PUPPETEERS
MAGDALENA DALZELL
LILY EMERSON
DIEGO VAZQUEZ GOMEZ
FELIX MAYES
musicians
CHARLIE MALAVE
QUINN RIGG
Announcing
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UP NEXT AT RAVEN:
A FEW HOUSE NOTES
-The run time is estimated at 60 minutes, with no intermission.
-Parents and guardians must be with their child at all times.
–You are free to enter and exit the theatre as needed.
–As a courtesy to the actors and your fellow patrons, please silence your cell phone.
–Photography and recording of any kind is prohibited.
SPONSORS
PRODUCTION SPONSORS
RICHARD & CECILIA RODRIGUEZ
ACCESSIBILITY SPONSORS
KAREN & FRANK SCHNEIDER
ARTISTS & BIOS
PRODUCTION TEAM
CREATED BY WILL BISHOP, WITH LARA CARLING, KAY KRON, GRACE NEEDLMAN, AND RAY REHBRG
ANASTAR ALVAREZ PRODUCTION COORDINATOR
WILL BISHOP DIRECTOR
JILLIAN GRYZLAK COSTUME DESIGN
BECCA JEFFORDS LIGHTING DESIGN
CHARLIE MALAVE COMPOSER & SOUND DESIGNER
JANELLE MANNO COSTUME DESIGN
GRACE NEEDLMAN PUPPET DESIGN
RAY REHBERG COMPOSER
RAVEN THEATRE CAMPS
our 2024/2025 partners:
ABOUT CHICAGO CHILDREN'S THEATRE
Chicago Children’s Theatre aspires to enrich our community through diverse and significant theatrical and educational programming that engages and inspires the child in all of us. The vision of Chicago Children’s Theatre is to be Chicago’s premier professional theatre company dedicated to creating awe-inspiring theatrical productions and programs for our communities through inclusion and accessibility while inspiring young people and families to lead lives of adventure, courage, and curiosity.
ABOUT RAVEN THEATRE
Raven Theatre is in its 42nd year of providing revivals of modern dramas and thought-provoking new works to the Northside Chicago community, as well as theatrical education to the children and schools in the surrounding neighborhoods. Founded in 1983, Raven moved into its current home in 2002 with its 85 seat Johnson Stage and its 56 seat Schwartz Stage.
SUBSCRIPTION SERIES: Raven offers three productions in its subscription series, all in the Johnson Stage, focusing on revivals of works primarily from the late 19th century to the present and including both Chicago and World premieres.
EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING: Our Take Flight education program offers classroom and after-school theatre residencies to our neighboring schools and community partners as well as summer theater camp. Raven serves over 800 students & young people each year.
Take Flight is committed to sharing the importance and dynamic power of ensemble work. We believe that the guiding principle of all theatrical work is that of collaboration: respecting others, feeling the confidence to contribute and the courage to try something new. Exposure to these fundamental life lessons through the lens of theatre translates into every facet of scholarship, play, and community.
With efforts in the community, in neighborhood schools, and on the stage, Raven plays an important part in the city’s cultural landscape.
LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Raven Theatre Company resides on the ancestral homelands of an alliance of three Native American nations: Ojibwe, Odawa, and Potawatomi, known collectively as the Council of Three Fires. Dozens of other tribes, including the Menominee, Miami, and Ho-Chunk nations, called this region home. Today, thousands of native people continue to live and work in the city colonially known as Chicago.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
NATHAN TAYLOR President
LAUREN GUYDAN Vice President
JEREMY HECKMAN Treasurer
RICHARD RODRIGUEZ Secretary
JUDITH BEAUPRE
DANIEL DE LA CRUZ
ADRIANNA DESIER DURANTT Ex-Officio
CHRISTINE FOH
STUART GOLD
DR. JAMES A. HILL
STEPHEN JOHNSON
JUSTIN KULOVSEK
MICHAEL McCALLEY
JEANETTE SAMO
SALLY SCHWARTZ
SARAH SLIGHT Ex-Officio
MATTHEW TOLES
SUSAN SCHAALMAN YOUDOVIN
CAROL ZSOLNAY
ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF
ADRIANNA DESIER DURANTT Managing Director
SARAH SLIGHT Artistic Director
AMY CARTER Lead Front of House Manager
MECHELLE MOE Education Director
ASSATA TERRELL Development Manager
EMMA SIPORA TYLERInterim Marketing & Design Manager
LUCY WHIPP Production Manager
Front of House: Amanda Egle, Britt Nicholson, and June Villers.
