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Writers Theatre is fortunate to have the support of many individuals, community partners, corporations, foundations and government agencies.

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We would like to recognize the following supporters who have contributed $150 or more. Donor listing in our physical Playbill begins at the Playwright's Circle level ($5,000 and above) - to view our other supporters, follow the links below:

Lead Advocates - $75,000 and above

Lois R. & Maurice J. Beznos  

Sara & Dan Cohan

Abe & Ida Cooper Foundation

Gillian & Ellis Goodman Family Foundation

Gail & Tom Hodges

Jennifer & Alec Litowitz

Lorel & Robert McMillan

Lloyd Morgan

Alexandra C. & John D. Nichols Family Foundation

Stephanie & Bill* Sick

Mary Pat & Andy Studdert

Elaine & Richard Tinberg

Linda & Craig Umans

MAJOR ADVOCATES - $50,000 to $74,999

Susan & Don Belgrad

BMO

Karen & Jim Frank

Michael Litt

Russ & Anne Mayerfeld

Mark & Tricia Rothschild Family Trust

Lizzy Takiff Scheinfeld

The Takiff Family Foundation

Thys & Kendra Nichols Wallace

PRODUCER'S CIRCLE - $25,000 to $49,999

Joyce Chelberg

Bruce & Laureen Grieve

Laurie & Michael Jaffe

J.P. Morgan Private Bank

Anne L. Kaplan

Emily & Christopher N. Knight

The Morris and Dolores Kohl Kaplan Fund of The Dolores Kohl Education

Liz & Eric Lefkofsky

Make It Better Foundation

Laurie & Michael Petersen

Christopher S. Pfaff & Sara Pfaff

Christine & Michael Pope

Cheryl & Lee Sachnoff

Onnie & Steven Scheyer

Patti & Bob Smietana

Seth Traxler & Jessica Aspen

Anonymous

ARTISTS COUNCIL - $15,000 to $24,999

Edwardson Family Foundation

Clyde McGregor & LeAnn Pope

Gary Neilson & Trudy Havens

Capital Group Private Client Services and Savi Pai & Howard Randell

Robin & Sandy Stuart

Donna & David Tropp

Kimbra Walter

PLAYWRIGHT'S CIRCLE - $5,000 to $14,999

Stephen & Susan Baird Foundation

Robert & Deborah Billow

Paul Boieriu & Ana Mazilu

David & Jane Casper

Shawn Clark

Benjamin & Aurélia Cohen

Lloyd & Jan Culbertson

Karen & Bill Davis

William & Dale Davison

Nicole Elipas Doherty & Brion Doherty

Cathy & Doug Ethridge

Sonia Smith-Evans

Barb & Jim Ferry, III

Fox, Swibel, Levin & Carroll, LLP

Jaime & Ben Freeman

Andrew & Jennifer Friedman

Nan Greenough

Robyn & David Grossberg

Fay Hartog-Levin

Kimberlee S. Herold

Melanie Hauck & James Hertel

Scott Hudson & Laura Litterer

Michael Karsen & Marcey Seigel

Bruce & Alisa Klein

Betsy & Jeffrey Kushen

Stefan & Lydia Kutko

Lana & Oleg Levitt

David & Leslie McGranahan

James & Joanell McKenna

Jason Mueller

Henry & Erin Munez

Michael & Alice Murzyn

Paul Nebenzahl

Margaret Norman & Dr. Gerald Vladimer

Julian Oettinger

David Oshman

Michael & Kathy Paleczny

Robert Petrie & Nadiia Maydanevich

Bruce & Deborah Pfaff

Marv Pollack & Barry Taylor

Danae Prousis

Jennifer & Boris Rapoport

Judy & Jim Rauh

William & Eleanor Revelle

Missy Romanoff

Irene Rosenfeld & Richard Illgen

Dr. Robert L. Rosenfeld

Debbie & Jeff Ross

Alan Rottman

Judy & David Schiffman

Susan & Roger Schmitt

Hilary & Sean Scott

Alden L. Senior

Thomas & Martha Spalding

Daniel & Lisa Stein

Mark & Gwen Stein

Nina Stillman

Mary Stowell

Gregory & Anne Taubeneck Foundation

William & Dian Taylor Foundation

Nancy & Michael Timmers

Anonymous (3)

