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Inaugural
A S H L E Y W H E AT E R M B E
season at
Lyric Opera
House
SERENADE
AND THE WORLD PREMIERE OF
OF MICE
AND MEN
APRIL 27–
MAY 8
2022
2021–2022 SEASON | SERENADE AND OF MICE AND MEN
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
3
Ashley Wheater
MBE
4
Greg Cameron
5
Artistic and
Dancer Listing
6
SERENADE Serenade and
Of Mice and Men
Program
and 7
OF MICE
Synopsis
9
2021–2022
Season Sponsors
AND MEN
11
Artists of the
Company
13
Bios
April 27–May 8, 2022
23
Boards
25
Supporters
32
Joffrey Staff
THE JOFFREY BALLET
ASHLEY WHEATER MBE
The Mary B. Galvin Artistic Director
GREG CAMERON PERFORMS AT:
President and CEO
LYRIC OPERA HOUSE
20 N. Wacker Dr. | Chicago, IL
Cover + Above: Joffrey Company Artists Xavier Núñez and Dylan Gutierrez. Photo by Todd Rosenberg.
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Welcome!
We begin this performance with one of George Balanchine’s most-beloved ballets,
Serenade. Choreographed in 1934 and set to the sublime Serenade for Strings by
Tchaikovsky, this was Balanchine’s first work created in America.
Times were hard for the nation and for Balanchine. America was in the midst of the Great
Depression, moving towards World War II. Balanchine had recently arrived in the States
and had yet to find his bearings. His response: create a ballet of incredible beauty, as if
art could mend the world. Inspired by a feminine muse, the ballet features a large female
corps de ballet. The opening formation, a serene vignette, still catches my breath.
Balanchine reworked this masterpiece many times; changing with his experience and his
temperament. Initially, there were no pas de deux. He added these memorable duets later.
Serenade achieves a perfect marriage of music and movement.
We are pairing Serenade with the world premiere Of Mice And Men. John Steinbeck
wrote his unforgettable novella in 1937, channeling the same cultural currents as Serenade
in a completely different way.
Steinbeck chronicled the struggles and dreams of working Americans. His setting was
the vast California landscape during the hard-scrabble Depression. His protagonists,
two itinerant farm workers, George Milton and Lennie Small.
“George’s voice becomes deeper…’Guys like us, that work on ranches, are the loneliest
guys in the world. They got no family. They don’t belong no place…
’Lennie broke in. ‘But not us! An’ why? Because…because I got you to look after me,
and you got me to look after you…’
‘Someday we’re gonna have a little house and a couple acres an’ a cow and some pigs…’
‘An’ live off the fatta the lan.’”
Choreographer Cathy Marston tells their story with empathy. Composer Thomas Newman
captures the sweep of the American West. They are joined by dramaturg Edward Kemp,
scenic and lighting designer Lorenzo Savoini, costume designer Bregje van Balen,
bringing this great American story to the stage.
Art does reflect the times, but not always in the same way. I hope you enjoy the performance!
Ashley Wheater MBE
The Mary B. Galvin Artistic Director
The Joffrey Ballet
Photo by Cheryl Mann. The Joffrey Ballet | 3
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Dear Joffrey Friends,
Welcome to the long-awaited Joffrey Premiere of Serenade and World Premiere of
Of Mice and Men. This program would not have been possible without the leadership
support of our production sponsors — please join me in celebrating each of them
(page 9). The three lead funders of Of Mice and Men, Denise Littlefield Sobel,
Anne L. Kaplan, and Prince Charitable Trusts, have each contributed to the creation
of this new work with resources, vision, and enthusiasm.
In 2019, the Joffrey and Cathy Marston were awarded the Prince Prize for Commissioning
Original Work, an honor and vote of confidence in both Cathy’s artistry as a
choreographer and the Joffrey’s artistic vision under The Mary B. Galvin Artistic Director
Ashley Wheater MBE. The Prince Prize provided the seed money to bring the brilliant
Of Mice and Men creative team together to begin work on what you will see today.
Through unwavering leadership and personal commitment of time, talent, and treasure,
Anne L. Kaplan continues to further every aspect of our mission and service to Chicago.
Anne’s generous support allows us to bring world-class dance to the city we call home.
As an early investor in Of Mice and Men and other commissions, Denise Littlefield Sobel,
a friend and great patron of dance, ensured that the Joffrey could fearlessly pursue
the creation of a cutting-edge new work. Of Mice and Men is just one of several world
premieres scheduled for the coming seasons, including another new work by Cathy
Marston to debut on stage with Chicago Symphony Orchestra, November 10–12.
Like the characters you are about to watch, we journey on with persistence, bravery,
and, of course, your friendship. Thank you for being part of our community and for
supporting storytelling through movement.
Sincerely,
Greg Cameron
President and CEO
The Joffrey Ballet
P.S. We look forward to seeing you at Don Quixote (rescheduled from February) in June!
Photo by Cheryl Mann. The Joffrey Ballet | 4
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ASHLEY WHEATER MBE
The Mary B. Galvin Artistic Director
GREG CAMERON
President and CEO
ROBERT JOFFREY
Founder
GERALD ARPINO
Founder
Artists of The Company Artistic and Production Staff
Derrick Agnoletti Victoria Jaiani NICOLAS BLANC
Yoshihisa Arai Hansol Jeong Rehearsal Director/Principal Coach
Amanda Assucena Gayeon Jung
ADAM BLYDE
Edson Barbosa Yumi Kanazawa
Rehearsal Director/Principal Coach
Brian Bennett Blake Kessler
Miguel Angel Blanco Yuchan Kim SUZANNE LOPEZ
Evan Boersma Hyuma Kiyosawa Rehearsal Director/Principal Coach
Anais Bueno Brooke Linford SCOTT SPECK
Valeria Chaykina Graham Maverick Music Director & Conductor
Nicole Ciapponi Jeraldine Mendoza
MICHAEL MORICZ
Lucia Connolly Xavier Núñez
Assistant Conductor & Company Pianist
José Pablo Castro Cuevas Princess Reid
April Daly Aaron Renteria JORGE IVARS
Maxwell Dawe Christine Rocas Company Pianist
Jonathan Dole Julia Rust BRADLEY RENNER
Derek Drilon Chloé Sherman General Manager
Fernando Duarte Miranda Silveira
CODY CHEN
Olivia Duryea Temur Suluashvili
Director of Production
Anna Gerberich Miu Tanaka
Stefan Goncalvez Olivia Tang-Mifsud BETH GRIFFIN
Dylan Gutierrez Alberto Velazquez Company Manager
Dara Holmes Valentino Moneglia Zamora JEREMY GUBMAN
Artistic & Production Coordinator
CHRIS MARAVICH
Lighting & Video Supervisor
SCOTT WOLFSON
Technical Supervisor
KATHERINE SELIG
Principal Stage Manager
AMANDA HEUERMANN
Stage Manager
Patrons are requested to turn off pagers, cellular phones,
and signal watches during performances. The taking
of photographs and the use of recording devices are
not allowed in this auditorium. Program and artists
subject to change.
