Taproot Theatre Contributors
Taproot Theatre gratefully acknowledges the following for their generous support of our Annual Fund and Nolte Legacy Fund. This list reflects gifts made between January 20, 2025 and January 20, 2026. If you have any questions or would like more information about making a tax-deductible gift to Taproot Theatre Company (a 501c3 organization), please contact Corrie Hayes Reed at 206-529-3677 or development@taproottheatre.org
Institutional Donors
$10,000 +
4Culture ∙ The Arthur and Eleanor Schreiber Foundation ∙ Artsfund ∙ Ellis, Li & McKinstry Pllc ∙ Fales Foundation Trust ∙ M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust ∙ The Taxpayers of Washington State ∙ University-Ballard Lions Club ∙ Anonymous
$5,000 - $9,999
Green Trails Maps ∙ Horizons Foundation ∙ Janus Apartments ∙ PACCAR Foundation ∙ Seattle Office of Arts & Culture ∙ US Bank ∙ Anonymous
$2,500 - $4,999
The Lester and Phyllis Epstein Foundation ∙ Piper Village ∙ Seattle Christian Foundation ∙ Wyman Youth Trust
$1,000 - $2,499
Beneficial State Bank ∙ Crewe Foundation ∙ Klein Info Design ∙ Washington State Arts Commission ∙ Windermere Foundation
$500 - $999
Lions Club
Individual Donors
Angels ($10,000 +)
Trygve & Lyla Anderson ∙ Helen Bottcher ∙ Linda Brown & Lawrence True ∙ Tom & Linda Burley ∙ John & Ann Collier ∙ Loveday Conquest & Fred Kleinschmidt ∙ Patricia Craig ∙ Deborah & Gary Ferguson ∙ Roberta Goodnow & Daniel Lipkie ∙ Daniel Ichinaga & Allison Cook ∙ Mike & Barb Jewell ∙ Kraig & Pam Kennedy ∙ Philip & Cheryl Laube ∙ Claire Scranton ∙ Dwight & Carla Smith ∙ Karen Smith ∙ Warren & Nancy Smith ∙ Daniel & Joann Wilson
Marquee ($5,000 - $9,999)
Cornelia Duryee ∙ Ellen Arrington ∙ Nancy Bittner ∙ Larry & Lorann Bjork ∙ Mary Anne Braund & Steve Pellegrin ∙ Antoine Cotton ∙ Amanda & Ben Davis ∙ Cornelia Duryee ∙ Steve & Jamie Froebe ∙ Jan Gould ∙ Tim Greenleaf ∙ Scott & Pattei Hardman ∙ Loren & Isobel Hostek ∙ Frank Lawler & Ann McCurdy ∙ Ralph & Joan Prins ∙ Dion & Gregory Rurik ∙ Kathryn Sand ∙ John & Lisa Steckler ∙ Edwin & Kathy Sterner ∙ Sarah & Tim Tien ∙ Jeff & Margie Van Duzer ∙ Daryl & Claudia Vander Pol ∙ Mr. Eric Wu ∙ Anonymous (3)
Producers ($2,500 - $4,999)
Fil & Holly Alleva ∙ Steven Anderson ∙ Marcia Barker ∙ Inez Noble Black ∙ Kevin and Anne K. Brady ∙ Cathryn Brite ∙ Zach & Rebecca Brittle ∙ Judith Deak ∙ Dennis & Deborah DeYoung ∙ Federico & Lisa Farin ∙ Robert Flynn ∙ Doug & Linda Freyberg ∙ Lowell Fritz ∙ Dan and Kathy Gelzer ∙ Richard & Kathryn Harrison ∙ Anne Haverhals ∙ Dorothy Herley ∙ John & Judith A Hubbell ∙ Sophie Hume ∙ Victoria Isham ∙ Alma & Mark Klauber ∙ Elizabeth Martin ∙ Carol McDonald ∙ Sandra Midkiff ∙ Paul Montes ∙ Scott & Pam Nolte ∙ Krista Novstrup ∙ Amy Patrick & Joe Jessup ∙ Patricia Putnam ∙ Tom & Claudia Rengstorf ∙ Bruce & Candace Sagor ∙ Thurbon Tukey ∙ Fred & Judy Volkers ∙ James & Joan White ∙ Jean Winfield ∙ Anonymous (3)
