New PhilharmonicKirk Muspratt, Artistic Director and Music Director

42nd Season 2018–2019

Die Fledermaus(The Bat)

Music byJohann Strauss II

Original Libretto byC. Haffner and Richard Genée

Libretto Edited and Adapted byMichael LaTour

English Lyrics byRuth and Thomas Martin

Artistic and Music Director Stage Director and Choreographer Kirk Muspratt Michael LaTour

Associate Conductor Scenic Design Benjamin Nadel Ann Davis

Costume, Make-Up and Wig Design Chorus Director Kimberly G. Morris Lisa Kristina

Lighting Design Properties Design Jon Gantt Sabrina Zeidler

ManagerPaula Cebula

Stage Director sponsored by Media support provided by

Saturday, Jan. 26, 2019, 7:30 p.m.Sunday, Jan. 27, 2019, 3 p.m.

Belushi Performance Hall

2 3

CAST (in order of appearance)Rosalinde, Eisenstein’s wife ............................................................................. Katherine R. WeberAdele, Rosalinde’s maid .................................................................................... Mikaela SchneiderGabriel von Eisenstein, a Viennese man-about-town .................................................Jesse DonnerAlfred, an Italian Tenor ................................................................................................James Judd Dr. Blind, a lawyer ........................................................................................... Matthew GreenblattDr. Falke, a notary .................................................................................................... Aaron WardellFrank, a prison warden ............................................................................................. Sam HandleyIda, Adele’s sister .....................................................................................................Brittany HebelFrosch, jailer .......................................................................................................... Michael LaTourPrince Orlofsky, a Russian prince ...............................................................................Ashley ŠipkaYvan, the prince’s bodyguard ....................................................................................Gary KrischerChorus .......................... Stephen Boyer, Crystal Chandler, Allison Cook, Nathan Thomas Dittemore,

Anjali Dziarski, Dainius Grabliauskas, Justin Martin, Ryan Morrison, Reed Pence, Erin Perry, Angeline Petronijevic, Meghan Smeenge

Waiters ................................................................................... Matthew Greenblatt, Paul SmeengeDancers .........................................................Laura Martino (lead), Dunja Čicek, Rajeyah ShakeelCover of Prince Orlofsky ..............................................................................................Allison CookCover of Rosalinde .........................................................................................Angeline PetronijevicCover of Alfred ........................................................................................................ Stephen Boyer

Setting: Vienna in the early 1870s Act I – Eisenstein’s apartmentAct II – The Villa of Prince OrlofskyAct III – The prison offices of Warden Frank

There will be a 20-minute intermission between Act I and Act II and a brief scenic change pause after Act II.

Please disengage wristwatch alarms, beepers and cell phones.

Immediately following the performance, Maestro Kirk Muspratt, as well as the cast and orchestra, cordially invite you to participate in “Cookies with Kirk” in our lobby. Sponsored by Brookdale Glen Ellyn

PRODUCTION STAFFStage Manager ......................................................................................................... Isabelle RundAssistant Stage Manager ...................................................................... Nathan Thomas DittemoreProduction Manager..................................................................................................... Joe Hopper Light Board Operator..................................................................................................Bobby BryanSound Engineer .........................................................................................................Ben JohnsonTechnical Director/Properties and Deck Manager ................................................... Sabrina ZeidlerScenic and Lighting Assistants ................................ Mary Ahlert, Chris Anderson, Elizabeth Khouri,

Anna Sieg, Dan Sullivan, Robert Thomas, Brandon Torres, Chris Trapani, Brendan Weaver, Miles Zable

Stage Crew ........................................... Casandra Fenwick, Jillian Luce (Followspot), John Rakow, Robert Thomas, Tim Vogel, Caitlyn Woods (Followspot), Miles Zable

Costume Shop Manager .................................................................................... Kimberly G. MorrisAssistant Costume Shop Supervisor ...................................................................Gretchen WoodleyCostume Shop Assistants ............................. Dunja Čicek, Nathan Thomas Dittemore, Kyle Krisch,

John Rakow, Tori Seggebruch, Rajeyah ShakeelWardrobe Assistants .............................Dunja Čicek, Nathan Thomas Dittemore, Rajeyah Shakeel Supertitles ................................................................................................................. Jan KrischerAssistant to the Stage Director .................................................................................... Barb Ofman

New Philharmonic extends sincere appreciation to the Smith, Rutledge, and Connelly families for extending their hospitality for the month of January to our stage director and opera cast.

Act IIIIn the prison offices of Warden Frank

The next morning they all find themselves at the prison where the confusion increases and is compounded by the jailer, Frosch, who has profited by Warden Frank’s absence to become gloriously drunk. Alfred, still in jail in Eisenstein’s place, irritates the other prisoners by singing operatic arias.

Adele arrives to ask the Chevalier Chagrin (actually Frank) to sponsor her career as an actress, but Frank is not wealthy enough to do this (Melodrama; Couplet of Adele) Meanwhile, Alfred asks Frosch to summon Dr. Blind to help get him released; Frank agrees to allow this and Dr. Blind arrives. Eisenstein enters and says he has come to serve his sentence. He is surprised when Frank tells him that his cell is already occupied by a man who claims to be Eisenstein and whom Frank had arrested in Eisenstein’s apartment. Frank further tells Eisenstein that the man he arrested was singing amorous songs to Rosalinde at the time of his arrest, and warmly kissed her goodbye. Enraged, Eisenstein takes Dr. Blind’s wig and glasses in order to disguise himself and confront the impersonator Alfred, whom Eisenstein now believes has cuckolded him. Rosalinde enters. Eisenstein takes off his disguise and accuses her of being unfaithful to him with Alfred. Eisenstein, Rosalinde and Alfred sing a trio in which Eisenstein angrily claims the right of vengeance. However, Rosalinde produces his watch, and he realizes that the Hungarian mystery-woman he tried to seduce at Orlofsky’s party was actually Rosalinde in disguise and that he, not she, is at fault.

