Our Supporters
Annual Donors
Annual Donors
September 1, 2022 – June 27, 2024
Theatre for a New Audience wishes to thank the following donors for their generous support toward our Annual Campaign.
Principal Benefactors
$100,000 and up- The Bay and Paul Foundations
- Bloomberg Philanthropies
- City of New York Department of Cultural Affairs
- Constance Christensen*
- Jerome L. Greene Foundation Fund in the New York Community Trust
- National Endowment for the Humanities
- The SHS Foundation
- The Shubert Foundation, Inc.
- The Thompson Family Foundation, Inc.
Leading Benefactors
$50,000 and up- Robert E. Buckholz and Lizanne Fontaine
- Deloitte & Touche LLP
- The Howard Gilman Foundation, Inc.
- The Stockel Family Foundation
- The Tow Foundation
- The Whiting Foundation
Major Benefactors
$20,000 and up- The Arnow Family Fund
- Alan Beller
- Sally Brody
- The Cornelia T. Bailey Foundation
- The DuBose and Dorothy Heyward Memorial Fund
- The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation
- Matt Fishbein and Gail Stone
- The George Link Jr. Foundation
- Agnes Gund
- The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust
- The Hearst Corporation
- Stephanie and Tim Ingrassia
- Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP
- Latham & Watkins LLP
- Patricia McGuire
- Audrey Heffernan Meyer and Danny Meyer
- National Endowment for the Arts
- New York State Council on the Arts
- New York State Urban Development Corporation
- Yiba Ng and Ben Campbell
- The Seth Sprague Educational and Charitable Foundation
- Anne and William Tatlock
- Kimbrough Towles and George Loening
- Kathleen Walsh and Gene Bernstein
- The White Cedar Fund
Sustaining Benefactors
$10,000 and up- Anonymous (2)
- Akin Gump Strauss Hauer and Feld, LLP
- American Express
- Peggy and Keith Anderson
- Christine Armstrong and Benjamin Nickoll
- Ritu and Ajay Banga
- Jay and Jill Bernstein
- Jacqueline Bradley and Clarence Otis
- Elaine and Norman Brodsky
- Marvin Carlson
- Michele and Martin Cohen
- Wendy Ettinger
- M. Salome Galib and Duane McLaughlin
- Ashley Garrett and Alan Jones
- Gibson, Dunn and Crutcher LLP
- The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation
- The Howard Bayne Fund
- Ingram, Yuzek, Gainen, Carroll, and Bertolotti, LLP
- The J.M. Kaplan Fund
- JKW Foundation
- King and Spalding LLP
- Kirkland and Ellis Foundation
- Larry and Maria-Luisa Loeb
- McDermott Will & Emery
- K. Ann McDonald
- Michael Tuch Foundation, Inc.
- Caroline Niemczyk
- Orrick, Herrington and Sutcliffe LLP
- Estelle Parsons
- Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton and Garrison
- Ponce De Leon Foundation
- Sarah I. Schieffelin Residuary Trust
- Kerri Scharlin and Peter Klosowicz
- Susan Schultz and Thomas Faust
- Select Equity Group, Inc.
- Sidney E. Frank Foundation
- Joy and Daryl Smith
- The Speyer Family Foundation
- The Starry Night Fund
- Susan Stockel
- Tarter Krinsky and Drogin LLP
- Fran and Barry Weissler
Producers Circle – Artistic Director’s Society
$5,000 and up- Anonymous (2)
- Axe-Houghton Foundation
- Natalie Bernstein
- Dominique Bravo and Eric Sloan
- The Bulova Stetson Fund
- Walter Cain and Paulo Ribeiro
- The Claire Friedlander Family Foundation
- Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc.
- Debevoise and Plimpton LLP
- Aileen Dresner and Frank R. Drury
- Jennifer and Steven Eisenstadt
- Debra Fine and Martin I. Schneider
- Jenny and Jeff Fleishhacker
- Kathy and Steven Guttman
- Michael Haggiag
- Jennifer and Matt Harris
- Hughes Hubbard and Reed LLP
- Kirsten and Peter Kern
- Seymour H. Lesser
- Anna and Peter Levin
- Vincent Lima
- Leah Lipskar
- Litowitz Foundation, Inc.
