Our Supporters
Northlight Theatre is deeply grateful to the following contributors for their generous support. This list reflects gifts received July 27, 2025 through July 27, 2026. If you would like your name to appear differently or prefer to remain anonymous, please contact Amy Delgado-Swanson at aswanson@northlight.org.
Corporations, Foundations, and Government Agencies
Principal Sponsors
$50,000 and Above
Byline Bank
Revada Foundation
The Shubert Foundation
Premiere Sponsors
$20,000 – $49,999
Paul M. Angell Family Foundation
Bulley & Andrews
Cless Family Foundation
Evanston Community Foundation
National Endowment for the Arts
Executive Sponsors
$10,000-$19,999
BMO
Endeavor
Exelon
Kirkland & Ellis
LionBird
The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust
Presenting Sponsors
$5,000-$9,999
Evanston Arts Council
Lloyd A. Fry Foundation
Full Circle Foundation
Grumman Butkus Associates
John R Halligan Charitable Fund
Henrietta Lange Burk Fund
Northwestern University
Dr. Scholl Foundation
UL Research Institutes
Lead Sponsors
$2,500-$4,999
Evanston Lighthouse Rotary
Katten Muchin Rosenman
Kellcie Fund
Quarles & Brady LLP
Sponsors
$1,000 – $2,499
Golub & Company
Green State Credit Union
Mather
Nature’s Perspective Landscaping, Inc
Rotary International
Season of Change Foundation
Trulee Evanston
Vi at the Glen
Women for Evanston Youth
NORTHLIGHT VISIONARIES CIRCLE
This list reflects gifts received July 27, 2025 through July 27, 2026. If you would like your name to appear differently or prefer to remain anonymous, please contact Amy Delgado-Swanson at aswanson@northlight.org.
Producers
$20,000+
Judith Artwick
Ann Balusek
Mike Brody and Libby Ester
Douglas Brown and Rachel Kraft
Marcia Caulkins
Julie and Josh Chernoff
Jennifer Christensen
James and Patricia Corirossi
Joshua Davis-Ruperto
Pam Elesh
Paul Epner and Janet Gans Epner
Tim and Jane Evans
Sandra and Bill Farrow
Susan Mabrey Gaud
Nan Greenough
Joan and Guy Gunzberg
Gail and Thomas Hodges
Ann Kolb
Paul Lehman and Ronna Stamm
Leslie and Paul Lehner
Mark and Kathy McCarville
Marie and Arch McKellar
Joanell McKenna
Carol Mullins
Virginia Noyes
Sam Oliva
Jackie Quern
Bob Regan and Cindy Clark
Catherine and Bart Rocca
Brent and Michelle Rogers
Sara and Horst Schastok
Ralph Segall
Tom Stringer
Tim and Sue Sullivan
Greg and Anne Taubeneck
Gifford Zimmerman
Playwrights
$10,000 – $24,999
Anne Berkeley
Alan Brown
Carole Cahill
Paul and Mary Finnegan
Donna and Gene Frett
Patsy Grady
Freddi Greenberg and Dan Pinkert
Steve and Lisa Hagerty
Richard and Joyce Hirsch
BJ Jones and Candy Corr
Suzanne and Dan Kanter
Tobi and Tiffany Laczkowski
Robert Lawrence
Jay Lytle
Darush and Sally Mabadi
Adele and Roland Martel
Judy Newton
Phoebe Nixon
Meghan Otis and John Thompkins
John and Julie Rapisarda
Lynne Simon
Stacy and Scott Simpson
Jill and Leif Soderberg
Rhonda Stein and Ed Smolevitz
Dr. Cathy Tschannen
Joyce Anne Wainio
Directors
$5,000 – $9,999
Anonymous
Charles Allen
Evelyn Alter
Nancy and Ken Arlen
Anton Asmuth
Mary Bishop
Gail Bush
Ann Carter
Juliann Cecchi
Diana Cohen and David Spitulnik
Sarah Flax
Carla Ford
Marge and Neil Gambow
Barbara Goodman and Seth Weinberger
Betsy Gutstein