Falke enters with all the guests from the party and explains that the whole thing was payback for Eisenstein’s practical joke on him three years before. Eisenstein is delighted by the prank, and he begs Rosalinde to forgive him for his attempted infidelity. Rosalinde refuses at first, but Eisenstein tells her that his misbehavior was caused by the Champagne. She accepts this explanation and forgives him. Orlofsky promises to finance Adele’s acting career, and the company joyfully reprises the “Champagne song” from Act II.

-Synopsis courtesy of G. Shirmer

Act IEisenstein’s apartment

Gabriel von Eisenstein, a Viennese man-about-town, has been sentenced to eight days in prison for insulting an official, partially due to the incompetence of his attorney, Dr. Blind. Adele, Eisenstein’s maid, receives a forged letter, purportedly from her sister who is in the company of the ballet, but actually written by Falke, inviting her to Prince Orlofsky’s ball. She pretends the letter says that her aunt is very sick, and asks her mistress Rosalinde (Eisenstein’s wife) for an evening off Falke, Eisenstein’s friend, arrives to invite him to the ball Together, they recall a practical joke that Eisenstein played on Falke a few years ago, for which Falke is secretly planning a light-hearted revenge in kind. Eisenstein bids farewell to Adele and his wife Rosalinde, pretending he is going to prison but really intending to postpone jail for one day and have fun at the ball.

After Eisenstein leaves, Rosalinde is visited by her former lover, the singing teacher Alfred, who serenades her Frank, the governor of the prison, arrives to take Eisenstein to jail, and finds Alfred instead. In order not to compromise Rosalinde, Alfred agrees to pretend to be Eisenstein and to accompany Frank to prison.

Act IINew Year’s Eve at the Villa of Prince Orlofsky

It transpires that Falke, with Prince Orlofsky’s permission, is using the ball as a way of getting revenge on Eisenstein. Some time before, after a costume-party, Eisenstein had abandoned Falke, very drunk and dressed in a bat-costume, in the center of town, exposing him to ridicule the next day. As part of his scheme, Falke has invited Frank, Adele and Rosalinde to come the ball, all concealing their identities, as well. Rosalinde pretends to be a masked Hungarian countess, Eisenstein goes by the name “Marquis Renard,” Frank is “Chevalier Chagrin,” and Adele, who has borrowed one of Rosalinde’s dresses without permission, pretends she is an actress.

The ball is in progress and the Prince welcomes his guests. Eisenstein is introduced to Adele, but is confused as to who she really is because of her striking resemblance to his maid. Frank arrives. He and Eisenstein, who are both posing as Frenchmen, attempt to conceal their identities by repeating common French phrases to each other, to Orlofsky’s great amusement. Since neither actually knows French, both are fooled. As the party progresses, they both experience alcohol-induced good-feeling and manly camaraderie for each other.

Then Falke introduces the masked Rosalinde to the company. She convinces everyone that she is Hungarian by singing the “Czardas,” a sentimental dancing-song. During an amorous tête-à-tête, Eisenstein tries unsuccessfully to persuade the mystery-woman to unmask. She succeeds in extracting a valuable watch from her husband’s pocket, something which she can use in the future as evidence of his impropriety. (Watch duet) In a rousing finale, Orlofsky makes a toast to champagne, and the company celebrates (The Champagne song, followed by the canon and the waltz finale.) Eisenstein and Frank dash off as the clock strikes six in the morning.

4 5

SYNOPSIS SYNOPSIS

Soprano Mikaela Schneider (Adele) began voice lessons at age nine and within four years she was singing professionally. On her 13th birthday, she sang as the Child Soloist in the world premiere of Ryan Carter’s Quando

consurgam with Present Music Ensemble of Milwaukee under the direction of Kevin Stalheim. One week later, Schneider made her solo debut with the Milwaukee Symphony as the Child Soloist in Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms conducted by Andreas Delfs.

At age 15, Schneider returned to the Milwaukee Symphony as the Soprano Soloist performing Schubert’s Ave Maria for their Holiday Pops Concerts under the baton of the late Marvin Hamlisch. Her performance was reviewed by Tom Strini of Third Coast Digest as “beautifully supported singing, impeccable pitch, perfectly placed ornaments, lovely legato and interpretive modesty made for a performance of irresistible purity and clarity.” Shortly after she turned 16, Schneider sang as the Soprano Soloist in Schubert’s Ave Maria again under Marvin Hamlisch—this time with the Dallas Symphony and the National Symphony at the John F. Kennedy Center Concert Hall. Two years later, she sang her first opera role with Florentine Opera as Emmie in Britten’s Albert Herring as well as making her debut with Skylight Music Theatre as a Nun Postulant and Trio Member in Rodgers & Hammerstein’s The Sound of Music. Schneider received her Vocal Performance degree from Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music. While studying at IU, Schneider performed the roles of First Spirit in Mozart’s The Magic Flute and Sister Catherine

in Jake Heggie’s Dead Man Walking. On the IU concert stage, Schneider sang as a Soprano Soloist in Bach’s Magnificat with the University Singers under the direction of Betsy Burleigh. She also sang the role of Elizabeth in scenes from Ron Grainer’s rarely-heard musical Robert and Elizabeth in an opera chorus concert directed by Walter Huff. Schneider’s 2017/18 season included her solo debut at Carnegie Hall singing Adele in Die Fledermaus with New York Lyric Opera Theatre and performing the role of La Fée in a concert version of Massenet’s Cendrillon at the National Opera Center. She sang as the soprano soloist in Handel’s Messiah with the Kokomo Symphony and was the Soprano Soloist with the Southwestern Suburban Symphony singing select concert arias from Mozart’s Exsultate Jubilate and Grand Mass in C. The spring of 2018 included her debut with Milwaukee Opera Theatre as Zora in Svadba-Wedding, a Serbian a capella opera composed by Ana Sokolović. This past summer, Schneider was a guest soloist with the New Philharmonic in their Lakeside Pavilion concert under the direction of Kirk Muspratt.

