2025-2026 Festival Supporters
This list recognizes gifts made to the Festival from May 1, 2025 to April 30, 2026. These gifts propelled theatrical innovation and brought free Shakespeare all throughout the St. Louis region.
*Sustaining Monthly Donor †In Loving Memory
Presenting Sponsors ($100,000+)
Berges Family Foundation
Edward Jones
Penny Pennington & Mike Fidler
Regional Arts Commission
Whitaker Foundation
Leadership Circle ($50,000 – $99,999)
C & L
Missouri Arts Council
PNC Arts Alive
Mont & Karen Levy
Tom & Ulrike Schlafly
Pershing Charitable Trust
William T. Kemper Foundation – Commerce Bank, Trustee
Artist Sponsors ($25,000 – $49,999)
Anne & Jack Bader
Michael & JiaMin Dierberg
Alison Ferring and John Ferring ✞
Jessica L. Holzer
Erik Karanik & Alexis Cossé
Barnet M. McKee
Jim & Merry Mosbacher
National Endowment for the Arts
Play On Shakespeare
Terry & Sally Schnuck
The Strive Fund
The Trio Foundation of St. Louis
Hank Webber & Chris Jacobs
Juliet ($10,000 – $24,999)
Americans for the Arts
John & Crystal Beuerlein
The Gertrude and William A. Bernoudy Foundation
Greta & Robert Brown
Jim & Lionelle Elsesser
Enterprise Bank & Trust
Enterprise Mobility Foundation
First Bank
Focus Partners Wealth
Jean Daniel-Gentry & Hal Gentry
Gerald Greiman
Brian & Tanya Hayden
Mark & Peggy Holly
Ken & Nancy Kranzberg
Carla & Garen Miller
Marvin & Neva Moskowitz
John & Christy Nickel
Vanessa & Charles Okwuraiwe
Prison Performing Arts
The Saigh Foundation
Pam & Greg Trapp
Carol & Tom Voss
Henry & Susan Warshaw
Hamlet ($5,000 – $9,999)
Albion Theatre
Monica J. Allen
Anders CPA & Advisors
Ted & Robbie Beaty
Boeing Employee Community Fund
City of Weldon Spring
Clifford Willard Gaylord Foundation
Dorothy Weinel Eppinger Foundation
Bill & Janice Forsyth
The Harlene & Marvin Wool Foundation
Joanne & Joel Iskiwitch
Brendan & Kimberley Johnson
P.K. & Kristin Johnson
Kranzberg Arts Foundation
David & Gayle Lazaroff
Ruth L. Lederman & Terence H. Stern
James Thomeczek & JoAnne Levy
Ed & Tedi Macias
Sandy Mesker
The Mary Ranken & Ettie A. Jordan Charitable Foundation
Andrea & Charlie Miller*
The Northern Trust Company
Kevin & Karen O’Brien
Rebecca Penniman & Louis Wittenberg
Roy Pfautch
Bevis & Patience Schock
Saint Louis Art Museum
Saint Louis University
Kris Siebert
Sherman & Joan Silber
Spencer Fane LLP
St. Charles City-County Library
St. Louis Philanthropic Organization
Thompson Coburn LLP
Truman State University
Washington University in St. Louis
Michael Weisbrod
Janet Wickey
Rosalind ($2,500 – $4,999)
Nick Barto & Nancy Clare Morgan
Blueprint4
Meredith & Josh Boggess
Phoebe & Spencer Burke
City of Normandy
Clayton Community Foundation
Commerce Bank
Crawford-Butz & Associates Insurance Agency
The Dunagan Foundation, Inc.
Ed & H. Pillsbury Foundation
Hope R. Edison
Edward Chase Garvey Memorial Foundation
Phyllis L. Evans
Donna & Jim Fisher
Mrs. Joseph F. Gleason
Ken Hitz
Bob & Diane Kopitsky
Gerry Kowarsky
Jeff & Julie Lazaroff
Tiya Lim & Chak Lattanand
Andrew Love
Margaret Blanke Grigg Foundation
Midwest Trust Company
Mary Morgan
Marian Nunn
Emily Rauh Pulitzer
Virginia A. Ruch
Judith Smart
Mary Ann & Andy Srenco
Ben & Susan Uchitelle
UMB Bank, N.A.
