Detroit Public Theatre is grateful for your generosity! Your support allows us to create, innovate, and share productions and community programming. As a not-for-profit theatre, our work is made possible by donors like you.
Please make a tax-deductible donation today and join us in building and sustaining Detroit Public Theatre.
Thank you, and we hope to see you at the theatre soon!
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please send it to the address below:
Detroit Public Theatre
3960 Third Avenue
Detroit, MI 48201
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DPT's EIN is 47-3449342.
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Ensemble Player: $10,000
Best Supporting Player: $15,000
Leading Player: $25,000
If you've got questions about donating to DPT, our Associate Director of Development would love to answer them! Click here to send him an email.
Founding Donors
We are profoundly grateful for the visionary support of our Founding Donors who pledged multi-year gifts of $10,000 - $25,000 annually in our earliest seasons. The leadership, advocacy, and extraordinary generosity of these donors brought Detroit Public Theatre to life.
Robert A. and Maggie Allesee
Julie and Peter Cummings
Nicole and Stephen Eisenberg
Debbie and John Erb
Lauren and Phillip Fisher
Catherine and Nathan Forbes
Tom Hulce and Ira Pittelman
Danialle and Peter Karmanos, Jr.
Maeva and Xavier Mosquet
Ann V. and James B. Nicholson
Lisa A. Payne
Martie and Bob Sachs
Jeffrey Seller
Julie and Bobby Taubman
Sarah Winkler and Simon Leopold
2024-25 Leadership Donor Levels
Leading Player - $25,000
Debbie & John Erb
Nina Essman & Jon Freeman
Erica Peresman & David Jaffe
Sarah Winkler & Simon Leopold
David Provost
Carol & Peter Walters
Best Supporting Player - $15,000
Lisa & Lou Corey
Emily & Henry Ford III
Roz & Scott Jacobson
Maeva & Xavier Mosquet
The Peck Foundation
Ramesh Telang
Ensemble Player - $10,000
Anonymous
Christie Peck & Buck Baker
Gretchen & Ethan Davidson
Nicole & Stephen Eisenberg
Ann & Alan Frank
Mary Ann & Robert Gorlin
Shari & Craig Morgan
Carol Treat Morton & David Robinson
Nancy & Allan Rothfeder
Martie & Bob Sachs
2024-25 Sustainer Donor Levels
$5,000-9,999
Anonymous
Richard Alonzo
Lisa Applebaum
Katharine J. Burns
Celia Keenan-Bolger & John Ellison Conlee
Annmarie & Neil Hawkins
Katie & Steven Jacob
Judith Belknap & Walter Juterbock III
Anessa & David Kramer
Rebecca & Jack McNaughton
Cynthia Hecht & Michael Meredith
Ann & Jim Nicholson
Angelique, Sean & Sadie Power
Sarah Prues
Tricia Ruby & Nate Coleman
Ann Walsh
$2,500-4,999
Meg Alli
Andrew L. Camden
Michelle & David Carroll
Marla Donovan
Phillip Wm. Fisher Fund
Susan & Robert Gordon
Wendy Batiste-Johnson & Rod Johnson
Nakia Johnson
Pamela Applebaum & Gaal Karp
The Keil Family
Megan Thibos & Phil Mayor
Darin McKeever
Benjamin Meyer
Lisa Nederlander
Peggy Ptasznik
Libby & Aaron Robinson
Mary Schakel
Theresa & Anthony Selvaggio
Jocelyn Lee & Brian Urquhart
Joyce Keller & Michael Walch
Dr. Toni S. Walters
Esther & Neal F. Zalenko
$1,000-2,499
Anonymous
Patrice Aaron
Ed Baldwin
Carolyn & Jim Bellinson
Vivienne Benesch
Jill & Reginald Brack
Courtney & Adam Burkett
Kathleen & Henry Chalfant
Sarah Clare Corporandy
Sean M. Coughlin
Mickey Guisewite & John DeCerchio
Sarah & Bob Dodge
Trevor Dougherty
Peter Van Dyke
Leslie & Jeff Etterbeek
Randall Fogelman
Carol & Burke Fossee
Lucia Geglio
Jennifer & Chris Granger
Janice & Chris Heaphy
Edward Herzig
Linda Samuelson & Joel Howell
Jean Wright & Joseph Hudson Jr.
