DANCE NATION
WELCOME TO DANCE NATION When I recall my adolescent years I experience my memories not intellectually, but viscerally. The incidents and emotions that shaped my teenage years are remembered in my body. Crippling insecurities, devastating embarrassments, fierce loyalties, fiery conflicts, bright and buoyant dreams for the future, unstoppable ambition. This time of life is chaotic, unwieldy and exhausting. Thank goodness we eventually emerge into a more even-keeled state of adulthood. But I have to admit too, that it’s all a little duller up here on my middle-aged perch. Dance Nation plunges us back into this glorious and turbulent life stage, through the world of competitive dance populated by our adolescent heroes Amina, Zuzu, Connie, Maeve, Sofia, Ashlee and Luke. And as awkward and painful as it is to relive some of these moments, Clare’s characters have a strength, power and tenacity that, when I first encountered them on the page, revived me. In an interview, playwright Clare Barron shared “I hope that an audience will remember things about their 13-year-old selves that they had forgotten, and that there is a little bit of an awakening of old feral rumbles... There’s a strength there that I remember having as a kid that I sometimes miss as an adult. I hope this play is a bit of an archaeology project that allows people to recover their inner teenage girl strength.” Clare savvily lays the ground for this archeology project by dictating in her script that the young dancers be cast by an intergenerational group of actors. We see the electric power of adolescence coursing through a variety of bodies onstage, masterfully directed and choreographed by Lee Sunday Evans, and we are reminded as such of the power that we might, if we have the courage, still tap into, regardless of how far in the rear-view mirror our 13-year old selves might be. Dance Nation is an ensemble piece through and through, so it’s no surprise Steppenwolf’s artists are so drawn to this play, and Clare’s work in general. We are ourselves an intergenerational group of artists perpetually drawn to the unexpected collision, the uncomfortable, the brave choice. As Steppenwolf closes in on its 50th anniversary, with our own adolescence well behind us, I confess we can be known to engage in the overly intellectual exercise of trying to articulate what makes a “Steppenwolf play.” While it is an important conversation for us to have as programmers, at the end of the day we usually know it when we feel it – our bones ache, our heart skips a beat, our breath catches. The play finds us, rather than us finding it. This is the case with Dance Nation. I invite you to let this play and its heroines sink their fangs into you, and let the play do for you what it did for me, and revive your inner teenage girl. May we all be better, kinder, braver for it. Anna D. Shapiro, Artistic Director
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EDITOR Corinne Florentino
CONTRIBUTORS
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Greta Honold Lowell Thomas Claire Haupt A.J. Roy Natasha Freeman Anna D. Shapiro
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Anna D. Shapiro† Artistic Director
David Schmitz Executive Director
STEPPENWOLF THEATRE COMPANY PRESENTS
DANCE NATION By Clare
Barron Directed and Choreographed by Lee Sunday Evans‡ FEATURING Ariana Burks, Adithi Chandrashekar, Shanésia Davis*, Audrey Francis†*, Torrey Hanson*, Tim Hopper†*, Ellen Maddow*, Caroline Neff†*, and Karen Rodriguez†*
PRODUCTION Arnulfo Maldonado+ Scenic Design Christine Pascual+ Costume Design Heather Gilbert+ Lighting Design Mikhail Fiksel+ Sound Design Tonia Sina Intimacy Choreographer Mary Williamson Special Effects Consultant Gigi Buffington* Company Voice & Text Coach Greta Honold Artistic Producer Tom Pearl Director of Production JC Clementz, CSA Casting Director Mary Hungerford* Stage Manager Kathleen Barrett* & Jacqueline Saldana* Assistant Stage Managers
Dance Nation received its UK premiere at the Almeida Theatre, London, September 2018. Playwrights Horizons, Inc., New York City, poduced the World Premiere of Dance Nation in 2018 with support from an award by the National Endowment of the Arts, and a generous gift from Scott M. Delman. Special thanks to The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Trust for supporting new plays at Playwrights Horizons, and special thanks to the Time Warner Foundation for its leadership support of New Works Labs at Playwrights Horizons. Dance Nation was developed at the Perry-Mansfield New Works Festival, June 2015, with the Atlantic Theatre Company, and presented as part of the Contemporary American Voices Festival at Long Wharf Theatre, September 2016. Dance Nation was written, in part, in residence at SPACE on Ryder Farm, and received extensive workshop time and space as part of New Dramatists’ Jerry A. Tishman Playwrights Creativity Fund. Dance Nation is presented by special arrangement with SAMUEL FRENCH, INC.
Steppenwolf Theatre Company is a constituent of Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the national organization for nonprofit professional theater. † member of the Steppenwolf Theatre Company ensemble. * member of Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers. + member of United Scenic Artists, Local 829 of the IATSE. ‡ member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Union.
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CAST AND CONTRIBUTORS CAST (in alphabetical order) Ariana Burks Sofia Adithi Chandrashekar Connie Shanésia Davis* Ashlee Audrey Francis†* The Moms/Vanessa Torrey Hanson* Luke Tim Hopper†* Dance Teacher Pat Ellen Maddow* Maeve Caroline Neff†* Zuzu Karen Rodriguez†* Amina
UNDERSTUDIES (in alphabetical order) Dana Black Zuzu/Ashlee Laurie Larson Maeve Guy Massey* Luke/Dance Teacher Pat Aja Singletary Amina/Sofia Preeti Thaker Connie/The Moms
This play will be presented with no intermission.
ADDITIONAL STAFF Sammy Zeisel Assistant Director Matt Hawkins Fight Choreographer Corey Umlauf, Samuel Vawter Assistant Scenic Designers Conchita Avitia Assistant Lighting Designer Rachel Boylan Costume Design Assistant Sarah Diefenbach, Sarah Beck Dressers Aaron Stephenson Sound Technician Emily Fergus, Kelly Crook Stage Crew Rafael Zhang Stage Management Apprentice Carol Schaberg Draper Hilary Rubio First Hand Hailey Rakowiecki, Megan Turner Stitchers Dana Nestrick Costume Crafts Artisan Fredo Aguilar, Devin O’Leary, Ezra Trunzo Additional Carpenters Mealah Heidenreich Additional Properties Zhanna Albertini, Meghan Erxleben, Lee Moore Additional Paints Jared Bellot, Greg Geffard, Lavina Jadhwani, Lauren Katz, Derek Matson, Neel McNeill and Leean Kim Torske Post Show Discussion Moderators
Entry and re-entry to the theater after this performance begins is not guaranteed.
SPECIAL THANKS The Dentists on Golf Dr. Shaival Patel and Dr. Aakash Shah
There will a post-show discussion immediately following the performance.
The theater reserves the right to limit admission of children younger than the age of six. As a courtesy to the actors and your fellow patrons, please turn off your cell phones before the performance. The taking of photographs and the use of any type of recording device are not allowed in the theater during performances and is a violation of state and federal copyright laws. Digital media will be deleted, and tape or film will be confiscated.
† member of the Steppenwolf Theatre Company ensemble. * member of Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers. + member of United Scenic Artists, Local 829 of the IATSE.
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DANCE NATION IN REHEARSAL Photography by Lowell Thomas
Cast members Caroline Neff* and Karen Rodriguez*
Cast member Caroline Neff*, director Lee Sunday Evans and cast member Torrey Hanson
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*Steppenwolf ensemble member
Cast member ShanĂŠsia Davis
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Cast members Ariana Burks, ShanĂŠsia Davis, Karen Rodriguez*, Adithi Chandrashekar, Caroline Neff* and Ellen Maddow
Cast member Audrey Francis*
Cast member Tim Hopper*
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DANCE NATION BIOS Ariana Burks (Sofia) is honored to return to Steppenwolf Theatre Company where she last appeared as Marjan in The Compass. Theatre credits include Trevor the Musical (Writers Theatre); Urinetown (BoHo Theatre); The Nutcracker (The House Theatre); Hairspray (Paramount Theatre & Drury Lane); Wonderland: Alice’s Rock and Roll Adventure (Chicago Children’s Theatre); Rudolph (Broadway Playhouse) and A Christmas Carol (Goodman Theatre). Film credits include Beats on Netflix, South Side, Chicago Med, Chicago Fire, The Jr. Cuisine Cooking Show (2011 Emmy nomination) and PrankStars on Disney. Ariana would like to thank God and her family for all of their love and support. Adithi Chandrashekar (Connie) is delighted to make her Steppenwolf Theatre Company debut. Recent Chicago credits include Laura and the Sea (Rivendell Theatre Company); Bull in a China Shop (About Face Theatre); We’re Gonna Be Okay (American Theater Company) and Wit (The Hypocrites). TV credits include Chicago Med and Betrayal. Adithi’s solo performance piece, Open Season was written and produced as part of The Gift Theatre’s inaugural 4802 residency. Adithi is a proud 2015 graduate of the School at Steppenwolf. She is represented by Stewart Talent Agency. Shanésia Davis (Ashlee) is excited to return to Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Dance Nation. Other Steppenwolf credits 8 Bios
include The Glass Menagerie, One Arm, Our Lady of 121st Street and The Gift Theater’s Richard III. Chicago & regional credits include the world premiere of Toni Morrison’s Jazz (Baltimore Center Stage); Immediate Family (Goodman Theatre, Mark Taper Forum); Native Son, Othello (Court Theatre); What I learned in Paris, Brothers of The Dust (BTAA and BEA awards - Best Actress; Congo Square Theatre); Landladies (Northlight Theatre) among others. Film credits include Consumed, Working Man, Blueprint and External Rivals. Television credits include Proven Innocent, Lovecraft Country, Chicago Fire, The Chi, Empire, and Early Edition. She is a Teaching Artist at UIC, School of Theatre & Music. Ms. Davis is represented by Hayes Talent. Love to my NHW & TBD! Audrey Francis (The Moms/Vanessa) joined the Steppenwolf Theatre Company ensemble in 2017. She has been seen in The Doppelgänger (an international farce), You Got Older, The Fundamentals, Between Riverside and Crazy and The Herd. Other Chicago theatre credits include Kill Floor (American Theater Company); Witch, Othello and Another Part of the Forest (Writers Theatre); Talking Pictures (Goodman Theatre) and Awake and Sing! (Northlight Theatre). Film and Television credits include Empire, Chicago Med, Chicago Fire, Signature Move, Dig Two Graves, Medal of Victory, Later Days and Knives and Skin. Her commercial and voiceover work includes campaigns for Ford, Citibank, Kenmore, and Quaker. Audrey is also the co-founder of Black Box Acting and works as an acting coach for network television.
