BY

SELINA FILLINGERDIRECTED BY

BJ JONES

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

Faceless is an original commission by Northlight Theatre.

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

BJ Jones Timothy J. Evans ARTISTIC DIRECTOR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

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Susaan Jamshidi* ............................................................................................ Claire FathiTimothy Edward Kane* ................................................................................Scott BaderRoss Lehman* ............................................................................................Mark ArenbergLindsay Stock ...................................................................................................Susie GlennJoe Dempsey* ...................................................................................................Alan Glenn

CAST (IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE)

Understudies: Dave Belden (Mark), Margaret Kellas (Susie), Billy Minshall (Alan), Blake Montgomery (Scott), Rosa SanMarchi (Claire)

Understudies will not substitute for listed players unless a specific announcement is made at the time of the performance.

*Member of the Actors Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers.

Faceless will be performed without intermission.

Projection Design ............................................................................Stephan MazurekAssistant Director ........................................................................................Egla KishtaProperties Master ...........................................................................Mealah HeidenreichProduction Assistant .....................................................................................Katy GarciaPlaywright Consultant ...................................................................... Laura SchellhardtDramaturg Assistant ........................................................................... Jake Drummond

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

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

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

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

Selina’s play wants us to overcome our fears, to fight for understanding and for the right to express one’s own religious beliefs without discrimination. The desire to connect to a higher power is a right for all of us; our country was founded on it. For many, that right provides the gift of hope for a better life and the promise of a peaceful eternity.

This is truly a great country. I wonder if Phillip Jones would recognize it now. I wonder if we are living up to his dreams for us. I know he came here to escape fear, to pray to his own God, to find work, and to give his children the gift of hope. All of our ancestors came here for those reasons. No matter what, we need to keep their dreams alive.

BJ Jones, Artistic Director

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The women in my play grapple with these same questions. They are often the mouthpiece for my fears, my hopes, my hopelessness. Sometimes they are everything I’m afraid of becoming--greedy and selfish and paranoid; sometimes they are models of the kind of woman I hope to be--brave and compassionate and spiritual. 

LS: Why this play now? SF: Faceless definitely took on a new salience for me after the election. We often speak about fanaticism in terms of religion, but usually only as something that occurs “over there.” I think the recent presidential campaigns and election are proof that corruption, propaganda, manipulation, fear, money, hate, terror--they are very much alive and kicking, even within our checked and balanced government. We can try to ignore that, we can call extremists “crazy,” but that does not make their presence any less real or threatening. It’s time to take stock of how we got here and make changes. 

LS: What do you hope the audience will take away from this production? SF: If the only thing people walk away with is a cursory knowledge of Islam, or terrorism, or the American judicial system, I would be content. 

But those are surface level issues.

For me the play is about the fact that we can no longer afford to fight fear with fear or hate with hate. The “War on Terror” is an oxymoron. There has never been a war that reduced terror. There have been wars that were fought for noble reasons, wars that saved many lives--but even in those cases, both sides felt terror and both sides terrorized. Radicalization occurs when people are lonely, rejected, isolated, broken. I can’t believe that the solution to terrorism is to alienate more people or destroy more lives. Our only option going forward is to commit to radical compassion. I use the word radical because the kind of compassion I’m talking about is disciplined and arduous: it encompasses everyone, without exception, not just those we deem worthy of our empathy. It’s something I struggle with and I think a lot of people do. But of all countries, I feel that America--the nation founded on equality and freedom--must lead that charge. 

LS: What is next for you? SF: I’m currently writing a new play, Something Clean, for Sideshow Theatre’s Freshness Initiative. Marti Lyons is directing a staged reading of it this summer. And in the spring I’m performing in Raven Theatre’s world premier of Sarah Sander’s play Sycamore, directed by Devon de Mayo. Go Chicago theatre for supporting young artists and new work!!!

Lauren (LS): What was the inspiration for this play?  Selina (SF): It came to me the way most of my play ideas come to me: a headline in the newspaper. Sometimes there’s a word or a picture that elicits a visceral response and my brain goes into overdrive, imagining context, backstory, etc. In this case, I stumbled across an article about an 18 year old white girl from Colorado who was arrested for trying to join ISIS. The whole story was so crazy to me, so I Googled “Americans joining ISIS” and immediately, dozens of articles popped up. I found out that over 250 Americans have joined ISIS so far, and I became obsessed with the idea of radicalization--how people radicalize,

why people radicalize, the many guises radicalization can take. “Terror” is such a buzzword now and we talk about terrorists as if they are always hooded figures murdering children. But what if they are children murdering children? What if they are people who could have been productive members of society but somehow fell through the cracks? Who’s responsible then? Those are the kinds of questions that launched my play.

