hollywood`s greatest song hits

October 2 – 11, 2015
35th Season, 18st Autumn Production
BRIDGET McDONOUGH
General Manager
RUDY HOGENMILLER
Artistic Director
presents
HOLLYWOOD’S
GREATEST SONG HITS
Featuring
ALICIA BERNECHE
AMANDA HORVATH
SARAH LARSON
MARY ROBIN ROTH
Music Director & Conductor
Linda Madonia*
Bass
Joseph Krzysiak*
Production Coordinator
Pernell Myers
Drums
Joey Zymonas*
Production Manager
Katie Beeks
Director
RUDY HOGENMILLER
* Members of Chicago Federation of Musicians, Local 10-208
Hollywood’s Greatest Song Hits
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A B O U T L I G H T O P E R A WO R K S
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1980. The company’s mission is to produce and present musical theater from a variety
of world traditions. Such works include American and Continental operettas, classic
American musical theater, as well as contemporary fare. Since its inaugural season
in 1981, LIGHT OPERA WORKS continues to be a leader in the United States for the
presentation of these historically important and theatrically delightful works of art in
productions similar in size and scope to their originals, in modern productions with
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A F E W WO R D S F R O M T H E A R T I S T I C D I R E C TO R
Welcome back to Nichols Concert Hall! For our fourth year of
concerts in this beautiful space, we’ve decided to cast our net a little
wider, beyond the works of a single composer or genre…so fasten
your seat belts, we’re off to Hollywood! Tonight’s program features
seven decades worth of great songs from the movies, and we’ve had
so much fun exploring the wide variety of musical and vocal styles
encompassed in those years.
I couldn’t imagine a better gang with whom to share that fun! I’ve had a great time
creating a program for these four special ladies, each of whom brings her own unique
style and personality to the party. By the way, I’ve been kicking around the idea of an
all-ladies (or all-gentlemen, for that matter) program for some time. As we began to pull
together the songs for this concert, particularly all those great pop ballads, it became
clear that the ladies’ time had come (sorry, gents---maybe next year!). I’m so grateful to
have Jane and Jesus on hand to dress them so beautifully, with a real touch of Hollywood
glamour. Finally, I must thank Linda for bringing everything together musically. It’s been
a big challenge given the diversity (and sheer amount) of the material, and I’ve been
lucky to have her at my side every step of the way. Enjoy!
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Rudy Hogenmiller
Artistic Director
Light Opera Works
P R O D U C T I O N S TA F F
Director...............................................................................................................................Rudy Hogenmiller
Music Director & Conductor...............................................................................................Linda Madonia
Production Coordinator.......................................................................................................... Pernell Myers
Lighting Coordinator....................................................................................................... Michael C. Smith
Stylists.............................................................................................................. Jane DeBondt, Jesus Perez
Sound Designer........................................................................................................................... Patrick Bley
Crew.................................................................................................................Gino Gumino, Olivia Emery
Wardrobe........................................................................................................................ Gabrielle Brubaker
Orchestra Contractor.............................................................................................................Diana Brodick
Production Manager..................................................................................................................Katie Beeks
THE PROGR A M
ACT ONE
ART DECO HOLLYWOOD
“Hooray for Hollywood”................................................................. from HOLLYWOOD HOTEL (1937)
(music by Richard Whiting, lyrics by Johnny Mercer)
“Puttin’ on the Ritz”.......................................................................... from PUTTIN’ ON THE RITZ (1930)
(music and lyrics by Irving Berlin)
“The Lullaby of Broadway”................................................................... from GOLD DIGGERS OF 1935
(music by Harry Warren, lyrics by Al Dubin)
FILM NOIR AND BEYOND
“Laura”.............................................................................................................................. from LAURA (1944)
(music by David Raksin)
“As Time Goes By”........................................................................................... from CASABLANCA (1942)
(music and lyrics by Herman Hupfeld)
“Blues in the Night”........................................................................... from BLUES IN THE NIGHT (1941)
(music by Harold Arlen, lyrics by Johnny Mercer)
“Stormy Weather”................................................................................. from STORMY WEATHER (1943)
(music by Harold Arlen, lyrics by Ted Koehler)
“The Man That Got Away”.........................................................................from A STAR IS BORN (1954)
(music by Harold Arlen, lyrics by Ira Gershwin)
“Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend”.........................from GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES (1953)
(music by Jule Styne, lyrics by Leo Robin)
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THE PROGR A M
c o n t.
