Meet The Team

Elizabeth Atkinson (she/her/hers) (Sound Designer): Liz Atkinson is delighted to be working with 1812 Productions for the first time. Liz is currently based in Philadelphia, after many years in Pittsburgh where she was Resident Sound Designer at the City Theatre Company. Her freelance career includes regional theatre credits at The Wilma, Arden Theatre Company, Inis Nua Theatre, Walnut Street Theatre, Yale Repertory Theatre, and Hartford Stage. She is a faculty member at Swarthmore College, and previously at Point Park University and Carnegie Mellon University. Liz has also had the honor of exhibiting at the 2007, 2011 and 2015 Prague Quadrennials.

Jennifer Childs (she/her/hers) (Co-Creator/Producing Artistic Director): Jennifer Childs is the Producing Artistic Director for 1812 Productions. For 1812 she has created over 25 original works of theater including The Carols, To the Moon, It's My Party: The Women and Comedy Project, and the annual political humor show This Is The Week That Is. Her solo shows, Why I'm Scared of Dance and I Will Not Go Gently have been performed across the country. She's been playing Patsy for fifteen years and is grateful to Jilline for gifting her the South Philly accent. Love to Scott and Lily.

Shon Causer (he/him/his) (Lighting Designer): Shon Causer is thrilled to be part of 1812's Set Model Theater creative team: Circus Empire. Previous 1812 design: Hope and Gravity. Shon has also designed for The Walnut Street Theater, Lantern Theater, Delaware Theater Company, Theater Horizon, Inis Nua, Temple Theater, Prince Music Theater, Flashpoint Theater, New City Stage, Mum Puppet Theater, West Chester University. Other regional credits: Fulton Theater, Penobscot Theater, Boise Contemporary Theater, Maples Rep. He holds a MFA from Temple University. A big thank you to Jen, Tana, Ben, Lance, and the whole 1812 family. Love to Christine.

Jorge Cousineau (he/him/his) (Video & Sound Designer): Jorge has worked on a number of 1812 productions including Hope & Gravity, I Will Not Go Gently, To The Moon, The Four Of Us, and almost all installments of This Is The Week That Is, including last year’s virtual edition. He used to design sets, lights, sound and video for dance and theater productions but hopes to continue once we are safe to assemble in large crowds again. Thanks for the opportunity to explore what theater can be during these uncertain times!

Andrew Criss (he/him/his) (Voice-over Artist): Andrew Criss is an artist and actor who has worked with numerous Philadelphia area theatre companies. He divides his time between the city and his home and studio in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware.

Alyssandra Docherty (she/her/hers) (Lighting Designer): Alyssandra is a Philadelphia based lighting designer. After graduating with honors and a BA in Theatre from DeSales University, she continued her training as an apprentice at Goodspeed Musicals in Connecticut. She spent five seasons as the Lighting Supervisor at Philadelphia Theatre Company, and has been touring internationally with Koresh Dance Company since 2013 and with BalletX since 2017. Aly’s designs have been seen recently at Delaware Theatre Company’s A Christmas Carol, Theatre Horizon's The Color Purple, and Theatre Exile’s Completeness, among others. Her work has been recognized with Barrymore and Ostrander Award nominations. www.alyssandradocherty.com

Natalia de la Torre (she/her/they/theirs) (Costume Designer): Natalia is a freelance costume designer, draper, and scenic painter in Philadelphia. This is their first design for 1812! Regional work: People's Light, Lantern Theater Company, Arden Theatre, InterAct, Azuka, Inis Nua, Simpatico, Ego Po, Act II Playhouse, Shakespeare in Clark Park, Johnny Showcase, Team Sunshine, Almanac Dance Theater, RevShakes. Educational: Upper Darby Summer Stage, Arcadia University, Rowan University, Ohio University and Drexel University. Training: MFA in Production Design, Ohio University. www.nataliadelatorre.com

