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STRAWDOGt h e a t r e c o m p a n y

NIC DIMONDArtistic Director

HANK BOLANDManaging Director

*Denotes Strawdog Company Member

This production is made possible in part with support from The Alphawood Foundation, The Chicago Community Trust, The Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation, The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation, The Saints, Illinois Arts Council

(a state agency), CityArts I Grant, and the generous contributions of individuals and businesses.

State of the Union is presented by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc., New York

Strawdog Theatre Company is a member of The NortHalsted Area Merchants Association and the League of Chicago Theatres

Scenic DesignMarianna Csaszar

ComposerMike Przygoda*

Production ManagerCortney Hurley*

Costume DesignJoanna Melville

Sound DesignerAndrew Wheatley

Stage ManagerStephanie Neilitz

Lighting DesignMike Stanfill

Properties DesignMaria DeFabo

Casting DirectorMichael Caloia*

By Russel Crouse & Howard Lindsay

Directed by Geoff Button

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SCENE BREAKDOWN

ACT ONEScene One: The study in James Conover’s home in Washington D.C.

Scene Two: A bedroom in the Conover home. The following evening.

ACT TWOThe living room of a suite in the Book-Cadillac Hotel, Detroit. Several weeks later.

ACT THREEScene One: The living room of the Matthews’ apartment in New York.

Two weeks later.Scene Two: The same, an hour later.

*****There will be two 10 minute intermissions.*****

CAST

James Conover ..............................................................................................................BF HelmanSpike MacManus .............................................................................................Anderson Lawfer*Kay Thorndyke ....................................................................................................Kristina JohnsonGrant Matthews .................................................................................................. Michael Dailey*Mary Matthews .......................................................................................................Kendra ThulinSam Parrish .......................................................................................................................John ZinnJudge Jefferson Davis Alexander ...................................................................... Jim HeatherlyMrs. Alexander ...............................................................................................................Kate HarrisMrs. Draper ......................................................................................................Samantha GleistenWilliam Hardy............................................................................................................. Brant RussellSenator Lauterback .................................................................................................... Rob SkrockiServants ..............................................................................................Annie Munch, Pat Whalen

* Denotes Strawdog Company Member

PRODUCTION STAFF

Production Manager ..........................................................................................Cortney Hurley*Stage Manager ...................................................................................................Stephanie NeilitzDramaturg .......................................................................................................Derek Todd MatsonAssistant Director .................................................................................................... Diana RaiselisTechnical Director .....................................................................................................Bernard ChinMaster Electrician ................................................................................................. Jonathan NookPhotography .................................................................................................................Chris OckenMedia Relations ..................................................................................................... Shout! ChicagoConductor ..............................................................................................................Mike Przygoda*The Band ............................................................................. TRUMPETS: Tim Borst, Joshua Jern

TROMBONES: JackBeshoar, Krystle KirchnerREEDS: Randy Carpenter, Jimmy Nutter, Bryan Pardo, Doug Pawlik

GUITAR: Renee Serritella; PIANO: Nick Gutierrez; BASS:Kristie Lee

VIBRAPHONE: Diana Lawrence; DRUMS: Erik Schroder

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SPEC IAL THANKS

Strawdog Theatre Company would like to thank the following entitiesand individuals for their time, talent and assistance with this production: Peter Anderson, Adam Belcuore, Carmichael’s Chicago Steakhouse, Dawn Gray, Jordan Kardasz, Rob Kauzlaric, Lifeline Theatre Company, Lookingglass Theatre Company, Mike Mroch, Northwestern University, and Kimberly Senior.

DIRECTOR ’S NOTE

When Abraham Lincoln famously declared “A house divided against itself cannot stand” he was, of course, referencing the crack splintering through the union between North and South. But on the simplest level he was talking about integrity. Structural integrity.

When we talk about the integrity of a building we speak in absolutes: If the integrity of a structure is compromised partially, it is compromised fundamentally. Human beings live in a world that demands compromise of us every day. But the more we compromise on the little things, day by day it gets easier for us to compromise on the big things. So when we compromise partially, we compromise fundamentally.

