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We may face extraordinary challenges, but we’re unstoppable with you! Thank you for your tax-deductible donation. With your support we will continue creating exceptional art and connecting the community.
Making your contribution monthly or quarterly ensures Trustus’ sustainability. Because gifts to our annual fund makes it possible for us to produce a full season of award-winning work, we’ve aptly named our deeply appreciated supporter group “The Producers’ Circle.”
Use the form below to make send us your gift today, and to become a member of The Producers’ Circle. To give by phone, please call 803-254-9732. To give by mail, please send a check made payable to Trustus Theatre to the Trustus Theatre Annual Fund, 520 Lady St., Columbia, SC 29201.
For more information about the benefits of your donation, please reach out to Executive Director Jessica Fichter at [email protected].
Trustus Theatre relies on the generosity of its supporters, and their contributions to our annual fund. This list represents members of The Producers’ Circle as of 3/1/2025.
* Indicates a Recurring Donor
2023-24 SPONSORS
In honor of the Mother’s Comedy Group (Side Door Series)
Evolving Door Theatre Company (Dandelion: An Original Musical)
The Francis Family Fund (Dandelion: An Original Musical)
Dorothy J. Dickman Trust
The Cheerful Giver Fund of Central Carolina Community Foundation
LRADAC (People, Places, and Things)
The Courage Center (People, Places, and Things)
Artists for Africa (The Great American Trailer Park Christmas Musical)
Mary Keenan (The Great American Trailer Park Christmas Musical)
Flying Biscuit Cafe (Ain’t Misbehavin’)
PALSS (Clyde’s)
Ken & Cheryl Wheat (AIDA)
PRODUCER
- Sally Boyd*
- Paul Leo*
- Ty Zeigler*
- Advised Fund of CCCF
- The Norman J. and Gerry Sue Arnold Foundation
- Blackbaud Giving Fund
- Hunter Boyle
- Dr. Leslie Daley
- Audrey Delk
- Thomas Fortson
- The Francis Family Fund Of CCCF
- Jessica and David Fichter
- Daniel Freeman
- Paul Gaffney
- The GEM Fund
- The Gourmet Shop
- Gordon Langston
- LAAS LLC
- Rebecca Majeski
- Daryl and Joan McCulley
- Deborah Rowe
- Top Hat Sweepers
- Steve Valder
- Katherine Watkins
- Margaret and Chris Yeakel
DIRECTOR
- Kathryn Bair*
- Nancy Lane*
- Holly Scofield*
- Eve Stacey*
- Kay W. Allen
- Labruce S. Alexander
- Becky Airheart
- Mary and Jack Black
- Adrienne and Stan Conine
- Rob Forney
- Lois Gibson
- Jonathan Monk
- Dennis and Kristen Rabon
- Bill Schmidt
- James E. Smith Jr.
