Alison C. Vesely Artistic Director
David Rice Executive Director
The World Premiere of
By Joseph Zettelmaier Directed by Alison C. Vesely° SDC
Original Music & Sound Design
Scenic Design
Stage Manager
Christopher Kriz°, USA
Angela Weber Miller°
William Collins, AEA
Lighting Design
Costume Design
Asst. Stage Manager
Shelley Holland°
Elsa Hiltner°
Sarah West
Properties Design
Cassy Schillo
First Folio Theatre is in residence at Mayslake Hall on the grounds of the Mayslake Peabody Estate, Oak Brook. The Estate is owned and operated by the Forest Preserve District of DuPage County. This program is provided by First Folio Theatre, a not-for profit organization. This program made possible in part by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council (a state agency). First Folio Theatre is a member of the League of Chicago Theaters and Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the national organization for the American theatre. Season Sponsorship Provided By: The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation and the MacArthur Fund for Arts and Culture Hinsdale Bank & Trust Co., the Saints, and the Gaylord & Dorothy Donnelley Foundation.
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CAST (IN ORDER OF APPEAR ANCE) Jason Byrnes.......................................................................................................................................Tyler Rich Sarah Smith........................................................................................................................... Melanie Keller*° *Denotes a member of Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers. °Denotes First Folio Artistic Associate
UNDERSTUDIES Cassy Schillo, Michael Dalberg
SET TING Hidden Treasures Collectables, Detroit, Michigan There will be one fifteen-minute intermission. The use of cameras, videotape recorders, or audio recorders during this performance is strictly prohibited by copyright laws. First Folio Theatre is a professional theatre employing members of the Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.
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F I R S T F O L I O P R O D U C T I O N H I S TO R Y First Folio has received 5 Joseph Jefferson Awards, 27 Joseph Jefferson Nominations and 2 After Dark Awards 1997-The Tempest 1998-A Midsummer Night’s Dream 1999-The Taming of the Shrew 2000-Romeo and Juliet; Much Ado About Nothing 2001-Macbeth; As You Like It 2002-Antigone; Twelfth Night (Jeff Recommendation) 2003-The Comedy of Errors 2004-Hamlet; A Midsummer Night’s Dream (2 Jeff Nominations); Staged Reading Series (Indoor space premiere) 2005-The Importance of Being Earnest (Jeff Nomination); The Taming of the Shrew; A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court 2006-Private Lives (Jeff Nomination); The Tempest; The Madness of Edgar Allan Poe (Jeff Nomination) 2007-Angel Street (Jeff Recommendation); Richard III (Jeff Nomination); The Madness of Edgar Allan Poe 2008-Jeeves Intervenes (Jeff Nomination); Driving Miss Daisy (2 Jeff Nominations); Much Ado About Nothing (2 Jeff Nominations, 2 After Dark Awards); The Passion of Dracula 2009-Design for Living, A Moon for the Misbegotten (4 Jeff Nominations, 1 Jeff Award), Macbeth, The Castle of Otranto 2010-Jeeves in Bloom (1 Jeff Nomination); Will Rogers: An American Original; Twelfth Night (2 Jeff Nominations); The Madness of Edgar Allan Poe 2011-Blithe Spirit (Jeff Nomination); The Woman in Black; Romeo and Juliet (2 Jeff Nominations); Tea at Five (Jeff Recommendation) 2012-Unnecessary Farce (Jeff Recommendation); The Turn of the Screw (2 Jeff Awards); The Merchant of Venice; Shylock and His Daughter; The Madness of Edgar Allan Poe 2013-Jeeves Takes a Bow; Underneath the Lintel (1 Jeff Nomination), Cymbeline: A Folk Musical (2 Jeff Awards); The Rainmaker (Jeff Recommended) 2014-Rough Crossing (Jeff Recommended) More information can be found at www.firstfolio.org
