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Antonio Edwards Suarez in Antonio’s Song/I Was Dreaming of a Son. Photo by Michael Brosilow.
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Christine Symchych & Jim McNulty Present
By Dael Orlandersmith Directed by Jade King Carroll ◊ Music Director Bob Monagle
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MARCH 22 – MAY 1, 2022 | STIEMKE STUDIO A John (Jack) D. Lewis New Play Development Program Production The Stiemke Studio Season is presented by
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CAST Liberty..........................................................................................................................Blair Medina Baldwin* Cass............................................................................................................................................Lisa Harrow* Candy.................................................................................................................................Courtney Rackley* Lisette.................................................................................................................................Delissa Reynolds*
PRODUCTION SUPPORT Stage Management Fellow......................................................................................................Krista Kanderski Assistant Director.....................................................................................................................Emma Johnson Movement Consultant....................................................................................................................Darian Tene Vocal Coach...................................................................................................................Christie Chiles Twillie Guitar Coach..............................................................................................................................Prawit Siriwat Additional Dramaturgical Support.............................................Deanie Vallone, Lydia Cochran, Xodia Choate Line Producers.........................................................................................................Laura Braza, Jada Boggs New Age will be performed with no intermission. The videotaping or other video or audio recording of this production is strictly prohibited. *Denotes an artist represented by Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.
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PRODUCTION STAFF Director of Production..................................................................................................................Jared Clarkin Associate Production Manager..............................................................................................Kaitlyn Anderson Technical Director............................................................................................................John Houtler-McCoy Associate Technical Director.........................................................................................................Sean Walters Properties Director..............................................................................................................................Jim Guy Charge Scenic Artist......................................................................................................................Jim Medved Costume Director.................................................................................................................Nicholas Hartman Lighting & Video Director..........................................................................................................Aaron Lichamer Sound Director................................................................................................................................J Jumbelic Production Stage Manager.....................................................................................................Kimberly Carolus 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.
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A Note From
Artistic Director Mark Clements It’s not very often that our audience members get the chance to see two plays by one playwright back-to-back in a single season. However, that’s exactly what’s happening in our Stiemke Studio as we open the World Premiere of New Age by Dael Orlandersmith after closing the World Premiere co-production of her co-written play, Antonio’s Song/I Was Dreaming of a Son. Shortly after we launched our John (Jack) D. Lewis New Play Development program in 2015, we were on the lookout for worldclass playwrights we could commission to write new plays for our theater. Dael was an obvious choice. We’d already produced her play Yellowman in the 2011/12 Season, and were preparing to produce the highly acclaimed Until the Flood in our 2017/18 Season. I reached out to Dael for new work and she gave me the unproduced Antonio’s Song to consider. Inspired by its lyricism and relevance, we began to develop that show, but still asked Dael if she’d be interested in writing something brand new, just for us. What came out of that conversation was New Age. Dael expressed she had a deep interest in the topic of women and aging. At the time, she was hitting an age milestone and while she was feeling good about it, she could see the way it was negatively affecting other women around her. She talked about how ageism hasn’t really been unpacked the same way sexism and racism have been in recent societal conversations—but there is substantial stigma and prejudice around age, especially for women, both young and old. So, she dove into exploring the topic and, in typical Dael fashion, the piece ended up deeply infused with music (in this case, some fantastic rock n’ roll with an electric guitarist playing onstage!) and reflections on all kinds of art—from Greek sculpture to Harlem renaissance literature to Hollywood feminine icons. The women in this play are all navigating their own unique histories and dreams, but over the course of the play they—and we—may come to identify with one another’s individual stories a bit more than first expected. While we didn’t intend to have a mini Dael Orlandersmith season in the Stiemke, we’re excited for the ways in which these two plays are in conversation with each other. With all of Dael’s work, we appreciate her exploration of art, gender, age, race, identity, legacy, community, and finding one’s own path in life. Though written separately—and not originally intended to be produced back-to-back—they speak to each other in beautiful, impactful ways. Whether you got to see one, both, or all of her work we’ve produced, we suspect you will feel these themes resonating deeply. New plays are vital to our theatrical ecosystem, and help keep the American Theater relevant, engaging, impactful, and exciting. Dael’s work has gone on to be produced in theaters across the world, and we hope that these two Milwaukee Rep World Premieres will continue to have robust and meaningful lives long after they leave the theater. Your support as audience members is crucial to this, and for that we thank you. Whatever your age—from young theater-goer to fifty-year Subscriber—may New Age remind you of the power of telling your own story and claiming your own path in life. Cheers,
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Blair Medina Baldwin Liberty Off-Broadway: Heist! A New Musical (The Players Theatre), Stranger Sings! (Eleven). Regional: Mamma Mia!, The Little Mermaid, Xanadu (TUTS) and Jesus Christ Superstar (Mary Magdelene). TV: “Folk” 2021. Additionally, Blair performs their own original queer-rock music with their band around NYC – streaming on all platforms. Thank you to DDO Artist Agency, Anthony and Mallory, and dear friends and family. www.officialblair.com @IamBlair____ Lisa Harrow Cass US: Off-Broadway: Wit (Vivian Bearing). Pittsburgh Public: Medea (Medea), Mary Stuart (Elizabeth). Yale Rep: Cherry Orchard (Raynevskya). Chautauqua Theater: The Tempest (Prospero), All My Sons (Kate). NJ Shakespeare: The Lion in Winter (Eleanor). Red Bull Theater: Coriolanus (Volumnia, 2016 Joe A. Calloway Award). UK: Royal Shakespeare Company: Twelfth Night (Olivia), Othello (Desdemona), The Merchant of Venice (Portia). West End: Man and Superman (Ann Whitfield). Film: “The Last Days of Chez Nous” (Australian Oscar for Best Actress), “Sunday” (Best Film Sundance 1997). Courtney Rackley Candy Courtney received her BFA from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts and her MFA from Harvard’s ART. She plays Patsy in the soon to be released series, “Coronatown.” She wrote and stars in the new show “Dealbreakers” (Amazon Prime). Currently in its second season is her
series, “Firsts.” You can also catch her on Amazon’s “Hand of God” and the recently released Netflix film, “Operation Varsity Blues.” Los Angeles: Disgraced (CTG Mark Taper Forum), Collective Rage (Boston Court, West Coast Premiere), God of Carnage, Shopping and F**king (LA Premiere), Eddie, Kill the President (World Premiere), Rendition in Damascus (World Premiere). New York: XXX Love Act (Ohio Theatre, NYC Premiere), The Crucible, After the Fall. Regional: Sex with Strangers (TheatreWorks), 27 Wagons Full of Cotton, The Seagull (ART), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey). Delissa Reynolds Lisette Theatre: Candidate X, COMPASS (Octopus Theatricals/Ripe Time, Watermill Residency 2021), Take My Hand and Wave Goodbye (New Dramatists Jerry A. Tishman Playwrights Creativity Fund Workshop), Resistance (Planet Connections Dark Planet Reading Series 2019), Raft of the Medusa (Planet Connections Theatre Festivity 2018), The Last Days of Judas Iscariot (The Actors Studio, La Mama), Our Lady of 121st St (The Actors Studio), LAByrinth Theatre Barn Series 2018. Regional: To Kill a Mockingbird (Penobscot), A Lesson Before Dying (Studio Arena, Geva). TV: “The Good Fight,” “FBI: Most Wanted,” “Madam Secretary” (CBS), “Manifest,” “Law & Order,” “The Beat,” “Deadline” (NBC), “Wu-Tang: An American Saga” (Hulu), “Divorce” (HBO), “Orange is the New Black,” “Luke Cage” (Netflix). Film: “A Thousand and One,” “Two Lives in Pittsburgh,” “Bruised,” “Wonder,” “Magic Hour,” “EXP. 36,” “The Day the Ponies Come Back.” Lifetime Member and Board Member of the Actors Studio.
