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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