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“I’m grateful to Sarah, Eric, and the incredible Cal Shakes community for their leadership—now and always. Our lives in the Bay Area are immeasurably enriched by their compassion, imagination, commitment, and artistry.”
~2020 Donor
We greatly appreciate our generous donors to Cal Shakes!
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Thank you to our 2021 Donors
Your support keeps us going strong. Click here to see a list of our generous 2020 donors.
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Emika Abe
Rahim Adatia
Scott Adler
Sandra Ady
Elizabeth H. Agnello
Alyce Aird
Harry L. Jacobs & Katherine Akos
Russ Albano
Abbey Alkon
Gertrude Allen
Claire & Kendall Allphin
Julie & Carl Anderson
Don Atkinson-Adams
Marianne & Tom Aude
Francine Austin
Ellyn Jean Axelrod
Robin Azevedo
Joe Ayers
Aubrey Bach
Cindy Baer
Jennifer Baie
Jessica Bailey
Janet Baker
Simon & Emilie Baker
Robin Ball
Kendra Barnes
Sandy Barnett
Valerie Barth
Gretchen Bartzen
Stephanie & David Beach
Geoffrey A. & Wendy C. Beaty
Ms Felicia Becerra
Roberta Bednar
Kathleen Bell
Richard & Barbara Bennett
Lucia Benson
Sara Benson
Jacqueline Berkman
Brenda Berlin
Reyna Bernstein
Ms. Ardith Betts
Jeff Bharkhda
Sarah Biemer
Holly Birchfield-Gerlach
Mr. Richard W. Black
Kate Black
Sheryl Black
Julie Blade
Jan & Kenneth Blaedel
Lucia Blakeslee
Lora Blessing
Adriane & Barry Bosworth
Jill Bowers
Kathryn Breckenridge
Elizabeth Bremer
Barbara Brenner Buder
Linda Brewer
Marjorie Briner
Sandra Browne
Kevin Buckby
Margaret A. Buckley-Brown
Patrick & Shirley Campbell Foundation
Donna Caplin
Bear Capron
Jacqueline Carson
Janelle Cavanagh & Dominic Walshe
Michael & Phyllis Cedars
Michael Cerveris
Anthony Cha
Wai & Glenda Chang
Steven & Karin Chase
Ms. Susanna Chau
Ping-Hsin Chen
Phil & Chris Chernin
Harriet Chessman
James Childs
Debbie Chinn
Elizabeth Chosak
Dorian and Gordon Chong
Michael & Tamara Church
Ronald Clancy
Ms. M. C. Clark
Barbara Cohen
Charmian Cohen
Josh & Janet Cohen
John Collins
Zipporah W. Collins
Mr. David Cost
Julia Cost
Kami Cotler
Don Couch
Marilyn B. Couch
Jane & Thomas Coulter
Derik Cowan
Jacqueline Carson & Alan Cox
Katherine Craddock
Ann Cromey
William and Janet Cronk
Robert Culley
Deborah Cullinan & Kevin Cunz
Ellen and Joffa Dale
Patricia Daniels
Leslie Dauphinee
Ms. Kelly Ann Davidson
Poppy Davis
Gail & Dominick De Bellis
Ryan DeBoer
Marcelo Defreitas
Darlene & David DeRose
Jan Deming & Jeff Goodby
Joe Di Prisco & Patti James
David Dial
Dr Jerry Drino
Jennifer Dole Wallersten
Dr. Marit Doshi
LeeAnn Dowd
Sandra Doyle
Brett Drucker
Marilyn & Les Duman
Susan Dunn
Elisabeth Dutton
Julie Eccles Benson & Craig Benson
Robin & Rich Edwards
Mireille Edwards
Anita Embleton
Rebecca Ennals
Brad Erickson & Brian Protheroe
Janet Evans
Sharon Ewen
Elizabeth Ewing
Susie Falk & York Kennedy
Daniel Feldman
Mimi Felson
Claudia Fenelon & Mark Schoenrock
