Our Supporters
Northlight Theatre is deeply grateful to the following contributors for their generous support.
Corporations, Foundations, and Government Agencies
Principal Sponsors
$50,000 and Above
Paul M. Angell Family Foundation
Illinois Arts Council
The Ralla Klepak Foundation for Education in the Performing Arts
Pritzker Foundation
The Shubert Foundation
Woman’s Club of Evanston
Premiere Sponsors
$20,000 – $49,999
CoBank
Field Foundation of Illinois
National Endowment for the Arts
Executive Sponsors
$10,000-$19,999
BMO
Bulley & Andrews
Cook County Arts
The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust
Tom Stringer Design Partners
Presenting Sponsors
$5,000-$9,999
Byline Bank
Full Circle Foundation
Grumman Butkus Associates
Hagerty Consulting
John R Halligan Charitable Fund
Northwestern University
The Saints
Tom Stringer Design Partners
Lead Sponsors
$2,500-$4,999
City of Evanston
Eckenhoff Saunders Architects, Inc.
John J. Cahill Inc.
Scott Simpson Design + Build
Sponsors
$1,000 – $2,499
Lloyd A. Fry Foundation
The Lundstrom Family Foundation
Illinois Tool Works
Mather
Network for Good
Rotary International
Schuler Shook
ZS Associates
NORTHLIGHT VISIONARIES CIRCLE
Playwrights
$10,000 – $24,999
Jim & Mary Allen
The Cless Family Foundation
Bill & Sandra H. Farrow
Freddi Greenberg & Dan Pinkert
Nan Greenough
Mark & Kathy McCarville
Bob Regan & Cindy Clark
Stacy & Scott Simpson
Greg & Anne Taubeneck
Gifford Zimmerman
Directors
$5,000 – $9,999
Evelyn Alter
Erik Anderson
Judith K. Artwick
Julie & Josh Chernoff
Jennifer W. Christensen
Diana Cohen & David Spitulnik
Patricia & James Corirossi
Linda & Alexander Darragh
Howard Dubin
Paul Epner & Janet Gans Epner
Timothy & Jane Evans
Susan Mabrey Gaud
David & Liane Hodgman
Keely Jones & Angie Frank
Tiffany & Tobi Laczkowski
Sarah Schmidt
Paul Lehman & Ronna Stamm
Leslie & Paul Lehner
Seth Weinberger & Barbara Goodman
Linda & Payson Wild
Designers
$2,500 – $4,999
John & Jennifer Bienko
Michael Carlin
Bert Crossland
Steve Hagerty & Lisa Altenbernd
Barbara Hermansen
Kim & Kirk Hoopingarner
BJ Jones & Candy Corr
Paul & Margaret Lurie
Sally & Darush Mabadi
Blythe McGarvie
Rahul & Anuradhika Roy
Keith & Ann Sarpolia
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Sevcik
Henry Sprague
Mr. & Mrs. Kent Swanson
Dr. Eric & Cynthia Witherspoon
Alan M. Zunamon
Company
$1,000 – $2,499
Anonymous (4)
Susan & David Abraham
Karen Alter-Hanson & Brian Hanson
Kenneth Arenberg & Susanne Swisher
Ken & Nancy Arlen
Jean Arndt
Judy Ashworth & Achim Steup
Bob & Trish Barr
Ken Belcher & Sandra Ihm
Percy Berger
Elizabeth & Matt Bergmann
Anne Berkeley
Karl Berolzheimer
Patricia & Edward Blumen
Larry & Mary Boeder
Jan Bowers & Will Linder
Nancy Bradt & Laury Lewis
Raymond W. Braun
Deborah & Thomas Brejcha
Robert & Sara Brenner
Bill & Marea Brichta
Mike Brody & Libby Ester
Douglas Brown & Rachel Kraft
Michael & Joan Callahan
Joe Cappo
Pam Cardoni
Joyce Chelberg
Fay Clayton
Barbara Coriden
Russ & Ann Covode
The Reverend Alicia & Mr. James Crawford
Nancy M. Cunniff
Rosanne M. Dineen & Scott J. Nelson
Greg Drewry
Robert M. Easter & Linda Brennan Easter
Susan Eddington
Kathy & Stuart Edwards
JD Eisner, M.D.
Joan & Kevin Evanich
Leslie Farmer
Matt & Ellen Feldman
Drs. Wes & Diane Fisher
Kathy Fredricks
Willard A. Fry, M.D.
