Honoring leaders in the art and business communities who exhibit a passion for investing in the cultural capital of our youth.

The Bill Sensenbrenner Dream Maker Award honors leaders in
the arts and business community who exhibit a passion for investing in the cultural capital of our youth and in promoting and support the performing arts. The ASA is committed to finding and celebrating partners who share its mission. Those partners provide resources for enrichment programs and create models of equal opportunity, acknowledging the enormous benefit of exposing our future leaders to the performing arts.

The Bill Sensenbrenner Dream Maker Award has been named to
celebrate the enormous contribution of Bill Sensenbrenner, who was passionate about the mission of the ASA and was the engine behind its education program, and who contributed in any way he could. Bill served as a primary fundraiser on the Board of the ASA, raising more money from independent sources for the organization in a year than any other board member. One of his favorite songs was “Moon River” by Henry Mancini and Johnny Mercer. In that, he was particularly fond of the reference to being a dream maker. And that’s what ASA is all about.Bill held a master’s degree in theater management from Southern Methodist University and was a lifelong, avid theater goer. His career included theater management as well as office management for an executive accounting firm. Gone
too soon, Bill was rainmaker, supporter, friend of the arts, and cheerful human
being. He is missed every day