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2023/24 SUPPORTERS

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Urbanite Theatre would like to thank and recognize our generous donors for supporting our mission to bring compelling, intimate live theatre experiences to downtown Sarasota.  

Donations made since July 1, 2023

PRODUCER'S CIRCLE

PRODUCING PARTNER ($50,000+)

George Steitz in memory of Susan Williams

Sarasota County

 

PRESENTING PRODUCER ($20,000-$49,999)

Doug Bradbury

Jack & Priscilla Schlegel

Josh Howard & Scott Perry

William & Marie Selby Foundation

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EXECUTIVE PRODUCER ($10,000+)

Barbara Jacob

Chase & Robin Curtis in the fond memory of Latte

Cheryl Wyatt & John Wenderski

Gerald & Sondra Biller

Gulf Coast Community Foundation

Len Goldberg & Maureen Gebhardt

Mercedes O'Connor

Shubert Foundation

The Exchange

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CO-PRODUCER ($5,000-$9,999)

Anne & Tony Serdula

​Barbara & Daniel O'Keefe

Ben Boyum

Dick & Betty Watt Nimtz

Emilie Robinson

In Memory of Deb Shoss

Johnson Singer Arts Education Fund

Jorgen & Esther Jensen

Linda & Reid MacCluggage

Maila & Frank Maggio

Marge & Leon Ellin

Mark Lancaster & Nancy Woodruff

Miriam & Charles Wood 

Nanette Crist

Shari & Steve Ashman

Skip & Janis Swan

Smile Sarasota

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ASSOCIATE PRODUCER ($2,500-$4,999)

Annette Haile

All We Are

Anonymous

Bob & Pat Baer

Caplin Foundation

Carole & Malcolm Schwartz

Community Foundation of Sarasota County

Cynthia & David Abrams

Deborah & Walton Beacham

Donald & Ronda Gallehue

Georgia Higgins

Jeffrey Hamblin, MD & Mark-Alan

Jill & Stephen Bell

Marta Riordan & Jim Boyle

Scott Talbot Lewis & Tony Gibbons

Susan Talarico & Mike Sundermeyer

Werner & Karen Gundersheimer

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CITY COUNCIL ($1,000-$2,499)

Ann & Gary Olson

Barbara Puccia

Bob & Debbie Hendel

Burgess Levin & Mary Saily

Carol A. McKeone

Carolyn Michel & Howard Millman

Chris D'Hespeelhris 

Clare & Richard Segall

Donald Brian Elitzer

Douglas Kuperman & Maureen Maguire

Dr. Jody Beresford & Dr. Robert Mayer

Ed Keon & Pat Kennelly

Eva T. Slane

Grant Herren

Guy & Maria Mandler

Ibby Archer

Isa & Allan Engleberg

Janet Stern & Lewis Solomon

Jeff & Michelle Mariola

Joseph & Gwenn Graboyes

Loanis

Lucie & David Lapovsky

Lynn & Steve Blackledge

Mary Lou Winnick

Maryl C. & Bill Levine

Mr. & Mrs. Richard L. Biller

Nancy Markle

Nancy Greenhouse & Patrick Canavan

Olson Family Foundation

Raymond & Maralyn Morrissey 

Ronni & Sheldon Aptekar

Scheidel Foundation

Shelly & Ronni Aptekar

Sue Rupp & Josh Ingoj

Sharon Burde

Valerie Gill

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Alex Karotis

Andrew & Felicia Hall

Andy Frank Fund

Adrienne & Ronald Watts

Ann B. Roth

Alvin Jenkins & Clare Ward-Jenkins

Barbara Raphael

Brian & Kathleen Beggerow

Cookie Bloom

Carol Lee Gilbert & Matty Matheson

Douglas & Jane Jones

Elaine & Fred Panitz

Frank C. Taylor

Franklin Fitness

Jan & Jerry Lazar

Jeffrey Marvin in loving memory of Judy MarvinJeffery Jeffrey R. Stevens 

John Bradbury & Frances Fergusson

Jordan & Rookie Shifrin

Joseph Deutsch

Julie & John Ingleman

Kathie & Peter Daley

Kim Albright & J Michael Dow

Marc & Eve Kanoff

Marie McKee & Robert Cole Jr.

