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Sibyl Wickersheimer, USAScenic Designer

Alison Siple♦Costume Designer

Brian Bembridge♦, USALighting Designer

Josh Horvath♦, USACo-Sound Designer

Rick Sims♦, USACo-Sound Designer

Maria DeFaboProperties Designer

Tess Lauchaire*Production Stage Manager

Joel HobsonProduction Manager

Sean K. WaltersTechnical Director

Andrew White♦Artistic Director

Rachel E. KraftExecutive Director

Philip R. Smith♦Producing Artistic Director

Heidi Stillman♦Artistic Director of New Work

WRITTEN BY ED SCHMIDTDIRECTED BY J. NICOLE BROOKS♦*

Lookingglass Theatre Company is a constituent member of Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the national service organization for American Theatre, and a member of the League of Chicago Theatres, the local service organization for theatre.

CASTClancy Hope......................................................Kevin Douglas♦*Joe Louis....................................................Anthony Fleming III♦*Jackie Robinson...................................................Javon Johnson*Paul Robeson........................................James Vincent Meredith*Branch Rickey................................................Larry Neumann, Jr.*Bill “Bojangles” Robinson...................................Ernest Perry, Jr.*

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PRODUCTION STAFF

Assistant Director/Dramaturg...............................................................................Marti LyonsProduction Coordinator......................................................................................Harriet SoginAssistant Technical Director................................................................................Jen SeleznowAssistant Stage Manager..................................................................................Olivia CastillonAssistant Scenic Designer..............................................................................Krystyna LobodaAssistant Costume Designer...............................................................................Kristin DeiTosAssistant Lighting Designer...............................................................................Alec BernsteinAssistant Properties Designer.............................................................................Jesse GaffneyMaster Carpenter.................................................................................................John RussellCarpenters..........................................................Andrew Knauff, Joel Lambie, Joshua Lansing, Dane Lewandowski, and Isaac Shoepp Scenic Charge.......................................................................................................Zoe ShiffrinAssistant Scenic Charge......................................................................................Sarah DaltonScenic Artist......................................................................................................Meg GrgurichMaster Electrician..........................................................................................Jabin ChartrandAssistant Master Electrician.....................................................................Christopher WilhamElectricians................................................................................Nicholas J. Carroll, Jeff Glass, Sarah Lackner, Nicole Malmquist, Sarah Mikrut, Jacob Snodgrass, Karen Thompson and Viv WoodlandWardrobe Supervisor......................................................................................David Galbreath Costume Supervisor........................................................................................Joanna MelvilleCostume Construction....................................................Fox Brothers Tailoring and June SaitoSound Engineer...................................................................................Christopher M. LaPorteDeck Crew..........................................................................................................Kelsey LammCasting...........................................................................Philip R. Smith♦ with Raymond Fox♦Stage Management Apprentice........................................................................Daniel D. DrakeProduction Management Intern.....................................................................Lindsay Ricketts Technical Direction Intern...................................................................................Alex BozemanWardrobe Intern.....................................................................................................Kara TeschElectrics Intern...................................................................................................Soren Ersbak

*Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the union for professional actors and stage managers♦Lookingglass Theatre Company Ensemble Member, Artistic Associate or Production Affiliate

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How did this collaboration come about?

J. NICOLE BROOKS: I heard an audio version of Mr. Rickey Calls a Meeting on this wonderful radio program called “The Play’s the Thing” on a local NPR affiliate in Los Angeles. I was listening to the program in my car on a Saturday night. When I parked I found that I could not leave the car until the program was over because it was just that good. Thrilled by a play that I’d only just heard for the first time, I knew I wanted to present it to the ensemble. So I began the process of tracking down the play and its author, Ed Schmidt.

ED SCHMIDT: On my end, this came out of the blue. I wrote the first draft of this play at least twenty years ago. The last real production of the play that I’d been involved with was probably twelve or fifteen years ago. I always thought that it deserved a longer life. So when I got a call from my agent and he told me that the Lookingglass Theatre was interested in producing Mr. Rickey Calls a Meeting I said, yes, of course. Then I met Nicky. We had an amazing discussion about the play over breakfast. Because we had similar ideas about the play and we liked and respected each other, I knew that if Lookingglass decided to do the production it would be in good hands.

Our theme for the season is “in just one moment everything changed.” I’m curious to know what drew each of you to this moment in history.

ES: At the time I began writing Mr. Rickey Calls a Meeting, I was reading an autobiography of Joe Louis. This autobiography was actually written in collaboration with an old sports writer named Art Rust, Jr. Though the book was a notoriously unreliable autobiography, it was a good story. In fact, there was one paragraph that said that in April of 1947, Branch Rickey, the president and general manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers, called together Joe Louis, Paul Robeson and Bill “Bojangles” Robinson so that they could inform Jackie Robinson about the racial issues he would face as a player in the major leagues. I thought that was pretty fascinating so I started to do research on this meeting and quickly realized that it never took place. Then I started to think, wouldn’t it be great to put these guys in a room together? This was the idea behind the play.

JNB: What drew me to the play quite honestly is that each of these men influenced my life both personally and professionally. When I was a senior in college and I was facing some sort of benign racism at school, I can remember going to the library and checking out books about Paul Robeson

IN CONVERSATIONwith J. Nicole Brooks and Ed SchmidtInterview by Literary Manager and Company Dramaturg MARTI LYONS


because I knew that he had confronted racial issues in his lifetime. I knew that what I was dealing with was nowhere near the severity of what those men and women faced back then but I drew a great deal of strength from Paul Robeson. I just had a great respect for this actor, athlete and scholar who spent much of his life promoting equal rights for minorities around the world. This guy was a true renaissance man and I think somewhere deep down inside I have always wanted to be like that.

ES: It’s interesting because what drew me to Robeson was listening to my father’s records. There I was in the middle of Wisconsin putting on a record and listening to him sing “nobody knows the trouble I’ve seen” in that amazing voice. And honestly, though I hadn’t seen too many troubles in my life, something just hit me in the gut when I heard his voice. It’s funny that Nicky and I are coming at this from completely different angles and yet we are ending up in the same place.

The play premiered in 1989. Does the meaning and relevance of the play change in the context of life in 2012?

ES: For me the play is largely about what is the best way to bring about change in a society. It is an age-old question as relevant today as it was then. Should a person take the one step at a time approach as Mr. Rickey believed, or should he or she come out with guns blazing like Mr. Robeson? To some degree it’s the Martin Luther King, Jr. /Malcolm X debate. Today it’s not unlike some Democrats asking Obama to bring about immediate fundamental changes while others are willing to go at a more conservative pace.

JNB: One of the things that tortures me after reading this play is how closely it parallels some of things going on in my life. I do strive and wish to be more like Paul Robeson but I feel a lot more like Joe Louis. I live in Los Angeles and work in the television and film industry. It is a joke right now to try to work as a

black woman in LA because there are less than 7% of people of color working behind of the camera as writers and producers. And I feel like it’s difficult to take a stand. I’m getting caught in the “well they gave us that role once on that one TV show.” I really hate that. I want to scrape away at that. In that respect I am looking forward to the journey of working on this project because there’s a lot to be learned by observing the struggles of those men and women of that time. Mr. Rickey included.

It’s always an interesting challenge to cast historical characters. What advice do you have for your cast members?

ES: I’ve noticed in various productions that different actors tap into different aspects of the persona. For example, sometimes Joe Louis has been portrayed as an angry and volatile presence in the room. On the other hand, there have been some actors who have found something beyond the Robeson persona and portrayed him as being much more of a vulnerable character. It depends on the actor’s focus.

