The Fundraising Committee for Patience & Sarah: Alison Ames, Samantha Black, Stephanie Blackwood, Ingrid Coleman, Susan Corso, Sarah Holland, Charles Jarden, Paula M. Kimper, Ann Northrop, Wende Persons, Tara Polen, Lois C. Schwartz, Jane Thurn, Sandy Turner, Rona M. Wilk.

American Opera Projects is deeply grateful to the Friends of Patience & Sarah, whose generous financial support has made the commissioning, development, and the world premiere production of this opera possible.

Patience & Sarah received corporate matching funds from American Express Foundation; Citibank/Citicorp Foundation; J.P. Morgan Charitable Trust; Pepsi-Cola; Philip Morris; PPG Industries Foundation; Joseph E. Seagram, Inc.; the Sprint Foundation; and Time Warner.

ANGELS ($5,000 AND ABOVE)

American Express Financial Advisors
The Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust
Chivas Regal
The Ann & Gordan Getty Foundation
OUT Magazine

BENEFACTORS ($1,000-$4,999)

Anonymous
Nancé K. Agresta
American Music Center, Margaret Fairbanks Jory Copying Assistance
An Uncommon Legacy Foundation
Arnhold Foundation, Inc.
Astraea National Lesbian Action Foundation
Stephanie Blackwood & Scott Seitz, Spare Parts, Inc.
The Arch and Bruce Brown Foundation
J. Speed Carroll
Rev. Dr. Susan Corso
Elisabeth Deran
Linda S. Golding
Francine Goldstein
Kati M. Guerra & Felicia Foland
Paul & Nicole Harman, in memory of Linda Jackson Williams
The Victor Herbert Foundation, Inc.
Stephen E. Herbits
Albert Imperato & Brian Ross
David & Heidi Johnston
Patricia A. Kelly
Trish & Don Kimper
Robert E. Lee, III
Terence McNally
The Open Meadows Foundation, Inc.
The Polen Foundation
Sheila P. Rauch
Janet Sarbough & Bill McAllister
David Sheehan & Keith Garton
Lisa Vertucci
Jane von Thurn
Dr. Melva J. Wade & Mary Johnston, in memory of Alma Routsong
Sandra Wagenfeld
Karina Werner-Jakobi
Women to Women, A Lesbian Music & Performance Series at the Gowanus Arts Exchange

PATRONS ($500-$999)

Kenneth B. Calkins
Ted& Jo Anna Chapin
Renée Fleming & Rick Ross
Brian S. Kimper
Paul & Helen Kimper
Ellen Kushner & Cordelia Sherman
Barbara Love
Dr. Jerome & Lois Lowenstein
Eric Marcus & Barney M. Karpfinger
Christopher McFadden
Deo McKaig
John C. Schaberg & Michael A. Rosenberg
David & Jamie Berstein Thomas
Linda D. Ware

SUPPORTERS ($250-$499)

Enid N. Ain
Alison Ames, in memory of Anna & Winslow Ames
Katrine Woolsey Ames
Jensen Barber
Adria Benjamin & Noemi Masliah
Louise Brodie
Margaret E. Burr
Ann Carlton & John E. Dickinson
Sedgwick A. Clark & Margaret Kane
Ingrid Coleman
John & Jane Comfort
Jill Comins & Howard Stein
Sarah G. Epstein
Burry Gerber Fredrik
Stephen R. Grabow
Judyth & Reuben Gutoff
Marion S. Heydt
Sarah L. Holland
Frank Imperato & Tom Herman
Charles P. Jarden
Anne P. Kearns
Alexander & Paige Koudijs
Robert K. Lewis
Jessica Lustig, 21st-Century
Music Management, Inc.
Jacqueline Lutke, in honor of Tatiana Troyanos
Susan J. MacQueen & Kai Walters
Lynn M. Manger
Sara L. Mayes & Phyllis T. Glanz
Judy Moser & David Ring
Sheila Mullan
Mary Catherine O'Donnell & Tim Persons
Anne T. Pontrelli
Jane-Cole Raftery
Lois C. Schwartz
Lynda Simmons
Susan E. Smitman
Harold S. Spitzer
Alison Tung

SPONSORS ($100-$249)