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CAST Melanie Keller (Sarah Smith) Is a proud Artistic Associate of First Folio. She has been seen as Portia in The Merchant of Venice, The Governess in The Turn of the Screw and Olivia in Twelfth Night, along with productions of Jeeves in Bloom, Design for Living, Angel Street, Private Lives and The Importance of Being Earnest. She is also a member of Signal Ensemble and won a Jeff Award for Best Actress for her work in East of Berlin and The Russian Play. She has appeared in Signal’s productions of The Weir (Jeff Nomination-Best Supporting Actress), She Stoops to Conquer, Landslide and Much Ado about Nothing. Most recently, she appeared in Tom Jones at Northlight Theatre and she spent this past summer at the Michigan Shakespeare Festival. She was a Chicago Fellow at the Stratford Festival of Canada, where she appeared in Caesar and Cleopatra, Love’s Labour’s Lost and Romeo and Juliet and was the winner of a Tyrone Guthrie award. Other credits include A Life at Northlight Theatre, Hamlet and King John (Chicago Shakespeare), Marathon ’33 (Strawdog), and productions with Peninsula Players, Shakespeare Project of Chicago, Next, Metropolis and BackStage, among others. Tyler Rich (Jason Byrnes) is thrilled to be returning for his third show at First Folio. Other First Folio credits include Polydore in Cymbeline: A Folk Tale with Music, and Mr, Birbeck in Design for Living. Other Chicago credits include Cyrano de Bergerac with Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, Sherlock Holmes and the case of the Christmas Goose with Raven, and multiple shows with Promethean Theatre Ensemble. Regional work includes Twelfth Night, Hamlet, A 4
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Midsummer Night’s Dream, Julius Caesar, and Romeo and Juliet with Montana Shakespeare in the Parks/ Schools, and one season with American Players Theatre in Spring Green WI. Cassandra Schillo (Understudy Sarah) is thrilled to be joinning once again the supportive and talented First Folio family. You may have recently seen her here as Ruby in Searching for Peabody’s Tomb, sword fighting in her own company To the Point or as an actor combatant with REP’s By the Sword. Since graduating with a theatrical BFA from UWWhitewater, Cassandra has had the privilege of collaborating with theaters throughout the Midwest including BoHo Theatre, Light Opera Works, Piccolo, Milwaukee Chamber, Florentine Opera, Marriott at Lincolnshire, Remy Bummpo, Theater Wit, Drury Lane & Stage Left. Michael Dalberg (Understudy Jason) is thrilled to be working with First Folio for the first time. Regionally, Michael was last seen as Don in The Universal Language (In Tandem Theatre). Last summer, he served as an apprentice actor with Great River Shakespeare Festival, understudying for their 2013 summer production of Henry V, while also performing as Lennox in their Apprentice/ Intern project, Macbeth. Michael is a 2013 graduate from the University of Wisconsin—Parkside, where his performances included Frank in Melancholy Play, Sir Andrew Aguecheek in Twelfth Night, Father Jack in Dancing at Lughnasa, and George in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
P R O D U C T I O N S TA F F Josepeh Zettelmaier (Playwright) is a Michigan-based playwright and four-time nominee for the Steinberg/American Theatre Critics Association Award for best new play, first in 2006 for All Childish Things, then in 2007 for Language Lessons, in 2010 for It Came From Mars and in 2012 for Dead Man’s Shoes. Other plays include Ebenezer, And The Creek Don’t Rise, The All Childish Things Trilogy, Christmas Carol’d, Dr. Seward’s Dracula and The Stillness Between Breaths. The Stillness Between Breaths and It Came From Mars were selected to appear in the National New Play Network’s Festival of New Plays. It Came From Mars was a recipient of 2009’s Edgerton Foundation New American Play Award. Dead Man’s Shoes received the same award in 2011. In the 2013-14 season, he will see All Childish Things performed at the Aurora Theatre in Georgia, Ebenezer at Tipping Point Theatre, The Scullery Maid at the Jewish Ensemble Theatre and The Renaissance Man at the Performance Network. Joseph is an Associate Artist at Performance Network, an Artistic Ambassador to the National New Play Network and an adjunct lecturer at Eastern Michigan University, where he teaches Dramatic Composition. He was profiled in the March 2012 issue of American Theatre Magazine. He would like to thank David, Alison, Melanie, Tyler and everyone at First Folio for making this such a joyous experience. www.jzettelmaier.com Alison C. Vesely (Artistic Director) is the Artistic Director and Co-Founder (with her husband David Rice) of First Folio Theatre where she most recently directed Rough Crossing, The Rainmaker, Underneath the Lintel, Jeeves Takes a Bow, The Merchant of Venice and Shylock and His Daughter. Other First Folio credits include the world premieres of The Madness of Edgar Allan Poe, Will Rogers: An American Original and The Castle of Otranto, as well as the Chicago premieres of Jeeves in Bloom,
