Thank you to the following donors for their 2024-2025 contributions

Thank you to the following municipalities, state and national arts agencies for their support and leadership.


We would like to thank the following Corporations and Foundations for their support.

Director’s circle

Theatre Circle

Leadership circle

Center stage circle

Wells society circle


Thank you to the following donors for their 2024-2025 contributions.

DIRECTOR'S CIRCLE ($50,000+) 

INDIVIDUALS

Ms. Joan Brock 
David & Susan Goode 

 CORPORATE, FOUNDATIONS, and GOVERNMENT

Arts Alliance
Dollar Tree & Family Dollar | Hampton Roads Community Foundation | Atlantic Dominion Distributors/Hoffman Beverages | Clearstead Advisory Solutions | Virginia Natural Gas, INC. | Bank of America | Birdsong Peanuts | Kaufman & Canoles | Wilcox & Savage,P.C. | Cerity Partners | The Dragas Companies | Even Keel Wealth Advisors of Raymond James | Forvis Mazars | Southern Bank | Wall Einhorn Chernitzer, P.C. | Williams Mullen | The Breeden Companies | Davenport & Company, LLC | The Pruden Foundation | RBA Architects | Within Interior Design, Inc.

The Batten Educational Achievement Fund of the Hampton Roads Community Foundation

City of Norfolk

The Language Group

The LilyHawk Foundation

Sentara Health

The Shubert Foundation

United Jewish Federation of Tidewater/Simon Family JCC

Virginia Commission for the Arts

Theatre CIRCLE ($25,000+)

INDIVIDUALS

Anonymous

David and Susan Goode

Ms. Ann P. Stokes

CORPORATE, FOUNDATIONS, and GOVERNMENT

The Capital Group Companies Charitable Foundation

Hampton Roads Community Foundation

The Perry Family Foundation

LEADERSHIP CIRCLE ($10,000+)

INDIVIDUALS

Anonymous 

Patrick & Ann Brogan  

Mrs. Susan Einhorn 

Mr. Leslie Friedman 

Barry & Peggy Pollara 

Charles & Lucy Quaintance

Louis & Prudence Ryan

William & Christine Westendorf 

CORPORATE, FOUNDATIONS, and GOVERNMENT

Community Leadership Partners of the Hampton Roads Community Foundation

Edwin S. Webster Foundation

Lee A. and Helen Gifford Fund of the Hampton Roads Community Foundation

National Endowment for the Arts

Norfolk Southern Foundation

Sentara Health

Stigian Consulting

TowneBank

CENTER STAGE ($5,000+)

INDIVIDUALS

Anonymous

Ms. Donna Bausch

Drs. Sarah B. Clarkson & John Herre

Ms. Vernét Hatcher Dixon

Brian H. & Maria T. Fallin

Alan Gollihue & Lane Killiam

Ms. Christina Goode

Ms. Martha Goode

Sandy & Eleanor Harris

Mr. Jim Hixon

Norman & Sue Hoffmann

Claus Ihlemann and Robert Roman

Heather & Stephen Langston

Stephen Leaman

Brian & Patty Maddox

Mrs. Oriana McKinnon

Tom & Christie Nicholson

Brian & Patty Maddox

Mrs. Betty Shannon

Sterzing Charitable Trust

Mrs. Barbara Stokey

CORPORATE, FOUNDATIONS, and GOVERNMENT

ADS

Chartway Promise Foundation

Chesapeake Fine Arts Commission

David R. Goode CLAT

E.T. Gresham

John & Harriet Malbon Family Fund at the Hampton Roads Community Foundation

Onyx Engineering,Inc.

Palace Shops & Station

Virginia Beach Arts & Humanities Commission

Virginia Stage Foundation

WELLS SOCIETY ($2,500+)

INDIVIDUALS

Anonymous

Thomas & Nancy Botts 

Richard & Anna Boykin 

Lynn Cobb & Warren Richard 

Dave & Elaine Charney

Leroy & Cora Collins

Antoinette Davidson

Betty Harmon Edwards

Brian & Inger Friedman

Franklin L. Greene, Jr.