Kim and Kirk Hoopingarner
Lloyd Morgan
Margaret Norman and Gerald Vladimer, MD
Martha Pascal
Elizabeth Peterson
William Eleanor Revelle
Kay Shannon
Bob Silverman
Craig Smith
Tom Spalding
Alvin and Catherine Spector
Ingrid and William Stafford
Neal and Trimmy Stamell
Elaine Tinberg
Elizabeth Tisdahl
Charlotte Toerber
Payson and Linda Wild
Bonnie Wilson
Dr. Eric Witherspoon
Jill Wolowitz
Joanne Zolomij
Designers
$2,500 – $4,999
Anonymous
Percy Berger
Esther Berman
Jan Bowers and Will Linder
Janice Braude
Vickie and Tim Burke
Cathy Clark
Linda Darragh
Bob Easter and Linda Brennan
Jean Fies
Julie Fleps
Bill and Lynda Frillman
Sharon Oran Goodman
Kevin Harper
Dorothy Harza
Tom and Jan Hazlett
Ryan Hedges and Jocelyn Francoeur
Henry Hertz
Charles Jaffe
Rita Kashner
Jessie and Douglas Macdonald
Dennis Marino
Linda Mendelson
Margaret Moses
Joy and John O’Malley
Kathy Fredricks Oswald
Melanie Dan Peterson
Andrew Porte
Michele Y. Rogers
Sue Salisbury
Reetu Sanders
Keith Sarpolis
Judy and David Schiffman
Craig Smith
Nina Uziel-Miller
Ellen Wartella
Bob and Carol Wooldridge
Melissa Wynne and David Foster
Company
$1,000 – $2,499
Anonymous
David Abrams
Eve Alfille
Carol Barnett
Susan Barrett-Kelly and Peter Kelly
Sylvia and Paul Bateman
Bruce Baumberger and Ann Weatherhead
Wally Bobkiewicz
Harold Bordwell
Margo and Paul Brown
John Cahill
Joyce Chelberg
Bert Crossland
Nancy Cunniff
Robert Curley
Beth Davis
Jane Doyle
Tamra Drees
Faye Eisenberg
Matt Feldman
Matt Gehringer
Michael Gennaro
William Grams
Dale R. Granchalek
David Greer
Joanna and Don Gwinn
Brenda Hansen
Janet and Brian Hoffman
Jane and Doug Holt
Katie Hughes
Burgess and Emma Huntley
Scott Johnson
Lori Darling and Steve Krug
The Lundstrom Family Foundation
David Macknin
Bob and Barb McCullough
Lynda McKay
Steven Miszkowicz
Peter and Margaret Morris
Kevin Mott
Barbara O’Keefe
Barry O’Neil
Ann Rainey
Barbara Richards
Don Rocap
Richard C. and Margaret V. Romano Charitable Trust
Cliff Saper and Christy Bowman
Lee and Debbie Schwartz
Jes Sherborne
Gerri Sizemore
Mark Smith
Sondra Sonneborn
Judith Stanner
Nikki and Fred Stein
Marcia Mead Stillerman
Karin Tappendorf
Bonita Turner
Daniel Tyler
Tina Vulgaris and Alan Minoff
INDIVIDUAL ANNUAL FUNd DONORS
This list reflects gifts received July 27, 2025 through July 27, 2026. If you would like your name to appear differently or prefer to remain anonymous, please contact Amy Delgado-Swanson at aswanson@northlight.org
$1000 – $1499
Anonymous (2)
Judy Ashworth and Achim Steup
Kelly Austin
Robert Bailey
Ken Belcher
Steve Bernstein
Karl Berolzheimer
Henry Bienen
Patricia and Ed Blumen
Ed Bradley
Kathleen And Charles Brady
Roberta and John Buchanan
Rev. Daniel P. Buck
Michael and Joan Callahan
Pam Cardoni
Kelly Cater
Christie Chandler Stahl
Hamilton Chang
Colleen Chappelle
Jennifer Comparoni and Matt Bernstein
Charles Cooper
Barbara Coriden
Ann Covode
James Crawford
Stuart Edwards
Stephanie and Jeff Emrich
Bridget Farrelly and Loren Klug
Missy Fleming and Jack Block
Lynn Gendleman
Yvette Gideon
Anne Gilford
Gloria and Frederick Gleave
Sheri Hawkins
Todd Hensley
Barbara Hermansen
Carter Howard and Sarah Krep
Colleen Hughes
Gerry Israelite
Laura Jacobs
Ann Jennett