LS: How much research was involved in writing it? SF: A tremendous amount. There is already so much misinformation in the world about the subject matter that it was essential to put in the time to get it right. And there were a lot of areas to consider: legal procedure, insanity pleas, terrorism, ISIS, Islam, hijabs, hate crimes...

I interviewed young Muslim women, I looked at hijabi fashion blogs, I read the Qur’an, I talked to lawyers. With the amount that I have Googled ISIS and Al-Qaeda, I’m pretty sure both ISIS and the U.S. government are keeping tabs on my computer right now. 

LS: What has this new play process been like? SF: Wonderful. Terrifying. Harder than I anticipated, better than I could have dreamed. All I ever wanted to do was act and write, but I don’t think I truly believed it was possible until Northlight gave me this opportunity. This play is by far the most personal thing I have ever written; each draft felt like I was exposing a little bit more of my soul. Fortunately, I have had the most caring, nurturing, brilliant collaborators, who believed in me and the play throughout the process, even when I didn’t believe in myself.    

LS: What is your personal connection to this story? SF: I graduated college in June and in the past few months I’ve been trying to figure out what kind of adult I want to be. How to fight for what I believe without being an angry person. How to have hope without disregarding others’ suffering. How to love this country even while it holds so much hate.

INTERVIEW WITH PLAYWRIGHT SELINA FILLINGERBY LAUREN SHOUSE, LITERARY MANAGER AND DRAMATURG

Playwright Selina Fillinger

Playwright Selina Fillinger (left) and Artistic Director BJ Jones (right)

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Hijab: This term refers broadly to the modesty required of both men and women. The hijab literally means “covering” in Arabic, but it also commonly refers to a veil or headscarf that is one of a variety of coverings worn by Muslim women. They wear the hijab outside of the house, or in the presence of adult males outside of the family. It is a square scarf that wraps around the head and

neck, leaving the face clear. Hijab as a category also refers to other covers like the niqab, the burqa, and the chador. Hijab can also refer to the desire to keep hidden the names of women from the public eye. This might mean keeping unpublished the names of female authors and journalists, or also those making the pilgrimage to Mecca, writing instead the “wife of so and so,” or the “daughter of so and so.”

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

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

Qur’an: The holy book of Islam is made up of 114 chapters containing teachings revealed by Muhammad as passed on to him by God. The book makes frequent reference to stories in both the Torah and the Bible, as Muslims view the Qur’an to be a more complete and final version of those previous teachings.

Sharia: Sharia is the entire body of Islamic Law as indicated by the Qur’an and the Hadith (the words and sayings of Muhammad). As a legal system, Sharia law is exceptionally broad. While other legal codes regulate public behavior, Sharia law regulates public behavior, private behavior and even private beliefs. Of all legal systems in the world today, Sharia law is the most intrusive and restrictive, especially against women. A number of countries have adopted large portions of Sharia into their legal codes, including floggings and beheadings as punishments, while a further number, such as Israel and England, recognize Sharia courts in decisions relating to family law, divorce, and inheritance.

Sunni/Shia: Of the two main branches of Islam, Sunnis make up 87-90% of the global Muslim population, the other 10-13% being Shia. The main interpretative difference between the two sects is the question of succession after Muhammad. Sunnis believe in the validity of the first four successors after Muhammad and that this line of heirs continued until the end of the Ottoman Empire. Shias, on the other hand, only believe in the heirs of the fourth caliph, Ali, who was assassinated as part of a civil war around succession. Shias are the majority in Iraq, a population that has been subjugated by the Sunni forces of the Islamic State.

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JOE DEMPSEY (Alan Glenn) returns to Northlight where he has appeared in The Mousetrap, Inherit the Wind,

and All in the Timing. More recently, he acted in Twist Your Dickens (The Second City at Goodman); Blues Skies Process (Goodman); and West Side Story (Paramount). Around Chicago, he has also acted at Steppenwolf, Court, Lookingglass, Remy Bumppo, many others, and regionally at Milwaukee Rep, St. Louis Rep, Cincinnati Playhouse, Centerstage (Baltimore), and City Theatre (Pittsburgh). TV credits include E.R., Early Edition, What about Joan?, and Chicago Fire. He is an alum of The Second City National Touring Company and the Neo-Futurists, writing and performing in their 28-year signature show, Too Much Light Makes The Baby Go Blind. RIP. He dedicates this show to his mother.

