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FOUNDATION AND GOVERNMENT SUPPORTERS

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

Want to know more about supporting Writers Theatre? Click here to learn about our unique benefits, giving levels and how YOU can make a difference today. Thank you for supporting Writers Theatre!

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

Paul M. Angell Family Foundation

Lois R. & Maurice J. Beznos

Sara & Dan Cohan

Abe & Ida Cooper Foundation

Ellis Goodman Family Foundation

Gail & Tom Hodges

Illinois Department of Human Services

Jennifer & Alec Litowitz

Lloyd Morgan

John D. and Alexandra C. Nichols Family Foundation

Stephanie & Bill* Sick

The Shubert Foundation

Mary Pat & Andy Studdert

Elaine & Richard Tinberg

Linda & Craig Umans

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

Susan & Don Belgrad

BMO

Karen & Jim Frank

The Grainger Foundation

Illinois Arts Council Agency

Michael Charles Litt

Russ & Anne Mayerfeld

Gary Neilson & Trudy Havens

The Mark and Tricia Rothschild Family Trust

Rushmore Foundation

Lizzy Takiff Scheinfeld

The Takiff Family Foundation

Thys & Kendra Nichols Wallace

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

Rick & Deann Bayless

Joyce Chelberg

Bruce & Laureen Grieve

Laurie & Michael Jaffe

JP Morgan Private Bank

Anne L. Kaplan

Emily & Christopher N. Knight

Dolores Kohl Education Foundation

Liz & Eric Lefkofsky

Make It Better Foundation

Michael & Laurie Petersen

Christopher & Sara Pfaff

Christine & Michael Pope

Jennifer & Boris Rapoport

Alan Gordon Rottman

Cheryl & Lee Sachnoff

Steven & Onnie Scheyer

Dr. Scholl Foundation

Seth Traxler & Jessica Aspen

Donna & David Tropp

Village of Glencoe

Kimbra & Mark Walter

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

Susan & Stephen Baird Foundation

Capital Group Private Client Services and Savi Pai & Howard Randell

Roy Cockrum Foundation

Crown Family Philanthropies

Edwardson Family Foundation

Michael & Edith Cohen

Sonia Smith-Evans & Keith Pegues

Dominic & Jessica Green

Robyn & David Grossberg

Elsa & Kevin King

Northern Trust

Polk Bros. Foundation

Robin & Sandy Stuart

Uri Wilensky & Donna Woods

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

Americans for the Arts

Randy L. & Melvin R. Berlin

Henry & Leigh Bienen

Robert & Deborah Billow

Paul Boieriu & Ana Mazilu

Douglas Bradbury

Shawn Clark

Cohen Capital

ComEd

Spark Cremin & Paul Dykstra

Lloyd & Jan Culbertson

Karen & Bill Davis

Dale & Skip Davison

Nicole Elipas Doherty & Brion Doherty

Isard & Esther Dunietz

Cathy & Doug Ethridge

Barb & Jim Ferry, III

Fox Swibel Levin & Carroll LLP

Jaime & Ben Freeman

Andrew & Jennifer Friedman

Adam Garber & Stacey Dembo

Pamela Gloger

Nan Greenough

John R. Halligan Charitable Fund

Fay Hartog-Levin

Kimberlee S. Herold

Michael Karsen & Marcey Seigel

Klaff Family Foundation

Bruce & Alisa Klein

Betsy & Jeffrey Kushen

Ian & Nora Larkin

David & Leslie McGranahan

Clyde McGregor & LeAnn Pope

James & Joanell McKenna

Lorel & Robert McMillan

Modestus Bauer Foundation

Jason Mueller & Christina Antonopoulos

Estelle & Michael Murzyn

Margaret Norman & Dr. Gerald Vladimer

North Shore Gas Community Fund

1834, a division of Old National Bank

David Oshman

Michael & Kathy Paleczny

Robert Petrie & Nadiia Maydanevich

The Pfaff, Bailey, McCannon, and Fuelleman Group

Marv Pollack

Danae Prousis

Judy & Jim Rauh

William & Eleanor Revelle

Missy Romanoff

Irene Rosenfeld & Richard Illgen

Dr. Robert L. Rosenfeld

Judy & David Schiffman

Ann & Chris Sciortino

Hilary & Sean Scott

Alden L. Senior

Jill Sick

Thomas & Martha Spalding

