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June 1 – 10, 2012 32nd Season, 92nd Mainstage Production

BRIDGET MCDONOUGH General Manager

RUDY HOGENMILLER Artistic Director Presents

CAMELOT Book and Lyrics by ALAN JAY LERNER

Music by FREDERICK LOEWE

Original Production Directed and Staged by Moss Hart Based on “The Once and Future King” by T.H. White

Music Director Roger L. Bingaman Scenic Designer Adam L. Veness

Costume Designer Jeff Hendry

Sound Designer David Lee Bradke

Choreographer Todd Rhoades Lighting Designer Andrew H. Meyers Stage Manager Anya Plotkin

Stage Director Rudy Hogenmiller

CAMELOT is presented by arrangement with Tams-Witmark Music Library, Inc, 560 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York 10022.

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A B O U T L I G H T O P E R A WO R K S LIGHT OPERA WORKS is a resident professional not-for-profit music theater founded in 1980. The company’s mission is to produce and present musical theater from a variety of world traditions. Such works include American, British, Viennese and French operetta, classic American musical theater, as well as contemporary fare. Since its inaugural season in 1981, LIGHT OPERA WORKS continues to be a leader in the United States for the presentation of these historically important and theatrically delightful works of art in productions similar in size and scope to their originals, in modern productions with professional artists and full orchestra.

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A F E W WO R D S F R O M T H E A R T I S T I C D I R E C TO R Welcome to CAMELOT, the first show of our 32nd season.

After the tremendous success of MY FAIR LADY on Broadway, expectations were high for the new Lerner and Loewe musical. Here at Light Opera Works, after the success of our 2009 production of MY FAIR LADY, with Nick Sandys as Henry Higgins, I definitely had high expectations for another project with Nick, and for many reasons CAMELOT seemed the obvious choice. Even while working on Henry Higgins we joked about Nick playing King Arthur. It took us a few years to bring it to fruition; I had to find the Guenevere that could share the stage with him, and the Lancelot that would challenge him. I could not have been luckier to have Jennie Sophia and William Travis Taylor return to Light Opera Works to take on these roles.

Directing this unique relationship among these three very strong-willed characters has been a challenge and a great reward for me. I leave you with one thought: Don’t let it be forgot that once there was a spot, For one brief, shining moment that was known as Camelot.

Rudy Hogenmiller Artistic Director

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CAST Arthur.............................................................................................................................Nick Sandys* Guenevere................................................................................................................ Jennie Sophia Lancelot........................................................................................................ William Travis Taylor Pellinore..................................................................................................................... Skip Lundby* Merlyn...............................................................................................................Michael Harnichar Mordred...................................................................................................................Patrick Tierney Morgan Le Fey..................................................................................................... Patrice Egleston Nimue........................................................................................................................ Kari Sorenson Lady Anne.................................................................................................................Mary McNulty Sir Dinadan........................................................................................................................Trey Herr Sir Lionel.................................................................................................................... Greg Zawada Sir Sagramore.............................................................................................................Mark Le Beau Dap............................................................................................................................... Thom Pasculli Page................................................................................................................Matthew Schroeder Tom of Warwick.....................................................................................................Brooks Whitlock Ensemble Michelle Buck, Christie Burgess, Patrick Byrnes, Mike Danovich, Aja Goes, Mary McNulty, Nathan Mittleman, Thom Pasculli, Megan Renee Reed, Emily Rogers, Jeremy Sonkin, Kari Sorenson, Daniel Spagnuolo, Diana Stoic, Greg Tate, Justin Robert White, Patrick Willaert, Yael Wartens, Jordan Yentz Understudies Jordan Yentz (Guenevere), Thom Pasculli (Mordred), Matthew Schroeder (Tom of Warwick) *Appears courtesy of Actors’ Equity Association

ORCHESTR A (Musicians are members of Chicago Federation of Musicians, Local 10-208) Flute/Piccolo...................................................................................................................Jean Bishop Oboe/English Horn.........................................................................................Debra R. Freedland Clarinet I....................................................................................................................Rose Sperrazza Clarinet II/E-flat Clarinet/Bass Clarinet/Flute.......................................................Gail Crosson Bassoon........................................................................................................................Dianne Ryan Horn................................................................................................................Beth Mazur-Johnson,

