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Designer Johann Engels, friend to playwright Rory Kinnear, was in town designing for the Lyric Opera two years ago. The Steppenwolf costume shop, where I met him, was building the opera’s costumes. He handed me a copy of The Herd and said, “This is a play for Steppenwolf.” He was certainly not the first person who has handed me a play with that assertion. I read The Herd and was really taken with it. That summer, three separate friends had been to London and seen The Herd in its premiere production at the Bush Theatre, all of them reporting how much they loved it. We assembled a reading of the play with ensemble members—several of whom you’ll see in the production—and collectively decided to produce the play. I think the reason the play struck a chord with each of the people I encountered in its path to Steppenwolf is that the writing is witty and smart and really gratifying and that most importantly, the play is about a family. A complicated family, a family with the very particular challenge of a seriously disabled child, a family whose life is shaped by its milieu in suburban London—but first and presidingly, three generations of a family. They face the experiences of birth, death, divorce, how to care for one another in need—the same experiences that define families everywhere. Plays about families
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are particularly suited to Steppenwolf—the ensemble is a family of our making. I think too, the fact that our playwright, Rory Kinnear, is also a wonderful actor, speaks to why the play feels so right for Steppenwolf. Rory continues a healthy tradition of playwrights at our theater who have also spent time as actors. Just within our ensemble, Frank Galati, Tracy Letts, Bruce Norris, Tarell McCraney and Eric Simonson have all been or continue to be actors. In recent seasons, playwrights Mona Mansour, Lisa D’Amour, Heidi Schreck and Annie Baker have all also worked as actors. Their instinct for what works on stage is supported by their time as practitioners on the stage. Suffice it to say that the combination of a play about family, written by a playwright/actor sits happily upon an ensemble of actors. I don’t want to discuss the plot of The Herd. A great deal of its pleasure happens when we experience, along with the characters, the surprise of events. Instead, I will just point to a couple of things in the writing that added pleasure and depth to my experience of the play. There is a very gratifying level of attention paid to language in The Herd, which is a pleasure in itself, but is significant as well to the psychological territory that Rory is mining: the way
in which words can be weapons, or conversely, the currency of intimacy. Carol is particularly adept at using language to control the room and we witness how her verbal facility is both a gift and a curse—it makes her effective in expressing her will, but frustratingly impenetrable in her emotional life. Further, Rory is able to introduce, glancingly and naturally, the wisdom of Shakespeare into the play. As Patricia explains, Brian is the only man in his Shakespeare class, currently studying Love’s Labour’s Lost. Later Brian refers to another of the plays, The Merchant of Venice, invoking Portia’s “The quality of mercy” speech. Both plays are characterized by their invocation of poetry and their lively wordplay. The reference to Love’s Labor’s Lost perhaps suggests the jousting between men and women as they negotiate their relationships; likewise, the deep wisdom of Portia in asking for a transcendent mercy alerts us to a similar theme in The Herd. I point also to the various permutations of parenthood in the play, one of its central themes. Rory is asking some hard questions about parenting. The one germane to Carol is perhaps the most complicated and agonizing: has she allowed the tremendous need of her disabled child to so define her life that her entire identity and pride
depends upon her exclusive ownership of that relationship? I think the questions that Rory raises in relation to parenting will feel close to any parent. The delicate art of separating one’s own need from the need of one’s child is a challenge that any parent must navigate, striking while it is in a situation with a disabled child. I am moved by the challenge that Patricia and Brian experience in their witness of their daughter Carol as a parent: they watch their child being consumed by her role as a parent. And moved too, as Carol must witness her daughter Claire’s conflicting emotions about parenting. That generational double vision, that witness of the child/parent is deeply human and deeply complicated. I love that Rory explores the terrain. He does so with a wit and wisdom that are lightly carried and dramatically gratifying. I am very pleased that Steppenwolf is able to animate this family play with so many members of the Steppenwolf family: our director, Frank Galati; and in our cast, ensemble members John Mahoney, Lois Smith, Molly Regan, and Fran Guinan.
Steppenwolf Artistic Director Martha Lavey
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C A S T A N D C O N T R I B U TO R S C A S T (in alphabetical order)
A D D I T I O N A L S TA F F
CLI FF CHAM B E R LAI N*
AN DY MON SON Assistant Director
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AU D R EY FRANCI S* Claire
FRANCI S G U I NAN†* Ian
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U N D E R S T U D I E S (in alphabetical order)
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Insurance and K-12 Education. Audrey has CLIFF CHAMBERLAIN directed multiple Chicago productions with (Mark) was last seen at Pine Box Theater, Step Up Productions, First Steppenwolf Theatre Floor Theatre, Chicago Dramatists and the Company in Belleville and University of Chicago. In addition to acting currently plays Kurt Tannen and directing, Audrey teaches at the School on the NBC drama series State of Affairs. at Steppenwolf, the University of Chicago Cliff is best known for his Chicago theater and is the proud owner and founder of Black work with Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Goodman Theatre and The House Theatre of Box Acting. Chicago. He made his film debut in 2002 with F R A N C I S G U I N A N (Ian) is Cactuses and has since appeared on television a member of the Steppenwolf shows such as Chicago P.D., Hot In Cleveland Theatre Company ensemble. and The Mob Doctor. Cliff is a founding He has appeared in more than member of Sandbox Theatre Project where he 30 Steppenwolf productions co-created the site-specific shows Where We including The Night Alive, Tribes, The Live, Bottle Can Draft and Can You Spot Me?. Birthday Party, The Book Thief, Time Stands Cliff is a company member with The House Still, Endgame, American Buffalo, Fake, The Theatre of Chicago and a graduate of the Seafarer and August: Osage County. He has University of California, Santa Barbara and also appeared in productions for Northlight The School at Steppenwolf. Love to R + E + E. Theatre, Goodman Theatre, Writers Theatre, Victory Gardens Theater, TimeLine Theatre AU DR EY FRANCIS Company and American Blues Theater. (Claire) is grateful to return Recent Television appearances include Boss, to Steppenwolf Theatre Company where she was last Mike and Molly and Chicago Fire. Film work includes roles in The Last Airbender, Hannibal, seen in Drunken City (First High Tide, Typing and The Double. For Kate. Look 2013), Life & Limb, Where We’re Born and Want (First Look 2011). Other Chicago JOHN MAHONEY credits include Talking Pictures, The Actor (Brian) is a member of (Goodman Theatre); Othello, Another Part the Steppenwolf Theatre of the Forest (Writers Theatre); Awake and Company ensemble who Sing! (Northlight Theatre); A Girl with most recently appeared in Sun in her Eyes (Pine Box Theater); Desire Chapatti (Northlight Theatre); Prelude to Under the Elms (The Hypocrites); and The a Kiss on Broadway, Romance in London Credeaux Canvas (Circle Theatre; Jeff (Almeida Theatre); and The Seafarer, I Never nomination—Actress in a Principal Role). Sang for My Father (Steppenwolf Theatre Film credits include Medal of Victory, Dig Two Graves, On Being Absent, Dustclouds and Company). He has appeared in more than 30 Chicago Overcoat. Television credits include Steppenwolf productions. He received a Tony Award for his performance in The House of Chicago Fire, ER and The Onion’s Porkin’ Blue Leaves. Film credits include Moonstruck, Across America. Voice over credits include Tin Men, Say Anything, Primal Fear, Barton work with Ford, Quaker, American Family
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Fink and most recently Flipped. On television John starred in Dinner at Eight, H.E.L.P., The Human Factor and Frasier.
L O I S S M I T H (Patricia) has been a member of the Steppenwolf Theatre Company ensemble since M O L LY R E G A N (Carol) 1993. She began working with has been a member of Steppenwolf in 1988 in The Grapes of Wrath the Steppenwolf Theatre also directed by ensemble member Frank Company ensemble since Galati. Steppenwolf productions include The 1985 and was most recently Grapes of Wrath (London and Broadway; Tony seen here in Tribes, Good People, The Hot L Award nomination), Buried Child (Broadway; Baltimore, Dead Man’s Cell Phone and Love Tony Award nomination), The Mesmerist. Song (also in London’s West End). Other Mother Courage, The Royal Family, and The Steppenwolf productions include August: Tempest. Her first role in professional theater Osage County on Broadway, Maria Arndt, was in Timeout for Ginger on Broadway, David Copperfield, The Glass Menagerie, followed by The Young and the Beautiful, Another Time (Jeff Award), Earthly Blues for Mr. Charlie and the original Possessions, Three Sisters, Aunt Dan and production of Orpheus Descending. Recently, Lemon, Miss Julie, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, You Lois appeared in Jordan Harrison’s new play Can’t Take it With You and Reckless. Other Marjorie Prime in Los Angeles at the Mark Broadway credits Stepping Out and The Taper Forum. At Signature Theater in New Crucible. Off-Broadway credits include When York she has appeared in Tony Kushner’s The the Messenger is Hot, fellow Steppenwolf Illusion, Sam Shepard’s Heartless, Horton ensemble member Austin Pendleton’s Foote’s The Old Friends and notably The Trip Booth, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, The to Bountiful, repeated at Goodman Theatre, in Seagull, Say Goodnight, Gracie, Etiquette which she won awards in both cities. Recent and Personals. She has appeared at many television credits include True Blood and an regional theatres and spent nine seasons at episode of this season’s The Americans. Lois’s the Williamstown Theatre Festival appearing first film role was the barmaid in East Of in the works of Shakespeare, Sheridan, Eden with James Dean. Other films include Giraudoux, Brecht/Weill, Williams and Miller, Five Easy Pieces (National Society of Film among others. Her film appearances include Critics Award), Please Give (Independent Confessions of a Shopaholic, The Emperor’s Spirit Robert Altman Award to Cast), Club and Pollock, as well as Woody Allen’s Hollywoodland, Next Stop Greenwich Village, Bullets Over Broadway, New York Stories Four Friends, Black Widow, Falling Down, and Radio Days. Television credits include Fried Green Tomatoes, Twister, Larger Than a regular role on The Education of Max Life, How to Make an American Quilt, Dead Bickford as well as appearances on House of Man Walking and Minority Report. Lois was Cards, The Sopranos, Cosby, Ed, Newhart and inducted into the Theatre Hall of Fame in several episodes of Law and Order. She has NYC in 2007. In 2013, she received a Lifetime also appeared as soprano soloist in symphony Obie Award and a Lilly Award. orchestra performances of Handel’s Messiah and the Fauré Requiem.
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(Playwright) The Herd is Rory Kinnear’s first play. As an actor, Rory Kinnear has played Hamlet in Hamlet, Iago in Othello (National Theatre); Angelo in Measure for Measure (Almeida Theatre);and Bolingbroke in Richard II for the BBC. F R A N K G A L A T I (Director) has been a member of the Steppenwolf ensemble since 1986. He has received nine Joseph Jefferson Awards for his work in Chicago theater. He won two Tony Awards in 1990 for his adaptation and direction of Steppenwolf’s production of The Grapes of Wrath and was nominated for a Tony Award in 1998 for directing the musical Ragtime. He has staged operas for Chicago Opera Theatre, Lyric Opera of Chicago and the Metropolitan Opera House. In 1989, Frank was nominated for an Academy Award for his screenplay (with Lawrence Kasdan) of The Accidental Tourist and in 2000 he was inducted into the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Frank is a professor emeritus in the department of performance studies at Northwestern University. W A LT S P A N G L E R (Set Design) is thrilled
to work with Frank Galati and Steppenwolf Theatre Company. Recent and upcoming credits in Chicago include Tribes, Good People, The Birthday Party, Time Stands Still, Penelope (Steppenwolf Theatre Company); Don Giovanni (Lyric Opera of Chicago); Measure for Measure, Buzzer, Desire Under The Elms, Turn of the Century, Heartbreak House, King Lear (Goodman Theatre); Yeast Nation, The Original Grease (American Theatre Company); A Christmas Story: The Musical (Chicago Theatre). waltspangler.com.
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(Costume Design) has designed costumes for theatre, film, television, opera and dance. At Steppenwolf Theatre Company she has designed costumes for The Way West, Good People, Clybourne Park, Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, American Buffalo, Glengarry Glen Ross, Topdog/ Underdog and The Dresser, among many others. Other Chicago credits include Court Theatre, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Goodman Theatre and Writers Theatre. Regional credits include costume designs at Arena Theatre in Washington, D.C., Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Seattle Repertory Theatre, McCarter Theatre, Kansas City Repertory Theatre, Alliance Theatre, Hartford Stage Company, Dallas Theatre Center, Alley Theatre, American Repertory Theatre, Public Theatre, ACT Theatre, Manhattan Theatre Club and Kennedy Center of the Performing Arts. She was the original costume designer for the American premiere of Glengarry Glen Ross (Goodman Theatre); and also did the original Broadway and tour productions of Glengarry Glen Ross and Speed the Plow. Nan is a recipient of the Michael Merritt Award for Design and Collaboration, Hollywood Dramalogue Critics Award and the Joseph Jefferson Award for Costume Design. She is the head of the Costume Design program at The Theatre School at DePaul University.
