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Diana Martinez
Director
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A
Christmas
Carol
By Charles Dickens
Adapted by William J. Norris
Director
Connie Canaday Howard
Scenic and Properties Design
Michael W. Moon
Costume, Make-up and Hair Design
Allison Greaves Amidei
Lighting Design
Jon Gantt
Original Music and Sound Design
Christopher 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, 2014
Belushi Performance Hall
CAST LISTING (in order of appearance):
Jensen Bridges....................................................................................Christopher, a street urchin
Cole Callaway....................................................................................... Crack the Whip Boy, Willie
Jack Knight.........................................................................................Crack the Whip Boy, Walter
Mickey O’Brien.................................................................................... Crack the Whip Boy, Henry
Brendan White................................................................................... Crack the Whip Boy, Joseph
Mollie Early............................................................................................................Londoner, Alice
Jadyn Deana Enas............................................................................................... Londoner, Lillian
Julianne Mary Enas.............................................................................................. Londoner, Pearl
Grace Field............................................................................................................Londoner, Rose
Emme Garcia........................................................................................................Londoner, Annie
Edin Nukic.......................................................................................................... Londoner, James
Marisa Palumbo..................................................................................................... Londoner, Ruth
Jenna Snart........................................................................................................Londoner, Minnie
Marisa Warner.....................................................................................................Londoner, Myrtle
Gianna Wiegel...................................................................................................... Londoner, Marie
Mariella Wiegel....................................................................................................Londoner, Mabel
Reen Bernasor................................................................Mrs. Creakle, Scrooge’s cleaning woman
Rick Chong.................................................................................................................Joe, a fence
Joseph H. Calabrese, Jr........................................................................ Mr. Caspar, a businessman
Jordan Goldstein.............................................................................. Mr. Balthazar, a businessman
Luke Thornton.........................................................................Ebenezer Scrooge, a money lender
Richard Petry.............................................................................................. Bob Cratchit, his clerk
Alex Linton............................................................................................... Fred, Scrooge’s nephew
Fred Willis............................................................................................ The Ghost of Jacob Marley
Cassie Collins....................................................................................The Ghost of Christmas Past
Benjamin Vena......................................................................................... Scrooge as a young boy
Sophia Danno..........................................................................................................Fan, his sister
Jack Gilio................................................................................................................... Mr. Fezziwig
Emelie Sullivan*....................................................................................................... Mrs. Fezziwig
Jacob Coats........................................................................................................... Young Scrooge
Victoria Depa...................................................................................................Belle, his betrothed
Katie Roper.................................................................................... Fezziwig Party Guest, Florence
Ryan Sinclair..................................................................................... Fezziwig Party Guest, Arthur
Nicole Snyder..................................................................................... Fezziwig Party Guest, Hazel
Tenleigh Wells......................................................................................Fezziwig Party Guest, Clara
Kara Barrios..................................................................................The Ghost of Christmas Present
Ruth Moore............................................................................................................... Mrs. Cratchit
Peyton Ebel.............................................................................................................. Peter Cratchit
Amber Ramos.......................................................................................................Belinda Cratchit
Annabelle Bridges....................................................................................................Nellie Cratchit
Emi Callaway.............................................................................................................May Cratchit
Samantha Kamman.............................................................................................. Martha Cratchit
Matthys Cieplak..................................................................................................... Emma Cratchit
Micah Callaway............................................................................................................... Tiny Tim
Victoria Martin..............................................................................................Elizabeth, Fred’s Wife
Grace Beifuss..................................................................................................................... Ursula
Max Kennedy......................................................................................................................Topper
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CAST LISTING (in order of appearance):
Auguste Pilelyte..............................................................................................................Ambrosia
Jacob Coats......................................................................................................................... Oscar
Emme Garcia................................................................................................................. Ignorance
Jordan Rose Enas................................................................................................................. Want
Fred 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.
