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A global theatrical force, Chicago Shakespeare Theater (CST) is known for vibrant productions that reflect Shakespeare’s genius for storytelling, musicality of language, and empathy for the human condition. Under the leadership of Artistic Director Barbara Gaines and Executive Director Criss Henderson, Chicago Shakespeare has redefined what a great American Shakespeare theater can be—a company that, delighting in the unexpected, defies theatrical category. A Regional Tony Award-winning theater, CST produces acclaimed plays at its home on Navy Pier, throughout Chicago’s schools and neighborhoods, and on stages around the world. In 2017, the Theater unveiled its third year-round venue, The Yard at Chicago Shakespeare, with an innovative design that has changed the shape of theater-making. Together with the Jentes Family Courtyard Theater and the Thoma Theater Upstairs at Chicago Shakespeare, The Yard positions CST as the city’s most versatile performing arts venue.
Chicago Shakespeare’s year-round season features as many as twenty productions and 650 performances—including plays, musicals, world premieres, and visiting international presentations—to engage a broad, multigenerational audience of 225,000 community members. Recognized in 2014 in a White House ceremony hosted by First Lady Michelle Obama, CST’s education programs support literacy and creativity for 40,000 students each year. Each summer, 30,000 family audiences welcome the free Chicago Shakespeare in the Parks tour into their neighborhoods across the far north, west, and south sides of the city. The Theater is the leading producer of international work in Chicago and, touring its own plays across North America and abroad to Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, and the Middle East, CST has garnered multiple accolades, including the prestigious Laurence Olivier Award. Emblematic of its role as a global theater, CST spearheaded Shakespeare 400 Chicago, a yearlong international arts and culture festival, which engaged an estimated 1.1 million people through 863 events at 231 locations across the city in 2016—all in celebration of Shakespeare’s 400-year legacy. n
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About CST
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Conversation with the Director 12 Cast 19 Playgoer's Guide 20 Profiles 24 A Scholar’s Perspective 34
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MARY STUART
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For centuries, palace intrigue has captivated our imaginations. The juxtaposition
of the monarchy’s absolute power and reputed omniscience set against the reality
of their human frailty and emotional complexity makes for good drama. Today’s
production of Schiller’s Mary Stuart explores a royal relationship that caused
endless rumor and speculation during Shakespeare’s own time involving Queen
Elizabeth I and her ill-fated cousin, Mary, Queen of Scots.
This new version of the play by Peter Oswald offers audiences access to a fictitious
meeting of these two rulers. United by their lineage and roles in a male-dominated
world, yet divided by the political motivations of those surrounding them, theirs is
a complex relationship that is fascinating to explore through a theatrical lens. Jenn
Thompson’s fearless direction and the dynamic ensemble of actors that inhabit the
world she has created make for a spellbinding drama.
During the run of Schiller’s Mary Stuart, student audiences will be treated to
Shakespeare’s romantic comedy, A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Presented as a
75-minute abridgment in our new, flexible third theater, The Yard at Chicago
Shakespeare, the play will welcome 1,200 audience members each day during its
run on Navy Pier, followed by a two-week tour to Chicago Public Schools. Our
student productions and extensive offering of professional training programs and
workshops for English teachers make us a leading partner in literacy for Chicago’s
schools. Your patronage helps to make this aspect of our work possible, and for
that we are truly grateful!
We hope you enjoy today’s show and look forward to welcoming you back
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DEAR FRIENDS,
Welcome
Barbara Gaines Artistic Director Carl and Marilynn Thoma Endowed Chair
Criss Henderson Executive Director
Steve Solomon Chair, Board of Directors
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performances accessible to all patrons. You’ll find our staff
is ready to help in any way possible if assistance is required.
Simply request accommodations when purchasing your tickets.
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–HAMLET, II, ii
Open-captioned performances
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• Courtesy wheelchair service
• Wheelchair-accessible seating
• Close to Pace Paratransit drop-off/pick-up
• Assistive-listening devices
• Personal induction neckloops
• Large-print programs
• Braille programs
ASL Duo-interpreted performances
Audio-described performances with optional Touch Tours
pictured: Teller and Aaron Posner; Ian Merrill Peakes and Chaon Cross. photos by Michael Brosilow,
Chuck Osgood, Jeff Sciortino,
MACB E TH
AARON POSNER and TELLER (of Penn & Teller), creators of the sold-out, award-winning The Tempest, reunite to spin a tale of dark magic and ambition.
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Since cutting the ribbon for The Yard last September, audience members have already experienced this INNOVATIVE, NEW VENUE in a multitude of ways—from its large and small proscenium configurations to a unique cabaret-like environment, and a courtyard-style thrust stage with runway aisles.
THE SEASON CULMINATES THIS SPRING as The Yard transforms once again for a one-of-a-kind production of Shakespeare’s classic thriller, MACBETH.
“The greatest new theater in the world”
–CHICAGO TRIBUNE
AARON POSNER: “Shakespeare wants people to sit forward and engage deeply with this haunting and rich play. Teller and I are both populists in that we genuinely care that this production—with the magic, and music, and movement— is available to as many people as possible.”
TELLER: “We’re trying to put you in the same off-kilter position as Macbeth is to his world. When something happens
on stage that seems to defy the rules of physics—
what’s happening to you is echoing that
moment in the story.”
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On the Boards
On January 24, CST opened the doors
of The Yard to students for its latest
abridged production, Short Shakespeare!
A Midsummer Night’s Dream. The
show is helmed by Jess McLeod, who
returns to CST after serving as assistant
director for Gary Griffin’s production of
Gypsy in 2014. In past years, Chicago
Shakespeare has been proud to serve
40,000 students and educators annually;
now, with an extended seven-week
run in The Yard, this annual program
will engage thousands more than ever
before. Following its performances on
Navy Pier, Midsummer will go on the
road, touring to Chicago Public Schools
across the city. Since CST launched its
first student matinees more than twenty-
five years ago, the Theater's education
programming has impacted the lives of
more than two million young people.
In December, Macbeth directors
Aaron Posner and Teller, composer
Andre Pluess, and instrument designer/
consultant Kenny Wollesen met up
in Chicago for a music and magic
developmental residency. Together with
CST’s artisans and technicians, the team
began shaping a haunting soundscape
that will underscore the world of this
supernatural thriller using found items,
like Sardinian bells played with a violin
bow and an exercise ball fashioned into
a mallet instrument. Over the past year,
CST Creative Producer Rick Boynton
and the production’s artistic team have
been collaborating on this extraordinary
interpretation, which marks the return
of Posner and Teller to CST after their
blockbuster 2015 production of
The Tempest. This highly anticipated
culmination to the season begins
performances in The Yard at Chicago
Shakespeare on April 25. Tickets are
available at www.chicagoshakes.com.
ON STAGE
From left: Aaron Posner and Teller; Christiana Clark and Adam Wesley Brown; Karen Aldridge, Edwin Lee Gibson, and Larry Yando in Battlefield; Company of A.B.L.E.'s Twelfth Night in rehearsal. photos by Michael Brosilow and Bill Burlingham.
MARY STUART
Over the years, the work of acclaimed
international artists Peter Brook and
Marié-Hélène Estienne has been presented
as part of Chicago Shakespeare’s
World’s Stage series. The Theater’s
international partnerships like these
provide opportunities for Chicago artists
to be exposed and introduced to the
greatest theater makers of our time.
Touring here with their 2002 production
of Le Costume, Brook and Estienne were
introduced to Karen Aldridge; during
their 2017 tour of Battlefield, which
CST co-presented with the Museum of
Contemporary Art, they met Larry Yando.
Both Aldridge and Yando now join the
cast of the upcoming tour of Battlefield,
the thrilling 70-minute adaptation of
the Sanskrit epic The Mahabharata.
Audiences across five European countries
will be introduced to two of Chicago’s
most accomplished actors.
The Artists Breaking Limits and
Expectations (A.B.L.E.) ensemble
continues its partnership with Chicago
Shakespeare this May with their
production of Edmond Rostand’s
Cyrano de Bergerac. First performing
Twelfth Night at CST in 2016 as a partner
in Shakespeare 400 Chicago, this
talented group of young adult actors
with cognitive and developmental
differences will perform in The Yard on
May 17. Together with A.B.L.E. teaching
artists and facilitators, performers
immerse themselves in the play, each
portraying two characters. With music,
humor, and sword fighting, ensemble
members bring this classic story of love
and heartbreak to life. The creative
process empowers these young actors
to develop the confidence to share who
they are as they discover their own
unique voices and celebrate their
ever-expanding abilities.
CHICAGO SHAKESPEARE THEATER
BEHIND THE SCENESIN THE COMMUNITY AROUND THE WORLD
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A Conversation with the Director
Schiller's Mary Stuart Director Jenn Thompson
As a director, what’s your way into the story?
Initially, it certainly felt like it was Mary’s story—after
all, it’s called ‘Mary Stuart.’ But the more I’ve worked
on it, I have come to feel that the play is exceptionally
even-handed about these two women. A good play
will do that: you think it’s one thing and then you peel
and you peel, and then you get to know the story
and the characters. All the conversations with our
design team and actors involve us finding ways to
present these women in all their complexities, how to
humanize these two iconic figures. They are lots of
things, as all of us are. They are not victims. They are
not monsters. They are human beings.
And they have never met one another—except in Schiller’s imagination.
Yes, it’s two women who don’t know each other. And when they finally meet in
the scene that Schiller creates, they’ve never laid eyes on each other before—but
they have been primed their entire lives to fear and hate the other. We never see
them alone together without men whispering in their ear, pushing them down this
path. I find myself thinking about what that conversation between them might
have been if they had been alone.
What kind of world did you want to create for this production?
I imagined these two women against a massive, masculine landscape in its size
and scope, but also wanted to explore how both women use their femininity
set against this backdrop. [Set Designer] Andromache Chalfant and I have
been friends for years and admirers of each other's work, but hadn't found a
project of our own; with Mary Stuart, I knew it was our chance. Influenced by the
style of Brutalist Architecture, Andromache describes the set as ‘monumental
and unforgiving, but with a beauty in its surfaces; a simplicity of form, and an
awesomeness in its strength and scale.’ We looked for ways to emphasize what
was similar about Mary’s and Elizabeth’s circumstances. Obviously, one was
in prison and one was sitting on the throne, but in many ways they were both
imprisoned by their world.
POINT OF VIEW
All the conversations with our design team and actors involve us
finding ways to present these women in all
their complexities, how to humanize these two
iconic figures.
When Barbara Gaines and Rick Boynton first reached out
to you to talk about this play, what drew you to it?
I have many friends who have worked here and speak so
highly of the institution, and so I was thrilled to get their
phone call. I’d seen the Donmar [Warehouse] production
in New York in 2009. It was gripping then—and it’s even
more relevant now. This play is a pot-boiler political thriller,
laced with romantic and sexual intrigues, which have real
potential for depth and complexity. There’s so much room
in this story to talk about women in power, and women
being manipulated by men. I’m interested in our production
exploring how can you be a woman, be feminine, and have
power. But I think the most important thing is to honor
these two women as full, complex, flawed people.
Returning to this play now, has the story become a
different one from when you saw it first several years ago?
How each one of us views a production at the same time
is always going to be different, and in fact how I see a
matinee and how I see the evening performance could be
different based on the news story I just read or a phone
call I just had. If there’s an upside to the climate we’re
living in now, I do think there’s a pressure—and a great
opportunity—for storytelling. As artists we feel that charge
more than ever. It’s certainly the most important moment
in my lifetime. I believe that our audiences feel that, too.
People are listening differently now, and I think that makes
this an extraordinary and important time to tell any story,
but particularly this story.
Jenn Thompson met with the CST staff on the first day of the
rehearsal process to share her thoughts on directing Mary Stuart .
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You’re also working with Costume Designer Linda Cho.
I have always wanted to work with Linda, but what drew me to her for this project
in particular is how she dresses women. I love how she celebrates women’s bodies
in all of their femininity, and power, and strength. We wanted to create a world
of the 1580s, but didn’t want it to feel like a museum piece. The costumes are
inspired by the time period but have a modern sensibility. We’re interested in
how constricted these women were and how manipulated their bodies were. We
know that Elizabeth liked to wear extremely elaborate clothing and was all about
accessorizing. Those eighteen thousand pearls became her armor, a need to exert
an image of power—and femininity. I want to emphasize that this struggle—of
being a woman in power, of exercising your authority as a woman—is a forever
and timeless struggle: it has always been, it is now, and perhaps it will always be.
What do you hope to create with Co-Sound
Designer Mikhail Fiksel for this production?
Schiller took a lot of liberties with the history,
which I’m grateful for because it frees us up to
tell the story we want to tell in the way we feel
that people will respond to it now. The aim is to
be as fluid and cinematic as we can. We want
the soundscape to have a percussive quality and
a drive that reflects these two women lunging
toward the edge of a cliff together.
You’ve chosen Peter Oswald’s version, which he wrote in verse, as Schiller did.
Can you tell us more about your choice?
The Oswald text is beautifully written. There is musicality and poetry in it, but it
is very accessible and we don’t have to do extra work to hear it. It feels modern—
which has influenced all the other things that we’ve been talking about. It’s a very
muscular, visceral type of read. It jumps off the page and leaps out of peoples’
mouths in a very immediate way. Oswald succeeds in dropping in the necessary
exposition artfully. And I think that this translation is very successful in its clarity,
its comedy, and its bite—and those qualities will influence how the play moves.
Last question…how much of this history does the audience need to know?
I don’t think they need any. I would not dissuade anybody from reviewing the
historical context, but one of the strengths of this play is that its story stands on
its own. It’s like a political thriller and should feel like one in the way it moves. We
already know what ends up happening, and so it becomes our collective job to
make the story so compelling that everybody forgets that they know how it ends!
We come to the theater to have that experience. Human beings in conflict—that’s
the event. The framework is the history, but we’re there to see the struggle. n
I want to emphasize that this struggle—of
being a woman in power, of exercising
your authority as a woman—is a forever
and timeless struggle.
