La Ruta Program

LA RUTA

WELCOME TO LA RUTA “(There is a) particular combination of multiple factors that make (Ciudad Juárez) unique for sexual assassination. These include the following: (a) industrialization without safe streets, (b) a criminal justice system with a history of impunity that fuels machista rape murder, (c) a drug war that increased the human trafficking of women by certain organized crime-related elements, and (d) a special geography which includes multiple empty lots without adequate public or private security. Taken together, these complex, multiple, interrelated factors combine to explain why sexual assassination has been a receptive crime in Ciudad Juárez.”

Sara Schatz, “Sexual Homicide of Women on the US/Mexican Border” “If you want to rape and murder a girl, there is no better place than Ciudad Juárez.”

Anonymous Source Femicide, which is defined as the deliberate killing of women because they are women, is a global phenomenon with startling and alarming worldwide statistics. Isaac Gomez’s powerful and important play, La Ruta, is the story of the women of Mexico’s Ciudad Juárez, an area particularly hard hit by these cases and their aftermath. As unflinching and raw as it is beautiful and embracing, La Ruta gives voice to the women lost as well as those left behind to mourn them and fight, against all odds When I first read Isaac’s play, I was immediately struck by two things: first, Isaac’s deep understanding of how historically engrained environmental threat creates different channels in human relationships and secondly, how those altered relationships can forge structures for survival that can change a society.

Because Ciudad Juárez has not only the objective conditions that allow wide-spread femicide but the economic imperative to deny its existence (the government refers to the reports of the disappeared as the Dark Legend), the women of this community have had no choice but to turn the historic oppression that has made these crimes possible on 2 La Ruta

its head. Many have turned to activism, which has given them agency and created a social movement that keeps the voices of the missing in the world. The women of Ciudad Juárez have become warriors where once they were mothers, soldiers where once they were sisters. So, then, have the women of La Ruta and Isaac is their champion.

It is painful to feel the necessity to say this, but when the president himself refers to Mexican people as “rapists and murderers”, one feels compelled to state the obvious: femicide is not a Mexican problem. It is a sensibility that permeates every culture, every religion, every class, every race. When the biggest threat to a woman’s life is not a disease but the person with whom she lives, I think that speaks volumes about where we are as a human race.

And yet, in the midst of institutionalized powerlessness, carrying the tragedy of inexplicable loss, the women of La Ruta fight on as they raise their voices to all of us, demanding that we listen. This, they are singing, is a song we must hear.

Anna D. Shapiro, Artistic Director

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R EHEARSAL PHOTOS

By Joel Moorman

10 BIOS FEATURES 9 THE MUSIC OF LA RUTA Edited by Patrick Zakem, Original Translations by Itzel Blancas 18 PLAYWRIGHT ISAAC GOMEZ ON LA RUTA Edited by Greta Honold

EDITOR Paul G. Miller

CONTRIBUTORS Greta Honold Joel Moorman Brianna Parry A.J. Roy Anna D. Shapiro Patrick Zakem

DESIGN Donovan Foote David Masnato

COVER Illustration by David Masnato

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Anna D. Shapiro† Artistic Director

David Schmitz Executive Director

STEPPENWOLF THEATRE COMPANY PRESENTS

LA RUTA

By Isaac Gomez Directed by ensemble member Sandra Marquez†

FEATURING Charín Alvarez*, Cher Álvarez, Laura Crotte*, Alice da Cunha, Sandra Delgado*, Isabella Gerasole, Mari Marroquin* and Karen Rodriguez*†

PRODUCTION Regina García+ Scenic Design Christine Pascual+ Costume Design Jesse Klug+ Lighting Design Mikhail Fiksel+ Sound Design Rasean Davonte Johnson+ Projection Design Zacbe Pichardo Music Direction Andra Velis Simon Vocal Direction Polly Hubbard Dramaturg Gaby Labotka Fight Choreography Gigi Buffington Company Voice and Text Coach Greta Honold and Patrick Zakem Artistic Producers Karena Fiorenza Production Liaison Brianna Parry Production Manager JC Clementz, CSA Casting Director Christine D. Freeburg* Production Stage Manager Amanda Landis* Assistant Stage Manager

The world premiere of La Ruta was produced and presented at Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Chicago, IL; Anna D. Shapiro, Artistic Director and David Schmitz, Executive Director.

This project was developed with support from the Pivot Arts Incubator Program at Loyola University Chicago.

Steppenwolf Theatre Company is a constituent of Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the national organization for nonprofit professional theater. † member of the Steppenwolf Theatre Company ensemble. * member of Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers. + member of United Scenic Artists, Local 829 of the IATSE. ‡ member of Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, a national theatrical labor union.

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CAST AND CONTRIBUTORS

CAST (in alphabetical order)

ADDITIONAL STAFF

Charín Alvarez* Marisela Cher Álvarez Brenda Laura Crotte* Desamaya Sandra Delgado* Yoli Mari Marroquin* Zaide Karen Rodriguez*† Ivonne Alice da Cunha and Isabella Gerasole Women of Juárez

Denise Yvette Serna Assistant Director JuJu Laurie Stage Management Apprentice Aaron Lorenz Assistant Lighting Designer Michael Commendatore Assistant Projection Design Pornchanok Kanchanabanca Projections Programmer Lucas Garcia Script Supervisor Itzel Blancas Assistant Script Supervisor and Production Observer Brenna Barborka Assistant to the Playwright Ravenswood Studio Set Construction Alice da Cunha Movement Consultant Lydia Hanchett Additional Props Aaron Stephenson Sound Engineer Emily Fergus Run Crew Hanna Wisner Wardrobe Crew Penny Lane Studios Hair Gabriele Rodriguez Costume Design Assistant Dana Nestrick Craft Artisian May Treuhaft-Ali Research Associate Jared Bellot, Rebekah Camm, Greg Geffrard, Lavina Jadhwani, Lauren Katz, Derek Matson, Neel McNeill and Leean Kim Torske Post Show Discussion Moderators

UNDERSTUDIES (in alphabetical order) Alice da Cunha Yoli and Marisela Gabriela Diaz Ivonne, Zaide and Woman of Juárez Isabella Gerasole Brenda Amanda Raquel Martinez Desamaya SETTING Time: Various months throughout 1998 and 2000 Place: Ciudad Juárez, Mexico This play will be presented without an intermission.

Entry and re-entry to the theater after the performance begins is not guaranteed.

MUSIC

There will be a post-show discussion immediately following the performance.

La Ruta Original Theme Zacbe Pichardo Son del Obrero Gabino Palomares Siete Soles Rafael Mendoza Cielito Lindo Quirino Mendoza y Cortés La Bruja Mexican traditional

† member of the Steppenwolf Theatre Company ensemble. * member of Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers. + member of United Scenic Artists, Local 829 of the IATSE.

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LA RUTA IN REHEARSAL Photography by Joel Moorman

Director Sandra Marquez* and playwright Isaac Gomez

CharĂ­n Alvarez with the cast and artistic team of La Ruta

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Cast members Cher Ă lvarez and Karen Rodriguez*

Cast members Alice da Cunha and Mari Marroquin

*Steppenwolf ensemble member

Cast members Sandra Delgado and Laura Crotte

THE MUSIC OF LA RUTA

PLAYWRIGHT ISAAC GOMEZ ON THE VARIOUS SOURCES, HISTORIES AND CONTEXTS OF LA RUTA’S SONGS Edited by Patrick Zakem, Original Translations by Itzel Blancas La Bruja (The Witch) The witch takes hold of me, She takes me to her house … …Oh tell me? Tell me?

Oh why don’t you tell me?

How many little ones have you sucked dry?

In some rural areas of Mexico, there are legends of ghosts and witches. La Bruja (one of Mexico’s oldest traditional songs) warns children to behave—or else the witch will take them and suck out their soul.

In La Ruta, it challenges the notion that women in Juárez magically disappear when they are actually being kidnapped.

The perpetuators of this violence are real; they aren’t magical creatures (though the government treats them as if they are unable to be held accountable).

Son Del Obrero (Worker’s Song)

by Gabino Palomares (1975) …You are a worker and I am one too, If we remain separated there will never be a revolution… …I’m in search of a new world without borders and no boss…

An example of the Nueva Canción movement (a musical genre characterized by folk styles and socially-charged lyrics), this song and others like it played a profound role in social upheavals in Latin America during the 1970s and 1980s. In the context of maquila (factory) workers, the song is re-contextualized around the 255,000 people (mostly women) who work in Juárez’s 330 maquiladoras under some of the most challenging conditions globally – all for U.S. export.

Cielito Lindo (Lovely Sweet One)

by Quirino Mendoza y Cortés (1882) …Sing and don’t cry, Because singing brightens, Lovely sky, the hearts.

That beauty mark you have, Lovely sky, next to your lips, Don’t give it to anyone, Lovely sky, because it is mine…

This popular song, a Mexican staple, is often played by Mariachi bands and sung by men.

The title, a term of endearment comparable to sweetheart, has evolved from a symbol of centuries-old male possessiveness to an emblem of resilience amidst grief and loss. In La Ruta, the “sweet one” refers to missing daughters and the mothers who yearn for them.

Siete Soles (Seven Suns)

by Rafael Mendoza (2008) …The desert only dried my tears The darkness only killed my dreams I was only following the lure of a mirage Beneath the seven suns I fell into the abyss…

Written for the film 7 Soles, this song describing the hardships of desert life is performed in canto cardenche – Mexico’s most haunting musical style. Cardenche refers to a desert cactus with painful, prickly thorns—just as the musical style focuses on pain: emotional and physical.

Death is an ever-present theme in cardenche, which rings true in the context of the missing and murdered women of Juárez.

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LA RUTA BIOS Charín Alvarez (Marisela) Theatre credits include Lettie, Mojada, Oedipus El Rey, Anna in the Tropics, A Park in the House (Victory Gardens Theater); The Scene (Writers Theatre); 2666, Pedro Paramo, El Nogalar, Dollhouse, Electricidad (Goodman Theatre); In the Time of the Butterflies, Our Lady of the Underpass, I put the fear of Mexico in ‘em, Dreamlandia, Another Part of the House (Teatro Vista); Water by the Spoonful (Court Theatre); Work of Art (Chicago Dramatists); The Clean House (Remy Bumppo Theatre Company); What We Once Felt (About Face Theatre); Kita & Fernanda (16th Street Theatre); Esperanza Rising (Chicago Children’s Theatre); Two Sisters and a Piano (Apple Tree Theatre); Generic Latina (Teatro Luna); and La Casa de Bernarda Alba (Aguijon Theatre). Film and television credits include Easy, Shameless, Chicago Fire, Mob Doctor, Boss, Chicago Code, Approach Alone, Rooftop Wars, Arc of a Bird, Were the World Mine, Chicago Overcoat, Eric’s Haircut, Dogwalker, Rogers Park, Olympia: Manual on how to live your life, Signature Move, En Algun Lugar, Princess Cyd, St. Frances, Teacher and Hala.

Cher Álvarez (Brenda) is “over the moon grateful and not to mention overjoyed to be making her debut at Steppenwolf Theatre Company.” She holds a B.F.A. in Musical Theatre from Webster Conservatory of Theatre Arts. Credits include Our Town (Milwaukee Repertory Theatre); As You Like It, Measure for Measure, Pericles, Prince of Tyre and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (American Player’s Theatre). “Ademi, mis pollitos gracias por tu apoyo y amor.”

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Laura Crotte (Desamaya) is honored to be working at Steppenwolf Theatre Company for the first time.

Chicago credits include Yasmina´s Necklace, Pedro Páramo, The Sins of Sor Juana, Mariela in the Desert, Electricidad (Goodman Theatre); Into the Beautiful North, Yasmina´s Necklace (16th Street Theater); Blind Mouth Singing, Another Part of the House, The Sins of Sor Juana (Teatro Vista); Esperanza Rising (Chicago Children´s Theatre); La Casa de Bernarnda Alba (Aguijon Theater); Blood Wedding adapted, directed and produced

by Ms. Crotte (Goodman´s Latino Theater Festival); and The Madres (La Troupe San Miguel Allende, Gto). Hailing from Veracruz, she has performed in Peru, Argentina, Cuba, Canada, and extensively throughout Mexico.

She´s been featured as vocalist at House of Blues, Hot House, Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Old Town School of Folk Music. Film credits include Maydays, Out of Love, Alquimia and La cita de Bardini.

Alice da Cunha (Woman of Juárez) is thrilled to be working at Steppenwolf Theatre Company.

Chicago credits include United Flight 232 (The House Theatre of Chicago—Jeff Award for Best Production and Best Ensemble); Tug of War (Circa Pintig); Veteran Voices (Erasing the Distance); The Clean House (Remy Bumppo Theatre); After (Profiles Theatre); and Please Say Yes (Redtwist Theatre).

London credits include This Much is True (Theatre 503); Closing Time (Soho Theatre); and The Illegals (City Hall). Film Credits include The Iron Lady and Outpost: Black Sun. Alice is Co-Artistic Director of Physical Festival and Artistic Consultant for Theater Unspeakable. “Endless thanks to my family for their love and support.”

Sandra Delgado (Yoli) returns to Steppenwolf Theatre Company after last appearing in her smash hit La Havana Madrid, produced by Teatro Vista in the 1700 Theatre. Steppenwolf Theatre Company credits include The Motherf*cker With the Hat, Sonia Flew, The House on Mango Street and her storytelling series Saints and Sinners for Steppenwolf’s LookOut Series. Other acting highlights include Oedipus El Rey (Public Theater); 2666 (Goodman Theatre); and Mojada (Victory Gardens Theater).

Television credits include Law and Order: SVU, Chicago PD, Chicago Fire, Chicago Justice, Betrayal and Mind Games. Ms. Delgado is an ensemble member of Collaboraction and Teatro Vista. Her new play Hundreds and Hundreds of Stars was featured in the Goodman Theatre’s 2018 New Stages Festival. Delgado is a 2018 3Arts Awardee and is one of the twenty women of Chicago arts and culture featured on Kerry James Marshall’s mural RUSHMORE. sandradelgado.net Isabella Gerasole (Woman of Juárez) is thrilled to return to Steppenwolf Theatre Company. She is a graduate of Northwestern University, and her recent credits include Lucky: A Musical (The Second City); and The Burn (Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Understudy). She can also be seen in Snugglr, a new pilot from Conde Nast and Indigenous Media, now available online, as well as in the web series of the same name that premiered at Tribeca Film Festival 2018. She is a company member at Barrel of Monkeys. Isabella is proudly represented by Grossman & Jack.

