BJ Jones Timothy J. Evans ARTISTIC DIRECTOR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR presents

the World Premiere of

BY SELINA FILLINGER

DIRECTED BY BJ JONES

Scenic Design John Culbert, USA Costume Design Izumi Inaba Lighting Design Heather Gilbert, USA Original Music & Sound Design Andre Pluess, USA Production Dramaturg Lauren Shouse Casting Director Lynn Baber, CSA Production Stage Manager Rita Vreeland, AEA

Faceless is an original commission by Northlight Theatre.

OPENING NIGHT: FEBRUARY 3, 2017 At the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts in Skokie COLOR COLOR

PRODUCTION SPONSORS CAST & PRODUCTION

INDIVIDUAL PRODUCTION SPONSORS CAST (IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE) FREDDI GREENBERG AND DAN PINKERT Susaan Jamshidi*...... Claire Fathi Timothy Edward Kane*...... Scott Bader CORPORATE & FOUNDATION PRODUCTION SPONSORS Ross Lehman*...... Mark Arenberg Lindsay Stock...... Susie Glenn Joe Dempsey*...... Alan Glenn

Understudies: Dave Belden (Mark), Margaret Kellas (Susie), Billy Minshall (Alan), Blake Montgomery (Scott), Rosa SanMarchi (Claire) THE ELIZABETH F. CHENEY FOUNDATION Understudies will not substitute for listed players unless a specific announcement is made at the time of the performance. EDGERTON FOUNDATION FOR NEW PLAYS AWARD *Member of the Actors Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers.

OPENING NIGHT SPONSORS Faceless will be performed without intermission.

ADDITIONAL PRODUCTION STAFF

Projection Design...... Stephan Mazurek SEASON SPONSORS Assistant Director...... Egla Kishta Properties Master...... Mealah Heidenreich Production Assistant...... Katy Garcia Playwright Consultant...... Laura Schellhardt Dramaturg Assistant...... Jake Drummond

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THE SULLIVAN FAMILY THE OFFIELD FAMILY FOUNDATION FOUNDATION SPECIAL THANKS

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FROM THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

My great-grandfather Phillip Jones came to this country from Ireland where he found work putting the roof on the Biltmore House in Asheville, North Carolina. He met my great-grandmother, had his children, prayed to his God and found opportunity and a way to contribute to his new homeland. This month, his second great-great-grandson joined our family.

Selina Fillinger’s play feels more potent than ever. Recent events have shown that our country is not as inclusive or as compassionate as I like to think.

I’m afraid. I’m afraid for the marginalized, the isolated and the disenfranchised. And consequently, I’m afraid for all of us because we are all interconnected in profound ways. Alas, this election revealed many who don’t agree.

Join the And this feeling of divisiveness is what is creating fear and anger, it is causing violence and tragedy. It is undemocratic, and we need to fight to neighborhood keep our Republic alive. Dialogue and reasoned discourse are vital if we are to rise above the blunt and destructive policies of the past. Can we dinner party. not all have some respect for those whose views differ from our own?

Selina’s play wants us to overcome our fears, to fight for understanding In our neighborhood, dinner is a time when friends get together to enjoy and for the right to express one’s own religious beliefs without discrimination. The desire to connect to a higher power is a right for all of us; our country was founded on it. For many, that right provides the gift engaging stories and culinary delights. At both our fine dining and casual of hope for a better life and the promise of a peaceful eternity.

