Operating Support
ACHF Arts Access
1. Provide increased access to opportunities for Minnesota members by building online and onsite resources. 2. Provide over $200,000 annually to playwrights and theater artists through fellowships and grants that provide time and space to focus on writing and developing new plays. 3. Provide a steady diet of quality new plays for area theaters.4. Form at least two partnerships per year with community and presenting partners, large and small. Use discussions with stakeholders, playwrights' feedback, and membership survey.
1. A more robust e-newsletter was created that includes more connections to field-wide activities and resources. Monthly Open Play readings at the Walker's Open Field became a year-round program due to demand. Through a grant from the McKnight Foundation, we obtained new technological equipment to further increase online resources for members. 2. The PlaywrightsÆ Center granted $214,300 to fourteen fellows and added a fourth Jerome fellowship ($16,000 to an emerging playwright). Funds provided artists time and energy to focus on their work, measured through final reports submitted by each fellow. One fellow wrote: This year has been hands-down the most concentrated and productive writing I have been able to accomplish." 3. Five new plays by PlaywrightsÆ Center writers were produced/developed by local companies. The PlaywrightsÆ Center supported new play development for five Minnesota companies including Illusion Theater, 10,000 Things Theatre, History Theater, Workhaus Collective, and Pillsbury House Theatre."
Other, local or private