BJ Jones
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Timothy J. Evans presents
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
BY
MOSS HART & GEORGE S. KAUFMAN DIRECTED BY
DEVON DE MAYO
Scenic Design Costume Design Lighting Design Original Music & Sound Design Casting Director Production Stage Manager
Courtney O’Neill, USA Izumi Inaba Heather Gilbert, USA Kevin O’Donnell Lynn Baber, CSA Kimberly McCann, AEA
OPENING NIGHT: NOVEMBER 13, 2015
At the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts in Skokie
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CAST & PRODUCTION CAST (IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE) Penny Slusher*................................................................................. Penelope Sycamore Joanne Dubach...................................................................................... Essie Carmichael Ericka Ratcliff*............................................................................................................. Rheba Brad Armacost*......................................................................................... Paul Sycamore Keith Neagle..................................................................................................... Mr. De Pinna Andy Nagraj*...............................................................................................Ed Carmichael Samuel Roberson*....................................................................................................Donald John Judd*............................................................................................. Martin Vanderhof Lucy Carapetyan......................................................................................Alice Sycamore Tom Hickey..........................................................................Wilbur Henderson/G-Man 1 Bernie Balbot*.....................................................................................................Tony Kirby Sean Fortunato*.......................................................................................Boris Kolenkhov Hollis Resnik*.................................. Gay Wellington/Grand Duchess Olga Katrina Patrick Clear*............................................................................................... Anthony Kirby Jenny Avery.....................................................................................................Miriam Kirby Colm O’Reilly........................................................................................................... G-Man 2 Kroydell Galima....................................................................................................... G-Man 3 Understudies: Jenny Avery (Gay/Duchess Olga), Samantha Beach (Alice/Essie), Malcolm Callan (Henderson/De Pinna/G-Man 1), Ciera Dawn (Rheba/G-Man 2), Kroydell Galima (Tony/Ed), David Guy (Donald/G-Man 3), Tom Hickey (Anthony), Judy Knutson (Penny/Miriam), Colm O’Reilly (Martin), Philip Winston (Paul/Kolenkhov) Understudies will not substitute for listed players unless a specific announcement is made at the time of the performance. *Member of Actors Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers.
Setting The home of Martin Vanderhof, New York. 1937. There will be one 15-minute intermission.
ADDITIONAL PRODUCTION STAFF Assistant Stage Manager........................................................................Katie Klemme* Properties Master.....................................................................................Sarah Burnham Ballet Coach...................................................................................................... Amber Mak Dialect Coach.............................................................................................. Eva Breneman Fight Consultant.......................................................................................... Joe Dempsey Production Assistant.......................................................................................John Carlin Costume Supervisor............................................................................ Shannon Higgins Second Wardrobe....................................................Emily Arnold, Megan Wheeler Dramaturgy Consultant..........................................................................Lauren Shouse The video and/or audio recording of this performance by any means whatsoever is strictly prohibited. NORTHLIGHT THEATRE |
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PROGRAM NOTES FROM THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR The first time I saw You Can’t Take It With You was at the Cleveland Play House. I was 15 and doing Our Town there. It starred all of the company’s favorite actors, people I grew up admiring and learning from. I was mesmerized by its optimism and its vision of an inclusive household, a family that was as wildly diverse and accepting as I had ever imagined. In the face of a war in Vietnam it lifted audiences up again as it had in its original run in a pre-war post-Depression 1936. Grandpa’s house was filled with artistic passion, sublime tolerance and the spirit of fearless sharing born of a country coming out of a stultifying depression. Now we find ourselves coming out of another economic crisis, and we find the construct of family expanding in every direction. That expansion will make us stronger as a country if only we are open to it and embrace the notion that we are all one. You Can’t Take It With You feels fresher now than ever to me. Perhaps that’s why it had such a terrific run on Broadway last year. And now, cast with Chicago’s favorite and most talented actors, we bring this classic to the Northlight stage. I am time-traveling back to that 15 year-old standing in the wings, absorbing those performances, inspired by hope and yearning to sit at Grandpa’s table. Audiences realize that it has a sense of resonance and urgency that we can all tap into. We all yearn to tell the IRS to leave us alone. We all wish we could write that play, paint that picture, or create those fireworks, and never worry about where our next meal is coming from, only that there will be one. A meal with loved ones who accept our peccadilloes for what they are, and seasoned with an acknowledgment that there might just be someone or something watching over us. Grandpa’s simple grace makes room at the table for us all.
