Arts Activities Support
ACHF Arts Access
We have three specific objectives that stem from an overarching artistic goal of communicating real and personal stories of homelessness through theater. We aspire to: 1. Empower homeless actors to share their experiences, learn acting skills, and gain contract employment; 2. Raise awareness about homelessness with public audiences; and 3. Motivate audience members to be more active citizens and advocate on the issue of homelessness. Audience recruitment and promotion will be an integral part of the project’s growth and success. We will recruit a diverse audience of 500 members total for this run of There’s No Place Like Home.We will use a combination of audience counts and surveys to troupe and audience members to measure our progress. Based on zAmya’s goal to raise awareness and understanding of homelessness, we collect and evaluate responses from audience members. After each performance, the troupe facilitates a dialogue with audience members where we gain valuable feedback. We hand out surveys for audience members to gauge how much their knowledge increased and how much they enjoyed the performance. There is also space for suggestions and overall reactions to the performance.
zAmya Theater Project’s Arts Activity grant for an extended run of No Place Like Home helped people experiencing homelessness to increase awareness of homelessness and how we can work to end it in the suburbs and urban core of Minneapolis. 457 people learned about homelessness through entertaining theater and discussion with the actors after each play.
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