Theatre Made Together
The artistry you see on stage is made possible by the unwavering commitment of our supporters. We are proud to recognize the individuals, foundations, and organizations whose investment in Asolo Repertory Theatre sustains our excellence and growth.
Thank you to our supporters
LIFETIME GIVING
Asolo Rep is thriving today because of our donors’ belief in our vision and leadership over many seasons. We gratefully acknowledge our donors whose cumulative gifts and pledges for our Annual Fund, Special Events, Capital Projects and Endowment total $100,000 or more.
INDIVIDUAL DONORS
(Includes gifts from Donor Advised Funds/Family Foundations)
$1,000,000 and above
Anonymous
Anonymous* (2)
Chuck and Margie Barancik*
Betty-Jean Bavar in memory of David Bavar
Margot and Warren Coville*
Carole Crosby, Ruby E. and Carole Crosby Family Foundation
Sharon and Herman Frankel
Ron* and Rita Greenbaum
Larry and Debbie Haspel
Charlie Huisking, The Huisking Foundation/Huisking Family Fund of Community Foundation of Sarasota County
Dr. Randell Johnson and Mr. Bobby Jensen
Stanley and Janet Kane*
Joan Armour Mendell*
Esther M. Mertz*
Lee and Bob Peterson*
Jody Reston*
Maurice Richards* and Jack Kesler*
Jack and Priscilla Schlegel
Ulla R. Searing*
Eva T. and Stephan Slane*
Virginia B. Toulmin*
William A. Yandow*
Geri and Ron Yonover
Anonymous
Anonymous*
Peggy and Ken Abt
Diana Pilkington Armbrust
George Allison and J. Alan Watkins
James and Mary Ann Armour Family Foundation
Ron Banyay
Mandell and Madeleine Berman Foundation
Jack Block*
Scott Bushey
Terry and James R. Chandler III/Bender, Bender & Chandler, P.A.
Gershom Cohn*/The Cohn Family
Kathy Cole, in loving memory of Trent Cole
Even Collinsworth*
Deborah M. Cooley* Charitable Trust
Emma R. Coutts*
Trevor Cramer
Henny and Dennis Dirks
Susan Dweck
Bill Evans
John Fain and Angela Massaro-Fain
Wendy and Jerry Feinstein
Diane Taylor Foxman, in loving memory of Norman Foxman
Kathleen France
Mrs. Bea Friedman*
Ann and Larry Garberding
Dr. E. Ty Gardner and Liza Gardner
Len Garner and Cheryl Loeffler
Scott George and John Mason
Kim Githler and Larry Saslaw
Leslie Glass
Alfred* and Jean Weidner Goldstein
Mrs. Michael Hanna*
Foster and Martha Harmon*
Helen Lee Henderson*
Beth and Marc Hirsch
Mary Ella Parkinson Hobson*
Winnie Hodgson*
Barbara Jacob and Karen Lichtig
Rachel and John* Jakes
Anne E. Jones
Caryl Kaplan
Elita Krums Kane
Marilyn Kushen, in loving memory of Ivan Kushen
Diana Lager
Elizabeth Lynn*
Flora Major
Cornelia and Dick Matson
John* and Elenor Maxheim
Tom and Paula McInerney
Menell Family Foundation
Joyce F. Menschel/Robert and Joyce Menschel Family Foundation
Elizabeth Moore
George and Jane Morgan
David Peterson
Alan and Claudia Porter
Wanda Rayle-Libby and Harold Libby
Individual Donors Continued –
Burt Reynolds*
Audrey Robbins and Harry Leopold
Flori Roberts*
Sheila and Jules* Rose
Robert and Diane Roskamp
Richard and Gail Rubin*
Judy Rudges
Gail and Skip Sack
Mrs. Philip Salvatori*
Richard and Ellen Sandor
Marge and Bill* Sandy
Roselyn Sedlezky*
Bud* and Betty Shapiro
Stephanie Shaw and Dr. Stan Pastor*
Carol and Morton* Siegler
Stephen J. Smith
Mildren Shenkan Stein*
Nancy Stukenberg, in loving memory of Wesley Stukenberg
Lois Stulberg
Julius and Janis Carter Stulman*
Joyce and Bob Tate*/ The Tate Family Foundation
Ethel and Ron Taub* and Marcia Jean Taub
Mike and Madelyn Tetmeyer
Blair Trippe and David Harding
Jim and Michal Wadsworth
Myra C. Wahlberg*
Elisabeth Waters
Leon and Marysue Wechsler
Ken* and Jean Weidner
Allen* and Sally Weintraub
John and Myrna Welch
Patricia White/ Holmes Family Fund
Susan and Charles Wilson
Bill* and Margaret Wise
Joan H. Wood*
David A. Wright and Marc C. Erwin
Bob and Jeanne Zabelle*
$750,000-$999,999
Beverly and Bob Bartner
Susan and Jim Buck
Andrew and Judith* Economos
Sidney Katz* and Elaine Mason Keating/The Keating Family Foundation
Carolyn Keystone and Jim Meekison
Muriel O’Neil* Fund for the Performing Arts of Community Foundation of Sarasota County, Inc.
