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WHY ENGAGE WITH THE ARTS

Adapted from “Learning Through the Arts” by Dee Dickinson

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

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

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

• The arts provide the means for everyone to learn, improving academic achievement through test scores, and enhancing social skills as well as critical and creative thinking.

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

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

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College Theater Presents

A Christmas

CarolBy Charles Dickens

Adapted by William J. Norris

DirectorConnie Canaday Howard

Scenic and Properties DesignMichael W. Moon

Costume, Make-up and Hair DesignAllison Greaves Amidei

Lighting DesignJon Gantt

Original Music and Sound DesignChristopher Kriz

Presented by arrangement with William J. Norris

Support for College Theater is provided by the Donald and Helen Gum Westlake Fund

at the College of DuPage Foundation.

Nov. 28 to 30, 2014Belushi Performance Hall

Welcome to the MAC!We are so grateful that you are here to support our college productions, and to help usher in the next generation of talent. The McAninch Arts Center strives to be the cultural epicenter of DuPage County. We host a variety of world-class touring shows and more importantly, more than 1,000 students perform on our stages, celebrating their talents and learning in theater, music, dance and visual arts. We strive to give our students experience in a professional working environment and to provide access to the arts through outreach programs, performance opportunities, discounted tickets and master classes. Please visit the Cleve Carney Art Gallery while you’re here. Drop in on our free Music Fridays @ Noon Series. Come to one of our College Theater pre- or post-show discussions. Stay connected to us by joining us on Facebook (AtTheMac) or by joining our e-newsletter for news about all the events at the MAC (www.AtTheMAC.org). And consider coming back to audition for a show, join one of our music ensembles, take a dance class or take private lessons. Now, enjoy the show!

Diana MartinezDirector

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CAST LISTING (in order of appearance):Jensen Bridges ...................................................................................Christopher, a street urchinCole Callaway ...................................................................................... Crack the Whip Boy, WillieJack Knight ........................................................................................Crack the Whip Boy, WalterMickey O’Brien ................................................................................... Crack the Whip Boy, HenryBrendan White .................................................................................. Crack the Whip Boy, JosephMollie Early ...........................................................................................................Londoner, AliceJadyn Deana Enas .............................................................................................. Londoner, LillianJulianne Mary Enas ............................................................................................. Londoner, PearlGrace Field ...........................................................................................................Londoner, RoseEmme Garcia .......................................................................................................Londoner, AnnieEdin Nukic ......................................................................................................... Londoner, JamesMarisa Palumbo .................................................................................................... Londoner, RuthJenna Snart .......................................................................................................Londoner, MinnieMarisa Warner ....................................................................................................Londoner, MyrtleGianna Wiegel ..................................................................................................... Londoner, MarieMariella Wiegel ...................................................................................................Londoner, MabelReen Bernasor ...............................................................Mrs. Creakle, Scrooge’s cleaning womanRick Chong ................................................................................................................Joe, a fenceJoseph H. Calabrese, Jr. ......................................................................Mr. Caspar, a businessmanJordan Goldstein ............................................................................. Mr. Balthazar, a businessmanLuke Thornton ........................................................................Ebenezer Scrooge, a money lenderRichard Petry ............................................................................................. Bob Cratchit, his clerkAlex Linton .............................................................................................. Fred, Scrooge’s nephewFred Willis ........................................................................................... The Ghost of Jacob MarleyCassie Collins ...................................................................................The Ghost of Christmas PastBenjamin Vena ........................................................................................ Scrooge as a young boySophia Danno .........................................................................................................Fan, his sisterJack Gilio .................................................................................................................. Mr. FezziwigEmelie Sullivan* ...................................................................................................... Mrs. FezziwigJacob Coats .......................................................................................................... Young ScroogeVictoria Depa ..................................................................................................Belle, his betrothedKatie Roper ................................................................................... Fezziwig Party Guest, FlorenceRyan Sinclair..................................................................................... Fezziwig Party Guest, ArthurNicole Snyder .................................................................................... Fezziwig Party Guest, HazelTenleigh Wells .....................................................................................Fezziwig Party Guest, ClaraKara Barrios .................................................................................The Ghost of Christmas PresentRuth Moore .............................................................................................................. Mrs. CratchitPeyton Ebel ............................................................................................................. Peter CratchitAmber Ramos ......................................................................................................Belinda CratchitAnnabelle Bridges ...................................................................................................Nellie CratchitEmi Callaway ............................................................................................................May CratchitSamantha Kamman ............................................................................................. Martha CratchitMatthys Cieplak .................................................................................................... Emma CratchitMicah Callaway .............................................................................................................. Tiny TimVictoria Martin .............................................................................................Elizabeth, Fred’s WifeGrace Beifuss .................................................................................................................... UrsulaMax Kennedy .....................................................................................................................Topper

