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Contents
4 Welcome to East of Eden
Letter from Artistic Director Anna D. Shapiro
10 Rehearsal Photos 12 Bios ast of Eden in Context: 20 ESteinbeck’s journey from the political to the personal By Assistant Director Aaron Snook
he Things We Carry: 24 TTwo Steppenwolf directors discuss what we inherit, what we pass on, and the ghosts that come along for the ride
Editor
Contributors
Design
Neel McNeill
Anna Brenner Evan Hatfield Greta Honold Terry Kinney Madeline Long Joel Moorman Anna D. Shapiro Aaron Snook
Cover
Donovan Foote
Ensemble Member Kate Arrington with cast member Aaron Himelstein
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Photographer Saverio Truglia
Welcome to East of Eden
It is truly an honor to welcome you to the first show of Steppenwolf Theatre’s 40th Season. This year marks enormous change for our company as we embrace new leadership, celebrate past accomplishments and look with hope and excitement to our future—a future already rife with so many possibilities and opportunities that simply enumerating them, ordering them and contemplating them takes up much of our day-to-day. To find ourselves finally in the theater with a long-anticipated project like this one, ensemble member Frank Galati’s adaptation of John Steinbeck’s East of Eden, directed by Steppenwolf co-founder Terry Kinney, is a gratifying reminder that we are and will always be a place that returns again and again to the joy and wonder of the stories and the storytellers at the center of the Steppenwolf experience.
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As a theatre, an organization—as a family—we have much to be proud of and, like a family, we understand that we are here because of those who came before us. The group of actors that made Steppenwolf Theatre Company forty years ago are some of the most gifted and inventive theatre makers of any generation and the work they did, their commitment to one another and their collective belief that what they wanted to do was worth seeing continues to be at the heart of everything we do. But equally as important as their massive talent was their considerable irreverence—they never denied where they came from or who inspired them, but neither were they ever defined by them—they followed their affections, interrogated their interests and the work they made reflected who they were in that moment. East of Eden marks an important intersection of that storied history and our unlimited future, not just because of its position at the top of our anniversary season, but because of its themes and ideas and the challenges it presents to all who encounter it: questions of honor, of legacy, of loyalty and of change. I am often asked what I think defines Steppenwolf ’s theater—what is it that we actually do? To me, the answer is simple: we find the spectacular in the mundane and turn the everyday into the most-important-day and in it all you see yourself. John Steinbeck’s work is a celebration of the complexity of a simple life, the most base (and basic) hopes writ large across the sky. The scope of his work is as astonishing as it is bold, forcing open the human heart, opening our eyes to the truth of our own existence and doing all of this with such unerring compassion that one is left breathless with gratitude. The twinning of these two expressions, Steppenwolf’s performative one and Steinbeck’s narrative, is as natural as it is explosive, offering opportunities for our artists and our audiences to ask the most of themselves, to join together as we encounter life’s most complex challenges: what it means to be human, what it means to be “good” and how hard it is to do both.
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East of Eden John Steinbeck’s
Adapted by ensemble member Frank
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Featuring
Kate Arrington†* Casey Thomas Brown* Francis Guinan†* Aaron Himelstein* Tim Hopper†* Elizabeth Laidlaw* Stephen Park* Brittany Uomoleale* Dan Waller* Alan Wilder†*
Production Walt Spangler+ Scenic Design Mara Blumenfeld+ Costume Design David Weiner+ Lighting Design + Rob Milburn & Michael Bodeen+ Sound Design and Original Music Matt Hawkins Fight Choreography Erica Daniels° Casting Director Jonathan Berry Artistic Producer Malcolm Ewen* Stage Manager Christine D. Freeburg* Assistant Stage Manager
East of Eden was commissioned by Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Chicago; Martha Lavey, Artistic Director; David Hawkanson, Executive Director. Steppenwolf Theatre Company is a constituent of Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the national organization for nonprofit professional theater. † member of the Steppenwolf Theatre Company ensemble. * member of Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers. + member of United Scenic Artists, Local 829 of the IATSE. ° member of the Casting Society of America.
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ANNOUNCING THE
Cast and Contributors Cast (in alphabetical order)
Additional Staff
Kate Arrington†* Cathy Trask Casey Thomas Brown* Aron Trask Francis Guinan†* Samuel Hamilton Aaron Himelstein* Caleb Trask Tim Hopper†* Adam Trask Elizabeth Laidlaw* Eva, Mrs. Bacon, Nurse Stephen Park* Lee Brittany Uomoleale* Abra Bacon Dan Waller* Joe, Will Hamilton Alan Wilder†* Dr. Murphy, Mr. Bacon
Aaron Snook Assistant Director Frances Limoncelli Script Supervisor Steve Sorenson Assistant Lighting Designer Stephanie Cluggish Associate Costume Designer Elise Kauzlaric Dialect Coach Kathleen Barrett, Joe Creen, Julian Gonzalez, Ivy Reid, Vanessa Rundle Run Crew Jessica Doan, Sarah Diefenbach Wardrobe Crew Elizabeth Laidlaw Fight Captain Lauren Wiejak CD (DONA), LMY, CEIM Birth Consultant Dr. Huping Ling Consultant in Chinese American History, Changjiang Scholar Chair Professor and Professor of History at Truman State University AJ Burkart, Jeremy Close, Kaitlyn Grissom, Bailey Jones, Ryan Luwe, Matt Meldrem, Jacob Palmer, Morgan Schaefer, Zachary Schmitt, Alex Stroud, Mark Vinson Carpentry Overhire Vicky Apodaca, Andrew Lex, Kira Lyon, Jay Tollefsen Props Overhire Kassie Davis, Tiffany Goarcke, Sarah Lewis Scenic Art Overhire Jaclynn Joslin Stage Management Apprentice
Musicians (in alphabetical order) Ben Melsky Harp Kyra Saltman Cello
Understudies (in alphabetical order) Sara Bues Cathy Trask, Eva, Mrs. Bacon, Nurse James D. Farruggio* Adam Trask Carolyn Molloy Abra Bacon Ty Olwin Aron Trask, Caleb Trask Chuck Spencer Sam Hamilton, Dr. Murphy, Mr. Bacon Charlie Strater Joe, Will Hamilton Ben Veatch Lee
Setting The Salinas Valley and the town of Salinas, California. 1900–1918.
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There will be a post-show discussion immediately following the performance.
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East of Eden in rehearsal
Cast member Elizabeth Laidlaw and ensemble member Tim Hopper
Photography by Joel Moorman
Cast members Aaron Himmelstein and Brittany Uomoleale
Director Terry Kinney Ensemble member Kate Arrington
Cast member Brittany Uomoleale and ensemble member Alan Wilder
Cast member Dan Waller
Ensemble member Tim Hopper and cast member Stephen Park
Adaptor Frank Galati
ENSEMBLE MEMBER ALANA ARENAS
Cast members Aaron Himmelstein and Casey Thomas Brown
Cast member Stephen Park
Director Terry Kinney with cast members Aaron Himmelstein and Brittany Uomoleale, ensemble member Tim Hopper and cast member Stephen Park
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Cast members Aaron Himmelstein and Casey Thomas Brown
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East of Eden Bios Kate Arrington
(Cathy Trask) joined the Steppenwolf Theatre Company ensemble in 2007. She has appeared at Steppenwolf in The Qualms, Belleville, The Hot L Baltimore, A Parallelogram, Fake, When the Messenger is Hot, The Well-Appointed Room, The Pain and the Itch and The Violet Hour. New York theatre credits include Grace, The American Plan (Broadway); The Qualms (Playwrights Horizons); The Iceman Cometh (Brooklyn Academy of Music); Happy Now? (Primary Stages); When the Messenger is Hot (59E59); as well as work with Soho Repertory Theatre, Lincoln Center, The Mint Theater, and HERE. Regional theatre credits include the Goodman Theatre in King Lear and Iceman Cometh, Old Globe Theatre, South Coast Repertory and The Shakespeare Theatre in Washington, D.C. Kate is a graduate of Northwestern University where she majored in performance studies. Upcoming she will be playing Maria Saldana in the new Showtime series Billions.
Casey Thomas Brown
(Aron Trask) is thrilled to be making his Steppenwolf Theatre Company debut. Theater credits include Tales From Red Vienna (Manhattan Theatre Club); Our Town (Theatre West); A Tale Told by an Idiot and Cyclops: A Rock Opera (Psittacus Productions); and Young Playwright’s Fest (Blank Theatre). Television credits include Law and Order: SVU and Justified. Film credits include Copperhead and Reach Me. Casey studied in the program at the University of Southern California where he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. “Daily thanks to Liberman/ Zerman, Paradigm and KTE.”
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Francis Guinan
(Samuel Hamilton) is a member of the Steppenwolf Theatre Company ensemble. He has appeared in more than 30 Steppenwolf productions including Grand Concourse, The Herd, The Night Alive, Tribes, The Birthday Party, The Book Thief, Time Stands Still, Endgame, American Buffalo, Fake, The Seafarer and August: Osage County. He has also appeared in productions for Northlight Theatre.
Aaron Himelstein
(Caleb Trask) returns to Steppenwolf Theatre Company where he was last seen in Russian Transport, as well as Frank Galati’s production of Morning Star. Other Chicago theatre credits include Watch on the Rhine (Eclipse Theatre); To Kill a Mockingbird, Our Town (Bog Theatre Stages); and One Touch of Venus (Light Opera Works). Off-Broadway credits include The Dead Eye Boy (MCC; Drama Desk—nomination); and Galileo with F. Murray Abraham (Classic Stage Company). Los Angeles credits include Speech and Debate and Dickie and Babe (The Blank Theatre). Some of his television credits include Joan of Arcadia, House, Las Vegas, Community and the first season of HBO’s Doll & Em, among others. Film credits include High Fidelity, Austin Powers in Goldmember, The Informers, All The Boys Love Mandy Lane, Fast Food Nation, Losers Take All, Captain America the Winter Soldier and Avengers Age of Ultron.
Tim Hopper (Adam Trask)
is a member of the Steppenwolf Theatre Company ensemble. Recent roles at Steppenwolf include Frog in Grand Concourse, Doc in The Night
Alive, and Boris in Russian Transport. He directed Buena Vista (2013 First Look Repertory) and Pursued by Happiness (2008 First Look Repertory). Television appearances include Empire, The Americans and Chicago Fire. Film appearances include School of Rock, To Die For, the upcoming Consumed, Operator and Our Father.
Elizabeth Laidlaw
Players). Television credits include Person of Interest, The Mindy Project, Believe, Elementary, White Collar, Law & Order and In Living Color. Film credits include The Gambler, Snowpiercer, A Serious Man, State of Play, Fargo, Falling Down, Kindergarten Cop, Quick Change and Do the Right Thing. Stephen is a member of The Actors Center Workshop Company.
(Eva, Mrs. Bacon, Nurse) Brittany Uomoleale returns to Steppenwolf (Abra Bacon) is thrilled to Theatre Company where she return to Steppenwolf Theatre was last seen in The Berlin Company where she was last Circle directed by Tina Landau. Elizabeth seen in Grand Concourse. Los has worked extensively in Chicago and Angeles credits include The Last Act of Lilka regional theatre over the past 22 years. Kadison (Falcon Theatre). New York credits Recent stage credits include Grounded include Wanton Displays of Affection (Fringe (eTOPiA—Northwestern University); The Festival). Television credits include Jennifer Crucible (Indiana Repertory Theatre); and Falls and Awkward. Voice over and motion just this summer, The Taming of the Shrew capture credits incllude Halo 5, Tomorrowland, and Cymbeline (Lakeside Shakespeare Bella and the Bulldogs, Rain of the Ghosts, Theatre), where she serves as founding Artistic Upside Down, Side Swiped, Inside Out and Director. Television credits include Chicago Intermodal. Brittany recently graduated from PD, Crisis, Betrayal, Boss, The Chicago Code, The University of Michigan with a BFA in Turks and the recent breakout hit web-series, performance and BA in communications. Under Covers. Film credits include Cleveland “Thank you Jackie.” Abduction, Dollop, Into the Wake, Dimension, Dan Waller Three Days and the recently released and (Joe, Will Hamilton) returns critically acclaimed Henry Gamble’s Birthday to Steppenwolf Theatre Party, written and directed by Stephen Cone. Company where he was last Stephen Park (Lee) is seen in The Night Alive and thrilled to be making his Three Sisters. Chicago credits include The Steppenwolf Theatre Little Foxes, Sweet Bird of Youth, The Good Company debut. Theatre Negro, Ghostwritten and Talking Pictures credits include The Dumb (Goodman Theatre); Lay Me Down Softly, Waiter and Ivanov (National Asian American The Seafarer, Mojo-Mickybo, Our Father, A Theatre Company); The New Paradigm Whistle in the Dark, Journey’s End (Seanachaí (Atlantic Theater Company); Paternity Theatre Company/Irish Theatre Company); (Cherry Lane Theater); Aunt Dan and Lemon and The Pitmen Painters (TimeLine Theatre (The New Group); A Language of Their Own Company). Television credits include Leverage, and Big Hunk O’ Burnin’ Love (East West Science Story, The Beast, Chicago Code, Crisis, Bios 13
Chicago PD and Empire. Film credits include Barefoot to Jerusalem, Repetition, Of Boys and Men, Devil’s Dominoes, Witless Protection, Transformers: Dark of the Moon, At Any Price and Precious Mettle.
Alan Wilder (Dr. Murphy,
Mr. Bacon) has been a Steppenwolf Theatre Company ensemble member since 1976. He was last seen performing acts of bestiality in Marie Antoinette. Insert your own joke about religion, strange sex acts, Donald Trump, or Alan Wilder’s career here. He says he’s not doing the gag work for you program-readers anymore. You’re on your own.
Kyra Saltman (Cello) has embarked
on a diverse career. As a member of the Petar Jankovic Ensemble, she has toured extensively throughout United States and abroad, including performances at the Round Top Festival Institute and the Nassau Music Society in the Bahamas. She has also performed on WFMT’s Impromptu and APM’s Performance Today. A frequent recitalist and soloist in the Chicago area, she is also the principal cellist of the Chicago Composers Orchestra and also maintains an active teaching studio.
Ben Melsky (Harp) is a Chicago-based
harpist and is ecstatic to be working with Steppenwolf Theatre Company. Dedicated to the music of the 21st century, Ben is a member of the highly acclaimed new music collective Ensemble Dal Niente. Collaborators include George Lewis, Augusta Reed Thomas, Anthony Cheung, Raphael Cendo, Marcos Balter and Deerhoof. He has played with the Joffrey Ballet, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Chicago Opera Theatre, Grant Park Symphony, Des
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Moines Metro Opera, Ann Arbor Symphony and Chicago Philharmonic. Theater credits include Sunday in Park with George, Follies (Chicago Shakespeare Theater); A Little Night Music (Writer’s Theater); and Animal Crackers (Goodman Theater).
Frank Galati (Adaptor) has been a member of the Steppenwolf Theatre Company ensemble since 1985. Frank won two Tony Awards for his adaptation and direction of Steppenwolf’s production of The Grapes of Wrath on Broadway and was nominated for a Tony Award in 1998 for directing the musical Ragtime. Although he is known primarily as a director of epic plays and musicals including Homebody/ Kabul (Steppenwolf Theatre Company) and Ragtime (Broadway) he is an equally adept actor performing in The Drawer Boy, The Tempest (Steppenwolf Theatre Company) and adaptor with an Academy Award nomination for Best Screenplay for The Accidental Tourist. He also directed his adaptation of Murakami’s Kafka on the Shore at Steppenwolf in 2008. His productions at the Goodman Theatre, where he was an associate director from 1986-2008, include She Always Said Pablo, The Winter’s Tale, The Good Person of Szechwan and Cry, the Beloved Country. Frank is a professor emeritus in the department of performance studies at Northwestern University. He now makes his home in Sarasota, Florida. Terry Kinney (Director) is
a co-founder of Steppenwolf Theatre Company. His directing credits at Steppenwolf include The Violet Hour, A Streetcar Named Desire, A Clockwork Orange, Of Mice and Men and One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest, which moved
to Broadway and won a Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play. New York directing credits include the world premiere of Checkers by Doug McGrath, reasons to be pretty, The Money Shot by Neil LaBute (MCC Theatre, Broadway); After Ashley and Beautiful Child (Vineyard Theatre), and others. Film directing credits include the short film Kubuku Rides (This Is It) for Steppenwolf Films and Diminished Capacity with Matthew Broderick and Alan Alda. Film appearances include Save the Last Dance, Sleepers, Fly Away Home, Last of the Mohicans, The Firm, Devil in a Blue Dress, Turn The River, I Smiled Back and the upcoming November Criminals. Television credits include Tim McManus in HBO’s prison drama Oz, Black Box, The Mentalist, The Unusuals, The Laramie Project, 30something, Kidnapped, George Wallace, The Good Wife, Fargo (season 2), Show Me A Hero and Showtime’s Billions. This October, Terry directs the premiere of Reconfiguration: An Evening with Other Lives, an audio-visual narrative he conceived with Rebecca Habel, at the Brooklyn Academy of Music as part of the 2015 New Wave Festival.