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BIOS CONT. CREATIVE TEAM Dael Orlandersmith Playwright Dael’s plays include Stoop Stories, Black N Blue Boys/ Broken Men, Horsedreams, Bones, The Blue Album, Yellowman, The Gimmick, Monster and Forever. Ms. Orlandersmith was a Pulitzer Prize finalist and Drama Desk Award nominee for Yellowman and the winner of the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize for The Gimmick. Dael is the recipient of a New York Foundation for the Arts grant, the Helen Merrill Award for Emerging Playwrights, a Guggenheim, along with several other awards and honors. Her play, Forever, was commissioned and performed at the Mark Taper Forum/Kirk Douglas Theatre in Fall 2014, followed by performances at Long Wharf Theatre in Winter 2014/15, New York Theatre Workshop in Spring 2015 and Portland Center Stage in Winter 2016. Her play, Until the Flood, was done at Repertory Theatre of St. Louis in Fall 2016. She is currently working on two commissions for Artists Repertory Theatre in Portland and Milwaukee Repertory Theater. Until the Flood was done at Rattlestick Playwrights Theater in 2018 and Milwaukee Rep in 2019, and was done at Portland Center Stage, ACT Seattle, the Arcola Theatre in London, the Galway International Arts Festival at the Druid Theatre, and at the Traverse Theatre at Edinburgh Festival. The play is scheduled to be performed in Berlin at the Schaubühne theater in April 2022 and at the Spoleto Festival in Charleston, SC in June 2022. Ms. Orlandersmith is working on a commission for Rattlestick Playwrights Theater called Watching the Watcher and has two plays opening at Milwaukee Rep in 2022 – New Age directed by Jade King Carroll and Antonio’s Song/I Was Dreaming of a Son co-written with Antonio Edwards Suarez and directed by Mark Clements. She is also working on a new work with writer/performer David Cale called You don’t know the lonely one and is working on a new piece called Spiritas. In 2020 Ms. Orlandersmith received the Doris Duke award. 12
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Jade King Carroll Director Seven Deadly Sins - Wrath by Dael Orlandersmith (Miami New Drama – Drama League Award), Proof of Love (Audible at Minetta Lane/audiobook), Detroit ’67 (McCarter Theatre co-production with Hartford Stage), Intimate Apparel, The Piano Lesson (McCarter Theatre), The Piano Lesson (Hartford Stage), Having Our Say (Hartford Stage co-production with Long Wharf Theatre), Autumn’s Harvest (Lincoln Center Institute), Trouble in Mind (Two River Theater and PlayMakers Rep), Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, The Whipping Man, Native Gardens, Skeleton Crew, Bad Dates, Perseverance (Portland Stage), The Revolutionists, Sunset Baby (City Theatre), A Raisin in the Sun (Juilliard and Perseverance), The Tempest (Chautauqua Theater), Seven Guitars, The Persians (People’s Light), King Hedley II (Portland Playhouse), Cardboard Piano (Juilliard), Laughing Wild, Redeemed, Skeleton Crew (Dorset Theatre Festival). Broadway Associate Director: The G in Gone, A Streetcar Named Desire. Bob Monagle Music Director Bob has been working as a guitarist in the Milwaukee area music scene for the past 35 years as both a leader and sideman. He has been the guitarist for several national and regional theatre productions including Rent, Hairspray, Next to Normal and Dreamgirls. He last performed at Milwaukee Rep in In the Heights. Bob is co-owner of a local recording studio/post production business (TannerMonagle) where he maintains a busy career as a session guitarist.
#WeRepMilwaukee You-Shin Chen Scenic Designer You-Shin is a USA-based Taiwanese scenic designer. As a theatre collaborator, she is committed to diversity and humanity. YouShin centers humans, both the characters and the viewers, and their experiences in her process of creating a three-dimensional space. Recipient of the 2019 Daryl Roth Creative Spirit Award at The Lilly Awards and Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Scenic Design in 2020. Recent credits include UGLY and Wednesday (Raja Feather Kelly and the feath3r theory), Mlima’s Tale (Repertory Theatre of St. Louis), Troy Anthony’s The Revival: It Is Our Duty (The Shed), Wolf Play (Soho Rep), Mrs. Murray’s Menagerie (Ars Nova). www.youshinchen.com Mieka van der Ploeg Costume Designer Credits include designs with Goodman Theatre, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Steppenwolf, Milwaukee Rep, American Players Theatre, Court Theatre, Writers Theatre, Lyric Opera Unlimited, Lookingglass Theatre, Paramount Theatre, Marriott Theatre, Remy Bumppo, Second City, Redmoon, The Hypocrites, Chicago Children’s Theatre, About Face Theatre, Steep Theatre, Theater Wit, Albany Park Theater Project, Manual Cinema and the Under the Radar Festival at The Public Theater. She won a nonEquity Jeff Award in 2020 for First Love is the Revolution, Steep Theatre. She is proud to be a member of USA829. www.miekavanderploeg.com Mary Louise Geiger Lighting Designer Milwaukee Rep: Until the Flood. Broadway: The Constant Wife (American Airlines Theatre). Off-Broadway: Halfway Bitches Go Straight to Heaven (Atlantic), Proof of Love (Minetta Lane), Until the Flood (Rattlestick, Galway and Edinburgh Festivals, London), X, Or Betty Shabazz v. The Nation (Acting Company), Nat Turner in Jerusalem, Forever
(New York Theatre Workshop). Regional: ACT Theatre, Center Theatre Group, Huntington, Fifth Avenue, among others. Upcoming: Our Daughters Like Pillars, Huntington. Training: Yale. Faculty: NYU. www.mlgeiger.com Lindsay Jones Original Music and Sound Design This is Lindsay’s 36th show at Milwaukee Rep. Broadway: Slave Play, The Nap, Bronx Bombers and A Time to Kill. Off-Broadway: Bootycandy (Playwrights Horizons), Mr. Joy (LCT3) and Privacy and Dry Powder (Public Theater). He’s worked regionally at Guthrie, Alliance, Goodman, ACT, Chicago Shakespeare, Steppenwolf, La Jolla Playhouse, Arena Stage and many others. International: Stratford Shakespeare Festival (Canada), Royal Shakespeare Company (England) and many others. Awards include: two Tony Award nominations for Best Score and Best Sound Design of a Play, seven Joseph Jefferson Awards and 24 nominations, two Ovation Awards and three nominations, three Drama Desk Award nominations, three Helen Hayes nominations and many others. Film scoring: HBO Films’ “A Note of Triumph” (2006 Academy Award, Best Documentary). www.lindsayjones.com Janice Paran Dramaturg Janice is a dramaturg and consultant supporting new work in theater, opera and dance. She has worked closely with numerous writers and artists, including Annie Baker, Nilo Cruz, Christopher Durang, Beth Henley, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, Emily Mann, Ife Olujobi, Dael Orlandersmith, Denis O’Hare and Lisa Peterson, Polly Pen, Mfoniso Udofia, Stephen Wadsworth and Tracey Scott Wilson. A former Director of Play Development at McCarter Theatre in Princeton, NJ, she also worked for several years as a dramaturg and program associate for the Sundance Institute Theater Program. New Age
