Lindiwe

LINDIWE

WELCOME TO LINDIWE I heard a story that occurred during a rehearsal for THE SONG OF JACOB ZULU, our first collaboration with Ladysmith Black Mambazo. Director and ensemble member Eric Simonson was watching the founder of the group Joseph Shabalala speak to his bandmates in their native language, Zulu.

Afterwards, Eric asked Joseph what he was saying to them. Joseph told him that he was telling “the guys” that “there are 10 people in our group, but there is an 11th person who is invisible. And that person is a thief who is trying to take the show away from us. So we must all watch out for the thief.”

That story exemplifies the meaning of ensemble — a belief that both Steppenwolf Theatre and Ladysmith Black Mambazo share. Since the late 1960’s, the group has performed in small villages and large concert halls across the world. Their way of working is based on creating beautiful harmonies out of 10 individual voices. Their uncompromising creativity and drive have made them an international sensation. In 2013, Martha Lavey, former Artistic Director, asked Eric Simonson to create a new piece with the group. It had been over 10 years since the last collaboration and Martha felt it was time to explore a new story. After a long development process between Eric and the group, LINDIWE was written. A story about love, loss, sacrifice, and faith. The story has taken on a different weight with the loss of some of our ensemble members. This weight is also felt by Ladysmith Black Mambazo as they have also experienced loss in their group. Martha asked me to make sure that this play got produced. She longed to have our theater inhabited once again by the energy of Ladysmith Black Mambazo.

One of the many things that makes LINDIWE so exciting is how the story directly connects Chicago and Durban, South Africa — the place the group now calls home. Bringing these two places together created an exciting opportunity for Eric to explore the musical heritage of Chicago Blues and mix it with the a capella harmonies of Ladysmith Black Mambazo. It is also an homage to theatrical collaboration between the places that birthed each of our respective ensembles.

What we do in the theater is ephemeral. There is a wistfulness and melancholy that is unavoidable at the end of a production. You have shared this intense experience of creating something singular, which ends on closing night. What are left are memories. Memories of moments shared. Memories of growing together. Memories of triumphs. Memories of challenges. The loss of Martha and other members of our ensemble has been felt every day at Steppenwolf. With this production, we honor their memories and celebrate together in the only way we know how — we tell stories.

Anna D. Shapiro, Artistic Director

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i carry your heart with me(i carry it in

by E.E. CUMMINGS

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R EHEARSAL PHOTOS

By Lowell Thomas

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BIOS

18 E RIC SIMONSON AND LADYSMITH BLACK MAMBAZO on Lindiwe Edited by Greta Honold

EDITOR Jacqueline Corte Corinne Florentino

CONTRIBUTORS Natasha Freeman Hallie Gordon Claire Haupt Elise Hausken Greta Honold A.J. Roy Anna D. Shapiro Lowell Thomas

DESIGN Donovan Foote Kate Lerner

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Illustration by Donovan Foote

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Collette Pollard @heycollettepollard Scenic Design Marcus Doshi @marcusdoshi Lighting Design Kärin Kopischke

Costume Design

Rob Milburn and Michael Bodeen

Sound Design

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STEPPENWOLF SALUTES THE SPONSORS OF LINDIWE Lead Sponsor Zell Family Foundation Premier Sponsors

Grand Sponsors Donald and Anne Edwards Bill and Ethel Gofen The Irving Harris Foundation IDEAS TO GO Keyt Consulting Deborah and Stephen Quazzo Individual Sponsors Andrew and Amy Bluhm Liam and Francesca Connell Aimee Graham and Nigel Caine Joan M. Hall Jared Kaplan and Maridee Quanbeck Jim and Kay Mabie Jeffrey Maling and Rebecca Johnston Chuck Smith Pam and Russ Strobel Ron and Geri Yonover Endowment Sponsors Hope Abelson Fund for New Play Development Nancy L. Wald Endowment Fund And thank you to the Lindiwe Consortium Drum kit generously donated by Susan and David Kalt and the Chicago Music Exchange ComEd is the 2019/20 Season Lighting Sponsor

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Anna D. Shapiro† Artistic Director

David Schmitz Executive Director

STEPPENWOLF THEATRE COMPANY PRESENTS

LINDIWE

By Eric

Simonson†‡ Music by Ladysmith Black Mambazo Directed by Eric Simonson†‡ and Jonathan Berry FEATURING Jennifer Engstrom , Buddy Fambro, Erik Hellman*, Yasen Peyankov†*, Frank Russell, Nondumiso Tembe*, Cedric Young* and Ladysmith Black Mambazo *

PRODUCTION Collette Pollard+ Scenic Design Kärin Kopischke+ Costume Design Marcus Doshi+ Lighting Design Rob Milburn+ and Michael Bodeen+ Sound Design Ladysmith Black Mambazo Original Music Frank Russell Band Leader Polly Hubbard Dramaturg Gigi Buffington Company Voice and Text Coach Hallie Gordon Artistic Producer Tom Pearl Director of Production JC Clementz, CSA Casting Director Laura D. Glenn* Production Stage Manager Jacqueline Saldana* Assistant Stage Manager

Caldonia (What Makes Your Big Head So Hard?) written by Fleecie Moore is used by special arrangement with Cherio Corp. on behalf of MPL Music Publishing.

Sweet Home Chicago written by Robert Johnson. This selection is used by special arrangment with Concord Music Group, Inc., on behalf of Handle Bar Music, Standing Ovation and Encore Music, www.concrd.com. All Rights Reserved.

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

Jennifer Engstrom* Clarisse Erik Hellman* Adam Yasen Peyankov†* Keeper Nondumiso Tembe* Lindiwe Cedric Young* Mkhulu

Ladysmith Black Mambazo Movement Consultant Mlondolozi Zondi Cultural Consultant Jon Picciano Audio Engineer Am’Ber Montgomery Assistant Director Lauren Nichols Scenic Design Asisstant Kaili Story Assistant Lighting Designer Zavarie Z. Irons Production Assistant Joe Creen Run Crew/Spot Op Anisha Banerjee Stage Management Apprentice Max Burger, Devin O’Leary, Eva Trunzo Additional Carpenters Mealah Heidenreich Additional Properities Elyse Balogh, Claire Buchanan, Meghan Erxleben, Lee Moore Additional Paint Hailey Rakowiecki, Megan Turner, Melissa Wilson Stitchers Katelynn Barker Costume Assistant Dana Nestrick Costume Crafts Artisan Hilary Rubio First Hand Carol Schaberg Draper Nadya Naumaan, Noah Letscher Research Associates Jared Bellot, Greg Geffrard, Lavina Jadhwani, Lauren Katz, Derek Matson, Neel McNeill and Leean Kim Torske Post Show Discussion Moderators

LADYSMITH BLACK MAMBAZO Mfanafuthi Dlamini Msizi Shabalala Sabelo Mthembu Pius Shezi Albert Mazibuko Thulani Shabalala Abednego Mazibuko Sibongiseni Shabalala Thamsanqa Shabalala MUSICIANS (in alphabetical order) Buddy Fambro Guitarist Erik Hellman Drummer Frank Russell Band Leader and Bassist UNDERSTUDIES (in alphabetical order) Ty Fanning Adam Jyreika Guest Lindiwe Darren Hill Keeper Ashway Lawver Clarisse Joseph Primes Mkhulu SETTING Here. Now. This play will be presented with one 15 minute intermission.

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

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

Special Thanks Mitch Goldstein † 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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The theater reserves the right to limit admission of children younger than the age of six. As a courtesy to the actors and your fellow patrons, please turn off your cell phones before the performance. The taking of photographs and the use of any type of recording device are not allowed in the theater during performances and is a violation of state and federal copyright laws. Digital media will be deleted, and tape or film will be confiscated.

This production of Lindiwe is dedicated to the memory of Malcolm Ewen, Glenne Headly, Martha Lavey, John Mahoney, Mariann Mayberry, Geophrey - Mdeltshe, Ben Shabalala, Headman Shabalala and Jockey Shabalala.

i carry your heart with me(i carry it in

By E. E. CUMMINGS i carry your heart with me(i carry it in my heart)i am never without it(anywhere i go you go,my dear;and whatever is done by only me is your doing,my darling) i fear no fate(for you are my fate,my sweet)i want no world(for beautiful you are my world,my true) and it’s you are whatever a moon has always meant and whatever a sun will always sing is you here is the deepest secret nobody knows (here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud and the sky of the sky of a tree called life;which grows higher than soul can hope or mind can hide) and this is the wonder that’s keeping the stars apart i carry your heart(i carry it in my heart)

“i carry your heart with me(i carry it in”.

Copyright 1952, © 1980, 1991 by the Trustees for the E. E. Cummings Trust, from Complete Poems: 1904-1962 by E. E. Cummings, edited

by George J. Firmage. Used by permission of Liveright Publishing Corporation. “i carry your heart with me(i carry it in” first appeared in Poetry magazine in June, 1952.

Steppenwolf is pleased to partner with the Poetry Foundation to bring you a classic poem in conversation with the themes and ideas of Lindiwe. “i carry your heart with me(i carry it in” by E.E. CUMMINGS. The poem first appeared in Poetry magazine and appears here thanks to the generosity of the Foundation.

LINDIWE IN REHEARSAL Photography by Lowell Thomas

Cast member Nondumiso Tembe and Ladysmith Black Mambazo

Cast member Frank Russell and Ladysmith Black Mambazo

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*Steppenwolf ensemble member

Cast members Erik Hellman and Nondumiso Tembe

*Steppenwolf ensemble member

Cast members Erik Hellman, Yasen Peyankov* and Nondumiso Tembe

Cast member Nondumiso Tembe

Cast member Buddy Fambro and Ladysmith Black Mambazo

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LINDIWE BIOS Jennifer Engstrom (Clarisse) is honored to return to Steppenwolf Theatre Company.

Chicago credits include One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest, The North Plan, Hir (u/s) (Steppenwolf); Small Mouth Sounds, Simpatico, The Mutilated, Fatboy, 3C (A Red Orchid Theatre); Sweet Bird of Youth (Goodman Theatre); A Streetcar Named Desire, Death of a Streetcar Named Virginia Woolf (Writers Theatre); Sky Girls (Northlight Theatre); Hot L Baltimore (Mary-Arrchie Theatre).

Regional credits include Simpatico (McCarter Theatre); Angels in America (Kansas City Repertory Theatre); A Streetcar Named Desire (Williamstown Theatre Fest). NYC credits include Excuse My Dust, a Dorothy Parker Portfolio, curated and performed by Engstrom.