Damien Figueras (he/him/his) (Sound Designer): Damien is a Cuban-American composer, music director, and sound designer based in Philadelphia. He is a two-time Barrymore Award nominee (for his work on Moth at Azuka Theatre and for Antihero at Tribe of Fools). He made his Off-Broadway design debut in 2018 with the play Party Face produced at NY City Center. Other design credits include companies such as Walnut Street Theatre, Lantern Theater Company, 11th Hour Theatre Company, Resident Theatre Company, Curio Theatre, and more. Damien is a proud member of the Theatrical Sound Designer and Composer Association (TSDCA). As always, he would like to dedicate his work to the memory of his mother. www.DFigueras.com

Suni B Rose, formerly Briana Gause (She/Her/Ze/Zir) (Director): Suni is blessed to be a Philadelphia based Filmmaker, Theatre Maker, Painter, And Teaching Artist. Briana’s mission in life is to create opportunities for love and education to thrive through art. Recently Suni was the assistant Director for No Child... At the Arden Theatre, This Is The Week That Is at 1812 Productions, and was the associate director for Fat Ham at the Wilma Theater. Suni has also directed Young Money by Erlina Ortiz as part of Coffee and a Plays DigiRep Festival. Here zir play Discovering Blackness saw its premier, and then saw it’s second production at The Ritz Theatre. Ze was last seen in the short film, It's Time To Get Lost, and has recently crafted her own short film, Exude. Through her production company, OMG! Studios, Suni has produced and featured work in Fade to Black: Issa a Black Phillly FilmFest, and premiered zeir play The Great Adventure Of Amelia Franchesca Amador: The Space Cowboy. For more about Suni, you can visit zir website, www.ohmygause.com or follow her on Instagram @darenaissancesim

Jennifer Hiyama (she/her/hers) (Scenic Designer): After graduating from Ithaca College with a BFA in Theatrical Production Arts, I moved to Philadelphia to be the Scenic Art Apprentice with the Walnut Street Theatre. Since completing my apprenticeship I have been freelancing and charging in theatres around Philadelphia and Delaware.

Daniel Ison (he/him/his) (Sound Designer): Off Broadway: Hot Wing King, assistant sound designer (Signature Theatre). Regional: Gem of the Ocean, Streetcar Named Desire (Arden Theatre); Wilde Tales, Frankenstein, Julius Caesar, Aesop's Fables (Quintessence); Box Clever, Our Few and Evil Days (Inis Nua); The Audience Disturbs Marcel (Tiny Dynamite); Collected Stories (Act II Playhouse); Ready Steady Yeti (Azuka Theatre); Othello, All My Sons (Curio Theatre); Tartuffe (Mauckingbird). Film/Television: Howard (Zorinah Juan). Education: BA Music Composition (Eastern University). Awards: Barrymore Winner Sound Design, Gem of the Ocean. Barrymore Nominee Sound Design, Untitled. Barrymore Nominee Original Music, Art of Swimming.

Lance Kniskern (he/him/his) (Co-Creator/Technical Director): Lance Kniskern is a freelance set designer in the Philadelphia Area and is now in his fourth season as Technical Director with 1812 Productions. Design highlights with 1812: The Roommate, Intimate Exchanges, The Shoplifters, The Carols, Happy Birthday, and Broken Biscuits. Other design credits: The Last Match, Heir Apparent, The Tempest, The Gospel According To.., and Taming of The Shrew (2015 Barrymore Award Nomination for Best Set Design) with The Lantern Theater; The Merry Wives of Windsor with Deleware Shakspeare Festival; A Christmas Carol: A Radio Play and Spamalot with Resident Theater Company; Godspell with Drexel University; Two Gentlemen of Verona with Shakespeare in Clark Park; Hairspray: The Musical (Broadway World’s Best Set Design in Philadelphia 2012) with Media Theatre. You can see more of his work at www.lancekniskern.com.

