Arts Activities Support
Project Details by Fiscal Year
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Alan Berks and Company
Status
Completed
Start Date
July 2012
End Date
March 2013
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Hennepin
Project Overview
Six Characters in Search of an Author
Project Details
Funding to produce and stage a new adaptation of PirandelloÆs Six Characters in Search of an Author. Performances will begin in January 2013.
Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications
Lori-Anne Williams: Development Director, AccountAbility Minnesota; Jennifer Tonko: Program Assistant, Minnesota Humanities Center; Katie Rye: Twisted Owl Marketing and Events; Michele Spaise: Artist; Carolyn Holbrook, Executive Director, SASE: The Write Place; Adriana Rimpel: Program Manager, Walker Art Center; Tom Moffatt: Supervisor, Silverwood Park; Vanessa Voskuil: Vanessa Voskuil Dance.
Advisory Group Members and Qualifications
Jill Anfang: City of Roseville assistant parks and recreation director; Heather Beal: free-lance architectural writer; Melissa Brechon: retired Carver County Library system director; Kathy Busch: realtor, Shakopee School Board member; Shelly Chamberlain: Minnesota Council of Nonprofits director of operations and human resources; Paul Creager: Gordon Parks High School teacher and administrator, Square Lake Film Festival director; Erika Eklund: Playwrights'Center director of external relations; Joan Elwell: Lakeshore Players Community Theatre Managing Director; Kristi Gaudette: Prior Lake-Savage school district program specialist; Peter Leggett: Walker West Music Academy executive director; Christine Murakami Noonan: Minnesota State Fair Foundation Project Manager; Rachel Smoka-Richardson: Childrens Theatre Company director of institutional giving; Margaret Rog: free-lance grant writer and organizational development consultant; Beth Starbuck: retired consultant; Dameun Strange: free-lance musician and composer; Melissa Wright: William Mitchell College of Law assistant director of Career and Professional Development.
Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Project Details: 2012 Fiscal Year
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota 2011, First Special Session, chapter 6, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3
Appropriation Language
ACHF Arts Access
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Other Funds Leveraged
$10,200
Direct expenses
$20,200
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)
To bring an exciting new production of a classic production to the stage in a way that resonates with meaning for a new generation; to grow the audience for Alan Berks and Company--to raise attendance to 650 people.Attendance; audience surveys.
Measurable Outcome(s)
Exceeded audience goals; audience feedback shows strong positive response to the performance and subject; increased attendance by both young audience members and those over 50 years.
Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds
Other, local or private
Recipient Board Members
John Bueche, Leah Cooper, Katie Kaufmann, Ben McGovern, Randy Reyes, Adam Whisner
Project Manager
First Name
Alan
Last Name
Berks
Organization Name
Alan Berks and Company
Street Address
2703 Aldrich Ave S Ste 2
City
Minneapolis
State
MN
Zip Code
55408
Phone
(612) 423-6335
Email
amberks@gmail.com
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