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BOARD OF DIRECTORSSharon Lear, PresidentLesli Babbs, Secretary

Mara Georges Rick Johnston Christine Nappo Shannon Raglin Diane H. Reilly Melissa Thodos Kim Vatis

ADVISORY BOARD Sonia Cooke David Hall Don Hunter Darlene Johnson Robert W. Karr Jr. Elaine Margulis Michael Nugent Chris Olsen Ann Reinking Liz Sharp

Founder and Artistic Director: Melissa ThodosExecutive Director: Gail Ford

Artistic Associate: Laura GatesBookings Director: Rick Johnston

Education and Outreach Associate: Kate WeatherlyDigital Marketing Intern: Stephanie Toland

Resident Lighting Designer and Production Manager: Nathan TomlinsonRehearsal and Production Assistant: Tara Snyder

Resident Costume Designer: Nathan RohrerGraphic Design: Brad Cawley-Hamm/Chemistry Inc.

Public Relations: Jay Kelly, L.C. Williams and AssociatesPhotography: Chloe Hamilton

The CompanyCaitrin Bellavance*, John Cartwright, Tenley Dorrill, Abby Ellison

Alex Gordon, Hattie Haggard*, Thomas Jacobson*, Jessica Miller TomlinsonShelby Moran*, Richard Peña**, Brennen Renteria, Briana Robinson, Luis Vazquez*

*Dancer Apprentice **Performing Trainee

Interns/TraineesCJ Burroughs, Kristi Licera, Brooke Mainland, Taylor Raley

Saturday, March 19, 2016Belushi Performance Hall, 7:30 p.m.

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PROGRAM PROGRAMA LIGHT IN THE DARK

The Story of Helen Keller and Anne SullivanPremiered Feb. 16, 2013

North Shore Center for the Performing Arts in Skokie, IL

Choreography: Ann Reinking and Melissa ThodosRehearsal Assistant: Gary Chryst

Music: An original score by Bruce WolosoffLighting Design: Nathan Tomlinson

Costume Design: Nathan Rohrer

CharactersHelen Keller: Jessica Miller Tomlinson

Anne Sullivan: Abby EllisonJimmie Sullivan, Anne’s Brother: Thomas Jacobson

James Keller, Helen’s Brother: John CartwrightKate Adams Keller, Helen’s Mother: Hattie HaggardArthur Henley Keller, Helen’s Father: Alex Gordon

The Maid: Caitrin BellavanceStudents at the Perkins School for the Blind:

Caitrin Bellavance, Tenley Dorrill, Brennen Renteria,Briana Robinson, Luis Vazquez

The AsylumMusic: Prologue

Anne Sullivan: Abby EllisonJimmie Sullivan: Thomas Jacobson

Helen and Her ParentsMusic: Tango

Helen Keller: Jessica Miller TomlinsonHelen’s Mother: Hattie Haggard

Helen’s Father: Alex Gordon

Anne’s Class for the Blind and Journey to the KellersAnne Meets Helen

Music: The Class/Anne Meets the Kellers

Anne Sullivan: Abby EllisonStudents: Caitrin Bellavance, Tenley Dorrill, Brennen Renteria, Briana Robinson, Luis Vazquez

Helen’s Mother: Hattie HaggardHelen’s Father: Alex Gordon

Helen’s Brother: John Cartwright

The Doll SceneMusic: The Doll

Helen Keller: Jessica Miller TomlinsonAnne Sullivan: Abby Ellison

Helen’s Mother: Hattie HaggardHelen’s Brother: John Cartwright

Helen’s Father: Alex Gordon

Entr’acte

Getting Ready for Sunday DinnerMusic: Musette

Helen’s Mother: Hattie HaggardHelen’s Father: Alex Gordon

Helen’s Brother: John CartwrightAnne Sullivan: Abby Ellison

The Table SceneMusic: The Table

Helen’s Father: Alex GordonHelen’s Mother: Hattie Haggard

Helen’s Brother: John CartwrightAnne Sullivan: Abby Ellison

Helen Keller: Jessica Miller TomlinsonThe Maid: Caitrin Bellavance

The HauntingThe Journey to the Cottage

Music: The Haunting

Anne Sullivan: Abby EllisonJimmie Sullivan: Thomas Jacobson

Helen’s Mother: Hattie HaggardHelen’s Father: Alex Gordon

Helen’s Brother: John CartwrightHelen Keller: Jessica Miller Tomlinson

The Maid: Caitrin Bellavance

The Cottage SceneMusic: The Cottage

Anne Sullivan: Abby EllisonHelen Keller: Jessica Miller Tomlinson

Helen’s Brother: John Cartwright

NEAR LIGHTPremiered Jan. 31, 2015

Stockbridge Theatre | Derry, NH

Choreography: Melissa ThodosMusic: Near Light and Only the Winds by Ólafur Arnalds

Lighting Design: Nathan TomlinsonCostume Design: Nathan Rohrer

Sound Design: Johnny NevinDancers: John Cartwright, Tenley Dorrill, Abby Ellison, Alex Gordon, Thomas Jacobson,

Jessica Miller Tomlinson, Shelby Moran, Brennen Renteria, Briana Robinson, Luis Vazquez

ALL YOU NEED ISPremiered July 18 at Thodos Dance Chicago’s “New Dances 2015”

Athenaeum TheatreChicago, IL

Choreography: Taylor MitchellMusic: “Charleston” by Enoch Light Orchestra, “Can Can” from Orpheus in the Underworld,

“Le Parc de Plaisir” by Francois Parisi, “Si Tu Vois Ma Mere” by Sidney BechetLighting Design: Nathan Tomlinson

Costume Design: Moriah TurnerDancers: Caitrin Bellavance, John Cartwright, Tenley Dorrill, Abby Ellison, Hattie Haggard,

Jessica Miller Tomlinson, Shelby Moran, Brennen Renteria

Helen’s SoloMusic: Helen’s Solo

Helen Keller: Jessica Miller TomlinsonHelen’s Mother: Hattie Haggard

The Second Table SceneMusic: Finale

Helen’s Father: Alex GordonHelen’s Mother: Hattie Haggard

Helen’s Brother: John CartwrightAnne Sullivan: Abby Ellison

Helen Keller: Jessica Miller TomlinsonThe Maid: Caitrin Bellavance

Anne’s SoloMusic: Epilogue

Anne Sullivan: Abby Ellison

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MEMOIRSCompany premiere Feb. 21, 2015

North Shore Center for the Performing Arts in Skokie, IL

Choreography: Garfield LemoniusMusic: Max Richter, The String Tribute Players

Costume Design: On consignment from the Conservatory of Performing Arts, Point Park University, Pittsburgh, PA

Lighting Design: Nathan TomlinsonDancers: Caitrin Bellavance, John Cartwright, Tenley Dorrill, Abby Ellison, Alex Gordon,

Hattie Haggard, Thomas Jacobson, Jessica Miller Tomlinson, Shelby Moran, Brennen Renteria, Briana Robinson, Luis Vazquez

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agreed to pay for her to attend Radcliff College. There, she was accompanied by Sullivan, who sat by her side to interpret lectures and texts.

By this time, Keller had mastered several methods of communication, including touch-lip reading, Braille, speech, typing and finger-spelling. With the help of Sullivan, Keller wrote her first book, The Story of My Life. It covered her transformation from childhood to 21-year-old college student. Keller graduated, cum laude, from Radcliffe in 1904, at the age of 24.

After college, Keller set out to learn more about the world and how she could help improve the lives of others. News of her story spread beyond Massachusetts and New England. She became a well-known celebrity and lecturer by sharing her experiences with audiences, and working on behalf of others living with disabilities. Throughout the first half of the 20th century, Keller tackled social and political issues, including women’s suffrage, pacifism and birth control. She testified before Congress, strongly advocating to improve the welfare of blind people. In 1915, along with renowned city planner George Kessler, she co-founded Helen Keller International to combat the causes and consequences of blindness and malnutrition. In 1920, she helped found the American Civil Liberties Union.

When the American Federation for the Blind was established in 1921, Keller had an effective national outlet for her efforts. She became a member in 1924, and participated in many campaigns to raise awareness, money and support for the blind. She also joined other organizations dedicated to helping those less fortunate, including the Permanent Blind War Relief Fund (later called the American Braille Press).

In 1936, Anne Sullivan died. She had experienced health problems for several years and, in 1932, lost her eyesight completely. A young woman named Polly Thompson, who had begun working as a secretary for Keller and Sullivan in 1914, became Keller’s constant companion upon Sullivan’s death.

In 1946, Keller was appointed counselor of international relations for the American Foundation of Overseas Blind. Between 1946 and 1957, she traveled to 35 countries on five continents. In 1955, at age 75, Keller embarked on the longest and most grueling trip of her life: a 40,000-mile, five-month trek across Asia. Through her many speeches and appearances, she brought inspiration and encouragement to millions of people.

During her lifetime, Helen Keller received many honors in recognition of her accomplishments, including the Theodore Roosevelt Distinguished Service Medal in 1936, the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1964, and election to the Women’s Hall of Fame in 1965. Keller met every U.S. president, from Grover Cleveland to Lyndon B. Johnson, and was friends with many famous figures, including Alexander Graham Bell, Charlie Chaplin and Mark Twain. Keller wrote a total of 12 published books and numerous articles.

Keller died in her sleep on June 1, 1968, just a few weeks before her 88th birthday. During her remarkable life, Keller stood as a powerful example of how determination, hard work and imagination can allow an individual to triumph over adversity. By overcoming difficult conditions with a great deal of persistence, she grew into a respected and world-renowned activist who labored for the betterment of others.

Helen Adams Keller was born on June 27, 1880, in Tuscumbia, AL. She was the first of two daughters born to Arthur H. Keller and Katherine Adams Keller. She also had two older stepbrothers. Keller’s father had proudly served as an officer in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. When she was just 18 months old, she contracted an illness—called “brain fever” by the family doctor—that produced a high body temperature. The true nature of the illness remains a mystery today, though some experts believe it might have been scarlet fever or meningitis. Within a few days after the fever broke, Keller’s mother noticed that her daughter didn’t show any reaction when the dinner bell was rung, or when a hand was waved in front of her face. Helen had lost both her sight and hearing.