SUSAAN JAMSHIDI (Claire Fathi) recently traveled to London and Toronto to perform the solo show Oh My Sweet Land

with Silk Road Rising. She was last seen in Chicago as Virginia in The Life of Galileo with Remy Bumppo. Chicago credits include Lookingglass, Victory Gardens, Theater Wit, 16th Street, Chicago Dramatists, The Gift, Sideshow (Jeff Award-Ensemble), Lifeline, Collaboraction, Erasing the Distance, Stage Left, Oracle, and The Inconvenience, with workshops and readings at Goodman and Steppenwolf. Regional: Arena Stage,

Berkeley Rep, The Michigan Shakespeare Festival, Pittsburgh Public Theater. TV: Chicago PD and Sirens. Select film: Cicero in Winter, The Wallet, and A Cadaver Christmas. Susaan received her MFA in acting from The Theatre School at DePaul University, has studied with The Second City, and is represented by Paonessa Talent Agency.

TIMOTHY EDWARD KANE (Scott Bader) is pleased to return to Northlight having previously appeared in Lost in

Yonkers, The Miser and She Stoops to Conquer (After Dark Award). Other Chicago credits include: One Man Two Guvnors, An Iliad (Jeff Award), The Illusion, Wild Duck, Titus Andronicus, Uncle Vanya, The Romance Cycle, and Hamlet (Court); Blood and Gifts (TimeLine); Hamlet, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, and Arms and the Man (Writers); The North Plan (Steppenwolf Garage) and fifteen productions at Chicago Shakespeare including the recent Tug of War: Civil Strife. TV: Chicago Fire. Education: BS, Ball State University; MFA, Northern Illinois University. Mr. Kane is married to actress Kate Fry and has two sons.

ROSS LEHMAN (Mark Arenberg) is very happy to return to Northlight. Broadway credits include A Funny

Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, The Tempest, and One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. Chicago

credits: As You Like It, Twelfth Night, The Comedy of Errors, King Lear (Chicago Shakespeare); Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, Waiting for Godot, and Stage Kiss (Goodman); The Man Who Came to Dinner (Steppenwolf); A Man of No Importance, The Dresser, directed by Dr. Mark Lococo (Apple Tree); Hamlet and Bach at Leipzig (Writers) and One Man, Two Guvnors (Court). He has received five Jeff Awards, two After Dark Awards, and a Laurence Olivier Award Nomination. Last year, Ross was an “Artist in Residence” in Loyola’s Department of Fine and Performing Arts.

LINDSAY STOCK (Susie Glenn) is excited to make her Northlight debut. Chicago credits include Soup, Stews, and

Casseroles 1976 (Goodman); Sketchbook 15 (Collaboraction); EL Stories and Art on Track (Waltzing Mechanics) as well as staged readings and workshops with The Gift Theatre, Chicago Dramatists, and Pride Films and Plays. Additionally, she has appeared on NBC’s Chicago PD and is represented by Big Mouth Talent.

SELINA FILLINGER (Playwright) is a Chicago-based actress and playwright. She is a recent graduate of Northwestern University, where she studied playwriting under the instruction of Laura Schellhardt. Her original work includes The Armor Plays, Three Landings and a Fire Escape, and The Coho Salmon Pub & Grub. Selina was a two-time award winning playwright in the

university’s Agnes Nixon Festival. Three Landings and a Fire Escape was awarded the 2015 Judith Barlow Prize and received a reading in New York under the direction of Kathleen Chalfant. Selina is one of three Chicago playwrights currently writing for Sideshow Theatre’s Freshness Initiative: her play, Something Clean, will receive a staged reading this June.

BJ JONES (Director/Artistic Director) is in his 19th season as Artistic Director of Northlight, where he commissioned and directed the world premieres of Charm, White Guy on the Bus, Stella & Lou, The Outgoing Tide (Jeff Nomination – Best Director), Better Late, and Rounding Third. Notably he has directed productions of Outside Mullingar, Grey Gardens, The Price (Jeff Nomination- Best

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Director), A Skull in Connemara, The Cripple of Inishmaan, and The Lieutenant of Inishmore. As a producer he has guided the world premieres of Shining Lives, The Last Five Years, The Gamester, and Studs Terkel’s ‘The Good War’. From Second City to Shakespeare, BJ has directed Pitmen Painters (Jeff Nomination – Best Director, TimeLine), A Number (Next), 100 Saints You Should Know (Steppenwolf), and The Dresser (Body Politic). Regional: Glengarry Glen Ross (Suzie Bass Nominee – Best Director, Atlanta’s Alliance Theatre), Enchanted April (Asolo Theatre), and productions at Cherry Lane Theatre NY, Galway Arts Festival, Baltimore Center Stage, and Utah Shakespeare Festival. As a performer, Mr. Jones is a two-time Joseph Jefferson Award winner and has appeared at Northlight, Goodman, Steppenwolf, Court, and other theatres throughout Chicago. Film/TV credits include The Fugitive, Body Double, Law and Order: Criminal Intent, Early Edition, Cupid, and Turks, among others.

