Operating Support
Operating Support
The mission of Theatre in the Round Players is to be recognized as a premier community theater that: Provides significant entertainment and educational opportunities to its audiences; presents acclaimed live theater on an arena stage; promotes a professional attitude among the volunteers, staff, and friends who constitute the community that is Theatre in the Round; provides challenging, engaging, and disciplined opportunities for avocational artists, technicians and aspiring professionals; provides an environment with reasonable accommodations for all individuals with disabilities; promotes an environment that is open, nurturing, appreciative, and inviting to participation of the whole community; and promotes a commitment to the continued existence of live theater.
Peggy Burnet: Businesswoman, art collector, and community volunteer. Chair of the Nominating Committee, Smithsonian National Board. Trustee, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Uri Camarena: Business consultant, Metropolitan Economic Development Association. Board chair, Minneapolis College of Art and Design. Officer at-large, Minnesota State Arts Board; Michael Charron: Dean of the School of the Arts, Saint Mary's University of Minnesota. Secretary/Treasurer, 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. Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Philip McKenzie, Oboe and English horn player; adjunct oboe faculty, NDSU; Mary McReynolds-Pellinen: Executive director, Lyric Center for the Arts; coordinator, First Stage Gallery; Dobson West: Senior advisor, Spell Capital Partners Fund.; Christina Widdess: Arts organization consultant; former managing director, Penumbra Theatre. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.
Amy Browender: Associate development officer, AmeriCorps; John Connelly: Independent consultant to nonprofits, photographer; vice chair, Grand Rapids Arts and Culture Commission; Paul Dice: President, International Friendship Through the Performing Arts; Deborah Johnson: Senior director of exhibits and education, Children's Museum of Southern Minnesota; Laura Kinkead: Leadership development consultant, The Collabrium; Gregory Peterson: Treasurer, River Arts Alliance (Winona); retired from Winona State University office of financial aid; Anne Jin Soo Preston: Arts and cultural nonprofit organization consultant; former Springboard for the Arts board member; Jonathan Schill: Program development team, Amherst H. Wilder Foundation; Cassandra Utt: Actor, singer, artistic data analysis; Sachidanandhan Venkatakrishnan, Executive board member, Minnesota Tamil Sagnam; IT project manager
ACHF Arts Access
During FY2019, more than 400 state residents will audition for roles and, from cast to crew, more than 220 adults will create all the productions. Evaluation will be based on tracking the number of Minnesotans who participate with surveys to determine the extent that they have learned, grown, or been changed by their experience.
During FY2019, 391 state residents auditioned for roles; from cast to crew, 233 adults created all the productions. Quantitative evaluation based on actual vs. projected count; qualitative evaluation from survey responses.
Other, local or private