YES Campaign

13.67% of $80,000

Status as of Dec 20, 2019 for the 2019–20 Season

Mail

Mail a check to our office at
African-American
Shakespeare Company

762 Fulton Street, Suite 306
San Francisco, CA 94102

Phone

Call our office at (415) 762-2071 ext. 6

Please leave a detailed message if we are unable to immediately answer your call.

We value each and every contribution, no matter how small or large. Donations are 100% tax-deductible. Thank you for supporting our cause.

Message from
Sherri Young

Dear Champion,

Shakespeare famously wrote, “Neither a borrower nor a lender be,” for his play HAMLET. The bard’s financial advice may be still be sound all these years later, but what has he to say about being a donor? Thankfully for us, nothing.

With that in mind, we at the African-American Shakespeare Company would like to humbly ask for your help and support this year as we kick off our 25th Anniversary season! We have a very exciting season planned, with a full run of shows spanning the full range of the classics to the new classics, plus raffles, giveaways, and more!

We have also started a new youth outreach program, called PEER, aimed at engaging with the young people in our community to foster a love of theatre and performance arts. In this spirit, we are introducing our brand-new Youth Pass this season, which will offer season passes to young people at a highly discounted rate. We hope this will open our mission of “Envisioning the classics with color,” to a generation which lacks exposure to theatre, perhaps instilling in them a love of performance and storytelling, maybe even inspiring them to continue our mission into the future.

Your support of our performances is the most essential ingredient in the continuation of our mission, and we are deeply grateful for your support.


Sherri Young
Founder and Executive Director

Donor Benefits

Foundation $10,001+
• All of the following benefits and much more!

Angel $2,501–$10,000
• All Producer benefits
• Dinner with Artistic Director L. Peter Callender

Producer $1,001–$2,500
• All Platinum benefits
• Invitation to Technical Rehearsal

Platinum $501–$1,000
• All Gold benefits
• Invitation to a Backstage Tour

Gold $251–$500
• All Silver benefits
• Invitation to First Rehearsal

Silver $101–$250
• All Patron of the Arts benefits
• Invitation to Pre-Event to Announce Season before the Media

Patron of the Arts $51–$100
• All Friends benefits
• Participation in Artistic Council Meeting
• Personal Thank You call for your support

Friends up to $50
• Subscription to From the Desk of… a personal quarterly email from L. Peter Callender and Sherri Young
• Invitation to Annual Season Launch Event
• Your name listed on production programs and website

As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, donations given to us are 100% tax-deductible. After we process your donation in our system, we will mail you a Thank You letter with your donation details that you can use for tax purposes. Thank you for saying YES!

Donors Who Said YES!

