Community Arts
Funding to produce STOP KISS, an award-winning play by Diana Son that explores themes of violence against both women and the LGBT community. Performances will take place at Nimbus Theater in January and February 2014.
Julie Andersen: Executive Director, Eagan Art House; Jill Anfang: Program Director, Roseville Parks and Recreation; Bethany Brunsell: Music Teacher and Performer; Kathy Busch: Realtor and Shakopee School Board Member; Shelly Chamberlain: Minnesota Council of Nonprofits Operations Director; Paul Creager: Saint Paul Public Schools Administrator, Square Lake Film Festival Director; Joan Elwell: Lakeshore Players Executive Director; Mary Erickson: Eastern Carver County Schools Community Education; Kristi Gaudette: Prior Lake Savage Community Education; Peter Leggett: Walker West Music Academy Executive Director; Dayna Martinez: Ordway Center for the Performing Arts; Christine Murakami Noonan: Minnesota State Fair Foundation; Margaret Rog: Consultant and Grant Writer; Heather Rutledge: ArtReach Saint Croix Executive Director; Rachel Smoka: Children's Theatre Company Development Officer; Beth Starbuck: Vocal Performer; Dameun Strange: Composer and Performer; Melissa Wright: William Mitchell College of Law.
Stephen Rueff: Artistic, Administration, Organizational Development; Suzanne Roberts: Artistic Finance, Community Education; Alison Heimstead: Artistic; Ann Erickson: Administration, Fundraising; Sarah Johnson: Administration, Fundraising, Education; Nina Graham: Fundraising, Administration; Andi Cheney, Fundraising, Administration; Dana LeMoine: Artistic, Education, Youth Programming.
Metropolitan Regional Arts Council, Jeff Prauer (651) 645-0402
ACHF Arts Access
Create a powerful, aesthetically successful production of STOP KISS that is also a focal point for discussion about violence against women and the GLBT community.Success will be measured by attendance (at least 250 people for a 10-show run), audience reaction as indicated by written and spoken comments, diversity as indicated by audience surveys, reviews in print or online, financial outcome, and feedback from the 15 artists involved with STOP KISS.
Three groups sent representatives to a January 31 post-show panel: Chrysalis Center for Women, OutFront Minnesota, and Krav Maga, whose two representatives led a women’s self-defense workshop. 15 audience members and several performers stayed to participate.
Other, local or private