Lundstrum Performing Arts

Name

Lundstrum Performing Arts

Legal name

Lundstrum Center for Performing Arts

Website

https://lundstrum.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Lundstrum Performing Arts is a Minneapolis-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit that delivers in-person musical theater training in dance, voice, and drama to youth, with roughly 30% of students served on scholarships and direct pipelines into Twin Cities professional theaters.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Performing Arts Education

NAICS

Fine Arts Schools (61161), Fine Arts Schools (611610)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Theatre Education, Training & Conservatories (MPAGABAN)

akta.pro secondary industries

Performing Arts (Acting, Improv, Theater) (EDAAAGAE), Music Instruction (Instrumental & Vocal) (EDAMAAAE), Group Music Classes & Ensembles (Band, Orchestra, Choir) (EDAMANAC)

Keywords

• Performing arts education
• Musical theater training
• Youth dance classes
• Voice and drama instruction
• Scholarship arts programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Minneapolis

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Tuition and Class Fees: Revenue from academic year classes, summer sessions, private lessons, and master classes. Nearly 40% of students receive financial aid through grants, scholarships and waivers, demonstrating a pay-what-you-can model.
2. Annual Fundraising Gala: Annual fundraising event featuring student performances alongside Broadway professionals, serving as a major donor cultivation and revenue generation event.
3. Broadway Circle Membership: Donor program with annual contributions at $1,000+ level, offering exclusive benefits including donor appreciation receptions, preferred seating, backstage tours, and VIP parking.
4. Individual Donations: One-time and recurring donations from individuals supporting the organization's mission of providing performing arts access to all youth.
5. Planned Giving and Estate Gifts: Legacy Circle program for planned gifts through wills, trusts, and estate planning to ensure long-term sustainability.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Lundstrum Performing Arts provides in-person musical theater training in dance, voice, and drama for students of all ages and skill levels at its North Minneapolis facility. The core offering includes Academic Year Classes (Conservatory, Dancemania, Sing & Dance, Boys Performing Arts Workshop, Hip Hop Company, Performing Arts Workshop), Summer Musical Theater Intensives with culminating productions, Private Lessons, and Master Classes led by Broadway professionals. The training is augmented by a Broadway Mentorship program and supported through a robust scholarship fund ensuring access for economically disadvantaged students.

Product overview

Lundstrum Performing Arts is Minnesota's premier performing arts training organization offering a unified program of dance, voice, and drama instruction. The core offering consists of Academic Year Classes (Conservatory, Dancemania, Sing & Dance, Boys Performing Arts Workshop, Hip Hop, Performing Arts Workshop) supplemented by Summer Musical Theater Intensives, Master Classes with Broadway professionals, and Private Lessons. The organization also hosts Performances (showcases, summer musicals) and operates a Broadway Circle donor program and Scholarship Program to ensure accessibility. All programs are designed to develop triple-threat musical theater skills (singing, dancing, acting) for students of all ages and skill levels.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Academic Year Classes

Quantifiable outcome

• 10,000+ students served since 2000
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

13 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• ArtistrycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal theater partnership providing pipeline opportunities for Lundstrum students to perform in area productions. Part of Lundstrum's Pipeline for Talent initiative connecting students to professional regional theater opportunities.
• Children's Theatre CompanycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPipeline partnership providing opportunities for Lundstrum students to perform in area productions. Key component of Lundstrum's strategy to connect training to professional opportunities.
• Guthrie TheatercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMajor regional theater partnership offering Lundstrum students performance opportunities and exposure to professional productions. Students have performed at the Guthrie.
• History TheatrecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional theater partnership contributing to Lundstrum's Pipeline for Talent program connecting students to professional performance opportunities.
• Ordway Center for the Performing ArtscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMajor Twin Cities performing arts venue partnership providing students with professional performance opportunities and exposure.
• Stages TheatrecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPipeline partnership connecting Lundstrum students to regional theater productions as part of the Pipeline for Talent initiative.
• Minneapolis Public SchoolscoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorSchool district partnership providing performing arts education and access to students in the Minneapolis school system, particularly serving North Minneapolis students.
• Northside Achievement ZoneminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorCommunity partnership supporting youth achievement in North Minneapolis through arts programming and educational access.
• Angelique IlominorStrategic or Co-development PartnerBroadway mentor visiting Lundstrum to conduct workshops. Part of Lundstrum's Broadway Mentors program drawing on New York Broadway artists as teachers and performers.
• Maria BriggsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerBroadway professional serving as mentor and guest instructor. Part of the Broadway Mentors program connecting students with working Broadway artists.
• Billy JohnstoneminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerBroadway mentor providing workshops and instruction as part of Lundstrum's Broadway Mentors initiative drawing on national performing talent.
• Christian WarnerminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerBroadway professional serving as guest artist and instructor through the Broadway Mentors program.
• Timotha LanaeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerBroadway artist contributing to Lundstrum's master instruction and workshop programs several times per year.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Interlochen Center for the Arts: Michigan-based nationally recognized performing and visual arts training institution offering intensive programs for young artists. Comparable as a high-caliber youth performing arts training organization with a comparable curriculum and aspiration profile, though operating at significantly larger scale.
• Guthrie Theater: Minneapolis-based flagship regional theater with education and community programs. Comparable as a major regional theater that provides professional performance opportunities to Lundstrum students and shares the Twin Cities training ecosystem.
• Ordway Center for the Performing Arts: St. Paul-based major presenting venue with associated education programs. Comparable as a regional performing arts venue that partners with Lundstrum to give students professional-stage exposure.

Direct peers

• Boston Arts Academy: Boston's only public high school for the visual and performing arts, serving a diverse student body with intensive arts training. Comparable as a mission-driven performing arts training institution serving underrepresented youth in a major U.S. metro.
• Perpich Center for Arts Education: Minnesota's statewide public arts high school offering intensive training in dance, music, theater, visual arts, and literary arts. Comparable as a Minnesota-based performing arts education institution, though boarding-school in structure rather than community-based.
• Children's Theatre Company: Minneapolis-based youth theater that combines professional productions with education and training programs. Highly comparable to Lundstrum because both serve Twin Cities youth in performing arts training and partner with Lundstrum via the Pipeline for Talent initiative.
• Stages Theatre Company: Hopkins, MN-based youth and family theater offering classes, camps, and productions. Directly comparable as a Twin Cities performing arts training provider for young students, also partnered with Lundstrum on the Pipeline for Talent.

Emerging players

• National Theatre for Children: Minneapolis-based educational theater company producing plays for school audiences nationwide. Partially comparable as a Twin Cities performing arts education organization that schools partner with, intersecting with Lundstrum's school-outreach channel.

Regional players

• Chanhassen Dinner Theatres: Chanhassen, MN-based dinner theater producing large-scale musical theater and employing many Twin Cities performers including Lundstrum faculty alumni. Comparable as a Twin Cities musical theater institution that absorbs Lundstrum-trained talent into professional productions.
• Artistry: Bloomington, MN-based performing arts organization producing theater and providing education programs. Comparable as a Twin Cities theater-and-education peer and a Lundstrum Pipeline for Talent partner.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles13 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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