  • Scott Cuyjet
  • Terry Lamb
  • Susan Harloe
  • Lynette Lockett
  • Carol Savary
  • Bernard Weiner
  • Tom Lederer
  • Sarah Lightfoot
  • Yolanda Willams
  • David Kirby
  • Jeffrey Raz
  • Justin Wong
  • Carol Lashof
  • Mary-Kay Gamel
  • Roy Bergstrom
  • Regina Morones
  • Jill Nierman
  • Rachel Kayhan
  • Ruth Mankin
  • Claus Zielke
  • Dianne Millner
  • Wayne Kitchen
  • Brenda Paulin
  • Latondra Goode
  • Betsy Clark
  • Edward Baskauskas
  • Jerome & Karen Adams
  • Johnnie Baker
  • Siri Louie
  • Natalie Durbin
  • Karen Spencer
  • Linda Walters
  • David Donahue
  • RHE Charitable Foundation
  • Charles Belov
  • Everett, Julia, and David Moore
  • Nancy Ragey / NKR Consulting
  • Queen Neal
  • Janet Barron
  • Emily Wade-Thompson
  • Mary Twegbe
  • Najee Bilal
  • Jerry & Ruth Vurek
  • Deborah Isabelle
  • Judith Cohen & Malcolm Gissen
  • Gloria Weinstock
  • Valerie Barth & Peter Wiley
  • Jay Yamada
  • Ayofemi Oseye
  • Ada & David Dorn
  • Judith McRae
  • Janine Young
  • Fred Pitts
  • Angela M. Archie
  • Dorian Nasby
  • Pradipta Mitra
  • Jasmine Yamasaki
  • Sally Price
  • Lynne Waite
  • Gwendolyn Booze
  • Matthew Jones
  • Gordon Baranco
  • Christina Perez
  • Mary Marin
  • Joela Mueller
  • Peter Logan
  • Carol Brosnan
  • Mark Schoenrock
  • Eleanor Hansen
  • Denise Battista
  • Sabine von Glinski
  • Dianne Sheridan
  • Kerry Ellis
  • Aubree Lennon
  • Victor Valle
  • Rose Ludwig
  • Charles Borg
  • Deene Goodlaw
  • Sylvena Dorner
  • Ralph & Debra Deadwyler
  • Mary Collins
  • Linda Brewer
  • Valata Jenkins-Monroe
  • Naomi Davis
  • Pamela Wagner
  • Professors Patricia Penn Hilden & Timothy J Reiss
  • Marjorie Shapiro
  • Kim Jacocks
  • Juilius Johnson, PhD
  • J D Smith
  • Ashley Graham
  • Jena Johnson
  • Jane Neilson
  • Cornelius & Lorraine Franckle
  • Roger Stoll
  • Gregory Markham
  • John R & Bahereh Manning
  • Theodore Alper
  • Cara O’Shell
  • Laura Bergmann
  • Gary Drummond
  • Andrea Taxman
  • Leila Shockley
  • Brenda Jemmott
  • Kimberly Dixon
  • Nneka Uzoh
  • Juan Pedro Gaffney R.
  • Benjamin Douglas
  • Harmony Fraga
  • Alison & Cornelius Jackson
  • Daniel & Liana Crosby
  • Robert Cook & Bianca Haendler
  • Robert Newells
  • Michael & Vivian Brown
  • Anita Grandpre
  • Leslie Lombre
  • William Jemmott
  • Beli Sullivan
  • Phillip McLeod
  • Gia White
  • Gina Eanes
  • Frankie & Maxwell Gillette
  • Gerry Goldsholle & Myra Levenson
  • Eileen Barry
  • Marilyn Hayward
  • Nancy & Richard Frank
  • Michael Ginther & Jim O’Donnell
  • Ellen Eagen
  • Dorothy & Arthur Lathan
  • Amal Johnson
  • Tori Jackson
  • Janet Sheard
  • Felicia Phillips
  • Jack Young
  • George J and Theresa L Cotsirilos Merced Foundation
  • Hitz Foundation
  • Alexander & Judith Glass
  • Wanda & Michael Dennis
  • Eleanor Jacobs
  • Sandra Reid
  • Roshida A. Dowe
  • Earl Shaddix
  • Joyce Muse
  • Diane M. Barnes
  • Andrea Baker
  • Semuteh Freeman
  • Joanne Whitney
  • Kimberly Bomar
  • Dorcas Wong
  • Phyliss Martinez
  • Lora Lempert
  • Liz Balsam
  • Pat Young
  • Jay Ward
  • Ashley Holland
  • Deborah Softky
  • Brett and Megan Thomas
  • Hazel Jones
  • Cynthia Carbin
  • Larry Saxxon
  • Gretchen Graves
  • Anne Friedman
  • David Randall
  • Ruth MacNaughton
  • Saundra Davis
  • Elizabeth Jasny
  • Winifred Bailey
  • Rittinell Banks
  • Anna-Marie Booth
  • Arthur Rose
  • Virginia “Ginger” Smyly
  • Guadalupe Rodriguez
  • Sylvia Lindsey
  • Morris Karo
  • Cheryl Salem
  • Marilyn Hollinger
  • Jane Neilson
  • Joyce Huckaby
  • George Griffith
  • Linda Lee
  • Diana Hardy
  • Rebecca Gordon
  • Martina McKee
  • Barbara Mitchell
  • Roland Carter
  • Laurie Dean-Crook
  • The Schnur Consulting Group
  • Jim Hopp
  • Grazia Peduzzi
  • Gregory Redmond
  • Jacqueline Scott
  • Stephen Mayfield
  • Jolene Cannon-Larry
  • PJ Johnston
  • Kendrick Vaughn
  • Susan Rugtiv
  • Constance Newman
  • Jeri Smith
  • Audrey Van Kay
  • Cyprian Uzoh
  • Kelli Allen
  • Naima Hart
  • Jeffrey Davidson
  • Deborah Greer
  • Christopher Uzelac
  • Vivian Kremer
  • Elizabeth Softky
  • Albert & Helen Hill
  • Virginia Roberts
  • Todd Risby
  • Leah McGowen-Hare
  • Loretta Garcia
  • Brandon Callender
  • Michael Ray Wisely
  • Feliz Hill
  • Sarah Thompson
  • Jeanette Providence
  • B. Jackson
  • Irving Wiltshire
  • Mittie Grigsby
  • Maia Harris
  • Karla Wiley
  • Frank Roesch
  • Jason & Lisa McPhate
  • Lauren Phillips
  • Kesha Hackett Belcher
  • Donna Terman
  • Lauren Tate
  • Don Thompson
  • Sharon & Olujimi Yoloye
  • China Brotsky
  • Susan Rosen
  • Julie Grant
  • Bernard Boudreaux
  • Wayne Canterbury
  • Nancy Spero