BJ Jones, Artistic Director
THE SUCCESS OF YOU CAN’T TAKE IT WITH YOU When You Can’t Take It With You opened at the Booth Theatre in 1936, it was immediately lauded as an outstanding comedic achievement, not just for the comic prowess of the dynamic playwriting duo, but for the sheer delight of the Sycamore family. On December 15, in his column for the New York Evening Post, distinguished critic John Mason Brown reported: “In a world in which the sanity usually associated with sunshine is sadly overvalued, You Can’t Take It with You is something to be prized. It is moonstruck, almost from beginning to end. It is blessed with all the happiest lunacies Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman have been able to contribute to it. The Sycamore 4
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PROGRAM NOTES family is the most gloriously mad group of contented eccentrics the modern theatre has yet had the good fortune to shadow.” It could be said that the American spirit needed this comedy. In 1936, America was still in the Great Depression, the economic downturn that, by 1932, had left about 25% of the American workforce jobless. The world was only three years away from World War II. The story of a quirky family who managed not only to survive in those terrible times but to celebrate life to its fullest appealed to thousands of theater-goers across America. Eager to forget the bad news at home and the everincreasing threats from abroad, play-goers found a much needed refuge in the hilarity of Morningside Heights. Perhaps we cherish the play today for similar reasons? You Can’t Take It With You had a run of 837 performances and won the 1937 Pulitzer Prize, a rarity at the time for a comedy. The adapted screen play directed by Frank Capra won the Academy Award for best picture and best director. The play has been consistently produced for seventy-nine years, ranging from high schools and colleges to community theatres, regional professional theatres, and Broadway revivals. The success of the play and film suggest a deeper resonance with American audiences than merely an escapist outlet in a madcap story. Wildly funny as it is, the script is based on a text in the New Testament: “For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out.” (I Timothy 6:7). The Sycamore family represents a warren of warmth in a coldly impersonal city ridden with economic struggle. Grandpa Vanderhof not only becomes a symbol of the hopeful individual versus a bleak society, but with his family he proposes that by following our bliss and living for love, we can find happiness even in the hardest of times. It is no wonder that theater-goers still uphold this hilarious and meaningful play as an American treasure. You Can’t Take It With You film poster, directed by Frank Capra, 1938 Best Picture 6
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PROGRAM NOTES A CRAZY ECONOMY – AMERICA 1929-1937 Even having experienced America’s most recent recession, it is perhaps difficult for most of us to imagine the scale of the Great Depression of the 1930s. In the four years following the catastrophic Wall Street crash of October 1929, more than 40% of the nation’s banks failed, and manufacturing fell to 54% of its 1929 level. By the time Franklin D. Roosevelt gave his famous inaugural address (“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself”) in 1933, 25-30% of America’s work force was unemployed. The Sycamore family lives in Morningside Heights, which was a distinctly middle-class neighborhood in New York City’s upper west side. A stroll through this neighborhood might not have revealed obvious signs of the Depression. But from 1929 to 1932, the average American family income fell by 40%. Most middle-class households were living paycheck-to-paycheck, without financial security. In 1934, around 15% of New York City’s population was unemployed and living on public relief. Many families lost their homes and moved to shantytowns or shelters and sought food from breadlines and soup kitchens. In 1933, the first social and economic reforms of Roosevelt’s New Deal were designed to create jobs, build infrastructure, and stimulate buying. The second phase of the New Deal, particularly concerned with job creation, is best remembered for the Works Progress Administration, of which the Federal Theatre Project was a component, and for the advent of the Social Security safety net. While these reforms were successful at increasing national production, they were also extremely controversial, as they were often highly regulatory and represented a massive policy shift
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Bread line, Great Depressions 1930s.
from the laissez-faire capitalism of previous administrations to a handson government that took direct responsibility for the wellbeing of its citizens. We can see this mistrust of increased government intervention clearly played out in You Can’t Take it With You in Grandpa Vanderhof’s debate with Henderson of the Internal Revenue Department. By the end of the decade, the nation’s economy – improved but by no means repaired – took a back seat to the escalating international conflicts that would culminate in World War II. Reluctance to intervene in foreign affairs deepened as a result of the Depression; however, by 1937 it was becoming impossible to ignore problems overseas. Roosevelt pointed to Hitler’s actions in Europe and escalating conflicts between Japan and China to argue that America could no longer isolate itself from the larger world. Although it would be four more years before the U.S. would commit to World War II, the first scent of a new international war was in the air. The world outside the Vanderhof home was in turmoil: Americans were losing hope and questioning the fundamental values of their country.
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PROFILES BRAD ARMACOST (Paul Sycamore) returns to Northlight (Benefactors, A Life) and is an Artistic Associate with Irish Theatre of Chicago (2014 Jeff Award – Ensemble, Seafarer, as well as nominations for The Weir and Moon for the Misbegotten). Elsewhere in Chicago: Steppenwolf (Jeff Award Faith Healer), Goodman, Next (Jeff Award - Are You Now...) and Chicago Shakespeare (Jeff Award – Madness of King George). He is also part of Provision’s ensemble, receiving Jeff nominations for his work in A Christmas Carol, CS Lewis, Onstage and Shadowlands. His television credits include Empire, Chicago Fire, Mind Games, Missing Persons, The Untouchables and Early Edition. Film credits: Warren, The Company, Barbershop 2, Repetition, Eight Men Out and Backwoods. He guest narrates with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. JENNY AVERY (Miriam Kirby) is thrilled to be making her Northlight debut. Jenny has worked at a number of theaters in Chicago, including Steppenwolf (Annie Bosch is Missing), Writers (Puppetmaster of Wodz, Duchess of Malfi), Victory Gardens (Four Places, Class Dismissed), Next (Compulsion, Welcome Home Jenny Sutter, Maple and Vine, Long Christmas Ride Home), Chicago Dramatists (Feast), American Theater Company (American Dead, Living Out), About Face (Cloud 9, Undone), Collaboraction (Life and Times of Tulsa Lovechild, Apocalyptic Butterflies) and Strawdog (Cherry Orchard, Three Sisters, Aristocrats). She will be seen this winter in Richard III at Gift.
BERNIE BALBOT (Tony Kirby) Chicago credits include: She Loves Me (Writers); A Midsummer Night’s Dream in the Parks, Short Shakespeare! Macbeth (Chicago Shakespeare); We Are Proud to Present a Presentation… (Victory Gardens); Rich and Famous (Jackalope); The Original Grease, Yeast Nation, It’s a Wonderful Life: A Radio Play (American Theater Company) and A Christmas Carol (Drury Lane). Regional credits include: American Conservatory, Asolo Repertory, Milwaukee Repertory, Utah Shakespeare, Pittsburgh Irish and Classical Theatre and Hangar Theatre. TV/Film: Chicago Fire, Warrior. Bernie is a graduate of Carnegie Mellon University School of Drama and NTI’s Moscow Art Theatre Program. Up next: Of Mice and Men at Milwaukee Repertory/Arizona Theatre Company. LUCY CARAPETYAN (Alice Sycamore) is happy to make her Northlight debut and to work again with Ms. de Mayo. Credits include: Animal Farm, The Crucible (Steppenwolf); The Life and Sort of Death of Eric Argyle, The Hollowlands, Breathing Corpses (Steep); Woman in White, Wuthering Heights (Lifeline); On The Shore of the Wide World, Stage Door (Griffin); Roadkill Confidential (Dog & Pony); The Oxford Roofclimber’s Rebellion (Caffeine); The Magnificents, Rose and the Rime, All the Fame of Lofty Deeds (House); American Storm (Theatre Seven); Twelfth Night (Oak Park); Ring Cycle (Building Stage); Look Back in Anger (Redtwist); A Midsummer Nights Dream, As You Like It (Two Pence). Lucy is a company member with Steep and Two Pence, and on staff at Actors NORTHLIGHT THEATRE |
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PROFILES Gymnasium. She is a Northwestern graduate and is represented by Paonessa Talent. PATRICK CLEAR (Anthony Kirby) returns to Northlight where he has been seen in The Mousetrap, The Miser, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Pride and Prejudice. He has appeared in more than 60 productions in the Chicago area, including Henry V (Chicago Shakespeare), Port Authority (Writers), Meet Vera Stark and Teddy Ferrara (Goodman), The March (Steppenwolf) and Seascape (Remy Bumppo). His regional credits include appearances at Hartford Stage, Asolo Repertory, Indiana Repertory, Cleveland Playhouse, Maltz Jupiter, Arena Stage, Guthrie, American Shakespeare, Centerstage, Huntington and the Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park. He appeared on Broadway in Noises Off and Hollywood Arms. Film and television credits include The Dark Knight, Chicago PD, Boss, The Untouchables and Early Edition JOANNE DUBACH (Essie Carmichael) has worked onstage with Lookingglass, Jackalope, Silent Theatre Company and Chicago Dramatists, where she is also an artistic associate. She has also worked regionally at Phoenix Theatre Inc. Joanne was Jeffnominated for her performance in The Glass Menagerie with MaryArrchie and was awarded the Jack Springer Award for her performance in A Life at Northlight. She has her B.A. in Theatre and Drama from Indiana University and is a graduate of The School at Steppenwolf.
