2023-2024 Festival Supporters
This list recognizes gifts made to the Festival from October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2024 and in support of our 24th Season. These gifts propelled theatrical innovation and brought free Shakespeare all throughout the St. Louis region.
**Sustaining Monthly Donor †In Loving Memory
Leadership Circle
$100,000+
Edward Jones
Hearst Foundations
Penny Pennington & Mike Fidler
St. Louis Regional Arts Commission
Whitaker Foundation
$50,000-$99,999
Alison & John Ferring
Mont & Karen Levy
Missouri Arts Council
Pershing Charitable Trust
PNC Arts Alive
$25,000-$49,999
The Bellwether Foundation, Inc.
The Dana Brown Charitable Trust, U.S. Bank, Trustee
Michael & JiaMin Dierberg
National Endowment for the Arts
Tom & Ulrike Schlafly
Terry & Sally Schnuck
The Strive Fund
Pam & Greg Trapp
$10,000-$24,999
Anonymous (1)
Ted & Robbie Beaty
James G. Berges & Elizabeth Mannen Berges
John & Crystal Beuerlein
C. & L.
Dula-Kobusch Charitable Trust
Jim & Lionelle Elsesser
Emerson
Enterprise Bank & Trust
Enterprise Mobility Foundation
Jean Daniel-Gentry & Hal Gentry
The Gertrude & William A. Bernoudy Foundation
Jessica L. Holzer
Jean Nichols Charitable Trust
Erik Karanik & Alexis Cossé
The Mary Ranken & Ettie A. Jordan Charitable Foundation
Jim & Merry Mosbacher
John & Christy Nickel
Vanessa & Charles Okwuraiwe
The Saigh Foundation
Thompson Coburn LLP
The Trio Foundation of St. Louis
Henry & Susan Warshaw
Hank Webber & Chris Jacobs
$5,000 – $9,999
Monica Allen
Ameren Corporation
Anders CPA & Advisors
Anne & Jack Bader
Greta & Robert Brown
Steve Butz
Clifford Willard Gaylord Foundation
Cortex Innovation Community
Dorothy Weinel Eppinger Foundation
Employees Community Fund of Boeing St. Louis
Bill & Janice Forsyth
Gerald Greiman
Brian & Tanya Hayden
Mark & Peggy Holly
Incarnate Word Foundation
C. Brendan & Kimberley Johnson
P.K. & Kristin Johnson
Ken & Nancy Kranzberg
Ed & Tedi Macias
Sandy Mesker
Carla & Garen Miller
Andrea & Charlie Miller**
Mary Morgan
Marvin & Neva Moskowitz
Park Central Development
Roy Pfautch
Emily Rauh Pulitzer
RedKey Realty Leaders
Bevis & Patience Schock
St. Charles City-County Library
Michael Staenberg
Straub’s
James Thomeczek & JoAnne Levy
UMB Bank, N.A.
Washington University in St. Louis
Michael Weisbrod
Thespian Society
$1,500 – $4,999
Anthony Bassett
Blueprint4
Boeing
Meredith & Josh Boggess
Bill & Penny Broderick
Dwyer P. Brown & Nancy Reynolds
Barbara Bryant
Spencer & Phoebe Burke
Caleres, Inc.
Carol Carlson
Cherokee Street Community Improvement District
City of Chesterfield
City of O’Fallon
Larry & Christina Clarke
Stacy & Rasheedah Clay
Commerce Bank
Dr. Debbie A. Depew & Mr. Brad Moore
Peter Dolan & Anne Adderton
The Dunagan Foundation, Inc.
Hope R. Edison
Edward Chase Garvey Memorial Foundation
Robert & Rosemary Emnett
Phyllis Evans
Jim & Donna Fisher
Jane & Jerry Garbutt
Mrs. Joseph F. Gleason
The Graybar Foundation
HOK, Inc.