Grant Williams III
Prospero ($1,500 – $2,499)
Tom & Kelly Bayne
Bill & Penny Broderick
Carol Carlson ✞
City of Chesterfield
City of O’Fallon
Christina & Larry Clarke
Stacy & Rasheedah Clay
Karen Levin Coburn
The Creach Family
Dr. Debbie A. Depew
Peter Dolan & Anne Adderton
Nicki & Jim Dwyer
Sara Epstein
Jane & Jerry Garbutt
Mike Isaacson & Joe Ortmeyer
Crosby Kemper III*
Brian Knox
Kent A. Lewis
Liz & Brian Mischel
KJ Monahan
Jim & Nancy Murphy
Jim & Sheila Musca
Robert Ridgely
Anita & Patrick Rooney
Ken & Pat Schutte
Ray Simon & Mel Pashea
songa.org*
Jody & Shannon Sowell
Sarah Stauffer & Edward Goldberg
Julie Taylor
Robert Toner
Sara Vaughan
Erin Vlasaty & John Cooper
Tom & Cindy Woolsey
Beatrice ($1,000 – $1,499)
E-P. Barrette
Sam Bertolet
Mark & Ramsey Botterman
City of Edwardsville
City of Highland, IL
Drs. Randy Clary & Lisa Etzwiler
Marcy & Rick Cornfeld
John Curtis
Trish Winchell & Michael Dwyer
Cynthia Eckelkamp & Terry Witthaus
Robert & Rosemary Emnett
Glenda Fiala
Susan & Gregory Finn
Kenneth Frank
Michelle & Scott Harris
Stephen Hawkes
Cheri Hoffman
Kerrin & David Kowach*
Stewart & Sylvia Massad
Connie McPheeters, Alex & Jenny McPheeters, Lizzy & Dave Rickard & Katherine McPheeters
Rebecca Messbarger
Brian Abel Ragen
Charles & Marian Rice
Stephanie Riven
Carol Robert Armstrong
Henry Robertson
Alice Sargent
Whitney Scherr
Rob & Alice Sherwood
Stephen W. Skrainka|
Ted & Julie Sward
Kathleen & Rob Thomure
James P. Tobin & Virginia E. Heagney
Stan & Karen Wallach
Kathy & Bill Winfrey
Falstaff ($500 – $999)
Eva & Russell Aagaard
Actor’s Equity Foundation
Aida Ade
Anonymous (2)
Pippa, Dave, & Emilie Barrett
Carole & Dave Bartnett
Anthony Bassett
Stephen & Camilla Brauer
Natalie & Mark Breakfield
Vicki & Joe Caligur
Lewis & Jean Chase
Charlie & Katie Claggett
Mr. & Mrs. Charles H. Cobaugh
Ken & Kathleen Cook
Brian & Christy Cooke
Ann M. Corrigan
Mike & Linda DeCamp
Gerald & Ida H. Early
Kim & Tim Eberlein
Helen Edwards & Caryn Mefford
Dorsey D. Ellis, Jr.
Laura Farkas
Steve & Linda Finerty
The Fulton School
Michael & Catherine Garner
Ann Dearing Getz
Richard & Jane Gilbert
Wayne & Jane B. Goode Foundation
Great Rivers Greenway
Jen & Cap Grossman
Melanie & Ian Halley
Whitey Holt
Vicky & Paul Holway
Margie & Martin Jaffe
Gregory R. & Mary W. Johnson
Marcia LR Kern
Nancy & Steve Kidwell
Mark & Virginia Koors
Stephen E. Kraft
Gabbi Kramer*
Joan Krueger & Brian Betker
David & Lucy S. Levy
Brian Lindsey
Dorothy Mahaffey Carpenter
Jeffrey & Rebecca Marsh
Dottie Marshall Englis
Missouri Hospital Association
Marianne & Mike Murphy
Connie Murray
Marie & Maurice Noellsch
Kimberly Perry & Charles Manley
Giancarlo & Melissa Pillot
Vickie & Simon Pursifull
Dan Roke
Dr. Jonathan D. Root & Dr. Deborah C. Zimmerman
Jonathan & Jodie Sanders*
Joe & Anne Schlafly
Linda Schulte*
Julie Shapleigh
Deborah Sheperis & Cary Colman
Jim & Sadie Smith
Dom & Marcy Soda
Gary L. Stansbery
Tegner M. Stokes
Mary Tonkin
Kenneth Trevarthan
Ellen von Seggern Richter & Jan Paul Richter
David P. Weiss
The Wendleton Family*
Katie Wells Wheeler*
Lynn & Doug Yaeger
Viola ($250 – $499)
Anonymous (3)
Susan & Robert Appleton, Jr.