Torrey Hanson (Luke) is excited to be making his Steppenwolf Theatre Company debut. Chicago credits include Goodman Theatre, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Writers Theatre, The House Theatre, Drury Lane Theatre, Profiles Theatre and Silk Road Rising. Regional credits include Milwaukee Repertory Theater (17 seasons), Oregon Shakespeare Festival (5 seasons), Alley Theater, Cleveland Play House, Indiana Repertory Theater, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Intiman Theatre, A Contemporary Theatre, Empty Space Theatre, Utah Shakespeare Festival and Resident Ensemble Players at the University of Delaware. Television/Film credits include Detroiters, The Exorcist, Empire, Crisis, Chicago Fire, Cheers, Wings, Fargo (2020) and Jordan Peele’s sequel to Candyman (2020). Tim Hopper (Dance Teacher Pat) is an ensemble member of Steppenwolf Theatre Company. Recent roles at Steppenwolf include Andy in Downstate and Paul in Linda Vista. Television appearances include Chicago Fire, Chicago Med, Empire, The Exorcist, The Americans and the upcoming Utopia and neXt. Films include Knives and Skin, An Acceptable Loss, School of Rock and To Die For, among others. Ellen Maddow (Maeve) is happy to make her Steppenwolf Theatre Company debut. OffBroadway credits include Dance Nation (Playwrights Horizons, Drama Desk Ensemble Award). She is a founding member of TALKING BAND. With
credits including City of No Illusions, The Room Sings, The Golden Toad, Marcellus Shale, Betty and the Blenders, The Walk Across America for Mother Earth (La Mama); The Lily’s Revenge (HERE) and The Peripherals (Dixon Place). She was a member of the Open Theatre. Drama Desk Award, OBIE Award, Frederick Loewe Award in Musical Theatre, NYFA Playwriting Fellowship, NEA/TCG Award for Playwrights and an alumnus of New Dramatists. talkingband.org Caroline Neff (Zuzu) is a Steppenwolf Theatre Company ensemble member. At Steppenwolf, she was last seen in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime, You Got OIder, Linda Vista (also at the Mark Taper Forum and Second Stage Broadway), The Fundamentals, The Flick, Airline Highway (also the Broadway production at Manhattan Theatre Club), The Way West, Three Sisters, Annie Bosh is Missing and Where We’re Born. Select theatre credits include Lettie (Jeff Award Best Actor; Victory Gardens Theater); Uncle Vanya (Goodman Theatre); A Brief History of Helen of Troy (Jeff Award for Best Actress), The Knowledge, Harper Regan, In Arabia We’d All Be Kings (Steep Theatre); The Downpour (Route 66 Theatre); Port (Griffin Theatre); 4000 Miles (Northlight Theatre) and Moonshiner (Jackalope Theatre). Regional credits include Peerless (Yale Repertory Theatre). Film and television credits include The Red Line, Chicago PD, Chicago Fire, Open Tables and Older Children. She is a proud company member of Steep Theatre and holds her BA from Columbia College Chicago. Bios 9
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Karen Rodriguez (Amina) is a proud Steppenwolf Theatre Company ensemble member
who was most recently seen in La Ruta, The Doppelgänger (an international farce) and The Rembrandt. She also appeared in the world premiere of Breach by Antoinette Nwandu at Victory Gardens Theater and in the critically acclaimed solo show The Way She Spoke by Isaac Gomez at Greenhouse Theater Center. Other Chicago credits include The Displaced (Haven); Hookman (Steep Theatre); Blue Skies Process, Another Word for Beauty (Goodman Theatre); good friday (Oracle, Jeff nomination for Best Ensemble); Don Chipotle (The Storefront Theater). Television credits include Chicago Fire and Chicago Justice. Ms. Rodriguez is a 2017 recipient of the Make a Wave 3Arts Award.
Smith Blackburn finalist); I’ll Never Love Again (The Bushwick Starr, NYTimes & Time Out Critics’ Picks); Baby Screams Miracle (Woolly Mammoth, Clubbed Thumb). She is also the recipient of a Whiting Award, the Page 73 Playwriting Fellowship and the Paula Vogel Award at the Vineyard, and a former member of Youngblood and the Soho Rep Writer-Director Lab.
Lee Sunday Evans (Director and Choreographer) is a two time Obie awardwinning director and choreographer and was recently appointed Artistic Director of Waterwell. Recent credits include The Courtroom (Waterwell); the world premiere of Dance Nation by Clare Barron (Playwrights Horizon); In The Green by Grace McLean (LCT3); Miller, Mississippi by Boo Killebrew (Long Wharf Theatre, Dallas Theatre Center); The Things That Were There Clare Barron by David Greenspan (Bushwick Starr); (Playwright) is a playwright and performer Intractable Woman by Stefano Massini (The Play Company); The Winter’s from Wenatchee, Tale (Public Theatre); Home (BAM); Washington. Her plays include Dance Nation, which was a finalist Farmhouse/Warehouse by Suzanne Bocanegra (BAM); Bull In A China Shop for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, the winner of the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, by Bryna Turner (LCT3); Caught by Christopher Chen (The Play Company); the winner of the Relentless Award, the [Porto] by Kate Benson (The Bushwick winner of an Obie Award and received Starr); A Beautiful Day in November on its premiere at Playwrights Horizons the Banks of the Greatest of The Great in New York City and subsequently at Lakes by Kate Benson (WP Theater, New the Almeida Theatre in London and is Georges); Macbeth (performed by three now playing across the country and women; Hudson Valley Shakespeare internationally; You Got Older, which Festival); Wellesley Girl by Brendan received its world premiere with Page Pelsue (Humana Festival); D Deb Debbie 73 and later appeared at Steppenwolf Deborah by Jerry Lieblich (Clubbed Theatre Company (Obie Award for Thumb). She additionally creates original Playwriting, Drama Desk Nomination for ensemble-devised performance work with Outstanding Play, Kilroys List and Susan CollaborationTown.
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Arnulfo Maldonado (Scenic Design) is making his Steppenwolf Theatre Company debut. Off-Broadway credits include Power Strip, The Rolling Stone (Lincoln Center Theater); Sugar in Our Wounds (MTC, Lucille Lortel Award); School Girls…, Charm (MCC); A Strange Loop, Dance Nation (Playwrights Horizons); Usual Girls (Roundabout Theatre); The Underlying Chris (Second Stage Theater); Fires In The Mirror (Signature Theatre). Regional credits include Alley Theatre, Berkeley Rep, Baltimore Center Stage, Dallas Theater Center, Guthrie Theater, Humana Festival, Long Wharf Theatre, Old Globe, Two River Theater, Williamstown Theatre Festival. Tour credits include The Magnetic Fields: 50 Song Memoir (BAM Next Wave, International). Mr. Maldonado is a Clubbed Thumb Affiliated Artist, a recipient of a Princess Grace Fabergé Theater Award, and a multiple Henry Hewes Design nominee. Training: NYU Tisch. arnulfomaldonado.com Christine Pascual (Costume Design) returns to Steppenwolf Theatre Company where previously she designed La Ruta. Recent credits include The Niceties (Milwaukee Repetory Theater); Oslo (Timeline Theatre); Lady in Denmark, (Goodman Theatre); Put Your House in Order (The Roustabouts); Dutch Masters, The Light Fantastic (Jackalope Theatre); The Total Bent, The Displaced (Haven); Hang (Remy Bumppo Theatre); Traitor (A Red Orchid Theatre); Simpatico (McCarter Theatre). She has also worked at Raven Theatre, American Theater Company, Teatro Vista, Victory Gardens Theater, Chicago Children’s Theatre, Theatre Wit, Court Theatre, Congo Square Theatre. Off-Broadway credits include The
Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity (Second Stage Theater). Regional credits include work at American Players Theatre, Virginia Stage Company and Centerstage. Pascual was a 2010 Henry Hewes Design Award nominee and an exhibitor at the 2011 Prague Quadrennial. Heather Gilbert (Lighting Design) Broadway credits include The Sound Inside at Studio 54. Steppenwolf Theatre Company credits include MS. BLAKK FOR PRESIDENT, Constellations, A Separate Peace, First Look 2013, The Infidel, Pot Mom. Regional credits include Actors Theatre of Louisville; Goodman Theatre; Center Theatre Group; Studio Theatre; Berkeley Repertory Theatre; Williamstown Theatre Festival; Oregon Shakespeare Festival; Kansas City Rep; Alley Theatre; American Repertory Theater; Magic Theatre; Pasadena Playhouse. OffBroadway credits include Barrow Street Theatre. International credits include Almeida Theatre in London; Singapore Rep; Encuentro Festival Teatro Buendia, Montreal Additional credits include NEA/ TCG Career Development Grant and the 3Arts Award; Head of Lighting Design at Columbia College Chicago; M.F.A. The Theatre School at DePaul University. Mikhail Fiksel (Sound Design) is a Chicago- and Brooklyn-based designer, composer, musician and DJ. Recent Chicago work includes projects with Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Victory Gardens Theater, Goodman Theatre, Writers Theatre, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Teatro Vista, Make Believe Association and Albany Park Theatre Project. Off-Broadway and Regional credits include Playwrights Horizons, The Civilians, PlayCo, Manhattan Theatre Club, La Jolla Playhouse, Williamstown
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Theatre Festival, The Old Globe, South Coast Rep, Center Theatre Group, Studio Theatre, A.C.T. and City Theatre. Film work includes original scores for Glitch, The Wise Kids and In Memoriam. He is the recipient of two Lucille Lortel Awards, multiple Joseph Jefferson Awards, two Drama Desk Nominations and The Michael Maggio Emerging Designer Award and is a proud member of TSDCA and USA. mikhailfiksel.com Tonia Sina (Intimacy Choreographer) is humbled to join Steppenwolf Theatre Company for the first time. Recent credits include Dead Man Walking (Chicago Lyric Opera), Darling Grenadine (Marriott Theatre) and The Bakkhai (Stratford Festival). Tonia invented the field of intimacy direction in her master’s thesis, and she is the Founder of Intimacy Directors International. She is featured in The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Buzzfeed and Huffington Post among many other national publications and podcasts. Tonia is also a soon to be triple kidney transplant recipient and rare disease patient advocate. Daphne Rose, her service dog, is also thrilled to join the Steppenwolf family. Mary Williamson (Special Effects Consultant) is an actor, writer and visual artist based in Chicago. Gore and make up design credits include X (Sideshow Theatre); Mr. Punch (The House Theatre); good friday (Oracle Productions); Sophocles: Seven Sicknesses (The Hypocrites - Jeff Nomination); Kate and Sam Are Not Breaking Up (The New Colony); The Earl (The Inconvenience); The Grelley Duvall Show (The Hideout) and blood consultation for The Backroom Shakespeare Project and Steppenwolf.
