Corporate & Foundation Partners
Porchlight Music Theatre gratefully acknowledges the generous support of the following individuals, businesses, foundations, and corporations. This list includes donor gifts of $25 or more received since January 1, 2011. We regret any errors in the listing of contributors’ names. If you would like your name to appear differently or prefer to remain anonymous, please contact us at
info@porchlightmusictheatre.org or phone 773-777-9884.
Porchlight appreciates the grants from the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency. Porchlight encourages its audience members to thank their alderman, state representative, and state senator for supporting such vital government funding for the arts.
Porchlight Music Theatre is grateful to the A.R.T. League for grants to help underwrite our community outreach program which provides complimentary and subsidized tickets for individuals and groups, especially youth, from underserved communities. For these audience members, Porchlight is often their first experience of live, professional theater.
Foundation/Corporate Sponsors
Actors’ Equity Foundation
A.R.T. League
Arts Work Fund for Organizational Development
Bespoke Cuisine
Chase Bank
CityArts Program/City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs & Special Events
Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation
Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation
Illinois Arts Council - A State Agency
The MacArthur Fund for Art & Culture at the Richard H. Driehaus Foundation
National Association of Realtors
Peoples Energy
Season Major In-Kind Donors & Sponsors
Mike Accardo
Anna’s Vintage Jewelry
Bespoke Cuisine
Carpets of Highwood
Cooper’s - A Neighborhood Eatery
Matthew Lew
Jon Runnfeldt – Lab of Life Design
Producer ($2,500+)
Mary Kay Conley
Bill Crowther & Diane Hires
Brenda Didier
Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation
William Ingraham & Brad McCormick
Kathryn Michael
Peoples Energy
Richard H. Driehaus Foundation
Illinois Arts Council - A State Agency
The MacArthur Fund for Art & Culture at the Richard H. Driehaus Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. Avy & Marcie Stein
Ron & Judie Zoromski
Director ($1,000+)
City Arts 2 Program
Kevin & Jan Holland
IBM Corporation
James Jensen
Patrick & Laura Lederer
Jeannie Lukow
Rhoda Reeling
Eddie Sugarman
Choreographer ($500-$999)
Actors’ Equity Foundation
A.R.T. League
Kyle Burke
Cheryl Coons
Jonathan & Darcy Heuring
Yvette Ingraham
Jean Klingenstein
Charles Peng
Andrew Pollis
Jerry Proffit
Stage Manager ($250-$499)
Lisa Bierly
Richard Brannegan
David Crabbe
Maureen B. Daw
Leonora Dickson
Rich Dilts
Jonathan Fiala
Freda Friedman
Judith Friedman
Scott Goldstein
William & Winfred Heuring
Gitta Jacobs
Charlotte Newfeld
Keith Olenik
Lindsey Pearlman
Kim Shambrook & Angela Johnson
Susan Wishnick & Allen Steinberg
Artist ($100-$249)
Jil Adamczyk
Larry Baker
Francis & Mona Barth
Steven Bashwiner
Richard Boyum & Louie Chua
Eric Bramlett
Fred & Charlotte Broitman
Sarah McKinley Carter
Jay Cook
Sandra Daulton
Kate Devore
Deanna Dunagan
Thomas & Helen Fanning
Larry & Eileen Frederick
Barbara Gaines
Jack Goes
Jason Groh
Susan Haimes
Jack Hakman
Marty Higginbotham
David & Lolly Holland
Rosalie Kaplan
Pat Kapsalis
Louis Kersten
Jenn Kincaid
Wayne Koepke
Stephen Kolinski
Therese Kozlowski
Linda Kraft
Sean Allan Krill
Thomas Lengacher
David Marker & Georgann Joseph
Henry & Florine Marks
Mary Ellen Masek
Jerry McCann
Elizabeth McKevitt & Phillip Knollman
Kenneth Meyer
John & Linda Michael
Anne Michka
Arlene Mikol
Steve & Karen Multer
Drs. Shelley & Maris Nasatir
Jeffrey M. Parker
Laurie Pfiffner
Angela & Charlie Platt
Jane Purdy
Mark Rabinowitz & Curtis Clark
Anthony Riviello
Mary Schilling-Martin
John & Suzanne Shambrook
Jay & Tamara Sims
Elizabeth Sivak
Donald E Sprague
Brad Thien
Peter & Therese Thursby
Keely Vasquez
Shifra Werch
Joan Werhane
Mary Alice Wheeler
Roberta Zabel
Sarah Zematis
Kristi Zimmermann
Patron ($50-$99)
Frank & Joan Adkins
Jim Anderson
Elizabeth Auman
Sandra Barnett-White
James Barrett
Heather Behanna
David Belew
Michael & Margaret Blecha
Carol Bowler
John Breslin
Lesli Cason
Jessica Chakos
Kevin & Maureen Cogan
Magdalyn Cohn
Elizabeth Derrico
Susan & Frank Di Costanzo
Diane Dorsey
Roberta Duchak
Brigid Duffy
Michael Elkow Jr.