Martin & Catha Abrahams 

Martin Tucker

Maxine Becker

Michael Bille & Lois Greenbaum

Michael Robert Hannon

Mr. & Mrs. Ronald G. Watts

Pamela Hahlbeck

Peg Allen & Steve Dixon

Penelope Durham

Phylis & Ray Crook

Sharon Strassfeld & Michael Ramella

Sharon & Russell Stephens

Staffing Matches

Susan McGivern & John Irwin

Thalia Dorwick

Toby & Noel Siegel

Toby Deutsch

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NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH ($500-$999)

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LIFEGUARD ($100-$499)

Aimee Jackson

Alex Pinchin

Alison Gensmer

Allan Gore

Allyne & Robert Zorn

Amy Barkin

Andra & Irwin Press

Andrew & Felicia Hall

Andy Sandberg

Ann Gundersheimer

Ann & John Ruffing

Annarita Scott

Annette & Ed Eliasberg

Barbara Blanchard

Barbara Somma

Barbara Zdravecky

Becky Suomi aka Aunt BooBoo

Benjamin & Gisela Huberman

Bernice F. Niss

Bill & Joyce Fletcher

Bill Lichtig & Barbara Kopitz

Brenda Withers & Jonathan Fielding

Bruce Lehman 

Carole Beebe & Rick Barry

Catherine Cooper

Carmen Lang

​Carol Freifelder

Carol Williams

Carole Kleinberg

Catherine B. Paris

Cathie Schaffer

Charles G. Alkire

​Charlotte & Charles Perret

Chris & Kirk Voelker

Christine Kratzer

Chuck & Micki Kacmar

Dale Berkebile

Dan Rankin

David & Chloe Harralson

David & Janis Blackman

David & Rebecca Lyons

David Welle

Dean Miller

Deborah J Trice

Deborah & James Reda

Deborah & John Shucart

Debra Buttaggi

Donna De Poalo

Dorothy & Ed Payne

Dorothy Ritter

Dr. Stephen S. Stambler

Eldon J. & Linda Morgan

Ellen J. Kramer

Eve & Marc Kanoff

Eve Caballero

F. Joseph Wilson

Fran & Jack Braverman

Frances Fergusson

​Franklin G. Berlin Foundation

​G. Todd Yeomans

Gary & Lorraine Dickinson

Gary Novak

George Kotlewski

Gino & Carolyn Primus

H. Gladstone and Betty Pritchard McKeon Foundation

Hamlet's Eatery

Hank & Gail

Harvey Siegel

Helga & Jerry Bilik

Howard & Anita Harris

Ingrid C. Nutter

In Honor of Dekyi Ronge'

