Program - "Antonio’s Song / I Was Dreaming of a Son"

By Dael Orlandersmith and Antonio Edwards Suarez Directed by Mark Clements

JANUARY 26 – MARCH 6, 2022 | STIEMKE STUDIO

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Milwaukee Repertory Theater Presents

By Dael Orlandersmith and Antonio Edwards Suarez Directed by Mark Clements ◊ Scenic Designer Luciana Stecconi

Costume Designer Peggy McKowen

Movement Director Alexandra Beller ◊

Lighting Designer John Ambrosone

Projection Designer Jared Mezzocchi

Sound Designer Andre J. Pluess Stage Manager Kira Neighbors*

JANUARY 26 – MARCH 6, 2022 | STIEMKE STUDIO The Stiemke Studio Season is presented by

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Executive Producers

Catherine & Buddy Robinson

Associate Producers

Connie & John Kordsmeier

A John (Jack) D. Lewis New Play Development Program Production

Sponsored in part by:

Co-produced with Contemporary American Theater Festival

Contemporary American Theater Festival Ed Herendeen, Founder; Peggy McKowen, Producing Director Commissioned by Joshua Sherman Productions, LLC. ◊ A member of Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, an independent national labor union. *Denotes an artist represented by Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

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PERFORMER Antonio....................................................................................................................Antonio Edwards Suarez*

PRODUCTION SUPPORT Associate Projection Designer.......................................................................................................Max Wallace Stage Management Resident........................................................................................................Kelly DeLisle Assistant Director..........................................................................................................Daniel Andres Blanco Line Producers..............................................................................................Jonathan Hetler, Deanie Vallone Antonio’s Song / I Was Dreaming of a Son will be performed with no intermission.

The videotaping or other video or audio recording of this production is strictly prohibited. *Denotes an artist represented by Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

PRODUCTION STAFF Director of Production..................................................................................................................Jared Clarkin Associate Production Manager..............................................................................................Kaitlyn Anderson Technical Director............................................................................................................John Houtler-McCoy Associate Technical Director.........................................................................................................Sean Walters Properties Director..............................................................................................................................Jim Guy Charge Scenic Artist......................................................................................................................Jim Medved Costume Director.................................................................................................................Nicholas Hartman Lighting & Video Director..........................................................................................................Aaron Lichamer Sound Director................................................................................................................................J Jumbelic Production Stage Manager....................................................................................................Kimberly Carolus*

Milwaukee Repertory Theater operates under an agreement between the League of Resident Theatres and Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States. The scenic, costume, lighting and sound designers in LORT Theatres are represented by United Scenic Artists, Local USA-829 of the IATSE and our stagehands and carpenters are members of Milwaukee Theatrical Stage Employees’ Union IATSE Local 18. Milwaukee Rep is an equal opportunity employer. Milwaukee Rep is proud to be a member of The United Performing Arts Fund (UPAF), which provides major annual financial support.

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A Note From

Artistic Director Mark Clements Good things sometimes just take a little more time to come to fruition.

Antonio’s Song/I Was Dreaming of a Son may be the longest anticipated co-production in theater history – or – at least, Milwaukee Rep’s history.

After premiering the show at the Contemporary American Theater Festival (CATF) in the summer of 2019, I was prepared to remount my production here in the Stiemke Studio in March 2020. Just as we were preparing to go into rehearsals, of course everything around the world, especially in the live arts, including our theater, shut down due to COVID. Despite the arduous and numerous calendar changes required to bring the second leg of this production to fruition, we knew we couldn’t let this play go, so here we finally and gratefully are.

This story of the challenges of parenting, the importance of finding a welcoming community, along with the power of art to feed body and soul, seem to resonate more deeply for us today than it did nearly two years ago, and as we continue to grind through a global pandemic.

Since first encountering this play, I have always been drawn to the piece’s honest and empathetic look at fatherhood, and the complex and often uncomfortable intersections of masculinity, violence, and ethnicity that sit at the core of this particular story. As the father of a young daughter myself, and being brought up for many years as a young boy/man with elements of societal violence and bullying surrounding myself on a daily basis, many aspects of Antonio’s story, albeit rooted in radically different cultural contexts and settings, deeply resonated with me – as they might for many others too all over the world. We don’t often talk honestly about the trials of parenting, the sins of the fathers (and the mothers, too, for that matter) that fashion our own personalities, and how they are often tied up with our Western culture’s limited and sometimes traditional perceptions of respectability and social norms. What happens to your identity when you become a parent? What does it mean to be a parent? What does it mean to be a good parent? Antonio’s Song doesn’t shy away from those tough questions but leans into the truth and human emotion at the center of them. And woven intricately into that is also the complex story of an artist coming into his artistry, despite the obstacles the world throws his way. The way the play explores art’s power to shepherd us through the most trying of times speaks to us all, whether an art-maker or an art-lover.

The Artistic teams at both Milwaukee Rep and CATF were intrigued and drawn to the myriad challenges this play offers, and after only having read the script one time wanted to be involved more. I also had the good fortune and opportunity early on to see Antonio read his play in a simple setting and found him to be extremely charismatic, witty, and moving, with a very distinctive style of storytelling that compelled me to be more involved when I was invited by both Antonio and Dael to direct this piece. We had also previously produced two of Dael Orlandersmith’s pieces, Yellowman and Until the Flood, and respected her work immensely, so much so that we commissioned her to write her next creation, New Age, which we will be presenting the world premiere of just a little later this coming spring. Working with this team of talented and dedicated multi-hyphenate artists has also been an absolute pleasure, as we collectively attempt to bring another distinctive new play to life in the Stiemke Studio, a venue that always endeavors to bring new works, new voices and unique styles of storytelling to an audience that loves and demands to be challenged.

We all come from somewhere – but excavating that history and coming to terms with it, as Antonio and Dael’s show attempts to do, isn’t always easy, but I hope you too will find as much resonance, hope and need for further conversation around the subject matter in this piece as we did.

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Antonio Edwards Suarez Antonio, Co-Playwright Broadway: American Buffalo, directed by Robert Falls. Lincoln Center: Chaucer in Rome, directed by Nicholas Martin. Other New York credits: Entertaining Mr. Sloane, The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, Dogg’s Hamlet, Cahoot’s Macbeth and The Trial (Phoenix Theatre Ensemble), This One Girl’s Story (New York Musical Theatre Festival, Award for Best Ensemble), Points of Departure (INTAR), Richard III (National Black Theatre). Other credits: Food Acts (Lions Theatre), The Hamlet Project (Mac Wellman Theater), Trespass (Producers Club II), Fuente (Cherry Lane Alternative), Waiting for Godot (Chashama), Mother (La MaMa E.T.C.). International/ Regional: Antonio’s Song/I Was Dreaming of a Son (CATF), Leandro in the international tour of The King Stag (directed by Andrei Serban, choreographed by Julie Taymor), The Night is a Child (Milwaukee Rep), A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Taming of the Shrew, The Tempest, Julius Caesar (Commonwealth Shakespeare Company), Havana is Waiting (Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park), Spinning into Butter (Repertory Theatre of St. Louis), Idiots Karamazov (American Repertory Theater). Independent film: “The Tested.”

