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WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY
JOHN MUSIAL Production Sponsor
Andrew White Artistic Director
Rachel E. Kraft
Philip R. Smith
Executive Director
John Dalton
Heidi Stillman
Producing Artistic Director
Artistic Director of New Work
Alison Siple
Mike Durst
Scenic Designer
Costume Designer
Lighting Designer
Josh Horvath , USA
Ray Nardelli , USA
Eric Huffman
Joel Lambie
Kathleen E. Petroziello*
Co-Sound Designer
Co-Sound Designer
Properties Designer
Composer
Joel Hobson
Production Stage Manager
Production Manager
Sean K. Walters Technical Director
CAST
Hildreth, Babcia..............................................Cheryl Lynn Bruce* Arthur Tree, Mayor, Mr. O’Leary............................Thomas J. Cox * Mrs. Lemos, Mrs. Tree, Archivist...........................Stephanie Diaz* Frenchy..............................................................Kevin Douglas * Mr. Tree, Mistress Hobson........................................Troy West * The Fire......................................................Lindsey Noel Whiting* FM Williams, Dzadzio.............................................Gary Wingert* UNDERSTUDIES
Raymond Fox *, Elaine Ivy Harris, Kyra Morris *Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the union for professional actors and stage managers Lookingglass Theatre Company Ensemble Member, Artistic Associate or Production Affiliate
Lead Community Partner for The Great Fire: Opening Night Sponsor
The City of Chicago Fire Department
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PRODUCTION STAFF Assistant Directors...............................................................Jonathan Kwock and Trina McGee Production Coordinator......................................................................................Harriet Sogin Assistant Technical Director.............................................................................Joshua Lansing Puppet Design................................................................................................Stephanie Diaz Dialect Coach................................................................................................Eva Breneman Choreographer....................................................................................................Julia Rhoads Music Director....................................................................................................Gary Wingert Movement Captain........................................................................................Thomas J. Cox * Assistant Stage Manager.................................................................................Ashley Dumas* Assistant Scenic Designers.................................................Abigail Jasper and Courtney O’Neill Assistant Costume Designer...............................................................................Kristin DeiTos Assistant Lighting Designer.......................................................................Elizabeth Patterson Assistant Properties Designer...........................................................................Maria DeFabo Assistant Choreographer...........................................................................Meghann Wilkinson Dramaturg............................................................................................................Marti Lyons Master Carpenter................................................................................................John Russell Carpenters.........................................................Jason Feriend, Matt Fletcher, Andrew Knauff, Joel Lambie, Isaac Schoepp, Scott Walters, and Nate Whelden Scenic Charge.........................................................................................Melissa Rutherfoord Assistant Scenic Charge........................................................................................Zoe Shiffrin Master Electrician..........................................................................................Jabin Chartrand Assistant Master Electrician................................................................................Matt Gawryk Electricians.....................................................Sarah Gilmore, Grant Hoffman, Hillary Kiander, Sarah Lackner, Sarah Mikrut, Cassie Mings, Erik Parsons, Karen Thompson, Christopher Wilham and Viv Woodland Wardrobe Supervisor......................................................................................David Galbreath Wardrobe Assistant............................................................................................Jaime LePore Costume Supervisor........................................................................................Joanna Melville Costume Construction..........................................Jesse Barber, Carolyn Cristofani, Shana Hall, Noel Huntzinger, June Saito, and the Steppenwolf Costume Shop Sound Engineer...................................................................................Christopher M. LaPorte Deck Crew............................................................................................Todd Peacock-Preston Casting...........................................................................Philip R. Smith with Raymond Fox Production Management Interns...................................Lindsay Ricketts and Michelle Rodgers Technical Direction Intern.........................................................................Alexandria Bozeman Wardrobe Interns..................................................................Jesse Barber and Noel Huntzinger Electrics Intern...................................................................................................Soren Ersbak
ADDITIONAL MUSIC & COMPOSITION Schafer/Brown ........................................................................Music & Lyrics by Gary Wingert
*Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the union for professional actors and stage managers Lookingglass Theatre Company Ensemble Member, Artistic Associate or Production Affiliate
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IN CONVERSATION with John Musial Interview by Literary Manager MARTI LYONS
How did this show come about? What sparked your interest in the Great Chicago Fire? For me, the real magic of theater is related to the primal urge of sitting around a campfire telling stories to each other. How did our tribe get here? Why are we the people we are? Who are our heroes? What were their great struggles and sacrifices? This is how identity and culture are transmitted. Of course today, as global citizens, we look to television and the internet for much of that. But the power of theater remains an intense, local, shared experience. Like our distant ancestors sitting around a campfire, we sit together in this dark room sharing the experience of a story - no other medium can match it. With that in mind, the Great Fire is the creation myth of our city. In it lie the origins of our identity as a city, as a people, as a community. Lookingglass loves telling local stories like Eastland and The Great Fire and we also love telling stories of great world myths. I believe that there is a direct relationship between the two impulses. And of course with our theater being located at the heart of one of the main landmarks of the Great Fire, the question is: how could we not tell this story? I know that Lookingglass produced The Great Fire in 1999 at the former site of the Jane Addams Center on Broadway and it is
so exciting to have this work rekindled in the Water Works Pumping Station. Besides the change in location, are there other major differences between this production and the earlier production? The two productions are very similar in that they are both rooted in the tradition of physical and object-oriented storytelling from which the company sprang . This incarnation is perhaps a bit more refined than the rougher production of 12 years ago, but it is coming from the same place. Some of the main storylines have been reconceived and rewritten, such as the character of Frenchy, but the arc and feel of the show are largely the same. But times have changed, and the script has evolved in relationship to the times. Out are all the Arthur Andersen accounting scandal references (remember that?) and in are references to the housing market collapse, the budget crisis and the new mayoral regime. Though this is ostensibly a “historical” play, as far as I am concerned it is actually about who we are today. There are many direct quotes in the text taken from primary and secondary sources. Where did you come across this material and how did you choose what to incorporate? I am a history nerd. Most all of the material comes from hours and weeks spent crawling through the archives over at the Chicago History Museum’s library. Their collection of survivor letters, reminiscences, memorabilia and newspapers is a true civic treasure. The time I spent there inspired the set design. The scene at the Historical Society Archive largely developed while working in the library and is directly Lookingglass Theatre 3
adapted from a pair of letters describing actual events. As for how I selected stories, I can’t really explain my decisions beyond saying that I gravitated toward the most moving ones. Really, putting the show together was like making a mix tape: you start with a piece you like and follow it with piece that that fits well beside it. From the outset I had Monty Python’s Meaning of Life in mind in terms of the show’s energy and the way scenes and styles collide, juxtaposing pathos, comedy and the absurd. Structurally, the goal was to have the entire story unfold during the timeline of the fire. Several of your works explore Chicago’s history and how these none-too-distant past events continue to shape our present. Can you talk a bit about how the Great Chicago Fire has forged our identity as a city today?
I think that Nelson Algren put his finger on it when he pointed out that at the heart of Chicago’s identity is the centuries old struggle between the hustlers and the squares; people with power and money doing everything they can to maintain their lock on power, and reformers who every so often are actually able to make a difference, however uphill their struggle may be. This is the dialectic that Marquette and Joliet argue over in the Archivist scene, it is a theme the characters keep running into throughout the show, and it is a theme we can see being played out today in the struggle for actual reform in city hall (good luck with that). Like Algren wrote: “… since it’s a ninth inning town, the ballgame never being over until the last man is out, it remains Jane Addams’ town as well as Big Bill’s. The game isn’t over yet. But it’s a rigged ballgame.”