A recent graduate of the Ryan Opera Center at the Lyric Opera of Chicago, tenor Jesse Donner (Eisenstein) has already distinguished himself on the operatic and concert stage with his “vibrant” (Chicago

Classical Review) and “fresh and juicy” (Chicago Tribune) voice. This season he will join the Louisville Orchestra as the soloist in Mozart’s Requiem and Handel’s Messiah. He will return to the Chicago Philharmonic to solo on their Concert for Peace as part of their Polish Festival, and will sing on the Fall Gala Concert for Toledo Opera. This season

76

Katherine Weber (Rosalinde). Described by Opera News as “a confident singing actress with a magnetic stage presence” who “sang the most demanding of arias with seemingly little effort,” soprano Katherine Weber

made company debuts in the 2017–18 season as Violetta in La Traviata with DuPage Opera, the Boulder Symphony, and under the baton of George Manahan at the Aspen Festival. Her engagements for the 2018–19 season include the title role in Tchaikovsky’s Iolanta with Chicago Opera Theater, and a return to DuPage Opera as Rosalinde in Die Fledermaus.

In the 2016–17 season, Weber joined Virginia Opera to cover Nedda in Pagliacci, and performed with the Northwestern University Symphony in concert for the regional premiere of the contemporary piece “A Shout Across Time,” where she was lauded by Splash Magazine for adding “both richness and body to the piece.” She was also featured as a soloist in Beethoven’s Mass in C, Vivaldi’s Gloria, and the Mozart Reqiuem with the Winona Oratorio Chorus and Orchestra. Other recent performances include two seasons with Opera for the Young, in Madison, WI, where she toured as the title role in Rusalka, and as Pamina in Mozart’s The Magic Flute. In addition, she joined the Florentine Opera in concert performances as a featured soloist, and bowed as the soprano soloist in Handel’s Messiah at her alma mater, Viterbo University. Weber spent two summers as a young artist with Central City Opera, where she first performed the role of Violetta in the family performance of La Traviata, covered Kitty Hart in Dead Man Walking, and sang La Paysanne in Don Quichotte chez la Duchesse.

A decorated award winner, Weber has been a regional finalist at the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions twice (2017, 2015), in addition to winning multiple encouragement awards. She has also been the recipient of the Award of Excellence and the Lew Cady Memorial Award, both from Central City Opera, the Bain Fellowship from Indiana University, and was a two-time winner from the Schubert Club Competition. Weber graduated from the prestigious Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University, where she studied with Costanza Cuccaro. For her performance of Hanna Glawari in The Merry Widow, the Herald Times said she “soared” and “danced nimbly.” Other performances at Indiana include Catherine in A View from the Bridge and Suor Genovieffa in Suor Angelica. Originally from Holmen, WI, Weber is a proud graduate of Viterbo University in La Crosse. While completing her Bachelor of Music in Voice, she continued to be active as a dancer, in which she has more than 12 years experience in jazz, ballet, pointe and tap. Weber is based in Chicago, and currently studies with Vinson Cole. When she isn’t performing or practicing, she can be found cooking with her family, working out, laying on the shores of Lake Michigan reading a good book, or playing with her favorite nephew.

CAST PROFILES CAST PROFILES

Greenblatt earned his Masters of Music from Mannes, The New School for Music, where he studied with Arthur Levy. He has focused heavily on Italian art song and bel canto repertoire.

Sam Handley (Frank) has been praised for “his rich, burnished” voice and the “genuine emotional depth of his characterizations.” As a member of Lyric Opera of Chicago’s Ryan Opera Center, he performed more

than a dozen roles, including Quince in Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Tom in Un ballo in maschera. After appearing in Il trittico at the Castleton Festival, he returned to sing Colline in La bohème with Lorin Maazel. Charles Ward of The Houston Chronicle has described his “vivid and polished singing” as “. . .leaving the audience panting.” On the symphonic stage, his deep repertoire encircles masterworks of Handel, Haydn, Bach, Beethoven, Stravinsky, Vaughan Williams and Mozart, in whose Requiem Handley has been described as “striking in the tuba mirum.”

Highlights of the 2017/18 Season included Verdi’s Requiem (Champaign-Urbana Symphony Orchestra and Elmhurst Symphony Orchestra), The Mikado (Northwest Indiana Symphony Orchestra), Vaughan Williams’ Dona Nobis Pacem (UW-Milwaukee orchestra and chorus), and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 (Symphony New Hampshire). On the operatic stage, Handley joined Dallas Opera for Der Ring des Polykartes. Additionally, he returned both to Lyric Opera of Chicago for Fellow Travelers and to Beijing, China, to sing Konrad Nachtigall in The National Centre for Performing Arts’ production of Wagner’s Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg.

Highlights of the 2016/17 Season included a continuation of The Essential Ring as Alberich in Jonathan McPhee’s new distillation of Wagner’s Der Ring des Nibelungen with both the Lexington Symphony and Symphony New Hampshire in collaboration with the Boston Wagner Society. With Lyric Opera of Chicago and Second City, Handley covered the role of Wotan/Morgan in Longer! Louder! Wagner! and returned to his alma mater’s home of Stevens Point, WI, as the bass soloist in Händel’s Messiah with the Central Wisconsin Symphony Orchestra. Handley sang Pish-Tush in The Mikado with DuPage Opera, Mozart’s Requiem with Sarasota Orchestra, and joined the roster of the Metropolitan Opera for Der Rosenkavalier.