CAST LISTING (in order of appearance):Auguste Pilelyte .............................................................................................................AmbrosiaJacob Coats ........................................................................................................................ OscarEmme Garcia ................................................................................................................ IgnoranceJordan Rose Enas ................................................................................................................ WantFred Willis .............................................................................The Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come

* Foundation Textbook Scholarship Recipient

There will be no intermission.

Please note: Strobe lights and haze will be used for this performance.

Stage Manager ........................................................................................................... Ed GarzaroAssistant Stage Manager ............................................................................................. Will AustinYoung Actor Backstage Assistants ..........................................Tiffany Andrews, Genevieve Collins, Valerie Espinoza**Technical Director .............................................................................................. Michael W. MoonSound Engineer .............................................................................................................Jeff SandLighting Programmer ................................................................................................Mike KellnerLighting Operator ......................................................................................................Bobby BryanScene Shop and Lighting Assistants ..............................Tim Bode, Mary DiPiero, Charisse Gomez, Jillian Gomez, Alex Jaeger,Michael Jurkovic, Matthew Moon, Carter Rosenthal, Emelie Sullivan, Katie TumavichCostume Shop Manager ............................................................................ Allison Greaves AmideiCostume Shop Assistants ...............................................................Laura Baskyte, Cori Kochaney, Ruth Moore, Valerie Espinoza**Wardrobe and Makeup Assistant ...................................................................... Valerie Espinoza**

** John Belushi/Second City Memorial Scholarship Recipient

PRODUCTION STAFF

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Kara Barrios (Ghost of Christmas Present) Seventh COD production: And Then There Were None (Emily Brent); It’s Just a Box (Kara); Spoon River Anthology (Ensemble); The Nerd (Tansy McGinnis); One, Two...What Comes Next (Raggedy Ann); and Romeo and Juliet (Townsperson). Favorite credits include The Sound of Music (Mother Abbess) at Glenbard East High School.

Grace Beifuss (Ursula) Fourth COD production: The Count of Monte Cristo (Townsperson/Maid); The Dreams of Antigone (Xanthippe); and Almost, Maine (Hope).

Reen Bernasor (Mrs. Creakle) Third COD production: The Bully Plays (Various); and The Count of Monte Cristo (Ensemble). Favorite credit includes Second City Teen Acting Ensemble.

Annabelle Bridges (Nellie Cratchit) Second COD production: A Christmas Carol (Musician).

Jensen Bridges (Christopher) Third COD production: A Christmas Carol (Crack the Whip Boy); The Nerd (Thor Waldgrave).

Joseph Calabrese Jr. (Mr. Casper) First COD production. Favorite credits include Proof (Harold Dobbs); A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Theseus); and The Sparrow (Albert McGuckin), all at Glenbard East High School.

Cole Callaway (Crack the Whip Boy, Willie) First COD production.

Emi Callaway (May Cratchit) First COD production. Callaway is a Reflections Art Contest winner.

Micah Callaway (Tiny Tim) First COD production.

Rick Chong (Joe) Second COD production: The Count of Monte Cristo (Guard). Favorite credits include Twelfth Night (Valentine) at Apris Productions.

Matthys Cieplak (Emma Cratchit) First COD production. Favorite credits include The Music Man (Indian Girl and Townsperson) at Spotlight Youth Theatre; Little Mermaid (Chef Louis) at Music Makers of Western Springs; and The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (Beth) at PVPN.

Jacob Coats (Oscar/Young Scrooge) First COD production. Favorite credits include A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Bottom); Rumors (Officer Welch); and Peter Pan (Smee) all at Glenbard South High School.

Cassie Collins (Ghost of Christmas Past) Second COD production: The Bully Plays (Serving Wench). Favorite credits include The Laramie Project (Reggie Fluty); and Urinetown (Ensemble), all at St. Francis High School.

Sophia Danno (Fan) First COD production. Favorite credits include The Tale of Peter Rabbit and Benjamin Bunny (Peter Rabbit) and Rapunzel (Glump Wart) at Steel Beam Theatre; and Shrek, The Musical (Little Shrek) at Christian Youth Theatre.