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SEAN FORTUNATO (Boris Kolenkhov) Credits include: The Diary of Anne Frank, Hedda Gabler, The Real Thing, Travels With My Aunt, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (Writers); Rene Gallimard in M. Butterfly (Court); Measure for Measure (Goodman); Detective Cioffi in Curtains (Drury Lane); over 20 productions with Chicago Shakespeare and work at Timeline, Marriott, Theatre at the Center, Remy Bumppo, About Face, Intiman (WA), Old Globe (CA), The Duke on 42nd (NY) and twelve seasons with Peninsula Players (WI), where he played George in Sunday in the Park with George. TV/Film: Chicago PD and The Merry Gentleman directed by Michael Keaton. Sean has received four Joseph Jefferson nominations and an After Dark Award. Next: 2666 (Goodman) and Death of a Streetcar Named Virginia Woolf (Writers). KROYDELL GALIMA (G-Man 3) is happy to be working with Northlight for the first time. He has worked all over Chicago’s stages including TimeLine’s Concerning Strange Devices From the Distant West directed by Lisa Portes, Silk Road’s The Hundred Flowers Project directed by Joanie Schultz, Adventure Stage Chicago, Victory Gardens, understudied for Lookingglass’s world premiere of Keith Huff’s Big Lake Big City directed by David Schwimmer and most recently closed the Chicago premiere of In Love And Warcraft with Halcyon. He has also co-starred in an episode of Chicago Fire. He holds a B.F.A in Acting from The Theatre School at DePaul University. He would like to thank his friends,
PROFILES family and everyone at Gray Talent Group for their continued love and support. TOM HICKEY (Wilbur Henderson/ G-Man 1) is pleased to be working with Northlight for the first time. He has been a member of Strawdog Theatre Company for a loooong time, appearing in over two dozen productions including Fail/Safe, Conquest of the South Pole, Master and Margarita, Uncle Vanya, Cherry Orchard, Aristocrats, Detective Story and Julius Caesar. Other shows in Chicago include Macbeth (Artistic Home), Seminar (Haven), Killer Angels (Lifeline), Dirty (Gift), North Plan (Theatre Wit and Steppenwolf First Look), Pillowman (RedTwist) and Thieves Like Us (House). Television
credits: Underemployed, Chicago PD, Betrayal and Crisis. He is represented by Gray Talent Group and wants to send all of his love to his wife, the lovely Rita Vreeland and their crazy, smart kiddo Charlie. JOHN JUDD (Martin Vanderhof) returns to Northlight where he appeared in The Cripple of Inishmaan and The Lieutenant of Innishmore. Chicago credits include: Goodman, Steppenwolf, Chicago Shakespeare, Writers, Court, Lookingglass, Shattered Globe, A Red Orchid, About Face, Next, Profiles, Victory Gardens, Fox Theatricals, The Journeymen and Irish Repertory of Chicago. New York: BAM, Barrow Street and 59E59. Regional and international: Actors Theatre Of Louisville, Philadelphia Theatre
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PROFILES Company, City Theatre (Pittsburgh), Old Globe (San Diego), McCarter (Princeton), Huntington (Boston), Williamstown Theatre Festival, Westport Country Playhouse, BeaverCreek Theatre Festival and Town Hall Theatre (Galway, Ireland). Film credits include: Public Enemies, Batman Begins, Mr. 3000, Road to Perdition, Ride with the Devil, Losing Isaiah and Hoffa. TV credits include: Chicago PD, Boss, Chicago Code, Prison Break, ER and Early Edition. ANDY NAGRAJ (Ed Carmichael) is thrilled to be making his debut at Northlight. A recent Chicago transplant, his regional stage credits include Milwaukee Repertory, Court, Silk Road Rising, TimeLine and the Utah, Texas, Ohio and Virginia Shakespeare Festivals. TV: Chicago Fire. Andy is also the co-author of the musical comedy Murphy’s Law, which will receive its world premiere this spring at Pittsburgh’s Strand Theatre, and he has served on the theatre faculty at the University of Pittsburgh. Many thanks to Devon, Lynn and Stewart Talent, and lots of love to Liz. KEITH NEAGLE (Mr. De Pinna) returns to Northlight after appearing last season in The Mousetrap. An ensemble member with Gift, he will appear in their upcoming production of Richard III. Previous productions with Gift include Othello and Night and Her Stars. Other recent Chicago credits include: Harry & the Thief, Breaks & Bikes, Girl You Know It’s True, punkplay, Fracture/Mechanics, Arrangements and Lipstick Traces (Pavement Group); The Birds (Griffin); Travesties (Remy Bumppo); Seminar (Haven); Orange Flower Water 14
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(Interrobang); Sweet Confinement (SiNNERMAN); We Live Here and Yes, This Really Happened to Me (Theatre Seven); Sweet Bird of Youth (Artistic Home); The Pigeons (Walkabout); and Everything Freezes: another winter’s tale (Sideshow). Keith is a graduate of Texas A&M University and the School at Steppenwolf, and is represented by Actors Talent Group. For Cyd, always. COLM O’REILLY (G-Man 2) is a company member of Theater Oobleck, with whom he’s appeared in Song About Himself, There is a Happiness that Morning Is (NYC and Chicago), An Apology for the Course & Outcome of Certain Events Delivered by Doctor John Faustus on This His Final Evening, The Strangerer (NYC and Chicago), Letter Purloined, The Hunchback Variations and Spirits to Enforce. Other credits include Sweet Bird of Youth (Goodman); Trevor (A Red Orchid); Heart is a Lonely Hunter (Steppenwolf); Elevator Tours (Barrie Cole); Still in Play, The Caretaker, Waiting for Godot, Love Horse (Curious Theatre Branch); The Cabinet (Redmoon). He also played Stanislavski #1 in Mickle Maher’s An Actor Prepares at the University of Chicago. He is the recipient of 3 Orgie Theater Awards. ERICKA RATCLIFF (Rheba) Credits include: Marie Antoinette (Steppenwolf); Black Diamond: The Year the Locusts Have Eaten, Around the World in 80 Days, Peter Pan A Play (Lookingglass); The Nutcracker, Rose And The Rime (House); Court Martial at Fort Devens (Victory Gardens); Sketchbook (Collaboraction); Ruined (Mixed Blood); Raisin in the Sun
