Official Health Care Partner
UCI Health

Public Partner
City of Irvine

Corporate Sponsor
Haskell & white LLP

$50, 000+

Tom and Mayumi Adams

Paul and Bonnie Lubock

Thomas Rogers and Sally Anderson

Worah Family Foundation

$25, 000-$49, 999

Gerrit and Amy Cole Foundation

The Hiland Foundation

Harason Horowitz

Mark Chapin Johnson Foundation

Bill and Carolyn Klein

The Richard and Elizabeth Steele Fund

Judy and Wes Whitmore

$10, 000 -$24,999

Clifford and Jennifer Cheng

Eugene and Carol Choi

Paul and Anne Devore

David and Trudi Gartley

Mike Gordon

Haskell & White LLP

Terry and Judy Jones

Mike Kerr and Jenny Backhaus

Liza Krassner

Karen Kuo-Limb and Jong C. Limb

Jerry and Whitney Mandel

Christy and Lou Marlin

Goran Matijasevic

Dot and Rick Nelson

William and Janice Parker Family Fund

William and Pat Podlich

Robert E. Romney

Richard and Cheryll Ruszat – Montessori Schools of Irvine

Al Spector and Tatjana Soli

Greg Zaret

Charlie and Ling Zhang

$5, 000 - $9, 999

Robert and Lillyan Cendejas

Rohit Deshpande and Anita Watumull

Gary Fabian and Deb Solon

Chuck and Janet Henze

Eleanor Jaffy and Andrew Vollero

Jack and Joy Kayajanian

Robert Kazer and Jill Richter

Ken and Chantelle Labowe - Labowe Family Foundation

Josh Martin, Emerald Real Estate Partners, and Tom Politowski

James McGaugh

Tom Newmeyer

Andrei Olenicoff Memorial Foundation

Pan American Chinese Dance Alliance

James and Lynn Payne

Christopher and Lynne Ramsey

Ron and Margaret Redmond

Salwa Rizkalla 

Sondra Samuels 

Adreana Souleles 

Craig and Kirsten Springer

Alexander and Sachiyo Stimpson

Ms. Renee Walter

Brian and Beth West 

$2,500 - $4, 999

Stephen and Mary Auerbach

Terri Beber and Terry McDonald

Ellen Breitman and Brien Amspoker

Terry Causey

Albert Encinias

Arlene and Steven Fienberg

Ms. Robin Follman

Douglas and Kathleen Forde

Greg and Sumie Haase

Loren Hansen and Lorraine Caukin

Michael and Charisse Lyseight

Patricia M. McIntyre Foundation Fund at the Chicago Community Foundation

Natalie Miles

Mark J. Nielsen

Marcia Novegrod

Arthur Ong and Ginger Sun

Bill and Joyce Perrone

Joel B. Rothman

Bob and Jo Anne Simon

Diane Stovall

Eric and Donna Stovner

Mary Watson-Bruce

Kurt and Ellen Youngs

Robert Zasa and Judy Amiano

$1,000 -$2,499

Beth and Michael Adler

Charlotte W. and Richard D. Alexander Charitable Foundation

Scott and Katherine Arbuckle

Diane and Dennis Baker

Trudi Bonnet

Wayne and Nancy Broadhag

James Carter

Alice and Dennis Creighton

Brad Crosley

Bob and Burnetta Denham

Gail Doe

Jeanne Egasse and Boyd Philpot

Stanford Gertler

Gary Good and Jackie Charnley

Roger and Patt Grable

Geeta and Sanjiv Grover

Ramya Harishankar and Harish Murthy

Karen Kewell Jacoby

Dr. Elliott Kornhauser and Mr. Joe Baker

John LaRue

Rachel Levin

Dr. & Mrs. John Middlebrooks

Nikki Meyers

Lutz Moeckel

Janis and Dave Murray

James Pick and Rosalyn Laudati

Jill M. Prentice

Diana Putz

Debbie and Frank Rugani

Phil and Joy Ruggiero

Arkady and Ella Serebryannik

Sally Anne and Don Sheridan

Robert and Veronica Start

CarolAnn Tassios

$500 -$999

Dana and Angelika Aswad

John W. Ballantyne

Michelle Bentcliff and Ann Litke

Judy Bloomingdale

Mrs. Lisa Butler

Luisa Cano

Denise B. Chilcote

Mary Cobb

Michael and Melanie Cooper

Joan Donahue

Ann Donat

Nancy Eisenberg

Christine Fluor and Walter Scacchi

Francis and Ruby Foo

Lynn and Doug Freeman

David and Judy Fukuda

Margaret Gates, with gratitude for your education commitment

S. Glass Family

Gleicher / Chen Family Foundation

Kathleen Koch

Sally Kurnick

Holly Larsen

Han Dinh and Martin Le

Hilary Lemansky

John Long and Tamara Taylor

John Maitino

Susan M. Mason

Ms. Maryellen Musgrave

Rey O'Day

Mike Peak

