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INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTORS

The following group of Writers Theatre donors are dedicated patrons who share our passion for the written word. They provide the financial foundation that allows us to create a nurturing artistic home for world-class artists while producing nationally acclaimed productions. Writers Theatre extends privileges of membership to individuals who provide an annual gift of $150 or more. 

Our members enjoy opportunities to share in the creative process through exclusive events that provide unique access to the artistic process. We are proud to acknowledge the following gifts received in the period between February 1, 2025 to May 1, 2026. 


DIRECTOR’S SOCIETY
$2,500 to $4,999

David & Cynthia Abrams

Andy & Becky Anderson

Jacob & Rachel Avraham

Shaun & Andy Block

Paul & Pam Boneham

Doug Brown & Rachel Kraft

Lydia & Clay Cannady

Robert A. & Iris J. Center

Marcia & Tom Desmond

Domont Family Foundation

Elizabeth & Tim Dugan

Kathy & Jim Enstrom

Aaron & Whitney Fershee

Shannon & Patrick Ford

Brad Friedman & Joelle Billow

Adam & Andrea Fuelleman

Jocarno Fund

Cindy & Howard Garoon

Laura & Alex Glaser

Carter Howard & Sarah Krepp

Dan & Gloria Kearney

Mark & Heather Keldahl

Jane & Dick Lipton

Catherine Lundstrom

Lee & Mah Family Fund

Anne McGovern

Lynda & Bill McKay

Katie Olson

Dudley & Ann Onderdonk

Levenfeld Pearlstein

Don & Martha Pollak

Debbie & Jeff Ross

John & Alice Sabl

Susan & Roger Schmitt

Garrett & Sarah Shumway

Marilyn & Michael Vender

Joseph Wolnski & Jane Christino

Sally & Shep Young

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CREATIVE'S FUND
$500 to $2,499

Braden Abraham & Cheyenne Casebier

Susan Abrams

David Adelson

Andrea Alexander & Peter Roehrich

Sheldon & Gela Altman

Jim & Audrey Altounian

Annabel Armour & Art Fox

Lydia & Gus Backer Family Foundation

Lauren & Rick Barnett

Nancy & Ken Behles

Jerry & Kathy Biederman

Nathan & Barbara Birnberg

Donald Bishop

Georgia and Karl Blalock

Michael & Mary Borgstrom

James & Emily Borovsky

Brittany Bossard & Chris Chang

Mary Boyer

John & Sarabess Cahill

Mike & Laurie Cavalier

Rendhir & Geetika Chandran

Amrita Chari

Jane Colman

Nancy Cook

Lawrence Corry

Judy Cottle

Gail Couture

Donna G. Craven

Isabel & Robert Curley

Laura DeMoor & Tim Brogla

Lynn Donaldson & Cameron Avery

William & Wilma Dooley

V Dvonch

Chaz Ebert

Lois & Steve Eisen

Toni & Jim Elipas

Steven Elrod

Sara Elsasser & Tim Holbrook

Diane M Falk

Julie Feldman

Peter Fischer

Sally Fletcher

Old National Bank

Michael & Valerie Foradas

William F. Pridmore & Melissa J. Frey

Bess Gallanis

Denise Gamble

Charles & Barbara Gately

Mollie Gawronski & Steve Hunt

Michael & Connie Gill

John & Vicki Glier

John & Jaye Golanty

Lauren & Jesse Goldman

Peter and Carol Goldman

Paul & Fabiana Goodman

John & Pat Grady

Cathy Green

Patricia & William Hagenah

Vered Hankin

Vered Hankin and Jeremy Kaufman

Melanie Hauck & Jim Hertel

Marty Hauselman

Sarah Heck

Craig Henderson

Miss Pamela Herzog

Hamilton & Traci Hill

Richard Hirsch & Joyce Hirsch

James & Jacquelyn Holland

Andrew & Marissa Ingley

Jastromb Family Philanthropic Fund

Chris Johnson & Sarah Ehrhardt

Randee & Vance Johnson

Emily & Mark Karns

Jeannie and Terry Kay

Thomas E. Keim

Nina Winston & Norman Kohn

Shirley Kreutzfeldt

Steve Kriz & Ryan Copi

Frank and Erica Kuhlmann

Lydia & Stefan Kutko

Steven & Elissa Lafayette

Tom Larance

Scott & Elizabeth Lassar

MaryLiz Lehman

Judy & Stephen Levin

Patricia Livingston

Nello & Ann Lucchesi

Phil & Mary Manade

Ann & Tom Mann

Rabbi Andrea R. Markowicz

Joey & Lisa Matos

Joan & Jerry Mattson

Steve & Lynn Mattson

Bill & Corinne McClintic

Mr. Doug McClure

Charles McDonald & Diane Curtis

Timothy & Carlye McGregor

Breece & Darlene McKinney

Melinda McMullen

Diana & Johnny Moustoukas

Scott & Luvie Myers

Omedia Communications

Julian Oettinger

Barbara O'Keefe

Jonah Orlofsky & Joan Polacheck

Jennifer Parkinson

Rakesh Amin & Sonal Patel

Nidhi Patel

American Conservatory Theater

Will Petersen

Lorna and Ellard Pfaelzer, Jr.