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PROFILES (Milwaukee Repertory); Seven Guitars (Pittsburgh Playwrights); Funk It Up About Nothin and Taming of the Shrew (Chicago Shakespeare); Stickfly, African Company Presents Richard III, Talented Tenth, The Colored Museum, 365 Plays/365 Days and Bulrusher with Congo Square, where she is also an ensemble member. She is a graduate of The Theatre Conservatory at Roosevelt University. Thank you, Devon! Thank you, Lynn! HOLLIS RESNIK (Gay Wellington/ Grand Duchess Olga Katrina) is happy to return to Northlight after having been seen as Big/Little Edie in Grey Gardens, The Immigrant and Enter the Guardsman. She was last seen as Miriam in Court’s The Good Book. National tours: Les Miseables, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and Sister Act. Recipient of the 2012 Lunt/Fontaine Fellowship, several Jeff awards, 2 Sarah Siddons Awards and a Helen Hayes Award. Hollis is a proud member of Actors Equity. SAMUEL ROBERSON (Donald) is the Artistic Director of Congo Square and a Howard University alum. He is the recipient of a 3Arts Award and is a TCG Young Leader of Color. Roberson most recently directed Twisted Melodies at Congo Square. Other directing credits include The Last Cadillac and The Last Hand. He also assisted on Bulrusher and Twelve Angry Men. Chicago acting credits include: Samuel J and K (Steppenwolf), Civil War Christmas (Northlight), The Colored Museum and Sanctified 16
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(Congo Square), Living Green and The Lost Boys of Sudan (Victory Gardens) and The Ballad of Emmett Till (Goodman). Other acting credits: Penumbra, Children’s Theatre Company, Pillsbury House, Illusion, Imagination Stage, Source and Studio. He has taught with Victory Gardens, Congo Square, Steppenwolf, American Theatre Company, 16th Street and Children’s Theatre Company of Minneapolis. He thanks his wife Ashley, family and friends for their support. PENNY SLUSHER (Penelope Sycamore) last appeared at Northlight in Chapatti. Other productions here include Sense & Sensibility and A Life. Chicago credits include: Sweet Bird of Youth with Diane Lane (Goodman); Uncle Vanya (After Dark Award), The Importance of Being Earnest, James Joyce’s “The Dead” (Court); Old Glory, Another Part of the Forest (Jeff Award), Bus Stop, The Subject Was Roses (Writers). Regional: My Fair Lady (Asolo Repertory), Sense & Sensibility (Actors Theatre of Louisville and Saint Louis Repertory). International Theatre: Chapatti and Stella & Lou (Northlight at Galway International Arts Festival, Ireland), August: Osage County (Steppenwolf at Sydney Theatre, Australia). Film: Virginia, Meet the Browns, Grace is Gone. Television: The Connie Banks Show. DEVON DE MAYO (Director) is thrilled to return to Northlight after directing Lost in Yonkers and formerly serving as the theatre’s Director of Education. Most recently, Devon worked as the Resident Director under Stephen Daldry on the Tonywinning Broadway production of The Audience. Directing credits: Jet Black
PROFILES Chevrolet (side project); Compulsion and Everything is Illuminated (Next); An Actor Prepares (Logan Center); Roadkill Confidential, The Further Adventures of Hedda Gabler, Clouds (Dog & Pony); Infiltrating Bounce (Luminaria, San Antonio); and 52 (Canal Café, London). Directing & devising credits: Guerra: A Clown Play (performances in Chicago, New York, Albuquerque, Madrid, Bogota, and Mexico City); The Whole World is Watching, As Told by the Vivian Girls (Dog & Pony), and The Twins Would Like to Say (Dog & Pony, Steppenwolf Garage Rep). She is the co-artistic director of Dog & Pony Theatre and received her MFA from Middlesex University in London. Love to JC & Albie. COURTNEY O’NEILL (Scenic Design) is excited to be working with Northlight for the first time. Design credits include Moby Dick and The Little Prince (Lookingglass), Life and Limb and Of Mice and Men (Steppenwolf), Waiting for Godot (Court), The Amish Project and Song Man Dance Man (Milwaukee Repertory), Fetch Clay Make Man (Marin and Round House), When I Come to Die (Kansas City Repertory), The Mountaintop (Virginia Stage), Our Town and Mud (Hypocrites), Good for Otto, Bethany and Dirty (Gift), among others. She was the associate designer for Fish in the Dark and This is our Youth on Broadway. Courtney received a Jeff Award for Mud. She holds an MFA from Northwestern and a BFA from DePaul University, where she currently teaches. courtneyoneill. com IZUMI INABA (Costume Design) is thrilled to be at Northlight again after working on The Mousetrap and their production of Charm presented at the Steppenwolf Garage. Her recent design credits include Feast (Albany Park Theatre Project), Don Chipotle (terraNOVA Collective), The Revel
(The House), Miss Buncle’s Book (Lifeline), and Cheats (Steep). She is a resident costume designer at Albany Park Theatre Project and a company member at Red Tape. She has received two non-equity Jeff Awards and the Michael Maggio Emerging Designer Award, and has her MFA in Stage Design from Northwestern University. HEATHER GILBERT (Lighting Design) Ms. Gilbert’s lighting designs have been seen on many Chicago stages including Hypocrites, Goodman, Court, Steppenwolf, Steep, Victory Gardens, Remy Bumppo, Chicago Children’s Theatre, Writers, Timeline, About Face and countless storefronts all over the city. Regional credits include Oregon Shakespeare, American Repertory, Kansas City Repertory, Milwaukee Repertory, Huntington, Williamstown, Alley, Berkeley Repertory and Actors Theatre of Louisville. International
