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  • TICKETS
    • BOX OFFICE
      • Discounts
      • Ticketing Policies
    • Black History Month Celebration
    • Broadway at the Academy
    • Gift Certificates
    • Group Sales
    • RESIDENT COMPANIES
      • The Charlottesville Ballet 22/23 Season
      • Endstation Theatre Company 22/23 Season
      • Jefferson Choral Society 22/23 Season
      • Lynchburg Symphony Orchestra 22/23 Season
      • Opera on the James 22/23 Season
      • Thomas Jefferson’s Poplar Forest 21/22 Season
    • SEATING CHARTS
  • COMMUNITY ACCESS
    • Academy in Motion
    • Education Access Program
    • Facilities Access Program
    • Ticket Access Program
    • Artist in Residency Program
  • EDUCATION
    • ALL CLASSES
    • ADULT CLASSES
    • YOUTH CLASSES
    • POTTERY CLASSES
    • SUMMER CAMPS
    • YOUTH THEATRE
    • Field Trips At the Academy
    • Education Access Program
    • Instructor Interest Form
  • GALLERIES
    • The Academy Artist Expansion Initiative
    • 2023 National Juried Art Exhibition
  • RENTALS
    • PRIVATE EVENTS
      • Birthday Parties
      • Corporate Rentals
      • Professional Workshops
      • Social and Private Rentals
      • Weddings
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    • Performance Partner Program
    • Facilities Access Program
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Our Donors

 

We recognize with deep appreciation the following individuals and institutions for their generous support through gifts that underwrote performances, gallery and pottery operations, arts education, scholarships, outreach programs, operations, and special projects during our most recent fiscal year.

 

Please contact our Development Team at (434) 528-3256, ext. 118 if we have omitted or incorrectly attributed your gift.

 


 

Perennial Society Members

The Perennial Society celebrates and honors those who contribute $2,000 or more to the Academy’s annual fund for programming and operating support.

 

Level 7 Members $10,000+

Anonymous (3)

Jill & John Fees

Frances J. Giles

Elizabeth & Michael Harrington

Rebecca A. Hawkins

Jane Larkin

Todd Leap & Mark Little

Robin & Rick Loving

Patricia Merryman

 

Level 6 Members $5,000 - $9,999

Anonymous

Terry & Bob Brennan

Mary & Jud Dalton

Rosemary & George Dawson

Libby & Paul Fitzgerald

Jennifer & Watt Foster

Shea & Bo Gravely

Ula & Alan Kauppi

Joan MacCallum

Susan & John Mullin

Susan B. Piepho

Cary Roberts

Tami & Mike Shadler

Kelly & Kirk Tattersall

Mary & Rob Taylor

Kay & Kent Van Allen

Sally & Davis Von Oesen

Anitra B. Webster

Ernest Williams

Jane & Kenneth White

Heather & George Zippel

 

Level 5 Members $2,000 - $4,999

Anonymous

Susan & Jim Ackley

Sharon & Sandy Ainslie

Carole H. & David L. Bowen

Kitty & Wilton Burgess

Valerie & Jim Burruss

Randy Carr

Bettye & Al Chambers

Lucy & Robert Cook

Lynn & Jim Daly

Trudy & Jimmy Davidson

Adgie & Alex Dirom

MaryJane Dolan

Beth Doyle

Julie & Peter Doyle

Clarkie & Tom Eppes

Margaret Anne & Cap Eschenroeder

Ann & Rodger Fauber

Kathy & David Firth

Amy A. Gallagher

Gail & Rex Geveden

Debra & Rick Grooms

Doni C. Guggenheimer

Carolyn & Jack Hill

Mary Jane & Bill Hobbs

Christie & Kevin Hooper

Aubrey C. Hord

Cinda & George Hurt

Crystal & Todd Irby

Elaine & Bill Johnson

Betsy & Hugh Jones

Elizabeth B. Laundon

Madeline Miller & Gordon Leggett

Catherine & Mike Madden

Patti S. McCue

Anna & Paul McWane

Jean & Sam Meeks

Denise & Gary Mignogna

Khoi A. Nguyen

Katy & Chal Nunn

Ellen & Thomas Nygaard

Kristen & Mick O’Neill

Elaine & Corey Passman

Leslie & Kimball Payne

Hoa & James Peery

Ellen & David Petty

Becky & Greg Porter

Dorothy & Clifton Potter

Sarah & Andrew Proctor

Mary Jane & Charlie Pryor

Pat & Reggie Pugh

Dana & Jim Redmond

Larry H. Redmond

Kandy & Rick Scruggs

Verna & Preston Sellers

Betsy & Ben Smith

Charles R. Spencer, Jr.