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SERENADE AND OF MICE AND MEN
LIVE ACCOMPANIMENT BY LYRIC OPERA ORCHESTRA
Serenade
Music by PETER ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Choreography by GEORGE BALANCHINE
Staged by DEBORAH WINGERT
Costumes Designed by BARBARA KARINSKA
Lighting Re-created by CHRIS MARAVICH
World Premiere: March 1, 1935, American Ballet, Adelphi Theater, New York
Choreography by George Balanchine © The George Balanchine Trust
LIVE ACCOMPANIMENT BY LYRIC OPERA ORCHESTRA
Of Mice and Men
Choreography by CATHY MARSTON
Music by THOMAS NEWMAN
Scenario by CATHY MARSTON and EDWARD KEMP
Based on the book by JOHN STEINBECK
Set & Lighting Design by LORENZO SAVOINI
Costume Design by BREGJE VAN BALEN
World premiere: April 27, 2022, Lyric Opera House, Chicago, IL
OF MICE AND MEN Copyright © 1937 by John Steinbeck
Copyright © renewed 1965 by John Steinbeck
OF MICE AND MEN © Choreography by Cathy Marston
Playback Mixed by Shinnosuke Miyazawa
Playback Recorded by Moises Ignacio Garcia
Casting details for performances of Serenade and Of Mice and Men can be found
online at JOFFREY.ORG/MICE/CASTING
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SYNOPSIS 2021–2022 SEASON | SERENADE AND OF MICE AND MEN
Serenade
The first performance of Serenade was on June 10, 1934, by students of the School of American
Ballet, at Felix Warburg’s estate, White Plains, New York.
Serenade is a milestone in the history of dance. It is the first original ballet Balanchine created
in America and is one of the signature works of New York City Ballet’s repertory. The ballet is
performed by 26 dancers in blue costumes in front of a blue background. Originating as a lesson
in stage technique, Balanchine worked unexpected rehearsal events into the choreography.
When one student fell, he incorporated it. Another day, a student arrived late, and this too
became part of the ballet.
After its initial presentation, Serenade was reworked several times. In its present form there are four
movements — “Sonatina,” “Waltz,” “Russian Dance,” and “Elegy.” The last two movements reverse
the order of Tchaikovsky’s score, ending the ballet on a note of sadness.
Balanchine had a special affinity for Tchaikovsky. “In everything that I did to Tchaikovsky’s music,”
he told an interviewer, “I sensed his help. It wasn’t real conversation. But when I was working and
saw that something was coming of it, I felt that it was Tchaikovsky who had helped me.”
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840–1893) studied at the Conservatory in St. Petersburg, where
Balanchine later studied piano in addition to his studies in dance. Tchaikovsky is one of the most
popular and influential of all romantic composers. His work is expressive, melodic, and grand in
scale, with rich orchestrations. His output was prodigious and included chamber works, symphonies,
concerti for various instruments, operas, and works for piano. His creations for the ballet, composed
in close partnership with Marius Petipa, include Swan Lake, The Nutcracker and The Sleeping Beauty.
Artists of Ballet West in Serenade. Photo by Beau Pearson
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Of Mice and Men
In the end I had to make a choice. I did the best thing I could. For both of us. But now there’ll
always be two of me: George Before and George After, George With and George Without.
It all began back in Weed. The pretty girl in the pretty red dress: Lennie could never resist a sight
like that. We had to run. Found a quiet place to camp out. Hard to be mad at Lennie for long,
he never really knowed what he’d done, so I got him to think about our dream, the little house
we’d have some day, with a couple of acres, and the rabbits. He loved the thought of them rabbits.
And I told him, if ever trouble came by again, we’d meet back there, in that quiet place.
At the next ranch, outside of Soledad, it started out alright: Lennie, he was strong as a bull, could
work like five men. The Boss there he had a son, Curley, and Curley, he had a Wife. Yessir, he had
a Wife. Not much for a woman out there with no one to talk to and a husband who couldn’t stand
with her talking to no one, least of all Slim, the driver. Curley, he liked to think he was pretty handy.
He should never have tried it on with Lennie: he got what he asked for.
And Curley’s Wife? Sure, I blame myself. If I’d never left Lennie alone with Candy, and Crooks the
stable buck, if I’d never let him out of my damn sight, but a man gotta live, don’t he? And life
means choices and then living them.
Joffrey Company Artists Xavier Núñez and Dylan Gutierrez. Photo by Todd Rosenberg.
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2021–2022 SEASON SPONSORS
THE Nancy &
FLORIAN Sanfred
FUND Koltun
LIVE MUSIC SPONSORS
Sandy and Roger Deromedi
Sage Foundation
The Marina and Arnold Tatar Fund for Live Music
PRODUCTION SPONSORS
HOME: A CELEBRATION THE NUTCRACKER (continued) OF MICE AND MEN (continued)
Program Sponsors With gratitude to The Nutcracker Sponsors
Commissioning Sponsors Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation
Walter E. Heller Foundation
Jeanette Stevens Margot and Josef Lakonishok Northrop at the University
Searle Funds at The Chicago of Minnesota
Under The Trees’ Voices Community Trust
Commissioning Sponsors Hancher Auditorium,
University of Iowa
And the many “Believers”
OF MICE AND MEN This project is supported in part by
Producing Sponsors the National Endowment for the Arts
Denise Littlefield Sobel Additional support for the commissioned
Swing Low Commissioning Sponsors
Anne L. Kaplan score provided by the Charles and
Joan M. Hall Joan Gross Family Foundation
Bruce Sagan and Bette Cerf Hill Major Sponsors
Courtney Shea SERENADE
Boléro
The Rudolf Nureyev Fund at the Sponsors
Additional Support Provided by
Diana and Stuart Widman and
Joffrey Ballet Patti Selander Eylar
Deborah Gordon Engle Greg Jenkins Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation
THE NUTCRACKER DON QUIXOTE
Presenting Sponsors
Presenting Sponsor
Women’s Board of Margot and Josef Lakonishok
The Joffrey Ballet Mr. and Mrs. Joel V. Williamson
Of Mice and Men was created with funds Major Sponsors
Sponsors from the Prince Prize for Commissioning
Lorna Ferguson and Terry Clark
Original Work, which was awarded to Cathy
Marston and The Joffrey Ballet in 2019.