Arnold and Nancy Raymon

Bebe and Otto Reyer

Josh and Carolyn Roberts

Kent Sentinella

Ronald and Sandi Simon

Gary and Melanie Singer Charitable Fund

Mr. & Mrs. Raymond Sutton

Fred and Patricia Viele

Emily Crean Vogler

Chuck and Marilyn Wright

$250 - $499

The Aber Group Inc

Mark Achong

George and Linda Bauer

Ms. Suzanne M. Becker

Sally Bender

William and Annette Blaney

Peter and Kari Bretschger

Scott Brinkerhoff

Mr. Jelle Brons

Robert and Valerie Carter

Michael Casey

Esther Cervantes and Steve Rivero

Dr. Shigeru Chino

Eileen and Henry Cohen

Anahid Crecelius

Mike Davis

Matt and Jane Delorenzo

David Dijkstra

Kent and Irene Dunlap

Doug Elliott

Ilone and Darin Gibson

Aimee Gromfin

Caroline Harkins

Edwin Henderson

Marcus Hickerson

Mr. & Mrs. Mark Hollingsworth

Haylee Homs

Melvin and Hazel Hoshiko

Ms. Susanna Hugelshofer

Chuck Johnston

Judy Jones

Harason Horowitz and Mark Chapin Johnson

Korey Jorgensen

Jessica Kaltman

Judy Kaufman

Kerry Krisher

Bruce Larson

Michael Lawler

Vicki and Richard Lee

Edward Luedke

Ramon Lugo

Capt. Kevin M. Mac Donnell

Dr. Frank and Mrs. Linda Meyskens

William D. Miller and Florence E. Miller

Daniel Morrison

Mr. Ramon Munoz

Kenneth Niedziela

Susan O'Brien

Jorge Perez Valdes

Dennis and Marie Richman

Dr. Stephen Rochford

June Rose

Jack and Katharine Schoellerman

Jeff and Linda Schulein

George Searcy

Kris and Geraldine Shah

Dorothy J. Solinger

Tina Sommers-Bernhardt

Walter and Masami Stahr

Ingrid Strayer

Sullivan Family

Kim Tang

Cindy Tyan

Alvin Umeda

Dr. Anthony Vasek

Jeanne Villacorte

Beth Waterman

Nella Webster

Carl and Deborah Weinert

Mark and Lou-Ann Weltman

Hemantha and Sophie Wickramasinghe

Jim and Sandra Williams

Dexter and Gisele Winzey

Gary and Cathy Wyatt

Andy and Wendy Yurcho

$100-$249

Brian and Gloria Abrams

Susan Adleman

Hoku and Kalani Aichele

Mrs. Kaui Balderston

Gregory Bates and Joann Leatherby

Theresa Battel

Rosanne and William Beam

Melissa Beck and Daniel Pugh

Mrs. Jeanette Bianchini

Chris Blank and Josie Badeaux

Paul Blank

Mr. Gene Bohlmann

Carol Boot-Storie

Suzanne Boras

Kerry and Paul Boulian

Laura Brandlin

William and Lindsay Brennan

Mr. Steven Brenneis

Gary and Wendy Bryan

Mr. & Mr. Christopher Cabrera

Peggy Campbell

Michael Capaldi

Carol Ann Carter Moore

Joe and Barbara Chamberlain

Patrick J. Chambers

Chara Orthodontics

Grace Chen

Trina Cole

Jeff Corp

Pamela Cotten

Donna Cox

Charles Davison

Myrtle Deakins 

Susan Lindquist de la Parra

RJ, Rita, and Timmy De Rama

Mark & Kathi Denny

Rhea Dorn

Don and Debra Drysdale

Ernest Duarte

Ron and May Duff

Kimo Evans

Jim and Diane Ewing

Joanne Fernbach

Aviva and Fred Forster

Ms. Ellen Fujikawa

Eileen Garbutt

Lynn Gardner and Paul Multari

Charles Gates

Mr. John Gibbs

Ian and Kari Gibson

Darrylin Girvin

Shelley Gitomer

Ben and Sandie Goelman

Kevin and Candice Gomez

Anna Gonosova

Ms. Judith Guffey

Patricia Hansen

Gayle and Phil Harp

Fred and Cheryl Heinecke

Richard and Jacqueline Heyendal

Julie Hill

Peter Holden and Angela Howley-Holden

Holmes Family

Dan and Nicole Honigman

Rita B Hopper

Ernest Humphreys

Ronald Ito and Glenda Obado-Ito

Gary Jackson and Linda Globerman Jackson

Mrs. Collette Jackson

Audrey Kapelinski

Arlene and Mike Kato

Kyle and Cherrill Kawakami

Kenneth Keller

Lynne Koffler

Colin and Joan Koransky

Karen Kotake

Mr. Richard Krey

Jeanne LaMar

Jennifer and Robert Langer

Robert and Karen Lechich

Paul E. Len

Cheryl and James Lewis

Dave and Jennifer Link

Anne Llewellyn

Willard and Bettina Loomis

Mr. Robert Lopez

Lorena Mague

William and Marcia Manker

Ms. Amira Mansour

Milena Marsico

Christine A. Marx

Duane and Kathleen Mauzey

Thomas and Glynett Mcteer