That’s what makes this play so heartbreakingly prescient. As we watch the façade of one political candidate splinter and crack, we also see the fundamental compro-mises that have led to today’s politics of division. The play might allow one couple the chance to set to work repairing their damaged union, but it’s hard for us as a twenty-first century audience not to stare instead at the growing gulf that we know will ultimately divide our own house into right and left, into red and blue.

Geoff ButtonDirector

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Michael Dailey* (Grant) is happy to return to the Strawdog stage where he was last seen as Eamon in Aristocrats. Other

Strawdog credits include Marathon ‘33, Detective Story, Measure for Measure, Julius Ceasar, Merchant of Venice, and Hurlyburly, among others. He has enjoyed working with many great companies around town including About Face, Shattered Globe, Steppen-wolf, Eclipse, The Black Ensemble, and Defiant Theatre, to name a few. He is a graduate of Illinois State University and would like to inform you that the Redbirds are flying high.

Samantha Gleisten (Mrs. Draper) is truly delighted to be working with Strawdog, a com-pany she has admired from afar for

some time now. A proud company member with the Hypocrites, she has been seen in many shows with them including No Exit, Our Town, 4.48 Psychosis, Miss Julie, The Bald Soprano, and Marat/Sade. Sam is also a com-pany member with Barrel of Monkeys and has worked with some other great Chicago theaters including Writers’, Steppenwolf and Redmoon. When not on stage, Sam teaches theater and directs children in plays. Thanks to Matt and Vivian for understanding and supporting her theater addiction.

Kate Harris (Mrs. Alexander) has worked on a few Chicago stages over the years. Some have been The Hypocrites, Lifeline, Stage Left,

Bailiwick, Steppenwolf, and Pyewacket (serving as the Artistic Director for nine years). Regionally she has appeared

with St. Louis Repertory Theatre, Lyceum Repertory Theatre, Play Makers Repertory Theatre and Off-Broadway at The Duplex, and 29th Street Repertory. Ms. Harris has received three Joseph Jefferson Non-Equity nominations and received a Joseph Jefferson Non-Equity award for Outstanding Actress in a Principal Role for her work as Annie Wilkes in Pyewacket’s Misery. Her adapted production of Francis Ford Coppola’s screenplay The Conversation enjoyed a healthy successful run off Broadway two years ago and would like to get back to writing some time soon. Ms. Harris is happy to be working with Strawdog and extends her love to her husband, the extremely talented Timothy Curtis.

Jim Heatherly (Judge Jefferson Davis Alexander) is excited to be making his debut with Strawdog Theatre Company in

the timeless political tale State of the Union. Jim has spent a good deal of time in front of and behind the footlights in the past ten years, working in more than forty-five productions around the Chicagoland area. He was most recently seen as Herr Schultz in the Hypocrites’ Jeff Recommended production of Cabaret. Thank you to Geoff, Michael, Stephanie and the rest of the Strawdog production team for this outstanding opportunity. Annamae, I found the muse!

BF Helman (Conover) has been little seen since the demise of the late, lamented Defiant Theatre. But he has been greatly heard

with the AFTRA/SAG Radio Players and Unshackled. And - please - go out and vote.

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Kristina Johnson (Kay) is excited to be working with Geoff and making her Strawdog Theatre debut. She is a recent graduate from

the School @ Steppenwolf. Additional Chicago credits include: A Streecar Named Desire (Writers’ Theatre); The Long Red Road (directed by Philip Seymour Hoffman), The Ballad of Emmett Till, Spirits to Enforce (Good-man Theatre); Tight Curls Today (Sketchbook X); The Rocks (the side project); Touch (New Leaf Theatre); The Three Penny Opera (Hypocrites @ Steppenwolf Garage); How to Disap-pear Completely and Never Be Found (Mary Arrchie); They All Fall Down (Chicago Dramatists); Busch Fest (The Idea Place); Holes, Eye of the Storm (Adventure Stage Chicago).

Anderson Lawfer* (Spike) is an ensem-ble member at Strawdog Theatre and has appeared in several productions.