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House of Blue Leaves and Brighton Beach Memoirs. Off-Broadway credits include A previously designed The Night Alive, Tribes, The Birthday Party, Time Stands Still, Carters Minister’s Wife (Lincoln Center Theater); Adding Machine (Minetta Lane Theatre); Way, Sunset Limited and Red Light Winter Whida Peru(59E59 Theater); Water By the (Steppenwolf Theatre Company). His New Spoonful (Second Stage Theatre); When the York credits include Between Riverside Rain Stops Falling (Lincoln Center Theater); and Crazy (2econd Stage Theatre, Atlantic Dying for it, 3 Kinds of Exile (Atlantic Theater Theater Company); The Model Apartment Company); and Model Apartment (Primary (Primary Stages); Through the Yellow Hour Stages); among others. Regionally he has (Rattlestick Theater); Tribes, Mistakes Were worked on more than 150 productions at Made, Red Light Winter (Barrow Street venues across the country including Stratford Theatre); Karen O’s Stop the Virgens (St. Shakespeare Festival (Ontario, Canada), Ann’s Warehouse); Ivanov, Three Sisters The Kennedy Center for the Performing (Classic Stage Company); A Minister’s Wife Arts and Alley Theatre in Houston, Texas, (Lincoln Center Theatre); Adding Machine where he is an associate artist. Commissions (Minetta Lane); Crime and Punishment, Sunset Limited (59E59). International credits include work with Metropolitan Opera, Lincoln Center Theater, Playwrights include Stop the Virgens (Sydney Opera Horizons and Signature Theatre in Virginia. House); Homebody/Kabul (National Theatre Recordings include Adding Machine of Belgrade). His regional credits include Music Hall, The Anyway Cabaret, The Jewels, and A Minister’s Wife— both released on PS Classics and available on iTunes and The Silent Language, The Dumb Waiter, Baal Amazon. Awards and recognitions include (TUTA); Venus in Fur, Sweet Bird of Youth, Lortel, Outer Critics, Jeff, American Society Red, The Seagull (Goodman Theatre). His of Composers, Authors and Publishers, work has also appeared in productions for National Endowment for the Arts, Theatre The Mark Taper Forum, Arena Stage, The Alley Theatre, Trinity Repertory, Shakespeare Communications Group, Prague Quadrennial 2007, Sundance Theatre Lab UCross on the Sound, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Writers Theatre, Court Theatre, Lookingglass 2012, American Musical Theatre Voices— Honorary Grant and 2012 Commission Theatre and Chicago Opera Theatre, among (Signature Theatre). others. Keith’s awards include an Obie, a Lortel and an Afterdark. E V A B R E N E M A N (Dialect Coach) is delighted to be back at Steppenwolf Theatre J O S H S C H M I D T (Sound Design and Company where she previously worked on Original Music) is thrilled to return to Marie Antoinette, Airline Highway, Russian Steppenwolf Theatre Company after Transport, Tribes, William Golding’s Lord previously designing Tribes, The Birthday of the Flies, Good People, The March, The Party, The March and Time Stands Still, Brother/Sister Plays, The Diary of Anne among others. Recently in Chicago he Frank, Huck Finn and Master Harold…and designed Sweet Bird of Youth at Goodman the Boys. Other credits include multiple Theatre. Other Chicago projects include productions at numerous Chicago theaters designs at Writers Theatre where he is an including Lookingglass Theatre Company, associate artist, Northlight Theatre and TimeLine Theatre Company, Court Theater, many others. Broadway credits include K E I T H P A R H A M (Lighting Design) has
Bleeding, after the quake and Cherry Orchard. Goodman Theatre, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Northlight Theatre, Writers Theatre, International credits include The Outgoing Tide with Steppenwolf ensemble members Paramount Theatre, Drury Lane Oakbrook John Mahoney and Rondi Reed (Northlight and Broadway Playhouse, among others. Theatre at the Galway Arts Festival in Regional credits include Love’s Labour’s Lost Galway, Ireland). Other Chicago credits (Actor’s Theatre of Louisville); and Around include Stones in His Pockets (Northlight the World in 80 Days (CenterStage and Theatre); The Vanishing Twin, In the Eye of Kansas City Repertory). Television credits The Beholder, Arabian Nights (Lookingglass include Betrayal and The Chicago Code. Eva Theatre Company); Hamlet, Fraulein is an associate artist at TimeLine Theatre Else, Scapin (Court Theater); Once on This Company and a production affiliate of Island, Madame Butterfly, Old Wicked Songs, Lookingglass Theatre Company. Violet and many more (Apple Tree Theater). M A L C O L M E W E N (Stage Manager) most Christine is an adjunct faculty member at recently stage managed Steppenwolf’s The Theatre School at DePaul University and production of Airline Highway. He has spent nine summers at the Weston Playhouse. worked at Steppenwolf Theatre Company Chris is happily married to Thom Cox and the since 1987 and his credits include Russian proud mother of Joan Marie. Transport, The March, American Buffalo, The Tempest, The Diary of Anne Frank and M A R T H A L A V E Y (Artistic Director) has Man From Nebraska. He has taken four been a Steppenwolf ensemble member since Steppenwolf shows to Broadway including 1993 and artistic director since 1995. Under The Grapes of Wrath and Edward Albee’s her leadership, Steppenwolf has doubled Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? both of which the size of its ensemble and diversified its won Tony Awards. Also on Broadway, he base of artists, become a national leader in was the PSM of Paul Simon’s musical, The producing new plays and commissioning Capeman. He serves on the Council of Actors’ playwrights, added two new performance Equity Association. A graduate of Amherst spaces, created Steppenwolf for Young Adults, College, he returns every summer to the expanded and deepened its partnerships Green Mountains of Vermont to direct at the in public schools and the community and Weston Playhouse. instituted a platform for engaging audiences after every performance. She has overseen CH R ISTI N E D. FR E E B U RG the production of hundreds of plays (Assistant Stage Manager) returns to and transferred dozens of Steppenwolf Steppenwolf Theatre Company for her productions to Broadway and abroad, gaining tenth season. Her credits include Airline national and international recognition for Highway, The Qualms, Tribes, Belleville, The the company and Chicago as a vital theater Motherf**ker With the Hat, Good People, destination. During her tenure, Steppenwolf The March, Penelope, Sex With Strangers, A was awarded the National Medal of the Parallelogram, American Buffalo (also at Arts, the only theater to ever receive the McCarter Theatre), The House on Mango honor, as well as the Illinois Arts Legend Street, The Tempest, The Seafarer, Dead Award, Equity Special Award and nine of Man’s Cell Phone, Good Boys and True, The the company’s 12 Tony Awards. As an actor, Diary of Anne Frank, Sonia Flew, Love-LiesMartha has performed in more than 30 18 BIOS
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Director Frank Galati reminisces about the early years of the ensemble and chats with Director of New Play Development Aaron Carter about The Herd. I suggested to Frank Galati, director of The Herd, that maybe Steppenwolf’s success with family dramas stemmed in part from the theater’s focus on ensemble: that artists who have worked together for so long could bring layered interactions to the stage that felt a lot like family history. Frank’s answer gave me a fascinating glimpse into the early days of the ensemble. It begins with an interpretation of the title of The Herd and winds through The Grapes of Wrath— with stops in Evanston restaurants along the way. An edited version follows.
You know, the title of The Herd may be a little bit vexing. People are going to think “hmmm… The Herd. What does that have to do with this middle class family in suburban London?” The fact is that the word, in addition to a company of animals—which is I suppose the primary definition—also means “troop.” Which applies certainly to Steppenwolf as a “troupe,” a company of actors. And it’s also a tribe. The word “herd” resonates with the notion of a tribe, a gathering of a clan, a family. So, there’s no question that this family—challenged as it is by the health of its beloved 21 year-old son Andy—is a family tangled in the same kinds of complex issues and needs that all families have, including Steppenwolf. Steppenwolf in its long history has explored those needs in play after play because so much of drama is focused on the family. You can go back to the house of Atreus
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ENSEMBLE MEMBER TRACY LETTS IN THE GLASS MENAGERIE, 1988
stop by and chat with them. And they would say: you know you should do something with us. You should maybe direct something with us. It never worked out. I started teaching at Northwestern. I got to be busy and I did some acting gigs and so on. And then in ’86 Gary Sinise was artistic director and he asked me to direct You Can’t Take it With You. And I jumped at the chance. Oh my God, everybody was in it. Molly Regan and Amy Morton and Jeff Perry and Randy Arney and John Mahoney and Rondi Reed and Rick Snyder—my god, it was—Tom Irwin and Al Wilder. It was sensational. I would come to rehearsal and just sit there and watch! I don’t have to do anything. They’re so fantastic. They’re so good. And of course, you know, they were weaving together relationships, braiding in and out of each other’s lives. And creating a family.
in ancient Greece, all the way up to the families of modern 20th century American drama. The families of Eugene O’Neill and Tennessee Williams and the families of Sam Shepard for instance. There is hardly a play that doesn’t somehow reflect the tortured lives of families.
When I joined the company in 1986, I had been friends with members of
the company for some years before that. I knew John Malkovich and Laurie Metcalf and Rondi Reed and Randy Arney and Jeff Perry when they were in college. And when they first came to Chicago, many from Illinois State, I used to meet with them because my high school teacher Ralph Lane was their principal drama teacher at Illinois State. There used to be a restaurant in Evanston called Fanny’s and it was very popular when I was in college. It was an Italian restaurant run by a very flamboyant woman who also had a column in the Evanston paper. Dr. Lane would occasionally host a dinner for some of us at Fanny’s. And it was there around bowls of spaghetti and fried chicken that Jeff and others and Dr. Lane and myself would talk about the challenge of putting together an actor-focused ensemble and could it last. Could it endure? So I feel very privileged to have been kind of in the wings when the ensemble was being formed. And then during those first years when Steppenwolf was working in Highland Park Laurie Metcalf played Laura in The Glass Menagerie. And John played Tom. During those years I saw those shows and then I started acting in Chicago theater. Laurie and John both worked at a bookstore in Evanston called Chandler’s. And I used to
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The family in that play You Can’t Take it With You was deeply reflective of the family that was Steppenwolf. The kind of sibling relationships. The rivalries. The cousins, the first cousins, the second cousins, the parents, the lovers, the children. I mean, all of those dynamics that were a part of the relationships of the Steppenwolf ensemble as it was coming to ENSEMBLE MEMBERS JEFF PERRY AND AMY MORTON life and coming together were IN YOU CAN’T TAKE IT WITH YOU, 1985 present and palpable lives of the characters that they were creating on stage. So it was maybe in the second week of rehearsals that Gary asked me to stop up in his office. He said “Frank man, how’d you like to be a member of the ensemble?” And I thought oh my God, I couldn’t believe it. I said yes. I would love to. And I felt, you know, I was beginning to be in the embrace of the Steppenwolf family. And I’ve felt it all my life since. They’ve never let go. And very shortly after that Gary said now you should think about
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ENSEMBLE MEMBERS GARY SINISE, RICK SNYDER, JOHN MAHONEY, JOHN MALKOVICH AND CAST MEMBER GREG WILLIAMS IN OF MICE AND MEN, 1981
the ingredients that are part of the breathing rhythm of family life—how it transfers from this troop, this herd of actors, to a magnificent, courageous and inspiring family on stage. Playing out its narrative against the terrible backdrop of the Dust Bowl, and the Depression and all of the horrors that the Joads faced in their trek from Oklahoma to California. So here in The Herd is another family, all tangled up around the child that the family has been holding and caring for and worried about for 21 years. And that care is the depth charge in the middle of this family dynamic. And everyone is profoundly affected. What the play reveals—and what I think is so nourishing about the theater—is that it helps us see that we have so many misplaced expectations of each other in a family. Families in extremis expose raw human need and human emotion. The Herd is extraordinarily brilliant in its conception and execution. It’s heartbreaking. But of course, it’s also hilariously funny. And that’s part of survival. That’s the joie de vivre. The Joads had the same thing. Good humor and wit. Sometimes it is cruel and acerbic. But my goodness, they’re very very funny.
something that would be really good for an acting company. And I had been thinking about The Grapes of Wrath as a project at Northwestern, and so I said what about The Grapes of Wrath because they had done Of Mice and Men pretty successfully a couple of years before. And Gary lit up! He said “Aw man, yeah, wow, that would be great.”
And yeah. I think there’s no question that our relationships as brothers and sisters in the ensemble deepens the work that we are lucky enough to do together on stage. THE CAST OF THE GRAPES OF WRATH, 1988
And so because Steppenwolf had already gone to New York—that was Gary’s visionary dream. He knew. He had some gut instinct that we belonged on a wider stage, on a larger stage. So it turned out that Elaine Steinbeck, John Steinbeck’s widow, had seen Balm In Gilead. And I think she had seen True West. So when the publisher went to her and said you know there’s this theater company in Chicago that’s interested in doing this stage adaptation of Grapes of Wrath and she said “Well who are they?” And he said “Well, they’re called Steppenwolf.” And she said “oh, I saw one of their shows here. It was terrific. Yeah, we should give them a chance.” And so here come the Joads. And the way in which the Steppenwolf ensemble inhabited that family, and the calamities and tragedies that family faced was kind of profound. And again for me, it was a privilege to just bear witness to the love and passion and conflict and challenge and anger and disappointment and grief and sorrow—all of
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T H E S T E P P E N W O L F E N S E M B L E first began performing in the mid-1970s in the basement of a Highland Park church, the ambitious brainchild of three high school and college friends: Jeff Perry, Terry Kinney and Gary Sinise. Fast forward 39 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 44 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.
Joan Allen
Kevin Anderson
Alana Arenas
Randall Arney
Kate Arrington
Ian Barford
Robert Breuler
Gary Cole
Kathryn Erbe
K. Todd Freeman
Frank Galati
Francis Guinan
Moira Harris
Jon Michael Hill
Tim Hopper
Tom Irwin
Ora Jones
Terry Kinney
The Steppenwolf Ensemble Tina Landau
Martha Lavey
Tracy Letts
John Mahoney
John Malkovich
Mariann Mayberry
Tarell Alvin McCraney
James Vincent Meredith
Laurie Metcalf
Amy Morton
Sally Murphy
Bruce Norris
Austin Pendleton
Jeff Perry
William Petersen
Yasen Peyankov
Martha Plimpton
Rondi Reed
Molly Regan
Anna D. Shapiro
Eric Simonson
Gary Sinise
Lois Smith
Rick Snyder
Jim True-Frost
Alan Wilder
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Forty years of unforgettable moments… and we’re just getting started.
4 Mary Page Marlowe
John Steinbeck’s
1 East of Eden
By ensemble member Tracy
Adapted by ensemble member Frank Galati Directed by ensemble member Terry Kinney
From the award-winning adaptor of the Steppenwolf classic The Grapes of Wrath Escaping a turbulent past, Adam Trask is determined to make a new start in California’s Salinas Valley. Adam and his wife Kate settle on a beautiful farm, and soon Kate gives birth to twins Caleb and Aron. But family history, sibling rivalry and the impending danger of World War One will threaten their little piece of paradise. East of Eden is a sprawling and unflinching story that asks if it is possible to escape the mistakes of previous generations and choose your own course.
2 Domesticated
Written and directed by ensemble member Bruce
Director TBA
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright of Killer Joe, Superior Donuts and August: Osage County Mary Page Marlowe is an accountant from Ohio. She’s led an ordinary life, making the difficult decisions we all face as we try to figure out who we really are and what we really want. As Tracy Letts brings us moments—both pivotal and mundane—from Mary’s life, a portrait of a surprisingly complicated woman emerges. Intimate and moving, Mary Page Marlowe shows us how circumstance, impulse and time can combine to make us mysteries… even to ourselves.
5 Between Riverside and Crazy By Stephen
Norris
Letts
Adly Guirgis
Directed by ensemble member Yasen
Peyankov
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Qualms and Clybourne Park
From the fiercely original author of The Motherf**ker with the Hat
Politician Bill Pulver faces the cameras to stumble his way through a carefully crafted apology as his wife Judy stands stoically behind him… but what is she REALLY thinking? We are about to find out in Bruce Norris’s wickedly funny, unpredictable play about a marriage burst apart by a sex scandal. This scathing, wildly entertaining play investigates gender politics, modern marriage and the sexual mysteries of the animal kingdom.