Tanaquil Márquez (she/her/ella) (Director): Tanaquil Márquez is the Associate Artistic Producing Director of Teatro del Sol, Philadelphia’s premiere bilingual theatre company and the Artistic Director of Teatro Esperanza, a Spanish language theatre company, focusing on the LatinX community in New Brunswick. Previous directing credits include; The Way I Walk (1812), Oedipus El Rey (Teatro del Sol), Fefu and her Friends (West Chester University), Azul (La Fábrica) and Bodas de Sangre (Teatro Quarantine). She is also the director and co-writer of Del Shakes’ upcoming bilingual musical adaptation of Twelfth Night, O Lo Que Quieras.

Colin McIlvane (he/ him/ his) (Scenic Designer): Colin is a Philadelphia-based, Barrymore nominated scenic designer named as one of American Theatre Magazine's 20 People to Watch. Recent credits include: St. Joan (Delaware Theatre Company), Salt Pepper Ketchup (Interact Theatre), Among the Dead (Theatre Exile). Colin’s recent associate design credits include: Daddy (The New Group), Thunderbodies (Soho Rep), Pipeline (Lincoln Center). In addition to his freelance career, Colin is a faculty lecturer for Villanova, UPenn, UArts, and Temple University. B.A. University of Maryland; MFA Scenic Design Temple University. www.colinmcilvaine.com

Ben Levan (he/him/his) (Co-Creator/Production Manager): Ben Levan is in his fourth season as the Production Manager for 1812 Productions. He is a Norristown native and WCUPA alum. Past PM credits include work with Azuka Theatre, Orbiter 3, and Tiny Dynamite. Ben can also be spotted behind a lighting board as a freelance designer and recently as the resident lighting designer for The Living News at the National Constitution Center. Past credits include designs with Azuka Theatre, Iron Age Theatre, and Team Sunshine Performance Corp. In addition to his production work Ben likes to write stories about the real world getting in the way of our digital lives. Other likes include: bicycling, cooking, and sunset strolls to the stage door.

Sara Outing (she/her/hers) (Scenic Designer): Sara Outing is a scenic designer and fabricator with background in dance, radical puppetry, and music. Recent digitally-produced work includes props for PAC’s Trouble in Mind, an original shadow show called Doors, and upcoming, A Breath For Us told via mail from Tiny Dynamite. Past scenic projects include The Color Purple and 2.5 Minute Ride (Theatre Horizon), Marcus/Emma (InterAct Theatre Company), How We Got On (Azuka Theatre, Barrymore nominated), Tilda Swinton Adopt Me Please and Fifty Days at Iliam (Greenfield Collective), and projects with Tiny Dynamite, Kun-Yang Lin/Dancers, and the National Constitution Center. Props and puppets have been featured by The Bearded Ladies Cabaret, EgoPo Classic Theatre, Lantern Theater Company, Orbiter 3, and Act II Playhouse, Hedgerow Theatre, The Renegade Company, and the University of Pennsylvania. Sara is an alumna of the apprenticeship program at InterAct Theatre Company and of the University of Pennsylvania, where she also serves as an advisor and coordinator for the student performing arts. www.saraouting.com

Pax Ressler (they/them/theirs) (Voice-over Artist): Pax Ressler is a non-binary performer, music director, and composer working at the intersections of theatre and music as well as arts and advocacy. They are a passionate advocate and organizer of the non-binary and trans community in Philly and a gardener of the Genderfunk Philly instagram (@genderfunkphilly), featuring Philly’s trans and non-binary theatre talent. Pax has appeared in This Is The Week That Is at 1812 for the past two years and has worked for theatre companies including Arden Theatre Company, Bearded Ladies Cabaret, FringeArts, Nichole Canuso Dance Company, People’s Light, Theatre Exile, Theatre Horizon, Simpatico Theatre, Shakespeare in Clark Park, Wilma Theater, 11th Hour, and more. Pax recently wrote an album of non-binary love songs entitled Change (www.paxressler.bandcamp.com) and has written choral music for ensembles across the country. Their work as a composer has been seen in The Bearded Ladies' Barrymore Award-winning Contradict This! A Birthday Funeral for Heroes at Cherry Street Pier in Philadelphia and at La Mama Experimental Theatre in NYC and Rose: You Are What You Eat at The Guggenheim Museum. www.paxressler.com

Jo Vito Ramírez (they/them/theirs) (Voice-over Artist): Jo Vito Ramirez is a Bronx-born, Philadelphia Actor and Prop-Designer. Jo is a graduate of Bryn Mawr College and the Headlong Performance Institute. They are a member of the Shoe Box Theatre Collective and have worked with The Arden, New Paradise Laboratories, Headlong, Del Shakes, Theatre Horizon, and many other beloved Philadelphia theaters. For more, please visit www.jovitoramirez.com.