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INTERVIEW WITH PLAYWRIGHT SELINA FILLINGER The women in my play grapple with these same questions. They are often BY LAUREN SHOUSE, LITERARY MANAGER AND DRAMATURG the mouthpiece for my fears, my hopes, my hopelessness. Sometimes they are everything I’m afraid of becoming--greedy and selfish and paranoid; sometimes they are models of the kind of woman I hope to be--brave and Lauren (LS): What was the inspiration for compassionate and spiritual. this play? Selina (SF): It came to me the way most of LS: Why this play now? my play ideas come to me: a headline in the SF: Faceless definitely took on a new salience for me after the newspaper. Sometimes there’s a word or a election. We often speak about fanaticism in terms of religion, but usually picture that elicits a visceral response and my only as something that occurs “over there.” I think the recent presidential brain goes into overdrive, imagining context, campaigns and election are proof that corruption, propaganda, backstory, etc. In this case, I stumbled across manipulation, fear, money, hate, terror--they are very much alive and an article about an 18 year old white girl from kicking, even within our checked and balanced government. We can try Colorado who was arrested for trying to join to ignore that, we can call extremists “crazy,” but that does not make their ISIS. The whole story was so crazy to me, presence any less real or threatening. It’s time to take stock of how we got so I Googled “Americans joining ISIS” and here and make changes. immediately, dozens of articles popped up. I LS: What do you hope the audience will take away from this production? found out that over 250 Americans have joined Playwright Selina Fillinger SF: If the only thing people walk away with is a cursory knowledge of ISIS so far, and I became obsessed with the Islam, or terrorism, or the American judicial system, I would be content. idea of radicalization--how people radicalize, why people radicalize, the many guises radicalization can take. “Terror” But those are surface level issues. is such a buzzword now and we talk about terrorists as if they are always For me the play is about the fact that we can no longer afford to fight fear hooded figures murdering children. But what if they are children murdering with fear or hate with hate. The “War on Terror” is an oxymoron. There children? What if they are people who could have been productive has never been a war that reduced terror. There have been wars that were members of society but somehow fell through the cracks? Who’s fought for noble reasons, wars that saved many lives--but even in those responsible then? Those are the kinds of questions that launched my play. cases, both sides felt terror and both sides terrorized. Radicalization LS: How much research was involved in writing it? occurs when people are lonely, rejected, isolated, broken. I can’t believe SF: A tremendous amount. There is already so much misinformation in the that the solution to terrorism is to alienate more people or destroy more world about the subject matter that it was essential to put in the time to get lives. Our only option going forward is to commit to radical compassion. I it right. And there were a lot of areas to consider: legal procedure, insanity use the word radical because pleas, terrorism, ISIS, Islam, hijabs, hate crimes... the kind of compassion I’m talking about is I interviewed young Muslim women, I looked at hijabi fashion blogs, I disciplined and arduous: read the Qur’an, I talked to lawyers. With the amount that I have Googled it encompasses everyone, ISIS and Al-Qaeda, I’m pretty sure both ISIS and the U.S. government are without exception, not just keeping tabs on my computer right now. those we deem worthy of LS: What has this new play process been like? our empathy. It’s something SF: Wonderful. Terrifying. Harder than I anticipated, better than I could have I struggle with and I dreamed. All I ever wanted to do was act and write, but I don’t think I truly think a lot of people do. believed it was possible until Northlight gave me this opportunity. This play But of all countries, I is by far the most personal thing I have ever written; each draft felt like I feel that America--the nation was exposing a little bit more of my soul. Fortunately, I have had the most founded on equality and caring, nurturing, brilliant collaborators, who believed in me and the play freedom--must lead that Playwright Selina Fillinger (left) and throughout the process, even when I didn’t believe in myself. charge. Artistic Director BJ Jones (right) take questions at the Interplay reading of Faceless LS: What is your personal connection to this story? LS: What is next for you? SF: I graduated college in June and in the past few months I’ve been trying SF: I’m currently writing a new play, Something Clean, for Sideshow to figure out what kind of adult I want to be. How to fight for what I believe Theatre’s Freshness Initiative. Marti Lyons is directing a staged reading of without being an angry person. How to have hope without disregarding it this summer. And in the spring I’m performing in Raven Theatre’s world others’ suffering. How to love this country even while it holds so much hate. premier of Sarah Sander’s play Sycamore, directed by Devon de Mayo. Go Chicago theatre for supporting young artists and new work!!!

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FACELESS GLOSSARY Sharia: Sharia is the entire body of Islamic Law as indicated by the Qur’an and the Hadith (the words and sayings of Muhammad). As a legal system, Sharia law is exceptionally broad. While other legal codes regulate public Hijab: This term refers broadly to the modesty required of both men behavior, Sharia law regulates public behavior, private behavior and even and women. The hijab literally means private beliefs. Of all legal systems in the world today, Sharia law is the “covering” in Arabic, but it also commonly most intrusive and restrictive, especially against women. A number of refers to a veil or headscarf that is one countries have adopted large portions of Sharia into their legal codes, of a variety of coverings worn by Muslim including floggings and beheadings as punishments, while a further women. They wear the hijab outside of number, such as Israel and England, recognize Sharia courts in decisions the house, or in the presence of adult relating to family law, divorce, and inheritance. males outside of the family. It is a square scarf that wraps around the head and neck, leaving the face clear. Hijab as a category also refers to other covers like the niqab, the burqa, and the chador. Hijab can also refer to the desire to keep hidden the names of women from the public eye. This might mean keeping unpublished the names of female authors and journalists, or also those making the pilgrimage to Mecca, writing instead the “wife of so and so,” or the “daughter of so and so.”

ISIS: The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, also known as ISIL, IS, and by its Arabic initials “Daesh,” this Sunni militant organization came into existence in April of 2013 out of the remains of Al-Qaeda in Iraq and members of the disbanded Iraqi Army. This extremist organization does not reflect the teachings or values of contemporary Islam. It now controls significant swathes of territory in both Syria and Iraq. ISIS is led by a man named Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, who has proclaimed its territory as a “caliphate” and himself as “caliph.” A caliphate is literally an “Islamic state” and its leader, the caliph, is the religious and political leader of that state as the successor to Muhammad, though this is a claim most Muslims reject.

