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.