DIRECTOR‘S SOCIETY - $2,500 to $4,999

David & Cynthia Abrams

Andy & Becky Anderson

Michael Bailey

Shaun & Andy Block

Pam & Paul Boneham

Doug Brown & Rachel Kraft

Lydia Cannady

Robert A. & Iris J. Center

Marcia & Tom Desmond

Domont Family Foundation

Frank & Adrienne Drell

Mounif El Youssef

Paul Fox

Adam Fuelleman

Jocarno Fund

Laura Good

Carter Howard & Sarah Krepp

Dan & Gloria Kearney

Heidi Kiesler

Annette Lecinski

Daniel & Karen Kales Lee

Jane & Dick Lipton

Lee & Mah Family Fund

Anne McGovern

Lynda McKay

Katie Olson

Dudley & Ann Onderdonk

Rob & Karen Ospalik

Burton X. & Sheli Rosenberg

Debbie & Jeff Ross

John Sabi

Shirley Schlossman

Garrett & Sarah Shumway

George Sullivan & Dorothy Turek

Marilyn & Michael Vender

Joseph Wolnski & Jane Christino

Sally & Shep Young

Anonymous

CREATIVE'S FUND - $500 to $2,499

Braden Abraham & Cheyenne Casebier

Linda & Philip Abrahams

Susan Abrams

Sheldon & Gela Altman

Jim & Audrey Altounian

Jason Anderson

Lydia & Gus Backer Family Foundation

Sarah & Larry Barden

Lauren & Rick Barnett

Rick Bayless

Jerry & Kathy Biederman

Nathan & Barbara Birnberg

Georgia & Karl Blalock

Michael & Mary Borgstrom

Brittany Bossard

Mary Boyer

John & Sarabess Cahill

Dennis & Vivian Callanan

Jane Colman

Pam Conant

Nancy Cook

Lawrence Corry

Judy Cottle

Donna G. Craven

Isabel & Robert Curley

Molly & Julian D'Esposito

Robert Davis

Laura DeMoor & Tim Brogla

Mindy Diaz

Leonora Dickson

Lynn Donaldson & Cameron Avery

William & Wilma Dooley

V Dvonch

Lou & Susan Ehrhard

Steven Elrod

Kathy & Jim Enstrom

Diane M Falk

Julie Feldman

Peter Fischer

Katherine Florig

Michael & Valerie Foradas

Craig Fox

Jean Franczyk

William F. Pridmore & Melissa J. Frey

Dr. Willard A. Fry

Denise Gamble

Charles & Barbara Gately

Susan Mabrey Gaud

Michael & Connie Gill

Laura Glaser

John & Vicki Glier

Michelle Glunz

John & Jaye Golanty

Paula & Edward Golden

Peter & Carol Goldman

John & Pat Grady

Gloria Groom

Patricia & William Hagenah

Vered Hankin & Jeremy Kaufman

Melanie Hauck & Jim Hertel

Marty Hauselman

Nicole & Andrew Hayek