Directors ($1,000 - $2,499)
Stephen Abel ∙ Daniel A Adent ∙ Allan & Anne Affleck ∙ Ali Alexander ∙ Dave & Carol Anderson ∙ Tracy and Jenny Owen ∙ Karen and James Barger ∙ Julie Beckman & Paul Lippert ∙ Elisabeth Johnson Bell ∙ Marilyn Bentson ∙ Gene & Theresa Blahato ∙ Shirley Bonney ∙ Norm & Kim Brown ∙ Franja Bryant ∙ Stuart & Diane Campbell ∙ Diana Carey ∙ Linda & Robert Casteel ∙ Jonathan Chinn ∙ Terry & Karen Clem ∙ Wayne & Greta Clousing ∙ Martin Collins ∙ Stephen Connelly & Pamela Nordquist ∙ Stephen & Susanne Daley ∙ Daytona Danielsen with Vincent & Audrey Strong ∙ Allan & Nora Davis ∙ Paul & Phyllis Davis ∙ Brent & Maren Diamond ∙ Thomas & Ann Disher ∙ Virginia Dunn ∙ Earl & Denise Ecklund ∙ Marion Fisher ∙ Michael & Karen Frazier ∙ Jean Fukuda ∙ Moira Fulton & Lee Daneker ∙ Sean & Catherine Gaffney ∙ Richard & Carla Ginnis ∙ Nick & Joyce Glancy ∙ Linda Glenicki ∙ Barbara Glenn & Susan Nivert ∙ Jeff Kadet & Helen Goh ∙ Laura Kennedy Gould ∙ Brittany Hagedorn ∙ Suzanne Hahn ∙ Elizabeth & Lewis Hale ∙ Robert Hall ∙ F. Norm & Anne Hamilton ∙ Gary & Sue Hansen ∙ Carolyn Hanson ∙ Martha & Michael Helms ∙ Amy & Andrew Hockman ∙ Anna Lindsay ∙ Dr. Rick & Susan Hornor ∙ Susan Howell & Niels Andersen ∙ Karen & James Ilika ∙ Carol Sue Ivory-Carline ∙ Judith Harrison ∙ Chris & Ali Kidder-Mostrom ∙ Nancy Kiser ∙ Bob & Lisa Kutter ∙ Edmond & Barbara Lee ∙ Rob & Marti Liddell ∙ Gregory Lumen ∙ Jack & Eileen MacIntyre ∙ Steven Marx ∙ Meredith McClurg ∙ Sean McDonald ∙ Debbie McDonald ∙ Victoria McFall ∙ Arul Menezes & Lucretia Vanderwende ∙ David & Sarah Miller ∙ Teri Miller ∙ Elizabeth Mirante ∙ Tom & Jean Mohrweis ∙ Terry Montgomery ∙ Kristin Moomaw ∙ Fritz Stahr & Erin Moore ∙ Don & Kim Morris ∙ Linda & Tom Morris ∙ Holly and Joe Muhm ∙ Bill & Sara Nagel ∙ Dr. Les & Carol Nelson ∙ Sean & Carrie Nordberg ∙ Paul & Cathy Nordman ∙ Christopher Ohlweiler ∙ Bruce & Cynthia Parks ∙ Jamie Pate ∙ Roy & Janice Petersen ∙ Brian & Christa Poel ∙ Perry & Cherie Raak ∙ Carol Ravano ∙ Steven & Veronica Redpath ∙ Victor & Kristine Rennie ∙ Ed & Cindy Rodriguez ∙ Jon & Sheri Roelofs ∙ Lawrence and Nancy Rudolph ∙ Geraldine Schuhmann ∙ Karl Schulze ∙ Evilo Ann Schwab ∙ David & Joan Selvig ∙ Scott Shiebler ∙ Goldie & Don Silverman ∙ Angela & David Smith ∙ John Smith ∙ Kip Smith ∙ Lin Snavely ∙ Jeremy Barton & Janine Southard ∙ James Spaan ∙ Lisa and John Steckler ∙ Loren & Carol Steinhauer ∙ Jerry Zimmerman & Jane Stevens ∙ Alex & Erica Suk ∙ Jennifer Thomsen ∙ Dan & Joanna Trefethen ∙ Mr. Curtis Urben ∙ Marcia Utela ∙ Gretchen L. Valentine ∙ Daniel & Margret Voetmann ∙ Jennifer Wah ∙ Elizabeth White ∙ Daniel & Adina Whitmore ∙ Jennifer Mccormick ∙ Larry & Linda Williams ∙ Marilyn Wilt ∙ David & Ann Woodward ∙ Bill & Tina Woodward ∙ Cathleen and Robert Wright ∙ Crystal Yingling ∙ Grace Yoo ∙ Maree Zawoysky ∙ Dr. Sharon Zerr-Peltner ∙ Anonymous (10)
