McAninch Arts Centerat College of DuPage

presents

Salt Creek Ballet:

The NutcrackerMusic by Piotr Ilyich TchaikovskyBased on a story by E.T.A. Hoffman

Artistic DirectorSergey Kozadayev

Executive DirectorMaria Brooks

featuring New Philharmonic

Kirk Muspratt, Music Director and Conductor

Production Designer Scenic Design Costume Design and Painter Simon Pastukh Galina Solovyeva Oleg Smirnov

Wardrobe Coordinator Technical Director Lighting Designer Mary Blake Jason Haag, F5D inc. Charles Cooper, USA

Thank you to our New Philharmonic season supporters.

Saturday, Dec. 14, 2019, 2 and 7 p.m.Sunday, Dec. 15, 2019, 1 and 5 p.m.

Belushi Performance Hall

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PROGRAMACT I

Counselor Von Stahlbaum .........................................................................................Jack Gerling*Frau Von Stahlbaum .................................................................................................... Tea Pantelic Their Daughter, Clara ........................................Molly Andrzejewski, Caroline Giltner, Alta Millhollin Their Son, Fritz ...................................................................................................Quentin SweeneyNurse..............................................................Natalie DiBartolo, Ksenia Filipovich, Neda Pozingyte Party Guests ................................. Olivia Costello, Abigail Detloff, Sarah Govostis, Alana Jodwalis,

Gretchen Laurence, Meghan Malec, Mia Nenadovich, Kylie Norman, Ingrid Pearson, Luis Caro*, Justin Zelenka*

Children at the Party .....................................................Meredith Becker, Lily Broder, Evelyn Carle, Alexandra Didzbalis, Sasha Hedroyts, Sarah Ho, Mia Lacrosse,

Daphne Moser, Caroline O’Brien, Rowan Schneider, Avery Stanley, Jasmine Su, Owen Taylor

Dr. Drosselmeyer ...................................................................................................Ricardo Garcia*Columbine Doll ...............................................Natalie DiBartolo, Ksenia Filipovich, Neda Pozingyte Harlequin Doll ............................................................................Ramon Gaitan*, Mitchell MillhollinSoldier Dolls ........................ Madison Creamer, Brittney DiBartolo, Skylar Penland, Ramon Gaitan*The Mouse King ........................................................................................................Jack Gerling*Baby Mice...................................................................Dana Andalcio, Justine Becker, Dinah Carle,

Elissa Deng, Gabriela Sawosko, Big Mice ..........................................................Mia Ascencios, Izabele Didzbalis, Viviana Didzbalis,

Meg McMillin, Ylin Roy, Julia Solberg, Audrey SwainThe Nutcracker ...................................................................................................... Ramon Gaitan*Soldiers ........................................................Eleanore Bourgeois, Clara DeRoche, Sasha Hedroyts,

Olivia Pavlik, Nora Rieck, Claire Sigmund, Jasmine SuToys .................................................Eleanor Moser, Emerson Reed, Natalia Rivero, Julianna Wallin Princess Clara ........................................................................................................Grace JaworskiThe Nutcracker Prince .................................................................................................. JP Tenuta*Snowflakes .................................................................Salt Creek Ballet Company and ApprenticesSnow Crystals ............................... Brittney DiBartolo, Sarah Govostis, Meghan Malec, Tea Pantelic

PROGRAMACT II

Sugar Plum Fairy ..................................................................................................... Emily Bowen*Cavalier ................................................................................................................ Ilya Kozadayev* Spanish Dance ................................................................................Madison Creamer, Tea Pantelic Chinese Dance ....................................... Ella Backus, Emily Lorenz, Vivian Sweeney, Brooke WalshMirlitons ..................................................................................Natalie DiBartolo, Ksenia Filipovich,

Alana Jodwalis, Kylie Norman, Ingrid PearsonRussian Dance ................................................................ Ella Backus, Sofia Barger, Abigail Detloff,

Gretchen Laurence, Samantha Leddy, Mia Nenadovich Ramon Gaitan*

Arabian Solo ......................................................Natalie DiBartolo, Meghan Malec, Edson Cabrera*Arabian Corps .....................................Ella Bagull, Sylvie Barrero, Darlene Chen, Elle Cunningham,

Caroline Giltner, Anna Keeling, Alta Millhollin, Olivia Rivera, Polina Seidel, Jasmine Su, Aria Taylor, Brooke Walsh

Mother Ginger ................................................................................................................Luis Caro*Her Children, the Bon Bons ........ Caroline Bagull, Lily Bier, Alina Djordjevic, Daphne Moser, Aleksia

Nenadovich, Abigail Shipman, Giuliana Villalobos, Josie Wallin Bon Bon Soloists .................... Molly Andrzejewski, Renee Augustyn, Caroline Giltner, Alta Millhollin Waltz Solo ...........................................................................................Meghan Malec, Tea Pantelic Waltz Couples .................................................... Olivia Costello, Brittney DiBartolo, Ingrid Pearson,

Neda Pozingyte, Ramon Gaiton*, Justin Zelenka*Waltz Corps ................................................................Salt Creek Ballet Company and ApprenticesFinale & Apotheosis ....................................................Salt Creek Ballet Company and Apprentices

*Guest artist

Emily Bowen (Sugar Plum) was born and raised in Harrisburg, PA. She received her dance training at Cumberland Dance Company in Pennsylvania, the School of North Carolina Dance Theater (now Charlotte Ballet), and Houston

Ballet Academy. While in Houston Ballet II, Bowen competed in the prestigious Prix de Lausanne in Lausanne, Switzerland. Bowen was featured in the third movement principal in George Balanchine’s Symphony in C, Clara in Ben Stevenson’s The Nutcracker, the role of Elizabeth in Stanton Welch’s world premiere of Marie, the 1st Pas de Deux in Antony Tudor’s The Leaves are Fading, William Forsythe’s The Vertiginous Thrill of Exactitude, the Gray Couple in Nacho Duato’s Jardi Tancat, the first and 11th Pas de Deux in Stanton Welch’s Nosotros, as well as the Neopolitan Princess in Stanton Welch’s Swan Lake. During her 10-year career as a performer with Houston Ballet, she was featured in many works by world renowned choreographers including Jiri Kylian’s Falling Angels and as Pink Couple in Forgotten Land, 1st Shade Variation in Staton Welch’s La Bayadere, Lise in Ashton’s La Fille Mal Gardee, Gold Couple in Welch’s Tu Tu, Rosie in Welch’s The Core, Lead Rubies Couple in George Balanchine’s Jewels, and in Christopher Bruce’s Hush. In 2013, she was one of the featured dancers in Jordan Matter’s print work Dancers Among Us photographed in New York City. Bowen is currently on teaching faculty with Charlotte Ballet.