In the 2015/16 season, Handley performed the role of Konrad Nachtigall in Die Meistersinger von Nürnburg with the San Francisco Opera and Alberich in The Essential Ring with the Lexington Symphony and Symphony New Hampshire. He sang the Sprecher in Opera Colorado’s production of Die Zauberflöte, and on the concert stage performed as soloist in a concert performance of Roger Waters’ opera Ça Ira with the Nashville Symphony, both in the 2014/15 season. With the Atlanta Opera, he sang Basilio in Il barbiere di Siviglia. He recently made his European debut (as well as his role debut) as Escamillo in a new production of Carmen with Theater Aachen. He returned to the Lyric Opera of Chicago for their production of Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg as Hans Folz. Handley made his Asian debut in Beijing at the National Centre for the Performing Arts as Basilio in Il barbiere di Siviglia, conducted by Lorin Maazel. He made his Severance Hall and Carnegie Hall debuts with The Cleveland Orchestra in performances of Salome with Franz Welser-Möst. Recent concert engagements included a return to the Santa Fe Symphony for Handel’s Messiah, and added the Requiems of Verdi and Brahms plus Mendelssohn’s Elijah to his repertoire.

also brings his company debut with DuPage Opera as Eisenstein in Die Fledermaus. In 2017–2018, Donner made his debut with Union Avenue Opera as Ismaele in Nabucco and sang the Emporer Alteum in Turandot with Cedar Rapids Opera. Donner was a resident artist at Lyric Opera of Chicago from 2014–2017, where he was commended for his “polished” and “heroic” tenor (Chicago Classical Review). In 2016–2017, he sang Froh in Das Rheingold, First Armored Man in Die Zauberflöte, and Flavio in Norma on the mainstage, while covering Normanno in Lucia Di Lammermoor, Helenus in Les Troyens, and Lensky in Eugene Onegin. With the Ryan Opera Center, Donner’s concert appearances included an excerpt from Troilus and Cressida with the Civic Orchestra and Sir Andrew Davis, and a concert performance of Lennie Small in Of Mice and Men with the Grant Park Orchestra, where he “came into his own with his touching portrait of the simple-minded Lennie” (Chicago Tribune). In the 2015–2016 season, he sang Abdallo in Nabucco and Der Kellner in Der Rosenkavalier and covered several leading roles, including General Alfredo in the world premiere of Bel Canto, Ismaele in Nabucco and the Drum Major in Wozzeck. To close the season, he shared a recital with renowned soprano Christine Brewer as part of Harris Theater’s Beyond the Aria series and received critical acclaim for his Rising Stars in Concert performance of the Prince’s aria from Dvorák’s Rusalka. Donner debuted Diener in Capriccio and Walther in Tannhäuser in the 2014–2015 season, and covered Walter in The Passenger. For his performance in Tannhäuser, Opera News noted that “Jesse Donner fielded a notable Walther, who could be heard pealing above the ensembles.” On the concert stage, he debuted with Chicago’s Civic Orchestra in Poulenc’s Les Mamelles De Tirésias and returned later in their season as tenor soloist

in Mozart’s Great Mass in C Minor. Donner also appeared with the Adrian Symphony as tenor soloist in Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony. Donner won the 2015 Luminarts Fellowship and the Bel Canto grand prize, received the 2014 George Shirley Award for Opera Performance, a special encouragement award from the 2014 Metropolitan Opera National Council Regional Auditions, and first place in the 2012 Michigan Friends of Opera Competition. A native of Des Moines, IA, Donner completed graduate and post-graduate studies at the University of Michigan and received a Bachelor of Music degree from Iowa State University.

Tenor Matthew Greenblatt (Dr. Blind) hails from Port Washington, NY. He recently returned to Palm Beach Opera as a second year Apprentice Artist, study-covering the roles of Candide in Candide, and Spoletta

in Tosca. Additionally, in the 2017–18 season, Greenblatt was selected as a finalist in the New York International Vocal Competition, and semi-finalist in the Opera Index Competition.

Last summer he toured throughout the Yucatán Peninsula with the OperaMaya Orchestra, performing the Dukes aria, ‘Questa o quella’ and Nemorino in scenes from L’elisir d’amore. Greenblatt also received an award to attend the Westchester Summer Vocal Institute, where he performed the roles of Nemorino, Remendado and Don Basilio in the WSVI Opera Scenes Concert. In June, he was an Apprentice Artist at the inaugural season of the Teatro Nuovo Summer Festival under the baton of Maestro Will Crutchfield. Returning to Chicago in January of 2019, Greenblatt makes his debut as Dr. Blind in Die Fledermaus with the New Philharmonic Opera.

CAST PROFILES CAST PROFILES

8 9

Hebel resides in Chicago and is represented by Wade Artist Management in New York. Upcoming performances in 2019 include the Wilmington Music Festival and an Artist-in-Recital Series Concert with Musicians Club of Women in Chicago.

James Judd (Alfred) is a tenor hailing from Unadilla, NY. He has performed a variety of works as a tenor soloist, including Monteverdi’s 1610 Vespers, Händel’s Messiah, Honegger’s Le Roi David, and Orff’s Carmina Burana.

Some of Mr. Judd’s operatic roles include Ferrando in Così fan tutte, the title role in La clemenza di Tito, Alfredo in Die Fledermaus, Asgar in the United States Premiere of Arshin mal alan, Claude in the World Premiere of The Fall of Stag Lee, and most recently Tamino in Die Zauberflöte.

Judd has participated as a Young Artist at the American Institute of Musical Studies in Graz, Austria, Opera Saratoga and Cedar Rapids Opera Theatre. He holds a Master of Arts in Vocal Performance from The University of Iowa, as well as Bachelors of Music in both Education and Vocal Performance from SUNY Fredonia, where he is currently employed as a Professor of Voice.

