Steppenwolf Theatre Presents Endgame by Steppenwolf Theatre Company

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endgame written by Samuel Beckett directed by ensemble member Frank Galati

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CONTENTS PROGRAM STAFF Editors David Rosenberg Simone Martin-Newberry Artistic Features Polly Carl Martha Lavey Rebecca Stevens Contributors Mark Campbell Adrienne Day Julia Dossett Eric Evenskaas Evan Hatfield Suzanne Miller Hilary Odom-Kline David Schmitz Design Luis A. Ibarra

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4 Letter from the Artistic Director by Martha Lavey

16 The Game At Hand Artistic Director Martha Lavey talks with Director Frank Galati

22 Beckett: From Start to Endgame by Artistic Apprentice Rebecca Stevens

26 Overthinking the Play by Director of Artistic Development Polly Carl

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Letter from Artistic Director Martha Lavey

As we began reading plays for our 2009-2010 season exploring the idea of belief, several of the ensemble members participating in the process felt it was important to consider plays that spoke not just to faith and belief—but that challenged belief; plays that envisioned a world where the extant systems of belief had collapsed. We were particularly alert to those early- and mid-20th century plays that surveyed a world relativized by the science of evolution, by the psychological explorations of Sigmund Freud, by the horrors of world war. At the dawn of the twentieth century, the touchstones of religious belief felt less secure and alternative narratives were being proffered across the arts and sciences. Samuel Beckett’s work, emerging mid-century, has gained signature status as the record of this collective anxiety. Beckett’s most famous play, Waiting for Godot, is commonly regarded as the emblematic expression of this godless world: an existential landscape in which the play’s “heroes” are figured as vaudevillian clowns, futilely anticipating their salvation. Endgame succeeds Godot in Beckett’s canon. It is, in the estimation of some, the greater play. Endgame is, in any case, a distillation of thought, a pressurized expression of the world of Godot. What happens in the play? Not much. And everything. Where in Godot, the setting of the play is a landscape, a plain, on which strangers meet, Endgame is a “bare interior,” a closed environment in which our characters, long known to each other, negotiate their relationships. The first word of the play? “Finished.” The play assays Beckett’s presiding theme: our confrontation with our mortality. From the opening moment of the play, Beckett is announcing that the game is over—over before it has begun. It is a world of limitations: a bare interior and four characters. Our protagonist, Hamm, is blind and cannot walk. His companion, Clov, cannot sit down. Their partnership—variously figured in the play as a servitude, a father/son relationship, a strange marriage—is, in any case, a symbiosis. A closed loop. Our two other characters, whom we learn are Hamm’s parents, Nagg and Nell, spend the play in ashbins. Their appearance is summoned by Hamm’s commands which Clov executes. We are, in some sense, inside Hamm’s head, watching him play out his endgame. What is startling about this claustrophobic world, in Beckett’s rendering, is the eruption of the comic. Hamm’s first lines, “Me—to play” is a wonderfully layered expression of Beckett’s canny conflation of form and substance: we are watching a play about play. The central character’s name, “Hamm” alerts us to the fact that our guide into this world is an unreliable narrator of his own experience. (A “ham,” of course, is a label for an actor given to overstatement, unsubtle in his craft.) Watching a play within a play—this layering of acting and watching—invites a question: Who is watching us? Who is it that is seeing our lives as a play? The play in which we are acting—our lives—will end in our own deaths. That is our tragedy. In Endgame, Beckett suggests that what

we, as Hamm, feel as tragic is also, always, comic, absurd play. We are always someone’s entertainment. Our urgencies are always within the context of an endgame: all human lives end the same way (we die) but we resist that surety, we play it out. Hamm’s first audience, his companion, his servant, Clov, dutifully plays his part in the game. The other two characters in the play, Nagg and Nell, are Hamm’s parents. It’s here that Hamm’s blindness is germane, summoning as it does, that great tragic character, Oedipus. If Hamm is in a play, Beckett suggests, by alluding to Oedipus, then it is a tragedy of his own making. Hamm struggles mightily (comically) in the kingdom of his own mind, blind to his own actions, but dedicated to constructing a narrative to make sense of life. Late in the play, Hamm says to himself, alone on the stage: Use your head, can’t you, use your head, you’re on earth, there’s no cure for that! (...) The end is in the beginning and yet you go on. (Pause) Perhaps I could go on with my story, end it and begin another. (...) It will be the end and there I’ll be, wondering what could have brought it on and wondering what can have... (he hesitates)...why it was so long in coming. A story that Hamm tells Clov earlier in the play becomes a meaningful inscription of his own condition: I once knew a madman who thought the end of the world had come. He was a painter—and engraver. I had a great fondness for him. I used to go and see him, in the asylum. I’d take him by the hand and drag him to the window. Look! There! All that rising corn! And there! Look! The sails of the herring fleet! All that loveliness! (Pause.) He’d snatch away his hand and go back into his corner. Appalled. All he had seen was ashes. (Pause.) He alone had been spared. (Pause.) Forgotten. (Pause.) It appears the case is...was not so...so unusual. The great motif of the play is this layering of stories—stories narrated, stories acted out. Hamm can relate the story of this “madman” who misrecognizes the world and, by increments, has come to understand that “the case is...was not so...so unusual.” The construction of the play as a series of stories and plays within their own stories and plays is Beckett’s genius: he uses the vocabulary of the theater to suggest our human condition. We are always an actor in/a teller of our own story, only partially able to see the whole picture. The marvel of Beckett’s work is that the profundity of his thought is matched by such a ridiculous sense of play. Scholars have written volumes about his plays, great theater artists have dedicated their lives to playing his texts. But the plays invite, as well, a naive approach. I love that one of the most famous productions of Waiting for Godot was performed by prisoners at San Quentin—men who came to the work understanding, quite simply, the reality of confinement, of a world without escape. The large, existential vision that Beckett was offering in his play was viscerally available to them as, one imagines, was the humor so intimately connected to that vision. Come, first, to Beckett’s play with the confidence that everything in the play is available to you. We know ourselves as storytellers, as a species given to play, as both actor and audience to our own lives. Endgame is a beautifully expressive vision of our endgame; a funny and sad and ultimately sympathetic view of our struggle with our own mortality.

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ensemble member Alana Arenas

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endgame written by Samuel Beckett directed by ensemble member Frank Galati†

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featuring Ian Barford†* Francis Guinan†* Martha Lavey†* William Petersen†*

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* member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers. + member of United Scenic Artists, Local 829 of the IATSE.

CAST/CONTRIBUTORS CAST IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE IAN BARFORD†* Clov WILLIAM PETERSEN†* Hamm FRANCIS GUINAN†* Nagg MARTHA LAVEY†* Nell SETTING Bare interior

UNDERSTUDIES Joan Merlo Nell Kipp Moorman Nagg & Clov Gary Simmers Hamm

ADDITIONAL STAFF Erica Daniels Casting Director Jessica Thebus Assistant Director Gina Patterson Assistant Lighting Designer Matt O’Hare Assistant Sound Designer Joann White Charge Scenic Artist Melissa Rutherfoord Assistant Charge Artist Vanessa Rundle Carpentry Overhire Zoe Shiffrin Liz Wilson Rachelle Moore-Stadt Properties Overhire Jamie Armadio Wardrobe Karyn Labbe Stage Management Apprentice

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† member of the Steppenwolf Theatre Company ensemble.

* member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers.

CAST/CONTRIBUTORS Shore and August: Osage County (also Broadway). Other Steppenwolf appearances include The Crucible, The Diary of Anne Frank, Love Song, Cherry Orchard, Mizlansky/Zilinsky or Schmucks, The Libertine, Skylight, The Grapes of Wrath (also Broadway) and many others. Mr. IAN BARFORD (Clov) has been a Steppen- Guinan has also appeared at Northlight wolf ensemble member since 2007. Theatre in Inherit the Wind. He is the Credits at Steppenwolf include: Up, Art, inventor of the false exit. For Kate, always. August: Osage County (also Broadway and London’s National Theatre), The Crucible, Betrayal, Love Song, Lost Land, Three Days of Rain, The Berlin Circle, The Libertine, As I Lay Dying, Time of My Life, The Rise and Fall of Little Voice and others. Additional Chicago credits include: All the Rage and Design for Living (Goodman); Othello (Chicago Shakespeare); and MARTHA LAVEY (Nell) is an ensemble Mad Forest (Remains). In Los Angeles: member and the Artistic Director of The Weir, God’s Man in Texas and Take Steppenwolf Theatre and has appeared at Me Out (Geffen Playhouse); and Dead End Steppenwolf in Up, Good Boys and True, (Ahmanson). Film and TV credits include: Love-Lies-Bleeding, Lost Land, I Never Sang for My Father, The House of Lily, Road to Perdition, 13 Going On 30, Valparaiso, The Memory of Water, The The Beast, Medium, Numbers, Without A Designated Mourner, Supple in Combat, Trace, Zoey 101, The Last Rites of Joe Time of My Life, A Clockwork Orange, May and many others. Talking Heads, SLAVS!, Picasso at the Lapin Agile, Ghost in the Machine, A Summer Remembered, Aunt Dan and Lemon, Love Letters and Savages. Elsewhere in Chicago she has performed at the Goodman, Victory Gardens, Northlight and Remains theaters and in New York at the Women’s Project and Productions. FRANCIS GUINAN (Nagg) has been an Lavey holds a doctorate in Performance ensemble member since 1979. He most Studies from Northwestern University and recently appeared in American Buffalo, is a recipient of the Sarah Siddons Award and an Alumni Merit Award from NorthFake, Art, The Seafarer, Kafka on the western University.

CAST/CONTRIBUTORS and Speed-the-Plow. Petersen was born in Evanston, Illinois. He studied acting in Spain.

WILLIAM PETERSEN (Hamm) has a distinguished background in film, theater and television. He serves as executive producer on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and was nominated in 2004 for a Golden Globe Award for his portrayal of Gil Grissom, the lead investigator. His television credits include Long Gone, The Rat Pack, the Golden Globe award-winning mini-series The Kennedys of Massachusetts and The Beast. His feature film credits include To Live and Die in L.A., Manhunter, Cousins, Young Guns II, Fear, The Contender and the films Hard Promises and Keep The Change, both of which he also produced. In 1979, he founded the Remains Theater Ensemble in Chicago with a group of fellow actors. In 1983, Petersen starred as Jack Henry Abbott in In the Belly of the Beast which he performed at the Wisdom Bridge Theater in Chicago, at the Edinburgh Festival in Scotland and at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. In 1996, Petersen made his Broadway debut in a revival of Tennessee Williams’ The Night of the Iguana. He has appeared in a number of regional stage productions including Blackbird, Dublin Carol, A Streetcar Named Desire, The Time of Your Life, Glengarry Glen Ross, Fool for Love

JOAN MERLO (u/s Nell) is thrilled to be working with Steppenwolf for the first time. Most recently she was seen as Maurine in Home Front (Thunder & Lightning Ensemble). Joan appeared in the original production and remount of Uncle Vanya (TUTA Theater), which was named one of the Ten Best Productions of 2008 by Time Out Chicago and Best Local Production in the Last Year by Chicago Reader. Other credits include Endgame (Red Tape Theatre); Sketchbook (Collaboraction); BIRTH (BOLD); and Voices of Iraq Vets (Footlik Theater). Thanks to my family, friends and teachers. KIPP MOORMAN (u/s Clov, Nagg) is very excited to be working at Steppenwolf for the first time. Recent Chicago credits include: The Teddy Pendergrass Story (Black Ensemble Theatre); The Changeling (Caffeine Theatre); and Lion In Winter (Writers’ Theatre). Thanks always to Jenny and my folks for the love and support. GARY SIMMERS (u/s Hamm) is very pleased to be back at Steppenwolf once again. He was previously seen in Art and Fake as an understudy. Some of Gary’s other work in the past has included roles with Eclipse, Timeline, Next, Buffalo Theatre Ensemble and many, many others. Gary is most happy being a Dad.

ensemble members William Petersen, Frank Galati and Ian Barford in rehearsal

FRANK GALATI (Director) has been a member of the Steppenwolf ensemble since 1986. Last season he played Prospero in Steppenwolf’s production of The Tempest directed by Tina Landau. Over the years he has received nine Joseph Jefferson Awards for his work in Chicago theater; one for acting, five for directing and three for writing. He won two Tony® Awards in 1990 for his adaptation and direction of Steppenwolf’s production of The Grapes of Wrath and was nominated for a Tony® Award in 1998 for directing the musical Ragtime. Other Steppenwolf productions include Kafka on the Shore, Homebody/Kabul, The Royal Family, Morning Star, Valparaiso, You Can’t Take It With You, Aunt Dan and Lemon, Born Yesterday, Earthly Possessions, As I Lay Dying and Everyman. He has staged operas for Chicago Opera Theatre and for the Lyric Opera including The Voyage of Edgar Allen Poe and William Balcom’s A View from the Bridge seen at the Metropolitan Opera in 2000. His productions at the Goodman Theatre,

where he has been an associate director since 1986, include She Always Said Pablo, The Winter’s Tale, The Good Person of Setzuan and Cry the Beloved Country. In 1989, Mr. Galati was nominated for an Academy Award for his screenplay (with Lawrence Kasdan) of The Accidental Tourist, and in 2000 he was inducted into the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Mr. Galati is a professor emeritus in the department of performance studies at Northwestern University. SAMUEL BECKETT (Playwright, 19061989) wrote his first novel, Dream of Fair to Middling Women, in 1932 and published a collection of stories, More Pricks Than Kicks, in 1934. His next novel, Murphy, was followed by his celebrated novel trilogy (Molloy, Malone Dies, The Unnamable). In 1947, he wrote his first play, Eleutheria, which he would not allow to be published during his lifetime. In 1948, he wrote Waiting for Godot. Its production in Paris in January 1953, by the director and actor Roger Blin (with whom

