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GUARDS AT THE TAJ

WELCOME TO GUARDS AT THE TAJ Every once in a while, we do a show here at Steppenwolf that allows us to reconnect with artists we love. It has taken us years to bring back the two actors in this show, Omar Metwally and Arian Moayed, and I can hardly remember a more joyous reunion. The last time Omar and Arian were with us was in Tony Kushner’s epic, Homebody/Kabul, and friendships made then have only grown deeper as these two incredible artists have gone on to wonderful careers.

The roles in this play were written specifically for them and the original production, at The Atlantic Theatre in NYC, was directed by Steppenwolf ensemble member Amy Morton, their fellow Homebody castmate. We all knew we wanted to make a home for Guards at the Taj here at Steppenwolf, because in so many ways the relationships that made it possible were born in this very building. It has been no small feat to coordinate this event and we are thrilled that the day has finally come, for our audiences, for our artists and for this magnificent play.

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By Joel Moorman

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FEATURE 12 R AJIV JOSEPH AND AMY MORTON ON GUARDS AT THE TAJ Edited by Greta Honold

Paul G. Miller

CONTRIBUTORS Joel Moorman Greta Honold Brianna Parry A.J. Roy Anna D. Shapiro

DESIGN Donovan Foote David Masnato

COVER Illustration by David Masnato

In Rajiv Joseph’s work, there is always an effortless and enchanting layering of our contemporary world and all of the histories that have come before.

There is perhaps no other playwright working today who asks us, so consistently, to understand American life through the lens of not just other times but other cultures as well, all of which weave themselves in and out of the consciousness of his stories and the people who inhabit them. That his plays also do this with such humor and originality is both Rajiv’s special gift and his audience’s great good fortune. When we first read Guards at the Taj, each one of us in the artistic office described it as “one of the most beautiful plays” we had ever read.

And I guarantee you that each of us have a very different idea of what “beautiful” means. It is because of Rajiv’s specificity – his understanding and his ability to communicate that understanding – of specific experience, that allows his work to find the universal and so, find us all.

We chose to share the play with you because it felt important to engage, head on, with the shocking images of violence that so often permeate our day-to-day lives. That in the play this violence is framed by (and committed in defense of) one of the most astonishing man-made structures in history, is the painful irony that Rajiv asks us to embrace: in a world filled with man’s seemingly limitless capacity for cruelty, how do we find our way back, over and over, to the wonder of life and the beauty of each day?

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STEPPENWOLF THEATRE COMPANY PRESENTS THE ATLANTIC THEATER COMPANY PRODUCTION OF

GUARDSRajivAT THE TAJ Joseph By Directed by ensemble member Amy Morton†‡

STEPPENWOLF SALUTES THE INDIVIDUAL SPONSORS OF GUARDS AT THE TAJ Michael Bender and Sheridan Prior Christopher and Eileen Murphy Lynn Hauser and Neil Ross

Omar Metwally* and Arian Moayed*

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PRODUCTION

FEATURING

Tim Mackabee+ Scenic Design Bobby Frederick Tilley II+ Costume Design David Weiner+ Lighting Design + Rob Milburn and Michael Bodeen+ Sound Design & Original Music Matt Hawkins Fight Choreography Gigi Buffington Company Vocal Coach Jonathan Berry Artistic Producer Tom Pearl Director of Production JC Clementz Casting Director Briana J. Fahey* Stage Manager Jaclynn Joslin Assistant Stage Manager

World Premiere presented by Atlantic Theater Company, New York City, 2015 Developed at The Lark Play Development Center, New York City Guards at the Taj is presented by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc., New York.

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. ‡m ember of Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, a national theatrical labor union.

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CAST AND CONTRIBUTORS

BOTTOM DECK. CAST (in alphabetical order)

ADDITIONAL STAFF

Omar Metwally* Humayun Arian Moayed* Babur

Kaiser Ahmed Assistant Director Kyu Shin Associate Scenic Designer Jason Lynch Assistant Lighting Designer Aaron Stephenson Sound Board Op Joe Creen Run Crew Mel Motz and Hanna Wisner Dressers Devin Oleary, Shannon Perry, Adena Rice, Brophy Tolbert Additional Carpentry Zhanna Albertini, Megan Erxleben, Sarah Lewis, Emily Moore Additional Paint Bronte DeShong and Alec Long Additional Properties Dana Nestrick Craft Artisan Elizabeth Flauto Milliner Melissa Humbert and Elise Petrucci First Hands Hassan Al Rawas Student Observer Alex Bailey Dillon Stage Management Apprentice Jared Bellot, Rebekah Camm, Lavina Jadhwani, Lauren Katz, Derek Matson, Neel McNeill, Derek McPhatter and Leean Torske Post Show Discussion Moderators

UNDERSTUDIES (in alphabetical order) Owais Ahmed Babur Martin Hanna Humayun SETTING Time: 1648 Place: Agra, India This play will be presented with no intermission.

Entry and re-entry to the theater after the performance begins is not guaranteed.

There will be 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.

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GUARDS AT THE TAJ IN REHEARSAL Photography by Joel Moorman

Cast members Omar Metwally and Arian Moayed

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Director Amy Morton* and cast members Omar Metwally and Arian Moayed

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Cast member Omar Metwally

Director Amy Morton*

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GUARDS AT THE TAJ BIOS Omar Metwally (Humayun) is an actor and director.

Steppenwolf Theatre Company credits include Homebody/Kabul.

He received Tony and OCC nominations for his work in Sixteen Wounded on Broadway.

Off-Broadway credits include Guards at the Taj (Obie Award; Atlantic Theater); How to Transcend a Happy Marriage (Lincoln Center Theater); As You Like It, The Fever Chart (The Public Theater); Tumacho (Clubbed Thumb); and Beast on the Moon (Century Center). Regional credits include American Hero (Williamstown Theatre Festival), as well as work with The Long Wharf Theatre, The American Conservatory Theater, Magic Theatre, Campo Santo and others. Film credits include Rendition (Chopard Trophy, Cannes Film Festival), Non-Stop, Munich, Miral, Complete Unknown and the forthcoming Breakable You, among others. On television, Omar can currently be seen as Vik on Showtime’s The Affair. Other TV credits include Mr. Robot, The Slap, Dig, Fringe, The Good Wife, Grey’s Anatomy, Virtuality and Harry’s Law. He received an MFA from the American Conservatory Theater.

Arian Moayed (Babur) is an actor, co-founder of Waterwell, arts educator and an award winning writer/director for TV. As an actor, Mr. Moayed recently starred in the Tony winning The Humans. In the same season, Mr. Moayed won an Obie Award for Performance in the Best New American Play, Guards at the Taj with Omar Metwally.

He was nominated for a Tony award for Joseph’s Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo opposite Robin Williams. As the Co-Founder of Waterwell, he has helped devise over a 8 Bios

dozen original productions including most recently a dual-language Hamlet (played the title role) and remounting a forgotten war musical called Blueprint Specials, produced on board of the Intrepid with a cast of veterans. With Waterwell Drama Program, Mr. Moayed helps administer public school arts programming with hundreds of students in New York City giving high quality theater and citizenship training free of charge. With Waterwell Films, he has written and directed, The Accidental Wolf, a streaming online series starring Kelli O’Hara, Laurie Metcalf, Denis O’Hare and a cast of over 50 Tony nominations on its own platform, theaccidentalwolf.com. He just finished shooting Season 2. Notable theaters include Public Theater, Signature Theatre, Manhattan Theater Club, Homebody/Kabul (Steppenwolf Theatre Company). Notable TV credits include Succession (HBO), Madam Secretary, Rock the Kasbah, Appropriate Behavior and Rosewater. Awards include Theater World Award, Drama Desk Award and Indiana University Outstanding Young Alumni Award. “For my two brothers: Omid and Amir.”

Rajiv Joseph’s (Playwright) play Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo was a 2010 Pulitzer Prize finalist for Drama and was also awarded a grant for Outstanding New American Play by the National Endowment for the Arts. His play Guards at the Taj was a 2016 Obie Winner for Best New American Play and a 2016 Lucille Lortel Winner for Best Play. His play Archduke received its world premiere at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles. Other plays include Gruesome Playground Injuries, The Monster at the Door, Animals Out of Paper, The Lake Effect, The North Pool, and Mr. Wolf. Rajiv

has been awarded artistic grants from the Whiting Foundation, United States Artists and the Harold & Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust. He is a board member of the Lark Play Development Center in New York City, where he develops all his plays.

He served for three years in the Peace Corps in Senegal and now lives in Brooklyn, New York.

(directed by Spike Lee). West End credits include The Elephant Man. Off-Broadway credits include Atlantic Theatre Company, Manhattan Theatre Club, Public Theatre, Vineyard Theatre, Lincoln Center Theatre and Heathers: The Musical. Television credits include Amy Schumer: Live at the Apollo, Gotham, Smash and The Today Show. He was educated at the North Carolina School of the Arts, Yale School of Drama. timothymackabeedesign.com @timmackabeedesign

Amy Morton (Director) directed the world premiere of Guards at the Taj at the Bobby Frederick Tilley II (Costume Design) Atlantic Theater Company has designed costumes for Significant Other, in 2015 and returns with the The Power of Duff (Geffen Playhouse); original cast for the Chicago production.

Bulldozer: The Legend of Robert Moses She has been an ensemble member since (Theatre at St. Clement’s); Hot Mess (Daryl 1997 and directed many Steppenwolf Roth Productions); The Legend of Georgia Theatre Company productions including McBride (Dorset Theater Festival); Guards Clybourne Park, American Buffalo, at the Taj (Henry Hewes Design Award Glengarry Glen Ross, The Dresser, Dublin Carol, The Weir and The Pillowman. She has nomination), The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner, The Pinter Plays, Body performed in more than 30 Steppenwolf Awareness, Birth and After Birth, The Butter Theatre Company productions, including and Egg Man (Atlantic Theatre Company); Taylor Mac’s Hir, Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (also on Broadway, Broadway Bounty Hunter (Barrington Stage Company, Berkie Award nomination); Tony nomination) and August: Osage County (also at the National Theatre, Sydney Open House (Signature Theater); The Power of Duff, Captors, Sons of the Theatre Company and Broadway, Tony Prophet, Circle Mirror Transformation nomination). Currently she stars as Trudy (Huntington Theatre Company); Sons Platt in the NBC drama series Chicago P.D. of the Prophet (Roundabout Theatre Tim Mackabee (Scenic Design) has Company); All New People (2econd Stage designed Rajiv Joseph’s plays Mr. Wolf Theatre); Proof (Merrimack Repertory (Cleveland Play House); Guards at the Taj Theatre); Thinner Than Water (LAByrinth (New York City & Seoul/2016 Lucille Lortel Theater Company); The Aliens (Rattlestick Award); Archduke (Mark Taper Forum); Playwrights Theater); The Aliens (Company and Describe the Night (Alley Theatre & One, Elliot Norton Award); Lizzie Borden New York City). Broadway credits include (The Living Theater, Drama Desk Award The Elephant Man (starring Bradley Nomination, Henry Hewes Design Award); Cooper) and Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth and Mel and El: Show & Tell (Ars Nova).

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David Weiner (Lighting Design) designed the world premiere of Guards at the Taj for which he won the 2016 Lucille Lortel Award. Previous Steppenwolf Theatre Company credits include East of Eden and The Way West (also directed by Amy Morton). Broadway credits include The Price, Misery, Romeo & Juliet, Dead Accounts, Grace, Godspell, The Normal Heart, Reasons to Be Pretty, Butley, Dinner at Eight, Betrayal and The Real Thing. Off Broadway credits include MCC Theater, Manhattan Theatre Club, Second Stage Theatre, Playwrights Horizons, The Public Theater, New York Theatre Workshop, Theater for a New Audience, Vineyard Theatre and Atlantic Theater Company.

Regional credits include Goodman Theatre, La Jolla Playhouse, The Old Globe, Center Theatre Group, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, South Coast Repertory, Guthrie Theater, Alley Theatre, McCarter Theatre, Huntington Theatre Company, Williamstown Theatre Festival and Berkeley Repertory Theatre. Awards include three Lucille Lortel Awards, a LA Ovation Award, a Drama Desk nomination and seven American Theater Wing Hewes Design Award nominations.

DavidWeinerDesign.com Rob Milburn and Michael Bodeen (Sound Design and Original Music) recently created music or sound at Steppenwolf Theatre Company for The Doppelgänger (an international farce), The Christians, Visiting Edna, East of Eden and The Flick.

They have composed music and sound for the Broadway productions of No Man’s Land & Waiting for Godot, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, The Miracle Worker, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest and The Speed of

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Darkness; and sound for Sweat, The Price, Larry David’s Fish in the Dark, This Is Our Youth, Of Mice and Men, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Superior Donuts, Reasons To Be Pretty, A Year with Frog and Toad, The Song of Jacob Zulu and The Grapes of Wrath. They have also created music and sound Off Broadway, at many of America’s resident theatres, London’s West End and at several other international venues. Please visit milbomusic.com.

Matt Hawkins (Fight Choreographer) is a Chicago-based director, actor, fight choreographer and movement director.

He has been nominated for thirteen Jeff Awards and has received five. He holds a BFA in acting from Southern Methodist University and an MFA in directing from The University of Iowa. Later this year he will direct the new hip-hop musical Stupid Humans (University of Notre Dame); and choreograph violence for Support Group for Men (Goodman Theatre); Buried Child, Witch and Twelfth Night (Writers Theatre).

He is currently an Assistant Professor at the University of Notre Dame, where he serves as the head of musical theatre for the Department of Film, Television and Theatre. He is married to actor/director/ documentarian Stacy Stoltz.

Briana J. Fahey (Stage Manager) is delighted to be back at Steppenwolf Theatre Company after working in the Garage Theatre space years ago. Her regional credits include stage managing at Goodman Theatre, Milwaukee Repertory Theater, California Shakespeare Theater, Magic Theatre, Center REP Theatre and the Utah Shakespeare Festival.

David Schmitz (Executive Director) has Jaclynn Joslin (Assistant Stage Manager) worked at Steppenwolf Theatre Company is thrilled to return to Steppenwolf Theatre for 12 years, serving in the roles of Director Company where her credits include work of Finance and Administration, General on BLKS, The Crucible, Between Riverside Manager and currently as Executive and Crazy, The Flick, and East of Eden.

Director.

Prior to working at Steppenwolf, Other credits include Guess Who’s Coming David was the General Manager at to Dinner, All My Sons, Harvey, The Hard Lookingglass Theatre Company, Associate Problem, Blues for an Alabama Sky (Court Artistic Director of Stage Left Theatre and Theatre); Continuity, The King of Hell’s Business Manager at the entertainment Palace (Goodman Theatre); Hard Times (Lookingglass Theatre); Roz and Ray (Victory agency Adair Performance. Currently, he serves as Vice President of the Board for Gardens); The Outgoing Tide, Oceanside, The House Theatre of Chicago as well as 13 Things About Ed Carpolotti, Year Zero on the boards of the League of Chicago (Merrimack Repertory Theatre).