Jeeves Intervenes, and The Passion of Dracula. In 2009, she was nominated for a Jeff Award for her direction of A Moon for the Misbegotten, which was also nominated for Best Production. Other First Folio directing credits on the indoor stage include The Turn of the Screw, Unnecessary Farce, Tea at Five, The Woman in Black and Blithe Spirit. Design for Living, Driving Miss Daisy, Angel Street, Private Lives, A Connecticut Yankee…, and The Importance of Being Earnest. On the outdoor summer stage Alison has directed Richard III, The Tempest (1997 & 2006), The Taming of the Shrew (1999 & 2005), Hamlet, The Comedy of Errors, Twelfth Night, Antigone, As You Like It, Macbeth (2001), Much Ado About Nothing (2000), Romeo and Juliet, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1998). Before founding First Folio, Alison was the Classics Project Director for Footsteps Theatre, a women’s theater company specializing in
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all-female productions of Shakespeare’s plays. Alison worked as the Folio Director and Dramaturge on many productions at Footsteps, including Romeo and Juliet, A Midsommer Night’s Dreame, and Macbeth. She also performed in these productions, earning an After Dark Award for the title role in their production of Macbeth. Other directing credits include Twelfth Night (Wayne State Univ.), Richard III (Hilberry Theatre, Detroit), Richard III (Footsteps and Shakespeare’s Herd at the Chicago Cultural Center), Real Human Dialogue, Riders to the Sea, Kiss Me Kate, and Scrooge. Alison has been an adjudicator for the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival and the Irene Ryan Awards as well as serving a three-year term on the Theater Program Grants Panel for the Illinois Arts Council. She is a proud graduate of Illinois Wesleyan University and a member of the Society for Directors and Choreographers. David Rice (Executive Director) is CoFounder of First Folio Theatre, where he has produced over 40 productions which have earned 27 Jeff Nominations and 5 Jeff Awards. He is also a playwright, whose works include Cymbeline: A Musical Folk Tale (Jeff Awards – Original Adaptation and Original Music); The Madness of Edgar Allan Poe: A Love Story (Jeff Nomination); and The Castle of Otranto. Onstage at First Folio he has recently been seen as Sandor Turai in Rough Crossing, as H.C. Curry in The Rainmaker, and as Knuckles McCann in Jeeves Takes a Bow. He has worked at numerous other Chicago theaters in the last 30 years, including the Paramount, Marriott’s Lincolnshire, Briar Street, and Candlelight. Trivia lovers may be interested to know that David was a four-time winner on Jeopardy! David is a proud member of both the Dramatists Guild and Actors Equity Association.
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Jeeves Intervenes, Driving Miss Daisy (Jeff Nominated – Costume Design), Much Ado About Nothing, A Moon for the Misbegotten, and Twelfth Night, among others. Other favorite Chicago credits include Collaboraction, Eclipse Theatre Company, Silk Road Rising, Lifeline, Walkabout, and Signal Ensemble Theatre. Favorite regional credits include Balagan Theatre and Book-It Repertory Theatre (Seattle), and Next Act Theatre (Milwaukee). Elsa is an Artistic Associate of First Folio Theatre and a Company Member of Collaboraction and Signal Ensemble Theatre. For more information about her designs visit www.elsahiltner.com. Shelley Holland (Lighting Design) is a First Folio Artistic Associate and excited to be designing Salvage with her FF family. Some favorite FF productions are Jeeves Takes a Bow!, Woman in Black, Tea at Five and Unnecessary Farce. Ms. Strasser Holland is also an ensemble member of The Shattered Globe Theatre Company where she has designed shows including Glass Menagerie (Jeff Nomination for Lighting Design), Judgment at Nuremberg, All My Sons, Talk Radio, The Manchurian Candidate, and A Streetcar Named Desire. Other Chicago area lighting design credits include A Christmas Carol, Godspell, Wonderful Life and Oklahoma! at the Theatre at the Center in Munster, IN; Eurydice, Tartuffe and Wiley & the Hairy Man at Indiana University Northwest; The Threepenny Opera and Stalag 17 (Jeff Citation for Lighting Design) for American Blues Theatre and The Full Monty at The Drury Lane Water Tower. Shelley holds an M.F.A. in Lighting Design from Northwestern University and a B.S. in Mathematics and Theatre from Eureka College. Ms. Strasser Holland is currently teaching Theatre Design at Governors State University and being a mom to 2 girls (Mary and Kathryn). In her spare 8
