2015-257-E Arts - Deep Dish Theater Company Arts Grant

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DocuSign Envelope ID: F859AB28-066D-45E9-BB24-D873BDC015A0 much to say to each other and to us two plays about tangled skeins of life, love and real estate (issues of which Deep Dish is acutely aware these days). We will rehearse the plays simultaneously and then perform them in rotation, so that it will be possible to see both plays in the same week or even on the same day. This proximity will provide us with even more opportunities than usual to offer our audience an array of contextual resources,including our dramaturg discussions, scholarly talks, and conversations with the artists about the production, and we will continue our Book Talk,reading and discussing literature related to the production. The project will also further our exploration of the potential of a small theater space and of the collaboration that is so central to our work, as two design staffs and two casts work not only as individual teams but also in concert with one another, creating an experience even larger than the two remarkable plays that comprise it. Long Range planning Long range planning has occupied much of our attention in the past two years. We have contracted with Priscilla Bratcher of Armstrong McGuire and with the Executive Service Corps to help us marshal our resources and focus our efforts to grow our audiences. We are among ten Triangle arts organizations selected by the State Arts Council and the Triangle Community Foundation to participate in a year-long multi-disciplinary effort to address long-term planning within organizations and across our community. And as we look for new space,we have drawn up a budget projections to help determine what we can afford and what assumptions about growth we are prepared to make. Challenges Our top three challenges in the coming year will be(1)to find affordable theater space amenable to our ambitions to create a sustainable organization; (2)to strengthen our profile in the community to order to raise awareness and increase our institutional support, and(3)to expand our board and our fundraising capabilities. Thank you for your consideration.