Board of Directors
Karen Quisenberry, President
Chief Production Officer, Minnesota Opera
John Marks, Director
Artist; Founder/Director, Mirrorlab Studios; Technical Coordinator, University of Minnesota, School of Music
Rachel Mattson, Director
Director of Special Collections and George R. Cooley Curator of the Peace Collection, Swarthmore College
David W. Kelley, Director
Partner, Stinson Leonard Street (Retired)
Sara Shives, Director
Director of Production, IMC Experience
Jinza Thayer, Director
Choreographer, Dancer, Educator, Artistic Director of Movement Architecture
Artistic Advisory Committee
Shá Cag
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 January 1, 2020 and September 20, 2021. 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)
Greg Bullard
Xandra Coe and Judy Meath
Dr. Tom Knabel and Kent Allin
Marbrook Foundation
McKnight Foundation
Metropolitan Regional Arts Council
Minneapolis Foundation
Minnesota State Arts Board
Rahr Corporation
Target
Partners
($100-249)
Anonymous (2)
Diane Aldis
Suzanna Altman
Dr. Howard J. Ansel
Kristi Arntzen
Assembly
Christian Bardin
Alexandra Bodnarchuk
Nicholas Busa
Karen Cellini
Elizabeth Cooper
Robert and Linda DeLap
Andrew Lee Dolan
Paula Doyle
Saymoukda Duangphouxay Vongsay
Elizabeth Esch
Hayley Finn
Jamey Flannery
Jessica Franken
Emily Gastineau
Kathleen Gavin
Ali Good
Allison Gorsuch
Tom Gorsuch and Ann Hopkins
Gregory Gramza
Julie and Matt Guidry
Shalini Gupta
Sue Haas
Erika Hansen
Dr. Daniel C. Hartnett Family Foundation
Celeste Busa and David Hill
Laura Holway
Alana Horton
Judith Howard
Rachel Jendrzejewski
Nancy Johnson
Sean Kelley-Pegg
Rachel Koep
Erin Krebs
Sam Landman
Theo Langason
Joseph Li
Rachel Mattson
Kevin McLaughlin
Allison Moen Wagstrom
Sarah Myers
Crystal Myslajek and John Marks
Jan Myslajek
Vernie Oliveiro
Howard Orenstein and Barbara Frey
Stephen Peabody
Sarah Peters
Gary Peterson and James Davies
Sharon Picasso and Ted Roseen
David Pisa
matt regan
Andrew Schilling
Janice Search
Anat Shinar
Kenji Shoemaker
Candy Simmons
Emily Slaby
Michèle Steinwald
Paul Stucker
Joshua Tanz
Ryan Taylor
Jinza Thayer
Joe and Lori Zook-Stanley
Collaborators
($1,000-9,999)
Charles Campbell and Susan McKinnell
Barbara Jo Davis
Ariel Dumas
John Gastineau
Meredith Halpern and David Must
Linda Holford
David Kelley
David Madson and Helen DeMichiel
MAP Fund
David and Leni Moore, Jr.
Rene and Christoph Meyer-Grimberg
Eleanor and Ray Must
Miriam Must and Gary Johnson
Seward Community Co-op
Sewell Family Foundation
Archie D. and Bertha H. Walker Foundation
H.E. & Helen Warren Foundation
Jo Ann and Jeff Wells
Friends
(up to $99)
Anonymous (14)
Barbara Abramson
Leila Awadallah
Ricardo Beaird
Susan Becker
Mark Benzel
Maggie Bergeron
Nastalie Bogira
Kate Bredeson
Lisa Marie Brimmer
Crystal Brinkman
Julia Brown
Lee Bynum
Theresa Carlson
Cornelio Cassaclang
Morgen Chang
Jeremy Cohen-Elyanow
Leah Cooper
Gabrielle Civil
Rebekah Crisanta deYbarra
Lisa D’Amour
Angharad Davies
Anita Demants
snem DeSellier
Evelyn Digirolamo
Robby Droddy
Daniel Dukich
Annie Enneking
Heid E. Erdrich
Deborah Ervin
Kealoha Ferreira
Jack Gaede
Christopher Garza
Marina Gorzig
Greater Twin Cities United Way
Peder Hagen
Molly Hanse
Craig Harris
Peter Heeringa
Becky Heist
Hannah Holman
Alayne Hopkins
Laryssa Husiak
Mathew Janczewski
Anna Johnson
Justin Jones
