Operating Support
ACHF Arts Access
Launch a focused and large-scale effort to increase accessibility of Children's Theatre Company's artistic and educational offerings. Children's Theatre Company tickets will start at $10 for every performance; Children's Theatre Company will bring at least 69,000 patrons to our performances through access programs; Children's Theatre Company will expand programming for early learners, serving more than 7,000 children and early learning professionals; Children's Theatre Company will serve 550 low-income children through Neighborhood Bridges. Children's Theatre Company evaluated this outcome by collecting participation data on our ticket access and education programs. Neighborhood Bridges and Early Bridges were also evaluated in partnership with the Center for Applied Research and Educational Improvement and the Center for Early Education and Development, respectively, at the University of Minnesota. Assessment of these programs focused on program effectiveness in developing participants' skills in theatre arts, language, and other areas. 2: Commission and produce world premiere work by both nationally acclaimed and local artists that meets international standards of artistic excellence. Children's Theatre Company will increase the number of productions in our season from six to eight; Children's Theatre Company will give emerging Minnesota artists opportunities to develop and produce work on our stages; and Children's Theatre Company will develop and produce work by top national talent, bringing these artists to the Twin Cities. Children's Theatre Company evaluated this outcome through internal critiques with the Artistic Director, Director of New Play Development, and other key artistic staff.
A total of 80,308 young people and families (or more than a third of Children's Theatre Company's audience) came to the theater through one of our access programs during fiscal year 2013. Children's Theatre Company made at least ten $10 tickets available for every performance on our 2012-2013 season, bringing more than 7,000 people to the theater, many of them for the first time. Children's Theatre Company also expanded programming for early learners, bringing more than 6,408 people to shows of The Biggest Little House in the Forest, a Children's Theatre Company commission for ages 2-6. An additional 693 early learners and teachers took part in Early Bridges, Children's Theatre Company's theatre arts curriculum implemented in partnership with preschools serving low-income families. In order to increase access, our production of The Biggest Little House in the Forest also toured to five Twin Cities preschools, reaching 522 low-income children and their caregivers. A total of 640 low-income elementary school students participated in Neighborhood Bridges. 2: In our 2012-2013 season, we proudly presented: Buccaneers, a world premiere musical by playwright Liz Duffy Adams and composer Ellen Maddow; the American premiere of Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat, directed by Minneapolis theatre artist Jason Ballweber; our bestselling holiday show ever, Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas; another world premiere, Greg Banks' new Pinocchio; the regional premiere of Steven Dietz's Jackie and Me, directed by Marion McClinton; The Biggest Little House in the Forest, an original work for early learners; a wild new Alice in Wonderland; and our summer show, the hugely popular If You Give A Mouse A Cookie. Productions in development during fiscal year 2013 included a site-specific, interactive piece inspired by 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, conceived by Minneapolis-based theatre artist Ryan Underbakke; a new musical about hockey in Minnesota by nationally-renowned theatre collective The Civilians; and Fancy Dancer, an autobiographical play by Larissa Fasthorse.
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