Ms. Rita Mitchell

Erica Morikawa

Dr. and Mrs. John Mull

Mike and Wendy Mulvihill

Elaine and Cameron Mummery

Tasha and Owen Naccarato

Richard Nakai and Cindy Wederich

Linda Norton

Virginia Olson

Lisa Osako

Judy Oswald

Hon. Julie Owen

Tom and Diane Pardue

Thomas and Davida Parham

Ms. Julie Patterson

Karin S. Paul

Dr. Dolly Platt

Brian Paegel and Jeremy Pyle

Lois Rake

Paul Ramey

Elaine Ramsay

Brad Rawlins

Anita and Bruce Reisman

In Memory of Irene DeNoia

Paul Schmidhauser and Cindy Hughes

Paul and Kristen Schmidt

Skye Schmidt-Varga

Randee Seiger

Jill Sekiguchi, DDS

Michael Sheffield

George Sidorakis

Leonard Simon

Tom Slickelman

John L. Smith and Mary Anne Anthony-Smith

Karen R. Speros

Jack and Molly Spiegel

Michael and Marilyn Staffieri

D. Stroebel

Jon Swedlund

Margaret Vaneck

Joanne Vargas

Kathy Vickers

Michele and Irwin Walot

David Warren

Bruce and Susie White

Steven and Elizabeth White

Roxanne Wong

Theresa Mai Wright

Susan Yee

$150+

Mark Achong
Nancy and Wayne Broadhag
Hoku and Mark Aichele
Mrs. Kaui Balderston
Gregory Bates and Joann Leatherby
Melissa Beck and Daniel Pugh
Paul Blank
Christopher Blank and Josie Badeaux
Laura Brandlin
David Coscia and Mark Armstrong
Charles and Maureen Davison
Susan Lindquist de la Parra
RJ, Rita, and Timmy De Rama
Mark and Kathi Denny
John Elwood
Eduardo and Elsie Espinosa
James Evans
Ian and Kari Gibson
Kevin and Candice Gomez
Roger and Patt Grable
Judith Guffey
Patricia Hansen
Gayle and Phil Harp
Arlene and Mike Kato
Kyle and Cherrill Kawakami
Kathleen Koch
Duane and Kathie Mauzey
Janis and Dave Murray
Hon. Julie A. C. Owen
Julie Patterson
Christopher and Lynne Ramsey
Brad and Susie Rawlins
Jill Sekiguchi
Tom Slickelman
T. Sommers-Bernhardt
Michael and Marilyn Staffieri
Cindy Thomas
Fred and Patricia Viele
David and Renee Warren
Roxanne Wong
Andrew and Wendy Yurcho

$10 monthly

Mr. and Mrs. J. Boyer
Vivian Daniel
Karen Kotake
Traci Shirachi and Cory Chhiap

$75 month

As a partner in the annual National Choreographers Initiative, Irvine Barclay Theatre is also pleased to acknowledge all those who support this important contribution to American dance.

National Choreographers Initiative 2026
Molly Lynch, Artistic Director

Betsy Andrews and Alex Moad

Dr. Michael Bear

Darci Linkey Bodin

Ellen Breitman and Brien Amspoker

Laurie and Bart Brown

David and Beverly Carmichael

James Carter

Terry Causey

Bobbi Cox

Sophia and Larry Cripe

Bronny Daniels

Studio du Corps Pilates Center of Orange County

Gale Edelberg and Bob Butnik

Henry and Janet Eggers

David Emmes and Paula Tomei

Roberta Fox

Mary Franklin

Ellen Fujikawa

Judith A. Gorski

Carol Hamilton

Chuck Johnston

Gail Kalscheur

Dr. Burton L. Karson

Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Keith

Mike Kerr and Jenny Backhaus

Ms. Dana Klein

Edward and Nancy Kriz

Robert Labaree and Gillian Finley

Kathryn Lynch and Robert McDonnell

Molly Lynch and Alan Andrews

Mr. and Ms. Maurice Mandel

Sharon McNalley

Edward McPherson

Rachelle Menaker

John Miller and Marica Pendjer

Ms. Rita Mitchell

Margi and John Murray

Reiko and Mitsuhiko Nakano

Dr. James Pick

Janice and Richard Plastino

Diana Putz

Barbara Roberts

Michelle Rohe

Andrew S. Rose

Ivar E. Roth DPM/MPH Concierge Podiatry & Spa

Rosalind Russell

Skye Schmidt-Varga

Jack and Katharine Schoellerman

Sally Anne and Don Sheridan

Joseph Sheridan

Diane Silber

Richard and Ann Sim

Kim Smith

Richard and Elizabeth Steele Fund

The Hiland Foundation

Daniel and Jeanne Stokols

Robert Strang

Jennifer Szabo

Karen and Gary Thorne

Barbara Tingley

Lynn Weiser and Mike Tompkins

Linda and Steve Weitz

Mary Vensel and T. Jason White

Update as of 3/13/26

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