Festival Partners, Sponsors & Donors
2023 Festival Sponsors & Donors
*Denotes Board Member
$125,000 and Above
Ferdi Foundation, Julie Moller* (includes in-kind)
Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity /
Illinois Office of Tourism
Kristy* & Brandon Moran (includes in-kind)
$75,000 to $124,999
Cheryl Lynn Bruce* & Kerry James Marshall
Jentes Family Foundation, Justine Jentes & Dan Karuna
$50,000 to $74,999
Reva and David Logan Foundation
Walder Foundation
$25,000 to $49,999
Ginger Farley & Bob Shapiro
Elizabeth Liebman
Paul M. Angell Foundation
Prince Charitable Trusts
Illinois Arts Council Agency
DCASE
National Endowment for the Arts
Pritzker Foundation
$15,000 to $24,999
Alphawood Foundation
Richard H. Driehaus Foundation
Manaaki Foundation, Sue Crothers-Gee & Bill Gee
Nina & Steve Schroeder
Warwick Allerton Hotel (includes in-kind)
$10,000 to $14,999
Gaylord & Dorothy Donnelley Foundation
FACE Foundation
Beatrice Barbareschi & David Pritzker
Frankel Family Foundation
Cheryl Henson
House Theatre of Chicago
$4,000 to $9,999
Anonymous
The Jim Henson Foundation Allelu Award
Arts Work Fund
Charles Barker (includes in-kind)
Kim Ohms* and Joe Novelli (includes in-kind)
Charlie Rizzo (includes in-kind)
Jordan Shields* & Sarah Donovan (includes in-kind)
$2,000 to $3,999
Alicia Bird* (includes in-kind)
American Scandinavian Foundation
Howard & Judy Friedman
Caroline Randazzo & Dave Frohardt-Lane
Paul Levy
Jes* & Leesa Sherborne
John Supera
Kate Thomas & Lloyd Perlow
Kathleen Thometz
WAG Foundation
Pat Yuzawa-Rubin* & Jack Rubin
$1,000 to $1,999
Sofia Biller (includes in-kind)
Patti Gilford
Maggie Kast
Benjamin & Bettina Van Cleave Foundation
Ingeborg Kohler
Maureen Mizwicki*
Jane Nicholl Sahlins
Christine Plautz
Claudia & John Teschky
Chuck Thurow
Peter M. Vale
Jacqueline Zydeck & Theodore Phillips (includes in-kind)
$500 to $999
Liz Aviles & Michael Sauer
Elizabeth Basile
Leah Bohannon
Direction Tour Marketing (includes in-kind)
Carolyn & Tom Doyel
Bruce B. English
Carol Farver
Peter Gotsch
Stephania Holland
Nancy Juda
Tai Kojro-Badziak
Manual Cinema (includes in-kind)
Betsy Nathan & Daniel Goldberg
Public Media Institute (includes in-kind)
Michael Reed (includes in-kind)
Ben Ricker
Walter Stearns
Alex Von Hoffmann
Rosemary Zalewski
$300 – $499
Roger Bialcik
Michael Brody
David Carlson
Kristin Conley & Andy Sudds
Mary Emmerick
Molly & Tom Fleming
Jin & Joe Ivacic
Dr. Tracy LaRock
Mark Levtin
Klára Moldová
Ameya Pawar
Krista Pospisil
Mark & Nikki Shields
Christy Uchida
Steven Widerman
Theresa Zhu
$200 to $299
Greg Allen
Mark Armendariz
Therese Aun
Donna Aylesworth
Kennette Benedict
Sierra Berquist
Gregory Bird
Laurel Breitkopf
Adrianna Carson
Robert Chalupczak
Joyce Chelberg
Anthony Demma
John Ekholm
Timothy Evans
Jana French
Meredith George
E. Aaron Greven & Kristin Boeke-Greven
Pat Harada
Phyllis Hemphill
