BJ Jones
Timothy J. Evans
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
BY
Paula Vogel
DIRECTED BY Henry
Godinez MUSIC DIRECTION BY Chuck Larkin Scenic Design Costume Design Lighting Design Sound Design Production Stage Manager Production Dramaturg
Tom Burch, USA Theresa Ham John Culbert, USA Victoria DeIorio, USA Rita Vreeland, AEA Kristin Leahey
OPENING NIGHT: NOVEMBER 21, 2010 At the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts in Skokie
2010-2011 Media Sponsor
2010-2011 Community Partners
World premiere production presented by Long Wharf Theatre Gordon Edelstein, Artistic Director | Joan Channick, Managing Director Originally Commissioned by Arena Stage, Washington DC Molly Smith, Artistic Director A Civil War Christmas: An American Musical Celebration is presented by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc. New York. Northlight Theatre 1
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Will Clinger*....................................... Abraham Lincoln, Weichmann, Walt Whitman Kevin Douglas*................................................................... Parker, Walker, Jim Wormley Felicia P. Fields*............................................................ Elizabeth Keckley, Mrs. Thomas Khori Faison.......................................................................................................................Jessa David Girolmo*...........................................Longfellow, Grant, Lamon, Burwell, Payne Alex Goodrich.............................................................. Chester, John Surratt, Hay, Silver Derek Hasenstab*.....................................................John Wilkes Booth, Robert E. Lee, Sherman, Mary Surratt James Earl Jones II* .............................................................. Bronson, James Wormley Bethany Jorgensen ........................... Raz, Nicolay, Anna Surratt, Widow Saunders Mildred Marie Langford ....................................... Hannah, Rose, Aggy, Ms. Johnson Samuel Roberson* .......................................................Willy Mack, Frederick Wormley, Moses Levy, Ghost of George Keckley, Pendel Paula Scrofano* .......................................... Mary Todd Lincoln, Sec. of War Stanton, Clara Barton Student Ensemble Allie Brodsky, Gil Ghitis, Matt Kuyawa, Kara Weisenstein Children’s Ensembles (ensembles alternate performances) Ensemble A: Matt Chappelle, Kelsey MacDonald, Patrick Weber, Maggie Wolf Ensemble B: Gaby Godinez, Elijah Griffin, Natalie Miller, Kevin Woodrow Understudies Rhonda Marie Bynum, Paige Collins, Mildred Marie Langford, Scott Allen Luke, Kara Weisenstein Understudies will not substitute for listed players unless a specific announcement is made at the time of the performance *Member of the Actors Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers.
Setting: Washington DC, Christmas Eve, 1864 A Civil War Christmas will be performed with one 15-minute intermission.
A D D I T I O N A L P R O D U C T I O N S TA F F Assistant Director.......................................................................................Katie Spelman Assistant Stage Manager............................................... Kimberly Ann McCann, AEA Casting Director....................................................................................................Lynn Baber Dramaturgy Assistants....................Jacob Shuler, Zachary Thiessen, Elise Walter
Special Thanks Opening Night Sponsors:
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Major Donor Reception Sponsor:
CAST
Will Clinger
Kevin Douglas
Khori Faison
Felicia P. Fields
David Girolmo
Alex Goodrich
Derek Hasenstab
James Earl Jones II
Bethany Jorgensen
Mildred Marie Langford
Samuel Roberson
Paula Scrofano
STUDENT AND CHILDREN’S ENSEMBLE This community-based ensemble includes Northwestern University students and children who have studied with Northlight Theatre Academy.
Allie Brodsky
Matt Chappelle
Gil Ghitis
Gaby Godinez
Elijah Griffin
Matt Kuyawa
Kelsey MacDonald
Natalie Miller
Patrick Weber
Kara Weisenstein
Maggie Wolf
Kevin Woodrow
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FROM THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Paula Vogel is a Pulitzer Prize winner and one of America’s leading mentors of emerging playwrights. We were quite proud to have produced her play How I Learned to Drive in my first season here at Northlight, and now to have the opportunity to bring you A Civil War Christmas is a real thrill for us. In all of her work, Paula Vogel has never shied from difficult topics, huge themes, or deeply felt emotional responses. Her work is brave and unstinting, compassionate and heartfelt. She works with new forms and challenging imagery. With A Civil War Christmas she brings us iconic personages, humanized and intimately portrayed. It is epic in its structure—a more ambitious canvas is hard to imagine. It reaches its narrative arms around the likes of Abraham Lincoln and John Wilkes Booth, as well as a runaway 11-year-old slave and her mother. Underscored and buoyed by traditional hymns and music, we experience the sweep of an America at war with itself, struggling to find an end to its national nightmare. A Civil War Christmas resonates with all of us and imbues us with a sense of hope. I can’t think of a timelier holiday offering, in the face of such challenging times, to instill a sense of community strength and spiritual uplift. -BJ Jones
PROGR AM NOTES An interview with A Civil War Christmas playwright Paula Vogel and Resident Dramaturg Kristin Leahey Kristin Leahey: How did you decide to write A Civil War Christmas? Paula Vogel: It was in my head for a very long time, since 1997. I listened to Christmas Carols and spirituals, picked up a book when I could, and I wrote in my head when I drove, especially long distances. I finally sat down to write it in 2006. I like to write things simultaneously, as I did with this work and Long Christmas Ride Home. I was interested in writing about a family’s private trauma while writing a play about the midst of a public trauma. There’s a lot about hope in this piece – how a family breathes together. I thought about how I would write something communal, that all the members of my family could come see. And, I wanted to write for a company with a span of ages and people. I wanted to be as inclusive as possible, in terms of cast and for the audience. KL: What is Civil War Christmas’ and your relationship to Washington, DC? PV: I was born in Washington, DC. The first part of my childhood was in Northeast DC. I’m a beltway baby! I think we moved primarily for the public schools. I grew-up with field trips to the battlefields and forts, to Ford’s Theatre, and on our dates in high school we would go to a Naval-Medical Museum. And the thing to do there, as a teenager, was to see if you could get through the display without being grossed out. They had amputated legs from the Civil War in a curio cabinet. I thought it was fascinating, while my boyfriend was horrified. Washington is really one big public 19th century drawing room. The Smithsonian did 19th century costumed dances. I remember my brother taking me to one; there was this remarkable moment where I was in this 19th century hall, dancing with my brother, swirling around with couples dancing in 19th century gowns – that is childhood in DC! KL: How authentic are the characters in the play? PV: I could not read everything on President Lincoln’s life in my lifetime. And Dorris Kerns Goodwin (noted historian and author) was thrilled with how I captured Mary Lincoln and how I brought out President Lincoln’s humor. Another historian I consulted read the second draft of the script and loved my inclusion of Elizabeth Thomas, although little has been written about her. She was this remarkable woman who yelled at Lincoln, “Tell that fool to duck his head down!” because he was about to be shot at a battle. It’s who I imagine her to be. I figure people are people. I’m not trying to offend historians or descendants but to put 4 Northlight Theatre
