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Michael Halberstam
Kathryn M. Lipuma
Artistic DirectorExecutive Director
Writers Theatre presents
THE DIARY OF
ANNE FRANK
BY FRANCES GOODRICH AND ALBERT HACKETT
ADAPTED BY WENDY KESSELMAN
DIRECTED BY KIMBERLY SENIOR
FEATURING LANCE BAKER*, SEAN FORTUNATO*, COBURN GOSS*, KEVIN GUDAHL*,
SAM HUBBARD, LEAH KARPEL*, HEIDI KETTENRING*, LILA MORSE, ERIC SLATER*,
JAMES SPARLING, SOPHIE THATCHER, KRISTINA VALADA-VIARS* AND ANTONIO ZHIURINSKAS
Scenic Designer Costume Designer Lighting Designer Sound Designer Fight Choreographer
Properties Designer Dramaturg
Production Stage Manager Jack Magaw, USA
Nan Zabriskie, USA
Sarah Hughey, USA
Josh Schmidt, USA
David Woolley, SAFD
Nick Heggestad
Bobby Kennedy
David Castellanos*
*Denotes Members of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers
The Diary of Anne Frank (Adaptation by Wendy Kesselman) is presented by special arrangement with SAMUEL FRENCH, INC.
2014/15 SEASON SPONSOR
CORPORATE SPONSORS
OFFICIAL LIGHTING SPONSOR
BOOKSTORE SERIES SUPPORT
ARTISTS COUNCIL SPONSOR
Mrs. Louise Hart
2014/15 SEASON MEDIA SPONSOR
Additional support for The Diary of Anne Frank provided by the Director's Society Sponsors.
This program is partially supported by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency.
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CAST (In order of appearance)
Anne Frank .............................................................................................. Sophie Thatcher
Margot Frank ................................................................................................... Lila Morse
Edith Frank....................................................................................... Kristina Valada-Viars*
Otto Frank .............................................................................................. Sean Fortunato*
Miep Gies ................................................................................................... Leah Karpel*
Peter van Daan ................................................................................... Antonio Zhiurinskas
Mr. Kraler ................................................................................................... Coburn Goss*
Mrs. van Daan......................................................................................... Heidi Kettenring*
Mr. van Daan ............................................................................................... Lance Baker*
Mr. Dussel ................................................................................................. Kevin Gudahl*
Nazi .......................................................................................................... Sam Hubbard
Nazi ............................................................................................................. Eric Slater*
Nazi ........................................................................................................ James Sparling
UNDERSTUDIES
Anne Frank ....................................................................................... Charlotte Mae Ellison
Margot Frank/Miep Gies ............................................................................. Delia Baseman
Edith Frank/Mrs. van Daan........................................................................... Alyson Green*
Otto Frank/Mr. Kraler....................................................................................... Eric Slater*
Peter van Daan ............................................................................................ Sam Hubbard
Mr. van Daan/Mr. Dussel............................................................................ James Sparling
Nazis ........................................................................................................... Jared Fernley
SETTING
Amsterdam, Holland, during World War II.
INTERMISSION
There will be no intermission.
PRODUCTION STAFF
Director.............................................................................................Kimberly Senior, SDC
Production Stage Manager................................................................... David Castellanos*
Scenic Designer...................................................................................... Jack Magaw, USA
Costume Designer.................................................................................Nan Zabriskie, USA
Lighting Designer...................................................................................Sarah Hughey, USA
Sound Designer................................................................................... . Josh Schmidt, USA
Properties Designer....................................................................................Nick Heggestad
Dramaturg................................................................................................. Bobby Kennedy
Fight Choreographer............................................................................ David Woolley, SAFD
Assistant Director.................................................................................Eliana Sigel-Epstein
Assistant Stage Manager.................................................................... Elizabeth Dauterman
Assistant Properties Designer..................................................................Clyde C. Compton
Fight Captain................................................................................................ Sam Hubbard
Assistant Dramaturg.......................................................................................Judson Rose
Scene Shop/Scenic Construction........................................................ Means of Production
Technical Supervisor................................................................................ .Caleb McAndrew
Wardrobe Supervisor........................................................................................ Jane Heuer
Costume Supervisor.....................................................................................Emily Waecker
Master Electrician.....................................................................................Simon Robinson
Sound Engineer........................................................................................Amanda Hosking
*Denotes Members of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers
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Glencoe Union Church, Sarah Heberlein
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Additional Event Opportunities –
The Diary of Anne Frank
In addition to our exciting From Page to Stage collaboration with North Shore Libraries,
The Diary of Anne Frank has given Writers Theatre the opportunity to collaborate with
additional partners, providing our audiences with more ways to expand their experiences
surrounding this moving, classic play.
Co-presented with the Illinois Holocaust
Museum & Education Center in Skokie
Co-presented with the United States Holocaust
Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C.
www.ilholocaustmuseum.org
www.ushmm.org
PRESENTATION: IN THEIR VOICES
Sunday, March 15 – 1:30 p.m.
Hosted by Temple Am Shalom
PUBLIC PROGRAM: SOME WERE
WIVES, SOME WERE MOTHERS: FEMALE
PERPETRATORS DURING THE HOLOCAUST
Tuesday, May 12 – 7:00 pm
B’nai Jehoshua Beth Elohim (BJBE)
1201 Lake Cook Rd., Deerfield
840 Vernon Ave., Glencoe
Aaron Elster, a child survivor of the Holocaust,
will speak about his youth in the Sokolow Ghetto
with his two sisters, mother and father, and his
experiences and lessons of the Holocaust.
PERFORMANCE: IN THEIR VOICES II
Sunday, March 22 – 1:30 p.m.
Hosted by the Illinois Holocaust Museum
& Education Center
9603 Woods Dr., Skokie
Reading from the moving compilation of
stories In Our Voices, actors from Writers
Theatre pay tribute to emotional and
inspiring accounts of Holocaust survival
written by Chicagoland-based survivors.
RSVP via www.ilholocaustmuseum.org/
pages/programs/events/
Wednesday, May 13 – 7:00 pm
Anshe Emet Synagogue
3751 North Broadway St., Chicago
Featuring Wendy Lower, Ph.D., Professor of
History at Claremont McKenna College
Former Museum fellow Lower will present
new evidence that challenges the traditional
picture of Germany’s women during World
War II, shifting from that of loyal wives and
mothers holding down the home front to one
in which they are perpetrators in the Reich’s
killing fields.
RSVP by contacting the Museum's Midwest
Regional Office at 855-218-6836 or
[email protected].
Tremendous thanks to our event partners:
The Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center in Skokie
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C.
Temple Am Shalom in Glencoe
and
All of the North Shore libraries participating in
From Page to Stage this year.
Your partnership has been instrumental in deepening the conversation around
this seminal work, and this remarkable production.
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The Diary of Anne Frank. ComEd is a longtime supporter of the arts in Chicagoland,
and Writers Theatre is honored to partner with a company that acknowledges the
power of theatre to bring us together and contribute to the health and vitality of our
community. ComEd is also serving as Official Lighting Sponsor for WT’s production of
Doubt: A Parable during the 2014/15 Season.
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Lance Baker
(Mr. van Daan) makes
his Writers Theatre
debut in The Diary of
Anne Frank. Chicago
credits include
Thom Pain (based on
nothing) (Theater Wit); King Lear, Henry
VIII and Amadeus (Chicago Shakespeare
Theater); Invisible Man and Travesties
(Court Theatre); The Agony and the Ecstasy
of Steve Jobs (16th Street Theater); Becky
Shaw and Hunger and Thirst (A Red Orchid
Theatre); The Humans and Speed the Plow
(American Theater Company); Mauritius
and Lady (Northlight Theatre); A Steady
Rain (Chicago Dramatists); Dollhouse
and Lobby Hero (Goodman Theatre); Up
Against It (Lookingglass Theatre); This is
Our Youth and Dealer's Choice (Roadworks
Productions); Mad Forest (Remains
Theatre). Regional credits include Around
the World in 80 Days (Lookingglass
Theatre/Kansas City Repertory); Fanny
Brice: The Real Funny Girl (Asolo Repertory
Theatre/Maltz Jupiter Theatre); Sleuth
and The Fox on the Fairway (Theatre at the
Center); and Ecstasy (Odyssey Theatre).
He has received one Joseph Jefferson
Award and one After Dark Award. He was
the director for The Earl and co-director
of A Very Merry Unauthorized Children's
Scientology Pageant, both at A Red
Orchid Theatre, where he is an ensemble
member. He has a B.F.A. in Acting from
the Theatre School of DePaul University.
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Sean Fortunato
(Otto Frank) returns
to Writers Theatre
after appearing in
Hedda Gabler, The Real
Thing, Travels with My
Aunt, Rosencrantz and
Guildenstern are Dead, The Chosen, Rough
Crossing, A Phoenix Too Frequent, Spite
for Spite, Incident at Vichy, and Richard II.
Recent credits include Pericles, Cyrano de
Bergerac, School for Lies, Sunday in the Park
with George, and Timon of Athens (Chicago
Shakespeare Theater); Rene Gallimard in
M. Butterfly (Court Theatre); Measure for
Measure (Goodman Theatre); Detective
Cioffi in Curtains (Drury Lane Theatre),
and work at TimeLine Theatre, Marriott
Theatre, Northlight Theatre, Remy Bumppo
Theatre Company, Theatre at the Center,
About Face Theatre, Intiman Theatre, WA,
The Old Globe, CA, The Duke on 42nd, NY,
and eleven seasons with Peninsula Players,
WI, where he recently played Lady Enid, et
al. in The Mystery of Irma Vep, and George
in Sunday in the Park with George. Film/TV:
The Merry Gentleman directed by Michael
Keaton and Chicago PD. Sean has received
four Joseph Jefferson nominations and an
After Dark Award.
Coburn Goss
(Mr. Kraler) returns to
Writers Theatre where
he previously appeared
in The Seagull.
Chicago credits
include Freud's Last
Session (CRC Productions at the Mercury
Theater), Fake, Dead Man's Cell Phone,
The Royal Family, Absolution (Steppenwolf
Theatre Company), The Crowd You're in
With, Vigils (Goodman Theatre), Shining
City, A Whistle in the Dark (Irish Theatre
of Chicago, also founding member), Luce
and Dying City (Next Theatre). Regional/
Off-Broadway credits include When the
Messenger Is Hot (Steppenwolf at 59E59),
The Last True Believer (Seattle Repertory
Theatre), Irish Crazy Jane, The Good
Times Are Killing Me (Arkansas Repertory
Theatre). Television credits include Empire
(FOX), Empire (FOX), Mind Games (ABC),
Chicago Fire (NBC), Chicago Code (FOX),
Boss (Starz), E/R (NBC), Prison Break (Fox)
and Reconstruction (NBC, series regular).
