Operating Support
ACHF Arts Access
Create three artistically excellent, award-winning productions in fiscal year 2013. In the fall of 2012, we plan to produce Shakespeare's Measure for Measure, featuring Sally Wingert and Steve Epp; in the winter of 2013 we will produce Will Power's The Seven, which will be a musical theater piece telling the story of Thebes; and in the spring we will produce a third play, to be determined, guest directed by Lear de Bessonet. We conduct our demographic evaluation through a combination of self identification by our audience members, reports from our host sites, and visual estimation by our production and house managers. 2: Perform for no fewer than 8,000 individuals, more than half of whom will be low-income and will enjoy their theater free of charge, thanks to grant support from funders like the Minnesota State Arts Board. We will seek out diverse audiences, of all ages, ethnicities, socio-economic status and abilities. We will tour fifteen of these performances to audiences in greater Minnesota, and our goal will be that at least 1,500 of these 8,000 people are residents of Greater Minnesota.
People of all ages, ethnicities, income-levels, and abilities are able to participate in the arts. Ten Thousand Things Theater increased the diversity of our audiences in 2013 over 2012. In 2012, we had about 7,000 audience members attend our shows and we were able to collect demographic information on 4,278 of them. Of those members, approximately 82% were white, 9% African American, 3% Asian/Pacific Islander, 3% Latino/Hispanic, and 2% Native American. In fiscal year 2013, we had a collective audience of 6,803. We collected demographic information for all of our performances this season. 72% were white, 15% African American, 4% Asian/Pacific Islander, 3% Latino/Hispanic, and 3% Native American. Our free community performances allow all people from all income levels to participate. 3,500 attended free performances and were able to see our shows regardless of their income level. In fiscal year 2013, we estimate 67 of our audience members utilized wheel chairs, walkers, had impaired vision, or were deaf/hard of hearing.
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