P R O G R A M N O T E S ( c o n t .) our American family onstage. I think it is more a question of does it feel true to us in 2010, would we have dinner with these people? KL: Although it is a play that is set in 1864, it’s a new work. What are some current themes that appear in the musical? PV: One of the themes that I’m very anxious about is the growing xenophobia about immigrants, about people crossing our borders. It interests me because we had guards at the river crossing of the Potomac keeping African Americans from crossing into DC. I think one of the themes is how much (or little) the government took care of us with Hurricane Katrina. I’m concerned that we are using the word family values rather than community values. I don’t have children, but I consider myself as everybody’s aunt. I would never look at a child and think, “That is not my child.” I assume we are an instant community. The play is about what is our responsibility to each other; there are lines in the play about whether the president is going to feed us, house us, which I wrote right after Hurricane Katrina. I feel we have broken a basic American contract and that we need to be each other’s families. KL: What is the role of community in terms of the casting of the play? PV: Northlight is a brave place to bring different communities together! It’s admirable that a company – a troupe of actors – is going to spill forth eighty different lives that are going to intersect throughout the night. We have twelve people up there that are an army of one. I think that theatre should be intergenerational. If you have a master artist, like Felicia P. Fields, it’s wonderful to have college-aged actors collaborating with her as well, in addition to children watching from backstage and onstage. We are creating a community in the Theatre itself. It’s central to Northlight and the Theatre’s mission. It’s what Chicago does very well. I like to be in a place where so many younger writers I’ve worked with are thriving, and I’m thrilled to be in a part of the country that was central to the Civil War. KL: Why did you set the play during Christmas? PV: During Christmas in 1864, it was a peaceful time. There was a lot of starvation and siege but not battles because the roads needed to thaw in order for the carnage to continue. It was a time of year in our country that we still needed to celebrate. It was a hope of peace in the Civil War ballads and the hope of Christmas that brought people together. KL: What is the importance of new play development? PV: It’s why I get up in the morning. It is a costly mistake for us to not support new play development, new work, and theatre in this country. There is a way that young artists tell us what America feels like, Chicago feels like, this very neighborhood feels like. They tell us in a way that we need to listen to. It is a political and social necessity. KL: Can you talk about academic institutions partnering with professional theatres? PV: I love that I get to talk with young artists at Northwestern University in classes, many taught by former students of mine. Chicago changes people in that it is the theatre capital in the United States. My working on this piece will change my artistic DNA, because I’ve been taken into a vibrant and generous community. Northlight Theatre 5
PROFILES Will Clinger is understandably pleased to be working with Northlight Theatre and his old friend Henry Godinez. He recently played Versati in The Underpants at Artists’ Ensemble in Rockford, and prior to that appeared in Romeo and Juliet and Comedy of Errors at the Michigan Shakespeare Festival. Chicago area credits include Noises Off (Theatre at the Center), his one-man show Dr. Harlon’s Keys to Better Living (Royal George), Measure for Measure and Hamlet! The Musical (Chicago Shakespeare), Stones in His Pockets and Fuddy Meers (Apple Tree), The Siddhartha Project and The Lurker Radio Hour (Collaboraction - Best Play, Sketchbook ’08), Two for the Show (Theater Wit - After Dark Award, Best New Play), The Apple Cart and The Doctor’s Dilemma (ShawChicago), Eric LaRue (A Red Orchid) and A Dublin Bloom (Irish Repertory Theater). Love to Grace. Kevin Douglas is very excited to be making his Northlight debut with A Civil War Christmas. He was most recently seen in his fifth run of Lookingglass Alice! Kevin is an Artistic Associate of Lookingglass Theatre Company and a company member of MPAACT (MA’AT Production Association of African Centered Theatre). Regional credits include appearances at Actors Theatre of Louisville, Baltimore Centerstage, Kansas City Rep and Alliance Theatre in Atlanta. Kevin is also a teaching artist, writer and a sketch comedian. He is one half of the sketch duo kevINda (www. kevinda.com). He also holds a B.F.A. in acting from The Theatre School at DePaul University. Kevin would like to thank Henry, Northlight, the cast and crew, and most of all God. Khori Faison enrolled in Northlight Theatre Academy’s Summer Camp program in 2006 and was an ensemble member in the NTA production of Ghost Stories. She then starred in the award-winning films My First Tooth; Desertion; Monster Love; Peer Pressure, which premiered at the 2009 Chicago International Children’s Film Festival; and the upcoming film drama Alleged with Brian Dennehy, Fred Thompson, Nathan West, Ashley Johnson and Colm Meany. In Chicago, Khori appeared as the Narrator in the 2010 Lookingglass/Silverguy 6 Northlight Theatre
Production Hephaestus at the Goodman Theatre, directed by Heidi Stillman and Tony Hernandez. Working on A Civil War Christmas has been an amazing experience and she thanks BJ Jones, Lynn Baber, Henry Godinez and her agency, Gray Talent Group, for making this possible. Thanks also to the talented cast and crew and finally her mentor, Ms. Janet Louer. www.khorifaison.com Felicia P. Fields is happy to be back at Northlight Theatre where she was last seen in Low Down Dirty Blues (Jeff nomination). Ms. Fields earned a Tony Award nomination for her portrayal of Sofia in The Color Purple on Broadway. Her performance also earned her a 2006 Theatre World award, A Clarence Derwent Award, two Broadway.com Awards, an NAACP nomination, a Denver Post Ovation Award and she was a 2006 Drama League honoree. Felicia has received many Joseph Jefferson award nominations and has worked throughout the Chicagoland area including Jammin’ with Pops (Ella Fitzgerald), Hot Mikado (Katisha), Show Boat (Queenie), Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (Ma Rainey), Ain’t Misbehavin’ (Nell/Amelia), Dreamgirls (Effie Melody White), The Amen Corner and The Rose Tattoo. Felicia’s stellar performance in Chicago’s Drury Lane production of Sophisticated Ladies earned her the Joseph Jefferson Award for Best Actress in a Musical. TV/Film: Early Edition, Save the Last Dance, Knights of Prosperity. David Girolmo has performed in forty-six of the contiguous fortyeight states, appeared on Broadway in Candide directed by Hal Prince, is a multiple Jeff nominee and a Jeff Award winner, and is a veteran of more than twenty years in Chicago theatres. Previous Northlight appearance: Sideshow. Film and TV appearances include: D.O.A.P. (Death of a President, Hospital Spokesperson Dr. Grimes), E.R. (“Bloodline,” Officer Gaines), Guiding Light and numerous commercials. He is a Councilor and proud member of Actors Equity Association and is married to actor Heidi Kettenring, who hung the moon and the stars. Many thanks to BJ, Henry, and the amazing Lynn Baber for bringing me in!