Joseph and Mary Puncec
Ted Weiller*
$500,000-$749,999
Pat and Bob Baer
Tom and Ann Charters
Jane Bancroft Cook*
Matilda Gates*
Elizabeth G. Lindsay*, David B. Lindsay*
Carol and Howard Phillips*
Judy Zuckerberg, in loving memory of George Kole
$250,000-$499,999
Anonymous (3)
Edward and June LeBell Alley*
Gerald and Sondra Biller
Terry O. Brackett
Christine Buckley-Currie and John* Currie
Don and Jo Ann Burhart
Elizabeth Butler and the Gary Butler Family Foundation
Lynn C. Chancer
Shirley A. Clarkson
Joy McCann Culverhouse*
Cary and Koni Findlay
Nona Macdonald Heaslip*
George* and Judith Hofmann
Lillian (Pat) Huisking*
Ken and JoAnn Johns
Deb Kabinoff
Ruth Kreindler
India and Bruce Lesser/India Benton Lesser Foundation
Nancy Markle
Howard Millman* and Carolyn Michel
Joel and Gail Morganroth
Sean and Melanie Natarajan
Mercedita O Connor
Susan and Roy* Palmer
Mary Ann Robinson*
The Samowitz Foundation, Paulette and Marty* Samowitz and Lani Haynes
Hobart and Janis Swan
Mary Lou and Edward* Winnick
Edie and Herb Winston*
ORGANIZATIONAL DONORS
(Includes cash and in-kind gifts from Corporate, Foundation, and Government/Public sources)
$1,000,000+
Anonymous (2)
Charles and Margery Barancik Foundation
Community Foundation of Sarasota County, Inc.
Coville/Triest Family Foundation
The Exchange
Florida State University/FSU Foundation
Gulf Coast Community Foundation
Harold and Esther Mertz Foundation
Sarasota Board of County Commissioners/Arts and Cultural Alliance of Sarasota County
Sarasota Magazine/941 CEO
The Shubert Foundation
State of Florida/Florida Fine Arts Endowment
Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation
$750,000-$999,999
Comcast NBCUniversal
Designing Women Boutique
Herald-Tribune Media Group
The Huisking Foundation
Morton’s Gourmet Market & Catering
William G. and Marie Selby Foundation
$500,000-$749,999
Cool Today/Plumbing Today/Energy Today
Koski Family Foundation
Publix Super Markets Charities, Inc.
Sarasota Scene Magazine
Williams Parker Attorneys at Law
Charles O. Wood III and Miriam M. Wood Foundation/The Wood Foundation of Chambersburg, PA
$250,000-$499,999
ABC 7 — WWSB
Bright House Networks
Charles Henry Leach II Foundation
Cordelia Lee Beattie Foundation
Ellis Foundation
iHeartMedia Sarasota-Manatee
Kresge Foundation
Linnie E. Dalbeck Memorial Foundation Trust
Michael’s on East
Nations Bank/Community Foundation
Observer Media Group
PNC Wealth Management/PNC Foundation
Residence Inn by Marriott
SNN Suncoast News Network
Sunset Cadillac of Bradenton
Truist
$100,000-$249,999
Anonymous
Bank of America/Bank of America Charitable Foundation
Bank of America Client Foundation
Barnett Banks, Inc.
