Contributors to New Dramatists

New Dramatists’ playwright development program is completely supported by contributed income. Generous contributions from a wide range of individual, foundation, corporate, government, and legacy donors help New Dramatists fulfill its mission of investing in an ever-evolving company of playwrights, who, in turn, enrich the field with their dynamic, creative voices.

The playwrights, board of directors, and staff of New Dramatists extend our deepest thanks to all those listed below for their support.

This list reflects contributions made between March 1, 2022 and April 15, 2023. Every effort is made to ensure this list is complete and accurate. If you have questions, additions, or changes, please contact Individual Giving Director Sofie Wasserman-Smith at (212)-757-6960 x. 210, or email her at sofiewasserman-smith@newdramatists.org.


New Dramatists Annual Fund Donors, March 2022--April 2023

$75,000+

  • Howard Gilman Foundation
  • The Shubert Foundation
  • Jerry A. Tishman Living Trust
  • Venturous Theater Fund of the Tides Foundation

$25,000-$74,999

  • Charlotte & David Ackert
  • The DuBose & Dorothy Heyward Memorial Fund
  • Jerome Foundation
  • The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation's New York Theater Program, in partnership with the Alliance of Resident Theatres/New York
  • National Endowment for the Arts
  • New York City Department of Cultural Affairs
  • New York State Council on the Arts
  • The Harold & Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust

$10,000-$24,999

  • Susan Heller Anderson
  • The Lily Auchincloss Foundation
  • Blavatnik Family Foundation
  • Bob Boyett
  • Broadway Licensing
  • Betsy Cohn
  • Jean & Louis Dreyfus Foundation
  • Flagstar Bank, N.A./Tom Kasulka, Margaret Monigan, Stephanie Dalton
  • Martina Forman
  • The John Golden Fund
  • Loeb & Loeb LLP
  • Robin Lynn & Larry Blumberg
  • Stacey Mindich Productions
  • New York City Council Member Erik Bottcher, District 3, Manhattan
  • Princess Grace Foundation-USA
  • The Shubert Organization
  • Silver Mountain Foundation for the Arts
  • The Ted Snowdon Foundation
  • Kenneth Stefin
  • David Stone
  • Steve Spiegel/Theatrical Rights Worldwide

$5,000-$9,999

  • Axe-Houghton Foundation
  • Barbara Bell Cumming Foundation
  • Jim Dale
  • Disney Theatrical Productions
  • Frederic W. Cook & Co.
  • Willy Holtzman & Sylvia Shepard
  • Janover LLC/Joseph A. Maffia
  • Shelby Jiggetts-Tivony
  • Henry L. Kimelman Family Foundation
  • Robert Kuchner
  • Joan Rechnitz
  • David Rosenzweig
  • Daryl Roth
  • SHUCKED a New Musical/Mike Bosner
  • The Winikoff Family Foundation at the Community Foundation of Tampa Bay

$2,500-4,999

  • Christine Baranski
  • Concord Theatricals
  • Creative Artists Agency
  • Mark D'Ambrosi
  • DeWitt Stern/Risk Strategies
  • Dramatists Guild Foundation & Dramatists Guild of America
  • John Gore Organization
  • Wolf & Rita Jakubowski
  • Joseph Maffia
  • Jill Hunter Matichak
  • John L. McHugh Foundation
  • Josephine Merck
  • No Guarantees
  • Open Society Foundations Matching Gift Program
  • David & Susan Rahm
  • Abbie Van Nostrand

$1,000-$2,499

  • Audible
  • Lyndsay Magid Aviner
  • Neena Beber
  • Bret Adams Agency Ltd.
  • Sharon Bridgforth
  • Karen Fisher
  • Barbara Freitag
  • Roy Furman
  • Rinne Groff & David Becker
  • Ed Harris & Amy Madigan
  • Linda Healey
  • Jerry Heymann
  • Jujamcyn Theaters
  • Heni Koenigsberg
  • The Lucille Lortel Foundation
  • Music Theatre International
  • Qui Nguyen
  • Michael Norton
  • Lynn Nottage
  • Olympus Theatricals/Elizabeth Timperman
  • F. Richard Pappas
  • Jane Safer
  • Patricia Brown Specter
  • Jolyon F. Stern
  • The Dorothy Strelsin Foundation
  • Daniel & Amilee Watkins
  • Peg Wendlandt
  • Peregrine Whittlesey

$500-$999

  • Anonymous (2)
  • Vicky Boone
  • Luis Castro & Jennifer Gibbs
  • Rachel Chavkin
  • Charlotte Colavin
  • Jason M. Cooper & Liz Mayer
  • Nancy Duffy
  • Entertainment Community Fund
  • Cherry Lane Theater
  • Cynthia Green Colin
  • Laura Harrington & David Rosen
  • Angela Lansbury Shaw/The Corymore Foundation
  • David & Elizabeth McFadzean
  • Pfizer, Inc.
  • Rodgers & Hammerstein: An Imagem Company
  • J.T. Rogers
  • Aurin Squire
  • Vanguard Charitable
  • John & Kathy von Hartz
  • Miriam Weiner
  • Tamilla Woodard

