The Black Rep wishes to acknowledge and thank our supporters. The following contributions were made in the period from 8/1/2023- 8/1/2024. Financial gifts from companies, foundations, government entities, and individuals ensure the continuance of high quality mainstage productions and educational programming. Donations made to the following initiatives are acknowledged separately: Giving Tuesday, Sophisticated Ladies Giving Initiative, and Gala. 

Individual Giving

Directors $1,000 and above

Otis and Cynthia Beard

Herbert and Judy Bentley

Berges Family Foundation

Cardinals Care

Herman and Anjanette Clark 

John Dehart and Jyoti Parwatikar

Michael Edwards

Barbara and Tom Feiner

Keith and Beth Gooch

Dudley Grove

Loren Madden

Andrew Martin

Kimberly Norwood

Lionel and Barbara Phillips

David and Joyce Price

Devin Price

Enterprise Mobility

Kathleen I Shaw

Milton and Nina Smiley-Wilkins

Mary Strauss

SWMW Law

The Mary Ranken Jordan and Ettie A. Jordan Charitable Foundation

The Shubert Foundation, Inc.

The Trio Foundation Of St. Louis

Theatre League Of Kansas City

Susan and Peter Tuteur

Veterans United Foundation

Whitaker Foundation

White, Coleman and Associates, LLC

Bill and Ellen Yeckley

And Many Anonymous Donors

Stars - $500 to $999

Carolyn Becker

Carnettia Blackwell

Richard Blaha

Connie Brooks

Joanna and Koushik Das

 Sally Johnston

Karen Jordan

Lauren Jackson 

Otha Myles and April Tyus Miles

Derek and Emily Rapp

Hana Sharif

Natalia Tucker

Chandra Webb

Daniel and Yvette Whitehead

Peter Wollenberg

Cynthia and Thomas Woolsey

And Many Anonymous Donors 

Stage Managers $250- $499

Actor's Equity Foundation, Inc.

Tim and Jan Cerny

Jean and Lewis Chase

Jackie Schirn and Robert Drzymala

Anne-Marie Clarke and Richard Gaines

Ann Corrigan 

Alison Ferring

Keith and Ann Fischer

Susan Greenberg

William and Linda Hentchel

Thomas Herm and Mary Susman

Jill and Daniel McGuire

Michael Ness and Jenny Voelker

Elizabeth J. PArker

Alcee Polk

Elizabeth VanDyke

And Many Anonymous Donors

Ensemble $100 - $249

David Secord and Amy Adams

Anne Adderton

Monica Allen 

D. F.  Anderson

Barbara Bollmann and Lloyd Klinedinst

Chauncey and Mary Batchelor

Brown and Crouppen

Nelson Brown

Tracie Bruce

Odessa Chambers 

Laura Cohen

Lois Conley

William and Ann Corrigan 

David and Jean Cowell

Keli D. Creighton 

Wendy Durbin

Lewis  Fischbein and Wanda Drewel

Lisa Gage

Cathleen and Robert Haar

Frank Hamsher and Peggy Guest 

Liz Hawthorne and Larry Mohr 

Andreal Hoosman

Barbara Hume

Andrea Jackson

Claudia Joyce

Evan and Stephanie Krauss

Wynne and Randall Moskop

Mike and Terry Mulligan 

Thom Pegg

John Howard Percy

David  Queller and Joan Strassman

Matthew and Ivonne Silva

Sterbenz Household John and Karen Sterbenz

Mike and Pat Stokes

The Muny

Ronald Tompkins

Jan Esther Walker

Constance M. Williams

James M. and Barbara G. Willock

And Many Anonymous Donors

Stage Hands $99& Under

American Online Giving Foundation

Claire Anderson

Claude Bernard and Walker, Joan Walker

Iver Bernstein and Kay Sherman

Nicole Blumner

Deneen Busby 

William Dodd and Eileen Clarke

Lisa Gage

Lawanda Gibson Bowen

Susan Greenberg

Loren and Marcia Grossman

Wade and Rebecca Hall 

Gary and Mimi Hirshberg

Deneen Hodges

Mary Ann Lazarus 

Dolores B. Malcom

Susan Marshall

Robert Nesbit

Pizza Head 

Anne-Marie Ruhlin

Daniel and Donna Taylor

Karen Thornton

Karlton Thornton 

Keita S Todd

Bryan Vandevender 

Sharon Williams 

Ed Wright

Verna Yancy

And Many Anonymous Donors 

HONORS AND MEMORIALS

In Honor of Donald Suggs

Noemi Neidorff

In Honor of Ron Himes

Mary Ann Lazarus

In Acknowledgment of Jennifer Stoffel

Steve and Beverly Knight

In Honor of Rudy Nickens

Maxine Birdsong

In Memory of Rosalyn Madden

Ah’Don Duke

In Memory of Ayanna Oldham Abernethy

Jan Oldham

Im Memory of Stephanie Pope, MD

Natalia Tucker

In Memory of Carol Bartell

Liz Hawthorne and Larry Mohr

Robert Nesbit

Wendy Durbin

Susan Marshall

Andrea Jackson

In Honor of Ellie Schwetye

Lewis Fischbein and Wanda Drewel

In Memory of Linda Kennedy

Tim and Jan Cerny

In Memory of Patricia Ann Woods May

Otis and Cynthia Beard

In Remembrance of Tammie Holland

Danielle Brown

Keli D. Creighton

Elaina Richardson-Lee, 53 Diamonds-SLA Delta Sigma Theta

Roxanne White

Nedra Davis,53 Diamonds-SLA Delta Sigma Theta

The Muny

Dana Beteet Daniels

Brown and Crouppen

Diane Johnson-53 Diamonds- SLA Delta Sigma Theta

Cheryl Crayton

Lillian Booker 53 Diamonds-SLA Delta Sigma Theta

Tracie Bruce

Lauren Jackson, Stephanie Williams, Hilary Scott, Che Frost, and Yolanda Sims

Sharon Williams- 53 Diamonds- SLA Delt Sigma Theta, Inc

Cynthia Whitaker-53 Diamonds SLA Delta Sigma Theta,Inc

Wandaleen Brown 53 Diamonds SLA

Andreal Hoosman

Soror Denise Casey-53 Diamonds SLA Delta Sigma Theta

Deneen Hodges, 53 Diamonds-SLA Delta Sigma Theta

William and Dr. Lillian Curtis

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