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Beckett would develop a lifelong friendship), brought the artist his first real public success both in and outside of France. In the 1950s and 1960s, Beckett’s playwriting continued with a series of masterpieces, including Endgame, Krapp’s Last Tape and Happy Days. He was involved in various productions of his plays across Europe and in the United States, wrote his first radio plays and continued to write innovative fiction. In 1969 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. His last major work, the prose fiction Stirrings Still, was written in 1986. That same year, he was diagnosed with emphysema. His deteriorating health prevented him from writing, and he died on December 22, 1989. JAMES SCHUETTE (Set and Costume Design) has designed scenery or costumes for 15 productions at Steppenwolf. Recent projects include: The Brother/ Sister Plays (Steppenwolf, McCarter and Public Theatres); Superior Donuts (Music Box); Ghosts of Versailles (Opera Theatre of St. Louis) and Wig Out! (Vineyard Theatre). His work has been seen at American Repertory Theatre, American Conservatory Theatre, Arena Stage, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Berkeley Rep, La Jolla Playhouse, Mark Taper Forum, Manhattan Theatre Club, New York Theatre Workshop, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Seattle Rep, Trinity Rep, Yale Rep, Boston Lyric Opera, Chicago Opera Theatre, Houston Grand Opera, Seattle Opera, New York City Opera, Santa Fe Opera, Glimmerglass Opera and internationally.

JAMES F. INGALLS (Lighting Design) returns to Steppenwolf where his designs include Kafka on the Shore, Dead Man’s Cell Phone, The Well-Appointed Room, after the quake, The Pain and the Itch, The Violet Hour, Purple Heart, The Royal Family, Valparaiso and As I Lay Dying. Other work in Chicago includes A History of the Johnston Flood, Passion Play: A Cycle in Three Parts, The Clean House, Dollhouse, House and Garden, Cry, The Beloved Country, The Good Person of Setzuan, The Three Sisters, The Night of the Iguana, The Iceman Cometh and Galileo (Goodman); Dr. Atomic and Salome (Lyric Opera of Chicago). Recent projects include Don Quixote (Dutch National Ballet) and Oedipus Rex/Symphony of Psalms (Sydney Festival). ANDRE PLUESS (Sound Design) With Steppenwolf and Frank Galati: Kafka on the Shore and after the quake (also at Long Wharf, La Jolla Playhouse and Berkeley Repertory Theatre). Chicago credits include numerous productions for Lookingglass (Artistic Associate), Court Theatre, Victory Gardens (Resident Designer), About Face Theatre (Artistic Associate), Goodman Theatre, Steppenwolf, Northlight and many other Chicago and regional theaters. Broadway credits: Metamorphoses, I Am My Own Wife, 33 Variations and The Clean House (Lincoln Center). Mr. Pluess has received multiple Joseph Jefferson Awards and Citations, an L.A. Ovation Award, Barrymore Award, Drama Critics Circle Award and Drama Desk/Lortel nominations for composition and sound design. Recent

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ensemble members Martha Lavey and Francis Guinan in rehearsal

projects include his first film score for the documentary The Business of Being Born, Arabian Nights (Lookingglass Theatre); The Year of Magical Thinking (Court Theatre); Lost Boys of the Sudan (Children’s Theatre Co., MN); The Clay Cart (OSF); Ghostwritten (Goodman Theatre); and Legacy of Light (Arena Stage). Upcoming projects include Equivocation (Seattle Rep.); Merchant of Venice and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (both at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival); Cymbeline (Shakespeare Theatre D.C.); Macbeth and Much Ado About Nothing (both at the California Shakespeare Festival). MALCOLM EWEN (Stage Manager) first stage managed for Steppenwolf in 1987 with Frank Galati’s production of Born Yesterday. Since that time he has worked for Steppenwolf on four continents and has taken three Steppenwolf shows to Broadway, including the Tony® Awardwinning The Grapes of Wrath. In recent Steppenwolf seasons he stage managed: American Buffalo, The Tempest, Kafka on

the Shore, The Diary of Anne Frank, after the quake and Man From Nebraska. On Broadway, he was the Production Stage Manager of Paul Simon’s musical, The Capeman. He serves on the Council of Actors’ Equity and is a trustee of Season of Concern. A graduate of Amherst College, he returns every summer to the Green Mountains of Vermont to direct at the Weston Playhouse. MICHELLE MEDVIN (Assistant Stage Manager) is pleased to return to Steppenwolf. Her recent credits include: Blue Door (Victory Gardens Theater); and Fake, Art and Dublin Carol (Steppenwolf). Also at Steppenwolf: Dead Man’s Cell Phone, The Crucible, August: Osage County, The Pillowman, The Unmentionables, Love Song, The Well-Appointed Room, The Pain and the Itch, The Dresser, Man From Nebraska, Purple Heart (also traveled to Ireland’s Galway Arts Festival), We All Went Down to Amsterdam and others. Additionally, Michelle has worked with Hartford Stage, Dallas Theater Center

CAST/CONTRIBUTORS DAVID HAWKANSON (Executive Director) prior to Steppenwolf was the Managing Director of the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, Minnesota, under the artistic leadership of Joe Dowling. Before the Guthrie, he served for eight years as the MARTHA LAVEY (Artistic Director) has Managing Director of Hartford Stage Combeen an ensemble member since 1995 pany in Connecticut with Artistic Director, and has appeared at Steppenwolf in Up, Good Boys and True, Love-Lies-Bleeding, Mark Lamos. Earlier in his career, he was Managing Director of the Arizona Theater Lost Land, I Never Sang for My Father, The House of Lily, Valparaiso, The Memory Company and a Guest Administrator at of Water, The Designated Mourner, Supple San Francisco’s American Conservatory Theatre. He was a former senior staff in Combat, Time of My Life, A Clockwork Orange, Talking Heads, SLAVS!, Picasso at member at the National Endowment for the Arts and subsequently chairman of its the Lapin Agile, Ghost in the Machine, A Summer Remembered, Love Letters, Aunt Theater Program. He has also had an Dan and Lemon and Savages. Elsewhere active career as an arts consultant and trustee for such national organizations as in Chicago she has performed at the Goodman, Victory Gardens, Northlight and the Kennedy Center Fund for New American Plays, the Ford Foundation’s Working Remains theaters and in New York at the Capitol Fund, National Arts Stabilization Women’s Project and Productions. She Fund, the League of Resident Theatres, has served on grants panels for the National Endowment for the Arts, The Theatre Theatre Trustees of America, Theatre Communications Group (TCG), Three Arts, Communications Group, and the American Arts Alliance. He currently serves as a USA Artists and the City Arts panel of trustee of Door County’s Peninsula Players Chicago. Lavey holds a doctorate in and the League of Chicago Theatres and Performance Studies from Northwestern University and is a member of the National is Chairman of the Illinois Arts Alliance. Advisory Council for the School of Communication at Northwestern and is board president of TCG. She is a recipient of the Sarah Siddons Award and an Alumni Merit Award from Northwestern University. and Portland Center Stage. She is proud to be a member of Actors’ Equity and a graduate of Smith College. Thanks, Trouble.

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THE GAME AT HAND

Artistic Director Martha Lavey talks with Director Frank Galati

MARTHA LAVEY: Frank, you have been reading and teaching and studying and acting in Beckett for a long time.

how absurd this is or how unrealistic or how abstract. Lots of the complaints about Beckett I don’t recall ever having registered. I always received the world and believed it. It was always complete and whole as a work of art, accomplishing what it sets out to accomplish. I think the experience of being in the play as such a young guy was formative for me: its rhythms, the mystery of its exchanges, the dialogue, the routines. Those aspects of Waiting for Godot become distilled and tightened in Endgame.

FRANK GALATI: In fact, when I was a freshman at Western Illinois University in ’61 or ’62, the first university theatre production I was in was Waiting for Godot. I played Vladimir. So my relationship with this world and this writer go back to the beginning of my own experiences in the theatre as an actor and as a director.

Did it ring your bell right away? It did.

If your first production of Beckett was in

I never questioned or had any trouble with the material. I don’t remember any high minded conversations in that early encounter with Waiting for Godot about

’61, that’s much nearer to the play’s birth. The first production of Endgame was at the Royal Court in 1957. What was the cultural moment happening in the world that was

relevant to Beckett? Why were these plays an expression of it?

Even though my experience with the play was 15 to 20 years after the end of World War II—I, as a beginning college student, could still feel the after burn, the heat of the war. When I saw in high school the images of the Holocaust, they were almost freshly released—or that’s the way it felt. My Uncle Charlie was in the invasion on D-Day and in Europe at the climax of World War II. I had a sense that the zeitgeist was still full of the dust and debris of the carnage of World War II and even World War I. It is very hard to explain the shadow that still hung over the world, even on the threshold of the ‘60s. The turbulence, the madness, the chaos, the pain, the anguish, the palpable evil unleashed in the world is part of what made the birth of theatre of the absurd feel strangely right.

Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring ( in ) 1913 experimented with tonalities that were so off the charts of understood harmony that audiences went mad. There were riots in the theatre, people screaming and beating each other, advocates and dissidents. It all had something to do with the impact of Freud and the first popular understanding of the ideas of the unconscious and the subconscious.

Wikipedia’s definition is interesting because it says “In chess, the endgame refers to the stage of the game where there are a few pieces left on the board. Endgames often revolve around attempts to promote a pawn by advancing it to a unique rank. The king, which has to be protected in the middle game owing to the threat of checkmate, becomes a strong piece in the endgame and can be brought to the center of the board and be useful for attacking.”

How would you define theater of

Beckett has said that nothing is more

the absurd?

frustrating than observing a game of chess being played by two incompetents who really don’t know how to play the game. Beckett accuses Hamm of being a bad player in his biography, and I wonder if that is somehow related to the comic vein in the play. There is a tremendous flip of opposites at work in the disabled king: the king who rules with magnificence and pomposity, and who is just completely without subjects.

Martin Esslin coined the phrase.

And I’m not sure that Beckett hasn’t transcended it. I think this sense of the absurd, of the world broken apart, dismantled of the rational thought charged through the first half of the 20th century. In my own adventure of years of teaching the 20th century and putting Beckett in context, I would always go back with my students to the turn of the century, the almost cataclysmic shift in—let’s just say, the musical language of western culture—where, for example,

It is interesting that you say Beckett called them bad players because they are also the king and pawn on the chessboard.

Yes, I just flashed on Caliban’s [from The Tempest], vicious attack on Prospero when he says “I am all the subjects that you have. You have no subject except me.” Hamm’s loftiness is part of the comedy in my opinion. One of his very first utterances in the play is “can there be misery loftier than mine?”

Toward the end of the play we feel the endgame: will the pawn take the king?

Yes. Just as I said in that first speech, Hamm asks, “Who has suffered more than me, my mother, my father?” But then instead of saying brother or lover, he says dog. And the resonance of the word in terms of Clov is obvious: master/slave, hammer/nail. What Beckett likes is that the hammer and nail is the equation of Hamm’s relationship with all three of the other characters. Because Nell is nail, Nagg is nail, and Clov is nail in the poly-lingual world that Beckett lived in. He was fluent in ten or eleven languages.

The characters merge the act of the theatre with storytelling. But is anybody watching them?

This is a very, very important and probing question in terms of Beckett’s aesthetic—it is something he rehearses in lots of different ways and he vacillates back and forth [from play to play]. One of the most dazzling self referential moments in Endgame happens when Clov, who is trying to create a little order, picks up the telescope—he turns it on the auditorium, and

he says, “I see a multitude in transports of joy.” That’s what I call a magnifier. Now, an interesting feature of this exploration of Beckett’s aesthetic is that he was nervous about these self-referential moments. And in the production notebooks he cuts out every reference to the audience.

Really. And that’s the version that we’re using in performance That’s correct—so that little exchange that I just paraphrased “I see a multitude in transports of joy,” he elides from the script. This idea of being watched is fundamental to the theatrical transaction as you are describing it—the fiction that the people on stage maintain of not being watched. Where is the god Beckett is imagining? Isn’t there a psychological—some would say spiritual—necessity of a god that is a watcher?

Absolutely. In fact, this chain of being that we are referring to finally ends with the deity and the hope of the deity. “Let us pray to God” Hamm says. And then, at the end the sequence, after they’re all fervently praying, Hamm says “Bastard. He doesn’t exist.” But the hope, the aspiration, the need to be watched by God. In the aftermath of something as horrible as the earthquake in Haiti, you have to think, “Is God watching?” Or maybe He really is watching or She is watching, and maybe the explosion of the Earth is God’s rage at the world for not paying attention to the poverty and the misery of the people of Haiti.