PRODUCTION STAFF
Stage Manager............................................................................................................ Ed Garzaro
Assistant Stage Manager.............................................................................................. Will Austin
Young Actor Backstage Assistants...........................................Tiffany Andrews, Genevieve Collins,
Valerie Espinoza**
Technical Director............................................................................................... Michael W. Moon
Sound Engineer..............................................................................................................Jeff Sand
Lighting Programmer................................................................................................. Mike Kellner
Lighting Operator.......................................................................................................Bobby Bryan
Scene Shop and Lighting Assistants...............................Tim Bode, Mary DiPiero, Charisse Gomez,
Jillian Gomez, Alex Jaeger,Michael Jurkovic,
Matthew Moon, Carter Rosenthal,
Emelie Sullivan, Katie Tumavich
Costume Shop Manager............................................................................. Allison Greaves Amidei
Costume Shop Assistants................................................................Laura Baskyte, Cori Kochaney,
Ruth Moore, Valerie Espinoza**
Wardrobe and Makeup Assistant....................................................................... Valerie Espinoza**
** John Belushi/Second City Memorial Scholarship Recipient
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DIRECTOR’S NOTE
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
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.
PROFILES
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.
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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.
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PROFILES
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.
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PROFILES
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.
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.
Jenna Snart (Londoner, Minnie)
First COD production.
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.
Nicole Snyder (Fezziwig Party Guest, Hazel)
First COD production.
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.
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PROFILES
Allison Greaves Amidei (Costume, Makeup 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
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PROFILES
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.
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.
College Theater Spring Productions
Defying Gravity by Jane Anderson
Directed by Chicago actor/director Bryan Burke (March 5–22, 2015)
The Skriker by Caryl Churchill
Directed 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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James A. Belushi
Dr. and Mrs. Robert L. Breuder
Mr. and Mrs. Steven G. Brown
Cadence Health
Cleve Carney
Mr. and Mrs. Alexander W. Demos
Ed Miniat, LLC
Follett Higher Education Group
Franczek Radelet P.C.
Tom and Mara Gallagher
Debra L. Hanes
Sara and Stacey Huels
JCS Fund of The DuPage Community Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Keith R. Kushner
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Legat
Legat Architects, Inc.
Peter and Gretchen Maren
Barb and Scott R. Marquardt
David and Carolyn May
Dr. and Mrs. Harold D. McAninch
Judith and Raymond McCormack
John and Lynette McCortney
Mortenson Construction
Kirk Muspratt
Judith May O’Dell
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Panovich
Pepper Construction
Power Construction Company, LLC
The PrivateBank
Kelly and Roland Raffel
Robbins Schwartz
Steven M. Ruffalo and Lisa Jones Ruffalo
Nancy and John Rutledge
Charles Schlau
Ms. Dianne M. Skeet
SmithGroup JJR
U.S. Bank
VALIC
Mr. and Mrs. Michael V. Vivoda
Dr. Donald G. Westlake
Bonnie M. Wheaton
Mark Wight and Eszter Borvendeg
Wight & Company
William Blair and Company
Wintrust Community Banks
Director’s Circle ($1,000–$2,499)
Anonymous (3)
Anthony and Gwen Achilles
Mr. and Mrs. James R. Adams
Mr. Larry Armour and Dr. Kim L. Armour
Mr. Anson Arndt
The John A. Attard Family Foundation
Ms. Julie R. Bradley and Mr. Andrew J. Balint
Milton and Heide Bentley
Ray Billett
Beth and James Bonde
Catherine M. Brod
Ronald and Hope Bucher
Clark and Linda Carpenter
Chapman & Cutler
Greg and Janet Chejfec
Chicago Regional Council of Carpenters
Ginni and Chris
Stephen and Sunday Cummins
Mark and Kim Dorn
James and Marie Drasal
William Dunn
George and Kathryn Fairbairn
John and Joann Faulhaber
Ken and Debbie Fulks
Jacquelyn L. Gill
In Memory of Dr. Henry G. Giragos
from the Giragos Family
Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Good
Mary Gower
Mr. and Mrs. Randy Gunst
Georgia Hamilton
John and Katharine Hamilton
Jean M. Hawkinson
Don and Jackie Hegebarth
Dr. and Mrs. Ryon Hennessy
Herricane Graphics Inc.
