The Black Rep wishes to acknowledge and thank our supporters. The following contributions were made in the period from 4/20/2024-4/20/2025. Financial gifts from companies, foundations, government entities, and individuals ensure the continuance of high quality mainstage productions and educational programming. Donations made to the following initiatives are acknowledged separately: Giving Tuesday, Sophisticated Ladies Giving Initiative, and Gala.
Individual Giving
Directors $1,000 and above
Alpers Household
Maxine Birdsong
Richard Blaha
Hesse Martone, P.C.
Michael Edwards
Seth & Marion Eisen
Vivian E. Graves Estate
Barbara and Tom Feiner
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc.-Ivy Alliance Foundation
Herman and Anjanette Clark Family Fund
Keith and Beth Gooch
Yeckley Household
Alpers Household
Siteman Household
Price Household
Dehart / Parwatikar Household
Wilhelm-Friedman Household
Elizabeth MClard
Terence and Jan Neihoff
Andrew A. O’Brien
Lionel and Barbara Phillips
Kathleen I Shaw
Milton and Nina Smiley-Wilkins
Mary Strauss
Tracy L Sykes-Long
Jerry and Gerelyn Weil
Daniel and Yvette Whitehead
And Many Anonymous Donors
Stars - $999 to $500
Otis and Cynthia Beard
Herbert Bentley
Carnettia Blackwell
Mary Campbell
Anne-Marie and Richard Clarke
Brian and Vicki Clevinger
Joanna and Koushik Das
William and Linda Hentchel
Lauren Jackson
Loren Madden
Michael and Tamara McCormick
Kim Norwood
Mary Ann and Richard Shaw
Mei Chen Welland
Brian Witherspoon
And Many Anonymous Donors
Ensemble $249 - $100
Denise Amsler
D F. Anderson
Chauncey and Mary Batchelor
Donna and Derex Beard
Natasha Bigsby
Tracie Bruce
John S. Callahan
Odessa Chambers
William Dodd and Eileen Clarke
Laura Cohen
William Holcomb and Carol Corey
David and Jean Cowell
Keli D. Creighton
Janet Crites
Brown and Crouppen
Imogene Crumpton
Michael Dinwiddie
Margaret Donnelly
Lewis Fischbein and Wanda Drewel
Wendy Durbin
Mary Ferguson
Alison Ferring
The Blackbaud Giving Fund
Carleen Griffith
Anna Griggs
Frank Hamsher and Peggy Guest
Mark Halton
Ron and Heather Himes
David Hemingway
Andreal Hoosman
Huddleston Household
Rosenblum/Blumner Household
Barbara Hume
Andrea Jackson
Levi and Roselyn Kirkland
Evan and Stephanie Krauss
Angela Lily
Lauren Ming
Liz Hawthorne and Larry Mohr
Wynne and Randall Moskop
Mike and Terry Mulligan
The Muny
Shirley Knight and Anthony Newell
John Howard Percy
David and Debra Petree
Dianne Powell
Wanda and John Rhodes
Ebba Segerberg
Susan Smith
Elizabeth Sondhaus
David Queller and Joan Strassmann
Daniel and Donna Taylor
Karlton Thornton
Mechiko White
James M. and Barbara G. Willock
And Many Anonymous Donors
STAGE HANDS $99- $50
David Secord and Amy Adams
Anne Adderton
Edgar Anderson
Darlene Bell
Sally P. Boggeman
Deneen Busby
Kay Cochran
Lillian Curtis
Vincent Featherson
Cathleen Fleck
Lisa Gage
Gary and Mimi Hirshberg
Deneen Hodges
Ashley Jones
Judy Mann and David Konig
Danie Jay and Mary Lazarus
Dolores B. Malcom
Betsey and Gerry Mandel
Susan Marshall
Jeannette McGee
Robert Nesbit
David Ross
Anne-Marie Ruhlin
John and Carol Russell
Paulette and Gerald Isaac-Savage
Iver Bernstein and Kay Sherman
Gerald Sims
Endia Simms
Karen Thornton
Keita S Todd
Bryan Vandevender
Patricia Wendling
Cheryl Whatley