- May and Samuel Rudin Foundation Inc.
- Ronay and Richard Menschel
- Cheryl and Philip Milstein
- New York City Council
- Janet Olshansky
- The Richenthal Foundation
- Pamela Reiss
- Janet and Philip Rotner
- Mark and Marie Schwartz
- Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles
- Sidley Austin LLP
- Theatre Development Fund
- The Venable Foundation
- Margo and Anthony Viscusi
- Josh and Jackie Weisberg
- Renee Zarin
Producers Circle – Executive
$2,500 and up- Anonymous (5)
- Deborah Berke and Peter D. McCann
- Nancy Blachman and David desJardins
- Hilary Brown and Charles Read
- Consulate General of Spain in New York
- Jane Cooney
- Dennis M. Corrado
- Christine Cumming
- Katharine and Peter Darrow
- The DeLaCour Family Foundation
- Jodie and Jonathan Donnellan
- Sharon Dunn and Harvey Zirofsky
- Suzan and Fred Ehrman
- Steven Feinsilver
- Kirsten Feldman and Hugh Frater
- Judith and Alan Fishman
- Heidi and Christopher Flagg
- Sheryl and Jeffrey Flug
- Foley Hoag LLP
- Linda Genereux and Timur Galen
- Roberta Garza
- Monica Gerard-Sharp
- Lauren Glant and Michael Gillespie
- James Gleick
- Debra Goldsmith Robb
- Karoly and Henry Gutman
- Jane Hartley and Ralph Schlosstein
- Thomas Healy and Fred P. Hochberg
- Sophie Hughes
- Irving Harris Foundation
- The Irwin S. Scherzer Foundation
- Flora and Christoph Kimmich
- Andrea Knutson
- John Koerber
- Sandra and Eric Krasnoff
- Sonia and Arvind Krishna
- Susan Kurz
- Michael Lasky
- Christopher Lawrence
- Taryn and Mark Leavitt
- Patricia and Frank Lenti
- Diane and William F. Lloyd
- Lucille Lortel Foundation
- Marta Heflin Foundation
- Susan Martin and Alan Belzer
- Nancy Meyer and Marc N. Weiss
- Ellen Sontag-Miller and William C. Miller
- Alessandra and Alan Mnuchin
- Barbara and Richard Moore
- Connie and Tom Newberry
- Catherine Nyarady and Gabriel Riopel
- Sarah Paley and Joseph Kerrey
- Annie Paulsen and Albert Garner
- Ellen Petrino
- Ponce Bank
- Proskauer Rose LLP
- Tracey and Robert Pruzan
- Rajika and Anupam Puri
- Leslie and David Puth
- Susan and Peter Restler
- Jill Rosenberg
- Joseph Samulski
- Sandra and Steve Schoenbart
- Anna Marie and Robert Shapiro
- Jeremy T. Smith
- Lisa and Mitch Solomon
- Lauren and Jay Springer
- Douglas C. Steiner
- Barbara Stimmel
- Michael Stranahan
- Laurie Tisch
- The Tony Randall Theatrical Fund
- Donna and Paul A. Ullman
- Gayle and Jay Waxenberg
- Devera and Michael Witkin
- Joanne Witty and Eugene Keilin
Producers Circle – Associate
$1,000 and up- Anonymous (3)
- Actors’ Equity Foundation, Inc.
