Operating Support
Operating Support
HUGE Improv Theater is an artist-led non-profit dedicated to supporting the Twin Cities improv community through?performance and education.
Uri Camarena: business consultant; Michael Charron: arts educator and an arts and civic leader; Richard Cohen: attorney in private practice and a former state legislator; Emily Galusha: arts and civic leader, former arts administrator; Anthony Gardner: vice president, marketing and communications at CentraCare; Ken Martin, political strategist and campaign manager; Philip McKenzie: team lead with Denver Air, adjunct college faculty; Nichole Melton-Mitchell: healthcare administrator; Dobson West: retired attorney; Christina Widdess: nonprofit consultant; former arts administrator; Christina Woods: executive director, Duluth Art Institute
Uri Camarena: business consultant; Michael Charron: arts educator and an arts and civic leader; Richard Cohen: attorney in private practice and a former state legislator; Emily Galusha: arts and civic leader, former arts administrator; Anthony Gardner: vice president, marketing and communications at CentraCare; Ken Martin, political strategist and campaign manager; Philip McKenzie: team lead with Denver Air, adjunct college faculty; Nichole Melton-Mitchell: healthcare administrator; Dobson West: retired attorney; Christina Widdess: nonprofit consultant; former arts administrator; Christina Woods: executive director, Duluth Art Institute
ACHF Arts Access
Minnesotans expand skills and arts experience through quality, affordable longform improv education. Teachers monitor students' growth; Students' evaluation of classes include qualitative questions; Enrollment (goal 600) tracked; Up to 15% of students receive scholarships. 2: Performers grow their skills and artistry through paid performance and directorial opportunities. Evaluation of programs that cultivate performers and directors. Pay 200 or more artists. Produce and/or present at least twenty new shows. Further develop/remount at least twenty shows
1,130 student enrollments, student feedback 99% positive, 8.5% of students received scholarships. Enrollment and scholarships were tracked through the grant period. Instructors tracked student progress. Students filled out evaluation forms at the end of the classes. Ratings were 93% positive, with 73% giving the highest possible rating. 2: HUGE had 615 performances, paying 179 artists. We produced or presented 23 new shows and remounted 19. HUGE tracked the data included in our outcomes and gave careful attention through the year to the number of artists opportunities we created and new works developed.
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