Theatres and Arts Alliance Illinois. David is a Jaclynn holds a BA in Theatre and former board member for the Lincoln Park Business from The University of Chamber of Commerce and has worked Wisconsin-Stevens Point. as a strategic planning, business practices, Anna D. Shapiro (Artistic Director) joined finance and hiring consultant for numerous the Steppenwolf ensemble in 2005 and Chicago organizations, including The was awarded the 2008 Tony Award for House Theatre of Chicago, The Hypocrites Best Direction of a Play for August: Osage and Stage Left Theatre, among others. He County (Steppenwolf, Broadway, London). holds a BA in theatre from the University She was nominated in 2011 in the same of Northern Colorado, an MFA from the category for The Motherf**ker with the Hat Theatre Conservatory at the Chicago (Public Theater, Labyrinth Theater). Other College of Performing Arts, Roosevelt directing credits at Steppenwolf include University and a Certificate in Non Profit The Minutes, Visiting Edna, Mary Page Management from Roosevelt University.

Marlowe, Three Sisters, A Parallelogram, Up, The Crucible, The Unmentionables (also at Yale Repertory Theatre), The Pain and the Itch (also in New York), I Never Sang for My Father, Man from Nebraska, Purple Heart (also in Galway, Ireland), The Drawer Boy, Side Man (also in Ireland, Australia and Vail, Colorado), Three Days of Rain, The Infidel and This Is Our Youth (which transferred to Broadway). Other Broadway credits include Of Mice and Men (with James Franco) and Fish in the Dark (with Larry David). OffBroadway credits include Domesticated (Lincoln Center). She is a graduate of the Yale School of Drama and Columbia. She is a full professor in Northwestern University’s Department of Theatre.

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PLAYWRIGHT RAJIV JOSEPH AND DIRECTOR AMY MORTON ON GUARDS AT THE TAJ Edited by Greta Honold

Leading up to rehearsals for Guards at the Taj, Steppenwolf’s Artistic and Marketing teams had the chance to ask playwright Rajiv Joseph and director Amy Morton some questions about the play.

Rajiv, where did this play come from?

Rajiv Joseph: My father is from India and I went there a number of times as a child and young adult. When I was ten years old I went to the Taj Mahal and my aunt told me these extraordinary legends about Shah Jahan, the Mughal Emperor who commissioned the building of the Taj Mahal. As a young kid these legends around the building of the Taj made a huge impression on me and kind of lodged in my brain. In addition, my relatives in India would send me these comic books made in India that highlight the ancient history of India in comic book format so I had all these comic books about the Mughal conquerors: Babur, Humayun, Akbar… and they sat in my comic book box alongside The Incredible Hulk and Batman and Spiderman. They were like superheroes to me as well.

And so all these things combined, these comical, bloody and fascinating tales, stayed with me as I became a playwright and created this story of

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the Taj. I started writing another play about the Taj Mahal about ten years before I started to write Guards at the Taj, and it was a much larger, sweeping and more boring version — I threw it away— and realized later when I still couldn’t get the Taj out of my head that the only two interesting characters in that initial iteration were the two smallest ones, the two guards that just stood there, so I compressed it and took everyone out of it except for them, and wrote Guards at the Taj. This play had its premiere almost exactly three years ago at The Atlantic Theatre, and this production reunites you, Amy, with the original cast.

Rajiv and Amy, can you speak a bit about what it means to revisit this play now, with the original group of artists?

Collectively you have a deep history together, starting with the fact that the play was written for Arian and Omar.

RJ: Not only did I write it for them but they, in many ways, helped me write it.

Through many readings and discussions

their thoughts and opinions on the story and characters really guided my process, and so in many ways I feel like we wrote it together. The three of us had the opportunity to go to India together, six months before we started rehearsal at The Atlantic. They had never been there or seen the Taj so we went and saw it and that was a formative and awesome experience for us.

RJ: I forgot about Arian breaking his ribs.

Amy Morton: And I had worked with Omar and Arian in Homebody/Kabul at Steppenwolf in 2003 and we had such a great time that summer so I was really familiar with those guys. Then I read the script and fell in love with it immediately, so I went to New York to meet Rajiv and that meeting went well and I got the job at The Atlantic and I was so bloody excited because this play means a lot to me, and the fact that I got to do it with Omar and Arian was so incredible.

AM: In all the conversations I’ve been having with Steppenwolf staff and designers, I keep thinking, “Oh my God, I get to do this play again, it’s so exciting!”

It’s bringing back a lot of memories and I’m very excited to tackle it again. And I hope those guys are too… they better be.

You know, I have a feeling this may be one of the most collaborative plays I’ve ever worked on and part of it was those guys, all three, writer and two actors, being so intimately close to the material for so long. There was so much “figuring this out” together because it was just the two of them up there. Through it all it is an incredibly hard play to do for those actors both physically and emotionally.

But you know, this is the work, being in service to the work, and so this was such a personal play to be in service to that all the headache, hard work - and you know Arian literally broke his ribs during The Atlantic production! It was actually all worth it because it was so deeply meaningful and personal to all of us.

AM: Remember that? That was in rehearsal, so he went through the entire process with broken ribs. He ended up sleeping in a BarcaLounger RJ: Which I gave him; I had my recliner delivered to his apartment so he could sleep because he couldn’t sleep on a bed.

Rajiv, you’ve now had three years of audience response and the America we’re in right now feels very different than the America we were in three years ago. Have you noticed or charted a shift in the response to the play?

I haven’t yet. But I was in Moscow about two months before our presidential election in a time when we thought the election of Trump was a long-shot if that, and before we totally understood the depth of Russia’s interference in our election. I was over there with the Lark Play Development Center and they were doing a kind of staged reading of Guards at the Taj in Russian and it was awesome, it ended up feeling like a production the way they did it; they were kind of off-book and it was dramatically lit and there was an audience of about 400 people. There was a moment in the play that had never garnered any kind of response in any production that I had seen in the

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U.S., which is when Humayun says to Babur, “If the king decrees that beauty is dead then beauty is dead.” And Babur says, “Well then fuck the king, beauty shall live.” When the actor did that in Moscow the audience erupted into applause and the hair on the back of my neck stood up and I was like, “Fuck we’re all going to get arrested!”

But I was really struck by that moment because this audience was experiencing and receiving this play in a much more heightened state than most American audiences were. And I’m interested to see if the American audience’s reception is going to be dramatically heightened by living in the world we live in now.

What do you hope our audiences are wrestling with as they walk away?

AM: Well, I guess… for me the play is about how without art, life isn’t worth living. Imagine it not in your life. Literally imagine three hours of your day where you don’t encounter any art. What would the world look like and what would your thought process be throughout the day? All of a sudden when I think of that question all I can see is a grey world. So I guess my invitation to audiences is to think about how you would interact with a piece of art in whatever form during your day. And imagine life without it.

And an addendum: can we please put it back in the fucking schools? That’s just me personally. It feels like when shit is hitting the fan, when things aren’t going well the first thing to get punished is art. The first thing to be eliminated, the

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first thing to be considered subversive and dangerous is art. And that’s really fascinating… why is it so fucking threatening?

RJ: The thing I always talk about with this play is what me and the actors spoke a lot about when we were in India seeing the Taj and other Mughal and ancient architecture and art that exists in northern India. Like so much ancient architecture found across the world, when you see it you’re struck by the fact that it was made so long ago, before the benefits of modern technology, and it’s astounding to imagine how these structures were put together in such an archaic age. And the answer that we always fall back on is human misery.

It was kind of socially accepted that scores of people would lose their lives or damage their bodies in the service of this creation. We think that that is the difference between today and yesteryear, that we now live in a world where that’s not acceptable. And one might ask, are the things that we make now less beautiful because we are observing human misery a little more closely? I think the answer is both yes and no because my contention is that nowadays the Taj Mahal is in our pocket as our phone. And these are the great creations now being made, but still at great human cost. I think extraordinary constructions are still being made at the expense of humans, but there’s been a shift from grand monuments to tiny monuments that are more and more disposable.

The world’s changing, bro.

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Administration Karena Fiorenza General Manager Lupe Garcia Quiles Events Management Director Jackie Snuttjer Finance Director Jovito Alvarez Finance Manager Paul Miller Office Manager LaDonna Lane Human Resources Generalist

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Anna Sung-En Medill Greg Mehl Chrystle Rivers Joshua Cashman Renato Sanchez Audience Outreach Allison Shackelford Manager Jessica Smith Spencer Blair Kelly Voke Audience Outreach Audience Experience Supervisor Associates Benjamin Adams Morgan Burkey Charles Frydenberg Ben Burmeister Rukmini Girish Lace Burwell Marilyn Hillary Shayla Cudd Madeline Kelly Tory Davidson Brian Lee Jake Drummond Jillian Mueller Quinn Hegarty Corrin Rosenstein Dani Nicole James Audience Outreach Juwan Lockett Associates Patty Malaney Operations Pat Mangan Cory Jeanes Alyson Morrill Director of Operations Meaghan Morris Adam Simers Peter Van Kempen Taleshia Walker Facilities Manager Front Bar Staff Adrian Castro Angel Aguilar Operations Mustafa Chaudry Coordinator Sam Morales Harold Jaffe Gabriel Sanchez Facilities Staff Parking Associates Irukia Ahmed Ali Jack Meyer and Victor David Lauren Louer, Tul Ghaley The Saints Madan Gurung Volunteer Usher Rina Gurung Coordination Ababe Mekonen Shamshuddin Production Mohamed Shofi Tom Pearl Aminata Talawally Director of Production Custodial Staff Brianna Parry Audience Associate Production Experience Manager Evan Hatfield Erin Cook Director of Audience Company Manager Experience and Assistant to the Danielle Shindler Artistic Director Food & Beverage Director, Front Bar Mike Donohue General Manager Technical Director Denise Yvette Serna Chad Hain Front of House Associate Technical Manager Director Donald Coulson Erin Freeman Parking Manager Scene Shop Aaron Aptaker Audience Experience Supervisor Kyle Land Coordinator Ryan Luwe Kate Lerner Russell Scott Bar Manager Lydia Strini Ashley Schilling Scenic Carpenters Café Manager Zoe Shiffrin Nick Burt Ana Cackley Scenic Charge Artist David Clauson Jenny DiLuciano Jake Green Properties Master Curtis Jackson Megan Kaminsky Marshall Kious Georgette Kirkendall

Emily Feder Jay Tollefsen Assistant Properties Masters Charles Moser Master Properties Artisan Aimee Plant Properties Artisan Shannon Higgins Wardrobe, Hair and Make Up Supervisor Caryn Weglarz Klein Costume Director Mae Haskins Assistant Costume Designer Laurel Clayson Head Draper Lynae Vandermeulen Work Room Supervisor and Draper Daisy Lindas Assistant Costume Director Staci Weigum Costume Shop Assistant J. R. Lederle Lighting Supervisor Ernesto Gomez Master Electrician Rick Haefele House Carpenter Martha Wegener Audio Engineer Gregor Mortis Assistant Audio Engineer Matthew Chapman 1700 Tech Coordinator Karen Thompson Light Board Operator Malcolm Ewen Christine D. Freeburg Laura D. Glenn Stage Managers

Professional Leadership Program Claire Buchanan Erin Caltiere Kristian Garcia Lauren Gold Jenny Goyer Teniyah Hall Thaddeus Kaszuba Kellan Kryak Ramona Li Halley McArn Logan McDonald Mihika Miranda Renata Orth Elise Peterson Kevin Sullivan Andre Thomas Gin To

Agency of Record Grip

Production Counsel provided by Rick Pappas

Organizational Counsel provided by the attorneys at Schiff Hardin, LLP

Executive Committee Eric Lefkofsky, Chair Keating Crown, Vice Chair Deborah H. Quazzo, Secretary L. Heather Mitchell, Treasurer Henry S. Bienen Douglas R. Brown Elizabeth H. Connelly Nora Daley Rich Feitler Paul W. Goodrich Lynn Lockwood Murphy Bruce Sagan Matthew Shapiro Stephanie B. Smith John R. Walter Helen Zell Trustees Sarah Beardsley Michael W. Bender Amy Bluhm Meredith Bluhm-Wolf Marlene BreslowBlitstein Carole L. Brown Ebs Burnough Beth Boosalis Davis Amy Eshleman Juliette Feld D. Cameron Findlay Matthew Gray Robert J. Greenebaum, Jr. Caryn Harris John Hart Jon Michael Hill Dennis D. Howarter George A. Joseph Tina Landau Tracy Letts Mary Ludford Ronald J. Mallicoat, Jr. Holly Maloney Tarell Alvin McCraney David E. Mendelsohn Verett Mims

Christopher M. Murphy Katherine Nardin Pam Netzky Yasen Peyankov Anne M. Phillips Cari B. Sacks Robert Sanborn Manuel “Manny” Sanchez Anna D. Shapiro Colette Cachey Smithburg Elliot A. Stultz Bryan Traubert Emeritus Trustees J. Robert Barr Lawrence Block Michael Cahan John N. Fox, Jr. Lawrence M. Gill Donna La Pietra Kenneth J. Porrello Merle Reskin Randall K. Rowe Gloria Scoby Past Chairpersons William L. Atwell Larry D. Brady Douglas R. Brown Nora Daley Laurence Edwards John N. Fox, Jr. Elliott Lyon Gordon Murphy William H. Plummer Bruce Sagan Gloria Scoby Donna Vos

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LEADING CONTRIBUTORS Steppenwolf Ensemble Fund Multi-year commitment to Steppenwolf’s artistic development Grand Patrons Julie and Roger Baskes Joyce Chelberg The Davee Foundation The Harris Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. King Harris Kathy Harris Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Szokol Mr. and Mrs. William Friend Mr. and Mrs. John Harris John Hart and Carol Prins Liz and Eric Lefkofsky Lynn Lockwood and Barrett B. Murphy The Negaunee Foundation Anne and Don Phillips Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Shapiro Helen Zell Distinguished Patrons Sarah Beardsley and Dr. Christopher Randolph Michael Bender and Sheridan Prior Henry and Leigh Bienen Shawn M. Donnelley and Christopher M. Kelly Amy and Cameron Findlay Richard and Mary L. Gray Bob and Amy Greenebaum Steven D. Loucks Jim and Kay Mabie Holly and Matt Maloney Cari and Michael J. Sacks Karen Zelden and Ralph Senst Season Production Support Allstate Insurance Company Ameriprise Financial Douglas R. Brown Phil and Mary Beth Canfield The Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation Elizabeth H. Connelly ComEd Frank G. and Gertrude Dunlap Fund Donald and Anne Edwards Christine Albright and Lawrence Gill Ethel and Bill Gofen Lynn Hauser and Neil Ross Marian, Fruman and Lisa Jacobson Melcher Charitable Foundation National Endowment for the Arts

