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Fight Director
Joe Foust
Stage Manager
Amy M. Bertacini*
Milwaukee Repertory Theater Presents
Directed by Ron OJ Parson ◊
Costume Designer
Yvonne L. Miranda
Lighting Designer Jason Fassl
Movement and Intimacy Consultant Cristin Carole
Stage Manager
Terrence Orleans Alexander*
MARCH 7 – APRIL 2, 2023
Sound Designer Andre Pluess
Casting Director Jonathan Hetler
Assistant Stage Manager Rebecca Lindsey*
Quadracci Powerhouse at Associated Bank Theater Center
Co-Produced with Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park
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August Wilson’s Seven Guitars is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com
Originally Produced on Broadway by SAGEWORKS,Benjamin Mordecai, Executive Director; Centre Theatre Group/Ahmanson Theatre, Gordon Davidson, Artistic Director; Herb Alpert/ Margot Lion; Scott Rudin/Paramount Pictures; and Jujamcyn Theatres
In association with Goodman Theatre, Huntington Theatre Company, American Conservatory Theatre and Manhattan Theatre Club Originally presented at National Playwright’s Conference of The Eugene O’Neill Theatre Center.
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Created by Mark Clements March 24 – May 28, 2023 Featuring songs like “I Will Always Love You,” “Saving All My Love For You” and “Where Do Broken Hearts Go,” this superstar’s warmth and magnetism takes center stage in a fitting tribute to the woman known simply as “The Voice.” Powerful Anthems, Glamorous Elegance, One Signature Voice Corporate Sponsor THIS SPRING IN THE STACKNER CABARET www.MilwaukeeRep.com | 414-224-9490 6 Milwaukee Rep 2022/23 Season CAST Ruby..........................................................................................................................................Saran Bakari* Red Carter..............................................................................................................................Bryant Bentley* Hedley........................................................................................................................................Kevin Brown* Vera...........................................................................................................................................Kierra Bunch* Louise.......................................................................................................................................Marsha Estell* Floyd “Schoolboy” Barton...................................................................................................Dimonte Henning* Canewell................................................................................................................................Vincent Jordan*
Ruby – Jaelyn Raiford; Red Carter and Canewell – Malachi Marrero; Vera – Daydra Smith; Louise – debrah neal; Floyd “Schoolboy” Barton – Antonio Banks. *Denotes an artist represented by Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.
Understudies
Steele
Freeman III
Dialect Coach..............................................................................................................William Balan-Gaubert
Guitar Coach...........................................................................................................................Robert Monagle
Fight Captain..........................................................................................................................Bryant Bentley*
Dance Captain...........................................................................................................................Marsha Estell*
Dance Leader.........................................................................................................................Malachi Marrero
Harmonica
Line Producer................................................................................................................................Laura Braza
Seven Guitars will be performed with a 20 minute intermission.
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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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William
Musician......................................................................................................................Billy Branch
Recorded Voice.......................................................................................................................George Lorimer
Director of Production..................................................................................................................Jared Clarkin Production Managers........................................................................................Kaitlyn Anderson, Joel Kipper Technical Director........................................................................................................................Sean Walters Associate Technical Director.............................................................................................................Joseph Fry Properties Director.................................................................................................................Kelly Kreutsberg Charge Scenic Artist......................................................................................................................Jim Medved Costume Director.................................................................................................................Nicholas Hartman Lighting Director.........................................................................................................................Dakota Kroes Sound & Video Director...........................................................................................................Tate E Thompson Production Stage Manager.....................................................................................................Kimberly Carolus
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Of Seven Guitars, August Wilson said: “I happen to think that the content of my mother’s life – her myths, her superstitions, her prayers, the contents of her pantry, the smell of her kitchen, the song that escaped from her sometimes parched lips, her thoughtful repose and pregnant laughter – are all worthy of art. Hence, Seven Guitars.”
Ten plays make up August Wilson’s Century Cycle (or Pittsburgh Seven Guitars is the fifth chronologically but seventh to be written; it is also the eighth play from the Cycle to be produced on Milwaukee Rep stages. It is rare for audiences to experience such a breadth of work from one playwright on the same stage, but whether you have seen one of our productions of Wilson’s shows or all eight, the experience of seeing his work cannot be rivaled. His plays are not just plays, they are events. They capture not just a place and time, but the musicality and voice, the culture, and the particular pain and promise of a community. In his work he pays tribute to the Hill District of Pittsburgh, where he grew up, and to the everyday people, struggles, and joys he encountered there.
We are grateful to continue the tradition of bringing August Wilson’s phenomenal Cycle to Milwaukee audiences, and honored to have director Ron OJ Parson at the helm of this piece. An exceptional actor and director, he has worked on every play in the Century Cycle, and we’re grateful to have his expertise bringing Seven Guitars to life for Milwaukee audiences. We’re equally thrilled our work will have extended life as this production is a co-production with our frequent collaborators, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, who we co-produced with on such shows as In the Heights and Two Trains Running. After our run, our production will continue on for Ohio audiences.
Wilson has often been referred to as a contemporary Shakespeare in that his work resonates across decades and localities, finding new relevance and resonance with every passing year and generation. Like Shakespeare, he is a seminal writer, continuing long after his death to inspire and shape the next generation of theatrical storytellers, many of whom are in our own community.
There may be some in the audience tonight who’ve seen every Wilson show we’ve produced, and there may be some for whom this is your first experience of Wilson’s dynamic work. We welcome devout fans and newcomers alike! Thank you for coming to share in Wilson’s stories and the impact he continues to have on artists and audiences.
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Saran Bakari
Saran is a native of Washington, D.C. She attended Duke Ellington School of the Arts SHS and is a 2020 graduate of Carnegie Mellon University School of Drama (CMU). Immediately upon graduating from CMU, she appeared in the Doordash/ Sesame Street, 2021 Super Bowl commercial. She made her Chicago stage debut at the Goodman Theatre, alongside her older sister, Ayanna. She later debuted at Third Avenue Playworks Door County. Saran is proudly represented by Stewart Talent. She is beyond excited to be making her Milwaukee Repertory Theater debut. Asante Sana ancestors, Mama, and Baba. Asé
Bryant Bentley Red Carter
This is Bryant’s Debut at Milwaukee Rep. You may have seen Bryant in Renaissance Theaterworks 2023 Production of Cost Of Living. Born and raised in Dayton, Ohio. Resides in Columbus, Ohio. Some theater credits include: Between Riverside and Crazy, A Soldiers Play, Master Harold And The Boys, Detroit 67, Pipeline, A Raisin In The Sun, Most Valuable Player, Blues For An Alabama Sky, 5 Guys Named Moe, The Piano Lesson, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Gem of the Ocean, Jitney, Two Trains Running, and Fences TV/ film credits: The Public, A League Of Their Own, Sprung, Mayor Of Kingstown, A Rose For Her Grave, Lee Daniel’s horror film The Deliverance and a LeBron James film Shooting Stars- releasing in 2023.