Muhammad: Muslims view Muhammad as the last prophet to transmit the word of God in a line of prophets, including Jesus, Moses, Abraham, and Adam. Muhammad was born around 570 in the city of Mecca, in present day Saudi Arabia. Muhammad would go on to unite both Mecca and nearby Medina under the flag of Islam, which would then spread to cover the majority of the Arabian Peninsula by the time of his death.

Qur’an: The holy book of Islam is made up of 114 chapters containing teachings revealed by Muhammad as passed on to Sunni/Shia: Of the two main branches of Islam, Sunnis make up 87- him by God. The book makes frequent 90% of the global Muslim population, the other 10-13% being Shia. The reference to stories in both the Torah and main interpretative difference between the two sects is the question of the Bible, as Muslims view the Qur’an to be succession after Muhammad. Sunnis believe in the validity of the first four a more complete and final version of those successors after Muhammad and that this line of heirs continued until the previous teachings. end of the Ottoman Empire. Shias, on the other hand, only believe in the heirs of the fourth caliph, Ali, who was assassinated as part of a civil war around succession. Shias are the majority in Iraq, a population that has been subjugated by the Sunni forces of the Islamic State.

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JOE DEMPSEY Berkeley Rep, The Michigan credits: As You Like It, Twelfth university’s Agnes Nixon Festival. (Alan Glenn) Shakespeare Festival, Pittsburgh Night, The Comedy of Errors, King Three Landings and a Fire Escape returns to Public Theater. TV: Chicago PD and Lear (Chicago Shakespeare); Vanya was awarded the 2015 Judith Northlight where Sirens. Select film: Cicero in Winter, and Sonia and Masha and Spike, Barlow Prize and received a reading he has appeared in The Wallet, and A Cadaver Waiting for Godot, and Stage Kiss in New York under the direction The Mousetrap, Christmas. Susaan received her MFA (Goodman); The Man Who Came to of Kathleen Chalfant. Selina is Inherit the Wind, in acting from The Theatre School Dinner (Steppenwolf); A Man of No one of three Chicago playwrights and All in the Timing. More recently, at DePaul University, has studied Importance, The Dresser, directed currently writing for Sideshow he acted in Twist Your Dickens (The with The Second City, and is by Dr. Mark Lococo (Apple Tree); Theatre’s Freshness Initiative: her Second City at Goodman); Blues represented by Paonessa Talent Hamlet and Bach at Leipzig play, Something Clean, will receive a Skies Process (Goodman); and West Agency. (Writers) and One Man, Two staged reading this June. Side Story (Paramount). Around Guvnors (Court). He has received Chicago, he has also acted at TIMOTHY EDWARD five Jeff Awards, two After Dark BJ JONES (Director/Artistic Steppenwolf, Court, Lookingglass, KANE (Scott Awards, and a Laurence Olivier Director) is in his 19th season as Remy Bumppo, many others, and Bader) is pleased Award Nomination. Last year, Ross Artistic Director of Northlight, regionally at Milwaukee Rep, St. to return to was an “Artist in Residence” in where he commissioned and Louis Rep, Cincinnati Playhouse, Northlight having Loyola’s Department of Fine and directed the world premieres of Centerstage (Baltimore), and City previously Performing Arts. Charm, White Guy on the Bus, Stella Theatre (Pittsburgh). TV credits appeared in Lost in & Lou, The Outgoing Tide (Jeff include E.R., Early Edition, What Yonkers, The Miser and She Stoops LINDSAY STOCK Nomination – Best Director), Better about Joan?, and Chicago Fire. He is to Conquer (After Dark Award). (Susie Glenn) is Late, and Rounding Third. Notably an alum of The Second City Other Chicago credits include: One excited to make her he has directed productions of National Touring Company and the Man Two Guvnors, An Iliad (Jeff Northlight debut. Outside Mullingar, Grey Gardens, Neo-Futurists, writing and Award), The Illusion, Wild Duck, Chicago credits The Price (Jeff Nomination- Best performing in their 28-year Titus Andronicus, Uncle Vanya, The include Soup, signature show, Too Much Light Romance Cycle, and Hamlet Stews, and Makes The Baby Go Blind. RIP. He (Court); Blood and Gifts (TimeLine); Casseroles 1976 (Goodman); dedicates this show to his mother. Hamlet, Rosencrantz and Sketchbook 15 (Collaboraction); EL Guildenstern Are Dead, and Arms Stories and Art on Track (Waltzing SUSAAN JAMSHIDI and the Man (Writers); The North Mechanics) as well as staged (Claire Fathi) Plan (Steppenwolf Garage) and readings and workshops with The recently traveled to fifteen productions at Chicago Gift Theatre, Chicago Dramatists, London and Shakespeare including the recent and Pride Films and Plays. Toronto to perform Tug of War: Civil Strife. TV: Chicago Additionally, she has appeared on the solo show Oh Fire. Education: BS, Ball State NBC’s Chicago PD and is My Sweet Land University; MFA, Northern Illinois represented by Big Mouth Talent. with Silk Road Rising. She was last University. Mr. Kane is married to seen in Chicago as Virginia in The actress Kate Fry and has two sons. SELINA FILLINGER (Playwright) Life of Galileo with Remy Bumppo. is a Chicago-based actress and Chicago credits include ROSS LEHMAN playwright. She is a recent graduate Lookingglass, Victory Gardens, (Mark Arenberg) is of Northwestern University, where Theater , 16th Street, Chicago very happy to she studied playwriting under the Dramatists, The Gift, Sideshow (Jeff return to instruction of Laura Schellhardt. Award-Ensemble), Lifeline, Northlight. Her original work includes The Collaboraction, Erasing the Broadway credits Armor Plays, Three Landings and a Distance, Stage Left, Oracle, and include A Funny Fire Escape, and The Coho Salmon The Inconvenience, with workshops Thing Happened on the Way to the Pub & Grub. Selina was a two-time and readings at Goodman and Forum, The Tempest, and One Flew award winning playwright in the Steppenwolf. Regional: Arena Stage, Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. Chicago

