CELEBRATING HARLEM STAGE

THE HARLEM STAGE FAMILY OF SUPPORTERS

Endowment
Fan Fox & Leslie R. Samuels Foundation
Leonard and Sophie Davis Estate
Rockefeller Brothers Fund 

Public Sources
New York City Department of Cultural Affairs
Mayor Bill DeBlasio and
Acting Commissioner Kathleen Hughes
and the New York City Council
New York Landmarks Conservancy
National Endowment for the Arts
New York State Council on the Arts
Theater Subdistrict Council, LDC 

Foundations 
Altman Foundation
Agnes Gund
American-Scandinavian Foundation
Louis Armstrong Educational Foundation, Inc.
Bloomberg Philanthropies
Booth Ferris Foundation
Ed Bradley Family Foundation
The BWF Foundation Inc.
Capozzalo Heil Giving Fund
Joseph and Joan Cullman Foundation for the Arts
Davis/Dauray Family Fund
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
Fan Fox & Leslie R. Samuels Foundation
The Ford Foundation
Garcia Family Foundation
Aaron and Betty Gilman Family Foundation
Bob and Eileen Gilman Family Foundation
The Howard Gilman Foundation
The Harkness Foundation for Dance
Hearst Foundation
Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund
Jerome Foundation
Lambent Foundation
Lucille Lortel Foundation
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Mertz Gilmore Foundation
Metzger-Price Fund
Mosaic Network and Fund
New York Community Trust
NYC COVID-19 Response and Impact Fund
Stavros Niarchos Foundation
Henry E. Niles Foundation
May and Samuel Rudin Family Foundation
The Scherman Foundation, Inc.
SHS Foundation
The Shubert Foundation, Inc.

Corporations
21st Century Fox
American Express
BET Networks
Broadway Cares/Equity Fights Aid
Cantor Fitzgerald Relief Fund
Columbia Community Service
Consolidated Edison Company
Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz, P.C.
GoNoFee.com
Greater Harlem Chamber of Commerce
Janus Management, Inc.
JoAnn Chase Company
JPMorgan Chase
Local One IATSE Theatrical Stage Employees
Manhattan Beer Distributors
NCheng, LLC
Paradigm Talent Agency
Paula Cooper Gallery
Printsource New York
SESAC, Inc.
Simon Says Entertainment
Vision Marketing, Inc.
WABC-TV
Warner Media, LLC/HBO
Wonderland Ultra
Works & Process 

Individuals
Tracy L. Austin
Alexander Bergson
Brianne Bergson
Mitchel Bergson
Jennifer Bergson
Stefany* and Simon Bergson
Angela Glover Blackwell* and Fred Blackwell
Patricia Blanchet
Bill Bragin
DeeDee Bridgewater (donation under $1000)
Jamie Cannon
Patty and Bill Cannon
Kathleen and Henry Chalfant
JoAnn K. Chase*
Kinshasha Holman Conwill
Caroline and Paul Cronson
Patricia Cruz*
Wendy Davies
Lisa Davis
Tate Donovan
Angelina Fiordelissi and Matt Williams
Trevor Gale*
Stuart Gelwarg
Ruth and Stephen Hendel
Nona Hendryx
Steven P. Henry
Karim Dulé Hill
Noma Dumezwemi
William Holtzman and Sylvia Shepard
Massimo Iacoboni and James King
Debra James
John Josephson and Carolina Zapf
Richard Kahan
Jenette Kahn* and Al Williams
Steven Kirkpatrick
Jill and Steve Klein
Deborah Koenigsberg
Kasi Lemmons and Vondi C. Hall
Glenn Ligon
Marcia and Maurice Lyons
Brian Maas
Scott Metzner
Rodney Miller
Courtney F. Lee-Mitchell* and Marcus Mitchell
Carol Wood Moore
Robert Newton
Lynn Nottage and Tony Gerber
Marti Noxon
Daniel J. Osheyack*
Estelle Parsons and Peter Zimroth
Maxine and John Potts
Joy-Ann and Jason Reid
Voza Rivers
LaChanze Sapp-Gooding*
L. Josh Schmell
Sherman and Chris Meloni
Ronald Simons
Robyn L. Stein
Sue Steinberg
Elizabeth Streb and Laura Flanders
Jordan Thaler
Mark Thomas*
Tamara Tunie*
Reginald VanLee and Corey L. McCathern
Fran and Barry Weissler
Lloyd Williams
Katy and Greg Williamson
Michael A. Young*

As of April 28, 2020, list in formation. Donations under $1,000 are greatly appreciated, but not acknowledged publicly. If your name has been omitted or misprinted, please accept our apologies and contact Development Manager, Shante Skyers at sskyers@harlemstage.org

Board
JoAnn K. Chase—President
Courtney F. Lee-Mitchell—Vice-President
Michael A. Young—Secretary
Mark Thomas—Treasurer
Stefany Bergson
Angela Glover Blackwell
Patricia Cruz
Trevor Gale
Jenette Kahn
Daniel J. Osheyack
LaChanze Sapp-Gooding
Tamara Tunie 

Staff
Patricia Cruz, Executive Director
James King, Managing Director 

PROGRAMMING
Monique Martin, Director of Programming
Asha Whale, Programming Assistant

DEVELOPMENT
Julia Marrero, Development Associate
Shanté Skyers, Development Manager

 MARKETING
Deirdre May, Director of Marketing
Andre Padayhag, Marketing Manager / Graphic Designer

ADMINISTRATION & FINANCE
Ixtzel Reynoso, General Management Associate
Viola Swinton, Box Office Treasurer
Ncheng LLC, Accountants and Advisors
Michelle Blankenship, Principal
Aaron Lam, Supervising Senior Accountant 

OPERATIONS
Rodney Bissessar, Operations Manager
Lamont Askins, Operations Assistant
Acey Anderson Sr., Maintenance 

PRODUCTION
Amanda K. Ringger, Production Manager
Jeff Davolt, Assistant Production Manager

CONSULTANTS
Aon/Albert G. Ruben Company (NY)/
Claudia Kaufman, Insurance
Charles Whelan, The Whelan Group Incorporated
GOGO Public Relations & Marketing, Public Relations
Itelagen, IT Consultant
Lazarus & Harris, LLP
Lutz & Carr/ Chris Bellando, Accountants
Madison Consulting Group, Matt Lawrence
Manchester Benefits, Greg Martin
Marc Millman Photography, Photography
Robyn L. Stein, RL Stein Group,
Development Consultant
Scott Lazarus/Emily Lawson, Legal
Skydog Productions, Videography

Artists Circle
Kyle Abraham
Ayad Akhtar
Jessica Blank
Chuck Cooper
Hugh Dancy
Claire Danes
Ruby Dee*
LaChanze
Fab 5 Freddy
Craig Harris
Nona Hendryx
Dule Hill
Warrington Hudlin
Ruben Santiago-Hudson
Vijay Iyer
José James
Judith Jamison
Eric Jensen
Bill T. Jones
Tania León
Jesse L. Martin
S. Epatha Merkerson
Emeline Michel
Alicia Hall Moran
Jason Moran
Manu Narayan
Estelle Parsons
Wendell Pierce
Gloria Reuben
Carl Hancock Rux
Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah
Roger Guenveur Smith
Stew
Dominic Taylor
John Douglas Thompson
Tracie Thoms
Carrie Mae Weems
Lawrence Weschler
Randy Weston*
Jeffrey Wright

* In memoriam