Mari Marroquin (Zaide) is thrilled to return to the stage after taking a break to be a mom. She returns to Steppenwolf Theatre Company where she was last seen in The House on Mango Street. Other credits include Motherhood the Musical (Royal George Theatre); and The Comedy of Errors (Chicago Shakespeare Theater).

Mari is a proud company member at Barrel of Monkeys, has a degree in Music from Simpson College, and is represented by Paonessa Talent Agency. She is honored to be a part of such an important play and help tell the stories of these incredibly courageous woman. “Endless love to Lyla and Dwayne for their unwavering support.”

Karen Rodriguez (Ivonne) joined the Steppenwolf Theatre Company ensemble in 2018 and most recently appeared in The Doppelgänger (an international farce) and The Rembrandt. She also appeared in the world premiere of Breach by Antoinette Nwandu at Victory Gardens Theater and in the critically acclaimed solo show The Way She Spoke by Isaac Gomez at Greenhouse Theater Center. Other Chicago credits include The Displaced (Haven Theater); Hookman (Steep Theatre Company); Blue Skies Process, Another Word for Beauty (Goodman Theatre); good friday (Oracle, Jeff nomination for Best Ensemble); and Don Chipotle (The Storefront Theater).

Television credits include Chicago Justice.

Ms. Rodriguez is a 2017 recipient of the Make a Wave 3Arts Award.

“For the women.”

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Isaac Gomez (Playwright) is an award-winning Chicago-based playwright originally from El Paso, Texas/Ciudad Juárez, Mexico. His one-woman show the way she spoke will be receiving its Off-Broadway premiere at the Minetta Lane Theatre (produced by Audible) in Spring 2019.

He is currently under commission from South Coast Repertory, Denver Center for the Performing Arts, the Goodman Theatre, Writers Theater, The Theatre School at DePaul University (Cunningham Commission for Youth Theater), Steep Theatre and StepUp Chicago Playwrights.

His plays have been supported by Steppenwolf Theater Company, Primary Stages, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Goodman Theatre, Victory Gardens Theater, Northlight Theatre, Albany Park Theater Project, WaterTower Theater, Haven Theater, Teatro Vista, Greenhouse Theater Center, Jackalope Theater Company, Pivot Arts, Definition Theater Company, Broken Nose Theater, Stage Left, The VORTEX and Something Marvelous. He is the recipient of the 2018 Dramatists Guild Lanford Wilson Award, the 2017 Jeffry Melnick New Playwright Award at Primary Stages, an inaugural 3Arts “Make A Wave” grantee, Co-Creative Director at the Alliance of Latinx Theatre, a Resident Playwright at Chicago Dramatists, an Artistic Associate with Victory Gardens Theater, Ensemble Member with Teatro Vista, Artistic Associate with Pivot Arts, an advisory committee member of the Latinx Theatre Commons (LTC) and a core producer with the Jubilee.

He is a Professional Lecturer at The Theatre School at DePaul University, and is represented by The Gersh Agency and Circle of Confusion.

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Sandra Marquez (Director) joined the Steppenwolf Theatre Company ensemble in spring 2016, most recently appeared in The Roommate and will star in A Doll’s House, Part 2 this January. Other Steppenwolf Theatre Company credits include Mary Page Marlowe, The Motherf**ker with the Hat, A Streetcar Named Desire, Sonia Flew and One Arm. At Teatro Vista, where she is a longtime company member, she directed Fade, My Mañana Comes, Breakfast Lunch & Dinner and the Jeff nominated production of Our Lady of the Underpass. Her many acting credits at Teatro Vista include A View from the Bridge for which she received a Jeff Award. Ms. Marquez completed a threeyear arc playing Clytemnestra in what was billed as Court Theatre’s Iphigenia Cycle (Iphigenia at Aulis, Electra and Agamemnon). Film and television credits include Boss, Empire, Red Line, Chicago Med, Chicago Justice and Timer.

Ms. Marquez is on the theater faculty at Northwestern University.

Regina García (Scenic Design) is delighted to be back at Steppenwolf Theatre Company after designing The Rembrandt last season. Other regional theater credits include American Mariachi (Denver Center for the Performing Arts/Old Globe); Murder for Two (Merrimack Repertory Theatre); Blood Knot (American Players Theatre); and The River Bride (Arizona Theatre Company).

Regina has long standing relationships with the Latinx Theatre Commons and its renowned Teatros including Repertorio Español, the Puerto Rican Traveling Theater, Teatro Vista and Pregones Theater. She is a Fellow of the NEA/TCG Career Development Program for Designers and the Princess Grace Awards, USA. Regina teaches design at DePaul’s Theatre School.

Christine Pascual (Costume Design) returns to Steppenwolf Theatre Company where previous credits include The House on Mango Street and Pacific. Recent credits include Crumbs From The Table of Joy (Raven Theatre); Lady in Denmark, Feathers and Teeth, The Happiest Song Plays Last, Fish Men, El Nogalar, Massacre, New Stages Festival (Goodman Theatre); Put Your House in Order (Jackalope Theatre Company); The Displaced (Haven Theatre); Hang (Remy Bumppo Theatre Company); Traitor (A Red Orchid Theatre); and Simpatico (McCarter Theatre). She has also worked at American Theater Company, Teatro Vista, Victory Gardens Theater, Chicago Children’s Theatre, Theatre Wit, Court Theatre, Congo Square Theatre Company. Off-Broadway credits include The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity (Second Stage Theatre).

Regional credits include work at American Players Theatre, Virginia Stage Company and Centerstage. Pascual was a 2018 3Arts Awardee, a 2010 Henry Hewes Design Award nominee and an exhibitor at the 2011 Prague Quadrennial.

Theatre of South Africa, Syndney Fringe Festival, as well as others on five different continents. Mr. Klug is a multiple Joseph Jefferson award winner and twenty-twotime nominee. jessekluglightingdesign.com

Mikhail Fiksel (Sound Design) is a Chicagoand Brooklyn-based designer, composer, musician and DJ, and he is excited for his Steppenwolf Theatre Company debut.

Recent Chicago work includes projects with Victory Gardens, The Goodman Theatre, Writers Theatre, Chicago Shakespeare, Teatro Vista, Make Believe Association and Albany Park Theatre Project. Off-Broadway and Regional: Playwrights Horizons, The Civilians, PlayCo, Manhattan Theatre Club, La Jolla Playhouse, Williamstown Theatre Festival, The Old Globe, South Coast Rep, Center Theatre Group, Studio Theatre, A.C.T. and City Theatre. Film work includes original scores for Glitch, The Wise Kids and In Memoriam. He is the recipient of two Lucille Lortel Awards, multiple Joseph Jefferson Awards, two Drama Desk Nominations and The Michael Maggio Emerging Designer Award and is a proud member of TSDCA and USA. Jesse Klug (Lighting Design) credits include The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity (Lortel, mikhailfiksel.com Hewes nominations), The Screwtape Letters Rasean Davonte Johnson (Projection (Off-Broadway and National Tour), Romulus Design) returns to Steppenwolf Theatre and The Hunchback Variations. His regional Company where he previously worked credits include work at Goodman Theatre, on You Got Older and BLKS, as well as Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Marriott Steppenwolf for Young Adults’ The Burn.

Theatre, Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, A Chicago-based video artist and theatrical Indiana Repertory Theatre, American designer, he has worked locally with Players Theatre, Arizona Theatre Company, institutions such as Writers Theatre, Drury Paramount Theatre, Lookingglass Theatre Lane Theatre, Court Theatre, TimeLine Company, Victory Gardens Theater, Geffen Theatre, Teatro Vista, The Hypocrites, Playhouse, The Old Globe, Asolo Theatre Collaboraction and Manual Cinema.

Company, Shakespeare Theatre Company, Other credits include projects with The Court Theatre, Virginia Stage Company, Sheen Center, B.A.M, ArtsEmerson, Dallas Portland Center Stage, Northlight, Writers Theatre Center, Yale Repertory Theatre, Theatre, Maine State Music Theatre.

Long Wharf Theatre, McCarter Theatre Internationally he has designed for Center, Olney Theatre Center, Geva Theatre Edinburgh Fringe Festival, INFANT, Market Center, Berkshire Theatre Group, Alliance Bios 13

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Theatre and the Ningbo Song and Dance Company. MFA: Yale School of Drama. raseandavontejohnson.com Gigi Buffington (Company Voice and Text Coach) returns to Steppenwolf Theatre Company where her credits include Familiar, Downstate, The Doppelgänger (an international farce), Guards at the Taj, The Minutes, Hir, Pass Over, Linda Vista and Mary Page Marlowe. Other credits include King Kong Live on Broadway, Mary Page Marlowe, Straight White Men (Second Stage, Broadway); Pass Over (LCT3); Coriolanus (Red Bull Theatre Company); The Tempest (LaMaMa); The Merchant Of Venice, 500 year commemoration of the Jewish Ghetto (Venice, Italy); Elizabeth R: texts & beheadings (BAM and The Folger Theatre); A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Hamlet (with David Tennant and Patrick Stewart), Love’s Labour’s Lost, (The Royal Shakespeare Company); The Maids (director), Pericles, Othello, An Iliad, The Seagull, Hamlet, Romeo & Juliet and Richard III (American Players Theater). She is an Associate Arts Professor at Tisch School of the Arts, New York University. She is a member of AEA, SAG/AFTRA and VASTA. Zacbe Pichardo (Music Director) is a two-time Grammy nominee composer, performer, and director with over 30 years’ experience in Mexican folk music.

He has presented his work in venues such as The House of Blues, Symphony Center, Harris Theater, Goodman Theatre and Steppenwolf Theatre Company (Chicago); The Getty Museum (California); The Smithsonian, Library of Congress, Kennedy Center (Washington D.C.); Lincoln Center, The MET and Carnegie Hall (New York); and in countries including France, Portugal, China and Cuba to name a few. He has credits in compositions such as Tlaloc (Symphonic Orchestra); El Lio 14 Bios

de Anna (Chicago Latino Film Festival); Origenes Ancestrales and Madre Tierra (Sones de Mexico Ensemble).

He is originally from Mexico City where he began his musical studies at the Ollin Yoliztli conservatory and he holds a BM in composition from the Columbia College’s music conservatory.

Andra Velis Simon (Vocal Director) is thrilled to be joining Steppenwolf Theatre Company for the first time. Regionally, her work has been seen at Oregon Shakespeare Festival, A.R.T. in Cambridge, Brooklyn Academy of Music, NYU’s Skirball Center, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Pasadena Playhouse and Berkeley Repertory Theatre. In Chicago, she has worked with The Goodman Theatre, The Hypocrites, Theater Wit, Chicago Children’s Theatre, Firebrand Theatre and many others. From 2008-2016, Andra served asthe staff Music Director for the Theatre Department at Columbia College Chicago, where she continues to teach musical theatre performance. “Special thanks as always to Jamie.” andravelissimon.com Gaby Labotka (Fight Choreography) is an actor, director, choreographer and more whose recent choreography credits include Neverland (Prop Thtr); Borealis (The House Theatre of Chicago); Hamlet, A Swell in the Ground (The Gift Theatre Company); Another Jungle (CloudGate Theatre); Through the Elevated Line (Silk Road Rising); A Story Told in Seven Fights (The Neo-Futurists. ALTA Award); The Good Fight (Babes with Blades); Night in Alachua County (WildClaw Theatre); and Romeo and Juliet (Teatro Vista, 2017). Gaby is a proud alum of the Steppenwolf Young Adult Council (2007-08), a member of Intimacy Directors International and an Advanced Actor Combatant with the SAFD. “Keep smiling!” facebook.com/GabyLabotka.Theatre

Christine D. Freeburg (Production Stage Manager) Steppenwolf Theatre Company credits include The Doppelgänger (an international farce), The Minutes, Linda Vista, Constellations, The Flick, The Herd, The Motherf**ker with the Hat, American Buffalo (also at McCarter Theatre), The Tempest, The Seafarer, The Diary of Anne Frank, after the quake and Cherry Orchard.

Ms. Freeburg is an adjunct faculty member at The Theatre School at DePaul University and spent nine summers stage managing at Weston Playhouse. She is happily married to Thom Cox and the proud mother of Joan Marie.

Amanda Landis (Assistant Stage Manager) is thrilled to work with Steppenwolf Theatre Company for the first time. Chicago credits include Macbeth (Chicago Shakespeare Theater); Lookingglass Alice and Title and Deed (Lookingglass Theatre Company).

Other credits include Lettice and Lovage (Resident Ensemble Players); The Wolves, Hedda Gabler, Moment, Between Riverside and Crazy, Bad Jews. Chimerica (Studio Theatre); An Octoroon, Kiss (Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company); The Smartest Girl in the World (Imagination Stage); In the Heights (GALA Hispanic Theatre); and Peter and the Starcatcher (Constellation Theatre Company). Ms. Landis holds a BA in Theatre Arts from Northwestern University.

Anna D. Shapiro (Artistic Director) joined the Steppenwolf ensemble in 2005 and was awarded the 2008 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play for August: Osage County (Steppenwolf, Broadway, London).

She was nominated in 2011 in the same category for The Motherf**ker with the Hat (Public Theater, Labyrinth Theater). Other directing credits at Steppenwolf include The Minutes, Visiting Edna, Mary Page Marlowe, Three Sisters, A Parallelogram, Up, The Crucible, The Unmentionables (also at

Yale Repertory Theatre), The Pain and the Itch (also in New York), I Never Sang for My Father, Man from Nebraska, Purple Heart (also in Galway, Ireland), The Drawer Boy, Side Man (also in Ireland, Australia and Vail, Colorado), Three Days of Rain, The Infidel and This Is Our Youth (which transferred to Broadway). Other Broadway credits include Of Mice and Men (with James Franco) and Fish in the Dark (with Larry David).