Ex-cop “Pops” Washington and his ex-con son Junior are barely holding on to one of the last great rent stabilized apartments in Manhattan. Pops has his hands (not to mention his apartment) full as he navigates a steady stream of sketchy houseguests and sweats out the impending verdict on his lawsuit against the police department. A celebration of the glorious contradictions that make up human nature, this rowdy dark comedy looks at the slippery nature of justice, and the grit it takes to finally move on.
3 The Flick By Annie
Baker
Directed by
Dexter Bullard
Winner of the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Drama Three underpaid employees sweep up stale popcorn in a run-down movie house called The Flick, one of the last theaters in Massachusetts still projecting 35mm films. For Avery, this isn’t a dead-end job. It’s a way to get closer to the art form he loves. Passionate debates about cinema lead to a friendship of sorts with co-workers Sam and Rose. But will their tentative bond survive as they reveal what they actually need from each other? The Flick is a heartfelt cry for the kind of authentic connection we all want, even if we’re a little afraid of it.
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2014/15 SEASON SPONSOR S
C O R P O R AT E , F O U N D AT I O N A N D G O V E R N M E N T C O N T R I B U TO R S
STEPPENWOLF’S REPUTATION DERIVES FROM OUR WILLINGNESS TO TAKE ON CHALLENGING, AMBITIOUS PROJECTS. OUR FUTURE RELIES UPON THE GENEROUS SUPPORT OF SEASON SPONSORS WHO PROVIDE INVALUABLE RESOURCES FOR THE WORK OF OUR ACTORS, DIRECTORS AND PLAYWRIGHTS. WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO THE VISION OF OUR ENSEMBLE.
Steppenwolf is proud to partner with United as its Official and Exclusive Airline and as the Presenting Sponsor of the national premiere of The Herd. United recognizes the value that Steppenwolf’s performers and patrons alike bring to United’s hometown and the global stage. It is a pleasure to celebrate Steppenwolf’s 39th season with such a longstanding supporter of the theater.
Steppenwolf Theatre Company’s 2014/15 season is generously sponsored by: Grand Benefactors
For more than 30 years, ComEd has partnered with Steppenwolf in order to support innovative, thoughtprovoking productions that inspire our audiences to think harder, laugh longer, and feel more. ComEd’s belief that arts and culture are integral to the health and vitality of our community makes them a natural fit with the vision of Steppenwolf Theatre Company. As the 2014/15 Season Lighting Sponsor, ComEd continues to play a fundamental role in bringing Steppenwolf to the forefront of American theater.
Benefactors
Firmly committed to our Chicago home, Allstate continues to work with Steppenwolf to enhance the city’s lively and diverse local culture. Steppenwolf is proud to partner with Allstate as the Corporate Production Sponsor of The Herd and as the Leading Corporate Season Production Sponsor of Steppenwolf for Young Adults. Allstate’s vital support over the past 25 years continues to help fulfill Steppenwolf’s mission to bring exciting new works to the forefront of American theater.
With a partnership founded on shared ideals of creativity and innovation, Steppenwolf is proud to continue our longstanding relationship with Ogilvy & Mather Chicago. With a strong history of giving back to the community, each year Ogilvy employees donate their time, energy and creativity to help nonprofit organizations, like Steppenwolf, pursue their missions. A leader in marketing communications, Ogilvy has shared this valuable support with Steppenwolf for more than a decade.
For more information on how you can support Steppenwolf’s artistic intiatives as a sponsor or corporate partner, please contact Megan McGuane at 312-654-5697 or msmith@steppenwolf.org. 40 THE HERD
For 10 years, Steppenwolf and PNC have enjoyed a very productive partnership. With PNC’s passion for supporting cultural enrichment programs benefiting the community, the company is a perfect fit as Steppenwolf’s 2015 Gala Lead Sponsor. Steppenwolf is honored to work with a strong and growing financial institution like PNC, that has a history of supporting not only their employees and customers but also the communities in which they live. STEPPENWOLF 41
C O R P O R AT E , F O U N D AT I O N & G O V E R N M E N T C O N T R I B U TO R S
E N DOWM E NT SPONSOR S
GRAND B E N E FA C TO R S
SPONSORS
Hope Abelson Fund for New Play Development
( $2,5 00- 4,9 9 9)
Artistic Endowment established through the Leading National Theatres Program, a joint initiative of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
($ 1 00 ,00 0 + ) The Roy Cockrum Foundation The Davee Foundation‡ John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation‡* Andrew W. Mellon Foundation‡ National Endowment for the Arts The Negaunee Foundation‡ Ogilvy & Mather, Inc. Shubert Foundation, Inc. Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust‡ United Airlines Zell Family Foundation
B E N E FA C TO R S ($ 5 0 ,00 0- 9 9 , 9 9 9 ) Allstate Insurance Company* Alphawood Foundation BMO Harris Bank* Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation ComEd The Crown Family‡ Julius Frankel Foundation The Joyce Foundation‡ J.P.Morgan* Lefkofsky Family Foundation‡ Northern Trust* PNC Polk Bros. Foundation* PwC Smart Family Foundation Theatre Communications Group, Inc. Vinci
PRODUCERS ($ 2 5,0 00 - 4 9 , 9 9 9 ) Ameriprise Financial Paul M. Angell Foundation Chicago Community Trust DLA Piper LLP (US) Doris Duke Charitable Foundation‡ Grosvenor Capital Management
The Harris Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. King Harris Kathy Harris Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Szokol Mr. and Mrs. William Friend Mr. and Mrs. John Harris Illinois Arts Council, a state agency POP Prince Charitable Trusts Seigle Family Foundation Searle Funds at The Chicago Community Trust Sun-Times Foundation, A Fund of The Chicago Community Foundation Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation Vanguard Charitable
Illinois Tool Works Foundation Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP Kirkland & Ellis LLP McDermott, Will & Emery McKinsey & Company, Inc. Melcher Charitable Foundation National Philanthropic Trust Norcon, Inc Rhoades Foundation Sage Foundation Dr. Scholl Foundation Sidley Austin LLP Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP Smithburg Family Foundation Swett & Crawford Group TRUiST William Blair & Company, LLC
S U S TA I N E R S
PAT R O N S
($5 ,0 0 0 -$9,9 9 9)
( $1 0 ,0 0 0 -2 4 ,9 9 9 ) Anonymous (4) Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture American Express Aon Corporation BNY Mellon Wealth Management Barclays Capital Baxter International Inc.* Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois Helen Brach Foundation Buchanan Family Foundation Capri Capital Partners, LP Citadel LLC CNA Financial Corporation* Deloitte The Field Foundation of Illinois Frank G. and Gertrude Dunlap Fund Lloyd A. Fry Foundation Gary Sinise Foundation Grainger Foundation Graycor, Inc. Green Courte Partners, LLC Trust Under The Will Of John G. Searle Searle Family Trust Henry Crown and Company
Ariel Investments, LLC Baird Robert and Isabelle Bass Foundation, Inc. The Boeing Company Chopper Trading, LLC John R. Halligan Charitable Fund CVS Health Irving Harris Foundation Hart Davis Hart Wine Co. Holland & Knight LLP Hub International Ice Miller LLP Modestus Bauer Foundation Newcastle Limited Nordstrom Peacock Nine, LLC Daniel F. and Ada L. Rice Foundation Richenthal Foundation Siragusa Foundation The Skender Foundation Takiff Family Foundation
Amsted Industries Foundation Frost Lighting Co. of Illinois, Inc. KlearSky Solutions, LLC PUBLIC Chicago, An Ian Schrager Hotel Richard and Ellen Sandor Foundation Louis & Nellie Sieg Fund Suite Home Chicago Westside Mechanical Group
G U A R A N TO R S ( $1,000- 2,4 9 9) The Arts Federation Complete Mailing Service Inc. Crowe Horwath, LLP Daley Mohan Groble Gensler Hamilton Thies & Lorch LLP Hotel Lincoln Johnson & Johnson Lillian H. Florsheim Foundation Mesirow Financial New Horizon Foundation The Northridge Group, Inc. Plante Moran Sahara Enterprises, Inc. TAM Retail - a division of Lode Data Systems, Inc. TTX Company Workday
Douglas R. Brown Playwright/Director Endowment Fund Ford Foundation Artistic and General Operating Endowment Funds Richard and Mary L. Gray Production Endowment Fund John S. and James L. Knight Foundation Fund for the Development of New Work The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Daniel E. McLean National and International Production Fund Avy and Marcie Stein Sustaining Fund for the Ensemble Steppenwolf Board Designated Endowment Fund Steppenwolf Theatre Company Endowment Fund created with Searle Funds at the Chicago Community Trust Nancy L. Wald Production Endowment Fund John and Carol Walter Production Endowment Fund
I N D I V I D U A L C O N T R I B U TO R S V I S I O N A RY C I R C L E 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
Michael Hansen and Nancy Randa
Sylvia J. Pozarnsky
Valerie and Joseph Abel
John H. Hart
Merle Reskin
Robert C. Anderson
Lynn Hauser and Neil Ross
Dr. Edward O. Riley
Dr. Marvin and Joyce Berman
Stephen Johnson
T. Marshall Rousseau
Norma Borcherding
Jared Kaplan and Maridee Quanbeck
Patrick J. Schauer
Douglas R. Brown
Melanie G. Larch
Harry Seigle
Janice and Rob Esser
Dr. Paul Lisnek
Rose L. Shure
Robert H. Glaze
Kenneth J. Porrello and Sherry L. McFall
Judy Sugarman
Michael Goldberger
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 Jo Hopkins Deutsch Marjorie Douglas Andrea Romain and Cleo V. Orthel Nancy L. Wald
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* Corporations and foundations that have made employee matching gifts
‡ Multi-year pledge
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I N D I V I D U A L C O N T R I B U TO R S D I R E C T O R S C I R C L E
…CONT’D DIRECTORS CIRCLE
The generosity of Steppenwolf’s Directors Circle members annually provides vital support for Steppenwolf’s many streams of artistic and community programming. In recognition of their contributions, members receive complimentary subscriptions with VIP ticketing services and are invited to private events with the artists of Steppenwolf. Donors with ‡ have made a generous multi-year pledge. To join this distinguished group, call Jessica Gretch at 312-654-5672 or e-mail directorscircle@steppenwolf.org. PREMIER PAT R O N S
GRAND PAT R O N S
($ 5 0,0 00 + )
( $2 5 ,0 0 0 – 4 9 ,9 9 9 +)
Anonymous Julie and Roger Baskes‡ Sarah Beardsley and Dr. Christopher Randolph‡ Michael Bender and Sheridan Prior‡ Leigh and Henry Bienen‡ Terri L. Cable Joyce Chelberg‡ Elizabeth H. Connelly Nora Daley and Sean Conroy‡ Mr. and Mrs. Keating Crown‡ Rich and Margery Feitler Nene Foxhall Christine Albright and Lawrence Gill Bob and Amy Greenebaum‡ John H. Hart and Carol Prins‡ David Herro and Jay Franke Pam and Dennis D. Howarter George A. Joseph and Carolyn Bateman‡ Liz and Eric Lefkofsky‡ Lynn Lockwood Murphy and Barrett B. Murphy‡ Mary and Bill Ludford Ronald J. Mallicoat Jr. Christopher and Eileen Murphy Kenneth J. Porrello and Sherry L. McFall‡ Merle Reskin‡ Harry and Susan Seigle‡ Helen Zell‡
Betty Bradshaw‡ Marlene Breslow-Blitstein and Berle Blitstein Carole L. Brown Douglas R. Brown Shawn M. Donnelley and Christopher M. Kelly‡ Amy Eshleman and Lori Lightfoot Michael and Jacky Ferro Amy and Cameron Findlay Leslie and Matthew Gray Richard and Mary L. Gray‡ King and Caryn Harris‡ Nancy Lauter McDougal Martha Lavey‡ Jim and Kay Mabie‡ Janet Melk Mr. and Ms. David E. Mendelsohn Adele and Michael E. Murphy James F. Oates M.K. and J.B. Pritzker Randy and Susi Rowe Michael R. Salem Robert and Louise Sanborn Matthew Shapiro Toni Sandor Smith‡ Karen Zelden and Ralph Senst‡
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DISTI NG U ISH E D PAT R O N S ( $1 0 ,0 0 0 – 2 4 ,9 9 9 ) Anonymous (2) Ebs Burnough Beth Boosalis Davis and Maxwell S. Davis J. Scott Etzler Valerie and Paul Goodrich Mrs. John M. Hartigan Paul and Mariana Ingersoll Steven D. Loucks‡ L. Heather Mitchell and Kenny Mitchell David and Hilary Pisor
Penny Pritzker and Bryan Traubert Deborah and Stephen Quazzo Neil Ross MD and Lynn Hauser MD Bruce Sagan and Bette Cerf Hill Manny Sanchez and Pat Pulido Sanchez Robin and Mark Seigle Stephanie B. Smith and Gerald Smith Colette Cachey Smithburg and Tom Smithburg Bill and Orli Staley John and Carol Walter Terry and Mary Winkler