Kevin Brown Hedley
Kevin is thrilled to make his debut performance with the Milwaukee Repertory Theater. Brown is a native of August Wilson’s Hill district in Pittsburgh PA and has the distinct pleasure to have completed eight of August Wilson’s 10 play history cycle, Radio Golf, Fences, Gem of the Ocean, The Piano Lesson, Jitney, Seven Guitars, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone, and King Hedley II (Pittsburgh Playwrights Theater Company) as well as appearances in the movie versions of Fences and Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom. Additional movie credits include House of Stones (a Redwood Film production), Rehabilitation of the Hill and several commercials. Brown has also graced the stage in South Africa in Mahalia Jackson Sings on Holy Ground and Scotland’s Fringe Festival in Miss Julie, Clarissa, and John. Brown is represented by The Talent Group. Extending a huge thank you to this wonderful cast and crew.... And a special shout to Alfred Wilson.
Kierra Bunch
Vera Dotson
Kierra is thrilled to be making her Milwaukee Rep debut. She was recently seen working with Chicago Shakespeare Theater in Measure for , Court Theatre’s Two Trains Running (Jeff Nominated), Definition Theatre’s White (Jeff Nomination/Performer in a Principle Role), and Windy City Playhouse’s production Recipe For Disaster. She has appeared in Court Theatre’s King Hedley II (Jeff Nomination/ Performer in Supporting Role) Windy City Playhouse’s Southern Gothic, and Lookingglass Theatre’s Plantation. She had the honor to work with many other notable theater companies in Chicago including Urban Theater Company, Black Ensemble Theater and ETA Theater (Black Theater Alliance
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Awards Nomination for Best New Actress and Best Performance in an Ensemble). She can currently be seen recurring on the new sitcom, Southside on HBO Max. She’s performed on Shameless, Chicago Med and FOX’s Empire. She was a series regular on the Emmy Award winning children’s television show, Green Screen Adventures. Kierra is very thankful for her family and friends to help her embark on this journey. A special thank you to Gyton. Kierra is happily represented by the wonderful team at Paonessa Talent Agency.
Marsha Estell
Marsha is a Chicago based actress and playwright. Regional Credits, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Virginia Stage Company, Legacy , Kansas City Repertory
First Breeze of Summer - Court Theatre, Blues for an Alabama Sky, Alabama Shakespeare Festival. Favorite Chicago Theatre credits - My Other Full Time Job-Erasing the Distance Theatre, East Texas Hot links, Onyx Theatre Ensemble, Sty of the blind pig, Onyx Theatre Ensemble, Coffee will make you Black City Lit Theatre, and her solo show Big Butt Girls and other Fantasies the Remix!” was performed in Chicago, Detroit, New York and Los Angeles. TV Credits: Chicago P.D. (NBC), South Side (HBO MAX), Proven Innocent (FOX), and Electric Dreams (AMAZON). As a playwright, she is a recipient of the Illinois Art Council Fellowship for playwriting. Recently, she received a 3ARTs project match for her short film Black Girl in Bathtub (coming soon). She is a proud member of AEA and SAG-AFTRA
Dimonte Henning
Floyd “Schoolboy” Barton
Dimonte is grateful to be part of Seven Guitars.
Dimonte received his formal theater training from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee with additional training from Milwaukee Repertory Theater’s Emerging Professional Residency
(2015/2016 Season). He is a Founding Member of the Milwaukee Black Theater Festival and performing arts organization Lights! Camera! Soul!. Dimonte’s favorite directing credits include: The Colored Museum, Black Nativity, Dutchman, The Niceties, and Pretty Fire
Dimonte’s regional theater credits include: Toni Stone (Alliance Theatre), Stick Fly (Writers Theater), The Island & Deathtrap (Milwaukee Chamber Theater), Skeleton Crew (Forward Theater Co.), Our Town, A Christmas Carol, & Dreamgirls (Milwaukee Repertory Theater), The Wiz & The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (First Stage). TV and commercial credits include: Guest starring roles on NBC’s Chicago PD (Seasons 4&6), Disney’s Encore!, UBER, Inpro Designs, and Harley-Davidson.
Vincent Jordan
Canewell
Vincent hails from Chicago, Illinois where his spark for acting started off at a young age. While honing his acting skills in the Asante Children’s Theatre in Indianapolis, he would later come back to Chicago to work with the Black Ensemble Theater. It was there a star was born as he would make an appearance in numerous of shows including his lead role as Chuck Berry in Hail! Hail! Chuck Berry, and John Nevins Trouble in Mind at Timeline Theater. Vincent is also a Jeff Award-winner!! As his role of Maurice White (Earth, Wind, and Fire ) in You Can’t Fake the Funk Black Ensemble Theater.
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(April 27, 1945 - October 2, 2005) authored Gem of the Ocean, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, The Piano Lesson, Seven Guitars, Fences, Two Trains Running, Jitney, Radio Golf. These works explore the heritage and experience of the descendants of African-Americans, decade by decade, over the course of the twentieth century. His plays have been produced at regional theaters across the country and all over the world, as wells as on Broadway. In 2003, Mr. Wilson made his professional stage debut in his one-man show, Learned What I Learned garnered many awards including Pulitzer Prizes for Lesson
Britain’s Olivier Award for eight New York Drama Critics Circle Awards for
Turner’s Come and Gone, The Piano Lesson, Two Trains Running, Seven Guitars, Jitney and Radio Golf. Additionally, the cast recording of Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom received a 1985 Grammy Award, and Mr. Wilson received a 1995 Emmy Award nomination for his screenplay adaptation of The Piano Lesson. Mr. Wilson’s early works included the one-act plays The Janitor, Recycle, The Coldest Day of the Year, Malcolm X, The Homecoming and the musical satire Black Bart and the Sacred Hills. Mr. Wilson received many fellowships and awards, including the Rockefeller and Guggenheim Fellowships in Playwriting, the Whiting Writers Award, 2003 Heinz Award, was awarded a 1999 National Humanities Medal by the President of The United States and received numerous honorary degrees from colleges and universities, as well as the only high school diploma ever issued by the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh. He was an alumnus of New Dramatists, a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a 1995 inductee into the American Academy
inducted into the Theater Hall of Fame in 2007. Mr. Wilson was born and raised in the Hill District of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and lived in Seattle, Washington at the time of his death. He is immediately survived by his two daughters, Sakina Ansari and Azula Carmen Wilson, and his wife, costume designer Constanza Romero.
Ron
Ron OJ Parson is a director and actor based in Chicago, Illinois. He hails from Buffalo, New York, and is a graduate of the University of Michigan’s professional theatre program. He is a resident artist at Chicago’s Court Theatre, and a company member at TimeLine Theatre. Some Chicago credits include the Chicago Theatre Company, Victory Gardens, American Blues Theater, American Theatre Company, Goodman Theatre, Steppenwolf Theatre, Court Theatre, Black Ensemble Theater, Congo Square Theatre, Northlight Theatre, UrbanTheatre Company, City Lit Theatre, and Writers Theatre. Regional credits include Studio Arena Theatre, Alliance, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Milwaukee Rep, Ensemble Theatre of Cincinnati, American Players Theatre, South Coast Rep, Pasadena Playhouse, Geva Theatre, Virginia Stage Company, Roundabout Theatre, Studio Theatre, Center Stage, St. Louis Black Repertory, Pittsburgh Public Theater, Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre, Signature Theatre (New York), Kansas City Rep, Portland Stage Company, Paul Robeson Theatre (Buffalo) Ujima Theatre Company, and Indiana Repertory Theatre, and Stratford Theatre Festival in Ontario, Canada among others. Ron would like to dedicate this production to the memory of Terry Bellamy. Ron is a member of AEA, SAG-AFTRA and SDC. www.ronojparson.com
OJ Parson Director
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Shaun Motley Scenic Designer
Shaun is thrilled to be making his debut at Milwaukee Repertory Theater. Some of his theater productions includes: Reclamation of Madison Hemings, Indiana Rep: The Rivals and Fences, American Players Theater; Red Riding Hood, Jitney, Top Dog Under Dog, and Fences: South Coast Rep; Pipeline, Alabama Shakes Festival; Three Sisters, Lower Depth Theater; Po Boy Tango, East West Players; Home, Zooman and The Sign, Signature Theatre; Lady day and Cuttin’ Up, Arena Stage. Some of his TV/Film productions includes: The Wall, College Bowl, Little Big Shots (NBC), Card Sharks, Press Your Luck, Family Food Fight, and Weakest Link (ABC), Spin The Wheel (FOX), Love Is Blind and Pressure Cooker (Netflix), Real Husbands of Hollywood (BET), Let’s Make A Deal and Superfan (CBS).