Victoria Depa (Belle) First COD production. Favorite credits include Almost, Maine (Marvalyn); La Llorona (Choir Member #1); and Living Out (Linda), all at Fenton High School.

Mollie Early (Londoner, Alice) First COD production. Favorite credits include Peter Pan (Wendy); Alice in Wonderland (Alice); and Front (Sheila), all at Glenbard South High School.

Peyton Ebel (Peter) First COD production. Favorite credits include The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe (Edmund); Beauty and the Beast (Lefou); and Great Expectations (Young Herbert).

Jadyn Deana Enas (Londoner, Lillian) First COD production.

Jordan Rose Enas (Want) First COD production.

I’ve told this story before, but feel its presence very personally, in regards to the themes of this script.

My mother taught in my elementary school, although at the time of the story I’m about to relate she was not my teacher. I was quite small, first or second grade, and my mother was teaching fifth and sixth Science, Math and History.

Several times a week, we would have to go in very early, well before the first bus arrived at the building, and I was told to read or finish my homework quietly at the back of my mother’s room. My mother would leave, and be gone for several minutes, and then return and work quietly at her desk until the time that I could go to my own classroom, when she’d give me a hug and kiss and wish me a good day. I found these early mornings quite unnecessary, and one day complained loudly about them. That’s when my mother told me the story of another student, an older boy whom she did not identify.

This young man came from a large family of very little means, and many of the teachers suspected that he might not be treated well. So, together they’d decided to purchase him a few changes of clothes, some soap and a towel. As this young man came on an early bus and was the first student to arrive at school, every morning one teacher would escort him to the boys’ gym, where he could shower in private and change into clean clothes, get a sack lunch packed by the teacher, and be in the classroom before another student arrived. At the end of the day, he changed back into his clothes from home, for his bus ride back. This was their small way of trying to make his life’s journey a little smoother; he came to school very dirty, and they suspected the sack lunch might, at some times, be his only daily meal. Although I never knew who this student was, I also never felt the need to complain about our early mornings again.

Working on A Christmas Carol, in this lovely adaptation, this story again came back to me. I’ve always loved Dickens, and I can’t help but wonder what would happen if we all tried to be “as good a friend…” as Scrooge exemplifies, after his enlightenment. A truly optimistic—some would say naïve—hope… but it’s mine, nonetheless.

~ CCH

DIRECTOR’S NOTE PROFILES

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Thank you to the Bridges family for their generous contribution.

Thank you to Gretchen Woodley and Melissa Heischberg for their assistance with the production.

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Emelie Sullivan (Mrs. Fezziwig) Fourth COD production: The Troll Booth (Big Billy); The Dreams of Antigone (Eurydice); and The Three Musketeers (Constance Bonancieux). Favorite credits include Macbeth (Witch #2); and The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Edwin Drood/Miss Alice Nutting), both at Glenbard West High School. Sullivan is a Foundation Textbook Scholarship recipient.

Luke Thornton (Ebenezer Scrooge) Fifth COD Production: The Count of Monte Cristo (Benedetto); The Dreams of Antigone (Haemon); A Christmas Carol (Mr. Caspar); and Romeo and Juliet (Escalus). Favorite credits include Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (Augustus Gloop); The Thwarting of Baron Bolligrew (Squire Blackheart); and Oliver Twist (Bill Sykes).

Benjamin Vena (Boy Scrooge) First COD production. Favorite credits include A Christmas Carol (Tiny Tim) with Curtain Up Players and State Fair (Uncle Sam) with Lakeview Junior High School.

Marisa Warner (Londoner, Myrtle) Second COD production: The Count of Monte Cristo (Ensemble). Favorite credits include The Vagina Monologues (Ensemble); and Annie (Miss Hannigan).

Tenleigh Wells (Fezziwig Party Guest, Clara) First COD Production. Favorite credits include Enchanted (Giselle) and Hair (Crissy) at S.E.L.F. Foundation and Into the Woods (Florinda) at Natural Talent Productions.

Brendan White (Crack the Whip Boy, Joseph) First COD production. Favorite credits include Honk Jr. (Ugly); and Alice in Wonderland Jr. (Royal Cardsman), both with St. Joan of Arc Drama Club.

Gianna Wiegel (Londoner, Marie) Second COD production: A Christmas Carol (Want, Londoner).

Mariella Wiegel (Londoner, Mabel) Second COD production: A Christmas Carol (Ignorance, Londoner).