TV: “Elementary,” several episodes of “Law & Order,” “The Good Wife,” “Rookie Blue,” “Person of Interest,” “One Life to Live” and “As the World Turns.” HBO: “Flight of the Conchords” and “Curb Your Enthusiasm.”

USA Network: Stan the Orderly (recurring) on “Royal Pains.”

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CREATIVE TEAM Dael Orlandersmith Co-Playwright Dael’s plays include Stoop Stories, Black N Blue Boys/Broken Men, Horsedreams, Bones, The Blue Album, Yellowman, The Gimmick, Monster and Forever. Ms. Orlandersmith was a Pulitzer Prize finalist and Drama Desk Award nominee for Yellowman and the winner of the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize for The Gimmick. Dael is the recipient of a New York Foundation for the Arts grant, the Helen Merrill Award for Emerging Playwrights, a Guggenheim, along with several other awards and honors.

Her play, Forever, was commissioned and performed at the Mark Taper Forum/Kirk Douglas Theatre in Fall 2014, followed by performances at Long Wharf Theatre in Winter 2014/15, New York Theatre Workshop in Spring 2015 and Portland Center Stage in Winter 2016. Her play, Until the Flood, was done at Repertory Theatre of St. Louis in Fall 2016. She is currently working on two commissions for Artists Repertory Theatre in Portland and Milwaukee Repertory Theater.

Until the Flood was done at Rattlestick Playwrights Theater in 2018 and Milwaukee Rep in 2019, and was done at Portland Center Stage, ACT Seattle, the Arcola Theatre in London, the Galway International Arts Festival at the Druid Theatre, and at the Traverse Theatre at Edinburgh Festival. The play is scheduled to be performed in Berlin at the Schaubühne theater in April 2022 and at the Spoleto Festival in Charleston, SC in June 2022. Ms. Orlandersmith is working on a commission for Rattlestick Playwrights Theater called Watching the Watcher and has two plays opening at Milwaukee Rep in 2022 – New Age to be directed by Jade King Carroll and Antonio’s Song/I Was Dreaming of

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a Son co-written with Antonio Edwards Suarez and directed by Mark Clements. She is also working on a new work with writer/performer David Cale called You don’t know the lonely one and is working on a new piece called Spiritas. In 2020 Ms. Orlandersmith received the Doris Duke award.

Contemporary American Theater Festival Co-Producer The Contemporary American Theater Festival at Shepherd University is a professional theater dedicated to producing and developing new American plays. Founded in 1991, CATF has produced over 130 plays, including 57 world premieres and 11 commissions – more than half of which represent voices of women and playwrights of color. Plays that enjoyed their world premiere or second production at CATF include: Lydia Diamond’s Stick Fly, which moved to Arena Stage and Broadway; Tom Gibbon’s Uncanny Valley, which transferred to Off-Broadway; Angelica Cheri’s Berta, Berta, which performed at the National Black Theater Festival; and Eleanor Burgess’s The Niceties (later seen here at Milwaukee Rep). Other plays originally produced at CATF include nominees for the Harold & Mimi/American Theatre Critics Association New Play Award: Johnna Adam’s Gidion’s Knot; Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig’s Lidless; Jennifer Haley’s Breadcrumbs; and Jane Martin’s H2O. In 2019, Bloomsbury’s Methuen Drama published Plays by Women of the Contemporary American Theater Festival, a collection of five plays by female playwrights that had their first production at CATF.

Mark Clements Director Mark is an awardwinning international theater director whose work has appeared in over 100 major theaters throughout Europe and the United States. He began his tenure as Artistic Director with the 2010/11 Season by bringing musicals to the mainstage, starting a tradition that is now the highlight of every season. Milwaukee Rep directing credits include the world premieres of One House Over, his own adaptation of the current A Christmas Carol, Five Presidents and American Song. Also directed for Milwaukee Rep: Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol, Things I Know To Be True (American Premiere), Junk, The Glass Menagerie, Of Mice and Men, Othello, Death of a Salesman, The History of Invulnerability, End of the Rainbow, Clybourne Park and Bombshells. Some of his New York and international work includes Speaking in Tongues, The Milliner and Blunt Speaking, in addition to creating and directing the West End and UK National Tour of Soul Train. Prior to joining Milwaukee Rep, Mark served as an Associate Artistic Director for several UK theater companies, most notably, Artistic Director for the award-winning Derby Playhouse in the UK from 1992-2002, where he directed over 40 productions. He has been nominated for an Olivier Award and several UK Theatre Awards, and has won three Barrymore Awards from his time at Walnut Street Theatre in Philadelphia. Mark is currently working with Ayad Akhtar on adapting his critically acclaimed novel American Dervish for the stage to make its world premiere at Milwaukee Rep in an upcoming season.

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BIOS CONT. Luciana Stecconi Scenic Designer Recent credits include: WITCH (Huntington Theatre Company), A Wind in the Door (Kennedy Center Theater for Young Audiences), Antonio’s Song and Chester Bailey (Contemporary American Theater Festival), Spunk (Signature Theatre), Oil (Olney Theatre Center), Kings (Studio Theatre), The Winter’s Tale (Folger Theatre), Straight White Men (Marin Theatre), Oliver! (New Rep Theatre), among others. Luciana has also designed for many DC area theaters including Woolly Mammoth, Mosaic Theater, Roundhouse, Theater J, Everyman Theatre, Imagination Stage, Adventure Theatre MTC, Library of Congress and Georgetown University. She serves as Assistant Professor at Emerson College. Education: MFA in Theatre Design from Brandeis University. Awards: 2010 Mayor’s Art Award for Outstanding Emerging Artist. Website: lucianastecconi.com Peggy McKowen Costume Designer Producing Artistic Director, Contemporary American Theater Festival Peggy’s work with CATF includes Mr. Marmalade, Jazzland, Antonio’s Song/I Was Dreaming of a Son, The Welcome Guest, The Wedding Gift, Not Medea, Everything You Touch and Scott and Hem in the Garden of Allah. In NYC she was the resident designer for the Obie Award-winning Jean Cocteau Repertory. Regional theater includes: Barrington Stage, Tennessee Repertory Theatre, Texas and Dallas Shakespeare Festivals, and Perseverance Theatre.

International theater work includes: B.A.T. Studio Theatre (Berlin, Germany), Teatro Alfa Real (Sao Paulo, Brazil) and the Mandarin translation of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying in Beijing, China.

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Maryland. Peggy was named 2018 West Virginia Artist of the Year and is a member of USA 829.