Film credits include What Women Want,
The Lucky Ones, Shelter, Joshua and Man
of Steel. He is the author of Marked Tree,
winner of the American Theatre Critics
Association's Osborn Award.
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Kevin Gudahl
(Mr. Dussel) returns to
Writers Theatre having
performed in She Loves
Me, A Minister’s Wife,
The Doctor’s Dilemma
and Othello. Other
Chicago stage credits include over forty
productions with Chicago Shakespeare
Theater including Elizabeth Rex, Pericles,
and the title roles in Macbeth and Antony
& Cleopatra. Additional Chicago credits
include shows at Goodman Theatre, Court
Theatre, Marriott Theatre Lincolnshire,
Northlight Theatre, Remy Bumppo Theatre
Company, Victory Gardens Theater, and
Drury Lane Theatre. International stage
appearances include Pacific Overtures
(Donmar Warehouse in London), Henry IV
(Swan Theatre for the Royal Shakespeare
Company); and five seasons with the
Stratford Shakespeare Festival in Canada.
Film credits include While You Were
Sleeping, Home Alone III, and Poker House.
Television appearances include Crisis
(NBC), Chicago Fire (NBC), Boss (Starz),
Chicago Code (Fox), and Early Edition (CBS).
Kevin is a recipient of Chicago’s Joseph
Jefferson Award, teaches Shakespeare
when possible and is blessed with the love
and support of his wife Alyson and their son
Nathaniel.
Sam Hubbard (Nazi/
Fight Captain) makes
his Writers Theatre
debut in The Diary of
Anne Frank. Chicago
credits include Playboy
of the Western World,
Brighton Beach Memoirs (Raven Theatre),
Neighborhood 3: Requisition of Doom
(Strawdog Theatre Company), The Gray
Girl (Factory Theater), My Name is Mudd
(Jackalope Theatre Company), King Henry
IV, Henry V (Oak Park Festival Theatre) and
various understudy credits for Chicago
Shakespeare Theater and Northlight
Theatre. Regional credits include Hamlet
and Cymbeline (Michigan Shakespeare
Festival). Violence design credits include
productions for Strawdog Theatre Company,
Steppenwolf for Young Adults (assistant),
American Blues Theater, Jackalope Theatre
Company and Mary-Arrchie Theatre Co.
Sam is a proud Strawdog Enemble Member
and graduate of Columbia College Chicago.
Thanks and love to Woolley and to Kimberly.
Leah Karpel (Miep
Gies) makes her
Writers Theatre debut
in The Diary of Anne
Frank. Chicago credits
include: Buena Vista,
The Glass Menagerie,
The Hot L Baltimore (Steppenwolf Theatre
Company); Appropriate, The Whale, We
Are Proud to Present... (Victory Gardens
Theater); Neighborhood 3: Requisition
of Doom (Strawdog Theatre Company);
and Punk Rock (Griffin Theatre). Regional
credits include: Pocatello (Playwrights
Horizons); 4000 Miles (Long Wharf
Theatre); Ten Chimneys (Milwaukee
Repertory Theater); Half and Half (Penguin
Rep Theatre); The Play about My Dad
(CollaborationTown); and Evanston: A
Rare Comedy (HERE Arts/PS 122). Leah
received her B.F.A. from Boston University
and is a graduate of The School at
Steppenwolf.
Heidi Kettenring
(Mrs. van Daan)
returns to Writers
Theatre where she
previously appeared in
She Loves Me. Chicago
credits include Wicked
(Broadway in Chicago), The King and I, Cats,
Hero (Marriott Theatre in Lincolnshire), The
Merry Wives of Windsor, The School for Lies,
Sunday in the Park with George (Chicago
Shakespeare Theater), Oliver (Drury Lane
Theatre), as well as work with Chicago
Commercial Collective, Court Theatre,
Northlight Theatre, Theatre at the Center,
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Drury Lane Evergreen Park, and American
Theater Company. She toured the U.S. in
Disney's Beauty and the Beast. Regional
credits include work at Maine State
Music Theatre, Theatre Works Palo Alto,
Peninsula Players and Bar Harbor Theatre.
Ms. Kettenring has also sung concerts
for Ravinia Festival, Chicago Symphony
Orchestra, Pensacola Symphony Orchestra
and with pianist Kevin Cole. Heidi can be
heard singing on a Disney princess book
and can be seen in the film Man of Steel.
She is the recipient of 6 Joseph Jefferson
Award Nominations, an After Dark Award,
Sarah Siddons' Leading Lady Award, The
Richard M. Kneeland Award, and a graduate
of Northwestern University. She is a proud
member of AEA and wife of actor David
Girolmo.
Lila Morse (Margot
Frank) makes her
Writers Theatre debut
in The Diary of Anne
Frank. Credits include
Measure for Measure,
Lady's Not for Burning
(Jones Theatre), One Day When We...
(Chicago Slam Works), Neighbors Workshop
(Moving Dock Theatre), 1327 West (Loft
Theatre), The Winter's Tale Workshop (Globe
Theatre, Edu.), Pericles, Hiding in the Open,
Rumors (Principia College). She earned
a B.A. degree in Theatre from Principia
College. Lila is very thankful to her friends
and family for their overwhelming support.
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Sophie Thatcher (Anne
Frank) makes her
Writers Theatre debut
in The Diary of Anne
Frank. Chicago credits
include The Secret
Garden (Light Opera
Works), Oliver! (Drury Lane Theatre), A
Christmas Carol: The Musical (Theatre at the
Center), The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan
Toomey (Provision Theater), Peter Pan and
Seussical (Actors Training Center), Ruthless!
The Musical (Liberty Town) and Our Town
(Center Stage). Film credits include Growing
Strong (a DePaul M.F.A. film).
Eric Slater (Nazi,
U/S Mr. Kraler and
Otto Frank) returns to
Writers Theatre where
he previously appeared
in Misalliance, Butley,
and Spite for Spite.
Chicago credits include Smokefall
(Goodman Theatre), What the Butler Saw
(Court Theatre), Major Barbara (Remy
Bumppo Theatre Company), Measure for
Measure (Next Theatre) and more than
8 productions with Rivendell Theatre
Ensemble where he is an ensemble
member. Off-Broadway credits include
Cyanocitta at the Beckett on Theatre Row,
Juvenal Players at The Kitchen, and workshops at New York Theatre Workshop,
The Public Theater, York Theatre, Actors
Studio and Abingdon. Other NY and
regional credits include Our Greatest Year
(The Kraine Theater, NY, and Dobama
Theatre, OH), Fornicated (American
Repertory Theater, MA), The Dudley’s
(Theatre for the New City, NY), Experiment
America (Institute for Contemporary
Art, Boston) and Permanent Collection
(Madison Repertory Theatre, WI). Eric
made his television debut as Greg
Sullivan on NBC’s Chicago Fire.
James Sparling (Nazi,
U/S Mr. van Daan and
Mr. Dussel) makes
his Writers Theatre
debut in The Diary of
Anne Frank. Chicago
credits include Holmes
and Watson (City Lit Theater), Rossum's
Universal Robots (Strangeloop Theatre),
Dinner with Friends, Shadowbox (Rebekah
Theatre Project), Antony and Cleopatra
(Skyline StageWorks), Paradise Lost (Agency
Theatre Collective). London credits include
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Comedy of Errors, Not About Heroes,
Love upon the Throne, Catch-22 (South
London Theatre), Maintenance Man (Canal
Café), The London Revue (various). Other
UK credits include Hamlet, Macbeth,
Entertaining Mr. Sloane, Relatively Speaking,
Durham Revue (Edinburgh Festival Pick of
the Fringe 1990). He has directed many
plays including Cabaret, Catch-22, Hamlet
and most recently The Gin Game (Rebekah
Theatre Project). Film credits include
Waterwalk (2011). He is the executive
director of the Rebekah Theatre Project.
Kristina Valada-Viars
(Edith Frank) makes
her Writers Theatre
debut in The Diary of
Anne Frank. Chicago
credits include The
Great God Pan (Next
Theatre), Completeness (Theater Wit),
Time Stands Still (Steppenwolf Theatre
Company), Pony (About Face Theatre),
A Christmas Carol (Goodman Theatre).
Regional credits include This Is Our Youth
(The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis), The
Belle of Belfast (The Vineyard Playhouse),
Tree (New Dramatists Playtime Series), 516
(NY Fringe Festival), 24 Hour Plays (Intar).
Off-Broadway credits include Monstrosity
(13 P), Love Drunk (Abingdon Theatre),
and The Music Teacher (The New Group).
Broadway credits include August: Osage
County (U/S, dir. Anna D. Shapiro). Film
and TV credits include The Door in the Floor
(Focus Features), Shameless (Showtime),
Molly's Girl (AriesWorks), Law & Order: C.I.
(NBC), Black Box (dir. Stephen Cone), The
Last Generation to Die (VASE Group), The
Animal Kingdom (ARM Cinema). ValadaViars was also a company member of Circle
East (NYC). Education: London Academy of
Theatre and Grinnell College.
Antonio Zhiurinskas
(Peter van Daan)
makes his Writers
Theatre debut in The
Diary of Anne Frank.
Credits include The
Whaleship Essex
(Shattered Globe Theatre), Doubting
Thomas (Clockwise Theatre), Picasso at
the Lapin Agile, Picnic, Dangerous Liaisons,
Hello out There! (Illinois State University),
How to Carry Love (Rhinoceros Theater
Festival). Film credits include Bloomin' Mud
Shuffle (Eventually Films) and Limerick
(Columbia College).
Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett
(Playwrights) began their enormously
successful and remarkably prolific
collaboration in 1928, a partnership that
lasted 34 years. The privileged daughter
of well-to-do parents, Frances Goodrich
attended Vassar before beginning her
career as an actress, first appearing on
Broadway in 1916. By the time she met
fellow actor Albert Hackett in the late
1920s she had already been divorced
twice. Nine years the junior of his wife,
Albert Hackett was the son of stage star
Florence Hackett and brother of matinee
idol Raymond Hackett. The Manhattan-born
Albert first appeared onstage at the age of
six to help earn money for his family after
the death of his father. He eventually went
on to study at New York’s Professional
Children’s School. Like Goodrich, Hackett
met with modest success as an actor, and
their initial collaboration arose as a result
of their mutual desire to leave acting in
favor of playwriting. The two were married
while collaborating on their first Broadway
hit, Up Pops the Devil. Their success on
Broadway eventually led to the pair being
signed as a writing team by MGM, where
they launched the popular Thin Man series.