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Director), A Skull in Connemara, Glimmerglass Opera, Opera Repertory and Actors Theatre of including Northlight (Shining The Cripple of Inishmaan, and Theatre of St. Louis, Long Wharf, Louisville. International credits Lives with Amanda Dehnert), The Lieutenant of Inishmore. As a Berkeley Repertory, McCarter and include Almeida in London and Goodman, Steppenwolf, Court producer he has guided the world Shakespeare Theatre Company. Singapore Repertory. Heather was and Lookingglass, where he is an premieres of Shining Lives, The International credits include a recipient of the NEA/TCG Career associate artist. He has composed Last Five Years, The Gamester, productions with Singapore Development Grant and the 3Arts music and designed sound for and Studs Terkel’s ‘The Good War’. Repertory and Opera National du Award. Heather serves as the Head theaters around the U.S., most From Second City to Shakespeare, Rhin. Other projects include the of Lighting Design at Columbia frequently at the Oregon and BJ has directed Pitmen Painters lighting design for the Chicago Park College Chicago, and received California Shakespeare Festivals, (Jeff Nomination – Best Director, District’s Buckingham Fountain. her MFA at the Theatre School at Berkeley Repertory, Arena Stage, TimeLine), A Number (Next), Mr. Culbert serves as Dean of The DePaul. She is a member of The American Conservatory Theater, 100 Saints You Should Know Theatre School at DePaul University. Hypocrites community. Seattle Repertory, La Jolla (Steppenwolf), and The Dresser Playhouse and Center Theater (Body Politic). Regional: Glengarry IZUMI INABA (Costume Design) is ANDRE PLUESS (Sound Design) Group. Choral works include: Glen Ross (Suzie Bass Nominee thrilled to be at Northlight again has designed the Broadway Winesburg, Ohio, Eastland, – Best Director, Atlanta’s Alliance after designing The Mousetrap, productions of Metamorphoses, I Whitman and Undone (with Ben Theatre), Enchanted April (Asolo Charm and You Can’t Take It With Am My Own Wife and 33 Variations Sussman) and Paris By Night (with Theatre), and productions at Cherry You. Her recent design credits ( nomination) Amy Warren). Lane Theatre NY, Galway Arts include A Comedical Tragedy as well as the world premiere of Festival, Baltimore Center Stage, For Mister Punch (House); You The Clean House at Yale Repertory STEPHAN MAZUREK (Projection and Utah Shakespeare Festival. As On The Moors Now (Hypocrites); and Lincoln Center. Based in Design) is a DP, photographer, a performer, Mr. Jones is a two-time Thumbelina (Lifeline) and Give It Chicago, his work has appeared documentarian and visual designer. Joseph Jefferson Award winner All Back (Sideshow). Her upcoming on most of the city’s stages Stephan’s projection design for and has appeared at Northlight, projects include Diamond Dogs Goodman, Steppenwolf, Court, (House); Wrinkle In Time (Lifeline); and other theatres throughout 10 Out Of 12 (Wit) and King of The Chicago. Film/TV credits include Yees (Goodman). She received The Fugitive, Body Double, Law and Michael Maggio Emerging Designer When you rehabilitate Order: Criminal Intent, Early Edition, Award and her MFA in Stage Design at an Alden Post-Acute Cupid, and Turks, among others. from Northwestern University. Rehabilitation Care Center, we help you JOHN CULBERT (Scenic Design) HEATHER GILBERT (Lighting restore functionality previously designed Northlight Design) returns to Northlight so you can get back on productions of White Guy on where she previously designed your feet, and home, the Bus, A Civil War Christmas, You Can’t Take It With You and as quickly as possible. and Grey Gardens. Other recent Mothers and Sons. Ms. Gilbert’s Chicago credits include: Satchmo lighting designs have been seen at the Waldorf, Man in the Ring, on many Chicago stages including Agamemnon, Iphigenia at Aulis, Hypocrites, Goodman, Court, Tartuffe, (Court); Steppenwolf, Steep, Victory Chimerica and Juno (TimeLine); Gardens, Remy Bumppo, Chicago Regina (Lyric Opera of Chicago); Children’s Theatre, Writers, Locations throughout Chicago Argonautika (Lookingglass); Timeline, About Face and countless and the suburbs providing the Two Trains Running and Buzzer storefronts. Regional credits include best in Post-Acute Rehabilitation (Goodman) and Merry Wives of Oregon Shakespeare, American from the hospital, through Windsor and Romeo and Juliet Repertory, Kansas City Repertory, rehabilitation, to home. (Chicago Shakespeare). Regional Milwaukee Repertory, Huntington, credits include productions with Williamstown, Alley, Berkeley Call us at 1-800-291-5900 or visit www.TheAldenNetwork.com