John Ambrosone Lighting Designer Broadway: The Old Neighborhood at the Booth Theatre. Off-Broadway: Uncanny Valley at 59E59 Theaters, Nocturne at New York Theatre Workshop. National Tour: The King Stag. International: São Paulo, Strasbourg, Berlin, Tokyo, London, Leon, Moscow, Singapore, Taipei. Regional: Alley Theatre, Alliance Theatre, American Repertory Theater, Arena Stage, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Center Stage, Clarence Brown Theatre, Coconut Grove Playhouse, Contemporary American Theater Festival, Hartford Stage, Long Wharf, McCarter, Merrimack Repertory, North Shore Music Theatre, People’s Light, Philadelphia Theatre Company, Playmakers Repertory, Prince Music Theater, Ridge Theatre, Royal George Theatre, TheatreSquared, Trinity Repertory Company, Virginia Stage Company.

Andre J. Pluess Sound Designer Milwaukee Rep: Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol, The Chinese Lady, The Who & The What, after all the terrible things I do, SoundStage MKE. Broadway: The Minutes, 33 Variations, I Am My Own Wife, Metamorphoses. Off-Broadway: The Clean House (Lincoln Center) and Milk Like Sugar (Playwrights Horizons). Regional: Angels in America (Berkeley Rep), Winter’s Tale (Oregon Shakespeare Festival), After the Quake (Steppenwolf, La Jolla Playhouse), Lottery Day (Goodman), Cymbeline (Shakespeare Theatre Company), The Children (Steppenwolf), Vietgone (Denver Theater Center), Lady Windemere’s Fan (Williamstown Theatre Festival), Smart People (Arena Stage), A Moon for the Misbegotten (McCarter), Macbeth (Chicago Shakespeare), Much

#WeRepMilwaukee Ado About Nothing (California Shakespeare Festival). Other credits: Ensemble member of Lookingglass Theatre Company. Awards: Multiple Joseph Jefferson Awards, Ovation Award, Drama Critics Circle Award, Barrymore Award, Helen Hayes Award, Drama Desk and Lucille Lortel nominations for composition and sound design.

Alexandra Beller Movement Director Off-Broadway: Sense and Sensibility (Sheen Center, Judson Gym, Folger Shakespeare Library, American Repertory Theater, Portland Center Stage; Helen Hayes Award, Lortel Nomination, IRNE Best Choreography), The Mad Ones (59E59), Bedlam’s Peter Pan (Duke Theater), How to Transcend a Happy Marriage (Lincoln Center Theater).

Regional: The Two Gentlemen of Verona (Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival), As You Like It (Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival, Folger Shakespeare Library), The Young Ladies of… (Taylor Mac), Chang(e) (HERE).

Current: Antonio’s Song (CATF, Milwaukee Rep), Fandango for Butterflies (and Coyotes) (La MaMa and touring). Directing/ Choreographing Make Thick My Blood, an adaptation of Macbeth (Theatre Row July ’22).

BFA/MFA Dance, CMA (Certified Movement Analyst). Faculty at Princeton University.

Jared Mezzocchi Projection Designer Jared is an Obie Award-winning director and multimedia designer, playwright and actor. Jared’s work has spanned throughout the United States at theaters such as: The Kennedy Center, Geffen Playhouse, Arena Stage, Woolly Mammoth (company member) and many more. In 2016, he received the Lucille Lortel and Henry Hewes Award for his work in Vietgone at the Manhattan Theatre Club. In 2021, The New York Times highlighted his multimedia work in a spotlight article on his impact during the pandemic. His work was

also celebrated as a New York Times Critic’s Pick on Russian Troll Farm (co-director and multimedia designer) where it was praised for being one of the first digitally native successes for virtual theater. Most recently, Jared created a new work through his minicommission at Vineyard Theatre in New York City entitled On the Beauty of Loss. He is a two-time MacDowell Artist Fellow, a 2012 Princess Grace Award winner and spends his summers as Producing Artistic Director of Andy’s Summer Playhouse. Outside of his artmaking, Jared is an Associate Professor at the University of Maryland, where he teaches in the MFA Design Program for the Projection and Multimedia Track and is Associate Director of the School for Theatre, Dance and Performance Studies as well as the Co-Director of the newly announced Brin Institute for New Performance. Over the pandemic, Jared founded Virtual Design Collective (ViDCo), which has aided in the development of over 50 new digital works over the last 18 months.

Kira Neighbors Stage Manager Kira is positively delighted to be back at Milwaukee Rep with Antonio’s Song. Most recently, she was the SM for Milwaukee Chamber Theatre’s The Thanksgiving Play and PSM for Door Shakespeare’s 2021 production of Hamlet after a long year away from theater.

Previously, Kira has worked at Milwaukee Rep on such productions as The Nerd and The Legend of Georgia McBride and was also the PSM for Door Shakespeare’s 2019 summer season. Before making her way to Wisconsin, Kira studied stage management at the University of South Carolina. Favorite past productions include The Legend of Georgia McBride (Milwaukee Rep), Pump Boys & Dinettes (Theatre Raleigh) and Outlaw Song (U of SC).

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Kelly DeLisle Stage Management Resident Kelly (she/her) is a native of Indiana. Kelly graduated from Ball State University where she received her degree in Production Stage Management. Professional credits include Cortland Repertory Theatre (ASM/ACM), Cedar Rapids Opera (SM), Indiana Public Radio (SM) and Southeastern Summer Theatre Institute (CCO). Kelly would like to thank Milwaukee Repertory Theater for the opportunity to return to the theatre after an unprecedented year. She would also like to thank her parents and Ball State family for their continuous support! Find out more about Kelly at kellydelisle.com IG: kellydelislesm Daniel Andres Blanco Assistant Director Daniel is an award-winning director, actor, writer and editor, and a recent graduate of the BFA Acting Program at UCSB. Since graduation, Daniel has been focused on continuing his work in creating and presenting unique stories about the Latinx experience through both film and theater. He is very excited to be joining Milwaukee Repertory Theater for the season! Daniel has most recently co-directed On the Verge Santa Barbara’s Home Project and directed Center Stage Theater’s Malcolm and UCSB’s Trumpus Caesar. Aside from theater, Daniel has also written and directed the Salsa-Noir film “Sorpresas,” as well as the SBIFF Stay-at-Home Showcase Audience Favorite “El Cantante” and is currently wrapping up a new three-part series “De La Luna, Del Sol.” Daniel’s dream is to write and direct a jukebox Fania musical about his family, but will settle on starting a Salsa band if that doesn’t pan out.

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Chad Bauman Executive Director Now in his ninth season at Milwaukee Rep, under Chad’s guidance the theater has grown significantly from a $9M to $14M organization.