Yvonne L. Miranda Costume Designer
Yvonne (she/her) is excited to make her debut at Milwaukee Repertory Theatre. A USMC war veteran she traded in her combat boots for a career in theatre artistry after returning to her hometown of Dallas, Texas where she pursued degrees in Fashion and Stage Design. Her passion for visual storytelling has led to a diverse array of work and accolades that include work in film/television and opera. She currently resides in the Chicago, IL area and has recently been nominated for a Helen Hayes Award for Best Costume Design for her work on Woolly Mammoth Theatre and Baltimore Center Stage’s co-production of Ain’t No Mo. www.yvonnemirandadesigns.com
Jason Fassl Lighting Designer
This production marks Jason’s 31st Milwaukee Rep production including, Every Brilliant Thing, Hedwig and The Angry Inch, Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol and most recently Titanic. Over the last decade, Mr. Fassl has consumed mass quantities of electricity at Milwaukee Repertory Theater, The Milwaukee Ballet, American Players Theatre, First
Stage Children’s Theatre, Peninsula Players, Milwaukee Chamber Theatre, Skylight Music Theatre, Milwaukee Opera Theatre, Renaissance Theaterworks, Next Act Theatre, Forward Theatre Company, and many others. Jason is a member of United Scenic Artists Local#829, the Milwaukee IA Local#18 and an UW-Stevens Point Alumnus.
Andre
Pluess Sound Designer
Broadway credits include The Minutes (Cort/ Studio 54); 33 Variations (Eugene O’Neill Theatre); I Am My Own Wife (Lyceum Theatre) and Metamorphoses (Circle in the Square).
Off-Broadway credits include The Clean House (Lincoln Center); Milk Like Sugar and BFE (Playwrights Horizons). Regional credits include multiple productions with the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, McCarter Theatre, Center Theatre Group, Yale Repertory, Arena Stage, Steppenwolf, Chicago Shakespeare, Court Theatre, Berkeley Repertory, Williamstown Theatre Festival, La Jolla Playhouse, The Huntington and South Coast Repertory. He’s received multiple Joseph Jefferson Awards, an Ovation Award, Drama Critics Circle Award, Barrymore Award, Helen Hayes Award, Drama Desk and Lucille Lortel nominations for composition and design. He is an ensemble member of Lookingglass Theatre Company.
Cristin Carole Movement and Intimacy Consultant
Cristin (she/her) is excited to work with Milwaukee Rep for the first time. She most recently created movement and intimacy designs for the Goodman Theater’s production of Toni Stone. Cristin has worked as a movement designer at Steppenwolf Theatre, TimeLine Theatre Company, American Blues Theater, and Writers Theater in Chicago. At Chicago’s Tony award-winning, Court Theatre, she was the movement consultant for Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Seven Guitars, Home, Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess, and the Jeff Award-winning production of Blues for an Alabama Sky. As director of the Shirley Hall Bass Foundation, she advocates for performing arts education in the Bahamas.
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oversees all casting and special events. Directing highlights include: Romeo and Juliet, Venus in Fur, The Last Days of Judas Iscariot, Glengarry Glen Ross, Pippin, Legally Blonde, Guys and Dolls, and the world premiere of La Mujer Barbuda. At the Rep, he has served as the Associate Director of Titanic and the annual production of A Christmas Carol. He also worked as the Assistant Director on West Side Story, The Nerd, and The Legend of Georgia McBride. He holds an MFA in Directing from Ohio University and MBA and MA in Theatre from Regent University. Jonathan is a member of SDC. @hetlerj www.hetlerj.com
Amy M. Bertacini
Stage Manager Thru March 19
Amy is ecstatic to make her Milwaukee Rep debut for Seven Guitars. An avid reader, she spends much of her free time reading and going for long walks. Some favorite places Amy has worked at include Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Goodman Theatre, The Kennedy Center, OperaDelaware, Fulton Theatre, Maine State Music Theatre, Maltz Jupiter Theatre, and Riverside Theatre. Some favorite shows: The Color Purple, The Wiz, 42nd Street, Elizabeth Rex, and Sweat. Many thanks to Kimberly & the Milwaukee Rep Team for such an amazing welcome. Much love to Mark & Ari for all their support.
Terence Orleans Alexander
Stage Manager March 21 - April 2
Past Milwaukee Rep Productions: Mary Stuart, Richard III, The Story. Broadway: Mary Poppins, Wicked, Newsies. Regional: Utah Shakespeare Festival (twenty seasons), Washington National Opera (seven seasons), Arizona Theatre Company, Triad Stage, Kansas City Repertory Theatre, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Asolo Theater. Graduate of the Professional Theatre Training Program at the University of Delaware. Proud member of Actors Equity Association.
Becca is honored to return to the Powerhouse for this production. Other highlights from her past 15 seasons at Milwaukee Rep include last season’s As You Like It and 2020’s Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol, as well as ten seasons on A Christmas Carol. Becca lives in St. Francis, and in addition to her time here and 15 summers at American Players Theatre, she’s also enjoyed working on shows at Utah Shakespeare Festival, Arkansas Rep, and Forward Theater Company.
Hannah Steele
Stage Management Fellow
Hannah is ecstatic to be returning to Milwaukee Rep for another season! Some of her favorite Milwaukee Rep credits include Dad’s Season Tickets, As You Like It and Wife of a Salesman. Other credits include Every Brilliant Thing, Macbeth and Love’s Labour’s Lost (Great River Shakespeare Festival). Much love to her to friends, family, and to her cat, Korra.