Niki & Bobby Johnson
Mary Ellen Hoy & James Keller
Paulette & Bob Koffron
Sarah & Neal Krasnick
Bonnie Larson
Katherine Bradford & Greg Leopold
Carol B. Levin, M.D.
Mary Freeman & Andy Levin
Arlene & John Lewis
Susan B. Whitlock and Dr. Earl Lewis
Kumi & William Martin
Sonya Mays
Anne & Anthony Mazlish
Vincent Medley
Devon & Mark Meier
Felicia E. Molnar
Patricia Mooradian
Joy & Allan Nachman
Terry Naini
Maureen Martin & Michael Penskar
Barbara & Lou Prues
Anna & Chris Rea
Debbie & John Saag
Devin & Corey Scillian
Ashley Lowe & Rob Shaya
Natalie & James Shirley
Denita Banks-Sims & Robert Glenn Sims
John Arnold & Wendy Soubel
Patricia Keros & Todd Tesen
Jamie Kaye Walters
Melissa Smiley & Patricia Wren
Fiona Carter & Steve Zaroff
$500-999
Anonymous
Carl Bentley & Saunteel Jenkins
Marcia & Martin Baum
Marianne & Rob Bloomberg
Helene Rottenberg & Rory Bolger
Laura Lewis & Bryan Boyer
Ann Stevenson & Curt Catallo
Briana Chen
Mike DelBene
Anne-Marie Smith & Ted DeVantier
Maria Duey
Michel Erussard
Samuel Losey Feder
Eileen Nowikowski & Robert Fink
Lynne Wright & Marci Fishman
Adeena Karsseboom & Wayne Fitterman
Elyse & David Foltyn
Lori Lutz & Greg Gamalski
Sylvia & Marvin Gordon
Nancy Hart
Alice Audie-Figueroa & David Hecker
Fay Herman
Joyce Jeneraux
Willie Johnson
Elizabeth & James Klein
Drs. Ali Moiin and William Kupsky
Stacie & George Levy
Elaine & Mark Mardirosian
Caroline & Mike Marks
Tamina Mencin
Maralee & Thomas Meyer
Lois & Gene Miller
Jo Anne G Mondowney
Earl Newsome
Stephanie & Tim Nicholson
Iuliana Niculescu
Daniel Ferrier & Ronald Northrup
Joyce & Dan Pariser
Sonia & Tom Pastore
Julie & Roe Peterhans
Jessica Bauman & Ben Posel
Sharon Coleman Radelet
Dana & Bryan Randall
Sandi & Claude Reitelman
Linda Rexer
Merrilee & Daniel Reynolds
Rochelle & Barry Rubin
Todd Sachse
Emily Camiener & Marc Schwartz
Rebecca Sorensen - UBS Financial Services
Patricia Swaney
Ann & Steve Templeton
Elizabeth Tintinalli
Maria Urquidi
Maureen & Edward Vaughan
Laura & Jeff Ver Beek
Marcy & Eric Weisberg
Dr. Barbara Weldon
Marcia Ruff & Tom Wilkinson
Joanne Wood
Angela Keros Zajec
$250-499
Artpack Services Inc.
Liz & Eliot Bank
Erica Battle
Stacie Chaiken & Marty Berg
Elliott Broom
Paul Butcher
Jill Cohen
Linda & Donald Connelly
Holly & Brian Conroy
Denise & Rick David
Sarab Kamoo & Tom Denhof
Donald Dietz
Mary & Terry Earls
Nancy & William Edmunds
Ron Elkus
Liz Ellis
Rochelle & William Elson
Jamie & Steve Faliski
Teri Fenner
Kathy & Jef Fisk
Dorothy & Larry Fobes
Roxana & Dragos Galusca
Colleen Dolan-Greene & Trey Greene
Dr. Sujana Gundlapalli
Candace Hemphill
Kathy & Al Herbach
Robin Jaynes
Helen & Martin Katz
Mary Schlaff & Sanford Koltonow
Dan Korobkin
Mary Kramer
Brenda & Jeff Lane
Degan & Aaron Leopold
Eric Linder
Valerie & J. Thomas MacFarlane
Rebecca Marcus
Wendy Silverman & Mitch Master
Lynne Metty
Marcie & Rob Orley
Sandra Osip
Aaron Radelet
Lisa Rich
Peter Robinson
Susan Sosnick
Kelly Theisen
Nancy Uffner-Elliott
Eva Von Voss
Martin Wunsch
$1-249
Diana Abouali
Terese Ackerman
Martha Adams
Diane Akers
Sara Alosaimy
Pat Alsup
Joshua Amann