Amanda Karwoske, Mary Gingrich Trumpet........................................................................................................................Matthew Lee,

Kevin G. Wood, Charles K. Finton Trombone..................................................................................John McAllister, James Mattern Percussion................................................................... Debbie Katz Knowles, Russell Knutson Harp.............................................................................................................................Marcia Labella Guitar/Lute/Mandolin......................................................................................Steven A. Roberts Violin I...............................................................................................Harvey Lobstein, Nina Saito,

Elizabeth M. Brown, John F. Ling Violin II.....................................................................................................................Diana J. Brodick,

Corinne K. Brodick, Chikako Miyata Viola................................................................................... Kjell S. Sleipness, Loretta L. Gillespie Cello................................................................................................Dorothy A. Deen, Richard Yeo Bass........................................................................................................................... Joseph Krzysiak Original Broadway orchestrations by Robert Russell Bennett and Philip J. Lang Camelot 3

P R O D U C T I O N S TA F F Stage Director................................................................................................... Rudy Hogenmiller Conductor......................................................................................................... Roger L. Bingaman Choreographer........................................................................................................Todd Rhoades Scenic Designer.................................................................................................... Adam L. Veness Lighting Designer.............................................................................................Andrew H. Meyers Costume Designer.........................................................................................................Jeff Hendry Sound Designer.................................................................................................David Lee Bradke Hair and Make-up Designer................................................................Sienna Macedon-Kusek Properties Designer................................................................................................Julie Eberhardt Assistant Musical Director.......................................................................................... Linda Slein Orchestra Contractor/ Music Librarian.......................................................... Harvey Lobstein Stage Manager...........................................................................................................Anya Plotkin Assistant Stage Manager....................................................................................... Danielle Davis Dialect Coach......................................................................................................... Susan Gosdick Fight Choreographer.................................................................................................Nick Sandys In-House Technical Director................................................................................ Adam L. Veness Master Electrician......................................................................................................Mac Vaughey Lighting Board Operator............................................................................................... Rose Streit Spotlight Operators..................................................................... Claire Sangster, Michael Wax Costume Assistant.....................................................................................................Brian Duncan Hair and Make-up Assistant...............................................................................Tatiana Srutwa Running Crew............................................................................................................ David Servillo Set Construction........................................................................................Means of Production

SYNOPSIS OF SCENES AND MUSICAL NUMBERS ACT ONE: In and around the Castle at Camelot Overture............................................................................................................................. Orchestra “March”................................................................................................................................Ensemble “I Wonder What The King Is Doing Tonight”..................................................................Arthur “The Simple Joys of Maidenhood”..........................................................................Guenevere “Camelot”...................................................................................................Arthur and Guenevere “Follow Me”.............................................................................................................................. Nimue “C’est Moi”.............................................................................................................................Lancelot “The Lusty Month Of May”........................................................... Guenevere and Ensemble “Then You May Take Me To The Fair”..............................................Guenevere and Knights “How To Handle A Woman”.................................................................................................Arthur “Before I Gaze At You Again”......................................................................................Guenevere 15-minute intermission ACT TWO: The same; a few years later “If Ever I Would Leave You”..............................................................................................Lancelot “The Seven Deadly Virtues”............................................................................................ Mordred “What Do The Simple Folk Do?”.........................................................Arthur and Guenevere “The Persuasion”......................................................................... Mordred and Morgan Le Fay “I Loved You Once In Silence”....................................................................................Guenevere “Guenevere”.......................................................................................................................Ensemble “Camelot” (Reprise): Finale Ultimo....................................................................................Arthur 4 Light Opera Works

T H E S TO R Y As Act One begins, King Arthur and his court await the arrival of Arthur’s intended bride, Guenevere. The King anticipates his upcoming nuptials with trepidation, but his misgivings are cast aside upon actually meeting the lady. Both are immediately charmed with the other. Inspired by his mentor, the wizard Merlyn, Arthur is inspired to establish the Round Table, dedicated to the highest ideals of chivalry. Merlyn, having advised Arthur since childhood, now takes his leave, and Arthur is left to face the future alone. Lancelot arrives from France, determined to join Arthur’s knights. Guenevere initially takes a dislike to the new arrival, but the mutual attraction between the Queen and this most perfect knight sets the stage for the troubles to come.