Ilya Kozadayev (Cavalier) is an international award-winning dancer and choreographer. Born in Saint Petersburg, Russia, to a family of ballet dancers, he received his dance training from the Vaganova Ballet

Academy in Saint Petersburg, The School of American Ballet in New York City, Academy of Colorado Ballet and graduated from the John Cranko Ballet Academy in Stuttgart, Germany. Kozadayev has danced with numerous prestigious ballet companies in the United States including Boston Ballet, Pittsburgh Ballet Theater, as a soloist with Colorado Ballet, a principal dancer with Columbia Classical Ballet and a soloist with the Houston Ballet from 2003-13. Throughout his career Kozadayev has performed works by such choreographers as Marius Petipa, George Balanchine, Alvin Ailey, Jerome Robbins, Kenneth McMillan, Fredrik Ashton, Agnes de Mille, Twyla Tharp, Stanton Welch, Ben Stevenson, Glen Tetley, William Forsythe, Jiri Kylian, Jorma Elo, Aszure Barton, Christopher Bruce, Cho San Goh, Rudi van Danzig, Donald McKayle, Michael Pink and many others. He has toured nationally and internationally and has performed in the United States, Canada, Austria, Germany, France, Spain and Japan. Kozadayev was the winner of the New York International Ballet Competition in 2000. His choreographic credits include works for Boston Ballet’s Raw Dance project, Houston Ballet, Houston Ballet II, Kansas City Ballet, Oklahoma Festival Ballet and Festival Ballet of Providence. He served as an assistant professor of Ballet at the University of Oklahoma School of Dance, where he coordinated the Oklahoma Festival Ballet and served on the Dean’s Advisory Council. Kozadayev is currently on the ballet faculty in the School of Dance at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts.

The NutcrackerMusic by Piotr Ilyich TchaikovskyBased on a story by E.T.A. Hoffman

It is Christmas Eve and the Von Stahlbaums are preparing to welcome their party guests, who arrive family by family, bearing gifts for the host’s children, Clara and Fritz. The presents are all carefully placed under the Christmas tree. Clara’s godfather, the mysterious Herr Drosselmeyer, arrives with a marvelous group of mechanical dolls. In addition, the magical and eccentric Herr Drosselmeyer has planned a special surprise for his beloved godchild, Clara. He presents her with a wonderfully mysterious nutcracker. Clara is immediately taken with her strange gift. Fritz is jealous and steals the nutcracker from Clara. In the chaos of his teasing, Fritz accidentally breaks the nutcracker. Herr Drosselmeyer comes to the rescue and assures Clara that all will be well. The guests perform a contredanse, after which they depart and the Von Stahlbaums prepare for bed.

Just before the stroke of midnight, Clara returns to the darkened living room to check on her nutcracker. She is frightened by large mice, but suddenly Herr Drosselmeyer appears and the mice flee. Much to Clara’s amazement, Herr Drosselmeyer commands the Christmas tree to grow to such an enormous size that it pushes away the entire room. Next, he changes her little toy into a life-size nutcracker. The mice suddenly reappear and a vicious battle ensues. Just when the soldiers seem to be winning, the great Mouse King appears and the tide turns. The Nutcracker and the Mouse King fight. The Mouse King is about to overpower The Nutcracker when Clara distracts him with her shoe, giving The Nutcracker the chance to run the Mouse King through with his sword. The Nutcracker, released from an enchanted spell, turns into a handsome prince. Clara becomes a princess. The Nutcracker prince takes Princess Clara’s hand, and escorts her on a magical voyage to the Kingdom of Snow and beyond.

Princess Clara journeys to the Kingdom of Sweets where the Sugar Plum Fairy greets her. A series of entertaining divertissements are ordered. Princess Clara and The Nutcracker prince dance together surrounded by radiant flowers. The Sugar Plum Fairy and her Cavalier then dance for Clara and the prince. When the festivities are over, everyone bids goodbye to The Nutcracker and Clara, who leave together for her home, where she awakens, uncertain if her magical journey was a dream or reality.

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from Bay Path University and has been the administrator of Career Transition For Dancers/Midwest, the managing director for Lucky Plush Productions, the co-artistic director of the Blue Lake International Ensemble, on the faculty of The Chicago High School for the Arts, the manager at the American Rhythm Center, and is currently the volunteers coordinator at the Oak Park River Forest Food Pantry and guest dance faculty at Northern Illinois University.

Jack Gerling (Counselor Von Stahlbaum, The Mouse King, Waltz Couple) started dancing when he was four years old and joined Salt Creek Ballet at the age of 10 where he received training from artistic directors

Sergey Kozadayev and Zhanna Dubrovskaya. As a member of the company, he performed featured roles in performances including The Nutcracker, Alice in Wonderland, La Bayadère, Harlequinade, and Sleeping Beauty, and participated in numerous Regional Dance America festivals and showcase performances. Graduating from Kaneland High School in 2017, Gerling is currently studying molecular and cellular biology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he has continued dancing as a member of the student-run organization 3Spot Dance Troupe. He is excited to be performing again in Salt Creek Ballet’s production of The Nutcracker!

JP Tenuta (The Nutcracker Prince) grew up dancing at the Academy of Movement and Music and with MOMENTA. He completed his BFA in Dance at Northern Illinois University in 1999, where he studied with Randall Newsom

and Judith Chitwood. He performed for two years with the Nashville Ballet and two years with Luna Negra. He has also performed in the Chicago area with Lyric Opera, The Civic Ballet, Von Heidecke’s Chicago Festival Ballet and with the Salt Creek Ballet. He continues to perform and choreograph for MOMENTA and toured Austria with them in 2003 and 2010. He has taught in a number of Chicago area schools and is a regular faculty member at the Academy of Movement and Music. He has also taught on the Dance Masters circuit and recently served as assistant director for MOMENTA as it toured for Tanzsommer International in Austria.

Justin Zelenka (Party Guest, Waltz) returns home to Salt Creek Ballet. He is a Chicago area native and received his formal ballet training at Canada’s Royal Winnipeg Ballet School. While he was in Winnipeg, he trained

extensively with his mentor, Dr. Arnold Spohr, artistic director emeritus. After graduation, Zelenka apprenticed with the Royal Winnipeg Ballet Company and toured throughout North America and Asia. He has also danced with the Louisville Ballet under Bruce Simpson as a member of the corps de ballet and with Artisan Dance Theatre under Sally Ann Mulcahy. Currently, Zelenka is in Northwestern

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Edson Cabrera (Arabian Solo) was born in Cuba and graduated from the National School of Art (Escuela Nacional de Arte) in Dance, in Havana, Cuba, in 2005. During his time with the company, Cabrera participated in the

ITS Festival in The Netherlands under the direction of Feri de Geus and Noortje Bijvoets. After his graduation, he joined the dance company Ballet Rakatán based in Havana, dancing as a soloist. In 2007 he became a member of Danza Contemporánea de Cuba, participating in several international tours to England, Mexico, Hungary, Poland, Spain, the Netherlands, Australia, and the United States. He has also performed in the Sziget Festival in Budapest, Mercat de les Flors in Barcelona, Brisbane Festival, Manchester International Festival, The Bydgoszcz Opera Festival and Virginia Arts Festival. Cabrera was made principal dancer for Danza Contemporánea de Cuba in 2010. During his time in Danza Contemporánea de Cuba, he worked with choreographers Rafael Bonachela, Carlos Acosta, George Cespedes, Julio C. Iglesias, Juan Kruz, Mats Ek, Itzik Galili and Pedro Ruiz, and performed works by Jan Linkens and Kenneth Kvarstrom.

