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! Donor listing in our physical Playbill begins at the Playwright's Circle level ($5,000 and above).
We offer our sincere thanks to the following individuals who provide critical support to Writers Theatre. We are please to recognize gifts received in the period between August 1, 2025 to November 1, 2026.
To view our other supporters, follow the links below:
ARTISTS COUNCIL
LEAD ADVOCATES
$75,000 AND ABOVE
Lois R. & Maurice J. Beznos
Sara & Dan Cohan
Abe & Ida Cooper Foundation
Ellis Goodman Family Foundation
Gail & Tom Hodges
Jennifer & Alec Litowitz
Lloyd Morgan
John D. and Alexandra C. Nichols Family Foundation
Mary Pat & Andy Studdert
Elaine & Richard Tinberg
Linda & Craig Umans
MAJOR ADVOCATES
$50,000 TO $74,999
Susan & Don Belgrad
Karen & Jim Frank
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
Anonymous
PRODUCER'S CIRCLE
$25,000 TO $49,999
Rick & Deann Bayless
Joyce Chelberg
Bruce & Laureen Grieve
Laurie & Michael Jaffe
Anne L. Kaplan
Emily & Christopher N. Knight
Dolores Kohl Education Foundation
Liz & Eric Lefkofsky
Michael & Laurie Petersen
Christopher & Sara Pfaff
Christine & Michael Pope
Jennifer & Boris Rapoport
Alan Gordon Rottman
Cheryl & Lee Sachnoff
Steven & Onnie Scheyer
Seth Traxler & Jessica Aspen
Donna & David Tropp
Kimbra & Mark Walter
ARTISTS COUNCIL
$15,000 TO $24,999
Susan & Stephen Baird Foundation
Edwardson Family Foundation
Michael & Edith Cohen
Dominic & Jessica Green
Robyn & David Grossberg
Elsa & Kevin King
Judy & Jim Rauh
Robin & Sandy Stuart
Uri Wilensky & Donna Woods
DIRECTOR'S SOCIETY
PLAYWRIGHT'S CIRCLE - $5,000 to $14,999
Randy L. & Melvin R. Berlin
Henry & Leigh Bienen
Robert & Deborah Billow
Shaun & Andy Block
Paul Boieriu & Ana Mazilu
Douglas Bradbury
Shawn Clark
Cohen Capital
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
Fay Hartog-Levin
Kimberlee S. Herold
Michael Karsen & Marcey Seigel
Kip & Sara Kirkpatrick
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
Jason Mueller & Christina Antonopoulos
Estelle & Michael Murzyn
Margaret Norman & Dr. Gerald Vladimer
1834, a division of Old National Bank
David Oshman
Savi Pai & Howard Randell
Michael & Kathy Paleczny
Robert Petrie & Nadiia Maydanevich
The Pfaff, Bailey, McCannon, and Fuelleman Group
Marv Pollack
Danae Prousis
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
Stephanie & Bill* Sick
Sonia Smith-Evans & Keith Pegues
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
David & Lynne Weinberg
Victoria Lasser & John Winter
The Woodbury Foundation
Anonymous
DIRECTOR‘S SOCIETY - $2,500 to $4,999
Andy & Becky Anderson
Jacob & Rachel Avraham
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
Jill Sick
Linda Silverstein
Marilyn & Michael Vender
Roger & Stephanie Weissberg
Joseph Wolnski & Jane Christino
Sally & Shep Young
Anonymous
ANNUAL FUND
CREATIVE'S FUND - $500 to $2,499
David & Cynthia Abrams
Susan Abrams
Sheldon & Gela Altman
Jim & Audrey Altounian
Ed Bachrach
Lydia & Gus Backer Family Foundation
Lauren & Rick Barnett
Jerry & Kathy Biederman
Nathan & Barbara Birnberg
Donald Bishop
Georgia And Karl Blalock
Michael & Mary Borgstrom
James & Emily Borovsky
Mary Boyer
John & Sarabess Cahill
Jane Colman
Nancy Cook
Lawrence Corry
Judy Cottle
Donna G. Craven
Isabel & Robert Curley
Laura Demoor & Tim Brogla
Lynn Donaldson & Cameron Avery
William & Wilma Dooley
Lois & Steve Eisen
Steven Elrod
Julie Feldman
Peter Fischer
Sally Fletcher
Michael & Valerie Foradas
William F. Pridmore & Melissa J. Frey
Denise Gamble
Alyse Gamson
Charles & Barbara Gately
Michael & Connie Gill
Patricia Gladden
John & Vicki Glier
John & Jaye Golanty
Peter And Carol Goldman
Shelley Gorson
John & Pat Grady
Patricia & William Hagenah
Vered Hankin And Jeremy Kaufman
Hamilton & Traci Hill
Richard Hirsch & Joyce Hirsch
Carter Howard & Sarah Krepp
Jastromb Family Philanthropic Fund
Randee & Vance Johnson
Jeannie And Terry Kay
Thomas E. Keim
Nina Winston & Norman Kohn
Shirley Kreutzfeldt
Frank And Erica Kuhlmann
Scott & Elizabeth Lassar
Judy & Stephen Levin
Patricia Livingston
Nello & Ann Lucchesi
Ann & Tom Mann
Rabbi Andrea R. Markowicz
Joan & Jerry Mattson
Steve & Lynn Mattson
Breece & Darlene Mckinney
Lorel & Robert Mcmillan
Sheila Medvin
Jack & Anne Merriman
Bob Morgan
Scott & Luvie Myers
Barbara O'Keefe
Omedia Communications
Jonah Orlofsky & Joan Polacheck
American Conservatory Theater
Laurie & Michael Petersen
Lorna And Ellard Pfaelzer, Jr.