Lisa & Gerald Stinnette

Elizabeth & Aaron Stroud

Bill Stuart

Sallie & Walker Sydnor

Roger Vaden

Robin & Jim Warner

Randall & John Watts

Meredith & Stuart Whetsell

Alex & Sackett Wood

Mina & Robin Wood

Melinda & James Youngblood

 


 

Annual Members

 

Level 4 Members $1,000 - $1,999

Anonymous 

Ellen & Lloyd Agnew 

Betty & John Alford

Tera & Ben Auch

Diana & Fred Baldwin

Laurie & David Black

Mary Morris Booth

Donna & Brian Bowen

Debbie & Scott Brabrand

Pamela & Michael Bradford

Louise & Buck Bradley

Vivian & Howard Brown

Mary & Stuart Brust

Amy F. Carrier

Regina & Dennis Carter

Spas & Bruce Christian

Cornelia Christian

Joni & Carrington Crawford

Nancy H. Davidson

Betty D. Edmunds

John C. Farnandez

Judy & David Frantz

Rebecca & Nick Frye

Polly & Bob Garbee

Leigh & Billy Giles

Helen Gilmer

Rie & Eddie Godsey

Maria & Lucas Hayden

Donna & Robert Headley

Hermina & Donnie Hendricks

Megan & Matt Huffman

Courtney & Ted Hunt

Libby & Harry Jarrett

Ashley & Geoffrey Kershner

Nancy & Bill Kershner

Rosellyn & Don Kidd

Bill Leach

Judy & Doug Lee

Rachel & Robb LeMasters

Catherine W. Lynn

Ella & Mark Magruder

Sue & Brad S. Malcolm

Sandra & Aubrey L. Mason

Bill McBratney

Middy & Justin McCarthy

Jennifer Wills & Javaun Moradi

Susan & Richard Morris

Phyllistine Mosley

Fanny Mosley

Dorothy & Richard Niles

Peggy & Bill Nolley

Becky & Bobby O’Brian

Whitney & Robert O’Brian

Nancy & Peter O’Brien

Bill Overacre

Staci & Jay Parker

Kappa McGee Peddy

Donald G. Pendleton

Kirk Perrow, III

Janice & Reg Puckett

Edna & Steve Puckette

Benjamin Reagan

Lori & Jon Roark

Stevie & Dan Savage

Robert E. Scheppegrell

Marc A. Schewel

Jennifer & Shepherd Sittason

Georgeann & Parks Snead

Charles R. Spencer, Jr.

Margi & Rob Vaughn

Jessica & Drake Watts

Betsy & Dick Worthington

Marty & Jim Wright

 

Level 3 Members $500 - $999

Anonymous 

Ala Alzaben

Peggy & Billy Andrews

Mary & Terry Babbitt

Laren & Sam Baum

Betsy & George Beam

Baron C. Becker Sr.

William Franklin Billingsley, III

James Blackburn

Jane & Bob Bowden

Louise & Malcolm Campbell

Dr. John Capps

Kathy & Bob Chase

Ida Cole

Karen & Drake Covey

Ellen A. Demsky

Marge C. Dillard

Loretta Doty

Julie & Reid Ebert

Anja & John Falcone

Charlotte Fischer

Holly & Dan Frazier

MayMay & Garland Gay

Nancy Gray & Jean Stewart

Ka Lee & Jeremy Gustafson

Sarah & Tim Hellewell

Cynthia & Jim Hicks

Elaine & Myles Jackson

Emily & Fritz Jenkins

Sandra J. Kanehl

Ronald J. Karlin

Tina & Skip Kughn

Cathy Grossman & Jeffrey Kushinka

Jennipher & Mike Lucado

Karen & Allen Majewski

Sarah P. McBratney

Hart S. Milam

Barbara & Norman Moon

Tiffany & Chad Mooney

Robert U. Pauley, Jr.