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Dale Brown Casting Casting Director
Krista Kanderski Stage Management Fellow
With Milwaukee Rep: Titanic The Musical, My Way, New Age, West Side Story, Things I Know To Be True, In the Heights, The Chinese Lady, The Who & The What. Off-Broadway: Our Brother’s Son, Gorgeous Nothings (both upcoming); America Is Hard To See, Daddy Long Legs (Drama Desk Nom); with Tara Rubin: Phantom of the Opera, Billy Elliot; A Little Night Music, Jesus Christ Superstar, Guys and Dolls (Broadway). Many thanks to Mark, Laura, et al. Great to be making live theater again! dalebrowncasting.com
Krista is delighted to return to Milwaukee Rep this season. She is a Milwaukee-based stage manager and 2019 graduate of Marquette University. Some favorite credits include: Antonio’s Song, Piano Men, West Side Story, Dad’s Season Tickets and A Christmas Carol (Milwaukee Rep), truth: The Testimonial of Sojourner Truth (Hope Summer Rep), The Pillowman (The Constructivists), Hamlet (Voices Found Repertory) and Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Jersey Lily (Milwaukee Chamber Theatre). Love and gratitude to A.
Martinique M. Barthel Stage Manager Martinique is thrilled to return to Milwaukee Rep this season as Stage Manager for Toni Stone and New Age. Previous Milwaukee Rep credits include The Niceties and Nativity Variations. Other area credits include Milwaukee Black Theater Festival (2020 & 2021), Stew, Underneath the Lintel (Milwaukee Chamber Theatre), The Gospel at Colonus (Skylight Music Theatre), Belonging, Native Gardens, Sex with Strangers (Renaissance Theaterworks), Black Nativity (2017 & 2018, Black Arts Milwaukee), Assassins, Light in the Piazza, Kiss Me, Kate!, A Little Night Music (Four Seasons Theatre), Romeo and Juliet, Lines, The Bed, Constellations (Theatre LILA), The Mojo and the Sayso (Theatre LILA/Bronzeville Arts Ensemble), Change Your Mind, Change the World (2012) and The World We Make (2016) panel discussions with His Holiness, the 14th Dalai Lama.
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Emma Johnson Assistant Director Saint Paul native, Emma, is thrilled to join Milwaukee Rep this season as a directing resident! She graduated with a BS in Theater and English Education at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls in 2019 and has worked as a high school language arts teacher and theater artist ever since. While at River Falls, Emma was a co-founder of the university’s improv troupe and directed a studentled production of Beyond Therapy before receiving a Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival Certificate of Merit for her direction of Proof. Outside college, Emma has worked in the Twin Cities as a classroom assistant at SteppingStone Theatre and as a stage manager with Shakespeare & CompanyMinnesota and Mosaic Productions.
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Mark Clements Artistic 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. Milwaukee Rep directing credits include the world premieres of One House Over, his own adaptation of the current A Christmas Carol, Five Presidents and American Song. Also directed for Milwaukee Rep: Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol, Things I Know To Be True (American Premiere), Junk, The Glass Menagerie, Of Mice and Men, Othello, Death of a Salesman, The History of Invulnerability, End of the Rainbow, Clybourne Park and Bombshells. Some of his New York and international work includes Speaking in Tongues, The Milliner and Blunt Speaking, in addition to creating and directing the West End and UK National Tour of Soul Train. 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 from 1992-2002, 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 from his time at Walnut Street Theatre in Philadelphia. Mark is currently working with Ayad Akhtar on adapting his critically acclaimed novel American Dervish for the stage to make its world premiere at Milwaukee Rep in an upcoming season.
Chad Bauman Executive Director Now in his ninth season at Milwaukee Rep, under Chad’s guidance the theater has grown significantly from a $9M to $14M organization. He’s completed two capital campaigns, one to remodel and expand the Stackner Cabaret and the other to build the endowment, launch the John (Jack) D. Lewis New Play Development Program, create a new A Christmas Carol and deepen the theater’s community engagement programs. Through his efforts, the theater has been awarded UPAF’s Good Steward Award six times and became the only performing arts organization in Wisconsin with a 4-star rating from Charity Navigator. Previously he was the Associate Executive Director at Arena Stage in Washington, DC, where he was instrumental in opening the Mead Center for American Theater, a 200,000 square feet, performing arts complex dedicated to American voices and playwrights. While at Arena Stage, he worked on the Broadway transfers of Next to Normal (Pulitzer Prize; Tony Award), Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Tony Award), Wishful Drinking starring Carrie Fisher, in addition to the world premieres of Marcus Gardley’s Every Tongue Confess starring Phylicia Rashad and Red Hot Patriot starring Kathleen Turner. He has been named to Milwaukee Business Journal’s Top 40 under 40 and a “Friend of the Hispanic Community” by the United Community Center. He currently serves as the President of the Milwaukee Arts Partners, Vice President of the Board of Pathways High School, Treasurer of Imagine MKE and Coordinator for Equity, Diversity & Inclusion for AFS Student Exchange Programs. Bauman is a graduate of Harvard Business School’s Strategic Perspectives in Non-Profit Management program with a Master of Fine Arts in producing from the CalArts. He and his husband Justin live in Whitefish Bay.