While there would be another Broadway
production on the Goodrich/Hackett docket
in the 1940s, The Great Big Doorstep, for
the most part the couple devoted their time
to screen writing. They were particularly
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skilled at adapting the works of others to
meet the restrictions and requirements of
the movies. Among their most famous film
credits were adaptations of Owen Wister’s
The Virginian, S.N. Behman’s The Pirate,
Edward Streeter’s Father of the Bride, and
the musical version of Stephen Vincent
Benet’s Sobbin' Women, released as Seven
Brides for Seven Brothers. Goodrich and
Hackett were also among the many writers
who toiled on Frank Capra’s It's a Wonderful
Life. Writing the stage version of The Diary
of Anne Frank was the achievement of
which both Goodrich and Hackett were
most proud. The job of adapting the
diary had originally been offered to Lillian
Hellman, who turned it down, saying that if
she wrote the play “It would run one night
because it would be deeply depressing.”
She, in turn, recommended Goodrich and
Hackett because they possessed a “lighter
touch.” It took the couple two years and
eight rewrites before they came up with
a draft which pleased Otto Frank, Anne’s
father. The original Broadway production
received the 1956 Tony Award for Best Play,
and the script received the 1956 Pulitzer
Prize for Drama. Goodrich and Hackett
also adapted the play for the screen in
1959. Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett
remained married until her death in 1984.
Albert Hackett passed away in 1995.
Wendy Kesselman (Adaptor) received a
Tony Award nomination for her adaptation
of The Diary of Anne Frank, which was
produced on Broadway. Her plays include
My Sister in this House; The Notebook; The
Last Bridge; I Love You, I Love You Not; The
Executioner’s Daughter; The Juniper Tree,
A Tragic Household Tale; Maggie Magalita;
Merry-Go-Round; Becca, A Musical; a
musical adaptation of Dickens’ A Tale of
Two Cities; and a musical adaptation of
Chekhov’s The Black Monk. A member of
the Dramatists Guild, she is the recipient of
the New England Theatre Conference Major
Award for outstanding creative achievement
in the American theatre, the Susan Smith
Blackburn Prize, the first annual Playbill
Award, the Roger L. Stevens Award, the
Jane Chambers Playwriting Award, the
Lecomte du Noüy Annual Award, and a
Guggenheim, McKnight, and two National
Endowment for the Arts fellowships. She
is also a seven-time winner of the ASCAP
Popular Award in Musical Theatre. Ms.
Kesselman’s screenplays include Sister
My Sister (adapted from My Sister in the
House), directed by Nancy Meckler; I Love
You, I Love You Not (adapted from her
play of the same name), directed by Billy
Hopkins; and Mad or in Love for Fox 2000.
Her screen adaptation of John Knowles' A
Separate Peace, directed by Peter Yates,
aired on Showtime, won a Writers Guild
of America award, and was nominated for
an Emmy.
Kimberly Senior (Director) returns to
Writers Theatre where she previously
directed Hedda Gabler and The Letters.
Senior made her Broadway directorial
debut with Disgraced following its transfer from Lincoln Center Theater. Chicago
credits include Rapture, Blister, Burn
(Goodman Theatre); 4000 Miles, The
Whipping Man (Northlight Theatre); Want,
The North Plan (Steppenwolf Theatre
Company); My Name is Asher Lev, All My
Sons and Dolly West's Kitchen (TimeLine
Theatre Company); The Great God
Pan, After the Revolution, Madagascar,
The Overwhelming (Next Theatre); The
Cripple of Inishmaan, Bug, The Pillowman
(Redtwist Theatre); Disgraced (American
Theater Company); Waiting for Lefty
(American Blues Theater); Old Times,
Uncle Vanya, Cherry Orchard, Three
Sisters (Strawdog Theatre); Thieves Like
Us (House Theatre), among others.
New York and Regional credits include
Disgraced (Lincoln Center Theater 3), The
Who and The What (La Jolla Playhouse,
Lincoln Center Theater 3), Little Gem
(City Theatre), Murder on the Nile, A Few
Good Men (Peninsula Players Theatre),
Mauritius (Theatre Squared). Senior is
the Founder of Collaboraction, a Resident
Director at Writers Theatre, and an
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Associate Artist at TimeLine Theatre
Company. Senior was named the 2012
Best Director in Chicago by Chicago
Magazine. She has been nominated
for several Joseph Jefferson Awards
and Citations and is the recipient of
the 2010 Excellence in Teaching Award
from Columbia College. Senior lives
in Evanston with her husband, scenic
designer Jack Magaw, and her two children, Noah and Delaney, and is a proud
member of SDC. www.kimberlysenior.net
David Castellanos (Production Stage
Manager) returns for his 14th season with Writers Theatre. Previously,
Castellanos has stage managed A Phoenix
Too Frequent, The Price, Misalliance,
Rocket to the Moon, Rough Crossing,
Crime and Punishment, Our Town, My Own
Stranger, The Doctor’s Dilemma, Seagull,
To the Green Fields Beyond, Arms and
the Man, The Uneasy Chair, Bus Stop,
The Duchess of Malfi, Another Part of
the Forest, Bach at Leipzig, Othello, The
Savannah Disputation, As You Like It, The
Lion in Winter, Picnic, A Christmas Carol,
Old Glory, A Minister’s Wife, Rosencrantz
and Guildenstern are Dead, The Old Settler,
A Streetcar Named Desire, She Loves
Me, Do the Hustle, Heartbreak House,
The Real Thing, Hesperia, A Little Night
Music, Hamlet, Sweet Charity, The Liar,
The Old Man and The Old Moon, Hedda
Gabler, Days Like Today, and most recently,
Isaac’s Eye. Before Writers Theatre, Mr.
Castellanos was the Assistant Stage
Manager for Chicago Shakespeare Theater
for four seasons and the Production
Stage Manager for Northlight Theatre for
three seasons. He is a proud member of
Actors’ Equity Association.
Jack Magaw (Scenic Designer) most
recently designed scenery for Hedda Gabler
and The Letters at Writers Theatre. Recent
Chicago and regional credits include
Rapture, Blister, Burn (Goodman Theatre),
The Who and The What (Lincoln Center
Theatre and La Jolla Playhouse), Joan of
Arc (Chicago Opera Theater), Awake and
Sing (Olney Theatre Center), A Raisin in
the Sun (Milwaukee Repertory Theater),
The Mousetrap (Northlight Theatre), Hank
Williams: Lost Highway (Clarence Brown
Theatre), The Who and The What and When
I Come to Die (Kansas City Repertory),
And Then There Were None and Butler
(Peninsula Players Theatre). Eight Joseph
Jefferson Award nominations include
designs for The Caretaker (Writers Theatre),
The Whipping Man (Northlight Theatre) and
Disgraced (American Theater Company).
Upcoming projects: Amadeus, Charley’s
Aunt and South Pacific (Utah Shakespeare
Festival). Jack is married to director
Kimberly Senior and teaches design at
The Theatre School at DePaul University.
www.jackmagaw.com
Nan Zabriskie (Costume Designer) returns
to Writers Theatre where she previously
designed She Loves Me, The Lion in Winter,
Othello, Bus Stop and To the Green Fields
Beyond. Her frequently Joseph Jefferson
nominated costumes have been seen at
Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Steppenwolf
Theatre Company, Goodman Theatre,
Northlight Theatre, Court Theatre, Chicago
Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Children’s
Theatre, Northwestern University, Victory
Gardens Theater, Pegasus Players,
Oak Park Festival Theatre, Colorado
Shakespeare Festival and many others.
She designed Becky’s New Car, a Steve
Dietz play, at Indiana Repertory Theatre.
For 15 years she has designed Welcome
Yule for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
Zabriskie designs for dancers and has
done so for The Joffrey Ballet, Hubbard
Street Dance Chicago, River North Chicago
Dance Company and Giordano’s Jazz Dance
Theatre. She was founder and co-artistic
director of the original Chicago Children’s
Theatre, and an American Alliance for
Theatre and Dance Award winner for which
she designed sets and costumes for
25 productions.
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Sarah Hughey (Lighting Designer)
returns to Writers Theatre where she
previously designed Port Authority
and Hamlet. Chicago credits include
Invasion!, Lake Effect, Night over
Erzinga, Yellowface, and Scorched
(Joseph Jefferson Award for Lighting
Design) (Silk Road Rising; Resident
Lighting Designer), The Mountaintop
(Court Theatre), Goodnight Moon, The
Houdini Box, The Elephant and the
Whale (Redmoon Theater and Chicago
Children's Theatre), Wilson Wants It All,
Girls vs. Boys, The Iron Stag King (The
House Theatre of Chicago), Moment,
Festen, Parlour Song (Steep Theatre),
Black Pearl Sings (Northlight Theatre),
The Kid Thing (About Face Theatre),
Collected Stories (American Blues
Theater), Into the Big Green Meadow
and Pulcinella (Lookingglass Theatre
Company and the Chicago Symphony
Orchestra). Other projects include Tom
Jones (Northlight Theatre), The Hundred
Flowers Project (Silk Road Rising),
American Myth and Grounded (American
Blues Theater). Hughey is the 2013
recipient of Chicago’s Michael Maggio
Emerging Designer Award. She holds an
M.F.A. from Northwestern University and
teaches at NU and Columbia
College Chicago. skhugheylighting.com
Josh Schmidt (Sound Designer) returns
to Writers Theatre where he previously
designed Days Like Today, A Minister's
Wife, The Maids, Nixon's Nixon, A Streetcar
Named Desire, The Old Settler, The Lion in
Winter, The Duchess of Malfi, Crime and
Punishment, The Savannah Disputation,
Othello, The Puppetmaster of Lodz, The
Subject Was Roses, Benefactors, Rough
Crossing, The Price and A Phoenix Too
Frequent. Chicago credits include Sweet
Bird of Youth (Goodman Theatre), Tribes,
The Birthday Party, The March, among
others (Steppenwolf Theatre Company),
ADD1NG MACH1N3 (Next Theatre),
Baal (TUTA Theatre) and many others.
Broadway credits include The House of
Blue Leaves and Brighton Beach Memoirs.
Off-Broadway credits include A Minister’s
Wife (Lincoln Center Theater), ADD1NG
MACH1N3 (Minetta Lane), Whida Peru
(Premieres/59E59), Dinner With Friends
(Roundabout Theatre Company), Model
Apartment (Primary Stages), 3 Kinds
of Exile (Atlantic Theater), Water By the
Spoonful (Second Stage), When the Rain
Stops Falling (Lincoln Center Theater),
Fifty Words (MCC Theater), Crime and
Punishment (59E59), among others.
Regional credits include over 150
productions at venues across the country
including Stratford Shakespeare Festival
(Ontario, Canada), The Kennedy Center,
Ford's Theatre (Washington, D.C.); Alley
Theatre (Houston, TX; Associate Artist);
11 Seasons at American Players Theatre
(Spring Green, WI); Milwaukee Repertory
Theater (Milwaukee, WI), and many others.