Ethan & Emily Ashby
The Bank of America Foundation
Nancy Bell
Claude Bernard & Joan Walker
Karen Bettlach Fuerman
Matt Blakely & Novid Parsi
Marian & John Bleeke Charitable Fund at The Chicago Community Foundation
Christopher Blumenhorst
Burt & Monique Bromberg
Dr. Ann Canale
Dr. Joe Cangas
Jacob Cantrell
Clarkson Carpenter & Rita Winters
Bill & Laura Courtney
Jamie Craft
Patrick Crowley
Leroy Day & Deborah Lund
Wallace & Lynda DeShon
Sarah Duffy
Seth & Marion Eisen
Joanne McAndrews
Heather & Len Essig
Cindy & Doug Fischer
Christy & Gary Fox, Byrd & Bourne Bean Charitable Fund
Diane & Al Fressola
Furtwengler Family
Ed Galo
Caroline & Phil Greene
Tim Greenwald & Stacey Goldman
John & Kris Grigsby
Michael & Marcie Hayes
Phil Heagney & Barbara Prosser
Adele Heagney & Mike Woolard
Bill & Linda Hentchel
Roger & June Herman
Laird Hetlage
Bob & Susan Hooper
Mary Huber
Keri & Rocco Hueneke
Mrs. Sally Johnston
Kathi & Dave Kaiser
Susan Bradshaw & Gerry Kauvar
Mark Keller
Victoria Kiehl & Mike Fabian
Jennifer Kingston
Kathy & Steve Krusie
Deanna Kuhlmann-Leavitt
Joan & Andrew Kwong
Jill & Luke Lindberg
Kathryn & George Love Charitable Fund at YouthBridge Community Foundation
Anne MacIntyre & Richard Hefler*
Marion G. Mason-Siefert*
MasterCard International
Kimberley Mathis
Sarah Mayer & Jon Wannemuehler
Guy & Peggy McClellan
Mary & Bill McClellan
Jon R. Meador*
Mari-Anne Messmann Antweiler
Mr. & Mrs. John S. Meyer, Jr.
John & Stephanie Nash
Ellen O’Neill
Patrick & Jovita Oruwari
Helen & John Pantazis
Paul & Nancy Parker Tice
Gwen Pelzer
Julie Peshkin & Bob McConnell
William & Susan Piper
David & Adrienne Piston
Harriet & Philip Polster
Chad, Constance, Martha & Lucy Reis
Kristina & Bruce Reppert
Nancy & Lee Reycraft
Robert & Susan Rolf
Tom & Kathy Ryan
Mary Santanello & Joshua Stephens
Christy & Edward Schlafly Jr.
Jerry & Susan Schlichter
Greg Schmidle & Mimi Melosi*
Eugene & Jane Schmittgens
Mia & Matteo Signorino*
R. Skinner*
Josh & Kim Smith
JR Tappenden
Robert & Kathy Tate
Bob & Cathi Tegels
Mary Ann Tipton
Linda Tucker & Richard Gentry
Doug Walden & Nora Porter
Elisa & Randy Wang
Nathan Paskal
Keith E. Welsh
Yvette & Daniel Whitehead
Wolff Properties
Pete Woods
Brad Wright
Puck ($100 – $249)
Merri & Mark Abels
Cindy & Arthur Abrams
Joelle Ahrens
Neal Albritton
David & Melanie Alpers
Katherine L. Altvater
Emily Alvey
Christina, Dana, & Oliver Andrade Melly
Anonymous (24)
Candice Babbitt
Mendi Baker
Jessica Baldetti & Adam Boughton
Anne Bannister*
Jeff Bantz
Linda & Jerel Barney
Karl & Carol Ann Barnickol
Harriet Baron
Bryan Barrett
M. Bates
Dr. & Mrs. Daniel J. Bauer
Francis Baum
Alicia Bawa & Shaun Flynn*
Kyle Baxter
Edward & Beverly Bayham
Brad & Patricia Becker
Tiffany Becker*
Daniel Bercot
Dan & Laurie Bergman
Robyn Berkley Ph.D
Dion & Staci Beuckman
Kevin & Valerie Beyersdorfer
Phil & Sally Blackwell
Madison Blackwood
Rick Blaha
Leslie Bloom
Donald A. Blum
Michael Bobroff
Drs. Nanci & James Bobrow
Nastassia Bommel
Nathan Booher
Rob & Susan Bowman
Lynda Brady
Whitney Brasel
Greg Bray & JoAnn Sabelli
Kim & Bob Brown
Sarah Brugner
Michael & Elizabeth Brunt
Roger Buchta
Julie Burchett
Nicole Burkemper
Christine Burkey
The Byers Family
Robert Byrne
Caleres, Inc.
