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Support About Face Theatre
About Face Theatre is a 501(c)3 non-profit devoted to advancing LGBTQ+ equity through community building, education, and performance. Whether you contribute on an annual basis or this is your first time making a donation, thank you for your generosity!
Deepen Your Impact With a Recurring Donation
Recurring donations are one of the most effective ways for you to pledge your support and invest in the company’s future. Members of the Sustainers Circle are acknowledged in every play program and on our website. From our donation page, you can select the option to make your donation recurring.
Our Supporters
About Face Theatre relies on individual, corporate, foundation and government contributions from our community to support our mission to create exceptional and innovative theatre. Without this support, we would not be able to develop exciting new work in collaboration with the finest emerging and established artists in the nation, nor would we be able to provide exceptional education programming to LGBTQIA youth and their allies.
Institutional Funders
Below is a list of our institutional funders for our 2023-2024 season.
John R. Halligan Charitable Fund
Miriam U. and H. Earl Hoover Foundation
Individual Donors
The below list is a complete list of supporters who donated between September 1, 2022 and August 31, 2023. This list is updated every September (at the end of our fiscal year).
Founders Society
With a generous annual contribution or monthly gift totaling $1,000 or more in a year, Founders Society members support today’s LGBTQ+ artists creating About Face Theatre’s mainstage performances as well as tomorrow’s leaders with AFT’s youth and outreach ensembles.
$10,000+
Richard Schieler Estate
$5,000-$9,999
Brent Warburton
$1,000-$4,999
Tom Chiola
Daniel Desy
Eileen Dordek & Chris Landgraff
David P. Germaine and Robert D. LoPrete
Prof. James A. Glazier
Michael Heyman
Becky Huinker
Amy Hutchison
E. Patrick Johnson
John Paul Massi
Julia Fabris McBride & William McBride
Bill Michel & Mark Botelho
Charles Rhee
John Sanders & Jason Held
Edmund Talideh
Ray Wagner
Linsea Waugh
Brian Woodworth & Brian Phillips
$500-$999
Anthony Ackerman
James L Alexander
Angela Barnes & Sofia Anastopoulos
Cheryl Lynn Bruce & Kerry James Marshall
Forrest Burroughs
Victor L Corder
Pat Ewert & Susan Blake
Niall and Katie Hardiman
Howard Heyman & Bill Chamberlain
John Kander
Michael Leppen
Cody Miller
Mary Morten & Willa Taylor
Sharon Mylrea
Clark Pellett & Robert Kohl
Geoff Robinson
Roche Schulfer & Mary Beth Fisher
Bernadette Smith & Heather Vickery
Nicolas Stolfa
$100-$499
Rob Abernathy & Peter Vamvakas
Chris Andrese
Alfred & Rosanne Andrews
Chris Baer & Matt Greenberg
Dylan Barkmeier
Sera Benson
Dave Bentlin
Benjamin Berry
Dorian Bezanis
Roger Bialcik
Andrew Szegedy-Maszak & Elizabeth Bobrick
Alex Bonnema
Lisa Bowden
Cassie Bradley
Mark & Pandora Brewer
Crosser Buck
John Callen
Michael & Robin Carney
Victoria Carney
Biz Wells & Jessica Carson
Adithi Chandrashekar & Kelli Simpkins
Leon Chen
Julie Chiron
Gerald Cholewa &
Ronald Klimek
Jeffery Christ
Kelliann Cirone
Darwin Corrin
Dan Dornbrook
Deanna Dunagan
Kenneth East &
Timothy Thurlow
Alan Eddington
Michael Elkow Jr.
Michal Eskayo
Xavier Esters
Derrick Everett
Daniel Frett &
Jacqueline Kurcz-Frett
Dan Gaichas
John Gallagher & Tod Tappert
Gary Gephart
Ethel C. Gofen
Steve & Jo Ellen Ham
Matthew Harvat
Todd Herron
Adrienne Hiegel
Gregory Hinz
Ted Hoerl & Steve Scott
Amber Jamison
Ruth Johnston
Mark Kaplan & Michael Camp
Rosalind Kaye
Carol Kennedy
Jack Kiburz
Kim & Ed Kleine
Jean Klingenstein
Jacob Kurilla-Gotz
Eric Lofdahl
Chris Lonn
Lynn Macal
Jessica Massad
Amy Matheny
John E. Matthews
Robert McCamant
Bill Melamed
Andreas Melinat
Joseph Mittler
Stephen Nehlsen
Christopher Pherson
Jerry Proffit
Nick Rafka
Krystal Raymond
Stephen Roy & Lloyd Kohler
Jim Ruud & Richard Shoemaker
Lauren Sack
Star Sapphire
W. Curt Schade
Heather Schmucker & Lisa Freeman
David Schoon
Scott Schroeder
F. Sheppard Shanley
Timothy Sherck
RJ Silva
Naomi Slover
Jeremy Smith
Logan Soble
Fred Steger
Rachel Tigner
Martin Till
Steve Trubac
Joshua Turnbull
Moises Villada
Joan K. Wells
James Wiltshire
Paul Winberg & Bruce Czuchna
Spencer Wood
$1-$99
Patricia S Alexander
Reginald Alston
Tyler Anderson
Zinnabar Arthem
Thomas Aulino
Rex Babiera & Geoffrey Meyer
Moya Bailey
Julie Bayer
Molly Bayer
Frankie Beato
Charles Berglund
James Brott
Gail Browder
Jen Brown
Laura Brown
Jerold Caldwell
Daniel Callahan
Pamela Calvert
Kim Campbell
Sheila Carney
Alexi Child
Philip Chung
Joy Clendenning
Amanda Crockett
Makeda Declet
James Downey
Suzanne Dunne
Heather Dyer
Joseph Dyer II
Jay Fishman
Nathan Gay
Timothy Geier
Joy and Marc Gerber
Norden Gilbert & Ben Thomas
John & Jaye Golanty
Lisa Grayson
Susan Greenberg
Alex Gross
Adam Hartley
Megan Heidger
Paris Hillegas
Melissa & Kenneth Hoffman
Glynnis Hokenson
William Hooper
Sophia Hubeny
Damaris Jenkins
Joanna Kwasigroch
Harry & Susan Letzmann
Charles Leuver
Scott Martin
Daniel Mason
Ronald McClure
Sarah McDaniel & Sharvari Sastry
Melissa McNeill
Nick San Miguel
Jeremy Miller
Paul Miller
Jared Miller
Laura Miracle
Kenneth & Christine Moe
Anule Ndukwu
David Niemeyer
Gage O’Laughlin
Taylor Owen
Hayley Pilat
Mary-Helen Pitman
Lauréanne Poitras
Matthew Polzin
River Rutherford
Elaine Sachnoff
Heather Samson
Jessica Schlimgen
Stephanie Seweryn
Shalini Sharma
Shire Sheahan
Mark Sherkow
Peggy Shinner & Ann Tyler
Rich and Alma Shure
Seemi Siddiqui
Lauren Sivak & Erin Barlow
Colin Sphar
Dale Sporrer
Mattjew Stafford
Tom Mullen & Jerry Stevens
Molly Stewart
Carol Stukey
Joshua Suth
Julie Taylor
Nicholas Terrell
Ella Vincent
Greg Vinkler
Penelope Walker
Wendy Watson
Briana Wilson
Stanley Wood