He’s completed two capital campaigns, one to remodel and expand the Stackner Cabaret and the other to build the endowment, launch the John (Jack) D. Lewis New Play Development Program, create a new A Christmas Carol and deepen the theater’s community engagement programs. Through his efforts, the theater has been awarded UPAF’s Good Steward Award six times and became the only performing arts organization in Wisconsin with a 4-star rating from Charity Navigator. Previously he was the Associate Executive Director at Arena Stage in Washington, DC, where he was instrumental in opening the Mead Center for American Theater, a 200,000 square feet, performing arts complex dedicated to American voices and playwrights. While at Arena Stage, he worked on the Broadway transfers of Next to Normal (Pulitzer Prize; Tony Award), Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Tony Award), Wishful Drinking starring Carrie Fisher, in addition to the world premieres of Marcus Gardley’s Every Tongue Confess starring Phylicia Rashad and Red Hot Patriot starring Kathleen Turner. He has been named to Milwaukee Business Journal’s Top 40 under 40 and a “Friend of the Hispanic Community” by the United Community Center. He currently serves as the President of the Milwaukee Arts Partners, Vice President of the Board of Pathways High School, Treasurer of Imagine MKE and Coordinator for Equity, Diversity & Inclusion for AFS Student Exchange Programs.

Bauman is a graduate of Harvard Business School’s Strategic Perspectives in Non-Profit Management program with a Master of Fine Arts in producing from the CalArts. He and his husband Justin live in Whitefish Bay.

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Director of Venue Operations..............Donald Parsons Audience Services Manager...................Tanya Haynes House Managers...............................Alanna Bougher, Miles Brooks, Ronni Demke-Wainio, Sierra Irwin, Bailey Kissack, Bryon Krueger Guest Services Associates.................... Dana Bannach, Susan Davies, Becky Demler, Chrissy Gifford, Taylor Holley, Debra Holubowicz, Steve Holubowicz, Vanessa Huss, Elida Vasquez, Molly Zauner Executive Chef.................................Andrew Ruehmer Restaurant Staff....................................Jacob Abrams, Grace Ames, Aleta Askew-Cain, Jordan Bauer, Nicole Blanks, Colby Christofferson, Rodney Ellis, Darian Emerson, Krystina Gandy, Matthew Garcia, Kyle Guthreau, Alex Hagan, Caitlin Hagness, Quincy Hardin, Tandra Hill, Emily Hummel, Elsie Jarvar, Stephen Johnson, Laura Laberge, Taye Levin, Jaslyn Lewis, Angela Livermore, Sara Longley, Grace McMahon, Lexie Michell, Mary Muehleisen, Jessie Ringlien, Mia Rudolph-Schulta, Timothy Schauf, Daniel Soto, Crystal Thompson, Charles Waechter, Dinah Walker, Jerry Walloch-Poll, Robin Westrick, Spencer White, Odell White, Capri Wilder, Deon Young

PRODUCTION

Costumes Costume Director............................Nicholas Hartman Assistant Costume Director.........................Bina Bieker Design Assistant....................................Destiny Harris Senior Draper..............................Alexander B. Tecoma Tailor..........................................................Jef Ouwens First Hand..............................................Katie Leonard First Hand...........................................Micky Simmons Lead Costume Crafts Artisan...................Haley Jaeger Stitcher..................................................Kas Rodriguez Costume Construction Resident....Sparrow Matthews Wig, Hair & Makeup Supervisor....Emily Christoffersen Wig and Craft Assistant.............................Ansley Juan Wardrobe Supervisor.........................Amber Kuennen Wardrobe Crew....................................…Lauren Zidek

Lighting & Video Lighting and Video Director................Aaron Lichamer Assistant Lighting Design Resident.............Rosa Cano

Sound Sound Director.............................................J Jumbelic

Props Properties Director.........................................Jim Guy Props Crafts Artisan................................Tayler Varney Props Carpenter/Artisan.........................Erik Lindquist Prop Graphics Artist..................................Mindy Knoll Soft Props Artisan..........................Jeavon Greenwood

Scenic Technical Director........................John Houtler-McCoy Associate Technical Director.....................Sean Walters Assistant Technical Director...............................Joe Fry Charge Scenic Artist..................................Jim Medved Lead Scenic Artist.................................Shannon Mann Scenic Artist.......................................Caroline Dischell Assistant Stagehand.............................Bridgette Dona

Stage Management Production Stage Manager...............Kimberly Carolus Stage Managers..................................Martie Barthel, Jade Bruno, Josh Hart, David Hartig, Tara Kelly, Rebecca Lindsey, Kira Neighbors, Shaina Pierce Stage Management Fellow.................Krista Kanderski Stage Management Residents................Kelly DeLisle, Hannah Steele

Resident Stagehands & Carpenters Bill Burgardt, Eliot Garfield, Steve Gillingham, Derek Loehr, Aaron Siegmann, Andrew Sours, Jim Zinky

Director of Production............................Jared Clarkin Associate Production Manager.........Kaitlyn Anderson Assistant Production Manager............Maram Samaha Antonio’s Song

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MILWAUKEE REPERTORY THEATER BOARD OF TRUSTEES TRUSTEES

President Judy Hansen Immediate Past President Gregory C. Oberland Vice President, Development Amy Croen Vice President, Trustees James Phelps Secretary Bladen Burns Treasurer James Phillips At Large Andres Gonzalez

Ayad Akhtar Ivor Benjamin Wendy W. Blumenthal Melanie Booth Michael Carter Jane Chernof Marybeth Cottrill Robert H. Duffy John Halechko Chris Hermann Bryan B. House Tom Irgens Lynda Johnson

At Large Joan Lubar

David Kundert Phoebe Lewis Kristine Lueders Linda Marcus Emily McKeown* Joe Pickart Karen Plunkett Catherine Robinson Christopher Rowland Craig Swan Deborah Tomczyk Nicholas P. Wahl

*ex officio

At Large Robert H. Manegold At Large Adam J. Peck

FRIENDS OF MILWAUKEE REP BOARD President Emily McKeown Immediate Past President Steph O’Connor VP External Services Aileen Smith VP Fundraising Terry Sutter VP Internal Services Susan Herro Secretary Erin Burgess Treasurer Jim Mergener 20

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MEMBERS Cathy Jakicic Jaclyn Jecha Janet Kaldhusdal Amy Papador Suzanne Powell Craig Warnecke Karen Weinberg Les Wilson

#WeRepMilwaukee SUSTAINING TRUSTEES Milwaukee Rep acknowledges the remarkable support of these former Rep Trustees who continue their engagement by attending performances, contributing a generous annual gift, and/or membership in the Limelight Legacy Society.