PAT R O N S ($5 ,0 0 0 – 9,9 9 9) Anonymous Loren Almaguer William and Sharon Baker Mr. Gerry Barad Dr. and Mrs. Marvin H. Berman Larry and Debbie Brady Michael and Merle Cahan Phil and Mary Beth Canfield Ann and Richard Carr Carol and Douglas Cohen Mr. and Ms. Isaac Colunga Mr. Fred J. Costello and Ms. Ann G. Nobis Mary A. Dempsey, Philip H. Corboy Foundation Mr. Tom Elden John and Katherine Fox Gary L. Gephart Mr. Stuart Handler Ms. Joan Harris Mrs. Louise Hart Jon Michael Hill David Hiller Marian, Fruman and Lisa Jacobson Stephen Johnson Dr. Mary Dochios Kamberos Jen and Brad Keck
Pamela Kendall-Rijos and John Rijos Robert M. and Diane VS. Levy Amos and Anat Madanes Tarell Alvin McCraney Lyn McKeaney Geoff Nyheim Ashley and Noah Pettit Anne and Don Phillips Diana and Bruce Rauner Burton X. and Sheli Rosenberg Rose L. Shure Jeffrey Singer and Patricia Carman Marcie and Avy Stein Gail and Eugene Steingold Edward A. Studzinski Jacqueline Tilton Richard and Elaine Tinberg Frances E. Tuite Michael and January Ward Robert and Susan Warrington Nina B. Winston Robert and Leslie Zimmerman
S U S TA I N E R S ( $2,5 00 – 4,9 9 9) Anonymous (3) Jack J. Adrian Kristopher J. Anderson Andy and Sue Arnold Paula Ausick John and Caroline Ballantine Zoe and Ken Barley Solomon Barnett Bob and Trish Barr Martha and Al Belmonte Dennis and Joan Berger Susan O. Berghoef Laura and Philip Bierman Mike Bolton Cindy and Michael Bonds Doug Bradbury Lois Browning David Callahan and Terri Abruzzo
Nicole and Billy Cheeseman Drs. Rex Chisholm and Kathleen Green Michael and Edie Cohen Jerry and Josephine Conlon Kate Cornelius-Schecter Mr. and Mrs. Dennis R. Cowhey Patricia Cox, Katie and Will Hunckler Judy and Tapas K. Das Gupta Kim Davis and Brian Eble Diane Dawson Greg Desmond and Michael Segobiano Philip and Marsha Dowd Bernard J. Dowling Drs. Thomas E. Durica and Susan Jacob Dr. Steven B. Edelstein Donald and Anne Edwards Laura and Scott Eisen Mary M. Emerson George Engeln Tom and Pat Erickson Marc Falleroni Roxanne Hori and Robert Felsenthal Paul and Christine Fisher‡ Stacy and Ian Fleming Steven Florsheim and Jennifer Friedes Mr. and Mrs. Sherwin Friedman Leonard Gail and Robin Steans David and Noreen Ann Gallagher Ethel and Bill Gofen Bob and Carol Goldberg Sheila and Tom Gorey Aimee Graham and Nigel Caine Sue and Melvin Gray The Green Family Dr. and Mrs. Sheldon Greenberg‡ William and Nanci Greene James and Brenda Grusecki M. Julie and Michael Gustafson Jack and Sandra Guthman Michael Hansen and Nancy Randa Marcy and Harry Harczak Pam and David Harrington David R. Hawkanson Jeffrey W. and Julie Conboy Hesse
David Kistenbroker and Cynthia Heusing Judy and Jay Heyman Mr. and Mrs. Arthur J. Hill Dr. and Mrs. David Ingall Timothy B. Johnson and Valerie B. Wiley Jeffrey Maling and Rebecca Johnston Jared Kaplan and Maridee Quanbeck Reis and Sherri Kayser Dr. and Mrs. Jane Fleming Kathryn G. and Michael J. Kennedy Brad and Kim Keywell Jonathan Klein and Susan Cohn Stephanie and Peter Klein Mr. and Mrs. Sanfred Koltun Dr. and Mrs. Stephen M. Korbet Raminder and Vinay Kumar Carol and Jerome Lamet Christine and Michael LaTona Steven and Jody LaVoie Eileen and Paul LeFort Susan Lichtenstein and John Rokacz Robert Bud Lifton and Carol Rosofsky Timothy and Christine Loyer Mr. Brian Lukanic Mark and Frances Mann Cynthia Luse-McKeen and Douglas McKeen Becky and Bob McLennan Kevin and Beth McMeen Amy Laiken and Tim Michel Howard and Sandy Nagelberg Cathy and Robert Nathan Jean and Jordan Nerenberg Bob and Joyce O’Malley Elizabeth Orelup and Lawrence Sonntag Simon and Kim Perutz Dale and Loretta Pierson Mrs. Sherri Pincus Jennifer and Perry Pinto Mary Beth and Terry Porter Bradley and Patricia Reid Lynne Remington and Geoff Goldberg Margaret Robson Joshua D. Rogers Sandra and Earl Rusnak, Jr. Carlo and Lalie Scandiuzzi Howard and Gail Schaffner David and Susan Schmid
Matthew Steinmetz Kristin and Stan Stevens Sue and Timothy Sullivan Nick Trakas and Marc Cerone Jay Tunney Dr. David Wasserman Steven Wayland and Jennifer Wesley Dr. Carey Weiss and Dr. Karen Pierce Lorrayne and Steve Weiss Jane and Greg Wintroub Ronald and Geri Yonover Elizabeth Ziegler
B E N E FA C TO R S ($ 1, 5 00 – 2, 4 9 9) Anonymous (5) Mr. and Mrs. John Aalbregtse Kathi and Roger Adams Karen and Scott Alexander Brian and Jennifer Alves Nicholas and Kathleen Amatangelo Kimball Anderson and Karen Gatsis Anderson Robert C. Anderson Carolyn H. Andress William and Carolyn Anthony Stephanie and Dana Arnett Jeffrey S. Arnold and Ellen J. Neely Edgar Bachrach Richard and Janice Bail Dr. Stephanie and Mr. Andy Baker‡ Yuri and Elena Balasanov Doug and Mary Jo Basler Bruce and Debbie Bentcover Shirley and Tom Berchou‡ Susen H. Berg and James C. Berg Ron and Colleen Bess Nicholas Biederman Shaun and Andy Block Patricia C. Bobb Stephen and Lynn Bolanowski‡ Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Boychuck Dr. Michael Branch M.D. Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Braun Robert and Mary Briscoe Mr. and Mrs. Norman Brooks Dawn and Harmon Brown George and Joyce Brown‡ Kevin and Linda Buggy John D. and Leslie Henner Burns
Timothy Burroughs and Barbara Smith Stephen Byrne and Kerry Shannon Joseph and Cory Cancila‡ Sheila J. Chapman and David D. Soo Dr. Rosalyn Chrenka Michael and Stephanie Chu Steven Collens Pam and Howard Conant Liam and Francesca Connell Jennifer and Kevin Convery Bryce Cooper Merle R. Cooper Mr. and Mrs. Brian Cornell Joel Cornfeld Robert Crawford Alicia Cressey Carl and Cynthia Curry Stephen F. Danziger Emilie De Angelis and Bert Davenport Nancy Dehmlow Mr. and Mrs. Menahem Deitcher Mr. and Mrs. David Deno Donald Deutsch Gautam and Ritu Dhingra Roberta S. Dillon Anne M. Donahoe Patricia and Richard Doonan Jennifer and John Doran Erin and Ian Drury Stephen and Dorne Eastwood Sidney and Sondra Berman Epstein Mariwyn Evans Juliet and Marc Fallah David and Mary Farkas Randall Fearnow and Beth Compton Harris J. Feldman, M.D. Carol and Steven Felsenthal David And Shanan Fennema Raj Fernando Marilyn and Larry Fields Lisa and John Folkers Jim and Sandy Freeburg Kate and Michael Fridholm Kate Friedlob Kathryn C. Froney Drs. Brian and Denise Furlong Denise Michelle Gamble Patti Eylar and Charlie Gardner Paul and Audrey Gaynor Terri and Stephen Geifman
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…CONT’D DIRECTORS CIRCLE
Dr. Michael Gelbort Beverly Wyckoff and Charles Ginsberg Mr. and Mrs. James J. Glasser Elizabeth Glassman Charlie and Mary Gofen Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Goldman Thomas and Kristine Gorman Peter and Joellen Granson Mary and Jim Greene Charles R. Grode Juliette Feld and Andrew Grossman Michael and Jean Guyader Suzanne Gylfe Ginger and Del Hall Joan Hall Mary Elizabeth Shannon Mr. and Mrs. Peter Harmon Stacie R. Hartman Mark and Joelle Hayes Sandra L. Helton and Norman M. Edelson Marlene and Sonny Hersh Richard and Elaine Heuberger Ann S. Hoenig and Jonathan L. Hoenig Kathleen and Jack Horn Katie and Nehl Horton Arnold and Judith Horwich‡ Michael Hsu Brian W. Huebner Holly E. Humphreys Nicole and Pedro Irazoqui Mary Ittelson John Ittner Ms. Ann Jacobson Patricia Jeffers Craig and Heidi Johnson Jeffrey and Lisa Jozwiak David Kathman‡ Dr. Claudia Anne Katz Mr. and Ms. Mark Kaufman Gerould and Jewell Kern Mr. and Mrs. Shobi Khan Maureen and Kim Klatt Jim and Sue Klein Jean Ann Klingenstein Janet Kohrman Rachel Kraft Stephen Kriegel Suzy Krueckeberg Mr. Matthew Kutcher and Ms. Rebecca Richards Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Lad Karen Lalor
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Gerald R. Lanz and Lisa Kearns Lanz Alex Levine Karen Levine Bernard and Averill Leviton Tanya Levshina and Ilya Volvovski Stephanie F. Linn and Seth B. Krantz Dr. Paul M. Lisnek Beth Loeb Abby and George Lombardi Mark and Carol Lorenz Fran Lambros and John Lowry‡ Mr. Oren Lund Arlene Manelli Sandy and Jerry Manne Barbara and Larry Margolis Christine and David Markovitz Jim and Lynn McClure Bob and Barb McCullough Randi Merel and Allen LeHew Ellie and Bob Meyers Michael and Susan Miller Dr. and Mrs. George and Maureen Miz William and Kate Morrison Ms. Lorna Filippini-Mulliken Patricia Murray-Rutz Jo and Wally Nard‡ Patrick J. Nash, Jr. Judy Neafsey and Terry Conway David Ellis and Hope Nightingale Carlos Noble Susan and George Obermaier Joe O’Leary Bridget R. O’Neill Susan and Ted Oppenheimer Sandra and Mark Ostler Akin Owolabi Brian A. Paetow and Gretchen K. Beetner Phyllis Parish Deep Patel Amy and Brent Peebles Sandra and Michael Perlow Raymond Perry Patricia Pippert and Steven Redfield Milton and Lois Podolsky Avi and Joan Porat Andrew and Judy L. Porte Sylvia J. Pozarnsky and Tom Riley
Elliott Quigley Sherry and Bob Reum Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Rhoads Nina Riccardi Lauri Riggen Susan and Edwin Ritts John C. Roberts and Lynn D. Fleisher Dr. Abbie Roth and Sandra Gladstone Roth Ms. Holly Rothschild and Mr. Ken Buchanan Janet and Philip Rotner Mr. Mitchell Sabshon Francis C. Sadac Richard and Susan Sanders Pamela and Fred Sasser Paul Scavone and Donna Pawlus Susan Schaalman Youdovin and Charlie Shulkin Michelle Maton and Mike Schaeffer Mr. Joseph Scheper Matthew and Tina Schubert John Schuchert and Alan Kozlowski Diana and Richard Senior David and Judith Sensibar 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 Robert and Nancy Singleton James and Mary Jo Slykas Heather and Adam Smedstad‡ Charles Smith Neil Smith Family Ron and Leslie Smith Sharon Specht Ms. Tanya Stanfield Ms. Nicole Stavish Mr. and Mrs. Brock Stout Gail and John Straus Mary Stowell and Jim Streicker Lauren and Steve Strelsin Judy Sugarman William and Julie Szematowicz James E. Thompson Carrie Thoms The Tipton Family
Melissa Toledo and Todd Hoyer John and Maribeth Totten Annie Trooien and Christian Dill Reed and Rosemary Tupper Hollis and Alvan Turner Scott Turow Brady I. Twiggs Tali and Liat Tzur Marilee Unruh Bill Updegraff Shawn VanDerziel and Jay Clarke Donna and Dirk Vos The Wakes Tom and Blaine Wells Jack and Keli Wildermuth Donna Wilkinson Mr. Robert Williford Eugene H. Winkler Jessica and Jeff Wisniewski‡ Richard and Mary Woods Bobbi Zabel Peter A. Zadeik Eileen and David Zampa
I N D I V I D U A L C O N T R I B U TO R S A N N UA L F U N D 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 29, 2015. PRODUCERS ( $1,000 – 1,4 9 9)
Kristy Andrews George and Debbie Angelillo Mike and Karen Atwood Peggy Bagley and Rabbi Douglas Goldhamer Scott and Kimberly Wayne Gustavo Bamberger Catherine Bannister Sandra Bass Ted and Robbie Beaty† Lois J. Bider Kevin Boehm and Courtney Moon Janet Burch Deborah and Bruce Crown Kent and Liz Dauten Mr. William Dietz, Jr. Michael DiMedio Joan and John Dysart Charles B. Edelstein Brian Fabes and Lisa Schneider Fabes Mary Jo and Robert Fasan Lori Mae Frith† Tom and Beth Garrow† Diane Riley Gavin Susan and John Gibbons Mara and Andy Gloor Mr. and Mrs. Jim Goodrich Richard and Catherine Gottfred Jonathan and Sarah Graham† Katherine and Adam Greetis Adnaan Hamid and Elissa Efroymson Victoria and Charles Harris† Carrie and Greg Hart Lois and Marty Hauselman Brian K. Hopkins Daniel and Mary Ann Jordan Khushboo and Neil Joshi Peter and Amy Kaden Judith and Jerry Kaufman Andrew Keyt James and Judith Klutznick Steve Koch Pat and Mike Koldyke Daniel Castellaneta and Deborah Lacusta
Bob and Pat Lavey† Patricia L. Levy Ms. Rose Lizarraga Mrs. Barbara Lucas and Ms. Toni Sieve† Malkin Family Drs. Brent and Susan Martin Michael E. McCaslin† Janelle Hoekstra and James McMullin† Dr. Janis Mendelsohn† Mr. and Mrs. James Meyer Cynthia and Eric Mogentale Blake and Debra Moritz† Howard and Cathy Niden Barbara and Daniel O’Keefe Pradip Patiath and Shalini Sharma Michael and Barvette Patterson Robert Payne III Frank and Mary Phillips Sarah and Cody Phipps Douglas P. Regan and Kathy Brock Randy and Betsy Rochman Joanne and Paul Ruxin A. Sue Samuels Guyneth and William H. Sharp Michael and Salme Harju Steinberg† Lisa Swanson Dr. and Mrs. James V. Talano Mrs. Vernon B. Thomas Betty Vandenbosch† Mr. and Mrs. Todd Vieregg Michael and Gere Warnecke Jim Welch Matthew Wilson and Anne Posner Tara K. Marsh and Greg Winsor
ENSEMBLE ($ 5 00 – 9 9 9)
Anonymous (11) Mr. Steve Abrams Ms. Vanessa Abron Joan Allen and Peter Friedman
