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Contents

Welcome to Head of Passes Letter from Artistic Director Martha Lavey

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Tues., August 6 8:00 p.m. Festival Opening

Sat., August 10 6:30 p.m. A Tribute to Marvin Hamlisch David Wroe, Conductor The music of Marvin Hamlisch and those who influenced him.

Tues., August 13 8:00 p.m. Baroque Hits Eric Olson, Oboe Igor Yusefovich, Violin Bach & Handel

August 17th, 2006 By Steppenwolf Literary Manager Aaron Carter

Inna Faliks, Piano All Prokofiev

End of the World By Steppenwolf Literary Apprentice Joshua Goode

Sat., August 17 6:30 p.m. All Mozart

Denise Djokic, Cello All Tchaikovsky

Dudley Birder Chorale PMF Chorus Requiem, Symphony No. 41, Overture to The Impressario

Editors Jeffrey Fauver Alicia Graf

Tues., August 20 8:00 p.m. Crossing the Channel JoAnn Falletta, Conductor Caroline Goulding, Violin Ravel, Bruch, Faure, Bizet

Thurs., August 22 8:00 p.m. Russian Wonders III Stewart Goodyear, Piano Terry Everson, Trumpet All Shostakovich

Suspension of Disbelief An interview with Tarell Alvin McCraney, Steppenwolf ensemble member and playwright of Head of Passes, and Steppenwolf staff members.

Thurs., August 15 8:00 p.m. Russian Wonders II

Ilya Kaler, Violin Britten & Beethoven

Thurs, August 8 8:00 p.m. Russian Wonders I

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Contributors Aaron Carter Evan Hatfield Martha Lavey Suzanne Miller Joel Moorman

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Welcome Letter

Welcome to Head of Passes by Martha Lavey Head of Passes is a faith journey. Ensemble members Tarell McCraney, the playwright, and Tina Landau, the director, began with the idea that they wanted to explore the Biblical Book of Job, the Old Testament book that interrogates the question: “Why do the righteous suffer?” The book proceeds as a dialogue between God and Satan and is a contest for the soul of the righteous Job. Satan contends that Job’s faith is untested, a function of his prosperity, and challenges God to visit tragedy on the man to discover if Job will curse God when he is made to suffer and lose all. And indeed, Job is afflicted by the loss of his possessions, his family, and his health. He does not curse God but seeks an explanation for why he, an innocent man, is made to suffer. Tarell has said that he used the Book of Job as an inspiration for Head of Passes without an obligation to its narrative shape. Rather, that his interest was in imagining the struggle that Job undergoes to maintain his faith. What is Job’s conversation with himself and with God when he has been laid low by loss and tragedy? Job emerges with his faith intact, but what is that internal process through which he arrives at an assertion of faith? Are faith and doubt incompatible, or is doubt inseparable from the process of coming to faith? Many people were surprised (and disappointed) when Brian Kolodiejchuk, M.C. published Mother Teresa: Come Be My Light, a biography of Mother Teresa. In it Kolodiejchuk relates that Mother Teresa, regarded by many as a saint, was riven by doubt and despair. Tarell is interested in the internal dialogue in the struggle that brings one, however agonized, to faith. I resist describing the events of Head of Passes—it is yours to witness—and instead ask you to also observe the structure of the play and the way in which Tarell has unfolded the conversation of the play to take us on the journey of faith that Shelah, the central character modeled on Job, must endure. Head of Passes is intriguing in both its content and form—or rather, in the way that the form moves us into the heart of the play’s intensifying interrogation of faith. The first act of the play proceeds in the dramatic mode: it is comprised of dialogue, constructed in quotidian time and establishes the world of the play. We discover the setting and are introduced to the community gathered for Shelah’s birthday. The form of the play feels familiar—as theatergoers, we know how to enter this fictive world. The one uncanny note is that when alone, Shelah “sees” a character named Angel and converses with him. It is a comfort to her—evidence that she is ready to leave this world, accepting of her illness and ready to be called home to God.

When the second act opens, we enter the epic mode of compressed time. The crises of the play, all of which are assumed to have happened in that interval between acts, are narrated on stage. Time and event are compressed and we are given a nearly telegraphic rendering of the lifechanging events that transpire. Shelah, too, reviews her entire life in the compression of stage time. Her memory carries her through years of life in the relative instant of our witness. In the final scene of the play, we are in the exploded time of the lyric mode as we enter the solitude of Shelah’s mind as she lets go of this world. The lyric mode is a timeless realm—the world of thought, when we are both in this world and in the realm of our past and future. It is both reflection and projection—the suspended realm, poised between our birth and our death. It is the backdrop of everything we are in the present. It is Shelah’s self-interrogation and her plea for God’s witness when she is most alone and lost. And then the grace note: we return to the dramatic mode as Shelah encounters the character designated in the script as “Construction Worker” and played by the same actor previously identified as “Angel.” It is a beautiful touch. Shelah is asked to emerge from the solitude of her own mind by an unassuming construction worker, come to tear down her storm-battered home. That he is also designated Angel suggests that indeed, he is an agent of God. But unlike the Angel Shelah encounters in the first act, he is also of this world. He brings the limitations of his humanity as witness to Shelah’s deepest expressions of doubt. After her agonizing struggle to understand her life—the tragedies and her culpability—and God’s logic in that, the construction worker’s response is healingly humble: Only god knows those things and who Would want to know all of that all the time. Seem Like to me He spare us some pain and allow Us ignorance of so many things and powerless Too. Would you like to be responsible for death And life and light and dark and…I mean that’s A lot. Seem he just say to us here go your lil’ piece Make with it what you will and if you need me I’ll listen. That the end of Shelah’s struggle for faith is a return to human dialogue—a conversation in real time with another person (who is both a construction worker and an angel)—reveals deeply Tarell’s particular understanding of what the faith journey looks like. We are in this world. We have a very limited understanding of, and power over, the events of this world. The divine intervention in our lives may come to us in surprising garb and speak to us the language of humility. The membrane between this world and the unseen world may be porous. We must endure our doubt, we must endure not knowing. Somewhere in that, is our faith.

Steppenwolf Artistic Director Martha Lavey

Martha Lavey†* Artistic Director

Steppenwolf salutes the sponsors for our production of Head of passes Corporate Production Sponsor

Head of Passes was developed by Steppenwolf Theatre Company through the New Plays Initative, which is supported by the Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust, the Zell Family Foundation, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. Head of Passes is made possible through the Artistic Development Fund, which is supported by the Davee Foundation.

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Steppenwolf Theatre Company presents

Head of Passes By ensemble member Tarell Alvin McCraney†* Directed by ensemble member Tina Landau† Featuring James T. Alfred* Alana Arenas†* Kyle Beltran* (April 4 – May 19) Chris Boykin* Cheryl Lynn Bruce* Glenn Davis* Jon Michael Hill†* (May 21 – June 9) Tim Hopper†* Ron Cephas Jones* Jacqueline Williams*

Major Production support provided by the

National Endowment for the Arts Head of Passes is the recipient of a Joyce Award

Additional support is provided by the Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation Individual Production Sponsors Roger and Julie Baskes, Sarah Beardsley, Henry and Leigh Bienen, Nora Daley and Sean Conroy, Richard M. Daley and Family, Richard and Mary Gray, Jim and Kay Mabie, Nancy Lauter McDougal and Alfred McDougal, Kenneth J. Porrello and Sherry L. McFall, Deborah and Stephen Quazzo, Randy and Susi Rowe, John and Carol Walter Production Endowment Fund

Production David Gallo+ Scenic Design Collette Pollard+ Scenic Design Consultant Toni-Leslie James+ Costume Design Scott Zielinski+ Lighting Design Rob Milburn+ and Michael Bodeen+ Sound Design and Original Music Cecilie O’Reilly Dialect Coach Jacob Padrón Dramaturg Erica Daniels° Casting Director Laura D. Glenn* Stage Manager Cassie Wolgamott* Assistant Stage Manager

A special thank you to Nora Daley and Sean Conroy and their family and friends for their extraordinary generosity and support of Tarell McCraney and his work.

Special Thanks To Grandma’s Grace For Mrs. Maggie Daley

ComEd is the 2012/13 Season Lighting Sponsor.

—Tarell Alvin McCraney Head of Passes was commissioned by Steppenwolf Theatre Company.

Partial support for open captioning provided by Theatre Development Fund

Steppenwolf Theatre Company is a constituent of Theatre Communication Group (TCG), the national organization for nonprofit professional theater. † member of the Steppenwolf Theatre Company ensemble. * member of Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers. + member of United Scenic Artists, Local 829 of the IATSE. ° member of the Casting Society of America.

Cast and Contributors

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Cast (in order of appearance) Chris Boykin* (Angel, Construction Worker) Ron Cephas Jones* (Creaker) Kyle Beltran* April 4 – May 19 (Crier) Jon Michael Hill†* May 21 – June 9 (Crier) Cheryl Lynn Bruce* (Shelah) Jacqueline Williams* (Mae) Glenn Davis* (Aubrey) Tim Hopper†* (Dr. Anderson) James T. Alfred* (Spencer) Alana Arenas†* (Cookie)

Understudies Brittani Arlandis Green (u/s Cookie) Rob Glidden (u/s Dr. Anderson) Joslyn Jones* (u/s Shelah, Mae)

Julian Parker (u/s Crier, Aubrey, Angel, Construction Worker) Austin Talley (u/s Spencer, Creaker)

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in rehearsal 1. CAST MEMBER KYLE BELTRAN 2. CAST MEMBER JACQUELINE WILLIAMS 3. CAST MEMBER JAMES T. ALFRED 4. CAST MEMBERS RON CEPHAS JONES AND JACQUELINE WILLIAMS 5. CAST MEMBER GLENN DAVIS 6. DIRECTOR AND ENSEMBLE MEMBER TINA LANDAU 7. ENSEMBLE MEMBER TIM HOPPER WITH CAST MEMBERS GLENN DAVIS, JAMES T. ALFRED AND JACQUELINE WILLIAMS 8. CAST MEMBERS CHRIS BOYKIN AND CHERYL LYNN BRUCE

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(Spencer) is pleased to return to Steppenwolf Theatre Company. He last appeared as Tom in the Steppenwolf for Young Adults production of The Glass Menagerie. Other regional credits include Guthrie Theater, Milwaukee Repertory Theater, Denver Center for the Performing Arts, Penumbra Theatre, Arizona Theatre Company, Court Theatre, Round House Theatre, The Kansas City Repertory Theatre, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, American Repertory Theater and The Second City. New York credits include the New York Shakespeare Festival Lab production of All’s Well That Ends Well. Television credits include Prison Break, ATF (pilot) and most recently Kenya Taylor on the award-winning, critically acclaimed STARZ original series, BOSS. James is a graduate of the Institute for Advanced Theater Training at Harvard University and holds an MFA in acting from the Moscow Art Theatre School in Moscow, Russia.

Alana Arenas

(Cookie) joined the Steppenwolf Theatre Company ensemble in 2007 and created the role of Pecola Breedlove for the Steppenwolf for Young Adults production of The Bluest Eye, which also played at the New Victory Theater off-Broadway. She recently appeared in Good People, Three Sisters, The March, Man in Love, Middletown, The Hot L Baltimore, The Etiquette of Vigilance,

The Brother/Sister Plays (Steppenwolf Theatre Company); Disgraced (American Theater Company); and The Arabian Nights (Lookingglass Theatre Company, Berkeley Repertory Theatre and Kansas City Repertory Theatre). Other theater credits include The Tempest, The Crucible, Spare Change, The Sparrow Project (Steppenwolf Theatre Company); Black Diamond (Lookingglass Theatre Company); Eyes (eta Creative Arts); SOST (MPAACT); WVON (Black Ensemble Theater); and Hecuba (Chicago Shakespeare Theater). Television and film credits include The Beast, Kabuku Rides and Lioness of Lisabi. She is originally from Miami, Florida where she began her training at the New World School of the Arts. Alana holds a BFA from The Theatre School at DePaul University.

Kyle Beltran

April 4 – May 19 (Crier) is thrilled to make his Steppenwolf Theatre Company debut. Broadway credits include the role of Usnavi in In The Heights, which he also originated on the first national tour. Off-Broadway credits include 10 Things To Do Before I Die (Second Stage Theatre); and The Netflix Plays (Ars Nova). Regional credits include Good Goods (Yale Repertory Theatre); Kingdom (The Old Globe Theatre); and Aida (West Virginia Public Theatre). Workshops credits include Fortress of Solitude (Public Theater); Choir Boy (Manhattan Theatre Club); Clueless (The New Group); and Tupac Shakur’s Holler If Ya Hear Me (Gold Company). Television credits include The Big C and Henry in Unforgettable. Kyle received his BFA from Carnegie Mellon University.

Chris Boykin

(Angel/Construction Worker) is excited to make his Steppenwolf Theatre Company debut. He is from Baltimore, Maryland. Theater credits include Paper Thin Walls (Abraham Werewolf ); Spunk and Invisible Man (Court Theatre). Television credits include Sex House (The Onion/YouTube); BOSS (Starz); and The Mob Doctor (FOX). He received his MFA in Acting from The Theatre School at DePaul University, and is represented by Paonessa Talent Agency.

Cheryl Lynn Bruce

(Shelah) returns to Steppenwolf Theatre Company where she previously appeared in Everyman, Intimate Apparel, Nomathemba and The Grapes of Wrath (also Broadway, National Theatre, La Jolla Playhouse). She most recently appeared in Danai Gurira’s The Convert (McCarter Theatre, Goodman Theatre, Kirk Douglas Theatre), for which she received both Joseph Jefferson and Ovation Award nominations. She made her professional debut in Goodman Theatre’s production of Death and the King’s Horseman, directed by its Nobel laureate author Wole Soyinka. Other Goodman Theatre credits include The Dreams of Sarah Breedlove, Each One as She May, Cry, the Beloved Country, Black Star Line, All’s Well that Ends Well and Trojan Women. Other theatre credits include The Great Fire, Race (Lookingglass Theatre Company); Snow Queen, The Voice of Good

Hope, Eurydice (Victory Gardens Theater); Flyin’ West (Court Theatre); and From the Mississippi Delta (Northlight Theatre, Arena Stage, Hartford Stage, Circle in the Square Theatre), for which she won Helen Hayes, Joseph Jefferson and Connecticut Critics Circle Awards. Regional credits include Harriet Jacobs, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone (Kansas City Repertory Theatre); Gem of the Ocean (Ensemble Theatre); and The Story (Milwaukee Repertory Theater). Film and television credits include Prison Break, There Are No Children Here, Separate But Equal, To Sir, With Love Part 2, Stranger than Fiction, Daughters of the Dust and The Fugitive. Named inaugural fellow of the Ellen Stone Belic Institute for the Study of Women and Gender in the Arts and Media (2006) at Columbia College Chicago, she received a Jane Addams Hull House Association Woman of Valor Award (2010) and a 3Arts Award in Theatre Arts (2011). A member of Teatro Vista, she also serves on the Links Hall Board, and is an Artist in Residence at Yale University Art Gallery.

Glenn Davis

(Aubrey) returns to Steppenwolf Theatre Company where he previously appeared as Elegba and Marcus in The Brother/Sister Plays, also directed by Tina Landau. Additional Steppenwolf credits include A Lesson Before Dying and The Bluest Eye. Broadway credits include Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo (also Kirk Douglas Theatre, Mark Taper Forum). Off-Broadway credits include Wig Out! (Vineyard Theatre, directed by Tina Landau). Other regional credits include Caligula, Polaroid Stories, Vassa Zheleznova (Williamstown Theatre Festival); Wig Out! (Sundance Institute, Theatre Lab); and work

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at Goodman Theatre, Chicago Shakespeare Theater and Congo Square Theatre Company. International credits include Edward II, The Winter’s Tale and As You Like It (Stratford Shakespeare Festival). Television credits include 24 (Fox); The Unit, Jericho and The Good Wife (CBS).

Jon Michael Hill

May 21 – June 9 (Crier) has been a Steppenwolf Theatre Company ensemble member since 2007, where he most recently appeared in The Hot L Baltimore. Previous Steppenwolf credits include The Tempest, Kafka on the Shore, Superior Donuts (also Broadway; Outer Critic’s Circle Award; Tony and Drama League Award nominations) and The Unmentionables. Other theater credits include A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Public Theatre, Shakespeare in the Park); In the Red and Brown Water (Alliance Theatre); and The Cure at Troy (Seattle Repertory Theatre). Jon made his opera debut as Puck in A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Houston Grand Opera. Television and film credits include Elementary, Detroit 1-8-7, Eastbound and Down, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Person of Interest and Guiding Light.