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time, Shelley teaches fitness classes, is a substitute teacher and takes great pleasure on working on her 100+ year old home. Christopher Kriz (Original Music and Sound Design) works nationally as a composer and sound designer. Previous First Folio designs include Turn Of The Screw (Equity Jeff Award for best sound design), Rough Crossing, The Rainmaker, Woman In Black, The Madness Of Edgar Allen Poe among many others. In Chicago, Chris has designed for companies including Writers Theatre, Steppenwolf, Goodman, Victory Gardens, Remy Bumppo, The Gift and Timeline. Some current and upcoming designs include Hedda Gabler (Writers Theatre), The Great God Pan (Next Theatre) Seven Homeless Mammoths Wander New England (Theatre Wit) and Cicada (Route 66 Theatre). Chris has received 9 Joseph Jefferson nominations and 2 awards and is a proud member of United Scenic Artists Local 829. To hear more of his work, please visit www.christopherkriz.com Cassy Schillo (Properties Design) is delighted to rejoin First Folio for the third time. Since graduating with a theatrical BFA from UWWhitewater, Cassy has worked in various theaters throughout the Midwest including BoHo, Red Tape, Milwaukee Chamber, Florentine Opera, Theatre Wit, Marriott at Lincolnshire, Remy Bummpo, infusion, Drury Lane, (re) discovre & Piccolo. Catch more of her work currently on Theater Wit’s Seven Homeless Mammoths. Angela Weber Miller (Scenic Design) Depending upon your method of accounting, Salvage is either the twentyseventh or twenty-eighth or twenty-ninth show Angie has designed at First Folio, where she is an Artistic Associate. Other First Folio shows include Rough Crossing, The Rainmaker, Cymbeline, Jeeves Takes a
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Bow, The Merchant of Venice, Tea at Five, Romeo and Juliet, The Woman in Black, Blithe Spirit, Twelfth Night, Jeeves in Bloom (Jeff Nomination), The Castle of Otranto, Macbeth, and A Moon for the Misbegotten (Jeff Nomination). Other work includes Godspell, What a Glorious Feeling, Making God Laugh, Jolson and Co., Over the River and Through the Woods and Gigi at Theatre at the Center; Cabaret, Rose Marie, and Yeoman of the Guard at Light Opera Works; Seascape at Remy Bumppo (Jeff Award); A Class Act at Porchlight Music Theatre; and Route 66 at Paramount. She has designed at a number of other Chicago area theatres and worked for several years at Chicago Scenic Studios as a designer of “corporate” theatre. Angie has one husband, two kids, two dogs, two cats, and seven half frozen fish in a pond in her garden.
Sarah West (Asst. Stage Manager) is excited to return to First Folio, where she has also been the assistant stage manager for Rough Crossing, The Rainmaker, Unnecessary Farce, and the stage manager for Searching for Peabody’s Tomb (2011 and 2013) and the Illinois Arts Council intern for Macbeth. She graduated last year from North Central College with a BA in Theatre and Small Business Management & Entrepreneurship. There her credits include stage manager for A Story of Us, Kiss Me Kate, South Pacific, The Threepenny Opera, and Phèdre. She would like to thank her family for always being so supportive and involved in her career.
A R T I S T I C A S S O C I AT E S U P DAT E Lydia Berger Gray was last seen at First Folio as Vivienne Duckworth in Jeeves Takes a Bow. Last season, Lydia played Lisa in Collected Stories, as well as originating the role of Vivienne in their world premier of Jeeves Takes a Bow at Artists’ Ensemble. More recently she was seen at ShawChicago as Eliza Doolittle in Pygmalion. Kate Danziger most recently stage managed Cymbeline: A Folk Tale with Music at First Folio. Currently she is working for the Skokie Chamber of Commerce, coordinating events and communications.
in The Shakespeare Conspiracy for Artists’ Ensemble in Rockford. He is happily married to fellow Artistic Associate, Lydia Berger Gray. Elsa Hiltner – See Staff Biography Shelley Holland – See Staff Biography Christopher Jensen is kept busy as the Technical Director for Maine West High School and building projects for his children Nadia and Donovan.
