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