Mark & Gwen Stein

Daniel & Lisa Stein

Nina G. Stillman

Mary Stowell

Pam F. Szokol

Gregory & Anne Taubeneck

William & Dian Taylor Foundation

Shirley G. Teplin & Dorothy Berns

Nancy & Michael Timmers

Victoria Lasser & John Winter

Woman’s Library Club of Glencoe

Anonymous

DIRECTOR‘S SOCIETY - $2,500 to $4,999

David & Cynthia Abrams

Andy & Becky Anderson

Jacob & Rachel Avraham

Shaun & Andy Block

Paul & Pam Boneham

Doug Brown & Rachel Kraft

Lydia & Clay Cannady

Robert A. & Iris J. Center

Marcia & Tom Desmond

Domont Family Foundation

Elizabeth & Tim Dugan

Kathy & Jim Enstrom

Aaron & Whitney Fershee

Shannon & Patrick Ford

Brad Friedman & Joelle Billow

Adam & Andrea Fuelleman

Jocarno Fund

Cindy & Howard Garoon

Laura & Alex Glaser

Carter Howard & Sarah Krepp

Dan & Gloria Kearney

Mark & Heather Keldahl

Jane & Dick Lipton

Catherine Lundstrom

Lee & Mah Family Fund

Anne McGovern

Lynda & Bill McKay

Katie Olson

Dudley & Ann Onderdonk

Levenfeld Pearlstein

Don & Martha Pollak

Debbie & Jeff Ross

John & Alice Sabl

Susan & Roger Schmitt

Garrett & Sarah Shumway

Marilyn & Michael Vender

Joseph Wolnski & Jane Christino

Sally & Shep Young

Anonymous

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

Braden Abraham & Cheyenne Casebier

Susan Abrams

David Adelson

Andrea Alexander & Peter Roehrich

Sheldon & Gela Altman

Jim & Audrey Altounian

Annabel Armour & Art Fox

Lydia & Gus Backer Family Foundation

Lauren & Rick Barnett

Nancy & Ken Behles

Jerry & Kathy Biederman

Nathan & Barbara Birnberg

Donald Bishop

Georgia and Karl Blalock

Michael & Mary Borgstrom

James & Emily Borovsky

Brittany Bossard & Chris Chang

Mary Boyer

John & Sarabess Cahill

Mike & Laurie Cavalier

Rendhir & Geetika Chandran

Amrita Chari

Jane Colman

Nancy Cook

Lawrence Corry

Judy Cottle

Gail Couture

Donna G. Craven

Isabel & Robert Curley

Laura DeMoor & Tim Brogla

Lynn Donaldson & Cameron Avery

William & Wilma Dooley

V Dvonch

Chaz Ebert

Lois & Steve Eisen

Toni & Jim Elipas

Steven Elrod

Sara Elsasser & Tim Holbrook

Diane M Falk

Julie Feldman

Peter Fischer

Sally Fletcher

Old National Bank

Michael & Valerie Foradas

William F. Pridmore & Melissa J. Frey

Bess Gallanis

Denise Gamble

Charles & Barbara Gately

Mollie Gawronski & Steve Hunt

Michael & Connie Gill

John & Vicki Glier

John & Jaye Golanty

Lauren & Jesse Goldman

Peter and Carol Goldman

Paul & Fabiana Goodman

John & Pat Grady

Cathy Green

Patricia & William Hagenah

Vered Hankin

Vered Hankin and Jeremy Kaufman

Melanie Hauck & Jim Hertel

Marty Hauselman

Sarah Heck

Craig Henderson

Miss Pamela Herzog

Hamilton & Traci Hill

Richard Hirsch & Joyce Hirsch

James & Jacquelyn Holland

Andrew & Marissa Ingley

Jastromb Family Philanthropic Fund

Chris Johnson & Sarah Ehrhardt

Randee & Vance Johnson

Emily & Mark Karns

Jeannie and Terry Kay

Thomas E. Keim

Nina Winston & Norman Kohn

Shirley Kreutzfeldt

Steve Kriz & Ryan Copi

Frank and Erica Kuhlmann

Lydia & Stefan Kutko

Steven & Elissa Lafayette

Tom Larance

Scott & Elizabeth Lassar

MaryLiz Lehman

Judy & Stephen Levin

Patricia Livingston

Nello & Ann Lucchesi

Phil & Mary Manade

Ann & Tom Mann

Rabbi Andrea R. Markowicz

Joey & Lisa Matos

Joan & Jerry Mattson

Steve & Lynn Mattson

Bill & Corinne McClintic

Mr. Doug McClure

Charles McDonald & Diane Curtis

Timothy & Carlye McGregor

Breece & Darlene McKinney

Melinda McMullen

Diana & Johnny Moustoukas

Scott & Luvie Myers

Omedia Communications

Julian Oettinger

Barbara O'Keefe

Jonah Orlofsky & Joan Polacheck

Jennifer Parkinson

Rakesh Amin & Sonal Patel

Nidhi Patel

American Conservatory Theater

Will Petersen

Lorna and Ellard Pfaelzer, Jr.