Fred Willis (Ghost of Jacob Marley/Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come) Second COD production: The Count of Monte Cristo (Villefort). Favorite credits include Rumors (Lenny); and Ten Little Indians (General Mackenzie), both at Lyons Township High School.

Connie Canaday Howard (Director) is director of theater at College of DuPage and has enjoyed directing such shows as The Boys Next Door, The King and I and A Midsummer Night’s Dream. The Heidi Chronicles, directed by Canaday Howard, received the award for best non-professional production in Chicagoland as a student production. She has been cited in Who’s Who Among America’s Colleges and Universities 11 times. She is artistic director for Buffalo Theatre Ensemble, a professional theater company, where she also directs and is a member of its acting ensemble. She is a member of Actors’ Equity Association. Canaday Howard was COD’s Outstanding Faculty for 2003–2004 and is a member of the Joseph Jefferson Committee’s Artistic Team, which is Chicago’s version of the Tony.

Michael W. Moon (Scenic and Properties Design) is the technical director and resident Scenic, Property and Sound Designer for the MAC. His recent production design credits for COD include Almost, Maine; And Then There Were None and Dreams of Antigone. He is also a playwright and has had productions of his work throughout the country, including an adaptation of Spoon River Anthology performed by COD students in 2012. A recent work has been turned into an independent film titled See No Evil, due for release in 2014.

Julianne Mary Enas (Londoner, Pearl) First COD production.

Grace Field (Londoner, Rose) First COD production. Favorite credit is Sleeping Beauty (Wicked Fairy) at the Wheaton Park District.

Emme Garcia (Londoner, Annie/Ignorance) First COD production.

Jack Gilio (Mr. Fezziwig) Second COD production: The Count of Monte Cristo (Abbe Faria).

Jordan Goldstein (Balthazar) Second COD production: The Bully Plays (Ensemble). Favorite credits include Twelfth Night (Orsino) at Center Stage Theater; The Laramie Project: 10 Years Later (Ensemble); and God: A Play (Trichinosis) at Hinsdale Central High School.

Samantha Kamman (Martha) First COD production. Favorite credits include Dearly Departed (Raynelle); and Guys & Dolls (General Cartwright), both at Downers Grove North High School.

Max Kennedy (Topper) First COD production.

Jack Knight (Crack the Whip Boy, Walter) First COD production. Favorite credits include The Lion King (Simba); and Beauty and The Beast (Beast), both at Elk Grove Park District Summer Theater Camp.

Alex Linton (Fred) First COD production. Favorite credits include Almost, Maine (Steve); The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sir Charles); and I Never saw a Butterfly (Honza Cozic), all at Naperville North High School.

Victoria Martin (Elizabeth, Fred’s Wife) Third COD production: A Christmas Carol (Fezziwig Party Guest); and It’s Just a Box (Vikki). Favorite credits include The Laramie Project (Reggie Fluty); and Juvie (Jean), both at Glenbard East High School.

Ruth Moore (Mrs. Cratchit) Seventh COD production: The Count of Monte Cristo (Mercedes); The Dreams of Antigone (Chorus); And Then There Were None (Mrs. Rogers); The Three Musketeers (Mother Superior); Love’s Labour’s Lost (Jaquenetta); and A Christmas Carol (Mrs. Fezziwig).

Edin Nukic (Londoner, James) First COD production.

Mickey O’Brien (Crack the Whip Boy, Henry) First COD production. Favorite credit is Snow Queen (Kay) at Glenn Westlake Middle School. O’Brien is a 2014 Presidential Award Winner.

Marisa Palumbo (Londoner, Ruth) First COD production.

Richard Petry (Bob Cratchit) Third COD production: The Bully Plays (Scott, New Kid/Rumor 1); and Almost, Maine (Steve).

Auguste Pilelyte (Ambrosia) Fifth COD production: Count of Monte Cristo (Haydee); Dreams of Antigone (Meletia); Almost, Maine (Rhonda); and It’s Just a Box (Auguste).

Amber Ramos (Belinda) First COD production.

Katie Roper (Fezziwig Party Guest, Florence) First COD production. Favorite credits include Music Man (Amaryllis ); Androcles and The Lion (Slave); and Robin Hood (Beth) at Homeschool University.

Ryan Sinclair (Fezziwig Party Guest, Arthur) Second COD Production: Troll Booth (Papa Bear). Favorite credits include Twelfth Night (Sea Captain/Priest) by Apris Productions.

Jenna Snart (Londoner, Minnie) First COD production.

Nicole Snyder (Fezziwig Party Guest, Hazel) First COD production.