Jim and Sheila Amend† Walter Aque Jean Arrington Kate Arrington Mr. John Arthur John Asplin and Christine Orders Mr. and Mrs. Paul Audrain Elizabeth Bakwin Mr. John Benevides Julian and Joan Berman Beryl and David Bills† Jon Blanc Mr. and Mrs. Philip Block III Mr. David Blowers Jr. Sam Boren and Becky Dorsey James Botana† Donald F. Bouseman Susan Buchanan and Steve Buchanan Ed Bucher† Michelle and David Buck Ms. Cynthia Buckley David A. Buls† Bruce and Kate Burgun John and Maureen Burke Ray Capitanini Ms. Vilma Chan Ms. Karen Chodzicki Nancy Ciezki and Diane Kostecke Betty Cleeland† Marge and Lew Collens Everett and Susan Conner† Ms. and Mr. Caroline Conrado Ed and Melissa Cook J. Gorman Cook Stephanie and Barry Batson† Maureen Crowley Liese Dallbauman Rathin Datta Richard and Lisette Davison Mary and Daniel Deziel Carmelita Dockery, ABD John C. Donnelly Mr. and Mrs. Jon R. Dutcher Rachel Dvorken David and Alexandra Earle Linda A. Ellis
James and Kelly Epstein Erika Erich Malcolm D. Ewen Gary and Sandy Fencik Peter Fischer Lois Farrell Fisher Mr. Thomas Fitzgerald Catherine S. Flanagan Jean and Jim Foley Joanne Friedland Timothy A. Gant and Scott Perry William J. Gibbons Gerry and Stan Glass Mr. Justin Glasson Keith Goggin Deidra D. Gold Enid J. Golinkin† Mark And Susan Goodman Chester Gougis and Shelley Ochab Kerry and Kim Grady† John S. Mrowiec and Karen Granda Laurence and Carrie Grant Dedrea Gray Dr. Kitty Green Ms. Madeline Grynsztejn and Mr. Tom Shapiro Ms. Jasmine E. Guy Mr. and Mrs. Ray Hacker† Nidal Haddad Mr. David Haley Ms. Julia B. Hall Bill Hamilton Liz Hartong Robert and Linda Hauser Mr. and Mrs. Greg Hawes James and Anne Heger Stephen Henderson Karen Herold Midge and Frank Heurich James and Margot Hinchliff Scott Hodes and Maria Bechily Anne Linsdau-Hoeppner and Walter F. Hoeppner III John E. Holland Kilton Hopkins† Clare and Mark Hurrelbrink† Jean Perkins and Leland Hutchinson
†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
Dr. and Mrs. Stavros Ionides Tom Irwin Tim Jaster Holly Johnston Sharon R. Johnston James A. Jolley, Jr. and R. Kyle Lammlein Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Jones Melvin and Annie Kahn Drs. Dennis and Kathryn Karsh Thomas E Keim Sheryl and Tom Keith† Michelle Keller Chris Kendrick and Kasturi Haldar† Helen J. Kessler† Patricia and Wayne Kik†
Fran and Chuck Licht† Alec Litowitz and Jennifer Litowitz Ms. Julia Luscombe Karyn Lutz Karuna Maddava and Henry Beardsley Frank and Chris Maggio Sandra Mangurian Marge Marcus Mr. and Mrs. Paul Marks Jeanne M. Martineau George and Nancy Matkov Mr. and Ms. Sergey Mavrody Robert and Eleanor M. McAllister Mike and Cindy McCabe Mr. and Mrs. R. Edward McGreevy†
Guests at The Royal Runway donor event. Ms. Vicki King Frank and Katherine Kinney† Sylvia and John Kinney Mr. and Mrs. David Knapp Janet Knauff† Rachel Kohler and Mark Hoplamazian Rob and Laura Kozloff Barry and Cheryl Kreiter Neal and Kathleen Kulick Mr. Joseph Kunze Carol L. Kutak Mr. Edward Langan George M. Langlois, Ph.D.† Melanie Larch and Rudy Panucci Patricia Lauber William and Sheila Leiter Madeline and Steve Lesnick Jeannette Levitt Catherine Leyser†
Kathleen A. McQueeny Mr. Nick Merker Susan Messing Karen Meyer James Miles-Polka Sheba Miller-Morris Marcus Mintz and Ashley Mintz Peter Mitchell Robert and Lois Moeller Joyce Morimoto† Amy Morton and Rob Milburn Pamela Moy Mr. and Mrs. Kurt Muller Catherine B. and Robert T. Napier Ms. Katherine Nardin Walter Nathan Joan Neil Wendy Norris
Emily and Hank Neuberger Liz Newell and Jack Kragie Mary Nolen† Erik Nordby and Melanie Madigan Mr. and Mrs. Charles Norwesh Ralph and Victoria Nuzzo Mary Pat O’Brien Gary and Marcie Ochs Peg O’Connor† John and Joy O’Malley Pilar Ossorio Grayce Papp Patricia Parchem and Candace Zimmerman† Jana R. O’Brien and Wayne T. Parman John and Roberta Paskvalich Thomas Pawlik and Ava Cohn Susan A. Payne William and Suzan Pinsof Harvey and Beth Plotnick Dr. Susan Burland and George Plumb Frank C. Pond† Pam and Dean Pontikes† V. Pristera, Jr.† Jonathon Pyburn Richard and Joan Ralph Jeff and Susan Rashid Bill and Tracy Reeder P. Kevin Reidy† Fred and Karen Rhynders† Mr. Jeffrey Richards Laura Riddle Richard and Susan Rieser Bill and Deborah Roberts Stephen and Caryn Robin Steve Rodichok and Renee Gattone† Mr. Bruce Rodman David G. Rosenbaum Honey and Howard Rosenfeld Hilary Rosenthal Mr. and Ms. Richard Rosenthal Lisa and Doug Rosskamm Mrs. Donald S. Roth Robert Rootzahn Kimberly and Ari Rubenfeld Ms. Carol S. Sadow Ms. Krista Sahakian Bettylu and Paul Saltzman Henry J. Sampson†
Julia Nowicki and Timothy A. Sanborn MD Stephen and Leatrice Sandler Chris and Barb Sanford† Brett Saternus Bill Savage Mr. George Savvas Marie-Claude Schauer Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Schewe Mr. and Mrs. Darryl G. Schimeck Carla Scott† Mr. and Mrs. Todd Segall Richard and Betty Seid Jeff and Sonia Semenchuk† Luna Okada and Wynn Sheade Mr. and Mrs. David R. Shevitz Mr. Peter Sichrovsky† Christine A. Slivon† Patricia Costello Slovak Mr. Richard Smart Braden and Dawn Smith Tim and Sandy Smith Bonnie and James Spurlock Diana and Thomas Stamborski Mr. Michael Stashwick Nikki and Fredric Stein Patty Sternberg Linda and John Stock Todd Stofflet and Jason Stevens Joe and Sylvia Stone Ms. Jennifer Stuart Lisa Sullivan Linda and Stephen Sullivan Anne Taft Tracy Tajbl and Neil Jones Mrs. and Mr. Jon Talty John R. and Catherine Taylor Ilene Patty and Tom Terpstra Dick and Alice Teutsch Dean Theo Fred Tokowitz Trevor Tomkins Mr. Michael Toolis Lisa Towe Frank Trocchio Spiro Tsaparas and Corri McFadden Stacey Turner Howard and Jane Tyner Mr. and Mrs. Steven Van Dorf Ms. Jennifer Vidis
†Step-by-Step We salute the individual donors who have committed to a recurring monthly or quarterly gift to 48 THE HERD Steppenwolf. Their ongoing support helps fuel Steppenwolf’s mission of superior acting and risk-taking work.
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Ms. Melanie Wang Eric Wasilowski Laura and Bob Watson† Mr. and Mrs. Ben Webster Michael Weiland and Shelley MacGregor Mr. and Mrs. Garry Weiss John W. Wheeler Steve and Bonnie Wheeler Anne and Jay Whipple Mr. Clint Paton and Ms. Britt Whitfield Joseph Wiggins Ms. Michele Willmott Gary and Modena Wilson† Mr. and Mrs. Mark Wilson† Ruth Winter Ms. Sarah R. Wolff and Mr. Joel L. Handelman Joe Wolnski and Jane Christino Andrea Worth Jennifer Zindel
DESIGNERS ($250-499) Anonymous (30) Thomas W. Abendroth and Terri L. Mascherin Jeannie L. Adams Judith and Fred Adler Jazmina Aguilar† Philip and June Aimen† Thomas B. Aldrich III Helen and Mark Alison Polly Allen Richard and Jill Almeida Ms. Evie Alter Mr. Greg Amoroso Harold and Judith Anderson† Mary and Paul F. Anderson Scott and Jeanna Ando Cedric H. Antosiewicz and Margaret M. Gudenas Mrs. Frances Aparicio Mr. Matt Arcaro Robert Arensman Mr. Hrayr Attarian† Kaye B. Aurigemma† Jim and Patty Babin Ms. Genhi Bailey Bill and Ann Baker John and Sharon Baldwin Michael and Mary Baniak Merrill Barden and Alice Emerick Alexandra Barker† M. Z. Barnes John Taylor Baron†
Beverly Bartel Nicole and Mike Battista† Priscilla Ryan and Frank Battle Laura M. Batzer† Thomas Bearrows and Holly Hirst Mr. Michael Beasley Ms. Lisa Belcher Julie and Howard Benario Ms. Sirisha Bendapudi Susan R. Benner John and Taru Berg John and Elizabeth Berge† J. Berkowitz Gene and Natalie Bernadoni Harriet and Howard N. Bernstein Dr. Mary E. Belford MD and Mr. Ric Berta Adrian and Arta Beverly Lois and Stanley Birer James B. Bishop and Janet K. Nelson Frances and Ed Blair Nicholas J Blair† Mr. Terry Blake† Marc D. Blakeman Mr. Derek Blin Lawrence and Abby Block Mr. Mark Bloom R. Darrell Bock Anthony Boggiano Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Bolas Nicole Bonk Ms. Phyllis Booth Ted Bots† Albert Boumenot Samuel and Phyllis Bowen Mr. Jeff Boyce† Michael and Kate Bradie† Mr. Kevin Bradley† Richard Braney Mrs. John J. Bransfield, Jr. Karen Breen Elia and Louis M. Elia Janyce D. Brengel Robert and Sherri Brewer David Briggs† Robert and Joell Brightfelt Betsy and David Brint Sarah Brittin† Richard and Marilyn Bromley† Beth Sprecher Brooks Tom and Mary-Doug Brown Leslie Buchbinder Rony and Tom Buckley Ms. Mary Bunker Mr. and Mrs. Bill Burfeind Ms. Genevieve Burns Tripp Burton
Crystal and Thomas F. Bush Thomas Bush Tyler Bush John Byrd Robert and Cheryl Byron John and Libby Cady Amy K. Callahan Karen A. Callaway Terri Candela Ms. Alexandra Carlson Christopher and Lindsay Carlton Fairbank and Lynne Carpenter Mrs. Constance K. Casey Mr. Damon Cates Mr. Charlie Olson and Ms. Diana Chafey Mr. James Chandler† Mr. and Mrs. Larry D. Chandler Mr. Clayton Chapman Mr. Chris Chatfield Gerry and Carol Chrisman James Christle† James Clark and Christina Labate Carol and Michael Clarke† Bente Clausen† Myrna L. and Garrett U. Cohn† Thomas and Kathleen Coleman Mr. and Mrs. Terrance Coleman Dr. and Mrs. Brian Steinke† Constance Coning Cheryl and Gary Conley Mrs. Viki Conner Peter and Judith Connolly† Sigrid Connor† Mr. Lawrence Cook Mr. Michael Cooper Arlene and Harvey Coustan Mr. Danny Cox Susan Cox Max Freedman and Family Kathleen Allen Crocker Ms. Allyson Cunningham† Mr. Dan Curley† Mr. Mark Curran David and Jean Curtis Josh Daitch Maria Daly† Mr. and Mrs. Rahul Danak Mary Davidson and David Orkowski† Anne Megan Davis Michelle and Ronald De Vlam† Barbara L. Dean
Roxanne Decyk and Lew Watts† Brian Dennen Dawn DeNoon Matthew J. Devereux Mr. Austin Dias† Harriet and Lou Dicerbo Jeff Dineen† Toni and Dan Diprizio Dorothy L. Domuray Mr. Lionel Downer† Marissa Downs Raymond and Marybeth Drake† David Dranoff and Wendy Epstein Ms. Nicole Drusinsky Renee Friedman and Robert Druzinsky Raymond H. Drymalski Eileen and Howard Dubner Natalie Dudek† Patrick and Julie Duffy Ms. Susan Duman Donna and Michael Dumke Barry Dunaway† Arthur and Elizabeth Duquette Leah Mooshil† Jeanene Ebert Wiley and Merry Edmondson Estia Eichten and Deborah Eichten Sharon Eiseman and Noel Hertz Michael and Kristen Goggin† Phyllis Ellis Mr. Jason Emeott† Susan Emmerson Virginia Escalante Tim and Jane Evans Joan and John Fadden Maurice Fantus and Judith Aiello Demitri and Pamela Fardelos Stephen Fedo Deb Feldman Toni and Joel Fenchel Dr. and Mrs. James M. Fisch Mr. Robert G. Fisch Annalise Fischer† Liz Fisher† Jeremiah Fisher† Marilyn E. Fites Richard Fizdale and Mara Dana Adrienne Flowers Jim and Yvonne Fogerty†
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Richard Landgraff and Bernadette Foley† Mike Folk Paul Fong Larry Goffney and Betty Forman Jon Fosgitt and Kim Suhanic John and Adrian Foster Sean Foster Timothy and Janet Fox Reverend Mark A. Fracaro† Dr. and Mrs. James Franklin Annika and Patrik Frid June Freidlich Susan and Sy Frolichstein Alexis Funches† Phillip D. Funkenbusch Mr. Vince Gaffney† Stephanie Gaines† Mr. and Ms. Robert Galligan Joseph and Christina Galvin† Heather Gardner† Hank and Sandy Gentry Thomas and Patricia Germino† Dawn and Eddie Gershman Ms. Fritzi Getz Marina and Sander Gilman† Clark and Nancy Gilpin Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Glaser Jill Glaser Howard and Anneliese Glick Sue Golan Jaye and John Golanty Marvin and Phyllis Goldblatt Karen Goldstein† Marsha and Michael Goldstein Dr. Paul Goldstein and Ms. Nasrin Mahani Sue-Gray Goller Mr. David Gomel† Michelle Goodman† Sam Goodman Leo and Linda Gordon Darla Goudeau Ms. Ashley Grant† Paula Turner Grasso Mr. Sherwin Green Michael and Lisa Greenfield The Greffin Family Nathan and Evelyn Grossman Marie Gunn† Dr. and Mrs. John W. Gustaitis John and Donna Guydan William C Haddad
Sarah Hadley Dr. Sahar Halabi Donald and Susan Hallberg Mr. Harry Halme Linda Halperin Bob and Melanie Halvorson† Bonnie Hammerschlag Chester and Phyllis Handelman Steve Hannah Ms. Mary Kay Hardcastle Kristin and Charles Harper Ryan and Casey Harris Ms. Barbara Hart† Tom and Virginia Hartley† Donald and Elaine Harvey† Richard and Dorothy Harza Ali Hassan and Amber Fritz† Van and Ruth Hawkins Jean Hawkinson J. Michael and Barbara Heaton Tobi and Sydney Heekin Ms. Mary Heggen† Ben Heilman† Bonnie and Frank Henke† Pat and Ron Henning Martha Henry Joyce K. Herdliska Constance Herrera† Peter Herzum and Simona Cirio Lina and Dave Hilko† Fred Hill Linda and John Hillman Mr. and Ms. Bill Hinchman Ms. Mary Grace Hinkle Stephen Hnatow† Mr. Brent Hoffmann Sharon Holland Mr. and Mrs. Todd Holmes Jo Holzer† Mr. James Holzhauer Paula Horn Joseph Horton and Sandra Morrison Leigh and John Hourihane Thomas and Karen Howell William Hubbard Beth Hummelberg and Dave Dimmlich Karen Hunken† Patricia Hunt† Robin and Harry Hunter Patricia Hurley William E. Ibe Jim and Joyce Ibers Mr. and Mrs. Troy Ihlanfeldt Matthew Ingenito†