William Freeman III Assistant Director
Will is proud to be working with Milwaukee Rep as a 2022/23 Season Emerging Professional Resident. From Detroit, Michigan, Will received his degree in directing from Ball State University. Favorite projects include Fun Home, workshopping new works - like Colvin by Ciara Diane and his directorial debut with Rachel Bublitz’s Burst. Will dedicates this production to his late mother, Kimette: “I’ll miss you forever and ever, and I’ll love you forever and always”
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Mark Clements Artistic Director
Mark is an awardwinning 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: Titanic The Musical, West Side Story, 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 tenth 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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Mark Clements
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
ADMINISTRATION
Managing Director..........Melissa Vartanian-Mikaelian
General Manager........................................Ryan Looke
Executive Assistant....................................Kelli Lopina
HR Manager...............................................Liz Merwin
Company Manager..................................Amaris Bates
Receptionists........................,..............Michael Evans, Wuanette Exum, Reed McLean, Mary Muehleisen
ARTISTIC
Associate Artistic Director..........................Laura Braza
Artistic Producer—
Casting & Special Events…..............Jonathan Hetler
Artistic Producer—
Training & Audience Engagement.....Jeffrey Mosser
Assistant Artistic Producer…....Annika Perez-Krikorian
DEVELOPMENT
Chief Development Officer.................Chuck Rozewicz
Director of Development........................Amy Dorman
Director of Major and Planned Giving........................Alli Engelsma-Mosser
Major Gifts Officer................................Cassidy Skorija
Associate Director of Development, Events & Stewardship.........................Morgen Lucas
Associate Director of Development, Institutional Giving…................….Megan Newbanks
Development Associate...................Yolanda G. Doney
Development Database Manager……....Amy McGuire
EQUITY, DIVERSITY & INCLUSION
Chief Diversity Officer........................Jermaine Murry
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
EDUCATION & ENGAGEMENT
Chief Education & Engagement Officer..............................Jenny Toutant
Education & Engagement Director of Programs.......................N’Jameh Russell-Camara
Associate Director of Education.......Brittany Sue Hines
Education Coordinator...................Ro Spice-Kopischke
Education & Engagement
Administrator......................................Xodia Choate
Education & Engagement Assistant...........….Suze Falk
Program Coordinator—Next Narrative (TM) Monologue Competition.................Jarvell Williams
Education & Engagement Resident........Reed McLean
Teaching Artists............................................Cria Ama, Maura Atwood, Cedar Becher, Maria Beilke, Ty’Rel Belin, La’Ketta Caldwell, Marvin Hannah, Jacob Horstmeier, Faith Klick, Jacob Knuth, Josh Krause, George Lorimer, Logan Milway, Zoe Osk, Kendricke Pittman, Tony Roman, Jake Schwingshakl, Alexis Smith, Stephen Thompson
FINANCE
Chief Financial Officer............................Matt Leibham
Senior Accountant.................................Susan Proctor
Payroll & Benefits Associate................Cristina Hughes
Accounting Associate........................Tim Petropoulos
FOOD & BEVERAGE
Director of Venue Operations.............Donald Parsons Kitchen Manager…..............................Robin Westrick
Assistant Manager….........................Morgan Sewalish Restaurant Staff....................................Jacob Abrams, Ocean Allison-Walker, Alicia Ball, Thomas Bastardo, Brooke Belanger, Gibson Caldwell, Matthew Chiconas, Dylan Curry, Tioni Dallas, Susan Davies, Naomi Elim, Darian Emerson, Matthew Garcia, Quincy Hardin, Ahmad Hicks, Ella Kuba-Schuenke, Deb Langkau, Jaslyn Lewis, Angela Livermore, Cassidy Long, Sara Longley, Aimeé Lopez, Grace McMahon, Mary Muehleisen, Mick Pattow, Elizabeth Perez-Martinez, Tammy Ragsdale, Jessica Rieder, Jessie Ringlien, Timothy Schauf, Daniel Soto, Crystal Thompson, Alex Vivian, Odell White, Spencer White, Capri Wilder
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Chad Bauman
MILWAUKEE REPERTORY THEATER STAFF
MAINTENANCE
Chief Building Engineer...........................Chris Belcher Engineers................................................Tiffany Casey, Jason Farris, Maurice Goodwin, Todd Ross
MARKETING
Chief Marketing Officer..............................Lisa Fulton
Director of Media Relations...................Frances White
Director of Marketing.................................Don Rebar
Associate Director of Marketing, Digital Content….................................Rachel Jatczak
Marketing & Sales Manager.....……...........……Zoe Gatz
Videographer……….............................…Tyler McElrath
Graphic Designers........................Benton Melbourne, Geoffrey Vitiello
Photographer...................................Michael Brosilow
Audience Services
Audience Services Manager...................Tanya Haynes
Senior House Manager...........................Nicole Sutton
House Managers..................................Juliette Acosta, Bryon Krueger, Cheyenne Longhini, Cat Sadler
Guest Services Associates...................Dana Bannach, Susan Davies, Becky Demler, Christine Gifford, Fiona Higgins, Debra Holubowicz, Steve Holubowicz, Vincent Vogt
Sales
Director of Sales......................................Jeremy Scott
Associate Director of Sales...........................Jaime Lacy
Assistant Director of Sales.........................Jasper Farin
Ticket Office Manager................................Casey Helm
Assistant Ticket Office Manager…...............Jason Rose
Senior Ticket Representatives....Melanie Kampschroer, Zachary Dean Lachowicz
Ticket & Teleservices Representatives......Padme Bruce, Carolyn Curry, Estelle Johnson, Michelle MacDonald, Soren Miller, Anya Palmer, Paul Pfannenstiel, Alexa Serrano, Violet Verhein
PRODUCTION
Director of Production............................Jared Clarkin
Production Managers......................Kaitlyn Anderson, Joel Kipper
Costumes
Costume Director............................Nicholas Hartman
Assistant Costume Director.........................Bina Bieker
Design Assistant....................................Destiny Harris
Senior Draper..............................Alexander B. Tecoma
Draper................................................Micky Simmons
First Hand..............................................Katie Leonard
Stitchers.......................Sarah Hemken, Kas Rodriguez
Lead Costume Crafts Artisan....................Haley Jaeger
Wig, Hair & Makeup Supervisor....Emily Christoffersen
Costume Construction Resident..............Emma Frieze
Stylist.............Kevin McElroy, Robert Laurence Studio
Barber................................................Mr. V’s Barberia
Wardrobe Supervisor...................................Ruth Fink
Wardrobe Crew............…........................Lauren Zidek
Lighting
Lighting Director.....................................Dakota Kroes
Sound & Video
Sound & Video Director.....................Tate E Thompson
Audio Intern….............................................EJ Hankins
Props
Properties Director.............................Kelly Kreutsberg
Props Crafts Artisans................Nicholas H. Bartleson, Tayler Varney
Props Carpenter/Artisan.........................Erik Lindquist
Prop Graphics Artist..................................Mindy Knoll
Props Artisan Overhire…...............................Em Allen, Jaime Mercado, Nex Shilkey
Scenic
Technical Director...................................Sean Walters
Associate Technical Director........................Joseph Fry
Assistant Technical Director..............…Sarah Downey
Charge Scenic Artist..................................Jim Medved
Lead Scenic Artist.................................Shannon Mann
Scenic Artist.......................................Caroline Dischell
Assistant Stagehand...........................Stacy Canzoneri
Paint Overhire.................................Bianca Gonzalez, Maggie Jay
Stage Management
Production Stage Manager...............Kimberly Carolus
Stage Managers..............Terrence Orleans Alexander, Amy M. Bertacini, Bekah Brown, Jade Bruno, Josh Hart, David Hartig, Rebecca Lindsey, Kira Neighbors, Madison Tarchala, Emily Marie Wilke
Stage Management Fellow...................Hannah Steele
Stage Management Residents.............Cecilia Aguirre, Emily Pfaff
Resident Stagehands & Carpenters
Bill Burgardt, Eliot Garfield, Steve Gillingham, Andrew Hopka,Derek Loehr, Jason Pruzin, Aaron Siegmann, Cole Schulist, Jim Zinky
#WeRepMilwaukee
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THE MUSICAL
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MILWAUKEE REPERTORY THEATER BOARD OF TRUSTEES
President
Judy Hansen
Vice President, Development
Amy Croen
Vice President, Trustees
James Phelps
Treasurer
James Phillips
Secretary
Bryan House
TRUSTEES
Ayad Akhtar
Tammy Belton-Davis
Ivor J. Benjamin, MD
Wendy W. Blumenthal
Julia Burns
Mike Carter
Jane Chernof
Marybeth Cottrill
Robert H. Duffy
John Halechko
Chris Hermann
Tom Irgens
Lynda Johnson
At Large
Melanie Booth
At Large Andres Gonzalez
At Large
Joan Lubar
At Large
Robert H. Manegold
At Large
Adam J. Peck
Michelle Kolp
David Kundert
Kris Lueders
Kerryann Haase Minton
Dr. Jeanette Mitchell
Joseph Pickart
Karen Plunkett
Beth Ridley
Ken Robertson
Clark Slipher
Craig Swan
Deborah Tomczyk
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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
Bladen Burns
Danny Cunningham
Karen Dean
Mark J. Diliberti
George A. Dionisopoulos
Robert Dye
Norman Dyer
Stephen Einhorn
James D. Ericson
Susan Esslinger
Robert Feitler
Timothy C. Frautschi
Molly Kubly Fritz
Patrick Gallagher
Connie Gavin
Katherine M. Gehl
Cecilia Gilbert
Anne Gimbel
Kathleen Gray
William Guc
Edward T. Hashek
Jacqueline Herd-Barber
Peter Hotz
Janet Hume
John Hunzinger, P.E.