HISTORICAL FIGURES THAT INSPIRED THE GREAT FIRE Charles Anthony (inspiration for Arthur and Frenchy) Charles Anthony, son of Judge Elliot Anthony, grew up in a Quaker household on the west side of La Salle St., just north of Chicago Ave. His reminiscence, written in 1919, recalls his adventures as a 15-year-old-boy on the night of the fire and in the days afterward. His clear memory of details and events inspired many moments in the play and provides the biographical basis for our story’s character Frenchy who was, in fact, the Anthony family liveryman. Charles Anthony graduated from Yale and followed his father into a legal career. James Henry Hildreth James Henry Hildreth was variously Alderman of the then 7th and 8th wards in today’s Pilsen area. He began his career as a reform candidate but ran afoul of the law while between stints in office for 20 counts of fraud in relation to grain alcohol. He briefly fled to Canada over the affair and was later pardoned by President Grant. Despite being re-elected as Alderman in 1876, he was barred from serving due to his conviction, but was re-elected again in 1880 and served until 1888. His exploits and successes during the fire are all true. Mistress E. I. Hobson The first Chicago orphanages, the Chicago Orphan Asylum and the Catholic Orphan Asylum, opened their doors in 1849 in the aftermath of a cholera epidemic. By 1890, there were 12 orphanages in the city. Mistress E. I. Hobson ran an orphan asylum in the North Division when the fire broke out in 1871. She had some 70 children in her care at the time, including a dozen infants. When it became evident that the building would need to be evacuated, she organized the evacuation of all her fosters, saving their lives. Julia Lemos Julia Lemos was born in New York c. 1842, married at the age of 16, had 5 children, and was widowed shortly before the Great Fire of 1871. The family had moved to Chicago in 1868 and she was employed as an artist at a lithography firm. After the fire, the family fled their flat on North Wells Street to New York. Julia immediately found work, attesting to her skill as an artist. The family returned to Chicago in 1873 and Mrs. Lemos continued to live here until her death in 1923. Her recollection and vivid painting of the fire are both in the collection of the Chicago History Museum. Roswell B. Mason Roswell B. Mason, 25th mayor of Chicago, was elected as a Republican emphasizing his experience in the private sector as chief civil engineer for the Illinois Central Railroad and his support for the temperance movement. Contemporary newspapers described him as “an honest man in charge of a den of thieves.” He grew disenchanted with politics, turned down requests to seek a second term and was a lame duck mayor at the time of the fire. By his direction the city was placed under marshal law with oversight by General Sheridan. 4 Lookingglass Theatre
Mayor Mason died in 1892 at the age of 87. Schafer and Brown Mathias Schafer was the fire spotter posted as lookout atop the courthouse. He was in direct communication with W.J. Brown, who operated the fire-alarm several floors below, through a speaking tube. Schafer’s responsibility was to spot a fire’s smoke plume, identify the location of the nearest numbered callbox and relate the number to Brown. Brown’s responsibility was to send out an alarm to the local fire stations, indicating the number of the callbox to which engines should travel. Schafer initially identified box 342, which he revised to 319. Brown, having already sent the alarm for 342, refused to change the number fearing this would create a confused response on the ground. During the official post-fire inquiry there was much debate that this mistake caused a slow response at the fire’s outset. The O’Leary Family Catherine and Patrick O’Leary were first generation Irish immigrants, living with their five children at 137 DeKoven St., now the location of the Chicago Fire Department’s training facility. Mr. O’Leary was a laborer and Mrs. O’Leary ran a milk business out of the barn. Their barn was the originating source of the Great Fire, but their house downwind of the barn at the south end of the property survived. The O’Learys instantly became famous, condemned, ridiculed, physically threatened and mythologized into civic legend. The story of Mrs. O’Leary’s cow is famous worldwide. John Tolland John Tolland, self-described “keeper of the lake”, was stationed upon a forty-foot high wooden crib that was sunk offshore in thirty feet of water. The first water crib, called the Two-Mile Crib, was constructed by Ellis S. Chesbrough in 1865. The duties of the tender included water testing, light maintenance, and dynamiting ice dams that formed against the crib’s walls. Judge Lambert Tree Judge Lambert Tree was a Chicago Circuit Court judge who achieved fame by presiding over the indictment, trial, and conviction of corrupt City Council members. He lost the 1882 U.S. Senate race by one vote, but in 1885 he accepted an appointment from President Grover Cleveland as minister to Belgium. A patron of the arts, Judge Tree and his wife had an artists studio constructed in 1894 at 603-621 N. State St. to provide low-cost housing and space for artists. In 1887, Lambert Tree and Chicago Mayor Carter H. Harrison put up the funding for civilian awards given annually to an individual member of the Police and Fire Departments who demonstrate outstanding bravery in the line of duty. Robert A. Williams & the CFD In 1868, Canadian-born Robert A. Williams was named the second Fire Marshal of the then ten-year-old professional Chicago Fire Department. He joined the Chicago Fire Department in 1848 at 23 years old and reached the peak of his career during the fire at age 45. At the time of the fire the department had 17 engines (only 15 of which were working), 2 hose elevators, 4 hook & ladders, 54 hose carts and 48,000 feet of hose (much of which proved useless in actual use) and a force of 216 men. The Fire Department was responsible for protecting 36 square miles of city covered by 59,500 buildings, nearly all of which were built of pine.
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PROFILES CHERYL LYNN BRUCE (Hildreth, Babcia) is thrilled to return to Lookingglass where she workshopped and performed in Race, its inaugural production adapted and directed by Joy Gregory and David Schwimmer. Ms. Bruce has performed on stages across the country as well as in Europe and Mexico. She created the role of Elizabeth Sandry for Steppenwolf’s Tony Award-winning production of The Grapes of Wrath adapted and directed by Frank Galati (Broadway, the National TheatreUK, La Jolla Playhouse) Last season she made her Teatro Vista company debut in Freedom, NY and performed in Harriet Jacobs (Kansas City Repertory Theatre) Film credits include: Stranger Than Fiction, Daughters of the Dust, The Fugitive. Television credits include: Prison Break, There Are No Children Here, Separate but Equal, To Sir with Love 2. Artist-in-Residence (Yale University-2011/2012); Woman of Valor (Jane Addams Hull House Association-2010); 3Arts Artist Award & grant (2010); inaugural fellowship & grant (Ellen Stone Belic Institiute for the Study of Women and Gender in the Arts and Media, Columbia College-2006); “Some Ra” published in Traveling the Spaceways: Sun-Ra, the Astro Black and Other Solar Myths (2009, WhiteWalls, Inc.). THOMAS J. COX (Arthur Tree, Mayor, Mr. O’Leary/Dance Captain/Ensemble Member) is a founding Ensemble Member of Lookingglass, with whom he has done over thirty productions, including
Nelson Algren: For Keeps and a Single Day (Jeff-Nominated Solo Performance), The Old Curiosity Shop (Jeff-Nominated Supporting Actor), 1984, Vanishing Twin, Master and Margarita, Jungle, S/M, and most recently as Hook in Peter Pan (a play). He has appeared at Goodman, Steppenwolf, Court, and Northlight Theatres, among others, most recently appearing in The Outgoing Tide at Northlight. Film/TV: Chi-Girl (independent), Since You’ve Been Gone (Miramax), Brotherhood (Showtime). He spent the summer in Vermont, where his daughter, Joanie, turned four. STEPHANIE DIAZ (Mrs. Lemos, Mrs. Tree, Archivist/ Puppet Designer) is delighted to make her Lookingglass debut eleven years after being wowed by Metamorphoses on tour in Seattle. In Chicago, she has been seen at Victory Gardens, Remy Bumppo, ShawChicago, Drury Lane Oakbrook, Steppenwolf, Teatro Vista, Goodman Theatre, Chicago Dramatists and 16th Street Theater, where she is an Associate Artist. Regional credits include Seattle Rep, Kansas City Rep, The Magic Theatre, First Stage Milwaukee, Mixed Blood, Shakespeare Santa Cruz and The Village Theatre. TV/Film: The Chicago Code and the recently-wrapped indie film Beyond Redemption. As a puppeteer, she trained and worked with Seattle’s Thistle Theatre, specializing in the Bunraku style, and wrote the company’s first-ever bilingual (Spanish/English) production. She has since worked with Monkey Wrench Puppet Lab (Seattle) and Blair Thomas (Chicago), and recently designed shadow and Bunraku puppets for Prop Theatre’s No Roosters in the Desert. This one’s for you, Mom.