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Director of Sales......................................Jeremy Scott Associate Director of Sales...........................Jaime Lacy Director of Teleservices..........................Parker Cristan Ticket Office Manager................................Casey Helm Assistant Ticket Office Manager….........…Liv Mauseth Ticket & Teleservices Representatives....Emily Amborn, Jasper Farin, Josh Groth, Zachary Dean Lachowicz, Emily Lange, Johannah Lee, Michelle MacDonald, Soren Miller, Paul Pfannenstiel, Sawyer Regenbaum, Eamon Schiro, Violet Verhein, Amber Weissert
Audience Services & Venue Operations
Director of Venue Operations..............Donald Parsons Audience Services Manager...................Tanya Haynes House Managers...............................Alanna Bougher, Miles Brooks, Vanessa Huss, Sierra Irwin, Bailey Kissack, Bryon Krueger Guest Services Associates.................... Dana Bannach, Susan Davies, Becky Demler, Chrissy Gifford, Taylor Holley, Vincent Vogt Executive Chef.................................Andrew Ruehmer Restaurant Staff....................................Jacob Abrams, Jordan Bauer, Nicole Blanks, Rodney Ellis, Darian Emerson, Ariana Fontanez, Krystina Gandy, Hope Goes, Kyle Guthreau, Alex Hagan, Caitlin Hagness, Quincy Hardin, Emily Hummel, Elsie Jarvar, Stephen Johnson, Taye Levin, Angela Livermore, Sara Longley, Cade McMahon, Grace McMahon, Matty Meehan, Lexie Michell, Mary Muehleisen, Jessie Ringlien, Mia Rudolph-Schulta, Timothy Schauf, Daniel Soto, Crystal Thompson, Charles Waechter, Dinah Walker, Jerry Walloch-Poll, Robin Westrick, Spencer White, Odell White, Capri Wilder
PRODUCTION Director of Production............................Jared Clarkin Associate Production Manager.........Kaitlyn Anderson Assistant Production Manager............Maram Samaha
Costumes
Costume Director............................Nicholas Hartman Assistant Costume Director.........................Bina Bieker Design Assistant....................................Destiny Harris Senior Draper..............................Alexander B. Tecoma Tailor..........................................................Jef Ouwens First Hand..............................................Katie Leonard First Hand...........................................Micky Simmons Lead Costume Crafts Artisan...................Haley Jaeger Stitcher..........................Sara Mehlhaff, Kas Rodriguez Costume Construction Resident....Sparrow Matthews Wig, Hair & Makeup Supervisor....Emily Christoffersen Wig and Craft Assistant.............................Ansley Juan Wardrobe Supervisor.........................Amber Kuennen Wardrobe Crew............…..................Crystalia Varelis, Lauren Zidek
Lighting & Video
Lighting and Video Director................Aaron Lichamer Assistant Lighting Design Resident.............Rosa Cano
Sound
Sound Director.............................................J Jumbelic
Props
Properties Director.........................................Jim Guy Props Crafts Artisan................................Tayler Varney Props Carpenter/Artisan.........................Erik Lindquist Prop Graphics Artist..................................Mindy Knoll Soft Props Artisan..........................Jeavon Greenwood
Scenic
Technical Director........................John Houtler-McCoy Associate Technical Director.....................Sean Walters Assistant Technical Director...............................Joe Fry Charge Scenic Artist..................................Jim Medved Lead Scenic Artist.................................Shannon Mann Scenic Artist.......................................Caroline Dischell Assistant Stagehand.............................Bridgette Dona
Stage Management
Production Stage Manager...............Kimberly Carolus Stage Managers..................................Martie Barthel, Jade Bruno, Josh Hart, David Hartig, Tara Kelly, Rebecca Lindsey, Kira Neighbors, Shaina Pierce Stage Management Fellow.................Krista Kanderski Stage Management Residents................Kelly DeLisle, Hannah Steele
Resident Stagehands & Carpenters
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MILWAUKEE REPERTORY THEATER STAFF CONT. MILWAUKEE REPERTORY THEATER BOARD OF TRUSTEES TRUSTEES
President Judy Hansen Immediate Past President Gregory C. Oberland Vice President, Development Amy Croen Vice President, Trustees James Phelps Secretary Bladen Burns Treasurer James Phillips At Large Andres Gonzalez
Ayad Akhtar Tammy Belton-Davis Ivor Benjamin Wendy W. Blumenthal Melanie Booth Michael Carter Jane Chernof Marybeth Cottrill Robert H. Duffy John Halechko Chris Hermann Bryan B. House Tom Irgens Lynda Johnson
At Large Joan Lubar
Michelle Kolp David Kundert Phoebe Lewis Kristine Lueders Linda Marcus Emily McKeown* Joe Pickart Karen Plunkett Catherine Robinson Christopher Rowland Craig Swan Deborah Tomczyk Nicholas P. Wahl
*ex officio
At Large Robert H. Manegold At Large Adam J. Peck
FRIENDS OF MILWAUKEE REP BOARD President Emily McKeown Immediate Past President Steph O’Connor VP External Services Aileen Smith VP Fundraising Terry Sutter VP Internal Services Susan Herro Secretary Erin Burgess Treasurer Jim Mergener 20
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MEMBERS Cathy Jakicic Jaclyn Jecha Janet Kaldhusdal Amy Papador Suzanne Powell Craig Warnecke Karen Weinberg Les Wilson
#WeRepMilwaukee SUSTAINING TRUSTEES 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 Joaquín Altoro Patsy Aster James Baillon Jay Baker Katharine Banzhaf Matt Bartel James E. Braza Joyce G. Broan Warren Buliox Danny Cunningham Karen Dean Mark J. Diliberti George A. Dionisopoulos Robert Dye Norman Dyer Stephen Einhorn James D. Ericson Susan Esslinger Timothy C. Frautschi
Molly Kubly Fritz Patrick Gallagher Connie Gavin Katherine M. Gehl Cecilia Gilbert Anne Gimbel Kathleen Gray William Guc Edward T. Hashek Jill Heavenrich Jacqueline Herd-Barber Peter Hotz Janet Hume John Hunzinger Stephen Isaacson Judy Jorgensen Bradley J. Kalscheur J. Patrick Keyes John Kordsmeier Frank Krejci