Stephen Isaacson
Judy Jorgensen
J. Patrick Keyes
John Kordsmeier
Frank Krejci
James LaVelle
Phoebe Lewis
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
Abigail J. Nash
Mark Niedfeldt, M.D.
Gregory C. Oberland
Tonen (Sara) O’Connor
Gina Peter
Anthony Petullo
Elizabeth Quadracci-Harned
Kristine Rappé
Dr. John E. Ridley
PRESIDENTS’ COUNCIL
Catherine Robinson
Joseph A. Rock
Micky Sadoff
Joseph Schlidt
James Schloemer
Thomas Scrivner
Edward Seaberg
Brenda Skelton
Patrick Smith
Robert Taylor
Renee Tyson
Stephen VanderBloemen
W. Kent Velde
Nicholas Wahl
Karin Werner
Stacy Williams
Andrew Ziegler
James E. Braza
Joyce Broan
Judy Hansen
Jacqueline Herd-Barber
Larry Jost
John L. Kordsmeier
Frank Krejci
Susan A. Lueger
LIMELIGHT LEGACY SOCIETY MEMBERS
Robert H. Manegold
Vincent L. Martin
Patricia Brash McKeithan
Donna Meyer
Gregory C. Oberland
Edward Seaberg
W. Kent Velde
The Limelight Legacy Society is a group of visionary donors who support Milwaukee Rep through a planned gift. New members as of May 1, 2022 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
Richard and Sara Aster
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
Nancy Desjardins
H. Robert Dittmer and Jon Pansky
Carol Z. Dolphin
Amy Dorman
Dr. Eric Durant and Scott Swickard
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 Gardenier
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
Thomas and Catherine Heinen
Lois and William Hoover
Dr. Lawrence Howards
Janet Kellogg Hume
Cathryn Jakicic
Deb and Peter Johnson
Bradley J. Kalscheur
Richard and Diane Kane
Margaret Knitter
Christine Krause
Diana Kuehl
David Kundert
Sandra L. Laedtke
James and Mary LaVelle
Mr. and Mrs. Llewellyn E. Licht
Robert and Susan Lueger
Carol and Rob Manegold
Tom and Renee McCutcheon
Jim and Sally Mergener
Anthony and Donna Meyer
Erik and Carol Moeser
Vivian Moller
Bob and Jan Montgomery
Charles and Barbara Murphy
Greg and Rhonda Oberland
Karen E. Owens
Marlyene Pfeiffer
Ronald and Barbara Poe
Dr. Thomas Raimann and Mick Dwyer
David and Pat Rierson
Sara Risley
Gayle Rosemann and Paul McElwee
Patricia A. Santilli
James and Kathleen Scholler
Ed Seaberg and Patrick Smith
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
Carla and Greg Von Roenn
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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The following list represents organizations and individuals who have made a cumulative contribution of $250 or more between . For a complete list of all our supporters, please visit www.MilwaukeeRep.com.
$1 million + Associated Bank
Herzfeld Foundation
United Performing Arts Fund (UPAF)
$100,000 – $999,999
BMO
The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation
Greater Milwaukee Foundation
National Endowment for the Arts
Northwestern Mutual
Shubert Foundation
We Energies Foundation
$50,000 – $99,999
Frieda & William Hunt Memorial Trust
Rockwell Automation
West Bend Mutual Insurance Company
$25,000 – $49,999
Arts Midwest
Bader Philanthropies
CAMPAC
EUA
Ralph Evinrude Foundation
Hunzinger Construction Company
Dorothy Inbusch Foundation
Johnson Controls
Kohl’s
Milwaukee Public Schools
PNC
Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren S.C.
Saint John’s on the Lake
Studio Gear
$10,000 – $24,999
Baird
Demmer Charitable Trust
Fiduciary Management
Foley & Lardner
Froedtert Health
Godfrey & Kahn, S.C.
William N. and Janice V. Godfrey Family Foundation
Husch Blackwell
InterPark Milwaukee Center
The Marcus Corporation
National LGBT Chamber of Commerce
Charles D. Ortgiesen Foundation
Potawatomi Hotel & Casino
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Quarles
RDK Foundation
The Walbec Group
Wisconsin Arts Board
$1,000 – $9,999
Adient
American Family Insurance
ANON Charitable Trust
Brewers Community Foundation
Burke Properties
CG Schmidt, Inc.
Deloitte
Einhorn Family Foundation
GRAEF
Harley-Davidson Foundation
Harlow Foundation
Evan and Marion Helfaer Foundation
J. F. Ahern Co.
Laskin Family Foundation
Camille A. Lonstorf Trust
Marquette Associates, Inc.
MGIC Investment Corporation
Michael Best & Friedrich
Michels Corporation
Milwaukee Arts Board
Molson Coors
Jane Bradley Pettit Foundation
Riverwater Partners LLC
Spear Arts Education Fund
Townsend Foundation
U.S. Bank
Wimmer Brothers Realty
Windsor Advisory Group, LLC
$500 – $999
Actors’ Equity Foundation, Inc.
Greater Milwaukee Association of Realtors Youth Foundation
Participants in the Matching Gift Program
Abbvie
American Family Insurance Dreams Foundation
Baird
Caterpillar Foundation
Eaton Corporation
GE Foundation
Greater Milwaukee Foundation
Bucyrus Foundation, Inc.
