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Springfield Contemporary Theatre is proudly entering its 30th season—a milestone that celebrates not just our history, but the relationships that have made it all possible.
This year, we’re reflecting on the connections that shape our work: between artists and audiences, volunteers and staff, neighbors and communities. Our 30th season is built around the power of those relationships—messy, joyful, complicated, and deeply human.
With an energized board, new staff collaborating alongside longtime SCT artists and supporters, and a lineup of productions that invite you to think, feel, and engage, this is a season made for meaningful connection.
The ongoing dedication of our performers, directors, musicians, technicians, volunteers, and staff is matched only by the incredible generosity of our patrons. Your enthusiasm and support are what make it possible for SCT to thrive as a theatre created by the community, for the community.
We’re also looking ahead. One of our final goals is to retire the $50,000 COVID relief loan from the Community Foundation of the Ozarks. Once paid, SCT will be fully and proudly debt-free—ready for the next 30 years of bold, relationship-driven theatre.
We invite you to contribute to this season of connection, celebration, and momentum. Your support will help us move into the future with strength, purpose, and a deepened commitment to our community.
Let’s keep building this space where creativity and community shine—and thrive.
SCT General Fund
BECOME A MONTHLY DONOR:
Consider setting up a monthly recurring donation - $5 a month, $10 a month!
Monthly contributions provide SCT with steady, reliable income, enabling us to plan and budget effectively.
Questions about where your donation may make the greatest impact? Call 417-831-8001 or email info@springfieldcontemporarytheatre.org
All General Fund Donations shall be acknowledged in our playbills and online in the season in which the donation was received:
Angels* $5,000 and above
Headliners $1,000-$4,999
Leading Players $500–$999
Featured Players $250–$499
Supporting Players $100–$249
Cameos $50–$99
*Angels may receive two tickets to each production in our season.
Production Sponsorships
Springfield Contemporary Theatre offers unique sponsorship and marketing opportunities for individuals and local businesses who feel particularly connected to a specific production. Sponsorships for individual productions will be attached to the specific production's publicity releases, social media announcements, show posters, and the show's stagebills. Production sponsors receive an allotment of tickets for that designated production.
Full Production Sponsorship $3,500
Interested in unique marketing and sponsorship opportunities that are not listed? Call 417-831-8001 or email info@springfieldcontemporarytheatre.org
BECOME A 2025 DONOR!
Contribute at one of the following levels to be featured on our website and in our playbill!
SCT GENERAL FUND
ANGELS
($5000+)
HEADLINERS
($1,000-4,999)
Art, Lisa, & Kathleen Hains
Gloria Galanes & Noah Karrasch
Cindy & Andy Lear
Karen Sabo
LEADING PLAYERS
($500-999)
Susan Belcher
Mark and Diana Eul
Robert Lanning & Minuen Odom
Christopher & Courtney Lazzaro
Wallace and Joyce Munden
FEATURED PLAYERS
($250-499)
Buddy Ball & Virginia Jones
Scott Whiteley Carter
Mark & Diana Eul
Anne Gardner
Caleb Gentry
The Lazzaro Family
Kim Pulley
Becky & Emmett Sawyer
Ron Seney
Lisa Slattery
Julia Taylor
SUPPORTING PLAYERS
($100-249)
David Lee & Polly Dross
Phil Funkenbusch
Philip McGuire
Terry Meyer
CAMEOS
($50-99)
Melissa Hutton
Ruth Sabo
Richard Schur and Linda Skolnick
Rebecca Solari
THANK YOU TO OUR 2024 DONORS