Michael LaTour (Frosch) —See creative profiles.

Ashley Šipka (Prince Orlofsky) is a graduate of DePaul University and a recent finalist in the Central region, Metropolitan Opera National Council. She is a frequent recitalist for the Wagner Society of America

and the Lincoln Park Arts Alliance in Chicago. Her most recent roles include Dritte Dame in Die Zauberflöte, Ernestina in L’occasione fa il ladro, and Ježibaba in Rusalka. Šipka is currently singing Tisbe is Rossini’s Cenerentola with New Moon Opera, and she is a member of the Lyric Opera Chorus of Chicago, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Chorus, and the Songs by Heart Foundation. This is her second time portraying the illustrious Prince Orlovsky, but her first time singing with DuPage Opera Theatre.

Baritone Aaron Wardell (Dr. Falke) has been praised for his strong, attractive voice and ease in versatile repertoire. He recently joined the Castleton Festival as Yamadori in Madama Butterfly. He made

his international debut as Marco in Gianni Schicchi with Teatro National de Sucre in Ecuador. Other operatic roles include Dancaïro (Carmen) and Yamadori (Madama Butterfly) with Dayton Opera, Marcello (La Bohème), Ping (Turandot) with Elgin Opera and the title role in Don Giovanni with Central City Opera. He has also appeared with Opera Tampa, Verismo Opera and Chicago Chamber Opera.

During his collegiate studies he performed the roles of Marcello (La Bohème), Albert (Werther), Dulcamara (L’elisir d’amore), and

Additional career highlights include Leporello in Don Giovanni with the Ryan Opera Center, Don Magnifico in La Cenerentola with the Merola Opera Program, the title role in Don Pasquale on tour with the Santa Fe Opera, Mr. Emerson in Nelson’s A Room with a View (DVD by Newport Classics), Sancho in Telemann’s Don Quichotte and Polyphemus in Acis and Galatea with Houston’s Mercury Baroque (KUHF records), Bottom in Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Caspar in Weber’s Der Freischütz, Jaggers in Argento’s Miss Havisham’s Fire, The King in Prokofiev’s The Love for Three Oranges, Dikoy in Janáček’s Katya Kabanova, and Dr. Miracle in Offenbach’s Les Contes d’Hoffmann.

A fervent proponent of contemporary composers, Handley has delivered several world premieres, including Wlad Marhulet’s The Property with Chicago’s Lyric Unlimited, plus the music of Scott Gendel and Dan Black with the Madison Contemporary Orchestra. He has been a guest artist with the Houston Symphony, the National Symphony with Leonard Slatkin, and the Chicago Symphony at Ravinia with James Conlon. Among his several recordings, Argento’s Casanova’s Homecoming is available through Newport Classics and the DVD of his collaboration with Peter Schickele for P.D.Q. Bach in Houston: We Have a Problem is available from Acorn Media.

Born in Memphis, TN, Handley now lives in Chicago, and enjoys spending time with his wife and daughter, especially while camping, hiking, sailing, cooking and fine dining!

American soprano Brittany Hebel (Ida) has received top awards from the American Opera Society in Chicago, the Metropolitan Opera National Council (Encouragement Award), the Chicago

Musicians Club of Women (Farwell Trust Award), and was runner-up in the Kleinman Vocal Competition at DePaul University for two consecutive years.

This past season, Hebel attended Teatro Nuovo’s inaugural season as an Apprentice Artist, under the direction of Maestro Will Crutchfield and was featured as the soprano soloist with Rochester Oratorio Society in Handel’s Judas Maccabaeus. A seasoned recitalist, Hebel performed with baritone Richard Ollarsaba in the American Opera Society Spring Gala and held her Award Winners in Concert Series recital at the Chicago Cultural Center.

She spent the 2015 season with Sarasota Opera as a Studio Artist, where she performed the role of the Countess of Aremberg in Verdi’s Don Carlos and understudied the roles of Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro, Queen of Shemakhan in The Golden Cockerel, and Thibault in Don Carlos. She holds a Master of Music degree in vocal performance from DePaul University, where her portrayals included the title roles in Janáček’s The Cunning Little Vixen and La Calisto by Cavalli, and Mimì in La Bohème. Additional operatic and straight theatre production roles include: Mabel/The Pirates of Penzance, Princess Ida (cover)/Princess Ida, Rose/Dancing at Lughnasa, Mary/The Devil and Daniel Webster, and Mrs. Peters/Trifles.

CAST PROFILES CAST PROFILES

10 11

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. In his last 14 years, productions featured Otello, Madama Butterfly, Le Nozze di Figaro, Il Barbiere di Seviglia, Hansel and Gretel, La Boheme, Faust, Otello, 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 18th 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.

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

Guglielmo (Così fan tutte). He also sang the lead bass role in the collegiate premiere of Dominick Argento’s The Voyage of Edgar Allan Poe, and was a soloist in such concert works as Bach’s St. John and St. Matthew Passions, Stravinsky’s Les Noces, and Arvo Pärt’s Passio.

He is well at home in concert repertoire, having performed in Bach’s Magnificat and Vaughan William’s Sea Symphony with the Lebanon Symphony Orchestra, and Adam in Haydn’s The Creation with the Cincinnati Baroque. He has sung performances of Handel’s Messiah

with the North Shore Chamber Arts Ensemble, and performed Jesus in the Southern Florida premiere performance of Bach’s St. John Passion with The Bach Ensemble.

Wardell holds a Bachelor of Music from Western Michigan University, a Master’s Degree in Vocal Performance and an Artist Diploma Certificate in Opera from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, where he studied with the highly regarded baritone and pedagogue William McGraw.

CAST PROFILES CREATIVE PROFILES

THANKS TO YOU, THE JCS FUND MATCH IS COMPLETE

Your continued enthusiasm for the New Philharmonic assures our future impact.

