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
$100,000 – $199,999
Cheryl Lynn Bruce* & Kerry James Marshall
Ferdi Foundation/Julie Moller*
$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
Gaylord & Dorothy Donnelley Foundation
The Marshall Frankel Foundation
The John D. and Catherine T.
MacArthur Foundation
Ginger Farley & Bob Shapiro
Reva and David Logan Foundation
Sarah Donovan & Jordan Shields*
$20,000 – $29,999
Beatrice Barbareschi & David Pritzker
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
Paul A. Levy
Nancy Needles & Arne Rode
Caroline Randazzo & Dave Frohardt-Lane
Chuck Thurow
$2,500 – $4,999
Alicia Bird
Judy & Howard Friedman
Jin* & Joe Ivacic
Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Kim Ohms* & Joe Novelli
John Supera*
Charlie Rizzo
$1,500 – $2,499
Maureen Mizwicki
Kate Thomas & Lloyd Perlow
WAG Foundation
Rosemary “Ro” Zalewski*
$1,000 – $1,499
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
Alex von Hoffmann
Jackie Zydeck & Ted Phillips
$500 – $999
Anonymous
Leah Bohannon
Missy Burke
Aurelia Cohen
Lisa R. D’Angelo & David L. Kaput
MJ & Jeff Garnier
Scott Golas
Kristin Boeke-Greven & E. Aaron Greven
Steve Grossman
Joan Gunzberg
Laurie Hammel & Bruce English
Lisa & John Jensen
Nancy Juda
Susan Kavanaugh & Morlen Sinoway
Ingeborg Kohler
Caryl Lasko
Sabrina Martin
Melissa Peralta
Walter Stearns
Linda & Steven Widerman
$250 – $499
Anonymous
Liz Aviles & Michael Sauer
Elizabeth Ballis
Elizabeth Basile
Geri & Andrew Biamonte
Molly & Tom Fleming
Stephania Holland
Irina & John Lewandowski
Dhiraj Madura
John Mancini
Jill Mannor & Kenneth Konopka
Elizabeth McNicholas
Catherine Mertes
Linda Mishoulam
Klára Moldová
Cecilia Morales
Georga K. Parchem
Susan Pearson & David Abatangelo
Nancy Rodin
Eva Silverman
Asheley B. Smith
Claudia & John Teschky
Ann Tomlinson
Carolyn Toren & Tomas Petkus
Kat Tushim & Gabriel Ratliff
Caylei Vogelzang
$150 – $249
Joanna Aversa
Roger J. Bialcik
Leslie Bond
Irena Cajkova
Nathan Ebenroth
Patricia Foley
Peter Gotsch
Brian Harper
Debra Hass
Jillian & James Hathaway
Kristyna Horackova
Lynn Hyndman
Diane & Lee Johnson
Bernie Kelly
John Kenny
Dagmar & Chet Klos
Martha Jane Lavelle
Alison & Paul Legac
Richard & Joan Leopold
Lawrence Lipkin
Gicel Mercado
Hao Nguyen
Deborah Pugh
Jane M. Hussein Saks
Laurie & Adam Shriver
Tria Smith & Jim Lasko
Amy & Matthew Sommers
Andrew Stevens
Jennifer Thornton
Patricia Tuomey Martin
Marco Verzocchi
Allison & Josh Volkers
Rebecca Zarzecki
Teresa Zhu
$100 – $149
Anonymous
Anonymous
Ayo Ayodele
Kelly Baas
Stephan Benzkofer
David Carlson
Tiffany Chiang
Alena Cichy
Cheryl Cott
Keary Cragan
Ellen Damlich & Mick Hans
Roxanne Decyk
Gosia Duch
Janet Elkins
Peter Finocchiaro
Sunny Fischer
Colleen A. Flanigan
Judith Freeman
Mark Gullickson
Elizabeth & Kirk Hall
Irene Hayes
Mary Hopkins
Sarah Hosford & Robb Chapman
Kurt Hunter
Jeanette Kebisek
Sue Kelly
Karen Laner
Hayley Lekas
Stu Lerner
Sophia Lyman
Jeanne Martineau
Jesse & Ryan Mooney-Bullock
Jenny Nagaoka