Commissions include Metropolitan Opera,
Disney Theatricals, Lincoln Center Theater,
Playwrights Horizons, Signature (VA).
Recordings include ADD1NG MACH1N3,
A Minister’s Wife – both released on PS
Classics and available on ITunes, Amazon,
etc. Awards and recognitions include
Lortel, Outer Critics, Jeff, ASCAP, NEA/
TCG, Prague Quadrennial 2007, Sundance
Theatre Lab UCross 2012.
www.fortytwofootgrandmusic.com
Nick Heggestad (Properties Designer)
returned to Writers Theatre where he
previously designed Yellow Moon, Sweet
Charity, The Letters, Hamlet, The Blonde, the
Brunette and the Vengeful Redhead, A Little
Night Music, Hesperia, The Caretaker, The
Real Thing, The Detective's Wife, Heartbreak
House, Do The Hustle, Travels with My Aunt
and She Loves Me. He is the Properties
Manager at Drury Lane Theatre where he
has designed many productions including
West Side Story, Camelot, Les Miserables,
Young Frankenstein, Next to Normal, and
The 39 Steps. Chicago credits include The
Whipping Man, The Odd Couple (Northlight
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Theatre), The Soldier's Tale (Chicago
Symphony Orchestra), The Doyle and
Debbie Show (The Royal George Theatre),
and the world premiere of Disgraced
(American Theater Company) which was
award the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Recently
Nick had the opportunity to work on the
national tour of Motown the Musical and
the Broadway production of Of Mice and
Men. Prior to moving to Chicago, Nick spent
two years with Feld Entertainment, working
for both Disney on Ice and Ringling Bros.
Barnum & Bailey Circus. Nick is a proud
graduate of Valparaiso University.
Bobby Kennedy (Dramaturg) became
the Literary Manager at Writers Theatre
in 2014, after six seasons as Producing
& Literary Associate. He has previously
served as dramaturg on Isaac's Eye,
Hedda Gabler, Port Authority, Sweet Charity,
The Letters, Hamlet, The Real Thing,
Heartbreak House, Do the Hustle, She Loves
Me, A Streetcar Named Desire, The Old
Settler, Oh Coward! and Rosencrantz and
Guildenstern Are Dead. Other dramaturgy
credits include: American Beauty Shop
(Steppenwolf Theatre Company - First
Look Series), The Luck of the Irish (Next
Theatre) and the world premieres of Ibsen
Is Dead (Interrobang Theatre Project) and
The Peacock (Jackalope Theatre Company).
Kennedy co-founded The Spontaneous
Theater Project in Boston, and has also
worked with Huntington Theatre Company
and New Repertory Theatre. He is an
alumnus of Boston University.
David Woolley (Fight Choreographer)
returns to Writers Theatre where he
previously has consulted or choreographed
violence for The Dance of Death, Hedda
Gabler, Sweet Charity, The Letters, Hamlet,
A Streetcar Named Desire, and Othello. He
has staged fights for over 400 productions
since 1982, including: Playboy of the
Western World (Jeff Award for Best Fight
Direction, 2014, Raven Theatre), Superior
Donuts (Joseph Jefferson nomination
for best fight direction, 2012, MaryArrchie Theatre Co.), The Elaborate
Entrance of Chad Deity (Jeff Award for
Best Fight Direction, 2010, Teatro Vista
at Victory Gardens Theater), Norma
and Wanda (Oakland Press Award for
Best Choreography, 2005, The Purple
Rose Theater, Chelsea, MI), Les Liasons
Dangereuses (Off-Loop Theatre Award
for Best Fight Direction, 1991, Interplay
Theatre). For his body of work in 1988, he
was awarded a Special Joseph Jefferson
Award for Consistent Excellence in Stage
Combat Choreography (14 productions
including all the nominated best
productions). He is: a Fight Master with the
Society of American Fight Directors, Senior
Lecturer at Columbia College Chicago,
and Guido Crescendo in Dirk and Guido,
the Swordsmen! (now in his 26th season).
At Columbia College he coordinates the
violence needs of a burgeoning department
(including the new stage combat minor) and
teaches 3 classes of combative arts.
Eliana Sigel-Epstein (Assistant Director)
recently returned from receiving her
Professional Certification in Directing
from The Russian University of Theatre
Arts in Moscow, Russia. Select credits
include This Bird Has Flown and Marriage
(The Auction House), Women at War
(Rivendell Theatre Ensemble), Uncle
Vanya and Eat Cake (Tufts University).
Elizabeth Dauterman (Assistant Stage
Manager) recently graduated from
Northwestern University, where her stage
management credits include Ragtime, You
Can't Take It with You, Wiley and the Hairy
Man, and FOUND. She worked as an intern
on Cyrano de Bergerac and A Midsummer
Night's Dream (Shakespeare in the Parks
tour with Chicago Shakespeare Theater)
and The Hunchback of Notre Dame (La Jolla
Playhouse).
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Michael Halberstam (Artistic Director)
is the co-founder of Writers Theatre. He
has directed over thirty-five productions for
the company, including Not About Heroes
(starring Nicholas Pennell), Private Lives,
Look Back In Anger, Candida, The Father,
Crime and Punishment, Benefactors,
Seagull, The Duchess of Malfi, Othello,
The Savannah Disputation, A Minister’s
Wife, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are
Dead, She Loves Me, The Real Thing,
Hamlet, Sweet Charity, Days Like Today and
Isaac's Eye. Halberstam has appeared in
numerous Writers Theatre productions,
including Richard II (title role), Loot and
Misalliance. Previously, he spent two
years at The Stratford Festival in Ontario
and performed in Timon of Athens, The
Knight of the Burning Pestle (title role),
Much Ado About Nothing and As You Like
It. Halberstam’s other Chicago acting
credentials include productions with
Wisdom Bridge, Court Theatre and Chicago
Shakespeare Theater. Elsewhere he
directed The Gamester (Northlight Theatre),
A Man For All Seasons (Peninsula Players
Theatre), Hamlet (Illinois Shakespeare
Festival), Candida (Jean Cocteau Repertory
in New York), Ten Little Indians (Drury
Lane Theatre), a highly acclaimed revival
of Crime and Punishment, which Writers
Theatre produced off-Broadway at 59E59
Theatres in New York City, Enchanted
April and State of the Union (Milwaukee
Repertory Theatre). In 2010 he directed A
Minister’s Wife at Lincoln Center Theater,
and also directed the west coast premiere
at San Jose Repertory Theatre in 2013.
His forays into opera have included The
Rape of Lucretia (Chicago Opera Theater),
Francesca De Ramini featuring the Chicago
Symphony Orchestra conducted by
Christopher Eschenbach, and Le Freyshutz,
a Berlioz adaptation of the Weber opera
conducted by Christopher Eschenbach
in its North American Premiere (Ravinia
Festival). He spent two and a half years
teaching Shakespeare at The Theatre
School at DePaul University and has
received awards for excellence in theater
management and/or artistic achievement
from The Chicago Drama League, The
Arts & Business Council, Chicago Lawyers
for the Creative Arts, and The Chicago
Associates of the Stratford Festival. He
also received the 2010 Zelda Fichandler
Award, the 2013 Artistic Achievement
Award from the League of Chicago
Theatres, and was named the Chicago
Tribune's 2013 "Chicagoan of the Year"
for Theater. He currently serves on the
executive board of the Arts Club of Chicago.
Kathryn M. Lipuma (Executive Director)
joined Writers Theatre as its Executive
Director in March 2007 where she is
responsible for overseeing all administrative, fiscal and institutional matters,
including budgeting, marketing, fundraising, board development and strategic
planning. Currently, she is leading the
planning and creation of a new stateof-the-art theater complex which will be
the future home for Writers Theatre’s
two venues, rehearsal and administrative spaces. Lipuma is partnering with
internationally renowned architect and
MacArthur Fellow Jeanne Gang of Studio
Gang Architects on the project. Prior
to Writers, Lipuma spent nine seasons
with the award-winning Signature Theatre
Company in New York where she was
Executive Director. At Signature, she produced award-winning revivals of Horton
Foote’s The Trip to Bountiful, August
Wilson’s Seven Guitars and Lanford
Wilson’s Burn This and worked with such
acclaimed writers as Edward Albee, Lee
Blessing, Horton Foote, Maria Irene
Fornes, John Guare, Bill Irwin, Romulus
Linney, Paula Vogel, August Wilson and
Lanford Wilson. During her tenure, the
organization enjoyed consistent growth
and recognition as well as the launch
of Signature Theatre Company’s successful $15 Ticket Program. Prior to
her time at Signature, she spent six
years with Chicago’s Goodman Theatre.
Lipuma currently serves as the Chair of
the Board of Directors of the League of
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Chicago Theatres, an alliance representing more than 200 Chicago-area theater
companies and producers and is also
on the Board of Directors of Theatre
Communications Group (TCG), the national organization for the American theatre.
She is also the co-creator of DoNorth, an
umbrella organization joining four cultural
neighbors - Chicago Botanic Garden, Kohl
Children’s Museum, Ravinia Festival and
Writers Theatre - to attract new audiences to the cultural, environmental,
and community activities of the North
Shore. She is a graduate of The George
Washington University in Washington,
D.C.
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EDUCATION OUTREACH & AUDIENCE ENRICHMENT
Writers Theatre’s education programs have reached more than 55,000 students
throughout Chicagoland. Our programs include: Write On! a customizable artist-inresidence program that pairs teaching artists with schools and community organizations
to explore performance and text with a focus on encouraging young people to find their
creative voices; The Novel Series Study Plan, a cutting-edge theatre and literary arts
curriculum designed to allow students to explore literature and the art of bringing text
to life; The MLK Project: The Fight for Civil Rights, a touring performance that chronicles
a student’s journey as she learns about the Civil Rights Movement; and the WT Youth
Council, an artistic leadership advisory board for motivated, passionate high school
students interested in hands-on, in-depth exposure to arts administration.
Our audience enrichment programming includes From Page to Stage, a public
collaboration between Writers Theatre and North Shore libraries that explores the
literary and theatrical themes of our stage productions, the Making of Series that
provides access to the process behind crafting our productions, and pre-show lectures
and post-show discussions--all of which are free and open to the public. For more
information, visit writerstheatre.org/events.
Principal Foundation Supporter of The Novel Series Study Plan
Major Corporate Sponsor of The MLK Project: The Fight for Civil Rights
Major Education Sponsor
From Page to Stage Sponsors
Randy L. and Melvin R. Berlin
Additional Education Support
Paul M. Angell Family Foundation
Dr. Scholl Foundation
JCCC Foundation
Neiman Marcus Northbrook
Farny R. Wurlitzer Foundation Fund
For more information on any of these programs visit writerstheatre.org/education
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WRITERS THEATRE MISSION STATEMENT
Writers Theatre was founded to explore productions in which the word on the page and
the artists that bring the word to life hold primary importance. Central to this mission
are three important core values: valuing text, both classic and contemporary, as
the fundamental source of inspiration; creating deliberately intimate performances
where audiences are face-to-face with powerful stories; and honoring the time and
commitment of our artists by remaining at the forefront of industry compensation. With
a reputation for consistent artistic excellence, innovative educational programming and
strong ties to our community, Writers Theatre has built an award-winning repertoire and
today, serves as a vital and highly-regarded company in the Chicago theatre community.