FORTIES AND FIFTIES FAVORITES
“Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy”..................................................................... from BUCK PRIVATES (1941)
(music and lyrics by Don Raye and Hughie Prince)
“Three Coins in the Fountain”................................. from THREE COINS IN THE FOUNTAIN (1954)
(music by Jule Styne, lyrics by Sammy Cahn)
“An Affair to Remember”.......................................................from AN AFFAIR TO REMEMBER (1957)
(music by Harry Warren, lyrics by Leo McCarey and Harold Adamson)
“Love is a Many-Splendored Thing”..........from LOVE IS A MANY-SPLENDORED THING (1955)
(music by Sammy Fain, lyrics by Paul Francis Webster)
“Unchained Melody”..................................................from UNCHAINED (1955) and GHOST (1980)
(music by Alex North, lyrics by Hy Zaret)
“Secret Love”................................................................................................ from CALAMITY JANE (1953)
(music by Sammy Fain, lyrics by Paul Francis Webster)
“Get Happy”................................................................................................. from SUMMER STOCK (1950)
(music by Harold Arlen, lyrics by Ted Koehler)
“The Trolley Song”...........................................................................from MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS (1944)
(music by Hugh Martin, lyrics by Ralph Blaine)
“Swinging on a Star”...................................................................................from GOING MY WAY (1944)
(music by Jimmy Van Heusen, lyrics by Johnny Burke)
“Ac-Cen-Tchu-Ate the Positive”...............................................from HERE COME THE WAVES (1944)
(music by Harold Arlen, lyrics by Johnny Mercer)
“That Old Black Magic”......................................................... from STAR SPANGLED RHYTHM (1942)
(music by Harold Arlen, lyrics by Johnny Mercer)
“Something’s Gotta Give”..................................................................from DADDY LONG LEGS (1955)
(music and lyrics by Johnny Mercer)
Fifteen-minute intermission
ACT TWO
THE SWINGING SIXTIES
“Goldfinger”....................................................................................................... from GOLDFINGER (1964)
(music by John Barry, lyrics by Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley)
“The Look of Love”..................................................................................... from CASINO ROYALE (1967)
(music by Burt Bachrach, lyrics by Hal David)
“Alfie”....................................................................................................................................from ALFIE (1966)
(music by Burt Bachrach, lyrics by Hal David)
“Charade”...................................................................................................................from CHARADE (1963)
(music by Henry Mancini, lyrics by Johnny Mercer)
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THE PROGR A M
c o n t.