JNB: As a director there are two tracks I like to follow. There is the technical track. For example, if you’re playing someone that is well known in history and technically he or she has a certain way of speaking, you have to abide by that. That being said I don’t want the actors to feel like they are just emulating what they see. The second track is that actors need to be a truthful to the organic experience that they are having while portraying their character. This is the inherent hurdle you have to jump over when you’re dealing with historical dramas. But who the hell wouldn’t want to play these guys? I would kill to play any of these gentlemen. And we’ve assembled a company of some of the best actors you’re going to see on stage. Just about all of them have been known in Chicago theatre for years and years. Seeing them onstage together will be like a rock concert. Or, rather, an all star game.

Written byEnsemble Member

ANDREW WHITE

Music by Artistic Associate

ANDRE PLUESS and

BEN SUSSMAN

Directed by

AMANDA DEHNERT

Music by Artistic Associate

ANDRE PLUESS and

BEN SUSSMAN

Tickets on sale March 14, 2012

Begins June 6, 2012

Award-winning Artistic Director Andrew White weaves a tapestry of

working class stories and colorful characters, giving voice to the victims and

heroes of the forgotten 1915 tragedy on the Chicago River. Inspired by

early American folk music, Eastland joins haunting lyrics to unforget-

table melodies and soaring harmonies by Artistic Associate Andre Pluess

and Ben Sussman.

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Recipient of an Edgerton Foundation New American Plays Award

Additional support provided by The Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation, Gregory Cameron and Gregory Thompson, and Dr. Abbie Roth.


IN THIS DIGITAL AGE of smart phones, sleek laptop computers, tablets and iPads smaller than a legal pad of paper, GPS, flat screen HD-3D televisions, and Youtube.com, it’s hard to imagine that just 64 years ago people actually gathered around a radio for news of the world. There were no personalized internet radio services that chose music based on your favorites. Streaming only referred to an actual stream of water. There were no blogs, podcasts or tweets to discuss Joe Louis‘ second battle against Max Schmeling. Bill Robinson’s bright smile wasn’t a featured portrait on Facebook or Tumblr. Inventors, engineers, developers and businessmen contributed to how we experienced war, sporting events, music, theatre and advertisements. Radio, one can argue, contributed to how we met a young man from Southern California named Jack Robinson. After a long day of work, those who couldn’t attend the actual game at Ebbets, Comiskey, or Griffith Stadium would gather around a radio and listen to the game.

This journey of Mr. Rickey Calls a Meeting was inspired by the love of baseball that I learned from my family. We followed the MLB (Major League Baseball), and with time I learned about the Negro Leagues. I grew up on the South Side in the Washington

J. Nicole Brooks with Artistic Associates Anthony Fleming III and Kevin Douglas

A DIRECTOR’S NOTEfrom J. Nicole Brooks

Park neighborhood. When a ball player would knock a homerun across the Dan Ryan, you could hear the fireworks nearly 20 blocks away. Til this day, a tiny smile crawls across my mother’s face when she hears those fireworks. Back then she’d always say “That’s right boys, put it on the board. For my 9th birthday, I got an autographed baseball from White Sox great Minnie Minoso. I didn’t care that it was a boys’ game. Receiving that ball made me want to break the rules.

Baseball is a game of geometry. It has strict rules. But to me, baseball is much like the theatre. Kids don’t care much about having a field. They’ll play anywhere they please. Vacant lots. The street. Schoolyard. They improvise, just like we do in the theatre. Who needed bases when you could use a tree? A tire? A rock? My favorite baseball game as a kid was called “Piggy.” We riffed on the rules of baseball, because in our minds we could play the game anyway we wanted--as long as you stepped up to the plate, and tried to knock that ball into another world. Knock it past the closed doors and limitations. Those doors were kicked in by eminent athletes like Moses Fleetwood, Josh Gibson, and Jackie Robinson. I hope that we can all put down the digital whatchamacallits for a few minutes, step onto a field, step into a theatre, and appreciate this important moment in our American history.

J. Nicole Brooks and the cast of Mr. Rickey Calls a Meeting

J. Nicole Brooks at the first rehearsal of Mr. Rickey Calls a Meeting

Photos by Jonathan L. Green


KEVIN DOUGLAS (Clancy Hope/Artistic Associate) is very excited to be back at the ‘Gglass! He is an Artistic Associate and his Lookingglass credits include Lookingglass Alice, Our Town, Around the World in 80 Days, Black Diamond, and most recently The

Great Fire. Kevin’s other Chicago credits include Orlando at Court Theatre and before that A Civil War Christmas at Northlight. He is also a member of MPAACT (MA’AT Production Association of African Centered Theatre). Regional credits include Actors Theatre of Louisville, Baltimore Centerstage, Kansas City Rep and Alliance Theatre in Atlanta . Kevin would like to thank God for this opportunity and Nicky Brooks.

ANTHONY FLEMING III (Joe Louis/Artistic Associate) was last seen on stage playing Levee in August Wilson’s Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, directed by Ron O.J. Parson, at Actors Theater of Louisville and Milwaukee Rep. He last appeared

at Lookingglass in the summer of 2010 in Lookingglass Alice, completing a run of 5 cities over 4 years and 445 performances as the Cheshire Cat. Other Lookingglass shows include Race, 1984, Manuscript Found in Saragossa, The Arabian Nights, Icarus, and Fedra. Mr. Fleming has also performed with Victory Gardens (Hambone, Free Man of Color, Denmark), Steppenwolf (Division St: America, Take Me Out, The Glass Menagerie), Chicago Theater Co.(Journal of Ordinary Thought, Cut Flowers), and Famous Door (Cider House Rules). Television credits include “Prison Break” (Season 1&2) on Fox and “The Beast” on A&E. Next, he will be shooting an

independent film this spring with Lucia Mauro and Rick Snyder in Sardinia, Italy.

JAVON JOHNSON (Jackie Robinson) is a founding ensemble member of Congo Square Theatre and a former NEA and TCG panelist. He is a multi-award-winning actor/writer whose awards include the Black Theater Alliance August Wilson Award, the Kennedy Center’s

Lorraine Hansberry Award, Sundance Theatre Lab, etc. Acting credits include Barbershop 2, “Prison Break,” “One Life to Live,” “House of Payne,” Daddy’s Little Girls, Othello in Othello, Sterling in Two Trains Running, Harold Loomis in Joe Turner’s Come and Gone, Flip in Stick Fly as well as Dave Robinson in Lombardi on Broadway. Javon has written national urban tours starring Vivica Fox, Boris Kodjoe, Richard Roundtree, Brian McKnight, James Avery, Robin Givens, Chante Moore and many others. Current projects: co-producer Invisible Life: The Movie with Edmonds Entertainment and eVision Films and Invisible Life: The Musical with original score by Ashford and Simpson.

JAMES VINCENT MEREDITH (Paul Robeson) is a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association and an ensemble member at Steppenwolf where previous credits include Clybourne Park, Hot L Baltimore, The Tempest, Superior Donuts (also Broadway),

Carter’s Way, The Crucible, The Bluest Eye (also Off-Broadway at New Victory Theater) and The Pain and the Itch. Other Chicago credits include Take Me Out (About Face Theatre), Duchess of Malfi and Othello (Writers’ Theatre), Much

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Ado About Nothing and Measure for Measure (Chicago Shakespeare Theater), as well as work at Goodman Theatre, Drury Lane Theatre in Oakbrook and Piven Theater Workshop, where he is a member of the company ensemble. Regional credits include shows at Michigan Shakespeare Festival and First Stage in Milwaukee. Television credits include “Prison Break,” “ER,” “The Beast,” “Law and Order SVU,” “Detroit187,” “Chicago Code,” and “Boss.”