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KEVIN DOUGLAS (Frenchy/Artistic Associate) is very excited to be back at the ‘Gglass where he is an Artistic Associate. Lookingglass credits include five runs of Lookingglass Alice, Our Town, Around the World in 80 Days, and Black Diamond. Kevin was most recently seen in Orlando at Court Theatre and before that A Civil War Christmas at Northlight. He is also a member of MPAACT (MA’AT Production Association of African Centered Theatre). Regional credits include: Actors Theatre of Louisville, Baltimore Centerstage, Kansas City Rep and Alliance Theatre in Atlanta. Kevin would like to thank God for this opportunity and John.
TROY WEST (Mr. Tree, Mistress Hobson/Artistic Associate) With Lookingglass: more than ten shows, including the original incarnation of tonight’s play. With Steppenwolf: seven mainstage appearances including the original productions of Picasso at the Lapin Agile (which later transferred to the Geffen in LA) and August: Osage County (which then moved to the Imperial & Music Box on Broadway, the National in London and finally the Sydney Theatre Co. in Australia. Additional Chicago credits: A Red Orchid Theatre, Remains, Famous Door, Goodman, Next, Roadworks. Regional: American Conservatory Theatre, Indiana Rep., Portland Center Stage and New Harmony. Off Broadway: Bug at the Barrow Street Theatre. TV: Early Edition, The Pursuit of Happiness and Unusual Phenomena. Film: The Dilemma, Hellcab and Chi Girl.
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LINDSEY NOEL WHITING (The Fire) is delighted to be back at Lookingglass with the amazing cast and crew of The Great Fire. Previous Lookingglass credits include Icarus and Lookingglass Alice. Lindsey has performed regionally with Actors Theatre of Louisville, The Alliance Theatre and Syracuse Stage. Chicago credits include: The Snow Queen (Victory Gardens); Once Upon A Time (or The Secret Language of Birds), The Golden Truffle, The Cabinet, and Sink, Sank, Sunk (Redmoon); as well as Dream and Lost & Found at The Actors Gymnasium. Lindsey is also a member of Barrel of Monkeys and performs with Mucca Pazza, a circus punk marching band. Thanks always to Mom, for her continued support. GARY WINGERT (FM Williams, Dzadzio/Music Director) is happy to be back at Lookingglass where he has appeared in George, The Baron in the Trees, 1984, and a previous production of The Great Fire. Other credits include Pericles, Finding the Sun, and The Odyssey (Goodman Theatre); Winesburg, Ohio (About Face Theatre); Measure for Measure (Chicago Shakespeare); Long Day’s Journey Into Night (The Gift Theatre); The House of Lily (Steppenwolf); Romeo and Juliet, Sylvia, The Grapes of Wrath, and The Diary of Anne Frank (New American Theater). Regional credits include The Odyssey at Seattle Repertory Theatre and the McCarter Theatre. Gary is an ensemble member of The Artists’ Ensemble Theater. JOHN MUSIAL (Director/Writer/ Ensemble Member) is a Chicago-based film and theater maker. He writes, directs, designs and makes stuff. As a writer/director with Lookingglass, he created The Grail ‘97, Nelson Algren: For Keeps and a Single Day, and Our Future Metropolis. As a scenic designer his most recent work for the company includes Our Town and Great Men of Science. Musial contributed film and video design to 28, 1984 and Nelson Algren. In 2001 he redirected and edited Nelson Algren as an hour-long television program for WTTW Channel 11’s PBS program series Network Chicago Presents and was nominated for a regional Emmy. He has multiple Jeff nominations for Best Scenic Design, for Best New Work
and for Achievement in Film Design (which he received for Nelson Algren in 2008). Apart from Lookingglass, Musial has worked with Redmoon Theatre, Local Infinities Visual Theater, American Theater Company, Northlight, and he recently designed scenery for About Face’s Float. John holds a Master’s degree in Architecture from UIC and is working toward his professional license at Mark Miller Architects & Builders. JOHN DALTON (Scenic Designer) designs theater, museum exhibitions, graphics, film, and other such large events from his home in Evanston. His work has been seen on stages throughout Chicago (Piven Theatre, Steppenwolf, About Face, etc) in Millennium Park, at the US Holocaust Museum, the Kennedy Space Center, and at the Field Museum. He attended Northwestern University and has had the privilege of working with Lookingglass on and off throughout their history in Chicago. Remounting The Great Fire in this theater, in such a prestigious building, in the heart of this great city is a rare and wonderful gift that he does not underestimate. Thanks to Lookingglass, John Musial, and all the talented and hard-working people involved for making this real. ALISON SIPLE (Costume Designer/ Artistic Associate) has previously designed Icarus, Fedra and Black Diamond at Lookingglass. Recent projects include: Sophocles Seven Sicknesses (Hypocrites), Taming of the Shrew (Shakespeare Festival of St. Louis) and Pirates of Penzance (Hypocrites). Off Broadway: Our Town (Barrow Street Theatre) and The 4th Graders Present an Unnammed Love Suicide (Hypocrites at 59e59). Alison won the 2010 Equity Jeff Award for The Mystery of Irma Vep (Court Theatre) and the 2011 Non-Equity Jeff Award for Cabaret (Hypocrites). She also won Non-Equity Jeff Awards for Time and the Conways (Griffin Theatre) in 2006 and for Leonce und Lena (Hypocrites) in 2005. She is an associate company member of The Hypocrites and an Artistic Associate with Lookingglass. Check out her work at alisonsiple.com. MIKE DURST (Lighting Designer)’s work includes designs for premieres by Jonathan Tollins, Stephen Adly Guirgis, Austin Pendleton, and Stephen Belber. In Chicago Mike has designed for About Face Theatre, Shattered Globe, Chicago Public Radio, Adventure Stages, and Theater Wit. Other credits: Pete Townshend in concert at La Jolla Playhouse, X, Live in Los Angeles at The House of Blues, “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia,” The Nightman Cometh National Tour, Splitting Infinity (Summer Play Festival), Stock Home for NYC Fringe. Off-Broadway: Extinction at Cherry Lane (Red Dog Squadron), Secrets of the Trade (Primary Stages at 59e59.) Mike has received Chicago’s Jeff Award, Los Angeles’s Ovation Award, and San Diego’s Craig Noel Award. Lookingglass Theatre 9
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JOSH HORVATH (Co-Sound Designer/ Artistic Associate) Off Broadway: Clay (Lincoln Center). Lookingglass: Fedra: Queen of Haiti, Hephaestus, Clay, 1984, They All Fall Down: The Richard Nickel Story. Chicago: Court, Goodman, Chicago Shakespeare, About Face, Congo Square, Timeline, Eclipse, Steep, Griffin, Next, and Northlight. Regional: Kennedy Center, Center Theatre Group, Hartford Stage, Long Wharf, Kansas City Rep, Milwaukee Rep, Madison Rep, Milwaukee Shakespeare, Great River Shakespeare, and Illinois Shakespeare. Josh is co-owner of Aria Music Designs, LLC, teaches sound design for theatre and film at Northwestern University, and is an Artistic Associate of Lookingglass. Current and upcoming shows: Spunk, The Invisible Man, and Angels in America Part 1 and 2 (Court), Mr. Rickey Calls a Meeting (Lookingglass), and Follies (Chicago Shakespeare). RAY NARDELLI (Co-Sound Designer/ Production Affiliate) Past Lookingglass credits include: The Brothers Karamazov, Lookingglass Alice (2007 & 2005), Hephaestus, Hillbilly Antigone, La Luna Muda, Lookingglass Hamlet, The Great Fire (Jeff Nomination), and Brundibar. Mr. Nardelli is co-owner of Aria Music