Susan Karol and Glenn Warning
Bob and Judy Kemp
Philip Kotler
Carl La Mell
Steve and Elaine Lev
Molly Levitt
Kenneth Lewandowski
Barbara Liss
Edward Mann
Kelly Marcelle
Brad Matson
Sabin McBride
Jenifer McCartney
Carol Michelini
Catharon Miller
Bobbi Miller
Kelly Morgan
Ellen Munro
Jeff O’Neill
Colleen Philbin
Merril Prager and John Levine
Adam Prawer-Stock
Judy Provost
Tracy Quattrocki
Amy Ravi
Richar Rosenberg
Sid and Lotti Ross
Roberta Rubin
Lee Ann Russo
Catherine Saccany
Toby and Penelope Sachs
Joan Safford
Ruth Schaefer
Charles Schaefer
Leslie Sevcik
Alan Silberman
Ellen Simon
Cindy R. Smith
Janet Smith
Oehme and Winslow Soule
Judith Straight
Louise Sunderland
Michele Thompson
Rob Topping
Anita Weinberg
Caryn Weiner and Howard Ellman
William White
Chris Wright
Alan Zunamon
Partners
$500 – $999
Anonymous (4)
Dorit Adler
Cecilia Anderson
Louise Anderson
Cindy Barbera-Brelle
Meera Bhatia
David Bohan
Nancy Bradt
Leslie Carothers
Dr. Lynn & Robert Clark
Mary Clark
Mary Dolan
Joan and Kevin Evanich
Bess Evans and Dan Holdaway
Diane Fellin
Catherine Flatley
Denise Gamble
Elza Garnett
Alan George
Daniel Gottschling
Graham Family Fund at The Chicago Community Foundation
Dana Green
Jeffrey Hatcher
Patricia Heidkamp
Kenneth Henderson
Judith Iacuzzi
Alysa Isaacson
Cameron Jones
Cheryl Judice Powell
Martin Kanter
Jack Kaplan
Mel Katten
Claudia Katz
Barb Kessler
Valerie Krejcie
Valerie and Keith Kretchmer
Judith Levin
Jeffrey Liss
Gayle Littleton
Jerome Loew
Ted Maynard
Therese McGuire
Anne Mueller
Susan Munro
Ron and Mary Nahser
Cheryl O’Brien
Richard Olson
Heidi Peterson
Charles Reiter
Babette Rosenthal
Doug Rothrock
Virginia Russell
Susan Schaffrath
Debbie and Tim Schmid
Jill and Paul Schoenwetter
Karen Shankman
Lee Shapiro
Robert Slaughter
Sue Thompson
David and Carolyn Utech
Linda Walker
Eryn Weber-Shifrin
Susan Worth
Margie Zivin
Advocates
$250 – $499
Anonymous (4)
Debbie Ackerman
Peggy Bagley
Karen Bauer
Herb Beller
David and Jennifer Blickenstaff
Heidi Bloom
Robert Bretland
Jennifer Cohen
David Colker
Judy Cottle
Nancy Doyle
Alison Duncombe
Robert Felsenthal
Edith Fessler
Eddie Francis
Susan Frankel
Kevin Gallagher
Doris Gilbert
Carol Glassroth
Sharon Glazer
Cindy Gold
Craig Grannon
Kenneth B. Green
Ilene Grossman
Linda Haack
Brian Hanson and Karen Alter-Hanson
Jeff Harris
David Hays
Virginia Helm
Jackie Ieuter
Omar Thameen and Toby Inoue
Judith Ivey
Tom and Ann Ohlrogge Johnson
Sean Johnson
Loretta Kaplan
Deborah Kasindorf
John Keller
Sharon Kessler
Josh Klein
Carol Kriekard
Michael A. Krutsch
Mary S. Kurz
Kevin Laczkowski
Elizabeth Landes
Donna LaPietra
Jeanne Lindwall
Terri Lipsitz
Bill Lipsman
Melvin Lopata
Virginia Mann and Gary Dupuis
Oona Manzari
David Murdoch
James Nadder
Michael and Kathleen Nash
Alicia and Patrick O’Connor
Shelley Powell
Mary Beth Roth
Linda Saranow
Anne Saywitz
Marianne Schapiro
Allison and Charles Scherer
Philip Schluter
Lynn Schornick
Bridget Schroeder
Stephen Schwartz
Margot and Ron Sersen
Renetta Shapiro
Gil Sharon and Ann Taylor
Scott Silberstein
Michael Spitulnik
Seth Tanenbaum
Andrew Thomas
Alice Tybout
Judy Ullman
Karen Vergara
Merrilee Waldron
Mark Weisbard
William and Kathleen Widmer
Julie Womack
