DONOR LIST

We are honored to recognize the following contributors who enable American Blues Theater’s artistic programming and community service. This list includes donations from our True Blue Annual Fund, Dead Ringers for Dead Singers, Blue Bash, production sponsors, and other individual contributions given from July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022.

American Blues Theater is grateful for every contribution. We regret that due to space limitations we are unable to list donations under $99. Please accept our deepest appreciation as your donation makes a difference!

We made every effort to keep this list as accurate and complete as possible. Please contact us to correct any unintentional errors or omissions.

$25,000 and above

Paul M. Angell Family Foundation
Anonymous
Kimberlee Herold
MacArthur Fund for Culture, Equity, and the Arts at Prince
Burt and Sheli Rosenberg
The Shubert Foundation
State of Illinois

$15,000 - $24,999

Commonwealth Edison
Illinois Arts Council Agency
National Endowment for the Arts

$7,500 - $14,999

Phil and Jill Calian
Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation
Libby Savner
Gwendolyn Whiteside and Ian Van Handel

$5,000 - $7,499

Anixter Foundation
David and Sissy Coffin
Brenda and James Grusecki
Jeppson’s Malort
Michael and Cara Levinson
Daniel H. Lome Foundation
Marcie McVay and Dennis Zacek
Rama Ranganathan
Seyfarth LLP

$2,500 - $4,999

Karlson Garza McQueary LLC

$1,000 - $2,499

Ben Rosenthal Foundation
Audrey Billings and Nicholas Stone
Manny Buckley and Steve Wroten
Marcy and Greg Carlin
Rita Dragonette
Matt and Hillary Ebach
Craig and Linda Grannon
BJ and Candy Jones
Mark Ragan

$500 - $999

Actors’ Equity Foundation
Mary and Michael Goodkind
Michael and Mona Heath
Sarajane Johnson
Keith and Erica Karlson
Lloyd A. Fry Foundation
Christopher and Anne Motogawa
Editha Rosario and Alexis Moore
Malou Roth
Roche Shulfer and Mary Beth Fisher
Kerry Straub and Neil O’Callaghan
Visionary Eye Care Professionals

$250 - $499

Peter and Bari Amadio
BMO Financial Group
Michael Braun
Casey Campbell
Dennis Carlin
Arlene and Bill Flynn
Jim Moles
David and Agnes Murdoch
John and Joy O’Malley
Glen and Beth Prezembel
Margaret Reagor
Melissa Roeters

$100 - $249

Jonathan Abarbanel
Juan Alfonso
Amazon Smile Foundation
Anonymous
Betty and Bob Becker
Elizabeth Beyreis
Cynthia Brown
Kerry Bryson
Michael Budzik
Karen Callaway
Liz Chidester
CNA Insurance Companies
Jeannette Cole
Sue and Clark Davoust
Joe and Paula Dempsey
Elyse and Will Brackenbury
Iris and Douglas Dowden
Joan Esposito
John and Jennifer Falduto
Jon Faris
Tom and Kate Geraty
Margaret and Michael Gergen
Adrienne Gomez
Carole Griggs
Kevin Gustafson
Matt and Beth Hafter
Marty Higginbotham and Ashley Bishop
Lois and Jim Hobart
Illinois Humanities Council
Philip Earl Johnson
Philip and Sandra Johnson
Whitney Jones
Larry Levin
Michael Mahler and Dara Cameron
Heather Meyers and Roger Grum
Anne and Keith Moffat
Katarzyna Muller
Suzy Petri and Robert Breuler
Merril Prager and John Levine
Marjorie Punter
Douglas Reichert Powell
Anthony Roberts
Kirsten Simanonok
Chris Thangaraj
The Saints of Chicago
Ainslie and Larry Vaughan
Allison and Joseph Villinski
Joyce Anne Wainio
Wandachristine
Darrel and Shirley Whiteside
Tilly Wilhoite
Hope Williams
Steven Wolff
Tom Yocky and Kathryn Simon