Michael Keefe most recently won a Jeff Awards for the music for First Folio’s production of Cymbeline. When not composing for First Folio, Michael can be seen playMichael F. Goldberg recently directed First ing and arranging for the Von Trapps (the Folio’s, critically acclaimed, Jeff Award winning production of Cymbeline: A Musical great grandchildren of Captain Von Trapp) or playing for such performers as Andrea Folk Tale. His winter has been full of travel Bocelli and Jackie Evancho. Earlier this winhockey with his sons and enjoying some ter he could be seen playing keyboards for R&R with his family. Wicked at the Oriental Theater downtown. Christian Gray recently played Ivor Fish He is completing a second Mass setting for in Rough Crossing for First Folio. He is his day job – Music Director of Notre Dame currently playing Thomas Walsingham Church in Clarendon Hills, Il. Salvage
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Melanie Keller – See Cast Biography Christopher Kriz – See Staff Biography Rachel Lambert is currently designing American Myth with American Blues Theatre and summer will be designing Intimate Apparel with Eclipse Theatre. Kevin McKillip was most recently seen at First Folio in Rough Crossing and is currently spending time clowning for the Big Apple Circus. Michael McNamara has recently designed the lighting for Our Country’s Good at Shattered Globe Theatre and is in preparation for two productions of the opera L’Elisir D’Amour in San Diego and Washington, DC. He has also recently been elected to the Board of Directors for the United States Institute for Theatre Technology. Angela Weber Miller – See Staff Biography.
Hayley L. Rice was last seen by First Folio audiences as Lizzie in last summer’s production of The Rainmaker. She will appear next season in a First Folio production… which has not officially been announced yet. Watch this space! René Ruelas will next be seen performing with his comic improvisation troupe Count Spatula. They’ll be a part of the Chicago Improv Festival, appearing at The Comedy Bar in Chicago on April 3rd. Tickets now on sale. Nick Sandys is the Producing Artistic Director at Remy Bumppo Theatre and recently appeared in the hit show An Inspector Calls, as well as performing his one-man adaptation of Dickens’ New Year novella, The Chimes. He is currently choreographing fights for Prince Igor at The Metropolitan Opera in New York, but will be returning to direct Our Class at Remy Bumppo and then The Merry Wives of Windsor for First Folio.
F I R S T F O L I O T H E AT R E S TA F F Artistic Director...................................................................................................................... Alison C. Vesely Executive Director..........................................................................................................................David Rice Audience Services Manager............................................................................. Maggie Clennon Reberg Volunteer Coordinator........................................................................................................... Kris Biendarra Graphic Designer.....................................................................................................................Carol Alleman Press Representative............................................................................. Noreen Heron & Associates, Inc. Kate Hughes, Lianne Wiker, Katharine Nichols, Holly Gustavson, Susan Duffy, Kelly Erdman Technical Director...................................................................................................................Brian Claggett Master Electrician and Sound Asst.................................................................................. Ricky Harbecke Photography....................................................................................................................................David Rice Web Masters................................................................................................... Aaron Bigelow, Scott Leaton Auditor..........................................................................................................................................Paul Wieland Insurance Provider..........................................................................................................Paczolt Insurance Printing..........................................................................................................Apprize Promotional Products Dry Cleaning..............................................................................................................Stan’s Village Cleaners Casting Assistants...................................................................Hayley Rice, Melanie Keller, Nick Sandys Volunteer Ushers and Concessions.............................The Saints and First Folio’s Volunteer Corps