Heather Henson
Jane Lavelle & Sandra Hulstedt
Kurt Hunter
Lynn Hyndman
James Hynes
Chris Jabin
Heather Jeong & Calvin Zhu
Joan Laser
Lorraine LeBlanc
Mark Levitin
Frank Maugeri
Mary McCulloch
Catherine Mertes
Linda Mishoulam
Sanjeev Misra
Elizabeth Ocon
Arika Okrent
Ms. Georga K. Parchem
Lady Teena Quest
Ryan Richardson
Michael Rom
David Rudman
Michael & Rhoda Schlesinger
Jessica Seet
David Shapiro
Adam Siegel
Carole Silver
Eva Silverman
Toni Sims
Nidhi Singh
Asheley Smith
Ellen Suffern
Fred Tadrowski
Marco Verzocchi
Kate Vrijmoet
Julia Wayne & Scott Wirtz
James Weidner
Tim Zelazny
$100 – $199
Jill Antoniewicz
Linsey Ball
Jeremiah Black
Margaret Brandt
Barabara Brooks
Jane Brownley
Janet Carl Smith
Monica Chadha
Robert Charles
Christy Clark
Kerstin & Rance Clouser
Laurie Corral
Cheryl Cott
Phil Crittenden
Sheryl Curcio
Brad Erickson
Peter Finocchiaro
Judith Freeman
David Garcia
Virginia Gerst
Scott Golas
Jennifer Huldin
David Hurd
Bonnie Jenkins
Susan Kavanaugh & Morlen Sinoway
Dagmar Klos
Marlene Koswan
Martha Lavelle & Margaret Kubiak
Carol Line
Melynda Lopin
Dhiraj Madura
Mary Lou Marinas
Catherine McGivney
Jeff Mills
Bill Myers
Eva Niewiadomski
George & Paula Noble
Mary Jo Pritza
Barbara Provus
Kitti Quarfoot
John Salvino
Nikoletta Scarlatis
Marie-Claude Schauer
Beth Schiavo
Chrisitan Sheppard
Renee Sichlau
Carol Sterling
Joseph Stokes
Rick Stoneham
Karen Teitelbaum
Mary Toll
Margaret Tomaszek-Wintry
Katie Uram
Magnes Welsh
Valerie Wheeler
Robert Williams
$50 to $99
Anonymous
Larry Baranski
Lorne Bidak
Rich Siil & Jane Blank
Wendy Bloom
Jamie Bushman
Cecilia Conrad
Ann Coultas
Zetta Elliott
Jane Esptein
Derrick Fields
Nancy Freehafer
Michael Hans
Virginia Harlow
Jacob Harvey
Cynthia Ho
Matthew Hope
Mary Hopkins
Steven Kaiser
Kevin Kaneko
Debra & Steve Leonard
Amy Lloyd
Timothy J. Lyman
Ann Manikas & David Isaacson
Carolyn Martinez
Melissa Matarrese
Abraham Matias
Bradford Matson
Katherine McNamara
Irene Morgan
Nancy Rodin
A. Shropshire
Kathleen Skoller
Linda K. Smith
Alexis Smithers
Marty Stone
Keith Weinberg
$25 – $49
Judith Alexander
Dave Anderson
Tim Arnold
Elizabeth Auer
Susan Aziz
Adrian Barta
Laura Barton
Bill Bein
Mark Berendsen
Mark Blottner
Michael Bolton
Darla Breckenridge
Keri L. Brennan
Amber Brown
Tim Brown
Stephen Alexis Cain
Dan Caldwell
Loretta Caravette
Michelle Carr
Mike Chandler
Anitha Chennat
Lisa Chessare
Marie Claude-Schauer
Rumi Clinton
Helene Connolly
Ruth Cordes
Ann Covode
Agnotti Cowie
Peter Craig
Marc Culler
Barbara Cunningham
Anne De Govia
David Douglass
William Doukas
Mitchell Duval
Barbara Eddy
David Edelberg
Nicolas Emerson
Suz Evans
Lori Fanning
Edward Feldman
Michelle Flatley
Mary Friedlieb
Andrew Fung
Janet Geovanis
Jocelyn Gerard
Peter & Susan Gray
Ann Greenstein
Colleen Grogan
Sonat Hart
Patricia Henry
Laurie Hewings-Little
Wendy G. Hill
Dawn Hillman
Arielle Hirschfeld
Jeff Horler