Luis Caro (Mother Ginger, Party Guest) is originally from Puerto Rico. He began his dance training in Lansing, MI, where he was a theater student. In 1993, he earned a B.F.A. from Butler University in Indianapolis. Since

that time he has danced professionally with

Louisville Ballet, Montgomery Ballet, Eugene Ballet and has made guest appearances with several other dance troupes around the United States. In Chicago, Caro has been a faculty member at Columbia College and the Chicago Academy for the Arts. Also, he performed with the Ruth Page Foundation under the former direction of Larry Long, Ballet Chicago, Ginger Farley’s former 58 Group and other contemporary companies. Caro is a certified Pilates, Red Cord and core trainer as well as a Thai and clinical Thai body worker. He has been a guest performer with Salt Creek Ballet every year since 1998.

Ricardo J. Garcia (Dr. Drosselmeyer) (Mayaguez, Puerto Rico) began his training at Point Park University in Pittsburgh, where he earned a BA in Dance. Upon graduating, he joined the Dayton Contemporary Dance Company (DCDC),

under the direction of founder Jeraldine Blunden and subsequently Kevin Ward. At DCDC, he had the honor to work with acclaimed choreographers Bill T. Jones, Doug Verone, Donald McKayle, Ronald K. Brown and Dwight Rhoden, among others. Additionally, he was the recipient of the Josie Award for Outstanding Male Dancer of the Year in 2002. Garcia has also performed with The Joffrey Ballet, Illinois Ballet, Peoria Ballet, Salt Creek Ballet, Rhythm in Shoes, Walt Disney World and most recently with Luna Negra Dance Theater. He has conducted classes throughout the United States, Europe and Russia, and his choreography has been performed by Luna Negra Dance Theater, Dayton Contemporary Dance Company II, South Dayton Dance Theater, Stivers School for the Arts, After School Matters and Piel Morena Contemporary Dance. Garcia holds a Master of Science in Nonprofit Management and Philanthropy

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Maria Brooks (Executive Director) graduated from the Indiana University School of Business with a B.S. in Accounting. She studied dance at Butler University in Indianapolis while commencing her business career and

obtaining her C.P.A. License. Brooks has held various positions in both corporate and not-for-profit organizations including Ameritrust Bank, Very Special Arts of Indiana, and the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, with a focus on accounting, audit and administration. As a not-for-profit accountant for Very Special Arts of Indiana, she became passionate about exposing children with disabilities to the arts. Brooks discovered Salt Creek Ballet after moving to the Chicago area in 1995, where she was active as a student, volunteer and parent of two dancers for 15 years. Now as executive director, she continues her mission to raise awareness and appreciation of dance to the community at large.

Kirk Muspratt (Music Director and Conductor) recently received the 2018 Conductor of the Year award from the Illinois Council of Orchestras. He was also named “Chicagoan of the Year” in classical music by John von Rhein and the staff of

the Chicago Tribune. In honoring Muspratt, von Rhein said, “Ask the delighted adults and kids who this year flocked to his concerts in west suburban Glen Ellyn with the New Philharmonic Orchestra … They will tell you he made concert going an interactive experience that was both enlightening and— are you ready?—fun.”

Recognized as one of the outstanding figures in the new generation of conductors, Muspratt has garnered international critical acclaim as a “born opera conductor” (Rheinische Post), “a knowledgeable musician who delivers superbly controlled, gorgeously shaped readings” (St. Louis Post-Dispatch), and “friend to local music” (Midwest Beat Magazine). The Los Angeles Times declared, “Watch him!”

In July 2004, Muspratt was named both music director of New Philharmonic and artistic director/music director of DuPage Opera Theatre (now New Philharmonic Opera). In his last fifteen years, productions featured Otello, Madama Butterfly, Le Nozze di Figaro, Il Barbiere di Seviglia, Hansel and Gretel, La Boheme, Faust, Tosca, The Beggars Opera, Elixir of Love, Turandot, Gianni Schicchi, Cosi fan Tutte, The Mikado, La Traviata, and Die Fledermaus.

In 2017 and 2009, New Philharmonic was awarded Professional Orchestra of the Year by the Illinois Council of Orchestras.

In his first months at New Philharmonic, Muspratt instituted a Side-by-Side program for local high school students. Five years ago, Muspratt initiated a popular Solo Competition for Children that results in a child performing at every New Philharmonic concert. In order to involve the community to the maximum, Muspratt has created “Just Ask Kirk™” cards for audience members’ questions and a “Kirkature™” cartoon to help advocate the credo: “Classical music is for everyone.”

Muspratt begins his 19th acclaimed season as music director of the Northwest Indiana Symphony Orchestra (NISO). At NISO, he instituted several highly commended programs that included an orchestral fellowship program with Valparaiso University. In 2006, with NISO, he initiated the South Shore Summer Music Festival.

University’s Physical Therapy School. He left full-time professional dancing to embark on his next career as a physical therapist. Zelenka’s company Kinected Therapy is a home-based physical occupational and speech therapy company in-network with Blue Cross Blue Shield specializing in neurological impairments, movement disorders, and of course dancers. More information: www.kinectedtherapy.com

Ramon Gaitan (Nutcracker, Waltz, Harlequin Doll) is a native of Nicaragua. He started his career on stage at the age of 18 at the Academy of Movement and Music. He graduated from Northern Illinois University with a

BFA emphasizing Dance performance under the direction of Randall Newsom. Gaitan has danced with Richmond Ballet, Ballet Theatre of Maryland, Dayton Ballet, Island Moving company, Festival Ballet, Ballet Grand Diva, Lyric Opera, and Jose Mateo Ballet Theatre, to name a few. He has worked with choreographers such as Wayne McGregor, Ron De Jesus, and John Mark Owens at Jacobs Pillow Dance Festival. He has toured Japan with Ballet Grand Diva, and performed in stage productions of Take Me Out with Human Race Theatre Company in Dayton OH, as well as Parallel 45’s A Streetcar Named Desire. Gaitan has spent the last two years learning and teaching ballroom dance for Arthur Murray Dance Studio in Dayton, and is very excited to be back in the Chicago area and performing in Salt Creek Ballet’s The Nutcracker.