Annie Munch (Servants) is abso-lutely thrilled to be making her Strawdog debut. A junior Theatre and Psychol-ogy major at

Northwestern University, credits include Peter Pan: or the Boy Who Would Not Grow Up, A Lie of the Mind, A Bright Room Called Day, 12 Angry Men, and others. Many, many thanks to Geoff, cast, and crew, 816, Catlin & the Lunatics, Mom, Dad, and Meg.

Brant Russell (Hardy) just finished his coursework in the MFA Directing program at Northwestern University. From 2003 – 2007, he was a company member with Collaboraction, and has

directed twice for their Sketchbook Festival. In 2006, his play Heinrich Heine, 1840 France, won the Sketch-book Award for best script. He has also worked with Victory Gardens, the side project, Chicago Dramatists, Writers’ Theatre, Next, Northlight, A Red Orchid, and Theater 7. At Chicago Shakespeare Theater, he assisted Terry Hands on his production of Hamlet in 2006, and Barbara Gaines on her pro-duction of Troilus and Cressida in 2007. At Steppenwolf, Brant has taught play-writing in the Cross-Town program, assisted Amy Morton on Don DeLillo’s Love-Lies-Bleeding through an SDC Observership, was Tracy Letts’ assistant for August: Osage County, and pro-duced Steppenwolf’s involvement in Suzan-Lori Parks’ 365 Days / 365 Plays. He has led post-show discussions at Steppenwolf since 2007. In 2008, he directed Election Day by Josh Tobies-sen for Theater 7. At Northwestern, he directed Martin Crimp’s The Country, Caryl Churchill’s Mad Forest, and David Greig’s The American Pilot. He just finished directing Tracy Davis’ adapta-tion of A Trip To America by Charles Mathews, which is being performed at the ASTR conference in Cardiff, Wales, and will move to Chicago in winter 2011. He will direct for the Next Lab in Evanston in the spring. He got married in September 2009. Thanks Geoff for the opportunity. Hi Mom!

Rob Skrocki (Senator) has recently appeared in Strawdog Theatre Company’s The Life and Death of Richard III, Tooth of Crime,

True Ballad of Fall’s Blessing and the Jef-ferson Award winning Detective Story. Other theatre credits include The Hypocrites’ Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Stage Left Theatre Company’s Prairie Lights, as well as Collaboraction Theatre Company’s Jefferson Award winning The Life and Times of Tulsa Lovechild...A

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Road Trip, Sketchbooks, Apocalyptic Butterflies and The Joy of Going Somewhere Definite. Additional credits include Pyewacket Theatre Company’s The Conversation and Boom Town (Jefferson Award nomination for Actor in a Principal Role). Rob has also appeared in the After Dark Award winning Feedlot, Sugar Down, Bill Hoak and The Killing Game at The Trap Door Theatre Company. Other stage appearances include An American Daughter and The Coming of the Hurricane at Organic Touchstone Theatre Company. Movie credits include The Dirty Monks, The Land of False Clocks and Pyrite.

Kendra Thulin (Mary) is excited to be performing with Strawdog for the first time. She recently won the 2010 Non-Equity

Jeff Award for her role as Harper in Steep Theatre’s US premiere of Simon Stephen’s Harper Regan. Other recent credits include Stevie in Edward Albee’s The Goat Or Who Is Sylvia? (Red Twist Theatre), Miriam/Alice Quinn in Dashiell Hammet’s The Thin Man (City Lit), and The Wind in the Willows as dialect coach (City Lit). She has also performed with Lifeline, Stage Two, Timeline and for the Chicago Humanities Festival. Kendra is a professor in the theater depart-ment of Columbia College Chicago, where in addition to teaching voice and acting, she has vocal/dialect coached over 40 productions.

