Operating Support
Operating Support
Ten Thousand Things brings lively, intelligent, professional theater to people with little access to the wealth of the arts, who in turn help our artists and traditional audiences reimagine what theater can be.
Ardell Brede: Mayor of Rochester, elected 2002.; 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; Thomas Moss: Consultant to nonprofits and government agencies.; Dobson West: Senior advisor, Spell Capital Partners Fund.; Christina Widdess: Arts organization consultant; former managing director, Penumbra Theatre. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.
Emily Edison: Executive director, SOAR Career Solutions; David Hanson: Retired ad agency owner; professional musician; Linda Holliday: Founder and president, Impact Minnesota and Holliday Pottery; Lorrie Janatopoulos: Former planning director, Arrowhead Economic Opportunity Agency; Donna Johnson: Executive director, Minnesota Discovery Center; Ho Nguyen: Housing and economic justice program manager, Minnesota Coalition for Batter Women; Blake Potthoff: Executive director, Fairmont Opera House; board member, MN Presenters Network; Anne Jin Soo Preston: Arts and cultural nonprofit organization consultant; former Springboard for the Arts board member; Melissa Rands: Director of accreditation and assessment, MCAD; Yee Thao, Executive director, Center for Hmong Arts and Talent
ACHF Arts Access
TTT shows will evoke emotional, thoughtful or visceral responses, opening audiences to new ideas, feelings, experiences or perspectives. We will collect audience responses to our shows via written surveys, verbal talk-backs, recorded reflections, and post-show interviews with staff from partner organizations. 2: TTT will break down barriers to arts participation, affording access to the highest quality theater to those who have previously felt excluded. We will survey audiences about barriers they have experienced to arts participation, whether the show was relevant to their lives, and whether they would be inclined to see more theater.
TTT shows evoked emotional, thoughtful or visceral responses, opening audiences to new ideas, feelings, experiences or perspectives. We collected audience responses to our shows via written surveys, verbal talk-backs, audience reflections, and post-show interviews with staff from partner organizations. 2: TTT was able to break down barriers to arts participation, affording access to the highest quality theater to those who previously felt excluded. We surveyed audiences about barriers they experienced to arts participation, whether the show was relevant to their lives, and whether they would be inclined to see more theater.
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