WRITERS THEATRE HISTORY
In 1992, Writers Theatre was founded in order to create an environment where the written
word and the nurturing of artists were the foundation of all productions. We opened our
first venue that year in the anteroom of a newly opened bookstore in Glencoe on the North
Shore of Chicago. The limited space available gave way to a new aesthetic that has been a
company hallmark ever since—intimacy.
Under the artistic leadership of Founding Artistic Director Michael Halberstam, who continues
in that role to this day, Writers became a welcome addition to the already vibrant Chicago
arts community. The Theatre quickly garnered significant critical acclaim and established a
reputation as a home for world-class art and artists, opening a second performance space
in 2003. Our inviting 108-seat Tudor Court space continued the company’s trademark level
of intimacy while allowing for a new scale of production and affording the opportunity to
expand audiences, programming and educational outreach.
Acclaimed by The Wall Street Journal as one of the top half-dozen regional theatres in the
country, Writers has offered more than 90 productions, including 16 world premieres. We
have garnered numerous awards and accolades, including 110 Joseph Jefferson Award
nominations and 25 Awards, as well as multiple citations of Artistic Director Michael
Halberstam for excellence and contributions to the field, including The 2010 Zelda Fichandler
Award and the 2013 "Chicagoan of the Year in Theater" Award from the Chicago Tribune. In
2007, Writers debuted nationally with a New York premiere of Crime and Punishment, followed
in 2011 by a Lincoln Center Theater production of A Minister’s Wife—the musical adaptation of
George Bernard Shaw’s Candida, conceived and directed by Halberstam.
In November 2013, Writers Theatre announced the launch of the On to a New Stage
Campaign, a $34 million fundraising effort, which includes a cash reserve. This campaign
will establish the company's first permanent home in a new theatre center in downtown
Glencoe, designed by the award-winning, internationally renowned Studio Gang Architects
led by Founder and Design Principal Jeanne Gang, FAIA. This will allow the Theatre to
continue to grow to accommodate our audience, while maintaining our trademark intimacy.
The new facility will resonate with and complement the Theatre’s neighboring Glencoe
community, adding tremendous value to Chicagoland and helping establish the North
Shore as a premier cultural destination.
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ABOUT THE WOMAN'S LIBRARY CLUB OF GLENCOE
The still active Woman's Library Club was incorporated on April 18, 1872. WLC was the
third women's club organized in Illinois for social and intellectual improvement. The club
formed the nucleus of a library for Glencoe. Its first building was used as such until the
Glencoe Public Library was built, hence the name. The members meet monthly to pursue
The Club's philanthropic, intellectual and social purposes. The club recently opened
The North Shore Exchange (an upscale consignment shop). This 501(c)(3) shop is a
charitable arm of WLC and is located at 372 Hazel Avenue in Glencoe, 847-835-0026.
Membership is open to all. For information about the club, please leave a message on
the 847-835-4199 line.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
President, Christopher S. Pfaff
Vice Presidents, Gillian Goodman, Beth L. Kronfeld, Mike Petersen, Mary Pat Studdert
Treasurer, Thomas Hodges
Secretary, Richard M. Lipton
Immediate Past President, Elaine Tinberg
Penultimate Past President, Christopher N. Knight
Member at Large, David N. Knapp
Arthur Anderson, Jr.
Janice Beck
Susan Belgrad
Julie Bernstein
Sara Cohan
Howard Conant, Jr.
Joseph G. Dillon
Jeremy Farmer
Terry Franke
Michael Halberstam
Nancy Kehoe
Avril Klaff
Nelson L. Levy, Ph.D., M.D.
Kathryn M. Lipuma
Jennifer Litowitz
William F. Mahoney
Thomas Mann
David McGranahan
Lorel McMillan
Christine Pompizzi
Lizzy Scheinfeld
Stephanie Sick
Seth Traxler
Pam Phillips Weston
ARTISTS COUNCIL
The Artists Council is a select group of our most devoted supporters, whose extraordinary contributions sustain
the Theatre and enables it to continue to realize and expand upon ambitious artistic and institutional goals.
Members of the Artists Council are granted unparalleled access to the creative process as well as the unique
opportunity to forge a personal connection with our artists and our art. We gratefully acknowledge our Writers
Theatre Artists Council members, who made this most generous level of commitment in the period between
October 1, 2013 and December 31, 2014.
$50,000 and above
Gillian & Ellis Goodman
Mary Winton Green
Anonymous
$25,000-$49,999
Janice & Philip Beck
Randy L. &
Melvin R. Berlin
Julie & Larry Bernstein
Joyce Chelberg
David Colburn
Gail & Tom Hodges
Roberta Olshansky
Laurie & Michael Petersen
Christopher S. Pfaff & Sara Pfaff
Avy & Marcie Stein
Mary Pat Studdert
Marilynn & Carl Thoma
Elaine & Richard Tinberg
Nicole Williams &
Dr. Lawrence Becker
Anonymous
$15,000-$24,999
Susan & Don Belgrad
Cafaro - Livingston Charitable Trust
Sara & Dan Cohan
Howard Conant, Jr.
Mrs. Louise Hart
Dick Hurckes
Mary Ellen &
Richard Keyser
Emily &
Christopher N. Knight
Beth L. Kronfeld & Matthew D. Means
Jane & Richard Lipton
Jennifer & Alec Litowitz
David & Leslie McGranahan
Edward & Lucy R. Minor Family Foundation
Alexandra C. &
John D. Nichols
William & Stephanie Sick
Anonymous
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DIRECTOR'S SOCIETY
The Director’s Society of Writers Theatre is a group of dedicated patrons who share our passion for the written
word. They provide the financial foundation that allows us to create a nurturing artistic home for world-class
artists while producing nationally acclaimed productions. Writers Theatre extends privileges of membership to
individuals who provide an annual gift of $1,000 or more. Director’s Society members enjoy opportunities to
share in the creative process through exclusive events that provide unique access to the artistic process. We are
proud to acknowledge our Director’s Society members for gifts received in the period between
October 1, 2013 and December 31, 2014.
Visionaries
$10,000 - $14,999
Mr. & Mrs. Mark Affolter
Carolyn Colburn
Maryclaire Collins
Jim & Toni Elipas
Jeremy & Gillian Farmer
Beth Kohl & Gary Feinerman
Nancy & Richard Kehoe
Lindy & Mike Keiser
Klaff Family Foundation
Dr. & Mrs. Nelson Levy
William & Amalia Mahoney
Ann & Tom Mann
Lorel & Robert McMillan
Barbara & Richard Melcher
Donald & Connie Patterson
Christine & Michael Pompizzi
Robert & Louise Sanborn
Lizzy & Josh Scheinfeld
Pam & Russ Strobel
Jeanne Sullivan
Elly Thaviu
Seth Traxler & Jessica Aspen / Kirkland & Ellis
Kevin & Ellen Van Wart
Anonymous
Leaders
$5,000-$9,999
Andy & Becky Anderson
Bruce & Patty Becker
Nancy & George Bodeen
Mrs. Lorry Borowitz
Joyce Bottum
Edward & Laura Carney
Robin & Richard Colburn
Conant Family Foundation
Carol & Mark Dawley
Shawn M. Donnelley Fund
Barb & Jim Ferry, III
Adrian Foster
Jim & Karen Frank
Terry & Mary Franke
Garrett Family Foundation
Paul & Ellen Gignilliat
Peggy Wolff Gutterman &
Sam Gutterman
Michael Halberstam & Jack Segal
Barbara & Jim Herst
Joel & Carol Honigberg
Heidi Kiesler
David & Cindy Knapp
Eric & Liz Lefkofsky
Robert & Laurie Levin
Sonia Marschak
Adam & Martha Metz
Mark & Elyce Metzner
Jon & Lois Mills
Jordan & Jean Nerenberg
John & Pat O'Brien
Mr. & Mrs. Robert O'Brien
Merle Reskin
Mrs. Lawrence K. Schnadig
Harrison & Lois Steans
Mrs. Jean Stremmel
Bill & Dian Taylor
Roger & Pam Phillips Weston
Louis & Jolene Wilson
Sallyan Windt
Anonymous (2)
Benefactors
$2,500-$4,999
Lawrence & Carol Adelman
Mary & Carl Boyer
Mr. Marc Cerone & Mr. Nick Trakas
Deborah & Michael Cogan
Judy & William Cottle
Andrea & Paul Fox
Stephen & Christine Fussell
Robyn & David Grossberg
Michael & Laurie Jaffe
Johnson-Miller Foundation
Michael Litt
Daniel & Vida Marks
The Harold & Marilyn Melcher Foundation
Robert & Ellie Meyers
Sandi & Mike Miller
Bill & Kate Morrison
Howard & Sandra Nagelberg
Ken & Jossy Nebenzahl
Mark & Christie Osmond
Bonnie & Jim Pritchard
Jeff & Debbie Ross
Michael Sachs
Steven & Onnie Scheyer
Sandy & Ron Schutz
James & Joan Sears
Patti & Bob Smietana
Michael & Julie Solot
Stuart Sondheimer & Bonnie Lucas
James & Ann Marie Streibich
Bruce & Jan Tranen
Michael & Marilyn Vender
Hilary & Barry Weinstein
Randy & Lisa White
Anonymous
Distinguished Patrons
$2,000-$2,499
Mr. Ed Bachrach
Larry & Phyllis Berning
David & Cheryl Bradford
James & Wendy Daverman
Joan J. Golder
John Hart & Carol Prins
Kimberlee S. Herold
Vivian Kaplan
Annette Kleinman
Dolores Kohl Kaplan
Andrew & Janet Lubetkin
Jim & Kay Mabie
Dudley & Ann Onderdonk
Karen & Dick Pigott
Dale & Betsey Pinkert
Christine & Mike Pope
Judy & Warner Rosenthal
John & Shirley Schlossman
Mrs. Shirley Solomon
David & Jennifer Spinney
Doris Sternberg
Mr. & Mrs. Robert D. Stuart, Jr.
