Panel Report Community Theatre

Memorandum

The Community Theatre grant panel meeting was held via teleconference on September 21, 2015. Thirty-four (34) eligible applications were reviewed and thirty-two (32) applications were recommended for funding.

A complete list of all reviewed applications, with the request amounts and final scores, is provided in the following sections.

Panel comment was as follows:

One panelist commented that organizations should provide staff training in accessibility. Another panelists commented that applicants should explain any budget issues in the application in more detail.

Public comment was as follows:

There were no public comments.

Panel Biographies

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Kevin Carr

Leon County

• Grants Program Manager, Council on Culture and Arts; Adjunct Professor, Tallahassee Community College; Founder and Director, Canopy roads Theater Company, Tallahassee, Florida
• Specialized in Renaissance drama and culture and has presented papers for the Society of Literature, Science, and the Arts, the Southeast Renaissance
  Conference, and the Group for Early Modern Culture Studies, and his essay was published in Renaissance Papers (2008)
• Ph.D., English, Florida State University; M.A., English, University of Massachusetts Boston; B.A., Drama, Ithaca College

Hyla Crane

Collier County

• Executive Director, Art League of Marco Island
• Previously Director of Education, Stepping Stones Museum for Children; Director of Education, The Westport Country Playhouse; Education Coordinator, Long Wharf Theatre; Executive Director, The Elm Shakespeare Company
• J.D., Law, Washington and Lee University of School of Law; B.A., Philosophy, Trinity College-Hartford

Ashley Hickman

Orange County

• Director of Development, Mad Cow Theatre, Orlando, Florida
• Over six years’ experience in Development and Arts Administration, having worked with several organizations and academic programs in the community to help ensure financial support through philanthropy
• Vice President of Membership for the Association of Fundraising Professionals, Central Florida Chapter.
• B.A. in English and Art History, Florida State University; M.A. in Arts Administration, Florida State University

David Jobin

Broward County

• President & CEO, Our Fund Foundation – LGBTQ community foundation serving South Florida, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
• Executive Director, Stonewall National Museum & Archives, Fort Lauderdale, FL (2013-2015)
• Executive Director, Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, DC, (2009 – 2013)
• Bachelor of Arts, Grove City College

Claire Trehan

Palm Beach County

• Grant Writer, Maltz Jupiter Theatre, Jupiter, Florida
• B.A., Arts in Editing, Writing, and Media, Florida State University

Panel Recommendations

This list contains the panel recommendations to the Florida Council on Arts and Culture. This is not a final funding recommendation. Panel review is step 2 in a 4 step review process.

*Please note this panel will reconvene to consider two additional applications which were left off the panel list due to a computer glitch. Should these be recommended for funding we are requesting your approval to add to the list the following applications:

• 17.5.141.438, Stars Performing Arts, Inc.
• 17.5.141.329, Florida Prima Opera