- Ann Ash
- Jackie and Jacob Baskin
- Elizabeth Bass
- M.J. and James Berrien
- Cece and Lee Black
- Molly and Tom Boast
- Mary Bockelmann Norris and Floyd Norris
- Lani and Dave Bonifacic
- Christina and John Bransfield
- Pamela Brier and Peter Aschkenasy
- Deborah Buell and Charles Henry
- Janel Callon
- Joan and Robert Catell
- Ron Chernow
- Larry E. Condon
- Sara Debolt
- Frederick Eberstadt◊
- Noah Eisenberg
- Ryan Fanek
- Pamela Fiori
- Roxanne H. Frank
- Grace Freedman
- Herman Giddings
- Virginia Gliedman
- Anne and Paul Grand
- Alba Greco-Garcia and Roger Garcia
- Kathleen and Harvey Guion
- Judy and Douglas Hamilton
- Brenda and David Harms
- Grace Harvey
- Vicki and Ronald Hauben
- Megan Hertzig-Sharon and Avi Sharon
- Laura and Robert Hoguet
- Reg Holloway and Ian Dickson
- Maxine Isaacs
- Penny Brandt Jackson and Thomas Campbell Jackson
- Miriam Katowitz and Arthur Radin
- Helen Kauder and Barry Nalebuff
- Debra Kaye and Steven Horowitz
- Nora Wren Kerr and John J. Kerr
- Cynthia King Vance and Lee Vance
- Miyoung Lee and Neil Simpkins
- Julius Leiman-Carbia and Kyle Smith
- Marion Leydier and Brooks Perlin
- Dedee and Steve Lovell
- Margaret Lundin
- Anne Maltz
- Wendy and Jeffrey Maurer
- Kathleen Maurer
- Leslie Mayer
- Allison C. McCullough and Parker L. Krasney
- Kevin M. McDonough
- Chandru Murthi
- Marie Nugent-Head and James Marlas
- Mimi Oka and Jun Makihara
- Annie Parisse and Paul Sparks
- Lori and Lee Parks
- Martin Payson
- Margaret and Carl Pfeiffer
- Robin Phillips
- Susie Polsky
- Anne Prost and Olivier Robert
- Heather Randall
- Carol and Michael Reimers
- David Richards
- Susan and William Rifkin
- Paul Rosenberg
- Joan H. Ross
- Daryl and Steven Roth
- Judith Ruiz
- Dorothy Ryan and John Leitch
- Deborah Scharf and A. Ross Hill
- Stacy Schiff and Marc de la Bruyere
- Ellen Schleifer and Jordan Katz
- Cynthia and Thomas Sculco
- Robert Sinclair
- Loren Skeist and Marlene Marko
- Susan Sommer and Stephen Warnke
- The Bernard and Anne Spitzer Charitable Trust
- Wendy and Tom Stephenson
- Julie Taymor
- Roger Tilles
- Cynthia King Vance and Lee Vance
- Daniela Wambold
- Elena and Louis Werner
- Abby Westlake
- Debra Winger
- Evan D. Yionoulis and Donald Holder
- Carol Yorke and Gerard Conn
- Andrew Young
- Nancy Young and Paul Ford
- Toby Young
Friends
$750 and upSupporters
$500 and up- Elizabeth and Russell Abbott
- Nadia Bernstein
- Barry Bienstock
- Pamela and Thomas Brennecke
- Caroline Carney
- David Cohen
- Charlotte Colavin
- Bonnie and David Covey
- Barbara and William Dahl
- Sophie Delacour
- Karen and Gregory Dimit
- Ronald Feinstein
- Ronald Finkelstein
- Jennifer and Stephen Fishbein
- Stuart Freedman
- Lorraine Gallard
- Nicole Giantonio
- Joe Godfrey and Keith Halsted
- Steven Gold
- Robert Hall
- Jill and Dwight Healy
- Annette and Bill Hebel
- Adrienne and Donald Hendler
- Gahl Hodges Burt
- Matthew Hoffman
- Elizabeth Humes
- Travis James
- Ruth and Elliott Joseph
- Jorge Juantorena
- Irene and Peter Klein
- Peter Leffman
- Robert Lewis
- Victoria Litz
- Rebecca and Stephen Madsen
- The Grace R. and Alan D. Marcus Foundation
- Diane L. Max
- Scott McDonald
- Asha and D.V. Nayak
- Russell Scholl
- Mario Schollmeyer
- Leslie and Andy Schultz
- Jennifer Shotwell
- Danna and Harvey Stone
- Susan and Ted Tashlik
- Max Tierman
- Linda and Jack Viertel
- Ginny and Robert Walther
- Amos Tappan Wilder
- Sally and Anthony Zunino
Associates
$250 and up- Anonymous (6)
- Elizabeth Allen
- Felix Andrew
- Steve Aronson
- Katherine and Gary Bartholomaus
- Thérèse Bernbach
- Lilly Cho
- Sheila Di Gasper
- Peter Dill
- John Doran
- Suzanne England
- Karen Feuer
- Theresa Gesuele
- Deborah Gold
- Caren Golden and Peter Herzberg
- Joyce Gordon and Paul Lubetkin
- Jessica Greenbaum and Jed Marcus
- Judith Greiman and David Knishkowy
- Archduchess Emmanuella Habsburg
- Darcy and John Hadjipateras
- Spencer Harper
- Mary Harrigan and Andrew Tothy
- Susan Hilferty