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PROFILES credits include Almeida in London and Singapore Repertory. Heather was a recipient of the NEA/TCG Career Development Grant and the 3Arts Award. Heather serves as the Head of Lighting Design at Columbia College Chicago, and received her MFA at the Theatre School at DePaul. She is a member of The Hypocrites community. KEVIN O’DONNELL (Original Music and Sound Design) is thrilled to be back at Northlight, where he previously designed The Lady with all the Answers and Inherit the Wind. He has been working in Chicago theater for the past 12 years, being nominated for a Jeff every season he has worked, resulting in over 20 nominations and 10 awards. Regionally his work has been heard at Berkeley Repertory, ART, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Arscht Center of Miami, ACT, Baltimore CenterStage and 59E59, Cherry Lane, Signature and St Anne’s Warehouse in New York. Chicago credits include Steppenwolf, Chicago Shakespeare, Lookingglass and many others. He is also a drummer. KIMBERLY ANN MCCANN (Production Stage Manager) is thrilled to be returning to Northlight. Chicago credits: Rapture, Blister, Burn at Goodman and Million Dollar Quartet at Apollo. Broadway: Curtains. OffBroadway credits: Bill W. and Dr. Bob, How to Save the World, John Ferguson. Regional: Tuacahn Center for the Arts, Skylight Music Theatre and Milwaukee Repertory. Other credits include: Illinois Shakespeare Festival, Colorado Shakespeare Festival and numerous productions at The Julliard School. Kimberly is a graduate of Illinois State University and a proud member of Actors Equity.
KATIE KLEMME (Assistant Stage Manager) is pleased to be working with Northlight for the first time. Recent credits include Things You Shouldn’t Say Past Midnight (Windy City Playhouse); The Project(s) (world premiere), Let Me Down Easy, Mercy Strain, columbinus (Boston & Chicago), Rent and Disgraced (world premiere, 2013 Pulitzer Prize), among many others over the past seven seasons as a resident stage manager at American Theater Company; Mr. Burns- a post electric play, Seven Homeless Mammoths Wander New England (Las Vegas & Chicago) and The Santaland Diaries all at Theater Wit; Saudade: Dreams & Longing (Music Theatre Company); The Pride (About Face). Katie is on faculty at Loyola University Chicago where she teaches stage management. MOSS HART (Playwright, 19041961) was an award-winning and commercially successful playwright, collaborating with fellow writer George S. Kaufman on works like Once in a Lifetime, Merrily We Roll Along, The Man Who Came to Dinner, The Fabulous Invalid, George Washington Slept Here and the Pulitzer Prize-winning You Can’t Take It With You. Also a stage director and film screenwriter, Hart won the Tony Award as the director of My Fair Lady, directed the original Broadway production of Camelot, and penned the Judy Garland classic A Star Is Born. GEORGE S. KAUFMAN (Playwright, 1889 – 1961) was an American playwright, theatre director and producer, humorist and drama critic. Best known works include: The Royal Family, Dinner at Eight and Stage Door co-written with Edna Ferber; Merrily We Roll Along, You Can’t Take It With You (Pulitzer Prize) and The Man Who Came to Dinner with Moss
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PROFILES Hart; the Marx Brothers musicals The Cocoanuts and Animal Crackers with Morrie Ryskind; and Of Thee I Sing! (Pulitzer Prize) with Ryskind and George and Ira Gershwin. He also won the Tony Award as a director for the musical Guys and Dolls.
and has appeared at Northlight, Goodman, Steppenwolf, Court, and other theatres throughout Chicago. Film/TV credits include The Fugitive, Body Double, Law and Order: Criminal Intent, Early Edition, Cupid, and Turks, among others.
BJ JONES (Artistic Director) is in his 18th season as Artistic Director of Northlight, where he commissioned and directed the world premieres of Funnyman, White Guy on the Bus, Chapatti, Stella & Lou, The Outgoing Tide (Jeff Nomination – Best Director), Better Late, and Rounding Third. Notably he has directed productions of Outside Mullingar, Grey Gardens, The Price (Jeff Nomination- Best Director), A Skull in Connemara, The Cripple of Inishmaan, and The Lieutenant of Inishmore. As a producer he has guided the world premieres of Shining Lives, The Last Five Years, The Gamester, and Studs Terkel’s ‘The Good War’. From Second City to Shakespeare, BJ has directed Pitmen Painters (Jeff Nomination – Best Director, TimeLine), A Number (Next), 100 Saints You Should Know (Steppenwolf), and The Dresser (Body Politic). Regional: Glengarry Glen Ross (Suzie Bass Nominee – Best Director, Atlanta’s Alliance Theatre), Enchanted April (Asolo Theatre), and productions at Cherry Lane Theatre NY, Galway Arts Festival, Baltimore Center Stage, and Utah Shakespeare Festival. As a performer, Mr. Jones is a two-time Joseph Jefferson Award winner
TIMOTHY J. EVANS (Executive Director) Prior to his arrival at Northlight, Tim spent over 20 years at Steppenwolf Theatre Company in management and producing positions. He created, curated and produced Steppenwolf’s acclaimed TRAFFIC Series including a partnership with Chicago Public Radio for subsequent broadcasts. Tim founded Steppenwolf Films, of which he is still a partner with Gary Sinise, Terry Kinney and Jeff Perry, to develop film and television projects. He produced the feature films Diminished Capacity with Matthew Broderick (premiered Sundance Film Festival) and The Last Rites of Joe May with Dennis Farina (premiered Tribeca Film Festival). Tim co-founded the Three Oaks Theater Festival in Three Oaks, Michigan, which had its third season this past summer. He currently serves on the board of the League of Chicago Theatres and on the theater selection panel for the Princess Grace Foundation Awards. Previously, Tim served on the board of the Independent Film Project (IFP) and was a charter member of the Governor’s Task Force for Media Development.