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Recent projects include directing The Grelley Duvall Show at Theatre On The Lake and hosting and writing for The Fly Honey Show. Mary is a graduate of The Theatre School at DePaul University, represented by Grossman & Jack Talent, and you can follow her on Instagram @artisdeadgobears for more information on her work and upcoming projects. Gigi Buffington (Company Voice and Text Coach) has worked at Steppenwolf Theatre Company as Company Vocal Coach for three seasons: Lindiwe, The Great Leap, True West, MS. BLAKK FOR PRESIDENT, The Children, A Doll’s House, Part 2, Familiar, Downstate, The Doppelgänger (an international farce), Guards At The Taj, The Minutes, Hir, The Rembrandt, Pass Over, Linda Vista, Dying City, Mary Page Marlowe and East of Eden. Broadway credits include Linda Vista, Straight White Men, King Kong Live on Broadway, Dying City and Mary Page Marlowe (Second Stage Theater); The Thin Place (upcoming), Heroes Of The Fourth Turning, Noura (Playwrights Horizons); Pass Over (LCT3); Uncle Romeo Vanya Juliet (Bedlam); Coriolanus (Red Bull); The Tempest (LaMama); The Merchant Of Venice (Venice, Italy); Elizabeth R: texts & beheadings (BAM and The Folger); A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Hamlet (with David Tennant and Patrick Stewart), Love’s Labour’s Lost (Royal Shakespeare Company); The Maids (director), Pericles, Othello, An Illiad, The Seagull, Hamlet, Romeo & Juliet, Richard III (American Players Theatre). Associate Arts Professor, Tisch School of the Arts, New York University. AEA, SAG/AFTRA and VASTA. Mary Hungerford (Stage Manager), who uses she/her/hers pronouns, is excited to be collaborating with this
incredible group of artists on Dance Nation. Other Steppenwolf Theatre Company credits include Familiar, You Got Older, Hir, Ironbound, Buena Vista, The Drunken City, Penelope and The March. Chicago stage management credits include productions with Lookingglass Theatre, Chicago Shakespeare Theater and TimeLine Theatre. Regional credits include Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein at the McCarter Theatre Center and the 2016-2017 tour of Lookingglass’ Moby Dick to Atlanta, Washington D.C. and Costa Mesa, CA. Mary is a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association and an alumna of Northwestern University. This one’s for you, Mal. Kathleen Barrett (Assistant Stage Manager) is happy to return to Steppenwolf Theatre Company where previous credits include work on The Great Leap, MS. BLAKK FOR PRESIDENT, The Crucible, Pass Over, The Fundamentals, Constellations, John Steinbeck’s East of Eden, The Herd and Airline Highway. Other regional work includes The Steadfast Tin Soldier, 20,000 Leagues Under the Seas (Lookingglass Theatre Company); the world premieres of Cambodian Rock Band, A Doll’s House, Part 2, Office Hour (South Coast Repertory); and productions with Geva Theatre Center, Florida Repertory Theatre, Pasadena Playhouse, The Hypocrites, Victory Gardens Theater, Porchlight Music Theatre, Broadway in Chicago and Mason Street Warehouse. Kat is a graduate of Kalamazoo College in Michigan and is a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association. Jacqueline Saldana (Assistant Stage
Chicago credits include Lindiwe, The Roommate, The Dopplegänger (an international farce), BLKS, The Crucible (Steppenwolf Theatre Company); The Music Man, The Winter’s Tale, Sweat, How to Catch Creation, A Christmas Carol and We’re Only Alive for A Short Amount of Time (Goodman Theatre). Saldana is a graduate of the University of Michigan. Anna D. Shapiro (Artistic Director) is a Tony Award-winning director and Artistic Director of Steppenwolf Theatre Company. She joined the Steppenwolf ensemble in 2005 and was awarded the 2008 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play for August: Osage County (Steppenwolf, Broadway, London). She was nominated in 2011 in the same category for The Motherf**ker with the Hat (Public Theater, Labyrinth Theater). Other Steppenwolf directing credits include the world premiere production of The Minutes (slated to open on Broadway in 2020); Mary Page Marlowe, Visiting Edna, Three Sisters, A Parallelogram, Up, The Crucible, The Unmentionables (also at Yale Repertory Theatre), The Pain and the Itch (also in New York), I Never Sang for My Father, Man from Nebraska, Purple Heart (also in Galway, Ireland), The Drawer Boy, Side Man (also in Ireland, Australia and Vail, Colorado), Three Days of Rain, The Infidel and This Is Our Youth (which transferred to Broadway). Additional Broadway credits include Of Mice and Men (with James Franco) and Fish in the Dark (with Larry David), and Off-Broadway Domesticated (Lincoln Center Theater). She is directing the new Broadway musical The Devil Wears Prada with music by Sir Elton John,
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Yale School of Drama and Columbia. She is a professor in Northwestern University’s Department of Theatre. David Schmitz (Executive Director) has worked at Steppenwolf Theatre Company for 14 years, serving in the roles of Director of Finance and Administration, General Manager and currently as Executive Director. Prior to working at Steppenwolf, David was the General Manager at Lookingglass Theatre Company, Associate Artistic Director of Stage Left Theatre and Business Manager at the entertainment agency Adair Performance. Currently, he serves as Vice President of the Board for The House Theatre of Chicago as well as on the boards of the League of Chicago Theatres and Arts Alliance Illinois. David is a former board member for the Lincoln Park Chamber of Commerce and has worked as a strategic planning, business practices, finance and hiring consultant for numerous Chicago organizations, including The House Theatre of Chicago, The Hypocrites and Stage Left Theatre, among others. He holds a BA in theatre from the University of Northern Colorado, an MFA from the Theatre Conservatory at the Chicago College of Performing Arts, Roosevelt University and a Certificate in Non Profit Management from Roosevelt University.
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DANCE NATION
By Clare Barron Directed and choreographed by Lee Sunday Evans Featuring ensemble members Audrey Francis, Tim Hopper, Caroline Neff and Karen Rodriguez A pre-teen dance troupe navigates ambition, friendship and desire as they claw their way to Nationals in Tampa Bay. Featuring a multigenerational cast of women playing our pre-teen heroines, this Chicago premiere is fiercely funny, theatrically inventive and full of heart.
JANUARY 23 – MARCH 8, 2020
BUG
By ensemble member Tracy Letts Directed by David Cromer Featuring ensemble members Randall Arney, Carrie Coon and Namir Smallwood In a seedy Oklahoma motel room, a lonely waitress begins an unexpected love affair with a young drifter. And then they see the first bugs… Tracy Letts’s mind-bending cult classic—a luridly funny tale of love, paranoia, and government conspiracy—roars back to Chicago for its Steppenwolf debut.
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KING JAMES
By ensemble member Rajiv Joseph Directed by ensemble member Anna D. Shapiro Featuring ensemble member Glenn Davis “King” LeBron James’s reign in Cleveland brings promise, prosperity and renewal to a city in desperate need of all three. As the city celebrates a championship, two estranged friends spar in a verbal game of 1 on 1, revealing past secrets, present truths and a possible future after “The King” has left the building. Steppenwolf in association with Center Theatre Group co-present this world premiere by ensemble member Rajiv Joseph and directed by ensemble member Anna D. Shapiro. King James will also be produced in LA as part of Center Theatre Group’s 2020/21 season.
JUNE 4 — JULY 26, 2020
CATCH AS CATCH CAN
By Mia Chung Directed by Amy Morton
Featuring ensemble members Audrey Francis and Tim Hopper Two blue collar New England families grapple with a spiraling crisis that threatens not just their relationships, but their very identities. Three actors take on the six roles, crossing both generation and gender, upending the kitchen sink drama in what will surely be a theatrical tour-de-force. A distinctive Chicago premiere by the gifted writer Mia Chung.
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Adapted by Isaac Gomez Based on the novel by Erika L. Sánchez Directed by Sandra Marquez Featuring ensemble member Karen Rodriguez A world premiere adaptation of Erika L. Sánchez’s award-winning novel, I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter follows Julia, a Chicago high school student as she navigates trials and tribulations of following her dreams of becoming a writer alongside the death of her older sister, Olga—who might not have been as perfect as she seemed. This poignant and vibrant new work is a love story to young Chicanos who, in trying to find the truth about the people and the world around them, end up finding themselves.