Playwrights ($500 - $999)
Calvin & Carolyn Agatsuma ∙ Steve Albright ∙ Russell & Janice Ashleman ∙ Rod & Kamila Assis ∙ Lynda Batchelor ∙ Timothy Bean ∙ Wendy Blight ∙ Richard Bossi ∙ Carole & Tom Brennan ∙ Maureen Brinck-Lund ∙ Bill & Laura Brown ∙ Jack & Vicki Carney ∙ David Chui ∙ Grant & Laurie Chyz ∙ Joy Cordell & Jeff Clark ∙ Rosemary Coleman & Davis Fox ∙ Jesse Cone ∙ Todd & Sylvie Currie ∙ James Daubert ∙ Amanda Popik and David Dearing ∙ William Denzel & Colene McKee ∙ Bruce & Glyn Devereaux ∙ Sandhya Devi & Sherman Page ∙ Francine Grace Dunnigan ∙ Dale & Vicki Dvorak ∙ Kristine Engels ∙ Roger & Astrid Feldman ∙ Kyle & Sarah Feldman ∙ Glendora Ferguson ∙ Don & Nadine Fidler ∙ Jennifer Gilpin ∙ Paul Gould ∙ James & Young Hanlon ∙ Krista and Brad Harris ∙ David Sizer ∙ Carla Hogan ∙ Sandy Howe ∙ Robert Howson ∙ Barbara & Mark Hudson ∙ Patricia Hunter ∙ Thomas Scott & Kristen Huntley ∙ Joyce F. Jackson ∙ Patricia Jolin ∙ James C Keithly ∙ F. Marsh & Marcie Kellegrew ∙ Jacqueline Kiser ∙ Diana Knight & Michael Egan ∙ Beth Kunz & Michael Cooney ∙ Georgia Lang ∙ Chet & Jo Lewis ∙ Ron & Connie Lewis ∙ Marta Lowe ∙ Elizabeth Maunz ∙ Lois & Dave McDermott ∙ Scott Miller ∙ Patricia & Greg Mork ∙ Georgia & Eric Mosher ∙ Edith & Bill Mullins ∙ Donald & Lynn Murphy ∙ Bryce & Bonnie Nelson ∙ Craig & Deanna Norsen ∙ Gordie & Mary Nygard ∙ Ms. Eileen M. Olson ∙ Lowell Park ∙ Shelby Parsons ∙ Susan L. Pazina ∙ Talia Perrotta ∙ Deana & Doug Porterfield ∙ Richard & Mary Raub ∙ Charles Raymond ∙ Glenn & Carol S Redfield ∙ Daniel Ribera ∙ Beverly Roecker ∙ Jain Rutherford ∙ Arthi Sairaman and Vasuki Seshadri ∙ Lucas Salm-Rojo ∙ Brendan Burns and Robin Sanders ∙ Marianne Savell ∙ Amanda Schaffer ∙ Paul Schiavo ∙ K.M. Schleh ∙ Rodney & Elizabeth Schmidt ∙ Jean Schweitzer ∙ Susan & Keith Sedille ∙ Jennifer Sill ∙ Joy and Bruce Smith ∙ Ronald & Dorita Smith ∙ Carrie Sparlin ∙ Elizabeth Stevenson-Collins ∙ Paul & Colleen Stoltenberg ∙ Nat & Karissa Taylor ∙ Brian Thompson ∙ Steve & Tricia Trainer ∙ Rich Unger ∙ Gretchen Van Dyk ∙ Jason & Leslie Rogers ∙ Daniel Waugh ∙ Dr. Robert & Barbara Welsh ∙ Tiffany Werner ∙ Greg Wetzel ∙ Douglas & Dianne Wills ∙ Alvin Winterroth ∙ Lindsey Wright ∙ Cpt Ryan & Leah Yoke ∙ Stephanie Tarry Yoo ∙ Ed & Marcy Yoshida ∙ Kathryn Zufall ∙ Anonymous (7)