$250-499

  • Jill Allgauer
  • Jörg Allgauer
  • Dori Berinstein
  • Carlyle Brown
  • Mia Chung
  • Cleo
  • Thomas M. Fontana
  • Eduardo Garcia
  • Alexis Pauline Gumbs
  • Dr. Robert F. Horowitz
  • Monet Hurst-Mendoza
  • Vicki Jayson
  • Robert & Fran Kraus
  • Bruce Lazarus
  • Richard LeComte & Jennifer Greer
  • Diana & Thomas Maguire
  • Donald Margulies & Lynn Street
  • James Nicholson
  • Ben Pesner
  • Sheila Pettee
  • Laura Politi
  • Lawrence & Judith Prince
  • Ron Riley & Cheri Magid
  • Jay O. Sanders & Maryann Plunkett
  • Jocelyn Sawyer
  • Tim Shepard
  • Jen Silverman
  • Lois Smith
  • Barbara Whitman

Up to $249

  • Dan Abbruzzese
  • Candace Adams
  • David Adjmi
  • Bruce Allardice & Victoria Abrash
  • Orren Alperstein
  • AmazonSmile Foundation
  • Christina Anderson
  • Erin Anderson
  • Anonymous
  • Tala Ashe
  • Lynn Bailey & Zach Grenier
  • John & Tiffany Baran
  • Robert J.K. Barnett
  • Jessica Bauman
  • Susan Bernfield
  • Cherice Boothe
  • Molly Breeskin
  • Deborah Brevoort
  • Christie Brown & Gary Sloan
  • Elliot & Victoria Brown
  • Jim & Rhea Brown
  • Ann Burzynski
  • Kate Bussert
  • Joan Cappello
  • Richard Capsuto
  • Janice Capuana
  • Eugenie A. Chan
  • Carla Ching
  • Martin Cohen
  • Ronald Cohen
  • Rheaume Crenshaw
  • Michael Cullen
  • Blythe Danner
  • Jeffrey Davis
  • Paolo de Paola
  • Kristoffer Diaz
  • Richard Dresser
  • Clare Drobot
  • Martha Ramos Duffer
  • Elizabeth Egloff
  • Eve Ellis
  • Leon & Margo Embry
  • Patrick Emile
  • Ann Farrar
  • Pam Fisher
  • Mary Gallagher
  • Martha Garvey
  • Madeleine George
  • Taylor Geu
  • David Lawrence Grant
  • Jen Grigg
  • Deborah Gutoff Gault & Jack Gault
  • Stephen C. Hall & Marion R. Hall
  • Bernard & Shirley Handel
  • Josh Hardcastle
  • R. Bruce Harper
  • Corinne Hayoun
  • Mercedes Herrero
  • David Herskovits
  • Hannah Hessel
  • Quiara Alegria Hudes
  • Kathleen Hughes
  • Samuel D. Hunter
  • Birgit Huppuch
  • Jane M Hussein Saks
  • Chisa Hutchinson
  • Bill Hutton
  • Jana Jevnikar
  • The Jim Flynn Agency
  • Robert Jin
  • Lee Kalcheim
  • Wendy Kesselman
  • Ben Krywosz/Nautilus Music-Theatre
  • Jessica Kubzansky
  • Naomi Lazarus
  • The Lilly Awards
  • Napier Lopez
  • Robert Emmet Lunney
  • Mark Lutwak & Y York
  • Christopher Lysik
  • Wendy MacLeod
  • Ellen Maddow & Paul Zimet
  • Janet & Dennis Magid
  • Jen Margulies
  • Tony Marzani
  • James McNeel
  • Microsoft Rewards / Give with Bing
  • D. Miller
  • Christy Morgan
  • Thomas Morgan
  • Emily Morse
  • Mary Morten
  • Susan Mosakowski
  • Ron Munman
  • Geoffrey Murphy
  • Christianna Nelson
  • Ann Nicholas
  • Michael Normandy
  • Matthew Paul Olmos
  • Lillian Osei-Boateng
  • Gail Merrifield Papp
  • Nicholas Pappas
  • William & Vicki Paul
  • Ralph Peña
  • Peter Pezzulo
  • Shirley E. Pinnow
  • Gwen Poole
  • Kenneth Prestininzi
  • Richard Price
  • Vignesh Rajendran & Julia Butler
  • Vickie Ramirez
  • Jean Randich
  • Sandra Reed
  • Jacquelyn Reingold
  • Zoë Rhulen
  • Carol Risher
  • Sung & Helen Rno
  • Brian Robinson
  • Lynn Rosen
  • Sheree Ross
  • Rachel Routh
  • Sarah Ruhl
  • Tammy Ryan
  • John Patrick Shanley
  • Mike Shapiro & Peggy Stafford
  • Paul Slee
  • Steven Somkin & Naomi Spatz
  • Michael Sommers
  • Maria Striar
  • Gina Burkett
  • Stanley Taikeff
  • Kate Taylor
  • Danny Tejera
  • Daniel Therriault
  • Cori Thomas
  • Nancy Tovar
  • Two Sigma
  • Maite Urcaregui
  • Randall Van Nostrand
  • Michele Volansky
  • Sturgis Warner
  • Judith Wasserman
  • Marvin K. White
  • Theresa Devereux
  • Donald & Martha Wollner
  • Stefanie Zadravec
  • Marilyn Zesch

In-Kind

  • Susan Heller Anderson 
  • Jason Cooper & Liz Mayer 
  • Howard Gilman Foundation 
  • IndieSpace
  • Microsoft, Inc. 
  • New Dramatists Resident Playwrights 
  • Abbie Van Nostrand