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald V. Waters III
Sponsors
Colleen Loughlin and John Sirek
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2021–2022
SEASON Derrick Agnoletti Yoshihisa Arai Amanda Assucena*
San Jose, CA Hiroshima, Japan Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Edson Barbosa Brian Bennett* Miguel Angel Blanco Evan Boersma* Anais Bueno
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Lanham, MD Havana, Cuba Chicago, IL Córdoba, Mexico
Valeria Chaykina Nicole Ciapponi Lucia Connolly José Pablo Castro Cuevas* April Daly
St. Petersburg, Russia Vancouver, Canada Los Angeles, CA Queretaro, Mexico Rockford, IL
Maxwell Dawe* Jonathan Dole* Derek Drilon* Fernando Duarte* Olivia Duryea*
Dorset, United Kingdom Sacramento, CA Vancouver, WA Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Haslett, MI
Anna Gerberich Stefan Goncalvez Dylan Gutierrez Dara Holmes* Victoria Jaiani
Dillsburg, PA São Paulo, Brazil Los Angeles, CA Wilmington, NC Tbilisi, Rep. of Georgia
The Joffrey Ballet | 112021–2022 SEASON | SERENADE AND OF MICE AND MEN
Hansol Jeong Gayeon Jung Yumi Kanazawa Blake Kessler Yuchan Kim*
Namyangju, South Korea Seoul, South Korea Los Angeles, CA Jacksonville, FL Seoul, South Korea
Hyuma Kiyosawa Brooke Linford* Graham Maverick Jeraldine Mendoza Xavier Núñez
Nagano, Japan Alpine, UT San Francisco, CA San Francisco, CA Caguas, Puerto Rico
Princess Reid Aaron Renteria Christine Rocas Julia Rust Chloé Sherman
Jacksonville, FL Corona, CA Manila, Philippines Noblesville, IN New York, NY
Miranda Silveira Temur Suluashvili Miu Tanaka* Olivia Tang-Mifsud Alberto Velazquez
São Goncalo, Brazil Tbilisi, Rep. of Georgia Chiba, Japan Los Angeles, CA Havana, Cuba
2021–2022 ARTISTS OF THE COMPANY
TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE DANCERS, VISIT: JOFFREY.ORG/ARTISTS
Valentino Moneglia Zamora*
Murcia, Spain ■ NEW JOFFREY ARTISTS | *JOFFREY ACADEMY OF DANCE ALUMNI
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ASHLEY WHEATER MBE
The Mary B. Galvin Artistic Director
BIOS
Ashley Wheater has dedicated his life to dance. He was born in Scotland and trained at
The Royal Ballet School in England. He worked with Frederick Ashton, Kenneth MacMillan,
and Michael Somes in numerous ballets at Covent Garden, including Swan Lake, Sleeping
Beauty, Giselle, Manon, Anastacia, and The Dream. Wheater danced with Rudolf Nureyev
in Nureyev and Friends at the London Coliseum.
On Nureyev’s advice, Wheater joined the London Festival Ballet and danced in his Romeo
and Juliet and Sleeping Beauty. He danced in Glen Tetley’s Sphinx and Greening and in
Festival Ballet’s large repertoire of classics and new creations. Under the artistic direction
of John Field, he was promoted to Principal Dancer at the age of 20.
In 1982, he joined the Australian Ballet where he continued dancing principal roles in both
classical and contemporary work, especially in the John Cranko full-length ballets.
In 1985, at the invitation of Gerald Arpino, Wheater joined The Joffrey Ballet. For the next
four years, he performed various works by American choreographers including William
Forsythe, Gerald Arpino, Mark Morris, Paul Taylor, and Laura Dean, as well as repertoire
by Ashton and Cranko.
Joining the San Francisco Ballet in 1989, he continued his creative career working under
Helgi Tomasson, and with choreographers James Kudelka, David Bintley, and many more.
In 1997, he retired from dancing and was appointed Ballet Master and, later, Assistant to
the Artistic Director at the San Francisco Ballet.
Since his appointment in 2007 as artistic director of The Joffrey Ballet, his passion and
commitment to the Joffrey have been evident in the quality that he has brought to the
dancing and to the repertoire. He has invited world-renowned choreographers, as well
as fresh young talent, to create new work for the company. Wheater has added new full-
length works to the Joffrey’s repertoire, including Lar Lubovitch’s groundbreaking Othello,
Ronald Hynd’s The Merry Widow, and Yuri Possokhov’s Don Quixote.
In 2008, Wheater was the recipient of the Boeing Game-Changer Award in recognition of
his commitment to community engagement in Chicago and to the celebration of diversity
through dance. He sits on the Advisory Board for Dance Magazine, serves as the Artistic
Advisor for ChiArts, and is the Advisor to the Arts for the Lincoln Academy of Illinois.
In 2010, Wheater, representing The Joffrey Ballet, was named Lincoln Academy Laureate,
the highest honor presented by the State of Illinois, and in 2013 the Chicago Tribune
named him “Chicagoan of the Year.” In 2015, Wheater received the University of Chicago
Rosenberger Medal for Outstanding Achievement in the Creative and Performing Arts.
In December 2019, he was appointed to be a Member of the Most Excellent Order of the
British Empire (MBE) by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
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SCOTT SPECK
Music Director & Conductor
BIOS
With recent performances in London, Paris, Moscow, Beijing, New York, Chicago, San
Francisco, Los Angeles and Washington, Scott Speck has inspired international acclaim as
a conductor of passion, intelligence and winning personality.
Scott Speck is one of the most active conductors on Chicago’s cultural scene. In addition
to his many Joffrey performances, he is Artistic Director of the Chicago Philharmonic,
and he has become a frequent guest for the Chicago Symphony’s family concerts. He is
currently the Illinois Council of Orchestras’ Conductor of the Year.
Speck’s concerts with the Moscow RTV Symphony Orchestra in Tchaikovsky Hall garnered
unanimous praise. His gala performances with Yo-Yo Ma, Itzhak Perlman, Joshua Bell,
Renée Fleming, Midori, Evelyn Glennie, and Olga Kern have highlighted his recent
seasons as Music Director of the Mobile Symphony. He has collaborated with Carnegie
Hall as Music Director of the West Michigan Symphony. He was invited to the White House
as former Music Director of The Washington Ballet.
In recent seasons, Speck has conducted at London’s Royal Opera House at Covent
Garden, the Paris Opera, New York’s Lincoln Center, Washington’s Kennedy Center,
Chicago’s Lyric Opera House, San Francisco’s War Memorial Opera House, and the Los
Angeles Music Center. He has led numerous performances with the symphony orchestras
of Baltimore, Houston, Chicago, Paris, Moscow, Shanghai, Beijing, Vancouver, Romania,
and Slovakia, among many others.
Previously he held positions as Conductor of the San Francisco Ballet; Music Advisor
and Conductor of the Honolulu Symphony; and Associate Conductor of the Los Angeles
Opera. During a tour of Asia, he was named Principal Guest Conductor of the China Film
Philharmonic in Beijing.
Speck is the co-author of two of the world’s best-selling books on classical music for a
popular audience, Classical Music for Dummies and Opera for Dummies. These books
have received stellar reviews in the international press and have garnered enthusiastic
endorsements from major American orchestras. They have been translated into twenty
languages and are available around the world. His third book in the series, Ballet for
Dummies, was released to great acclaim as well.
Speck has been a regular commentator on National Public Radio, the BBC, the Australian
Broadcasting Corporation, and Voice of Russia, broadcast throughout the world. His
writing has been featured in numerous magazines and journals.
Born in Boston, Speck graduated summa cum laude from Yale University. There he
founded and directed the Berkeley Chamber Orchestra, which continues to perform to
this day. He was a Fulbright Scholar in Berlin, received his Master’s Degree with highest
honors from the University of Southern California, served as a Conducting Fellow at the
Aspen School of Music, and studied at the Tanglewood Music Center.
Scott Speck can be reached at scottspeck.org, and on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram
@ScottSpeckMusic.
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MICHAEL MORICZ
Assistant Conductor
BIOS
Michael’s long career as a pianist, composer, and conductor for ballet has included
significant associations with American Ballet Theatre, Houston Ballet, the Mark Morris
Dance Group, Carolina Ballet, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, and the Juilliard Dance Division.
