The Bushwick Starr’s leadership team along with city and state representatives and agencies break ground at the new site at 419 Eldert Street in Bushwick.
CHECK OUT THIS RECAP + PHOTO GALLERY FROM OUR GROUNDBREAKING EVENT

To support this ambitious project, we conducted a comprehensive Campaign — encompassing a three-year scope from 2021-2024 to raise the funds necessary for security, sustainability, and growth. Scroll down to learn about the Campaign and see the names of the many generous supporters who made this dream a reality.

The Campaign is over, but we still need your support! This year, we will move into our new building, and expand our staff, operations, and impact. Here’s how you can be a part of bolstering us through this important moment of growth:

 
 

Reserve your name on a chair in our theater with a gift of $5,000 or more!
Seats available for naming rights are limited so don't hesitate to claim your own place at the Starr.
Your seat is waiting for you - we can't wait to welcome you to our inaugural 2024-25 Season in our new home!

 

The Starr accepts donations by credit card or check, as well as wire transfers and gifts of stock. We gratefully welcome corporate donation matches - please include matching form or information with your pledge form. 

For more giving options or questions, please email our Development Director, Bryce Goodloe at bryce@thebushwickstarr.org. We welcome the chance to meet with you on a site visit or virtually over Zoom!

The Bushwick Starr, Inc. is a tax-exempt 501(c)3 organization (EIN 26-4546315)

 
 
 
 
 
 

THANKS TO ALL THE STARRS IN OUR GIVING GALAXY:

Orbiting Starrs (3 year commitments):
Anonymous
Susan + John Allain
The Abramowitz Family
Laure Bender
Susan Bernfield + Claude Millman
Suzie Bolotin + John Rothman
Jessica + Thomas Rothman
Sara + Mark Billings
Rachel Chavkin
Heather Christian
Steve Coats, in memory of Alma Becker
Michael Contini
Noel Cyr
Max Dana
MaryBeth Delgaudio + Barry Walsh
John Del Gaudio
Gita Deo
Jason Eagan + Zach Shaffer
Jody Falco + Jeffrey Steinman
Jane Fujita
Sandra Garner
Caroline Gart + Justin Nestor
Deborah + Richard Geltman
Asenhat Gomez
Alice + Robin Griffiths
Caleb Hammons
Allison Heim
David Herskovits
Mac Ingram
Jessica Jelliffe + Jason Craig of Banana Bag & Bodice
Maria Portman Kelly
Annie + Charles Kessler
Jane, Marty, + Joyce Kessler
Maxandra + Oliver Kramer
JR Lederer
Katherine Matheson
Alia McKee + Tim Walker
Renee McGarry
Thomas McMillan
Mercury Paint Corp
Miller Family Legacy Fund
David Miner
Emmitt Moore
Cate Owren + Zac Hall
David Jeffrey Ringer
Justin Samoy
Elizabeth Sorrell + Jamie Buckner
Nicole Sundell
Danielle Thomson
Jaynie + Chad Saunders Tiller
Jack Trinco
Rachel Viola
Corinne Woods