As Helen grew into childhood, she developed a limited method of communication with a friend and they invented more than 60 signs to communicate with each other. However, Helen had become very wild and unruly during this time, kicking and screaming when angry. She tormented family members and inflicted raging tantrums on her parents. As a result, many family relatives felt she should be institutionalized. Looking for answers, Katherine Keller read of the successful education of another deaf and blind child, Laura Bridgman, and soon dispatched Keller and her father to Baltimore, MD, to see specialist Dr. J. Julian Chisolm. After examining Keller, Chisolm recommended that she see Alexander Graham Bell, who had invented the telephone and was working with deaf children at the time. Bell met with Keller and her parents, and suggested that they travel to the Perkins Institute for the Blind in Boston. There, the family met with the school’s director, Michael Anaganos, who suggested Helen work with one of the institute’s most recent graduates, Anne Sullivan.

In March 1887, Sullivan went to Keller’s home in Alabama to work with 7-year-old Helen. Little did they know they would be together for the next 49 years. Initially the work with Helen was extremely frustrating, to the point where Sullivan demanded that she and Helen be isolated from the rest of the family for a time, so that Keller could concentrate only on Sullivan’s instruction. They moved to a cottage on the plantation where they began to make progress.

In a dramatic struggle, Sullivan taught Keller the word “water”; she helped her make the connection between the object and the letters by taking Keller out to the water pump, and placing Keller’s hand under the spout. While Sullivan moved the lever to flush cool water over Keller’s hand, she spelled out the word w-a-t-e-r on Helen’s other hand. Keller understood and repeated the word in Sullivan’s hand. She then pounded the ground, demanding to know its “letter name.” Sullivan followed her, spelling out the word into her hand. Keller moved to other objects with Sullivan in tow. By nightfall, she had learned 30 words.

Starting in May 1888, Keller attended the Perkins Institute for the Blind. In 1890, Keller began speech classes at the Horace Mann School for the Deaf in Boston, followed by the Wright-Humason School for the Deaf in New York City. There, she worked on improving her communication skills and studied regular academic subjects. Keller became determined to attend college. Noted author Mark Twain heard of Helen’s story and was very impressed, introducing her to an oil executive who

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To honor American dance artists of the past, TDC initiated its American Dance Legacy Project, which seeks to keep the creative voice on stage from renowned American dance artists no longer visible to the public. The project’s first work was a trio of rarely performed works from Bob Fosse. Originally created for TV in the late ’60s, the works were set on TDC in 2009 with new transition choreography by Fosse collaborator Ann Reinking. Fosse Trilogy received funding from the National Endowment for the Arts. The second work was a suite of choreography created by Sybil Shearer, an iconic and groundbreaking Chicago modern dance legend. Salute to Old Friends was funded by the Morrison-Shearer Foundation. Sono’s Journey, honoring legendary Japanese-American Dance artist Sono Osato, is the third and newest component of this project. Sono’s Journey had its world premiere on Jan. 9, 2016 at the Auditorium Theatre in Chicago. A major gift was made possible for Sono’s Journey by The Sono and Victor Elmaleh Foundation.

Reaching young minds through dance education is vital to the mission of Thodos Dance Chicago. As a teaching company, members of their ensemble hold B.A. and M.F.A. degrees in dance. In residence at the Menomonee Club, TDC’s professional dancers share their professional talent, knowledge and creativity with tomorrow’s dancers through the company’s Youth Dance Program, the TDC Youth Ensemble, and weeklong intensive programs geared to pre-professional and professional dancers. TDC engages Chicago young audiences with after school programs, master classes, residencies and assemblies. In 2014, more than 10,000 children were impacted by TDC’s unique educational programming.

For more information about programs and upcoming performances of Thodos Dance Chicago, please visit www.thodosdancechicago.org. Follow them on Facebook and Twitter!

“Breathtakingly athletic,” “powerfully beautiful,” performing “vibrant choreography” are among the ways audiences and press describe Thodos Dance Chicago (TDC). For the past 23 years, this ensemble of 12 versatile dance artists has performed with a captivating style using a variety of dance forms. The company’s unique mission of inspiring expression through dance education, dance creation and dance performance has established Thodos Dance Chicago as an innovative presence in American contemporary dance. Highlights of the company’s annual performance season include its home concerts, national and international touring engagements and the critically acclaimed New Dances choreography performance series. The company has performed in 80 venues in 27 states, as well as many foreign countries.

Founded by Melissa Thodos in 1992, TDC features the American voice in contemporary dance. In addition to award-winning repertory works, it has created two critically acclaimed story ballets, both named as one of the top performances by the Chicago Sun-Times. These are great American stories brought to life through movement and music:

A Light in the Dark, based on the life of Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan(as told in the classic book and play The Miracle Worker)

The White City, based on the extraordinary events of the Columbian Exposition of 1893 (as told in the best-selling book Devil in the White City)

TDC performs a diverse array of works created by renowned American choreographers: Bob Fosse, Ann Reinking, Lar Lubovitch, Shapiro & Smith, Lucas Crandall, Jon Lehrer, Garfield Lemonius, Brian Enos, Amy Ernst, Ron De Jesús, Gustavo Ramírez Sansano and Sybil Shearer. In addition, TDC ensemble members themselves create highly charged, illuminating world premieres every year in the company’s acclaimed New Dances choreography series. Selected works from the series are chosen to become part of the company’s repertoire each year. Other works from New Dances have been performed by The Joffrey Ballet, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago and other companies across the United States.

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Critic’s Circle Award, as well as the Astaire Award. Her previous work in Chicago includes the world premieres of Fosse Trilogy in 2009, Rossini Recess — What Dancers Would Do If They Still Could Go Out and Play in 2007 and CAUTION: Side Effects in 2004, all for Thodos Dance Chicago, as well as choreographing for the Goodman Theatre’s Pal Joey in 1988 and Kander & Ebb’s premiere of The Visit in 2001. The Visit was revived again in the spring of 2009 at the Signature Theatre in Washington, D.C.

Reinking was raised as one of seven children in Seattle. She started ballet lessons in the sixth grade and as a teenager won a Ford Foundation scholarship to study with the San Francisco School of Ballet and a second scholarship to study with Robert Joffrey. Following high school, she moved to New York where she began her extensive career with the Corps de Ballet at Radio City Music Hall.

Reinking is a natural teacher. She created a musical theatre program that brings together working professionals with gifted young people. “Musical theater is an American art form that must be kept alive,” says Reinking.

GARFIELD LEMONIUS (Choreographer) is an associate professor of dance at Point Park University. A graduate of York University with Dance and Education degrees, he also holds his Master of Fine Arts in Dance (Choreographic Theory and Practice)

from Southern Methodist University. His career adventures include performing as a principal dancer with the Dallas Black Dance Theatre touring Europe, the United States and Canada, the film Blues Brothers 2000, the Canadian Armed Forces Show Tour to Bosnia/Croatia, solo performances in Vienna, Austria, as well as performing as a guest artist with other companies across the United States, Canada and Europe. He has worked with renowned choreographers, served on numerous boards, including Booker

T. Washington High School for the Performing Arts curriculum development and leadership committees, the North Texas Dance Council, on panels at the annual International Association of Blacks in Dance Conference, and currently serves on the steering committee for the National High School Dance Festival and the advisory board for the Pittsburgh Dance Council. His teaching career includes being on faculty at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts in Dallas and a master teacher at the Debbie Allen Dance Institute Summer Intensive, Southern Methodist University, University of Oklahoma, Point Park University International Summer Dance, University of Texas in Austin, York University in Toronto, the Newtown Performing Arts High School in Sydney, Australia, the Mid-Pacific Institute in Hawaii, the Pittsburgh Youth Ballet Company, the 2012 Jazz Dance World Congress and the Broadway Theatre Project. Lemonius continues to teach and choreograph across the United States, Canada and Australia.

TAYLOR MITCHELL (Choreographer) earned his BFA in Dance from the University of Arizona, where he received the “Creative Achievement Award” for numerous works of choreography set upon the University Dance Ensemble and the Musical Theater

Department. In 2015, his work “Red Beans and Ricely Yours” was premiered by DanceWorks Chicago at the Harris Theater and was also performed on their European tour. Mitchell’s more recent work “All You Need Is” was created for Thodos Dance Chicago’s New Dances 2015 and was recently taken into the company’s repertoire. Mitchell has also performed, taught and choreographed internationally from Kiel and Frankfurt, Germany, to Bolzano, Italy. He danced professionally with Thodos Dance Chicago and is currently performing and choreographing on a freelance basis. He is honored to be a part of the talented and creative Chicago dance community.

MELISSA THODOS (Founder and Artistic Director) has been described by critics as “a choreographer with a bright and lively imagination.” The Chicago Sun-Times wrote: “Thodos displays a fine musicality and elegant lyricism; there is

a sort of New Age mysticism about much of her work. She is a skillful and eclectic choreographer with a talent for creating a well-defined mood and interesting group patterns.”

In 1992, Thodos founded Thodos Dance Chicago and has developed it into an established national and international touring company. The environment she has created also serves as an incubator for its artists as choreographers and as teachers. The Chicago Sun-Times wrote: “In her third decade leading her own company, Melissa Thodos continues to look in every direction. Past styles and even past eras, a great diversity of contemporary dance forms of choreography and even its dancers all fall within her active gaze.”

Thodos has a long history of collaborating with a variety of artists. Teaming up with Tony Award-winning choreographer Ann Reinking, she created two critically acclaimed story ballets “The White City: Chicago’s Columbian Exposition of 1893,” voted the best dance of 2011 by the Chicago Sun-Times, and “A Light in the Dark: the Story of Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan,” named one of the top-10 dances of 2013 by the Chicago Sun-Times. Thodos choreographed a work with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and in 2007 created “Cascade” set to music by Maurice Ravel for the Ravinia Festival. She was recently commissioned by the Auditorium Theatre in Chicago to choreograph an original work to a violin concerto by Pugnani. In spring 2014, Thodos teamed up with world renowned architect Jeanne Gang to create “Changes of Phase,” an innovative, cross-medium work that transcends the realms of dance, architecture and physics.

Born in Evanston, IL, Thodos received early dance training at the Evanston School of Ballet. She continued her study of both classical and contemporary technique at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, NY. Following graduation, she performed for eight years with the Chicago Repertory Dance Ensemble, in venues all over the world.