Mrs. Heidi Heutel Bohn
Stephen and Michelle Hujar
Jeffrey Jens and Ann Boisclair
Dr. Jean V. Kartje
Mr. Lawrence P. Katzenstein
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FRIENDS OF THE MAC
Mr. Thomas Kiley
Anne and Ira J. Kreft
Richard and Susan Lamb
Eliot and Eileen Landau
Gil and Lola Lehman
Dr. Daniel E. Lloyd
Alice Logan
Deborah Lovely
Mr. and Mrs. L. Alan Lowry
Aurelia and Ronald Maslana
Margaret and Michael McCoy
Terrance and Linda McGovern
Jerry and Brigitte Miller
Bill and Nancy Moore
Sandy and Keith Moore
Dr. and Mrs. Joseph S. Morrissey
John M. Mulherin and Dr. Sara E. Bonkowski
Drs. Donald E. and Mary Ellen Newsom
Rebecca Nicholson
Helen Pachay
Madeleine Pachay
Alan Peterson, in memory of Carolyn Levickas
Meri Phillips
Jeffrey and Debora Ponko
Richard C. and Elizabeth H. Quaintance
Riverside Technologies, Inc
The Rev. Dr. Curtis and Leanne Rolfe
Judy Ronaldson
Beth Schell
Kristin and Peter Shulman
Mr. and Mrs. Hank Steinbrecher
Richard and Janice Sticka
Tom and Teri Tracey
Mr. Bjarne R. Ullsvik
Jacqueline Vernot and Raymond Kotz
Scott and Kristen Wiersum
Cynthia Williams Cappello
Ambassador ($500–$999)
Anonymous (6)
Robert and Laura Barron
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas F. Belle
Judith L. Bittikoffer
Mr. Paul Bradley
Dr. and Mrs. Christopher B. Burke
Rick and Patty Carney
Bill Charis
Chicago Blackhawks Hockey Team, Inc.
Chicago Bulls
Cora M. Chin
Diane Cooper
Don and Anna Mae Davia
Barbara and George DiGuido
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Mr. and Mrs. Kevin T. Dixon
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Droszcz
Eagle Ridge Resort
Camille and Joe Esterman
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher C. Faber
Mr. and Mrs. Donald H. Fischer
Joan and Ken Frank
Dick and Marge Gieser
Mr. and Mrs. William Gillard
Ms. Jean D. Goris
Mr. and Mrs. Linsley Gray
Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Hartman
Gwen and Chet Henry
Hotel Arista at CityGate Center
Jorge and Beatriz Iorgulescu
Mrs. Jo Ann Jacobson
Mr. and Mrs. William S. Kenshol
Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. King
Karen and Gene Kuhn
Kenneth and Rosemarie Kuhn
Mary Anne Lambert
Edward J. Mally
Theresa A. Mally
Mr. Robert Marks
Ms. Diana L. Martinez
James and Kimberley McDonnell
Ellen and Daniel McGowan
J. C. Morgan
Ms. Patricia G. Murray
Charles and Kay Myler
Mr. and Mrs. Sherman L. Neal
North Central Illinois Labor Council
Jane Oldfield
Jennie C. Olsen
Sarah Packard
Mr. and Mrs. William Parker
Jack and Marilyn Pearson
PowerForward DuPage
Tom and Karen Pulver
Jack E. Riddle
Jack E. Riddle, II
Dave and Margie Scheffler
William and Nancy Schierer
Skeet and Laura Skeet
Mr. Craig Smith
Lloyd Smith
Cherry Stoddard
Wendolyn E. Tetlow
Theodore M. Utchen
E. J. and Joyce Van Cura
James and Patricia Vary
Dr. and Mrs. E. Veleckis
Robert and Kay Wahlgren
FRIENDS OF THE MAC
Carol C. Wallace Family
Dr. and Mrs. Matthew C. Wanzenberg
Ms. Kathy Wessel
Wheaton Grand Theater
Joan and Raymond Wielgos
Ms. Alice M. Wilbur
Dr. and Mrs. K. M. Wilcox
Ken and Viviane Wilcutts
Dr. Cathryn Wilkinson
Woods Event Management
Ms. Kathleen C. Yosko
Jo Anne Zipperer
Performer ($250–$499)
Anonymous (2)
Nancy Allured
Gene and John Andersen
Katherine Balek
Dean M. Balice
Darlene Barger
Harold and Karen Bauer
Patricia and Bruce Beck
Dennis and Mary Beemer
Biff Behr and Lynne Richman
Dr. and Mrs. James R. Benté
Mr. and Ms. Tyler Birt
Richard Bowes
Mary and Bill Boylan
Kay Braulik
Broadway in Chicago
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Brosseau
The Cantlin Family
Carolyn B. Collins
Dr. and Mrs. Joseph E. Collins
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Currier
George W. and Ann Dervis
Mr. and Mrs. Earl E. Dowling
Eakins Properties
Joanne East
Joseph and Frances Eraci
Marcela Fanning
Jack and Janet Feldman
Urs Geiser and Mary Hobein
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Glaser
Mr. Fred Greenwood and Ms. Dianne A. McGuire
Mr. and Mrs. James E. Haley
Dr. Eugene G. Hallongren
Dr. Steven L. Havens
Aleene L. Henninger-Boyden
John A. Herndon
Lance Herning
Edward and Susan Jeszka
Anne V. Klecka
Virginia and Charles Klingsporn
Ms. Susan Kolavo
Laborers Local 288
Ida Lee
Ted and Martha Maas
John Mategrano
Marty and Marian McGowan
Walter B. McIntyre and Arlene Bonet
Dr. and Mrs. John Messitt
Ms. Mary Ann Millush
Mr. Robert Minkema
Mr. and Ms. Joseph Moore
Mary Anne Nielsen
Mr. Gerard Nussbaum and
Dr. Linda Veleckis Nussbaum
Bob and Joan Olach
