WELCOME TO TRUE WEST In 1982, my mother took me to see True West at the Apollo Theater on Lincoln Avenue. It was not the first play I’d ever seen (not by a long shot), nor was it the first Steppenwolf play I had seen, but it may as well have been both. I was fifteen years old, in a hormonal and emotional agony that created in me a kind of scary, all-consuming numbness that I still remember to this day. I was always a pretty placid kid but this was something different. Most of the time I felt like I was looking at myself from a distance and the rest of the time I didn’t care. Things that were supposed to be about me—books, movies, talks with my folks—didn’t land or worse felt totally off the mark. It was a lonely time. And suddenly, in that theater, two old guys (both of whom were younger than I am now) playing embattled brothers in a cage match for dominance, survival and relevance reached across not just the footlights, but the million miles that separated my experience from theirs and woke up my heart, ignited my imagination, and reminded me of the sound of my own laughter. I loved every moment. As Artistic Director of Steppenwolf Theatre, programming is a constant questioning of the function of the art we make in our audiences’ lives and the purpose of making it for the artists on our stages. To choose to revisit any story is to double-down on both. Steppenwolf is one of the only theaters in the country whose legacy includes both plays and actors, having written into history stories and performances that have shaped the American theatre. But theatre, no matter how memorable, is still essentially ephemeral, living only for a moment until it disappears into time and the truly subjective memory of the lucky witness. But a great story—and True West is a great story—if allowed, can live forever. And like all great stories, the way it is done can shape-shift to match the moment while what it means continues to echo in the eternal. Sam Shepard’s project had always been the American story. So has ours. And as the Steppenwolf story has only grown more comprehensive over this last 35 years, so has our ability to re-see our America and every citizen in it, opening the lens of how we see both old and new. What an incredible blessing—to see Lee and Austin ride again under a new sky, but on the same ground—and reach again, toward each and every one of us. Anna D. Shapiro, Artistic Director
CONTENTS 6
R EHEARSAL PHOTOS By Juli Del Prete
8
BIOS
16 THE STEPPENWOLF ENSEMBLE ON TRUE WEST Edited by Patrick Zakem
EDITOR Paul Miller
CONTRIBUTORS Juli Del Prete Natasha Freeman Hallie Gordon Brianna Parry A.J. Roy Anna D. Shapiro Patrick Zakem
DESIGN Donovan Foote
COVER Illustration by Donovan Foote
TO ADVERTISE Contact: Bryan Dowling 708-434-5869 bryan@media8midwest.‌com smARTmagazines/ smARTsponsorships
STEPPENWOLF SOCIAL facebook.com/SteppenwolfTheatre youtube.com/user/steppenwolftheatre @steppenwolfthtr @steppenwolfthtr #truewestSTC steppenwolf.org 1
STEPPENWOLF SALUTES THE SPONSORS OF TRUE WEST Lead Production Sponsor Helen Zell Premier Production Sponsors
Joyce Chelberg Individual Production Sponsors Michael Bender and Sheridan Prior Bob and Amy Greenebaum Susan and Robert A. Wislow Endowment Sponsors Douglas R. Brown Playwright/Director Endowment Fund Avy and Marcie Stein Sustaining Fund for the Ensemble John and Carol Walter Endowment Fund Nancy L. Wald Endowment Fund
2 True West
Anna D. Shapiro† Artistic Director
David Schmitz Executive Director
STEPPENWOLF THEATRE COMPANY PRESENTS
TRUE WEST By Sam
Shepard Directed by Randall Arney†
FEATURING Francis Guinan* , Jon Michael Hill*†, Namir Smallwood*† and Jacqueline Williams* †
PRODUCTION Todd Rosenthal+ Scenic Design Trevor Bowen+ Costume Design Ann G. Wrightson+ Lighting Design Richard Woodbury+ Sound Design and Original Music Ned Mochel Fight Choreographer Gigi Buffington Company Voice and Text Coach Penny Lane Studios Wig Design Jonathan Berry Artistic Producer Tom Pearl Director of Production JC Clementz, CSA Casting Director Laura D. Glenn* Production Stage Manager Amanda Landis* Assistant Stage Manager ( July 5 – August 4) Jaclynn Joslin* Assistant Stage Manager (August 6 – August 25)
True West is presented by special arrangement with SAMUEL FRENCH, INC. Steppenwolf Theatre Company is a constituent of Theatre Communications 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 Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, a national theatrical labor union.
3
CAST AND CONTRIBUTORS CAST (in alphabetical order) Francis Guinan*† Saul Kimmer Jon Michael Hill*† Austin Namir Smallwood*† Lee Jacqueline Williams* Mom
UNDERSTUDIES (in alphabetical order)
Kai A. Ealy Lee Rashaad Hall Austin RJW Mays Mom Christopher M. Walsh Saul SETTING Southern California: A suburb 40 miles east of Los Angeles. Late Summer, 1980 This play will be presented with one intermission. Entry and re-entry to the theater after this performance begins is not guaranteed. There will be a post-show discussion following the performance. † 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.
4 True West
ADDITIONAL STAFF Fatima Sowe Assistant Director Alex Stevens Assistant Lighting Design Devin O’Leary Additional Carpentry Zhanna Albertini, Elyse Balogh, Meghan Erxleban and Sarah Lewis Additional Paint May Treuhaft-Ali Research Associate Katelynn Barker Costume Design Assistant Dana Nestrick Craft Artisan Nakia Shalice Avila Stage Management Apprentice/Fellow Jared Bellot, Greg Geffrard, Lavina Jadhwani, Lauren Katz, Derek Matson, Neel McNeill and Leean Kim Torske Post Show Discussion Moderators The theater reserves the right to limit admission of children younger than the age of six. As a courtesy to the actors and your fellow patrons, please turn off your cell phones before the performance. The taking of photographs and the use of any type of recording device are 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.
THE 2019/2020 SEASON
THEATER THAT
MOVES
ALBERT THEATRE
BERNHARDT/ HAMLET
By Theresa Rebeck Directed by Donna Feore
SEPT. 14 – OCT. 20, 2019
ROE
By Lisa Loomer Directed by Vanessa
Join us for a season of visionary work featuring fresh and energetic voices— eight plays with the power to entertain, challenge and fearlessly reflect our world.
5-play memberships start at just $100!
Stalling
JAN. 18 – FEB. 23, 2020
OWEN THEATRE
DANA H. By Lucas
Hnath
Adapted from Interviews with Dana Higginbotham, Conducted by Steve Cosson
MOLLY SWEENEY By Brian Friel Directed by Robert
Falls
MAR. 7 – APR. 12, 2020
Directed by Les
Waters
SEPT. 6 – OCT. 6, 2019
GRAVEYARD SHIFT
By Korde Arrington Tuttle Directed by Danya Taymor
AMERICAN MARIACHI
By José Cruz González Directed by Henry Godinez
APR. 25 – MAY 31, 2020
THE OUTSIDERS
Based on the Novel by S.E. Hinton and Francis Ford Coppola’s Motion Picture Book by Adam Rapp Music and Lyrics by Jamestown Revival (Jonathan Clay and Zach Chance) and Justin Levine Directed by Liesl Tommy
JUNE 20 – AUG. 2, 2020
2019/2020 Season Sponsors
FEB. 7 – MAR. 8, 2020
SCHOOL GIRLS; OR, THE AFRICAN MEAN GIRLS PLAY By Jocelyn Bioh Directed by Lili-Anne
Brown
MAR. 27 – APR. 26, 2020
GoodmanTheatre.org/1920season 312.443.3800
TRUE WEST IN REHEARSAL Photography by Juli Del Prete
Cast member Francis Guinan*
6 True West
Cast member Jacqueline Williams
*Steppenwolf ensemble member
Cast members Jon Michael Hill* and Namir Smallwood*
Cast member Jon Michael Hill*
Director Randall Arney*
*Steppenwolf ensemble member
Cast members Jon Michael Hill*, Jacqueline Williams and Namir Smallwood*
Visit steppenwolf.org for videos, production images and more rehearsal images. 7
TRUE WEST BIOS Namir Smallwood (Lee) joined the Steppenwolf ensemble in March 2017, where he has been seen in Aziza Barnes’ BLKS, Steppenwolf for Young Adults’ Monster, Christina Anderson’s Man In Love and The Hot L Baltimore. Other Chicago credits include The Lost Boys of Sudan (Victory Gardens Theater); the world premiere of Philip Dawkins’ Charm (Northlight Theatre); The Grapes of Wrath (Gift Theatre); and East Texas Hot Links (Writers’ Theatre). Regional credits include Marin Theatre Company, Pillsbury House Theatre, Ten Thousand Things and Guthrie Theater. New York credits include Lincoln Jon Michael Hill (Austin) has Center Theater’s productions of Pipeline been a Steppenwolf ensemble by Dominique Morisseau and Pass Over by member since 2007 and was Antoinette Nwandu. Television credits include last seen on Steppenwolf’s Chicago Fire, Betrayal and Elementary. stage as Moses in Antoinette Jacqueline Williams (Mom) Nwandu’s Pass Over, which was filmed by Steppenwolf credits include Spike Lee and released by Amazon Studios. Familiar, The Christians, Hill reprised the role of Moses in the Lincoln Airline Highway, Head of Center Theater production the following Passes (also at the Mark year. Hill currently appears as Detective Marcus Bell in the CBS-TV series Elementary. Taper Forum opposite Phylicia Rashad), Hot L Baltimore, The Brother Sister Plays He was nominated for a Tony Award and and others. Credits include: Father Comes won an Outer Critics Circle and Theatre Home from the Wars, Pullman Porter Blues World Award for his role as Franco Wicks (some performances), stop. reset, Camino in the Broadway production of Superior Real, Trinity River Plays, Blues for an Donuts by ensemble member Tracy Letts. Alabama Sky, Amen Corner, Ooh-Blah-Dee Hill has also performed at Steppenwolf in (Goodman Theatre); Guess Who’s Coming The Hot L Baltimore, The Tempest, Kafka on to Dinner, Harvey, Man in the Ring, Gem the Shore, The Unmentionables and others. Additional television and film credits include of the Ocean, Fences, Caroline or Change and Electra (title role) (Court Theatre); Detroit 1-8-7, Eastbound and Down, Skeleton Crew, The Miser, Gees Bend Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Person of Interest, Windows, In The Radiant City and (Northlight Theatre); The House That Will Not Stand, A Wonder in my Soul and Gospel of No Pay, Nudity. Loving Kindness (Victory Gardens Theater). She toured with the Market Theatre of Johannesburg. She is a multi-award winner and has worked and toured extensively Francis Guinan (Saul Kimmer) is a member of the Steppenwolf Theatre Company ensemble. Tonight Mr. Guinan returns to the role he played in Steppenwolf’s previous production of True West in 1982. He has appeared in more than 30 Steppenwolf productions including Downstate, You Got Older, The Minutes, The Rembrandt, Hir, The Herd, The Night Alive, Tribes, The Birthday Party, The Book Thief, Time Stands Still, Endgame, American Buffalo, Fake, The Seafarer, August: Osage County and The Real Inspector Hound. For Malcom.
8 Bios
regionally. Broadway credits include Young Man From Atlanta. Off Broadway credits include: From The Mississippi Delta (Oprah Winfrey co-produced), Talented Tenth and Mill Fire. Television and film credits include cast of Turks, recurring Mrs. Brown on The Chi, Officer Becerra on Chicago Fire/PD/ Med, Warden Myers on Empire, Prison Break, Heartlock, The Break Up and The Lake House. Randall Arney (Director) is an ensemble member and former artistic director of Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theatre Company, where his directing credits include Slowgirl, The Seafarer, The Beauty Queen of Leenane, Death and the Maiden, Curse of the Starving Class, Killers and The Geography of Luck, among others. Arney also directed Steppenwolf’s world premiere of Steve Martin’s Picasso at the Lapin Agile, as well as the subsequent national and internationally acclaimed productions. Mr. Arney’s acting credits with Steppenwolf Theatre Company include Born Yesterday, Ghost in the Machine, The Homecoming, Frank’s Wild Years, You Can’t Take It with You, Fool for Love, True West, Balm in Gilead and Coyote Ugly. As the artistic director for Steppenwolf from 1987 to 1995, Arney oversaw the creation of a new state-ofthe-art theater which is Steppenwolf’s current home. Broadway transfers under his leadership include The Rise and Fall of Little Voice, The Song of Jacob Zulu (six Tony Award nominations) and The Grapes of Wrath (1990 Tony Award, Best Play). Arney recently served as the artistic director of the Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles (1999 to 2017). In addition to his artistic programming and oversight at the Geffen, Arney has directed many productions for the theater, including Icebergs, Outside
Mullingar, The Night Alive, Reasons to Be Pretty, Slowgirl, American Buffalo, Superior Donuts, The Female of the Species, Speedthe-Plow and All My Sons. Arney has an M.F.A. degree in Acting from Illinois State University and has taught master classes and workshops at the University of California, Los Angeles; Steppenwolf, around the U.S., and in Tokyo. Member of SAG-AFTRA, SDC, and Equity. Sam Shepard (Playwright) Sam Shepard’s first New York plays, Cowboys and The Rock Garden, were produced by Theatre Genesis in 1964. For several seasons, he worked with OffOff-Broadway theatre groups including La MaMa and Caffe Cino. Eleven of his plays won Obie Awards, including Chicago, The Tooth of the Crime and Curse of the Starving Class. Other award-winning plays include Fool for Love, True West, A Lie of the Mind and Buried Child, for which he won a Pulitzer Prize in 1979. In 1986, Shepard was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters and received the Gold Medal for Drama from the Academy in 1992. He was inducted into the Theater Hall of Fame two years later. As a writer and director, he filmed Far North and Silent Tongue. As an actor, he appeared in numerous films, including The Right Stuff, Days of Heaven and Resurrection. His final works of prose, The One Inside and Spy of the First Person, were published in 2017, the year of his death. Todd Rosenthal (Scenic Design) Broadway credits include August: Osage County (Tony Award), The Motherfucker with the Hat (Tony nomination),Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf, Of Mice and Men, This is Our Youth, Fish in the Dark, Straight White Men and Linda Vista. Designed 6 seasons for Big Apple Circus. International Bios 9
…cont’d Bios
credits include August: Osage County (London, Australia); Nice Fish, Downstate (London); Madama Butterfly, The Beauty Queen of Leenane (Ireland). Regional credits include Goodman Theatre (artistic partner), Guthrie Theatre, Mark Taper Forum, American Repertory Theatre, La Jolla Playhouse, Arena Stage, Berkeley Repertory, Alley Theatre and Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Museum exhibitions include Mythbusters: The Explosive Exhibition and International Exhibition of Sherlock Holmes. Other awards: USITT Distinguished Achievement Award, Olivier, Helen Hayes, Ovation, Jeff, Michael Merritt. Professor, Northwestern University. Graduate, Yale School of Drama. Trevor Bowen (Costume Design) is delighted to return to Steppenwolf Theatre Company. His credits include BLKS (Steppenwolf Theatre Company); The Fix (Minnesota Opera); Sweat (Asolo Repertory Theatre); Corduroy, I Come from Arizona (Children’s Theatre Company); All is Calm (Sheen Center); Girl Shakes Loose (Penumbra Theatre); Bloodknot (Pillsbury House Theatre); An Octoroon, Pussy Valley and Hir (Mixed Blood Theatre); Nina Simone: Four Women (Park Square Theatre); Electra, Fiddler on the Roof, (Ten Thousand Things Theatre); We Are Proud to Present…, Choir Boy (Guthrie Theatre); The Watsons Go to Birmingham (Kennedy Center); Ragtime (5th Ave) and Thirst, pen/man/ship (Contemporary American Theatre Festival). Ann G. Wrightston (Lighting Design) Recent projects include The Rembrandt (Steppenwolf Theatre Company); A Doll’s House Part 2 (St. Louis Repertory Theatre); and Feeding the Dragon (Hartford Stage, City Theatre and Cherry Lane Theatre). Past projects include Constellations, Hir and Georama, a musical. Ann designed the Broadway production of Souvenir 10 Bios
and was a Tony nominee for her work on the Tony Award-winning August: Osage County, which she designed for Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Broadway, London, Sydney and the National Tour. She designs extensively in regional theatres including Cleveland Playhouse, Denver Theatre Center, Yale Repertory Theatre, Portland Center Stage, the Kennedy Center and ten seasons at Oregon Shakespeare Festival. In the fall 2018 Ann was a guest lecturer at University of Texas-Austin teaching graduate Lighting Design skills. Awards include a 2017 NYMF award for Best Design for Georama, a 2014 PAMTA for Best Design for Fiddler on the Roof at Portland Center Stage, 2009 IRNE Award, Best Lighting, Fences at Huntington Theatre and a Backstage Garland Award, Magic Fire at Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Richard Woodbury (Sound Design and Original Music) returns to Steppenwolf Theatre Company where prior credits include original music and/or sound design for Linda Vista, HIR, Mary Page Marlowe, The Night Alive, Slowgirl, Belleville, Middletown, August: Osage County and others. Additional credits include The Winter’s Tale, Support Group for Men, An Enemy of the People, Blind Date, Ah Wilderness, and 2666 at the Goodman Theatre where he is Resident Sound Designer, and numerous productions at regional theatres across the United States. Broadway credits include Desire Under the Elms, August: Osage County, Talk Radio and others. Richard has received Joseph Jefferson, Helen Hayes, Ruth Page, IRNE and Ovation awards for outstanding sound design. Ned Mochel (Fight Choreographer) was fight choreographer for Steppenwolf Theatre Company’s The Song of Jacob Zulu in Chicago and on Broadway directed by Eric Simonson. Also at Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Ned was fight choreographer for
A View From The Bridge directed by BJ Jones and Your Home In The West directed by Tom Irwin. Ned was fight director for Lyric Opera’s production of McTeague directed by Robert Altman. In LA, Ned did fight work at the Geffen Playhouse for The Gift, The Jacksonian, Superior Donuts, Ruined and Fat Pig. Ned was fight director for both west coast premieres of the Tracy Letts plays Killer Joe and Bug.
