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Here at the McAninch Arts Center we offer a variety of ways you can engage with us:

• Volunteer—Contact Patron Services Manager Tom Murray at murrayt166@cod.edu.

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WHY ENGAGE WITH THE ARTS

Adapted from “Learning Through the Arts” by Dee Dickinson

• The arts provide opportunities for expression—bringing the innerworkings of ourselves out into the world around us.

• The arts give us a language that all people can speak, connectingus culturally and socially by breaking down the barriers ofeconomics and education.

• The arts allow us to learn about and appreciate other cultures.

• The arts provide the means for everyone to learn, improvingacademic achievement through test scores, and enhancing socialskills as well as critical and creative thinking.

• The arts make it possible to use personal strengths in meaningfulways, allowing bridges to understanding difficult abstractions.

Learning to trust and develop friendships while engaged in creativity brings the connection down to one-on-one and allows the larger community to gather and experience the arts together.

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Welcome to the MAC!

We are so grateful that you are here to support our college productions, and to help usher in the next generation of talent.

The McAninch Arts Center strives to be the cultural epicenter of DuPage County. We host a variety of world-class touring shows and more importantly, more than 1,000 students perform on our stages, celebrating their talents and learning in theater, music, dance and visual arts. We strive to give our students experience

in a professional working environment and to provide access to the arts through outreach programs, performance opportunities, discounted tickets and master classes.

Please visit the Cleve Carney Art Gallery while you’re here. Drop in on our free Music Fridays @ Noon Series. Come to one of our College Theater pre- or post-show discussions. Stay connected to us by joining us on Facebook (AtTheMac) or by joining our e-newsletter for news about all the events at the MAC (www.AtTheMAC.org). And consider coming back to audition for a show,join one of our music ensembles, take a dance class or take private lessons.

Now, enjoy the show!

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College Theater Presents

Conceived and Originally Directed by John-Michael Tebelak

Music and New Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz

DirectorConnie Canaday Howard

ChoreographyKyle Donahue

Music DirectorJeffrey Poindexter

Lighting DesignJon Gantt

Scenic and Properties DesignMichael W. Moon

Costume, Make-up and Hair DesignKimberly G. Morris

Sound DesignBen Johnson

Presented by arrangement with Music Theatre International

Support is made possible by a generous gift from the College of DuPage Foundation’sDr. Donald and Helen (Gum) Westlake Fund for Student Productions.

July 5 to 14, 2019Playhouse Theatre

Shannon FineganTom FraserIzzie JonesKyle Krisch^Lucy LaPlacaFaith LeyChristopher LindquistNoelle Maher

Tiana MaravillaRenata NaomiAlexandra PriceMichael RencTess SundstromBrandon TorresCaleb WimbushChris Yee

^John Belushi/Second City Theatre Scholarship Recipient

MUSICIANSPiano/Conductor ................................................................................................Jeffrey PoindexterGuitar ...............................................................................................................Brandon SchreinerBass .........................................................................................................................Eric von HolstDrums ...................................................................................................................... Joseph Wolfe

Time and Place: The present in an urban empty lot, reclaimed as a garden/park

Note: Haze and moving lights will be used during the production and actors will use audience aisles and be in front of the stage often.

Thank you to I Have a Bean for their support.

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CAST LISTING (in alphabetical order):

Dedicated to Professor Steve Schroeder,whose love of musical theatre was infectious and inspiring.

We miss you.

ACT ONE

Prepare Ye ............................................................................................................... featuring IzzieSave the People ....................................................................................................... featuring KyleDay by Day ............................................................................................................. featuring FaithLearn Your Lessons Well ..............................................................featuring Noelle, Shannon, TianaBless the Lord ................................................................................................. featuring Lucy, TessAll for the Best ......................................................................................... featuring Kyle and CalebAll Good Gifts ............................................................................... featuring Michael and AlexandraLight of the World ................................................. featuring Noelle, Christopher, Chris, and Renata

There will be a 15-minute intermission.

ACT TWOTurn Back, O Man ................................................................................................ featuring RenataAlas for You .............................................................................................................. featuring KyleBy My Side ................................................................................................... featuring Faith, TianaWe Beseech Thee ......................................................................................featuring Tom, Brandon Beautiful City ........................................................................................................... featuring KyleOn the Willows ......................................................................................................... featuring IzzieFinale ............................................................................................................................. Company

Stage Manager ......................................................................................................Gina Robertelli*Assistant Stage Managers ......................................Kyle Krisch^, Tess Sundstrom, Brandon TorresDance Captains .................................................................................... Renata Naomi, Izzie JonesFight Captain .........................................................................................................Alexandra PriceProduction Manager........................................................................................................Jon GanttTechnical Director ................................................................................................Michael W. MoonAudio Engineer ............................................................................................................Ben JohsonScenic and Lighting Assistants ...................Mary Ahlert, Jim Alop, Wren Dorris, Ethan Kamperman, Phillip Laricchia, Brandon Torres, Kris Trapani, Brendan Weaver, Tenleigh Wells, Miles Zable Running Crew ...........................Dunja Cicek, Nathan Dittemore, Melissa Joaquin, Paige MatijevichCostume Shop Manager .................................................................................... Kimberly G. MorrisAssistant Costume Shop Supervisor ..................................................................Gretchen WoodleyCostume Shop Assistants ................................................ Dunja Cicek, Nathan Thomas Dittemore, Kyle Krisch^, John Rakow Wardrobe and Makeup Crew ...................................................................................... Kyle Krisch^