Christiane Ploch & Joseph Wawro 

Michael Powers

Margaret Putnam

Christine & Michael Rooney

Carole M. Royer

Anne & David Royer

Patricia & Matt Schewel

LaTonia & Ronnie Shoultz

Kate & Walker Sigler

Robin & John Steckley

Brude Stoever

Joan & Ted Swanson

James S. Wade

Nollner & Smokie Watts

Edward Wayland

Lynne & Frank Weinmeister

Norma & John White

Leah & Scott Wiebe

Trisha & Lester Wooldridge

 

Level 2 Members $200 - $499

Anonymous (2)

Monica & Philip Abatecola

Lucy & William Aiken

Ilga & Bill Baker

H. Brock Barkley, Jr.

Victoria Bartholomew & Jordan Reeves

Judy & T.C. Berryman

Andrew Beverly

Terry & Bill Bodine

Camille Alexander & James Boniface

Bethany Brinkman

Nancy & Doug Brockman

Cynde & John Buckles

James Burnette

Gerry & Howard Butler

Margie B. Callahan

Mary Chamberlin & Parker Campanella

Jennifer & Shane Claiborne

Jessica & Nathan Clarkson

Emily Cochenour

Lois & Mark Coward

Amy & Jimmy Davis

Cassidy & Matt DeWitt

Ann Echols

Brenda & Bob Elliott

Susan & Matt Foster

Patty & Cholly Fox

Linie & Mac Frankfort

Edward E. Frisa

Laura & Kerry Gateley

Jodi & Mike Gillette

Sarah & Tim Gosnell

Anna Leigh Greene

Sarah & David Guza

Chip Harvey

Jessica & Dave Henderson

William G. Henderson

Anne & William Hoskins

Vicki & Loyd Jennings

Robert J. Kaiser

Kelly & Martin Knight

Frieda & Gerald Krohn

Lydia Langley

Margaret & Rodney Laughon

Sally & Bob Leslie

Lisa & T.J. Liston

Mary & Joe Loiselle

Ann & George Luedke

Julie McAuley Gonzalez

Susan & Norwood Morrison

Beth & Stephen Mullen

Mary Barney & David Neumeyer

Kristin & Peter Newby

Beth Packert & Rich Burke

Debra & Roger Pede

Purnell H. Pettyjohn

Donna & Gregg Phelps

Sarah & Peter Ploch

Gail & Norman Porter

Michael Powers

Anita Schmidt & Scott Rankins

Priss & Bill Riley

Diane & Mott Robertson

Maria Rowan

Sharon Sale

Peggy & Wayne Schwartz

Sandra & Thomas Scott

Ann H. Shenigo

Kerry & Jose Silva

Jeanell R. Smith

Schuyler & Ryan Somers

Tobi Jaeger & Eric Spain

Norma W. Stein

Ellen Stinnett

Shelley & John Stone

Dorothy M. Swain

Bill Symonds

Giles Sydnor

Sonia & Prescott Terrell

Dabney & Mike Treacy

Joseph Tucker

Kathy & Gary Urquhart

Gail & Luke Van Dyke

Kim & Jeremy VandeBogart

Janie & David Vaughan

Ashley-Rae & Jeremy Vaughan

Melissa Ventre

Jessica & Peter Ward

Laura Simms Webb

Phebe & Bill Wescott

Patty & Ken West

Karen & Richard Whitehill

Judy & Roger Winters

 