Film/TV credits include SLICE, Swing Shift, Chicago Fire. For BZ. Buddy Fambro (Guitarist) musical theatre highlights include Next to Normal (Writers Theatre); Jesus Christ Superstar (Paramount Theatre); Smokey Joe’s Cafe (Drury Lane Theatre); Motown the Musical (Oriental Theatre) and Come Fly Away (2012 International Tour). Buddy has 3 albums to his credit, including Purpose, which includes the Billboard charting single “One Flew”. Buddy can be seen on PBS’s Great Performances—Chicago Voices Gala, has performed and/or recorded with Chicago artists: Ramsey Lewis, The Staple Singers, The Dells and Otis Clay. He also teaches at Columbia College Chicago. buddyfambro.‌com

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Erik Hellman (Adam and Drummer) returns to Steppenwolf where he was last seen in Familiar as well as the SYA productions of The Burn, The Crucible, Elephant Man, Huck Finn and Honest for Steppenwolf First Look. Recent Chicago credits include Smart People and Marjorie Prime (Writers Theatre); Harvey and One Man Two Guvnors (Court Theatre); Miss Bennet (Northlight Theatre, Jeff Nom.); and Luna Gale (Goodman). Film/TV work includes The Dark Knight, The Chicago Code, Boss, Betrayal, Chicago Fire, Chicago PD, Empire, Walden and the upcoming mini-series Mrs. America. Erik also co-hosts the Erik and Jessie and Everyone You Know Variety Show which performs regularly at Steppenwolf’s 1700 Theatre.

Yasen Peyankov (Keeper) who was last seen as Robin in The Children, has been an ensemble member since 2002.

He has appeared in 19 productions at Steppenwolf Theatre Company, some of which are: Time of Your Life (also in Seattle and San Francisco), Morning Star (Jeff Award), Hysteria, Lost Land, Cherry Orchard, Frankie and Johnny at the Claire De Lune (also in Dublin), Superior Donuts (also on Broadway), The Tempest, Pillowman, Penelope, Three Sisters, A Doll’s House, Part 2 and others.

Steppenwolf main stage directing credits include The Fundamentals, Between Riverside and Crazy, Grand Concourse, Russian Transport, as well as Hushabye for First Look and The Glass Menagerie for Steppenwolf for Young Adults. He also translated and directed the Bulgarian

premiere of August: Osage County at the National Theatre in Sofia. Some of his many film and television appearances include Captive State, A Very Harold and Kumar Christmas, Transformers 3, The

Festival); Joyce in King Kong (The Fugard and Joburg Theatres); the title role in Cinderella (The Playhouse Company) and Race (Edinburgh Festival). Film/ TV credits include Six, True Blood,

Company, US Marshalls, The Mob Doctor, The Beast, Gifted Hands, Karen Sisco, Alias, The Practice, The Unit, Numb3rs, Chicago PD and others. Currently he plays the Russian Foreign Minister on CBS’s Madam Secretary and appears in the third season of Stranger Things. Mr. Peyankov is a Full Professor and the Head of Theatre at the School of Theatre and Music at UIC where he teaches acting and directs plays.

Generations (SABC), The Book of Negroes, NCIS, NCIS:LA, Castle and the lead in upcoming Rom-Com feature film, Zulu Wedding. Nondumiso thanks the entire team at Steppenwolf for this incredible opportunity and thanks her loving parents and management team at Endorse Management Group for tirelessly supporting and believing in her!

Frank Russell (Band Leader and Bassist) is a band leader, recording artist, clinician and composer and is excited to be returning to Steppenwolf Theatre Company. With three critically acclaimed albums to his credit his latest is Influences (A Tribute to Bass Guitar in Jazz). Frank has played with music greats Wallace Roney, Ken Chaney, Henry Johnson, Ramsey Lewis, Freddie Hubbard and Linda Clifford. Theatre credits include Beehive (Briar Street Theatre); Evelyn and the Polka King and Nomathemba (Steppenwolf Theatre Company). Frank is also the first bass guitarist to grace the cover of Chicago Jazz Magazine and is listed in Jon Liebman’s Funk Bass with some of the top bassists in the world.

Nondumiso Tembe (Lindiwe) is a multi-award winning Actress, Singer, Songwriter, Dancer and Writer. Theatre credits include Cleopatra in Antony & Cleopatra (Pennsylvania Shakespeare

Cedric Young (Mkhulu) is excited to return to Steppenwolf Theatre Company following last season’s appearance in Familiar. Previous Steppenwolf credits include The Song of Jacob Zulu, A Clockwork Orange, A Fair Country, No Place Like Home, Wishes Suspicions and Secret Ambitions and SYA’s Master Harold and The Boys. Recent theatre credits include 42nd Street (Drury Lane Theatre); Upstairs Concierge, Carlyle, Mary and Dartmoor Prison (Goodman Theatre); Race (Lookingglass Theatre Company); Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom and Jitney (Court Theatre). Regionally appearing in Piano Lesson, Fences and Joe Turner’s Come and Gone. Cedric has many film and television credits including a recurring role in Showtime’s hit show The Chi and is the voice of Kingsford Charcoal.

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Ladysmith Black Mambazo was founded in the early 1960s by Joseph Shabalala, then a teenage farm boy living outside the small town of Ladysmith, South Africa. In naming the group, Joseph used his hometown to honor his family Bios 9

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history. The word Black is reference to the black oxen, the strongest of the farm animals he worked with, so to announce the strength of the group’s vocal singing.

Mambazo is the Zulu word for chopping axe, a symbol of the group’s vocal ability. Ladysmith Black Mambazo has released over seventy albums, earning nineteen GRAMMY Award nominations and five GRAMMY Award wins, more than any other World Music group. Their most recent GRAMMY Award was for their 2017 album, Shaka Zulu Revisited: 30 Year Anniversary Celebration. When Nelson Mandela was released from prison, in 1990, he stated that Ladysmith Black Mambazo’s music was a powerful message of peace that he listened to while in jail. When Mandela was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, in 1993, he asked the group to join him at the ceremony in Oslo. It was Mandela who called Ladysmith Black Mambazo “South Africa’s Cultural Ambassadors to the World.” The group sings from a traditional music style called isicathamiya (Is-Cot-A-ME-Ya), which developed in the mines of South Africa. It was there that black workers were taken to work far from their homes.

Poorly housed and paid, the workers would entertain themselves, after a sixday week, by singing songs and dancing into the wee hours on Saturday night.

When the miners returned to their homes, this musical tradition returned with them. In the mid-1980s, American singer/ songwriter Paul Simon famously visited South Africa and incorporated the group’s rich harmonies into the famous Graceland album (1986)—a landmark recording considered seminal in introducing World Music to mainstream audiences. In

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addition to their work with Paul Simon, the group has recorded with Stevie Wonder, Dolly Parton, Sarah McLachlan, Josh Groban, Emmylou Harris and many others. They have provided music for many movies, as well as appearing on Broadway, in a previous Steppenwolf production. Joseph Shabalala retired in 2014, handing the group leadership to his four sons, Thulani, Msizi, Sibongiseni and Thamsanqa. In their hands and with their voices, the future of the group is assured to continue for years to come. Ladysmith Black Mambazo carries a message of Peace & Love as they travel the world year after year. They bring this message, in song and dance, to every theater they perform in. We hope you enjoy them as they spread their message.

Eric Simonson (Playwright/Co-Director) is an ensemble member of Steppenwolf Theatre Company. His plays and adaptations at Steppenwolf include Nomathemba (written with Ntozake Shange and Joseph Shabalala), Carter’s Way, Honest, Slaughterhouse-Five and Fake. Other plays include Louder Faster, Magic/Bird, Bronx Bombers, Bang the Drum Slowly The Last Hurrah, Work Song: Three Views of Frank Lloyd Wright (with Jeffrey Hatcher), Edge of the World and Speak American. On Broadway, his credits include Lombardi, Magic/Bird and Bronx Bombers. His plays have been produced around the world and throughout the United States at theaters including The Huntington Theatre Company, L.A. Theatre Works, City Theatre of Pittsburgh, The Kennedy Center, Milwaukee Repertory Theater, Arizona Theatre Company, Madison Repertory Theatre,

Kansas City Repertory Theatre and Crossroads Theatre Company.

His production of Steppenwolf’s The Song of Jacob Zulu received six Tony® Award nominations, including one for best direction. He’s received an Academy Award for his documentary A Note of Triumph, an Oscar nomination for his documentary Ladysmith Black Mambazo and an Emmy nomination for his HBO documentary about Studs Terkel. Eric’s television work includes writing for The Man in the High Castle, Homecoming (Amazon), Killing Reagan and Swagger (Apple TV). He is the recipient of the Princess Grace award and is the Artistic Director of the Door Kinetic Arts Festival in Door County, Wisconsin.

Jonathan Berry (Co-Director) is an artistic producer at Steppenwolf Theatre Company, where his credits include You Got Older, Constellations, the SYA productions of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime, The Crucible and A Separate Peace, and the world premiere of Melinda Lopez’s Gary. Ensemble member at Steep Theatre where productions include: Red Rex, Birdland, Earthquakes in London, Posh, The Life and Sort of Death of Eric Argyle, If There Is I Haven’t Found it Yet, The Knowledge, Festen, Moment, The Hollow Lands and The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui. Company member at The Griffin where productions include: The Harvest, Winterset, Pocatello, Balm in Gilead, Golden Boy, The Burnt Part Boys, Spring Awakening, Punk Rock, Port, On the Shore of the Wide World, Company, Picnic, Time and the Conways, Dead End, The Hostage and Journey’s End.

Assistant Director for Anna D Shapiro’s Broadway productions of Of Mice and Men and This is our Youth. Gift Theatre: World premieres of Dirty and Suicide, Incorporated by Andrew Hinderaker, as well as Shakespeare’s Othello. Goodman Theatre: The Solid Sand Below and The World of Extreme Happiness for New Stages Festival. He pursued his MFA in directing from Northwestern University and has taught at the University of Michigan, Northwestern University, University of Chicago, Act One Studios, Columbia College and The School at Steppenwolf.

Collette Pollard (Scenic Design) returns to Steppenwolf Theatre Company where recent credits include HIR, The Fundamentals, Between Riverside and Crazy, Head of Passes, 1984, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, The House on Mango Street and Harriet Jacobs. Recent and upcoming Chicago credits include Miracle (Miracles Productions), The Wolves (Goodman Theatre), Smart People (Writers Theatre), The Nutcracker at The House Theatre and A Shayna Maidel at Timeline Theatre where she is a company member and artistic associate. Recent and upcoming regional credits include The Legend of Georgia McBride (Milwaukee Repertory Theater and Arizona Theatre Company), Eclipsed and The Chinese Lady (Milwaukee Repertory Theater), A Doll’s House, Part 2 (Cleveland Play House) and The Cake (The Asolo Repertory Theatre).

Collette is the recipient of several Jeff Awards, and is an Associate Professor of Design at the School of Theatre and Music at UIC. Many thanks to the endless support from her family.