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There will be one 15-minute intermission.
directed by JENN THOMPSON
in a new version by PETER OSWALD
Scenic Design ANDROMACHE
CHALFANT
Costume Design LINDA CHO
Lighting Design GREG HOFMANN
PHILIP ROSENBERG
Production Stage Manager DEBORAH ACKER
Casting BOB MASON
New York Casting NANCY PICCIONE
Sound Design MIKHAIL FIKSEL MILES POLASKI
Wig & Make-up Design RICHARD JARVIE
Verse Coach KATHRYN WALSH
Dialect Coach EVA BRENEMAN
Fight Choreographer DAVID WOOLLEY
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Cast (in order of appearance)
CHICAGO SHAKESPEARE THEATER
Amias Paulet, Knight, guardian of Mary KEVIN GUDAHL*
Drugeon Drury, second guardian of Mary KAI ALEXANDER EALY
Hanna Kennedy, Mary’s nurse BARBARA ROBERTSON*
Mary Stuart, Queen of Scotland K.K. MOGGIE*
Mortimer, Paulet's nephew ANDREW CHOWN*
Lord Burleigh, High Treasurer DAVID STUDWELL*
Elizabeth, Queen of England KELLIE OVERBEY*
Count Aubespine, French Ambassador PATRICK CLEAR*
Count Bellievre, Envoy Extraordinary of France MICHAEL JOSEPH MITCHELL*
George Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury ROBERT JASON JACKSON*
Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester TIM DECKER*
O’Kelly, Mortimer’s friend KAI ALEXANDER EALY
William Davison, Secretary of State MICHAEL JOSEPH MITCHELL*
Melvil, Mary’s house steward PATRICK CLEAR*
Sheriff KAI ALEXANDER EALY
Guards/Pages NATHAN CALARANAN†
JAKE ELKINS†
Understudies never substitute for listed players unless a specific announcement is made at the time of the performance: Alan Ball* for George Talbot, Count Aubespine/Melvil, Count Bellievre/William Davison; Patrick Clear* for Amias Paulet; Shanesia Davis* for Mary Stuart;Kai Alexander Ealy for Mortimer; Martin Hanna for Drugeon Drury/O'Kelly, Guards/Pages; Isabel Liss* for Elizabeth, Hanna Kennedy; and Jeff Parker* for Robert Dudley Earl of Leicester, Lord Burleigh.
Production Stage Manager DEBORAH ACKER*
Assistant Stage Manager (through March 25) JINNI PIKE*
Assistant Stage Manager (beginning March 27) ELISE HAUSKEN*
*denotes member of Actors’ Equity Association.
†Chicago Shakespeare Theater gratefully acknowledges Carin Silkaitis along with the faculty of North Central College for their participation in this production’s intern program.
Chicago Shakespeare productions are made possible in part by the Illinois Arts Council Agency and an IncentOvate Grant from the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events.
Chicago Shakespeare is a constituent of the Theatre Communications Group, Inc., the national service organization of non-profit theaters; National Alliance for Musical Theatre; Shakespeare Theatre Association; Arts Alliance Illinois; the League of Chicago Theatres; and Ingenuity, Inc.
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Playgoer’s GuideTHE STORYCharged with conspiracy to commit regicide against England’s queen, her cousin
Mary, Queen of Scots, is held captive in Fotheringhay Castle, where she awaits her
verdict. The nephew to her guardian in this castle, Mortimer brings news to Mary
that the court’s decision is concluded: she is guilty of treason. He reveals to Mary
his secret conversion to Catholicism and his allegiance to her. Mary entrusts the
young man with two letters: one, addressed to Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester—
Elizabeth’s beloved favorite and lifelong friend; the second, to her cousin Elizabeth,
Queen of England, requesting an audience with her.
Upon reading the letter, Elizabeth asks Mortimer to assume responsibility for the
queen’s death, and he gives his consent. Receiving Mary’s letter, Leicester privately
confesses that he too supports the Scottish queen, then urges Elizabeth to accept
her cousin’s request for a meeting between them. Upon Leicester’s advice, the next
day Elizabeth with her retinue sets out to Fotheringhay for the fateful meeting of
two queens, both determined to live and to rule.
A NOTE ON PETER OSWALD’S TEXT English translations of Friedrich Schiller’s Mary Stuart are numerous and variant.
English playwright Peter Oswald’s 2005 version, commissioned by the Donmar
Warehouse in London and published by Oberon Books, is intended as a script for
production. It is, in fact, the second of two versions written by Oswald; in 1996,
Oxford University Press published his translation of Schiller’s Don Carlos and Mary
Stuart in a single edition, intended primarily for an academic audience. Oswald’s
2005 version remains as faithful as possible to the original text, though not at the
expense of the play’s poetry. Extensive cutting and the use of a more modern
vernacular allowed Oswald to make the script more relevant and accessible to
contemporary theatergoers. His changes were strategic: this version, unlike his
earlier one, was meant to be performed.
THE HISTORYThe imagined events of Schiller’s Mary Stuart transpire over the course of a few
days, but its story’s roots—and its consequences—begin two centuries earlier in
1377, and “end” in 1603, fifteen years after the play concludes.
The legacy of the Plantagenet king, Edward III (1312–1377) looms over its story.
Founder of the dynasty from which both Elizabeth I and Mary, Queen of Scots,
descend, Edward III is the indirect cause of the struggle for power between these
two queens who, through Edward, each asserts her claim to the English throne.
MARY STUART
Edward III was a strong, stable, and remarkably fertile English king. He fathered
thirteen children—of whom eight were male. But the king’s eldest son and heir
apparent, Edward, the Black Prince, died one year prior to his father’s own death
when the succession fell to the Black Prince’s oldest living son, crowned Richard II
of the House of York.
That might have been the end of the story had it not been for Richard’s Lancastrian
cousin, Henry Bolingbroke. In 1399 Henry deposed his Yorkist cousin and assumed
the throne as Henry IV. Henry IV managed a successful reign, and the crown
passed peacefully to his son, Henry V. But less than a decade into his reign, Henry
contracted dysentery and died.
Henry V’s infant son ascended to the throne. Dominated by his courtiers and later
by his French wife, Margaret of Anjou, Henry VI proved a weak, ineffective king.
Under his reign, England’s claim to France was lost and the crown ran up massive
debts. The Yorkists—claiming their right to the throne through two sons of
Edward III—grew evermore exasperated with Lancastrian rule.
The Wars of the Roses (1455–1485) commenced—thirty years of civil war in which
the crown was passed between the Houses of Lancaster and York. Among this
succession of kings was Richard III, who reigned from 1483 to 1485, after declaring
his late brother’s marriage invalid and heirs illegitimate.
In 1485 Henry Tudor returned to England from France, where he had been
preparing for a rebellion against the Yorkist kings. Henry triumphed, and with
Richard III’s death, Henry VII became the first of the Tudor dynasty. A pragmatic
ruler, Henry married Elizabeth of York, strategically uniting the houses of Lancaster
and York at last (see line of succession, pg. 22). His intentions for the country’s
future were symbolized by the name of their first born son: Arthur, England’s king
of ancient legend. To protect England against its historic French enemy, Henry
allied with Spain and a marriage between Prince Arthur and the Spanish princess,
Catherine of Aragon, was arranged.
Five months into their marriage, Arthur died. When Henry VII, too, died in 1509, his
surviving son ascended to the throne, as Henry VIII. Only with a papal dispensation
did Henry marry his brother’s widow and father one living child, named Mary
(not the same as Mary, Queen of Scots). Desperate to produce a male heir, Henry
broke with the Roman Catholic Church and divorced Catherine in 1533. He quickly
remarried the pregnant Anne Boleyn and declared Mary illegitimate. Anne too
gave Henry one living heir, the princess Elizabeth, before the queen was charged
with a litany of crimes and executed. Elizabeth, too, was subsequently declared
illegitimate. His third wife, Jane Seymour, bore the king a son, Edward, before she
died of postnatal complications.
Henry’s subsequent three marriages produced no more children. In 1543 his
parliament passed the Third Succession Act, which returned both Mary and
Elizabeth to the line of succession following Edward. When Henry died in 1547, his
nine-year-old son became Edward VII, reigning for just eight years. Not wanting
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to leave England to the Catholic Mary, Edward and his Protestant advisors tried
to divert the succession to Lady Jane Grey, great-granddaughter to Henry VII.
The plan failed, and Edward’s eldest half-sister succeeded him as Mary I
(“Bloody Mary”), who died a few years later, without issue.
In 1558, Elizabeth I, the last of Henry VIII’s heirs, ascended to the throne, where
she would remain until her death in 1603, despite competing claims for the crown:
Mary, Queen of Scots, another great-granddaughter to Henry VII, was one of those
claimants. Mary’s son, James VI of Scotland, wuold inherit the English throne,
as England’s James I. James—raised away from his Catholic mother in a largely
Protestant Scotland—was meant to ensure that England remained beyond the
reach of the papacy. The English throne secured James’s silence following his
mother’s execution. 1603 marked the end of the Tudor dynasty and the rise of the
Stuarts under James I.
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ProfilesANDREW CHOWN (Mortimer) makes his Chicago Shakespeare Theater debut. Canadian credits include: Shakespeare in Love (Citadel Theatre/Royal Manitoba Theatre
Centre); Vimy (Soulpepper Theatre Company); Romeo and Juliet, The Merry Wives of Windsor (Bard on the Beach); Taking Shakespeare (New Stages Theatre); The Circle, The Seagull (National Theatre School of Canada); and Harry the King: The Famous Victories of Henry V (Repercussion Theatre). Film and television credits include: Her Friend Adam (Sundance), Reign, and Beauty and the Beast (The CW). Mr. Chown graduated in 2014 from the acting program at the National Theatre School of Canada.
PATRICK CLEAR (Count Aubespine/Melvil) returns to Chicago Shakespeare Theater, where he has appeared in eighteen productions, including: Henry V, The Madness
of George III, As You Like It, Troilus and Cressida, Measure for Measure, King Lear, All’s Well That Ends Well, Timon of Athens, and The Merry Wives of Windsor. Other recent Chicago credits include: Native Gardens (Victory Gardens Theater); By the Water, The Mousetrap (Northlight Theatre); Carlyle, By the Way Meet Vera Stark, Teddy Ferrara, Race (Goodman Theatre); Port Authority (Writers Theatre); and The March (Steppenwolf Theatre Company). Broadway credits include: Hollywood Arms and Noises Off. Regional credits include productions with: Hartford Stage, Asolo Repertory Theatre, Maltz Jupiter Theatre, Cleveland Play House, Indiana Repertory Theatre, Arena Stage, Guthrie Theater, American Shakespeare Theatre, Center Stage, Folger Shakespeare Library, Huntington Theatre Company, and the Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park. Film credits include: The Dark Knight, Losing Isaiah, and The Babe. Television credits include: Empire (FOX); Chicago P.D. (NBC); and Boss (STARZ).
TIM DECKER (Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester) returns to Chicago Shakespeare Theater, where his credits include: The Comedy of Errors and Short Shakespeare! Romeo and
Juliet. Other Chicago credits include: City of Conversation (Northlight Theatre); Spill (TimeLine Theatre Company); stop. reset., Black Star Line (Goodman Theatre); Million Dollar Quartet (Apollo Theater Chicago); Toys in the Attic (Joseph Jefferson Award, American Theater Company); Ghetto (Famous Door Theatre); Mornings at Seven (Drury Lane Theatre); and The Complete History of America (abridged) (Noble Fool Theatricals). Recent film projects include Slice and Thrillride. Television credits include: Chicago Justice, Chicago Fire (NBC); Empire (FOX); and Boss (STARZ).
KAI ALEXANDER EALY (Drugeon Drury/O’Kelly/Sheriff) makes his Chicago Shakespeare Theater debut. Other Chicago credits include: Franklinland (Jackalope Theatre Company); Two
Mile Hollow (First Floor Theater); 30th Young Playwrights Festival (Pegasus Theatre Chicago); Migration, In De’ Beginnin’, and Among All This You Stand Like a Fine Brownstone (eta Creative Arts Foundation). Film credits include Fallen. Television credits include Chicago Fire (NBC).
KEVIN GUDAHL (Amias Paulet/Fight Captain) returns to Chicago Shakespeare Theater, where his credits include: Tug of War: Foreign Fire and Civil Strife, Pericles, King Lear,
The Merry Wives of Windsor, Henry VIII, The School for Lies, Elizabeth Rex, Macbeth (title role), Antony and Cleopatra (title role), Troilus and Cressida (title role), Brutus in Julius Caesar, Fredrik in A Little Night Music, Hal in Henry IV Parts 1 and 2, and Kayama in Pacific Overtures. Other Chicago credits include productions with: Court Theatre, Goodman Theatre, Writers Theatre, Marriott Theatre, Northlight
Theatre, Remy Bumppo Theatre Company, Drury Lane Theatre, and Victory Gardens Theater. International credits include: five seasons with Stratford Festival; Canadian Stage; Donmar Warehouse; and the Royal Shakespeare Company (CST tour). Film credits include: While You Were Sleeping, Home Alone III, and The Poker House. Television credits include: Chicago Fire, Crisis (NBC); Boss (STARZ); Empire, The Chicago Code (FOX); and Early Edition (CBS). Mr. Gudahl is a multiple Jeff Award recipient and CST verse coach.
ROBERT JASON JACKSON (George Talbot) makes his Chicago Shakespeare Theater debut. Other Chicago credits include The Road and Death and the King’s Horseman (Goodman Theatre).
Favorite roles include: Othello in Othello (Denver Center for Performing Arts Theatre Company); Polonius in Hamlet (Shakespeare Theatre Company); and Bolingbroke in Richard II (Mark Taper Forum NAACP Best Actor nomination). Broadway credits include Amonasro in Aida (Palace Theatre) and Judge Brack in Hedda Gabler (Roundabout Theatre Company). Off-Broadway credits include: A Soldier’s Play (Second Stage Theater); The Merchant of Venice, The Treatment (Public Theater); The Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin (Playwrights Horizons); and Funnyhouse of a Negro (Signature Theatre). Regional credits include: The Greeks (Hartford Stage); Macbeth (Guthrie Theater); and Anouilh’s Antigone and Mourning Becomes Electra (Quintessence Theatre Group). Television and film credits include: guest-starring roles on Law & Order, Law & Order: SVU, Third Watch, Feds, New York Undercover, New Jersey Drive, and Altamont. Mr. Jackson is a graduate of Northwestern University (BA) and Temple University (MFA).