Sergey Kozadayev (Artistic Director) was born in Saint Petersburg, Russia, and trained at the famed Vaganova Ballet Academy. Kozadayev danced with the Saint Petersburg State Ballet as a principal dancer for 22 years,

performing lead roles in ballets such as Swan Lake, Scherherazade, The Nutcracker, Romeo and Juliet, La Fille Mal Gardée, Petrushka, Don Juan, Harlequinade, Hercules, Flower Festival, Pierot, Figaro and Mozartiana. He received the Merit of Honor of the Russian Republic, signifying his reputation for the highest level of dance training and performance and was featured in a biographical documentary for Russian TV. In 1991, he graduated from the Saint Petersburg Conservatory in Choreography and Dance and holds a degree from the University of Culture and Art in Saint Petersburg. He has choreographed and danced in more than 15 countries and was the first Russian choreographer invited to participate in the American Dance Festival in North Carolina in 1990. In 1991, he became Ballet Master, choreographer and teacher for the Colorado Ballet, where he staged all the major classical ballets and set his own choreography for the company. In 1998 he joined Salt Creek Ballet as artistic director. Kozadayev has staged full-length ballets for Salt Creek Ballet such as The Nutcracker, Paquita, La Sylphide, Sleeping Beauty, Giselle and excerpts from Flower Festival, Le Corsaire and The Fairy Doll. His original choreography for Salt Creek Ballet includes Concerto in F, Danse Macabre, Carnival of the Animals, Alice in Wonderland, Black Sea Suite and Classical Symphony. In 2006, Kozadayev was asked to set his own choreography entitled Divertissements, a ballet for select dancers from each of the member companies in Regional Dance America to perform in Jackson, MS, during the USA International Ballet Competition.

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He began his studies as a pianist in New York with Harold Zabrack and continued his studies at Temple University with Adele Marcus and Alexander Fiorillo. After completing graduate studies, Muspratt was accepted into the conducting program at the Konservatorium in Vienna, Austria.

Muspratt is a native of Crows Nest Pass, Alberta, Canada. He became an American citizen in the summer of 2010.

In 2016, he was honored to become a Paul Harris Fellow, an award named for the Rotary International Founder, Paul Harris. For the past three seasons, Muspratt has conducted at the Joffrey Ballet of Chicago.

Benjamin Nadel (Associate Conductor and Librarian) is a classically trained conductor, pianist and violinist. Based in Chicago, he is the associate conductor and orchestra librarian for the New Philharmonic and

Northwest Indiana Symphony Orchestra. He is also the orchestra director at North Central College. Nadel served as assistant conductor and chorus master at the Midwest Institute of Opera from 2011–2015. He was also assistant conductor at Northwestern University’s summer opera program from 2016–2017.

Nadel began his conducting studies with Dr. Glenn Block at Illinois State University while completing his undergraduate degree. He then went on to receive his MA in Orchestral Conducting at the University of Iowa with Dr. William LaRue Jones. Early on in his studies, Nadel fell in love with operatic conducting because to him, it is one of the most moving and all-encompassing art forms. This passion for opera led him to the Cincinnati Conservatory’s summer opera program in Spoleto, Italy, where he studied with Maestro Mark Gibson. It was after this that he became assistant conductor at the Midwest Institute of Opera, where he had the privilege to work closely with Maestro Joshua Greene of the Metropolitan Opera. Nadel is devoted to understanding the native languages of operatic scores in order to best interpret them musically, so he spent two summers in Italian language immersion, and has a firm command of German as well.

As an orchestral conductor, Nadel has worked with several youth groups and high school ensembles, including New Trier, Metea Valley, Glenbard West, and Stevenson High School, as well as the Northwest Indiana Youth Symphony. He also regularly conducts on the summer concerts at New Philharmonic and the Northwest Indiana Symphony Orchestra.

From 1991 through 1996, Muspratt served as resident conductor to Lorin Maazel at the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Prior to that, he was appointed as associate conductor to Joseph Silverstein at the Utah Symphony Orchestra (1990–1992). From 1987 through 1990, Muspratt served as assistant conductor to Leonard Slatkin at the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra as well as music director of the St. Louis Symphony Youth Orchestra. He was music director of the Alberta Ballet from 1997 through 1999. At the New York Philharmonic, Muspratt has served as a cover conductor.

In addition to his work in Pittsburgh, Utah and St. Louis, Muspratt has guest conducted the orchestras of Los Angeles, Montreal, London, Korean Broadcast Symphony, Detroit, Rochester, National Arts Center, Vancouver, Knoxville, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, Winnipeg, Calgary, Edmonton, Hamilton, Victoria, Thunder Bay, New Orleans, Stamford, Binghamton, Lafayette, South Bend, Puchon, Annapolis, Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra and Baltimore Chamber Symphony. Summer debuts have included the Tanglewood, Chautauqua and Sewanee Music Festivals and the Banff Center for Performing Arts.

In Europe, Muspratt was assistant conductor in the opera houses of Monchengladbach/Krefeld, Germany, from 1985 to 1987. His American opera-conducting debut came with the Utah Opera in 1991. He returned there to premiere Mascagni’s L‘Amico Fritz. Maestro Muspratt has conducted Die Fledermaus for the Calgary Opera, Faust and Merry Widow for the Utah Opera, Of Mice and Men and Il Barbiere di Siviglia for the Arizona Opera, all to stunning critical acclaim. In addition, he debuted at the Ash Lawn-Highland Summer Opera Festival in Virginia. He returned to Arizona Opera to conduct their production of Dialogues of the Carmelites, to the Utah Opera for their new production of Faust and Amahl and the Night Visitors at Opera Illinois.

In 1983 and 1984, Muspratt was invited to be a scholarship student at the Chautauqua Institute and in 1986 was selected as a conducting fellow at the Aspen Music Festival. A year later, he was invited into the Conducting Program at the Tanglewood Festival. In 1988, he was chosen to be one of three conducting fellows for the Los Angeles Philharmonic Institute at the Hollywood Bowl.

As a teacher, Muspratt has taught at the Conductors’ Institute of the University of South Carolina, the Conductors’ Guild National Workshops, Association of Canadian Orchestras National Conference in Toronto, the Conductors’ Studio at Illinois State University and at Westminster Choir College in Princeton. During the summer, he has often taught a graduate conducting class at VanderCook College of Music and for the last three summers has been teaching at the Northwestern University Summer Opera Seminar. In 2019, he taught graduate conducting master classes at Illinois State University and judged the concerto competition at Northwestern University. Muspratt recently completed six-year tenure on the board of directors of the Conductors’ Guild.

Having always enjoyed working with young people, he has conducted the Pennsylvania Regional Orchestra and the Pennsylvania All-State Orchestra and most recently the IMEA District 9 orchestra. Muspratt has conducted the Boston University Tanglewood Orchestra at the Tanglewood Festival. Muspratt has been the recipient of numerous awards, among them grants from the Canada Council and the Presser Foundation. In 1983 and again in 1984, he was winner of the Strauss Conducting Prize while a conducting student at the Vienna Conservatory. During his tenure in Utah, he received the first Utah Up ’n Comers Award ever given to a classical musician. This honor was awarded to Muspratt for his work and involvement in the Utah Arts Community. In 1987, he was named winner of the prestigious Exxon/Affiliate Artists Award.