LARRY NEUMANN, JR. (Branch Rickey) Lookingglass audiences may remember Larry as Richard Nickel in The Richard Nickel Story, and Austin in The Shaggs. Larry will next appear in Goodman Theatre’s The Iceman Cometh, in the role of Mosher. Favorite

productions: Moon for the Misbegotten, 2009 Jeff Award, and Madness of Edgar Allan Poe (First Folio), Puppetmaster of Ludz (Writers’ Theatre), Cider House Rules, 2003 Jeff Award, and Hitting for the Cycle, 1996 Jeff Award (Famous Door), and Underneath the Lintel (Noble Fool). Film credits: Merry Gentleman, Stranger than Fiction, Stir of Echoes. A native Chicagoan, he lives with wife Sandy and their cats in Ravenswood Manor. Larry is a proud member of Actors’ Equity.

ERNEST PERRY, JR. (Bill “Bojangles” Robinson) makes his Lookingglass Theatre debut with Mr. Rickey Calls a Meeting. Perry was last seen as Eli in Hartford Stage’s production of Gem of the Ocean. Most recently Perry toured

in co-productions of Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom -Baltimore’s Centerstage, Philadelphia Theatre Company, and Actors Theatre of Louisville and Milwaukee Repertory Theatre. Goodman Theatre: 30 years resident actor, including ten years as the Ghost of Christmas Present in A Christmas Carol, Cry the Beloved Country, Tis a Pity She’s a Whore, Magnolia, Drowning Crow, Ties That Bind, An Enemy of the People, Let Me Live,

Pudd’N Pete, Play Mas, Miss Evers’ Boys, and Gas for Less. International: The Ice Man Cometh (Abbey Theatre-Dublin), My Children My Africa (Vienna’s English Theatre), The Merchant of Venice (RSC London, Thalia Theatre - Hamburg, Mc 93 Bobingy-Paris.) Broadway: Death and the King’s Horseman. Regional: Alliance Theatre, Centerstage Baltimore, Court Theatre, Cardinal Stage Company, Actors Theatre Louisville, Indiana Repertory Theatre, Virginia Stage Company, Cleveland Playhouse, City Theatre- Pittsburgh, Geva Theatre, La Jolla Playhouse, Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati, Remy Bumppo Theatre, Northlight Theatre, Victory Gardens Theatre, Body Politic Theatre, Silk Road Theatre, Congo Square, Black Ensemble Theatre, Kuumba Theatre, and City Lit Theatre. Film & TV: The Express, Roll Bounce, Promotion, Liar Liar!, Barbershop II, Color of Money, Rage in Harlem, 15 Minute Hamlet, “ER,” “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine,” “Early Edition,” The Untouchables, Unnatural Causes, and Lady Blue.

J. NICOLE BROOKS (Director/Ensemble Member) is a proud Chicagoan currently residing in Los Angeles with a career in film, television, radio and theatre. She is an award-winning actor, who recently traveled to China to perform at the International Theatre Institute as a delegate for the U.S. Writing credits include Black Diamond: The Years the Locusts Have Eaten, Fedra: Queen of Haiti, Kamala Master Class, Midway Liquors, and Shotgun Harriet. She’s a tenderfoot in the world of directing, but proud to list Black Diamond as her first directing credit. This production is dedicated to its influences: The Negro Major Leagues, John Wesley Donaldson of the Chicago White Sox ball club, Mr. Ellis Foster, Melvin Abston, Mami, LA and the many Blacks who were Red Listed. Her brain and heart are on display at http://doctaslick.blogspot.com and the Twitter handle is @DoctaSlick. Come over.

ED SCHMIDT (Playwright) is best known for two plays he wrote and performed for small audiences in his Brooklyn home: The Last Supper, in which he prepared, cooked, and served a four-course meal for the audience; and My Last Play, in which, over the course of a hundred performances, he gave away all of his two thousand theater books, one to each audience member. His more conventional plays have been produced by the Old Globe, Pasadena Playhouse, George Street Playhouse, Philadelphia Live Arts Festival, Bonn (Germany) Biennale, Kennedy Center, Composers Collaborative, Sacramento Theater Company, Chicago Theater Company, L.A. Theater Works,

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SIBYL WICKERSHEIMER (Scenic Designer) is an award-winning set designer, artist, and an assistant professor in the USC School of Theatre. Sibyl’s regional design credits include productions at Lookingglass Theatre, Berkeley Repertory, The Kirk Douglas Theatre, The Geffen Playhouse, South Coast Repertory and associate set design for SITI Company’s Trojan Women (After Euripides) at the Getty Villa. She has designed in numerous theatres and companies in Southern California, including over 10 productions at The Actors’ Gang of which her designs for 1984 and The Trial of the Catonsville 9 have toured across the US, Greece, Hong Kong, Australia, Spain, Mexico, and to Colombia this spring. Sibyl has designed several unique projects such as a modular stage for the large scale dinosaur and sabertooth cat puppet performances at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Toy Story Musical for a Disney cruise ship, and the set for Diavolo Dance Company’s Transit Space. She is currently creating a large scale installation series with Janne Larsen entitled Big Haul, which has been installed at both Hi-Lite and Weekend Space. Sibyl and Janne also together led a workshop, “Material Fetish,” at the

2011 Prague Quadrennial of Performance Space and Architecture.

ALISON SIPLE (Costume Designer/Artistic Associate) has previously designed costumes for The Great Fire, Icarus, Fedra: Queen of Haiti, and Black Diamond at Lookingglass, where she is an Artistic Associate. Recent projects include Goodnight Moon (Chicago Children’s Theatre), Sophocles: Seven Sicknesses (Hypocrites), Taming of the Shrew (Shakespeare Festival of St. Louis) and Pirates of Penzance (Hypocrites). Off Broadway: Our Town (Barrow Street Theatre) and The 4th Graders Present an Unnamed Love Suicide (Hypocrites at 59e59). Alison won the 2010 Equity Jeff Award for The Mystery of Irma Vep (Court Theatre) and the 2011 Non-Equity Jeff Award for Cabaret (Hypocrites). She also won Non-Equity Jeff Awards for Time and the Conways (Griffin Theatre) in 2006 and for Leonce und Lena (Hypocrites) in 2005. She recently was one of 12 artists to receive the 2011 3Arts Artist Grant. She is also an associate company member of The Hypocrites and a graduate of Northwestern University. Check out her work at alisonsiple.com.

BRIAN BEMBRIDGE (Lighting Designer/Production Affiliate) Lookingglass: over 15 productions including Hephaestus (Jeff Nom), Black Diamond (Jeff Nom), La Luna Muda, Summertime, Metamorphosis (Jeff Nom), and Hard Times (Jeff Award). Off Broadway: The Public Theater, Second Stage Theatre, Jean Cocteau Repertory, Theatre at St Clement. Chicago: Goodman, Steppenwolf, Court, Chicago Shakespeare, Second City, Chicago Theatre, Ravinia, Writers’, Timeline, Victory Gardens, Drury Lane, among others. Regional: Guthrie, Actors Theatre, Geffen Playhouse, Alliance Theatre, Arden Theatre, Milwaukee Rep, Asolo Rep, St Louis Rep, Circle X Theater among others. Production Design: Wallace Shawn’s Marie and Bruce, Manfast, Stray Dogs, Late for Church, and Chalk. www.briansidneybembridge.com

JOSH HORVATH (Co-Sound Designer/Artistic Associate) Off Broadway: Clay (Lincoln Center). Lookingglass: The Great Fire, Around the World in 80 Days, Fedra, Hephaestus, Clay, 1984, They All Fall Down: The Richard Nickel Story. Chicago: Court, Goodman, Chicago Shakespeare, About Face, Congo Square, Timeline, Eclipse, Steep, Griffin, Next, and Northlight. Regional: Kennedy Center, Center Theatre Group, Hartford Stage, Long Wharf, Kansas City Rep, Milwaukee Rep, Madison Rep, Milwaukee Shakespeare, Great River Shakespeare, and Illinois Shakespeare. Josh is co-owner of Aria Music Designs, LLC, and teaches sound design for theatre and film at Northwestern University, and is an artistic associate of Lookingglass. Current and upcoming shows: The Invisible Man, and Angels in America Parts 1 and 2 (Court).