TO MAKE A GIFT:> foundation.cod.edu/donate> (630) 942-2462> Visit the MAC box office

YOUR GIVING OPTIONS:• Cash • Appreciated stock• Retirement assets • IRA charitable rollover• Donor advised fund • Estate gift

12 13

Michael LaTour (Stage Director, Frosch). An MFA Directing graduate from the Chicago College of the Performing Arts at Roosevelt University, Michael LaTour has worked professionally as an actor, singer, dancer, mime, clown,

designer, choreographer, director and producer. He is on staff at The Ryan Opera Center of The Lyric Opera of Chicago as a master teacher and stage director (The Magic Flute, The Marriage of Figaro, La Traviata, Die Fledermaus, Romeo et Juliette). He has directed for Kentucky Opera (La Boheme, Carmen, Romeo et Juliette), for DuPage Opera Theatre (Don Giovanni, Le Nozze di Figaro, Carmen, La Boheme, Elixir d’Amore, The Mikado), and for Opera Moda (Tartuffe, Little Women, A Month in the Country). With Peter Amster, he has co-directed and choreographed Side By Side By Sondheim for Pegasus Players, M. Butterfly for Apple Tree Theatre (After Dark Award for choreography), and the grand opening of The Harris Theatre in Millenium Park. He has directed for the Lyric’s Opera in the Neighborhoods outreach program (The Magic Flute, La Cenerentola, The Barber of Seville, The Brothers Grimm).

Other teaching, directing, and choreography credits include: Shanghai Conservatory in China (Carousel), Northwestern University (Dido and Aeneas, The Fairy Queen, The Telephone, Trouble in Tahiti, Die Kluge), North Park University (The Dialogue of the Carmelites, The Medium, Gianni Schicchi, Susannah, The Beggar’s Opera, Masque of Angels, La Bella Dormente nel Bosco), Roosevelt University (Godspell, Frankenstein, Over the Rainbow), De Paul University (L’Orfeo, The Gondoliers), Carthage College (Children of Eden), Baldwin Wallace College, Marion University, original children’s shows

for Emerald City Theatre Company (Noah’s Ark, Rumpelstiltzkin, Winnie the Pooh, Aladdin) and numerous musicals for Chicago area schools. Since 1975, he has directed, choreographed, and performed with his own musical production company touring the U.S. and over 45 countries worldwide. Before his move to Chicago, LaTour was a member of the prestigious Odyssey Theatre in Los Angeles. While in L.A., he had the opportunity to create roles in seven original plays. One of these he also directed receiving two L.A. Drama-Logue Awards (directing and set design).

Benjamin Nadel (Associate Conductor and Principal 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 an adjunct faculty member at North Central College, where he conducts the Chamber Strings Ensemble. 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

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 in1986 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. 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.

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.

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

CREATIVE PROFILES CREATIVE PROFILES

1514

in and around Chicago. Recently, he designed the lighting for Buffalo Theatre Ensemble’s Don’t Dress for Dinner, Improbable Fiction and The 39 Steps and the scenic design for New Philharmonic’s The Mikado and La Traviata. For the College Theater program, he designed the set for A Woman of No Importance and Much Ado About Nothing, and the lighting for A Christmas Carol, The Ballad of the Sad Café, Girls Like That, Pippin, These Shining Lives, Captain Blood and The Addams Family, and Curse of the Starving Class. Other notable past production designs include The Ruling Class, The Man of La Mancha, The Praying Mantis, Lady Chatterley’s Lover, Evita, Sweeney Todd and his Jeff-nominated scenic design for the world premiere of The Grab at Theatre Building Chicago.

Kimberly G. Morris (Costume, Make-up and Wig Design) is pleased to continue her work at College of DuPage. Prior to joining the crew at COD she spent 13 years as a freelance costume, makeup, wig and properties designer throughout Chicago and the east coast. She is a company member of Babes with Blades Theatre Company where she has designed Promise of a Rose Garden, Titus Andronicus, Julius Caesar, Patchwork Drifter, Macbeth, Susan Swayne and Bewildered Bride and Bo Thomas and the Case of the Spy Pirates. Other favorite past projects include Carmilla and Grease at COD; puppet design for Lifeline Theatre’s Neverwhere, and costumes/masks for their Island of Dr. Moreau; costume and puppet design for Akvavit Theatre’s production of Blue Planet; and properties design for Chicago Children’s Theatre productions of A Year with Frog and Toad and 100 Dresses. She has also designed for Stage Left Theatre, Fox Valley Repertory, Ball State University, American Shakespeare Center, Shenandoah Shakespeare Express, Heritage Repertory Theatre, Tecumseh!, Wilmette Arts Center, NWHS and MEHS.

Sabrina Zeidler (Properties Design) is an assistant production manager for the McAninch Arts Center. As a former technical director for Hinsdale South High School, her favorite set she has traveled was A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, which was selected to perform for the Illinois High School Theater Festival. She is a graduate of Elmhurst College with a BA in Theatre-Stage Management, Design and Technology, and Theatre Arts Administration. While there, she received accolades from the Kennedy Center for her work in stage management on shows such as The Country Wife and Sweeney Todd. One of the favorite roles she has played in the theater is the puppeteer for Audrey II in a production of Little Shop of Horrors. Keeping her roots close to home, she sits on the board of the Summer Place Theatre in Naperville, where she has held countless roles, starting as a volunteer and working her way through the company. Her previous work at The MAC has been as the technical director for the DuPage Opera Theatre, The 39 Steps and The DINGDONG with BTE, and stage manager for New Philharmonic.

Isabelle Rund (Stage Manager) is happy to return to the MAC for her second production with New Philharmonic. Last year she had the privilege to stage manage the January production of La Traviata. Additional credits include Empower Youth! with Lyric Unlimited, Man of La Mancha with Amarillo Opera, and she is a company member with Chicago Fringe Opera. Rund is a graduate of The Conservatory of Theatre Arts at Webster University. She would like to thank her family, friends, and of course Drew for their constant support.