Thank you to Daniel Millhouse for fight choreography

*2018 John Belushi/College Stage Manager Scholarship Recipient^John Belushi/Second City Theatre Scholarship Recipient

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MUSICAL NUMBERS

PRODUCTION STAFF

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Godspell is well loved through its many productions, revivals and re-writes, remaining one of the most produced musicals. Though the script is rooted in the Gospel, according to St. Matthew, it’s interesting that Stephen Schwartz has said that he didn’t set out to write a ‘religious’ play, but a play about building community—and about friendship, collaboration, learning from one another, and about sacrifice for a greater cause in the world. Clearly, there are very strong biblical ties, but the script’s foundation is in the idea of ‘day by day’ building a better world.

Many years ago, I was involved in at least three different productions of Godspell (as actor, director, director/choreographer), and the College Department did a production several years ago, and, though I did not directly work on the production, I remember it fondly. In researching other productions, this script has been approached from all kinds of standpoints: forest, carnival, clowns, boardrooms, etc.

The theme of growth seems especially prominent throughout the show, and it is for that reason that our production is set in an urban garden/park, today. With new music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and book by John-Michael Tebelak, our production is steeped in everyday folk, from many different walks in life, who come together in a park, unintentionally, and experience a ‘call’ to create a better world — “Yes, we can; oh, yes, we can. We can build a beautiful city…”, and that love is ultimately the answer for progress — “Come sing about love.”

Overall, the show seems to say that growth is imperative for society to move forward, and that is not usually accomplished by one person, but rather by a community of people working together, to help each other grow, and affect those around them.

We will be using the entire theater, onstage and in the audience, in the performance, so mind bags, feet, and little hands in the aisles. We are so happy you are joining us.

~ CCH

DIRECTOR’S NOTE

Shannon Finegan (Shannon) Third COD production; Pippin (Ensemble) and The Addams Family (Courtesan/Ensemble). Favorite credits include West Side Story (Jet), Les Misérables (Lovely Lady) and Rent (Ensemble) all at BAM Theatre.

Tom Fraser (Tom) First COD production. Favorite credits include Cheaper by the Dozen (Mr. Gilbreth) and Our Miss Brooks (Ted) with Midwest Homeschool Fine Arts and Alice in Wonderland (Dodo Bird) with Kankakee Valley Theater Association. Fraser is the recipient of a Teacher Education Scholarship at Pensacola Christian College.

Izzie Jones (Izzie) Second COD production; The Addams Family (Ensemble). Favorite credits include The Wizard of Oz (Dorothy) and Rumors (Cassie) at Wheaton Warrenville South High School, as well as Freaky Friday (Savannah) at Center Stage Theatre. Jones is a member of the 398th chapter of Delta Psi Omega.

Kyle Krisch^ (Kyle) Fourth COD production; The Addams Family (Fester); A Christmas Carol (Stage Manager); The Foreigner (Charlie). Krisch is a John Belushi/Second City Scholarship recipient as well as an officer of the 398th chapter of Delta Psi Omega.

Lucy LaPlaca (Lucy) Third COD production; The Foreigner (Ensemble) and A Christmas Carol (Ghost of Christmas Past). LaPlaca performs regularly with the Unwritten Works of William Shakespeare house team at Westside Improv in downtown Wheaton.

Faith Ley (Faith) First COD production. Favorite credits include The Sparrow (Mrs. McGuckin); The Little Mermaid (Sebastian); Into the Woods (Cinderella).

Christopher Lindquist (Christopher) Third COD production; Curse of the Starving Class (Sergeant Malcolm) and 1984 (Guard). Favorite credits include The Addams Family (Ensemble), Aida (Ensemble), and Pirates of Penzance (Ensemble) all at Metea Valley High School.

Noelle Maher (Noelle) First COD production. Favorite credits include The Wizard of Oz (Dorothy) at Center Stage Theater, Singing in the Rain (Kathy Selden) at School of Performing Arts and Tarzan (Gorilla/Featured Dancer) at Magical Starlight Theatre.

Tiana Maravilla (Tiana) First COD Production. Favorite credits include Miracle on South Division Street (Ruth) for BTE’s shadow program; Avenue Q (Gary Coleman) at Center Stage Theatre, and Hairspray (Lil’ Inez) at Wheaton Drama. Maravilla is the 2019–2020 recipient of the Michael and Sandra Meyers Scholarship.

Renata Naomi (Renata), Ninth COD production; The Addams Family (Ensemble/Dance Captain); Pippin (Berthe), Grease (Betty Rizzo); Julius Caesar (Stage Manager); Man Who Came to Dinner (Assistant Stage Manager/Ms. McCutcheon), Me, Us, and Them (Ensemble); The Skriker (Skriker); The Bully Plays (Cassie). Favorite credit includes Grease, performed in 2016 at COD.

Alexandra Price (Alexandra) Tenth COD production; Carmilla (Ensemble), Julius Caesar (Julius Caesar), Grease (Ensemble), A Woman of No Importance (Mrs. Arbuthnot), Girls Like That (Ensemble), Pippin (Ensemble, Fastrada), These Shinning Lives (Frances), The Diary of Anne Frank (Mrs. Van Daan) and The Addams Family (Ensemble). Price was a participant of the Buffalo Theater Ensemble’s Actor’s Shadow Program for Good People.

