“Magical
performances bring great joy, provide unique cultural experiences and keep a community vibrant.
We applaud the Ferguson Center’s longstanding commitment to ensuring that the arts are accessible to all.”
-Mary Elizabeth and H. Dieter Hoinkes
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“In celebration of the 20 years the Ferguson Center has enriched our community through the beauty of the performing arts.”
Steven and Joan Marks, Encore Society Members
Jesus Christ Superstar Oct 4-6 & 9-11, 2024 Pride and Prejudice
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The Christopher Newport University Theatre Guild is a nonprofit organization that raises scholarship funds to reward excellence and merit, and help Christopher Newport students with real financial need. Last year, the Theatre Guild was proud to grant $45,500 in scholarships! Help make a student’s dream of becoming a Captain come true. Uncle Vanya April 11-13 & 17-19, 2025
Carrie: The Musical Feb 21-23 & 26-28, 2025
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Contribute $100 or more to receive the following benefits*: The “inside scoop” on performers and tickets
60% of operating costs. Ticket sales fund just
*Benefits vary per level of giving. **Benefits are provided for one year from the date of your donation. Discount may not apply to all shows. Inspire the next generation of performing artists
The Ferguson Center’s Arts for All program was established in 2006 to provide free and deeply discounted tickets to not-for-profit organizations serving children and families who would otherwise be unable to attend performances. The program also supports myriad education and community outreach initiatives, accessibility and more. Through the support of Ferguson Enterprises, the Newport News Arts Commission, our sponsors and private donors, the program has greatly expanded to become an integral part of the Ferguson Center’s mission.
To support the Arts for All program, contact Kim Hinson, Executive Director of Advancement for the Arts, at (757) 594-7179.
DR. REBECCA WHEELER regards Christopher Newport’s English Department as home, the supportive foundation that has helped her teaching career flourish for decades. Her academic life has also thrived well beyond the University’s walls, in countries as diverse as Scotland, Italy, India, Nepal and Tajikistan, where she served as a Fulbright Scholar in 2016.
Dr. Wheeler has created two gifts in areas deeply meaningful to her: supporting her colleagues’ work in the English Department and assisting CNU students with traveling abroad.
“The English Department is my home—we all do such fine, committed work. Sometimes the research inspirations of the faculty cost more than the University can support, so I wanted to create a fund that would endow the research of the English Department. I also want to affirm the signature Christopher Newport experience of traveling abroad. Travel is so important because it breaks us out of habits, pulls apart our assumptions, and requires us to see afresh. Travel can bring us a new understanding of what it is to be human.”
Dr. Wheeler hopes you will consider including Christopher Newport in your wills and estate planning.
“Your bequest helps to create the world you see, the world you envision,” she said.