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PLAYWRIGHT CLARE BARRON ON
DANCE NATION Edited by Greta Honold
As rehearsals began, playwright Clare Barron sat down with Artistic Producer Greta Honold to talk about Dance Nation. Here are some highlights from their conversation. Greta Honold: What is the origin story of this play? How did it come about for you? Clare Barron: There are many different origin stories. One was very, very simple, which is that I’m obsessed with the reality show Dance Moms, which is about 9 to 11-year-old competitive dancers. It’s incredibly brutal but it is an amazing show because these girls are so talented and such fierce competitors but also so sweet and so kind to each other. And it is just kind of incredible to see people so young under that much pressure. I think the other thing is I was just, you know, I was an artist and a young woman living in New York and I was having really complicated feelings about ambition and success. I wrote this play right around the time I first started having a little bit of success, and the only thing I felt when I was successful was, basically, shame. I felt bad and was worried about other people’s feelings. And so, I was kind of investigating why that was. And I think specifically, I was wondering if that was gendered or something that I had learned – to be a little bit ashamed of taking up too much space. There’s a story I always tell about this: I was at an awards ceremony in New York City. My play You Got Older had been nominated for Outstanding Play and I was talking to a journalist about it. He asked me if I was an actress in the play. And I said, “No, I’m the 18 Features
writer. I wrote the play.” And then his eyes kind of bugged out huge and his mouth went agape, and he said, “All by yourself?” But the important part of this story is how I responded. Instead of saying, “Yes! All by myself! Like obviously all by myself,” I sort of laughed and I said to him, “Oh you know, I had lots and lots of help.” Anyway, so that’s a story I tell all the time because I’m interested in, like, what is that tiny thing inside of me that needed to make that man feel comfortable rather than sticking up for myself? And why it was so hard for me to just say, “Yes. I wrote the play.” And you can see these same issues in the characters in the play. These girls, who are only 12 and 13 years old, they’re experimenting with taking up space in the world, but they’re also feeling really ashamed about it. They’re realizing that they’re powerful, but they’re also afraid of their own power. GH: When in the process of writing the play did you decide it would be cast multi generationally? CB: From the very beginning. It was always part of the conception of the play. I started as an actor, and literally my entire professional career consisted of playing 15-year-olds. And I think it’s mostly because I’m a petite person with, I don’t know, big eyes, ha! And it felt so arbitrary – the things about me that signaled “young.” I wanted to blow that whole thing open
and cast people who, regardless of age, had the soul of a 13-year-old. I was looking for actors who still had a connection to that feral-ness or wildness of youth. Also, my memory of being 13 or 15 was feeling like a monster. Like your limbs are all dangly, you have acne, you’re sort of in the process of transformation. And so, there’s something that I found a little bit uncomfortable with these shows where they take a bunch of 25-yearold’s, who are sort of at the height of their – in a superficial, mainstream way – commercial sexiness, and they have them play teenagers and talk about sex. There’s something in that that I actually find a little bit creepy. And then everybody’s like, “Oh my God, it’s so authentic.” But it’s actually not because a 25-year-old talking about their vagina is completely different than a 14-year-old talking about their vagina. So these are all some of the reasons why I just was a little bit bored with the idea of doing the play with a bunch of 20-yearold’s.
GH: What do you hope audience members walk away with?
of archeology project to recover lost memories of childhood. I want people to remember what it felt like to be 13 – an age in your life when anything was possible and when so much was surfacing and being formed about your personality. So, yes! I hope it operates on this ancient level of dredging up the past, and I hope, at the same time, it means something to them as adults and is applicable to their adult lives. Particularly, when it comes to issues of friendship, ambition and power. I think one of the central questions of the play is how can we all be the most powerful versions of ourselves in a way that is still life-affirming for other people – in a way that doesn’t step on other people? So, I hope people walk away thinking about that.
CB: I hope the play sort of operates on two levels for people. I hope it challenges the audience to be more powerful versions of themselves, right now, as adults. But then I also hope it helps them to go back in time to their 13-year-old selves and remember things that they have maybe forgotten. I think of the playas a kind
GH: I understand that centering this story in the world of dance comes partly from your own life, but there are many settings in which groups of young women grapple with the issues and questions this play presents. What is special about dance for you? What does dance allow for in the telling of this story?
Also, this play is not just about being 13 – it’s about how things that happened to you at 13 affect your entire life. We’re seeing who these characters grow up to be at 30, 40, 50, 70… Part of the experience of the play is being aware of the adult realitiesof the actors, as well as the 13-year-old characters.
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CB: Honestly, I just love dance, and always have. I love seeing it onstage, and I love doing it myself. So, there was no intellectual reason why I “chose” dance as the setting for this play other than my unbridled affection for it. That said, I do think that dance has a really complicated relationship to the female body and the way it tries to control it. It’s not always a safe space, and I think you can feel this in the play. I also was interested in the way that dance requires tremendous rigor and discipline, but the play is so much about rebellion and wildness and unleashing. So, there’s this tension between the tremendous pressure put on the girls, and also their need to be free and crazy and authentically themselves. Finally, I was very much inspired by the dressing room dynamics of my youth. I learned everything I know about sex from my childhood ballet dressing room. There’s an interesting feral-ness there – everyone naked together, everyone in their bodies together – that I think is really powerful and female and true. GH: This production is directed and choreographed by Lee Sunday Evans, 20 Features
who helped develop the piece with you and directed the world premiere production. Can you talk a bit about your artistic relationship? CB: Lee and I have known each other for almost a decade. I think the first time we worked together, we were actually working on a play that Lee had written and that I was acting in called The Big Fix. And then we workshopped Dance Nation bit-bybit over the course of three years and really built the world of the play together. I love working with Lee because she’s so rigorous about all the little details, but also gets the soul of things. I trust her completely with the text, but then it’s also amazing to turn around and see her bring these dances to life and be so engaged with the physical life of the play. I definitely feel like we have a special language surrounding this play and have grown to understand all its quirks and corners together. It’s completely thrilling to get to work on it with her a second time and feels like a very rich collaboration that’s still evolving in exciting ways. I feel very lucky.
