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 January 1, 2023 and March 1, 2024. Every effort is made to ensure this list is complete and accurate. If you have questions, additions, or changes, please contact Development Director Sofie Wasserman-Smith at (212)-757-6960 x. 210, or email her at sofiewasserman-smith@newdramatists.org.


New Dramatists Annual Fund Donors, January 2023-March 2024

$75,000+

  • Howard Gilman Foundation
  • Estate of Gloria Gardner Lemay
  • The Shubert Foundation
  • Jerry A. Tishman Living Trust

$25,000-$74,999

  • Charlotte & David Ackert
  • Larry Frazen
  • Jerome Foundation
  • 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
  • Venturous Theater Fund of the Tides Foundation

$10,000-$24,999

  • Anonymous
  • Bob Boyett
  • Betsy Cohn
  • Concord Theatricals
  • Distracted Globe Foundation
  • Jean and Louis Dreyfus Foundation
  • Flagstar Bank, N.A./Tom Kasulka, Margaret Monigan, Stephanie Dalton
  • Martina Forman
  • The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation
  • The John Golden Fund
  • HELL'S KITCHEN/A New Musical from Alicia Keys
  • Willy Holtzman & Sylvia Shepard
  • Mark Kingdon & Anla Cheng
  • The Kleban Foundation
  • Loeb & Loeb LLP
  • Robin Lynn & Larry Blumberg
  • Stacey Mindich Productions
  • Princess Grace Foundation-USA
  • Daryl Roth
  • 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

  • Alchemation
  • Armanino LLP/Joe Maffia, Lisa Flemen
  • Anonymous
  • Axe-Houghton Foundation
  • Barbara Bell Cumming Foundation
  • Broadway Licensing Global
  • Jim Dale
  • Disney Theatrical Group
  • Jody Falco & Jeffrey Steinman
  • Frederic W. Cook & Co.
  • John C. Gilhooley Irrevocable Trust
  • Willy Holtzman & Sylvia Shepard
  • Shelby Jiggetts-Tivony
  • Henry L. Kimelman Family Foundation
  • Robert Kuchner
  • Jill Hunter Matichak
  • Nederlander Organization
  • New York City Council Member Erik Bottcher, District 3, Manhattan
  • David & Susan Rahm
  • Abbie Van Nostrand
  • The Winikoff Family Foundation at the Community Foundation of Tampa Bay

$2,500-4,999

  • Susan Heller Anderson
  • Ian Calderon
  • Creative Artists Agency
  • Mark D'Ambrosi
  • Dramatists Guild Foundation & Dramatists Guild of America
  • The Durst Organization
  • Fiordellisi Williams Family Foundation
  • John Gore Organization
  • Linda Healey
  • Jenny Hellman
  • Wolf & Rita Jakubowski
  • John L. McHugh Foundation
  • Josephine Merck
  • Qui Nguyen
  • No Guarantees
  • Open Society Foundations Matching Gift Program
  • The Public Theater
  • David C. Rosenzweig
  • Joel Ruark & Cheryl Pinnow
  • Peggy J. Scott
  • Showtown Theatricals
  • UTA
  • Withum

$1,000-$2,499

  • Anonymous
  • Lyndsay Magid Aviner
  • Neena Beber
  • Bret Adams Agency Ltd.
  • Sharon Bridgforth
  • Cynthia Green Colin
  • DeWitt Stern/Risk Strategies
  • Karen Fisher
  • Barbara Freitag
  • Roy Furman
  • Rinne Groff & David Becker
  • Susan Gurman
  • Jerry Heymann
  • Jujamcyn Theaters
  • Elizabeth Kaiden
  • Angela Lansbury Shaw/The Corymore Foundation
  • The Lucille Lortel Foundation
  • Joseph Maffia
  • Music Theatre International
  • New York Marriott Marquis Hotel
  • Qui Nguyen
  • Michael Norton
  • Music Theatre International
  • Olympus Theatricals/Elizabeth Timperman
  • F. Richard Pappas
  • Suzan-Lori Parks
  • Jane Safer
  • Peg & Gary Wendlandt
  • Peregrine Whittlesey

$500-$999

  • A3 Artists Agency
  • Jenny Ewing Allen
  • Orren Alperstein
  • Anonymous
  • Bret Adams Agency, Ltd.
  • Javier Bustillos
  • Charlotte Colavin
  • Paula Kaminsky Davis
  • Denham Wolf
  • Jamie deRoy
  • Entertainment Community Fund
  • Cynthia Green Colin
  • Jennifer Haley
  • Laura Harrington & David Rosen
  • Ed Harris & Amy Madigan
  • Arlene Hutton
  • Vicki Jayson
  • David & Elizabeth McFadzean
  • Michael McWatters
  • Lynn Nottage
  • James Perakis
  • Ron Riley & Cheri Magid
  • Meredith Robbins
  • Rodgers & Hammerstein: An Imagem Company
  • Janet Rosen
  • John & Kathy von Hartz
  • Miriam Weiner
  • Barbara Whitman
  • Beth Williams
  • Tamilla Woodard