P R O F I L E S ( c o n t .) Alex Goodrich is excited to spend the holidays back at Northlight where he was last seen in She Stoops to Conquer. He was most recently seen at Court Theater in The Comedy of Errors. Other Chicago credits include: The Emperor’s New Clothes, Taming of the Shrew, Aladdin, Short Shakespeare! A Midsummer Night’s Dream and How Can You Run with a Shell on Your Back? (Chicago Shakespeare); Gutenberg! The Musical! (Royal George); It’s A Wonderful Life (American Theater Company); The Misanthrope (Greasy Joan); The UN Inspector (Next Theatre). He is a member of Barrel of Monkeys and loves his wife! Derek Hasenstab is pleased to make his Northlight Theatre debut. Chicago credits include: Oedipus Complex (Goodman); Sunday in the Park with George, Short Shakespeare! A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Aladdin (Chicago Shakespeare); A Streetcar Named Desire (Writers’); subUrbia, Was, Orestes, Ecstasy, Dealer’s Choice, Disappeared, Phyro Giants! (Roadworks Productions); Hitting for the Cycle, Pride’s Crossing (Famous Door); A Home at the End of the World, Cloud Nine (About Face – After Dark Award); The Buddy Holly Story, A Christmas Carol, I Hate Hamlet, The Foreigner (Drury Lane Oakbrook – After Dark Award); High Fidelity (Route 66 Theatre); Scientific Romances (Next). Regional Credits include: The Glass Menagerie (Kansas City Repertory), Metamorphoses (Mark Taper Forum). Broadway National Tour: The Lion King. Derek is a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association. James Earl Jones II This is James’ Northlight debut! James recently sang the “Moonshine Lullaby” alongside the great Patti LuPone in Annie Get your Gun at Ravinia and is currently playing Charlie Brown in Snoopy the Musical! at Northbrook Children’s Theater. His work has garnered Black Theatre Alliance Awards & African American Alliance Awards. Regional credits include Ragtime (Drury Lane Oakbrook), Porgy & Bess (San Francisco Opera & Lyric Opera of Chicago), 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Drury Lane Watertower & Mason Street Warehouse), Full Monty (Marriott), Black Nativity
(Goodman/Congo Square), Dessa Rose (Apple Tree), Rigoletto (American Opera Group), and Aspects of Love, I Pagliacci, On the Town, The Gondoliers, Patience, H.M.S. Pinafore and Pirates of Penzance. Upcoming: Spamalot (Drury Lane Oakbrook) and the role of Crown in Porgy & Bess (Court Theatre). You can hear his voice on various radio & TV commercials! For Semaje… Bethany Jorgensen is happy to make her Northlight debut with A Civil War Christmas. For the last six years she has been a proud cast member of the Goodman Theatre’s A Christmas Carol. Other credits include Helga in Bohemian Theatre Ensemble’s critically acclaimed M. Butterfly; Emily in Our Town with Wing & Groove Theatre; Francesca in Live Bait Theater’s Jeff Awardwinning Blind Tasting; as well as work with First Folio Shakespeare, Remy Bumppo Theatre Company and Door Off Broadway. She has worked with Imagination Theater for nine years, where she is the Development Coordinator and directs and performs with Senior Spotlight, an outreach program that provides drama therapy for seniors in nursing homes. A violinist since age four, she is a registered violin teacher with the Suzuki Association of the Americas. Mildred Marie Langford is blessed and excited to be back at Northlight Theatre where she was last seen in the Interplay Series reading of Saturday Night/Sunday Morning by Katori Hall. Her other Chicago credits include; Zulu Fits (MPAACT), War with the Newts and The Overwhelming (Next) The Twins Would Like To Say (Dog & Pony/ Steppenwolf), 12 Ophelias (Trap Door), The Crucible (Steppenwolf), The Ghost of Treasure Island and The Blue House (Adventure Stage) and Professions for Women (Bailiwick Director’s Festival). Mildred is a graduate of George Mason University and The School at Steppenwolf. She can be seen next in In Darfur with Timeline Theatre and Sinbad: The Untold Story with Adventure Stage in the spring. THANK YOU God for continued blessings. Thank you to family and friends for unwavering support. And thank you to Lynn and Henry for this amazing opportunity. Let your light shine! Northlight Theatre 7
P R O F I L E S ( c o n t .) Samuel G. Roberson, Jr. is an actor/writer graduate of Howard University. He is very excited to be making his Northlight Theatre debut. Roberson has been seen on the stages of Congo Square, Victory Gardens, Goodman, Penumbra Theatre, The Children’s Theatre Company, The Pillsbury House Theatre, Illusion Theater, Imagination Stage, Source Theatre and The Studio Theatre. He was a 2007 Jerome Many Voices Resident through the Playwrights’ Center in Minneapolis, as well as a 2008 Cultural Community Partnership Grant recipient through the Minnesota State Arts Board. He is also President and Founder of the Make Me A Match Project, a nonprofit organization dedicated to saving the lives of patients with blood-related diseases. He thanks his family, friends and his wonderful wife for their constant support and motivation.
Profession. Ms. Vogel received the 2004 Award for Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the OBIE Award for Best Play in 1992, the Christine and Stephen Schwarzman Legacy Award, the Hull-Warriner Award, The Laura Pels Award, the Pew Charitable Trust Senior Award, a Guggenheim Fellowship, an AT&T New Plays Award, The Kennedy Center’s Fund for New American Plays, the Rockefeller Foundation’s Bellagio Center Fellowship, several National Endowment for the Arts Fellowships, the McKnight Fellowship, and the Bunting Fellowship. She is currently the playwright-in-residence at the Yale Repertory Theatre, as well as an artistic associate at Long Wharf Theatre and a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She is currently the Eugene O’Neill Professor (adjunct) of Playwriting and chair of the playwriting department at Yale School of Drama.