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PROFILES

Michael Renc (Michael) First COD production. Favorite credits include Grease (Sonny), Singing in The Rain (Singing Tenor/Ensemble) and The Murder Room (Barry/Understudy).

Tess Sundstrom (Tess) Sixth COD production; 1984 (Parsons/Assistant Stage Manager), A Christmas Carol (Mrs. Creakle/Assistant Stage Manager), The Addams Family (Grandma Addams), The Diary of Anne Frank (Assistant Stage Manager), Captain Blood (Light Board Operator). Sundstrom has also worked with Buffalo Theatre Ensemble on Time Stands Still (Light Board Operator), and Miracle on South Division Street (Sound Board Operator), and as an acting shadow for The Ding Dong (Actor 5).

Brandon Torres (Brandon) Seventh COD production; A Christmas Carol (Joe, a fence), Goldie’s Next Big Adventure (Goldie Locks), Ballad of the Sad Cafe (Townsmen). Favorite credits include Masha and Sonia and Vanya and Spike (Spike) at Brightside Theatre, Buffalo Theatre Ensemble’s Shadow production of The 39 Steps (Richard Hannay), and The Diary of Anne Frank (Mr. Van Dan). Torres is also the current president of the 398th chapter of Delta Psi Omega.

Caleb Wimbush (Caleb) Fourth COD production; The Man Who Came to Dinner (Stagehand), Rumors (Officer Welch), Grease (Kenickie)

Chris Yee (Chris) Second COD production; 1984 (Waiter). Yee is a recipient of the 2019 Buffalo Theatre Ensemble Student Assistant Stage Management Scholarship and a participant in Buffalo Theatre Ensemble’s Shadow Program for Miracle on South Division Street.

Connie Canaday Howard (Director, Theater Department Chair) has enjoyed directing such shows as Pride and Prejudice, The Dreams of Antigone and Twelfth Night. The Heidi Chronicles, directed by Canaday Howard, received the award for best non-professional production in Chicagoland as a student production. She has been cited in Who’s Who Among America’s Colleges and Universities

11 times. She is artistic director for Buffalo Theatre Ensemble, a professional company in residence at the MAC, where she also directs and is a member of its acting ensemble. She is a member of Actors’ Equity Association. Canaday Howard was COD’s Outstanding Faculty for 2003–2004 and is a member of the Joseph Jefferson Committee’s Artistic Team, which is Chicago’s version of the Tony.

Kyle Donahue (Choreography) has choreographed, directed and performed around the world on regional theater, theme park and cruise ship stages. He is thrilled to be working with the amazing team at COD again this season after choreographing The Addams Family, Pippin and Grease the last three summers! Other favorite choreography/directing credits include 42nd Street, Legally Blonde, All Shook Up, Forever Plaid, and CATS. He has studied dance in New York City at Alvin Ailey, Broadway Dance Center, and with Broadway veteran Billye Kersey Kupiak. In the Chicagoland area, Donahue has been seen on stage at Drury Lane Theatre Oakbrook and New American Theatre, and has directed/choreographed/music directed at Fox Valley Repertory and Rockford University. He serves as the cultural arts supervisor at the Arlington Heights Park District and resides in the western burbs with his beautiful wife Julie and their four little ones Lulu, Lincoln, Finn and River. He holds a BFA in Musical Theatre Performance from Rockford College. www.KyleAndJulie.com

Jeffrey Poindexter (Music Director) is an active music director and pianist in the Chicagoland area, having worked with numerous theaters including FWD Theatre Project, BoHo Theatre, Griffin Theatre, the Performer’s School and Fox Valley Repertory. Poindexter is an adjunct faculty accompanist at Roosevelt University and frequent collaborator at Columbia College Chicago and College of DuPage. Along with his various theater work, he plays for numerous recitals, concerts and special events throughout the year, as well as teaches piano lessons. He earned a bachelor’s degree in music education

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from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and a master’s degree in jazz piano performance from DePaul University.

Jon Gantt (Lighting Design) is the technical coordinator for the McAninch Arts Center and has been a lighting and scenic designer for College of DuPage and the resident professional companies since the opening of the Arts Center in 1986. For more than 35 years, he has designed scenery and lighting for many professional and university theaters in and around Chicago. Recently, he designed the lighting for Buffalo Theatre Ensemble’s Don’t Dress for Dinner, Improbable Fiction and The 39 Steps, and for New Philharmonic’s Die Fledermaus, and he did the scenic design for New Philharmonic’s The Mikado and La Traviata. For the College Theater program, he designed the set for Much Ado About Nothing, set and video for 1984, and lighting for Girls Like That, Pippin, These Shining Lives, Captain Blood, The Addams Family, Curse of the Starving Class, A Christmas Carol, and The Foreigner. Other notable past production designs include The Ruling Class, The Man of La Mancha, The Praying Mantis, Lady Chatterley’s Lover, Evita, Sweeney Todd and his Jeff-nominated scenic design for the world premiere of The Grab at Theatre Building Chicago.

Michael W. Moon (Scenic, Sound and Properties Design) is the technical director and resident scenic designer for the MAC. His many scenic design credits for COD include The Skriker, The Dreams of Antigone and A Christmas Carol. He is also a playwright having had pieces performed across the country as well as an adaptation of Spoon River Anthology done by COD in 2013.