He particularly treasures his conducting relationship with Texas Ballet Theater and the
Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra during the past decade. His commissioned orchestral
ballet scores include The Mighty Casey, The Ugly Duckling, and The Great Gatsby.
He’s composed incidental music and songs for theatre, original scores for the Showtime,
Discovery, Fox, PBS, and Disney networks and created special arrangements for such
renowned artists as Tommy Tune, Chita Rivera, Marvin Hamlisch, and Renee Fleming.
Michael is best known as the arranger and music director of Broadway’s annual Jimmy
Awards and as one of the music directors for the acclaimed Mister Rogers Neighborhood
on PBS. He joined the Joffrey in 2017.
GEORGE BALANCHINE
Choreographer
George Balanchine transformed the world of ballet. He is widely regarded as the most influential
choreographer of the 20th century, and he co-founded two of ballet’s most important institutions:
New York City Ballet and the School of American Ballet. Balanchine was born in St. Petersburg,
Russia, in 1904, studied at the Imperial Ballet School in St. Petersburg, and danced with the
Maryinsky Theatre Ballet Company, where he began choreographing short works. In the summer of
1924, Balanchine left the newly formed Soviet Union for Europe, where he was invited by impressario
Serge Diaghilev to join the Ballets Russes. For that company, Balanchine choreographed his first
important ballets: Apollo (1928) and Prodigal Son (1929). After Ballets Russes was dissolved following
Diaghilev’s death in 1929, Balanchine spent his next few years on a variety of projects in Europe and
Photo by Tanaquil Le Clercq then formed his own company, Les Ballets 1933, in Paris. There, he met American arts connoisseur
Lincoln Kirstein, who persuaded him to come to the United States. In 1934, the pair founded the
School of American Ballet, which remains in operation to this day, training students for companies
around the world. Balanchine’s first ballet in the U.S., Serenade, set to music by Tchaikovsky, was
created for SAB students and premiered on June 9, 1934, on the grounds of an estate in White
Plains. Balanchine and Kirstein founded several short-lived ballet companies before forming
Ballet Society in 1946, which was renamed New York City Ballet in 1948. Balanchine served as the
Company’s ballet master from that year until his death in 1983, building it into one of the most
important performing arts institutions in the world, and a cornerstone of the cultural life of New
York City. He choreographed 425 works over the course of 60-plus years, and his musical choices
ranged from Tchaikovsky (one of his favorite composers) to Stravinsky (his compatriot and friend)
to Gershwin (who embodied the choreographer’s love of America). Many of Balanchine’s works are
considered masterpieces and are performed by ballet companies all over the wold.
Courtesy of New York City Ballet
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PETER ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Composer
BIOS
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840–1893) composed some of the most beloved themes in all
of classical music. Tchaikovsky started piano lessons at age four and showed remarkable
talent, eventually surpassing his own teacher’s abilities. At age ten, he was
sent to St. Petersburg to study at the School of Jurisprudence. In 1859, he took a position
as a civil servant in the Ministry of Justice, but longed for a career in music, attending
concerts and operas at every opportunity. He finally began study in harmony at age 21,
and enrolled at the St. Petersburg Conservatory the following year, eventually studying
with the illustrious composer and pianist Anton Rubinstein. In Moscow, Tchaikovsky
became associated with the Bolshoi Theatre, and there he composed his first ballet,
Swan Lake, in 1875. Within a few years Tchaikovsky was an established composer, beloved
throughout Russia.
DEBORAH WINGERT
Repetiteur for Serenade
Deborah Wingert began her training at the Central Pennsylvania Youth ballet under
Marcia Dale Weary and became a scholarship student at the School of American Ballet
in New York. At the age of sixteen, she was selected by George Balanchine to join New
York City Ballet. During her thirteen years with the company, Ms. Wingert danced over
twenty-five principal, soloist, and featured roles in productions that include Balanchine’s
A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Coppelia, Orpheus, Symphony in C, Jewels, Who Cares?,
Stars and Stripes,The Nutcracker, The Four Temperaments, and Mozartiana, Jerome
Robbins’ The Concert and Antique Epigraphs, and Peter Martins’ The Sleeping Beauty.
A principal and soloist with numerous nationally acclaimed companies, her film and
television credits include The Nutcracker (Time-Warner), PBS “Great Performance” Dinner
With Balanchine, “Dance in America” Balanchine — Serenade and Western Symphony,
Peter Martins’ Concerto for Two Solo Pianos and “Live from Lincoln Center” A Midsummer
Night’s Dream.
Deborah Wingert is one of a small group of artists selected by the Balanchine Trust to set
his choreography. In this capacity she has traveled throughout the United States, setting
and staging the Balanchine repertoire for Dance Theatre of Harlem, Butler University,
Indiana University, Baltimore School for the Arts, Joffrey Ballet Chicago, and Central
Pennsylvania Youth Ballet, to name a few.
Ms. Wingert is Head of Faculty at Manhattan Youth Ballet and on faculty at the Juilliard
School. She has been a guest instructor for Princeton University and Harvard University,
UCSB, Interlochen, Jessica Lang Dance, Kyle Abraham: AIM, Sarasota Ballet, and New
York City Ballet.
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JOHN STEINBECK
Author
BIOS
Born and raised in Salinas, California, John Steinbeck attended Stanford University
from 1919 until 1925 without attaining a degree before working at a series of mostly blue-
collar jobs and embarking on his literary career. Profoundly committed to social progress,
Steinbeck’s novels, such as The Grapes of Wrath, Of Mice and Men, East of Eden,
and Cannery Row, raised issues of labor exploitation during the Great Depression.
The Grapes of Wrath won both the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize in 1939.
In 1962, Steinbeck received the Nobel Prize in Literature, and in 1964, he was presented
with the United States Medal of Freedom by President Lyndon B. Johnson. He died in
Photo courtesy
William Ward Beecher’s Estate New York in 1968.
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CATHY MARSTON
Choreographer
BIOS
Cathy Marston is an award-winning choreographer, artistic director and Clore Cultural
Leadership Fellow. After education in Cambridge, she spent two years at the Royal Ballet
School, before launching a successful international career now spanning over twenty-five
years. She will become Director of Ballett Zurich, Switzerland, from August 2023.
Marston’s great gift is to join artistic dots, creating form for stories, emotions and ideas.
She inherited a passion for literature from her English-teacher parents; for her, stories
inspire dance. As Associate Artist of the Royal Opera House for five years (2002–2007),
she created a critically acclaimed interpretation of Ibsen’s Ghosts, before the tempest…
after the storm — after Shakespeare’s The Tempest — and many other short works.
During her six-year tenure directing the Bern Ballett, Switzerland, (2007–2013) she became
influenced by the ideas of German theatre traditions, which blended with her background
in the British cultural philosophies and her contemporary-ballet dance language, resulting
in her unique, hybrid signature. She lends new perspectives to old narratives, for example
in her adaption of Charles Webb’s novel, The Graduate, in Mrs Robinson, Edith Wharton’s
novella, Ethan Frome, in Snowblind, Charlotte Bronté’s Jane Eyre, or DH Lawrence’s
Lady Chatterley’s Lover. Likewise, she offers unusual perspectives in her biographically-
inspired works, The Cellist, Victoria and Witch-hunt. Ever-more widely recognised for her
distinctive style of dance-drama, she won the South Bank Sky Arts Award for Best Dance
Production for Victoria (Northern Ballet), the UK National Dance Award for The Cellist
(The Royal Ballet), The Suit (Ballet Black) and has been short-listed for both the Olivier
Awards and National Dance Awards for several other works including Jane Eyre and
Victoria (Northern Ballet.) In 2020 the International Institute for Dance and Theatre
awarded her their prize for Excellence in International Dance.