Designs, LLC which provides music and sound for theatre, film, and other media. Regional theatres include Goodman Theatre, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, McCarter Theatre, Long Wharf Theatre, Milwaukee Rep Theatre, The Court Theatre, Hartford Stage, Congo Square, Buffalo Arena Stage, The Alley Theatre, American Theater Company, Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, Northlight Theatre, Drury Lane Theatre, Apple Tree Theatre,Victory Gardens Theatre, Meadow Brooke Theatre, The Gift Theatre, Northwestern Theatre, DePaul Theatre, Notre Dame Summer Shakespeare, Shakespeare on the Green, Oak Park Festival Theatre, Dolphinback Theatre, American Girl Theatre (New York, Chicago), Skylight Opera, and Wright State University Theatre. He has recorded, mixed and produced CDs for the musicals The Sound of One, La Luna Muda and Hillbilly Antigone. Over 400 Film, TV, DVD, and computer game credits worldwide. He has been nominated 8 times for a Jeff Award and won four times. His memberships include USA #829, ASCAP and IATSE #2. Ray lives in Chicago with his wife Lynn and two children Elliot and Olivia. ERIC HUFFMAN (Composer/Artistic Associate) has worked with Lookingglass since 1990, receiving four Jeff Citations for original music and sound design. His Lookingglass work includes sound design and original music for
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The Odyssey, The Jungle, The Secret in the Wings, West, Eurydice, All Souls Day, In the Eye of the Beholder, The Master and Margarita, HereAfter, The Great Fire, and La Luna Muda. Eric has also created sound, music, and technology for Midway’s Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance, Virtual World’s BattleTech and RedPlanet, DisneyQuest’s Invasion, LucasArts’ Fracture and other productions.His current position is with Citadel LLC, a global financial institution. JOEL LAMBIE (Properties Designer) comes from Paso Robles, California. He received his theatrical education at The Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts. He has worked as a prop master and instructor at SRT of Santa Rosa, California where he worked on Mame, The Full Monty and Peter Pan. Before arriving in Chicago, he was with PCPA Theaterfest where he worked on Les Miserables, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, and The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe. Since arriving in November 2009, he has been the prop designer for TUTA’s The Wedding and Baal, (Chopin Theatre), Drury Lane Oakbrook’s assistant props designer for Ragtime and props designed for Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Sweeney Todd and Spamalot. He did What Once We Felt and Sweet Tea with About Face, and he was the prop master for Lookingglass Theatre
Company’s Hephaestus (Goodman). He was also recently the prop designer for the Mamet Rep with ATC, Don’t Let Pigeon Drive the Bus with Emerald City and Redtwist Theatre’s production of Lobby Hero. Some upcoming shows: Sound of Music at Drury Lane and Junie B. Jones with Emerald City. JULIA RHOADS (Choreographer) is choreographer and Artistic Director of Chicagobased Lucky Plush Productions. Her distinct integration of dance, theater, and visual design has been recognized by a Cliffdwellers Award, two Illinois Arts Council Fellowships, a Jacob K. Javits Fellowship, a Chicago Dancemakers Forum Award, a fellowship from the Maggie Allesee National Center for Choreography, a National Dance Project Award, and a National Performance Network Creation Fund Award. She has choreographed for dance and theater companies including River North Chicago, Redmoon Theater, and M5, among others, and in 2010 was named one of Dance Magazine’s “25 to Watch,” and was included in NewCity’s feature “The Players: The 50 people who really perform for Chicago”. KATHLEEN PETROZIELLO (Production Stage Manager) is very happy to return to Lookingglass, where she most recently stage
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managed The Last Act of Lilka Kadison. Other credits include: Joan Dark (Goodman Theatre); Sex with Strangers, Fake, Of Mice and Men, and Perfect Mendacity (Steppenwolf Theatre Company); Trust, Our Future Metropolis, Nelson Algren: For Keeps and a Single Day, and Argonautika (Lookingglass Theatre Company); Death of a Salesman, Avenue Q, and A Number (Weston Playhouse Theatre Company); as well as the Chicago productions of Altar Boyz and Million Dollar Quartet. Much love to Jason. ASHLEY DUMAS (Assistant Stage Manager) is thrilled to be working at Lookingglass Theatre Company. She has spent the last three summers at the Weston Playhouse Theatre Company where she worked on Ain’t Misbehavin’, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Stuart Little, Rent, Musical of Musicals: The Musical, Avenue Q, and Death of a Salesman. This past season she worked at Capital Repertory Theatre in Albany, NY on A Christmas Story, Shipwrecked, Crowns, and Kingdom of the Shore. After receiving a BFA in stage management from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, she worked at Steppenwolf as a Stage Management Apprentice. Special thanks to my family for their constant support! ANDREW WHITE (Artistic Director/ Ensemble Member) has appeared in more than thirty Lookingglass productions, most recently Ethan Frome. He has taught in various Lookingglass Education and Community programs and residencies and recently cofounded a new company, Mosaic Experience, which uses an arts-based approach to dialogue about diversity. He is currently writing a new play about the Eastland disaster of 1915 which will have its world premiere at Lookingglass in the summer of 2012. His family in Evanston includes one wife, Shari, and two children, Julia and Asher. RACHEL E. KRAFT (Executive Director) is beginning her seventh season as the Executive Director of the Lookingglass Theatre Company. Her 20 plus years of experience in arts management include over a decade as director of development at the Goodman Theatre, in addition to key roles with the Arts and Business Council, Northlight Theatre and the Chicago Dance Coalition. Rachel is a charter board member of the documentary film organization the Kindling Group, a trustee of the Jewish Women’s Foundation of Chicago, and serves on the Alumnae Council of the Chicago Foundation for Women. She is a board member and Executive Committee member of both the League of Chicago Theatres and Theatre Communications Group, the local and national service organizations for theater. PHILIP R. SMITH (Producing Artistic Director/Ensemble Member) most recently 12 Lookingglass Theatre