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RICK SIMS (Co-Sound Designer/Artistic Associate) has composed and designed sound for numerous Lookingglass productions and many other Chicago area theatres such as Steppenwolf, Congo Square, Writers’ Theatre, Lifeline, Griffin, The House, Court, ATC, Victory Gardens, Raven, Steep, Northlight and About Face. Out of town credits include Icarus at the Getty in L.A. with Lookingglass, and Gary at Boston Playwrights. Rick has won a Jeff Award for lyrics in Hephaestus and a BTAA award for Congo Square’s Brothers of the Dust and has received several nominations for both awards. Rick is an Artistic Associate of Lookingglass Theatre Company and an associate designer with Aria Music Designs (Ray Nardelli and Josh Horvath). Rick also wrote the book, music and lyrics for Lookingglass’ Hillbilly Antigone.

MARIA DeFABO (Properties Designer) is captivated by creating and telling stories through the use of props. She is excited to be at Lookingglass again, where she has assisted with props for the past year. Besides the people at Lookingglass, some of her favorite people that she has made props for are: The Hypocrites, The House Theatre of Chicago, Steep Theatre, Rivendell Theatre, Next Theatre, Congo Square, Strawdog Theatre, The New Colony, LiveWire Chicago Theatre, Theo Ubique, Eclipse Theatre, and North Park University. Maria is a proud artistic associate at The Hypocrites where she just designed props and co-designed the scenery for Sophocles: Seven Sicknesses. She would love to meet to talk about how props make the world a better place. Feel free to contact her. mariadefabo.com

TESS LAUCHAIRE (Production Stage Manager) is ridiculously happy to be back at Lookingglass after having had the pleasure of stage managing Oblivion (First Look 2011) and Where We’re Born (Next Up Rep 2011) at Steppenwolf Theatre. At Lookingglass, she has served as assistant stage manager for Ethan Frome, Peter Pan, Lookingglass Alice and Icarus. She has also worked at Chicago Shakespeare, The Raven, The Goodman, and the side project. She is a proud member of Actors’ Equity.

OLIVIA CASTILLON (Assistant Stage Manager) is thrilled to be joining the

Lookingglass family for her first full-length production with the company. Previously with Lookingglass, Olivia was production assistant on the concert version of Eastland as part of the “In The Works” series at Millennium Park. Other Chicago credits include: stage management apprentice on To Kill a Mockingbird and Middletown and assistant stage manager on Samuel J. and K. and Want with Steppenwolf Theatre Company. Olivia is also a resident artist with Theater Mitu, an experimental theatre company based out of NYC. Prior to her return to Chicago, credits with Theater Mitu include: assistant director on the workshop of DR.C (or how I learned to act in eight steps) at Robert Wilson’s Watermill Center, assistant director on Blind Mouth Singing in collaboration with NAATCO, and production stage manager/tour manager on Death of a Salesman (BYU Tour).

ANDREW WHITE (Artistic Director/Ensemble Member) has appeared in more than thirty Lookingglass productions, most recently Ethan Frome. He has taught in various Lookingglass Education and Community programs and residencies and recently co-founded a new company, Mosaic Experience, which uses an arts-based approach to dialogue about diversity. He is currently writing a new play about the Eastland disaster of 1915 which will have its world premiere at Lookingglass this summer. His family in Evanston includes one wife, Shari, and two children, Julia and Asher.

RACHEL E. KRAFT (Executive Director) is in her seventh season as the Executive Director of the Lookingglass Theatre Company. Her 20-plus years of experience in arts management include over a decade as director of development at the Goodman Theatre, in addition to key roles with the Arts and Business Council, Northlight Theatre and the Chicago Dance Coalition. Rachel is a charter board member of the documentary film organization the Kindling Group, a trustee of the Jewish Women’s Foundation of Chicago, and serves on the Alumnae Council of the Chicago Foundation for Women. She is an officer of both the League of Chicago Theatres and Theatre Communications Group, the local and national service organizations for theater.

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PHILIP R. SMITH (Producing Artistic Director/Ensemble Member) most recently appeared as Ethan in Ethan Frome. Other Lookingglass credits include Will in Trust, Phileas Fogg in Around the World in 80 Days, Ivan in The Brothers Karamazov, Tinker Bosch in The Wooden Breeks and Creon in Hillbilly Antigone. Other recent credits include Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird and Rev. Parris in The Crucible at Steppenwolf and Fogg in Around the World in 80 Days at Baltimore’s Centerstage. Other regional credits include work at the McCarter Theatre, Seattle Rep, the Arden Theatre, BAM (NYC), and The Actors Gang (LA). Further Lookingglass credits include Metamorphoses, The Idiot, The Vanishing Twin, and Up Against It. TV and film credits include “Boss,” “Friends,” “Chicago Hope,” “Early Edition,” Kissing a Fool, Since You’ve Been Gone, High Fidelity, “Prison Break,” The Express and The Dilemma. As Producing Artistic Director, oversight includes Lookingglass casting and serving as the primary artistic liaison to the Marketing and Production departments.

HEIDI STILLMAN (Artistic Director of New Work/Ensemble Member) Most recently at Lookingglass, Heidi co-wrote The Last Act of Lilka Kadison, co-directed Trust with David Schwimmer, and co-wrote/directed Hephaestus with Tony Hernandez at the Goodman. Other Lookingglass writing/directing credits include The

Brothers Karamazov, Hard Times (5 Jeff Awards, also traveled to The Arden in Philadelphia), and The Master and Margarita (with David Catlin). Directing credits at Lookingglass include The Wooden Breeks (by Glen Berger) and Hillbilly Antigone (book and music by Rick Sims). She also recently staged Laura Eason’s Around the World in 80 Days at Kansas City Rep. Other Lookingglass adaptation credits include The Old Curiosity Shop co-written with Ray Fox and Laura Eason (Jeff Award) and The Baron in the Trees with Larry DiStasi. She was last seen on stage in The Arabian Nights. Heidi was awarded the 2010 Raven Award for Excellence in Arts and Entertainment for The Brothers Karamazov. She lives in Chicago with her husband Rick and their eight-year olds Sadie and Jude.

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Eva BarrMara BlumenfeldJ. Nicole BrooksDavid CatlinThomas J. CoxLawrence E. DiStasi

Christine Mary DunfordLaura EasonRaymond FoxJoy GregoryDoug HaraDavid Kersnar

John MusialDan OstlingDavid SchwimmerJoey SlotnickPhilip R. SmithHeidi Stillman

Tracy WalshAndrew WhiteTemple WilliamsMary Zimmerman

Chris BinderKevin DouglasAnthony Fleming IIISara Gmitter

Sylvia Hernandez-DiStasiTony HernandezLauren HirteJoshua Horvath

Eric HuffmanLouise LamsonAndre PluessRick Sims

Alison SipleLisa TejeroTroy West

Patia BartlettBrian Sydney BembridgeEva Breneman

Jason BurkettRay NardelliMele Ortiz

Sage ReedNick RupardScott Silberstein

Ben SpicerJonathan Templeton

Artistic Associates

Production Affiliates

Ensemble

ENSEMBLE UPDATEEVA BARR is farming hard on DreamAcres in southeastern Minnesota. She is also producing and creating all sorts of theatrical events right there on that farm and other fine venues. Learn about Flourish summer arts and agriculture workshops/camps at www.flourishsummercamp.org.