JOHN CULBERT (Scenic Design) previously designed Northlight productions of White Guy on the Bus, A Civil War Christmas, and Grey Gardens. Other recent Chicago credits include: Satchmo at the Waldorf, Man in the Ring, Agamemnon, Iphigenia at Aulis, Tartuffe, Angels in America (Court); Chimerica and Juno (TimeLine); Regina (Lyric Opera of Chicago); Argonautika (Lookingglass); Two Trains Running and Buzzer (Goodman) and Merry Wives of Windsor and Romeo and Juliet (Chicago Shakespeare). Regional credits include productions with

Glimmerglass Opera, Opera Theatre of St. Louis, Long Wharf, Berkeley Repertory, McCarter and Shakespeare Theatre Company. International credits include productions with Singapore Repertory and Opera National du Rhin. Other projects include the lighting design for the Chicago Park District’s Buckingham Fountain. Mr. Culbert serves as Dean of The Theatre School at DePaul University.

IZUMI INABA (Costume Design) is thrilled to be at Northlight again after designing The Mousetrap, Charm and You Can’t Take It With You. Her recent design credits include A Comedical Tragedy For Mister Punch (House); You On The Moors Now (Hypocrites); Thumbelina (Lifeline) and Give It All Back (Sideshow). Her upcoming projects include Diamond Dogs (House); Wrinkle In Time (Lifeline); 10 Out Of 12 (Wit) and King of The Yees (Goodman). She received Michael Maggio Emerging Designer Award and her MFA in Stage Design from Northwestern University.

HEATHER GILBERT (Lighting Design) returns to Northlight where she previously designed You Can’t Take It With You and Mothers and Sons. Ms. Gilbert’s lighting designs have been seen on many Chicago stages including Hypocrites, Goodman, Court, Steppenwolf, Steep, Victory Gardens, Remy Bumppo, Chicago Children’s Theatre, Writers, Timeline, About Face and countless storefronts. Regional credits include Oregon Shakespeare, American Repertory, Kansas City Repertory, Milwaukee Repertory, Huntington, Williamstown, Alley, Berkeley

Repertory and Actors Theatre of Louisville. International credits include Almeida in London and Singapore Repertory. Heather was a recipient of the NEA/TCG Career Development Grant and the 3Arts Award. Heather serves as the Head of Lighting Design at Columbia College Chicago, and received her MFA at the Theatre School at DePaul. She is a member of The Hypocrites community.

ANDRE PLUESS (Sound Design) has designed the Broadway productions of Metamorphoses, I Am My Own Wife and 33 Variations (Drama Desk Award nomination) as well as the world premiere of The Clean House at Yale Repertory and Lincoln Center. Based in Chicago, his work has appeared on most of the city’s stages

including Northlight (Shining Lives with Amanda Dehnert), Goodman, Steppenwolf, Court and Lookingglass, where he is an associate artist. He has composed music and designed sound for theaters around the U.S., most frequently at the Oregon and California Shakespeare Festivals, Berkeley Repertory, Arena Stage, American Conservatory Theater, Seattle Repertory, La Jolla Playhouse and Center Theater Group. Choral works include: Winesburg, Ohio, Eastland, Whitman and Undone (with Ben Sussman) and Paris By Night (with Amy Warren).

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RITA VREELAND (Production Stage Manager) is proud to be in her 10th season at Northlight, where she has been fortunate to be the stage manager for 25 productions as well as two trips to Galway. Recent credits elsewhere in the Chicagoland area include productions at Theatre at the Center (Munster, IN), Victory Gardens, Route 66 Theatre Company, Goodman, and the annual Christmas Schooner at the Mercury Theater. She is the proud wife of actor Tom Hickey and mom to four-year-old Charlie, and has been a member of Actors Equity for over 15 years. Thank you for supporting live theatre!

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on the production of my new play, Faceless. The play itself has stretched me beyond what I thought was possible—artistically, as well as personally. Although the subject matter is far beyond my scope of experience, Faceless continues to feel more revealing and personal than anything

I’ve ever written. Yes, the play deals with terrorism and religion and justice and media and prejudice. If audience members leave discussing any one of those topics, I will be satisfied. But for me, all of that is extra. For me, this play is first and foremost about two young women trying to face their fears, find their voices, and leave their marks.