Tim Hopper

(Dr. Anderson) joined the Steppenwolf Theatre Company ensemble in 1989 and last appeared at Steppenwolf in Middletown. In New York, he recently

played the role of Henry in Daisy Foote’s Him (Primary Stages). Steppenwolf appearances include The Tempest, The Crucible, The Violet Hour, Hedda Gabler and Picasso at the Lapin Agile. Films include Tenderness, School of Rock, Personal Velocity, Pipe Dream and To Die For. Television credits include The Good Wife, The Americans, Blue Bloods, Nurse Jackie, White Collar and Grey’s Anatomy, among others. This one is for Amanda Frohberg, the “grandymother.”

Ron Cephas Jones

(Creaker) Theater credits include Hurt Village, Two Trains Running (Signature Theatre); Titus Andronicus, Satellites (Public Theater); Ajax (American Repertory Theater); The Bridge Project: As You Like It, The Tempest (BAM, Old Vic Theatre); Wildflower (Second Stage Theatre); The Overwhelming (Roundabout Theatre Company); The Wooden Breeks (MCC Theater); Massacre: Sing to Your Children (LAByrinth Theater Company); The Heart is a Lonely Hunter (Alliance Theater); Richard III (New York Shakespeare Festival, Public Theater); The Exonerated (Culture Project); Othello (Royal Theatre); Our Lady of 121st Street (Union Square Theatre, LAByrinth Theater Company); Jesus Hopped the A Train (LAByrinth Theater Company, Donmar Warehouse); and Storefront Church (Atlantic Theatre), among others. Film credits include Watching TV with the Red Chinese, Across the Universe, Half Nelson, Carlito's Way: The Beginning, Woody Allen's Sweet and Lowdown and On the One, among others. Television credits include Da Brick, The 22, Lipstick Jungle, Raisin in the Sun, Word of Honor, NYPD Blue, FEDS and Law & Order.

Jacqueline Williams

(Mae) returns to Steppenwolf Theatre Company where she was seen as Mrs. Belotti in The Hot L Baltimore and Aunt Elegua/ Shun (older) in The Brother/Sister Plays, No Place Like Home, Othello and Chicago Children’s Theatre’s Dandelion Wine. Recently she was in Calixto Bieto’s United States debut of Tennessee William’s Camino Real at Goodman Theatre. Other Goodman Theatre credits include The Trinity River Plays (also Dallas Theater Center), Oo-Bla Dee, The Story, Blues for an Alabama Sky, Amen Corner, Each One as She May, Dream of Sarah Breedlove, Crowns, Richard II, Skin of Our Teeth and many more. Other Chicago credits include Caroline, or Change, Fences, Electra, First Breeze of Summer (Court Theatre); Gee’s Bend, The Miser, Po’ Boy Tango (Northlight Theatre); Yellowman, Fabulation (Next Theatre Company); along with works at Victory Gardens Theater, Chicago Shakespeare Theater and others. Extensive regional credits include La Jolla Playhouse, Huntington Playhouse, ACT Theatre, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Portland Stage Company, Arena Stage and others. Broadway credits include Young Man from Atlanta. Off-Broadway credits include From the Mississippi, Mill Fire and Talented Tenth. Television and film credits include Turks, Chicago Code, Prison Break, ER, The Break Up, The Lake House, Hardball and White Boyz. Awards and nominations include Joseph Jefferson, Helen Hayes, BTAA, Lunt-Fontanne Fellow, 3Arts, American Arts Council, Drama Desk, Sarah Siddons, Excellence in the Arts, After Dark and others. Jacqueline holds a BFA from The Theatre School at DePaul University (formerly the

Goodman Theatre School), and is also a private acting coach and educator. Greatest blessing: daughter Kara.

Tarell Alvin McCraney

(Playwright), has been a Steppenwolf Theatre Company ensemble member since 2010, where his most recent plays include The Brother/Sister Plays: The Brothers Size, In the Red Brown Water and Marcus; Or the Secret of Sweet. They have also been performed at McCarter Theatre, Public Theater, Marin Theatre Company, American Conservatory Theater and Magic Theatre, as well as the Young Vic in London (Olivier Award nomination) and around the world. Other plays include The Breach (Southern Rep, Seattle Repertory Theatre); Wig Out! (Sundance Theatre Institute, The Royal Court Theatre, Vineyard Theatre: GLAAD Award for Outstanding Play); and American Trade (Royal Shakespeare Company, Hampstead Theatre). He was the Royal Shakespeare Company’s International Playwright in Residence from 2009-2011, where he co-edited and directed the Young People’s Shakespeare production of Hamlet, which toured throughout the United Kingdom and was presented at the Park Avenue Amory in New York. Most recently he was awarded the inaugural Windham Campbell Award. He is the recipient of the prestigious Whiting Award and Steinberg Playwright Award, as well as London’s Evening Standard Award for Most Promising Playwright, the inaugural New York Times’ Outstanding Playwright Award and the inaugural Paula Vogel Playwriting Award. He is a graduate from the New World School of the Arts High School, The Theatre School

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at DePaul University and the Yale School of Drama. He is a resident playwright at New Dramatists and a member of Teo Castellanos’ D-Projects in Miami.

Tina Landau (Director),

an ensemble member since 1997, has directed Steppenwolf Theatre Company productions of The Hot L Baltimore, Tarell McCraney’s The Brother/Sister Plays, Tracy Letts’s Superior Donuts (also Broadway), The Tempest, Diary of Anne Frank, Cherry Orchard, Time of Your Life (also Seattle Repertory Theatre, ACT Theatre), Theatrical Essays, Berlin Circle, Ballad of Little Jo, Time to Burn and her own play, Space (also Mark Taper Forum, Public Theater). Other directing credits include Bill Irwin and David Shiner’s Old Hats (currently playing at Signature Theatre, New York); Paula Vogel’s Civil War Christmas (New York Theater Workshop, Long Wharf ); Antony and Cleopatra (Hartford Stage); Charles Mee’s Iphigenia 2.0 (Signature Theatre, New York); Tarell McCraney’s Wig Out! (Vineyard Theatre) and In the Red and Brown Water (The Public Theater, McCarter Theatre, Alliance Theatre); Ricky Gordon’s Sycamore Trees (Signature Theatre, Virginia); A Midsummer Night’s Dream (McCarter Theatre, Paper Mill Playhouse); and Bells Are Ringing (Broadway). Tina both wrote and directed the musicals Floyd Collins (composer Adam Guettel; Playwrights Horizons, Goodman Theatre, Old Globe Theatre, Prince Music Theatre) and Dream True (composer Ricky Ian Gordon; Vineyard Theatre), and is currently at work on the book and direction for the new musical Beauty (based on her own play). Tina teaches regularly and has co-authored, with Anne Bogart, The Viewpoints Book.

David Gallo (Scenic Design) is thrilled to

make his first appearance at Steppenwolf Theatre Company. Broadway credits include The Drowsy Chaperone (Tony Award for Best Scenic Design); Gem of the Ocean, Radio Golf (Tony Award nominations); Memphis, Stick Fly, The Mountaintop, Colin Quinn: Long Story Short, reasons to be pretty, Xanadu, Company, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, King Hedley II, A View from the Bridge, Little Me, You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown, Jackie and Hughie. David was honored to design The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts’s tribute production of August Wilson’s 20th Century and selected to represent American set design at The Cooper-Hewitt Design Triennial. His work is part of the Smithsonian Institution archive in Washington, DC.

Collette Pollard (Scenic Design Consultant) is thrilled to be working with Steppenwolf Theatre Company and Tina Landau on Head of Passes. Her work last seen here includes The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, To Kill a Mockingbird, The House on Mango Street and Harriet Jacobs. Recent Chicago credits include The Happiest Song Plays Last, Fish Men (Teatro Vista, Goodman Theatre); Ploughed Under, Death and Harry Houdini, The Nutcracker (The House Theatre of Chicago); Blood and Gifts, The Front Page (TimeLine Theatre Company, Joseph Jefferson Award); Sweet Charity, Hamlet (Writers' Theatre); Orlando, The Illusion (Court Theatre, Joseph Jefferson Award nomination); Grapes of Wrath (Bienen School of Music, Northwestern University); and Broadway Bound (Drury Lane Theatre, Joseph Jefferson Award momination). Regional credits include Good People, The Fairytale Lives of Russian Girls (Alliance Theatre, Suzi Bass Award nomination); The Donkey Show, Death and Harry Houdini, The Nutcracker (Adrienne Arsht Center for

the Performing Arts); Don't Tell Me I Can't Fly (First Stage); A Streetcar Named Desire (Williamstown Theatre Festival); Harriet Jacobs and The Glass Menagerie (Kansas City Repertory Theatre). International credits include Joan D'arc (Goodman Theatre, Linz09); and Maria Stewart (Linz09). Collette received the Michael Maggio Emerging Designer Award in 2010, is currently the Scenic Design Lecturer at Columbia College Chicago and company member at The House Theatre of Chicago. She would like to thank Mark and her family for their constant support.

Toni-Leslie James (Costume Design)

Broadway credits include Lucky Guy, The Scottsboro Boys, Finian's Rainbow, Chita Rivera: The Dancer's Life, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, King Hedley II, One Mo’ Time, The Wild Party, Marie Christine, Footloose, The Tempest, Twilight…Los Angeles 1992, Angels in America: Millennium Approaches & Perestroika, Chronicle of a Death Foretold and Jelly’s Last Jam. Off-Broadway credits include multiple productions at New York Theatre Workshop, Lincoln Center Theater, Public Theater, Vineyard Theatre, Second Stage Theatre, Playwrights Horizons and 16 productions for the City Center “Encores!” series. Television credits include Whoopi (NBC), five specials for WNET/13’s Great Performances series, As the World Turns and The Huey P. Newton Story. Awards include a Tony Award nomination, three Drama Desk Award nominations, a Lucille Lortel Award nomination, a Hewes Design Award and three additional Hewes Design Award nominations, the Connecticut Critics Circle Award, the Irene Sharaff Young Masters Award and the 2009 Obie Award for Sustained Excellence in Costume Design. Toni-Leslie is Director of Costume Design at Virginia Commonwealth University.

Scott Zielinski (Lighting Design) returns to Steppenwolf Theatre Company after most recently lighting The Hot L Baltimore. His work has been seen extensively in New York and regionally throughout the United States. Internationally he has designed for productions in Adelaide, Amsterdam, Avignon, Berlin, Bregenz, Edinburgh, Fukuoka, Gennevilliers, Goteborg, Hamburg, Hong Kong, Istanbul, Linz, London, Luang Prabang, Lyon, Melbourne, Orleans, Oslo, Ottawa, Paris, Reykjavik, Rotterdam, Rouen, St. Gallen, Singapore, Stockholm, Stuttgart, Tokyo, Toronto, Vienna, Vilnius and Zurich. Upcoming projects include Matsukaze for Spoleto Festival USA and Lincoln Center Festival, Cyrano for Theater St. Gallen (Switzerland), White Snake for Suzhou Kunqu Opera (China) and Abigail’s Party for Centre Dramatique National d’Orléans (France). scottzielinski.com. Rob Milburn and Michael Bodeen

(Sound Design and Original Music) Broadway credits include music composition and sound for Breakfast at Tiffany’s, The Miracle Worker, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, The Speed of Darkness; music for My Thing of Love; sound for reasons to be pretty, A Year with Frog and Toad, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Hollywood Arms, King Hedley II, Buried Child, The Song of Jacob Zulu, The Grapes of Wrath and for the Steppenwolf Theatre Company productions of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and Superior Donuts. Off-Broadway credits include music and sound for Checkers, Inked Baby, After Ashley, The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci, Boy Gets Girl, Red, Space, Marvin’s Room; sound for Jitney, Family Week, Juvenilia, Brundibar, The Pain and the Itch; and music direction and sound for Eyes for Consuela and Ruined. They have created music and sound at many of America’s resident theaters (often with Steppenwolf Theatre Company) and at several international venues.

Bios Cecilie O’Reilly (Dialect Coach) has been a Dialect/Vocal Coach for Steppenwolf Theatre Company productions since the mid-1990s, including August: Osage County, The Birthday Party, The Motherf**ker with the Hat, Three Sisters, Man from Nebraska, Superior Donuts, A Parallelogram, The Unmentionables, The Pain and the Itch, Fake, American Buffalo, The Dresser, The Playboy of the Western World, The Beauty Queen of Leenane, The Weir, Dublin Carol and Seafarer. She was recently the Dialect Coach for the upcoming movie of August: Osage County with Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts. Jacob PadrÓn (Dramaturg) is the Associate

Producer for Steppenwolf Theatre Company, where he produces the programming in the Garage Theatre, a space dedicated to new work, emerging artists and millennial audiences. From 2008- 2011, Jacob was an Associate Producer at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival and was formerly the Managing Director of Yale Cabaret. He has worked or performed with LiveWire Chicago, Yale Repertory Theatre, Center Theatre Group, Baltimore Centerstage and El Teatro Campesino. A graduate of Loyola Marymount University and Yale School of Drama, Jacob is a company member with About Face Theatre and the proud co-founder of Tilted Field Productions. tiltedfield.com.

Laura D. Glenn (Stage Manager) Over the past 24 years, Steppenwolf Theatre Company credits include Three Sisters, Middletown, To Kill a Mockingbird, A Parallelogram, Superior Donuts, The Violet Hour, Purple Heart, Space, Nomathemba, Picasso at the Lapin Agile and many others. Northlight Theatre credits include production stage management for The Whipping Man, The Odd Couple, Ten Chimneys, Season’s Greetings, Sense and Sensibility, A Life, Souvenir, Better Late, Retreat from Moscow, Permanent Collection, Cat Feet, Blue/Orange, Mitch

Bios Albom’s Tuesdays with Morrie, Sky Girls, Rounding Third and A Skull in Connemara. International credits include Better Late (Northlight Theatre, Galway Arts Festival); Orange Flower Water, Purple Heart (Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Galway Arts Festival); The Man Who Came to Dinner (Steppenwolf Theatre Company, The Barbican Centre’s BITE Festival); and the regional and Broadway productions of Buried Child (Steppenwolf Theatre Company). Laura has been a proud member of Actor’s Equity Association for 23 years.

Cassie Wolgamott (Assistant Stage Manager) is excited to be returning to Steppenwolf Theatre Company after stage managing Man in Love, fml: how Carson McCullers saved my life and The Glass Menagerie last season. Recent credits include I Love Lucy: Live on Stage (Broadway in Chicago); Song for the Disappeared (Goodman Theatre); Grease and A Chorus Line (The Paramount Theatre). Chicago credits include Betrayal, Gary, Fair Use, The Glass Menagerie, To Kill a Mockingbird and Venus (Steppenwolf Theatre Company); The Homosexuals (About Face Theatre); Million Dollar Quartet (Chicago); The MLK Project (Writers’ Theatre); The Sparrow (The House Theatre of Chicago, Broadway in Chicago); and the Gay Games Opening Ceremony at Soldier Field. Regional credits include work with ArtsPower National Touring Theatre, Catharsis Productions, Opera Illinois, Portland Stage, and the Colorado, Illinois and Virginia Shakespeare Festivals. Proud member of AEA. Many thanks to Laura for her support. Love to my fiance, Kelly. For the memory of my grandma, and for my grandpa and his unconditional love.

Good Boys and True, Love-Lies-Bleeding, Lost Land, I Never Sang for My Father, The House of Lily, Valparaiso, The Memory of Water, The Designated Mourner, Supple in Combat, Time of My Life, A Clockwork Orange, Talking Heads, SLAVS!, Picasso at the Lapin Agile, Ghost in the Machine, A Summer Remembered, Love Letters, Aunt Dan and Lemon and Savages. Elsewhere in Chicago she has performed at Goodman Theatre, Victory Gardens Theater, Northlight Theatre and Remains Theatre and in New York at the Women’s Project and Productions. She has served on grants panels for the National Endowment for the Arts, Theatre Communications Group, 3Arts, The Duke Foundation, USA Artists and the City Arts panel of Chicago. Lavey holds a doctorate in Performance Studies from Northwestern University and is a member of the National Advisory Council for the School of Communication at Northwestern. She is a recipient of the Sarah Siddons Award and an Alumni Merit Award and honorary Doctorate of Arts from Northwestern University.