MARA BLUMENFELD recently designed My Fair Lady at Asolo Rep for Frank Galati, is working with Mary Zimmerman on The White Snake for Oregon Shakespeare Festival, and looks forward to being back home at Lookingglass for Cascabel and Eastland.

DAVID CATLIN appeared this winter in House Theatre’s production of The Nutcracker and will direct The Little Prince next spring at Northwestern. David teaches acting at Northwestern.

THOMAS J. COX appeared in Lookingglass’ production of The Great Fire this fall, and is spending the winter and spring being a stay-at-home dad with Joanie and serving as the Master Teacher for Lookingglass’ Education and Community Programs.

LAWRENCE E. DiSTASI is currently practicing handstands or working at The Actors Gymnasium Circus and Performing Arts School, where he is Co-Artistic Director. He recently appeared in the concert version of Lookingglass’ Eastland for the “In the Works” series at Millennium Park.

CHRISTINE MARY DUNFORD is developing The Memory Ensemble, a Lookingglass-Northwestern (CNADC) program that uses improvisation to improve quality of life for people experiencing memory loss associated with Alzheimer’s Disease, and her adaptation of a book about living with memory loss is in development in gglassworks. She will be teaching as an adjunct instructor at Northwestern in 2012, and will be performing in Eastland with Lookingglass this summer.

LAURA EASON’s productions in 2011/2012 include: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Actors Theatre, Denver Center, St. Louis Rep, Kansas City and the New Victory in NYC) and Sex with Strangers (Sydney Theatre Company, Australia). Current commissions: Denver Center, Arden, Lookingglass and a new musical for Writers’ Theatre. www.lauraeason.com

RAYMOND FOX is currently appearing in Unnecessary Farce at First Folio Theatre.

JOY GREGORY’s play previously produced with Lookingglass, The Shaggs: Philosophy of the World, ran

this past June at Playwrights Horizons. She is a writer-producer on the new ABC Family series “Switched at Birth,” which also premiered in June.

DOUG HARA recently appeared in the concert version of Lookingglass’ Eastland for the “In the Works” series at Millennium Park. He will be seen this winter in Honk at Two River Theatre in Red Bank, NJ and in Cyrano at the Arden Theatre in Philadelphia this spring.

DAVID KERSNAR is currently directing Pulcinella for Lookingglass and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra as well as King of Hearts for Roosevelt University.

JOHN MUSIAL recently wrote and directed The Great Fire at Lookingglass.

DAN OSTLING has enjoyed being in Chicago teaching this fall. Upcoming projects include Eastland here at Lookingglass, Bruce Norris’s Clybourne Park at the Mark Taper Forum, The Convert directed by Emily Mann at McCarter Theater, and Mary Zimmerman’s White Snake at Oregon Shakespeare Festival.

DAVID SCHWIMMER produced and directed the film Trust which is available on iTunes. He and his wife welcomed their first child last May, and he is currently filming The Iceman.

JOEY SLOTNICK most recently starred in the world premiere of Ethan Coen’s Happy Hour at the Atlantic Theater Co. in New York City.

TRACY WALSH recently choreographed a dance for The Last Act of Lilka Kadison at Lookingglass. She works in a school where she also runs an after school drama program.

TEMPLE WILLIAMS is Executive Vice President and General Manager of 51 Minds, a television production company. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife Cyndi Finkle and their daughter Sullivan Clare Williams.

MARY ZIMMERMAN was in Boston this fall with Candide, which won five Joseph Jefferson Awards in Chicago and six Helen Hayes awards in Washington, D.C. last season. This winter she is directing an adaptation of the Chinese story White Snake at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival.

For J. NICOLE BROOKS, PHILIP R. SMITH, HEIDI STILLMAN and ANDREW WHITE see the PROFILES section.

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Lookingglass Theatre Company depends on the generous, ongoing investment of its donors and patrons to create innovative and artistically excellent theatrical productions, and to share its ensemble-based techniques with underserved youth in the Chicago community. These tax-deductible contributions bridge the gap between ticket sales and the actual costs of Lookingglass programming.

We invite you to be part of the collaboration that makes great theatre possible by donating to The Lookingglass Annual Fund. Whatever the amount, your gift will help sustain the breadth and quality of Lookingglass’ work, both onstage and in the community. To make a donation by phone or for more information on making a gift to the Annual Fund, please contact the Development Department at 773.477.9257 ext. 122.

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CORPORATE & FOUNDATION SUPPORTERS

GOVERNMENT SUPPORTERS

Leading Benefactors

Landmark Benefactors

The Crown Family

The Edgerton Foundation

Prince Charitable Trusts

Righteous Persons Foundation

Cornerstone Benefactors

Producing Benefactors

This program is partially supported by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council

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CNA Foundation

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STS FoundationThe Harold and Mimi SteinbergCharitable Trust


BOARD OF DIRECTORS

CHAIRMANRichard Ditton

PRESIDENTJoseph A. Brady III

VICE PRESIDENTSPaul Gray John McGowanDr. Annabelle S. Volgman

TREASURERTim Malishenko

SECRETARYEdward Filer

ARTISTIC DIRECTORAndrew White

EXECUTIVE DIRECTORRachel E. Kraft

IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIRMANLisa Naparstek Green

IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENTAlex Miller

Ernie A. AriasLeigh Buchanan BienenDavid CatlinRichard H. ChapmanFrank M. Clark IIIThomas J. ConnollyAl DeVaneyRoe FaraoneCharlie FrankelJulie GardziolaLee GolubJon HarrisDawn HillmanMichael JacobsonDr. Elena KamelRocque E. Lipford Jr.Laura MatalonMelinda McMullenJill Reznick MeierThomas O’NeillRobert PalffyJane QuinnAbbie RothMatthew SmithDarren SnyderJeffrey SteigelmanJames SternNancy TimmersDiane WhattonCharlotte Whitaker

NATIONAL COUNCILBilly DecCarol GenisTodd Leland*J. Scot Pepper*Kevin Rochford*

EMERITUS COUNCILGeoffrey BaerElizabeth BarrettRichard BromleyBarton L. EiltsJulie FoleyCelia G. LeventhalCynthia NedeauDonna SchattLane Winter VandersliceArnold Widen, M.D.

*PRESIDENT EMERITUSChristine Mary DunfordJames JohnsonJohn Morris

JUNIOR BOARD

FOUNDERSDavid SchwimmerBilly Dec IIIJoey Slotnick

PRESIDENTTai Duncan

VICE PRESIDENT OF EVENT LOGISTICS, THEME AND DECORLindsay KnightVICE PRESIDENT OF SPONSORSHIPAlecia DanticoVICE PRESIDENT OF MEMBERSHIPCameron CroftVICE PRESIDENT OF MARKETING AND PRJessica Barrutia

TREASURERTam Hebert SOCIAL COMMITTEE CHAIRRyan DuffyVOLUNTEER COMMITTEE CHAIRSteve McQuownIMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENTTodd Toborg


LOOKINGGLASS STAFF

A R T I S T I CARTISTIC DIRECTORAndrew WhitePRODUCING ARTISTIC DIRECTORPhilip R. SmithARTISTIC DIRECTOR OF NEW WORKHeidi Stillman ASSISTANT TO EXECUTIVE AND ARTISTIC DIRECTORSRaymond FoxLITERARY MANAGER AND COMPANY DRAMATURGMarti Lyons

B U S I N E S S

EXECUTIVE DIRECTORRachel E. KraftGENERAL MANAGERMichele V. AndersonBUSINESS OFFICE COORDINATORKathryn DysardIT AND OFFICE COORDINATORThomas Sparks