Into the Breeches! (Northlight Theatre), and Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (Writers Theatre). In addition to being a wig studio, Penny Lane is a full service hair salon in Logan Square. Visit pennylanechicago.com and follow us on Instagram @pennylanewigs and @pennylanestudios.
Gigi Buffington (Company Voice and Text Coach) has worked at Steppenwolf Theatre Company as Vocal Coach on MS. BLAKK FOR PRESIDENT, The Children, A Doll’s House, Part 2, Familiar, Downstate, The Doppelgänger (an international farce), Guards at the Taj, The Minutes, The Rembrandt, Hir, Pass Over, Linda Vista, and Mary Page Marlowe. Broadway: Straight White Men, King Kong; Dying City and Mary Page Marlowe (Second Stage); Noura (Playwrights Horizons); Pass Over (LCT3); Uncle Romeo Vanya Juliet (Bedlam Theatre); Coriolanus (Red Bull Theater); The Tempest (LaMama Theatre); The Merchant Of Venice (Venice, Italy); Elizabeth R: texts & beheadings (Brooklyn Academy of Music and The Folger); A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Hamlet, Love’s Labour’s Lost, (Royal Shakespeare Company); The Maids (director), Pericles, Othello, An Illiad, The Seagull, Hamlet, Romeo & Juliet, Richard III, (American Players Theatre). Associate Arts Professor, Tisch School of the Arts, New York University. AEA, SAG/AFTRA and VASTA.
Laura D. Glenn (Production Stage Manager) is thrilled to be working with Randall Arney again. Previous collaborations with Randy over the past 31 years at Steppenwolf include Slowgirl, Beauty Queen of Leenane, Ghost in the Machine, Picasso at the Lapin Agile, Death and the Maiden, Curse of the Starving Class, Love Letters and Killers. Some other Production Stage Management credits include Butler, The Whipping Man, The Odd Couple, Seasons Greetings, Sense and Sensibility, A Life, Souvenir, Better Late, Retreat from Moscow, Permanent Collection, Blue/Orange, Rounding Third, A Skull in Connemara and several others (Northlight Theatre). International credits include Better Late (Northlight Theatre); Orange Flower Water, Purple Heart (Steppenwolf Theatre Company); all at the Galway Arts Festival in Galway Ireland; The Man Who Came to Dinner at BITE festival at the Barbican Center in London (Steppenwolf Theatre Company); and the regional and Broadway production of Buried Child (Steppenwolf Theatre Company). Laura has been a proud member of Actor’s Equity Association for twenty-nine years.
Penny Lane Studios (Wig Design) consists of Samantha Umstead, Emily Young, Coral Gable, and Christine Conley. They are honored to have been working with Steppenwolf Theatre Company since Good People in 2012. Other notable Steppenwolf credits include John Steinbeck’s East of Eden, Mary Page Marlowe and Head of Passes. Most recently they have designed wigs and hair for Act(s) of God (Lookingglass Theatre),
Amanda Landis (Assistant Stage Manager, July 5 – August 4) is thrilled to return to Steppenwolf Theatre Company after working on La Ruta and The Children earlier in the season. Chicago credits include Macbeth, Two Pints (Chicago Shakespeare Theater); Lookingglass Alice and Title and Deed (Lookingglass Theatre Company). Other credits include Lettice and Lovage (Resident Ensemble Players); The Bios 11
…cont’d Bios
Wolves, Hedda Gabler, Moment, Between Riverside and Crazy, Bad Jews, Chimerica (Studio Theatre); An Octoroon, Kiss (Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company); The Smartest Girl in the World (Imagination Stage); In the Heights (GALA Hispanic Theatre); Peter and the Starcatcher (Constellation Theatre Company) and others. Amanda holds a BA in Theatre Arts from Northwestern University. Jaclynn Joslin (Assistant Stage Manager, August 6 – August 25) is thrilled to return to Steppenwolf! Her credits include Familiar, Guards at the Taj, BLKS, The Crucible, Between Riverside and Crazy, The Flick, and John Steinbeck’s East of Eden (Steppenwolf Theatre Company); Linda Vista (Center Theatre Group); The Adventures of Augie March, For Colored Girls, Photograph 51, Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, All My Sons, Harvey, The Hard Problem, Blues for an Alabama Sky (Court Theatre); Continuity, The King of Hell’s Palace (Goodman Theatre); Hard Times (Lookingglass Theatre Company); Roz and Ray (Victory Gardens Theater); The Outgoing Tide, Oceanside and 13 Things About Ed Carpolotti, Year Zero (Merrimack Repertory Theatre). Anna D. Shapiro (Artistic Director) joined the Steppenwolf ensemble in 2005 and was awarded the 2008 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play for August: Osage County (Steppenwolf, Broadway, London). She was nominated in 2011 in the same category for The Motherf**ker with the Hat (Public Theater, Labyrinth Theater). Other directing credits at Steppenwolf include The Minutes, Visiting Edna, Mary Page Marlowe, Three Sisters, A Parallelogram, Up, The Crucible, The Unmentionables (also at Yale Repertory Theatre), The Pain and the Itch (also in New York), I Never Sang for My Father, Man from Nebraska, Purple Heart
(also in Galway, Ireland), The Drawer Boy, Side Man (also in Ireland, Australia and Vail, Colorado), Three Days of Rain, The Infidel and This Is Our Youth (which transferred to Broadway). Other Broadway credits include Of Mice and Men (with James Franco) and Fish in the Dark (with Larry David). OffBroadway credits include Domesticated (Lincoln Center Theater). She is a graduate of the Yale School of Drama and Columbia. She is a full professor in Northwestern University’s Department of Theatre. David Schmitz (Executive Director) has worked at Steppenwolf Theatre Company for 14 years, serving in the roles of Director of Finance and Administration, General Manager and currently as Executive Director. Prior to working at Steppenwolf, David was the General Manager at Lookingglass Theatre Company, Associate Artistic Director of Stage Left Theatre and Business Manager at the entertainment agency Adair Performance. Currently, he serves as Vice President of the Board for The House Theatre of Chicago as well as on the boards of the League of Chicago Theatres and Arts Alliance Illinois. David is a former board member for the Lincoln Park Chamber of Commerce and has worked as a strategic planning, business practices, finance and hiring consultant for numerous Chicago organizations, including The House Theatre of Chicago, The Hypocrites and Stage Left Theatre, among others. He holds a BA in theatre from the University of Northern Colorado, an MFA from the Theatre Conservatory at the Chicago College of Performing Arts, Roosevelt University and a Certificate in Non Profit Management from Roosevelt University.
OCTOBER 2 – 19, 2019
THE BROTHERS SIZE By ensemble member Tarell
Alvin McCraney
Directed by Monty
Cole
Student matinees Tuesday – Friday | $7.50 per student To book group tickets to a student matinee please visit steppenwolf.org/syaseason Public performance tickets only $20 (students $15) | steppenwolf.org | 312-335-1650 Lead Supporter of Steppenwolf Education
Major Supporters of Steppenwolf Education
Dance Nation
FIND YOURSELF HERE
By Clare Barron Directed and choreographed by Lee Sunday Evans Featuring ensemble members Audrey Francis, Tim Hopper, Caroline Neff and Karen Rodriguez December 12, 2019 – January 26, 2020 A pre-teen dance troupe navigates ambition, friendship and desire as they claw their way to Nationals in Tampa Bay. Featuring a multigenerational cast of women playing our pre-teen heroines, this Chicago premiere is fiercely funny, theatrically inventive and full of heart.
Bug
The Great Leap
By Lauren Yee Directed by Jesca Prudencio September 5 – October 20, 2019 When an American basketball team travels to Beijing amidst tensions in the late 80s, past relationships collide with present day revelations. Witty and weighty, this Chicago premiere explores cultural barriers, political risks and personal sacrifice. Lauren Yee’s The Great Leap is sure to be compelling to basketball fans, history buffs and everyone who has ever had a dream.
Lindiwe
By ensemble member Eric Simonson Music by Ladysmith Black Mambazo Directed by ensemble member Eric Simonson and Jonathan Berry Featuring Ladysmith Black Mambazo November 7 – December 29, 2019 The evocative live music of Ladysmith Black Mambazo forms the foundation of this Steppenwolf world premiere production written and co-directed by ensemble member Eric Simonson. As the story travels from Chicago’s Kingston Mines to South Africa and beyond, Lindiwe’s love story challenges us to define the boundaries between this world and the next, all the while exploring the sacrifices we make for love.
By ensemble member Tracy Letts Directed by David Cromer Featuring ensemble members Carrie Coon and Namir Smallwood January 23 – March 8, 2020 In a seedy Oklahoma motel room, a lonely waitress begins an unexpected love affair with a young drifter. And then they see the first bugs… Tracy Letts’s mind-bending cult classic—a luridly funny tale of love, paranoia, and government conspiracy—roars back to Chicago for its Steppenwolf debut.
The Most Spectacularly Lamentable Trial of Miz Martha Washington
By James ljames Directed by Whitney White Featuring ensemble members Ora Jones and Celeste M. Cooper April 2 – May 17, 2020 The recently widowed “Mother of America” lies helpless in her Mount Vernon bed, ravaged by illness and attended to by the very enslaved people who will be free the moment she dies. The form-shifting fever dream that follows takes us deep into the ugly, uncomfortable and thorny ramifications of America’s original sin. Both fantastical and fraught with cruel reality, this Chicago premiere from a daring new voice pulls no punches as it puts our idols, and ourselves, on trial.
King James
By ensemble member Rajiv Joseph Directed by ensemble member Anna D. Shapiro Featuring ensemble member Glenn Davis May 7 – June 21, 2020 “King” LeBron James’s reign in Cleveland brings promise, prosperity and renewal to a city in desperate need of all three. As the city celebrates a championship, two estranged friends spar in a verbal game of 1 on 1, revealing past secrets, present truths, and a possible future after “The King” has left the building. Steppenwolf in association with Center Theatre Group co-present this world premiere by ensemble member Rajiv Joseph, and directed by ensemble member Anna D. Shapiro. King James will also be produced in LA as part of Center Theatre Group’s 2020/21 season.
Catch as Catch Can
By Mia Chung Directed by Ken Rus Schmoll Featuring ensemble member Audrey Francis June 4 — July 26, 2020 Two blue collar New England families grapple with a spiraling crisis that threatens not just their relationships, but their very identities. Three actors take on the six roles, crossing both generation and gender, upending the kitchen sink drama in what will surely be a theatrical tour-de-force. A distinctive Chicago premiere by the gifted writer Mia Chung.
MEMBERSHIPS
START AT $100
steppenwolf.org/memberships
HOW DO YOU NAVIGATE FAMILY HISTORY WHILE TRYING TO WRITE YOUR OWN? The Brothers Size
By ensemble member Tarell Alvin McCraney Directed by Monty Cole October 2 – 19, 2019 in the Downstairs Theatre Returning to our stage for the first time since its celebrated Chicago premiere, Steppenwolf for Young Adults presents Tarell Alvin McCraney’s The Brothers Size. Ogun Size is hardworking and heartbroken. Oshoosi Size is recently returned home from prison and trying to be anywhere but. In this fierce and honest look at the complex bonds of brotherhood, McCraney weaves together poetry, music and Yoruba mythology to magnify the tug-of-war between freedom and the need to belong somewhere, to something, to someone.