Robin Fabricatore
Ray & Patt Fiala
John & Judith Figliuolo
Edward Flaherty
Kyle Gearhart
Arlene Gembala
Charles Giglio
Cindy Gold
David Goldberg
David Gould
Gray Talent Group
Linda Grear
George Green
Tom Guerra
Michael V. Hamilton
Brooke Jaeky
Kristin Johnson
Lavella Jones
Heidi Juiris
Marian Kaderbek
Joanne Kraft
Barbara Larson
Joan Lovell
Julian Magdaleno
Frances Maggio
Diana Martinez
Elizabeth McGarry
Beckie Menzie
David Michael
Johanna McKenzie Miller
Madeline Moon
Tom Mullen
Julia Neary
Susan Newman & Michael Lowenstein
Tom O`Connor
Kate Oczkowski
Michael Pauken
Pepsico Foundation
Ronald & Kathy Primeau
Victoria Quade
William Raffeld
Melissa Reardon-Henry
Jeff Richey
Mark Satter
Tamara Schiller & Charles Hoffman
Rosemary Schnell & Russ Bruzek
Steven & Janice Schoneman
Steven & Janis Schroeder
Linda Shore
Jack Short
Sarah Simpson
Michael Sloan
Sara Stern
Mary Pat Studdert
Richard Terrett
Sean Thomas
Benjamin Turry
Christa & Thom Van Ermen
Kristine Vanko
Tina & Dennis Vaughn
Betsy & David Weisman
Claudia Winkler
Larry Wyatt
Friend ($25-$49)
Robert Armstrong
Robert Austin
Matt Belcher
Jeanne Berkowitz
Nan Birmingham
N.J. Blumenstein
Kathleen Breski
Lili-Anne Brown
Michael Buenger
Inara Bundza
Lucinda Burkhardt
Art & Fern Callistein
David Chinitz
Gerald & Donna Cody
Scott Daniels
Matthew Decaro
Major George F. & Mary Dempsey
Louise Dieterle
Cardi Fleck
Eric Fors
Kristen Freilich
Marcia & Thomas Fritz
Tom & Mary Gibbons
Jeffrey Glenn
Mary Ann Greco
Deanna Haverty
Sarah Hayes
Bobbie & Bob Heiman
Jonathan Hickerson
Gary Houston
Michele Howard
K.S. Kaihara
Jesse Kane
Stevan & Patricia Krkljes
Iga Ksiazek
Mario Mazzetti
Thomas Moore
Jill Moore
Richard Murphy
Caroline Overman
Susan & Pat Pastin
Patrick Phelan
Barbara J. Plona
Bradley Puckett
Sue Ravenscraft
Grant Robbin
Susan Samson
Ronald Sarbieski
Marianne Schenker
Lynne Schillaci
Mr. & Mrs. D.J. Shinkle
Stanley & Sandra Sklar
Martha Spalding
L. Walter Stearns
Helen G. Stopek
Jennifer Tjepkema
Jan Wellspeak
Caroline West
John Whalin
Gift Recognition Program
The Porchlight Music Theatre Gift Recognition Program affords donors the opportunity to remember their beloved deceased with a memorial gift or to honor a friend on a special or not so special occasion with a gift in their name. Acknowledgements are sent to those memorialized or honored.
We dedicate the 2010-2011 season in memory of Harvey Friedman, a lifelong arts supporter and board member of Porchlight Music Theatre. Many gifts from the Porchlight board and staff have been made in his honor, we will not forget the contributions he made in his time with us.
Gifts in Memory of:
Ruth Ann Andrew
Robert Andrews
Pat Flanagan
Harvey Friedman
Connie King
Marge Maurer
Gifts to Honor the Following Individuals:
Christin Boulette Dorton
Jenn A. Kincaid
Jeannie Lukow & Kathryn Michael on their birthdays
Becca Sheehan
Walter Stearns & Eugene Dizon on their years of service to Porchlight
Michael Weber
Kristi Zimmerman
