Lakefront by Volz Drane, 2016
We get asked a lot of questions about our model, our work, and our impact. Many answers can be found below, or within our Community Report.
What is Interact's approach?
Devised Theater
Rehearsals
- 5.5 hours/day
- 3-5 days/week
Dramaturgy
- Studying visual, audio, and print media and discussing as a company
Performance Creation
- Character-building; script-writing; plot, music and dance development through improv and theater exercises
Intensives *
- 5-10 intensives/year
- Improv
- Articulation
- Movement
- Singing
*Sometimes taught by guest artists
Guided artistic development
Individual praxis
- 5.5 hours/day
- 3-5 days/week
Workshops *
- 4 workshops/month
- Various media, such as water
color, ceramics, mosaic, textile, and others
*Sometimes taught by guest artists
Group critiques/Intensives
- 2 sessions/week discussing artists’ own and others’ work
- Specialized Ceramics and Fiber Arts studios
- Research and experience-oriented outings
Daily needs and Adult Day compliance
Individual care
- Each artist has an Interact advocate and staffing ratios vary between 1:5 to 1:8 for individual care and supports
Daily needs
- Transportation
- Medication
- Coordination with case manager
- Finance management
- Communication with housing provider
Adult Day compliance
- Monthly goal-setting and check-ins
- Yearly meeting with case manager
- Daily physical exercises
- Adult Day billing
- Up-to-date disability risk and management plan
What does Interact do?
1-2 full-scale theatre productions each year featuring all performing artists
10-20 performances for each production
5-10 performances per year for conferences and corporations
15-20 in-house performances per year for groups touring Interact
Interact artists regularly exhibit work in art galleries, museums and institutions, and artist-run spaces. We partner with local and national organizations to hold exhibitions that explore a broad range of forms and ideas. Between solo, group, and juried exhibitions, Interact artists collectively participate in 15+ exhibitions per year.
Additionally, work by Interact artists is always on view in our Saint Paul studio and working gallery, which is open to the public Monday – Friday, 9 a.m – 4 p.m.
2 domestic or international residencies per year at schools, hospitals, or art organizations
About 3 weeks of arts learning and 2 performances or exhibitions per residency