appeared as Ethan in Ethan Frome. Other Lookingglass credits include Will in Trust, Phileas Fogg in Around the World in 80 Days, Ivan in The Brothers Karamazov, Tinker Bosch in The Wooden Breeks and Creon in Hillbilly Antigone. Other recent credits include Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird and Rev. Parris in The Crucible at Steppenwolf and Fogg in Around the World in 80 Days at Baltimore’s Centerstage. Other regional credits include work at the McCarter Theatre, Seattle Rep, the Arden Theatre, BAM (NYC), and The Actors Gang (LA). Further Lookingglass credits include Metamorphoses, The Idiot, The Vanishing Twin, and Up Against It. TV and film credits include Friends, Chicago Hope, Early Edition, Kissing a Fool, Since You’ve Been Gone, High Fidelity, Prison Break, The Express and The Dilemma. HEIDI STILLMAN (Artistic Director of New Work/Ensemble Member) Most recently at Lookingglass, Heidi co-wrote The Last Act of Lilka Kadison, and co-directed Trust with David Schwimmer and co-wrote/ directed Hephaestus with Tony Hernandez at the Goodman. Other Lookingglass writing/ directing credits include The Brothers Karamazov, Hard Times (5 Jeff Awards, also traveled to The Arden in Philadelphia), and The Master and Margarita (with David Catlin). Directing credits at Lookingglass include The Wooden Breeks (by Glen Berger) and Hillbilly Antigone (book and music by Rick Sims). She also recently staged Laura Eason’s Around the World in 80 Days at Kansas City Rep. Other Lookingglass adaptation credits include The Old Curiosity Shop co-written with Ray Fox and Laura Eason (Jeff Award) and The Baron in the Trees with Larry DiStasi. She was last seen on stage in The Arabian Nights. Heidi was recently awarded the 2010 Raven Award for Excellence in Arts and Entertainment for The Brothers Karamazov. She lives in Chicago with her husband Rick and their eight-year olds Sadie and Jude. SPECIAL THANKS Bill Savage, Joe Ahern, The 100 Club of Chicago, Cheryl Bachland, Bastiaan Bouma, Donald Brearley, Café Mustache, Chicago Fire Commissioner Robert Hoff, Chicago Fire Chief Kevin Macgregor, Chicago Fire Department, Chicago Fire Museum, Chicago History Museum, City of Evanston Fire Department, Brian Coffman, Chaon Cross, Luciana Crovato, Alicia Diaz, Zygmunt Dyrkacz, Roe Faraone, Barbara Gordon, Melissa R. Hayes, Russell Lewis, Lesley Martin, Lynn D. McRainey, Andy O’Donnell, Thomas E. Ryan, Jr., Vicky Sanchez, Laia Smith, Katherine Stalker, Meghan Strell, Elizabeth Tanner, Erin Tikovitsch, Guy Van Swearingen, and Jacek Zuzanski Thanks to the original cast of The Great Fire: Anjali Bhimani, Thomas J. Cox, Christine Dunford, David Kersnar, Kim Leigh Smith, Troy West, Gary Wingert and Stage Manager Sara Gmitter.
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LOOKINGGLASS COMPANY MEMBERS Ensemble
Eva Barr Mara Blumenfeld J. Nicole Brooks David Catlin Thomas J. Cox Lawrence E. DiStasi
Christine Mary Dunford Laura Eason Raymond Fox Joy Gregory Doug Hara David Kersnar
John Musial Dan Ostling David Schwimmer Joey Slotnick Philip R. Smith Heidi Stillman
Tracy Walsh Andrew White Temple Williams Mary Zimmerman
Sylvia Hernandez-DiStasi Tony Hernandez Lauren Hirte Joshua Horvath
Eric Huffman Louise Lamson Andre Pluess Rick Sims
Alison Siple Lisa Tejero Troy West
Sage Reed Nick Rupard Scott Silberstein
Ben Spicer Jonathan Templeton
Artistic Associates
Chris Binder Kevin Douglas Anthony Fleming III Sara Gmitter Production Affiliates
Patia Bartlett Jason Burkett Brian Sydney Bembridge Ray Nardelli Eva Breneman Mele Ortiz
ENSEMBLE UPDATE EVA BARR is farming hard on DreamAcres Farm in southeastern Minnesota. She is also producing and creating all sorts of theatrical events right there on that farm. Learn about Flourish summer arts and agriculture workshops/camps at www. flourishsummercamp.org. MARA BLUMENFELD is busy taking Mary Z’s Candide to Boston, designing My Fair Lady at Asolo Rep. for Frank Galati, and looks forward to being back home for Eastland at Lookingglass in the spring. J. NICOLE BROOKS is working hard at her TCG Fox Fellowship and acting career. This season she will direct Mr. Rickey Calls a Meeting for Lookingglass. For other updates and musings visit doctaslick. blogspot.com or twitter.com/doctaslick. DAVID CATLIN appeared last fall in Tartuffe at Northwestern University directed by Sean Graney. In the winter he directed The Monster Under the Bed for Playworks and this spring he directed James and the Giant Peach with the Lookingglass Young Ensemble. He will appear this fall in House Theatre’s production of The Nutcracker and will direct The Little Prince next spring at Northwestern. David teaches acting at Northwestern. LAWRENCE E. DiSTASI is currently practicing handstands or working at The Actors Gymnasium Circus and Performing Arts School, where he is CoArtistic Director. He recently appeared in the concert version of Lookingglass’ Eastland for the In the Works series at Millennium Park. CHRISTINE MARY DUNFORD played Gail and Aunt Nicole in Trust at Lookingglass in 2010. She is developing The Memory Ensemble, a LookingglassNorthwestern (CNADC) program that uses improvisation to improve quality of life for people experiencing memory loss associated with Alzheimer’s Disease, and her adaptation of a book about living with memory loss is in development in gglassworks. She will be teaching as an adjunct instructor in Performance Studies at Northwestern in 2012. LAURA EASON’s newest play, The Undeniable Sound of Right Now, was produced in NYC by Rising Phoenix Rep in August 2011. She is working on play commissions from the Denver Center, The Arden, Lookingglass and a new musical with Alan Schmuckler for Writers’ Theatre. www.lauraeason.com. RAYMOND FOX last appeared Lookingglass in Peter Pan. 14 Lookingglass Theatre
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JOY GREGORY’s play previously produced with Lookingglass, The Shaggs: Philosophy of the World, ran this June at Playwrights Horizons. She is a writerproducer on the new ABC Family series Switched At Birth, which also premiered in June. DOUG HARA recently appeared in the concert version of Lookingglass’ Eastland for the In the Works series at Millennium Park. He will be seen this winter in Honk at Two River Theatre in Red Bank, NJ and in Cyrano at the Arden Theatre in Philadelphia this spring. DAVID KERSNAR is currently directing Goodnight Moon for Chicago Children’s Theatre and will be directing Pulcinella for Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Lookingglass this winter. DAN OSTLING had just gotten used to living in San Francisco when he decided to spend the fall in Chicago teaching at Northwestern. He has a full fall putting up Ms. Zimmerman’s Candide again in Boston, Ms. Eason’s Tom Sawyer in Louisville, Kansas City and St. Louis, and Ms. Gaines’ Elizabeth Rex at Chicago Shakespeare Theater. DAVID SCHWIMMER produced and directed the film Trust which opened April 1st. He and his wife welcomed their first child in May. JOEY SLOTNICK will be starring in the world premiere of Ethan Coen’s new play Happy Hour this November at the Atlantic Theatre Company in New York City. TRACY WALSH recently choreographed a dance for The Last Act of Lilka Kadison at Lookingglass. She works in a school where she also runs an after school drama program. TEMPLE WILLIAMS is Executive Vice President and General Manager of 51 Minds, a television production company. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife Cyndi Finkle and their daughter Sullivan Clare Williams. MARY ZIMMERMAN is in Boston this fall with Candide, which won six Helen Hayes awards in Washington, D.C. last season. Recently she took 23 Northwestern students to the Czech Republic for the Prague Quadrennial, an international theatre design exhibition and competition. For THOMAS J. COX, JOHN MUSIAL, PHILIP R. SMITH, HEIDI STILLMAN and ANDREW WHITE see the PROFILES section.
