George Sutton is a veteran of the Minnesota arts community; Sutton’s career has spanned both creative and administrative roles. Receiving extensive performance training at a young age Sutton has performed in more than 70 theater productions in the Twin Cities and New York. Moving to Paris in the mid-eighties Sutton worked in theater and film before returning to Minneapolis and co-founding the Jungle Theater as its first Executive Director. Over the next seven years, Sutton established the business infrastructure, acted in plays, and led the capital fundraising efforts to establish a permanent home for the company in the Lyn-Lake neighborhood of South Minneapolis. In 1997 Sutton established Sutton + Associates, Inc. and has provided cultural and community-planning services to small and large projects across the county including strategic feasibility studies, operational and business planning, project conceptualization, and leadership cultivation efforts. Sutton’s acquaintance with James Sewell stretches back more than 35 years to when they were both young performers at the Children’s Theater of Minneapolis. His wife, Julia performed with James Sewell Ballet when it was first formed in New York City and Sutton joined James Sewell Ballet as its Executive Director in 2009.
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