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65th Season
August 1-19, 2017
Welcome to Linda Vista
Letter from Artistic Director Anna D. Shapiro
12 Rehearsal Photos
Victor Yampolsky
By Joel Moorman
Music Director and Conductor
14 Bios 18 Inside Linda Vista
Discover World Class Symphonic Music in the Heart of Door County!
A conversation with ensemble member Tracy Letts
22 Ensemble Spotlight: Jim True-Frost
Season Highlights: • Tribute to Arthur Fiedler • Pianist Jon Kimura Parker • Violinist James Ehnes • And Much More!
Editor
Contributors
Design
Jacqueline Rosas
Greta Honold Joel Moorman Brianna Parry A.J. Roy Anna D. Shapiro
Cover
Donovan Foote
Ensemble member Ian Barford Photograph by Saverio Truglia
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Welcome to Linda Vista When playwright Young Jean Lee was in residence with us last month for Straight White Men, she spoke at a few of our events about why she wrote her play and what ideas and feelings she was hoping to engage in doing so. She said so many interesting things but one that I can’t shake was that she chose to take on the topic of the naming of a certain group of people that had never suffered naming before. Meaning, while many of us are used to a certain kind of heading (or caption) that describes us–I feel like “woman” is a qualifier that I’m pretty used to–straight white men, at least in this country, have been for a long time the “default human”, as she put it. And she was keenly aware that we are in a moment in time where a shift is taking place and that, for all of us, this naming of something that has historically defied that kind of categorization, was probably going to have some kind of rippling social outcome. Her other point, and perhaps her most salient, was that nobody likes being defined by objectifying characteristics and that a society that continues to insist upon a fractionalizing naming of its citizens is, well, probably in trouble.
Stacy Keach AS Ernest Hemingway IN
Tracy Letts’s Linda Vista is about a straight white man in Young Jean Lee’s moment. That these two radically different dramatists should accidentally end up next to one another on Steppenwolf’s current season is nothing short of a miracle. Because although both writers may be circling the same target, unlike Young Jean, whose project is perhaps more sociological, for Tracy the exercise is deeply personal. And the investigation, although easily as humorous and biting, is for Tracy also a dangerous one, as he crafts a portrait of the unaccountable young man he himself once was, still living in the body of the now 50-year-old man he knows he almost became. Charming, maddening, infantile, enchanting, Wheeler is waking up in a world he both helped create and too long ignored–asked for so little for so long that he has no idea how to stop the freefall that his life has become. More and more, I find myself looking for our shared space in this world–how seemingly not-justdisparate but downright-oppositional experiences can be mined for the common, the communal, the mutual. There are times when my need for that collective is more acute than others and certainly, recently, it has been more of a global concern than a personal one. But as a theatre person, if I’m to be honest, for me it all starts there. At the personal. What makes us cruel or blind to cruelty, what makes us tender and whole-hearted, I believe these checks get written pretty early. And what we don’t know about how we have formed in reaction to early events–or the names we have been given–can make us dangerous not just to ourselves, but to others. And when we are not asked–because it is not expected–that we answer for the events in our lives, well, we–and the people who love us–are probably in trouble. I have loved Wheelers and I have been hurt by them. That they may not feel, at first, the sometimes cataclysmic effects of their actions because they have never felt especially effective themselves is not an excuse. But when the world around them has named them unlikely to do better, and gives them no incentive to try, and yet–finally–they choose to change, well, that feels familiar. And I am okay with reaching out my also-named hand to help them up. Anna D. Shapiro, Artistic Director
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Pamplona BY JIM McGRATH DIRECTED BY ROBERT FALLS
AFTER THE PRIZE COMES THE PRESSURE. Basking in the glory of Pulitzer and Nobel Prize wins, Ernest Hemingway insists his best work is yet to come. Holed up in a hotel with a looming deadline, he struggles to knock out a story about the rivalrous matadors of Pamplona. But his real battles lie outside the bullfighting arena, as he is consumed by the end of his fourth marriage and tormented by the specter of past glories.
May 19 – june 18 GoodmanTheatre.org/Pamplona 312.443.3800
Anna D. Shapiro† Artistic Director
Steppenwolf Salutes the Sponsors of Linda Vista Major Production Sponsors
David Schmitz Executive Director
Steppenwolf Theatre Company presents
Linda Vista
By ensemble member Tracy
Letts†* Directed by Dexter Bullard Featuring
Ian Barford,†* Tim Hopper,†* Kahyun Kim,* Sally Murphy,†* Caroline Neff,†* Cora Vander Broek* and Troy West* Major support for Steppenwolf’s New Play Development Initiative is provided by The Davee Foundation and the Zell Family Foundation Individual Production Sponsors Joyce Chelberg Julie and Roger Baskes John Hart and Carol Prins Sarah Beardsley and Dr. Christopher Randolph Michael Bender and Sheridan Prior Douglas R. Brown Donald and Anne Edwards Bob and Amy Greenebaum Christopher and Eileen Murphy Lynn Hauser and Neil Ross Jim and Kay Mabie
Production Todd Rosenthal+ Scenic Design Laura Bauer+ Costume Design Marcus Doshi+ Lighting Design Richard Woodbury+ Sound Design Edward Sobel Dramaturg Gigi Buffington Company Vocal Coach Aaron Carter Artistic Producer Tom Pearl Director of Production JC Clementz Casting Director Christine D. Freeburg* Stage Manager Elise Hausken* Assistant Stage Manager
Endowment Sponsor Richard and Mary L. Gray Production Endowment Fund
ComEd is the 2016/17 Season Lighting Sponsor Linda Vista was commissioned by Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Chicago; Anna D. Shapiro, Artistic Director, David Schmitz, Executive Director. Steppenwolf Theatre Company is a constituent of Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the national organization for nonprofit professional theater. † member of the Steppenwolf Theatre Company ensemble. * member of Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers. + member of United Scenic Artists, Local 829 of the IATSE.
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Cast and Contributors Cast (in alphabetical order)
Additional Staff
Ian Barford†* Wheeler Tim Hopper†* Paul Kahyun Kim* Minnie Sally Murphy†* Margaret Caroline Neff†* Anita Cora Vander Broek* Jules Troy West* Michael, Voice
Juli Del Prete Assistant Director Kaili Story Assistant Lighting Designer Nicole Arbusto Los Angeles Casting Sarah Illiatovitch-Goldman Script Supervisor Vanessa Rundle and Joe Creen Run Crew Sarah Diefenbach Wardrobe Crew Michael Dold and Bennett Seymour Additional Props Jacob Brown, Andrew Glasenhardt, Bailey Jones, Kevin Lynch and Mark Vinson Additional Carpentry Sarah Lewis Assistant Charge Artist Zhanna Albertini Additional Paint Lina Benich Stage Management Apprentice Dianne Nora Assistant to the Playwright Rebecca Adelsheim, Rebekah Camm, Lavina Jadhwani, Derek Matson, Derek McPhatter and Leean Torske Artistic Engagement Associates
Understudies (in alphabetical order) Aurora Adachi-Winter Minnie Jeanne T. Arrigo Margaret Erin Barlow Jules, Anita John Gawlik* Wheeler Loren Lazerine Michael, Paul
Setting
The Oscar-winning romantic comedy comes home to the stage in this highly anticipated Chicago premiere, April 15–June 11
Fresh,funny love story –EXPRESS (UK)
Various locations in San Diego
This play will be presented with one 15 minute intermission.
There will be a post-show discussion immediately following the performance.
As a courtesy to the actors and your fellow patrons, please turn off your cell phones before the performance and after intermission. 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.
MARC NORMAN
and TOM STOPPARD † 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.
adapted for the stage by
LEE HALL
directed by
RACHEL ROCKWELL
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PRODUCTION SPONSORS
Raymond and Judy McCaskey
Timothy R. Schwertfeger and Gail Waller
MEDIA SPONSOR
Kate McGonigle and Nick Rehberger; photo by Jeff Sciortino
based on the screenplay by
Special Thanks to Debbie Nguyen, Theresa Nguyen and Dan Tamarkin of Tamarkin Camera
Linda Vista in rehearsal
Cast members Ian Barford* and Kahyun Kim
Photography by Joel Moorman
Cast member Sally Murphy*
Cast member Ian Barford* Director Dexter Bullard and playwright Tracy Letts*
Cast member Tim Hopper* Cast members Tim Hopper*, Kahyun Kim and Ian Barford* with playwright Tracy Letts*
*Steppenwolf ensemble member
*Steppenwolf ensemble member
Cast members Tim Hopper* and Ian Barford*
Cast member Cora Vander Broek
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Linda Vista Bios Ian Barford (Wheeler) is a
Steppenwolf Theatre Company ensemble member. He originated the roles of Little Charles in Tracy Letts’s Pulitzer Prize and Tonywinning play August: Osage County (also played on Broadway and Great Britain’s National Theatre) and Ray in Mary Page Marlowe. Broadway credits include Ed in the Tony-winning play The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime and Billy in The Rise And Fall Of Little Voice. Other Steppenwolf credits include The March, The Libertine, As I Lay Dying, Berlin Circle, Love Song, Endgame, Betrayal, Up, Three Days of Rain and many others. Regional credits include The Little Prince (Lookingglass Theatre Company); All The Rage, Design For Living (Goodman Theatre in Los Angeles); The Weir, God’s Man In Texas, Take Me Out (Geffen Playhouse); and Dead End (Ahmanson Theatre). Film credits include Catch Hell, Return to Sender, Road to Perdition, 13 Going on 30 and others.
Tim Hopper (Paul) is a
Steppenwolf Theatre Company ensemble member. He recently played the title role in Uncle Vanya at the Goodman Theatre. Recent roles at Steppenwolf include Actor 2 in Visiting Edna and Lieutenant Caro in Between Riverside and Crazy. Television credits include The Exorcist, The Americans, Chicago Med, Empire and Chicago Fire. Film credits include School of Rock, To Die For, Consumed, The Headhunter’s Calling and the upcoming Our Father.
Kahyun Kim (Minnie) is excited to make her Steppenwolf Theatre Company debut. Her theatre credits include Love and Money (Signature Theatre); Aubergine (Berkeley Rep Workshop); Hit (Los Angeles Theatre Center); Assistance (Wilma Theatre); A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Hay Fever and Circle Mirror Transformation (Juilliard). Television credits include Finishing School for Boys, Mysteries of Laura, Shameless and 14 Bios
Austin and Ally. Film credits include Spa Night, Obituaries and Playing it Cool. Kahyun is a recent graduate from the Juilliard School.
Sally Murphy (Margaret)
has been a Steppenwolf Theatre Company ensemble member since 1993. Steppenwolf credits include August: Osage County (also Broadway, London’s National Theater and Sydney Theatre Company), Visiting Edna, Time Stands Still, Sex With Strangers, The Crucible, Mother Courage, The Royal Family, Uncle Vanya, Skylight, The Grapes Of Wrath (also Broadway and London’s National Theatre), Earthly Possessions, and The Common Pursuit. Other Broadway credits include Carousel (Lincoln Center Theater), Fiddler On The Roof and The Wild Party. Sally has appeared Off-Broadway in The Apple Family Plays at the Public Theater (also Berlin, Vienna, Brighten and on PBS); Angel Reapers (Signature Theatre); The Threepenny Opera (Atlantic Theater Company, Lortel nom); Bernarda Alba and A Man Of No Importance (Lincoln Center Theater); Brutal Imagination (Vineyard Theatre), and A Tree Grows In Brooklyn (Encores!). Television credits include The Good Wife, Mob Doctor, Law and Order, If These Walls Could Talk, Chicago Hope, PBS’ Great Performances and American Playhouse. Film credits include Pollock, Charming Billy, Fearless and Scent of a Woman. Sally is a graduate of Northwestern University.
Caroline Neff (Anita) joined the Steppenwolf Theatre Company ensemble in Spring 2016 and was last seen in The Fundamentals, The Flick, Airline Highway (including the Broadway production at Manhattan Theatre Club), The Way West, Three Sisters, Annie Bosh is Missing and Where We’re Born. Select theatre credits include Uncle Vanya (Goodman Theatre); A Brief History of Helen of Troy (Jeff Award for Best Actress), The Knowledge, Harper Regan, In Arabia We’d All Be Kings (Steep Theatre); The Downpour (Route 66 Theatre); Port (Griffin Theatre); 4000 Miles (Northlight Theatre); and Moonshiner (Jackalope Theatre). Regional
credits include Peerless (Yale Repertory Theatre). Film and television credits include Chicago PD, Chicago Fire, Open Tables and Older Children. She is a proud company member of Steep Theatre and holds her BA from Columbia College Chicago.
Cora Vander Broek (Jules)
most recently appeared in the Chicago premiere of Rebecca Gillman’s Soups, Stews, and Casseroles: 1976 at Goodman Theatre. Other recent Chicago credits include The Mousetrap, Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (Northlight Theatre); Hank Williams: Lost Highway (American Blues Theatre); Luck of the Irish, Madagascar (Next Theatre); All My Sons (TimeLine Theatre); Dead End (Jeff Award nomination for Best Actress in a Supporting Role at Griffin Theatre); Book of Days (After Dark Award for Actress in a Principal Role) and The Seagull (Raven Theatre). Regional credits include In the Next Room or The Vibrator Play (Actors Theatre at Louisville and Milwaukee Repertory); Doubt , A Christmas Carol (Indiana Repertory); and The Glass Menagerie (Vandal Theatre Lab). Film and television credits include Chicago Fire, Where We Started, Of Minor Prophets and Blur Circle. Cora is a proud graduate of Northwestern College in Iowa and The School of Steppenwolf. She is represented by Big Mouth Talent.
Tracy Letts (Playwright)
is a Steppenwolf Theatre Company ensemble member. He is the author of the plays The Minutes, Linda Vista, Mary Page Marlowe, The Scavenger’s Daughter, Superior Donuts, August: Osage County (Pulitzer Prize, Tony Award), Man from Nebraska (Pulitzer Prize finalist), Bug and Killer Joe. Also an actor, he has appeared on Broadway in Will Eno’s The Realistic Joneses and Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (2013 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role). Film appearances include The Lovers, Christine, Imperium, Indignation, Wienerdog, Elvis and Nixon and The Big Short. Television credits include Divorce and two seasons as Sen. Lockhart on Homeland. Appearances at Steppenwolf include Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, American Buffalo, Betrayal, Homebody/Kabul, The Dresser, The Dazzle, Glengarry Glen Ross, Three Days of Rain and many others.
Dexter Bullard (Director)
directed The Flick last year for Steppenwolf Theatre Company. Other recent credits include Grace (Broadway); Sucker Punch, Circle Mirror Transformation (Victory Gardens Theater); The Big Meal (American Theatre Company); Odradek (The House Theatre Troy West (Michael) has of Chicago); Mistakes Were Made (Barrow Street appeared at Steppenwolf Theatre Theatre, A Red Orchid Theatre); Reverie (The Company in August: Osage County Second City at The Just For Laughs Festival (also on Broadway, London, in Montreal); Lady (Rattlestick Playwrights Sydney), Picasso At The Lapin Theatre); and Gas for Less (Goodman Theatre). Agile (also LA & SF), The Berlin Circle, Earthly In 2004, Dexter was awarded the Lucille Lortel Possessions, Curse Of The Starving Class, You Award for directing Tracy Letts’s play Bug at Can’t Take It With You, Division Street: America, The Barrow Street Theatre, as well as a Drama Twelfth Night, Tennessee, Bite the Hand and Desk Nomination. In 1995 Dexter co–founded Terry Won’t Talk. Other Chicago credits include Plasticene, a physical theater company whose A Red Orchid Theatre, Famous Door, Goodman critically–acclaimed experimental works Theatre, Illinois Theatre Center and Remains. were featured at The Steppenwolf Studio, The Off -Broadway credits include Bug (Barrow Street Edinburgh Fringe Festival, The Storefront Theatre) and The Execution (Nat Horne Theater). Theatre, Performing Arts Chicago, MCA, and Regional credits include work at American in New York City. He has also directed projects Conservatory Theatre, Indiana Repertory Theatre, for Famous Door Theatre, Northlight Theatre, Portland Center Stage and Theatre-By-The-Sea. Hartford Stage Company, Manhattan Theatre Club, Links Hall, Next Theatre and Next Lab were he served as Associate Artistic Director Bios 15
and produced the world premiere of Tracy Letts’s Killer Joe, and several times for A Red Orchid Theatre. He studied acting and theatre at Northwestern University and received an MFA in Performance from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Dexter is the Head of Graduate Acting at The Theatre School at DePaul University.