Off- Broadway credits include Domesticated (Lincoln Center Theater).

She is a graduate of the Yale School of Drama and Columbia. She is a full professor in Northwestern University’s Department of Theatre.

David Schmitz (Executive Director) has worked at Steppenwolf Theatre Company for 14 years, serving in the roles of Director of Finance and Administration, General Manager and currently as Executive Director. Prior to working at Steppenwolf, David was the General Manager at Lookingglass Theatre Company, Associate Artistic Director of Stage Left Theatre and Business Manager at the entertainment agency Adair Performance. Currently, he serves as Vice President of the Board for The House Theatre of Chicago as well as on the boards of the League of Chicago Theatres and Arts Alliance Illinois. David is a former board member for the Lincoln Park Chamber of Commerce and has worked as a strategic planning, business practices, finance and hiring consultant for numerous Chicago organizations, including The House Theatre of Chicago, The Hypocrites and Stage Left Theatre, among others. He holds a BA in theatre from the University of Northern Colorado, an MFA from the Theatre Conservatory at the Chicago College of Performing Arts, Roosevelt University and a Certificate in Non Profit Management from Roosevelt University.

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PLAYWRIGHT ISAAC GOMEZ ON LA RUTA Edited by Greta Honold I was born and raised along the border.

El Paso, Texas / Ciudad Juárez, to be more precise, which is where La Ruta takes place. Although my upbringing was in El Paso, if you live in a border city, both sister cities are your home. Growing up, we would visit extended family in Juárez almost weekly, and I remember little things that didn’t have significance to me at the time. As a young man, I had the ability to do whatever I wanted, wherever I wanted, without any trouble or guidance or mediation. But any time any of the young women in my family wanted to or needed to do anything, like throw away the trash or go to the corner store down the street, the men would have to accompany them – myself included. At the time, I thought this was something everyone did everywhere; I never knew the reasons why this was happening to my cousins in Juárez.

Flash forward to many years later while I was at the University of Texas at Austin, a friend was taking a Chicana Feminism class where she learned about the missing and murdered woman of Ciudad Juárez. She confronted me one day: “Isaac, what the hell? You’re from this city and you never told me this was happening. I don’t understand.”

I was shocked and was like, “this isn’t happening in my hometown.” And she said, “Yes, it is. It’s been happening for forever.” I was like, “I don’t think so, no.”

So then as any young Mexican would

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do in moments of distress, I called my mom and told her, “Mom, I just heard about this weird thing today.” She said, “Oh yeah, everyone knows about Las Desaparecidas.” They’re also often referred to as Las Muertas de Juárez – translating to the Missing Girls or the Dead Women of Juárez, respectively.

I remember feeling embarrassed more than anything. Everyone knew about it but me. It was the first time that I had to confront, even as a queer Mexican from the border, my ability (as a man) to not have to worry about this thing that every single woman in my life, especially in my hometown, knew about, and were warned about. So then I became obsessed and I needed to go back to Juárez to see it for myself.

I called a friend up who was still living in Juárez and went to visit her. The first place we went was a memorial site called Campo Algodonero (which translates to ‘cotton field.’) And it was in this field where two boys playing kickball found eight women who had been mutilated and left buried there in the early 2000s. Since then, it has become an informal memorial site amidst a lack of action from the Mexican Government, created by women whose daughters are still missing, whose sisters are gone, fathers too. At first there were three, then eight, then hundreds of them.

Pink crosses, everywhere.

We then went and spent time with this woman whom our central character, Yolanda, is based on. Yolanda sat there and told me the story of her daughter, Brenda, who went missing in 2008.

Brenda and I are the same age. She was seventeen when she went missing.

She hasn’t come back yet, and Yolanda became the focal point for me both in the telling of the story and in the charge for its message. The impetus for the play is not divorced from the place I come from nor is it divorced from the person who charged me to do this.

commonly referred to in Mexico and other parts of Latin America. Amidst that pain, Marisela became an activist.

Everything in the play is real. The names might differ to protect identities, and this play is absolutely not a docu-drama or bioplay by any means. It’s a creative reimagining. But there’s no fiction in any of the major dramatic events of the play or the essence of who these characters are. It’s in how they exchange with one another that is fiction.

The reality is, first and foremost, most people don’t know this is happening.

For many reasons because of its lack of presence in media and in entertainment and in news. But even to this day it’s still happening. There are about 1,400 known, found women, with maybe one third of them listed as unidentified because they can’t be recognized based on how they were found, with thousands more still missing. How do that many women just go away, and you don’t even notice? How many women have to disappear for you know that they’re gone? How many Mexican women?

How many Black girls from the south side of Chicago? The play is speaking to a larger issue that women are facing all over the world. It’s happening in Chicago. It’s happening in New York.

It’s happening in Austin. It’s happening everywhere. Once you know, you can’t un-know. You’re going to know forever.

You’ll think about it even when you don’t want to. That’s what the women of Juárez, the women I interviewed, want.

Don’t forget them. Ever.

you know, “youOnce can’t un-know.

I went on to interview bus drivers who watched women get kidnapped as they were running towards the bus, an ex-convict who was formally convicted of murdering the eight women found in Campo Algodonero (and then acquitted of those charges), women whose sisters are still missing and who are raising young girls in this environment right now, the Editor and Chief of a newspaper there called El Diario that used to prominently report about the missing and murdered women and then randomly one day denounced it completely all together.

You’re going to know forever.

Marisela is also based on a real woman. Marisela Escobedo Ortiz’s daughter, Rubí, was murdered by her boyfriend when she was 16. She went missing, he confessed at trial, told the authorities where to find her - which was dismembered in a trash bag in a nearby dumpster - and after his confession, he was acquitted of all charges, because that’s what happens in a culture of toxic masculinity, or machista cultura as it’s

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Members Baker McKenzie, Michael A. Duffy Newcastle Limited, Michael Haney Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Brian Duwe Winston & Strawn LLP, Matthew R. Carter ° Denoted Corporate Arts Council Steering Committee Member

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ENDOWMENT SPONSORS Hope Abelson Fund for New Play Development Artistic Endowment established through the Leading National Theatres Program, a joint initiative of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Ruth D. and Ken M. Davee New Works Fund Douglas R. Brown Playwright/ Director Endowment Fund Ford Foundation Artistic and General Operating Endowment Funds

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Richard and Mary L. Gray Production Endowment Fund John S. and James L. Knight Foundation Fund for the Development of New Work The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Daniel E. McLean National and International Production Fund Avy and Marcie Stein Sustaining Fund for the Ensemble Steppenwolf Board Designated Endowment Fund

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Rose L. and Sidney N. Shure Nancy L. Wald

HONOR AND MEMORIAL GIFTS In Honor of Kate Arrington Jean Arrington In Honor of Susan Berghoef Lisa Kornick In Honor of Henry Bienen Shirley and Patrick G. Ryan In Honor of Bob Bowersox and Melody Moore Stacy Stahl In Honor of Leslie Bradberry Jennifer Baryl In Honor of Nora Daley Shawn M. Donnelley J.B. and M.K. Pritzker Family Foundation In Honor of Josephine Eva Desir Charlotte Durot In Honor of Jessie Fisher and Erik Hellman Lisa M. Fisher In Honor of Jimmy Freund Maureen Eisenberg In Honor of Noreen Gallagher Deborah Levinson In Honor of Evan Hatfield Frank Chanen Paul Rink In Honor of Stephanie Heller Roselyn Friedman Terrence Walsh In Honor of the Lefkofskys and Kalts Laura and Scott Eisen

In Honor of Emily Moss and Josh Engel Michele Heist In Honor of the marriage of Shayna Rashkow and Max Lesser 11/4/18, Dick In Honor of Dr. Kenneth Rottman Alan Rottman In Honor of Cari Sacks Madeleine Grynsztejn In Honor of Bruce Sagan and Bette Cerf Hill Anita and Jamie Orlikoff In Honor of Eli Spiegel Donna Spiegel In Honor of Sai Vavricek Eileen Vavricek In Honor of Susan Warrington Barbara L. and Richard C. Barrett Marilee Kovacs In Honor of Meredith Bluhm-Wolf and William Wolf Andrew Block and Julie Nerenberg In Memory of George S. Brengel Janyce D. Brengel In Memory of Betty Carlson Tracy Goepel In Memory of Kati Hastings Anonymous

In Memory of Norton H. Kay Sandra Blau In Memory of Abby S. MagdovitzWasserman Dr. David Wasserman In Memory of John Mahoney Mark and Frances Mann Nancy Parkinson Richard Turner Jennifer Yven In Memory of Mariann Mayberry Daniel Alan Balsam Ruth Mandel In Memory of James W. Ray and James W. Ray, Jr. Nancy Ray In Memory of Henry Ross Benjamin and Emily Bunker In Memory of Rose L. Shure Shure Incorporated In Memory of Jack B. Stanford Dr. Lisa D. Stanford In Memory of Kari Timm Jill O’Donovan In Memory of Nancy Wald Albert Wald In Memory of Irwin L. Watzer Bobbie Meyers In Memory of Diane Zientek The Schirato Family

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CORPORATE, FOUNDATION & GOVERNMENT CONTRIBUTORS Grand Benefactors ($100,000+) Allstate Insurance Company* The Crown Family ‡ The Davee Foundation‡ Lefkofsky Family Foundation‡ John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation‡* The Negaunee Foundation Polk Bros. Foundation*‡ Roy Cockrum Foundation Shubert Foundation, Inc. Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust‡ United Airlines The Wallace Foundation‡ Zell Family Foundation‡ Benefactors ($50,000 – $99,999) Anonymous Paul M. Angell Foundation CA Ventures ComEd Conagra Brands Foundation Julius Frankel Foundation The Harris Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. King Harris Kathy Harris Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Szokol Mr. and Mrs. William Friend Mr. and Mrs. John Harris Illinois Arts Council, a state agency J.P.Morgan* National Endowment for the Arts Northern Trust* The Orlebeke Foundation The Poetry Foundation PwC Smart Family Foundation of Illinois Vinci Producers ($25,000 – $49,999) Anonymous (2) Alphawood Foundation American Express Ameriprise Financial Archer Daniels Midland Company

The Bluhm Family Charitable Foundation The Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation City of Chicago, Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events DLA Piper LLP (US) Lloyd A. Fry Foundation Greenberg Traurig LLP Grosvenor Capital Management BMO Harris Bank* Walter E. Heller Foundation The Joyce Foundation Laurents/Hatcher Foundation Prince Charitable Trusts J.B. and M.K. Pritzker Family Foundation Sage Foundation Schiff Hardin LLP Searle Family Trust Searle Funds at The Chicago Community Trust Earl and Brenda Shapiro Foundation‡ Sidley Austin LLP‡ Gary Sinise Foundation Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP Patrons ($10,000 – $24,999) Anonymous (2) Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture Ambassador Chicago Baker McKenzie BNY Mellon Wealth Management Robert and Isabelle Bass Foundation, Inc. Blitstein Family Foundation The Boeing Company Helen Brach Foundation Buchanan Family Foundation Citadel LLC CNA Financial Corporation* CRC Swett Frank G. and Gertrude Dunlap Fund Eversheds Sutherland Faegre Baker Daniels

* Corporations and foundations that have made employee matching gifts

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Graycor, Inc. Green Courte Partners, LLC GrubHub Illinois Tool Works Foundation Irving Harris Foundation Make It Better Media Marsh Private Client Services Mayer Brown LLP McKinsey & Company, Inc. Melcher Charitable Foundation Newcastle Limited Norcon, Inc Pepsico Foundation Precision Control Systems Rhoades Foundation Ropes & Gray LLP Dr. Scholl Foundation Seigle Family Foundation Siragusa Family Foundation The Smithburg Family Foundation John and Carol Walter Family Foundation William Blair & Company, LLC The Williams Capital Group, L.P. Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP Winston & Strawn, LLP Sustainers ($5,000 – $9,999) Aon Baird Modestus Bauer Foundation Baxter International Inc.* Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois Claridge House Philip H. Corboy Foundation Grainger Foundation John R. Halligan Charitable Fund Ice Miller LLP Karkomi Family Foundation Loop Capital Markets Mendelsohn Legal, Inc. Nordstrom Reynolds Family Foundation Sahara Enterprises, Inc. Suite Home Chicago Louis & Nellie Sieg Fund

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LEAD INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTORS These individuals provide inspirational annual support for productions, education programs and general operations and help safeguard Steppenwolf’s international reputation for artistic excellence and innovation. Donors with ‡ have made a generous multi-year pledge.

Premier Patrons ($50,000+) Anonymous Julie and Roger Baskes‡ Leigh and Henry Bienen Andrew and Amy Bluhm Marlene Breslow-Blitstein and Berle Blitstein Douglas R. Brown Phil and Mary Beth Canfield Ann and Richard Carr Joyce Chelberg Elizabeth H. Connelly Caroline and Keating Crown Nora Daley and Sean Conroy Rich and Margery Feitler Amy and Cameron Findlay ‡ King and Caryn Harris John Hart and Carol Prins‡ Pam and Dennis D. Howarter Liz and Eric Lefkofsky ‡ Lynn Lockwood Murphy and Barrett B. Murphy ‡ Mary and Bill Ludford Ronald J. Mallicoat, Jr. Pam and Ashley Netzky Anne and Don Phillips‡ Cari and Michael J. Sacks‡ Robert and Louise Sanborn Elliot A. Stultz Bryan Traubert and Penny Pritzker John and Carol Walter Helen Zell

Grand Patrons ($25,000 – $49,999) Sarah Beardsley and Dr. Christopher Randolph Michael Bender and Sheridan Prior Meredith Bluhm-Wolf and Bill Wolf Kent and Liz Dauten Shawn M. Donnelley and Christopher M. Kelly ‡ Amy Eshleman and Lori Lightfoot Ethel and Bill Gofen Richard and Mary L. Gray ‡ Bob and Amy Greenebaum‡ Mrs. John M. Hartigan Marian, Fruman and Lisa Jacobson Steven D. Loucks‡ Andrew Keyt Jim and Kay Mabie‡ Holly and Matt Maloney Mr. and Ms. David E. Mendelsohn Verett Mims Christopher and Eileen Murphy Randy and Susi Rowe Bruce Sagan and Bette Cerf Hill Manny Sanchez and Pat Pulido Sanchez Sue and Harry Seigle Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Shapiro‡ Colette Cachey Smithburg and Tom Smithburg Bill and Orli Staley

Distinguished Patrons ($15,000 – $24,999) Andy and Sue Arnold Carole L. Brown Beth Boosalis Davis and Maxwell S. Davis Donald and Anne Edwards Valerie and Paul Goodrich Juliette Feld and Andrew Grossman Christine Albright and Lawrence Gill Joan Hall Lynn Hauser and Neil Ross Mr. David Hoffman Perry and Cathy Iverson Jeffrey Maling and Rebecca Johnston Jared Kaplan and Maridee Quanbeck The Krammer Family Tracy Letts Kate and William Macdonald L. Heather Mitchell and Kenny Mitchell Deborah and Stephen Quazzo Merle Reskin Benjamin Rosenthal Ms. Elizabeth Schubert Stephanie B. Smith and Gerald Smith

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DIRECTORS CIRCLE The generosity of Steppenwolf’s Directors Circle members annually provides vital support for Steppenwolf’s many streams of artistic and community programming. In recognition of their contributions, members receive complimentary subscriptions with VIP ticketing services and are invited to private events with the artists of Steppenwolf. Donors with ‡ have made a generous multi-year pledge. To join this distinguished group, call Jessica Gretch at 312-654-5672 or e-mail directorscircle@steppenwolf.org.