LOOKINGGLASS ANNUAL FUND You have been an important part of our audience. We now invite you to be an important part of the donor family that helps bring theatre to life in Chicago. Lookingglass Theatre Company depends on the generous, ongoing investment of its donors and patrons to create innovative and artistically excellent theatrical productions, and to share its ensemble-based techniques with underserved youth in the Chicago community. These tax-deductible contributions bridge the gap between ticket sales and the actual costs of Lookingglass programming. We invite you to be part of the collaboration that makes great theatre possible by donating to The Lookingglass Annual Fund. Whatever the amount, your gift will help sustain the breadth and quality of Lookingglass’ work, both onstage and in the community. To make a donation by phone or for more information on making a gift to the Annual Fund, please contact the Development Department at 773.477.9257 ext. 122.
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CORPORATE & FOUNDATION SUPPORTERS Leading Benefactors
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Cornerstone Benefactors
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Producing Benefactors
GOVERNMENT SUPPORTERS This project is partially supported by a CityArts grant from the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS CHAIRMAN
Richard Ditton PRESIDENT
Joseph A. Brady III VICE PRESIDENTS
Paul Gray John McGowan Dr. Annabelle S. Volgman TREASURER
Tim Malishenko SECRETARY
Edward Filer ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Andrew White EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Rachel E. Kraft
IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIRMAN
Lisa Naparstek Green IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT
Alex Miller
Ernie A. Arias Leigh Buchanan Bienen Richard Bromley Jake Canepari David Catlin Frank M. Clark III Billy Dec Al DeVaney Roe Faraone Charlie Frankel Julie Gardziola Lee Golub Jon Harris Dawn Hillman Michael Jacobson Dr. Elena Kamel Rocque E. Lipford Jr. Laura Matalon Melinda McMullen Jill Reznick Meier Thomas O’Neill Robert Palffy Jane Quinn Abbie Roth Matthew Smith Jeffrey Steigelman James Stern Nancy Timmers Diane Whatton Charlotte Whitaker
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Todd Leland* J. Scot Pepper* Kevin Rochford* EMERITUS COUNCIL
Geoffrey Baer Elizabeth Barrett Barton L. Eilts Celia G. Leventhal Cynthia Nedeau Donna Schatt Lane Winter Vanderslice Arnold Widen, M.D. *PRESIDENT EMERITUS
Christine Mary Dunford James Johnson John Morris
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PRESIDENT
TREASURER
David Schwimmer Billy Dec III Joey Slotnick
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Tam Hebert
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MARKETING DIRECTOR OF MARKETING
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Erik Schroeder
PRODUCING ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
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ARTISTIC DIRECTOR OF NEW WORK
MARKETING ASSISTANT
Heidi Stillman ASSISTANT TO EXECUTIVE AND ARTISTIC DIRECTORS
Raymond Fox LITERARY MANAGER
Marti Lyons BUSINESS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Stephanie Shum DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT
Jennifer McCarthy Bienemann MANAGER OF INDIVIDUAL GIVING
Kathleen Emmert
E D U C A T I O N A N D ASSISTANT TECHNICAL DIRECTOR COMMUNITY PROGRAMS Joshua Lansing DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY PROGRAMS
WARDROBE SUPERVISOR
David Galbreath
Lizzie Perkins
MASTER ELECTRICIAN
MASTER TEACHER
Jabin Chartrand
Thomas J. Cox
SOUND ENGINEER
EDUCATION ASSISTANT
Christopher M. LaPorte
Jessica Lind ADMINISTRATIVE AND ARTISTIC INTERNS
Hannah BergerButler, Sophie Kaufman, Emma Palermo and Rosa Pasquarella
O P E R AT I O N S DIRECTOR OF AUDIENCE SERVICES
Jonathan L. Green ASSISTANT MANAGER OF AUDIENCE SERVICES
Lizz Edele
Michele V. Anderson
MANAGER OF CORPORATE, FOUNDATION AND PRODUCTION GOVERNMENT GIVING PRODUCTION MANAGER Megan Opel
BUSINESS OFFICE COORDINATOR
FUNDRAISING EVENTS COORDINATOR
BAR SUPERVISOR
Rachel E. Kraft GENERAL MANAGER
Joel Hobson
TECHNICAL DIRECTOR
Kathryn Dysard
Sarah Gehrki
IT AND OFFICE COORDINATOR
DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATE PRODUCTION COORDINATOR Renee Flint
Thomas Sparks
Sean K. Walters Harriet Sogin
HOUSE MANAGER
Chad S. Wachob Tamara Becker GROUP SALES ASSOCIATE
Jessica Simon AUDIENCE SERVICES REPRESENTATIVES
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Lookingglass applauds the benefactors of THEATRE THAT MOVES: THE CAMPAIGN FOR LOOKINGGLASS HOPE ABELSON● RICHARD DITTON Contributor of the women’s restroom THE GREEN FAMILY Howard Green & Lisa Naparstek Green David Green● & Mary Winton Green JP MORGAN CHASE Contributor of the Studio Theatre BURTON & ANNE KAPLAN DOLORES KOHL KAPLAN & MORRIS KAPLAN THE LELAND FAMILY Contributors of the chimney passageway LOOKINGGLASS ENSEMBLE FRIENDS & FAMILY Contributors of the Compass Room
LOOKINGGLASS JUNIOR BOARD Contributors of the box office MELINDA MCMULLEN Contributor of the women’s dressing room THE NORTHERN TRUST COMPANY Contributor of the balcony LORI & J. SCOT PEPPER DAVID L. SCHWIMMER Sound system contributed in honor of Syd & Mac Colman; Lighting System contributed in honor of Bea and Bert Schwimmer● NANCY AND MICHAEL TIMMERS Contributors of the men’s dressing room
●We gratefully acknowledge our deceased donors.
DONORS Lookingglass Theatre Company gratefully acknowledges the generosity of the many individuals, corporations, foundations and government grantors who support Lookingglass and its innovative artistic and education programs. We are pleased to recognize contributions received July 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011. We work diligently to keep our donor lists accurate and up-to-date. Please bring any unintentional errors, additions or needed corrections to the attention of Kathleen Emmert in the Development Office at (773) 477-9257 ext. 153. Corporate, Foundation and Government Supporters Magnificent Benefactors ($500,000 and up) City of Chicago Rahm Emanuel, Mayor State of Illinois: Department of Commerce and Community Affairs Eminent Benefactors ($100,000-$499,999) Hyatt Hotel Corporation Park Hyatt – Chicago United Airlines Leading Benefactors ($50,000-$99,999) Alphawood Foundation John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Righteous Persons Foundation Sara Lee Foundation Target
Landmark Benefactors ($25,000-$49,999) Clark Hill PLC ComEd The Hearst Foundations JPMorgan Chase Foundation Northern Trust The Polk Bros. Foundation The Shubert Foundation
Distinguished Benefactors ($10,000-$14,999) Baxter International Inc. CNA Foundation Harris Bank Illinois Arts Council, a state agency Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP Podmajersky, Inc.