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ARTISTIC DIRECTORSergey Kozadayev

EXECUTIVE DIRECTORMaria Brooks

BOARD OF DIRECTORSKatharine L.S. Hamilton, President

Cheryl Gibson, Vice President Greg Sjullie, Treasurer

Lauren S. Kavanaugh, SecretaryO.J. Mavon Julie Mayer Ken Nelson

Christine Schultz Neumann Kay Vee Rhoads

Carolyn Schanzer

Mary Castellano (Advisory), Sarah M. Cuddihee (Advisory),Ricardo Garcia (Advisory), Timothy Rivelli (Advisory)

HONORARY BOARD OF DIRECTORSThe Honorable Judy Biggert, Marianne Calhoun,

George L. Faulstich, Jr., Lisa Gengler, William E. Parry,Carolyn Stillman, Joel Wilcoxen, Carson Yeager

IN MEMORIAMFounding Artistic Director

Patricia Sigurdson

Irene Antoniou, Michael Majewski, Alice Mansell,Gary Sigurdson, Bud Stillman

STAFFKaren Barrientes, Marketing and Communications Coordinator

Mary Blake, Office Manager and WardrobeKathy Ranft, Office Assistant

Dr. Kelly Stokes, Community Engagement CoordinatorHolly Swasko, Office Assistant

Salt Creek Ballet is an acclaimed performance based ballet school and pre-professional company founded by Patricia Sigurdson in 1985. Trained at the Royal Ballet School in London and in New York City, Sigurdson danced professionally with American Ballet Theatre and Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo. To preserve her high standard of artistry, Sergey Kozadayev, recipient of the Merit of Honor of the Russian Republic, and Zhanna Dubrovskaya, were engaged as co-artistic directors upon Sigurdson’s retirement in 1998. Trained at the famed Vaganova School in Saint Petersburg, Russia, the couple danced for more than 20 years with the Saint Petersburg State Ballet, performing worldwide in the leading roles of many classical and contemporary ballets. Before coming to Salt Creek Ballet, Kozadayev and Dubrovskaya spent seven years with the Colorado Ballet as ballet master and ballet mistress. The pair expanded and enriched Salt Creek Ballet’s repertoire with evening-length productions of La Sylphide, Sleeping Beauty and Giselle; and excerpts from La Bayadère, Le Corsaire, and Petipa’s masterpiece, Paquita. Salt Creek Ballet alternates these great classics with mixed repertory bills. Dubrovskaya retired from Salt Creek Ballet in the spring of 2017. Kozadayev continues as artistic director of Salt Creek Ballet Company and director of the school. Under his leadership, Salt Creek Ballet strives for new heights of artistic excellence.

Salt Creek Ballet is committed to its mission to offer high quality dance instruction to students of all ages, present professional-quality dance performances to diverse area audiences, provide high-level performing opportunities for area dancers, and encourage appreciation and awareness of dance in the community at large.

Salt Creek Ballet dancers are pre-professionals drawn from the best Chicago area talent. Internationally known guest artists, choreographers and designers regularly work with Salt Creek Ballet to provide dancers and audiences alike with a level of performance usually associated with top professional companies. Repertory includes traditional classical works plus original classical and contemporary works by both resident and guest choreographers. From the holiday performances of The Nutcracker, to the spring performance and local festivals, Salt Creek Ballet dancers annually perform in front of approximately 10,000 audience members.

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Tea Pantelic Ingrid Pearson Skylar Penland Neda Pozingyte

Ella Backus Sofia Barger Vera Brenneman

Gretchen Laurence Mia Nenadovich Vivian Sweeney

Taylor Cavo Olivia Costello Madison Creamer Abigail Detloff

Natalie DiBartolo Brittney DiBartolo Ksenia Filipovich Sarah Govostis

Grace Jaworski Alana Jodwalis Samantha Leddy Emily Lorenz

Meghan Malec Lilliana Miller Mitchell Millhollin Kylie Norman

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SALT CREEK BALLET — APPRENTICES

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Kirk Muspratt, Music Director and Conductor Chair sponsored by Jeanette N. and Renee Giragos, in memory of Dr. Henry G. Giragos

1st ViolinKristen Wiersum, Concertmaster

Chair sponsored by Sue and Dick Lamb

Gretchen SherrellDebra PonkoMiki SantibanezEloise MeloniMyra Hinrichs

2nd ViolinMara Gallagher, Principal

Chair sponsored by Dr. Donald E. Newsom, in memory of Dr. Mary Ellen Newsom

Kristen LeJeuneJo Marie SisonKaren Nelson

ViolaRyan Rump, Principal

Chair sponsored by Karen L. Dickelman

Sarah TompkinsBill Kronenberg

CelloNancy Moore, Principal

Chair sponsored by John Rutledge

Anne MonsonChair sponsored by John Rutledge

Ellen Frolichstein Chair sponsored by John Rutledge

BassMichael Meehan, Principal

Chair sponsored by Margaret and Michael McCoy

John Rosenkrans

Flute Carolyn May, Principal

Chair sponsored by Kathleen Yosko

Lisa TargonskiMaria Schwartz

Oboe Ashley Ertz, Principal

Chair sponsored by Sue and Dick Lamb

Casey Kearney

English HornMelinda Getz

Clarinet Mary Payne, PrincipalLacy Garbar

Bass ClarinetBarbara Drapcho

Bassoon Dianne Ryan, PrincipalLynette Pralle

Horn Phil Stanley, Principal

Chair sponsored by Dr. Donald G. Westlake

Melanie KjellsenThomas Vienna Dan Vidican

Chair sponsored by Lowell and Barbara Anderson

Trumpet Edgar Campos, Principal

Chair sponsored by Margaret and Michael McCoy

Ryan Hobbs

TromboneChelsea French, PrincipalCherai McCauley Andrew Palmer

TubaDoug Zelinka

TimpaniJames Bond-Harris

PercussionAndrew Cierny, Principal

Chair sponsored by Jim and Tally Knippen

Kent Barnhart

HarpJennifer Ruggieri

KeyboardLisa Kristina

Orchestra ManagerPaula Cebula

Associate Conductor, LibrarianBenjamin Nadel

Chair sponsored by Jerry and Susan Schurmeier

Personnel ManagerKaren Dickelman

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• Licensed therapists, offering a variety of treatments• $59 for a 60-minute session and $10 discount for first visit• Gift certificates available

Call (630) 942-2208 or book online through the Genbook link on our website: cod.edu/massageclinic

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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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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 Dec. 1, 2017 through July 31, 2019. 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.