Brian & Jackie King 

Dr. & Mrs. Donald Lipskis 

Mr. & Mrs. George Metzger

Ray & Lynn McCue

Tom & Carol Mueller

Drs. Scott & Sharon Reed

C. Arthur & Shirley Robinson

Audrey Settle

Mike & Leslie Shroyer 

Alison Smith

Ms. Jennifer Urquhart 

Bruce & Holly Weber

Eugene & Brenda Winston

CORPORATE, FOUNDATIONS, and GOVERNMENT

Franklin Southampton Charities Johnson and Johnson Family of Companies Matching Gift

Newport News Arts Commission

Portsmouth Museum & Fine Arts Commission

Shephard Family Foundation 

Southeast Virginia Community Foundation – Chisholm House Fund

Southern Bank

Suffolk Fine Arts Commission

Virginia Stage Associates 

PATRON ($1,000+)

INDIVIDUALS

Mr. and Mrs. Avraham Ashkenazi

Clay Barr

Dr. Jeanne Burger

Tony & Jackie Corletto 

Mr. & Mrs. Alexander Conner

Greg Cutter

Lamar Dixon

Dianne Epplein & John Patton

Dr. Charlette Fairchild

Mrs. Jan Goldrich

Mr. Stephan Gordon

Barbara Gornto

Paul & Carolyn Gottlieb

John & Gayle Greene

Jacqueline Herst

Michael & Gene Hubbard

T. Hubbard & Christy Hamlin

Bob and Nancy King

Mrs. June-Marie Lam 

A.J. and Laura Langa

Dan & Gayle Lemieux

Dr. Edward L. Lilly

Mr. & Mrs. Colin M. McKinnon

Penny & Peter Meredith

Gayle V. Nichols

Mrs. Norman Olitsky 

Meredith & Cindy Rose 

Marian Shadrick

Conrad Shumadine

Sandra & Bradley Simpson

Mr. Lawrence L. Steingold 

Suzanne Stetkevych 

Karen L. Ward 

William & Sandra Warden

Emily Washington

Jane & Larry Waters 

Larry & Martye White 

Randy Wisswell 

Bryon & Chris Work

Mr. Thomas Young 

CORPORATE, FOUNDATIONS, and GOVERNMENT

Benevity Impact Fund

BizConnect Hampton Roads

Fidelity Investments/Fidelity Charitable

Keith & Carol Naumann Charitable Gift Trust – Donor Advised Fund of The US Charitable Gift Trust 

Morgan Stanley – Atlantic Legacy Group

Suffolk Fine Arts Commission

Warden Family Foundation

Williamsburg Area Arts Commission

ENSEMBLE ($500+)

INDIVIDUALS

Anonymous

Chris Abbate

William & Carole Aitken

Helen & Warren Aleck

Ann Baldwin

Mr. & Mrs. Gary Baum 

Dr. & Mrs. S.W. Berg

Bruce T. & Sarah Bishop

John & Jeanne Bowers

Andrea S. Clontz 

Don & Sue Comer

Mrs. Bess P. Decker

John and Carol Duckett

Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Epplein

Mrs. Carey J. Flannery 

Mr. & Mrs. David C. Fuller 

Mr & Mrs. Harold Goode

Gay Goldsmith & John Brush

Drs. Ranji and Lakshmi Goudar

Dr. C.W. Gowen, Jr.

Mr. & Mrs. William Gresham, Jr.

Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Hartshorn 

Heather Jordan Khan  

Tyler & Sunshine Leinbach  

Mr. Edgar A, Lester, Jr.