M A R K E T I N GDIRECTOR OF MARKETINGErik SchroederGRAPHIC DESIGNER AND CREATIVE COORDINATORHeather Anderson MARKETING ASSISTANTStephanie Shum

D E V E L O P M E N TDIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENTJennifer McCarthy BienemannMANAGER OF INDIVIDUAL GIVINGKathleen EmmertMANAGER OF CORPORATE, FOUNDATION AND GOVERNMENT GIVINGMegan OpelFUNDRAISING EVENTS COORDINATORSarah GehrkiDEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATERenee Flint

E D U C A T I O N A N D C O M M U N I T Y P R O G R A M S

DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY PROGRAMSLizzie PerkinsMASTER TEACHERThomas J. CoxEDUCATION ASSISTANTJessica Lind ADMINISTRATIVE AND ARTISTIC INTERNSFelicia Bavirsha, Caroline Donnelly, Andi Sharavsky and Jamila A. Woods

P R O D U C T I O N

PRODUCTION MANAGERJoel HobsonTECHNICAL DIRECTORSean K. WaltersPRODUCTION COORDINATORHarriet Sogin

WARDROBE SUPERVISORDavid GalbreathMASTER ELECTRICIANJabin ChartrandSOUND ENGINEERChristopher M. LaPorte

O P E R A T I O N S

DIRECTOR OF AUDIENCE SERVICESJonathan L. GreenASSISTANT MANAGER OF AUDIENCE SERVICESLizz EdeleHOUSE MANAGERChad S. WachobBAR SUPERVISORTamara BeckerGROUP SALES ASSOCIATEJessica SimonAUDIENCE SERVICES REPRESENTATIVESJude HansenMara Stern

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PUBLIC RELATIONS BYCathy Taylor Public Relations, Inc.LEGAL SERVICES BYEdward Filer, Freeborn & Peters, LLPCarol Genis of K&L Gates, LLPF. Richard Pappas, Esq. LOOKINGGLASS LOGO DESIGN BYElizabeth Kairys

AUDITORSBaker Tilly Virchow Krause, LLPCOMPUTER CONSULTING AND SUPPORT BYTed Giesler, Cypress Consulting Group, LtdVIDEO CONTENT BYHMS MediaStephanie ShumMEDIA AGENCYAllied Live

GRAPHIC DESIGN BYHeather AndersonTed StudiosWEBSITE CONSULTINGSteve PerschPHOTOGRAPHY BYSean WilliamsJonathan L. GreenPROGRAM PRODUCTION BYStephanie Shum


HOPE ABELSON●

RICHARD DITTON Contributor of the women’s restroom

THE GREEN FAMILY Howard Green & Lisa Naparstek Green David Green● & Mary Winton Green

JP MORGAN CHASE Contributor of the Studio Theatre

BURTON● & ANNE KAPLAN

DOLORES KOHL KAPLAN & MORRIS KAPLAN●

THE LELAND FAMILY Contributors of the chimney passageway

LOOKINGGLASS ENSEMBLE FRIENDS & FAMILY Contributors of the Compass Room

LOOKINGGLASS JUNIOR BOARD Contributors of the box office

MELINDA MCMULLEN Contributor of the women’s dressing room

THE NORTHERN TRUST COMPANY Contributor of the balcony

LORI & J. SCOT PEPPER

DAVID L. SCHWIMMER Sound system contributed in honor of Syd & Mac Colman; Lighting System contributed in honor of Bea and Bert Schwimmer●

NANCY AND MICHAEL TIMMERS Contributors of the men’s dressing room

Lookingglass applauds the benefactors of THEATRE THAT MOVES: THE CAMPAIGN FOR LOOKINGGLASS

●We gratefully acknowledge our deceased donors.

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$100,000 and aboveRichard A. Ditton

$50,000 to $99,999Lisa Naparstek Green and Howard Green David L. Schwimmer

$25,000 to $49,999Jake and Paige CanepariPaul and Dedrea GrayMelinda McMullen and Duncan KimeAbbie Helene Roth and Sandra RothNancy and Michael Timmers $10,000 to $24,999Mary Jo and Doug BaslerLeigh and Henry BienenJoe and Shannon BradyDouglas BrownShawn M. Donnelley and Christopher M. KellyPenny and Jay FeuersteinHoward Green in honor of Lisa GreenDawn HillmanTimothy and Jane Malishenko

Jill and Jonathan MeierJane Quinn and Jeffrey McCarthyMatthew and Beth SmithDr. Annabelle Volgman and Keith VolgmanJudd and Frieda WeinbergChar Whitaker

$5,000 to $9,999Cleopatra and James AlexanderWilliam and Sharon BakerJoyce and Bruce ChelbergKay CollierRichard A. Ditton in honor of Lisa GreenRoe FaraoneRaymond FrickLee and Sandy GolubDavid● and Mary Winton GreenMary Winton Green and Sarah and Dan Cohan in honor of Lisa GreenBruce and Vicki HeymanAlex and MIchael JacobsonDr. Elena and Perry KamelLinda KarnRachel E. KraftTodd and Barbara Leland

Celia LeventhalRocque and Anne LipfordJohn McGowan and Dave RobbinsIrene PhelpsKevin RochfordJoan and Paul RubschlagerPatrick G. And Shirley W. Ryan FoundationJeffrey and Michelle SteigelmanJames Stern

$2,500 to $4,999AnonymousLiz BarrettElizabeth and Jim BenoitLeigh and Henry Bienen in honor of Lisa GreenDeborah BrickerRichard and Marilyn BromleyGreg Cameron and Greg ThompsonPatricia CoxAl DeVaneyLisa and Geoffrey DybasPeter and Paula FasseasValerie ForadasCharlie and Stephanie Frankel

Richard and Mary GrayMark GuntonBlair Finberg HoffmanAdam Ith and Caroline PerryKaren and Larry McCrackenMichelle and Kevin MizeJordan and Jean Nerenberg Family FoundationDeborah and Stephen QuazzoGeorge and Kathleen RummelRosemary SchnellLanghorne and Marilyn SmithDarren and Anne SnyderBonnie and Jim SpurlockJulie ThauerLorrayne and Steve WeissDiane and Chris WhattonYoung Ensemble

$1,500 to $2,499 Pat and Howard AdelmanChristopher D. AllenAnonymousPeter Chun in memory of Andrew H. Chun

Individual Supporters


DONORSLookingglass Theatre Company gratefully acknowledges the generosity of the many individuals, corporations, foundations and government grantors who support Lookingglass and its innovative artistic and education programs.

We are pleased to recognize contributions received October 1, 2010 to October 1, 2011. We work diligently to keep our donor lists accurate and up-to-date. Please bring any unintentional errors, additions or needed corrections to the attention of Kathleen Emmert in the Development Office at (773) 477-9257 ext. 153.

Corporate, Foundation and Government Supporters

Magnificent Benefactors($500,000 and up)City of Chicago Rahm Emanuel, MayorState of Illinois:

Department of Commerceand Community Affairs

Eminent Benefactors($100,000-$499,999)Hyatt Hotel CorporationPark Hyatt – ChicagoUnited AirlinesWalgreen Co.