Melinda Anderson
Alex Anderson
Betsy Appleton
Lynne Avadenka
Mohamed Ayoub
Pamela Ayres
Douglas Bajor
Tiana Baker
Derrick Balford
Marian Barnes
Kevin Baumann
Lauren & Eric Bean
Rose Bell
Rachel Bendit
Pamela Benfield
Valada Bennett
Kathy & Stephen Bergman
Joyce Berkman
Anaruth & Henri Bernard
Sherry Bierkle
Donna Blake
Carlotta Blanton
Michele Bleznak
Dennis Blue
Kathleen & Robin Blumer
Wanda Bradley
Lena Bradley
Elizabeth Brady
Mary Brandon
Peg Breece
Laura Breisch
Marcy & Jeff Broder
Kathleen Brooks
William Brooks
Janet Broom
Kimberly T Brown
Stephanie Brown
Waverlyn Burdell
Robin Burdette
Chris Burney
Avon Beacham-Byrd & David Byrd
Stephen Calkins
Denny & Alan Camiener
Jerome Cargile
Anthony Carman
Mary Ann Carmichael
Michael Carter
Sharmell Carter
Maria Catalfio
Lori Champagne
Rachel Charette
Katrina Chaves
Jasmine Childress
Carol Cholmakjian
Christine Cipriani
Emily Clark
Tanisha Clay
Tyrone Clemons
Linda Cleveland
Jerry Cleveland
Jo Ann Cline
J Michael Clyne
Latraya Cobb
Kristen Cochran
Lori & Mark Cohn
David Colburn
Christine & David Colman
Carolyn Comai
Linda & Don Connelly
Bryan & Holly Conroy
Gerald Cook
Lynne Cookson
Patricia Cornett
Stephanie Cotton
Rose Coughlin
Winifred Covintree
Tamiko Crowe-Walker
Kelli Crump
John Essay & Robert Curtiss
Phyllis D'Ambra
Demitria L Darby
Barbara Darga
Tracy Darrow
Beth & Jeff Davidson
Janice Davis
Kalisha Davis
Mateo Davis
Kahlilia Davis
Lynda Ronie & Tom De Corte
David Debono
Gary Decker
Judy DeHondt
Carolyn Demps
Thomas DiJulio
Djuana Dismuke
Michael Dixon
Valencia Dobbins
Stacy Doctoroff
Rory Dominick
Megan Dougherty
Melody Dowell
Maureen Dritsan
Charles Dunlap
Mary Jo Durivage
Kimberly & Mark Eberhard
Daniel Edwards
Josh Eichenhorn
Kristen Ellis
Rochelle & Bill Elson
Crystal Estell-Clayton
AJ Evans
Nazim Fakir
Shiffman Family
Margo & James Farber
Pearlie Faulkner
Maurice Feimster
Tracy Felder
Kayne Ferrier
April Finley
Jean Fitzpatrick
Will Flint
Amber & Andres Fonnegra
Rochelle & Randy Forester
Lori Formicola
Deborah Foster
Geraldine & John Frank
Mary Frank
Catherine Freeman
Janis Fried
Keith Harder Fund
Carol Furry
Patricia & Paul Gackenbach
Nancy Gibbs
DeNetria Gibson
Bethany Gielczyk
Dominic Gilbert
Nancy & John Gingrich
Nina Barlow Glover
Linda & James Gobeski
Judy Goldsmith
Elizabeth Goldstein
Arlene Gorelick
Sharon Gourdji
Kathleen Grabruck
Linda Rankin & Daniel Graschuck
Beverly Green
Nancy & Daniel Greenia
Georgia & Roger Griffin
David Grivas
Bonni Gutov
Philip Hadley
Nick Hagen
Delanti Hall
Dierk Hall
Taylor Hall
Cleo & James Hamilton
Linda Rabin Hammell & Mark Hammell
Carolyn Hampton
Dyan Hampton-Aytch
Wendy Handler
Angela Hankins
Heather Hanneman
Deborah & Bob Hansen
Sharon Harrell
Sharonlyn Harrison
Donald Hart
Teresa Hartle
Julia Hawley
Susan Heard
Amelia Hefferlin
MaryAnn Hergenrother
Tracey Hicks
Charlene Highsaw
Diane Hill
Cherita Hill
Akua Hill
Wendy Katz Hiller
JP Hitesman
Mark Hoaglund
Arden Hoffman
Sherrine Azab & Jake Hooker
Phoebe Howard
Talisha Hurks
Mubaarakah Isaac
Diane Jackson
Jamila Jackson
Barbara Jackson-Dickie
Gilda & John Jacobs