I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter
Based on the book by Erika L. Sánchez Adapted by Isaac Gomez Directed by ensemble member Sandra Marquez Featuring ensemble member Karen Rodriguez February 26 – March 21, 2020 in the Upstairs Theatre A world premiere adaptation of Erika L. Sánchez’s award-winning novel, I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter follows Julia, a Chicago high school student as she navigates trials and tribulations of following her dreams of becoming a writer alongside the death of her older sister, Olga—who might not have been quite as perfect as she seemed. This poignant and vibrant new work is a love story to young Chicanas who, in trying to find the truth about the people and the world around them, end up finding themselves.
Ensemble members Jeff Perry and John Malkovich in Steppenwolf’s 1982 production of True West
THE STEPPENWOLF ENSEMBLE ON
TRUE WEST Edited by Patrick Zakem
In 1982, Steppenwolf exploded onto the American Theatre scene with its now legendary production of Sam Shepard’s True West. Now, 37 years later, ensemble members Randall Arney, Francis Guinan, Jon Michael Hill, Laurie Metcalf, Jeff Perry, and Gary Sinise, along with Artistic Producer Jonathan Berry, share reflections on Shepard’s play. What is your earliest memory of encountering True West? Jeff Perry: Gary Sinise (one of Steppenwolf’s Co-Founders and our Artistic Director at the time in 1982) had been lobbying Sam Shepard’s agent for the rights for quite a while—we were aware that its world premiere production in New York, mysteriously to us, hadn’t been met with the critical passion that we felt the play could inspire. It was Gary’s excitement upon landing the rights for us to produce its Chicago premiere that I first remember.
16 Features
Gary Sinise: It was a play that I tried to get the rights to for a while and it was a bit difficult at that time. Sam Shepard’s agent wanted to give that play to the Goodman Theatre; she was hoping that the Goodman would do it. Every time I would call she would say, “We want the Goodman to do it. We don’t know who you are. We have no idea who Steppenwolf is. We want the Goodman to do it.” And finally, I guess, the Goodman wasn’t gonna do it. I called enough times that she went ahead and just gave us the rights.
Randall Arney: My first encounter with True West came when I was an understudy for the first production. It was a treat to watch the show come together in rehearsal. Then getting to play Saul with Jeff Perry, John Malkovich, and Laurie Metcalf when the show moved to the Apollo Theater in the summer of ’82 was a privilege and a blast! Laurie Metcalf: One of my strongest memories during rehearsal was John Malkovich needing to go to the bathroom after chugging so many beers and deciding to just pee in the sink on the set. He asked Gary, who was directing and sitting out in the house, if that was going to be ok during the show. Gary said, “Uhhhh, sure man.” Francis Guinan: My first memory is the decision in rehearsal to base my Saul character on Wayne Adams, a New York producer of Say Goodnight, Gracie and a friend of Steppenwolf. Wayne was immensely funny, talented and energetic. He eventually played Saul himself in New York when our production moved to the Cherry Lane Theatre. When you think back to the first Steppenwolf production of True West in 1982, what words come first to your mind? Laurie Metcalf: Aggressive. Jeff Perry: Well, let me bend my answer to two words—brotherly warfare. Randall Arney: Audacious. And wild. Francis Guinan: One word: intimidation. I recall Jeff Perry and John Malkovich had a bit where John would bring a five iron right up to Jeff’s face and tap gently on the lens of his glasses. It was simultaneously scary and funny.
What did the 1982 production of True West mean for Steppenwolf at the time? Gary Sinise: It was a great cast and very funny; it did well at our home at the time, the Jane Addams Hull House. And then we moved it into a commercial run at Chicago’s Apollo Theater. We ran it there all summer before we moved it to New York. It was a big hit for us; it did a lot. It brought us onto the international stage. Because if something goes well in New York, you get a lot of international attention, because it’s written up in newspapers all over the place. And suddenly it was a big turning point for the theater, going from kind of a locally recognized theater in Chicago to a more internationally recognized company. It began a pattern of what has now been many years of moving shows to New York, but it was the first one we did there, and it certainly set the stage for a lot of cool things in the 1980’s and beyond. What is it like revisiting this play at a different moment in Steppenwolf’s life? Jonathan Berry: This is a play I thought I knew, having seen the filmed version in acting class and having heard the stories in the span of 20 years of working here. But what I’m finding remarkable is, being in the rehearsal room, I’m experiencing the extraordinary brilliance in the writing. The work that Jon and Namir are doing in their explorations are banishing whatever ghosts may have originally lurked around the rehearsal room. The story of these two brothers, seen through this current lens, is simultaneously reaching back while at the same time feeling Features 17
impossibly, improbably current. A great story, told by brilliant actors, will always reveal truth to the moment of the telling.
Are there any specific moments in that original production that still stick with you?
Jon Michael Hill: I think it says the same things it was saying then. No matter what societal constraints we adopt there is always the human pull toward the freedom of our natural state. Familial baggage is passed down through generations. Hollywood is about who is the best at selling their bullshit. All still true today. It’s not helpful to think about past productions much when you’re trying to find your own way through a production but there are constant reminders. Thing is, I always approach the work full throttle. So when I think about it, it’s the same process as usual. That’s all I’m in control of.
Francis Guinan: My favorite specific moment in rehearsal was when Laurie Metcalf, playing Mom, walked in one night with a “kick me” sign on her back. Laurie Metcalf: I was playing the mom and decided to stick a sign on my back that said “kick me,” as if someone on her bus trip had put it there. John saw it halfway through our scene and fell to his knees laughing. Not particularly needed in the scene, but it amused all of us. Jeff Perry: The Veterans Night performance (a final dress performance performed exclusively for military veterans) during the original run at the Hull House elicited a night full of visceral reactions from the audience that was closer to a boxing match crowd than anything we could have expected or had encountered before. Gary Sinise: It was kind of, you know, it’s like coyotes tearing at each other. There’s a cool image at the end where the brothers are facing off and the coyotes start yapping.
Ensemble members Laurie Metcalf and John Malkovich in Steppenwolf’s 1982 production of True West
18 Features
Randall Arney: Having had the pleasure of performing in it for that summer of ’82 with my friends and fellow actors, there are just too many memorable moments to name... both onstage and backstage! In fact, 37 years later, it is amazing to me how vivid, clear, and present the memories are. Revisiting the play, this time as director, is bringing so many of those memories back to the fore. And it is gratifying to be adding Steppenwolf True West memories all these years later…
AD
IN MEMORIAM
MALCOLM EWEN
JUNE 1954 – MAY 2019
“ Malcom was simply the best of us. A big man in a small world, a model of patience and kindness: truly a life-lesson in what’s important and, perhaps more profoundly, what isn’t. It is impossible to imagine Steppenwolf without him.” — Anna D. Shapiro, Artistic Director
THE STEPPENWOLF ENSEMBLE Steppenwolf Theatre Company is the nation’s premier ensemble theater. Formed by a collective of actors in 1976, the ensemble members represents a remarkable cross-section of actors, directors and playwrights. Thrilling and powerful productions from Balm in Gilead and August: Osage County to Pass Over and Downstate—and accolades that include the National Medal of Arts and 12 Tony Awards—have made the theater legendary. Steppenwolf produces hundreds of performances and events annually in its three spaces: the 515-seat Downstairs Theatre, the 299-seat Upstairs Theatre and the 80-seat 1700 Theatre. Artistic programing includes a seven-play season; a two-play Steppenwolf for Young Adults season; Visiting Company engagements; and LookOut, a multi-genre performances series. Education initiatives include the nationally recognized work of Steppenwolf for Young Adults, which engages 15,000 participants annually from Chicago’s diverse communities; the esteemed School at Steppenwolf; and Professional Leadership Programs for arts administration training. While firmly grounded in the Chicago community, nearly 40 original Steppenwolf productions have enjoyed success both nationally and internationally, including Broadway, Off-Broadway, London, Sydney, Galway and Dublin. Anna D. Shapiro is the Artistic Director and David Schmitz is the Executive Director. Eric Lefkofsky is Chair of Steppenwolf’s Board of Trustees.
JOAN ALLEN
KEVIN ANDERSON
ALANA ARENAS
RANDALL ARNEY
KATE ARRINGTON
IAN BARFORD
ROBERT BREULER
CLIFF CHAMBERLAIN
GARY COLE
CARRIE COON
CELESTE M. COOPER
GLENN DAVIS
KATHRYN ERBE
AUDREY FRANCIS
K. TODD FREEMAN
FRANK GALATI
FRANCIS GUINAN
MOIRA HARRIS
JON MICHAEL HILL
TIM HOPPER
TOM IRWIN
ORA JONES
RAJIV JOSEPH
TERRY KINNEY †
TINA LANDAU
TRACY LETTS
JOHN MALKOVICH
SANDRA MARQUEZ
TARELL ALVIN MCCRANEY
JAMES VINCENT MEREDITH
LAURIE METCALF
AMY MORTON
SALLY MURPHY
CAROLINE NEFF
BRUCE NORRIS
AUSTIN PENDLETON
JEFF PERRY †
WILLIAM PETERSEN
YASEN PEYANKOV
RONDI REED
MOLLY REGAN
KAREN RODRIGUEZ
ANNA D. SHAPIRO°
ERIC SIMONSON
GARY SINISE †
NAMIR SMALLWOOD
LOIS SMITH
RICK SNYDER
JIM TRUE-FROST
ALAN WILDER
IN MEMORIAM CO-FOUNDER ° ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
†
MALCOM EWEN
GLENNE HEADLY
MARTHA LAVEY
JOHN MAHONEY
MARIANN MAYBERRY
STEPPENWOLF STAFF Anna D. Shapiro Artistic Director
Terry Kinney, Jeff Perry and Gary Sinise Executive Artistic Board
Artistic
Administration and Operations
Leelai Demoz Associate Artistic Director Jonathan Berry Artistic Producer and Director at the School at Steppenwolf Hallie Gordon Artistic Producer and Artistic Director, Steppenwolf for Young Adults JC Clementz Casting Director Polly Hubbard Director of New Play Development Greta Honold LookOut Director Patrick Zakem LookOut Producer Kenya Hall Artistic and Literary Coordinator Glenn Davis Audrey Francis Tracy Letts Sandra Marquez Amy Morton Caroline Neff Yasen Peyankov Artistic Associates
Education Megan Shuchman Director of Education Jared Bellot Education Manager John Rooney Education and Leadership Programs Coordinator Abhi Shrestha Education Associate Sheila Chapman Education Volunteer Peter Andersen Jazmín Corona Cara Greene Epstein Monét Felton Tiffany Fulson Tina El Gamal Charles Andrew Gardner Greg Geffrard Larry Grimm Airos Sung-En Medill Mara Stern Wilfredo Ramos, Jr. Fatima Sowe Teaching Artists
22 True West
Patty Malaney Pat Mangan Jay Mast Greg Mehl Bran Moorhead Meaghan Morris Chrystle Rivers Lindsay Stock Shannon Vogt Toby Walters Bartenders Barbara Casey Administrative Volunteer
David Schmitz Executive Director
Joel Moorman Creative Director Donovan Foote Karena Fiorenza Design Director General Manager Lowell Thomas LaDonna Lane Video Content Human Resources Producer Director Kerstin Adams Maria Nondorf Digital Marketing Finance Director Manager Danielle Shindler Javier Dubon Food & Beverage Marketing Manager Director Maya Fazio-Siu Cory Jeanes Marketing Assistant Director of Operations Development Leean Kim Torske Jovito Alvarez Leslie Bradberry PR Associate Finance Manager Director of Juli Del Prete Brian Hurst Development Social Media Finance Coordinator Kristy Conway Coordinator Paul Miller Senior Development Corinne Neal Office Manager Director Audience Services Nic Andrews Eric Evenskaas Director IT Administrator Senior Development Stephanie Heller Connor Pickett Director Audience Services IT Coordinator Mercedes Rohlfs Membership Manager Kate Lerner Campaign Director William Benjamin Bar Manager Courtney Anderson Audience Services Ashley Schilling Senior Events Director Manager Café Manager Lupe Garcia Quiles Jimmy Freund Peter Van Kempen Events Director VIP Liaison to Facilities Manager Audience Services Suzanne Miller Adrian Castro Individual Giving Mike Brunlieb Operations Director Audience Services Coordinator Membership Jessica Gretch James Heppler Supervisor Individual Giving Harold Jaffe Manager Rukmini Girsh Facilities Staff Audience Services Max Lando Irukia Ahmed Ali Supervisor Institutional Giving Victor David Manager Molly Layton Tul Ghaley Group Sales A.J. Roy Madan Gurung Coordinator Board Relations Rina Gurung Manager Roseann Bishop Ababe Mekonen Membership Chelsea Smith Shamshuddin Coordinator Campaign Manager Mohamed Shofi Craig Barnes Aminata Talawally Gabriel Alaniz Itzel Blancas Custodial Staff Events Coordinator Emily Borges Emma Casey Natasha Freeman Kat Davis Annie Cleveland Donor Services Corinne Florentino Omar Dyette Assistant Sam Garrott Cameron Harrie Kenya Hall Marketing, Dani James Communications & Hanna Kime Jack Newton Audience Services Kaileigh Robinson Ian Palmer Julia Waits Madison Serrett Kara Henry Kyla Spencer Director of Marketing Audience Services Baristas and Communications Associates Jen Barquero Madeline Long Audience Morgan Burkey Senior Communications Outreach Sydney Charles Director Brian Hyunsuk Lee Brian Keys Erika Nelson Audience Outreach Marshall Kious Senior Marketing Sales Manager Georgette Kirkendall Director Walker Lee Brian Locke
Brandi Jones Audience Outreach Supervisor Stephanie Aguilar Alena Cook Greg Glomb Marilyn Hillary Jeffrey Jauch Seph Mozes RJ Numez Audience Outreach Associates
Audience Experience Aaron Aptaker Audience Experience Director Megan Kaminsky Audience Experience Manager Paige Ward Front of House Manager Donald Coulson Parking Manager David Clauson Matthew Glenn Havalah Grace Jake Green Taylor Hobart Caitlyn Johnson Laura LoChirco Nora Manz Claudia Price Rio Ragazzone Hoot Sanders Jessica Smith Kyla Spencer Mario Wolfe Audience Experience Associates Angel Aguilar Mustafa Chaudry Sam Morales Gabriel Sanchez Parking Associates Jack Meyer and Lauren Louer, The Saints Volunteer Usher Coordination
Production Tom Pearl Director of Production Brianna Parry Associate Production Manager Erin Cook Company Manager and Assistant to the Artistic Director
BOARD OF TRUSTEES Claire Haupt Production Office Coordinator Mike Donohue Technical Director Chad Hain Associate Technical Director Tom Egan Scene Shop Supervisor Lydia Strini Draftsperson Kyle Land Shannon Perry Russell Scott Dallas Tolbert Scenic Carpenters Zoe Shiffrin Scenic Charge Artist Jenny DiLuciano Properties Director Erin Ohland Jay Tollefsen Associate Properties Directors Victoria Ross Props Artisan Charles Moser Master Properties Artisan Shannon Higgins Wardrobe, Hair and Make Up Supervisor Melissa Motz Assistant Wardrobe Supervisor Caryn Weglarz Klein Costume Director Daisy Lindas Assistant Costume Director Mae Haskins Assistant Costume Designer Laurel Clayson Head Draper Lynae Vandermeulen Work Room Supervisor and Draper Melissa Humbert First Hand J. R. Lederle Lighting Supervisor Ernesto Gomez Master Electrician Karen Thompson Light Board Operator Rick Haefele Stage Operations Supervisor
Vanessa Gomez Assistant Stage Supervisor Martha Wegener Sound Supervisor Gregor Mortis Associate Sound Supervisor Matthew Chapman 1700 Tech Coordinator Malcolm Ewen Christine D. Freeburg Laura D. Glenn Production Stage Managers Kathleen Barrett Elise Hausken Mary Hungerford Amanda Landis Michelle Medvin Stage Managers
Professional Leadership Program Deon Custard Niki Dobbs Hannah Doherty Anais Gonzalez Nyberg James Kenna Jessica Le-McKeown Zoe Lesser Noah Letscher Hope Mohon Jacklyn Ovassapian Alexa Ramirez Smaida Mara Charlie Stock Kirsten Weber Meggie Wells Olivia ZapaterCharrette
Agency of Record Grip
Production Counsel provided by Rick Pappas
Organizational Counsel provided by the attorneys at Schiff Hardin, LLP
Executive Committee Eric Lefkofsky, Chair Keating Crown, Vice Chair Deborah H. Quazzo, Secretary L. Heather Mitchell, Treasurer Henry S. Bienen Douglas R. Brown Elizabeth H. Connelly Nora Daley Rich Feitler Paul W. Goodrich Lynn Lockwood Murphy Bruce Sagan Stephanie B. Smith Matthew Shapiro John R. Walter Helen Zell Trustees Sarah Beardsley Michael W. Bender Susan O. Berghoef Jonathan Blanc Amy Bluhm Meredith Bluhm-Wolf Marlene Breslow-Blitstein Carole L. Brown Ebs Burnough Beth Boosalis Davis Amy Eshleman D. Cameron Findlay Matthew Gray Robert J. Greenebaum, Jr. Caryn Harris John Hart Jon Michael Hill Dennis D. Howarter Tina Landau Tracy Letts Mary Ludford Ronald J. Mallicoat, Jr.
