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Mark Clements
Artistic Director
Chad Bauman Executive Director
By George Brant
Directed by E. Faye Butler ◊
Music Director Morgan E. Stevenson
Lighting Designer Jared Gooding
Scenic Designer John Culbert
Sound Designer Rick Sims
Costume Designer McKinley Johnson
Stage Manager Jade Bruno*
OCTOBER 22 – DECEMBER 15, 2024 | STIEMKE STUDIO
Executive Producer Maureen McCabe
Associate Producers
Rania & Pat Dempsey • Katie & Chris Hermann
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This production of Marie and Rosetta is a transfer from Northlight Theatre (Skokie, Illinois)
Marie and Rosetta is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com
World Premiere presented by Atlantic Theatre Company, New York City, 2016
Marie and Rosetta was developed at TheatreWorks Silicon Valley as part of their New Works Festival. Additional development at The Playwright’s Center and The New Harmony Project.
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*Denotes an artist represented by Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.
CAST
Marie Knight..........................................................................................................................
Marie and Rosetta will be performed with no intermission.
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*Denotes an artist represented by Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.
Milwaukee Repertory Theater operates under an agreement between the League of Resident Theatres and Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States. The scenic, costume, lighting and sound designers in LORT Theatres are represented by United Scenic Artists, Local USA-829 of the IATSE and our stagehands and carpenters are members of Milwaukee Theatrical Stage Employees’ Union IATSE Local 18. Milwaukee Rep is an equal opportunity employer. Milwaukee Rep is proud to be a member of The United Performing Arts Fund (UPAF), which provides major annual financial support.
Alexis J Roston
Marie Knight
Time Out Chicago calls her “phenomenal” and Showbiz Chicago raves “Roston holds the audience in the palm of her hand.” Multihyphenate, Alexis earned acclaim for her mesmerizing portrayal of Billie Holiday in Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill (Jeff, Black Excellence and Black Theatre Alliance Awards). Other credits include: Nina Simone: Four Women (Nina), Ain’t Misbehavin’ (Armelia), Sister Act (Deloris), Porgy and Bess (Bess), For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf (Lady in Orange), and She the People (Second City Chicago). Roston holds a BFA in musical theatre from Howard University. She is represented by Paonessa Talent.
Bethany Thomas
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Bethany is thrilled to come back to Milwaukee Repertory Theater after appearing in Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Songs for Nobodies, The Color Purple and Ragtime. Other credits include: Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812, Once, Into the Woods, A Moon for The Misbegotten (Writers Theatre); Marie and Rosetta (Northlight Theatre); A Christmas Carol (Goodman Theatre); Moby Dick (The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis); Iphigenia In Aulis (Getty Villa); The Tempest (Chicago Shakespeare Theater); Porgy and Bess (Court Theatre); plays as well with The Fly Honeys, Grelle Duvall, and Teatro ZinZanni. Original rock music on Apple, Spotify etc @ bethanyt80. This is for Wendy.
Benjamin Oglesby-Davis Guitar
Benjamin is a distinguished guitarist, composer, and arranger residing in New York and Atlanta. He earned his bachelor’s degree in music from Oberlin Conservatory, studying guitarist Bobby Ferrazza and saxophonist Gary Bartz, and participated in the inaugural Oberlin Sonny Rollins Jazz Ensemble. An accomplished jazz performer, Benjamin has contributed to acclaimed musical theater productions such as Five Guys Named Moe and Fela: The Musical in Atlanta, as well as Here There Be Dragons in New York. Through his music, he aims to bridge generational and cultural gaps, cultivating a communal appreciation for love and life.