- Emily Tarney
- Charles Curt Rone, Jr
- Steve and Kathy Viele
- Regan Voit
PLAYWRIGHT
- Maureen Bacon*
- Sumner Bender*
- Michele Doto*
- Eva Foussat*
- Donna Guess*
- Stann Gwynn*
- Ellen Morrison*
- Kevin Wolf*
- Drip Coffee
- Janet Grat and Russell Luke
- Jennifer Kaple
- Will Thrift
PHILANTHROPIST
- Randall Iserwood*
- Joe Laney*
- Angela Leon*
- Katharine Reynolds*
- The Blackbaud Giving Fund
- Genevieve Compton
- Ellen Douglas-Schlaefer
- Charlie Finesilver
- Linda Kuhne
- Victoria and Michael Padgett
- In Memory of Greg Paxton
- Clifford and Marie Schnieder
- Natalie Kaufman and David Whiteman
- Property Consultants LLC
SUPPORTER
- MaryEllen Hammock*
- Julie Nesbit*
- Erin Laughter*
- Bailey Lewis*
- Melissa Lion*
- Elena Martinez-Vidal*
- Nancy Maseng*
- Helen McDowell*
- Allyson & John Tjaarda*
- Brian Banks
- Sumner Bender
- Janet Boland
- Jason Blackburn
- Lari Gildea Chilag
- Paul Denman
- Leila Dudley
- Baxter & Elizabeth Gray Engle
- Sue Ferguson
- Janet Kuhn Francis
- Kim Sutton Hinson
- Jessica & Marc Hurst
- Krista Grevas
- Carolyn McClam
- Pat Stoller McLaren
- Sarah Kelly
- Enrique Martinez-Vidal
- Donna McKenna-Crook
- Steve Nurnberg
- Judy Patel
- Stuart & Wendy Pinholster
- Cameron Risher
- Elizabeth Speck
- Leigh Ann & Jamie Spell
- Carolyn Turner
- Peggy Thompson
- Katherine Watkins
- Loretta Winburn
- Catherine Keyser
In memory of Edward Thornburg
- Sandra Adair & Elliott Ives
- Robert Bush
- Walker Covin
- Bill Coward & Michael Crouch
- Bill Davis
- Lisa Duke
- Sonya Dunn
- Andrew Evans
- Ilene Fins
- Lester Franzen
- Dell Goodrich
- Jean & William Gwynn
- Stann Gwynn
- Michael Haigler
- Sylvia Hansmann
- Kimberly Harne
- Melissa Harper
- Dayle Helms
- Licia & C. Grant Jackson
- Frank & Richard Kiraly
- Len Marini
- Elena Martinez-Vidal
- Joy McManus-Rodgers
- Lynne Moldenhauer
- Joseph Morales
- Ann Picard
- Ron Rush
- Shelley Sansbury
- Pamela & Brian Siemering
- Anne & Phil Smith
- William Starrett
- Marcia Leigh & Jason Stokes
- Anne and Jayce Tromsness
- George T. Williams, Jr.
- Steve Wooten
In memory of Thorne Compton
- Deborah Beuche
- Sally Boyd
- Steven Carpenter
- Jean & Max Childers
- Christopher Cline
- Ben Compton
- Genevieve Compton
- Elizabeth & John Courson
- David & Sandy Cowen
- PM Denman
- Marc Drews
- Walter & Cornelia Edgar
- Ann & Nick Eidswick
- Sally Freeman
- George Geckle
- Amelia Hough-Ross
- Carolyn Hudson
- James & Janette Jackson
- Mary Jeffcoat
- Kinard & Carol Johnson
- David Kay
- Mary & Morgan Maclachlan
- Sarah Major
- William Horton & Mary Major
- Patricia Mason & Don Rosick
- Elissa Nash
- Elizabeth Oakman
- William Rivers
- Ellen Douglas Schlaefer
- Paula Shirley
- Jan Silverstein
- Anne Sinclair
- Joseph Spiegel
- Tonya Staubes
- Steve Valder
- Richland County Democratic Party
- Super Legit Podcast
- Telemus
In memory of Kay Thigpen
- Janet Abercrombie
- Sally Boyd
- Drucilla Brookshire
- Arthur Brown, Sr.
- Paul and Carole Cash
- Steven Carpenter
- Susan Carter
- Benjamin Compton
- Genevieve Compton
- David and Sandy Cowen
- Elizabeth Crum & James Byrum
- Sharon Dantzler
- Kathy Gardener
- Myra Greene
- James & Renelle Herndon
- Mark Keenan
- Bev & Bob Howard
- Judy Matthews
- Mary-Louise Ramsdale
- Mims & Ron Rust
- Bill Schmidt
- Anne Sinclair & Julian Ruffin
- Peter & Wendy Stahl
- Steve Valder
- Pat Votava
- Kathleen Warnock
- Hogan Wilson
- Sue Wilson
- Ilsa Young
- Leap and Pivot