Thodos and her company have been the recipients of numerous awards and grants, including the National Endowment for the Arts; Illinois Arts Council Fellowships; a Chicago Dance Achievement Award; and an award from the State of Illinois for nurturing and training dancers and choreographers in Chicago. One of her signature works, “Reaching There,” was a semi-finalist at the Internationale Dance de Paris. Thodos was featured in Today’s Chicago Woman as one of Chicago’s “100 Women in Chicago Making a Difference” and was voted one of Chicago’s “top 10 hidden talents” by the Chicago Tribune. She was one of nine finalists selected nationally for the “Women of Worth” award in New York City. Thodos has also served as a panelist for numerous grant adjudications, including the City of Chicago Cultural Grants Program, the Illinois Arts Council Grants Panel and the Rasmuson Foundation Individual Artist Awards in Alaska. Her work has been performed consistently for the past 30 years in numerous prestigious venues and festivals across the country as well as internationally.

A Broadway and film veteran, ANN REINKING (Choreographer) won a Tony Award for Best Choreography for the Broadway revival of the Bob Fosse musical Chicago in 1997 and has been nominated as Best Actress (Goodtime Charley, 1975), Best

Featured Actress (Dancin’, 1978) and Best Director (Fosse, 1999). Her work on Chicago has also honored her with the 1996 L.A. Drama Critic’s Award, the 1997 Drama Desk Award and Outer

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CAITRIN BELLAVANCE recently graduated from The University of North Carolina at Greensboro with her BFA in Dance Performance and Choreography. While attending UNCG she had the honor of performing works created by B.J. Sullivan,

Duane Cyrus and Janet Lilly. Growing up in central Massachusetts, Bellavance studied at Mass Motion Dance Academy in its nonprofit organization, The Dance Project. Through this organization she performed internationally in Germany and Mexico as well as locally in her community. In the summer of 2014 she was invited to study on scholarship at the Gus Giordano Dance School under the direction of Amy Giordano. This program sparked her love for the Chicago dance community. Bellavance is humbled to be working alongside such talented artists and is excited to be in her first season with Thodos.

JOHN CARTWRIGHT is originally from Madisonville, KY, and began his training in Evansville, IN, at the Children’s Center for Dance Education. He continued his studies with the Kentucky Governor’s School for the Arts,

Nashville Ballet, Ballet Austin, National Taiwan University of the Arts and the Paul Taylor Dance Company. Cartwright graduated from Butler University in 2008 with a degree in Dance and Arts Administration. He has had the privilege to work with choreographers such as Ann Reinking, Val Caniprioli, Ron de Jesus, Steven Mills, Amy Seiwert, Helen Pickett, Lila York, KT Nelson, Autumn Eckman, Kristina Isabelle, Lucas Crandall, Brian Enos and Wade Schaaf.

Cartwright has performed as a guest artist with Chicagoland companies such as Chicago Repertory Ballet, Cerqua Rivera Dance Theater, NoMi Dance Company, Momenta Dance Company, Schaumburg Dance Ensemble and the Berkshire Ballet Theater. He has performed and choreographed for the Louisville Ballet, Louisville’s Moving Collective, and his work was recently produced for main stage and touring shows for Thodos Dance Chicago. Cartwright is the co-artistic director of Thodos Dance Chicago’s Youth Ensemble, in addition to teaching and choreographing for the North Suburban School of Dance in Northbrook, IL. He is thrilled to be in his sixth season at Thodos Dance Chicago.

TENLEY DORRILL is in her third season with Thodos Dance Chicago. She is a Dallas native and graduated magna cum laude from Southern Methodist University with a BFA in Dance Performance and a BA in Religious Studies. Dorrill was

given the Distinction in Dance award by the SMU faculty. Her performances at SMU included works by Danny Buraczeski, Martha Graham and Joost Vrouenraets. She has also studied at San Francisco Conservatory of Dance, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Houston Met Dance Company, Batsheva Dance Company and Lar Lubovitch Dance Company. Her choreography has been showcased at multiple student performances, performed in Thodos Dance Chicago’s New Dances choreography project, and featured on ABC TV’s “Good Morning Texas.” Dorrill’s work was recently commissioned by Chicago Repertory Ballet and Thodos Dance Chicago, performed in March 2015 at the Harris Theater and the Biograph Theater in Chicago. A review in The Chicago Tribune called her contemporary piece for Chicago Repertory Ballet “meticulously structured” and “ingenious.”

THE COMPANYABBY ELLISON is originally from Crystal Lake, IL, where she began her dance training at the Summers Academy of Dance and performed with the pre-professional company, The Berkshire Ballet Theatre. Ellison graduated from Webster

University in May 2014 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance, with an emphasis in ballet and received Departmental Honors. Her Webster performances included choreography by Alvin Ailey company members Antonio Douthit and Kirven Boyd, Kirk Peterson (restaging Antony Tudor’s “Dark Elegies,”) Amanda McKerrow and John Gardner (restaging Antony Tudor’s “Continuo,”), former LINES dancer Maurya Kerr and Executive Director of Dance St. Louis Michael Uthoff. Ellison has also had the opportunity to showcase her own choreography in The Dancing in the Streets Festival in St. Louis in 2013, the American College Dance Festival at Northeastern Illinois University in 2014, and more recently through the Thodos Dance Chicago New Dances choreography project. She has a true passion for teaching and currently teaches throughout Chicago. Ellison is in her second season with Thodos Dance Chicago.

Originally from Beaumont, TX, ALEX GORDON began his formal dance training at Washington University in St. Louis. Gordon received his BA in Architecture and minored in Modern Dance. He was asked to join The Slaughter

Project, a pre-professional dance company run by Cecil Slaughter, the senior lecturer of dance at Washington University. Gordon also

guested with St. Louis-based companies and performance artists, such as Tom Brady, Atrek Dance Collective, Ashliance Dance Company and the University of Missouri dance department. After graduating from Washington University in 2010, Gordon attended ADF (The American Dance Festival) in North Carolina on a work-study scholarship, which allowed him to use his architecture, dance, choreography and theater skills, all at the same time. Gordon then joined The Missouri Contemporary Ballet in Columbia, MO, where he also became the resident costume designer (2014-2015). During his five seasons with MCB, he became a teacher, choreographer and designer. He developed a process for creating and designing dances using his architectural design process. Gordon guested as a dancer and costume designer for Deeply Rooted Young Choreographers Showcase (2013–2014). He is extremely excited to join the artists of Thodos Dance Chicago for his first season.

HATTIE HAGGARD, from Plano, TX, graduated in May 2015 from Southern Methodist University (SMU) with a BFA in Dance Performance and a BBA in Business. She performed works at SMU by artists such as Joost Vrouenraets, Mel

Tomlinson, Antony Tudor and Joshua L. Peugh. She choreographed numerous pieces during her time at SMU. Haggard also studied at other dance institutions, including San Francisco Conservatory of Dance, Complexions, Bolshoi Academy and ImpulzTans in Vienna, Austria. Haggard is excited to be a part of the TDC Youth Program teaching staff. She looks forward to developing her artistic voice performing in her first season with Thodos Dance Chicago.

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A native of Fargo, ND, THOMAS JACOBSON began performing at Trollwood Performing Arts School where he took classes under professors from around the country in dance, acting, improvisation, physical theater and musical theater. In 2009,

Jacobson joined Minnesota Dance Theatre’s trainee program along with a company position with the Breaking Boundaries Dance Company—both based in Minneapolis. Jacobson graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point with a bachelor’s degree in Dance and was awarded the Outstanding Graduating Senior Scholarship Award. While in college he had the privilege of training with Aszure Barton, Ben Wardell, Autumn Eckman, Jaclyn Walsh and Larry Keigwin. He recently worked with Northwest Dance Project during their LAUNCH 10 program, training with Northwest Dance Project, Whim W’him Dance Company, and Lucas Crandall, plus performing original works from Banning Bouldin and Yoshito Sakuraba. Jacobson is excited to explore and develop his artistic voice during his first season with Thodos Dance Chicago.

JESSICA MILLER TOMLINSON graduated from the North Carolina School of the Arts with a BFA in Contemporary Dance. As a young dancer, Miller Tomlinson had the fortunate opportunity to apprentice with the NC Dance Theatre

under the direction of former New York City Ballet principals Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux and Patricia McBride. Upon moving to Chicago, she continued her training on scholarship at the Lou Conte Dance Studio. From 2003-2005, Miller Tomlinson was honored to

collaborate with Lauri Stallings of the Hubbard Street Dance Company and perform with her company NANDANSE.

Miller Tomlinson is currently in her 10th season as a dancer, choreographer and teacher with Thodos Dance Chicago with whom she has performed both nationally and internationally. She serves as co-artistic director for the Thodos Dance Chicago Youth Ensemble. Throughout her career, she has performed works by Warren Conover, Paul Taylor, Ron De Jesus, Rick McCullough, Brock Clawson, David Parsons, Neta Pulvermacher, Mark Morris, Zac Whittenberg, Harrison McEldowney, Ahmad Simmons, KT Nelson, Lar Lubovitch, Francisco Avina and Stephanie Martinez, Lucas Crandall, Brian Enos, Gail Gilbert, Kevin Wynn, Ahmad Simmons, Ann Reinking and Bob Fosse.

Miller Tomlinson has choreographed professionally for the Chautauqua Ballet Company, NC School of the Arts, DanceWorks Chicago, Chicago Repertory Ballet, The Inconvenience Performance Group, Idaho Dance Theatre, Forum Dance Theatre, Nomi Dance Company, Dance in the Parks, Visceral Dance Chicago and Thodos Dance Chicago. In the summer of 2008, Miller Tomlinson was selected as the guest alumni choreographer for NC School of the Arts Summer Scenes Project. In June 2009, Miller Tomlinson was awarded the grand prize from the Joyce Theater Foundation’s The A.W.A.R.D. Show! 2009: Chicago hosted by the Dance Center of Columbia College. In June 2010, Miller Tomlinson self-produced her first full-length concert of works under the working title JMT/JLS Choreography alongside colleague Jacqueline Stewart, followed by JMT/JLS Dance Gallery in 2011. Miller Tomlinson co-produced Triptych: 3 Dance Voices in 2012 with colleague Winifred Haun. Miller Tomlinson has collaborated with The Merchandise Mart of Chicago, The Dance Center of Columbia College’s 1306 Ten Years Later Project,

THE COMPANYDance for Life’s Our Voices Dance, Andy Warhol Silver Clouds Exhibit at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago and local Chicago band District 97.