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Kärin Kopischke (Costume Design) is delighted to be returning to Steppenwolf Theatre Company, where she has designed for Anna D. Shapiro (Sideman), Amy Morton (The Weir), Randall Arney (Beauty Queen of Leenane) and Eric Simonson (Nomathemba). Kärin has received the Joseph Jefferson Award, AriZoni Award and a Prague Quadrennial nomination for her costume designs.

She has designed for regional theatre Tony winners American Conservatory Theater, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Goodman Theatre, Steppenwolf, Long Wharf Theatre, Victory Gardens Theater, Children’s Theatre Company, Crossroads Theatre, Huntington Theatre Company, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, and Utah Shakespeare Festival, as well as Minnesota Opera, Boston Lyric Opera, Milwaukee Repertory Theater, Skylight Music Theatre, Peninsula Players Theatre and American Players Theatre.

Marcus Doshi (Lighting Design) designs for theatre, dance, opera and nonperformance-based work. His designs have been seen internationally at The Barbican, Festival Lyric d’Aix-enProvence, La Comédie Française, La Monnaie, Venice Biennale, Dutch National Opera, Holland Festival, Canadian Opera Company, Sydney Festival, National Theatre of Sarajevo, many others. In the US with most major Off -Broadway theatres, regional theatres and opera companies. In Chicago with the Goodman Theatre, Court Theatre, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Chicago Shakespeare Theater and with Steppenwolf, Linda Vista (also on Broadway), Mary Page Marlowe, Pass Over (including the Spike Lee film),

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Visiting Edna, Linda Vista, You Got Older, BLKS, Familiar. He has degrees from Wabash College and Yale Drama, and is an Associate Professor and Associate Chair of the Theatre Department at Northwestern. marcusdoshi.com Rob Milburn and Michael Bodeen (Sound Design) recently created music or sound at Steppenwolf Theatre Company for The Roommate, Guards at the Taj, The Doppelgänger (an international farce), The Christians, Visiting Edna, John Steinbeck’s East of Eden and back in the day Nomathemba (Hope) and The Song of Jacob Zulu. They have composed music and sound for the Broadway productions of No Man’s Land and Waiting for Godot, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, The Miracle Worker, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest and The Speed of Darkness; and sound for Sweat, The Price, Larry David’s Fish in the Dark, This Is Our Youth, Of Mice and Men, Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf , Superior Donuts, reasons to be pretty, A Year with Frog and Toad, The Song of Jacob Zulu and The Grapes of Wrath. They have also created music and sound Off Broadway, at many of America’s resident theatres, London’s West End and at several other international venues. Please visit milbomusic.com.

Gigi Buffington (Company Voice and Text Coach) has worked at Steppenwolf Theatre Company on The Great Leap, True West, MS BLAKK For President, The Children, A Doll’s House, Part 2, Familiar, Downstate, The Doppelgänger (an international farce), Guards At The Taj, The Minutes, Hir, Pass Over, Linda Vista, Mary Page Marlowe and John Steinbeck’s East of Eden. Broadway credits include Linda Vista, Straight White Men, King

Kong Live on Broadway; Off Broadway:

Africa); the Laguna Beach Art Museum,

Heroes Of The Fourth Turning, Dying City,

San Francisco MoMA, Joe Goode Annex

Mary Page Marlowe, Noura, Pass Over,

(in California); High Concept Labs, Axis

Uncle Romeo Vanya Juliet, Coriolanus;

Lab, Victory Gardens (in Chicago); and

The Tempest; Elizabeth R: texts &

Gibney, the African Burial Ground

beheadings (BAM and The Folger); Royal

(New York).

Shakespeare Company: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Hamlet (David Tennant, Patrick Stewart), Love’s Labour’s Lost; APT: The Maids (director), Pericles, Othello, An Illiad, The Seagull, Hamlet, Romeo & Juliet, Richard III. Associate Arts Professor, Tisch, NYU. AEA, SAG/AFTRA, VASTA. Laura D. Glenn (Stage Manager) Over the past 30 years some Steppenwolf Theatre Company credits include; True West, The Children, Downstate, You Got Older, Mother Courage, Slaughterhousefive and Nomathemba. Some Northlight Theatre credits include Butler, Outside Mullingar, Chapatti, Sense and Sensibility, Blue/Orange and A Skull in Connemara.

International credits include Better Late (Northlight Theatre) Orange Flower Water and Purple Heart (Steppenwolf) all at the Galway Arts Festival in Galway Ireland; The Man Who Came to Dinner— BITE festival Barbican Center in London (Steppenwolf); and the regional and Broadway productions of Buried Child (Steppenwolf). Laura has been a proud member of Actor’s Equity for 29 years.

For Mal. Mlondolozi “Mlondi” Zondi (Cultural Consultant) is a multi-disciplinary artist, dramaturg, performance curator, and

Jacqueline Saldana (Assistant Stage Manager) is thrilled to return to Steppenwolf Theatre Company. Chicago credits include The Roommate, The Dopplegänger (an international farce), BLKS, The Crucible (Steppenwolf Theatre Company); The Music Man, The Winter’s Tale, Sweat, How to Catch Creation, A Christmas Carol and We’re Only Alive for A Short Amount of Time (Goodman Theatre). Saldana is a graduate of the University of Michigan.

Zavarie Z. Irons (Production Assistant) is happy to return to Steppenwolf Theatre Company where previous credits include MS. BLAKK FOR PRESIDENT, The Dopplegänger (an international farce) and You Got Older. Other Chicago credits include An Educated Guess (Definition Theatre Company); 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and The Steadfast Tin Soldier (Lookingglass Theatre Company).

Upcoming projects include Lookingglass Alice and Her Honor Jane Byrne (Lookingglass Theatre Company). Zavarie is a native of Cincinnati, Ohio. For Neel.

Anna D. Shapiro (Artistic Director) is a Tony Award-winning director and Artistic Director of Steppenwolf Theatre

doctoral candidate in Performance

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Studies at Northwestern University,

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the 2008 Tony Award for Best Direction

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Hat (Public Theater, Labyrinth Theater).

Other Steppenwolf directing credits include the world premiere production of The Minutes (slated to open on Broadway in 2020); Mary Page Marlowe, Visiting Edna, 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).

Additional Broadway credits include Of Mice and Men (with James Franco) and Fish in the Dark (with Larry David), and Off-Broadway Domesticated (Lincoln Center Theater). She is directing the new Broadway musical The Devil Wears Prada with music by Sir Elton John, lyrics by Shaina Taub and book by Paul Rudnick.

Anna is a graduate of the Yale School of Drama and Columbia. She is a 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

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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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Featuring ensemble member Celeste M. Cooper The recently widowed “Mother of America” lies helpless in her Mount Vernon bed, ravaged by illness and attended to by the very enslaved people who will be free the moment she dies. The form-shifting fever dream that follows takes us deep into the ugly, uncomfortable and thorny ramifications of America’s original sin. Both fantastical and fraught with cruel reality, this Chicago premiere from a daring new voice pulls no punches as it puts our idols, and ourselves, on trial.

MAY 7 – JUNE 21, 2020

KING JAMES

By ensemble member Rajiv Joseph Directed by ensemble member Anna D. Shapiro Featuring ensemble member Glenn Davis “King” LeBron James’s reign in Cleveland brings promise, prosperity and renewal to a city in desperate need of all three. As the city celebrates a championship, two estranged friends spar in a verbal game of 1 on 1, revealing past secrets, present truths and a possible future after “The King” has left the building.

Steppenwolf in association with Center Theatre Group co-present this world premiere by ensemble member Rajiv Joseph and directed by ensemble member Anna D. Shapiro. King James will also be produced in LA as part of Center Theatre Group’s 2020/21 season.

JUNE 4 — JULY 26, 2020

CATCH AS CATCH CAN

By Mia Chung Directed by Amy Morton

Featuring ensemble members Audrey Francis and Tim Hopper Two blue collar New England families grapple with a spiraling crisis that threatens not just their relationships, but their very identities. Three actors take on the six roles, crossing both generation and gender, upending the kitchen sink drama in what will surely be a theatrical tour-de-force. A distinctive Chicago premiere by the gifted writer Mia Chung.

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ERIC SIMONSON AND LADYSMITH BLACK MAMBAZO ON

LINDIWE

Edited by Greta Honold As rehearsals began, playwright and co-director Eric Simonson, along with members of Ladysmith Black Mambazo, found time to answer some questions about their creative partnership, process, and the inspiration for this play.

Here are some highlights from the conversation.

Greta Honold: This is your third collaboration in a creative relationship spanning thirty years.

How did it all begin?

Eric Simonson: I first worked with Mambazo in 1989 I think, when Randy Arney asked me to direct The Song of Jacob Zulu. It was a brand new play about a young Black South African who was accused of bombing a shopping mall in protest against Apartheid. A very heartbreaking story. This was the first collaboration between Steppenwolf and Mambazo and it went very well.

Ladysmith Black Mambazo: That show was a wonderful experience and success. It eventually went to Broadway and was nominated for six Tony Awards as well as having us win a Drama Desk Award. We developed such a bond with Eric that we quickly agreed to collaborate on a second play called Nomathemba.

ES: One of my favorite Mambazo songs is called “Nomathemba.” It tells the story of a young man from the country searching for his bride, who has run off to the city. In the end they reunite and get married. Very simple.

But a nice story that had reconciliation at its heart. By now it’s 1995 and apartheid is being dismantled. It felt like the right time to tell this story.

So we put our resources together and made a new play named after 18 Features

the song: Nomathemba. It was very different in tone and substance than Zulu. Not a tragedy, but more hopeful.

GH: What was the genesis of this collaboration on Lindiwe?

ES: Well, Martha [Lavey, Steppenwolf’s former artistic director]. She was around for Nomathemba, on Steppenwolf’s staff while we were rehearsing that play.

Something magical happens when Mambazo are in the rehearsal room.

The theatre becomes exponentially happier when these guys are around and I think she remembered that.

Also, she told me she’d been listening to an old Studs Terkel interview on which the guys and I appeared. I think she told me that’s when she got the idea — hey, let’s get the band back together! Lindiwe’s been years in the making. I don’t think we got the right idea for the play until about a year and a half ago. The ensemble was going through a very rough patch, mourning fellow artists who had passed, including Martha. Mambazo, too, has had its share of losses over the years. And the group has always been a source of hope and strength for Steppenwolf. I thought, wouldn’t it be nice if we created something that addresses the loss and mourning we were experiencing? What is it like to be an artist — or anyone for that matter — when you lose someone that is irreplaceable? This is something

we all experience and go through.

Maybe we can make something that reaches people and wrestles with the tough questions that come with losing a loved one, a member of the family. Can whatever we create here, between these two artistic ensembles, be about that and learning how to confront death and loss? Can we make something that encourages us to grow rather than despair?