Dale & Betsey Pinkert
Barry & Shelley Powell
Neil Quinn
Nancy & Mark Ratner
Stephen Ray
Cookie & Ned Robertson
Cindy & Jim Robinson
Sarah & Bill Ross
Susan Ruder
Jon & Debbie Ruderman
Ms. Mary Kathleen Rundell
Susan Sack
Roy Schreiber
Jan And Howard Schultz
Anne & Gordon Scott
John & Cheryl Seder
Nancy & Ron Semerdjian
Ralph & Jan Senst
Sandra Shane-Du Bow
John Shannon
Chicago Share Fund at The Chicago Community Foundation
Ilene & Michael Shaw Charitable Trust
Garrett & Sarah Shumway
Evelyn Siegel
Paul Siegel
Margaret & Alan Silberman
George & Lynne Simon
Suzanne T. Smart
Leo Smith
Michael & Julie Solot
Brian & Carly Spaly
Robert & Susan Star
Jim Stone, President of The James H. Stone Family Foundation
Lauren & Steve Strelsin
Nancy Tani
Ron Thomas & Marilyn Applebaum
Susan & James Thompson
Zalman Usiskin
John Vranas
Lisa Warshauer
Bill & Roberta Weinsheimer
Leslie & Susan West
Lisa & Randy White
Joan H. Wright
Anonymous (4)
ANNUAL FUND - $150 to $499
Linda & Philip Abrahams
Susan J. Allen
Leonard & Phyllis Adams
Barbara & Ronald Altman
Louise H. Anderson
Steve Armstrong & Carol Kriekard
Cindy Barbera-Brelle
Joan I. Berger
David And Maureen Besanko
Lisa J. Bloom
Sue Bowker
Tom & Mary Doug Brown
John W. Budig
Leslie & John Carothers
John D. Cartland
Connie Casey
Mary Chuman
Frank & Sherry Cohen
Pam Conant
Carol Crane
Dewey And Nancy Crawford
John & Katherine Culbert
David & Susan Curry
Joseph & Paige Dooley
S. Downey Fund At The Chicago Community Foundation
Richard Drake
John & Patricia Dyble
Gary & Deborah Edidin
Faye Eisenberg
Kathy & Ron Emanuel
Edith Fessler
Jim & Linda Fiffer
Alan B. Fine
Chuck Fiorito
Louise & Rick Fisher
Margot Flanagin
Thomas E. Fox
Rebecca M. Freeman
Gary & Pat Fridley
Susan Mabrey Gaud
Dr. Thomas F. Gleason And Ms. Mina Leon
Paula & Edward Golden
Carol & David Golder
Candice Goldstein & Abraham Steinberg
Leo & Linda Gordon
Robert & Julie Gordon
Frederick & Francoise Gougler
Holly Wathan & Ken Green
Joel & Sharon Greenburg
Helen And Gunnar Gunnarsson Family
Julie Hacker
Susan Haimes
Kimberlee S. Herold
Stephanie & Rodger Hochschild
Elizabeth Hodges & Marc Mcquade
Angela Hubbard
John Huston
Carol Jabs
Jerome & Mary Kaltman
Olwyn Kane
Martin J. & Susanne G. Kanter
Ron Kaplan
Dennis & Barbara Kessler
Gene & Peggy Kocian
Caroline Koclanes
Howard & Pam Korenthal
Frank Krejci
Simon Lesser And Carol Patinkin
Abba & Bonnie Lessing
Steve & Elaine Lev
Mrs. Ruth H. Mahru
Nancy Malitz & Lawrence Johnson
Jeff & Barbara Mazur
Jane Mentzer
Sara & Richard Mesirow
Elliot & Lynn Miller
Alan Minoff & Tina Vulgaris
Carol A. Mitchel
Raja R. Nadimpalli
Janet Nakai
Yael Nathan Winkler
Joan Neil
William & Sherry Nelson
John & Joy O'Malley
Candus Olson
Mitch & Cathie Orpett
Lorraine Perlman
Paula Peterson
Steve & Bev Pinaire
Anne Pollock
Susan Powell
Michael Quoss
Susan Rabe
Susan Robertson
Sandra & Jeffrey Rochman
David Rosen
Becky Rosner
Ellen A Rudnick
Sue Rupp
Anne M. Ryan
Bruce And Marlene Saltzberg
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
Mark Shapiro And Roberta Goldberg
Barbara & Jerry Silbert
Kelly Starr
Lee Anne & Rich Stoddart
Dr. Rita Sussman
Barbara Svarz
Richard & Marilyn Swoiskin
Bob & Bobbie Taylor
John Thomas
Linda Warren
Susan & Arvin Weindruch
Gary Willer
Marty Wright And Therese Smith
Alice White & Herb Zarov
Chana Zelig
Daniel Zifkin
Anonymous
In Honor & In Memory
Writers Theatre gratefully acknowledges individuals who have made gifts in honor or in memory of others between August 1, 2025 to November 1, 2026.
If you would like to make an honorarium or memoriam gift, please call the Advancement Department at 847-786-3504.
In honor of Thomas Hodges
Debbie & Jeff Ross
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 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
Planned Giving
The Quill Society comprises members dedicated to supporting Writers Theatre’s future and who have designated a planned gift to the theater. We are grateful to the Quill Society members who have honored Writers Theatre with a bequest:
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