Ben Johnson (Sound Design) actually began his career as a student at COD many years ago. But since then he has been a freelance technician at the Lookingglass Theater, the

Northlight Theater, the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts, the Ramsey Auditorium at Fermilab, plus others. At the MAC he provides technical support for many of the MAC’s student and touring events.

Kimberly G. Morris (Costume, Make-up and Hair Design) is pleased to continue her work at College of DuPage. Prior to joining the crew at COD she spent 13 years as a freelance costume, makeup, wig and properties designer throughout Chicago and the east coast. She is a company member of Babes with Blades Theatre Company where she has designed Promise of a Rose Garden, Titus Andronicus, Julius Caesar, Patchwork Drifter, Macbeth, Susan Swayne and Bewildered Bride and Bo Thomas and the Case of the Spy Pirates. Other favorite past projects include Carmilla and Grease at COD; puppet design for Lifeline Theatre’s Neverwhere, and costumes/masks for their Island of Dr. Moreau; costume and puppet design for Akvavit Theatre’s production of Blue Planet; and properties design for Chicago Children’s Theatre productions of A Year with Frog and Toad and 100 Dresses. She has also designed for Stage Left Theatre, Fox Valley Repertory, Ball State University, American Shakespeare Center, Shenandoah Shakespeare Express, Heritage Repertory Theatre, Tecumseh!, Wilmette Arts Center, NWHS and MEHS.

Gina Robertelli* (Stage Manager) Third COD production; A Christmas Carol (Belle/Assistant Stage Manager) and The Foreigner (Catherine). Favorite credits include Beauty and the Beast (Mrs. Potts), Rabbit Hole (Izzy), and Grease (Marty). She was recently a part of COD’s Free Stage production of Beware the Man Eating Chicken. Robertelli is a recipient of the John Belushi Stage Management Scholarship. She is also the public outreach officer for the 398th Chapter of Delta Psi Omega.

*2018 John Belushi Stage Management Scholarship Recipient^2017/2018 John Belushi/Second City Theatre Scholarship Recipient

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John-Michael Tebelak was born in Berea, OH, and graduated from Berea High School in 1966.

He first produced Godspell as his master’s thesis, under Lawrence Carra, at Carnegie Mellon

University in December 1970. He had been studying Greek and Roman mythology, but became fascinated by the joy expressed in the Gospels, with the deadline for his thesis two weeks away. He attended an Easter Vigil service in 1970 at Pittsburgh’s St. Paul Cathedral, wearing his usual overalls and a T-shirt. A police officer frisked him for drugs after the service. He wrote, of this experience, “I left with the feeling that, rather than rolling the rock away from the Tomb, they were piling more on. I went home, took out my manuscript, and worked it to completion in a non-stop frenzy.” Though he never completed his coursework at the university, Carnegie Mellon did award him a degree.

He then directed productions of Godspell at La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club, the Cherry Lane Theatre, the Promenade Theatre, and on Broadway. He was named Theatre Man of the Year by Elliott Norton of the Boston Record American, and Most Promising Director of 1971 by the New York Drama Desk. He was also named an Outstanding Ohioan by then-Governor John J. Gilligan. Following the success of Godspell, he contributed funding to a number of productions at La MaMa, including Paul Foster’s Silver Queen Saloon (1978); William M. Hoffman’s A Book of Etiquette (1978); Steven Margoshes, Gerome Ragni, and James Rado’s Jack Sound (1978); Tadeusz Kantor’s The Dead Class (1979); Winston Tong in two pieces (1979); Andrei Serban and Elizabeth Swados’ Fragments of a Trilogy; Rosalyn Drexler’s Vulgar Lives (1979);

Meredith Monk’s Recent Ruins (1979); and Ron Tavel’s Nutrcracker in the Land of Nuts (1979/1980).

Tebelak directed the Broadway play Elizabeth I in 1972, the off-Broadway play The Glorious One in 1975, and Ka-Boom in 1980. He also directed Lope de Vega’s Fuenteovejuna in Madrid in 1975. He co-wrote the 1973 film version of Godspell with David Greene.

Tebelak once said that he “walked into a theater at the age of nine and stayed there.” He was a lifelong member of the Episcopal Church, considered becoming a priest, and may have attended an Episcopal seminary for a time. He was dramaturge for the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine in New York City and staged liturgical drama there. According to Reverend James Parks Morton, “whether it was a sermon series or a two-day conference on the environment, he turned it into theater.”

In 1980, Tebelak was sued in New York State Supreme Court by his former live-in companion, Richard Hannum. Hannum was represented by famed divorce lawyer Marvin Mitchelson, and was working with Norman Mailer on an adaptation of a play about Marilyn Monroe called Strawhead. The lawsuit was an early effort to define the rights of cohabiting homosexual couples.

Tebelak returned to his hometown of Berea to direct the 10th anniversary production of Godspell at the Berea Summer Theater in the summer of 1980. He subsequently directed Cabaret there in the summer of 1981. He directed a revival of Godspell at La MaMa in 1981. In 1983, he directed Diversions: Or Proof that it is Impossible to Live, based on the life and work of Franz Kafka, written by Aubrey Simpson, and starring Michael Mayer, at La MaMa.

Tebelak died in New York City on April 2, 1985, of a heart attack.

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Stephen Schwartz was born in New York City on March 6, 1948. He studied piano and composition at the Juilliard School of Music while in high school and graduated from Carnegie Mellon University in 1968 with a B.F.A. in Drama.