Cornerstone Benefactors ($15,000-$24,999) Abbott Laboratories The Crown Family Edgerton Foundation Fifth Third Bank Goldman, Sachs and Co. Prince Charitable Trusts The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust STS Foundation
Producing Benefactors ($5,000-$9,999) AonHewitt Bessemer Trust The Boeing Company Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation The Ruth Davee Foundation Dr. Scholl Foundation HSBC John R. Halligan Charitable Fund
James S. Kemper Foundation The Siragusa Foundation Directing Benefactors ($2,500-$4,999) Ariel Investments Danone Waters of America Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events TCG: Fox Foundation Resident Actor Fellowship Wrightwood Neighbors Association Participating Benefactors ($1,000-$2,499) The Donald W. Collier Charitable Trust II Irving Harris Foundation The Rhoades Foundation
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DONORS (CONTINUED) Individual Supporters $100,000 and above Richard A. Ditton $50,000 to $99,999 Lisa Naparstek Green and Howard Green David L. Schwimmer $25,000 to $49,999 Douglas R. Brown Jake and Paige Canepari Melinda McMullen and Duncan Kime Abbie Roth and Sandra Roth Nancy and Michael Timmers $10,000 to $24,999 Mary Jo and Doug Basler Leigh and Henry Bienen Joe and Shannon Brady Shawn M. Donnelley and Christopher M. Kelly Penny and Jay Feuerstein Charlie and Stephanie Frankel Paul and Dedrea Gray Dawn Hillman
Dr. Elena and Perry Kamel Timothy and Jane Malishenko Jill and Jonathan Meier Jane Quinn and Jeffrey McCarthy Alex and Erin Miller Matthew and Beth Smith Dr. Annabelle Volgman and Keith Volgman Judd and Frieda Weinberg Char Whitaker $5,000 to $9,999 Cleopatra and James Alexander William and Sharon Baker Joyce Chelberg Al DeVaney Richard Ditton in honor of Lisa Green Roe Faraone Edward and Dee Dee Filer Ray Frick Lee and Sandy Golub Mary Winton Green and Sarah and Dan Cohan in
honor of Lisa Green David● and Mary Winton Green Bruce and Vicki Heyman Alex and Michael Jacobson Linda Karn Todd and Barbara LeLand Celia Leventhal and Edward Bergmark Rocque and Anne Lipford John McGowan Melinda McMullen and Duncan Kime in honor of Richard Ditton Irene Phelps Anne Pramaggiore Kevin Rochford Joan and Paul Rubschlager Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Foundation Jeffrey and Michelle Steigelman James Stern $2,500 to $4,999 Michael and Kim Beatrice Henry and Leigh Bienen in
honor of Lisa Green Deborah A. Bricker Greg Cameron and Greg Thompson Kay Collier Patricia Cox Billy and Katherine Dec Lisa and Geoffrey Dybas Richard and Mary Gray Blair Finberg Hoffman Adam Ith Rachel E. Kraft Larry and Karen McCracken Jordan and Jean Nerenberg Family Foundation James Oates and Adam Grymkowski Stephen and Deborah Quazzo Kathleen and George Rummel Donna Schatt Rosemary Schnell Darren and Anne Snyder Lorrayne and Steve Weiss Diane and Chris Whatton
●We gratefully acknowledge our deceased donors.
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DONORS (CONTINUED) $1,500 to $2,499 Patricia and Howard Adelman Christopher D. Allen Anonymous Donald and Cathy Dabisch Jon and Allie Harris Dolores Kohl Kaplan Paul M. Lisnek† and Brian F. Lozell Deirdre McBreen Preston and Irena Simons Daniel and Nyro Stranahan Stephanie and John Tipton $1,000 to $1,499 Liz Barrett Warren L. Batts Maria Bechily and Scott Hodes Larry and Susanne Broutman Joseph Burns Jennifer Costanzo and Jeffrey Roberts Tom & Mary Dee Margaret Simpson and Mary Ellen Diaz Dr. J. Anthony Dillon Paul Dykstra & Spark Cremin Sidney and Sondra Epstein Julie and Robert Foley Heather and Paul Haaga Bob and Connie Hickey Jenny Rothkopf and Eric Huffman Thomas Kehoe Howard Learner Amos and Anat Madanes in honor of Lisa Green Jacquelyn Mattfeld Lisa Mazzullo Alice and Gregory Melchor Pamela G. Meyer Rickie and Alexander Miller Terry and Lanny Passaro Jane Quinn and Jeffrey McCarthy in honor of David Catlin Jane Quinn and Jeffrey McCarthy in honor of Lisa Green Raiselle and Kenneth Resnick Kenneth and Tracey Stephens Penelope and Robert Steiner in honor of Rachel Kraft Jon and Jane Stillman Nancy and Michael Timmers in honor of Lisa Green Scott Turow Leslie and Robert Zentner $500 to $999
Anonymous Brian and Lorraine Arbetter Donna Baiocchi Scott Barnett Jean Pierre and Michele Boustany Professor William Calder Greg Cameron and Greg Thompson in honor of Diane Whatton Frank and Michelle Clark Mary Dombrowski Richard and Inese Driehaus Jennie Lyons Fogarty Gerald Freedman Dana Gapinski Paul and Dedrea Gray in honor of Lisa Green Bill Hood Tim and Monica Jaster Rob and Kathleen Katz Thomas Kichler Rachel E. Kraft and Doug Brown in honor of Lisa Green Marc and Cindy Levin Nona and John Long Ravi Lumpkin Drs. Annette and John Martini John McGowan in honor of Lisa Green Melinda McMullen and Duncan Kime in honor of Lisa Green Morris and Helen Messing Foundation Melissa Neel Charlotte and Michael Newberger Lee and Sharon Oberlander Out of The Box Foundation Claire Prussian Bill Savage Susan Schaalman Youdovin and Charlie Shulkin Scott Silberstein Diljeet Singh Joey Slotnick Nikki Will Stein and Fred Stein Andy White and Shari Joffe Donald and Sylvia White $250 to $499 Anonymous Mr. and Mrs. John R. Blair Mark Braun Sarah and Dan Cohan in honor of Lisa Green Cynthia Brown and Peter Colovos Janet Burch and Joel Guillory Dan and Sara Green
Cohan Ann Cummins Jo Anne Davis Laura Eason Glenn Eckstein Steven B. Edelstein, MD Timothy and Janet Fox Joan and Guy Gunzberg Jerry and Patty Hanner Allan and Carolyn Horwich Jim and Mary Houston Jack and Debbie Kelleher Catherine and Douglas Knuth Rosemary Krimbel and John Garton Simon and Lydia Lambert Cindy and Jim Lamson Fran and Chuck Licht Kim Lynch Genevieve and Carlo Maggio Donald McNeeley Gary Metzner and Scott Johnson Peggy Nelson Bruce Oltman Fraser and Ellen Perkins Nickie Petratos Ronald Rolighed Jordan Rummel Joanne and Paul Ruxin Brian Saber Roche Schulfer and Mary Beth Fisher Jeff and Maggie Schwartz Renee and Michael Sichlau Phil Smith and Louise Lamson Michal-Ann Somerman Joshua Sommerfeld Karen L. Swaback Elaine Taylor Laura & Terrence Truax Dennis and Linda Wilt Barbara Zibell $100 to $249 Christiana and Oluwatope Adesanya Anonymous (5) The Arkebauer Family James Bachner Patricia Bangert Emily Barr Dinah Barthelmess Philip Bellman Mary Hynes-Berry and Gordon Berry Arta and Adrian Beverly Robin and Jennifer Bienemann in honor of Lisa Green Mary Anne and Joe Bigane Michael Bloomberg Ms. Nancy J. Bothne The Robert Britz Family Matthew and Carolyn Bucksbaum Family