Morgan E. Stevenson Piano/Music Director
A versatile connoisseur of music, Morgan is excited to make her debut at Milwaukee Rep. Her theatre journey began in 2021 and is marked by significant contributions to acclaimed productions serving as a music director, conductor and keyboardist. Credits include: FANNIE: The Life and Music of Fannie Lou Hamer (Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Seattle Rep, Goodman Theatre, True Colors Theatre, Actors Theatre of Louisville, City Theatre Company, TheatreWorks Silicon Valley, Indiana Repertory Theatre); Marie and Rosetta (Northlight Theatre); Passing Strange (Theatrical Outfit); Fela! (LambertSmith Media); Little Shop of Horrors (Indiana Repertory Theatre). For more on Morgan’s musical projects, culinary explorations and more, visit: https://linktr.ee/morganemusicnow
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E. Faye’s career spans over 40 years. Performing and directing both musicals and plays nationally and internationally. After years of standing in front of the footlights, she now enjoys passing forward all the pearls of wisdom given to her during her fruitful acting career. Directing credits include: The Wiz (Fulton Theatre), The Color Purple (Maine State Music Theatre), Goods (Artemisia Theatre), Ain’t Misbehavin’ (Portland Stage, Michigan Ensemble Theatre, and Drury Lane Theatre), Beyond the Door (Tender Touch Productions), Five Guys Named Moe (Beverly Arts Center). She is a recipient of several awards and acknowledgments including being a Lunt-Fontanne Fellow. E. Faye was inducted into Women in the Arts Museum in Washington D.C. Ms. Butler is honored to be named Chicagoan of the Year and New City Stage Player for 2023. Upcoming projects can be found at e-fayebutler.com.
John Culbert Scenic Designer
John’s many lighting/scenic design credits include Northlight Theatre, Court Theatre, Goodman Theatre, TimeLine Theatre, Lookingglass Theatre Company, Writers Theatre, Victory Gardens Theater, and Chicago Shakespeare Theater. Recent productions include Marie and Rosetta (Northlight Theatre), Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead and Antigone (Court Theatre) and The Lehman Trilogy (TimeLine Theatre). He has also designed for Lyric Opera, Glimmerglass Opera, Boston Lyric Opera, Singapore Rep, Opera National du Rhin, Long Wharf Theatre, Berkeley Rep, McCarter Theatre Center, and Shakespeare Theatre Company. He served as the dean of The Theatre School at DePaul University for over 20 years.
McKinley
Johnson Costume Designer
McKinley’s craftsmanship as a master-tailor/ cutter, in the Chicagoland theatre community and especially Goodman Theatre, has spanned over three decades. He has built costumes for such legendary Broadway designers as Paul Tazewell (Hamilton), Susan Hilferty (Wicked), and Catherine Zuber (Moulin Rouge). In 2016, as the production manager and cutter for local Chicago fashion designer Michael Alan Stein’s Spring Collection, his skills were on full display during New York’s Fashion Week where his handiwork was noted by critics for its fit and cut. Currently, he is researching and developing a musical with a local playwright that focuses on 1930’s Zoot Suits and the political upheaval those outfits garnered as the first protest garments to be seen in American culture.
Jared Gooding
Lighting Designer
Jared is excited to return to Milwaukee Rep after designing Songs for Nobodies, Nunsense, 2 Pianos 4 Hands, and Parental Advisory: a break beat play. Based in Chicago, his design credits include shows for STAGES Houston, Goodman Theatre, Writers Theatre, Court Theatre, Chicago Children’s Theatre, TimeLine Theatre, Children’s Theatre of Madison, MPAACT, Syracuse Stage, Pittsburgh Public Theater, Indiana Repertory Theatre, Asolo Repertory Theatre, Florentine Opera. He was the lighting assistant for The Wiz Live on NBC, and has associate designed at the Kennedy Center in DC. He is an Ensemble Member with American Blues Theater and MPAACT. His work is featured at goodingdesigns.com
Rick Sims Sound Designer
Rick has composed and designed sound extensively for numerous Chicago-area theaters. Regional credits include Arena Stage, Roundhouse Theatre, Alliance Theatre, South Coast Rep, Getty Villa, Boston Playwrights’ Theatre, Arden Theatre Company, 2nd Stage, Playwrights Horizons, Actors Theatre of Louisville and Portland Playhouse. Sims won a Jeff Award for sound design for Lookingglass Theatre Company’s Moby Dick, Frankenstein, and Hepheastus, and a BTA award for Congo Square’s Brothers in the Dust. Sims also wrote the book, music and lyrics for Lookingglass Theatre Company’s Hillbilly Antigone
Jade Bruno Stage
Manager
Jade is excited to be back for her sixth season at Milwaukee Rep! Previous Milwaukee Rep credits include: The Heart Sellers, The Chosen, Dad’s Season Tickets, Dial M for Murder, Wife of a Salesman, God of Carnage, Nina Simone: Four Women, The Nativity Variations, Two Trains Running, and Titanic the Musical This season you can see her work on Marie and Rosetta, Lumberjacks in Love, and Million Dollar Quartet. Other credits: Utah Shakespeare, Second City Chicago, Cincinnati Playhouse, Door Shakespeare, First Stage, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, and Goodman Theatre. Love to Todd and Rufus.