David Hawkanson (Executive Director) prior to Steppenwolf Theatre Company was the Managing Director of Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, Minnesota, under the artistic leadership of Joe Dowling. Before the Guthrie, he served for eight years as the Managing Director of Hartford Stage in Connecticut with Artistic Director Mark Lamos. Earlier in his career, he was Managing Director of Arizona Theatre Company. He was a former senior staff member at the National Endowment for the Arts and subsequently chairman of its Theater Program. He has also had an active career as an arts management consultant and trustee for many national organizations and foundations. He currently serves as a trustee of the League of Chicago Theatres and is Chairman of the Arts Alliance Illinois. He is a graduate of Lawrence University.

in rehearsal ENSEMBLE MEMBER TIM HOPPER WITH CAST MEMBERS RON CEPHAS JONES, JACQUELINE WILLIAMS, CHERYL LYNN BRUCE AND GLENN DAVIS photographer joel Moorman

Martha Lavey (Artistic Director) has been an ensemble member since 1995 and has appeared at Steppenwolf Theatre Company in The March, Middletown, Endgame, Up,

Suspension of

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Our practice at Steppenwolf is to connect our entire staff with the art we are collectively supporting. Before rehearsals begin, for example, we have an in-house reading of each script. We also have meetings with members of the staff in which we invite artists to share their vision of the play. Recently, playwright Tarell Alvin McCraney spoke via phone to a group that included members of the artistic, marketing and production departments. An edited version of that conversation follows. Martha Lavey (Artistic Director): Tarell, it would be great for us if you could give us an idea of what inspired you to make the play.

ML: Tarell, can you unpack what you mean when you talk about people in theater and bedrock faith?

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TM: If you look at every cosmology, all of

all, thank you all so much for meeting. It’s really important to me to say that the play is inspired by−rather than based on− the Book of Job. I wasn’t inspired by the dramatic form that Job already has. What calls about the Book of Job to me was this sort of sense of faith and how we hold onto it. The Book of Job doesn’t give you the conversation that Job has with himself or even with his friends about that faith. We see him rend his hair. We see him rend his clothes. We see him in pain and crying out to God, but we don’t necessarily know what it is that’s keeping him from turning away from his faith.

ML: So the subject of faith drives this conversation you want to have with audiences. TM: It struck me as fairly odd in the theater

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that I found so few people willing to talk about bedrock faith being a sort of human need. Faith seemed to be something that people didn’t really need. It was something they could kind of use if they wanted. Whereas I disagree: I do think the way in which that faith takes shape is different, but everybody needs to invent or hold onto some inalienable truth. Or at least that they feel is the truth.

theater has emerged from deification or religious practices of that group. We are inextricably related to religion in many ways. But I also think that just the way we practice theater is related: we ask people to come into a room and shield their eyes from things that they can see and imagine with us other things. To believe in those things and to have an experience.

ML: You allude to the willing suspension of disbelief that is the description for the theater. Which−maybe stated more actively –is faith. “Head of Passes” is described as the mouth of the Mississippi. Why that environment?

TM: As I told Tina Landau, I wanted to set it where the natural world was constantly shifting. Nowhere is that more true than on the Head of Passes. There’s a book that Tina gave to me about a portion of the Passes that vanished. A storm comes up and pushes the Gulf against the river and that part of the Passes just disappears. Overnight. People were living there. There was a party going on. The Mississippi itself has a long history of being either the grave for−or the birth of−something.

ML: Did you grow up there? TM: I grew up all through the south. I’m mainly from Miami, Florida, but my maternal grandparents are from Georgia, Alabama and the Mississippi area. So I spent a lot of time traveling back and forth through there and going to church there. For instance, one of my vivid memories is my cousin being baptized in the creek and getting in and having to beat back water moccasins from the occasion.

Thomas Weitz (Digital Assets Director): You’ve written in a character that’s not of this world: the Angel. In conversations with Tina, have you talked about the elements in the production that will echo that? TM: The way we have talked about the play so far is that when we first come in we think of something almost−and this is a bad term− kitchen sink realism. And then the play, the actual set itself should somehow change into something that is of another world. And that includes Shelah. She comes in looking like a normal woman of her time and place but she transforms into something almost unreal, while still rooted emotionally in the very real here and now.

John Zinn (Director of Marketing and Communications): The all-staff reading the other day generated discussion about family. You’re dealing with family secrets and family responsibility in the show, particularly when it comes to Shelah’s daughter, Cookie. Could you talk about that?

TM: When I think of our support−of our pillars in life−family is one of them. Shelah thinks of herself as a sort of bedrock in which her children all can find strength. But when they are no longer there, it turns out that she was drawing strength by supporting them. At some point the ability to do for someone outside yourself will go away. What does that do to a person? What happens to your moral compass at that point?

Aaron Carter (Literary Manager): In the Book of Job a man is at the center of the story—why did you choose to center your story on a woman? TM: Tina at one point said “I think of Job as a woman.” And I said “Yeah, me too,” and we sort of moved on from there. In retrospect I can say that my experience of faith in the African American culture is with women. They were charged−for right or wrong−with the upkeep of the family. It is sort of matrilineal. If I have a brother or sisters via my Mom, that’s my brother or sister even if you don’t have the same father. If I have a brother or sister via my Dad, that’s my half-brother. The root of faith and the pillar of the family are almost always automatically given to women in my family.

ML: Tarell, when you were writing this play was it a revelation to you at all? Did you discover anything for yourself? TM: I’m still discovering things. I can almost say without a doubt that this play will be a defining point in my life personally. I don’t write bio-drama. I know people say that The Brother/Sister Plays are sort of directly from my life. They’re not really. None of the events of it actually happened in my own life. But this play to me is so frighteningly mirroring what has happened and what is happening. This play is about a literal discourse in faith. The more I work on it, the more I think about it, the more I investigate it... I know I’m never going to get to a kind of mythic gold ring. But at least I feel less alone in the conversation. And that’s important right now.

ML: Yes, that makes it very alive.

First Person

Steppenwolf’s Literary Manager Aaron Carter shares his personal connection to the play, and invites you to do the same.

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On August 17 th, 2006 my brother-inlaw Charlie Johnson walked out the front door of his sister Elizabeth’s house. He said goodbye, and walked down the front steps, heading to his car parked on the quiet residential street. At that moment a drunk driver traveling 80 mph lost control of his car, careened through the front yard and struck Charlie, throwing him against a tree. Elizabeth rushed to his side and held him as he died. He was 30 years old. Cassie and I got the call that night. Her mother said there was nothing to be done, and that we should simply plan to come to the funeral to be held in a couple of days. Dutiful and stunned, we complied, both of us heading to work as usual in the morning. Around noon Cassie and I spoke on the phone. Even if there was nothing we could do to help, we agreed our place was with the family. We left work, packed a bag, and drove home to Lexington. Charlie was Cassie’s step-brother. His father Earley Johnson had married Christie−Cassie’s mother−when both Cassie and Charlie were practically adults. They weren’t raised together: Charlie was a nice guy who we saw on holidays during which we all agreed good-naturedly to behave like blood relations. To Cassie and me, he was a friend. To Earley, however, Charlie was center of the universe. We got into Lexington late, around 11pm. Cassie quietly unlocked the front door with the key she’s carried since childhood and we slipped into the house. Despite our attempt at stealth, Christie and Earley heard us come in. Earley stumbled out of the bedroom, and stood−shirtless−at the top of the stairs. He saw us, raised his

arms. There was only one thing to do: we both rushed up the stairs and hugged him as hard as we could.

Until that moment, I had thought the phrase “mask of grief” was a cliché. I now know it to be a literal description. Grief twisted Earley’s face, fixing his cheeks into a wooden grimace, rendering his mouth a gash of pain.

Grief was a physical thing: its weight stooped his shoulders and buckled his knees. I cry whenever I recall simply witnessing it: I can’t imagine experiencing it. Over the months and years that have followed, well-meaning people have asked, a concerned note in their voices, “How are you doing Earley?” He forces a tight smile and delivers his signature response: “Just another day in paradise, buddy,” his slightly nasal southern drawl giving the phrase the blunt force of gallows humor. It doesn’t take long to figure out that “paradise” is Earley’s term for hell on earth. As near as I can figure, the death of his oldest son simply confirmed for Earley what he had suspected all along: that God exists, and his sole desire is to make us suffer. Earley’s painful childhood, his struggling business ventures, and his devastating loss all point to a God that takes satisfaction in arranging a nearconstant flow of personal pain. Earley’s is an Old Testament God.

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When I first encountered Shelah, the central figure of Head of Passes, I thought I had her pegged. As she refused medical treatment for a terminal illness and professed her readiness to die, I heard a language familiar from my childhood. Here was a woman, I thought, whose faith was preventing her from being healed, and blinding her to serious problems in her own home. This was the tradition I had walked away from, the polar opposite of Earley Johnson. My criticism of faith is habitual at this point: reflexive. It is an intellectual argument I have in my head with straw men. But having heard the play several times as performed by Cheryl Lynn Bruce, after conversations with Martha Lavey and Tarell McCraney, I find that my perceptions

are shifting. My habitual response had inured me to the emotional truth of the play. Perhaps it is something in her tone of voice, perhaps a look that flickers across her face. But if I let my guard down, I find

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that Shelah’s journey conjures the face of Earley Johnson on that August night. My cynical interpretation was that Shelah’s faith was used to block out the truth of her suffering. As I think of Earley, however, I cannot imagine a belief so solid and total that it could numb you to that kind of pain. If I cannot dismiss faith as an opiate in this situation, how else might I conceive of it? A more generous interpretation is that Shelah’s faith is a pillar that supports her and allows her to survive her trials. But even that suggests that her portion of pain is somehow smaller. Witnessing my fatherin-law’s grief, and reflecting on the final scene of Head of Passes, I feel compelled to craft a new metaphor of faith that does not diminish their personal suffering. I begin to see faith not as a static thing to stand on or to hide behind. I begin to see it as a motive force, a kind of engine that you can harness yourself to. Once you choose to embrace faith, this engine propels you relentlessly towards knowledge of yourself and your place in the world, no matter how painful that revelation may be. Your only choice is to hang on, or to let go. As a result, I find myself acknowledging a deep respect for both Earley and Shelah. Theirs is a faith that I do not share, but they are the stronger for it. They’ve earned that strength. They didn’t hide from grief. They felt its full measure and survived.

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I admit a certain grudging respect for his version of faith. Though now an atheist, I grew up in churches that varied from Methodist to evangelical. As a child, I was witness to profound expressions of faith: speaking in tongues; laying on of hands; prophecy and visions. At age 15 I became a born-again Christian, professing that Jesus was my personal savior. Eventually, I would repudiate that belief. At the crux of my loss of faith was the issue of suffering. I could not conceive of an all-powerful being that would allow it. And I became deeply suspicious of anyone who claimed that their belief allowed them to transcend it. Earley’s God caused suffering and expected you to feel it. That made more sense to me.

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Seventy miles south of New Orleans, the Mississippi River breaks apart and joins the Gulf of Mexico. This wetland is the Head of Passes—900,000 acres of southern Louisianan marsh and swamplands. A solitary highway takes you from the home of Mardi Gras, past suburban communities and strip mall towns to insulated covers that have earned the nickname “the end of the world”. Cypress trees and tall grasses paint lush greens over the shifting sand, silt and dark brown clays that make up this swampy ground. This marsh is unique. The combination

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Grand Benefactors ($100,000+) The Davee Foundation‡ Doris Duke Charitable Foundation ‡ William Randolph Hearst Foundations ‡ Joyce Foundation‡ John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation*‡ Andrew W. Mellon Foundation‡ Microsoft Corporation* Elizabeth Morse Charitable Trust National Endowment for the Arts Nonprofit Finance Fund‡ Ogilvy & Mather, Inc. Polk Bros. Foundation*‡ Shubert Foundation, Inc. Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust ‡ United Airlines Wallace Foundation‡ Zell Family Foundation

Benefactors ($50,000 – 99,999)

“THrillingly good... A nAil-biTing psycHologicAl THriller.” —The New York Times Twenty-something American expats Zack and Abby live an enviably hip existence in up-and-coming Belleville, Paris. But a single encounter drastically tips the scales, revealing their idyllic life’s feeble foundations.

Allstate Insurance Company* Alphawood Foundation Chicago Community Trust ComEd The Crown Family‡ Julius Frankel Foundation BMO Harris Bank* JPMorgan Chase & Co.* Lefkofsky Family Foundation Northern Trust* PNC Smart Chicago Collaborative Smart Family Foundation Target Vinci

Producers ($25,000 – 49,999)

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Paul M. Angell Foundation Bank of America* Edgerton Foundation Feitler Family Fund Grosvenor Capital Management Irving Harris Foundation

Illinois Arts Council, a state agency Negaunee Foundation OptionsHouse POP Prince Charitable Trusts J.B. and M.K. Pritzker Family Foundation Searle Funds at The Chicago Community Trust

Patrons ($10,000 – 24,999) Anonymous (2) Abbott Fund Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture Barclays Capital Baxter International Inc.* Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois The Boeing Company The Boka Group Helen Brach Foundation Buchanan Family Foundation Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation Chopper Trading, LLC CNA Financial Corporation* Comer Foundation Dancing Skies Foundation Deloitte DLA Piper LLP (US) The Field Foundation of Illinois Lloyd A. Fry Foundation Gary Sinise Foundation Grainger Foundation Green Courte Partners, LLC Hotel Indigo Illinois Tool Works Foundation Intercall Mayer & Morris Kaplan Family Foundation Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP James S. Kemper Foundation Kraft Foods* Marsh Private Client Services McKinsey & Company, Inc. Merle Reskin Muskal Family

Charitable Trust Navistar, Inc. Norcon, Inc Nordstrom P&M Corporate Finance Plante Moran Rhoades Foundation Patrick G. & Shirley W. Ryan Foundation Sage Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Sanborn Sanchez Daniels & Hoffman LLP Schiff Hardin LLP Dr. Scholl Foundation Seigle Family Foundation Swett & Crawford Group TPN William Blair & Company, LLC

Sustainers ($5,000 – 9,999) Robert and Isabelle Bass Foundation, Inc AON Corporation* Crown Packaging International/ Polycon Industries Inc. John R. Halligan Charitable Fund Hart Davis Hart Wine Co. Grover Hermann Foundation Howard Shapiro Foundation Newcastle Limited Pratima N. Shah Family Foundation Princess Grace Foundation-USA The Public Hotel Siragusa Foundation Howard Shapiro Foundation The Talbott Hotel

Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund FROST Motorola Mobility Services Modestus Bauer Foundation National Philanthropic Trust R4 Services Seyfarth Shaw LLP Suite Home Chicago Westside Mechanical Group

Guarantors ($1,000 – 2,499) Arts Federation Blackman Kallick, LLP Complete Mailing Service Inc. Daley Mohan Groble Goldman, Sachs & Co.* GoodSmith Gregg & Unruh Illinois Humanities Council Jensen Reporting and Video Conferencing Langford Market Donald S. Levin Family Foundation Ligne Roset Mesirow Financial New Horizon Foundation Philip H. Corboy Foundation Sahara Enterprises, Inc. United Scrap Metal, Inc. William Wood Skinner Foundation

Sponsors ($2,500 – 4,999) Anonymous Amsted Industries Foundation City of Chicago, Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events

‡ Multi-year pledge * Corporations and foundations that have made employee matching gifts

Board of Trustees In the wake of a harrowing accident at a house party in Massachusetts, a teenager flees to her uncle’s isolated retreat in the Costa Rican jungle to await, or avoid, the repercussions. As the reclusive Sterling and his impulsive niece get reacquainted over the course of a week, startling details about their pasts slowly unfold. Performed in the newly reconfigured intimate Upstairs Theatre, Slowgirl is a compelling story about owning your past—and getting on with your life.

