Support
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
Marcia Metelsky
Kerry Ozer
Jerry Vockley
Patron’s Circle ($500 - $999)
Therese Poland
Jeffrey Poffenbarger
Community’s Circle ($250 - $499)
Paul Block
Chris E. Choncek
Dorene Ciletti
Teresa A. Gregory
Alan Helgerman and Sandra LaPietra
Christina Litchford
Barbara Trachtenberg
Gregory Smith
Melissa Smith
Supporter’s Circle ($100 - $249)
Mitchell Bassman
Tedd N. Black
Amanda Bolea-Munsch
Adrienne Bricker
Andrew Conte
Sally Cox
April Duras
Joseph Emanuele
Lori Ford
Kyra Lalama
Ryan C. McMasters
Janice Rosenberg
John Schlotterer
Matthew R. Spadaccia
John Van Heest & Mark Toth
Janet Vukotich
Daniel Willoughby
Julie Weiner
Amy Wolf
Jill Zoria
Donor Circle (Under $99)
Jenni Abrahamson
Lori Arfsten
Mark Aguila
Donna Allison
Riley Amey
Daphne D. Anderson
Christine Andrews
Kimberly Angellella
Kelly Armstrong
Jamila Atkinson
Paul and Valerie Bacharach
Rosita Baez-Martinez
Paul Bakowski
Michele Balara
Richard Barber
Madalyn Bauer
Kirkley Beal
Kyra Beatrice
Katrina Beckel
Carol Behers
Jessica Belsterling
Danielle Belusko
Patricia Benesh
Dara Berman-Cheung
Rosemarie Bilandzija
Rebecca Booth
Chris Borkenhagen
John Bornyas
Pamela Boyle
Taylor Branch
Mary Brignano
Melia Brockington
Justin Brown
Krystle Brown
Frank and Laurie Bruns
Claire Bryant
Dianna Burnett
Jeffrey Butchki
Craig Byrum
Louise A Caligiuri
Lois Caputo
Nicole R. Casey-Sciullo
Zoe Carpenter
Allie Carter
Catherine Cavagnaro
Peyton Celani
Troy Centofanto
Lynley Champion
Lanene Charters
Amelia Cheever
Jennifer Chontos
Shawn Clerkin
Robert Coleman
Marlin Collingwood
Karen Conroy
Cat Contreras
Katie Costa
Kimberly Cowell-Meyers
Cynthia Crass
Yvonne Crouch
Liliana Cuesta
Madison Cunha
Matthew Cunningham
Laura Cunningham
Robert Currie
Monica Cwynar
Tom Daddesio
Lisa Dalto
Denise Dannolfo
Jill Dean
Jenya DeBenedetti
Kristin DeLuca
Krissy DeShetler
Kathy Devinney
Marco Di Natale
Theresa Diana
Kimberly DiCesare
Adam DiNardo
Charles Dipasquale
Lynelle and Jayme DiSanti
Ross Donaldson
Eileen Donnelly
Deborah Doyle
Susan Duncan
Jeff Durrie
Chris Durso
James Dworek
Skylar Eacker
Gina Eenhuis
Maddie Enright
Gabriel Ensell
Vanessa Evans
Helen Fallon
Alyse Fay
Wynne Fedele
Diann Fish
Nicole Fleeger
Suzanne Frazer
James Frederick
Bill Freed
Judith Friedman
Erin Fuller
Eric and Patricia Fulmer
Mason Gaddis
Jodi Gallagher
Trina Gamet
Ann Garbin
Melissa Garlock
Elaine Gelb
Ryan Gentzler
Nikki Graham
Wendy Graves
Georgianna Grogan
Ashley Gundy
Heather Haddad
Dominique Haibach
Patricia Harris
Thomas Harrison
Kaylee Harrison
Melissa Hartley
Haleigh A. Hatfield
Stephanie Hatfield
Dustin Hawley
Karen Hecht
Alan Helgerman and Sandra LaPietra
Eileen Hendricks
Bettina Herold
Curt Herridge
Erika Herridge
Mark Hipp
Janice Hixson
Melvin D. Holley
Barbara E. Houston
Janis Reed and Marc Hoffman
Peter Hughes
Sierra K. Hughes
Dina Hunt
Mary Humes
Kevin Hurst
Melissa Indelicato
Craig Irons
Frederick Johnson
Shawnelle Jackson
Jacqueline Jackson-DeGarcia
Lauren James
Lisa Jensen
Cathie John
Diana Johnson
Frederick Johnson
Santos Juarez
Grace Jurado
Jennifer Jurisch