Todd Rosenthal (Set Design) has designed 27 productions for Steppenwolf Theatre Company. Broadway credits include: August: Osage County (Tony Award), The Motherf**ker with the Hat (Tony Award nomination), Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Of Mice and Men and This Is Our Youth. Upcoming Broadway: Roman Holiday. Off-Broadway: Red Light Winter (Barrow Street), Domesticated (Lincoln Center) and The Qualms (Playwrights Horizons). Six years for Big Apple Circus. International: August: Osage County (London & Australia), Beauty Queen of Leenane (Ireland), Nice Fish (London). Theaters: Goodman (artistic partner), Guthrie, Berkeley Rep and many others. Exhibitions: Mythbusters: The Explosive Exhibition and International Exhibition of Sherlock Holmes. Awards: Olivier, Helen Hayes, Ovation, Jefferson and Michael Merritt. Professor, Northwestern. Graduate, Yale Drama. Laura Bauer (Costume Design) loves being
back in Chicago where her theater career began with Remains Theatre. Some credits here include Reckless, Othello, The Mesmerist, A Clockwork Orange, A Well-Appointed Room, Supple in Combat, A Fair Country, A Streetcar Named Desire, The Violet Hour and One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (Steppenwolf Theatre Company). She has designed the following Tracy Letts plays: the original production of Killer Joe (Next Theatre/ Edinburgh Festival) and Superior Donuts (The Geffen Playhouse). Selected film designs include High Fidelity, Pieces of April, Burn, Hollywood, Burn!, Sweet and Lowdown and Telling Lies in America. Laura is a member of the Atlantic Theater Company in New York.
Marcus Doshi (Lighting Design) designs for
theatre, dance, opera and non-performance-based work. His designs have been seen internationally at The Barbican, Festival Lyric d’Aix-en-Provence, La Comédie Française, La Monnaie, Venice 16 Bios
Biennale, Dutch National Opera, Holland Festival, Canadian Opera Company, Sydney Festival and many others. In the US with most major regional theatres and opera companies, and in Chicago with Steppenwolf Theatre Company (most recently Mary Page Marlowe and Visiting Edna), Goodman Theatre, Court Theatre, Lyric Opera of Chicago, and Chicago Shakespeare Theater. Marcus is also a frequent collaborator with Theatre for a New Audience in NYC. He has degrees from Wabash College and Yale Drama and is an Assistant Professor of Theatre at Northwestern. marcusdoshi.com
Richard Woodbury (Sound Design) returns
to Steppenwolf Theatre Company where prior credits include original music and/or sound design for Mary Page Marlowe, The Night Alive, Slowgirl, Belleville, Middletown, August: Osage County and others. Additional credits include The Matchmaker, 2666, stop.reset, The Little Foxes and Rapture Blister Burn at the Goodman Theatre where he is Resident Sound Designer, and numerous productions at regional theatres across the United States. Broadway credits include Desire Under the Elms, August: Osage County, Talk Radio and others. Richard has received Joseph Jefferson, Helen Hayes, Ruth Page, IRNE and Ovation awards for outstanding sound design.
Edward Sobel (Dramaturg) is grateful to be working with Tracy again following last season’s Mary Page Marlowe. Previously, he was Director of New Play Development at Steppenwolf Theatre Company, where he oversaw development of more than 40 new plays into production including Tracy Letts’s Pulitzer and Tony Award winner August: Osage County, and Pulitzer finalists Red Light Winter by Adam Rapp and Man from Nebraska (also by Letts). Broadway credits as dramaturg include August: Osage County and Superior Donuts. Recent directing credits include world premieres of Moon Man Walk (Orbiter 3); The Most Spectacularly Lamentable Trial of Miz Martha Washington (Flashpoint Theatre); Endgame, Clybourne Park and Superior Donuts (Arden Theater in Philadelphia). At Steppenwolf, Ed created the First Look Repertory of New Work, for which he received the Elliot Hayes Award from the Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas for outstanding contribution to
the field. He is head of the MFA Directing and Playwriting programs at Temple University.
Gigi Buffington (Voice and Text Coach)
belongs to AEA, SAG/AFTRA and VASTA. Recent credits include Mary Page Marlowe, John Steinbeck’s East of Eden (Steppenwolf Theatre Company); The Merchant Of Venice (Jewish Ghetto, Venice, Italy); texts & beheadings/Elizabeth R (Brooklyn Academy of Music, Folger Theatre); The Tempest (LaMaMa); A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Hamlet (with David Tennant & Patrick Stewart), Love’s Labour’s Lost (The Royal Shakespeare Company); Richard III, Romeo & Juliet, Hamlet, The Seagull, Antony & Cleopatra, Othello, The Merry Wives Of Windsor, An Illiad (American Players Theatre); The Blonde Hurricane (Nemzeti Theater); and A Life In The Theater (Patrick Stewart on Broadway). Arts Professor at Tisch School of the Arts, NYU. Directing credits include Vinegar Tom, The Crucible, Top Girls, Unity, Number 11 (Blue & White).
Christine D. Freeburg (Stage Manager)
returns to Steppenwolf Theatre Company where her credits include Straight White Men, Visiting Edna, Constellations, The Flick, John Steinbeck’s East of Eden, The Herd, Airline Highway, Tribes, The Motherf**ker with the Hat, Good People, The March, Sex With Strangers, American Buffalo (also at McCarter Theatre), The Tempest, The Seafarer, The Diary of Anne Frank, after the quake and Cherry Orchard. She is happily married to Thom Cox and the proud mother of Joan Marie.
Elise Hausken (Assistant Stage Manager)
is making her Steppenwolf Theatre Company debut. Previous credits include Crazy for You (Drury Lane Theatre); Arcadia, Isaac’s Eye, Days Like Today, Hedda Gabler, The Old Man and The Old Moon, The Liar, Sweet Charity, Hamlet, A Little Night Music, Hesperia (Writers Theatre); Spill, Apple Family Plays (TimeLine Theatre Company); and CPS Shakespeare! The Taming of the Shrew (Chicago Shakespeare Theater). During the summer, Elise is the Production Manager at Ravinia Festival. She proudly holds a BA in Theatre and English Literature 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 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). 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 11 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. Bios 17
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population and Vietnamese population. There are almost no white people in Linda Vista, certainly not in the neighborhood or in the apartment complex we’re talking about. It’s not lost on me that the last category of people who should be bitching about anything in this country are white men, especially white men of a certain age, or above a certain economic status. Some of the things Wheeler is in contemplation of reflect his privileged position—for me understanding that is part of the maturation process.
A conversation with ensemble member Tracy Letts
Aaron Carter, Artistic Producer: Tell us a bit about the origins of the piece. Where did it come from? Tracy Letts: I’m never any good at this discussion about where a play comes from— because they come from—I don’t know where they come from, they come from a lot of places, and they come from nowhere. Sometimes I sit down to write a play and I start with a couple of guys, in a room, and they start talking to each other. And then I see if that turns into a play. It never does. (group laughs) It never does! It did with this one. And sometimes, when you’re writing a play, you feel the car start to skid off the road, and you fight to get the car back on the road. But sometimes, you go in the direction of the
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skid, you say “well, I’ll just see where this takes me.” And that was the case with this play. So a lot of it was very intuitive. But what it began to evolve into for me was a coming of age story about a 50-year-old man. As the play started to take shape, as Wheeler started to find his voice… the play started to dictate its own form, which is a contemporary comedy. I call this play a comedy. I know it has serious elements and there are serious issues at stake, but for me it’s a comedy. If you ask me to define what a comedy is, I’ll do it poorly. I know there are a lot of jokes, I hope people laugh, and nobody dies and we leave the theatre feeling happy. It’s a contemporary comedy set in a modern city. John Zinn, Director of Marketing and Communications: Why did you choose the setting that you did? Why set the play in California? In San Diego? Tracy Letts: The play takes place in a neighborhood in San Diego that is split demographically between the Latinx
Illustration by Donovan Foote
Leading up to the first day of Linda Vista rehearsals, ensemble member and playwright Tracy Letts sat down with Steppenwolf’s Artistic and Marketing teams to talk about the play. Here is an excerpt from the conversation.
Another thing is, Wheeler is from Chicago and he’s displaced. He gave up his home 15 years ago, and I don’t think he ever in the course of the play recognizes that giving up your home is literally a disorienting thing to do. He feels like a guy that has much more of a Chicago vibe than a California vibe. Some of that culture-clash comedy comes from his Chicago-ness versus Minnie, who is a millennial Californian; she’s got such a different set of concerns and values than Wheeler does. And I guess I thought, too, from a purely cosmetic standpoint, if you’ve ever been to San Diego—it doesn’t have the gloss of Los Angeles, it doesn’t feel moneyed and cultured in the way San Francisco does— like any beach community it has a crappy cheeseburger-in-paradise feel. But it also has more days of sunlight than any other city in the US. There’s terrific beauty there. John Zinn: You’ve talked about the Gen X / Millennial gap between Wheeler and Minnie, but we also see Wheeler in conversation with his generational contemporaries and those scenes are very revealing and realistic to a specific moment in one’s life and in one’s relationships. Tracy Letts: One of the points made in the play is you should be able to trade in
old friends for new friends—what’s more valuable to you, old friends or new friends? If you’re not going to change with your old friends or they’re not going to change with you, then what is this relationship you’re stuck in? Are you stuck in a relationship from 30 years ago? Wheeler is stuck; there’s a point that he hasn’t been able to move beyond. I’ve tried to represent him in his most reprehensible moments. We see him creating a lot of havoc but I don’t think he’s a malicious person, I think he’s doing the things he does because he’s lost, not because he’s bad. It’s one of the reasons I love Ian Barford in the part. Ian is sitting very powerfully in his 50s right now. For those of you who aren’t there yet, let me tell you that 50s—there’s a weight to it. On the one hand, it’s very comfortable, I love being in my 50s now, it’s a very comfortable feeling. But on the other hand, it’s an accumulation of a lot of years, and if you’re a person who hasn’t progressed, if you’re stuck… I have a lot of compassion for those guys, and for Wheeler, even though he’s going to challenge us to like him. Casey VanWormer, Audience Services Director: Is there anything else people should be asking themselves while watching or after watching the play? Tracy Letts: I find myself as a white man… deaf to certain things. There’s a point in the play where Anita, who works with Wheeler in the camera shop, says to him “I’m going to go back to school, I think I need to move on,” and he says, “No, good, you should!” I wrote it, meaning it to be an encouraging thing. Wheeler is saying to his friend, “That’s a good move for you, I applaud that.” But then I heard it and out of the mouth of a white man it sounds like, “I give you permission to do that—I sanction your decision.” It is absolutely a moment we’re at in this country,
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Tracy Letts: That’s a good question, I’ve never really had any kind of plan about the work. It’s not intentional, but when I look back at the work, I always tend to alternate male and female protagonists. I go from a show about a man, to a show about a
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Patrick Zakem, Audience Engagement Coordinator: Do you think about how you would situate this play among the body of your work? How it relates to what you’ve been working on recently?
woman… I’m not sure what that’s about. I think the male protagonists of Superior Donuts, Man from Nebraska, and Linda Vista, there’s a commonality there about guys who are stuck, or don’t recognize the pattern they’re in, or guys who don’t have certain emotional access to something they need to move onto the next thing. That’s not a conscious pattern, it’s just because I’m the guy who wrote the plays—it’s in all of them, and it’s probably something I’m working out myself through the work. I don’t know, you try to write different stuff, but probably when you die, they look at it and say, “Oh, it’s the same thing; he just said the same thing over and over again.” It’s probably the same fucking play with words rearranged.
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right? The light got shone on everything differently after the election; the light got shone on this play a little differently, too. “Wow, that white guy privilege is everywhere.” Everywhere.
Ensemble Spotlight:
Jim True-Frost Member since 1989 Hometown: Greenwich, Connecticut Past Performances
A Summer Remembered Curse Of The Starving Class David Copperfield Ghost in the Machine – Director I Just Stopped By To See The Man Killers Symphony Space’s Selected Shorts The Common Pursuit The Geography of Luck The Grapes Of Wrath The Homecoming The Mesmerist – Director The Pillowman The Playboy Of The Western World
What brought you to Steppenwolf?
In December 1987, I was a junior at Northwestern. I had done three professional productions, and had a fired up ambition and some pretty poor grades to show for it. Rondi Reed cast me as Peter in The Common Pursuit. A few more Steppenwolf roles followed quickly, and I soon joined the ensemble. Thirteen years later I graduated from college.
Which role, at Steppenwolf or elsewhere, gave you the most joy?
It’s impossible to pick a favorite! But I was over the moon with excitement about my second part, in Killers. It was a gritty and wild play in the old Steppenwolf style at the old small theatre with Laurie Metcalf and Bob Breuer. We had a blast. A more recent favorite was The Pillowman. Deep, dark, fulfilling work with good ensemble friends Yasen, Tracy, and Amy Morton directing.
Which role do you wish you could do again, or do you have a dream role?
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When you come back to your artistic home at Steppenwolf, what is one of your favorite spots to visit in Chicago? My mom’s house in Evanston, and my sisters’ in Rogers Park and Old Irving Park.
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Above (from left): True-Frost in Curse of the Starving Class (1991), photo by Michael Brosilow; True-Frost in The Pillowman (2006), photo by Michael Brosilow
of a Highland Park church, the ambitious brainchild of three high school and college friends: Jeff Perry, Terry Kinney and Gary Sinise. Fast forward 41 years and Steppenwolf Theatre Company has become the nation’s premier ensemble theater—redefining the landscape of acting and performance. The ensemble has grown to 48 members who represent a remarkable generation of actors, directors and playwrights. Thrilling, powerful, groundbreaking productions from Balm in Gilead and The Grapes of Wrath to August: Osage County—and accolades that include the National Medal of Arts and 12 Tony Awards—have made the theater legendary. Steppenwolf’s artistic force remains rooted in the original vision of its founders: an artist-driven theater, whose vitality is defined by its sharp appetite for groundbreaking, innovative work. That work is represented in production photos displayed throughout the theater.
