Thank you to the following donors for their 2025-2026 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 2025-2026 contributions.

DIRECTOR'S CIRCLE ($50,000+) 

INDIVIDUALS

Ms. Joan Brock 
David & Susan Goode
Norman and Sue Hoffmann

INSTITUTIONS

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.

Batten Educational Achievement Fund of the Hampton Roads Community Foundation

The Language Group

The LilyHawk Foundation

City of Norfolk

Shubert Foundation

TowneBank

Virginia Commission for the Arts

Theatre CIRCLE ($25,000+)

INDIVIDUALS

Anonymous

David and Susan Goode

Ms. Ann P. Stokes

INSTITUTIONS

The Capital Group Companies Charitable Foundation

Hampton Roads Community Foundation

L&J Goldrich Foundation

Norfolk Southern Foundation

The Perry Family Foundation

LEADERSHIP CIRCLE ($10,000+)

INDIVIDUALS

Anonymous 

Mrs. Susan Einhorn 

Mr. Leslie Friedman 

Sandy & Eleanor Harris

Tom & Christie Nicholson

Charles & Lucy Quaintance

Louis & Prudence Ryan

William & Christine Westendorf 

INSTITUTIONS

Edwin S. Webster Foundation

E.T. Gresham

Nancy Spainhour Trust

National Endowment for the Arts

Sentara Health

Stigian Consulting

CENTER STAGE ($5,000+)

INDIVIDUALS

Anonymous

Ms. Donna Bausch

Patrick & Ann Brogan

Ms. Vernét Hatcher Dixon

Brian H. & Maria T. Fallin

Alan Gollihue & Lane Killiam

Ms. Christina Goode

Ms. Martha Goode

Mr. Jim Hixon

Claus Ihlemann and Robert Roman

Heather & Stephen Langston

Stephen Leaman

Brian & Patty Maddox

Mrs. Oriana McKinnon

Barry & Peggy Pollara

Mrs. Betty Shannon

Sterzing Charitable Trust

Mrs. Barbara Stokey

INSTITUTIONS

ADS

Beavers Family Foundation

Alan and Esther Fleder Foundation

Community Leadership Partners of the Hampton Roads Community Foundation

Chesapeake Fine Arts Commission

David R. Goode CLAT

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

Onyx Engineering, Inc.

Palace Shops & Station

Virginia Beach Arts & Humanities Commission

WELLS SOCIETY ($2,500+)

INDIVIDUALS

Anonymous

Thomas & Nancy Botts 

Richard & Anna Boykin 

Lynn Cobb & Warren Richard 

Dave & Elaine Charney

Drs. Sarah B. Clarkson & John Herre

Leroy & Cora Collins

Antoinette Davidson

Betty Harmon Edwards

Brian & Inger Friedman

Franklin L. Greene, Jr.

John & Karen Griffing

Brian & Jackie King 

Dr. & Mrs. Donald Lipskis 

Mr. & Mrs. George Metzger

Ray & Lynn McCue

Drs. Scott & Sharon Reed

C. Arthur & Shirley Robinson

Mike & Leslie Shroyer 

Alison Smith

Mr. Lawrence L. Steingold 

Jillian and Scott Swenson

Ms. Jennifer Urquhart 

Karen L. Ward 

Bruce & Holly Weber

Eugene & Brenda Winston

INSTITUTIONS

Bischoff Martingayle, P.C.

