Theatre Latte-Da

THE MISSION OF THEATER LATTE' DA IS TO CREATE NEW CONNECTIONS BETWEEN STORY, MUSIC, ARTIST AND AUDIENCE BY EXPLORING AND EXPANDING THE ART OF MUSICAL THEATER.

GENERAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS/NEW WORKAS A PERFORMING ARTS ORGANIZATION, THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC HAD A SWIFT AND SEVERE IMPACT ON THEATER LATTE' DA'S (TLD) OPERATIONS AND PROGRAMMING. ON MARCH 13, 2020, JUST ONE DAY BEFORE THE OPENING OF OUR CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED RE-IMAGINING OF LA BOHEME, WE MADE THE PAINFUL AND NECESSARY DECISION TO CLOSE OUR DOORS TO THE PUBLIC. TLD CANCELLED DOZENS OF PERFORMANCES - THE REMAINDER OF OUR 2019-20 SEASON, INCLUDING LA BOHEME, THE WORLD PREMIERE OF TWELVE ANGRY MEN, AND THE ANNUAL NEXT FESTIVAL. TLD FURLOUGHED 10 FULL-TIME STAFF, INCLUDING THOSE IN TECHNICAL AND ARTISTIC POSITIONS. THANKS TO THE EFFORTS OF OUR STAFF AND THE GENEROSITY OF OUR COMMUNITY, MORE THAN $100,000 IN TICKETS FOR CANCELLED PERFORMANCES WERE CONVERTED INTO DONATIONS - HELPING ENSURE TLD'S FINANCIAL STABILITY IN AN UNCERTAIN AND UNPREDICTABLE TIME. TLD ALSO GRATEFULLY RECEIVED FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SUPPORT FROM THE PAYCHECK PROTECTION PROGRAM (PPP).IN SPRING 2020, THEATER LATTE' DA MADE A BOLD PLAN TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT ARTISTS AND TO INVEST IN OUR FUTURE AND THE FUTURE OF THE ART FORM. IN LIEU OF A TRADITIONAL 2020-21 SEASON, WE LAUNCHED NEXT UP, AN INTENSIVE LABORATORY TO INCUBATE NINE NEW MUSICALS AND PLAYS WITH MUSIC BETWEEN SEPTEMBER 2020 AND JULY 2021. CREATION OF NEW WORK HAS ALWAYS BEEN A PART OF TLD'S DNA, AND, OVER THE PAST EIGHT YEARS, WE HAVE FURTHER PRIORITIZED THE SUPPORT OF NEW MUSICALS AND PLAYS WITH MUSIC. THE NEXT UP LABORATORY, LED BY TLD ARTISTIC DIRECTOR PETER ROTHSTEIN AND DIRECTOR OF NEW WORK ELISSA ADAMS, INCLUDED TERRENCE MCNALLY'S LAST PLAY IMMORTAL LONGINGS AND AN EXCITING LINEUP OF PROJECTS BY PLAYWRIGHT HARRISON DAVID RIVERS; COMPOSER TED SHEN; MUSICIANS KATE KILBANE AND DAN MOSES OF THE KILBANES; JESSIE AUSTRIAN AND NOAH BRODY OF FIASCO THEATER; MEXICAN PLAYWRIGHT JOSERRA ZIGA: SCENIC DESIGNER KATE SUTTON-JOHNSON; PLAYWRIGHT JUCOBY JOHNSON AND SONGWRITERS MEGHAN KREIDLER AND MICHAEL ANDERSON OF THE BAND KISS THE TIGER; LOCAL WRITER-PERFORMERS BRADLEY GREENWALD AND STEVEN EPP; ACTRESS SALLY WINGERT; AND HIP HOP THEATER ARTISTS THE Q BROTHERS. TLD'S COMMITMENT TO NEW WORK AND GENERATIVE ARTISTS THROUGH THE NEXT UP LABORATORY SUPPORTED 23 COMPOSERS, PLAYWRIGHTS, AND LIBRETTISTS AND EMPLOYED 75 ACTORS, DIRECTORS, STAGE MANAGERS, AND MUSIC DIRECTORS DURING THE PERIOD IN WHICH THE THEATER INDUSTRY WAS LARGELY SHUTTERED.COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENTEVEN THOUGH OUR MAINSTAGE WAS DARK