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.