Brett Ashley Robinson (she/her/hers) (Director): Brett Ashley Robinson is a Barrymore award winning theatre maker in Philadelphia. She has worked with New York Theatre Workshop, The Under the Radar Festival, The Wilma, 1812 Productions, Lightning Rod Special, Pig Iron Theater Company, Ars Nova Ant Fest,The Arden Theatre Company, InterAct Theatre Company, The Flea Theatre, Theatre Horizon, Geva Theatre, and Actors Theatre of Louisville. She is a company member of Applied Mechanics and a member of the HotHouse–the Wilma Theater resident company.

Maria Shaplin (she/her/hers) (Lighting Designer): Maria is a Philadelphia-based theater designer who received her MFA in lighting design from Temple University. She has a BA in Anthropology and Sociology from Hampshire College. In addition to lighting, Maria practices graphic and web design. Although she works on many forms of performance, Maria is especially versed in devised processes, new play development, experimental performance and game design. Maria is the co-founder of Applied Mechanics, a collective who devises immersive, multi-narrative plays. Maria began her theatrical career as the resident lighting designer for The Riot Group, with whom she has toured all over the world. Maria is a frequent collaborator with many companies in Philadelphia including The Riot Group, Swim Pony Performing Arts, InterAct, The Arden, New Paradise Laboratories, 1812 Productions, The Wilma Theater, Orbiter 3, People’s Light, The Berserker Residents, Idiopathic Ridiculopathy Consortium, Quintessence Theater Group, Team Sunshine Performance Corporation, Theater Horizon, Nichole Canuso Dance Company, Lucidity Suitcase Intercontinental, UArts, PlayPenn, and Headlong Performance Institute. Maria is the recipient of a 2015 Independence Fellowship, a 2018 Barrymore Award for Outstanding Lighting Design, and a 2019 Pew Fellowship in the Arts.

Thomas E. Shotkin (he/him/his) (Stage Manager): Tom is in his 19th season as production stage manager at 1812. Wow. Favorite shows include: This Is The Week That Is (all of ‘em), Our Show of Shows, To The Moon, The Four of Us, Batboy: The Musical, Recent Tragic Events, and An Evening Without Woody Allen (in which he performed). Other SM credits: People’s Light, Theatre Exile, Arden Theatre Company, Arena Stage (DC), Barnstormers Theatre (NH). Tom has also worked for Opera Company of Philadelphia, Hartford Stage Company, Azuka Theatre, and Boarshead Theatre (MI). Thanks, as always, to my partner, my BFF, my love (it’s all the same person), MB.

Brian Anthony Wilson (he/him/his) (Voice-over artist): Brian Anthony Wilson is thrilled to be working with Jen & Tom @ 1812 again! Recent Theatre: Looking Over The President’s Shoulder (One man show @ Act II Playhouse), Gem Of The Ocean (Arden Barrymore Award for Outstanding Supporting Performance In A Play) & Thurgood (Olney Theatre Center). Film/TV selected credits: Glass, Oceans 8, Creed, Room 9, Limitless, The Arrangement, Right Before Your Eyes, Keeping The Faith, The Postman, Mare Of Easttown, Dispatches From Elsewhere, Wu-Tang: An American Saga, Siren, Bloodline, Gotham, Blue Bloods, The Sopranos, and The Wire.

