Operating Support
Operating Support
HUGE Improv Theater is an artist led nonprofit dedicated to supporting the Twin Cities improv community through performance and education.
Peggy Burnet: Businesswoman, art collector, and community volunteer. Chair of the Nominating Committee, Smithsonian National Board. Trustee, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Uri Camarena: Business consultant, Metropolitan Economic Development Association. Board chair, Minneapolis College of Art and Design. Officer at-large, Minnesota State Arts Board; Michael Charron: Dean of the School of the Arts, Saint Mary's University of Minnesota. Secretary/Treasurer, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Sean Dowse: Mayor of Red Wing, elected 2016. Former executive director, Sheldon Theatre. Board member for Minnesota Citizens for the Arts. Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Philip McKenzie, Oboe and English horn player; adjunct oboe faculty, NDSU; Mary McReynolds-Pellinen: Executive director, Lyric Center for the Arts; coordinator, First Stage Gallery; Dobson West: Senior advisor, Spell Capital Partners Fund.; Christina Widdess: Arts organization consultant; former managing director, Penumbra Theatre. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.
Peggy Burnet: Businesswoman, art collector, and community volunteer. Chair of the Nominating Committee, Smithsonian National Board. Trustee, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Uri Camarena: Business consultant, Metropolitan Economic Development Association. Board chair, Minneapolis College of Art and Design. Officer at-large, Minnesota State Arts Board; Michael Charron: Dean of the School of the Arts, Saint Mary's University of Minnesota. Secretary/Treasurer, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Sean Dowse: Mayor of Red Wing, elected 2016. Former executive director, Sheldon Theatre. Board member for Minnesota Citizens for the Arts. Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Philip McKenzie, Oboe and English horn player; adjunct oboe faculty, NDSU; Mary McReynolds-Pellinen: Executive director, Lyric Center for the Arts; coordinator, First Stage Gallery; Dobson West: Senior advisor, Spell Capital Partners Fund.; Christina Widdess: Arts organization consultant; former managing director, Penumbra Theatre. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.
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 450) tracked, and 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 60 or more artists, produce and/or present at least twenty new shows, and further develop/remount at least twenty shows.
897 student enrollments, student feedback was 98% positive, 12% of students requested/received scholarships. Enrollment (897) and scholarships (12%) were tracked through the grant period. Instructors tracked student progress. Students filled out evaluation forms at the end of classes. Ratings were 98% positive, with 70% giving the highest possible rating. 2: HUGE had 551 performances in FY 2018, paying 212 artists and directors. We produced or presented eighteen new shows and remounted 24 shows. HUGE tracked the data included in our Outcomes and gave careful attention throughout the year to the number of artist opportunities we created and new works developed.
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