In loving memory of Joe Sander

Jack Barnett

James & Esther Heitler

Jan Wallace

Jane & Ben Maliszewski

Jane C. Fox

​Jane & Steve Goodman 

Janet Stern Solomon

Jeffrey Frank

Jeffrey Halperin

Jennifer Crowley

Jennifer Johnston

Jesse Biter

Jim Sorensen & Natalie Symons

Joe & Barbara Sander

​Joe & Dede Mallof

Joel & Susan Fried

​John & Deborah Ayres

John & Patricia Scibak

Jon & Gina Landsberg

Joseph Mallof

Judith Boice & Joan Carboni

Judith & George Hoffman 

Judy Guinn

Judy Zuckerberg

Karen Brown

Karen A. Wehner

Karen D. Berman

Karen Cunningham

Karen & Ed Friedman

Karen Lichtig

Kathleen & Al Gossweiler

Kathleen Frankart

​Kathleen Gossweiler

Kathryn Konrad

Kathy Schersten

Kathy Weil

Kay Delaney

Ken Bond

Kim & Paul Herren

Kimberly Freiwald

L. Sherman

Leah Reda

Leon & Marysue Wechsler

Lesley Svenson

Leslie Meeker

Linda & Chris Hansen

Linda Konegen

Linda Holland

Linda Larsen & John Scalzi

Linda & Keith Callahan

Linda K. & Stephen F. Zenuh

Louis & Linda Talarico

Lynn N. Schaefer

Mark Glassman & Wendy Jacobs

Mark Smith

Maria P. Reba

Marion Richter

Marlene Kitchell

Maxine Sclar & Robert Yamartino

MJ Conway

Mommy Dearest

Natalie & Rob Weinstein

​Patti Lee & Wayne Curtis

Peter Robinson

Philip Frankel

Patti Lee Curtis

Ray & Maryanne Hazen

Robert & Linda Smith

Ron & Emme Shapiro

Ron & Iris Berger

Ronni Blumenthal

Ruth Reiter & Dan Metzler

Samuel & Joyce Tucker

Sandy Family Foundation

Sara & Jim Coffou

Severini Family

Scott Bradley

Serpil Emre

Sharon Rolle

Sharon Zimmerman

Shirl & Robert Gauthier

Stacy Sternberg

Stephen & Annette D'Ambrosio

Stephen & Roberta Bonfilio

Stephen Stambler

Steve & Helen Zielinski

Stu Wilson

Sue & George Ritzer

Susan Anderson

Susan & David Katz

Susan & Duncan Brown

Tere Reis

Thelma & David Bold

Untrendy Marketing

Virginia Sullivan

William H. Hatz

Wilhelm & Inge Saake

William J. Montagne

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Adrianne Petillo

Aileen Cornbleet

Ailsa Deitemeyer

Alisa Mueller

Alison Schillinger

Alyssia Lazin & Paul  Kapic

Amy Martin & Edwin Henneken

Angela R Rauter & Cory Mitchell

Anne Harrison

Ashley & Joseph Ferrarelli

Barbara Banks

Barb Bullock & James Kassees

Barbara Campo

Barbara Jacoby

Barbara Murphy

Barry & Karen Oshry

Bernice Giscombe

Bernice Shor & Irwin Feinberg

Bonnie & Alan Ross

Dale & Barbara Jensen

Dale Otterman

Dani Worth

David Evans

David M. Smith

​Deb MacConnell

Deborah & Mark MacConnell

Drs. David and Peri Namerow

Dyana Young

Carl & Penny Morrison

Carol Camiener

Carol & Steve Altaker

Carolina Franco

Carolyn Primus

Carolyn Zaput

Casey Murphy

Cheri L. Carlson

Chris Bloom

Christian Brechot

Connie Schindewolf

Cynthia Wolloch & Joe Reid

D Franklin

Deborah Fallenberg

Dekyi Ronge'

Dennis Maley

Diane Steinbrink

Dr. James Nichol

Drs. Philip & Lucy Sandler

Ellen Sakamoto

Elizabeth Fusco

Eric Leventhal

​Eugenie Hindall

Franky D. Gonzalez

Gail Klein

Gary LaParl

Glen Graczyk

Giuliana Grossi

Heidi & Bryce Zwiesler

Henriette Van Eck 

In Honor of Artistic Director Summer Dawn Wallace

In Honor of Charlie Beye & Richard Deppe

In honor of Judi, who introduced me to the Urbanite 

In Honor of Patricia Edwards

In Memory of Charlie Beye & Richard Deppe

In Memory of Michael Kershnar

Ira S. Rosner 

Ivan & Judith Kazen

Jack & Claudia Barnett

Jack Hillman

Jake Hartvigsen

James Buckles

James Monaghan

Jay N. Cohn MD

Jeff & Christy Weber

Jeffrey Hollway

Jenny & Don Walker

Jeri Sedlar

​Joan Kayser

Joan Trent

Joan Verizzo

Joel Kreiss & Arlene Stolnitz

John Collier

John Farris

John Zimmerman

Joseph Byers

Joshua Nelson

Joy & John Feagan

Julia & Anthony Graziano

Julie & John Ingleman

Julie Greenspoon & Donna Lorson

Karen Goldsmith

Katherine Brown

Kathleen & George Brinkman

Kathryn Konrad

Kathie Moon

Kathryn & Paul Miller

Kathryn Liset

Kathryn Ross

Kay Levy

Kim Logan

Laura Chambers

Laurie Myers

​Lavina Jadhwani

Leah Verier-Dunn

Linda Buxbaum

Linda Cordisco & Judy Johnston

Linda Duncan

Livy Scanlon

Lonetta Gaines

Lorin Driggs

Loyal season subscriber

Lucy & Kevin Aikman

Lynn & John D Paul

Marilyn Schugg

Mike & Sara Benesch

Millie Finkel

Mitch Maley

Monica Gagnier

Ms. Mastro

Nick D'Cuple & Dik Carrier 

Norma Goldberg

Olivia Dambrosio

Patricia & Tim Shaw

Patty Bjelland

Randi Berry

Richard Palmer

Ron & Barbara Lusen

Shaun Greenspan

Stanford H. Ross

Stephanie Deshaies

Stevie Lazarus

Susan Girese

Suzan Friedman

Tamara Harte

Tom & Susan Bowers

Tony Joseph

Untrendy Marketing

Wayne & Susanne Gruber-Krush

Wendy Starr

TOWNSPEOPLE ($25-$99)

This list was last updated on 6/30/2024 for gifts for July 1, 2023-June 30, 2024 fiscal year 

For any errors or omissions please speak with

Alex Pelletier at: (941) 321-1397 or alexpelletier@urbanitetheatre.com

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