Barry & Shelley Powell

Doris Pregenzer

Neil Quinn

Karen Randolph & Bill Linden

Nancy & Mark Ratner

Stephen Ray

Alice Read

Shilpa Reddy & Toby Efferen

David & Nicole Roberts

Cookie & Ned Robertson

Cindy & Jim Robinson

Erin & Heath Ross

Sarah & Bill Ross

Peggy & Jon Rubenstein

Susan Ruder

Jon & Debbie Ruderman

Camille & Robert Rudy

Mary Kathleen Rundell

Susan Sack

David & Karen Sager

David & Judy Schiffman

Roy Schreiber

Seth & Reesa Schreier

Anne & Gordon Scott

John & Cheryl Seder

Ralph & Jan Senst

Gina Kennedy and Robert Shannon

Ilene & Michael Shaw Charitable Trust

Evelyn Siegel

Margaret & Alan Silberman

Scott & Jackie Silberstein

Linda Silverstein

George & Lynne Simon

Meera Sinha & Nate Rennicke

Suzanne T. Smart

Steve & Gale Smith

Leo Smith

Michael & Julie Solot

Brian & Carly Spaly

Robert & Susan Star

Jim Stone, President of the James H. Stone Family Foundation

Joseph & Sylvia Stone Fund

Lauren & Steve Strelsin

Nancy Tani

Ron Thomas & Marilyn Applebaum

Susan & James Thompson

T L Enterprises

Susan & Bob Underwood

Zalman Usiskin

Todd & Cari Vieregg

John Vranas

Bill & Roberta Weinsheimer

Leslie & Susan West

Lisa & Randy White

Anne Wilson & Michael Nagelbach

Reid & Laura Wilson

Janet & Chris Winslow

Joan H. Wright

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ANNUAL FUND
$150 to $499

Linda & Philip Abrahams

Leonard & Phyllis Adams

Susan J. Allen

Barbara & Ronald Altman

Louise H. Anderson

Joe & Natalie Angel

Steve Armstrong & Carol Kriekard

Sarah & Larry Barden

Graham & Anna Bauer

Kathleen Belle

Joan I. Berger

David and Maureen Besanko

Lisa J. Bloom

Sue Bowker

Tom & Mary Doug Brown

Congregation Sukkat Shalom

John W. Budig

Leslie & John Carothers

John D. Cartland

Connie Casey

Edward Chez & Camille De Frank

Mary Chuman

Frank & Sherry Cohen

Thomas & Katherine Coleman

Carol Crane

Dewey and Nancy Crawford

David & Susan Curry

Don & Cathy Dabisch

Joseph & Paige Dooley

S. Downey Fund at The Chicago Community Foundation

Richard Drake

Mr. Paul E. Drennan

John & Patricia Dyble

Gary & Deborah Edidin

Kathy & Ron Emanuel

Edith Fessler

Jim & Linda Fiffer

Alan B. Fine

Louise & Rick Fisher

Margot Flanagin

Thomas E. Fox

William Frazier

Judith Freeman

Rebecca M. Freeman

Fritz & Cathy Freidinger

Susan Mabrey Gaud

Dr. Thomas F. Gleason and Mina Leon

Paula & Edward Golden


Carol & David Golder

Leo & Linda Gordon

Robert & Julie Gordon

Frederick & Francoise Gougler

Holly Wathan & Ken Green

Joel & Sharon Greenburg

Barbara Greis

Gloria Groom & Joe Brenton

Carol & Gary Gruen

Helen Gunnarsson

Susan Haimes

Dorothy G. Harza

Stephanie & Rodger Hochschild

Elizabeth Hodges & Marc McQuade

Angela Hubbard

Carol Jabs

Douglas & Kathryn Johnson

Olwyn Kane

Martin J. & Susanne G. Kanter

Ron Kaplan

Dennis & Barbara Kessler

Caroline Koclanes

Howard & Pam Korenthal

Frank Krejci

Congregation Solel

Robert & Linda Lawrence

Simon Lesser and Carol Patinkin

Abba & Bonnie Lessing

Steve & Elaine Lev

Laurie Levin

Nancy Malitz & Lawrence Johnson

Dave Mazurek & MaryLiz Tully

Jane Mentzer

Sara & Richard Mesirow

Elliot & Lynn Miller

Alan Minoff & Tina Vulgaris

Carol A. Mitchel

Raja R. Nadimpalli

Janet Nakai

Dave & Nancy Napalo

Yael Nathan Winkler

Joan Neil

William & Sherry Nelson

Elizabeth Nolan and Kevin Buzard

James & Catherine Nowacki

Dan & Ann O'Brien

Meiko Ogura

Candus Olson

John & Joy O'Malley


Lorraine Perlman

Paula Peterson

Steve & Bev Pinaire

Anne Pollock

Susan Powell

Michael Quoss

Susan Rabe

Rachel S. Rescorl

Susan Robertson

Sandra & Jeffrey Rochman

David Rosen

Diana & Michael Rosenbloom

Becky Rosner

David Rotholz

Ms. Ellen A Rudnick

Desireé Ruhstrat

Anne M. Ryan

Ushers Saints

David & Nancy Sarne

Robert & Mary Ann Savard

Anne Schaefer

Rosita M Schloss

Lorian Schwaber

Sheldon & Illeane Schwartz

Diane & Bud Schwarzbach

Martin Schwertmann

Margo Serlin

Lawrence & Cindy Shanker

Clifford J. Shapiro & Darlene A. Vorachek

Barbara & Jerry Silbert

Philip Smith & Louise Lamson

Kelly Starr

Nancy Stevens

Lee Anne & Rich Stoddart

Mrs. Angela Stramaglia

Dr. Rita Sussman

Barbara Svarz

Sandra Sweet

Richard & Marilyn Swoiskin

John Thomas

Joanne Trahanas

Linda Warren

David & Lynne Weinberg

Susan & Arvin Weindruch

Gary Willer

Chana Zelig

Daniel Zifkin

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