PROFILES PROFILES

William J Norris (Playwright) A 40-year theatre veteran and 2012 Joseph Jefferson nominee for Best Actor, Norris has extensive national and international credits. He has performed multiple times at the Goodman, Victory Gardens, Steppenwolf, Chicago Shakespeare, Marriott Lincolnshire, and Meadowbrook theatres and at Syracuse Stage and the Indiana Repertory. In Europe he has acted in Hamburg at the Schafspiel Haus, at the Mickery Theater in Amsterdam, and at Vienna’s English Theatre in Austria. Dillinger, His Satanic Majesty, and Before I Wake are a few of his plays that have premiered in Chicago and gone on to be

produced nation-wide. His adaptation of A Christmas Carol has been produced both in Birmingham and London, England. Television and movie credits include A Taste of Romance, The Untouchables, The Babe, The Letter, The Pit and the Pendulum, and The Last Affair. Norris is also the co-screenwriter for the cult classic Herbert West: Re-Animator, as well as the co-author of the award-winning musical of the same name. He has been honored in his profession for his work as actor, director and writer with awards that include an Emmy, a Joseph Jefferson, five Artisan and L.A. Critics Circle Awards.

Allison Greaves Amidei (Costume, Make-up and Hair Design) has been designing costumes and make-up at College of DuPage since 2000. Her favorite COD designs include Twelfth Night, Hansel and Gretel, History of the Devil, Godspell, Middle Ages and Henry V. Amidei is also an ensemble member at Strawdog Theatre Company, where she has designed Uncle Vanya, Red Noses, Marathon 33, Detective Story and was nominated for a Jeff for her hair and makeup design on Master and Margarita. She is also the artistic director of Wildclaw Theatre Company, dedicated to bringing horror theater to the stage. Her adaptation of J. Sheridan le Fanu’s Carmilla premiered at the DCA Storefront Theatre in January 2011. She has also designed for Lifeline, Seanachaí, Uma, Lakeside Shakespeare, Collaboraction, Piven, Artistic Home and House Theatre.

Jon Gantt (Lighting Design) is the technical coordinator for the McAninch Arts Center and has been a lighting and scenic designer for College of DuPage and the resident professional companies since the opening of the Arts Center in 1986. For more than 35 years, he has designed scenery and lighting for many professional and university theaters in and around Chicago. Recently, he designed the lighting for Buffalo Theatre Ensemble’s Frozen and Private Lives and New Philharmonic’s Gianni Schicchi. For the College Theater program he designed the stage and lighting for Dark Play or Stories for Boys and the lighting for COD’s A Christmas Carol. Other notable past production designs include The Ruling Class, The Man of La Mancha, The Praying Mantis, Lady Chatterley’s Lover, Evita, Sweeney Todd and his Jeff-nominated scenic design for the world premiere of The Grab at Theatre Building Chicago.

Christopher Kriz (Original Music and Sound Design) is an award winning composer and sound designer for theater, film and dance based in Chicago. He has designed for

Northlight, Steppenwolf, Writers, Goodman, Victory Gardens, Next Theatre, TimeLine, First Folio, Theatre Wit, Lifeline, Rivendell and dozens of others. For his work in theatre, Kriz has received 11 Joseph Jefferson Nominations and two awards, most recently the Equity Jeff Award for Turn of The Screw (First Folio). Recent regional credits include Butler and The Mystery of Irma Vep (Peninsula Players) and The Taste of It (Ballybeg Theatre). Recent and upcoming Chicago credits include The Downpour (Route 66), The Clean House (Remy Bumppo), The Great God Pan (Next), Cicada (Route 66), Seven Homeless Mammoths (Theatre Wit), Mill Fire (Shattered Globe), Merry Wives Of Windsor (First Folio), Tamer Of Horses (Teatro Vista), Monstrous Regiment (Lifeline), Jane Eyre (Lifeline), Bethany (Gift Theatre) and Gravedigger (First Folio). Next spring, Lifeline Theatre will be producing Kriz’s new musical Soon I Will Be Invincible. Kriz is a proud member of United Scenic Artists 829. To hear more of his work, please visit www.christopherkriz.com.

Ed Garzaro (Stage Manager) Seventh COD production: The Count of Monte Cristo (Fernand); The Dreams of Antigone (Alcebaides); The Three Musketeers (D’Artagnan’s Father/Treville); Spoon River Anthology (Company); A Christmas Carol (Topper); and The Death and Life of Sneaky Fitch (Company). Favorite credits include The Luminary (Ryan) at College of DuPage and Foster (Mr. Jim) at Columbia College.