Walt Spangler (Scenic Design) is thrilled
to work with Terry Kinney and Steppenwolf Theatre Company. Recent and upcoming credits in Chicago include Tribes, Good People, The Birthday Party, Time Stands Still, Penelope (Steppenwolf Theatre Company); Don Giovanni (Lyric Opera); 2666, Measure for Measure, Buzzer, Desire Under The Elms, Turn of the Century, Heartbreak House, King Lear (Goodman Theatre); Yeast Nation, The Original Grease (American Theatre Company); and A Christmas Story: The Musical (Chicago Theatre). waltspangler.com.
Mara Blumenfeld (Costume Design)
returns to Steppenwolf Theatre Company
where she previously designed A Parallelogram, UP, Kafka on the Shore, after the quake (also at Long Wharf, La Jolla and Berkeley Rep), Man from Nebraska, Homebody/Kabul (also at Mark Taper Forum and BAM), The Royal Family, The Violet Hour, The Berlin Circle, Space, Time to Burn, Skylight and The Cryptogram. Elsewhere in Chicago, she has designed numerous productions for Goodman Theatre, Court Theatre, Chicago Shakespeare Theater and Lookingglass Theatre Company, where she is an ensemble member. New York credits include Mary Zimmerman’s Tony Awardwinning production of Metamorphoses, as well as her productions of Lucia di Lammermoor and La Sonnambula for the Metropolitan Opera. She is the recipient of four Joseph Jefferson Awards and the 2012 Michael Merritt Award.
David Weiner (Lighting Design) returns
to Chicago where he previously designed The Way West (Steppenwolf Theatre Company) and Smokefall (Goodman Theatre). His Broadway credits include Romeo & Juliet, Dead Accounts, Grace, Godspell, The Normal Heart, reasons to be pretty, Butley, Dinner At Eight (Lincoln Center Theater); Betrayal (Roundabout Theater Company) and The Real Thing (Ethel Barrymore Theatre). OffBroadway he has designed at MCC Theatre, Manhattan Theatre Club, Second Stage, Playwrights Horizons, The Public Theater, New York Theater Workshop, Theater for a New Audience, Vineyard Theatre and Atlantic Theatre Company. Regional credits include work at La Jolla Playhouse, The Old Globe, Center Theatre Group, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, South Coast Repertory, Guthrie Theater, Alley Theatre, McCarter Theatre, Huntington Theatre Company, American Repertory Theater, Kansas City Repertory, Williamstown Theatre Festival and Berkeley Bios 15
Repertory Theatre. His awards include a 2012 Lucille Lortel Award for Through a Glass Darkly, a 2011 Drama Desk nomination for Small Fire and a 2005 Lucille Lortel Award for Rodney’s Wife. Upcoming projects include Stephen King’s Misery on Broadway starring Bruce Willis. davidweinerdesign.com
Rob Milburn & Michael Bodeen (Sound Design and Original Music) have recently composed music and sound for the Broadway productions of No Man’s Land and Waiting for Godot, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, The Miracle Worker, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest and The Speed of Darkness; and sound for Larry David’s Fish in the Dark, This Is Our Youth, Of Mice and Men, Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf , Superior Donuts, reasons to be pretty, A Year with Frog and Toad, The Song of Jacob Zulu and The Grapes of Wrath. They have also created music and sound Off-Broadway at many of America’s resident theatres (often with Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theatre Company) and at several international venues. Please visit milbomusic.com. Matt Hawkins (Fight Choreography) is a Chicago-based director, actor and fight choreographer. He is a founding member of The House Theatre, an artistic associate and resident director with Strawdog Theatre Company and the recipient of five Jeff Awards. He currently teaches Musical Theater at Northwestern University and Movement and Stage Combat at Loyola University. Later this year he will direct Macbeth (Chicago Public Schools at Chicago Shakespeare); A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (Northwestern University); and choreograph violence for Short Shakes Twelfth Night, Othello and Tug of War (Chicago Shakespeare Theater). Hawkins holds a BFA in acting from 16 Bios
Southern Methodist University and an MFA in directing from The University of Iowa. He is married to actress Stacy Stoltz.
Malcolm Ewen (Stage Manager) stage
managed Airline Highway and The Herd last season. He has worked at Steppenwolf Theatre Company since 1987 and his credits include Russian Transport, The March, American Buffalo, The Tempest, The Diary of Anne Frank and Man From Nebraska. He has taken four Steppenwolf shows to Broadway including The Grapes of Wrath and Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, both of which won Tony Awards. Also on Broadway, he was the PSM of Paul Simon’s musical The Capeman. He serves on the Council of Actors’ Equity Association. A graduate of Amherst College, he returns every summer to the Green Mountains of Vermont to direct at the Weston Playhouse.
Christine D. Freeburg (Assistant Stage Manager) Steppenwolf Theatre Company credits include The Herd, Airline Highway, Tribes, The Motherf**ker With the Hat, Good People, The March, Sex With Strangers, American Buffalo (also at McCarter Theatre), The Tempest, The Seafarer, The Diary of Anne Frank, after the quake and Cherry Orchard. Other Chicago credits include Stones in His Pockets (Northlight Theatre); The Vanishing Twin, In the Eye of The Beholder, Arabian Nights (Lookingglass Theatre Company); Hamlet, Fraulein Else, Scapin (Court Theatre); Once on This Island, Madame Butterfly, Old Wicked Songs, Violet and many more (Apple Tree Theater). Christine is an adjunct faculty member at The Theatre School at DePaul University and spent nine summers stage managing at the Weston Playhouse. Chris is happily married to Thom Cox and the proud mother of Joan Marie.
Anna D. Shapiro (Artistic Director) began
working with Steppenwolf in 1995 as the original director of the New Plays Lab and joined the ensemble in 2005. She has directed dozens of notable Steppenwolf productions, including the world-renowned production of Tracy Letts’s August: Osage County, for which she received 2008 Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards. In 2011 she was nominated for a Tony Award for Stephen Adly Guirgis’s The Motherf**er with the Hat, which she also directed at Steppenwolf to critical acclaim. Additional Steppenwolf directing credits include A Parallelogram, Up, The Unmentionables, The Pain and the Itch (also at Playwrights Horizons), Man from Nebraska, (named by TIME as one of the Year’s Top Ten in 2003), The Drawer Boy and Three Days of Rain, among others. Broadway credits include the sold-out run of Larry David’s Fish in the Dark, the revival of Steppenwolf’s This Is Our Youth and the revival of Of Mice and Men, which National Theatre Live selected as the first American production to be broadcast to over 700 cinemas. Anna is a graduate of the Yale School of Drama and Columbia College and the recipient of a 1996 Princess Grace Award, as well as the 2010 Princess Grace Statue Award. She is a professor in Northwestern’s Department of Theatre and served as the Director of the Graduate MFA Directing Program from 2002 – 2014.
David Schmitz (Managing Director) has worked at Steppenwolf Theatre Company for 10 years, serving in the role of Director of Finance and Administration, General Manager and currently as Managing Director. Prior to working at Steppenwolf, David was the General Manager at Lookingglass Theatre Company, Associate Artistic Director of Stage Left Theatre and Business Manager at the entertainment agency Adair Performance. Currently, he serves as Vice President of the Board for The House Theatre of Chicago and is a former board member for the Lincoln Park Chamber of Commerce. David has worked as a strategic planning, business practices, finance and hiring consultant for numerous Chicago organizations, including The House Theatre of Chicago, The Hypocrites and Stage Left Theatre, among others. He holds a BA in theatre from the University of Northern Colorado, an MFA from the Theatre Conservatory at the Chicago College of Performing Arts, Roosevelt University and a Certificate in Non Profit Management from Roosevelt University.
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East of Eden in Context:
Steinbeck’s journey from the political to the personal by Assistant Director Aaron Snook
When John Steinbeck’s name comes up in conversation, The Grapes of Wrath is often quick to follow. Of the dozens of books he wrote, this was the novel that permanently etched his name into the public consciousness. It won the National Book Award, the Pulitzer Prize, was quickly made into a film by John Ford and was eventually adapted for the stage by our own Frank Galati here at Steppenwolf. That production went on from Chicago to La Jolla, then to London till finally landing in New York, where it ran for 188 performances on Broadway, bringing home the Tony Award for Best Play in 1990. The Grapes of Wrath (1939) was a part of the California Series, which included In Dubious Battle (1936) and the much beloved Of Mice and Men (1937), focusing on the plight of the Californian farm workers during the Great Depression. These novels, and Grapes in particular, were an attempt at waking America up to the economic disparity in their own backyard. Steinbeck took a journalistic approach, meticulously researching the lives of migrant workers. His empathy with the farming class ran deep, having grown up amongst them in Salinas, California.
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It was in Salinas that he had begun his writing and it was to Salinas where his writing always seemed to return. In 1933, as a young writer, his novella The Red Pony was published, telling tales of adolescence set on a Salinas ranch. Those stories would show up again in 1938 with The Long Valley, a collection of short stories all set back home. Then, after a decade of great success, he would return home to Salinas in February of 1948 on a lengthy research trip for a new novel. While hard at work, he wrote his wife, Gwyn: I miss you very much. But more and more I see that this book is the book and it has to be done by me. It may be my swan song but it certainly will be the largest and most important work I have or maybe will do. The journalistic approach he had taken to the outside world in his previous work had now been turned inward in an intense examination of the self. Sadly, his drive toward his Salinas novel would suffer two heartbreaking blows. In May of the same year, his closest friend, Ed Ricketts, died tragically from injuries suffered in a car accident. That fall, after many years of a troubled marriage, his wife and the mother of their two boys, would file for divorce. These two events would prove too much and sent Steinbeck into a deep and unproductive depression. However, in 1950, the cloud lifted as he met, courted and married Elaine Scott who would remain his wife until his death. In December of that year, one month before sitting down to begin, he wrote a friend: Of course I want the new book to be good. I have wanted all of them to be good. But with the others—all of them—I had a personal out. I could say—it is just really practice for “the book.” If I can’t do this one, the practice was not worth it. So you see I feel at once stimulated and scared. Finally, on January 29, 1951, John Steinbeck sat down to write what would become East of Eden. His daily process began by writing a journal entry to his friend and editor, Pascal Covici, in the left side of the ledger as a warm up. He did this every working day until November 1st of the same year when the first draft was completed. In his first entry, he explains his purpose:
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Throughout his career, Steinbeck carried a torch of social activism, providing for those suffering a glimmer of redemptive hope. However, as he grew older, experiencing the loss of love and friendship and a haunting depression, his writing became both more personal and more complex. As he had fought for the farmers, he decided now to fight for his sons and attempt to give the younger generation an epic story on the struggle between the life we inherit and the life we choose. Steinbeck, John. Journal of a Novel; the East of Eden Letters. New York: Viking, 1969. Print. Steinbeck, John. Steinbeck: A Life in Letters. New York: Viking, 1975. Print. "National Steinbeck Center." John Steinbeck Biography. Web. 27 July 2015.
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I am choosing to write this book to my sons. They are little boys now and they will never know what they came from through me, unless I tell them. It is not written for them to read now but when they are grown and the pains and joys have tousled them a little. And if the book is addressed to them, it is for a good reason. I want them to know how it was, I want to tell them directly, and perhaps by speaking directly to them I shall speak directly to other people… [My boys] have no background in the world of literature, they don’t know the great stories of the world as we do. And so I will tell them one of the greatest, perhaps the greatest story of all—the story of good and evil, of strength and weakness, of love and hate, of beauty and ugliness. I shall try to demonstrate to them how these doubles are inseparable—how neither can exist without the other and how out of their groupings creativeness is born. I shall tell them this story against the background of the county I grew up in and along the river I know and do not love very much… I think perhaps it is the only book I have ever written.
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Ensemble members Anna D. Shapiro and Terry Kinney often commiserate with one another about the plays they are working on but they both hate talking on the phone. The only thing they hate more than the phone is a staged interview. So we asked them to do what they would usually do if they want to communicate with one another about anything: put it in an email. The following is a series of emails that, like most of their correspondence, covers a bit more than their intended topic and heads off into unexpected directions. Anna D. Shapiro: So, I’m sitting here at the East of Eden reading for the staff (the script sounds great!) and I’m struck by the line, “Don’t use your ancestry as an excuse.” I mean, I think I do that all the time. I guess I feel like it’s a legitimate defense for some of my considerable shortcomings. Do you do that? Terry Kinney: Yeah, of course I do. I attribute my reactions, behavior, moods, to my Irishness or my Catholic upbringing, or my parents’ closed-mindedness, or their fears blah blah blah. It’s a handy way not to change ourselves. Not that DNA doesn’t play on us. My favorite thinker, James Hillman, talks about the “blueprint” that puts us into our destinies, on or off of our “paths.” Breaking imprinted and inherited traits is hard work, but it’s sure worth doing. We have a choice, yeah, but our instincts don’t always want us to, you know?
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AS: That makes me think of the heart of the play. In the story, two of the young characters—brothers—are deeply affected by the relationship that their own father had with his brother even though they weren’t even born yet—they never saw it and [in this production] neither do we— and yet it’s the engine that drives them and much of what we do see. Sometimes I wonder if it’s just inevitable that we get recruited into the wars of our parents but then other times I think it’s not that mysterious and that there’s actual messaging throughout our lives that tells us who we are supposed to be or side with, essentially if we want to survive. Do you think it passes down magically? TK: Well, the father [Adam] carries the brutal memories of that relationship, and never really releases himself from the guilt he felt being loved by the father that
never loved his brother. So he also believes he deserved the hatred and violence his brother hurled at him. What the father carries, his sons absorb. It’s in their blood and in the air. They sponge his grief, and sadly the very thing Adam resented most in his own father—being the sole recipient of his love, is also passed along to his own sons, one of whom he can’t bring himself to love. Is this karmic, in some way, connected to a collective unconscious that messages our fates? Or are we born with this story imprinted in our bloodline? Our wars get passed along no matter the dark places we try to hide them, yeah. AS: Another huge thing the play is dealing with is the idea of good and evil, or, more accurately, good vs. evil. I must admit, this has been an obsession of mine for most of my life: not only do I constantly ask myself if I’m being “good,” I think I take comfort in the idea that life is that manageable, that it can be reduced to a simple binary equation. Is that idea present for you in your own life? TK: The mythos of good and, evil of course, follows all of us, and the pressures we carry from nature and nurture and whatever both guide and restrict our lives, I think. I like the Jungian idea of the white knight, the black knight and the red knight. The white knight has a very clear if narrow view of his path, based on the need to be purely “good”. He’s the knight running around saving everyone. The black knight is, well, Darth Vader comes to mind. He is all shadow and no light. The red knight is simply the white knight after swallowing his own shadow. That, to me, is human. Struggling, flawed, but conscious. I mostly struggle to be my real self, and carry that forward for better and for worse.