Shooting Starrs (one time gifts):
Anonymous
Leah Abrams
Jessica Almasy + Benjamin Friedstein
Matilda Bailey
Garth Bardsley + Michael Morgenfruh
Gabe Bettio
Peter Bellamy
Marissa Beringer
Jon and Erin Bernthal
Francis Blacklock
Agnes Borinsky
Marc Bovino
Lance Braunstein
Dominique Bravo + Eric Sloan
Adam Brown
Vince Bruns
Jesse + Megan Bull
The Carbone Family
Theodora “Dorie” Clark
Jane Comfort
Latasha Contini
Elizabeth Cunningham
Lisa Van Curen
Benjamin Darnell + Juliet L Moser
Danielle + Mary Beth
Nadine Daniels
Bonnie Davis
Celine Declayre
Jonathan Dembrow
Diana DiMenna
Freddy Edelhart
Waverley Engelman
Alyce Erdekian
Stephanie Fantino
Frances Felske
Mark Foggin
Rachel + Adam Fusfeld
Naomi Gardner
Zoë Geltman
Madeleine George
Gillespie Glant Family Foundation
Sara Ginsberg
David Greenspan
Nina Grollman
Andrew D. Hamingson + Sarah McLellan
Megan Hill
Karen Brooks Hopkins
Matt Hopkins
Allen + Lucas Hubby
Owen Hughes + Gabriele Blecher
The Humphreys Family
John Michael DiResta + Michael Holtzman
Julia Jarcho + Cody Carvel
Eileen + Adam Jarrett
Sara Juli + Chris Ajemian
Melinda + Peter Kaminsky
Jason Kemper
Mary + Casey Kemper
Michael Cooke Kendrick
B.D. Radley-Kingsley + Gordon F. Kingsley
Thuy Kieu + Justin Hohn
Lisa Jenkins
JumpKick
Brad Krumholz
Josh Levin
Elliot Lane Lowell
Janet Pines in honor of Sasha Lukashok
Susan Lunden
Eleanor Regan + Jeremy Blocker
Douglas Remington
Betsy Mallow + Jeremy Robbins
Eric Marlin
Jill Hunter Matichak
Matthew Owen McKenna
Kaitlyn Meade
Ian Mundorff
Mio Nakamura
Rachel Kauder Nalebuff
Stowe Nelson + Meredith Ries
Peter O’Keefe
Lizzie Olesker
Anastasia Olowin
Ronald Peet
Joshua Phillips
Ben Pomeroy
Alexandra Rosenberg
Mark Russell + Jennifer Goodale
Lindsey + Michael Sag
Julia Salkin
Deborah Stein + Andy Horwitz
Sea Change Strategies
Emily Shooltz
Jeremy Smith
Phil Soltanoff
Kendra C Srebro
Peggy Stafford + Mike Shapiro
Ari Stess
Susan Strickler + Richard Kaye
Isadora Tang
Cesar Tello
Dick Toth
David Townsend + Liza Zapol
Janice Kendrick
Mary Salter + Mel Kendrick
Marc Kirchner
Jay Wegman + Stephen Facey
Robert and Carol Walport
Robin Williams
Jeanne Willis
Gary Winter
Workman Publishing
Alison Wylegala
Casey York
Lucien Zayan

Capital project funding has been provided by generous institutional funders:
Booth Ferris Foundation; The Debate Society; the Dorothy Strelsin Foundation; Howard Gilman Foundation; JKW Foundation; The Logan Family of the Revada Foundation; MacMillan Family Foundation; Nancy Friday Foundation; New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, with the support of Mayor Bill de Blasio, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, and New York City Council Members Darma Diaz and Antonio Reynoso; New York State Empire State Development Fund; New York State CREST, with the support of Senator Salazar; New York State Council on the Arts, with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature; Prospect Hill Foundation; the Sands Family Foundation; the Steven Roth Fund; Thompson Family Foundation

2023-24 Season funding has been provided by generous institutional funders:
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation; Axe-Houghton Foundation; ConEdison; Cornelia T. Bailey Foundation; Faro Foundation; Howard Gilman Foundation; Prospect Hill Foundation; New York Community Trust; New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, with the support of Mayor Eric Adams and New York City Council; New York State Council on the Arts, with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature; the Nancy Friday Foundation; Revada Foundation; Salman and Vienn Al-Rashid; Seth Sprague Educational & Charitable Trust; Shubert Foundation

The Starr Campaign Committee:

Elizabeth Sorrell (chair), Rachel Chavkin, Michael Contini, Max Dana, Denise Dickens

 

Page photo credits (in order of appearance):
The Bushwick Starr’s Groundbreaking, photos by Steven Pisano
Heather Christian’s Animal Wisdom, photo by Maria Baranova
Diana Oh’s The Infinite Love Party, photo by Maria Baranova
Jillian Walker’s SKiNFoLK: An American Show, photo by Maria Baranova
James & Jerome’s The Conversationalists, photo by Marcus Middleton
Diana Oh’s The Infinite Love Party, photo by Maria Baranova