Barry & Shelley Powell

Doris Pregenzer

Neil Quinn

Karen Randolph & Bill Linden

Nancy & Mark Ratner

Stephen Ray

Alice Read

Shilpa Reddy & Toby Efferen

David & Nicole Roberts

Cookie & Ned Robertson

Cindy & Jim Robinson

Erin & Heath Ross

Sarah & Bill Ross

Peggy & Jon Rubenstein

Susan Ruder

Jon & Debbie Ruderman

Camille & Robert Rudy

Mary Kathleen Rundell

Susan Sack

David & Karen Sager

David & Judy Schiffman

Roy Schreiber

Seth & Reesa Schreier

Anne & Gordon Scott

John & Cheryl Seder

Ralph & Jan Senst

Gina Kennedy and Robert Shannon

Ilene & Michael Shaw Charitable Trust

Evelyn Siegel

Margaret & Alan Silberman

Scott & Jackie Silberstein

Linda Silverstein

George & Lynne Simon

Meera Sinha & Nate Rennicke

Suzanne T. Smart

Steve & Gale Smith

Leo Smith

Michael & Julie Solot

Brian & Carly Spaly

Robert & Susan Star

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

Joseph & Sylvia Stone Fund

Lauren & Steve Strelsin

Nancy Tani

Ron Thomas & Marilyn Applebaum

Susan & James Thompson

T L Enterprises

Susan & Bob Underwood

Zalman Usiskin

Todd & Cari Vieregg

John Vranas

Bill & Roberta Weinsheimer

Leslie & Susan West

Lisa & Randy White

Anne Wilson & Michael Nagelbach

Reid & Laura Wilson

Janet & Chris Winslow

Joan H. Wright

Anonymous (4)

ANNUAL FUND - $150 to $499

Linda & Philip Abrahams

Leonard & Phyllis Adams

Susan J. Allen

Barbara & Ronald Altman

Louise H. Anderson

Joe & Natalie Angel

Steve Armstrong & Carol Kriekard

Sarah & Larry Barden

Graham & Anna Bauer

Kathleen Belle

Joan I. Berger

David and Maureen Besanko

Lisa J. Bloom

Sue Bowker

Tom & Mary Doug Brown

Congregation Sukkat Shalom

John W. Budig

Leslie & John Carothers

John D. Cartland

Connie Casey

Edward Chez & Camille De Frank

Mary Chuman

Frank & Sherry Cohen

Thomas & Katherine Coleman

Carol Crane

Dewey and Nancy Crawford

David & Susan Curry

Don & Cathy Dabisch

Joseph & Paige Dooley

S. Downey Fund at The Chicago Community Foundation

Richard Drake

Mr. Paul E. Drennan

John & Patricia Dyble

Gary & Deborah Edidin

Kathy & Ron Emanuel

Edith Fessler

Jim & Linda Fiffer

Alan B. Fine

Louise & Rick Fisher

Margot Flanagin

Thomas E. Fox

William Frazier

Judith Freeman

Rebecca M. Freeman

Fritz & Cathy Freidinger

Susan Mabrey Gaud

Dr. Thomas F. Gleason and Mina Leon

Paula & Edward Golden

Carol & David Golder

Leo & Linda Gordon

Robert & Julie Gordon

Frederick & Francoise Gougler

Holly Wathan & Ken Green

Joel & Sharon Greenburg

Barbara Greis

Gloria Groom & Joe Brenton

Carol & Gary Gruen

Helen Gunnarsson

Susan Haimes

Dorothy G. Harza

Stephanie & Rodger Hochschild

Elizabeth Hodges & Marc McQuade

Angela Hubbard

Carol Jabs

Douglas & Kathryn Johnson

Olwyn Kane

Martin J. & Susanne G. Kanter

Ron Kaplan

Dennis & Barbara Kessler

Caroline Koclanes

Howard & Pam Korenthal

Frank Krejci

Congregation Solel

Robert & Linda Lawrence

Simon Lesser and Carol Patinkin

Abba & Bonnie Lessing

Steve & Elaine Lev

Laurie Levin

Nancy Malitz & Lawrence Johnson

Dave Mazurek & MaryLiz Tully

Jane Mentzer

Sara & Richard Mesirow

Elliot & Lynn Miller

Alan Minoff & Tina Vulgaris

Carol A. Mitchel

Raja R. Nadimpalli

Janet Nakai

Dave & Nancy Napalo

Yael Nathan Winkler

Joan Neil

William & Sherry Nelson

Elizabeth Nolan and Kevin Buzard

James & Catherine Nowacki

Dan & Ann O'Brien

Meiko Ogura

Candus Olson

John & Joy O'Malley

Lorraine Perlman

Paula Peterson

Steve & Bev Pinaire

Anne Pollock

Susan Powell

Michael Quoss

Susan Rabe

Rachel S. Rescorl

Susan Robertson

Sandra & Jeffrey Rochman

David Rosen

Diana & Michael Rosenbloom

Becky Rosner

David Rotholz

Ms. Ellen A Rudnick

Desireé Ruhstrat

Anne M. Ryan

Ushers Saints

David & Nancy Sarne

Robert & Mary Ann Savard

Anne Schaefer

Rosita M Schloss

Lorian Schwaber

Sheldon & Illeane Schwartz

Diane & Bud Schwarzbach

Martin Schwertmann

Margo Serlin

Lawrence & Cindy Shanker

Clifford J. Shapiro & Darlene A. Vorachek

Barbara & Jerry Silbert

Philip Smith & Louise Lamson

Kelly Starr

Nancy Stevens

Lee Anne & Rich Stoddart

Mrs. Angela Stramaglia

Dr. Rita Sussman

Barbara Svarz

Sandra Sweet

Richard & Marilyn Swoiskin

John Thomas

Joanne Trahanas

Linda Warren

David & Lynne Weinberg

Susan & Arvin Weindruch

Gary Willer

Chana Zelig

Daniel Zifkin

Anonymous

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