Will Austin (Assistant Stage Manager) Third COD production: The Bully Plays (Ensemble); and The Three Musketeers (King Louis XIII). Favorite credits include The Heiress (Arthur) and Amadeus (Ensemble), both at Wheaton Drama, and The Christmas Tree (Daniel) at Gallery Theater.

PROFILES PROFILES

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College Theater Spring Productions

Defying Gravity by Jane Anderson Directed by Chicago actor/director Bryan Burke (March 5–22, 2015)

The Skriker by Caryl ChurchillDirected by Amelia Barrett (April 16–26, 2015)

Auditions for these productions will be held in the MAC Studio Theatre:

Jan. 17 from 3 to 6 p.m.*Jan. 20 from 7 to 10 p.m.*

Callbacks (if needed) on Jan. 21 at 7 p.m.*Auditions begin at the time listed, but end when all have been seen.

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The Friends of the MAC is a family of people who have decided that a world-class performing and visual arts center should reside in their community. Ticket sales only provide 42 percent of our $3 million operating budget. It is through the support of College of DuPage and through the generous gifts from patrons and local businesses that we can keep art in our gallery and on our stages.

Your gift to the MAC • Brings nationally and internationally renowned artists to our community • Supports our SchoolStage program that annually offers affordable arts experiences to thousands of school children • Provides students and community members the opportunity to interact with artists • Enhances the quality of life in our community

Without the generous support of the Friends of the MAC we would not be the cultural hub of DuPage County. We gratefully thank our friends and we invite others to join them.

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FRIENDS OF THE MAC

Encore Circle ($2,500 and up)Anonymous (2)Lowell and Barbara AndersonArthur J. Gallagher & CompanyAnna C. BallBank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd.James A. BelushiDr. and Mrs. Robert L. BreuderMr. and Mrs. Steven G. BrownCadence HealthCleve CarneyMr. and Mrs. Alexander W. DemosEd Miniat, LLCFollett Higher Education GroupFranczek Radelet P.C.Tom and Mara GallagherDebra L. HanesSara and Stacey HuelsJCS Fund of The DuPage Community FoundationMr. and Mrs. Keith R. KushnerMr. and Mrs. Joe LegatLegat Architects, Inc.Peter and Gretchen MarenBarb and Scott R. MarquardtDavid and Carolyn MayDr. and Mrs. Harold D. McAninchJudith and Raymond McCormackJohn and Lynette McCortneyMortenson ConstructionKirk MusprattJudith May O’DellMr. and Mrs. Donald PanovichPepper ConstructionPower Construction Company, LLCThe PrivateBankKelly and Roland RaffelRobbins SchwartzSteven M. Ruffalo and Lisa Jones RuffaloNancy and John RutledgeCharles SchlauMs. Dianne M. SkeetSmithGroup JJRU.S. BankVALICMr. and Mrs. Michael V. VivodaDr. Donald G. WestlakeBonnie M. Wheaton

Mark Wight and Eszter BorvendegWight & CompanyWilliam Blair and CompanyWintrust Community Banks

Director’s Circle ($1,000–$2,499)Anonymous (3)Anthony and Gwen AchillesMr. and Mrs. James R. AdamsMr. Larry Armour and Dr. Kim L. ArmourMr. Anson ArndtThe John A. Attard Family FoundationMs. Julie R. Bradley and Mr. Andrew J. BalintMilton and Heide BentleyRay BillettBeth and James BondeCatherine M. BrodRonald and Hope BucherClark and Linda CarpenterChapman & CutlerGreg and Janet ChejfecChicago Regional Council of CarpentersGinni and ChrisStephen and Sunday CumminsMark and Kim DornJames and Marie DrasalWilliam DunnGeorge and Kathryn FairbairnJohn and Joann FaulhaberKen and Debbie FulksJacquelyn L. GillIn Memory of Dr. Henry G. Giragos from the Giragos FamilyMr. and Mrs. Jonathan GoodMary GowerMr. and Mrs. Randy GunstGeorgia HamiltonJohn and Katharine HamiltonJean M. HawkinsonDon and Jackie HegebarthDr. and Mrs. Ryon HennessyHerricane Graphics Inc.Mrs. Heidi Heutel BohnStephen and Michelle HujarJeffrey Jens and Ann BoisclairDr. Jean V. KartjeMr. Lawrence P. Katzenstein

McAninch Arts Center acknowledges and gives grateful thanks to those donors who have contributed in support of the MAC mission and vision. This list of donors refl ects contributions made from Dec. 1, 2012 through Aug. 15, 2014. While we carefully prepared this list we recognize that errors may have occurred. Please accept our apology if you are not properly represented on this list and contact the MAC at (630) 942-3008 so we may correct our records.

