Current Donors

Acknowledging a lifetime of extraordinary support.

Rowland Ball OAM and The Late Monica Maughan
Pat Burke
Peter Clemenger AO and The Late Joan Clemenger AO
Greig Gailey and Dr Geraldine Lazarus
Allan Myers AC KC and Maria Myers AC
The Late Biddy Ponsford
The Late Dr Roger Riordan AM
Maureen Wheeler AO and Tony Wheeler AO
The Late Ursula Whiteside
Caroline Young and Derek Young AM

Supporting Melbourne Theatre Company's long term sustainability and creative future.

Leading Gifts
Jane Hansen AO and Paul Little AO
The Late Max and the Late Jill Schultz
The University of Melbourne

$50,000+
The Late Margaret Anne Brien
Tony and Janine Burgess
The Late Geoffrey Cohen AM
The Late Valerie Gwendolyn King
The Late Biddy Ponsford
Andrew Sisson AO and Tracey Sisson
The John & Myriam Wylie Foundation

$20,000+
Robert A. Dunster
Tania Seary and Chris Lynch

$10,000+
Tony and Nathalie Johnson
Jane Kunstler

$5,000
Anonymous (1)

$2,500+
Anonymous (1)

$1,000+
Xue Snowe Li

Supporting the NEXT STAGE Writers' Program.

Paul and Wendy Bonnici & Family, Tony and Janine Burgess, Kathleen Canfell, Fitzpatrick Sykes Family Foundation, Jane Hansen AO and Paul Little AO, Larry Kamener and Petra Kamener, The Margaret Lawrence Bequest, Helen Nicolay, Tania Seary and Chris Lynch, Craig Semple, Dr Richard Simmie

$50,000+
Krystyna Campbell-Pretty AM ●
Peter Clemenger AO
Fitzpatrick Sykes Family Foundation
Jane Hansen AO and Paul Little AO
Andrew Sisson AO and Tracey Sisson  ●
Maureen Wheeler AO and Tony Wheeler AO

$20,000+
Alan and Mary-Louise Archibald Foundation ●
Edith Burgess
Tony and Janine Burgess
The Margaret Lawrence Bequest
Tania Seary and Chris Lynch 
Craig Semple

$10,000+
Joanna Baevski ●
John and Lorraine Bates
Jay Bethell and Peter Smart
The Late Dr Jane Bird ◆
Michael Buxton AM and Janet Buxton
Kathleen Canfell
The Cattermole Family
The Cordiner Family ●
Jennifer Darbyshire and David Walker
John and Joan Grigg OAM
Linda Herd ●
Tony and Nathalie Johnson
Petra and Larry Kamener
Daryl Kendrick and Leong Lai Peng (Betty)
Suzanne Kirkham
Macgeorge Bequest
Ian and Margaret McKellar
Helen Nicolay 
Pimlico Foundation
Catherine Quealy
Janet Reid OAM and Allan Reid
Lisa Ring
Anne and Mark Robertson OAM ●
Dr Richard Simmie
Rob Stewart and Lisa Dowd ●
Three Springs Foundation
Ralph Ward-Ambler AM and Barbara Ward-Ambler
Matt Williams - Artem Group
Anonymous (2)

$5,000+
Bagôt Gjergja Foundation
James Best and Doris Young
Paul and Wendy Bonnici & Family
Bowness Family Foundation
Dr Douglas Brown and Treena Brown
Dr Andrew Buchanan and Peter Darcy
Ian and Jillian Buchanan
Bill Burdett AM and Sandra Burdett
Lynne and Rob Burgess
Pat Burke and Jan Nolan
Diana Burleigh
Alison and John Cameron
Ann Cutts
The Dowd Foundation
Prof Glyn Davis AC and Prof Margaret Gardner AC
The Dowd Foundation
Roger and Jan Goldsmith
Lesley Griffin
David and Lily Harris
Jane Hemstritch AO
Tony Hillery and Warwick Eddington
Bruce and Mary Humphries
Sam and Jacky Hupert 
Dr Sonay Hussein, in memory of Prof David Penington AC
Amy and Paul Jasper
Josephine and Graham Kraehe AO
Jane Kunstler
Glenda and Greg Lewin AM
Helen Lynch AM and Helen Bauer
Martin and Melissa McIntosh
Paula McKinnon
Kim and Peter Monk 
George and Rosa Morstyn
MRB Foundation
Tom and Ruth O’Dea ■
Leigh O’Neill 
Dr Kia Pajouhesh (Smile Solutions)
Bruce Parncutt AO
Christopher Reed
Renzella Family
Lynne Sherwood
Tintagel Bay P/L
Marion Webster AM ◆
Janet Whiting AM and Phil Lukies
Anonymous (7)

