2023 Contributors

CHAMPIONS $25,000 - $49,999
Paul and Monica Bancroft Family Foundation
The Ahmanson Foundation
Perenchio Foundation

ANGELS $10,000 - $24,999
The Shubert Foundation
Nancy E. Barton Foundation

PARTNERS $5,000 - $9,999
Dwight Richard Odle Foundation
Gail and Robert Israel
Dale Raoul and Ray Thompson

LEADERS $2,500 -$4,999
Anonymous
Jeff Reno
Gary Grossman
Lee Sherman and John Perkins
Wendy Kout and Dennis Koenig
Michele Willens
Patty Glaser and Sam Mudie
Hale Thornill Foundation

ADVOCATES $1,000 - $2,499
Steven Warheit and Jean Christensen
Leo Braudy and Dorothy Braudy
Jennifer Rowland
John F. Rothman
James Parriott and Diane Cary
Caplin Foundation
Judith and George Kieffer
Alan J. Levi and Sondra Currie-Levi
David Bohnett Foundation
Hilary Crahan
Linda Swick
Sykes Family Foundation

BENEFACTORS $500 - $999
Myron Meisel
Ken Larson and Linda Adams
Paul and Mark Tripp
Ceclia Hall
John Taylor and Angela DuRoss
Olga Garay-English
Paul and Anissa Balson
Kirsten and Timothy McCarthy
Jobeth Williams

PROMOTERS $250 - $499
Anonymous
Zo Harris
Norma Harris
Loyola High School of Los Angeles
Michelle K. Brooks
Doug and Laura Savant
Casey Stangl and John Spokes
Tony Plana and Ada Maris
Peter and Tina Cathcart
David and Elita Balfour
Sharon Keyser
Ann and Robert Holmquist
Daaman J. Krall
Travis Russell
Sheila Kuehl
Steve Carbone
Walter Emeka Njobke
Diane Kabat

DONORS $100 - $249
Tom Jacobson and Ramone Munnoz
James Freed
Doris Hess
Eileen T’Kaye and David Bischoff
Adam Rotenberg
John Fleck
Mary Duncan
Carol Mansell and Richard Hobson
Kristofer Hamlet
Tanya Henderson
Frances Feinman
Ana Rose and Grant O’Halloran
Zaquis Ross
Rachel Park
Judith Borne

The Tony Abatemarco Production Fund

The Tony Abatemarco Production Fund supports outstanding new plays that emerge from Skylight Theatre Company’s playwrights-in-residence program (SkyLab) and those having LGBTQ+ writers, directors, or themes, which are produced in whole or in part by Skylight.

The Fund honors actor, writer, director, producer, theatre administrator, and teacher Tony Abatemarco for his 12 years of service to Skylight Theatre Company and his other meaningful contributions to the American Theatre.

 Lead Support Provided by
Patty Glaser and Sam Mudie
Carol and Craig Kapson

With generous support from
Bill and Sasha Anawalt, Jane Anderson and Tess Ayers, Anonymous,
Denise Domergue, Robert Holmes, Sharon Lawrence,
David Levinson and Ellie Herman, Mary McDonnell,
The Millin Family, Irene Ramp and Buck Henry,
Linda and Mark Rosman, SYZYGY Foundation Inc,
Tanya and Jack, and Deborah and David Trainer

The Michael Kearns Enhancement Fund

“Listen to the unheard. Fight for them every day.”
- Michael Kearns

The Michael Kearns Enhancement Fund enhances budgets for developmental programs and productions at Skylight Theatre Company of new work from voices that have been marginalized because of disability, ethnicity, gender, or race, as well as from members of the LGBTQIA+ community and those experiencing homelessness.

The Fund honors actor, writer, director, producer, trailblazer, and activist Michael Kearns for his years of leadership at Skylight and for his work opening doors
and nurturing fellow artists.

The Michael Kearns Enhancement Fund

Lead Support Provided by
Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS
Carole and David Preston
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors

With generous support from
Anonymous, Sharon Barr, Bob and Frank,
David Bohnett Foundation, Brian Clarke, Zoada Harris,
Cathy Lind Hayes, Bill Kaiser, Theresa and Charles Kennedy,
Tim Miller and Alistair McCartney, Jen O'Connor, Jim Pentecost,
Darya Teesewell, Hilary Thomas, John Topping