Sarah Heck

Miss Pamela Herzog

Richard Hirsch & Joyce Hirsch

Jill T. & Douglas A. Hirsh

Elizabeth Hodges & Marc McQuade

James & Jacquelyn Holland

Jastromb Family Philanthropic Fund

Randee & Vance Johnson

Scott & Mary Johnson

Jeannie & Terry Kay

Thomas E. Keim

Judy & John Keller

Elsa & Kevin King

Ed Klinenberg

Nina Winston & Norman Kohn

Jennifer Kollman

Shirley Kreutzfeldt

Frank & Erica Kuhlmann

Grace Langdale

Tom Larance

Judy & Stephen Levin

Patricia Livingston

Jerome & Jan Loew

Erminia & Edward Mack

Bryan Malis

Mary Manade

Ann & Tom Mann

Rama Mantena

Rabbi Andrea R. Markowicz

Joan & Jerry Mattson

Steve & Lynn Mattson

Charles McDonald & Diane Curtis

Breece & Darlene McKinney

Melinda McMullen

Sheila Medvin

Lynnie Mehic

Arthur & Leslie Muir

Scott & Luvie Myers

Jen Neilson

Judy & Bob Neiman

Elizabeth Nolan & Kevin Buzard

Maggie & Seamus O'Brien

Peter O'connor

Barbara O'Keefe

Omedia Communications

Jonah Orlofsky & Joan Polacheck

Lynn Pearl

American Conservatory Theater

Lorna & Ellard Pfaelzer, Jr.

Don & Martha Pollak

Michael Porto

Barry & Shelley Powell

Neil Quinn

Nancy & Mark Ratner

Alice Read

Karen Reyhan

Nicole Roberts

Cookie & Ned Robertson

Cindy & Jim Robinson

Sarah & Bill Ross

Camille & Robert Rudy

Mary Kathleen Rundell

Susan Sack

Bill Schramm

Roy Schreiber

Anne & Gordon Scott

Ralph & Jan Senst

Sandra Shane-Du Bow

Gina Kennedy & Robert Shannon

Ilene & Michael Shaw Charitable Trust

Evelyn Siegel

Colleen Sieger

Margaret & Alan Silberman

Linda Silverstein

George & Lynne Simon

Suzanne T. Smart

Team Snepp Charitable Fund

Michael & Julie Solot

Spaly Family

Robert & Susan Star

Jim Stone, President of the James H. Stone Family Foundation

Joseph & Sylvia Stone Fund

Lauren & Steve Strelsin

The Talbott Hotel

Nancy Tani

Ron Thomas & Marilyn Applebaum

Susan & James Thompson

T L Enterprises

Robert & Susan Underwood

Zalman Usiskin

Todd & Cari Vieregg

John Vranas

Lisa Wainwright

Louis & Linda Weber

Bill & Roberta Weinsheimer

Leslie & Susan West

Lisa & Randy White

Vicki Woodward

Joan H. Wright

Anonymous (5)