Catherine Justice
Kathleen Kaufmann
Dana Kassel
Masanari Kawahara
Calvin Keasling
Nancy Keystone
Kristen Kittscher
Eben Kowler
Ben Krywosz
Gretchen LaMotte
Pedro Lander
Rebecca Langason
Krista Langberg
Ilse Larsen
Eric Larson
Erin Lavelle
Jon and Tessa Moon Leiseth
Alissa Light
Kym Longhi and Jim Peitzman
A.P. Looze
Catherine Lundoff
Theresa Madaus
Megan Mayer
Bethany McHugh
Susan Messerole
Emily Michaels King
Marcela Michelle
Alanna Morris-Van Tassel
Peter Morrow
Jordan Nelson
Lin Nelson-Mayson
Damian Norfleet
Skyler Nowinski
Alys Ayumi Ogura
Benedict Olk
Traslin Ong
Lela Pierce
A G Plaut
Jane Powers
Kat Purcell
Janaki Ranpura
Jody Rosenblum
Jim Quisenberry
Cheryl and Jerry Ronning
Sally Rousse
Cindy and John Sandberg
Peggy Sannerud
Clara Schiller
Chris Schlichting
Jennifer Scott
Erin Search-Wells
Linda Shapiro
Aki Shibata and John Colburn
Jeffrey Shockley
Bree Sieplinga and David Luke
Marie Simpson
Danielle Siver
Jon Skaalen
Eric Snyder
Justin Spooner
Rachel Stallman
Stephanie Stoumbelis
Carl Atiya Swanson
Madeline Tentinger
Ella Thayer
Erin Thompson and Byron Richard
Elle Thoni
Margaret Thorpe Richards
Morgan Thorson
Tamin Totzke
Molly Van Avery
Katie Ka Vang
Kristin Van Loon
Laurie Van Wieren
Laura Virtucio
Jennie Ward
Samone Weissman
Jeffrey Wells and Sam Johnson
Rebecca White
Arneshia Williams
Gary Winter
Bethany Whitehead
Nancy Wong
Elisabeth Workman
Maggie Zepp
Innovators
($250-999)
Anonymous
Jennifer Arave
Cameran and Samantha Bailey
Margot Bassett Silver
Sarah Baumert
Philip Bither
Joann Blohowiak
Charles Boldt
Karen and Michael Cain
Emmy Carter
Rebecca Dale
Steve Dietz
Laurie Dolan
Nancy and William T. Finn
Karen Gastineau
Hannah Geil-Neufeld
Catherine Gray
Michelle Hernick
Andrew and Amy Jendrzejewski
Janet Jones and Rob Reul
Diane Kepner
Diana Konopka and Keith Larson
Carolyn Kramer
Johann Leida
Kaya Lovestrand
Rachel Must Ettinger and Joel Ettinger
David O’Fallon
Scott Pakudaitis
Karen Quisenberry
Sara Shives
Rosy Simas
Kate Sutton-Johnson
Pramila Vasudevan
Harry Waters, Jr.
In-Kind Gifts
Wu Chen
Heidi Eckwall
Non Edwards
Deb Ervin
Du Nord Craft Spirits
France44
Jessica Franken
Cherie Gallant
Rose Jennings
David Kelley
Keys Cafe
Jon Kirchoffer
Miller Dunwiddie
Modern Color
Peter Morrow
Billy Mullaney
Propel Nonprofits
Søren Olsen
Josh Peklo
Paul Whitaker
Jeffrey Wells
Young Dance
We’re also deeply grateful for these additional artists and community leaders who have expressed support, in various forms, for the opening of Red Eye’s new space:
Akiko
Sarah Baumert
Vie Boheme
Megan Burns
Steve Busa
Shá Cage
Karen Charles
Rae Charles
Scotty Gunderson
Sue Haas
Terry Hempfling
Laryssa Husiak
Samantha Johns
Justin Jones
Liz Josheff Busa
Sibyl Kempson
Claire King
Tara King
Krista Langberg
Ruth Margraff
Patrick Marschke
Marcela Michelle
Crystal Myslajek
Rebecca Noon
Kat Purcell
Chris Schlicting
Addison Sharpe
Sun Yung Shin
Judith Holo Shuǐ Xiān
Candy Simmons
Nicole M. Smith
Scott Stafford
Chitra Vairavan
Marcus Young
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 Marbrook Foundation, The McKnight Foundation, Rahr Corporation, and by the voters of Minnesota through grants from the Minnesota State Arts Board and Metropolitan Regional Arts Council through an appropriation by the Minnesota State Legislature and a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.