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2010 -2011 Season Highlights

EDUCATION & OUTREACH 10% Neighborhood Bridges Early Bridges School Matinee Series School Partnership Program Theatre Arts Training Classes 43 full and part-time CTC educators and program coordinators ARTISTIC & PRODUCTION - 50% Actors Costumes Scenery Props Musicians Designers Directors Threshold (new play development) 65 full and part-time CTC artistic and production staff members

FACILITY 10% Mortgage for Building Heat, Water, Electricity Repairs

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ADMINISTRATION 30% Marketing Efforts Fundraising Campaigns Technology (computers/printers/phones) Box Office Operations 80 full and part-time CTC administration staff members

BY THE NUMBERS YOUR DONATION AT WORK

The expression on a childs face as they watch the curtain rise on a Childrens Theatre Company production is simply magical. Because of your support this past season, we were able to give that gift over and over again to thousands of families. Today we celebrate YOU, as we wouldnt be able to educate, challenge and inspire thousands of families each season without you by our side. We would like to take this opportunity to give you a few examples of how your gift supported our work and our patrons this past season. Thank you for trusting us to be good stewards of your donation.

On Stage
Throughout our 45th anniversary season, CTC held 423 performances on our stages (300 public performances and 123 student matinee performances). Because of the six amazing productions performed on our stages this past season, we saw our audience grow 28% from the previous season. This growth helped us reach our ticket goal for the first time in 11 years! Annie was a clear audience favorite this season with 97 shows during its two month run. Annie quickly earned a spot in the CTC record books as our second most popular show, right behind Dr. Seuss How The Grinch Stole Christmas.

Access For All

CTC TiCkeT ACCess ProgrAm More than 249,000 patrons joined us this past season to see a CTC production. Over 30% of those audience members were able to attend a show at CTC thanks to our ticket access programs - which are supported by friends like you! Our ticket access programs give families who wouldnt otherwise be able to join us due to financial barriers the opportunity to experience the excitement of live theater. For many of those families, this was their first opportunity to see a theater production. sTudenT mATinee ProgrAm This past season our School Matinee Program welcomed more than 62,000 students from 409 schools to CTC. Tickets to our school matinees were deeply discounted to ensure the maximum number of schools could attend. Schools serving predominantly low-income children were eligible for deeper school matinee ticket subsidies from CTC. This program, partly funded by Target, allowed us to bring in schools that were usually unable to attend CTC due to financial restraints. Thanks to this program, more than 36,000 students received tickets for as little as $1 and many schools were granted financial assistance for bus transportation.

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2010 -2011 Season Highlights In The Community
neighborhood bridges

Neighborhood Bridges, CTCs nationally recognized critical literacy program, was able to expand into three additional classrooms this year. This expansion allowed us to work with 625 students from 25 classrooms throughout the school year. The goal of the Neighborhood Bridges program is to close the achievement gap for low-income and limited English language students in the Twin Cities. A study conducted by CTC and CAREI at the University of Minnesota found that creativity and play enhances critical literacy. For these at-risk students, many of them English language learners, learning to speak out and collaborate on group projects were the crucial steps they needed to take to flourish socially and academically.
eArly bridges

In 2010-11, CTC continued our Early Bridges program, an innovative theater program for children ages three and four. This year, 132 children from six early childhood education centers serving low-income and at-risk populations participated. In each weekly one-hour Early Bridges session, children were led in theater arts curriculum designed to boost development in crucial social, physical, and cognitive domains that helped prepare these children for kindergarten.
CommuniTy suPerheros

In 2010-2011, CTC launched Community Superheroes, a project that emphasized partnerships with organizations serving Latinos. Over 600 families received free tickets and transportation to two CTC productions. Visitors participated in preperformance bilingual tours and post-play reflection discussions.

Theater Education
CTCs Theatre Arts Training program saw significant growth during the 2010 2011 school year. More than 2,450 students participated in 180 classes in storytelling, acting, dance, voice, directing, and playwriting. Over 100 of those students were able to participate because of CTC scholarship opportunities.

Theres No Place Like CTC!

Although one season has just ended, weve already been preparing for our 2011 2012 season for many months! We will kick off our next season with our largest fundraising event of the year, the Emerald and Ruby Curtain Call Ball on Saturday, September 10, 2011. The evening will glitter with elegance inspired by the 1930s, in reflection of our holiday show The Wizard Of Oz. Come and enjoy cocktails, dinner, a cabaret show, silent/live auctions, dancing, and an opportunity to win a chance to travel somewhere Over the Rainbow. Guests will sparkle and shine knowing the proceeds from this event will support Childrens Theatre Companys education and community outreach programs - ensuring all young people have access to nationally recognized theater experiences that educate, challenge and inspire. This event starts at 5:30 p.m. and ends at the stroke of midnight. Ticket prices range from $55 to $300. Please visit childrenstheatre.org for more information or contact Ann Nelson at anelson@childrenstheatre.org or 612-872-5159. We hope to see you on the Yellow Brick Road!

From all of us at CTC, thank YOU for another great season. Well see you in the fall!