RISE UP! CAMPAIGN CELEBRATION
We did it!
Please join us at Hudson Hall on Sunday, November 8th at 4:30PM following the recital by countertenor Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen, as we celebrate the success of the Rise Up! Campaign. We’ll raise a glass to toast this milestone and to thank everyone whose generosity helped secure the future of New York State’s oldest surviving theater.
About the Rise Up! Campaign
In 2017, Hudson Hall completed a $9.5 million restoration of its magnificent performance hall, as well as the Center Hall Gallery and the Common Council Room, elevating the presentation of art, music, opera, dance, theater, and performance to new heights. In making the building fully ADA accessible for the first time in its history with the addition of an elevator tower, Hudson Hall took out a $3 million loan, which converted to a mortgage upon placing the theater into service.
Since reopening our historic theater, we have worked hard to reduce our mortgage by over $1.5 million. Now, with support from a generous 1:1 matching gift of $500,000 from the Reinhart Foundation, Hudson Hall’s Rise Up! Campaign will reduce the mortgage by another $1 million, ensuring the future of New York State’s oldest surviving theater as a community asset for generations to come.
Hudson Hall Board of Directors
Paul Barrett, President
John Van Ness Philip,
Vice President
Justin Goldman, Treasurer
Sarah Lipsky, Secretary
Donald N. Gellert,
Executive Committee
Cynthia R. Richards,
Executive Committee
Walter Flamenbaum
Hillary France
Robert Michel
Mary Ellen Ross
Walter Sudol
Ilyse Wolfe Tretter
Dawn Tsien
Doug Wingo
Elena Mosley, Director Emerita
Ellen V. Thurston, Director Emerita
Reinhart Foundation Board of Directors
William L. Reinhart
Christopher R. Richards
Cynthia R. Richards
The Asbjorn Lunde Foundation Board of Directors
Steve Kern
Madeline Lanciani
John Van Ness Philip
Dr. George Robb
Dr. Kurt Sunstrom
The Rise Up! Campaign Donors
GOLD
Alison Lankenau
Asbjorn Lunde Foundation
Claire Boudinot Donohue
David Theobald & Giovanna Bernadini
Elaine Koss & Donald N. Gellert
Grace & Gerald Sun
Illiana van Meeteren & Terence Boylan
Jean D. Hamilton & Richard N. McCarthy
Perla Capriles
Richard Rubinstein
Robert Michel & Jean Warshaw
Sara Jeanne & Neil Sanford Livingston
Wheelock Whitney III & Sandro Cagnin
SILVER
Adam Weinert & R. B. Schlather
Barbara Kilpatrick & Charles Bardes
Burton Kassell
Carole Neville
Christine Boeke
Debra & Len Grossman
Frances Spark & Michel Goldberg
Ilyse Wolfe Tretter
Jan & Lester Greenberg
Lindsay & Brian Shea
Lynette & Michael Tucker
Mary Ellen Ross & Vern J. Bergelin
Meredith J. Kane & Richard Sharp
Peter Frank & Jonathan Lerner
Stephanie Lazar & David Newman
Tambra Dillon
Thomas Froese
BRONZE
Scott & Patti Schulz
Carol & Larry Singer
Michael Belanger & Jeff Hayenga
Alan Wanzenberg
Chris Jones & Bert Goldfinger
Elena & Greg Mosley
Gary Schiro & Robert Burns
Laura & Steve Corsun
Martha Lane & Bob Lucke
Mary & Walter Chatham
Maurice D. Haughton & Maryna Bilak Haughton
Peggy Anderson
Richard S. Weinert & Sylvia Ann Hewlett
Ronald Tanner
Sarah Lipsky & Timothy Doyle
Tessy Keller & Jay Neuschatz
Alison Tretter | Amy Adler | Anthony & Patricia Alofsin | Bank of Greene County Charitable Foundation | Bob Bangiola | Caroline & Rick Anderson | Carrie Haddad Gallery | David Kessler & David Lefkowich | David William Voorhees & Joseph M. Connelly | Diane Townsend & Judah Catalan | Francine Hunter McGivern & Daniel Rothbart | Gwen Gould & Ed Grossman | Jane Smith | Jane Trombley | Jean Feinberg | Jerl Surratt | Jim Hoon | John B. Carroll & Alexandra Anderson | Joseph Ferris | Juliette Tomlinson | Julius James | Justin Goldman & Andrea Girolamo | Katherine & Keith Kanaga | M. Marianne Thorsén | Maria Suttmeier & Dennis Marino | Michael O’Hara & Ruth Tamaroff | Nancy Westbrook | Nicole Vidor | Pamela Kline | Patrick Sullivan | Peter Bevacqua & Stephen P. King | Robert & Denise Savillo | Sean Sawyer & Michael Susi | Steve & Barbara Smith | Susan & Mark Fingar | Susan & Pavel Hillel | Susan Ball & John Brigham | Suzanne & James Aisenberg | Suzanne Frye | Teresa Buchholz & James Bagwell | Vera & Myles Weintraub | Victor Rodack & Peter Catapano | William & Donna Barrett
Listing as of June 30, 2026