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 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.

A native and current resident of Chicago Heights, Lisa Kristina (Chorus Director) began piano studies at age four. She earned her bachelor’s degree in voice as a student of Anne Perillo. She also has degrees from the Manhattan School

of Music (M.M., Vocal Performance) and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (D.M.A., Vocal Performance and Literature; M.M., Choral Music). Dr. Kristina appeared in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Phantom of the Opera, which she performed on Broadway, on tour in the United States, and in Germany. While overseas, she also worked on German-language productions of Miss Saigon, Sunset Boulevard, Cats, Les Misérables, and Beauty and the Beast. Dr. Kristina has been a solo singer with several American symphony orchestras, choral groups, and opera companies, and she has been heard live on WFMT both as a singer and as a pianist. Dr. Kristina was inducted into the Marian Catholic High School Hall of Fame in 1999

(Distinguished Artist Award), and was artistic director of the Grande Prairie Singers (formerly the Park Forest Singers) from 2001–2007. She has been the chorus master for DuPage Opera’s last three productions, and also appeared onstage there in Britten’s Beggar’s Opera in February of 2009. Dr. Kristina has been an adjunct faculty member at Prairie State College since 2002. She has also taught music and/or worked as a staff accompanist at Trinity Christian College, Indiana University Northwest, Calumet College of St. Joseph, Marian Catholic High School, and DePaul University, where she served as assistant director of choral activities from 2003–2009.

Ann Davis (Scenic Design) also serves Theatre at the Center as head of production. Recent shows designed include: Big River, The 39 Steps, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, Beverly Hillbillies The Musical and Plaid Tidings. Her work has been seen on stage or on the walls of The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Center for the Performing Arts, Victory Gardens, Stage 773, Metropolis Performing Arts Centre, The Apollo Theater, The Athenaeum, DePaul University Opera, Chamber Opera of Chicago and First Folio Theatre and on the air via MTV and VH-1. Under her leadership, TATC’s Scene Shop serves as a resource for custom scenery builds for theatrical, institutional, and community projects. She has a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Technology (Road and Building Construction) with a Minor in Fine Art and a Master of Fine Arts degree in Scenic Design. Much love to her family, and especially husband David.

Jon Gantt (Lighting Design) is the technical coordinator for the McAninch Arts Center and has been a lighting and scenic designer for College of DuPage and the resident professional companies since the opening of the Arts Center in 1986. For more than 35 years, he has designed scenery and lighting for many professional and university theaters

CREATIVE PROFILES CREATIVE PROFILES

16 17

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

1st Violin Michele Lekas, Concertmaster Chair sponsored by Sue and Dick LambWhun KimDebra PonkoJo Marie SisonMiki SantibanezIrina Fatykhova

2nd Violin Mara Gallagher, Principal

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

Kristen LeJeuneChikako MiyataJennifer Silk

ViolaRyan Rump, Principal

Chair sponsored by AnonymousSarah TompkinsKaren Dickelman

CelloDorothy Deen, Principal Chair sponsored by Nancy and John RutledgeMelissa Bach Chair sponsored by Nancy and John RutledgeNancy Moore Chair sponsored by Nancy and John Rutledge

BassJudith Hanna, Principal

Chair sponsored by Margaret and Michael McCoy

Michael Meehan

Flute Carolyn May, Principal Chair sponsored by Kathleen YoskoIrene Claude

Oboe Ricardo Castaneda, Principal Chair sponsored by Sue and Dick Lamb Melinda Getz

Clarinet Mary Payne, Principal Chair sponsored by Robert and

Lynne AndersonBarbara Drapcho

Bassoon Elizabeth Heller, PrincipalLynette Pralle

Horn Phil Stanley, Principal Chair sponsored by Dr. Donald G. Westlake Elizabeth Dietemyer Mary Jo NeherIngrid Mullane

TrumpetAmy Nelson, Principal Chair sponsored by Margaret and Michael McCoyJames Hahn

Trombone Tom Stark, PrincipalCherai McCauleySean Keenan

Timpani James Bond-Harris

Percussion Andrew Cierny, Principal Chair sponsored by Jim and Tally KnippenCollin Boltz

HarpNichole Luchs

Orchestra ManagerPaula Cebula

Associate Conductor, LibrarianBenjamin Nadel Chair sponsored by Jerry and Susan Schurmeier

Personnel ManagerKaren Dickelman

NEW PHILHARMONIC PERSONNEL

18

2018–2019THANK YOU NEW PHILHARMONIC

CHAIR SPONSORSRobert and Lynne Anderson

AnonymousJeanette N. and Renee Giragos,

in memory of Dr. Henry G. GiragosJim and Tally KnippenSue and Dick Lamb

Margaret and Michael McCoyDr. Donald E. Newsom,

in memory of Dr. Mary Ellen NewsomNancy and John Rutledge

Jerry and Susan SchurmeierDr. Donald G. Westlake

Kathleen Yosko

What is a Chair Sponsorship?Chair sponsorship deepens the connection to the orchestra by

directing support to a specifi c instrument or position in the orchestra, thereby establishing a relationship between musicians and donors.

For information or to make a gift: (630) 942-2466 | foundation@codfound.org

19

20

JAZZ • BLUES • NEWSFOR A COMPLIMENTARY PROGRAM SCHEDULE, CALL (630) 942-4200.

and much, much more!

W D C

B90.9 FMP UB L I C R A D I O

www.WDCB.org

21

College of DuPage Co-sponsored by Academic Affairs (Field Studies/Study Abroad)

and McAninch Arts CenterExplore the world through seven acclaimed international films

presented in their original language with English subtitles. Each film is followed by COD faculty-led discussion.