Beartriz Iorgulescu Jim and Peg Isherwood Joan Istrate Peter Ivanovich Mr. and Mrs. Marc Jacobson Shirlie James John David Jawor† Douglas and Margaret Jayes† Mr. William Jennings† Craig “CJ” Jensen and Craig Dannenbrink Ed Jeske and John Hern Todd and Jennifer Jones Ms. Angela Kabbes† James Kain† Tom and Esta Kallen Gregory and Marissa Kalman Olwyn J. Kane Norma and Nolan Kaplan Aviva Katzman and Morris Mauer† Polly Kawalek Adam and Renee Keats Dr. Susan A. Kecskes† Stacy M. Kemp† Harry Kenny Ms. Lucy Kereta-Bloch† Jeffrey Kerr Seema Khan† Linda Belan and Vincent Kinehan† Mike and Leslie King Drs. Tom and Linda Kirch Dr. and Mrs. M. Barry Kirschenbaum Matt and Karen Klickman Ms. Monica Kline Dawn Klingensmith and Jeff Pinkerton† Anne Chipman and Joe Knecht John Kobza Mr. Michael Kochman† Mr. Jeffrey Koh Amy Kohn Annette Baldwin and Paul Kolansinski Mr. and Mrs. Richard Komarek Electra D. Kontalonis Cheryl and Robert Kopecky Mary Ann Korenic Mr. and Mrs. Mike Korompilas Jeff and Katie Kowalsky Julie Kratochvil† Mr. Kenneth Krimstein and Ms. Alex Sinclair† Diane and Bill Kuhlmann†
Mary Kupferberg† Terri Lacy Pamela K. Ladd Chuck and Diane Laff Mr. Kurt Lagerloef† Thomas Lariviere† Teresa Larkin Robert Larrimore† Robert and Lynn Larry Peter and Shirley Dugdale Laundy Catherine and Peter Lawler Bart Lazar Mr. and Mrs. Richard Lebolt† Peter and Judith Lederer Bill Lee and Malinda Hamann† Peggy and Greg Legan† Linda Legner Ms. Leslie Lehman† R. W. Lekan Laurie Leli Neil Lenhoff Mr. Jeffrey Lennard David and Sandy Lentz Steven Leon Dr. and Mrs. Harvey J. Levin Shana Lewis and Rob Magasano Grant and Michelle Ley† Robert and Martha Lichter Jean Linsner Lynn Liston and Patrick C. Littlejohn† Jessica Litman Peter Littlewood† Margit “Maggie” Livingston† Gershon and Louise Locker Mr. Michael Loquercio Katherine M. Lorenz Mr. and Mrs. Tom Lovaas Jeff and Nancy Lowenthal† Judy and George Lowman Ms. Christine Luskin Jim Maclennan Abigail Maki† Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Manak Samantha and David Mann Gloria and Joseph R. Marcus Randi Ragins and Bob Markowski Jennifer Marling Steve and Melissa Marovich Ed and Linnea Martin† Erica and Frank Matagrano† David and Karen Mattenson Mr. and Mrs. R. David Matthews
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Dawn Mattozzi and Amy Phinney Joan and Jerry Matson Mariann Mayberry John M. McCabe Mr. Michael McCahey John McCambridge Derrick McCarthy† Mr. and Mrs. Arthur McColgan Drs. Linda Skitka and William McCready Terrance and Jane McElroy Pam McEnroe Sharon McGee Paul and Lana McHenry Elisabeth and Michael McHugh† Kathy and Alan McLaughlin† Nuncia and Rafael Medina Sheila and Harvey Medvin John and Lisa Merlock Allyson Metcalf and Brian Tennison†
Mike and Nance Nalepa† Randy Nease Lynne Considene Nieman Susan and Nicholas Noyes Ann and Dan O’Brien Maureen O’Brien Paul and Karin O’Connor John and Megan O’Connor† Dennis J. O’Keefe and Mary Jo Barrett Barbara and Franklin A. O’Leary Larry and Barbara Olin Don A. Olson Bruce Oltman Nancy and Myles O’Reilly† Jamie and Rachel Orlikoff† Frances and William Paden Ronna Page† Deborah Page Stuart and Caroline Palmer† Jane Panther Anthony Papini Steve and Elise Paquette Catherine and Robert Parks
Jaimie Phinney Linda S. Piccolo Barb and Ned Piehler Brett Plyer Dan Polsby Daniel J. Pooley Mr. Charles Porter Stephen Porvin Ms. Sara J. Potts Michael Powell and Debora Boyda† John and Camaro Powers† Jean and Preston Price† Ms. Pamela Qualls† Marsha Raanan Bernard and Joan Rabinowitz Mr. and Mrs. Jay Ramsey† Dale Rankin Mack† Barbara Rapp Mr. and Mrs. Ken Rattner Gabriel and Dorit Raviv Bridget and Louis Ray Mr. Harper Reed Jim Reid
“I support Steppenwolf Theatre because I like to think, and the plays it provides are not only superbly produced but also unfailingly thoughtprovoking, demonstrating night after night that entertainment need not be mindless, but can instead help us understand what sort of intriguing creatures we are, both at our best and at our worst.” — Stephen Johnson, Steppenwolf supporter since 2011
David and Linda Metschke† Tom Mikrut Mia and Jonathan Miller† Kerry Miller and Nina Kavin Ron and Pat Miller Mr. Michael Mitchell† Mr. and Mrs. Steve Monieson Ms. Karen Moranski† Corinne S. Morrissey Dr. and Mrs. Martin Mozes Charles G. Mueller Ellen Muench† Gerald and Maia Mullin Patrick Mulvey† Ms. Jennifer Myers Tom Myers† William Myers Ms. Lois Mysliwy†
Mr. Vishal Patel Sheldon Patinkin Peggy Paulsen Joseph Pawlikowski Elyse G. Pearlman and Brad Teckenbrock Raymond Olson and Paula Pederson Margaret Pendry Murray and Anne Marie Peretz Mr. Gavin Perkins Mr. Andrew Perlman William and Judith Pesetski Ms. Allison Peters David and Lindsey Peters Ross and Jackie Peterson John and Christine Pfeiffer Charles and Mary Phillips
Ms. Stephanie Reinhart† Lisa Remby Clisson and Patricia Rexford Trisha Rich James R. Richardson Dr. and Mrs. Ralph Richter, Jr.† Paul Rink Burt and Fran Rissman Dennis M. Robb Angela Robertson Carol and Riney Robertson Ms. Chloe Robinson† Sandra and Jeffrey Rochman Mary Lu and Kenneth Roffe Dr. Daniel A. Roller and Ms. Lynn A. Hellwig Jon and Alison Rollins† Mr. Alexander Roman† Ms. Maryl Rosen†
Mrs. Sarene L. Rosen Linda Rosenblum and Steven Swiryn Bernhard and Judith Rosenstein Dr. Linda and Ronald Rosenthal† Joseph Ross and Jean Shutler Michael and Bonnie Rothman Kathryn Rothstein Renee Rouse T. Marshall Rousseau Susan B. and Dr. Myron E. Rubnitz Ms. Kathryn W. Rugen Ms. Shilpa Rupani Ray Rusnak Matt Russell† Diana and Ed Ruthman John and Eileen Saksa Van and Sue Salmans Sheldon and Lynne Sandman Mr. and Mrs. Martin Sandoval Mr. and Mrs. Steven Sargent Christopher and Ann Marie Saternus John and Mary Satter Robert and Mary Ann Savard† Jane Schaafsma Edna J Schade Curt Schade Susan Tobias and Alan Shapiro Josh and Lizzy Scheinfeld Ms. Stefanie Schenk Allison and Charles Scherer Seymour Schiff and Bernice Elbin Schiff William B. Schildgen Cynthia Schilsky Michelle Schlack Ms. Kathryn Schutz Tony and Celeste Scolaro† John Scott and Linda Johnson† Scott Shallenbarger and Bradley Burke† David Shanahan Bill and Kristen Shaner Mr. and Ms. John Shannon David and Kimberly Shaw Ms. Courtney Shea Cathy Shelko Timothy Sherck† Mr. Howard Sherman Bradley and Ellen Shorser
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Catherine Siegel Eric and Sabrina Sigg Ms. Heather Signore Margaret and Alan Silberman Ms. Carole Silver Mr. and Mrs. Robert Sinise Ellen Mrazek and Daniel Slattery Laura C. Smail† Karen Smilie† Janet Carl Smith and Mel Smith Mr. Larry K. Snider Brent Snow Jackie Snuttjer† Henry So and Joe Senese Andrew Sobol and Jennifer Bonino† Raymond Socki† Sonja L Solberg† Lawrence and Shirley Solomon Joseph Spellman and Michelle Drazba Stephen Spigel and Diana Williams Marilyn and Joel Sprayregen Ryan Stafford Ms. Andrea Stangeland† Mary Clare and Joseph B. Starshak Jeremy Steglitz Seena and Carey Stein Mr. and Mrs. Jon Stein† The Steinbachs† Dorie Sternberg Tricia and Kevin Stewart Lawrence Stone and Margaret Jongleux Kelly Stonebraker and Deborah Stonebraker Mr. Paul Strabbing† Mercedes and Martin Straus† Julie and Dennis Streeter Robin Klein and Bill Summers Yvonne Sutor† Ms. Sylwia Szewczyk† Obie and Peter Szidon Ms. Elaine R. Taylor D and W Thomas† Nancie Noie Thompson Jim and Sue Thompson Richard Tobiason Ms. Sharlene Toney† John and Madalyn Traff
Michael Harmon Traison Carol D. Trapp Jeff Tsai Mary and Greg Tuite Edward and Edith Turkington Jacob Tyler† Mr. David Valentine Ms. Carissa Van Ausdall† Anne Van Wart and Michael Keable Dr. and Mrs. Vanagunas John and Julie Varga Sariah Vavricek† Kathryn Vehe† Suzanne Venecek† Ms. Catherine Vincent Ms. Marilyn Vitale Justin Voshell† Paul D. Waas Mark Wachhloz† Mr. David Wagener Robert and Rose Wagner William and Sharon Wallin Ms. Kimmie Walsh† William and Patricia Walsh Mary Walton† Karen and Herb Wander Deborah and Neil Warner† Gwenyth B. Warton Andy and Amy Waters† Melissa and Reeve Waud Mr. David Waud Mr. Jeffrey Webb Sherrie and Albert Weiss Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kasper† Kal Wenig Adam and Jamie Weyeneth Brian and Nancy Whitlock Chris Whyde† James Wicklund Mrs. Barbara Wilder† Jon Will and Ada Mary Gugenheim† Susan and Bob Wislow Iris S. Witkowsky Esther and Stanley Wojcicki Lawrence Wojcik Coleman Wolf and Ellen Chapelle† Ann R. Wolfe† Lisa Wolfe and Mark DiGanci Andrew and Meghan Woltman† Kelly Wood Carol N. Yamamoto
Dr. Rodney and Susan Yergler† Fred Young† Greg Youngdahl† Judith Youngs Ms. Lauren Zadina Daniel Ziembo and Nancy Cook Tighe Zimmers Mark and Margie Zivin
P L AY E R S ($150-249) Anonymous (42) Richard and Louise Abrahams Nancy Abshire Heidi Adams† Judy and Robert Airhart Gavin Campbell and Diana Aixala John B. Albright Sergio and Carolina Alcocer Mr. Kenneth Alexander Ms. Audrey S. Altounian Ken and Donna Amos† Autumn R. Anderson† Irene Anderson† Jurgis and Dalia Anysas Kevin and Leize Averill Mr. Rex Babiera Linda A. Bacci Spencer and Daniel Baker Mr. Simon Bare† Mia A. and Scott Bass Dr. Bruce and Sally Bauer† Ms. Mitzi Baum Mr. Walter Bayer Mr. Frank Bear Judy and Chris Beardsley Mr. Levi Beaver Lawrence Bell Scott and Carla Benigni Dr. and Mrs. Anthony J. Bennet Anne H. Berenberg Jacqueline Bergen Ruth Berns Trish Berry and John Obrecht Ms. Leslie Bertagnolli Ben Birch John Blackburn and Bill Gilmer Sarah and Steven Blanck Judith L. Blank Teresa N. Blaurock† Bernard and Nancy Blayer
Frima H. Blumenthal Claudia and John Boatright Ms. Melissa Bolton† Ms. Sarah Bordson Willard and Helen Boris Larry and Margo Bostrom Aldridge and Marie Bousfield Mr. Kurt Bowden Bob and Sue Bowker Mr. Woods Bowman Philip Boyd Erin Brady Julia Brady Hoexter Steven and Lisa Bosco David Brauner† Judith and Harold Bregman Stephanie Brenner Tom Broderick Reid Brody Tim Brogla and Laura Demoor Frank Brooks and Andrea Twiss-Brooks† Jean Broom Beth Brown Dr. Bruce Harmon Rita Buczynska Ms. Dionne Burrows Richard Butler Toni and Mike Cainkar David and Janna Caldarelli Mr. Thomas Campbell Barry Carlson Stephen C. Carlson Mr. Michael Carnow and Mrs. Abby Reiss Sharon Carr John and Joyce Cassel Amanda Durik and David J. Castro Tamisha Causey† Beverly and Dennis Cavanaugh Esther J Cepeda Helen and Paul Chang Stephen and Jane Chernof Ms. Debbie Chipman Rajeev Chopra Antonia Ianniello and George Chuzi Drs. William and Elizabeth Clark Dr. and Mrs. Robert Clark Kimberly Clawson† Mr. Dru Cochran† Marvin R. Cohen Mr. James Cohn Cindy and Patrick Collier
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Ms. Monika Collins Allan Connolly and Jennifer Williamson Mary L Conway Marcia Mary Cook Dan Cornell Kara J. Coyle Norma I. Crane Angela Cribben† Colin and Teri Cross Terry Crozier Catherine Cudahy† Beverly and Anthony D’Agostino Ms. Susan Daly Kathleen Daniels Margaret and John Dantico Linda DeBolt Phyllis Deerinck Michelle and Christopher DeMent Ms. Marilyn DeRight Mr. Derrik Dickinson Louise E. Dieterle Lauri Dietz Ms. Gia Digiacobbe The DiGregorio’s† Mr. and Mrs. Lorraine Dimun Robert and Karen Dirmish Michele and Robert Disselhorst Ms. Kathryn Ditmars Evan Djikas and Jennifer Djikas Joseph Dellaratta Drapeau Watts Family Justin and Lauren Drogos Judy and Jerry Drommerhausen Rosanne Druian David and Suzanna Dulin John and Pat Dyble Wendy Eager Salli Eley Nancy Felton-Elkins and Larry Elkins Eugene and Jean Emeson Ms. Lilly Eng Arthur Enk Jamie and Sam Evins Caryl Ewing James Fahringer† Tom and Terry Fallon Mr. Charles Fanning Linda and Ed J. Farkas Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Fegan Drs. Richard and Roberta Feldman Mr. William Field
Rick and Linda Filler Shilan Fine and John Doeringer Nancy and Rick Firfer Sara Stern and Ted Fishman† Mary Krigbaum and Patrick Fitzgerald Sean Taylor and Sheila Flaherty John and Patti Flanagan Thomas and Lois Flanders Sam Fleischacker and Amy Reichert† Heather and Jeff Fleitz
Van H. and Sandra V. Gilbert Richard E. Ginsberg and Natalie Tessler Patricia and James Gladden Mr. Martin Glickman Deena and Larry Goldman Dr. Deirdre Dupre and Dr. Robert Golub Brian Gonner Jessica L. Gonzalez Sandra and James Goodman Mr. and Mrs. John Goodman†
Elizbeth Hamilton and Christopher Deutsch Dr. Raymond and Arlene Handler Ednalyn and Barbara Hansen Thomas and Joie Harris Carol Harrison Edward and Louise Hartigan Dr. Marsie Hass and Dr. Scott Hite Patrick and Carol Haverty Diana J Healy Richard and Bridget Heathfield
The Royal Runway, a special event for Steppenwolf donors.