FRIENDS OF THE MAC

Leadership Circle ($5,000 and up)Anonymous (3)Mr. and Mrs. Franz AltschulerLowell and Barbara AndersonBall Horticultural CompanyAnna BallBank of America Mr. and Mrs. Earl E. DowlingDuPage FoundationFollett Higher Education GroupG. Carl Ball Family FoundationMr. Deven GoldenHinsdale Public LibraryJCS Fund of DuPage FoundationMs. Sarah Koten and the Sarah J. Koten Charitable FundKaren and Gene KuhnL.L.BeanMr. and Mrs. Richard Lamb and the Susan and Richard Lamb Charitable Fund of The DuPage FoundationLegat Architects, Inc.Representative Deanne M. MazzochiDr. and Mrs. Harold D. McAninchMargaret and Michael McCoyKirk MusprattJudith May O’DellDorothy O’ReillyAlan Peterson, in memory of Carolyn LevickasMr. and Mrs. William PodgorskiKelly and Roland RaffelNancy and John RutledgeSullivan Taylor, Gumina & Palmer, PCTerrence J. Taylor and Maureen Sullivan TaylorBjarne R. Ullsvik

James and Patricia VaryDr. Donald G. WestlakeWight & CompanyMark Wight and Eszter BorvendegMs. Kathleen C. Yosko

Encore Circle ($2,500–$4,999)Anonymous (2)Robert and Lynne Anderson and the Robert and Lynne Anderson Charitable Fund of US Charitable Gift TrustJoseph and Betsy BallekBrookdale Glen Ellyn Senior Living CommunityDr. and Mrs. Brian W. CaputoMrs. Clark G. CarpenterAnita DicksonJames and Marie Drasal and Drasal Family Fund of Fidelity Charitable Gift FundEcolab Inc.Ken and Joan FrankKen and Debbie FulksJim and Sharon HuckMr. and Mrs. James H. Knippen, IIMs. Diana L. MartinezDavid and Carolyn MayJane E. MooreDrs. Donald E. and Mary Ellen NewsomThe Rev. Dr. Curtis and Leanne RolfeCharles SchlauJerry and Susan SchurmeierSmith Financial Advisors, Inc.Mark and Nancy SmithGeraldine SmrcinaMarilyn SmrcinaTheodore M. Utchen

Director’s Circle ($1,000–$2,999)Anonymous (2)Ms. Eunice BeckerMilton and Heide BentleyProf. and Mrs. Charles E. BooneBuffalo Theatre EnsembleCabernet & CompanyJohn and Pamela DalbyEnertherm CorporationJoseph and Frances EraciJohn and Joann FaulhaberFinances by Design Inc.Mr. and Mrs. Craig GiblinGeorge and Roberta Gilbert and the Gilbert Family Charitable FundJeanette N. and Renee Giragos, in memory of Dr. Henry G. GiragosGinni and ChrisMr. and Mrs. Robert G. HartmanMr. Glenn HopkinsJorge and Beatriz IorgulescuJeffrey Jens and Ann BoisclairMrs. Patricia Johansen and the Johansen Family Fund of the DuPage Community FoundationCharlene Kornoski-Du VallMr. Larry C. LarsonGil and Lola LehmanDr. Barbara LemmeMs. Alixe LischettMarilyn H. Wolff FoundationMarilyn and Tipton McCawley, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Robert MillerLTC and Mrs. James MilobowskiModruson & Associates, LLCBill and Nancy Moore

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Dr. and Mrs. Joseph S. Morrissey and the Morrissey Family Fund of The DuPage FoundationBob and Joan OlachJane OldfieldHelen PachayMadeleine PachayPinot’s PaletteJeffrey and Debora PonkoRichard and Elizabeth QuaintanceGary and Mary RashMr. William C. RaymondA. F. and Cecile RobinsonJudy RonaldsonMr. and Mrs. Eugene Rzym and the Eugene W. Rzym Giving Fund of Fidelity CharitableKristin and Peter ShulmanMr. Phil SprovieriMs. Dawn Sullivan AhernTravanse Living at WheatonMr. and Mrs. Michael R. WebbBonnie M. WheatonScott and Kristen WiersumJo Anne Zipperer

Ambassador Circle ($500–$999)Anonymous (2)Anonymous Friend of the DuPage ChoraleYoung AhnAmelia BarrettMary Ellen and Jack BarryPatricia and Bruce BeckMr. and Mrs. Marco BenassiMr. and Mrs. Martin P. BenderMs. Janace BergmannWilliam and Janet BermannMr. and Mrs. Ralph BertolaciniMs. Kathleen BinnigRonald and Hope BucherEd and Kay BurtonPaula and John Cebula

Community Foundation of Will CountyRobert and Carol Drake, Jr.Edwin A. and Gerry DulikDaniel Edelman and Fran KravitzMs. Carol G. EncisoJennifer JulienDavid and Helen FraserMarilyn FredericksJack and Robin GrahamMr. and Mrs. Linsley GrayDon and Jackie HegebarthMr. William N. HerrmannMark and Darlene HolleJohn and Gabrielle JaquindeKarl and Lee Ann KarnatzDr. Jean V. KartjeIda LeeMr. and Mrs. James F. LongJohn and Lynette McCortneyMs. Kathleen McCulloughEllen and Daniel McGowanDr. and Mrs. John MessittMr. Charles J. MisovyeJohn Mulherin and Sara BonkowskiKaren Webb OwenJim and Lorraine PaulissenMr. and Mrs. Mark A. PetersonMeri PhillipsDr. Patricia PimentalDr. and Mrs. Hans P. PohlmannGinny and Don RathsMs. Theresa M. SakDoris and David SchertzSkeet and Laura SkeetAngela SmithRichard and Janice StickaTwo Brothers Brewing CompanyDr. and Mrs. E. Jay Van Cura and The E. Jay Van Cura MD Charitable Fund of the Vanguard Charitable Endowment ProgramWhole FoodsMr. and Mrs. Gerald Zielinski

Performer ($250–$499)Anonymous (4)Renato and Mary BacciMr. and Mrs. Ronald N. BenMrs. Beth BondeMs. Claudia BorowskiConnie Canaday Howard and Rex HowardMs. Nancy CarlsonMr. Joseph CassidyMr. Robert B. ChasteenMr. and Mrs. Bruce P. ChristensenDiane CooperStephen and Sunday CumminsMr. and Mrs. Bill P. CurryDon and Anna Mae DaviaDempsey-MuskerGeorge W. and Ann DervisMarilyn and Gene DicolaWilliam DonnellyJames EyreGeorge and Kathryn FairbairnMarcela FanningMr. and Mrs. Douglas FitzgeraldMarcia and Lorne FrankMr. Michael W. GoettschGranite City Food & BreweryDr. Eugene G. Hallongren and Mrs. Dianne J. HallongrenHand & Stone Massage and Facial SpaRebekah and Rodney HarrisMs. Carmen A. Heredia-LopezJohn A. HerndonMr. and Mrs. Clifford HillAllan Hins and Marilyn WilgockiMr. and Mrs. Peter D. HorneStephanie IglehartMs. Mary JensenMr. and Mrs. Tomas JohanssonMr. John KenwoodVirginia and Charles KlingspornMs. Durema F. KohlUlrike Konchan