Pat Whalen (Servants) is beyond ecstatic to finally be at Strawdog. He is a freshly minted graduate from Columbia College Chicago’s theater department where he played Tilden in Buried Child, and most recently Sir Robert Chiltern in An Ideal Husband. This summer he performed in Joe Janes’ 365 Sketch Festival on the

DeMaat stage at Second City, as well as Skirmishes at Stage 773, directed by Artistic Director Brian Posen. He’d like to thank Geoff, cast, crew, and everyone at Strawdog for this awe-some opportunity, and of course his parents and family, who always said he’d make it to Broadway.

John Zinn (Sam) is excited to be making his Strawdog debut.

Geoff Button (Director) is a recent graduate of Northwestern Univer-sity’s MFA directing program and a longtime company member of the theater company The Hypocrites. He’s directed their productions of Desire Under the Elms and True West (Non-Equity Jeff Nominations - Best Play, Best Director) and assistant directed for Sean Graney a number of times. He’s also assisted on productions at Chicago Shakespeare, The Marriott Theater Lincolnshire, The American Musical Theater Project, Famous Door, and Steppenwolf. As an actor he’s performed at several theaters around Chicago, including Apple Tree, Life-line, The House Theater of Chicago, Defiant, and The Hypocrites (where he received a Non-Equity Jeff for his performance in Equus). Most recently he appeared as an actor in Mary Ar-rchie’s production of Cherrywood. He is thrilled to finally get the chance to work with Strawdog and to be back making plays in Chicago.

Marianna Csaszar (Set Designer) is thrilled to be working with Strawdog for the first time. Since graduating from Northwestern University (MFA in Stage Design, 2008) she has been working with companies such as the Griffin, the Hypo-crites, Silk Road Theater Project, About Face, Redmoon, Theatre Mir, and the Build-ing Stage. This season she is looking for-ward to collaborating with Lookingglass, Chicago Dramatists, and Caffeine Theatre. Website: www.mariannacsaszar.com

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Maria DeFabo (Properties) is enthralled to work with the crazy folks at Strawdog. Some of her other favorite credits include props design for Oedipus, Frankenstein, Cabaret, and No Exit (The Hypocrites). Associate Scenic Design and Props Design for Mary’s Wedding (Rivendell Theatre Ensemble), and Assistant Properties Design for Icarus (Lookingglass Theatre). Maria has also made crazy props with The House Theatre, Congo Square Theatre, Steep Theatre, LiveWire Chicago Theatre, and Theo Ubique. Maria loves being a props lady, and has much appreciation for her family and friends for supporting her through her theatrical endeavors. If you would like to buy Maria a beer, and talk about how props make the world a better place, feel free to contact her at mariadefabo@gmail.com.

Nic Dimond* (Artistic Director) has been a company member since 1995. He has directed almost 20 productions at Strawdog during that time. Other directing diversions include various projects with the Bohemian Theatre Company, the Vittum Theater, the Next Theatre, Victory Gardens, Lakeside Shakespeare Theatre, Collaboraction, the Chicago Department of Cultural Af-fairs, Titan Productions, question?mark productions, the Shawnee Playhouse, and Chicago Dramatists Workshop. Nic is a native Chicagoan (he grew up in Park Forest, for you sticklers for geo-graphic detail) and a proud graduate of Illinois Wesleyan University and Rich East High School.

Cortney Hurley* (Production Manager) is elated to be kicking off her fifth season at Strawdog Theatre, where last year she thought it might also be fun to spend even more time here by becoming the General Manager as well. Previous and current production management positions include Ellen Under Glass with the House Theatre of Chicago and One False Note with Plasti-cene, as well as serving as the produc-

tion manager at Lifeline Theatre since the fall of 2006 on such productions as The Island of Dr. Moreau, The Mark of Zor-ro and Neverwhere. She has also served as the Assistant Production Manager at Theater on the Lake since 2004.

Derek Matson (Dramaturg) is very excited to be dramaturging his first Strawdog show. Local dramaturging credits include Sex with Strangers by Laura Eason as part of Steppenwolf Theatre’s First Look Repertory of New Work; Angels in America: Millennium Approaches at Northwestern University, directed by Geoff Button; Goldstar Ohio at American Theater Company; and Thieves Like Us at the House Theatre. Opera credits include dramaturging No Exit at Chicago Opera Vanguard, Reagan’s Children at Northwestern, and assisting Mary Zimmerman on her new production of Rossini’s Armida at the Metropolitan Opera. Derek studied acting at the Cours Florent in Paris and has translated works by Lully, Molière, and Marivaux for performances at the Eastman School of Music and Cornell University, where he earned his M.A. in Theatre and Performance Studies.

