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