Joel & Joanne Iskiwitch
Eric & Mary Koestner
Bob & Diane Kopitsky
Gerry Kowarsky
Tiya Lim & Chak Lattanand
David & Gayle Lazaroff
Jeff & Julie Lazaroff
Neil & Pam Lazaroff
Ruth L. Lederman & Terence H. Stern
Andrew Love
Margaret Blanke Grigg Foundation
Odester Morais-Saunders & Jack Saunders
Jim & Nancy Murphy
Rebecca Penniman & Louis Wittenberg
Brian Abel Ragen
Anita & Patrick Rooney
Virginia A. Ruch
Ken & Pat Schutte
Ray Simon & Mel Pashea
Jody & Shannon Sowell
Mary Ann & Andy Srenco
Mary Strauss
Ted & Julie Sward
Kathleen & Rob Thomure**
Ben & Susan Uchitelle
Krister Ungerboeck**
Erin Vlasaty & John Cooper
Rich & Kathleen Waidmann
Franklin F. Wallis
Members
$1,000 – $1,499
Larry & Judith Bradford
City of Edwardsville
City of Manchester
City of Normandy
Rita & David Cornett
The Creach Family
Tim & Kimberley Ann Eberlein
Cynthia Eckelkamp & Terry Witthaus
Sondra† & Dorsey Ellis
Susan & Gregory Finn
S. Wesley Fordyce
Michael & Catherine Garner
Great Rivers Greenway
The Grove Community Improvement District
Crosby Kemper III**
Kent A. Lewis
Stewart & Sylvia Massad
John & Connie McPheeters, Alex & Jenny McPheeters, Lizzy & Dave Rickard, and Katherine McPheeters
Charlie & Marian Rice
Alice Sargent
Deborah Sheperis & Cary Colman
Sherman & Joan Silber
Tegner M. Stokes
Sara Vaughan
Carol & Tom Voss
Kathy & Bill Winfrey
Wolff Properties
Tom & Cindy Woolsey
$500 – $999
Anonymous (1)
Ernie-Paul Barrette
Sam Bertolet & Helen Ziercher
Stephen & Camilla Brauer
Lewis & Jean Chase
Drs. Randy Clary & Lisa Etzwiler
Brian & Christy Cooke
Marcy & Rick Cornfeld
John Curtis
Ida & Gerald Early
Cap & Jen Grossman
Melanie & Ian Halley
Catherine & Chris Hamlin
Nancy & Steve Kidwell
Kerrin & David Kowach**
Christopher Lingle
Kathryn & George Love
Beki & Jeffrey Marsh
Barnet McKee
John & Laura Meyer
Ranjana & Jeffrey Morgan
Marianne & Mike Murphy
Marie & Maurice Noellsch
P. Wayne & Jane B. Goode Foundation
Phillips 66
Robert Ridgely
Stephanie Riven
Henry Robertson
Jon Root & Deborah Zimmerman
Anne Scherer
Whitney Scherr
Chris Schmiz
Rob & Alice Sherwood
Judith Smart
Caryl Sunshine
James P. Tobin & Virginia E. Heagney
Brandon & Cari Wegge
David Weiss & Judith Burch
Lynn & Doug Yaeger
$250 – $499
Actor’s Equity Foundation
Bob Appleton & Susan Frelich Appleton
Pippa & Dave Barrett
Carole & Dave Bartnett
John & Marian Bleeke
David S. Brink
Burt & Monique Bromberg
Sara Burke
Sheila & Steven Burkett
Joe & Vicki Caligur
Clarkson Carpenter & Rita Winters