Joanna Melville (Costume Designer) is back for her 3rd (2.5th?) costume design at Strawdog. Previous credits include St. Crispin’s Day (Jeff Award) and Good Soul of Szechuan (co-design with ensemble member Aly Greaves). Other Chicago design credits include work at Lifeline, Quest, Backstage Theatre, Lakeside Shakespeare, and Shattered Globe. She is an alumna of Illinois State University (BA), and the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she earned her M.F.A. in Theatre, specializing in Costume Design. Joanna also works as a freelance seamstress and costumer - joanna.melville@gmail.com

Stephanie Neilitz (Stage Manager)This is Stephanie’s first production with Strawdog. Her other Chicago credits include Snapshots Festival (20%

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Theatre), Body Awareness (Profiles Theatre), The Trestle at Pope Lick Creek (20% Theatre) and Production Stage Manager for the original serial play “the Ville” (Bare Boned Theatre). She has also worked with Music Theatre (De Pere, Wisconsin), Evergreen The-atre (Green Bay, Wisconsin), Bay Port High School Theatre (Howard-Suami-co, Wisconsin) and Concordia College (Moorhead, Minnesota). She holds a B.A. in Philosophy and French with a minor in theatre from Concordia Col-lege in Moorhead, Minnesota.

Mike Przygoda* (Composer) is a native Chicagoan who votes early and often. When he was eighteen, he almost went to go study political science but then went on to become a composer instead. Now, finally (with-out a scandal), those two passions have merged. Thank you to the band for their excellence and dedication of time, Andrew for recording/mixing the score, and Frank Dawson for reinvent-ing my view on jazz (RIP).

Diana Raiselis (Assistant Director)is a junior theatre major at Northwestern University, and is thrilled to be working with Strawdog for the first time. She’s also assisted on Cabaret (The Hypo-crites) and Peter Pan (Northwestern), and looks forward to directing the upcoming world-premiere of Thank You, Everything! on campus this winter. Big thanks to Geoff & Co. for this wonderful experi-ence, as well as Layercake, the Lunatics, and the family for their support & love.

Michael Stanfill (Lighting Designer) holds a BFA in Lighting Design from Southern Oregon University and just completed the MFA Design Program at Northwestern University. Before moving to Chicago, Michael freelanced around the Pacific Northwest design-ing for theatre, dance, live music, and the occasional Roller Derby bout. In

theatre and dance he served for several seasons as the Resident Lighting De-signer for The Oregon Cabaret Theater, ArtAttack Theater Ensemble, and The Portland Ballet. Favorite designs include The Glass Menagerie, Closer, Amadeus (ArtAttack), Forever Plaid, Santaland Di-aries, Tick, Tick, Boom!, Five Guys Named Moe (Oregon Cabaret Theater), Mass: A Theatre Piece for Singers, Players, and Dancers, The American Pilot, The Hand-maid’s Tale (Northwestern University).

Andrew Wheatley (Sound Designer) is a Chicago-based freelance sound designer and composer, and he is thrilled for his second collaboration with Strawdog, the first as a designer! After graduating from the University of Evansville with a degree in Theatre Design and a minor in Music Compo-sition, he moved to Chicago in 2009 to serve as the audio apprentice at Steppenwolf Theatre Company for a nine-month term. Since then he has been writing and playing music, sound designing for all manner of folks, exploring the city, and enjoying the awesome Chicago summer!