Patrons ($10,000 – $14,999) Anonymous Betty Bradshaw Michael and Cathy Brennan Carol and Douglas Cohen Aimee Graham and Nigel Caine Mary and Paul Finnegan Stacy and Ian Fleming John and Katherine Fox Leslie and Matthew Gray Jon Michael Hill Jeffrey Maling and Rebecca Johnston Brad and Kim Keywell Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Lad Mr. John M. Schwolsky Amrit and Gurpreet Singh Toni Sandor Smith Marcie and Avy Stein Frances E. Tuite Nina B. Winston Susan and Robert A. Wislow Ronald and Geri Yonover Sustainers ($5,000 – $9,999) Anonymous (5) David and Suzanne Arch Gustavo Bamberger and Martha Van Haitsma Gerry Barad and Tamara Holder Dr. and Mrs. Marvin H. Berman Janyce D. Brengel Lois Browning Gia and Isaac Colunga Jerry and Josephine Conlon Liam and Francesca Connell Laura and Scott Eisen Mary M. Emerson Tom and Pat Erickson Becki and Scott Etzler Kenneth and Bonnie Feld Jane Fleming and Melinda Kempton David and Noreen Ann Gallagher Beverly Wyckoff and Charles Ginsberg Marcy and Harry Harczak Ms. Joan Harris Mrs. Louise Hart Michael and Mona Heath Fund Judy and Jay Heyman

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David Hiller David and Susan Kalt Jen and Brad Keck Stephen Kriegel and Family Christine and Michael LaTona Mr. Marvin J. Leavitt and Ms. Susan Karkomi Susan Lichtenstein and John Rokacz Brian Lukanic and Kelly Dixon Amos and Anat Madanes Howard and Sandy Nagelberg Mr. and Ms. Dave Obenauer Mr. and Ms. Amit Parekh Ashley and Noah Pettit Jennifer and Perry Pinto Burton X. and Sheli Rosenberg Ms. Doris D. Roskin Sandra and Earl Rusnak, Jr. David and Susan Schmid Mr. and Ms. Ilan Shalit Jeffrey Singer and Patricia Carman Gail and Eugene Steingold Matthew Steinmetz Jacqueline Tilton Richard and Elaine Tinberg Donna and Dirk Vos Michael and January Ward Robert and Susan Warrington Dr. David Wasserman Lorrayne and Steve Weiss Benefactors ($2,000 – $4,999) Anonymous (13) Mr. and Mrs. John Aalbregtse Kathi and Roger Adams Kim and David Adler Jack J. Adrian Karen and Scott Alexander Polly Allen Nicholas and Kathleen Amatangelo Kimball Anderson and Karen Gatsis Anderson Robert C. Anderson Robert Anderson and Joanna Nicholas Robert and Marilyn Arensman Stephanie and Dana Arnett Jeffrey S. Arnold and Ellen J. Neely Paula Ausick

Edgar Bachrach Richard and Janice Bail Andy and Stephanie Baker ‡ Yuri and Elena Balasanov Catherine Bannister Merrill and Alice Barden Cynthia Barginere Laura Barnett Solomon and Camila Barnett Bob and Trish Barr Mr. Sebastian Barrack Jennifer Baryl Sandra Bass Dee Beaubien Martha and Al Belmonte Bruce and Debbie Bentcover Shirley and Tom Berchou‡ Susen H. Berg and James C. Berg Louis and Jacqueline Bernstein Ron and Colleen Bess Jeff Bethke and Leah Vaselopulos Nicholas Biederman Jon Blanc Shaun and Andy Block Patricia C. Bobb Norman and Virginia Bobins Stephen and Lynn Bolanowski‡ Benjamin Bove Stanley and Anne Boychuck Doug Bradbury Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Braun Robert and Joell Brightfelt ‡ Marissa and Tim Brinkley Robert and Mary Briscoe Reid Brody and Sally Schwartz-Brody Mr. and Mrs. Norman Brooks Dawn and Harmon Brown George and Joyce Brown‡ David and Michelle Buck Phil Burgess and Jim Nutter John D. and Leslie Henner Burns Timothy Burroughs and Barbara Smith Michael and Merle Cahan David Callahan and Terri Abruzzo Joseph and Cory Cancila‡ Bobby Cannavale Sheila J. Chapman William and Nicole Cheeseman

Drs. Rex Chisholm and Kathleen Green Michael and Stephanie Chu Nancy Ciezki and Diane Kostecke Dana Green and Thomas Clancy Zac and Lesley N. Cochran Michael and Edie Cohen Elizabeth O'Connor Cole Thomas and Katherine Coleman Steven and Caralynn Collens Ed Cook and Melissa Perrett Cook‡ J. Gorman Cook and Carole Kohout Bryce Cooper Merle R. Cooper Lisa and Brian Cornell Deb and Denny Cowhey Winnie and Bob Crawford Alayna Washington Crenshaw Phyllis Cretors James Curley and Isabel O'Connell Carl and Cynthia Curry Daniel R. Cyganowski Dean and Lori Czuma Stephen F. Danziger Judy and Tapas K. Das Gupta Marlowe Davis Diane Dawson Mr. and Mrs. Menahem Deitcher Greg Desmond and Michael Segobiano Donald Deutsch Gautam and Ritu Dhingra Roberta S. Dillon Ms. Cari Dinneen Carmelita Dockery, PhD Patricia and Richard Doonan Philip and Marsha Dowd Raymond and Marybeth Drake Erin and Ian Drury Dr. Steven B. Edelstein George Engeln Malcolm D. Ewen Juliet and Marc Fallah Maurice Fantus and Judith Aiello Demitri and Pamela Fardelos David and Mary Farkas Mr. and Ms. Michael Fassnacht Randall Fearnow and Beth Compton Harris J. Feldman, M.D. Roxanne Hori and Robert Felsenthal Carol and Steven Felsenthal Richard and Linda Filler Peter and Joanne Fischer Sara Stern and Ted J. Fishman‡ Steven Florsheim and Jennifer Friedes Lisa and John Folkers Kim M. Folta

Cory and Cyndi Fosco Daniel J. Rubin and Karen Frederick Jim and Sandy Freeburg Kate and Michael Fridholm Ms. Sara Friedle and Mr. Michael Towler Kate Friedlob Mr. and Mrs. Sherwin Friedman Susan Fuchs, M.D.‡ Leonard Gail and Robin Steans Denise Michelle Gamble Patti Eylar and Charlie Gardner Lisa Garling and Jeff Miller Gigi Gamauf Gavron and Dr. Joseph Gavron Gary L. Gephart Steven M. Gerschoffer Susan and John Gibbons Scott Gidwitz Richard Ginsberg and Natalie Tessler Mr. and Mrs. James J. Glasser Elizabeth Glassman Mr. Asheesh Goel and Shmaila Tahir Charlie and Mary Gofen Deidra D. Gold Bob and Carol Goldberg Jennifer and Isaac Goldman Dr. Paul Goldstein and Ms. Nasrin Mahani Sue-Gray Goller John Gorey and Catherine DeOrio Laurence and Carrie Grant Sue and Melvin Gray Dr. and Mrs. Sheldon Greenberg‡ Mary and Jim Greene William and Nanci Greene Michael and Lisa Greenfield Karen and Jamie Gunsior Jack and Sandra Guthman Suzanne Gylfe Ginger and Del Hall Michael Hansen and Nancy Randa Pam and David Harrington Victoria and Charles Harris Stacie R. Hartman Dorothy Harza Lois and Marty Hauselman Jean Hawkinson Mark and Joelle Hayes James and Anne Heger Sandra L. Helton and Norman M. Edelson James LaForce and Stephen Henderson Rachel Henry Marlene and Sonny Hersh

Richard and Elaine Heuberger Midge and Frank Heurich David Kistenbroker and Cynthia Heusing Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Hibel Mr. and Mrs. Arthur J. Hill The Hirschfields Ann S. Hoenig and Jonathan L. Hoenig Grayson Holmbeck Dr. Matthew and Kimberly Horowitz Arnold and Judith Horwich‡ Ms. Rosa M. Hugener Bill and Monica Hughson Holly E. Humphreys William Ibe Dr. and Mrs. David Ingall John Ittner and Jennifer Van Dyke Patricia Jeffers Craig "CJ" Jensen and Craig Dannenbrink Ed Jeske and John Hern Craig and Heidi Johnson Timothy B. Johnson and Valerie B. Wiley Holly Johnston Jeff and Lisa Jozwiak Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kaplan Dr. Claudia Anne Katz Aviva Katzman and Morris Mauer Judith and Jerry Kaufman Mary Ann and Mark Kaufman Reis and Sherri Kayser Adam and Renee Keats Thomas E Keim Sheryl and Tom Keith‡ Peter and Susan Kelly Chris Kendrick and Kasturi Haldar Helen J. Kessler Patricia and Wayne Kik‡ Mike and Leslie King Harry Kinzie Laurie Kladis Tom Klarquist and Steve Somora Jonathan Klein and Susan Cohn Stephanie and Peter Klein Jean Klingenstein Mr. and Mrs. Tom Knauff Mr. and Mrs. Martin J. Koldyke Mr. and Mrs. Sanfred Koltun Dr. and Mrs. Stephen M. Korbet MD Suzy Krueckeberg Raminder and Vinay Kumar

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…cont’d Directors Circle Mr. Matthew Kutcher and Ms. Rebecca Richards Gerald R. Lanz and Lisa Kearns Lanz Tom and Renee Lavallee Ron and Kim Lemar Mr. Randall M. Lending Travis Lenkner and Erin Delaney Karen Levine Bernard and Averill Leviton Tanya Levshina and Ilya Volvovski Arthur and Catherine Lewis Wil Lewis Ms. Stephanie F. Linn and Dr. Seth B. Krantz Dr. Paul M. Lisnek Mr. and Mrs. William Lloyd Beth Loeb Abby and George Lombardi Diane and Alejandro Longoria Fran Lambros and John Lowry ‡ Mrs. Barbara Lucas and Ms. Toni Sieve‡ Michael Maloney and Christine Zyzda Naja Maltezos Arlene Manelli Mark and Frances Mann Sandy and Jerry Manne Barbara and Larry Margolis Christine and David Markovitz Don and Melinda Marshall The Masnato Family Eric and Sarah Mayeda Michael J. McCahey Michael E. McCaslin‡ Tarell Alvin McCraney Lee and Joyce McCullough Bob and Barb McCullough Andrew R. McGaan Mr. and Ms. Paul McGrady Lyn McKeaney Cynthia Luse-McKeen and P. Douglas McKeen Becky and Bob McLennan Kevin and Beth McMeen Dr. Janis Mendelsohn Randi Merel and Allen LeHew Ellie and Bob Meyers Amy Laiken and Tim Michel Jim Milbery and Anna Deaugustine Michael and Susan Miller Jamey Eklund and Evgueni Minev Dr. George and Maureen Miz Mr. and Mrs. Steve Monieson Ms. Stephanie Morimoto and Mr. Matt King Blake and Debra Moritz‡ Patricia Myles Ms. Katherine Nardin

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Elke Aippersbach and Piers Nash‡ Alyson and Patrick J. Nash, Jr. Cathy and Robert Nathan Jean and Jordan Nerenberg Jon and Molly Neulieb Lynne Considine Nieman and Jim Parsons David Ellis and Hope Nightingale Mary Nolen Susan and George Obermaier Gary and Marcie Ochs Peg O'Connor Barbara and Daniel O'Keefe Joe O'Leary Mr. and Ms. Tony Olson Bob and Joyce O'Malley Bridget R. O'Neill Susan and Ted Oppenheimer Elizabeth Orelup and Lawrence Sonntag Sandra and Mark Ostler Brian A. Paetow and Gretchen K. Beetner Jim and Sue Pajakowski Vicki L. Parker Mr. Deep Patel and Ms. Nisha Begwani Pradip Patiath and Shalini Sharma Ms. Sarah Paulson Amy and Brent Peebles Melissa Peralta Sandra and Michael Perlow Simon and Kim Perutz John and Christine Pfeiffer Dale and Loretta Pierson Ms. Sherri Pincus Patricia Pippert and Steven Redfield Dr. Susan Burland and George Plumb Mr. Guy Ponticiello Avi and Joan Porat Kenneth J. Porrello and Sherry L. McFall‡ Andrew and Judy L. Porte Elliott Quigley Paul Rauch and Frank Cozzi Bradley and Patricia Reid Linda Reid Lynne Remington and Geoff Goldberg Mrs. Robert Reum Nina Riccardi Ms. Lauri Riggen Ms. Dana Ringer Jacob Ringer Susan and Edwin Ritts John C. Roberts and Lynn D. Fleisher Randy and Betsy Rochman