AS: I also wonder, bearing that all in mind, if you as a founder of the theater find it more complicated to return here to work. I’ve been thinking a lot about this idea of legacy as it relates to the play and quite frankly how it relates to us as company. I mean, we throw around the word “family” a lot—weirdly, I think people somehow think of it as a catch-all for all complicated relationships between people that to the outside world may seem untenable. I don’t feel like that about being a part of this company—maybe because I choose to be here so I feel like anything not-so-great that happens to me here is pretty much my responsibility. I’m less likely to be that mature when it comes to Sunday brunch at my mom’s. Do you feel freer here? More encumbered? Are there ghosts? TK: Oh. Ha ha there are ghosts for sure. Letting go of being an arbiter of the immediate destiny of this place left me looking for places to have that kind of input and influence. I sort of shifted myself. I never wanted to police the changes, the sizable changes at the core of the company. And I was never cut out in our company to simply follow. We started it to form it, develop it, grow it. I still have those strong impulses, so there was a letting go. It’s a child of mine, however grown up. But I think time has allowed me to look at it for what it is—what it has become, which is an entirely different place, one that I truly admire, am in awe of now. So that allows me to feel free in the rehearsal room as a trusted artist and a fellow traveler. I don’t know if I answered the question… AS: No, you did! And can I say how glad I am that you’re back? Ghosts and all.
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3 The Flick By Annie Baker
Directed by Dexter Bullard
Forty years of unforgettable moments… and we’re just getting started.
John Steinbeck’s
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Adapted by ensemble member Frank Galati
February 4 – May 8, 2016 From the author of The Aliens and Circle Mirror Transformation
Three underpaid employees sweep up stale popcorn in a run-down movie house called The Flick, one of the last theaters in Massachusetts still projecting 35mm films. For Avery, this isn’t a dead-end job. It’s a way to get closer to the art form he loves. Passionate debates about cinema lead to a friendship of sorts with co-workers Sam and Rose. But will their tentative bond survive as they reveal what they actually need from each other? The Flick is a heartfelt cry for the kind of authentic connection we all want, even if we’re a little afraid of it.
4 Mary Page Marlowe By ensemble member Tracy Letts
Directed by ensemble member and co-founder Terry Kinney
Directed by ensemble member Anna D. Shapiro
September 17 – November 15, 2015
March 31 – May 29, 2016
Featuring ensemble members Kate Arrington, Tim Hopper, Francis Guinan and Alan Wilder
Featuring ensemble member Alan Wilder
From the adaptor of As I Lay Dying, The March and The Grapes of Wrath
From the author of Killer Joe, Superior Donuts and August: Osage County
Escaping a turbulent past, Adam Trask is determined to make a new start in California’s Salinas Valley. Adam and his wife Cathy settle on a beautiful farm, and soon Cathy gives birth to twins Caleb and Aron. But family history, sibling rivalry and the impending danger of World War One will threaten their little piece of paradise. East of Eden is a sprawling and unflinching story that asks if it is possible to escape the mistakes of previous generations and choose your own course.
Mary Page Marlowe is an accountant from Ohio. She’s led an ordinary life, making the difficult decisions we all face as we try to figure out who we really are and what we really want. As Tracy Letts brings us moments—both pivotal and mundane—from Mary’s life, a portrait of a surprisingly complicated woman emerges. Intimate and moving, Mary Page Marlowe shows us how circumstance, impulse and time can combine to make us mysteries… even to ourselves.
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Written and directed by ensemble member Bruce Norris Featuring ensemble member Tom Irwin
December 3, 2015 – February 7, 2016
5 Between Riverside and Crazy By Stephen Adly Guirgis
Directed by ensemble member Yasen Peyankov
Featuring ensemble members Tim Hopper and James Vincent Meredith
June 23 – August 21, 2016
From the author of The Pain and the Itch, The Qualms and Clybourne Park
From the author of Our Lady of 121st Street and The Motherf**ker with the Hat
Politician Bill Pulver faces the cameras to stumble his way through a carefully crafted apology as his wife Judy stands stoically behind him… but what is she REALLY thinking? We are about to find out in Bruce Norris’s wickedly funny, unpredictable play about a marriage burst apart by a sex scandal. This scathing, wildly entertaining play investigates gender politics, modern marriage and the sexual mysteries of the animal kingdom.
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Baker & McKenzie LLP, Juan Carlos Gonzalez
Newcastle Limited, Michael Haney
DLA Piper LLP (US), Katrina Hausfeld
Northern Trust, John Celentani
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Brian Duwe
Starting at $10,000, Corporate Arts Council members gain access to unique opportunities: • priority access to intimate, behind-the-scenes experiences with Steppenwolf’s talented ensemble of actors, playwrights and directors. • strategic networking with Chicago’s most influential individuals and entrepreneurs. • total flexibility in engagment with Steppenwolf and customized experiences that align with your company’s goals.
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For more information on how you and your company can become a Steppenwolf Corporate Arts Council member, please contact Megan McGuane at 312-654-5697 or mmcguane@steppenwolf.org.
2015/16 Season Sponsors Steppenwolf’s reputation derives from our willingness to take on challenging, ambitious projects. Our future relies upon the generous support of season sponsors who provide invaluable resources for the work of our actors, directors and playwrights. We thank you for your commitment to the vision of our ensemble. Steppenwolf Theatre Company’s 2015/16 season is generously sponsored by:
Grand Benefactors
Corporate, Foundation and Government Contributors
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation is a leading advocate for major arts organizations nationwide, including Steppenwolf. The Mellon Foundation’s generosity has been instrumental in our efforts to build one of the most effective commissioning and new play development programs in the country. With its support, we nurture vital relationships between promising playwrights and our ensemble that generate exciting new work and promote new voices for the American theater. Steppenwolf is honored by the Mellon Foundation’s investment in our theater and ensemble.
The Negaunee Foundation
The Negaunee Foundation is a significant supporter of many facets of our city's culture. Adding to the American theater canon, Steppenwolf's world premiere stage adaptation of John Steinbeck's East of Eden was made possible by The Negaunee Foundation. We are proud to recognize The Negaunee Foundation's lead support and are grateful that the artistic vision and aspiration of our ensemble was able to come to fruition.
The Davee Foundation Benefactors
Through its generous support of major Chicago cultural institutions, The Davee Foundation is a leading contributor to the vitality and livability of our community. The Foundation’s investment in Steppenwolf’s New Play Development Initiative has allowed us to support the creative ambitions of our ensemble, such as Frank Galati, a visionary in today’s American theater. We thank The Davee Foundation for helping us to produce new American plays and adaptations, like East of Eden, for our Chicago audiences.
Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation
This world premiere of East of Eden is possible in part thanks to the generosity of the Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation whose commitment has supported the play in its development. The Foundation is a longstanding partner in Steppenwolf‘s artistic mission, including the creation of new works of theater. As a benefactor of Chicago arts organizations for 30 years, we admire The Cheney Foundation’s dedication to enriching the civic and cultural life of the city. Steppenwolf is honored by The Foundation’s investment in the artistic excellence of our theater and ensemble.
For more information on how you can support Steppenwolf’s artistic intiatives as a sponsor or corporate partner, please contact Megan McGuane at 312-654-5697 or mmcguane@steppenwolf.org.
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Dedicated to the Chicago community, the Alphawood Foundation is a generous supporter of diverse arts and cultural organizations that elevate our city. The Foundation’s longstanding support for Steppenwolf for Young Adults provides broad access to artistically engaging and meaningful theater for thousands of Chicago youth and families each season. In 2015/16, Steppenwolf for Young Adults leads an important discussion about how art contributes to larger social concerns within our community, through thought-provoking productions of George Orwell’s 1984 and The Compass. We are proud to partner with the Alphawood Foundation in our shared commitment to the success of Chicago youth and their families.
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Corporate, Foundation & Government Contributors
Endowment Sponsors
Grand Benefactors
Hope Abelson Fund for New Play Development
Richard and Mary L. Gray Production Endowment Fund
Steppenwolf Board Designated Endowment Fund
Artistic Endowment established through the Leading National Theatres Program, a joint initiative of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
John S. and James L. Knight Foundation Fund for the Development of New Work
Steppenwolf Theatre Company Endowment Fund created with Searle Funds at the Chicago Community Trust
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Nancy L. Wald Production Endowment Fund
Daniel E. McLean National and International Production Fund
John and Carol Walter Production Endowment Fund
($100,000+) Chicago Community Trust The Roy Cockrum Foundation The Davee Foundation‡ Lefkofsky Family Foundation‡ John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation‡* Andrew W. Mellon Foundation‡ National Endowment for the Arts The Negaunee Foundation‡ Ogilvy & Mather, Inc. Shubert Foundation, Inc. Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust‡ United Airlines Wallace Foundation‡ Zell Family Foundation
Benefactors ($50,000-99,999) Allstate Insurance Company* Alphawood Foundation Paul M. Angell Foundation Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation ComEd The Crown Family‡ Julius Frankel Foundation BMO Harris Bank* The Joyce Foundation‡ J.P.Morgan* Northern Trust* PNC Polk Bros. Foundation* PwC Smart Family Foundation ‡ Theatre Communications Group, Inc. Vinci
Producers ($25,000-49,999)
Anonymous Sun-Times Foundation, A Fund of The Chicago Community Foundation Ameriprise Financial DLA Piper LLP (US) Doris Duke Charitable Foundation‡ Grosvenor Capital Management The Harris Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. King Harris Kathy Harris Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Szokol Mr. and Mrs. William Friend Mr. and Mrs. John Harris Illinois Arts Council, a state agency PEAK6 POP Prince Charitable Trusts Razorfish Seigle Family Foundation
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Searle Funds at The Chicago Community Trust Earl and Brenda Shapiro Foundation Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation Vanguard Charitable
Patrons ($10,000-24,999)
Anonymous (3) Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture American Express Aon Corporation Archer Daniels Midland Company Baker & McKenzie BNY Mellon Wealth Management Barclays Capital Baxter International Inc.* Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois The Boeing Company BOKA Restaurant Group Helen Brach Foundation Buchanan Family Foundation The Cameron And Amy Findlay Fund Capri Capital Partners, LP Citadel LLC CNA Financial Corporation* Crown Packaging International/ Polycon Industries Inc. Deloitte Faegre Baker Daniels The Field Foundation of Illinois Frank G. and Gertrude Dunlap Fund Lloyd A. Fry Foundation Gary Sinise Foundation Grainger Foundation Graycor, Inc. Green Courte Partners, LLC Henry Crown and Company Illinois Tool Works Foundation John and Carol Walter Family Foundation Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP James S. Kemper Foundation Kirkland & Ellis LLP Maple & Ash McDermott, Will & Emery McKinsey & Company, Inc. Melcher Charitable Foundation National Philanthropic Trust Newcastle Limited Norcon, Inc Rhoades Foundation Sage Foundation Dr. Scholl Foundation Sidley Austin LLP Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP The Smithburg Family Foundation Swett & Crawford
TRUiST Trust Under The Will Of John G. Searle William Blair & Company, LLC
Sustainers ($5,000-$9,999)
Ariel Investments, LLC Robert and Isabelle Bass Foundation, Inc. CVS Health John R. Halligan Charitable Fund Irving Harris Foundation Hart Davis Hart Wine Co. Holland & Knight LLP Hub International Ice Miller LLP Make It Better Media Modestus Bauer Foundation Nordstrom Peacock Nine, LLC PUBLIC Chicago, An Ian Schrager Hotel Daniel F. and Ada L. Rice Foundation Richenthal Foundation Siragusa Foundation The Skender Foundation Takiff Family Foundation
Sponsors ($2,500-4,999) Amsted Industries Foundation Baird Frost Lighting Co. of IL., Inc. Grover Hermann Foundation KlearSky Solutions, LLC Hotel Lincoln Louis & Nellie Sieg Fund Sahara Enterprises, Inc. Schiff Hardin LLP Suite Home Chicago Westside Mechanical Group
Douglas R. Brown Playwright/Director Endowment Fund Ford Foundation Artistic and General Operating Endowment Funds
Avy and Marcie Stein Sustaining Fund for the Ensemble
Individual Contributors Visionary Circle We are honored to recognize the following individuals who have included Steppenwolf in their will or estate plans. The esteemed members of the Visionary Circle help ensure the vitality of Steppenwolf for future generations. Contact Sandy Karuschak at 312-654-5621 or sandyk@steppenwolf.org to learn more about the giving options to consider in your estate planning. Anonymous Valerie and Joseph Abel Robert C. Anderson Dr. Marvin and Joyce Berman Norma Borcherding Douglas R. Brown Janice and Rob Esser Robert H. Glaze Michael Goldberger
Michael Hansen and Nancy Randa John H. Hart Lynn Hauser and Neil Ross Stephen Johnson Jared Kaplan and Maridee Quanbeck Melanie G. Larch Dr. Paul Lisnek Kenneth J. Porrello and Sherry L. McFall
Sylvia J. Pozarnsky Merle Reskin Dr. Edward O. Riley T. Marshall Rousseau Patrick J. Schauer Harry Seigle Rose L. Shure Judy Sugarman
Guarantors ($1,000-2,499)
The Arts Federation Complete Mailing Service Inc. Crowe Horwath, LLP Daley Mohan Groble Dover Foundation Freehand Chicago Hamilton Thies & Lorch LLP Johnson & Johnson Lillian H. Florsheim Foundation Children’s Memorial Hospital Campaign Mesirow Financial New Horizon Foundation The Northridge Group, Inc. Plante Moran Schwab Fund for Charitable Giving Starshak Winzenburn TAM Retail - a division of Lode Data Systems, Inc. TTX Company
* Corporations and foundations that have made employee matching gifts
‡ Multi-year pledge
We remember the following members of the Steppenwolf family who have made a bequest to the theater. Their legacy will help to ensure that Steppenwolf continues to flourish. Hope A. Abelson Alba Biagini Nelson D. Cornelius
Jo Hopkins Deutsch Marjorie Douglas
Andrea Romain and Cleo V. Orthel Nancy L. Wald
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Individual Contributors Directors Circle The generosity of Steppenwolf’s Directors Circle members annually provides vital support for Steppenwolf’s many streams of artistic and community programming. In recognition of their contributions, members receive complimentary subscriptions with VIP ticketing services and are invited to private events with the artists of Steppenwolf. Donors with ‡ have made a generous multi-year pledge. To join this distinguished group, call Jessica Gretch at 312-654-5672 or e-mail directorscircle@steppenwolf.org.
