2023-2024 CONTRIBUTORS
A standing ovation to all of those who made a donation to First State Ballet Theatre this season. Thank you for your generosity and continued support! To be added to this list, make a donation today! The following list represents contributions from August 1, 2023 to July 31, 2024.
ANGELS ($10,000 and above)
David & Jacqueline Richards
Sandy & Terry Strine
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR CIRCLE ($5,000 to $9,999)
Tatiana & Gerret Copeland
Carmen & Marisa Facciolo
Allison K. & David W. Matsen
CHOREOGRAPHER CIRCLE ($2,000 to $4,999)
Anonymous (1)
Maria D. Cabrera, Wilmington City Council
Lammot duPont Copeland
Shirley Giffin
Mike & Debbie Horak
LPL Financial
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas N. Rosa
Patricia Trent Wells
PRINCIPAL DANCER ($1,000 to $1,999)
Dr. & Mrs. Lee Anderson
Mr. & Mrs. Roberts W. Brokaw I
Peter Campbell
Ernest “Trippi” Congo II, Wilmington City Council
Dr. & Mrs. Patrick T. Hart
Charles & Mimi Link
Derrick & Stephanie Smith-Christiano
Dr. Timothy and Mrs. Mara Winders
Zhu & Zhou Family
SOLOIST ($500 to $999)
Anonymous (2)
Steven & Colleen Arnold
Dante Cerza
Dr. John & Claudette Crow
Shané Darby, Wilmington City Council
Tam & Darin DeFer
Martha Diggs
yan & LeAnn Hamilton
Dr. Melissa Harrington & The Honorable Colin Bonini
Michele Hunter
Laura L. Kruzynski
Jacqueline Latorre
Christine Loncki
George & Connie Majoros
Laura Mann
Frances M. McCormick
Angela Melvin
Amelie & Axel Schwendt
Judith Stoddard
Ted & Wendy Strowhoue
Kevin & Susan Waesco
Zhaohui Yang & Baohua Zong
Peter Zoltowski
CORPS DE BALLET ($250 to $499)
Anonymous (8)
Joan & Rob Beatson
Alexei & Elena Borovik
Marilyn Bromels
Paul & Ruth D'Antonio
Jane Dilley
Joe & Diana Dippel
Bob & Traci Eizember
Jean W. Faddis
Mr. Goldstein & Mrs. Maloneyhuss
Nancy Goyda Tom & Susan Hanson
Anne Lewis
Claire McElwee
Richard & Siobhan McGrath
Mary Jane McInnis
Jacqueline Meckwood
James Moats
Westbrook Murphy
Suzana Palaic
Anthony & Kara Palladino
Irina Posternak
The Saffos Family
Gerard & Lia Schwinghammer
James Spadola, Wilmington City Council
The Benevity Community Impact Fund
Patricia Zaharko
APPRENTICE ($100 to $249)
Anonymous (5)
Erwin Arcano
Karine Arcano
Debra & David Bayer
Dr. S. Charles Bean
Stephen & Margit Toy George Brown
Mark Burkhardt
Jay & Linda Bush
Cindy Chadderdon
George & Laurel Christie
Robert & Sandra Cloutier
William Collins & Priscilla Goldsmith
Gayle Coolick
The DaGrossa Family
Connie Stephano Dallas
Barbara Demos
Karen DiCriscio
Tony & Donna DiZebba
Jacqueline Dougherty
Olivia Downey
John Duncan
Robert & Marion Ehrlich
Robert Fella
Nathan Field, Wilmington City Council
Brendan Figg
Ken & Peggy Germain
Ryan & Shannon German
Margaret Gutteridge
Jim Hainer & Hanna Zyruk
Othell C. Heaney
Cameron Heulitt
Beth & Russ Holladay
Pat & Kim Horgan
Charlotte & Daniel Howard
