Panel Report Professional Theatre

Memorandum

TO: Florida Council on Arts and Culture
FROM: Kathryn Townsend, Panel Chair
DATE: September 22, 2015
SUBJECT:

Professional Theatre Panel, Meeting Report and Recommendations

The Professional Theatre grant panel meeting was held via teleconference on September 22, 2015. Thirty-one (31) eligible applications were reviewed and all 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:

There were no panel comments.

Public comment was as follows:

There were no public comments.

Panel Biographies

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Megan Byrne

Pinellas County

  • Executive Director, St. Petersburg City Theatre and Designer, Megan Byrne Lighting Design
  • Previously Capitol Theatre Production & Entertainment Manager, Ruth Eckerd Hall; Resident Lighting Designer, Gorilla Theatre; Production Coordinator, Patel Conservatory, David A. Straz Jr. Center for the Performing Arts
  • B.F.A., Technical Theatre/Theatre Design and Technology, University of South Florida; A.A., Technical Theatre/Theatre Design and Technology, Northwest Florida State College

Murray Chase

Sarasota County

  • Executive/Artistic Director, Venice Theatre His entries have garnered top awards at six state and three regional festivals and have represented the southeastern US twice at the national AACTFest
  • Received Best Director awards at six community theatre festivals
  • Current President, American Association of Community Theatre; Festival Chair for Southeastern Theatre Conference, Florida Theatre Conference, and Mississippi Theatre Association
  • 7-time Best Director honoree at Florida Theatre Conference and Southeastern Theatre Conference, a Distinguished Career award-winner from FTC, and a lifetime member of AACT’s College of Fellows

Larry Fields

Miami-Dade County

  • Artistic Director, Fantasy Theatre Factory, Miami, Florida
  • Designed multiple theatre programs/workshops with the Miami-Dade, Broward and Hillsborough County School Boards, University of Miami, Nova Southeastern University, Memorial Healthcare Systems, Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital, YMCA of Broward County, Zoo Miami and many others
  • Larry is an actor and circus artist

Hank Rion

Brevard County

  • Artistic Director, Henegar Center for the Arts
  • Previously directed/acted professionally and educationally at Riverside Theatre, Encore Theatre (NC), College of the Albemarle (Assistant Professor, Department Chair), Brooklyn College, Young Adult Institute
  • Directed the World Community Theatre Premiere of Cry Baby, the Musical, which will be licensed worldwide through Music Theatre International
  • His stage adaptation of The Picture of Dorian Gray premiered at Satellite Fine Arts Academy and will be published in the Spring of 2016
  • M.F.A., Directing, CUNY-Brooklyn

Jonathan Wemette

Palm Beach County

  • Development Officer for Institutional Giving, Norton Museum of Art
  • Previously Managing Director, Yale Cabaret; Artistic Associate, Florida Stage; Management Fellow, Seattle Repertory Theatre
  • Serves on the boards of Blue Planet Writer’s Room and the Masterworks Chorus of the Palm Beaches
  • M.F.A, Theater Management, Yale School of Drama; B.A., Amherst College

Panel Recommendations

Date & Time September 22, 2015 9:00 AM - to conclusion
Application Types

GPS - Discipline-Based (Professional Theatre): Level 1
GPS - Discipline-Based (Professional Theatre): Level 2
GPS - Discipline-Based (Professional Theatre): Level 3
SCP - Discipline-Based (Professional Theatre)

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.