BMO Private Bank
Coast Bank
Crouse Investments
Fifth Third Bank
Flowers by Fudgie
Gold Coast Eagle Distributing/Stella Artois
Greenfield Foundation
GTE Telephone Operations
Hyatt Place Sarasota/Bradenton
Innovative Dining/EnRich Bistro
The Knight Foundation
Mattison’s Restaurants and Catering
Modern Events/Muse at the Ringling
The New Amsterdam Charitable Foundation
New York Times Company Foundation
Northern Trust
Professional Alliance Performers
The Resort at Longboat Key Club
SRQ Media
Sun Hydraulics Corporation
Treviso/Mezzacorona
Wilde Automotive
WUSF Public Media
Our records for cumulative cash gifts date from 1986, and for in-kind corporate gifts from 2004. Although every effort was made to ensure accuracy, please email Angel Hissom at Angel_Hissom@asolo.org with corrections. Listings are updated and published annually. Lists are alphabetical within each category, and are current as of August 1, 2025.
*in memoriam
Annual Giving
Asolo Rep proudly recognizes our donors’ cumulative annual gifts of $5,000 or more for the 2025-2026 season. Gifts are current as of September 1, 2025
$100,000+
Andrew and Judith* Economos
Beverly Koski, Koski Family Foundation
Endowed Support Bill Yandow*
Endowed Support Ulla Searing*
Ken and JoAnn Johns
$50,000+
Betty-Jean Bavar, in memory of David Bavar
Geri and Ron Yonover
Mercedita OConnor
Ron Banyay
$25,000+
Ann and Tom Charters
Warren and Margot Coville Legacy Fund
Blair Trippe and David Harding
Charlie Huisking, Huisking Foundation
Don and Jo Ann Burhart
Donna and Jeffrey Lenobel
Dr. Hal E. Ott
Elita Krums Kane
Elizabeth Moore
Gwen and Bob Krivi
Judy Zuckerberg, in loving memory of George Kole
Larry and Debbie Haspel
Marcia Jean Taub and Peter Swain
Marilyn Kushen, in loving memory of Ivan Kushen
Martin Tackel and Abbe Raven
Melanie and Sean Natarajan
Nancy Stukenberg, in loving memory of Wesley Stukenberg
Nathan J. Esformes Foundation, Annie Esformes
Richard and Ellen Sandor
Samowitz Foundation Trust, Paulette Samowitz and Lani Haynes, Trustees
Sharon and Herman Frankel
Skip and Jan Swan
Susan and Charles Wilson
Susan and Jim Buck
Terry O. Brackett
Endowed Support
Anonymous*
Eva T. Slane*
Lee and Bob Peterson*
Margot and Warren Coville*
Maurice Richards* and Jack Kesler*
$20,000 – $24,999
Dr. E. Ty Gardner and Liza Gardner
Gerald and Sondra Biller
Pam and Walter Hunt
Priscilla and Jack Schlegel
Ramiro Curiel and Térèse Coudreaut Curiel
$15,000 – $19,999
Ariane Dart
Barbara Howton
Barbara Jacob and Karen Lichtig
Debra L. Kraft and Rob Liberatore
Douglas Thweatt, in memory of Paul Grootkerk
Fran and Don Berg
Gail and Richard Rubin*
James and Maryann Armour Family Foundation
Kathleen and Michael France
Leon and Marysue Wechsler
Lynda and Brad Blaylock
Marc* and Beth Hirsch
Michael Zuckerberg
Ron Bastek
Ruth Kreindler
Skip and Gail Sack
Victor Kaufman and Ann Rainey
Wendy and Jerry Feinstein
$10,000 – $14,999
Alan Rose
Allie Freedman
Anonymous
Beth Cotner and Joe Cucci
Charles O. Wood III and Miriam M. Wood Foundation
Cornelia and Richard Matson
David and Brenda Bass
George Allison and J. Alan Watkins
George* and Judith Hofmann
Jaime and Julie DiDomenico
Jim and Michal Wadsworth
Jody Beresford and Robert Mayer
JoAnne Olian
Joe and Joanne Swick
John and Mary Ann Meyer
Julie Vreeland
Karen and Steve Sanger
Karl Copas
Linda DiGabriele and Gary Sweetman
Lucy Calautti and Kent Conrad
Marge and Irv Weiser
Martin and Beverly Rosenberg
Martin and Zelia Trueb
Mary Lou and Edward* Winnick
Michael Schine, in celebration of Jerome Adrian Schine’s centennial
Mike and Ellen Esposito
Nancy A. Gold and Honorable Bruce Lehman, Esq.
