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.