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Executive Committee Nora Daley, Chair Eric Lefkofsky, Secretary Paul W. Goodrich, Treasurer Henry S. Bienen Carole L. Brown Douglas R. Brown Michael Cahan Elizabeth H. Connelly Lynn Lockwood Murphy Kenneth J. Porrello Deborah H. Quazzo Randall K. Rowe Bruce Sagan Harry J. Seigle Stephanie B. Smith John R. Walter Helen Zell

Trustees Sarah Beardsley Michael W. Bender Terri L. Cable Keith Cardoza Beth Boosalis Davis Kim Davis J. Scott Etzler Rich Feitler Nene Foxhall Scott P. George Lawrence M. Gill Robert J. Greenebaum, Jr. Caryn Harris John H. Hart George A. Joseph Donna La Pietra Martha Lavey Mary Ludford Ronald J. Mallicoat, Jr. Janet Melk L. Heather Mitchell Christopher M. Murphy David C. Pisor Merle Reskin Michael R. Salem John R. Samolis Manuel “Manny” Sanchez Anna D. Shapiro Matthew Shapiro Colette Cachey Smithburg

Emeritus Trustees J. Robert Barr Lawrence Block John N. Fox, Jr. Gloria Scoby Past Chairpersons William L. Atwell Larry D. Brady Douglas R. Brown Laurence Edwards John N. Fox, Jr. Elliott Lyon Gordon Murphy William H. Plummer Bruce Sagan Gloria Scoby Donna Vos

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Steppenwolf gratefully recognizes the community of people who serve in leadership roles and provide invaluable support to the Theater.

To get involved or learn more, please contact Eric Evenskaas, Director of Individual Giving, at 312-654-5615 or eevenskaas@steppenwolf.org.

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The Directors Circle Committee’s purpose is to steward and help grow the Directors Circle program, comprised of generous donors who annually support Steppenwolf’s artistic initiatives.

The Planned Giving Advisory Committee, comprised of estate planning professionals, provides expertise and serves as a valuable resource in supporting Steppenwolf’s planned giving activities.

Toni Smith, Chair Diane Dawson Greg Desmond Ritu Dhingra Julie Gustafson Mike Gustafson Sherri Kayser Michael Kennedy Michael LaTona Stephanie Linn Beth Loeb Cathy Nathan Stephanie B. Smith* Gail Steingold Fran Tuite Steven N. Wayland

Christine Albright, Chair Andrew R. Gelman Edward A. Gershman James H. Goodrich Julie Gustafson Julie Hendricks Kathryn Kennedy Pamela L. Lucina Theresa Marx Colleen McElligott Susan A. Payne Judith M. Pieper Claudia B. Sangster Kathleen O’Hagan Scallan Richard B. Thies Frank Trocchio

The Public Square Committee helps Steppenwolf foster public dialogue driven by the work on our stages and our relationships with community partners from the Chicago metropolitan area. Beth B. Davis*, Co-Chair Lynn Lockwood Murphy*, Co-Chair J. Robert Barr* Sarah Beardsley* Michelle T. Boone Keith M. Cardoza* James Chesire Steve Collens Joel Cornfeld Amy Eshleman Sharon Fairley Paul Gaynor Geoffrey Goldberg Paul W. Goodrich* Robert J. Greenebaum* Sandra P. Guthman Lynn Hauser Kenneth Hunter Janet Melk* Deborah Quazzo* Neil Ross Nancy Schumacher Eileen Sweeney Jen Wesley Nina Winston Sarah Wolff Roberta B. Zabel

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Auxiliary Council The Auxiliary Council Executive Committee is the leadership team for Steppenwolf’s junior board comprised of more than 100 dynamic young professionals with a shared interest in supporting the theater’s education program for teens, Steppenwolf for Young Adults.

Executive Officers Kim Davis, President Francis Sadac, Immediate Past President Steve Collens, VP of Partnerships Conery Hoffman, VP of Development Colin Stalnecker, VP of Member Experience Jennifer Stuart, VP of Communication and Outreach Marisa Bryce, Founding Officer Nora Daley*, Founding Officer

Executive Committee Stephanie Ailor Kristopher Anderson Jonathan Blanc Nina Boryszczuk Bryce Cooper Jasmine Guy Stephanie Linn Kat Rothstein Jeff Tsai Johner “JT” Wilson

2013 Steppenwolf Salutes Women in the Arts Luncheon The Women in the Arts Luncheon Committee spearheads our annual fundraising event honoring a leading woman for her artistic contributions to theater, film and television, and which supports Steppenwolf’s Professional Leadership Program. Marlene Breslow-Blitstein, Co-Chair Elizabeth H. Connelly*, Co-Chair Kelly Epstein, Co-Chair Nene Foxhall*, Co-Chair Donna La Pietra*, Co-Chair Janet L. Melk*, Co-Chair Jane Mody, Co-Chair

Young Adult Council Steppenwolf’s Young Adult Council is a unique after school program for high school students who see the entire Steppenwolf season and organize events for their peers around Steppenwolf productions. Emma Coleman Gabi Diaz-de-Leon Jordan Einhorn Shira Hammerslough Mario Joseph Corbin Little Jasmine Manual Angel Martinez Molly McGaan Ernesto Moreta Lily Newell Emma Nockles Malik Pauldon Lindsay Phillips Donald Rapier Meredith Shadle Elon Sloan Eleanor Slota Melanie Thompson Christian Vasquez Deja Wouldfolk

2013 Gala Steppenwolf’s Gala Co-Chairs plan the signature fundraising event led by the theater’s Board of Trustees. Ronald J. Mallicoat, Jr* and Paula Mallicoat Deborah* and Stephen Quazzo Colette Cachey Smithburg* and Tom Smithburg

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2012/13 Season Sponsors Steppenwolf’s reputation derives from our willingness to take on challenging ambitious projects. Our future relies upon the generous support of season sponsors who provide invaluable resources for the work of our actors, directors and playwrights. We thank you for your commitment to the vision of our ensemble. Steppenwolf Theatre Company’s 2012/13 season is generously sponsored by:

Corporate, Foundation & Government Contributors

the davee foundation

Through its generous support of major Chicago cultural institutions, The Davee Foundation is a leading contributor to the vitality and livability of our community. The Foundation’s investment in Steppenwolf’s Artistic Development Fund has allowed us to support the creative ambitions of artists like ensemble members Tarell Alvin McCraney and Tina Landau, two singular visionaries in the American theater today. We thank The Davee Foundation for helping us to bring their newest collaborative effort, Head of Passes, to our Chicago audiences.

Grand Benefactors

For nearly 30 years, the Endowment’s partnership has been essential for the work that we contribute to the American theater. The Endowment’s leading investment in Head of Passes introduces another exciting play from ensemble member Tarell Alvin McCraney to the national repertoire and reaffirms his role as a major new writer for the national theater. Benefactors

Tonight’s exciting world premiere of Head of Passes by Steppenwolf’s own Tarell Alvin McCraney is in part due to a prestigious Joyce Award that enabled our ensemble member to develop this work. This year marks the 10th Anniversary of The Joyce Awards, which have distributed $1.8 million to commission new works from artists of color and engage audiences in the Great Lakes region. A longtime grantee of Joyce, we admire the purposefulness with which they support arts organizations—chief among which is racial diversity. Joyce has pursued this mission with a kind of rigor and authenticity we deeply admire and are honored by their investment in our organization and our ensemble. Firmly committed to our local community, Allstate continues to work with Steppenwolf to enhance the lively and diverse culture of Chicago. Steppenwolf is proud to partner with Allstate as a 2012 /13 Season Benefactor Sponsor and the Corporate Production Sponsor of Head of Passes. Allstate’s support is vital in helping fulfill Steppenwolf’s mission to bring exciting new works to the forefront of American theater.

For more information on how you can support Steppenwolf’s artistic intiatives as a sponsor or corporate partner, please contact Megan A. Smith at 312-654-5697 or msmith@steppenwolf.org.

Steppenwolf is honored to recognize Northern Trust as a 2012/13 Season Benefactor Sponsor and a lead sponsor of the 2013 Gala. Northern Trust’s support for Steppenwolf demonstrates the belief that enabling opportunities for personal creativity, outlets for collaboration, access to other cultures, and celebration of diversity play a key role in the development of vibrant and healthy communities.

Endowment Sponsors

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Hope Abelson Fund for New Play Development

The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation

Artistic Endowment established through the Leading National Theatres Program, a joint initiative of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

Daniel E. McLean National and International Production Fund

Douglas R. Brown Playwright/Director Endowment Fund

Avy and Marcie Stein Sustaining Fund for the Ensemble Steppenwolf Board Designated Endowment Fund

Ford Foundation Artistic and General Operating Endowment Funds

Steppenwolf Theatre Company Endowment Fund created with Searle Funds at the Chicago Community Trust

Richard and Mary L. Gray Production Endowment Fund

Nancy L. Wald Production Endowment Fund

John S. and James L. Knight Foundation Fund for the Development of New Work

John and Carol Walter Production Endowment Fund

Individual Contributors Visionary Circle We are honored to recognize the following individuals who have included Steppenwolf in their will or estate plans. The esteemed members of the Visionary Circle help ensure the vitality of Steppenwolf for future generations. Contact Sandy Karuschak at 312-654-5621 or sandyk@steppenwolf.org to learn more about the giving options to consider in your estate planning. Anonymous Valerie and Joseph Abel Robert C. Anderson Dr. Marvin and Joyce Berman Norma Borcherding Douglas R. Brown

Robert H. Glaze John H. Hart Lynn Hauser and Neil Ross Dr. Paul Lisnek Kenneth J. Porrello and Sherry L. McFall

Sylvia J. Pozarnsky Dr. Edward O. Riley T. Marshall Rousseau Harry Seigle Rose L. Shure Judy Sugarman

We remember the following members of the Steppenwolf family who have made a bequest to the theater. Their legacy will help to ensure that Steppenwolf continues to flourish. Hope A. Abelson Alba Biagini Jo Hopkins Deutsch Marjorie Douglas Nancy L. Wald

Individual Contributors Directors Circle

The generosity of Steppenwolf’s Directors Circle members annually provides vital support for Steppenwolf’s many streams of artistic and community programming. In recognition of their contributions, members receive complimentary subscriptions with VIP ticketing services and are invited to private events with the artists of Steppenwolf. To join this distinguished group, call Jessica Gretch at 312-654-5672 or email directorscircle@steppenwolf.org.

Dr. and Mrs. David Ingall Timothy B. Johnson and Valerie B. Wiley Jared Kaplan and Maridee Quanbeck Reis and Sherri Kayser Pamela Kendall-Rijos and John Rijos Kathryn G. and Michael J. Kennedy Brad and Kim Keywell Mr. and Mrs. Sanfred Koltun Dr. and Mrs. Stephen M. Korbet Christine and Michael LaTona Bernard and Averill Leviton Ron and Julie Levitt Robert Bud Lifton and Carol Rosofsky Timothy and Christine Loyer Mark and Frances Mann Marcy and Harry Harczak Becky and Bob McLennan Kevin and Beth McMeen Mike and Adele Murphy Howard and Sandy Nagelberg Jean and Jordan Nerenberg Dale and Loretta Pierson Mrs. Sherri Pincus Jennifer and Perry Pinto David C. Pisor Cindy Printer Bradley and Patricia Reid Sherry and Bob Reum Mary Reusché Margaret Robson Sandra and Earl Rusnak, Jr. Francis C. Sadac Ellen Sandor David and Susan Schmid Matthew and Tina Schubert Gloria and Michael Scoby Matthew Shapiro Gail and Eugene Steingold Matthew Steinmetz Kristin and Stan Stevens Lisa Swanson Richard and Anita Thies James E. Thompson Richard and Elaine Tinberg Kevin and Ellen Van Wart Steven L. and Stephanie A. Victor Dr. David Wasserman ‑ In Memory of Abby S. Magdovitz-Wasserman Lorrayne and Steve Weiss Terry and Mary Winkler Jane and Greg Wintroub Carla Young Ralph Senst and Karen Zelden Elizabeth Ziegler Neal Zucker

GRAND PATRONS ($25,000+) Anonymous Sarah Beardsley Michael Bender and Sheridan Prior Douglas R. Brown Terri L. Cable Joyce Chelberg Elizabeth H. Connelly Nora Daley and Sean Conroy Rich and Margery Feitler Rajiv Fernando Nene Foxhall Scott and Rita George Valerie and Paul Goodrich Bob and Amy Greenebaum Ms. Joan Harris John H. Hart and Carol Prins David and Susan Kalt Liz and Eric Lefkofsky Ronald J. Mallicoat Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Parkinson, Jr. Deborah and Stephen Quazzo Merle Reskin Randy and Susi Rowe Michael R. Salem John R. Samolis Harry and Susan Seigle Colette Cachey Smithburg and Tom Smithburg John and Carol Walter Helen Zell DISTINGUISHED PATRONS ($10,000 – 24,999) Julie and Roger Baskes Philip and Janice Beck Henry and Leigh Bienen Betty Bradshaw Carole L. Brown Frances Comer Shawn M. Donnelley and Christopher M. Kelly Scott Etzler Christine Albright and Lawrence Gill Richard and Mary L. Gray Michael G. Hansen and Nancy Randa King and Caryn Harris Mrs. John M. Hartigan George A. Joseph and Carolyn Bateman Nancy Lauter McDougal and Alfred L. McDougal Martha Lavey Lynn Lockwood Murphy and Barrett B. Murphy Frank G. and Gertrude Dunlap Fund Jim and Kay Mabie Cynthia Luse-McKeen and Douglas McKeen Janet Melk Christopher and Eileen Murphy

Negaunee Foundation Geoff Nyheim James F. Oates Kenneth J. Porrello and Sherry L. McFall Robert and Ritsiko Roche William D. and Pamela Hutul Ross George and Kimberly Ruhana Shirley and Patrick G. Ryan Sr. Bruce Sagan and Bette Cerf Hill Sage Foundation Robert and Louise Sanborn Manuel Sanchez and Pat Pulido Sanchez The George H. Scanlon Foundation The Gary Sinise Foundation Bonnie and James Spurlock Bill and Orli Staley Steven Wayland and Jennifer Wesley PATRONS ($5,000 – 9,999) William and Sharon Baker Dr. and Mrs. Marvin H. Berman Carol Lavin Bernick Marlene Breslow-Blitstein and Berle Blitstein Larry and Debbie Brady Michael and Merle Cahan Phil and Mary Beth Canfield Keith and Kathleen H. Cardoza Ann and Richard Carr Fred J. Costello Kim Davis and Mr. Brian Eble Donald and Anne Edwards Amy Eshleman and Lori Lightfoot John and Katherine Fox Jack and Donna Greenberg M. Julie and Michael Gustafson David Hiller Willard and Lori Hunter, The Hunter Family Foundation Marian, Fruman and Lisa Jacobson Stephen Johnson Dr. Mary Dochios Kamberos Robert M. and Diane VS. Levy Ms. Lilli Scheye and Mr. Norman Shapiro Steven D. Loucks Amos and Anat Madanes Lyn McKeaney Irma Parker Burton X. and Sheli Rosenberg Neil Ross MD and Lynn Hauser MD Smita N. Shah Rose L. Shure Jeffrey Singer and Patricia Carman Stephanie B. Smith and Gerald Smith Toni Sandor Smith Edward A. Studzinski David C. Sulaski Jacqueline Tilton Frances E. Tuite

Michael and January Ward Robert and Susan Warrington Nina B. Winston Robert and Leslie Zimmerman SUSTAINERS ($2,500 – 4,999) Anonymous (2) Loren Almaguer Andrew and Susan Arnold Paula Ausick John and Caroline Ballantine Zoe and Ken Barley Bob and Trish Barr Henry R. Berghoef Susan O. Berghoef Debbie Bricker Gregory C. Cameron Nicole and Billy Cheeseman Drs. Rex Chisholm and Kathleen Green Mr. Robert G. Clark Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Cohen Jerry and Josephine Conlon Mr. Bryce Cooper Dennis R. Cowhey Judy and Tapas K. Das Gupta Kent and Liz Dauten Beth Boosalis Davis and Maxwell S. Davis Diane Dawson Mary A. Dempsey Greg Desmond and Michael Segobiano Philip and Marsha Dowd Bernard J. Dowling Drs. Thomas E. Durica and Susan Jacob Dr. Steven B. Edelstein Laura and Scott Eisen Richard and Gail Elden Greg Elliott Mary M. Emerson George Engeln Roxanne Hori and Robert Felsenthal David and Mimi Fiske Leonard Gail and Robin Steans Gordon and Wendy Gill Ethel and Bill Gofen Bob and Carol Goldberg Richard and Catherine Gottfred Sue and Melvin Gray The Green Family William and Nanci Greene James and Brenda Grusecki Jack and Sandra Guthman Joan Hall Pam and David Harrington David Kistenbroker and Cynthia Heusing Judy and Jay Heyman Mr. and Mrs. Arthur J. Hill Adam and Denise Hoeflich Marko Iglendza

