producer ($100,000 & above)
Athena & Daniel Adamson
Roz & Bud Siegel
Barbara K. Streicker
Ambassador ($50,000 - $99,999)
CT Department of Economic & Community Development, Office of the Arts
Joyce Hergenhan
Judy & Scott Phares
The Shubert Foundation, Inc.
Smilow Foundation
sponsor ($25,000 - $49,999)
Burry Fredrik Foundation
Adam Clemens
Paige & Jodi Couture
I See a Foundation
Lucille Lortel Foundation
Cherie Quain
The Winston Foundation
Anonymous
partner ($15,000 - $24,999)
Eunice Bigelow
Howard & Katherine Aibel Foundation
Jerome Levy Foundation
Jonathan & Sara Gaynes Levy
The Maurer Family Foundation
National Endowment for the Arts
Newman's Own Foundation
Ellen Petrino
Janet & Fred Plotkin / Adolph & Ruth Schnurmacher Foundation
RBC Wealth Management
The Rhimes Foundation
Elizabeth & Matt Salem
Alison & Mark Smith
Walsh Family Foundation
Claire Wilkes
Benefactor ($10,000 - $14,999)
Jonathan Aibel & Julie Rohwein
(in memory of Howard J. Aibel)
Cohen & Wolf, P.C.
Meghan & Brian Cotter
Michele & Marc Flaster
Brian & Michaela Gold
The Jandora Family
Beryl & Roger Leifer
Mary Ellen & Jim Marpe
Sunny Neff
Kerry & Maggie Lehnerd-Reilly
Shoreline Wealth Management Group
at Morgan Stanley
Kimberly V. Strauss
Sharon Sullivan & Jeff Kindler
Sara and Bret Wiener
Ronni & Fred Zinn
patron ($5,000 - $9,999)
Dave & Hallee Altman
The Benmosche Family
Elwood & Catherine Davis
Jodi & Bill Felton
Mr. and Mrs. Ward Horton
Jennifer Bond Huisking & Matt Huisking
JANA Foundation
Kathryn Ketelsen
Lucinda E. Knuth
Laura & Dale Kutnick
Joan & John (Sam) Nevin
Melissa Newman & Raphael Elkind
Northwestern Mutual Stamford &
the Beilin Group LLC
Cindy Raney & Team at Coldwell
Banker Global Luxury
RDM Financial Group at Hightower
Steve & Frances Rowland
Mr. Stephen Schwartz
The Steele Family
Catherine & Chris Stroup
Anonymous (3)
sustainer ($3,000- $4,999)
Isaac & Ellen Sonsino
Jeffrey & Aileen Brill
The Lenore & Howard Klein Foundation, Inc.
Lux Bond & Green
Jennifer Port
Marguerite & Paul Rossi
Dr. Mark J. Schiff
Patti & Rick Slavin
Dr. Peter & Lyla Steenbergen
Stringer Family Fund
Anonymous
Contributer ($1,500- $2,999)
Molly Alger & Jay Dirnberger
Dave & Hallee Altman
Frank Bailey
Laura Barket
Yvonne Bokhour
Catherine Cook
Amy & Richard Corn
Lillian Damast
Dr. Heather and
Mr. Benjamin Frimmer
Joanna Gleason & Chris Sarandon
David B. Himmelreich
Connor and Liam Huisking
Marjorie Jacobson
Kerri and Jens Joller
Steven & Yvette Kohn
Marta Jo Lawrence
Mitzi Lyman & David Geronemus
Judith Manocherian
Chris and Diana Mashia
The McKinnis Family
Emil & Toby Meshberg
Bruce & Beth Miller
John & Sharon Miller
Patrick Morrow and Alix Purcell
Marjorie Neville & Michael Jacoby
Allen & Lorraine Noveck
Anne G. Pollack
Ann & Peter Pollack
Mr. and Mrs. Peter L. Richardson
Mariannne G. C. Seggerman
Esme Usdan
Westfair TV Audio
Westport Rotary Club
Vanessa Wilson
Richard & Beth Zucker
Donations to the Friends Circle can be found in our digital program.
Listing reflects all gifts received by March 17, 2025. Westport Country Playhouse is a 501[c][3] not-for-profit organization.
Thank you to these
donors for their
suppport!