Mike and Cathy Cahill Karen A. Callaway Janet Carl Smith and Mel Smith Ruth Clark Marilyn Cohen Jim Corrigan John and Monique Crossan Nancy and Joseph Crowther Frank Curl Bruce and Laurie Davidson Brooks Davis Robert and Quinn Delaney Milton Diller Roberta S. Dillon Gilbert Dominguez Tom Drake John Dunford French and Jan Eason Terri Jo Englund Tim and Jane Evans Janice Feinberg Michael Fielder Julia Finlayson Jan and Bill Flapan Nona C. Flores Paul Fong Lucinda Fox Father Mark A. Fracaro Jana French Richard and Lois Fuhrer Leota P. Gajda Micah Garb and Kathleen Fabiny Connie Gillock Ethel and Bill Gofen Slusar-Goldman Family Sharran Greenberg Sam and Roslyn Grodzin Robert S. Guenther Solomon Gutstein Sarah R. Wolff and Joel L. Handelman Michael Hansen Diane and Sol Hara Antonia and Mark Hargis Paula and David Harris Sharon and Donald Harris Steven and Lenore Harris Debra and Mark Hass Neil Ross MD and Lynn Hauser MD Angeline Heisler Leo Henikoff Joyce Herdliska Marjorie & John Heff Donald and Karen Hester Larry Higa James Hilly Caroline Hoke Kathy Hurley Tom and Margie Hurwich Diane Ireland David Johnson Karen and Jerry Johnson George Jones Ann Kaizerman Jerome Kane
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DONORS (CONTINUED) Larry and Clare Keen Peggy Kelly and Dan Dutile Diana and Neil King Carol Kipperman Lori Kleinerman Jackie and Lionel Knight M. Koenigsknecht and N. Armatas Caroline Kraft Linda and Theodore Kraft Jeanne Laduke Marte and Mary Lazar Joan and Murray Levin Susan and Ira Levin Susan Levitt Richard and Joanne Levy Karen Li Katherine Logue Harry Chernin Foundation David Mahvi Cathleen R. Marine Jennifer Marling Inge K. Marra Alexandria and Patrick Marren Winifred Martin James Mather Stacey and Patrick McCusker Sandra McNaughton Willy Medina Roger K. Metz
David Morris Diane Moses Eileen M. Murray Patricia Naguib Marvin and Beth Najberg Marvin and Joyce Naparstek in honor of Lisa Green Geraldine Nolen Ray and Esther Paice Georgia and Allen Parchem Ron O.J. Parson Sheldon Patinkin Elyse Pearlman Marilyn Perno Gail Prete Jane Grady and Alan Pulaski Hilda Raisner and Bob Kiolbassa The Robson Family Eleanor and Robert Roemer Ruth and Larry Rosen Judy and Warner Rosenthal Abbie Roth and Sandra Roth in honor of Lisa Green Dorothy Ruggles Stern John and Patricia Scala Ezra and Orit Schwartz
Jenny and Philip Schwartz Robert Schwartz Julia Scott Liz and Jeff Sharp Scott B. Silberstein in honor of Rachel Kraft Scott B. Silberstein in honor of Andy White Raymond and Janice Skowron Amy Smith David and Jean Sogin Rand Sparling and Adrienne Meisel Diane and William Spizzirri Bonnie Spring, Ph.D. Terry and Ruth Stevig Laurie Stokes and Joel Lessing Jane Stone Gerard A. Swick Orly and Ari Telisman Stacey L. Thomas Andrea and Gerald Vigue Dr. Claire C. Wang Bruce and Sandra Wechsler David and Susan Weidenfeld Diane and Chris Whatton in honor of Lisa Green Janet and Les Wilson
Wayne Wong Patricia Wyant Eddie and Lisa Zeitler David and Elizabeth Zott $50 to $99 Jessica Barrutia Danuta Berger Charlene Branda Michael Burke James Peters and Patricia Casler Nancy and Samuel Chmell Lawrence Choate Michael Scott and Joy Clendenning Nancy Cohen Sharon Conway Diane Cooper Phyllis Deerinck Tai Duncan Bettie Dwinell Betty Eaton Janet W. Fox Joan and Ron Fox Mary Jo Franklin Mary Ann Galanti Harriet Gershman David C. Hawley Roberta and Robert Heiman Olympia Hernandez
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Bob Larson John and Jill Levi Bruce Lockwitz H. B. Lottero Nancy and Jeff Lowenthal Hope MacGregor Lesley Martin Chuck and Sylvia Meyers Wendy Heimann and Joseph Nunes Phyllis Parish Barbara Payne Sally Pritscher
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SERVICES, AMENITIES & COURTESY ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE 875 N. Michigan Ave., Suite 2200 Chicago, IL 60611 (773) 477-9257 THEATRE AND BOX OFFICE 821 N. Michigan Ave. (Theatre entrance on Pearson Ave.) Chicago, IL 60611 (312) 337-0665 BOX OFFICE HOURS Tuesday through Friday 10am until curtain Saturday and Sunday noon until curtain Closed Monday Order by phone: (312) 337-0665 Order online: www.lookingglasstheatre.org
PHYSICAL ACCESSIBILITY Lookingglass Theatre is accessible to wheelchairs, those who cannot walk stairs, and patrons who are hearing impaired. Please notify the box office in advance of your visit so that we can best accommodate your needs. Box office: (312) 337-0665. LOST AND FOUND Lost and found information may be exchanged at the box office; please call (312) 337-0665. CAMERAS AND RECORDING DEVICES The use of cameras—with or without a flash— recorders, or other electronic devices is strictly prohibited.
SEASON SUBSCRIPTIONS Subscribers receive priority seating, advance ticket sales, unlimited free ticket exchanges, great offers at partner restaurants, invitations to exclusive events and discounts on tickets, education classes and camps, and discounted parking. Call (312) 337-0665 or visit www. lookingglasstheatre.org/subscribe to subscribe online.
PAGERS, PHONES AND WATCH ALARMS Patrons are asked to silence pagers, cellular phones and watch alarms before entering the theatre.
GROUP SALES Groups of 10 or more save up to 20% based on group size and performance date. For more information, call (312) 337-0665 or e-mail groupsales@lookingglasstheatre.org.
Smoking is prohibited.
GIFT CERTIFICATES Lookingglass gift certificates are perfect for all occasions. Available in any denomination, gift certificates can be exchanged for tickets to any Lookingglass production. Gift subscriptions offer the recipient guaranteed seats and the numerous perks and discounts available only to subscribers. To order, call the box office at (312) 337-0665 or stop by the next time you attend a show.
LATECOMERS Latecomers are seated at the discretion of management and may have to wait until a suitable break in the action of the play to be seated.
Lookingglass Theatre is not responsible for personal property. Lookingglass Coat Check is available for $1 per item; all proceeds benefit Season of Concern. We cannot accept fur coats. Thanks to The Saints: Volunteers for the Performing Arts for providing ushers. For information, visit www.saintschicago.org or call (773) 529-5510. Thanks to Carolyn Dunn, Lookingglass’ Saints volunteer usher coordinator.
ENTER TO WIN tickets to a Lookingglass production by filling out our audience survey. Surveys are located in our lobby, or can be completed online at www.lookingglasstheatre.org/survey.
Lookingglass would like to thank our official coffee sponsor, Lavazza, whose products are available in the lobby.
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