Richard Abdoo Joaquín Altoro Patsy Aster James Baillon Jay Baker Katharine Banzhaf Matt Bartel James E. Braza Joyce G. Broan Warren Buliox Danny Cunningham Karen Dean Mark J. Diliberti George A. Dionisopoulos Robert Dye Norman Dyer Stephen Einhorn James D. Ericson Susan Esslinger Timothy C. Frautschi

Molly Kubly Fritz Patrick Gallagher Connie Gavin Katherine M. Gehl Cecilia Gilbert Anne Gimbel Kathleen Gray William Guc Edward T. Hashek Jacqueline Herd-Barber Peter Hotz Janet Hume John Hunzinger Stephen Isaacson Judy Jorgensen Bradley J. Kalscheur J. Patrick Keyes John Kordsmeier Frank Krejci James LaVelle

David J. Lubar Marianne Lubar Susan Lueger Vince Martin Patti Brash McKeithan Venora McKinney Michael McNeely Sandra McSweeney Donna Meyer Douglas Mickelson Dwight L. Morgan Abigail J. Nash Mark Niedfeldt Tonen (Sara) O’Connor Gina Peter Anthony Petullo Elizabeth Quadracci-Harned Kristine Rappé Dr. John E. Ridley Allen N. Rieselbach

Joseph A. Rock Darlene Rose Micky Sadoff Joseph Schlidt James Schloemer Thomas Scrivner Edward Seaberg Brenda Skelton Patrick Smith Robert Taylor Renee Tyson Stephen VanderBloemen W. Kent Velde Karin Werner Stacy Williams Andrew Ziegler

PRESIDENTS’ COUNCIL James E. Braza Joyce Broan Judy Hansen Jacqueline Herd-Barber

Larry Jost John L. Kordsmeier Frank Krejci Susan A. Lueger

Robert H. Manegold Vincent L. Martin Patricia Brash McKeithan Donna Meyer

Gregory C. Oberland Edward Seaberg W. Kent Velde

LIMELIGHT LEGACY SOCIETY MEMBERS The Limelight Legacy Society is a group of visionary donors who support Milwaukee Rep through a planned gift.

New members as of May 1, 2021 are in bold.

To learn more about membership opportunities and benefits, please contact Alli Engelsma-Mosser at 414-290-5366 or AEngelsma-Mosser@MilwaukeeRep.com.

Anonymous George R. Affeldt, Jr. Sharee Allain and David Schertz Gerald and Gail Baccetti Bob Balderson John and Carol Bannen Katharine Banzhaf Brian and Rebekah Barsch Adam and Megan Bauman Chad Bauman and Justin Dunleavy Mark and Victoria Benskin Bill Beyer Mark Biehl Melita Biese Joyce G. Broan Mark E. Carstensen and Mary M. Horton Jane and Stephen Chernof Mark Clements and Kelley Faulkner Chris and Judi Collins Diane Dalton Randall Daut and Patricia Ryan Susan and Bill Dawicke Robert and Karen Dean H. Robert Dittmer

Carol Z. Dolphin Amy Dorman Rosemarie Eierman Roma Eiseman Don Ellingsen Susan and Gee Esslinger Janet Fleck James and Ellen Flesch Deborah Fugenschuh and Mark Hinchey Rob Gardenier and Lori Morse Bill and Susanne Gay Jeff Glock and Jane Reilly Kathleen Gray and Ron Hofer Sara L. Grotenrath and James Pech Delphine Gurzynski Richard and Susan Hackl Sybille Hamilton Arlene Hansen Judy Hansen Leland Hansen John and Susan Harrits Edward Hashek and John Jors Lois F. Hoover and William R. Hoover Dr. Lawrence Howards

Janet Kellogg Hume Cathryn Jakicic Deb and Peter Johnson Bradley J. Kalscheur Richard and Diane Kane Margaret Knitter Christine Krause David Kundert Sandra L. Laedtke James and Mary LaVelle Mr. and Mrs. Llewellyn E. Licht Robert and Susan Lueger Carol and Rob Manegold Jim and Sally Mergener Anthony and Donna Meyer Vivian Moller Bob and Jan Montgomery Charles and Barbara Murphy Greg and Rhonda Oberland Karen Ellen Owens Marlyene Pfeiffer Ronald and Barbara Poe Dr. Thomas Raimann and Mick Dwyer David and Pat Rierson Sara Risley

Gayle Rosemann and Paul McElwee James and Kathleen Scholler Ed Seaberg and Patrick Smith Margery Senn Brenda Skelton and Jim Bendtsen Aileen M. Smith Amanda Springob Terry R. Sutter John and Kine Torinus Harry and Mary Beth Van Groll Paul Vandeveld Kent and Marcia Velde Greg and Jodi Wait David and Cheryl Walker Neal and Cathy Wegner Sue Wells Barbara Wesener Stacy and Blair Williams Paul and Sandy Wysocki

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THIS WINTER AT MILWAUKEE REP

February 15 – March 20, 2022 Presented by The Lynde & Harry Bradley Foundation

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2021/22 DONORS The following list represents organizations and individuals who have made a cumulative contribution of $500 or more between November 4, 2020 – January 4, 2022. For a complete list of all our supporters, please visit www.MilwaukeeRep.com.

Corporation, Foundation and Government Giving $1 million +

Greater Milwaukee Foundation Milwaukee Public Schools Northwestern Mutual PNC We Energies Foundation Wells Fargo

Einhorn Family Foundation Foley & Lardner Friends of Milwaukee Repertory Theater Greater Milwaukee Association of Realtors Youth Foundation Green Bay Packers Foundation Evan and Marion Helfaer Foundation Hunzinger Construction Company Husch Blackwell Dorothy Inbusch Foundation Camille A. Lonstorf Trust Milwaukee Arts Board Jane Bradley Pettit Foundation PricewaterhouseCoopers Riverwater Partners LLC Spear Arts Education Fund Townsend Foundation U.S. Bank Willis Towers Watson

$25,000 – $49,999

$500-$999

United Performing Arts Fund (UPAF)

$100,000 – $999,999

The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation Herzfeld Foundation Rockwell Automation Shubert Foundation State of Wisconsin - Dept. of Administration

$50,000 – $99,999

Arts Midwest Associated Bank Bader Philanthropies Patty and Jay Baker Foundation BMO CAMPAC Demmer Charitable Trust Johnson Controls National Endowment for the Arts Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren S.C. Studio Gear

$10,000 – $24,999

Baird Charles D. Ortgiesen Foundation Deloitte Eppstein Uhen Architects Ralph Evinrude Foundation Fiduciary Management Frieda & William Hunt Memorial Trust Froedtert Health Godfrey & Kahn, S.C. Milwaukee County Saint John’s on the Lake William N. and Janice V. Godfrey Family Foundation Wisconsin Arts Board Wisconsin Department of Health Services

$1,000 – $9,999

Adient American Family Insurance ANON Charitable Trust Brewers Community Foundation Burke Properties CG Schmidt, Inc. 24 Milwaukee Rep 2021/22 Season

Actors’ Equity Foundation, Inc. Grafton Equestrian Center

Participants in the Matching Gift Program Abbvie American Family Insurance Dreams Foundation American Transmission Company LLC Baird Bank of America Bucyrus Foundation, Inc. Capital Group Caterpillar Foundation Eaton Corporation Froedtert & Medical College of Wisconsin GE Foundation GE Healthcare General Electric Foundation Great-West Financial Iqvia Johnson Controls Foundation Law Office of Rollie R. Hanson Leonardo Drs PAC Charity Match Program Merck Partnership for Giving MGIC Investment Corp. Contributions Program Microsoft Corporation Netapp Progressive Insurance Foundation Reader’s Digest Foundation Rockwell International Corp. Trust Matching Gift Program Sammons Financial Group U.S. Bank United Healthcare We Energies Foundation Wells Fargo

#WeRepMilwaukee Milwaukee Rep welcomes gifts of securities and stocks. If you plan to make such a gift, please notify the Development Department at 414-290-0717 so we can properly credit and acknowledge your generosity.