MICHAEL JOSEPH MITCHELL (Count Bellievre/William Davison) makes his Chicago Shakespeare Theater debut. Other Chicago credits include: My Fair Lady (Lyric
Opera of Chicago); Assassination Theater (Museum of Broadcast Communications);
A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Winter’s Tale, The Merchant of Venice (First Folio Theatre); The Goat or, Who is Sylvia? (Remy Bumppo Theatre Company); Underneath the Lintel (City Lit Theater Company); and A Christmas Carol (Drury Lane Theatre). Regional credits include productions with: Asolo Repertory Theatre, Syracuse Stage, Indiana Repertory Theatre, BoarsHead Theater, and Colonial Theatre. Film credits include Falsely Accused and Scrooge & Marley. Television credits include Chicago Fire (NBC). Mr. Mitchell received a BFA in theater from Drake University, and also studied at the National Theater Institute and the Théâtre des Amandiers in France.
K.K. MOGGIE (Mary Stuart) makes her Chicago Shakespeare Theater debut. Off-Broadway credits include: The Gravediggers Lullaby (The Actors Company Theatre); Daphne’s Dive
(Signature Theatre); Charles Francis Chan Jr.’s Exotic Oriental Murder Mystery (National Asian American Theatre Company); Summer Shorts (59E59 Theaters); Bareknuckle (Vertigo Theater Company); One Night… (Cherry Lane Theatre); The Golden Dragon (The Play Company); Bottom of the World (Atlantic Theater Company); The Bereaved (Partial Comfort Productions); Grace (MCC Theater); Richard III (Classic Stage Company); and A Peddlers Tale (Women’s Project Theater). Film credits include: After Party (Best Feature Comedy 2017 Madrid International Film Festival); Home (Dances with Films 2013 Industry Choice Award); Anna and the King; and The Sleeping Dictionary. Short film credits include: You Beautiful Crazy Blind Cripple (lead); The Audition (RatPac Entertainment, directed by Martin Scorsese); and Memory Box. Television credits include: The Good Wife (CBS); Gossip Girl (The CW); Mercy (NBC); and White Collar (USA). Ms. Moggie is a Partial Comfort Productions company member, as well as an adjunct professor for Pace University’s film and television department. She received her MFA in acting from Columbia University.
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KELLIE OVERBEY (Elizabeth) makes her Chicago Shakespeare Theater debut. Broadway credits include: The Coast of Utopia, Twentieth Century, “Q.E.D.”, Judgment at Nuremberg,
Present Laughter, and Buried Child. Off-Broadway credits include: Women Without Men (Drama Desk nomination, Mint Theater Company); Dada Woof Papa Hot (Lincoln Center Theater); Love and Information (New York Theatre Workshop); Rapture Blister Burn, The Savannah Disputation (Lucille Lortel nomination), Betty’s Summer Vacation (Playwrights Horizons); Sleeping Rough (Drama Desk nomination, Page 73 Productions); Lemon Sky (Keen Company); Animals Out of Paper, Good Boys and True (Second Stage Theater); The Music Teacher (Minetta Lane Theatre); Hamlet (Classic Stage Company); Gone Home, Comic Potential, and The Debutante Ball (Manhattan Theatre Club). Film credits include: Imitation Girl, That’s What She Said (also screenwriter), Favorite Son, Sweet and Lowdown, 35 Miles from Normal, Outbreak, Defenseless, and Misplaced. Television credits include: Law & Order: SVU, Blindspot, Blue Bloods, 30 Rock, The Good Wife, Law & Order, Unforgettable, The Job, That’s Life, and The Stand. Ms. Overbey is an Eastern Principle Councilor at Actors’ Equity Association, a founding member of Fair Wage OnStage, and the executive director of the nonprofit "A is For."
BARBARA ROBERTSON (Hanna Kennedy) returns to Chicago Shakespeare Theater, where her credits include: Tug of War: Foreign Fire, The Tempest, Gypsy, Julius Caesar, Hamlet, A Little
Night Music, The Winter’s Tale, Kabuki Lady Macbeth, King Lear, and Antony and Cleopatra. Other Chicago credits include: The Detective’s Wife (Writers Theatre); Life Sucks (Lookingglass Theatre Company); Winter (Rivendell Theatre Ensemble); On the Town (Marriott Theatre); Love Loss and What I Wore, Working, Grand Hotel (Broadway Playhouse); Wicked (Cadillac Palace Theatre, Oriental Theatre); Yeast Nation (the triumph of life) (American Theater Company); Pursued by Happiness
(Steppenwolf Theatre Company); Camino Real, The Goat, or Who is Sylvia?, House and Garden (Goodman Theatre); Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, La Bête, Little Foxes (Court Theatre); and Emma’s Child (Victory Gardens Theater). Regional credits include Other Than Honorable (Geva Theatre Center). Touring credits include Angels in America Parts 1 and 2 (first national tour). Film credits include Robert Altman’s The Company and David Lynch’s A Straight Story. Recipient of more than twenty awards and nominations as an actress, Ms. Robertson also teaches at Columbia College.
DAVID STUDWELL (Lord Burleigh) makes his Chicago Shakespeare Theater debut. Other Chicago credits include: As You Like It, Pal Joey, Romeo and Juliet, Sunday in the Park with George, A
Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (Goodman Theatre); Elmer Gantry, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, The New Yorkers, Chess, South Pacific, Brigadoon (Marriott Theatre); Secret Garden, Falsettos, The Rothschilds (Apple Tree Theatre); Crazy for You, The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Candlelight Dinner Playhouse); Hamlet (Wisdom Bridge Theatre); and Glass House (Northlight Theatre). Off-Broadway credits include Applause! (New York City Center Encores!). Regional credits include work with: Alliance Theatre, Syracuse Stage, Indiana Repertory Theatre, Portland Center Stage, The Kennedy Center, TheatreWorks Silicon Valley, PCPA Theaterfest, John W. Engeman Theater, Ogunquit Playhouse, and Hangar Theatre. Film credits include Dave Barry’s Complete Guide to Guys. Television credits include Crime Story (NBC). Mr. Studwell received a BFA in musical theatre from SUNY Fredonia and his MFA in performance from Purdue University.
PETER OSWALD (Adapter) is a poet, playwright, and performer. He served as a writer-in-residence at Shakespeare’s Globe from 1998 to 2009. His plays, written in verse and published by Oberon Books, have been performed around the world, including: Shakespeare’s Globe, the National Theatre, Almeida Theatre, Birmingham Repertory Theatre, on London’s West End, and Broadway. Produced at Shakespeare’s Globe, Mr. Oswald’s The Golden Ass, starring
Mark Rylance, formed part of the 2002 season that won the Evening Standard Award for Best Season. Phyllida Lloyd’s production of Mr. Oswald’s version of Schiller’s Mary Stuart won the South Bank Award. In 2002, Mr. Oswald co-founded The Abyss Theatre Company, where he served as writer and actor, performing at: The Tobacco Factory, Bristol; Soho Theatre, London; and English Theatre, Berlin. In 2016 he co-founded the Columbina Theatre Company, devoted to poetry performance and new plays rooted in the commedia tradition. Mr. Oswald writes and performs poems and long story-poems based on Icelandic sagas and folktales, which he has performed at the Folger Theatre, Washington, DC; Hay Festival; and Wells Festival. He performed his long poem Weyland (Oberon Books) at the Ledbury Festival. Additional published poems include Three Folktales (Letterpress, 2014) and Sonnets of Various Sizes (Shearsman, 2016). Mr. Oswald received a Society of Authors traveling scholarship in 2016. He lives in Devon, UK, with his wife, Alice, and three children. www.peteroswald.net
JENN THOMPSON (Director) makes her Chicago directorial debut. Recent credits include: The Secret Garden (Denver Center for the Performing Arts); Oklahoma! (Goodspeed
Musicals); and Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley (Repertory Theatre of St. Louis–five St. Louis Theater Circle Award Nominations). New York credits include The Gravedigger's Lullaby (The Actors Company Theatre, world premiere) and Women Without Men (Mint Theater Company, 2016 Lucille Lortel, Off-Broadway Alliance Award nominations for Outstanding Revival, and five Drama Desk Award nominations, including Outstanding Director and Revival). Ms. Thompson served as co-artistic director of Off Broadway's The Actors Company Theater from 2011 to 2015, directing the critically acclaimed productions of Abundance (2015 Off Broadway Alliance Award for Best Revival), Natural Affection, Lost in Yonkers (2012 Drama Desk nomination), The Memorandum, The Late Christopher Bean, Bedroom Farce, and The Eccentricities of a Nightingale. Additional credits include: Bye Bye Birdie (Goodspeed Musicals–five Connecticut Critics Circle Award
nominations, including Outstanding Director and Musical); Angel Street (Repertory Theatre of St. Louis); Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike (Denver Center for the Performing Arts); Abundance (Hartford Stage–four Connecticut Critics Circle nominations, including Outstanding Director and Play); All in the Timing, Noises Off, Barefoot in the Park, and Boeing-Boeing (Dorset Theatre Festival, where she is a resident director). www.jennthompsondirector.com
ANDROMACHE CHALFANT (Scenic Designer) makes her Chicago Shakespeare Theater debut. Off-Broadway credits include: The Purple Lights of Joppa Illinois (Atlantic Theater Company); Rimbaud in New York (BAM); A Kid Like Jake, brownsville song (b-side for tray) (Lincoln Center); Sex with Strangers (Second Stage Theater); Wild Animals You Should Know (MCC Theater); Food and Fadwa (New York Theatre Workshop); Massacre, The Long Shrift, Through the Yellow Hour (Rattlestick Playwrights Theater); Edgewise (The Play Company); Inked Baby (Playwrights Horizons); and El Gato Con Botas (The New Victory Theater, El Museo del Barrio). Regional credits include productions with: Hartford Stage, Two River Theater Company, McCarter Theatre, American Repertory Theater, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Actors Theatre of Louisville, The Old Globe, Arena Stage, Minnesota Opera, Virginia Opera, and Opera Philadelphia. Ms. Chalfant is a company member of LAByrinth Theater Company and an associate artist of The Civilians. She teaches in the graduate design program at NYU Tisch School of the Arts, where she earned her MFA.
LINDA CHO (Costume Designer) returns to Chicago Shakespeare Theater, where she designed Othello and Two Noble Kinsmen (Jeff Award nomination). Broadway credits include: Anastasia (Tony Award nomination), A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder (Tony Award), and The Velocity of Autumn. Other Chicago credits include work at the Goodman Theatre. Regional credits include productions with: Hartford Stage, Long Wharf Theatre, The Old Globe, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, La Jolla Playhouse, Arena Stage, Guthrie Theater, American Conservatory Theater, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Williamstown Theatre Festival, and Goodspeed Musicals. Opera credits include: Los Angeles Opera,
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Opera Theatre of Saint Louis. She will make her Metropolitan Opera debut next season with Samson et Dalila. Ms. Cho is a recipient of the Irene Sharaff Young Master Award and the Ruth Morley Design Award from the League of Professional Theatre Women. She is an alumna of McGill University and holds a MFA degree from the Yale School of Drama. www.lindacho.com
GREG HOFMANN (Co-Lighting Designer) returns to Chicago Shakespeare Theater, where his credits include: Love’s Labor’s Lost, Ride the Cyclone, Road Show, and Short Shakespeare! productions of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Twelfth Night, and Romeo and Juliet. Other Chicago credits include: Elf, Jesus Christ Superstar, Mamma Mia!, Hairspray, Oklahoma, The Who's Tommy (Jeff Award), Mary Poppins, Annie, 42nd Street (Paramount Theatre); The Game's Afoot, Les Misérables (Jeff Award nominee), Oliver! (Drury Lane Theatre); A Loss of Roses, Vieux Carre (Raven Theatre); Sweeney Todd, Pal Joey, Tick Tick Boom! (Porchlight Music Theatre); and Wonderland (Chicago Children’s Theatre). Off-Broadway credits include Ride the Cyclone (MCC Theater). Regional credits include: Outside Mullingar, Mr. Burns, Silent Sky, Sons of the Prophet, and 44 Plays for 44 Presidents (Forward Theater Company). Mr. Hofmann has designed over forty-five productions for Cedar Fair amusement parks across the country, including Cedar Point’s Luminosity. He received his MFA from University of Wisconsin-Madison.
PHILIP ROSENBERG (Co-Lighting Designer) returns to Chicago Shakespeare Theater, where his credits include: The Book of Joseph, King Charles III, Othello, Henry V, Gypsy, Julius Caesar (Jeff Award nomination), The School for Lies, Sunday in the Park with George (Jeff Award nomination), Beauty and the Beast, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Elizabeth Rex, The Taming of the Shrew, Macbeth, Edward II, Amadeus (Jeff Award nomination), and Cymbeline (Jeff Award nomination). Broadway credits include: The Elephant Man, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, and It’s Only a Play. Off-Broadway credits include The Explorers Club and Cactus Flower. Regional credits include productions with: The Kennedy Center, La Jolla Playhouse, Ford's Theatre, Guthrie Theater, The Old Globe,
TheatreWorks, Huntington Theatre Company, Portland Stage Company, The Actors Company Theatre, Barrington Stage Company, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Bay Street Theater, Shakespeare Theatre Company, Hartford Stage, George Street Playhouse, and Westport Country Playhouse.