Leigh Paradise (she/her/hers) (Costume Designer): Leigh Paradise is happy to participate in this project. A graduate of The College of William and Mary, Leigh followed a wandering career path that eventually led her to People’s Light in Malvern, PA, where she has been the cutter/draper since 2014. Recent design credits include The Way I Walk here at 1812, and Molly Sweeney (Lantern Theatre Company). Her hobbies include hoarding yarn and matching patterns for fun. She lives in southeastern PA with her husband, their son, and an ever-evolving set of long-term critter companions.”

Jillian Keys (she/her/hers) (Costume Designer): Jillian Keys is stoked to be back making tiny things for 1812 after designing This Is The Week That Is for the past four years, and Buyer & Cellar! She is a UArts graduate (2011), and former Walnut St. Theatre Apprentice (2011-2012). She is a maker of all sorts and has worked with Pig Iron Theater Company, The Arden, Theater Horizon, Orbiter 3, Applied Mechanics, Theatre Exile, Act II Playhouse, Azuka Theatre, The Lantern Theatre, Inis Nua, InterAct, Lightning Rod Special, and The Berserker Residents, among others. For other fun facts please visit www.jilliankeys.com

Willem Cousineau (he/him/his) (Composer): Willem is a musician and producer from Philadelphia. He released two albums with the band Mystic Prize, and released his debut solo album, “This City Belongs to You!” n January 2021. He will be starting at Drexel in the fall.

Severin Blake (they/them/theirs) (Voice-over Artist): Severin Blake is a multidisciplinary artist, author, and facilitator of the healing arts. Anita’s work interrogates language, excavates ancestry, and strolls with the jungian shadow. They are building a creative family in Philadelphia. Anita has appeared on stage at InterAct, Flashpoint, Quintessence, Orbiter 3, Simpatico, PolyGlamourous, Philadelphia Artists Collective, Philadelphia Asian Performing Artists, CCTC, PAC, Theatre Exile, StageWest, People’s Productions, etc. They’ve created original roles in collaboration with Headlong Dance Theater (incubated artist), Swim Pony, The Painted Bride, Perfect Day, and Applied Mechanics (Company Member).

Frank Jimenez (he/him/his) (Voiceover-Artist): Frank Jimenez is a Philadelphia-based Actor, Screen writer, producer, and filmmaker born in West New York, NJ. Frank is a graduate from The University of The Arts with a BFA in Acting. He is the Artistic Director of his film production collective called The Five Sands which have produced about 12 short films in the last 2 years. He has worked on various films in LA, NY and PA. He also has been a part of the FringeFestival. His recent Philadelphia stage credits include Bob: A LIfe in Five Acts (Azuka Theatre), The Rose Garden (FringArts Festival) and Oedipus El Rey (Teatro Del Sol).

Anthony Martinez-Briggs (they/he) (Voice-over Artist): Anthony Martinez-Briggs is a 2018 F. Otto Haas Award finalist, Wilma HotHouse company member, Bearded Ladies Associate artist, curator (Asian Arts Initiative; Bearded Ladies; ILL DOOTS), teaching artist (PYP, Wilma Education, Village of Arts and Humanities), actor/deviser (Applied Mechanics, Ninth Planet; Bearded Ladies; and the Wilma Theater, among others), writer (2019 theater residency: Kimmel Center; Code Blue, Code Black Planet, and co-adaptation of Romeo and Juliet: Wilma Theater; Follicle grant recipient for UNTITLED), and Barrymore Award-nominated sound designer (Arden Theater, Simpatico Theater, Passage Theater, Swarthmore College, UArts & Bienvenidos Blancos: Team Sunshine Corp). They are also known as “Us”: emcee and original member of the band ILL DOOTS, seen at The Wilma Theater in An Octoroon and in Flashpoint Theater’s Hands Up: 6 testaments, 6 playwrights (Barrymore for Original Music) as well as music venues across Philadelphia and the US. Their most recent albums The Mess and ‘age’ were both released in 2020 and are available everywhere. Black Matter EP released Juneteenth 2021. Stay tuned in at www.illdoots.com and follow @ILLDOOTS on social media. Look out for ILL DOOTS work in "Our Norristown" with Theater Horizon in 2022.