Brendan & Karri Calhoun
Cat Camacho*
James & Aimee Campbell
Jean Carey-Brendle & Steven Brendle
Bob & Cathy Carney
Christina Carr
Flora Cassen
Louise Cassilly Bullock
Chocolate Drop & Binx
Meghan & David Chun
Sue Clancy
Kelley Coalier
Skip Coburn
Brian & Jeanne Cody
Barak Cohen
Peggy & Michelle Cooper
Gary D. Cope
Joe Corbett
The Cornwell Family
Karen & CG Coulson
Robert & Rebecca Courtney
Jeanette Rose Craig
Kathianne & David Crane
Lisa Cripe
Andy & Linda Cross
Brian Cross
Jim & Peggy Crowe
Mary Cunningham
Tom Currier
Phoebe del Castillo
Andrea Denny
Teresa Deshields & Raymond Tait
Martha A. Desloge
Jon Deuchler
Carolyn & Scott Dolan
Lori & Douglas Dowd
Andy & Karen Dressel
Martin R. Kaplan
Donna Eckberg
Charles Elbert
Caleb Ellis & Molly McGreavy
Jonathan Erblich & Jane Friedrich
Molly Falconer
Elizabeth Farmer
Kate Feder
John Fee
Michael Felton
Leslie Ferguson
Denise Ferniza
Ed & Kathy Feser
Dr. Lewis Fischbein
Suzanne Fischer
Michael Forman
Flint Fowler & June McAllister Fowler
Marti & Bob Fowler
Helene Frankel & George Boniface
Fruendt Family
Barbara & Charles Galli
James P. & Susan Z. Gamble
Kevin Gau
Lisa Melandri
Richard Geldmacher
Jaspare & Lynn Giardina
Megan Gibson
Karen Gieselman
James & Mary Pat Glauber
Ken & Tricia Goldman
Jonathan Goldstein
Diane & Jim Gorman
Lucy Gossett
Stacey & Chris Gottman
Katy Gray
Kurt Greenbaum
Mark Greenberg
Stefanie & Tod Greenberg
Jeremy Grise
Eileen Gsell
Roger & Kathleen Guillemette
Janet Guillet
Kathleen & Sam Habermehl
Catherine & Chris Hamlin
Annaliesa Hanebrink
Tom Hannan
Ben & Becca Harbuck
Alyssa Harper
Stephen P. Harris
Bill & Steph
Keir Haug
Harrison & John Heil
Michael & Stephanie Heim
Bill & Marsha Heine
Joann Eng & Dan Hellinger
Britt & John Henningsen
Daniel & Mary Lee Henroid
Sarah Hente
Carrie & Dale Hermeling
Wendy Hershey
Mitch & Jan Herzog
Erik D. Herzog
Dr. & Mrs. Michael Hesterberg
Chris Heupel
Amanda Hinnant & Jeremy Root
Maurice Hirsch & Marian Hirsch
Tawni Hoeglund & Robert Ladd
Susan Amato & Kurt Hoener
Jay & Lesley Hoffarth
Peter Hoffman
Mary Kate Hogan
Edward & Ann Imgrund
Andrea Jackson
Ginger & Jan Jacobi
Paul & Diane Jacobson
Mary Ann Lazarus & Daniel Jay
Michael Doherty & Kathleen Kane
John Karel
Sita Kedia
Stan Kerr
Marla & Karl Kindt
Annamary King
Caleb King
Pam & Laurence Kinsella, MD
Margo & Mark Knuepfer
Leroy Koch
Anne Koenig
Barbara Kohm
Kelly Kraemer & Ron Shebik
Gretchen & Lynn Loudermilk
John & Sharon Kueneke
Judy & Chuck Kulczycki
Daniel Kweskin & Gloria Ezekiel Kweskin
Gwen Randolph
Dorothy & Steven LaBounty*
Graham Langford
Anna & David Leavey
Thel & Jamie Lemons
Mary Jo & Jerry Liberstein
Matthew & Sherry Lindquist
Tonya Longmore
Bruce & Lia Lowrie
Kate Lucas
Kevin & Kathy Lueders
Mary Lutz
Diane Madras
Magic Words Editing
Megan Makarewicz & Robert Price
The Malki
Rosemary Manda
Vito Mantese
Phyllis Markus
Jennifer Markwardt & Chuck Turco
Katherine Massa
Robert Matteoni
Beth & Art Matteotti
Carol McCorkle
Cindy & Jim McCormick
