Operating Support
ACHF Arts Access
Produce clear, compelling, and relevant productions. Outcomes include increased attendance from 10,000 in 2011 to 15,000 in 2013, increased geographic range of audience, engaged response from audience, and perceived success of artistic company. These outcomes were measured quantitatively through the box office ticketing systems with attendance figures via ticket sales and zip codes attached to ticket orders, and measured qualitatively through anecdotal evidence, exit interviews, attendance figures, and feedback given by patrons. 2: Offer dynamic education and community outreach programs. Outcomes include increased enrollment and participation, deepened and expanded conversation with patrons, and increased community support and enthusiasm. As many as seventy individuals took part in each narrated set changeover, the Shakespeare lecture series had increased attendance by at least twenty percent for each lecture over 2012, and the new events were well attended. The Festival completed its summer fundraising campaign one week ahead of schedule, a rare thing in the nonprofit theater world; and this increase in donations demonstrates the increased community support and enthusiasm for Great River Shakespeare Festival's programming.
Produce clear, compelling, and relevant productions. Attendance at the Festival's professional company performances has broken records on a per show basis. 2013 productions are Twelfth Night, attendance currently at 4,775, and King Henry V, attendance currently at 3,199. This compares to 2012's record breaking season with The Two Gentlemen of Verona attendance being 4,500, and King Lear being 3,500. The 2013 season is set to break a record for highest-attended shows in the Festival's history. The organization will not reach the goal of 15,000 in total adult attendance, almost entirely due to the the organization's decision to move from three professional company productions in the 2010, 2011, and 2012 seasons, to two professional company productions in 2013. The company has succeeded in increasing the geographic range of audience, from over 50% being local and 25% coming from within a one hour drive with the last 25% arriving from beyond a one hour drive, to a 30/30/30 split of attendance in these categories. The Festival has grown the sector of audience coming from beyond the boundaries of Winona. Success of the artistic company and engaged response from the audience have been achieved. 2: Dynamic education and community outreach programs have been offered. In addition to offering our Shakespeare for Young Actors training program, Road Scholar program, Shakespeare Unlocked lecture series, and apprentice training program, Great River Shakespeare Festival expanded its library partnership program, added a narrated set changeover education experience, and added a Shakespeare for Young Designers program in 2013. This new programming led to increased enrollment and participation in the education department.
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