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DIRECTORS CIRCLE The generosity of Steppenwolf’s Directors Circle members annually provides vital support for Steppenwolf’s many streams of artistic and community programming. In recognition of their contributions, members receive complimentary subscriptions with VIP ticketing services and are invited to private events with the artists of Steppenwolf. Patrons ($10,000 – $14,999) Anonymous (2) Mr. and Mrs. John Aalbregtse‡ Betty Bradshaw Michael and Cathy Brennan Elizabeth H. Connelly Shawn M. Donnelley and Christopher M. Kelly Mary and Paul Finnegan Richard and Mary L. Gray ‡ Ginger and Del Hall Ms. Anne Kaplan Brad and Kim Keywell Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Lad Susan Lichtenstein and John Rokacz L. Heather Mitchell and Kenny Mitchell Kenneth J. Porrello and Sherry L. McFall‡ Mr. John M. Schwolsky Sustainers ($5,000 – $9,999) Anonymous (2) Gerry Barad Sarah Beardsley and Dr. Christopher Randolph Louis and Jacqueline Bernstein Lois Browning Cheryl Lynn Bruce and Kerry Marshall Phil Burgess and Jim Nutter Michael and Stephanie Chu Gia and Isaac Colunga Jerry and Josephine Conlon Beth Boosalis Davis and Maxwell S. Davis Mr. Brian Duwe Laura and Scott Eisen Mary M. Emerson Greg and Karen Felton John and Katherine Fox Michael Fridholm David and Noreen Ann Gallagher Beverly Wyckoff and Charles Ginsberg Valerie and Paul Goodrich Leslie and Matthew Gray Marcy and Harry Harczak Judy and Jay Heyman
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David Hiller Timothy B. Johnson and Valerie B. Wiley Jen and Brad Keck Laurie Anne Kladis Christine and Michael LaTona Ron and Kim Lemar Donald and Elaine Levinson Amos and Anat Madanes Malkin Family Don and Melinda Marshall Lisa and Paul McGrady ‡ Alyson and Patrick J. Nash, Jr. Mr. and Ms. Dave Obenauer Dale and Loretta Pierson Lynne Remington and Geoff Goldberg Merle Reskin Randy and Betsy Rochman Sandra and Earl Rusnak, Jr. Shirley and Patrick G. Ryan Sr. Manny Sanchez and Pat Pulido Sanchez Dr. Michele D. Semin David and Judith L. Sensibar Toni Sandor Smith Edward A. Studzinski Elliot A. Stultz Judy Sugarman Jacqueline Tilton Richard and Elaine Tinberg Howard and Jane Tyner Donna and Dirk Vos Tom Wake Michael and January Ward Dr. David Wasserman Jack and Keli Wildermuth Bobbi Zabel Benefactors ($2,000 – $4,999) Anonymous (9) Kim and David Adler Jack J. Adrian Karen and Scott Alexander Nicholas and Kathleen Amatangelo Kimball Anderson and Karen Gatsis Anderson Robert C. Anderson David and Suzanne Arch Robert and Marilyn Arensman
Stephanie and Dana Arnett Jeffrey S. Arnold and Ellen J. Neely Edgar Bachrach Richard and Janice Bail Andy and Stephanie Baker ‡ Elena and Yuri Balasanov Gustavo Bamberger and Martha Van Haitsma Catherine Bannister Merrill and Alice Barden Cynthia Barginere Solomon and Camila Barnett Bob and Trish Barr Martha and Al Belmonte Scott and Carla Benigni Shirley and Tom Berchou‡ Mr. Kevin Berg Dr. Mary E. Belford MD and Mr. Ric Berta Ron and Colleen Bess Jim and Sherry Bicak Nicholas Biederman Ms. Faye Blake Jon Blanc Shelley Bloch and Brian Sweeney Shaun and Andy Block Stephen and Lynn Bolanowski‡ Stanley and Anne Boychuck Doug Bradbury Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Braun Lin Brehmer and Sara Farr Robert and Joell Brightfelt ‡ Marissa and Tim Brinkley Reid Brody and Sally Schwartz Mr. and Mrs. Norman Brooks John D. and Leslie Henner Burns Timothy Burroughs and Barbara Smith Bridget Byrne Michael and Merle Cahan David Callahan and Terri Abruzzo Joseph and Cory Cancila‡ Ray Capitanini Shamequa Carlton Helen and Paul Chang Drs. Rex Chisholm and Kathleen Green
Nancy Ciezki and Diane Kostecke Lesley and Zac Cochran Carol and Douglas Cohen Michael and Edie Cohen Thomas and Katherine Coleman Steven and Caralynn Collens Pam and Howard Conant J. Gorman Cook and Carole Kohout Bryce Cooper Merle R. Cooper Lisa and Brian Cornell Deb and Denny Cowhey Patricia Cox, Katie and Will Hunckler Winnie and Bob Crawford Phyllis Cretors Mary Jane Crotty Dean and Lori Czuma Stephen F. Danziger Judy and Tapas K. Das Gupta Marlowe Davis Diane Dawson Mr. and Mrs. Menahem Deitcher Greg Desmond and Michael Segobiano Gautam and Ritu Dhingra Roberta S. Dillon Patricia and Richard Doonan Philip and Marsha Dowd Raymond and Marybeth Drake Tracy Koerner Erin and Ian Drury Susan Duman Jon and Susanne Dutcher Dr. Steven B. Edelstein John and Jennifer Elliot George Engeln Tom and Pat Erickson Ms. Rebekah Eubanks Juliet and Marc Fallah Ms. Judith Aiello Ms. Leah Farmer Randall Fearnow and Beth Compton Carla and Len Feinkind Harris J. Feldman, M.D. Roxanne Hori and Robert Felsenthal Carol and Steven Felsenthal Richard and Linda Filler Peter and Joanne Fischer Jane Fleming and Melinda Kempton
Steven Florsheim and Jennifer Friedes Lisa and John Folkers Kim M. Folta Cory and Cyndi Fosco William Fotis Daniel J. Rubin and Karen Frederick Jim and Sandy Freeburg Kate Friedlob Mr. and Mrs. Sherwin Friedman Lori Mae Frith Susan Fuchs, M.D.‡ Denise Michelle Gamble Gigi Gamauf Gavron and Dr. Joseph Gavron Gary L. Gephart Susan and John Gibbons Gordon and Wendy Gill Christine Albright and Lawrence Gill Mr. and Mrs. James J. Glasser Charlie and Mary Gofen Bob and Carol Goldberg Jennifer and Isaac Goldman Kevin Goldstein and Sarah Fox Dr. Paul Goldstein and Ms. Nasrin Mahani Sue-Gray Goller John Gorey and Catherine DeOrio Laurence and Carrie Grant Sue and Melvin Gray Dr. and Mrs. Sheldon Greenberg‡ Mary and Jim Greene William and Nanci Greene Michael and Lisa Greenfield Maggie Gregory Jack and Sandra Guthman Suzanne Gylfe Michael Hansen and Nancy Randa Victoria F. Harris Stacie R. Hartman Dorothy Harza Marty Hauselman Jean M. Hawkinson Mark and Joelle Hayes Sandra L. Helton and Norman M. Edelson James LaForce and Stephen Henderson Marlene and Sonny Hersh Richard and Elaine Heuberger David Kistenbroker and Cynthia Heusing Andrew and Elizabeth Hibel
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur J. Hill Jon Michael Hill Ann Hoenig and Jonathan Hoenig Halley Hoffman Grayson Holmbeck Jack and Kathleen Horn Holly E. Humphreys Dr. and Mrs. David Ingall Lukas Janulis and Amber Seiber Patricia Jeffers Craig “CJ” Jensen and Craig Dannenbrink Craig and Heidi Johnson Laura and Eric Jordahl Jeff and Lisa Jozwiak Robert and Kathleen Kaplan Aviva Katzman and Morris Mauer Mary Ann and Mark Kaufman Reis and Sherri Kayser Thomas E Keim Sheryl and Tom Keith‡ Chris Kendrick and Kasturi Haldar Helen J. Kessler Patricia and Wayne Kik‡ Harry Kinzie Tom Klarquist and Steve Somora Stephanie and Peter Klein Jean Klingenstein Mr. and Mrs. Tom Knauff Michael Kochman Mr. and Mrs. Sanfred Koltun Dr. and Mrs. Stephen M. Korbet MD Mira Krishnan and Teri Jourdan Suzy Krueckeberg Raminder and Vinay Kumar Mr. Matthew Kutcher and Ms. Rebecca Richards Tom and Renee Lavallee Travis Lenkner and Erin Delaney Karen Levine Tanya Levshina and Ilya Volvovski Wil Lewis Ms. Stephanie F. Linn and Dr. Seth B. Krantz Dr. Paul M. Lisnek William and Diane Lloyd Beth Loeb Abby and George Lombardi Diane and Alejandro Longoria
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…cont’d Directors Circle Fran Lambros and John Lowry ‡ Mrs. Barbara Lucas and Ms. Toni Sieve‡ Dr. and Ms. Steven Ludford Michael Maloney and Christine Zyzda Mark and Frances Mann Sandy and Jerry Manne Barbara and Larry Margolis Christine and David Markovitz Michael E. McCaslin‡ Kevin and Beth McMeen Andrew Means Dr. Janis Mendelsohn Kenneth and Jo Merlau Ellie and Bob Meyers Amy Laiken and Tim Michel Jamey Eklund and Evgueni Minev Blake and Debra Moritz‡ Amy Morton and Rob Milburn Marisa Murillo Ms. Katherine Nardin Jean and Jordan Nerenberg Jon and Molly Neuleib Howard and Cathy Niden Lynne Considine Nieman and Jim Parsons Hope Nightingale and David Ellis Susan and George Obermaier Gary and Marcie Ochs Barbara and Daniel O’Keefe Roberta Olshansky Elizabeth Orelup and Lawrence Sonntag Brian A. Paetow and Gretchen K. Beetner Jim and Sue Pajakowski Mr. Deep Patel and Ms. Nisha Begwani Emma Pauly Amy and Brent Peebles Melissa Peralta and George Savvas Sandra and Michael Perlow Simon and Kim Perutz John and Christine Pfeiffer Jennifer and Perry Pinto Patricia Pippert and Steven Redfield Adrienne Pope Mrs. Sharon Pope Avi and Joan Porat Andrew and Judy L. Porte Timothy Prettyman Elliott Quigley Paul Rauch and Frank Cozzi
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Bradley and Patricia Reid Linda Reid Nina Riccardi Dana and Jacob Ringer Susan and Edwin Ritts Mr. Robert Rivkin John C. Roberts and Lynn D. Fleisher Riney and Carol Robertson James and Trude Roselle Hilary Rosenthal Ms. Doris D. Roskin Lisa and Doug Rosskamm Alan Gordon Rottman Bob and Mary Rowe Marilynn Rubio George and Kimberly Ruhana Ms. Shilpa Rupani John Ryan and Margaret Silliker The Ryerson Family Bettylu and Paul Saltzman A. Sue Samuels Robert and Louise Sanborn Richard and Susan Sanders Pamela and Fred Sasser Paul Scavone and Donna Pawlus Michelle Maton and Mike Schaeffer Howard and Gail Schaffner William B. Schildgen Cynthia Schilsky Michelle Schlack David and Susan Schmid Ms. E. Jane Schmitz Richard and Robin Schmitzer Mrs. Elizabeth Schneider Matthew and Tina Schubert Alan Kozlowski and John Schuchert Diana and Richard Senior Jill and Michael Severino Mark and Kimberly Shadle Surendra and Dorothie Shah Michael Shapiro and Deb Gohr Nancia Shawver and Larry Weiner Hope and Jeffrey Sheffield Mr. and Mrs. David R. Shevitz Ms. Julia Simpson Jeffrey Singer and Patricia Carman Amrit and Gurpreet Singh Nancy and Bob Singleton James and Mary Jo Slykas Neil Smith Family Steven Smith
