Arts Activities Support
Project Details by Fiscal Year
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Walking Shadow Theatre Company
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
January 2012
End Date
February 2012
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Hennepin
Project Overview
An Ideal Husband
Project Details
Funding to produce and stage Oscar WildeÆs An Ideal Husband, a play about responsibility in love and government, with a special focus on exploring the scriptÆs provocative views on gender relations. Performances will take place at the Red Eye Theater in February 2012.
Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications
Scott Chamberlain: Musician and arts administrator, One Voice Mixed Chorus; Ellen Draeger: Musician and arts administrator, Lutheran Music Program; Jennifer Ilse: Co-artistic director, OffLeash Area dance and theater company; Alecia Leonard: Community education administrator and youth programming specialist; Mike Mason: Ordway Center for the Performing Arts staff; Dawn Ridgway: Dance performer and educator and arts administrator; Becky Ten Brink: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra 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
$8,895
Direct expenses
$18,895
Administration costs
$10,000
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)
To produce a work that captures larger societal ideas and themes; to explore issues of gender in relationships. Audience surveys; post-show discussions with audience; press response.
Measurable Outcome(s)
Post-show discussions tapped into the audience's excitement for the provocative subject matter; press response was encouraging.
Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds
Other, local or private
Recipient Board Members
Michael Borchert, John Heimbuch, james Matheson, David Pisa, Amy Rummenie, Ashley Schweitzer, Ben Thietje, Carla Waldemar, Charleen Zimmer
Project Manager
First Name
David
Last Name
Pisa
Organization Name
Walking Shadow Theatre Company
Street Address
820 E 36th St
City
Minneapolis
State
MN
Zip Code
55407-2602
Phone
(612) 375-0300
Email
david@walkingshadowcompany.org
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