Ashley & Robert Jansen
Janet Jennings
Toni Jennings
Sharon Jett
Wendy Batiste-Johnson & Rodney Johnson
Marc Zupmore & Mark Johnson
Francina Johnson
Marc Johnson
Precious Johnson
Avery Johnson
Victoria Johnson
Achsha Jones
Tiffany Jones
Monique Jones
Roslyn Jones
Nancy Kammer-Wildern
Millicent Sanchez & Sid Kanazawa
Jay Kaplan
Hazel Karbel
Tracy Karbel
Don & Donna Kelly
Ann Kelly
Jane & Alfred Kemp
Ada Kerwin
Barbara & Rodney Keteyian
Von Kidd
Kristine & Jeff Kidorf
Nishaat Killeen
Angela King
Laura Kirklin
Elizabeth Kirksey
Ina Kirstein
Donna Kjellstrom
Jerry Klein
Debra Kotzian
Jodie & Ellie Krasnick
Michelle Krebs
Ruby Kushner
Laura L'Esperance
Monica & Eric Labe
Maria & Ken Laberteaux
Zak Berkman & Theresa Lamm
Kathleen Langberg
Robert Langdon
Meria Larson
Suzanne Lasser
Trevor Leaderbrand
Christin Lee
Erika Lee
David E Leidholdt
Nzinga LeJeune
Anna M Levin
Janet B Levine
DeAndre Levy
Reuben Levy
Lisa Lewandowski
Rachel Lewis
Michele Lewis
Paul Lieberman
Nancy & Arthur Liebler
Donna Lindsey-Law
Jesse Lipson
Lisa Lis
Jessica Litman
Rosemary Little
Teresa & Seth Lloyd
Leah Logan
Spencer & Stephanie Lucker
Kelvin Lumpkin
Charlotte & Charles Lusby
Gary MacDonald
Nancy Mahlin
Jennifer Maisel
Jamal Makled
Shamika Malone
Kefentse Mandisa
Derrick Martin
Clarke Mason
Roger Mathews
Alexis Mathews
Therese Maxwell
Marya Mazor
Nakia McCarty
Michael McGrath
Michelle McKinney
Kathleen A McMahon
Sarah Mendenhall
Victoria Merritt
Erin Metz
Judy Miller
Nikita Miner
Michelle Mintz
Tricia Miranda-Hartsuff
Dylan Mirisola
Marsha Miro
Michelle Mitchell
Jenn Rae Moore
Sharon Moore
Amanda Moran
Glennisha Morgan
Diana Morning
John & Raquel Morris
Mary Murphy
Patricia Murphy
Scott Myers
Michell Myers
Damon Nathan
Amy Nesbitt
Susan Jarvis-Noetzel & Daniel Noetzel
Nancy Nordlie
Dan Ferrier & Ron Northrup
Sandra Novacek
Christopher O'Brien
Michelle Oleszkowicz
Peace Omoniyi
Jalen Onorati
Mary Otto
Harold Owens
Thomas E Page
Jenifer Paine
Sean Paraventi
Geraldine & Edward Parks
Gail Parrish
Allison G Pasque
Gina Patrick
Mildred Patrick
Neleita Patterson
Dr. Valerie Payne-Jackson
Francine Pegues
LaDonn & Eddie People
Timothy Peoples
Larry Peplin
Michael Perreca
Helen A Peters
Luba Petrusha
Deborah & Tom Pfliegel
Beverly & Randall Phillips
Victoria Phillips
Katie Pizzimenti
Sonia Plata
Eileen & Richard Polk
Karen Sheridan & Samuel Pollak
Deborah Smith Pollard
Deborah Pollard
Esti Pop
Nicole Poplar
Theresa Powers
Anthony Prince
Amy Proctor
Carrie Pryor
Roberta Deering & Gregory Ptucha
Jean & Wayne Pursell
Awo Quaison-Sackey
Steven Quinkert
Heather Raffo
Nolan Rains
Mark Ray
Karen & Leonard Redmond
J Michael Rembor
Mali Resnik
Ethel Revels
Valerie Ribbron
Paul Riser
Victoria Roberts
Wendy Robins
Lee Robinson
Deirdre Robinson
John Rogers
Laura Hernandez-Romine & Seth Talmadge Romine
Erik Rönmark
Sharon & Ron Rose
Diane Rosenblum
Jessica Ross
Lisa Rothe
Gail & Gary Ruby
Ron Russell
Loretta Ryder
Leslie Sabbath
Kate & Ralph Safford
Zachary Saginaw
Desiree Sanders
Karen Saretsky
Gwendolyn Scales
Roslyn Schindler
Lisa Schmansky
Michael Schon
Faye Schuett
Jill Schumacher