Charlie & Katie Claggett
Charlie & Julia Cobaugh
Laura & William Courtney
Jamie Craft
Mike & Linda DeCamp
Sarah Duffy
Caryn Mefford & Helen Edwards
Seth & Marion Eisen
Dottie & Matt Englis
Len & Heather Essig
Laura Farkas
Cynthia Fischer
Keith & Ann Fischer
Pam Gronemeyer, M.D. & Stephen Kriegh
Roger & Kathleen Guillemette
Phil Heagney & Barbara Prosser
Bill & Linda Hentchel
Roger & June Herman
Michael & Carolyn Hesterberg
Anne Hetlage
William Hetlage
Blake Hoel & Berit Nelson
Mary Kate Hogan
Susan & Robert Hooper
Keri Scriven & Rocco Hueneke
Susan Rowe Jennings & Michael Jennings
Mark Johnson & Dorothea Mostello
Mrs. Henry O. Johnston
Sherry Jones
Hugh & Marcia Kern
Vicki Kiehl & Mike Fabian
Mark & Virginia Koors
Gabbi Kramer**
Joan & Andrew Kwong
David & Lucy Levy
Douglas & Christina Mager
Dorothy Mahaffey Carpenter
James & Elizabeth Malkus
Sarah Mayer & Jon Wannemuehler
Patti Mays
Guy & Peggy McClellan
Brian & Liz Mischel
Connie Murray
Rob & Tara Neumayr
Wendy Olk
Dr. Bo & Kathy Plurad
Harriet & Philip Polster
Jason Purnell
Simon & Vickie Pursifull
Chad, Constance, Martha & Lucy Reis
Kristina & Bruce Reppert
Nancy & Lee Reycraft
Michael Rubin
Tom & Kathy Ryan
Jonathan & Jodie Sanders**
Ted & Christy Schlafly
Joe & Anne Schlafly
Charles Allen & Lisa Schlesinger
Jim & Sadie Smith
Michael & Shannon Smock
Gary L. Stansbery
Sarah Stauffer & Edward Goldberg
Howard & Kate Stephens
Katherine (Kit) Sundararaman
JR Tappenden
Thomas Tierney
Debra Battles & Joseph Toohey
Doug Walden & Nora Porter
Elisa & Randy Wang
The Wendleton Family**
Linda & Matthew Wesley
Yvette & Daniel Whitehead
James Wilson
Jonathan Wolff
Adele Heagney & Mike Woolard
$100 – $249
Eva Aagaard
Carlton Adams
David & Melanie Alpers
Katherine L. Altvater
Ann Marie Anderson
Dana & Christina Andrade
Anonymous (3)
Carol & Theodore Armstrong
Candice Babbitt
Mendi Baker
Anne Bannister**
Chase Barclay
Mary Bargeron & Erik Herzog
Krystle Barhaghi
Karl & Carol Ann Barnickol
Harriet Baron
John Barrett
Daniel & Kathleen Bauer
Alicia Bawa & Shaun Flynn**
Edward & Beverly Bayham
Brad & Patricia Becker
Tim Beecher
Judy & Herbert Bentley
Dan & Laurie Bergman
Claude Bernard & Joan Walker
Mark Bernstein
Demi Beys
Christopher Blumenhorst
Denise & Aaron Bobick
James & Nanci Bobrow
Stephanie & Jonathan Boehning
Adam Boughton
Steven Brendle & Jean Carey-Brendle
Steve Brennan
John Browder
Laura Brunsman
Michael & Elizabeth Brunt
Roger Buchta
Dawn Burris