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F I R S T F O L I O B OA R D O F T R U S T E E S President..........................................................................................................................................Alan Becker Vice-President.................................................................................................................................John Bauer Secretary.....................................................................................................................................Patricia Noska Treasurer.....................................................................................................................................Chris Beaulieu Trustees................................................................... Susan Becker, Margaret Bennett, Richard Berman, Ellen Callahan, Barbara Disko, Brian McKillip, David Rice, Alison C. Vesely, Theresa Wilkie Advisory Board Robert J. Schillerstrom (DuPage County Board Chairman) D. Dewey Pierotti (Forest Preserve Board Chairman) Dr. Richard Strier (Professor of English, University of Chicago) Dr. Michael Shapiro (Professor of English, Loyola University) Dr. Peter Kanelos (Professor of Dramatic Literature, Loyola University) David LaBrash (President, Clarendon Hills Bank) Melissa LaBrash (CPA) First Folio invites all persons interested in joining our Board of Trustees, our Board of Advisors, the Folio Society, or our staff of volunteers to contact us at (630) 986-8067 for more information on how you can become a part of the Western Suburbs premier professional theater! DONORS Donations received between Jan. 1, 2013 and March 1, 2014 Lifetime Bard’s Club Members (For Outstanding Support) Anonymous Susan & Alan Becker JeanE Charnas Joyce Chelberg Meg & Jim Fletcher Brian McKillip Susan & Brian (Coach) O’Connor John Plosnich BARDOLATOR ($5,000 +) Anonymous Alan & Susan Becker The Chase Community Foundation Gaylord & Dorothy Donnelley Foundation Rita Getz Illinois Arts Council The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation and the MacArthur Fund for Arts and Culture The Saints
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Robert Forman Marilyn & Eric Fors Ernest & Beverly Fortney Rick & Lucinda Foulke Jean Franckowiak Mary Jane Frank Alan & Dorothy Fredian Carla Frye Cynthia Gaffney Alex Gasiel John & Mary Gerlesits Nancy Kelley Gibson Lynette Gilbert John & Gail Goles John Gorak Diane Graziano Maureen F Greene Richard Gronlund Elisabeth & Mark Grzywa Rachel Daugherty & Michael Guenther Cynthia Gwizdala Debra Hamilton Georgia Hamilton Krista Hansen Floy Haschke Gerald Hast Sharon Herendeen Lucille HIlger Karen Hollis Joe & Pat Houle Linda Huege Rosalind Hurwitz Jack Hurwitz & Penelope Ingalls Jay & Mary Kim Jackson Gus & Renee Jackson in Honor of Fallen & Wounded Soldiers Shirlee Jecmen Veatrice Jehangir Steven Johnson Beverly Kurasz-Johnston Lawrence Juracic Sheila Kaczynski Mark & Ruth Karasek Robert & Erin Kato John Kay Bonnie Keller Melanie J. Keller Laurel Kiichli Gary & Katharine Klein Jane Klenck Jeffrey A. Koblish, D.D.S. Cynthia Koehler Virginia Kott James Krenek Dorothy Krol Barbara Kross Linda Kucharczyk Mariann Kwinn Lisa Lam
Edward Larsen Carol Larson Linda Legner Samuel Levin Barbara Linduska Marlene Liss & Jim Danziger Jean Livingston Larry & Dolores Long Janet Lucero Janet MacDougall Bernie & Janice Mack Kathleen Mallen Sharon Manuel Carol Marasovich Anna Marek Inga Markus Chris & Cynthia Marler Nancy Martin George Martiny Doretta Marwin Mary L Mayer Jim McCance Mr. & Mrs. Judson McCarthy, Jr. John And Eileen McGleam Lynne & Bill McGurr Christine McInstosh Kevin McKillip Kathleen McKillip Jen McLysaght Michael McNamara Bob Meisner Richard Mental Angie Miller Robert Miner Marvin Mirsky Cynthia Mooney Gail Morgan-Williams Jill & Roger Mueller Janice & Bill Murray Stanley Nardoni Bob & Joan Nejdl Anthony & Linda Nelson Lucille Nelson In Honor of Judy Nosek Marian Nussbaumer Olund James & Mary Ocasek Beverly Offen In Honor of John Milewski Roberta Parkhill Joy Peters Patty Petersen Margaret Peterson J Petranovich Janice Fick R. Phillips In Memory of Joan Plock Jo Ann Putz Alice Ramsay David Rappe Dennis & Sharon Reagan Barbara Reineking