In August 2012, Miller Tomlinson was selected as the winner of Idaho Dance Theatre’s First Annual New Visions Choreography Competition. In January 2013, Miller Tomlinson was chosen to create a new work for DanceWorks Chicago as part of their inaugural DanceMoves Choreography Competition. Her work has been presented at the prestigious Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, The Joyce SoHo in NYC, The Harris Theatre for Music and Dance in Chicago, The North Shore Center for the Performing Arts, numerous venues nationwide, and The EICC in Edinburgh, Scotland, as part of the Edinburgh Fringe Booking Dance Festival in 2013. In addition, Miller Tomlinson has received grants from the Audience Architects New Stages Dance Initiative. She is honored to be an instructor for the Great Lakes Dance Festival, hosted by Eisenhower Dance Company at Oakland University in Michigan. In July 2015, Miller Tomlinson created a new work for Nebraska Dance Theatre. She was recently nominated and selected to create a new work for Columbia College of Chicago’s Repertory and Performance Workshop course, which will premiere in spring 2016.

SHELBY MORAN is a native of the Chicago suburbs. She recently graduated with a BFA from the Juilliard School. While at Juilliard, Moran performed repertory such as Jose Limon’s “Missa Brevis,” William Forsythe’s “One Flat

Thing,” reproduced, Twyla Tharp’s “Baker’s Dozen” and Merce Cunningham’s “Biped.” She has also performed original works by Monica

Bill Barnes, Emery LeCrone, Darrell Grand Moultrie and Larry Keigwin. Moran began her early training in her hometown of Mt. Prospect, IL, at Bataille Academie of the Danse and continued at Dance Center Evanston under the direction of Bea Rashid. She has performed in numerous productions with the Evanston Dance Ensemble. In addition, Moran apprenticed and then performed principal roles with Elements Contemporary Ballet, directed by Mike Gosney. Moran has participated in summer programs such as the Jacob’s Pillow Contemporary Program in 2014, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago in 2009 and 2012, and Complexions Contemporary Ballet in 2010. She currently teaches dance in the Chicago area. She is very excited to begin her professional career and first season with Thodos Dance Chicago.

BRENNEN RENTERIA began his dance training at the age of 10 in his hometown of Corona, CA. After graduating in 2010, Renteria pursued a BA in Dance at California State University-Fullerton, where he performed

and choreographed in the dance concerts while also engaging in the dance department’s repertoire group. In 2011, Renteria attended the American Academy of Ballet Summer Intensive with a full scholarship and had the honor of training with David Howard, Sean Lavery, Galina Samsova and Brian Loftus. During his college years, Renteria was featured in several local ballets, including Snow White in the Old West and The Little Mermaid for Ballet Etudes of Huntington Beach, in addition to playing the role of the Nutcracker prince for American Pacific Ballet Company in 2012. At the time, he was also involved with Golsanam Dance and Music Company, learning and performing various styles of traditional Persian

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dance. Renteria earned his degree in 2014 and moved to Chicago, where he has had the privilege of dancing in various events outside of his company work, such as Dance for Life, in addition to teaching and choreographing within the city. Aside from ballet-based techniques, he is also proficient in ballroom and Latin styles of social dance. He is both delighted and proud to be returning to Thodos Dance Chicago for his second season.

A native of Gary, IN, BRIANA ROBINSON began dancing at her church at a young age. Her formal dance training began at the age of 11 at the Emerson School for the Visual and Performing Arts, under the direction of Larry

Brewer and Michal Davis. In 2013, Robinson graduated and received her Bachelor in Fine Arts degree from The Juilliard School in New York City, where she had the opportunity to perform works by Ohad Naharin and William Forsythe. After graduating, Robinson became one of the dance captains in Julie Taymor’s production of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream in Brooklyn, NY. She made her professional choreographic debut in the summer of 2015. She premiered Go Ahead and Turn Back at the Athenaeum Theatre, as a part of Thodos Dance Chicago’s New Dances choreography initiative. Robinson is very thankful for the many opportunities she’s had to perform, choreograph and teach in her hometown and in the surrounding Chicago area. She is looking forward to continually sharing her passion for movement and is excited to begin her second season with Thodos Dance Chicago.

Born and raised in Chicago, LUIS VAZQUEZ began his dance training at various studios throughout the city before attending the dance program at Interlochen Summer Arts Camp with an emphasis in modern

technique. His passion for dance grew as he went on to earn his BFA in Dance from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. While studying at the University of Illinois, he had the pleasure of performing works by Rebecca Nettl-Fiol, Jennifer Monson, Tere O’Connor, Sahar Azimi, Elijah Gibson and Jennifer Archibald, among many others. Vazquez continued his professional training through numerous intensives including Deeply Rooted Dance Theatre, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago and Alonzo King LINES Ballet, for which he received a scholarship. Upon graduation, Vazquez has submerged himself in the Chicago dance community, participating in workshops with Visceral Dance Chicago, DanceWorks Chicago and Elements Contemporary Ballet. Prior to joining Thodos Dance Chicago, Vazquez was a member of the Valerie Alpert Dance Company and Esoteric Dance Project in the spring of 2015. He is thrilled to be in his first season with Thodos Dance Chicago.

THE COMPANYLAURA GATES Artistic Associate

GAIL FORDExecutive Director

RICK JOHNSTON Bookings Director

KATE WEATHERLY Education and Outreach Associate

NATHAN TOMLINSON Resident Lighting Designer and Production Manager

TARA SNYDER Rehearsal and Production Assistant

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ACT IThe 1940s, a time when all America was listening and dancing to the same kind of music!

St. Louis Blues March (Handy, arr. Gray)Yes, Indeed (Oliver)

Well All Right (Faye, Kapp, Raye)In the Mood (Garland)

Big Band MedleySwinging on a Star (Van Heusen, Burke)

Jeepers Creepers (Warren, Mercer)That Old Feeling (Fain, Brown)

Taking a Chance on Love (Duke, Latouche, Fetter)Ain’t We Got Fun (Egan, Kahn, Whiting)Elmer’s Tune (Albrecht, Gallop, Jurgens)

Chattanooga Choo Choo (Warren, Gordon)Well, Git It! (Oliver)

I’m Getting Sentimental Over You (Bassman)Moonlight Serenade (Miller, Parish)

Dream (Mercer)I Can’t Get Started (Duke, I. Gershwin)

Begin the Beguine (Porter)Serenade in Blue (Warren, Gordon)

Hey! Ba Ba Re Bop (Hamner, Hampton)Skylark/Mood Indigo (Carmichael, Mercer) (Bigard, Mills, Ellington)

Say That We’re Sweethearts Again (Brent)Tuxedo Junction (Dash, Feyne, Hawkins, Johnson)

ACT IIThis was the time when music moved the nation’s spirit!

It Don’t Mean a Thing (Ellington, Mills)The Sisters and Brothers Medley

Over There (Cohan)La Vie En Rose (Piaf, Guigliemi, Eng. Lyrics David)The Last Time I Saw Paris (Kern, Hammerstein II)

All the Things You Are (Kern, Hammerstein II)What Do You Do in the Infantry? (Loesser)Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy (Prince, Raye)

He’s 1A in the Army, A1 in My Heart (Evans)This Is Worth Fighting For (DeLange, Stepf)

Bugle Call Rag (Meyers, Pettis)I’ll Be Seeing You (Fain, Kahal)

We’ll Meet Again (Charles, Ross)When the Lights Go on Again (Benjamin, Marcus, Seiler) The White Cliffs of Dover (Burton, Kent)

It’s Been a Long, Long Time (Styne, Cahn)A Military Salute

In the Mood Reprise (Garland)On the Sunny Side of the Street (McHugh, Fields)

Program Subject to Change

Amanda Higgins (Vocalist) is thrilled to join the cast of IN THE MOOD for the first time! Originally from Fuquay-Varina, NC, Higgins received her BFA in Theater Arts from East Carolina University. Her recent theater credits include Kiss Me, Kate

(Lilli/Kate), The Great God Brown (Cybel), and Return to the Forbidden Planet (Gloria). She has spent seasons performing in The Lost Colony and Cedar Point’s Luminosity and recently starred in the feature film Through a Class Darkly to be released this year.

Brittney Leigh Morton (Vocalist) is excited to return for a second season with IN THE MOOD! She is originally from Salamanca, NY, and is now a New York City-based singer/actress/dancer/songwriter. She holds a Bachelor of Music

in Musical Theatre from Baldwin-Wallace University’s Conservatory of Music. Past regional credits include: Little Women (Jo), White Christmas (Judy), and Shrek (Fiona) at the Crown Uptown Dinner Theatre, Wichita, KS, Grease (Sandy) at the Tibbits Opera House, Coldwater, MI, Grease (Cha-Cha), The Sound of Music (Sister Margaretta), and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Jacob’s Wife) at the Bucks County and Pocono Playhouses, Godspell (Joanne), Crazy For You (Tess), and The Wizard of Oz (Dorothy) at the Arundel Barn Playhouse in Arundel, ME. In 1999, she sang the national anthem for the Buffalo Bills. Her website, Brittney Leigh Morton, includes her full resume and her professional covers of Lean on Me, At Last, and I Will Always Love You. She would like to dedicate this tour to her

late sister, Andrea, for always having a song in her heart and a passion for the stage.

Paige Sabo (Swing Dancer/Vocalist/Dance Captain) is originally from Seattle and is now a New York City-based dancer/singer/actor. She received her BFA in Dance from the University of Arizona, where she also discovered her love for vocal jazz and swing

dancing! She is excited to be returning to IN THE MOOD for the second year, after swinging across the country in the 2015 national tour. Other credits include song and dance revues throughout the United States and Canada, including the Abba tribute Dancing Queen. Sabo is a proud core company member of Alma NYC in New York City where she has been seen in the immersive dance experience Whet and in performances at New York Fashion week. All her love and thanks to Max, and to her family back home.

Alexander Markowitz (Vocalist, Narrator) is beyond ecstatic and grateful to be making his national tour debut with the sensational cast and crew of IN THE MOOD. He has always had a deep love and appreciation for the big band music of the

1930s and ’40s era. The opportunity to (re)share these magical tunes with the country is simply a dream come true. Regional credits include: Danny in Grease, Lt. Joe Cable in South Pacific, Richard Hannay in The 39 Steps and Curly in Oklahoma! Also, Markowitz recently starred as the Prince (at the Off-Broadway Players Theatre) in Literally Alive’s production of Cinderella. He would like to give some enormous credit to his wonderfully supportive parents who were there from

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the time when it was painful to listen to his community theater solos. “See Mom and Dad, you finally got your own sentence!” Lastly, he would like to thank the rest of his friends and family for their undying love and support. Let’s get IN THE MOOD!