What are any sort of final things that you want to say about this play to an audience? How should they listen and watch it? With open arms.

Not afraid of the dark. As Beckett says—and he believes is the most important line in the play Endgame— when Nell says:

“nothing is funnier than unhappiness.” To receive the comedy of the isolated souls—where we are in our own privacy, in our own sorrow, and where in spite of that darkness and in spite of that pain, a laugh bubbles up. I think a great work of art asks us to step into it and accept its wisdom, its vision of truth. It is obtained in the way we are disarmed by laughter, and when we are disarmed by laughter that disability that discombobulates us allows the piercing truth to teach as well as to please.

I think that is beautiful Frank.

And I think it’s also important to be open to feeling that kind of solitude, that darkness—to go into the theatre and be comfortable that you know enough. That if you let this play’s language and characters live, then you will actually understand.

Oh completely. There is nothing out of reach in this play. It is so personal. That is one of the things about Beckett’s work that is so enduring. It doesn’t unpack a battlefield of history. It doesn’t reflect political combat or fashion. It is not

rhetorical, it doesn’t argue for anything. It isn’t conservative or liberal; it doesn’t deposit or take any kind of point of view in terms of issues. It’s about us, it’s about our own lives and no human being who really lives in the world is without self examination. Going to the theatre is one opportunity we have to really think about ourselves— not about the other that is up there on the stage, but about ourselves, and it’s not hard to do. We are all facing the final catastrophe, however you want to put it. Whether it is liberation into some paradisiacal ether, or whether the lid closes. We’re all facing it, and we can face it with good humor and vitality, and we can go on. That is what Beckett trumpets, going on.

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Samuel Beckett: From Start to Endgame by Artistic Apprentice Rebecca Stevens

Midway through Samuel Beckett’s Endgame, Hamm laments,“Nature has forgotten us.” His servant Clov corrects him,“There is no more nature.” These men, seen only in the small room that shields them from the outside, live in a world where nothing stirs or breathes. Clov repeatedly searches the horizon with a telescope only to report, “…zero…zero…zero.” Beckett crafts this landscape through subtraction—of place, of objects, and even of language—until the world of the play is bare. Audiences and academics alike have sought to interpret this inhospitable and hopeless terrain, declaring it a post atomic wasteland or a manifestation of nihilism. However one chooses to decipher the sparse world in which these characters bicker and survive, the task of interpretation is a daunting one. How does one find meaning in a world characterized by nothingness? Beckett would disagree that searching for meaning is a necessary task for his plays (when asked, he once snapped, “It means what it says.”) Nonetheless, examining his life in the years leading up to Endgame allows one to glimpse how his experiences and influences may have shaped the landscape he created. Without World War II, the world might never have had the plays and novels of Samuel Beckett. His most famous works, Endgame and Waiting for Godot were first produced in 1957 and 1953 respectively, a decade after the fighting ended. Before the war, he lived in Paris, assisting fellow Irishman James Joyce on Finnegans Wake and dabbling in writing.

As his biographer Deirdre Bair notes, “It is interesting to speculate what sort of writer Beckett might have become if it hadn’t been for the war; from his correspondence and conversation, it seems likely that he would have concentrated on criticism and reviewing as the most immediately remunerative and might have turned to poetry and fiction in his spare time.” But the war began, and as it approached Beckett’s doorstep in Paris, he chose to stay in France—first out of skepticism about the coming conflict and eventually because he could not leave. He finally fled Paris when the Nazis arrived, fearing the consequences of not having his citizenship and immigration papers in order. For nearly a month, he wandered by train and foot, evading checkpoints, sleeping on dirt floors and scavenging for food. He eventually returned to Paris, where he joined the fledgling (and highly disorganized) FrenchResistance. He translated intelligence, embedded microfilm with messages,

France during WWII

mirror his own health troubles so closely, a preoccupation with the body’s decay populates his work. This deep interest reflected not only his reoccurring struggles psychosomatic illness, but also his intimate experience with the chronic sickness of others. He worked in the Irish Red Cross directly after the war and served as his dying brother’s nursemaid when his sister-in-law could not bear the task.

and allowed his apartment to serve as a drop off location. After several terrifying brushes with discovery, betrayal arrived at his doorstep and he fled with his companion Suzanne Deschevaux-Dumesnil mere hours ahead of the Germans. From these incidents, one can grasp what Beckett might have meant when Hamm tells Clov not to leave the shelter of the room warning, “Outside of here it’s death,” and how a world turned upside down, scant for resources and filled with fear and uncertainty, feels and looks. Beckett escaped to Roussillon, a farm community in the mountainous regions of southeast France, relatively free of German occupation. There he waited for the war to end. At first, the countryside was a welcome haven after the terror of Paris, but eventually the open countryside became an unbearable prison for Beckett. He suffered deteriorating health and psychosomatic illnesses manifested in coughs, boils and hallucinations brought on by sleeplessness. Beckett’s physical ailments are interesting when compared with those of his characters. Clov, the servant in Endgame moves with a “stiff, staggering walk” and cannot sit. Beckett reportedly had foot problems that led to a lurching gait and a history of cysts in his anus. While Beckett’s characters did not always

When Beckett finally returned, he discovered post-war Paris was not the city it once was. Its nightlife and economy remained in shambles, and its citizens were horrified and disoriented by the past six years of unthinkable war. Though the correlation between war time Europe and the bleak plays he wrote in its aftermath seems obvious, Beckett resisted such simple parallels. Beckett lived through the terror of being an alien in an occupied country, struggled against a dictator of unthinkable evil, and survived self imposed imprisonment in a sparse countryside. Yet, throughout this time he repeatedly risked his life by joining a resistance movement to help others. “I was fighting against the Germans, who were making life hell for my friends,” he explained on more than one occasion. The gulf between his experiences and his attitude reflect the duality so often found in his work and in Endgame in

particular the artist and champion chess player Michael Duchamp, he deeply admired. Its importance is echoed in the title Endgame, the third and final stage of the game, in which players make their last moves toward an inevitable conclusion. In playwriting, Beckett found an audience engaged in his work that he never found in his novels. Part of Beckett’s significance as a playwright lies in landscape he created, in his pioneering of a form that had not yet emerged when he first began writing. He wrote recognizable, colloquial dialogue and situations that were impossibly stripped of context.

particular: the intrinsic belief that there is humanity worth fighting for grinding against a world so bleak that Clov believes, “it must be nearly finished.” Though the events of the war had an undeniable impact on him, he never acknowledged it. He was puzzled and frustrated by the wide disinterest in his novels and the frequent criticism that he should “stop trying to ‘disguise his wartime memoirs within the framework of fiction’ and write a ‘realistic account’ instead.” He did not believe he was creating a landscape that deliberately characterized the world during or after the war. Unable to sustain a career as a novelist, Beckett slipped into the de-habilitating depression and heavy drink that had characterized periods of his life before the war. Hoping to pull himself away from what he felt was a creative impasse, he began writing plays. “I turned to writing plays to relieve myself of the awful depression the prose led me into,” he explained. “Life at that time was too demanding, too terrible and I thought theatre would be a diversion.”

The landscape of Beckett’s work and the characters he depicts within them don’t require an understanding of his personal attitudes and circumstances in order to engage them. Beckett strongly believed that Hamm and Clov “were not representative of a universal situation, but were two personalities operating within the framework of a specific, localized incident.” He did not seek to create characters who broadly represented any part of the history he had lived through or his own personal conflicts. They are distinct to the environment and relationships Beckett created. By understanding Beckett’s history, one has a greater sense of why he sought to portray such a barren landscape. And in delving into the reasons why, the story of the four people surviving in it becomes deeply moving.

As a self-identified novelist, Beckett found playwriting a delightful exercise, a game of pitting players and their actions against each other. He likened this deliberate plotting to chess, a favorite pastime whose scholars, in

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OVERTHINKING THE PLAY BY DIRECTOR OF ARTISTIC DEVELOPMENT POLLY CARL

In the dead zone between the NFL playoffs and college basketball’s March Madness, I try to catch up on all of the popular culture I’ve missed or overlooked. So recently I watched three seasons of the AMC television series Mad Men in just over two weeks. Mad Men begins in 1960, just three years after the premiere of Beckett’s Endgame. One of the best parts of Mad Men is how it reminds us of some of the very first television ad campaigns— airlines, underwear and the Kodak Carousel Slide Projector. The confluence of television and the rise of the ad offices on Madison Avenue is a powerful reminder of a point of origin where we see projected multiple incentives to materialism. The ad campaigns capture the momentum of of a new technological age, and the sense that time is moving faster and life is getting more exciting—an excitement we can buy.

THEATER IS A SERIES OF ONGOING INTERPRETATIONS. THE PLAYWRIGHT, DIRECTOR, DRAMATURG, DESIGNERS AND ACTORS COME TOGETHER IN A COLLABORATIVE PROCESS SEEKING A MULTITUDE OF POSSIBILITIES FOR THE PRESENTATION OF A PLAY. AT SOME POINT, IN ORDER TO BRING IN THE AUDIENCE, THE PLAY FREEZES—THE SCRIPT IS FINALIZED, THE SET IS BUILT, THE SOUND AND LIGHTS ARE PROGRAMMED AND THE ACTORS FIND THEIR RHYTHM. BUT THE POSSIBLE MEANINGS OF THE PLAY GO ON IN POST-SHOW DISCUSSIONS, DRINKS AFTER THE PLAY AND LATE NIGHT PILLOW TALK. MY HOPE IS TO PROVIDE SOME HEAT TO YOUR CONVERSATIONS WHEN YOU LEAVE THE THEATER—TO THAW WHAT WE’VE TEMPORARILY FROZEN AND INVITE YOU TO COLLABORATE IN MAKING MEANING AND THEATER WITH US.

Post World War II philosophy, however, is filled with a sense of the meaninglessness of the capitalist engine. In the face of the reality of the Atomic Bomb and possibility of the end of time, meaning is elusive. In Mad Men, with its alluring portrayal of smoking and drinking and buying, we are presented with an alternative to the rising nihilistic impulse of the era. Or are we? I argue that in some strange way Endgame and the Mad Men of Madison Avenue as depicted in 2010 are the flip side of the same coin. The nothingness in Endgame is juxtaposed with the excesses of Mad Men and in both cases the notion that meaning exists is up for grabs. One of my favorite philosophers, Theodor Adorno, says of Endgame: “Beckett, as educated as anyone presents the bill: philosophy or

spirit itself, proclaims its bankruptcy as the dreamlike dross of the experiential world, and the poetic process shows itself as worn out.” For Adorno, that poetic process is what drama depends upon—the ability to create a beginning, a middle and an end—and to create characters who go on journeys and find meaning along the way. Endgame, according to Adorno, recognizes that “after the Second War, everything is destroyed, even resurrected culture without knowing it; humanity vegetates along, crawling, after events that even the survivors cannot survive, on a pile of ruins which renders futile self-reflection of one’s own battered state.”

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In Endgame, Hamm demands that Clov wheel him around the room and back to the Center and then keeps insisting, “I feel a little far to the left. I feel a little far to the right.” We recognize that his journey back to the Center of this cramped dilapidated space is no journey at all. Hamm never goes anywhere in the play physically or metaphorically. As Adorno says, this is a place where self-reflection is impossible—to look back we would have to be able to look ahead. When Mad Men creative director Don Draper pitches the ad campaign for the Kodak Carousel Slide Projector we travel through Don’s life. He shows intimate pictures of his family to the account executives as he deters the men at Kodak from their notion that using the word “wheel” is the way to sell this thing. Rather as we see the pictures of Don and his wife Betty spread out on a picnic blanket sharing a hot dog, a photo of his two children in a little red wagon and Don kissing the stomach of his pregnant wife—Don tells us that “technology is a glittering lure” but that he wants to take the product further to build a “deeper bond with the project—nostalgia.” “It’s not called a wheel,” he says, “it’s called the carousel. It lets us travel the way a child travels, round and round and back home again, to a place we know we are loved.” But like Hamm, Don has no access to selfreflection on his carousel. His numerous affairs with women will make it impossible

for him to go home again. His conspicuous consumption “proclaims its bankruptcy like the dreamlike dross.” His actions leave his wife Betty alienated and alone. Just moments before we ride Don’s carousel, we see Betty on her psychiatrist’s couch proclaiming, “Don has no idea what family is.” His successful ad campaigns may move him a little left, and a little right, but ultimately his carousel of family will go nowhere. We see in this amazing scene a different kind of wasteland that exposes what appear as moments of abundance to be void of the intended meaning. Mad Men lays bare the façade of the idea that time moves us forward. Adorno says, “like time the temporal itself is damaged.” And as Hamm observes, “And the horizon? Nothing on the horizon?”

WHAT’S ON @ STEPPENWOLF

NOW PLAYING The Brother/Sister Plays by Tarell Alvin McCraney directed by ensemble member Tina Landau Featuring ensemble members Alana Arenas, K. Todd Freeman and Ora Jones with Phillip James Brannon, Rodrick Covington, Kiplan Dooley, Jeff Parker, Tamberla Perry and Jacqueline Williams

Through May 23, 2010 In the Upstairs Theatre A breakthrough theatrical event: three interconnected plays by a brilliant new American voice. Grand in scope, yet intimate and heartfelt, McCraney’s delightful stories will leave you touched and inspired.

