“This kindness merits thanks...”
“This kindness merits thanks...”
Gifts of $50 or more received June 11, 2024 to May 16, 2025. Every gift of any amount is greatly appreciated! We are particularly grateful to the many donors who supported Shakespeare at San Quentin this year, and who sent gifts in response to Marin Shakespeare Company’s grant terminations by the National Endowment for the Arts.
Foundation, Government, and Individual Donors Capital Sponsors Supporting Cast | Ms. Valerie Barth |
Special Thanks
Diane Adelson
Dick and Diane Blackman
Howard and Janna Blackman
Lauren Gunderson
Praveen Raj
Rebecca Solnit
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Shakespeare in American Communities is a theater program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest. Through grants to theater companies that produce Shakespeare’s works, this program supports high-quality productions and educational activities in middle schools, high schools, and juvenile justice facilities throughout the United States. One hundred and twenty theater companies and organizations across the United States have taken part in Shakespeare in American Communities since the program’s inception in 2003. Selected companies have presented 34 of Shakespeare’s 37 plays, as part of the Schools program. To date, the program has supported more than 14,500 performances and 54,000 educational activities at more than 11,500 schools and juvenile justice facilities in 4,700 communities in all 50 states, plus the District of Columbia.