CHAMPION $1,000-$1,499
Mr. George S. Barrett & Ms. Debbie Neimeth
Sandra Bendfeldt
Carmody Torrance Sandak & Hennessey LLP
William Carthaus
CT Humanities
Roselle & Brian Crombie
Dave Hokin Foundation
Joan K. Eigen
Stuart Gold & Michele Cardella
William F. Gratz & James A. Bruno
Jennifer and Adam Halberg
Connor and Liam Huisking
Bob & Bev Iannucci
J. McLaughlin
Kerri and Jens Joller
Jean Kelly
William & Diane MacKay
Glenn Makl & Joy Langford
Cheryl Manley
Patricia Marcus Curtis
John & Sharon Miller
Betsy & David Nelson
Richard Parower
Jeff Peterson
Rachel & Jake Robards
Jean T. Sells
Jerome & Catherine Shereshewsky
Siegel, Colin & Kaufman, P.C.
Allison & Jon Stockel
Kathryn Totilo
The Tow Foundation
Williams Loughridge Family
Melanie Wyler
LEADER $750-$999
Actors' Equity Foundation, Inc.
Mr. & Mrs. David Fogel
Susie Salomon
Allen & Leslie Silberman
Johnna G. Torsone & John McKeon
Anonymous (2)
SUPPORTER $350-$749
Pippa & David Ader
Jim Arata
Rick & Totney Benson
Frank Bent
Yvonne Bokhour
John & Sharyn Cannon
Emma Carole Paradis and Kimberly Carole
Mr. and Mrs. John Cooper
Gary D. Cosgrave
Betty Lou Cummings
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Dannies
Jill & Alex Dimitrief
Gina Dinardo & Pete Gwynne
Mia Dillon & Keir Dullea
Frank & Ellen Estes
Harris & Elizabeth Falk
Ms. Alice Ferreira
Howie Fetzer
Jack & Deborah Gault
The Gendell Family Foundation
William F. Gibson
Joan and Ted Gillman
Megan Goff
Bob & Candy Golstein
Jen & Matt Gorin
Andrea Gottschall
Ellen Graff and Marty Fox
Robert and Evelyn Graham
Leonard Gravante
Harvey & Kathleen Guion
Charles Haberstroh
Rosemary & Steve Halstead
The Harry Donenfeld Foundation
Michael and Nancy Herling
Allen and Debby Hindin
Sam Jacob
Dan Kail
Pam & Dallas Kersey
Mary Jean & Preston Koster
Catherine Ladnier
Sharon Lauer & Jerry Joseph
Jill Greenberg & Mitchell Lester
Alexandra Hokin & Glenn Levin
Rita & Steve Lewis
Paul & Brenda Liistro
The Longman Family
Michele Matice
Mr. David S. Matlow
William & Irene McCutchen
Leigh & Edward McDermott
Sarah & Anthony Menchaca
Josie Merck
Frank & Sue Millard
Ginger More
Judith & Alphonse No‘
Linda Merrill & William Nolan
Penny Palmer
Len & Cary Peterson
John & Elizabeth Peto
Dulcy Rogers
Donald J Roth
Joseph Scordato & Karen Wendell
Edith D. Sillman
Joan Ross Sorkin
Robin Spath & Rick Fonte
Ms. Nelle Nugent & Mr.l Jolyon Stern
Tarun & Melinda Stewart
Deborah Stillman
Roger & Bevo Tarika
Judith Udell
John & Cindy Vaccaro
Nancy Vener
Michael & Karen Wolfe
Steven & Gail Wolff
Jenifer And Hart Woodson
Anonymous (6)
FRIEND $150-$349
Kim & David Adler
Maryan Ainsworth
Janet & David Aitoro
Elvira Albert
Monroe S. Alechman
Sharon Amato
Nancy H. Apfel
Carolyn Arnold
Susan Arnold
Kristina Ashley
Jessica Auerbach
J. Edward Backus
Richard M. Bain
Richard Bain
John Barry
Joseph Bartolotta
Sharon and Stephen Baum
Brian Baxendale and Marjolijn
Lynn Beth Bayard
Shelly & Drummond Bell
Mr. & Mrs. James Benfield
Debbie L. Benner
Nina Bentley
Jan C. Berlage
Ruth & David Berliner
James Berner & Sheila Ward
Stephen J Bistran
Tom & Ronnie Bloch
Margaret Borchers
Jennifer & Robert Bowman
Susan & Michael Boyar
Chris & Laurie Bradbury
James & Melinda Brockwell
Ms. Karol Brumit
Mr. & Mrs. Matthew R. Bud
Lisa Burghardt
Michael Burnette
The Burns Family
Nancy & Richard Burns
Charles Cante
Marianne Card