Mark Clements Director
Mark is an award-winning international theater director whose work has appeared in over 100 major theaters throughout Europe and the United States. He began his tenure as Artistic Director with the 2010/11 Season by bringing musicals to the mainstage, starting a tradition that is now the highlight
of every season. Mark has directed over 30 productions at Milwaukee Rep including World and American Premieres, his own adaptation of the current A Christmas Carol and all but one mainstage musical including Run Bambi Run, Titanic the Musical, West Side Story and Dreamgirls. Prior to joining Milwaukee Rep, Mark served as an Associate Artistic Director for several UK theater companies, most notably, Artistic Director for the award-winning Derby Playhouse in the UK where he directed over 40 productions. He has been nominated for an Olivier Award and several UK Theatre Awards, and has won three Barrymore Awards in Philadelphia. He created and directed the West End and UK National Tour of Soul Train. Mark is currently working with Ayad Akhtar on adapting his critically acclaimed novel American Dervish for the stage to make its World Premiere in an upcoming season. He is also co-writing The Craic, making its World Premiere in the Stackner Cabaret later this season.
Chad Bauman Executive Director
Chad joined Milwaukee Rep in 2013. Since, the theater has produced more than 130 productions, raised nearly $100 million through 3 capital campaigns, launched a new A Christmas Carol and the Jack Lewis New Play Development Program, began construction on the Associated Bank Theater Center and quadrupled net assets operating without a deficit for 11 years. Bauman has been named Top 40 under 40 by the Milwaukee Business Journal, a Champion of the Hispanic Community by the United Community Center, and a notable LGBTQ Executive and NonProfit CEO of the Year by Milwaukee BizTimes. He is a doctoral student in Organizational Leadership at UNC Chapel Hill and a graduate of Brown University’s Leadership Coaching Program, Harvard Business School’s Strategic Perspectives in Non-Profit Management Program, and CalArt’s MFA Producing Program.
Production Stage Manager...............Kimberly Carolus
Stage Managers...............Terence Orleans Alexander, Jade Bruno, Josh Hart, Mark Johnson, Kira Neighbors, Emily Pfaff, Sydney Smith, Dev Wiensch, Emily Wright
Stage Management Fellow......................Star Howard
Bill Burgardt, Eliot Garfield, Steve Gillingham, Derek Loehr, Jason Pruzin, Aaron Siegmann, Cole Schulist, Jim Zinky
MILWAUKEE REPERTORY THEATER BOARD OF TRUSTEES
MILWAUKEE REPERTORY THEATER BOARD OF TRUSTEES
President
President-Elect
Vice President, Trustees
Treasurer
Secretary
TRUSTEES
Ayad Akhtar
Tammy Belton-Davis
Ivor Benjamin
Wendy W. Blumenthal
Julia Burns
Bryan Carson
Joe Checota
Jane Chernof
Marybeth Cottrill
Amy Croen
Robert H. Duffy
Dr. Eric A. Durant
SUSTAINING TRUSTEES
Judy Hansen
Adam J. Peck
Kerryann Haase Minton
James Phillips
Bryan House At Large
Jay Franke
Jason R. Graham
Peter Hammond
Christopher Hermann
Tom Irgens
Debra Johnson
Lynda Johnson
Deborah Kaerek
Michelle Kolp
David Kundert
Dawn Lindsey
Kristine Lueders
Andrés Gonzalez
Joan Lubar
Robert H. Manegold
Ray Manista
James Phelps
Dr. Jeanette Mitchell
Anne L. Noyes
Joe Pickart
Karen Plunkett
Beth Ridley
Kenneth Robertson
Allison Scrivner
Clark Slipher
Craig Swan
Deborah Tomczyk
Benjamin Wagner
Milwaukee Rep acknowledges the remarkable support of these former Rep Trustees who continue their engagement by attending performances, contributing a generous annual gift, and/or membership in the Limelight Legacy Society.