Special Thanks

Peter Escalada Mastick
Michael Long
Willem Cousineau
Video Production Equipment made possible by Michael P. Buckley

1812 Staff and Board of Directors

Jennifer Childs, Producing Artistic Director
Jaime Konowal, General Manager
Tyler Melchior, Marketing Director
David Jadico, External Relations Director
Ben Levan, Production Manager
Lance Kniskern, Technical Director
Kate Sabato, Associate General Manager; Box Office Manager
Tanaquil Márquez, Education Director
Peter Marshall, Development Assistant
Julia Levis, Box Office Assistant


Board of Directors
Officers
Glenn Gundersen, President
Jeff Weiss, Vice President
Kyle A. Midkiff, CPA, Treasurer
Elizabeth S. Fenton, Secretary

Members
Michael P. Buckley, Jennifer Childs, Deborah Fleischman, Terry Graboyes, Peter Haas, Ellen Hutton, David Jadico, Nadine Lomakin, Theresa E. Loscalzo, Kristin McLaughlin, Dr. Tanya O’Neill, Clare Osman, Nancy L. Roth, June Wolfson

Board Emeritus
Jennifer Bohnenberger, James D. Brown, Kimberly Rehfuss, Dolly Beechman Schnall, Roberta Emmanuel, Matthew Pettigrew

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Dot & Jack McElwee
Rhoda & John McFadden
Kris Messner
Thomas Mikkis & Elizabeth Montserat
Jonathan Miller & Beaty Bock
Paula Minacci
Laraine Mocenigo
Alan Molod
Deb & Rich Montalbano
Kevin & Libby Moran
Tom Murphy & Peter Zutter
The ACGME in memory of Michael F. Kelly
Pamela J. Nelson
Claire Nevin-Field & Andrew Field
Cory Newman
Eliot & Bonnie Nierman
Charlene Nolten
Becky Nuttall
Hugh O'Neill
John R. Otterson
Judith & Kevin Owens
Anne Park
David Park
Margot Patterson
Bohdan Pazuniak
Margret Peloso
Charlie Philips
Ronald Phillips
Janet Plosser
Jeffrey & Elizabeth Podraza
Dick Polman & Elise Vider
Sharon & Harry Polsky
Christie Porrata-Doria
David Pressel
Clyde Putnam
Susanna Randall
Missy & John Randolph
Ann Ricksecker
Marilyn Weinstein & Stephen Ringel
Alison Roberts in memory of Dr. Kelly
Laura Rogovin
Toni & Ted Rosen
Beth & Bruce Rosner
Dr. & Mrs. Martin Rubel
Harriet Rubenstein
James Lord & Diane Rurode
Linda Russo
Pat & Ed Sabato
Mark E. Sandberg
Ellen Schwartz & Jeremy Siegel
Erik Schwartz
Gail Scott & Thomas D. Quinlan
Gail Seygal
Karen Shanoski & Brad Levan
Paul & Beth Shay
Marvin & Joan Shotkin
Donna & Jim Shuell
Drs. Ellen J. Siegel & Richard Wallace
Benjamin & Jasmine Siegel-Wallace
Jill Keys & Matt Silva
Jerry Silverman
Karen Simeonides
Barbara "Bunny" Sklar
Larry Slagle & Mete Egemen
Carleene & David Slowik
David Gary Smith
Jonne & Corey Smith
Samuel & Sandra Smith
Jennifer Snyder
Kathryn Snyder
Maura Sostack
Howard & Lyn Stein
Maria Sticco in memory of Lou Sticco
Susan M. Stuard
Michelle Taglialatela
Christina Thistle
Elizabeth Thornton
Frank Trommler & Natalie Huguet
John & Victoria Turlik
Carol Urovsky
Elizabeth Useem
David Verdon
Tom & Pat Vernon
Judith Voet
Emily Wagner
Jessica Walcott
Audrey Walters
Tom & Susan Walther
Judy Drasin & Bob Washburn
Joan Weiner
Lucia & Rob Weiss
Mark Weiss
Ellen Wernick
Caroline West
Ellen Wheeler & David Nix
Therese Willis
Yu-Ning Wong
Elizabeth & Rich Zack
Diane Zilka & Karen Mauch

