Arts Project Support

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Four Humors Theater
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
November 2019
End Date
April 2021
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Hennepin
Hennepin
Project Overview

Arts Project Support

Project Details

Hobo-Sapien.

Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications

Lynne Bertalmio: Retired Director Stillwater Public Library; Cristeta Boarini: 826 MSP Program Director; Craig Dunn: Arts Accessibility Consultant; Tricia Heuring: Public Functionary Executive Director; Alejandra Iannone: Sparkle Theatricals Creative Co-Director; Wu Chen Khoo: Technical Tools of the Trade Stage Technical Designer and Director; Wendy Lane: Retired Human Resources Professional; Alejandra Pelinka: City of Bloomington Director of Creative Placemaking; Tommy Sar: Ordway Center for the Performing Arts Coordinator of Community Programs; Lue Vang: McKnight Foundation Accountant; Donna Saul Millen: TPT-Twin Cities PBS Events Director; Christal Moose: Native Pride Productions Inc Manager; Adaobi Okolue: Twin Cities Media Alliance Executive Director; Andrea Sjogren: Hopkins Community Education Adult and Youth Programs Coordinator; Deanna StandingCloud: New Native Theatre; Sara Wilson: Gislason and Hunter LLP Attorney; Robyn Cline: City of Savage Economic Development Commissioner.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Bob Peskin: General Management / Administration, Finance / Audit, Fundraising; Brenna Mosser: Artistic, Education, General Management/ Administration/ Support; Denetrick Powers: Community Service / Development, Artistic, Audience Development / Marketing; Jennifer Ilse: Artistic, General Management / Administration; Karen Charles: Artistic, Education, General Management / Administration; Rob Thomas: General Management/Administration/Support, Program Development, Marketing/Audience Development.

Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota 2019 First Special Session, chapter 2, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3
Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access ACHF Arts Education ACHF Cultural Heritage

2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Other Funds Leveraged
$9,025
Direct expenses
$19,025
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Concerning the artist community at our workshop-style auditions, we hope to have more attendees than our Spring 2019 workshops, have at least 25% of this year's attendees be "returning" from those workshops, and create a welcoming, fun, and inclusive environment where more than 50% of attendees state that they "enjoyed" the experience, are interested in returning to future workshops, and express a preference for this style of auditioning. Concerning the patron community at performances, we hope to sell more tickets than we did to our Spring 2019 production, that the "non-white" identifying audience makes up less than 90% of the total audience, and that the production leaves patrons leaving the theater feeling "better" than when they entered it. To measure artist workshop feedback, we will collect emails during signup and send post-workshop surveys to participants who will be asked if they are returning from Spring 2019 and to rate their enjoyment, interest in returning, and preference for this style of auditions. To measure our audience goals we will collect email addresses through our box office ticketing point of sale, count tickets sold through this same platform (compared to recorded numbers from 2019), and send digital post-show surveys to patrons asking them to provide demographic information and rate on a scale how they felt when leaving the theater compared to when they entered it.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Successes: 23 more people attended our 2020 workshops than in 2019 (93 vs 70), 30% of attendees were returning from the previous year, 96% or respondents rated their enjoyment of the process a 4 or 5 out of 5, , 94% said they would attend workshops like this again, and 86% said they preferred this audition process. Failed: We did not achieve any performance goals as there was no performance.

Proposed Outcomes Achieved
achieved some of the proposed outcomes
Source of Additional Funds

Other,local or private

Recipient Board Members
Kristin Campbell, Doug Tiede, Joe Bozic, Damien Goebel, Chelley McLear, Seth Goodspeed
Project Manager
First Name
Ryan
Last Name
Lear
Organization Name
Four Humors Theater
Street Address
6820 2nd Ave S
City
Richfield
State
MN
Zip Code
55423
Phone
(612) 532-8155
Email
info@fourhumorstheater.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