Hank Boland* (Managing Director) collaborated with the ensemble as a playwright in the creation of The True Ballad of Fall’s Blessings (2005), contrib-uted to WirelessFour (2005), and wrote Radio Theater Six (2007). In 2006 he was asked to create a writing initiative for the Strawdog Ensemble, now known as THE HIT FACTORY! Hank was asked to join the ensemble in 2008, and is proud to be a member of this artistic family. Hank’s earlier works are pub-lished by Dramatic Publishing. Hank began his relationship with Strawdog in 2000 as an audience member. (Just like you!) Want to get more involved with Strawdog? Let’s talk! Get in touch at hank@strawdog.org.

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Thanks to all the people that made our PLEA CIRCUS EDITION such a

memorable night

(we don’t ‘kiss and tell’ but we do ‘kiss and than thank’)

THEATREWARS

Will Act For Foodwillactforfood.com

The New Colonythenewcolony.org

Signal Ensemblesignalensemble.com

The Housethehousetheatre.com

Mortar Theatremortartheatrecompany.org

Lakside Shakespearelakesideshakespeare.org

Strange Treestrangetree.org

and...the cast of Cherrywood at

Mary-Arrchie Theatermaryarrchie.com

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PRODUCTION HISTORY

1988-1990Five of Us + The House of Correction+ Temptation + A Family Affair + Dearest Father ~Back Bog Beast Bait

1991Muzeeka Play with

Repeats #TitanicIcarus’ Mother Can’t Stand Up for

Falling Down # The House of Yes +

1992 Etta Jenks + A Circle of People: Four

by Chekov ~ Gertrude Stein and a

Companion + Lux in Tenbris + Sure Thing + Hot Fudge +Speed-the-Play Ancient History +Light Up the Sky

1993Absent FriendsGertrude Stein and a

CompanionThe RevengerRelationship Hell The Big Funk +Lunch Search and Destroy + Crossing Boundaries:

Women’s Roles and Realities

1994 Race ~New AnatomiesWilhelm Reich in HellGoodnight Desdemona

(Good Morning Juliet)

1995 Burn This A Mother, a Daughter,

and a Gun +

Crossing Boundaries II: The Tower of Babel Project ~

Mariposa ~ Cat’s-Paw

1996 Criminal Hearts Crossing Boundaries III:

The Life of the Mind ~Interrogating the Nude

1996–1997It’s a Mediocre Life ~Skeletons Crossing Boundaries IV:

Leap of Faith ~

1997–1998 Dark Rapture +, Imagine Drowning Waltz Invention

1998–1999 HurlyBurly Owners 1999–2000 Manufracture + Measure for Measure Return to the Howard

Bowl ~

2000–2001 Disco Pigs # Our Country’s Good The Ball of Justice ~ 2001–2002 Ivona, Princess of

Burgundia Toasting George ~ The Green Bird

2002-2003Julius Caeser Knives in Hens Spring Awakening 2003-2004 Detective Story Merchant of Venice Fuddy Meers

2004-2005 Puntila, and His Man

Matti Impossible Marriage The True Ballad of Fall’s

Blessings~

2005-2006 Three Sisters The Tooth of Crime

(Second Dance)

2006-2007 Marathon ‘33 A Lie of The Mind

2007-2008AristocratsRichard IIIOld Town

2008-2009R.U.R. Cherry OrchardRed Noses

2010-2011Red Noses (Remount)State of the UnionMaster and MargaritaConquest of the South

Pole

+ Midwest Premiere # U.S. Premiere ~ World Premiere

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DONORS

Strawdog Theatre Company gratefully acknowledges the generous contri-butions of individuals, organizations, and businesses made between July 1, 2009 and September 1, 2010.

Up to $150Abbie JohnsonAbigail H. BoucherAda Grey RobertsAlisha BannisterAllan & Mary FenskeAllison CainAllison Renee GreavesAnne DeelyBarbara LanctotBecky HoagBoland Insurance

Agency, Inc.Bruce & Nancy WoodruffBruce & Sarane SiewerthCarmine & Linda GrisoliaCathy BerniChristina CalvitChristopher HainsworthDavid & Jo Ann WoolleyDavid & Kristen ConroyDavid Katz & Eileen

KatmanDawn M. Ho FungDon HallDorothy L. MilneDwight & Laurie

LuetscherElizabeth L. DowlingElizabeth LaidlawEllen DeelyEnid MyersErik & Phyllis E.