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Norman Relich Jim Rendel David Rice & Alison C. Vesely Clive Richards Daniel & Barbara Roos Norma Rosen Irene Ruffner Geri Rumney Debbie Ryan Elaine Ryba Cindy & Alan Sankowski Fred Schmitz Julie Schneider Bob & Allison Schwartz Sherry Senyth Charles & Crystal Sexton Bob & Carol Shaffer Robert Sharpe Mary Ann Sisul Renee & Geoff Silver Judith & Garth Smith Janet Soltys Jodi Stapleton Gerald Stapleton Lenette Staudinger Pat Steck Michael Stemberk Karen Stock April & Preston Stosur Carl Strang Lorraine Subra Deborah Summerlin Gloria Tatar Bob & Chris Thompson Frank & Nina Thorp Terese Thrall Michael & Carol Tiedje Jeanne Tilton Rosemary Tirio Jacqueline & Myles Tlusty Debra & Paul Truskey Carol Tuman Joy Valdez Mary Vance Mary Vilim In Honor of Kristine Thatcher Terrie Von Loewe Raymond Voros Kristina Waldron Alex Weisman
Judith Werner Kris & Don West Constance White Mary Wiesen Denise Wild Rich & Kathy Wilders Jeffrey Williams Brigitte Winkler Roseann & Stephen Wolf Marie & James Wolski Andrew Wycislak Barbara Zahora Matching Grant Donors Aetna Foundation Allstate Bank of America BP Fabric of America Fund McMaster-Carr Supply Co. Nicor Energy Northern Trust SAP In-Kind Donors Adagio Tea Alan & Susan Becker American Blues Theater Anita & John Bauer Babes with Blades Blueberry Hill Bob Campbell Brian McInerney Burr Ridge Lighting Chicago Shakespeare Chris & Cynthia Marler Chris Beaulieu Country House Restaurant David Rice & Alison C. Vesely Dianna Topper Doubletree Hotel Eclipse Theatre Elmhurst Symphony Father Time Antiques Gene & Helen Benes Gil & Yvonne Meyer Goodman Theater Hal & Sally Rice Heron PR Inn at Irish Hollow Janis Licari
John & Lisa Roche Karen & Mark Mueller Karen Hauser & Barb Hauser Katy & Jon Pittman Kelly Kleiman Kernels Kramer Foods Las Palmas Lifeline Theatre Lydia Berger Gray Mario Tricoci-Oak Brook Center Mary & John Rooks Mary L Mayer Mayslake Peabody Estate MBC Melanie J. Keller Metropolis Performing Arts Center Mike Kalasunas & Kathleen Conlon Morton Arboretum Ms. Audrey Muschler New Colony Theatre Northlight Theatre Oil Lamp Theater Paramount Patricia & Ray Mehler Patricia Noska Physicians Sports & Injury Center Porchlight Music Theatre Prairie Center Arts Foundation Quality Tire and Auto Rachel Daugherty & Michael Guenther Redstone Grill Remy Bumppo Theatre Rick Berman ShawChicago/Next Signal Ensemble Silk Road Rising Steel Beam Theatre Sybaris Suites The Schnacke Family Theatre at the Center Theresa Wilkie Twisted Olive Whitney Morse Wild Birds Writers’ Theatre
First Folio makes every effort to accurately acknowledge all of our wonderful donors. If have made any errors or omissions, please let us know by contacting us at 630-986-8067 so that we may make the correction for future programs.
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S P E C I A L T H A N K YO U Our wonderful Board of Trustees; Janneke Fowers, Taip Bashir, Sherry Brooks, Kathryn Leatherwood, Mark Dyer, Kendra Strubhart, Sara Kopinsky & the entire staff and Board of Commissioners of the Forest Preserve District of DuPage County; Paczolt Insurance; Apprize Promotional Products of Hinsdale; Village Cleaners of Clarendon Hills, and Purdue University Dept. of Theatre AND GRAHAM CRACKER COMICS – the best comic books store in the world! And a special thank you to the Saints for their generous grant which allowed us to purchase new speakers to enhance the total audience experience! First Folio has lots of ways for you to join in on the fun! FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT US AT 630-986-8067 or visit www.firstfolio.org WISH LIST New or Gently Used iPads Knaack Box or other Tool Storage Containers Any antiques that can be used for props Design & Printing services Accounting services for annual audit First Folio is a 501(c)(3) organization. All donation of services and goods are tax deductible to the full extent allowed by law.
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