Sandy Fliegelman Charlotte and Robert D. Flinn Jeanne Flosi William and Elizabeth Foreman Jeff and Julie Forgash Marilyn and Eric Fors† Mr. Joseph Fosco Jamel Franklin Ms. Rhona Frazin Donna Fredricksen Susan Fuchs, M.D. Richard and Lois Fuhrer Dr. and Mrs. Dennis Galinsky Raymond and Patricia Gass Mark and Bonnie Gehrman Barbara J. Geist Nancy Gidwitz Hugh and Doris Gilbert
Julian Gordon Sophie and Bob Gordon Patricia Graham Bobby Grant† Kenneth E Grant III William and Diane Grant Judy Grasmick Allen Greenberger Gabriel Greene Sarah Greene Mr. Brian Greenlees Mr. and Mrs. Larry Greenstein Mr. Mark Greer Mr. Craig A. Griffith James and Lynn Grogan† Merle and Barry Gross Jeffrey Gross Joan and Guy Gunzberg Robert and Patricia Hahn Ms. Molly Hall
Albert and Amy Heber Alison Heiser Mattsen Heller† Mr. Ross Hemphill Ms. Lynne Hensel† Eileen Herber Bill and Pat Hitt Dennis Hjelm Vivian and Dave Hock Michelle and Glenn Holland Donald and Karen Holmberg Carol B Holmes David and Suzanne Holmes Ms. Susan K. Horn Jacqueline D Howard David and Kristen HuffmanGottschling Amy Hutchinson† Richard Hutner and Lena Motev
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Qasim Jami Mr. Lukas Janulis Patricia A. Jiganti Ray and Julia Joehl David Joel and Susan Holtzman Rob and Mary Johannigman Ruth Johnston Bill and Jo Joy Libby Joyce Fran and Harvey Kaluzna Mary Jo Kanady Ms. Jena Karcazes Jerry Karlin Judy Kass
Bob Kunio and Libby Roth† Walter and Elaine Kurczewski Tina Kuska and Mark Killian Steve Kymes Dennis and Nikki Lacewell Marvin Lader Mr. Jake Lansburgh Edward and Laverne Larsen Leah Laurie Deidre and Mark Lemire Wallace and Carol Lennox Marc and Cynthia Levin Susan Levitt Gregory Lewis and Mary Strek† Valerie and Michael Lewis
Del and Tammy Madsen Claude Maechling and Carrie McNally† Ray Maffet Alberto Magallanez† J. V. Malkovich Erik Malone Mr. and Ms. Michael P. Malone Tom and Lori Manning Wendy Manto Melissa and Richard March David Marker and Georgann Joseph Nancy and Kenneth Marks Larry and Shelia Marshall
The 2014/15 Season Kick-Off Rich and Heidi Katz Laurence and Barbara Kaufman Sandra Blau Martin and Barbara Keeley Mr. and Mrs. Francis Kelch† Matthew J. Keller Ms. Portia Kennel† Bonnie Kepplinger Rita Kerns Ms. Lisa Keys Vriginia Killian Lund Joseph and Catherine King Ms. Joy King† Douglas and Catherine Knuth Betty H. Kolb Therese Komar Ken and Janet Kubis Matt and Jen Kueker
Steve Jacobson and Felicia Libbin Royal Lichter Arlene Lieb Peter Lipton Lora Jane Lisle Mr. and Mrs. Burton Litwin Velda Lloyd Bruce Lockwitz Renee Logan Jack and Ingrid LoGiudice Mary Catherine Long Thomas and Susan Long Beryl and Sue Lovitz Ben and Ravi Lumpkin Elliott and Miriam Lyon Hedges MacDonald Jr. Mardie MacKimm Madeline MacMillan Alice R. Macy
Tom and Robin Martin† The Masnato Family Anthony and Laura Massaro The Masterson Family Henry and Peggy Matson Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Maurice Larry Mayer Lisa Mayntz and Bill Blidy Patricia McBride Thomas and Barbara McCaffrey Dr. and Mrs. Leonard Mccormick† Stacey and Patrick McCusker Anne McDevitt Anastasia McGuire Mary and Dan Mcguire The McGuire Sisters
Joseph and Agnes McHugh Cathy McKee Ann and Christopher McKee† Robert and Lorel McMillan Steve and Mary Mecker Michael and Nancy Merel Chuck and Sylvia Meyers† Geraldine McCabe-Miele Mr. Jason Miele Dean A. Miller and Martha H. Swift Mr. Greg Miller Sandy and Scott Miller† Stephen and Kimberley Miller Alison Millerick Nathan Fleming and Abby Mohaupt† Barbara and Ron Moline Drs. Terri Monk and B. Craig Weldon Chris and Kathe Monley† Marcia and Jonathan Montgomery Brian Weatherford and Steven Montgomery J. Clifford Moos Mr. and Mrs. Henry Morris Sheba Miller-Morris Lydia Morris and Alec Ross Ms. Mary Louise H. Morrison David and Linda Moscow John and Colleen Mueller Patrick Mulville Mary Ellen Murphy Robert Murphy Karen Muth Jenny Nagaoka and Bart Longacre Kurt Nakaoka and Nancy Morris Vincent and Amy Narea Elke Aippersbach and Piers Nash Mr. Patrick Nash Leslie and Paul Neilan Ms. Erika Nelson Dani Nichols Mark and Maggie Nichter† Matthew Niemet Vivian Nunziato Hon. Sheila O’Brien Maria and Ev Ocasio Mr. Nick Odendahl The Odom Family John M. O’Donnell and Bonnie L. Humphrey Ronan and Jill O’Donovan†
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Shelia and Julian Oettinger Robert O’Farrell Mary E. O’Leary Jeffrey Olsen† Kirsten Olson Stephen and Jean Omolecki Clifford Opatken Peter and Alanne Ori Susan Orlowski and Dr. Katherine Boho County Clerk David Orr Marjorie Orr Jerome and Kathryn Osen† Hilda and Jose Padilla Jim and Sue Pajakowski Brian and Megann Panek Debra Parker Mark and Mary Partridge John and Diane Patience Ms. Deb Patterson Douglas and Linda Paul Dr. Steven and Mimi Binette Charles and Melanie Payne Caroline Pearson Melissa Peralta Sheldon and Marcia Pevsner Pamela Pifer Chrystin and Lonnie Pleasants† Ms. Katherine Pollock Posner Family Trust Carrie and Michael Powers† Mr. Michael Powills Dr. Jean E. Prebis Elaine and Ronald Prebish Peter Preston Charlie Propsom Lynn and Clayton Pruitt Felicia Pugh and Robert Collins Mr. R. Scott Purdy Ms. Marcia Purze Dave and Darby Putman Kevin Quirk and Marsha Lee† Jan Radcliff Mr. Andre Raiford Sr. Heidi Ralli Dean Rapp Mr. Chuck Rebesco Joy Reis Ms. Cynthia Rice John Rice Ed and Suzette Rickert Donald Riegelman and Kathryn Rouse Sandi Riggs Sally and Tim Riordan Ferlillia Roberson
Barbara Robinson Louis and Barbara Rocah Richard Rochelle Mr. and Mrs. Russ Rockenbach Susan W. Rogaliner Deborah Rogers Hector and Michelle Vazquez† Lorraine Rosenberg Mr. Howard A. Rosenblum Michael and Erin Ross Robert and Sue Ross† Ann M. Rothschild Lou and Kathy Rotta Manfred Ruddat Mr. Joseph Ruggirello Adrienne and Miles Russ Mr. and Mrs. Ryan Michael Ryan Dan Sackett and Lynda Miles Jeffrey and Ellen Sadur Mr. Donald Sager Dirk Denison and David Salkin Mr. James Sampson Carolyn Clayton and Patrick Sandercock Albert and Marcelle Saporta Mr. Gabriel Sayer Mr. and Mrs. John Scala Alice and Don Schindel Rose Schmidt Mr. and Mrs. Joe Schmit Frank and Karen Schneider Dale and Mary Schriemer Mrs. Margaret Schuring Ralph and Donna Schuler Ms. Michele Schuller Robert I. Schwartz Russell Scott Barbara Jo and Thomas D. Scott Thomas and Mary Ellen Scott† Scott Seifert Elizabeth G. Selmier Mr. John Sevcik Mary Lou Shadle Mr. Marty Shandles Sugar Shankman† Kay Shannon Mr. Daniel Shapiro Elizabeth and Michael Shapiro Neil Shapiro Gil Sharon and Ann Taylor Jeffrey S. Sharp and Elizabeth D. Sharp
Mr. and Ms. Lloyd Shepard† Cheryl and Philip Sheridan† Ms. Meredith Shippee Ellen and Richared Shubart Brent Siegel Jodi Silberman Judy Silverman Susan and Paul Silverman† George and Lynne Simon Jane and Jim Perkins† Steve Slojkowski Joan K. Slotnick Rae and David Smerling Chuck Smith Ms. Janet Smith Lois Smith Drs. Carol Payne and Robert L. Smith Ronald C. Smith Ben Sosewitz Tracy Spadola Gary Spangler and Julie B. Aimen-Spangler Janine L. Spears Bill Spears Lisa Spector Malcolm Spector and Nancy Ludmerer Jo and George Spindler Melanie Splain Shantha Sreekanth Patricia Staab Andrew and Andrea Stambuk Ms. Jessica Statz Donald F. Steiner Wallace Stenhouse Charles and Janet Stern Carol S. Stern Richard Stevens Deborah Stewart Johannah and Laurie Stokes Ms. Leanne Storch Robert and Mary Rose Strezewski† Mr. Larry Stuckey II Mark and Irene Sudac Kathryn Sullivan and Christopher Bing Mr. Steven Swartzman Michelle Sweet Mimi Takami Cheryl Thaxton Judy Thome Floyd Thompson Mrs. Mary Ann Tolli Rachel Tomasek and Ron Anderson Ms. Maria Trakas† Barbara Trice
Ms. Grace Tsao-Wu Susan D. Tuteur Ms. Mary Tyrrell Shawn Tyrrell Virginia Vale Carmita Vaughan John Viars† Butch and Debbie Viccellio Mr. Jaime Viteri Ann Vogl† Sue Vondran Mrs. Jimmye Wade Chuck and Sue Wagener Eugene and Sandra Wagner Lillian and Steven Walanka Marsie Wallach Mr. Matthew Walsh June and Patrick Walsh William Walton Crawford and Barbara Ward James and Kathleen Watson The Watson Family† Linda Watson Mr. Philip Watson Mr. Mike Wawszczak Elissa B. Weaver James Weidner Alan and Boni Weinstein Hava and Ariel Weissberg Barbara A. Weithaus Marcia and Richard Welcome Donna Werner Mr. and Mrs. Doug West Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Whitaker Sanford and Vicki White Dot and Dan Whittenberger Deborah B. Williams, Ph.D. Freddie Wilson Mary Liz Wilson† David Wise and Dianna Niebylski† Ms. Elizabeth Wohlleb Stephanie Wolf Joyce Woods John Woodyard and Patricia Taylor-Woodyard Dr. Robin Wucherer Mary Wylie Cynthia Xerogianes† Dick Yankow Scott Yoder and Kelly Robertson-Yoder Julie and Larry Zachary† David and Nikki Zarefsky David and Teresa Zembower Kathy Willhoite and Rodd Zolkos
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I N D I V I D U A L C O N T R I B U TO R S AU X I L I A RY C O U N C I L Comprised of more than 100 Young Professionals, Steppenwolf’s Auxiliary Council works each season to raise funds for the Steppenwolf for Young Adults Programs. We salute the governing members for giving generously of their time and resources. Contact Karyn Todd at 312-654-5601 or auxiliarycouncil@steppenwolf.org to become an Auxiliary Council member today.
I N D I V I D U A L C O N T R I B U TO R S H O N O R A N D M E M O R I A L G I F T S 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.