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FRIENDS OF THE MACMr. Michael KozlowskiMr. John L. Ladle, Jr.The Lagunitas Brewing CompanyR and G LeonaviciusLinda D. LiederMr. Robert MarksJeffrey MayMs. Susan MazanekMr. Donald E. McGowan and Ms. Mary L. PrazakMarty and Marian McGowanMrs. Melissa Meisch-MercadoMr. and Mrs. Craig MillerJ. C. MorganMs. Carol NewtonNorthern IL Commercial Association of RealtorsByrd and Alice ParmeleeMr. Thomas PattersonJack and Marilyn PearsonMr. and Mrs. Wayne A. PiccinMs. René M. RichardsMs. Amy RothNancy L. RubyMs. Lisa Savegnago and Mr. Ronald A. JohnsonMs. Lenore SchachtDenson ShopsMs. Eileen StrongGrace and Len SwansonVirginia and Jerry ThompsonJanet ThornberyMr. and Mrs. Scott E. VeselyMs. Judy VogtMr. and Mrs. Edward WarmowskiMr. and Mrs. Anthony J. WdowiarzDon and Lisa WeissMs. Kathy WesselKathy and Rich Wilders

Friend ($50–$249)Anonymous (22)Nina AdamsSue AdamsMichael Aikins

Peggy AldworthNancy AlluredMrs. John AndersenMr. Ron AndersonAndrew’s GardenApple Matching Gifts ProgramMs. Emma B. Arellano-CabusaoArt Institute of ChicagoMr. and Mrs. Jay J. AugustineAurora Civic Center AuthorityAlyce BarnicleBarone’s Family RestaurantMr. and Mrs. Daniel S. BarszczMichael and Gail BaruchRichard and Grace BauerBetty and Bob BeckerMr. and Mrs. Sherif BehnaBiff Behr and Lynne RichmanMs. Mary BergKen and Annabel BergmanMr. and Ms. John BorgeMr. and Mrs. James BorusMr. and Mrs. James BovesMr. Franklin E. BowesRichard BowesMs. Jayne BoyleMr. George BrannonMs. Sharon BrauerBroadway in ChicagoMr. and Mrs. George BruceBuca di Beppo Italian RestaurantVerda and Paul BufkinMr. William BuhrMr. and Mrs. William BulgerDr. John and Suzanne BuntrockMildred and Harold BurrowJoseph and Marybeth CampionMs. Amie L. CantarellaMs. Virginia CantuMrs. Ruth CarlsonRuth and Ken CarlsonJim CarstenCaterpillar FoundationMs. Natalie CepynskyGreg and Janet ChejfecMr. Gary P. Chomuk

Mr. and Mrs. Larry ChristensenMr. Michael ChurchMr. Allen R. CiteraMr. Alan L. ClarkMs. Theresa L. ClarkMr. and Mrs. William CleaverMr. and Mrs. Ray F. CliffMr. and Mrs. James ConnollyPeggy ConnollyMs. Erica CoppolinoCreme de la Creme BoutiqueMr. Steven D. CurtisMrs. Margaret DadyJeanne E. DavikMs. Judy DeckerMr. and Mrs. Michael J. DelaneyJoy and Ron DetmerDevon Seafood and SteakMr. Gary R. DobsonMs. Jane DoyleWilliam and Kathleen DrennanDrury Lane TheatreMs. Deborah L. DudekEvalee DumasJenny DunbarJoanne EastMr. and Mrs. Michael EdwardsElements MassageMrs. Julie A. ElgesRobert and Linda FairbairnThomas and Carol FateGeraldine FeketeMr. Joseph P. FerreriElinor FlaniganSusan FoodyEric and Marilyn ForsFrank Gironda Salon & SpasMs. Judith D. FrazierDr. and Mrs. Richard M. FriedGail FromerJanet R. GahalaMr. and Ms. Paul KatsMary Jane GarrettUrs Geiser and Mary HobeinPamela and Jerome GiermannGlen Ellyn Park District

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FRIENDS OF THE MACMr. and Mrs. Glenn GlinkeMr. Mark GodishP. GondekMr. and Mrs. Jonathan Good and the Jon and Ruth Good Foundation—Fidelity Charitable FundMs. Kristina GuastaferriMs. Wanda GustasAnne HackerMr. Stephen HallenbeckMs. Robin L. HallettGeorgia HamiltonDiana and Gary HarperDr. Susan Harris-MitchellMrs. Jane D. HartopDavid and Karen HaugenMr. and Mrs. Brad A. HausermanMs. Nancy HeadenMr. and Mrs. James HeltMs. Ann B. HendersonAleene L. Henninger-BoydenLance HerningMr. Robert HessMs. Judith HigginsRon HiltonBruce and Judy HoskinsMr. Lawrence J. HowardStephen and Michelle HujarMs. Donna IalongoWalt and Vicki IlczynMr. and Mrs. Kevin R. IlliaInn at Water’s EdgeMs. Susan InnesDave JatczakMs. Marilyn L. JelinekMs. Jean M. JeskeEdward and Susan JeszkaMr. and Mrs. Donald V. JohnsonMr. and Mrs. Glenn C. JohnsonBernard and Antoinette JokielFred and Carole JonesMr. David P. JordanDr. and Mrs. Robert M. Jourdan, D.D.S.Mr. and Mrs. Steven L. Jung

Dee KaempenMr. and Mrs. Raymond KasparMr. David KassKendra ScottMr. and Mrs. William KensholNick Knickrehm and Beverly LoganMr. and Mrs. R. P. KolakMs. Elaine L. KolmanMarcia A. KoppenhoeferJohn P. and Catherine M. KosMr. Brian KraussMs. Kathryn S. LaheyEileen B. Landau, Fidelity Charitable Trust, in Memory of Eliot A. Landau and Cateria A. PrydeMr. Karl LangnerGregory and Kristine LarsenLaser QuestMs. Bette Lawrence-WaterMs. Bridget LearyMrs. Ruth LeBeauMr. and Mrs. Chung LeeMr. and Mrs. Paul F. LeFort and the LeFort-Martin Family Donor-Advised Fund of The DuPage FoundationMichael LembkeMs. Virginia LennonMr. Anthony LettsMr. and Mrs. Robert T. LindseyMr. and Mrs. Mike LulloMr. and Mrs. Edward MakauskasMr. and Mrs. Atis MakstenieksEdward J. MallyMadeleine and Ralph MarbachMs. Brandee MartinJohn MategranoDiane MaurerMr. and Mrs. John P. MaxsonMrs. Dorothy McCormackJames and Kimberley McDonnellLucia and Jim McGinnMs. Jennifer A. McIntoshKaren Micaka and Tom Dekant

