Community Arts
Project Details by Fiscal Year
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
MaggieÆs Farm Free-Range Theater
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
April 2012
End Date
November 2012
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Hennepin
Project Overview
The Skin of Our Teeth
Project Details
Funding for a multimedia production of Thornton WilderÆs The Skin of Our Teeth. The performances will take place at the Lenox Community Center in October 2012.
Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications
Ginny Jacobson: Teacher, Musikgarten; Suzi McArdle: The Park Theatre Company; Betsy Mowry: Program Manager of Youth Projects, Juxtaposition Arts; Michele Hammel: President, Perimeter Productions; Andrea Dittmer: Choir Manager, Angelica Cantanti; Craig Harris: Managing Director, Playwrights Center; Nirmala Rajasekar: Musician; Heather Rutledge: Executive Director, ArtReach Saint Croix.
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
$6,000
Direct expenses
$11,000
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)
To attract at least 500 audience members; to challenge audiences and Maggie's Farm actors by performing a more unconventional play; to challenge and expand Maggie's Farm's team by merging video and live performance.Attendance; audience response; participant experience will be assessed through a post-mortem gathering after show closing.
Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds
Other, local or private
Recipient Board Members
Rita Kach, Don Romain, Ben Weisner, Rollie Troup, Lynne Rainer, Brad Richardson, Rachel Richardson
Project Manager
First Name
Rachel
Last Name
Richardson
Organization Name
MaggieÆs Farm Free-Range Theater
Street Address
PO Box 26743
City
St Louis Park
State
MN
Zip Code
55426
Phone
(612) 269-0180
Email
rachelrichardson@comcast.net
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