— Selina Fillinger, playwright, Faceless

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PAST BOARD PRESIDENTS AND CHAIRS1976-79 Esther Saks1979-84 Evelyn Salk

1984-87 Lloyd Morgan1987-89 Diana King

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1998-2001 Paul Finnegan

2001-03 Joan Barr Smith2003-05 Paul Lehman

2005-08 Trimmy Stamell2008-10 Michael Callahan

2007-13 Timothy P. Sullivan2010-13 Susan Karol

2013-16 Dan Peterson

Board of TrusteesThomas D. Stringer,

ChairmanBob Silverman,

PresidentDonna Frett,

Vice PresidentRobert S. Silver,

Vice PresidentCraig M. Smith, AIA,

Vice PresidentMark McCarville,

TreasurerFreddi Greenberg,

SecretaryCarole CahillJulie ChernoffTimothy J. Evans,

Executive DirectorMark FalconeAnn HerringBJ Jones,

Artistic DirectorSusan Karol*

Matthew J. MagnusonSusie McMonagleKathleen OkrentDan Peterson*Rahul RoyEvelyn Salk,*

Trustee EmeritusDr. Harvey YoungAlan M. ZunamonMichael Pauken,

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TrustThe Davee FoundationThe Elizabeth F. Cheney

FoundationEvanston Community

FoundationHenrietta Lange Burk FundModestus Bauer

FoundationNiles Township Corporate

FundPaul M. Angell Family

FoundationThe Pauls FoundationTom Stringer Design

Partners

Presenting Sponsors$5,000-$9,999Dr. Scholl FoundationHagerty ConsultingThe Harold and Mimi

Steinberg Charitable Trust

Kirkland & Ellis FoundationModestus Bauer

FoundationNational Endowment for

the ArtsNiles Township Corporate

FundPolsinelli

Lead Sponsors$2,500-$4,999Cramer-KrasseltFirst Bank and TrustKatten Muchin RosenmanNorthwestern UniversityQuarles & Brady LLPRATIO ArchitectsRoom & BoardSage Products

Sponsors$1,000 - $2,499The Allyn FoundationAutobarnBaker & McKenzieBob’s Discount FurnitureColdwell BankerFifth Third BankIllinois Arts CouncilIllinois Humanities CouncilIllinois Tool Works

FoundationMesirow FinancialPlante MoranRomano Brothers & Co

Wealth ManagementSkokie Fine Arts

CommissionVi at the GlenWintrust Financial Corp

Under $1,000Computing Technology

Industry Association, Inc.Discover Financial ServicesEvanston Arts CouncilIBM Matching Grants

ProgramMB Financial BankPolk Bros. FoundationRME

A REMARKABLE JOURNEY GALA SPONSORSAcquirentBMO Harris BankBridgeview BankComEdPaul and Mary FinneganFirst Bank and TrustHagerty ConsultingLionBirdNorthwestern UniversityPolsinelliQuarles & BradyRomano Wealth

ManagementRom Stringer Design

Partners

NORTHLIGHT ARTISTIC CIRCLE

Executive Producers$25,000 and Above AnonymousEvelyn SalkPaul and Mary FinneganSam and Marianne OlivaThe Sullivan Family

FoundationThomas D. Stringer and

Scott E. Waller

DONORSNorthlight Theatre is deeply grateful to the following contributors for their generous support. This list reflects gifts received December 1, 2015 through January 1, 2017. If you would like your name to appear differently or prefer to remain anonymous, please contact Matthew Moynihan at 847.324.1616 or mmoynihan@northlight.org.

NORTHLIGHT SUPPORTERS

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Producers$10,000 - $24,999Bob and Lisa SilvermanCarol & Steve MullinsKathleen OkrentMr. and Mrs. Nick AlexosRobert S. and Sandra G.

Silver

Playwrights$5,000 - $9,999AnonymousAlan M. Zunamon & Nancy

CunniffBJ Jones and Candy CorrCarole and Joseph LevyColonel Jennifer N. PritzkerCraig Golden and Michal

Heifitz-GoldenFreddi Greenberg and

Daniel PinkertGreg and Anne Taubeneck

Family FundJohn MahoneyLois MelvoinM. J. O’Brien Family

FoundationMark and Kathy McCarvillePaul Lehman & Ronna

StammSusan Karol and Glenn

Warning

Directors$2,500 - $4,999Anonymous (2)Bernard DowlingCraig SmithDonna and Gene FrettHarvey YoungJosh and Julie ChernoffJoyce ChelbergMerle ReskinNeal and Trimmy StamellRahul and Anuradhika RoySusie McMonagle

