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.

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