“I Will Wait For You”.................................................. from THE UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG (1964)
(music by Michel Legrand, lyrics by Norman Gimbel)
“More (Than the Greatest Love)”..............................................................from MONDO CANE (1962)
(music by Riz Ortolani, lyrics by Norman Newell)
“Born Free”..............................................................................................................from BORN FREE (1966)
(music by John Barry, lyrics by Don Black)
“Moon River”............................................................................. from BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY’S (1961)
(music by Henry Mancini, lyrics by Johnny Mercer)
“Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head”.............from BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID
(1969)
(music by Burt Bachrach, lyrics by Hal David)
HOLLYWOOD POWER BALLADS
“The Way We Were”...............................................................................from THE WAY WE WERE (1973)
(music by Marvin Hamlisch, lyrics by Alan and Marilyn Bergman)
“Evergreen”....................................................................................................from A STAR IS BORN (1976)
(music by Barbara Streisand, lyrics by Paul Williams)
“Wind Beneath My Wings”.................................................................................... from BEACHES (1988)
(music and lyrics by Jeff Silbar and Larry Henley)
“Looking Through the Eyes of Love”...........................................................from ICE CASTLES (1978)
(music by Marvin Hamlisch, lyrics by Carole Bayer Sager)
“I Will Always Love You”.........................................................................from THE BODYGUARD (1992)
(music and lyrics by Dolly Parton)
“Nobody Does It Better” ........................................................ from THE SPY WHO LOVED ME (1977)
(music by Marvin Hamlisch, lyrics by Carole Bayer Sager)
“My Heart Will Go On”............................................................................................... from TITANIC (1997)
(music by James Horner, lyrics by Will Jennings)
“The Rose”..................................................................................................................from THE ROSE (1979)
(music and lyrics by Amanda McBroom)
FINALE
“When You Wish Upon a Star”.........................................................................from PINOCCHIO (1940)
(music by Leigh Harline, lyrics by Ned Washington)
“Over the Rainbow”............................................................................from THE WIZARD OF OZ (1939)
(music by Harold Arlen, lyrics by E. Y. Harburg)
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Light Opera Works
BIOGR APHIES
ALICIA BERNECHE
returns to Light Opera
Works, where she
portrayed Marian in
THE MUSIC MAN, Sarah
in BITTER SWEET, Mabel
in THE PIRATES OF
PENZANCE, Phyllis in IOLANTHE, Elsie
Maynard in THE YEOMEN OF THE GUARD
and sang in OPERETTA’S GREATEST HITS.
Last year, Ms. Berneche stepped in last
minute to sing in COLE PORTER’S
GREATEST HITS after a colleague lost her
voice. She has starred on opera stages
around the globe, often specializing in
contemporary works, including
appearances at Lyric Opera of Chicago as
Daisy Buchanan in THE GREAT GATSBY,
and Helen Niles in MOURNING BECOMES
ELEKTRA. She has also appeared at the
Goodman Theatre, London’s Barbican
Centre, and the Brooklyn Academy of
Music in the world premiere of Philip Glass’
and Mary Zimmerman’s GALILEO GALILEI.
She has originated leading roles in more
than 10 world premiere operas and
orchestral pieces, and has sung with
celebrated conductors and ensembles,
including CARMINA BURANA with the
Minnesota Orchestra under Osmo Vänskä
and LE NOZZE DI FIGARO under Zubin
Mehta. Upcoming projects include a
production with Milwaukee Opera
Theatre of THANK YOU, NEXT!, an opera
Ms. Berneche has written with composer
Tim Rebers.
MARY ROBIN ROTH
was seen most recently
at Light Opera Works in
COLE PORTER’S
GREATEST HITS.
Previously, she was
Dolly Levi in HELLO,
DOLLY! and five different characters in NO
WAY TO TREAT A LADY. She was seen at
Lyric Opera of Chicago as the Nurse in A
STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE starring Renee
Fleming. Her regional theater credits
include Fraulein Schneider in CABARET
and Jeanette in THE FULL MONTY (Mason
Street Warehouse; Saugatuck, Michigan),
Helga in DEATHTRAP, Mama Morton in
CHICAGO, Ida in 70, GIRLS, 70, Angie in
SPREADING IT AROUND, Esther in
BREAKING UP IS HARD TO DO and Sr.
Robert Anne in NUNSENSE starring Cindy
Williams (Michigan’s Meadow Brook
Theatre); Rose in GYPSY and Miss Hannigan
in ANNIE (Arkansas Repertory Theatre);
and Fanny Brice in FUNNY GIRL (Beef and
Boards Dinner Theatre of Indianapolis).