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Executive Director Literary Manager Sound Engineer/ Timothy J. Evans Northlight is committed to producing work Lauren Shouse Sound Board Operator Jennifer Udoni-Sharp that is courageous and compassionate. Dramaturgy Intern It’s your investment in Northlight that will ADMINISTRATION Jake Drummond Costume Supervisor/ allow us to continue to produce work that truly General Manager Wardrobe Mistress Janet Mullet EDUCATION Robin Feltman changes peoples’ lives—one show, one audience Director of Education member at a time. Director of Development Amanda Dunne Acevedo Floor Manager Kim Hoopingarner Taylor Ely — BJ Jones, Artistic Director Education Associate/ Associate Director of Camp Director Scenic Charge Development Mara Stern Christine R.X. Bolles Andria Venezia It is a dream come true to partner Teaching Artists Scenic Artist with the Artistic Director of Northlight Development Coordinator Jessica Alldredge Eileen Rozycki on the production of my new play, Faceless. Matthew Moynihan Sindy Isabel Castro Jazmín Corona Head Carpenter The play itself has stretched me beyond what Director of Marketing & Joanne Dubach Kevin Lynch I thought was possible—artistically, as well as Communications Matt Farabee personally. Although the subject matter is far Mara Mihlfried Jasmine Henri Jordan Carpenters Tuesdai B. Perry Jeremiah Barr beyond my scope of experience, Faceless continues Marketing Coordinator Will Quam Bekki Lambrecht to feel more revealing and personal than anything Francisco Lopez Wilfredo Ramos Jr Andrew Nunley Ashley Roberson Pete Rademacher I’ve ever written. Yes, the play deals with terrorism and religion and Director of Finance Lindsey Barlag Thornton Morgan Schaefer justice and media and prejudice. If audience members leave discussing Lisa Stern Christopher Scholtens any one of those topics, I will be satisfied. But for me, all of that is Education/Teaching Artist Intern Wayne Smith Group Sales Coordinator/ Kaylyn Carter extra. For me, this play is first and foremost about two young women Administrative Assistant trying to face their fears, find their voices, and leave their marks. Michelle Blendermann PRODUCTION Production Manager — Selina Fillinger, playwright, Faceless Public Relations Scott Miller Cathy Taylor PR, INC. Company Manager/ Assistant Northlight strives to produce work that changes Usher Coordinator Production Manager perspective and encourages compassion. We are Vicki Weisberg, The Saints Victoria Martini-Rosowicz committed, through our art, to bring the world to Insurance Technical Director Robert Nichols Malcolm S. Brown our community and our community to the world.