Chartway We Promise Foundation

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. & Mrs. Avraham Ashkenazi

Clay Barr

Dr. Jeanne Burger

Tony & Jackie Corletto 

Mr. & Mrs. Alexander Conner

Tim & Betty Wade Coyle

Greg Cutter

Lamar Dixon

Chrysta Donatelli

Dianne Epplein & John Patton

Jan & Fran Eversen

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 & Nancy King

Mrs. June-Marie Lam 

A.J. & Laura Langa

Dan & Gayle Lemieux

Tim M. Lett

Dr. Edward L. Lilly

Mark & Lillian B. Maland

Mr. & Mrs. Colin M. McKinnon

Penny & Peter Meredith

Ann Morgan

Gayle V. Nichols

Ms. Ann Odell

Mrs. Norman Olitsky 

Dana & Jeff Rosen

Jeff Ryder

Marian Shadrick

Conrad Shumadine

Sandra & Bradley Simpson

Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence E. Stampe

Mr. Lawrence L. Steingold

Suzanne Stetkevych 

Mr. & Mrs. Rony Thomas

Karen L. Ward

Dr. William H. Ward

William & Sandra Warden

Jane & Larry Waters 

Larry & Martye White 

Bryon & Chris Work

Mr. Thomas Young 

INSTITUTIONS

Ameriprise Financial

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 

OMNI Business Solutions

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

Jared & Whitney Brooks

Andrea S. Clontz 

Don & Sue Comer

Mrs. Bess P. Decker

Steven L. Doane

John & Carol Duckett

Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Epplein

Mr. & Mrs. Mitchell Farkas

Mrs. Carey J. Flannery 

Dr. Larry Filer

Matt & Michelle M. Foster

Mr. & Mrs. David C. Fuller 

Ms. Jane K. Goldman

Mr & Mrs. Harold Goode

Drs. Ranji & Lakshmi Goudar

Dr. C.W. Gowen, Jr.

Mr. & Mrs. William Gresham, Jr.

Gay Goldsmith & John Brush

Catherine Hartman

Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Hartshorn 

Mr. & Mrs. Dave Houglum

Mr. Brad Hunter

Connie Jacobson

Heather Jordan Khan  

Mr. & Mrs. John Klemenc

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 & Patty Olivieri

Ms. Ann Odell

Mr. & Mrs. George Raiss

William Redd

John & Mary Reinhart 

Allan & Harriet Reynolds

Tom & Loretta Rich

Brad Robinson

Dr. & Mrs. Ivan R. Schiff

Win & Jane Short

Ms. Patricia K. Smith 

Dr. & Mrs. Charles Stuppard

Mr. & Mrs. William Swartz

Thompson Family Fund

Olaph Wagoner

Emily Washington

Elemuel Watts

Mr. William Weber, III

Mr. & Mrs. Edward W. Wolcott, Jr. 

Deborah & John Wyld

INSTITUTIONS

Beavers Family Foundation

Civic Leadership Institute

Robert and Dorothy Doumar Foundation

Alan & Esther Fleder Foundation

APPLAUSE ($250+)

INDIVIDUALS

Anonymous 

Robert & Judy Barker

George & Sarah Beeler

Ms. Willia Campbell 

Charlotte & Joe Carriker

Ms. Lorraine Connaughton

Tim & Karen Crowley

Janis & Wayne Davis 

Raymond DeFrank

Nicole de Jesus

Jeff & Diana Fine

Carroll G. Frohman 

Clayton A. Gearheart

Vicki Goldrich

Mr. & Mrs. Craig Grube

Stephen & Kim Hall 

Lisa Harman-Wakefield

Laurie Hasten 

Mrs. Belinda Hester

Mrs. Pat Hodge

Dr. Sylvia Hudgins

Veronica Irwin 

Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Jones

Donna Koch

Bart Kuebler

Jo Manley

James & Shelley Marrion 

Angela Maupin

Mrs. Carolyn Abron-McCadden 

Ma. Majorie McLemore

Dr. Patricia Mead

Ms. Margaret Merritt

Ann Morgan

Mr. & Mrs. Ray Moses

Ed & Joy Murray

Mr. & Mrs. Mike Pampalone

Dr. Thomas C. Phelps 

Mr. & Mrs. William A. Prince

Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Pocta

Juanita Raisor

Mr. Robert Reardon & Ms. Nancy Bazin 

Mr. Tom Reel

Ms. Robin Reeves 

Dennis & Susie Rowley 

David Sadler

Mrs. Joan Saunders Kennedy

Mark Seelenbinder

Randy & Phyllis Shannon 

Dr. Robert Singleterry, Jr. 