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FRIENDS OF THE MACMr. Thomas KileyAnne and Ira J. KreftRichard and Susan LambEliot and Eileen LandauGil and Lola LehmanDr. Daniel E. LloydAlice LoganDeborah LovelyMr. and Mrs. L. Alan LowryAurelia and Ronald MaslanaMargaret and Michael McCoyTerrance and Linda McGovernJerry and Brigitte MillerBill and Nancy MooreSandy and Keith MooreDr. and Mrs. Joseph S. MorrisseyJohn M. Mulherin and Dr. Sara E. BonkowskiDrs. Donald E. and Mary Ellen NewsomRebecca NicholsonHelen PachayMadeleine PachayAlan Peterson, in memory of Carolyn LevickasMeri PhillipsJeffrey and Debora PonkoRichard C. and Elizabeth H. QuaintanceRiverside Technologies, IncThe Rev. Dr. Curtis and Leanne RolfeJudy RonaldsonBeth SchellKristin and Peter ShulmanMr. and Mrs. Hank SteinbrecherRichard and Janice StickaTom and Teri TraceyMr. Bjarne R. UllsvikJacqueline Vernot and Raymond Kotz Scott and Kristen WiersumCynthia Williams Cappello

Ambassador ($500–$999)Anonymous (6)Robert and Laura BarronMr. and Mrs. Thomas F. BelleJudith L. BittikofferMr. Paul BradleyDr. and Mrs. Christopher B. BurkeRick and Patty CarneyBill CharisChicago Blackhawks Hockey Team, Inc.Chicago BullsCora M. ChinDiane CooperDon and Anna Mae DaviaBarbara and George DiGuido

Mr. and Mrs. Kevin T. DixonMr. and Mrs. Gerald DroszczEagle Ridge ResortCamille and Joe EstermanMr. and Mrs. Christopher C. FaberMr. and Mrs. Donald H. FischerJoan and Ken FrankDick and Marge GieserMr. and Mrs. William GillardMs. Jean D. GorisMr. and Mrs. Linsley GrayMr. and Mrs. Robert G. HartmanGwen and Chet HenryHotel Arista at CityGate CenterJorge and Beatriz IorgulescuMrs. Jo Ann JacobsonMr. and Mrs. William S. KensholMr. and Mrs. Robert E. KingKaren and Gene KuhnKenneth and Rosemarie KuhnMary Anne LambertEdward J. MallyTheresa A. MallyMr. Robert MarksMs. Diana L. MartinezJames and Kimberley McDonnellEllen and Daniel McGowanJ. C. MorganMs. Patricia G. MurrayCharles and Kay MylerMr. and Mrs. Sherman L. NealNorth Central Illinois Labor CouncilJane OldfieldJennie C. OlsenSarah PackardMr. and Mrs. William ParkerJack and Marilyn PearsonPowerForward DuPageTom and Karen PulverJack E. RiddleJack E. Riddle, IIDave and Margie SchefflerWilliam and Nancy SchiererSkeet and Laura SkeetMr. Craig SmithLloyd SmithCherry StoddardWendolyn E. TetlowTheodore M. UtchenE. J. and Joyce Van CuraJames and Patricia VaryDr. and Mrs. E. VeleckisRobert and Kay Wahlgren

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FRIENDS OF THE MACCarol C. Wallace FamilyDr. and Mrs. Matthew C. WanzenbergMs. Kathy WesselWheaton Grand TheaterJoan and Raymond WielgosMs. Alice M. WilburDr. and Mrs. K. M. WilcoxKen and Viviane WilcuttsDr. Cathryn WilkinsonWoods Event ManagementMs. Kathleen C. YoskoJo Anne Zipperer