COMING UP A Parallelogram by Bruce Norris directed by ensemble member Anna D. Shapiro Featuring ensemble members Kate Arrington and Tom Irwin with Tim Bickel and Marylouise Burke

July 1 - August 29, 2010 In the Downstairs Theatre Tickets for this production go on sale April 23. From the playwright and Tony Award®-winning director who brought you The Unmentionables and The Pain and the Itch comes this dark, funny world premiere about a woman bent on reinventing her own destiny—and possibly the world.

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National City Bank, Now a part of PNC National Endowment for the Arts The Northern Trust Company* Reverb Capital Sage Foundation Sara Lee Foundation* Searle Funds at The Chicago Community Trust Smart Family Foundation Target Foundation PRODUCERS ($25,000-49,999) American Express AT&T* The Boeing Company The Davee Foundation Delta Dental of Illinois Foley & Lardner LLP Fortress Data Management Grosvenor Capital Management ITW* Motorola Foundation* PEAK6 Investments LP Saliba Family Charitable Foundation Inc.

Through the firm’s support for Endgame, Foley & Lardner has helped to further Steppenwolf’s guiding principle that a strong ensemble leads to artistic excellence. Foley & Lardner is a vital part of the fabric of artists, patrons and supporters who make up the larger ensemble of Chicago’s unique and thriving theater community.

PATRONS ($10,000-24,999) Anonymous Abbott Laboratories Fund Allstate Insurance Company* Alphawood Foundation Bank of America* Baxter International Inc.* Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois Buchanan Family Foundation Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation Chicago Equity Partners Crain Communications Inc Crain’s Chicago Business The Crown Family The Dancing Skies Foundation Deloitte DLA Piper LLP (US) Dr. Scholl Foundation Draft FCB Group Ernst & Young LLP* Lloyd A. Fry Foundation Goldman, Sachs & Co. Green Courte Partners, LLC The Grainger Foundation Harris Family Foundation Illinois Arts Council InterCall James S. Kemper Foundation Jones Day Macy’s & Bloomingdales Mesirow Financial Molex, Inc. The Negaunee Foundation Norcon, Inc Nordstrom The Rhoades Foundation Sara Lee Corporation The George H. Scanlon Foundation Seigle Family Foundation Swett & Crawford Group U.S. Trust, Bank of America/ Private Wealth Management Vinci William Blair & Company, LLC

corporate, foundation & government contributors SUSTAINERS ($5,000-9,999) Chopper Trading, LLC City of Chicago, Department of Cultural Affairs CME Foundation Robert J. and Loretta W. Cooney Family Patrick and Anna M. Cudahy Fund Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Hackberry Endowment Partners John R. Halligan Charitable Fund The Irving Harris Foundation The Grover Hermann Foundation Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago The Mayer & Morris Kaplan Family Foundation LVMH Fashion Group Americas, Inc The McGraw-Hill Companies* Kenneth and Harle Montgomery Foundation Newcastle Limited Albert Pick, Jr. Fund PointBridge Princess Grace Foundation-USA J.B. and M.K. Pritzker Family Foundation Siragusa Foundation Smith Family Foundation The Talbott Hotel UBS Global Asset Management SPONSORS ($2,500-4,999) Arts Federation Consulate General of Ireland Hamilton Thies Lorch & Hagnell Hart Davis Hart Wine Co. Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP Markel Corporation National Property Valuation Advisors Winston & Strawn, LLP

Founded on the principles of creativity and innovation, Ogilvy has changed the way the world communicates. By providing the theater with crucial support and guidance over the years, Ogilvy’s commitment to creativity and artistic excellence in their field has helped to drive Steppenwolf forward.

Believing that a community is only as strong as its ability to nourish the mind and spirit, Microsoft has partnered with Steppenwolf to bring Samuel Beckett’s thought-provoking masterpiece Endgame to our stage. Microsoft’s generosity also increases the theater’s capacity for technological innovation through consultation and training.

GUARANTORS ($1,000-2,499) Bank of America Foundation Blackman Kallick Blue Foundation Blum-Kovler Foundation Cabrera Capital Markets, LLC Comer Foundation Complete Mailing Service Inc. Kohler Donald S. Levin Family Foundation Meltzer Purtill & Stelle Modestus Bauer Foundation Neal & Leroy LLC New Horizon Foundation Prudential Rubloff Properties Sahara Enterprises, Inc. Sanchez & Daniels Schwab Fund for CharitableGiving Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture Towers Perrin William Wood Skinner Foundation

A strong supporter of Steppenwolf for over 25 years, ComEd has enabled the company to grow from a small troupe of young actors to a leading American theater. As the 2009-2010 Season Lighting Sponsor, ComEd brings together the Chicago community to participate in our season dedicated to exploring the power of belief.

‡Multi-year pledge *Corporations and foundations that have made employee matching gifts

Your support at work in the community. Highland Park

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Steppenwolf serves more than 70 high schools, including 40 Chicago Public Schools, by bringing arts into the classroom.

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Steppenwolf for Young Adults annually ensures access to the theater for nearly 15,000 participants from Chicagoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s diverse communities.

Norridge River Grove

Addison Elmhurst Glen Ellyn Wheaton

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Forest Park

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This type of deep community involvement is only made possible by the generous support of individuals like you. We deeply appreciate the partners whose ongoing support of our education program, Steppenwolf for Young Adults, is helping inspire a new generation of artists and audiences. Alphawood Foundation American Express Bob and Trish Barr Sean and Noral Daley Conroy The Crown Family Ernst & Young LLP Amy Shleman and Lori Lightfoot Fidelity Investments Lloyd A. Fry Foundation

Valerie and Paul Goodrich Grover Hermann Foundation John H. Hart and Carol Prins Williams Randolph Hearst Foundations ITW Foundations JPMorgan Chase & Co Kraft Foods The McGraw-Hill Companies

Kenneth and Harle Montgomery Foundation The Motorola Foundation Barrett B. Murphy and Lynn Lockwood Murphy The Albert Pick Jr. Fund Polk Bros. Foundation Deborah and Stephen Quazzo Lynne Remington and Geoff Goldberg

Sage Foundation Dr. Scholl Foundation Siragusa Foundation Steppenwolfâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Auxiliary Council Target Nina B. Winston City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs

individual contributors Visionary Circle We are honored to recognize the following people as Inaugural Members of Steppenwolf’s Visionary Circle, a new program to thank those supporters 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@stepppenwolf.org to learn more about the giving options to consider in your estate planning. Anonymous

Dr. Paul Lisnek and Brian F. Lozell

T. Marshall Rousseau

Robert C. Anderson

Dr. Edward O. Riley

Judy Sugarman

Robert H. Glaze

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

Jo Hopkins Deutsch

Alba Biagini

Marjorie Douglas Nancy L. Wald

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. To join this distinguished group, contact Latoya James at 312-654-5672 or ljames@steppenwolf.org. GRAND PATRONS ($25,000+) Anonymous Douglas R. Brown Terri L. Cable Grace M. Puma Joyce Chelberg Elizabeth H. Connelly Sean and Nora Daley Conroy Rich and Margery Feitler Robert and Amy Greenebaum Mrs. John M. Hartigan David Herro and Jay Franke David and Susan Kalt Liz and Eric Lefkofsky Charles G. Mueller Geoff Nyheim Susan A. Payne Deborah and Stephen Quazzo Mark L. Prager Merle Reskin Michael R. Salem John R. Samolis

Stephanie B. Smith and Gerald Smith Jane Warner Helen and Sam Zell DISTINGUISHED PATRONS ($10,000-24,999) Julie and Roger Baskes Philip and Janice Beck David H. Blake Betty Bradshaw Scott Etzler Christine Albright and Lawrence Gill Valerie and Paul Goodrich Jeffery T. Grade John H. Hart and Carol Prins Charles H. James III George A. Joseph and Carolyn Bateman Julie and Fred Latsko Nancy Lauter McDougal and Alfred L. McDougal Martha Lavey Dr. Paul M. Lisnek and Brian F. Lozell

Barrett B. Murphy and Lynn Lockwood Murphy Janet Melk James F. Oates Kenneth J. Porrello and Sherry L. McFall Quintin E. and Diane Primo Mr. and Mrs. Randall K. Rowe George and Kimberly Ruhana Mr. Patrick G. Ryan, Sr. Bruce Sagan and Bette Cerf Hill Robert and Louise Sanborn Manuel Sanchez and Pat Pulido Sanchez Harry J. Seigle Bill and Orli Staley Sarah Beardsley and Theodore R. Tetzlaff Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Valenti Willard L. Woods, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. William Wrigley, Jr.

PATRONS ($5,000-9,999) Anonymous (2) Loren Almaguer William and Sharon Baker Bob and Trish Barr William Bartholomay Susen H. Berg and James C. Berg Henry and Leigh Bienen Colette Cachey Smithburg and Tom Smithburg Phil and Mary Beth Canfield Keith and Kathleen H. Cardoza Robert and Loretta W. Cooney Fred J. Costello Mayor and Mrs. Richard M. Daley Donald Deutsch Shawn M. Donnelley Sharon Fairley John and Katherine Fox Marian, Fruman & Lisa Jacobson Scott and Rita George

individual contributors Directors Circle

Gordon and Wendy Gill Richard and Mary L. Gray Jack and Donna Greenberg M. Julie and Michael Gustafson Mr. and Mrs. Tariq Hassan Willard and Lori Hunter Dr. Mary Dochios Kamberos Michael J. and Kathryn G. Kennedy Robert M. and Diane VS. Levy Steven D. Loucks Jim and Kay Mabie Amos and Anat Madanes Malkin Family Barry and Beth Mitchell Robert Parkinson Joan and David Parsons Peer Pedersen Sylvia J. Pozarnsky and Tom Riley Grace M. Puma Burton X. and Sheli Rosenberg Cari and Michael J. Sacks Gloria and Michael Scoby Matthew Shapiro Robert and Nancy Singleton Toni Sandor Smith Marcie and Avy Stein Jacqueline Tilton Frances Tuite Mr. Daniel C. Ustian Steven L. and Stephanie A. Victor John and Carol Walter Michael and January Ward Nina B. Winston Robert and Leslie Zimmerman SUSTAINERS ($2,500-4,999) Anonymous Anthony Anderson Andrew and Susan Arnold Paula Ausick Kevin Baldwin John and Caroline Ballantine Zoe and Ken Barley Cheryl and Carl Belles Larry and Margaret Benjamin Henry R. Berghoef Susan O. Berghoef Dr. and Mrs. Marvin H. Berman Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Berto Marlene Breslow-Blitstein and Berle Blitstein Debbie Bricker Michael and Merle Cahan Greg Cameron and Greg Thompson Cleve Carney Ann and Richard Carr Drs. Rex Chisholm and Kathleen Green Dr. Rosalyn Chrenka

Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Cohen Jerry and Josephine Conlon Kate Cornelius-Schecter Ana Cristiano Judy and Tapas K. Das Gupta Maxwell S. Davis and Beth Boosalis Davis Robert and Quinn Delaney Mary A. Dempsey Kevork and Rolanda Derderian Greg Desmond and Michael Segobiano Philip and Marsha Dowd Bernard J. Dowling Drs. Thomas E. Durica and Susan Jacob Donald and Anne Edwards Laura and Scott Eisen Richard and Gail Elden Mary M. Emerson Amy Eshleman and Lori Lightfoot Mary Jo and Robert Fasan Roxanne Hori and Robert Felsenthal Carol and Steven Felsenthal David and Mimi Fiske Harold and Madeline Francke Leonard Gail and Robin Steans Terri and Stephen Geifman Beverly Wyckoff and Charles Ginsberg Richard E. Ginsberg Ethel and Bill Gofen Bob and Carol Goldberg Sue and Melvin Gray Mary Winton Green Charles R. Grode Rebecca Halpern Michael G. Hansen and Nancy E. Randa John Hass and Mary Frances Budig David R. Hawkanson Judy and Jay Heyman Mr. and Mrs. Arthur J. Hill Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hodges Dr. and Mrs. David Ingall Stephen Kane Jared Kaplan and Maridee Quanbeck Melinda Kempton and Jane Fleming Brad and Kim Keywell Mr. and Mrs. Sanfred Koltun Dr. and Mrs. Stephen M. Korbet Suzy Krueckeberg Mr. Matthew Kutcher and Ms. Rebecca Richards Christine and Michael LaTona Steven and Jody LaVoie Don and Margie Leventhal Bernard and Averill Leviton