James LaVelle David J. Lubar Marianne Lubar Susan Lueger Vince Martin Patti Brash McKeithan Venora McKinney Michael McNeely Sandra McSweeney Donna Meyer Douglas Mickelson Dwight L. Morgan Abigail J. Nash Mark Niedfeldt Tonen (Sara) O’Connor Gina Peter Anthony Petullo Elizabeth Quadracci-Harned Kristine Rappé Dr. John E. Ridley
Allen N. Rieselbach Joseph A. Rock Darlene Rose Micky Sadoff Joseph Schlidt James Schloemer Thomas Scrivner Edward Seaberg Brenda Skelton Patrick Smith Robert Taylor Renee Tyson Stephen VanderBloemen W. Kent Velde Karin Werner Stacy Williams Andrew Ziegler
PRESIDENTS’ COUNCIL James E. Braza Joyce Broan Judy Hansen Jacqueline Herd-Barber
Larry Jost John L. Kordsmeier Frank Krejci Susan A. Lueger
Robert H. Manegold Vincent L. Martin Patricia Brash McKeithan Donna Meyer
Gregory C. Oberland Edward Seaberg W. Kent Velde
LIMELIGHT LEGACY SOCIETY MEMBERS The Limelight Legacy Society is a group of visionary donors who support Milwaukee Rep through a planned gift. New members as of May 1, 2021 are in bold. To learn more about membership opportunities and benefits, please contact Alli Engelsma-Mosser at 414-290-5366 or Aengelsma-mosser@milwaukeerep.com. George R. Affeldt, Jr. Sharee Allain and David Schertz Gerald and Gail Baccetti Bob Balderson John and Carol Bannen Katharine Banzhaf Brian and Rebekah Barsch Adam and Megan Bauman Chad Bauman and Justin Dunleavy Mark and Victoria Benskin Bill Beyer Mark Biehl Melita Biese Joyce G. Broan Mark E. Carstensen and Mary M. Horton Jane and Stephen Chernof Mark Clements and Kelley Faulkner Chris and Judi Collins Diane Dalton Randall Daut and Patricia Ryan Susan and Bill Dawicke Robert and Karen Dean H. Robert Dittmer Carol Z. Dolphin
Amy Dorman Rosemarie Eierman Roma Eiseman Don Ellingsen Susan and Gee Esslinger Janet Fleck James and Ellen Flesch Deborah Fugenschuh and Mark Hinchey Rob Gardenier and Lori Morse Bill and Susanne Gay Jeff Glock and Jane Reilly Kathleen Gray and Ron Hofer Sara L. Grotenrath and James Pech Delphine Gurzynski Richard and Susan Hackl Sybille Hamilton Arlene Hansen Judy Hansen Leland Hansen John and Susan Harrits Edward Hashek and John Jors Lois F. Hoover and William R. Hoover Dr. Lawrence Howards Janet Kellogg Hume
Cathryn Jakicic Deb and Peter Johnson Bradley J. Kalscheur Richard and Diane Kane Margaret Knitter Christine Krause David Kundert Sandra L. Laedtke James and Mary LaVelle Mr. and Mrs. Llewellyn E. Licht Robert and Susan Lueger Carol and Rob Manegold Jim and Sally Mergener Anthony and Donna Meyer Vivian Moller Bob and Jan Montgomery Charles and Barbara Murphy Greg and Rhonda Oberland Karen Ellen Owens Marlyene Pfeiffer Ronald and Barbara Poe Dr. Thomas Raimann and Mick Dwyer David and Pat Rierson Sara Risley
Gayle Rosemann and Paul McElwee James and Kathleen Scholler Ed Seaberg and Patrick Smith Margery Senn Brenda Skelton and Jim Bendtsen Aileen M. Smith Amanda Springob Terry R. Sutter John and Kine Torinus Harry and Mary Beth Van Groll Judy Van TIll Paul Vandeveld Kent and Marcia Velde Greg and Jodi Wait David and Cheryl Walker Neal and Cathy Wegner Sue Wells Barbara Wesener Stacy and Blair Williams Paul and Sandy Wysocki
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2021/22 DONORS The following list represents organizations and individuals who have made a cumulative contribution of $500 or more between December 28, 2020 – February 28, 2022. For a complete list of all our supporters, please visit www.MilwaukeeRep.com.
Corporation, Foundation and Government Giving $1 million + United Performing Arts Fund (UPAF)
$100,000 – $999,999
The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation Herzfeld Foundation National Endowment for the Arts Rockwell Automation Shubert Foundation State of Wisconsin - Dept. of Administration
$50,000 – $99,999
BMO PNC We Energies Foundation Wells Fargo
$25,000 – $49,999
Arts Midwest Associated Bank Bader Philanthropies Patty and Jay Baker Foundation CAMPAC Greater Milwaukee Foundation Johnson Controls The Marcus Corporation Milwaukee Public Schools Northwestern Mutual Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren S.C. Studio Gear
$10,000 – $24,999
Baird Demmer Charitable Trust Eppstein Uhen Architects Ralph Evinrude Foundation Fiduciary Management Godfrey & Kahn, S.C. William N. and Janice V. Godfrey Family Foundation Frieda & William Hunt Memorial Trust Milwaukee County Saint John’s on the Lake Wisconsin Department of Health Services
$1,000 – $9,999
Actors’ Equity Foundation, Inc. Adient American Family Insurance ANON Charitable Trust Brewers Community Foundation Burke Properties CG Schmidt, Inc. Deloitte Einhorn Family Foundation Foley & Lardner Friends of Milwaukee Repertory Theater
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Froedtert Health GRAEF Green Bay Packers Foundation Evan and Marion Helfaer Foundation Hunzinger Construction Company Husch Blackwell Dorothy Inbusch Foundation Camille A. Lonstorf Trust MGIC Investment Corporation Michels Corporation Milwaukee Arts Board Molson Coors Charles D. Ortgiesen Foundation Jane Bradley Pettit Foundation PricewaterhouseCoopers Quarles & Brady Riverwater Partners LLC Spear Arts Education Fund Townsend Foundation U.S. Bank The Walbec Group Willis Towers Watson Windsor Advisory Group, LLC
$500-$999
Greater Milwaukee Association of Realtors Youth Foundation
Participants in the Matching Gift Program
Abbvie American Transmission Company LLC Baird Bank of America Capital Group Caterpillar Foundation Eaton Corporation GE Foundation GE Healthcare Bucyrus Foundation, Inc. Great-West Financial Husch Blackwell Iqvia Johnson Controls Foundation Law Office Of Rollie R. Hanson Leonardo Drs PAC Charity Match Program Merck Partnership For Giving Microsoft Corporation Netapp Progressive Insurance Foundation Reader’s Digest Foundation Rockwell International Corp. Trust Matching Gift Program U.S. Bank We Energies Foundation Wells Fargo
#WeRepMilwaukee Milwaukee Rep welcomes gifts of securities and stocks. If you plan to make such a gift, please notify the Development Department at 414-290-0717 so we can properly credit and acknowledge your generosity.