- Stuart Holzer
- Thomas Jambois
- Susan and Steven Jeffries
- Michele Jerison
- Adelaide Kent
- Peter Kim
- Margaret Klein
- Fran Kumin
- Deborah and Jon LaBerge
- Rodney Layton
- Sabrina LeBlanc
- Cathleen and Sanford Leff
- Justine and John Leguizamo
- Sean Lenahan
- Calleen and Francois Letaconnoux
- Alisa Levin and Charles Nathan
- Geraldine Librandi and Doug Bowen
- Jennifer Lynch
- James J. Lynes
- Frank Marrone
- Gordon Mehler
- Barbara Mensch
- Charley Mills
- Jeremy Mindich
- Margaret Mintz
- Michael Mulia
- Daniel A. Napolitano
- Colleen O'hora
- Barbara Classon Oppedisano and Edward Oppedisano
- Eva Parpar
- Jesse Poleshuck
- Carol Polsky and Paul Vitello
- Dale Ponikvar
- Judy Popkin
- Eric Rayman
- Emily Sachs and Michael Wetstone
- Steven Schindler
- Donald A. Schmidt
- Miriam Schneider
- Patricia Schoenfeld
- Carolyn Serota and Richard Feldman
- Michael Shagrin
- Heather Alicia Simms
- Eugene Skowronski
- Valerie Steele and John Major
- Michael Stringer
- Raphael Nash Thompson
- Fabiola Vega
- Robert Volin
- Vicki and Andrew Wittenstein
- Melissa Wohlgemuth and Matt Howard
- Rev. Everett Zabriskie
Theatre for a New Audience’s programming also receives support from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in these programs do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Current Supporters
Current Supporters
May 1, 2022 – August 16, 2023
Theatre for a New Audience wishes to thank the following donors for their generous support toward our Annual Campaign
Theatre for a New Audience’s arts-in-education programming receives support from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in these programs do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Theatre for a New Audience receives production support from the National Endowment for the Arts, and Shakespeare in American Communities, a program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest.
Theatre for a New Audience receives support from public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.
Principal Benefactors
$100,000 and up- JLGreene Arts Access Fund in the New York Community Trust
- National Endowment for the Humanities
- New York City Department of Cultural Affairs
- The New York Community Trust
- The SHS Foundation
- The Shubert Foundation, Inc.
- The Thompson Family Foundation
- U.S. Small Business Administration
Leading Benefactors
$50,000 and up- The Arnow Family Fund
- Bloomberg Philanthropies
- The Charina Foundation
- Deloitte & Touche LLP
- The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust
- The Polonsky Foundation
Major Benefactors
$20,000 and up- Arts Midwest
- Booth Ferris Foundation
- The Cornelia T. Bailey Foundation
- The DuBose and Dorothy Heyward Memorial Fund
- The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation
- The Hearst Corporation
- The Howard Gilman Foundation
- Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP
- Latham & Watkins LLP
- The Margaret Whitton Charitable Remainder Trust
- National Endowment for the Arts
- New York State Council on the Arts
- The Seth Sprague Educational and Charitable Foundation
- Sidney E. Frank Foundation
- Troy Chemical Corporation
Sustaining Benefactors
$10,000 and up- Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld LLP
- Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc.
- Coydog Foundation
- Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
- Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
- The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation
- The Howard Bayne Fund
- Ingram Yuzek Gainen Carroll & Bertolotti, LLP
- The J.M. Kaplan Fund
- Kinder Morgan Foundation
- King & Spalding LLP
- Lucille Lortel Foundation
- May and Samuel Rudin Foundation, Inc.
- McDermott Will & Emery
- Michael Tuch Foundation, Inc.
- Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
- Orrick, Herrington & Sutcilffe LLP
- Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
- Select Equity Group, Inc.