Reflecting contributions from January 1, 2024 to December 31, 2024
STAR 29 CAMPAIGN
STAR 29
($2900)
Anonymous
In Memory of Robert H. Bradley
Gwen Hunt - In Memory of Duane Hunt
Paul & Carol Reinert
Louis H. Schaeffer
Janet Trotter
Maggie L. Wilcox
PRINCIPAL 29
($290)
Tina Ballhorn
Charles & Marcia Bonwell
Charles & Sherry Buchanan
Jeff & Donna Carney
Scott Whitely Carter
Nancy Cooper
In Memory of Walter L. Cowart
Carolyn Crawford
Rick Dines & Kyler Kays
Nancy Brown Dornan
Len & Sandy Duffey
Art, Lisa & Kathleen Hains
Ann Hilmo
Shirley Huffman
David & Shirley Hutchison
John M. & Sandy Leigh Johnson
Gary Kester
Cindy & Andy Lear
David Lee & Polly Dross
In Memory of Mike McElhaney
Mark L. McQueary
Gary & Ann Nelms
Judith Peavey
Kim Pulley
Bob Seney & Mark Mishou
Lisa Slattery
Stephanie Stenger
In Memory of Randy Stewart
DEBUT 29
($29)
Anonymous
Debbi Brake
Dave & Tammy Jahnke
Anjanette Nowell
Susan Parrish
George & Nancy Paul
SCT GENERAL FUND
ANGELS
($5000+)
Anonymous
Janet Trotter
Maggie L. Wilcox
HEADLINERS
($1,000-4,999)
Rob & Sally Baird
Art, Lisa & Kathleen Hains
Alex and Cathy Primm
Louis H. Schaeffer
Ilga K. Vise
LEADING PLAYERS
($500-999)
Charles and Sherry Buchanan
Carolyn Crawford
Mark & Diana Eul
Jim & Terry Evans
Gloria Galanes & Noah Karrasch
Carolyn Gerdes
Robert Lanning & Minuen Odom
The Lazzaro Family
Stephanie Stenger
FEATURED PLAYERS
($250-499)
Nita Jane Ayres
Buddy Ball & Virginia Jones
Jerry & Linda Benson
Deb Bentlage
Cynthia & Dave Bolinger
Charles & Martha Bonwell
Hold Fast Brewing
Gary L. Buzbee
Len & Sandy Duffey
Ann Gardner
Caleb Gentry
Lisa & Terry Langley
Charles Letterman
Wallace & Joyce Munden
The Orr Family
Ron Seney
Julia Taylor
Shawn & Gretchen Teague
Steve & Cheryl Torbet
SUPPORTING PLAYERS
($100-249)
Anonymous
Cynthia & Dave Bolinger
Dr. Rebecca Burrell
Bryan & Gayle Brooker
Dr. Chuck Clark
Frank Connelly
George & Debbie Cron
Pokey Alrutz & Ira Edelman
Jim & Terri Evans
John & Judy Fox
Sylvia Hillyard Pannell
Steve Henry
Susan & Don Holliday
Karen Horny
David & Shirley Hutchison
Dave & Tammy Jahnke
Dottie Joslyn
Gary Kester
Terry Meyer
T. Haven Miller & Robin Rader
Jan & Bruce Myers
Jeanie Raney
Susan Pyle
Chris Shaefer
Faye Sturhahn & Ted Smith
Vicky & David Trippe
Ken & Amy Vollmar
CAMEOS
($50-99)
Anonymous
Kim & Keith Chaffin
Alan Hamlin
Melissa Hutton
Charlotte McCoy
Andy & Amy Montebello
Vicky Trippe
CELEBRATIONS
In Memory of Walter Cowart
David & Shirley Hutchison
In Memory of Haley Stevens
Shawn & Gretchen Teague
In Memory of Cathy Sanchez
Charles O. Letterman
Louis H. Schaeffer
GIFT-A-TICKET PROGRAM
Anonymous (2 tickets)
Anonymous (2 tickets)
Anonymous (4 tickets)
Anonymous (6 tickets)
Heather Blair
LeAnn Brazeal
Sophie & Heather Collier
Tamara Conn
Sarah Jenkins
Misty Jenkins-McIntosh
Christine Hammar
Anica Klouda
Glorio Lo
Tim McGinnis
SCT Endowment Fund
In December 2021, Springfield Contemporary Theatre received the generous gift of a secure future when Maggie Wilcox, SCT Board Member, established the SCT Endowment Fund. The Endowment Fund is established through the Community Foundation of the Ozarks.
An Endowment Fund is an important step for any non-profit in establishing the organization's fiscal health and longevity. Springfield Contemporary Theatre has spent 2022 fulfilling many of its pandemic promises: growing the organization with a new Board of Directors, continued efforts towards and strategic planning and a permanent home, more paid opportunities for artists at SCT and returning to uninterrupted premiere, immersive, grown-up theatre. There are several ways to support the SCT Endowment Fund, whether through a one time, recurring, end of year or legacy gift.