Teresa Sweeney & Stephen Call
James & Aimee Campbell
Dr. Joe Cangas
Finnegan Carey
Anne Carman
Cathy & Robert Carney
Christina Carr
Lynn & Kathryn Chipperfield
Meghan & David Chun
Sue & Jack† Clancy
Skip Coburn
Brian & Jeanne Cody
Peggy & Michelle Cooper
Ann Corrigan
Jeanette Rose Craig
David & Kathianne Crane
Ed & Laura Crites
Judy Cromer
Carol Crooks
Andrew & Linda Cross
Jane & John Cross
Margaret & Jim Crowe
Mary Cunningham
Leslie DaCruz
Martha A. Desloge
Jon Deuchler
Joanne L. Diaz
Emily Dierkes
Michael Doherty & Kathleen Kane
Christina Dougherty
John Dowdy & Leslie Wood
Heidi Dowgwillo
Shaun Dulz
Nicki & Jim Dwyer
Dan & Kimberly Dykas
Karen Berry Elbert & Charles Elbert
Frederick Faust
Katharine Feder
Cynthia Feliciano
Jeff & Veronica Fernhoff
Beverly Field
Dr. Lewis Fischbein
Suzanne Fischer
Randy & Amy Fleisher
Laurie Fournie
Marti & Bob Fowler
Gary & Christy Fox
Julie Francois
Janet Freese
Jane Friedrich & Jon Erblich
Lara Fuchs
Susan Fuchs
Karen Bettlach Fuerman
Dan Furtwengler
Stephanie Gabathuler
Charles & Barbara Galli
Jim & Susan Gamble
The Gatesworth
Stacey George
Randy & Ann Getz
Ron Gibbs
Megan Gibson
Richard & Jane Gilbert
Luanne & Larry Gilbertson
Frederick & Judith Giraud
James & Mary Pat Glauber
Diane Gorman
Joyce Gott
John & Diane Gozdzialski
Emily Grady
Mark & Chris Greenberg
Stefanie & Tod Greenberg
Caroline & Phil Greene
Tim & Stacey Greenwald
Tracie Gregory Goffe
John & Kris Grigsby
Suzanne Gusdorf
Kathleen & Sam Habermehl
Mark Hagele & Nicki Mulvey
Annaliesa Hanebrink
Tom Hannan
Ben & Becca Harbuck
Barbara Harris
Larry & Peggy Harris
Michelle & Scott Harris
Stephen P. Harris
The Rev. John G. Hartnett
Fredric & Kathleen Heagney
Glen Heard
Harrison & John Heil
Michael & Stephanie Heim
Jennifer & John Hein
Ashlee Helmkamp
Joan & Gregory Hempen
Eileen Henderson
Robert Henke & Suzanne Loui
Britt & John Henningsen
Daniel & Mary Lee Henroid
Destiny Hernandez
Mitch & Jan Herzog
Donna Hilgenbrink
Amanda Hinnant
Bobbie Hipenbecker
Bud & Marian Hirsch
Jay & Lesley Hoffarth
Cynthia Holmes
Nicole Holst
Vicky & Paul Holway
Horstman Menne Family
Jane & Michael Holtzman
Steve Hunt
Ann & Ed Imgrund
Andrea Jackson
Jan & Ginger Jacobi
Rosemary Jermann
Melissa John
Gregory & Mary Johnson
R. Alan & Jennifer Jonagan
Andrew Jorgensen & Mark Stuart-Smith
John J. Kehoe III
Mark Keller
Jessica W. Kennedy
Mary & Robert Kenny
Adam Kepecs
Nancy Kidd
Stefanie Kirkland
Lee Koch
Marcia Koenig
Barbara & Bud Kohm
Stephen E. Kraft, M.D.