Premier Patrons ($50,000+)
Anonymous Julie and Roger Baskes‡ Sarah Beardsley and Dr. Christopher Randolph‡ Michael Bender and Sheridan Prior‡ John and Kerry Benevides Leigh and Henry Bienen‡ Mr. and Mrs. Keating Crown Marlene Breslow-Blitstein and Berle Blitstein Terri L. Cable Nora Daley and Sean Conroy‡ Joyce Chelberg‡ Elizabeth H. Connelly Rich and Margery Feitler Nene Foxhall Christine Albright and Lawrence Gill Bob and Amy Greenebaum‡ King and Caryn Harris‡ John H. Hart and Carol Prins‡ David Herro and Jay Franke Pam and Dennis D. Howarter Kathleen and Terry Jenkins George A. Joseph and Carolyn Bateman‡ Liz and Eric Lefkofsky‡ Lynn Lockwood Murphy and Barrett B. Murphy‡ Mary and Bill Ludford Ronald J. Mallicoat, Jr. Cynthia Luse-McKeen and Douglas McKeen Christopher and Eileen Murphy Pam Netzky and Ashley Hemphill Kenneth J. Porrello and Sherry L. McFall‡ Merle Reskin Robert and Louise Sanborn Sue and Harry Seigle‡ Colette Cachey Smithburg and Tom Smithburg Elliot A. Stultz Helen Zell‡
Grand Patrons
($25,000- 49,999) Cindy and Michael Bonds Betty Bradshaw‡ Ann and Richard Carr Beth Boosalis Davis and Maxwell S. Davis Shawn M. Donnelley and Christopher M. Kelly‡ Amy Eshleman and Lori Lightfoot Michael and Jacky Ferro Douglas R. Brown Amy and Cameron Findlay
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Leslie and Matthew Gray Richard and Mary L. Gray‡ Mrs. John M. Hartigan Nancy Lauter McDougal Martha Lavey‡ Steven D. Loucks‡ Jim and Kay Mabie‡ Janet Melk Mr. and Ms. David E. Mendelsohn Adele and Michael E. Murphy James F. Oates M.K. and J.B. Pritzker Randy and Susi Rowe Bruce Sagan and Bette Cerf Hill Michael R. Salem Manny Sanchez and Pat Pulido Sanchez Matthew Shapiro Toni Sandor Smith‡ John and Carol Walter Karen Zelden and Ralph Senst‡
Distinguished Patrons
($10,000-24,999) Anonymous (2) Dr. and Mrs. Marvin H. Berman Carole L. Brown Ebs Burnough Phil and Mary Beth Canfield Kent and Liz Dauten Donald and Anne Edwards J. Scott Etzler Valerie and Paul Goodrich Lynn Hauser and Neil Ross Paul and Mariana Ingersoll Marian, Fruman and Lisa Jacobson Verett Mims L. Heather Mitchell and Kenny Mitchell David and Hilary Pisor Penny Pritzker and Bryan Traubert Deborah and Stephen Quazzo Robin and Mark Seigle Stephanie B. Smith and Gerald Smith Bill and Orli Staley Terry and Mary Winkler Robert and Leslie Zimmerman
Patrons ($5,000-9,999) Anonymous Ms. Sara Albrecht Loren Almaguer William and Sharon Baker Mr. Gerry Barad Larry and Debbie Brady Lois Browning Michael and Merle Cahan
Mr. and Ms. John A. Canning Jr. Carol and Douglas Cohen Gia and Isaac Colunga Jerry and Josephine Conlon Fred J. Costello and Ann G. Nobis Kim Davis and Brian Eble Mary A. Dempsey, Philip H. Corboy Foundation Greg Desmond and Michael Segobiano Mr. Tom Elden Mary M. Emerson John and Katherine Fox Gary L. Gephart M. Julie and Michael Gustafson Stuart Handler Ms. Joan Harris Mrs. Louise Hart Judy and Jay Heyman Jon Michael Hill David Hiller Stephen Johnson David and Susan Kalt Dr. Mary Dochios Kamberos Jen and Brad Keck Dr. and Mrs. Jane Fleming Pamela Kendall-Rijos and John Rijos Brad and Kim Keywell Jim and Sue Klein Christine and Michael LaTona Robert M. and Diane VS. Levy Amos and Anat Madanes Tarell Alvin McCraney Lyn McKeaney Kevin and Beth McMeen Geoff Nyheim Ashley and Noah Pettit Anne and Don Phillips Diana and Bruce Rauner Burton X. and Sheli Rosenberg Sandra and Earl Rusnak, Jr. Howard Siegel Jeffrey Singer and Patricia Carman Marcie and Avy Stein Gail and Eugene Steingold Edward A. Studzinski Jacqueline Tilton Richard and Elaine Tinberg Frances E. Tuite Michael and January Ward Robert and Susan Warrington Dr. David Wasserman Nina B. Winston Bobbi Zabel
Sustainers ($2,500-4,999) Anonymous (2) Jack J. Adrian
…cont’d Directors Circle Kimball Anderson and Karen Gatsis Anderson Kristopher J. Anderson Andy and Sue Arnold Paula Ausick John and Caroline Ballantine Zoe and Ken Barley Solomon Barnett Bob and Trish Barr Deann and Rick Bayless Martha and Al Belmonte Dennis and Joan Berger Susan O. Berghoef Laura and Philip Bierman Stephen and Lynn Bolanowski‡ Doug Bradbury David Callahan and Terri Abruzzo Joseph and Cory Cancila‡ Nicole and Billy Cheeseman Drs. Rex Chisholm and Kathleen Green Michael and Edie Cohen Kate Cornelius-Schecter Mr. and Mrs. Dennis R. Cowhey Patricia Cox, Katie and Will Hunckler Susan Cox and Mike Bolton Judy and Tapas K. Das Gupta Diane Dawson Anne M. Donahoe Philip and Marsha Dowd Bernard J. Dowling Drs. Thomas E. Durica and Susan Jacob Dr. Steven B. Edelstein Laura and Scott Eisen George Engeln Tom and Pat Erickson Marc Falleroni Maurice Fantus and Judith Aiello Roxanne Hori and Robert Felsenthal Paul and Christine Fisher‡ Stacy and Ian Fleming Steven Florsheim and Jennifer Friedes Lisa and John Folkers Kate and Michael Fridholm Mr. and Mrs. Sherwin Friedman Leonard Gail and Robin Steans David and Noreen Ann Gallagher Patti Eylar and Charlie Gardner Beverly Wyckoff and Charles Ginsberg Charlie and Mary Gofen Ethel and Bill Gofen Bob and Carol Goldberg Sheila and Tom Gorey Aimee Graham and Nigel Caine Sue and Melvin Gray The Green Family Dr. and Mrs. Sheldon Greenberg‡ William and Nanci Greene James and Brenda Grusecki Jack and Sandra Guthman Michael Hansen and Nancy Randa Marcy and Harry Harczak John Harney Pam and David Harrington David R. Hawkanson Jean Heller John Hergert and Kathryn Stevens Jeffrey W. and Julie Conboy Hesse
David Kistenbroker and Cynthia Heusing Mr. and Mrs. Arthur J. Hill Dr. and Mrs. David Ingall Patricia Jeffers Timothy B. Johnson and Valerie B. Wiley Jared Kaplan and Maridee Quanbeck Reis and Sherri Kayser Kathryn G. and Michael J. Kennedy Jonathan Klein and Susan Cohn Stephanie and Peter Klein Mr. and Mrs. Sanfred Koltun Dr. and Mrs. Stephen M. Korbet MD Raminder and Vinay Kumar Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Lad Carol and Jerome Lamet Jody LaVoie Eileen and Paul LeFort Susan Lichtenstein and John Rokacz Robert Bud Lifton and Carol Rosofsky Anna and Robert A. Livingston Timothy and Christine Loyer Brian Lukanic Mark and Frances Mann Mr. and Mrs. Andrew R. McGaan Becky and Bob McLennan Amy Laiken and Tim Michel Howard and Sandy Nagelberg Jean and Jordan Nerenberg Bob and Joyce O’Malley Elizabeth Orelup and Lawrence Sonntag Akin Owolabi Clint Paton Simon and Kim Perutz Dale and Loretta Pierson Sherri Pincus Jennifer and Perry Pinto Patricia Pippert and Steven Redfield Mary Beth and Terry Porter Bradley and Patricia Reid Lynne Remington and Geoff Goldberg Lauri Riggen Margaret Robson Randy and Betsy Rochman Joshua D. Rogers and Lesley Weisenbacher Emily Sachs-Wong and Thad Wong Carlo and Lalie Scandiuzzi Howard and Gail Schaffner David and Susan Schmid David and Judith Sensibar Mr. and Ms. Joseph Squeri Matthew Steinmetz Kristin and Stan Stevens Sue and Timothy Sullivan Rhonda and Scott Swanson James E. Thompson Nick Trakas and Marc Cerone Mr. and Mrs. Jay Tunney Steven Wayland and Jennifer Wesley Dr. Carey Weiss and Dr. Karen Pierce Lorrayne and Steve Weiss Jane and Greg Wintroub Meredith Bluhm-Wolf and Bill Wolf Ronald and Geri Yonover Elizabeth Ziegler
Benefactors ($1,500-2,499)
Anonymous (5) Mr. and Mrs. John Aalbregtse James Adams Kathi and Roger Adams Karen and Scott Alexander Catherine Allegra Polly Allen Nicholas and Kathleen Amatangelo Robert C. Anderson Carolyn H. Andress William and Carolyn Anthony Stephanie and Dana Arnett Jeffrey S. Arnold and Ellen J. Neely Edgar Bachrach Richard and Janice Bail Dr. Stephanie and Mr. Andy Baker‡ Yuri and Elena Balasanov Cynthia Barginere Doug and Mary Jo Basler Sandra Bass Bruce and Debbie Bentcover Shirley and Tom Berchou‡ Susen H. Berg and James C. Berg Ron and Colleen Bess Nicholas Biederman Shaun and Andy Block Patricia C. Bobb Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Boychuck Dr. Michael Branch M.D. Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Braun Janyce D. Brengel Robert and Mary Briscoe Mr. and Mrs. Norman Brooks Dawn and Harmon Brown George and Joyce Brown‡ Kevin and Linda Buggy John D. and Leslie Henner Burns Timothy Burroughs and Barbara Smith Stephen Byrne and Kerry Shannon Gregory C. Cameron Sheila J. Chapman and David D. Soo Dr. Rosalyn Chrenka Michael and Stephanie Chu Steven Collens Pam and Howard Conant Liam and Francesca Connell Jennifer and Kevin Convery Bryce Cooper Merle R. Cooper Mr. and Mrs. Brian Cornell Joel Cornfeld Winnie and Bob Crawford Alicia Cressey Carl and Cynthia Curry Stephen F. Danziger Emilie De Angelis and Bert Davenport Nancy Dehmlow Mr. and Mrs. Menahem Deitcher Mr. and Mrs. David Deno Donald Deutsch Gautam and Ritu Dhingra Roberta S. Dillon Patricia and Richard Doonan Jennifer and John Doran Erin and Ian Drury Stephen and Dorne Eastwood James and Kelly Epstein Sidney and Sondra Berman Epstein
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…cont’d Directors Circle Mariwyn Evans Juliet and Marc Fallah David and Mary Farkas Randall Fearnow and Beth Compton Harris J. Feldman, M.D. Carol and Steven Felsenthal David and Shanan Fennema Marilyn and Larry Fields Mr. and Mrs. Richard Filler Jim and Sandy Freeburg Kate Friedlob Kathryn C. Froney Drs. Brian and Denise Furlong Denise Michelle Gamble Tom and Beth Garrow‡ Paul and Audrey Gaynor Dr. Ralph Gebert and Elayne Gebert Terri and Stephen Geifman Dr. Michael Gelbort Scott George Mr. and Mrs. James J. Glasser Elizabeth Glassman Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Goldman Peter and Joellen Granson Mary and Jim Greene Katherine and Adam Greetis Charles R. Grode Juliette Feld and Andrew Grossman Michael and Jean Guyader Suzanne Gylfe Ginger and Del Hall Joan Hall Mary Elizabeth Shannon Claudine C. Hamm Mr. and Mrs. Peter Harmon Stacie R. Hartman Mark and Joelle Hayes Sandra L. Helton and Norman M. Edelson Marlene and Sonny Hersh Richard and Elaine Heuberger Ann S. Hoenig and Jonathan L. Hoenig Kathleen and Jack Horn Katie and Nehl Horton Arnold and Judith Horwich‡ Michael Hsu Brian W. Huebner Holly E. Humphreys Nicole and Pedro Irazoqui Mary Ittelson John Ittner Ms. Ann Jacobson Craig and Heidi Johnson Jeffrey Maling and Rebecca Johnston Jeffrey and Lisa Jozwiak David Kathman‡ Dr. Claudia Anne Katz Judith and Jerry Kaufman Mr. and Ms. Mark Kaufman Adam and Renee Keats Gerould and Jewell Kern Mr. and Mrs. Shobi Khan Susan and Richard Kiphart Maureen and Kim Klatt Jean Ann Klingenstein James Kochalka Rachel Kraft
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Staley and Mike Krause and Family Stephen Kriegel Suzy Krueckeberg Matthew Kutcher and Rebecca Richards Karen Lalor Gerald R. Lanz and Lisa Kearns Lanz Alex Levine Karen Levine Bernard and Averill Leviton Tanya Levshina and Ilya Volvovski Stephanie F. Linn and Seth B. Krantz Dr. Paul M. Lisnek Beth Loeb Abby and George Lombardi Mark and Carol Lorenz Fran Lambros and John Lowry‡ Barbara Lucas and Toni Sieve Mr. Oren Lund Arlene Manelli Sandy and Jerry Manne Barbara and Larry Margolis Christine and David Markovitz Jim and Lynn McClure Lee and Joyce McCullough Bob and Barb McCullough Randi Merel and Allen LeHew Ellie and Bob Meyers Michael and Susan Miller Dr. and Mrs. George and Maureen Miz Blake and Debra Moritz‡ William and Kate Morrison Ms. Lorna Filippini-Mulliken Pamela and Grady Murdock Patricia Murray-Rutz Jo and Wally Nard‡ Patrick J. Nash, Jr. Cathy and Robert Nathan Judy Neafsey and Terry Conway David Ellis and Hope Nightingale Carlos Noble Susan and George Obermaier Peg O’Connor‡ Joe O’Leary Bridget R. O’Neill Susan and Ted Oppenheimer Sandra and Mark Ostler Brian A. Paetow and Gretchen K. Beetner Jim and Sue Pajakowski Phyllis Parish Deep Patel Amy and Brent Peebles Sandra and Michael Perlow Raymond Perry Dr. Susan Burland and George Plumb Milton and Lois Podolsky Avi and Joan Porat Andrew and Judy L. Porte Sylvia J. Pozarnsky and Tom Riley Elliott Quigley Linda Reid Sherry and Bob Reum Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Rhoads Nina Riccardi Susan and Edwin Ritts John C. Roberts and Lynn D. Fleisher Dr. Abbie Roth and Sandra Gladstone Roth
Holly Rothschild and Ken Buchanan Janet and Philip Rotner Mr. Mitchell Sabshon Francis C. Sadac Richard and Susan Sanders Pamela and Fred Sasser Paul Scavone and Donna Pawlus Susan Schaalman Youdovin and Charlie Shulkin Michelle Maton and Mike Schaeffer Mr. Joseph Scheper Elizabeth Schubert Matthew and Tina Schubert John Schuchert and Alan Kozlowski Diana and Richard Senior Mark and Kimberly Shadle Smita N. Shah Surendra and Dorothie Shah Michael Shapiro and Deb Gohr Shapiro Nancia Shawver and Larry Weiner Hope and Jeffrey Sheffield Scott and Tommy Sheridan Judy and Jeffrey Silverman Ms. Julia Simpson Robert and Nancy Singleton James and Mary Jo Slykas Heather and Adam Smedstad‡ Charles Smith Neil Smith Family Ron and Leslie Smith Ronald C. Smith Sharon Specht Ms. Tanya Stanfield Ms. Nicole Stavish Brock and Jeanine Stout‡ Gail and John Straus Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Streeter Mary Stowell and Jim Streicker Lauren and Steve Strelsin Judy Sugarman William and Julie Szematowicz Carrie Thoms The Tipton Family The Toledo-Hoyer Family John and Maribeth Totten Annie Trooien and Christian Dill Greg and Mary Tuite Reed and Rosemary Tupper Hollis and Alvan Turner Scott Turow Brady I. Twiggs‡ Tali and Liat Tzur Marilee Unruh Bill Updegraff Shawn VanDerziel and Jay Clarke Donna and Dirk Vos The Wakes Jennifer and Bryan Weinstein Tom and Blaine Wells Jack and Keli Wildermuth Donna Wilkinson Robert Williford and Stacey Bonn Eugene H. Winkler Jessica and Jeff Wisniewski‡ Richard and Mary Woods Peter A. Zadeik Eileen and David Zampa
Individual Contributors Annual Fund Steppenwolf thanks the many supporters who help bridge the gap between annual operating costs and ticket sales. We regret that, due to space limitations, we are unable to recognize gifts below $150. To all our benefactors, we thank you for making possible another season of engaging, provocative theater. Make your gift today by visiting steppenwolf.org/support or calling Suzanne Miller at 312-654-5617. Gifts are as of July 20, 2015.