Christian Lane Green (Vocalist) is so thrilled to be a part of the IN THE MOOD 2016 company! Credits include Billy in Anything Goes, Aaron in First Date (Highland’s Playhouse), Jimmy in Thoroughly Modern Millie, Sir Galahad

in Spamalot, Linus in You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown (Bigfork Summer Playhouse), Princeton/Rod in Avenue Q (Ghostlight Rep), Ernst in Spring Awakening (Playhouse on the Square), Mowgli in The Jungle Book (Edinburg Fringe Festival, Scotland). New York credits include productions of Wendy’s Shadow and Ghostlight. Green is a Hattiesburg, MS, native and holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Musical Theater from Ole Miss. For more information visit his website: www.christianlanegreen.com.

Jordan Ellis (Swing Dancer, Vocalist) is originally from Wisconsin, and he now resides in New York City. Ellis caught the performing bug early on when he joined a local song and dance troupe based out of the greater Milwaukee

area. He went on to pursue a BFA in Musical Theater from Roosevelt University’s Chicago College of Performing Arts, graduating with Honors. Ellis comes to you fresh off the national tour of Cirque Dreams Holidaze as the featured male vocalist. Other credits include CHICAGO: the Musical (Ensemble/u.s. Mary Sunshine) at the Arts Center of Coastal Carolina, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (Jeb) at Arizona Broadway Theatre, as well as numerous contracts as a featured singer with Royal Caribbean International. A big thank you to Dave Secor at Daniel Hoff Agency in NYC, as well as his family and friends for their continued support while he pursues this crazy dream! Ellis is excited to be joining the company of IN THE MOOD!

Thomas Martin Conroy (Music Director and Pianist) hails from Youngstown, OH. He has lived and worked all around the country. Recent shows include: Company at Clark University in Worcester, MA; Evita and Little Shop

of Horrors at Music Theatre of Connecticut; Xanadu on Hilton Head Island, SC; and The Last Five Years at Shadowlands Theatre in the Catskills. Conroy toured (as an actor/singer/dancer) nationally with Grease, Kiss of the Spiderwoman, Crazy for You and Cabaret. He sang back-up for Bernadette Peters at the Orpheum in San Francisco and toured with the Paris Lido in a specialty act. Conroy earned his doctorate in composition at Rice University and a master’s in composition at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. He taught harmony, musicianship and counterpoint at Texas A&M University, the University of Houston and the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. Conroy is a graduate of St. John’s College Great Books Masters program and taught introduction to philosophy, philosophy of religion and introduction to ethics at Ivy Tech Community College. He is a continuing avid student of Homeric and ancient Greek. Recent composition performances include: his homage to choral music teachers and conductors, This is Why I Sing, which was premiered by the Houston Chamber Choir and has been featured on NPR; and his string quartet, Vespers at Sacré-Couer. The newest works in his catalog include The Brodie Set, a song cycle based on Muriel Spark’s novella, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie and a new musical, Bodice.

Tom Dupin (Drums) entered the U.S. Army after college and served 25 years as the drummer for the Jazz Ambassadors of the U.S. Army Field Band, Washington, D.C., touring in the United States and internationally, including

main stage performances at jazz festivals in Montreux, Nice, Brussels and Toronto, as well as Newport and New Orleans in the United States. Over the course of his career, Dupin has performed with vocalists Cab Calloway, Dianne Reeves and Freddy Cole, harmonica players Larry Adler and Toots Thielemans, trumpeter Arturo Sandoval and pianist Carmen Cavallaro. In addition, he has toured with the Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra. This is his 13th season as drummer for IN THE MOOD.

Stephen Schultz (Bass) is a versatile bassist and guitarist, born in Tulsa, OK. Schultz studied music performance at Northeastern State University and transferred to the University of Central Oklahoma, where

he became involved with the jazz program and local music scene. Schultz has had the opportunity to perform with many jazz greats, including Terrell Stafford, Bob Mintzer, Seamus Blake, Geoffrey Keezer, Vince DiMartino and others. He is thrilled to be traveling and playing for the production of IN THE MOOD.

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Jim Hayward (Lead Alto Saxophone) was assigned to numerous bands and performed in all saxophone positions, doubling on flutes and clarinets as required while serving in the U.S. Navy. At the conclusion of his 28-year military tenure,

he was the lead alto player for the U.S. Navy Band Commodores (the Navy’s official jazz/big band) in Washington, D.C. Recognized as one of the finest jazz saxophonists around, Hayward has appeared nationally and internationally in concert with the Temptations, Rosemary Clooney, Natalie Cole and Jazz Cruise appearances with the Frank Capp Juggernaut Band. He is featured on numerous recordings, including his own album Coronado Sand. Hayward now calls Grand Rapids, MI, home and has established a local following. He performs regularly with the Grand Rapids Jazz Orchestra as well as other local big bands. He recently co-founded The Beer City Saxophone Ensemble and is presently part of the pit orchestra for the Grand Rapids Civic Theater.

Gene Thorne (Alto Saxophone) is a former member of the sax section, arranger and featured soloist with the U.S. Army Jazz Ambassadors from 1975 to 2009. He attended the University of Miami from 1972–1975,

later earning his Bachelor of Music degree in Performance from Catholic University in 1984 and a Master of Music in Composition from the University of Maryland in 1995. Thorne has written arrangements that featured jazz great Phil Woods, as well as pops arrangements that have been performed by the National

Symphony Orchestra in Washington, D.C., the New York Pops and the Seattle Symphony conducted by the late Marvin Hamlish. He is now active as a clinician and freelance musician in the Baltimore-Washington area.

James Middleton (Tenor Sax) is a saxophonist and woodwind doubler from New Castle, IN. He studied at Ball State University, where he was a soloist with the BSU Jazz Lab Ensemble for three years, including a

tour of Poland, Germany and the Czech Republic. He performed for several musicals while at BSU such as Guys and Dolls, The Music Man, 42nd Street and Cabaret. He has also performed with the Indianapolis Jazz Orchestra, The Souled Out Band and the Heartland Big Band. Middleton was recently awarded a 2015 Indianapolis Jazz Foundation Education Fellowship. In addition to performing, Middleton is the director of jazz and instructor of saxophone and clarinet for Music for the Sake of Music, a nonprofit music organization in Green Bay, WI, and is the woodwind instructor at Mt. Vernon High School in Fortville, IN. His teachers include Mark Buselli, George Wolfe and Elizabeth Crawford.

Hal Fryer (Baritone Saxophone) is retired from The United States Navy Band in Washington, D.C., where he served as the baritone saxophonist and bass clarinetist with the Navy’s premier jazz ensemble, the Commodores. While a

member of the Navy Band, he performed at the White House, John F. Kennedy Center for

the Performing Arts, DAR Constitution Hall, and at jazz festivals and educational conferences such as the International Association of Jazz Educators Convention, The Midwest Clinic, the Detroit/ Montreux and Elkhart (IN) Jazz Festivals and at the annual Navy Band International Saxophone Symposium. Fryer retired from the Navy Band in June 2004 with 24 years of service. He received a bachelor’s degree in Music from the University of Central Florida (Orlando). Fryer is now in his fifth year of touring with IN THE MOOD. He is also active as a freelance musician in the greater Kansas City, MO, area and has performed with the Kansas City Jazz Orchestra featuring jazz vocalists Karrin Allyson and Kevin Mahogany.

Music has always been an important part of life for David Wisler (Trumpet). The son of a piano and voice teacher, he started music lessons at age 3, and at 5 he began studying the trumpet. At 13, he started playing in jazz bands

and orchestras and has been doing so ever since. Always striving for excellence, Wisler has become an excellent performer in solo, orchestral, jazz and commercial idioms. Over the years, Wisler has performed and recorded with such artists as Wayne Newton, Dianne Schur, Marvin Hamlisch, Misha Dichter, Byron Stripling, Wycliff Gordon, Frank Mantooth, Sandi Patty and Ray Boltz. With extensive performances across the United States, Wisler has also played throughout Europe, including the Montreaux and North Sea jazz festivals. He has a BA from Anderson University (‘95), an MM from Bowling Green State University (‘99), and has completed all course work toward a Doctor of Arts from Ball State University.

Eric Trevino (Trumpet) is originally from Temple, TX. He attended the University of North Texas from 2012–2015, where he played jazz trumpet in the esteemed Two O’ Clock Lab Band. While at the University of North Texas, Trevino

had the privilege of studying trumpet with Michael Steinel and Rodney Booth. He has been in regular demand as a lead and jazz trumpet player for Big Bands and Latin bands in the DFW area. In addition, Trevino has recorded with jazz greats Jon Faddis, Dave Stahl, Brian MacDonald, Steve Reid and Paul Stephens, and has performed with Latin greats Frankie Negron and Mala Fe. This will be Trevino’s first tour with IN THE MOOD.

Scott Whitford (Trumpet) is very excited to return for his second season with IN THE MOOD. Hailing from Indiana, Whitford is a graduate of Ball State University, where he played lead trumpet in the esteemed BSU Lab Jazz Ensemble.

While at Ball State, Whitford had the privilege of studying under Larry McWilliams and Mark Buselli. He is in high demand as a performer and clinician throughout the United States, Europe and Asia, and has worked Broadway shows, national tours, cruise ships and theme parks. He was a featured soloist with the Starlight Jazz Orchestra at Busch Gardens Europe and has been employed throughout the world aboard Royal Caribbean and Princess cruise lines as a lead trumpet player and musical director. Whitford has performed regularly with numerous groups, including the Heartland Big Band from Indianapolis, Global

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Jazz Orchestra in Osaka, Japan, Contemporary Jazz Orchestra in San Francisco, The Temptations, The Coasters, The Dynamics, Bowzer and the Stingrays, and many others.

Brad Bobcik (Trombone) is from Millstadt, IL. In 1975 Bobcik was the International Trombone Association solo competition winner. He received his Bachelor of Music Ed from Millikin University and his Master of Music degree

from Southern Illinois University. A former elementary/high school music educator, Bobcik performed in St. Louis with many well-known stars, with some of his favorites being Sammy Davis Jr., Lou Rawls and Red Skelton. He played many St. Louis musical theater productions, jazz, orchestral performances as well as show bands on Carnival and Princess cruises. Bobcik is in his fifth touring year with IN THE MOOD.

