Thank you so much to all the incredible supporters of The Heart of America Shakespeare Festival in Kansas City! Your generosity is truly the lifeblood of our organization. We are deeply grateful for your commitment to the arts in our city.
2026 Major Sponsors
Muriel McBrien Kauffman Family Foundation
Mark Edelman Theatre Fund at Jewish Community Fund of Greater Kansas City
Dr. Marc and the Honorable Stephanie Taormina
Missouri Arts Council
Neighborhood Tourist Development Fund
Shirley and Barnett Helzberg Foundation
Kearney Wornall Foundation, UMB Bank, n.a., Trustee
Francis Family Foundation
Hulston Family Foundation
Robb & Robb Charitable Foundation / Gary C. Robb and Anita Porte Robb
Richard J. Stern Foundation for the Arts
Edward P. Milbank
Sarah Yé
Gramling Family
McMeel Family Foundation
William T. Kemper Foundation
Dr. Scott and Bernadette Ashcraft
Peter G. & Elizabeth Torosian Foundation
Sosland Foundation
Hallmark Cards, Inc.
LEGACY FUND DONORS
Francis Family Foundation
Eileen and Ron Grebowiec
Paul and Marilyn Dongilli
Gayle and Bruce Krigel
Tom and Loretta Mentzer
Donald Wakefield
Susan and Jason Waldron
Joan M. Bruderer Trust
Ann and John Readey
$5,000 – $9,999
Shook, Hardy & Bacon
Steve and Cathy Doyle
Siegfried Bingham P.C.
Theater League
Mark-One Electric
Steve and Cathy Doyal*
Deanna and Greg Graves Family Foundation
Ingram Family Foundation
$2,500 – $4,999
Susan and Jason Waldron*
Darren Sextro and John Rensenhouse*
Robert and Barbara Bloch
Dean and Patricia Davison*
Robert Bloch Charitable Foundation
Creative Planning Foundation
Jim and Ellen Glynn Family Foundation
Miller Nichols Charitable Foundation
Husch Blackwell
Camps For Kids
$1,500 – $2,499
Beverly and Erik Elving
Rob and Amy Pennington
Eileen and Ron Grebowiec*
Peggy Beal
Gillian Flynn Foundation
Tom and Loretta Mentzer*
Crosby Kemper III* and Deborah Sandler Kemper
John and Linda Perkins
Malorie McCandless Becker
David Wiley
Danny Clark*
Ed and Bridget Gramling*
Carol and Allan Hallquist
Kamal and Mary Lynn Mikhail*
Drs. Charles and Susan Porter*
Amy Embry
Daniel Bukovac
Tim and Deanna Diebolt
Jerry Katlin and Dan DeLeon
DONORS IN MEMORY OF JIM JACKSON
Francis Family Foundation
O’Connell Family Foundation
Maureen Kelly
Dan DeLeon
Scott and Gloria J. Smith
Beth and Cris Assif
Peggy and Andrew Beal
Joan Dean
Paula and Steven Gabrault
Sidonie Garrett
Damian Lair
Nancy Lewis
John and Linda Perkins
Wendy Powell
Bill and Julia Sanders
Annette Smith
Jim and Jill Thomson
William Tretbar
David Wiley
Jennifer Ailor
Paula Barba
Mark and Jean Boehms
Joanna and Larry Glaze
Laura and James Lloyd
Roshann Parris
Heather Paxton
Rozanne Prather
Rebecca Pryor and Stephen Phillips
Ann Readey
Bernard Shondell
Bonnie and Dave Smith
Marya Stallard
Nancy Fletcher
Sharon Murray-Mueller
Bruce and Page Reed
Margaret Tretbar
* denotes a Good Will Society member