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The Steppenwolf Ensemble
The Steppenwolf Ensemble first began performing in the mid-1970s in the basement
Joan Allen
Kevin Anderson
Alana Arenas
Randall Arney
Kate Arrington
Ian Barford
Robert Breuler
Gary Cole
Kathryn Erbe
Audrey Francis
K. Todd Freeman
Frank Galati
Francis Guinan
Moira Harris
Jon Michael Hill
Tim Hopper
Tom Irwin
Ora Jones
Terry Kinney
Tina Landau
Martha Lavey
Tracy Letts
John Mahoney
John Malkovich
Sandra Marquez
Mariann Mayberry
Tarell Alvin McCraney
James Vincent Meredith
Laurie Metcalf
Amy Morton
Sally Murphy
Caroline Neff
Bruce Norris
Austin Pendleton
Jeff Perry
William Petersen
Yasen Peyankov
Martha Plimpton
Rondi Reed
Molly Regan
Anna D. Shapiro
Eric Simonson
Gary Sinise
Namir Smallwood
Lois Smith
Rick Snyder
Jim True-Frost
Alan Wilder
ANNOUNCING
steppenwolf’s
In the Downstairs Theatre Broadway-Bound
The Minutes
A world premiere by ensemble member Tracy Letts Directed by artistic director Anna D. Shapiro Featuring ensemble members Ian Barford, Francis Guinan and Tim Hopper November 9 – December 31, 2017
You Got Older In the Upstairs Theatre
The Rembrandt
A Chicago premiere by Jessica Dickey Directed by Hallie Gordon Featuring ensemble members Francis Guinan and John Mahoney September 7 – October 22, 2017
SEASON
BLKS
A world premiere by Aziza Barnes Directed by Nataki Garrett Featuring ensemble member Namir Smallwood December 7, 2017 – January 21, 2018
Guards at the Taj
A Chicago premiere by Rajiv Joseph Directed by ensemble member Amy Morton Featuring Omar Metwally and Arian Moayed May 31 – July 15, 2018
A Chicago premiere by Clare Barron Directed by Jonathan Berry Featuring ensemble members Audrey Francis and Caroline Neff January 25 – March 11, 2018
The Doppelgänger (an international farce)
A world premiere by Matthew-Lee Erlbach Directed by ensemble member Tina Landau Featuring ensemble members Alana Arenas, Gary Cole, Ora Jones, Sandra Marquez and James Vincent Meredith April 5 – May 20, 2018
The Roommate
A Chicago premiere by Jen Silverman Directed by Phylicia Rashad Featuring ensemble members Ora Jones and Sandra Marquez June 21 – August 5, 2018
Steppenwolf Staff Artistic
Jonathan Berry Aaron Carter Hallie Gordon Artistic Producers JC Clementz Casting Director Polly Hubbard Literary Manager Tam Dickson Casting Associate Francis Guinan Tracy Letts Amy Morton Yasen Peyankov Associate Artists
Steppenwolf For Young Adults Hallie Gordon Artistic Director Megan Shuchman Education Director Jared Bellot Education Coordinator Emilio G. Robles Curriculum and Instruction Manager Ali Hoefnagel Amanda Dunne Acevedo Ashley Roberson Cara Greene Epstein Greg Geffrard Jazmin Corona Larry Grimm Mara Stern Sindy Castro Thom Pasculli Tiffany Fulson Wilfredo Ramos, Jr. Teaching Artists
Administration
Rachel D. Freund Director of Operations and Management Lupe Garcia Quiles Events Management Director Scott Macoun IT Director Jackie Snuttjer Finance Director Jovito Alvarez Finance Manager Paul Miller Office Manager LaDonna Lane Human Resources Generalist Brian Hurst Finance Coordinator Mike Piroch Facilities Project Coordinator George Costas IT Associate Adrianna Durantt Executive Administrator Rebecca Adelsheim Interim PLP Assistant
Anna D. Shapiro Artistic Director
Development
Terry Kinney, Jeff Perry and Gary Sinise Executive Artistic Board
Mike Brunlieb Geehoon Lim Sandy Karuschak Audience Services Director of Development Supervisors Eric Evenskaas Molly Layton Associate Director Group Sales Coordinator of Development Roseann Bishop Courtney Anderson Membership Coordinator Director of Special Events Benjamin Adams Kristy Conway Craig Barnes Director of Corporate and Rebecca Butler Foundation Relations Rebekah Camm Sarah Carter Leslie Mastroianni Juli Del Prete Campaign Director Allison Diamond Suzanne Miller Victoria Gilbert Annual Giving Director Elizabeth Gottman Lauren Fisher Dylan Grassl Donor Relations Manager Kevin Greene Kenya Hall Max Lando Corporate Relations Manager Annaliese McSweeney Michael Russell Jessica Gretch Charles Strater Individual Giving Audience Services Coordinator Associates Karyn Todd Development Coordinator Audience Outreach Sarah Giovannetti Joshua Cashman Special Events Associate Audience Outreach Manager A.J. Roy Development Associate Spencer Blair Audience Outreach Chelsea Smith Supervisor Campaign Assistant Benjamin Adams Marketing, Charles Frydenberg Communications Wright Gatewood Rukmini Girish & Audience Marilyn Hillary Services Brian Lee John Zinn Isaiah Polstein Director of Marketing Michael Russell and Communications Maggie Shreve Donovan Foote Audience Outreach Design Director Associates Madeline Long Operations Communications Director Cory Jeanes Erika Nelson Facilities Director Marketing Director Peter Van Kempen Greta Honold Facilities Manager Audience Engagement Adrian Castro Creative Producer Operations Coordinator Joel Moorman David Albert Digital Content Producer Harold Jaffe Kevin Castillo Digital Marketing Manager Facilities Staff Victor David Neel McNeill Padam Dhungel Marketing Manager Tul Ghaley Patrick Zakem Madan Gurung Audience Engagement Noor Alam Islam Coordinator Ababe Mekonen Aminata Talawally Jacqueline Rosas Bhagirath Timsina Marketing Assistant Custodial Staff David Masnato Graphic Designer Casey VanWormer Audience Services Director Jimmy Freund Social Media Director and Audience Services Supervisor Billie Rye Bryant Audience Services Manager Stephanie Heller Audience Services Subscription Manager
Donald Coulson Parking Manager Aaron Aptaker Audience Experience Coordinator Will Allan Nick Burt David Clauson Maureen Davies Bryce Gangel Allison Heinz Megan Kaminsky Allison Kupfer Greg Mehl Sarah Mitchell Chrystle Morman Renato Sanchez Anthony Silvestri Allison Shackelford Dan Smeriglio Shunna Tolliver Kelly Voke Lizzy Wigley Audience Experience Associates Cassandra Bowers Morgan Burkey Jake Drummond Quinn Hagerty Samuel Garrott Kate Hawbaker-Krohn Jared Hecht Dani Nicole James Teddy Kwasigroch Juwan Lockett Alyson Morrill Alyssa Ratkovich Rachel Reaves Savannah Reich Lukas Vlasnik Taleshia Walker Toby Walters Paris Wilson Front Bar Staff Angel Aguilar Mustafa Chaudry Gabriel Sanchez Parking Staff Jack Meyer and Lauren Louer, The Saints Volunteer Usher Coordination
Production
Tom Pearl Director of Production Brianna Parry Associate Production Manager Erin Cook Company Manager and Assistant to the Artistic Director Mike Donohue Technical Director Chad Hain Audience Associate Technical Experience Director Evan Hatfield Christopher Kristant Director of Audience Assistant Technical Experience Director Danielle Shindler Kyle Land Food & Beverage Director, Front Bar General Manager Ryan Luwe Russell Scott Jacob Lorenz Lydia Strini Front Bar Assistant Manager Scenic Carpenters Denise Yvette Serna Jon Woelfer Front of House Manager Draftsperson
David Schmitz Executive Director Zoe Shiffrin Scenic Charge Artist Jenny DiLuciano Properties Master Emily Feder Jay Tollefsen Assistant Properties Masters Charles Moser Master Properties Artisan Aimee Plant Properties Artisan Shannon Higgins Wardrobe, Hair and Make Up Supervisor AJ Littlefield Staff Wardrobe Caryn Weglarz Klein Costume Director Mae Haskins Assistant Costume Designer Laurel Clayson Head Draper Lynae Vandermeulen Work Room Supervisor and Draper Daisy Lindas Assistant Costume Director Staci Weigum Costume Shop Assistant J. R. Lederle Lighting Supervisor Ernesto Gomez Master Electrician Rick Haefele House Carpenter Dawn Przybylski Stage Carpenter Martha Wegener Audio Engineer Gregor Mortis Assistant Audio Engineer Matthew Chapman 1700 Tech Coordinator Karen Thompson Light Board Operator Cassie Calderone Malcolm Ewen Christine D. Freeburg Laura D. Glenn Brian Maschka Stage Managers
Board of Trustees Executive Committee
Eric Lefkofsky, Chair Keating Crown, Vice Chair Deborah H. Quazzo, Secretary L. Heather Mitchell, Treasurer Henry S. Bienen Carole L. Brown Douglas R. Brown Elizabeth H. Connelly Nora Daley Rich Feitler Paul W. Goodrich Lynn Lockwood Murphy Kenneth J. Porrello Randall K. Rowe Bruce Sagan Stephanie B. Smith John R. Walter Helen Zell
Trustees
Sarah Beardsley Michael W. Bender Marlene Breslow-Blitstein Ebs Burnough Robin Tennant Colburn Beth Boosalis Davis Amy Eshleman Juliette Feld D. Cameron Findlay Lawrence M. Gill Matthew Gray Robert J. Greenebaum, Jr. John Hart Jon Michael Hill Dennis D. Howarter George A. Joseph Donna La Pietra Tina Landau Tracy Letts Mary Ludford Ronald J. Mallicoat, Jr. Holly Maloney Tarell Alvin McCraney David E. Mendelsohn Verett Mims Christopher M. Murphy Katherine Nardin Yasen Peyankov David C. Pisor Merle Reskin Robert Sanborn Manuel “Manny� Sanchez Anna D. Shapiro Matthew Shapiro Colette Cachey Smithburg Elliot A. Stultz
Emeritus Trustees J. Robert Barr Lawrence Block Michael Cahan John N. Fox, Jr. Gloria Scoby
Past Chairpersons William L. Atwell Larry D. Brady Douglas R. Brown Nora Daley Laurence Edwards John N. Fox, Jr. Elliott Lyon Gordon Murphy William H. Plummer Bruce Sagan Gloria Scoby Donna Vos
Professional Leadership Program Gabriel Alaniz Alexandra Belzley Lina Benich Samantha Corn Krystal Dawson Meghan Erxleben Maya Fazio-Siu Lucas Garcia Kara Grimm Storm Hooten Lauren Katz Joseph Lim Gianna Petrosino Samantha Price Compton Quashie Ligia Sandoval Colleen Schuldeis Fatima Sowe
Agency of Record Grip
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Leading Contributors Steppenwolf Ensemble Fund multi-year commitment to Steppenwolf’s artistic development Grand Patrons
Julie and Roger Baskes Joyce Chelberg The Davee 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 John Hart and Carol Prins Liz and Eric Lefkofsky The Negaunee Foundation Helen Zell
Distinguished Patrons
Anonymous Sarah Beardsley and Dr. Christopher Randolph Michael Bender and Sheridan Prior Henry and Leigh Bienen Betty Bradshaw Shawn M. Donnelley and Christopher M. Kelly Amy and Cameron Findlay Richard and Mary L. Gray Bob and Amy Greenebaum Steven D. Loucks Jim and Kay Mabie Holly and Matt Maloney Lynn Lockwood and Barrett B. Murphy Karen Zelden and Ralph Senst
Season Production Support
Allstate Insurance Company Ameriprise Financial Dr. and Mrs. Marvin H. Berman Douglas R. Brown Phil and Mary Beth Canfield The Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation Elizabeth H. Connelly Frank G. and Gertrude Dunlap Fund Donald and Anne Edwards Christine Albright and Lawrence Gill Lynn Hauser and Neil Ross Marian, Fruman and Lisa Jacobson Nancy A. Lauter Melcher Charitable Foundation Janet Melk L. Heather Mitchell and Kenny Mitchell J.P.Morgan National Endowment for the Arts
2016/17 Season Sponsors Northern Trust The Orlebeke Foundation PwC Deborah and Stephen Quazzo Merle Reskin Robert and Louise Sanborn Harry and Susan Seigle Matthew Shapiro Toni Sandor Smith Colette Cachey Smithburg and Tom Smithburg Bill and Orli Staley
New Plays, New Artists, New Audiences
The Davee Foundation The Edgerton Foundation The Laurents/Hatcher Foundation Prince Charitable Trusts Time Warner Foundation Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation Zell Family Foundation
Steppenwolf for Young Adults
Allstate Insurance Company Alphawood Foundation Archer Daniels Midland Company Paul M. Angell Foundation Helen Brach Foundation Capri Capital Partners, LLC Ann and Richard Carr City of Chicago: Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events CME Group Foundation The Crown Family Nora Daley and Sean Conroy The Field Foundation of Illinois Mary and Paul Finnegan Lloyd A. Fry Foundation Liz and Eric Lefkofsky Doug and Cynthia McKeen Colonel Stanley R. McNeil Foundation Lynn Lockwood Murphy and Barrett B. Murphy The Negaunee Foundation Northern Trust Charitable Trust Polk Bros. Foundation Robert and Louise Sanborn Dr. Scholl Foundation Steppenwolf Associates United Airlines
Professional Leadership Programs & Multicultural Fellowship American Express Joyce Foundation
Steppenwolf’s reputation derives from our willingness to take on challenging, ambitious projects. Our future relies upon the generous support of season sponsors who provide invaluable resources for the work of our actors, directors and playwrights. We thank you for your commitment to the vision of our ensemble.
Veterans’ Night
Steppenwolf Theatre Company’s 2016/17 season is generously sponsored by:
Major Support of General Operations and Special Projects
Grand Benefactors
Gary Sinise Foundation
Buchanan Family Foundation Julius Frankel Foundation The Reva & David Logan Foundation John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Prince Charitable Trusts Penny Pritzker and Bryan Traubert Rhoades Foundation Searle Funds at The Chicago Community Trust The Shubert Foundation, Inc. Smart Family Foundation Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust The Wallace Foundation The Elizabeth Morse Charitable Trust Lead Underwriter of fundraising for The Campaign for Steppenwolf
Benefactors
For more information on how you can support Steppenwolf’s artistic intiatives as a sponsor or corporate partner, please contact Kristy Conway at 312-654-5698 or kconway@steppenwolf.org.
2017 Gala
2016/17 Corporate Arts Council
2016/17 Steppenwolf Salutes Women In The Arts Luncheon
Steppenwolf’s Corporate Arts Council brings together a community of smart, innovative companies to connect in a unique, exciting 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.
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Leading Members
Allstate Insurance Company Liz and Eric Lefkofsky Exelon PwC
BMO Harris Bank United Airlines
Official Lighting Sponsor ComEd
Contact Sandy Karuschak, Director of Development, at 312-654-5621 or skaruschak@steppenwolf.org to learn more about unique ways to support the work on our stages.
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
Members Aon, Nichole Barnes Mitchell Baker & McKenzie LLP, Ginger Partee Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Mark Filip Make It Better Media, Susan B. Noyes
Newcastle Limited, Michael Haney Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Brian Duwe Sidley Austin LLP, Elizabeth M. Schubert Winston & Strawn LLP, Matthew R. Carter
For more information on how you and your company can become a Steppenwolf Corporate Arts Council member, please contact Max Lando at 312-654-5697 or mlando@steppenwolf.org.