Steven Dunn (Lead Trombone) is a trombonist, educator and arranger based in Dallas, TX. He has toured more than 70 countries and has performed and recorded with renowned artists such as Jimmy Cobb, Randy

Brecker, John Fedchock, Adonis Rose and Ron Westray. His personal projects include New Orleans- and Balkan-style brass bands that perform all over the Dallas/Ft. Worth area. He has served as music director for both Regent Seven Seas and Royal Caribbean cruise lines. He received his bachelor’s degree in Trombone Performance from the University of Texas at Arlington and his master’s degree in Jazz Studies from Florida State University, where he studied under accomplished Woody Herman alum, Paul McKee.

Brandon Moodie (Bass Trombone) is a trombonist and tubist based in New York City. Originally from San Antonio, TX, Moodie studied music at the University of North Texas, where he spent three years touring and recording with the

renowned One O’Clock Lab Band. Moodie has had an extensive freelance career performing in jazz, big band, symphonic and theatrical settings, including previous tours with The Jivin’ Lindy Hoppers, Maureen McGovern, John Pizzarelli and the Artie Shaw Orchestra. This is his 11th year as bass trombonist with IN THE MOOD.

Troy Wenger (Production Manager/Lighting Director) caught the theater bug at the early age 14 after learning how to run lights for a local production of Anything Goes. A 29-year veteran of theater and entertainment, Wenger has toured the country with Perry Como and is excited to be joining the company of IN THE MOOD. Wenger has worked with acts ranging from Bob Hope to Van Halen and has been the production manager for the Santander Arena and Performing Arts Center in his home town of Reading, PA, for the last 16 years.

John Nocera (Sound Engineer) is originally from Providence, RI, and now resides in Connecticut. He has 29 years of international touring as a freelance engineer. Most recently, Nocera has toured with Nuclear Cowboyz and Disney on Ice. This is his first tour with IN THE MOOD and he is excited to be a part of this experience.

Michael Lavin (Wardrobe Supervisor) is originally from Buffalo, NY. He joins IN THE MOOD after touring internationally for two years with Disney on Ice. Previous to Disney, he spent 14 years touring the United States as the wardrobe supervisor with several productions, including The Producers, The Drowsy Chaperone, Blue Man Group and Rent. Lavin is excited for this new adventure.

PD Seltzer (Company Manager) produced more than 35 shows in south Florida, including The Music Man with Jane Kean; Sweeney Todd with Bill Hayes; H.M.S. Pinafore with Peggy Cass; and Stephen Sondheim’s Assassins. Seltzer has company-managed national tours of Fiddler on the Roof, Legally Blonde, Cats, Movin’ Out, Chicago, Elton John’s Aida, Blast!, 1776, American Idiot, Miss Saigon, Meredith Willson’s The Music Man, Smokey Joe’s Café (featuring The Coasters), Footloose, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (with Rip Taylor), Mamma Mia, Cinderella, The St. Petersburg (Russia) State Ice Ballet, Laughter on the 23rd Floor (Florida engagement) and the national and international tours of The Sound of Music with Marie Osmond. Seltzer founded the acclaimed Fort Lauderdale Players, producing its first 10 seasons, and has staged productions of Bad Seed, Mame and performed in/directed numerous Gilbert & Sullivan operas. For “Lally.”

Tory Sheppard (Production Assistant) has worked backstage as a stage manager and on the run crew for several productions around the country. Previous credits include Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, Million Dollar Quartet, Sister Act, The Addams Family, Disney’s Mary Poppins (Ogunquit Playhouse), Ain’t Misbehavin’ (Cape Fear Regional Theatre), Les Misérables, 25th Annual ... Spelling Bee (Theatre West), Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol (Gulfshore Playhouse) and The Nutcracker (Moscow Ballet). She is a graduate of Colorado State University, with a B.A. in Theatre, and is immensely enjoying her nomadic lifestyle.

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Bud Forrest (Creator and Producer) is a former Juilliard student who earned his B.S. degree from Ithaca College in New York and did graduate work in music at Catholic University in Washington, D.C. He was accompanist to the world-famous “Singing Sergeants,” the official chorus of the United States Air Force. Throughout his 30 years in Washington, D.C., he had been pianist for events at many of Washington’s political events, including performances at the U.S. Senate, the U.S. House of Representatives and the Smithsonian. In addition, Forrest was a pianist for touring Broadway shows appearing in the Washington, D.C., area. In 1993, World USO selected IN THE MOOD to be an official entertainment for the 50th Commemoration of World War II. From 1994 to 2015 this show has traveled to 49 states (Alaska here we come!), Canada, Europe, New Zealand and twice to Australia for more than 80 sold-out performances. In 1997, Forrest and his String of Pearls Orchestra were featured at an Inaugural Ball for President and Mrs. Clinton. Now celebrating the 22nd year of touring, Forrest and IN THE MOOD are looking forward to many more years of bringing the best decade of 20th century American popular music—the 1940s and the Big Band era—to fans worldwide.

Alex Sanchez (Stage Director/Choreographer) is pleased to serve in his sixth season as director/choreographer of IN THE MOOD. New York credits: Red Eye of Love, Amas Musical Theater/Dicapo Theater (Joseph Callaway Award Winner Best Choreography). Far From Heaven, Playwrights Horizon. Fiorello, New York City Center Encores! Where’s Charley?, New York City Center Encores! Giant, The Public Theater (Lucille Lortel Award Nomination). Regional credits: Guys and Dolls, Goodspeed Opera House (Connecticut Critic Circle Award Nomination). Far From Heaven, Williamstown Theater Festival. Roman Holiday, Guthrie Theater. 42nd Street, Stratford Shakespeare Festival,

(Broadway World Toronto 2012 Award Winner). Giant, Dallas Theater Center. Follies, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, (Broadway World Chicago 2011 Award Winner and Joseph Jefferson Award Nomination). On The Town, Marriott Theater (Joseph Jefferson Award Nomination). A Little Night Music, Berkshire Theater Group. Camelot, Glimmerglass Opera. Aladdin, St. Louis Muny. The Little Mermaid, St. Louis Muny and Alabama Shakespeare Festival. Mary Poppins, St. Louis Muny, Kansas City Starlight and Marriott Theater. SDC Dancebreak 2010 Alumni. Sanchez performed in 10 Broadway shows and was a soloist ballet dancer with Ballet Chicago. A special thank you to Lainie Sakakura, Avelina and Isabela Sanchez for being his inspiration, love and support. Website: Alexsanc.com

Vic Schoen (Arranger) was an icon of Hollywood. It is impossible to list all his credits but they do include being the arranger/conductor for more than 20 years for the Andrews Sisters. He was music director for Paramount and Universal Pictures. Schoen scored Road to Morocco with Bob Hope and Bing Crosby and The Inspector General and The Court Jester with Danny Kaye. Television specials include those of Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Andy Williams, Ethel Merman, Shirley MacLaine, Perry Como, Maurice Chevalier and Pat Boone. He was the arranger/conductor for the Dinah Shore television series for three years. Schoen arranged/conducted all of Patti Page’s hit recordings. Other collaborations include Ella Fitzgerald, Al Jolson, Dick Haymes, Betty Hutton, Carmen Miranda, Mel Torme and Eddie Fisher. He was an arranger for many of the famous big bands including Glenn Miller, Count Basie, Benny Goodman and Les Brown. A number of the music arrangements for IN THE MOOD are from the pen of Vic Schoen, and they are very proud to carry on his great tradition as they dedicate each performance to his memory.

A native of Waukegan, IL, David Bandman (Arranger) is a graduate of the University of North Texas, where he played trombone in the premier One O’Clock Lab Band. As a euphonium player, he was the winner of the first ITEC (then TUBA) international jazz euphonium competition. Bandman is a composer/arranger for the Big Apple Circus in New York City and for the world-traveled IN THE MOOD. He has written dozens of big band charts that are being played in high schools and colleges all over the country. Bandman is retired from the United States Air Force Band, Washington, D.C., where he played trombone and euphonium and is now a freelance musician, writer and teacher. He has recently released his first highly acclaimed jazz euphonium CD, Can I Play Too, where he arranged the music of Herbert L. Clarke. It is available at euphoniumjazz.com. “Solo work reflects musicianship by one of the greatest soloists I’ve ever heard!…tailored arrangements made everything ‘fit’ perfectly and are superb”… Sammy Nestico.

Linda Tomlin (Costumes) has worked with IN THE MOOD since 2000 as costume designer. Through the lens of historic materials and early Vogue publications, she has brought the memory of the 1930s and 1940s to the show. Originally from New England, Tomlin has spent most of her life in California. Currently residing in Virginia, she is wife to Bud Forrest, creator of IN THE MOOD. Tomlin’s passion for design includes costumes, period textiles, restoration and conservation, fine linen and needlework. She is president of her own company, Details in Design LLC, specializing in fine hand-embroidered linens for churches and the home décor industry, as well as hand-embroidered monograms. Tomlin is also the director of the Williamsburg School of Needlework, dedicated to teaching hand embroidery to help students start their own businesses throughout the United States.

Jeff Greenberg (Lighting Design) is a lighting designer for theater, dance and opera. His recent credits include Grease at the Eldorado Hotel/Casino in Reno, NV; the national tour of Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story; Man of LaMancha starring John Davidson, Titanic the Musical and Nunset Boulevard at the Ocean Professional Theatre Company. He also designed the 100th-anniversary national tour of Titanic the Musical for Boebe Productions and Windwood Theatricals, which toured the United States and Canada during fall 2012. Other credits include the world premiere of Starry Messenger, and Questions About Angels at Theater for the New City; The Sea Gull at Montclair State University; On Your Toes, The Drowsy Chaperone, Ragtime, Lady Be Good, The Producers, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Stand By Your Man, It’s Only a Play, Dial M for Murder and The Last Night of Ballyhoo at the Surflight Theatre; The Odd Couple, Clue the Musical and Oklahoma at the Allenberry Playhouse; and the world premier musical A Girl Called Dusty at the Provincetown Repertory Theatre. Other theaters where he has designed include Blue Heron Performing Arts Center, Playwrights Theatre of New Jersey, New Jersey Repertory Company, 12 Miles West, the Penobscot Theatre Company, and Lake George Opera. From 2004–2007 Greenberg was the lighting designer and production manager for the international tour of IN THE MOOD, and prior to that he was the lighting supervisor with the American Indian Dance Theatre. In 2005, Greenberg was nominated for a Vivian Robinson/Audelco award for outstanding lighting design for his production of Robeson in New York. His lighting for The Brothers Karamazov received the Newark Star Ledger’s Best Lighting award for the 2002–2003 New Jersey theatre season. He has an MFA in Lighting Design from Brandeis University, and a BFA in Technical Theater from Ithaca College. www.jeffgreenberglightingdesign.com

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Bus Driver: Greg Hanson Truck Driver: Paul Stevens Bow Ties obtained from www.bowtieclub.com. Some of the vintage women’s shoes obtained from www.remixvintageshoes.com. Girls’ pants and swing dance outfits obtained from www.revampvintage.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

ABOUT IN THE MOOD

We are very pleased to be in your theater for our 2016 tour—our 22nd! Much more than a concert, IN THE MOOD features the In the Mood Singers and Dancers and the sensational String of Pearls Orchestra. Our show has performed in major performing arts centers, arenas, state fairs, prestigious corporate events and an inaugural ball for President Clinton’s second term. By recreating the best popular music and songs of the late 1930s and 1940s, IN THE MOOD aspires to promote the memory of this most significant time in American history.

