Community Arts
Project Details by Fiscal Year
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Public Theater of Minnesota
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
April 2012
End Date
August 2012
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Hennepin
Project Overview
Romeo and Juliet
Project Details
Funding to present Romeo and Juliet at the Veterans Memorial Amphitheater in Wolfe Park in July 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
$33,850
Direct expenses
$38,850
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)
To provide an outstanding audience experience focused on making classical theater fresh and accessible to a diverse audience; to provide hands-on professional experience for approximately 30 young and emerging theater artists.Internal evaluations; direct audience feedback; audience surveys.
Measurable Outcome(s)
Emerging and young artists found the performance to be engaging and audiences were thrilled with the lively rendition.
Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds
Other, local or private
Recipient Board Members
Michael Leirdahl, Steven Bucher, Susan Flint, Timothy Ferraro
Project Manager
First Name
Mark
Last Name
Hauck
Organization Name
Public Theater of Minnesota
Street Address
6542 W Lake St
City
St Louis Park
State
MN
Zip Code
55416
Phone
(952) 220-2178
Email
mark@theptmn.org
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