Community Arts

2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$5,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Recipient

Walking Shadow Theatre Company

Recipient Type

Non-Profit Business/Entity

Status

Completed

Start Date

January 2014

End Date

March 2014

Activity Type

Grants/Contracts

Counties Affected

Hennepin

Project Overview

Community Arts

Project Details

Funding to produce and present the regional premiere of Mary Stuart, Peter Oswald's new adaptation of Friedrich Schiller's script. Performances will take place at the Red Eye Theater in February 2014.

Competitive Grant Making Body

Board Members and Qualifications

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.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

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.

Conflict of Interest Disclosed

Project Details: 2014 Fiscal Year

Legal Citation / Subdivision

Laws of Minnesota 2013, Chapter 137, Article 4, Section 2, Subdivision 3

Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access

2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$5,000

Other Funds Leveraged

$25,535

Direct expenses

$30,535

Administration costs

Number of full time equivalents funded

Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

1060 people attended the performances, raising $12,500 in individual ticket sales. We employed 34 artists and staff. The audience was strongly moved to respond to the production and the ideas behind it.Quantitative methods include audience/participant count and box office data. Qualitative methods include press reviews and audience feedback from moderated post-show discussions, from individual conversations with company members available in the lobby, and from email correspondence with the director.

Measurable Outcome(s)

787 people attended the performances, raising $7,655 in individual ticket sales. We employed 40 artists and staff. The audience was strongly moved to respond to the production and the ideas behind it, as demonstrated by engaged participation at post-show discussions, one-on-one discussions in the lobby, and emails to the company.

Description of Funds

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members

Michael EO Borchert, John Heimbuch, David Pisa, Amy Rummenie, Charleen Zimmer, James Matheson, Ben Thietje, Brent LaSalle, Angela Sylvester, Amanda Thietje

Project Manager

David

Pisa

Walking Shadow Theatre Company

820 36th St E

Minneapolis

55407-2602

(612) 375-0300

info@walkingshadowcompany.org

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