Sonia Fernandez
Rachel Fink
Krystyna Finlayson
Arla Finney
Janine Firpo
Ann & Robert Fischer
Jim Florey
Virginia Fontana
Mr. Paul Fontana
Valerie Found
Elizabeth Freedman
Katie Freeman
Justin Fried
Mr. Mark Friedman
Suzanne Friedman
Rena & Spencer Fulweiler
Anthony P. Fusco
Brendan Glackin & Emily Arnold
Dennis & Darlene Gee
Beverly & Marty Glick
Jeffrey Gilliland
Ms. Paula Gocker
Laura Goderez
Patrick Golden & Susan Overhauser
John & Marcia Goldman
Lauren Goldrich
David & Diane Goldsmith
Patricia Gomez
Jane Goodwin
Barbara Gordon & Peter Kane
Maxwell Graham
Anita Grandpre
Andrea Green Rush
Elizabeth & Philip Greene
Jean-Paul Gressieux
Mr. Robert Gronke
Ms. Lee Hackett
Kristi U Haigh
Joseph Haj
George Haley & Theresa Thomas
Margo Hall
Nancy Hall
Anne Hallinan
Chris Hanrahan
Kevin Hanrahan
Harriet Hamlin & James Finefrock
Jo Ann Harley
Barbara Hardacre
Lynn Harrington-Golde & Charles Golde
Penny Harris Harris
Monica Harris
Mel Harrison & Hillary Hardacre
Leslynn Hartley
Mr. Jonathan Harvey
Tish & Steve Harwood
Remy Hathaway
Lisa Haugh
Lynda & Rusty Hay
Robert Hay
Margaret Hegg
Mia Henderson-Bonilla
Chris & Marcia Hendricks
Paul & Susan Hennessey
Monica Herbert
Gregangelo Herrera
Dan Hiatt
Lacey Hicks
Betty Ho
Judith Hoff Brooks
Ms. Lynne S. Hollander
Professor David Holler
Marjorie Holmes
Karen Holtermann
Steven Holtz
Audrey Hoo
Quin Hopp
Xanthe & James Hopp
Elisabeth Houseman
Joyce Hsu
Mandy Hu
Esther & Mark Hudes
Rachel Hull
Shen-Hsin Hung
Yie-Hsin Hung
Sharon Iversen
Hilary Jacobsen
Juliette Jacques
Sabra Jaffe
Kim Jennings
Ms. Linda Jessogne
Ellen Johnck
Dr. Diane Johnson
Marguerite Johnston
Malcolm Jones
Roxy Jones
Kathryn & Winthrop Jordan
Laury A. Joseph
Bill & Joey Judge
Laura & John Keady
Amy Kaida
Valarie & Dan Kalb
Ms. Muriel Kaplan
Tobey H. Kaplan
Barbara Karl
Karen Karten & Arthur C. Dell
Sharon Keeton
Mike & Joci Kelleher
Kathleen & Dennis Kelleher
John Kemp
Paul Kibel
Daisy & Duke Kiehn
Hava Kimmel-Miner
Cecilia Kilmartin
Chad Kinsman
Caety Klingman
Jeff Klingman
Lauren Klingman
Mr. Stanislav Kounitski
Judith Kunitz
Woof Kurtzman
Vlad Kroll
Kathy & Anthony Laglia
Leah & James Lane
Mr. Robert C. Lane
Carol Larsen & Steven W. Parnes
Victoria Wells and Richard John Larson
Carol Lashof & William Newton
Susan & Bob Leberman
Thomas Lederer
Doreen Leighton
Bill & Carol Leimbach
Andrea Leitereg
Sarah Rose Leonard
James Levine
James Lewis
John Lewis
Matthew Lewis
Mrs. Cherry Li-Bugg
Ms. Sandra Liu
Mark & Teri logan
Jennifer Marie Geiger Longman
Jay & Eileen Love
Elizabeth Lowe
Anne Lowell
David E. Lowell
Liam Lowell
Pascale Amelia Lowell
Maria Lucchesi
Catherine Luedtke
Amy Lyons & Adam Cohen
Kate Mallula
Maija Mallula+
Kristen & Graham Maloney
Julia Malta-Weingard
Ruth Mankin
Michele Mansfield
Helen Marcus
Elise Marks & Jeffrey Peterson
Miriam Marks-Peterson
Mr. John Henry Martin
Carole Mason
Heidi Mason
Michael Mathai-Jackson
Heather Mathieson