Marston has also embraced the digital stage, capturing her works for the screen as well as
creating work especially for the camera. The Cellist, Victoria and other short works have
been live streamed to cinema/TV and are available on DVD/digital platforms. Her specially
created film works include Mrs Robinson (a short, location-shot adaptation of the full work
for San Francisco Ballet), Bertha (Joffrey Ballet), Switchback (Ballet Unleashed) and Drift in
which she performs herself.
Marston’s portfolio includes creations and collaborations with The Royal Ballet, Joffrey
Ballet, San Francisco Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, Northern Ballet, English National
Ballet, Cuban National Ballet, Danish Royal Ballet, Ballet Black, Les Grands Ballets
Canadiens and many more. In addition to commissioned works she has founded two
project based companies in the UK — The Cathy Marston Project — and Switzerland —
Compagnie La Ronde. From these structures she has self-produced, commissioned and
toured several programs of work.
cathymarston.com
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THOMAS NEWMAN
Composer
BIOS
Thomas Newman is widely acclaimed as one of today’s most prominent composers for
film. He has composed music for more than 80 motion pictures and television series and has
earned fourteen Academy Award nominations, one Emmy Award and six Grammy Awards.
He is the youngest son of Alfred Newman (1900–1970), the longtime musical director
of 20th Century Fox and the composer of scores for such films as Wuthering Heights,
The Hunchback of Notre Dame, The Diary of Anne Frank and All About Eve. As a child,
Thomas pursued basic music and piano studies. However, it was not until after his father’s
death that the younger Newman, then age 14, felt charged with the desire to write. He
later studied composition and orchestration at USC with Professor Frederick Lesemann
and noted film composer David Raksin, and privately with composer George Tremblay. He
completed his academic work at Yale University, studying with Jacob Druckman, Bruce
MacCombie and Robert Moore. Newman also gratefully acknowledges the early influence
of another prominent musician, the legendary Broadway composer Stephen Sondheim,
who served as a great mentor and champion.
A turning point in Newman’s career took place while he was working as a musical assistant
on the 1984 film, Reckless, for which he soon was promoted to the position of composer.
And so, at the age of 27, Newman successfully composed his first film score. Since then
he has contributed distinctive and evocative scores to many acclaimed films, including
Desperately Seeking Susan, The Lost Boys, The Rapture, Fried Green Tomatoes, The
Player, Scent of a Woman, Flesh and Bone, The Shawshank Redemption, Little Women,
American Buffalo, The People Vs. Larry Flynt, Oscar and Lucinda, The Horse Whisperer,
Meet Joe Black, American Beauty, The Green Mile, Erin Brockovich, In The Bedroom,
Road to Perdition, Finding Nemo, Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events,
Cinderella Man, Jarhead, Little Children, The Good German, Revolutionary Road, Wall-E,
The Help, The Iron Lady, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, Skyfall, Spectre, Victoria & Abdul,
The Highwaymen, Tolkien, Steven Spielberg’s Bridge of Spies, and the critically acclaimed
1917. Newman also composed the music for HBO’s acclaimed 6-hour miniseries Angels in
America directed by Mike Nichols. He received an Emmy Award for his theme for the HBO
original series Six Feet Under. His current film projects include director John Madden’s
Operation Mincemeat, director Marc Forster’s White Bird: A Wonder Story, and Amblin
Entertainment’s The Last Voyage of the Demeter.
In addition to his work in film and television, Newman has composed several works for the
concert stage, including the symphonic work Reach Forth Our Hands, commissioned in
1996 by the Cleveland Orchestra to commemorate their city’s bicentennial, as well as At
Ward’s Ferry, Length 180 ft., a concerto for double bass and orchestra commissioned in
2001 by the Pittsburgh Symphony. His latest concert piece was a chamber work entitled It
Got Dark, commissioned by the acclaimed Kronos Quartet in 2009. As part of a separate
commission by the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the work was expanded and adapted
for symphony orchestra and string quartet, and premiered at Walt Disney Concert
Hall in December of 2009. In October 2014, Newman and musician Rick Cox released
“35 Whirlpools Below Sound,” an evocative, contemporary collection of avant-garde
electronic soundscapes which the two collaborators developed over a period of 25 years,
and which constitutes a fascinating departure from Newman’s work in film music. Newman
also was commissioned by the prestigious Joffrey Ballet in Chicago to compose the score
for a new ballet adaptation of the Steinbeck novel Of Mice and Men, which is scheduled
to premiere in April of 2022.
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EDWARD KEMP
Scenario & Dramaturg
BIOS
Edward Kemp has collaborated with Cathy Marston on over twenty ballets. Recent
collaborations include Mrs Robinson (San Francisco), The Cellist (Royal Ballet), The
Suit (Ballet Black), Lady Chatterley’s Lover (Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal),
Les Liaisons Dangereuses (Royal Danish Ballet) and a screenplay for Disney+. He has
written text for composers including Sally Beamish, Victoria Borisova Ollas, Jason Carr,
Tansy Davies, Terry Davies, Stuart MacRae, Julian Philips, and Gary Yershon. Stage
writing includes King James Bible (National Theatre), The Mysteries (Royal Shakespeare
Company), Bulgakov’s Master and Margarita (Chichester/Complicite/Avignon), Lessing’s
Nathan the Wise (Chichester/Off-Broadway/Shaw Festival), Faulkner’s As I Lay Dying
(Baton Rouge). He has also translated plays by Brecht, Goldoni, Kleist, Lorca, Molière
and Racine and adapted novels by Paul Auster, Eca De Queiros, Charles Dickens, Knut
Hamsun, Ted Hughes, Salman Rushdie and WG Sebald. He has written drama and
comedy for BBC Radio and directed plays and musicals in the UK and the US, including
at the National Theatre, Royal Court and Chichester, by writers from Gertrude Stein to
Shakespeare, Alan Bennett to Stephen Sondheim. From 2008-21 he was Director and
Chief Executive of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), during which time he
directed ten productions and wrote three screenplays. He is now Chief Executive of the
Royal Literary Fund, the UK’s oldest literary charity.
LORENZO SAVOINI
Set/Lighting Designer
Lorenzo Savoini is an award winning set, costume, and lighting designer for theatre, ballet,
and opera. His work has been seen throughout Canada, as well as New York and Cuba.
He has designed over fourty productions for the Soulpepper Theatre Company, numerous
productions for The Stratford Festival of Canada, and designs for regional theatres large
and small. Ballet credits include set and lighting design for Lady Chatterley’s Lover at Les
Grand Ballet Canadian, and lighting design for Prospera at Ballet Nacional de Cuba. He
is also the co-creator of Cage, a multi-disciplinary performance art-theatre piece, which
he designed and performed in. Cage had its Off-Broadway debut at Signature Theatre’s
Pershing Square Theatre.