Individual Giving Luminary ($100,000+) Anonymous Melanie and Steve Booth Greater Milwaukee Foundation Judith A. Keyes Family Fund Billie W. Kubly Vince Martin David and Abigail Nash Greg and Rhonda Oberland Jim Phillips Clark and Diane Slipher Visionary ($50,000-$99,999) Bladen and Julia Burns Tom and Molly Duffey Four-Four Foundation David Kundert Sally Manegold Julia and David Uihlein Artistic Producer ($25,000-$49,999) Anonymous (2) Jo Ann and Richard Beightol Bradley Impact Fund Jason and Diep Graham Charitable Fund Sandra and William Haack Christopher Harned and Elizabeth Quadracci-Harned Bryan and Rebecca House The Lubar Family Foundation Joan Lubar and John Crouch Marianne and Sheldon Lubar Madeleine and David Lubar Susan Lubar Kristine and Wayne Lueders Gina and Eric Peter Anthony Petullo Foundation Ed Seaberg and Patrick Smith Christine Symchych and Jim McNulty David and Cheryl Walker Producer ($10,000-$24,999) Anonymous (4) Fran Adams Bob Balderson Donna and Donald Baumgartner Mark and Karen Bitzan Elaine Burke Robert C. Burrell Croen Foundation, Inc. Margaret Dethloff and Terri Zeh Dr. Eric Durant and Scott Swickard Suzy B. Ettinger Foundation Peter Foote and Robin Wilson The Molly and David Fritz Family Peter and Beth Gottsacker Greater Milwaukee Foundation Norman and Lucy Cohn Family Fund Howard and Susan Hopwood Fund James and Mary LaVelle Fund Donna and Tony Meyer Fund John J. Halechko and Marc Colletti Judy Hansen Christopher and Katherine Hermann
Mark and Sue Irgens Judy and Gary Jorgensen Krista Kile Phoebe Lewis Robert and Susan Lueger John and Linda Mellowes Peck Foundation, Milwaukee LTD. Karen Plunkett Tom and Susan Quadracci RDK Foundation Renaissance Fund Saints Andrew and Mark Charitable Gift Trust Catherine and Buddy Robinson Paul and Kathy Slesar Jeffrey P. Sommerfeld and Dr. Lori Sommerfeld Craig and Mara Swan Kent and Marcia Velde
Dr. Thomas Raimann and Mick Dwyer David and Pat Rierson Allen and Pat Rieselbach Richard and Karen Rodgers Jay and Anne Schamberg Meredith and Thomas Scrivner Linda L. Sell, MD Jan Serr and John Shannon Jud Snyder and Amy Stillman A.J. Star Curtis and Deborah Tomczyk Harry and Mary Beth Van Groll Nic and Sally Wahl Ziegler Family Foundation
Designer ($2,500-$4,999) Anonymous (4) Abby and Omar Andrietsch Gary and Connie Bakker Director ($5,000-$9,999) Katharine Banzhaf Anonymous (3) Jackie Behnke Helen Ambuel Robert and Sharon Brenner Richard and Sara Aster Bradley and Glenna Brin Isabel Bader Cheri and Tom Briscoe James and Susan Baillon Timothy and Kathleen Carr Ivor and Carol Benjamin Jim Cauley and Brenda Andrews Wendy and Warren Blumenthal Mark and Terri Chelmowski James E. and Mary K. Braza Sue D’Alessio Frank and Caryl Briscoe Jeff and Kelly Fitzsimmons Randal and Mary Lynn Brotherhood Jack Gebhardt and Deborah Dr. Bruce and Marsha Camitta McKeithan-Gebhardt Chris and Judi Collins Greater Milwaukee Foundation Robert and Karen Dean Flesch Family Fund Thomas J. and Deborah W. Degnan David and Marion Meissner Sandy and George Dionisopoulos Paul and Gloria Halverson Patrick D. Gallagher Leland Hansen Andres Gonzalez Henry and Margery Howard Greater Milwaukee Foundation Ken and Janet Howenstine Tony and Andrea Bryant Steve and Karen Huser Rob Gardenier and Lori Morse Stephen and Roberta Isaacson Charitable Fund Jewish Community Foundation Richard Grunke and William Grasch Micaela Levine and Tom St. John John and Susan Harrits Donor Advised Fund Carla H. Hay Mark and Ginny Kannenberg Katie Heil Patti Keating Kahn and Chuck Kahn John and Marci Hunzinger Mark and Jenny Kopetsky Jewish Community Foundation Tim Kraetsch and Mike Wavra Jane and Steve Chernof Christine Krause Lynda Johnson Kristine Krause and Scott Patulski Mike and Marie Johnson Marina and Frank Krejci Maja Jurisic and Don Fraker Frankln Loo and Sally Long Ted and Mary Kellner Maureen and Michael McCabe Keyes Family Merle and Sandra McDonald Connie and John Kordsmeier Julie and David Meier Susan and Tony Krausen Jim and Sally Mergener Jean and David Lauer Ann Bartos Merkow and Steve Merkow Dawne and Ray Manista Joe and Kerryann Minton Patti McKeithan Vivian Moller Patricia and William Moren Dwight and Marleen Morgan Drs. Mark and Jennifer Niedfeldt John O’Hare Diane K. O’Connor Marlene Ott Joe and Katie Pickart James and Morgan Phelps Fred Pike and Cecilia Taylor Drs. Alan L. Pohl and Carol C. Pohl H. Richard Quadracci Ewens and Emilio Cabrera Earl Potter and Lani Williams
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2021/22 DONORS CONT. Susan Purtell David and Roberta Remstad Gayle Rosemann and Paul McElwee Chris Rowland Ron and Micky Sadoff Sue and Bud Selig Dennis P. Sheahan Aileen M. Smith Dr. Mark and Nancy Smuckler The Streich Family Foundation John and Anne Thomas Mike Uihlein Christine M. and Stephen C. VanderBloemen Neal and Cathy Wegner Eric and Sarah Whyte Connie Wilson and Mike Krueger Wilfred Wollner Paul and Katherine Zavada Playwright ($1,500-$2,499) Anonymous (4) Jim and Terri Alioto Sharee Allain and David Schertz Amy L. Argall George Banda Carla and Burt Bartlett Art Blair Bill and Barbara Boles Larry Bonney Warren and Tina Buliox Bruce and Kathi Campbell B. Lauren and Margaret Charous Steve and Nancy Check Thomas and Gisela Chelimsky Mary and James M. Connelly Craig and Jeanette Cook Jim and Marybeth Cottrill Antony and Nikki D’Cruz Rodney Dow Bob and Teri Duffy Dale and Mary Erickson Frederick the Great Bill and Susanne Gay Rick and Liz Gebhardt Kathleen Gray and Ron Hofer Greater Milwaukee Foundation Joan and Peter W. Bruce Fund Margaret Heminway Wells Fund Schoonenberg Family Foundation Fund Nile and Carol Soik Family Fund Delphine Gurzynski Sharon and Tom Harty Margarete and David Harvey Laurie Hazzard Dave and Judy Hecker Steve and Genene Hibbler Debra and Kevin Hood John Idzikowski and Jane Stoltz Jewish Community Foundation Mark and Cheryl Brickman Donor Advised Fund Maureen Kania Swokowski Diane Kippenhan-Vollmer John and Bronwen Knappenberger Lilane Koehn Mace Vincent and Cathy Kotnik Sandy Laedtke Steven Liszewski Rick and Roberta London Elaine and Gerry Mainman Michael and Jane Malone Linda and Debesh Mazumdar