GH: Can you talk about how you collaborated on the writing of this play?

ES: We live on opposite sides of the world so it’s not easy. I pretty much run ideas for a story past them and they say yea or nay, and then I go off and write. We’ve had a few workshops for this and that’s when I get the most feedback. And Mambazo writes music very quickly.

A lot of the songs are written during rehearsals when we’re figuring out how we get the play from one scene to the next, or deciding what information needs to come out when.

This is not your average musical and it doesn’t get put together in the usual way. The process is sometimes messy and always organic.

GH: Ladysmith Black Mambazo, in the script the character Lindiwe says that Chicago Blues is a part of South African music – can you tell us more about that, and the relationship between the two musical traditions presented in the play?

LBM: So much of South African music is based on the emotions of sorrow and hope. It comes from the history and experience of our people. Sadly, this history has close relations to the experience of African American people so the connections in emotion and style, with American Blues music, are easy to detect.

GH: Eric, it seems you have a real passion for working with performing

artists across genres. Where does that creative desire come from?

ES: I actually studied to be a set designer in college. And I acted for a while too. I don’t know. My mom was a music teacher. We were always around music. I think I just like anything creative. Everything I do though, whether it’s film or opera or theatre or documentaries — it’s all about telling stories. I think ultimately that’s what I do. I tell stories.

GH: And speaking of working across genres, Ladysmith Black Mambazo you are by now seasoned thespians, but coming primarily from the music world I wonder, what are the unique challenges of performing in plays?

LBM: The biggest thing we have to adapt to, in regards to performing in a play, is keeping to exact dialogue and dance movements. When we perform our own concerts we are free to improvise our dancing and movements. Of course in theater we have to be in-line with the other performers so everything is syncopated.

GH: Ladysmith, you have been to Chicago many times over the years and have had several extended stays in the city. What are your favorite things to do while you are here?

LBM: We especially love walking around the city and talking with people we meet. Chicago people are very friendly and they love to talk about their city and how much there is to do. When the weather is nice most of our group loves walking near the lake. It’s so beautiful there.

Of course there is so much music to enjoy in Chicago so we like to go to different music venues to see great local musicians.

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Founders of the New Steppenwolf ($500,000+) Julie and Roger Baskes The Orlebeke Foundation The Negaunee Foundation Rich and Margery Feitler Rebecca Johnston and Jeffrey Maling Janet Melk Anne and Don Phillips Deborah and Stephen Quazzo John and Carol Walter Family Foundation

Sponsors of the New Steppenwolf ($200,000+) Michael Bender and Sheridan Prior Shawn M. Donnelley and Christopher M. Kelly Julius Frankel Foundation Tracy and Carrie Letts Jim and Kay Mabie The Elizabeth Morse Charitable Trust Lynn Lockwood Murphy and Barrett Murphy The Northern Trust Company Jeff Perry and Linda Lowy William and Gina Petersen Kenneth Porrello and Sherry McFall Moira and Gary Sinise Bill and Orli Staley

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Caryn Harris*, Co-Chair Anna D. Shapiro*, Co-Chair Julie Baskes Susan O. Berghoef* Amy Bluhm* Meredith Bluhm-Wolf* Douglas R. Brown* Joyce Chelberg Nora Daley* Anne Edwards Bill Gofen Ethel Gofen Joan M. Hall Liz Lefkofsky Jim Mabie Deborah Quazzo* Robert Sanborn* Matthew Shapiro* Elizabeth Schubert Colette Cachey Smithburg* Helen Zell*

Directors Circle Committee helps steward and grow the theater’s largest donor program.

Beth Boosalis Davis* Greg Desmond Ritu Dhingra Stacy Fleming Aimee Graham Rebecca Johnston* Karen Levine Susan Lichtenstein Stephanie Linn Beth Loeb Toni Sandor Smith Gail Straus Frances E. Tuite

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Education Committee advocates for the programming of Steppenwolf for Young Adults and for access to quality arts experiences for teens and teachers.

Amy Eshleman*, Chair Michael Bolton Amy Bluhm* Sheila Chapman Beth Boosalis Davis* Jeremy Dunn Jane Fleming Paul Gaynor David Germaine Larry Grimm John Hart* Robert LoPrete Sybil Madison-Boyd Susan Noel Ashley Pettit Anne M. Phillips* Donald J. Phillips II Deborah Quazzo* Cari B. Sacks* Robert Sanborn* Michelle Schlack Sydney Sidwell Jennifer Stuart Elliot A. Stultz* Annie Tully David Wagener Nina A. Winston

Women in the Arts Luncheon Committee spearheads our annual fundraising event, honoring leading artists in theater, film and television.

Stephanie B. Smith*, Co-Chair Helen Zell*, Co-Chair Amy Bluhm* Meredith Bluhm-Wolf* Caroline and Keating Crown* Donna La Pietra* Deborah Quazzo* Cari B. Sacks*

2020 Gala Steppenwolf’s Gala Co-Chairs plan the signature fundraising event led by the theater’s Board of Trustees.

Joan Allen Susan O. Berghoef* Gary Cole Sandra Marquez

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Lily Ader Amara Alexander Courtland Anderson Ginelle Bamfo Victoria Camuy Maral Chinbat Kristen Das Dream Drummer Isabella Gomez-Barrientos Grace Hanson Erol Ibrahimovic Audrey Jacobs London Johns Eileen Keller Cayleigh Kissinger Naima McRoberts Gwyneth Lemaster Spencer O’Brien Nikhil Patel Alexander Randerson Joelle Reiter Jairo Saucedo Omari Sloan William Stevens Ramman Taksh *Steppenwolf Trustee

New Play Development Fund Committee supports Steppenwolf’s mission to be a preeminent producer of new American plays.

Corporate Arts Council Steppenwolf’s Corporate Arts Council unites a community of smart, innovative companies to connect in a dynamic and unique environment here at the theater. Supporting Steppenwolf’s mission to champion new talent within the theater, the Corporate Arts Council engages members throughout the year to network, entertain, and give back.

For more information on corporate sponsorship opportunities, please contact Max Lando at 312-654-5697 or mlando@steppenwolf.‌org.

Leading Members Allstate Insurance Company, Meghan Sporleder* Ameriprise Financial, Patricia Moll* Archer Daniels Midland Company, Ben Bard DLA Piper LLP (US), Katrina Hausfeld* Exelon Corporation, Jason Decker* J.P. Morgan, Kelly Epstein*

Northern Trust, Mark Taylor* PwC, Vilma Chan* Premier Members Faegre Baker Daniels, Patrick M. Miller* Sidley Austin LLP & Elizabeth M. Schubuert*

Members 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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Co-Presidents Julia Luscombe Shilpa Rupani Vice Presidents Kevin Goldstein Marilynn Rubio Allan Waite Harriet White

Associates Board Members Jonathan Blanc Alex Block Liz Buchanan Bridget Byrne Isaac Colunga Aimee Graham Peter Hegel Halley Hoffman Libby Ingram Paul Jeffries

Eléonore Moncheur de Rieudotte Kate Nardin Vanessa Passini Adrienne Pope Jennifer Stuart David Wagener Founding Officers Marissa Bryce Nora Daley

MAJOR ENDOWMENT SUPPORT 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 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 Steppenwolf Theatre Company Endowment Fund created with Searle Funds at the Chicago Community Trust Nancy L. Wald Production Endowment Fund John and Carol Walter Production Endowment Fund

CORPORATE, FOUNDATION & GOVERNMENT CONTRIBUTORS

Benefactors ($50,000 – $99,999) 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 Laurents/Hatcher Foundation National Endowment for the Arts Northern Trust* The Orlebeke Foundation Poetry Foundation PwC Smart Family Foundation of Illinois Vinci Producers ($25,000 – $49,999) Anonymous Alphawood Foundation American Express Ameriprise Financial Archer Daniels Midland Company The Bluhm Family Charitable Foundation CA Ventures

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The Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation Chicago Community Trust City of Chicago, Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events DLA Piper LLP (US) Grosvenor Capital Management Irving Harris Foundation Illinois Tool Works Foundation The Joyce Foundation‡ JPMorgan Chase & Co.* The Oppenheimer Family Foundation Princess Grace Foundation-USA J.B. and M.K. Pritzker Family Foundation Sage Foundation Schiff Hardin LLP Searle Family Trust Earl and Brenda Shapiro Foundation‡ Sidley Austin LLP Gary Sinise Foundation Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP Searle Funds at The Chicago Community Trust Time Warner Foundation Vanguard Charitable Walter E. Heller Foundation John and Carol Walter Family Foundation Winston & Strawn, LLP Patrons ($10,000 – $24,999) Anonymous (4) Baker McKenzie BNY Mellon Wealth Management Robert and Isabelle Bass Foundation, Inc. The Boeing Company Helen Brach Foundation Buchanan Family Foundation CBRE, Inc. CNA Financial Corporation* CRC Group Frank G. and Gertrude Dunlap Fund Eversheds Sutherland Faegre Baker Daniels Greenberg Traurig LLP Green Courte Partners, LLC

GrubHub John R. Halligan Charitable Fund McKinsey & Company, Inc. Melcher Charitable Foundation National Philanthropic Trust Newcastle Limited Norcon, Inc Dr. Scholl Foundation Seigle Family Foundation Siragusa Family Foundation The Smithburg Family Foundation Sustainers ($5,000 – $9,999) Aon Modestus Bauer Foundation Bayless Family Foundation Boeing Matching Gift Program Philip H. Corboy Foundation Grainger Foundation Ice Miller LLP Karkomi Family Foundation Loop Capital Markets Mesirow Financial Montgomery Ward & Co. New Horizon Foundation Nordstrom Reynolds Family Foundation Rochman Charitable Foundation Sahara Enterprises, Inc. Louis & Nellie Sieg Fund The Talbott Hotel

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

Grand Benefactors ($100,000+) Allstate Insurance Company* Paul M. Angell Foundation The Roy Cockrum Foundation The Crown Family ‡ The Davee Foundation‡ Lefkofsky Family Foundation‡ John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation‡* Polk Bros. Foundation* Prince Charitable Trusts Rhoades Foundation Shubert Foundation, Inc. Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust ‡ United Airlines The Wallace Foundation‡ Zell Family Foundation ‡

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. To join this distinguished group, call Jessica Gretch at 312-654-5672 Premier Patrons ($50,000+) Anonymous Julie and Roger Baskes‡ Leigh and Henry Bienen Andrew and Amy Bluhm‡ Meredith Bluhm-Wolf and Bill Wolf Douglas R. Brown and Rachel Kraft 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 Mr. and Ms. Carl Lukach 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) Anonymous Michael Bender and Sheridan Prior Marlene Breslow-Blitstein and Berle Blitstein Amy Eshleman and Lori Lightfoot Ethel and Bill Gofen Bob and Amy Greenebaum‡ Marian, Fruman and Lisa Jacobson Andrew Keyt Holly and Matt Maloney Mr. and Ms. David E. Mendelsohn Verett Mims Christopher and Eileen Murphy Susan and Ted Oppenheimer Deborah and Stephen Quazzo Randy and Susi Rowe Bruce Sagan and Bette Cerf Hill Manny Sanchez and Pat Pulido Sanchez Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Shapiro‡ Stephanie B. Smith and Gerald Smith Bill and Orli Staley

Distinguished Patrons ($15,000 – $24,999) Andy and Sue Arnold Sarah Beardsley and Dr. Christopher Randolph Carole L. Brown Liam and Francesca Connell Beth Boosalis Davis and Maxwell S. Davis Donald and Anne Edwards Patti Eylar and Charlie Gardner Ian and Stacy Fleming Aimee Graham and Nigel Caine Mrs. John M. Hartigan Joan Hall Jeffrey Maling and Rebecca Johnston Jared Kaplan and Maridee Quanbeck The Krammer Family L. Heather Mitchell and Kenny Mitchell Benjamin Rosenthal Lynn Hauser and Neil Ross Ms. Elizabeth Schubert Sue and Harry Seigle Colette Cachey Smithburg and Tom Smithburg Pam and Russ Strobel Tom and Blaine Wells Susan and Robert A. Wislow Ronald and Geri Yonover

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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.

