Current Supporters

Our Town by Thornton Wilder, fall 2015

Support and Funding for the Skidmore College Theater

We are incredibly grateful to the many generous donors who have supported our program over the years. Through their generous gifts, the following contributors have enabled us to bring many guest performers, speakers, workshops, directors, and designers to our program. The endowments established by these donors continue to enrich our program each year.

Arnold Bernhard Foundation Endowed Fund to Benefit Skidmore Theater
Nancy Mergentime Silverman Theater Fund

The Marty Sue Endowment
Special thanks to Jean Buttner & Irving Silverman


The Stephanie Mnookin Theater Department Research and Creative Project

This provides financial support for a senior to pursue professional projects upon graduation

Special Thanks to:
David and Meredith Apicella
Robert and Eva Levine
Steven and Peggie Shore
Steven Hirschberg and Marke Rubenstein


The Shakespeare & Company Summer Intensive Scholarship

This enables deserving students to attend the five-week Summer Intensive actor training program at Shakespeare & Company in Lenox, Massachusetts.
Special thanks to our Anonymous Alumni Donor


Second City Improv Comedy Program

Special thanks to alum David Miner


Pettigrew Memorial Donors

The Skidmore Theater Department wishes to thank the following donors for their thoughtful and generous contributions in memory of Kazuko Pettigrew, one of our most loyal supporters:

Barbara Adams, Louis Gold, Elaine Blair, Lorraine Grant, Edna Bourdeau, Elaine Pettigrew Hurley, Patricia and Thomas Fox, Ingrid Keys, Carol and Dale Gerbing, Bethany Pettigrew Maglione, Joy Pinnell, and William Schilling


Friends of the Theater

Our Friends of the Theater program provides vitally important support for departmental functions and academic activities, as well as for the productions themselves.

By subscribing to our performance Season, you’ll be supporting the work we do and getting some great perks for yourself, such as show tickets, preferred seating, invitations to special events, and your name listed in our programs and lobby display. We host a special reception annually in the spring to honor and pay tribute to all the Friends of the Skidmore Theater.

Please visit our Support page if you would like to become a Friend of the Theater and contribute to our program.

THANKS TO OUR FRIENDS:

Angels ($2,500 +up)

Adirondack Theater Festival
Gloria Culver and Donald Anderson
Anonymous Alum
Francis P. Chiaramonte, M.D. Family Foundation
David and Jennifer Miner
The Miranda Family Fund

Producer’s Circle (starting at $1,000)

Douglas Gray and Leslie Koch Gray
Brad Nyberg and Anne Loo
Margaret O’Meara Storrs
Barbara and Fabrizio Zichichi

Director’s Circle (starting at $500)

Naomi Odes Aytur
Susan and William Dake
Elaine Pettigrew Hurley
Meredith Poster

John and Martha Precheur

Benefactors (starting at $200)

Patrick Brannan
Philip and Marie Glotzbach
Meghan and Christopher Haseman
Deborah Innes
Scott Katzmann
Juliana Moreira
Michael Scowden and Sandra Zomek

Patrons (starting at $100)

Carolyn Anderson
Sarah Cipperly
Jess Miner and Carmel Drewes
Reba Miner and Timothy McLeod
Marino and Mary Sue D’Orazio
Susan Kress
Christopher and Katherine Krieg
Christine McDonald
Kathy O’Leary
Michael O’Krepkie
Margaret O’Meara Storrs
Allison Prouty
Loretta Quigley
Lawrence Ries
William and Linda Rubenstein
Michael Smith
Tonya Steele
Gretchen Thomas
Xenia Walker
George and Delores Wilson

Friends (starting at $50)

James Barber
Thomas Caruso
Terrance and Ann Diggory
Gail Fortin
Joseph Haedrich
Judith Lerman
Sondra Katz
Martha and Charles McCullagh
Zoe Morsette
Barry Pritzker and Donna Heiland
Michael and Paula Ravin
Dr. Lewis Taub and Barbara Kass