Molly McCormick
Linda McGlothlin
Robert McKinstry
Linda & Tom McNeely
Linda & Murray Meierhoff
David & Judith Meyer
Evelyn Meyer
Paul Miller
Katherine Miller
Eric Miller
Brent & Jennifer Mills
Stan Misler
Holly Missleton
Lynnette Modder
Madison Molho
James & Alicia H. S. Moses
Randall & Wynne Moskop
Patrick & Maryann Mulvihill
Peninnah Mutungi
Nina Needleman
John Neels
Gina Nelson
Gabrielle Netzer
Tom Wehling
Bruce & Teresa Norman
Lisa & Mike O’Brien
John & Mary Pat O’Gorman
Jody O’Sullivan & Beth Hertzig
Francis & Peggy Oates
Daniel O’Brien
Anna & John O’Gara
Michael & Judith Ogilvie
David O’Leary
Wendy Olk
Maryn Olson & Angela Fulton
Melanie & Chris Osborn
Gerald & Patricia Padawer
Sandra K. Patrick
John Howard Percy
Dorothy & Bruce Petersen
John R. Peterson
Pfizer Foundation
Grady & Marilyn Phillips
Joel Picus
The Pohlman Family
Greg Portell
Kathleen Powers
Andrea & Scott Powers
Norman Pressman
Zoe Quinn & Fam
Charlie Raiser & Jan Simons
Amanda Ramspott
Steve & Tammy Rasche
Matthew Reding
Allison Regier
Patrick Reilly
Melissa & Steven Reynolds
Kathryn & Pete Richardson
Gerald Richardson
Gerald Richardson & Jean Chouquette
Susan Ridgely Cohen
Gerardo Rivera
Andrea Rodgers Reid
Abby & Chris Roetheli
Brooke Roseberry
Amy & Kenneth Roumpos
Susan Rowe Jennings & Michael Jennings
Joe Rozzell
Dr. Jennifer R. Rust
Jackie & Dale Ruthsatz
Bridget Rutledge
Anneliese Schaefer & Paul Taghert
Bonnie Schell
Eloise Schmitz
Nathan Schroeder
Drs. Michelle & Paul Schultz
Thomas Schulz
Sandra Schwab
Charles & Maria Schweizer
Randy & Sara Seagrist
David & Lisa Sharp
Shalini & Surendra Shenoy
Alysan Shutek
Jennifer C. Shylanski
Jerry Sims & Andrea Smith
Andy & Cindy Skroska
Arthur Sletten
Marilyn & James Smith
Katharine S. Smith
Michael & Shannon Smock
Brendan & Aimee Snavely
Stephen & Kathryn Snodgrass
Joseph Soer
Jonathan & Kristin Soifer
Roy Sorbet
Diane Southard
Lucie & Steve Springmeyer
Rachel A. Steinbrueck
Jim Steitz
Chris & Claire Stone
Carol & Charles Stout
Ruth & Adrian Sulser
Teresa Sweeney and Steven Call
Rich Sylvia
Paul & Libby Tahan
Karina Taylor
Emily & Michael Thiele
Natalie Thomure
Daniel Thorek
Terry Luth Thornton
Wilda & Kevin Tierney
Edward & Carla Timm
Brian Torres
Steve & Robin Totten
Marc Tourville
Arlie & Eileen Traughber
Jodie Treeman
Dr. William D. Tucker
James Tuley
Catherine Vaaler
Justin & Amanda Vader
Andrea & Peter Van Cleve
Linda & Paul Vandivort
Norma Vogelweid
Margaret Cohen Voss
Paul Wagman & Elsy Cardona
Julia Walker & Bill Maxwell
Kate Warne
Jessica Watson
Susan Weber & Lindsey Goetz
Rhonda West
Tim & Virginia Westermeyer
Phil Whatley & Cheryl Whatley
Joseph Wheeler
Funda Whitaker
Jim White & Cindy Payant
Macy White
Patricia White
Kathy & Jerry Wibbenmeyer
Richard Wikiera
Bob Wilcox
Danny Williams & Jason Wos
Wendy & John Witte
Tristan & Lisa Wood
William Woods
Daniel Wyrock
Megan Yemm
Jeff & Leslie Zacks
Jennifer Zagurski
Angelo Zanola
Doug Zschiegner & Michael G. Murphy
Ryan Zwijack