Upon coming back to live in New York City, he went to work as a producer for RCA Records, but shortly thereafter began to work in the Broadway theater. His first major credit was the title song for the play Butterflies Are Free; the song was eventually used in the movie version, as well.

In 1971, he wrote the music and new lyrics for Godspell, for which he won several awards, including two Grammys. This was followed by the English texts in collaboration with Leonard Bernstein for Bernstein’s Mass, which opened the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. The following year, he wrote the music and lyrics for Pippin, and two years later, The Magic Show. At one point, Godspell, Pippin and The Magic Show were all running on Broadway simultaneously.

He next wrote the music and lyrics for The Baker’s Wife, followed by a musical version of Studs Terkel’s Working, to which he contributed four songs and which he also adapted and directed, winning the Drama Desk Award as best director. He also co-directed the television production, which was presented as part of the PBS American Playhouse series. Next came songs for a one-act musical for children, Captain Louie, and a children’s book, The Perfect Peach. He then wrote music for three of the songs in the Off-Broadway revue, Personals, lyrics to Charles Strouse’s music for Rags, and music and lyrics for Children of Eden.

He then began working in film, collaborating with composer Alan Menken on the scores for the Disney animated features Pocahontas, for which he received two Academy Awards and another Grammy, and The Hunchback of Notre Dame. He also provided songs for DreamWorks’ first animated feature, The Prince of Egypt, for which he won another Academy Award for the song “When You Believe.” He most recently collaborated with Alan Menken on the songs for Disney’s Enchanted.

Schwartz provided music and lyrics for the original television musical, Geppetto, recently adapted for the stage as My Son Pinocchio. He has released two CDs on which he sings new songs, Reluctant Pilgrim and Uncharted Territory.

His most recent musical, Wicked, opened in the fall of 2003 and is currently running on Broadway and in several other productions around the United States and the world. In 2008, Wicked reached its 1900th performance on Broadway, making Schwartz the only songwriter in Broadway history ever to have three shows run more than 1900 performances.

His first opera, Seance on a Wet Afternoon, premiered at Opera Santa Barbara in the fall of 2009 and was recently produced by New York City Opera.

Schwartz has recently been given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and was inducted into the Theatre Hall of Fame and the Songwriters Hall of Fame. A book about his career, Defying Gravity, has been released by Applause Books.

Under the auspices of the ASCAP Foundation, he runs musical theater workshops in New York and Los Angeles and serves on the ASCAP board. He is also a member of the Council of the Dramatists’ Guild.

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and the Gilbert Family Charitable Fund

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Ambassador Circle ($500–$999)Anonymous (5)Young AhnApple Matching Gifts ProgramAmelia BarrettMary Ellen and Jack BarryPatricia and Bruce BeckMr. and Mrs. Marco BenassiMr. and Mrs. Martin P. BenderWilliam and Janet BermannKathleen BinnigDr. Brian W. CaputoPaula and John CebulaMr. and Mrs. Paul J. CliftonDon and Anna Mae DaviaGeorge W. and Ann DervisBarbara and George DiGuidoMs. Carol G. EncisoGeorge and Kathryn FairbairnFinances by Design Inc.David and Helen FraserMarilyn FredericksJack and Robin GrahamGinni and ChrisDon and Jackie Hegebarth

John A. HerndonMr. William N. HerrmannJorge and Beatriz IorgulescuJohn and Gabrielle JaquindeJennifer JulienKarl and Lee Ann KarnatzDr. Jean V. KartjeMs. Durema F. KohlThe Lagunitas Brewing

CompanyMr. and Mrs. James F. LongMr. Donald E. McGowan and

Ms. Mary L. PrazakMrs. Melissa Meisch-MercadoDr. and Mrs. John MessittLTC and Mrs. James MilobowskiMr. Charles J. MisovyeJ. C. MorganJack and Marilyn PearsonMs. Melanie PetersDr. Patricia PimentalDr. and Mrs. Hans P. PohlmannGinny and Don RathsA. F. and Cecile RobinsonNancy L. RubyMs. Theresa M. SakDoris and David SchertzKristin and Peter ShulmanSkeet and Laura SkeetAngela SmithMs. Kathy WesselMr. and Mrs. Raymond WielgosWight & CompanyJo Anne Zipperer

Performer ($250–$499)Anonymous (5)Nancy AlluredRenato and Mary BacciRichard and Grace BauerBiff Behr and Lynne RichmanMr. and Mrs. Ralph BertolaciniMs. Claudia BorowskiBroadway in ChicagoMr. and Mrs. William BulgerC.B. Conlin Landscapes, Inc

Greg and Janet ChejfecMs. Cynthia CliftonDiane CooperStephen and Sunday CumminsDempsey-MuskerRobert and Carol DrakeEdwin A. and Gerry DulikJoseph and Frances EraciJames EyreMarcela FanningMr. Douglas FitzgeraldElinor FlaniganUrs Geiser and Mary HobeinGranite City Food & BreweryDr. Eugene G. Hallongren and

Mrs. Dianne J. HallongrenHand & Stone Massage and

Facial SpaMs. Carmen A. Heredia-LopezMs. Jennifer HerethLance HerningAllan Hins and Marilyn WilgockiMark and Darlene HolleMr. Glenn HopkinsMr. and Mrs. Peter D. HorneMr. and Mrs. Kevin R. IlliaMr. and Mrs. Tomas JohanssonKendra ScottMr. and Mrs. William S. KensholMr. John KenwoodVirginia and Charles KlingspornMr. John L. Ladle, Jr.Eileen B. Landau, Fidelity