Home Depot
Husch Blackwell
IBM Corporation
Johnson Controls Foundation
Merck Partnership For Giving
Microsoft Corporation
Netapp
PNC
Principal Financial Group
Progressive Insurance Foundation
Reader’s Digest Foundation
Rockwell International Corp. Trust Matching Gift Program
We Energies
Wells Fargo
Zurn Water Solutions
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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 (2)
Jo Ann and Richard Beightol
Melanie and Steve Booth
Elaine Burke
Greater Milwaukee Foundation
Judith A. Keyes Family Fund
Sandra and William Haack
Lubar Family Foundation
Joan Lubar and John Crouch
Marianne and Sheldon Lubar
Madeleine and David Lubar
Susan Lubar
Vince Martin
Greg and Rhonda Oberland
Jim Phillips
Clark and Diane Slipher
David and Julia Uihlein
Kate and Don Wilson
Visionary ($50,000-$99,999)
Anonymous
Bladen and Julia Burns
Robert C. Burrell
Tom and Molly Duffey
Four-Four Foundation
Greater Milwaukee Foundation
Tony and Andrea Bryant
Bryan and Rebecca House
David Kundert
Kristine and Wayne Lueders
Sally Manegold
Karen Plunkett and Family
Ed Seaberg and Patrick Smith
Thomas and Iphigenia Smith
A.J. Star and Mark Clausen
R. A. Stevens Foundation
Craig and Mara Swan
Kent and Marcia Velde
David and Cheryl Walker
Artistic Producer ($25,000-$49,999)
Anonymous (4)
Richard and Sara Aster
James Awe
Karen and Mark Bitzan
William and Barbara Boles
Bradley Impact Fund
Jason and Diep Graham Charitable Fund
Cheri and Tom Briscoe
Croen Foundation, Inc.
Dr. Eric Durant and Scott Swickard
Robert and Joan Feitler
Janet Fleck
Greater Milwaukee Foundation
Flesch Family Fund
Christopher Harned and Elizabeth Quadracci-Harned
Dr. Carla Hay
Keyes Family
Patti McKeithan
John and Linda Mellowes
Chris and Anne Noyes
Peck Foundation, Milwaukee LTD.
Gina and Eric Peter
Anthony Petullo Foundation
Ann and Warren Pierson
Christine Symchych and Jim McNulty
Producer ($10,000-$24,999)
Anonymous (4)
Bob Balderson
Donna and Donald Baumgartner
Ivor and Carol Benjamin
Wendy and Warren Blumenthal
James E. and Mary K. Braza
Frank and Caryl Briscoe
Chris and Judi Collins
Sue and Curt Culver
Larry and Eileen Dean
Margaret Dethloff and Terri Zeh
Patrick and Rachel English
Suzy B. Ettinger Foundation
Mary Lou M. Findley
Peter Foote and Robin Wilson
The Molly and David Fritz Family
Andres and Jessica Gonzalez
Peter and Beth Gottsacker
Greater Milwaukee Foundation
Norman and Lucy Cohn Family Fund
Kevin and Roseann Lyons Fund
Richard Grunke and William Grasch
John J. Halechko and Marc Colletti
Judy Hansen
John and Susan Harrits
Christopher and Katherine Hermann
Jewish Community Foundation
Jane and Steve Chernof
Mike and Marie Johnson
Mark and Ginny Kannenberg
Krista Kile
Dennis and Cheryl Konkol
Mark and Jenny Kopetsky
Susan and Tony Krausen
Billie W. Kubly
Jean and David Lauer
Phoebe Lewis
Ann MacIver
Dawne and Ray Manista
Linda and Greg Marcus
Linda and Debesh Mazumdar
Tom and Renee McCutcheon
Scott and Marjorie Moon
Patricia and William Moren
David and Abigail Nash
Drs. Mark and Jennifer Niedfeldt
Joe and Katie Pickart
Drs. Alan L. Pohl and Carol C. Pohl
Bill Priebe
Tom and Susan Quadracci
Augustin and Rebecca Ramirez
Catherine and Buddy Robinson
Ron and Micky Sadoff
Saints Andrew and Mark Charitable Gift Trust
The Wilbert and Genevieve
Schauer Foundation
Howard and Susan Schoenfeld
Meredith and Thomas Scrivner
Kathleen H. Seidel
Paul and Kathy Slesar
Jeffrey P. and Dr. Lori Sommerfeld
Scott and Mary Ellen Stanek
Judith A. Steinke
Harry and Mary Beth Van Groll
Melanie and Brian Wolf
Ziegler Family Foundation
Director ($5,000-$9,999)
Anonymous (3)
Sharee Allain and David Schertz
Helen Ambuel
Abby and Omar Andrietsch
Amy L. Argall
Ginny Bolger
Robert and Sharon Brenner
Bradley and Glenna Brin
Timothy and Kathleen Carr
Sue D’Alessio
Antony and Nikki D’Cruz
Robert and Karen Dean
Thomas J. and Deborah W. Degnan
Sandy and George Dionisopoulos
Bob and Teri Duffy
Jack Gebhardt and Deborah McKeithan-Gebhardt
Greater Milwaukee Foundation
Joan and Peter W. Bruce Fund
Rob Gardenier and Lori Morse Gardenier
Charitable Fund
Howard and Susan Hopwood Fund
David and Marion Meissner
Donna and Tony Meyer Fund
Thomas Harty and Sharon Stafford Harty
Thomas and Katherine Hauske
Katie Heil
John and Jean Henderson
Henry and Suzanne Herzing
Steve and Karen Huser
Jewish Community Foundation
Micaela Levine Donor Advised Fund
Jeff and Sarah Joerres
Lynda Johnson
Michael and Deborah Kaerek
Richard and Tracey Klein Family
Charitable Trust
Connie and John Kordsmeier
Tim Kraetsch and Mike Wavra
John Mathie
Maureen McCabe
Victoria S. McCormick
James McFarland
Daryl and Rita Melzer
Barbara J. Michaels
Vivian Moller
Dwight and Marleen Morgan
Jim and Betty Jo Nelsen
Diane K. O’Connor
Marlene Ott
Fred Pike and Cecilia Taylor
Bruce and Candy Pindyck
Cathy Procton
Dr. Thomas Raimann and Mick Dwyer
Blaine and Linda Rieke
David and Pat Rierson
Gayle Rosemann and Paul McElwee
Linda L. Sell, MD
Jan Serr and John Shannon
Dennis P. Sheahan
Curtis and Deborah Tomczyk
Nic and Sally Wahl
Neal and Cathy Wegner
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Larry Bonney
Randal and Mary Lynn Brotherhood
Peter and Bobbie Buening
Gerardo and Cynthia Caballero
Dr. Bruce and Marsha Camitta
John and Kathleen Cantieri
James Cauley and Brenda Andrews
Steve Check
Thomas and Gisela Chelimsky
Kathryn and Kelly Clark
Jim and Marybeth Cottrill
Lloyd and Tammy Davis
Carol Z. Dolphin
Tina Eickermann
Dale and Mary Erickson
Susan and Gee Esslinger
Patrick D. Gallagher
Bill and Susanne Gay
Liz and Rick Gebhardt
Tim and Sandy Gerend
Greater Milwaukee Foundation
Bernadine and Stephen Graff Fund
Nancy E. Hack Fund
Margaret Heminway Wells Fund
Soik Family
Delphine Gurzynski
Paul and Gloria Halverson
Leland Hansen
Katherine L. Hauser
Laurie Hazzard
Henry and Margery Howard
Ken and Janet Howenstine
John and Marci Hunzinger
Stephen and Roberta Isaacson
Greg and Jackie Johnson
Judy and Gary Jorgensen
Maja Jurisic and Don Fraker
Maureen Kania Swokowski
Patti Keating Kahn and Chuck Kahn
John and Bronwen Knappenberger
Michelle Kolp
Kristine Krause and Scott Patulski
Marina and Frank Krejci
Sandy Laedtke
Gary Lapp
John and Victoria Laur
Franklin Loo and Sally Long
Elaine and Gerry Mainman
Katherine McCombe
Jim and Sally Mergener
Drs. Ann and Steve Merkow
George and Sallie Meyer
Jill Meyers
Judith Miller
Bob and Jan Montgomery
James and Morgan Phelps
Earl Potter and Lani Williams
Sylvia K. Pratt
Jonas and Sylvia Prising
Jim and Lys Reiskytl
Lynn Rix
Jay and Anne Schamberg
Rick and Jean Schmalfeld
Judy and Tom Schmid
Peggy Schneider
Richard and Mary Schnell
James and Kathi Scholler
John and Karen Silseth
Eric and Sarah Whyte
Jay and Laura Wigdale
Connie Wilson and Mike Krueger
Prati and Norm Wojtal
Wilfred Wollner
Playwright ($1,000-$2,499)
Anonymous (10)
Jim and Terri Alioto
Kathleen and Robert Anger
Astor Street Foundation
Kevin and Jean Ball
George Banda
Michael Barber and Jacqueline Herd-Barber
Kathleen and Robert Bardunias
Lynn and Charles Barney
Jim and Nora Barry
Richard and Diana Barthel
Tom and Sally Basting
Chad Bauman and Justin Dunleavy
Charles Baumgardner and Susan Jans
Jack and Virginia Beatty
Scott Beightol and Desiree Erickson Beightol
Evert and Cynthia Berndt
Carolee Beutler
Barry Blackwell and Kathleen Eilers
Art Blair
Edward and Amy Blumenthal
Cristin and Jonathan Bock
Mike and Mary Bohren