Producers ($1,000 – 1,499)
Kristy Andrews George and Debbie Angelillo The Anixter Family Andrew Annacone and Bela Gandhi John Asplin and Christine Orders Mike and Karen Atwood Peggy Bagley and Rabbi Douglas Goldhamer Scott and Kimberly Wayne Gustavo Bamberger Catherine Bannister Charles Barone Ted and Robbie Beaty† Mr. and Mrs. Eric Belcher Lois J. Bider David Blowers Jr. Kevin Boehm and Courtney Moon Mr. and Mrs. Walter Borst Marcus Brady Marjorie Bransfield Janet Burch Michael Canmann Ray Capitanini Ms. Stephanie Comer Deborah and Bruce Crown William Dietz, Jr. Michael DiMedio John C. Donnelly Margaret and Chris Duhon Joan and John Dysart Charles B. Edelstein Phyllis Ellis Brian Fabes and Lisa Schneider Fabes Mary Jo and Robert Fasan Ms. Susan Flynn Lori Mae Frith† Diane Riley Gavin Susan and John Gibbons Gordon and Wendy Gill Mara and Andy Gloor Mr. and Mrs. Jim Goodrich Richard and Catherine Gottfred Jonathan and Sarah Graham† Mr. and Ms. Brooks Gruemmer Jasmine E. Guy Adnaan Hamid and Elissa Efroymson Victoria and Charles Harris† Mr. and Mrs. John B. Harris Carrie and Greg Hart Lois and Marty Hauselman Midge and Frank Heurich Brian K. Hopkins James A. Jolley, Jr. and R. Kyle Lammlein Daniel and Mary Ann Jordan Khushboo and Neil Joshi Peter and Amy Kaden Mr. and Mrs. Tom Karlson
Andrew Keyt James and Judith Klutznick Janet Knauff† Steve Koch Pat and Mike Koldyke Barry and Cheryl Kreiter Daniel Castellaneta and Deborah Lacusta Bob and Pat Lavey† Patricia L. Levy Rose Lizarraga Diane Longoria Mr. and Ms. Carl Lukach Julia Luscombe Malkin Family Marge Marcus Drs. Brent and Susan Martin Michael E. McCaslin† Janelle Hoekstra and James McMullin† Dr. Janis Mendelsohn† Mr. and Mrs. James Meyer Mr. and Mrs. David Moes Cynthia and Eric Mogentale Mr. and Mrs. Steve Monieson Michael Murdock Katherine Nardin Howard and Cathy Niden Bruce Norris Barbara and Daniel O’Keefe Shawna and Jay Owen Pradip Patiath and Shalini Sharma Michael and Barvette Patterson Robert Payne III Frank and Mary Phillips Sarah and Cody Phipps Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ponterio Mr. and Mrs. Michael A. Pope John Ratliff Douglas P. Regan and Kathy Brock Rev. Thomas F. Reilly Jr. Desirée Rogers Joanne and Paul Ruxin A. Sue Samuels Guyneth and William H. Sharp Christine A. Slivon† Michael and Salme Harju Steinberg† Rachel and David Sternberg Mr. and Mrs. Pat Sullivan Lisa Swanson Dr. and Mrs. James V. Talano Elaine R. Taylor Mr. and Mrs. Steve Theiss Vernon B. Thomas Mario and Traci Tricoci Ellen Van Wart Betty Vandenbosch† Mr. and Mrs. Todd Vieregg Michael and Gere Warnecke
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Webster Jim Welch Matthew Wilson and Anne Posner Tara K. Marsh and Greg Winsor Ruth Winter Mr. and Mrs. Ray Young
Ensemble ($500-999)
Anonymous (12) Steve Abrams Vanessa Abron Judith and Fred Adler Gavin Campbell and Diana Aixala Jennifer Alexander and Brian Ivory Mar Alkemade Joan Allen and Peter Friedman Jim and Sheila Amend† Walter Aque Jean Arrington Kate Arrington John Arthur Mr. and Mrs. Paul Audrain Elizabeth Bakwin Merrill Barden and Alice Emerick Leslie and Bill Barker Priscilla Ryan and Frank Battle J. Berkowitz Julian and Joan Berman Harriet and Howard N. Bernstein Beryl and David Bills† Jon Blanc Mr. and Mrs. Philip Block III R. Darrell Bock Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Bolas Sam Boren and Becky Dorsey James Botana† Donald F. Bouseman Michael and Kate Bradie† Julia Brady Hoexter Elizabeth Brier and Mitch Brier David Briggs† Robert and Joell Brightfelt Beth Sprecher Brooks Susan Buchanan and Steve Buchanan Ed Bucher† Michelle and David Buck Ms. Cynthia Buckley David A. Buls† Bruce and Kate Burgun John and Maureen Burke Vilma Chan Karen Chodzicki Nancy Ciezki and Diane Kostecke Betty Cleeland† James and Julie Coffman Marge and Lew Collens† Cheryl and Gary Conley Everett and Susan Conner† Ms. and Mr. Caroline Conrado
†Step-by-Step We salute the individual donors who have committed to a recurring monthly or quarterly gift to
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…cont’d Annual Fund Ed Cook and Melissa Perrett Cook J. Gorman Cook Stephanie and Barry Batson† Maureen Crowley Liese Dallbauman Rathin Datta Richard and Lisette Davison Mary and Daniel Deziel Harriet and Lou Dicerbo Carmelita Dockery, ABD Marissa Downs David Dranoff and Wendy Epstein Mr. and Mrs. Jon R. Dutcher Rachel Dvorken David and Alexandra Earle Jennifer M. Ellin Linda A. Ellis Erika Erich Malcolm D. Ewen Gary and Sandy Fencik Peter Fischer Lois Farrell Fisher Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Fishman Thomas Fitzgerald Catherine S. Flanagan Jean and Jim Foley Mr. and Mrs. Alan Freemond Rebecca and Barry Friedland Joanne Friedland June Freidlich Timothy A. Gant and Scott Perry Mr. and Mrs. John Garber Thomas and Patricia Germino† Mr. and Ms. Nick Giampietro William J. Gibbons Richard E. Ginsberg and Natalie Tessler Gerry and Stan Glass Justin Glasson Keith Goggin Deidra D. Gold Dr. Paul Goldstein and Ms. Nasrin Mahani Enid J. Golinkin† Sue-Gray Goller Mark and Susan Goodman Robin Winters Goolsbee and Austan Goolsbee Leo and Linda Gordon Chester Gougis and Shelley Ochab Kerry and Kim Grady† John S. Mrowiec and Karen Granda Laurence and Carrie Grant Dedrea Gray Dr. Kitty Green Michael and Lisa Greenfield Mark Greer and Jason Short Madeline Grynsztejn and Tom Shapiro Mr. and Mrs. Ray Hacker† Nidal Haddad David Haley Julia B. Hall Bill Hamilton Chester and Phyllis Handelman Liz Hartong Richard and Dorothy Harza
Stacee Hasenbalg Robert and Linda Hauser Mr. and Mrs. Greg Hawes Christie Hefner James and Anne Heger James LaForce and Stephen Henderson Sarah Henderson Karen Herold James and Margot Hinchliff Scott Hodes and Maria Bechily Anne Linsdau-Hoeppner and Walter F. Hoeppner III John E. Holland Kilton Hopkins† Karen Hunken† Clare and Mark Hurrelbrink† Jean Perkins and Leland Hutchinson Dr. and Mrs. Stavros Ionides Tom Irwin Tim Jaster Holly Johnston Sharon R. Johnston Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Jones Melvin and Annie Kahn Drs. Dennis and Kathryn Karsh Katerina Herder Polly Kawalek Thomas E Keim Sheryl and Tom Keith† Michelle Keller David and Lisa Kelly Chris Kendrick and Kasturi Haldar† Helen J. Kessler† Patricia and Wayne Kik† Mike and Leslie King Ms. Vicki King Frank and Katherine Kinney† Sylvia and John Kinney James Kinoshita and Merrillyn Kosier Ms. Laurie Kladis Zara Klaff Mr. and Mrs. David Knapp John Kobza Rachel Kohler and Mark Hoplamazian Jeff and Katie Kowalsky Rob and Laura Kozloff Neal and Kathleen Kulick Joseph Kunze Carol L. Kutak Edward Langan George M. Langlois, Ph.D.† Melanie Larch and Rudy Panucci Patricia Lauber Sheila Fields Feiter Madeline and Steve Lesnick Dr. and Mrs. Harvey J. Levin Jeannette Levitt Catherine Leyser† Fran and Chuck Licht† Stacy and Peter Lindau Bobbie and Rob Linxweiler Alec Litowitz and Jennifer Litowitz Karyn Lutz Karuna Maddava and Henry Beardsley Frank and Chris Maggio Sandra Mangurian
Randi Ragins and Bob Markowski Mr. and Mrs. Paul Marks Jennifer Marling Stuart Martin Jeanne M. Martineau George and Nancy Matkov Mr. and Ms. Sergey Mavrody Dan Mazur Robert and Eleanor M. McAllister Mike and Cindy McCabe Mr. and Mrs. R. Edward McGreevy† Paul and Lana McHenry Kathleen A. McQueeny Sheila and Harvey Medvin Nick Merker Susan Messing Laurie Metcalf Karen Meyer James Miles-Polka Sheba Miller-Morris Mary Kate Miller Marcus and Ashley Mintz Peter Mitchell Robert and Lois Moeller Joyce Morimoto† Corinne S. Morrissey Amy Morton and Rob Milburn Pamela Moy Mr. and Mrs. Kurt Muller Gerald and Maia Mullin Ms. Laura Mutz Catherine B. and Robert T. Napier Walter Nathan Joan Neil Wendy Norris Emily and Hank Neuberger Liz Newell and Jack Kragie Mary Nolen† Erik Nordby and Melanie Madigan Mr. and Mrs. Charles Norwesh Ralph and Victoria Nuzzo Mary Pat O’Brien Gary and Marcie Ochs John and Joy O’Malley Pilar Ossorio Grayce Papp Patricia Parchem and Candace Zimmerman† Jana R. O’Brien and Wayne T. Parman John and Roberta Paskvalich Thomas Pawlik and Ava Cohn Susan A. Payne Josh Peters William and Suzan Pinsof Harvey and Beth Plotnick Frank C. Pond† Pam and Dean Pontikes† Bill Prester V. Pristera, Jr.† Jonathon Pyburn Pamela and Edwin Qualls† Richard and Joan Ralph Jeff and Susan Rashid Gabriel and Dorit Raviv Mr. and Mrs. Sal Razi Bill and Tracy Reeder P. Kevin Reidy†
†Step-by-Step We salute the individual donors who have committed to a recurring monthly or quarterly gift to 48 East of Eden Steppenwolf. Their ongoing support helps fuel Steppenwolf’s mission of superior acting and risk-taking work.
…cont’d Annual Fund Fred and Karen Rhynders† Mr. Gerald T. Riccioni Jeffrey Richards Laura Riddle Richard and Susan Rieser Bill and Deborah Roberts Angela Robertson Stephen and Caryn Robin Steve Rodichok and Renee Gattone† Bruce Rodman Ronald Rolighed and Glo Rolighed David G. Rosenbaum Honey and Howard Rosenfeld Hilary Rosenthal Mr. and Ms. Richard Rosenthal Lisa and Doug Rosskamm Mrs. Donald S. Roth Robert Routzahn Kimberly and Ari Rubenfeld Shilpa Rupani Carol S. Sadow Krista Sahakian Bettylu and Paul Saltzman Julia Nowicki and Timothy A. Sanborn MD Stephen and Leatrice Sandler Chris and Barb Sanford† Brett Saternus Bill Savage George Savvas Curt Schade Stephanie Scharf and David Taber† Allison and Charles Scherer Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Schewe Sheila Schiller Cynthia Schilsky Mr. and Mrs. Darryl G. Schimeck Mr. and Ms. Gregory Schulson Carla Scott† Mr. and Mrs. Todd Segall Richard and Betty Seid Shannon Seipel Jeff and Sonia Semenchuk† Leslie Shad and Joe Brennan Tara Shannon Courtney Shea Luna Okada and Wynn Sheade Timothy Sherck† Mr. and Mrs. David R. Shevitz Susanna Shuman Peter and Colleen Sichrovsky† Patricia Costello Slovak Richard Smart Braden and Dawn Smith Stephanie Smith Tim and Sandy Smith Mr. and Ms. Vik Sohoni Bonnie and James Spurlock Diana and Thomas Stamborski Michael Stashwick Nikki and Fredric Stein Patty Sternberg Tricia and Kevin Stewart Linda and John Stock Todd Stofflet and Jason Stevens Joe and Sylvia Stone Jennifer Strojin
Jennifer Stuart Lisa Sullivan Linda and Stephen Sullivan Paul Sweitzer Anne Taft Tracy Tajbl and Neil Jones Mrs. and Mr. Jon Talty Ann Taylor and Stephen Skardon John R. and Catherine Taylor Ilene Patty and Tom Terpstra Dick and Alice Teutsch Dean Theo Fred Tokowitz Trevor Tomkins Michael Toolis Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Towe Carol D. Trapp Frank Trocchio Spiro Tsaparas and Corri McFadden Edward and Edith Turkington Stacey Turner Howard and Jane Tyner Mr. and Mrs. Steven Van Dorf Jennifer Vidis andDennis Gragert Melanie Wang Eric Wasilowski Laura and Bob Watson† Melissa and Reeve Waud Joyce Webster Michael Weiland and Shelley MacGregor Mr. and Mrs. Garry Weiss John W. Wheeler Steve and Bonnie Wheeler Anne and Jay Whipple Harriet White Britt Whitfield Joseph Wiggins Michele Willmott Gary and Modena Wilson† Mark and Christie Wilson† George Witchek Esther and Stanley Wojcicki Sarah R. Wolff and Joel L. Handelman Sha Wolkowicki Joe Wolnski and Jane Christino Andrea Worth Ms. Zimmerman and Mr. Gaito Jennifer Zindel
Designers ($250-499) Anonymous (34) Thomas W. Abendroth and Terri L. Mascherin Jeannie L. Adams Jazmina Aguilar† Mary Aherne† Philip and June Aimen† Thomas B. Aldrich III Mark W. Alison Polly Allen Richard and Jill Almeida Ms. Evie Alter Mr. Greg Amoroso Harold and Judith Anderson† Mary and Paul F. Anderson Scott and Jeanna Ando Cedric H. Antosiewicz and
Margaret M. Gudenas Mrs. Frances Aparicio Nataly Arber Matt Arcaro Robert Arensman Deborah Ashen and Cara Meiselman† Hrayr Attarian Mr. and Mrs. James Aubin† Kaye B. Aurigemma† Leah Avila Jim and Patty Babin Ms. Genhi Bailey Bill and Ann Baker John and Sharon Baldwin Ronald Balsewich Michael and Mary Baniak Simon Barbier† Alexandra Barker† M. Z. Barnes John Taylor Baron† Beverly Bartel Mia A. and Scott Bass Nicole and Mike Battista† Laura M. Batzer† Thomas Bearrows and Holly Hirst Michael Beasley Lawrence Bell Julie and Howard Benario Sirisha Bendapudi Susan R. Benner John and Taru Berg John and Elizabeth Berge† Gene and Natalie Bernadoni Dr. Mary E. Belford MD and Mr. Ric Berta Mrs. and Mr. Jamie Berthel Adrian and Arta Beverly Lois and Stanley Birer James B. Bishop and Janet K. Nelson John Blackburn and Bill Gilmer Frances and Ed Blair Nicholas J Blair† Terry Blake and Deborah Maue† Marc D. Blakeman Mr. Derek Blin Lawrence and Abby Block Mark Bloom Anthony Boggiano Dominique Bond† Nicole Bonk Phyllis Booth Jim and Emily Borovsky Ted Bots† Albert Boumenot Aldridge and Marie Bousfield Samuel and Phyllis Bowen Jeff Boyce Kevin Bradley† Andrea Brands Richard Braney John J. Bransfield, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Braun Karen Breen Elia and Louis M. Elia Robert and Sherri Brewer Betsy and David Brint Graham Brisben Sarah Brittin† Reid Brody
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…cont’d Annual Fund Richard and Marilyn Bromley Tom and Mary-Doug Brown Leslie Buchbinder Jay K. Buck Rony and Tom Buckley Scott and Pam Budd Suzette Bulley Mary Bunker Mr. and Mrs. Bill Burfeind Genevieve Burns Tripp Burton
Danny Cox Kara J. Coyle Shirley Craven, Ph.D. Max Freedman and Family Kathleen Allen Crocker Allyson Cunningham† Dan Curley† Mark Curran David and Jean Curtis Josh Daitch Maria Daly Mr. and Mrs. Rahul Danak
“We support Steppenwolf as donors so we can help to keep the lights on in this truly amazing theatre. The donor events are always an interesting peek behind the curtain that deepen our appreciation of all the work and talent that makes Steppenwolf so special.”