BENEFACTORS ($1,500 – 2,499) Anonymous (6) Mr. and Mrs. John Aalbregtse Jack J. Adrian Karen and Scott Alexander Nicholas and Kathleen Amatangelo Kimball Anderson and Karen Gatsis Anderson Kristopher J. Anderson Carolyn H. Andress Stephanie and Dana Arnett

Jeffrey S. Arnold and Ellen J. Neely Edgar Bachrach Richard and Janice Bail Yuri and Elena Balasanov Martha and Al Belmonte Joel W. Benson Susen H. Berg and James C. Berg Adam and Elizabeth Berger Dennis and Joan Berger Ron and Colleen Bess Nicholas Biederman Dr. and Mrs. Mark Blitstein Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Boychuck Dawn and Harmon Brown Lois Browning Kevin and Linda Buggy John D. and Leslie Henner Burns Timothy Burroughs and Barbara Smith Stephen Byrne and Kerry Shannon David Callahan and Terri Abruzzo Sheila J. Chapman and David D. Soo Dr. Rosalyn Chrenka Liam and Francesca Connell Merle R. Cooper Brian Cornell Carl and Cynthia Curry Emilie De Angelis and Bert Davenport Mr. and Mrs. Menahem Deitcher Donald Deutsch Gautam and Ritu Dhingra Anne M. Donahoe Jennifer and John Doran Stephen and Dorne Eastwood Sidney and Sondra Berman Epstein Ms. Heather Erickson Tom and Pat Erickson Juliet and Marc Fallah Marc Falleroni David and Mary Farkas Mary Jo and Robert Fasan Mr. and Mrs. John Favia Randall Fearnow and Beth Compton Harris J. Feldman, M.D. Carol and Steven Felsenthal Marilyn and Larry Fields Lois Farrell Fisher Elaine Fishman Stacy and Ian Fleming Steven Florsheim and Jennifer Friedes Lisa and John Folkers Al Franklin Jim and Sandy Freeburg Kate and Michael Fridholm Kate Friedlob Mr. and Mrs. Sherwin Friedman Noreen Ann Gallagher Patti Eylar and Charlie Gardner Dr. Ralph Gebert and Elayne Gebert Terri and Stephen Geifman Dr. Michael Gelbort and Ms. Sherryl Steinberg Gelbort Gary L. Gephart Beverly Wyckoff and Charles Ginsberg Mr. and Mrs. James J. Glasser Elizabeth Glassman Sheila and Tom Gorey Thomas and Kristine Gorman Peter and Joellen Granson

Mary and Jim Greene Warren Grimsley and Jane Jacobs Charles R. Grode Renata and Michael Grossi Suzanne Gylfe Inna and James Hannan Mrs. Louise Hart Stacie R. Hartman Keith and Cheryl Harwood David R. Hawkanson Mark and Joelle Hayes Sandra L. Helton and Norman M. Edelson Marlene and Sonny Hersh Richard and Elaine Heuberger Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hodges Ann S. Hoenig and Jonathan L. Hoenig Hollis and Alvan Turner Katie and Nehl Horton Nancy and John Ide Mary Ittelson Tom and Jan Jakobsen Patricia Jeffers Hal and Dona Jensen Jeffrey and Lisa Jozwiak Jen and Brad Keck Melinda Kempton and Jane Fleming Gerould and Jewell Kern Jonathan Klein and Susan Cohn Stephanie and Peter Klein Suzy Krueckeberg Raminder and Vinay Kumar Mr. Matthew Kutcher and Ms. Rebecca Richards Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Lad Carol and Jerome Lamet Gerald R. Lanz and Lisa Kearns Lanz Foundation Steven and Jody LaVoie Eileen and Paul LeFort Tanya Levshina and Ilya Volvovski Benita T. Levy Lawrence and Susan Lieber Stephanie F. Linn and Seth B. Krantz Dr. Paul M. Lisnek Beth Loeb Abby and George Lombardi Fran Lambros and John Lowry Ms. Eileen Madigan Sandy and Jerry Manne Barbara and Larry Margolis James and Carolyn McClure — Mary McClure Miller Foundation Bob and Barb McCullough Robert Merrilees Ellie and Bob Meyers — Harvey B. Levin Charitable Trust Michael Hsu Amy Laiken and Tim Michel Michael and Susan Miller Dr. and Mrs. George and Maureen Miz William and Kate Morrison Bill and Lorna Filippini-Mulliken Patrick J. Nash, Jr. Cathy and Robert Nathan Judy Neafsey and Terry Conway David Ellis and Hope Nightingale Susan and George Obermaier

Individual Contributors Directors Circle Joe O’Leary Bob and Joyce O’Malley Bridget R. O’Neill Susan and Ted Oppenheimer Elizabeth Orelup and Lawrence Sonntag Sandra and Mark Ostler Brian A. Paetow and Gretchen K. Beetner Phyllis Parish Amy and Brent Peebles Simon and Kim Perutz David Peterson and Tony Gueimunde Anne and Don Phillips Patricia Pippert and Steven Redfield Carl and Barbara Plochman Andrew and Judy L. Porte Sylvia J. Pozarnsky and Tom Riley Elliott Quigley Linda Reid Lynne Remington and Geoff Goldberg Oksana Riberdy Susan and Edwin Ritts Mr. Robert Gerber and Ms. Corrine Johnson

John C. Roberts and Lynn D. Fleisher Dr. Abbie and Sandra Roth Holly B. Rothschild Janet and Philip Rotner Pamela and Fred Sasser Paul Scavone and Donna Pawlus Susan Schaalman Youdovin and Charlie Shulkin Michelle Maton and Mike Schaeffer Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Schewe Alan Schriesheim John Schuchert and Alan Kozlowski Nancy and Mark Schumacher Nedinia Searle Richard and Betty Seid Diana and Richard Senior Hope and Jeffrey Sheffield Judy and Jeffrey Silverman Robert and Nancy Singleton James and Mary Jo Slykas Neil Smith Family Ron and Leslie Smith Paul and Elizabeth Sobotka Scott Stacke Ellen Stone Belic

Gail and John Straus Mary Stowell and Jim Streicker Lauren and Steve Strelsin Judy Sugarman Corrine P. Taylor James and Sara TenBroek The Tipton Family John and Maribeth Totten Nick Trakas and Marc Cerone Mr. Steve Traxler Reed and Rosemary Tupper Hollis and Alvan Turner Scott Turow Tali and Liat Tzur Shawn VanDerziel and Jay Clarke Donna and Dirk Vos The Wakes Albert Wald, In Memory of Nancy Wald Dr. Carey Weiss and Dr. Karen Pierce Jeanne Marienthal Westcott Charles and Leah Wheelan Donna Wilkinson Eugene H. Winkler Richard and Mary Woods Bobbi Zabel

Individual Contributors Annual Fund Steppenwolf thanks the many supporters who help bridge the gap between annual operating costs and ticket sales. We regret that, due to space limitations, we are unable to recognize gifts below $150. To all our benefactors, we thank you for making possible another season of engaging, provocative theater. Make your gift today by visiting steppenwolf.org/support or calling Eric Evenskaas at 312-654-5615. Gifts are as of January 27, 2013. PRODUCERS ($1,000 – 1,499) Anonymous Grace Barry Robert and Sharon Barton Sandra Bass Ted and Robbie Beaty‡ Nicole Bell Shaun and Andy Block Leslie Bluhm Stephen and Lynn Bolanowski‡ Nina Boryszczuk George and Joyce Brown‡ Michelle and David Buck Mr. and Mrs. Scott Byron Fran and Kenneth Camp Joseph and Cory Cancila‡ Philip Chang Steven Collens Joel Cornfeld Mr. Danny Cox Anne and Thomas Cox Alecia Dantico Michael Davis Chris and Karen Dickerson Roberta S. Dillon‡ John C. Donnelly Deborah and S. Cody Engle Mr. Bradley Feller Tom and Beth Garrow‡ Mark and Greta Giesen Keith Goggin

Eileen M. Golan James and Dianna Goldman Jonathan and Sarah Graham‡ Mary Winton Green Dr. and Mrs. Sheldon Greenberg‡ Del and Ginger Hall Victoria and Charles Harris‡ Ms. Mary K. Hartigan Lois and Marty Hauselman Leslie Herzog Conery and Gail Hoffman Robin and Harry Hunter David Kathman‡ Adam and Renee Keats Andrew Keyt Terry Kinney Klaff Family Foundation Hilary Odom Jean Ann Klingenstein Pat and Mike Koldyke Jay Leland Krottinger Mark and Carol Lorenz Mrs. Barbara Lucas and Ms. Toni Sieve‡ Arlene Manelli‡ Michele C. Mayes Dr. Janis Mendelsohn‡ Jane Mody Mr. and Mrs. Steve Monieson Jo and Wally Nard‡ Joan Neil Howard and Cathy Niden

Carlos Noble‡ Barbara and Daniel O’Keefe Sharon and Jerry Rhoads‡ Randy and Betsy Rochman Eve and Randy Rogers Joanne and Paul Ruxin Michael Ryan Bettylu and Paul Saltzman Julie Schauer David and Judith Sensibar Mark and Kimberly Shadle Scott and Tommy Sheridan Mimi Sherman Mr. and Mrs. Ronald C. Shortridge Julia Simpson Joan and Thomas Skiba Heather and Adam Smedstad‡ Colin Stalnecker Nikki and Fredric Stein Lisa Stevak Mrs. Bobette Takiff Evonne Taylor Mrs. Vernon B. Thomas Frank Trocchio Mr. and Mrs. R. Todd Vieregg Dr. and Mrs. S. Thomas Westerman‡ Johner Wilson Ronald and Geri Yonover Peter A. Zadeik

Individual Contributors Annual Fund ENSEMBLE ($500 – 999) Anonymous (8) Brian and Jennifer Alves Jim and Sheila Amend‡ Robert C. Anderson John Asplin and Christine Orders Jennifer Aubrey Peggy Bagley and Rabbi Douglas Goldhamer Dr. Stephanie and Mr. Andy Baker‡ Elizabeth Bakwin Barbara Baldwin Gustavo Bamberger Stephanie and Barry Batson‡ Brandon Benson‡ Mr. Jeff Berta Lois J. Bider Jerry Biederman Beryl and David Bills‡ Marc D. Blakeman Ms. Ali Bleecker and Mr. Daniel Munro Mr. and Mrs. Philip Block III Mr. Mark Bloom Mr. and Mrs. David C. Blowers Laura and Kent Born James Botana‡ Andrea Brands Mrs. John J. Bransfield, Jr. Kathleen Brown Susan Buchanan and Steve Buchanan Leslie Buchbinder Janet Burch John and Libby Cady Michael Canmann Ms. Alexandra Carlson Molly Carroll Steve Chamberlin and Cathy Colton Nancy Ciezki and Diane Kostecke Drs. William and Elizabeth Clark Pam and Howard Conant Constance Coning‡ Everett and Susan Conner‡ Ed and Melissa Cook Mr. Gorman Cook Kevann M. Cooke John Costello and Sally Clair Maureen Crowley‡ Liese Dallbauman Rathin Datta Richard and Lisette Davison Bob and Sharon DeWitt Mr. and Mrs. Habeeb Dihu‡ William Dolan Patricia and Richard Doonan Michele and George Dragisity Will Dunne John F. Dziedziak‡ Roger and Chaz Ebert Jennifer M. Ellin Noreen Emerson Susan Emmerson James and Kelly Epstein Maurice and Ruth Ettleson Malcolm D. Ewen Adrienne Eybergen Mr. Andrew Fair Judd Ferrin Michael Fine and Terri Keeley

Foley Family Foundation Cyndi and Cory Fosco Jeffrey Foster Kimberly Masius Joanne B. Friedland June Freidlich Timothy A. Gant and Scott Perry Susan Gaspari-Forest William J. Gibbons Richard E. Ginsberg Mr. Albert Glass Stan and Gerry Glass Brian J. and Janie Gold Ms. Deidra Gold Kerry and Kim Grady‡ John S. Mrowiec and Karen Granda Dedrea Gray Dr. Kitty Green Michael and Lisa Greenfield Katherine and Adam Greetis Kenneth Gurber Ms. Jasmine E. Guy Mr. and Mrs. Ray Hacker‡ Faith Dansereau and Larry Haefner Janice Halpern Alex Harris and Stefanie Glover Liz Hartong Robert and Linda Hauser Christie Hefner and William Marovitz John and Maryan Helmerci Frank and Midge Heurich Alan Heyman James and Margot Hinchliff The Hirschfields Anne Linsdau-Hoeppner and Walter F. Hoeppner III Kilton Hopkins‡ Kathleen and Jack Horn Arnold and Judith Horwich‡ Francis J. Houlihan Brian W. Huebner Christopher and Susan Hultquist Holly E. Humphreys Clare and Mark Hurrelbrink‡ Jean Perkins and Leland Hutchinson Heather Ingraham‡ Tim Jaster James A. Jolley, Jr. and R. Kyle Lammlein Ernest and Harriett Karmin Dennis and Kathryn Karsh Dr. Claudia Anne Katz‡ Judith and Jerry Kaufman Sheryl and Tom Keith‡ Michelle Keller Chris Kendrick and Kasturi Haldar‡ Helen Kessler Seema Khan‡ Ms. Vicki King Anne and Ken Kinney Angela Kirschbaum Janet Knauff‡ Don and Cheryl Kobetsky James Kochalka Annette Baldwin and Paul Kolansinski Ms. Sheila Komarek Mr. Richard J. Kos Rachel Kraft Melinda Kramer

Neal Kulick Family Fund Ms. Deborah Lacusta and Mr. Daniel Castellaneta Karen Lalor‡ Susan Lane George M. Langlois, Ph.D.‡ Bob and Pat Lavey Mr. and Mrs. Richard Lebolt‡ Marc-Paul Lee‡ Sherren Leigh Madeline Lesnik Patricia L. Levy Catherine Leyser‡ Fran and Chuck Licht Carmen H. Lonstein Mary Christine Lovejoy‡ Karyn Lutz Meredith Mack Christine and David Markovitz Randi Ragins and Bob Markowski Kevin and Linda Matheny Mr. and Mrs. George J. Matkov Debra Mazloff Robert and Eleanor M. McAllister Mr. and Mrs. George McCarthy Michael McCaslin Mr. and Mrs. R. Edward McGreevy‡ Hugh and Marybeth McLean Janelle Hoekstra and James McMullin‡ Kathleen A. McQueeny Anne and Richard Raup Susan Messing Karen Miller and Sheba Miller-Morris Marcus Mintz Cecily Mistarz Robert and Lois Moeller Laura and Brian Montgomery Blake and Debra Moritz‡ Mr. and Mrs. Kurt Muller Zina and Nicholas S. Murray Walter Nathan Randy Nease Wendy Norris Emily and Hank Neuberger Kris Nielsen Jim Norman Margaret O’Connor and Michael O’Meara Brad Oltmanns Richard Ostrow‡ Grayce Papp Patricia Parchem and Candace Zimmerman‡ John and Roberta Paskvalich Sheldon Patinkin Thomas Pawlik and Ava Cohn Susan A. Payne Sandra and Michael Perlow Raymond Perry Andy Phelps Dr. Susan Burland and George Plumb Michael and Christine Pope Avi and Joan Porat Dr. Jean E. Prebis‡ V. Pristera, Jr.‡ Jonathon Pyburn‡ Marsha Raanan‡ Richard and Joan Ralph‡

Jeff and Susan Rashid Doug Regan P. Kevin Reidy‡ Fred and Karen Rhynders Thomas Kapacinskas and Judith Robert Stephen and Caryn Robin Steve Rodichok and Renee Gattone‡ Desirée Rogers Lynn A. Hellwig and Dr. Dan Roller Mr. Richard Rosenthal Joseph Ross and Jean Shutler Lisa and Doug Rosskamm Susan B. and Dr. Myron E. Rubnitz Henry J. Sampson‡ Richard H. Sanders Chris and Barb Sanford‡ Gloria Santona Brett Saternus Bill Savage Stephanie Scharf and David Taber‡ Marie-Claude Schauer‡ Eric and Jana Schreuder Susan and Gary Schuman Susan J. Schwartz Carla Scott‡ Doug and Maureen Seaman Carrie Secrist Jeff and Sonia Semenchuk‡ Mr. Josh Shames Michael Shapiro and Deb Gohr Shapiro Shalini Sharma Nancia Shawver and Larry Weiner Mr. and Mrs. David R. Shevitz Mr. Daniel Shomon Jodi Silberman‡ Christine A. Slivon Malcolm Spector and Nancy Ludmerer Mr. Michael Stashwick Lauren Steichor Seena and Carey Stein Michael and Salme Harju Steinberg Patty Sternberg Linda and John Stock Kelly Stonebraker and Deborah Stonebraker Mr. Gary Strandlund Terri E Strauss Rhonda and Scott Swanson Tracy Tajbl and Neil Jones Dr. and Mrs. James V. Talano Carrie Thoms Fred Tokowitz Trevor Tomkins Jeanne Towns‡ Carol D. Trapp Stacey Turner Catherine E. Turner‡ Brady I. Twiggs‡ Jane Tyner Marilee Unruh‡ Anne Van Wart and Michael Keable Michael and Gere Warnecke Laura and Bob Watson‡ Chuck Wehland Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Weiss Tom and Blaine Wells Roger Weston Steve and Bonnie Wheeler