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Producers Carole Cahill INDIVIDUAL ANNUAL Merril Prager and John Anthony Burt and Karin Janet Carl Smith and Mel $10,000 - $24,999 Chicago Foundation for FUND DONORS Levine Ruetzel Smith Bob and Lisa Silverman Women Michael and Debbie Sear Becky Harris Jay Brasel and Marcia Selig Carol & Steve Mullins Cindy Clark and Bob Partners Michael C. Parker Bert Crossland Jeff and Paula Danoff Kathleen Okrent Regan $500 - $999 Michael Schnur & Janice Bill and Barb Friedrich Jeffrey Richards Mr. and Mrs. Nick Alexos Clark Pellett and Robert Anonymous Liten Bill Lampkin Jennifer Kalas Robert S. and Sandra G. Kohl Abby L. Strauss Michaela Jones Bob and Debbie Silverstein Jennifer Newton Silver Diane and Karl Al White and Terre Mitch and Mary Lou Bruce Ettelson P.C. and Jill and Leif Soderberg Berolzheimer Tuzzolino Horwat Missy Bundy Joe Hasman Playwrights Don and Betsy Hohman Ann Jennett Molly and Scott Hansen Bruce Sagan and Bette John Berg $5,000 - $9,999 Douglas Brown and Rachel Anne Berkeley Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Cerf Hill Judy & Bill Cottle In honor Anonymous Kraft in Honor of Tim Anthony Salk Stuart Cameron and Emily Jones of Kim Hoopingarner Alan M. Zunamon & Nancy Evans Bernice Weissbourd Mr. and Mrs. Eldred DuSold Carol Clark Karen and David Hughes Cunniff Douglas Gray Bob Creevy and Sarah Neil and Diana King Carolyn Laughlin Larry and Mary Boeder BJ Jones and Candy Corr Eleanor Northrop Hall In Hughes Pat and Jarrett Nathan Chris and Michelle Hyland Linnea and John Mead Carole and Joseph Levy Honor of Evelyn Salk Daniel Derman Pat and Sandy Cantor Colleen Hughes and Lisa and Jeff Rosenkranz Colonel Jennifer N. Pritzker Francis Sheahen David and Kate Cudnowski Paula Steiner Donald Rothschild Malcolm D. Ewen Craig Golden and Michal Horst & Sara Schastok Dennis & Franny Clarkson Piper and Jono Rothschild Conway Dahmer Mareon R. Arnold Heifitz-Golden Jane Wuellner Donna and Steven Horwitz in Honor of Greg Crag and April Likhite Margaret and Alan Freddi Greenberg and Jordan and Jean Dr. G. Stephen and Ellen Taubeneck Dawn Overend Silberman Daniel Pinkert Nerenberg Scholly Randal & Christine Wait Denise Michelle Gamble Mark Fennell Greg and Anne Taubeneck Kathy and Stuart Edwards Dr. Herb and Mrs. Adrienne Rich Naponelli Dennis and Barbara Marla Mogul and Harry Family Fund Keith and Ann Sarpolis Kamin Richard P. and Brigid D. Kessler Jaffe John Mahoney Kim & Kirk Hoopingarner Dr. Rhonda Stein & Dr. Ed Magnuson Diane and Barry Martin J. and Susan B. Lois Melvoin Kinder Morgan Foundation Smolevitz Farhad Rezai Kirschenbaum Kozak M. J. O’Brien Family L. Klug and B. Farrelly Eileen and Peter Frank Robert & Judy Kemp Diane Claussen Mary Ann and David Foundation LionBird Ellen and Richard Robert and Sara Brenner Diane Gottlieb In honor of Grumman Mark and Kathy McCarville Marcia Caulkins Anderson Sally and Darush Mabadi Evelyn Salk Mary Ellen