The Black Rep wishes to acknowledge and thank our supporters. The following contributions were made in the period from 8/1/2024-8/1/2025. Financial gifts ensure the continuance of high quality mainstage productions and educational programming. Donations made to the following initiatives are acknowledged separately: Give STL Day, Giving Tuesday, Sophisticated Ladies Giving Initiative
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Individual Giving
Directors $1,000 and above
Alpers Household
Richard Blaha
Craig Botwin
Herman and Anjanette Clark Family Fund
Community Impact Network
Dana Brown Charitable Trust
Dehart / Parwatikar Household
Michael Edwards
Barbara and Tom Feiner
Keith and Beth Gooch
William and Linda Hentchel
Hesse Martone, P.C.
Elizabeth McClard
Terence and Jan Niehoff
Price Household
Larry Richardson
Roy Cockrum Foundation
Saigh Foundation
Kathleen I Shaw
Siteman Household
Milton and Nina Wilkins
Mary Strauss
The Shubert Foundation, Inc.
The Trio Foundation Of St. Louis
Vivian E. Graves Estate
Jerry and Gerelyn Weil
Wilhelm-Friedman Household
Stars - $999 to $500
Mary Ann and, Richard Shaw
Otis and Cynthia Beard
Tim Bennett
Herbert Bentley
Mary Campbell
Anne-Marie Clarke and Richard Gaines
Brian and Vicki Clevinger
Joanna and Koushik Das
Ronald and Hattie Jackson
Bob and Marcia Kern
Loren Madden
Michael and Tamara McCormick
Bill and Cheryl McCoy
Randy Redington and Partricia Mariani
Mei Chen Welland
Whitehead Household
Brian Witherspoon
And Many Anonymous Donors
Ensemble $249 - $100
Denise Amsler
D F. Anderson
Susan Barley
Natasha Bigsby
Lynn Bozzay
John S. Callaham
Odessa Chambers
Carol Corey
David Cowell
Janet Crites
Imogene Crumpton
Michael Dinwiddie
William Dodd and Eileen Clarke
Donna and Derex Beard
Mary Ferguson
Alison Ferring
Jennifer Greer
Carleen Griffith
Anna Griggs
Wade and Rebecca Hall
Mark Halton
Stefan and Stacey Hamelin
Frank Hamsher and Peggy Guest
Holly Hawthorne
David Hemingway
Ron and Heather Himes
William Holcomb and Carol Corey
Huddleston Household
Levi and Roselyn Kirkland
Shirley and Anthony Newell Knight
Evan and Stephanie Krauss
Angela Lilly
William Maxwell
Lauren Ming
Wynne and Randall Moskop
Mike and Terry Mulligan
Kimberly Norwood
John Howard Percy
David and Debra Petree
Dianne Powell
David Queller and Joan Strassmann
Wanda and John Rhodes
Rosenblum/Blumner Household
Paulette and Gerald Savage
Ebba Segerberg
Susan Smith
Elizabeth Sondhaus
Katherine Stanka
The Blackbaud Giving Fund
Daniel and Donna Taylor
Karlton Thornton
Katrina M. Walker
Patricia Wendling
Mechiko White
James M. and Barbara G. Willock
And Many Anonymous Donors
STAGE HANDS $99- $50
Anne Adderton
Edgar Anderson
Carolyn L Atchison
Darlene Bell
Iver Bernstein and Kay Sherman
Sally P Boggeman
Deneen Busby
Kay Cochran
Lillian Curtis
Vincent Featherson
Cathleen Fleck
Robert Holliday
Gary Hirshberg and Mimi Hirshberg
Daniel Jay and Mary Lazarus
Ashley Jones
Betsey Mandel and Gerry Mandel
Judy Mann and David Konig
Judith Mann
Jeannette McGee
David Ross
John Russell and Carol Russell
Gerald Sims
Endia Simms
Melvin Sykes
Cheryl Whatley
Alma Whitlow
Michele Williams
Ed Wright
And Many Anonymous Donors
Stage Managers $499- $250
Actor's Equity Foundation, Inc.
Abe and Nicole Adewale
Rick and Liz Aurbach
Pennie Brown
Tim and Jan Cerny
Lewis and Jean Chase
Margaret Donnelly
Susan Fitzgibbon
Jill and Daniel McGuire
Mid-America Arts Alliance
North St. Louis Arts Council
Elizabeth J. Parker
Thom Pegg
Paul Weiss- Diversity,Equity,
Inclusion Department
Price Household
Emily Rauh Pulitzer
Marilyn and John Robinson
Chauncy Thomas
Charlene Wall
And Many Anonymous Donors
FANS $49-UNDER
Cathee Adderton
Kelly Alexander-Lee
Edgar Anderson
Tom Nadine Baqll
Eric Kendall Banks
Maureen Baker
Verniece Bailey
Valerie Bennett
Stephen Beverley
Emily Blackerby
Dwayne Bonnett
Johnetta Craig
Rory Crumity
Wilma Calvert
Gerthia Carter
Joshura Davis
La Kesha Dean
Heather Dell
Andre Edison
Holly Edgall
Vicki Elwood
Dionne Ferguson
Cathleen Fleck
Emily Guignon
Sharon Hall
Corey Hardin
Mary Hovland
Keith Howell
Keith Johnson
Jon Kelland
Betsy Kirchoff
Amber Krigbaum
Richard LeComte
Pat D Magee
Lindsey Marolt
Celeste Metcalf
Deborah Miller
Tom Miller
Albertean Minor
Nancy Noel
Terence and Jan Niehoff
Melissa Pomerantz
DeAnn Porter
Karen Reeves
Matt Rosales
Maura Salsich
David Secord and Amy Adams
Jimmy Smotherman
Jaime Staengel
Laura Staley
Rebecca Tucker
Jan Esther Walker
Clare Wefelmeyer
Alma Williams
Tina Wofford
Cheryl Whatley
And Many Anonymous Donors
Give STL Day 2025
Thank you to all who gave to this year’s Give STL DAY! Your support of ST. Louis organizations,
especially ours greatly appreciated!
Pamela Brown
Rachel Cramsey
Joanna Das
Francine Evans
Erin Fisher
Alison Foxman
Abby Frohne
Francie Futterman
Amy Heggemeyer
Michelle Higgins
Phyllis Jacobson
Karen Jordan
Cynthia Jordan
Gerry Kowarsky
Ryan Lawson-Maeske
Tina Leonard
McKenna Nguepsi
Julianna Nikodym
T. Christopher Peoples
Riisa Rawlins
Delisa Richardson
Carrie Sampler
Ellie Schwetye
Leon Sharpe
Katharine Tate
M. Denise Thomas
Tara Tinnin
Julia Walker
Stephanie Williams
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 Amsler
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