Other Chicago favorite roles include Mame
in MAME, and Carlotta in FOLLIES (for
which she was honored with a Jeff Award
and an After Dark Award) and SHEAR
MADNESS (Mrs. Shubert). Broadway credits
include THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD
and SENATOR JOE. Her touring credits
include the national and international
companies of EVITA and the Toronto
company of SUNSET BOULEVARD.
SARAH LARSON made
her Light Opera Works
debut in August as
Nellie Forbush in
SOUTH PACIFIC. Recent
appearances include
A MARVIN HAMLISCH
SONGBOOK, A MUSICAL TRIBUTE TO THE
ANDREWS SISTERS and PASSION, all with
Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre, THE 48HOUR MUSICALS and OSCAR & RICHARD &
JOE with the Music Theatre Company and
the role of Marian Paroo in THE MUSIC
MAN with Timber Lake Playhouse. Other
favorite roles include Cassie in A CHORUS
LINE, Maria in THE SOUND OF MUSIC and
Svetlana in CHESS. Ms. Larson is a graduate
of Viterbo University, where she doublemajored in Music Theatre Performance and
Arts Administration. She will return to Light
Opera Works later this season as Adelaide
in GUYS AND DOLLS.
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BIOGR APHIES
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c o n t.
AMANDA HORVATH
returns to Light Opera
Works, where she has
been seen in SOUTH
PACIFIC, THE MERRY
WIDOW and FIDDLER
ON THE ROOF. She
most recently starred as Sara in the
Chicago premiere of MURDER BALLAD
with Bailiwick Chicago, later remounted at
Theater on the Lake. Favorite Chicago
credits include A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC
(Writers Theatre), FOLLIES (Chicago
Shakespeare Theater), THE WILD PARTY
(Bailiwick Chicago), SMOKEY JOE’S CAFE
(Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre) and Mother
in RAGTIME (Big Noise Theatre), for which
she won a BroadwayWorld Chicago Award
for Best Actress. She spent two summers
with the College Light Opera Company of
Cape Cod, where roles included Eva Peron
(EVITA), Aldonza (MAN OF LA MANCHA),
Lilli Vanessi (KISS ME, KATE), and Lalume
(KISMET). She also travels with the
Chicago-based tribute band ABBA Salute!
Ms. Horvath received her BM from the
Chicago College of Performing Arts.
LINDA MADONIA (Music Director &
Conductor) has served as assistant music
director on numerous Light Opera
Works productions, most recently THE
FANTASTICKS and SOUTH PACIFIC. As a
music director in the Chicago area for
the past 30 years, her credits include A
FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY
TO THE FORUM and DOUBLE TROUBLE at
Porchlight Music Theatre (where she also
serves as an Artistic Associate), LEO ON ICE!
for Leo Burnett at the Chicago Theatre, and
FORBIDDEN BROADWAY: SVU at the Royal
George Theatre. Other credits include
GRAND HOTEL and NUNSENSATIONS
at Drury Lane Water Tower Place, and A
CHORUS LINE, SHE LOVES ME and ME
AND MY GIRL at Theatre at the Center.
For the past eight years, Linda has been
the music director for Chicago’s Equity
Joseph Jefferson Awards. During the day,
Linda owns American Eagle Productions,
a touring theater company that has taken
shows and workshops directly into schools
for 23 years. American Eagle presents
300 performances a year to Chicago area
schools.
RUDY HOGENMILLER (Director) artistic
director of Light Opera Works, has directed
and choreographed many productions for
the company including SOUTH PACIFIC,
THE FANTASTICKS, THE MERRY WIDOW,
FIDDLER ON THE ROOF, ANNIE GET YOUR
GUN, H.M.S. PINAFORE, OLIVER!, MAN OF
LA MANCHA, CAMELOT, BRIGADOON,
HELLO, DOLLY!, MY FAIR LADY, THE
YEOMEN OF THE GUARD, A LITTLE NIGHT
MUSIC, THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE, KISS
ME,KATE, THE MIKADO and THE SOUND OF
MUSIC. He was seen on the Light Opera
Works stage as Mr. Applegate in DAMN
YANKEES and the Emcee in CABARET.