Van Ness Paul Lehman & Ronna Marcie and Avy Stein Ellen K. Munro Sarah Krepp and Carter Don Huff and Jeanne Mary Kay Conlon and Chip Stamm Matt and Christine Udoni Esther S. Saks Howard Smith Plumb Susan Karol and Glenn Melanie and Dan Peterson Gary and Barbara Grom Sheila and Harvey Medvin Donald and Mary Ellen Michael and Diane Paley Warning Michael and Joan Callahan George & Susan Van Dusen Stacy and Richard Kahan Newsom Mike and Lizzie Pontarelli Michael Walker and Anne Guy and Joan Gunzberg Susan and Brad Schulman Donna LaPietra & Bill Moreen Alexander Directors Murdoch Howard A. Balikov and Lisa Susan Mabrey Gaud Kurtis Mr. & Mrs. Ralph Segall $2,500 - $4,999 Mr. Eric Haab & Ms. Kim Rosenberg In Honor of Suzanne and Dan Kanter Doris J. Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Kirk Allen Anonymous (2) Yee Nancy Cunniff and Alan The Lewis Family in honor Dr. Claudia Katz In honor Ms. Bonnie S. Forkosh Bernard Dowling Neal Moglin & Mark Zunamon of Dr. Alan Zunamon of Dorothy Swartz Ms. Ethel Liten Craig Smith Tendam Judith and Trent Anderson Todd Hensley Ed and Susan Ritts Nan and Wally Greenough Donna and Gene Frett Norma Olsen Karen and Luke DeGrand Tom and Jan Hazlett Elbrey Adair Harrell and Neal J. Reenan Harvey Young Patricia C. Birk Larry Green in Honor of Tom Carmichael and Mary McDonald Badger Norman and Helene Raidl Josh and Julie Chernoff Paul and Mary Ann Harvey Susan Karol Catherine Hayden Ellen Schoenfeld-Beeks & Norman Rosen Joyce Chelberg Rachel Hayman and Laura and Clarkson Hine Wade Marshall and Eric David Schoenfeld Pam and Paul Rolfes Merle Reskin Edward Michael Linda and Alexander Wagner Emily and Kevin Hansen Peggy Bagley and Rabbi Neal and Trimmy Stamell Richard W. Gilbert and Darragh Wendy and Frank Serrino Anonymous In honor of Douglas Goldhamer Rahul and Anuradhika Roy Julie E. Gammack Lloyd Morgan Ethel Liten Peter M. Kelly Susie McMonagle Sandra Rau Marcia Mead Advocates Eugene Shepp Rev. Daniel P. Buck Scott Goodman Margo and Paul Brown $250 - $499 Fred and Pam Hess Richard Campbell Designers Steve Whitney Marjorie Pelino Anonymous (3) George Accattato Robert and Linda Meyers $1,000 - $2,499 Sue and Tim Salisbury Mark and Juliette Adele and Seymour Neems Gerri Sizemore Robert and Sandra Morgan Anonymous In honor of Timothy and Jane Evans Onuscheck Alvin and Kate Spector Graham Warning Robert Regan BJ Jones and Timothy Wally Bobkiewicz Mark Falcone Andrew Thomas Harvy Young Roche Schulfer and Mary Evans Mary Anne and Joe Cappo Angie Frank Howard Dubin Beth Fisher Abel and Judy Friedman Marybeth Schroeder and Ann Herring Ira Rosenthal Ron & Mary Charles Barbara and Keith Clayton Charlie Vernon Anne Deming in honor of Jackie and Louis English Sandra Barnett-White and Brian and Susan Fargo in Mel and Annie Kahn BJ Jones Jamin & Phoebe Nixon Jim White Honor of Tom Stringer Mel and Renee Katten Sanford and Jody Perl 20 | NORTHLIGHT THEATRE NORTHLIGHT THEATRE | 21 COLOR COLOR