Dariel J. Stack Summer and Thomas Starshak Michael and Salme Harju Steinberg‡ Matthew Steinmetz Christine Stepp Patty Sternberg Kristin and Stan Stevens Sylvia and Joe Stone Kelly and Jami Stone Lawrence Stone and Margaret Jongleux Mrs. Ann Stranahan Gail and John Straus Mary Stowell and Jim Streicker Lauren and Steve Strelsin Ms. Jennifer Stuart Jeff Surges Dr. and Mrs. James V. Talano Darius Tandon Ms. Ann Taylor and Mr. Stephen Skardon Ilene Patty and Tom Terpstra Liz and Donald Thompson James E. Thompson The Tipton Family John and Maribeth Totten Nick Trakas and Marc Cerone Frances E. Tuite Greg and Mary Tuite Scott Turow and Adriane Glazier Tali and Liat Tzur Betty Vandenbosch Shawn VanDerziel and Jay Clarke Erika Nelson and David Wagener Allan Waite and Gregory Ostfeld Devanee and Alex Washington Albert and Sherrie Weiss Carey Weiss and Karen Pierce Ms. Harriet White Sanford and Vicki White Chris Whyde and Matthew Philip Andre Williams Jane and Greg Wintroub Jeff and Jessica Wisniewski‡ Sherry Wolfe Joe Wolnski and Jane Christino Eileen and David Zampa Karen Zelden and Ralph Senst Neal Zucker
ANNUAL FUND Steppenwolf thanks the many supporters who help bridge the gap between annual operating costs and ticket sales. We regret that, due to space limitations, we are unable to recognize gifts below $500. To all our benefactors, we thank you for making possible another season of engaging, provocative theater. Make your gift today by visiting steppenwolf.org/support or calling Suzanne Miller at 312-654-5617. Gifts are as of September 8, 2019. Producers ($1,000 – $1,999) Anonymous (5) Clemeth Abercrombie Kathi and Roger Adams Ms. Deborah Ader Mr. and Mrs. Paul Audrain Sandra Bass Ted and Robbie Beaty ‡ Dee Beaubien Ms. Stacia Beyl John Blair and Liz Buchanan‡ Mr. Alex Block Mr. and Mrs. Philip Block III William Brown Bruce and Kate Burgun Mr. Ed Calkins Maria and Sunil Chopra Clyde C. Compton Ms. Carrie Coon Kareem and Natasha Dale Rathin Datta Anne Megan Davis Jason Decker David and Amy Diamond Mr. John Dugenske Rick Eddington Lisa Ehrhart Jennifer M. Ellin Brian Harding and Marshall Ellis‡ Michael Evenskaas‡ Ed Everett and Kitty Rose Mr. Igor Felder Joanne Finger Jim and Yvonne Fogerty ‡ Rachel H. Gagliardi Matt and Lindsay Garrison Richard Ginsberg and Natalie Tessler Deidra D. Gold Dr. Kitty Green Debbi and Craig Griffith Raj Gupta Peter Hagel Pam and David Harrington James and Anne Heger Midge and Frank Heurich James and Margot Hinchliff Bill and Monica Hughson Patricia Hurley
Sandy Ihm and Ken Belcher Stacy M. Kemp‡ Jeffrey Koh Neal and Kathleen Kulick Joan and Jerry Matson Randi Merel and Allen LeHew Lee and Suzanne Miller Chris Mollet and Lynne LaJone Eleonore Moncheur de Rieudotte and George Lederman Bridget R. O’Neill John and Roberta Paskvalich Linda Lowy and Jeff Perry Heather Rich Susie and Rick Rieser Desirée Rogers Joanne C. Ruxin Jessica and Christoph Schrey Anna D. Shapiro and Ian Barford Ms. Anne-Marie St. Germaine Donald J. Tanis and Kristine M. Brandel Esther and Stanley Wojcicki Ensemble ($500 – $900) Anonymous (63) Thomas W. Abendroth and Terri L. Mascherin David Abrams and Cynthia Bemis Abrams Nancy Abshire Jeannie L. Adams John Adams Doris and Harvey Adelstein Charley Aldridge Mr. Jim Alexander Mr. Todd Alexander Juan and Michelle Alfonso Ms. Sandra Allen Ms. Evvie Alter Jill and Dave Altman Greg and Janine Amoroso Arthur and Rebecca Anderson Jeffrey Anderson Harold and Judith Anderson‡ Ms. Leslie J. Anderson Mary and Paul F. Anderson Deborah Morowsky
Suzanne Andriukaitis‡ Lorilyn Aquino‡ John Asplin and Christine Orders Mr. Richard Assmus Michael and Julie Baker ‡ Leslie and Bill Barker David Barnes Teri and Steve Barnett Priscilla Ryan and Frank Battle Deborah and James Baughman Jennifer Bell Julie and Howard Benario Dr. Catherine Bendel R.L. Benton John and Taru Berg Ms. Emily Berk Zina Berman Gene and Natalie Bernadoni‡ Harriet and Howard N. Bernstein Mr. Jonathan Berry Dorian Bezanis Lois and Stanley Birer Dee and Dick Bittman Bernard and Nancy Blayer Laura and Richard Blessen‡ Don and Linda Bolte Willard and Helen Boris Jared Born The Bots Family ‡ Donald F. Bouseman Bob and Sue Bowker Jeff Boyce‡ Kathryn and Carl Boyens Andrew Boyle Nakeya Boyles Michael and Kate Bradie‡ Paul Bradley Ms. Miriam Braganza Dr. Michael C. Branch M.D.‡ Andrea Brands Karen Breen Elia and Louis M. Elia‡ Thomas and Deborah Brejcha David Brinton and Jane Alexander Carolyn Brna
‡ Step-by-Step We salute the individual donors who have committed to a recurring monthly or quarterly gift to Steppenwolf. Their ongoing support helps fuel Steppenwolf’s mission of superior acting and risk-taking work.
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…cont’d Annual Fund Tim Brogla and Laura Demoor Paul Brown Tom and Mary-Doug Brown Ed Bucher ‡ James Buckley Rony and Tom Buckley Rita Buczynska Rebecca Burwell Dr. Steven R. Bussolari Richard Butler John Byrd Stephen Byrne and Kerry Shannon John and Libby Cady Amy Kruzan Callahan Jack and Meredith Callison‡ Judy Cape Mr. Frank Caputo Barry Joseph Carlson Jack and Laura Carriglio Joe Castellano Mr. and Mrs. Larry D. Chandler Jeremy Chaseley Deborah and John Chipman Anthony Churchill‡ Richard Clarey Dr. and Mrs. Robert Clark Betty Cleeland‡ Cobble Family Lindsay Coda Ms. Gwen G. Cohen James Cohn James and Jeanine Coleman Mr. and Mrs. Terrance Coleman Lacey Conley ‡ Alena Cook Ed Cook and Melissa Perrett Cook‡ Mr. Phillip H. Corboy Jr.and Mrs. Margaret Corboy Jean Costigan Mr. Roy Cowell John and Bonnie Cox Susan Cox and Mike Bolton Julie Cozette and Family ‡ Maureen Crowley Deborah and Bruce Crown Laurna Czajka Barbara and John Dabrowski Susan Daley Liese Dallbauman Larry and Charlotte Damron Margaret and John Dantico Dave and Mary Jo Orkowski‡ Michelle de Vlam‡ Barbara L. Dean Phil DeBoer Julie Del Genio Dr. Mark and Rose DeMeo‡
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Dr. Daniel M. Derman Michel P Desjardins and Pierre Desy Matthew J. Devereux Mary and Daniel Deziel Mr. Daniel Dicker Ms. Katie Diggins and Mr. Michael Skokna Karl and Gloria Dillenkoffer Dr. William and Phyllis Dobrin Jennifer and John Doran David Dranoff and Wendy Epstein Mr. Daniel Driscoll Natalie Dudek‡ Tes Duerkop Barbara Dunn‡ Art and Elizabeth Duquette Joan and John Dysart David and Alexandra Earle Jeanene Ebert Natasha and Zach Egan Ms. Barb Eggener Estia Eichten and Deborah Eichten Marci Eisenstein Nancy Felton-Elkins and Larry Elkins Deane Ellis Mrs. Kim Ellis Mary Anne and Mark Emmons Helmut and Susanna Epp Erika Erich Ruben and Kristen Escobar ‡ Mr. Mike Evans Tim and Jane Evans Brian Fabes and Lisa Schneider Fabes Edith and Gerald Falk Tom and Terry Fallon Demitri and Pamela Fardelos Mary and Paul Favaro Stephen Fedo Mrs. Claudia M. Fegan Drs. Richard and Roberta Feldman Roger Ferlo and Anne Harlan‡ Maggie Finnegan Ms. Karena Fiorenza Jim and Shellie Fisch Fred Fischer and Heather D. Will Lois Farrell Fisher ‡ Catherine S. Flanagan John and Patti Flanagan Sam Fleischacker and Amy Reichert ‡ Adrienne and Peter Foley ‡ Bernadette Foley and Richard Landgraff ‡
Mike and Karen Folk Paul Fong John and Adrian Foster Drew Fox Lucinda Fox Timothy and Janet Fox Alison Fragale Frederick Frankel‡ Kim and Alan Frankel‡ Nancy Frankenberry Dr. Wayne Franklin Karen and Bill French Rachel and Jimmy Freund Joanne Benazzi Friedland Roselyn L. Friedman Ms. Amy J. Fyfe‡ Patrick and Alexandra Gaddie‡ Fran Gaik Louise Galecki‡ Joseph and Christina Galvin‡ Ms. Dawn Gard Denise and Gary Gardner Ms. Sally Garon Heather Garrity Paul and Audrey Gaynor Michael Gebel‡ Hank and Sandy Gentry Jacob Gerber Cybele Ghossein and Rod Passman Nancy Gidwitz Hugh and Doris Gilbert Clark and Nancy Gilpin Patricia and James Gladden Howard and Anneliese Glick Sheri Godda Joanna Going Jaye and John Golanty ‡ Robert Goldberg and Dodie Weinstein Marvin and Phyllis Goldblatt David and Carol Golder Ms. Catherine Goldhaber Ms. Megan Goldish Karen M. Goldstein‡ Dr. Deirdre Dupre and Dr. Robert Golub Sandra and James Goodman Leo and Linda Gordon Mr. Duane Goucher Chester Gougis and Shelley Ochab Mr. and Ms. Garrett Graber Heidi Graham Joanne Graham Kenneth E Grant III‡ Paula Grasso Marissa Greco Herbstman‡ Joseph Green Michele and Joseph Greskoviak‡
