2024-2025 Donors
Season Eleven
Donations since June 1, 2024
Updated November 5, 2024
Thank You for Supporting the Arts
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.
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!
Special Thanks to Organizations Providing Grants
We'd like to especially thank these organizations for providing through grant programs
Sponsorship Levels
Foundational Support
$10,000+
The Shubert Foundation
Sponsor
$2,500-$5,000
Duane and Judie Schafer
Donors
Standing Ovation
$1,000-$2,499
John and Nancy Colina
Linda Miller
Earl and Sandy Schafer
Barbara Thayer
Anonymous
Encore
$500-$999
Erica and Laurent Chappuis
Leslie DeSilva and Harley Miah
Paul and Mari Frost
Elizabeth and Robert Leski
Mark and Linda Rabin Hammell
Rocket Companies
Bravo
$250-$499
Steve and Kathy Benton
Richard and Connie Cowper
Todd and Linda Cleaver
Wendy and Steve Hiller
Donald and Gail Martin
Jodi McGrew
Kathleen Rankin
Doris Richards
Applause
$100-$249
Maggie Christ
Tom and Linda Dickman
Collie Hooper-Yan
Susan and Matthew Hurst
Elizabeth and Peter Kantz
Jodi McGrew
Nykiel Law, Edward J. Nykiel Attorney & Counselor
Elizabeth Ruck – in memory of Tamara Howes
Dan and Pam Sanquist – in memory of Tamara Howes
Harold Summers
Mo Yang
Pat Zavadil
Patron
$25-$99
Marj Bolgos
Leslie and Donald Carpenter
Melissa Close
Jan Cartwright and Jerry Gass
Jaclyn Clark
Rebecca Clarke
Peg and Jerry Darnell
Jonathan Davidson
Ann Gallon
Maggie and Dave Gilkes
Ruth Grayson
Wes and Barb Grose
Phil Hughes
Barb Klemans
Heather Laskos
Annete Leone
Tarring Lim
Tim Micsko
Ed and Debbie Nykiel
Dominic & Elizabeth Palazzolo
Tina Paraventi
Ed and Kathye Quirk
Lisa Rutledge
Matthew Schafer
Jennifer and Todd Schafer
Alissa Schleich
Kez Settle
Erin and Matt Shelton
Michelle Tanguay
Bruce Tackett
Timber Ridge Condo Association – in memory of Tamara Howes
Roberta Urbani and John Leon
Suzanne Renee Wilson
Donors
$1-$24
Donald and Sydnee Corbin
Elizabeth Corodado
Kathy Kane
Jesse Lipson
Maureen Paraventi
Matthew Quirk
Katie Suchyta
Nick Yocum