Nancy Markle
O’Neill Family Charitable Trust
Patricia Anderson, in loving memory of her husband Richard Anderson
Pauline Wamsler and David Sales
Sandra Miranda
Stephanie Shaw, in loving memory of Dr. Stan Pastor
Suzanne and Philip Conover
Endowed Support
Joan Armour Mendell*
Lillian Pat Huisking*
$5,000 – $9,999
Adele and Lawrence Bacow
Alan and Cindy Silverglat
Ann and Larry Garberding
Barry and Gail Finn
Bayne and Jeanie Stevenson
Brian and Diana Laurenti
Bunny Skirboll, in loving memory of Mort Skirboll
Candy and Scott Greer
Carol Gilbert and Matty Matheson
Carol Grimes, in loving memory of her husband, The Bear
Carolyn Michel, in loving memory of Howard Millman
Caryl Kaplan
David and Lucie Lapovsky
David Peterson
Deborah A. Farrington
Donald and Susan Ullmann
Dr. Alastair Hunter-Henderson and Dr. Noralyn Marshall
Dr. Kirk and Chris Voelker
Dr. R. Paul Urbanick
Dr. Sidney Katz* and Elaine Keating
Edris Weis
Enid Marshall, in loving memory of Darryl F. Marshall
Fremajane Wolfson, in loving memory of Blair Wolfson
Fr. Jeffrey Hamblin, MD and Mark-Alan
Greg and Belle Stikeleather
Howard Berman
Jeffrey T. Boyd, Senior Vice President, Wealth Director, PNC Wealth Management
John and Antje Munroe
Judith* and Donald Markstein
Julie Planck and Charles Albers
Karen Wehner and James Jurick
Leon Sickles and Donald Lara-Gagne
Lois Stulberg
Marilyn B. West, in memory of her beloved Arnie
Mike* and Madelyn Tetmeyer
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Henson
Nancy Woodruff and Mark Lancaster
Neil and Sandra DeFeo
Nikol Miller and Bryan Williams
Richard Ferrell, Andrew R. Ferrell Foundation
Richard Maulsby
Ruth Mickelsen and Bill Manning
Sally Weintraub
Shirley Fein
Steven R. Kalt and Robert D. Heeren
Sue Jacobson
Teri A Hansen
Tom and Linda Garden Ann and Larry Garberding
Walsh & Associates, Joseph P. Walsh
Wes and Kim McDonald
Endowed Support
Even Collinsworth*, in honor of Joan H. Wood
Foster and Martha Harmon* Endowed Fund
Mary Ella Parkinson Hobson*
Muriel O’Neil* Fund for the Performing Arts of Community Foundation of Sarasota County
Eva T. and Stephan Slane* Fund at Community Foundation of Sarasota County
Advocates ($2,500–$4,999)
Andra and Irwin Press
Anonymous
Brad and Christine Houser
Dean Baker and John Smeallie
Diana Smith and Barry Cohen
H.W. Maier and Jack F. Slusser
John and Nancy Kelly
Judy and Art Whitson
Joyce and Jim McAlpine
Kathy and Michael Brown
Karl Fedronas and Kathy Kelle
Linda and Reid MacCluggage
Ms. Carolyn Michel, in memory of Howard Millman
Peggy Allen and Steve Dixon
Robert and Carole Kay
Sharon Shreiber
William and Ann Dodds
Enthusiasts ($500–$2,499)
Anonymous (3)
Begay Atkinson
Barbara Bankoff and Robert Crandall
Barbara Edlin, in loving memory of Dr. Philip Edlin
Barry Golin
Barry and Rebecca Preston
Candace Rae Tinley
Cookie Bloom
Dani Clevens
David and Edith Chaifetz
David and Eileen Cashbaugh
Debra J. Buttaggi