—Scott and Sandy Miller, Steppenwolf supporters since 1998
Crystal and Thomas F. Bush Tyler Bush John Byrd Robert and Cheryl Byron John and Libby Cady Amy K. Callahan Karen A. Callaway Terri Candela Alexandra Carlson Christopher and Lindsay Carlton Fairbank and Lynne Carpenter Constance K. Casey Damon Cates Charlie Olson and Diana Chafey James Chandler† Mr. and Mrs. Larry D. Chandler Helen and Paul Chang Clayton Chapman Chris Chatfield Gerry and Carol Chrisman James Christle† Anthony Churchill† James Clark and Christina Labate Carol and Michael Clarke† Bente Clausen† Mr. and Mrs. Garret Cohn Thomas and Kathleen Coleman Mr. and Mrs. Terrance Coleman Constance Coning Viki Conner Peter and Judith Connolly† Sigrid Connor† Erin Cook† Lawrence Cook Carrie Coon Michael and Cynthia Cooper Arlene and Harvey Coustan
Mary Davidson and David Orkowski† Ted Davidson Anne Megan Davis Rob Davis Michelle and Ronald De Vlam† Barbara L. Dean Roxanne Decyk and Lew Watts† Brian Dennen Dawn DeNoon Pierre Desy and Michel Desjardins Matthew J. Devereux Austin Dias† Jeff Dineen† Toni and Dan Diprizio Toni Diprizio Jeremy and Zarina Docken† Dorothy L. Domuray Mr. and Ms. Dowdle Lionel Downer† Raymond and Marybeth Drake† Rosanne Druian Nicole Drusinsky Renee Friedman and Robert Druzinsky Raymond H. Drymalski Eileen and Howard Dubner Natalie Dudek† Patrick and Julie Duffy Susan Duman Donna and Michael Dumke Barry Dunaway Arthur and Elizabeth Duquette Leah Mooshil† Jeanene Ebert Wiley and Merry Edmondson Estia Eichten and Deborah Eichten Sharon Eiseman and Noel Hertz Michael and Kristen Goggin†
Jason Emeott† Susan Emmerson Virginia Escalante Tim and Jane Evans Joan and John Fadden Tom and Terry Fallon Demitri and Pamela Fardelos Stephen Fedo Deb Feldman Toni and Joel Fenchel KC Ferguson Dr. and Mrs. James M. Fisch Robert G. Fisch Annalise Fischer† Liz Fisher† Jeremiah Fisher† Ms. Andrea Fishman Marilyn E. Fites Richard Fizdale and Mara Dana John and Patti Flanagan Sam Fleischacker and Amy Reichert† Adrienne Flowers Jim and Yvonne Fogerty† Bernadette Foley and Richard Landgraff† Mike Folk Paul Fong Larry Goffney andBetty Forman Jon Fosgitt and Kim Suhanic John and Adrian Foster Sean Foster William Fotis Timothy and Janet Fox Reverend Mark A. Fracaro† Dr. and Mrs. James Franklin Annika and Patrik Frid Susan and Sy Frolichstein Susan Fuchs, M.D. Alexis Funches† Phillip D. Funkenbusch Vince Gaffney† Stephanie Gaines Julie and Tony Galiotto Mr. and Ms. Galligan Joseph and Christina Galvin† Heather Gardner† Hank and Sandy Gentry Dawn and Eddie Gershman Fritzi Getz Nancy Gidwitz Tara Gillespie Marina and Sander Gilman† Daniel Gilmour Clark and Nancy Gilpin Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Glaser Jill Glaser Howard and Anneliese Glick Sue Golan Jaye and John Golanty Marvin and Phyllis Goldblatt Karen Goldstein† Marsha and Michael Goldstein David Gomel† Michelle Goodman Sam Goodman Elena Gottreich
†Step-by-Step We salute the individual donors who have committed to a recurring monthly or quarterly gift to 50 East of Eden Steppenwolf. Their ongoing support helps fuel Steppenwolf’s mission of superior acting and risk-taking work.
…cont’d Annual Fund Darla Goudeau Patricia Graham Ashley Grant Paula Grasso Nancy Green Sherwin Green The Greffin Family Susan Griffin† Mr. Craig A. Griffith Nathan and Evelyn Grossman Marie Gunn† Dr. and Mrs. John W. Gustaitis John and Donna Guydan William C Haddad Sarah Hadley Dr. Sahar Halabi Steven Hall† Donald and Susan Hallberg Ted and Kathleen Halloran Harry Halme Linda Halperin Bob and Melanie Halvorson† Bonnie Hammerschlag Steve Hannah Carrie B. Hanson† Mary Kay Hardcastle Kristin and Charles Harper Mr. and Mrs. Joel Harris Ryan and Casey Harris Ms. Zena Leah Harris Barbara Hart† Stephanie J Hart Tom and Virginia Hartley† Donald and Elaine Harvey† Ali Hassan and Amber Fritz† Van and Ruth Hawkins Jean Hawkinson J. Michael and Barbara Heaton Tobi and Sydney Heekin Mary Heggen† Ben Heilman Bonnie and Frank Henke† Pat and Ron Henning Martha Henry Joyce K. Herdliska Marvin And Karen Herman Constance Herrera† Claudia Herrera-Morales† Mr. and Ms. Dale Hershfield Peter Herzum and Simona Cirio Lina and Dave Hilko† Fred Hill James Hill and Patrice Keleher Joal Hill† Linda and John Hillman Mr. and Ms. Bill Hinchman Mary Grace Hinkle Stephen Hnatow† Matthew Hoffman† Brent Hoffmann Sharon Holland Mr. and Mrs. Todd Holmes Jo Holzer† James Holzhauer Paula Horn Joseph Horton and Sandra Morrison Leigh and John Hourihane
Thomas and Karen Howell William Hubbard Beth Hummelberg andDave Dimmlich Patricia Hunt† Robin and Harry Hunter Patricia Hurley William E. Ibe Jim and Joyce Ibers Mr. and Mrs. Troy Ihlanfeldt Matthew Ingenito† Elizabeth Ingram Jorge and Beatriz Iorgulescu Jim and Peg Isherwood Joan Istrate Peter Ivanovich Cynthia K McWilliams† Jeremy Jackson† Mr. and Mrs. Marc Jacobson Shirlie James John David Jawor† Douglas and Margaret Jayes† William Jennings† Craig “CJ” Jensen and Craig Dannenbrink Ed Jeske and John Hern Cortez Johnson† Todd and Jennifer Jones Angela Kabbes† James Kain† Janet and Carl Kalbhen Tom and Esta Kallen Gregory and Marissa Kalman Joseph J. Kane Olwyn J. Kane Myrna Kaplan Norma and Nolan Kaplan Aviva Katzman and Morris Mauer† Dr. Susan A. Kecskes† Matthew J. Keller Stacy M. Kemp† Harry Kenny Lucy Kereta-Bloch† Jeffrey Kerr David and Sharon Kessler Seema Khan† Linda Belan and Vincent Kinehan† Drs. Tom and Linda Kirch Dr. and Mrs. M. Barry Kirschenbaum Dr. Tom Klarquist Matt and Karen Klickman Ms. Monica Kline Dawn Klingensmith and Jeff Pinkerton† Anne Chipman and Joe Knecht Don and Cheryl Kobetsky Michael Kochman† Jeffrey Koh Amy Kohn Janet Kohrman Annette Baldwin and Paul Kolansinski Mr. and Mrs. Richard Komarek Electra D. Kontalonis Cheryl and Robert Kopecky Mary Ann Korenic Mr. and Mrs. Mike Korompilas Ms. Marilee Kovacs Magdalena Kowalczyk Julie Kratochvil†
Fred A. Krehbiel Kenneth Krimstein andAlex Sinclair Diane and Bill Kuhlmann† Montgomery and Renee Kuklenski Mary Kupferberg† Carolyn Kurtz and Gary Steinberg† Terri Lacy Pamela K. Ladd Ms. Sarah M. Laeuchli† Chuck and Diane Laff Kurt Lagerloef† Thomas Lariviere† Teresa Larkin Mr. and Mrs. Joe LaRocco Robert Larrimore† Robert and Lynn Larry Peter and Shirley Dugdale Laundy Catherine and Peter Lawler Daniel Laytin Bart Lazar Mr. and Mrs. Richard Lebolt† Peter and Judith Lederer Bill Lee and Malinda Hamann† Linda Legner Leslie Lehman† R. W. Lekan Laurie Leli Neil Lenhoff Jeffrey and Elise Lennard Jeffrey Lennard Wallace and Carol Lennox David and Sandy Lentz Steven Leon Marc and Cynthia Levin Gregory Lewis and Mary Strek† Shana Lewis and Rob Magasano Grant and Michelle Ley† Robert and Martha Lichter Arlene Lieb Jean Linsner Lynn Liston and Patrick C. Littlejohn† Jessica Litman Peter Littlewood† Margit “Maggie” Livingston† Gershon and Louise Locker Renee Logan Michael Loquercio Robert Lorenty† Katherine M. Lorenz Mr. and Mrs. Tom Lovaas Jeff and Nancy Lowenthal† Judy and George Lowman Ilene and Lawrence Lubell† Jeffery and Katherine Lula Christine Luskin David and Kristin Lynch† Jim Maclennan Mr. and Ms. Michael P. Malone Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Manak Samantha and David Mann Wendy Manto† Gloria and Joseph R. Marcus Steve and Melissa Marovich Mr. and Ms. Peter Mars Dan Martin Ed and Linnea Martin† Erica and Frank Matagrano† David and Karen Mattenson
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…cont’d Annual Fund Mr. and Mrs. R. David Matthews Dawn Mattozzi and Amy Phinney Joan and Jerry Matson Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Maurice Jacob May Mariann Mayberry Lisa Mayntz and Bill Blidy John M. McCabe Michael McCahey John McCambridge Derrick McCarthy† Patrick and Ana McCauley† Marlene McClinton† Mr. and Mrs. Arthur McColgan Drs. Linda Skitka and William McCready C. A. McElligott† Terrance and Jane McElroy Pam McEnroe Galen and Karen McGee Sharon McGee Elisabeth and Michael McHugh† Owen McIntee† Kathy and Alan McLaughlin† Robert and Jennifer McMurtry Nuncia and Rafael Medina John and Lisa Merlock Allyson Metcalf and Brian Tennison† David and Linda Metschke† Chuck and Sylvia Meyers† Ken Meyers Tom Mikrut Dean A. Miller and Martha H. Swift Mia and Jonathan Miller† Kerry Miller and Nina Kavin Ron and Pat Miller Sandy and Scott Miller† Michael Mitchell† Barbara and Ron Moline Scott and Julie Moller Daryl Monfils† Anthony Montag Karen Moranski† Sheba Miller-Morris Dr. and Mrs. Martin Mozes Charles G. Mueller John and Colleen Mueller Ellen Muench John Mulherin and Sara Bonkowski† Patrick Mulville Jennifer Myers Tom Myers William Myers Lois Mysliwy† Mike and Nance Nalepa† Randy Nease Lynne Considene Nieman Joann and Leonard Noble† Thomas North† Marcia Northrup Chris Notestine† Susan and Nicholas Noyes Ann and Dan O’Brien Maureen O’Brien Paul and Karin O’Connor† John and Megan O’Connor†
Maya Odim† Dennis J. O’Keefe and Mary Jo Barrett Barbara and Franklin A. O’Leary Larry and Barbara Olin Don A. Olson Bruce Oltman Timothy O’Neill and Jane Rutherford Nancy and Myles O’Reilly† Jamie and Rachel Orlikoff† Frances and William Paden Ronna Page† Deborah Page Stuart and Caroline Palmer† Brian and Megann Panek Jane Panther Anthony Papini Steve and Elise Paquette David Paris Catherine and Robert Parks Wendy Pashman Vishal Patel Sheldon Patinkin Deb Patterson Peggy Paulsen Joseph Pawlikowski Elyse G. Pearlman and Brad Teckenbrock Raymond Olson and Paula Pederson Margaret Pendry Murray and Anne Marie Peretz Gavin Perkins Andrew Perlman William and Judith Pesetski Allison Peters David and Lindsey Peters Ross and Jackie Peterson John and Christine Pfeiffer Charles and Mary Phillips Jaimie Phinney Linda S. Piccolo Barb and Ned Piehler John Pintozzi Brett Plyer Dan Polsby Daniel J. Pooley Charles Porter Stephen Porvin Posner Family Trust Sara J. Potts Michael Powell and Debora Boyda† John and Camaro Powers† Jean and Preston Price† Dave and Darby Putman Marsha Raanan Bernard and Joan Rabinowitz Mr. and Mrs. Jay Ramsey† Carolann Randall Dale Rankin Mack† Barbara Rapp Mr. and Mrs. Ken Rattner Bridget and Louis Ray Harper Reed Jim Reid Stephanie Reinhart† Lisa Remby Clisson and Patricia Rexford Trisha Rich
James R. Richardson Dr. and Mrs. Ralph Richter, Jr.† Paul Rink Burt and Fran Rissman Andrew Riviere† Dennis M. Robb Carol and Riney Robertson Chloe Robinson† Louis and Barbara Rocah Sandra and Jeffrey Rochman Mary Lu and Kenneth Roffe Deborah Rogers Dr. Daniel A. Roller and Ms. Lynn A. Hellwig Jon and Alison Rollins Alexander Roman† Maryl Rosen† Mrs. Sarene L. Rosen Linda Rosenblum and Steven Swiryn Bernhard and Judith Rosenstein Linda and Ronald Rosenthal† Joseph Ross and Jean Shutler Michael and Bonnie Rothman Kathryn Rothstein Alan Rottman Renee Rouse† T. Marshall Rousseau Louis and Julie Rubin Susan B. and Dr. Myron E. Rubnitz Manfred Ruddat Kathryn W. Rugen Ray Rusnak Matt Russell† Diana and Ed Ruthman Ms. Esther Saks John and Eileen Saksa Van and Sue Salmans Sheldon and Lynne Sandman Mr. and Mrs. Martin Sandoval Mr. and Mrs. Steven Sargent Christopher and Ann Marie Saternus John and Mary Satter Robert and Mary Ann Savard† Jane Schaafsma Edna J Schade Susan Tobias and Alan Shapiro Marie-Claude Schauer Josh and Lizzy Scheinfeld Ms. Stefanie Schenk Seymour Schiff and Bernice Elbin Schiff William B. Schildgen Michelle Schlack Kathryn Schutz Tony and Celeste Scolaro† John Scott and Linda Johnson† Carrie Secrist David Shanahan Bill and Kristen Shaner Mr. and Ms. John Shannon Eve Shapiro† David and Kimberly Shaw Cathy Shelko Michael Shelton Howard Sherman Andrew Shih† Bradley and Ellen Shorser
†Step-by-Step We salute the individual donors who have committed to a recurring monthly or quarterly gift to 52 East of Eden Steppenwolf. Their ongoing support helps fuel Steppenwolf’s mission of superior acting and risk-taking work.