Individual Giving Luminary ($100,000+) Anonymous Melanie and Steve Booth Greater Milwaukee Foundation Judith A. Keyes Family Fund Billie W. Kubly Vince Martin Greg and Rhonda Oberland Jim Phillips Clark and Diane Slipher Visionary ($50,000-$99,999) Bladen and Julia Burns Tom and Molly Duffey Four-Four Foundation David Kundert Sally Manegold Christine Symchych and Jim McNulty Julia and David Uihlein Artistic Producer ($25,000-$49,999) Anonymous (3) Beightol Foundation Bradley Impact Fund Jason and Diep Graham Charitable Fund Sandra and William Haack Christopher Harned and Elizabeth Quadracci-Harned Bryan and Rebecca House Kristine and Wayne Lueders Lubar Family Foundation Joan Lubar and John Crouch Marianne and Sheldon Lubar Madeleine and David Lubar Susan Lubar Gina and Eric Peter Anthony Petullo Foundation Ed Seaberg and Patrick Smith Producer ($10,000-$24,999) Anonymous (6) Fran Adams Bob Balderson Donna and Donald Baumgartner Elaine Burke Robert C. Burrell Croen Foundation, Inc. Thomas J. and Deborah W. Degnan Margaret Dethloff and Terri Zeh Dr. Eric Durant and Scott Swickard Suzy B. Ettinger Foundation Peter Foote and Robin Wilson The Molly and David Fritz Family Peter and Beth Gottsacker Greater Milwaukee Foundation Tony and Andrea Bryant Norman and Lucy Cohn Family Fund Howard and Susan Hopwood Fund James and Mary LaVelle Fund Donna and Tony Meyer Fund John J. Halechko and Marc Colletti Judy Hansen Christopher and Katherine Hermann Mark and Sue Irgens

Judy and Gary Jorgensen Krista Kile Phoebe Lewis Robert and Susan Lueger John and Linda Mellowes Peck Foundation, Milwaukee LTD. Karen Plunkett Tom and Susan Quadracci RDK Foundation Renaissance Fund Saints Andrew and Mark Charitable Gift Trust Catherine and Buddy Robinson Kathleen H. Seidel Jeffrey P. Sommerfeld and Dr. Lori Sommerfeld Kent and Marcia Velde David and Cheryl Walker Director ($5,000-$9,999) Anonymous (2) Helen Ambuel Richard and Sara Aster Isabel Bader James and Susan Baillon Gary and Connie Bakker Ivor and Carol Benjamin Mark and Karen Bitzan Wendy and Warren Blumenthal James E. and Mary K. Braza Frank and Caryl Briscoe Randal and Mary Lynn Brotherhood Timothy and Kathleen Carr Chris and Judi Collins Robert and Karen Dean Nancy Desjardins Sandy and George Dionisopoulos Patrick D. Gallagher Jack Gebhardt and Deborah McKeithan-Gebhardt Andres Gonzalez Greater Milwaukee Foundation Rob Gardenier and Lori Morse Charitable Fund Nile and Carol Soik Family Fund Richard Grunke and William Grasch John and Susan Harrits Carla H. Hay Katie Heil John and Marci Hunzinger Jewish Community Foundation Jane and Stephen Chernof Micaela Levine and Tom St. John Donor Advised Fund Lynda Johnson Mike and Marie Johnson Scott and Jill Jorgensen Maja Jurisic and Don Fraker Ted and Mary Kellner Keyes Family Dennis and Cheryl Konkol Connie and John Kordsmeier Tim Kraetsch and Mike Wavra Susan and Tony Krausen Jean and David Lauer

Dawne and Ray Manista Patti McKeithan Abigail and David Nash Drs. Mark and Jennifer Niedfeldt Diane K. O’Connor Joe and Katie Pickart H. Richard Quadracci Ewens and Emilio Cabrera David and Pat Rierson Allen and Pat Rieselbach Richard and Karen Rodgers Ron and Micky Sadoff Jay and Anne Schamberg Meredith and Thomas Scrivner Linda L. Sell, MD Jan Serr and John Shannon Paul and Kathy Slesar A.J. Star Craig and Mara Swan John and Anne Thomas Curtis and Deborah Tomczyk Harry and Mary Beth Van Groll Nic and Sally Wahl Ziegler Family Foundation Designer ($2,500-$4,999) Anonymous (2) Abby and Omar Andrietsch Amy L. Argall Katharine Banzhaf Kellen and Matt Bartel Carla and Burt Bartlett Jackie Behnke Robert and Sharon Brenner Dr. Bruce and Marsha Camitta Jim Cauley and Brenda Andrews B. Lauren and Margaret Charous Sue D’Alessio Antony and Nikki D’Cruz Jeff and Kelly Fitzsimmons Greater Milwaukee Foundation Joan and Peter W. Bruce Fund Flesch Family Fund David and Marion Meissner Clark and Lauri Green Delphine Gurzynski Paul and Gloria Halverson Leland Hansen Henry and Margery Howard Ken and Janet Howenstine Steve and Karen Huser Stephen and Roberta Isaacson Mark and Ginny Kannenberg Patti Keating Kahn and Chuck Kahn John and Bronwen Knappenberger Lilane Koehn Mace Mark and Jenny Kopetsky Christine Krause Kristine Krause and Scott Patulski Marina and Frank Krejci Maureen and Michael McCabe Merle and Sandra McDonald Julie and David Meier Jim and Sally Mergener Ann Bartos Merkow and Steve Merkow

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2021/22 DONORS CONT. Judith Miller Joe and Kerryann Minton Vivian Moller Dwight and Marleen Morgan John O’Hare Marlene Ott James and Morgan Phelps Fred Pike and Cecilia Taylor Drs. Alan L. Pohl and Carol C. Pohl Earl Potter and Lani Williams Susan Purtell Dr. Thomas Raimann and Mick Dwyer David and Roberta Remstad Lynn Rix Gayle Rosemann and Paul McElwee Chris Rowland Lacey Sadoff Sue and Bud Selig Dennis P. Sheahan Aileen M. Smith Dr. Mark and Nancy Smuckler Jud Snyder and Amy Stillman Charles and Jennifer Stearns Judith A. Steinke The Streich Family Foundation Mike Uihlein Christine M. and Stephen C. VanderBloemen Neal and Cathy Wegner Eric and Sarah Whyte Connie Wilson and Mike Krueger Wilfred Wollner Paul and Katherine Zavada Playwright ($1,500-$2,499) Anonymous (5) Sharee Allain and David Schertz Dorothy Anderson George Banda Michael Barber and Jacqueline Herd-Barber Art Blair Bill and Barbara Boles Larry Bonney Cheri and Tom Briscoe Warren and Tina Buliox Bruce and Kathi Campbell John and Kathleen Cantieri Steve and Nancy Check Thomas and Gisela Chelimsky Mark and Terri Chelmowski Kathryn and Kelly Clark Craig and Jeanette Cook Jim and Marybeth Cottrill Carol Z. Dolphin Rodney Dow Donna Drosner Bob and Teri Duffy Marie Dupuis and Peter Westergard Dale and Mary Erickson Mary Lou M. Findley Frederick the Great Bill and Susanne Gay Rick and Liz Gebhardt Kathleen Gray and Ron Hofer Greater Milwaukee Foundation Margaret Heminway Wells Fund Hepburn “Bootstrap” Foundation Schoonenberg Family Foundation Fund Sharon and Tom Harty Margarete and David Harvey Laurie Hazzard Dave and Judy Hecker Peter and Linda Hotz