Richard Abdoo
Patsy Aster
Eliza Meyer Audley
James Baillon
Jay Baker
Katharine Banzhaf
Melanie Booth
James E. Braza
Joyce G. Broan
Bladen Burns
Mike Carter
Kristine Cleary
Michelle Crockett
Karen Dean
George A. Dionisopoulos
Norman Dyer
Stephen Einhorn
Thomas R. Ellis
Susan Esslinger
Timothy C. Frautschi
James E. Braza
Joyce Broan
Judy Hansen
Jacqueline Herd-Barber
Molly Kubly Fritz
Patrick D. Gallagher
Connie Gavin
Anne Gimbel
Conrad Goodkind
Kathleen Gray
William Guc
Mr. John Halechko
Edward T. Hashek
Janet Hume
John Hunzinger, P.E.
Stephen Isaacson
Judy Jorgensen
Larry Jost
J. Patrick Keyes
John Kordsmeier
Frank Krejci
Mark Kultgen
James LaVelle
David J. Lubar
Marianne Lubar
Susan Lueger
Linda Marcus
Vince Martin
Patti Brash McKeithan
Venora McKinney
Michael McNeely
Sandra McSweeney
Donna Meyer
Douglas Mickelson
Dwight L. Morgan
Wally Morics
Abigail J. Nash
Mark Niedfeldt, M.D.
Gregory C. Oberland
Tonen (Sara) O’Connor
Gina Peter
Anthony Petullo
Kristine Rappé
Catherine Robinson
PRESIDENTS’ COUNCIL
Larry Jost
John L. Kordsmeier
Frank Krejci
Susan A. Lueger
Robert H. Manegold
Vincent L. Martin
Patricia Brash McKeithan
Donna Meyer
Joseph A. Rock
Mason G. Ross
Catherine Rynkiewicz
Micky Sadoff
James Schloemer
Thomas Scrivner
Edward Seaberg
Brenda Skelton
Patrick Smith
Margaret Stratton
John Syburg
John Torinus
Renee Tyson
W. Kent Velde
Nicholas Wahl
Thomas Warden
Stacy Williams
Andrew Ziegler
Gregory C. Oberland
Edward Seaberg
W. Kent Velde
2023/24 DONORS
The following list represents organizations and individuals who have made a cumulative contribution of $500 or more between July 12, 2023 and September 12, 2024. While space limitations prevent us from listing gifts under $500, Milwaukee Rep gratefully acknowledges the generosity of all our donors. For a complete list of all our supporters, including honor and memorial gifts, please visit www.milwaukeerep.com.