Douglas and Barbara Braun
Edward and Diane Braza
Timothy Brennan
Allison and Dan Byrne
Peter and Laurie Byrne
Trish Calvy
Bruce and Kathi Campbell
Brian and Elizabeth Casey
Susan Cerletty
B. Lauren and Margaret Charous
Thomas and Gisela Chelimsky
Mark and Terri Chelmowski
Lana and Rick Colbo
Nathan and Beth Colson
Mary and James M. Connelly
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Greater Milwaukee Foundation
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Edward Hashek and John Jors
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Jerold Hershberger
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Gary Holmes and Susan Holding
Debra and Kevin Hood
Peter and Linda Hotz
Diana and James Hughes
Sandra Ivers
Valerie Jablonka
Doug and Janie Jacobson
Ronald Jacquart and Gary Van Wert
Jewish Community Foundation
Loyal D. Grinker Restricted Endowment Fund
Raye David
Debra and Peter Johnson
Mary Johnson
Carol Jones
Caroline Joyce
Charles and Mary Kamps
Dr. Jack and Myrna Kaufman
Peggy and Mike Kelsey
Jennifer and Michael Keough
Jim Vollmer and Diane Kippenhan-Vollmer
John and Debbie Kissinger
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Margaret Knight
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Don and Barb Koehler
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Steven and Ianne Koritzinsky
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Kenneth Krei
Bruce Lammi
Dan and Kathy Larsen
John and Victoria Laur
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William Leach and Willie and Jason
Missy and William Levit
Rita Lewenauer
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Saskia Lodder
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James and Paula Lukas
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Robert Madden
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Monica and Donald Putning
Steven and Stacey Radke
Phil and Lynell Raiche
Anthony Reese
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Beth Ridley and Abim Kolawole
Carol Riegert
Daniel and Anna Robbins
Kenneth Robertson
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Lora Rosenbaum
Mason and Julie Ross
Andrew Ruehl
Wayne and Christine Sage
James Sanger and Mary Newton
Jim and Andrea Schloemer
Bob and Carol Schmidt
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Fred Stratton
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Lynn and Gregory Strowig
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Jane Svinicki
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La Toya Sykes
Colette Szczesny
Rich and Jean Tennessen
Sara Toenes
Keri Torgerson
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Michele Tschopp
Mike Uihlein
Dee Uradnicek
Sheryl A. Van Haren
Teresa Velk
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Ryan Vincent and Bekah Newman
Betsy Vokac and John Blanchard
Robert and Kathleen Warner
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Mary M. Wegener
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Sue Wells
Barbara Wesener
Sandra Wiegand
Susan Wiegner
Howard and Mernie Williams
Robert and Linda Wilson
Lee Wolcott
Pete and Penny Woodcock
Daryl and Bonnie Wunrow
Nancy and Mike Yttre
Joe and Mary Ann Zompa
Eve Joan Zucker
Principal Actor ($500-$999)
Anonymous (12)
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John Alexander
Shawn Alexander
Jason and Jessica Allen
Katy and Tom Alpren
Dorothy Anderson
Elma Anderson
Keith and Paula Anderson
Susan Arnhold
Robert W. Ater and Gregory W. Baer
Cheryl Banks
Laura M. Batzer
Melissa and James Baxter
Lucien and Holly Beaudry
Donald Becker
Natalie Beckwith
Terry Bell
Diane and Thomas Belot
Dr. Brad Bertler
Big Art
Geoffrey and Karen Bilda
Margaret Blodgett and Ken Miller
Danielle and Ramel Bly
James Boerner
Darold and Cheryl Borree
Paul Bosanac
Steven Bowsher
Bradley Impact Fund
Jill and George Fahr Charitable Fund
Caridad Bravo-Fernandez
Joel and Audra Brennan
Troy and Bridget Bretl
Kristin Brey and Michael Sampson
Anne and Arthur Brooks
D’Araun Brown
Warren and Tina Buliox
Chris Burgener and Linda Loke
Mary Burke
Carole Burns
Susan Burns
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Lewis Charles Cadkin and Susan Elizabeth Cadkin Living Trust
Andrew and Jennifer Caldwell
Anne and Phil Callen
Christopher and Kristine Cameron
Bob Campbell
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Gregory Chandler
Aleta and Walt Chossek
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Nancy Ellis
Evelyn Ericson
Tom and Peggy Fahl
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Kathy Ford
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Richard Gallagher
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Bob and Joan Goodman
Christine Gould
Barbara Grande
Greater Milwaukee Foundation
Sherry and Norm Malmon
Philanthropic Fund
Michael and Joanne Grebner
Sarah Gremonprez and Graham Hill
Mitchel Griep
Robert and Barbara Gross
Honorable Michael and Barbara Guolee
Carol Gustafson
Glen and Claire Hackmann
Tom and Deirdre Halat
Jackie Hallberg
Sybille Hamilton
Arlene Hansen
Dale and Sara Harmelink
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Claudia Francis and Thomas Jensen
Nancy Jesse
Jewish Community Foundation
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Donor Advised Fund
Allen and Sharon Johnson
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Evan and Paula Kaiser
Melissa Kanios
Tom Karakis and Colleen Lese
Brian and Mary Lou Kennedy
Demaris and Gontran Kenwood
Richard and Rita Klick
Joseph W. Kmoch
Nancy Knapp
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Susan and John Krezoski
Stanley Kritzik
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Anne Kumor
Mary Lacy
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Estella and Charles Lauter
Michael Lee
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Dawn Lindsey
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Michael J. Lynch
Mary Beth Malm
Stephen Marks
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Thomas Marshall
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Mateo Family Trust
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Jean Maurer
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Carol Mohr
Jequitta Kain Molot
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Elizabeth Morrell
Chris and Betsy Mueller
Mary Ann Mueller
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Jim and Mary Fran Murray
Michelle Nate
Paul Nowakowski
Tonen (Sara) O’Connor
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Wendy Proctor
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Jackie Rickel
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Sarah Smith-McEneany and Robert Smith
Glenn Smucker
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Barbara Stein
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Liz Uihlein
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Stephanie Wesselowski
Donald and Melody Weyer
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Diana Wood
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Andi and Mike Zimmerman
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Anonymous (25)
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Barbara Baron
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Laura Barry