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John Idzikowski and Jane Stoltz A. W. Janikowsky Jewish Community Foundation Mark and Cheryl Brickman Donor Advised Fund Maureen Kania Swokowski Dr. Jack and Myrna Kaufman Diane Kippenhan-Vollmer Vincent and Cathy Kotnik Sandy Laedtke Nancy Laskin Victoria and John Laur Steven Liszewski Rick and Roberta London Franklin Loo and Sally Long Thomas and Judith Mackenzie Elaine and Gerry Mainman Michael and Jane Malone Dr. Brent and Susan Martin Linda and Debesh Mazumdar Daniel and Constance McCarty Tom and Renee McCutcheon George and Sallie Meyer Jill Meyers Jose Milan Claudia and Joseph Moll Sarah Oberhofer Dr. David Paris Kristine Phillips Sylvia K. Pratt Bill Priebe Jim Ramsey Jim and Lys Reiskytl Carol Riegert Joseph A. and Sarah Rock Connie and Peter Roop Rick and Jean Schmalfeld Judy and Tom Schmid Patrick W. Schmidt and Dewey J. Caton Richard and Mary Schnell Howard Schoenfeld Martha and Frank Scott John and Karen Silseth David and Paula Strelitz Dr. Cheryl Stucky and Dr. Jeffrey Waring Jane Svinicki James and Elaine Sweet Colette Szczesny Susan and Jim Taylor Sara Toenes Gile and Linda Tojek Keri Torgerson Sheryl A. Van Haren Elizabeth Vokac Paul Wanat Susan Wiegner Prati and Norm Wojtal Joe and Mary Ann Zompa Stage Manager ($1,000-$1,499) Anonymous (8) Jim and Terri Alioto Matteo Alioto Astor Street Foundation James Awe Franz Backus Kevin and Jean Ball Richard and Diana Barthel Monica Beitzel Carolee Beutler Edward and Amy Blumenthal Ginny Bolger

Darold and Cheryl Borree Douglas and Barbara Braun Bradley and Glenna Brin David Cadle Susan Cerletty Thomas and Mary Belle Chatton Joseph and Julie Chusid Lana and Rick Colbo Gerry and Heidi Connolly Rev. David E. Cooper Frank Daily and Julianna Ebert Diane Dalton Russell and Susan Darrow Larry and Eileen Dean Lloyd Dickinson and Kristin Bergstrom Paul and Paula Eberle Richard and Patricia Ehlert Tina Eickermann Evelyn Ericson Susan and Gee Esslinger Tom and Marcia Flanagan Kari and Bill Foote Jane M. Foster Linda Frank Ronald Froelich Richard Gallagher Rod and Linda Gehrig Drs. Mark and Virginia Gennis John Gibson Jeff Glock and Jane Reilly Greater Milwaukee Foundation Bernadine and Stephen Graff Fund JB Fund Thomas and Mary Grossman Mr. and Mrs. Callie Guay Glen and Claire Hackmann Paul and Patricia Haislmaier Dr. James and Mary Ann Hanson Rebecca Harms Edward Hashek and John Jors John Haydon and Grace McBain-Haydon Herbco International, Inc John and Jean Henderson Debra and Kevin Hood Hal Horneffer Roy H. Jablonka Jewish Community Foundation Raye David Deb and Peter Johnson Matthew and Kathryn Kamm Brian and Mary Lou Kennedy John and Debbie Kissinger Margaret M. Knight Robert and Naomi Knoll Don and Barb Koehler Paul and Amy Kolo Steven and Ianne Koritzinsky Dan and Kathy Larsen Kaye and Prakash Laud Rita Lewenauer Paul and Patty Lucca Benjamin and Ellen Mandelman Andy and Janet Martin Francis and Rose Mary Matusinec Bernard and Susan McCartan Katherine McCombe Victoria S. McCormick Jere McGaffey Barbara McMath Kristen Mekemson Gregory and Susan Milleville Anthony Mlinar

#WeRepMilwaukee Modern Woodman of America, Office of Taren Sartler Carol Moerke Bob and Jan Montgomery William and Patricia Moren Bernie Mrazik and Jeanie Jerde Jerry and Lori Murphy Laurie Ocepek Tonen (Sara) O’Connor Joseph R. Pabst Charitable Fund Matthew and Laurie Piette Michael and Jayne Pink Jonas and Sylvia Prising Cathy Procton Robert Purtock Phil and Lynell Raiche Susan Riedel Daniel and Anna Robbins Wayne and Christine Sage James Sanger and Mary Newton Jim and Andrea Schloemer Bob and Carol Schmidt Dean Schultz Scott and Dulcie Shoener Minna and Mark Smith Scott and Mary Ellen Stanek Linda and Richard Stevens Robert Storm and Catherine Shaw Geoffrey Swain Susan Sweeney Jenifer and Joseph Tate Steven L. Tietz and Catherine Markwiese Deanna and Eric Tillisch Lisa Trost Carla and Greg Von Roenn Robert Welch Sue Wells Alberta Whitaker Howard and Mernie Williams Lee Wolcott Robert L. Woodbury Pete and Penny Woodcock Nancy and Mike Yttre Joan M. Zeiger Eve Joan Zucker Principal Actor ($500-$999) Anonymous (21) Mary Ellen Acker Gerard and Carol Adler John Alexander Shawn Alexander Tom and Kathy Alpren David and Carol Anderson Elma Anderson Keith and Paula Anderson Michael and Mary Andruszkiewicz Kathleen and Robert Anger Susan Arnhold Robert W. Ater and Gregory W. Baer William Audette Daniel and Linda Bader Balistreri’s Restaurants Barb Anderson Fan Club Lynn and Charles Barney Brian and Rebekah Barsch Tom and Sally Basting Nancy Bauer-King Charles Baumgardner and Susan Jans Jack and Virginia Beatty Donald Becker Natalie Beckwith