Rudy has been recognized with six Joseph
Jefferson Awards and 17 nominations
for best direction and choreography
in Chicago. He has been a member
of the Society of Stage Directors and
Choreographers for more than 35 years.
JOSEPH KRZYSIAK (Bass) has been
a member of the Light Opera Works
orchestra for more than 20 years and has
performed for more than 60 mainstage
productions. He received his musical
education at Southern Illinois University
where he earned a bachelor of music
degree in performance (double bass)
and a master of music degree in music
composition. He joined the Jackson
(Mississippi) Symphony where he served
as assistant principal bassist for five years. Since 1980 he has been an active freelance
musician in the Chicago area, playing
in numerous community orchestras and
churches. He currently holds the position
of assistant principal bass with the Illinois
Philharmonic Orchestra and is a member
of The Highland Park Strings. In addition
Light Opera Works
BIOGR APHIES
c o n t.
to his musical endeavors, Krzysiak works
for Thresholds helping people in their
recovery from mental illness.
JOEY ZYMONAS (Drums) is working
with Light Opera Works for the first time.
Recent highlights of a busy theatrical
calendar include drums for A FUNNY
THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE
FORUM with Porchlight Music Theatre,
keyboard/mandolin/associate conductor
for the Midwest premiere of HANDS
ON A HARDBODY at the Williams Street
Repertory and musical director/keyboard
on LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS with the
Woodstock Musical Theatre Company.
PERNELL MYERS (Production Coordinator)
is a recent graduate of Northwestern
University and is working with Light Opera
Works for the first time. A director, stage
manager, and performer, he has most
recently been seen in THE SENSUALITY
PARTY at Magic! Theater in San Francisco,
where he also stage managed #WTFAMILY
for Left Coast Theater Company. Other
favorite projects include directing the
new plays SOUL CONDUCTOR by Scott
Egleston and MONICA, 1998 by Sam Fishel,
and appearing as Titania/Theseus in A
MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM.
BRIDGET McDONOUGH (General Manager)
has been employed in arts management
since graduating from Northwestern
University in 1978. In 1980, she co-founded
Light Opera Works with Philip Kraus and
others. She holds membership in the
Illinois Arts Alliance, is past president of
the Rotary Club of Evanston, and served
on the boards of the Evanston Convention
and Visitors’ Bureau, Evanston Chamber
of Commerce, the National Alliance for
Musical Theatre, Around the Coyote, as
well as the School of Communication
Alumni Board at Northwestern University
and the tourism committee of Chicago’s
North Shore Convention and Visitors’
Bureau. She is currently on the board of
the North Shore International Network,
and is Treasurer of the Musicians Club of
Women. In 2008, she served as one of the
international judges at the Second Vladimir
Kurochkin International Competition of
Young Artists of Operetta and Musicals in
Yekaterinburg, Russia, and was honored
by the Evanston Chamber of Commerce
with their 2009 Public Service / Nonprofit
Person of the Year Award.
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A D M I N I S T R AT I V E S TA F F
General Manager.......................................................................................................Bridget McDonough
Artistic Director.................................................................................................................Rudy Hogenmiller
Company Music Director............................................................................................Roger L. Bingaman
Business Manager.................................................................................................................... Michael Kotze
Director of Audience and Press Services............................................................... Christopher A. Riley
Casting Director / Director of Events...............................................................................Kyle A. Dougan
Interns............................................................................................................. Jessie Bond, Mary Nicholas
House Manager........................................................................................................................ Matt Conlon
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Marketing Services....................................................................................................... The Hunt Company
Graphic Design................................................................................................................Bill Van Nimwegen
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Jefferson C. Collins
Ted C. Fishman
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Mr. Charles Arbetter
Mr. David Arms
Les and Leah Axelrod
Dr. and Mrs. Theodore
Balsam
Dr. William W. and
Reverend Deborah Bell
Ms. Joan I. Berger
Bob and Ruth Berns
Mr. John F. Binder
Ms. Carol Ann Black
Janice and Leonard
Bloomfield
Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Brooks
Mr. Noel Bushala
Dr. Suzanne and Ald.