Ilan Huberman-Shlaes
Tom Irvine
Rebeca Itzkowich
Jorie Jelinek
Cynthia Joho
Daniel Kahn
Myra Kalaw
Redwood Kardon
Joseph Keating
Jean Marie Keevins
Erin Kelsey
Jennifer Kho
Michael Kilberry
Suzanne Kirkhoff
William Klamut
Eileen Klees
Lyle Klees
Katherine Konopasek
Susan Kossiakoff
Alexandra Lakind
William Lamme
Matt Lauterbach
Raymond Leber
Katherine Lindsay
Wendy Littlefield
Cherie Lockett
Deyanira Luna
Paul Marcus
Laura Marek
Sabrina Martin
Judy Mason
Mary Kay McCaw
Alexandre McHenry
Caitlin McLeod
Gicel Mercado
Ruth K. Meyer
Brian Mitchell
Artur Mixon
Cheryl B. Moloney
John Moore
Alexandria Moran
Roxanna Myhrum
Hoang Nguyen
Lan Nguyen
Irina Niculescu
Pat & John O’Neal
Greg Olson
Yakov Pekar
Jacqueline Penrod
Colin Peters
Veronda Pitchford
James Poznak
Thomas Prenzno
Gail Prete
Phyllis Rabineau
Tim Rairdon
Rachel Ramaswamy
Bernard Reilly
May Reilly
Monica Robinson
Jennifer Roche
Luis Enrique Rojas
Steve Rothschild
Mark Samoulis
Jeannette Scalise
Roell Schmidt
Diane Schneidman
Cara Schuster
Susan Seibert
Anna Siegler
Suzie Silver
Terry Sofianos
Holly Stevens
Judi Strahota
Scott Stratford
Rory Sullivan
Barbara Svarz
Deborah Swartz
Andrea Tentner
Beth Thomas
Stephanie Tipton
Carolyn Toren
Amanda Tozer
Ronald Tracy
James Tully
Lin Ugo
Mark Van Houtum
Johanna Van Swearingen
Derek Viramontes
John Vivoda
Liping Vong
Mary Wages
Michael Wallace
Frances Walter
Ted Weaver
Sheilah Webb
Karen Weiland
Meredith West
Kristen Westman
Janet Willie
Tina Woelke
Ellyn Wolfson
Mary Wright
Mary Buck Young
Anita Zaganicny
Up to $25
Anonymous
Diane Ainsworth
Michelle Alba
Ivan Alfaro
Kenneth Andreys
Kimberly Androlowicz
Claudia Angel
Donald Bak
Juliana Bartorilla
Noyan Biyiktay
Yulia Borisova
Brian Brennan
Janet Burroway
Catrina Cantrill
Kenneth Catalanotte
Bruce K. Chesse
Mary Cowen
Donna Davis
Sandy Denninger
Paul Deuth
Michael Ellman
George Emerick
Meleah Geertsma
Michael & Donna Lee Gennaro
Jessica Goodman
Anna Gurevich
Nora Gutekanst-Bartlett
Twist Harrison
Sol Hinami-Mayorga
Christopher Hoeft
Polly Hoover
Dontien Ingram
Timur Ivannikov
Joanna Iwanicka
Susan Jenks
Sarah Jones
Mary Kania
Rachel Kirk
Kim Knowles
Jeffrey Korman
Ronald Laird
Karen Laner
Julia Levin
Amanda Loch
Elizabeth Lovelady
Sam Luchsinger
Lisa Lujano
Bob Magrisso
Pegeen McGhan
Charlie McShane
Samuel Mendez
Ella Miller
Janice Miller
Eve Moran
Michael O’Connor
Mary O’Malley
Jerry Olejniczak
Kerry Ozima
Emmalee Pearson
Valeska Populoh
Carole Ramsden
Natalie Reece
Jen Roberts
Lu Rocha
Todd Rogers & Monica Kass Rogers
Sydney Rosenfeld
Agnieszka Rynkiewicz-Sarrafian
Melissa Schlesinger
Joseph Schwartz
Sarah Scott
Gail Sellers
Eleanor Sheers
Alex Sher
Julia Shimada
Sandy Smith
Yuki Spellman
Andy Spencer
Melissa Stanley
Robin Strand
Joy Tanenbaum
Heidi Tungseth
Laurel Uehara
Andrij Vaskevics
Tina/Flynn Weidenhammer
Darien Williams
Florence Williams
Barbara Wolkowitz
Xinkai Wu
Aaron Zitner