Paula Scrofano was last seen this fall as Muriel in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels at Theatre at the Center, where she has also appeared as Dolly Levi in Hello Dolly! and Mama Rose in Gypsy. Past roles include Mrs. Meers in Thoroughly Modern Millie and Lily Garland in On the Twentieth Century (Jeff Award) at Drury Lane Oakbrook; Golde in Fiddler on the Roof, Marmee in Little Women, Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard, Jack’s Mother in Into the Woods, Eva Peron in Evita (Sarah Siddons Award) and the title role in Victor/Victoria (Marriott); Desirée in A Little Night Music and Dot/ Marie in Sunday in the Park with George (Sarah Siddons Award) at the Goodman. She’s performed at Court Theatre in Hay Fever, James Joyce’s ‘The Dead’ and Putting It Together (Jeff Award). She has also appeared at Steppenwolf, Chicago Shakespeare, Royal George, Skylight Opera, the Ravinia Festival and The Kennedy Center.
Henry Godinez (Director) is the resident artistic associate at the Goodman Theatre where credits include The Sins of Sor Juana, Boleros for the Disenchanted, The Cook, Zoot Suit, Cloud Tectonics and A Christmas Carol (1996-2001). Other Chicago credits include A Year with Frog and Toad (Chicago Children’s Theatre), Two Sisters and a Piano (Apple Tree Theatre/Teatro Vista) and Anna in the Tropics (Victory Gardens Theater). He is the recipient of the 1999 TCG Alan Schneider Directing Award, the Distinguished Service Award from the Lawyers for the Creative Arts, and this year was appointed to the Illinois Arts Council by Governor Pat Quinn. He is an associate professor at Northwestern University, and is the Artistic Director of the Theatre and Interpretation Center. He dedicates this production to the memory of Guy Adkins, friend and cast member of the world premiere production of A Civil War Christmas.
Paula Vogel (Playwright) received the 1998 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, the Lucille Lortel, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, and New York Drama Critics Awards for Best Play, as well as her second OBIE Award for her play How I Learned to Drive. Other plays include The Long Christmas Ride Home, The Mineola Twins, The Baltimore Waltz, Hot ‘n’ Throbbing, Desdemona, And Baby Makes Seven, and The Oldest
Chuck Larkin (Musical Director) is overjoyed to return to Northlight Theatre after 2003’s At Wit’s End. Most recently, Chuck served as musical director for the 2010 summer season of American Folklore Theatre in Door County, Wisconsin. He has toured extensively with Franc D’Ambrosio’s Broadway and cabaret artists Lee Lessack and Linda Purl. From May 2007 to January 2010, he served as associate conductor
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P R O F I L E S ( c o n t .) for the Chicago company of Jersey Boys. Other Chicago credits include Touchstone and Bailiwick Theatre, and countless cabaret and club venues. As a composer and lyricist, his credits include Hen Lake and Sophie’s Masterpiece (Lifeline Theatre) and the award-winning River’s End (Marin Theatre Company). In 2000, an evening of his music and lyrics, Keep Me In Love, was named Chicago’s #1 After Dark Cabaret Show. Tom Burch (Scenic Design) is thrilled to return to Northlight following several shows, including Souvenir, The Lady with All the Answers and The Good War, among others. Off-Broadway: Mistakes Were Made (Barrow Street). Recent Chicago credits: The Comedy of Errors (Court); Scorched (Silk Road); No Exit and Frankenstein (Hypocrites); The Overwhelming and Return to Haifa (Next); A Steady Rain (Chicago Dramatists and Royal George); as well as shows for Goodman, Chicago Shakespeare, A Red Orchid, About Face, ATC, House, and a number of others. Regional work includes shows for Arizona Theatre Co., Peninsula Players, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Cleveland Playhouse and others. He is the recipient of 3 After Dark Awards (including one for Northlight’s Red Herring), and three Jeff nominations (one win). Upcoming projects include Pirates of Penzance (Hypocrites) and Northlight’s Sense & Sensibility. He teaches at University of Chicago, and his work can be seen online at www.tomburch.com. Theresa Ham (Costume Design) last designed at Northlight for Souvenir. Chicago credits include The Wild Party, Side Show, The Life, Edward II, Yerma, Songs for a New World, and The Glorious Ones (Bohemian Theatre Ensemble); Proof, Urinetown, Little Shop of Horrors, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Stage Wright at Wilbur Wright College); Don Giovanni and La Cenerentola (The Ryan Opera Center at Lyric Opera Chicago); and Hansel and Gretel and Die Fledermaus (DePaul Opera Theatre). Her work has also been seen at Drury Lane Oakbrook, Porchlight Music Theatre, Sullivan Little Theatre, and First Folio Shakespeare Theatre. She is the recipient of the 2010 Non-Equity Joseph Jefferson Award for Outstanding Costume Design for The Glorious Ones.