Holly Maloney Tarell Alvin McCraney David E. Mendelsohn Verett Mims Christopher M. Murphy Pam Netzky Yasen Peyankov Anne M. Phillips Cari B. Sacks Robert Sanborn Manuel “Manny� Sanchez Anna D. Shapiro Matthew Shapiro Colette Cachey Smithburg Elliot A. Stultz Bryan Traubert Emeritus Trustees J. Robert Barr Lawrence Block Michael Cahan John N. Fox, Jr. Lawrence M. Gill Donna La Pietra Kenneth J. Porrello Merle Reskin Randall K. Rowe Gloria Scoby Past Chairpersons William L. Atwell Larry D. Brady Douglas R. Brown Nora Daley Laurence Edwards John N. Fox, Jr. Elliott Lyon Gordon Murphy William H. Plummer Bruce Sagan Gloria Scoby Donna Vos
23
Steppenwolf donors do more than sit in the audience. Donors like you are‌
Creators
who make an artistic home for our ensemble
Heroes who bring
hundreds of veterans and active service members to every mainstage play
Mentors
who give theater to thousands of high school students
Advocates who make live theater accessible for everyone
Champions
who support new play commissions and diverse voices
‌Family. Join us with a tax-deductible gift and find your sense of purpose. WAYS TO GIVE
steppenwolf.org/give
312-654-5617
Steppenwolf Theatre Company 1700 N Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60614
or visit the box office
2018/19 SEASON SPONSORS LEAD SPONSORS
ZELL FAMILY FOUNDATION
Paul M. Angell Foundation‡
Lefkofsky Family Foundation‡
Shubert Foundation, Inc.
The Crown Family
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation‡
The Wallace Foundation‡
Anonymous
John Hart and Carol Prins
Robert and Louise Sanborn
Douglas R. Brown
The Harris Family Foundation
Andrew and Amy Bluhm
National Endowment for the Arts
Smart Family Foundation of Illinois
‡
The Davee Foundation‡
PREMIER SPONSORS
Phil and Mary Beth Canfield Ann and Richard Carr Joyce Chelberg Rich and Margery Feitler Julius Frankel Foundation
Lead Accessibility Sponsor John Hart and Carol Prins
Pam and Ashley Netzky The Orlebeke Foundation Polk Bros. Foundation Cari and Michael J. Sacks‡
Veterans’ Night Sponsors Gary Sinise Foundation
Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust‡ Bryan Traubert and Penny Pritzker John and Carol Walter
Lead Underwriter of fundraising for The Campaign for Steppenwolf The Elizabeth Morse Charitable Trust
‡ Steppenwolf Ensemble Fund Individuals recognized above with a “‡” have made multi-year commitments to help develop special ensemble-driven projects.
VISIONARY CIRCLE We are honored to recognize the following individuals who have included Steppenwolf in their will or estate plans. To learn more about estate gift options or to be recognized for a gift you have already provided for, contact Eric Evenskaas at 312-654-5615 or eevenskaas@steppenwolf.org. Anonymous Valerie and Joseph Abel Robert C. Anderson Dr. and Mrs. Marvin and Joyce Berman Norma Borcherding Douglas R. Brown Barbara L. Dean Janice and Rob Esser Susan Fuchs, M.D. Robert H. Glaze Michael Goldberger Sue-Gray Goller Michael Hansen and Nancy Randa John Hart Lynn Hauser and Neil Ross
Tom Irwin Jared Kaplan and Maridee Quanbeck Donna and Del Kolacki Michele Kenner Melanie G. Larch Dr. Paul Lisnek David Metschke Kenneth J. Porrello and Sherry L. McFall Sylvia J. Pozarnsky Merle Reskin Dr. Edward O. Riley T. Marshall Rousseau Patrick J. Schauer
Sue and Harry Seigle 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 Nelson D. Cornelius Jo Hopkins Deutsch Marjorie Douglas Ralla Klepak
James F. Oates Andrea Romain and Cleo V. Orthel Rose L. and Sidney N. Shure Nancy L. Wald
For more information, visit: steppenwolf.org/visionarycircle
A TRIBUTE TO RALLA KLEPAK
1936 – 2019
We are honored to recognize the life and legacy of longtime Steppenwolf patron and fan of many Chicago theatres, Ralla Klepak. A trailblazing attorney and staunch LGBTQ ally, Ralla was driven by a passion for social justice. Starting in the 1960s, she championed samesex family rights and fought for hundreds of gay clients in precedentsetting trials, never losing a criminal case. Ralla also loved the arts and has made a very generous estate gift to Steppenwolf to help inspire young people from all over Chicago to pursue theatre. Ralla was an inspiration, and we are humbled to be included in her legacy.
steppenwolf 27
COMMUNITY ADVOCATES
Caryn Harris*, Co-Chair Anna D. Shapiro*, Co-Chair Julie Baskes Amy Bluhm* Susan O. Berghoef* Meredith Bluhm-Wolf* Douglas R. Brown* Joyce Chelberg Nora Daley* Anne Edwards Bill Gofen Ethel Gofen Joan M. Hall Liz Lefkofsky Jim Mabie Deborah Quazzo* Robert Sanborn* Matthew Shapiro* Elizabeth Schubert Colette Cachey Smithburg* Helen Zell*
Education Committee advocates for the programming of Steppenwolf for Young Adults and for access to quality arts experiences for teens and teachers. Amy Eshleman*, Chair Michael Bolton Amy Bluhm* Sheila Chapman Beth Boosalis Davis* Jeremy Dunn Jane Fleming Paul Gaynor David Germaine Larry Grimm John Hart* Robert LoPrete Sybil Madison-Boyd Susan Noel Ashley Pettit Anne M. Phillips* Donald J. Phillips II Deborah Quazzo* Cari B. Sacks* Robert Sanborn* Michelle Schlack Sydney Sidwell Jennifer Stuart
28 True West
Elliot A. Stultz* Annie Tully David Wagener Nina B. Winston
Directors Circle Committee helps steward and grow the theater’s largest donor program. Gail Steingold, Chair Janyce D. Brengel Bryce Cooper Beth Boosalis Davis* Greg Desmond Ritu Dhingra Stacy Fleming Aimee Graham Rebecca Johnston Sherri Kayser Karen Levine Susan Lichtenstein Stephanie Linn Beth Loeb Toni Sandor Smith Gail Straus Frances E. Tuite
Women in the Arts Luncheon Committee spearheads our annual fundraising event, honoring leading artists in theater, film and television.
Young Adult Council, a unique after-school program for high school students, immerses them in Steppenwolf’s operations and organizes events for their peers around Steppenwolf productions. Courtland Anderson Jocelyn Arrieta Amy Deng Dream Drummer Ayla Ellenbogen Ines Garcia–Valdivia Grace Hanson Audrey Jacobs Eileen Keller Morgan Kingsley Gwyneth Lemaster Jacqueline Moreno Spencer O’Brien Amber O’Sullivan Nikhil Patel Izareza Rodriguez Jairo Saucedo Tia Smith Tyra Smith Maiya Swedberg Ramman Taksh Kelsey Vital Natalie Wexler Liam Young
Stephanie B. Smith*, Co-Chair Helen Zell*, Co-Chair Amy Bluhm* Meredith Bluhm-Wolf* Caroline and Keating* Crown Donna La Pietra* Deborah Quazzo* Cari B. Sacks*
2019 Gala Steppenwolf’s Gala Co-Chairs plan the signature fundraising event led by the theater’s Board of Trustees. Kate Arrington and Michael Shannon Armie Hammer and Elizabeth Chambers Pam and Dennis D.* Howarter Mary* and Bill Ludford Sandra Marquez Tarell Alvin McCraney
*Steppenwolf Trustee
New Play Development Fund Committee supports Steppenwolf’s mission to be a preeminent producer of new American plays.
Corporate Arts Council Steppenwolf’s Corporate Arts Council unites a community of smart, innovative companies to connect in a dynamic and unique environment here at the theater. Supporting Steppenwolf’s mission to champion new talent within the theater, the Corporate Arts Council engages members throughout the year to network, entertain, and give back. For more information on corporate sponsorship opportunities, please contact Max Lando at 312-654-5697 or mlando@steppenwolf.org. Leading Members Allstate Insurance Company, Meghan Sporleder* Ameriprise Financial, Patricia Moll* Archer Daniels Midland Company, Ben Bard DLA Piper LLP (US), Katrina Hausfeld* Exelon Corporation, Jason Decker* J.P. Morgan, Kelly Epstein*
Northern Trust, Mark Taylor* PwC, Vilma Chan* Premier Members Faegre Baker Daniels, Patrick M. Miller* Sidley Austin ston & Strawn LLP, Elizabeth M. Schubuert*
Members Baker McKenzie, Michael A. Duffy Newcastle Limited, Michael Haney Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Brian Duwe Winston & Strawn LLP, Matthew R. Carter *Denoted Corporate Arts Council Steering Committee Member
Steppenwolf Associates Comprised of more than 70 young professionals, the Steppenwolf Associates work each season to raise funds for Steppenwolf Education. We salute the Associates for giving generously of their time and resources. Contact A.J. Roy at associates@steppenwolf.org to become a Steppenwolf Associates member today. Co-Presidents Jonathan Blanc Shilpa Rupani Vice Presidents Katherine Nardin Marilynn Rubio Michelle Schlack Harriet White Andre Williams
Associates Board Members Isaac Colunga Clyde C. Compton Kevin Goldstein Aimee Graham Rachel Henry Elizabeth Ingram Jeffrey Koh Julia Luscombe
Eléonore Moncheur de Rieudotte Melissa Peralta Adrienne Pope Jennifer Stuart Allan Waite David Wagener Founding Officers Marissa Bryce Nora Daley
MAJOR ENDOWMENT SUPPORT Hope Abelson Fund for New Play Development Artistic Endowment established through the Leading National Theatres Program, a joint initiative of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Ruth D. and Ken M. Davee New Works Fund Douglas R. Brown Playwright/ Director Endowment Fund Ford Foundation Artistic and General Operating Endowment Funds
Richard and Mary L. Gray Production Endowment Fund John S. and James L. Knight Foundation Fund for the Development of New Work The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Daniel E. McLean National and International Production Fund Avy and Marcie Stein Sustaining Fund for the Ensemble Steppenwolf Board Designated Endowment Fund
Steppenwolf Theatre Company Endowment Fund created with Searle Funds at the Chicago Community Trust Nancy L. Wald Production Endowment Fund John and Carol Walter Production Endowment Fund
steppenwolf 29
CORPORATE, FOUNDATION & GOVERNMENT CONTRIBUTORS Grand Benefactors ($100,000+) Allstate Insurance Company* Paul M. Angell Foundation‡ Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust‡ John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation‡* Lefkofsky Family Foundation‡ Polk Bros. Foundation* Prince Charitable Trusts Shubert Foundation, Inc. The Roy Cockrum Foundation The Crown Family ‡ The Davee Foundation‡ The Wallace Foundation‡ United Airlines Zell Family Foundation‡ Benefactors ($50,000 – $99,999) CA Ventures ComEd Conagra Brands Foundation Julius Frankel Foundation The Harris Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. King Harris Kathy Harris Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Szokol Mr. and Mrs. William Friend Mr. and Mrs. John Harris Illinois Arts Council, a state agency JPMorgan Chase & Co.* Laurents/Hatcher Foundation National Endowment for the Arts Northern Trust* The Orlebeke Foundation The Poetry Foundation PwC Smart Family Foundation of Illinois Vinci
Producers ($25,000 – $49,999) Anonymous American Express Ameriprise Financial Archer Daniels Midland Company The Bluhm Family Charitable Foundation The Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation Chicago Community Trust DLA Piper LLP (US) Grosvenor Capital Management The Joyce Foundation‡ J.B. and M.K. Pritzker Family Foundation Schiff Hardin LLP Searle Family Trust Earl and Brenda Shapiro Foundation‡ Sidley Austin LLP Gary Sinise Foundation Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP Searle Funds at The Chicago Community Trust Walter E. Heller Foundation Patrons ($10,000 – $24,999) Anonymous (3) Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture Baker McKenzie BNY Mellon Wealth Management Robert and Isabelle Bass Foundation, Inc. The Boeing Company Helen Brach Foundation Buchanan Family Foundation City of Chicago, Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events CRC Swett Frank G. and Gertrude Dunlap Fund
* Corporations and foundations that have made employee matching gifts
30 True West
Eversheds Sutherland Faegre Baker Daniels Green Courte Partners, LLC Greenberg Traurig LLP GrubHub Irving Harris Foundation Illinois Tool Works Foundation Make It Better Media Marsh Private Client Services Mayer Brown LLP McKinsey & Company, Inc. Melcher Charitable Foundation Newcastle Limited Norcon, Inc Precision Control Systems Rhoades Foundation Dr. Scholl Foundation Seigle Family Foundation Siragusa Family Foundation The Smithburg Family Foundation The Williams Capital Group, L.P. John and Carol Walter Family Foundation Winston & Strawn, LLP Sustainers ($5,000 – $9,999) Bayless Family Foundation Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois Mary Dempsey, Philip H. Corboy Foundation Ice Miller LLP Loop Capital Markets Mesirow Financial Nordstrom Reynolds Family Foundation Sahara Enterprises, Inc. Louis & Nellie Sieg Fund The Talbott Hotel