Charitable Trust, in Memory of Eliot A. Landau and Cateria A. Pryde

Ida LeeR and G LeonaviciusJeffrey MayMs. Susan MazanekMs. Kathleen McCulloughMarty and Marian McGowanMr. and Mrs. Wayne J. MicekNorthern IL Commercial

Association of RealtorsMadeleine PachayByrd and Alice Parmelee

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FRIENDS OF THE MACMr. Thomas PattersonJim and Lorraine PaulissenMs. René M. RichardsMs. Amy RothMs. Lisa Savegnago and

Mr. Ronald A. JohnsonDenson ShopsRichard and Janice StickaMs. Eileen StrongStudent Foundation ISMTACarol and John SturzJanet ThornberyTwo Brothers Brewing CompanyULTA BeautyMr. and Mrs. Adolf Van DrilMs. Judy VogtDon and Lisa WeissMs. Alice M. WilburKathy and Rich WildersMr. and Mrs. Robert Wulffen

Friend ($50–$249)Anonymous (17)Ms. Nina AdamsSue AdamsMichael AikinsMrs. John AndersenMr. Ron AndersonAndrew’s GardenMs. Emma B. Arellano-CabusaoArt Institute of ChicagoMr. and Mrs. Jay J. AugustineAurora Civic Center AuthorityAlyce BarnicleBarone’s Family RestaurantMr. and Mrs. Daniel S. BarszczMichael and Gail BaruchBetty and Bob BeckerMr. and Mrs. Sherif BehnaMr. and Mrs. Ronald N. BenMs. Mary BergKen and Annabel BergmanDaniel and Yolanda BindertBlue Man GroupMr. and Ms. John BorgeMr. and Mrs. James Borus

Mr. Franklin E. BowesRichard BowesJayne BoyleMs. Sharon BrauerMr. and Mrs. George BruceBuca di Beppo Italian RestaurantVerda and Paul BufkinDr. John and Suzanne BuntrockLarry and Laurel BurrittMildred and Harold BurrowEd and Kay BurtonJoseph and Marybeth CampionMs. Amie L. CantarellaMs. Virginia CantuMrs. Ruth CarlsonRuth and Ken CarlsonJim CarstenMr. Joseph CassidyCaterpillar FoundationMs. Natalie CepynskyMr. Robert B. ChasteenMr. and Mrs. Bruce P. ChristensenMr. Michael ChurchMr. Allen R. CiteraMr. Alan L. ClarkMs. Theresa L. ClarkMr. and Mrs. William CleaverMr. and Mrs. Ray F. CliffMr. and Mrs. James M. ConnollyPeggy ConnollyMs. Erica CoppolinoCreme de la Creme BoutiqueMr. and Mrs. Bill P. CurryMr. Steven D. CurtisMrs. Margaret DadyJeanne E. DavikJudy DeckerMr. and Mrs. Michael J. DelaneyJoy and Ron DetmerDevon Seafood and SteakMs. Jean A. DeYoung and

Mr. Frank BurkeMarilyn and Gene DicolaMr. Gary R. DobsonWilliam DonnellyDoubleTree by Hilton Lisle

Naperville

Ms. Jane DoyleWilliam and Kathleen DrennanDrury Lane TheatreMs. Deborah L. DudekEvalee DumasJenny DunbarDuPage Children’s MuseumJoanne EastEataly ChicagoEdie BoutiqueMr. and Mrs. Michael EdwardsElements MassageMrs. Julie A. ElgesExelon CorporationRobert and Linda FairbairnWilliam and Sally Newton

FairbankGeraldine FeketeMr. Joseph P. FerreriMary FitzgeraldSusan FoodyEric and Marilyn ForsFrank Gironda Salon & SpasMs. Judith D. FrazierDr. and Mrs. Richard M. FriedGail FromerJanet R. GahalaMary Jane GarrettPamela and Jerome GiermannGlen Ellyn Park DistrictMr. and Mrs. Glenn GlinkeMr. Mark GodishMr. Michael W. GoettschMr. Eugene GoldsmithMs. Karen Goyak and the

Goyak Family Fund of Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund

Ms. Kathleen F. GrohMs. Kristina GuastaferriMs. Wanda GustasAnne HackerMr. Stephen HallenbeckMs. Robin L. HallettGeorgia HamiltonMs. Sue HammersmithDiana and Gary HarperRebekah and Rodney Harris

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FRIENDS OF THE MACDr. Susan Harris-MitchellMrs. Jane D. HartopDavid and Karen HaugenMr. and Mrs. Brad A. HausermanDr. Steven L. HavensMs. Nancy HeadenMr. and Mrs. Hashem HelmiMr. and Mrs. James HeltMs. Ann B. HendersonAleene L. Henninger-BoydenMr. Robert HessMs. Judith HigginsRon HiltonPaul and Jessica HollerMr. Joseph W. HopperBruce and Judy HoskinsMr. Lawrence J. HowardStephen and Michelle HujarStephanie IglehartWalt and Vicki IlczynInn at Water’s EdgeMs. Susan InnesMr. and Mrs. James V. JaltuchDave JatczakMs. Marilyn L. JelinekMary JensenEdward and Susan JeszkaMr. and Mrs. Donald V. JohnsonMr. and Mrs. Glenn C. JohnsonBernard JokielMr. David P. JordanMr. and Mrs. Steven L. JungDee KaempenMr. and Mrs. Raymond KasparMr. David KassMr. and Ms. Paul KatsMr. and Mrs. Thomas KeiserMr. Lee R. KesselmanMs. Deborah KimminauMr. and Mrs. R. P. KolakUlrike KonchanMarcia A. KoppenhoeferJohn P. and Catherine M. KosMr. Michael KozlowskiMs. Sonia B. KozlowskiKimberly KrauseMr. Brian Krauss