Designers$1,000 - $2,499Anonymous In honor of

BJ Jones and Timothy Evans

Abel and Judy FriedmanBarbara and Keith ClaytonBrian and Susan Fargo in

Honor of Tom Stringer

Carole CahillChicago Foundation for

WomenCindy Clark and Bob

ReganClark Pellett and Robert

KohlDiane and Karl

BerolzheimerDon and Betsy HohmanDouglas Brown and Rachel

Kraft in Honor of Tim Evans

Douglas GrayEleanor Northrop Hall In

Honor of Evelyn SalkFrancis SheahenHorst & Sara SchastokJane WuellnerJordan and Jean

NerenbergKathy and Stuart EdwardsKeith and Ann SarpolisKim & Kirk HoopingarnerKinder Morgan FoundationL. Klug and B. FarrellyLionBirdMarcia CaulkinsMarcie and Avy SteinMatt and Christine UdoniMelanie and Dan PetersonMichael and Joan CallahanMichael Walker and Anne

MurdochMr. Eric Haab & Ms. Kim

YeeNeal Moglin & Mark

TendamNorma OlsenPatricia C. BirkPaul and Mary Ann HarveyRachel Hayman and

Edward MichaelRichard W. Gilbert and

Julie E. GammackSandra RauScott GoodmanSteve WhitneySue and Tim SalisburyTimothy and Jane EvansWally Bobkiewicz

INDIVIDUAL ANNUALFUND DONORS

Partners$500 - $999AnonymousAbby L. StraussAl White and Terre

TuzzolinoAnn JennettAnne BerkeleyAnthony SalkBernice WeissbourdBob Creevy and Sarah

HughesDaniel DermanDavid and Kate CudnowskiDennis & Franny ClarksonDonna and Steven HorwitzDr. G. Stephen and Ellen

SchollyDr. Herb and Mrs. Adrienne

KaminDr. Rhonda Stein & Dr. Ed

SmolevitzEileen and Peter FrankEllen and Richard

AndersonEllen K. MunroEsther S. SaksGary and Barbara GromGeorge & Susan Van DusenGuy and Joan GunzbergHoward A. Balikov and Lisa

Rosenberg In Honor of Nancy Cunniff and Alan Zunamon

Judith and Trent AndersonKaren and Luke DeGrandLarry Green in Honor of

Susan KarolLaura and Clarkson HineLinda and Alexander

DarraghLloyd MorganMarcia MeadMargo and Paul BrownMarjorie PelinoMark and Juliette

OnuscheckMark FalconeMary Anne and Joe CappoMarybeth Schroeder and

Charlie VernonMel and Annie KahnMel and Renee Katten

NORTHLIGHT SUPPORTERS NORTHLIGHT SUPPORTERS

Merril Prager and John Levine

Michael and Debbie SearMichael C. ParkerMichael Schnur & Janice

LitenMichaela JonesMitch and Mary Lou

HorwatMolly and Scott HansenMr. and Mrs. Alexander

StuartMr. and Mrs. Eldred DuSoldNeil and Diana KingPat and Jarrett NathanPat and Sandy CantorPaula SteinerPiper and Jono Rothschild

in Honor of Greg Taubeneck

Randal & Christine WaitRich NaponelliRichard P. and Brigid D.

MagnusonFarhad RezaiRobert & Judy KempRobert and Sara BrennerSally and Darush MabadiSarah Krepp and Carter

HowardSheila and Harvey MedvinStacy and Richard KahanSusan and Brad SchulmanSusan Mabrey GaudSuzanne and Dan KanterThe Lewis Family in honor

of Dr. Alan ZunamonTodd HensleyTom and Jan HazlettTom Carmichael and

Catherine HaydenWade Marshall and Eric

WagnerWendy and Frank Serrino

Advocates$250 - $499Anonymous (3)Adele and Seymour NeemsAlvin and Kate SpectorAndrew ThomasAngie FrankAnn HerringAnne Deming in honor of

BJ Jones

Anthony Burt and Karin Ruetzel

Becky HarrisBert CrosslandBill and Barb FriedrichBill LampkinBob and Debbie SilversteinBruce Ettelson P.C. and

Missy BundyBruce Sagan and Bette

Cerf HillCameron and Emily JonesCarol ClarkCarolyn LaughlinChris and Michelle HylandColleen Hughes and

Donald RothschildConway DahmerCrag and April LikhiteDawn OverendDenise Michelle GambleDennis and Barbara

