Barone, Jacob Hugart, Jim Berry, Linda Kay Smith, Megan Vimont, Michael Spellman, Patti Phillips, Tamara Winden
Project Manager
First Name
Joan
Last Name
Elwell
Organization Name
Lakeshore Players, Inc. AKA Lakeshore Players Theatre
Street Address
4820 Stewart Ave
City
White Bear Lake
State
MN
Zip Code
55110-2837
Phone
(651) 426-3275
Email
joan@lakeshoreplayers.org
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