Ms. Toni A. Lohman 

Cathy Coleman Maston

Jonathan Miller & Barbara Chapman

Ms. Siobhan Miller

John & Debora Mosher

Vince and Patty Olivieri

Ms. Ann Odell

Mr. & Mrs. George Raiss

William Redd

John & Mary Reinhart 

Allan & Harriet Reynolds

Tom and Loretta Rich

Dana & Jeff Rosen  

Jeff Ryder 

Dr. & Mrs. Ivan R. Schiff

Win & Jane Short

Ms. Patricia K. Smith 

Dr. & Mrs. Charles Stuppard

Mr. & Mrs. William Swartz

Thompson Family Fund

Elemuel Watts

CORPORATE, FOUNDATIONS, and GOVERNMENT

Battelle Employee Matching Gifts

Alan & Esther Fleder Foundation

APPLAUSE ($250+)

INDIVIDUALS

Anonymous 

Robert & Judy Barker

Jared & Whitney Brooks 

Ms. Willia Campbell 

Charlotte & Joe Carriker

Minette & Charles Cooper

Janis & Wayne Davis 

Raymond DeFrank

Nicole de Jesus

Steven L. Doane 

Jeff & Diana Fine

Carroll G. Frohman 

Clayton A. Gearheart

Ms. Jane K. Goldman

Vicki Goldrich

Mr. & Mrs. Craig Grube

Stephen & Kim Hall 

Lisa Harman-Wakefield

Laurie Hasten 

Mrs. Belinda Hester

Mrs. Pat Hodge

Mr. & Mrs. Dave Houglum

Dr. Sylvia Hudgins

Veronica Irwin 

Raymond & Catherine Kallman

Mr. Garrett Krause

Jo Manley

James & Shelley Marrion 

Mrs. Carolyn Abron-McCadden 

Dr. Patricia Mead

Ms. Margaret Merritt

Ann Morgan

Mr. & Mrs. Ray Moses

Mr. & Mrs. Mike Pampalone

Dr. Thomas C. Phelps 

Mr. & Mrs. William A. Prince

Mr. & Mrs. George Raiss

Mr. Robert Reardon & Ms. Nancy Bazin 

Mr. Tom Reel

Ms. Robin Reeves 

Dennis & Susie Rowley 

David Sadler

Stanley & Linda Samuels

Mark Seelenbinder

Randy & Phyllis Shannon 

Dr. Robert Singleterry, Jr. 

John & Karen Tucker

Pat Walsh

Ashlin & Wayne Wilbanks 

Joe & Peggy Young  

Deborah and John Wyld

Michelle Ellis Young

Norman Zwahlen

CORPORATE, FOUNDATIONS, and GOVERNMENT

Benevity Community Impact Fund

Norfolk Southern Good Governance Fund

Friends ($100+)

Dana and Lucille Adkins

Dr. Aaditya Ajmani

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Ambler

Anonymous

Ashe Family Fund

Mr. Bart Auer Sr.