Dawn and Michael Gray
Donald Fosselman
Dr. Gerald Shaikun and Laurie Smith
Dr. Joe and Nancy Jacobson
Dr. Judith Boice
Dr. Robert D. Salie* and Ms. Rita Pazniokas
Drs. Betsy and James Granite
Drs. Michael and Ann Day
Ed Keon and Pat Kennelly
Ed Town and Steve Rubin
Elizabeth Gagne
Evie and Allen Lichter
Frances Fergusson and John Bradbury
George and Susan Brooks
Gini Mulkin
Gordon F. Finman
Henry Gibeau
Horace* and Dorothy Gordon
Irene and Mark Kauffman
James and Kathleen Scholler
Jeryl Schriever and Alex Huppe
John and Betty Herr
John and Judith Lynch
John and Sandy Long
John Loewenberg
Jon and Barbara Ryder
Jon and Gina Landsberg
Joseph and Holly McDonough
Joseph and Molly Gaylord
Judy and Bob Neiman
Karen W. Harris, in memory of Bert M. Harris
Kathie Hayes
Kathy G. Holmes
Laura and Michael Hassan
Leon and Marge Ellin
Linda Z. Klein, in memory of Thomas Klein
Lynn and Alan Goldbloom
Marjorie Sandy, in memory of William Sandy
Meg Mahoney and Mike Connelly
Michael and Janice Novello
Michael and Michelle Morris
Mike and Mary Glynn
Mrs. Lois Portnoff
Nanette Crist
Paul Oversmith and Margaret Churchill
Paul and Susan Levine
Peg and Herb Walker
Peggy and Bob Spencer
Richard Guenther
Rick and Nancy Sugg
Robert and Joy Stone
Roz Goldberg
Sam Samelson and Marion Levine
Slade and Susan Cargill
Steven Schnoll
Susan Buck, in memory of Gigi Huberman
Susan Buck, in memory of Howard Millman
Susan Rashid
Terence and Barbara Flannery
Terence and Carolyn Sullivan
Thomas H Wentz III and James J Whalen
Vivian and Michael Chester
Patrons ($125–$499)
Anonymous (2)
Alfred Brown
Alida Gorin
Andrea Anderson
Anita DeVine
Barbara and Hal Laeger
Barbara and Henry Price
Barbara and Robert Hintze
Bernard and Monica Baker
Beverly and Larry Brown
Carol Bernasconi
Carol Newnam
Carol Von Allmen
Cheryl Ann Thomas
Christine Armstrong
Corinne E. Roth
David Bennett
David Wright and Marc Erwin
Debby and Dick Marshall
Deborah Cavness
Dick and Mary Lou Thrush
Dolores Andrew
Donna and Lewis Patterson
Dr. Diane Gallo-Van Ess
Dr. James and Anne White
Dr. Steve Hefler and Marcia Platt-Hefler
Elizabeth Warrier
Frank B. Lenz
Gary and Barbara Eisenberg
Howard Dobson and Fay Murphy
Iris and Larry Miller
James A. Martin
Jay Richman
Joan and Jerry Wexler
Joanna McClelland Glass, in memory of Eva Slane
Joy K. Busler
Karen Kaufman
Laura Roberts
Linda and Alex Beavers
Linda and Gene Crump
Lynne and Sheldon Sandman
Margaret Wise and Tom Taylor
Mary Jane Tolpa
Michael Madden
Mr. and Mrs. C. Martin Cooper
Mr. and Mrs. Moshe Horowitz
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Krambeck
Nancy Milbauer
Paul and Jo Weiner
Rachel Seligman, in memory of Joyce Haan
Rebecca Rasmussen and Gia Johnson
Richard Sousa
Robert and Lynne Bennett
Sandra Montgomery
Stephen and Susan Delman
Stuart M. Matlins
Suzanne Bralow, PhD
The Coca-Cola Company
Tony Gibbons
William and Sandra Heerman
Jerome Zackin
Ms. Lyn Zynda