# App Num Applicant
Project Title
County		 Application Type Request Recommendation Avg Score
1 17.6.142.461 Asolo Theatre, Inc.
Sarasota County		 GPS: Discipline-Based
Professional Theatre (Level 3)		 $150,000 $150,000 98.200
2 17.6.142.375 Florida Studio Theatre, Inc.
Sarasota County		 GPS: Discipline-Based
Professional Theatre (Level 3)		 $150,000 $150,000 97.400
3 17.6.142.077 Actors' Playhouse Productions
Miami-Dade County		 GPS: Discipline-Based
Professional Theatre (Level 3)		 $150,000 $150,000 97.000
4 17.6.142.179 Maltz Jupiter Theatre, Inc.
Palm Beach County		 GPS: Discipline-Based
Professional Theatre (Level 3)		 $150,000 $150,000 97.000
5 17.6.142.078 Gablestage, Inc.
Miami-Dade County		 GPS: Discipline-Based
Professional Theatre (Level 3)		 $150,000 $150,000 96.400
6 17.6.142.243 MicheLee Puppets, Inc.
Orange County		 GPS: Discipline-Based
Professional Theatre (Level 1)		 $24,150 $24,150 95.600
7 17.6.142.194 Garden Theatre, Inc.
Orange County		 GPS: Discipline-Based
Professional Theatre (Level 3)		 $127,545 $127,545 95.600
8 17.6.142.458 The Hippodrome State Theatre, Inc.
Alachua County		 GPS: Discipline-Based
Professional Theatre (Level 3)		 $150,000 $150,000 95.600
9 17.6.142.262 Florida Repertory Company, Inc.
Lee County		 GPS: Discipline-Based
Professional Theatre (Level 3)		 $150,000 $150,000 95.400
10 17.6.142.361 Riverside Theatre, Inc.
Indian River County		 GPS: Discipline-Based
Professional Theatre (Level 3)		 $150,000 $150,000 95.333
11 17.6.142.423 FreeFall Theatre, Inc.
Pinellas County		 GPS: Discipline-Based
Professional Theatre (Level 3)		 $25,000 $25,000 95.200
12 17.6.142.286 Orlando Repertory Theatre, Inc.
Orange County		 GPS: Discipline-Based
Professional Theatre (Level 3)		 $150,000 $150,000 94.800
13 17.6.142.355 American Stage Company, Inc.
Pinellas County		 GPS: Discipline-Based
Professional Theatre (Level 3)		 $150,000 $150,000 94.800
14 17.6.142.172 Palm Beach Dramaworks, Inc.
Palm Beach County		 GPS: Discipline-Based
Professional Theatre (Level 3)		 $150,000 $150,000 94.500
15 17.6.142.486 Orlando Shakespeare Theater, Inc.
Orange County		 GPS: Discipline-Based
Professional Theatre (Level 3)		 $150,000 $150,000 94.400
16 17.6.142.064 Key West Players, Inc.
Monroe County		 GPS: Discipline-Based
Professional Theatre (Level 3)		 $99,621 $99,621 94.200
17 17.6.142.154 Miami Theater Center, Inc.
Miami-Dade County		 GPS: Discipline-Based
Professional Theatre (Level 3)		 $150,000 $150,000 93.800
18 17.6.142.112 Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe of Florida, Inc.
Sarasota County		 GPS: Discipline-Based
Professional Theatre (Level 3)		 $25,000 $25,000 93.400
19 17.6.142.432 Gulfshore Playhouse, Inc.
Collier County		 GPS: Discipline-Based
Professional Theatre (Level 3)		 $141,388 $141,388 93.400
20 17.6.142.526 City Theatre
Miami-Dade County		 GPS: Discipline-Based
Professional Theatre (Level 2)		 $47,892 $47,892 93.000
21 17.6.142.435 Mad Cow Theatre, Inc.
Orange County		 GPS: Discipline-Based
Professional Theatre (Level 3)		 $136,229 $136,229 92.800
22 17.6.142.440 Stage Works, Inc.
Hillsborough County		 GPS: Discipline-Based
Professional Theatre (Level 2)		 $30,100 $30,100 92.000
23 17.6.142.468 The Jobsite Theater, Inc.
Hillsborough County		 GPS: Discipline-Based
Professional Theatre (Level 2)		 $28,199 $28,199 91.200
24 17.6.142.507 Arca Images, Inc.
Miami-Dade County		 GPS: Discipline-Based
Professional Theatre (Level 1)		 $11,300 $11,300 90.800
25 17.6.142.376 Flagler Auditorium Governing Board, Inc.
Flagler County		 GPS: Discipline-Based
Professional Theatre (Level 2)		 $46,000 $46,000 90.400
26 17.6.142.485 The M Ensemble Company, Inc.
Miami-Dade County		 GPS: Discipline-Based
Professional Theatre (Level 1)		 $13,108 $13,108 90.000
27 17.6.142.537 Slow Burn Theatre Company, Inc.
Broward County		 GPS: Discipline-Based
Professional Theatre (Level 2)		 $25,000 $25,000 90.000
28 17.6.142.449 Bits 'N Pieces Puppet Theatre, Inc.
Hillsborough County		 GPS: Discipline-Based
Professional Theatre (Level 1)		 $15,000 $15,000 89.800
29 17.6.142.528 The Broward Stage Door Theater Co., Inc.
Broward County		 GPS: Discipline-Based
Professional Theatre (Level 3)		 $25,000 $25,000 89.200
30 17.5.142.502 Southern Shakespeare Company, Inc.
Southern Shakespeare Festival
Leon County		 SCP: Discipline-Based
Professional Theatre 		$25,000 $25,000 88.200
31 17.6.142.305 Mad Cat Theatre Company, Inc
Miami-Dade County		 GPS: Discipline-Based
Professional Theatre (Level 1)		 $6,752 $6,752 86.200