Patrons ($10,000 – $14,999) Anonymous (2) Mr. and Mrs. John Aalbregtse‡ Betty Bradshaw Michael and Cathy Brennan Elizabeth H. Connelly Shawn M. Donnelley and Christopher M. Kelly Mary and Paul Finnegan Richard and Mary L. Gray ‡ Ginger and Del Hall Ms. Anne Kaplan Brad and Kim Keywell Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Lad Susan Lichtenstein and John Rokacz L. Heather Mitchell and Kenny Mitchell Kenneth J. Porrello and Sherry L. McFall‡ Mr. John M. Schwolsky Sustainers ($5,000 – $9,999) Anonymous (2) Gerry Barad Sarah Beardsley and Dr. Christopher Randolph Louis and Jacqueline Bernstein Lois Browning Cheryl Lynn Bruce and Kerry Marshall Phil Burgess and Jim Nutter Michael and Stephanie Chu Gia and Isaac Colunga Jerry and Josephine Conlon Beth Boosalis Davis and Maxwell S. Davis Mr. Brian Duwe Laura and Scott Eisen Mary M. Emerson Greg and Karen Felton John and Katherine Fox Michael Fridholm David and Noreen Ann Gallagher Beverly Wyckoff and Charles Ginsberg Valerie and Paul Goodrich Leslie and Matthew Gray Marcy and Harry Harczak Judy and Jay Heyman

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David Hiller Timothy B. Johnson and Valerie B. Wiley Jen and Brad Keck Laurie Anne Kladis Christine and Michael LaTona Ron and Kim Lemar Donald and Elaine Levinson Amos and Anat Madanes Malkin Family Don and Melinda Marshall Lisa and Paul McGrady ‡ Alyson and Patrick J. Nash, Jr. Mr. and Ms. Dave Obenauer Dale and Loretta Pierson Lynne Remington and Geoff Goldberg Merle Reskin Randy and Betsy Rochman Sandra and Earl Rusnak, Jr. Shirley and Patrick G. Ryan Sr. Manny Sanchez and Pat Pulido Sanchez Dr. Michele D. Semin David and Judith L. Sensibar Toni Sandor Smith Edward A. Studzinski Elliot A. Stultz Judy Sugarman Jacqueline Tilton Richard and Elaine Tinberg Howard and Jane Tyner Donna and Dirk Vos Tom Wake Michael and January Ward Dr. David Wasserman Jack and Keli Wildermuth Bobbi Zabel Benefactors ($2,000 – $4,999) Anonymous (9) Kim and David Adler Jack J. Adrian Karen and Scott Alexander Nicholas and Kathleen Amatangelo Kimball Anderson and Karen Gatsis Anderson Robert C. Anderson David and Suzanne Arch Robert and Marilyn Arensman

Stephanie and Dana Arnett Jeffrey S. Arnold and Ellen J. Neely Edgar Bachrach Richard and Janice Bail Andy and Stephanie Baker ‡ Elena and Yuri Balasanov Gustavo Bamberger and Martha Van Haitsma Catherine Bannister Merrill and Alice Barden Cynthia Barginere Solomon and Camila Barnett Bob and Trish Barr Martha and Al Belmonte Scott and Carla Benigni Shirley and Tom Berchou‡ Mr. Kevin Berg Dr. Mary E. Belford MD and Mr. Ric Berta Ron and Colleen Bess Jim and Sherry Bicak Nicholas Biederman Ms. Faye Blake Jon Blanc Shelley Bloch and Brian Sweeney Shaun and Andy Block Stephen and Lynn Bolanowski‡ Stanley and Anne Boychuck Doug Bradbury Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Braun Lin Brehmer and Sara Farr Robert and Joell Brightfelt ‡ Marissa and Tim Brinkley Reid Brody and Sally Schwartz Mr. and Mrs. Norman Brooks John D. and Leslie Henner Burns Timothy Burroughs and Barbara Smith Bridget Byrne Michael and Merle Cahan David Callahan and Terri Abruzzo Joseph and Cory Cancila‡ Ray Capitanini Shamequa Carlton Helen and Paul Chang Drs. Rex Chisholm and Kathleen Green

Nancy Ciezki and Diane Kostecke Lesley and Zac Cochran Carol and Douglas Cohen Michael and Edie Cohen Thomas and Katherine Coleman Steven and Caralynn Collens Pam and Howard Conant J. Gorman Cook and Carole Kohout Bryce Cooper Merle R. Cooper Lisa and Brian Cornell Deb and Denny Cowhey Patricia Cox, Katie and Will Hunckler Winnie and Bob Crawford Phyllis Cretors Mary Jane Crotty 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 Gautam and Ritu Dhingra Roberta S. Dillon Patricia and Richard Doonan Philip and Marsha Dowd Raymond and Marybeth Drake Tracy Koerner Erin and Ian Drury Susan Duman Jon and Susanne Dutcher Dr. Steven B. Edelstein John and Jennifer Elliot George Engeln Tom and Pat Erickson Ms. Rebekah Eubanks Juliet and Marc Fallah Ms. Judith Aiello Ms. Leah Farmer Randall Fearnow and Beth Compton Carla and Len Feinkind Harris J. Feldman, M.D. Roxanne Hori and Robert Felsenthal Carol and Steven Felsenthal Richard and Linda Filler Peter and Joanne Fischer Jane Fleming and Melinda Kempton

Steven Florsheim and Jennifer Friedes Lisa and John Folkers Kim M. Folta Cory and Cyndi Fosco William Fotis Daniel J. Rubin and Karen Frederick Jim and Sandy Freeburg Kate Friedlob Mr. and Mrs. Sherwin Friedman Lori Mae Frith Susan Fuchs, M.D.‡ Denise Michelle Gamble Gigi Gamauf Gavron and Dr. Joseph Gavron Gary L. Gephart Susan and John Gibbons Gordon and Wendy Gill Christine Albright and Lawrence Gill Mr. and Mrs. James J. Glasser Charlie and Mary Gofen Bob and Carol Goldberg Jennifer and Isaac Goldman Kevin Goldstein and Sarah Fox 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 Maggie Gregory Jack and Sandra Guthman Suzanne Gylfe Michael Hansen and Nancy Randa Victoria F. Harris Stacie R. Hartman Dorothy Harza Marty Hauselman Jean M. Hawkinson Mark and Joelle Hayes Sandra L. Helton and Norman M. Edelson James LaForce and Stephen Henderson Marlene and Sonny Hersh Richard and Elaine Heuberger David Kistenbroker and Cynthia Heusing Andrew and Elizabeth Hibel

Mr. and Mrs. Arthur J. Hill Jon Michael Hill Ann Hoenig and Jonathan Hoenig Halley Hoffman Grayson Holmbeck Jack and Kathleen Horn Holly E. Humphreys Dr. and Mrs. David Ingall Lukas Janulis and Amber Seiber Patricia Jeffers Craig “CJ” Jensen and Craig Dannenbrink Craig and Heidi Johnson Laura and Eric Jordahl Jeff and Lisa Jozwiak Robert and Kathleen Kaplan Aviva Katzman and Morris Mauer Mary Ann and Mark Kaufman Reis and Sherri Kayser Thomas E Keim Sheryl and Tom Keith‡ Chris Kendrick and Kasturi Haldar Helen J. Kessler Patricia and Wayne Kik‡ Harry Kinzie Tom Klarquist and Steve Somora Stephanie and Peter Klein Jean Klingenstein Mr. and Mrs. Tom Knauff Michael Kochman Mr. and Mrs. Sanfred Koltun Dr. and Mrs. Stephen M. Korbet MD Mira Krishnan and Teri Jourdan Suzy Krueckeberg Raminder and Vinay Kumar Mr. Matthew Kutcher and Ms. Rebecca Richards Tom and Renee Lavallee Travis Lenkner and Erin Delaney Karen Levine Tanya Levshina and Ilya Volvovski Wil Lewis Ms. Stephanie F. Linn and Dr. Seth B. Krantz Dr. Paul M. Lisnek William and Diane Lloyd Beth Loeb Abby and George Lombardi Diane and Alejandro Longoria

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…cont’d Directors Circle Fran Lambros and John Lowry ‡ Mrs. Barbara Lucas and Ms. Toni Sieve‡ Dr. and Ms. Steven Ludford Michael Maloney and Christine Zyzda Mark and Frances Mann Sandy and Jerry Manne Barbara and Larry Margolis Christine and David Markovitz Michael E. McCaslin‡ Kevin and Beth McMeen Andrew Means Dr. Janis Mendelsohn Kenneth and Jo Merlau Ellie and Bob Meyers Amy Laiken and Tim Michel Jamey Eklund and Evgueni Minev Blake and Debra Moritz‡ Amy Morton and Rob Milburn Marisa Murillo Ms. Katherine Nardin Jean and Jordan Nerenberg Jon and Molly Neuleib Howard and Cathy Niden Lynne Considine Nieman and Jim Parsons Hope Nightingale and David Ellis Susan and George Obermaier Gary and Marcie Ochs Barbara and Daniel O’Keefe Roberta Olshansky Elizabeth Orelup and Lawrence Sonntag Brian A. Paetow and Gretchen K. Beetner Jim and Sue Pajakowski Mr. Deep Patel and Ms. Nisha Begwani Emma Pauly Amy and Brent Peebles Melissa Peralta and George Savvas Sandra and Michael Perlow Simon and Kim Perutz John and Christine Pfeiffer Jennifer and Perry Pinto Patricia Pippert and Steven Redfield Adrienne Pope Mrs. Sharon Pope Avi and Joan Porat Andrew and Judy L. Porte Timothy Prettyman Elliott Quigley Paul Rauch and Frank Cozzi