FOR ALL OF THE 2020-21 SEASON, WE WERE STILL ABLE TO PROVIDE OUR COMMUNITY WITH FIVE EXCEPTIONAL MUSICAL THEATER PERFORMANCES THAT AUDIENCES COULD STREAM FROM THE COMFORT OF THEIR HOME. THE GHOSTLIGHT SERIES: STORIES AND SONGS IN THE MEANTIME FEATURED FIVE VIRTUAL CABARETS, WHICH LAUNCHED IN JANUARY 2021 AND RAN THROUGH SEPTEMBER 2021. THE SERIES FEATURED MORE THAN 40 MINNESOTA BROADLY DIVERSE ARTISTS. THE SERIES WAS OFFERED AT AN AFFORDABLE PRICE OF $75 FOR UNLIMITED VIEWING FOR ALL FIVE PRODUCTIONS. WE SOLD 769 GHOSTLIGHT SERIES PASSES, AND MANY OF THOSE SOLD PASSES WERE AT DEEPLY REDUCED PRICES TO EDUCATORS, CHURCH GROUPS, AND SENIORS TO ENSURE THE WORK WAS ACCESSIBLE TO OUR COMMUNITY. IN ADDITION, IN DECEMBER 2019, A FILM CREW FROM NEW YORK PUBLIC MEDIA (WNET) SPENT THREE DAYS AT THE RITZ THEATER, FILMING ALL IS CALM, PETER ROTHSTEIN AND TLD'S ORIGINAL MUSICAL ABOUT A REMARKABLE EVENT DURING WORLD WAR I. AT THAT POINT, NO ONE KNEW THAT LIVE THEATER WOULD BE CANCELED FOR MUCH OF 2020, AND THE SUBSEQUENT BROADCAST OF ALL IS CALM: THE CHRISTMAS TRUCE OF 1914 WOULD BE AN UNEXPECTED THEATRICAL GIFT TO PBS AUDIENCES ACROSS THE COUNTRY (AND AROUND THE WORLD) IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER 2020. THE RECORDING WAS BROADCAST ON MULTIPLE PBS STATIONS AND AVAILABLE FOR STREAMING. ALL IS CALM WAS EASILY VIEWED BY ANYONE, THROUGHOUT NORTH AMERICA, WITH BASIC TELEVISION ACCESS OR INTERNET STREAMING CAPABILITIES FROM HOME, ELIMINATING FINANCIAL AND TRAVEL BARRIERS.

GENERAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS/NEW WORKAS A PERFORMING ARTS ORGANIZATION, THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC HAD A SWIFT AND SEVERE IMPACT ON THEATER LATTE' DA'S (TLD) OPERATIONS AND PROGRAMMING. ON MARCH 13, 2020, JUST ONE DAY BEFORE THE OPENING OF OUR CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED RE-IMAGINING OF LA BOHEME, WE MADE THE PAINFUL AND NECESSARY DECISION TO CLOSE OUR DOORS TO THE PUBLIC. TLD CANCELLED DOZENS OF PERFORMANCES - THE REMAINDER OF OUR 2019-20 SEASON, INCLUDING LA BOHEME, THE WORLD PREMIERE OF TWELVE ANGRY MEN, AND THE ANNUAL NEXT FESTIVAL. TLD FURLOUGHED 10 FULL-TIME STAFF, INCLUDING THOSE IN TECHNICAL AND ARTISTIC POSITIONS. THANKS TO THE EFFORTS OF OUR STAFF AND THE GENEROSITY OF OUR COMMUNITY, MORE THAN $100,000 IN TICKETS FOR CANCELLED PERFORMANCES WERE CONVERTED INTO DONATIONS - HELPING ENSURE TLD'S FINANCIAL STABILITY IN AN UNCERTAIN AND UNPREDICTABLE TIME. TLD ALSO GRATEFULLY RECEIVED FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SUPPORT FROM THE PAYCHECK PROTECTION PROGRAM (PPP).IN SPRING 2020, THEATER LATTE' DA MADE A BOLD PLAN TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT ARTISTS AND TO INVEST IN OUR FUTURE AND THE FUTURE OF THE ART FORM. IN LIEU OF A TRADITIONAL 2020-21 SEASON, WE LAUNCHED