In Act Two, the uneasy peace of Camelot is shattered by the arrival of Mordred, Arthur’s illegitimate son, who seeks to dishonor the King and gain the throne for himself. After conspiring with his aunt, the sorceress Morgan le Fey, Morded exposes the liaison between Guenevere and Lancelot, and contrives to place the Queen on trial. She is found guilty and is condemned to burn at the stake. Lancelot rescues her and carries her off, precipitating war between England and France.

Before the battle, which will prove to be his last, Arthur meets a young stowaway who wants to join the Round Table. Arthur knights him but keeps him from the fight, sending him back to England to carry on the ideals of Camelot.

THE CAST

Nick Sandys

Jennie Sophia

William Travis Taylor

Michelle Buck

Christie Burgess

Patrick Byrnes

Mike Danovich

Patrice Egleston

Aja Goes

Michael Harnichar

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Mark Le Beau

Skip Lundby

Mary McNulty

Nathan Mittleman

Thom Pasculli

Megan Renee Reed

Emily Rogers

Matthew Schroeder

Jeremy Sonkin

Kari Sorenson

Daniel Spagnuolo

Diana Stoic

Greg Tate

Patrick Tierney

Justin Robert White

Patrick Willaert

Yael Wartens

Brooks Whitlock

Jordan Yentz

Greg Zawada

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BIOGR APHIES NICK SANDYS (Arthur) returns to Light Opera Works having appeared as Henry Higgins in MY FAIR LADY. He has performed all over the Chicago area, as well as regionally and in New York.

Recent local appearances include THE GOAT, OR WHO IS SYLVIA? (Jeff nomination 2011, Chicago Magazine Best Actor 2011), LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES (Jeff Nomination 2010) for Remy Bumppo Theatre, where he is the new artistic director; THE TURN OF THE SCREW, BLITHE SPIRIT (Jeff nomination 2011), TWELFTH NIGHT (Jeff nomination 2010) for First Folio Theatre, where he is an artistic associate; DR. JECKYLL AND MR. HYDE, PRIDE AND PREJUDICE at Northlight; as well as shows at the Goodman Theatre, Marriott Theatre, Chamber Opera Chicago, Lookingglass Theater, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Writers’ Theatre and Next Theatre, among others. Nick is a certified fight director with the Society of American Fight Directors, the resident fight director at Lyric Opera of Chicago, and has been adjunct faculty at the Theatre School at DePaul since 1995, and his Jeff-Award-winning choreography has been seen in many Chicago area theaters. He is the recipient of a 2011 Achievement Award from The Helen Coburn Meier and Tim Meier Charitable Foundation for the Arts.

JENNIE SOPHIA (Guenevere) is returning to the Light Opera Works, where she was seen last season

as Fiona in BRIGADOON. She just completed her first national tour in which she starred as Nellie Forbush in the Lincoln Center based production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s SOUTH PACIFIC. Her Chicago area credits include Drury Lane Theatre (THE SOUND OF MUSIC), Chicago Shakespeare Theater (PASSION), American Girl Theatre (CIRCLE OF FRIENDS), and Circle Theatre (KISS ME, KATE) Favorite regional credits include BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (Belle), THE SECRET GARDEN (Lily), and FIDDLER ON THE ROOF (Hodel) at the Round Barn Theatre, NUNSENSE (Amnesia) at Armory Dinner Theatre, and THE SOUND OF MUSIC (Maria), OKLAHOMA! (Laurey), GUYS AND DOLLS (Sarah Brown), PICNIC (Madge), and the title role in CINDERELLA at the Wagon Wheel Theatre.

WILLIAM TRAVIS TAYLOR (Lancelot) was seen at Light Opera Works as Dr. Neville Craven in THE SECRET GARDEN and in BRIGADOON. Recent Chicago credits include THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE (Marriott Theatre), SWEENEY TODD (Anthony), SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS and SUGAR at Drury Lane Oakbrook, and INTO THE WOODS (Porchlight Music Theatre). He is a graduate of the Chicago College of Performing Arts at Roosevelt University, where he received his BFA in Musical Theatre.