- Sidley Austin LLP
- The Starry Night Fund
Producers Circle – The Artistic Director’s Society
$5,000 and up- Axe-Houghton Foundation
- The Claire Friedlander Family Foundation
- Council Member Laurie A. Cumbo, NY City Council Discretionary Funding
- Geen Family Foundation
- King & Spalding LLP
- Litowitz Foundation, Inc.
- Pearce Shakespeare Endowment at Rhodes College
- Richenthal Foundation
- Wells Fargo Bank
Capital Campaign Donors
Capital Campaign Donors
Theatre for a New Audience recognizes with gratitude the following donors to Theatre for a New Audience’s Capital Campaign: Shakespeare Works in Brooklyn: Culture, Community, Capital, to support ambitious programming, access to affordable tickets and financial resiliency.
These funds include the Henry Christensen III Artistic Opportunity Fund, the Audrey H. Meyer New Deal Fund, the Merle Debuskey Studio Fund, the Completing Shakespeare’s Canon Fund, Capital Reserves, and support for the design and construction of New Office and Studio Spaces. To learn more, or to make a gift to the support any of these initiatives, please contact James Lynes, Director of Institutional Advancement, at [email protected] or by calling 646-553-3866.
$1,000,000 and above
Mr.◊ and Mrs. Henry Christensen III
Ford Foundation
The Howard Gilman Foundation
New York City Department of Cultural Affairs
The Thompson Family Foundation
$250,000–$999,999
Booth Ferris Foundation
Robert E. Buckholz and Lizanne Fontaine
Merle Debuskey◊
Irving Harris Foundation
The Stairway Fund, Audrey Heffernan Meyer and Danny Meyer
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Kathleen Walsh and Gene Bernstein
$100,000–$249,999
Alan Jones and Ashley Garrett
Carol Sutton Lewis and William M. Lewis, Jr.
Seymour H. Lesser
The Polonsky Foundation
Charlene Magen Weinstein◊
$50,000-$99,999
Bloomberg Philanthropies
Dominique Bravo and Eric Sloan
Aileen and Frank Drury
Agnes Gund
The Dubose and Dorothy Heyward Memorial Fund
New York State Council on the Arts
Abby Pogrebin and David Shapiro
John and Regina Scully Foundation
Marcia T. Thompson◊
$20,000-$49,999
Peggy and Keith Anderson
Elaine and Norman Brodsky
Kathy and Steve Guttman
Rita & Alex Hillman Foundation
Cynthia and Robert Schaffner
Kerri Scharlin and Peter Klosowicz
Daryl and Joy Smith
Susan Stockel
Anne and William Tatlock
Michael Tuch Foundation
Earl D. Weiner
$10,000-$19,999
Diana Bergquist
Sally R. Brody
New York State Energy Research and
Development Authority
Linda and Jay Lapin
Janet Wallach and Robert Menschel◊
Alessandra and Alan Mnuchin
Anne Prost and Robert Olivier
Allison and Neil Rubler
Lizzie and Jonathan Tisch
Jackie and Josh Weisberg
$5,000-$9,999
Alan Beller
Katharine and Peter Darrow
Bipin and Linda Doshi
Marcus Doshi
Downtown Brooklyn Partnership
Susan Schultz and Thomas Faust
Barbara G. Fleischman
Jane Garnett and David Booth
Penny Brandt Jackson and
Thomas Jackson
Miriam Katowitz and Arthur Radin
Mary and Howard Kelberg
Kirsten and Peter Kern
Susan Litowitz
Ronay and Richard Menschel
Ann and Conrad Plimpton
Priham Trust/The Green Family
Alejandro Santo Domingo
Marie and Mark Schwartz
Cynthia and Thomas Sculco
Nancy Meyer and Marc N. Weiss
List as of 7/3/24
◊deceased
Matching Gifts
Matching Gifts
The following companies have contributed through their Matching Gift Programs:
Matching Gifts
BlackRock, Inc.
Carnegie Corporation of New York
Goldman Sachs & Co. Matching Gift Foundation
International Business Machines
JPMorgan Chase Foundation
Omidyar Group
Related Companies
TIFF Advisory Services
Troy Chemical Corporation, Inc.
List as of 10/13/23
If your employer has a matching gift program, please consider making a contribution to Theatre for a New Audience and making your gift go further by participating in your employer’s matching gift program.