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Bradley and Patricia Reid Linda Reid Nina Riccardi Dana and Jacob Ringer Susan and Edwin Ritts Mr. Robert Rivkin John C. Roberts and Lynn D. Fleisher Riney and Carol Robertson James and Trude Roselle Hilary Rosenthal Ms. Doris D. Roskin Lisa and Doug Rosskamm Alan Gordon Rottman Bob and Mary Rowe Marilynn Rubio George and Kimberly Ruhana Ms. Shilpa Rupani John Ryan and Margaret Silliker The Ryerson Family Bettylu and Paul Saltzman A. Sue Samuels Robert and Louise Sanborn Richard and Susan Sanders Pamela and Fred Sasser Paul Scavone and Donna Pawlus Michelle Maton and Mike Schaeffer Howard and Gail Schaffner William B. Schildgen Cynthia Schilsky Michelle Schlack David and Susan Schmid Ms. E. Jane Schmitz Richard and Robin Schmitzer Mrs. Elizabeth Schneider Matthew and Tina Schubert Alan Kozlowski and John Schuchert Diana and Richard Senior Jill and Michael Severino Mark and Kimberly Shadle Surendra and Dorothie Shah Michael Shapiro and Deb Gohr Nancia Shawver and Larry Weiner Hope and Jeffrey Sheffield Mr. and Mrs. David R. Shevitz Ms. Julia Simpson Jeffrey Singer and Patricia Carman Amrit and Gurpreet Singh Nancy and Bob Singleton James and Mary Jo Slykas Neil Smith Family Steven Smith

Dariel J. Stack Summer and Thomas Starshak Michael and Salme Harju Steinberg‡ Matthew Steinmetz Christine Stepp Patty Sternberg Kristin and Stan Stevens Sylvia and Joe Stone Kelly and Jami Stone Lawrence Stone and Margaret Jongleux Mrs. Ann Stranahan Gail and John Straus Mary Stowell and Jim Streicker Lauren and Steve Strelsin Ms. Jennifer Stuart Jeff Surges Dr. and Mrs. James V. Talano Darius Tandon Ms. Ann Taylor and Mr. Stephen Skardon Ilene Patty and Tom Terpstra Liz and Donald Thompson James E. Thompson The Tipton Family John and Maribeth Totten Nick Trakas and Marc Cerone Frances E. Tuite Greg and Mary Tuite Scott Turow and Adriane Glazier Tali and Liat Tzur Betty Vandenbosch Shawn VanDerziel and Jay Clarke Erika Nelson and David Wagener Allan Waite and Gregory Ostfeld Devanee and Alex Washington Albert and Sherrie Weiss Carey Weiss and Karen Pierce Ms. Harriet White Sanford and Vicki White Chris Whyde and Matthew Philip Andre Williams Jane and Greg Wintroub Jeff and Jessica Wisniewski‡ Sherry Wolfe Joe Wolnski and Jane Christino Eileen and David Zampa Karen Zelden and Ralph Senst Neal Zucker

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 $500. 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 September 8, 2019.

Producers ($1,000 – $1,999) Anonymous (5) Clemeth Abercrombie Kathi and Roger Adams Ms. Deborah Ader Mr. and Mrs. Paul Audrain Sandra Bass Ted and Robbie Beaty ‡ Dee Beaubien Ms. Stacia Beyl John Blair and Liz Buchanan‡ Mr. Alex Block Mr. and Mrs. Philip Block III William Brown Bruce and Kate Burgun Mr. Ed Calkins Maria and Sunil Chopra Clyde C. Compton Ms. Carrie Coon Kareem and Natasha Dale Rathin Datta Anne Megan Davis Jason Decker David and Amy Diamond Mr. John Dugenske Rick Eddington Lisa Ehrhart Jennifer M. Ellin Brian Harding and Marshall Ellis‡ Michael Evenskaas‡ Ed Everett and Kitty Rose Mr. Igor Felder Joanne Finger Jim and Yvonne Fogerty ‡ Rachel H. Gagliardi Matt and Lindsay Garrison Richard Ginsberg and Natalie Tessler Deidra D. Gold Dr. Kitty Green Debbi and Craig Griffith Raj Gupta Peter Hagel Pam and David Harrington James and Anne Heger Midge and Frank Heurich James and Margot Hinchliff Bill and Monica Hughson Patricia Hurley

Sandy Ihm and Ken Belcher Stacy M. Kemp‡ Jeffrey Koh Neal and Kathleen Kulick Joan and Jerry Matson Randi Merel and Allen LeHew Lee and Suzanne Miller Chris Mollet and Lynne LaJone Eleonore Moncheur de Rieudotte and George Lederman Bridget R. O’Neill John and Roberta Paskvalich Linda Lowy and Jeff Perry Heather Rich Susie and Rick Rieser Desirée Rogers Joanne C. Ruxin Jessica and Christoph Schrey Anna D. Shapiro and Ian Barford Ms. Anne-Marie St. Germaine Donald J. Tanis and Kristine M. Brandel Esther and Stanley Wojcicki Ensemble ($500 – $900) Anonymous (63) Thomas W. Abendroth and Terri L. Mascherin David Abrams and Cynthia Bemis Abrams Nancy Abshire Jeannie L. Adams John Adams Doris and Harvey Adelstein Charley Aldridge Mr. Jim Alexander Mr. Todd Alexander Juan and Michelle Alfonso Ms. Sandra Allen Ms. Evvie Alter Jill and Dave Altman Greg and Janine Amoroso Arthur and Rebecca Anderson Jeffrey Anderson Harold and Judith Anderson‡ Ms. Leslie J. Anderson Mary and Paul F. Anderson Deborah Morowsky

Suzanne Andriukaitis‡ Lorilyn Aquino‡ John Asplin and Christine Orders Mr. Richard Assmus Michael and Julie Baker ‡ Leslie and Bill Barker David Barnes Teri and Steve Barnett Priscilla Ryan and Frank Battle Deborah and James Baughman Jennifer Bell Julie and Howard Benario Dr. Catherine Bendel R.L. Benton John and Taru Berg Ms. Emily Berk Zina Berman Gene and Natalie Bernadoni‡ Harriet and Howard N. Bernstein Mr. Jonathan Berry Dorian Bezanis Lois and Stanley Birer Dee and Dick Bittman Bernard and Nancy Blayer Laura and Richard Blessen‡ Don and Linda Bolte Willard and Helen Boris Jared Born The Bots Family ‡ Donald F. Bouseman Bob and Sue Bowker Jeff Boyce‡ Kathryn and Carl Boyens Andrew Boyle Nakeya Boyles Michael and Kate Bradie‡ Paul Bradley Ms. Miriam Braganza Dr. Michael C. Branch M.D.‡ Andrea Brands Karen Breen Elia and Louis M. Elia‡ Thomas and Deborah Brejcha David Brinton and Jane Alexander Carolyn Brna

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…cont’d Annual Fund Tim Brogla and Laura Demoor Paul Brown Tom and Mary-Doug Brown Ed Bucher ‡ James Buckley Rony and Tom Buckley Rita Buczynska Rebecca Burwell Dr. Steven R. Bussolari Richard Butler John Byrd Stephen Byrne and Kerry Shannon John and Libby Cady Amy Kruzan Callahan Jack and Meredith Callison‡ Judy Cape Mr. Frank Caputo Barry Joseph Carlson Jack and Laura Carriglio Joe Castellano Mr. and Mrs. Larry D. Chandler Jeremy Chaseley Deborah and John Chipman Anthony Churchill‡ Richard Clarey Dr. and Mrs. Robert Clark Betty Cleeland‡ Cobble Family Lindsay Coda Ms. Gwen G. Cohen James Cohn James and Jeanine Coleman Mr. and Mrs. Terrance Coleman Lacey Conley ‡ Alena Cook Ed Cook and Melissa Perrett Cook‡ Mr. Phillip H. Corboy Jr.and Mrs. Margaret Corboy Jean Costigan Mr. Roy Cowell John and Bonnie Cox Susan Cox and Mike Bolton Julie Cozette and Family ‡ Maureen Crowley Deborah and Bruce Crown Laurna Czajka Barbara and John Dabrowski Susan Daley Liese Dallbauman Larry and Charlotte Damron Margaret and John Dantico Dave and Mary Jo Orkowski‡ Michelle de Vlam‡ Barbara L. Dean Phil DeBoer Julie Del Genio Dr. Mark and Rose DeMeo‡

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Dr. Daniel M. Derman Michel P Desjardins and Pierre Desy Matthew J. Devereux Mary and Daniel Deziel Mr. Daniel Dicker Ms. Katie Diggins and Mr. Michael Skokna Karl and Gloria Dillenkoffer Dr. William and Phyllis Dobrin Jennifer and John Doran David Dranoff and Wendy Epstein Mr. Daniel Driscoll Natalie Dudek‡ Tes Duerkop Barbara Dunn‡ Art and Elizabeth Duquette Joan and John Dysart David and Alexandra Earle Jeanene Ebert Natasha and Zach Egan Ms. Barb Eggener Estia Eichten and Deborah Eichten Marci Eisenstein Nancy Felton-Elkins and Larry Elkins Deane Ellis Mrs. Kim Ellis Mary Anne and Mark Emmons Helmut and Susanna Epp Erika Erich Ruben and Kristen Escobar ‡ Mr. Mike Evans Tim and Jane Evans Brian Fabes and Lisa Schneider Fabes Edith and Gerald Falk Tom and Terry Fallon Demitri and Pamela Fardelos Mary and Paul Favaro Stephen Fedo Mrs. Claudia M. Fegan Drs. Richard and Roberta Feldman Roger Ferlo and Anne Harlan‡ Maggie Finnegan Ms. Karena Fiorenza Jim and Shellie Fisch Fred Fischer and Heather D. Will Lois Farrell Fisher ‡ Catherine S. Flanagan John and Patti Flanagan Sam Fleischacker and Amy Reichert ‡ Adrienne and Peter Foley ‡ Bernadette Foley and Richard Landgraff ‡