$1 million +
Associated Bank
Herzfeld Foundation
Corporation, Foundation and Government Giving
United Performing Arts Fund (UPAF)
$100,000 – $999,999
Bader Philanthropies
Greater Milwaukee Foundation
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Shubert Foundation
We Energies Foundation
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$50,000 – $99,999
Ralph Evinrude Foundation
Laskin Family Foundation
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$25,000 – $49,999
Baird Community Advocates
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PNC
Studio Gear
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$10,000 – $24,999
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$500 – $999
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Susan Lubar
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Charitable Fund
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Jay and Judy Findling
Jeff and Kelly Fitzsimmons
Tom and Marcia Flanagan
Kathy Ford
Kimberlee Foster
Randall Franke
Gerald and Patricia Freitag
Allan F. and Mary Ellen Froehlich
Leanne Grano
Kathleen Gray and Ron Hofer
Greater Milwaukee Foundation
Bechthold Family Fund
Elizabeth Brenner Fund
Colton Charitable Fund
Bernadine and Stephen Graff Fund
Margarete and David Harvey Fund
Bruce Gunderson
Edward Hashek and John Jors
Drs. Daniel and Nancy Herrell
Henry and Suzanne Herzing
Debra and Kevin Hood
Dante and Jennifer Houston
Stephen and Roberta Isaacson
Sandra Ivers
Valerie Jablonka
Kenneth and Mary Lee Jacobs
Cathy Jakicic
Thomas Jensen and Claudia Francis
Jewish Community Foundation
Loyal D. Grinker Restricted Endowment Fund
Dr. Jack and Myrna Kaufman
Mary and Jamie Kaufmann
Andy Keller
Andrea and Kevin Kenealey
Brian and Mary Lou Kennedy
James E. Kilian and Roberta Rohdin Killian
Joseph W. Kmoch
John and Bronwen Knappenberger
Donald and Barbara Koehler
Karin and Mark Kultgen
George Lange and Marlene Melzer-Lange
Jim and Teri Larson
Judith Laste
Mark and Cynthia Levy
Kate Lewis and Scott Silet
Michael and Heather Liebe
Bill Listwan
Patricia Lombardo
Eric and Lori Lorenz
Paul and Patty Lucca
Patricia Luebke and Kenneth Robinson
Robert and Susan Lueger
Thomas and Judith Mackenzie
Jacqueline Servi Margis
Diane and Eugene Markiewicz
Dr. Brent and Susan Martin
Daniel McCarty
Doug and Vicky McManus
David and Julie Meier
Kristen Mekemson
George and Sallie Meyer
Jill Meyers
Carol Moerke
Christine Mortensen
Molly Mulroy
Barbara and Charles Murphy
Paul and Carolyn Noelke
Paul and Kathrine Noran
Sarah Oberhofer
Alan and Kathy Olsen
Richard Owens and Judy Edmonds Owens
Richard and Lois Pauls
Larry and Teri Pavelec
Earl Potter and Lani Williams
Jonas and Sylvia Prising
Monica and Donald Putning
Andrew Quackenboss
Patrick Quick
Dr. Kenneth Redlin
John and Cornelia Reidl
Lynn Rix
Daniel and Anna Robbins
John and Rachel Roberts
Richard and Karen Rodgers
Schauer Family Foundation
Jim and Andrea Schloemer
Judy and Tom Schmid
Barry Schulman and Cheri Wolf-Schulman
Beth and Kevin Schumacher
Allison Scrivner and Kevin Baumgart
Sonal and Girish Shah
Vicki Shimi