Northern Trust The Orlebeke Foundation PwC Deborah and Stephen Quazzo Merle Reskin Robert and Louise Sanborn Harry and Susan Seigle Matthew Shapiro and Jacqueline Podewils Toni Sandor Smith Colette Cachey Smithburg and Tom Smithburg Bill and Orli Staley Susan and Robert A. Winslow New Plays, New Artists, New Audiences The Davee Foundation The Laurents/Hatcher Foundation Prince Charitable Trusts Time Warner Foundation Zell Family Foundation Steppenwolf for Young Adults Allstate Insurance Company Alphawood Foundation Archer Daniels Midland Company Paul M. Angell Foundation Andrew and Amy Bluhm Helen Brach Foundation Douglas R. Brown Ann and Richard Carr Citi Private Bank City of Chicago: Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events The Crown Family Nora Daley and Sean Conroy Amy Eshleman and Lori Lightfoot The Field Foundation of Illinois Mary and Paul Finnegan Lloyd A. Fry Foundation Joan Hall Walter E. Heller Foundation Hub International Illinois Tool Works Foundation Rebecca Johnston and Jeffrey Maling J.P. Morgan Liz and Eric Lefkofsky Tracy Letts Doug and Cynthia McKeen Colonel Stanley R. McNeil Foundation Lynn Lockwood Murphy and Barrett B. Murphy Northern Trust Charitable Trust Anne and Don Phillips Polk Bros. Foundation Pritzker Traubert Foundation Robert and Louise Sanborn

2017/18 SEASON SPONSORS Dr. Scholl Foundation Steppenwolf Associates United Airlines Lead Accessibility Sponsor John Hart and Carol Prins Veterans’ Night Gary Sinise Foundation Major Support of General Operations and Special Projects American Express Buchanan Family Foundation Julius Frankel Foundation The Reva & David Logan Foundation John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Joyce Foundation Prince Charitable Trusts Penny Pritzker and Bryan Traubert Rhoades Foundation Searle Funds at The Chicago Community Trust The Shubert Foundation, Inc. Smart Family Foundation Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust The Wallace Foundation The Elizabeth Morse Charitable Trust, Lead Underwriter of fundraising for The Campaign for Steppenwolf 2018 Gala Allstate Insurance Company Bluhm Family Charitable Foundation Exelon Greenberg Traurig LLP Grosvenor Capital Management The Harris Family Foundation Caryn and King Harris Liz and Eric Lefkofsky PwC 2018 Steppenwolf Salutes Women In The Arts Luncheon Helen Zell Official Exclusive Airline United Airlines Official Lighting Sponsor ComEd Contact Leslie B. Mastroianni, Director of Development at 312-654-5621 to learn more about unique ways to support the work on our stages.

Steppenwolf’s reputation derives from our willingness to take on challenging, ambitious projects. Our future relies on the generous support of season sponsors who provide invaluable resources for the work of our actors, directors and playwrights. We thank you for your commitment to the vision of our ensemble.

Steppenwolf Theatre Company’s 2017/18 season is generously sponsored by: Grand Benefactors

Benefactors

2017/18 CORPORATE ARTS COUNCIL Steppenwolf’s Corporate Arts Council unites a community of smart, innovative companies to connect in a dynamic and unique environment here at the theater. Supporting Steppenwolf’s mission to champion new talent within the theater, the Corporate Arts Council engages members throughout the year to network, entertain, and give back.

Leading Members Allstate Insurance Company, Meghan Sporleder Ameriprise Financial, Patricia Moll Archer Daniels Midland Company, Ben Bard DLA Piper LLP (US), Katrina Hausfeld Exelon Corporation, Jason Decker J.P. Morgan, Kelly Epstein Northern Trust, Mark Taylor PwC, Vilma Chan

Members Baker McKenzie, Michael A. Duffy Newcastle Limited, Michael Haney Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Brian Duwe Winston & Strawn LLP, Matthew R. Carter

Premier Members Faegre Baker Daniels, Patrick M. Miller Sidley Austin LLP, Elizabeth M. Schubert For more information on corporate sponsorship opportunities, please contact Max Lando at 312-654-5697 or mlando@steppenwolf.org.

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CORPORATE, FOUNDATION & GOVERNMENT CONTRIBUTORS

COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS New Play Development Fund Committee supports Steppenwolf’s mission to be a preeminent producer of new American plays.

Caryn Harris*, Co-Chair Anna D. Shapiro*, Co-Chair Julie Baskes Meredith Bluhm-Wolf* Douglas R. Brown* Susan O. Berghoef Joyce Chelberg Nora Daley* Anne Edwards Ethel and Bill Gofen Liz Lefkofsky Jim Mabie Deborah Quazzo* Robert Sanborn* Matthew Shapiro* Colette Cachey Smithburg* Helen Zell* Education Committee advocates for the programming of Steppenwolf for Young Adults and for access to quality arts experiences for teens and teachers.

Amy Eshleman*, Chair Michael Bolton Amy Bluhm* Sheila Chapman Beth Boosalis Davis* Jeremy Dunn Jane Fleming Paul Gaynor David Germaine Larry Grimm John Hart* Robert LoPrete Sybil Madison-Boyd Susan Noel Ashley Pettit Anne M. Phillips* Donald J. Phillips II Deborah Quazzo* Robert Sanborn* Michelle Schlack Sydney Sidwell Jennifer Stuart Elliot A. Stultz* Annie Tully David Wagener Nina A. Winston

Directors Circle Committee helps steward and grow the theater’s largest donor program.

Gail Steingold, Chair Patricia Bobb Janyce D. Brengel Bryce Cooper Beth Boosalis Davis* Greg Desmond Ritu Dhingra Stacy Fleming Aimee Graham Julie Gustafson Mike Gustafson Arnold Horwich Judith Horwich Rebecca Johnston Sherri Kayser Michael LaTona Karen Levine Susan Lichtenstein Stephanie Linn Beth Loeb Cathy Nathan Toni Sandor Smith Gail Straus Frances E. Tuite 2018 Gala Steppenwolf’s Gala Co-Chairs plan the signature fundraising event led by the theater’s Board of Trustees.

Verett Mims* Elliot Stultz* Audrey Francis and Chris Froseth Cathy and James Vincent Meredith Jeff Perry and Linda Lowy Women in the Arts Luncheon Host Committee spearheads our annual fundraising event, honoring leading artists in theater, film and television.

Susan Berghoef Amy Bluhm* Meredith Bluhm-Wolf* Marlene Breslow-Blitstein* Elizabeth H. Connelly* Caroline and Keating Crown* Mary A. Dempsey Amy Eshleman* Noreen Gallagher Sarah Glavin

Mary Kathryn Hartigan Donna La Pietra* Liz and Eric Lefkofsky* Mary Ludford* Debbi Marchese Lynn Lockwood Murphy* Colette Cachey Smithburg* Susan Farnham Warrington Helen Zell* Young Adult Council, a unique after-school program for high school students, immerses them in Steppenwolf’s operations and organizes events for their peers around Steppenwolf productions.

Meitav Aaron Jocelyn Arrieta Ayaan Asthana Desiree Cobbins Ines Garcia Rory Hayes Gwyneth Lemaster Liliana Mastroianni Lilian McGrady Zosia Nowak Kealoha Ogunseitan Amber O’Sullivan Nikhil Patel Diana Pham Sarah Powers Giezi Salazar Jairo Saucedo Tia Smith Tyra Smith Karen Sylvester Ramman Takhsh Holden Thomas Jenifer Trujillo Anika Waco Natalie Wexler To get involved or learn more, please contact Eric Evenskaas, Senior Development Director, at 312-654-5615 or eevenskaas@steppenwolf.org.

* Steppenwolf Trustee

Grand Benefactors ($100,000+) Allstate Insurance Company* The Crown Family ‡ The Davee Foundation‡ Lefkofsky Family Foundation‡ John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation‡* The Negaunee Foundation Polk Bros. Foundation*‡ Shubert Foundation, Inc. United Airlines The Wallace Foundation‡ Zell Family Foundation‡ Benefactors ($50,000 – $99,999) Anonymous Paul M. Angell Foundation Chicago Community Trust ComEd Conagra Brands Foundation Julius Frankel Foundation The Harris Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. King Harris Kathy Harris Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Szokol Mr. and Mrs. William Friend Mr. and Mrs. John Harris J.P.Morgan* The Joyce Foundation‡ National Endowment for the Arts Northern Trust* The Orlebeke Foundation PwC Smart Family Foundation of Illinois Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust‡ Time Warner Foundation Vinci Producers ($25,000 – $49,999) Anonymous (2) Alphawood Foundation American Express Ameriprise Financial Archer Daniels Midland Company Bluhm Family Charitable Foundation The Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation DLA Piper LLP (US) The Field Foundation of Illinois Lloyd A. Fry Foundation Greenberg Traurig LLP Grosvenor Capital Management BMO Harris Bank*

Illinois Arts Council, a state agency Laurents/Hatcher Foundation Pfingsten Partners, L.L.C. Prince Charitable Trusts Princess Grace Foundation-USA J.B. and M.K. Pritzker Family Foundation Schiff Hardin LLP Searle Family Trust Searle Funds at The Chicago Community Trust Earl and Brenda Shapiro Foundation‡ Sidley Austin LLP Gary Sinise Foundation Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP Walter E. Heller Foundation Patrons ($10,000 – $24,999) Anonymous (2) Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture Ambassador Chicago Aon Baker McKenzie Robert and Isabelle Bass Foundation, Inc. Blitstein Family Foundation Bluhm Family Foundation The Boeing Company Helen Brach Foundation Buchanan Family Foundation Citadel LLC City of Chicago, Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events CNA Financial Corporation* CRC Swett Dover Foundation Frank G. and Gertrude Dunlap Fund Faegre Baker Daniels Graycor, Inc. Green Courte Partners, LLC GrubHub Illinois Tool Works Foundation Make It Better Media McKinsey & Company, Inc. Colonel Stanley R. McNeil Foundation Melcher Charitable Foundation Newcastle Limited Norcon, Inc. Pepsico Foundation Rhoades Foundation

* Corporations and foundations that have made employee matching gifts

Ropes & Gray LLP Sage Foundation Sanchez Daniels & Hoffman LLP Dr. Scholl Foundation Seigle Family Foundation Siragusa Family Foundation The Smithburg Family Foundation John and Carol Walter Family Foundation William Blair & Company, LLC Winston & Strawn, LLP Sustainers ($5,000 – $9,999) Baird Modestus Bauer Foundation Baxter International Inc.* Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois Citi Private Bank Mary Dempsey, Philip H. Corboy Foundation John R. Halligan Charitable Fund Hotel Indigo Hotel Lincoln Ice Miller LLP Irving Harris Foundation Karkomi Family Foundation Mendelsohn Legal, Inc. Nordstrom Louis & Nellie Sieg Fund Sponsors ($2,500 – $4,999) Anonymous Amsted Industries Foundation The Robert Thomas Bobins Foundation FROST Hub International Innovative Benefit Consultants Sahara Enterprises, Inc. Suite Home Chicago Westside Mechanical Group Guarantors ($1,000 – $2,499) BNY Mellon Wealth Management Frankin Offner Foundation Gramm Family Foundation Hamilton Thies & Lorch LLP The Ira & Janina Marks Charitable Trust Metzner Family Foundation One Smooth Stone Plante Moran Resolute Consulting LLC Rochman Charitable Foundation TTX Company

‡ Multi-year pledge

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ENDOWMENT SPONSORS Hope Abelson Fund for New Play Development Artistic Endowment established through the Leading National Theatres Program, a joint initiative of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Douglas R. Brown Playwright/ Director Endowment Fund Ruth D. and Ken M. Davee New Works Fund

Ford Foundation Artistic and General Operating Endowment Funds Richard and Mary L. Gray Production Endowment Fund

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

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

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

The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation

Nancy L. Wald Production Endowment Fund

Daniel E. McLean National and International Production Fund

John and Carol Walter Production Endowment Fund

VISIONARY CIRCLE We are honored to recognize the following individuals who have included Steppenwolf in their will or estate plans. The esteemed members of the Visionary Circle help ensure the vitality of Steppenwolf for future generations. Contact Eric Evenskaas at 312-654-5615 to learn more about the giving options to consider in your estate planning.

Anonymous

Michael Goldberger

Dr. Paul Lisnek

Valerie and Joseph Abel

Michael Hansen and Nancy Randa

Kenneth J. Porrello and Sherry L. McFall

John Hart

Sylvia J. Pozarnsky

Lynn Hauser and Neil Ross

Merle Reskin

Tom Irwin

Dr. Edward O. Riley

Jared Kaplan and Maridee Quanbeck

T. Marshall Rousseau

Michele Kenner

Harry Seigle

Robert C. Anderson Dr. Marvin and Joyce Berman Norma Borcherding Douglas R. Brown Barbara L. Dean Janice and Rob Esser Robert H. Glaze

Melanie G. Larch

Patrick J. Schauer Judy Sugarman

We remember the following members of the Steppenwolf family who have made a bequest to the theater. Their legacy will ensures that Steppenwolf continues to flourish.

Hope A. Abelson

Marjorie Douglas

Alba Biagini

James F. Oates

Nelson D. Cornelius

Andrea Romain and Cleo V. Orthel

Jo Hopkins Deutsch

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Rose L. Shure and Sidney N. Shure Nancy L. Wald

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. Donors with ‡ have made a generous multi-year pledge. To join this distinguished group, call Jessica Gretch at 312-654-5672 or e-mail directorscircle@steppenwolf.org.

