Melbourne Theatre Company gratefully acknowledges the ongoing support of our community of Donors. 

Lifetime Patrons

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

Endowment Fund Donors

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

$50,000+
The Late Margaret Anne Brien
Tony and Janine Burgess
John Higgins AO and Jodie Maunder
Martin and Loreto Hosking
The Late Valerie Gwendolyn King
The Late Biddy Ponsford
Tania Seary and Chris Lynch
The John and Myriam Wylie Foundation

$20,000+
Andrew Sisson AO and Tracey Sisson
Prudence and Neil Morrison

$10,000+
Helen Lynch AM and Helen Bauer
Jennifer Darbyshire and David Walker
Ian Hicks AO
Tony and Nathalie Johnson
Jane Kunstler
Craig Semple

$5,000+
John and Lorraine Bates
Bowness Family Foundation
Prof Glyn Davis AC and Prof Margaret Gardner AC
Karen Inge and Dr George Janko
Ruth and Roger Parker
Jane Simpson
Geoffrey Smith and Gary Singer
Rebecca Wilkinson
Anonymous (1)

$2,500+
Charles and Cornelia Goode Foundation
Paul and Robyn Brasher
Nigel and Sheena Broughton

$1,000+
Nan Brown
Rob and Sal Bruce
Pam Caldwell
Clare Carlson
Alex and Elizabeth Chernov
Lyn Clearihan AM and Anthony Palmer
Pam Durrant
Rosemary Forbes and Ian Hocking
Gaye and John Gaylard
Gill Family Foundation
M D Harper
Dr Alice Hill and Mark Nicholson
Emeritus Prof Andrea Hull AO
Neil and Jane Jens
Xue Snowe Li
Lording Family Foundation
Fiona Menzies
Ann Miller AM
Emeritus Prof Peter McPhee AM
Sarah Nguyen
John and Veronica Rickard
Jenny Russo
Jan Simon
Charles Tegner
Pinky Watson
Robert and Diana Wilson
Anonymous (3)

Playwrights Giving Circle

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

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Trusts and Foundations

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Benefactors Circle

$50,000+
The Late Margaret Anne Brien
Tony and Janine Burgess
Krystyna Campbell-Pretty AM
Peter Clemenger AO
Jane Hansen AO and Paul Little AO
John Higgins AO and Jodie Maunder
Martin and Loreto Hosking
The Late Valerie Gwendolyn King
The Late Max and the Late Jill Schultz
Tania Seary and Chris Lynch
Andrew Sisson AO and Tracey Sisson
Fitzpatrick Sykes Family Foundation
Maureen Wheeler AO and Tony Wheeler AO
The John & Myriam Wylie Foundation

$20,000+
Joanna Baevski
Edith Burgess
Linda Herd
The Margaret Lawrence Bequest
Ian and Margaret McKellar
Prudence and Neil Morrison
Craig Semple

$10,000+
Alan and Mary-Louise Archibald Foundation
John and Lorraine Bates
Helen Lynch AM and Helen Bauer
Jay Bethell and Peter Smart
Michael Buxton AM and Janet Buxton
Kathleen Canfell
Angie and Colin Carter
The Cattermole Family
Jennifer Darbyshire and David Walker
The Dowd Foundation
Charles and Cornelia Goode Foundation
John and Joan Grigg OAM
Ian Hicks AO
Diane John
Tony and Nathalie Johnson
Petra and Larry Kamener
Daryl Kendrick and Leong Lai Peng (Betty)
Suzanne Kirkham
Susanna Mason
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
Tintagel Bay P/L
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 and 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
Pat Burke and Jan Nolan
Diana Burleigh
Alison and John Cameron
Ann Cutts
Prof Glyn Davis AC and Prof Margaret Gardner AC
Melody and Jonathan Feder 
Christine Gilbertson
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
Karen Inge and Dr George Janko
Amy and Paul Jasper
Josephine and Graham Kraehe AO
Jane Kunstler
Martin and Melissa McIntosh
Kim and Peter Monk 
George and Rosa Morstyn
The Myer Foundation
Tom and Ruth O’Dea
Leigh O’Neill 
Roger and Ruth Parker
Dr Kia Pajouhesh (Smile Solutions)
Renzella Family
Lynne Sherwood
Geoffrey Smith and Gary Singer
Trawalla Foundation Trust
Janet Whiting AM and Phil Lukies
Rebecca Wilkinson
Anonymous (8)

