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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
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