The scenic, costume, lighting and sound designers in LORT Theatres are represented by United Scenic Artists, Local USA-829 of the IATSE.
This Theatre 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.
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NORTHLIGHT STAFF Artistic Director
Public Relations Cathy Taylor PR, INC.
Executive Director
Usher Coordinator Vicki Weisberg, The Saints
BJ Jones
Timothy J. Evans ARTISTIC Casting Director Lynn Baber, CSA Dramaturgy Consultant Lauren Shouse ADMINISTRATION General Manager Janet Mullet Director of Development Kim Hoopingarner Associate Director of Development Andria Venezia Development Assistant Olivia Probetts Director of Marketing & Communications Mara Mihlfried Marketing Manager Milan Pejnovich
Insurance Robert Nichols
Company Manager/ Assistant Production Manager Victoria Martini-Rosowicz Technical Director Malcolm S. Brown
Intern Kelly McCrum EDUCATION Director of Education Amanda Dunne Acevedo Education Associate/ Performing Arts Camp Director Sindy Isabel Castro Teaching Artists: Lisa Adams Jessica Alldredge Jazmin Corona Julia deBettencourt Joanne Dubach Matt Farabee Stephanie Niro Will Quam Alyssa Vera Ramos Ashley Roberson Mara Stern Education Intern Jasmine Henri Jordan
Director of Finance Lisa Stern
PRODUCTION Production Manager Christopher J. Fitzgerald
Master Electrician/ Light Board Operator Cory Drewry Sound Engineer/ Sound Board Operator Jennifer Udoni-Sharp Wardrobe Mistress Shannon Higgins Floor Manager Taylor Ely Scenic Charge Christine RX Bolles Scenic Artist Eileen Rozycki Carpenters Jeremiah Barr Bekki Lambrecht Kevin Lunch Pete Rademacher
Group Sales Coordinator/ Administrative Assistant Michelle Blendermann
PAST BOARD PRESIDENTS 1976-79 Esther Saks 1979-84 Evelyn Salk 1984-87 Lloyd Morgan 1987-89 Diana King 1989-93 David Seidman 1993-96 Stephen Mullins 1996-98 Roland Lieber 22
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1998-2001 Paul Finnegan 2001-03 Joan Barr Smith 2003-05 Paul Lehman 2005-08 Trimmy Stamell 2008-10 Michael Callahan 2010-13 Susan Karol 2013-present Dan Peterson
NORTHLIGHT SUPPORTERS LEADERSHIP Board of Trustees Thomas D. Stringer, Chairman Dan Peterson, President Rahul Roy, Vice President Bob Silverman, Treasurer, Vice President Freddi Greenberg, Secretary Michael R. Callahan* Timothy J. Evans Eileen Frank Donna Frett Michael Guerra BJ Jones Susan Karol* Susie McMonagle Jagriti Ruparel
Evelyn Salk* Robert S. Silver Craig M. Smith, AIA Alan M. Zunamon Michael Pauken, ex officio Norman Rosen, ex officio Advisory Board Susan Karol*, President Steven J. Bernstein Karl Berolzheimer Gerhard Bette Margo Brown Joe Cappo Josh Chernoff Jack Crocker Paul Finnegan* Craig Golden Eleanor Hall
Lynn Hiestand Karen Hunt Paul Lehman* James Lytle Steve Mullins* Phil Palmer Merril Prager Sandra Rosenbloom Esther Saks* David Seidman* Jill Soderberg Trimmy Stamell* Timothy P. Sullivan Greg Taubeneck Matthew Udoni Susan Van Dusen Bernice Weissbourd *Past President/ Chairperson
Remembering our friend, H. WOODS BOWMAN H. Woods “Woody” Bowman was an important fixture in Illinois politics and government for decades. From 1976 to 1990, Mr. Bowman represented the district centered in Evanston as a member of the House of Representatives, Illinois General Assembly. Following that, he served as Chief Financial Officer for Cook County from 1990 to 1994. In 1995, he joined the faculty of the School of Public Service at DePaul University. His interest in the arts led him to serve as a member of Northlight Theatre’s Board of Trustees and most recently on the Advisory Board. We honor Mr. Bowman’s sincere commitment to Northlight Theatre and his entire community. For those who would like to make a memorial contribution, the family suggests the following: Northlight Theatre, The School of Public Service at DePaul University, Grant Park Music Festival, or the Housing Options for the Mentally Ill. To make a contribution to Northlight, please contact Andria Venezia at 847.324.1613. NORTHLIGHT THEATRE |
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NORTHLIGHT SUPPORTERS DONORS Northlight Theatre is deeply grateful to the following contributors for their generous support. This list reflects gifts received August 1, 2014 through October 1, 2015. If you would like your name to appear differently or prefer to remain anonymous, please contact Olivia Probetts at 847.324.1616 or oprobetts@northlight.org.