Erin Schumaier
Kathryn J Schwartz
Keven Schwartz
Heiner Schwutke
Michael Kamrin & Katherine See
Rosalind Sell
Sarah Semon
Karol Settergren
Tierney Shaible
MiaLaYrece Sharfner
Cynthia Shaw
Sabra & Clifford Shekter
Dorothy Sherrer
Patricia Sherrod
Susan & Patrick Shields
Lisa Shields
Lia Shreve
Robin Siegel
Tara Sievers-Hunt
Josette & Joel Silver
Michelle Simpson
Angela Simpson
William Sims
Delaney Singleton
Patti Skinner
Harry J Smith
Larica Smith
Jayla Smith
Derrick Smith
Christina Sneed
Debbie Snyder
Joyce Spencer
Susan Jonientz & Alan Stamm
Sherri Stanley
Beverly Stein
D'Ann Stelly
Susan Stepek
Adam Strom
Kathryn & Stephen Sussman
Patricia Sweeney-Hubbell
Christine Szubeczak
Bruce Tackett
Michelle & Jim Taigman
Charles Teeter
Karen Troshynski-Thomas & Tim Thomas
Carla Thomas
JoMeca Thomas
Ayo Thomas
Cynthia Thomas
Amber Thomas
Heather Tibbets
Brooke Tiller
Paula Trilety
Rose & Willie Trotter
Onaje Tyler
Robert Tyler
Tyleah Tyner
Leslie V Tyus
Tracy Uguccioni
Richard Uram-Peterson
Jenna Urbauer
Angus Vail
Lana Valentine
Joe Vichich
Irma Virden
Wendy & Elliot Wagenheim
Deborah Wallace
Michelle Walters
Steven Ward
Joshua Ward
Laurie Washington
Tracy Washington
Kimberly Watts
Jessica Weaver
Beth Rivers & Connie Webb
Nicholas Weber
Amy Miller Weinstein
Constance Weldon
Sharon & David Westrick
Allison White
Helene White
Demian White
Corey Whitfield
Barbara Whitman
Barb & Rick Widener
Linda D Williams
Nikai Williams
Al Williams
Cheranissa Williams
Anne Williamson
Julie Winchel
Amelia Winkler
Chris Wirth
Jessica R Wolff
Deborah Wood
DeAndre Woodson
Susan Zakrzewski
Sharon Zimmerman
Detroit Public Theatre is also deeply grateful to our past and current Corporate, Foundation, and Government funders for their generous support of our programs and productions.
A Beautiful World Fund of the Maine Community Foundation
Arts Midwest
Atwater Bar Management
Awesome Foundation-Ann Arbor Chapter
Beaumont Health
Comerica Charitable Giving
Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan
CultureSource
The Detroit Shoppe at Somerset Collection
Diptyque
Doner Advertising
Downtown Detroit Partnership
Dresner Levy Foundation
The DTE Energy Foundation
Eileen Fisher
The Emily List Fund for Performing Arts Therapy
Flagstar Bank
The Fred A. and Barbara M. Erb Family Foundation
The Forbes Company
The Ford Motor Company Fund
Greenleaf Trust
Hudson-Webber Foundation
Huntington
The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
Kenwal Steel
Kresge Foundation
The Marjorie and Maxwell Jospey Foundation
Mercantile Bank
MGM Grand Detroit
Michigan Arts & Culture Council
Michigan Humanities Council
Michigan Nonprofit Association
Midtown Detroit, Inc.
MSUFCU Desk Drawer Fund
National Endowment for the Arts
The Paul M. Angell Family Foundation
The Peck Foundation
PNC Foundation
Quicken Loans
The Shubert Foundation
Somerset Collection
St. John Providence
Strum Allesee Family Foundation
Union Joints
Vera & Joseph Dresner Foundation
Venturous Theater Fund of the Tides Foundation
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List as of January 27, 2025