Takiff Family Foundation
Howard Trienens
David & Lynne Weinberg
Bruce & Jill Weininger
Sally & Shep Young
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Patrons
$1,000-$1,999
Sheldon & Gela Altman
Ellen & Richard Anderson
Michael & Diane Beemer
Florin Berca & Jane Hampson
Henry & Leigh Bienen
Susan & Steven Bloch
Ted & Sonia Bloch
Andrew & Shaun Block
Frima Blumenthal
Robert & Leslie Bond
Timothy & Martha Boudos
Betty & Bill Boyd
Artist Resources Team League, Inc.
Arlene & Keith Bronstein
Ms. Beverly Bystricky
Mr. & Mrs. Matt Campbell
Lydia & Clay Cannady
Pat & Sandy Cantor
Keith & Barbara Clayton
Ann & Roger Cole
John & Jane Colman
Colin & Teresa Cross
Molly & Julian D'Esposito
Bob & Jan Daniels
Marcia & Tom Desmond
Julie Deutsch
Joe & Kristin Dillon
Larry & Sally Domont
Mr. & Mrs. William Dooley
Scott & Celia Drane
John & Francesca Edwardson
Stephen & Lois Eisen
Mr. & Mrs. Steve Elkins
William & Sharon Feather
Tom Fontana
Willard & Nancy Fry
Charles & Barbara Gately
Virginia & Gary Gerst
Allen & Joyce Gerstein
Adele Gidwitz
Richard & Anita Gilford
Mr. John Ginascol &
Mrs. Denise Stefan Ginascol
Adrienne Glazov
Norman & Cynthia Goldring
Donald F. & Alice P. Goldsmith Charitable Fund
Deborah Gundersen
Ms. Mary Elizabeth Hamlin
Lois & Marty Hauselman
Nicole & Andrew Hayek
Katherine Hazelwood &
Todd Kaplan
Thomas & Connie Hodson
Richard & Janet Horwood
Hussey Family Foundation
The Jaquith Family Foundation
Judy & John Keller
Sheldon & Babs Kent
Ms. Jean Klingenstein
Robert & Andrea Knight
Jill Koch
Nancy & Alan Lasser
Peter & Judith Lederer
Daniel & Karen Lee
Patrick & Dania Leemputte
Gregg & Carolyn Lemein
Susan Lichtenstein & John Rokacz
Ed & Anne Lyman
Doug & Jessie MacDonald
Lee & Mah Family Fund
Bill & Theresa Malin Coe
Ms. Susan McGrath &
Mr. Jason Pietrucha
John & Carol McKinnon
Helen McSweeney
Mr. Withrow Meeker
Phil & Nancy Miller
Mrs. Carol Narup
Judy & Bob Neiman
Norma Olsen
Norman & Katie Olson
Mr. Frank Paul
Lorna & Ellard Pfaelzer, Jr.
Judy & Stuart Phillips
Drs. Maurice & Sheila Pickard
Jonathan & Robin Plotkin
Charles & Roberta Price
Nancy & Mark Ratner
Richard & Marianne Reinisch
Foundation
Susie & Rick Rieser
Missy Romanoff
Richard & Donna Rosenberg
Sarah & Bill Ross
Neil Ross & Lynn Hauser
Robert & Judith Rothschild
Barry & Anne Sabloff
Bruce Sagan & Bette Cerf Hill
Carolyn & David Saidel
Stuart & Lois Scheyer
Judy & David Schiffman
Robert & Barbara Schmid
Frances Schnadig
Marcia Schneider
Alan & Ronnie Schwartz
Diane & Bud Schwarzbach
Brian & Katie Scullion
David & Susan Sherman
Steven & Susan Sholl
Garrett & Sarah Shumway
Judy Silverman
George & Julia Simpson
Ida N. Sondheimer
Martha & Thomas Spalding
Carolyn Sprinchorn &
Robert Wootton
Michael & Andi Srulovitz
Robert & Penelope Steiner
Roger & Susan Stone
Robin & Sandy Stuart
Elizabeth & Brian Tenner
Mr. & Mrs. Steven Theiss
Richard & Helen Thomas
Ginny & Steven Towbin
Brady Twiggs
Mr. & Mrs. Todd Vieregg
Robert & Roberta Washlow
Marcus & Anne Wedner
Leslie & Susan West
Mr. & Mrs. Brian White
John & Cynthia White
William & Peggy Wise
Ms. Mollye Wolahan
Joseph Wolnski & Jane Christino
Ms. Abby Zanarini & Mr. Don Funk
Simon & Nicole Zreczny
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WORDPLAY GALA 2014
The annual WordPlay Gala is Writers Theatre’s most important fundraising event of the year. The 2014
Gala took place on April 12th at the Raddison Blu Hotel in Jeanne Gang’s famous Aqua Tower in the heart of
downtown Chicago with record breaking results. Writers Theatre would like to thank the following patrons
who so generously supported the Gala (as of July 31, 2014).
Vice Chairs
$20,000 and above
Gillian & Ellis Goodman
Kehoe - O'Brien Family
Jennifer & Alec Litowitz
Ms. Roberta Olshansky
Christopher & Sara Pfaff
Anonymous
Sponsors
$7,500-$19,999
Mr. & Mrs. Mark Affolter
Aon Corporation
Philip & Janice Beck
Bruce & Patty Becker
Susan & Don Belgrad
BMO Harris Bank
Cafaro - Livingston Charitable
Trust
Sara & Dan Cohan
Carolyn Colburn
Ms. Maryclaire Collins
Jim & Toni Elipas
Jeremy & Gillian Farmer
Elizabeth Kohl & Gary Feinerman
Gail & Tom Hodges
Lindy & Mike Keiser
Klaff Family Foundation
Beth L. Kronfeld &
Matthew D. Means
William & Amalia Mahoney
Ann & Tom Mann
David & Leslie McGranahan
Lorel & Robert McMillan
Barbara & Richard Melcher
Martha & Adam Metz
Edward & Lucy R. Minor Family Foundation
Northern Trust
Laurie & Michael Petersen
Bill & Stephanie Sick
Marcie & Avy Stein
Mary Pat & Andy Studdert
Richard & Elaine Tinberg
Roger & Pam Phillips Weston
Anonymous
Benefactors
$5,000-$7,499
Clark - Blinderman, a Construction Joint Venture
Edward & Laura Carney
Peggy Wolff Gutterman &
Sam Gutterman
Jack Segal &
Michael Halberstam
J.P. Morgan Chase
Emily & Christopher Knight
Fox, Swibel, Levin & Carroll, LLP
Jane & Richard Lipton
Maurice Sporting Goods - Michael Olshansky
Jon & Lois Mills
Alexandra & John Nichols
Pepper Construction Company
Christine & Michael Pompizzi
Takiff Family Foundation
Seth Traxler & Jessica Aspen / Kirkland & Ellis
Kevin & Ellen Van Wart
W.E. O'Neil Construction
$1,000-$4,999
Lawrence & Carol Adelman
David & Cheryl Bradford
Mr. & Mrs. Matthew Campbell
Mr. Marc Cerone &
Mr. Nick Trakas
Joyce Chelberg
Colin & Teresa Cross
Marcia & Tom Desmond
Ms. Julie Deutsch
John & Francesca Edwardson
Stephen & Lois Eisen
Tom Fontana
Andrea & Paul Fox
Mr. John Ginascol &
Mrs. Denise Stefan Ginascol
Robyn & David Grossberg
Nicole & Andrew Hayek
Heidi Kiesler
Gregg & Carolyn Lemein
Bill & Theresa Malin Coe
Daniel & Vida Marks
Ms. Susan McGrath &
Mr. Jason Pietrucha
Mark & Christie Osmond
Mr. Frank Paul
Christine & Mike Pope
Charles & Roberta Price
Jeff & Debbie Ross
Steven & Onnie Scheyer
Brian & Katie Scullion
James & Joan Sears
James & Ann Marie Streibich
Mr. & Mrs. Steven Theiss
Michael & Marilyn Vender
Marcus & Anne Wedner
Bruce & Jill Weininger
Mr. & Mrs. Brian White
Randy & Lisa White
Ms. Abby Zanarini &
Mr. Don Funk
Anonymous
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INSTITUTIONAL CONTRIBUTORS
Writers Theatre gratefully acknowledges the following corporations, foundations and government agencies
that support and advance our mission. We are pleased to recognize the gifts we received in the period
between October 1, 2013 and December 31, 2014.
$50,000 and above
BMO Harris Bank
The Davee Foundation*
Dr. Scholl Foundation
John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur
Foundation*
$25,000 - $49,999
The Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation
Modestus Bauer Foundation
Northern Trust
Polk Bros. Foundation*
The Shubert Foundation
$15,000 - $24,999
Allstate
Paul M. Angell Family Foundation
Aon
ComEd
NES Rentals
UBS
Urban Innovations
Village of Glencoe
Anonymous
$10,000 - $14,999
Consolidated Electronic Wire
& Cable
Illinois Arts Council
Kirkland & Ellis
The Elizabeth Morse
Charitable Trust
National Endowment for the Arts
The Seabury Foundation
Anonymous
$5,000 - $9,999
Clark - Blinderman, a Construction Joint Venture
Fox, Swibel, Levin & Carroll, LLP
John R. Halligan Charitable Fund
The Irving Harris Foundation
JCCC Foundation
Maurice Sporting Goods
Jack & Goldie Wolfe Miller Fund
J.P. Morgan
Neiman Marcus Northbrook
Pepper Construction Company
W. E. O'Neil Construction
Howard L. Willett Foundation
Anonymous
Up to $4,999
Actors’ Equity Foundation
Credit Suisse
NIB Foundation
Target
Farny R. Wurlitzer Foundation Fund
Event Sponsors
Dewey's
Good Grapes
Guildhall
Hel’s Kitchen Catering
Limelight Catering
Whole Foods of Northbrook
* indicates multi-year gift
INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTORS
We offer our sincere thanks to the following individuals who provide critical support to Writers Theatre. We are
pleased to recognize the gifts we received in the period between October 1, 2013 and December 31, 2014.