Frederick Grier and William Bouvel‡ Pamela Griffin‡ Susan Griffin‡ James and Lynn Grogan‡ Paul Gruber Madeline Grynsztejn and Tom Shapiro Ms. Alexandra Gulliver Dr. and Mrs. John W. Gustaitis Mr. and Mrs. Ray Hacker ‡ Sarah Hadley Kathleen Hagerty Lauren Hahn‡ Robert and Patricia Hahn Andrew Halbur Donald and Susan Hallberg Ms. Lucille Hallisy Linda Halperin Bob and Melanie Halvorson‡ Larry Hamilton and Ann Hicks‡ Bill Hamilton Melissa and Al Hamood Craig A. Hanenburg Amy Hanley ‡ Dr. Bruce Harmon Robert Harper and Wendy Miller Ken and Holly Harris Marlon Harris and Njeri Parker ‡ Julianne Hartzell Ms. Paula Hays Diana J Healy ‡ Albert and Amy Heber ‡ Ms. Marnie C. Helfand Ms. Mary Ellen Hennessy Pat and Ron Henning Rachel Henry Lynne Hensel and Larry Kameya Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Hession‡ Robbie Higgins Fred Hill Linda and John Hillman Mrs. Vivian Hock Anne Linsdau-Hoeppner and Walter F. Hoeppner III James and Eileen Holzhauer Mr. and Mrs. Honesty Mary Horgan‡ Leslie Hormann Deborah Horwitz and Paul Nierman Karen Hott Kenny and Elyse Howanski Edward Howe and Saundra Van Dyke‡ Thomas and Karen Howell Julia Huang
William and Dana Hub‡ Kym Hubbard Richard Hughes‡ Karen Hunken‡ Elizabeth Ingram Jorge and Beatriz Iorgulescu Perry and Cathy Iverson Tim Jackson and Dana McKenna‡ Chuck Jacobson and Mary Lou Vainisi Matthew James Paul Jeffries Sharon Jenkins Ed Jeske and John Hern Deborah Jones Shouba Daniel and Mary Ann Jordan Janelle Joseph Ms. Monica Jung Tom and Esta Kallen Olwyn J. Kane Dr. Claudia Anne Katz Loreta Kavaliunas‡ Sandra Blau Jeff Keckley Dr. Susan A. Kecskes‡ Marcus Kelley ‡ Mr. David Kelly Erin E. Kelly Michele Kenner Linda Kenney Steve Kerch‡ Jeffrey Kerr David and Sharon Kessler Rajiv and Roopla Khanna‡ Linda Belan and Vincent Kinehan‡ Mike and Leslie King Joshua King Valerie King Frank and Katherine Kinney ‡ Sylvia and John Kinney Matt and Karen Klickman Ms. Monica Kline Mr. and Mrs. David Knapp Douglas and Catherine Knuth John Kobza Mr. David Kolin Mr. James Kreidler Julie and Scott Krueger Ruth Krugly Libby Roth and Bob Kunio‡ Mary Ann Kupferberg‡ Mr. David Kwasigroh Terri Lacy Pamela K. Ladd Charles and Diane Laff Ms. Leah Lagen Steve LaHaie Ed and Bettine Landon‡
Ken Lane Melanie Larch and Rudy Panucci‡ Nils and Stacey Larsen Patricia Lauber Peter and Shirley Dugdale Laundy Mr. and Mrs. John Law ‡ John Leanse‡ Debra Fowler Jeff Lebow ‡ Yohannan Lee‡ Linda Legner Sheila Fields Leiter Laurie Leli Jeffrey and Elise Lennard Wallace and Carol Lennox David and Sandy Lentz Craig Lepkowski Bob and Julie Lepri Madeline and Steve Lesnick Marc and Cynthia Levin Mr. Robert Levinson Ellen Levy Gregory Lewis and Mary Strek‡ Fran and Chuck Licht ‡ Robert and Martha Lichter Leonel P. Limonte Stacy and Peter Lindau Jessica Litman and Jonathan Weinberg Mr. and Mrs. Burton Litwin Louise and Gershon Locker David and Jean Long Katherine M. Lorenz Mark and Carol Lorenz Maggie and Tom Lovaas Ms. Audrey Jai Jeff and Nancy Lowenthal‡ Mr. Jeffrey Lowitz Judy and George Lowman Bill Luckey Sherry Lundell Mrs. Sally Lupel Margaret and Paul Lurie Ms. Julia Luscombe Karyn B. Lutz Elizabeth Lyons-Pence Mr. Eric Macey Carrie McNally and Rick Maechling‡ Mr. John Mahoney Drs. Harris and Phoebe Mainster Karen and Daniel Maki Patricia and Peter Mangione Sandra Mangurian Samantha and David Mann Wendy Manto‡ David Marker and Georgann Joseph
‡ Step-by-Step We salute the individual donors who have committed to a recurring monthly or quarterly gift to Steppenwolf. Their ongoing support helps fuel Steppenwolf’s mission of superior acting and risk-taking work.
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…cont’d Annual Fund Steve and Melissa Marovich Mr. Thomas Martin Tom and Harlene Matyas Lisa Mayntz and Bill Blidy Miranda Mayo Robert and Eleanor M. McAllister Charles McCaa‡ John M. McCabe Mike and Cindy McCabe John McCambridge Tanner McCleerey ‡ Tarell Alvin McCraney Lilian McGrady Gene Harlow and Jackie McGrath‡ Sara McIntosh Maureen McIntyre‡ Ryan and Claire McKenzie Hugh and Marybeth McLean Carroll McMahon Robert and Lorel McMillan Ms. Jean Medina Sheila and Harvey Medvin Jack and Jane Mentzer Terri Mertz and Richard P. Deranian Susan Messing Charles and Sylvia Meyers‡ Kenneth Meyer Kerry Miller and Nina Kavin Ron and Pat Miller Sandy and Scott Miller ‡ Jolanta Moore‡ Tracy Morgenroth Rick and Joyce Morimoto‡ Margaret Morris Ms. Mary Louise H. Morrison Carly-Rae Moss‡ Lisa Moss Ms. Jennifer Mullin Kristin Munsch William and Frances Myers Mary and David Myles Ajay and Preeti Nagarkatte Josette and Wallace Nard Vincent and Amy Narea Cathy and Robert Nathan‡ William and Leslie Nelson Tom and Julia Nicholas Craig and Jenny Niemann‡ Mr. and Mrs. Charles Norwesh Susan and Larry Nutson Ann and Dan O’Brien Mary Pat O’Brien Hawthorne Crew Kirsten Olson John and Joy O’Malley Sky and Lauren Opila‡
Nancy and Myles O’Reilly ‡ Jamie and Anita Orlikoff ‡ Ozyurt Family ‡ Frances and William Paden Ronna Page‡ Deborah Page Jana R. O’Brien and Wayne T. Parman Vanessa Passini Barvette and Michael Patterson Dana M. Pearl Lynn and Mel Pearl Tom Pearl Doc Pearson Ron Pegram‡ James Mark Pellegrino Georgy Ann Peluchiwski Margaret Pendry Ms. Monica Perelmuter Seymour and Jane Perkins Alex and Julie Philbrick‡ John Phillips‡ Ms. Shannon Piatek Barb and Ned Piehler Suzan and William Pinsof Mike and Shannon Piotrowski‡ Mrs. J. Pitts Frank C. Pond‡ Daniel J. Pooley ‡ Andrew Sullender ‡ Kristina Postrero Michael Powell and Debora Boyda‡ Sylvia J. Pozarnsky and Tom Riley Elaine and Ronald Prebish Jennifer and Peter Preston Jean and Preston Price‡ V. Pristera, Jr.‡ Lynn and Clayton Pruitt Pamela and Edwin Qualls‡ Karen and Mark Quinn Marsha Raanan Aubree Radocchio Joan Radovich Len and Barbara Rand Jeff and Susan Rashid Gabriel and Dorit Raviv John Rawls Bridget and Louis Ray Elizabeth Raymond and Paul Hybel Dr. and Mrs. Loris Rayner Mr. Michael E. Reed Dave and Ellen Rice Sandi Riggs Paul Rink Bill and Deborah Roberts Stanley Roberts
Stephen and Caryn Robin Sandra and Jeffrey Rochman Steve Rodichok and Renee Gattone‡ Mary Lu and Kenneth Roffe Susan W. Rogaliner John Rogers Eve and Randy Rogers Anthony Rojas and Patricia Freda‡ Alexander Roman‡ Mrs. Sarene L. Rosen Alan and Debra Rosenberg Marcos Rosenberg James and Roseanne Rosenthal Linda and Ronald Rosenthal‡ Joseph Ross‡ Michael and Bonnie Rothman Susan B. Rubnitz Sue Rundle Diana and Ed Ruthman Dan Sackett ‡ Mr. and Ms. Kenneth Sacks John R. Samolis Hunter Sanders Stephen and Leatrice Sandler Sheldon and Lynne Sandman Andria Sandora‡ Christopher and Ann Marie Saternus Robert and Mary Ann Savard‡ Mr. and Mrs. John Scala Curt Schade Sue Tobias and Alan Schapiro Allison and Charles Scherer Ms. Cara Schillinger Scott Schmeling Marilyn Low Schmitt ‡ David and Alexis Schmitz Richard and Mary Beth Schumacher ‡ Nicholas Schwab‡ Susan J. Schwartz Thomas D. and Barbara Jo Scott Robert Connealy and Heather Seidelman‡ Harriet Seitler Alden and Kristen Senior Leslie Shad and Joe Brennan Margaret Shaklee Matti and Drora Shalev David Shanahan Eve Shapiro‡ Jeffrey S. Sharp and Elizabeth D. Sharp Christine Shaver ‡ David and Kimberly Shaw David Shaw and Laurie Gordon
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Luna Okada and Wynn Sheade‡ Cathy Shelko‡ Sandi Sheppard Timothy Sherck‡ Carrie Shield Bradley and Ellen Shorser Ms. Megan Shuchman Margaret and Alan Silberman Professor Laurel Sillerud George and Lynne Simon Patricia Costello Slovak Geoff Smith and Catherine Stewart Janet Carl Smith and Mel Smith Sean and Jilliann Smith‡ Kevin Smith Lois Smith Mr. Larry K. Snider Jackie Snuttjer ‡ Lawrence and Shirley Solomon Ron Sorini and Desiree Tucker-Sorini Dusica Korda-Sparks and James C. Sparks Gilda Spencer Stephen Spigel and Diana Williams Patricia Staab Seena and Carey Stein The Steinbachs‡ Gail and Eugene Steingold Professor Andrea Stevens Tricia and Kevin Stewart Michael Stolarski and Kim Steinke Kelly Stonebraker and Deborah Stonebraker Andrew and Dr. Jessica Strang‡ Nancy and Barney Straus Mr. Timothy Strong Larry E. Stuckey II Dr. and Mrs. K. Sullivan MD Linda and Stephen Sullivan Mr. Dheeraj Sultanian E.J. Sutton‡ Obie and Peter Szidon Ms. Ester Tanury Nancy and Kevin Tassone Elaine Taylor Ellie Taylor ‡ John R. and Catherine Taylor Susan C. Taylor Vivian Tedford Dick and Alice Teutsch Jeff Thomas and Rebecca Coleman William and Diana Thomas‡ Doug and Anne Thompson