Alma Whitlow
Sharon Williams
Ed Wright
And Many Anonymous Donors
Stage Managers $499- $250
Actor’s Equity Foundation
Abe and Nicole Adewale
Rick and Liz Aurbach
Lewis and Jean Chase
Susan Fitzgibbon
Marcia Kern
Jill and Daniel McGuire
Joanna and Koushik Das
Anne-Marie Clarke and Richard Gaines
William and Linda Hentchel
Lauren Jackson
Michael and Tamara McCormick
Elizabeth Parker
Thom Pegg
Price Household
Emily Rauh Pulitzer
Charlene Wall
And Many Anonymous Donors
FANS $49-UNDER
Cathee Adderton
Kelly Alexander-Lee
Verniece Bailey
Maureen Baker
Tom Nadine Baqll
Stephen Beverley
Lillian Booker
Dwayne Bonnett
Danielle Brown
Wandaleen M. Brown
Wilma Calvert
Gerthia Carter
Denise Casey
Johnetta Craig
Cheryl Crayton
Rory Crumity
Dana Beteet Daniels
Joshura Davis
Nedra Davis
Heather Dell
Andre Edison
Vicki Elwood
Dionne Ferguson
Mary Ferguson
Sharon Hall
Wade and Rebecca Hall
Corey Hardin
Keith Howell
Rosie Jackson
Larry and Georgia Johnson
Diane Johnson
Keith Johnson
Amber Johnson
Betsy Kirchoff
Amber Krigbaum
Richard LeComte
Robert Lewis
Pat D. Magee
Lindsey Marolt
Becky McKenna
Celeste Metcalf
Albertean Minor
Charles Monet
Sherry Moore
Karen Reeves
Elaina Richardson-Lee
Matt Rosales
Maura Salsich
Debra Shatoff
Jimmy Smotherman
Melvin Sykes
Rebecca Tucker
Jan Esther Walker
Clare Wefelmeyer
Cheryl Whatley
Cynthia Whitaker
Donald White
Roxanne White
Alma Williams
Michele Williams
Tina Wofford
And Many Anonymous Donors
Give STL Day 2024
Francine Glass
Karen Alexander
Ronald Jackson
Lauren Ming
BeckyMcKenna
Cornelious M. Davis
Danita Brown
Lynn Maupin and Dale Bilyeu
Lisa Stevenson
Julie Burchett
Stephanie Williams
Larry Rizzello
Theodore Anderson
Princess C. Moll
Monica Allen
Gary & Jeanette White
Rebekah Massmann
Peter Wollenberg
Carol Corey
Joan Lipkin
Darlynn Bosley
Daniel Jay
Vickie Denson
Ronald Jackson
Katie McGrath
Lucy Drews
Francie Futterman
Jesmelia Williams
Lori Curtis
Carrie Sampler
Gerry Kowarsky
Perbus McJoy
DeBorah Ahmed
Rory Crumity
Ellie Schwetye
Andrea Hayes
Carmen Pace McFerren
Keith Bolden
Roy Mackey
Francine Evans
William Maxwell
Karla Vogel
Elaine Young
Gerald Sims
John Scott
Phyllis Jacobson
And Many Anonymous Donors
Giving Tuesday 2024
Thank you to all who gave to this year’s Giving Tuesday. Your support goes a long way, and is greatly appreciated!
Richard Agnew
Lynn Maupin and Dale Bilyeu
Lawanda Gibson Bowen
Hayward and Danita Brown
Loren and Marcia Grossman
Wade and Rebecca Hall
Deven and Katie Holzer
Monica McFee
Gerald and Paulette Savage
Matthew and Ivonne Silva
Elizabeth VanDyke
And Many Anonymous Donors
HONORS AND MEMORIALS
In Memory of Linda Kennedy
Tim and Jan Cerny, David Hemingway
In Memory of Patricia Ann Woods May
Otis and Cynthia Beard
In Memory of Rosalyn Madden
Loren Madden, Imogene Crumpton
In Memory of Ethel L. Armstrong Price
Ron and Heather Himes, David and Debra Petree, Susan Smith, Alma Whitlow,
Lauren Ming Paul Weiss- Diversity, Equity, Inclusion Department, Levi and Roselyn Kirkland,
Natasha Bigsby, Dianne Powell Wanda and John Rhodes, Denise Amsle
In Memory of James Wilkerson
Cynthia and Otis Beard
In Honor of Rudy Nickens
Mary Ferguson, N. St. Louis Arts Council, Maxine Birdsong
In Memory of Dr. Jonathan Smith
John and Carol Russell