Mike and Karen Folk Paul Fong John and Adrian Foster Drew Fox Lucinda Fox Timothy and Janet Fox Alison Fragale Frederick Frankel‡ Kim and Alan Frankel‡ Nancy Frankenberry Dr. Wayne Franklin Karen and Bill French Rachel and Jimmy Freund Joanne Benazzi Friedland Roselyn L. Friedman Ms. Amy J. Fyfe‡ Patrick and Alexandra Gaddie‡ Fran Gaik Louise Galecki‡ Joseph and Christina Galvin‡ Ms. Dawn Gard Denise and Gary Gardner Ms. Sally Garon Heather Garrity Paul and Audrey Gaynor Michael Gebel‡ Hank and Sandy Gentry Jacob Gerber Cybele Ghossein and Rod Passman Nancy Gidwitz Hugh and Doris Gilbert Clark and Nancy Gilpin Patricia and James Gladden Howard and Anneliese Glick Sheri Godda Joanna Going Jaye and John Golanty ‡ Robert Goldberg and Dodie Weinstein Marvin and Phyllis Goldblatt David and Carol Golder Ms. Catherine Goldhaber Ms. Megan Goldish Karen M. Goldstein‡ Dr. Deirdre Dupre and Dr. Robert Golub Sandra and James Goodman Leo and Linda Gordon Mr. Duane Goucher Chester Gougis and Shelley Ochab Mr. and Ms. Garrett Graber Heidi Graham Joanne Graham Kenneth E Grant III‡ Paula Grasso Marissa Greco Herbstman‡ Joseph Green Michele and Joseph Greskoviak‡

Frederick Grier and William Bouvel‡ Pamela Griffin‡ Susan Griffin‡ James and Lynn Grogan‡ Paul Gruber Madeline Grynsztejn and Tom Shapiro Ms. Alexandra Gulliver Dr. and Mrs. John W. Gustaitis Mr. and Mrs. Ray Hacker ‡ Sarah Hadley Kathleen Hagerty Lauren Hahn‡ Robert and Patricia Hahn Andrew Halbur Donald and Susan Hallberg Ms. Lucille Hallisy Linda Halperin Bob and Melanie Halvorson‡ Larry Hamilton and Ann Hicks‡ Bill Hamilton Melissa and Al Hamood Craig A. Hanenburg Amy Hanley ‡ Dr. Bruce Harmon Robert Harper and Wendy Miller Ken and Holly Harris Marlon Harris and Njeri Parker ‡ Julianne Hartzell Ms. Paula Hays Diana J Healy ‡ Albert and Amy Heber ‡ Ms. Marnie C. Helfand Ms. Mary Ellen Hennessy Pat and Ron Henning Rachel Henry Lynne Hensel and Larry Kameya Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Hession‡ Robbie Higgins Fred Hill Linda and John Hillman Mrs. Vivian Hock Anne Linsdau-Hoeppner and Walter F. Hoeppner III James and Eileen Holzhauer Mr. and Mrs. Honesty Mary Horgan‡ Leslie Hormann Deborah Horwitz and Paul Nierman Karen Hott Kenny and Elyse Howanski Edward Howe and Saundra Van Dyke‡ Thomas and Karen Howell Julia Huang

William and Dana Hub‡ Kym Hubbard Richard Hughes‡ Karen Hunken‡ Elizabeth Ingram Jorge and Beatriz Iorgulescu Perry and Cathy Iverson Tim Jackson and Dana McKenna‡ Chuck Jacobson and Mary Lou Vainisi Matthew James Paul Jeffries Sharon Jenkins Ed Jeske and John Hern Deborah Jones Shouba Daniel and Mary Ann Jordan Janelle Joseph Ms. Monica Jung Tom and Esta Kallen Olwyn J. Kane Dr. Claudia Anne Katz Loreta Kavaliunas‡ Sandra Blau Jeff Keckley Dr. Susan A. Kecskes‡ Marcus Kelley ‡ Mr. David Kelly Erin E. Kelly Michele Kenner Linda Kenney Steve Kerch‡ Jeffrey Kerr David and Sharon Kessler Rajiv and Roopla Khanna‡ Linda Belan and Vincent Kinehan‡ Mike and Leslie King Joshua King Valerie King Frank and Katherine Kinney ‡ Sylvia and John Kinney Matt and Karen Klickman Ms. Monica Kline Mr. and Mrs. David Knapp Douglas and Catherine Knuth John Kobza Mr. David Kolin Mr. James Kreidler Julie and Scott Krueger Ruth Krugly Libby Roth and Bob Kunio‡ Mary Ann Kupferberg‡ Mr. David Kwasigroh Terri Lacy Pamela K. Ladd Charles and Diane Laff Ms. Leah Lagen Steve LaHaie Ed and Bettine Landon‡

Ken Lane Melanie Larch and Rudy Panucci‡ Nils and Stacey Larsen Patricia Lauber Peter and Shirley Dugdale Laundy Mr. and Mrs. John Law ‡ John Leanse‡ Debra Fowler Jeff Lebow ‡ Yohannan Lee‡ Linda Legner Sheila Fields Leiter Laurie Leli Jeffrey and Elise Lennard Wallace and Carol Lennox David and Sandy Lentz Craig Lepkowski Bob and Julie Lepri Madeline and Steve Lesnick Marc and Cynthia Levin Mr. Robert Levinson Ellen Levy Gregory Lewis and Mary Strek‡ Fran and Chuck Licht ‡ Robert and Martha Lichter Leonel P. Limonte Stacy and Peter Lindau Jessica Litman and Jonathan Weinberg Mr. and Mrs. Burton Litwin Louise and Gershon Locker David and Jean Long Katherine M. Lorenz Mark and Carol Lorenz Maggie and Tom Lovaas Ms. Audrey Jai Jeff and Nancy Lowenthal‡ Mr. Jeffrey Lowitz Judy and George Lowman Bill Luckey Sherry Lundell Mrs. Sally Lupel Margaret and Paul Lurie Ms. Julia Luscombe Karyn B. Lutz Elizabeth Lyons-Pence Mr. Eric Macey Carrie McNally and Rick Maechling‡ Mr. John Mahoney Drs. Harris and Phoebe Mainster Karen and Daniel Maki Patricia and Peter Mangione Sandra Mangurian Samantha and David Mann Wendy Manto‡ David Marker and Georgann Joseph

‡ Step-by-Step We salute the individual donors who have committed to a recurring steppenwolf 37 monthly or quarterly gift to Steppenwolf. Their ongoing support helps fuel Steppenwolf’s mission of superior acting and risk-taking work.

…cont’d Annual Fund Steve and Melissa Marovich Mr. Thomas Martin Tom and Harlene Matyas Lisa Mayntz and Bill Blidy Miranda Mayo Robert and Eleanor M. McAllister Charles McCaa‡ John M. McCabe Mike and Cindy McCabe John McCambridge Tanner McCleerey ‡ Tarell Alvin McCraney Lilian McGrady Gene Harlow and Jackie McGrath‡ Sara McIntosh Maureen McIntyre‡ Ryan and Claire McKenzie Hugh and Marybeth McLean Carroll McMahon Robert and Lorel McMillan Ms. Jean Medina Sheila and Harvey Medvin Jack and Jane Mentzer Terri Mertz and Richard P. Deranian Susan Messing Charles and Sylvia Meyers‡ Kenneth Meyer Kerry Miller and Nina Kavin Ron and Pat Miller Sandy and Scott Miller ‡ Jolanta Moore‡ Tracy Morgenroth Rick and Joyce Morimoto‡ Margaret Morris Ms. Mary Louise H. Morrison Carly-Rae Moss‡ Lisa Moss Ms. Jennifer Mullin Kristin Munsch William and Frances Myers Mary and David Myles Ajay and Preeti Nagarkatte Josette and Wallace Nard Vincent and Amy Narea Cathy and Robert Nathan‡ William and Leslie Nelson Tom and Julia Nicholas Craig and Jenny Niemann‡ Mr. and Mrs. Charles Norwesh Susan and Larry Nutson Ann and Dan O’Brien Mary Pat O’Brien Hawthorne Crew Kirsten Olson John and Joy O’Malley Sky and Lauren Opila‡

Nancy and Myles O’Reilly ‡ Jamie and Anita Orlikoff ‡ Ozyurt Family ‡ Frances and William Paden Ronna Page‡ Deborah Page Jana R. O’Brien and Wayne T. Parman Vanessa Passini Barvette and Michael Patterson Dana M. Pearl Lynn and Mel Pearl Tom Pearl Doc Pearson Ron Pegram‡ James Mark Pellegrino Georgy Ann Peluchiwski Margaret Pendry Ms. Monica Perelmuter Seymour and Jane Perkins Alex and Julie Philbrick‡ John Phillips‡ Ms. Shannon Piatek Barb and Ned Piehler Suzan and William Pinsof Mike and Shannon Piotrowski‡ Mrs. J. Pitts Frank C. Pond‡ Daniel J. Pooley ‡ Andrew Sullender ‡ Kristina Postrero Michael Powell and Debora Boyda‡ Sylvia J. Pozarnsky and Tom Riley Elaine and Ronald Prebish Jennifer and Peter Preston Jean and Preston Price‡ V. Pristera, Jr.‡ Lynn and Clayton Pruitt Pamela and Edwin Qualls‡ Karen and Mark Quinn Marsha Raanan Aubree Radocchio Joan Radovich Len and Barbara Rand Jeff and Susan Rashid Gabriel and Dorit Raviv John Rawls Bridget and Louis Ray Elizabeth Raymond and Paul Hybel Dr. and Mrs. Loris Rayner Mr. Michael E. Reed Dave and Ellen Rice Sandi Riggs Paul Rink Bill and Deborah Roberts Stanley Roberts

Stephen and Caryn Robin Sandra and Jeffrey Rochman Steve Rodichok and Renee Gattone‡ Mary Lu and Kenneth Roffe Susan W. Rogaliner John Rogers Eve and Randy Rogers Anthony Rojas and Patricia Freda‡ Alexander Roman‡ Mrs. Sarene L. Rosen Alan and Debra Rosenberg Marcos Rosenberg James and Roseanne Rosenthal Linda and Ronald Rosenthal‡ Joseph Ross‡ Michael and Bonnie Rothman Susan B. Rubnitz Sue Rundle Diana and Ed Ruthman Dan Sackett ‡ Mr. and Ms. Kenneth Sacks John R. Samolis Hunter Sanders Stephen and Leatrice Sandler Sheldon and Lynne Sandman Andria Sandora‡ Christopher and Ann Marie Saternus Robert and Mary Ann Savard‡ Mr. and Mrs. John Scala Curt Schade Sue Tobias and Alan Schapiro Allison and Charles Scherer Ms. Cara Schillinger Scott Schmeling Marilyn Low Schmitt ‡ David and Alexis Schmitz Richard and Mary Beth Schumacher ‡ Nicholas Schwab‡ Susan J. Schwartz Thomas D. and Barbara Jo Scott Robert Connealy and Heather Seidelman‡ Harriet Seitler Alden and Kristen Senior Leslie Shad and Joe Brennan Margaret Shaklee Matti and Drora Shalev David Shanahan Eve Shapiro‡ Jeffrey S. Sharp and Elizabeth D. Sharp Christine Shaver ‡ David and Kimberly Shaw David Shaw and Laurie Gordon