Upcoming projects include Sweeney Todd and The Sound of Music with Drury Lane Oakbrook. She lives in Beverly with her loving and wonderfully supportive family. John Culbert (Lighting Design) last designed at Northlight for Grey Gardens. Scenery design credits include Court Theatre’s productions of Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Man of La Mancha (for which he received a Joseph Jefferson Award) and Carousel; Rock ‘n Roll at Goodman Theatre; and Lyric Opera of Chicago’s production of Regina. He designed lighting for Lookingglass Theatre’s Argonautika, Northlight Theatre’s Sky Girls, Goodman Theatre’s Mirror of the Invisible World and Court Theatre’s The Illusion. Other designs include Chicago Shakespeare Theater’s Romeo and Juliet, Victory Gardens Theater’s Class Dismissed and Long Wharf Theatre’s Hughie. He has designed productions for the Singapore Repertory, Opera National du Rhin, Berkeley Rep, Boston Lyric Opera, McCarter Theatre, and the Shakespeare Theatre. Other projects include the lighting design for the Chicago Park District’s Buckingham Fountain. Mr. Culbert serves as the dean of The Theatre School at DePaul University. Victoria DeIorio (Sound Design) is happy to be back at Northlight after designing Low Down Dirty Blues, Souvenir, Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde and Blue/Orange. Off-Broadway: The Bluest Eye (Steppenwolf at The Duke Theatre) and Ophelia (NYC Fringe Festival). As associate designer, off-Broadway: Boy and Dedication or the Stuff of Dreams (Primary Stages), God of Hell (Actor’s Studio Theatre), Luminescence Dating (Ensemble Studio Theatre) and Live Girls (Urban Stages). National Tour: Private Lives (LA Theatre Works). Productions with: Goodman, Steppenwolf, Victory Gardens, Writers’, Chautauqua Theatre Company, Indiana Repertory, Milwaukee Shakespeare, Cleveland Playhouse, Syracuse Stage, and many others. Victoria is an Artistic Associate of The Next Theatre, a founding member of Rivendell Theatre Ensemble, and a member of Lifeline Theatre. She has been nominated for 10 and has received five Joseph Jefferson Awards, as well as two After Dark Awards. She is the head of Sound Design for The Theatre School at DePaul University. Northlight Theatre 9
P R O F I L E S ( c o n t .) Rita Vreeland (Production Stage Manager) is delighted to be collaborating once again with the talented people at Northlight. Previous Northlight stage management credits include Daddy Long Legs, Low Down Dirty Blues, Awake and Sing!, The Lieutenant of Inishmore, Mauritius, Grey Gardens, The Miser and Gee’s Bend. Elsewhere, her recent credits include this summer’s Jesus Christ Superstar and countless other productions at Theatre at the Center in Munster, IN; the most recent Ignition Festival as well as many other productions for Victory Gardens Theatre; and productions at Marriott Lincolnshire, Famous Door, and Apple Tree Theatre in Highland Park. Rita has been the set designer at Harold Washington College since 2001 and is a member of the Route 66 Theatre Company in Chicago. She is a graduate of the University of Northern Colorado and a proud member of Actors Equity. Kimberly Ann McCann (Assistant Stage Manager) is excited to be making her Northlight Theatre debut! Broadway: Curtains. OffBroadway: Bill W. and Dr. Bob, How to Save the World, John Ferguson. Regional credits: Million Dollar Quartet (Chicago); The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (San Francisco); Dames at Sea (Skylight Opera Theatre); Much Ado About Nothing, The Rivals (Door Shakespeare); Titus Andronicus (Illinois Shakespeare Festival); The Winter’s Tale, Romeo & Juliet, Around the World in 80 Days, All’s Well That Ends Well (Colorado Shakespeare Festival); and The Listener, Edward II, A Midsummer’s Night Dream (Drama & Opera), Miss Lonely Hearts (The Juilliard School). She also toured four productions with ArtsPower National Touring Company. Kimberly is a graduate of Illinois State University and a proud member of Actors Equity. BJ Jones (Northlight Artistic Director) is in his 12th year as Artistic Director of Northlight Theatre, where he has piloted the world premieres of Craig Wright’s Lady, Better Late (by Larry Gelbart & Craig Wright), Rounding Third, Sky Girls and Cat Feet. As a producer, he guided the world premieres of Jason Robert Brown’s The Last Five Years, The Gamester, and Studs Terkel’s ‘The Good War.’ Mr. Jones has directed at Cherry Lane in NYC, 10 Northlight Theatre
Steppenwolf, Intiman Theatre in Seattle, Atlanta’s Alliance Theatre, The Utah Shakespearean Festival, The Asolo Theatre in Sarasota, and Next Theatre in Evanston. Directorial work includes Northlight’s Grey Gardens, The Lieutenant of Inishmore, The Lady with All the Answers, The Retreat From Moscow, A Skull in Connemara, The Cripple of Inishmaan, and An Experiment With an Airpump, as well as productions of A Number, Twelfth Night, Glengarry Glen Ross (Suzie Bass Nominee Best Director), Pygmalion, The Price (Jeff Nomination - Best Director), and 100 Saints You Should Know. A two-time Jeff Award winner, he has appeared at Northlight in dozens of productions and has performed at virtually every major theatre in Chicago, including The Goodman in The Guys and House and Garden, Steppenwolf in The Royal Family and Playboy of the Western World, and Court in Candide and Comedy of Errors. Film/TV credits include The Fugitive, Body Double, Law and Order: Criminal Intent, Early Edition, Cupid and Turks, among others. Timothy J. Evans (Northlight Executive Director) joined Northlight Theatre as Executive Director in 2007 and since his arrival has overseen the Theatre’s new branding campaign, Leadership fundraising campaign, new board development, revamped arts education initiatives and a five year strategic plan with McKinsey & Company. Prior to his arrival at Northlight, Tim spent a 20-plus year career at Steppenwolf Theatre where he served in management and producing positions. He created, curated and produced Steppenwolf’s acclaimed TRAFFIC Series which included a partnership with Chicago Public Radio for subsequent broadcasts. Tim founded Steppenwolf Films, of which he is still a partner with Gary Sinise, Terry Kinney and Jeff Perry, to develop feature film and television projects including the comedy Diminished Capacity with Matthew Broderick and the recently completed independent film The Last Rites of Joe May. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of the League of Chicago Theatres, previously served on the board of the Independent Film Project (IFP) and was a charter member of the Governor’s Task Force for Media Development. Tim is a graduate of DePaul University in Greencastle, IN.
A B O U T N O R T H L I G H T T H E AT R E Northlight Theatre, located just north of Chicago in suburban Skokie, IL, has mounted more than 160 productions, including nearly 40 world premieres in its 35 year history. It has grown into the fourth largest nonprofit theatre in the Chicago area with nearly 8,000 subscribers, serving audiences totaling nearly 60,000. Northlight is an award-winning theatre (three Edgerton Foundation for New American Plays awards, and 145 nominations and 27 awards from Chicago’s Joseph Jefferson Committee) with an excellent local and national reputation. With dynamic leadership from Artistic Director BJ Jones and Executive Director Tim Evans, Northlight’s $3.5 million operating budget supports five mainstage productions each year, workshops and readings of new works, audience outreach to Veterans and many other groups, and a comprehensive arts education program. Northlight Theatre aspires to promote change of perspective and encourage compassion by exploring the depth of our humanity. across a bold spectrum of theatrical experiences, reflecting our community to the world and the world to our community.