‡ Multi-year pledge
LEAD INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTORS These individuals provide inspirational annual support for productions, education programs and general operations and help safeguard Steppenwolf’s international reputation for artistic excellence and innovation. Donors with ‡ have made a generous multi-year pledge. To join this distinguished group, call Jessica Gretch at 312-654-5672 Premier Patrons ($50,000+) Anonymous (2) Julie and Roger Baskes‡ Leigh and Henry Bienen Andrew and Amy Bluhm Meredith Bluhm-Wolf and Bill Wolf Marlene Breslow-Blitstein and Berle Blitstein Douglas R. Brown Phil and Mary Beth Canfield Ann and Richard Carr Joyce Chelberg Elizabeth H. Connelly Caroline and Keating Crown Nora Daley and Sean Conroy Rich and Margery Feitler Amy and Cameron Findlay ‡ King and Caryn Harris John Hart and Carol Prins‡ Pam and Dennis D. Howarter Liz and Eric Lefkofsky ‡ Lynn Lockwood Murphy and Barrett B. Murphy ‡ Mary and Bill Ludford Ronald J. Mallicoat, Jr. Pam and Ashley Netzky Anne and Don Phillips‡ Cari and Michael J. Sacks‡ Robert and Louise Sanborn Elliot A. Stultz Bryan Traubert and Penny Pritzker John and Carol Walter Helen Zell
Grand Patrons ($25,000 – $49,999) Anonymous Michael Bender and Sheridan Prior Kent and Liz Dauten Shawn M. Donnelley and Christopher M. Kelly ‡ Amy Eshleman and Lori Lightfoot Ethel and Bill Gofen Richard and Mary L. Gray ‡ Bob and Amy Greenebaum‡ Mrs. John M. Hartigan Marian, Fruman and Lisa Jacobson Steven D. Loucks‡ Andrew Keyt Jim and Kay Mabie‡ Holly and Matt Maloney Mr. and Ms. David E. Mendelsohn Verett Mims Christopher and Eileen Murphy Deborah and Stephen Quazzo Randy and Susi Rowe Bruce Sagan and Bette Cerf Hill Manny Sanchez and Pat Pulido Sanchez Sue and Harry Seigle Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Shapiro‡ Stephanie B. Smith and Gerald Smith Colette Cachey Smithburg and Tom Smithburg Bill and Orli Staley
Distinguished Patrons ($15,000 – $24,999) Andy and Sue Arnold Sarah Beardsley and Dr. Christopher Randolph Carole L. Brown Beth Boosalis Davis and Maxwell S. Davis Donald and Anne Edwards Juliette Feld and Andrew Grossman Christine Albright and Lawrence Gill Valerie and Paul Goodrich Joan Hall Jared Kaplan and Maridee Quanbeck The Krammer Family L. Heather Mitchell and Kenny Mitchell Benjamin Rosenthal Lynn Hauser and Neil Ross Susan and Robert A. Wislow
steppenwolf 31
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. Patrons ($10,000 – $14,999) Anonymous Betty Bradshaw Michael and Cathy Brennan Carol and Douglas Cohen Mary A. Dempsey, Philip H. Corboy Foundation Mary and Paul Finnegan Leslie and Matthew Gray Perry and Cathy Iverson Jeffrey Maling and Rebecca Johnston Brad and Kim Keywell Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Lad Kate and William Macdonald Merle Reskin Ms. Elizabeth Schubert Mr. John M. Schwolsky Amrit and Gurpreet Singh Toni Sandor Smith Nina B. Winston Ronald and Geri Yonover Sustainers ($5,000 – $9,999) Anonymous David and Suzanne Arch Gustavo Bamberger and Martha Van Haitsma Gerry Barad Mr. Larry Barden Dr. and Mrs. Marvin and Joyce Berman Louis and Jacqueline Bernstein Lois Browning Cheryl Lynn Bruce and Kerry Marshall Phil Burgess and Jim Nutter Gia and Isaac Colunga Jerry and Josephine Conlon Liam and Francesca Connell Mr. Brian Duwe Mary M. Emerson Becki and Scott Etzler John and Katherine Fox David and Noreen Ann Gallagher Beverly Wyckoff and Charles Ginsberg Aimee Graham and Nigel Caine Marcy and Harry Harczak Mrs. Louise Hart Judy and Jay Heyman David Hiller Ms. Anne Kaplan
32 True West
Jen and Brad Keck Laurie Anne Kladis Stephen Kriegel and Family Christine and Michael LaTona Susan Lichtenstein and John Rokacz Amos and Anat Madanes Howard and Sandy Nagelberg Ashley and Noah Pettit Burton X. and Sheli Rosenberg Ms. Doris D. Roskin Sandra and Earl Rusnak, Jr. David and Susan Schmid Jeffrey Singer and Patricia Carman Marcie and Avy Stein Matthew Steinmetz Judy Sugarman Jacqueline Tilton Richard and Elaine Tinberg Frances E. Tuite Donna and Dirk Vos Michael and January Ward Robert and Susan Warrington Dr. David Wasserman Lorrayne and Steve Weiss Benefactors ($2,000 – $4,999) Anonymous (2) Mr. and Mrs. John Aalbregtse Kathi and Roger Adams Kim and David Adler Jack J. Adrian Karen and Scott Alexander Polly Allen Nicholas and Kathleen Amatangelo Kimball Anderson and Karen Gatsis Anderson Robert C. Anderson Robert and Marilyn Arensman Stephanie and Dana Arnett Jeffrey S. Arnold and Ellen J. Neely Edgar Bachrach Richard and Janice Bail Andy and Stephanie Baker ‡ Yuri and Elena Balasanov Catherine Bannister Merrill and Alice Barden Cynthia Barginere Laura Barnett Solomon and Camila Barnett Bob and Trish Barr
Mr. Sebastian Barrack Jennifer Baryl Dee Beaubien Martha and Al Belmonte Bruce and Debbie Bentcover Shirley and Tom Berchou‡ Dr. Mary E. Belford MD and Mr. Ric Berta Ron and Colleen Bess Nicholas Biederman Ms. Faye Blake Jon Blanc Shaun and Andy Block Patricia C. Bobb Stephen and Lynn Bolanowski‡ Benjamin Bove Stanley and Anne Boychuck Doug Bradbury Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Braun Janyce D. Brengel Robert and Joell Brightfelt ‡ Marissa and Tim Brinkley Robert and Mary Briscoe Reid Brody and Sally Schwartz Mr. and Mrs. Norman Brooks Dawn and Harmon Brown George and Joyce Brown‡ Timothy Burroughs and Barbara Smith Michael and Merle Cahan David Callahan and Terri Abruzzo Joseph and Cory Cancila‡ Ray Capitanini Shamequa Carlton Helen and Paul Chang Sheila J. Chapman William and Nicole Cheeseman Drs. Rex Chisholm and Kathleen Green Michael and Stephanie Chu Nancy Ciezki and Diane Kostecke Dana Green and Thomas Clancy Lesley and Zac Cochran Michael and Edie Cohen Elizabeth O’Connor Cole Thomas and Katherine Coleman Steven and Caralynn Collens Clyde C. Compton Ed Cook and Melissa Perrett Cook‡ J. Gorman Cook and Carole Kohout Bryce Cooper
Merle R. Cooper Lisa and Brian Cornell Deb and Denny Cowhey Patricia Cox, Katie and Will Hunckler Winnie and Bob Crawford Alayna Washington Crenshaw Phyllis Cretors Carl and Cynthia Curry Daniel R. Cyganowski Dean and Lori Czuma Stephen F. Danziger Judy and Tapas K. Das Gupta Marlowe Davis Diane Dawson Mr. and Mrs. Menahem Deitcher Greg Desmond and Michael Segobiano Donald Deutsch Gautam and Ritu Dhingra Bill and Cindee Dietz Roberta S. Dillon Ms. Cari Dinneen Carmelita Dockery, PhD Patricia and Richard Doonan Philip and Marsha Dowd Raymond and Marybeth Drake Erin and Ian Drury Dr. Steven B. Edelstein Laura and Scott Eisen John and Jennifer Elliot George Engeln Tom and Pat Erickson Ms. Rebekah Eubanks Malcolm D. Ewen Juliet and Marc Fallah Maurice Fantus and Judith Aiello Demitri and Pamela Fardelos David and Mary Farkas Mr. and Ms. Michael Fassnacht Randall Fearnow and Beth Compton Harris J. Feldman, M.D. Roxanne Hori and Robert Felsenthal Carol and Steven Felsenthal Richard and Linda Filler Sara Stern and Ted J. Fishman‡ Stacy and Ian Fleming Jane Fleming and Melinda Kempton Steven Florsheim and Jennifer Friedes Jim and Yvonne Fogerty ‡ Lisa and John Folkers Kim M. Folta Cory and Cyndi Fosco Daniel J. Rubin and Karen Frederick Jim and Sandy Freeburg
Kate and Michael Fridholm Ms. Sara Friedle and Mr. Michael Towler Kate Friedlob Michael Friedlob Mr. and Mrs. Sherwin Friedman Susan Fuchs, M.D.‡ Leonard Gail and Robin Steans Denise Michelle Gamble Patti Eylar and Charlie Gardner Lisa Garling and Jeff Miller Gigi Gamauf Gavron and Dr. Joseph Gavron Gary L. Gephart Steven M. Gerschoffer Susan and John Gibbons Scott Gidwitz Mr. and Mrs. James J. Glasser Elizabeth Glassman Mr. Asheesh Goel Charlie and Mary Gofen Deidra D. Gold Bob and Carol Goldberg Jennifer and Isaac Goldman Kevin Goldstein and Sarah Fox Dr. Paul Goldstein and Ms. Nasrin Mahani Sue-Gray Goller John Gorey and Catherine DeOrio Laurence and Carrie Grant Sue and Melvin Gray Dr. and Mrs. Sheldon Greenberg‡ Mary and Jim Greene William and Nanci Greene Michael and Lisa Greenfield Karen and Jamie Gunsior Jack and Sandra Guthman Suzanne Gylfe Ginger and Del Hall Michael Hansen and Nancy Randa Pam and David Harrington Victoria and Charles Harris Stacie R. Hartman Dorothy Harza Lois and Marty Hauselman Mark and Joelle Hayes Sandra L. Helton and Norman M. Edelson James LaForce and Stephen Henderson Rachel Henry Marlene and Sonny Hersh Richard and Elaine Heuberger David Kistenbroker and Cynthia Heusing Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Hibel Mr. and Mrs. Arthur J. Hill Ann S. Hoenig and Jonathan L. Hoenig
Grayson Holmbeck Dr. Matthew and Kimberly Horowitz Arnold and Judith Horwich‡ Ms. Rosa M. Hugener Bill and Monica Hughson Holly E. Humphreys William Ibe Dr. and Mrs. David Ingall John Ittner and Jennifer Van Dyke Patricia Jeffers Craig “CJ” Jensen and Craig Dannenbrink Ed Jeske and John Hern Craig and Heidi Johnson Timothy B. Johnson and Valerie B. Wiley Holly Johnston Laura and Eric Jordahl George A. Joseph and Carolyn Bateman‡ Jeff and Lisa Jozwiak Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kaplan Dr. Claudia Anne Katz Aviva Katzman and Morris Mauer Judith and Jerry Kaufman Mary Ann and Mark Kaufman Reis and Sherri Kayser Adam and Renee Keats Ms. Jennifer Keegan Thomas E Keim Sheryl and Tom Keith‡ Peter and Susan Kelly Chris Kendrick and Kasturi Haldar Helen J. Kessler Patricia and Wayne Kik‡ Mike and Leslie King Harry Kinzie Tom Klarquist and Steve Somora Jonathan Klein and Susan Cohn Stephanie and Peter Klein Jean Klingenstein Mr. and Mrs. Tom Knauff Mr. and Mrs. Martin J. Koldyke Mr. and Mrs. Sanfred Koltun Dr. and Mrs. Stephen M. Korbet MD Suzy Krueckeberg Raminder and Vinay Kumar Mr. Matthew Kutcher and Ms. Rebecca Richards Gerald R. Lanz and Lisa Kearns Lanz Tom and Renee Lavallee Mr. Marvin J. Leavitt and Ms. Susan Karkomi Ron and Kim Lemar Travis Lenkner and Erin Delaney Karen Levine Bernard and Averill Leviton Tanya Levshina and Ilya Volvovski
steppenwolf 33
…cont’d Directors Circle Arthur and Catherine Lewis Wil Lewis Ms. Stephanie F. Linn and Dr. Seth B. Krantz Dr. Paul M. Lisnek Mr. and Mrs. William Lloyd Beth Loeb Abby and George Lombardi Diane and Alejandro Longoria Fran Lambros and John Lowry ‡ Mrs. Barbara Lucas and Ms. Toni Sieve‡ Brian Lukanic and Kelly Dixon Michael Maloney and Christine Zyzda Naja Maltezos Arlene Manelli Mark and Frances Mann Sandy and Jerry Manne Barbara and Larry Margolis Christine and David Markovitz Don and Melinda Marshall The Masnato Family Michael J. McCahey Michael E. McCaslin‡ Jim and Lynn McClure Tarell Alvin McCraney Lee and Joyce McCullough Bob and Barb McCullough Mr. and Ms. Paul McGrady Becky and Bob McLennan Kevin and Beth McMeen Dr. Janis Mendelsohn Randi Merel and Allen LeHew Ellie and Bob Meyers Amy Laiken and Tim Michel Jim Milbery and Anna Deaugustine Michael and Susan Miller Jamey Eklund and Evgueni Minev Dr. George and Maureen Miz Ms. Stephanie Morimoto and Mr. Matt King Blake and Debra Moritz‡ Marisa Murillo Ms. Patricia Myles Ms. Katherine Nardin Elke Aippersbach and Piers Nash‡ Alyson and Patrick J. Nash, Jr. Cathy and Robert Nathan Jean and Jordan Nerenberg Jon and Molly Neuleib Lynne Considine Nieman and Jim Parsons David Ellis and Hope Nightingale Mary Nolen Susan and George Obermaier Gary and Marcie Ochs Peg O’Connor
34 True West
