Sponsorship Opportunities
Sponsorship opportunities are available annually for the New Play Festival (formerly known as the New Play Conference) and our Commons Productions (formerly known as PlayFest), as well as special programming throughout the year. Sponsorship of the Festival helps keep it FREE for participating artists. Sponsorship of our Commons Productions helps us 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!
Thank you to our generous Funding Partners!
Below we recognize contributions from July 1, 2024 through April 15, 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
The Holland Foundation
Betiana and Todd Simon
Annette and Paul Smith
The Weitz Family Foundation
Governmental Funding Partners
County, State and Federal sources of grant funding help make our work available to our full community.
Douglas County Visitors Improvement Fund
Humanities Nebraska
National Endowment for the Arts
Nebraska Arts Council
Nebraska Cultural Endowment
Private and Public Foundations
Supporting our Community Programs, Commons Productions, and the New Play Festival
Jetton Charitable Fund
Lozier Foundation
Omaha Community Foundation Neighborhood Grants
Sherwood Foundation
Shubert Foundation
Sunny Durham Family Foundation
Corporate Supporters
Local businesses lending their name and support for the work of GPTC
Dundee Bank
Element Omaha Midtown Crossing
Emspace + Lovgren
Mutual of Omaha
Nebraska Medicine
Omaha Steaks
Commons Members
GPTC’s Membership Circle for sustaining donors who commit to a recurring donation
Katie Cameron
Diane Coffin*
Susie Baer Collins and Dennis Collins
Timothy and Rachel Combs
Raydell Cordell III*
Robert and Debra Culver
Tim Daugherty
Mary Beth Easley and Mark Bruckner
Kim Estes
Krista Freimuth
Kellyanne Gibler
Barbara Goldman-Sherman
Alec and Laura Gorynski
Margaret Jones
Reo Jones
Lydia Kang
Mary Kelly
Stephanie Kidd
Steven Knox
Steve and Deborah Krambeck
Theodore and Amy Lane
Emiliano Lerda
Michael and Karen Markey
Madeleine McCrae
Jo Ann McDowell
Jim McKain
David and Josie Metal-Corbin
Carrie Nath
Fanny Omar
Cecilia Poon*
Erik Quam
Madeline Radcliff
Charisa Ramsey
Don Risavi
Carol Russell
Rick Scott and James Boggess
Kathy Tyree*
Whitney Van Arsdall
Dan Wach
Jessalyn Waldron
Sophia Winfrey
Ronald J. Zank*
Individuals
Contributing $1,000 – $49,999
William and Sandi Bruns
Mark and Brenda Ehrhart
Terry and Catherine Ferguson
Steve Martin and Amy Haddad
Cecilia Poon* and Georg Getty
Dan and Tina Lonergan
Jim and Kathy Simpson
Katie Weitz
Roger and Kate Weitz
Eric Yarwood and Aaron Persen
Individuals
Contributing $1 – $999
Diane Arp
Greg Atkins
Ben Beck
Eliza Bent
Ingrid Berg
Amy Bones
Mary Kay Conley
Terry and Mollie Foster
Darech Gaskill
Billy Gaus
Bonnie Gill
Thomas Gjere
Haley Haas
Brenda Hagberg
Angela Heim
Julia Hinson
Alexandra Hubbard
Stephanie Jacobsen
Carol Johnson
Nevada Jones
Kim Jubenville
Don Keelan-White
Katie Kresha
Julie Lewis
Loren Lieberthal
Lou Lukas
Michael Lyon
Moira Mangiameli
Clifton McEvoy
Dave Osmundsen
Juan Padilla*
Beverly Phillips
Kerri Presser
Pegeen Reilly
Marina Rosado*
Teresa Schafer
Daena Schweiger
Melissa Teply
Mary K. Thomsen
Anne Washburn
Nina Washington*
Diane Watson*
Molly Welsh
Kim Louise Whiteside
Sara Wolfson
Jon Wood
Scott Working
Hugo Zamorano*
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
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 National Endowment for the Arts, the Nebraska Arts Council, and the Nebraska Cultural Endowment.