Leslie Whittet‡ Mr. Michael Wilczynski Gary and Modena Wilson‡ Joycelyn Winnecke Ruth Winter Cynthia Wirth‡ Jessica and Jeff Wisniewski‡ Stanley Wojcicki Charlotte Wojnowski‡ Gladys L. Wolff Ms. Sarah Wolff and Mr. Joel Handelman Andrea Worth‡ Mr. Naywri Wright Carol N. Yamamoto Stephanie Yancey Mark and Margie Zivin David Zoltan DESIGNERS ($250 – 499) Anonomous (22) Thomas W. Abendroth and Terri L. Mascherin Ms. Susan Aberman Alexander Ackerhalt and Daniela Mardarovici Judith and Fred Adler Stephanie Ailor Sergio and Carolina Alcocer Thomas B. Aldrich III Helen and Mark Alison Greg and Janine Amoroso Ken and Donna Amos‡ Mary and Paul F. Anderson Cedric H. Antosiewicz and Margaret M. Gudenas Walter Aque Jean Arrington Kaye B. Aurigemma‡ Carl Babler Melissa and Richard Bacon‡ Mr. Tim Bailkowski Spencer and Daniel Baker Holly Baker Jennifer Baker Bill and Ann Baker John and Sharon Baldwin Michael and Mary Baniak Catherine Bannister Cindy Barbera-Brelle Leslie and Bill Barker Judith Barnard and Michael Fain Solomon Barnett‡ Ms. Paige Barr Beverly Bartel Ms. Courtney Bass Mia A. and Scott Bass Priscilla Ryan and Frank Battle‡ Laura M. Batzer‡ Brian and Jennifer Bauer Ms. Natalie M. Baumann Judy and Chris Beardsley Thomas Bearrows and Holly Hirst Mr. Michael Beasley Kathleen Hughes and Armand Beaudoin Mark Becker Lawrence Bell Ms. Claudia Crilly Bellucci

Individual Contributors Annual Fund Julie and Howard Benario Susan R. Benner John and Taru Berg John and Elizabeth Berge‡ Adam Bergstein Laura Berkley Harvey and Helene Berlin‡ Julian and Joan Berman Harriet and Howard N. Bernstein Mandy Berry‡ Dr. Mary E. Belford MD and Mr. Ric Berta Adrian and Arta Beverly Maurice J. and Lois Beznos Mary Anne and Joe Bigane Lois and Stanley Birer Nicholas J Blair Mr. Terry Blake Jon Blanc R. Darrell Bock Fred Boelter Anthony Boggiano Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Bolas Linda Bolte Albert Boumenot‡ Donald F. Bouseman Michael and Kate Bradie‡ Abdon and Eileen Bray Susan M Brazas Michael Bremer and Lynn Sieben‡ Janyce D. Brengel David Briggs‡ Robert and Joell Brightfelt Sarah Brittin‡ Tim Brogla and Laura Demoor Beth Sprecher Brooks Mr. and Mrs. Norman Brooks Jean Broom Larry and Susan Broutman Beth Brown Shirley and Tom Berchau‡ Edith Brownman Ed Bucher‡ Rony and Tom Buckley David A. Buls Javier and Laura Burgos Bruce and Kate Burgun John and Maureen Burke Crystal and Thomas F. Bush John Byrd Robert and Cheryl Byron Haydee Caldero Janet Caldwell Karen A. Callaway Andrew Campbell and Dana Campbell‡ Ray Capitanini Barry Carlson Fairbank and Lynne Carpenter Sharon Carr Mr. and Mrs. Justin Casciola Bill and Patty Castle Mr. and Mrs. Larry D. Chandler Gerry and Carol Chrisman Sam and Kathleen Ciulla‡ Dr. and Mrs. Robert Clark Carol and Michael Clarke‡ Bente Clausen‡ Betty Cleeland‡

Diane Powell and David Clough Michael and Edie Cohen Mr. and Mrs. Terrance Coleman Mr. Isaac Colunga Ms. Suzanne Connor Elizabeth Coolidge Zachary Cooper‡ Mr. Lucas Crawford Robert Crawford Max Freedman and Family‡ Colin and Teri Cross Mr. Bruce Crown James Culp‡ Judy and Arthur Curtis David and Jean Curtis Josh Daitch‡ Moira and Robert Daley Mr. James Daly Stephen F. Danziger Heidi Dare Anne Megan Davis‡ Michelle and Ronald De Vlam‡ Ms. Cheryl Deese Dr. Mark and Rose DeMeo Matthew J. Devereux Stewart and Shari Diamond Adam Dick Olga Dimitrijevic Jeff Dineen‡ Toni and Dan Diprizio Michele and Robert Disselhorst Dorothy L. Domuray Paula Douglass Mr. Jake Downing Raymond and Marybeth Drake‡ Raymond H. Drymalski Natalie Dudek‡ Margaret and Chris Duhon Mr. Michael Dumke Mr. Charles Duncan Nancy Dunham Leah Mooshil‡ Mr. and Mrs. Jon R. Dutcher Joan and John Dysart Wiley and Merry Edmondson Natasha and Zach Egan Estia Eichten and Deborah Eichten Michael and Kristen Goggin‡ Julie Ellis Linda A. Ellis Dale and Jo Ann Engquist Erika Erich Juanita S. Evans and Family‡ Tim and Jane Evans Robbie Everest Lori Eyre‡ Edith and Gerald Falk Tom and Terry Fallon Maurice Fantus and Judith Aiello Demitri and Pamela Fardelos Linda and Ed J. Farkas Bill Farrand Ms. Juliette Feld Toni and Joel Fenchel Dr. and Mrs. James M. Fisch Paul and Christy Fisher‡ Marilyn E. Fites Catherine S. Flanagan

Debra and Adrienne Flowers Jim and Yvonne Fogerty‡ Mike Folk Paul Fong Ms. Betty Forman Timothy and Janet Fox Reverend Mark A. Fracaro‡ Dr. and Mrs. James Franklin Joy Frey‡ Lori Mae Frith Susan and Sy Frolichstein Kathryn C. Froney Susan Fuchs, M.D. Bill and Pat Fuller Phillip D. Funkenbusch‡ Denise Michelle Gamble Ellen Garippo Royal Gaston‡ Mary Ellen Geist Jami Gekas Dr. and Mrs. Mark Gendleman Hank and Sandy Gentry Philis and Alex George‡ Stephen C. George Thomas and Patricia Germino‡ Sandra Gidley Ms. Tara Gillespie Marina and Sander Gilman‡ Clark and Nancy Gilpin Carlen Gilseth Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Glaser Florence Bonnick and Jay M. Goldberg Karen Goldstein‡ Paul Goldstein and Nasrin Mahani

Marie Gunn‡ Michael and Jean Guyader Sarah Hadley Karen and Michael Hale Donald and Susan Hallberg Adam Hallett‡ Bob and Melanie Halvorson‡ Bill Hamilton Chester and Phyllis Handelman Dr. Raymond and Arlene Handler Tom and Virginia Hartley‡ Ali Hassan and Amber Fritz‡ Neil and AnnMarie Hawkins Van and Ruth Hawkins‡ Jean Hawkinson Michele Haynes James and Anne Heger Stephen and Jaqueline Helm Stephen Henderson Bonnie and Frank Henke‡ Pat and Ron Henning Rachel R. Henry Timothy Herboth Constance Herrera‡ Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Hession‡ Linda and John Hillman T. L Hinton Michelle and Glenn Holland Sharon Holland Jo Holzer‡ Bonny and Todd Hoover Paula Horn Richard and Janet Horwood Leigh and John Hourihane

Sue-Gray Goller Samuel J. Goodman Robert Gordon Darla Goudeau‡ Chester Gougis and Shelley Ochab Laurence and Carrie Grant Paula Turner Grasso Dr. and Mrs. Robert Greendale Jeffrey Gross Mrs. Katharine C. Gross

Mr. Travis Howe and Ms. Lindsay Fiola Thomas and Karen Howell Michael and Madeline Hughes Karen Hunken‡ Patricia Hunt‡ Craig Hurwitz William E. Ibe Jim and Joyce Ibers Sue and Bob Imig Phyllis Irizarry

Guests explore backstage at a donor event on a tour Photographer Kyle Flubacker

Individual Contributors Annual Fund

‡Step-by-Step We salute the individual donors who have committed to a recurring monthly or quarterly gift to Steppenwolf. 51 Their ongoing support helps fuel Steppenwolf’s mission of superior acting and risk-taking work.

Individual Contributors Annual Fund Janet and John W. Irving Jim and Peggy Isherwood Ms. Michele James Vince Janowski John David Jawor‡ Sue Jenkins Backstrom Joakim Carolyn Johnson Douglas Johnson Sharon R. Johnston Todd and Jennifer Jones Daniel and Mary Ann Jordan Melvin and Annie Kahn Mike and Kathleen Kalasunas Heather Kalita Tom and Esta Kallen Mary Jo Kanady Joseph J. Kane Olwyn J. Kane Arnold Kanter Norma and Nolan Kaplan Jonathan Karmel Cantor Aviva Katzman and Dr. Morris Mauer‡ Dr. Susan A. Kecskes‡ Ms. Stephanie Keenan Francis Kelch Rich Kerhlikar and Judith Barringer Rita Kerns Janis and Peter Kesser William Ketchum Candace Killian Mike and Leslie King Frank and Katherine Kinney Sylvia and John Kinney Drs. Tom and Linda Kirch Ashley Kircher Dr. M. Barry and Diane Kirschenbaum Nancy Kisle Ms. Laurie Kladis Matt and Karen Klickman Dawn Klingensmith and Jeff Pinkerton‡ Maria and Karl Knecht Philip and Susan Koch Robert and Janet Kohrman Electra D. Kontalonis Merrilyn Kosier and James Kinoshita Rob and Laura Kozloff Barry and Cheryl Kreiter Jill Kremins Charlene M Krombeen Ken and Janet Kubis Mr. Patrick Kuehnle Elaine Kurczewski Ms. Christina Labate Terri Lacy Laura Ladewski Chuck and Diane Laff Marcia Lafferty‡ Mr. Kurt Lagerloef‡ Thomas Lariviere‡ Robert Larrimore‡ Robert and Lynn Larry Edward and Laverne Larsen Nancy and Alan Lasser Patricia Lauber

Richard Lauwers and Maura Corcoran Douglas Lavanture Bart Lazar Jill S. Lederman‡ Bill Lee and Malinda Hamann‡ Mr. Brett Legner and Ms. Eve Sorenson Mr. Jonathan Travis Leiser Sheila Fields Leiter William LeMasters Jeffrey and Elise Lennard Mr. Darrell Leonard and Mr. Ed Nowak Dr. and Mrs. Harvey J. Levin Mr. and Ms. Grant Ley Robert and Martha Lichter Lance Lichtor Arlene Lieb Stacy and Peter Lindau Barbara and Edward Linn Lora Jane Lisle Lynn Liston‡ Margit “Maggie” Livingston‡ Mr. and Mrs. Gershon Locker Ms. Rachel Loftspring Renee Logan Ingrid LoGiudice Katherine M. Lorenz Jeff and Nancy Lowenthal‡ Judy and George Lowman Mr. Phil Lumpkin and Mr. Bill Tedford Sherry Lundell Margaret and Paul Lurie James and Janet Lusk Jen Maceyko and Richard Stazinski James Maclennan Mr. Joe Madden Frank and Chris Maggio Mr. and Mrs. Charles Magill Mr. and Ms. Daniel Maki Mr. and Ms. Michael P. Malone Brooke and Mike Mandrea Sandra Mangurian Samantha & David Mann George and Stephanie Mantis Ruthann Marcelle Gloria and Joseph R. Marcus Marge Marcus Jennifer Marling Steve and Melissa Marovich Ed and Linnea Martin‡ Kenneth Maruyama Erica and Frank Matagrano‡ David and Karen Mattenson Mike and Cindy McCabe Nicolette McDavid‡ Nancy and JD McDonnell C. A. McElligott Terrance and Jane McElroy Pat McGarvey Paul and Lana McHenry Elisabeth and Michael McHugh‡ Erin E. McInerney Carol McKeone Kathy and Alan McLaughlin‡ Ms. Mary McNulty Sheila and Harvey Medvin Kathryn Bender and Russell Menkes

Individual Contributors Annual Fund John and Lisa Merlock Allyson Metcalf and Brian Tennison‡ David and Linda Metschke‡ Mr. and Mrs. James Meyer Ron Micheletto‡ Tom Mikrut Mia and Jonathan Miller Nina Kavin and Kerry A. Miller Dino and Heathre Moler‡ Mort and Joan Mollner Reginaldo and Jennifer Montague‡ Jack Montgomery‡ Janet and Robert Montgomery‡ Robert J. Moretti Joyce Morimoto‡ Sheba Miller-Morris Corinne S. Morrissey Beverly and Dale Mortensen Gerald and Maia Mullin Michael and Kathleen Murtaugh Tom Myers‡ Mike and Nance Nalepa‡ Ramon Navarro Denise E. Nedza‡ Elizabeth and John Newman‡ Lynne Nieman Barbara Rawley and Daniel Nordby Kitty Norton Jones Susan and Nicholas Noyes The Nuzzos Mary Pat O’Brien Martin O’Brien Mike and Joan O’Brien Karin O’Connor‡ John and Megan O’Connor‡ Peg O’Connor‡ Dennis J. O’Keefe and Mary Jo Barrett Larry and Barbara Olin Don Olson Bruce Oltman Mr. and Mrs. John O’Malley Timothy O’Neill and Jane Rutherford Nancy and Myles O’Reilly‡ Jamie and Rachel Orlikoff Stephen Osada Jerome and Kathryn Osen Pilar Ossorio Mayor John and Jacqueline Ostenburg Frances and William Paden Deborah Page Ms. Katina Panagopoulos Catherine and Robert Parks Jana O’Brien and Wayne T. Parman Joseph Pawlikowski Charles and Melanie Payne Lynn and Mel Pearl Elyse Pearlman and Brad Teckenbrock Margaret Pendry Bill and Judy Pesetski Charles and Mary Phillips Barb and Ned Piehler William and Suzan Pinsof Chuck and Judy Piper Elizabeth and Harvey Plotnick Brett Plyer Dan Polsby‡

Ellen Pomes‡ Frank C. Pond‡ Pam and Dean Pontikes Jean and Preston Price‡ David and Valeria Pruett Mr. and Mrs. William B. Prugh David Pruitt and Marjorie Baltazar John Puma‡ Jane Purdy‡ Dave and Darby Putman Kevin and Dagmara Quast Lori Ramsey Barbara Rapp Mr. and Mrs. Josh Rauh Gabriel and Dorit Raviv Mr. and Mrs. John Reed Lisa Remby Clisson and Patricia Rexford Nick and Mary Beth Reynolds William N. Reynolds Nancy Ribordy Dr. and Mrs. Ralph Richter, Jr.‡ Laura Riddle Susan and Rick Rieser Sandi Riggs David Rigler Bill and Deborah Roberts Liz Roberts Carol and Riney Robertson Mr. Bruce Rodman Mary Lu and Kenneth Roffe Beverly J. Rogers‡ Mr. and Mrs. Robert Rogoz Cleo Orthel Honey and Howard Rosenfeld Hilary Rosenthal Mrs. Donald S. Roth Kathryn Rothstein T. Marshall Rousseau Kimberly and Ari Rubenfeld Kimberly Rubenfeld Manfred Ruddat Ms. Joseph Rulli Ray Rusnak Diana and Ed Ruthman Brad S. Rutledge Mr. and Mrs. John Saksa Brad and Emily Salmon A. Sue Samuels Stephen and Leatrice Sandler Sheldon and Lynne Sandman Ms. Lisa Sartin Christopher and Ann Marie Saternus John and Mary Satter Robert and Mary Ann Savard‡ Edna Schade Curt Schade Ms. Susan Schaefer Gail Schaffner Susan Tobias and Alan Shapiro Allison and Charles Scherer Seymour Schiff and Bernice Elbin Schiff William B. and Carolyn A. Schildgen Cynthia Schilsky Mr. and Mrs. Darryl G. Schimeck The Schirato Family

