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Funding has been made possible in part from the Cape May County Board of County Commissioners via the Cape May County Division of Culture & Heritage,
a partner of the Jersey State Council on the Arts.          Season Corporate Sponsor: OceanFirst Bank                    CAT is a proud partner of NJREV 

DONATIONS and
​THE LEE O'CONNOR MEMORIAL FUND

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Lee O'Connor taking a rehearsal break by sitting on the steps of The First Presbyterian Church of Cape May. Thank you for taking the picture, Thomas Raniszewski.
To Make a Donation Click Here
Classic American Tales is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization, incorporated in August 2023 

When making a donation for General Operating Support,
​please click on the above button or make checks payable to Classic American Tales. 

Please make checks payable to Classic American Tales and put "Lee O'Connor Memorial Fund" on the memo line if making a donation to this specific Fund. Donations garnered from this Fund will be used in the City of Cape May or the Borough of West Cape May . 

​Mail all checks to Classic American Tales, 121 Fourth Avenue, West Cape May, NJ 08204. 

Letters of Thanks will joyously be sent in return for these donations, so contributors have proof for a tax deduction! 


CONTRIBUTORS FOR GENERAL OPERATING FROM SEPTEMBER 2023 THROUGH AUGUST 23, 2025
(Not including those who attended fundraisers) 


IMPRESARIOS: $3,000+
Cape May County Division of Culture & Heritage (Grant), Kristine Hall in memory of Kenneth Glickfeld, Kit Marlowe and BJ Wagner

STAGE HANDS: $500 - $1,000
Lenore Bowne, Tom and Peg Curran, Dorothy and Mal Knapp, Barbara Morris, OceanFirst Bank (Season Corporate Sponsor), Gayle Stahlhuth

RUNNING CREW: $100 - $499
Maria Reshetnikova, Frank Smith, Kevin Davis and Joseph Pilla 

USHERS: $15 - $99
Stephen Capoferri, Larry and Patricia Dixon, Nancy Granick, Marian and Tom Halligan, Nancy Jenks, Wendy Kaplan, Michele LaRue,
​Laura Kim Maurey, Kathy Mottola, Carolyn Marvel-Nelson, Christine Petruzzell, Frank Smith, Dave Geible and Martha Mueller, Susan Wiggins 


IN-KIND: Creating/Purchasing CAT magnets: Kathy Mottola; Supplying location, food, and drinks for fundraiser: Barbara Morris; Purchasing auction items for fundraiser: Frank Smith, Gayle Stahlhuth and Kathy Mottola; Eileen Kirk for waving her fee for performing on the porch


LEE O’CONNOR MEMORIAL FUND: CONTRIBUTIONS MADE SINCE SEPTEMBER 2023
From 1999 until his death due to cancer in 2021, Lee O'Connor was the technical director for the Equity professional East Lynne Theater Company in Cape May, NJ.  In 1999, Gayle Stahlhuth became producing artistic director of ELTC, and she, along with ELTC board president Frank Smith, and Lee, made this theater thrive. 
​Over $100,000 more has been promised to the fund by many contributors but will not be collected until it is decided where the fund will be used in Cape May. 

SUPER ANGELS: $1,000 - $3,000
Kristine Hall and Kenneth Glickfeld, Barbara Morris

MAJOR ANGELS: $500 - $999
Tom and Peg Curran

BACKERS: $200 - $499
Suzanne Dawson

SUPPORTERS: $25 - $199
Sharon Falkowski, Lienna Geylani, Nancy Jenks, Vivianne Rogers, Tom and Jacquie Sims, Susan Wiggins, Virginia Wilhelm,
Kathleen Wyatt
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