Michelle Kaczynski
George Kasich
Lori Kavanaugh
Richard H. Keitel
Jennifer Kennedy
David Kennedy
Heather Kern
Claire Keyes
Gary Kline
Amy and Harry Klodowski
Shannon Knapp
Lisa Koropchak
John Kotow
Drew Koval
Karen Kuhar
Jim Kutsko
Jennie Lalama
Stephanie LaRosa
Linda Latorre
Lindsay Lehman
Michelle Leive
Hazel Leroy
Kerri Levine
Madison Lescallette
Elsa Limbach
Luke Lindahl
Donna Harsch and George Loewenstein
Walter Lorence
Stacey Loscalzo
Valerie Loughman
Thomas Love
Lisa Lytle
Sharon M Place
Herta Madder
Linda Maker
Brian Malarkey
Tiffany Marcovsky
Joan Markert
David Marrangoni
Kathryn Martin
Kimberly J. Martin
Joan Masley
Janice Maszle
David Maxwell
Jayna Maxwell
William McClendon
Toby Mcconahy
Liz McGrath
Laura McFalls
Stacey McKinney
Michael McLoughlin
Drew McManus
Amber McNair
Frank Meledandri
Ronald and Sheila Mikolajczyk
Katie Mikula-Wineman
Kirk and Doreen Miles
Mark Miller
Roland Miller
William Miller
Gordon Mitchell
Michael Montgomery
Jacqueline Mullenix
Selena Murphy
Gregory Nastasi
Tera Newhouse
Nikkole Nevin
Tricia Nicholson
Marjorie Niedbala
Melissa Noel
Kathy and Don Nwranski
Bea Nyilas
Debra Ober
Kayla Ober
Debbie Ollar
Brian O'Malley
Libby Orcutt
Robin Orlando
Sam Ornstein
Melody Osborne
Christine Oyler
Connie Ozer
Danielle Paccione
Patricia Passeltiner
Veronica Paulo
Gweyne Phillips
Maddie Pietrusinski
Charles Pignataro
Greg Poland
Andrew Poillucci
Dan Popp
Ainslee Potter
Abby Ray
Stuart Redshaw
Arthur Campbell Reed
Michael Rice
Isabel Roitman
Misael Rojas
Megan Rose
Rose Rose
Chris Rosendale
Steve Ross
Kirsten Rossi
Tracy Rossoll
Erin Rypka
Brandee Sanders
Stephanie Sanders
Rosanne Saunders
Edward Scheid
Karen Scheunemann
Stephanie Schmader
Melissa Schmader
Jeff Schneeweis
Chris Schneider
Brandy Schooley
Ellie Schoenberger
Loren Schroyer
Juliana Shayne
Sydney Schulz
Emerson Scroggins
Roxann Seese Reagan
Marian Sefcik
Greg Sekelsky
Kathryn Selmo
Victoria and David Serafini
Kira Shiina
George Shuff
James Sidel
Gale Simplicio
Randy Smith
Bruce Smith
Shannon Smith
Melissa Smith
James Smith
Lindsey Smith and Linda Pell
Nicholas Smith
Beth Sohngen
Luke and Jessica Sossi
Michael Soto
Katherine Springer
Michael Stalcup
Michael Stalteri
David Stanslaw
Peter Stecko
Molly Steffek
Deborah Stevenson
Shannon Stroppel
Elleanna K. Stoner
Tracie Strucker
Michelle Sturm
Marilyn Sullivan
Kenneth Werner and Lynn Swanson
Roi Tamkin
Frederick Thieman
Donald and Mary Ann Thomas
Angie Thompson
Graham Thornhill
George Titonis
James Torquato
Barbara Trachtenberg
Khanh Tran
Dionne Tubby
Sisan Tuedor
Tamyra Turner
Danielle Uselman
Alex Vacchiano
Julia Vandiver
Colleen Vermillion
Margaret Walker
Jason Waltz
Todd Watkins
Mallory Walsh
Mary Ann Weaver
Roberta Weissburg and Richard Fox
Juett Wells
Celena Welsh
Jennifer Weprich
Mary Werner
Wendy Wernoch
Lucy West
Jacob John White
Jaxon White
Nikki Williams
Alfred Williams
Bridget Williams
Philip Wilson
Kevin Wisniewski
Dennis and Cheryl Wist
Michael Witte
Mei Lin Wolff
Carolyn Woodberry
Donna Wright
Mandy Wyatt
Michael and Susan Zimecki
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