CORPORATIONS, FOUNDATIONS & GOVERNMENT AGENCIES Principal Sponsors $50,000 and Above BMO Harris Bank ComEd The John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation The Offield Family Foundation The Shubert Foundation, Inc. The Sullivan Family Foundation Premiere Sponsors $20,000 - $49,999 The Chicago Community Trust Edgerton Foundation New American Plays Award Illinois Arts Council Venturous Theater Fund of the Tides Foundation Executive Sponsors $10,000-$19,999 Paul M. Angell Family Foundation Henrietta Lange Burk Fund The Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation Evanston Community Foundation NorthShore University HealthSystem The Pauls Foundation Presenting Sponsors $5,000-$9,999 Anonymous Full Circle Foundation Kirkland & Ellis Foundation Modestus Bauer Foundation 24
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National Endowment for the Arts Niles Township Government North Shore Center for the Performing Arts Foundation The Daniel F. & Ada L. Rice Foundation Sage Products Sanborn Family Foundation The Harold & Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust Tom Stringer Design Partners Lead Sponsors $2,500-$4,999 Chicago Foundation for Women Cramer-Krasselt Evanston Subaru in Skokie First Bank & Trust of Evanston Katten Muchin Rosenman North Shore Community Bank & Trust RATIO Architects Romano Brothers & Co Wealth Management Room & Board Sponsors $1,000 - $2,499 The Allyn Foundation American Family Insurance Autobarn CRC Travel Johns Hopkins University Kinder Morgan Foundation LionBird Plante Moran Quarles & Brady LLP Skokie Fine Arts Commission Jameson Sotheby’s
Under $1,000 Francis Beidler III & Prudence R. Beidler Foundation Illinois Tool Works Foundation Massachusetts Association of Medical Staff Services MB Financial Bank NAMSS Polk Bros Foundation Professional Facilities Management, Inc. Prospect Heights Park District Matching Gift Companies IBM Illinois Tool Works Foundation Polk Bros Foundation NORTHLIGHT ARTISTIC CIRCLE Executive Producers $25,000 and Above Anonymous Paul & Mary Finnegan Evelyn Salk The Sullivan Family Foundation Producers $10,000 - $24,999 Mr. & Mrs. Nick Alexos Carol & Steve Mullins Melanie & Dan Peterson Thomas D. Stringer & Scott E. Waller Greg & Anne Taubeneck Family Fund Playwrights $5,000 - $9,999 Michael and Joan Callahan Freddi Greenberg & Daniel Pinkert BJ Jones & Candy Corr
NORTHLIGHT SUPPORTERS Susan Karol and Glenn Warning Paul Lehman & Ronna Stamm Carole & Joseph Levy Susie McMonagle Hugo & Lois Melvoin M.J. O’Brien Family Foundation Sam & Marianne Oliva Colonel (IL) Jennifer N. Pritzker IL ARNG (Retired) Merle Reskin Lisa & Peter Sandquist Robert S. & Sandra G. Silver Jill & Leif Soderberg Matt & Christine Udoni Directors $2,500 - $4,999 Anonymous Joyce Chelberg Bernard Dowling Timothy & Jane Evans Clark Pellett & Robert Kohl Rahul & Anuradhika Roy Bob & Lisa Silverman Andrew Thomas Designers $1,000 - $2,499 Anonymous (2) John and Linda Baker Sandra Barnett-White & Jim White Diane & Karl Berolzheimer in memory of Joan Barr Smith Mary Anne and Joe Cappo in honor of Ann Whitney Marcia Caulkins Ben and Cindy Chereskin Julie & Josh Chernoff Liam Connell Allan Drebin Kathy & Stuart Edwards Eileen & Peter Frank Abel & Judy Friedman in honor of BJ Jones & Tim Evans Susan Mabrey Gaud Richard W. Gilbert & Julie E. Gammack Del & Ginger Hall
Eleanor Northrop Hall in honor of Evelyn Salk Brenda Hansen in memory of Howie Feinstein Emily & Kevin Hansen Tim & Trude Harrington Rachel Hayman & Edward Michael Kim & Kirk Hoopingarner John Mahoney Lois Melvoin in memory of Hugo Melvoin Robert & Linda Meyers Neal Moglin & Mark Tendam Jordan & Jean Nerenberg Norma Olsen Eric & Patty Perrin Sue & Tim Salisbury in memory of Joan Barr Smith Francis Sheahen Neal & Trimmy Stamell Marcie & Avy Stein JWT Family Foundation in honor of Evelyn Salk Alan M. Zunamon & Nancy Cunniff INDIVIDUAL ANNUAL FUND DONORS Partners $500 - $999 Anonymous (2) Ellen & Richard Anderson Wally Bobkiewicz Frank & Barbara Brady in memory of Bob Harris Tom Carmichael & Catherine Hayden Dennis & Franny Clarkson Bill & Alex Cole David & Kate Cudnowski Karen & Luke DeGrand Nancy & Joe Doyle Mr. & Mrs. Eldred DuSold Robert & Maurita Freas Peggy Bagley & Rabbi Douglas Goldhamer Larry Green Mary Ann & David Grumman Guy & Joan Gunzberg Tom & Jan Hazlett Mr. & Mrs. Carter Howard Colleen Hughes & Donald Rothschild in honor of BJ Jones
Dr. Herb & Mrs. Adrienne Kamin Jacki & Shelly Kimel Dr. & Mrs. Barry Kirschenbaum Libby Adler Mages Marcia Mead Linnea & John Mead Audrey Morris Ellen K. Munro Rich Naponelli Donald & Mary Ellen Newsom Marjorie Pelino Merril Prager & John Levine Roberta & Howard Rosell Anthony Burt & Karin Ruetzel Keith & Ann Sarpolis Dr. G. Stephen & Ellen Scholly Jan & Art Sherman Craig Smith, RATIO Architects Wayne Smith Fredric & Nikki Will Stein Sandy & Robin Stuart Joyce Anne Wainio & John Fulcher Bernice Weissbourd Gloria Yuen Advocates $250 - $499 Anonymous (4) Moreen Alexander Mr. & Mrs. Kirk Allen Steve and Maria Ballantyne Anne Berkeley Robert and Sara Brenner Larry Broutman Douglas R. Brown Margo & Paul Brown in memory of Joan Barr Smith Richard Campbell Lloyd & Monica Cassidy Ron & Mary Charles Ellen Collar Michael and Brenda Corr Judy & Bill Cottle John R. Dainauskas, MD Kassie Davis Philip Dawkins Carolyn Deming Brian Donlan NORTHLIGHT THEATRE |