Maureen “Moe” Yanes
Supporters
$100 – $249
Anonymous (24)
George Accattato
Ellen Alexander
Elizabeth Allen
Julie Allen
Allan Alson and Sue Ann Glaser
Arthur and Susan Altman
Kris Anderson
Elizabeth Anderson Parks
Wendy Anker
Betsy and Bill Arsenault
Mark Arvin
Linda Balla
Mary Jo Barrett
Sara Belkov
James Bell
Janette Biciste
Linda Bierig
Jill Bishop
John Blades
Jeffrey Boarini
Judy Bordwell
Sharon Borg
Sue Brunner
Barry Carlson
Allan Cassidy
Stuart Cleland
Jennifer Cole
Ann S Cole
Tom Conway
Michaela Cudahy
Gerald Cuzelis
WCwik
Cara Joy David
Catherine Davis
Steve and Mary Jane Dawson
Thomas De Walle and Wendy Jo Yoshiko Toyama
Barbara DeBerge
Stephen Dix
Charles Dresner
Ann Driscoll
Howard Dubin
Peter Eatherton
Noreen Edwards
James and Judy Elsass
Karen Erickson
Ross Erlebacher
Brooke Freed
Jackie Frett
Jane Gard
Robert Gaydos
Jean Gershuny
Wayne Giampietro
Paul Gillen
Christin Glodek
Cai Glushak
Dr. Roberta Goldberg
Melvin Goldstein
Margie Gordon
Douglas Gray
Paul and Rosalie Greenberger
Alex Greenough
Nancy and Maggie Grossman
Sharon Hahn
Susan Handelman
Janet Harris and Kay Muller
Marie Harris
Catherine Hayden
Rosemary Heilemann
Sarah Hicks
Robin and Leslie Hinderyckx
James Hobart
Mary Hojnacki
Elizabeth Hopp-Peters
Ellen Horan
Antoinette Houk
Carol Jabs-Schectman
Karen and Andy Jacobs
Jane Jacobsen
Douglas Johnson
Sandi Johnson
Doris Johnson
Leonard Joy
Laurie Kabb
Barry Kaplan
Alisa Kaplan
Marilyn Karsh
Timothy Keiderling
Thomas Kenney
Elizabeth Kinney
Tanya Klasser
Phillip Klein
Brad Kovin
Theodore Krakowski
Peggy Kreisman
Sharon Kristjanson
Carolyn Krulee
Allen Kutchins
Beth Lange
Aimee Lanphere
Peter Laundy
Christine Lehmann
Beatriz Levi
Sharon Levin
Brad Levin
Julie and David Levine
Julie Levine
Jacquie Linney
Janice Liten
Leslie Litoff
William Lloyd
Bonnie Lucas-Slavicek
Diane Markoff
Janet Mcdonald
Anne McGivern
Maureen McGrath
John McHugh
Joan McLane
Katie Milgrom
Elliot Miller
Lynne Miller
Robert Minkus
Fran Moeckler
Robert Moeller
Dr. Daphne Kim Moloney
Peter Moore
Elizabeth Morgan
Susan Mullen
Pat Mullet
Carol and Pat Navin
Virginia Niemann
Marcus Nunes
Gladys Nutt
Philip Nyden
Peter O’Brien
Candus Olson
Jennifer O’Neil
Thomas Palmer
Susan Pastin
Michael Perlman
Terry Phillips
Linda Pittner
Barnett Pitzele
Donald R. Pollak
Beverly Preiser
Carol Prieto
Bob Reece
Allen Rein
Peggy and Phil Reitz
Alicia Reyes
Marsha Richman
Jeanne Robinson
Marjorie Rogasner
Beverly Rose
Dorothy Rosen
Raymond Roy
Marilyn Ruiz
Paul Russell
Alice Sachs
David Samson
Timmy Samuel
Ann Sanders
Dr. David Sarne
Bob and Mary Ann Savard
Suzanne Sawada
Anne Schaefer
Zosia Schaer
Scott Schiave
Roche Schulfer
Scott Seltzer
Michelle Serio
Maria Sharkey
Robert Shaw
Pamela Smith
Margaret Snow
Judy Soep
William Sparer
Elyssa Springer
Sylvia Stec
Lori Stewart
Corrine Strobel
Thomas Sultan
Jennifer Swain
Stuart Swibel
Susanne Swisher
Kathy Tate-Bradish
Nathan Taylor
David Tekler
Martin Till
Laura Tilly
Catherine Todd
Betsy Tolstedt
Frederick Tomasek
Liang-Ruey Tu
Mike Waller
Judith Warschausky
Mary Watt
Paula Weinbaum
Edward Welch
John Wertymer
Catherine Whitcomb
Diane Whiteley
Mary Willer
Marcia Wineberg
Mel Wolff
Amy Woodbury
Beverly Yusim
Carol Zimmerman
Carol Zsolnay