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Community Volunteers New Play Development Fund Committee supports Steppenwolf’s mission to be a preeminent producer of new American plays. Deborah Quazzo*, Chair Julie Baskes Douglas R. Brown* Susan O. Berghoef Joyce Chelberg Robin Tennant Colburn* Nora Daley* Jay Franke Caryn Harris Liz Lefkofsky Jim Mabie Bob Reum Robert Sanborn* Matthew Shapiro* Colette Cachey Smithburg* Helen Zell*
Education Committee advocates for the programming of Steppenwolf for Young Adults and for access to quality arts experiences for teens and teachers. Robert Sanborn*, Chair Sarah Beardsley* Michael Bolton Sheila Chapman Beth Boosalis Davis* Jeremy Dunn Amy Eshleman* Juliette Feld* Jane Fleming Paul Gaynor Larry Grimm John Hart* Solveig Herzum Lynn Lockwood Murphy* Nicole Losurdo Sybil Madison-Boyd Susan Noel Ashley Pettit Anne M. Phillips Donald J. Phillips II Deborah Quazzo* Sydney Sidwell Jennifer Stuart Elliot A. Stultz* Annie Tully David Wagener Nina A. Winston Bobbi Zabel
Directors Circle Committee
helps steward and grow the theater’s largest donor program. Frances E. Tuite, Chair Patricia Bobb Janyce D. Brengel Bryce Cooper Beth Boosalis Davis* Greg Desmond Ritu Dhingra Stacy Fleming Julie Gustafson Mike Gustafson Rebecca Johnston Sherri Kayser Michael LaTona Susan Lichtenstein Stephanie Linn Beth Loeb Cathy Nathan Toni Sandor Smith Gail Steingold Gail Straus
2017 Gala
Steppenwolf’s Gala Co-Chairs plan the signature fundraising event led by the theater’s Board of Trustees. Amy Eshleman* and Lori Lightfoot Cameron* and Amy Findlay Susan and David* Mendelsohn Jon Michael Hill* Tim Hopper and Karen Viola Amy Morton
Women in the Arts Luncheon Committee spearheads our annual fundraising event, honoring leading artists in theater, film and television. Vilma Chan Elizabeth H. Connelly* Keating Crown* Mary A. Dempsey Amy Eshleman* Noreen Gallagher Julie Jensen Donna La Pietra* Liz Lefkofsky Mary Ludford* Dr. Lisa McGrady Lynn Lockwood Murphy* Deborah Quazzo* Stephanie B. Smith* Elliot A. Stultz Helen Zell*
Planned Giving Advisory Committee, comprised of finance
and legal professionals, provides expertise in estate planning activities to support the theater. Christine Albright, Chair Andrew R. Gelman Edward A. Gershman James H. Goodrich Julie Gustafson Leigh S. Harter Julie Hendricks Kathryn Kennedy Robert LoPrete Pamela L. Lucina Theresa Marx Colleen McElligott Susan A. Payne Judith M. Pieper Claudia B. Sangster Kathleen O’Hagan Scallan Richard B. Thies
Young Adult Council, a unique after-school program for high school students, immerses them in Steppenwolf’s operations and organizes events for their peers around Steppenwolf productions. Meitav Aaron Ayaan Asthana Kinnedy Broughton Dulce Carino Felicia Felix Ines Garcia Myles Gebert Agrim Handa Danielle Burke Lilian McGrady Trevon Muhammad Eryk Nytko Kealoha Ogunseitan Gloria Oladipo Sarah Powers Drew Shattuck Emma Siegel Sydney Swanson Karen Sylvester Evin Tari
Corporate, Foundation & Government Contributors Grand Benefactors ($100,000+) Allstate Insurance Company* City of Chicago: Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events The Crown Family‡ The Davee Foundation‡ Lefkofsky Family Foundation‡ The Negaunee Foundation Prince Charitable Trusts Shubert Foundation, Inc. Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust‡ United Airlines The Wallace Foundation‡ Zell Family Foundation‡
Grosvenor Capital Management BMO Harris Bank* Illinois Arts Council, a state agency The Orlebeke Foundation Pfingsten Partners, L.L.C J.B. and M.K. Pritzker Family Foundation Daniel F. and Ada L. Rice Foundation Searle Family Trust Searle Funds at The Chicago Community Trust Seigle Family Foundation Earl and Brenda Shapiro Foundation Gary Sinise Foundation Virgina B. Toulmin Foundation
Anonymous Alphawood Foundation Paul M. Angell Foundation The Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation Chicago Community Trust ComEd Edgerton 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 The Joyce Foundation‡ J.P.Morgan* Laurents/Hatcher Foundation John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation‡* The Reva & David Logan Foundation National Endowment for the Arts Northern Trust* Polk Bros. Foundation* PwC Smart Family Foundation Time Warner Foundation Vinci
Patrons ($10,000 – 24,999)
Benefactors ($50,000 – 99,999)
Producers ($25,000 – 49,999)
To get involved or learn more, please contact Eric Evenskaas, Associate Director of Development, at 312-654-5615 or eevenskaas@steppenwolf.org.
* Steppenwolf Trustee
Anonymous American Express Ameriprise Financial Archer Daniels Midland Company Capri Capital Partners, LLC DLA Piper LLP (US) Lloyd A. Fry Foundation
Anonymous (3) Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture Aon Baker & McKenzie LLP Robert and Isabelle Bass Foundation, Inc. BNY Mellon Wealth Management Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois The Boeing Company Boka Restaurant Group Helen Brach Foundation Buchanan Family Foundation The Canning Foundation CME Group Foundation Citadel LLC Henry Crown and Company Dover Foundation Frank G. and Gertrude Dunlap Fund Faegre Baker Daniels The Field Foundation of Illinois Graycor, Inc. Green Courte Partners, LLC GrubHub Hotel Indigo Hotel Lincoln Illinois Tool Works Foundation Kirkland & Ellis LLP Make It Better Media McKinsey & Company, Inc. Colonel Stanley R. McNeil Foundation Melcher Charitable Foundation Newcastle Limited Norcon, Inc PUBLIC Chicago Rhoades Foundation Sanchez Daniels & Hoffman LLP
* Corporations and foundations that have made employee matching gifts
‡ Multi-year pledge
Schiff Hardin LLP Sidley Austin LLP Dr. Scholl Foundation Shure Incorporated Siragusa Family Foundation Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP The Smithburg Family Foundation Swett & Crawford John and Carol Walter Family Foundation William Blair & Company, LLC Winston & Strawn, LLP
Sustainers ($5,000 – $9,999) Baird Modestus Bauer Foundation Baxter International Inc.* Mary Dempsey, Philip H. Corboy Foundation John R. Halligan Charitable Fund Irving Harris Foundation Hub International Ice Miller LLP PERT Foundation Louis & Nellie Sieg Fund
Sponsors ($2,500 – 4,999)
Amsted Industries Foundation Deloitte FROST New Horizon Foundation Richard and Ellen Sandor Family Foundation Sahara Enterprises, Inc. Suite Home Chicago Westside Mechanical Group
Guarantors ($1,000 – 2,499) Hamilton Thies & Lorch LLP Innovative Benefits Consultants Lillian H. Florsheim Foundation Mohican Petroleum Inc Plante Moran Resolute Consulting LLC Starshak Winzenburg TTX Company
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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 Douglas R. Brown Playwright/Director Endowment Fund Ford Foundation Artistic and General Operating Endowment Funds
Individual Contributors Directors Circle Richard and Mary L. Gray Production Endowment Fund
Steppenwolf Board Designated Endowment Fund
John S. and James L. Knight Foundation Fund for the Development of New Work
Steppenwolf Theatre Company Endowment Fund created with Searle Funds at the Chicago Community Trust
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Daniel E. McLean National and International Production Fund Avy and Marcie Stein Sustaining Fund for the Ensemble
Nancy L. Wald Production Endowment Fund John and Carol Walter Production Endowment Fund
Individual Contributors Visionary Circle We are honored to recognize the following individuals who have included Steppenwolf in their will or estate plans. The esteemed members of the Visionary Circle help ensure the vitality of Steppenwolf for future generations. Contact Sandy Karuschak at 312-654-5621 or sandyk@steppenwolf.org to learn more about the giving options to consider in your estate planning. Anonymous Valerie and Joseph Abel Robert C. Anderson Dr. Marvin and Joyce Berman Norma Borcherding Douglas R. Brown Barbara L. Dean Janice and Rob Esser Robert H. Glaze
Michael Goldberger Michael Hansen and Nancy Randa John Hart Lynn Hauser and Neil Ross Tom Irwin Stephen Johnson Jared Kaplan and Maridee Quanbeck Melanie G. Larch Dr. Paul Lisnek
Kenneth J. Porrello and Sherry L. McFall Sylvia J. Pozarnsky Merle Reskin Dr. Edward O. Riley T. Marshall Rousseau Patrick J. Schauer Harry Seigle 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
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Jo Hopkins Deutsch Marjorie Douglas James F. Oates
Andrea Romain and Cleo V. Orthel Rose L. Shure Nancy L. Wald
The generosity of Steppenwolf’s Directors Circle members annually provides vital support for Steppenwolf’s many streams of artistic and community programming. In recognition of their contributions, members receive complimentary subscriptions with VIP ticketing services and are invited to private events with the artists of Steppenwolf. Donors with ‡ have made a generous multi-year pledge. To join this distinguished group, call Jessica Gretch at 312-654-5672 or e-mail directorscircle@steppenwolf.org. Premier Patrons ($50,000+)
Anonymous Julie and Roger Baskes‡ Sarah Beardsley and Dr. Christopher Randolph Michael Bender and Sheridan Prior‡ Leigh and Henry Bienen‡ Marlene Breslow-Blitstein and Berle Blitstein Douglas R. Brown 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‡ Mary and Bill Ludford Ronald J. Mallicoat Jr. Deborah and Stephen Quazzo Randy and Susi Rowe Robert and Louise Sanborn Sue and Harry Seigle‡ Elliot A. Stultz Anna D. Shapiro and Ian Barford Helen Zell‡
Grand Patrons ($25,000 – $49,999) Phil and Mary Beth Canfield Kent and Liz Dauten Shawn M. Donnelley and Christopher M. Kelly‡ Amy Eshleman and Lori Lightfoot Christine Albright and Lawrence Gill Leslie and Matthew Gray Richard and Mary L. Gray‡ Bob and Amy Greenebaum‡ Mrs. John M. Hartigan Marian, Fruman and Lisa Jacobson Nancy A. Lauter Lynn Lockwood Murphy and Barrett B. Murphy‡ Steven D. Loucks‡ Jim and Kay Mabie‡ Holly and Matt Maloney‡ Mr. and Ms. David E. Mendelsohn L. Heather Mitchell and Kenny Mitchell Christopher and Eileen Murphy Pam Netzky and Ashley Hemphill Merle Reskin Bruce Sagan and Bette Cerf Hill Manny Sanchez and Pat Pulido Sanchez Matthew Shapiro
Bill and Orli Staley John and Carol Walter Karen Zelden and Ralph Senst‡
Distinguished Patrons ($10,000 – $24,999) Dr. and Mrs. Marvin H. Berman Betty Bradshaw Mr. and Ms. John A. Canning, Jr. Julie and Bill Casserly Mr. and Mrs. A. Steven Crown Beth Boosalis Davis and Maxwell S. Davis Donald and Anne Edwards Becki and Scott Etzler Mary and Paul Finnegan Gordon and Wendy Gill Valerie and Paul Goodrich Juliette Feld and Andrew Grossman Aimee Graham and Nigel Caine Cathy Iverson Jeffrey Maling and Rebecca Johnston Tracy Letts Cynthia Luse-McKeen and Douglas McKeen Janet Melk Verett Mims Ashley and Noah Pettit Anne and Don Phillips Penny Pritzker and Bryan Traubert Lynn Hauser and Neil Ross Stephanie B. Smith and Gerald Smith Toni Sandor Smith Colette Cachey Smithburg and Tom Smithburg Frances E. Tuite Tom and Blaine Wells Nina B. Winston Ronald and Geri Yonover
Patrons ($5,000 – $9,999)
Anonymous (4) Carina Abbaticchio and Christine Hermosisima Loren Almaguer and Frank Gerleve Mr. and Mrs. Jack Angelo Mr. and Ms. David Arch Andy and Sue Arnold Mr. Gerry Barad Kevin Boehm and Courtney Moon Michael and Cathy Brennan Lois Browning Gia and Isaac Colunga Jerry and Josephine Conlon Mary A. Dempsey, Philip H. Corboy Foundation Mary M. Emerson Tom and Pat Erickson
Dr. and Mrs. Jane Fleming John and Katherine Fox Ms. Joan Harris Mrs. Louise Hart Michael and Mona Heath Fund Judy and Jay Heyman Jon Michael Hill David Hiller Adam and Denise Hoeflich George A. Joseph and Carolyn Bateman Jared Kaplan and Maridee Quanbeck Jen and Brad Keck Pamela Kendall-Rijos and John Rijos Brad and Kim Keywell Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Lad Christine and Michael LaTona Mr. Marvin J. Leavitt and Ms. Susan Karkomi Robert M. and Diane V. S. Levy Alec Litowitz and Jennifer Litowitz Brian Lukanic and Kelly Dixon Amos and Anat Madanes Don and Melinda Marshall Howard and Sandy Nagelberg Dale and Loretta Pierson Jennifer and Perry Pinto Kenneth J. Porrello and Sherry L. McFall Burton X. and Sheli Rosenberg Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm Rosenfeld Sandra and Earl Rusnak, Jr. David and Susan Schmid Ms. Elizabeth Schubert Jeffrey Singer and Patricia Carman Marcie and Avy Stein Gail and Eugene Steingold Edward A. Studzinski Jacqueline Tilton Richard and Elaine Tinberg Michael and January Ward Robert and Susan Warrington Dr. David Wasserman Lorrayne and Steve Weiss Philip Zadeik and Elizabeth Krepps
Sustainers ($2,500 – $4,999) Anonymous (3) Kathi and Roger Adams Jack J. Adrian Kristopher J. Anderson Mr. Anjan Asthana Paula Ausick Sharon Baker John and Caroline Ballantine Gustavo Bamberger and Martha Van Haitsma Solomon and Camila Barnett Bob and Trish Barr Lawrence Bass and Paula Sneed