James and Trude Roselle Hilary Rosenthal Holly and David Rothschild Alan Gordon Rottman Bob and Mary Rowe Marilynn Rubio Joanne C. Ruxin The Ryerson Family Mr. and Mrs. John Sabl Francis C. Sadac Ms. Carol S. Sadow A. Sue Samuels Richard and Susan Sanders Paola Sapienza Pamela and Fred Sasser Paul Scavone and Donna Pawlus Michelle Maton and Mike Schaeffer Howard and Gail Schaffner Stephanie Scharf and David Taber ‡ Mr. Greg Schementi and Ms. Kim Kamin Joseph Scheper and Kevin Ray Michelle Schlack Ms. E. Jane Schmitz Mrs. Elizabeth Schneider Mr. Gary Schreiber Matthew and Tina Schubert Alan Kozlowski and John Schuchert Diana and Richard Senior David and Judith L. Sensibar Mark and Kimberly Shadle Surendra and Dorothie Shah Anna D. Shapiro and Ian Barford Michael Shapiro and Deb Gohr Shapiro Nancia Shawver and Larry Weiner Hope and Jeffrey Sheffield Mr. and Mrs. David R. Shevitz Judy and Jeffrey Silverman Ms. Julia Simpson Robert and Nancy Singleton James and Mary Jo Slykas Melissa and Chuck Smith Mr. Erik Smith and Ms. Edith Gregson Neil Smith Family Ron and Leslie Smith Steven Smith Sharon Specht Dariel J. Stack Kristin and Stan Stevens Kelly and Jami Stone Lawrence Stone and Margaret Jongleux Gail and John Straus Mary Stowell and Jim Streicker Lauren and Steve Strelsin Edward A. Studzinski

Judy Sugarman Ms. Sarah Swain and Mr. John Hart Dr. and Mrs. James V. Talano Mark and Leah Taylor Ilene Patty and Tom Terpstra James E. Thompson The Tipton Family John and Maribeth Totten Mr. Brian Townsend Nick Trakas and Marc Cerone Mario and Traci Tricoci Greg and Mary Tuite Kelly and Jay Tunney

Reed and Rosemary Tupper Scott and Adriane Turow Tali and Liat Tzur Marilee Unruh Ramona and Daniel Ustian Cynthia Vahlkamp and Robert Kenyon Betty Vandenbosch Shawn VanDerziel and Jay Clarke John and Julie Varga Erika Nelson and David Wagener Mr. Allan Waite Tom Wake Ken Wanlass and Sara

Sherrie and Albert Weiss Carey Weiss and Karen Pierce Tom and Blaine Wells Anne and Jay Whipple Jack and Keli Wildermuth Jane and Greg Wintroub Jessica and Jeff Wisniewski‡ Elizabeth Wohlleb Sherry Wolfe Joe Wolnski and Jane Christino Bobbi Zabel Eileen and David Zampa Elizabeth A. Ziegler

ANNUAL FUND Steppenwolf thanks the many supporters who help bridge the gap between annual operating costs and ticket sales. We regret that, due to space limitations, we are unable to recognize gifts below $150.

To all our benefactors, we thank you for making possible another season of engaging, provocative theater. Make your gift today by visiting steppenwolf.org/support or calling Suzanne Miller at 312-654-5617. Gifts are as of July 31, 2018.

Producers ($1,000 – $1,999) Anonymous (3) Clemeth Abercrombie Mr. and Ms. Mark Ahern Kate Arrington Mr. and Mrs. Paul Audrain Mr. Philip Auerbach and Ms. S. Ross Ms. Sarah Banasiak Mr. Larry Barden Ted and Robbie Beaty † Adrian and Arta Beverly Lois J. Bider Ms. Heiji Black Mr. and Mrs. Philip Block III Mr. and Mrs. David C. Blowers Kevin Boehm and Courtney Moon Lin Brehmer and Sara Farr Kristen Brown Susan Buchanan and Steve Brown Bruce and Kate Burgun Mr. Ed Calkins Gregory C. Cameron Ray Capitanini Clyde C. Compton Pam and Howard Conant Margo Cook Mr. Andrew Cores Rathin Datta Bonnie Dauer Nancy Dehmlow

Mr. and Mrs. Adam DeWitt Amina Dickerson and Julian Roberts Bill and Cindee Dietz Michele and George Dragisity Joan and John Dysart Mr. Craig Elkins Jennifer M. Ellin Brian Fabes and Lisa Schneider Fabes Michael and Jacky Ferro Mr. Daniel Fischel and Ms. Sylvia Neil Michael Flowers and Daryl Wells Lori Mae Frith Matt and Lindsay Garrison Gordon and Wendy Gill Terrence Glomski Brian J. and Janie Gold Ms. Megan Goldish Mr. and Ms. David Graham Jonathan and Sarah Graham† Dr. Kitty Green The Greffin Family Madeline Grynsztejn and Tom Shapiro Lina Hilko James and Margot Hinchliff Mr. Tom Hinkes Kym Hubbard Sandy Ihm and Ken Belcher

Mr. Bradley Jarol James A. Jolley, Jr. and R. Kyle Lammlein Mr. Jonathan Kahn and Ms. Susan Stone Mr. and Mrs. Robert Katz Mr. David Kelly Stacy M. Kemp† Ms. Marilee Kovacs Rachel Kraft Neal and Kathleen Kulick Daniel Castellaneta and Deborah Lacusta Daniel Laytin Christine Leahy and Adam Weinberg Madeline and Steve Lesnick Shana Lewis and Rob Magasano Ms. Julia Luscombe Mr. and Ms. Paul Marks Joan and Jerry Matson Russell Mayerfeld Ms. Blair McGee Scott Johnson and Gary Metzner Mr. and Mrs. David Moes Chris Mollet and Lynne LaJone Amy Morton and Rob Milburn Mr. Mark Neil and Ms. Laurel Lipkin Howard and Cathy Niden Susan and Nicholas Noyes

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…cont’d Annual Fund Carrie and Matthew Parr Margaret Pendry Frank and Mary Phillips Mr. Marc A. Pittas Mark Piznarski Adrienne Pope Mr. Richard Porter Sophie Radutzky Ms. Jessica Rappe Fred and Karen Rhynders† Ms. Kayla Roan Angela Robertson Riney and Carol Robertson Lisa and Doug Rosskamm Shirley and Patrick G. Ryan Sr. Adesh and Sonia Ramchandran Bettylu and Paul Saltzman Mr. and Ms. Bryan Sanders Carlo and Lalie Scandiuzzi Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Schewe William B. Schildgen Richard and Robin Schmitzer Michael Shannon Christine A. Slivon Michael and Salme Harju Steinberg† Patty Sternberg Ms. Lisa Stevak Robert Stillman and Janet Surkin Sylvia and Joe Stone Ms. Jennifer Stuart Mr. Kevin Sullivan Ms. Ann Taylor and Mr. Stephen Skardon Ms. Holland Taylor Howard and Jane Tyner Anne Van Wart and Michael Keable Erich Walch Kevin Wender John W. Wheeler Brittany White Ms. Harriet White Mark and Christie Wilson† Esther and Stanley Wojcicki Mr. Michael Zipper and Ms. Jackie Reich

Ensemble ($500 – $999) Anonymous (14) Thomas W. Abendroth and Terri L. Mascherin Jeannie L. Adams Richard and Jill Almeida Ms. Evvie Alter Ms. and Mr. Jill Altman John and Mindy Amberg Jim and Sheila Amend† Ms. Stacie Amorose Greg and Janine Amoroso

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Arthur and Rebecca Anderson Harold and Judith Anderson† Walter Aque Lorilyn Aquino† John Asplin and Christine Orders Peggy Bagley and Rabbi Douglas Goldhamer Teri and Steve Barnett Priscilla Ryan and Frank Battle Howard Bauchner Deborah and James Baughman Lawrence Bell Scott and Carla Benigni Susan R. Benner Gene and Natalie Bernadoni† Harriet and Howard N. Bernstein Dr. Mary E. Belford MD and Mr. Ric Berta Ms. Stacia Beyl Beryl and David Bills Mr. and Ms. Norm Bilow Mr. Jeremy Bird and Ms. Betsy Hoover Ms. Nicole Bjornvick John Blair and Liz Buchanan† Ms. Faye Blake Marc D. Blakeman Gene and Lynne Blanc Ms. and Mr. Lena Blitstein Andrew Block and Julie Nerenberg R. Darrell Bock James Botana and Monica Khetarpal† Ms. Selma Bouhl Donald F. Bouseman Aldridge and Marie Bousfield William Bouvel Phyllis and Sam Bowen Andrea and David Braun Joey Breslow David Briggs† Ed Bucher John Byrd Ms. Arlene Byster John Caraher William Carpenter Sharon Carr Jack and Laura Carriglio Ms. Tania Castroverde Moskalenko Cati and AJ Cederoth Mr. and Mrs. Larry D. Chandler Antonio and Houda Chedid Bridget Cheeseman Deborah and John Chipman Betty Cleeland Ms. Jane Corron Jean Costigan Mr. Roy Cowell Mr. and Ms. Robert Creamer

Maureen Crowley Kareem and Natasha Dale Liese Dallbauman Lucy and Bill Dallman Champ and Lisa Davis Michelle de Vlam† Phil DeBoer Dr. Mark and Rose DeMeo† Mary and Daniel Deziel Austin Dias† Solveig Direnzo Dorothy L. Domuray David Dranoff and Wendy Epstein Natalie Dudek† Arthur and Elizabeth Duquette Estia Eichten and Deborah Eichten Audrey Eisenmann and David Pepperberg Ellen Feinstein and Adam Engle James and Kelly Epstein Erika Erich Ms. Sharon Eubanks-Pope Carla Feinkind The Felder Family Karena Fiorenza and Emrys Ingersoll Nancy and Rick Firfer Jim and Shellie Fisch Mr. and Ms. Mark Fisher Lois Farrell Fisher † Sally Fletcher † Jim and Yvonne Fogerty † Bernadette Foley and Richard Landgraff † Mike and Karen Folk John and Adrian Foster Rebecca and Barry Friedland Joanne Benazzi Friedland June Freidlich Mr. and Mrs. Jason A. Friedman Jim Gattone Scott George Edward and Dawn Gershman William J. Gibbons Joseph Glaser and Jessica Schneider Glaser Keith Goggin Jaye and John Golanty † Karen M. Goldstein† Leo and Linda Gordon Chester Gougis and Shelley Ochab Mr. and Ms. Garrett Graber John S. Mrowiec and Karen Granda Ms. Margaret Grant Dedrea Gray James and Lynn Grogan† Mr. and Ms. Dave Grossman

Marie Gunn† Kim and Randy Hack Mr. and Mrs. Ray Hacker † Peter Hagel Linda Halperin Bill Hamilton Chester and Phyllis Handelman Rachel Hatch Christie Hefner Mr. and Mrs. David W. Hines Ms. Marilyn Hirsch and Mr. Zvi Noy Drs. Stevan and Ivonne Hobfall† Anne Linsdau-Hoeppner and Walter F. Hoeppner III Mr. Andrew Holden Patrick and Kristina Hourihane Marlene Howell Karen Hunken Patricia Hurley Jean Perkins and Leland Hutchinson Paul and Mariana Ingersoll Tim Jackson and Dana McKenna† Paul Jeffries Ms. Rachelle Jervis Amon Johnson Mr. Scott Johnstone Ora Jones Todd and Jennifer Jones Laura and Eric Jordahl Janelle S. Joseph Natalia and Jeff Kabbe Melvin and Annie Kahn Mr. and Mrs. David Katz Charles Katzenmeyer Polly Kawalek Dr. Susan A. Kecskes† Mr. Tom Kehoe Mr. Mark Kelly Linda Kenney Rita Kerns Jeffrey Kerr Mr. William Kerr David and Sharon Kessler Linda Belan and Vincent Kinehan† Frank and Katherine Kinney † Sylvia and John Kinney Matt and Karen Klickman Ms. Monica Kline Mr. and Mrs. David Knapp Ms. Leslie Kondziela Electra D. Kontalonis Sherry and Alan Koppel Rob and Laura Kozloff Ms. Kim Kumiega Libby Roth and Bob Kunio† Ms. Carolyn Kurtz and Mr. Gary Steinberg† Terri Lacy

Pamela K. Ladd George M. Langlois, Ph.D. Melanie Larch and Rudy Panucci† Mr. Mark Lavin and Mr. Eddie Herbeck Laura and Pat Lederer Peter and Judith Lederer Bill Lee and Malinda Hamann† Sheila Fields Leiter Wallace and Carol Lennox Leslie and Justin Lenzo Mr. Robert Levinson Laura Lewandowski Catherine Leyser Fran and Chuck Licht † Mr. Chris Liguori and Ms. Cathy Ross Leonel P. Limonte Stacy and Peter Lindau Jessica Litman and Jonathan Weinberg Alec Litowitz and Jennifer Litowitz Peter Littlewood Mark and Carol Lorenz Stacy Lubs Karyn Lutz David Marker and Georgann Joseph Ms. Sandra L. Marquez George and Nancy Matkov Sheila and Mark Matuscak Robert and Eleanor M. McAllister Mike and Cindy McCabe Cathy and Mark McKee† Hugh and Marybeth McLean Sheila and Harvey Medvin Ms. Blythe Mendelson Mr. and Mrs. Mike Mercurio Susan Messing Margaret Minneman Scott and Penny Anixter Family Foundation Rick and Joyce Morimoto† Joan Neil Wendy Norris Emily and Henry Neuberger Terri and Chuck Nevins Michael and Charlotte Newberger Jim Norman Mr. and Mrs. Charles Norwesh Susan and Larry Nutson Mary Pat O’Brien John and Joy O’Malley Mr. Tom O’Neill and Ms. Ann David Roberta Olshansky Shawna and Jay Owen Ms. Savi Pai

Ms. Diana Palomar Scott Jana R. O’Brien and Wayne T. Parman John and Roberta Paskvalich Doug and Jenny Patinkin Thomas Pawlik and Ava Cohn Susan A. Payne Lynn and Mel Pearl Mr. Tom Pearl Doc Pearson Robert C. Peterson Suzan and William Pinsof John Pintozzi Frank C. Pond† Sylvia J. Pozarnsky and Tom Riley Elaine and Ronald Prebish V. Pristera, Jr. Mr. John Prusnick and Mr. Donald Nelson Jeff and Susan Rashid Vladimir and Deb Rasin Gabriel and Dorit Raviv Bridget and Louis Ray Bill and Tracy Reeder P. Kevin Reidy Darren Reisberg Lisa Remby Dave and Ellen Rice Richard and Susan Rieser Bill and Deborah Roberts Stephen and Caryn Robin Steve Rodichok and Renee Gattone† Susan W. Rogaliner Mr. and Mrs. Alan Rosenberg Honey and Howard Rosenfeld Mrs. Donald S. Roth Chaya and Walter Roth T. Marshall Rousseau Susan B. Rubnitz Ms. Shilpa Rupani Sujaya and Prem Rupani Diana and Ed Ruthman Dan Sackett † John R. Samolis Mr. John Sandwick and Ms. Cynthia Van Osdol Mr. Hari Santhanam Brett Saternus and Elizabeth Marklein Bill Savage Jane E. Schaafsma Curt Schade Jim and Marguerite Schellentrager Allison and Charles Scherer Cynthia Schilsky Ms. Marian Schulz Susan J. Schwartz Richard and Betty Seid

† Step-by-Step We salute the individual donors who have committed to a recurring monthly or

quarterly gift to Steppenwolf. Their ongoing support helps fuel Steppenwolf’s mission ofsteppenwolf superior 37 acting and risk-taking work.

