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