Neil & Marge Gambow
Bryna & Edward P. Gamson
Michael & Donna Lee Gennaro
Reetu Gowdar Sanders & Will Sanders
John & Patsy Grady
Jill & David Greer
Del & Ginger Hall
Brenda Hansen
Dorothy Harza
Ryan Hedges & Jocelyn Franoeur
Helen Hilken
Joyce & Rich Hirsch
Thomas & Gail Hodges
Janet & Brian Hoffman
Jackie & Jim Holland
Colleen Hughes & Dan Rothschild
Cameron & Emily Jones
Ellen K. Munro
Susan Karol & Glenn Warning
Mel & Renee Katten
Dr. Claudia Anne Katz
Diana H. King
Marc & Jaime Knez
Sarah Krepp & Carter Howard
Michael Lippitz
David & Catherine Lynch
Holly & Edward S. Mann
Brad & Sue Matson
Amy May & Larry DeMar
Bob & Barb McCullough
Linnea & John Mead
Lisa Miceli
Carolyn Michel & Howard Millman
Bobbi Miller
Margaret Moses
Carol & Steve Mullins
JSonia Pennant Noble
John T. Nolan
M.J O’Brien Family Foundation
Michael & Cheryl O’Brien
Barbara & Daniel O’Keefe
Doug & Simone Oettinger
Andrew Porte
Barbara Putta
Richard Rosenberg
Alberto & Regina Ruocco
Susan & Tim Salisbury
Jana B. Sample
Cliff Saper & Christy Bowman
Sara & Horst Schastok
Judy & David Schiffman
Debby & Tim Schmid
Jes Sherborne
Ellen Simon
Lynne Simon
Janet Carl Smith & Mel Smith
William E. & Janice K. Smith
Jill & Leif Soderberg
Ingrid & William Stafford
Neal & Trimmy Stamell
Dr. Rhonda Stein & Dr. Ed Smolevitz
Marcia Mead Stillerman
Louise A. Sunderland
Mark Tendam & Neal Moglin
Cathy Tschannen, MD
Susan Wagner
Constance & Hugh Williams
Bonny Wilson
Victoria Wilson
Robert & Carol Wooldridge
INDIVIDUAL ANNUAL FUNd DONORS
Partners
$500 – $999
Anonymous (5)
Michael & Cecilia Anderson
Cindy Barbera-Brelle
Thomas Blunk
Ashley & Matt Brenner
Lisa Bullard-Cawthorne
Mary Jane Chainski
Mary & Dick Clark
Dennis & Franny Clarkson
Mary Coasby
Judy Cottle
John R. Dainauskas, MD
Max Davis & Beth Boosalis Davis
Mary Anne Diehl & James Kauffman
Betsy S. Engelman
Rachel Fardon
Diane & Paolo Fellin
Sunny Fischer
Sarah & Brian Flax
Kimberly Freeland
Denise Michelle Gamble
Dr. & Mrs. John E. Garnett
Charles Gerace & Brigid Duffy Gerace
Yvette Gideon & Rodger Sonneborn
Gloria & Frederick Gleave
Catherine Hayden & Tom Carmichael
Tom & Jan Hazlett
Thomas & Virginia Helm
Gina Holton
Alysa & Barry Isaacson
Kathleen & Hal Jenkins
Robert D. & Betty Ann Johnson
Scott & Marcy Johnson
Michaela Jones
Michelle & Dan Jordan
Susan & Josh Karp
Juliann Larimer
Robert Lawrence
Brenda Lee & Jeff Kang
Elaine & Steve Lev
Judy & Stephen Levin
Kenneth Lewandowski
Jerry & Jan Loew
Patricia Madsen
Virginia Mann & Gary Dupuis
Sheila Medvin
Barbara & Ed Mills
Mary Lou Mockus
Lloyd Morgan
Janet Mullet
Susan Munro
Michael & Kathleen Nash
Judy Newton
Ginny Noyes
Karen & Jim O’Brien
Barry O’Neil
Jeff O’Neil
Wallace & Sarah Oliver
Dan Paul & Edward Galvin
Heidi & Greg Peterson
Tracy Quattrocki & Neal Brady
Norman & Helene Raidl
Sandra Rau
Charles & Catherine Reiter
Margaret Reynolds
Holly & David Reynolds
Don Rocap
Karin Ruetzel & Anthony Burt
Toby & Penelope Sachs
Joan Safford
Margot Sersen
Rennie Shapiro
Margaret & Alan Silberman
Bob & Lisa Silverman
Lauren & Steve Strelsin
Bob & Anne Sullivan
Andrew Thomas
James Thompson
David & Carolyn Utech
Tony Valukas
Patti & Brian Van Cleave