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Sarah Wood Elma C. Venezia Robert and Joan Cindy Clark and Bob Light Opera Works Steep Theatre Co. The Scherer Family Fran Kapp Beaubaire Regan Lincoln Park Zoo Stuart-Rodgers In honor of Woods Fredric and Nikki Will Stein Roy and Marta Evans ComEd Lookingglass Theatre Photography Bowman Gail and Bernard Talbert Sacella Smith CouCou and Olive Company Susie McMonagle Scott and Stacy Simpson Greg and Nicki Pearson Sally Prager Evanston Lyric Opera of Chicago Temperance Beer Scott Carter Harriet C. Stone Scott and Becki Etzler Craig Golden, Blue Star Malcolm S. Brown Company Sherry & Mel Lopata Hope and Barry Kellman Seymour Levin in memory Properties Marge McMonagle The Celtic Knot Public Thomas and Patricia Howard and Jean May of Barbara Jean Levin David and Christine Mark and Kathy McCarville House Gahlon James Wood Sono Fujii and Claudio Seidman Martin W. Morris The Chicago Architecture Thomas Cashman In honor Jamie and Sam Evins Katz David Mordini and Jerome Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl Foundation of Mark McCarville Jean Kroll Steve Krug and Lori Fitzgerald Melanie and Dan Peterson The Dearborn Tim & Trude Harrington Jeanette Piesciuk Darling Design Green Landscapes Mon Ami Gabi The Gage Restaurant William & Ingrid Stafford Jerry and Liz Ettinger in Steven and Phyllis Brody Donna and Gene Frett Music Institute of Chicago The Garden Club of honor of Nancy Cunniff Stuart and Carol Oken Donna LaPietra & Bill Museum of Science and Evanston Supporters and Al Zunamon Susan B. Rubnitz Kurtis Industry The Hypocrites Theatre $150 - $249 John and Suzanne Hales Thomas and Beverly Dottie and Barry Coppock North Shore Center for The Lewis Family Anonymous (7) John Grady Tabern Eataly Chicago the Performing Arts in The Second City Alex Sinclair John R. Dainauskas, MD Tom and Joan Lindsey Elizabeth Martin Skokie The Spice and Tea Allen and Nancy John Sawark Wayne and Macy Evanston Art Center Northshore Pilates and Spa Exchange Evanston Hirschfield Jonathan and Ellie Salk Giampietro Evanston Symphony Northwestern University The Sullivan Family Ann B. Stevens Joyce and Rich Hirsch William and Barbara Welke Orchestra Athletics Foundation Ann Taylor Judith Levin Yuri Lysoivanov Eve J. Alfille Gallery & Oceanique Thomas D. Stringer and Anne and Mike Houghton Kate Evans Zeb McLaurin Studio Old Town School of Folk Scott E. Waller Anne Hatcher Berenberg Kathleen and Hal Jenkins Farmhouse Evanston Music Timothy and Jane Evans Anneliese and Howard Keely Jones IN KIND Few Spirits LLC Orange Theory Fitness, Tom Carmichael and Glick Leslie and Paul Lehner Anonymous Fitness Defined Evanston Catherine Hayden Arthur and Anne McGivern Liz Hartong Abel and Judy Friedman Found Kitchen and Social Patrick Metcalf and Tratorria Demi in memory of Roberta Lorie Berger In Memory of Abt Electronics House Breanne Boyd Treat Nail Lounge Yarnell George Berger Accents Plus Frank Lloyd Wright Trust Piccolo Sogno Trio Evanston Atelier Barbara and Peter Lucy and Ken Lehman Acme World Sports, LLC Get Fit With Candus, LLC Rahul and Anuradhika Roy Up Comedy Club DeBerge Lynn Schaber Adler Planetarium Gigio’s Pizzeria Raven Theatre Vendôme Management Anonymous in honor of Bill Mara and Bob Mihlfried Afsan’s Pro Skincare Spa Gilbert Adelstein Redtwist Theatre Victory Gardens Theater Whitney Margaret T. Nicosia Amy Morton Goodman Theatre Relish Evanston Vinic Wine Company Bonnie and Jay Lytle Maria and Tony Nasharr Angie Frank Harris Theater for Music Rep. Jan Schakowsky Wellspring Integrative Brigid Duffy Marianne Roderick Art & Science Salon and Dance Richard H. Driehaus Medicine Bruce and Sarane Siewerth Mariellen Gibson Ayla’s Originals Hazel Museum Wirtz Center for the Carol and Larry Townsend Martin and Susanne Kanter Bill and Janis Luby Hearth Restaurant Richard W. Gilbert and Performing Arts, Carol Prieto Mary Alice and Peter J. Boltwood Hecky’s Barbecue Julie E. Gammack Northwestern University Catherine and Bart Rocca Costello Bookends and Beginnings Hotel Lincoln Room & Board Writers Theatre Charles MacKelvie Melanie and Robert Cody Brenda Hansen J & L Catering Russo Power Equipment WXRT Chris and Pamela Kallos Michael Landau Brenda Ross Jeff and Paula Danoff Scott Carter, Executive Dalia Kleinmuntz Michael Wright Bridgeview Bank Jill and Leif Soderberg Producer of “Real Time COMMUNITY PARTNERS David and Kimberly Shaw Michelle Gordon Business Valuation Group, John P. Martini with Bill Maher” Charcoal Oven Restaurant Deb Pavick and Joe Block Mitchell and Beverly Inc. John G. Shedd Aquarium Sketchbook Brewing The DoubleTree Hotel Deidra Gold, IL Petersen Candus Suppelsa Josh and Julie Chernoff Company The Homestead Dennis and Linda Myers Mr. & Mrs. George C. Chicago Botanic Garden Judy Newton Smylie Brothers Brewing Koi Fine Asian Cuisine & P.C Rimnac Chicago History Museum Kathleen Durochik Co. Lounge Dina and Ron Berne Mr. & Mrs. Hecky Powell Chicago Public Media - Kim & Kirk Hoopingarner SPACE McCormick & Schmick’s Don Honchell and Susan Mr. and Mrs. James Elesh WBEZ Koi Fine Asian Cuisine & Stained Glass Bistro and Oceanique Horn Mr. and Mrs. Tony Mockus Chicago Shakespeare Lounge Cellar Sweety Pies Bakery Donald Bouseman Nancy Hart and M.T. Theater Koval Distillery Starbucks Vinic Wine Company Dorothy Swartz Stieber Chicago Symphony Lagunitas Brewing State Senator Daniel K. Dr. and Mrs. William E. Nancy Reinberg Orchestra Company Biss Neil and Marge Gambow Chicago Wolves Fishman To Make Your Gift Today Elaine and Steve Lev Peter Haleas Chicago Zoological Contact Matthew Moynihan at 847.324.1616 or [email protected], Eleanor Robien Society, Brookfield Zoo or donate online at northlight.org. 22 | NORTHLIGHT THEATRE NORTHLIGHT THEATRE | 23 COLOR

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