Robert Bud Lifton and Carol Rosofsky Timothy and Christine Loyer Mark and Frances Mann Becky and Bob McLennan Bill and Lorna FillipiniMulliken Mike and Adele Murphy Howard and Sandy Nagelberg Jean and Jordan Nerenberg Bob and Joyce O’Malley Susan and Ted Oppenheimer Irma Parker Jennifer and Perry Pinto Christine and Michael Pompizzi Bradley and Patricia Reid Lynne Remington and Geoff Goldberg Bob and Mary Reusché Solvig and Harry Robertson Neil Ross MD and Lynn Hauser MD Sandra and Earl Rusnak, Jr. Patrick G. Ryan, Jr. Ellen Sandor David and Susan Schmid Smita N. Shah Rose L. Shure Gary Sinise David B. and Barbara Speer Matthew Steinmetz Lisa Swanson Corrine P. Taylor Richard and Elaine Tinberg Robert and Susan Warrington Nicholas and Nora Weir Dr. Carey Weiss and Dr. Karen Pierce Jane and Greg Wintroub Elizabeth Ziegler BENEFACTORS ($1,500-2,499) Anonymous (3) Emilio and Trish Albertini Nicholas and Kathleen Amatangelo Kimball Anderson & Karen Gatsis Anderson Carolyn H. Andress Stephanie and Dana Arnett Jeffrey S. Arnold and Ellen J. Neely Candy and Bill Arnold Joanie and Chuck Arredia Gerald and Linda Avery John and Irene Bacevicius Richard and Janice Bail Yuri and Elena Balasanov Mr. and Mrs. James N. Bay Martha and Al Belmonte Ms. Sheridan Prior and Mr. Michael Bender Joel W. Benson

Adam and Elizabeth Berger Louis Berger Nicholas Biederman George W. Blossom III Lisa Bookstein and Ken Bloom Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Boychuck Mr. and Mrs. John M. Brannigan Ray and Marie Brown Kevin and Linda Buggy Barbara and Eric Burgess Timothy Burroughs and Barbara Smith David Callahan and Terri Abruzzo Mr. and Mrs. H.L. “Chappie” Chapman Antonio and Houda Chedid Fred and Maggie Compton Merle R. Cooper George J. Cotsirilos and Joan Hall Dennis R. Cowhey Shirley Craven, Ph.D. Carl and Cynthia Curry Alecia Dantico Mr. and Mrs. Menahem Deitcher Thomas and Mary Ann Deming Gautam and Ritu Dhingra Anne M. Donahoe Dr. Steven B. Edelstein Mark and Sandy Ehlert Sidney and Sondra Berman Epstein Mr. and Mrs. Tom Erickson Marc Falleroni David and Mary Farkas Rajiv Fernando W. Clinton and Lois Farrell Fisher Mr. and Mrs. Peter Foreman Jana French and Peter Gotsch Kate Friedlob Kay and Howard Friedman Mr. and Mrs. Sherwin Friedman Lori Mae Frith Timothy A. Gant and Scott Perry Patti Eylar and Charlie Gardner Dr. Michael Gelbort and Ms. Sherryl Steinberg Gelbort Harold and Diane Gershowitz Larry and Marla Gilbert Mr. and Mrs. James J. Glasser Bruce and Lisa Goldman Sheila and Tom Gorey Mr. Thomas G. Gorman Liza and Eric Gravengaard The Green Family Mary and Jim Greene William and Nanci Greene

individual contributors Directors Circle Warren Grimsley and Jane Jacobs James and Brenda Grusecki Mr. Brian Gupton and Dr. Linda Mueller Jack and Sandra Guthman Stacie R. Hartman Mrs. Louise Hart Jean Heller Sandra L. Helton and Norman M. Edelson Gail and Michael Heneghan Marlene and Sonny Hersh Richard and Elaine Heuberger Paul and Susan Hill The Hirschfields Ann S. Hoenig and Jonathan L. Hoenig David and Deborah Holloway Kimberly and Matthew Horowitz Nancy and John Ide Tom and Jan Jakobsen Patricia Jeffers Hal and Dona B. Jensen Thomas D. Kaczmarek Reis and Sherri Kayser Peter and Susan Kelly Pamela Kendall-Rijos and John Rijos Mr. Mark Killian David Kistenbroker and Cynthia Heusing Jean Ann Klingenstein Rachel Kohler and Mark Hoplamazian David and Kathleen Kovarik

Jonathan and Sally Kovler Ann M. Krilcich Raminder and Vinay Kumar Michele Kurlander Mr. Matthew Kutcher and Rebecca Richards Carol and Jerome Lamet Gerald R. Lanz and Lisa Kearns Lanz Foundation Victoria S. Lautman Eileen and Paul LeFort Ms. Stephanie F. Linn and Dr. Seth Krantz Beth Loeb Frank G. and Gertrude Dunlap Fund Mary MacLaren Sandy and Jerry Manne Barbara and Larry Margolis Mrs. Winifred A. Martin James and Carolyn McClure-Mary McClure Miller Foundation Bob and Barb McCullough Brad and Dee Dee McLane Kevin and Beth McMeen Ms. Helen Melchior Ellie and Bob Meyers Harvey B. Levin Charitable Trust Amy Laiken and Tim Michel Tom Miles Sherif and Melanie Mityas Robert and Audrey Morris Jon and Tanya Morrison William and Kate Morrison Peter A. and Katherine M.”Penny” Morse

Mr. and Mrs. Michael A. Murer Michael T. Noonan Susan and George Obermaier Bridget R. O’Neill Elizabeth Orelup & Lawrence Sonntag Phyllis Parish Amy and Brent Peebles Simon and Kim Perutz Sherri and Ted Pincus Patricia Pippert and Steven Redfield Susan Piser and Sandy Bank Carl and Barbara Plochman Andrew and Judy L. Porte Elizabeth Price Linda Reid Sheri and Bob Reum Mr. and Mrs. James M. Reum Susan and Edwin Ritts John C. Roberts and Lynn D. Fleisher Barbara and Jim Robins Holly B. Rothschild Janet and Philip Rotner Annette Rotolo and Donald Van Hulle Richard H. Sanders Pamela and Fred Sasser Susan Schaalman Youdovin and Charlie Shulkin Michelle Maton and Mike Schaeffer Carrie Schloss Matthew and Tina Schubert

Diana and Richard Senior James and Mary Jo Slykas Dr. William and Cherie Bunn Jeff and Michelle Soble Thomas Stappas Gail and Eugene Steingold Kristin and Stan Stevens Jeff Stoller Lauren and Steve Strelsin Josh and Kimberly Sutton James and Sara TenBroek Laura A. Tomasovic John and Maribeth Totten Nick Trakas and Marc Ceron Ms. Carrie Truckenbrodt Tali and Liat Tzur Susan and Victor Venturi Mr. and Mrs. R. Todd Vieregg Donna and Dirk Vos Lisa and Jason Wadler Albert Wald, In Memory of Nancy Wald Bryan and Jennifer Weinstein Dr. David Wasserman -In Memory of Abby S. Magdovitz Karen Weiss Meredith Bluhm-Wolf and Bill Wolf Jeanne Marienthal Westcott Bobbi Zabel

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 www.steppenwolf.org/support or calling Eric Evenskaas at 312-654-5615. PRODUCERS ($1,000-1,499) Anonymous Kris Alden and Trisha Rooney Alden Grace Barry Gerhard and Kathleen Bette Marc D. Blakeman Shaun and Andy Block David C. Blowers John and Barbara Bowlin Larry and Debbie Brady Myriam Bransfield Leslie Burns

Glenda Cain Chuck & Rita Carlson Michelle L. Collins Charles and Judith Cory Kent and Liz Dauten Patricia and Richard Doonan Charles B. Edelstein Amy Eshleman and Lori Lightfoot Mr. Steven Florsheim and Mrs. Jennifer Friedes Jim and Sandy Freeburg‡ Aileen Furlong Raymond Godbout

James and Dianna Goldman Sabrina P. Gracias Robert and Melanie Halvorson Victoria and Charles Harris‡ Hawkanson Family Foundation Patricia Hendrick Melinda and Craig Hilsenbeck David Kathman‡ Brian Feiges and Tamar Kelber

Klaff Family Foundation Ms. Oya Kosebay Rachel Kraft Bob and Pat Lavey‡ Mark and Carol Lorenz Beryl and Sue Lovitz Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Mansur Roger and Courtney McEniry Mr. Mike Merwin Leslie Milton Terry Newman Paul Ordynski Mr. and Mrs. Mark Osmond

individual contributors Annual Fund

Mr. and Mrs. Pajakowski Philip W. Palmer Gary and Valentina Patitucci Sharon and Jerry Rhoads‡ The Rooney Family Eric and Jana Schreuder Richard and Betty Seid David and Judith Sensibar Anna D. Shapiro and Ian Barford Joan and Thomas Skiba‡ Heather and Adam Smedstad‡ Curtis Spears Mary Stowell and Jim Streicker Matthew Summy Heidi Thatcher and Rory Rafter Mrs. Vernon B. Thomas Charles A. Tribbett III Reed and Rosemary Tupper Tom and Michelle Wake Monica L. Walker Carolyn Watson Dia Weil Donna Wilkinson‡ Matthew Wilson and Anne Posner Ronald and Geri Yonover ENSEMBLE ($500-999) Anonymous (9) George and Fay Adams Carole and Paul Adams Judith and Fred Adler Jack J. Adrian Robert C. Anderson Corby Arnold, Esq. Dr. Stephanie and Mr. Andy Baker‡ Ms. Rose Baker Stephanie and Barry Batson Thomas Bearrows and Holly Hirst Lawrence Bell Brandon Benson‡ Julian and Joan Berman Dr. Mary E. Belford MD and Mr. Ric Berta Mr. and Mrs. Philip Block III Maggie Bobbitt Janyce Brengel Michael and Cathy Brennan Samuel Briones Larry and Susan Broutman Julia Brown George and Joyce Brown‡ Lois Browning Richard and Barbara Bull Janet Burch Kyle Carstensen Philip Chang Sheila J. Chapman and David D. Soo J. Morgan Chism-Diebold‡ Daniel Clark John-Marc Clark

Nancy Schumacher and Mark Schumacher Ramon Colorado Howard and Pamela Conant Everett and Susan Conner‡ Ed and Melissa Cook Joel Cornfeld Liese Dallbauman Rathin Datta Richard and Lisette Davison Inge de la Camp Lauren V. Dettloff Peter and Connie Dickinson Jeffrey and Lori Diemand Roberta S. Dillon‡ Mr. and Mrs. Michael Doyen Christine Dudley Will Dunne Jennifer M. Ellin Steven Cody Engle Ms. Heather Erickson Mr. and Mrs. R. Jeffrey Euritt Lynette and Kent Fair‡ Juliet and Marc Fallah Gregory Faron Harris J. Feldman, M.D. Nancy and Rick Firfer Brad and Lisa Fisher and Family Lisa Folkers Cyndi and Cory Fosco‡ June Freidlich Susan and Sy Frolichstein Susan Fuchs, M.D. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Galioto Matthew A. Gelbin Mr. Alex Gillan Ms. Reney Gitajn Stan and Gerry Glass‡ Keith Goggin Florence Bonnick and Jay M. Goldberg Alvin Goldfarb Sue-Gray Goller Kerry and Kim Grady‡ Laurence and Carrie Grant Renata and Michael Grossi‡ Kevin Haight Janice Halpern David Harrington‡ Ms. Joan W. Harris Lois and Marty Hauselman Robert and Linda Hauser Laura Hazelwood Mr. Jason Held and Mr. Steve Oxman Maryan and John Helmerci James and Kathleen Henderson Martin and Marjorie Hickman James and Margot Hinchliff Anne Linsdau-Hoeppner and Walter F. Hoeppner III Richard and Kathryn Holland Mary and Dermot Horgan

Richard and Janet Horwood Robin and Harry Hunter Clare and Mark Hurrelbrink‡ Jean Perkins and Leland Hutchinson Robert A. Imig Tim Jaster Linda and Christopher Johnstin Mr. Anthony Juozapavich Arnold Kanter Ernest and Harriett Karmin Robert A. Katz Aviva Katzmanand Morris Mauer Judith and Jerry Kaufman Jen & Brad Keck Sheryl and Tom Keith‡ Jeffrey Kerr Helen Kessler Jennifer Kim Sylvia and John Kinney Anne and Ken Kinney Maureen and Kim Klatt Cynthia Kobel Pat and Mike Koldyke Peter and Linda Krivkovich Deborah S. Krolik Mr. Alan Kuska Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Lad Fran Lambros and John Lowry George M. Langlois, Ph.D.‡ Roberta L. Larson and Richard G. Larson‡ Jonathan Lebedoff and Karla Yeh Madeline Lesnik Dr. and Mrs. Harvey J. Levin Ms. Tanya Levshina Benita Levy Travis Life Stephanie F. Linn Jean Linsner Abby and George Lombardi Ms. Christine M. Long Thomas and Susan Long Mrs. Barbara Lucas and Ms. Toni Sieve‡ Kristin Lynch Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Lyons Arlene Manelli‡ Holly and Edward S. Mann John and Claire Marich Helen Marlborough and Harry Roper Dr. James Martin Kimberly Masius Mr. Walter Mathews Mr. and Mrs. George J. Matkov Michele C. Mayes Robert and Eleanor M. McAllister John McCambridge Mr. Raymond F. McCaskey Margaret S. McGee Michael McGuinnis and Ruth Ann Gillis Paul and Lana McHenry