MIKHAIL FIKSEL (Co-Sound Designer) returns to Chicago Shakespeare Theater where his credits include: Short Shakespeare! productions of Romeo and Juliet and A Midsummer Night’s Dream, the Chicago Shakespeare in the Parks production of Romeo and Juliet, and The Book of Joseph. Other Chicago credits include: The Hunter and the Bear (Writers Theatre); The Wolves, 2666, The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window, Venus in Fur (Goodman Theatre); Learning Curve, Feast, and God’s Work (Albany Park Theater Project). Off-Broadway and regional credits include: The Treasurer, A Life (Playwrights Horizons); The Undertaking (The Civilians/ BAM); Tiger Style! (La Jolla Playhouse); The Royale (American Theater Company, City Theatre Company, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis); The World of Extreme Happiness (Manhattan Theatre Club); Fulfillment (The Flea Theater, American Theater Company); and The Old Man and the Old Moon (City Theatre Company, The Old Globe, New Victory Theater, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Writers Theatre). Film credits include: Glitch, The Wise Kids, and In Memoriam. Mr. Fiksel has received two Lucille Lortel Awards and Drama Desk nominations, multiple Jeff Awards, and The Michael Maggio Emerging Designer Award. www.mikhailfiskel.com
MILES POLASKI (Co-Sound Designer) returns to Chicago Shakespeare Theater, where his credits include The Book of Joseph. Other Chicago credits include productions with: Collaboraction Theatre, 2nd Story, Goodman Theatre, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, American Theater Company, Red Tape Theatre (Jeff Award for Mouse in a Jar), Chicago Dramatists, The Gift Theatre Company, Steep Theatre Company, and About Face Theatre, among others. New York credits include productions with: The Flea Theater (Drama Desk nominee, Jeff Award nominee for Fulfillment), The Playwrights Realm, National Asian American Theatre Company, Ma-Yi Theater Company,
Pace Gallery, and MBL Productions, among others. Mr. Polaski was the resident sound and video designer for five seasons at Barter Theatre in Abingdon, VA, where he designed over sixty-five musicals and plays.
RICHARD JARVIE (Wig & Make-up Designer) is the wig and make-up supervisor for Chicago Shakespeare Theater, where his credits include: Red Velvet, The Taming of the Shrew, Madagascar, the Chicago Shakespeare in the Parks production of Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare in Love, Short Shakespeare! Romeo and Juliet, Love’s Labor’s Lost, and King Charles III, and the inaugural season of Chicago Shakespeare on Navy Pier. Mr. Jarvie spent twenty-eight years with Lyric Opera of Chicago, eleven as the wig master and make-up designer. Other Chicago credits include productions with: Goodman Theatre, Court Theatre, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, and Drury Lane Theatre Oakbrook. Regional and international credits include productions with: the Tom Patterson Theatre in Stratford, Ontario; Guthrie Theater (wig master); Alliance Theatre; and McCarter Theatre. Opera credits include productions with: The Atlanta Opera, San Francisco Opera, Hawaii Opera Theatre, Chicago Opera Theater, Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, and the Spoleto Festivals of Charleston, South Carolina, and Italy.
DAVID WOOLLEY (Fight Choreographer) returns to Chicago Shakespeare Theater, where his credits include: Red Velvet, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, As You Like It, Peter Pan, Henry V, Antony and Cleopatra, Cymbeline, King John, Troilus and Cressida, Macbeth, and Short Shakespeare! A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Current Chicago credits include The Gentleman Caller (Raven Theater)and Beauty Queen of Leenane (Northlight Theatre). Off-Broadway credits include The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity (Second Stage Theater) and Edmond (Provincetown Playhouse). Regional credits include: The Three Musketeers and Henry V (Utah Shakespeare Festival); The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity (Geffen Playhouse); God of Carnage, Escanaba in da Moonlight, Norma and Wanda (Oakland Press Award), and, currently, The Case of the Elusive Ear (The Purple Rose Theatre Company).
Mr. Woolley is a co-creator and performs as Guido in Dirk & Guido: the Swordsmen! He has received two Joseph Jefferson Awards for fight direction. A professor at Columbia College Chicago, he coordinates violence and intimacy, and is a fight master with the Society of American Fight Directors and is a member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society and Actors Equity Association.
KATHRYN WALSH (Verse Coach) returns to Chicago Shakespeare theater where her credits include: King Charles III, the Chicago Shakespeare in the Parks production of Twelfth Night, Short Shakespeare! Twelfth Night, The Comedy of Errors, Henry VIII, The Feast, and The Madness of George III. Chicago directing credits include: Women Beware Women, Richard II, As You Like It (Two Pence Theatre Company); James and the Giant Peach (Filament Theatre); and breaks & bikes (Pavement Group). Ms. Walsh received her MFA from Northwestern University and BA from Harvard University. She teaches and serves as program mentor in Northwestern’s MFA Directing Program.
EVA BRENEMAN (Dialect Coach) returns to Chicago Shakespeare Theater, where her credits include: Red Velvet, Shakespeare in Love, King Charles III, Tug of War: Foreign Fire and Civil Strife, Henry V, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Elizabeth Rex, and The Madness of King George III. Recent Chicago credits include: Blind Date, Yasmina’s Necklace (Goodman Theatre); The Doppelganger (Steppenwolf Theatre Company); All My Sons, The Belle of Amherst (Court Theater); Plantation, Hard Times (Lookingglass Theatre Company); The Importance of Being Earnest (Writers Theatre); and In the Next Room or, The Vibrator Play (TimeLine Theatre Company). Regional credits include: Three Seasons (American Players Theatre); Always...Patsy Cline, The Who and the What (Milwaukee Repertory Theater); and Love’s Labour’s Lost (Actors Theatre of Louisville). National tours include: Fun Home, Motown the Musical, and Mamma Mia. Ms. Breneman is an associate artist at TimeLine Theatre Company.
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DEBORAH ACKER (Producton Stage Manager) has stage managed the past twenty-eight seasons at Chicago Shakespeare Theater. Other stage management credits include: Puttin’ on the Ritz (National Jewish Theater); Six Degrees of Separation, Driving Miss Daisy, I’m Not Rappaport (Briar Street Theatre); The Nerd (Royal George Theatre); and A…My Name Is Alice (Ivanhoe Theatre). She has production managed extensively throughout Chicago, and has also provided lighting designs for: the Apollo Theatre, Candlelight Dinner Playhouse, Chicago Shakespeare Theater’s Team Shakespeare, the Museum of Science and Industry, Some Like It Cole (tour), and Pump Boys and Dinettes in Branson, Missouri.
JINNI PIKE (Assistant Stage Manager, through March 25) returns to Chicago Shakespeare Theater, where she assistant stage managed Ride the Cyclone. Other Chicago credits include: Elf the Musical, Sweeney Todd, Disney's The Little Mermaid, Hairspray, The Who's Tommy (Paramount Theatre); Bakersfield Mist, Danny Casolaro Died for You, The How and the Why, Raisin in the Sun, and Wasteland (TimeLine Theatre Company). Regional credits include: seven seasons as production stage manager with Heart of America Shakespeare Festival (Kansas City, MO); three seasons as production stage manager and twenty-five productions at Unicorn Theatre (Kansas City, MO); and A Christmas Carol at Kansas City Repertory Theatre.
ELISE HAUSKEN (Assistant Stage Manager, beginning March 27) returns to Chicago Shakespeare Theater, where her credits include Short Shakespeare! A Midsummer Night’s Dream and CPS Shakespeare! The Taming of the Shrew. Other Chicago credits include: The Minutes, Linda Vista (Steppenwolf Theatre Company); Crazy for You (Drury Lane Theatre); Arcadia, Isaac’s Eye, Days Like Today, Hedda Gabler, The Old Man and the Old Moon, The Liar, Sweet Charity, Hamlet, A Little Night Music, and Hesperia (Writers Theatre); and The Apple Family Plays (TimeLine Theatre Company). During the summer, Ms. Hausken serves as the production manager at Ravinia Festival. She holds a BA in theatre and English literature from Northwestern University.
BOB MASON (Artistic Associate/Casting Director) is in his eighteenth season as CST’s casting director, where his credits include over one hundred productions and thirty-two plays in Shakespeare’s canon. In addition to numerous productions with Barbara Gaines, other productions of note include: a host of Sondheim musicals directed by Gary Griffin; Rose Rage: Henry VI, Parts 1, 2 and 3, directed by Edward Hall; and The Molière Comedies, directed by Brian Bedford. He recently directed and co-created Shakespeare Tonight! with Beckie Menzie, as part of CST's Shakespeare 400 Chicago festival. Prior to casting, Mr. Mason enjoyed a career as a Jeff Award-winning actor and singer, and has been a visiting educator for the School at Steppenwolf, Acting Studio Chicago, the University of Illinois at Chicago, and Northwestern University.
NANCY PICCIONE (New York Casting) is the director of casting at Manhattan Theatre Club. Broadway credits include: Jitney, Heisenberg, The Father, Venus in Fur, Wit, Time Stands Still, Top Girls, Shining City, The Assembled Parties, Outside Mullingar, Casa Valentina, and Constellations. She cast the original productions of Proof and The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife on Broadway and off-Broadway, as well as their national tours. Off-Broadway credits include: Linda, Incognito, The Explorers Club, Choir Boy, The Whipping Man, Ruined, Equivocation, The World of Extreme Happiness, and Of Good Stock. Prior to working at Manhattan Theatre Club, she was a member of the casting staff at the New York Shakespeare Festival for ten years, where she worked on Shakespeare in the Park and numerous productions at the Public Theatre. She cast the American actors for the first two seasons of the Bridge Project, produced by BAM and the Old Vic London. She is a graduate of the Yale School of Drama and a member of the Casting Society of America.
RICK BOYNTON (Creative Producer) focuses on current and future artistic planning and production, as well as the development of all new plays, musicals and adaptations for CST. Projects include: The Book of Joseph, Ride the Cyclone (CST, MCC, upcoming at 5th Avenue/ACT), Sense and Sensibility (CST, Old Globe), Cadre (co-director) (CST, Johannesburg, Grahamstown,
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Actors’ Equity Association (AEA), founded in 1913, represents more than 45,000 actors and stage managers in the United States. Equity seeks to advance, promote and foster the art of live theatre as an essential component of our society. Equity negotiates wages and working conditions, providing a wide range of benefits, including health and pension plans. AEA is a member of the AFL-CIO, and is affiliated with FIA, an international organization of performing arts unions. The Equity emblem is our mark of excellence. www.actorsequity.org
The scenic, costume, lighting and sound designers of this production are represented by United Scenic Artists, Local USA-829 of the IATSE.
The Director is a member of the STAGE DIRECTORS AND CHOREOGRAPHERS SOCIETY, a national theatrical labor union.
Edinburgh, Vancouver), Othello: The Remix (CST, London, Germany, Edinburgh, South Korea, New York), Funk It Up About Nothin’ (CST, Edinburgh, Australian tour, London), A Flea in Her Ear (CST, Williamstown Theatre Festival), The Three Musketeers (CST, Boston, London), The Emperor’s New Clothes, The Adventures of Pinocchio, Murder for Two (CST, New York), and The Feast: an intimate Tempest (in collaboration with Redmoon). Former artistic director of the Marriott Theatre and multiple Jeff Award-winning actor, he has starred in productions nationally, including CST’s production of A Flea in Her Ear as Camille (Jeff Award, After Dark Award). As casting director/associate at Jane Alderman Casting, projects included: the television series Early Edition, Missing Persons, Untouchables and ER; the films While You Were Sleeping and Hoodlum, among others; and numerous national tours. Mr. Boynton has lectured at his alma mater Northwestern University, and is the former president of the board of the National Alliance for Musical Theatre.
BARBARA GAINES (Artistic Director/Carl and Marilynn Thoma Endowed Chair) founded Chicago Shakespeare Theater, where she has directed nearly fifty productions of
Shakespeare’s plays. Honors include: the 2008 Tony Award for Outstanding Regional Theatre; the prestigious Honorary OBE (Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) in recognition of her contributions strengthening British-American cultural relations; and Joseph Jefferson Awards for Best Production (Hamlet, Cymbeline, King Lear and The Comedy of Errors), and for Best Director (Cymbeline, King Lear and The Comedy of Errors). Ms. Gaines has directed at the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-on-Avon, Lyric Opera of Chicago and The Old Globe in San Diego. As the cornerstone
production of Shakespeare 400 Chicago, the 2016 international celebration of Shakespeare’s legacy, she created a world premiere Shakespeare history cycle, Tug of War, including the rarely staged Edward III. Ms. Gaines received an Honorary Doctorate of Letters from the University of Birmingham (UK), the University Club of Chicago’s Cultural Award, and the Public Humanities Award from the Illinois Humanities Council.
CRISS HENDERSON (Executive Director) has produced Chicago Shakespeare Theater's past twenty-eight seasons, and developed the citywide, yearlong celebration through
2016 of Shakespeare’s legacy, Shakespeare 400 Chicago. Under his leadership, CST has become one of the nation’s leading regional theaters and one of Chicago's most celebrated cultural organizations, honored with the 2008 Tony Award for Outstanding Regional Theatre, as well as multiple Laurence Olivier and Joseph Jefferson Awards. Mr. Henderson has garnered multiple honors, including: the 2013 Cultural Innovation Award from the Chicago Innovation Awards; the Arts Administrator of the Year by Arts Management Magazine at the Kennedy Center and the Chevalier de L'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the Minister of Culture of France. He was named among the top 40 business people under the age of 40 in Crain’s Chicago Business. He serves as president of the Producers’ Association of Chicago-area Theaters and is director of the MFA/Arts Leadership Program, a two-year graduate-level curriculum in arts management training created through a joint partnership between Chicago Shakespeare Theater and The Theatre School at DePaul University.
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In Mary Stuart, politico-theological conflict plays out as a tug of war between
two radically different monarchic temperaments: Mary’s sensual, impulsive,
open-hearted; Elizabeth’s cool, calculating, and self-contained. Mary has been
wed (and widowed) three times, and even now has many suitors, one of whom
describes her as having “the gift of life” so fully “in her possession,” that “to be
with her is ecstasy forever.” Elizabeth has suitors too, but plays them off each
other for political gain, and already aspires, as dexterous politician and Virgin
Queen, never to wed at all. Again and again she reminds herself and others that
“I am not like the Stuart.”
In important ways, though, she’s partly wrong. Schiller, like Shakespeare, knows
that opposition achieves its fullest dramatic torque not in difference but in
kinship. The clash resounds most forcefully only when—and because—the mighty
opposites turn out to have much in common.
So it is with Mary and Elizabeth. They share a
common bloodline, a fierce intelligence, and
even, at various points in the play, the seductive
attentions of the same man. And they share
too, with one another but with few other
women in history, a barely precedented
experience of power: as queens by succession
and not by marriage, each has known what it
is to rule in her own right. For both of them, the play makes clear, this predicament
is at once profoundly solitary and, in a world still overflowing with masculine
prerogative, overcrowded.
