Community Arts Access Project

The Madhatters will engage at least 200 audience members in a moving performance of aging, caretaking, and choices. We will conduct three talk back discussions about aging and caregiving, especially as it relates to the play, following three of the performances. The Madhatters will bring their performance to an audience that is unlikely to be physically able to attend the theater, and increase their community partnerships by providing a free performance at Fair Oaks. At least 30 audience members at performance will not have attended a Madhatters performance previously. We will keep attendance records of the performances. Audience members will be asked to complete a survey about the show that includes a five-point scale for evaluative questions on the topic of caregiving. We will conduct a separate survey regarding the talk back discussion, and create a summary of the results of talk-back sessions. We will survey our partner, Fair Oaks Facilities, and have the administrator fill out an evaluation form for the performance, the audience, and the response of the audience. A copy of this evaluation will be given to Five Wings. We will survey our audience members with specific questions about their past performance attendance.