Hugh and Marybeth McLean Mr. and Mrs. Pierce McNally Charlotte and William Mehuron Dr. Janis Mendelsohn‡ Susan Messing Robert Middleton Michael and Susan Miller Dr. and Mrs. George Miz Hardye and Donald Moel Kathy Morris and Mark Biat‡ Patrick Morris and Peggy Unger John S. Mrowiec and Karen Granda Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Murray Josette and Wallace Nard Mr. and Mrs. Cathy and Bob Nathan J. Christopher Neagle Joan Neil Emily and Hank Neuberger Howard and Cathy Niden Kris Nielsen‡ Paul and Nancie Oetter Barbara and Daniel O’Keefe Paul Oostenbrug and Dr. Jeremiah Kelly Rachel Orlikoff Mr. and Mrs. John O’Toole and Ms. Frani O’Toole Patricia Parchem and Candace Zimmerman‡ John and Roberta Paskvalich Sandra and Michael Perlow Clifford R. Perry III Barbara Peters Anne and Donald Phillips Dr. Susan Burland and George Plumb Brett Plyer Nathan Popkins Jeff and Susan Rashid Molly Regan and Conrad Osborne Shirley and Frederick Richter Steve Rodichok and Renee Gattone‡ Doreen and Michael Rothstein Charles and Lisa Rule Francis Sadac Dr. M. Ramez Salem Henry J. Sampson‡ Arturo Sanchez‡ Sheldon and Lynne Sandman Brett Saternus Marie-Claude Schauer Jonathan Schmugge‡ Joseph and Judith Scully Doug and Maureen Seaman Jeff and Sonia Semenchuk‡ Michelle Semisch Lara Shackelford Rebecca M. Shanahan

individual contributors Annual Fund Michael Shapiro and Deb Gohr Shapiro Mr. and Mrs. David R. Shevitz Dr. Lisa Shives Julia Simpson Kathryn Simpson Mr. and Mrs. Sam Skinner Christine A. Slivon Suzanna and Kraig Smiegowski Patricia and Robert Smietana Charles Smith Neil and Isabella Smith Mark and Donna Steinbach Patty Sternberg Gail and John Straus Mr. Sean Sullivan Yvonne Sutor‡ Mr. and Mrs. Ray Hacker‡ Mr. Brad Szczecinski Carrie Thoms Kevin Tottis Audarshia Townsend Olga Tsipursky Dana and Scott Turban‡ Brady I. Twiggs‡ Marilee Unruh‡ Sarah and Kamiar Vossoughi Michael and Gere Warnecke‡ Chuck Wehland Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Weiss Tom and Blaine Wells Dr. and Mrs S. Thomas Westerman Anne and Jay Whipple Brian and Nancy Whitlock Patricia Boye-Williams and Chad Williams Jan and Michael Williams‡ Thomas J. Wilson and Jill Garling Terry and Mary Winkler Ruth Winter David Wise and Dianna Niebylski Jessica and Jeff Wisniewski‡ Stanley Wojcicki‡ Charlotte Wojnowski‡ Ms. Andrea Worth‡ Carol N. Yamamoto Stephanie Yancey Peter Zadeik Mark and Margie Zivin DESIGNERS ($250-499) Anonymous (22) Thomas W. Abendroth and Terri L. Mascherin Nancy Abshire Catherine Adduci Thomas B. Aldrich III Helen and Mark Alison Brian and Jennifer Alves Jim and Sheila Amend Kristopher J. Anderson Wendy and Mike Anderson Mary and Paul F. Anderson

Melissa Andrews Michael Andrews and Ryan Ruskin Janet and Steven Anixter Cedric H. Antosiewicz and Margaret M. Gudenas Jean Arndt Mr. Joseph Asbury Mr. and Mrs. James Aslaksen Mr. and Ms. Paul Athens Kaye B. Aurigemma‡ Rebecca and Steven G. Ayre Peggy Bagley and Rabbi Douglas Goldhamer Bill and Ann Baker Barbara Baldwin John and Sharon Baldwin Catherine Bannister Leslie and Bill Barker Tom and Sherry Barrat Warren and Beverly Bartel Robert and Sharon Barton Mia A. and Scott Bass Sandra Bass Ms. Teresa Battaglia Patricia L. Baylis Donna and Patrick Belics Mr. and Mrs. John Bell Paula P. Benton Mr. Melvyn E. Bergstein Sean Berringer Lois J. Bider Jerry Biederman Noel and Shirley Biery Beryl and David Bills‡ Cindy Blaszak Frances and Robert Boardman Claudia and John Boatright R. Darrell Bock Kevin Boehm and Courtney Moon Anthony Boggiano Steve and Lynn Bolanowski Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Bolas Kirk and Lucy Borland Samuel and Phyllis Bowen‡ Michael and Kate Bradie‡ Andrea Brands Nicole and David Braun Abdon and Eileen Bray David Briggs‡ Mr. and Mrs. Bob Brobst Lyn J. Bromley Susan Brophy Frank and Dale Brull Mr. John Bubb Susan Buchanan and Steve Brown Michelle and David Buck‡ Robert J. Buford Paul Burkhardt Tripp Burton Richard Butler John Byrd John and Libby Cady Mark Caldwell Debra Callozzo Deirdre Campbell

Polly Carl and Lynette D’Amico Barry Carlson Barbara and Mark Carlson Scott Casty Mr. Ted Champion Mr. and Mrs. Larry D. Chandler Gerry and Carol Chrisman Nancy Ciezki and Diane Kostecke Sam and Kathleen Ciulla‡ Amy Clark Sue Clark Bente Clausen‡ Betty Cleeland James and Julie Coffman Mr. and Mrs. Ron Coleman Mr. and Mrs. Terrance Coleman Steven Collens Constance Coning‡ Michelle Conrad Adam Cook Dave and Jane Cooke The Cortes Family Edward and Caroline Costello Mr. Louis Crisostomo Maureen Crowley and George‡ Mr. Bruce Crown Mr. and Mrs. Richard Davidson Ms. Kim Davis and Mr. Brian Eble Mary DeCresce Bernard and Cindy Deir Mrs. Edith F. De Mar Mark and Rose DeMeo Ms. Joan E. Desmond Jerry and Karyn DeVault Tim and Liz Devine Dianna L. Di Iorio Michael and Melinda Dickler Mr. and Mrs. Kerry and Ellen Dickson Lisa Dickson Mr. Dave Dimmlich and Ms. Beth Hummelberg Ms. Rachel Domaracki Mr. and Mrs. Brian Donnelly Brian and Joanna Donohue Mr. Shane Donovan Sylvia Doucette Paula Douglass Susan V. Downing Rosanne Druian Marie L. Dufault Greg and Kathy-Sue Dunn Mr. and Mrs. Jon R. Dutcher Ms. Naomi Dwyer Mr. Ryan Edlefsen and Ms. Julie Lissner Estia Eichten and Deborah Eichten Brent Eldridge Paul and Catherine Embree Dale and Jo Ann Engquist Erika Erich Malcolm Ewen

Lori Eyre Elizabeth Fahey Edith and Gerald Falk Toni and Joel Fenchel Charlie Ferreira Michael Fine and Terri Keeley Dr. and Mrs. James M. Fisch Paul and Christy Fisher‡ Elaine Fishman Tim and Andrea Fitzgerald John and Patti Flanagan Jan and Bill Flapan Eleanor Flavin Foley Family Foundation Jean and Jim Foley Ms. Janice Fong Marilyn and Eric Fors‡ Reverend Mark A. Fracaro‡ Dr. and Mrs. James Franklin Roger and Fiona Frechette Richard and Lois Fuhrer Bill and Pat Fuller‡ Tom and Beth Garrow Diane Riley Gavin Jami Gekas Dr. and Mrs. Mark Gendleman Hank and Sandy Gentry Stephen C. George Gary Gephart Katie Gerdes and John Stoops Ms. Julianne Getty William J. Gibbons Sandra Gidley Van H. and Sandra Vitt Gilbert Lydia Glowaty David Glueck and Brooke Bremner Paul Goldstein and Nasrin Mahani Ms. Randell Golman Jason T. Gorczyca Robert Gordon Paula Turner Grasso Karen Greenbaum Dr. and Mrs. Sheldon Greenberg Michael and Lisa Greenfield Colette S. Gregory Kelly and Robert Guglielmi Grace and John Gunthorp Dr. and Mrs. John W. Gustaitis Catherine and Warren Guthrie Nidal Haddad Sarah Hadley Donald and Susan Hallberg Linda Halperin Christine Buss and Ed Halpern Amy and Brian Hand Dr. Raymond and Arlene Handler Bonnie and Tom Hardin Mr. Chip Hardt Renee Hardt and Scott Moehrke

individual contributors Annual Fund

Donald and Sharon Harris Rosalind Henderson Harris Teddy and Sarah Mr. and Mrs. Michael Hassan Christine Hauri Emily Haus Matthew Heller and Susan Holmes Timothy Herboth Leslie Herzog Franklin Hester and David Hines Fred Hill Robert and Sydney Himes Nancy and Allen Hirschfield Jane Hodgkinson Jennifer Hogberg Drs. Sally and Carlos Hojvat Bonny and Todd Hoover Mr. Kilton Hopkins‡ Jack and Bonnie Horbovetz Francis J. Houlihan Leigh and John Hourihane Mark Ibanez William Ibe Jim and Joyce Ibers David and Beth Inlander Mr. and Mrs. Robert Irvine Janet Irving John David Jawor‡ Douglas and Margaret Jayes Shirley and Clarence Johnson Dixie Johnson Sharon Johnston James A. Jolley, Jr. and R. Kyle Lammlein Brad Jonas Mrs. Bev Jones-Gordon Todd and Jennifer Jones Daniel G Jordan and Mrs Mary Ann Jordan Janet and Carl Kalbhen Tom and Esta Kallen Olwyn J. Kane Norma and Nolan Kaplan Dennis and Kathryn Karsh Sandy and John Karuschak Diana and Leslie Kates Polly Kawalek Daniel and Nancy Kaye Adam and Renee Keats Carter T. Kennedy Bunny and George Kennedy Gerould and Jewell Kern Erik Kesteloot Andrew Keyt Robert and Cynthia Kieckhefer Mr. and Mrs. T. Eric Kilcollin Sue Kiner Benjamin and Louis King‡ Mike and Leslie King Judy and Phil Kirk Dr. M. Barry and Diane Kirschenbaum Carol and James Klenk Matt and Karen Klickman

Ms. Hilary Kline Anne Chipman and Joe Knecht Rita and Jim Knox Don and Cheryl Kobetsky Stanley and Billie Kocal Den and Jinny Koide Electra D. Kontalonis Seth Krantz Robert and Marie Kreisman Jennifer A. Krug Ken and Jan Kubis Neal Kulick Family Fund Linda Kulikowski Ms. Carolyn Kurtz and Mr. Gary Steinberg‡ Dean and Terri Lacy Mr. Kurt Lagerloef‡ Ms. Susan Langworthy Anne Lanser Robert Larrimore‡ Nancy and Alan Lasser Patricia Lauber Kathleen Lawlor Peter Lederer Sheila Fields Leiter Jeffrey and Elise Lennard Catherine Leyser Dr. Vicki Greene Stacy and Peter Lindau Sue Lippe Edward Lisberg Darlene Little Margit ( Maggie) Livingston‡ Roger and Kay Loftin Christopher and Marcia Long‡ Ms. Lorraine Loomis Katherine M. Lorenz Christine Lovejoy Elliott and Miriam Lyon Doug and Susan Lyons Mr. Joe Madden Edward and Carol A. Maier Loretta Malone Samantha & David Mann Tom and Lori Manning Gloria and Joseph R. Marcus Christine and David Markovitz Steve and Melissa Marovich Mr. and Ms. Peter Mars Dr. Norman E. Masters, Jr.‡ David and Karen Mattenson Jerry and Joan Mattson Margaret F. May Nancy McDaniel Suzanne McDermott‡ Sharon McGee Edward and Patricia McGreevy Laura McGrew Joseph and Agnes McHugh Carol McKeone‡ Kathy and Alan McLaughlin‡ Mr. Thomas Meagher, Jr. Bill Melamed and Jamey Lundblad John and Lisa Merlock

Cornelia Miller Mia and Jonathan Miller‡ Karen Miller and Sheba Miller-Morris Willie and Clothield Miller Scott and Heather Milligan Mr. and Mrs. Richard Minehart Ralph Miner Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Mohs Mort and Joan Mollner Jack Montgomery‡ William Mooney Kenneth Moore Sheba Miller-Morris Drs. Gayle and Gregory Morris Ellen Morrison and Andrew Pasulka Vlad and Jeannie Moskin Janet and Morrie Much Gerald and Maia Mullin Marisa Murillo‡ Hollace Murphy Dr. and Mrs. Michael Myers Mary and David Myles Wendy Norris Janelle Ibeling Ness Liz Newell and Jack Kragie‡ David Ellis and Hope Nightingale Cheryl and Bill Niro Henry and Gail Nonaka K.C. Norman Cliff and Sarah Norris Ms. Susan Noyes Christopher Nugent Charlene Nuti Ann and Dan O’Brien Peg O’Connor‡ Ms. Judith M. O’Dell Dennis J. O’Keefe and Mary Jo Barrett Larry and Barbara Olin Albert and Mona Oliver Don Olson Bruce Oltman Timothy O’Neill and Jane Rutherford Eric and Bridget Orsic Mayor John and Jacqueline Ostenburg Patrick and Eileen O’Sullivan Deborah Page Ms. Anne Palumbo Ms. Joy Pamintuan Grayce Papp Dr. Georga Parchem and Dr. Allen Parchem Jana O’Brien and Wayne Parman Ilene Patty and Tom Terpstra Thomas Pawlik and Ava Cohn John T. Pawlikowski Mel and Lynn Pearl Elyse and Howard Pearlman Kate Pecoraro Margaret Pendry Raymond and Alice Perry