Premier Patrons ($50,000+) Anonymous Julie and Roger Baskes‡ Michael Bender and Sheridan Prior ‡ Leigh and Henry Bienen‡ Marlene Breslow-Blitstein and Berle Blitstein Douglas R. Brown Ann and Richard Carr Joyce Chelberg‡ Elizabeth H. Connelly Caroline and Keating Crown Nora Daley and Sean Conroy ‡ Rich and Margery Feitler Amy and Cameron Findlay ‡ King and Caryn Harris‡ John Hart and Carol Prins‡ Pam and Dennis D. Howarter Liz and Eric Lefkofsky ‡ Lynn Lockwood Murphy and Barrett B. Murphy ‡ Mary and Bill Ludford Ronald J. Mallicoat, Jr. Anne and Don Phillips‡ Robert and Louise Sanborn Elliot A. Stultz Helen Zell‡ Grand Patrons ($25,000 – $49,999) Sarah Beardsley and Dr. Christopher Randolph Phil and Mary Beth Canfield Beth Boosalis Davis and Maxwell S. Davis Shawn M. Donnelley and Christopher M. Kelly ‡ Amy Eshleman and Lori Lightfoot Ethel and Bill Gofen Richard and Mary L. Gray ‡ Bob and Amy Greenebaum‡ Mrs. John M. Hartigan Marian, Fruman and Lisa Jacobson Steven D. Loucks‡ Jim and Kay Mabie‡ Holly and Matt Maloney ‡ Mr. and Ms. David E. Mendelsohn Pam and Ashley Netzky

Randy and Susi Rowe Bruce Sagan and Bette Cerf Hill Manny Sanchez and Pat Pulido Sanchez Sue and Harry Seigle Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Shapiro‡ Colette Cachey Smithburg and Tom Smithburg Bill and Orli Staley Bryan Traubert and Penny Pritzker Karen Zelden and Ralph Senst‡ Distinguished Patrons ($10,000 – $24,999) Anonymous Andrew and Amy Bluhm Meredith Bluhm-Wolf and Bill Wolf Betty Bradshaw Michael and Cathy Brennan Julie and Bill Casserly Mr. and Mrs. A. Steven Crown Donald and Anne Edwards Juliette Feld and Andrew Grossman Mary and Paul Finnegan Stacy and Ian Fleming John and Katherine Fox Christine Albright and Lawrence Gill Valerie and Paul Goodrich Aimee Graham and Nigel Caine Leslie and Matthew Gray Joan Hall Jon Michael Hill Perry and Cathy Iverson Jeffrey Maling and Rebecca Johnston Brad and Kim Keywell Tracy Letts Kate and William Macdonald Cynthia Luse-McKeen and P. Douglas McKeen Verett Mims L. Heather Mitchell and Kenny Mitchell Christopher and Eileen Murphy Deborah and Stephen Quazzo Merle Reskin Lynn Hauser and Neil Ross

Cari and Michael J. Sacks‡ Elizabeth Schubert Stephanie B. Smith and Gerald Smith Toni Sandor Smith Marcie and Avy Stein Frances E. Tuite John and Carol Walter Nina B. Winston Ronald and Geri Yonover Patrons ($5,000 – $9,999) Anonymous (4) Loren Almaguer and Frank Gerleve Mr. and Mrs. Jack Angelo David and Suzanne Arch Andy and Sue Arnold Gerry Barad Dr. and Mrs. Marvin H. Berman Alan and Nancy Berry Kevin Boehm and Courtney Moon Janyce D. Brengel Lois Browning Carol and Douglas Cohen Gia and Isaac Colunga Jerry and Josephine Conlon Liam and Francesca Connell Kent and Liz Dauten Mary A. Dempsey, Philip H. Corboy Foundation Laura and Scott Eisen Mary M. Emerson Tom and Pat Erickson Becki and Scott Etzler Maurice Fantus and Judith Aiello Kenneth and Bonnie Feld Jane Fleming and Melinda Kempton Marcy and Harry Harczak Ms. Joan Harris Mrs. Louise Hart Michael and Mona Heath Fund Judy and Jay Heyman David Hiller George A. Joseph and Carolyn Bateman‡ David and Susan Kalt Jared Kaplan and Maridee Quanbeck

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Jen and Brad Keck Stephen Kriegel and Family Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Lad Christine and Michael LaTona Mr. Marvin J. Leavitt and Ms. Susan Karkomi Susan Lichtenstein and John Rokacz Brian Lukanic and Kelly Dixon Amos and Anat Madanes Howard and Sandy Nagelberg Mr. and Ms. Dave Obenauer Ashley and Noah Pettit Jennifer and Perry Pinto Burton X. and Sheli Rosenberg Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm Rosenfeld Ms. Doris D. Roskin Sandra and Earl Rusnak, Jr. David and Susan Schmid Mr. and Ms. Ilan Shalit Jeffrey Singer and Patricia Carman Steven Smith Gail and Eugene Steingold Jacqueline Tilton Richard and Elaine Tinberg Michael and January Ward Robert and Susan Warrington Dr. David Wasserman Lorrayne and Steve Weiss Sustainers ($2,500 – $4,999) Anonymous Mr. and Mrs. John Aalbregtse Carina Abbaticchio and Christine Hermosisima Kathi and Roger Adams Jack J. Adrian Mr. Anjan Asthana Paula Ausick Sharon Baker John and Caroline Ballantine Gustavo Bamberger and Martha Van Haitsma Solomon and Camila Barnett Bob and Trish Barr Martha and Al Belmonte Norman and Virginia Bobins Stephen and Lynn Bolanowski‡ Doug Bradbury Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Braun Robert and Mary Briscoe Mr. Thomas M. Burke Philip Burgess and Jim Nutter Michael and Merle Cahan David Callahan and Terri Abruzzo Bobby Cannavale Drs. Rex Chisholm and Kathleen Green

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Michael and Edie Cohen Deb and Denny Cowhey Patricia Cox, Katie and Will Hunckler Judy and Tapas K. Das Gupta Diane Dawson Greg Desmond and Michael Segobiano Bill and Cindee Dietz Philip and Marsha Dowd Drs. Thomas E. Durica and Susan Jacob Dr. Steven B. Edelstein George Engeln Randall Fearnow and Beth Compton Roxanne Hori and Robert Felsenthal Steven Florsheim and Jennifer Friedes Lisa and John Folkers Daniel J. Rubin and Karen Frederick Kate and Michael Fridholm Kate Friedlob Mr. and Mrs. Sherwin Friedman Susan Fuchs, M.D.‡ Leonard Gail and Robin Steans David and Noreen Ann Gallagher Gary L. Gephart Scott Gidwitz Beverly Wyckoff and Charles Ginsberg Richard Ginsberg and Natalie Tessler Mr. and Mrs. James J. Glasser Bob and Carol Goldberg Sheila and Tom Gorey Sue and Melvin Gray Dr. and Mrs. Sheldon Greenberg‡ William and Nanci Greene James and Brenda Grusecki M. Julie and Michael Gustafson Jack and Sandra Guthman Ginger and Del Hall Michael Hansen and Nancy Randa Pam and David Harrington Marlene and Sonny Hersh David Kistenbroker and Cynthia Heusing Mr. and Mrs. Arthur J. Hill The Hirschfields Ann S. Hoenig and Jonathan L. Hoenig Dr. Matthew and Kimberly Horowitz Dr. and Mrs. David Ingall Patricia Jeffers Craig and Heidi Johnson

Timothy B. Johnson and Valerie B. Wiley Jeffrey and Lisa Jozwiak Reis and Sherri Kayser Andrew Keyt Laurie Kladis Jonathan Klein and Susan Cohn Mr. and Mrs. Tom Knauff Mr. and Mrs. Sanfred Koltun Dr. and Mrs. Stephen M. Korbet MD Raminder and Vinay Kumar Jody LaVoie Tanya Levshina and Ilya Volvovski Ms. Stephanie F. Linn and Dr. Seth B. Krantz Mark and Frances Mann Don and Melinda Marshall Andrew R. McGaan Mr. and Ms. Paul McGrady Lyn McKeaney Kevin and Beth McMeen Ellie and Bob Meyers Amy Laiken and Tim Michel Mr. and Mrs. Steve Monieson Ms. Katherine Nardin Jean and Jordan Nerenberg Bob and Joyce O’Malley Susan and Ted Oppenheimer Elizabeth Orelup and Lawrence Sonntag Ms. Sarah Paulson Simon and Kim Perutz Dale and Loretta Pierson Ms. Sherri Pincus Patricia Pippert and Steven Redfield Avi and Joan Porat Kenneth J. Porrello and Sherry L. McFall‡ Andrew and Judy L. Porte Bradley and Patricia Reid Mrs. Robert Reum Nina Riccardi Trisha Rooney Howard and Gail Schaffner Matthew and Tina Schubert David and Judith L. Sensibar Mark and Kimberly Shadle Anna D. Shapiro and Ian Barford Michael Shapiro and Deb Gohr Shapiro Ms. Virginia Simmons Robert and Nancy Singleton Mr. Erik Smith and Ms. Edith Gregson Matthew Steinmetz Kristin and Stan Stevens Edward A. Studzinski Judy Sugarman

Sue and Timothy Sullivan Dr. and Mrs. James V. Talano James E. Thompson John and Maribeth Totten Nick Trakas and Marc Cerone Kelly and Jay Tunney Reed and Rosemary Tupper Donna and Dirk Vos Mr. and Mrs. Mark Wanda Carey Weiss and Karen Pierce Jane and Greg Wintroub Susan and Bob Wislow Elizabeth Wohlleb Elizabeth A. Ziegler Benefactors ($1,500 – $2,499) Anonymous (7) Kim and David Adler Karen and Scott Alexander Catherine Allegra and James Tanner Polly Allen Alyce Paris Nicholas and Kathleen Amatangelo Kimball Anderson and Karen Gatsis Anderson Robert C. Anderson Robert Anderson and Joanna Nicholas Robert and Marilyn Arensman Stephanie and Dana Arnett Jeffrey S. Arnold and Ellen J. Neely Edgar Bachrach Richard and Janice Bail Andy and Stephanie Baker ‡ Yuri and Elena Balasanov Catherine Bannister Mr. Larry Barden Merrill and Alice Barden Cynthia Barginere Laura Barnett Sandra Bass Camille Bathurst and Gregory Belzley Bruce and Debbie Bentcover Shirley and Tom Berchou‡ Susen H. Berg and James C. Berg Ron and Colleen Bess Jeff Bethke and Leah Vaselopulos Nicholas Biederman Jon Blanc Shaun and Andy Block Patricia C. Bobb Stanley and Anne Boychuck Robert and Joell Brightfelt‡ Reid Brody and Sally Schwartz-Brody Mr. and Mrs. Norman Brooks Dawn and Harmon Brown

George and Joyce Brown‡ David and Michelle Buck John D. and Leslie Henner Burns Timothy Burroughs and Barbara Smith Joseph and Cory Cancila‡ Kathleen and Robert Carey Sheila J. Chapman Dr. Rosalyn A. Chrenka and Ralph P. Maffucci Michael and Stephanie Chu Nancy Ciezki and Diane Kostecke Dana Green and Thomas Clancy Keith and Barbara Clayton Zac and Lesley N. Cochran James and Julie Coffman Thomas and Kathleen Coleman Steven and Caralynn Collens Ed Cook and Melissa Perrett Cook‡ J. Gorman Cook and Carole Kohout Bryce Cooper Merle R. Cooper Lisa and Brian Cornell Winnie and Bob Crawford Phyllis Cretors James Curley and Isabel O’Connell Carl and Cynthia Curry Daniel R. Cyganowski Dean and Lori Czuma Stephen F. Danziger Marlowe Davis Mr. and Mrs. Menahem Deitcher Scott Delman Donald Deutsch Gautam and Ritu Dhingra Roberta S. Dillon Ms. Cari Dinneen Carmelita Dockery, ABD Patricia and Richard Doonan Raymond and Marybeth Drake Erin and Ian Drury Malcolm D. Ewen Juliet and Marc Fallah Demitri and Pamela Fardelos David and Mary Farkas Harris J. Feldman, M.D. Carol and Steven Felsenthal Lorna Filippini Mr. and Mrs. Richard Filler Kim M. Folta Cory and Cyndi Fosco Jim and Sandy Freeburg Denise Michelle Gamble Patti Eylar and Charlie Gardner Lisa Garling and Jeff Miller Tom and Beth Garrow ‡ Gigi Gamauf and Dr. Joseph Gavron

Steven M. Gerschoffer Susan and John Gibbons Elizabeth Glassman Charlie and Mary Gofen Deidra D. Gold Jennifer and Isaac Goldman Dr. Paul Goldstein and Ms. Nasrin Mahani Sue-Gray Goller Laurence and Carrie Grant Mary and Jim Greene Michael and Lisa Greenfield Suzanne Gylfe Victoria and Charles Harris‡ Stacie R. Hartman Dorothy Harza Lois and Marty Hauselman Mark and Joelle Hayes James and Anne Heger Sandra L. Helton and Norman M. Edelson James LaForce and Stephen Henderson Rachel Henry Richard and Elaine Heuberger Midge and Frank Heurich Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Hibel Grayson Holmbeck Arnold and Judith Horwich‡ Holly E. Humphreys William Ibe Nicole and Pedro Irazoqui Mary Ittelson John Ittner and Jennifer Van Dyke Craig “CJ” Jensen and Craig Dannenbrink Ed Jeske and John Hern Holly Johnston Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kaplan David Kathman Dr. Claudia Anne Katz Aviva Katzman and Morris Mauer Mary Ann and Mark Kaufman Adam and Renee Keats Thomas E. Keim Sheryl and Tom Keith‡ Peter and Susan Kelly Chris Kendrick and Kasturi Haldar John F. Kennedy Gerould and Jewell Kern Helen J. Kessler Patricia and Wayne Kik‡ Mike and Leslie King Harry Kinzie Tom Klarquist and Steve Somora Stephanie and Peter Klein Jean Klingenstein Jeffrey Koh

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Mr. and Mrs. Martin J. Koldyke Suzy Krueckeberg Mr. Matthew Kutcher and Ms. Rebecca Richards Carol and Jerome Lamet Gerald R. Lanz and Lisa Kearns Lanz Tom and Renee Lavallee Ron and Kim Lemar Travis Lenkner and Erin Delaney Bernard and Averill Leviton Arthur and Catherine Lewis Wil Lewis Dr. Paul M. Lisnek Diane and Bill Lloyd Beth Loeb Dr. Carl Gustas and Jan Logan Abby and George Lombardi Diane and Alejandro Longoria Fran Lambros and John Lowry ‡ Mrs. Barbara Lucas and Ms. Toni Sieve‡ Dorothy and Oren Lund Michael Maloney and Christine Zyzda Naja Maltezos Arlene Manelli Sandy and Jerry Manne Barbara and Larry Margolis Christine and David Markovitz The Masnato Family Eric and Sarah Mayeda Jim and Lynn McClure Lee and Joyce McCullough Bob and Barb McCullough Becky and Bob McLennan Randi Merel and Allen LeHew Dr. Janis Mendelsohn Jim Milbery and Anna Deaugustine Michael and Susan Miller Dr. George and Maureen Miz Liz Morgan Ms. Stephanie Morimoto Blake and Debra Moritz‡ Mindy Munson Patrick J. Nash, Jr. Cathy and Robert Nathan Judy Neafsey and Terry Conway David Ellis and Hope Nightingale Mary Nolen Peg O’Connor Joe O’Leary Bridget R. O’Neill Susan and George Obermaier Gary and Marcie Ochs Mr. Tony Olson Sandra and Mark Ostler

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Brian A. Paetow and Gretchen K. Beetner Jim and Sue Pajakowski Vicki L. Parker Mr. Deep Patel and Ms. Nisha Begwani Amy and Brent Peebles Melissa Peralta Sandra and Michael Perlow John and Christine Pfeiffer Dr. Susan Burland and George Plumb Kate Pokorny and Steve Waszak‡ Mr. Guy Ponticiello Mary Beth and Terry Porter Elliott Quigley Paul Rauch and Frank Cozzi Linda Reid Lynne Remington and Geoff Goldberg Mr. and Mrs. Jerald F. Richman Ms. Lauri Riggen Susan and Edwin Ritts John C. Roberts and Lynn D. Fleisher Randy and Betsy Rochman James and Trude Roselle Dr. Jeff Rosen and Ms. Gail Rosen Hilary Rosenthal Dr. Abbie Roth and Sandra Gladstone Roth Holly B. Rothschild Alan Gordon Rottman Mary and Bob Rowe Marilynn Rubio George and Kimberly Ruhana Mrs. Joanne Ruxin John Ryan Ms. Rebecca Ryerson Francis C. Sadac Ms. Carol S. Sadow A. Sue Samuels Richard and Susan Sanders Pamela and Fred Sasser Paul Scavone and Donna Pawlus Michelle Maton and Mike Schaeffer Stephanie Scharf and David Taber ‡ Joseph Scheper and Kevin Ray Michelle Schlack Ms. E. Jane Schmitz Alan Kozlowski and John Schuchert Diana and Richard Senior Surendra and Dorothie Shah Nancia Shawver and Larry Weiner Hope and Jeffrey Sheffield