And this turns out to be the common ground to which Schiller devotes his
most sustained attention. He surrounds each queen with many, varied men—
Machievellian, humane, amorous, ambitious, baffled, subservient—and tracks the
complicated consequences.
At its first appearance, in 1800, Mary Stuart flourished (and still does) as a high
verse tragedy mingling the grandeur of the Greeks with Shakespeare’s gorgeous
incandescence. In 2018, amid the mighty maelstrom of #MeToo, the play works
Near the end of Hamlet, Shakespeare subtly discloses a
secret of his own craft. The Prince, explaining to Horatio
why Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are dead, observes
that it is dangerous for ordinary mortals to get caught up
in the conflict between “mighty opposites” (here, Hamlet
and his usurping uncle).
Dangerous, yes. But also, at least at the playhouse, hugely
entertaining. Mighty opposites are the stuff of drama,
and getting caught up in their combat is a privilege we
ordinary playgoing mortals are happy to pay for.
In Mary Stuart Friedrich Schiller, who worshipped
Shakespeare, draws us adroitly into an impassioned clash
of mighty opposites: Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots and
Elizabeth I of England. And Peter Oswald, in his fresh
English adaptation of the text (quoted here), has focused,
accelerated and intensified the conflict.
When the play begins, the conflict has been raging
for nineteen years, with each queen asserting her
monarchal rights across perhaps the most seismic split in
English history: the moment, five decades earlier, when
Henry VIII, intent on discarding his first wife and marrying
Anne Boleyn, renounced the Roman Catholic Church and
declared himself Supreme Head of the (now Protestant)
Church of England.
Elizabeth, daughter of Henry and Anne, embodies her
nation’s precarious Protestant present, and hopes to
sustain it, by way of her own charismatic power, into the
perpetual future. Mary, ardent Catholic granddaughter of
Henry’s sister, has functioned throughout her checkered
life as a lightning rod for rebels intent on reclaiming
England’s throne, and with it the entire island, for the
Church of Rome. With Mary in prison and Elizabeth in
power, the Queen of England must decide whether the
Queen of Scots is to live or die.
THE JOHN W. AND JEANNE M. ROWE INQUIRY AND EXPLORATION SERIES
Schiller, like Shakespeare, knows that opposition
achieves its fullest dramatic torque not in
difference but in kinship.
SCHILLER'S MARY STUART n IN A NEW VERSION BY PETER OSWALD
n DIRECTED BY JENN THOMPSON
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Stuart Sherman, who contributes this essay, is a professor of English at Fordham University and the author of Telling Time: Clocks, Diaries, and English Diurnal Form, 1660–1785.
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also as an audacious thought experiment: what if women were to hold
the highest power possible, but with all the presumptuousness of male
manipulation still forcibly in play?
The results, while galvanic, are also
unsettling. Though Elizabeth aspires to rule
her kingdom “like a man,” she gradually
embraces a craven tactic, offloading all
responsibility for her fateful, equivocal
decisions onto her factious, opportunistic
male adherents. We’re used to imagining
this queen as virtually the patron saint of
Shakespeare (think Judi Dench, in Shakespeare in Love) and hence of our
own humanity. It’s striking to watch Schiller (and Oswald in his new version)
call hers so stringently into question.
Mary’s humanity is never in doubt. She too is beset by men who assert their
allegiance to her, but who nurture their own needs even more. Generous,
discerning, and endangered, she earns her primacy, as the tragedy’s titular
character, by virtue of her larger soul. Her humanity deepens scene by scene.
It is she, far more than Elizabeth, who recognizes the “we” in their shared
predicament. Having been tried, as she points out, by “a court of men, and
none of them my peer,” she now implores her handlers to set up a meeting
with Elizabeth, because
with the Queen I share
My sex, my blood, my rank. To her alone,
Sister, queen, woman, can I speak in freedom.
In the fulfillment of her request lies Schiller’s sharpest departure from actual
history. In real life, the two queens never met. In the play they do, precisely
because Mary alone understands the ways in which their commonalities
might lead to redemption, or to ruin, for both of them.
The poet Alexander Pope once declared, in praise of playgoing, that at the
theater we get to “be what we behold”; we become, while our absorption
lasts, the characters we watch. In Mary Stuart, by this logic, we become
for the time being both Elizabeth and Mary, recognizing in them our own
conflicting impulses toward tactical self-interest and toward freer, truer, and
imprudent passions. Absorbed in the clash on stage, we end up adjudicating
our own inner lives, weighing, however subliminally, where to place ourselves
along the spectrum between these mighty opposites.
Neither Schiller nor Shakespeare ever asks of us anything less. Early in the
play, in a gruff incisive line, Schiller sets forth what might serve as all great
playwrights’ First Commandment to their nightly audiences: “You are the
Judges. So judge!” n
Mary alone understands the ways in which their
commonalities might lead to redemption, or to
ruin, for both of them.
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Mr. Michael A. ClarkKeith and Barbara ClaytonBill and Alexandra ColeJane and John ColmanTuey and Karen ConnellJ. Gorman CookLawrence CorryEarle G. Cromer, IIIPauline K. and J. William
CuncannanAnn CunniffCharles CusterCharlotte and Lawrence
DamronNancy DehmlowWilma and Michael DelaneyLawrence DelPilar and
Kevin McCulloughWilliam DeWoskin and
Wendy S. GrossEvelyn J. DiazMr. and Mrs. Byram DickesRoberta S. Dillon
Wendy DonigerDavid and Eileen
DonnersbergerCarole and Peter DorisLeslie DouglassDr. and Mrs. James L.
DowneyJoan Govan DowningIngrid and Rich DubberkeDr. and Mrs. W. Brian DuffyJohn Duncan and
Anita SarafaDrs. George Dunea and
Sally DuneaKathy DunnEldred DuSoldThomas and Martha DwyerPhil and Phyllis EatonKatharine EganThomas and Pat EricksonSue S. EttelsonPatti Eylar and Charlie
GardnerElizabeth Lidd Factor, Esq.R. Scott and Kimberly FalkJeff Farbman and Ann
GreensteinCameron and Amy FindlayPeter Fischer and
Joanne Roddy FischerCaitlin FlanaganSusan F. FlynnHenry and Frances FogelAdrian FosterJudith FoxMs. Lucinda Fox and
Mr. John ManciniWillard and Anne FraumannPatricia and Martin FreemanMr. and Mrs. Abel FriedmanSharon FritzDr. and Mrs. Willard FryDebra MoskovitsJames and Paula FurstSean and Susan GallagherMr. and Mrs. Robert J. GareisStephen and Elizabeth GeerLolly and John E. GepsonC. Graham and Christy Gerst
Joyce and Allen GersteinMazen and Iyda GhuneimMr. and Mrs. James J.
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GoodmanJim Goodridge and
Joan RileyLinda D. and Craig C.
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Louis ChanLouise A. HollandBill and Vicki HoodJim and Deborah HopkinsonKaren and Tom HowellPatricia J. HurleyTerrell and Jill IsselhardDeborah and Helmut JahnJoseph and Ginia JahrkePam and Paul JamesMr. John Jendras and
Ms. Judith A. PaiceDavis JenkinsJustine Jentes and
Dan Kuruna
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Helen MelchiorMr. and Mrs. Gregory
MelchorCatherine Mouly and
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NagelbergMr. and Mrs. Lee OberlanderOscar and Linda OrellanaDr. John O'Toole and
Dr. Kristin WalterMr. and Mrs. Bruce Ottley
Jay Paladugula and Aparna Vootkur
Michael Payette and George Mariner
Mona PennerEdward R. PhillippSteven PlevinAndra and Irwin PressWendy and Jeffrey PuglielliSandra Davis RauDiana and Bruce RaunerAnn and Robert RonusDeborah and Jeffrey S. RossBruce Sagan and
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INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTORS
Nancy and Christopher Johnson
Richard K. Johnson and Marybeth Dougherty
Russell N. Johnson and Mark D. Hudson
Lynn and George JonesDrs. Michael and Abhilasha
JonesPeter H. Jones and
Marian PearcyMs. Susan M. JunkroskiDebra and Chuck KentKathryn and Bill KerrPaul and Raye KochThe Koldyke Family FundJames and Carolyn KrauseMichele KurlanderPatrick R. LaggesLisa LaidlawMr. and Mrs. Fred LaneDr. and Mrs. Richard
LariviereMr. and Mrs. Eric LarsenBradley LarsonJoanie and Richard LeopoldBarry Levenstam and
Elizabeth LandesLaurie and Gerry LevinMark Levine and
Andrea KottDiane v. S. and Robert M.
LevyMark LibersonFran and Chuck LichtCarol RosofskyDiane and Bill LloydJohn H. Long and Nona
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MacDougalJolie Macier and
James NiehoffBarry MacLeanMary and Larry MagesPaula and Jeffrey MalakKevin Malone and
Frank LabatyMichael and Anne MaloneMike Malone and
Todd ZimmermanStephen and Susan Bass
MarcusFaye MarloweDoretta and Robert MarwinWilliam Mason and
Diana DavisJudy and John McCarterMr. John F. McCartneyThe Howard and Kennon
McKee Charitable FundDr. William McMillan and
Dr. Jane McMillanSwati and Siddharth MehtaMartha and Richard MelmanDr. Janis MendelsohnMary Donners Meyer
Bernie and Sandra MeyerDana Mikstay and
Ronna HoffbergJudith and Robert MillerFamily of Nancy and
Henry MillsDr. Marilyn MitchellSusan MitchellTom and Rosemarie MitchellBev and Dick MoodyDavid Mordini and
Jerome FitzgeraldCorinne MorrisseyMr. and Mrs. Robert S.
MorrisonMilan MrksichSandra L. MuellerLester and Judith MunsonWilliam and Fayre MynattJohn and Susan NaughtonDr. Susan Nedza and
Dr. Oswaldo LastresTed and Lisa NeildHope G. Nightingale and
David EllisJohn and Janis NotzJames and Cathy NowackiBill and Penny ObenshainMr. and Mrs. James J.
O'ConnorBarbara and Daniel O'KeefeSarah and Wallace OliverMr. and Mrs. Norman
Olson, Jr.Jonathan F. OrserHarper PackRonna PageGeorge and Peggy
PandaleonGrayce PappDrs. Allen L. and Georga
ParchemRobert K. Parsons and
Victoria J. HergetJenny and Scott PattulloWendy and Hank PaulsonThomas Pawlik and
Ava CohnBrent and Marina PayneJason and Jackie PeltzTheodore and Harriette
PerlmanSandra PerlowJohn Peterson and
Randy Lowe HolgateKathleen PickenKaren Pierce and
Carey WeissJoseph P. Gaynor and
Victoria PoindexterMichael and Christine PopeC. James and Karen PrieurDr. and Mrs. Richard A. PrinzDavid and Valeria PruettAbdul and Rita QaiyumEva and Gary QuatemanSam Razi and Julie ZhuDavid and Lee ReeseLynne and Allan Reich
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INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTORS
Mr. and Mrs. William Adams IV
Robert W. Andersen and George P. Schneider
Ms. Carol L. AndersonAnonymous (13)Mareon R. ArnoldDrs. Andrew and Iris
AronsonRichard K. Baer, M.D. and
Carol HirschfieldLauren and Rick BarnettSandra BassThe Basso FamilyJudith Baxter and
Stephen SmithGerald and Maria BayerLon and Dick BehrLinda Finley Belan and
Vincent KinehanJoan Israel BergerHarriet K. BernsteinFrances and Ed BlairElizabeth and David
BlindermanRick BoyntonBrad J. BraunDeborah B. BraxtonRichard H. Brewer and
Mary Ann SchwartzGregory BrinkmanAmanda and Will BrooksAlan and Carol BrownMargaret Scanlan BrownBuck Creek FundSusan Burland and
George Plumb
Jan Burnham and Ray Carney
John ByrdJudy CapeJanet Carl Smith and
Mel SmithLarry and Julie ChandlerMike Charles ChristSandy and Tim ChapmanTimothy and Theresa
CoburnGeorge and Minou ColisMs. Nancy Raymond CorralDoug and Laura CosterPaula E. D'AngeloMarilyn DarnallMr. and Mrs. Tom DaugirdasNorma E. Davis WillisScott and Anne Megan
DavisSteven DerringerMarcia DeweyNorman J. DinkelJill A. DoughertyMs. Kim DouglassMichael and Debra DuffeeDianne DunerBarbara and John EckelMelanie EhrhartDr. Brenda EriksenLori Gray FavershamTerry and Judith FeiertagKaren and Chris FelixJulie Fenton and
Stuart ChanenAmy Fielek
Catherine and Larkin Flanagan
Joan FlashnerAmanda FoxJames and Silvia FranklinJudith R. FreemanTed Fullerton and
Chris CuginoJ. Patrick and Anne M.
GallagherAnn Gardner and
Irene WassermanArlene and Camillo GhironMr. and Mrs. Norman GoldJohn F. Gordon and
Bill SalvatoRabbi Samuel Gordon and
Patti GerstensliteDonald and Jane GralenMs. Melissa Greenberg and
Mr. Brian GrayNan and Walter C.
GreenoughCharles GrodeHarsha and Susan GurujalMs. Waverly Hagey-EspieTaylor HallBarb and Steve HammanSteve and Peggy HamptonMark and Lori HarrisLois and Marty HauselmanJane A. HawksleyCatherine and Jack
HerrmannMrs. Mary P. HinesSherry and Arnold Hirsch
Drs. Stevan and Ivonne Hobfoll
Brian Horwood and Mary Beth Berkoff
Charles and Caroline Huebner
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen G. Huels
Lowell and Gwane JacobsonMarian and Jeff JacobsonJohn D. JaworEdward T. Jeske and
John N. HernRonald B. JohnsonSteven A. JohnsonRandee and Vance JohnsonEric and Laura JordahlDavid and Jody JordanJS Charitable TrustPatricia and James JurgensTom and Esta KallenBob and Kate KaplanJulie and Bill KellnerNancy and Don KempfSharon and David KesslerMs. Krystyna Kiel and
Mr. Alexander TempletonLynn and Jim KileyFrank and Katherine KinneyJane and Paul KlenckLisa Kohn and
Harvey NathanKevin A. and Joanne C.
