Operating Support
Operating Support
Youth Performance Company is a youth inspired theater that serves the community and fuels the creative spirit of youth by developing, empowering, and advancing young artists.
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.
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.
ACHF Arts Access
YPC's projects and productions will provoke thought, prompt civic conversation, impact young people, and hopefully ignite change in the community. YPC work with a third-party evaluator to devise methods to measure and understand the impact of our work. We will conduct written surveys and focus groups of participants and audience members. 2: Youth Performance Company's productions and programs will reach diverse young people, families, and audiences from throughout the Twin Cities. Youth Performance Company will track participant and audience demographics and conduct written surveys to better understand our stakeholders.
YPC revealed impact on youth participating in our Young Artist Council. Youth reported that they became better leaders and contributors this season. YPC conducted a survey of all youth participating in the Young Artists Council on the last meeting of the season. 93% of youth reported that they became better leaders in the last season, 89% reported that they became better contributors. 2: Responding to a need reported by our community, YPC provided additional scholarships to include fifteen new participants for Bay Lake Theater Camp. YPC discovered, through participant surveys, that financial constraints are a barrier to participation in our Bay Lake Theater Camp. Partnering with the Minneapolis Foundation, we offered fifteen new scholarships resulting in an expansion of participants.
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