…cont’d Annual Fund Catherine Siegel Eric and Sabrina Sigg Ms. Heather Signore Margaret and Alan Silberman Carole Silver Mr. and Mrs. Robert Sinise Jane and Jim Perkins† Ellen Mrazek and Daniel Slattery Laura C. Smail† Karen Smilie† Janet Carl Smith and Mel Smith Larry K. Snider Brent Snow Jackie Snuttjer† Henry So and Joe Senese Andrew Sobol and Jennifer Bonino† Raymond Socki† Sonja L Solberg Lawrence and Shirley Solomon Tracy Spadola† Joseph Spellman and Michelle Drazba Stephen Spigel and Diana Williams Marilyn and Joel Sprayregen Ryan Stafford Andrea Stangeland† Gloria Starke† Mary Clare and Joseph B. Starshak Mr. and Mrs. Eric Stavriotis Jeremy Steglitz Seena and Carey Stein Cathy and Jon Stein† The Steinbachs† Chris H. Lonn Randy Steinmeyer Dorie Sternberg Lawrence Stone and Margaret Jongleux Kelly Stonebraker and Deborah Stonebraker Paul Strabbing† Mercedes and Martin Straus Robin Klein and Bill Summers Yvonne Sutor† Sylwia Szewczyk† Obie and Peter Szidon Jeff Thomas and Rebecca Coleman Kimberley Thomas† D and W Thomas† Nancie Noie Thompson Jim and Sue Thompson Richard Tobiason Mrs. Mary Ann Tolli Sharlene Toney John and Madalyn Traff Michael Harmon Traison Jeff Tsai Mary and Greg Tuite Jacob Tyler† Ms. Mary Tyrrell Virginia Vale David Valentine Carissa van Ausdall† Anne Van Wart and Michael Keable Dr. and Mrs. Vanagunas John and Julie Varga Sariah Vavricek† Kathryn Vehe†
Suzanne Venecek† Greg Veza Catherine Vincent Marilyn Vitale Ron Volanti Jr.† Justin Voshell† Paul D. Waas Mark Wachhloz† Mr. David Wagener Robert and Rose Wagner Lillian and Steven Walanka Marsie Wallach William and Sharon Wallin Kimmie Walsh† William and Patricia Walsh Mary Walton† Karen and Herb Wander Deborah and Neil Warner† Gwenyth B. Warton Andy and Amy Waters† David Waud Jeffrey Webb Sherrie and Albert Weiss Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kasper† Kal Wenig Adam and Jamie Weyeneth Brian and Nancy Whitlock Dr. and Mrs. J. D. Whittenberger Chris Whyde† James Wicklund Mr. Tom Wiers and Ms. Michelle Martin Barbara and Todd Wilder† Jon Will and Ada Mary Gugenheim† Leah Williams Matthew Williams Melani and Pete Wilson Yael and Alex Winkler† Susan and Bob Wislow Iris S. Witkowsky Lawrence Wojcik Coleman Wolf and Ellen Chapelle† Ann R. Wolfe Lisa Wolfe and Mark DiGanci Andrew and Meghan Woltman† Kelly Wood Carol N. Yamamoto Dr. Rodney and Susan Yergler† Fred Young† Lisa and Greg Youngdahl† Judith Youngs Ms. Lauren Zadina Daniel Ziembo and Nancy Cook Tighe Zimmers Mark and Margie Zivin
Players ($150-249) Anonymous (51) Richard and Louise Abrahams Nancy Abshire Heidi Adams† Judy and Robert Airhart John B. Albright Sergio and Carolina Alcocer Kenneth Alexander Allan Alson and Sue Ann Glaser Ms. Audrey S. Altounian Ken Amos and Linda Shipley
Autumn R. Anderson† Gary Anderson and Diane Graziano Irene Anderson† Mary Anselmo Jurgis and Dalia Anysas Lorilyn Aquino Jennifer Arneson Kevin and Leize Averill Rex Babiera Mark Baby Linda A. Bacci Stephen Baime Spencer and Daniel Baker Elizabeth and Jack Bannon Simon Bare† Andy Barnes† Mary and Tom Barton Dr. Bruce and Sally Bauer† Ms. Mitzi Baum Debra Baxter Walter Bayer Frank Bear Judy and Chris Beardsley Levi Beaver Heather Becker Carl and Carol Belber† Janis Bell Scott and Carla Benigni Dr. and Mrs. Anthony J. Bennet Betsy and James W. Benoit Anne H. Berenberg Jacqueline Bergen David Berkson Patricia and Carlos Bernal† Ruth Berns Trish Berry and John Obrecht Leslie Bertagnolli Mary Anne and Joe Bigane Ben Birch Sarah and Steven Blanck Judith L. Blank Teresa N. Blaurock† Bernard and Nancy Blayer Dan Bleil Frima H. Blumenthal Claudia and John Boatright Melissa Bolton Sharalyn Borchers Sarah Bordson Willard and Helen Boris Larry and Margo Bostrom Elizabeth Botts Kurt Bowden Bob and Sue Bowker Woods Bowman and Michelle Thompson Philip Boyd Maureen Boyle Erin Brady Steven and Lisa Bosco David Brauner† Susan M Brazas Judith and Harold Bregman Stephanie Brenner Jason Brett Francine Cella and William Briska Carolyn Brna Tom Broderick
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…cont’d Annual Fund Tim Brogla and Laura Demoor Frank Brooks and Andrea Twiss-Brooks† Jean Broom Beth Brown Evelyn G. Brown Myra Brown William and Margaret Brown Rita Buczynska Greg Burkhardt† Dionne Burrows Richard Butler Kelly and Kasia Byrne Toni and Mike Cainkar David and Janna Caldarelli Maggie Green Cambria Thomas Campbell Vera Capp Barry Joseph Carlson Stephen C. Carlson Michael Carnow and Abby Reiss Sharon Carr John and Joyce Cassel Amanda Durik and David J. Castro Tamisha Causey† Beverly and Dennis Cavanaugh Sherry Centanni Esther J Cepeda Iva Cheng Stephen and Jane Chernof Debbie Chipman Rajeev Chopra Kurt Christoffel Antonia Ianniello and George Chuzi Steve Cieslewicz Dr. Elizabeth T. Clark Dr. and Mrs. Robert Clark Kimberly Clawson† Marvin R. Cohen James Cohn Cindy and Patrick Collier Monika Collins Allan Connolly and Jennifer Williamson Mary L Conway Marcia Mary Cook Dan Cornell Ms. Susan Craft Norma I. Crane Angela Cribben† Colin and Teri Cross Terry Crozier Catherine Cudahy† David Curry Daniel Cyganowski Dean Czuma Beverly and Anthony D’Agostino Doris Dallow Sarah Zukerman Daly and Robert Daly Susan Daly Kathleen Daniels Margaret and John Dantico Linda DeBolt Phyllis Deerinck Geralyn L. Delaney Brian Delker†
Michelle and Christopher DeMent Marilyn DeRight Stewart and Shari Diamond Derrik Dickinson Louise E. Dieterle Lauri Dietz Gia Digiacobbe The DiGregorio’s† Mrs. Lori Dimun Robert and Karen Dirmish Michele and Robert Disselhorst Kathryn Ditmars Evan Djikas and Jennifer Djikas Annette and Ronald Dluger Joseph Dellaratta Drapeau Watts Family Justin and Lauren Drogos Judy and Jerry Drommerhausen David and Suzanna Dulin John and Pat Dyble Wendy Eager Therese Ebarb David L. Elam Jr. Salli Eley Nancy Felton-Elkins and Larry Elkins Eugene and Jean Emeson John and Mary Empfield Lilly Eng Arthur Enk Jamie and Sam Evins Caryl Ewing James Fahringer† Charles Fanning Linda and Ed J. Farkas Helen Fauber Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Fegan Drs. Richard and Roberta Feldman Mr. William Field Robert and Kathleen Fife Marty and Susie Fine Shilan Fine and John Doeringer Nancy and Rick Firfer Fred Fischer and Heather D. Will Sara Stern and Ted Fishman† Mary Krigbaum and Patrick Fitzgerald Sean Taylor and Sheila Flaherty Thomas and Lois Flanders Heather and Jeff Fleitz Sandy Fliegelman Charlotte and Robert D. Flinn Jeanne Flosi Calvin Forbes William and Elizabeth Foreman Jeff and Julie Forgash Marilyn and Eric Fors† Patricia Forsythe Joseph Fosco Frederick Frankel Jamel Franklin Rhona Frazin Donna Fredricksen Jean and Michael Freed Louis Freeman Bill and Nancy Freitag Mrs. Roselyn Friedman Richard and Lois Fuhrer Gil Gaitan
Dr. and Mrs. Dennis Galinsky Donna Gallery Richard Gardiner† Raymond and Patricia Gass Mark and Bonnie Gehrman James Geiger Barbara J. Geist Hugh and Doris Gilbert Van H. and Sandra V. Gilbert Patricia and James Gladden Martin Glickman Eileen Glynn Robert Goldberg and Dodie Weinstein Mr. and Mrs. David Golder Deena and Larry Goldman Joel and Varda Goldman Dr. Deirdre Dupre and Dr. Robert Golub Brian Gonner Jessica L. Gonzalez Sandra and James Goodman Mr. and Mrs. John Goodman† Julian Gordon Sophie and Bob Gordon Vistoria Granacki and Lee Wesley Bobby Grant† Kenneth E Grant III William and Diane Grant Judy Grasmick Allen Greenberger Gabriel Greene Sarah Greene Brian Greenlees Larry Greenstein James and Lynn Grogan† Merle and Barry Gross Jeffrey Gross Gregor Gruenthaler Joan and Guy Gunzberg Joe Guthridge Robert and Patricia Hahn Andrew Halbur Ms. Molly Hall Elizbeth Hamilton and Christopher Deutsch Dr. Raymond and Arlene Handler Jill Hankee Ednalyn and Barbara Hansen Bruce Harmon Robert Harper and Wendy Miller Thomas and Joie Harris Carol Harrison Edward and Louise Hartigan Mr. Joe Hasman Dr. Marsie Hass and Dr. Scott Hite Patrick and Carol Haverty Brian and Lindsey Hayes Diana J Healy Richard and Bridget Heathfield Albert and Amy Heber Alison Heiser Mattsen Heller† Ross Hemphill Lynne Hensel† Eileen Herber Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Hession† Bill and Pat Hitt Dennis Hjelm
†Step-by-Step We salute the individual donors who have committed to a recurring monthly or quarterly gift to 54 East of Eden Steppenwolf. Their ongoing support helps fuel Steppenwolf’s mission of superior acting and risk-taking work.
…cont’d Annual Fund Vivian and Dave Hock Philip and Eileen Hoffman Michelle and Glenn Holland Donald and Karen Holmberg Carol B Holmes David and Suzanne Holmes Ryan Holst Susan K. Horn Jacqueline D Howard David and Kristen Huffman-Gottschling Jennifer Humke David Hunt and Ellen Aiken Amy Hutchinson Richard Hutner and Lena Motev Qasim Jami Lukas Janulis Poonam Jha Patricia A. Jiganti Ray and Julia Joehl David Joel and Susan Holtzman Rob and Mary Johannigman Ruth Johnston† Bill and Jo Joy Libby Joyce Fran and Harvey Kaluzna Mary Jo Kanady Jena Karcazes Mr. and Mrs. James Kargman Jerry Karlin Judy Kass Betsy L. Katz Rich and Heidi Katz Laurence and Barbara Kaufman Jeremy Kaufman and Vered Hankin Judith Kaufman Loreta Kavaliunas Sandra Blau Martin and Barbara Keeley Francis and Sherri Kelch† Portia Kennel† Bonnie Kepplinger Steve Kerch† Rita Kerns Lisa Keys Gizem Keysan† Vriginia Killian Lund Joseph and Catherine King Joy King† James Kinney and Tracy Alloian Donald and Joan Kittler Douglas and Catherine Knuth Betty H. Kolb Therese Komar Leslie Kondziela James Kreidler Elizabeth Krymski and Matt Monahan Ken and Janet Kubis Matt and Jen Kueker Bob Kunio and Libby Roth† Walter and Elaine Kurczewski Tina Kuska and Mark Killian Steve Kymes Dennis and Nikki Lacewell Marvin Lader Steve LaHaie Schnell Lambert
Jake Lansburgh Edward and Laverne Larsen Leah Laurie Jesse Lava Mark Lavin and Eddie Herbeck Hannah Law and Richard Cotton Roberta Lee Peggy and Greg Legan† Deidre and Mark Lemire Susan Levitt
Larry Mayer Mary McArthur Patricia McBride Thomas and Barbara McCaffrey Dr. and Mrs. Leonard Mccormick Stacey and Patrick McCusker Anne McDevitt Tim and Karen McDonald Anastasia McGuire Mary and Dan Mcguire
“To see, over a number of years, the same actors play multiple characters is but one of the great pleasures of being a Steppenwolf regular. As a Donor, I feel as if I too have become part of the Ensemble family, a role to treasure.” —Elizabeth Glassman, Steppenwolf Supporter since 2007
Valerie and Michael Lewis Sara Lewis† Steve Jacobson and Felicia Libbin Royal Lichter Mr. and Mrs. Paul Liebenson Joanna Liff Peter Lipton Lora Jane Lisle Mr. and Mrs. Burton Litwin Velda Lloyd Bruce Lockwitz Ms. and Mr. Marjorie Loeb Arthur and Barb Loevy Jack and Ingrid LoGiudice Mary and Terri Lominicki Mary Catherine Long Thomas and Susan Long Beryl and Sue Lovitz Ben Lumpkin Elliott and Miriam Lyon Hedges MacDonald Jr. Mardie MacKimm Madeline MacMillan Alice R. Macy Del and Tammy Madsen Claude Maechling and Carrie McNally† Ray Maffet Dr. Robert Mahmarian, DPM Martin and Allison Malecki J. V. Malkovich Erik Malone Tom and Lori Manning Melissa and Richard March David Marker and Georgann Joseph Nancy and Kenneth Marks Larry and Shelia Marshall Tom and Robin Martin† The Masnato Family Anthony and Laura Massaro The Masterson Family Henry and Peggy Matson
Therese McGuire and Rob Porter Joseph and Agnes McHugh Cathy McKee Ann and Christopher McKee† Florence Mcmillan Robert and Lorel McMillan Steve and Mary Mecker Claretta Meier Michael and Nancy Merel Geraldine McCabe-Miele Jason Miele Greg Miller Stephen and Kimberley Miller Alison Millerick Nathan Fleming and Abby Mohaupt† Drs. Terri Monk and B. Craig Weldon Chris and Kathe Monley† Marcia and Jonathan Montgomery Brian Weatherford and Steven Montgomery J. Clifford Moos Mr. and Mrs. Henry Morris Lydia Morris and Alec Ross Mary Louise H. Morrison David and Linda Moscow Patrick Mulvey Mary Ellen Murphy Robert Murphy Karen Muth Nancy Fleck Myers Jenny Nagaoka and Bart Longacre Kurt Nakaoka and Nancy Morris Vincent and Amy Narea Elke Aippersbach and Piers Nash Patrick Nash Leslie and Paul Neilan Erika Nelson Vernon Nelson and Kay Alden Patricia and John Nesbitt Charlotte Newfeld Dani Nichols†
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…cont’d Annual Fund Mark and Maggie Nichter† Karen Nickelson Matthew Niemet Vivian Nunziato Hon. Sheila O’Brien Maria and Ev Ocasio Nick Odendahl The Odom Family John M. O’Donnell and Bonnie L. Humphrey Ronan and Jill O’Donovan† Shelia and Julian Oettinger Robert O’Farrell Mary E. O’Leary Paul Oliver Jeffrey Olsen† Kirsten Olson Stephen and Jean Omolecki Clifford Opatken Peter and Alanne Ori Susan Orlowski and Dr. Katherine Boho County Clerk David Orr Marjorie Orr Jerome and Kathryn Osen† Lauren Pace Hilda and Jose Padilla Debra Parker Valerie Paro Mark and Mary Partridge John and Diane Patience Douglas and Linda Paul Dr. Steven and Mimi Binette James and Caroline Pawlak Charles and Melanie Payne Caroline Pearson Melissa Peralta Lauren Perlstein Sheldon and Marcia Pevsner Mr. and Ms. Yasen Peyankov Pamela Pifer Anthony Pitluga Chrystin and Lonnie Pleasants† Katherine Pollock Carrie and Michael Powers† Mr. and Mrs. Michael Powills Dr. Jean E. Prebis Elaine and Ronald Prebish Peter Preston Mark Price Charlie Propsom Mr. and Mrs. William B. Prugh Lynn and Clayton Pruitt Felicia Pugh and Robert Collins R. Scott Purdy Marcia Purze Kevin Quirk and Marsha Lee Jan Radcliff Andre Raiford Sr. Heidi Ralli Dean Rapp Chuck Rebesco Beth and Michael Reese Joy Reis Mr. and Mrs. James Reynolds Cynthia Rice John Rice