KrakoraCarol L. KutakDonna LaPietra and
Bill Kurtis
COLLEAGUES $500–$999
Colleen ReitanPeggy and Phil ReitzMo RiahiLouise RobbWilliam and Cheryl RobertsEdmund and Carol RonanEd RoobRooney Family and R-4
Services LLCAlexander and Anne RossBob Kunio and Libby RothHerbert and Rita RubinJoseph O. Rubinelli, Jr.Peter Ruggiero and
Joan CraigDr. Patricia RywakJane Nicholl SahlinsAngelique A. Sallas, Ph.D.Larry SalustroJulie and Philip SassanoRobert P. SchaibleNancy and Jon SchindlerApril and Jim SchinkDavid and Stephanie
SchrodtErich and Judy SchwenkerMaryellen and Thomas ScottMichael and Sarah Scudder
Richard and Betty SeidDr. Mridu Dore SekharJan and Emanuel SemeradAndrew H. Shaw and
Martha A. Peterson Charitable Fund
The Ilene and Michael Shaw Charitable Trust
Mr. and Mrs. Charles SheaBrian and Melissa ShermanRichard Neville and
Karen ShieldsJack Siegel and
Evelyn BrodyDick SimpsonCraig SirlesMr. Matthew SmartGail and Russell G. Smith IIJulia Smith and
Ira BodensteinMelissa and Chuck SmithJoan SorensenDeborah SpertusDavid and Ingrid StalléCheryl Steiger and
Kevin NoonanNikki and Fred SteinPenelope and Robert Steiner
Carol D. Stein and James S. Sterling
Holly Hayes and Carl SternStan and Kristin StevensLiz StiffelRobert Stillman and
Janet SurkinMrs. Ellen Stone BelicDonna and Tom StoneLois and Richard StuckeyAndrew Sudds and
Kristin E. CowleySandra Sweet and
Mira FrohnmayerJudy SwigerMr. Gilbert TerlicherMichele ThomureLawrence E. Timmins TrustPhilip and Becky TinklerStephanie and John TiptonJoanne TroutnerGary TubbHenry and Janet
UnderwoodAnne Van Wart and
Michael KeableTodd and Cari ViereggMr. and Mrs. Clark L. Wagner
Mary Kay WalshDan and Patty WalshDavid Wasserman, M.DMr. and Mrs. Ronald WatersYvonne WebbMiranda WeckerBrian and Sheila WhalenMrs. Henry P. WheelerP. WheelerJacqueline WhiteLisa and Randy WhiteStuart and Diana WidmanBarbara Williams and
Martin PerryCarol WilliamsFritz V. WilsonDuain WolfeDr. Ada Woo and
Dr. William ChingHarold WoodmanSteve and Arna YastrowPaul and Mary YovovichStephanie Zabela and
Jamie ObermeierEdward J. ZarachDeborah and Robert ZellerWilliam Ziemann
INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTORS
Gene and Blanca AdamsDr. Syed AftabArmando M. AlmendarezJudith and Harold AndersonKimball and Karen AndersonJanet and Steven AnixterAnonymous (14)Anna AnrodErin ArcherJoan and Henry ArenbergCal and Ann AudrainKeri and Phillip BaharMaryanne BakerSharon BaldwinJudie and Julius BallancoPeter T. BandelowMeredith A. Banta and
Leo AubelRandy and Lorraine BarbaJack and Tina BarbacciaMr. and Mrs. William G.
Barker IIIMr. and Mrs. Thomas J. BaxMs. Gail BedessemPrudence BeidlerSusan and Don BelgradPatti and Nebil BenaissaKennette Mari BenedictDavid Joseph Benn
Susan R. BennerJennifer Benson and
Steven BufferdPhyllis and Leonard BerlinBambi BermanZachary BernardJohn BernsteinCarla F. and R. Stephen
BerryJim and Lynda BestSam and Shirley BiancoPatricia BidwillJohn and Kathy BielJanet and Nick BilandicPatrick BittermanM.J. Black and Mr. ClancyMarshall and Susan
BlankenshipMs. Lynne BlantonDr. Thomas Pritchett BleckDennis and Sharon BlevitJoanne Gazarek and
Chris BloomLuann BlowersDavid and Linda BlumbergLinda and Robert BolasMr. and Mrs. Don and Linda
BolteSteve and Kris Borkenhagen
Aldridge BousfieldLewis BrasharesMs. Ann BrattonBarbara BrenkeRobert and Joell BrightfeltMs. Francia Harrington and
Mr. Vern BrodersWilliam A. BronecLinda and Terry BrownT. P. and Mary BrownRichard BrunerAllison BrustinPam and James BuchholzPerry and Lillian BuckleyChris Bucko and Eva WuMarcia and Gerald BurkeSandy and Ed BurkhardtDavid BurnettAnne CadiganDrs. Michelle Carlon and
Juan HereñaSharon L. CarrChristine Chakoian and
John ShustitzkyKatherine ChalkoMarge and Maurice
ChampagneStewart Chapman
Dr. Ira and Mrs. Carol Chasnoff
Judy M. ChernickDeborah and John ChipmanThomas E. ChomiczBarbara and Bruce ChrismanAnthony ChurchillMarilyn CiceroPam and Robert ClarkeAlison KalantzisChristopher CobbDr. Emil Coccaro and
Anne MilesBen and Aurelia CohenLynn and Jim CohickDr. James CohnKevin and Mary ColeMs. Lori ColeJerry and Josephine ConlonSharon ConwayJoel CornfeldMs. Alma CoronaKim and Vera CoryTim CouchRoy CowellLily CowlesChrissy and William CoxCreative Care
Management Inc.
FRIENDS $250–$499
William and Blair LawlorLew and Laurie LeibowitzRuth LekanJudy and Stephen LevinValerie Kolis and
Peter LivaditisJim and SuAnne LopataMichael and Karyn Lutz
Family FoundationRobert and Sandra MartinDrs. Anette and John
MartiniMs. Catherine MastersSteve and Lynn MattsonMr. and Mrs. Russ MayerfeldScott McCauslandKelly McCray and
Donald MaysMrs. Kathleen McCrearyStephen J. and Rita McElroySandra McNaughtonTerry J. MedhurstJudy MeguireBill Melamed and
Jamey LundbladDaniel MeyerRick and Joyce MorimotoHeather MorrisonDaniel O'NeillJim and Sharon O'SullivanLanny and Terry PassaroIlene Patty and
Tom TerpstraJames PellegrinoKelly PendergastPeggy Pendry
Carol PennelRoberta PetersonPeterson and Eckert FamilyCharles and Mary PhilipsJoe PiszczorChris PlevinJeaneane and John QuinnTara RaghavanNorm and Helene RaidlMr. John RaittLibby and Dan ReimannMr. and Mrs. Gregg RevakMs. Elspeth RevereDave and Ellen RiceDr. and Mrs. Ralph W.
Richter, Jr.Mario and Brenda RizzoBeth and John RoffersMary RooneyDoug and Lisa RosskammMartha Roth and
Bryon RosnerNorman J. and Alice E.
RubashPatricia Ryan and H.
Michael BiscanRichard Angelo SassoMarie-Claude SchauerSusan and Edward SchieleBonnie and Roger SchmidtDavid SchmitzGene and Faith SchoonRalph and Donna SchulerDeborah and George
SchulzPat Sczygiel
James M. SearsSteve and Karen SeverJohn and Kay ShawMr. William Singer and
Ms. Joanne CicchelliMr. Gregg Skalinder and
Mrs. Barbara B. KreaderMaureen SlaterChristine SloanRichard SmartRichard and Sharlene SmithMichaela SoaneShirley S. SolomonRichard and Nancy SpainKathleen and Brian SpearBryan and Cathy SponslerSue E. StealeyDenise StefanDr. Cynthia and Mr. Jon
SteimleHeather and Randy
SteinmeyerMr. and Mrs. Steve
SteinmeyerMr. and Mrs. Wallace J.
Stenhouse, Jr.Nancy and Bruce StevensSylvia and Joe StoneJim Swanson and
Maria MoncalvoJerry Szatan and
Katherine AbbottMs. Rona TalcottHarrison and Marilyn
TempestPaul and Ivonne Theiss
Larry and Carol TownsendJames M. and Carol D.
TrappJoanne TremulisJohn and Anne TuohyEdith and Edward
TurkingtonLori L. and John R.
TwomblyMr. and Mrs. Peter Van NiceRobert and Camille
Von DreeleMary Wakefield and
Chris AndersonTodd and Sharon WalbertStephen J. WarunekRoberta and Robert
WashlowChloe and Angus WatsonRichard and Karen WeilandAlbert and Sherrie WeissJohn W. WheelerSteve and Bonnie WheelerMarc and Tracy WhiteheadMr. Chad Williams and
Dr. Amy WilliamsGary and Modena WilsonMr. and Mrs. Timothy R.
WilsonMr. and Mrs. George
WinklerSusan and Michael WolzJeffrey and Claudia WoodMitch and Susan WorkEric, Samantha, Ike and
Adeline Young
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INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTORS
Mr. Steve CrutchfieldBarbara Flynn CurrieChris and Steve CusackEllen and Jim DaltonAnne and Malachy DalyMs. Roxanne J. DecykAngelica DeleonMike and Amanda DemetrePaul A. DenhardDana DesJardins and
Paul EstrichGregory Desmond and
Michael SegobianoDonald DeutschTom DimondJoseph DitoroMr. and Mrs. Charles
DohertyPatricia and Leonard
DominguezPaula and Ronald DomskyCharles J. DonahueKeith and Chris DonaldsonThe Doubek FamilyRonald B. DukeDr. Deirdre Dupré and
Dr. Robert GolubBob and Janet EderPolly Melton and Bill
EldringhoffCollete English DixonCrystal Rivas and
Adrian EspinosaLinda C. Fairbanks and
Jeanne DeVoreEdith and Gerald FalkNancy Felton-ElkinsHollister A. FerrierCarol FessendenElizabeth FiewegerJames and Rochelle FischMr. and Mrs. Gregory FisherMr. Carl Fisher and
Dr. Linda FisherMr. and Mrs. Patrick FisherThe Fitch FamilyDavid B. FlaxDavid FleenerMarcia L. FlickJames E. FlinnBeth FollenweiderForevermore Dance &
Theatre ArtsSteph and Tom FormoloMs. Linda FornellTimothy and Janet FoxDennis and Rocca
FredricksonPatricia FreemanMartin Friedman and
Peggy Casey-FriedmanRosalie and Marvin FruchterDenise Michelle GambleLes and Katrina GarnerDr. Tracey M. GauSusan Mabrey GaudCara Mia GazianoMs. Ruth Geller
Ms. Nancy S. GerrieMs. Dawn GershmanMr. and Mrs. Michael and
Sally GibbsDebra GinerisKari GirdickDr. Paul GlickmanBarbara GoeringJaye and John GolantyEunice and Perry GoldbergEnid J. GolinkinMichelle and Gerald GordonPhilip and Suzanne GossettTom and Claire GouldingBarbara GrabowskiTimothy and Joyce
GreeningMarguerite J. GrizziRobyn and David
GrossbergJoe GuthridgeCarol and Solomon GutsteinSamuel HaddenGlen and Beverly HalbeChester and Phyllis
HandelmanVirginia M. HardingR. HarringtonDrs. Victoria and Charles
B. HarrisByron HarrisonLois and Donald HartungElizabeth HaskinsMelanie HauckJames and Sylvia HeimSandra L. Helton and
Norman M. EdelsonDr. John A. HerndonSonny and Marlene HershNancy and Dale HershfieldDavid and Maria HibbsV.E. HicksMair and Rich HillNancy and Allen HirschfieldTony and Cammie HobanCarol and Jeff HoldenJulie HollandChristine HolmNick HornedoGene HotchkissJohn and Leigh HourihaneJoseph H. HuebnerProfessor and Mrs. Clark
HulseMr. and Mrs. William
HummerAnn Murray and
Mike HurtubiseDr. Kate Ann HylandKristin Jacobsen and
Allan ShampineMr. William and Dr. Julie
JastrowRolfe B. JenkinsPatricia A. JigantiJerry and Karen JohnsonMs. Judith JumpDaniel and Faye Kachur
Robin M. KalinowskiOlwyn J. KaneGayle KantroRon and Bonnie KasKatherine and Kevin
KenwardSusan Kern, M.D.Sharon and David KesslerMs. Emily KesslerKishwar KhalidDr. Mary Kay KickelsM. Barry and Diane
KirschenbaumThomas and Margaret
Kittle-KampJean KlingensteinDr. Norman KohnElectra D. KontalonisSusan KovicJudy and Perry KozickiRosemary KrimbelJayna and Barry KrollPeter KuhnKumar FoundationVeronica and Jameson
LaMarcaMr. and Mrs. Richard LambEileen LandauEd and Mary LangbeinJim and Laurel LannenJohn and Billie LansingBryan S. LazorikChan G. LeeMary and John LeschRoberta and Stuart
Levin, M.DMichael and Diane LevyEllen Frell LevyGreg Lewis and Mary StrekLynne and Robert LiscoDavid LivingstonAllison LiwanagMr. David P. Lloyd and
Ms. Suzanne WilliamsVicky M. LongawaDaniel C. and Candace M.
LooneyJane and John LosassoPamela LowenthalRoseanne LucianekWayne and Kristine
LuedersHelen and Edward MagidPatricia MalloyGeorge and Roberta MannMr. and Mrs. Frederick J.
