Operating Support
ACHF Arts Access
Help overcome real and perceived barriers to participation with the arts for audiences and actors of all ages, ethnicities, and income-levels. At least 20% of actors will be people of color. Reach 7,500 audience members, 3,250 will be low income or non-traditional. Measure audience through house counts, feedback, and demographic surveys. 2: Help arts thrive in Minnesota by fairly compensating artists for their work and encouraging the development of high quality, professional artists. We'll measure growth of actor pay in our organization work and with the Actor's Equity Association and survey our artists to compare our pay level with similar sized theaters.
45% actors of color, total general audience 6110 (total > 7000), 35% non-traditional/low income (total > 40%). Self-identification of demographics of actors. Audience head counts and ticket sales for audience members. Survey responses and qualitative feedback from discussions with patrons site partners for income and other barriers. 2: Average salary +3% this year. Pay rate nearly double Equity minimum, Artists expressed strong sentiments of fair/generous compensation from TTT. We used internal salary data from current and previous years, conversations with our Equity rep and conducted a focus group of TTT actors.
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