Operating Support

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$105,264
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
The History Theatre, Inc. AKA History Theatre
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
July 2023
End Date
June 2024
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Aitkin
Anoka
Becker
Beltrami
Benton
Big Stone
Blue Earth
Brown
Carlton
Carver
Cass
Chippewa
Chisago
Clay
Clearwater
Cook
Cottonwood
Crow Wing
Dakota
Dodge
Douglas
Faribault
Fillmore
Freeborn
Goodhue
Grant
Hennepin
Hubbard
Isanti
Itasca
Jackson
Kanabec
Kandiyohi
Kittson
Koochiching
Lac qui Parle
Lake
Le Sueur
Lyon
Martin
McLeod
Meeker
Mille Lacs
Morrison
Mower
Murray
Nicollet
Olmsted
Otter Tail
Pennington
Pine
Polk
Pope
Ramsey
Redwood
Renville
Rice
Rock
Scott
Sherburne
Sibley
Stearns
Steele
Stevens
St. Louis
Todd
Wabasha
Wadena
Washington
Watonwan
Winona
Wright
Aitkin
Anoka
Becker
Beltrami
Benton
Big Stone
Blue Earth
Brown
Carlton
Carver
Cass
Chippewa
Chisago
Clay
Clearwater
Cook
Cottonwood
Crow Wing
Dakota
Dodge
Douglas
Faribault
Fillmore
Freeborn
Goodhue
Grant
Hennepin
Hubbard
Isanti
Itasca
Jackson
Kanabec
Kandiyohi
Kittson
Koochiching
Lac qui Parle
Lake
Le Sueur
Lyon
Martin
McLeod
Meeker
Mille Lacs
Morrison
Mower
Murray
Nicollet
Olmsted
Otter Tail
Pennington
Pine
Polk
Pope
Ramsey
Redwood
Renville
Rice
Rock
Scott
Sherburne
Sibley
Stearns
Steele
Stevens
St. Louis
Todd
Wabasha
Wadena
Washington
Watonwan
Winona
Wright
Project Overview

Operating Support

Project Details

History Theatre's mission is to entertain, educate, and inspire through creating, developing, and producing new and existing works that explore Minnesota's past and the diverse American experience.

Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications

Uri Camarena: business consultant; Michael Charron: arts educator, arts and civic leader; Richard Cohen: attorney in private practice, 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, campaign manager; Philip McKenzie: adjunct college faculty; Nichole Melton-Mitchell: healthcare administrator; Michele Sterner: higher education administrator; Dobson West: retired attorney; Christina Woods: executive director, Duluth Art Institute

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Uri Camarena: business consultant; Michael Charron: arts educator, arts and civic leader; Richard Cohen: attorney in private practice, 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, campaign manager; Philip McKenzie: adjunct college faculty; Nichole Melton-Mitchell: healthcare administrator; Michele Sterner: higher education administrator; Dobson West: retired attorney; Christina Woods: executive director, Duluth Art Institute

Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota, 2023 regular session, chapter 40, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3
Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access

2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$105,264
Other Funds Leveraged
$2,616,049
Direct expenses
$2,616,049
Administration costs
$0
Number of full time equivalents funded
0
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Through exemplary mainstage productions, Minnesotan audiences better understand Midwestern and American History and its modern-day impacts/parallels. Press and critical reviews; post-play surveys that ask audiences to report what they've learned; breadth and depth of conversations at facilitated post-performance conversations, and participation in other engagement activities. 2: Through HT's focus on accessibility and intentional programming, audiences become more ethnically, geographically, and generationally diverse. In surveys, audiences self-identify age, race, gender, location, and feedback about programming and access services; we will regularly compare with baseline data. Conversations with partner orgs and liaisons measure impact and refine programming.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Through exemplary mainstage productions, Minnesotan audiences better understand Midwestern and American History and its modern-day impacts/parallels. Press and critical reviews; post-play surveys that ask audiences to report what they've learned; breadth and depth of conversations at facilitated post-performance conversations, and participation in other engagement activities. 2: Through HT's focus on accessibility and intentional programming, audiences become more ethnically, geographically, and generationally diverse. Through survey data, audiences share age, race, gender, location, and feedback about programming & access services which is regularly compared to baseline data. Conversations with partner organizations & liaisons measure impact & refine programming.

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members
John Sebastian, Candace Campbell, Tyler Zehring, Lois Duffy, John F. Apitz, Dave Beehler, George Dow, Susan Kimberly, Gene Link, Cheryl L. Moore, Kera Peterson, Katrina Phillips, James Rollwagen, Kenneth Schaefer, Jennifer Simek, Pondie Nicholson Taylor, Dr. Jon Thomas
Project Manager
First Name
Robert
Last Name
Thomas
Organization Name
The History Theatre, Inc. AKA History Theatre
Street Address
30 10th St E
City
St Paul
State
MN
Zip Code
55101-2205
Phone
(651) 292-4323
Email
rthomas@historytheatre.com
Administered By
Administered by
Location

Griggs Midway Building, Suite 304,
540 Fairview Avenue North,
St. Paul, MN 55104

Phone
(651) 539-2650 or toll-free (800) 866-2787
Email the Agency