ManningDeborah B. ManoogianMathew MarquezEdward Martin, Jr.Kathleen MartinBarbara and John MasseyTeresa MastinBen MaxsonMargaret and Mike McCoyKathleen McCulloughBrian and Carolyn
Schroeder
Dan and Mary McGuireMichele Elizabeth McGuireJohn and Etta McKennaMargaret McLaughlinHelen MehlerDavid Mehlman and
Arlene AlpertConstance MeinwaldLois MelvoinSara and Richard MesirowMarilu MeyerJessica A. MichaelsTim Michel and Amy LaikenAndrea MillerPat and Ronald S. MillerArt and Linda MiltonElizabeth MonkusFran and Kris MorelJohn and Bonnie MorellSteven W. MorrisMr. J. Thomas MullenGerald and Maia MullinMargaret Edith MurphyEileen M. MurrayElliot Golovkin and
Charlotte MurrayJohn Andrew NagyHari and Mary NairNicolas H. NelsonJerry and Ann NeradCatherine NessingerJon and Kathy NewcombPaul NicholsonPatricia Nolan-FitzgeraldDr. Angela NormoyleDr. Gerard F. NotarioMrs. Ellen Evans NothChris and Edward NullJohn and Pat O'BrienKathleen O'BrienDennis C. OliverDavid and Mary Jo
OrkowskiDenise and Greg PalmerJohn P. ParkinsCynthia and Jim PattiPeggy H. PaulsenPatrice PearsallLindsey and David PetersMelanie and Daniel
PetersonBruce and Susan PetersonViktoras PetroliunasGregory and Patricia PeyerJohn J. PhelpsMr. and Mrs. Joe PhillipsEd and Diane PiekloLyneta Grap PielaTherese Pigott and
Richard DeJohnJohn PintozziVivianne and Joel PokornyMarlan PopovichJames PriceR. Scott PurdyChris and Elizabeth QuiggJames and JoAnne RankinAdele Rapport
INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTORS
ASSOCIATES $150–$249Susan S. AaronKaren AbbasyAnnie and Jacques
AbramowiczIan AckermanSteve and Victoria AdikElizabeth AdkinsMarjorie AlbrechtMargery Al-ChalabiBonnie Kiser AlthoffRoger D. AndersonAnonymous (25)Barbara AppleEdward Applebaum and
Eva RedeiEvelyn C. ArkebauerMr. Steve ArmstrongJennifer ArnesonRosanne ArnoldBrent Arrison
Barbara and Theodore Asner
Bill and Janet BacksBarbara J. BarnesE. Fay BarrecaDon and Jan BarshisStephanie and John BartelsSheila Barton BosronDavid L. BaumgartnerAnne and Steve BeattyElizabeth S. BeckClark and Elizabeth BellPeter BellLee and Kathryn BenishJohn and Lynn BensonJoan and Alan BergerKatherine BergsonRoy C. BergstromSarah BerminghamMs. Robin BernsteinRobert Best
Rich BeymerNoel and Shirley BieryAndrea BillhardtAnne BilosThe Blackburn FamilyJohn BlaneMerrill and Judy BlauSandra BlauBernard and Nancy BlayerMs. Dorothy BlythHendrix and Kim BoddenJames Bondi and
Judith VargasSharalyn BorchersSam and Phyllis BowenJoann and Bill BramanMark BrandfonbrenerMarjorie BransfieldMark and Ashley BransfieldMargaret and Mike Brennan
Mr. and Mrs. David and Julie Bromley
Alan and Carol BrookesAdrienne and Arnold
BrookstoneConni J. BrownDr. Regina BuccolaPatricia P. BucklerJohn BuenzHoward and Moira BuhseMr. Jack BuoscioWilliam and Helen BurnsAnn and Dick BurnstineLidia Calcaterra and
Paul BargerMax CallahanDebra CantrellAmy and Jeff CardellaKenneth and Harriet CarlsonMichael M. CarrVirginia and Stephen Carr
Mark and Nancy RatnerHerbert ReeceJanet K. ReeceMary Lee ReedSandra and Ken ReidMyra ReillyKat and Steve ReiserAlicia and Myron ResnickMarilyn and Guy ReveszGerald RivaMarilynn and Charles RivkinRobin RobertsJulian RodriguezLinda RogersDr. Ashley S. Rose and
Charlotte B. Puppel-RoseWarner and Judy RosenthalJoan Fiona RossJoe Ross and Jean
Rohner-ShutlerRobert and Sue RossSidney and Alexandra RothHeidi S. RothenbergMaija and Jay RothenbergSusan B. RubnitzSherri RuppelSandra and Eric RuskoskiAnn and Ray RusnakRobin RussoEd and Diana RuthmanJim and Noreen RyanAlana RybakRichard and Susan SandersTania and Tim SandersJames and Judith
SatkiewiczMary Ann and Bob SavardMr. Robert Scales and
Ms. Mary KeefeSusan YoudovinMarianne Coplan SchapiroHeidi and Dana SchellingAnne and Steven ScheyerJeffrey Lee Schlapp
Rosa SchlossRose SchmidtValerie SchmidtSandra and Jon SchmollBarbara and Lewis
SchneiderJames T. SchulmanLarry and Natalie
SchumacherDon and Polly SchwartzSusan and Charles SchwartzWill Schwarz and Nancy
Grace; Sam, Anna and Nate Schwarz
Shauna Scott and J. Parker Hall, IV
Dr. and Mrs. Laurence SegilDennis and Janice SejutNaomi and Jerry SenserJohn SergoLinda SeverinJames Shaeffer and
Lynn HughittLiz and Jeff SharpLisa Montelpasse and
David ShepherdSuzanne ShoemakerJoanne SilverGeorge and Lynne SimonRick SimonMac and Joanne SimsMark and Alison SkerticJane and Arthur SlavenDr. Jeffrey SlovakJames and Mary Jo SlykasMary Ann SmithRobert A. SniegowskiNathaniel and Cindy SoperMr. and Mrs. William A.
SpenceUta StaleyKim Lori StanekBill and Paige Steers
Kathleen Steffen and Steve Wirth
Rhonda and Gary SternRick and Deborah StevensDaniel T. StevensonNancy S. Hart and
Michael StieberVirginia Stigler and
Stephen StiglerMary StittJennifer StoneAndrew SundGeorge Patrick SurgeonLinda Swanson and
John SeelyJoyce L. SweetSusan C. TaylorElyse Pearlman and
Brad TeckenbrockMr. Alvin TelserHal Temple and
Haruo KurokawaJoseph and Dahlia TesherBarbara and Randy ThomasSue and James ThompsonKaren TierskyCarl and Karen TisoneRichard TrautLance and Laura TrexlerCeleste TroonColeman and Deborah
TuggleSoujanya TummurMs. Rebecca TungManika TurnbullMary Kay TuziMegan van VlierbergenMargaret VeachDr. and Mrs. Michael and
Marilyn VenderLinda VertreesMr. and Mrs. James VlamingEllen VodaCarol and James Vondale
Jim and Susan WadeChristopher WalkerLarry and Doris WaltherKevin and Anne WarnkeJeff and Paula WatermanMs. Amy WatersSandra and Steve WatersBarry WatkinsMr. David WeibleJim and Mary WeidnerDr. Barry Goldman and
Victoria WeisenbergHoward and Marillyn WeissLyman and Deana WelchJohn and Connie WesleyDanny and Mitch WestonChris and Diane WhattonJudith and Floyd WhellanSarah WhitlockBarbara WhitmanGraham and Suzanne WillsJeffrey WiltDebra WinerCarolyn WinterfieldAnn WiseMr. Leonard WojteckiWarren and Lauretta
WolfsonDiane P. WoodBruce W. Worthel and
Barbara G. YoungAbbott and Teana WrightDr. Anne H. WrightTheresa and Marty WrightPhilip and Virginia YarrowRev. Louis J. ZakeJamie and Richard ZelvinJanice ZiebkaGrace and Dianne
ZimmermanJohn and Linda ZimnieChristine ZrinskyMr. and Mrs. Edward J.
Zulkey
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Constance K. CaseyVirginia R. CassidyJames CavanaughRobert and Judy ChalbergAneesh ChandrangadanRowland ChangMs. Cynthia Cheski and
Rev. Scott ElliottGerry and Carol ChrismanDrs. Christopher and Karen
ChroniakMary Ellen ClancySusan CoakerDean CobbleMarvin R. Cohen and Jane
E. RichmanCarol and Tony ColantoniJohn and Mary CollinsTim ColucciKevin Coughlin and
Sue BurzawaKatherine CoynerJuli Crabtree and Donald S.
HorvathJolene Verlich CrittendenMary and John CroisRosemary CrowleyAlan and Charlotte
CubbageJoan CurtoJennifer CyraDee Dee DaviesSusan DeanSamantha DekovenDave and Tracy DenoRaye-Ann DeregnierKenzie Cameron and
Steve DickersonJerome and Jacqueline
DienstagChris DimasDr. and Mrs. Henry
Dold, M.D.Deborah DomainLawrence and Sally
DomontJanet DonneSue DonoghueMrs. Elizabeth Gwynn
DoolinMs. Bernice DorigTom DoyleRobert DreebenMargaret DriscollDr. Oliver J. DSilvaJames DufelmeierCynthia and Robert DurhamRobert Edger, M.DW. Dow EdgertonEzra and Magadalene
EisenbergChristopher ElderkinJacquetta EllingerDeane EllisJames P. and Joyce ElmesBarry K. ElmoreSarah and Joshua Elzinga
Ellen Feinstein and Adam Engle
Erika ErichFran FallerFreeman FarrowJohn and Diana FaulhaberMarilynne FeldermanRoger and Eleanor FeldmanBobby and Charlene
FergusonPauline FifeDale FitschenRichard and Kathleen
FlanaganDeborah FlatteryFoley Family FoundationMaynard FossumIrene and Jay FrankJoseph Frank and
Betsy SolaroEmma and David
WhitcombLaurel and Zach FrankelDan and Ronda FranksHilary Freeman and
John GrubbsJohn FreidheimKiran Frey and Pradip SethiMerle FriedmanAlexis FunchesBryna and Edward GamsonDonn and Barbara GardnerMartha GarnettRaymond and Patricia GassJoAnn Gavin and
John Smyth, Jr.Paula and Jeffrey GaynorRichard GeorgeMargaret GielniewskiRobyn Gilliom and
Richard FriedmanPatricia and James GladdenGerry and Stan GlassDr. and Mrs. Richard GlinkaJim GoeserNatalie GoldbergMr. and Mrs. Michael
GoodkinSteve and Linda GoransonMichael and Amy GordonMr. and Mrs. Robert M.
GordonMs. Molly GorenMr. Barry GrahamMs. Lark GrayMr. Joel and Dr. Sharon
GreenburgMyrna and Charles GreeneSusan GriffinDara and Derek GriffithJoel Stein and
Michele Grimaldi SteinMary M. GrobarcikMarilyn GroganMerle K. and Barry GrossDan GrothPaul M. Gruber
Ron Guild and Dr. Carroll Cradock
Millie GunnCatherine HaggertySusan HaimesMark R. Hamby, CSSJudith HanlonMichael Hansen and
Nancy RandaJanis and Boyd HarmanMargaret J. Harmon and
John M. NonaMichael A. and Lois D.
HarringRic HarrisSteven HarrisTom HarrisCamilla Hawk Diaz-PerezEnriqueta HawkinsMaryjoy and David
HeinemanAngeline HeislerRobert HellgethSean E. and Dana J.
HendrenLinda S. HenselAaren HeroffJudy and Jay HeymanLeslie HickeyAaron and Sarah HoffmanAaron and Tina HoffmanAnn and Jim HoganDawn Hogan and
Steve SmickBrendt and Miho HoldenBernard HolickyKevin M. HollenbeckSusan K. Horn and
Donald S. HonchellMr. James M. HutchinsonDavid and Karen HymanBrad and Jennifer IlkoMr. and Mrs. Christopher
JackiwMary Anne and
Frank JakalskiKaren JaredJeffrey JensChris and Tori JepsenKaren and Dan JohnsCheryl JolineauRichard T. JonesVirginia and John JonesMr. Lawrence L. JonesThe Joyce FamilyJoan KacmarErik and Carla KahlerKathleen KallanMrs. Ethel R. KaplanMr. and Mrs. James
KargmanHarriet and Ernest KarminDiane and Byron KarzasMike and Jane KathmanStuart Katz and
Keith EricksonNancy L. Kelly
Marie Ruff and Bill Kenneally
Kathleen and Terrence Kennedy
John KerrLouis V. KerstenRichard KieckheferLeigh and Greg KinczewskiThomas C. KingsleyC. Ryan KinlawMatt and Karen KlickmanDeanna KludyCarol KnoerzerPaul KobasaThe Korycki FamilyQuentin and Debra KossnarShari KoubaAmy KovalanMark KoziczTheodore KrakowskiMr. Arthur KroftLeslie KrohnJohn L. Ladle, Jr.Nancy LaLuntasNancy LamiaPete Friedmann and
Karen LanerLeft Brain Wealth
ManagementRobert and Kristin LaPorteCharles LauritoKent and Kathy LawrenceScott and Bobbi LebinDeborah LeffPhyllis LermanAnonymousSusan LevittMr. Ken and Dr. Renee
LewinMary E. LincolnDavid and Carol LinerMargaret and Derek
LinkousVelda LloydMelvin LoebMs. Wan Tse LohThomas E. Long and
Susan LongJoan LovellMr. and Mrs. J. Samuel
LoveringMr. and Mrs. LowumYike LuDr. Rosemary LucasJohn LuceyRoseanne LucianekSteven LuetgerMichelle LunaVerniel LundquistDeborah LustMark P. Lutze and
Hilda Demuth-LutzeBrad Lyerla and
Donna MorganDavid UnderwoodDavid and Tracy MackDave and Nancy MadsenMs. Teresa A. Maganzini
INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTORS
Anthony MaierJames L. and Alice Reno
MaloneMichael MaloneyJames MannSharon ManuelBen and Mary Lou
MarchelloElaine MargulisChristine MarkDavid Marker and
Georgeann JosephMary Ann and Dennis
MarksMs. Carol MartinDorothy MartinAnne S. MartinDeborah and James
MathewsPhilip MatsikasCharles MauterPhilip and Ann MayGeorge and Marynell
MayfieldNicolette MayoMary McArthur and
John HawesAlan McCloudMichael and Jacqueline
McConnellPat McGrailDave McGuireHonorable Kathleen M.
McGuryRodrick and Yoshie
McIlquhamCathy McKeeMr. and Mrs. John McLeodFlorence McMillanTerry McWhorterClaretta MeierChristopher MelbyTruman and Dorothy
MetzelMr. and Mrs. Jerrold
MichaelsJeff & Jacqueline MillerKimberley MillerLoren R. Miller IIIScott and Sandy MillerPatricia M. MilroyMartin and Lauren ModahlKeelin MolloyDavid and Lola MonsonMelinda MooreJune Deforest
MorgansternThomas MoritzTodd and Linda MorningJohn A. MorrisonGeorge MorrisseyMs. Maureen MoshDr. Martin and Chava
MozesMr. and Mrs. David M.
