Festival Partners, Sponsors & Donors
BIG THANKS to the following generous supporters who have made this 7th Edition of the Festival possible! The Festival is puppet powered of course, but it’s people powered too! Thank you for making it all happen. The festival is a major investment in Chicago’s civic life, Chicago puppet artists, puppetry globally, and cross-cultural understanding.
Note: This list represents cash and in-kind contributions received between 4/1/24 and 1/5/25. If you notice an error, please accept our sincerest apologies and let us know right away so we can make it right: info@chicagopuppetfest.org. We will be continually updating this list as more donations come in and will be reconfiguring it by gift level soon.
*Indicates member of the Board of Directors
2025 Festival Sponsors & Donors
$200,000 and up
Kristy* & Brandon Moran
Ferdi Foundation/Julie Moller*
$100,000 – $199,999
Cheryl Lynn Bruce* & Kerry James Marshall
$50,000 – $99,999
Jentes Family Foundation,
Justine Jentes & Dan Kuruna
National Endowment for the Arts
Paul M. Angell Family Foundation
Richard H. Driehaus Foundation
$30,000 – $49,999
Beatrice Barbareschi & David Pritzker
Gaylord & Dorothy Donnelley Foundation
Sarah Donovan & Jordan Shields*
Ginger Farley & Bob Shapiro
The Marshall Frankel Foundation
Reva and David Logan Foundation
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
$20,000 – $29,999
Illinois Arts Council
Pritzker Foundation
$15,000 – $19,999
Manaaki Foundation,
Sue Crothers-Gee & Bill Gee
Nina & Steve Schroeder
$10,000 – $14,999
Anonymous
Chicago Park District Night Out in the Parks Program
Diane Goldin
Cheryl Henson
Scott Moller
New England Foundation for the Arts
Jes* & Leesa Sherborne
Deb & Andy Wolkstein
Pat Yuzawa-Rubin* & Jack Rubin
$5,000 – $9,999
The Jim Henson Foundation
The Jane Henson Foundation
Heather Henson
Paul A. Levy
Nancy Needles & Arne Rode
Caroline Randazzo & Dave Frohardt-Lane
Chuck Thurow
Jin* & Joe Ivacic
John Supera*
$2,500 – $4,999
Alicia Bird
Judy & Howard Friedman
Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Kim Ohms* & Joe Novelli
Charlie Rizzo
Rosemary “Ro” Zalewski*
$1,500 – $2,499
Maureen Mizwicki
Kate Thomas & Lloyd Perlow
WAG Foundation
$1,000 – $1,499
Anonymous
Allison Allen
Chantel & Brian Asner
Carol Farver & Robert Needlman
Patti Gilford
Candice Goldstein & Abraham Steinberg in honor of Louise Greenfield
Maggie Kast
Josh McGowan
Christine Plautz
UNIMA-USA
Dimitra Tasiouras
Dee & Ron Tevonian
Nancy Timmers
Alex von Hoffmann
Jackie Zydeck & Ted Phillips
$500 – $999
James Blake
Leah Bohannon
Missy Burke
Aurelia Cohen
Lisa R. D’Angelo & David L. Kaput
Carolyn & Tom Doyel
Molly & Tom Fleming
MJ & Jeff Garnier
Scott Golas
Kristin Boeke-Greven & E. Aaron Greven
Steve Grossman
Joan Gunzberg
Laurie Hammel & Bruce English
Jane Lavelle & Sandra Hulstedt
Lisa & John Jensen
Nancy Juda
Susan Kavanaugh & Morlen Sinoway
Ingeborg Kohler
Caryl Lasko
Sabrina Martin
Georga K. & Allen Parchem