Catherine Vollick
Margie & Mark Zivin
Advocates
$250 – $499
Dorit Adler
Peggy Bagley & Rabbi Douglas Goldhamer
Kristen Ban
Carol Barnett
Harold & Karen Bauer
Kathleen M Bell
Patrice Frey & Wally Bobkiewicz
Judith & Peter Bordwell
Donald Bouseman
Edward J. Bradley
Margo & Paul Brown
Lisa Bullard-Cawthorne
Lynn & Robert Clark
Bradley & Jennifer Cohen
Maura Crisham
Peter & Vicki Donati
Nancy & Joe Doyle
Bess Evans & Dan Holdaway
Edith Fessler
Eddie & Holly Francis
William & Lynda Frillman
Rebecca Fyffe
Kevin & Kathleen Gallagher
Sharon Glazer
Craig Grannon
Richard & Teresa Grodsky
Guy & Joan Gunzberg
Joanna & Don Gwinn
Ardath Hamann
Jeff & Jennifer Harris
Jeffrey Hatcher
Patricia H. Heidkamp
Pete & Jean Henderson
Beth Hirshman
Louise A. Holland
Jackie & Bill Ieuter
Douglas & Kathy Johnson
Barbara Jones
Mary Jo Kanady
Martin & Susanne Kanter
Jack Kaplan & Marian Macasai
John & Judy Keller
Dennis & Barbara Kessler
Donna LaPietra & Bill Kurtis
Jeanne Lindwall
Roy & Pam Lobenhofer
Sherry & Mel Lopata
David Macknin
Dennis Marino
Mari Marrinan
Linnea Mead
Linda & Andy Mendelson
Susan Mullen
Nancy Napalo
Carol & Pat Navin
Phoebe & Jamin Nixon
Tom O’Hare
Colleen Philbin
Terry & Nancy Phillips
Merril Prager & John Levine
Alice Read
RME/ Farhad Rezai
Virginia Russell
Bruce Sagan & Bette Cerf Hill
Anne Saywitz
Jill & Paul Schoenwetter
Joe & Ann Settimi
Gil Sharon
Marv & Rachel Siegel
Nancy Silberman
Jenny Simpson
Gerri Sizemore
Cindy Smith
Craig Smith
Christopher & Catherine Stickrod
Dorothy & Casmir Szczepaniak
Lois & Dennis Trautvetter
Vivian Vahlberg
Donald Vilim
Edward Wagner
Mary & Gary Walther
Wendy & Clarence Weaver
Blair Wellensiek & Karl Peters
Lisa & Randy White
William & Kathleen Widmer
Maureen “Moe” Yanes
Supporters
$100 – $249
Anonymous (4)
Allan Alson & Sue Ann Glaser
Kris Anderson
Judy Ball
Linda & Randy Balla
Mary Beaubien
Sara & Billy Belkov
Anne Hatcher Berenberg
Joan Berger
Ellen & Marvin Bero
Linda Bierig
Marge Botchie
Kathy & Bob Braasch
Norma Braude
Paul Brown
Samuel & Beth Buchsbaum
Rev. Daniel P. Buck
Barbara Bunn
Margaret Cantrell
Leasha & Joel Carp
Roger & Chris Castino
Georgia Cheswick
Tim Classen
Melanie & Robert Cody
Frederick & Elizabeth Coggin
John Culbert
Diane & Jerry Cuzelis
Ellen Daniel
Cara Joy David
Judith Dorfman
Craig Duff
Daniel & Nancy Durbin
Noreen Edwards & Mark Metz
Brian Ellerman
Jamie Epner
Karen L. Erickson & James D. Hughes
Jerry & Ellen Esrick
Arlene G. Evans & Caswell Evans
Fran Faller
Marilyn Fox
Paul A. Friedman & Barbara A. Goldman
Eddie Ganet & Cheryl Flack
Dedre Gentner
Elisabeth & Robert Geraghty
Paul Gillen
Carol & Jeff Glassroth
Anneliese & Howard Glick
Cookie Gluck
Ethel Gofen
Joel Goldstein
Paul & Rosalie Greenberger
Alex Greenough
Howard Grossman
Ilene Grossman & Bruce Amsterdam
Nancy & Maggie Grossman
Sharon Hahn
Bette Hayes
James Heneghan
Sarah Hicks
Roland Hinz & Cate Whitcomb
Ellen Hoffman
Mary Hojnacki
Paul J. Hooker
Ellen Horan
Antoinette Houck
Lynn Hughitt & James Shaeffer
Karen & Andy Jacobs
Doris J. Johnson
Laurie Kabb
Marion Kahle
Mr. & Mrs. L Kalisz
Jerome & Mary Kaltman
Michael & Rhoda Kamin
Susan Kane