Stacy Kruszynski
John & Sharon Kueneke
Judy & Chuck Kulczycki
Dorothy & Steven LaBounty**
Pat Lackey
Anna & David Leavey
Judith Weiss Levy
Brian Lindsey
Louise Losos
Gretchen & Lynn Loudermilk
Bruce & Lia Lowrie
Mary Lutz
Rob & Melanie Maesaka
Lauara Magee
Ann Mandelstamm
Jennifer Markwardt & Chuck Turco
Matter Family Office
Joanne McAndrews & Larry Eisenman
Cindy & Jim McCormick
Leslie A. McCormick
Mike McGrath
Brian McMorrow
Adam & LeAnn McMurry
Jo Ann McNaughton-Kade
Jane Ann McWilliams-Sykes
Jon R. Meador**
Charles Medley
Lisa Melandri
Lynn Metzger
Paul Metzler
Paul & Laura Miller
Lauren Ming
Stan Misler
Lynnette Modder
Ralph J. Moses Jr. & Patricia L. Moses
Randy & Wynne Moskop
Patrick & Maryann Mulvihill
Ben Murphy
John & Stephanie Nash
Eloise & Alan Neebe
Wilhelm & Ingrid Neuefeind
Mary Ann Nielsen
Bruce & Teresa Norman
Lisa & Mike O’Brien
Anna O’Gara
Michael & Judith Ogilvie
John & Mary Pat O’Gorman
Karla Ogrodnik Boresi
Maryn Olson & Angela Fulton
Cindy Ormsby
Chris & Melanie Osborn
Gerald & Patricia Padawer
Nick & Judy Paskal
Cynthia Payant & James White
John Howard Percy
Marianne Perez
Julie Peshkin & Bob McConnell
Dorothy & Bruce Petersen
John R. Peterson
Dawn Pfeffer-Wright, Todd & Talia Wright
Erica Pfeiffer
Pfizer Foundation
Grady & Marilyn Phillips
Joel & Sue Picus
Giancarlo Pillot
Bernard, Stephanie, Olivia & Brian Pilon
William & Susan Piper
David Piston
Lawrence Prablek
Frank & Enola Proctor
Ann Rackers
Andrew & Helen Radford
Steve & Tammy Rasche
Linda & Lee Rascovar
Amy Ravin & Eric Brown
Jacob & Leslie Reby
Melissa & Steven Reynolds
Tori Rezek
Deanna Kay Rice
Gerald Richardson & Jean Chouquette
Susan Ridgely Cohen
Madeline Roche
Abby & Chris Roetheli
AJ & Noah Rosenberg
Jennifer R. Rust
Robert Sager
Ed & Jenny Savage
Wayne & Bonnie Schell
Jackie G. Schirn
Greg Schmidle & Mimi Melosi**
Gene & Jane Schmittgens
Bill & Kathleen Schnyder
Linda Schulte
Thomas Schulz
Matthew & Jessica Schunke
Charles & Maria Schweizer
Randy & Sara Seagrist
Linda Seibert
Jim & Susan Seidel
Lisa Selligman
Mia & Matteo Signorino**
Ivonne Silva
Jan Simons & Charlie Raiser
Jerry Sims & Andrea Smith
R. Skinner**
Stephen Skrainka
Cynthia Skroska
Lloyd Sloan
Susan Smith
Douglas & Ruth Smith
Josh & Kim Smith
Marilyn & Jim Smith
William Smith
Brendan & Aimee Snavely
Stephen & Kathryn Snodgrass
Dom & Marcy Soda
Joseph Soer
Roy Sorbet
Craig & Jennifer Spohr
Lucie & Steve Springmeyer
Stacey Stater
Marian Steen & Rick Knox
Cassie Strom & Dan George
Adrian & Ruth Sulser
Richard Sylvia
Bob & Cathi Tegels
Andrea Torf
Paul & Rebeccah Tortorello
Arlie & Eileen Traughber
Jodie Treeman
Jan Trosper**
William Daniel Tucker
U.S. Bank Employee Giving
Chuck & Cathi Vaaler
Justin & Amanda Vader
Peter Van Cleve & Andrea Mills Van Cleve
Russ & Barb Vanderbeek
Linda & Paul Vandivort
Betty Rachel Varghese
Norma Vogelweid
Kate Warne
Mary & Richard Weinstock
Tim & Virginia Westermeyer
Tom Wethington & Patrick Tyburski
Phil Whatley & Cheryl Whatley
Katie & Doug Wheeler
Kathy & Jerry Wibbenmeyer
Denise Wilfley
Mike Wissinger
Susan & Alan Witte
Allison & Peter Wittenberg
Kristine Woelfel
Katherine Wolken
Rob Wood
Pete Woods
William Woods
Jeff & Leslie Zacks
Angelo Zanola