Janet Maughan
Susan Mautner
Melinda Maxwell-Smith
Shafer Mazow
Jacquelyn McCormick
Kym McCourt
Paul & Ellen McKaskle
Anne McKenna
Mark McKenna
Sunne & John McPeak
Phyllis Meyer
Annie Middleton
Michael Minson
Christine Mix
Mr. & Mrs. Susan B. Mohun
Toni and Don Miller
Walter Moos & Susan Miller
Terri Mockler
Mina Morita
Kathy Morris
Sharon Morris
Barbara Morrison
Jonathan Moscone & Darryl Carbonaro
Amy L. Mueller
Patricia & David Munro
John Murphy
Matthew Nelson
Brenda Nirenstein
Jennifer Nixon
Mary G. Noble
Mary Nolan
Jennifer Norris
Mr. Rick Nosek
Notes4Hope
Ms. Shelly O’Connell
Candace & Dick Olsen
Sallie Olsen
Nancy Olson
Chris Orr & Paul Cooper
William Ostrander & Janice L. Johnson
Dax Ovid
Alisa Padon
Andrew Page
Amanda Palmer
Keum Park
Nancy & Gene Parker
Penny A. Peak
Natalie Pereira
Meg Perlick
Jess Perry
Jessamyn & Robert Picton
Karen Piemme
Suzanne & Neal Pierce
Noah Pilchen
Barry Posner
Kristina & Allan Prager
Mary Prchal
Ms. Nora Privitera
Donald Proctor
Joanne Quijano
Reetta Raag & Marc Whitlow
Karen Racanelli
Leslie M. Radin
Peggy Radel
Jerome Rainey
Arthur Rangel
Robin Rangel
Ann Rankin
Srinivas Rao-Mouw
Scott Rasmussen
Shailendra Rastogi
Linda Ray
Ms. Andrea Reyna
Virginia Reed
Carl Reeverts
Lisa Regul & Randall Hawkins
Rachael Reiley
Lee Reis
Vivian Ricci
Robert & Priscilla Rich
Karen & Jeffery Richardson
Margaret Ricker
Troy River
Kathleen Robbins
Beatrice Roberge
Judith Roberts
Mark Roberts
Jerry Robinson
Alice Robinson-Simikic & Dragan Simikic
Victoria Robinson Smith
Nancy Rodriguez-Bell
David Roe
Jim & Nita Roethe
Sharon Rohwer
David Rosen
Lawrence & Meg Mitchell Rosenfeld
Cindy Rosenthal
Jeffrey and Lesah Ross
Claire Roth
Elizabeth Rouan
Katherine Rowlands
Patricia & Glenn Rudebusch
Andrea Rush
Michele & John Ruskin
Theodore Russell
Joanne N. Ruzek
Mr. Timothy A. Ryan
James Ryen
Barbara Sahm & Steven Winkel
Diane Sanchez
Dana Santa Cruz
Elizabeth & Dominic Sarica
Jess Sauer
Andrew Sauter
Linda & Dewey Savell
Linda Scaparotti
Ruth Schafran
Danny Scheie & Daric Wolkenhauser
Joan Schiewe
Brittany SchlaeGuada
William & Nathalie Schmicker
Erin & Andrew Schultz
Darlene Schumacher
Jennifer Schwartz
Tracy Schwartz
Eleanor Scott
M. Melanie Searle
Debbie Sedberry & Jeff Klingman
Dee Seligman
David Shapiro
Mary Jo & Arthur Shartsis
Cynthia Shen
Susan & Mark Sherman
Nandita Shenoy
Robert Shephard
Lynn Sherard-Stuhr
Emma Sherwood-Forbes
Ms. Kristen Sidell
Dennis & Nicole Sidlauskas
Shari S. Silva
Alyssa Simmons
Perry and Susan Simon
Jeannie Simpson
Sharon Simpson
Vidhu Singh
Isabel Siragusa
Ross and Susan Siragusa
Neil Sitzman
Liz Sklar
Susan Sklar
Karen Slater
Sally Sloan
Alexis Smith
Dr. Anne Smith
Dr. Amy Smith
Marcilie Smith Boyle
Richard & Leticia Sobel & Mendoza-Sobel
Nancy Sorenson
Stephanie & Robert Sorenson
Trine Sorensen
Margaret Sowong
Dr. Elisa Kay Sparks
Kaitlin Spees
Dr. Angeliki Spiropoulou
John Stancik
Kate Stechschulte & David Cost Jr.