Dr. Morris A. & Celia F. Kaplan Foundation
Jessica Kaplan
Howard & Karen Kaplan
Deborah Kasindorf
Timothy Allen Keiderling
Kenneth Kemp
Thomas Kenemore
Thomas Kenney
Jennifer Kenny
Sharon & David Kessler
Michael Kirby
Allan & Tanya Klasser
John & Lindy Knoepke
Chris & David Konys
Darlene Landsittel
Candy Lee
Joel & Christine Lehmann
Grace & Richard Lehner
Harold Levine
Renee Lewin
David Liner
Terri & Michael Lipsitz
Bill & Wendy Lipsman
Sherry & Mel Lopata
Dr. & Mrs. Lawrence Margolies
Bridget McDonough
James & Cass McHolland
Marie McKellar
Michele & Joel Melnick
Sarah J. Miller
Lynne Miller
Irving Miller
Robert & Sandra Morgan
Anne & Kurt Mueller
Jennifer Nack
Catherine Nagler
Ron & Mary Nahser
Michael & Kathleen Nash
Lawrence Neal & Dawn Neal
Rhonda & Skip Newman
Gloria Nichele-Rosenthal
Gladys Nutt
Tom & Cathy Omundson
Lori Osborne
Maureen Owens
Kurt Peters
Don & Martha Pollak
Shelley Powell
Carol Prieto
Anna Punda
Jay Raval & Sheel Raval
Bonnie J Ray
Charles & Colleen Remsberg
Claire Rice
Sandi Riggs
Suzanne Ross
Louis Rowitz
David & Nancy Sarne
Jean Saunders
Suzanne Sawada
Charles Schaefer
Anne Schaefer
The Scherer Family
Philip Schulter
Diane Schmidt
Lynn Schornick
David & Rose Seidman
Scott Seltzer
Karen Shankman
Kimberly Shanks
Tamir Shapira
Jan & Art Sherman
James Sherman
Bob & Debbie Silverstein
Nancy Simpson
Peggy Snorf
Oehme & Winslow Soule
Michael Spitulnik
Rebecca Staehlin
Henry F Stec Trust
Corrine Strobel
Peg Sullivan
Thomas & Anne Sultan
Michelle Sweeney
Thompson Family
Martin Till
Besty E. Tolstedt
Fred Tomasek Jr.
Dennis Trautvetter
Mike & Betsy Waller
Judith Warschausky & Gary Childrey
Anita Weinberg & Mark Miller
Mark & El Weisbard
Catherine Westphal
Diane & Sandy Whiteley
Nkasi O. Wilken
Aaron Winer
Michael & Vera Wisniewski
Mel Marino Wolff
Cheryl Wollin
Mike & Judy Zawacke
Carol Zimmerman
IN KIND
Nancy Arlen
Bar Siena
Bookends and Beginnings
Broadway in Chicago
Bulley & Andrews
The Capital Grille
Cheesecake Factory
Julie and Josh Chernoff
Chicago Botanic Garden
Chicago Opera Theater
Chicago Shakespeare Theater
Chicago Wolves
Diana Cohen and David Spitulnik
Court Theatre
The Dawson
The Dearborn
Evanston SPACE
The Exchange
Field Museum
Goodman Theatre
Doug Gray
Lauren Gunderson
Hewn
Honey Butter Fried Chicken
Kim Hoopingarner
BJ Jones and Candy Corr
Athena Kopulos
Lefty’s Righteous Bagels
Kevin Leonard
Lincoln Park Zoo
Lucky Platter
Lyric Opera of Chicago
Maggiano’s
Marshall’s Landing
Mensch’s Deli
Amy Morton
Music Theater Works
NaKorn – Urban Thai
Northwestern University/Bienen School of Music
NSCPA Foundation
Patisserie Coralie
Porchlight Music Theatre
Prairie Grass Cafe
PRP Wine International
Ravinia Festival
Bob Regan and Cindy Clark
Roka Akor
The Salt Shed
Sanders Fine Portraits
Leslie and Richard Sevcik
Stacy and Scott Simpson
Sloan
Steppenwolf Theatre Company
Marcia Mead Stillerman
Kent and Lora Swanson
Sweet Greek’s Sweet Treats
The Joffrey Ballet
Vintage Frills
Wines For Humanity
Writers Theatre
HOSPITALITY & DINING PARTNERS
Davanti Enoteca
The DoubleTree Hotel
Bennisons Bakery
Hecky’s Barbecue
Koi Fine Asian Cuisine
and Lounge
Lulu’s
Nothing Bundt Cakes
Revolution Brewing