N O R T H L I G H T T H E AT R E S TA F F Artistic Director
BJ Jones
Executive Director
Timothy J. Evans ______________________ ARTISTIC Artistic Administrator
Lynn Baber
Resident Dramaturg
Kristin Leahy Intern
Elise Walter ADMINISTRATION General Manager
Janet Mullet
Director of Development
Molly Hansen
Development Manager
Tina Carney
Group Sales Coordinator/ Administrative Assistant
Michelle Blendermann Public Relations
Cathy Taylor PR, Inc. Usher Coordinator
Vicki Weisberg, The Saints Legal Counsel
Schiff Hardin LLP Insurance
Robert Nichols Intern
Josef Bette PRODUCTION Production Manager
Wardrobe Mistress
Devon MacGregor Second Wardrobe
Savannah Peregoy Floor Manager
Vanessa Rundle Properties Master
Daniel Katz
Scenic Charge
Bridgette Lemkuhl Carpenter
Mike Grossman Elijah King Christopher Mullen
Christopher J. Fitzgerald
EDUCATION
Company Manager/ Assistant Production Manager
Director of Arts Education
Victoria Martini-Rosowicz Technical Director
Devon de Mayo
Education Associate and Performing Arts Camp Director
Development & Special Events Coordinator
Scott Morgan
Amanda Jane Dunne
Master Electrician/ Light Board Operator
Educators
Director of Marketing
Megan Snowder
Associate Director of Marketing
Sound Engineer/ Sound Board Operator
Director of Finance
Costume Coordinator
Kelly Harbaugh Chad Peterson Mara Mihlfried Lisa Stern
Jennifer Udoni Sarah Putnam
Paige Collins Joanne Dubach Sarah Rose Graber Kristyn Hegner Mildred Langford Josh Lesser Dan Stermer
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BOA R D OF TRUSTE ES Timothy P. Sullivan, Chairman Susan Karol, President Gerhard Bette, Vice President Joshua E. Chernoff, Vice President Thomas D. Stringer, Secretary Merril Prager, Treasurer Julie Anastos Michael R. Callahan Timothy J. Evans Howard A. Feinstein Eileen Frank Robert Goldin Freddi Greenberg Michael Guerra Wendy Irwin BJ Jones Paul Lehman Jordan Margolis
Neal Moglin Jennifer Newton Evelyn Salk Robert S. Silver Trimmy Stamell Greg Taubeneck Matthew Udoni Andy Zoltners Michael Pauken, ex officio Norman Rosen, ex officio
A DV ISORY BOA R D Joan Barr Smith, Co-Chair Wendy Irwin, Co-Chair Steven J. Bernstein Karl Berolzheimer H. Woods Bowman Margo Brown Joe Cappo Jack Crocker Natasha Deutsch Stephen Engelman Paul Finnegan Craig Golden Eleanor Hall Lynn Hiestand
Harry J. Lennix James Lytle Max McGee Lloyd and Donna Morgan Steve Mullins Mike Nussbaum Sheldon Patinkin Sandra Rosenbloom Esther Saks David Seidman Susan Van Dusen Patricia Vile Bernice Weissbourd George Wendt
A S S O C I AT E S B O A R D Jennifer Newton, Chair Noah Eisner Ross Erlebacher Randal Hamburg Hannah Olsen Lesli Jennings Leslie Schreiber Abby Strauss Chris Walsh 12 Northlight Theatre
Northlight theatre is supported iN part by:
Harris Bank
Kirkland & Ellis
McKinsey & Company
Melvoin Award for Playwriting
Nuveen Investments
The Pauls Foundation
Northlight Theatre is grateful to all contributors for their generous support. This list reflects gifts received August 1, 2009 through October 8, 2010. If you would like to your name to appear differently or prefer to remain anonymous, please contact Development Manager Tina Carney at 847.679.9501 x3507 or tcarney@northlight.org. CORPORATIONS, FOUNDATIONS & GOVERNMENT AGENCIES Leadership Circle $15,000 & above ComEd Illinois Arts Council The John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation MetLife Foundation Theatre Communications Group The Shubert Foundation, Inc. Timothy & Susanne Sullivan Family Foundation
Distinguished Benefactors & Patrons || $2,500-$14,999 The Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation Ernst & Young Harris Bank Kirkland & Ellis Foundation Madison Dearborn Partners McKinsey & Company Chicago North Shore Center for the Performing Arts Foundation Nuveen Investments The Pauls Foundation Sanborn Family Foundation
Supporters $1,000-$2,499 The Allyn Foundation The Irving Harris Foundation MAMSS
Under $1,000 Eve Alfille Clarity Group, Inc. GoodSearch NAMSS NYSAMSS Professional Facilities Management, Inc.
Matching Gift Companies American Academy of Dermatology Bank of America Computing Technology Industry Association, Inc. Goldstine, Skrodzki, Russian, Nemec & Hoff, LTD Attorneys at Law IBM Matching Grants Program JP Morgan Chase Foundation Océ North America, Inc. Nuveen Investments Polk Bros Foundation
INDIVIDUALS Producers’ Circle $25,000 & above Anonymous Gerhard & Kathy Bette Paul & Mary Finnegan Elliot & Frances Lehman Paul Lehman & Ronna Stamm Evelyn Salk Timothy & Susanne Sullivan Family Foundation
Artistic Circle $10,000-$24,999 Michael & Joan Callahan Julie & Josh Chernoff Kathy & Stuart Edwards Freddi Greenberg & Daniel Pinkert Pam and Howard Korenthal Carole and Joseph Levy MakeItBetter.net Merle Reskin Greg & Anne Taubeneck Family Fund
Distinguished Patrons $5,000-$9,999 Anonymous Mr. & Mrs. Nick Alexos Howard Feinstein & Brenda Hansen
The Friedland Family in memory of Waldo & Lucy Friedland Hugo & Lois Melvoin Samuel & Ann Mencoff Neal Moglin & Mark Tendam M.J. O’Brien Family Foundation Robert S. & Sandra G. Silver Neal & Trimmy Stamell Thomas D. Stringer & Scott E. Waller Matt & Christine Udoni Robin & Mike Zafirovski Lynn & Hank Zbierski
Patrons || $2,500-$4,999 Wayne & Joan Barr Smith Vickie & Tim Burke Joyce Chelberg April Corr Michael & Dea Guerra Tim & Trude Harrington BJ Jones & Candy Corr Susan Karol & Glenn Warning Jordan & Holly Margolis Charlie & Nancy McPike Jim & Sue Menighan Merril Prager & John Levine David & Christine Seidman
Stars || $1,000-$2,499 Anonymous (2) Sandra Barnett-White & Jim White Sidney & Sondra Berman Epstein Diane & Karl Berolzheimer Larry & Mary Boeder Charlotte Cherry Chris & Amy Corr Lynne E. Curtis Jeff & Paula Danoff Bernard Dowling Timothy & Jane Evans Brian & Susan Fargo Bill & Sandra Farrow Mr. & Mrs. Peter Frank Robert & Maurita Freas Mary & Pat Gloor