Michele Cardella
Judith Carpenter
Samuel Carpenter
Jackie Carr
Mary Ellen Casey
Eileen & Barry Cass
Alex & Linda Chapman
Dan and Priscilla Christianson
Jennifer & Alan Clement
Raiford C. Cockfield
Drs. Bobbi & Barry Coller
Kerry & Jim Cooper
Claudia Coplen
Jonathan & Huguette Cunitz
Joe and Emily DiMiceli
Jill and Alex Dimitrief
Dan Dodderidge
Gina Dodge
Dan & Cheryl Dunson
Richard and Ruth Edelson
Susan S. Ellis
Barbara and David Elson
Arline B. Epstein
Lee Ann Fallet
Rossella Fanelli
Virginia Ferrari
Deborah Fins & Donald Strait
Lawrence Fischer
Linda Forcellina
Maria Rose Fortier
Dennis Fortino
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Fox
The Fradella Family
Friends Of The Westport Center For Senior Activities
Sally & Bob Galan
Mark Gallo
Dr. & Mrs. James P. Gavin
Jack Gilpin & Ann McDonough
GivingArt Llc
Bart and Myra Goldberg
Stacey Goodwin
Nan & Paul Gordon
Stephanie Gordon
Nancy Griffin
Roberta & Eric Grossberg
Julietta Guarino
Alvin and Hope Hageman
Kent Haina
Arlene Hall
Marilyn Hamilton
Donna Hannay
Roni & Howard Harmetz
Ernest Harrington
Aleta Mitchell & Thomas Haskell
Maureen Kennedy Hays
Nicole & Larry Heath
Louise Kerz Hirschfeld
Judy & Walter Hlawitschka
Steven and Elizabeth Hobbs
Karen Hoffman
Julia Holliday
Mrs. Margaret Holton
Scott & Linda Hopper
Cynthia & Peter Hurvitz
Richard & Francoise Jaffe
Elliott Kanbar & Barbara Rose
Linda & George Karaffa
Honorable and Mrs. Edward R. Karazin Jr.
Steve Karp/Gwendolyn Morris
Randie Katz
Diana Kauppinen
Ms. Pat Kimball
Bruce Kimmel
Lynda Kinney
Carl Kleidman
Judi Koffsky
Jane Rosenfield-Kolb
Mariusz & Krystyna Kossarski
Claudia Kraut
Martin and Roberta Krauthamer
Mike & Lori Krysiuk
Glen Kudlicki
Susan Kueffner
Ellen Lane
Stephen & Lisa Lawrence
R.B. & Liz Lerch
Dana & Paul Levin
Scot Lewis
Kathleen Linehan
Hannah & Jamie Lissette
Dick & Ellie Lowenstein
Diane Lowman Foundation
Richard & Terry Lubman
Terry & Lance Lundberg
Arthur Lungo
Claudine Maidique
Neil Markman & Eric Stine
Melissa and Brett Reiner
Sean and Alison Martin
Nancy Marx
Don and Ellen McNees
Suzanne J. Megrue
Judd Mellott
Suzy & Dave Mercado
The Mikolasy Family
Lois Miller
Lynne Minsky
Stacey Mokotoff
Raymond Moy & Mae Ling
Anthony Musto
Mr. and Mrs. Eric Nadel
Sandy Nathan
Marna & Stuart Novack
Jeffrey & Nancy Oberman
Julie Okon
The O'Leary Family
Jennifer Openshaw
Gerard Pampalone and Arlene Carpenter
Steve & Diane Parrish
Krishna Patel
Sandra J. Peterson
Jill and John Petterson
John Petterson
Lou Pittocco
Lucy Plesco
Wade Podlich
Daryl & Doug Presley
Paige & Nevin Steinberg (in honor of Gerry Appel)
Josephine A. Raimondi
Mary Randolph
Kerstin & Vijay Rao
Carolyn Raymond
Douglas M. Reid & Julie Johnson
Lisa Rome
Mark Roszkowski
Barbara & Jon Roth
Jay Rozgonyi & Suzanne Solensky
Neal Rubinstein
Ann & Donald Rully
Becky Ruthven
Nancy & Roger Sachs
Wil Saint
Laura Salma
The Schaap Family
Mr. & Mrs. Philip Schaefer
Sheila Schleier
Rita & Gary Selsky
Julie & Steve Shapiro
George & Madeline Shepherd
Shelly & Len Sherman
William Sherman
The Shifman-Deibler Family
Genevieve Shore
Howard & Sharon Silver
Kyle Silver
The Silverstone Family
Taisa Skubiak & Jerrod Kennard
Esther Sloane
Rick & Debi Smilow
Paul Sofia & Scott Schwartz
Peary & Patti Spaght
Ken Staffey
Howard & Jo Stecker
Barbara & Brian Stern
Fred Stokley
Donna DollŽ
Louis A. Stone
Reva Stuckelman