Clark and Linda Beier Diane and Thomas Belot Evert and Cindy Berndt Bill and Betsie Berrien Greg Bird Margaret Blodgett and Ken Miller James Boerner Mike and Mary Bohren Peter and Lasharle Borg Paul and Lynn Bostrom Steven Bowsher Bradley Impact Fund Jill and George Fahr Charitable Fund Caridad Bravo-Fernandez Carla Brockman Jill Broekhuizen Anne and Arthur Brooks D’Araun Brown Chris Burgener and Linda Loke Carole Burns Mark and Penny Burrall Thomas E. Bush and Rosalie Neufeld Bruce and Joan Butterfield Allison and Dan Byrne Michael and Lynn Byrne Peter and Laurie Byrne Lewis Charles Cadkin and Susan Elizabeth Cadkin Living Trust Anne and Phil Callen Carolyn Campion Sarah Carter Brian Casey Richard and Katherine Cattey Gabe and Katrina Ceci Gregory Chandler Walt and Aleta Chossek Samuel and Sandra Colon Shirley Conlon and Jess Brownell Nicole and Jack Cook Marilyn M. Corlew Suzanne and Don Cornell Anne Courtney Parker Cristan Jolinda and Danny Cunningham Tom DeChant and Paul Gibler Maureen Dempsey Cathy Dills Mary Paula Dix Richard Dowen Ellen Drought Patrick and Mary Duffy Michael and Janet Durham Mike and Kathy Dwyer Mary and Norm Dyer Nancy Ellis Nelson Ellis Patti Farrell and Randy Gschwind Christine L. Fenner James and Susan Fergus Kenneth Finkel and Jane Delzer Janet Fleck Kathy Ford Patrick and Linda Ford Helen Forster Brian Foster Kimberlee Foster Tim and Sue Frautschi Gerald and Patricia Freitag Thomas Frost Susie Gebhardt Emma Gillette Jon and Nancy Gilmore

Adam and Carole Glass Greg and Debra Goeks Lawrence and Hannah Goodman Robert and Joan Goodman Michael Goodspeed and Gail Waring Natalia and Patrick Goris Steven Gravatt Greater Milwaukee Foundation Bechthold Family Fund Michael and Joanne Grebner Sarah Gremonprez Loyal Grinker Jill and Tony Grueninger Tom and Deirdre Halat Thomas and Lawrine Handrich Arlene Hansen Marge Hartwig John Healy and Mary L. Tobin Fred and Carol Heim Robert and Amy Heinrich Ralph and Bonnie Hensel John and Sarah Hill Julie Hoelle Mary Beth Holloway Myra Huth Richard Ippolito and Pamela Frautschi Sandra A. Ivers Kevin and Angie Izard Doug and Janie Jacobson Don Jarchow Nancy Jesse Jewish Community Foundation Eileen and Howard Dubner Donor Advised Fund Pam Kriger Donor Advised Fund Lois Malawsky Donor Advised Fund Sherry and Norm Malmon Donor Advised Fund Sherwood E. and Libby S. Temkin Donor Advised Fund Allen and Sharon Johnson Mary Johnson Carol Jones Eric and Stacy Jossart John Jump John and Coral Kaczynski Marlene Kagen Evan and Paula Kaiser Wendy Kamerling Charles and Mary Kamps Melissa Kanios Tom Karakis and Colleen Lese Gontran and Demaris Kenwood John and Cheryl Kersey Sue and Bob Kinosian Kevin Kloehn Joseph Kmoch Russell and Rose Marie Knoth Terry and Mary Krall Stanley Kritzik Jenni Kryscio Anne Kumor Mary Lacy Bruce Lammi Marlene and George Lange Stacy and Joe LaPrad William and Judith Laste Estella and Charles Lauter Eugene and Gwen Lavin William Leach Michael Lee Ely Leichtling and Sally Merrell

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2021/22 DONORS CONT. Mark and Cynthia Levy John E. and Karen M. Lewis Perry Lieuallen and Darcy McManus David and Mary Ann Lillich Nancy Lindenberg Dawn Lindsey Mark and Arlene Fleder Litow Saskia Lodder Peter Lovance Adrian Love Dennis and Theresa Lowder James and Paula Lukas Michael J. Lynch John and Audrey Makowski Ms. Diane J. Markiewicz Lee Marquardt Thomas Marshall Francisco and Mary Martinez Joseph Masterson Frank and Kathy Mattaino Dan and Ada McAdams James McCormack William and Pauline McCown Barbara McGinnis Bonnie McKendry James and Diane Meinecke Daryl and Rita Melzer Howard and Sara Miller Erik and Carol Moeser Dr. George and Nancy Morris Diane Mosnik Mary Ann Mueller Andreas Mueller-Blecking David Mullins and Steph O’Connor Barbara and Charles Murphy Jack and Lucia Murtaugh John Myers Sue Nelsen John and Margaret Nelson James and Elizabeth Neubauer John and Jane Niebler Paul and Kathrine Noran Chris and Anne Noyes David and Mindy Palay Pasta Tree Restaurant and Wine Bar Frank and Joanne Paulus Marlyene Pfeiffer

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Bruce and Candy Pindyck Frank and Angela Pintar J. D. and Sally Polley Melanie and Frank Popa Steven Pope Carol Porth Sarah J. Pratt, M.D. Ronald and Anne Putzer Jim and Kris Rappé Suzann Reichley Nancy and Herman Resto Paul and Kathie Richards Jackie Rickel Craig Rigby and Anna Timms Mickey and L. Casey Ripp RitzHolman CPAs William and Carol Roche Robert Rooney George and Dotty Roth Andrew Ruehl Bill and Eva Rumpf Linda Sampson Mark Sauter The Wilbert and Genevieve Schauer Foundation James and Kathi Scholler George Schroeder and Mary Arenberg Beverly Schwabe Robert Schweers Leslie and Patrick Seraphine Dr. Robert and Caryl Sewell Emily and John Shipman Sandi Siegel Kim Sienko David Simpson and Debbie Schmidt Les and Marcia Singer Michelle Sirinek Brenda Skelton and Jim Bendtsen Gina Skibo Guy and Nancy Smith Margaret Sohm Herzl Spiro and Barbara Kohl-Spiro Carlton Stansbury Kendra Stea Jeffery and Marjorie Stearns Danae Steele Aaron Stehling

Barbara Stein Tim Steinle Daniel Stier Bill and Judith Stone George and Eileen Stone Richard and Susan Strait Terry R. Sutter Thomas and Marilyn Swiontek Georgeane M. Szczygielski James and Leigh Ann Tidey Julie Tolan and Mark Wiesman Thomas and Patricia Towers Michele Tschopp Dee Uradnicek Mark Van Hecke Dave and Katy Vetta Dena Vette Randall and Gillian Vodnik Nancy Vose Greg and Jodi Wait Sean and Colleen Walker Frank and Milena Walter Sargit Warriner Francis and Mary Wasielewski Nancy Blanchard Watts Ruth A. Way Mary M. Wegener Mark and Anne Weitenbeck David and Cindy Werner Barbara Wesener Lynn and Richard Wesolek Sandra Wiegand Penny Williams Frank and Vera Wilson Robert and Linda Wilson William and Anne Wingate Daryl and Bonnie Wunrow James and Erika Zaiser Mark and Evonne Zalewski Gertrude Zauner Terrence and Cindy Zens Ted and Ann Zess Sharon Ziegler Thomas Zigan and Scott Jones Jodi Zilinski

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