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Rhoda Baumgarten
Mary and Tina Baumgartner
Bonnie Beeck
Mark Behrman
Clark and Linda Beier
Lee R. Beitzel and Jill Ritterbusch
Gerald and Sydell Bergtrom
Eric and Sherrie Berndt
Halien and Michael Besaw
Larry Bialcik
John and Teri Bill
Elin Bjorkman
Marsi Black
Charles Bley
Carol Block
Gretchen Block and Becky Thielke
Kelly Bolin
Jan Bonsett-Veal
Terry Booth and E. Kocal
Paul and Lynn Bostrom
Diane Bourquin
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Randy Breske
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Mary Ann Carr
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Nancy France
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James Green
Diane Greenmeier
Jim Gremminger
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Judith Haass
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Amy Harker-Murray
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Alan and Jean Hilgeman
Ellen Hing and Chris Leadley
Caroline Hogan and Lawrence Glusman
Winston and Margaret Hollister
Marianne Hondel
Lois and William Hoover
Jason Horner
Mary Horton-Carstensen and Mark Carstensen
Joseph Hughes
Kenneth and Mary Ingles
William and Karen Irwin
David and Dianne Isnard
Kevin and Angie Izard
Christine L. Jameson
Jerome Janzer
Don Jarchow
Jewish Community Foundation
Joan and Michael Friedman
Donor Advised Fund
Dr. Burton E. Goodman and Harriet Bocksenbaum
Dorothy Rotter Donor Advised Fund
Ronald and Patricia Jodat
Michelle Johnson and Greg Chesack
Roy and Kathleen Johnson
Jayne Jordan
Scott and Jill Jorgensen
Karen Jossi
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Robert and Kathleen Juday
Robert and Patricia Juranitch
Larry and Holly Jurss
Hal and Jean Kacanek
Marlene Kagen
Eric Kaldor
Wendy Kamerling
Richard and Diane Kane
Silva Karapetian
Ronald Karbel
Dale and Susan Karpen
Hannah Kaye
Chris and Elizabeth Keadle
Kelley Kids Group
Marguerite Kelley
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Sarajane and Robert Kennedy
Michele Kenner
Aaron Kern
Henry “Pat” and Joan Kerns
Peter Kerwin
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Don and Carol Klockow
Russell and Rose Marie Knoth
Mary Knudten
Marty Kohler
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Kathleen Kortas
Bradley Kostreva
Lou Ann Koval
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JoAnne and Donald Krause
Chad Kreblin
William Krohn
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Janet LaBrie
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Robert Lang
Barbara Larkin
Steen and Janice Larsen
Eric Larson and Susan Lewis
Jim and Teri Larson
Jason and Kristy Lavann
Trisha Le Crissman and Mark Bishop
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Sam Leichtling and Lindsey Tauber
Justine Leonard
Mary Fran Lepeska
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Diane and Allan Lindsay
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Angela and Sven Loberg
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Ellen MacFarlane
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Gena Malanche
Denyse and Randall Malone
Randy Mangelsen
John Mann
Jacqueline Servi Margis
Allen and Sharon Marifke
Lee Marquardt
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Anilisa McDonald
Judith R. McGauran
Andrea McIlwraith
Thomas and Cynthia McLinn
Michael and Sandra McNeely
Sandra and Maurice McSweeney
Dean Meier and Sally Nantell
Joyce Meinicke
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Barbara Miller
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Debra Moore
Michael Morgan
James Mortell
Kevin and Katherine Moss
Amy Murre
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Lisa Myers
Kelly Natrop
Karen Nelson
The Nelson-Zirzow Fund
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Lisa Neustedter
JoAnne Nissen
Joanne Nolde
Jennifer Nordstrom
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Fran and Miriam Odden
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Eric Ohlrogge
Marcia M. Olen
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Joyce L. Pace
Ethan Padway
Nick Padway
Nancy Palmer
Christine Palmert
Sandra Parish
Jason and Amy Parry
Mark and Laurie Pasch
Shelia Payton
IN KIND GIFTS
Karen Peters and Charles Frank
Juliet Peterson
Betty Philipps
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Jerry and Jill Polacheck
Chuck Prendergast
Wendy Pribbanow
Drew Price
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Daniel and Connie Pronley
David Putnam
Donald and Judith Rafenstein
Stephen and Susan Ragatz
Mark and Janet Rakowski
Debbie Ramirez
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Paul and Kathie Richards
Werner and Carol Richheimer
Craig Rigby
Paul Ritch
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Robert Rooney
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Scott Rusch
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Sadashiv Santosh
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Kelly Schill
Travis Schneider
Gordon Schuetz
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Tim Steinle
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Rachel Taknint
Paul and Donna Tanzer
Maria Theisen
Mary and Richard Thickens
Dwayne Thomas
Dean and Kathy Thome
Catherine Tikkanen
Tom and Thom
Thomas and Patricia Towers
Triangle Enterprises, Inc.
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Paul Verdu
Donna and Norman Vincent
Benjamin and Rachel Wagner
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Julie and Timothy Wallen
Lynn Walsh
Frank and Milena Walter
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Marie Weiss
Robert Welch
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Penny Williams
Julie Winkelmann
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Kim Wynn
Mike Yost and Lisa Schuldt
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Angela Zakreski
Peter and Kathleen Zarwell
Ralph Zick
Tom Zimmerman
Doug and Marilyn Zwissler
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Joy and James Leirer
Drs. Alan L. Pohl and Carol C. Pohl
Ultra Tool & Mfg., Inc.
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“One thing I gained from the program was courage. The play is all about being bold and being not afraid to do anything and stuff. So I think I gained a lot of boldness and I feel like I have more courage than I used to. So I am really thankful.”
“It brought me out of my comfort zone, but it did it in a good way. Now I’m not scared to get up in front of the class.”
Each year, nearly 20,000 students are impacted by Milwaukee Rep’s Education programs, including in-school residencies, after-school programs, and the national Next Narrative Monologue Competition. Through these programs, students increase their literacy and social-emotional skills such as empathy and self-awareness.
Thank you to Milwaukee Rep’s 2022/23 Season Individual Education Sponsors who make these programs possible!
Antony and Nikki D’Cruz
Margaret Dethloff and Terri Zeh
David and Jean Lauer
Kathy McCombe
Dwight and Marlene Morgan
Marlene Ott
Fred Pike and Cecilia Taylor
Paul and Kathy Slesar
Jeff and Lori Sommerfeld
A.J. Star and Mark Clausen
Judith A. Steinke
To learn more about becoming an Education Sponsor, contact the Development Department at: 414-290-5366
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