Mr. and Mrs. David R. Shevitz Judy and Jeffrey Silverman Ms. Julia Simpson James and Mary Jo Slykas Heather and Adam Smedstad‡ Melissa and Chuck Smith Neil Smith Family Ron and Leslie Smith Sharon Specht Kelly and Jami Stone Lawrence Stone and Margaret Jongleux Gail and John Straus Mary Stowell and Jim Streicker Lauren and Steve Strelsin Lisa Sullivan Ms. Sarah Swain and Mr. John Hart Mark and Leah Taylor Ilene Patty and Tom Terpstra Mr. Marshall Thompson Carrie Thoms The Tipton Family Greg and Mary Tuite Scott and Adriane Turow Brady I. Twiggs Tali and Liat Tzur Marilee Unruh Betty Vandenbosch Shawn VanDerziel and Jay Clarke John and Julie Varga Erika Nelson and David Wagener Mr. Allan Waite The Wake Family Ken Wanlass & Sara Kim and Scott Wayne Sherrie and Albert Weiss Tom and Blaine Wells Anne and Jay Whipple Jack and Keli Wildermuth Jon Will and Ada Mary Gugenheim‡ Jessica and Jeff Wisniewski‡ Sherry Wolfe Michael Wollensak and Noel Yumang Joe Wolnski and Jane Christino Bobbi Zabel Eileen and David Zampa Alexandra Zaporozec and John Roussos Andrew Zwetz

ANNUAL FUND Steppenwolf thanks the many supporters who help bridge the gap between annual operating costs and ticket sales. We regret that, due to space limitations, we are unable to recognize gifts below $150.

To all our benefactors, we thank you for making possible another season of engaging, provocative theater. Make your gift today by visiting steppenwolf.org/support or calling Suzanne Miller at 312-654-5617. Gifts are as of April 1, 2018.

Producers ($1,000 – $1,499) Anonymous (3) Mr. and Ms. Mark Ahern Kate Arrington Mr. and Mrs. Paul Audrain Jennifer Baryl Ted and Robbie Beaty † Dee Beaubien Lois J. Bider Ms. Heiji Black Mr. and Mrs. Philip Block III Lin Brehmer and Sara Farr Susan Buchanan and Steve Brown Gregory C. Cameron Ray Capitanini Clyde C. Compton Bonnie Dauer Nancy Dehmlow Mr. and Mrs. Adam DeWitt Amina Dickerson and Julian Roberts Michele and George Dragisity Joan and John Dysart Jennifer M. Ellin Brian Fabes and Lisa Schneider Fabes Michael and Jacky Ferro Peter Fischer Lori Mae Frith† Gordon and Wendy Gill Terrence Glomski Brian J. and Janie Gold Ms. Megan Goldish Mr. and Ms. David Graham Jonathan and Sarah Graham† The Greffin Family Lina Hilko† James and Margot Hinchliff Mr. David Hoffman Mr. and Ms. Bill Hughson Sandy Ihm and Ken Belcher James A. Jolley, Jr. and R. Kyle Lammlein Mr. Jonathan Kahn and Ms. Susan Stone Stacy M. Kemp† Rachel Kraft Neal and Kathleen Kulick Daniel Castellaneta and Deborah Lacusta Daniel Laytin

Christine Leahy and Adam Weinberg Mark Ledogar Madeline and Steve Lesnick Shana Lewis and Rob Magasano Mr. and Ms. Paul Marks Joan and Jerry Matson Michael E. McCaslin† Tarell Alvin McCraney Ms. Blair McGee Scott Johnson and Gary Metzner Mr. and Mrs. David Moes Amy Morton and Rob Milburn Mr. Mark Neil and Ms. Laurel Lipkin Howard and Cathy Niden Susan and Nicholas Noyes Barbara and Daniel O’Keefe Carrie and Matthew Parr Margaret Pendry Frank and Mary Phillips Mark Piznarski Fred and Karen Rhynders† Ms. Kayla Roan Angela Robertson Riney and Carol Robertson Lisa and Doug Rosskamm Adesh and Sonia Ramchandran Mr. and Ms. Bryan Sanders Carlo and Lalie Scandiuzzi William B. Schildgen Mr. and Ms. Richard Schmitzer Michael Shannon Christine A. Slivon Dariel J. Stack Michael and Salme Harju Steinberg† Patty Sternberg Ms. Lisa Stevak Robert Stillman and Janet Surkin Sylvia and Joe Stone Ms. Jennifer Stuart Mr. Kevin Sullivan Ms. Ann Taylor and Mr. Stephen Skardon Ms. Holland Taylor Howard and Jane Tyner Ramona and Daniel Ustian Erich Walch Brittany White Ms. Harriet White Mark and Christie Wilson†

Ensemble ($500 – $999) Anonymous (12) Richard and Jill Almeida Ms. Evvie Alter Jill and David Altman† Jim and Sheila Amend† Greg and Janine Amoroso Arthur and Rebecca Anderson Harold and Judith Anderson† Walter Aque Lorilyn Aquino† John Asplin and Christine Orders Peggy Bagley and Rabbi Douglas Goldhamer Dave and Donna Barnes Teri and Steve Barnett Howard Bauchner Deborah and James Baughman Scott and Carla Benigni Susan R. Benner Gene and Natalie Bernadoni† Harriet and Howard N. Bernstein Jacqueline Carroll Bernstein and Louis Bernstein Adrian and Arta Beverly Beryl and David Bills Mr. and Ms. Norm Bilow Mr. Jeremy Bird and Ms. Betsy Hoover Ms. Nicole Bjornvick John Blair and Liz Buchanan† Ms. Faye Blake Marc D. Blakeman Gene and Lynne Blanc Ms. and Mr. Lena Blitstein R. Darrell Bock James Botana and Monica Khetarpal† Donald F. Bouseman Aldridge and Marie Bousfield William Bouvel Phyllis and Sam Bowen Andrea and David Braun Joey Breslow David Briggs† Bruce and Kate Burgun Ms. Arlene Byster Mr. Ed Calkins William Carpenter Sharon Carr Mr. and Ms. Jack Carriglio

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Ms. Tania Castroverde Moskalenko Mr. and Mrs. Larry D. Chandler Antonio and Houda Chedid Bridget Cheeseman Debbie and John Chipman Betty Cleeland Elizabeth O’Connor Cole Pam and Howard Conant Ms. Jane Corron Jean Costigan Susan Craft Maureen Crowley Liese Dallbauman Lucy and Bill Dallman Rathin Datta Michelle de Vlam† Mary and Daniel Deziel Austin Dias† Solveig Direnzo Dorothy L. Domuray David Dranoff and Wendy Epstein Natalie Dudek† Arthur and Elizabeth Duquette Audrey Eisenmann and David Pepperberg Ellen Feinstein and Adam Engle Erika Erich The Felder Family Nancy and Rick Firfer Jim and Shellie Fisch Mr. and Ms. Mark Fisher Lois Farrell Fisher Sally Fletcher † Jim and Yvonne Fogerty † Mike and Karen Folk Rebecca and Barry Friedland Joanne Benazzi Friedland June Freidlich Jim Gattone Edward and Dawn Gershman William J. Gibbons Joseph Glaser and Jessica Schneider Glaser Keith Goggin Jaye and John Golanty † Karen M. Goldstein† Leo and Linda Gordon Chester Gougis and Shelley Ochab Phoebe and Archie Graber † John S. Mrowiec and Karen Granda Dedrea Gray Dr. Kitty Green James and Lynn Grogan† Mr. and Ms. Dave Grossman

Marie Gunn† Kim and Randy Hack Mr. and Mrs. Ray Hacker † Linda Halperin Bill Hamilton Chester and Phyllis Handelman Rachel Hatch Jean Hawkinson Christie Hefner Ms. Marilyn Hirsch and Mr. Zvi Noy Anne Linsdau-Hoeppner and Walter F. Hoeppner III Patrick and Kristina Hourihane Marlene Howell Karen Hunken† Patricia Hurley Jean Perkins and Leland Hutchinson Tim Jackson and Dana McKenna† Paul Jeffries Ms. Rachelle Jervis Mr. Scott Johnstone Todd and Jennifer Jones Laura and Eric Jordahl Janelle S. Joseph Melvin and Annie Kahn Mr. And Mrs. David Katz Charles Katzenmeyer Polly Kawalek Dr. Susan A. Kecskes† Rita Kerns Jeffrey Kerr Mr. William Kerr David and Sharon Kessler Frank and Katherine Kinney † Sylvia and John Kinney Matt and Karen Klickman Ms. Monica Kline Mr. and Mrs. David Knapp Ms. Leslie Kondziela Electra D. Kontalonis Sherry and Alan Koppel Ms. Marilee Kovacs Rob and Laura Kozloff Ms. Kim Kumiega Terri Lacy Pamela K. Ladd George M. Langlois, Ph.D.† Melanie Larch and Rudy Panucci† Laura and Pat Lederer Peter and Judith Lederer Sheila Fields Leiter Catherine Leyser † Fran and Chuck Licht† Mr. Chris Liguori and Ms. Cathy Ross Stacy and Peter Lindau

Alec Litowitz and Jennifer Litowitz Peter Littlewood Mark and Carol Lorenz Stacy Lubs Ms. Julia Luscombe Karyn Lutz David Marker and Georgann Joseph George and Nancy Matkov Sheila and Mark Matuscak Robert and Eleanor M. McAllister Mike and Cindy McCabe Cathy and Mark McKee† Sheila and Harvey Medvin Ms. Blythe Mendelson Mr. and Mrs. Mike Mercurio Susan Messing Margaret Minneman Chris Mollet and Lynne LaJone Rick and Joyce Morimoto† Joan Neil Wendy Norris Emily and Henry Neuberger Terri and Chuck Nevins Michael and Charlotte Newberger Lynne Considene Nieman Jim Norman Mr. and Mrs. Charles Norwesh Susan and Larry Nutson Mary Pat O’Brien John and Joy O’Malley Mr. Tom O’Neill and Ms. Ann David Roberta Olshansky Shawna and Jay Owen Ms. Savi Pai Ms. Diana Palomar Scott Jana R. O’Brien and Wayne T. Parman John and Roberta Paskvalich Doug and Jenny Patinkin Thomas Pawlik and Ava Cohn Susan A. Payne Lynn and Mel Pearl Mr. Tom Pearl John Pintozzi Frank C. Pond† Sylvia J. Pozarnsky and Tom Riley V. Pristera, Jr.† Jeff and Susan Rashid Vladimir and Deb Rasin Gabriel and Dorit Raviv Bill and Tracy Reeder P. Kevin Reidy Lisa Remby Richard and Susan Rieser Stephen and Caryn Robin

Steve Rodichok and Renee Gattone† Honey and Howard Rosenfeld Mrs. Donald S. Roth Chaya and Walter Roth T. Marshall Rousseau Ms. Shilpa Rupani Sujaya and Prem Rupani Diana and Ed Ruthman Dan Sackett† Bettylu and Paul Saltzman John R. Samolis Mr. John Sandwickand Ms. Cynthia Van Osdol Mr. Hari Santhanam Brett Saternus and Elizabeth Marklein Jane E. Schaafsma Jim and Marguerite Schellentrager Allison and Charles Scherer Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Schewe Cynthia Schilsky Ms. Marian Schulz Susan J. Schwartz Richard and Betty Seid Ms. Erica Semrad Leslie Shad and Joe Brennan Luna Okada and Wynn Sheade† Mr. Richard Smart and Ms. Sheila Owens Ms. Melissa Smith Ron Sorini and Desiree Tucker-Sorini Stephen Spigel and Diana Williams Seena and Carey Stein Cathy and Jon Stein† Doris Sternberg Mr. Todd Stofflet and Mr. Jason Stevens Jeff and Tondra Stoller † Mr. Jason Brett and Dr. Lauren Streicher Larry E. Stuckey II Yvonne Sutor † Vivian Tedford Jeff Thomas and Rebecca Coleman† Ms. Christine Thompson Richard Tobiason† Mr. and Mrs. Tony Toulouse Edward and Edith Turkington Anne Van Wart and Michael Keable Sue Vondran† Mark D. Wachholz† Lillian and Steven Walanka Laura and Bob Watson† Elissa B. Weaver

Mr. Chuck Wehland and Ms. Gina Tabacchi Hava and Ariel Weissberg Adam and Jamie Weyeneth John W. Wheeler Chris Whyde and Matthew Philip† Joanne Wiedemann-Wolf Barbara Wilder † Andre Williams Gary and Modena Wilson† Matthew Wilson and Anne Posner Ward Wilson Ms. Caitlin Winkworth Jodie Winnett† Esther and Stanley Wojcicki Ms. Sarah R. Wolff and Mr. Joel L. Handelman Jeff and Claudia Wood Mr. John Wunderlich Stephanie Yancey Scott Yoder and Kelly Robertson-Yoder Liang Zhang Designers ($250 – $499) Anonymous (46) Linda Loving and Richard Aaronson Thomas W. Abendroth and Terri L. Mascherin Fadi Abuelroos Patti Acurio Jeannie L. Adams Ms. Deborah Ader Judith Adler Mary Lee and Ryan Kruidenier † Craig Ahmer † Philip and June Aimen† Ava and Jake Aldebert† Thomas B. Aldrich III and Monica Jung Mr. Adham Aljahmi Douglas W and Susan J Allen Ms. Sandra Allen Donna Gay Anderson Mary and Paul F. Anderson Roni Anderson Cedric H. Antosiewicz and Margaret M. Gudenas Mr. Mario Aranda Mr. and Ms. Clark Ardern Ms. Jennifer Arneson Nathan D. Arnold† Jean Arrington Deborah Ashen and Cara Meiselman† Jessica Ashley and Ethan Ashley-Ferguson† Kathleen Austin† Linda A. Bacci†