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Ed and Suzette Rickert Donald Riegelman and Kathryn Rouse Virginia Riehl Sandi Riggs Sally and Tim Riordan Ferlillia Roberson Amanda Roberts Barbara Robinson Richard Rochelle Joseph A Rochetto and Arthur H Anderson Mr. and Mrs. Russ Rockenbach Susan W. Rogaliner Hector and Michelle Vazquez† Mr. and Mrs. Alan Rosenberg Lorraine Rosenberg Dr. Michael Rosenberg Howard A. Rosenblum Michael and Erin Ross Robert and Sue Ross† Ann M. Rothschild Lou and Kathy Rotta Mr. and Mrs. Mark Rottweiler Joseph D Ruggirello Barry Rundquist Adrienne and Miles Russ Mr. and Mrs. Ryan Michael Ryan Dan Sackett and Lynda Miles Dario and Theresa Sacomani† Jeffrey and Ellen Sadur Mr. Donald Sager Cesar Salas Dirk Denison and David Salkin Henry J. Sampson James Sampson Carolyn Clayton and Patrick Sandercock Albert and Marcelle Saporta Gabriel Sayer Mr. and Mrs. John Scala Meredith Schilsky† Alice and Don Schindel Rose Schmidt† Mr. and Mrs. Joe Schmit David and Alexis Schmitz Frank and Karen Schneider Dale and Mary Schriemer Margaret Schuring Ralph and Donna Schuler Michele Schuller Brian Schwanitz Robert I. Schwartz Russell Scott Barbara Jo and Thomas D. Scott Thomas and Mary Ellen Scott† Devan Seaman Scott Seifert Elizabeth G. Selmier John Sevcik George Shadid Mary Lou Shadle Margaret Shaklee Scott Shallenbarger and Bradley Burke Marty Shandles Sugar Shankman Kay Shannon Daniel Shapiro
Elizabeth and Michael Shapiro Neil Shapiro Gil Sharon and Ann Taylor Jeffrey S. Sharp and Elizabeth D. Sharp Lloyd and Terri Shepard† Cheryl and Philip Sheridan† Karen Shields† Meredith Shippee Mr. and Mrs. William Shorey† Ellen and Richared Shubart Brent Siegel Jodi Silberman Judy Silverman Susan and Paul Silverman† George and Lynne Simon Sheri Simon and Wally Cupkovic Steve Slojkowski Joan K. Slotnick Rae and David Smerling Chuck Smith Janet L. Smith† Lois Smith Drs. Carol Payne and Robert L. Smith Ben Sosewitz Gary Spangler and Julie B. Aimen-Spangler Dusica Korda-Sparks and James C. Sparks Janine L. Spears Bill Spears Lisa Spector Malcolm Spector and Nancy Ludmerer Jo and George Spindler Melanie Splain Shantha Sreekanth Patricia Staab Andrew and Andrea Stambuk Anna Stanley† Ms. Jessica Statz Wallace Stenhouse Charles and Janet Stern Carol S. Stern Gardner Stern and Maxine Weintraub Richard Stevens Deborah Stewart Laurie Stokes Leanne Storch Robert and Mary Rose Strezewski† Larry Stuckey II Mark and Irene Sudac Kathryn Sullivan and Christopher Bing Steven Swartzman Michelle Sweet Sara L. Szold Mimi Takami Robert Taylor Cheryl Thaxton† Judy Thome Floyd Thompson Rachel Tomasek and Ron Anderson Maria Trakas† Barbara Trice Joe Trpik Ms. Grace Tsao-Wu Dana Turban Ms. Nikole Turcotte Susan D. Tuteur Shawn Tyrrell
…cont’d Annual Fund Janie Urbanic and Gary Schuetz Caren and Walter Van Slyke Alexandria Vanover Carmita Vaughan Dominick Vetrano John Viars† Butch and Debbie Viccellio Jaime Viteri Ann Vogl† Sue Vondran Mrs. Jimmye Wade Chuck and Sue Wagener Eugene and Sandra Wagner Dr. and Mrs. Waisman Matthew Walsh June and Patrick Walsh William Walton
Crawford and Barbara Ward James and Kathleen Watson The Watson Family Linda Watson Philip Watson Mike Wawszczak Elissa B. Weaver James Weidner Alan and Boni Weinstein Sharyn Weiss Hava and Ariel Weissberg Barbara A. Weithaus Marcia and Richard Welcome Donna Werner Mr. and Mrs. Doug West Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Whitaker Sanford and Vicki White Deborah B. Williams, Ph.D. Nancy Williams
Audrey Wilson Freddie Wilson Mary Liz Wilson† David Wise and Dianna Niebylski† Elizabeth Wohlleb Stephanie Wolf Joyce Woods John Woodyard and Patricia Taylor-Woodyard Dr. Robin Wucherer Mary Wylie Cynthia Xerogianes† Dick Yankow Scott Yoder and Kelly Robertson-Yoder Julie and Larry Zachary† David and Nikki Zarefsky Mr. and Ms. Michael Zdeb David and Teresa Zembower Kathy Willhoite and Rodd Zolkos
Individual Contributors Honor and Memorial Gifts
By making an honorary or memorial gift to Steppenwolf Theatre Company over the past year, the following individuals celebrated a special occasion or paid tribute to a loved one. Make an honorary gift by contacting Suzanne Miller at 312-654-5617 or smiller@steppenwolf.org. In Honor of Kate Arrington Jean Arrington
In Honor of Pat and Ron Henning Anonymous
In Honor of Annie Trooien Christian Dill
In Honor of Sarah Beardsley Susan and Harry Seigle
In Honor of Tom and Kathleen Hocker Tony Spear
In Honor of Karen Zelden and Ralph Senst Linda A. Ellis
In Honor of Norton H. Kay Sandra Blau
In Memory of George S. Brengel
In Honor of Martha Lavey and David Hawkanson Deborah Stewart
In Memory of Patricia E. Domine Lori Koetters and Brian Smith
In Honor of Marlene BreslowBlitstein and Berle Blitstein The Anixter Family Judy and Jim Klutznick Madeline Grynstein and Tom Shapiro Bobette Takiff In Honor of Larry Block Joel and Marsha Kasanov In Honor of Carole L. Brown Bridget O’Keefe In Honor of Doug Brown and Rachel Kraft Judith and Jerry Kaufman In Honor of Michael Cahan Walter Nathan In Honor of Erin Cook Tom Irwin In Honor of Nora Daley Shawn M. Donnelley J.B. and M.K. Pritzker Family Foundation In Honor of Dr. Leo Gordon Michelle Sweet In Honor of John Hart and Carol Prins Jim and Emily Borovsky Myrna Kaplan
In Honor of Martha Lavey John and Katherine Fox Rhona and Julian Frazin Neil Ross and Lynn Hauser Ed Hirschland Margie Marcus Magoo Stone Bobbi Zabel In Honor of the Lefkofskys and Kalts Laura and Scott Eisen In Honor of Jan Melk Richard and Katie Gottfred In Honor of David Mendelsohn Garry and Sharon Weiss In Honor of Merle Reskin Mary and Carl Boyer
Janyce D. Brengel
In Memory of Myrna Lord Marti Zelikoff In Memory of Abby S. Magdovitz-Wasserman Dr. David Wasserman In Memory of Jack B. Stanford Dr. Lisa D. Stanford In Memory of Kari Timm Jill O’Donovan In Memory of Nancy Wald Albert Wald In Memory of Esther Zadeik Mr. Peter A. Zadeik In Honor of the Young Adult Council Pavement Group
In Honor of Bruce Sagan and Bette Cerf Hill Anita and Jamie Orlikoff In Honor of Harry Seigle Rachel and David Sternberg
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Individual Contributors Steppenwolf Associates
Comprised of more than 100 young professionals, the Steppenwolf Associates work each season to raise funds for the Steppenwolf for Young Adults program. We salute the governing members for giving generously of their time and resources. Contact Karyn Todd at 312-654-6501 or associates@steppenwolf.org to become a Steppenwolf Associates member today.
Executive Officers
Aimee Graham* President Kim Davis Immediate Past President Jonathan Blanc Vice President of Development David Blowers, Jr. Vice President of Partnerships Bryce Cooper‡ Directors Circle Liaison Jeffrey Koh Vice President of Communication and Outreach Katherine Nardin Vice President of Member Experience
Founding Officers Marissa Bryce Nora Daley Conroy*‡
Executive Committee Jasmine Guy Julia Luscombe Shilpa Rupani Jennifer Stuart Harriet White
Premier Members
Vanessa Abron Kristopher Anderson Jonathan Blanc David Blowers, Jr. Nigel Caine Alexandra Carlson Isaac Colunga‡ Bryce Cooper‡ Marissa Downs Nicole Drusinsky Aimee Graham* Jasmine Guy Adam Keats‡ Andrew Keyt Jeffrey Koh Katie Kowalsky Oren Lund‡ Julia Luscombe Ashley Mintz Marcus Mintz Katherine Nardin Stacy Pepper Ashley Pettit‡ Shilpa Rupani Francis Sadac‡ Michelle Schlack Tanya Stanfield Jennifer Stuart David Wagener Harriet White Lauren Zadina
Associate Members
Jamie Alexander Jennifer Alexander Nataly Arber Lagin Avery Marjorie Baltazar Levi Beaver Sarah Bordson Irina Brodskaya Nicholas Casto Bobby Caton Charlie Caton Iva Cheng Kara Coyle Jen Daniels Rena Dascal Gia DiGiacobbe Aaron Dues Samantha Feld Jamel Franklin Tara Gillespie Elena Gottreich Jacquelin Greenlea Gregor Gruenthaler Reginald Guy Aja Hardy Rachel Henry Katerina Herder Glynnis Hokenson Ryan Holst Amanda Hope Elizabeth Ingram Nicole Intagliata Mike Jank Katerina Herder Calvin King Katja Lemke Joanna Liff Jeffery Lula
Katherine Lula Gary Light Kristen Magee Patrick Magee Stuart Martin Jacob May Kenya Mercer Nick Merker Eric Mosse Catherine Napier Ben Noven Kameelah Omar Lauren Pace Michael Parlett Melissa Peralta David Pruitt Alfredo Ramirez Rissa Reddan John Reddan Joseph Richiusa Amanda Roberts Eugene Romanov Anna Louise Roth Marie Roth Kathryn Rothstein Ariel Sanett Paul Sanett Shannon Seipel Tara Shannon Meredith Shippee Pier Smith Stephanie Smith Jourdan Sorrell Lisa Stevak Jennifer Strojin Lauren Suppes Matthew Unertl Greg Veza
In-Kind Contributors
Steppenwolf salutes the following individuals and organizations who donated significant goods and/or services. III Forks Arami and Chef Frederick Despres Alana Arenas Balena Deann and Chef Rick Bayless Beyond Events Catering Kevin Boehm The BOKA Restaurant Group Cantina De La Granja and Chef Diana Davila CH Distillery Chellino Crane Cheesie’s Pub n’ Grub ClientFirst Consulting Group Cookie Bar Ted Danson Dawali Mediterranean Grill The Dawson Portia Di Rossi EDGE ShowTek
Event Creative Evolution Interiors Chef Justin Ferguson of Ideology Entertainment, Blue Door Farm Stand and La Storia Ristorante Scott Foley Fotio Freehand Chicago Frost Lighting Co. of IL, Inc. Tony Goldwyn Goose Island Beer Company Graycor, Inc. Halls Rental Service John Hart, Hart Davis Hart Wine Co. HMS Media Hotel Del Coronado Hotel Lincoln Tom Irwin Rob Katz Terry Kinney
Chef Michael Kornick Donna La Pietra Martha Lavey Tracy Letts Limelight Catering Lowitz & Sons Linda Lowy Sandro Miller MK Restaurant Momotaro Amy Morton NBC’s Chicago Fire and Chicago PD Nellcôte Bruce Norris Ogilvy & Mather, Inc. Partytime-HDO Productions, inc. Peacock 9 Jeff Perry David Pisor POP
PUBLIC Hotel Chicago RA Sushi The Raleigh Hotel Miami Beach DJ Matt ROAN Schiff Hardin LLP Anna D. Shapiro Gary Sinise Jean Smart Sono Wood-Fired Darby Stanchfield Sun-Times Tasty Catering Tesori Theatre Development Fund United Airlines Venue One Vinci V.I.P. Valet Services, Inc. Whole Foods Patrick Wilson Bellamy Young
Please note that gifts listed above reflect contributions made as of 07/20/2015. Every effort is made to ensure that the information included in our program is accurate. If you have a question about your recognition or wish to alter your listing, please call the Individual Giving Department at 312-654-5617.
Name a seat in our Downstairs Theatre and create a lasting contribution to Steppenwolf. Your generous donation will be recognized with a permanently engraved plaque on a seat in our Downstairs Theatre. 58 East of Eden
* Steppenwolf Trustee
‡ Directors Circle Member
You can donate a seat in your name, in honor or memory of loved ones, or to commemorate an important anniversary or life event.
For more information contact Eric Evenskaas, Associate Director of Development, at 312-654-5615 or eevenskaas@steppenwolf.org.
Accessibility at Steppenwolf Committed to providing services and programming that enhance the experience of guests with disabilities, Steppenwolf is proud to feature: • Assistive listening devices in our Downstairs and Upstairs theaters. • Audio-described performances, artistic conversations and touch tours of the stage for patrons who are blind or have low vision. • Sign language-interpreted and open-captioned performances for guests who are deaf or hard of hearing.
New! Induction loop in the Downstairs Theatre If you use a hearing aid or cochlear implant that has a T-Coil, feel free to turn it on for the performance! With the help and expertise of Assistive Hearing Systems Ltd., we completed installation of an induction loop on both the main and balcony levels of our Downstairs Theatre in April. If you use the loop, we would love to hear about your experience—we’re still fine-tuning the system, and all feedback is helpful. Please ask any member of our customer service staff for a survey to complete, or email access@steppenwolf.org. Would you like to utilize or learn more about these services? Audience Services 312-335-1650 | TTY 312-335-3830 | E-mail access@steppenwolf.org
Steppenwolf Customer Service Tips Driving to the theater? Rather than arriving to discover that our garage has reached capacity (which can happen during busy performances), please enter the Steppenwolf Parking Hotline (312-335-1774) into your cell phone and call us when you’re a few minutes away from the theater—we’ll tell you if there’s still space available in our facility, or suggest the most convenient alternative. Spending your intermission in line at the bar? Enjoy the entire break by ordering and paying for your intermission refreshments before the show. When you exit the theater at the end of the first act, your drinks will be waiting for you. Need restaurant information or the score of the ballgame? Please visit our book shop and information desk at the south end of the main floor lobby. Hailing a cab after the play? This is typically an easy affair—Halsted is a busy street and sees a fair amount of taxi traffic. If you’d like assistance hailing a cab or calling a company, though, just ask a member of the house staff; we’re happy to help.
Lost or Found? On-site? Please check in with a member of the house staff. Already left? Call the Front of House office at 312-932-2445. Want to provide feedback? Your input is always valuable to us. Have an opinion about the play or artistic content? Stick around for the post-show discussion featured after every performance, fill out the 60-Second Survey inserted in this program or join the conversation at facebook.com/steppenwolftheatre. Have a comment about your overall experience at the theater ? Please ask us for a customer service form to fill out, or e-mail us at customerservice@steppenwolf.org. Need to contact a patron during a performance? If you need to contact a patron during a performance in our Downstairs or Upstairs Theaters, please call our Concierge Desk at 312-932-2476. Hours: one hour prior to curtain until 15 minutes after curtain call.
Latecomers will be seated at the discretion of the House Manager. The theater reserves the right to limit admission of children younger than the age of six. The taking of photographs and the use of any type of recording device is not allowed in the theater during performances and is a violation of state and federal copyright laws. Digital media will be deleted, and tape or film will be confiscated.
2015/16 season
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Content Disclaimer: Steppenwolf does not offer advisories about subject matter, as sensitivities vary from person to person. If you have any questions about content, ageappropriateness or stage effects (such as strobe lights or theatrical fog) that might have a bearing on patron comfort, please contact the box office at 312-335-1650.
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