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We’re Grateful For Our Donors

We are grateful for the following individuals and organizations who are generously supporting Live Arts during our 2025-2026 Season of Passion. This donor list recognizes philanthropic gifts received starting July 1, 2025.

We make every effort to ensure that all of our donors are listed in the way they prefer. If there is an error, or you would like your name to appear in a different format, please contact us at marketing@livearts.org.

Season of Passion Sponsors

Season of Passion Show Sponsors


Media Sponsors:
C-VILLE Weekly & WTJU 91.1FM
Pay-What-You-Can Sponsor:
Ting
IT Partner:
PJ Networks

Live Arts is supported in party by the Virginia Commission for the Arts, which receives support from the Virginia General Assembly and the National Endowment for the Arts a federal Agency.

AIRLINE HIGHWAY:
Barbara & Jay Kessler
WOMEN ON THE VERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN:
Woodard Properties
STAGE KISS:
Charles & Janet Cheeseman
HAMLET:
Anonymous
BLOOD AT THE ROOT:
Seeking Sponsors
WATERWORKS:
Seeking Sponsors

Program & Event Sponsors

Education:
Hankel-Citizens Insurance
Virginia National Bank
Tech Dinners:
Miller & Lee Susen
Project Access Sponsor:
The Madwoman Project

Concessions:
Albemarle Baking Company
Bold Rock
Mudhouse Coffee
Three Notch’d Brewing Co.
Eastwood Winery

Theater Lighting Upgrade:
Anonymous
Dorothy Batten
Perry Foundation 
Thane Kerner
Jessica Nagle
Wyn Owens

Special thanks for a long-term investment by Ludwig Kuttner of K Holdings, Inc.

In Kind Donations

Silverchair
Convoy

Gifts From Individuals & Organizations

As of July 1, 2025

Benjamin & Stephanie Randolph

Mark & Carolyn O’Hara

Debbie Wyatt

Annie Copeland

Mary A. Copeland

Ckalib Nelson

Woodard Properties

Bobbi & Lewis Dunn

Silas Byrne & Lauren Ryan

Francesca Reedy

Kathi & David Minton

Kate Leslie

John Oprandy & Claudine Cloutier

Lilibet Coe

Lisa Bowers

Jay & Barbara Kessler

Heather Wright

Shawn Puller

Markiana Smith

Ellen & Eric Field

Andrew & Kathryn Rockett

Pam Friedman & Ron Bailey

Sydna & Bill Julian

Silverchair

Willa & Jim Neale

Grace & Theo Giras

Matthew Murray

Crystal Oliver

Carol Wise & Nancy Weiss

Elizabeth Fuller

Richard & Nora Trodden

Lindsay Jacobik

Andrew Betz

Miller & Lee Susen

Fred Wolf & Mary Williams

Stephen & MaryAnne Burns

Christopher Milner & Kinne Hoffman

Donna Chen & Brad Worrall

Lauda Harmon

William Taylor & Jacqueline Langholtz

Rachel Baker & James Burnett

Taylor & Bill Randolph

Carl Trindle

Julian Connolly & Monica Markelz-Connolly

Judy Wyckoff

Catherine F. Kane

Maria Stein

Nikolai Mayo-Pitts-Hubbard

Robert Pineo

Craig L. Slingluff & Kristin Swenson

Lily Garcia-Walton

Elain Heffelfinger & Doug Murphy

Kay & Jeff Fracher

Ting

Albemarle County

City of Charlottesville

Matthew Bogusz

Gail Raymaker

Ckalib Nelson

Anda Webb

April & Glenn McLaughlin

Willa & Jim Neale


Gifts in Honor of

Miller Susen:
Benjamin & Stephanie Randolph

Barbara Kessler:
Elain Heffelfinger & Doug Murphy



Gifts in Memory of

Gerald Shea
Gail Raymaker

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