Sponsorship Opportunities
Sponsorship opportunities are available annually for the New Play Festival and our Commons Season of three free-to-the-public productions, as well as special programming throughout the year. Sponsorship of the Festival helps to keep it an invaluable FREE resource to all participating artists as well as free to the public who attend our PlayLabs and panel discussions throughout the week. Sponsorship of our Commons Season helps us to employ Omaha actors and pay a competitive, livable wage for their time and talent, while also giving them valuable professional development experience. If you are interested in learning more about sponsorship opportunities, please contact Rachel Hauben Combs directly or complete the Sponsorship Form to get started. Rachel will get in touch with you promptly.
We need YOUR support to make it happen!
Thank you to our generous Funding Partners!
Below we recognize contributions from July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025. If you see any errors or omissions, please contact Rachel Hauben Combs at rhaubencombs@gptcplays.com. We appreciate everyone’s support! (* indicates a member of the GPTC Board of Directors)
Producer’s Circle
These are our donors who commit $50,000+ annually for operating support
Anonymous (1)
The Holland Foundation
Betiana and Todd Simon
Annette and Paul Smith
The Weitz Family Foundation
Institutional Funding Partners
2025 Hotel Partner
Element Omaha Midtown Crossing
Goldenrod ($25,000-$49,999)
Douglas County Visitors Improvement Fund
The Lozier Foundation
The Sherwood Foundation
Compass ($10,000-$24,999)
The Shubert Foundation
Blue Aster ($5,000-$9,999)
Adah and Leon Millard Foundation
Humanities Nebraska
Jetton Charitable Fund
Mutual of Omaha Foundation
Nebraska Arts Council
Nebraska Cultural Endowment
Primrose ($2,500-$4,999)
Omaha Community Foundation Neighborhood Grants
Coneflower ($1,000-$2,499)
Bland & Associates
Dundee Bank
Emspace + Lovgren
Nebraska Medicine
Individual Supporters
Commons Members
GPTC’s Membership Circle for sustaining donors who commit to a recurring donation. An * indicates a member of the GPTC Board of Directors.
Tom Becka
Steven Bross
William and Sandi Bruns
Katie Cameron
Sarah Cho
Diane Coffin*
Susie Baer Collins and Dennis Collins
Timothy and Rachel Combs
Raydell Cordell III*
Bob and Debra Culver
Tim Daugherty
Mary Beth Easley and Mark Bruckner
Kim Estes
Krista Freimuth
Kelly Gibler
Barbara Goldman-Sherman
Alec and Laura Gorynski
Jennifer Hewitt
Peggy Jones
Nevada Jones
Reo Jones
Mary Kelly and Al Marcault
Stephanie Kidd
Steven Knox
Steve and Deborah Krambeck
Ted and Amy Lane
Emiliano Lerda
Michael and Karen Markey
Madeline McCrae
Dr. Jo Ann C. McDowell
Jim McKain
Josie Metal-Corbin and David E. Corbin
Carrie Nath
Cecilia Poon*
The Quam Family
Madeline Radcliff
Charisa Ramsey
Don Risavi
Carol and Rick Russell
Rick Scott and James Boggess
Mitch Towne
Kathy Tyree*
Whitney Van Arsdall
Dan Wach
Jessalyn Waldron
Tiffany White-Welchen
Sophia Winfrey
Ronald J. Zank*
Goldenrod ($25,000-$49,999)
Anonymous (1)
Katie Weitz
Blue Aster ($5,000-$9,999)
Cecilia Poon* and Georg Getty
Roger and Kate Weitz
Primrose ($2,500-$4,999)
Catherine and Terry Ferguson
The Getty Family
Dan and Tina Lonergan
Eric Yarwood and Aaron Persen
Coneflower ($2,500-$4,999)
William and Sandi Bruns
Mark and Brenda Ehrhart
Amy Haddad and Steve Martin
Lydia Kang, Yungpo Su, and Maia Su
Milkweed ($1-$999)
Greg Atkins
Jill Baer
Ben Beck
Robert G. Bennett
Eliza Bent
Ingrid Berg
Amy Bones
Michael Cassedy
Hannah Clark
Mary Kay Conley
Rhiannon Creal
Amber DeAnn
Terri Fender
Terry and Mollie Foster
Darech Gaskill
Billy Gaus
Jennifer Gilg
Bonnie Gill
Thomas Gjere
José Cruz González
Leslie Guyton
Haley Haas
Brenda Hagberg
Greg Harries
Angela Heim
Julia Hinson
Shari Hofschire
Cherron Hoppes
Alexandra Hubbard
Stephanie Jacobsen
Nick Jansen
Carol and David Johnson
Kim Jubenville
Don Keelan-White
William Kirby
Ashley Kobza
Katie Kresha
Julie Lewis
Loren Lieberthal
Lou Lukas
Michael Lyon
Moira Mangiameli
Amy Matthews
Clifton McEvoy
Amelia Merrill
Carolyn Miller
Nancy Moss
Don Nguyen
Dave Osmundsen
Juan Padilla*
Benjamin Pearson
Beverly Phillips
Kerri Presser
Rhoda Reeling
Pegeen Reilly
Kristen Rinaker
Marina Rosado*
Teresa Schafer
Louise Schwarz
Daena Schweiger
Zoella Sneed
Janet Song
Melissa Teply
Mary K. Thomsen
Larry Troshinski
Sheila Turbes
Ali Varallo
Anne Washburn
Nina Washington*
Diane Watson*
Molly Welsh
Kim Louise Whiteside
Bailey Williams
Sara Wolfson
Jon Wood
Scott Working
Hugo Zamorano*
Tracy Zitnik
In-Kind Support
Our local partners providing services, space, and resources that contribute to the success of our work
Benson Theatre
Creighton University Theatre Program
Gifford Park Neighborhood Association
Metropolitan Community College
Omaha Community Playhouse
The Union for Contemporary Art
Yates Illuminates
The Nebraska Arts Council, a state agency, has supported GPTC programming through its matching grants program funded by the Nebraska Legislature, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Nebraska Cultural Endowment. Visit nebraskaartscouncil.org for more information on how the Nebraska Arts Council can assist your organization or how you can support the Nebraska Cultural Endowment.
GPTC is proud to receive funding from Humanities Nebraska, the Nebraska Arts Council, the Nebraska Cultural Endowment, and the Douglas County Visitors Improvement Fund.