Melissa Peralta
Humberto Perez
Deborah Pieritz
Nancy Rodin
Walter Stearns
Caylei Vogelzang
Julia Wayne & Scott Wirtz
Linda & Steven Widerman
$250 – $499
Anonymous
Liz Aviles & Michael Sauer
Elizabeth Ballis
Elizabeth Basile
Geri & Andrew Biamonte
Bernard C. Buchholz
David Carlson
Carolyn Friedman
Susan & Anthony Grosch
Mark Gullickson
Stephania Holland
Sarah Hosford & Robb Chapman
Irina & John Lewandowski
Dhiraj Madura
John Mancini
Jill Mannor & Kenneth Konopka
Elizabeth McNicholas
Catherine Mertes
Linda Mishoulam
Klára Moldová
Cecilia Morales
Susan Pearson & David Abatangelo
Eva Silverman
Asheley B. Smith
Claudia & John Teschky
Ann Tomlinson
Carolyn Toren & Tomas Petkus
Kat Tushim & Gabriel Ratliff
Deborah Wilieko
$150 – $249
Joanna Aversa
Roger J. Bialcik
Nancy Black
Leslie Bond
Steven Brint
Irena Cajkova
Kerstin Clouser
Lynn Cooper
Diana Dams
Nathan Ebenroth
Patricia Foley
Ronnie Frey
Sarah Gonzalez
Peter Gotsch
Eric Hamburger
Brian Harper
Debra Hass
Jillian & James Hathaway
Kristyna Horackova
Lynn Hyndman
Diane & Lee Johnson
Bernie Kelly
John Kenny
Dagmar & Chet Klos
Dr. Peter Lagios Family
Laura Lambert
Martha Jane Lavelle
Alison & Paul Legac
Richard & Joan Leopold
Lawrence Lipkin
Timothy J. Lyman
Gicel Mercado
Jesse & Ryan Mooney-Bullock
Mollie Morris
Hao Nguyen
Deborah Pugh
Brenna Ross
Jane M. Hussein Saks
Laurie & Adam Shriver
Tria Smith & Jim Lasko
Garrett Smith
Amy & Matthew Sommers
Andrew Stevens
Rick Stoneham
Fred Tadrowski
Jennifer Thornton
Patricia Tuomey Martin
Marco Verzocchi
Allison & Josh Volkers
Jacqueline Wade
Michael Wallace
Rebecca Zarzecki
Teresa Zhu
$100 – $149
Anonymous
Anonymous
Ayo Ayodele
Kelly Baas
Carol Bailoni
Stephan Benzkofer
Jenny Bienemann
Margaret Brandt
Tiffany Chiang
Alena Cichy
Magdalena Cisarova
Nina Cohen
Jane Conway
Cheryl Cott
Keary Cragan
Ellen Damlich & Mick Hans
Roxanne Decyk
Katherine Desjardins
Gosia Duch
Anne Economakos
Janet Elkins
Jonah Ellman
Stephen Fernandez
Brian Fimoff
Peter Finocchiaro
Sunny Fischer
Colleen A. Flanigan
Bernadette Foley
Eric Frederickson
Judith Freeman
Susan & Peter Gray
Elizabeth & Kirk Hall
Irene Hayes
David Henderson
Cat Hermes
Ivan Hernandez
Judy Hodkiewicz
Mary Hopkins
Sharon Hoyer
Kurt Hunter
Anne Kaiser
Jeanette Kebisek
Sue Kelly
William Klamut
Karen Laner
Sue Lannin
Lorraine LeBlanc
Hayley Lekas
Stu Lerner
Sophia Lyman
Darius Mannino
Jeanne Martineau
Katherine McNamara
Louise Molnar
Jenny Nagaoka
Avani Narang
Jill O’Brien
Pat O’Neal
Carolyn O’Brien
Jena Olsen
Jean Parisi
Emily Pela
Emily Plagman
Krista & Frank Pospisil
Herlinda Ramirez-Barradas
Mary & Kevin Rechner
Maria Richardson
Jennifer Roche
Mark Samuolis
Vince SanFilippo
Shabnum Sanghvi
Catherine Schwalbe
Christian Sheppard
Jes Sherborne
Anna H. Siegler
Asheley Smith
Susan Stodolsky
Holly & Scott Stratford
Dan Swinney
Christy Uchida
Erin Wage
Karen & Richard Weiland
Keith Weinberg
Deborah Wilieko
Julian Windsor
Liliya Yanovsky
Ying Zeng
$50 – $99
Brian Bouldrey
