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Shakespeare had Queen Elizabeth, Moliere had Louis XIV, And We have You!
- $35 Give a Chance! A scholarship to audition
- $100 Open the door for a new kid to take an acting class
- $180 Alumni Special: Give this amount if Traveling Players changed your life!
- $500 Help one of our amazing kids find their voice through a school-year program!
- $1,000 Ensemble of Donors – partial scholarship, helping a worthy kid to go to camp
- $2,500 – Give Arts Access – half scholarship for a 3-week sleepaway theatre camp!
- $5,000 Ensemble of Champions – full scholarship for a 3-week sleepaway theatre camp!
- $10,000 Make a transformative gift – full summer scholarship!!!
Thank you to our 2025 Donors!
Key
♥♥ 15+ years
♥ 10-14 years
♦ 5-9 years
* New Donor
☺Camper/Alum/Staff/Board
# Matching
∞ In-Kind or Partial In-Kind
If you were omitted or would prefer to be listed differently, please don’t hesitate to let us know by emailing Robin.
$20,000 & above
- ArtsFairfax ♥♥
- Google Adwords (Donated) ♥∞
- Tysons Corner Center ♦∞
- Virginia Commission for the Arts ♥♥
$5,000 - $19,999
- Anonymous *
- Charlie Brown & Molly Moses ♦☺
- Robin & Bob Carroll ♥☺
- Jody & Kyle Cullen ∞
- Jeanne Harrison ♥♥☺
- The Nora Roberts Foundation ♦
- Kris & Stan Schloemer ♥
- Lisa & Seth Tucker ♦
$2,000 - $4,999
- Anonymous *
- Dave Blouse/Mobile Truck Repair ∞
- Sharon Callaway ♥
- Sarah & Josh Eastright
- Dimick Foundation ♥
- Judy & Chris White ♥♥☺
$1,000 - $1,999
- Anonymous ♦
- Beth & Brian Cole ☺
- Freddie Mac #
- Joseph & Margaret Reynolds *
- James Rivera ♥
- Erik Ronningen ♦
- The Sylvia/Heleen Family
- Margery Sullivan ♥♥
- Ky Tran Trong ♦
$500 - $999
- Anonymous
- Barings LLC #
- Zena Carmel-Jessup ♥♥☺
- Barbara & Rooney deButts ♦
- Devine Myers Family Fund *
- Kendra Scott, LLC
- The Maizels Family ♥☺
- Alex Mountfield ☺
- Keith Rohman *
- Virginia Department of Health ∞
- Virginia Roll ♦
- VISA #
- Lisa Vohra * ∞
$250 - $499
- Anne & Jon Ashwell ♥♥
- Mary Au & Tony Greco ♦
- Kathryn Augenblick *
- Tricia Boland *
- Anne & John Durgavich ☺
- Sharon & Jonathan Franklin ♥
- Mary B Kenny *
- Deb and Keith Porter
- Jim Read & Melissa Jurgens ♦
- Amy Regas & Brad Conver ♦
- Arthur & Perry Wheelock
- Mark and Pat Whittle ♦☺
- Audience Members thru Ticket Tailor (65)
$100 - $249
- Bennett Adamson *
- Anonymous ♦
- Mike and Leslie Atkin ♥
- Steven Babin & Pamela Nee ♥
- Judy Bauer & Richard Koretz ♥♥
- Marty & Lisa Brown *
- Joseph A Davis *
- Joy Ferrante *
- Susan & Michael Gottesman *
- Lara Greden & Bruno Miller
- Emily Hedin *
- Joan Martling
- Joanne Hurt & John Moore ♥
- Hope Lambert *
- Michael & Marcia Lawson *
- Scott Linder *
- Jessica Lissy & Jeffrey Trey
- Aleta Margolis & Michael Brodsky ♥♥
- Carolyn Mollen ♥♥☺
- Mark & Karen Morey ♦
- Jennifer Murphy * ∞
- Nick Newlin
- Beverly Orr *
- Jess Owens *
- The Pearce Family
- Amy & John Peterson *
- Saul & Nancy Pilchen ♦
- Stephen Rickard
- Lucinda Robb
- Hillary Rue *
- Bee Sackett
- Nicholas Sawaya *
- Michelle Shefter & Jason Hillman ♦
- Jennifer & Ron Sinek ♥
- Julia Smith & Brian Frickert ♦
- Mary Tripp
- Bobbi Wade *
- Matthew Wald & Wilma Schiller ♥
- Sarah & Greg Wetstone ♥
up to $99
- Jamie Abrams & Jason Pletcher ♦☺
- Anonymous (2) *
- Hilary Barnes
- Kit Bigelow
- Rabia Cakar
- Kathlyn Degnan
- Susan Friend *
- Mary Gibbs & Jeffrey Horner ♥
- Warrick Glynn *
- Mary Anne Hakes *
- Julane Havens *
- Hannah Ilana
- Mary Kayvan
- Catherine Mack *
- Massey Builders Supply * ∞
- David McDonald & Kara Oakleaf *
- Edward Mollen
- Deborah M. Osborne ♦
- Katherine Preston & Family *
- Melissa Rossman
- Anne Tartaglia *
- Anne Tyler
Ensemble of Donors
Please consider joining our Ensemble of Donors by making an annual contribution of $1,000 or more this year. Our donors mean the world to us, and now we will regally celebrate our most munificent patrons!