Leonard Cahnmann
Ms. Deborah Carr
David and Lisa Chinitz
Mr. Robert Christensen
Ms. Constance Clark
Dr. Robert D. and
Lynn M. Clark
Ms. Carol Cleave
Ms. Monika A. Collins
Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Collopy
Ms. Jean H. Cone
Ms. Marjorie Cox
Mr. and Mrs. John Crawford
Ms. Erica Curtis
Victor DeRenzi and
Stephanie Sundine
Dr. Bernard J. Dobroski
Dr Lawrence A. Domont
Mr. and Mrs. J. L.
Donoghue
Mr. and Mrs. Merrill
Eisenstein
Mrs. Barry Elman
Mrs. Marilyn Elrod
Mr. Peter Emery
Charles and Carol Emmons
Mr. Alan Ferguson
Ms. Edith Fessler
Mr. H.B. Firestone
Ms. Joan Fragen
Ms. Susan K. Franz and
Dr. Judith Markowitz
Ms. Florence Gibaldi
Mr. and Mrs. Joel D. Gingiss
Mr. Joseph Glaser
Maggie Gleason and
Patrick Loftus
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Gohs
Ms. Natalie L. Goldberg
Mr. Henry Gould
Dr. Doris Graber
Ms. Rachel Greenhoe
Judy and Zave Gussin
Mrs. Adrienne Hahn
Mr. James Harms
Ms. Eve Heffer
Mr. Rudy Hogenmiller
Mr. Robert L. Holzer
Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Hufnagel
Mr. Stephen Jackson
Mr. Jerry R. Jenkins
Mr. John G. Jesse
Mr. Kurt Kaiser
Ms. Darlene M. Kedzior
Ms. Regina Keifer
Ms. Ellen Keith
Mr. Dennis Kelly
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Kolar
Mrs. Betty Kolb
Ms. Diane Krier-Morrow
Mr. and Mrs. Konstanty
Krylow
Mr. Rob Landes
Mr. James Latturner and
Ms. Cathleen Combs
Joyce Wallace Lerner
Edward and Bessie Levin
Howard and Myra Levin
Mr. Edward Liszka
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Judy and Maynard Louis
Ms. Rita Macdermot
Mr. and Mrs. Doug
Macdonald
Ms. Diane Macewicz
Mr. Alexander G. MacNab
Mr. Joseph Madden
Dr. Judith Markowitz
Mr. and Mrs. Roland
Marquis
Rev. Phil Martinez
Ms. Vernadine J. Martlock
Mr. Robert W. Marwin
Mr. E. Davison Massey
Mr. and Mrs. Royce
Masterson
Mr. and Mrs. Eric Mattson
Mary Beth Mikrut
Mr. and Mrs. William C.
Mitchell
Ms. Helen Reisch Moore
Ms. Mary P. Morris
Mr. William Muenster
Mr. and Mrs. John Nance
Audrey and
John Nankervis
Milton Nidetz and
Naomi Yale
Ms. Luba Nowak
Mr. Frank O’Meara
Gail and James Paskind
Mr. and Mrs. John Paton
Mr. Donald Perille
Ms. Barbara Perkaus
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David and Carole Perlman
Mr. and Mrs. Michael S.