NEXT UP, AN INTENSIVE LABORATORY TO INCUBATE NINE NEW MUSICALS AND PLAYS WITH MUSIC BETWEEN SEPTEMBER 2020 AND JULY 2021. CREATION OF NEW WORK HAS ALWAYS BEEN A PART OF TLD'S DNA, AND, OVER THE PAST EIGHT YEARS, WE HAVE FURTHER PRIORITIZED THE SUPPORT OF NEW MUSICALS AND PLAYS WITH MUSIC. THE NEXT UP LABORATORY, LED BY TLD ARTISTIC DIRECTOR PETER ROTHSTEIN AND DIRECTOR OF NEW WORK ELISSA ADAMS, INCLUDED TERRENCE MCNALLY'S LAST PLAY IMMORTAL LONGINGS AND AN EXCITING LINEUP OF PROJECTS BY PLAYWRIGHT HARRISON DAVID RIVERS; COMPOSER TED SHEN; MUSICIANS KATE KILBANE AND DAN MOSES OF THE KILBANES; JESSIE AUSTRIAN AND NOAH BRODY OF FIASCO THEATER; MEXICAN PLAYWRIGHT JOSERRA ZIGA: SCENIC DESIGNER KATE SUTTON-JOHNSON; PLAYWRIGHT JUCOBY JOHNSON AND SONGWRITERS MEGHAN KREIDLER AND MICHAEL ANDERSON OF THE BAND KISS THE TIGER; LOCAL WRITER-PERFORMERS BRADLEY GREENWALD AND STEVEN EPP; ACTRESS SALLY WINGERT; AND HIP HOP THEATER ARTISTS THE Q BROTHERS. TLD'S COMMITMENT TO NEW WORK AND GENERATIVE ARTISTS THROUGH THE NEXT UP LABORATORY SUPPORTED 23 COMPOSERS, PLAYWRIGHTS, AND LIBRETTISTS AND EMPLOYED 75 ACTORS, DIRECTORS, STAGE MANAGERS, AND MUSIC DIRECTORS DURING THE PERIOD IN WHICH THE THEATER INDUSTRY WAS LARGELY SHUTTERED.COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENTEVEN THOUGH OUR MAINSTAGE WAS DARK FOR ALL OF THE 2020-21 SEASON, WE WERE STILL ABLE TO PROVIDE OUR COMMUNITY WITH FIVE EXCEPTIONAL MUSICAL THEATER PERFORMANCES THAT AUDIENCES COULD STREAM FROM THE COMFORT OF THEIR HOME. THE GHOSTLIGHT SERIES: STORIES AND SONGS IN THE MEANTIME FEATURED FIVE VIRTUAL CABARETS, WHICH LAUNCHED IN JANUARY 2021 AND RAN THROUGH SEPTEMBER 2021. THE SERIES FEATURED MORE THAN 40 MINNESOTA BROADLY DIVERSE ARTISTS. THE SERIES WAS OFFERED AT AN AFFORDABLE PRICE OF $75 FOR UNLIMITED VIEWING FOR ALL FIVE PRODUCTIONS. WE SOLD 769 GHOSTLIGHT SERIES PASSES, AND MANY OF THOSE SOLD PASSES WERE AT DEEPLY REDUCED PRICES TO EDUCATORS, CHURCH GROUPS, AND SENIORS TO ENSURE THE WORK WAS ACCESSIBLE TO OUR COMMUNITY. IN ADDITION, IN DECEMBER 2019, A FILM CREW FROM NEW YORK PUBLIC MEDIA (WNET) SPENT THREE DAYS AT THE RITZ THEATER, FILMING ALL IS CALM, PETER ROTHSTEIN AND TLD'S ORIGINAL MUSICAL ABOUT A REMARKABLE EVENT DURING WORLD WAR I. AT THAT POINT, NO ONE KNEW THAT LIVE THEATER WOULD BE CANCELED FOR MUCH OF 2020, AND THE SUBSEQUENT BROADCAST OF ALL IS CALM: THE CHRISTMAS TRUCE OF 1914 WOULD BE AN UNEXPECTED THEATRICAL GIFT TO PBS AUDIENCES ACROSS THE COUNTRY (AND AROUND THE WORLD) IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER 2020. THE RECORDING WAS BROADCAST ON MULTIPLE PBS STATIONS AND AVAILABLE FOR STREAMING. ALL IS CALM WAS EASILY VIEWED BY ANYONE, THROUGHOUT NORTH AMERICA, WITH BASIC TELEVISION ACCESS OR INTERNET STREAMING CAPABILITIES FROM HOME, ELIMINATING FINANCIAL AND TRAVEL BARRIERS.