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 

Alison Moore Cotter 

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 

Joel and Judy Slutzky in Honor of Ellie Gordon

 Al Spector and Tatjana Soli 

Greg Zaret 

Charlie and Ling Zhang 

$5, 000 - $9, 999

Robert and Lillyan Cendejas 

Rohit Deshpande and Anita Watumull 

Paul and Anne Devore 

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 

Douglas and Kathleen Forde 

Greg and Sumie Haase 

Loren Hansen and Lorraine Caukin 

Michael and Charisse Lyseight 

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

Karen Hohman Almeida and Edgilson Almeida 

Scott and Katherine Arbuckle 

Dana and Angelika Aswad 

Diane and Dennis Baker 

Bayside Restaurant   

Trudi Bonnet  

James Carter  

Alice and Dennis Creighton 

Bob and Burnetta Denham 

Gail Doe 

Joan Donahue 

Jeanne Egasse and Boyd Philpot

Stanford Gertler 

Gary Good and Jackie Charnley 

Roger and Patt Grable  

Mary Graham 

Geeta and Sanjiv Grover 

Ramya Harishankar and Harish Murthy 

Jean Hendrickson 

Dr. Elliott Kornhauser and Mr. Joe Baker

Karen Kewell Jacoby

Rachel Levin 

Nikki Meyers 

Janis and Dave Murray 

James Pick and Rosalyn Laudati 

Jill M. Prentice 

Debbie and Frank Rugani 

Phil and Joy Ruggiero 

Arkady and Ella Serebryannik

Sally Anne and Don Sheridan 

Robert and Veronica Start 

CarolAnn Tassios

Michele and Irwin Walot 

$500 -$999

John W. Ballantyne

Dr. Michael Bear

Michelle Bentcliff and Ann Litke

Judy Bloomingdale

Wayne and Nancy Broadhag

Mrs. Lisa Butler

Denise B. Chilcote

Mary Cobb

Michael and Melanie Cooper

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

Dr. Burton L. Karson

Ms. Dana Klein

Kathleen Koch

Sally Kurnick

Holly Larsen

John LaRue

Han Dinh and Martin Le

Hilary Lemansky

John Long and Tamara Taylor

John Maitino

Susan M. Mason

Dr. & Mrs. John Middlebrooks

Lutz Moeckel

Ms. Maryellen Musgrave

Susan O'Brien

Rey O'Day

Mike Peak

Arnold and Nancy Raymon

Bebe and Otto Reyer

Kent Sentinella

Ronald and Sandi Simon

Gary and Melanie Singer Charitable Fund

Dorothy J. Solinger

Mr. & Mrs. Raymond Sutton

Karen and Gary Thorne

Fred and Patricia Viele

Emily Crean Vogler

Lynn Weiser and Mike Tompkins

Hemantha and Sophie Wickramasinghe

Chuck and Marilyn Wright

$250 - $499

The Aber Group Inc

Mark Achong

George and Linda Bauer

Ms. Suzanne M. Becker

Bruce Beckman

Sally Bender

William and Annette Blaney

Peter and Kari Bretschger

Scott Brinkerhoff

Mr. Jelle Brons

Luisa Cano

Michael Casey

Esther Cervantes and Steve Rivero

Dr. Shigeru Chino

Anahid Crecelius

Brad Crosley

Matt and Jane Delorenzo

David Dijkstra

Kent and Irene Dunlap

Doug Elliott

Ilone and Darin Gibson

Arielle Giordano

Anna Gonosova

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

Korey Jorgensen

Jessica Kaltman

Judy Kaufman

Michael and Elaine Kleinman

Kerry Krisher

Bruce Larson

Michael Lawler

Vicki and Richard Lee

Edward Luedke

Capt. Kevin M. Mac Donnell

Sharon McNalley

Dr. Frank and Mrs. Linda Meyskens

William D. Miller and Florence E. Miller

Daniel Morrison

Mr. Ramon Munoz

Kenneth Niedziela

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

Tina Sommers-Bernhardt

Walter and Masami Stahr

Daniel and Jeanne Stokols

Kim Tang

Cindy Tyan

Alvin Umeda

Dr. Anthony Vasek

Jeanne Villacorte

Beth Waterman

Nella Webster

Carl and Deborah Weinert

Mark and Lou-Ann Weltman

Jim and Sandra Williams

Dexter and Gisele Winzey

Gary and Cathy Wyatt

Andy and Wendy Yurcho

$100-$249

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

Richard Blindt

Mr. Gene Bohlmann

Carol Boot-Storie

Suzanne Boras

Kerry and Paul Boulian

Laura Brandlin

Richard Brannin

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 

Mike Davis 

Charles Davison 

Susan Lindquist de la Parra 

RJ, Rita, and Timmy De Rama 

Mark & Kathi Denny

Rhea Dorn

Don and Debra Drysdale

Ron and May Duff

Kimo Evans

Jim and Diane Ewing

Joanne Fernbach

Aviva and Fred Forster

Ms. Ellen Fujikawa

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

Jeff & Patty Guell

Ms. Judith Guffey

Patricia Hansen

Gayle and Phil Harp

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

John Keating

Kenneth Keller

Lynne Koffler

Colin and Joan Koransky

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

Ramon Lugo

Lorena Mague

William and Marcia Manker

Hannah Manning

Ms. Amira Mansour

Milena Marsico

Christine A. Marx

Duane and Kathleen Mauzey

Edward McPherson

Thomas and Glynett Mcteer

Ms. Rita Mitchell

Deborah Mitzman

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

Barbara and Wallace Paulson

Dr. Dolly Platt

Brian Paegel and Jeremy Pyle

Lois Rake

Elaine Ramsay

Brad Rawlins

Anita and Bruce Reisman

In Memory of Irene DeNoia

Paul Schmidhauser and Cindy Hughes

Skye Schmidt-Varga

Randee Seiger

Jill Sekiguchi, DDS

Michael Sheffield

George Sidorakis

Leonard Simon

Jack and Molly Spiegel

Michael and Marilyn Staffieri

Ingrid Strayer

D. Stroebel

Jon Swedlund

Margaret Vaneck

Joanne Vargas

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
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
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
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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Send your donation to: NCI 3334 E. Coast Hwy #276, Corona del Mar CA 92625