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NORTHLIGHT SUPPORTERS Brigid Duffy Nora Dunn Victor Dye Bruce Ettelson P.C. & Missy Bundy Malcolm D. Ewen Mark Fennell William & Lynda Frillman in honor of BJ Jones & Candy Corr Thomas & Patricia Gahlon Barbara Gaines James Garner & Jennifer Henderson Diane Gottlieb in honor of Evelyn Salk Nan & Wally Greenough Lawrence & Anne Hambly Elbrey Adair Harrell & Mary McDonald Badger Becky Harris Joe Hasman Todd Hensley Eva Hershman Allen & Nancy Hirschfield Janet & Brian Hoffman Mitch and Mary Lou Horwat Donna & Steven Horwitz Ann Jennett Keely Jones Mel & Annie Kahn Lori Kash James Kaufman & Mary Anne Diehl Suzanne & Jim Kenney Dennis & Barb Kessler Martin J. & Susan B. Kozak Fund Karen Kuehner Robert & Sherry Labate Donna LaPietra & Bill Kurtis Robert Laport Ms. Ethel Liten Sherry & Mel Lopata Paul & Margaret Lurie Zeb McLaurin Sheila & Harvey Medvin Alice Merrick Ed Mills Adele & Seymour Neems Hon. Sheila O’Brien & Hon. Wayne Andersen in honor of Lenny & Audrey Rubin Kathleen Okrent Dawn Overend Michael & Diane Paley 26
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Michael C. Parker in honor of Lynn Baber Sanford & Jody Perl Genevieve Phelps Robin & Jonathan Plotkin Raymond & Janet Poet in memory of Joan Barr Smith Frank Quinn Richard & Roberta Rappaport Jeffrey Richards Sandi Riggs Ed & Susan Ritts Michael V. Roman & Gary R. Paaren Norman & Sally Rosen Valerie M. Rothschild Jagriti Ruparel Roche Schulfer & Mary Beth Fisher Carl Schunk in memory of Jan Schunk Kunal Sen & Nisha Ruparel-Sen Eugene Shepp Margaret & Alan Silberman Gerri Sizemore Janet Carl Smith & Mel Smith Shirley S. Solomon in memory of Larry Solomon Lisa & Paul Stern John Stoops & Katie Gerdes Elizabeth Tisdahl George & Susan Van Dusen in memory of Joan Barr Smith Andria Venezia Tamara & Mel Waskin William & Barbara Welke Lawrence and Nancy Wojcik Julie Womack Mike Zimmer & Margaret Moses Supporters $150 - $249 Anonymous (3) John & Julie Anastos C.E. Anderson & Associates in honor of Craig Smith Patricia Anderson Louis Aquila
Mareon R. Arnold Lorie Berger in memory of George Berger Allan & Jan Bergman Patricia C. Birk Frances E. Bishop John Blanchard Kay & Fred Bosselman Donald Bouseman Steven & Phyllis Brody Rev. Daniel Buck Ann & Dick Burnstine Joseph & Mary Calandra Nancy Carr Lynn & Robert Clark Bradley and Jennifer Cohen Maureen Conway Mary Alice & Peter Costello Stan and Nancy Cutter Linda & Alexander Darragh Barbara and Peter DeBerge John Donoghue Jerry and Liz Ettinger in honor of Al Zunamon Sally Ettlinger Roy & Marta Evans Sono Fujii & Claudio Katz Elizabeth Ganitopoulos Gilbert & Carolyn Gavlin in honor of Suzy Medak Robert & Janet Gemmell Anneliese & Howard Glick Ethel & Bill Gofen Sally & Ralph Goren James & Lilli Greenebaum John & Suzanne Hales Charles & Elizabeth Hayford Marci and Ron Holzer Don Honchell & Susan Horn Anne and Mike Houghton Karen & Charles Hughes Mary Hunt Kathleen & Hal Jenkins Doris J. Johnson Chris & Pamela Kallos Martin & Susanne Kanter Dr. Claudia Katz Heidi Katz John & Sue Klemmer Bob & Marian Kurz Ann & John Laudermilk Marianne & Michael Lembeck
NORTHLIGHT SUPPORTERS Cassandra Lems Elaine & Steve Lev Richard & Betsy Leyerle Steve and Judi Lewis in honor of Al Zunamon, M.D. Tom & Joan Lindsey Kathleen Lyons Charles MacKelvie Dr. Edward and Helen Magid Peter and Dorothy Marks Howard & Jean May Margaret F. May Bob and Carine McGreevey Robert & Sandra Morgan Martin W. Morris Dennis & Linda Myers P.C. Jennifer Newton Sheldon Patinkin in honor of BJ Jones and Tim Evans Mary Peiffer Mitchell & Beverly Petersen Ronald & Shirley Pregozen Mr. & Mrs. Dan Rahill Neal J. Reenan Mr. & Mrs. George C. Rimnac James Robbins The Robbs Mary Rooney Lisa & Jeff Rosenkranz Ira Rosenthal Susan B. Rubnitz The Scherer Family Margot Sersen Bruce & Sarane Siewerth Nancy Silberman Donald & Lupe Simpson Edna Smith Janet Sorensen Ms. Rhonda Stein & Mr. Ed Smolevitz Ann B. Stevens J. R. Stewart Thomas & Beverly Tabern
Gail & Bernard Talbert Daniel Tyler Melody Wechsler Catherine Westphal Sharlene Willoughby Michael Wright IN KIND Anonymous 93XRT Abt Alinea The Backyard BBQ Store Daniel Biss BMO Harris Bank Boltwood Robert & Sara Brenner Broadway In Chicago E. Faye Butler Michael & Joan Callahan Campagnola Scott Carter, Executive Producer of “Real Time with Bill Maher” Chalet Andrew Cole William Cole ComEd Timothy & Jane Evans Feldco FEW Spirits LLC Donna & Gene Frett Frontera Grill The Gage Get Fit With Candus, LLC Connor Gillen Goodman Theatre Havas North America, Inc hazel Hecky’s Barbecue Hertz Corporation Kim & Kirk Hoopingarner Julie Kaplan Photography Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants Koval The Langham Chicago Lyric Opera of Chicago McGaw YMCA
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To Make Your Gift Today Contact Olivia Probetts at 847.324.1616 or oprobetts@northlight.org, or donate online at northlight.org.
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