Beverly Hutchinson
Dr. & Mrs. David Isaacs
Jordyn Jones
Raymond & Stefanie Jones
Mr. & Mrs. Pasha Kambalov
K. Lynn King
Tammie Knowlton
Eri & Joe Koskol
Heike Kuehn
Jim & Marianne Lazarski
Mary Lee Brian & Karen Legum
Jason & Brandie Little
Ronald Marcozzi
Stan Markwalder & Virginia Todd
Louise McAuliffe
Toni & Bob McAuliffe
Kate McGee
Claire McGregor
Todd McGregor
Geoffrey Ming
Frank & Paige Obara
Vera Palaic
Nicholas Perry Viacheslav & Olga Petrov
Letitia Prosser
Andrea & Rod Rhen
Jerome Rogers
Kathlyn L. Rowen MD
Andrew & Vicki Rudawsky
Toby & Katy Ryan
Mark Ryfa
Jane Sahmel
Richard Scharmberg
Jonathan & Kristin Sommers
Stephanie Staats
Joseph Stephano
Summer Stinson
Shannon Tumolo
Steve & Michele Weber
Shana & Geoffrey Williams
Jane K. Wood
Beverly S. Wright
FRIENDS (Up to $99)
Anonymous (14)
Heba Abdalla
Harriet Ainbinder
Paul & Maria Aitken
Lori Amrien
Kia Anderson
Barbara Awad
Gregory & Mariko Babcock
Brianna Baker
Andria Barnett
Tigist Bayleyen
Kyara Beck
Matt Behar
Bruce Belcher & Leslie Shaffer
Michael Blevins
Juli Boeyink
Kasey Borden
Lauren Boyle
Mark Branson
Mr. & Mrs. Dwayne Brathwaite & Megumi Miyachi Brathwaite
Brandon Brice
Cassandra Brisson
Marie Brisson
Catherine Brutvan
MaryEllen Butkiewicz
Susan Byfield
Patrena Campbell
Eriq Campbell-Jusino & Haley Hopkins
Emilia Casana Scandrett
Dean Cheatham
Uzoego Chibuzo
Taylor Ciampi
Joseph Ciampi
Christian Ciron
Carrie Cochran
John Cronin
Dayna Dash
Chris Davis
Francesca DeNitto
Ryan & Tori Dixon
Reese Dixon
Beth Donini
Rachel Dubic-Cadet
Tim & Kristen English
Kathy & Vince Farinaccio
Nelson Fiester
Christine Fischer
Tricia Fletcher
Jen Flickinger
Shelley Flickinger
Robert Fries
Matisse Gallashaw
Tynisha Gant
Sarah Golden
Beverly Gomis
Rosetta Grant Richardson
Jenna Grant-Smith
Jeff & Stephanie Gra
Emily Green
Scott & Emily Gregg
Zuwei Gu
Martha Guarini
Tammy Hall
The Hall-Conley Family
Kathy Halleland
Hannah Han
Karin Hancock
George Harding
James & Oriel Harris
Marius Hechter
Linda Heckner
Jennifer Hederman
Edith Heitur
George Hooper III
Scott & Karen Hopkins
Robert & Donna Huntington
Valerie Ismael
Peter & Carol Jacob
James Kelsey
John & Fran Jerome
Joe & Danielle Jerome
Peggy Johnson
Jen Joseph
Lillian & Kayla Jump
Hector Jusino Jr.
Liza Kandrin
Monika Kania
Amy Kaufman
Peter Kennedy
David Kennet
Jennifer Knaebal
Camille Knowlton
Larissa Ranborn
Dr. & Mrs. Stephen Kushner
Jason Kutz
Phyllis Lanza
Constance Lathrop
Deborah Leftwich
Cassie Letson
Antony Lewis
Hao Li
Trayce Lightburn
Eleanor R. Liscio
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Lu & Di Shao
Jennifer Lunger
David Man
Emily Mann
Elizabeth Mann
Thomas & Jennifer Mantle
Steven & Carol Marino
Lora Matteis
James Mcclane
Leo McGrath
Russell McGrath
Wendy McGrath
Kimberly Mcintosh
Howard McKee
Misty McKinnon
Randi Mclaughlin
Erin McMahon
Marie McNulty
Camille Mcpherson
Pat McVeigh Sr.