PROGRAM GIVING CIRCLES KEY
⬡ Production Patron ■ Youth Ambassadors ◆ Women in Theatre ● Education

$2,500+
Ros Boyce
Jenny and Stephen Charles AO
Geoff Cosgriff ●
Susanne Dahn
Ann Darby  ●
Megan Davis and Antony Isaacson
The Dodge Family Foundation
Rodney Dux
Melody and Jonathan Feder 
Anna and John Field
Jan and Rob Flew
Nigel and Cathy Garrard
Diana and Murray Gerstman
Charlies Gillies and Penny Allen
Heather and Bob Glindemann OAM
Henry Gold
Jane Grover
Halina Lewenberg Charitable Foundation
Peter and Halina Jacobsen
Josephine and Graham Kraehe AO
Leg Up Foundation ■
Lording Family Foundation
Virginia Lovett and Rose Hiscock 
Professor Duncan Maskell and Dr Sarah Maskell
Margaret and John Mason OAM
Don and Sue Matthews
Sandra Murdoch
Jane and Andrew Murray
The Myer Foundation
Nelson Bros Funeral Services
Dr Paul Nisselle AM and Sue Nisselle
The Orloff Family Charitable Trust
Roger and Ruth Parker
Jeremy Ruskin and Roz Zalewski
In memory of Marysia and Berek Segan AM OBE
Prof Barry Sheehan and Pamela Waller
Brian Snape AM and Christina Martin
Geoff Steinicke
Ricci Swart AM
James and Anne Syme
Richard and Debra Tegoni ●
Liz Tromans
The Veith Foundation
Price and Christine Williams
The Ray and Margaret Wilson Foundation
Gillian and Tony Wood
Anonymous (4)

PROGRAM GIVING CIRCLES KEY
⬡ Production Patron ■ Youth Ambassadors ◆ Women in Theatre ● Education