David Bailey and DJ Trela† Ann Baker Spencer and Daniel Baker Michael and Julie Baker † Ann and William Baker John and Sharon Baldwin Daniel Alan Balsam JC Bardzil† Leslie and Bill Barker M. Z. Barnes Joan Barnhart† Mia A. and Scott Bass Christina Batorski Stephanie and Barry Batson† Ms. Laura Battigelli Laura M. Batzer † Thomas Bearrows and Holly Hirst Heather Becker Mr. and Mrs. Eric Belcher Janet Belsky and Sheldon Gertzfeld† Mr. Brad Bemiss and Katie Weaver Julie and Howard Benario Katie Benedict Tanya Bennett R.L. Benton John and Taru Berg Ms. Emily Berk Julian and Joan Berman Zina Berman Mr. Jonathan Berry Ms. Stacia Beyl Ms. Sherry Bicak Lois and Stanley Birer Nathan Birnberg Dee and Dick Bittman John Blackburn and Bill Gilmer Frances and Ed Blair Terry Blake and Deborah Maue† Bernard and Nancy Blayer Laura and Richard Blessen† Blitzke and Grogan† Andrew Block and Julie Nerenberg Mr. David Blowers Jr. Anthony Boggiano Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Bolas The Bots Family † Bob and Sue Bowker Jeff Boyce† Kathryn and Carl Boyens Michael and Kate Bradie† Kevin and Michele Bradley † Ms. Miriam Braganza Dr. Michael C. Branch M.D.† Mrs. John J. Bransfield, Jr. Marjorie Bransfield

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Karen Breen Elia and Louis M. Elia† Marissa and Tim Brinkley Tim Brogla and Laura Demoor Betty Brooks Frank Brooks and Andrea Twiss-Brooks† Paul Brown Tom and Mary-Doug Brown William and Margaret Brown Ed Bucher † Rony and Tom Buckley Rita Buczynska Megan Bui† Ms. Caroline G. Burns Dr. Steven R. Bussolari John Byrd John and Libby Cady Mr. Thomas Campbell Barry Joseph Carlson Fairbank and Lynne Carpenter William and Nancy Casey Gadiel Castro-Zapataand Andrew McLaughlin Damon Cates and Gabriel Stanek† Helen and Paul Chang David Chaudoir † Stephen and Jane Chernof Julie Chernoff Lisa Chigas Anthony Churchill† Richard Clarey Bente Clausen† Ide Cohen James Cohn Natale A Coleman† Mr. and Mrs. Terrance Coleman Viki Conner † Eduardo and Caroline Conrado† Karen Cooper Michael and Cynthia Cooper John Costello and Sally Clair Mr. Roy Cowell Julie Cozette and Family † Amelia Crabtree Sidney Cristol Rosalind Jones Crosby † Colin and Teri Cross Deborah and Bruce Crown Catherine Yeo† Bradley and Allyson Cunningham Judy and Arthur Curtis† Jennifer L. Cusack and Dean P. Jones† Conway and Elinor Dahmer James and Donna Daly Ms. Jane Davenport Dave and Mary Jo Orkowski†

Mr. and Mrs. Ted Davidson Anne Megan Davis Drew Davis and Amelia Runyan† Barbara L. Dean Roxanne Decyk and Lew Watts† Brian Dennen Matthew J. Devereux Mr. Joseph Devlin Edward Dobbins Dr. William and Phyllis Dobrin Laura Cain Ms. Katie Doyle Charles and Linda Dresner John Druien Robert Druzinsky and Renee Friedman† Ms. Lourdes Duarte Eileen and Howard Dubner Susan Duman† Barbara Dunn† Mr. and Mrs. Jon R. Dutcher David and Alexandra Earle Wiley and Merry Edmondson Estia Eichten and Deborah Eichten Eric Eisenberg† Marci Eisenstein Molly Rose Elkins-Ryan Mr. And Mrs. Mike Ellin Deane Ellis Ms. Julie Ellis Mark and Mary Anne Emmons† James and Kelly Epstein Ms. Maria Escobedo and Mr. Wade Birnbaum Joan and John Fadden Edith and Gerald Falk David and Loren Farmer Stephen Fedo D Matthew Feldhaus Ms. Laura Ferrell and Mr. Grant Riedesel Liz Fisher † Sara Stern and Ted Fishman† Catherine S. Flanagan John and Patti Flanagan Ms. Thea Flaum Moss Fletcher † Roberto and Antonina Flores† Bernadette Foley and Richard Landgraff † Paul Fong Tali Forest-Smith† Ms. Elizabeth Foster John and Adrian Foster Timothy and Janet Fox Frederick Frankel† Dr. and Mrs. James Franklin Dr. Wayne Franklin Rachel and Jimmy Freund

Susan and Sy Frolichstein Julie Funke Ms. Amy J. Fyfe† Patrick and Alexandra Gaddie† Robert and Cathy Galligan Joseph and Christina Galvin† Jim Gaughan and Ann Hoffmann Paul and Audrey Gaynor Michael Gebel† Ms. Ebba Gebisa and Mr. Euler Bropleh Sam Gedymin† Mark and Bonnie Gehrman Hank and Sandy Gentry Gwen Geraghty † Jacob Gerber † Thomas and Patricia Germino† Ms. Anne Giffels Clark and Nancy Gilpin Carlen Gilseth† Diane Glickman Lynne M Glovka Sue Golan Mr. and Mrs. David Golder Deena and Larry Goldman Dr. Deirdre Dupre and Dr. Robert Golub Jessica L. Gonzalez Mr. Charles Goodman Mr. Mark Gordy Mr. and Mrs. Jay Gottlieb Mr. Duane Goucher Heidi Graham Patricia Graham Kenneth E Grant III† Paula Grasso Michele and Joseph Greskoviak† Mr. Christopher Griffin Craig A. Griffith Paul Gruber Millie Gunn Jan Schoonover Dr. and Mrs. John W. Gustaitis Ruth Ma† Kathleen Hagerty Robert and Patricia Hahn Mr. Ben Hall Donald and Susan Hallberg Ted and Kathleen Halloran Harry and Lynn Halme Bob and Melanie Halvorson† Adnaan Hamid and Elissa Efroymson Larry Hamilton and Ann Hicks† Dr. Raymond and Arlene Handler Amy Hanley † Tom and Virginia Hartley † Mr. Jeffrey Hartney Julianne Hartzell Mr. and Mrs. Donald Harvey

Ms. Hamed Hashmy Mr. Joe Hasman Richard Hatton† Derrick, Cara and Evelyn Hawthorne† Diana J Healy † Albert and Amy Heber † Charsetta Henderson Ms. Mary Ellen Hennessy Pat and Ron Henning Lynne Hensel and Larry Kameya† Nancy and Dale Hershfield Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Hession† David and Patricia Hight Fred Hill Joal Hill† Linda and John Hillman Mr. Kevin Hlevka Vivian and Dave Hock Elizabeth and Dan Hodos† Donald and Janet Hoeg Kathryn and Bruce Hoffman† Terence Hogan Megan Holmes Mr. and Mrs. James Holzhauer Lisa Hopp† Mary Horgan† Paula Horowitz and Joe Knotts† Leigh and John Hourihane Karen and Bob Howard Thomas and Karen Howell William and Dana Hub† Robin and Harry Hunter Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hutchinson† Jim and Joyce Ibers Jorge and Beatriz Iorgulescu Mr. George Irwin Terry Jackson† Dr. Angela James Frank James Mr. and Ms. Matthew James Ms. Kathryn Janus Irene Jarmulska† Patricia A. Jiganti Ms. Olivia John McKinley Johnson Whitman Johnson† Sharon R. Johnston Ericka Jones Ora and Courtney Jones Daniel and Mary Ann Jordan Janet and Carl Kalbhen Tom and Esta Kallen Gregory and Marissa Kalman Fran and Harvey Kaluzna Joseph J. Kane Olwyn J. Kane Suzanne Kanter Roy and Judy Kass

Loreta Kavaliunas† Francis and Sherri Kelch† Marcus Kelley † Ms. Mary Kemen Jeffrey S Kennedy † Linda Kenney Jill Talley and Tom Kenny Bonnie Kepplinger Lucy Kereta-Bloch† Seema Khan† Marjorie Killeen Linda Belan and Vincent Kinehan† Valerie King M. Barry and Diane Kirschenbaum Micah Klussmann† Mr. Justen Knight John Kobza Carrie Koczen† Amy Kohn Ms. Linda Krivkovich Ms. Patricia Kronberg Scott and Julie Krueger † Matt and Jen Kueker † Ron Kuka Libby Roth and Bob Kunio† Mary Ann Kupferberg† Walter and Elaine Kurczewski Ms. Carolyn Kurtz and Mr. Gary Steinberg† Marvin and Carol Lader Mr. Kurt Lagerloef † Steve LaHaie Ed and Bettine Landon† Patricia Lauber Peter and Shirley Dugdale Laundy Bob and Pat Lavey † Catherine and Peter Lawler Melinda Lawrence and Rolando Acosta† Mr. John Leanse Bill Lee and Malinda Hamann Yohannan Lee† Linda Legner Ms. Pamela Lenane Jeffrey and Elise Lennard Wallace and Carol Lennox Steven Leon Dr. and Mrs. Harvey J. Levin Mr. Robert Levinson Mr. and Mrs. Mark Levitin Gregory Lewis and Mary Strek Steve Jacobson and Felicia Libbin Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lichter Drs. Leonel and Christine Limonte† Lynn Liston and Patrick C. Littlejohn†

Jessica Litman and Jonathan Weinberg Margit “Maggie” Livingston† Louise and Gershon Locker Renee Logan Dr. Brian and Ms. Karen Lohrbach† David and Jean Long† Katherine M. Lorenz Maggie and Tom Lovaas Amanda Love and Brian Fuller Jeff and Nancy Lowenthal† Judy and George Lowman Sherry Lundell Carrie McNally and Rick Maechling† Mr. and Mrs. William Mahoney Drs. Harris and Phoebe Mainster Howard And Sandra Mandell Sandra Mangurian Samantha and David Mann Wendy Manto† Steve and Melissa Marovich Ed and Linnea Martin† Ms. Stephanie Marum and Mr. Hugh Amano Ms. Leslie Mastroianni Lisa Mayntz and Bill Blidy Mary McArthur and John Hawes Charles McCaa† John M. McCabe Sean Sneal McCarthy † Tanner McCleerey † Dr. and Mrs. McCormick† C. A. McElligott† Ms. Lynn Mcgovern and Mr. Jim Jann Lilian McGrady Paul and Lisa McGrady † Gene Harlow and Jackie McGrath† Mary and Dan McGuire Therese McGuire and Rob Porter Michael and Liz McHugh† Sara McIntosh Maureen McIntyre† Ms. Helen Mehler Allyson Metcalf and Brian Tennison† David and Linda Metschke† Ms. Beverly Meyer Charles and Sylvia Meyers† Bruce and Theresa Michaelson Mr. Paul Michihara Daniel Miles and Ms. Ann Singer Mia and Jonathan Miller † Sheba Miller-Morris Kerry Miller and Nina Kavin Ron and Pat Miller Ryan and Ginger Miller

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Sandy and Scott Miller † Suzanne H. Milton† Cynthia M. Minta Dawn Bless† Mr. Brent Mix and Ms. Stacy O’Connell Chris and Kathe Monley † Montgomery Family † Sarah Hunter and Luis Montgomery Jolanta Moore† Oliver Moore† Ms. Christina Morgan Tracy Morgenroth† Jodi A. Morton† Dr. and Mrs. Martin Mozes Shellane Mulcahy Mark and Lori Muller Sue Mullins† Patrick Mulville Ajay and Preeti Nagarkatte Josette and Wallace Nard Elke Aippersbach and Piers Nash† Randy Nease Katie Nee† Jessey Neves Tom and Julia Nicholas Ms. Beth Nier Grant Niewinski Ellen Norris† Maciek and Katie Novak Kim A. Nugent Ann and Dan O’Brien Mr. and Mrs. James O’Connor Paul B. O’Flaherty, Jr. Dennis J. O’Keefe and Mary Jo Barrett Nancy and Myles O’Reilly † Larry and Barbara Olin Ms. Elizabeth Oliver Chris Olson and Dave Field Bruce Oltman Mr. Schuyler Opila Jamie and Anita Orlikoff † Michael and Cynthia Owsley Sloane Ozyurt Family † Frances and William Paden Ronna Page† Deborah Page Carrie and Scott Palmer † Kate Patterson Peggy Paulsen Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Pearsall Lucas Pearson Raymond Olson and Paula Pederson

Ron Pegram† William and Judith Pesetski David and Lindsey Peters Robert C. Peterson Foo Pham Alex and Julie Philbrick† John Phillips† Linda Piccolo Laura Pichon† Barb and Ned Piehler Roberta Pierro andDaniel Pierro Suzan and William Pinsof Mike and Shannon Piotrowski† Polymath Theatre Company Andy and Brynne Poole Camelia and Andrei Pop† Andrew Sullender † Mr. and Ms. Michael Portillo Ms. Marcy Posner Mr. and Mrs. Jim Powell Mr. Miles Simmons and Mr. Richard Powell Nick and Sharon Powills Nalini and Josh Prakash Hart† Seamus Prendergast† Jennifer and Peter Preston Jean and Preston Price Mr. Daniel Pritscher and Ms. Elizabeth Lewis Bernard and Joan Rabinowitz Harold And Erica Ramis Carolann Randall Bridget and Louis Ray Elizabeth Raymond and Paul Hybel Dr. and Mrs. Loris Rayner Mr. Michael E. Reed Octavia Reese† Jennifer Reilly Stephanie Reinhart † Clisson and Patricia Rexford James R. Richardson Dr. Edward O. Riley Paul Rink Bill and Deborah Roberts Lisa Roberts† Chloe Robinson† Joseph A Rochetto and Arthur H Anderson Sandra and Jeffrey Rochman Mary Lu and Kenneth Roffe Susan W. Rogaliner Anthony Rojas and Patricia Freda† Dr. Daniel A. Roller and Ms. Lynn A. Hellwig Mrs. Sarene L. Rosen Mr. and Mrs. Alan Rosenberg Bernie and Judy Rosenstein

James Rosenthal Linda and Ronald Rosenthal† Mr. Robert Rosner Joseph Ross† Mr. Mark Rotblatt Lisa Roth Michael and Bonnie Rothman Mr. and Ms. Doug Rowe Louis and Julie Rubin Susan B. Rubnitz Ray and Ann Rusnak Bill and Jeri Russell† Mr. and Ms. John Russell Jo Rydholm Mr. and Mrs. John Sabl John and Eileen Saksa Van and Sue Salmans Lamont Samuels Stephen and Leatrice Sandler Sheldon and Lynne Sandman Andria Sandora† Christopher and Ann Marie Saternus Robert and Mary Ann Savard† Curt Schade Sue Tobias and Alan Schapiro Bob Schiewe† Alice and Don Schindel Fran and David Schneider Cynthia Scholl Stewart and Marta Schrader † Richard and Mary Beth Schumacher † Mickey Schwab Linda and John Scott† Scott Seifert Ms. Catherine Seigle Carmita and George Semaan Jeremiah and Caroline Seraphine† Ms. Jill Severino Margaret Shaklee David Shanahan Eve Shapiro† Jeffrey S. Sharp and Elizabeth D. Sharp David and Kimberly Shaw Mike and Kim Shean† Jack and Meggan Shedd Cathy Shelko† Michael Shelton and Merideth Burkart† Timothy Sherck† David and Sheila Shifrin Andrew Shih† Bradley and Ellen Shorser Margaret and Alan Silberman Scott Silberstein Professor Laurel Sillerud