Mr. Karl LangnerGregory and Kristine LarsenLaser QuestMs. Bette Lawrence-WaterMr. and Mrs. Chung LeeMr. and Mrs. Paul F. LeFort

and the LeFort-Martin Family Donor-Advised Fund of The DuPage Community Foundation

Michael LembkeMr. and Mrs. Matthew LemmeMs. Virginia LennonMr. Anthony LettsElaine Libovicz and the Elaine

Libovicz Donor Advised Fund - Edward Jones

Mr. and Mrs. Robert LoizziMs. Theresa M. LongLouise and John MaggittMr. and Mrs. Edward MakauskasMr. and Mrs. Atis MakstenieksEdward J. MallyMadeleine and Ralph MarbachMr. Robert MarksMs. Brandee MartinWilliam and Margaret MatteRichard and Mary Ellen MatthiesMr. and Mrs. John P. MaxsonJames and Kimberley McDonnellLucia and Jim McGinnMs. Jennifer A. McIntoshKaren Micaka and Tom DekantMs. Mary C. MichnaMr. and Mrs. Francis MiesMr. and Mrs. Craig MillerJerry and Brigitte MillerMs. Judith MillerRalph and Nancy MillerColleen and Dale MoirThomas and Carol FateMr. and Mrs. Michael MoonMrs. Marilyn MooreMs. Kimberly G. MorrisThe Morton ArboretumMr. and Mrs. David W. MortonBud and Pat Motz

Ms. Linda MotzJoan MuellerMr. and Mrs. John MurphyMrs. Audrey NadelMs. Barbara NagengastErnest and JoAnne NassosKatherine NorrisBetty and John NorthMr. John L. NortonJean and Joanne OliphantGwen O’LoughlinShirley OrloppMs. Patricia OvermyerAlice E. PackardSarah PackardMr. and Mrs. Maynard L.

Parker, Jr.Mr. C. Alan ParksJames and Christine PattersonMs. Samantha PattersonRobert PendleburyMr. Nick PetrosRohan and Merlyn PhillipsMr. and Mrs. Wayne A. PiccinMs. Helen PierceRoger and Sarah PoeppelMr. and Mrs. Charles PolitoAnna Marie PollMrs. Patricia PolonusPorchlight Music TheatreMary Lou PorterMs. Denise PriceMs. Marilyn PrideRoger and Vivian PschererAlicia and Marshall PufundtTom and Karen PulverMs. Kathryn PurdyMrs. Stephanie QualioMr. and Mrs. Aleksandar

RadovicMr. Herbert RaffelJohn and Mandy RakowMr. William RaymondRealty Club of ChicagoMaryEllen ReedyMs. Tracey J. ReidMr. John Ridgeway

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Patricia RoseDuane and Elaine RossMs. Patricia M. RotondiMs. Dani RozekThe Honorable and

Mrs. Richard D. RussoBill and Sharron SailorMs. Laura SamperJaney SartherMs. Barbara ScalzittiMr. and Mrs. William G. ScanlanMs. Lenore SchachtSharol and William SchwassMr. and Mrs. A. C. SchwethelmKen and Trish ScottDr. Thomas R. ScottMs. Elizabeth Shaffer-McCarthyMr. Joseph L. SheehanCapt. and Mrs. Henry SheldonMs. Patricia SkupienMr. and Mrs. James H. SmithMr. Neal SmithMr. Jim SotirakosJean SpitzerDr. Christopher StackEllen and Grier StephensonMr. and Mrs. A. G. StithCarol StoffelConrad and Janet StollMs. Billie S. StraussMelissa StriedlDr. and Mrs. William (Norma)

StronerMr. and Mrs. Thomas J. SuhrburMr. and Mrs. Kennan R. SullivanGrace and Len SwansonMs. Helen B. SzymanskiAnthony and Mona TaylorTerrence J. Taylor and

Maureen Sullivan TaylorVirginia and Jerry ThompsonPaul ThompsonMr. and Mrs. Charles ThurstonMr. and Mrs. James N. TitusTom and Teri TraceyMr. Daniel TrasattMs. Tiffany Tricroce

Ms. Cynthia TrowbridgeMr. Steve TsaiMr. and Mrs. Joseph A. TurekMr. and Ms. Anthony J. VahcicMs. Harriet VakosEugenio and Carmen ValdesVillage Links of Glen EllynMarilee ViolaMark and Ruthe VitaleMs. Jacqueline VlamingMr. and Mrs. Michael VolkLucy and George VorickKay WahlgrenPenelope WainwrightDr. and Mrs. Edward Walsh, D.D.S.Mr. and Ms. Alan S. WalterMr. Tim WardMr. and Mrs. Edward WarmowskiWarren’s Ale HouseWaterleafMr. and Mrs. Anthony J.