Jack Simpson and Dian Gabriel
Brenda Skelton and Jim Bendtsen
Aileen M. Smith
Jud and Amy Snyder
Heath Solon
Marlyn and Neal Spear
Tyler and Sherry Steward
Robert Storm and Catherine Shaw
David and Paula Strelitz
Raphael and Joan Strosin
James and Elaine Sweet
Colette Szczesny
Keri Torgerson
Joy Towell
Mike Uihlein
Dee Uradnicek
Richard Uspel
MaryCarmen Villasenor
Carla and Greg Von Roenn
Nancy Vose
Jenna Washuleski
Ruth A. Way
Mark and Anne Weitenbeck
Barbara Wesener
Susan Wiegner
Patricia Wilkins
Jay and Madonna Williams
Connie Wilson and Mike Krueger
Lee and Carol Wolcott
Melanie and Brian Wolf
Pete and Penny Woodcock
Andrew and Marti Wronski
John and Leslie Zaganczyk
Mark and Evonne Zalewski
Sharon Ziegler
Principal Actor ($500-$999)
Anonymous (11)
Mary Ellen Acker
Jim and Terri Alioto
Jason and Jessica Allen
Tom and Kathy Alpren
Dorothy Anderson
Robert W. Ater and Gregory W. Baer
Jayne Ayers
Richard and Amy Balge
Karen Balistreri
Cheryl Banks
Lynn and Charles Barney
Barbara Baron
Brian and Rebekah Barsch
Melissa and James Baxter
Bonnie Beeck
Terry Bell
Adam Bellmer
Eric and Sherrie Berndt
Carolee Beutler
Big Art
Geoffrey and Karen Bilda
Katherine and Drew Bills
Art Blair
Connie Blair
Margaret Blodgett and Ken Miller
Edward and Amy Blumenthal
James Boerner
Anthea L. Bojar
Darold and Cheryl Borree
Bradley Impact Fund
Jill and George Fahr Charitable Fund
Edith Brengel and David Radtke
Randy Breske
Elisabeth and Flint Bridge
Yvonne and Dmitry Brodsky
Anne and Arthur Brooks
D’Araun Brown
Jeff and Kelli Buchholz
Chris Burgener and Linda Loke
Susan Burns
Laurie and Peter Byrne
Susan Callanan
Christopher and Kristine Cameron
Mark and Linda Carlson
Kathleen Cepelka
Susan Cerletty
Gregory Chandler
Aleta and Walt Chossek
Jay and Roxanne Ciatti
Bunny and Ron Cohen
Sam and Sandie Colon
Michelle and Ari Cooper
Vi and George Corliss
Craig Cornelius
Suzanne and Don Cornell
Anne Courtney
Carla Cross
Sandy and Jean Custer
Steve Daily
Barbara Carol Davis
William and Julia Davis
Mary and Donal Demet
Margaret and Ricardo Diaz
Doug Doers
Sue and Dennis Duellman
Michael and Kathy Dwyer
Marybeth and Rip Edmundson
Nancy Ellis
Evelyn Ericson
Kathleen Falk and Daniel Goyette
Kenneth Finkel and Jane Delzer
Andrew Flack
Mary Teresa Flaherty
Helen Forster
Pamela Frautschi
Tim and Sue Frautschi
Stephen and Gail Froehlich
Drs. Mark and Virginia Gennis
Jon and Nancy Gilmore
Adam and Carole Glass
Margaret Gonzales and Randel Steele
Lawrence and Hannah Goodman
Bob and Joan Goodman
Michael Goodspeed and Gail Waring
Christine Gould
Jacquelyn Gozdowiak
Barbara S. Grande
Greater Milwaukee Foundation
Sherry and Norm Malmon
Philanthropic Fund
Chris Grenda
Thomas and Mary Grossman
Honorable Michael and Barbara Guolee
Carol Gustafson
Karleen Haberichter
Arlene Hansen
Dr. James and Mary Ann Hanson
Cliff and Susan Hartmann
Marge Hartwig
Scott and Rachel Hawig
Kathleen Hawkins and Charles Marn
John Healy and Mary Tobin
Hilda Heglund
Jeffrey and Heather Hein
Katrina Hermann
The Hirano Family
Mary Beth Holloway
Gary Holmes and Susan Holding
Skip and Pam Holschbach
Hal Horneffer