KesslerDiane and Barry

KirschenbaumDiane ClaussenDiane Gottlieb In honor of

Evelyn SalkDon Huff and Jeanne

SmithDonald and Mary Ellen

NewsomDonna LaPietra & Bill

KurtisDoris J. JohnsonDr. Claudia Katz In honor

of Dorothy SwartzEd and Susan RittsElbrey Adair Harrell and

Mary McDonald BadgerEllen Schoenfeld-Beeks &

David SchoenfeldEmily and Kevin HansenAnonymous In honor of

Ethel LitenEugene SheppFred and Pam HessGeorge AccattatoGerri SizemoreGraham WarningHarvy YoungHoward DubinIra RosenthalJackie and Louis EnglishJamin & Phoebe Nixon

Janet Carl Smith and Mel Smith

Jay Brasel and Marcia SeligJeff and Paula DanoffJeffrey RichardsJennifer KalasJennifer NewtonJill and Leif SoderbergJoe HasmanJohn BergJudy & Bill Cottle In honor

of Kim HoopingarnerKaren and David HughesLarry and Mary BoederLinnea and John MeadLisa and Jeff RosenkranzMalcolm D. EwenMareon R. ArnoldMargaret and Alan

SilbermanMark FennellMarla Mogul and Harry

JaffeMartin J. and Susan B.

Kozak Mary Ann and David

GrummanMary Ellen Van NessMary Kay Conlon and Chip

PlumbMichael and Diane PaleyMike and Lizzie PontarelliMoreen AlexanderMr. & Mrs. Ralph SegallMr. and Mrs. Kirk AllenMs. Bonnie S. ForkoshMs. Ethel LitenNan and Wally GreenoughNeal J. ReenanNorman and Helene RaidlNorman RosenPam and Paul RolfesPeggy Bagley and Rabbi

Douglas GoldhamerPeter M. KellyRev. Daniel P. BuckRichard CampbellRobert and Linda MeyersRobert and Sandra MorganRobert ReganRoche Schulfer and Mary

Beth FisherRon & Mary CharlesSandra Barnett-White and

Jim WhiteSanford and Jody Perl

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NORTHLIGHT SUPPORTERS

Sarah WoodThe Scherer Family

In honor of Woods Bowman

Scott and Stacy SimpsonScott CarterSherry & Mel LopataThomas and Patricia

GahlonThomas Cashman In honor

of Mark McCarvilleTim & Trude HarringtonWilliam & Ingrid Stafford

Supporters$150 - $249Anonymous (7)Alex SinclairAllen and Nancy

HirschfieldAnn B. StevensAnn TaylorAnne and Mike HoughtonAnne Hatcher BerenbergAnneliese and Howard

GlickArthur and Anne McGivern

in memory of Roberta Yarnell

Barbara and Peter DeBerge

Anonymous in honor of Bill Whitney

Bonnie and Jay LytleBrigid DuffyBruce and Sarane SiewerthCarol and Larry TownsendCarol PrietoCatherine and Bart RoccaCharles MacKelvieChris and Pamela KallosDalia KleinmuntzDavid and Kimberly ShawDeb Pavick and Joe BlockDeidra Gold, ILDennis and Linda Myers

P.CDina and Ron BerneDon Honchell and Susan

HornDonald BousemanDorothy SwartzDr. and Mrs. William E.

FishmanElaine and Steve LevEleanor Robien

Elma C. VeneziaFran KappFredric and Nikki Will SteinGail and Bernard TalbertGreg and Nicki PearsonHarriet C. StoneHope and Barry KellmanHoward and Jean MayJames WoodJamie and Sam EvinsJean KrollJeanette PiesciukJerry and Liz Ettinger in

honor of Nancy Cunniff and Al Zunamon

John and Suzanne HalesJohn GradyJohn R. Dainauskas, MDJohn SawarkJonathan and Ellie SalkJoyce and Rich HirschJudith LevinKate EvansKathleen and Hal JenkinsKeely JonesLeslie and Paul LehnerLiz HartongLorie Berger In Memory of

George BergerLucy and Ken LehmanLynn SchaberMara and Bob MihlfriedMargaret T. NicosiaMaria and Tony NasharrMarianne RoderickMariellen GibsonMartin and Susanne KanterMary Alice and Peter J.

CostelloMelanie and Robert CodyMichael LandauMichael WrightMichelle GordonMitchell and Beverly

PetersenMr. & Mrs. George C.

RimnacMr. & Mrs. Hecky PowellMr. and Mrs. James EleshMr. and Mrs. Tony MockusNancy Hart and M.T.