Tim Sullivan
Dr. Pavur Sundaresan
Ann & Robert Svensk
Andrew & Jenny Taubman
Vicki & Tom Tesoro
Stephanie Thomas
Bunny Thompson
Nancy & David Tillson
Albert Tornatore
Caren Tucker
Mr. David Ulmer
Harrison and Diane Valante
Rick Van Arnam & Laura Hunt
Frances & Matthew Van Gessel
Claudia Vargish
Tami Veikos
Carolyn Vermont
Harvey Wagner
Suzy Wahba
The Wakeham Family
Courtland & Caiitlin Walker
Harriet & Richard Walter
Schuyler Warner
Andrea Weiss
Joan Wexler
Ms. Lisa Wexler
James White & Ann Jacobi-White
Lucinda Hale Willis (in memory of Mary Becker)
Susan & Courtney Wilson
Ruth Winnick
Jane & Richard B. Wolf
The Yu Family
Anonymous (11)
CORPORATE PARTNERS
Carmody Torrance Sandak &
Hennessey LLP
Cindy Raney & Team at Coldwell
Banker Global Luxury
Cohen & Wolf, P.C.
GivingArt Llc
J. McLaughlin
LaurelRock
Lux Bond & Green
The Shoreline Wealth Management
Group at Morgan Stanley
Northwestern Mutual Stamford &
the Beilin Group LLC
RBC Wealth Management
RDM Financial Group at Hightower
Siegel, Colin & Kaufman, P.C.
Westfair TV Audio
government & foundation support
Actors’ Equity Foundation, Inc.
Burry Fredrik Foundation
CT Humanities
CT Department of Economic &
Community Development,
Office of the Arts
Dave Hokin Foundation
CT Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection
Farber Family Foundation
Friends Of The Westport Center
For Senior Activities
The Gendell Family Foundation
The Harry Donenfeld Foundation
Howard & Katherine Aibel Foundation
I See a Foundation
JANA Foundation
Jerome Levy Foundation
CT Chapter League Of Professional
Theatre Women
The Lenore & Howard Klein
Foundation, Inc.
Diane Lowman Foundation
Lucille Lortel Foundation
The Maurer Family Foundation
National Endowment for the Arts
Newman’s Own Foundation
Janet & Fred Plotkin / Adolph & Ruth
Schnurmacher Foundation
The Rhimes Foundation
The Shubert Foundation, Inc.
Smilow Foundation
Stringer Family Fund
The Tow Foundation
Walsh Family Foundation
Westport Rotary Club
The Winston Foundation
Anonymous (2)
Actors’ Equity Foundation, Inc.
Ashken Family Charitable Foundation
Burry Fredrik Foundation
CT Humanities
CT Department of Economic &
Community Development, Office of
the Arts
Dave Hokin Foundation
CT Department of Emergency
Services and Public Protection
Anonymous
Friends Of The Westport Center For
Senior Activities
Tow Charitable Fund
The Harry Donenfeld Foundation
Howard & Katherine Aibel Foundation
Anonymous
I See a Foundation
JANA Foundation
Jerome Levy Foundation
CT Chapter League Of Professional
Theatre Women
The Lenore & Howard Klein
Foundation, Inc.
Diane Lowman Foundation
Lucille Lortel Foundation
The Maurer Family Foundation
National Endowment for the Arts
Newman’s Own Foundation
Janet & Fred Plotkin / Adolph & Ruth
Schnurmacher Foundation
The Rhimes Foundation
The Shubert Foundation, Inc.
Smilow Foundation
Stringer Family Fund
The Tow Foundation
Westport Rotary Club
The Winston Foundation
special gifts
In-kind donations
Better ITS Integrated Technology
Solutions
Bigelow Tea
Castle Wine & Spirits
Dogsname
Hilton Garden Inn Norwalk
Media Sponsors
Moffly Media
WSHU Radio
In-kind donations
Better ITS Integrated Technology Solutions
Bigelow Tea
Castle Wine & Spirits
Dogsname
Gabriele's
Hilton Garden Inn Norwalk
Westport Farmers Market
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