Mary Horton-Carstensen and Mark Carstensen
Innovative Retirement Associates LLC
Sigrid and Roy Jablonka
Nancy Jesse and Paul Menzel
Jewish Community Foundation
Eileen and Howard Dubner Donor
Advised Fund
Dorene and Phil Paley Donor Advised Fund
Jayne Jordan
Caroline Joyce
Robert and Kathleen Juday
Joe Karpfinger and Craig Thelen
Kaye and Mark Kass
Michele Kenner
Robert and Dorothy King
Genevieve Kirchman
Nancy Knapp
Robert and Naomi Knoll
Kenneth and Margaret Konet
Ashley and Andy Koors
Steven and Ianne Koritzinsky
Terry and Mary Krall
Stanley Kritzik
William Krohn
Diana Kuehl
Jenny and Justin La Crosse
Robert Lang
Dan and Kathy Larsen
Sam Leichtling and Lindsey Tauber
Lloyd and Sheri Levin
John E. and Karen M. Lewis
Judie and Jekkt Liebenstein
Saskia Lodder
Peter Lovance
Chris and Krista Ludwig
James and Paula Lukas
Robert Madden
Benjamin and Ellen Mandelman
Deila Mangold
Michelle Mattson and Matthew Sirinek
William and Pauline McCown
Jere McGaffey
Venora and Lafayette McKinney
Sandra and Michael McNeely
Diana and Mark Metz
Wesley and Amy Miles
Howard and Sara Miller
Gregory and Susan Milleville
Jequitta Kain Molot
Jerry and Lori Murphy
Dave Myers
Sue Nelsen
John and Jane Niebler
Paul Nowakowski
Susan O’Connell
Tonen (Sara) O’Connor
Mr. and Mrs. Pickles O’Pancakes
Sandra Orcholski
Bill and Marilyn Ottum
Richard Palchak and Marcia Frankiewicz
Mark and Laurie Pasch
Heather and Neil Perkins
Jennifer and Brian Peterson
Sally Piefer
Robert and Lois Piekarski
Sylvia Pratt
Chuck Prendergast
Ronald and Anne Putzer
Erika Pyzik
Philip and Katie Quakenboss
Ryan Rabe and Jackie Posselt
Robert Raffel
Jim and Kris Rappé
Scott and Amy Reid
Mickey and L. Casey Ripp
IN KIND GIFTS
Mary Lynne Robinson
Gaurie Rodman
Chris and Sarah Rowland
Jennifer Ryan
Alicia and Bryan Sadoff
LindaGale Sampson
James Sanger and Mary Newton
Mike and Jan Schade
Roger and Cindy Schaus
Christine Schlosser
Bob and Carol Schmidt
Dean Schultz
Robert Schweers
Clyde and Marge Schweitzer
Mark Schwertfeger
Martha and Frank Scott
Dr. Robert and Caryl Sewell
Deborah and Daniel Shannon
Scott and Dulcie Shoener
Pamela and Jeffrey Shovers
Marcia and Les Singer
Dennis and Cathie Slater
Margaret Sohm
Gregg and Diane Sommers
James and Kathleen Springer
Alec Stapleton
Charles and Jennifer Stearns
Aaron Stehling
Kristin Stormo-Eckhart
Richard and Susan Strait
Terry R. Sutter
Geoffrey Swain
Thomas and Marilyn Swiontek
LIMELIGHT LEGACY SOCIETY MEMBERS
Grant and Diane Tews
Ken and Patti Thewes
Dick and Hetty Tollefsen
Corey Tramaine
Renee and Joseph Tyson, Jr.
Liz Uihlein
Betsy Vokac and John Blanchard
Debra and Michael Watton
Nancy Blanchard Watts
Mary M. Wegener
Sandra Weigand
Alan and Kathy Werth
Stephanie Wesselowski
Diana Wood
Jeff and Carolyn Woodcock
Kim Wynn
Paul and Sandy Wysocki
Mike Yost and Lisa Schuldt
Nancy and Mike Yttre
Gertrude Zauner
Ted and Ann Zess
Thomas Zigan and Scott Jones
Andi and Mike Zimmerman
Tom Zimmerman
The Limelight Legacy Society is a group of visionary donors who support Milwaukee Rep through a planned gift. New members as of May 1, 2024 are in bold.
