Arts Activities Support
Project Details by Fiscal Year
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Gremlin Theatre
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
October 2011
End Date
November 2011
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Ramsey
Project Overview
After Miss Julie
Project Details
Funding for After Miss Julie, a new adaptation of the play Miss Julie by August Strindberg. Performances will take place at the James J. Hill House in St Paul in November 2011.
Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications
Pat Cummings: Retired executive director of Phillips Family Foundation; Robin Gillette: Executive Director of Minnesota Fringe Festival; Ellery July: Technology consultant, former Northwest Area Foundation and United Way staff; John Megas: visual artist; Amy Miller: Ordway Center for the Performing Arts staff; Karis Sloss: Artistic Director of Eclectic Edge Ensemble; Jackie Starbird: Weisman Art Museum staff.
Advisory Group Members and Qualifications
Jill Anfang: City of Roseville assistant parks and recreation director; Heather Beal: free-lance architectural writer; Melissa Brechon: retired Carver County Library system director; Kathy Busch: realtor, Shakopee School Board member; Shelly Chamberlain: Minnesota Council of Nonprofits director of operations and human resources; Paul Creager: Gordon Parks High School teacher and administrator, Square Lake Film Festival director; Erika Eklund: Playwrights'Center director of external relations; Joan Elwell: Lakeshore Players Community Theatre Managing Director; Kristi Gaudette: Prior Lake-Savage school district program specialist; Peter Leggett: Walker West Music Academy executive director; Christine Murakami Noonan: Minnesota State Fair Foundation Project Manager; Rachel Smoka-Richardson: Childrens Theatre Company director of institutional giving; Margaret Rog: free-lance grant writer and organizational development consultant; Beth Starbuck: retired consultant; Dameun Strange: free-lance musician and composer; Melissa Wright: William Mitchell College of Law assistant director of Career and Professional Development.
Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Project Details: 2012 Fiscal Year
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota 2011, First Special Session, chapter 6, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3
Appropriation Language
ACHF Arts Access
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Other Funds Leveraged
$6,090
Direct expenses
$16,090
Administration costs
$10,000
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)
To grow the artistic ability of Gremlin Theatre by challenging the artistic team to create a site-specific work; to reach new and younger audiences and make theatre relevant to them.Attendance and demographic info; staff and artist feedback; critical and peer reviews;
Measurable Outcome(s)
10% of audience was under the age of 30; shows sold out quiclkly; 27% of audience came to the show through the Historical Society (and had never seen a Gremlin show before); enthusiastic responses from audiences and critics.
Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds
Other, local or private
Recipient Board Members
Peter Christian Hansen, Casey Radmann, Carl Schoenborn, Lindsey Thoreson, Joanna Kosalko
Project Manager
First Name
Peter
Last Name
Hansen
Organization Name
Gremlin Theatre
Street Address
2400 University Ave W
City
St Paul
State
MN
Zip Code
55114
Phone
(651) 228-7008
Email
phansen1000@hotmail.com
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