Community Arts
Project Details by Fiscal Year
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Nimbus Theatre
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
January 2012
End Date
April 2012
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Hennepin
Project Overview
Babel
Project Details
Funding to produce and stage Babel, a new work written and directed by company co-Artistic Director Josh Cragun. Performances will take place at the Nimbus Theater in Minneapolis in March 2012.
Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications
Carin Bratlie: Producer, Theatre Pro Rata; Shauna Dee: Arts administrator, FORECAST Public Art; Meaghan Disciorio: Director, Swandive Theatre; Craig Dunn: Executive Director, VSA Minnesota; Robin Gillette: Executive Director of Minnesota Fringe Festival; Mary Elizabeth Lee: Managing Director, Cantus vocal ensemble; Louis Porter II: Literary artist and college instructor; Jeanne Souldern: Administrator and communications coordinator, Women's Art Resources of Minnesota; Maryam Yusefzadeh: Musician.
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
$5,650
Direct expenses
$10,650
Administration costs
$5,000
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)
Present a new play examining how knowledge can improve lives and also be a force of destruction.Audience free-form questionnaire on paper or online; post-performance discussions by company members.
Measurable Outcome(s)
Successfully Developed and presented a challenging new dystopian work that introduced audiences to the company's new space in Northeast Minneapolis.
Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds
Other, local or private
Recipient Board Members
John Neerland, Christian Franken, Mat Lindquist, Sarah Sonday, Carla Waldemar
Project Manager
First Name
Josh
Last Name
Cragun
Organization Name
Nimbus Theatre
Street Address
1517 Central Ave NE Ste 300
City
Minneapolis
State
MN
Zip Code
55413
Phone
(612) 548-1380
Email
josh@nimbustheatre.com
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