Performer ($250–$499)Anonymous (2)Nancy AlluredGene and John AndersenKatherine BalekDean M. BaliceDarlene BargerHarold and Karen BauerPatricia and Bruce BeckDennis and Mary BeemerBiff Behr and Lynne RichmanDr. and Mrs. James R. BentéMr. and Ms. Tyler BirtRichard BowesMary and Bill BoylanKay BraulikBroadway in ChicagoMr. and Mrs. Thomas BrosseauThe Cantlin FamilyCarolyn B. CollinsDr. and Mrs. Joseph E. CollinsMr. and Mrs. Charles CurrierGeorge W. and Ann DervisMr. and Mrs. Earl E. DowlingEakins PropertiesJoanne EastJoseph and Frances EraciMarcela FanningJack and Janet FeldmanUrs Geiser and Mary HobeinMr. and Mrs. Thomas J. GlaserMr. Fred Greenwood and Ms. Dianne A. McGuireMr. and Mrs. James E. HaleyDr. Eugene G. HallongrenDr. Steven L. HavensAleene L. Henninger-BoydenJohn A. HerndonLance HerningEdward and Susan JeszkaAnne V. Klecka

Virginia and Charles KlingspornMs. Susan KolavoLaborers Local 288Ida LeeTed and Martha MaasJohn MategranoMarty and Marian McGowanWalter B. McIntyre and Arlene BonetDr. and Mrs. John MessittMs. Mary Ann MillushMr. Robert MinkemaMr. and Ms. Joseph MooreMary Anne NielsenMr. Gerard Nussbaum and Dr. Linda Veleckis NussbaumBob and Joan OlachJim and Lorraine PaulissenJohn J. and Mary A. PlunkettMr. and Mrs. Charles PolitoAnna Marie PollMs. Rose ReeverSusanne RiedellMarlene and Bob RosecransS. E. RossNancy L. RubyLynn SapytaFred and Lorraine SchullerJerry and Susan SchurmeierRoger and Ann ShipleyMarilyn SmrcinaEllen and Grier StephensonMr. and Mrs. Richard E. SwansonMr. Respicio F. VazquezMr. John C. WeberLyn and Debbie WhistonRobert and Cynthia Wunderlich

Corporate and Community SponsorsArts MidwestBrookdale Plaza Glen EllynCabernet & CompanyChicago Jazz MagazineCOD FoundationDuPage Community FoundationHilton Hotels — Lisle/NapervilleI Have a BeanIllinois Arts CouncilJCS Fund of The DuPage Community FoundationNational Endowment for the ArtsSmith Financial Advisors Inc.90.9FM WDCB

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For monthly updates register your email at www.AtTheMAC.org

MAC Administrative StaffDirector of the McAninch Arts Center ....................................................................................... Diana MartinezMarketing and Donor Relations Coordinator ................................................................................Roland RaffelBusiness Manager ...................................................................................................................Ellen McGowanCleve Carney Art Gallery Curator ............................................................................................. Barbara WiesenEducation and Community Engagement Coordinator ..................................................................Janey SartherDirector of Development for Cultural Arts ................................................................................... Janie OldfieldAdministrative Assistant ............................................................................................................ Mandy RakowStudent Assistants ................................................................................................Sherry Gendel, Ana Santeliz

MAC Box Office and Front of House StaffBox Office Manager ........................................................................................................................Julie ElgesAssistant Box Office Manager ...............................................................................................Mary Ellen ReedyBox Office Assistants ................................................................................... Colleen Trinko, Gretchen WoodleyPatron Service Manager ................................................................................................................Tom MurrayHouse Manager .......................................................................................................................Jessica Shelvik

College of DuPage Theater FacultyDirector of Theater .....................................................................................................Connie Canaday HowardProfessor of Theater.................................................................................................................. Amelia Barrett

MAC Resident Professional EnsembleNew Philharmonic, Conductor and Music Director ..................................................................... .Kirk MusprattNew Philharmonic Manager ........................................................................................................ Paula Cebula

MAC Design and Technical StaffTechnical Production Coordinator ......................................................................................................Jon GanttTechnical Director ................................................................................................................. Michael W. MoonCostume and Make-up Design Coordinator .................................................................. Allison Greaves AmideiProduction Manager...................................................................................................................... Joe HopperAssistant Production Manager.....................................................................................................Ben JohnsonSound and Equipment Manager ....................................................................................................... Bob Murr

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

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

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

• Smoking is not permitted in the theater or on campus.• Electronic pagers and patrons’ seat locations should

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

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

• Latecomers are seated at the discretion of the House Manager.

• Groups of 15 or more may contact the Box Office at (630) 942-4000 to arrange for group discounts.

• College of DuPage is now tobacco free.• McAninch Arts Center volunteers are people

who assist the house staff in areas of ticket taking, ushering and general management during performances. To get involved, call (630) 942-4000.

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

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