Benefits of Ensemble membership:
- Go backstage! Join our summer directors and designers as they preview their sketches and production concepts.
- See a show! Share an evening at a local professional theatre, complete with a pre-show lecture by Jeanne.
- Bask in our unending gratitude!
Theatre tickets are an additional charge. Membership lasts one year, is renewable, and basking begins the year following the donation.
Email Robin Carroll, Director of Development & Operations, for more information.
Corporate Sponsorship
Traveling Players Ensemble is a non-profit 501c(3) educational theatre that creates theatre with children and teens to enhance their self-expression, practice self-reliance, and develop social skills while building community. Our goal is to provide an outstanding theatre experience for students that will contribute to their maturity and cultivate a lifelong love of both theatre and the outdoors while meeting rigorous artistic and educational standards.
Our acting classes and camps provide a full continuum of theatre training, from beginner workshops to advanced conservatories. We specialize in innovative training with substantial contact hours, often leading to
transformative student growth. You can see the joy and confidence in their performances!
Sponsorship provides the opportunity for a company to support the arts while getting exposure to our students, their families, and friends. We offer sponsorship levels to fit budgets large and small.
Event Sponsorship
Traveling Players Ensemble puts on four major festivals each year, one in the spring and three in the summer, as well as our annual holiday show, Commedia Christmas Carol. Help Traveling Players bring great theatre to Tysons and beyond! Sponsorship levels for these events are as follows, harkening back to the stages of old:
City Square - $250
Bringing theatre to the people — right in the marketplace.
- Two (2) tickets to sponsored festival.
- Name listed as contributor in all festival programs.
The Globe - $500
hakespeare’s beloved theater.
- Four (4) tickets to sponsored festival.
- Name listed as contributor in all festival programs.
Epidaurus Theatre - $750
The world’s greatest theatre – from Ancient Greece to today!
- Six (6) tickets to sponsored festival.
- Name listed as contributor in all festival programs.
Undead Poets' Society - $1,000
Bringing forth new voices by commissioning new plays, with a special focus on voices that history failed to hear.
- Six (6) tickets to sponsored festival.
- Name listed as contributor in all festival programs.
- Feast together! Enjoy a festive brunch with Jeanne and other donors.
Annual Sponsorship
Traveling Players Ensemble offers exceptional theatrical training year-round with classes, shows, and workshops in our Studio in Tysons Corner Center, as well as Residential Camps & Conservatories. Support Traveling Players throughout the year, just like the most famous patrons of the arts did back in the day.
Royal Court - $1,000
Performing for royalty was the pinnacle of an actor’s career!
- Four (4) tickets total to any performance during the year.
- Name listed as contributor in all festival programs.
- Name listed as contributor on the Traveling Players website.
- Feast together! Enjoy a festive brunch with Jeanne and other donors.
- See a show! Share an evening at a local professional theatre, complete with pre-show lecture by Jeanne. (Theatre tickets are an additional charge.)
- Bask in our unending gratitude!
Dionysus - $1,500
The ancient Greek god of theatre — and wine!
- Six (6) tickets total to any performance during the year.
- Name listed as contributor in all festival programs.
- Name listed as contributor on the Traveling Players website.
- Feast together! Enjoy a festive brunch with Jeanne and other donors.
- See a show! Share an evening at a local professional theatre, complete with pre-show lecture by Jeanne. (Theatre tickets are an additional charge.)
- Bask in our unending gratitude!
The House of Medici - $2,500
Funding the Renaissance, which birthed Commedia dell’Arte.
- Eight (8) tickets total to any performance during the year.
- Name listed as contributor in all festival programs.
- Name listed as contributor on the Traveling Players website.
- Logo listed as a contributor on the Traveling Players website.
- Feast together! Enjoy a festive brunch with Jeanne and other donors.
- See a show! Share an evening at a local professional theatre, complete with pre-show lecture by Jeanne. (Theatre tickets are an additional charge.)
- Bask in our unending gratitude!
Louis XIV - $5,000
Molière’s most generous patron.
- Ten (10) tickets total to any performance during the year.
- Name listed as contributor in all festival programs.
- Logo in all festival programs.
- Name listed as contributor on the Traveling Players website.
- Logo listed as a contributor on the Traveling Players website.
- Feast together! Enjoy a festive brunch with Jeanne and other donors.
- See a show! Share an evening at a local professional theatre, complete with pre-show lecture by Jeanne. (Theatre tickets are an additional charge.)
- Bask in our unending gratitude!
Queen Elizabeth - $10,000
Shakespeare’s most devoted patron.
Benefits for sponsorships at the Queen Elizabeth level will be as agreed based on sponsor’s objectives.
Email Robin Carroll, Director of Development & Operations, to become a Corporate Sponsor today!
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