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

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Luna Okada and Wynn Sheade‡ Cathy Shelko‡ Sandi Sheppard Timothy Sherck‡ Carrie Shield Bradley and Ellen Shorser Ms. Megan Shuchman Margaret and Alan Silberman Professor Laurel Sillerud George and Lynne Simon Patricia Costello Slovak Geoff Smith and Catherine Stewart Janet Carl Smith and Mel Smith Sean and Jilliann Smith‡ Kevin Smith Lois Smith Mr. Larry K. Snider Jackie Snuttjer ‡ Lawrence and Shirley Solomon Ron Sorini and Desiree Tucker-Sorini Dusica Korda-Sparks and James C. Sparks Gilda Spencer Stephen Spigel and Diana Williams Patricia Staab Seena and Carey Stein The Steinbachs‡ Gail and Eugene Steingold Professor Andrea Stevens Tricia and Kevin Stewart Michael Stolarski and Kim Steinke Kelly Stonebraker and Deborah Stonebraker Andrew and Dr. Jessica Strang‡ Nancy and Barney Straus Mr. Timothy Strong Larry E. Stuckey II Dr. and Mrs. K. Sullivan MD Linda and Stephen Sullivan Mr. Dheeraj Sultanian E.J. Sutton‡ Obie and Peter Szidon Ms. Ester Tanury Nancy and Kevin Tassone Elaine Taylor Ellie Taylor ‡ John R. and Catherine Taylor Susan C. Taylor Vivian Tedford Dick and Alice Teutsch Jeff Thomas and Rebecca Coleman William and Diana Thomas‡ Doug and Anne Thompson

Sue and Jim Thompson Richard Tobiason‡ Angela Toomsen Bruce and Jan Tranen Sharing of Blessings Foundation-Trannels Carol D. Trapp Ms. Joanne C. Tremulis Ms. Sue Tresselt Veljko Trkulja Jane McIntyre and Joe Troccolo‡ Manika M. Turnbull Mrs. Jeannee Turner Carissa van Ausdall‡ Anne Van Wart and Michael Keable Mary Vanecko‡ Carmita P. Vaughan Regina Victor Charlie and Marcia Vinopal‡ Pam Voitik‡ Ron Volanti Jr.‡ Sue Vondran Paul D. Waas Mrs. Jimmye Wade Eugene and Sandra Wagner Lillian and Steven Walanka Mr. Andre Walker Ms. Colleen Walsh Patrick Walsh William and Patricia Walsh Ms. Lee-Lin Wang Crawford and Barbara Ward Mr. and Mrs. William Wardrop Angela Washelesky Patty and Jacob Weaver Clifford Webster Michael Weiland and Shelley MacGregor Hava and Ariel Weissberg Lisa Anne Werner ‡ Wertz Family ‡ Adam and Jamie Weyeneth John W. Wheeler John Wheeler and Kristine Stelzer Steve and Bonnie Wheeler Thomas and Linda White James Wicklund Ms. Drenda Wiley Sonya Williams, M.D.‡ Matthew Wilson and Anne Posner Jodie Winnett‡ Ruth Winter Jennifer Wirtz Iris S. Witkowsky Coleman Wolf and Ellen Chapelle‡

Melissa Wolf Lisa Wolfe and Mark DiGanci Ms. Sarah R. Wolff and Mr. Joel L. Handelman Linda Woloshin Ms. Emily Wong Jeff and Claudia Wood James and Kelly Wyatt Maureen “Moe” Yanes Dick Yankow Rodney and Susan Yergler ‡ Scott Yoder and Kelly Robertson-Yoder Ms. Suzanne Yoon Mr. Cedric Young Mark Zampardo and Greg Albiero Dr. Ronald Zank‡ Mary Ann Zarkin‡ Dan Ziembo and Nancy Cook Tighe Zimmers Mark and Margie Zivin

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IN-KIND CONTRIBUTORS 101 Productions Joan Allen Almighty Spirits Amazon Studios Alana Arenas Kate Arrington Kevin Boehm Beyond Events Catering Calihan Catering Cliff Chamberlain Chicago Council on Planned Giving ClientFirst Consulting Group Gary Cole Carrie Coon Michelle A. DeMent Kathryn Erbe Lee Sunday Evans Evolution Interiors

Exelon and Mary Ludford Audrey Francis James Franco FROST Chicago Graycor, Inc Francis Guinan Hall’s Rental Service Armie Hammer Jon Michael Hill HMS Media Tom Irwin Kathryn Studios Donna La Pietra Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises Audra McDonald Laurie Metcalf Metropolitan Brewing Amy Morton

Caroline Neff Bruce Norris Nick Offerman Paramount Events Peacock 9 Rosie Perez Jeff Perry and Linda Lowy Pinuaga Wines POP Karen Rodriguez Roundabout Theatre Company Michael Shannon Alpana Singh Namir Smallwood The Talbott Hotel Rainn Wilson Jacqueline Williams

HONOR AND MEMORIAL GIFTS Honor Gifts For Kate Arrington, Jean Arrington For Rose Baker, Sue Rundle For Henry Bienen, Patrick G. and S hirley W. Ryan For Beth Boosalis Davis, Roberta Zabel For Bill and Ethel Gofen, Deborah Horwitz and Paul Nierman For Evan Hatfield, Alan Lepp For Evan Hatfield, Leslie Bradberry For Evan Hatfield and Jack Miggins, Paul Rink For Stephanie Heller,

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Terrence Walsh For Stephanie Heller, Roselyn Friedman For Jon Michael Hill, Juan and Michelle Alfonso For the Lefkofskys and Kalts, Laura and Scott Eisen For Cari Sacks, Madeline Grynsztejn For David Schmitz, Roberta Zabel For Meredith Bluhm Wolf and Bill Wolf, Andrew Block and Julie Nerenberg For Helen Zell, Anne Kaplan

Memorial Gifts For Roy and Ann Boyd, Dan Ziembo and Nancy Cook For Betty Carlson, Tracy Goepel For Betty Carlson, Barry Carlson For Curt Crotty, Friends of Curt Crotty For Malcolm Ewen, Janelle Joseph For Norton H. Kay, Sandra Blau For Abby S. MagdovitzWasserman, Dr. David Wasserman For Nancy Wald, Albert Wald For Irwin L. Walzer, Bobbie Meyers

VISIONARY CIRCLE We are honored to recognize the following individuals who have included Steppenwolf in their will or estate plans. To learn more about estate gift options or to be recognized for a gift you have already provided for, contact Eric Evenskaas at 312-654-5615 or eevenskaas@steppenwolf.org.

Anonymous Valerie and Joseph Abel Robert C. Anderson Lois J. Bider Norma Borcherding Douglas R. Brown Barbara L. Dean Janice and Rob Esser Susan Fuchs, M.D. Robert H. Glaze Sue-Gray Goller

Michael Hansen and Nancy Randa John Hart Lynn Hauser and Neil Ross Tom Irwin Jared Kaplan and Maridee Quanbeck Donna and Del Kolacki Michele Kenner Melanie G. Larch Dr. Paul Lisnek David Metschke

Kenneth J. Porrello and Sherry L. McFall Sylvia J. Pozarnsky Merle Reskin Dr. Edward O. Riley T. Marshall Rousseau Patrick J. Schauer Sue and Harry Seigle Judy Sugarman

We remember the following members of the Steppenwolf family who have made a bequest to the theater. Their legacy will help to ensure that Steppenwolf continues to flourish.

Hope A. Abelson Alba Biagini Nelson D. Cornelius Jo Hopkins Deutsch Marjorie Douglas Ralla Klepak

James F. Oates Andrea Romain and Cleo V. Orthel Rose L. and Sidney N. Shure Nancy L. Wald

For more information, visit: steppenwolf.org/visionarycircle

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AT THE POETRY FOUNDATION HOME OF POETRY MAGAZINE, PUBLISHED IN CHICAGO SINCE 1912

FEATURING • Dozens of events every season • The Midwest’s largest library devoted to poetry • Rotating exhibition gallery

FREE AND OPEN TO ALL

VISIT US 61 WEST SUPERIOR STREET POETRYFOUNDATION.ORG/VISIT

LOOKOUT Movement. Music. Stories. And More.

Swing through, grab a drink, see what’s on.

Steppenwolf’s riotously eclectic LookOut performance series is back for a wild fall and winter season, jam-packed with some of the city’s most exciting experimental devisers, choreographers and performers.

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Tickets for LookOut series performances through February are on sale now, and start as low as $15.

Full details at steppenwolf.org/lookout

Photos by: Jocelyn Chuang, Brian Kuhlmann, Topher Alexander, & Claire Demos

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.

Would you like to utilize or learn more about these services?

Audience Services 312-335-1650 | TTY 312-335-3830 | E-mail access@steppenwolf.org

Steppenwolf Customer Service Tips Driving to the theater? Rather than arriving to discover that our garage has reached capacity (which can happen during busy performances), please enter the Steppenwolf Parking Hotline (312-335-1774) into your cell phone and call us when you’re a few minutes away from the theater—we’ll tell you if there’s still space available in our facility, or suggest the most convenient alternative.

Spending your intermission in line at the bar?

Enjoy the entire break by ordering and paying for your intermission refreshments before the show. When you exit the theater at the end of the first act, your drinks will be waiting for you.

Need restaurant information or the score of the ballgame? Please visit our book shop and information desk at the south end of the main floor lobby.

ask a member of the house staff; we’re happy to help.

Lost or Found? On-site? Please check in with a member of the house staff. Already left? Call the Front of House office at 312-932-2445.

Want to provide feedback? Your input is always valuable to us. Have an opinion about the play or artistic content? Stick around for the post-show discussion featured after every performance or join the conversation at facebook.com/steppenwolftheatre. Have a comment about your overall experience at the theater? Please ask us for a customer service form to fill out, or e-mail us at customerservice@steppenwolf.org.

Hailing a cab after the play? This is typically an easy affair—Halsted is a busy street and sees a fair amount of taxi traffic. If you’d like assistance hailing a cab or calling a company, though, just

Need to contact a patron during a performance?

If you need to contact a patron during a performance in our Downstairs or Upstairs Theaters, please call our Concierge Desk at 312-932-2476. Hours: one hour prior to curtain until 15 minutes after curtain call.

Photo/Video Disclaimer: During your visit, you or members of your family may be filmed, videotaped, and/or photographed by a Steppenwolf employee, contract photographer or the media. Your attendance at Steppenwolf events serves as permission for the use of your image, or the image of your family members,

by Steppenwolf.

Content Disclaimer: Steppenwolf does not offer advisories about subject matter, as sensitivities vary from person to person. If you have any questions about content, ageappropriateness or stage effects (such as strobe lights or theatrical fog) that might have a bearing on patron comfort, please contact the box office at 312-335-1650.

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