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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
Gillian & Ellis Goodman
Family Foundation
Gail & Tom Hodges
Jennifer & Alec Litowitz
Alexandra C. & John D.
Nichols Family Foundation
Mary Pat & Andy Studdert
Elaine & Richard Tinberg
MAJOR ADVOCATES - $50,000 to $74,999
Susan & Don Belgrad
Abe & Ida Cooper
Foundation
Karen & Jim Frank
Russ & Anne Mayerfeld
Lloyd Morgan
Laurie & Michael Petersen
Mark & Tricia Rothschild
Family Turst
Rushmore Foundation
Lizzy Takiff Scheinfeld
Takiff Family Foundation
Linda & Craig Umans
Thys & Kendra
Nichols Wallace
Anonymous
PRODUCER'S CIRCLE - $25,000 to $49,999
Joyce Chelberg
Jaime & Ben Freeman
Bruce & Laureen Grieve
Anne L. Kaplan
Emily & Christopher N. Knight
Eric & Liz Lefkofsky
Michael Litt
Savi Pai & Howard Randell
Christopher S. & Sara Pfaff
Cheryl & Lee Sachnoff
Onnie & Steven Scheyer
Patti & Bob Smietana
Seth Traxler & Jessica Aspen
ARTISTS COUNCIL - $15,000 to $24,999
John & Francesca Edwardson
Laurie & Michael Jaffe
Christine & Michael Pope
Clyde McGregor & LeAnn Pope
Gary Neilson & Trudy Havens
Jennifer & Boris Rapoport
Judy & Jim Rauh
Robin & Sandy Stuart
Donna & David Tropp
Kimbra Walter
PLAYWRIGHT'S CIRCLE - $5,000 to $14,999
Stephen & Susan Baird
Foundation
David & Jane Casper
Shawn Clark
Aurélia & Ben Cohen
Lloyd & Jan Culbertson
William & Karen Davis
William & Dale Davison
Nicole Elipas Doherty
& Brion Doherty
Cathy & Doug Ethridge
Sonia Smith-Evans
& Keith Pegues
Andrew & Jennifer Friedman
Cynthia & Norm Goldring
Nan Greenough
Robyn & David Grossberg
Kimberlee S. Herold
Melanie Hauck & Jim Hertel
Scott Hudson & Laura Litterer
Betsy & Jeffery Kushen
Stefan & Lydia Kutko
David & Leslie McGranahan
James & Joanell McKenna
Lorel & Robert McMillan
Mark & Elyce Metzner
Jason Mueller
Henry & Erin Munez
Paul Nebenzahl
Margaret Norman
& Dr. Gerald Vladimer
Julian Oettinger
Michael & Kathy Paleczny
Robert Petrie & Nadiia Maydanevich
Bruce & Deborah Pfaff
Danae Prousis
William & Eleanor Revelle
Dr. Robert L. Rosenfeld
Irene Rosenfeld
& Richard Illgen
Debbie & Jeff Ross
Alan Rottman
John & Alice Sabl
Judy & David Schiffman
Susan & Roger Schmitt
Hilary & Sean Scott
Stephanie & Bill* Sick
Thomas & Martha Spalding
Nina Stillman
Mary Stowell
Gregory & Anne Taubeneck
William & Dian Taylor
Foundation
Nancy & Michael Timmers
TMH Family Foundation
Joseph Wolnski
& Jane Christino
Anonymous (2)
DIRECTOR‘S SOCIETY - $2,500 to $4,999
Andy & Becky Anderson
Shaun & Andy Block
Pam & Paul Boneham
Doug Brown & Rachel Kraft
Clay & Lydia Cannady
Marcia & Tom Desmond
Domont Family Foundation
Mounif & Karin El Youssef
Paul Fox & Lori Minkow
Carter Howard & Sarah Krepp
Dan & Gloria Kearney
Rushmore Foundation
Annette Lecinski
Daniel & Karen Kales Lee
Lee & Mah Family Fund
Anne McGovern
Lynda & Bill McKay
Katie Olson
Dudley & Ann Onderdonk
Rob & Karen Ospalik
Burton X. & Sheli Rosenberg