$250-499

  • Jill Allgauer
  • Jörg Allgauer
  • Robert J.K. Barnett
  • Jessica Bauman
  • Dori Berinstein
  • Lee Blessing & Melanie Marnich
  • Deborah Brevoort
  • Carlyle Brown
  • Linda Bubeck
  • Luis Castro & Jennifer Gibbs
  • Mia Chung
  • Cleo
  • Michael Cullen
  • Lynden Davidow
  • Danielle Even
  • Pamela Fisher
  • Thomas M. Fontana
  • Mary Gallagher
  • Eduardo Garcia
  • Kelly Gonda
  • Harden-Curtis Associates
  • Jeffrey Hatcher & Lisa Stevens
  • Pamela S. Heckel
  • Dr. Robert F. Horowitz
  • Robert & Fran Kraus
  • Richard LeComte & Jennifer Greer
  • Ruby Lerner
  • Gary Mailman
  • Emily Mann
  • Donald Margulies & Lynn Street
  • The Mindel Family Charitable Trust
  • Gail Merrifield Papp
  • Ben Pesner
  • Laura Politi
  • Lawrence & Judith Prince
  • Sabrina Profitt
  • Ron Riley & Cheri Magid
  • J.T. Rogers
  • Jay O. Sanders & Maryann Plunkett
  • Timothy C Shepard & Andra Georges
  • Lois Smith
  • Tim Torres
  • Two Sigma Matching Gift Program
  • Judith Wasserman
  • Daniel & Amilee Watkins
  • John Weidman & Leila Coleburn
  • Rae Zimmerman

Up to $249

  • Dan & Mary Abbruzzese
  • David Adjmi
  • Erin Anderson
  • David Arrow
  • Aiden Artigue
  • John & Tiffany Baran
  • Zeke & Sara Berlin
  • Susan Bernfield
  • Beth Blickers/APA Agency
  • Danielle Brown
  • Christie Brown & Gary Sloan
  • Elliot & Victoria Brown
  • Jim & Rhea Brown
  • Kate Bussert
  • Richard Capsuto
  • Janice Capuana
  • Lenora Champagne
  • Eugenie A. Chan
  • Robert Chazin
  • Cindy Cheung
  • Naveen Choudhury
  • Martin Cohen
  • Ronald & Lynn Cohen
  • Scott Colton
  • Jason M. Cooper & Liz Mayer
  • Glenn Crus
  • Roberta D'Alois
  • Blythe Danner
  • Paolo de Paola
  • Kristoffer Diaz
  • Louis Dolbeare
  • Richard Dresser
  • Clare Drobot
  • Eve Ellis
  • Herman Daniel Farrell, III & Nancy Jones
  • Fiji Theatre Company
  • Molly Fitzmaurice
  • Stephanie Fleischmann
  • Matthew Freeman
  • Martha Garvey
  • Madeleine George
  • Taylor Geu
  • Liana Giangiulio
  • Lauren K. Gibbs
  • Jeffrey Glatzer
  • Lillian Goldenthal
  • Amanda Green
  • William Gregory
  • Jen Grigg
  • Jason Grote
  • Amy Guterson
  • Deborah Gutoff Gault and Jack Gault
  • Connie Hall
  • Marion & Steve Hall
  • Barbara Hammond
  • Eleanor Hansen
  • R. Bruce Harper
  • Andrew Harris
  • Rebecca Harris
  • Kelli Harrison
  • Linda Hayden
  • David Herskovits
  • Megan Hill
  • Kathleen Hughes
  • Birgit Huppuch
  • Chisa Hutchinson
  • Bill Irwin
  • Joyce Jacobson
  • Jana Jevnikar
  • The Jim Flynn Agency
  • Wendy Kesselman
  • James Klatsky
  • Susan Rosenberg Jones
  • Michele LaRue Kliewer
  • Aimee Kraft
  • Julie Kramer
  • Susan Kraus
  • Carson Kreitzer
  • Jessica Kubzansky
  • Christopher Lentz
  • Donna Lewis
  • Cynthia Mace
  • Wendy MacLeod
  • Ellen Maddow & Paul Zimet
  • Tony Marzani
  • Maureen McCafferty
  • Lynne McCollough
  • D. Miller
  • Thomas Morgan
  • Bart Myszkowski
  • Christianna Nelson
  • Barbara and Nathaniel G Nesmith
  • Ann Nicholas
  • James Nicholson
  • Jeanne O'Connor
  • Bob O'Brien
  • Matthew Paul Olmos
  • Catherine Overman
  • Samantha Paley
  • Estelle Parsons
  • christopher oscar peña
  • Kenneth Prestininzi
  • Richard Price
  • Vignesh Rajendran and Julia Butler
  • Sarah Ritchey
  • Laila Robins
  • Lynn Rosen
  • Tammy Ryan
  • Joan Saltzman
  • Nancy Scherl
  • Cali Schottenfeld
  • John Patrick Shanley
  • Mike Shapiro & Peggy Stafford
  • Yael Silverberg-Urian
  • Ms. Jen Silverman
  • Janice Simpson
  • Michael Sommers
  • Daniel Southern
  • Penny Spiwack
  • Aurin Squire
  • Robert Shaffron & John Steber
  • Maria Striar
  • Jeffrey Sweet
  • Stanley Taikeff
  • Cori Thomas
  • Grace Toy
  • Ken Urban
  • Ching Valdes
  • Katie Vigdorchik
  • Sturgis Warner
  • Ella Wasserman-Smith
  • Sofie Wasserman-Smith
  • Nancy Bendiner & Jim Weiss
  • Theresa Devereux
  • Donald & Martha Wollner
  • Leejone Wong
  • Marilyn Zesch

In-Kind

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