Sue and Jim Thompson Richard Tobiason‡ Angela Toomsen Bruce and Jan Tranen Sharing of Blessings Foundation-Trannels Carol D. Trapp Ms. Joanne C. Tremulis Ms. Sue Tresselt Veljko Trkulja Jane McIntyre and Joe Troccolo‡ Manika M. Turnbull Mrs. Jeannee Turner Carissa van Ausdall‡ Anne Van Wart and Michael Keable Mary Vanecko‡ Carmita P. Vaughan Regina Victor Charlie and Marcia Vinopal‡ Pam Voitik‡ Ron Volanti Jr.‡ Sue Vondran Paul D. Waas Mrs. Jimmye Wade Eugene and Sandra Wagner Lillian and Steven Walanka Mr. Andre Walker Ms. Colleen Walsh Patrick Walsh William and Patricia Walsh Ms. Lee-Lin Wang Crawford and Barbara Ward Mr. and Mrs. William Wardrop Angela Washelesky Patty and Jacob Weaver Clifford Webster Michael Weiland and Shelley MacGregor Hava and Ariel Weissberg Lisa Anne Werner ‡ Wertz Family ‡ Adam and Jamie Weyeneth John W. Wheeler John Wheeler and Kristine Stelzer Steve and Bonnie Wheeler Thomas and Linda White James Wicklund Ms. Drenda Wiley Sonya Williams, M.D.‡ Matthew Wilson and Anne Posner Jodie Winnett‡ Ruth Winter Jennifer Wirtz Iris S. Witkowsky Coleman Wolf and Ellen Chapelle‡
Melissa Wolf Lisa Wolfe and Mark DiGanci Ms. Sarah R. Wolff and Mr. Joel L. Handelman Linda Woloshin Ms. Emily Wong Jeff and Claudia Wood James and Kelly Wyatt Maureen “Moe” Yanes Dick Yankow Rodney and Susan Yergler ‡ Scott Yoder and Kelly Robertson-Yoder Ms. Suzanne Yoon Mr. Cedric Young Mark Zampardo and Greg Albiero Dr. Ronald Zank‡ Mary Ann Zarkin‡ Dan Ziembo and Nancy Cook Tighe Zimmers Mark and Margie Zivin
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IN-KIND CONTRIBUTORS 101 Productions Joan Allen Almighty Spirits Amazon Studios Alana Arenas Kate Arrington Kevin Boehm Beyond Events Catering Calihan Catering Cliff Chamberlain Chicago Council on Planned Giving ClientFirst Consulting Group Gary Cole Carrie Coon Michelle A. DeMent Kathryn Erbe Lee Sunday Evans Evolution Interiors
Exelon and Mary Ludford Audrey Francis James Franco FROST Chicago Graycor, Inc Francis Guinan Hall’s Rental Service Armie Hammer Jon Michael Hill HMS Media Tom Irwin Kathryn Studios Donna La Pietra Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises Audra McDonald Laurie Metcalf Metropolitan Brewing Amy Morton
Caroline Neff Bruce Norris Nick Offerman Paramount Events Peacock 9 Rosie Perez Jeff Perry and Linda Lowy Pinuaga Wines POP Karen Rodriguez Roundabout Theatre Company Michael Shannon Alpana Singh Namir Smallwood The Talbott Hotel Rainn Wilson Jacqueline Williams
HONOR AND MEMORIAL GIFTS Honor Gifts For Kate Arrington, Jean Arrington For Rose Baker, Sue Rundle For Henry Bienen, Patrick G. and S hirley W. Ryan For Beth Boosalis Davis, Roberta Zabel For Bill and Ethel Gofen, Deborah Horwitz and Paul Nierman For Evan Hatfield, Alan Lepp For Evan Hatfield, Leslie Bradberry For Evan Hatfield and Jack Miggins, Paul Rink For Stephanie Heller,
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Terrence Walsh For Stephanie Heller, Roselyn Friedman For Jon Michael Hill, Juan and Michelle Alfonso For the Lefkofskys and Kalts, Laura and Scott Eisen For Cari Sacks, Madeline Grynsztejn For David Schmitz, Roberta Zabel For Meredith Bluhm Wolf and Bill Wolf, Andrew Block and Julie Nerenberg For Helen Zell, Anne Kaplan
Memorial Gifts For Roy and Ann Boyd, Dan Ziembo and Nancy Cook For Betty Carlson, Tracy Goepel For Betty Carlson, Barry Carlson For Curt Crotty, Friends of Curt Crotty For Malcolm Ewen, Janelle Joseph For Norton H. Kay, Sandra Blau For Abby S. MagdovitzWasserman, Dr. David Wasserman For Nancy Wald, Albert Wald For Irwin L. Walzer, Bobbie Meyers
VISIONARY CIRCLE We are honored to recognize the following individuals who have included Steppenwolf in their will or estate plans. To learn more about estate gift options or to be recognized for a gift you have already provided for, contact Eric Evenskaas at 312-654-5615 or eevenskaas@steppenwolf.org. Anonymous Valerie and Joseph Abel Robert C. Anderson Lois J. Bider Norma Borcherding Douglas R. Brown Barbara L. Dean Janice and Rob Esser Susan Fuchs, M.D. Robert H. Glaze Sue-Gray Goller
Michael Hansen and Nancy Randa John Hart Lynn Hauser and Neil Ross Tom Irwin Jared Kaplan and Maridee Quanbeck Donna and Del Kolacki Michele Kenner Melanie G. Larch Dr. Paul Lisnek David Metschke
Kenneth J. Porrello and Sherry L. McFall Sylvia J. Pozarnsky Merle Reskin Dr. Edward O. Riley T. Marshall Rousseau Patrick J. Schauer Sue and Harry Seigle Judy Sugarman
We remember the following members of the Steppenwolf family who have made a bequest to the theater. Their legacy will help to ensure that Steppenwolf continues to flourish. Hope A. Abelson Alba Biagini Nelson D. Cornelius Jo Hopkins Deutsch Marjorie Douglas Ralla Klepak
James F. Oates Andrea Romain and Cleo V. Orthel Rose L. and Sidney N. Shure Nancy L. Wald
For more information, visit: steppenwolf.org/visionarycircle
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The ultimate way to experience Steppenwolf— The Directors Circle
Join the Directors Circle–our most excusive member group—and get these valuable perks: • T wo complimentary 5-play packages for the 2020/21 season (6 or 7 plays also available) • V IP ticket exchange privileges with dedicated personal staff members just a quick call or email away • E xclusive events with Steppenwolf artists giving you a behind-the-scenes look at their work
Membership begins at $2,000. Contact directorscircle@steppenwolf.org or 312-654-5672 for more information!
Accessibility at Steppenwolf Committed to providing services and programming that enhance the experience of guests with disabilities, Steppenwolf is proud to feature: • Assistive listening devices in our Downstairs, Upstairs and 1700 theaters. • Audio-described performances, artistic conversations and touch tours of the stage for patrons who are blind or have low vision. • Sign language-interpreted and open-captioned performances for guests who are deaf or hard of hearing.
Induction hearing loops in the 1700 and Downstairs Theatre
If you use a hearing aid or cochlear implant that has a T-Coil, feel free to turn it on for the performance! The 1700 Theatre and both levels of the Downstairs Theatre are equipped with induction loops. Individual portable neck loops are available in our Upstairs Theatre—just ask any member of the house staff if you’d like to use one. Steppenwolf’s induction loop was made possible in part by a generous gift from John Hart and Carol Prins. Would you like to utilize or learn more about these services? Audience Services 312-335-1650 | TTY 312-335-3830 | E-mail access@steppenwolf.org John Hart and Carol Prins are Steppenwolf’s Lead Underwriters for Accessibility Programs
Steppenwolf Customer Service Tips Driving to the theater? Rather than arriving to discover that our garage has reached capacity (which can happen during busy performances), please enter the Steppenwolf Parking Hotline (312-335-1774) into your cell phone and call us when you’re a few minutes away from the theater—we’ll tell you if there’s still space available in our facility, or suggest the most convenient alternative. Spending your intermission in line at the bar? Enjoy the entire break by ordering and paying for your intermission refreshments before the show. When you exit the theater at the end of the first act, your drinks will be waiting for you. Need restaurant information or the score of the ballgame? Please visit our book shop and information desk at the south end of the main floor lobby.
ask a member of the house staff; we’re happy to help. Lost or Found? On-site? Please check in with a member of the house staff. Already left? Call the Front of House office at 312-932-2445. Want to provide feedback? Your input is always valuable to us. Have an opinion about the play or artistic content? Stick around for the post-show discussion featured after every performance or join the conversation at facebook.com/steppenwolftheatre. Have a comment about your overall experience at the theater? Please ask us for a customer service form to fill out, or e-mail us at customerservice@steppenwolf.org.
Hailing a cab after the play? This is typically an easy affair—Halsted is a busy street and sees a fair amount of taxi traffic. If you’d like assistance hailing a cab or calling a company, though, just
Need to contact a patron during a performance? If you need to contact a patron during a performance in our Downstairs or Upstairs Theaters, please call our Concierge Desk at 312-932-2476. Hours: one hour prior to curtain until 15 minutes after curtain call.
Photo/Video Disclaimer: During your visit, you or members of your family may be filmed, videotaped, and/or photographed by a Steppenwolf employee, contract photographer or the media. Your attendance at Steppenwolf events serves as permission for the use of your image, or the image of your family members, by Steppenwolf.
Content Disclaimer: Steppenwolf does not offer advisories about subject matter, as sensitivities vary from person to person. If you have any questions about content, ageappropriateness or stage effects (such as strobe lights or theatrical fog) that might have a bearing on patron comfort, please contact the box office at 312-335-1650.
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