Shirley Schlossman
Garrett & Sarah Shumway
George Sullivan & Dorothy Turek
Marilyn & Michael Vender
Clive & Wanji Walcott
Anonymous (2)
CREATIVE'S FUND - $500 to $2,499
Braden Abraham & Cheyenne Casebier
Linda & Philip Abrahams
David & Cynthia Abrams
Susan Abrams
Sheldon & Gela Altman
Jim & Audrey Altounian
Jason & Cindy Anderson
Ed Bachrach
Lydia & Gus Backer
Family Foundation
Sarah & Larry Barden
Lauren & Rick Barnett
Rick & Deann Bayless
Jerry & Kathy Biederman
Nathan & Barbara Birnberg
Georgia & Karl Blalock
Michael & Mary Borgstrom
Brittany Bossard & Chris Chang
Mary Boyer
Bross Bulley Charitable Fund
at The Chicago Community Foundation
Dennis & Vivian Callanan
Robert A. & Iris J. Center
Jane Colman
Pam Conant
Lawrence Corry
Judy Cottle
Donna G. Craven
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Curley
Molly & Julian D'Esposito
Robert Davis
Mindy & Rich Diaz
Leonora Dickson
Lynn Donaldson & Cameron Avery
Mr. & Mrs. William Dooley
V. Dvonch
Lou & Susan Ehrhard
Scott & Laura Eisen
The Talbott Hotel
Kathy & Jim Enstrom
Diane M Falk
Julie Feldman
Peter Fischer
Katherine & Andrew Florig
Michael & Valerie Foradas
Craig Fox & Patti Shuma
Jean & Chris Franczyk
Mr. William F. Pridmore
& Ms. Melissa J. Frey
Dr. Willard A. Fry
Denise Gamble
Cindy & Howard Garoon
Charles & Barbara Gately
Susan Mabrey Gaud
Michael & Connie Gill
Patricia Gladden
Alex & Laura Glaser
Michelle Glunz
Ethel & Bill Gofen
John & Jaye Golanty
John & Pat Grady
Gloria Groom & Joe Berton
Patricia & William Hagenah
Melanie Hauck & Jim Hertel
Marty Hauselman
Nicole & Andrew Hayek
Sarah Heck & Rob Vanderpool
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
Thomas E. Keim
Judy & John Keller
Elsa & Kevin King
Bruce & Alisa Klein
Anne & Ed Klinenberg
Nina Winston & Norman Kohn
Jennifer Kollman
Frank & Erica Kuhlmann
Grace Langdale
Tom Larance
Robert & Linda Lawrence
Judy & Stephen Levin
Jane & Dick Lipton
Jerome & Jan Loew
Erminia & Edward Mack
Bryan & Michelle Malis
Philip & Mary Manade
Ann & Tom Mann
Rama Mantena & Sunil Agnani
Joan & Jerry Mattson
Steve & Lynn Mattson
Chuck McDonald & Diane Curtis
Breece & Darlene McKinney
Melinda McMullen
Sheila Medvin
Lynnie & Armin Mehic
Arthur & Leslie Muir
Scott & Luvie Myers
Jen & Eric Neilson
Judy & Bob Neiman
Elizabeth Nolan & Kevin Buzard
Maggie & Seamus O'Brien
Peter & Lori O'Connor
Barbara O'Keefe
Jonah Orlofsky & Joan Polacheck
Christine & Michael Pompizzi
Michael Porto & Kevin Moore
Barry & Shelley Powell
Neil Quinn
Doris Pregenzer
Alice Read
Margaret Reitz
Steve Mandell & Karen Reyhan
Nicole & Dave Roberts
Cookie & Ned Robertson
Cindy & Jim Robinson
Jennifer Ross
Camille & Robert Rudy
Mary Kathleen Rundell
Bill Schramm
Roy Schreiber
Anne & Gordon Scott
Nancy & Ron Semerdjian
Sandra Shane-DuBow
Gina Kennedy
Ilene & Michael Shaw
Charitable Trust
Evelyn Siegel
Colleen Sieger
Margaret & Alan Silberman
Linda Silverstein
George & Lynne Simon
Suzanne T. Smart