Ushering services are generously provided by THE SAINTS.
Public Relations coordinated by ACACIA CONSULTING GROUP.
OUR SUPPORTERS
PRODUCTION SPONSORS
RICHARD & CECILIA RODRIGUEZ
ACCESSIBILITY SPONSORS
KAREN & FRANK SCHNEIDER
take flight SPONSORS
DAVID & SHIRLEY HOLDEMAN
CORPORATE & FOUNDATION DONORS
Our corporate and foundation partners provide critical support for our operations, productions, and theatre arts education programs. Raven’s 2024- 2025 season is made possible in part by:
This project is partially supported by a CityArts grant from the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events.
This program is partially supported by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council Agency.
This season is sponsored in part by a grant from the Paul M. Angell Family Foundation.
INDIVIDUAL DONORS
Raven gratefully acknowledges the following individuals, whose donations of $50 or more were received between Februrary 1, 2024 through February 1, 2025:
Luminary ($20,000+)
David & Shirley Holdeman
Stephen H. Johnson
Justin Kulovsek & Damian Clark
Jeanette & Daniel Samo
Visionary ($19,999 - $10,000)
Sally & Mark Schwartz
Susan Schaalman Youdovin & Charlie Shulkin
Carol & Gabor Zsolnay
Pillar ($9,999 - $5,000)
Judith H. Beaupre
Christine Foh
Stuart Gold
Lauren & Tim Guydan
Jeremy Heckman
Dr. James A. Hill
Timothy Nickerson & Michael Stent
Nathan J. Taylor
Kelly & Jay Tunney
John & Kristin Vasilj
Innovator ($4,999 - $2,500)
Daniel De La Cruz
Heather Grove
Michael Shawn McCalley
Danny Sama
Noah Sobe & Amy Shuffelton
KT Charitable Fund
Matthew Toles
Nancy Vincent
Collaborator ($2,499 - $1,000)
John & Claudia Boatright
Lawrence Bundschu
Jorge & Sue Del Castillo
Gary L. Gephart
Becky & Pete Gillespie
Kaaren Jungbluth-Ott & Phil Ott
Michael Voticky
Carolyn & Gordon Kirk
Gordon & Meridyth McIntosh
Dorothy Pirovano
Barbara & Robert Richards
Karen & Frank Schneider
Lynne & George Simon
Linda Teplin
Helen Young Lee
Community-Builder ($999 - $500)
Joshua Allen
Gail Bartlett
Michael Bauschelt
Dana Besmanoff
Wayne Gailis
Arlene Ghiron
Leonard Goodman
Audrey Gould & Russ Hyman
Patsy Grady
Michael & Mona Heath
Sandra A. Hunt
BJ & Candace Jones
Jan Linn & Richard Pincus
Bud Longhauser
Carleen & Jan Lorys
Cathy Madayag
Gail Margolis & Andrew Poznanski
Kathleen McQueeny & Jack Franaszek
Kristen Morris
Michael Morris
John Morse & Wes Broquard
Janet Myers
James Nadder
Denise Nitterhouse
John Palmateer
Jennifer Robin
Barbara Schatzman
Cynthia & Michael Scholl
Annie & Ned Staebler
Maja Sunleaf
Barbara & Randy Thomas
Anne Van Wart & Michael Keable
Marcia Welcome
Brannon Wiles & Suzanne Hilser-Wiles
Linda R. Wilson
Benjamin & Jamie Younger
Connector ($499 - $250)
Seth Baker
John Bankhurst & Ryan Kin
Bernice Bigelow
Peggy Bolton-Thomas
Andrew Boyce
Jill Boyce
Archibald & Eugenia Bryant
Eric Budzynski & Lance Larsen
John Buranosky
Michelle Cestaro
John Clum & Walter Melion
Scott Deininger
Sarah Florie
John & Judy Fultz
Peter Gately
Paul & Ellen Gignilliat
Sarah Harlan
Ann Heath
Kristine Hegner
Carole Hennessy
Dr. Robert B. Henry & Sheila Ryan-Henry
Debra Hinze