StieberNancy ReinbergNeil and Marge GambowPeter Haleas

Robert and Joan Beaubaire

Roy and Marta EvansSacella SmithSally PragerScott and Becki EtzlerSeymour Levin in memory

of Barbara Jean LevinSono Fujii and Claudio

KatzSteve Krug and Lori

DarlingSteven and Phyllis BrodyStuart and Carol OkenSusan B. RubnitzThomas and Beverly

TabernTom and Joan LindseyWayne and Macy

GiampietroWilliam and Barbara WelkeYuri LysoivanovZeb McLaurin

IN KIND AnonymousAbel and Judy FriedmanAbt ElectronicsAccents PlusAcme World Sports, LLCAdler PlanetariumAfsan’s Pro Skincare SpaAmy MortonAngie FrankArt & Science SalonAyla’s OriginalsBill and Janis LubyBoltwoodBookends and BeginningsBrenda HansenBrenda RossBridgeview BankBusiness Valuation Group,

Inc.Candus SuppelsaChicago Botanic GardenChicago History MuseumChicago Public Media -

WBEZChicago Shakespeare

TheaterChicago Symphony

OrchestraChicago WolvesChicago Zoological

Society, Brookfield Zoo

To Make Your Gift Today Contact Matthew Moynihan at 847.324.1616 or mmoynihan@northlight.org,

or donate online at northlight.org.

PROFILES

Cindy Clark and Bob Regan

ComEdCouCou and Olive

EvanstonCraig Golden, Blue Star

PropertiesDavid and Christine

SeidmanDavid Mordini and Jerome

FitzgeraldDesign Green LandscapesDonna and Gene FrettDonna LaPietra & Bill

KurtisDottie and Barry CoppockEataly ChicagoElizabeth MartinEvanston Art CenterEvanston Symphony

OrchestraEve J. Alfille Gallery &

StudioFarmhouse EvanstonFew Spirits LLCFitness DefinedFound Kitchen and Social

HouseFrank Lloyd Wright TrustGet Fit With Candus, LLCGigio’s PizzeriaGilbert AdelsteinGoodman TheatreHarris Theater for Music

and DanceHazelHearth RestaurantHecky’s BarbecueHotel LincolnJ & L CateringJeff and Paula DanoffJill and Leif SoderbergJohn P. MartiniJohn G. Shedd AquariumJosh and Julie ChernoffJudy NewtonKathleen DurochikKim & Kirk HoopingarnerKoi Fine Asian Cuisine &

LoungeKoval DistilleryLagunitas Brewing

Company

Light Opera WorksLincoln Park ZooLookingglass Theatre

CompanyLyric Opera of ChicagoMalcolm S. BrownMarge McMonagleMark and Kathy McCarvilleMartin W. MorrisMayor Elizabeth TisdahlMelanie and Dan PetersonMon Ami GabiMusic Institute of ChicagoMuseum of Science and

IndustryNorth Shore Center for

the Performing Arts in Skokie

Northshore Pilates and SpaNorthwestern University

AthleticsOceaniqueOld Town School of Folk

MusicOrange Theory Fitness,

EvanstonPatrick Metcalf and

Breanne BoydPiccolo SognoRahul and Anuradhika RoyRaven TheatreRedtwist TheatreRelish EvanstonRep. Jan SchakowskyRichard H. Driehaus

MuseumRichard W. Gilbert and

Julie E. GammackRoom & BoardRusso Power EquipmentScott Carter, Executive

Producer of “Real Time with Bill Maher”

Sketchbook Brewing Company

Smylie Brothers Brewing Co.

SPACEStained Glass Bistro and

CellarStarbucksState Senator Daniel K.

Biss

Steep Theatre Co.Stuart-Rodgers

PhotographySusie McMonagleTemperance Beer

CompanyThe Celtic Knot Public

HouseThe Chicago Architecture

FoundationThe DearbornThe Gage RestaurantThe Garden Club of

EvanstonThe Hypocrites TheatreThe Lewis FamilyThe Second CityThe Spice and Tea

Exchange EvanstonThe Sullivan Family

FoundationThomas D. Stringer and

Scott E. WallerTimothy and Jane EvansTom Carmichael and

Catherine HaydenTratorria DemiTreat Nail LoungeTrio Evanston Atelier Up Comedy ClubVendôme ManagementVictory Gardens TheaterVinic Wine CompanyWellspring Integrative

MedicineWirtz Center for the

Performing Arts, Northwestern University

Writers TheatreWXRT

COMMUNITY PARTNERS Charcoal Oven RestaurantThe DoubleTree HotelThe HomesteadKoi Fine Asian Cuisine &

LoungeMcCormick & Schmick’sOceaniqueSweety Pies BakeryVinic Wine Company

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