Leading Benefactors($50,000-$99,999)Alphawood FoundationJohn D. and Catherine

T. MacArthur FoundationNational Endowment for the ArtsRighteous Persons FoundationSara Lee FoundationTarget

Landmark Benefactors($25,000-$49,999)Allstate Insurance CompanyClark Hill PLCComEdHearst FoundationsPolk Bros. FoundationJP Morgan Chase FoundationKPMGLloyd A. Fry FoundationNorthern TrustThe Shubert Foundation

Cornerstone Benefactors($15,000-$24,999)Abbott LaboratoriesBMO Harris BankThe Crown FamilyRighteous Persons FoundationEdgerton FoundationFifth Third BankGoldman SachsPrince Charitable TrustsThe Harold and Mimi

Steinberg Charitable TrustSTS Foundation

Distinguished Benefactors($10,000-$14,999)Baxter International, Inc.CNA FoundationIllinois Arts Council, a state agencyKatten Muchin Rosenman LLPPodmajersky, Inc.The Private BankUnderwriters Laboratories

Producing Benefactors($5,000-$9,999)Aon HewittBessemer TrustBoeing CompanyElizabeth F. Cheney FoundationRuth Davee FoundationDr. Scholl FoundationHSBC

John R. Halligan Charitable FundJames S. Kemper FoundationThe Siragusa Foundation

Directing Benefactors($2,500-$4,999)Danone Waters Of AmericaAriel InvestmentsCity of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special EventsTCG: Fox Foundation Resident Actor FellowshipWrightwood Neighbors Association

Participating Benefactors($1,000-$2,499)The Donald W. Collier Charitable Trust IIIrving Harris FoundationThe Rhoades Foundation

DONORS (CONTINUED)

Peter, John, Richard, Elaine, and Brian Chun in honor of Andrew H. ChunDonald and Cathy DabischDolores Kohl Kaplan and Morriis● KaplanCelia G. LeventhalRebecca LibmanPaul M. Lisnek† and Brian F. LozellMarc and Beth McCormackPreston and Irena SimonsStephanie and John Tipton

$1,000 to $1,499Warren L. BattsMaria Bechily and Scott HodesLarry and Susanne BroutmanJoseph BurnsAlecia DanticoTom and Mary DeeDr. J. Anthony DillonDebra CafaroJennifer Costanzo and Jeffrey RobertsPaul Dykstra and Spark CreminSidney and Sondra EpsteinHeather and Paul HaagaBob and Connie HickeyThomas KehoeThomas and Pascale KichlerMr. Howard LearnerAnat and Amos Madanes in honor of Lisa GreenLisa MazzulloAlice and Gregory MelchorPamela G. MeyerRickie and Alexander MillerTerry and Lanny PassaroDavid and Valeria PruettJane Quinn and Jeffrey McCarthy in honor of Lisa GreenRaiselle and Kenneth ResnickJenny Rothkopf and Eric HuffmanMargaret Simpson and Mary Ellen Diaz

Penelope and Robert SteinerChuck TaylorKenneth and Tracey StephensJon and Jane StillmanNancy and Michael Timmers in honor of Lisa GreenScott TurowSusan Schaalman Youdovin and Charlie ShulkinLeslie and Robert Zentner

$500 to $999Anonymous (2)Brian and Lorraine ArbetterTremaine AtkinsonDonna BaiocchiScott BarnettEd and Robin BermanBarbara and John BlairProfessor William CalderAlan and Carolyn CiamporcheroFrank and Michelle ClarkMary DombrowskiRichard and Inese DriehausJennie Lyons FogartyGerald FreedmanRichard GilbertPaul and Dedrea Gray in honor of Lisa GreenAlex HarrisJon and Allie HarrisBill HoodMartin HornerAllan and Carolyn HorwichTim and Monica JasterStephen JavarasRob and Kathleen KatzThomas KichlerCatherine and Douglas KnuthRachel E. Kraft and Doug Brown in honor of Lisa GreenCelia G. Leventhal in memory of Andrew H. ChunMarc and Cindy LevinNona and John Long

Ravi LumpkinDrs. Annette and John MartiniDavid and Kim MazzellaKim MazullaJohn McGowan In Honor of Lisa GreenMelinda McMullen and Duncan Kime in honor of Lisa GreenMelissa NeelCharlotte and Michael NewbergerJames Oates and Adam GrymkowskiLee and Sharon OberlanderOut of The Box FoundationJean Pierre and Michele BoustanyClaire PrussianArthur RhodesBill SavageHarry SeigleScott SilbersteinDiljeet SinghMichael SlabyJoey SlotnickFred and Nikki SteinBarbara and Steven Stone in honor of Lisa GreenDonald and Sylvia WhiteNevena Zee

$250 to $499AnonymousJim Blake and Kelly MorganMark BraunJanet Burch and Joel GuilloryKeith CardozaTheodore ChungAbby CloughCynthia Brown and Peter ColovosAnn CumminsJo Anne DavisTeresa DickinsonJim and Lynn DrewRyan EakesLaura EasonGlenn EcksteinSteven B. Edelstein, MD

Joey FordTimothy and Janet FoxJoan and Guy GunzbergJerry and Patty HannerLauren HirteDavid and Vicki HoodEric JanssenKaren and Jerry JohnsonJoan and Steve KrausJack and Debbie KelleherCarrie KlenRosemary Krimbel and John GartonSimon and Lydia LambertCindy and Jim LamsonElisa Lee in memory of Andrew H. ChunJoan and Murray LevinFran and Chuck LichtAlice Lung in memory of Andrew H. ChunDan LynchKim LynchPetros and Christine KyvelosGary Metzner and Scott JohnsonKelly Morgan and Jim BlakePeggy NelsonBruce OltmanRobert PasinatoFraser and Ellen PerkinsNickie PetratosRalf PoleRonald RolighedJordan RummelJoanne and Paul RuxinDavid and Marilyn SamsonDonna SchattCarol and Dean SchroederRoche Schulfer and Mary Beth FisherJay and Anna SchwartzJeff and Maggie SchwartzRenee and Michael SichlauPhil SmithMichal-Ann SomermanJoshua SommerfeldDevora Grynspan and Sam StuppKaren L Swaback

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$100 to $249Christiana and Oluwatope AdesanyaJohn and Mary AlukosAnonymous (4)Jeffrey ArenaThe Arkebauer FamilyJames BachnerJohn and Linda BaerPatricia BangertEmily BarrDinah BarthelmessPhilip BellnanArta and Adrian BeverlyJennifer Bienemann in honor of Lisa GreenMary Anne and Joe BiganeMichael BloombergGregory BorkNancy J. BothneAdam and Jill BrentThe Robert Britz FamilyBrett Buchness and Amy Beamer in memory of Andrew H. ChunMatthew and Carolyn Bucksbaum FamilyMike and Cathy CahillKaren A. CallawayElisabeth CerfJacqueline CharakLorry and Sandra CharakHarry Chernin FoundationMariestella Chun in memory of Andrew H. ChunNora Daley and Sean Conroy Jim CorriganEdward CorwinCameron CroftJohn and Monique CrossanBruce and Laurie DavidsonBrooks DavisRobert and Quinn● DelaneyDave and Tracy DenoCarol DesimoneSidney and Mulbe DillardMilton DillerRoberta S. DillonMichael DobbynMichael and Emily DossTom DrakeJohn DunfordRyan DuffyTai DuncanFrench and Jan EasonJulia and Michael EidelmanTerri Jo EnglundTim and Jane Evans

Janice FeinbergMichael FielderMary FinneranJan and Bill FlapanNona C. FloresPaul FongLucinda FoxFather Mark A. FracaroJana FrenchRichard and Lois FuhrerJudy A. Saslow GalleryMicah Garb and Kathleen FabinyEthel and Bill GofenJane Grady and Alan PulaskiSharran GreenbergSam and Roslyn GrodzinThe Groth FamilyScott Fehlan and Cassing Hammond in honor of Abbie Roth, MDJeffrey GroverRobert S. GuentherSolomon GutsteinMichael HansenDiane and Sol HaraDoug HaraPaula and David HarrisSteven and Lenore HarrisDebra and Mark HassSharon HeilAngeline HeislerLeo HenikoffJoyce HerdliskaDonald and Karen HesterLarry HigaJames HillyCaroline HokeTom and Margie HurwichMary Hynes-Berry and Gordon BerryDiane IrelandValluvan JeevanandamDavid JohnsonGeorge JonesAnn KaizermanWarren and Nancy Katz in honor of Dr. Elena KamelLarry and Clare KeenPeggy Kelly and Dan DutileDiana and Neil KingCarol KippermanLori KleinermanNicole KlimeJackie and Lionel KnightM. Koenigsknecht and N. ArmatasRhonda KokotCaroline KraftLinda and Theodore KraftJeanne LadukeAnne LanserBennett Leventhal and Young Shiu KimSusan and Ira LevinSusan LevittRichard and Joanne LevyKaren LiSharon and Bob LindgrenKatherine LogueNancy and Jeff Lowenthal