ANNUAL FUND - $150 to $499

Leonard & Phyllis Adams

Barbara & Ronald Altman

Anonymous

Steve Armstrong & Carol Kriekard

Dennis & Jackie Aron

Kathleen Belle

Joan I. Berger

Seth Berliner

David & Maureen Besanko

Henry & Leigh Bienen

Mark & Darlene Bischoff

Lisa J. Bloom

Bruce Bodner

Sue Bowker

Franca Brilliant

Timothy & Bernadette Broccolo

Tom & Mary Doug Brown

Leslie & John Carothers

Srini & Amrita Chari

Edward Chez & Camille De Frank

Mary Chuman

Frank & Sherry Cohen

Thomas & Katherine Coleman

Carol Crane

Dewey & Nancy Crawford

David & Susan Curry

Paul Deutsch

Joseph & Paige Dooley

S. Downey Fund at The Chicago Community Foundation

Roh Doylida

Carol & Leon Dragon

Paul E. Drennan

Gary & Deborah Edidin

Kathy & Ron Emanuel

Edith Fessler

Jennifer G. Fiegen

Jim & Linda Fiffer

Alan B. Fine

Louise & Rick Fisher

Margot Flanagin

Thomas E. Fox

William Frazier

Judy Freeman

Rebecca M. Freeman

John & Liz Fromstein

Dr. Thomas F. Gleason & Mina Leon

Carol & David Golder

David & Jill Gordon

Holly Wathan & Ken Green

Joel & Sharon Greenburg

Barbara Greis

Carol & Gary Gruen

Helen Gunnarsson

Susan Haimes

Ardath Hamann

Dorothy G. Harza

Tim Holbrook

Eugene Hotchkiss

Angela Hubbard

Carol Jabs

Douglas & Kathryn Johnson

Risa Josias

Olwyn Kane

Martin J. & Susanne G. Kanter

Dennis & Barbara Kessler

Lindsay & Philip Kiraly

Andrew Kirkwood

Wolters Kluwer

Caroline Koclanes

Howard & Pam Korenthal

Frank Krejci

Peggy Kullman

Congregation Solel

Scott & Elizabeth Lassar

Robert & Linda Lawrence

Simon Lesser & Carol Patinkin

Abba & Bonnie Lessing

Steve & Elaine Lev

Laurie & Robert Levin

David & Beth Levy

Nello & Ann Lucchesi

Annie Lyonswright

Nancy Malitz & Lawrence Johnson

Anita Mauro

Jane Mentzer

Sara & Richard Mesirow

Elliot & Lynn Miller

Carol A. Mitchel

Peter Moore

Carol Mullins

Raja R. Nadimpalli

Janet Nakai

Dave & Nancy Napalo

Joan Neil

William & Sherry Nelson

Jon & Kathy Newcomb

James & Catherine Nowacki

John & Joy O'Malley

Dan & Ann O'Brien

Anonymous

Lorraine Perlman

Paula Peterson

Anne Pollock

Debra & Alexander Puce

Michael Quoss

Susan Rabe

David Rosen

Anonymous

David Rotholz

Ellen A Rudnick

Mary Ann & Dr. Stephen Ruskin

Anne M. Ryan

Ushers Saints

David & Nancy Sarne

Rosita M Schloss

Lorian Schwaber

Sheldon & Illeane Schwartz

Diane & Bud Schwarzbach

Margo Serlin

Lawrence & Cindy Shanker

Clifford J. Shapiro & Darlene A. Vorachek

Patricia Sharkey

Michele & Joel Shoolin

Scott Silberstein

Barbara & Jerry Silbert

Leo Smith

Philip Smith & Louise Lamson

David Spitulnik & Diana Cohen

Kelly Starr

Nancy Stevens

Angela Stramaglia

Dr. Rita Sussman

Barbara Svarz

Sandra Sweet

Joseph Tapp

A. & C. Taylor

Cathy Taylor Public Relations, Inc.

Joanne Trahanas

Martha Trueheart

Julie Van Overbeek

Linda Warren

David & Lynne Weinberg

Susan & Arvin Weindruch

Gary Willer

Chana Zelig

Daniel Zifkin

In memory of Michael Kuzel

Joan Boyle

Cheryl L. Costello

Thomas Daurio

Diana Furey

Bob & Elisabeth Geraghty

Robert M. Golden

Andy & Junia Hedberg

Bonnie Kienitz

James & Catherine Nowacki

Susan Saliny

Megan Sliwa

Laurie J. Stanbro

Thomas Daurio

Daniel Zifkin

In honor of Thomas Hodges

Debbie & Jeff Ross

In honor of Russ & Anne Mayerfeld

John & Alice Sabl

Thomas & Martha Spalding

In honor of Christopher S. & Sara Pfaff

Peter Moore

Debbie & Jeff Ross

In honor of Phil Smith

Bross Bulley Charitable Fund

at The Chicago Community Foundation

Melinda McMullen

Nancy & Michael Timmers

In honor of Mary Pat & Andy Studdert

Marcia & Tom Desmond

Jacqueline Brumlik

Marcia S. Cohn

Edward Elisberg

Barbara S. Herst

Emily & Christopher N. Knight

Jane & Dick Lipton

Bob & Lorel McMillan

Carol A. Narup

Christopher S. & Sara Pfaff

Dorothy Schnadig

Mary Pat & Andy Studdert

Elly Thaviu