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…cont’d Directors Circle Martha and Al Belmonte Alan and Nancy Berry Benjamin Bove Doug Bradbury Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Braun Janyce D. Brengel Robert and Mary Briscoe Mr. Thomas M. Burke Michael and Merle Cahan David Callahan and Terri Abruzzo Drs. Rex Chisholm and Kathleen Green Carol and Douglas Cohen Michael and Edie Cohen Kate Cornelius-Schecter Mr. and Mrs. Dennis R. Cowhey Carl and Cynthia Curry Judy and Tapas K. Das Gupta Diane Dawson Greg Desmond and Michael Segobiano Bill and Cindee Dietz Philip and Marsha Dowd Drs. Thomas E. Durica and Susan Jacob Dr. Steven B. Edelstein Laura and Scott Eisen George Engeln Maurice Fantus and Judith Aiello Roxanne Hori and Robert Felsenthal Stacy and Ian Fleming Steven Florsheim and Jennifer Friedes Lisa and John Folkers Kate and Michael Fridholm Kate Friedlob Mr. and Mrs. Sherwin Friedman Leonard Gail and Robin Steans David and Noreen Ann Gallagher Matt and Lindsay Garrison Gary L. Gephart Beverly Wyckoff and Charles Ginsberg Ethel and Bill Gofen Bob and Carol Goldberg Sheila and Tom Gorey Sue and Melvin Gray The Green Family Dr. and Mrs. Sheldon Greenberg‡ William and Nanci Greene Mr. William Gritsonis James and Brenda Grusecki Jack and Sandra Guthman Joan Hall Michael Hansen and Nancy Randa Marcy and Harry Harczak John Harney Pam and David Harrington John Hergert and Kathryn Stevens David Kistenbroker and Cynthia Heusing Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Hibel Mr. and Mrs. Arthur J. Hill Ann S. Hoenig and Jonathan L. Hoenig Dr. and Mrs. David Ingall Paul and Mariana Ingersoll Patricia Jeffers Craig and Heidi Johnson Stephen Johnson Timothy B. Johnson and Valerie B. Wiley Jeffrey and Lisa Jozwiak Jeremy Kaufman and Vered Hankin
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Reis and Sherri Kayser Adam and Renee Keats Andrew Keyt Jim and Sue Klein Jonathan Klein and Susan Cohn Mr. and Mrs. Sanfred Koltun Dr. and Mrs. Stephen M. Korbet MD Raminder and Vinay Kumar Carol and Jerome Lamet Jody LaVoie Tanya Levshina and Ilya Volvovski Susan Lichtenstein and John Rokacz Robert Bud Lifton and Carol Rosofsky Stephanie F. Linn and Seth B. Krantz Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Lowe Mark and Frances Mann Tarell Alvin McCraney Andrew R. McGaan Mr. and Ms. Paul McGrady Becky and Bob McLennan Kevin and Beth McMeen Ellie and Bob Meyers Amy Laiken and Tim Michel Jean and Jordan Nerenberg Bob and Joyce O’Malley Elizabeth Orelup and Lawrence Sonntag Mr. Matthew Parr Amy and Brent Peebles Simon and Kim Perutz Matthias Pfau Ms. Sherri Pincus Patricia Pippert and Steven Redfield Avi and Joan Porat Andrew and Judy L. Porte Bradley and Patricia Reid Lynne Remington and Geoff Goldberg Sherry and Bob Reum Trisha Rooney Ms. Doris D. Roskin George and Kimberly Ruhana Mitchell Sabshon Carlo and Lalie Scandiuzzi Howard and Gail Schaffner Matthew and Tina Schubert David and Judith L. Sensibar Ms. Virginia Simmons Robert and Nancy Singleton Steven Smith Matthew Steinmetz Kristin and Stan Stevens Kelly and Jami Stone Judy Sugarman Sue and Timothy Sullivan James E. Thompson John and Maribeth Totten Nick Trakas and Marc Cerone Donna and Dirk Vos Carey Weiss and Karen Pierce Jane and Greg Wintroub Elizabeth Wohlleb Elizabeth Ziegler
Benefactors ($1,500 – $2,499) Anonymous (8) Mr. and Mrs. John Aalbregtse Jane Adams Karen and Scott Alexander
Polly Allen Nicholas and Kathleen Amatangelo Kimball Anderson and Karen Gatsis Anderson Robert C. Anderson George and Debbie Angelillo Stephanie and Dana Arnett Jeffrey S. Arnold and Ellen J. Neely Edgar Bachrach Richard and Janice Bail Dr. Stephanie and Mr. Andy Baker‡ Yuri and Elena Balasanov Catherine Bannister Merrill and Alice Barden Cynthia Barginere Sandra Bass Camille Bathurst and Gregory Belzley Scott and Carla Benigni Bruce and Debbie Bentcover Shirley and Tom Berchou‡ Susen H. Berg and James C. Berg Ron and Colleen Bess Nicholas Biederman Ms. Shannon M. Binder and Mr. Rob Friess Jon Blanc Shaun and Andy Block Mr. David Blowers, Jr. Patricia C. Bobb Stephen and Lynn Bolanowski‡ Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Boychuck Marjorie Bransfield Mr. Reid Brody and Ms. Sally Schwartz Beth Sprecher Brooks Mr. and Mrs. Norman Brooks Dawn and Harmon Brown George and Joyce Brown‡ John D. and Leslie Henner Burns Timothy Burroughs and Barbara Smith Stephen Byrne and Kerry Shannon Joseph and Cory Cancila‡ Kathleen and Robert Carey Sheila J. Chapman Dr. Rosalyn A. Chrenka and Mr. Ralph P. Maffucci Michael and Stephanie Chu Nancy Ciezki and Diane Kostecke James and Julie Coffman Thomas and Kathleen Coleman Steven and Caralynn Collens Liam and Francesca Connell J. Gorman Cook and Carole Kohout Bryce Cooper Merle R. Cooper Lisa and Brian Cornell Patricia Cox, Katie and Will Hunckler Winnie and Bob Crawford James Curley Dean and Lori Czuma Stephen F. Danziger Nancy Dehmlow Mr. and Mrs. Menahem Deitcher Scott Delman Donald Deutsch Gautam and Ritu Dhingra Roberta S. Dillon Patricia and Richard Doonan Erin and Ian Drury
James and Kelly Epstein Mariwyn Evans Juliet and Marc Fallah Demitri and Pamela Fardelos David and Mary Farkas Randall Fearnow and Beth Compton Harris J. Feldman, M.D. Carol and Steven Felsenthal Lorna Filippini Mr. and Mrs. Richard Filler Jim and Sandy Freeburg Kathryn C. Froney Denise Michelle Gamble Patti Eylar and Charlie Gardner Tom and Beth Garrow‡ Jim Gattone Gigi Gamauf and Dr. Joseph Gavron Paul and Audrey Gaynor Terri and Stephen Geifman Mr. and Mrs. James J. Glasser Elizabeth Glassman Charlie and Mary Gofen Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Goldman Dr. Paul Goldstein and Ms. Nasrin Mahani Sue-Gray Goller Mary and Jim Greene Kathleen and Adam Greetis Charles R. Grode M. Julie and Michael Gustafson Suzanne Gylfe Ginger and Del Hall Claudine C. Hamm Victoria and Charles Harris‡ Stacie R. Hartman Mark and Joelle Hayes Jean Heller Sandra L. Helton and Norman M. Edelson Marlene and Sonny Hersh Richard and Elaine Heuberger Kathleen and Jack Horn Dr. Matthew and Kimberly Horowitz Arnold and Judith Horwich‡ Holly E. Humphreys Nicole and Pedro Irazoqui Mary Ittelson John Ittner Craig “CJ” Jensen and Craig Dannenbrink Ed Jeske and John Hern David Kathman Dr. Claudia Anne Katz Aviva Katzman and Morris Mauer Judith and Jerry Kaufman Mary Ann and Mark Kaufman Thomas E Keim Sheryl and Tom Keith‡ Peter and Susan Kelly Chris Kendrick and Kasturi Haldar Gerould and Jewell Kern Patricia and Wayne Kik‡ Harry Kinzie Tom Klarquist and Steve Somora Stephanie and Peter Klein Jean Klingenstein Mr. and Mrs. Tom Knauff Jeffrey Koh
Stephen Kriegel Suzy Krueckeberg Mr. Matthew Kutcher and Ms. Rebecca Richards Gerald R. Lanz and Lisa Kearns Lanz Bernard and Averill Leviton Wil Lewis Dr. Paul M. Lisnek Beth Loeb Abby and George Lombardi Ms. Diane Longoria Fran Lambros and John Lowry‡ Mrs. Barbara Lucas and Ms. Toni Sieve‡ Oren Lund and Dorothy Shapiro Michael Maloney and Christine Zyzda Naja Maltezos Arlene Manelli Sandy and Jerry Manne Barbara and Larry Margolis Christine and David Markovitz Eric and Sarah Mayeda Jim and Lynn McClure Lee and Joyce McCullough Bob and Barb McCullough Dr. Janis Mendelsohn Randi Merel and Allen LeHew Michael and Susan Miller Dr. and Mrs. George and Maureen Miz Martin Modahl and Lauren Conway Blake and Debra Moritz‡ Patrick J. Nash, Jr. Cathy and Robert Nathan Judy Neafsey and Terry Conway David Ellis and Hope Nightingale Mary Nolen Peg O’Connor Joe O’Leary Bridget R. O’Neill Susan and George Obermaier Gary and Marcie Ochs Mr. Tony Olson Susan and Ted Oppenheimer Sandra and Mark Ostler Brian A. Paetow and Gretchen K. Beetner Jim and Sue Pajakowski Mr. Jared Palmer and Ms. Lisa Frank Phyllis Parish Mr. Deep Patel and Ms. Nisha Begwani Mr. and Mrs. Todd Paul Sandra and Michael Perlow Raymond Perry John and Christine Pfeiffer Dr. Susan Burland and George Plumb Mary Beth and Terry Porter Sylvia J. Pozarnsky and Tom Riley Elliott Quigley Linda Reid Ms. Lauri Riggen Susan and Edwin Ritts John C. Roberts and Lynn D. Fleisher Carol and Riney Robertson Hilary Rosenthal Dr. Abbie Roth and Sandra Gladstone Roth Holly B. Rothschild and Kenneth Buchanan Janet and Philip Rotner Alan Gordon Rottman
Bob Rowe and Mary Senesac Francis C. Sadac Ms. Carol S. Sadow A. Sue Samuels Richard and Susan Sanders Pamela and Fred Sasser Paul Scavone and Donna Pawlus Michelle Maton and Mike Schaeffer Michelle Schlack John Schuchert and Alan Kozlowski Carla M. Scott Diana and Richard Senior Mark and Kimberly Shadle Surendra and Dorothie Shah Michael Shapiro and Deb Gohr Shapiro Nancia Shawver and Larry Weiner Hope and Jeffrey Sheffield Scott and Tommy Sheridan Judy and Jeffrey Silverman Ms. Julia Simpson James and Mary Jo Slykas Heather and Adam Smedstad‡ Charles Smith Neil Smith Family Ron and Leslie Smith Sharon Specht Nicole Stavish Lawrence Stone and Margaret Jongleux Gail and John Straus Mary Stowell and Jim Streicker Lauren and Steve Strelsin Lisa Sullivan Dr. and Mrs. James V. Talano Mark and Leah Taylor Mrs. Vernon B. Thomas The Tipton Family The Toledo-Hoyer Family Greg and Mary Tuite Kelly and Jay Tunney Reed and Rosemary Tupper Hollis and Alvan Turner Scott Turow Brady I. Twiggs Tali and Liat Tzur Marilee Unruh Betty Vandenbosch Shawn VanDerziel and Jay Clarke John and Julie Varga Erika Nelson and David Wagener The Wakes Mr. and Mrs. Mark Wanda Kenneth Wanlass Kim and Scott Wayne Jennifer and Bryan Weinstein Nick and Nora Weir Anne and Jay Whipple Jack and Keli Wildermuth Jon Will and Ada Mary Gugenheim‡ Andre Williams Jessica and Jeff Wisniewski‡ Sherry Wolfe Joe Wolnski and Jane Christino Richard and Mary Woods Bobbi Zabel Eileen and David Zampa Mr. and Ms. Michael Zdeb
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Individual Contributors Annual Fund Steppenwolf thanks the many supporters who help bridge the gap between annual operating costs and ticket sales. We regret that, due to space limitations, we are unable to recognize gifts below $150. To all our benefactors, we thank you for making possible another season of engaging, provocative theater. Make your gift today by visiting steppenwolf.org/support or calling Suzanne Miller at 312-654-5617. Gifts are as of January 27, 2017. Producers ($1,000 – $1,499)
Anonymous (2) Ted and Robbie Beaty† Lois J. Bider Marjorie Bransfield Lin Brehmer Ms. Blair Brown Michelle and David Buck Janet Burch John Butler and John VanderLinden Gregory C. Cameron Ray Capitanini Mr. Robert Clifford Liese Dallbauman Rachel Dvorken and Harry Rosenberg, Jr. Joan and John Dysart Brian Fabes and Lisa Schneider Fabes Peter Fischer Ms. Karen Fredrick Rebecca and Barry Friedland Lori Mae Frith Mr. and Mrs. Neil Gehani Susan and John Gibbons Richard Ginsberg and Natalie Tessler Terrence Glomski Deidra D. Gold Jonathan and Sarah Graham† Shalini Hanoman Campbell and Joe Campbell Fay Hartog-Levin Lois and Marty Hauselman James and Anne Heger James LaForce and Stephen Henderson Rachel Henry Lina and Dave Hilko† William Ibe Carol Iden and Keith Iden Mr. Bradley Jarol Holly Johnston Steve Kaplan and Carol Rubin Mike and Leslie King Terry Kinney Mr. and Mrs. Dag Kittlaus Pat and Mike Koldyke Daniel Castellaneta and Deborah Lacusta Kevin Lane Bob and Pat Lavey† Daniel Laytin Jennifer and Bruce Lee Madeline and Steve Lesnick Patricia L. Levy Mr. Chris Liguori Anna and Robert A. Livingston Mark and Carol Lorenz Ms. Julia Luscombe Karyn Lutz Drs. Brent and Susan Martin Ms. Roxanne Martino
Joan and Jerry Matson Michael McCahey Michael E. McCaslin† Kate Mcdonald Mark and Lori Muller Howard and Cathy Niden Barbara and Daniel O’Keefe Melissa Peralta Mr. Jim Perkins Linda Lowy and Jeff Perry Brett Plyer Mr. Matthew Pritzker Nina Riccardi Randy and Betsy Rochman Andrew Rovner Marilynn Rubio Joanne and Paul Ruxin Mr. and Ms. Kenneth Sacks William B. Schildgen Mr. Michael Schnur and Ms. Janice Liten Max and Bonnie Shapiro Mr. and Mrs. Scott Silverman Christine A. Slivon† Ms. Anne-Marie St. Germaine Michael and Salme Harju Steinberg† Patty Sternberg Robert Stillman and Janet Surkin Brock and Jeanine Stout† Ms. Jennifer Stuart Anne Taft Mario and Traci Tricoci Mr. and Mrs. Arun Veluchamy John W. Wheeler Steve and Bonnie Wheeler Ms. Harriet White Mr. Gary Wilmes Susan and Bob Wislow
Ensemble ($500 – $999) Anonymous (10) Linda Loving and Richard Aaronson Ms. Marianne Alkemade Richard and Jill Almeida Jim and Sheila Amend† Mr. and Mrs. Cushman Andrews Ms. Elizabeth Antonucci Walter Aque Lorilyn Aquino† Jean Arrington John Asplin and Christine Orders Peggy Bagley and Rabbi Douglas Goldhamer Ms. Rebecca Balyasny Teri and Steve Barnett Mr. and Mrs. Baughman Susan R. Benner Gene and Natalie Bernadoni Harriet and Howard N. Bernstein
Jeff Bethke and Leah Vaselopulos Beryl and David Bills† Mr. and Mrs. Mark Birringer Marc D. Blakeman Gene and Lynne Blanc Mr. and Mrs. Philip Block III R. Darrell Bock James Botana and Monica Khetarpal† Donald F. Bouseman Michael and Kate Bradie† David Briggs† Robert and Joell Brightfelt Susan Buchanan and Steve Brown Ed Bucher† Bruce and Kate Burgun Jamie Bushman Mr. and Mrs. Don Cella Mr. and Mrs. Larry D. Chandler Betty Cleeland† Pam and Howard Conant Cheryl and Gary Conley Everett and Susan Conner† Ed Cook and Melissa Perrett Cook† Stephanie and Barry Batson† Phyllis Cretors Maureen Crowley The Honorable John Cullerton and Ms. Pam Cullerton Lucy and Bill Dallman † Rathin Datta Richard and Lisette Davison Ms. Roxanne J. Decyk and Mr. Lew Watts Mary and Daniel Deziel Austin Dias and Cherryl Troy† Thomas A. Disanto Dorothy L. Domuray Raymond and Marybeth Drake† David Dranoff and Wendy Epstein Natalie Dudek† Thomas Duston Jennifer M. Ellin Erika Erich Mary Jo and Robert Fasan Kyle Fennell Ms. Karena Fiorenza Ingersoll Jim and Shellie Fisch Paul and Christine Fisher† Lois Farrell Fisher Joanne Benazzi Friedland June Freidlich Lisa Garling and Jeff Miller Thomas and Patricia Germino† Dawn and Eddie Gershman William J. Gibbons Keith Goggin Jaye and John Golanty† Enid J. Golinkin† Leo and Linda Gordon
‡Step-by-Step We salute the individual donors who have committed to a recurring monthly or quarterly gift to 38 Linda Vista Steppenwolf. Their ongoing support helps fuel Steppenwolf’s mission of superior acting and risk-taking work.