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SKIP LUNDBY (Pellinore) is making his debut with Light Opera Works.

He played Mordred in CAMELOT many years ago and now taking the role of Pellinore has brought the CAMELOT wheel full circle. Recent Chicago and regional credits include roles in DRACULA, KING LEAR, LEND ME A TENOR, ANNIE, PERSUASION, UNDERNEATH THE LINTEL, A WONDERFUL LIFE and many roles with ShawChicago. He has been a teacher, director, designer, technical director and managing director.

PATRICK TIERNEY (Mordred) returns to Light Opera Works, where he was last seen as Barnaby Tucker in HELLO, DOLLY! Other Chicago area credits include: Howard in MOON OVER BUFFALO (Buffalo Theatre Ensemble), Patrick Andrews in THE ANDREWS BROTHERS, Coneybear in THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE (Metropolis), Henrik in A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC (Circle Theatre), Danny in BABY (Actors Theatre Company), and Jean-Michel in LA CAGE AUX FOLLES (Bohemian Theatre Ensemble). Patrick works frequently with Chicago Kids Company, and is currently appearing in RAPUNZEL. He holds a BFA in Musical Theatre from Western Illinois University.

MICHAEL HARNICHAR (Merlyn) is performing with Light Opera Works for the first time. In recent years, he has been seen in CABARET, EVITA, MAN OF LA MANCHA (Theo Ubique Theatre), ALL IN LOVE IS FAIR (Black Ensemble Theatre), RISE OF THE NUMBERLESS (The New Colony), HUNKY DORY (Strawdog Theatre), PARADE, JERRY SPRINGER THE OPERA, HUNCHBACK (Bailiwick Repertory) and developing new works (Chicago Dramatists, TBC, The New Colony). Michael is a company member and business development manager with the new Bailiwick Chicago, where he will appear this fall in the Chicago premiere of BLOODY BLOODY ANDREW JACKSON. 8 Light Opera Works

PATRICE EGLESTON (Morgan le Fey) is making her her Light Opera Works debut. She played Lady Pembroke in Chicago Shakespeare Theater’s THE MADNESS OF GEORGE III, Mrs. Tilehouse in Theatre Mir’s THE SEA (at Theatre Wit), Lady Capulet in ROMEO AND JULIET and Lady Macbeth in MACBETH (both at First Folio Theatre).

She was Reverend Mother Celine in Lifeline Theatre’s MARIETTE IN ECSTACY, Lady Croom in ARCADIA with Remy Bumppo Theatre Company, Olivia in TWELFTH NIGHT at Noble Fool, and Elizabeth in TAKING STEPS at City Lit Theater Company. A favorite role was understudying Amy Morton in AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY at Steppenwolf Theatre. She is the founder of WildHeart Productions, wrote and directed the short film TAKING CHANCES, episodes 4 and 7 of Theatre Mir’s web-series BANG BANG SHOOT! on www.theatremir.com, and is currently writing the screenplay, CLEAR SIGHT. RUDY HOGENMILLER (Stage Director/ Artistic Director) has directed and/ or choreographed many Light Opera Works productions, including RODGERS & HART: A CELEBRATION, THE STUDENT PRINCE, BRIGADOON, HELLO, DOLLY!, I DO! I DO!, THE YEOMEN OF THE GUARD, THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE, C’EST LA VIE, MY FAIR LADY and A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC. For almost 30 years he has been an actor, director and choreographer in Chicago, working at Candlelight Dinner Playhouse, Drury Lane Oakbrook, Marriott Theatre, Drury Lane Evergreen Park, Theatre at the Center, Northlight Theatre, Mercury Theatre, Pegasus Players and Chamber Opera Chicago. As a dancer he toured nationally and internationally from Los Angeles to Japan to Egypt with EVITA, A CHORUS LINE and THE FANTASTICKS. He has received 17 nominations and six Joseph Jefferson Awards for choreography and/or direction, and is a member of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers.