Nancy Malitz & Lawrence B. Johnson
Theodore Krakowski
Alec Krause
Bridget Lally
Ethel MacGill
Guillermo Munoz Kuster
John & Lorry Murphy
Betsy Nelson
John & Joy O’Malley
Glen & Beth Prezembel
Jerry Proffit
Michael Reed
Ari Samo
Ben Sanda
Paul Siegel
Dick Smith
Martin Till
Martin Treu
Colin Vallance
Carolyn Watkins
Louis & Frankie Welfeld
Catalyst ($249 - $50)
Stacy Agosto
Silvio Anichini
Molly Antonetti
Tara F. Attea
Stephen Ball
Steve & Aliza Baron
Deborah Bayly
Lois Becker
Joe Berry
Linda & Jeff Bierig
Nancy Bishop
Mary Boylan
Linda Bressler
James L Brott
Debra Bruce
Marilyn Cahill
Michael & Cathy O’Connell-Cahill
Barry Carlson
Kevin & JoAnne Carr
Cliff Chamberlain
William Charles
Norine Chiu
Anita Chong
Ethan Cohen
Amy & Patrick Cotter
Thom Cox & Chris Freeburg
Eamonn Coyle & Jeff Worth
Landen Crews
John & Mary Crockenberg
Patricia Curtis
Kim Dale
Elyssa Davis
Phyllis & Christopher Dozier
Ana Draa
Douglas & Karin Dunham
Erica Dunn
Tarah Durnbaugh
Rich & Elaine Heuberger
Miriam Ex
Thomas & Nancy Figel
Beatrice Finkelstein
Jay Fishman
Ardena Flippin
Yvonne Fogerty
Florence Forshey
Lynda Forté
Brooks Gerlach & Denise A. Fiducia
Doris Gilbert
David Gitomer
Lara Goetsch
Melvin & Lois Goldstein
Susan Greenberg
Martin Grochala
Susan Haimes
Debra Hammond
Toni & Pattrick Hanrahan
Dr. Michael G. Hansen
Barbara Hauser
Shannon Hayes
Barbara Hayler
Marilyn Heckmyer
Lance Heinle
Donna Higgins
Cheryl Hiipakka
Dennis Hjelm
Mark Hodges
Jeff Holman
Mary Hopkins
Lindsay Huge
Mike Humke
Joe Indelli
Hannah Johnson
Logan Jones
Philip Joseph
Miriam Kalichman
Kim Kaulas
Azar Kazemi & John Shaw
Ausrine Kerr
Mary Kling
Matt Knight
Cindy Knuth
Jan Kralovec & Clem Balanoff
Liane Kriesberg
Mary Jane Kupsky
Lois LaGalle
Barbara Lanctot
Frank Laskero
Tom Lembo
Sotirios Livaditis
John Loop
Adam Lucey
Hina Mahmood
Karen & Ira Marcus
Margaret McKenna
Felisha McNeal
Neel McNeill
Suzanne Meyering
William & Anita Miller
Robert & Lois Moeller
Matthew Mokma
Pat & Mike Montemurro
Jen & Pete Moore
Mitch Morecraft
Caryl Morris Steinberg
David Murdoch
Catherine Nagler
Patricia Nazaroff
Anna Newlin & Rick Vondrasek
Liz Nicholson
Wendy Nixon
Susan Noel
Jerry & Christina O’Connor
Lisa O’Dell
James O’Laughlin
Patricia O’Neal
Shirley O’Rourke
Stanley Paul
Carole & David Perlman
Terry & Nancy Phillips
Rachel Pickus
Mike Pope
Bonnie Pritchard
Thomas B. Ray
Robert & Janet Reed
Audrey Reynolds
Robert Rich
Shariba Rivers
Charles & Carol Rosenberg
Michael Rosenberg
Natasha & Joe Ruser
Lisa Salvatore
Timmy Samuel
Tim & Sue Schell
Paul Schoenwetter
Jenny & Philip Schwartz
Jennifer Selimos
Thomas Simon
Aimee Sinnott
Tim & Cote Soerens
Gregory Sommers
Marlene Spigner
Nora Staebler
Jim & Sharon Stoik
Joseph Streit
Kelli Strickland & Noah Simon
Lucy Sullivan
Nina Tai
John & Kathryn Taylor
Nathan Taylor Jr.
Bill & Susan Termini
Timothy Thurlow & Kenneth East
Barbara Toy
Jessica Vig
Jily Vizconde
Ellen Wade Beals
Alexander Wayne & Lynne Copp
Ed Wentz & Jane Ellen Murray
Maureen West
Audrey Wience
Tilly Wilhoite
Prof. Robin Witt
Anne Wrider
Paul Zavitkovsky & Laurel Lawson
Rebecca Zemans & Ryan Blitstein
Suzanne Zweig