Anonymous
Alice J. Abraham
Jean & John B. Addinton
Geri & Cindy Armine-Klein
Michael & Betsy Bacon
Joanna Barsh
Dennis Bartel
Ken Benson & Georg Vorrhis
Lonny Black
Linda Bolinski
Maggie Buchwald
Andrea C. Bunbury
Robin Burdulis & Margaret Morrison
Clarice & Carl Burgwardt
Christine Butler &
Sarah Elizabeth Greer
Joel Carr
Linda Chapman & Lola Pashalinski
C. Lu Conser
Lonnie J. Coplen
Kevin Copps
Nancy Corporan
Virginia Privateer Corsi
Robert Croan & Mihael Feldman
Nancy Davidson
Gwen Deely
Ann A. Deetz, in honor of my sister, Alison Ames
Graciana Del Cstillo
Curtis DeVito
Robin Dobson
Helen S. Doctorow
Frances M. Doughty
Brian M. Drutman
Michele Dupey
Brooke & John Durland
East Aurora Sandpipers
Steve & Leslie Ehrlich
Katherine T. Emmet
David Eng
Vivian Engstler
Ellen Ensig-Brodsky & Nancy Spannbauer
Paul H. Epstein
Karen Erikson
Anne R. Feldman
Annette Fesi & Romy Truscelli
Robert & Carol Freeman
Victor S. Friedman & Victoria Schonfeld
Naomi & Emanuel Gat
Susan Geddes
Joan Goldsmith
Belkis Gonzalez
Clarice M. Goodall
Kevin & Gina Gore
Donna Gray
Fayal Greene
Bonnie Gric
Lindel Gum
Susan Haggstrom & Deborah Cressler
Trevor Hailey
Cynthia & Robert Hale
Wu Han & David Finckel
Charlie Harmon
Ronald & Mary Jo Heath
Rafaela Hernandez
Jay Hill
Jay Hoffman
Kelly Hong
Jean Houvener & Sandy Smithson
Carole Hunt
Barbara Jones & Steven Rinehart
Mary Ann Jones
Karen Judd
Sally Kalson & Ed Feinstein
Michael Lang
Carrie Leana & David Goldman
Suzanne LeVan
Miriam B. Lewin
Elizabeth Lewis & Thomas Saunders
Joyce N. Lewis
Grace Lichtenstein & Sandy Gold
Harriet Livathinos, in memoy of Nora Pattee
William Livingstone
Clara Longstreth
Helen P. Lowell
Catherine Lynch
Elvira Macri
Doris Mattos
William Mayer
Erin McHugh & Sara Hart
Members of the Friends of the First Unitarian Church of Baltimore
John A. Michel
Steve Miller & Pat Meyer
Benedicta Mistal
Emily K. Morgan
Douglas Moser
Barbara Mullins
New York Community Trust
Ann Northrup
Dr. Gerrie Nussdorf
Stephen Orgel
Martin Pakledinaz
The Henry W. & Mary H. Parsons Revocable Trust
Mary H. Persons & Penny Persons
Glenn Petry
Play-it Productions, Inc.
Brenda Quilling, MediaTek
Kenneth Rabb
Julia C. Radford
Victoria Raja & Alicia McGinnis
Veronica Reed
Lois Rice
Jessica Robinson
Julie Robbins
Elizabeth & John Rose
Linda C. Rosenbluth
Susan P. Ruben
Diane M. Rudnick
Rosita Sarnoff & Elisabeth Sapery
Maxine Schaffer
Ella M. Schiralli
John A. Schlegel
Kenneth Schlesinger
The Franz Schubert Society
Riccardo Schultz
Frank Schumacher
Joni & Gary Schwager
Henry E. Scott
Toni Scott
Vivian Shapiro & Mary Nealon
Jayne P. Sherman
Pamela G. Simpson & Janet Gillespie
Ceci Sommers
Lee Stern & Jody Allen
Terrence & Sherami Thines
Dorothy Hayley Thompson
Dana Turner
Sandra Vogel
Valerie Wagenfeld, in memory of Robert Wagenfeld
Laurie Weisman & Roz Jacobs, in memory of Frank Valente
Anne & Steven Whitehouse
Beverly Willis
W. Douglas Wingo
Steven A. Winn
May Yip
Liz Zale & Teresa Cooper

Additional thanks to the many individuals who supported this project
with contributions ranging from $5 to $99.

Special Thanks

Shariot Battin
Louis Berman
Peggy Brady, Esq.
Broken Mask Productions
Christine A. Butler
Brian Cookson
Dicapo Opera/Michael Capasso
Diesel Printing Inc.
Duck Walk Winery
Interlink Productions/Frank Spring
Inwood Opera Company
Gordon H. Jee
Phoenix Mayet
Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Collection
MJ & Company (catering)
Museum of American Folk Art
Polygram Classics & Jazz
Brenda Quilling
Laurie Rhodes
Andrew Rubenoff
Donald T. Sanders
Jack Schlegel
Kitty Schweitzer
Dennita Sewell
Theatrical Production Services
The Supper Club
Greg Trupiano
Marya Warshaw
Westport Country Playhouse
W. Douglas Wingo
Yale Rep