Opening Acts (up to $99)
Anonymous (68)
Estelle & Gerry Alexander
Joanna Amick
Paige Amidon in honor of Michael F. Kelly
Renee Anderson
Natalie Arost
Harry F. Bambrick, Jr.
Marilyn Becker
Melanie Belinsky
Becca Bernstein
Sandy & Mickey Bernstein
Max Bier
Maxine Blum
Cheryl Borck Hadley
Barbara Bravo
Edward J. Breen
Jeannette Brian
Dr. Joshua & Amy Brody
Barbara Bromfield
Nancy Calabretta
Nancy K. Callan
Sheila Callinan
Janet Cantor
Ryann Carey
Mary Carpenter
In memory of Michael Gannon
Phil & Alyse Casciano
Michelle Chaplin Partlow
Julia Chapman
Kathleen Chase
Lori Chinitz
Stephen & Eileen Chopnick
Hariette & Alan Cohen
Donna Cohn
Jim & Lori Colasanti
Birtan Collier
Barbara Cooke
John Corlies
Lisa Cosentino
Frederick Cotton Jr.
Robert Crook in memory of John E. Zick
Emily & Howard Cutler
Ellen Danish
Beth Davies
Cliff & Linda Davis
Martha Davis
Cathy Devers
Nancy Dilcher
Ann Dixon
Jessica & Michael Doheny
Kathleen Downey
Jan L. Durbin
Lisa M. Easterby
John & Bernadette Exley
George Faulkner
Leslie Fedota
Raymond Finkel
Ellen & Ken Finkelstein
Cj Fitts
Alan & Tamara Forstater
Arlene Fortunato
Susan Bisanti Frambes
Allyson Frank
Eric Frank & Billie Schnall
Jonathan Frank
Leonard Frank, MD
Donald M. Friedman
Stephen & Ardith Garland
Mr. & Mrs. Edward Garvey
Caroline & Bob Germond
Naomi & Al Gerstein
Marilyn Gilroy
Richard & Claire Goldman
Drs. Jonathan & Jacqueline Gomberg
Phillip Graneto
Amy Gross
Mary Haas
Ann Halsey
Susan Hancock
Jonathan Harper
Jean Haskell
Tom Helmer
Judith K. Herbst
Polly Hickman
Margot Hillman
Tom Hinchcliffe
Frances Hoenigswald
Toby Hogan
Audrey Holtzman
Elizabeth Horn
D'vorah J Horn-Greenberg
Michele Houlday
Morgan Hugo
Frederick Jackes
Yael Jekogian
Carol Jessup
Raymond & Deborah Jones
Edward R. Joshua, III
Fran & Jim Kaib
Emily Kass in honor of Anissa Weinraub
C & M Kaufer
Kathy Kelly
Dr. & Mrs. Richard P. Kluft
Tom Knoche
Mary Burke
Nina Korsh
Pearl R. Kramer
Reinhard & Sue D. Kruse
Neil Kutner
Dan Lai
Jim Lamb
Jeanette Leff
Susan Lerner
Fran Levi & Patricia Mattern
Ruthie Levikoff
Donna & Jack Levin
Rita Lewis
Mauri Librett
Sheldon Liss
Richard Maimon & Susan Segal
Robin Margent
Stephen & Ruth Marino
Steven & Carol Marino
Jack & Mary Markov
Debbie & Elliott Maser
Patricia Mattern
Michael McKee
Heather McKnight
Nancy & Robert Megley
Beatrice Mendetz
Robert & Liz Mikita
Eve Miller
Harriette Mishkin
Friends of the Avenue of the Arts
Robert Hlavacek, Jr.
James C. Muldoon
Stephen Mullin
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Myers
Debby Nemecek
Paul Newman
Vicki Nolten-Mair in honor of Charlene Nolten
Lauren Novasitis
Arline Olim
Vera Orthlieb
Hillary Oser
Margaret Otte
Marilyn Paolino
Doug Park
Patricia Patterson
Marcia Peters
Beverly Phillips White
Patricia Piro
Stephen Platt & Robin Schaufler
Hannah Poole
Lawrence Lindsay & Carla Puppin
Linda Quam
Marjie & Andy Quint
Linda Ramsey
Susan Reiss
Richlin-Haven Family
Cornelius Rightley
Judith Ring
Owen Robbins
Carmen Rodriguez
Myra Rosenberg & Larry Glass
Kenneth Ross
Linda Roth
Jim Ryan
Donna Sacks
Carol Saline & Paul Rathblott
Sue & Richard Salkowitz
Lori Schantz
Susan & Mark Schultz
Evelyn Schwartz
Hideko Secrest & Curtis Anthony
Michael Seidman
Bernard C. Seinberg
Vera & Wally Shembel
Clete & Genvieve Shields
Jennifer Shotkin
Donna Shuell
Meera Siddharth
Trish Sigley
Eileen Silver
Richard & JoAnn Simon
David Slinger
Sandra Soltoff
Joan Sommerer
J. Lapis Springtree
Robert & Debra Staples
Megan Steelman & Dave Peterson
Paulette Steffa
Diane & Richard Steinbrink
David Stern & Anne Weisbord
Deborah Stern
Greg Wood & Susie Stevens
Sandra J. Stevens
Michael Stierstorfer, MD
Bertram Strieb
Steve & Luci Stroiman
Charles & Kathleen Sutphen
Jeff Sutton
William Swoope
Leroy & Marsha Tabb
Carl & Arlene Taraschi
Patrick Thumudo
Adina Tovell
Judy Trailer
Lisa Trucksess
Mike Valoris
Maryellen Van Royen
Donna Waitz Cohn
Carl Wallnau
Liz & David Walsh
Terry Fromson & Jonathan Walters
Cheryl Wanko
Donna & Andy Wechsler
Frank Weindel
Wendy Weingarten
Susan & Stan Weingast
Judith White
Maura Williams
Michael Williams
Brian A. Wilson
Karen Wilson
Mr. & Mrs. Alan Windle
Daniel Wolff
Greg & Emily Wolfson
Anita Wright
Ileen Wright
Emily Zimmerman & Jay Wussow
Kuna & Sam Yankell
Michaeline Young
Anita Zippert