Starting in 1993, World USO selected IN THE MOOD to be an official entertainment for the 50th Commemoration of World War II. From 1994 to 2016 this show has traveled to 49 states, Canada, Europe, New Zealand and Australia (twice). Each year our tour continues to build momentum by adding performances in more cities across the country, and we are delighted with international invitations and opportunities.

Bud Forrest, producer, is hard at work at having the music arrangements orchestrated for performances with symphony orchestras. Supervising this project is Marion Evans, the Grammy award-winning arranger for Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga, as well as the arranger for 65 Gold Records and 11 Broadway shows. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

STAY IN THE MOOD AFTER THE SHOW! Visit us at online to share your thoughts on the show, join our mailing list, and connect with other In The Mood fanatics! InTheMoodLive.com facebook.com/inthemoodlive youtube.com/user/inthemoodlive ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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The Friends of the MAC is a family of people who have decided that a world-class performing and visual arts center should reside in their community. Ticket sales only provide 42 percent of our $3 million operating budget. It is through the support of College of DuPage and through the generous gifts from patrons and local businesses that we can keep art in our gallery and on our stages.

Your gift to the MAC • Brings nationally and internationally renowned artists to our community • Supports our SchoolStage program that annually offers affordable arts experiences to thousands of school children • Provides students and community members the opportunity to interact with artists • Enhances the quality of life in our community

Without the generous support of the Friends of the MAC we would not be the cultural hub of DuPage County. We gratefully thank our friends and we invite others to join them.

For complete details, visit the MAC Ticket Office or call the MAC at (630) 942-2263 or the College of DuPage Foundation at (630) 942-2466.

Arts Center and MAC-tastic Treat Seats EndowmentsDonors may choose to direct gifts to the Arts Center Endowment or the newly established MAC-tastic Treat Seats — Tickets for Kids & Families Endowment. Donations made to these MAC Endowments, our “savings accounts,” go into principal secured, invested accounts that will provide ongoing support for arts programs and arts accessibility for years to come.

The McAninch Arts Center and the College of DuPage Foundation can also provide you with information on Planned Giving opportunities.

For more information, please contact the MAC at (630) 942-2263, the College of DuPage Foundation at (630) 942-2466 or visit foundation.cod.edu.

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Encore Circle ($2,500 and up)Anonymous (4)Lowell and Barbara AndersonRonald and Hope BucherMrs. Clark G. CarpenterThe DuPage FoundationFollett Higher Education GroupKen and Debbie FulksJorge and Beatriz IorgulescuThe JCS Fund of the DuPage FoundationJeffrey Jens and Ann BoisclairDr. Jean V. KartjeKenmare Catering & EventsLandworksLegat Architects, Inc.Gil and Lola LehmanDavid and Carolyn MayDr. and Mrs. Harold D. McAninchMargaret and Michael McCoyBill and Nancy MooreKirk MusprattDrs. Donald E. and Mary Ellen NewsomRebecca NicholsonJane OldfieldHelen PachayMr. and Mrs. William PodgorskiJeffrey and Debora PonkoRoland and Kelly RaffelMr. Chuck RobertsNancy and John RutledgeCharles SchlauJerry and Susan SchurmeierMs. Dianne M. Skeet*S. Ron and Andree D.* StoneTerrence J. Taylor and Maureen Sullivan TaylorU.S. BankBjarne R. UllsvikVALICJames and Patricia Vary

Dr. Donald G. WestlakeMr. Duane E. WilsonZacuto LLC

Director’s Circle ($1,000–$2,499)Anonymous (2)Anthony and Gwen AchillesAnna BallCatherine M. BrodBill CharisDr. and Mrs. Gregorio ChejfecMs. Hannah CliftonStephen and Sunday CumminsDon and Anna Mae DaviaJames and Marie Drasal AND Drasal Family Fund of Fidelity Charitable Gift FundGeorge and Kathy FairbairnJoan and Ken FrankG. Carl Ball Family FoundationDick and Marge GieserMr. and Mrs. George Gilbert AND Gilbert Family Charitable Fund—Schwab Charitable FundJacquelyn L. GillJeanette N. and Renee Giragos, in memory of Dr. Henry G. GiragosMr. and Mrs. Linsley GrayGinni and ChrisMr. and Mrs. Robert G. HartmanDon and Jackie HegebarthLance HerningHerricane Graphics Inc.Stephen and Michelle HujarMr. Lawrence P. KatzensteinAnne and Ira J. KreftKaren and Gene KuhnMr. and Mrs. Richard Lamb AND Susan and Richard Lamb Charitable Fund of the DuPage Foundation

Ida LeeDr. Daniel E. LloydAlice LoganAurelia and Ronald MaslanaJohn and Lynette McCortneyTerrance* and Linda McGovernDr. and Mrs. John MessittJ. C. MorganDr. and Mrs. Joseph S. MorrisseyJohn M. Mulherin and Dr. Sara E. BonkowskiNorthwest Community Healthcare Wellness CenterJudith May O’DellBob and Joan OlachMadeleine PachayJack and Marilyn PearsonAlan Peterson, in memory of Carolyn LevickasRichard and Elizabeth QuaintanceThe Rev. Dr. Curtis and Leanne RolfeJudy RonaldsonNancy L. RubyBeth SchellWilliam and Nancy SchiererCherry StoddardTheodore M. UtchenJacqueline Vernot and Raymond KotzMs. Kathy WesselBonnie M. WheatonScott and Kristen WiersumWight & CompanyMark Wight and Eszter BorvendegMs. Alice M. WilburJo Anne Zipperer

McAninch Arts Center acknowledges and gives grateful thanks to those donors who have contributed in support of the MAC mission and vision. This list of donors reflects contributions made from July 1, 2014 through January 31, 2016. While we carefully prepared this list we recognize that errors may have occurred. Please accept our apology if you are not properly represented on this list and contact the College of DuPage Foundation at (630) 942-2462 so we may correct our records.

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Ambassador ($500–$999)Anonymous (9)Sue AdamsYoung AhnHarold and Karen BauerRichard and Grace BauerMs. Eunice BeckerMilton and Heide BentleyJudith L. BittikofferMr. Paul BradleyChef by Request CateringChicagoland Habitat for HumanityMs. Cynthia CliftonDr. and Mrs. Joseph E. CollinsDiane CooperMr. Brett A. CoupGeorge W. and Ann DervisBarbara and George DiGuidoEdwin A. and Gerry DulikJoanne EastECOLAB Inc.El Segundo Record ClubJoseph and Frances EraciCamille and Joe EstermanKristine and Ken FayElinor FlaniganEric and Marilyn ForsUrs Geiser and Mary HobeinMarilyn GivenMs. Jean D. GorisMr. Fred Greenwood and Ms. Dianne A. McGuireGeorgia HamiltonJohn A. HerndonMrs. Jo Ann JacobsonMr. and Mrs. William S. KensholMarcia A. KoppenhoeferCharlene Kornoski-Du VallMichael F. KozlowskiMary Anne LambertEileen and Eliot LandauMs. Alixe LischettMr. and Mrs. L. Alan LowryEdward J. MallyMadeleine and Ralph MarbachMs. Diana L. Martinez

James and Kimberley McDonnellCharles and Kay MylerMrs. Dorothy I. O’ReillyJim and Lorraine PaulissenMr. and Mrs. Mark A. PetersonMeri PhillipsDonald and Mary RerickaJack E. Riddle, IIA. F. and Cecile RobinsonS. E. RossMs. Theresa M. SakSkeet FamilyLloyd SmithMs. Gerie SmrcinaMarilyn SmrcinaMs. and Ms. Elizabeth E. SchellThe Drake HotelTwo Brothers Brewing CompanyDr. and Mrs. E. Jay Van Cura AND The E. Jay Van Cura MD Charitable Fund of the Vanguard Charitable Endowment ProgramDr. Ewald VeleckisChristine Wahlgren EdisonCarol C. Wallace FamilyLyn and Debbie WhistonJoan and Raymond WielgosDr. and Mrs. K. M. WilcoxKen and Viviane WilcuttsMr. and Mrs. Daniel K. Wilcutts

Performer ($250–$499)Anonymous (4)Nancy AlluredMr. and Mrs. Bruce AndersonIrene D. AntoniouMr. and Mrs. Donald L. ArendsKatherine BalekMary Ellen and Jack BarryBiff Behr and Lynne RichmanKen and Annabel BergmanProf. and Mrs. Charles E. BooneMary and Bill BoylanMs. Ramona Jean BurnsEd and Kay BurtonKenneth and Karen Busse

Mr. Joseph Cassidy and Mrs. Tatiana SifriMr. Charles ClementMs. Tamara CroweMs. Pamela DalbyMark and Kim DornMr. and Mrs. Gerald DroszczRobert EakinsMarcela FanningMrs. Carol L. Fox Girovich and Mr. Howard GirovichMr. Lawrence A. FramburgJanet and Charles GahalaMr. and Ms. Charles F. GaulMr. Richard GlymanBill and Alyce GrantDr. Eugene G. Hallongren and Dianne J. HallongrenDr. Steven L. HavensMr. and Mrs. David HightAllan Hins and Marilyn WilgockiStephanie IglehartMs. Jennifer IngramMr. Randle Jennings and Ms. Jennine S. MoormanEdward and Susan JeszkaMs. Sharon JurgensenMr. and Mrs. George G. KepnickVirginia and Charles KlingspornMs. Susan Lang BerryElaine LiboviczMr. and Mrs. Chris MarlerSarah Hutchison MartinoPaul McCurnin and Evelyn McNeillDonald E. McGowan and Mary Leah PrazakEllen and Daniel McGowanMs. Mary C. MichnaMr. and Mrs. Marvin MinarichMr. and Mrs. David W. MortonBud and Pat MotzMr. Sherman L. NealNorth American Roller Products, IncNorthern TrustMr. and Mrs. Bernard Nusinow

