Rural and Community Art Project Grant

Mesabi Musical Theatre strives to solicit local community members to artistically create and direct, technically to construct sets and costumes, and perform and choreograph productions. Through that process, we further educate those involved in the practices inherent to a fine arts performance, such as a musical production. The money received from grants, solicitations, and box office receipts will be directly used to pay principal staff and physical production costs. The backbone of the entire production will be centered around the community’s awareness of the production, the final product being of the highest caliber, and thus comparable to a Broadway production. The production will provide relatively easy access to live theatrical entertainment not normally accessible to the Arrowhead Region. Revenues will be used to promote the production locally. The revenues generated will also be used to purchase the required physical materials needed for the production. During the production, we will give ongoing training with feedback opportunities for our participants to express their satisfaction in the level of training received. The printed program for the production will include surveys to have the audience assess the level of performance and artistic quality based on community standards. We will also invite area experts in to evaluate our progress during production.