Creative Individuals
Creative Individuals
Engh will engage queer artists, audiences, and organizations with the second production of his original full-length play, Only Ugly Guys, over twenty public performances and one filmed performance during June 2025 (Pride Month).
Carol Bruess: author, speaker, relationship social scientist, and creator; Uri Camarena: business consultant; Michael Charron: arts educator, arts and civic leader; Richard Cohen: attorney in private practice, former state legislator; Emily Galusha: arts and civic leader, former arts administrator; Anthony Gardner, healthcare consultant; Ken Martin: political strategist, campaign manager; Philip McKenzie: adjunct college faculty; Michele Sterner: higher education administrator; Dobson West: retired attorney; Christina Woods: executive director, arts organization
Stephenie Anderson: Anderson is a creative and detail oriented fiber and textile artist with a strong background in knitting, quilting, and hand sewing of Viking era textiles.; Gary Davis: Davis is a board member, actor, and director at Applause Community Theatre. He's acted at Lyric Arts, Theatre in the Round, the Guthrie, the Minnesota Shakespeare Festival, University of Minnesota, and Macalester College. Davis is semi-retired from the IT industry and serves as a substitute teacher in Saint Paul parochial schools.; Stephanie Rogers: Rogers is the executive and artistic director at the Anderson Center. She formerly served as the gallery director of The Third Place Gallery and assistant director of Thomas Barry Fine Arts, both in Minneapolis. Rogers was born in Rochester and grew up in Chillicothe, Missouri. She earned a BA in studio art from St. Olaf College and a MFA in photography from the Tyler School of Art, Temple University (Philadelphia, PA). Rogers's own visual artwork started in photography and now takes the form of multimedia installations.; Stephanie Siddiqui: Siddiqui is a singer, songwriter, and teacher of tai chi. She is the founder and president of Sea Others Foundation (SOF). The goal of the SOF is to help all people find resources and information, and inspire others through artistic outreach. She is working to record an album in collaboration with fourteen other singers.; Jennifer Ward: Ward has directed and taught theater in Chicago, New York City, and Boston. Locally, she has directed and assistant directed with the Minnesota Jewish Theater Company, Playwrights' Center, Guthrie Theater, Jungle Theater, and St. Croix Festival Theater. She is the managing director at Anya Dance Theatre and has an extensive background in arts administration.
ACHF Arts Access
Engh will engage queer audiences and organizations via the second production of his original play over twenty performances during June (Pride Month) 2025. To evaluate the reach of this project, Engh will track the number of community members and organizations engaged through a post-play email survey, ticket sales and feedback from in-person and written reviews of the play.