Ruth Barnes
Robert Bradley
Doug Cannon
Scott Carter
Tom & Cathy Carter
Nancy Cooper
Rick Dines
Janice Faucett
Leslie Forrester
Steve Henry
Sara Hollis
Eric Koziatek & Cindy Grellner
The Lazzaro Family
Charles O. Letterman
Bruce & Jan Myers
Erika Nadir, Sam Maizel & Alan Altshuld
Kaleb Norman
Jeanie Raney
Lexy Saner
Matthew & Teresa Simpson
Maggie Wilcox
Vicky Vodrey
Robert Bradley Memorial Fund
On Thursday, October 6, 2022, we lost a bedrock member of the SCT team. Robert “Bob” Bradley will be remembered as an outstanding educator, theatrical director, mentor, artist, storyteller, colleague, and friend. Following his 39-year career as professor of theatre and department head for the Department of Theatre and Dance at Missouri State University, Bob found his artistic home at SCT directing 34 productions since 2003 in his “retirement.”
With SCT Bob helmed productions including Sense & Sensibility, Oppenheimer, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Chesapeake, HIR, Other Desert Cities, The Normal Heart, The Threepenny Opera, The Tempest, Saving Rose O’Neill, Bus Stop, Morning’s at Seven, Sing for Your Supper, A Holiday Carol, 33 Variations, Glengarry Glen Ross, Educating Rita, Amadeus, The Secret Garden, The Light in the Piazza, All My Sons, Dinner with Friends, Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris, Frozen, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Nine: The Musical, Man of La Mancha, Edward Albee’s The Goat Or, Who is Sylvia?, Master Class, Edward Albee’s Three Tall Women, A Grand Night for Singing and Berlin to Broadway with Kurt Weill.
Longtime friend and former Tent Theatre alumnus, Maggie Wilcox has established a memorial fund in Bob’s honor with contributions going into SCT’s building fund. One of Bob’s main recent priorities with SCT was finding a long-term sustainable home for the organization. In the theatre’s future home, a prominent acknowledgment will be displayed.
Anonymous
Ira & Pokey Alrutz
Eugene Baldi
Ruth Barnes
Carolyn Barnett
Dennis & Kathy Bird
Terry & Julie Bloodworth
W. Blakey Bradley
Scott & Michelle Bradley
Steve & Karen Bradley
Sherri Bradley Brown
Sara Brummel
Sue Camp
Scott Whiteley Carter
Dr. Charles L. Clark
George & Mary Connor
Dale Crutcher
John & Pamela Dickinson
Tom & Nancy Dornan
Michelle Drye
Betty Evans & Ann Fuhrman
Gloria J. Galanes
Ellen Gardiner
Anne Gardner
Carolyn Gerdes
Martha Goodall
Marcia Haseltine
Cynthia Hollander
Shirley Huffman
David & Shirley Hutchison
Melissa Hutton
Mark Irish & David Schmittou
Dottie Joslyn
Herman Johansen
Jack Laufer & Michael Brill
The Lazzaro Family:
Chris, Courtney, Atticus & Tolkien
Charles Letterman
Carol J. Maples & Gina Wycoff
Patrick McGraw
Patty Jo Musburger
Bruce Myers
Jan Myers
Gary & Ann Nelms
Winifred Nixon
Martha Odom
Larry & Fay Ollis
Carol Outlaw
Denny & Mary Pilant
Joe & Kathy Potter
Jeanie Raney
Paul & Carol Reinert
John & Delia Rice
Cathy Sanchez
Dee Dee Sandt
Becky & Emmett Sawyer
Bob Seney & Mark Mishou
Gloria Scarlet
Edward Schaeffer
Madelyn Schnick
Ruth Seboldt
John & Jane Sellars
Vicki Stanton
Dennis Stewart
Janet Trotter
Judy Vanderbilt
Sheila Wayne
Maggie Wilcox
Joyce Wise
Joe Bowman Memorial Fund
On Sunday, September 29, 2024, we lost a cherished member of our SCT family. Joe Bowman was a strong presence as an early Resident Director and actor during SCT’s early days at the Vandivort Center Theatre.
