2023-2024 Donors
Season Ten
donations since June 1, 2023
Updated November 11, 2023
Thank you so much for your generosity, and for partnering with us in the essential work of the arts.
*Thank you also to everyone who anonymously dropped some cash into our donation jar or bucket at our live shows, or in our raise the roof campaign. If we didn’t have your name, it won’t appear here (or your full total doesn’t reflect these extra gifts), but your contributions are just as needed and appreciated. Please let us know if your name is missing or needs to be corrected.
$10,000+ Foundational Support
Michigan NonProfit Association
Michigan Arts and Culture Council
National Endowment for the Arts
The Shubert Foundation
$2500-$5000 – Sponsor
Anonymous – Sponsor for Grand Concourse
Duane and Judie Schafer
$1000-$2499 – Standing Ovation
Anonymous
Trenton Rotary Foundation
John and Nancy Colina
Linda Miller In memory of Tim Duperron, who appeared in Wyandotte musicals many years ago, and loved OBTC
$500-$999 – Encore
Steve and Kathy Benton
Erica and Laurent Chappuis
Richard and Connie Cowper
Mark and Linda Rabin Hammell
Kathleen Rankin
Earl and Sandy Schafer
Ron Brausch & Pat Selby
$250-$499 – Bravo
Jerry and Shonnie Allen
Linda and Todd Cleaver
Wes and Barb Grose
Donald and Gail Martin
Teresa Powell
Ed and Kathye Quirk
Barbara Thayer
Angela Zimmann and Martin Otto Zimmann
$100-$249 – Applause
Amy Bishop
Alejna Brugos
Rebecca Clarke
Steve DeBruyne
Leslie DeSilva
Tom and Linda Dickman
Colleen Dolan-Greene
Rod and Nina Barlow Glover
Steve and Wendy Hiller
Matthew & Susan Hurst
Kay Ikola
Christine Jakubek
Claudia Kovac
Nykiel Law, Edward J. Nykiel Attorney & Counselor
The Joes
Robert & Teresa Pollock
Peter Poulos
Dan and Pam Sanquist
Krista Schafer
Harold Summers
Pat Zavadil
$25-$99 – Patron
John Allen
Ellen Andrews
Carol Barrett
Tony Antonellis & Lynne Beckett
Margaret Berger
Marj Bolgos
Cynthia Brody
Loretta Bullock
Maureen Callahan
Jan Cartwright
Chris & Erin Chapman
MarySue Coatsworth
Amy Cole
Bryan & Holly Conroy
Krystle Dellihue
The Dinwiddie’s
Colleen Dolan-Greene
Deb & Matt Ellsworth
Ron Gacioch
Adriane Galea
Maggie and Dave Gilkes
Ruth Grayson
Brian & Katie Hartwell
Jenna Hinton
David & Karin Hiske
Forest Hudson
Phil Hughes
Susan and Art Hughes
Bill Jasman
Jay and Jennifer Jolliffe
Jennifer Klunge
The Krenitskys
Erika Kwan
Heather Laskos
Amy Lauter
Tarring Lim
Bruce and Dorene Markwardt
Sonja Marquis
V Martin
Jodi McGrew
Denise McNamara
Lauren Montgomery
Mark Olson
Maureen Paraventi
Beth and Paul Primeau
Shelly Reichlin
Lisa Rutledge
Lynne Salow
Madelyn Sarich
Jason and Mitzie Schafer
Jennifer and Todd Schafer
Kez Settle
Samantha Silva
Angeline Sliker
Cindi Smith
Mary and Nick Szczerba
Jeannine Thompson
Peggy Tucker
Diana Turner
Monica Ulczynski
Roberta Urbani & John Leon
Connie & Don Weir
Pat Wenger
Annabelle Young
Cheryl and Martin Zemke
$1-24
Donna Auger-DeVoe, Grace Baclawski, Kenneth Caldwell, Donna Decker, Maya Gangadharan, Marie Lorincz, Angelo Marotta, Derek Odoms, Dominic & Elizabeth Palazzolo, Nancy Taeckens, Mo Yang
Donors are a valued part of the Open Book family, and your support helps provide professional productions in the Downriver area. Sponsors always have the option to remain anonymous if they choose. Open Book Theatre Company is a 501(c) (3) not for profit. Donations are tax deductible to the full extent of the law. Want to join our Donors? Learn more here!
We’re proud and grateful to have received an operational grant from the Michigan Arts and Culture Council and the National Endowment for the Arts for Fiscal Year 24, as well as a capital improvement grant to upgrade our lighting and sound equipment. These grants require that we match it with donations from patrons and local businesses. Your gifts to Open Book support the work we do, help us increase our impact in the community, as well as meet our grant requirements. Gifts of all sizes are appreciated and well used. Thank you!
We are grateful to the Shubert Foundation for a $15,000 operational grant.
We are grateful to the Michigan Nonprofit Association for $25,000 in COVID relief funding. This money is essential as we continue to rebuild after the financial strain of the pandemic shutdowns.