Ellen Snyder

Mrs. Kristin Stephens

Dr. & Mrs. Charles Stuppard

John & Karen Tucker

Pat Walsh

Ashlin & Wayne Wilbanks 

Deborah & John Wyld

Michelle Ellis Young

Norman Zwahlen

INSTITUTIONS

American School Counselor Association

Benevity Community Impact Fund

Norfolk Southern Good Governance Fund

Friends ($100+)

Dana & Lucille Adkins

Sharon Q. Adams

Dr. Aaditya Ajmani

Mr. & 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 & Carter Bernert

Joy & Arrenvy Billinski

Joy & Jim Bolander

Ms. Lynn Briley

Mrs. Susan Bore

Mrs. Willia Campbell

Ms. Sandra Canepa

Judith Carey

Ms. Susan Clarke

Ms. Courtney N. Cole-Leslie

Mr. Carl Commons

Mr. & Mrs. George Compo

Ms. Jesse Cox

Barb & Mike Cristi

Clint & Peggy Damuth

Antoinette Davidson

Mr. Bruce D. Davis

Fleet Davis III

Janis & Wayne Davis

Stephanie DiBelardino

Mrs. Vicki Dobbins

Mrs. Susan Dolezel

Mr. Thad Doumar

Mr. & Mrs. James Ducibella

John & Carol Duckett

Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Duvall

Lois & Barry Einhorn

Mr. & Mrs. Olaf Elton

Cheryl L Evans

Jan and Fran Eversen

Lawrence & Charlotte Field

Mr. & 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

Greta Gordon

Barbara S. Gordon

Noel Gramlich

Jeffrey Green

Mrs. Edna Griffenhagen

Michael Guilland

Walter and Diane Haltigan

Chris Harris-Evans

Mrs. Terry L. Hill

Roxie Holder

Mr. & Mrs. Jason Horner

Kathleen Hranowskyj

Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Jones

Raymond & Catherine Kallman

Dr. & Mrs. Warren Karesh

Tom & Lisa Kennedy

Mr. Robert M. King

Patricia M. Kinley

Janice & John Kistler

John Klinck

Steve & Sally Kocen

Dr. & Mrs. George W. Koehl

Jay & Joyce Kossman

Anne & Ed Kramer

Jeff & Bonnie Laibstain

Mr. & Mrs. Leonard Laibstain

Mr. Paul Lasakow

M.J. Laubach

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

W. Reynolds & Diane J.A. Monach

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. & Mrs. Steven Perry

Ms. Taunia Perry

Ms. Lara Pham

Mr. & Mrs. Dickinson B. Phillips

Mr. & Mrs. Gary Pierce

Mr. & Mrs. Joseph C. Powers

Katherine Renfrew

Mr. Ruben Rodriguez Jr.

Mrs. Anne Roesch

Dr. & Mrs. Rueben Rohn

Ms. Jennifer Rosenbaum

Catherine Rothman

Nina Rountree

Bob & Judy Rubin

Mr. & Mrs. Martin Ryan

Nikki Roth

Mr. David Sadler

Carolyn & Bill Sale

Stanley & Linda Samuels

Joseph Saveika

Dr. Paul Schellhammer

Dr. & Mrs. David Shuhy

Mr. & Mrs. Robert Siik

Howard Soucek

Dr. and Mrs. John R. Stevens

Kay Stovall

Dora Lee Taylor

Ms. Susan L. Watt

Dr. & Mrs. Edward J. Weisberg

Martha M. Williams

Mr. Alan Yanofsky

Joe and Peggy Young

IN HONOR OF

Susan Einhorn 

Ron & Wendy Jo Brodsky

Jackie King

Andrew Melissinos

Clarence and Chris Warnstaff

Lisa Harman-Wakefield


IN MEMORY OF


Terence Dudash

Nicole DeJesus

Gill Leaman

Stephen Leaman

Neil Walsh

Pat Walsh


This listing reflects gifts of $100 or more as of February 1, 2026 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.