Elizabeth and William Schmidt Frank and Karen Schneider Roy Schreiber and Linda Chen Mr. Matt Schumacher Mr. and Mrs. Ervin E. Schweiger Tony and Celeste Scolaro‡ David and Susie Selbst Leslie Shad David Shanahan Kay Shannon Mr. Peter Shannon Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Shapiro Luna Okada and Wynn Sheade Kathryn Shenk Timothy Sherck‡ Mr. Tom Sherman Karen Shields‡ Brent Siegel‡ Duane Sigelko and Mary K. McDermott Margaret and Alan Silberman Mike and Heather Simons Mr. and Mrs. Robert Sinise Jonathan and Elizabeth Sion Patricia Costello Slovak Karen Smilie‡ Charles Smith Ms. Janet Carl Smith Drs. Carol Payne and Robert L. Smith Jackie Snuttjer Raymond Socki Sonja L Solberg‡ Steven and Judith Soria‡ Ben Sosewitz Sharon Specht Joseph Spellman Shantha Sreekanth Diana and Thomas Stamborski Margaret Stapleton Mary Clare and Joseph B. Starshak Peggy Steffy‡ Susan Stein The Steinbachs‡ Dorie Sternberg Ms. Barbara Stewart Kurt Strand Mercedes and Martin Straus‡ Ms. Jennifer Stuart Robin Kline and William Summers Matthew Summy Yvonne Sutor‡ Ms. Patti Szabo Peter and Obie Szidon Ms. Elaine R. Taylor John R. and Catherine Taylor Ilene Patty and Tom Terpstra Richard and Alice Teutsch Barbara and Randolph Thomas Mr. James Thompson Ms. Sue Thompson Virgil Tiran Jeff Tsai Katya Tsyrin Mary A. Tuite Edward and Edith Turkington Annette Turow David and Mickey Unger

Richard Van Hattem Peter and Lilian Vardy Kathryn Vehe‡ Dr. Susan Vineyard‡ Paul D. Waas Jonathan Wagner Robert and Rose Wagner Sarah Walker William and Sharon Wallin Matthew Walsh and Alexandra Mason William and Patricia Walsh Karen and Herb Wander Melissa and Reeve Waud Melissa Weber Melanie and Judson Weeks Michael Weiland and Shelley MacGregor Ms. Wallace Weinper Elizabeth Weir Sherrie and Albert Weiss Adam and Jamie Weyeneth John W. Wheeler Susan Whitcher Matthew White Brian and Nancy Whitlock Dot and Dan Whittenberger Barbara Wilder‡ Jon Will and Ada Mary Gugenheim‡ Crystal Williams Deborah B. Williams, Ph.D.‡ Johner “JT” Wilson Mr. Mark Wilson Nick and Nancy Wilson Susan and Bob Wislow Mr. Robert Wisniewski Iris S. Witkowsky Ann R. Wolfe‡ Joe Wolnski and Jane Christino Andrew and Meghan Woltman Patrick Woods and Kathleen Clark Tracy Wray Edward and Catherine Wright Anita and Steve Yablong Dr. Rodney and Susan Yergler‡ Nancy Loewenberg Young Julia and Tom Young Clifford Yuknis Ed and Lisa Zeitler Kathy Willhoite and Rodd Zolkos PLAYERS ($150 – 249) Anonymous (31) Linda Loving and Richard Aaronson Richard and Louise Abrahams Nancy Abshire Donna Dorl-Adams and Tom Adams Heidi Adams‡ Mr. and Mrs. Arthur B. Adler Ms. Yolanda T. Adler Ezequiel Agosto Philip and June Aimen Robert Airhart II John B. Albright Barbara and Oscar Alonso‡ Alyssa Altman‡ Beth Alwin

‡Step-by-Step We salute the individual donors who have committed to a recurring monthly or quarterly gift to Steppenwolf. 53 Their ongoing support helps fuel Steppenwolf’s mission of superior acting and risk-taking work.

Individual Contributors Annual Fund Judith Anderson Mr. Dean Antonopoulos Jurgis and Dalia Anysas Rosemary Crowley Rolla and Joe Ash James Atkinson Alexey Atramentov Linda A. Bacci Borislava Baeva Ann Baker Daniel Alan Balsam Margaret and Kenneth Barnes Merrill Barnes Jeanette and Vern Bartels Ian Barton Lawrence Bass and Paula Sneed Dr. Bruce and Sally Bauer‡ Jayne Bazos‡ Ms. Anna Beck Heather Becker Dan Bell‡ Nanette Benbow Bruce and Debbie Bentcover Stephan Benzkofer Judith Bergen Raeann and Sidney Berman Abigail and Bernard Westapher Natalie Bernardoni Ruth Berns Glenn Bernsohn and Shelley Davis Ms. Leslie Bertagnolli Noel and Shirley Biery Elizabeth Bigongiari James Bishop John Blackburn and Bill Gilmer James Blackman Judith L. Blank Teresa N. Blaurock‡ Bernard and Nancy Blayer Dan Bleil Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Boardman Claudia and John Boatright Larry and Margo Bostrom Bob and Sue Bowker Lisa and Steven Bosco Judith and Harold Bregman Ms. Stephanie Brenner James Broedlow Frank Brooks and Andrea Twiss-Brooks‡ Alice Brown Evelyn G. Brown Robert and Ilene Brown Jacqueline Brumlik John Buenz Anne Burke Becky Burns‡ Richard Butler William Butler Toni and Mike Cainkar Ms. Amy Callahan Francine Cannarozzi Randy Cano Marilyn Cantisano and Donald Southworth Barbara and Mark Carlson Mr. Stephen Carlson Robert Carr

Justin and Jacquelyn Casazza Karen Case Mr. and Mrs. Michael Case‡ Mrs. Constance K. Casey Margaret Cavenaugh James Challancin Susan and Jon Chapman Stephen and Jane Chernof James Christle‡ Lori Civello Kimberly Clawson‡ Pat Clemente Dr. Neil Clipstone Gina Coffee Clarice Cogen Dr. Valeria Cohran Ms. Roma Colwell-Steinke Peter and Judith Connolly‡ Marcia Mary Cook‡ Robert Coon and Cory Jones Diane R. Cooper Gabriel Courey Suzanne M. Coutheoux Harvey and Arlene Coustan Susan Cox Carol I. Crane Tony Creed Kathleen M. Creely Sarah Cuthill Laura and Frank Czechanski Beverly and Anthony D’Agostino Paul and Deanna Danao‡ Kathleen Daniels Mr. and Mrs. Jack Darnall Ms. Mary Davidson and Mr. David Orkowski Jane Davis Ms. Geralyn L. Delaney Ms. Rebecca Delcomyn‡ Maureen and Mel De Matoff Jeffrey and Beverly Dembo Michelle and Christopher DeMent Mr. Glen Derrico Michel P Desjardins and Pierre Desy Harriet and Lou Dicerbo John and Martha Diener Peter and Elizabeth Dietz Robert and Karen Dirmish William and Phyllis Dobrin Ms. Rachel Domaracki Ms. Nancy Dondero Christopher and Kathryn Dore Susan V. Downing Judy and Jerry Drommerhausen Ms. Susan Duman Mr. Angus Dunn Elizabeth Duquette John and Pat Dyble Victor C. Dye and Joyce Richards Dye Wendy Eager Jeanene Ebert Rick Eddington Jason Edelson Sharon Eiseman Donna-lee Elke Julie Ellafrits Phyllis Ellis

Individual Contributors Annual Fund Mark and Virginia Erlanson Ed Everett Joan Fadden Lynette and Kent Fair David C. Farmer Ms. Mary Feeney Ms. Deb Feldman Drs. Richard and Roberta Feldman Brian and Judy Fields Robert and Kathleen Fife Marty and Susie Fine Sean Finn Nancy and Rick Firfer Mr. Robert Fisch Sara Stern and Ted Fishman‡ Peter and Catherine McCafferty Sam Fleischacker and Amy Reichert‡ Kass Fleisher‡ Myla Flores Jeanne Flosi Bernadette Foley and Richard Landgraft‡ Barbara and Todd Ford Marilyn and Eric Fors Amanda Fox Donna Fredricksen Jill Freedman and Gene Combs Lauren Freedman and Najib Habiby Roxanne Friedman Lance Friedman and Sari Gluckin Herbert C. Friedmann Richard and Lois Fuhrer Alexis Funches Hilda Garcia Raymond and Patricia Gass Liora and Alison Gates Mark and Bonnie Gehrman Barbara J. Geist Doug Gerald Nancy Gidwitz Hugh and Doris Gilbert Lucia Giudice and John Leonard Anneliese Glick Sarah E. Tarabori Sue Golan Jaye and John Golanty Marvin and Phyllis Goldblatt Marsha and Michael Goldstein Enid J. Golinkin Dr. Deirdre Dupre and Dr. Robert Golub Mila Gomez Jessica L. Gonzalez Sandra and James Goodman Bruce Gorchow and Marie Fioramonti Sophie and Bob Gordon Priscilla Gotsick Joseph and Sarah Graham Bobby Grant‡ William and Diane Grant Judy Grasmick Hannah Greene‡ Tyler James Greene The Greffin Family Merle and Barry Gross Nancy Grossman Mrs. Mary Kay Haben William C Haddad

Ms. Kathleen Hagerty Mary Haley Joan Hall Richard Halvorsen‡ Kristin and Charles Harper Donald and Sharon Harris Mr. Joshua Harris Ms. Barbara Hart Richard and Dorothy Harza Lee Haupt, Yvonne Lange and Ted Steck Steve Hayes and Patricia Olcenica Dave Hayes and Mary Stelmach-Hayes Ms. Alison Heiser Ms. Mary Ellen Hennessy Martha Henry Beth Herbert Joyce K. Herdliska Marcia and Darrell Herschler‡ Lina and Dave Hilko‡ Fred Hill John and Roxann Hill Marc Hilton and Judith Aronson Nancy and Allen Hirschfield Bill and Pat Hitt Philip and Eileen Hoffman Thomas Hogan Betsy and Arthur Holden Nancy C. Holland‡ Donald and Karen Holmberg David and Suzanne Holmes Jeffrey Holst Mary and Dermot Horgan Marc and Cathy Horowitz Ina and John Houck Mr. Dave Dimmlich and Ms. Beth Hummelberg Barbara Hunter and Cottrell Meadors Patricia Hurley Richard Hutner and Lena Motev Connie and Richard Hyman Beartriz Iorgulescu Joan Istrate Jerry Jackson Laura Jacob Ron and Lizette Jacobson Patricia A. Jiganti Sarah A. Jolie Patricia Jones Mr. and Mrs. Herb Jordan Sandra Jordan Howard and Marianne Jump George Kaprelian Jerry Karlin Lee and Shel Karon Rich and Heidi Katz Matthew Keller, Jr. Eva Kellogg Arlene Kelly Ms. Portia Kennel Harry Kenny Miss. Payal Keshvani Ms. Martijn Kist Maureen and Kim Klatt Carol and James Klenk David Klumpp and Gretchen Norman Douglas and Catherine Knuth John Kobza

Stanley and Billie Kocal Lilia Kogan Cheryl and Robert Kopecky Amy R. Korin Jay and Patti Kouba Ms. Quincey Krull Ms. Jennifer Kueker Bob Kunio and Libby Roth‡ Pamela K. Ladd Elissa Lafayette Kevin Lamanna Ms. Margaret Lambrecht Phil and Helen Lambruschi Ed and Bettine Landon Terrence Landry Joseph Lane Jennifer M. Lansing Dr. and Mrs. Jules H. Last Peter and Shirley Dugdale Laundy Peter Lawler Bill and Joanna Lisa Leahy Dayna Lee‡ Peggy and Greg Legan‡ Linda Legner Ms. Laurie Leli Deidre LeMire Neil Lenhoff Robert Levels Marc and Cynthia Levin Susan Levitt Christopher and Kelly Lewis Gregory Lewis and Mary Strek‡ Jacquie Lewis Susan Liddell Mr. and Mrs. Paul Liebenson Jean Linsner Peter Lipton Ms. Sherry Liske Dr. Jeffrey M. Lisowski Mr. and Mrs. Burton Litwin Velda Lloyd Mr. and Mrs. Michael Lofgren Brian and Ilse Loftus Chris Lonn David Lundeen Elliott and Miriam Lyon Matt MacKenzie Madeline MacMillan Alice R. Macy Tracy Madison Claude Maechling and Carrie McNally‡ Karen and Daniel Maki Joseph and Rose Manak Katie Mangan Wendy Manto Melissa and Richard March Robin Martin Anthony and Laura Massaro Amy Matheny Henry and Peggy Matson Mr. and Mrs. R. David Matthews Margaret F. May Lisa Mayntz and William M. Blidy Sarah E Mcachran Ms. Sally McArdle Patricia McBride John M. McCabe

Stacey and Patrick McCusker Nancy McDaniel Anastasia McGuire Mary and Dan Mcguire Joseph and Agnes McHugh Mr. and Mrs. Breece McKinney Beth McLaren Sandy Pagan and Michael McLean Tom and Adrienne McMullen Loni Mecum Claretta Meier Maureen Meier Michael and Nancy Merel Bruce Merrick Chuck and Sylvia Meyers‡ Ms. Lauren Mifflin Dean A. Miller and Martha H. Swift Ellen Miller Ron and Pat Miller Sandy and Scott Miller‡ Craig and Donna Mindrum Charlotte Miner Nathan Fleming and Abby Mohaupt‡ Roger and Pauline Mohr Barbara and Ron Moline Drs. Terri Monk and B. Craig Weldon‡ Chris and Kathe Monley‡ Brian Weatherford and Steven Montgomery William Mooney Ms. Shirley Moore Ms. Shannon Moore Harry and Harriet Morrison Ms. Mary Louise H. Morrison Dr. Martin Mozes and Mrs. Chava Mozes Patrick Mulville Holly and Edward Murawski James and Jean Murphy Mary Ellen Murphy William Myers Mary and David Myles Preeti and Ajay Nagarkatte Kurt Nakaoka and Nancy Morris Mr. Josh Nelson Lenz and Eva Neuhauser Dani Nichols Mark and Maggie Nichter‡ Mark Noethen Mary Nolen Catherine Null Judy Nygard Maria Ocasio Mr. Gary Ochs Shelia and Julian Oettinger Robert O’Farrell Barbara and Franklin A. O’Leary Christine Olson and James Eccleston Jill Olson Kirsten Olson Daniel and Laura O’Neill Peter and Alanne Ori County Clerk David Orr Marjorie Orr Margie and Derk Osenberg Ronna Page‡ Dr. and Mrs. Martin Paisner Mr. Jason Palmquist

‡Step-by-Step We salute the individual donors who have committed to a recurring monthly or quarterly gift to Steppenwolf. 55 Their ongoing support helps fuel Steppenwolf’s mission of superior acting and risk-taking work.