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ROGER L. BINGAMAN (Music Director) most recently conducted THE SECRET GARDEN, THE STUDENT PRINCE, BRIGADOON, HELLO, DOLLY!, I DO! I DO!, CAROUSEL, THE YEOMEN OF THE GUARD, THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE, MY FAIR LADY and A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC at Light Opera Works, where he has held many positions, including conductor, chorus master, assistant conductor and pianist. In December of 2005 he was named the company’s music director. Since 1999, Mr. Bingaman has been the director of the apprentice program and chorus master for the Sarasota Opera, where began his tenure in 1998 as an assistant conductor. “Bing” is the music director of Irving Park Lutheran Church and is the artistic director of the Irving Park Fine Arts Series; he is also choir director and organist at Ezra Habonim, the Niles Township Jewish congregation in Skokie. Bing has worked with Lyric Opera’s Opera-in-the-Neighborhoods program, Michigan Opera Theatre, the Savoyaires, Milwaukee Opera Theater, Dayton Opera, Opera Lenawee and Opera Lafayette, among others.

TODD RHOADES (Choreographer) makes his debut as choreographer with Light Opera Works, where he was seen as principal dancer in CAROUSEL. His theater credits include ALL NIGHT STRUT at Marriott Theatre, ELTON JOHN’S AIDA with Drury Lane Oakbrook, and MY FAIR LADY with Aurora’s Paramount Theatre. Todd has been seen at Lyric Opera of Chicago (seven productions, 2005-2012) at Chicago Opera Theater (five productions, 2006-2012) and Chicago Folks Operetta; with Civic Ballet of Chicago, The Seldoms and Luna Negra Dance Theater. He has danced and choreographed for the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and the Pittsburgh Pops. Todd was a member of Ballet Austin and also a guest artist with Pittsburgh Ballet

Theatre, and has done commercial dance work for Panasonic, McDonald’s and Jockey International.

ADAM L. VENESS (Scenic Designer) designed THE SECRET GARDEN, RODGERS & HART: A CELEBRATION and I DO! I DO! for Light Opera Works. He has served in a technical capacity for more than 20 productions with the company. His work has been seen on stages throughout the region, including Metropolis Theater, Seanechai Theater, Drury Lane Theatre Oakbrook, Writers’ Theatre, Northwestern University Opera Theatre, the Gift Theatre, Studio BE, and Northbrook Youth Theater. He is resident scenic designer for Theo Ubique, where he worked on the Jeff award-winning productions of CATS and SOME ENCHANTED EVENING, and received a 2012 Jeff nomination for his design of THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA. JEFF HENDRY (Costume Designer) returns to Light Opera Works having designed THE STUDENT PRINCE, A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC, GIGI and BITTER SWEET. Chicago credits include: the Ravinia Festival’s THE MOST HAPPY FELLA; GRAND HOTEL at Drury Lane Theater Water Tower Place; EVERYTHING’S DUCKY and IT AIN’T NOTHIN’ BUT THE BLUES at Northlight Theatre; Chicago Shakespeare Theater’s THE LITTLE MERMAID; SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN, GRAND HOTEL and GYPSY at Theatre at the Center; and 29 productions at Drury Lane Theater Evergreen Park, including JERRY’S GIRLS (Jeff Nomination), SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN (Jeff Nomination), SOPHISTICATED LADIES and PHANTOM He has also designed productions for Fulton Opera, Circa 21, and Chicago Festival Ballet. Jeff is on the faculty of Rockford College, where he has designed over 125 productions in his 29-year tenure.

ANDREW H. MEYERS (Lighting Designer) has lit more than 30 shows for Light Opera Works, including THE Camelot 9

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STUDENT PRINCE, CAROUSEL, RAGTIME and OKLAHOMA! Locally, his work has been seen at Apple Tree Theatre, Chamber Opera Chicago, Drury Lane, Irish Repertory Theatre, L’Opera Piccola, Next, The Noble Fool, Northwestern University Opera, Pegasus Players, Red Moon, Steppenwolf, Victory Gardens and others. He is the resident lighting designer for Next Act Theatre (Milwaukee), The Broward Stagedoor Theatre (Florida), Cumberland County Playhouse and Virginia Musical Theatre, and has lit shows for the Skylight Opera Theatre and the Repertory Theatres of Milwaukee, Arkansas, and Madison.

This April, he lit A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM for Centre College in Kentucky.