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Robert & Nancy Goldin Katherine & Ray Haase Eleanor Northrop Hall Fred & Pam Hess Lynn Hiestand Wendy & Mark Irwin Vivian S. Kaplan Klaff Family Foundation Ms. Libby Adler Mages John Mahoney Colon McLean & Matthew Holt Elyce & Mark Metzner Kristin & Scott Miller Lloyd & Donna Morgan Audrey & Robert Morris Carole & Steve Mullins Adele & Seymour Neems Jordan & Jean Nerenberg Jennifer Newton Sanford & Jody Perl Dan Peterson Mimi & Craig Roeder Colleen Hughes & Donald Rothschild Valerie M. Rothschild Esther S. Saks in honor of Evelyn Salk Francis Sheahen Stephanie Storkel Mr. & Mrs. John W. Taylor III in honor of Evelyn Salk Andrew & Rosemary Thomas Jim Thompson Bernice Weissbourd in honor of Evelyn Salk Gloria Yuen Betsy Ziegler Seymour Zitomersky & Barbara LaSpesa Alan M. Zunamon & Nancy Cunniff
Directors || $500-999 Anonymous (3) Richard & Ellen Anderson Mr. & Mrs. Ronald R. Baade Frank & Barb Brady Douglas R. Brown Mary Anne & Joe Cappo Cleve Carney Beth Casey & Michael Franzese Colleen & Joe Chappelle Mr. & Mrs. Mark Crane Noah Eisner Ross & Susie Erlebacher Dan Frey Steve & Ann Gilford Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Hagee Del & Ginger Hall Molly & Scott Hansen Michael & Muffy Hendershot Don & Betsy Hohman Lesley Hyatt & Bernard Friedman Kathy & Bill Jackson Lesli Jennings Suzanne & Jim Kenney Anne Leyden & Mike Meyers Paul & Margaret Lurie in honor of Evelyn Salk Brad & Sue Matson Bill & Maureen McInerny John & Linnea Mead
Sheila & Harvey Medvin Patrick & Eileen O’Sullivan Norma Olsen Mr. & Mrs. Norman Rosen Mr. & Mrs. Stanley Rosenbloom Bruce Sagan & Bette Cerf Hill Susan & Tim Salisbury Keith & Ann Sarpolis Stanley & Kay Schlozman Dr. G. Stephen & Ellen Scholly Eleanor Springer Abby Strauss Nancy M. Williams Julie Womack
Performers || $250-$499 Anonymous (3) Judith & Trent Anderson Mary Badger & Elbrey Harrell Peggy Bagley & Rabbi Douglas Goldhamer Karl & Diane Berolzheimer in honor of Evelyn Salk Margo & Paul Brown Ted & Barbara Buenger Pat & Sandy Cantor Marcia Caulkins Ron & Mary Charles Gloria Coco & Tom Nolan Richard & Catherine Corr Mr. & Mrs. David Cudnowski Ms. Terry Dason Barbara & Peter DeBerge Inge de la Camp Mr. & Mrs. Eldred DuSold Roz & Seth Eisner Richard & Sally Ennis Bruce Ettelson P.C. & Missy Bundy Raymond Fessler Mr. & Mrs. Robert Flynn Maya Friedler Thomas & Patricia Gahlon Diane Gottlieb Reed & Joe Hagee in honor of Evelyn Salk Mark & Carolyn Hersch Mitchell Hertz & Anne Carlucci Allen & Nancy Hirschfield Lou Hurckes in honor of Evelyn Salk Packy & Nicole Hyland Elaine & Matthew Moy Johnson Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Jones Neil & Diana King Dr. & Mrs. Barry Kirschenbaum Robert Kohl & Clark Pellett Martin J. & Susan B. Kozak Charitable Fund Elliot & Frances Lehman in honor of Evelyn Salk Fran & Chuck Licht Tom & Joan Lindsey Ms. Ethel Liten Paul & Margaret Lurie in honor of Evelyn Salk Lytle Family Fund of the Evanston Community Foundation Edward Malstrom & Nancy Anderson Pete & Marcia Masloski Steffi Masur
David & Karen Mattenson Margaret F. May Ted & Almeda Maynard Meghan McCarthy Robert & Linda Meyers Janet Mullet Ellen K Munro Bill Nelson & Sherry Graham Nelson Tanya Nevidomsky Dan Paul & Edward Galvin Greg & Nicki Pearson in honor of Evelyn Salk Raymond & Alice Perry Jill & David Pollans Richard Porter Nancy & Jim Powers Sally Prager Mr. Donald Ratner Catherine & Bart Rocca Roberta & Howard Rosell Eunice & William Rosen Ann & Mike Rosenblum Leslie Schreiber Marian T. Shmikler Nancy & Tom Silberman Chris & Susie Smyth Shirley & Lawrence Solomon Alvin & Kate Spector Edward Swan Thomas & Beverly Tabern John & Lynn Traff Patricia Vile Chris Walsh William & Barbara Welke
Prompters || $150-$249 Anonymous Kate & Dewayne Ashcraft Ginny Blair Ann & Joseph Boyle Steven & Phyllis Brody Peter & Virginia Buerger Richard Campbell Mr. & Mrs. Robert C. Cody Edwin & Marie Comiskey David Cunliffe & Desiree Ruhstraat Benjamin & Catherine de Mayo David & April Deming Nicole Deming Deanna Dunagan Gerald Elbin Mr. & Mrs. Albert Erlebacher Messrs. Mike Flesher & Michael Wood Janet Freund William & Lynda Frillman Phyllis Goldman Mary Ann & David Grumman Larry & Sherry Guthman Mr. Eric Haab & Ms. Kim Yee Joan & Bill Haase John & Suzanne Hales Lynn & Alan Hambourger Randal Hamburg Robert E. Heiberger Betsy Helgerson Donald Honchell & Susan Horn Mary Jane & Lawrence Horwitz Karen & David Hughes Edward Hurley & Kelley Killian
TO MAkE yOUR GIFT TODAy Contact Tina at 847.679.9501 x3507 or tcarney@northlight.org, or donate online at northlight.org. 14 Northlight Theatre
GeeKay Productions, Inc. Mel & Annie Kahn Robert & Jeanne Kapoun Rich & Heidi Katz Alberta Keagy Caryl & Burt Lasko Jules H. & Marilyn R. Last Fund Drs. Lisa Laurent Peckler & Scott Peckler Marianne & Michael Lembeck Karen Leonard Kathy Madson Elizabeth Martin Martha Jo Mathews Eric & Kate Mattson Bob & Carine McGreevey Martin & Laurie Merel Alice Merrick Kathy & Kim Meyers Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Monahan Dennis & Linda Myers P.C. Marsha & Richard Newman Todd & Melanie Novak Louis & Deborah Nusinson Sheila O’Brien Ruth Oppenheim Jerry Proffit Jeffrey Richards Jonathan & Piper Rothschild James & Cynthia Rowe Susan B. & Myron E. Rubnitz Kathy & Dan Ryan Bernie & Jane Sahlins Ellen & Jonathan Salk Lynn Schaber Joann Shapiro in honor of Evelyn Salk Bruce Siewerth Margaret & Alan Silberman Pamela & Charlie Smith Spencer Smith Richard & Elaine Snow Ann Stevens Carol & Larry Townsend George & Susan Van Dusen James & Mary Ellen Van Ness Hal Wehrenberg Lorrayne & Steve Weiss Lawrence & Nancy Wojcik Leslie & Michael Wolf Sylvia Wolfson Karen Zupko