…cont’d Annual Fund Ms. Erica Semrad Leslie Shad and Joe Brennan Luna Okada and Wynn Sheade† Mr. and Ms. Marc Shiffman Mr. Richard Smart and Ms. Sheila Owens Ms. Melissa Smith Mr. and Ms. Vik Sohoni Ron Sorini and Desiree Tucker-Sorini Gilda Spencer Stephen Spigel and Diana Williams Jo and George Spindler Seena and Carey Stein Cathy and Jon Stein† Doris Sternberg Mr. Todd Stofflet and Mr. Jason Stevens Jeff and Tondra Stoller † Mr. Jason Brett and Dr. Lauren Streicher Larry E. Stuckey II Yvonne Sutor † Mr. and Ms. Daniel Swenson Darius Tandon Ms. Audrey Taylor Vivian Tedford Jeff Thomas and Rebecca Coleman† Ms. Christine Thompson Richard Tobiason† Mr. and Mrs. Tony Toulouse Edward and Edith Turkington Mr. Greg Veza Sue Vondran† Mark D. Wachholz† Lillian and Steven Walanka Laura and Bob Watson† Elissa B. Weaver Chuck Wehland and Gina Tabacchi Hava and Ariel Weissberg Adam and Jamie Weyeneth Chris Whyde and Matthew Philip† Joanne Wiedemann-Wolf Mr. and Ms. Don Wilbon Barbara Wilder † Andre Williams Gary and Modena Wilson† Matthew Wilson and Anne Posner Ms. Caitlin Winkworth Jodie Winnett† Lawrence Wojcik Ms. Sarah R. Wolff and Mr. Joel L. Handelman Jeff and Claudia Wood Mr. John Wunderlich Stephanie Yancey

Scott Yoder and Kelly Robertson-Yoder Liang Zhang Designers ($250 – $499) Anonymous (46) Linda Loving and Richard Aaronson Fadi Abuelroos Patti Acurio Ms. Deborah Ader Judith Adler Craig Ahmer Philip and June Aimen John B. Albright Ava and Jake Aldebert † Thomas B. Aldrich III and Monica Jung Ken and Mary Ellen Alexander Mr. Adham Aljahmi Douglas W and Susan J Allen Ms. Sandra Allen Adam Alonso Donna Gay Anderson Mary and Paul F. Anderson Roni Anderson Cedric H. Antosiewicz and Margaret M. Gudenas Mr. Mario Aranda Mr. and Ms. Clark Ardern Ms. Jennifer Arneson Jean Arrington Deborah Ashen and Cara Meiselman† Jessica Ashley and Ethan Ashley-Ferguson† Kathleen Austin† Dr. Edie Babbitt and Larry Levy Linda A. Bacci† David Bailey and DJ Trela† Ann Baker Spencer and Daniel Baker Michael and Julie Baker † Ann and William Baker John and Sharon Baldwin Daniel Alan Balsam JC Bardzil Leslie and Bill Barker Janice Barnes-Davis M. Z. Barnes Joan Barnhart † Mia A. and Scott Bass Christina Batorski Stephanie and Barry Batson† Ms. Laura Battigelli Laura M. Batzer † Thomas Bearrows and Holly Hirst Heather Becker Mr. and Mrs. Eric Belcher

Janet Belsky and Sheldon Gertzfeld† Mr. Brad Bemiss and Katie Weaver Julie and Howard Benario Katie Benedict Tayna Bennett R.L. Benton John and Taru Berg Ms. Emily Berk Julian and Joan Berman Zina Berman Mr. Jonathan Berry Ms. Stacia Beyl Ms. Sherry Bicak Mary Anne and Joe Bigane Lois and Stanley Birer Nathan Birnberg Dee and Dick Bittman John Blackburn and Bill Gilmer Frances and Ed Blair Terry Blake and Deborah Maue Bernard and Nancy Blayer Laura and Richard Blessen† Blitzke and Grogan Mr. David Blowers Jr. Anthony Boggiano Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Bolas The Bots Family † Bob and Sue Bowker Jeff Boyce† Kathryn and Carl Boyens David and Cheryl Bradford Michael and Kate Bradie† Kevin and Michele Bradley † Ms. Miriam Braganza Dr. Michael C. Branch M.D.† Mrs. John J. Bransfield, Jr. Marjorie Bransfield Karen Breen Elia and Louis M. Elia† Josh Bresette Tim Brogla and Laura Demoor Deborah Broide Betty Brooks Frank Brooks and Andrea Twiss-Brooks† Paul Brown Tom and Mary-Doug Brown William and Margaret Brown Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Bryant James Buckley Rony and Tom Buckley Rita Buczynska Megan Bui† Mr. Jeffry Burba Rebecca Burke Ms. Merideth Burkhart Ms. Caroline G. Burns Dr. Steven R. Bussolari Stephen Byrne and Kerry Shannon

† Step-by-Step We salute the individual donors who have committed to a recurring monthly or

quarterly 38 La Rutagift to Steppenwolf. Their ongoing support helps fuel Steppenwolf’s mission of superior acting and risk-taking work.

John and Libby Cady Mr. Thomas Campbell Barry Joseph Carlson Fairbank and Lynne Carpenter William and Nancy Casey Gadiel Castro-Zapata and Andrew McLaughlin Damon Cates and Gabriel Stanek† Helen and Paul Chang David Chaudoir † Stephen and Jane Chernof Julie Chernoff Lisa Chigas Anthony Churchill† Richard Clarey Bente Clausen† Thomas and Bette Cogan Ide Cohen Ms. Toba Cohen James Cohn Natale A Coleman† Mr. and Mrs. Terrance Coleman Bob Connealy and Heather Seidelman Viki Conner † Eduardo and Caroline Conrado† Jennifer Cook Karen Cooper Michael and Cynthia Cooper John Costello and Sally Clair Ms. Susan Cox and Mr. Mike Bolton Julie Cozette and Family † Amelia Crabtree Tim Crawford Sidney Cristol Rosalind Jones Crosby † Colin and Teri Cross Deborah and Bruce Crown Catherine Yeo† Bradley and Allyson Cunningham Ms. Linda Cunningham Judy and Arthur Curtis† Jennifer L. Cusack and Dean P. Jones† Conway and Elinor Dahmer James and Donna Daly Kristen Danyluk Robin K. Dasilva† Ms. Jane Davenport Dave and Mary Jo Orkowski† Mr. and Mrs. Ted Davidson Anne Megan Davis Drew Davis and Amelia Runyan† Barbara L. Dean Roxanne Decyk and Lew Watts† Brian Dennen Michel P Desjardins and Pierre Desy Matthew J. Devereux In Memory of Annelle Devlin†

Bud Dobbins† Dr. William and Phyllis Dobrin Laura Cain Bruce Van Dotten Ms. Katie Doyle Dan Drake Charles and Linda Dresner John Druien Robert Druzinsky and Renee Friedman† Ms. Lourdes Duarte Eileen and Howard Dubner Susan Duman Barbara Dunn† Mr. and Mrs. Jon R. Dutcher John and Pat Dyble David and Alexandra Earle Wiley and Merry Edmondson Sharon Eiseman and Noel Hertz Eric Eisenberg† Marci Eisenstein Molly Rose Elkins-Ryan Mr. And Mrs. Mike Ellin Deane Ellis Ms. Julie Ellis Mark and Mary Anne Emmons† Arlene and Herbert Erlbach Ms. Maria Escobedo and Mr. Wade Birnbaum Eric Evenskaas Joan and John Fadden Edith and Gerald Falk David and Loren Farmer Stephen Fedo D Matthew Feldhaus Drs. Richard and Roberta Feldman Roger Ferlo and Anne Harlan† Ms. Laura Ferrell and Mr. Grant Riedesel Mr. Chuck Finn Liz Fisher † Brad and Lisa Fisher and Family Catherine S. Flanagan John and Patti Flanagan Ms. Thea Flaum Moss Fletcher Angela Floessel† Roberto and Antonina Flores† Paul Fong Tali Forest-Smith† Jeff and Julie Forgash Ms. Elizabeth Foster Timothy and Janet Fox Frederick Frankel† Dr. and Mrs. James Franklin Dr. Wayne Franklin Miss Patricia Fraser Karen and Bill French† Rachel and Jimmy Freund Eliot M Friedman Roselyn L. Friedman

Susan and Sy Frolichstein Tom and Pat Fronczek Julie Funke Ms. Amy J. Fyfe† Patrick and Alexandra Gaddie† Robert and Cathy Galligan Joseph and Christina Galvin† Jim Gaughan and Ann Hoffmann Paul and Audrey Gaynor Michael Gebel† Ms. Ebba Gebisa and Mr. Euler Bropleh Sam Gedymin Mark and Bonnie Gehrman Dorothea and Philip Genetos Hank and Sandy Gentry Gwen Geraghty Jacob Gerber Thomas and Patricia Germino† Michael and Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz† Nancy Gidwitz Ms. Anne Giffels Clark and Nancy Gilpin Gerry and Stan Glass Diane Glickman Lynne M Glovka Sue Golan Robert Goldberg and Dodie Weinstein Mr. and Mrs. David Golder Deena and Larry Goldman Dr. Deirdre Dupre and Dr. Robert Golub Jessica L. Gonzalez Mr. Charles Goodman Sandra and James Goodman Mr. Mark Gordy Mary Lee Gosz Mr. and Mrs. Jay Gottlieb Mr. Duane Goucher Heidi Graham Patricia Graham Kenneth E Grant III† Paula Grasso Yen Vi and Mathew Green† Michele and Joseph Greskoviak† Frederick Grier and William Bouvel Mr. Christopher Griffin Craig A. Griffith Paul Gruber Millie Gunn Jan Schoonover Dr. and Mrs. John W. Gustaitis John and Donna Guydan Ruth Ma Kathleen Hagerty Robert and Patricia Hahn Ben Hall† Donald and Susan Hallberg Ted and Kathleen Halloran

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…cont’d Annual Fund Harry and Lynn Halme Bob and Melanie Halvorson† Adnaan Hamid and Elissa Efroymson Larry Hamilton and Ann Hicks† Dr. Raymond and Arlene Handler Amy Hanley † Tom and Virginia Hartley † Mr. Jeffrey Hartney Julianne Hartzell Mr. and Mrs. Donald Harvey Ms. Hamed Hashmy Mr. Joe Hasman Richard Hatton† Diana J Healy † Albert and Amy Heber † Charsetta Henderson Ms. Mary Ellen Hennessy Pat and Ron Henning Lynne Hensel and Larry Kameya† Nancy and Dale Hershfield Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Hession† David and Patricia Hight Fred Hill Joal Hill† Linda and John Hillman Mr. Kevin Hlevka Mrs. Vivian Hock Elizabeth and Dan Hodos† Donald and Janet Hoeg Kathryn and Bruce Hoffman† Terence Hogan Megan Holmes Mr. and Mrs. James Holzhauer Cynthia Hood Lisa Hopp Mary Horgan† Paula Horowitz and Joe Knotts† Leigh and John Hourihane Karen and Bob Howard Thomas and Karen Howell William and Dana Hub† Robin and Harry Hunter Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hutchinson Jim and Joyce Ibers Jorge and Beatriz Iorgulescu Mr. George Irwin Terry Jackson† Dr. Angela James Frank James Mr. and Ms. Matthew James Ms. Kathryn Janus Irene Jarmulska Douglas and Margaret Jayes† Gennell Jefferson Patricia A. Jiganti Ms. Olivia John McKinley Johnson

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Whitman Johnson† Sharon R. Johnston Ericka Jones Ora and Courtney Jones Daniel and Mary Ann Jordan Janet and Carl Kalbhen Tom and Esta Kallen Gregory and Marissa Kalman Fran and Harvey Kaluzna Joseph J. Kane Olwyn J. Kane Suzanne Kanter Norma and Nolan Kaplan Roy and Judy Kass Loreta Kavaliunas† Tyler Keating and Andrea Velasco Echeverri† Eric Keen Francis and Sherri Kelch† Marcus Kelley † Ms. Mary Kemen Jeffrey S Kennedy † Jill Talley and Tom Kenny Bonnie Kepplinger Lucy Kereta-Bloch Seema Khan† Marjorie Killeen Valerie King M. Barry and Diane Kirschenbaum Micah Klussmann† Mr. and Ms. T.J. Knaus Mr. Justen Knight John Kobza Carrie Koczen Peggy Forbes Amy Kohn Kris and Ed Gallagher Ms. Linda Krivkovich Patricia Kronberg Scott and Julie Krueger † Matt and Jen Kueker Diane and Bill Kuhlmann Ron Kuka Mary Ann Kupferberg† Walter and Elaine Kurczewski Marvin and Carol Lader Mr. Kurt Lagerloef † Steve LaHaie Ed and Bettine Landon† Patricia Lauber Peter and Shirley Dugdale Laundy Bob and Pat Lavey † Catherine and Peter Lawler Melinda Lawrence and Rolando Acosta† Amanda Lawson Mr. John Leanse Yohannan Lee† Mary Lee and Ryan Kruidenier