Supporters listed are for donations received as of January 6, 2022, to 1812 Productions, 1812 Outreach, and The Jilline Ringle Solo Performance Program. If you see any errors or omissions, please contact David Jadico, External Relations Director at 215-592-9560, ext 14 or dave@1812productions.org.

In-Kind Contributors
Jane Berryman, Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc
John Flak Photography
Robert J. Kratz, CPA
Andrew Nelson

Vaudevillian Society

You are invited to join a special group of supporters of “Philadelphia’s All-Comedy Theatre Company”. The goal of the Vaudevillian Society is to build the operational capacity of 1812 with a significant gift of support, making possible our mission of bringing more laughter to our community.

Patrons who contribute $1,812 and above to 1812 Productions are inducted into the Vaudevillian Society for one year, membership is renewable annually. The Vaudevillian Society has four levels, each with specific benefits.

Oscar Hammerstein Level ($10,000
George & Gracie Level ($5,000)
Fanny Brice Level ($2,500)
W.C. Fields Level ($1,812)

With your annual gift you receive two seats to all opening nights, invitation to open rehearsals and other exclusive Vaudevillian Society benefits. Additionally, all Vaudevillian Society members will be displayed on a traditional Vaudeville Bill in the lobby, with their name and “vaudeville act”. (Vaudevillian Society members may choose their own act or have 1812 provide one) Please call 215 592-9560, ext. 14 to find out more on 1812 Productions’ Vaudevillian Society. Or join today with your tax-deductible gift of $1,812 or more made payable to “1812 Productions” ensuring the future of Philadelphia’s All-Comedy Theatre Company.

Join the Vaudevillian Society HERE.