Advocates Circle

$2,500+
Ros Boyce
Paul and Robyn Brasher
Nan Brown
Nigel and Sheena Broughton
Lynne and Rob Burgess
Geoff Cosgriff
Susanne Dahn
Ann Darby
Megan Davis and Antony Isaacson
Kaye and John de Wijn
The Dodge Family Foundation
Rodney Dux
Anna and John Field
Nigel and Cathy Garrard
Diana and Murray Gerstman
Charlies Gillies and Penny Allen
Heather and Bob Glindemann OAM
Henry Gold
Jane Grover
Peter and Halina Jacobsen
Halina Lewenberg Charitable Foundation
Professor Duncan Maskell and Dr Sarah Maskell
Margaret and John Mason OAM
Don and Sue Matthews
Sandra Murdoch
Jane and Andrew Murray
Nelson Bros Funeral Services
The Orloff Family Charitable Trust
Ruth and Roger Parker
Jeremy Ruskin and Roz Zalewski
Anne-Louise Sarks
In memory of Marysia and Berek Segan AM OBE
Dr John Sime
Brian Snape AM and Christina Martin
Geoff Steinicke
Ricci Swart AM
James and Anne Syme
David and Angela Taft
Richard and Debra Tegoni
Liz Tromans
The Veith Foundation
Price and Christine Williams
The Ray and Margaret Wilson Foundation
Gillian and Tony Wood
Anonymous (3)

Loyalty Circle

Prof Noel Alpins AM and Sylvia Alpins
Margaret Astbury
Ian Baker and Cheryl Saunders
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
Beth Brown and The Late Tom Bruce AM
Jannie 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
Jenny and Stephen Charles AO
Chernov Family
Assoc Prof Lyn Clearihan AM and Dr Anthony Palmer
Susan Cohen
Sandy and Yvonne Constantine
Barry and Deborah Conyngham
Karen Cusack
Sue and John Denmead
Mark Duckworth PSM and Lauren Mosso
Dr Sally Duguid and Dr David Tingay
Pam Durrant
Bev and Geoff Edwards
Karen and David Elias
Nita Eng
Marian Evans
Dr Alastair Fearn
Peter Fearnside and Roxane Hislop
Paul and Mary Fildes
Jan and Rob Flew
Grant Fisher and Helen Bird
Rosemary Forbes and Ian Hocking
Bruce Freeman
Gaye and John Gaylard
Gill Family Foundation
Fiona Griffiths and Tony Osmond 
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
Howard and Glennys Hocking
Amelia Holland
Emeritus Prof Andrea Hull AO
Nanette Hunter
Ann and Tony Hyams AM
Peter Jaffe and Judy Gold
Neil Jens
Ben Johnson and Mark McNamara
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
Dr Emma Jane Ladakis
S Lansbury and D Di Fabio
Verona Lea
Alison Leslie and Jim Leslie
Glenda and Greg Lewin AM
Xue Snowe Li
Peter and Judy Loney
Lord Family
Lording Family Foundation
Kerryn Lowe and Raphael Arndt
Ken and Jan Mackinnon
Karin MacNab
Natasha and Laurence Mandie
Chris Maple
Ian and Judi Marshman
Colin and Helen Masters
Lesley Mason
Penelope McEniry
Heather and Simon McKeon
Paula McKinnon and Troy Sussman
Garry McLean
Libby McMeekin
Emeritus Prof Peter McPhee AM 
Fiona Menzies
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
Michele Nielsen
Dr Paul Nisselle AM and Sue Nisselle
Dr Rosemary Nixon AM
Sally Noonan
Susan Selwyn and Barry Novy
David and Lisa Oertle
Dr Jane and Alan Oppenheim
In loving memory of Richard Park
Dr Annamarie Perlesz
Dare and Andrea Power
Phil and Gayle Raftery
Peter Philpott and Robert Ratcliffe
Sally Redlich
Victoria Redwood
Christopher Reed
John and Veronica Rickard
Phillip Riggio
Ken and Gail Roche
Roslyn and Richard Rogers Family
B and J Rollason
Sue Rose
Nick and Rowena Rudge
Jenny Russo
Edwina Sahhar
Margaret Sahhar AM
Sandi Foundation dedicated to Alec
Alex and Brady Scanlon Giving Fund
FE Scott
Sally and Tim Scott
Jacky and Rupert Sherwood
Diane Silk
Pauline and Tony Simioni
Jan Simon
Jane Simon and Peter Cox
Jane Simpson
Tim and Angela Smith
Annette Smorgon
Dr Ross and Helen Stillwell
Rosemary Stipanov
The Stirling Family
The Stobart Strauss Foundation
Shannon Super
Irene and John Sutton
Rodney and Aviva Taft
Charles Tegner
Frank and Mirium Tisher
John and Anna van Weel
Walter and Gertie Wagner
Kevin and Elizabeth Walsh
Pinky Watson
Ann and Alan Wilkinson
Robert and Diana Wilson
Ralph Wollner and The Hon Kirsty Macmillan SC
Mandy and Edward Yencken
Anonymous (25)