Over the years Joe also directed productions for Springfield Little Theatre, Tent Theatre, Missouri State University as well as with theatres in New York, Connecticut and at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland. Joe also was an instructor at MSU and OTC. For SCT, Joe directed productions of Jeffrey, Burn This, How I Learned to Drive, Five Women Wearing the Same Dress, Shakespeare’s R&J, Vanities, Oleanna, P.S. Your Cat is Dead, The All Night Strut, The Lion in Winter, Crimes of the Heart, Putting It Together, Proof, Wit, The Owl and the Pussycat, Showtune, Bent, Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol, Seascape with Shark and Dancer, and The Gingerbread Lady. Joe also appeared on stage as Henry II in The Lion in Winter and as Andrew Jorgenson in Other People’s Money. Our heart goes to Leslie Ballew, Joe’s daughter, and a regular actress in many of his productions.
In coordination with Joe's family, SCT has established The Joe Bowman Memorial Fund in his honor to support the furtherance of SCT’s team of Resident Directors.
Jan & Bruce Myers
Michael Lee
Louis H. Schaeffer
Dennis Stewart
James Billings appearing with Marcia Haseltine in MASTER CLASS
James Billings Memorial Fund
On Thursday, February 3, 2022, we lost a dear member of our SCT family. James "Jim" Billings was a recognized singer, actor, director, writer and long time collaborator with Springfield Contemporary Theatre.
Besides appearing on stage in SCT's production of Terrance McNally's Master Class (2004), Springfield Contemporary Theatre produced several of Jim’s original operas and musicals: The Magical Adventures of Jack McPoorly-Or-Climb Every Beanstalk (1998), The Nutley Papers—The Musical (2001, world premiere), Babes in the Woods (2005, world premiere in association with Springfield Regional Opera), Sheer Will (2011, world premiere), and Jim’s always erudite and hilarious Forbidden Opera for First Night Springfield (1990-1996, 2010, in association with Springfield Regional Opera).
In coordination with Robert Bradley & Jim's family, Springfield Contemporary Theatre has established a memorial fund in his honor -contributions will go into SCT's building fund. In the lobby of the theatre's future home an acknowledgment will be displayed.
SCT Resident Director and Board Member, Robert Bradley, has posted a remembrance of James Billings.
Sandy & Harvey Asher
Rob & Sally Baird
Ruth Barnes
Ardith Bjorge
Judy Boldt
Joe Bowman
Robert H. Bradley
Kim Carnes & Rick Charton
Ruell Chappell
Community Foundation of the Ozarks
Nancy Cooper
Donald Ian Delver
Bridget & Andy Dierks
Tom & Nancy Dornan
Rick Dines
Tommy Emberton
Savannah & Josh Fernelius
Brian & Renee Fogle
John & Judy Fox
Gloria J. Galanes & Noah Karrasch
Phil & Barbara Hall
Kenneth Harper
Jan Hendrix
Jason, Rachel, Daniel, Charlotte &
Emma Hendrix
Matt & Julie Hendrix
Steve Henry
Don & Susan Holliday
Alex, Lindsay, Cora & Everly Hover
David & Shirley Hutchison
Greg & Jill Kendle
Kelly & Louise Knauer
The Knit Wits
Jocelyn, Ben, Leah & Jacob Knust
KPM CPA's & Advisors
Ann Kynion
Charles Letterman
Marcia & Robert Mahnken
Philip McGuire
Amy & Andy Montebello
Annie Meek Montgomery
Joyce & Wallace Munden
Michael Murray
Bruce & Jan Myers
Winifred Nixon
Denny & Mary Pilant
Sheila & Sam Pippin
Louis H. Schaeffer
Martha Schatz
Bradley & Julie Squires
Todd Turoci
Robert & Carolyn Upshaw
Vicki Vodrey
Kenna Wiggins
April Wiggs
Maggie Wilcox
Susan Woelzl
Ann Woolsey & Don Tillman
Patty Brooks Memorial Fund
Rob & Sally Baird
James & Judith Billings
Robert H. Bradley
In-Kind Donations
Springfield Contemporary Theatre accepts in-kind donations for use on-stage, behind the scenes or in our administrative offices. Goods, services, products and equipment will help us continue to produce high-quality theatre. To discuss in-kind donations or for further information call 417.831.8001. While all in-kind offers are appreciated, due to limited storage space not all in-kind donations can be accepted.