Executive Officers
Governors
Associates
Aimee Graham* President
Vanessa Abron Kristopher Anderson Sirisha Bendapudi Jonathan Blanc David Blowers Jr. Nicole Bonk Alexandra Carlson Isaac Colunga Viki Conner Bryce Cooper‡ Joel Cornfeld Kim Davis‡ Marissa Downs Nicole Drusinsky Juliette Feld Aimee Graham Jasmine E. Guy Stacie Hartman‡ Adam Keats Andrew Keyt Jeff Koh Katie Kowalsky Oren Lund‡ Julia Luscombe Sergey Mavrody Ashley Mintz Marcus Mintz Katherine Nardin Akin Owolabi‡ Vishal Patel Ashley Pettit‡ Jaimie Phinney Brett Plyler Jim Polka Kat Rothstein Shilpa Rupani Francis Sadac‡ Tanya Stanfield Michael Stashwick Jennifer Stuart Frank Trocchio Jeff Tsai David Wagener Jeffrey Webb Lauren Zadina
Jennifer Alexander Nataly Arber Lagin Avery Marjorie Baltazar Marisol Barrera Christina Batorski Levi Beaver Austin Bell Derek Blin Irina Brodskaya Blake Bryson Nigel Caine Nicholas Casto Bobby Caton Charlie Caton Julie Corvo Kara Coyle Jen Daniels Rena Dascal Derrik Dickinson Gia Digiacobbe Christine Dowdle Jeff Dowdle Samantha Feld Michael Patrick Fletcher Rebecca Fons Jamel Franklin Fritzi Getz Tara Gillespie Ivan Golden Elena Gottreich Jacquelin Greenlea Mark Greer Gregor Gruenthaler Reginald Guy Katie Hart Katerina Herder Sarah Hermanowski Ryan Hinz Ryan Holst Glynnis Hokenson Amanda Hope Daniel Jackson Erica Jaffe Mike Jank Anna Korolyov Katie Kowalsky Katia Lemke
In Honor of Sarah Beardsley Susan and Harry Seigle
Kim Davis Immediate Past President and Directors Circle Liaison David Blowers, Jr. Vice President of Partnerships Jasmine Guy Vice President of Member Experience Tanya Stanfield Vice President of Development Jennifer Stuart Vice President of Communication & Outreach Founding Officers Marisa Bryce Nora Daley*‡ Executive Committee Vanessa Abron Kristopher Anderson Jonathan Blanc Isaac Colunga Bryce Cooper‡ Jeff Koh Oren Lund‡ Julia Luscombe Katherine Nardin Akin Owolabi‡ Jim Polka Kat Rothstein
Joanna Liff Gary Light Jeffery Lula Katherine Lula Pearl Manieri Stuart Martin Jacob May Deborah Mendez Kenya Mercer Nick Merker Mary Kate Miller Ashleigh Morpeau Eric Mosse Megan Muskovin Catherine Napier Kathryn Nichols Ben Noven Lauren Pace Michael Parlett Melissa Peralta David Pruitt Carson Quinn Rissa Reddan Joseph Richiusa Alexander Roman Eugene Romanov Anna Louise Roth Marie Roth Michelle Schlack Shannon Seipel Tara Shannon Meredith Shippee Pier Smith Lydia Snowden Henry So Jourdan Sorrell Ryan Stafford Lisa Stevak Jennifer Strojin Michael Stroming Lauren Suppes Elizabeth Thomas Matthew Unertl Greg Veza Bill Walsh Sam Waterbury Mike Wawszczak Harriet White
Please note that gifts listed above reflect contributions made as of March 5, 2015. Every effort is made to ensure that the information included in our program is accurate. If you have a question about your recognition or wish to alter your listing, please call the Auxiliary Council at 312-654-5601.
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* Steppenwolf Trustee
‡ Directors Circle Member
In Honor of Kate Arrington Jean Arrington
In Honor of Tom and Kathleen Hocker Tony Spear
In Honor of Marlene BreslowBlitstein and Berle Blitstein Judy and Jim Klutznick Madeline Grynstein and Tom Shapiro In Honor of Carole L. Brown Bridget O’Keefe
In Honor of Norton H. Kay Sandra Blau In Honor of Martha Lavey and David Hawkanson Deborah Stewart In Honor of Martha Lavey John and Katherine Fox Rhona and Julian Frazin Neil Ross and Lynn Hauser
In Honor of Doug Brown and Rachel Kraft Judith and Jerry Kaufman
In Honor of the Lefkofskys and Kalts Laura and Scott Eisen
In Honor of Michael Cahan Walter Nathan
In Honor of Jan Melk Richard and Katie Gottfred
In Honor of Erin Cook Tom Irwin In Honor of Nora Daley Shawn M. Donnelley J.B. and M.K. Pritzker Family Foundation In Honor of Dr. Leo Gordon Michelle Sweet In Honor of Pat and Ron Henning Anonymous
In Honor of David Mendelsohn Garry and Sharon Weiss In Honor of Merle Reskin Mary and Carl Boyer In Honor of Bruce Sagan and Bette Cerf Hill Anita and Jamie Orlikoff
In Honor of Annie Trooien Christian Dill In Honor of Karen Zelden and Ralph Senst Linda A. Ellis In Memory of George S. Brengel Janyce D. Brengel In Memory of Myrna Lord Marti Zelikoff In Memory of Abby S. MagdovitzWasserman Dr. David Wasserman In Memory of Jack B. Stanford Dr. Lisa D. Stanford In Memory of Kari Timm Jill O’Donovan In Memory of Nancy Wald Albert Wald In Memory of Esther Zadeik Mr. Peter A. Zadeik
In Honor of Harry Seigle Rachel and David Sternberg
I N - K I N D C O N T R I B U TO R S Steppenwolf salutes the following individuals and organizations who donated significant goods and/or services. III Forks Joan Allen Apex3 Security Arami and Chef Frederick Despres Assistive Hearing Systems, LLC Balena Leonard Becker, Attorney at Law Beyond Events Catering Kevin Boehm The BOKA Group Cantina De La Granja and Chef Diana Davila CH Distillery Chellino Crane Cheesie’s Pub n’ Grub The Chicago Cubs The Chicago White Sox ClientFirst Consulting Group Cookie Bar Michael Davis, Hart Davis Hart Wine Co. Dawali Mediterranean Grill The Dawson Guillermo Diaz
Edge Audio Services Event Creative Evolution Interiors Chef Justin Ferguson of Ideology Entertainment, Blue Door Farm Stand and La Storia Ristorante James Franco Jay Franke Greg Foster Fotio Frost Lighting Co. of IL, Inc. Jeff Garlin Girl and the Goat Goose Island Beer Company Graycor, Inc. Halls Rental Service John Hart, Hart Davis Hart Wine Co. HMS Media Hotel Lincoln IMAX Chef Stephanie Izard Neringa Kardelyte Rob Katz Paul Konerko
Chef Michael Kornick Donna La Pietra Tina Landau Liz and Eric Lefkofsky Limelight Catering Katie Lowes Lowitz & Sons Linda Lowy Chef Jeff Mahin Microsoft Corporation Sandro Miller MK Restaurant NBC’s Chicago Fire and Chicago PD NBC’s Parks and Recreation Nellcôte Chris O’Dowd Nick Offerman Ogilvy & Mather, Inc. Partytime-HDO Productions, Inc. Peak6 Investments Peacock 9 Jeff Perry POP The Public Hotel RA Sushi
Renaissance Chicago Downtown Jeffrey Richards Associates Riviera DJ Matt ROAN RPM Scott Rudin Schiff Hardin LLP Second City Theatre Anna D. Shapiro Shure Incorporated Gary Sinise Sono Wood-Fired Darby Stanchfield Stella Barra Pizzeria Sun-Times D. B. Sweeney Tasty Catering Tesori Theatre Development Fund United Airlines Venue One Vinci V.I.P. Valet Services, Inc. The Weinstein Company Whole Foods
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Steppenwolf Donor Events These one-of-a-kind events celebrate the work seen on our stages with our acclaimed ensemble of artists.
Steppenwolf’s 2015 Gala Benefit S AT U R DAY, M AY 9 Join our acclaimed ensemble and Board of Trustees for an unforgettable night in support of Steppenwolf Theatre. The celebration begins with a special toast in honor of Martha Lavey’s 20 years as Artistic Director and an exclusive selection of scenes from The Herd. Guests will then enjoy cocktails and a seated dinner with members of the Steppenwolf ensemble, an exciting live auction featuring once-in-a-lifetime adventures, dancing with Gary Sinise and the Lt. Dan Band, and a late-night DJ. Individual Tickets are $1,000; proceeds benefit Steppenwolf’s artistic and educational programs. For more information or to purchase a table, please contact Kendra Van Kempen at 312-654-5632 or kvankempen@steppenwolf.org.
Up Close with Ensemble Member John Mahoney M O N DAY, J U N E 1 Directors Circle members gather for a very special evening with longtime ensemble member John Mahoney. Enjoy cocktails and hors d’oeuvres and listen as Artistic Director Martha Lavey interviews John Mahoney about his celebrated career in theater, television, and film. This event is for Directors Circle donors only. For more information on the Directors Circle, please contact Jessica Gretch, Individual Giving Coordinator at 312-654-5672 or jgretch@steppenwolf.org.
Auxiliary Council Theater Night: The Herd F R I DAY, J U N E 5 Join Steppenwolf’s young professionals group, The Auxiliary Council, for an evening at the theater! Enjoy a special pre-show happy hour, The Herd performance, and an exclusive post-show conversation with actors from the play, for Auxiliary Council members and friends only! You must be a Council Member to receive discounted tickets to the play. Interested in learning more? Contact Karyn Todd at 312-654-5601 or auxiliarycouncil@steppenwolf.org.
NAME A SEAT IN OUR DOWNSTAIRS THEATRE AND CREATE A LASTING CONTRIBUTION TO STEPPENWOLF. Your generous donation will be recognized with a permanently engraved plaque on a seat in our Downstairs Theatre.
Dinner with the Cast of Grand Concourse T U E S DAY, J U N E 16 Directors Circle members will enjoy a private dinner with the cast of this exciting new play by Heidi Schreck. Get to know the artists during a delicious three-course meal and enjoy an engaging discussion led by Artistic Director Martha Lavey. This event is for Directors Circle donors only. For more information on the Directors Circle, please contact Jessica Gretch, Individual Giving Coordinator at 312-654-5672 or jgretch@steppenwolf.org.
You can donate a seat in your name, in honor or memory of loved ones, or to commemorate an important anniversary or life event.
For more information contact Eric Evenskaas, Associate Director of Development, at 312-654-5615 or eevenskaas@steppenwolf.org.
ACCESSIBILITY AT STEPPENWOLF Committed to providing services and programming that enhance the experience of guests with disabilities, Steppenwolf is proud to feature:
French
• Audio-described performances, artistic conversations and touch tours of the stage for patrons who are blind or have low vision. • Volunteers dedicated to assisting patrons during audio-described performances.
Festival
• Complimentary playbills in Braille, large-print and audio formats. • Sign language-interpreted and open-captioned performances for guests who are deaf or hard of hearing.
A celebration of French operatic and symphonic landmarks led by Esa-Pekka Salonen including a special CSO performance of Pelléas et Mélisande with video projections and narration Esa-Pekka Salonen
• Wheelchair accessible seats and restrooms in all of our theaters. 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
Spending your intermission in line at the bar? Enjoy the entire break by ordering and paying for your intermission refreshments before the show. When you exit the theater at the end of the first act, your drinks will be waiting for you. Need restaurant information or the score of the ballgame? Please visit our book shop and information desk at the south end of the main floor lobby. Hailing a cab after the play? This is typically an easy affair—Halsted is a busy street and sees a fair amount of taxi traffic. If you’d like assistance hailing a cab or calling a company, though, just ask a member of the house staff; we’re happy to help.
Lost or Found? On-site? Please check in with a member of the house staff. Already left? Call the Front of House office at 312-932-2445. Want to provide feedback? Your input is always valuable to us. Have an opinion about the play or artistic content? Stick around for the post-show discussion featured after every performance, fill out the 60-Second Survey inserted in this program or join the conversation at facebook.com/steppenwolftheatre. Have a comment about your overall experience at the theater ? Please ask us for a customer service form to fill out, or e-mail us at customerservice@steppenwolf.org. Need to contact a patron during a performance? If you need to contact a patron during a performance in our Downstairs or Upstairs Theaters, please call our Concierge Desk at 312-932-2476. Hours: one hour prior to curtain until 15 minutes after curtain call.
Latecomers will be seated at the discretion of the House Manager. The theater reserves the right to limit admission of children younger than the age of six. The taking of photographs and the use of any type of recording device is not allowed in the theater during performances and is a violation of state and federal copyright laws. Digital media will be deleted, and tape or film will be confiscated. Photo/Video Disclaimer: During your visit, you or members of your family may be filmed, videotaped, and/ or photographed by a Steppenwolf employee, contract photographer or the media. Your attendance at Steppenwolf events serves as permission for the use of your image, or the image of your family members, by Steppenwolf.
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Content Disclaimer: Steppenwolf does not offer advisories about subject matter, as sensitivities vary from person to person. If you have any questions about content, ageappropriateness or stage effects (such as strobe lights or theatrical fog) that might have a bearing on patron comfort, please contact the box office at 312-335-1650.
Christine Rice
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.
Stéphane Degout
STEPPENWOLF CUSTOMER SERVICE TIPS
Chloé Briot
• Assistive listening devices in our Downstairs and Upstairs theaters.
May 7–23, 2015
Eric Owens
• Volunteers who use sign language to greet the audience at sign language-interpreted performances.
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Pierre Bonnard. Earthly Paradise, 1916-20. Estate of Joanne Toor Cummings; Bette and Neison Harris and Searle Family Trust endowments; through prior gifts of Mrs. Henry C. Woods. © 2015 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris. On view in the Art Institute of Chicago’s Modern Wing
“Exquisite soundscapes…spellbinding”
—Review of Salonen’s Pelléas et Mélisande, The Guardian, November 2014 MAY 7–9 and 15
MAY 14, 16 and 19
MAY 21–23
Esa-Pekka Salonen conductor Chloé Briot soprano (Child) Chicago Symphony Chorus Duain Wolfe chorus director Ravel Mother Goose Suite Debussy La damoiselle élue Ravel L’enfant et les sortilèges
Esa-Pekka Salonen conductor Stéphane Degout baritone (Pelléas) Christine Rice mezzo-soprano (Mélisande) Eric Owens bass-baritone (Golaud) Willard White bass-baritone (Arkel) Felicity Palmer mezzo-soprano (Geneviève) Chloé Briot soprano (Yniold)
Esa-Pekka Salonen conductor Valérie Hartmann-Clavene ondes martenot Jean-Yves Thibaudet piano Debussy Syrinx Ravel Piano Concerto in G Major Messiaen Turangalîla-symphonie
RAVEL L’enfant et les sortilèges
DEBUSSY Pelléas et Mélisande
cso.org / 312-294-3000 The CSO thanks Julie and Roger Baskes, the lead sponsors of the Reveries and Passions Festival concert programming. This project is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts.
MESSIAEN Turangalîla-symphonie
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