Chesapeake Shakespeare Company
Shakespeare is for everyone.
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
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Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Artistic Season
The artistic season is the performance and production portion of our program budget. CSC produces 5-7 professional productions on our main stage in Baltimore City and 1-2 productions at our outdoor venue, the Patapsco Female Institute Historic Park in Ellicott City, thanks to a partnership with Howard County Department of Recreation and Parks. We also produce, crossing program lines, a student matinee production of ROMEO AND JULIET each spring. We are expanding this in the 2017-2018 season to include matinee performances (for students and other constituencies) of our main stage productions.
CSC's Education Program
CSC's education program served more than 10,000 students and their teachers during the 2015-2016 academic season, including nearly 7,000 alone through our annual ROMEO AND JULIET student matinee program. Our in-school residency and workshop programs continue to grow, serving approximately 2,000 students and their teachers in the same time period. Our summer programs, primarily taking place in Howard County but with plans to expand our offerings in Baltimore City, currently reach about 100 children with extra-curricular Shakespeare education activities.
In addition to our youth-focused programs, we are also expanding our reach into our communities through festivals (like BOPA's Light City Baltimore, the Baltimore Book Festival, the Annapolis Book Festival, etc.) and partnerships with local institutions (Walters Art Gallery, the Baltimore Musicales, the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University, etc.). With the opening of our new space, The Studio at the Chesapeake Shakespeare Company, we anticipate expanding our class offerings to include professional artist development, teacher development, and general professional development opportunities for people in the workforce. Lastly, we anticipate adding what we call a Community Corps which would enable groups of adults from a specific community to come together and produce their own production of a Shakespeare play, under the guidance of one or more of CSC's trained teaching artists.
Veterans Ensemble
CSC promotes the health and well-being of veterans and active military through the therapeutic activity of self-producing theatre.
Where we work
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Goals & Strategy
Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.
Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
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What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
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What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
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What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
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How we listen
Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.
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How is your organization collecting feedback from the people you serve?
Electronic surveys (by email, tablet, etc.), Paper surveys, Suggestion box/email,
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How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?
To identify and remedy poor client service experiences, To identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To identify where we are less inclusive or equitable across demographic groups, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve, To understand people's needs and how we can help them achieve their goals,
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With whom is the organization sharing feedback?
The people we serve, Our staff, Our board, Our funders,
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Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?
We collect feedback from the people we serve at least annually, We take steps to get feedback from marginalized or under-represented people, We aim to collect feedback from as many people we serve as possible, We take steps to ensure people feel comfortable being honest with us, We look for patterns in feedback based on demographics (e.g., race, age, gender, etc.), We look for patterns in feedback based on people’s interactions with us (e.g., site, frequency of service, etc.), We engage the people who provide feedback in looking for ways we can improve in response, We act on the feedback we receive, We tell the people who gave us feedback how we acted on their feedback, We ask the people who gave us feedback how well they think we responded,
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
It is difficult to get the people we serve to respond to requests for feedback, The people we serve tell us they find data collection burdensome, It is difficult to find the ongoing funding to support feedback collection,
Financials
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Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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Chesapeake Shakespeare Company
Board of directorsas of 10/18/2022
Ms. Emily Rockefeller
McDonogh School
Term: 2022 - 2025
Robin Hough
Clark & Hough LLP
Lesley Malin
Chesapeake Shakespeare Company
Scott B. Helm
Vistra Energy Corporation
Earle W. Pratt, III
New Horizons Computer Learning Centers
Kevin Burke
Wilmington Trust
Joseph Ferlise, JD
Brown Advisory
Bill Henry
Baltimore City Comptroller
John E. McCann, Jr.
Miles & Stockbridge P.C.
Linda Pieplow
Howard County Public Schools
Emily Rockefeller
McDonogh School
Nan Rohrer
Midtown Partnership
Renée S. Lane-Kunz, JD
Shapiro Sher
Geri Byrd
Mayson-Dixon Companies
Celina Figueroa
Stanley Black & Decker
Neal Flieger
Golin
Ian Gallanar
Chesapeake Shakespeare Company
Nora Brigid Monahan
The Lark
Board leadership practices
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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? No -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? No -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Yes
Organizational demographics
Who works and leads organizations that serve our diverse communities? Candid partnered with CHANGE Philanthropy on this demographic section.
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Equity strategies
Last updated: 10/17/2022GuideStar partnered with Equity in the Center - an organization that works to shift mindsets, practices, and systems to increase racial equity - to create this section. Learn more
- We review compensation data across the organization (and by staff levels) to identify disparities by race.
- We ask team members to identify racial disparities in their programs and / or portfolios.
- We analyze disaggregated data and root causes of race disparities that impact the organization's programs, portfolios, and the populations served.
- We disaggregate data to adjust programming goals to keep pace with changing needs of the communities we support.
- We disaggregate data by demographics, including race, in every policy and program measured.
- We have long-term strategic plans and measurable goals for creating a culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.
- We have a promotion process that anticipates and mitigates implicit and explicit biases about people of color serving in leadership positions.
- We seek individuals from various race backgrounds for board and executive director/CEO positions within our organization.
- We have community representation at the board level, either on the board itself or through a community advisory board.
- We help senior leadership understand how to be inclusive leaders with learning approaches that emphasize reflection, iteration, and adaptability.
- We engage everyone, from the board to staff levels of the organization, in race equity work and ensure that individuals understand their roles in creating culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.