He has won four Dora Awards for outstanding set and outstanding lighting design
for Of Human Bondage (Soulpepper), outstanding scenic/projection design for Rose
(Soulpepper) and outstanding lighting design for Julius Caesar (Crows Theatre/
Groundling). His design for Soulpepper’s Of Human Bondage was selected to represent
Canada at the 2015 Prague Quadrennial, the world’s largest theatre design expo.
Lorenzo has an MFA from the University of British Columbia, a BA from the University of
Guelph and is a member of the Associated Designers of Canada. lorenzosavoini.com
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BREGJE VAN BALEN:
Costume Designer
BIOS
Trained as a dancer Bregje van Balen danced with Netherlands Dance Theatre (NDT) I and
II for 18 years. Always interested in costume design, she created in 1995 her first costumes
for the annual NDT Workshop and small dance projects. After retiring as a dancer she
trained as a designer at Baruch Mode Academie. She has worked with several companies
including Netherlands Dance Theatre I and II, The Royal Ballet London, The Joffrey Ballet,
The Norwegian National Ballet, Gothenburg Ballet, Malmö Stadsteater, Hamburg Ballet,
Introdans, Royal Swedish Ballet, Royal Danish Ballet, the Icelandic Dancetheatre, Pushkin
Theater Moscow, Bolshoi Ballet, Staatstheater Mainz, Gartnerplatztheater, Aalto Theater,
Alvin Ailey Dance Theater, les grands Ballets de Montreal, and Stuttgart Ballet. She has
worked with choreographers including Alexander Ekman, Johan Inger, Patrick Delcroix,
Jorma Elo, Medhi Walerski, Gustavo Ramirez Sansano, Lukas Timulak, Bryan Arias, Ina
Christel Johannessen, Jo Strømgren and Cathy Marston.
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS
OFFICERS DIRECTORS Jeffrey C. Rubenstein
Anne L. Kaplan Patty Perkins Andringa Elva Rubio
Board Chair Mary Jo Basler Bruce Sagan
Luann Blowers Eric C. Schieber, MD
Lorna Ferguson Marc DeMoss Liz Sharp
Sonia Florian Roger Deromedi Courtney Shea
Daniel L. (DL) Morriss Pamella Roland DeVos Ildefonso Alvim de Abreu e Silva
Vice Chairs Adam DeWitt Chuck Smith
Patti S. Eylar Maureen Dwyer Smith
Guy Lakonishok Shelley MacArthur Farley Rita Spitz
Treasurer Brendan Fernandes Lauren F. Streicher, MD
Jamie-Clare Flaherty Ben Strobel
Ronald J. Allen Chip Flannagan MarrGwen Townsend
Secretary Emily Follas Jason J. Tyler
Patrick M. Gallagher Jr. Ronald V. Waters III
Ashley Wheater MBE Jill Garling Amanda Williamson
The Mary B. Galvin Artistic Director Dana Hokin Garvey Joel V. Williamson
Mark Giragosian
Greg Cameron Larry Goodman LIFE DIRECTORS
President and CEO Sabrina Gracias Grace Barry
Linda Chaplik Harris Fred Eychaner
Shari Massey Sandi Hartstein Mrs. Robert W. Galvin
Assistant Treasurer Jerrilyn M. Hoffmann Patricia H. Gerber†
Richard S. Holson III Pamela B. Strobel
Lashana Jackson Joseph H. Wender
Greg Jenkins
Jim Kirk PAST CHAIRPERSONS
Farissa Knox William M. Daley
Donna M. LaPietra Fred Eychaner
Michael Larsen Gary E. Holdren
Zachary D. Lazar Jr. Dr. David A. Kipper†
Barry Litwin Zachary D. Lazar, Jr.
Richard McDonald C. Steve McMillian
James McDonough Bruce Sagan
Coco Meers Maureen Dwyer Smith
Jess Merten Pamela B. Strobel
Susan G. Oleari Jason J. Tyler
Diane Patience Ronald V. Waters III
Steve Reiss
Dana Rice
† Deceased
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WOMEN’S BOARD OF THE JOFFREY BALLET 2021–2022
Sandi Hartstein Julie Harron Courtney Shea SUPPORTING AND
President Stacie R. Hartman Veronica Siegel NON-RESIDENT
Leigh Ann Herman Amelia Silva Dora Aalbregtse
Jamie-Clare Flaherty Dominika Malinowska Herts- Marilyn Slattery Melissa Anton
1st Vice President berg Maureen Dwyer Smith* Mary Jo Basler
Martha Higgins Maria Smithburg Jetta Boschen
Ellie Forman Arica Hilton Rita Spitz Sophie Bross
Farissa Knox Jerrilyn M. Hoffmann Liz Stiffel Marisa Bryce
2nd Vice Presidents Sherry Lea Holson Stacy Straub Mary Kay Burke
Qi Holtzman Nancy Sussman Joan Colmar
Brooke Hubbuch Cheryl Tama Oblander Kelly Dettmann
Merritt DeWitt
Jessica Jecmen Lauren D.W. Tatar Pamella Roland DeVos
Secretary
Amy Joffe Marina D.W. Tatar Deborah Gordon Engle
Anne L. Kaplan Adrienne Traisman Lydia Fisher
Annie Atzeff
Elizabeth Ann Kasten Melissa Trandel Astra Gamsjaeger
Treasurer
Aleksandra Khasina Jennifer Tscherney Sue-Gray Goller
Kathleen Klaeser Yolanda Tyler Stephanie M. Grinage
Jenelle M. Chalmers Marjorie E. Habermann
Laura Kofoid Noren Ungaretti
Heather Martin Mrs. Frederick A. Krehbiel* Andria van der Merwe Courtney A. Hoffmann
Members-at-Large Kelly Rosen Lagrange Laura Larsen Venkus Sharon King Hoge
Melinda Lagrange Annabelle Volgman Marci Holzer
Elisabeth Adams Dr. Lynda Lane Chrissie Walker Candace Collins Jordan
Julie O’Donnell Allen Wende Fox Lawson Hilary Weinstein Donna M. LaPietra
Dr. Emily L. Arch Anne Lazar* Magnes Welsh Leslie Logsdon
Anna Assenmacher Dania Leemputte Susan L. Welsh Astrid A. McKinnon
Annie Atzeff Kathryn Meneely Leister Diana Weiss Widman Lori Mertz
Melissa M. Babcock* Laurie Mahler Elizabeth Wippman Anne Simon Moffat
Grace Barry* Joan Malliband Laurie Wood Shauna Montgomery
Nancy Gottlieb Bauer Elizabeth Marcus, MD Marcie L. Wright Brooks Morgan
Sally K. Bauer Monica McGurk Leslie Zentner Mrs. Jay L. Owen, Jr.