MurdochArthur J. MurphyRev. Harold B. Murphy
Mary Ellen MurphyThomas F. MurphyDavid L. MurrayMs. Barbara A. MurthaMs. Jane MyersDr. Raja R. NadimpalliKathleen Nagle and
Ralph JohnsonAnna K. NardoThomas NazimekHerbert and Roberta
NechinIngeburg NeckermannCarol Thomas NeelyC. David NelsonBarbara S. NjusGeorge and Paula NobleJerry and Geraldine NolenSherry K. NordstromHenry and Debra
NovoselskyFrank NykielMr. Mark Oates and
Mrs. Elizabeth LewisLinda O'BryantTimothy O'HaraCarol and Stuart OkenCandus S. OlsonDr. Don OlsonUte and Reed O'MalleyMauricio OrmacheaNeal and Mary Clark
OrmondFlorence Upjohn Orosz
and Joel J. OroszDouglas and Suzanne
OverbeckSteven G. PaceBob and Marcie PaddockMr. and Mrs. Joe PageKristi PagoulatosSusie PaoniAudrey L. PatonNancy PattersonMidge Perlman ShaftonMarilyn PernoNadine PetersenGenevieve PhelpsLouis D. PierceThomas J. PierceMr. and Mrs. Dale R.
PinkertZachary and Amanda
PiperPonce de Leon FamilyD. Elizabeth PriceJerry ProffitGail Purkey and
David KonkolMarcia PurzeThomas Quinn and
Eileen FureyVeena and Sunil AroraDorothy Victoria RammBarbara RandolphJ. M. and Hildegund
Ratcliffe
Pradeep and Taposhree Rattan
David RebnordGary and Susan RedekerClive D. RichardsPaul RinkCarol J. and Dennis M.
RobbJoan V. RoederWylie and Leah RogersVirginia RogodzinskiJerry Roman and
Liz EngquistEarl and Christiane
RonnebergAlan and Debra
RosenbergDrs. Lya and Louis
RosenblumBernie and Judy
RosensteinSusan Rosenstein
Executive Search Limited
Barbara Rosin and Harvey Kallick
Nuna and Ennio RossiJoel and Jeri RothmanBonnie Fry Rothman and
Michael RothmanDenise RousePatricia L. and Philip H.
RowlandMary Ann and Stephen
RuskinJohn RyanSusan L. SackJoan and Frank SaffordJudy SaganMark and Janice SambergNeil and Lynne SamuelsDavid and Nancy Sarne
and FamilyJohn SarwarkAlfred and Linda SaucedoJo and Robert SawyerRita ThompsonKatherine and David
SchandingGlenda and Steve ScheerRenee SchleicherMichael SchlesingerMary McIntosh SchlottMarcia SchneiderJonathan Seed and
Alexandra PiperGail and Lewis SegalDonald and Ruth SenderJoseph C. SeneseDavid J. ShanahanKaren B. Shank and
Toby LangeJane ShapiroMyron and Beverly
ShapiroPeggy ShapiroCatherine Sharifi
William Shaver and Mary Jo Strusz
Mr. James ShermanLawrence A. ShermanGraciela and William
ShoreyBill and Harlan ShropshireEllen and Richard ShubartPeter ShullAnna and Mark SieglerBruce and Sarane
SiewerthBarbara M. SipeLisa SkempMs. Elizabeth SklarskyWesley Skogan and
Barbara PuechlerSusan Sleeper-SmithGeralyn Stanczak SmithKatherine K. SmithKevin T. SmithMadison R. and Carolyn
J. SmithMr. Paul SmithsonAdam SnyderMr. Tom SollersDr. and Mrs. Marshall
SparbergJoseph SpellmanJudith SpiesAndrea SrulovitzGerald and Mary
StapletonSusan SternDoug and Betsy StilesMr. G. Ralph Strohl and
Dr. Mrinalini RaoJudy StruckMary and Kenneth SullivanMark SwensonChuck and Judy SwisherHeidi SwissChristina Marie TaufenLouise I. TauscheNatalia and Scott TaylorDiane E. TelgenRoberta and Leonard
TennerRonald TevonianPaul and Linda
ThistlethwaiteFloyd ThompsonKen and Glenna
ThompsonRaleigh ThompsonRita Thomson and
John GianniniEdward Velazquez and
Peggy TitteringtonMs. Virginia TobiasonF. Joseph TomecekFrank and Janis TomecekMarci A. Eisenstein and
John W. TreeceJanet TrowbridgeCheryl TrudeauMartha TrueheartHsi-Tsin Tsiang
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An honor or memorial gift is a distinctive way to honor the memory of friends and family or pay tribute to milestone celebrations. For more information regarding this program, please contact Brooke Flanagan in the Advancement Office at 312.595.5581 or [email protected].
Reflects gifts received between January 15, 2017–January 15, 2018
Tribute Program
FOR SARAJANE AVIDON AND FELIX SHUMAN
Stephen and Connie KingDick Simpson
FOR CAROL CHAPMANSandy and Tim Chapman
FOR DAVID COHOONRick and Deborah Stevens
FOR LOIS DUNNKathy Dunn
FOR ARLENE FIELDSTEELV.E. Hicks
FOR JACK FULLERDebra Moskovits
FOR EDITH GAINESRobert W. Andersen and
George P. Schneider
FOR ANDREA GUNDERSONMichelle Mace
FOR JULIE L. HALLShauna Scott and
J. Parker Hall, IVFOR DR. JINGER HOOPJonathan Daniel
FOR JACK KARPSusan and Lawrence AaronDavid and Ann DiazMr. and Mrs. Abel FriedmanJohn HirschLouise A. HollandTheodore and Harriette
PerlmanMichael and Sandra Perlow
FOR NORTON H. KAYSandra Blau
FOR KENNETH KUEHNLEAndrea Atlass
FOR ELIOT LANDAUEileen Landau
FOR MARTHA LAVEY
Gregory Desmond and Michael Segobiano
FOR ABBY S. MAGDOVITZ-WASSERMAN
David Wasserman, M.D
FOR TONI MCNARONCarol Grant
FOR WILLIAM H. ROBBLouise Robb
FOR MAUREEN STEINDLERJames F. CallahanNicholas DePintoChristel DraegerMarcy Steindler
FOR COURTNEY VODARobert and Barbara LawrieGerald and Patricia MayEllen Voda
FOR RHETA ANNE WENZELBonnie and Roger Schmidt
MEMORIAL GIFTS
HONORARY GIFTSFOR GERALD AND MARCIA BURKE Adam Burke
FOR PHIL AND LA ENGEL Diana F. Blitzer Joann and Bill Braman
FOR HARVE FERRILL William and Anne Goldstein
FOR E. BROOKE FLANAGAN Claire Rice
FOR MARILYN HALPERIN La and Philip Engel
FOR HILL AND CHERYL HAMMOCK James Mann
FOR JASON HARRINGTON Paul Rink
FOR CRISS HENDERSON Faye Marlowe
FOR CRISS HENDERSON AND RICK BOYNTON Herbert Boynton Mr. Alan R. Gordon
FOR BETSY KARP Mr. and Mrs. Abel Friedman
FOR BARBARA MALOTT KIZZIAH Charles and Caroline Huebner
FOR MARK OUWELEEN Mark Levine and Andrea Kott
FOR PAULITA PIKE Paul Dykstra and Susan Cremin
FOR PHILIP S. ROSENBERG Emily Rosenberg Pollock
FOR BONNIE SEEBOLD Leslie Smith and Michael Uzer
FOR STUART SHERMAN Anonymous
FOR ST. CRISPIN DAY SOCIETY Dan Froth
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For more information on how to become a member
PRODUCERS’ GUILD AT CHICAGO SHAKESPEARE THEATERThe Producers' Guild is a leadership group,
shaping the future of Chicago Shakespeare
Theater by introducing new audiences
to CST's extraordinary productions and
World's Stage series, promoting family and
arts-in-education programs, and supporting
key Theater initiatives. Members also:
• Participate in exclusive CST Events
• Enjoy complimentary VIP ticketing and interval service
• Host family and friends at CST performances
Amy B. TuRheal And Denise
TurcotteBonnie and William
TwohigJane and Howard TynerBarbara ValeriousJoanna B. VanniJulia and Ben Van VlietJames VardimanRonald J. VaughnMr. and Mrs. Ronald
VavrinekThomas and Elizabeth
VenturaKim WagnerLillian WalankaBelle WaldfogelKamiah Walker
Mr. and Mrs. John WallaceEd WalshRev. Mark J. WalterJerry WarrenCraig and Deloris WatsonJim and Kim WatsonDr. Russell and Marie WattCynthia WeglarzNancy and Eugene WeilDr. Carol Weinberg and
Mr. Harold J. WinstonPatricia and Michael B.
WeinsteinLois WeissVictor and Tamar
WeissbergPatricia WessSusan and David WestbyRichard Wheeler
Mary and Ronald Whitaker
James N. WicklundLisa WiersmaHerbert and Catherine
WigderDiana WilliamsJessica and Cristine
WilliamsJan WilliamsGemma M. WittDr. Jenny WojcikDiane and Ted WooleverDavid and Elizabeth
WrightJill and David ArcherRachael WrightRuth N. Wukasch
Robert O. Wyatt and Terri A. Lacky
Dimis WymanJulie YamaguchiDiane YarboroughDerek YeghiazarianDon YoungbergLinda YoungmanJoan and Russ ZajtchukMichael J. ZolikCharles and Gail
ZugermanKaren ZupkoDr. Carol IvyTim McGonegle and
Barbara Sullivan
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Contributed Materials
Matching Gifts
Contributed materials and services are an essential component in sustaining
Chicago Shakespeare’s role as a gathering place for audiences, artists
and members of the community. We thank the following individuals and
organizations for their valuable donations of goods and/or services.
Reflects contributions received between July 1, 2016–January 15, 2018
Acadia Ryan McCaskey
Ambiente ChicagoArc WorldwideBBJ LinenBukiety Floral DesignCarol’s Event StaffingChicago Public MediaMary T. Christel
Communications DirectFood For ThoughtHall’s Rental ServiceRich HeinHeritage Wine Cellars, Ltd.HMS Media, Inc.Inspired Catering and Events
by Karen and Gina StefaniKPMG Family for Literacy
Make It Better MediaMDR CreativeShure IncorporatedStarwood Hotels and ResortsIntersectionVan Duzer Vineyards -
Carl and Marilynn ThomaWTTW, WFMT
By providing matching support, the following organizations are actively
contributing to causes that improve the communities where their employees
live and work. Chicago Shakespeare Theater salutes these employers for
increasing the impact of donor support. Contact your employer today to find
out more about their matching gift initiatives.
Reflects gifts received between July 1, 2016–January 15, 2018
Aetna Foundation, Inc.Allstate Insurance
CompanyArcher Daniels Midland
CompanyArris Group Inc.AT&T FoundationBaird Foundation, Inc.Bank of America IllinoisThe Boeing CompanyBlueCross BlueShield
of IllinoisCaterpillar FoundationCDW Charles Scwab
FoundationCTC Trading GroupEmpact Emergency
Physicians LLC
ExelonGE FoundationGeneral Mills FoundationGoldman, Sachs & Co.GoogleHSBCIBM CorporationITWJohn D. and Catherine T.
MacArthur FoundationJohnson Controls
FoundationJPMorgan ChaseKirkland & Ellis LLPLeo Burnett
Company, Inc.Lloyd A. Fry FoundationMcDonald’s CorporationMicrosoft Corporation
Morgan StanleyNuveen InvestmentsPepsi Co.Polk Bros. FoundationPrudential Capital GroupRopes & Gray LLPSipi Metals CorporationSony Pictures
EntertainmentTexas InstrumentsNorthern TrustThe SaintsUnited Healthcare
of IllinoisUSG CorporationVisual Marketing, Inc.William Blair & Company
INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTORS
Members of the First Folio Society have generously included Chicago Shakespeare Theater in their estate plans. Chicago Shakespeare honors
their thoughtful commitment to our future.
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Mary and Nick Babson
John W. Barriger
Joan Israel Berger
Kathy Dunn
La and Philip Engel
Michael Goldberger
Linda D. and Craig C. Grannon
Dick Hurckes
Dr. Anne McCreary Juhasz
Judy and John Keller
Mr. and Mrs. Martin J. Koldyke
Anstiss Hammond Krueck
Anne E. Kutak
Raymond and Judy McCaskey
Jonathan F. Orser
Sheila Penrose and Ernie Mahaffey
Barbara Petersen
Chuck Simanek and Edna Burke
Michael and Sharon Sloan
Steve and Robin Solomon
David and Ingrid Stallé
Susan Tennant
Helen and Richard Thomas
Gayle and Glenn R. Tilles
Linda Vertrees
Wilmont "Vic" Vickrey, Founding Principal, VOA Architects
Chicago Shakespeare gratefully acknowledges the following estates that have provided gifts of bequests.
Evelyn D. Barriger
George W. Blossom III
Carol Irma Chapman
Nelson D. Cornelius
S.M. Evans
Edith B. Gaines
Julie and Parker Hall
Corinne Johnson
Harold H. Plaut
Rose L. Shure and Sidney N. Shure
To include Chicago Shakespeare in your estate plans, please contact Brooke Flanagan at 312.595.5581 or [email protected]
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The set of A Little Night Music; Photo by Len Villano
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Support the Theater’s nationally recognized education initiatives and Chicago Shakespeare in the Parks tour at this exquisite event that features a theatrically inspired dinner and one-night-only performance.
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Our City, Our ShakespeareTHE CAMPAIGN FOR
CHICAGO SHAKESPEARE THEATER
WWW.CHICAGOSHAKES.COM/CAMPAIGNTo make a gift, contact Brooke Flanagan at
312.595.5581 or [email protected].
Join the generous community of civic and corporate leaders supporting this bold vision
for Chicago Shakespeare. Your gift will provide capital funding for The Yard and safeguard the Theater’s work on stage and in the community.
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t o p l a y a s u p p o r t i n g o n e .