Mr. and Mrs. Wayne J. MicekMs. Mary C. MichnaMr. and Mrs. Francis MiesJerry and Brigitte MillerRalph and Nancy MillerBonnie MizeColleen and Dale MoirMr. and Mrs. Michael MoonMs. Kimberly G. MorrisThe Morton ArboretumMr. and Mrs. David W. MortonMrs. Linda B. MotzJoan MuellerBarbara J. MurphyJohn W. MurphyMs. Barbara NagengastMr. and Mrs. Timothy NordahlKatherine NorrisBetty and John NorthMr. John L. NortonJean and Joanne OliphantGwen O’LoughlinShirley OrloppJo Marie OstrowskiMs. Patricia OvermyerAlice E. PackardSarah PackardMr. William PalmquistMr. and Mrs. Maynard L. Parker, Jr.Mr. Nick PetrosRohan and Merlyn PhillipsMs. Helen PierceRoger and Sarah PoeppelMr. and Mrs. Charles PolitoPorchlight Music TheatreMary Lou PorterMs. Denise PriceMs. Marilyn PrideRoger and Vivian PschererAlicia and Marshall PufundtTom and Karen PulverMs. Kathryn PurdyMr. and Mrs. Aleksandar RadovicMr. Herbert RaffelJohn and Mandy RakowMs. Diane G. Rath

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Realty Club of ChicagoMaryEllen ReedyMs. Tracey J. ReidMr. and Mrs. James F. RendelMr. John RidgewayGail RobinsonPatricia RoseMarlene and Bob RosecransMs. Dani RozekThe Honorable and Mrs. Richard D. RussoBill and Sharron SailorLaura SamperJaney SartherMs. Barbara ScalzittiMrs. William G. ScanlanRichard and Patricia SchwarzeSharol and William SchwassMr. and Mrs. A. C. SchwethelmKen and Trish ScottMs. Elizabeth Shaffer-McCarthyMr. Neal SmithMr. Jim SotirakosJean SpitzerEllen and Grier StephensonMr. and Mrs. A. G. StithCarol StoffelMs. Billie S. StraussMelissa StriedlDr. and Mrs. William (Norma) StronerMs. Susan SturmMr. and Mrs. Thomas J. SuhrburMr. and Mrs. Kennan R. SullivanMs. Helen B. SzymanskiAnthony and Mona TaylorPaul ThompsonMr. and Mrs. Charles ThurstonMr. and Mrs. James N. TitusMs. Justine ToschTom and Teri TraceyMs. Tiffany TricroceMs. Cynthia TrowbridgeMr. Steve TsaiMr. and Mrs. Joseph A. TurekMr. and Ms. Anthony J. Vahcic

Ms. Harriet VakosEugenio and Carmen ValdesVillage Links of Glen EllynMarilee ViolaMark and Ruthe VitaleMs. Jacqueline VlamingMr. and Mrs. Michael VolkLucy and George VorickKay WahlgrenPenelope WainwrightDr. and Mrs. Edward Walsh, D.D.S.Mr. and Ms. Alan S. WalterMr. Tim WardWaterleafMs. Susan WeberJudy WebsterMr. and Mrs. Dennis WeeksPatricia and Richard WeichleMr. Brian WeickRobert and Marlene WeilerAnne and Jim WengerdMr. and Mrs. John WheatleyWheaton Chamber of CommerceRobert and Jeanne WhislerLyn and Debbie WhistonW. H. WhowellJoan and Raymond WielgosMs. Alice M. WilburMs. Sandra WildermuthLee WilliamsMr. Chuck WingeMs. Eileen WinterMr. and Mrs. Harvey WischnowskiMrs. Iris S. WitkowskyMs. Rebecca WolvertonMr. and Mrs. Robert WulffenJohn YoungDiane Meiborg and Roger ZacekMs. Michelle ZiebellMargot C. and Arthur Zwierlein

Corporate and Community SponsorsA Toda MadreAdelle’s Fine American FareArts MidwestBank of AmericaBall Horticultural Company Brookdale Glen EllynCabernet & CompanyThe ClubhouseCollege of DuPage FoundationDoubleTree by Hilton Lisle NapervilleDuPage Convention and Visitors BureauDuPage FoundationFollettGlen PrairieHoulihan’sI Have a BeanIllinois Arts Council AgencyL.L.BeanNational Endowment for the ArtsNothing Bundt CakesParkers’ Restaurant and BarReserve 22Smith Financial Advisors Inc.Sullivan Taylor, Gumina & Palmer, P.C.Travanse Living of WheatonWeber Grill90.9FM WDCB98.7 WFMTWhole FoodsWight and Company

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MAC Administrative StaffDirector of the McAninch Arts Center .................................................................................................. Diana MartinezMarketing and Donor Relations Coordinator ...........................................................................................Roland RaffelBusiness Manager ..............................................................................................................................Ellen McGowanAssistant Business Manager ................................................................................................................. Kari SchoettleCurator, Cleve Carney Museum of Art ....................................................................................................... Justin WitteMuseum Assistant ................................................................................................................................. Heidi Holmes Project Coordinator, Frida Kahlo 2020 .................................................................................................. Molly JunokasEducation and Community Engagement Coordinator ............................................................................. Janey SartherDirector of Development for Cultural Arts ...............................................................................................Janie OldfieldGraphic Design and Group Sales Coordinator .......................................................................................Kat Kazmierski Administrative Assistant ........................................................................................................................Mandy RakowClerical Assistants ......................................................................................Samantha Hernandez, Danielle Pawlowski

MAC Box Office and Front of House StaffBox Office Manager ...................................................................................................................................Julie ElgesAssistant Box Office Manager .......................................................................................................... Natalie WawczakBox Office Assistant ......................................................................................................... Karen Robinson, Elise WashPatron Service Manager ........................................................................................................................... Tom MurrayFront of House Manager ............................................................................................................................Rob Nardini

MAC Resident Professional EnsemblesBuffalo Theatre Ensemble, Artistic Director ............................................................................Connie Canaday HowardBuffalo Theatre Ensemble, Associate Artistic Director ........................................................................... Amelia BarrettBuffalo Theatre Ensemble, Business Manager ......................................................................................... Bryan BurkeNew Philharmonic, Music Director and Conductor ..................................................................................Kirk MusprattNew Philharmonic, Associate Conductor and Librarian ....................................................................... Benjamin NadelNew Philharmonic Manager ................................................................................................................... Paula Cebula

MAC Design and Technical StaffTechnical Production Coordinator .................................................................................................................Jon GanttTechnical Director ............................................................................................................................ Michael W. MoonCostume and Make-up Design Coordinator .................................................................................... Kimberly G. MorrisAssistant Costume Coordinator and Stitcher ................................................................................... Gretchen Woodley Production Manager................................................................................................................................. Joe HopperSound and Lighting Specialist ................................................................................................................Ben JohnsonLighting Production Specialist ............................................................................................................... Elias MoralesAudio Production Specialist ................................................................................................................. Fisher ParsonsProduction Specialist ..........................................................................................................................Sabrina ZeidlerStage Hands ...................................................................................................................Bobby Bryan, Caitlyn Woods

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 seated at discretion of the House Manager.

• Groups of 10 or more may contact Kat Kazmierski at (630) 942-3026 or kazmierskik@cod.edu 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) 942-3705.

• 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.