Linda Legner Laurie Leli Ms. Pamela Lenane Jeffrey and Elise Lennard Steven and Roberta J Leon Craig Lepkowski David Levin Dr. and Mrs. Harvey J. Levin Mr. and Mrs. Mark Levitin Gregory Lewis and Mary Strek Steve Jacobson and Felicia Libbin Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lichter Lynn Liston and Patrick C. Littlejohn† Margit “Maggie” Livingston† Louise and Gershon Locker Renee Logan Dr. Brian and Ms. Karen Lohrbach David and Jean Long† Katherine M. Lorenz Maggie and Tom Lovaas Amanda Love and Brian Fuller Jeff and Nancy Lowenthal† Judy and George Lowman Sherry Lundell Mr. Eric Macey Carrie McNally and Rick Maechling† Frank and Chris Maggio Mr. John Mahoney Mr. and Mrs. William Mahoney Drs. Harris and Phoebe Mainster J. V. Malkovich Howard And Sandra Mandell Sandra Mangurian Samantha and David Mann Wendy Manto Steve and Melissa Marovich Ed and Linnea Martin† Ms. Stephanie Marum and Mr. Hugh Amano Ms. Leslie Mastroianni Lisa Mayntz and Bill Blidy Mary McArthur and John Hawes Charles McCaa† John M. McCabe John McCambridge Sean Sneal McCarthy Tanner McCleerey † Dr. and Mrs. McCormick† C. A. McElligott Ms. Lynn Mcgovern and Mr. Jim Jann Lilian McGrady Paul and Lisa McGrady † Gene Harlow and Jackie McGrath Mary and Dan McGuire Therese McGuire and Rob Porter Michael and Liz McHugh†

Sara McIntosh Maureen McIntyre† Ryan and Claire McKenzie Robert and Lorel McMillan Mr. and Mrs. Jack Mentzer Allyson Metcalf and Brian Tennison† David and Linda Metschke† Ms. Beverly Meyer Charles and Sylvia Meyers† Kenneth Meyer Bruce and Theresa Michaelson Paul Michihara and Michelle Smith Tom Mikrut Daniel Miles and Ms. Ann Singer Mia and Jonathan Miller † Sheba Miller-Morris Kerry Miller and Nina Kavin Ron and Pat Miller Ryan and Ginger Miller Sandy and Scott Miller † Suzanne H. Milton Cynthia M. Minta Dawn Bless† Mr. Brent Mix and Ms. Stacy O’Connell Chris and Kathe Monley † Montgomery Family † Sarah Hunter and Luis Montgomery Ms. W. Moore Skinner and Mr. J. Skinner Jolanta Moore† Melinda Moore Oliver Moore Mr. Carlos Morales Mr. William More Ms. Christina Morgan Tracy Morgenroth Ms. Mary Louise H. Morrison Jodi A. Morton† David and Linda Moscow Dr. and Mrs. Martin Mozes Shellane Mulcahy Mark and Lori Muller Sue Mullins† Patrick Mulville Ajay and Preeti Nagarkatte Josette and Wallace Nard Vincent and Amy Narea Randy Nease Katie Nee† Mr. Tony Neuhoff Jessey Neves Tom and Julia Nicholas Ms. Beth Nier Grant Niewinski Ellen Norris

Maciek and Katie Novak Kim A. Nugent Dr. Amaka Nweke Ann and Dan O’Brien Mr. and Mrs. James O’Connor Paul B. O’Flaherty, Jr. Dennis J. O’Keefe and Mary Jo Barrett Nancy and Myles O’Reilly Larry and Barbara Olin Ms. Elizabeth Oliver Chris Olson and Dave Field Bruce Oltman Mr. Schuyler Opila Jamie and Anita Orlikoff † Michael and Cynthia Owsley Sloane Ozyurt Family † Frances and William Paden Ronna Page† Deborah Page Carrie and Scott Palmer Debra Parker Mark and Mary Partridge Kate Patterson Peggy Paulsen Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Pearsall Raymond Olson and Paula Pederson Ron Pegram† William and Judith Pesetski David and Lindsey Peters Foo Pham Alex and Julie Philbrick† John Phillips† Linda Piccolo Laura Pichon† Barb and Ned Piehler Roberta Pierro andDaniel Pierro Mike and Shannon Piotrowski† Martha Plimpton Brian Plonka Polymath Theatre Company Andy and Brynne Poole Camelia and Andrei Pop Andrew Sullender † Mr. and Ms. Michael Portillo Ms. Marcy Posner Mr. and Mrs. Jim Powell Mr. Miles Simmons and Mr. Richard Powell Nick and Sharon Powills Nalini and Josh Prakash Hart † Seamus Prendergast † Jennifer and Peter Preston Jean and Preston Price Mr. Daniel Pritscher and Ms. Elizabeth Lewis Dave and Darby Putman

Karen and Mark Quinn Bernard and Joan Rabinowitz Harold And Erica Ramis Carolann Randall Elizabeth Raymond and Paul Hybel Dr. and Mrs. Loris Rayner Mr. Michael E. Reed Octavia Reese† Jennifer Reilly Stephanie Reinhart † Clisson and Patricia Rexford James R. Richardson Ed and Suzette Rickert Sandi Riggs Ms. Stefanie Riles Dr. Edward O. Riley Paul Rink Lisa Roberts† Stanley Roberts Gina Robertson Chloe Robinson† Louis and Barbara Rocah Mr. Joseph Rochetto and Mr. A. Anderson Sandra and Jeffrey Rochman Mary Lu and Kenneth Roffe Anthony Rojas and Patricia Freda† Dr. Daniel A. Roller and Ms. Lynn A. Hellwig Mr. Jimmy Ronan Mrs. Sarene L. Rosen Bernie and Judy Rosenstein Mr. and Mrs. James E. Rosenthal Linda and Ronald Rosenthal† Mr. Robert Rosner Joseph Ross† Mr. Mark Rotblatt Lisa Roth Michael and Bonnie Rothman Mr. and Ms. Doug Rowe Louis and Julie Rubin Mr. Joseph Rudas Joseph D. Ruggirello Ray and Ann Rusnak Bill and Jeri Russell Mr. and Ms. John Russell Jo Rydholm John and Eileen Saksa Van and Sue Salmans Ms. Teresa Samala de Guzman Lamont Samuels Stephen and Leatrice Sandler Sheldon and Lynne Sandman Andria Sandora† Christopher and Ann Marie Saternus Robert and Mary Ann Savard† Sue Tobias and Alan Schapiro

† Step-by-Step We salute the individual donors who have committed to a recurring monthly or

quarterly gift to Steppenwolf. Their ongoing support helps fuel Steppenwolf’s mission ofsteppenwolf superior 41 acting and risk-taking work.

…cont’d Annual Fund Bob Schiewe Alice and Don Schindel The Schirato Family David and Alexis Schmitz Fran and David Schneider Cynthia Scholl† Stewart and Marta Schrader Richard and Mary Beth Schumacher † Mickey Schwab Linda and John Scott † Scott Seifert Ms. Catherine Seigle Carmita and George Semaan Jeremiah and Caroline Seraphine† Ms. Jill Severino Margaret Shaklee David Shanahan Eve Shapiro† Jeffrey S. Sharp and Elizabeth D. Sharp David and Kimberly Shaw Mike and Kim Shean Jack and Meggan Shedd Cathy Shelko† Michael Shelton and Merideth Burkart Timothy Sherck† Brian and Melissa Sherman Dr. and Ms. David Shifrin Andrew Shih† Elpiniki Shipp Bradley and Ellen Shorser Christine Sibrava Ms. Culleen Siebert Margaret and Alan Silberman Scott Silberstein Professor Laurel Sillerud Paul and Sue Silverman† Ms. Chandra Simmons Andy and Laurie Simon George and Lynne Simon Aaron Sin Mr. and Ms. Jim Sisco Patricia Costello Slovak Ms. Patricia Costello SlovakPartner Janet Carl Smith and Mel Smith Sean and Jilliann Smith† Kevin Smith Jackie Snuttjer † Raymond Socki Lawrence and Shirley Solomon Mr. Steve Solomon Julie B Aimen-Spangler and Gary Spangler Dusica Korda-Sparks and James C. Sparks Patricia Staab

Mrs. Stacy Stahl Rebecca Stanfield Ms. Joan Steele Nikki and Fred Stein Professor Andrea Stevens Tricia and Kevin Stewart Michael Stolarski and Kim Steinke Kelly Stonebraker and Deborah Stonebraker Michael Stormont Andrew and Dr. Jessica Strang† Jason Strongin Linda and Stephen Sullivan Sondra L. Summers E.J. Sutton† Sue Swinger-Ellbogen Sylwia Szewczyk† Obie and Peter Szidon Anne Taft Ms. Stephanie and Mr. Joe Taiber Elaine Taylor John R. and Catherine Taylor Susan C. Taylor † Taylor Tefft Dick and Alice Teutsch Carl Thelander William and Diana Thomas† Doug and Anne Thompson† Chase Thompson† Sue and Jim Thompson Ms. Karen Topham Bruce and Jan Tranen Carol D. Trapp Ms. Joanne C. Tremulis Ms. Sue Tresselt Jim and Cora True-Frost Ms. Leslie Truelove Dana Turban Joseph Singer and Mish Tworkowski Carissa van Ausdall† Lisa Vandermark Mary Vanecko† Martha VanNess Gabriella Vargo and Anna Vargo† Bruce and Rebecca Varner Ronald and Catherine Vaughn Alicia T. Vega and Sofia G. Sarabia Kathryn Vehe† D. Vilmin Patricia Viniard Charlie and Marcia Vinopal† Ron Volanti Jr.† Mr. and Mrs. Chip Von Weise Gina Carballo and Justin Voshell Paul D. Waas Mrs. Jimmye Wade Eugene and Sandra Wagner Dr. David Walega

Marsie Wallach Ms. Colleen Walsh Patrick Walsh William and Patricia Walsh Karen and Herb Wander Mary Warchol Crawford and Barbara Ward The Warren Tannehill Family Mr. Jerry Warren Mr. David Waud Ms. Patty Weaver Mr. and Mrs. Eric Wegener Michael Weiland and Shelley MacGregor Alan and Boni Weinstein Marjorie Weiss† Ms. Sharyn Weiss Kal Wenig John Wheeler and Kristine Stelzer Lisa and Randy White James Wicklund Larry and Susan Wikman Mr. and Ms. Justin Winerman Yael and Alex Winkler Ruth Winter Iris S. Witkowsky Coleman Wolf and Ellen Chapelle† Stephanie Wolf † Lisa Wolfe and Mark DiGanci Alex Wolking Scott and Pegg Woodby Mr. Craig Wortman James and Kelly Wyatt Carol N. Yamamoto Maureen “Moe” Yanes Dick Yankow Rodney and Susan Yergler † Ms. Denise Young Dr. James Young Judith Youngs Mark Zampardo David and Nikki Zarefsky Mary Ann Zarkin† Daniel Ziembo and Nancy Cook Tighe Zimmers Mark and Margie Zivin David and Elizabeth Zott Players ($150 – $249) Anonymous (42) Mr. Salahuddin Abbasi Nancy Abshire Mr. and Mrs. Larry Adelman Mark and Kathleen Aghakhan Gavin Campbell and Diana Aixala Ms. Joan Akalaonu Mr. Jim Alexander Roslyn Alexander Allan Alson and Sue Ann Glaser

† Step-by-Step We salute the individual donors who have committed to a recurring monthly or quarterly 42 La Rutagift to Steppenwolf. Their ongoing support helps fuel Steppenwolf’s mission of superior acting and risk-taking work.

Gary Anderson and Diane Graziano Alfred Andreychuk and Allan Deptula Jurgis and Dalia Anysas Mr. Matt Arcaro Ann and Gene Armstrong Nathan D. Arnold Jackie and Dennis Aron Mike and Karen Atwood Rex Babiera and Geoffrey Mayer Cindy Barbera-Brelle Jeffrey Battersby Dr. Bruce and Sally Bauer † Ms. Gail Bedessem The Bellmar Family Amy Beltemacchi Roger G. Bensinger Anne H. Berenberg Judith Bergen Susan Berkowitz James and Allison Bernard Jane E. Berry Dorian Bezanis Frances Bishop Nancy Bishop John and Sue Blair Dan Bleil Mr. Alex Block Frima H. Blumenthal Sam Blustein Claudia and John Boatright Don and Linda Bolte Ms. Phyllis Booth Sharalyn Borchers Roula Alakiotou Willard and Helen Boris Jared Born Andrew Boyle Andrea Brands Judith and Harold Bregman Mrs. Meg Breslin Carolyn Brna Jill Broersma Beth Sprecher Brooks Mr. Howell Browne Erika Bruhn Mr. Kelsey Burr and Ms. Stacy R. Scapino Janet Burroway and Peter Ruppert † Richard Butler Bridget Byrne Toni and Mike Cainkar Amy Kruzan Callahan Jack and Meredith Callison† Judy Cape Richard Carlin Cinthia Carter † John and Joyce Cassel

Mr. Bobby Caton and Mr. Michael Parlett Courtney Cherry Gerry and Carol Chrisman Mr. Kurt Christoffel Bill and Kathy Cissna Dr. Elizabeth T. Clark James Clark and Christina Labate Dr. and Mrs. Robert Clark Julane Clarke† Kimberly Clawson† Dr. and Mrs. Clipstone Marvin R. Cohen Lacey Conley † Peter and Judith Connolly † Mr. Lawrence Cook Denise and John Corkery Nelson D Cornelius Laura Corona Anne Coughlan and Phi and Theo Bulani Tracey Coyne Norma I. Crane Shirley Craven, Ph.D. Mr. Jerry Culver and Mr. Dom Merritt Mark Curran David Curry and George Kohler Laurna Czajka Alecia Dantico Margaret and John Dantico Alexandra Davis John Davis† Laura M. Davis Phyllis Deerinck Don and Linda Dean Brian Delker Maureen and Mel De Matoff Michelle and Christopher DeMent Ms. Colleen Connell and Mr. Darryl DePriest Luke Derheimer Michael and Colette Dever Mr. Wesley Diener Annette and Ron Dluger Jennifer and John Doran Christopher and Kathryn Dore Joshua and Natalie Dranoff Paul J. Dufallo Ms. Mary Duffy Ellie Dumas† Will Dunne Suzanne Dupre Alex and Karen Durdevic Mr. and Mrs. Marcel Durot Joan Fee Dutton Victor and Joyce Dye Dr. and Mrs. Michael J. Dziallo Wendy Eager Jeanene Ebert