WdowiarzMs. Susan WeberJudy WebsterMr. and Mrs. Dennis WeeksPatricia and Richard WeichleMr. Brian WeickMr. and Mrs. John WheatleyWheaton Chamber of

CommerceRobert and Jeanne WhislerLyn and Debbie WhistonMs. Sandra WildermuthMr. Chuck WingeMr. Chris WinstonMs. Eileen WinterMr. and Mrs. Harvey

WischnowskiMrs. Iris S. WitkowskyMr. Justin WitteMs. Rebecca WolvertonJohn YoungDiane Meiborg and

Roger ZacekHelene S. ZarconeMs. Michelle ZiebellMargot C. and Arthur Zwierlein

Corporate and Community Sponsors

Adelle’s Fine American FareArts MidwestBrookdale Glen EllynCabernet & CompanyThe ClubhouseCollege of DuPage FoundationDoubleTree by Hilton Lisle

NapervilleDuPage FoundationFollettGlen PrairieHoulihan’sI Have a BeanIllinois Arts Council AgencyL.L.BeanNational Endowment for the ArtsNothing Bundt CakesParkers’ Restaurant and BarReserve 22Smith Financial Advisors Inc.Sullivan Taylor, Gumina &

Palmer, P.C.Travanse Living of WheatonWeber Grill90.9FM WDCB98.7 WFMT

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MAC Administrative StaffDirector of the McAninch Arts Center .................................................................................................. Diana MartinezMarketing and Donor Relations Coordinator ...........................................................................................Roland RaffelBusiness Manager ..............................................................................................................................Ellen McGowan Assistant Business Manager ................................................................................................................ Kari SchoettleCleve Carney Art Gallery Curator .............................................................................................................. Justin WitteGallery Assistant .................................................................................................................................... Heidi Holmes Project Coordinator, Frida Kahlo 2020 .................................................................................................. Molly JunokasEducation and Community Engagement Coordinator ............................................................................. Janey SartherDirector of Development for Cultural Arts ...............................................................................................Janie OldfieldGraphic Design and Group Sales Coordinator .......................................................................................Kat Kazmierski Administrative Assistant ........................................................................................................................Mandy RakowStudent Clerical Assistants ............................................................ Danielle Pawlowski, Karen Robinson, Rachel Stark

MAC Box Office and Front of House StaffBox Office Manager ...................................................................................................................................Julie ElgesAssistant Box Office Manager .......................................................................................................... Natalie WawczakAssistant Box Office Supervisor........................................................................................................ Michelle DowneyBox Office Assistants ........................................................................................................ Sydney Fabis, Kali SheldonPatron Service Manager ........................................................................................................................... Tom MurrayFront of House Manager ............................................................................................................................Rob NardiniFront of House Assistant .......................................................................................................................Chris Corrigan

MAC Resident Professional EnsemblesBuffalo Theatre Ensemble, Artistic Director ............................................................................Connie Canaday HowardBuffalo Theatre Ensemble, Associate Artistic Director ........................................................................... Amelia BarrettBuffalo Theatre Ensemble, Business Manager ......................................................................................... Bryan BurkeNew Philharmonic, Conductor and Music Director ..................................................................................Kirk MusprattNew Philharmonic, Associate Conductor and Librarian ....................................................................... Benjamin NadelNew Philharmonic Manager ................................................................................................................... Paula Cebula

MAC Design and Technical StaffTechnical Production Coordinator .................................................................................................................Jon GanttTechnical Director ............................................................................................................................ Michael W. MoonCostume and Make-up Design Coordinator .................................................................................... Kimberly G. MorrisAssistant Costume Coordinator and Stitcher ................................................................................... Gretchen Woodley Production Manager................................................................................................................................. Joe HopperAssistant Production Managers ...............................................................Ben Johnson, Elias Morales, Sabrina ZeidlerStage Hands ...................................................................................................................Bobby Bryan, Caitlyn Woods

HOUSE NOTES• Mailing List: If this is your first visit to the McAninch

Arts Center, please stop by our Box Office to add your name to our mailing list or register your email at www.AtTheMAC.org.

• Cameras and recording devices are not allowed in the theater and are prohibited by our contracts with the artists.

• Smoking is not permitted in the theater or on campus.• For your comfort and security, all backpacks and large

bags must be checked.• Electronic pagers and patrons’ seat locations should be

given to the House Manager, who will notify you in the event of a call. Patrons wearing wristwatch alarms or carrying cellular phones are respectfully requested to turn them off while in the theater.

• Emergency phone number at College of DuPage Police Department for after-hour calls is (630) 942-2000.

• Latecomers seated at discretion of the House Manager.

• Groups of 10 or more may contact Kat Kazmierski at (630) 942-3026 or kazmierskik@cod.edu to arrange for group discounts.

• If you notice a spill in the theater, please notify an usher.• McAninch Arts Center volunteers are people

who assist the house staff in areas of ticket taking, ushering and general management during performances. To get involved, call (630) 942-3705.

• For Americans With Disabilities Act accommodations, call (630) 942-2141 (voice) or (630) 858-9692 (TDD).

• Infrared Assistive Listening Devices: For audience members who desire audio amplification of performances, headsets with individual volume controls are now available. You may check out the headsets at the Ticket Office with a credit card or driver’s license. Underwritten by a generous gift from The Knowles Foundation.