He lights corporate events, fashion shows and trade shows all over North America, and designed tours for the Richard Thompson Band.

ANYA PLOTKIN (Stage Manager) has stage managed more than a dozen productions at Light Opera Works, including HELLO, DOLLY!, OKLAHOMA!, SOUTH PACIFIC, THE SOUND OF MUSIC, CANDIDE, FIDDLER ON THE ROOF, RAGTIME, and THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE, and she is also the manager of our Summer Musical Theater Workshop program. In the world of opera, Anya has stage managed at Chicago Opera Theater, Sarasota Opera, St. Petersburg Opera, El Paso Opera, Chamber Opera Chicago, and Opera Illinois. She has worked locally with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Pegasus Players, A Red Orchid Theatre, The Goodman Theatre, Victory Gardens, About Face Theatre Company, as well as The Studio Theatre in Washington, D.C. Anya is a proud alumna of Northwestern University.

DAVID LEE BRADKE (Sound Designer) has worked for Light Opera Works in many capacities since 2003; he designed the lighting for C’EST LA VIE, BERLIN TO BROADWAY WITH KURT WEILL, BITTER SWEET and BEN BAGLEY’S…COLE PORTER, and was sound designer for THE STUDENT PRINCE, THE YEOMEN OF THE GUARD and GIGI. Other design credits include: COSÌ FAN TUTTE, SUOR ANGELICA, GIANNI SCHICCHI, AMAHL AND THE NIGHT VISITORS (Opera Illinois), A COUNTRY CHRISTMAS CAROL, VIVA LA DIVA!, and MUSICAL COMEDY LAND (Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma), LEND ME A TENOR, THE LAST FIVE YEARS, THE PEOPLE ON THE HILL (OneTheatreCompany), THE HOUSE THAT SWIFT BUILT (Red Square Theatre), PUNCH! and CLIMBING THE VOLCANO (Piccolo Theatre). Presently David is a lighting designer and master electrician for the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts in Skokie, and lighting supervisor for the Sarasota Opera’s Winter Repertory Season.

BRIDGET McDONOUGH (General Manager) has been employed in arts management since graduating from Northwestern University in 1978. In 1980 she co-founded Light Opera Works with Philip Kraus and others. She holds membership in the Illinois Arts Alliance, is past president of the Rotary Club of Evanston, and served on the boards of the Evanston Convention and Visitors’ Bureau, Evanston Chamber of Commerce, the National Alliance for Musical Theatre, Around the Coyote, as well as the School of Communication Alumni Board at Northwestern University. She is currently on the boards of the North Shore International Network and the Musicians Club of Women and the tourism committee of Chicago’s North Shore Convention and Visitors’ Bureau. In 2008, she served as one of the international judges at the Second Vladimir Kurochkin International Competition of Young Artists of Operetta and Musicals in Yekaterinburg, Russia, and was honored by the Evanston Chamber of Commerce with their 2009 Public Service / Nonprofit Person of the Year Award.

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A D M I N I S T R AT I V E S TA F F General Manager....................................................................................... Bridget McDonough Artistic Director................................................................................................. Rudy Hogenmiller Music Director................................................................................................Roger L. Bingaman Business Manager.....................................................................................................Michael Kotze Director of Audience and Press Services................................................ Christopher A. Riley Administrative and Production Associate......................................................Kyle A. Dougan Intern................................................................................................................................Jesek West House Manager......................................................................................................... Matt Conlon Box Office Staff.........................................................................................Alicia Lees, Myra Levin,

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Ms. Nona Flores Mr. and Mrs. Bruno Fischer Dr. and Mrs. William E. Fishman Ms. Betty Gilbert Mr. and Mrs. Joel D. Gingiss* Mr. Joseph Glaser Mr. Charles Gohs Ms. Harriet Goldberg Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Goren* Dr. Doris Graber Barbara and Merrill Greenberger Ms. Rachel Greenhoe* Dr. John J. Greenman Rita Gulrajani and William T. Potter* Joan and Bill Haase Susan and Harlan Haimes Ms. Jill G. Heady Mr. Woodruff Imberman Ms. Janis Irvine* Ms. Mary Louise Jackowicz Ms. Regina Keifer Mr. Barry Ketter* Ms. Lois Kline Mr. Jack Koefoot Judy and Peter Kohn Mrs. Betty Kolb* Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Kroeschell Mr. and Mrs. Konstanty Krylow Mr. James Latturner Joyce Lerner, in honor of Dr. Robert A. Greendale* Mr. Edward Liszka Dr. and Mrs. Dennis E. Lopatin Judy and Maynard Louis Mr. and Mrs. James Lusk Ms. Joyce Marks Trude and Sherwin Marks Ms. Vernadine J. Martlock Camelot 13