Barbara and Daniel O’Keefe Joe O’Leary Mr. and Ms. Tony Olson 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 Jim and Sue Pajakowski Vicki L. Parker Mr. Deep Patel and Ms. Nisha Begwani Pradip Patiath and Shalini Sharma Ms. Sarah Paulson Amy and Brent Peebles Sandra and Michael Perlow Simon and Kim Perutz John and Christine Pfeiffer Dale and Loretta Pierson Ms. Sherri Pincus Jennifer and Perry Pinto Patricia Pippert and Steven Redfield Dr. Susan Burland and George Plumb Mr. Guy Ponticiello Avi and Joan Porat Kenneth J. Porrello and Sherry L. McFall‡ Andrew and Judy L. Porte Elliott Quigley Paul Rauch and Frank Cozzi Bradley and Patricia Reid Linda Reid Lynne Remington and Geoff Goldberg Nina Riccardi Ms. Lauri Riggen Dana and Jacob Ringer Susan and Edwin Ritts John C. Roberts and Lynn D. Fleisher Randy and Betsy Rochman James and Trude Roselle Hilary Rosenthal Lisa and Doug Rosskamm Holly and David Rothschild Alan Gordon Rottman Bob and Mary Rowe The Ryerson Family Mr. and Mrs. John Sabl Francis C. Sadac Ms. Carol S. Sadow A. Sue Samuels Richard and Susan Sanders Paola Sapienza
Pamela and Fred Sasser Paul Scavone and Donna Pawlus Michelle Maton and Mike Schaeffer Howard and Gail Schaffner David Taber Mr. Greg Schementi and Ms. Kim Kamin Joseph Scheper and Kevin Ray Michelle Schlack Mrs. Elizabeth Schneider Mr. Gary Schreiber Matthew and Tina Schubert Alan Kozlowski and John Schuchert Diana and Richard Senior David and Judith L. Sensibar Mark and Kimberly Shadle Surendra and Dorothie Shah Michael Shapiro and Deb Gohr Shapiro Nancia Shawver and Larry Weiner Hope and Jeffrey Sheffield Mr. and Mrs. David R. Shevitz Ms. Julia Simpson Nancy and Bob Singleton James and Mary Jo Slykas Chuck Smith Neil Smith Family Ron and Leslie Smith Steven Smith Sharon Specht Dariel J. Stack Gail and Eugene Steingold Kristin and Stan Stevens Jeff and Tondra Stoller ‡ Kelly and Jami Stone Lawrence Stone and Margaret Jongleux Gail and John Straus Mary Stowell and Jim Streicker Lauren and Steve Strelsin Pam and Russ Strobel Ms. Jennifer Stuart Edward A. Studzinski Ms. Sarah Swain and Mr. John Hart Dr. and Mrs. James V. Talano Mark and Leah Taylor Ilene Patty and Tom Terpstra James E. Thompson The Tipton Family John and Maribeth Totten Mr. Brian Townsend Nick Trakas and Marc Cerone Mario and Traci Tricoci Greg and Mary Tuite Reed and Rosemary Tupper Scott and AdrianeTurow Howard and Jane Tyner
Tali and Liat Tzur Marilee Unruh Ramona and Daniel Ustian Cynthia Vahlkamp and Robert Kenyon Betty Vandenbosch Shawn VanDerziel and Jay Clarke John and Julie Varga Erika Nelson and David Wagener
Allan Waite and Gregory Ostfeld Tom Wake Ken Wanlass & Sara Sherrie and Albert Weiss Carey Weiss and Karen Pierce Tom and Blaine Wells Anne and Jay Whipple Sanford and Vicki White Jack and Keli Wildermuth
Jane and Greg Wintroub Jeff and Jessica Wisniewski‡ Sherry Wolfe Joe Wolnski and Jane Christino Bobbi Zabel Eileen and David Zampa Karen Zelden and Ralph Senst Elizabeth A. Ziegler
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 Suzanne Miller at 312-654-5617. Gifts are as of May 1, 2019. Producers ($1,000 – $1,999) Anonymous Clemeth Abercrombie Mr. Philip Auerbach and Ms. S. Ross Ms. Sarah Banasiak Sandra Bass Ted and Robbie Beaty‡ Adrian and Arta Beverly Jim and Sherry Bicak Lois J. Bider Mr. and Mrs. Philip Block III Mr. and Mrs. David C. Blowers Kevin Boehm and Courtney Moon Lin Brehmer and Sara Farr Kristen Brown David and Michelle Buck Bruce and Kate Burgun Mr. Ed Calkins Pam and Howard Conant Margo Cook Mr. Andrew Cores Rathin Datta Bonnie Dauer Tony And Laura Davis Susan Duman Mr. Craig Elkins Brian Harding and Marshall Ellis ‡ Ed Everett and Kitty Rose Carla Feinkind Mr. Igor Felder Michael and Jacky Ferro Joanne Finger Mr. Daniel Fischel and Ms. Sylvia Neil Peter and Joanne Fischer Michael Flowers and Daryl Wells Lori Mae Frith
Matt and Lindsay Garrison Ms. Megan Goldish Dr. Kitty Green The Greffin Family Madeline Grynsztejn and Tom Shapiro Jean Hawkinson Michael and Mona Heath Fund James and Anne Heger Jon Michael Hill James and Margot Hinchliff Mr. Tom Hinkes Kym Hubbard Sandy Ihm and Ken Belcher Mr. Bradley Jarol Daniel and Mary Ann Jordan Mr. and Mrs. David Katz Mr. and Mrs. Robert Katz Mr. David Kelly Stacy M. Kemp ‡ James Kochalka Jeffrey Koh Ms. Marilee Kovacs Neal and Kathleen Kulick Melanie Larch and Rudy Panucci‡ Shana Lewis and Rob Magasano Ms. Julia Luscombe Karyn Lutz Joan and Jerry Matson Russell Mayerfeld Chris Mollet and Lynne LaJone Mindy Munson Howard and Cathy Niden Melissa Peralta Mr. Marc A. Pittas Adrienne Pope Mr. Richard Porter Ms. Jessica Rappe
Susie and Rick Rieser Riney and Carol Robertson Marilynn Rubio Joanne C. Ruxin Shirley and Patrick G. Ryan Sr. Adesh and Sonia Ramchandran Bettylu and Paul Saltzman Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Schewe William B. Schildgen Ms. E. Jane Schmitz Richard and Robin Schmitzer Michael and Salme Harju Steinberg ‡ Christine Stepp Patty Sternberg Sylvia and Joe Stone Anne Van Wart and Michael Keable Vedder Price Devanee and Alex Washington Laura and Bob Watson ‡ Ben and Heather Webster Kevin Wender John W. Wheeler Ms. Harriet White Mark and Christie Wilson ‡ Elizabeth Wohlleb Esther and Stanley Wojcicki Ensemble ($500 – $999) Anonymous (4) Thomas W. Abendroth and Terri L. Mascherin David Abrams and Cynthia Bemis Abrams Jeannie L. Adams Ms. Deborah Ader Ms. Evvie Alter
steppenwolf 35
…cont’d Annual Fund John and Mindy Amberg Jim and Sheila Amend‡ Ms. Stacie Amorose Harold and Judith Anderson ‡ Ms. Leslie J. Anderson Lorilyn Aquino‡ John Asplin and Christine Orders Peggy Bagley and Rabbi Douglas Goldhamer Leslie and Bill Barker David Barnes Teri and Steve Barnett Priscilla Ryan and Frank Battle Deborah and James Baughman Jennifer Bell Lawrence Bell Gene and Natalie Bernadoni‡ Harriet and Howard N. Bernstein Ms. Stacia Beyl John Blair and Liz Buchanan ‡ Gene and Lynne Blanc Andrew Block and Julie Nerenberg Mark Bloom R. Darrell Bock Nicole Boler Ms. Selma Bouhl Donald F. Bouseman Aldridge and Marie Bousfield William Brown Ed Bucher‡ John Byrd John Caraher William Carpenter Jack and Laura Carriglio Cati and AJ Cederoth Mr. and Mrs. Larry D. Chandler Deborah and John Chipman Maria and Sunil Chopra Betty Cleeland‡ Jean Costigan Mr. Roy Cowell Susan Craft Mr. and Ms. Robert Creamer Maureen Crowley Kareem and Natasha Dale Liese Dallbauman Larry and Charlotte Damron Alecia C. Dantico Champ and Lisa Davis Michelle de Vlam ‡ Phil DeBoer Dr. Mark and Rose DeMeo‡ Mary and Daniel Deziel Adrienne Doppelt Bruce Van Dotten David Dranoff and Wendy Epstein Natalie Dudek ‡ Arthur and Elizabeth Duquette Estia Eichten and Deborah Eichten
36 True West
Audrey Eisenmann and David Pepperberg Jennifer M. Ellin Erika Erich Ms. Sharon Eubanks-Pope Michael Evenskaas‡ The Felder Family Karena Fiorenza and Emrys Ingersoll Jim and Shellie Fisch Brad and Lisa Fisher and Family Marya and Peter Frankel Bernadette Foley and Richard Landgraff‡ Mike and Karen Folk John and Adrian Foster Lucinda Fox Timothy and Janet Fox Joanne Benazzi Friedland Elliott Friedman Mr. and Mrs. Jason A. Friedman Ms. Dawn Gard Mr. and Mrs. Gary Gardner Scott George Edward and Dawn Gershman William J. Gibbons Joseph Glaser and Jessica Schneider Glaser Jaye and John Golanty‡ Karen M. Goldstein ‡ Leo and Linda Gordon Chester Gougis and Shelley Ochab Mr. and Ms. Garrett Graber Heidi Graham John S. Mrowiec and Karen Granda Ms. Margaret Grant Dedrea Gray Debbi and Craig Griffith James and Lynn Grogan ‡ Marie Gunn‡ Mr. and Mrs. Ray Hacker‡ Peter Hagel Bill Hamilton Chester and Phyllis Handelman Midge and Frank Heurich Mr. and Mrs. David W. Hines Anne Linsdau-Hoeppner and Walter F. Hoeppner III Mr. Andrew Holden Deborah Horwitz and Paul Nierman Karen Hunken ‡ Patricia Hurley Paul and Mariana Ingersoll Elizabeth Ingram Tim Jackson & Dana McKenna‡ Dr. Angela James Paul Jeffries
Sharon Jenkins Amon Johnson Ora Jones Natalia and Jeff Kabbe Melvin and Annie Kahn Dr. Susan A. Kecskes ‡ Mr. Tom Kehoe Mr. Mark Kelly Linda Kenney Rita Kerns Jeffrey Kerr David and Sharon Kessler Linda Belan and Vincent Kinehan ‡ Frank and Katherine Kinney‡ Matt and Karen Klickman Ms. Monica Kline Thomas Koelbl and Peggy Forbes Ms. Leslie Kondziela Electra D. Kontalonis Rachel Kraft Ruth Krugly Libby Roth & Bob Kunio‡ Ms. Carolyn Kurtz and Mr. Gary Steinberg ‡ Terri Lacy Mr. Mark Lavin and Mr. Eddie Herbeck Bill Lee and Malinda Hamann Linda Legner Sheila Fields Leiter Mr. Randall M. Lending Wallace and Carol Lennox Leslie and Justin Lenzo Craig Lepkowski Mr. Robert Levinson Laura Lewandowski Leonel P. Limonte Jessica Litman and Jonathan Weinberg Peter Littlewood Mark and Carol Lorenz Stacy Lubs David Marker and Georgann Joseph Ms. Sandra L. Marquez Ms. Harlene Matyas John M. McCabe Mike and Cindy McCabe Dr. and Mrs. McCormick ‡ Lilian McGrady Hugh and Marybeth McLean Sheila and Harvey Medvin Susan Messing Scott & Penny Anixter Family Foundation Eleonore Moncheur de Rieudotte Jolanta Moore ‡ Rick and Joyce Morimoto‡ Lisa Moss Ms. Jennifer Mullin
Joan Neil Mary Pat O’Brien John and Joy O’Malley Nancy and Myles O’Reilly‡ John and Roberta Paskvalich Lynn and Mel Pearl Mr. Tom Pearl Doc Pearson James Mark Pellegrino Robert C. Peterson Suzan and William Pinsof Frank C. Pond ‡ Sylvia J. Pozarnsky and Tom Riley Elaine and Ronald Prebish V. Pristera, Jr.‡ Mr. John Prusnick and Mr. Donald Nelson Jeff and Susan Rashid Gabriel and Dorit Raviv Bridget and Louis Ray Mr. Michael E. Reed Darren Reisberg Dave & Ellen Rice Bill and Deborah Roberts Stephen and Caryn Robin Steve Rodichok and Renee Gattone ‡ Susan W. Rogaliner Anthony Rojas and Patricia Freda ‡ Mr. and Mrs. Alan Rosenberg Honey and Howard Rosenfeld Chaya and Walter Roth Susan B. Rubnitz Sue Rundle Ms. Shilpa Rupani Diana and Ed Ruthman Dan Sackett‡ John R. Samolis Bill Savage Curt Schade Allison and Charles Scherer Cynthia Schilsky Susan J. Schwartz Harriet Seitler Michele Semin Jill Severino Leslie Shad and Joe Brennan Mr. and Ms. Marc Shiffman Geoff Smith and Catherine Stewart Ms. Melissa Smith Mr. and Ms. Vik Sohoni Gilda Spencer Stephen Spigel and Diana Williams Jo and George Spindler Seena and Carey Stein Kelly Stonebraker and Deborah Stonebraker
Mr. and Ms. Daniel Swenson Darius Tandon Ms. Audrey Taylor Dick and Alice Teutsch Jeff Thomas and Rebecca Coleman Richard Tobiason Mr. and Mrs. Tony Toulouse Sharing of Blessings Foundation-Trannels Edward and Edith Turkington Manika M. Turnbull Mr. Greg Veza Sue Vondran Mark D. Wachholz‡ Mr. Andre Walker Angela Washelesky Ms. Patty Weaver Mr. and Ms. Don Wilbon Andre Williams Gary and Modena Wilson‡ Jodie Winnett‡ Lawrence Wojcik Ms. Sarah R. Wolff and Mr. Joel L. Handelman Ms. Suzanne Yoon Designers ($250 – $499) Anonymous (8) Linda Loving and Richard Aaronson Nancy Abshire Doris and Harvey Adelstein Philip and June Aimen Gavin Campbell and Diana Aixala John B. Albright Ken and Mary Ellen Alexander Jenny Allen Ms. Sandra Allen Richard and Jill Almeida Adam Alonso Greg and Janine Amoroso Arthur and Rebecca Anderson Gary Anderson and Diane Graziano Mary and Paul F. Anderson Suzanne Andriukaitis‡ Cedric H. Antosiewicz and Margaret M. Gudenas Jurgis and Dalia Anysas Mr. and Ms. Clark Ardern Ann and Gene Armstrong Jean Arrington Jessica Ashley and Ethan Ashley-Ferguson‡ Mike and Karen Atwood Dr. Edie Babbitt and Larry Levy Rex Babiera and Geoffrey Mayer Linda A. Bacci‡
David Bailey & DJ Trela‡ Ann Baker Spencer and Daniel Baker Michael and Julie Baker ‡ Ann & William Baker John and Sharon Baldwin Mr. Greg Bales Cindy Barbera-Brelle Janice Barnes-Davis Joan Barnhart Mia A. and Scott Bass Stephanie and Barry Batson‡ Jeffrey Battersby Ms. Laura Battigelli Laura M. Batzer ‡ Dr. Bruce and Sally Bauer ‡ Thomas Bearrows and Holly Hirst Kay Beaty Ms. Gail Bedessem The Bellmar Family Julie and Howard Benario Susan R. Benner Roger G. Bensinger R.L. Benton Anne H. Berenberg John and Taru Berg Judith Bergen Ms. Emily Berk Susan Berkowitz James & Allison Bernard Mr. Jonathan Berry Dorian Bezanis Mary Anne and Joe Bigane Lois and Stanley Birer Nathan Birnberg Andrew and Kristine Bishop Dee and Dick Bittman John Blackburn and Bill Gilmer Bernard and Nancy Blayer Laura and Richard Blessen‡ Mr. Alex Block Claudia and John Boatright Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Bolas Don and Linda Bolte Ms. Phyllis Booth Sharalyn Borchers Roula Alakiotou Jared Born The Bots Family ‡ Bob and Sue Bowker Kathryn and Carl Boyens Andrew Boyle Nakeya Boyles David and Cheryl Bradford Michael and Kate Bradie‡ Ms. Miriam Braganza Dr. Michael C. Branch M.D.‡ Andrea Brands Mrs. John J. Bransfield, Jr.