Paul and Sue Silverman† Ms. Chandra Simmons Andy and Laurie Simon George and Lynne Simon Aaron Sin† Mr. and Ms. Jim Sisco Patricia Costello Slovak Janet Carl Smith and Mel Smith Sean and Jilliann Smith† Kevin Smith Jackie Snuttjer † Raymond Socki† Lawrence and Shirley Solomon Julie B Aimen-Spangler and Gary Spangler Dusica Korda-Sparks and James C. Sparks Jo and George Spindler Patricia Staab Mrs. Stacy Stahl Rebecca Stanfield† Ms. Joan Steele Nikki and Fred Stein Professor Andrea Stevens Kelly Stonebraker and Deborah Stonebraker Michael Stormont† Andrew and Dr. Jessica Strang† Jason Strongin† Linda and Stephen Sullivan Sondra L. Summers E.J. Sutton† Sue Swinger-Ellbogen† Sylvia Szewczyk and Wojciech Piton Obie and Peter Szidon Anne Taft Ms. Stephanie and Mr. Joe Taiber Elaine Taylor John R. and Catherine Taylor Susan C. Taylor † Taylor Tefft Dick and Alice Teutsch Carl Thelander William and Diana Thomas† Doug and Anne Thompson† Chase Thompson† Sue and Jim Ms. Karen Topham Bruce and Jan Tranen Carol D. Trapp Joseph Singer and Mish Tworkowski Carissa van Ausdall† Lisa Vandermark Mary Vanecko† Martha VanNess Gabriella Vargo and Anna Vargo† Bruce and Rebecca Varner † Ronald and Catherine Vaughn

Alicia T. Vega and Sofia G. Sarabia† Kathryn Vehe† D. Vilmin Patricia Viniard† Charlie and Marcia Vinopal† Ron Volanti Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Chip Von Weise Gina Carballo and Justin Voshell Paul D. Waas Mrs. Jimmye Wade Dr. David Walega Marsie Wallach Ms. Colleen Walsh William and Patricia Walsh Karen and Herb Wander The Warren Tannehill Family Mr. Jerry Warren Mr. David Waud Mr. and Mrs. Eric Wegener Michael Weiland and Shelley MacGregor Alan and Boni Weinstein Marjorie Weiss† Ms. Sharyn Weiss Kal Wenig John Wheeler and Kristine Stelzer Lisa and Randy White James Wicklund Larry and Susan Wikman Paige Winburn† Mr. and Ms. Justin Winerman Yael and Alex Winkler Ruth Winter Iris S. Witkowsky Lawrence Wojcik Coleman Wolf and Ellen Chapelle† Stephanie Wolf † Scott and Pegg Woodby † Mr. Craig Wortman James and Kelly Wyatt Carol N. Yamamoto Dick Yankow Rodney and Susan Yergler † Ms. Denise Young Dr. James Young Judith Youngs David and Nikki Zarefsky Mary Ann Zarkin† Daniel Ziembo and Nancy Cook Tighe Zimmers Mark and Margie Zivin David and Elizabeth Zott Players ($150 – $249) Anonymous (29) Mr. Salahuddin Abbasi Mr. David Abrams and Ms. Cynthia Bemis Abrams

Nancy Abshire Mr. and Mrs. Larry Adelman Mark and Kathleen Aghakhan Ms. Joan Akalaonu Ken and Mary Ellen Alexander Roslyn Alexander Allan Alson and Sue Ann Glaser Autumn R. Anderson Gary Anderson and Diane Graziano Alfred Andreychuk and Allan Deptula Jurgis and Dalia Anysas Mr. Matt Arcaro Mr. Rex Babiera Alexandra Bachhuber Meredith A Banta Cindy Barbera-Brelle Dr. Bruce and Sally Bauer † Colleen O’Brien and Mike Becker Lawrence Bell Amy Beltemacchi Kathryn Benish Anne H. Berenberg Neil Berezowitz James and Allison Bernard Jane E. Berry Mary Anne and Joe Bigane Benjamin Birch Frances Bishop Nancy Bishop John and Sue Blair Dan Bleil Frima H. Blumenthal Sam Blustein Claudia and John Boatright Don and Linda Bolte Sharalyn Borchers Willard and Helen Boris David and Cheryl Bradford Andrea Brands Judith and Harold Bregman Thomas Brejcha Mrs. Meg Breslin Beth Sprecher Brooks Evelyn G. Brown Mr. Howell Browne Dr. Marc Brunelle and Mr. Michael Drabant Rebecca Burke Janet Burroway and Peter Ruppert† Richard Butler Toni and Mike Cainkar Amy Kruzan Callahan Judy Cape Richard Carlin Cinthia Carter † John and Joyce Cassel

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Mr. Bobby Caton and Mr. Michael Parlett Rosalyn Chi Gerry and Carol Chrisman Mr. Kurt Christoffel Dr. Elizabeth T. Clark Dr. and Mrs. Robert Clark Julane Clarke† Kimberly Clawson† Thomas and Bette Cogan Marvin R. Cohen Peter and Judith Connolly † Nelda J Connors Mr. Lawrence Cook Dr. Michael K Coots Denise and John Corkery Laura Corona† Anne Coughlan and Phi and Theo Bulani Tracey Coyne Norma I. Crane Shirley Craven, Ph.D. Mr. Jerry Culver and Mr. Dom Merritt Mr. Mark Curran Laurna Czajka Alecia Dantico Margaret and John Dantico Laura M. Davis Mrs. Edith F. De Mar Phyllis Deerinck Don and Linda Dean Brian Delker † Michelle and Christopher DeMent Luke Derheimer Michael and Colette Dever Annette and Ron Dluger Christopher and Kathryn Dore Joshua and Natalie Dranoff Judy and Jerry Drommerhausen Mr. Paul Dufallo Ms. Mary Duffy Will Dunne Suzanne Dupre Mr. and Mrs. Marcel Durot John and Pat Dyble Victor and Joyce Dye Dr. and Mrs. Michael J. Dziallo Wendy Eager Jeanene Ebert Sharon Eiseman and Noel Hertz Nancy Felton-Elkins and Larry Elkins Dale and Jo Ann Engquist Helmut and Susanna Epp Arlene and Herbert Erlbach Ed Everett Carole Feiger

Carla Feinkind Deb Feldman Drs. Richard and Roberta Feldman Toni and Joel Fenchel KC Ferguson Robert and Kathleen Fife Rose Mary Finnegan Hannah Fitch Debbie Fitzgerald Mary Krigbaum and Patrick Fitzgerald Jeanne Flosi David Flynn† Ms. Susan Flynn Mr. Ben Forcey Jeff and Julie Forgash Mr. Alan Forsyth Patricia Forsythe J.P. Fowler Ms. Kim Fox-Gunderson Ms. Cynthia France Kim and Alan Frankel† Gillian Goern and Roark Frankel† Rhona and Julian Frazin Lauren Freedman and Najib Habiby Bill and Nancy Freitag Roselyn L. Friedman Scott and Carrie Froseth Noelle Gaffney Dr. and Mrs. Dennis Galinsky Barb Gam Tagge Raymond and Patricia Gass Barbara J. Geist Nancy Gidwitz Geoffrey L. Gifford Daniel Gilmour Ian and Sheila Gladding Gerry and Stan Glass T Mo Glass Howard and Anneliese Glick Martin and Cathy Glickman Helen Goch Sheri Godda† Robert Goldberg and Dodie Weinstein Ms. Catherine Goldhaber Kevin Goldstein and Sarah Fox Barbara Goncalves Sandra and James Goodman Joyce and William Gordon Tamar Gorenyuk Joanne Graham Robert M. Green Susan Griffin† Merle K. and Barry Gross Nathan and Evelyn Grossman Mr. Gregor Gruenthaler

Eileen Guevara and Joseph Mayer Joan and Guy Gunzberg John and Donna Guydan Mr. Bruce Handler Dr. Bruce Harmon Marlon Harris and Njeri Parker † Carol and William Harrison† Dr. Marsie Hass and Dr. Scott Hite Douglas Hatler Dave and Mary Hayes George Hedges Alison and Jim Heiser † Angeline Heisler Bonnie and Frank Henke† Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Herden Keisha Hester Ms. Barbara Hey Sebastian Hincapie† Dennis Hjelm Robert and Micky Holdsworth† Thomas and Louise Homberger Ms. Gayl Hopkins Jack and Bonnie Horbovetz Susan Horn and Don Honchell Mr. Melvin Houston The Hulett Family Robert Hussey Richard Hutner and Lena Motev Peter Ivanovich Chuck Jacobson and Mary Lou Vainsi Sheila and Jim Jesionowski Dennis Johnson Ruth Johnston† Andra Heller and Andy Jonusaitis Jessica Jorsch Heather Joys† Ms. Gloria Kaiser Mary Jo Kanady Norma and Nolan Kaplan Shelly Kaplan Jackie Kappus† Mr. and Mrs. James Kargman Jerry Karlin Mr. Josh Kaufmann Sandra Blau Andy and Max Kedrowski Brian Feiges and Tamar Kelber Mr. Robert Keller Mr. David Kelton Harry Kenny Steve Kerch† Leonard Kessler Rajiv and Roopla Khanna† Gregory and Cecilya Karas Joseph and Catherine King Joy King and Nicki Pieart

Eileen Z. Kleeberg Douglas and Catherine Knuth James Kochalka Susan B Kogan† Betty H. Kolb Erin Koppel Ms. Kathryn Korn Perry and Judy Kozicki Mr. James Kreidler Kris and Ed Gallagher Maria Kronfeld Joan Krysinski Ken and Janet Kubis Mr. Bernard W. Kyle Chuck and Diane Laff Mr. Robert A. Lane Nils and Stacey Larsen† Mr. Michael Laudone Annette and Olivia Lecompte and Pauline Horner Julia and Daniel Lee Elizabeth Leeth Jessica Lemon David Levin Marc and Cynthia Levin Michael and Cara Levinson Susan Levitt Ray and Norene Lewis† Mr. and Mrs. Paul Liebenson Lora Jane Lisle Mr. and Mrs. Burton Litwin Arthur and Barb Loevy Bill Luckey Thomas and Elizabeth Lyons Mardie MacKimm Jim Maclennan Lee and Madeline MacMillan Alice R. Macy Martin and Allison Malecki J. V. Malkovich Pat Mangan† Elaine and Art Margulis Matt and Heidi Martin† Tom and Robin Martin† Henry and Peggy Matson Mr. Robert Mattaliano Larry Mayer Ms. Sally McArdle Thomas and Barbara McCaffrey John McCambridge Nancy McCartan Ms. Regina McCrary Terrance and Jane McElroy Ryan and Claire McKenzie Denise and Barry McKeown Joan and Jock McLane Mr. Jace McMahon Julie and Brendan McMahon Robert and Lorel McMillan Mr. Jose Mendez

Mr. and Mrs. Jack Mentzer Michael and Nancy Merel Jess and Eric Mersmann Dean A. Miller and Martha H. Swift Barbara and Jeffrey Modlin Ron and Barbara Moline† David Mondragón† Ms. Anne Mongoven Brian Weatherford and Steven Montgomery Timothy Moon† Melinda Moore J. Clifford Moos Mr. Daniel Moren Ms. Mary Louise H. Morrison Beverly and Dale Mortensen David and Linda Moscow Lisa Moss Mary Ellen Murphy Karen Muth Jane Myers and Walter Myers William and Frances Myers Jenny Nagaoka and Bart Longacre Kurt Nakaoka and Nancy Morris Vincent and Amy Narea Gavin Nelson† SaoMai Nguyenmau† Mark and Maggie Nichter † Karen Nickelson Craig and Jenny Niemann† Mr. Donald Niemann Joann and Leonard Noble† Carol L. O’Brien Ms. Mary Ellen O’Connell John M. O’Donnell and Bonnie L. Humphrey Jill and Ronan O’Donovan† Jennifer O’Neil Timothy O’Neill and Jane Rutherford Mr. Tom O’Sullivan Jeffrey Olsen Don A. Olson Kirsten Olson Peter and Alanne Ori Jonathan Orlove and Johanna Fraga Jerome and Kathryn Osen† Pilar Ossorio Jody Pabst Debra Parker Sarah Parker Mark and Mary Partridge Nick Patricca Dr. Steven and Mimi Binette Mr. and Mrs. James H. Pawlak Zack Payne† Ted Pearson†

Mr. Walter Penkala Ms. Monica Perelmuter Seymour and Jane Perkins Sarah Pesetsky Ross and Jackie Peterson Yasen and Bisa Peyankov Mike Pfeifer Mr. Pete Pieruccini Chrystin and Lonnie Pleasants† Ms. Vera Pless Ms. Marla Portman Kristina Postrero Eric Potash Michael Powell and Debora Boyda† Elaine and Ronald Prebish Lynn and Clayton Pruitt Ms. Marcia Purze Shelly Quiles† Karen and Mark Quinn Heidi Ralli Heather N. Ransom† Ms. Anne Rapp Dean Rapp Jason and Sarah Rasmusen Mr. Chuck Rebesco Mr. Dave Rice John and Lauren Rice Ed and Suzette Rickert Liv Rigdon† Sandi Riggs Ms. Alexandria Rinaldi Burt and Fran Rissman Regina Rivers† Fran Robertson Louis and Barbara Rocah David M Rodriguez Eve and Randy Rogers Juliette C. Romeo Tabitha Rooney Linda Rosenblum and Steven Swiryn Georgia Ross Phyllis B. Rubin Joseph D. Ruggirello Dario and Theresa Sacomani† Baybee Sandra† Patrick Sandercock and Dr. Carolyn Clayton Hunter Sanders Vijay and Mary Sarthy Mr. and Mrs. John Scala Tim and Sue Schell Richard Schieler The Schirato Family Ms. Nancy Schlack Rose Schmidt† Marilyn Low Schmitt† Frank and Karen Schneider Mrs. Margaret Schuring

† Step-by-Step We salute the individual donors who have committed to a recurring monthly or