Elizabeth Eccher and Sam Goodman Dale and Jo Ann Engquist William and Judith Epcke Jackie Epstein Ethan and Peggi Erenberg Carole Feiger Deb Feldman Toni and Joel Fenchel Rose Mary Finnegan Fred Fischer and Heather D. Will Ms. Marcia Fishman Debbie Fitzgerald Thomas FitzGibbon Jan and Bill Flapan Jeanne Flosi David Flynn† Adrienne and Peter Foley † J.P. Fowler Ms. Kim Fox-Gunderson Kevin and Stephanie Frailey Ms. Cynthia France Kim and Alan Frankel† Madeline and Rusty Franklin Scott and Carrie Froseth Alexis Funches Noelle Gaffney Dr. and Mrs. Dennis Galinsky Barb Gam Tagge Barbara J. Geist Geoffrey L. Gifford Hugh and Doris Gilbert Daniel Gilmour Carlen Gilseth Ian and Sheila Gladding Howard and Anneliese Glick Sheri Godda† Marvin and Phyllis Goldblatt Ms. Catherine Goldhaber Lauri and David Goldstein Kevin Goldstein and Sarah Fox Joanne Graham Robert M. Green Susan Griffin† Merle K. and Barry Gross Mr. Gregor Gruenthaler Eileen Guevara and Joseph Mayer Joan and Guy Gunzberg Sarah Hadley Andrew Halbur Ardath Hamann Dr. Bruce Harmon Marlon Harris and Njeri Parker † Carol and William Harrison† Dr. Marsie Hass and Dr. Scott Hite Douglas Hatler Dave and Mary Hayes George Hedges Alison and Jim Heiser † Angeline Heisler

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…cont’d Annual Fund Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Herden Howard Herring Keisha Hester Ms. Barbara Hey Sebastian Hincapie† Dennis Hjelm Robert and Micky Holdsworth† Thomas and Louise Homberger Ms. Gayl Hopkins Jack and Bonnie Horbovetz Melvin Houston Kenny and Elyse Howanski William Hubbard Richard Hutner and Lena Motev Ms. Karen Irvine Peter Ivanovich Marina Jacks Chuck Jacobson and Mary Lou Vainisi John David Jawor Kathleen and Hal Jenkins Sheila and Jim Jesionowski Dennis Johnson Dr. and Mrs. Richard and Joyce Johnston Ruth Johnston† Andra Heller and Andy Jonusaitis Heather Joys† Ms. Gloria Kaiser Emma Kalaidjian and Gary Rhodes Mary Jo Kanady Shelly Kaplan Mr. and Mrs. James Kargman Jerry Karlin Kathleen Kastenholz Mr. Josh Kaufmann Sandra Blau Claire Kedjidjian Martin and Barbara Keeley Mr. David Kelton Steve Kerch† Mrs. Kathryn Kerr Leonard Kessler Rajiv and Roopla Khanna† Gregory and Cecilya Karas Joseph and Catherine King John Kirk Donald and Joan Kittler Mrs. Theresa Klecka Eileen Z. Kleeberg Douglas and Catherine Knuth James Kochalka Susan B Kogan Anne Kohn Betty H. Kolb Ms. Kathryn Korn Perry and Judy Kozicki Marianne Karjacic

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Mr. James Kreidler Maria Kronfeld Joan Krysinski Ken and Janet Kubis Dr. Kevin Kurth Mr. Bernard W. Kyle Chuck and Diane Laff Ms. Leah Lagen Karen E. Laine Mr. Robert A. Lane Ghita Lapidus Mr. Jeff Larche Nils and Stacey Larsen† Janet Lawrence Julia and Daniel Lee Ms. Roberta Lee Elizabeth Leeth Marc and Cynthia Levin Gabriel Levine Michael and Cara Levinson Susan Levitt Ray and Norene Lewis† Mr. and Mrs. Burton Litwin Arthur and Barb Loevy Thomas P. Luning Thomas and Elizabeth Lyons Mardie MacKimm Jim Maclennan Lee and Madeline MacMillan Karen and Daniel Maki Elaine and Art Margulis Matt and Heidi Martin† Tom and Robin Martin† Henry and Peggy Matson Mr. Robert Mattaliano Larry Mayer Ms. Sally McArdle Thomas and Barbara McCaffrey Nancy McCartan Alyssa Mcculloch Anne McDevitt Betty McGhee Denise and Barry McKeown Joan and Jock McLane Mr. Jace McMahon Ms. Helen Mehler Michael and Nancy Merel Ms. Karlyn R. Meyer Dean A. Miller and Martha H. Swift Mr. Greg Miller Stephen and Kimberley Miller Ron and Barbara Moline† Ms. Anne Mongoven Brian Weatherford and Steven Montgomery Timothy Moon† Mr. Daniel Moren Mr. and Mrs. Henry Morris Sheba Miller-Morris

Beverly and Dale Mortensen Lisa Moss Sarah Mowaswes John and Colleen Mueller Paul and Joyce Muller Mary Ellen Murphy Jane Myers and Walter Myers William and Frances Myers Jenny Nagaoka and Bart Longacre Kurt Nakaoka and Nancy Morris Gavin Nelson† Mark and Maggie Nichter † Karen Nickelson Craig and Jenny Niemann† Mr. Donald Niemann Carol Norman Carol L. O’Brien John M. O’Donnell and Bonnie L. Humphrey Jill and Ronan O’Donovan Jennifer O’Neil Timothy O’Neill and Jane Rutherford Ms. Shirley O’Rourke Mr. Tom O’Sullivan Kirsten Olson Jonathan Orlove and Johanna Fraga Jerome and Kathryn Osen† Jody Pabst Sarah Parker Vanessa Passini Nick Patricca Zack Payne† Ted Pearson† Mr. Walter Penkala Ms. Monica Perelmuter Seymour and Jane Perkins Hershel Perlmutter Sarah Pesetsky Ross and Jackie Peterson Mr. Pete Pieruccini Mr. and Mrs. Steve Pillsbury Ms. Vera Pless Manya Jo Pleva Donald and Diane Pochyly Ms. Marla Portman Kristina Postrero Eric Potash Glenn A. Preibis Lynn and Clayton Pruitt Ms. Marcia Purze Peter Quagliana and Susan Dennison Pamela and Edwin Qualls Shelly Quiles† Heidi Ralli Diego Ramirez Heather N. Ransom† Ms. Anne Rapp

Dean Rapp Jason and Sarah Rasmusen Daniel W. Ray and Lynne S. Kaminer Mr. Chuck Rebesco John and Lauren Rice Leonard Richards Liv Rigdon† Regina Rivers Fran Robertson David M Rodriguez Alexander Roman Juliette C. Romeo Tabitha Rooney Linda Rosenblum and Steven Swiryn Georgia Ross Tony Rossi Phyllis B. Rubin Dario and Theresa Sacomani† Jeffrey and Ellen Sadur Hunter Sanders Mr. and Mrs. Martin Sandoval Laurie Sartain Vijay and Mary Sarthy Mr. and Mrs. John Scala Tim and Sue Schell Richard Schieler Mr. and Mrs. Darryl G. Schimeck Ms. Nancy Schlack Rose Schmidt † Marilyn Low Schmitt † Frank and Karen Schneider Marcus Koepke and Becky Schoefield Mrs. Margaret Schuring Nicholas Schwab† Cheryl M. Scott Thomas D. and Barbara Jo Scott Virginia and Solomon Secemsky Robert Connealy and Heather Seidelman† Ms. Merry Senchak Stephanie Sferra George and Lisa Shadid Marjorie P. Shafton Matti and Drora Shalev Ms. Sandra Shane-DuBow and Mr. Richard Hay Mr. Daniel Shapiro Linda and Mark Shapiro Elizabeth and Michael Shapiro† Gil Sharon and Ann Taylor Dr. D. Shaw And Mrs. L. Gordon Dr. Mitchell and Sharon Sheinkop Kathryn Shenk Philip and Cheryl Sheridan† Mr. and Mrs. William Shorey † Ilene Simmons

Mr. Joyce Simon Mr. and Mrs. Skogan Ada Skyles Ellen Mrazek and Daniel Slattery Ms. Kelly Smith-Haley Chuck Smith Mr. Larry K. Snider Ms. Maria I. Sobrero Malcolm Spector and Nancy Ludmerer Tim Speicher and Ellenkate Finley Bonnie Spring Shantha Sreekanth Dr. Lisa D. Stanford Lenette Staudinger Randy Steinmeyer Ms. Cynthia Stengel Joel and Kai Sternstein Ms. Barbara Stewart Gary N. Stone Mark and Irene Sudac Dr. and Mrs. K. Sullivan MD Robin Klein and Bill Summers Dr. and Mrs. Arnold Sutker Michelle Sweet Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Tatar Ms. Eva Taves Mr. Robert Taylor Ms. Laura Tenges Cheryl Thaxton Nancie Noie Thompson† Virginia Tobiason Mrs. Mary Ann Tolli Dr. Susan Torma Joanne Trudeau† Richard Turner Susan D. Tuteur Paule Verdier † Ms. Catherine Vincent Pam Voitik† Kimberly Walker † Mr. Terrence M. Walsh Ms. Lee-Lin Wang Joe and Nicole Warganz Deborah and Neil Warner † James and Christine Webb Marc Weinstein and Martha Laffey Mrs. Lori Weinstock Ernie and Penny Weis Ann E. Weisman and Robert F. Szurgot Barbara A. Weithaus Lisa Anne Werner † Wertz Family † Eileen Vavricek Steve and Bonnie Wheeler Ms. Drenda Wiley D. Terry and Sharon Williams Sonya Williams, M.D.†

Ms. Jill Willis Ms. Robin Wilson Dr. David Wise and Dr. Dianna Niebylski† Linda and William Woloshin John Woodyard and Patricia Taylor-Woodyard Beverly and Arnold Yusim Julie and Larry Zachary † Ms. Lauren Zadina Dr. Ronald Zank† Gloria Zieve

† Step-by-Step We salute the individual donors who have committed to a recurring monthly or

quarterly gift to Steppenwolf. Their ongoing support helps fuel Steppenwolf’s mission ofsteppenwolf superior 45 acting and risk-taking work.

IN MEMORY OF THE LEADERSHIP OF MARTHA LAVEY William Bogie Jeanne Connelly Mark and Linda Daly Emilie De Angelis and Bert Davenport Celia Donatio Matthew-Lee Erlbach William and Susan Flynn Alan Forsyth John and Katherine Fox Lloyd A. Fry Foundation Patti Eylar and Charlie Gardner Shirley Gourley John Hart and Carol Prins

Linda and John Hillman Sharon R. Johnston James A. Jolley, Jr. and R. Kyle Lammlein Charles Katzenmeyer Melanie Larch and Rudy Panucci Linda Legner Ruth Mandel Bob and Barb McCullough Jodi A. Morton Mary Ellen O’Connell Donald Park Nick Patricca Sylvia J. Pozarnsky and Tom Riley

South Suburban College Theatre Appreciation Class Vicki Stallman Sarah Stec and Doug Bobenhouse Michael Stolarski and Kim Steinke Gordon Stroupe Joseph Singer and Mish Tworkowski Shahin Vakilzadeh Alma Washington Laura and Bob Watson Martha and Eric Wegener Lisa and Randy White Maureen “Moe” Yanes

MARIANN MAYBERRY AWARD FUND DONORS Anonymous Douglas Brown and Rachel Kraft Carole Collins Barbara Gaines Dawn Marie Galtieri Carrie and Jay Gleason Sheila Gleason Joel Hatch Christine Heydt Robert Humphrey

Geraldine Jaeck Scott Jaeck Ted and Shirley Klinka The Mayberry Family Linda McCullum Bruce Norris Kimberly Osgood Cary Schneider Gary Sinise and Moira Harris Ronald and Ruth Spargo

Tahlula Spivy Caroline and Larry Summers Freya Weberman Martha and Eric Wegener Marja Wilkens Menecy Wilson Dennis Zacek and Marcelle McVay

IN-KIND CONTRIBUTORS Ambassador Chicago Rick and Deann Bayless Beyond Events Catering Kevin Boehm BLVD The BOKA Restaurant Group Lin Brehmer Ebs Burnough & Pierre Lagrange CH Distillery Josh Charles The Chicago Cubs Chicago Council on Planned Giving ClientFirst Consulting Group Michelle A. DeMent Evolution Interiors Exelon and Mary Ludford Frost Lighting Co. of IL, Inc. Robbie Gordy & Christie’s Auction House John Goodman Graycor, Inc. John Hart, Hart Davis Hart Wine Co.

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Accessibility at Steppenwolf Committed to providing services and programming that enhance the experience of guests with disabilities, Steppenwolf is proud to feature: • Assistive listening devices in our Downstairs, Upstairs and 1700 theaters.

• Audio-described performances, artistic conversations and touch tours of the stage for patrons who are blind or have low vision.

• Sign language-interpreted and open-captioned performances for guests who are deaf or hard of hearing.

Induction hearing loops in the 1700 and Downstairs Theatre

If you use a hearing aid or cochlear implant that has a T-Coil, feel free to turn it on for the performance! The 1700 Theatre and both levels of the Downstairs Theatre are equipped with induction loops. Individual portable neck loops are available in our Upstairs Theatre—just ask any member of the house staff if you’d like to use one. Steppenwolf’s induction loop was made possible in part by a generous gift from John Hart and Carol Prins.

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