CONTRIBUTORS TO LIGHT OPERA WORKS 2012 SEASON FUNDS (cont.)

Mr. and Mrs. Royce Masterson Ms. Joan Mazzonelli Ms. Melani McAllister Ms. Katherine A. McDonagh* Ms. Mary J. McGough Ms. Jana McIlroy Fr. Edward McKenna Mr. and Mrs. Thomas McMahon Ms. Mary M. Meike Loren and Susan Miller Mrs. Sarah J. Miller Mr. William Muenster Mr. and Mrs. Victor Nelson Mr. John Norcross Ms. Luba Nowak Michael and Mariam Pahl* Gail and James Paskind Mr. and Mrs. John Paton Carol Patterson, in memory of Paul W. Patterson* Mr. Donald Perille

Mr. and Mrs. Michael S. Perlman Joyce Richards and Victor Dye Ms. Joan Richman* Mr. Charles Rita and Ms. Anita Nothdruft Ms. Agnes Roach Mr. Anthony R. Roback* Gail and Stephen Rudisill* Ms. Shirley Rustemeyer Ms. Charlene Salzman* Judith and Leonard Sarnat Family Fund Dennis Rees and Felice Schulaner Mrs. Anne Schaefer* Lynne and Ralph Schatz Rosa Schloss Mr. and Mrs. Ron Sersen Mr. David Shanahan* Mrs. Suzanne Sharken Jeanne and Jack Siegel Margaret and Alan Silberman*

Mr. John B. Simon Phyllis and Gerald Smith Vernon T. Squires* Ms. Peggy Sullivan* Mr. and Mrs. Casmir Szczepaniak Ms. Janet Thau* Susan and James Thompson* Cynthia and Neal Toback Mary Uppena-Weed* Dr. Marion Verp Mrs. R. W. Wigoda Annette and Meyer Yeslin Mr. Robert Yohanan Mr. and Mrs. Robert Zawislak Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Zonsius *Special thanks to the supporters of the Wilmette Building Fund

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C O R P O R AT E , B U S I N E S S A N D F O U N DAT I O N S U P P O R T 2 012 $20,000 - $75,000 Anonymous The Paul M. Angell Family Foundation The Frank B. Foster Charitable Trust The MacArthur Fund for Arts and Culture at Prince National Endowment for the Arts NIB Foundation

$100 - $1999 A.R.T. League Calvanese Family Foundation Dramatists Guild Fund Evanston Arts Council Gigi’s Dolls and Sherry’s Teddy Bears North Suburban Youth Foundation On Track Fulfillment The Ted Fund

$5,000 - $19,999 Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation John R. Halligan Charitable Fund Illinois Arts Council The Pauls Foundation

Matching Gifts A T & T Foundation Bank of America Caterpillar Foundation Home Depot Merrill Lynch and Company Foundation

$2,000 - $4,999 Anonymous The ASCAP Foundation Bart Howard Fund The Blowitz-Ridgeway Foundation Romano Brothers and Company Saint Francis Hospital

In Kind-Gifts $500 and more City of Evanston Cultural Arts Division Davenport Designs Duxler Complete Auto Care Gemcraft Jewelry Marcus Promotions

Laura Maurer Garden Design The Ritz-Carlton Chicago The Saints Special Occasions Catering Retail and Dining Partners Dixie Kitchen and Bait Shop Downtown Evanston Globe Café and Bar Oceanique Prairie Moon Restaurant Rollin’ To Go Quartet Digital Printing Trattoria Demi Whole Foods Market Evanston Opening Reception Sponsors Prairie Moon Restaurant Whole Foods Market Evanston

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