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Cheryl M. Scott Thomas D. and Barbara Jo Scott Virginia and Solomon Secemsky Robert Connealy and Heather Seidelman† Ms. Merry Senchak Stephanie Sferra George and Lisa Shadid Marjorie P. Shafton Matti and Drora Shalev Ms. Sandra Shane-DuBow and Mr. Richard Hay Mr. Daniel Shapiro Linda and Mark Shapiro Elizabeth and Michael Shapiro† Gil Sharon and Ann Taylor Philip and Cheryl Sheridan† Brian and Melissa Sherman Karen Shields† Mr. and Mrs. William Shorey Ms. Culleen Siebert Joe and Terri Simchak† Ilene Simmons Joyce and Gene Simpson Ellen Mrazek and Daniel Slattery Ms. Kelly Smith-Haley Chuck Smith Mr. Larry K. Snider Ms. Maria I. Sobrero Malcolm Spector and Nancy Ludmerer Tim Speicher and Ellenkate Finley Bonnie Spring Shantha Sreekanth Dr. Lisa D. Stanford Lenette Staudinger Randy Steinmeyer Ms. Cynthia Stengel Joel and Kai Sternstein Ms. Barbara Stewart Gary N. Stone Kenneth and Desmona Strahan† Gordon Stroupe Mark and Irene Sudac Robin Klein and Bill Summers Dr. and Mrs. Arnold Sutker Mrs. Laura Swanson Michelle Sweet Heather Talbert William and Mary Tarnow Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Tatar Ms. Eva Taves Mr. Robert Taylor Ms. Laura Tenges Leonard and Bobbie Tenner Mr. Justin Terada Cheryl Thaxton† Ms. Liisa Thomas Floyd Thompson

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Nancie Noie Thompson Virginia Tobiason Mrs. Mary Ann Tolli Ms. Sue Tresselt Jane McIntyre and Joe Troccolo† Joanne Trudeau† Jim and Cora True-Frost Dana Turban Susan D. Tuteur Paule Verdier † John Viars† Butch and Debbie Viccellio Ms. Catherine Vincent Eugene and Sandra Wagner Kimberly Walker † Patrick Walsh Mr. Terrence M. Walsh Ms. Lee-Lin Wang Crawford and Barbara Ward Neil Warner † Paul Waterhouse Mark Watts Marc Weinstein and Martha Laffey Mrs. Lori Weinstock Ernie and Penny Weis Ann E. Weisman and Robert F. Szurgot Barbara A. Weithaus Wertz Family † Eileen Vavricek Steve and Bonnie Wheeler Dot and Dan Whittenberger Ms. Drenda Wiley D. Terry and Sharon Williams Sonya Williams, M.D.† Ms. Jill Willis Ms. Robin Wilson Dr. David Wise and Dr. Dianna Niebylski† Linda and William Woloshin John Woodyard and Patricia Taylor-Woodyard Ana D Wright† Mary Wylie Steve Yablong Maureen “Moe” Yanes Julie and Larry Zachary † Ms. Lauren Zadina Dr. Ronald Zank† Gloria Zieve Karen Zupko Stuart

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HONOR AND MEMORIAL GIFTS

IN-KIND CONTRIBUTORS

By making an honorary or memorial gift to Steppenwolf Theatre Company over the past year, the following individuals celebrated a special occasion or paid tribute to a loved one. Make an honorary gift by contacting Suzanne Miller at 312-654-5617 or smiller@steppenwolf.org.

Steppenwolf salutes the following individuals and organizations who donated significant goods and/or services.

In Honor of Mrs. Arney Kim Nugent In Honor of Kate Arrington Jean Arrington In Honor of Susan Berghoef Lisa Kornick In Honor of Henry Bienen Shirley and Patrick G. Ryan In Honor of Nancy Bishop Stephen Brod In Honor of Bob Bowersox and Melody Moore Stacy Stahl In Honor of Joseph Breslow Berle Blitstein and Marlene Breslow-Blitstein In Honor of Nora Daley Shawn M. Donnelley J.B. and M.K. Pritzker Family Foundation In Honor of Josephine Eva Desir Charlotte Durot In Honor of Amy Eshleman Brian Fabes and Lisa Schneider Fabes In Honor of Juliette Feld and Andrew Grossman Kenneth and Bonnie Feld In Honor of Jimmy Freund Maureen Eisenberg In Honor of Noreen Gallagher Deborah Levinson In Honor of Larry Gill Thomas and Linda White In Honor of Ren Habiby Lauren Freeman In Honor of David Hawkanson John and Carol Balcom

In Honor of Evan Hatfield Frank Chanen In Honor of Stephanie Heller Terrence Walsh In Honor of the Lefkofskys and Kalts Laura and Scott Eisen In Honor of Debbie Marchese Marilyn and Larry Fields In Honor of Leslie Mastroianni Jennifer Baryl In Honor of Jan Melk Richard and Katie Gottfred In Honor of Emily Moss and Josh Engel Michele Heist In Honor of Lynn Lockwood Murphy Liz Morgan In Honor of Deborah Quazzo Antonia Contro In Honor of Cari Sacks Madeleine Grynsztejn In Honor of Bruce Sagan and Bette Cerf Hill Anita and Jamie Orlikoff In Honor of David Schmitz Greg Cameron and Greg Thompson Michele and George Dragisity In Honor of Matthew Shapiro and Jacqueline Podewils Jo Rydholm In Honor of Eli Spiegel Donna Spiegel In Honor of Sai Vavricek Eileen Vavricek In Honor of Susan Warrington Barbara C. and Richard C. Barrett Marilee Kovacs

In Memory of George S. Brengel Janyce D. Brengel In Memory of Patricia E. Domine Lori Koetters and Brian Smith In Memory of Jill Harper John Swadener and her friends In Memory of Kati Hastings Anonymous In Memory of Norton H. Kay Sandra Blau In Memory of Lillian Laudone Michael Laudone In Memory of Myrna Lord Marti Zelikoff In Memory of Abby S. Magdovitz-Wasserman Dr. David Wasserman In Memory of John Mahoney Mark and Frances Mann Richard Turner Jennifer Yven In Memory of Mariann Mayberry Daniel Alan Balsam Ruth Mandel In Memory of Henry Ross Benjamin and Emily Bunker In Memory of Rose L. Shure Shure Incorporated In Memory of Jack B. Stanford Dr. Lisa D. Stanford In Memory of Kari Timm Jill O’Donovan In Memory of Diane M. Walch Erich Walch In Memory of Nancy Wald Albert Wald In Memory of Diane Zientek The Schirato Family

MARIANN MAYBERRY AWARD FUND DONORS We thank the following individuals for celebrating the legacy of ensemble member Mariann Mayberry with a gift to this fund, which assists Steppenwolf staff in pursuing creative endeavors, mitigating financial hardship, and facing life’s challenges.

Anonymous Douglas Brown and Rachel Kraft Carole Collins Barbara Gaines Dawn Marie Galtieri Carrie and Jay Gleason Sheila Gleason Joel Hatch Christine Heydt

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Melissa Hollander Robert Humphrey Geraldine Jaeck Scott Jaeck Ted and Shirley Klinka The Mayberry Family Linda McCullum Bruce Norris Kimberly Osgood

Cary Schneider Gary Sinise and Moira Harris Ronald and Ruth Spargo Tahlula Spivy Freya Weberman Martha and Eric Wegener Marja Wilkens Menecy Wilson Dennis Zacek and Marcelle McVay

57th Street Wines Ambassador Chicago Jennifer G. Baryl Rick and Deann Bayless Beyond Events Catering Kevin Boehm The BOKA Restaurant Group Lin Brehmer Ebs Burnough & Pierre Lagrange CH Distillery Josh Charles The Chicago Cubs Chicago Council on Planned Giving ClientFirst Consulting Group Michael Courier Photography Michelle A. DeMent Evolution Interiors Exelon and Mary Ludford Frost Lighting Co. of IL, Inc. Johnny Galecki Robbie Gordy & Christie’s Auction House John Goodman Goose Island Beer Company

Graycor, Inc. John Hart, Hart Davis Hart Wine Co. Hall’s Rental Service Armie Hammer Jon Michael Hill HMS Media Hotel Lincoln Imperial Crane Services Inc. Insomnia Cookies Tom Irwin Rob Katz Terry Kinney Chef Michael Kornick The Lambs Club at The Chatwal Donna La Pietra Lenovo Foundation Limelight Catering Lincoln Center Theatre Sandra Marquez Chef Jeff Mahin James Vincent Meredith Laurie Metcalf Omar Metwally Sandro Miller

Arian Moayed Motorola Mobility Foundation Amy Morton and Rob Milburn Partytime-HDO Productions, Inc. Peacock 9 Jeff Perry and Linda Lowy Zoe Perry POP Phylicia Rashad Chris Rock Scott Rudin and Joey Parnes Productions Schiff Hardin LLP Second Stage Theatre Company Anna D. Shapiro Tom Skerritt Namir Smallwood The Standard, East Village Theatre Development Fund United Airlines Vinci V.I.P. Valet Services, Inc. Whole Foods Lincoln Park

Please note that gifts listed above reflect contributions made as of January 31, 2018. Every effort is made to ensure that the information included in our program is accurate. If you have a question about your recognition or wish to alter your listing, please call the Individual Giving Department at 312-654-5617.

IN MEMORY OF THE LEADERSHIP OF MARTHA LAVEY We recognize the following supporters who honor the legacy of our former Artistic Director, Martha Lavey, with their generous contributions.

William Bogie Jeanne Connelly Mark and Linda Daly Emilie De Angelis and Bert Davenport Celia Donatio Matthew-Lee Erlbach William and Susan Flynn Alan Forsyth John and Katherine Fox Lloyd A. Fry Foundation Patti Eylar and Charlie Gardner Shirley Gourley John Hart and Carol Prins

Linda and John Hillman Sharon R. Johnston James A. Jolley, Jr. and R. Kyle Lammlein Charles Katzenmeyer Melanie Larch and Rudy Panucci Linda Legner Ruth Mandel Bob and Barb McCullough Jodi A. Morton Mary Ellen O’Connell Donald Park Nick Patricca Sylvia J. Pozarnsky and Tom Riley

South Suburban College Theatre Appreciation Class Vicki Stallman Sarah Stec and Doug Bobenhouse Michael Stolarski and Kim Steinke Magoo Stone Gordon Stroupe Joseph Singer and Mish Tworkowski Shahin Vakilzadeh Alma Washington Martha and Eric Wegener Lisa and Randy White Maureen “Moe” Yanes

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STEPPENWOLF ASSOCIATES Comprised of more than 100 young professionals, the Steppenwolf Associates work each season to raise funds for the Steppenwolf for Young Adults program. We salute the Associates for giving generously of their time and resources. Contact Karyn Oates at 312-654-6501 or associates@steppenwolf.org to become a Steppenwolf Associates member today.

Executive Officers Jonathan Blanc‡ Katherine Nardin‡* Aimee Graham‡ Marilynn Rubio‡ Shilpa Rupani Michelle Schlack‡ Rachel Henry ‡ David Wagener ‡ Founding Officers Marissa Bryce Nora Daley ‡* Executive Committee Carina Abbaticchio‡ Clyde C. Compton Jennifer Stuart Brittany White Harriet White Associates Board Members Carina Abbaticchio‡ Jonathan Blanc Isaac Colunga‡ Clyde C. Compton Aimee Graham‡ Rachel Henry ‡ Christine Hermosisima‡ Jeffrey Koh‡ Julia Luscombe Katherine Nardin Melissa Peralta Marilynn Rubio Shilpa Rupani Michelle Schlack‡ Jennifer Stuart Allan Waite David Wagener ‡ Brittany White Harriet White Andre Williams‡

Associate Members Joan Akalaonu Jenny Allen Chelsea Allison Richard Bailey Emily Berk Sarah Bordson Emily Brannon Kristen Brown Madelaine Bryen Nigel Caine‡ William Carpenter Bobby Caton Courtney Cherry Andrea Coutu Jerry Culver Amanda Daniels Phil DeBoer Kathryn Dhillon Robbie Ellis Ella Field Ellenkate Finley Rebecca Fons Sarah Fox Priya Fremerman Tara Gillespie Kevin Goldstein Elena Gottreich Jill Grant Elly Green Gregor Gruenthaler Jasmine Guy Rachel Hatch Peter Hegel Halley Hoffman Elizabeth Ingram Paul Jeffries Adam Keats‡ Ryan Kelley Jeff Kowalsky Katie Kowalsky Kevin Kurasch

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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.

Brienne Letourneau Laura Lewandowski Joanna Liff Bojan Manojlovic Dom Merritt Eleonore Moncheur Katherine Murphy Berit Ness Timothy Oravec Lauren Pace Michael Parlett Lauren Perlstein Matt Phelps Megan Pratt Rachel Rader John Reddan Rissa Reddan Joseph Richiusa Valerie Rivera Eugene Romanov Emily Roznowski Kathleen Sachs Stephanie Sexauer Daniel Shapiro Meredith Shippee Katie Smith Tim Speicher II Lisa Stevak Andrew Strenk Sarah Swain Hannah Swihart Joe Taiber Stephanie Taiber Vinay Vallabh Greg Veza Kevin Wender Kurt Wittmeyer Erica Yale Lauren Zadina Joanna Zak

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Accessibility at Steppenwolf

• Sign language-interpreted and open-captioned performances for guests who are deaf or hard of hearing.

Induction hearing loops in the 1700 and Downstairs Theatre

If you use a hearing aid or cochlear implant that has a T-Coil, feel free to turn it on for the performance! The 1700 Theatre and both levels of the Downstairs Theatre are equipped with induction loops. Individual portable neck loops are available in our Upstairs Theatre—just ask any member of the house staff if you’d like to use one. Steppenwolf’s induction loop was made possible in part by a generous gift from John Hart and Carol Prins.

Would you like to utilize or learn more about these services?

Audience Services 312-335-1650 | TTY 312-335-3830 | E-mail access@steppenwolf.org

Steppenwolf Customer Service Tips Driving to the theater? Rather than arriving to discover that our garage has reached capacity (which can happen during busy performances), please enter the Steppenwolf Parking Hotline (312-335-1774) into your cell phone and call us when you’re a few minutes away from the theater—we’ll tell you if there’s still space available in our facility, or suggest the most convenient alternative.

Spending your intermission in line at the bar?

Enjoy the entire break by ordering and paying for your intermission refreshments before the show.

When you exit the theater at the end of the first act, your drinks will be waiting for you.

Need restaurant information or the score of the ballgame? Please visit our book shop and information desk at the south end of the main floor lobby.

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a cab or calling a company, though, just ask a member of the house staff; we’re happy to help.

Lost or Found? On-site? Please check in with a member of the house staff. Already left?

Call the Front of House office at 312-932-2445.

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

Hailing a cab after the play? This is typically an easy affair—Halsted is a busy street and sees a fair amount of taxi traffic. If you’d like assistance hailing

Need to contact a patron during a performance?

If you need to contact a patron during a performance in our Downstairs or Upstairs Theaters, please call our Concierge Desk at 312-932-2476. Hours: one hour prior to curtain until 15 minutes after curtain call.

Photo/Video Disclaimer: During your visit, you or members of your family may be filmed, videotaped, and/or photographed by a Steppenwolf employee, contract photographer or the media. Your attendance at Steppenwolf events serves as permission for the use of your image, or the image of your family members,

by Steppenwolf.

Content Disclaimer: Steppenwolf does not offer advisories about subject matter, as sensitivities vary from person to person. If you have any questions about content, age-appropriateness or stage effects (such as strobe lights or theatrical fog) that might have a bearing on patron comfort, please contact the box office at 312-335-1650.

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