Level 1 Members $75 - $199

David Allison

Linda Andrews

Sallie Anthony

Sieglinde Arras

Hannah Arrington

Mike Austin

Julia & Philip Baker

Barbara & Robert Baker

Dori & Lincoln Baker

Joy & Robert Bashore

Sue & Gerry Bass

Robin Bates

Gigi & Ted Batt

Sara Beck & Park Chisolm

Elizabeth-Reid Becker

Linda & Dave Berg

Debra Bernardi

Traci & Mikael Blido

Emily Bradshaw

Paddy D. Braunstein

Amy Brown

Winston W. Burks

Margaret Burton

Scott Campbell

Anita Carbonell

Samantha & James Citty

Crystal A. Collette

Patricia & Edwin Cozart

Doris & Hal Craddock

Isabella & Joe Crouch

Emily & Brian Crowder

Constance W. Dahlberg

Catherine & Randall Dalton

Gayle & Michael Daly

Antonio M. Davis

Leslie & Gene Davis

Ted Delaney

Dennis Dexter

Peggy & Glenn Dillon

Lisa C. Dirom

Theodore B. Falls

Marion & James Farmer

Jean & Kiah Ford

Samantha & Robb Foster

Jane C. Francis

Patricia Franklin

Rachel & Ryan Gagen

Karen Campbell & Bob Galloway

Edgardo E. Gamis

Nancy & Bob Glenn

William S. Gregory

Angelia Guthrie

Carol & Norman Hammer

Cheryl Hawkins

Marie Hawkins

Diane C. Hewett

Meggin Hicklin

Lynn & Rudy Hilt

Gabriel Holliday

Virginia E. Holt

Shanda & Garnett Horner

Marjorie Huiner

Archer & Billy Hunt

Arnulfo Jacinto

Tammy Jamerson

Molly Roper Jenkins

Karla & Lucas Jones

Holly Jones

Marcy Jones

Karen & David Jones

Patty & Conrad Kauppi

Carolyn & Roger Keeling

Drew E. Kiernan

Lauryn King

Nancy & Al Koes

Win & Warren Koontz

Amy & Scott Kowalski

Jeffrey Lane

Susan Leazer

Michael Lee

Elaine Lee

Cheyenne E. Lewis

Lynn Long

Aphrodite Lutz

Deirdre Maddox

Carol Maddox

Luke Malloy

Debbie Martin

Kayley D. Mayhew

Amy & Brian McAvoy

Liane McCready

Amanda & Nate McGovern

Ms. Cayla McHaney

Carol Mello

Pamela & Mike Minkler

Sonya J. Mohr

Jennifer Monroe

Kaye & Ben Moomaw

Martha Moore

Laura & John Morgan

Gretchen & Tom Morgan

Susan Neiss

Kristin & William Ogden

Shelly & Robert Ore

Wendy Panuska

Deborah Parkins

Jo & Howard Parks

Kenneth Patchell

Ashley & Andrew Pearson

John Pickford

Ruth Pillow

Nicole & Christopher Plucker

Richard B. Poe

Mary Purcell

Sarah Raessler

Kendall Ray

Misty Reed

Ethel Reeves

Nina Rezai

Nancy Richards

Jessica & Chris Riddick

Maria & Dennis Roberts

Anna-Liisa & Jeff Rosner

Ellen Ross

Lao Rubert

Deneen & Stephen Safritt

Mort Sajadian

Judy & Vince Sawyer

Sally & Jeff Schneider

Len Scoggins

Edward W. Shallock

Lynn Shapiro

Cheryl & G.T. Sligh

Joanne & Gary Snyder

Jannett Spearman

Elise & Adam Spontarelli

Valerie St. John

Michelle Wingo-Stebbings

Kurt Stecher

Amanda Stiff

Diane Stroud

Stephanie & Bob Sullivan

June & Albert Taylor

Miriam V. Taylor

Kathleen Terrell

Persis & John Tinsley

Sergei Troubetzkoy

Karin Truitte

John M. Turner

Lynn & Steve Vessells

Joyce & Russ Voelker

Lisa & Robert Vogel

Michael & Dinah Watson

Dorothy Watts

Mollie & Stephen Watts

Jeanette & Glen Wertz

Jeremiah White

Carole Stalling Whittle

Monica & Jeff Wiley

Steve Willis

Mary Catherine Garrison & B. Marshall Wood

Lisa Woodall

Paula & Joseph Wyatt

Kathy J. Younger

 


 

Institutional Donors

 

$10,000+

The Community Foundation of Richmond and Central VA

The Easley Charitable Trust

Genworth Foundation

Greater Lynchburg Community Foundation

Harry C. & Jenny W. Hartless Philanthropic Fund

Pacific Life Foundation

Virginia Commission for the Arts

 

$5,000 - $9,999

The Ainslie Foundation

Baird Foundation, Inc.

McKinnon and Harris, Inc.

Pettyjohn, Wood & White, Inc.

 

$2,000 - $4,999

Bethea S. Owen Trust

Electronic Design & Manufacturing

Greater Lynchburg Community Foundation

The Boyd & Joan Kelly Charitable Foundation

Lynchburg Ready Mix Concrete Company, Inc.

Merryman Charitable Foundation

 

$1,000 - $1,999

BWXT PAC Match Program

Dodson Pest Control

L3 Harris Foundation

McKesson Foundation

Mustaches 4 Kids

Old Dominion Box Company Foundation, Inc.

Scott Insurance

Stewart Langley Properties

Watts Petroleum

Wiley/Wilson

Wiltshire Charitable Fund

 

$500 - $999

Bright Funds Foundation

Jamerson-Lewis Construction

Moore & Giles, Inc.

WNRN

 

$200 - $499

Lynchburg City Strings

The Water Dog

$75 - $199

Network for Good

Oakwood Garden Club

Whitehall Framing, LLC


 

Theatre Restoration Donors

The list of contributors to the Historic Academy Theatre restoration fund can be found here.

 


 

Last updated February 21, 2022

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