Advocates $500 - $999
Mr. Frank Alkyer
Barbara & Ronald Altman
Stephen & Susan Baird
Mr. & Mrs. William Beck
Steve & Becky Betts
Keki & Mehroo Bhote
Jerry & Kathy Biederman
Mr. & Mrs. Mark Bischoff
Mr. Steven Blinderman &
Ms. Roxanne Gottlieb
David & Linda Blumberg
Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Bockweg
Jon & Trudy Bunge
Susanne Bush-Wilcox
Robert & Iris Center
Kim Cornell
Anne Curti
Judy & Bill Davis
Robert & Quinn Delaney
Mr. Bud Dobbins &
Ms. Dorothy Osborn
Lynn Donaldson & Cameron Avery
Howard S. Dubin
Dick & Joyce Durra
Arlene C. Dwyer
Deane Ellis
Philip Enquist & Joanna Karatzas
Sidney Epstein &
Sondra Berman Epstein
Jane & Jim Esser
Scott & Rebecca Etzler
Hazel S. Fackler
The Harold F. & Suzanne D. Falk Foundation
James & Joan Fencil
Wayne & Joan Fickinger
Jim & Linda Fiffer
James & Shellie Fisch
Rick & Louise Fisher
Elaine Fishman
Michael & Valerie Foradas
Mr. Gary Fridley &
Mrs. Patricia Fridley
June Friedlich
Tom & Patty Gahlon
John & Suzanne Garvin
Ann Gershenow
Phillip & Norma Gordon
Leila Green
Mr. & Mrs. Ron Greenspon
Mr. & Mrs. Stanton Hadley
Patricia & William Hagenah
Doreen Halberstam
Julie Hall
Chester & Phyllis Handelman
Liz Hartong
Marilyn Heath
Molly Heizer
Mary P. Hines
Richard Hirsch & Joyce Hirsch
James & Jacquelin Holland
Ellen Hyndman
Lenore & John Janecek
The Jastromb Family
Arlene Johnson
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Christopher & Nancy Johnson
Randee & Vance Johnson
Mandy & Bill Kane
Kip Kelley
Philip & Nancy Kotler
Susan Kramer
Jules & Marilyn Last
The Hoover Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. Gary Levenstein
Judy & Stephen Levin
Patricia Livingston
The Loewenthal Fund
Michael & Karyn Lutz Family Foundation
Russ Lyman
Martha & John Mabie
Charlene & Gary MacDougal
Erminia & Edward Mack
Amy Maher
Mr. Ronald J. Mallicoat Jr
James & Kitty Mann
Richard & Judy Marcus
Gary & Lynn Massel
Ms. Patricia McMillen &
Mr. Samuel Bader
Harvey & Sheila Medvin
Lois & Hugo Melvoin
Mr. & Mrs. John Merritt
Richard & Sara Mesirow
Mr. & Mrs. Brad Meyers
Barbara & Fred Miller
Michael & Krysia Miller
Richard & Mary Mullin
Cathy & Bob Nathan
Richard & Dorothy Nopar
Dan & Ann O'Brien
James & Sally O'Brien
John & Joy O'Malley
Linda & Brian O'Toole
Jonah Orlofsky & Joan Polachek
Evelyn Padorr
Ms. Savi Pai & Mr. Howard Randell
Karen & Jerry Pam
Margaret Pendry
Podolsky Family Foundation
James & Carol Pollock
Gary & Ann Poole
The Frey Pridmore Family Fund
Gabriel & Dorit Raviv
Mr. Joe Reinstein &
Ms. Hannah Higgins
Michael & Debbie Richwine
Mrs. Cindy Robinson
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Romic
Edward & Barbara Roob
Honey & Howard Rosenfeld
Mrs. Donald I. Roth
Dick & Nancy Ryan
Shirley Ryan
Judy Sagan
Dr. & Mrs. Noel Saks
Bradley Schmarak &
Gina Propp-Schmarak
Robert & Elizabeth Sharp
Shelby Family Foundation
Linda Siegel
Tom & Nancy Silberman
Joel & Jessie Solomon
Robert & Susan Star
Joseph & Sylvia Stone Fund
Mrs. John Reid Taylor
Toft Family Fund
Linda Tomchuck
David & Donna Tropp
Bert & Barbara Weller
Ann Wolff
Nancy Zuraw
Anonymous (7)
Friends $200-$499
Richard & Donna Abelson
Anne Opila & Todd Abraham
Linda Abrahams
Louise Abrahams
Rick & Katy Adler
Pam & Tom Anderson
Henry & Priscilla Apfelbach
Mareon R. Arnold
Ms. Denise L. Ashurst
Mr. Samuel Badger
Beth & Scott Bakal
John & Olga Balch
Stacey Ballis & Bill Thurmond
Renee & Sanford Bank
Elizabeth & Gary Bannon
Lonnie Barefield
Judith & Marc Baron
Christina & Scott Bates
David & Jan Bawden
Elizabeth S. Beck
Bruce & Judy Bendoff
Barbara Benton
Joan Berger
Joan & Julian Berman
Joel & Laura Bernstein
Marvin & Hope Bernstein
Karl & Diane Berolzheimer
Mr. Robert Best
Marjorie Biederman
John Bigane
M. J. Black & Mr. Clancy
William Bloomer & Lauren Taslitz
Paul & Lisa Blumberg
Herb & Lucy Blutenthal
Ellen Bogolub & Nick Friedman
Fred & Michelle Bowers
Mr. Philip Bronstein &
Ms. Jody Brott
Richard & Andrea Brown
Thomas & Mary Doug Brown
Dr. James Brzycki
Bruce & Arlene Bublick
Jack Buffington
Susan Burkhardt
Marian Busta
Peter & Jessica Butler
Arthur & Fern Callistein
Susan & Michael Canmann
Mrs. Robert Adams Carr
Nancy Carroll
John D. Cartland
Constance Casey
Dorothy Caspersen
Mr. & Mrs. Donald Chudacoff
Mr. & Mrs. Kevin &
Sheryl Anne Clancy
Barry & Lorraine Clark
Peter Coblentz & Maureen Mitchel
Amy Paller & Etahn Cohen
Marilyn & Lawrence Cohen
Steven Cohn & Loreli Fritz Cohn
Lynn Cole
William & Alexandra Cole
Harvey & Arlene Coustan
Susan Craft
Donna G. Craven
Nancy & Dewey Crawford
Bob & Liz Crowe
Toni Cucco
Allison & Ken Davis
Michael & Barbara Davis
John & Alice Deimel
Patty Delony
Donald Deutsch
Mr. & Mrs. Frank DiJohn
John & Sharon Dixon
Ron & Paula Domsky
John & Colleen Donoghue
Jean & Dick Doub
Larry & Sharon Dubin
Melissa Earley
Peter & Neva Egan
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Irene Elkin
Kathy & Ron Emanuel
Kris & Mitch Engel
Bennett Epstein &
Meridith Clement
Sam & Cathy Epstein
Jamie & Sam Evins
Anne Faris
Fred Featherstone
Henry & Elizabeth Feldman
James H. Feldman &
Sheila Finnigan
Jan Feldman
Stanley & Mary Ferguson
Wade & Bev Fetzer
Elaine Fiffer
Peter Fischer
Dr. & Mrs. William Fishman
Robert & Charlotte Flinn
Jack & Evelyn Forstadt
James & Sylvia Franklin
Dan & Ronda Franks
Willard & Anne Fraumann
Robin & Jarvis Friduss
James Gannon
Susan Mabrey Gaud
Jo Ann Gavin & John Smyth
Malcolm & Judy Gaynor
Aaron J. Gellman
Louis & Judy Genesen
Suzanne Gerlits
Barry & Carole Gilberg
Vera Ginburg
Joel & Carole Mark Gingiss
Marcia Ginsberg
Miriam & Richard Glabman
Joseph Glaser
Maureen Glassberg
John & Maureen Gleason
Mina Leon & Thomas Gleason, MD
Kenneth & Bobbie Glick
Bob Glickman
Paul Glickman &
Martha Sabransky
Jacques Gliksberg
Alexandra Goddard
Ethel & Bill Gofen
Sue Golan
John & Jaye Golanty
Carol & David Golder
Glen & Lynn Goldman
Larry & Barbara Goldstein
Robert & Amy Goodman
Barton & Kay Gordon
Robert & Julie Gordon
Leon & Linda Gottlieb
Frederick & Francoise Gougler
William & Lois Gould
Derek M. Gover &
Mary Pyke Gover
John & Pat Grady
Sherry & Delmon Grapes
Mil & Barcy Grauer
Marc & Sulie Grayson
Holly Wathan & Ken Green
Mrs. Stacia Greenberger
Dr. & Mrs. Robert Greendale
Elizabeth R. Greene
Amy & Bob Greenebaum
Nan & Wally Greenough
Gail Guggenheim
Penny & Bob Gundry
Randi & Charles Gurian
Drs. David & Elaine Hacker
Helen & Chuck Hall
David & Pamela Harrington
Tom & Joie Harris
Dorothy G. Harza
Stephen & Leslie Hatch
David & Colette Hays
John & Anne Hazelwood
Ann Heinz
Kenneth & Jean Henderson
James & Carrol Herber
Jay & Judy Heyman
Alexander Hilkevitch
Elaine Hirsch & Donald Grossman
Allen & Nancy Hirschfield
Kenneth & Harriet Hirsh
Edmund Horsch
Allan & Carolyn Horwich
Ann Hossack
Carter Howard
Roger & Pamela Hull
Karen Hunken
Bruce & Susan Huvard
Milton & Gail Jacobson
Mr. & Mrs. Dougal Jeppe
Ned & Lynn Jessen
Douglas Johnson
Norman & Julia Johnson
Pat & Joni Johnson
Jean Jorgensen
Sibyl Josephson
Melvin & Annie Kahn
Gerry & Renee Kane
Olwyn Kane
Martin J. & Susanne G. Kanter
Allan & Loretta Kaplan
Richard & Christine Karger
Mr. & Mrs. Jerome Karlin
Dr. Claudia A. Katz
George & Gloria Keats
Bill & Denise Kennedy
Dennis & Barbara Kessler
Robin & Bob King
Leonard & Phyllis Kipnis
Lore B. Kirchheimer
Dr. & Mrs. M. Barry
Kirschenbaum
Henry & Sandra Kite
Dennis & Kathleen Klaeser
Dalia Kleinmuntz
Caroline Koclanes
Bob & Alice Kohn
The Weber Shandwick NY Consumer Team
Allan & Marley Korn
George Krafcisin
Gerald Kubasiak
Karen Kuehner
Jeanne LaDuke
Fred & Corinne Lane
Mrs. Robert G. Lane
Nora Larkin
John & Ann Laudermilk
Robert & Linda Lawrence
Phil & Donna Lebovitz
Bruce & Mary Leep
Frances & Elliot Lehman
Howard M. & Katherine Levin
Eva & Arnold Levy
Jack & Theresa Levy
Gregory M. Lewis & Mary E. Strek
Peter R. Lewy & Judy Nack
Stephen & Phyllis Libbin
Karen Libman
Babs Lieberman
Myron & Eleanor Lieberman
Anne Loucks Gallery
James & Kathleen Lubawski
Mardie MacKimm Fund
Joe & Kathleen Madden
Dr. Edward & Helen Magid
Joyce & Fred Marcus
David & Karen Mattenson
Joan & Jerry Mattson
Steve & Lynn Mattson
Jeff & Barbara Mazur
Martha McCallister
John & Judy McCarter
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Vedder, Price, Kaufman & Kammholz
Eileen McGowan
Breece & Darlene McKinney
Nan McMillen
Maggie Meiners
Jack & Marcia Melamed
Dr. & Mrs. Ronald Meltzer, M.D.