IN kIND Abt Electronics Accents Plus Arabesque Dance Studio Ayla’s Own Bagel Country The Belden-Stratford/Seneca Hotel Boho Theatre Boka Brigid’s Bags Bravo! Bukiety Cafe Pyrenees Carol & Steve Mullins Charmers Chicago A Cappella Chicago Botanic Garden Chicago Bulls Chicago Jazz Ensemble Chicago Shakespeare City Olive Classic Vacations Colon McLean & Matthew Holt Court Theatre CRC Travel The Doubletree Hotel Edelman Leather Eve Alfille The Field Museum Four Seasons Beverly Hills The French Pastry School Fresh Market Gavin Evanston Gerhard & Kathy Bette Goodman Theatre Grand Lux Cafe Gruppo Di Amici Harris Bank Hazel The Heartland Heaventree Candle Company Hecky’s Barbeque Hilton Garden Inn Howard Feinstein & Brenda Hansen Hotel Orrington Ian Brennan Joffrey Ballet John & Julie Anastos Julie & Josh Chernoff Justins Kathy & Stuart Edwards Kettelkamp & Kettelkamp Landscape Architecture Kohl Children’s Museum Lad & Lassie Landmark Grill & Lounge
Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises, Inc. Lifeline Theatre Light Opera Works Lincoln Tap Room Lincoln Trio Lookingglass Theatre Company Lovells Lulu’s Dim Sum Maggiano’s McGaw YMCA Michael & Joan Callahan MJ Catering Museum of Science & Industry Neal & Trimmy Stamell North Shore Yoga Oceanique Perennial Personal Training Fitness Ltd. Piven Theatre Plantings Porchlight Music Theatre Prairie Grass Prairie Moon Quince at The Homestead Raven Theatre Ravinia Richard Harris Robert S. & Sandra G. Silver Ropa Rosalie Rehab & Construction Rosebud Restaurants S Factor Sit & Stay Sloan Valve Company Southwest Airlines Stage Left Theatre Mr. & Mrs. Stanley Rosenbloom Stephen & Barbara Kennedy Steppenwolf Theatre Sylvia & Walter Holdampf Talbot’s Teas Thomas D. Stringer & Scott E. Waller Three Tarts Timeline Theatre Timothy & Jane Evans Timothy & Susanne Sullivan Tommy Nevins Pub Trattoria Pomigliano Trio Salon Evanston Union Pizzeria Victory Gardens Wendy & Mark Irwin Whole Foods Market Williams Next Door Writers’ Theatre
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North Shore Center for the Performing Arts 9501 Skokie Blvd., Skokie, IL 60077 ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE TELEPHONE: (847) 679-9501 ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE FAX: (847) 679-1879 BOX OFFICE TELEPHONE: (847) 673-6300 BOX OFFICE FAX: (847) 679-3704 www.northshorecenter.org General Manager....................................................................................................... Michael Pauken Box Office Manager......................................................................................................... Ron Weaver Box Office Assistant Manager.................................................................................... Heather Packard Box Office Staff...........................................................Paul Adams, Tricia Bulaclac, Alison Burkhardt, Ben Kahn, Jaime Koser Arena, Myra Levin, Karen Neumann, Maegan Rose, Cyndi Stevens, Brian Szopinski Director of Marketing and Sales..........................................................................................David Vish Events Manager............................................................................................................ Betty Boduch House Managers................................Matthew Conlon, Yuri Lysoivanov, Megan Nelson, Sherrie Witt Marketing & Communications Manager...................................................................... Joseph Alaimo Office Manager........................................................................................................... Carolyn Adams Operations Manager...................................................................................................Ardelle Winston Operations Staff....................................... Melvin Berkowitz, Andrew Hutchinson, Christopher Jones Luis Narvaez, Hector Perez, Gary Sapperstein, Larry Williams Program Manager............................................................................................................. R.J. Inawat Receptionist..................................................................................................................... Jean George Security......................................................................................................................Greg Kwiecinski Technical Director............................................................................................................. Frank Rose Technical Staff........................................................Dustin L. Derry, Jake Reich, Jay Stoutenborough Ushers provided by the Saints, Volunteers for the Performing Arts. For information call (773) 529-5510. Administrative Office Hours: Monday–Friday 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Box Office Hours: Monday–Friday, 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. or until curtain; Saturday, Noon–5 p.m. or until curtain. Sunday: Opens two hours prior to curtain. (summer hours may vary)
The North Shore Center for the Performing Arts in Skokie opened in 1996 and operates as part of the Village of Skokie’s plan to provide cultural, literary, and educational programs, benefiting the citizens of Skokie and the North Shore communities. The North Shore Center is perfect for performances, social occasions and corporate events. For information on space availability and catering options, please contact the Events Manager at (847)679-9501 ext. 3005. The North Shore Center for the Performing Arts in Skokie Foundation was established to support the ongoing programming and capital needs of the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts in Skokie. The mission of the Foundation is to create and sustain the North Shore Center as a preeminent venue for the arts and as a major asset to the communities it serves.
IN CONSIDERATION OF OTHER PATRONS • Latecomers will be seated at the discretion of management. • Portable telephones, pagers, cameras, and recording devices are not allowed inside the theater. Please check them with the house manager. • Infrared assisted listening devices are available from the house manager. A valid driver’s license, state identification, or major credit card will be requested. • Lost and Found: please call (847) 679-9501 ext. 3202 for lost items. 16 Northlight Theatre
Professional Facilities Management, of Providence, R.I, manages the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts in Skokie.