Operating Support
Operating Support
Frank Theatre is a professional theater company that is committed to producing unique work that stretches the skills of the artists who create the work, while simultaneously challenging the everyday perceptions of the audience through the exploration of ideas and issues of social, political, and cultural concern.
Ardell Brede: Mayor of Rochester, elected 2002.; Peggy Burnet: Businesswoman, art collector, and community volunteer. Member of the Smithsonian National Board. Former chair of the board, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Uri Camarena: Business consultant, Metropolitan Economic Development Association. Board chair, Minneapolis College of Art and Design.; Michael Charron: Dean of the School of the Arts, Saint Mary's University of Minnesota. Officer-at-large, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Rebecca Davis-Lee: Touring pianist, piano and music theory teacher. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Sean Dowse, Mayor of Red Wing, elected 2016. Former executive director, Sheldon Theatre. Board member for Minnesota Citizens for the Arts. Secretary/Treasurer, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Thomas Moss: Consultant to nonprofits and government agencies.; Janice Sivertson: Gallery owner and visual artist; Dobson West: Senior advisor, Spell Capital Partners Fund; Christina Widdess: Arts organization consultant; former managing director, Penumbra Theatre. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.
Ardell Brede: Mayor of Rochester, elected 2002.; Peggy Burnet: Businesswoman, art collector, and community volunteer. Member of the Smithsonian National Board. Former chair of the board, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Uri Camarena: Business consultant, Metropolitan Economic Development Association. Board chair, Minneapolis College of Art and Design.; Michael Charron: Dean of the School of the Arts, Saint Mary's University of Minnesota. Officer-at-large, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Rebecca Davis-Lee: Touring pianist, piano and music theory teacher. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Sean Dowse, Mayor of Red Wing, elected 2016. Former executive director, Sheldon Theatre. Board member for Minnesota Citizens for the Arts. Secretary/Treasurer, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Thomas Moss: Consultant to nonprofits and government agencies.; Janice Sivertson: Gallery owner and visual artist; Dobson West: Senior advisor, Spell Capital Partners Fund; Christina Widdess: Arts organization consultant; former managing director, Penumbra Theatre. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.
ACHF Arts Access
Continue Frank Theatre's 27-year history of producing accessible, high-quality productions that challenge audiences and artists alike. We will stage at least two productions. Post-mortems with artists will help evaluate artistic challenges, and audience feedback from several channels will inform us if we are implementing our mission. 2: Frank Theatre will increase its sustainability hiring its first-ever managing director to support the volume of our work. Increased sustainability will be measured by improved allocation of workload, more individual and foundation fundraising activity, and increased support for programming our shows and residencies.
Frank staged two productions, "REVOLT. SHE SAID. REVOLT AGAIN." by Alice Birch and GROUNDED by George Brant. We conducted surveys, discussions and post-mortems for both shows, in addition to our regularly held post-show discussions on Sundays. (With GROUNDED, we had panel discussions with women veterans, which proved to be exceptionally interesting.). 2: Frank hired a managing director in March 2017 through Feb 2018. The allocation of workload between managing director and artistic director was successful. Measuring the number of grant proposals submitted, amount of money raised, and number of individual contributions showed that the hire was not successful.
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