Paula Borg Helen Hall Melchior* Julie Zuckerman Mrs. John R. Pacholick
Inger E. Burnett-Zeigler, PhD Irene Michaels Mrs. James W. Pierpont
Mary Kay Mudd Bushonville Mrs. Julianne Migely Camille Kearns Rudy
Rachel M. Cannon Patricia Miller Anne Shea
Lynn Cohen Geeta Nagpal Carol J. Stone
Sandra Deromedi Linda Curtis O’Bannon, MD Kathleen A. Swien
Ellen Distelheim Susan G. Oleari Victoria Verity
Dr. Jill S. Dodds Mary Ellen Pavone, MD Carol A. Walter
Alissa Eisemann Molly Piech Ann Waters
Beth Engel Cindy Pinsky Mrs. Thomas E. Wells IV
Patti S. Eylar Ibby Pinsky Pam Phillips Weston
Jennifer Rubin Fabian Victoria Poindexter Joyce M. Wippman
Shelley MacArthur Farley D. Elizabeth Price
Johanna Ferguson Christine Rahill* *Indicates Honorary Member
Ashley Floyd (List current as of April 2022)
Hallie Blanchard Rehwaldt
Dana Hokin Garvey Emily Rubenstein
Darcy Goldfarb, MD Maggie Scheyer
Shana Bear Guthman Molly Schirf
Diana E. Harris Sarah Schrup
Elisa D. Harris Liz Sharp
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DONOR LISTING
The Joffrey Ballet would like to extend Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation Coco B. Meers and Ethan Meers
thanks to those who provide us with Mr. and Mrs. Adam DeWitt The Elizabeth Morse Charitable Trust
funding that ensures quality and Wilson Garling Foundation Negaunee Foundation
engaging experiences for a variety Sabrina Gracias Alexandra and John Nichols Household
of audiences. The following is a list The Walter E. Heller Foundation Penny Pritzker and Bryan Traubert
of those who made contributions Sherry Lea and Richard Holson III Robert’s Pizza and Dough Company
in the amount of $1000 or more between Greg Jenkins Jeffrey C. Rubenstein
March 9, 2021 and March 8, 2022. Jewell Events Catering Eric C. Schieber, MD
Although space does not permit us to JHL Capital Group LLC Shea Family Foundation
list all of our friends, we are grateful for JW Marriott Ms. Courtney C. Shea
the support from each and every one of Kiphart Family Foundation Rita Spitz and David Blears
our loyal donors. The John D. & Catherine T. Bill and Orli Staley
MacArthur Foundation Dr. Lauren Streicher and Mr. Jason Brett
$500,000+ Susan and Nicholas Noyes Pamela and Russ Strobel
Abbott Fund in memory of Clara Rideout Noyes Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Townsend
Paul Galvin Memorial Foundation Trust and her love of ballet Mr. Miles D. White
The Grainger Foundation Mr. and Mrs. John Patience William Blair
Margot and Josef Lakonishok Polk Bros Foundation
Denise Littlefield Sobel Prince Charitable Trusts $10,000–$24,999
Bruce Sagan and Bette Cerf Hill Anonymous
$100,000–$499,999 The Shubert Foundation Abbott Laboratories
Anonymous Estate of Elaine Soter Mr. and Mrs. Ronald J. Allen
Alphawood Foundation Chicago Jeanette Stevens Luann and David Blowers
Mary Jo and Doug Basler Mr. and Mrs. Ronald V. Waters III Torrence Boone and Ted Chapin
Chicago Athletic Clubs Women’s Board of The Joffrey Ballet Liz Boshardy Memorial Fund
Sandy and Roger Deromedi Mr. and Mrs. Dean L. Buntrock
Daniel and Pamella DeVos Foundation $25,000–$49,999 Suzanne Cameron
Estate of Georgia Lee Funsten Anonymous and Stephen Cameron
The Estate of Christine Ellis Shaun Block and Andrew Block Chicago Department of
Lorna Ferguson and Terry Clark BMO Harris Bank Cultural Affairs and Special Events
The Florian Fund The Brinson Foundation Chicago Park District
The Julius N. Frankel Foundation Greg Cameron and Greg Thompson Lawrence Corry
Cindy Galvin and Christopher Galvin Paul Chasnoff and Joe Hopper Evercore
ITW The Crown Family Jennifer Gallagher and Patrick Gallagher
Anne L. Kaplan Pamela Crutchfield Dana Hokin Garvey and Robert Garvey
Nancy and Sanfred Koltun Dan J. Epstein Family Foundation Karen Gray-Krehbiel
Lynda Sue Lane, MD Exelon and John Krehbiel, Jr.
Pritzker Foundation Patti S. Eylar and Charles R. Gardner Harris Family Foundation
Sage Foundation Lloyd A. Fry Foundation Sandi and Barry Hartstein
The Satter Foundation Michelle Goodman Mr. and Mrs. David H. Hoffmann
Dr. and Mrs. Arnold Tatar and Larry J. Goodman, MD Kathleen Ihrig and Glenn Ihrig
Mr. and Mrs. Joel V. Williamson GrubHub, Inc. George L. Jewell
Joan M. Hall John R. Halligan Charitable Fund
$50,000–$99,999 C.D. Peacock Fine Jewlers Geralyn Kendall and David Kendall
AARP Illinois Illinois Arts Council Agency Kovler Family Foundation
The Allstate Insurance Company Myrna W. Kaplan Michael and Jennifer Larsen
Athletico Physical Therapy Julie and Guy Lakonishok Mr. and Mrs. Zachary D. Lazar, Jr.
Better Colleen Loughlin and John Sirek Liz and Eric Lefkofsky
Capital Group Private Client Services Masuda, Funai, Eifert & Mitchell, Ltd. Jay Byron Leibovitz in loving memory
of Eric B. Eatherly
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$10,000–$24,999 (continued) Fifth Third Bank William Anderson
Kathryn Leister and Douglas Leister Emily Follas and Timothy Jacob Janet Anixter and Steven Anixter
Susan Lichtenstein and John Rokacz Nancy Follis Dr. Emily and Mr. Justin Arch
Macy’s Elisabeth Geraghty and Robert Geraghty Annie Atzeff and Kristopher Atzeff
Richard & Martha Melman Foundation Kathleen Giannuzzi and John Giannuzzi Mr. and Mrs. Brian W. Babcock, Sr.