June & Richard Austin

Dr. Hormoz & Dr. Janet Azar

Ms. Joan Barry

Howard & Kathy Batkin

Denise Becker

Dr. Lawrence and Carter Bernert

Joy & Arrenvy Billinski

Joy & Jim Bolander

Mrs. Susan Bore

Mrs. Willia Campbell

Ms. Sandra Canepa

Judith Carey

Ms. Susan Clarke

Ms. Courtney N. Cole-Leslie

Mr. Carl Commons

Mr. and Mrs. George Compo

Ms. Jesse Cox

Barb & Mike Cristi

Mr. and Mrs. Tim Crowley

Clint & Peggy Damuth

Antoinette Davidson

Mr. Bruce D. Davis

Fleet Davis III

Janis & Wayne Davis

Stephanie DiBelardino

Mrs. Vicki Dobbins

Mrs. Susan Dolezel

John & Carol Duckett

Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Duvall

Lois & Barry Einhorn

Mr. and Mrs. Olaf Elton

Cheryl L Evans

Jan and Fran Eversen

Lawrence & Charlotte Field

Mr. and Mrs. Russell Foytik

Nash & Kate Francis

Robert Frazier

Mr. David L. French

Martin & Louise Friedman

Mr. D. Michael Geller

Dr. Ed George

Ms. Deborah S Gibbs

Jackie Gilmartin

Ms. Barbara S. Gordon

Great Bridge Presbyterian Church

Jeffrey Green

Mrs. Edna Griffenhagen

Chris Harris-Evans

Roxie Holder

Mr. & Mrs. Jason Horner

Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Jones

Raymond & Catherine Kallman

Dr. & Mrs. Warren Karesh

Mr. Robert M. King

Patricia M. Kinley

Janice & John Kistler

Mr. & Mrs. John Klemenc

John Klinck

Dr. & Mrs. George W. Koehl

Jay and Joyce Kossman

Anne & Ed Kramer

Jeff & Bonnie Laibstain

Mr. & Mrs. Leonard Laibstain

Mr. Paul Lasakow

Ms. April Le

Mr. & Mrs. Tom Leggett

George & Jane Lehmberg

Ms. Ilene Leiss

Ken Leitz

Nancy L. Levin

Ms. Patricia Love

Dr. & Mrs. John Q. A. Mattern II

Dr. & Mrs. Alexander McArthur

Ms. Deborah Mckissick

Ms. MaryEllen McLean

Mary Meehan

Chris & Kate Melhuish

John & Pollie Morison

John & Debora Mosher

Mr. & Mrs. David Munitz

Ms. Ellen E. Nacey

Charles & Nancy Nusbaum

Sharon & Bill Nusbaum

Mr. Edward O’Callaghan

Ms. Donna Otlowski

David J. Palmer

Noel & Kathleen Parent

Grace & Fred Parkinson

Mr. and Mrs. Steven Perry

Ms. Taunia Perry

Col. and Mrs. Eric F. Peterson

Mr. & Mrs. Dickinson B. Phillips

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph C. Powers

Mr. Ruben Rodriguez Jr.

Mrs. Anne Roesch

Dr. and Mrs. Rueben Rohn

Catherine Rothman

Nina Rountree

Bob & Judy Rubin

Mr. and Mrs. Martin Ryan

Mr. David Sadler

Carolyn & Bill Sale

Mr. David Salerno

Joseph Saveika

Dr. Paul Schellhammer

Dr.& Mrs. David Shuhy

Ellen Snyder

Laura Spink

Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence E. Stampe

Dr. and Mrs. John R. Stevens

Mr. and Mrs. Dewey L. Stinson

Kay Stovall

Dora Lee Taylor

Ms. Karen L. Thomas

Ms. Virginia Thumm

Dr. Martha J. Tompkins

Ms. Evelyn C. Trafton

Mrs. Margaret A. Troyer

Dr. Abby S. Van Voorhees

Mrs. Hilary Warren

Kevin Warrick

Dr. & Mrs. Edward J. Weisberg

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Whitaker

Diana White

Ms. Katherine Whitney

Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Williamson

Dr. Debra T. Wilson

Gayle S. Wilson

Dr. Holly Puritz & Dr. Stephen Wohlgemuth

Mr. & Mrs. Edward W. Wolcott, Jr.

Mr. Alan Yanofsky - Add

IN HONOR OF

Susan Einhorn 

Ron & Wendy Jo Brodsky

Jackie King

Andrew Melissinos

IN MEMORY OF


Terence Dudash

Nicole DeJesus

Stan Fedyszyn

Judith Fedyszyn

Tom and Lorrie Fedyszyn

Alex and Amy Jakubowski

Lora Jakubowski and Sandeep Wadhwa

Jerry and Audrey Lazarus

Glenn and Mary Schafer

Martha Hortenstine

James & Judy Brown

Mary Ann Fussell

Clayton A. Gearhart

Charles & Joan Giovannetti

COVID Book Club

East Beach Book Club

Henry R Hortenstine III

Dan McCowan

Charles & Blanche Nusbaum

Gill Leaman

Stephen Leaman

Neil Walsh

Pat Walsh


This listing reflects gifts of $100 or more as of August 6, 2025 to Virginia Stage Company’s Annual Fund. If there are any errors in your listing or should you wish to become part of the Virginia Stage Company donor family, please contact Kandis Hyde at 757-627-6988 ext 315 or go to www.vastage.org/donate.