$1,000+
Prof Noel Alpins AM and Sylvia Alpins
Margaret Astbury
Ian Baker and Cheryl Saunders
John and Dagnija Balmford
Prof Robin Batterham
Sandra Beanham
Angelina Beninati
Judy Bourke ●
Steve and Terry Bracks AM
David Reckenberg and Dale Bradbury
Jenny and Lucinda Brash
Bernadette Broberg
Nigel and Sheena Broughton
Beth Brown and The Late Tom Bruce AM
Nan Brown
Rob and Sal Bruce
Julie Burke
Katie Burke
Geoffrey Bush and Michael Riordan
Pam Caldwell
Helen and Dugald Campbell
John and Jan Campbell
Jessica Canning
Clare Carlson
Fiona Caro
Chernov Family
Assoc Prof Lyn Clearihan and Dr Anthony Palmer
Sandy and Yvonne Constantine
Barry and Deborah Conyngham ●
Karen Cusack ◆
Natasha Davies
Sue and John Denmead
Dr Anthony Dortimer and Jillian Dortimer
Robert Drake
Mark Duckworth PSM and Lauren Mosso
Dr Sally Duguid and Dr David Tingay
Pam Durrant
Bev and Geoff Edwards
Karen and David Elias
George and Eva Ermer
Anne Evans and Graham Evans AO
Marian Evans
Dr Alastair Fearn
Peter Fearnside and Roxane Hislop
Paul and Mary Fildes
Grant Fisher and Helen Bird ●
Rosemary Forbes and Ian Hocking
Bruce Freeman ■
Dr Justin Friebel and Jessica Rose
John R Fullerton
Gaye and John Gaylard
Christine Gilbertson
Fiona Griffiths and Tony Osmond 
Gill Family Foundation
Ian and Wendy Haines
Charles Harkin
M D Harper
Mark and Jennifer Hayes ●
Luke Heagerty
Lorraine Hendrata
Brett and Kerri Hereward
Dr Alice Hill and Mark Nicholson
Emeritus Prof Andrea Hull AO
Nanette Hunter
Ann and Tony Hyams AM
Karen Inge and Dr George Janko
Will and Jennie Irving
Peter Jaffe and Judy Gold
Neil Jens ●
Ben Johnson and Mark McNamara
Ed and Margaret Johnson
Sally and Rod Johnstone
Lesley and Ian Jones
Leah Kaplan and Barry Levy
Irene Kearsey and Michael Ridley
Malcolm Kemp
Daniel Kilby
Michael Kingston
Fiona Kirwan-Hamilton and Brett Parkin
Doris and Steve Klein
Marianne and Arthur Klepfisz
Larry Kornhauser and Natalya Gill ● ■
Anne Le Huray
Verona Lea
Alison Leslie
Peter and Judy Loney
Lord Family
Kerryn Lowe and Raphael Arndt
Elizabeth Lyons
Ken and Jan Mackinnon
Karin MacNab
Natasha and Laurence Mandie
Chris Maple
Ian and Judi Marshman
Lesley Mason
Penelope McEniry
Heather and Simon McKeon ■
Garry McLean
Libby McMeekin
Emeritus Prof Peter McPhee AM 
Rosemary Meagher and The Late Douglas Meagher
Robert and Helena Mestrovic
Ann Miller AM
Ross and Judy Milne-Pott
MK Futures
Barbara and David Mushin 
Sarah Nguyen
Nick Nichola and Ingrid Moyle
Dr Paul Nisselle AM and Sue Nisselle
Sally Noonan
David and Lisa Oertle
Dr Jane and Alan Oppenheim
Arthur Ozols
In loving memory of Richard Park
Dr Annamarie Perlesz
Peter Philpott and Robert Ratcliffe
Philip and Gayle Raftery
Sally Redlich
Victoria Redwood
John and Veronica Rickard ●
Phillip Riggio
Ken and Gail Roche ●
Roslyn and Richard Rogers Family ●
S and S Rogerson
B and J Rollason
Sue Rose
Nick and Rowena Rudge
Jenny Russo
Edwina Sahhar
Margaret Sahhar AM
Alex and Brady Scanlon Giving Fund
Sally and Tim Scott
Jacky and Rupert Sherwood
Diane Silk
Dr John Sime
Pauline and Tony Simioni
Jan Simon
Jane Simon and Peter Cox
Tim and Angela Smith
Annette Smorgon
Dr Ross and Helen Stillwell
Rosemary Stipanov
The Stobart Strauss Foundation
Irene and John Sutton
Christopher Swan ●
Rodney and Aviva Taft
Frank and Mirium Tisher
John and Anna van Weel
Graham Wademan and Michael Bowden
Walter and Gertie Wagner ●
Kevin and Elizabeth Walsh
Pinky Watson
Kaye and John de Wijn ●
Ann and Alan Wilkinson ●
Robert and Diana Wilson
Ralph Wollner and The Hon Kirsty Macmillan SC
Mandy and Edward Yencken
Anonymous (25)

PROGRAM GIVING CIRCLES KEY
⬡ Production Patron ■ Youth Ambassadors ◆ Women in Theatre ● Education

Alan and Mary-Louise Archibald Foundation
Joanna Baevski
Judy Bourke
Deborah Conyngham
The Cordiner Family
Geoff Cosgriff
Ann Darby
Grant Fisher and Helen Bird
Bruce Freeman
Mark and Jennifer Hayes
Linda Herd
Neil Jens
Larry Kornhauser OAM and Natalya Gill
The Leg Up Foundation
The Myer Foundation
Tom and Ruth O'Dea
John and Veronica Rickard
Anne and Mark Robertson OAM
Ken and Gail Roche
Roslyn and Richard Rogers Family
Andrew Sisson AO and Tracey Sisson
Rob Stewart and Lisa Dowd
Christopher Swan
Richard and Debra Tegoni
Walter and Gertie Wagner
Kaye and John de Wijn
Ann and Alan Wilkinson
Anonymous (3)