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Daniel and Constance McCarty Tom and Renee McCutcheon Jill Meyers Judith Miller Carol Moerke Claudia and Joseph Moll Bob and Jan Montgomery Dr. David Paris Kristine Phillips Sylvia K. Pratt Bill Priebe Jim Ramsey Jim and Lys Reiskytl Lynn Rix Joseph A. and Sarah Rock Rick and Jean Schmalfeld Judy and Tom Schmid Patrick W. Schmidt and Dewey J. Caton Richard and Mary Schnell John and Karen Silseth Judith A. Steinke David and Paula Strelitz James and Elaine Sweet Susan and Jim Taylor Gile and Linda Tojek Keri Torgerson Sheryl A. Van Haren Prati and Norm Wojtal Joe and Mary Ann Zompa Stage Manager ($1,000-$1,499) Anonymous (9) James Awe Franz Backus Kevin and Jean Ball Richard and Diana Barthel Ginny Bolger Darold and Cheryl Borree Douglas and Barbara Braun John and Kathleen Cantieri Susan Cerletty Joseph and Julie Chusid Kathryn and Kelly Clark Rev. David E. Cooper Frank Daily and Julianna Ebert Diane Dalton Russell and Susan Darrow Larry and Eileen Dean Lloyd Dickinson and Kristin Bergstrom Carol Z. Dolphin Paul and Paula Eberle Richard and Patricia Ehlert Susan and Gee Esslinger Mary Lou M. Findley Tom and Marcia Flanagan Helen Forster Richard Gallagher Rod and Linda Gehrig Drs. Mark and Virginia Gennis Jeff Glock and Jane Reilly Greater Milwaukee Foundation Bernadine and Stephen Graff Fund Nancy E. Hack Fund Hepburn “Bootstrap” Foundation JB Fund Mr. and Mrs. Callie Guay Glen and Claire Hackmann Elizabeth Hancock and Susan Nevala Edward Hashek and John Jors John Haydon and Grace McBain-Haydon John and Jean Henderson Peter and Linda Hotz
Jewish Community Foundation Raye David Deb and Peter Johnson Dr. Jack and Myrna Kaufman Margaret M. Knight Robert and Naomi Knoll Don and Barb Koehler Paul and Amy Kolo Steven and Ianne Koritzinsky Kaye and Prakash Laud John and Victoria Laur William Leach and Willie and Jason Rita Lewenauer Paul and Patty Lucca Thomas and Judith Mackenzie Robert Marold and Diane Boldt Andy and Janet Martin Dr. Brent and Susan Martin Francis and Rose Mary Matusinec Bernard and Susan McCartan Katherine McCombe Victoria S. McCormick George and Sallie Meyer Jose Milan Gregory and Susan Milleville Anthony Mlinar Modern Woodman of America, Office of Taren Sartler Bernie Mrazik and Jeanie Jerde Sarah Oberhofer Laurie Ocepek Joseph R. Pabst Charitable Fund Marlyene Pfeiffer Matthew and Laurie Piette Jonas and Sylvia Prising Cathy Procton Robert Purtock Phil and Lynell Raiche Carol Riegert Daniel and Anna Robbins Connie and Peter Roop Wayne and Christine Sage Jim and Andrea Schloemer Dean Schultz Robert Schweers Martha and Frank Scott Scott and Dulcie Shoener Scott and Mary Ellen Stanek Charles and Jennifer Stearns Linda and Richard Stevens Robert Storm and Catherine Shaw Jane Svinicki Geoffrey Swain Colette Szczesny Deanna and Eric Tillisch Sara Toenes Lisa Trost Elizabeth Vokac Paul Wanat Sue Wells Susan Wiegner Howard and Mernie Williams Lee Wolcott Robert L. Woodbury Pete and Penny Woodcock Nancy and Mike Yttre Joan M. Zeiger Steven and Sarah Zimmerman
Principal Actor ($500-$999) Anonymous (16) Mary Ellen Acker John Alexander Shawn Alexander Tom and Kathy Alpren Dorothy Anderson Keith and Paula Anderson Michael and Mary Andruszkiewicz Kathleen and Robert Anger Susan Arnhold Robert W. Ater and Gregory W. Baer William Audette Daniel and Linda Bader Balistreri’s Restaurants Barb Anderson Fan Club Lynn and Charles Barney Brian and Rebekah Barsch Tom and Sally Basting Nancy Bauer-King Charles Baumgardner and Susan Jans Jack and Virginia Beatty Donald Becker Clark and Linda Beier Diane and Thomas Belot Evert and Cindy Berndt Carolee Beutler Greg Bird Margaret Blodgett and Ken Miller Edward and Amy Blumenthal James Boerner Mike and Mary Bohren Peter and Lasharle Borg Steven Bowsher Caridad Bravo-Fernandez Kristin Brey and Michael Sampson Carla Brockman Jill Broekhuizen Anne and Arthur Brooks D’Araun Brown Chris Burgener and Linda Loke Carole Burns Mark and Penny Burrall Bruce and Joan Butterfield Allison and Dan Byrne Michael and Lynn Byrne Peter and Laurie Byrne David Cadle Anne and Phil Callen Christopher and Kristine Cameron Brian Casey Richard and Katherine Cattey Gabe and Katrina Ceci Gregory Chandler Walt and Aleta Chossek Lana and Rick Colbo Gerry and Heidi Connolly Nicole and Jack Cook Anne Courtney Jolinda and Danny Cunningham Richard and Mary Davenport Tom DeChant and Paul Gibler Richard Dowen Ellen Drought Patrick and Mary Duffy Janet Dunst Marie Dupuis and Peter Westergard Michael and Janet Durham Mike and Kathy Dwyer Tina Eickermann Nancy Ellis Nelson Ellis