Michael Stephens
Rose Stewart
Douglas Straub
Elizabeth Streeter
Kathleen Streeter
Mary Sullivan
Christine & Curtis Swanson
Bernard Tagholm
Anne Marie & Tom Taylor
Catherine Teare
Gregory Tellis
Carolyn Thiessen
Brady Thomas
Virginia Thomson
Kristi Thompson
Jim Tibbs
Eric Ting
Tracy Ting
Mark Toney & Sharon Cornu
Charles & Heidi Triay
Ms. Kathleen Turco-Lyon
Helen O’Keeffe Vajk
Jennifer Valle
William Van Dyk & Margaret Sullivan
Mr. Peter Volin
Mark Waite
Edward P. Wallerstein
Jennifer & Perry Wallerstein
Holly Walter
Taylor Walthall
Tracey & Todd Walthall
Meiyin Wang
Beth Ann & Michael Ward
Judith Ward
Susan Warner Smith
Dana & Doug Welsh
Gail Wiemann
Rev. Edward Wight
Peggy White
Douglas & Karen Wilcoxen
Chris Williams
Linda & Andrew Williams
Sarah Williams
Kathryn Williams
Dawn Williams
Ann Willoughby
Doug Wilson
John & Bobbie Wilson
Muriel Wilson
Katherine Wisinski
Karen Witter
Susanne Wofford
George & Kathleen Wolf
Viviana Wolinsky
J Roger Wood
Clive Worsley
Beverly & Loring Wyllie
Jay Yamada
Margaret Yardley
Akiyo Yokoi
Danuta Zaroda
Mark Zunich
Gary Zyla
Sarah Zyla
This list reflects gifts made from January 1 to October 1 of 2021. We strive to ensure the accuracy of these listings. If we have made an error or an omission, please accept our apologies and contact donations@calshakes.org
We are incredibly thankful to our 2020 donors. See the full list here.
Cal Shakes 2019 Season Donor Benefits
Each level incorporates the benefits of the smaller gift levels
Those who are able to donate $150 or more are designated as members of the Champions Circle. These patrons enjoy onsite comforts, access to special events, and other perks—but every heartfelt donation shows that you believe in our creative and community work, and for this we are so grateful!
Gift: up to $149
- Early access to, and special digital content and experiences
- Invitation to our free Annual Donor Appreciation Event
- Satisfaction of knowing you are taking a stand for the arts, equity, and community!
Ensemble $150-299
- $10 off additional tickets
- Recognition in playbills – one per season
Supporting Cast $300-599
- Discount at Cal Shakes Cafe ($5 off a minimum $25 purchase)
- Complimentary Hot Beverages at Cal Shakes Cafe
Stage Manager $600-1,199
- Recognition in playbills – entire season
- Your blanket awaits at your seat
Leading Player $1,200-2,999
- No-host invitation to Opening Night dinner ($50 ticket fee)
- Any donation you make at this level can be set up for a one-night matching challenge. Post-performance audience donations will be matched up to the level you contribute, and you’ll receive on-stage recognition!
Director $3,000-5,999
- Reserved picnic table – must be booked in advance
Associate Producer $6,000-11,999
- VIP parking
- Recognition as Associate Producer for your chosen production, including in all print materials, on the Cal Shakes website, and in donor listings
- Complimentary Invitations for 2 to Opening Night dinner and performance for your chosen production
Producer $12,000-24,999
- Prominent recognition as a Producer of your chosen production, including in print materials, on the Cal Shakes website, in donor listings, and at the Opening Night curtain speech for your chosen production
- 4 additional tickets to use at your discretion during the run of your chosen production
- A complimentary bottle of wine at your reserved picnic table for each production
Executive Producer $25,000-49,999
- Prominent recognition as an Executive Producer for the entire season: in curtain speeches, print materials, on the Cal Shakes website (Q&A feature), in donor listing, and with a snapshot (two-sentence profile) in the playbill
- Complimentary Invitations for 4 to Opening Night dinner for all four shows
- Six additional tickets to use at your discretion over the course of the season
- Opportunity to have the Artistic Director or Dramaturg join your picnic table for a pre-performance discussion (complimentary wine provided; dates to be agreed upon)
Presenter $50,000+
- Premier recognition as a Presenter, for the entire season: in curtain speeches, in print materials, on the Cal Shakes website (Q&A feature), in donor listing, and with a snapshot in the playbill
- 8 additional tickets to use at your discretion over the course of the season
Top Photo: As You Like It (2017) by William Shakespeare and directed by Desdemona Chiang; photo by Kevin Berne.