Chester Gougis and Shelley Ochab John S. Mrowiec and Karen Granda Laurence and Carrie Grant Dedrea Gray Dr. Kitty Green Michael and Lisa Greenfield James and Lynn Grogan† Madeline Grynsztejn andTom Shapiro Marie Gunn† Mr. and Mrs. Ray Hacker† Linda Halperin Bill Hamilton Chester and Phyllis Handelman Mr. and Mrs. Andy Hartlieb Liz Hartong Mr. and Mrs. Donald Harvey Richard and Dorothy Harza Jean Hawkinson Midge and Frank Heurich James and Margot Hinchliff Anne Linsdau-Hoeppner and Walter F. Hoeppner III Mr. and Mrs. Craig Huffman Karen Hunken† Patricia Hurley Clare and Mark Hurrelbrink† Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hutchinson Jean Perkins and Leland Hutchinson Mr. and Mrs. Michael Hyter Sandy Ihm and Ken Belcher Tim Jackson Tim Jaster James A. Jolley, Jr. and R. Kyle Lammlein Todd H. Jones Laura and Eric Jordahl Melvin and Annie Kahn Dr. and Mrs. Bobby Kathuria Polly Kawalek Dr. Susan A. Kecskes† Ms. Mary Kemen Jim Kemmerer† Jeffrey Kerr Mr. William Kerr David and Sharon Kessler Helen J. Kessler Thad King Diane and Barry Kirschenbaum Ms. Monica Kline Mr. and Mrs. David Knapp Ms. Leslie Kondziela Rob and Laura Kozloff Rachel Kraft Nadiya Kreynin Beth L. Kronfeld and Matthew D. Means Terri Lacy Marvin Lader George M. Langlois, Ph.D.† Melanie Larch and Rudy Panucci† Ms. and Mr. Pat Lederer Peter and Judith Lederer Sheila Fields Leiter Catherine Leyser† Fran and Chuck Licht† Stacy and Peter Lindau Ms. Kirsten Livingston Judy and George Lowman
Sybil Madison-Boyd and Nathan Boyd The Masnato Family George and Nancy Matkov Robert and Eleanor M. McAllister Mike and Cindy McCabe Elisabeth and Michael McHugh† Hugh and Marybeth McLean Rich McNelis Sheila and Harvey Medvin Susan Messing James Milbery and Anna De Augustine Margaret Minneman Marcus and Ashley Mintz Mr. and Mrs. Steve Monieson Rick and Joyce Morimoto† Corinne S. Morrissey Ms. Katherine Nardin Walter Nathan Joan Neil Wendy Norris Emily and Hank Neuberger Lynne Considene Nieman Mr. and Mrs. Charles Norwesh Ralph and Victoria Nuzzo Ann and Dan O’Brien Dennis J. O’Keefe and Mary Jo Barrett John and Joy O’Malley Patricia Parchem and Candace Zimmerman Jana R. O’Brien and Wayne T. Parman John and Roberta Paskvalich Thomas Pawlik and Ava Cohn Susan A. Payne Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Pearsall Stacy Pepper Mark Piznarski Frank C. Pond† Camelia and Andrei Pop† V. Pristera, Jr.† Richard Ralph Jeff and Susan Rashid Gabriel and Dorit Raviv Mr. and Mrs. Sal Razi William and Tracy Reeder P. Kevin Reidy† Lisa Remby Mr. Bryan Rheude Fred and Karen Rhynders† Laura Riddle and John Mariano Mr. and Ms. Jeff Robbins Stephen and Caryn Robin Steve Rodichok and Renee Gattone† James and Trude Roselle Honey and Howard Rosenfeld Richard Rosenthal and Patricia deBoom Joe Ross and Jean Shutler† Lisa and Doug Rosskamm T. Marshall Rousseau Susan B. Rubnitz Ms. Breda Rugai Kathryn W. Rugen† Ms. Shilpa Rupani Sujaya and Prem Rupani Ms. Carol Ryan Bettylu and Paul Saltzman Mr. Hari Santhanam Brett Saternus
Ms. Beth Satterfield Bill Savage Jane Schaafsma Susan Schaalman Youdovin and Charlie Shulkin† Stephanie Scharf and David Taber† Mr. and Mrs. Michael Schield Cynthia Schilsky Ms. E. Jane Schmitz Richard and Betty Seid Mr. George Semaan Jeff and Sonia Semenchuk† Leslie Shad and Joe Brennan Cathy Shelko† Mr. and Mrs. David R. Shevitz Peter and Colleen Sichrovsky† Mr. and Ms. Vik Sohoni Ms. and Mr. Sparks Cathy and Jon Stein† Tricia and Kevin Stewart Liz Stiffel Linda and John Stock Sylvia and Joe Stone Yvonne Sutor† Tim and Beth Swanson Ms. Ann Taylor and Mr. Stephen Skardon Ilene Patty and Tom Terpstra Dick and Alice Teutsch Carrie Thoms Ms. Marie Tillman and Mr. Joe Shenton Richard Tobiason† Fred Tokowitz Mr. and Mrs. Tony Toulouse Edward and Edith Turkington Howard and Jane Tyner Anne Van Wart and Michael Keable Mr. Nathan Vanderploeg Jennifer D. Vidis Mark Wachhloz† Lillian and Steven Walanka Michael and Gere Warnecke Laura and Bob Watson† Mr. and Mrs. Michael Wertz Ms. Michele Willmott Gary and Modena Wilson† Matthew Wilson and Anne Posner Mark and Christie Wilson† Melani and Pete Wilson Ruth Winter Esther and Stanley Wojcicki Ms. Sarah R. Wolff and Mr. Joel L. Handelman Karen and Douglas Yade Steve and Arna Yastrow Judith Youngs Liang Zhang
Designers ($250 – $499) Anonymous (61) Thomas W. Abendroth and Terri L. Mascherin Nancy Abshire Fadi Abuelroos Jeannie L. Adams Mary Aherne† Philip and June Aimen
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…cont’d Annual Fund Mr. Jason Aldebert Thomas B. Aldrich III and Monica Jung Ken and Mary Ellen Alexander Ms. Denise Allen Ms. Evie Alter Alfred and Lynn Altschul Arthur and Rebecca Anderson Donna Gay Anderson† Mary and Paul F. Anderson Robert Anderson Roni Anderson Teresa Andresen Leslie Andrle† Cedric H. Antosiewicz and Margaret M. Gudenas Mr. Matt Arcaro Ms. Jennifer Arneson Kate Arrington Deborah Ashen and Cara Meiselman† Mr. and Ms. Mark Baby Linda A. Bacci† James and Colleen Bailey † Michael and Julie Baker † Ann and William Baker John and Sharon Baldwin Simon Barbier M. Z. Barnes Joan C Barnhart† Warren and Beverly Bartel Mr. and Mrs. Doug Bartels Mia A. and Scott Bass Christina Batorski† Laura M. Batzer† Mr. Walter Bayer Thomas Bearrows and Holly Hirst Daniel and Kimberly Beck† Marianna Beck Lawrence Bell Julie and Howard Benario Katie Benedict† John and Taru Berg Julian and Joan Berman Louis Bernstein Amy and Randy Bertalan † Adrian and Arta Beverly Lois and Stanley Birer Dee and Dick Bittman John Blackburn and Bill Gilmer Frances and Ed Blair John Blair and Liz Buchanan Nicholas J Blair Terry Blake and Deborah Maue† Bernard and Nancy Blayer Dan Bleil Laura and Richard Blessen† Blitzke and Grogan † Anthony Boggiano Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Bolas Linda Bolte Willard and Helen Boris The Bots Family† Aldridge and Marie Bousfield Jeff Boyce† Kevin and Michele Bradley† Ms. Stasia Brannon Karen Breen Elia and Louis M. Elia†
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Tim Brogla and Laura Demoor Betty Brooks Tom and Mary-Doug Brown Tom and Katie Brown William and Margaret Brown Leslie Buchbinder Ms. Cynthia Buckley Rony and Tom Buckley Megan Bui Dr. Steven R. Bussolari John Byrd Robert and Cheryl Byron John and Libby Cady Amy Kruzan Callahan Mr. Thomas Campbell Katie and Carl Canino Erika and Noah Carey Susan Carle Barry Joseph Carlson Fairbank and Lynne Carpenter Sharon Carr William and Nancy Casey Beverly and Dennis Cavanaugh Bob and Kathy Chandler† Helen and Paul Chang David Chaudoir† Bill Chenetti and Margaret Stokes Stephen and Jane Chernof Debbie and John Chipman Ms. Ann Chiumino Gerry and Carol Chrisman Anthony Churchill† Richard Clarey James Clark and Christina Labate T. C. Clark† Carol and Michael Clarke† Bente Clausen† Cobble Family † Natalie Coleman† Mr. and Mrs. Terrance Coleman Jerry Collins Ms. Joan Colmar Viki Conner† Sigrid Connor† Eduardo and Caroline Conrado† Ms. Antonia Contro Dan and Kim Cook† Erin Cook† Robert Cook Michael and Cynthia Cooper Osvaldo Corral† Arlene and Harvey Coustan Mr. Roy Cowell Timothy Cox and Ron Quicho Julie Cozette and Family† Shirley Craven, Ph.D. Rosalind Crosby Linda Crowder Deborah and Bruce Crown Catherine Cudahy† David Cunliffe and Desiree Ruhstrat Allyson Cunningham Mr. Mark Curran Conway and Elinor Dahmer Dave and Mary Jo Orkowski† Anne Megan Davis Drew Davis and Amelia Runyan † Michelle and Ronald De Vlam†
Barbara L. Dean Mr. and Mrs. Remberto Del Real Ms. Geralyn L. Delaney Brian Dennen Nathan Denson† Matthew J. Devereux Mr. Joseph Devlin Walter G. Dezir† Rod Dickinson Lauri Dietz† Edward Dobbins Carmelita Dockery, ABD Laura Cain† Lionel Downer† Charles and Linda Dresner Rosanne Druian John Druien Pam Duffy Margaret and Chris Duhon Susan Duman† Ms. Barbara Dunn Elizabeth Dupper Arthur and Elizabeth Duquette Leah Mooshil† Mr. and Mrs. Jon R. Dutcher Jeanene Ebert Wiley and Merry Edmondson Estia Eichten and Deborah Eichten Sharon Eiseman and Noel Hertz Eric Eisenberg† Michael and Kristen Goggin Mark Emmons† Dale and Jo Ann Engquist Ruben and Kristen Escobar † Mr. Richard Ettlinger Bill and Jan Ewing† Joan and John Fadden Ms. Robin Fandrei David and Loren Farmer† Stephen Fedo The Felder Family KC Ferguson Marilyn and Larry Fields Shilan Fine and John Doeringer† Annalise Fischer Fred Fischer and Heather D. Will Ms. Sunny Fischer Liz Fisher† Kiera and David Fitzgerald Catherine S. Flanagan Heather and Jeff Fleitz Johann and Emily Flores† Jim and Yvonne Fogerty† Bernadette Foley and Richard Landgraff† Mike and Karen Folk Paul Fong Karen Forsling and Monique Sandberg† Scott and Molly Forstall Patricia Forsythe Jon Fosgitt and Kim Suhanic Ms. Elizabeth Foster Stephanie Foster William Fotis Reverend Mark A. Fracaro† Aron Frankel and Kirsten Mull Frederick Frankel†
Dr. and Mrs. James Franklin Jay and Gail Friedman† Susan and Sy Frolichstein Susan Fuchs, M.D. Julie Funke Patrick and Alexandra Gaddie† Robert and Cathy Galligan Heather Gardner† Deirdre Garton Jim Gaughan and Ann Hoffmann Hank and Sandy Gentry Gwen Geraghty† Marina and Sander Gilman Clark and Nancy Gilpin Joseph Glaser and Jessica Schneider Glaser Sue Golan Marvin and Phyllis Goldblatt Craig and Michal Golden Mr. and Mrs. David Golder Deena and Larry Goldman Karen Goldstein† Marsha and Michael Goldstein Dr. Deirdre Dupre and Dr. Robert Golub Jessica L. Gonzalez Mr. Charles Goodman Sam Goodman Mr. Duane Goucher Phoebe and Archie Graber† Joanne Graham Kenneth E Grant III† Paula Grasso Susan Griffin† Craig and Debbie Griffith Dr. and Mrs. John W. Gustaitis Victoria M. Gutierrez† Sarah Hadley Sarah Hafiz† Mr. Steve Hahn Andrew Halbur† Donald and Susan Hallberg Mr. and Mrs. Michael Hallberg Ted and Kathleen Halloran Ms. Nina Hallquist Harry and Lynn Halme Bob and Melanie Halvorson† Sarah Hamid and Brian Richards Larry Hamilton and Ann Hicks Dr. Raymond and Arlene Handler Ms. Amy Hanley Carrie Hanson† Ms. Zena Leah Harris Barbara Hart Tom and Virginia Hartley† Mr. Richard Hartz Julianne Hartzell Ali Hassan and Amber Fritz† Richard Hatton† Diana J Healy† Ms. Jennifer Henderson Pat and Ron Henning Anne Henrick Lynne Hensel and Larry Kameya† Claudia Herrera-Morales† David and Patricia Hight Fred Hill Joal Hill† Sarah Olivia Hill
Leslie Hindman Mr. and Mrs. Allen Hintz Vivian and Dave Hock Conery and Gail Hoffman Philip and Eileen Hoffman Konrad Kuchenbach and John E. Holland Mr. James Holzhauer Lisa Hopp† Mary and Dermot Horgan Leigh and John Hourihane Thomas and Karen Howell Dana Hub† Mr. Thomas Hubert Werner and Laurie Huget† Robin and Harry Hunter Robert Hussey † Jim and Joyce Ibers Matthew Ingenito† Jorge and Beatriz Iorgulescu Mr. Jonathan Ireland Jeremy Jackson Terence Jackson Frank James Jeff and Kathryn Janus† Irene Jarmulska† Douglas and Margaret Jayes† William Jennings Ms. Olivia John Carolyn Johnson McKinley Johnson Sharon R. Johnston Mr. Scott Johnstone Daniel and Mary Ann Jordan Gregory and Marissa Kalman Mary Jo Kanady Joseph J. Kane Olwyn J. Kane Roy and Judy Kass Loreta Kavaliunas† Stacy M. Kemp† Jeffrey S Kennedy John and Yvette Kennedy Bonnie Kepplinger Lucy Kereta-Bloch† Gizem Keysan† Seema Khan† Marjorie Killeen Linda Belan and Vincent Kinehan† Joy King and Nicki Pieart Ms. Vicki King Sylvia and John Kinney Drs. Tom and Linda Kirch Chris and Ashley Kirkwood† Matt and Karen Klickman Don and Cheryl Kobetsky John Kobza Electra D. Kontalonis Ms. Marilee Kovacs Jeff and Katie Kowalsky Diane and Bill Kuhlmann Ron Kuka† Ms. Kim Kumiega Bob Kunio and Libby Roth† Mary Ann Kupferberg† Ms. Carolyn Kurtz and Mr. Gary Steinberg† Pamela K. Ladd
Chuck and Diane Laff Mr. Kurt Lagerloef† Steve LaHaie Ms. Amy Landecker Mr. Courtney Landon Ed and Bettine Landon† Thomas Lariviere† Robert Larrimore† Patricia Lauber Peter and Shirley Dugdale Laundy Mr. Mark Lavin and Mr. Eddie Herbeck Catherine and Peter Lawler Raymond Lawson† Bill Lee and Malinda Hamann† Yohannan Lee† Jeffrey Leintz† Ms. Pamela Lenane Jeffrey and Elise Lennard Wallace and Carol Lennox David and Sandy Lentz Steven Leon Dr. and Mrs. Harvey J. Levin Eric Levinson Gregory Lewis and Mary Strek† Cara Lichtenstein† Robert and Martha Lichter Peter Lipton Lynn Liston and Patrick C. Littlejohn† Jessica Litman, Jon Weinberg, and Ari Litman-Weinberg Peter Littlewood Margit “Maggie” Livingston† Kate Lloyd Gershon and Louise Locker Dr. Jeff Loeb and Ms. Marjorie Loeb Katherine M. Lorenz Donald Louden† Maggie and Tom Lovaas Amanda Love and Brian Fuller† Ilene and Lawrence Lubell† David Lynch Mardie MacKimm Mr. and Mrs. Steve MacLellan Alice R. Macy Frank and Chris Maggio J. V. Malkovich Polymath Theatre Company Samantha and David Mann Wendy Manto† David Marker and Georgann Joseph Jennifer Marling Steve and Melissa Marovich Ed and Linnea Martin† Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Mayes Lisa Mayntz and Bill Blidy John M. McCabe Ana McCauley† Mr. Tanner McCleerey Leonard and Patty McCormick† Maureen O’Leary and Sean McDonaugh † Gene Harlow and Jackie McGrath† Mr. and Mrs. R. Edward McGreevy Jim McGuire† Cathy and Mark McKee † Kathy and Alan McLaughlin† Scott McLeod Robert and Jennifer McMurtry
‡Step-by-Step We salute the individual donors who have committed to a recurring monthly or quarterly gift to