$100 - $999           
Jan Addinsall and Fiona Matyas
Jane Allan and Mark Redmond
Kate Culbertson
Helen and Rino Baggio
H and B Bamford
Andrew and Terri Bateman
Jane Bland
Jenny Blencowe
Fay Bock
Janet Brasch
Marianne and Robert Broadbent
Robyn Burke and Graham Burke AO
Anthony and Jan Burn
Liza Bush
June Cameron
Pamela Carder
F and M Carey
Mark Carlson
Min Li Chong
Mr Peter R Clements
Christine Clough
Rosemary Condron
Russell and Suzanne Crellin
John Crocker
Sue and David Cummings
Rosie Cunningham
Allan and Adela Dabscheck
Judith Dal Sasso
David and Patricia Davidson
Natasha Davies
Beverley Davis OAM JP and Dr John Davis
Jenny and Nicholas Dawes
Dr Jane Dawson
Ruth Dimond
Geoffrey and Margaret Dreher
Catherine Duncan
Isabel and Graeme Edgoose
Dr Ian Eilenberg
Patricia Feast
Tina and Domenica Forestiere
Elizabeth Foster
Edith Gordon
Helen E Goyne
Barbara Green AM
Geoffrey Grinton OAM and Margaret Grinton
Liz Guthrie
Sally Heerey and The Late Peter Heerey
Barbara Higgins
Dr Romayne Holmes
Katherine Horwood
Susan Hughes
Cliff and Elizabeth Johnston
Erin Ilsley
Sarah Kimball
Joan Lefroy AM and George Lefroy AM
Patricia and Imre Lele
Leonard and Kay Levy
Julie Lidgett
Sky Lin
C.N. Luth Esq.
Richard and Angie Manly
Joy Manners
Sally Manuell and Alice Boyle
The Mar Family
Francis and Marilyn McKeown
Ann McLaren
Pamela McLure
Helen Mitchell
Glenn and Maureen Monckton
Dr Deborah Morris
Margaret Newton
Dr Rosemary Nixon AM
Linda Notley
Helen Oakes
Denis O'Hara and Annette Clarey
In memory of Leo O'Keeffe
Jennifer Olney and Hans Koo
Carolyn Parker-Clews
Moira and Graham Penwarden
Dr Hannah Piterman
Rosemary Pitt
Victoria Ponsford
Andrew Porter and Ann Donnelly
Libby Porter and Bernd Heubeck
D Probert
Ralph and Ruth Renard
Roger and Annabel Richards
Rock Posters 
Dr Murray Sandland
Norma Seager
Elizabeth Serpell
Julie Shelton
Katherine Simons
Ros Smith and Reverend Trevor Smith
Philip and Rachel Solomon
Anthony Steward
Ronella Stuart
Alan Talbot
Megan and Damian Thomson
Michael Jonathan Thwaites
Nick Toll and Julie Nield
Maggie O'Keefe/Tomlinson
Diane Tweeddale
Sally Wallis
Lisa Woolf
Prof Lyn Yates
Yvonne Yendell
Anonymous (227)

Acknowledging supporters who have made the visionary gesture of including a gift to Melbourne Theatre Company in their will.

John and Lorraine Bates
Mark and Tamara Boldiston
Bernadette Broberg
Adam and Donna Cusack-Muller
Anne Evans and Graham Evans AO
Bruce Freeman
Peter and Betty Game
Edith Gordon
Fiona Griffiths
Linda Herd
Tony Hillery and Warwick Eddington
Jane Kunstler
Irene Kearsey
Robyn and Maurice Lichter
Dr Andrew McAliece and Dr Richard Simmie
Libby McMeekin
Peter Philpott and Robert Ratcliffe
Marcus Pettinato
Jillian Smith
Diane Tweeddale
Anonymous (17)

Remembering and honouring those who have generously supported the Company through a bequest.

The Late Margaret Anne Brien
The Christine Brown Bequest
David Gonzalez
Macgeorge Bequest
The Late Max and Jill Schultz
The Kitty and Leslie Sandy Bequest
The Estate of Prudence Ann Tutton
The Estate of Freda E White
Suzanne Webster