Education Giving Circle

Alan and Mary-Louise Archibald Foundation
Joanna Baevski
Judy Bourke
Deborah Conyngham
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
Richard and Debra Tegoni
Walter and Gertie Wagner
Ann and Alan Wilkinson
Anonymous (4)

Supporters Circle

$100 - $999           
Jan Addinsall and Fiona Matyas
Ann and Robin Ahin
Jane Allan & Mark Redmond
Kate Culbertson
James Angus AO and Helen Angus
Lorraine Baker and Peter Hunkin
H & B Bamford
Lawrence Bartak
Andrew and Terri Bateman
Jane Bland
Jenny Blencowe
Fay Bock
Janet Brasch
Marianne & Robert Broadbent
Robyn Burke and Graham Burke AO
Anthony and Jan Burn
Liza Bush
June Cameron
Pamela Carder
F and M Carey
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
Jenny and Nicholas Dawes
Dr Jane Dawson
Ruth D
Geoffrey and Margaret Dreher
Catherine Duncan
Isabel and Graeme Edgoose
Dr Ian Eilenberg
Keith and Heather Fagg
Patricia Faulkner AO
Patricia Feast
Tina and Domenica Forestiere
Elizabeth Foster
Kerry Gardner AM and Andrew Myer AM
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
Jane Hodder
Katherine Horwood
Susan Hughes
Cliff and Elizabeth Johnston
Erin Ilsley
Sarah Kimball
Doris and Steve Klein
Joan Lefroy AM and George Lefroy AM
Patricia and Imre Lele
Leonard and Kay Levy
Julie Lidgett
Sky Lin
C.N. Luth Esq.
Mary Lyon
Richard and Angie Manly
Joy Manners
The Mar Family
Susanna Mason
Francis and Marilyn McKeown
Edwina and Rob McLachlan
Ann McLaren
Pamela McLure
Helen Mitchell
Glenn and Maureen Monckton
Dr Deborah Morris
Ruth Muir
Margaret Newton
Dr Rosemary Nixon AM
Linda Notley
Denis O'Hara and Annette Clarey
In memory of Leo O'Keeffe
Jennifer Olney and Hans Koo
Jane Palomountain and John Browne
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
Ian Renard
Ralph and Ruth Renard
Roger and Annabel Richards
Dr Murray Sandland
Andrew Scott
Norma Seager
Elizabeth Serpell
Julie Shelton
Ros Smith and Reverend Trevor Smith
Philip and Rachel Solomon
Anthony Steward
Ronella Stuart
Alan Talbot
Michael Jonathan Thwaites
Nick Toll and Julie Nield
Maggie O'Keefe/Tomlinson
Diane Tweeddale
Patricia and Terrence Walker
Sally Wallis
Penelope and Joshua White
Dr Peter and Dr Carole Wigg
Lisa Woolf
Prof Lyn Yates
Yvonne Yendell
Anonymous (209)

 

Legacy Circle

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
Francis Vergona
Anonymous (14)

Legacy Gifts

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

Current as of May 2024.