Emily Bowsher
Michelle Brochmann
Eric Broughton
Bruce Cannon
Bryce Chamberlain
Meg Dedolph
Ida Dolinsky
Dorothy Dykers
Joanne Engelke
Jane & Mark Epstein
Laurie Everitt
Daniel Farace
Catherine Fisher
Geoffrey Flick
Keith Fort
Paula Franzese
Bryna & Edward Gamson
Rhenda Gray
Hannibal Hamlin
Debra Hammond
Virginia Harlow
Jacqueline Hendrickson
Sarah Hewitt
Arielle Hirschfeld
Katherine Hrinyak
Kurt Hunter
Buzz Hyler
Rebeca Itzkowich
Alfred Kitch
Courtney Knight
Marcia Koomen
Ms. Nina Lanctot
Janice Litvene
Pavan Mahtani
Renee Martin
Carolyn Martinez
Charlie McShane
Bill Michel & Mark Botelho
Elaine Petkovsek
Darren Pitura
Karen Prince
Laura Riddle
Harlan Rosen
Sara K. Schneider
KD Siebert
Terry Sofianos
Sue Stealey
Susan Strong-Dowd
Jenniffer Tamayo
Jefferey Thomas
Ronald Tracy
Laurel Uehara
Brian Wagner
Barbara & Charles Watkins
Jess & Andy Wickstrom
Up to $49
Naiche Adler
Shifra Adler
Judith Alexander
Gina Alicea
Linda Ashton
Mark Audrain
Ann Audrain
Susan Aziz
Donald Bak
Pia Banzhaf
Pia Banzhaf
Carol Barnett
Laura Barton
Gina Baruch
Linda Baskey
Laurice Bell
Penny Benson
Allan Berry
Valerie Lyn Bhatt
Jenelle Birchlove
Sarah Birschbach
James Blake
Shauna Blue
Lindsay Boland
Suzanne Borto
Eric Bottger
Evelyn Bowman
Rebekah Boyer
Emmy Brady
Matthew Braun
Rebecca Breuer
Izzy Bristow
Jason Brockman
Barbara Brooks
Nancy Brown
Laura Brown
Nikebia Brown-joseph
Kathy Budach-augustyn
Joan Callahan
Thomas Carter
Kenneth Catalanotte
Marilyn Catinella
Scott Cenkar
Diego Cepeda
Lauren Chan
Belinda Chen
Charles Chiasson
Michael Ciullo
Brandie Clark
Aimee Cole
Geoff Colwell
June Compton
Mary Conneely
Alaina Conner
Helene Connolly
Jennifer Conway
Joyce Cook
Elizabeth Coon
Ruth Cordes
Sarh Coulson
Ann Coultas
Sharon Davis Altiok
Hanna De Salvo
Robert Deegan
Lynn Dempsey
Sandy Denninger
Shane Dickinson
Dorel Dittmann
Susannah Donne
Ren Driscoll
Sharon E Wolfson
Brendan Eddy
Teri Edelstein
Ben Ellis
Magdelin Enich
David Evaskus
Connie Fairbanks
Patricia Falcon
Rima Fand
Susan Faurot
Kristin Faust
Tami Fauver
Kyle Fennell
Up to $49 (cont.)
Charles Field
Rachel Firkins
Harley Foos
Cheryl Fornelli
Noam Frankel
Noah Frazier
Eric Frederickson
Paul Freehling
Guinevere Freeman
Joanie Friedman
Mari Gabbert
David Garcia
Brenda Garcia
Casey Garcia
Nathan Gedvilas
Ken Gerleve
Heather Gilbert
Robyn Gilliom
Margaret Glaser
Ari Glogower
Judith Gloston-Getz
Eva Goetz
Susan Golland
Andrew Goodsell
Eric Gorscak
Lucie Greene
Mary Gregory
Hattie Grimm
Jen Groen
Kenneth Gross
Grano Grundy
Matt Grydzuk
Elisabeth Gryzwa
Lynne Gunn
Julie Hacker
Alison Hafner
Randy Harp
John Harris
Jason Harvey
Imani Harvey
Stephanie Hayes
Naya He
Aria Hemphill
Heather
Julie Heyduk
Madeline Higgins
Sol Hinami-Mayorga
Lorena Hinojosa
Kathy Holley
Katherine Hrinyak
Illan Huberman-Shlaes
Carrie Huff
Shilpa Iyer
Ian Jacobs
Joanne Jacobson
Uday Jain
Allison Jarrett
Kyra Johnson
Cory Jones
Remi Jones
Ricardo Jurado
Michelle Kaczor
Lawrence Kameya
John Kamysz
Ashlyn Keefe
Mary Kelly
