Board of Directors

 

Karen Quisenberry, President
Chief Production Officer, Minnesota Opera

Jinza Thayer, Director
Choreographer, Dancer, Educator, Artistic Director of Movement Architecture

John Marks, Treasurer

Artist; Operations Director, The Cedar Cultural Center; Founder/Director, Mirrorlab Studios

 

David W. Kelley, Vice President
Partner, Stinson Leonard Street (Retired)

Rachel Mattson, Secretary
Senior Consultant, Educopia Institute

Sara Shives, Director
Senior Events Producer, Minnesota Public Radio

 
 

Artistic Advisory Committee

 

Shá Cage

 

Laurie Van Wieren

Rosy Simas

 

Pramila Vasudevan

Nicole M. Smith

 

Marcus Young

 

Our Supporters

We are profoundly grateful for the many artists, audience members, community partners, donors, and funders who make Red Eye’s work possible--truly a collective effort! 


The below list reflects those who have made contributions to Red Eye between July 1, 2022 and May 20, 2023. If you’re not on this list yet, we’d love to add you! Learn more about our current capital campaign, or donate now on GiveMN.

 

Visionaries

($10,000 and above)

Xandra Coe and Judy Meath

Jerome Foundation

The McKnight Foundation

Metropolitan Regional Arts Council

 

Partners

($100-249)

Cameran Bailey

Jane Bailey

Margot Bassett Silver

Philip Bither

Charles M. Boldt

Rebecca Dale

Elizabeth DeLap

Sher Demeter

Joann Dolan

Laurie Dolan

Hayley Finn

Nancy Finn

Jamey Flannery

Karen Gastineau

Hannah Geil-Neufeld

Karen Gillespie

Tom Gorsuch and Ann Hopkins

Erika Hansen

Michelle Hernick

Linda Holford

Judith Howard

Laryssa Husiak

Andrew and Amy Jendrzejewski

Janet Jones and Rob Reul

Carolyn Kramer

Eric Larson

John Marks

Susan Marks

Kevin McLaughlin

Rachel Must Ettinger and Joel Ettinger

Scott Pakudaitis

Sarah Peters

Karen Quisenberry

Janice Search

Craig and Kathy Shives

Merrie Sjogren

Renee Spillum

Joe and Lori Zook-Stanley

Kate Sutton-Johnson

Jinza Thayer

Erin Thompson and Byron Richard

Morgan Thorson

Laurie Van Wieren

Jo Ann and Jeff Wells

Collaborators

($1000-9,999)

Jennifer Arave and Patrick Riley

Arts Midwest

Lucas Erickson

David W. Kelley and Molly Maloney

Dr. Tom Knabel and Kent Allin

Pramila Vasudevan

 

Friends

(up to $99)

Jennifer Adleman

Ricardo Beaird

Mark Benzel

Maggie Bergeron

Joseph Bingham

Emily Boyajian

Jeff Bye

Joshua Campbell

Emmy Carter

Christine Chookiatsirichai

Aki Shibata and John Colburn

snem DeSellier

Andrew Lee Dolan

Deborah Ervin

Jennifer Facciani

William Finn

Kristina Fjellman

Mike Fotis

Jerry Gale

Roshan Ganu

Emily Gastineau

Robin Gillette

Marina Gorsuch

Gregory Gramza

Nor Hall

Danielle Hans

Peter Heeringa

Hannah Holman

Claudia Holt

Andy Horwitz

Ruth Isaacson

Mathew Janczewski

Rachel Jendrzejewski

Justin Jones

Katie Ka Vang

Masanari Kawahara

Rachel Koep

Ben Krywosz

Rebecca Langason

Krista Langberg

Janet Lenius

Vicki Lofquist

José A. Luis

Theresa Madaus

Stephen Magner

Talia Marcus

Megan Mayer

Emily Michaels King

Jeff Millikan

Sam Aros-Mitchell

Allison Moen Wagstrom

Jamie Monson

Ayaka Moriyama

Sarah Myers

Chloe Nagle

Rebecca Nichloson

Dan Norman

Paola Nunez Obetz

Kira Obolensky and Irve Dell

Alys Ayumi Ogura

Angela Olson

Suzanne Perry

Sharon Picasso and Ted Roseen

Sally Rousse

Chris Schilichting

Elizabeth Schott

Shinjan Sengupta

Michael Shann

Victoria and Alpay Temiz

Bree Sieplinga and David Luke

Nanette L. Stearns

Davey Steinman

Stephanie Stoumbelis

Carl Atiya Swanson

Monica Thomas

Margaret Thorpe Richards

Alisha Tonsic

Greg Tromiczak

David Valentine

Kirsten Volness

Jeffrey Wells and Sam Johnson

Claire Wilcox

Arneshia Williams

Gary Winter

KA Zeleznak

Jeremiah Zortman

Innovators

($250-999)

Greg Bullard

Charles Campbell and Susan McKinnell

John Gastineau

Christina Ham

Benjamin Knelman

Rene and Christoph Meyer-Grimberg

Jennifer Monson

David and Leni Moore, Jr.

David Must

Eleanor Must

Miriam Must

David O'Fallon

Anat Shinar

Sara Shives

Rosy Simas

Harry Waters, Jr.

 

In-Kind Gifts

Christian Bardin

DJ Mickey Breeze

Coco Connelly

Stephanie Fellner

DJ feltyne

East Lake Liquors

Emily Gastineau

Hark! Cafe

Franco Holder

Michael Horemans

Theo Langason

Evy Muench

Crystal Myslajek

People's Organic

John Marks

Rachel Mattson

Karen Quisenberry

Sally Rousse

Seward Community Co-op

Jinza Thayer

Trader Joe's

Twin Spirits Distillery

Zipps Liquors

 
 

Please accept our apologies and notify us if we have misspelled your name/s or neglected to list you as a current contributor! If you have any questions or corrections, please contact Rachel Jendrzejewski at rachel@redeyetheater.org.

 

Red Eye Theater is made possible in part by grants from The McKnight Foundation, Jerome Foundation, and Rahr Corporation.

New Works 4 Weeks is supported by the Arts Midwest GIG Fund, a program of Arts Midwest that is funded by the National Endowment for the Arts, with additional contributions from Minnesota State Arts Board; and by the voters of Minnesota through grants from the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council through an appropriation by the Minnesota State Legislature and a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.