‡ Step-by-Step We salute the individual donors who have committed to a recurring monthly or quarterly gift to Steppenwolf. Their ongoing support helps fuel Steppenwolf’s mission ofsteppenwolf superior acting 37 and risk-taking work.
…cont’d Annual Fund Karen Breen Elia and Louis M. Elia‡ Judith and Harold Bregman Thomas and Deborah Brejcha Josh Bresette Jill Broersma Tim Brogla and Laura Demoor Beth Sprecher Brooks Frank Brooks and Andrea Twiss-Brooks‡ Paul Brown Tom and Mary-Doug Brown Erika Bruhn Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Bryant Rony and Tom Buckley Rita Buczynska Bernie Bulger Mr. Jeffry Burba Rebecca Burke Robert Burke Mr. Kelsey Burr and Ms. Stacy R. Scapino Edson N Burton Jr Dr. Steven R. Bussolari Bridget Byrne Stephen Byrne and Kerry Shannon Milli Cady John and Libby Cady Toni and Mike Cainkar Amy Kruzan Callahan Jack and Meredith Callison‡ Judy Cape Mr. Frank Caputo Richard Carlin Barry Joseph Carlson Fairbank and Lynne Carpenter Joe Castellano Courtney Cherry Anthony Churchill‡ Bill and Kathy Cissna Richard Clarey James Clark and Christina Labate Dr. and Mrs. Robert Clark Kimberly Clawson‡ Dr. and Mrs. Clipstone Thomas and Bette Cogan Ms. Gwen G. Cohen Ms. Toba Cohen James Cohn James & Jeanine Coleman Mr. and Mrs. Terrance Coleman Lacey Conley ‡ Peter and Judith Connolly ‡ Eduardo & Caroline Conrado‡ Jennifer Cook Karen Cooper Mr. Phillip H. Corboy Jr.and Mrs. Margaret Corboy
Ms. Susan Cox and Mr. Mike Bolton Julie Cozette and Family ‡ Norma I. Crane Tim Crawford Colin and Teri Cross Deborah and Bruce Crown Ms. Linda Cunningham David Curry and George Kohler Judy and Arthur Curtis‡ Margaret and John Dantico Kristen Danyluk Robin K. Dasilva‡ Dave & Mary Jo Orkowski‡ Laura Davies Anne Megan Davis Alexandra Davis Laura M. Davis Barbara L. Dean Heather Debby and Scott Legan Roxanne Decyk & Lew Watts‡ Maureen and Mel De Matoff Michelle and Christopher DeMent Ms. Colleen Connell and Mr. Darryl DePriest Debbie DeSalvo Michel P Desjardins and Pierre Desy Matthew J. Devereux In Memory of Annelle Devlin‡ Mr. Wesley Diener Karl and Gloria Dillenkoffer Bud Dobbins‡ Dr. William & Phyllis Dobrin Jennifer and John Doran Dan Drake Joshua and Natalie Dranoff Julie and Scott Drummond Robert Druzinsky and Renee Friedman‡ Eileen and Howard Dubner Paul J. Dufallo Mimi Duginger Barbara Dunn‡ Suzanne Dupre Alex and Karen Durdevic Mr. and Mrs. Marcel Durot Mr. and Mrs. Jon R. Dutcher Joan Fee Dutton John and Pat Dyble Wendy Eager David and Alexandra Earle Cole Eastman Jeanene Ebert Elizabeth Eccher and Sam Goodman Mr. Tim Edwards Natasha and Zach Egan Sharon Eiseman and Noel Hertz
Eric Eisenberg‡ Marci Eisenstein Deane Ellis Mrs. Kim Ellis Mark & Mary Anne Emmons‡ Helmut and Susanna Epp Jackie Epstein Ethan and Peggi Erenberg Arlene and Herbert Erlbach Ruben & Kristen Escobar ‡ Eric Evenskaas Edith and Gerald Falk Anna Faulkner Mary and Paul Favaro Stephen Fedo Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Fegan Gordon and Patricia Feingold Deb Feldman Drs. Richard and Roberta Feldman Mr. Rodrigo Fernandez Mr. Chuck Finn Fred Fischer and Heather D. Will Lois Farrell Fisher ‡ Ms. Marcia Fishman Debbie Fitzgerald Thomas FitzGibbon John and Patti Flanagan Jan and Bill Flapan Ms. Thea Flaum Angela Floessel‡ David Flynn‡ Adrienne and Peter Foley ‡ Paul Fong Tali Forest-Smith‡ Jeff and Julie Forgash J.P. Fowler Kevin & Stephanie Frailey Frederick Frankel‡ Kim and Alan Frankel‡ Dr. and Mrs. James Franklin Dr. Wayne Franklin Miss Patricia Fraser Priya Fremerman Karen and Bill French Rachel and Jimmy Freund Roselyn L. Friedman Tom and Pat Fronczek Alexis Funches Ms. Amy J. Fyfe‡ Patrick and Alexandra Gaddie‡ Joseph and Christina Galvin‡ Barb Gam Tagge Ms. Sally Garon Paul and Audrey Gaynor Michael Gebel‡ Dorothea and Philip Genetos Hank and Sandy Gentry Jacob Gerber Thomas and Patricia Germino‡
† Step-by-Step We salute the individual donors who have committed to a recurring monthly or
quarterly gift to Steppenwolf. Their ongoing support helps fuel Steppenwolf’s mission of superior acting 38 True West and risk-taking work.
Michael and Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz‡ Cybele Ghossein & Rod Passman Nancy Gidwitz Geoffrey L. Gifford Hugh and Doris Gilbert Daniel Gilmour Clark and Nancy Gilpin Patricia and James Gladden Gerry and Stan Glass Howard and Anneliese Glick Diane Glickman Sheri Godda Tracy Goepel Sue Golan Robert Goldberg and Dodie Weinstein Marvin and Phyllis Goldblatt Mr. and Mrs. David Golder Ms. Catherine Goldhaber Lauri and David Goldstein Dr. Deirdre Dupre and Dr. Robert Golub Jessica L. Gonzalez Sandra and James Goodman Mary Lee Gosz Mr. Duane Goucher Joanne Graham Kenneth E Grant III‡ Paula Grasso Marissa Greco Herbstman‡ Michele and Joseph Greskoviak‡ Frederick Grier and William Bouvel Pamela Griffin‡ Susan Griffin‡ Paul Gruber Ms. Alexandra Gulliver Dr. and Mrs. John W. Gustaitis John and Donna Guydan Kim and Randy Hack Sarah Hadley Kathleen Hagerty Robert and Patricia Hahn Andrew Halbur Ben Hall‡ Donald and Susan Hallberg Bob and Melanie Halvorson‡ Larry Hamilton and Ann Hicks‡ Craig A. Hanenburg Amy Hanley ‡ Dr. Bruce Harmon Ken and Holly Harris . Marlon Harris and Njeri Parker ‡ Carol and William Harrison‡ Tom and Virginia Hartley ‡ Mr. Joe Hasman Richard Hatton Daniel Heald Diana J Healy ‡ Albert and Amy Heber ‡ Ms. Mary Ellen Hennessy
Pat and Ron Henning Jeffrey and Bonnie Herden Nancy and Dale Hershfield Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Hession‡ Fred Hill Linda and John Hillman Sebastian Hincapie‡ Dennis Hjelm Drs. Stevan and Ivonne Hobfall Mrs. Vivian Hock Elizabeth and Dan Hodos‡ Donald & Janet Hoeg Kathryn and Bruce Hoffman‡ Robert and Micky Holdsworth‡ Donald and Karen Holmberg James and Eileen Holzhauer Mr. and Mrs. Honesty Cynthia Hood Jack and Bonnie Horbovetz Mary Horgan‡ Bruce and Judy Hoskins Melvin Houston Kenny and Elyse Howanski Edward Howe and Saundra Van Dyke‡ Thomas and Karen Howell William & Dana Hub‡ William Hubbard Robin and Harry Hunter Jorge and Beatriz Iorgulescu Ms. Karen Irvine Mr. George Irwin Marina Jacks Terry Jackson‡ Chuck Jacobson and Mary Lou Vainisi John David Jawor Douglas and Margaret Jayes‡ Gennell Jefferson Kathleen and Hal Jenkins Sheila and Jim Jesionowski Judith Johns Amy Johnson‡ Ruth Johnston‡ Ericka Jones Andra Heller and Andy Jonusaitis Heather Joys‡ Mary Jo Kanady Olwyn J. Kane Norma and Nolan Kaplan Jackie Kappus‡ Mr. and Mrs. James Kargman Jerry Karlin Ernest and Harriett Karmin Kathleen Kastenholz Loreta Kavaliunas‡ Tyler Keating & Andrea Velasco Echeverri‡ Claire Kedjidjian Martin and Barbara Keeley Eric Keen
Francis and Sherri Kelch‡ Erin E. Kelly Jeffrey S Kennedy ‡ Steve Kerch‡ Lucy Kereta-Block Mrs. Kathryn Kerr Vriginia Killian Lund Joseph and Catherine King Valerie King Sylvia and John Kinney Jill Kirby John Kirk Donald and Joan Kittler Mrs. Theresa Klecka Micah Klussmann‡ Mr. and Mrs. David Knapp Mr. and Ms. T.J. Knaus Dr. Eileen Knight ‡ Mr. Justen Knight Douglas and Catherine Knuth John Kobza Anne Kohn Betty H. Kolb Jeff and Katie Kowalsky Marianne Karjacic Kris and Ed Gallagher Patricia Kronberg Ken and Janet Kubis Diane and Bill Kuhlmann Kevin and Anne Kurth Charles and Diane Laff Ms. Leah Lagen Mr. Kurt Lagerloef ‡ Steve LaHaie Karen E. Laine Ed and Bettine Landon‡ Ghita Lapidus Mr. Jeff Larche Nils & Stacey Larsen‡ Patricia Lauber Peter and Shirley Dugdale Laundy Mr. & Mrs. John Law ‡ Catherine and Peter Lawler Janet Lawrence Amanda Lawson John Leanse‡ Julia and Daniel Lee Ms. Roberta Lee Yohannan Lee‡ Elizabeth Leeth Laurie Leli Ms. Pamela Lenane Jeffrey and Elise Lennard Steven and Roberta J Leon Bob and Julie Lepri Brienne Letourneau and Richard Bailey David Levin Dr. and Mrs. Harvey J. Levin Marc and Cynthia Levin Gabriel Levine
steppenwolf 39
…cont’d Annual Fund Michael and Cara Levinson Mr. and Mrs. Mark Levitin Gregory Lewis and Mary Strek‡ Ray and Norene Lewis‡ Fran and Chuck Licht ‡ Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lichter Mr. and Mrs. Burton Litwin Louise and Gershon Locker Renee Logan David and Jean Long Katherine M. Lorenz Maggie and Tom Lovaas Jeff and Nancy Lowenthal‡ Judy and George Lowman Thomas P. Luning Thomas and Elizabeth Lyons Mr. Eric Macey Jennifer Mack Carrie McNally & Rick Maechling‡ Frank and Chris Maggio Anthony and Julianne Maggiore Mr. John Mahoney Drs. Harris and Phoebe Mainster Karen and Daniel Maki J. V. Malkovich Sandra Mangurian Samantha & David Mann Wendy Manto‡ Steve and Melissa Marovich Ed and Linnea Martin‡ Tom and Robin Martin‡ Millionaire Mason Henry and Peggy Matson Robert and Eleanor M. McAllister Mary McArthur and John Hawes Charles McCaa‡ John McCambridge Nancy McCartan Tanner McCleerey ‡ Alyssa Mcculloch Anne McDevitt Maureen O’Leary & Sean McDonaugh‡ Betty McGhee Paul and Lisa McGrady ‡ Mary and Dan McGuire Michael & Liz McHugh‡ Sara McIntosh Maureen McIntyre‡ Ryan and Claire McKenzie Denise and Barry McKeown Robert and Lorel McMillan Claretta Meier Jack and Jane Mentzer Terri Mertz and Richard P. Deranian David and Linda Metschke‡ Ms. Karlyn R. Meyer Ms. Barbara Meyers Charles and Sylvia Meyers‡
40 True West
Kenneth Meyer Lynn Meyers Tom Mikrut Dean A. Miller and Martha H. Swift Mr. Greg Miller Mia and Jonathan Miller ‡ Sheba Miller-Morris Ron and Pat Miller Stephen and Kimberley Miller Suzanne H. Milton Ron and Barbara Moline‡ Timothy Moon‡ Ms. W. Moore Skinner and Mr. J. Skinner Melinda Moore Mr. Carlos Morales Mr. William More Tracy Morgenroth Mr. and Mrs. Henry Morris Sheba Miller-Morris Ms. Mary Louise H. Morrison Beverly and Dale Mortensen Amy Morton and Rob Milburn Jodi A. Morton‡ David and Linda Moscow Margaret Moses and Mike Zimmer Carly-Rae Moss‡ Sarah Mowaswes Ms. Melissa Moyer Dr. and Mrs. Martin Mozes John and Colleen Mueller Paul and Joyce Muller Mary Ellen Murphy William and Frances Myers Jenny Nagaoka and Bart Longacre Ajay and Preeti Nagarkatte Vincent and Amy Narea Ms. Kathleen Nass Mr. Michael Nauman and Ms. Emily Brannon Randy Nease Gavin Nelson‡ William and Leslie Nelson Mr. Tony Neuhoff Michael Neupert and Erin Bodendorfer Tom and Julia Nicholas Aaron Nichols‡ Mark and Maggie Nichter ‡ Dave and Chris Niday Craig and Jenny Niemann‡ Jeffrey and Stefanie Nimick Susan and Larry Nutson Dr. Amaka Nweke Ann and Dan O’Brien John M. O’Donnell and Bonnie L. Humphrey Jill and Ronan O’Donovan‡ Dennis J. O’Keefe and Mary Jo Barrett Larry and Barbara Olin