Jill Kempson
Daniel Kim
Charles King
Kelly
Kevin Klein
Judy Klem
Lawrence Kohn
Klaudia Kovacs
Chris Kronfeld
Dagmara Krowka
Delphine Labbe
Cristy Laier
Daniel Laloggia
Jayne Lammers
Richard Landgraff
Angela Larsen
Joan Laser
Donna Lasinski
Matt Lauterbach
Mary Lesch
Fredrica Levin
Douglas Lindborg
G e Link
Rosalyn Linzy
Angie Little
Amy Lloyd
Alex Loesche
Elizabeth Lovelady
Joan Lovell
Elizabeth Lozano
Charles Mackie
Mike Magliane
Bernice Martorano
Judy Mason
Melissa Matarrese
Cynthia Mathews
Bradford Matson
Abigail Maxey
Gerard McCann
Robert Mcdonald
Tiffany McDowell
Alexandre McHenry
Mollie McKiernan
Layli McLaughlin
Daniel Mclean
John McLees
Caitlin McLeod
Charlie McShane
Neal McWhorter
Robin Mello
Claire Mendes
Lucia Mier and Terán Romero
Janice Miller
Samantha Molback
Jessica Montalvo
Bridget Montero
Jane Moore
Meg Morrissey
Wendy
Steve Mueller
Katherine
Michael Murray
Hugh Musick
Quintin Nadig
Mary Nagler
Shelley Nason
Jeanette Naumiec
Aleksandar Nedelkovski
Marta Nicholas
Tanis Nielsen
Jean Noble
Idra Novey
Rogelio Ochoa
Greg Olson
Up to $49 (cont.)
Katherine Osborn
Lori Osborne
Mark Osorio
Bahri Caglar
Julia Packard
Susan Parmentier
Ron Pateman
Mr. Ron Pateman
Gwen Peavey Hunter
John Peller
Laurie Pellouchoud
Jacqueline Penrod
Daniel Perry
Maggie Popadiak
J. Paul Potrzuski
Candice Preau
Maya Press
Gail Prete
Lee Price
Jenna Ramsay
Wulfgang Rankenburg
Anton Rasmussen iii
Cara Ray
Cathy Rayner
Katelin Reinert
Kathy Rice
Effie Richert
Henry Ricks
Susan Robertson
Debra Rodriguez
Elvis Rodriguez
Kathryn T. Roeck
Gary Ropski
Bill Rowe
Rene Roy
Peggy Rubens
Barbara Ruge
Pamela Salela
Meghann Salus
John Salvino
Olga Sanchez
Aga Sarrafian
Bonnie Saunders
Elizabeth Scannell
Jennifer Schaefer
Cathleen Schandelmeier-Bartels
Donna Schatt
Meryl Schneider
Lily Schwarzbaum
Sarah Scott
Denzell Scott
Susan Seibert
Leah Shafer
Joan Shapiro
Allan Shapiro
Allan Shapiro
Patricia Sharkey
Angela Sherrill
Jen Shook
John Siblik
Robin Simkins
Meg Simonton
Joe Sislow
Keith Smith
Alexis Smithers
Robin Snow
Stephen Snyder
Karen Spangler
Yuki Spellman & David Straus
Michael Sphar
Elizabeth Spiering
Carrie Spitler
Teresa Sripada
Mark Stein
Carol Sterling
Sara Stevenson
Christine Steyer
Skye Strauss
Terri Strauss
M.S. Designs, Inc.
Kathryn Strickland
Danielle Strle
Kyle Sullivan
Winnifred Sullivan
Rory Sullivan
Jennifer Sutherland
Lisa Talamantez
Lisa Tang
Vivian Tedford
Andrea Tentner
Todd Thibodeaux
Ben Thomas
Peighton Tindle
Margaret Tomaszek-Witry
Michael Toner
Samantha Transleau
Bryn True
Taylor Turco
Elizabeth Tyrrell
Miguel Vallejo
Andrij Vaskevics
Phil Vasquez
Leslie Ventsch
Bernie Verwiel
Anna Villanyi
Mariana Von Wald
Jessica Vontershadeux
Peter Vukosavich
Rhoda Elaine Waxman
Meredith West
Christa Whitten
Elaine Williams
Robert Williams
Janet Willie
Lisa Willis
Alicia Wilson-Ahlstrom
Kathryn Witt
Patrick Wojtak
Stuart Wright
Emre Yilmaz
Sab Zackson
Kelly Zeng
Ella Zibitsker
Chris Ziegler
Jennifer Zielinski
Rachel Zummo