Joseph and Kathleen MaddenDavid MahviCathleen R. MarineJennifer MarlingInge K. MarraAlexandria and Patrick MarrenWinifred MartinJames MatherStacey and Patrick McCuskerSandra McNaughtonRoger K. MetzDavid MorrisDiane MosesRob MurphySarah and David MurphyEileen M. MurrayM and M MurzanskiPatricia NaguibMarvin and Beth NajbergGeraldine NolenJames and Dana NoonanRay and Esther PaiceGeorgia and Allen ParchemHelene ParisSheldon PatinkinElyse PearlmanBrad PerkinsMark and Gail PreteHilda Raisner and Bob KiolbassaRobson FamilyEleanor and Robert RoemerRabbi and Mrs Robert RosenRuth and Larry RosenJudy and Warner RosenthalNeil Ross, MD and Lynn Hauser, MDAbbie Helene Roth and Sandra Gladstone Roth in honor of Lisa GreenJohn and Patricia ScalaEzra and Orit SchwartzRobert SchwartzJulia ScottSusan Shapiro in memory of Andrew H. ChunLiz and Jeff SharpJames Shilling in memory of Andrew H. ChunRegis SimpsonRaymond and Janice SkowronSlusar-Goldman FamilyMs. Amy SmithDavid and Jean SoginRand Sparling and Adrienne MeiselBonnie Spring, Ph.D.Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Stenhouse, Jr.Dorothy Ruggles SternTerry and Ruth StevigLisbeth StiffelJane StoneTheater Un-Speak-AbleStacey L. ThomasDr. Sabrina Tsao

Rebecca TungDr. and Mrs. Jeffry Tyler and FamilyAndrea and Gerald VigueSoo Lee Waltz in memory of Andrew H. ChunDr. Claire C. WangBruce and Sandra WechslerDavid and Susan WeidenfeldJames and Mary WeidnerDiane Whatton in honor of Lisa GreenHelen WidenJanet and Les WilsonMichael WiseRebecca WoanSarah R. Wolff and Joel L. HandelmanWayne WongPatricia WyantEddie and Lisa ZeitlerDavid and Suzanne ZesmerDavid and Elizabeth Zott

$50 to $99John AllettoDaniel AlpertJessica BarrutiaJeanette and Vernon BartelsDanuta BergerEstelle BurkeMichael BurkeLawrence ChoateNancy CohenMartha ClemonsSharon ConwayAnn Cooper in memory of Andrew H. ChunDiane CooperPhyllis DeerinckJohn and Margaret DombrowskiGilbert DominguezBettie DwinellBetty EatonRichard and Sandi ElkinsJorge FernandezCatherine FlaaMs. Karen FlaxJanet W. FoxJoan and Ron FoxMary Jo FranklinJune GolminVeronica and Jeffrey GomezDavid C. HawleyRoberta and Robert HeimanWendy Heimann and Joseph NunesOlympia HernandezChristine HodakJames HolzhauerBarbara and Edward HumbertMr. and Mrs. Kirk JamesAnthony and Kathleen Janik in honor of Andrew H. ChunAnnika Jaspers


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DONORS (CONTINUED)

In-Kind Donors

Robert K. JohnstonMonica and Paul KepesMr. Allan and Tanya KlasserMaria KolbJoy KottraPeter KratochvilCharles Krugler in memory of Andrew H. ChunLorraine KulpaJeffery and Susan LarryBob LarsonJohn and Jill LeviOlga and Mark LevitanBruce LockwitzH. B. Lottero

Hope MacGregorLesley MartinChuck and Sylvia MeyersJamison MilesVictoria NapierRose Pagonis in memory of Andrew H. ChunPhyllis ParishBarbara PayneMarilyn PernoJames Peters and Patricia CaslerRichard and Aurora PhelpsSally PritscherAdele Rapport

Louise ReedTrish RichKendra RobinsonRobert and Mindy RoseUrsula SanneElizabeth SchmidtMichael SchneidermanMichael Scott and Joy ClendenningJerome SeidenfeldSmita and Maarten ShahBenjamin ShapiroJune ShulmanJanice SkowronPatricia StolfeGerard A. Swick

Susan TaylorMargaret TrboyevicMark ValdezJonathan WagnerMichelle and Fred WeberSharyn WeissOren Jacoby and Elizabeth West in memory of Andrew H. ChunLeslie WichersNancy WidderArnie and Judy WidenClifton J. WilkowReyna and James Windsor


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ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE875 N. Michigan Ave., Suite 2200Chicago, IL 60611(773) 477-9257

THEATRE AND BOX OFFICE821 N. Michigan Ave.(Theatre entrance on Pearson Ave.)Chicago, IL 60611(312) 337-0665

BOX OFFICE HOURSTuesday through Friday 10am until curtainSaturday and Sunday noon until curtainClosed MondayOrder by phone: (312) 337-0665Order online: www.lookingglasstheatre.org

SEASON SUBSCRIPTIONSSubscribers receive priority seating, advance ticket sales, unlimited free ticket exchanges, great offers at partner restaurants, invitations to exclusive events, discounts on tickets, education classes and camps, and discounted parking. Call (312) 337-0665 or visit www.lookingglasstheatre.org/subscribe to subscribe online.

GROUP SALESGroups of 10 or more save up to 20% based on group size and performance date. For more information, call (312) 337-0665 or e-mail [email protected].

GIFT CERTIFICATESLookingglass gift certificates are perfect for all occasions. Available in any denomination, gift certificates can be exchanged for tickets to any Lookingglass production. Gift subscriptions offer the recipient guaranteed seats and the numerous perks and discounts available only to subscribers. To order, call the box office at (312) 337-0665 or stop by the next time you attend a show.

PHYSICAL ACCESSIBILITYLookingglass Theatre is accessible to wheelchairs, those who cannot walk stairs, and patrons who are hearing impaired. Please notify the box office in advance of your visit so that we can best accommodate your needs. Box office: (312) 337-0665.

LOST AND FOUNDLost and found information may be exchanged at the box office; please call (312) 337-0665.

CAMERAS AND RECORDING DEVICESThe use of cameras—with or without a flash—recorders, or other electronic devices is strictly prohibited.

PAGERS, PHONES AND WATCH ALARMSPatrons are asked to silence pagers, cellular phones and watch alarms before entering the theatre.

LATECOMERSLatecomers are seated at the discretion of management and may have to wait until a suitable break in the action of the play to be seated.

Smoking is prohibited.

Lookingglass Theatre is not responsible forpersonal property.

Lookingglass Coat Check is available for $1 per item; all proceeds benefit Season of Concern. We cannot accept fur coats.

Thanks to The Saints: Volunteers for the Performing Arts for providing ushers. For information, visitwww.saintschicago.org or call (773) 529-5510.

Thanks to Carolyn Dunn, Lookingglass’ Saints volunteer usher coordinator.

SERVICES, AMENITIES & COURTESY

Lookingglass would like to thank our official coffee sponsor, Lavazza, whose products are available in the lobby.

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