True Blue Annual Fund

Jonathan Abarbanel
Juan Alfonso
Peter and Bari Amadio
Anixter Foundation
Anonymous (2)
Betty and Bob Becker
Audrey Billings and Nicholas Stone
Michael Braun
Manny Buckley and Steve Wroten
Michael Budzik
Phil and Jill Calian
Karen Callaway
Donna Cameron
Dennis Carlin
Marcy and Greg Carlin
Jeppson’s Malort
CNA Insurance Companies
David and Sissy Coffin
Sally Cooper
Daniel H. Lome Foundation
Sue and Clark Davoust
Iris and Douglas Dowden
Rita Dragonette
Joan Esposito
John and Jennifer Falduto
Jon Faris
Arlene and Bill Flynn
Mary and Michael Goodkind
Kathy and John Goudie
Henry Gregory
Carole Griggs
Brenda and James Grusecki
Kevin Gustafson
Susan Haimes
Michael and Mona Heath
Kimberlee Herold
Lois and Jim Hobart
Sarajane Johnson
BJ and Candy Jones
Keith and Erica Karlson
Larry Levin
Marcie McVay and Dennis Zacek
Anne and Keith Moffat
Jim Moles
Christopher and Ann Motogawa
Roger and Jill Mueller
David and Agnes Murdoch
Lenore Murphy
John and Joy O’Malley
Merril Prager and John Levine
Glen and Beth Prezembel
Marjorie PUnter
Margaret Reagor
Anthony Roberts
Melissa Roeters
Editha Rosario and Alexis Moore
Libby Savner
Bette Schoenholtz
Kirsten Sinanonok
Lucy Soltau
Allison and Joseph Villinski
Julie and Scott West
Darrel and Shirley Whiteside
Gwendolyn Whiteside and Ian Van Handel
Steven Wolff
Tom Yocky and Kathryn Simon

The X Fund - honoring the legacy of Burton X. Rosenberg

Steven Anixter / Anixter Foundation
Anonymous
Dawn Bach
Matthew Brumlow
Manny Buckley and Steve Wroten
Phil Calian
Dara Cameron and Michael Mahler
Dennis Carlin
Marcy and Greg Carlin
Tyson Carter and Sarah Nowak
Dennis Cockrum
David and Sissy Coffin
Ted Cornell
Jill DeVaney
Elyse Dolan
Rita Dragonette
Matt and Hillary Ebach
Joan Esposito
Peter and Patti Fazio
Joe Foust
Lloyd A. Fry Foundation
Joe Glossberg
Bill and Judy Goldberg
Craig and Linda Grannon
Brenda and James Grusecki
Matt and Beth Hafter
Anne and Grant Hendricks
Kimberlee Herold
Marty Higginbotham
Jeffrey Jahns
Philip Earl Johnson
Sarajane Johnson
Lindsay Jones
James Joseph
Keith and Erica Karlson
Steve Key
Ed Kross
Donald Kurasch
James Leaming and Carmen Roman
Michael and Cara Levinson
Andrea McNaughton and Thaddaeus Smith
Heather Meyers
Anne and Keith Moffat
John Mohrlein
Gerald Pauling
Roxanne Perillo
Suzy Petri
Merril Prager and John Levine
Ben and Nancy Randall
Rama Ranganathan
Suzy and Tim Robertson
Camille Robinson
Editha Rosario and Alexis Moore
Leonard X. and Arlene Rosenberg
Sheli Z. Rosenberg
Sarah Ross
David and Libby Savner
Seyfarth LLP
Richard Shavzin
Jessica (Grace) Smith
Kathy Smith
Zachary Stevenson
James Still
Dan Thomas
Wandachristine
Darrel and Shirley Whiteside
Wendy Whiteside and Ian Van Handel
Roberta Zabel
American Blues Ensemble & Artistic Affiliates

In Kind Contributions

Audrey Billings and Nicholas Stone
Scott Cooper
Elyse Dolan
Sarajane Johnson
Heather Meyers and Roger Grum
Wandachristine
Gwendolyn Whiteside and Ian Van Handel