Evelyn Ericson Patti Farrell and Randy Gschwind Ashley Faulkner Christine L. Fenner James and Susan Fergus Janet Fleck Kari and Bill Foote Kathy Ford Patrick and Linda Ford Brian Foster Linda Frank Pamela Frautschi Gerald and Patricia Freitag Ronald Froehlich Susie Gebhardt Emma Gillette Jon and Nancy Gilmore Adam and Carole Glass Lawrence and Hannah Goodman Natalia and Patrick Goris Christine Gould Steven Gravatt Greater Milwaukee Foundation Bechthold Family Fund Michael and Joanne Grebner Sarah Gremonprez Thomas and Mary Grossman Jill and Tony Grueninger Tom and Deirdre Halat Arlene Hansen Dr. James and Mary Ann Hanson Marge Hartwig John Healy and Mary L. Tobin Fred and Carol Heim Robert and Amy Heinrich Ralph and Bonnie Hensel John and Sarah Hill Ellen Hing and Chris Leadley Julie Hoelle Mary Beth Holloway Gary Holmes and Susan Holding Hal Horneffer Sandra A. Ivers Roy H. Jablonka Valerie Jablonka Doug and Janie Jacobson Deane and Vicky Jaeger A. W. Janikowsky Nancy Jesse Jewish Community Foundation Eileen and Howard Dubner Donor Advised Fund Pam Kriger Donor Advised Fund Lois Malawsky Donor Advised Fund Sherry and Norm Malmon Donor Advised Fund Sherwood E. and Libby S. Temkin Donor Advised Fund Mary Johnson Carol Jones John Jump John and Coral Kaczynski Marlene Kagen Evan and Paula Kaiser Charles and Mary Kamps Melissa Kanios Tom Karakis and Colleen Lese Brian and Mary Lou Kennedy Gontran and Demaris Kenwood John and Cheryl Kersey Sue and Bob Kinosian John and Debbie Kissinger
Richard and Rita Klick Don and Carol Klockow Joseph Kmoch Russell and Rose Marie Knoth Thomas and Susan Kotur Terry and Mary Krall Stanley Kritzik Jenni Kryscio Anne Kumor Bruce Lammi Marlene and George Lange Dan and Kathy Larsen William and Judith Laste Eugene and Gwen Lavin Larry and Mary LeBlanc Ely Leichtling and Sally Merrell Mark and Cynthia Levy John E. and Karen M. Lewis Perry Lieuallen and Darcy McManus David and Mary Ann Lillich Nancy Lindenberg Dawn Lindsey Saskia Lodder Peter Lovance Adrian Love James and Paula Lukas Robert Madden Benjamin and Ellen Mandelman Ms. Diane J. Markiewicz Stephen Marks Lee Marquardt Janette Marsh Thomas Marshall Joseph Masterson Frank and Kathy Mattaino Jean Maurer Dan and Ada McAdams James McCormack Dan and Jill McElroy Jere McGaffey Bonnie McKendry Barbara McMath James and Diane Meinecke Kristen Mekemson Daryl and Rita Melzer Howard and Sara Miller Erik and Carol Moeser Dr. George and Nancy Morris Christine Mortensen Chris and Betsy Mueller Mary Ann Mueller Barbara and Charles Murphy Jerry and Lori Murphy John Myers John and Margaret Nelson John and Jane Niebler Paul and Kathrine Noran Chris and Anne Noyes Tonen (Sara) O’Connor Pasta Tree Restaurant and Wine Bar Frank and Joanne Paulus Bruce and Candy Pindyck J. D. and Sally Polley Carol Porth Ronald and Anne Putzer Jim and Kris Rappé Suzann Reichley Nancy and Herman Resto Jackie Rickel Craig Rigby and Anna Timms Mickey and L. Casey Ripp RitzHolman CPAs
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2021/22 DONORS CONT. Robert Rooney George and Dotty Roth Andrew Ruehl Tom and Judy Saeger Linda Sampson James Sanger and Mary Newton Mark Sauter The Wilbert and Genevieve Schauer Foundation Bob and Carol Schmidt James and Kathi Scholler George Schroeder and Mary Arenberg Emily and John Shipman Sandi Siegel Kim Sienko David Simpson and Debbie Schmidt Les and Marcia Singer Michelle Sirinek Brenda Skelton and Jim Bendtsen Gina Skibo Margaret Sohm Kendra Stea Jeffery and Marjorie Stearns
Tim Steinle Daniel Stier and Diane Sorensen Bill and Judith Stone George and Eileen Stone Richard and Susan Strait Terry R. Sutter Georgeane M. Szczygielski Jenifer and Joseph Tate Kent and Marna Tess-Mattner Grant and Diane Tews James and Leigh Ann Tidey Steven L. Tietz and Catherine Markwiese Thomas and Patricia Towers Michele Tschopp Mark Van Hecke Dave and Katy Vetta Dena Vette Randall and Gillian Vodnik Carla and Greg Von Roenn Nancy Vose Greg and Jodi Wait Sean and Colleen Walker Sargit Warriner
Francis and Mary Wasielewski Nancy Blanchard Watts Ruth A. Way Mary M. Wegener Mark and Anne Weitenbeck David and Cindy Werner Alan and Kathy Werth Barbara Wesener Alberta Whitaker Sandra Wiegand Jim and Libby Wigdale Penny Williams Robert and Linda Wilson William and Anne Wingate Diana Wood Daryl and Bonnie Wunrow James and Erika Zaiser Mark and Evonne Zalewski Gertrude Zauner Terrence and Cindy Zens Sharon Ziegler Jodi Zilinski Eve Joan Zucker
I’m hopeful that my modest contribution through my estate plan can help make sure that my grandchildren can enjoy what we are enjoying.
I really do believe Milwaukee Rep is a treasure. We’ve got to preserve it. – Melita Biese, Limelight Legacy Society member Rep theater-goer, 40+ years • Friends of Milwaukee Rep volunteer, 10+ years
Join the Limelight Legacy Society by designating Milwaukee Rep as the beneficiary of a bequest, life insurance policy, or retirement account. Members enjoy invitations to private events with cherished Rep artists, access to the donor lounge, and much, much more. To learn more, contact : Director of Major and Planned Giving, Alli Engelsma-Mosser 414-290-5366 • AEngelsma-Mosser@milwaukeerep.com 26
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Sorel Etrog,The Source, 1964
The Lynden Sculpture Garden works with artists, educators, students, and our community to create, support, and share experiences at the intersection of art, nature, and culture.
Lynden operates as a laboratory, offering hands-on programs that integrate our collection of more than 50 monumental sculptures and temporary installations, and our community of artists, with the natural ecology of 40 acres of park, pond, and woodland.
LYNDENSCULPTUREGARDEN.ORG 2145 W BROWN DEER RD, MILWAUKEE, WI 53217
UPAF IS FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS that
you are here to enjoy today. We’re for thousands of local artists in the spotlight and behind the scenes. We’re for you — the audience — rediscovering excitement, inspiration and connection. We’re for Milwaukee, Tosa, Waukesha, Racine & beyond. We’re for being together, surrounded by the magic of music, dance, song and theater.
We’re for raising our community up.
You’re for the arts too, so please join us to ensure that our world-class performing arts groups make a full recovery.
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Milwaukee Ballet, Marie Collins, Photo by Mark Frohna. Skylight Music Theatre, Raven Dockery, Photo by Mark Frohna.