Arts Activities Support

2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$10,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Recipient

Theatre Unbound, Inc. AKA Theatre Unbound

Recipient Type

Non-Profit Business/Entity

Status

Completed

Start Date

September 2013

End Date

May 2014

Activity Type

Grants/Contracts

Counties Affected

Hennepin

Project Overview

Arts Activities Support

Project Details

Funding to produce SILKWORMS, a world premiere play devised by 2012 Ivey Award Emerging Artist Isabel Nelson, inspired by stories of rebellions in the convents of 17th century Italy. Performances will take place at the Woman's Club of Minneapolis in April

Competitive Grant Making Body

Board Members and Qualifications

Julie Andersen: Executive Director, Eagan Art House; Jill Anfang: Program Director, Roseville Parks and Recreation; Bethany Brunsell: Music Teacher and Performer; Kathy Busch: Realtor and Shakopee School Board Member; Shelly Chamberlain: Minnesota Council of Nonprofits Operations Director; Paul Creager: Saint Paul Public Schools Administrator, Square Lake Film Festival Director; Joan Elwell: Lakeshore Players Executive Director; Mary Erickson: Eastern Carver County Schools Community Education; Kristi Gaudette: Prior Lake Savage Community Education; Peter Leggett: Walker West Music Academy Executive Director; Dayna Martinez: Ordway Center for the Performing Arts; Christine Murakami Noonan: Minnesota State Fair Foundation; Margaret Rog: Consultant and Grant Writer; Heather Rutledge: ArtReach Saint Croix Executive Director; Rachel Smoka: Children's Theatre Company Development Officer; Beth Starbuck: Vocal Performer; Dameun Strange: Composer and Performer; Melissa Wright: William Mitchell College of Law.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Christine Knutson: Administration, Fundraising; Rick Shiomi: Administration; Mary Grace Flannery: Organizational Development, Administration, Community Service; Ashley Hanson: Artistic, Youth Programming, Education; Mirah Ammal: Artistic; Andrea Lubov: Artistic, Administration; Leslie OÆNeill: Artistic, Education, Community Education; Daniel Peltzman: Administration, Finance, Artistic.

Conflict of Interest Disclosed

Project Details: 2014 Fiscal Year

Legal Citation / Subdivision

Laws of Minnesota 2013, Chapter 137, Article 4, Section 2, Subdivision 3

Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access

2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$10,000

Other Funds Leveraged

$6,300

Direct expenses

$16,300

Administration costs

Number of full time equivalents funded

Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

600 adults and 50 youth attended. 13 female theatre artists participated. Most of the performers developed a movement-based work for the first time and indicated that the experience was positive. Reviews in the press were positive. Audience surveys indicated that audience members learned something new about the subject matter.Audience count, Audience surveys, Post-performance feedback from audience, Artist count, Tracking completion of artist contracts, Artist surveys.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Thirteen female theatre artists collaborated on a new devised work in a process that was new to many of them, and which all agreed was satisfying and successful; 327 people attended a play in which women drove the action; Theatre Unbound company members gained experience in a new style of devising theatre.

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members

Anne Bertram, Barbara Davis, Christine DeRose, JoAnn Fernandez, Erica Lindquist, Susan Maki, Stacey Poirier, Pamela Schurman, Jeanne Souldern, Nanette Stearns, Lisa Stitzel, Gloria WahrenBrock

Project Manager

Anne

Bertram

Theatre Unbound, Inc.

PO Box 6134

Minneapolis

55406-0134

(612) 721-1186

abertram@theatreunbound.com

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