Michael & Nancy Merel
Ellen Merkle
Stacey, Douglas & David Meyer
Edward Michalak
Albert & Gwen Miller
Barbara Miller
Carol Mitchel
Mary Mittler
Annie Moldafsky
Ms. Patricia Monhart
Melinda Mooney
William Mooney
William & Barbara Moore
J. Clifford Moos
Meredith Morris
Corinne S. Morrissey
Arthur & Leslie Muir
Carole Murphy
David & Nancy Napalo
Anne & Richard Nathan
Jory Natkin
Seymour & Adele Neems
Nicolas & Eveline Nelson
Toby & Gordon Newman
Rona Nordstrom
Margo & James Oliff
Larry & Barbara Olin
Rebecca & Mark Oline
Edward & Barbara Olinger
Ms. Trish Organ
Jerry & Marcia Osher
James Padgett & Rosanne Fitko
Ellie & Neal Pagano
Raymond Parmer
Stuart F. Pfaff
Genevieve Phelps
Stuart & Eve Pinkert
William & Suzan Pinsof
Carl & Barbara Plochman
Harvey & Madeleine Plonsker
David & Marlene Pochis
Ron Puszynski
John & Betsey Puth
Neil & Ruth Ann Quinn
Jack Rapaport
Sherrie Reddick
Lynne & Allan Reich
Marvin & Pamela Reinglass
Bill & Eleanor Revelle
John & Terri Rice
Evelyn Richer
Bernie & Gloria Rinella
Marilyn Robbin
Cindy & Jim Robinson
Gabriel & Beth Rodriguez
Susan & Richard Roman
Elaine Dawley Roob
Denny & Sandy Rosen
Dr. Robert Rosenfeld
Barbara Rosin & Harv Kallick
Greg & Carol Roy
Mr. & Mrs. Herb Rozoff
Myron & Susan Rubnitz
David & Susan Ruder
Jon & Debbie Ruderman
Richard Rusz
Cheryl & Lee Sachnoff
Charlene Salzman
Jana & Charlie Sample
Mitchell & Linda Saranow
Ben & Marianne Schenker
Seymour Schiff & Bernice Elbin
Rainer & Pat Schildknecht
Julie & Bob Schlossberg
Mary Schmick
Laura Schoen
Don & Mary Schwartz
Steve & Terry Schwartz
Robert Schweihs
Tony & Celeste Scolaro
Gordon Scott
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Sear
John & Cheryl Seder
Lewis & Gail Segal
Henry & Caryl Seidenberg
Rose Seidman
Ms. Evelyn Shaevel
Margaret Shaklee
Rennie Shapiro
Dr. James & Rita Sheinin
Elaine & Gene Shepp
Kerry Clarke Shiller
Willard L. Shonfeld
Mr. Joel Shoolin
Michele & Joel Shoolin
Stephen & Susan Sickle
Howard Epstein & Gabrielle Sigel
Margaret & Alan Silberman
Joan Simon
Richard Skolly & Kate Feinstein
Suzanne Smart
Melissa & Chuck Smith
Michael & Amy Sobel
Leif & Jill Soderberg
Sally Spritz
Kenneth & Norma Spungen
Judi Stern
Nancy Stevens
Sheldon & Marlene Stillman
Suzanne & Fred Stitt
Stephen & Lauren Strelsin
Bob & Gael Strong
George Sullivan & Dorothy Turek
Nancy Sullivan
Sandra H. Sweet
Richard & Marilyn Swoiskin
Thomas & Beverly Tabern
Bob & Bobbie Taylor
Cindy Taylor-Robinson
Frank Tenbrink & Jeannine Cleary
Roberta & Leonard Tenner
Barbara Thomas
John & Ellen Thomas
Mr. Vernon Thomas
Mr. James L. Thompson
John & Jacqueline Thompson
Richard Thompson &
J. Prim Shade Thompson
Rosemary & Reed Tupper
John & Lori Twombly
Robert & Susan Underwood
Sy & Lois Unell
David & Mickey Unger
Murray & Virginia Vale Foundation
Michelle & Rudy Van Loon
Jeffery & Bobbie Vender
Ms. Susan S. Vertrees
John & Kathleen Vondran
Clifford J. Shapiro &
Darlene A. Vorachek
Joan & Clark Wagner
Ross & Jennifer Wainwright
Steven Walanka
Terri & Larry Walner
William & Mary Kay Walsh
Gwenyth Warton
Marjorie Watkins
Mary Watt
Stanley & Betty Weinberger
Ernest & Penny Weis
Alex & Bonnie Weiss
Esther Ruskin Weiss
Paula Weiss
Hava Weissberg
Richard & Susan Wellek
Frank & Jody Weschler
Catherine Westphal
Gloria Wexler
Brian & Sheila Whalen
Robert & Sue Wieseneck
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John Wilson & Nancy Flannery
Dr. Gerald & Linda Wine
Yael Winkler
Jeanne Witherspoon
Rebecca Korach Woan
Jane Woldenberg
Ms. Sylvia Wolfson &
Mr. Seymour Nordenberg
Delphina Worsley
John & Ellen Wright
Jean W. Yale
Joan S. Young
William & Nancy Yurek
Peter A. Zadeik, Jr.
Alice White & Herb Zarov
Ted & Marianne Zelewsky
Barbara & Henry Zipperman
Jerrold & Nancy Zisook
Janice Zulkey
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IN HONOR & IN MEMORY
Writers Theatre gratefully acknowledges individuals who have made gifts in honor or in memory of others. If
you would like to make an honorarium or memoriam gift, please call 847-786-3513.
Tom Belgrad, in honor of Susan Belgrad's birthday
Mary & Carl Boyer, in honor of Rozanne and
Donald Mulack's 50th anniversary
Ms. Andrea Minoff, in memory of Natalie Minoff
Cathy & Bob Nathan, in memory of Kay Crassweller
John & Cheryl Seder, in honor of Keith Colburn
Robert & Penelope Steiner, in honor of Tom Mann
Mr. & Mrs. Greg Tawney, in honor of
Gail Hodges' birthday
Mr. & Mrs. Alan Vertrees, in memory of
Sherry Stetson Harms
Ms. Mollye Wolahan, in memory of Molly Glynn
Mr. Gary Fridley & Mrs. Patricia Fridley,
Gregg & Carolyn Lemein,
Mary & Walt McCarthy,
Mr. & Mrs. Barry Ryan,
Bob & Maria Westropp,
Ms. Elizabeth Wheatley,
Robert & Sue Wieseneck,
in honor of Jane Lipton’s birthday
IN-KIND DONATIONS
American Airlines
An Apple a Day
The Art Store & Gallery
Atelier Group
Geoff Barr
Susan & Donald Belgrad
Doug Belgrad
Bill Brown
Books on Vernon
Sara & Dan Cohan
Columbia Pictures
Judy & William Cottle
Dewey’s
Laura Eason
Gillian & Jeremy Farmer
The Flower Shop in Glencoe
Foodstuffs
Doug Frew
Jeanne Gang & Mark Schendel
Glencoe Roast Coffee
Glencoe Union Church
Good Grapes
Gillian & Ellis Goodman
Guildhall
MaMa Louise’s Little Red Hen
Michael Halberstam
Mi-Te Print
Hel’s Kitchen Catering
Nancy & Rich Kehoe
Beth Kronfeld & Matthew Means
Limelight Catering
Kathryn Lipuma
William & Amalia Mahoney
Dakin Matthews/’Rocky’
The Musical
David & Leslie McGranahan
Jessie Mueller/ Beautiful:
The Carole King Musical
Robert & Jerry O’Brien
Roberta Olshansky
Christopher & Sara Pfaff
Debra Pucé
Radisson Blu Aqua Hotel
Chicago
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Sayre & Jones Auctioneers
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Onnie & Steven Scheyer
Kimberly Senior
Richard Shay Photography Emporium
Sony Pictures Entertainment
Mary Pat Studdert
Studio Gang Architects
Marilynn & Carl Thoma
Elaine & Richard Tinberg
Van Duzer Vineyards
Williams Selyem Winery
Woman’s Library Club of Glencoe
Anonymous
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PROGRAM
THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK
STAFF
Artistic Director....................................................................................Michael Halberstam
Executive Director.................................................................................. Kathryn M. Lipuma
ADMINISTRATION
Director of Finance & Administration.................................................................Geoffrey Barr
General Manager.................................................................................................. Jon Faris
Company Manager.......................................................................................Kate Holst Test
Finance Associate..................................................................................... Derrik Dickinson
ARTISTIC
Literary Manager.........................................................................................Bobby Kennedy
Casting Director & Producing Associate....................................................... Kymberly Mellen
AUDIENCE SERVICES
Box Office & Sales Manager................................................................................ Mike Shaw
Database Manager...................................................................................... Meredith Webb
Box Office Supervisor................................................................................. Margaret McCall
Box Office Associates.......................... Bryan Anderson, Spencer Miller, Stephen Schellhardt,
Lauren Wimmer, Amanda Zimmerman
House Managers.............................................. Rosemary Gwyther, Ingrid Brewer, Gere Clark,
Wyn Gilbert, Connie Moore, Susan Parmentier
DEVELOPMENT
Director of Institutional Advancement................................................................Kim Swinton
Director of Development.................................................................................... Debra Pucé
Director of Individual Giving & Special Events...................................................... Carly Magill
Campaign Administrator/Executive Assistant.................................................. Lauren Martin
Manager of Institutional Giving..................................................................... Jaron Bernstein
Development Coordinator.......................................................................... Daniel Reinglass
Development Consultant...............................................................................Onnie Scheyer
Campaign Counsel...............................................................................Hurley & Associates
EDUCATION
Director of Education...................................................................................... Nicole Ripley
Education Outreach Coordinator..................................................................... Kelsey Chigas
Teaching Artists......................Jennifer Avery, Sindy Castro, Stephanie Chavara, Kelsey Chigas,
Elizabeth Dowling, Amanda Dunne Acevedo, Risha Hill, Nicole Ripley, Ashley Roberson
MARKETING
Director of Marketing & Communications....................................................... Chad Peterson
Marketing Manager....................................................................................... Krista Damico
Marketing & Communications Assistant.............................................................. Kayla Boye
Publicist.....................................................................................................Cathy Taylor PR
Design Services......................................................................................... Lowercase, Inc.
PRODUCTION
Production Manager.................................................................................... Adam Friedland
Associate Production Manager....................................................................... Andrew Porter
Technical Supervisor..................................................................................Caleb McAndrew
Season Production Stage Manager............................................................David Castellanos
Stage Manager......................................................................................... Rebecca Pechter
Assistant Stage Managers..............Mallory Jane Bass, Elizabeth Dauterman, Abigail Medrano
Wardrobe Supervisor........................................................................................ Jane Heuer