Community Arts
Project Details by Fiscal Year
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Chain Reaction Theatre Project
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
December 2011
End Date
April 2012
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Hennepin
Project Overview
Seven
Project Details
Funding for six performances of Seven, a play about the lives of seven women from seven different countries. Performances will take place at six different venues in the metro area in March and April 2012.
Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications
Alice Dodge: Library and grants manager, Midway Contemporary Art; Obi Egwim: Grants manager, Umunne Cultural Association of Minnesota; Danelle Griner: Visual artist and director of Rise Inc. Art Speaks program; Zacc Harris: Musician, Atlantis Jazz Quartet; Owen Henry: Director, Katha Dance; Delia Kuczmarski: manager, Minnesota Public Radio; Judi Lamble: Executive Director, Twin Cities Jewish Chorale; Carol Rudie: Arts administrator, Metropolitan Boys Choir; Damon Runnals: Managing director, Southern Theater.
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
$5,000
Other Funds Leveraged
$3,275
Direct expenses
$8,275
Administration costs
$5,000
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)
To engage audiences in exceptional, inspirational theatre.Audience surveys and gauging of audience reactions in post-show talkback sessions.
Measurable Outcome(s)
Audiences were galvanized by the socially conscious performance.
Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds
Other, local or private
Recipient Board Members
Candace Barrett Birk, Donalk Brazeal, Laurie Beth Fitz, Ankur Garg, Shelley Smith
Project Manager
First Name
Shelley
Last Name
Smith
Organization Name
Chain Reaction Theatre Project
Street Address
9565 Bennett Place
City
Eden Prairie
State
MN
Zip Code
55347
Phone
(612) 308-4791
Email
shelleyas@comcast.net
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