Charles and Bettina Pietri Irene and Eero Pikat Charles and Judith Piper Michael and Deborah Piraino Dan Polsby‡ Frank C. Pond‡ Pam and Dean Pontikes Andy and Brynne Poole Avner and Joan Porat Tracey L. Power‡ V. Pristera, Jr.‡ Jerry Proffit Dave and Darby Putman Ms. Carryn Quibell Elliott Quigley David Rambo Gabriel and Dorit Raviv Daniel W. Ray and Lynne S. Kaminer P. Kevin Reidy Mr. James Reynolds Fred and Karen Rhynders Ms. Beth Richman Laura Riddle Dr. Edward O. Riley Carol and Riney Robertson Ms. Carey Robin Mary Lu and Kenneth Roffe Lynn Hellwig and Dr. Dan Roller The Romano Family Gerald and Carol Roper Mrs. Linda Rosenblum and Mr. Steven Swiryn Honey and Howard Rosenfeld Mrs. Hilary Rosenthal Ms. H. Cary Ross Joseph Ross Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Ross Mrs. Donald S. Roth T. Marshall Rousseau Susan B. andDr. Myron E. Rubnitz Ms. Marilyn Rusnak Ray Rusnak Diana and Ed Ruthman Brad and Emily Salmon‡ Bettylu and Paul Saltzman A. Sue Samuels Carolyn Clayton and Patrick Sandercock Stephen and Leatrice Sandler Mr. and Mrs. Martin Sandoval Christopher and Ann MarieSaternus Bill Savage Edna and Dick Schade Curt Schade Rob and Judith E. Schaefer Laura Schalekamp Susan Tobias and Alan Shapiro Allison and Charles Scherer Kathleen and Richard Schillo Mr. and Mrs. Darryl Schimeck

individual contributors Annual Fund Rosa Schloss Ms. April Schoepel The Schwartz/Stancik Family Suzanne Scibek Carla Scott Thomas and Marry Ellen Scott Nedinia Searle Nancy and R. J. Seidel Mr. Stephen Seliger Andrea K. Selley and Scott Urban Kathleen Semler Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Shapiro Jeffrey S.Sharp & Elizabeth D. Sharp Linda and Steve Sharp Nancia Shawver and Larry Weiner Luna Okada and Wynn Sheade Timothy Sherck‡ Candace Song and Alexander Gail Sherman Dik and Cynthia Shicotte Mr. Oliver Shields Ms. Joan Siavelis Brent Siegel‡ Jodi Silberman‡ Ilene Simmons Ellen Mrazek and Daniel Slattery Annette and Marvin Smith Dr. L. Simonton-Smith Jackie Snuttjer Henry So and Joe Senese Brian Soderberg and Christine Ramberg Lawrence and Shirley Solomon Mr. Patrick Spangler Laura Catherine Speltz Shantha Sreekanth Susan Haery Diana and Thomas Stamborski Mr. and Mrs. Steven Stanford Susan Stein Christine Anderson and Jay Steinberg Steven and Susan Steinmeyer Dorie Sternberg J. Timothy Stewart Kelly Stonebraker and Debra Stonebraker Arlo and Judith Straight Katherine Gould Straight Jennifer Strople Karen Zupko Stuart Judy Sugarman Mrs. Leonora Svihra Michael A. Swafford Mr. Mike Swafford Alan and Emily Basque Mr. Mark Sweeney Michelle Sweet and Scott Bourne Linda K. Swift‡ Walter Swiston Ms. Patti Szabo

William and Julile Szematowicz Peter and Obie Szidon Richard and Anne Taft Benjamin and Gloria Tarver Michael Tatum and Susie Young-Tatum Ms. Elaine R. Taylor Michael Teplitsky Barbara and Randolph Thomas Ms. Sue Thompson Jamie Thorsen Carrie and John Thurber Mr. and Mrs. John Tipton Fred Tokowitz John and MadalynTraff Carol D. Trapp Ms. Sally Truckenbrodt Edward and Edith Turkington Stacey Turner Annette Turow Dennis and Jane Uehara David and Mickey Unger Anne Van Wart and Mike Keable Walter B. VandeWerken Peter and Lilian Vardy Thomas and Kathryn Vargish Kathryn Vehe‡ Laura M. Batzer‡ Susan Vonderheid Paul D. Waas Margaret Walsh Karen and Herb Wander John F. Ward Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Ward Gwenyth B. Warton James Watson Robert Watson Melanie and Judson Weeks Betsy Shaw Weiner Sherrie and Albert Weiss Cary Weldy Natalie West and Keith Moorre John W. Wheeler Michele and Ray Whittington Larry and Susan Wikman Barbara Wilder‡ John Willand Ada Gugenheim‡ Scott and Donna Williamson Gary and Modena Wilson‡ Nick and Nancy Wilson Iris S. Witkowsky Julia Wold Ms. Sarah Wolff and Mr. Joel Handelman Richard Woodbury Brian and Amie Wrubel Farhan Yasin Julia and Tom Young Beverly and Arnold Yusim Kathy Willhoite and Rodd Zolkos

PLAYERS ($150-249) Anonymous (40) Richard and Louise Abrahams Philip and June Aimen Roula Alakiotou Mr. Justin Alden Stephanie Aldort‡ Karen and Scott Alexander Barbara and Oscar Alonso‡ Bradley Anderson Dr. and Mrs. Juan Angelats Jurgis and Dalia Anysas Jim Appel Rosemary Crowley and Mort Arnsdorf Jean Arrington Rolla and Joe Ash Linda A. Bacci Ms. Kara Bachman Barbara Badger Mary Lou Bailey Ann Baker Annette Baldwin and Paul Kolansinski Paramita Bandyopadhyay Mikel and Mary Baniak Sanford and Renee Bank Linda Banks Mr. Matt Bartel Dr. Bruce and Sally Bauer‡ Chris and Judith Beardsley Linda Behan and Vincent Kinehan Matthew Behr Ms. Beverly Beine Julie and Howard Benario Mr. and Mrs. John Berg Jacqueline Bergen Peter and Michelle Bergren Anne Berkeley Raeann and Sidney Berman Mandy Berry‡ Barbara E. Bevan Maurice J. and Lois Beznos Robert Bionaz and Ms. Karen Christianson Lois and Stanley Birer James and Dorothy Bishop LaDonna and Ed Black James Blackman Ms. Sydney Blattner Frima H. Blumenthal Fred Boelter Ron and Judy Boggs Mr. Christopher P. Bohus Donald F. Bouseman Philip Boyd Mr. Todd Brady Mark Bransfield and Ashley Vaughn Michael BreDahl Judith and Harold Bregman Sarah Brittin Morris E. Brodwin

Frank Brooks and Andrea Twiss-Brooks‡ Jean Broom Carol S. Brown Jodie Brown John Brown Ilene and Robert Brown Ed Bucher Wade and Kate Buckles Carol Burke Dr. and Mrs. Sheldon O. Burman Jim and Lori Burns Jean and Thomas Burns Philip Burton Crystal and Thomas F. Bush Mr. and Mrs. Mark Bushman Robert and Cheryl Byron Toni and Mike Cainkar Thomas and Karen Calpin Jr. Ronald Campbell Ray Capitanini Thomas Cardoni Christine Carparelli Fairbank and Lynne Carpenter Robert and Sharon Carr Steve Chamberlin and Cathy Colton Richard and Cheryl Chamblin Susan and Jon Chapman Rajeev Chopra Bernard Chung Tobia Ciottone Drs. William and Elizabeth Clark Mr. Donald J. Clarke Carol and Michael Clarke Neil Clipstone Jeff Cogan Marvin R. Cohen Martina A. Cole Thomas Connally Peter and Judith Connolly Mr. Michael Connor Colleen Costello Beth Coughlin and David Wang Harvey and Arlene Coustan Sidney Summey and Melissa Cox Scott Nickell and Brenda Crank Robert Crawford Phyllis Cretors Colin and Teri Cross Linda Curtis Emilie De Angelis and Bert Davenport Mr. Ronald de Vlam James Dersnah and Lida Wagner Theresa and Nitin Desai Jill Devaney Matthew J. Devereux Rachel and Paul H. Dieterle Peter and Elizabeth Dietz Robert and Karen Dirmish Sandra Dismore

individual contributors Annual Fund

Stacy and Jeff Dixon Glen and Suzanne Dobosz William and Phyllis Dobrin Mr. Jordan Dorfman Sally and James Downey Donald and Beatrice Drayer Judy and Jerry Drommerhausen Monte Dube Maynard H. Dubow Ms. Allison Duffy Dr. and Mrs. Gregory Dumanian Tom and Adele Dunn Bryan Duplechain Joan and William Dutton Caroline Dwanand Dan Coogan John and Pat Dyble Wendy Eager Jeanene Ebert Ms. Louisa Economou Judy and Howard Edison Tom and Victoria Eley Steven and Michelle Elliott Eugene and Jean Emeson Serpil Emre Mark and Virginia Erlanson Marilyn D. Ezri M.D. Dr. Malcolm E. Fabiyi Maurice Fantus and Judith Aiello David C. Farmer Loren Klug and Bridget Farrelly Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Fegan Jim and Michael Ferstle Robert and Kathleen Fife Mark and Christine Fisher Sara Stern and Ted Fishman‡ Catherine S. Flanagan Nathan Fleming and Abby Mohaupt Sandy Fliegelman Charlotte and Robert D. Flinn Alicia Flodstrom Paul Fong Mr. and Mrs. James Forlenza Timothy and Janet Fox Mary Gabel Paul and Helen Gallagher Raymond and Patricia Gass Ralph and Elayne Gebert Mark and Bonnie Gehrman Christopher Gent Amy George Thomas Germino Hugh and Doris Gilbert Clark and Nancy Gilpin Lori and Steve Ginsburg Peter Glatz Dennis L. Glavin and Janet Bantz Glavin Eileen M. Golan Sue Goldenberg Marsha and Michael Goldstein Enid J. Golinkin‡ Jessica L Gonzalez Samuel J. Goodman

Bruce Gorchow and Marie Fioramonti Russ and Desiree Grant Judy Grasmick Dr. Kitty Green Dr. and Mrs. Robert Greendale Tara Nussbaum and Alan Greene Katherine and Adam Greetis The Greffin Family James and Lynn Grogan Jamee and Terry Gross Merle and Barry Gross Kate and Francis Guinan Donna and Steve Gulley Susan and Michael Gullotto Marie L. Gunn Mr. Rolf Gunnar Ms. Joanne Gustafson Faith Dansereau & Larry Haefner Doreen Hagerty JIm and Dee Haklin Joan Hall‡ Claire M. Halloran Craig and Terry Halverson Richard Halvorsen‡ William Lee and Malinda Hamann Betsy and Mike Hammond Chester and Phyllis Handelman Timothy R. Hanley Anne Harney Ilene and Morton Harris Dr. Robert A Harris Tom and Virginia Hartley‡ Lee Haupt, Yvonne Lange and Ted Steck Alan Hauser and Anne Suh J. Michael and Barbara Heaton Peter and Claudia Hellman Andrew Henkel Pat and Ron Henning Frank and Midge Heurich Rosalie Hewitt Marc Hilton and Judith Aronson Vivian and David Hock John and Virginia Hogan Michelle and Glenn Holland Donald and Karen Holmberg David and Suzanne Holmes‡ Mr. David Hooker Paula Horn Hornbostel Family Aileen M. Horowitz William Hottinger Ina and John Houck Robin Hulshizer Karen Hunken‡ Barbara Hunter and Cottrell Meadors Harry and Diana Hunter Richard A. Hutner and Lena Motev William and Christine Ieuter

Daniel Ingram and James Crawley James and Margaret Isherwood Lisa A. Iverson Ron and Lizette Jacobson Janice and Boyd Jarrell Davis Jenkins Alison Jensen Christopher Johnsen Craig and Heidi Johnson Loren B. Johnson Sarah A. Jolie‡ Michael and Fran Jones Mr. Michael Jorda Melvin and Annie Kahn Paula R. Kahn Don Kaley Mary Jo Kanady Joseph J. Kane Mr. and Mrs. James Kargman Mr. Sandgren Karl Ms. Melissa Karlin Ms. Claudia A. Katz Charles Katzenmeyer Sara Kaufman Sherry Keating Dr. Susan Kecskes Matthew Keller, Jr. Courtney Kennedy Dr. Ilene Kettering Seema Khan John and Jacki Kilcullen Deborah Kirkorsky Mary Anne Kiser Ms. Marian Klaus Michael Klearman and Saralyn Sacks Douglas and Catherine Knuth David and Deborah Koenen Mr. Ann Kohler Robert and Janet Kohrman Mark and Jill Kolker Anne and Ira J. Kreft Barry and Cheryl Kreiter Bob Kunio Chuck and Diane Laff George and Carla Lambrechts Phil and Helen Lambruschi Judith Land Ed and Bettine Landon Arlene Lannon Renee Lantner Edward and Laverne Larsen Dr. and Mrs. Jules H. Last Emily Lavin Lance Lawson and Jimmy Wetzel Deborah and Jim Lecuyer Pam Lee Susie and Toby Lees Mary Lynn Leland Ms. Laurie Leli Deidre LeMire Mary Ellen Schaid and William Lenz Mr. Darrell Leonard Susan Levitt Michael N. Levy Kenneth and Renee Lewin

