Students who seek careers in film, theatre, arts organizations, corporate leadership, licensing, retail, advertising, dance, and music and events management will have the opportunity to learn and gain real-world experience at the new Pittsburgh Playhouse. This hands-on experience will augment the core academic assets of the Rowland School of Business, the Schools of Arts and Sciences, Communication, Education and the Conservatory of Performing Arts. 

YOU can make a difference today with a meaningful gift of any size. Your gift will provide students with exciting and immersive opportunities to learn in this new state-of-the-art performance center.

 

Our Supporters

We are honored to acknowledge the following individuals, businesses, and foundations who have contributed to the Pittsburgh Playhouse at Point Park University. Every effort has been made to appropriately acknowledge our supporters; if you see an error, please contact Playhouse Managing & Artistic Director Kiesha Lalama klalama@pointpark.edu

Producer’s Circle ($10,000 and Above)

Dr. Chris W. & Christina Brussalis

Dr. Lisa M. Cibik

Designer’s Circle ($5,000 - $7,499)

David Bush and Timothy McVay

Saurabh Tripathi

Features Circle ($2,500 - $4,999)

Anne Lewis

Spotlight’s Circle ($1,000 - $2,499)

John Magaro

Kiesha Lalama & Dr. David Schmidt

Jerry Vockley

Patron’s Circle ($500 - $999)

Therese Poland

Community’s Circle ($250 - $499)

Paul Block

Chris Choncek

Dorene Ciletti

Alan Helgerman

and Sandra LaPietra

Christina Litchford

Barbara Trachtenberg

Melissa Smith

Supporter’s Circle ($100 - $249)

Amanda Bolea-Munsch

Andrew Conte

Sally Cox

Joseph Emanuele

Lori Ford

Kyra Lalama

Jeffrey Poffenbarger

Janice Rosenberg

Julie Weiner

Daniel Willoughby

Amy Wolf

Donor Circle (Under $99)

Christine Andrews

Paul Bakowski

Paul and Valerie Bacharach

Carol Behers

Taylor Branch

Justin Brown

Frank and Laurie Bruns

Dianna Burnett

Peyton Celani

Tom Chapman

Marlin Collingwood

Cynthia Crass

Yvonne Crouch

Matthew Cunningham

Tom Daddesio

Jill Dean

Adam DiNardo

Charles Dipasquale

Theresa Diana

Skylar Eacker

Nicole Fleeger

Roberta Weissburg and Richard Fox

James Frederick

Judith Friedman

Elaine Gelb

Eileen Hendricks

Thomas Harrison

Patricia Harris

Mark Hipp

Peter Hughes

Kevin Hurst

Frederick Johnson

George Kasich

Claire Keyes

Shannon Knapp

Karen Kuhar

Jennie Lalama

Michelle Leive

Madison Lescallette

Elsa Limbach

Thomas Love

Katie Mikula-Wineman

Mark Miller

Roland Miller

Mandy Wyatt

Jayna Maxwell

Janice Maszle

William McClendon

Michael McLoughlin

Amber McNair

Tera Newhouse

Gweyne Phillips

Greg Poland

Dan Popp

Michael Rice

Brandee Sanders

Juliana Shayne

Gale Simplicio

George Shuff

Nicholas Smith

Matthew Spadaccia

Katherine Springer

David Stanslaw

Peter Stecko

Deborah Stevenson

Michelle Sturm

Kenneth Werner

and Lynn Swanson

Roi Tamkin

Donald and Mary Ann Thomas

Frederick Thieman

George Titonis

Graham Thornhill

Julia Vandiver

Todd Watkins

Celena Welsh

Lucy West

Jacob John White

Jaxon White

Philip Wilson

Alfred Williams

Dennis and Cheryl Wist

Mandy Wyatt

2024-2025 COPA Circle Donors

Matthew Alexander

Naila Ansari

Callan Bergmann

Lindsey Bracco

Melissa Chowdhury

Eric Christian

Giavana de Zitter

Joshua Desjardins

Marlana Doyle

Jeremy Eiben

Jonathan Fadoul

Justin Fortunato

Michelle Hall Dawson

Julie Harkness Arnold

Kellie Hodges Prosser

Jocelyn Hrzic

Alexi Irvine

Joli Irvine

Michael Jansen

Aubrey Johnson

Kiesha Lalama *In memoriam of Stephanie Bissonnette

Dana Lamertina Timko

Christina Litchford

Cheryl Mann *In memoriam of Ron Tassone

Stephanie Mas

David Maxwell

Meredith McCall

Rosalyn Miller

Brittany Pent Rohm

Phillip Pineno

Mia Price

Heather Bennett Randall

Lauren Russo

Kimberly Scalise Giffin

Sharon Schaller

Ahmad Simmons

Jacinda Swinehart

Rebecca Taylor

Amy Van Norstrand

Marlana Walsh Doyle

Jessica Walz

Dixie Weidl