Individual Contributors Annual Fund Debra Parker Mark and Mary Partridge Audrey and John Paton James and Caroline Pawlak Denny and Kay Pearson Caroline Pearson Andy Pedone Sandy and Steve Pernick Clarisse Perrette and Larry Freed David and Lindsey Peters Ross and Jackie Peterson Tim Peterson Joshua Phillips Linda S. Piccolo David M. Pierce Christine Pilat Ms. Vera Pless Donald and Diane Pochyly Podolsky Family Foundation Stephen Porvin‡ Mr. Mike Powell and Ms. Debora Boyda Elaine and Ronald Prebish Mr. and Mrs. Paul Predick Peter Preston Judy Prince Charles and Sharon Pritchard Lynn and Clayton Pruitt Bill and Rita Quinn Paul Quintas and Bethia Straus Bernard and Joan Rabinowitz Jan Radcliff Linda and Norman Rahal Heidi Ralli Jonathan Ramos Dean Rapp Mr. Michael F. Rapp Adele Rapport Bridget Ray Nancy and William Raymond Irene and Alan Redman Michael Carnow and Abigail Reiss-Carnow John Rice James R. Richardson Paul Rink Burton R. Rissman Ms. Barbara Ro Dennis M. Robb Stacey Robbins‡ Sarah Roberts Jeff Robertson Ms. Kendra Robinson Sandra and Jeffrey Rochman Pamela Rodriguez Susan W. Rogaliner Deborah Rogers Robin Romm Ms. Maryl Rosen Mrs. Sarene L. Rosen Mr. David Rosenbaum Lorraine Rosenberg Michael Rosenberg Linda Rosenblum and Steven Swiryn Bernhard and Judith Rosenstein Michael and Erin Lavelle Robert and Sue Ross Ann M. Rothschild Ms. Shirlee Rubenstein

Sarah Rubin and Barbara Schmidt Brian Ruggiero Dennis Rutkowski Van and Sue Salmans Dr. and Mrs. Edwin C. Salter Julia Nowicki and Timothy A. Sanborn MD Ramiro Sanchez Carolyn Clayton and Patrick Sandercock Mr. and Mrs. Martin Sandoval Lonna Saunders Mr. Gabriel Sayer Mr. Nicholas Schaefer Tim and Susan Schell Alice and Don Schindel Michelle Schlack Rose Schmidt‡ Martha Schneider Brent Schoenbach Chris Schroeder Robert I. Schwartz Cheryl M. Scott‡ Thomas and Mary Ellen Scott‡ Margie Seeberg Benjamin C. Seigle Elizabeth G. Selmier Mary Lou Shadle‡ Michael and Marci Shames-Yeakel Neil Shapiro‡ Jeffrey S. Sharp and Elizabeth D. Sharp Elizabeth and William Sharpe‡ Michael and Carrie Shea Cheryl and Philip Sheridan‡ Rebecca Shilling Mr. and Mrs. William Shorey‡ Mark Shornick Bradley and Ellen Shorser Ms. Debra Siegel Eric and Sabrina Sigg Judy Silverman Susan and Paul Silverman‡ Ilene Simmons Jane Sisco‡ Ellen Mrazek and Daniel Slattery Rae and David Smerling Betty Scott Smith Ms. Janet Smith Lois Smith Lydia Snowden Gary Spangler and Julie B. Aimen-Spangler Nicholas and Elizabeth Speziale Stephen Spigel and Diana Williams Marilyn and Joel Sprayregen Dr. and Mrs. Scott Springer Patricia Staab Rebecca Stanfield Stephen Stanwood Thomas Starshak Jeremy Steglitz Maggie and Kurt Steib Ms. and Mr. Lisa Stein Wallace Stenhouse Kay Stephens Gardner Stern and Maxine Weintraub‡ Robert and Mary Rose Strezewski‡ Mr. Larry Stuckey Ms. Jennifer Sultz

Michelle Sweet Linda K. Swift Richard and Anne Taft Nathan and Susan Tarcov Ms. June Tate and Mr. Samuel Coffee, Jr. Arthur and Judith Tepfer Mr. Darrin Thomas Floyd Thompson Mr. Michael Tirrell Richard Tobiason Marilyn Torreme Ms. Karin Turngren Susan D. Tuteur Dmitry Tyomkin Chris Ulmer Margaret Unetich Mrs. Nancy Usiak Virginia Vale Caren Van Slyke Pat and Roger Van Zele Suzanne Venecek‡ John Viars‡ Deborah Viccellio Ms. Catherine Vincent Mr. Jon Volkert Miss Jimmye Wade Eugene and Sandra Wagner Michael L Wagner Nancy Wai‡ Adin Walker Ms. Mary Walsh Christy Waninski Deborah and Neil Warner‡ Gwenyth B. Warton Amy Waters‡ Elissa B. Weaver James and Christine Webb James Weidner Betsy Shaw Weiner Marc Weinstein and Martha Laffey Elizabeth Weir Donna Werner‡ Mr. and Mrs. Doug West Joan Whipp Mr. Chris Whitaker Sanford and Vicki White Esther White and Mindy Terrell Patricia J. White Catherine and Andrew Williams Margaret and Bob Williams Lawrence Wojcik Julia Wold Coleman Wolf and Ellen Chapelle‡ Joyce Woods Mary Wylie Dick Yankow Steve and Arna Yastrow Bonnie and Jay Yenne Judith Youngs Marc and Colette Zeman David and Teresa Zembower Daniel Ziembo and Nancy Cook Barbe and Bill Zillman David Zimberoff Tighe Zimmers

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Individual Contributors Auxiliary Council Comprised of more than 100 young professionals, Steppenwolf’s Auxiliary Council works each season to raise funds for the Steppenwolf for Young Adults Programs. We salute the governing members for giving generously of their time and resources. Contact Kaleigh Lockhart at 312-654-5623 or klockhart@steppenwolf.org to become an Auxiliary Council member today. Executive Officers Kim Davis+ President Conery Hoffman Vice President of Development Colin Stalnecker Vice President of Member Experience Jennifer Stuart Vice President of Communication and Outreach Steven Collens Vice President of Partnerships Francis Sadac+ Immediate Past President Stephanie F. Linn*+ Directors Circle Liaison Marisa Bryce* Nora Daley* + Founding Officers Stephanie Ailor Kristopher Anderson Jonathan Blanc Nina Boryszczuk Bryce Cooper Jasmine Guy Kat Rothstein Jeff Tsai Johner “JT” Wilson

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Governors Stephanie Ailor Kristopher Anderson Courtney Bass Natalie M. Baumann Jonathan Blanc Nina Boryszczuk Haydee Caldero Alexandra Carlson Justin Casciola Steve Collens Isaac Colunga Bryce Cooper Joel Cornfeld Danny Cox Kim Davis‡ Lindsey Ellis Heather Erickson Juniette Feld Kimberly Frezados Rachael F. Garcia Jami Gekas Stephen George Jasmine Guy Stacie Hartman+

Conery Hoffman Adam Keats Andrew Keyt Seth Krantz‡ Stephanie Linn‡ Rachel Loftspring Marcus Mintz Brett Plyler Kathryn Rothstein Francis Sadac‡ Nancy Schumacher Dina Searle Colin Stalnecker Jennifer Stuart Katie Summy Frank Trocchio Jeff Tsai Johner “JT” Wilson David Zoltan Associate Members Karma Abraham Vanessa Abron Melissa Andrews Andrew Banas Christina Batorski Andrew Cioffi Molly Clark Scott Clodfelter Derrik Tom Ehrhart Nina Esshaki Sean Finn Benjamin Forgan Jodi Frank Myriam Fullard Justin Glasson Aimee Graham Mark Greer Reginald Guy Lucy Hall Matthew Herek Gail Hoffman Maureen Johannigman Diane Kerr Ashley Kircher Molly Kobelt Katie Lanigan Travis Leiser Marc Levy Carolyn Montford Kristina Morris Brittany Mosley Christina Napolez Noelle Osterbur Leann Perlman Ashley Pletz Sara Potts Ryan Powers Veronica Rechul Rissa Reddan David Rigler Bengi Selcukoglu

Joe Senese Laura Sexauer Ryan Shafer Steve Sherman Lydia Snowden Sylvia Snowden Henry So Tanya Stanfield Michael Stashwick Sarah Stec Lisa Stevak Jennifer Strople Kerstin Walker

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Individual Contributors Honor and Memorial Gifts By making an honorary or memorial gift to Steppenwolf Theatre Company over the past year, the following individuals celebrated a special occasion or paid tribute to a loved one. Make an honorary gift by contacting Eric Evenskaas at 312-654-5615 or eevenskaas@steppenwolf.org.

In Honor of Michael Cahan Walter Nathan

In Honor of Jan Melk Richard and Katie Gottfred

In Honor of Nora Daley Shawn M. Donnelley

In Honor of John and Carol Walter Roger and Pam Weston

In Honor of Frank Galati Susan Lane In Honor of David and Susan Kalt and Eric and Liz Lefkofsky Laura and Scott Eisen

In Memory of John J. Bransfield, Jr. Myriam L. Bransfield In Memory of Jerry Horton Katie and Nehl Horton

In Honor of Ralph Senst and Karen Zelden Linda A. Ellis

In Memory of Abby S. Magdovitz-Wasserman Dr. David Wasserman

In Memory of Dr. Morton Arnsdorf Rosemary Crowley

In Memory of James D. Suchy Richard J. Kos

In Memory of Kari Timm Jill Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Donovan

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In Memory of Nancy Wald Albert Wald In Memory of Esther Zadeik Mr. Peter A. Zadeik

Individual Contributors In-Kind Contributors Steppenwolf salutes the following individuals and organizations who donated significant goods and/or services. ARK Restaurant Group Balena Ian Barford Chef Rick Bayless Leonard Becker, Attorney at Law Kevin Boehm The BOKA Group Catering Chocolate ClientFirst Consulting Group Crain Communications Inc. Michael Davis, Hart Davis Hart Wine Co. Edge Audio EntertheChef.com Event Creative Food for Thought Frontera Grill FROST Frank Galati Jeff and Marla Garlin

Goose Island Beer Company John and Deb Gross Francis Guinan Halls Rental Moira Harris John Hart, Hart Davis Hart Wine Co. Altman Hines Transportation HMS Media Hotel Indigo JW Marriott, Chicago Chef Stephanie Izard Neringa Kardelyte Rob Katz KISS FM Chef Michael Kornick Donna La Pietra Martha Lavey Tracy Letts Limelight

Lionsgate Magnolia Bakery Magnolia Photo Booth Co. John Mahoney James Vincent Meredith Laurie Metcalf Microsoft Corporation Sandro Miller MK Restuarant Amy Morton NBCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Parks and Recreation Nick Offerman Ogilvy & Mather, Inc. POP The Public Hotel Red Star Printing Riviera Schiff Hardin LLP Anna D. Shapiro Shure Incorporated

Gary Sinise Sono Wood-Fired Starz Structured Development Sun-Times The Talbott Hotel Tasty Catering Chef Guiseppi Tentori Theatre Development Fund Tipsycake Chef Charlie Trotter David Turner Photography United Airlines Vinci Whole Foods

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Members of this special donor group are invited to exclusive events throughout the year and get the chance to get to know artists and learn how Steppenwolf productions happen. Please note that gifts listed above reflect contributions made as of January 27, 2013. Every effort is made to ensure that the information included in our program is accurate. If you have a question about your recognition or wish to alter your listing, please call the Individual Giving Department at 312-654-5615.

Please contact Jessica Gretch, Individual Giving Coordinator, at 312-654-5672 or jgretch@steppenwolf.org for more information on upgrading your Steppenwolf experience.

Announcing the

steppenwolf 2013/14 season “Five fresh new plays that will move you, make you laugh out loud, and think deeply about how we live and love.”

cHicAgO Premiere

russian TransporT

By erika Sheffer Directed by ensemble member Yasen Peyankov Featuring ensemble members Tim Hopper, mariann mayberry and Alan Wilder

ensemble member Yasen Peyankov

FeBruary 6 – may 11, 2014 a rowdy russian family in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn is on a daily hustle to achieve the american Dream. When uncle Boris arrives from the old country, his mysterious business ventures force the family to decide just how far they are willing to go to come out on top. a funny, passionate family drama that slyly transforms into a heart-pounding thriller, russian transport is a fascinating look at the contemporary american immigrant experience.

— martha Lavey, artistic Director

AmericAn Premiere

The Wheel

By Zinnie Harris Directed by ensemble member Tina Landau Featuring ensemble members Joan Allen, Tim Hopper, Ora Jones and Yasen Peyankov

ensemble member Joan Allen

WOrLd Premiere

The Way WesT

By mona mansour Directed by ensemble member Amy morton

SeptemBer 12 – NovemBer 10, 2013

aprIl 3 – JuNe 8, 2014

on a 19th century Spanish farm, Beatriz is happily preparing for her sister’s wedding when the house is overrun by soldiers. In the chaos, she becomes the unintentional guardian of a young girl. Her determination to reunite the child with her father sweeps Beatriz along on a journey across war zones and through time. But what began as a simple act of kindness takes on a strange twist when the girl acquires curious powers. The Wheel is a spellbinding story of what happens to hope

ensemble member Amy morton

cHicAgO Premiere

WOrLd Premiere

By nina raine Directed by ensemble member Austin Pendleton Featuring ensemble members Alana Arenas and Francis guinan

By Bruce norris Directed by Pam macKinnon

Tribes ensemble member Alana Arenas

In a modern-day california town that’s seen better days, mom shares death-defying tales of pioneer crossings with her two squabbling adult daughters as she waits for her bankruptcy to come through. peppered with original prairie songs, this hilarious and heartbreaking play about today’s american family explores the mixed blessing of our great frontier spirit, which has fueled both self-delusion and survival.

DecemBer 5, 2013 – FeBruary 9, 2014 Billy’s intellectual and proudly eccentric english family is its own tiny empire: private languages, in jokes and fiery arguments. Billy, deaf since birth, is the only one who truly listens. When he meets his girlfriend Sylvia, he is introduced to a larger Deaf community, which sparks a struggle for self-identity and rebellion against his family. Tribes is a sharp, witty story about finding the place where you can be heard—and the family where you belong.

The Qualms July 3 – auguSt 31, 2014 Bruce norris

at a beachside apartment complex, a group of friends gathers for their regular evening of food, drink, drugs and partnerswapping. When chris and Kristy attempt to become the newest members, the evening does not go as planned. the artichoke dip grows cold as the party devolves into a territorial battle over mating privileges. Does sex ruin everything? and what is the purpose of monogamy? pulitzer prize-winning author Bruce Norris’s comedy explores the eternal struggle for power, status and getting laid.

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Accessibility at Steppenwolf Committed to providing services and programming that enhance the experience of guests with disabilities, Steppenwolf is proud to feature:

• Audio-described performances, artistic conversations and touch tours of the stage for guests who are blind or visually-impaired. • Guides dedicated to assisting patrons during audio-described performances. • Complimentary playbills in Braille, large-print and audio formats. • Sign language-interpreted and open-captioned performances for guests who are deaf or hard-of-hearing. • Volunteers who use sign language to greet the audience at sign-interpreted performances. • Assistive listening devices in our Downstairs and Upstairs theaters. • Wheelchair accessible seats and restrooms in all of our theaters.

Stage Manager Malcolm Ewen assists Alberta O’Shaughnessy and George Hedges, subscribers who are visually-impaired, during the touch tour for Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Steppenwolf Customer Service Tips Driving to the theater? Rather than arriving to discover that our garage has reached capacity (which can happen during busy performances), please enter the Steppenwolf Parking Hotline (312-335-1774) into your cell phone and call us when you’re a few minutes away from the theater—we’ll tell you if there’s still space available in our facility, or suggest the most convenient alternative. Spending your intermission in line at the bar? Enjoy the entire break by ordering and paying for your intermission refreshments before the show. When you exit the theater at the end of the first act, your drinks will be waiting for you. Need restaurant information or the score of the ballgame? Please visit our book shop and information desk at the south end of the main floor lobby.

Hailing a cab after the play? This is typically an easy affair—Halsted is a busy street and sees a fair amount of taxi traffic. If you’d like assistance hailing a cab or calling a company, though, just ask a member of the house staff; we’re happy to help. Lost or Found? On-site? Please check in with a member of the house staff. Already left? Call the Front of House office at 312-932-2445.

Images from Steppenwolf’s 2011 Red or White Ball

Would you like to utilize or learn more about these services? Audience Services 312-335-1650 TTY 312-335-3830 E-mail access@steppenwolf.org

Want to provide feedback? Your input is always valuable to us. Have an opinion about the play or artistic content? Stick around for the post-show discussion featured after every performance, fill out the 60-Second Survey inserted in this program or join the conversation at facebook.com/steppenwolftheater. Have a comment about your overall experience at the theater? Please ask us for a customer service form to fill out, or e-mail us at customerservice@steppenwolf.org.

Ordinary Becomes Extraordinary There is always a reason to celebrate

A palate of artisan ingredients, global traditions and colorful settings make the possibilities endless in the “social” celebration spectrum. Entertaining Company embraces our always original “no-boundaries” roots and will design a one-of-a-kind party for you and your guests that will be so….you. Our approach to event and menu design showcases and borrows “best of” influences from traditional to trend, simple to exotic – in food, drink, décor and setting. Corporate • Social • Holiday • Galas • Weddings

Latecomers will be seated at the discretion of the House Manager. The theater reserves the right to limit admission of children younger than the age of six. The taking of photographs and the use of any type of recording device is not allowed in the theater during performances and is a violation of state and federal copyright laws. Digital media will be deleted, and tape or film will be confiscated.

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