Jim and Lorraine Paulissen
John J. and Mary A. Plunkett
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Polito
Anna Marie Poll
Ms. Rose Reever
Susanne Riedell
Marlene and Bob Rosecrans
S. E. Ross
Nancy L. Ruby
Lynn Sapyta
Fred and Lorraine Schuller
Jerry and Susan Schurmeier
Roger and Ann Shipley
Marilyn Smrcina
Ellen and Grier Stephenson
Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. Swanson
Mr. Respicio F. Vazquez
Mr. John C. Weber
Lyn and Debbie Whiston
Robert and Cynthia Wunderlich
Corporate and Community Sponsors
Arts Midwest
Brookdale Plaza Glen Ellyn
Cabernet & Company
Chicago Jazz Magazine
COD Foundation
DuPage Community Foundation
Hilton Hotels — Lisle/Naperville
I Have a Bean
Illinois Arts Council
JCS Fund of The DuPage Community Foundation
National Endowment for the Arts
Smith Financial Advisors Inc.
90.9FM WDCB
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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.
For monthly updates register your email at www.AtTheMAC.org
MAC Administrative Staff
Director of the McAninch Arts Center........................................................................................ Diana Martinez
Marketing and Donor Relations Coordinator.................................................................................Roland Raffel
Business Manager....................................................................................................................Ellen McGowan
Cleve Carney Art Gallery Curator.............................................................................................. Barbara Wiesen
Education and Community Engagement Coordinator...................................................................Janey Sarther
Director of Development for Cultural Arts.................................................................................... Janie Oldfield
Administrative Assistant............................................................................................................. Mandy Rakow
Student Assistants.................................................................................................Sherry Gendel, Ana Santeliz
MAC Box Office and Front of House Staff
Box Office Manager.........................................................................................................................Julie Elges
Assistant Box Office Manager................................................................................................Mary Ellen Reedy
Box Office Assistants.................................................................................... Colleen Trinko, Gretchen Woodley
Patron Service Manager.................................................................................................................Tom Murray
House Manager........................................................................................................................Jessica Shelvik
College of DuPage Theater Faculty
Director of Theater......................................................................................................Connie Canaday Howard
Professor of Theater.................................................................................................................. Amelia Barrett
MAC Resident Professional Ensemble
New Philharmonic, Conductor and Music Director...................................................................... .Kirk Muspratt
New Philharmonic Manager......................................................................................................... Paula Cebula
MAC Design and Technical Staff
Technical Production Coordinator.......................................................................................................Jon Gantt
Technical Director.................................................................................................................. Michael W. Moon
Costume and Make-up Design Coordinator................................................................... Allison Greaves Amidei
Production Manager...................................................................................................................... Joe Hopper
Assistant Production Manager.....................................................................................................Ben Johnson
Sound and Equipment Manager........................................................................................................ Bob Murr
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