Jeffrey Olsen Sky & Lauren Opila‡ Jamie and Anita Orlikoff ‡ Ms. Shirley O’Rourke Jerome and Kathryn Osen‡ Alberta O’Shaughnessy Mr. Tom O’Sullivan Ozyurt Family ‡ Frances and William Paden Deborah Page Debra Parker Mark and Mary Partridge Vanessa Passini Thomas Pawlik and Ava Cohn Zack Payne‡ Ron Pegram‡ Hershel Perlmutter Ross and Jackie Peterson Ross and Carla Peterson Alex and Julie Philbrick‡ John Phillips‡ Rheva Phillips Barb and Ned Piehler Mr. Pete Pieruccini Mr. and Mrs. Steve Pillsbury Mike and Shannon Piotrowski‡ Manya Jo Pleva Martha Plimpton Brian Plonka Donald and Diane Pochyly Daniel J. Pooley ‡ Andrew Sullender ‡ Kristina Postrero Michael Powell and Debora Boyda‡ Mr. Miles Simmons and Mr. Richard Powell Glenn A. Preibis Seamus Prendergast ‡ Jennifer and Peter Preston Jean and Preston Price Lynn and Clayton Pruitt Dave and Darby Putman Peter Quagliana and Susan Dennison Pamela and Edwin Qualls Karen and Mark Quinn Bernard and Joan Rabinowitz Aubree Radocchio Heidi Ralli Diego Ramirez Harold And Erica Ramis Len and Barbara Rand Heather N. Ransom‡ Dean Rapp Jason & Sarah Rasmusen John Rawls Daniel W. Ray and Lynne S. Kaminer Ms. Nancy Ray
Elizabeth Raymond and Paul Hybel Dr. and Mrs. Loris Rayner Mr. Chuck Rebesco Octavia Reese‡ Fred and Karen Rhynders‡ Ed and Suzette Rickert Sandi Riggs Ms. Stefanie Riles Ms. Alexandria Rinaldi Paul Rink Lisa Roberts‡ Stanley Roberts Gina Robertson Chloe Robinson‡ Ms. Dorothy Robinson Louis and Barbara Rocah Mr. Joseph Rochetto and Mr. A. Anderson Sandra and Jeffrey Rochman David Rodriguez and Jennifer Torchia Dr. Daniel A. Roller and Ms. Lynn A. Hellwig Alexander Roman Mr. Jimmy Ronan Mrs. Sarene L. Rosen Bernie and Judy Rosenstein Mr. and Mrs. James E. Rosenthal Linda and Ronald Rosenthal‡ Julie Rosner & David Fishman Mr. Robert Rosner Joseph Ross‡ Tony Rossi Michael and Bonnie Rothman Mr. Joseph Rudas Joseph D. Ruggirello Ray and Ann Rusnak Mr. and Ms. Kenneth Sacks Dario and Theresa Sacomani‡ Jeffrey and Ellen Sadur Ms. Teresa Samala de Guzman Stephen and Leatrice Sandler Sheldon and Lynne Sandman Mr. and Mrs. Martin Sandoval Baybee Sandra‡ Laurie Sartain Christopher and Ann Marie Saternus Robert and Mary Ann Savard‡ Sue Tobias and Alan Schapiro Tim and Sue Schell Mr. and Mrs. Darryl G. Schimeck The Schirato Family Scott Schmeling Rose Schmidt ‡ Marilyn Low Schmitt ‡ David and Alexis Schmitz Frank and Karen Schneider Marcus Koepke and Becky Schoefield
Cynthia Scholl‡ Stewart & Marta Schrader Jessica and Christoph Schrey Mrs. Margaret Schuring Howard Schultz and Jan Keller Schultz Richard and Mary Beth Schumacher ‡ Nicholas Schwab‡ Linda & John Scott ‡ Thomas D. & Barbara Jo Scott Robert Connealy and Heather Seidelman‡ Ms. Merry Senchak Alden and Kristen Senior Jeremiah and Caroline Seraphine Marjorie P. Shafton Margaret Shaklee Matti and Drora Shalev David Shanahan Sandra Shane-DuBow Eve Shapiro‡ Jeffrey S. Sharp and Elizabeth D. Sharp Christine Shaver ‡ Dr. D. Shaw And Mrs. L. Gordon David and Kimberly Shaw Luna Okada and Wynn Sheade‡ Dr. Mitchell and Sharon Sheinkop Cathy Shelko‡ Kathryn Shenk Jawan M. Sheppard Brian and Melissa Sherman Elpiniki Shipp Mr. and Mrs. William Shorey ‡ Bradley and Ellen Shorser Christine Sibrava Ms. Culleen Siebert Margaret and Alan Silberman Scott Silberstein Ilene Simmons George and Lynne Simon Mr. Joyce Simon Mr. and Mrs. Skogan Ada Skyles Christine A. Slivon Patricia Costello Slovak Mr. Richard Smart and Ms. Sheila Owens Janet Carl Smith and Mel Smith Sean & Jilliann Smith‡ Kevin Smith Jackie Snuttjer ‡ Ms. Maria I. Sobrero Lawrence and Shirley Solomon Mr. Steve Solomon Dusica Korda-Sparks and James C. Sparks Bonnie Spring Patricia Staab Lenette Staudinger
Nikki and Fred Stein The Steinbachs‡ Joel and Kai Sternstein Professor Andrea Stevens Tricia and Kevin Stewart Michael Stolarski and Kim Steinke Andrew and Dr. Jessica Strang‡ Mr. Timothy Strong Larry E. Stuckey II Mark and Irene Sudac Dr. and Mrs. K. Sullivan MD Linda and Stephen Sullivan E.J. Sutton‡ Sylwia Szewczyk‡ Obie and Peter Szidon Ms. Ester Tanury Ms. Eva Taves Ms. Ann Taylor and Mr. Stephen Skardon Elaine Taylor Ellie Taylor ‡ John R. and Catherine Taylor Mr. Robert Taylor Taylor Tefft Cheryl Thaxton‡ Rhonda Thomas William & Diana Thomas‡ Doug and Anne Thompson‡ Nancie Noie Thompson‡ Sue and Jim Thompson Bruce & Ida Thurman Mary Ann Tolli Angela Toomsen Dr. Susan Torma Bruce and Jan Tranen Carol D. Trapp Ms. Joanne C. Tremulis Ms. Sue Tresselt Jane McIntyre and Joe Troccolo‡ Jim and Cora True-Frost Ms. Leslie Truelove Dana Turban Susan D. Tuteur Carissa van Ausdall‡ Mary Vanecko‡ Gabriella Vargo and Anna Vargo‡ Brenda Velandra and Deana Velandra Paule Verdier ‡ Ms. Catherine Vincent Mr. Jay Vincent Charlie and Marcia Vinopal‡ Pam Voitik‡ Ron Volanti Jr.‡ Paul D. Waas Mrs. Jimmye Wade Eugene and Sandra Wagner Lillian and Steven Walanka Marsie Wallach Ms. Colleen Walsh Patrick Walsh
steppenwolf 41
…cont’d Annual Fund William and Patricia Walsh Ms. Lee-Lin Wang Mary Warchol Crawford and Barbara Ward Mr. and Mrs. William Wardrop Joe and Nicole Warganz Deborah and Neil Warner ‡ Elissa B. Weaver James and Christine Webb Clifford Webster Michael Weiland and Shelley MacGregor
Marc Weinstein and Martha Laffey Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kasper ‡ Hava and Ariel Weissberg Lisa Anne Werner ‡ Ms. Drenda Wiley Sonya Williams, M.D.‡ Ruth Winter Dr. David Wise and Dr. Dianna Niebylski‡ Iris S. Witkowsky Coleman Wolf and Ellen Chapelle‡ Stephanie Wolf ‡ Lisa Wolfe and Mark DiGanci
Alex Wolking Ms. Emily Wong Carol N. Yamamoto Maureen “Moe” Yanes Dick Yankow Rodney and Susan Yergler ‡ Ms. Denise Young Mark Zampardo Dr. Ronald Zank‡ David and Nikki Zarefsky Mary Ann Zarkin‡ Barbara & Bill Zillman Tighe Zimmers Mark and Margie Zivin
IN-KIND CONTRIBUTORS 101 Productions Joan Allen Amazon Studios Alana Arenas Kate Arrington Annette Bening Kevin Boehm Beyond Events Catering BLVD Ebs Burnough & Pierre Lagrange CH Distillery Cliff Chamberlain Chicago Council on Planned Giving ClientFirst Consulting Group Gary Cole Carrie Coon Glenn Davis Michelle A. DeMent Kathryn Erbe Lee Sunday Evans
42 True West
Evolution Interiors Exelon and Mary Ludford Audry Francis James Franco K.Todd Freeman FROST Chicago Johnny Galecki Graycor, Inc Francis Guinan Hall’s Rental Service Armie Hammer Jon Michael Hill HMS Media Hopewell Brewing Co. Tom Irwin Kathryn Strudios Donna La Pietra Audra McDonald Laurie Metcalf Metropolitan Brewing Amy Morton
Caroline Neff Bruce Norris Nick Offerman Paramount Events Partytime-HDB Productions,Inc. Peacock 9 Rosie Perez Jeff Perry and Linda Lowy Pinuaga Wines POP Phylicia Rashad Karen Rodriguez Roundabout Theatre Company Michael Shannon Alpana Singh Namir Smallwood The Talbott Hotel Rainn Wilson Jacqueline Williams
HONOR AND MEMORIAL GIFTS Honor Gifts For Kate Arrington, Jean Arrington For Rose Baker, Sue Rundle For Henry Bienen, Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan For Leslie Bradberry, Jennifer Baryl For Nora Daley, J.B. and M.K. Pritzker Family Foundation For Beth Boosalis Davis, Roberta Zabel For Josephine Eva Desir, Charlotte and Marcel Durot For Jessie Fisher and Erik Hellman, Lisa M. Fisher For Bill and Ethel Gofen, Deborah Horwitz and Paul Nierman For Evan Hatfield, Alan Lepp Leslie Bradberry For Evan Hatfield and Jack Miggins, Paul Rink
For Stephanie Heller, Terrence Walsh Roselyn Friedman For the Lefkofskys and Kalts, Laura and Scott Eisen For the marriage of Shayna Rashkow and Max Lesser, Los Angeles 11/4/18, Dick For Cari Sacks, Madeline Grynsztejn For Bruce Sagan and Bette Cerf Hill, Anita and Jamie Orlikoff For David Schmitz, Roberta Zabel For Lauren Speigel, Donna Speigel For Sai Vavricek, Eileen Vavricek For Meredith Bluhm Wolf and Bill Wolf, Andrew Block and Julie Nerenberg For Helen Zell, Anne Kaplan
Memorial Gifts For George S. Brengel, Janyce D. Brengel For Betty Carlson, Tracy Goepel In Memory of Curt Crotty Friends of Curt Crotty For Norma M. Farina, Kara T. Huberman For Norton H. Kay, Sandra Blau For Abby S. MagdovitzWasserman, Dr. David Wasserman For James W. Ray and James W. Ray, Jr, Nancy Ray For Kari Timm, Jill O’Donovan For Nancy Wald, Albert Wald For Irwin L. Walzer, Bobbie Meyers For Diane Zientek, The Schirato Family
B L A C K Experience Steppenwolf in a whole new way with an all-access pass to world-class performances.
B L A C K
C A R D
BECOME A MEMBER
steppenwolf.org/blackcard | 312-335-1650
C
A
R
D
R E D The place where you belong. The price you can afford.
RED=6 tickets for $100 Go see mind-blowing theater on your own terms. Get six tickets to use however you want at any time. Get insider access, exclusive discounts and a whole lot more. The only hitch—you have to be 29 years of age or younger.
Get RED. | steppenwolf.org/RED | 312-335-1650
Accessibility at Steppenwolf Committed to providing services and programming that enhance the experience of guests with disabilities, Steppenwolf is proud to feature: • Assistive listening devices in our Downstairs, Upstairs and 1700 theaters. • Audio-described performances, artistic conversations and touch tours of the stage for patrons who are blind or have low vision. • Sign language-interpreted and open-captioned performances for guests who are deaf or hard of hearing.
Induction hearing loops in the 1700 and Downstairs Theatre
If you use a hearing aid or cochlear implant that has a T-Coil, feel free to turn it on for the performance! The 1700 Theatre and both levels of the Downstairs Theatre are equipped with induction loops. Individual portable neck loops are available in our Upstairs Theatre—just ask any member of the house staff if you’d like to use one. Steppenwolf’s induction loop was made possible in part by a generous gift from John Hart and Carol Prins. 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
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.
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. 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 or join the conversation at facebook.com/steppenwolftheatre. 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.
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
Need to contact a patron during a performance? If you need to contact a patron during a performance in our Downstairs or Upstairs Theaters, please call our Concierge Desk at 312-932-2476. Hours: one hour prior to curtain until 15 minutes after curtain call.
Photo/Video Disclaimer: During your visit, you or members of your family may be filmed, videotaped, and/or photographed by a Steppenwolf employee, contract photographer or the media. Your attendance at Steppenwolf events serves as permission for the use of your image, or the image of your family members, by Steppenwolf.
Content Disclaimer: Steppenwolf does not offer advisories about subject matter, as sensitivities vary from person to person. If you have any questions about content, age-appropriateness or stage effects (such as strobe lights or theatrical fog) that might have a bearing on patron comfort, please contact the box office at 312-335-1650.
Inspirational. Performance.
With over 80 years of experience, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois is well-rehearsed in making sure you have confidence‌ no matter the stage.
A Division of Health Care Service Corporation, a Mutual Legal Reserve Company, an Independent Licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association