Michele Meixell
Madeline Montanez-Coard
Joey Moore
Kendra Moore
Rosemary Moran
Jennifer More
Marilee Mullet
Allison Murphy
Graham & Diana Murphy
Melanie Neff
Dan Ni Jaclyn Niggemyer
Deborah Norman
Beatriz Nunez
John & Wanda Nylander
Marissa & Frankie Panzarella
Catherine Parsells
Byron & Kristin Peacock
Lucille Pilch
Anthea Piscarik
Larissa Ranbom
Frank & Wanda Randall
William Randall
Diana Redfearn
Steven Reeder
Stella Reynold
Jacqueline Roberts
Marisa Robinson
Molly Rooney
Antonio Rosario
Charmine Roseau
Kenneth & Sandra Rossi
Amanda Rotenberry
Aldwin Sabio
Katherine Sahmel
Rainer Sahmel
Jennifer Sampson
Virginia Sanchez
Laura Scandrett
Susan Scandrett
Dorothy K. Scarlett
Christopher & Amy Scott
Ruben & Leah Sernas
Clothilde Sheinberg
Victoria Shoemaker
Shweiki Family
Rachel Simpson
Dawn Smith
Brittany Snyder
Sarah Somerville
Ishmael & Sìne Stabosz
Rae Stabosz
Ms. Deborah D. Stayton
Linda Steelman
Diane Stephens
Jean & Paul Stofa
David & April Stoltzfus
Todd Stone
Sharon Sutherland
Justin Thomas
Carmen Thomas
Karen Tichenor
Maxine Tucker
Geoffrey Uebel
Ashley Uebel
Istan Utiashev
Ryan & Sara Waddington
Daniel Walker
Leslie Walz
Derrik Ward
Victoria Wesley
James & Lauren Wheeler
Mary Wilcosky
Camille Williams
Lonneva Williams
Michael Williams
Stephen Winand
Edward Wissing
Jun Wu & Qian Lu Tracy Yankovich
Allen Yee Ning Zhang
Lei Zhang & Yu Zhu
Siika Zhivkova
David Zoltowski
Joseph & Mary Lou Zoltowski
GIFTS MADE IN HONOR OR MEMORY OF:
The 9 O'Clock Boys from Derrik Ward
Maria Alverio from Jimmy Santana
Valerie C from David Man
Josephine Campbell Jusino "JoJo" from Eriq Campbell, Haley Hopkins, Scott & Karen Hopkins and Hector Jusino, Jr.
Chinyere Chibuzo from Uzoego Chibuzo
Taylor Ciampi from Michael Blevins, Mark Burkhardt, Joseph Ciampi, Olivia Downey, Robert Fella, Tricia Fletcher, Karin Hancock, Marius Hechter, Linda Heckner, Peggy Johnson, Deborah Leftwich, James Moats, Antonio Rosario, Brittany Snyder and Allen Yee
Kyle Cloutier from Lillian & Kayla Jump, Jason Kutz, Pat McVeigh, Sr., and Lucille Pitch
Emma Crow from Dr. John & Claudette Crow
Tisa Della-Volpe and In Support of Red Clay Schools and Alliance Programs from Judith Stoddard
Reese Dixon from Ryan & Tori Dixon and Rosemary Moran
Isabella Flickinger from Carrie Cochran, Jen Flickinger, Shelley Flickinger and Karen Tichenor
In Loving Memory of Douglas R. Garcia from Pilar Garcia Sussman
Cameron Heulitt from Westbrook Murphy
Kate Heulitt from Allison Murphy, Graham & Diana Murphy and Westbrook Murphy
Jacqueline Jerome from Peter & Carol Jacob, Joe & Danielle Jerome, and John & Fran Jerome
Kristina & Pasha Kambalov from Amelie & Axel Schwendt
Tee Jay Evans Cox King from Tam & Darin DeFer
Mike Knaebel from Jennifer Knaebal
Genevieve Lunger from Jennifer Lunger
Elizabeth Mann from George Brown and Kathy Halleland
Valerie Mann from Dr. S. Charles Bean
Leo McGrath from Barbara Awad, Brendan Figg, Rosemary M. Miles, Nicholas Perry and Michael Williams
Isobel Milne from Kyara Beck, Lauren Boyle, and Peter & Carol Jacob
Norella from Gerard & Lia Schwinghammer
Allison, Katlyn & Ava Peacock from Byron & Kristin Peacock
Tirzah Rahamatulla from Lori Amrien, Karine Arcano, Tigist Bayleyen, Matt Behar, Cassandra Brisson, Marie Brisson, Susan Byfield, Patrena Campbell, Dean Cheatham, Christian Ciron, Dayna Dash, Rachel Dubic-Cadet, Fritz Duchatellier, Rosetta Grant-Richardson, Jeff & Stephanie Gray, Martha Guarini, Valerie Ismael, James Kelsey, Liza Kandrin, Monika Kania, Trayce Lightburn, Kimberly McIntosh, Madeline MontanezCoard, Beatriz Nunez, Stella Reynolds, Annum Rizvi, Charmine Roseau, Aldwin Sabio, Jennifer Sampson, Clothilde Sheinberg, Sharon Sutherland and Maxine Tucker
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