Miriam Hoover Foundation Charles and Joan Gross Susan Baird and Stephen Baird
National Endowment for the Arts Family Foundation Sandra Bass
Neiman Marcus Michigan Avenue The Irving Harris Foundation Meta S. and Ronald Berger
Mr. and Mrs. James Owens, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Alan G. Harris Family Foundation
D. Elizabeth Price and Lou Yecies Jessica Jecmen Jennifer Birmingham
Carol Prins and John Hart Zaheed Kajani John Brazzale
Stephen Reiss and Rena Hozore Reiss Robert Kohl and Clark Pellett Anthony Bruck
Jerome Robbins Foundation and Trust Mr. and Mrs. Barry Litwin Carolyn Bucksbaum
Elva Rubio, Rubiostudio Luminarts Cultural Foundation Marion Cameron-Gray
Shirley Ryan and Patrick Ryan Fellowship by Myrna W. Kaplan Jenelle Chalmers and Stephen Chalmers
Cari and Michael J. Sacks Mazza Foundation Charles DeShazer
Pamela Scholl Pamela G. Meyer Nancy Dunkel and Bernard Dunkel
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey S. Sharp Dr. Elaine Moor Wendy Eager
Rebecca Sherrick Estate of Peggy Morrow Jamie-Clare Flaherty
The Siragusa Family Foundation Drs. Marsha and Robert Mrtek Arthur Frank
Jennifer Zobair and Chuck Smith Susan G. Oleari Greg and Christine Gallagher
Mr. and Mrs. Edward B. Smith, Jr. Ian Paregol, in memory of Olivia Paregol Suzanne Gerhold
Penelope Steiner Michael Payette Ethel and William Gofen
Liz Stiffel Marie Plecha Sue-Gray Goller
Irene A. Stoesser Memorial Scholarship Carol Pollock Deborah Graham
Tom and Joan Torri, Sarah Torri, Dana Rice Shapiro Grynsztejn Family Fund
and Paul Swinand John W. and Jeanne M. Rowe of the Jewish Community Foundation
The Trachtenberg Family Joan Rubschlager and Paul Rubschlager Shana Guthman and David Guthman
Charitable Fund Susan Ruder Diana Harris
Mr. and Mrs. Jason J. Tyler Mr. and Mrs. Eric Scheyer Stacie R. Hartman
U.S. Bank Foundation Sarah Schrup Courtney and Sebastian Hoffmann
Hilary and Barry Weinstein Carol Seelig Julie Holland
Amanda Williamson Mr. and Mrs. David Sensibar Lauren Huefner
and Matthew Johnson Margaret Siber Amy Joffe
The Sidley Austin Foundation Marsha Kamen
$5,000–$9,999 Louis and Nellie Sieg Fund Mary Kamraczewski
Emily Strobel Amiet and Michael Amiet Brian Smith and Geyer Morford and Kevin Kamraczewski
Nancy Gottlieb Bauer Maria Smithburg Marilyn Katz and Scott Chambers
Cindy Pinsky and William D. Smithburg Jeffrey Kerr
Halie and Russell Braden Carol Sonnenschein Roberta Johnson Killeen
Carlyle and Jean Cameron Mr. and Mrs. Neele E. Stearns, Jr. and Timothy Killeen
Mrs. Joyce Chelberg Nathan Tannenbaum Foundation Inc. Polly Kintzel
Juliana Chyu and David Whitney Richard and Noren Ungaretti Klaff Family Foundation
Elliott Crigger Marilyn F. Vitale and David Vitale Farissa Knox and Lerry Knox
Leah Missbach Day Mr. and Mrs. John R. Walter Laura Kofoid and David Ricci
Mike DelBene Magnes Welsh Dr. Jennifer Kurth and
Amina Dickerson and Julian Roberts Mr. Brian Van Klompenberg
Dr. Jill S. Dodds and Dr. Guriqbal Nandra $2,500–$4,999 Sarah Ladgenski and Derek Ladgenski
Art and Lili Duquette Anonymous (4) Robin and Jack Lavin
Joseph & Bessie Feinberg Foundation Mr. and Mrs. William Adams IV William Lawless
Johanna Ferguson Dara Altshuler Wende and Jim Lawson
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$2,500–$4,999 (continued) Dana Shepard Treister and The Heestand Foundation
Dania Leemputte and Patrick Leemputte Dr. Michael Roy Treister K. Susan Heintz and Thomas Heintz
Mia Levy and Paul Levy Andria van der Merwe Caroline Huebner and Charles Huebner
Laurie Mahler Robert and Etti Van Etten Huron Consulting Group
Joan Malliband and David Malliband David Varnerin Sandy Ihm and Kenneth Belcher
Elizabeth Marcus, MD and Ira Belcove Sherrie Weiss and Albert Weiss Melinda Lagrange and Lucien Lagrange
Leticia Marsico Susan L. Welsh Sherry Kaplan and Barry Kaplan
Sharon McGee Elizabeth Wippman and Tom Wippman Nancy Karger and Frank Karger
Kevin McGirr Marcie Wright Sandiya Killion and Andrew Killion
Monica McGurk Ms. Helen L. Dunbeck Drs. Kristi Kirschner and Raymond Curry
John R. Menninger and Dr. John Zimmermann Dennis and Kathleen Klaeser
Mesirow Financial Holdings, Inc. Julie Zuckerman and Daniel Zuckerman Barbara Knox
Ms. Karen K. Migaldi Ms. Donna M. LaPietra
and Mr. Scott F. Migaldi $1,500–$2,499 and Mr. William Kurtis
Robert and Lois Moeller Anonymous (2) Janet Leopold and Thomas Leopold
Barbara and Jonathan Moss Dora Aalbregtse and R. John Aalbregtse Libby and John Lewis
Sylvia Neil and Daniel Fischel Kathleen and Jeff Abbott Kerry Lisanti
Ken Norgan Greg Albiero and Mark Zampardo Jessie and Douglas MacDonald
Janis Notz and John Notz Evelyn Alter Lisa Klimley Malkin and Cary J. Malkin
Robert Parris and Bradley Renner Patty Perkins Andringa Laura Martinez and Andrew Martinez
Victoria Poindexter Carey August and Brett August Shari Massey and Bill Massey
and Joseph P. Gaynor III Chirp Design, Inc. Lynne McNown
Constance Rajala Christine Bakalar and John Bakalar Adrienne Meisel and Rand Sparling
Hallie Blanchard Rehwaldt Mr. and Mrs. Francis Beidler III Lori Mertz
and Thomas Rehwaldt Ms. Carolyn A. Blessing Mrs. Julianne Migely
Sonya Reich Anne Brody and Michael Brody Patricia Miller and Christopher Miller
Hans Reiser and Alan Taylor Katharine Burns and Nicholas Burjek Jazelle Morriss and Daniel L. (DL) Morriss
Jennifer Rubin Fabian Lynn Cohen and Edward Cohen Bethany Mudd
Barbara Atkins Ruhman Mrs. John C. Colman Maggie and Michael Murzanski
The Richard and Ellen Sandor Compass Linda Curtis O’Bannon, MD
Family Foundation Dr. John Dainauskas Lee and Sharon Oberlander
Molly Schirf and Brian Schirf Marc DeMoss Mary Jane O’Connor
Lewis and Barbara Schneider Margaret Dolan Sharon Olson and Fred Fleischbein
Dr. Sheldon and Mrs. Illeane Schwartz Katherine Donaldson Martha Patterson
Stephanie and Bill Sick Marilyn Eager and Allen Eager Mary Ellen Pavone, MD
Craig Sirles Lois Eisen and Stephen Eisen and Christopher Novak
Beth Smetana and Gerard Smetana Deborah and Cody Engle Bonnie Price
Patricia Smith Mr. and Mrs. William Farley Jennifer Ross
Marjorie Staples Dr. and Mrs. Anthony G. Finder Camille Kearns Rudy and Robert M. Rudy
Edwin Stebbins and Richard Stebbins Kristen Fondriest and Fabian Fondriest Sahara Enterprises, Inc.
Nicole Steel and Tyler Steel Mimi Frankel and Bud Frankel Carol Ann Saikhon
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Jill Svoboda and John Svoboda and Mrs. Alexis Polito Giragosian Anne and Michelle Shonk
Peggy Swartchild and James Swartchild Bruce A. Gober, M.D. Yvonne Shu and Tony Shu
Cheryl Tama Oblander Darcy Goldfarb, MD Veronica Siegel
and Scott Oblander Susan Goldschmidt and Miles Taub Marilyn Slattery
Dr. Irene Tang Dr. Anthony R. and Susan M. Grosch Dawn Stanislaw
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