Perlman
Mrs. Madeleine Plonsker
Mr. Clayton Pruitt
Ms. Jane Purdy
Ms. Marilyn Richman
Mr. Charles Rita and
Ms. Anita Nothdruft
Mr. Anthony R. Roback
Ms. Virginia Rogodzinski
Ms. Mary Rosen Swanson
Mr. Allan Ross
Ms. Penny Rotheiser
Mrs. Valerie Rothschild
Mr. and Mrs. Norman
Rubash
Ms. Mary K. Rundell
Ms. Judy Rustemeyer
Ms. Joan Safford
Ms. Charlene Salzman
Ms. Mary Sartin
Mr. Michael Schachter
Marianne and
Ben Schenker
Alice and Donald Schindel
Mr. James Schneider
Ms. Margaret Shaklee
Mr. Eugene Shepp
Mrs. Charles Simons
Dr. and Mrs. Marshall
Sparberg
Mr. Robert Douglas Sphatt
Howard and Karri Spiegel
Ms. Marilyn Stammich
Ms. Lorraine Stastny
Ms. Helen G. Stopek
Ms. Peggy Sullivan
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Swigert
Mr. and Mrs. Casmir
Szczepaniak
Beverly and Thomas
Tabern
Mr. and Mrs. Valentin
Turansky
Ned Turner and
Kevin Hickey
Mr. and Mrs. John R.
Twombly
Mr. Dennis G. Ulman
Ms. Barbara Urban
Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Zawislak
Gifts in memory of
Richard Smock
Ms. Jennifer S. Barber
Mr. John F. Binder
Ms. Deborah Carr
Mr. Todd Creviston
Ms. Karen Englehardt
Ms. Helen Holz
Ms. Wendy Manning
Ms. Annette Marie O’Leary
Ms. Carol Spitz
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$20,000 - $75,000
Anonymous
The Paul M. Angell Family
Foundation
Blowitz-Ridgeway
Foundation
The Frank B. Foster
Charitable Trust
The MacArthur Fund
for Arts and Culture
at Prince
The Pauls Foundation
$5,000 - $19,999
Elizabeth F. Cheney
Foundation
John R. Halligan
Charitable Fund
Illinois Arts Council Agency
NIB Foundation
North Suburban Youth
Foundation
Victor Herbert Foundation
$2,000 - $4,999
Anonymous
Evanston Arts Council
Richard and Margaret
Romano Charitable Trust
$100 - $1,999
A.R.T. League
Bruce and Ann Bachmann
Family Foundation
Howard and Ursula Dubin
Foundation
Gigi’s Dolls and Sherry’s
Teddy Bears
First Bank and Trust,
Evanston
Ivanhoe Theater
Foundation
Sheldon L. and Pearl R.
Leibowitz Foundation
The Ted Fund
Matching Gifts
A T & T Foundation
Bank of America
BP
Caterpillar Foundation
Home Depot
Merrill Lynch and
Company Foundation
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$500 and more
Davenport Designs
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Marcus Promotions
The Saints
Special Occasions Catering
Viking Printing Solutions
Retail and Dining
Partners
The Celtic Knot Public
House
Downtown Evanston
Flat Top Grill
Found Kitchen and
Social House
Oceanique
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Quartet Digital Printing
Smylie Brothers Brewing
Co.
Three Tarts Bakery
Trattoria D.O.C.
Trattoria Demi
Media Sponsor
Evanston Now
Opening Reception
Sponsors
Found Kitchen and
Social House
Light Opera Works Board
of Directors
Prairie Moon Restaurant
Smylie Brothers Brewing
Co.
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to date; if you have been inadvertently left out, please call our box office at (847) 920-5360.
Much as they are appreciated, gifts of less than $100, as well as donations to benefits,
auctions and raffles cannot be printed due to space limitations.
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Great Music • Great Stories • Great Shows
Our big holiday show
with the hit songs
• Luck Be a Lady
• A Bushel and a Peck
• I’ve Never Been
in Love Before
• Sit Down, You’re
Rockin’ the Boat
Dec. 26, 2015 – Jan. 3, 2016
Cahn Auditorium, Evanston
e
4-piec
With 2 estra!
orch
Call for tickets:
(847) 920-5360
Order online:
LightOperaWorks.com
Ages 21 and younger 1/2 price
(Recommended for 8 and older)
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