Fran and Chuck Licht Arlene Lieb Fred Lieber‡ Dr. Jeffrey M. Lisowski Anissa Listak and Eric Johnson Burton and Nancy Litwin William Loesch Arthur and Barb Loevy William Long Ms. Andrea Long Chris Lonn Dr. and Mrs. Dale Loomis Mr. Nathan Lopp Mr. Christopher Lovejoy Claudia Lovelette Jeff and Nancy Lowenthal Lloyd and Susan Lowy Kelly Luchtman‡ Rosey Lugo Mr. and Ms. Ben Lumpkin James and Janet Lusk Joyce MacDonald James Maclennan Sandy and Judy MacNab Todd Magazine Kathleen Majkowski Dixie and Ken Malek Mindy and Barry Malkin Mr. John Victor Malkovich Brooke and Mike Mandrea Robert and Susan Mangano Ken and Nancy Marks Diane Martin Anthony and Laura Massaro Shawn Mathis Henry and Peggy Matson Sharon K. Matz Ellen and Kevin May John and Nancy McCabe Mike and Cindy McCabe Stacey and Patrick McCusker Duane Sigelko and Mary K. McDermott Merilee and Logan McDougal Terrance and Jane McElroy Robin and John McGinnis The McGuire Sisters Anastasia McGuire Erin E. McInerney Tom and Adrienne McMullen Mr. Matthew McQueen Tim Meneely May and Murl Meredith Eric and Jess Mersmann Dean A. Miller and Martha H. Swift Ron and Pat Miller Stephen and Kimberley Miller Sandy and Scott Miller‡ Wilfred and Barbara Horiarchi Ms. Barbara L. Mills Mike Mittermann Brian Weatherford and Steven Montgomery Sharon Moore Robert J. Moretti

individual contributors Annual Fund Martha Clare and Jim Morris Bob and Ileen Morris Karen Mouscher Greg and Colleen Moyer Dr. Martin Mozes and Mrs. Chava Mozes‡ Nance Nalepa Robin and David Nankin Janet and David Neal Mr. Josh Nelson Karen Nemchik Jack and Leanne Neurauter Marilyn and Russell Newlin Mark and Maggie Nichter‡ Karen Nickelson Margaret Niedermaier Lynne Nieman Daniel and Clare Nimer Emily Nixon Mariano Nunez Sally O’Brien Mary Pat O’Brien Karen J O’Connor John M. O’Donnell and Bonnie L. Humphrey Mr. and Mrs. Julian Oettinger Colleen M. O’Leary Hershel and Adelle Oliff Paul Oliver Brian and Theresa O’Neil Peter and Alanne Ori Jerome and Kathryn Osen Margie and Derk Osenberg Sandra and Mark Ostler Richard Ostrow Frances and William Paden Judy Paglis Kim Palmbush Mr. Alfredo Pamintuan Ms. Nichole Panje Jane Panther Kelly C. and Marshall H. Paquette Robert Parks Audrey and John Paton Ms. Margaret Paul Richard and Marcia Pauling Peggy Paulsen Charles and Melanie Payne M.K. Peagram Andre and Julie Pernet Mr. William Pesetski David and Lindsey Peters Elizabeth Peterson Ross and Jackie Peterson Andy Phelps Margaret Madden and Richard Phillips Barb and Ned Piehler David M. Pierce William and Suzan Pinsof Podolsky Family Foundation Kirsten and James Potter Karen Price‡ Wanda Price Judy Prince Lynn and Clayton Pruitt

David Pruitt and Marjorie Baltazar Jennifer Quinn Broda Marsha Raanan Walter Radloff Ruth Rankin Russell Herron and Lauren Raphael Ms. Barbara Rapp Mr. Chuck Rebesco John and Linda Rebrovic Irene and Alan Redman Jane Rees‡ Michael Reese Jim Reid Elena Reinert Lisa Remby Clisson and Patricia Rexford Bruce A Richmond Dr. Ralph Richter Jr and Mrs. Constance Richter‡ Sandi Riggs Patrick Riley Mr. and Mrs Edwin Rivera Stephen and Caryn Robin Ms. Sharon Robinson Mr. Bruce Rodman Susan W. Rogaliner Deborah Rogers Izabela Roman Sherman and Sarene Rosen Michael Rosenberg Mr. and Mrs. B. Rosenstein Mr. Richard Rosenthal Michael and Bonnie Rothman Ann M. Rothschild Chuck and Peg Rowe William Rowe Howard and Phyllis Rubin Manfred Ruddat Morley and Maureen Russell Mrs. Faye A. Ryan Ms. Teri Rys-Maki Mr. and Mrs. Joe Saccomanno Van and Sue Salmans Dr. and Mrs. Edwin C. Salter Julia Nowicki and Timothy A. Sanborn MD Maria Schane Stephanie Scharf and David Taber Scheuring Family Bernice and Seymour Elbin-Schiff The Schirato Family Madeline Schneider Elizabeth M. Schornak David Schuler Susan and Gary Schuman Joyce Schwegel Celeste and Tony Scolaro Barbara Jo and Thomas D. Scott Leslie Shad Surendra and Dorothie Shah David Shanahan Sugar Shankman

Jonathan and Lynne Shapiro Kathryn Shenk Cheryl and Philip Sheridan‡ Mr. Tom Sherman Sandra Shimon Wm. Angus Shorey Gina Shropshire Ms. Rochelle A. Siegel Eric and Sabrina Sigg Margaret and Alan Silberman Susan and Paul Silverman Jonathan and Elizabeth Sion Miroslaw and Jolanta Skalski Maureen Slavin Hugh and Becky Smart Chuck Smith Jill and Stephen Smith Peter E. Smith Queen Smith Margaret Snow Andrea Snyder Ben Sosewitz Jane and Lee Sotos John Spahr Gary Spangler & Julie B. Aimen-Spangler Mr. James C. Sparks Eugene and Ruth Spina Mirja and Ted Haffner Bonnie Spring Diane Springford Geoffrey and Elise Stanbury Dr. Lisa D. Stanford Thomas Starshak Seena and Carey Stein Nikki and Fredric Stein Mr. and Mrs. William Steinmetz Wallace Stenhouse Deborah Stewart and Roy Plotni Linda Sahagian and Douglas Stewart Kurt Strand Mr. Larry Stuckey Margaret and Edwin Stueben Melissa Suster Mr. Brandon Swalve Bonnie K. Tarry John R. and Catherine Taylor Juanita Temple Arthur and Judith Tepfer Richard and Alice Teutsch Cheryl Thaxton Tim and Carolyn Thompson Skip & Eileen Thurnauer Anne and Bill Tobey Trevor Tomkins Ms. Mona Tousi Daniel Trainor and Claudia Berg Don and Bernadette Turner Catherine Turner Susan Tuteur Elena Urschel Pat and Roger Van Zele

Ms. Susan VandenBosch Janice and Frank Vanek Tracy Vercillo Dr. Susan Vineyard Robert and Rose Wagner James and Karen Wagstaffe Gary and Carleen Wald William and Sharon Wallin William Walsh and Patricia Curtis Sharon Ward Deborah and Neil Warner Ms. Sally Warner Candace Wayne Kimberly Weiner Judy Weingartner Judith Rogers and Howard Weiss Terri Monk and Craig Weldon Adam and Jamie Weyeneth Bonnie Wheeler Steve and Bonnie Wheeler Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Whittenberger Harry and Geri Jender-Wildfeuer Steven and Mary Willcox Deborah B. Williams Ph.D.‡ Cynthia Wirth Ms. MJ Witt Mr. Patrick Wojtak Ann R. Wolfe Dr. Anne H. Wright Ray and Bobbie Yozwiak Glenn Zabec Ed and Lisa Zeitler Marc and Colette Zeman David and Teresa Zembower Ron and Charlie Zia Mr. Daniel Ziembo and Ms. Nancy Cook Burton and Eleanor Zoub Daniel Zox Mr. and Mrs. Bob Zurawski

‡ These donors have generously made a three-year pledge to the Annual Fund, ensuring a stable foundation for our artistic projects.

individual contributors Auxiliary Council Comprised of over 150 young professionals, Steppenwolf’s Auxiliary Council works each season to raise funds for the Steppenwolf for Young Adults Programs. We salute the governing members for giving generously of their time and resources. Contact Annie Lebedoff at 312-654-5681 or auxiliarycouncil@steppenwolf.org to become an Auxiliary Council member today. Executive Officers Nancy Schumacher* President Lauren V. Dettloff* Vice President Stephanie Linn*‡ Secretary Kyle Carstensen* Treasurer Michael T. Noonan* Immediate Past President Marisa Bryce* Nora Daley Conroy*‡ Founding Officers

Governors Justin Alden Michael Andrews Kevin Baldwin Colette Cachey Smithburg*‡ Mark Caldwell Philip Chang Steve Collens Joel Cornfeld Louis Crisostomo Alecia Dantico* Diana Di Iorio* Heather Erickson* Gregory Faron* Aileen Furlong* Sarah Galioto Jami Gekas Lydia Glowaty

Liza Michaels Gravengaard‡ Kevin Haight Stacie Hartman Adam Keats Andrew Keyt Seth Krantz Anne Lanser Kim Masius Brett Plyler* Francis Sadac* Lara Shackelford Laura Schalekamp* Candace Song Matt Summy Mike Swafford Kamiar Vossoughi

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individual contributors Honorary 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 Eric Evenskaas at 312-654-5615 or eevenskaas@steppenwolf.org. In Honor of Nora Daley Conroy Shawn M. Donnelley Dia and Ed Weil In Honor of David and Susan Kalt and Eric and Liz Lefkofsky Stacy and Peter Lindau In Honor of Jared Kaplan Steven Fischer and Tobi Mackler In Honor of Sandy Karuschak Charles Katzenmeyer

In Honor of James Vincent Meredith Esther Gross In Honor of Susan Payne Andrea Biel-Cohen In Honor of Bruce Sagan Joan W. Harris Judith and Jerry Kaufman In Honor of Anna D. Shapiro Lori and Steve Ginsburg In Honor of Anne Shropshire Hyde Gina Shropshire

In Honor of Jonathan G. Lebedoff Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Head

In Memory of Mickey Arkin Shirley and Frederick Richter In Memory of John J. Bransfield, Jr. Myriam L. Bransfield In Memory of Mervilee Lee Brown, Jr. Carol S. Brown

In Memory of Abby S. Magdovitz-Wasserman Dr. David Wasserman In Memory of Sharon Muraka Cary Weldy In Memory of Ellie Punkay Enid Golinkin

In Memory of Dr. Paul P. Krolik, DDS Debbie Silverman Krolik

In Memory of Nancy Wald Edward and Carol A. Maier Albert Wald

In Memory of Nan Lipstein Cathy Nathan

In Memory of Esther Zadeik Mr. Peter A. Zadeik

in-kind contributors Steppenwolf salutes the following individuals and organizations who donated significant goods and/or services. A New Leaf The Affinia Shelburne Alpha Graphics The Algonquin Hotel Joan Allen Ian Barford Chef Rick Bayless Leonard Becker, Attorney at Law The Beverly Wilshire: A Four Seasons Hotel BOKA/Landmark Broadway in Chicago Lynette Harrison Brubaker Chicago Magazine ClientFirst Consulting Group Gary Cole Crain Communications Inc. Jenny DiLuciano Deanna Dunagan

Edge Audio EntertheChef.com Kathryn Erbe Four Seasons Hotel Los Angeles at Beverly Hills Frost Lighting Frank Galati Goose Island Brewery Grey Goose – World’s Best Tasting Vodka Francis Guinan Halls Rental John Hart: Hart Davis Hart Wine Co. HBO’s Entourage Heffernan Morgan, Inc. Images Alive, Ltd. InStyle The James Hotel Neringa Kardelyte Bill Kurtis Donna LaPietra

La Trattoria del Merlo Julie and Fred Latsko Martha Lavey Tracy Letts Limelight Loyola University, Department of Anthropology John Malkovich Marcello’s Catering Mariann Mayberry Chef Michael KornickMK Restaurant Microsoft Corporation Amy Morton Sally Murphy Ogilvy & Mather, Inc. Party Time Productions Perennial Jeff Perry William Petersen Russell Poole

POP Red Star Printing Rondi Reed Riviera Todd Rosenthal Sara Lee Corporation Sepia Anna D. Shapiro Shochu Shure Incorporated Gary Sinise Chef Art Smith Rick Snyder Table Fifty-Two A Table for Two The Talbott Hotel Terry Kinney Timeout Chicago Tipsycake David Turner Photography United Airlines Vinci

Please note that gifts listed above reflect contributions made as of 1/20/2010. 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 312-654-5615.

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