Avani Narang
Jill O’Brien
Pat O’Neal
Carolyn O’Brien
Emily Plagman
Krista & Frank Pospisil
Maria Richardson
Jennifer Roche
Shabnum Sanghvi
Catherine Schwalbe
Christian Sheppard
Anna H. Siegler
Susan Stodolsky
Rick Stoneham
Dan Swinney
Christy Uchida
Karen & Richard Weiland
Julian Windsor
$50 – $99
Brian Bouldrey
Ida Dolinsky
Joanne Engelke
Jane & Mark Epstein
Laurie Everitt
Geoffrey Flick
Sarah Hewitt
Arielle Hirschfeld
Sandra Hulstedt
Rebeca Itzkowich
Alfred Kitch
Courtney Knight
Laura Lambert
Elaine Petkovsek
Laura Riddle
KD Siebert
Ronald Tracy
Laurel Uehara
Barbara & Charles Watkins
Keith Weinberg
Jess & Andy Wickstrom
Up to $49
Naiche Adler
Linda Ashton
Mark Audrain
Ann Audrain
Gina Baruch
Linda Baskey
Penny Benson
Allan Berry
Jenelle Birchlove
Sarah Birschbach
Shauna Blue
Lindsay Boland
Rebecca Breuer
Izzy Bristow
Kathy Budach-augustyn
Joan Callahan
Kenneth Catalanotte
Scott Cenkar
Lauren Chan
Charles Chiasson
Brandie Clark
June Compton
Mary Conneely
Alaina Conner
Jennifer Conway
Elizabeth Coon
Ann Coultas
Robert Deegan
Lynn Dempsey
Sandy Denninger
Shane Dickinson
Dorel Dittmann
Sharon E Wolfson
Teri Edelstein
Ben Ellis
Magdelin Enich
David Evaskus
Connie Fairbanks
Susan Faurot
Kristin Faust
Tami Fauver
Kyle Fennell
Noam Frankel
Joanie Friedman
David Garcia
Ken Gerleve
Heather Gilbert
Eva Goetz
Eric Gorscak
Jen Groen
Elisabeth Gryzwa
Julie Hacker
Alison Hafner
Randy Harp
John Harris
Jason Harvey
Naya He
Aria Hemphill
Julie Heyduk
Lorena Hinojosa
Kathy Holley
Katherine Hrinyak
Illan Huberman-Shlaes
Ian Jacobs
Joanne Jacobson
Allison JarrettCory Jones
John Kamysz
Jill Kempson
Daniel Kim
Up to $49 (cont.)
Charles King
William Klamut
Kevin KleinJudy Klem
Cristy Laier
Daniel Laloggia
Richard Landgraff
Angela Larsen
Joan Laser
Matt Lauterbach
Lorraine LeBlanc
Mary Lesch
Fredrica Levin
Douglas Lindborg
G e Link
Rosalyn Linzy
Angie Little
Amy Lloyd
Alex Loesche
Joan Lovell
Charles Mackie
Mike Magliane
Bernice Martorano
Judy Mason
Melissa Matarrese
Cynthia Mathews
Abigail Maxey
Gerard McCann
Robert Mcdonald
Layli McLaughlin
Caitlin McLeod
Charlie McShane
Lucia Mier and Terán Romero
Jane Moore
Steve Mueller
Michael Murray
Quintin Nadig
Mary Nagler
Shelley Nason
Idra Novey
Greg Olson
Julia Packard
John Peller
Jacqueline Penrod
J. Paul Potrzuski
Candice Preau
Gail Prete
Wulfgang Rankenburg
Cathy Rayner
Kathy Rice
Susan Robertson
Gary Ropski
Bill Rowe
Barbara Ruge
Meghann Salus
Olga Sanchez
Vince SanFilippo
Aga Sarrafian
Bonnie Saunders
Meryl Schneider
Sarah Scott
Susan Seibert
Joan Shapiro
Patricia Sharkey
Meg Simonton
Alexis Smithers
Karen Spangler
Yuki Spellman & David Straus
Teresa Sripada
Mark Stein
Carol Sterling
Christine Steyer
Skye Strauss
Terri Strauss
M.S. Designs, Inc.
Kyle Sullivan
Andrea Tentner
Nancy Timmers
Peighton Tindle
Margaret Tomaszek-Witry
Taylor Turco
Miguel Vallejo
Mariana Von Wald
Peter Vukosavich
Rhoda Elaine Waxman
Meredith West
Elaine Williams
Robert Williams
Janet Willie
Stuart Wright
Chris Ziegler
Jennifer Zielinski