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…cont’d Annual Fund Maureen Meier Mr. and Mrs. John L Mentzer Mr. and Mrs. Mike Mercurio Lisa Knaggs and John Merlock Allyson Metcalf and Brian Tennison† David and Linda Metschke† Ms. Janice Meyers Kenneth Meyer Tom Mikrut Dean A. Miller and Martha H. Swift Mia and Jonathan Miller† Sheba Miller-Morris Ron and Pat Miller Ryan and Ginger Miller† Sandy and Scott Miller† Cynthia M Minta Chris and Kathe Monley† Montgomery Family† Jolanta and Jeffrey Moore † Ms. Tracy Morgenroth Jodi A. Morton† Charles G. Mueller John and Colleen Mueller Matthew Muench Gerald and Maia Mullin Patrick Mulville Ms. Annie Munch William Myers Mike and Nance Nalepa† Jo and Wally Nard† Elke Aippersbach and Piers Nash† Randy Nease Daphney and Kent Neilsen, Fort Knox Studios Jessey Neves Ms. Amy Newkirk Tom and Julia Nicholas Grant Niewinski† Thomas North† Chris Notestine† Mary Pat O’Brien Paul and Karin O’Connor† John M. O’Donnell and Bonnie L. Humphrey Paul B. O’Flaherty, Sr. Barbara and Franklin A. O’Leary Nancy and Myles O’Reilly† Laura Obenauf† Mr. and Mrs. Martin Oberman Chase Ochsner Larry and Barbara Olin Roberta Olshansky Chris Olson and Dave Field Mr. Schuyler Opila Jamie and Anita Orlikoff† Frances and William Paden Ronna Page† Deborah Page Carrie and Scott Palmer † Charles J Palys† Jane Panther Mark and Mary Partridge Barvette and Michael Patterson Kate Patterson Peggy Paulsen Mr. Tom Pearl
Caroline Pearson† Raymond Olson and Paula Pederson Mr. Gregory T. Perrine William and Judith Pesetski Ms. Allison Peters Alex and Julie Philbrick Linda S. Piccolo Barb and Ned Piehler Tuckie Pillar Ms. Ursula Pilski William and Suzan Pinsof Kate Pokorny and Steve Waszak† Andrew Sullender† Bruce Posner Glenn A. Preibis† Seamus Prendergast† Jean and Preston Price† Lynn and Clayton Pruitt Dave and Darby Putman Bernard and Joan Rabinowitz Susan Rae† Harold And Erica Ramis Bridget and Louis Ray Elizabeth Raymond and Paul Hybel Ms. Rissa and Mr. John Reddan Molly Regan and Conrad Osborne Stephanie Reinhart† Clisson and Patricia Rexford James R. Richardson Dr. and Mrs. Ralph Richter, Jr.† Virginia Riehl Richard and Susan Rieser Dr. Edward O. Riley Paul Rink Regina Rivers† Lauren and Andy Riviere† Bill and Deborah Roberts Lisa Roberts† Chloe Robinson† Joseph A Rochetto and Arthur H Anderson Sandra and Jeffrey Rochman David M. Rodriguez† Mary Lu and Kenneth Roffe Susan W. Rogaliner Beverly J. Rogers† Mrs. Sarene L. Rosen Linda and Ronald Rosenthal† Mr. Robert Rosner Mr. Mark Rotblatt Mrs. Donald S. Roth Renee Rouse Chuck and Peg Rowe Louis and Julie Rubin Ray and Ann Rusnak Diana and Ed Ruthman John and Eileen Saksa Van and Sue Salmans John R. Samolis Lamont Samuels† Patrick Sandercock and Dr. Carolyn Clayton Stephen and Leatrice Sandler Sheldon and Lynne Sandman Christopher and Ann Marie Saternus Terry Saunders Robert and Mary Ann Savard†
Dipti Salaskar-Sawant† Edna J Schade Curt Schade Allison and Charles Scherer David and Alexis Schmitz Frank and Karen Schneider Blair and Jen Schoell Cynthia Scholl Mr. Richard Schumacher Tony and Celeste Scolaro† Lesley Scott Charles and Debra Scoville Scott Seifert David Shanahan Danny and Elly Eve Shapiro† Jeffrey S. Sharp and Elizabeth D. Sharp David and Kimberly Shaw Luna Okada and Wynn Sheade† Mike and Kim Shean Jack and Meggan Shedd † Deborah Shefrin Michael Shelton and Merideth Burkart† Timothy Sherck Barbara and John Sherlock David and Sheila Shifrin Andrew Shih† Bradley and Ellen Shorser Ms. Debra Siegel Catherine Siegel Margaret and Alan Silberman Cori Skoog† William and Marilyn Slavin † Patricia Costello Slovak Rebecca Slusher and Matt Newcomb Laura C. Smail Aubrey L. Smith, Jr.† Janet Carl Smith and Mel Smith Ms. Jilliann Smith Lynn Smith Ms. Melissa Smith Mr. Richard Smith Sallie Smylie Jackie Snuttjer† Richard S. Snyder† Raymond Socki† Lawrence and Shirley Solomon Dave Spacek and Gail Abraham† Dusica Korda-Sparks and James C. Sparks Joseph Spellman and Michelle Drazba Gilda Spencer Stephen Spigel and Diana Williams Shantha Sreekanth Patricia Staab Andrea Stangeland† Debra and Gary Stanton† Seena and Carey Stein Nikki and Fred Stein The Steinbachs† Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Sternberg Lisa Stevak Carl Stevens† Kelly Stonebraker and Deborah Stonebraker Michael Stormont Andrew and Dr. Jessica Strang †
‡Step-by-Step We salute the individual donors who have committed to a recurring monthly or quarterly gift to 42 Linda Vista Steppenwolf. Their ongoing support helps fuel Steppenwolf’s mission of superior acting and risk-taking work.
Larry E. Stuckey II Linda and Stephen Sullivan Sondra L. Summers† E.J. Sutton† John Swadener Jesse Swanson Shirley Swanson† Sylvia Szewczyk and Wojciech Piton† Obie and Peter Szidon Elaine Taylor John R. and Catherine Taylor Susan C. Taylor† Jeff Thomas and Rebecca Coleman† William and Diana Thomas† Doug and Anne Thompson† Jim and Sue Thompson Bruce and Ida Thurman Mrs. Mary Ann Tolli Ms. Karen Topham Canh Tran and Beth Wilson Carol D. Trapp Mr. John Trout Jacob Tyler† Mary Tyrrell Carissa van Ausdall† Mary Vanecko† Gabrielle and John Vargo† Ronald and Catherine Vaughn Kathryn Vehe† Ms. Patricia Viniard Marcia Vinopal† Ron Volanti Jr.† Sue Vondran Gina Carballo and Justin Voshell† Paul D. Waas William and Sharon Wallin William and Patricia Walsh Karen and Herb Wander The Warren Tannehill Family† Gwenyth B. Warton Andy and Amy Waters Mr. David Waud Elissa B. Weaver Mr. Chuck Wehland and Ms. Gina Tabacchi Michael Weiland and Shelley MacGregor Sherrie and Albert Weiss Marjorie Weiss† Ms. Sharyn Weiss Hava and Ariel Weissberg Kal Wenig Abigail and Bernard Westapher Adam and Jamie Weyeneth Susan Whitcher Ms. Neelie White Chris Whyde and Matthew Philip † Joanne Wiedemann-Wolf Larry and Susan Wikman Barbara and Todd Wilder† Matthew Williams† Ward Wilson Yael and Alex Winkler† Coleman Wolf and Ellen Chapelle† Stephanie Wolf† Lisa Wolfe and Mark DiGanci Scott and Pegg Woodby † Mr. Craig Wortman
Carol N. Yamamoto Dick Yankow Dr. Rodney and Susan Yergler† Scott Yoder and Kelly Robertson-Yoder Fred Young Dr. James Young Ellen and Gary Zacny David and Nikki Zarefsky Ed and Lisa Zeitler Daniel Ziembo and Nancy Cook Barbe and Bill Zillman Tighe Zimmers Mark and Margie Zivin J. Kathryn Zupko†
Players ($150 – $249) Anonymous (34) Frida Abrahamian David Abrams Jacinda Adams Allan Alson and Sue Ann Glaser David and Jill Altman Autumn R. Anderson† Harold and Judith Anderson† Kenneth and Jan Anderson Nic Anderson Mr. Thomas Andrews Mr. Alfred Andreychuk Mr. Andrew Annacone and Ms. Bela Gandhi Jurgis and Dalia Anysas The Ardern Family Robert Arensman Ms. Amy C. Arnott Mr. Rex Babiera Alexandra Bachhuber Mr. Stephen Baime Ann Baker Spencer and Daniel Baker Daniel Alan Balsam Michael Banks and Jill Wine-Banks Meredith A Banta Simon and Ann Bare Andy Barnes† Jeffrey Battersby Dr. Bruce and Sally Bauer† Mr. Levi Beaver Dr. and Mrs. Anthony J. Bennet Betsy and James W. Benoit R.L. Benton Neil Berezowitz Dorothea Berggren Dr. David Berkson Zina Berman James and Allison Bernard Noel and Shirley Biery Mary Anne and Joe Bigane Ben Birch Erica and David Bishaf Frances Bishop Nancy Bishop Ms. Nicole Bjornvick Mr. Mark Bloom James Blum Frima H. Blumenthal Claudia and John Boatright Sharalyn Borchers William and Ruth Botwick
Bob and Sue Bowker Beth Bracco David and Cheryl Bradford Dr. Michael C. Branch M.D. Andrea and David Braun Susan M Brazas Judith and Harold Bregman Robert and Sherri Brewer Evelyn G. Brown Myra Brown Mr. Howell Browne Rita Buczynska Mr. and Mrs. Mark Bushman Richard Butler Toni and Mike Cainkar Mr. Ed Calkins John Camper and Mary C Galligan Michele Carbonell Michael Carr Mrs. Constance K. Casey Mr. Bobby Caton and Mr. Michael Parlett Rosalyn Chi Lisa Chigas Mr. Kurt Christoffel Sam and Kathleen Ciulla† Dr. and Mrs. Robert Clark Kimberly Clawson† Ide Cohen Marvin R. Cohen James Cohn Peter and Judith Connolly† Nelda J Connors Jennifer and Greg Conradt Mr. Lawrence Cook John Corkery Max Freedman and Family† Colin and Teri Cross David and Jean Curtis Daniel Cyganowski Alecia Dantico Margaret and John Dantico Gabriel DeFrates† Brian Delker† Maureen and Mel De Matoff Michelle and Christopher DeMent Dr. Mark and Rose DeMeo Ms. Mary Desimone Michael and Colette Dever Lena and Kevin Devereux Beth J. Dickstein Peter and Elizabeth Dietz Ms. Anne Diffenderffer Robert and Karen Dirmish Evan Djikas and Jennifer Djikas Annette and Ronald Dluger William and Phyllis Dobrin Sue Donoghue Joseph Dellaratta Joshua and Natalie Dranoff Justin and Lauren Drogos Judy and Jerry Drommerhausen Robert Druzinsky and Renee Friedman† Eileen and Howard Dubner Will Dunne Mr. and Mrs. Marcel Durot John and Pat Dyble
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…cont’d Annual Fund Wendy Eager Ms. Elizabeth Eccher and Mr. Sam Goodman Rick Eddington Ms. Roberta Edelson Deane Ellis Shawn and Sang Ellis John and Mary Empfield Richard and Ann Ernst Edith and Gerald Falk Tom and Terry Fallon Drs. Richard and Roberta Feldman Toni and Joel Fenchel Stephen Fiete Robert and Kathleen Fife Rose Mary Finnegan Nancy and Rick Firfer Ms. Ronda Fish Jessica and Jordan Fishfeld John and Patti Flanagan Jan and Bill Flapan Charlotte and Robert D. Flinn Jeanne Flosi David Flynn† Ms. Susan Flynn Jeff and Julie Forgash David Forsythe and Margo Weitzman† John and Adrian Foster Timothy and Janet Fox Lindsay Foye Daniel and Maxine Frankel† Rhona and Julian Frazin Lauren Freedman and Najib Habiby Mr. and Mrs. Neil Freeman Bill and Nancy Freitag Paula Froehle Dr. and Mrs. Dennis Galinsky Andy Gallas Peter W. Galman† Raymond and Patricia Gass Mark and Bonnie Gehrman Barbara J. Geist Scott George Amy Giedraitis and Jason Davis Hugh and Doris Gilbert Tara Gillespie Daniel Gilmour T Mo Glass Howard and Anneliese Glick Mr. Martin Glickman Lynne M Glovka Katherine Godfrey and Warren Maltzman Nancy Gold† Robert Goldberg and Dodie Weinstein Sandra and James Goodman Mr. Mark Gordy Tamar Gorenyuk Joseph and Sarah Graham Bobby Grant† Judy Grasmick Mr. Justus Gries Merle and Barry Gross Nathan and Evelyn Grossman Mr. Gregor Gruenthaler Alan and Susan Guernsey
John and Donna Guydan William C Haddad Kathleen Hagerty Robert and Patricia Hahn Mr. Bruce Handler Mr. and Mrs. Gabriel Hansen Suzanne Harkness Joanne and Michael Harrigan Shelby Beierle Hasten Richard and Bridget Heathfield Albert and Amy Heber George Hedges Christie Hefner Alison and Jim Heiser† Ms. Mary Ellen Hennessy Ms. Michelle Henstock Nancy and Dale Hershfield Peter Herzum and Simona Cirio Morgan and Melissa Hirst Bill and Pat Hitt Dennis Hjelm Ms. Heather Holberg Robert and Micky Holdsworth† Michelle and Glenn Holland David and Suzanne Holmes Thomas and Louise Homberger Rachel Hoovler† Susan Horn and Don Honchell Richard Hoskins Karen Hott Karen and Bob Howard William Hubbard Caroline Humes and Truman Anderson Beth Hummelberg and Dave Dimmlich Ben Husmann Richard Hutner and Lena Motev Tim and Kate Hyland Elizabeth Ingram Judi Israel Rosen Ms. Barbara Israel Mrs. J Javors Ms. Alisa Jeffery Patricia A. Jiganti Rob and Mary Johannigman Ruth Johnston† Jessica Jorsch† Heather Joys† Howard and Marianne Jump Janet and Carl Kalbhen Tom and Esta Kallen Fran and Harvey Kaluzna Norma and Nolan Kaplan Mr. and Mrs. James Kargman Jerry Karlin Martin and Barbara Keeley Brian Feiges and Tamar Kelber Francis and Sherri Kelch† Mr. Robert Keller Ms. Kim Kemp Harry Kenny Steve Kerch† Rita Kerns Joseph and Catherine King Douglas and Catherine Knuth Robert and Janis Kohm Amy Kohn Annette Baldwin and Paul Kolansinski
Betty H. Kolb Mr. James Kreidler Larry and Margie Kubacki Ken and Janet Kubis Matt and Jen Kueker Walter and Elaine Kurczewski Kellie J. Lala Thomas Lanham and Deborah Bordelon Mr. Michael Laudone Janet Lawrence Julia and Daniel Lee Elizabeth Leeth Linda Legner Michael and Rena Leizerman Nathan Lekahal Ms. Katja Lemke El-Zeini Jessica Lemon Craig Lepkowski Amy Huck David Levin Marc and Cynthia Levin Susan Levitt Mr. Jason G. Lewis Ray and Norene Lewis† Mr. and Mrs. Paul Liebenson Ms. Joanna Liff Lora Jane Lisle Mr. and Mrs. Burton Litwin Velda Lloyd Arthur and Barb Loevy Jack and Ingrid LoGiudice Mr. David Long Anya Lozinski Sherry Lundell Mrs. Sally Lupel Louis Lyrla Jim Maclennan Madeline MacMillan Carrie McNally and Rick Maechling† Martin and Allison Malecki Ms. Pat Mangan Sandra Mangurian Ms. Donna Marcuccilli Randi Ragins and Bob Markowski Mr. William Marovitz Tom and Robin Martin† Cynthia Mathews and John Kenny Henry and Peggy Matson Mr. Jacob May Ms. Donna Mayer Mary McArthurandJohn Hawes Thomas and Barbara McCaffrey John McCambridge Stacey and Patrick McCusker Terrance and Jane McElroy Lilian McGrady Mary and Dan McGuire Ms. Therese McGuire Denise and Barry McKeown Robert and Lorel McMillan Claretta Meier Michael and Nancy Merel Jess and Eric Mersmann† Chuck and Sylvia Meyers† Ron and Barbara Moline Marcia and Jonathan Montgomery
‡Step-by-Step We salute the individual donors who have committed to a recurring monthly or quarterly gift to
44 Linda Vista Steppenwolf. Their ongoing support helps fuel Steppenwolf’s mission of superior acting and risk-taking work.