ZingelmanErnest & Harriet

HirschfeldFrank & Maryann ClarizioFreeport-McMoran

Copper & GoldGarrett & Carrie ToddGeorge DarverisGloria NardiniHorizon International,

LLCJack RubinJames T. Simon & Andra

Velis SimonJanet SayreJann V. DragovichJean B. Galan

Jennifer AveryJerome DinellJohn H. RobertsJohn LlewellynJohn M. MoranJoyce McGreevyJoyce S. GreenbergJudith PaiceJudy A. CliffordJulie & Noah

FleischmannJune EubanksKate GrossmanKenneth & Sandra FagenKirkland & Ellis

FoundationKrista Bryski RichardLaura SolomonLeroy BlommaertLillian FrancesLinda CaloiaLinda R. GillumLinda SpererLisa GrisoliaLucie MacDonaldMadeline DreifusMarilyn TurnerMark R. BolandMarsha & Jon BakerMary A. HickeyMatthew WaferMegan WildebourMelinda RussoMelvin HirschMerle LevineMichael & Becky HoagMichael J. PetroMichael PesolaMonica ReidaNancy & Joseph

CrowtherPatricia PetroPatrick BrennanPatti PetroRae & Chris SerafiniRaymond & Esther PaiceRebecca PiperRenzi & Associates, Inc.Robert Alpaugh &

Robert W. Waters

Roy & Linda DunlapSarah GoedenSarah ZematisSheila DeelyStacy JoyceStanley D. PriceSusan StahlTerry J. & Lynda M. BalijaTimothy M. BambaraTrudene GieselUnion Pacific RailwayVicki MallaryWendi WeberWilliam Mock

$501 to $1000Susan ToonenLorraine & Brian Arbetter(in honor of Atticus

Arbetter)Betty MooreheadFreeport-McMoran

Copper & Gold Tim ZingelmanTroy Pequette

$1001 to $2500Stephen BennettSeth RickardDavid G. HerroNora Stapleton

Over $2500Alphawood FoundationChase Community

GivingChicago Community

FoundationElizabeth F. Cheney

FoundationGaylord and Dorothy

Donnelley FoundationGregory AltmanIllinois Arts CouncilJames HobartRichard H. Driehaus

FoundationThe Saints

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s t a f fGeneral Manager .......................................................................................................................Cortney HurleyBox Office and Bar Staff .....................Timothy Bambara, Adam Gilgour, Kaity Licina, Glenn PotterProduction Manager ................................................................................................................Cortney HurleyInternship Coordinators .......................................................................Hank Boland and Cortney HurleyRental Coordinator....................................................................................................................Cortney HurleyCasting Director .......................................................................................................................... Michael Caloia Board Development .............................................................................................. Hank Boland, Paul FagenFinance .............................................................................. Hank Boland, Cortney Hurley, Nora StapletonFundraising and Development .................................................................. Jenny Avery, Michaela Petro,

Michael Dailey, Amy DunlapSpecial Events ......................................................................Hank Boland, Kyle Hamman, Gregor Mortis,

Anderson Lawfer, Jamie Vann, Seth RickardFacilities ......................................................................... Nic Dimond, Gregory Altman, Carmine Grisolia,

Courtney Hurley, Justine TurnerMarketing and Communications ...................................................... Tom Hickey, John Henry Roberts,

Shannon Hoag, Anita DeelyPR ............................................................................................................. Shannon Hoag and Shout ChicagoProduction ......................................................................................................... Nic Dimond, Cortney Hurley,

Sean Mallary, Aly Greaves, Mikhail Fiksel, Mike PrzygodaWebmaster ..........................................................................................................................John Henry Roberts Literary Committee ..................................................................Nic Dimond, Jenny Avery, Gregor Mortis,

Tom Hickey, Amy Dunlap, Anita Deely, Jamie VannHit Factory ..................................................................... Hank Boland, Nic Dimond, John Henry Roberts,

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Anderson Lawfer, Justine Turner, Mike Przygoda