Festival Partners and Funders
Festival Funders
$100,000-150,000
Ferdi Foundation/Julie Moller
Jentes Family Foundation, Justine Jentes & Dan Karuna
Kristy & Brandon Moran
$75,000-$99,999
Cheryl Lynn Bruce & Kerry James Marshall
$50,000-$74,999
The Reva and David Logan Foundation
Walder Foundation
$20,000 – $49,999
Elizabeth Liebman
Paul M. Angell Family Foundation
Ginger Farley & Bob Shapiro
DCASE
The National Endowment for the Arts
The MacArthur Fund at Prince Charitable Trusts
Driehaus Foundation
Pritzker Foundation
$10,000 – $19,999
Alphawood Foundation
Anonymous
Arts Work Fund
Beatrice Barbareschi & David Pritzker
FACE Grant / French Cultural Services
Frankel Family Foundation
Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation
Cheryl Henson
House Theatre of Chicago
Illinois Arts Council Agency & Artstour Program
Manaaki Foundation/Sue Crothers & Bill Gee
Nina & Steve Schroeder
$4,000 – $9,999
Anonymous
The Jim Henson Foundation
Lloyd Perlow & Kate Thomas
John Supera
Pat Yuzawa-Rubin & Jack Rubin
$2,000 – $3,999
American Scandanavian Foundation
Alicia Bird
Howard & Judy Friedman
Dave Frohardt-Lane & Caroline Randazzo
Paul Levy
Kimberly L. Ohms & Joseph Novelli
WAG Foundation
$1,000 to $1,999
Patti Gilford
Maggie Kast
Maureen Mizwicki
Christine Plautz
Jane Nicholl Sahlins
Jes Sherborne
Jordan Shields & Sarah Donovan
Claudia & John Teschky
Kathleen Thometz
Chuck Thurow
Peter M. Vale
Jacqueline Zydeck & Theodore Phillips
$500 to $999
Liz Aviles & Michael Sauer
Elizabeth Basile
Sofia Biller
Leah Bohannon
Carolyn & Tom Doyel
Bruce English
Molly & Tom Fleming
Stephania Holland
Tai Kojro-Badziak & Tyler Mallory
Dr Tracy LaRock
Mark Levtin
$250-$499
Laurel Breitkopf
Michael Brody
David Carlson
Kristin Conley & Andy Sudds
Mary Emmerick
Betsy Nathan & Daniel Goldberg
Catherine Mertes
Sanjeev Misra
Klara Moldova
Ameya Pawar
Ben Ricker
David Shapiro
Mark & Nikki Shields
Eva I. Silverman
Theresa Zhu
Rosemary Zalewski
$100-$249
Greg Allen & Robin Young
Jill Antoniewicz
Mark Armendariz
Donna Aylesworth
Kennette Benedict
Sierra Berquist
Roger Bialek
Sofia Biller
Gregory Bird
Barabara Brooks
Jane Brownley
Janet Carl Smith
Adrianna Carson
Monica Chadha
Robert Chalupczak
Robert Charles
Christy Clark
Laurie Corral
Cheryl Cott
Sheryl Curcio
Anthony Demma
John Ekholm
Brad Erickson
Judith Freeman
Meredith George
Virginia Gerst
Pat Harada
Phyllis Hemphill
Jennifer Huldin
David Hurd
Lynn Hyndman
James Hynes
Heather Jeong
Nancy Juda
Susan Kavanaugh & Morlen Sinoway
Marlene Koswan
Joan Laser
Martha Lavelle & Margaret Kubiak
Lorraine LeBlanc
Carol Line
Melynda Lopin
Dhiraj Madura
Mary Lou Marinas
Mary McCulloch
Catherine McGivney
Elizabeth McNicholas
Eva Niewiadomski
Arika Okrent
Krista Pospisil
Mary Jo Pritza
Barbara Provus
Lady Teena Quest
Michael Rom
David Rudman
John Salvino
Nikoletta Scarlatis
Marie-Claude Schauer
Jessica Seet
Renee Sichlau
Adam Siegel
Carole Silver
Toni Sims
Nidhi & Nabeen Singh
Dr. Asheley B. Smith
Joseph Stokes
Rick Stoneham
Ellen Suffern
Karen Teitelbaum
Christy Uchida
Marco Berzocchi
Kate Vrijmoet
James Weidner
Valerie Wheeler
Steven Widerman
Tim Zelazny
up to $100
Michelle Alba
Anonymous
Susan Aziz
Larry Baranski
Laura Barton
Lorne Bidak
Rich Siil & Jane Blank
Darla Breckenridge
Jamie Bushman
Catrina Cantrill
Kenneth Catalanotte
Marie Claude-Schauer
Rumi Clinton
Ann Covode
Donna Davis
Sandy Denninger
Zetta Elliott
Derrick Fields
Nancy Freehafer
Mary Friedlieb
Michael and Donna Lee
Jessica Goodman
Michael Hans
Virginia Harlow
Mary Hopkins
Sandra Hulstedt
Jorie Jelinek
Steven Kaiser
Myra Kalaw
Redwood Kardon
Jean Marie Keevins
Kim Knowles
Katherine Konopasek
Karen Laner
Matt Lauterbach
Amy Lloyd
Laura Marek
Bradford Matson
Mary Kay McCaw
Caitlin McLeod
Ruth K. Meyer
Cheryl B. Moloney
Alexandria Moran
Veronda Pitchford
Natalie Reece
Nancy Rodin
Susan Seibert
A Shropshire
Suzie Silver
Alexis Smithers
Carol Sterling
Marty Stone
Margaret Tomaszek
Heidi Tungseth
Alex Von Hoffmann
Mary Wright
Anita Zaganicny
Hotel
The Warwick Allerton Hotel Chicago, 701 N. Michigan Ave. on Chicago’s Magnificent Mile, is the Official Hotel of the Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival. The Allerton will serve as home base for all visiting artists, and offer a special rate for the fest’s growing base of out-of-town fans and area residents looking to book a Chicago Puppet Festival “Staycation.” Visit warwickhotels.com/warwick-allerton-chicago or call (312) 440-1500 to inquire. Use promo code PUPPETFEST2023 when making reservations for a discount.