Brian Weatherford and Steven Montgomery Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Moran Robert and Diane Moriarty Ms. Mary Louise H. Morrison Beverly and Dale Mortensen David and Linda Moscow Dr. and Mrs. Martin Mozes Paul and Joyce Muller Sue Mullins Marisa Murillo James and Jean Murphy Mary Ellen Murphy Karen Muth Jane Myers and Walter Myers Jenny Nagaoka and Bart Longacre Kurt Nakaoka and Nancy Morris Bill Nieman and Rita Nathanson Katie Nee† Janet M. Nelson Charlotte Newfeld SaoMai Nguyenmau Dani Nichols† Mark and Maggie Nichter† Ms. Susan B. Noyes Susan and Larry Nutson Ronan and Jill O’Donovan Hawthorne Crew Mary O’Regan Alberta O’Shaughnessy Shelia and Julian Oettinger Ms. Chaz Olajide Jeffrey Olsen† Don A. Olson Peter and Alanne Ori County Clerk David Orr Jerome and Kathryn Osen† Ozyurt Family Lauren Pace Hilda and Jose Padilla Debra Parker Dr. Steven and Mimi Binette Mr. and Mrs. James H. Pawlak Seymour and Jane Perkins Ms. Sarah Pesetsky Mr. Joshua Peters David and Lindsey Peters Ross and Jackie Peterson Robert Peterson Mike Pfeifer† Chrystin and Lonnie Pleasants† Michael Powell and Debora Boyda† Richard Powell Carrie and Michael Powers† Elaine and Ronald Prebish Jennifer and Peter Preston Charles and Sharon Pritchard Mr. and Mrs. William B. Prugh Mr. and Mrs. Richard Raether Dr. Rahman† Heidi Ralli Ms. Anne Rapp
Dean Rapp Mr. Chuck Rebesco Mr. Dave Rice Sandi Riggs Burt and Fran Rissman Mr. Bruce Rodman Eve Rogers Dr. Daniel A. Roller and Ms. Lynn A. Hellwig Admaira Roman† Tabitha Rooney† Mary Root Mr. and Mrs. Alan Rosenberg Lorraine Rosenberg Bernhard and Judith Rosenstein Lisa Roth Michael and Bonnie Rothman Mr. and Mrs. Mark Rottweiler Joseph D Ruggirello Jim and Mary Dan Sackett Dario and Theresa Sacomani† Jeffrey and Ellen Sadur Loren and Jeff Sampson Mr. and Mrs. John Scala Sue Tobias and Alan Schapiro Alice and Don Schindel The Schirato Family Rose Schmidt Mrs. Margaret Schuring Gail Schultz Mickey Schwab Mr. David Schwartz Jenny and Philip Schwartz Barbara Jo and Thomas D. Scott Shannon Seipel Margaret Shaklee Elizabeth and Michael Shapiro† Gil Sharon and Ann Taylor Diana E Sheets and Stephen E Levinson Cheryl and Philip Sheridan† Karen Shields† Mr. and Mrs. William Shorey† Bruce K. Siewerth Amanda Signorelli Paul and Sue Silverman† Joe and Terri Simchak† Ilene Simmons George and Lynne Simon James Skeen Ellen Mrazek and Daniel Slattery Mr. Larry K. Snider Keeley and Darrin Sorokti Julie Aimen and Gary Spangler Malcolm Spector and Nancy Ludmerer Tim Speicher and Ellenkate Finley Jo and George Spindler Mr. Daniel C. Sprehe Bonnie Spring Dr. Lisa D. Stanford Ms. Joan Steel
Michael and Marie Stein Ms. Cynthia Stengel Amanda and Keith Stenlund Charles and Janet Stern Dorie Sternberg Mr. Joel Sternstein Richard Stevens Ms. Barbara Stewart Mark and Irene Sudac Kathryn Sullivan and Christopher Bing Robin Klein and Bill Summers Mrs. Laura Swanson Ms. Stephanie and Mr. Joe Taiber William and Mary Tarnow Leonard and Bobbie Tenner Cheryl Thaxton† Carl Thelander Floyd Thompson Nancie Noie Thompson† Rachel Tomasek and Ron Anderson Ms. Aylice Toohey Ms. Joanne Trudeau Dana Turban Susan D. Tuteur Janie Urbanic and Gary Schuetz Ms. Cynthia Vahlkamp Ms. Donna Sue Van Cleaf-Fish Ms. Martha VanNess Carmita P. Vaughan Paule Verdier† Dominick Vetrano John and Sherryl Viars† Butch and Debbie Viccellio D. Vilmin Ms. Amy Voss Mrs. Jimmye Wade Erich Walch Marsie Wallach Crawford and Barbara Ward Sharon Ward Deborah and Neil Warner† Mr. and Mrs. Mel Waskin Paul Waterhouse Alan and Boni Weinstein Marc Weinstein and Martha Laffey Ernie and Penny Weis Ann E. Weisman and Robert F. Szurgot Barbara A. Weithaus Miriam Weizenbaum† Wertz Family† Joan and Tom Whipp Dot and Dan Whittenberger James Wicklund Dr. David Wise and Dr. Dianna Niebylski† Iris S. Witkowsky Linda and William Woloshin James and Kelly Wyatt Julie and Larry Zachary† Ms. Lisa Zirpolo Kathy Willhoite and Rodd Zolkos
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Individual Contributors Honor and Memorial Gifts
In-Kind Contributors
By making an honorary or memorial gift to Steppenwolf Theatre Company over the past year, the following individuals celebrated a special occasion or paid tribute to a loved one. Make an honorary gift by contacting Suzanne Miller at 312-654-5617 or smiller@steppenwolf.org.
Steppenwolf salutes the following individuals and organizations who donated significant goods and/or services.
In Honor of Kate Arrington Jean Arrington
In Honor of David Hawkanson John and Carol Balcom
In Honor of Sarah Beardsley Nick and Nora Weir
In Honor of Stephanie Heller Beverly Adilman
In Honor of Nancy Bishop Stephen Brod In Honor of Marlene BreslowBlitstein and Berle Blitstein The Anixter Family Gregory Cameron and Greg Thompson Judy and Jim Klutznick Madeline Grynstein and Tom Shapiro Bobette Takiff
In Honor of Martha Lavey and David Hawkanson Deborah Stewart
In Honor of Larry Block Joel and Marsha Kasanov In Honor of Joseph Breslow Berle Blitstein and Marlene Breslow-Blitstein In Honor of Peter Britt Linda and Leo Gordon In Honor of Michael Cahan Walter Nathan In Honor of Laurel Clayson S. Hollis Clayson
In Honor of Martha Lavey John and Katherine Fox Rhona and Julian Frazin Neil Ross and Lynn Hauser Ed Hirschland Margie Marcus Magoo Stone Bobbi Zabel In Honor of the Lefkofskys and Kalts Laura and Scott Eisen In Honor of Debbie Marchese Marilyn and Larry Fields In Honor of Jan Melk Richard and Katie Gottfred In Honor of Lynn Lockwood Murphy Liz Morgan In Honor of Deborah Quazzo Antonia Contro Madeleine Grynsztejn
In Honor of Nora Daley Shawn M. Donnelley J.B. and M.K. Pritzker Family Foundation In Honor of Bruce Sagan and Bette Cerf Hill In Honor of Josephine Eva Desir Anita and Jamie Orlikoff Charlotte Durot In Honor of Ren Habiby Laura Freeman In Honor of John Hart and Carol Prins Jim and Emily Borovsky Myrna Kaplan
In Honor of Karen Zelden and Ralph Senst Linda A. Ellis In Memory of George S. Brengel Janyce D. Brengel In Memory of Patricia E. Domine Lori Koetters and Brian Smith In Memory of Jill Harper John Swadener and her friends In Memory of Norton H. Kay Sandra Blau In Memory of Lillian Laudone Michael Laudone In Memory of Myrna Lord Marti Zelikoff In Memory of Abby S. Magdovitz-Wasserman Dr. David Wasserman 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
Andaz West Hollywood Balena Ian Barford Beyond Events Catering Kevin Boehm The BOKA Restaurant Group Breakthru Beverage Group CBS and Elementary Chellino Crane The Chicago Cubs ClientFirst Consulting Group EDGE ShowTek Event Creative Evolution Interiors Exelon and Mary Ludford Maile Flanagan Frost Lighting Co. of IL, Inc. Goose Island Beer Company Graycor, Inc. Francis Guinan Halls Rental Service Jon Michael Hill HMS Media Hotel Del Coronado
Hotel Lincoln Joe’s Wine Cellar John Hart, Hart Davis Hart Wine Co. Rob Katz Tina Landau Amy Landecker and Amazon Studios Langham Hotel, Chicago Donna La Pietra Limelight Catering Linda Lowy Chef Jeff Mahin Marcello’s: A Father and Son Restaurant Mariann Mayberry Laurie Metcalf Sandro Miller MK Restaurant Momotaro Motorola Mobility Foundation Amy Morton Sally Murphy Chef Chris Pandel Partytime-HDO Productions, Inc. Peacock 9
Jeff Perry William Peterson POP PUBLIC Hotel Chicago Rondi Reed Scott Rudin Schiff Hardin LLP Anna D. Shapiro Shure Incorporated Gary Sinise Sono Wood-Fired French Stewart Tasty Catering Theatre Development Fund United Airlines Susan Vargo and the producers of The SpongeBob Musical Vinci V.I.P. Valet Services, Inc. Voice Lessons producers Linda Toliver and Gary Guidinger Whole Foods
Please note that gifts listed above reflect contributions made as of November 10, 2016. Every effort is made to ensure that the information included in our program is accurate. If you have a question about your recognition or wish to alter your listing, please call the Individual Giving Department at 312-654-5617.
In Honor of Harry Seigle Rachel and David Sternberg In Honor of Karen Zelden and Ralph Senst Linda A. Ellis In Honor of the Young Adult Council Pavement Group
‡Step-by-Step We salute the individual donors who have committed to a recurring monthly or quarterly gift to 46 Linda Vista Steppenwolf. Their ongoing support helps fuel Steppenwolf’s mission of superior acting and risk-taking work.
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Individual Contributors Steppenwolf Associates
Accessibility at Steppenwolf
Comprised of more than 100 young professionals, the Steppenwolf Associates work each season to raise funds for the Steppenwolf for Young Adults program. We salute the Associates for giving generously of their time and resources. Contact Karyn Todd at 312-654-6501 or associates@steppenwolf.org to become a Steppenwolf Associates member today.
• Assistive listening devices in our Downstairs, Upstairs and 1700 theaters.
Executive Officers Aimee Graham‡ Katherine Nardin* Jonathan Blanc Bryce Cooper‡ Shilpa Rupani Michelle Schlack‡ Jennifer Stuart David Wagener‡
Founding Officers Marissa Bryce Nora Daley *‡
Executive Committee Rachel Henry Julia Luscombe Melissa Peralta Marilynn Rubio Harriet White
Associates Board Members
Carina Abbaticchio‡ Jonathan Blanc Isaac Colunga‡ Clyde C. Compton Bryce Cooper‡ Aimee Graham ‡ Rachel Henry Christine Hermosisima‡ Jeffrey Koh‡ Julia Luscombe Katherine Nardin Melissa Peralta Marilynn Rubio Shilpa Rupani Michelle Schlack‡ Jennifer Stuart David Wagener‡ Harriet White Andre Williams‡
Associate Members Joan Akalaonu Nic Anderson Nataly Arber Emily Armato Marjorie Baltazar Emily Berk Hans Biebl Nicole Bjornvick Sarah Bordson Emily Brannon Nigel Caine ‡ Alexandra Carlson Nicholas Casto Bobby Caton Charlie Caton Amanda Daniels Katie Duxbury Ellenkate Finley Rebecca Fons Richard Fromm Amanda Gebert Tara Gillespie Elena Gottreich Gregor Gruenthaler Rachel Hatch Katerina Herder Halley Hoffman Elizabeth Ingram Hayley Jones Adam Keats‡ Katie Kowalsky Sarah Laeuchli Katja Lemke Joanna Liff Stuart Martin Jacob May
Emily Meier Ashley Mintz Marcus Mintz Matthew Muench Genevieve Mulville Katherine Murphy Berit Ness Kameelah Omar Timothy Oravec Lauren Pace Michael Parlett Stacy Pepper Lauren Perlstein Marci Portugal Megan Pratt David Pruitt John Reddan Rissa Reddan Cory Reeves Joseph Richiusa Valerie Rivera Eugene Romanov Daniel Shapiro Meredith Shippee Katie Smith Tim Speicher II Donnell Spencer Andrew Strenk Lisa Stevak Sarah Swain Hannah Swihart Joe Taiber Stephanie Taiber Vinay Vallabh Maeve Whalen Lauren Zadina Joanna Zak
Committed to providing services and programming that enhance the experience of guests with disabilities, Steppenwolf is proud to feature: • 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, installed with the help and expertise of Assistive Hearing Systems Ltd. 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. Hailing a cab after the play? This is typically an easy affair—Halsted is a busy street and sees a fair amount of taxi traffic. If you’d like assistance hailing a cab or calling a company, though, just ask a member of the house staff; we’re happy to help.
Lost or Found? On-site? Please check in with a member of the house staff. Already left? Call the Front of House office at 312-932-2445. Want to provide feedback? Your input is always valuable to us. Have an opinion about the play or artistic content? Stick around for the post-show discussion featured after every performance, fill out the survey inserted in this program or join the conversation at facebook.com/steppenwolftheatre. Have a comment about your overall experience at the theater ? Please ask us for a customer service form to fill out, or e-mail us at customerservice@steppenwolf.org. Need to contact a patron during a performance? If you need to contact a patron during a performance in our Downstairs or Upstairs Theaters, please call our Concierge Desk at 312-932-2476. Hours: one hour prior to curtain until 15 minutes after curtain call.
Latecomers will be seated at the discretion of the House Manager. The theater reserves the right to limit admission of children younger than the age of six. The taking of photographs and the use of any type of recording device is not allowed in the theater during performances and is a violation of state and federal copyright laws. Digital media will be deleted, and tape or film will be confiscated.
* Steppenwolf Trustee
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‡ Directors Circle Member
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