Michael & Julie Solot
Robert & Susan Star
Jim Stone, President of the James H. Stone
Family Foundation
Joseph & Sylvia Stone Fund
Lauren & Steve Strelsin
The Talbott Hotel
Nancy & Richard Tani
Ron Thomas
& Marilyn Applebaum
Susan & James Thompson
Seth Traxler & Jessica Aspen
T L Enterprises
Susan & Bob Underwood
Todd & Cari Vieregg
John Vranas
Lisa Wainwright
Louis & Linda Weber
Leslie & Susan West
Lisa & Randy White
Vicki Woodward
Anonymous (5)
ANNUAL FUND - $150 to $499
Leonard & Phyllis Adams
Mr. Steve Armstrong & Ms. Carol Kriekard
Dennis & Jackie Aron
Kathleen Belle
Joan I. Berger
Seth & Marni Berliner
Henry & Leigh Bienen
Mr. & Mrs. Mark 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
Mr. & Mrs. Frank Cohen
Thomas & Katherine Coleman
Joe & Lucy Conard
Carol Crane
Dewey & Nancy Crawford
David & Susan Curry
Paul Deutsch
Joseph & Paige Dooley S. Downey
Fund at The Chicago
Community Foundation
Rohanna & Victor Doylida
Carol & Leon Dragon
Paul E. Drennan
Edith Fessler
Jennifer G. Fiegen
Jim & Linda Fiffer
Louise & Rick Fisher
Margot Flanagin
William Frazier
Rebecca M. Freeman
Judy Freeman
John & Liz Fromstein
Robert & Ann Garrison
Doris Gilbert
Dr. Thomas F. Gleason & Ms. Mina Leon
Carol & David Golder
Robert & Julie Gordon
David & Jill Gordon
Holly Wathan & Ken Green
Joel & Sharon Greenburg
Barbara Greis
Carol & Gary Gruen
Helen Gunnarsson
Ardath Hamann
Dorothy G. Harza
Howard & Julie Hayes
Pete & Jean Henderson
Nancy Hogg
Tim Holbrook
Eugene Hotchkiss
Carol Jabs
Douglas & Kathryn Johnson
Risa & Brian Josias
Jerome & Mary Kaltman
Olwyn Kane
Martin J. & Susanne G. Kanter
Dennis & Barbara Kessler
Lindsay & Philip Kiraly
Andrew Kirkwood
Wolters Kluwer
Caroline Koclanes
Howard & Pam Korenthal
Peggy Kullman
Congregation Solel
Scott & Elizabeth Lassar
Congregation Solel
Steve & Elaine Lev
Laurie & Robert Levin
David & Beth Levy
Nello & Ann Lucchesi
Annie & Kenneth Lyonswright
Ruth H. Mahru
Anita & Dan Mauro
Sara & Richard Mesirow
Elliot & Lynn Miller
Carol A. Mitchel
Peter Moore
Carol Mullins
Janet Nakai
Dave & Nancy Napalo
Joan Neil
Jon & Kathy Newcomb
James & Catherine Nowacki
Dan & Ann O'Brien
John & Joy O'Malley
Candus Olson
Aurora & Dennis F. Penepacker
Anne Pollock
Debra & Alexander Puce
Susan Rabe
David Rosen
David Rotholz
Dr. & Mrs. Stephen Ruskin
Ushers Saints
Howard & Gail Schaffner
Rosita M Schloss
Lorian Schwaber
Sheldon & Illeane Schwartz
Diane & Bud Schwarzbach
Mark Shapiro & Roberta Goldberg
Clifford J. Shapiro & Darlene A. Vorachek
Patricia Sharkey
Bill Shiel
Michele & Joel Shoolin
Scott Silberstein & Jackie Brenner
Philip Smith & Louise Lamson
David Spitulnik & Diana Cohen
Kelly Starr
Nancy Stevens
Angela Stramaglia
Sandra Sweet
Joseph Tapp & Matt Stupica
Cathy Taylor Public Relations, Inc.
A. & C. Taylor
Joanne Trahanas
Martha Trueheart
Hans & Julie VanOverbeek
David & Lynne Weinberg
Anonymous (2)
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