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FRIENDS OF THE MACMr. Gerard Nussbaum and Dr. Linda Veleckis NussbaumByrd and Alice ParmeleeAnna Marie PollMr. Daniel B. PorterRuth J. Pozesky*Gary and Mary RashGinny and Don RathsJack E. RiddleEdward RosiarMs. Jacqueline RyanLynn SapytaMary K. SmithEllen and Grier StephensonRichard and Janice StickaCarolyn and Joe StoffelMelissa StriedlVirginia and Jerry ThompsonMr. Grayson Van CampMr. and Mrs. Robert Wulffen

Friend ($50–$249)Anonymous (12)Adelle’sPeggy AldworthMrs. John AndersenMr. Dennis Anderson and Ms. Christine E. ConnellMs. Jami L. ArndtAT&TAuditorium TheatreBARBAKOA Tacos & TequilaDarlene BargerAlyce BarnicleDebbie Barrett and Barry ZelinskiMichael and Gail BaruchPatricia and Bruce BeckDennis and Mary BeemerMs. Margaret BeileMr. Ronald BenMr. and Mrs. Martin P. BenderFred and Judy BennettMs. Bonnie BenziesMr. and Mrs. William E. BermannPeggy BickhamMr. George Bigenwald

Daniel and Yolanda BindertMr. and Mrs. Joseph BorylaMr. and Mrs. James BovesKay BraulikBroadway in ChicagoMr. and Mrs. Charles A. BuettnerMr. and Mrs. William BulgerMr. Robert E. ByrneMr. Kenneth CarlsonKevin and Lori CarlsonMr. Ken CasterlineMr. Steve CatlinRobert and Barbara CieskoCarolyn B. CollinsJeanne E. DavikDorothy DeenMr. and Mrs. Franciso DeHoyosMs. Lynn F. Dempsey and Mr. Brian MuskerMs. Victoria L. DepaJanet DerberJoy and Ron DetmerMr. and Mrs. David DoemlandMs. Patricia DoerflerWilliam DonnellyAlan and Carolyn DrakeWilliam and Kathleen DrennanMs. Marilyn R. Drury-KatilloJohn T. Earley, Jr.Ms. Sally EffnerDarlys EwoltRobert and Linda FairbairnWilliam and Sally Newton FairbankGeraldine FeketeJack and Janet FeldmanShirley FishwickMr. Russel FloresDavid and Helen FraserAnnette GamboSandra M. GanakosMr. Keith GarlandMr. and Mrs. Curt GazdziakMr. Christopher A. GekasPamela and Jerome GiermannMs. Michelle GordonMrs. Maureen K. Greene

Ms. Mary Ann GremeerMiss Nell GriffinRoy and Priscilla GrundyDr. and Mrs. Richard D. GuerraSusan and Robert HaaJudy HallMr. and Mrs. Michael HanesPatricia A. HarrisonMr. and Mrs. Richard HartopDavid and Karen HaugenAleene L. Henninger-BoydenHilton Lisle/NapervilleMr. and Mrs. Calvin L. HimelPaul and Jessica HollerMr. and Mrs. Bruce HoskinsMs. Joyce N. HutchinsonIBMMr. and Mrs. Anthony M. JohnsonBob JohnsonDiane JostesMr. Michael R. KahlfeldtSenator Doris Karpie (Ret.)Mr. James KarpusMr. Charles A. KeiserAnne V. KleckaMs. Patricia LeahyMr. and Mrs. Leroy KlimekLawrence* and Ellen KlingerWayne H. KoepkeMs. Mary KonieMr. and Mrs. Joseph KovacicMs. Linda A. KozonDaniel Edelman and Fran KravitzMr. John L. Ladle, Jr.Gintautas Leonavicius and Ryte LeonavicieneMr. and Mrs. Jerry LibbyDrs. David and Joanna LivengoodMr. Sam LomanacoMr. and Mrs. James LongNancy LouckMs. Norma MacKayJeffrey MayMr. Robert Marks

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FRIENDS OF THE MACMs. Candace D. McCrearyMarty and Marian McGowanDiane Meiborg and Roger ZacekMs. Sharon Metz-GohlaMr. and Mrs. Francis MiesMs. Sherri MifflinMr. and Mrs. Ralph H. MillerMr. and Mrs. Gary L. MitchellMr. and Mrs. Matt MooreMr. and Mrs. Thomas MorganMr. Paul MorowczynskiMr. and Mrs. Patrick MorrisonMs. Irene MorrisroeJoan MuellerMr. Benjamin MuleHolly MyersErnest and Joanne NassosSusan NeustromMichael and Judith NigroBetty and John NorthMs. Tamara NowakowskiEileene NystromJean and Joanne OliphantMs. Shirley H. OrloppKay Osborne*Sarah PackardMs. Paula PartipiloMr. Peter PattisonRoberta and Thomas PawlakMr. and Mrs. Scott PectorGeorge Pepper, M.D.Ms. Barbara PetersenEileen PetittoMr. and Mrs. Charles PolitoMs. Diane G. RathDonna RekauSusanne RiedellMs. Elizabeth RobertsonMr. and Mrs. Stephen RochlisMs. Margaret RyanMr. and Mrs. J. Patrick SanfordJaney SartherDoris and David SchertzMr. and Mrs. Alfred SchmidtMs. Susan S. SchoenbergBob Scholl

Ken and Trish ScottVikki ScullRoger and Ann ShipleyMs. Carol SpencerMs. Dawn D. StefekMr. Arnold R. StenvogMs. Deborah StillmanEarl Stubbe and Kathleen FrankMr. and Mrs. Richard E. SwansonAnthony and Mona TaylorPaul and Katherine ThompsonMr. and Mrs. Charles ThurstonTom and Teri TraceyMr. and Mrs. Neil TrinkoMr. and Mrs. Jerome L. UlaneMr. John UrbanskiEugenio and Carmen ValdesMs. Patricia Van LeeuwenOlga Vilella-Janeiro, Ph.D. and Henry Valdez, Esq.Marilee ViolaLucy and George VorickPenelope WainwrightMs. Janine WallinMs. Mary WardMr. and Mrs. Edward WarmowskiMr. Mark WarrenMr. Roland WeberJudy WebsterAnne and Jim WengerdMr. and Mrs. Ronald WielgosKathy and Rich WildersMary Lou WilkeMr. and Mrs. Charles A. WilliamsMs. Gloria WilliamsMr. and Mrs. John B. WilsonMr. John R. Wolff and Mrs. Shirley Justin-WolffCarol WoodsMr. Joseph C. WozniakBeverly YackoMr. Keith C. YearmanMs. Kathleen YoskoMr. Fredric YoungMr. Paul R. Young

Lori and Gary ZemanMr. and Ms. Robert P. ZielinskiMs. Hazel ZimnerMargot C. & Arthur Zwierlein

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Corporate and Community SponsorsArts MidwestBMO Harris BankBrookdale Glen EllynCabernet & CompanyCarlucciCOD FoundationDuPage FoundationFollettGlen PrairieHilton Lisle/NapervilleI Have a BeanIllinois Arts CouncilJCS Fund of the DuPage Foundation National Endowment for the ArtsParkers’ Restaurant and BarSmith Financial Advisors Inc.Trust Company of IllinoisWansasWarren’s Ale House90.9 FM WDCB

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MAC Administrative StaffDirector of the McAninch Arts Center ............................................................................. Diana MartinezMarketing and Donor Relations Coordinator ......................................................................Roland RaffelBusiness Manager .........................................................................................................Ellen McGowanCleve Carney Art Gallery Curator ......................................................................................... Justin WitteEducation and Community Engagement Coordinator ........................................................ Janey SartherDirector of Development for Cultural Arts ......................................................................... Janie OldfieldGroup and Rental Sales Coordinator ............................................................................ Melissa MercadoAdministrative Assistant ...................................................................................................Mandy RakowClerical Assistants .............................................................. Sherry Gendel, Molly Junokas, Erin Posavec

MAC Box Office and Front of House StaffBox Office Manager ..............................................................................................................Julie ElgesAssistant Box Office Manager .....................................................................................Mary Ellen ReedyBox Office Assistants ......................................................................... Colleen Trinko, Gretchen WoodleyPatron Service Manager ...................................................................................................... Tom MurrayPatron Services Assistant .................................................................................................... Rob Nardini

MAC Resident Professional EnsembleNew Philharmonic, Conductor and Music Director .............................................................Kirk MusprattNew Philharmonic Manager .............................................................................................. Paula Cebula

MAC Design and Technical StaffTechnical Production Coordinator ............................................................................................Jon GanttTechnical Director ....................................................................................................... Michael W. MoonCostume and Make-up Design Coordinator ............................................................... Kimberly G. MorrisProduction Manager............................................................................................................ Joe HopperAssistant Production Managers ...................................................................Ben Johnson, Elias MoralesSound and Equipment Manager ..............................................................................................Bob Murr Stage Hands ................................................................ Bobby Bryan, Amanda Hantson, Sabrina Zeidler

HOUSE NOTES• Mailing List: If this is your first visit to the McAninch

Arts Center, please stop by our Box Office to add your name to our mailing list or register your email at www.AtTheMAC.org.

• Cameras and recording devices are not allowed in the theater and are prohibited by our contracts with the artists.

• Smoking is not permitted in the theater or on campus.• For your comfort and security, all backpacks and

large bags must be checked.• Electronic pagers and patrons’ seat locations should

be given to the House Manager, who will notify you in the event of a call. Patrons wearing wristwatch alarms or carrying cellular phones are respectfully requested to turn them off while in the theater.

• Emergency phone number at College of DuPage Police Department for after-hour calls is (630) 942-2000.

• Latecomers are seated at the discretion of the House Manager.

• Groups of 15 or more may contact the Box Office at (630) 942-4000 to arrange for group discounts.

• If you notice a spill in the theater, please notify an usher.• McAninch Arts Center volunteers are people

who assist the house staff in areas of ticket taking, ushering and general management during performances. To get involved, call (630) 942-4000.

• For Americans With Disabilities Act accommodations, call (630) 942-2141 (voice) or (630) 858-9692 (TDD).

• Infrared Assistive Listening Devices: For audience members who desire audio amplification of performances, headsets with individual volume controls are now available. You may check out the headsets at the Ticket Office with a credit card or driver’s license. Underwritten by a generous gift from The Knowles Foundation.