Community Arts
Community Arts
4 Community Theatre Summer Musical - Willy Wonka Funding to stage the family musical Willy Wonka with a multi-generational cast of 60+ actors and orchestra musicians. 4 Community Theatre will bring live musical theater to suburban and rural western Hennepin County through six performances in July 2017 at the 300-seat Orono High School auditorium in Long Lake.
Julie Andersen: Eagan Art House Executive Director; Bethany Brunsell: Music teacher, performer; Shelly Chamberlain: Minnesota Council of Nonprofits Operations Director; Marisol Chiclana-Ayla: Artist, Board Chair at El Arco Iris; Jamil Jude: Theatre artist; Tricia Khutoretsky: Public Functionary Curator and Co-Director; Peter Leggett: Walker West Music Academy Executive Director; Dayna Martinez: Ordway Center for the Performing Arts; Coleen McLaughlin: Arts Midwest Director of External Relations; Tom Moffatt: Silverwood Park Supervisor; Osman Mohamed Ali: Somali Museum of Minnesota Founder and Executive Director; Kathy Mouacheupao: Twin Cities Local Initiatives Support, Corporation Cultural Corridor Coordinator; Adam Napoli-Rangel: Artist; Heather Rutledge: ArtReach Saint Croix Executive Director; Djenane Saint Juste: Afoutayi Dance Company Founder; Andrea Sjogren: Hopkins Public Schools Youth Programs Coordinator; Dameun Strange: Composer, Performer; Melissa Wright: Twin Cities Public Television.
Mica Anders: General administration; Maya Beck: Artistic, general administration, community service, development; Andi Cheney: Organizational development, general administration, finance; Tia-Simone Gardner: Artistic, youth programming, community service, development; Alneida Madrigal: General administration, organizational development, youth programming; Laura Nahri: Fundraising, general management, administration, organizational development; Ricardo Vazquez: Artistic, audience development, marketing, community education; Magnolia Yang Sao Yia: Artistic, community education, youth programming.
ACHF Arts Access
4 Community Theatre's production of Willy Wonka will involve over 25 youth ages five to 18 and over 35 adults in producing a high caliber family theater experience for a community audience. Entire families have been in productions including a family of five. This production will provide easy access to arts activities to the communities of Corcoran, Delano, Greenfield, Maple Plain, Medina, Independence, Loretto, Long Lake, Orono, Rockford, Rockford Township, and surrounding communities in western Hennepin County providing 800-1200 audience members with a high quality theater experience in their local area. The success of this project will be evaluated by responses gathered from the audience, the positive relationships that are established between everyone working on the production, and expanded community participation in terms of area business support, and financial stability. The 4 Community Theatre board meets with the production staff to evaluate and have implemented many of the suggestions from past post-production evaluations. Survey responses from cast and crew following the production are considered carefully.
This show came to life because of the 64 talented youth and adults who participated as cast, musicians, or crew. Our goal to create a local performance opportunity for the entire family was realized as we had 12 families where at least two members or more were involved. The resulting production drew rave reviews from our audience of 878 people who attended one of the performances.
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