The Insult - LebanonMar. 20 | Belushi Theatre

The Wave - NorwayFeb. 6

Theater of Life - ItalyFeb. 13

The African Doctor - FranceFeb. 20

Woodpeckers - Dominican Republic

Feb. 27

Okja - KoreaMar. 6

Bad Genius - Thailand Mar. 13 | Belushi Theatre

Films shown on Wednesdays at 1:30 and 7:30 p.m. PLAYHOUSE THEATRE

AtTheMAC.org630.942.4000

22 23

24 25

downtown style & sophistication with suburban convenience...

• Beautifully Appointed Guestrooms & Suites

• Elegant Meeting & Banquet Rooms

• Allgauer’s Restaurant Award Winning Service & Cuisine

• 24 Hour Business Center

• Beautiful Indoor Pool, Whirlpool Spa & Fitness Center

Whether you join us for a spectacular weekend get-away, exquisite dining experience or a once-in-a-lifetime special occasion banquet, rest assured our staff and

accommodations will exceed your expectations.

3003 Corporate West Drive, Lisle, IL 60532630.505.0900 | hiltonlislenaperville.com

Hilton Lisle/Naperville & Allgauer’s Restaurant

26

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.

Friends of the MAC

27

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 December 1, 2016 through August 31, 2018. 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 (2)DuPage FoundationFollett Higher Education GroupDr. and Mrs. Helge FrankG. Carl Ball Family FoundationMr. Deven GoldenIllinois Arts CouncilMr. and Mrs. Richard Lamb and the Susan and Richard Lamb Charitable Fund of The DuPage FoundationLegat Architects, Inc.David and Carolyn MayDr. and Mrs. Harold D. McAninchMargaret and Michael McCoyNational Endowment for the ArtsAlan Peterson, in memory of Carolyn LevickasMs. Suzanne RoseNancy and John RutledgeSmith Financial Advisors, Inc.Ms. Connie R. SprovieriDr. Arin J. Stone and Mr. David LipschultzSullivan Taylor, Gumina & Palmer, PCBjarne R. UllsvikMs. Kathleen Yosko

Encore Circle ($2,500–$4,999)Anonymous (1)Lowell and Barbara AndersonRobert and Lynne Anderson and the Robert and Lynne Anderson Charitable Fund of US Charitable Gift TrustArts MidwestJoseph and Betsy BallekBuffalo Theatre Ensemble

Mrs. Clark G. CarpenterAnita DicksonJames and Marie Drasal and the Drasal Family Fund of Fidelity Charitable Gift FundKen and Joan FrankGeorge and Roberta Gilbert and the Gilbert Family Charitable FundKaren and Gene KuhnMs. Diana L. MartinezDr. and Mrs. Joseph S. Morrissey and the Morrissey Family Fund of The DuPage FoundationKirk MusprattDrs. Donald E. and Mary Ellen NewsomOak Trace Retirement CommunityMeri PhillipsKelly and Roland RaffelCharles SchlauJerry and Susan SchurmeierMs. Geraldine SmrcinaMarilyn SmrcinaDr. Donald G. Westlake

Director’s Circle ($1,000–$2,499)Anonymous (4)Mr. and Mrs. Richard AlbrightMary Ellen and Jack BarryMilton and Heide BentleyProf. and Mrs. Charles E. BooneRonald and Hope BucherCabernet & CompanyCommunity Foundation of Will CountyJohn and Pamela DalbyDaniel Edelman and Fran KravitzEnertherm Corporation

Finances by Design Inc.Ken and Debbie FulksMr. and Mrs. Craig GiblinJeanette N. and Renee Giragos, in memory of Dr. Henry G. GiragosMary J. GowerMr. and Mrs. Linsley GrayMr. and Mrs. Robert G. HartmanDon and Jackie HegebarthJorge and Beatriz IorgulescuJeffrey Jens and Ann BoisclairMrs. Patricia JohansenDr. Jean V. KartjeCharlene Kornoski-Du VallMr. and Mrs. Louis W. KosibaGil and Lola LehmanDr. Barbara LemmeMarilyn H. Wolff FoundationJohn and Lynette McCortneyMrs. Melissa Meisch-MercadoModruson & Associates, LLCJane E. MooreBill and Nancy MooreJudith May O’DellBob and Joan OlachJane OldfieldMrs. Dorothy I. O’ReillyHelen PachayParkers’ Restaurant and BarMr. and Mrs. Mark A. PetersonPinot’s PaletteMr. and Mrs. William PodgorskiDr. and Mrs. Hans P. PohlmannJeffrey and Debora PonkoRichard and Elizabeth QuaintanceGinny and Don RathsThe Rev. Dr. Curtis and Leanne RolfeJudy Ronaldson

28

Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Rzym and the Eugene W. Rzym Giving Fund of Fidelity CharitableMs. Theresa M. SakDoris and David SchertzMr. Phil SprovieriMs. Dawn Sullivan AhernTerrence J. Taylor and Maureen Sullivan TaylorTheodore M. UtchenDr. and Mrs. E. Jay Van Cura and The E. Jay Van Cura MD Charitable Fund of the Vanguard Charitable Endowment ProgramJames and Patricia VaryMr. and Mrs. Scott E. VeselyMr. and Mrs. Michael R. WebbBonnie M. WheatonScott and Kristen WiersumMrs. Marilyn H. Wolff

Ambassador Circle ($500–$999)Anonymous (2)Apple Matching Gifts ProgramMs. Eunice BeckerC.B. Conlin Landscapes, IncConnie Canaday Howard and Rex HowardMr. and Mrs. Paul J. CliftonDon and Anna Mae DaviaGeorge W. and Ann DervisBarbara and George DiGuidoEdwin A. and Gerry DulikECOLAB Inc.George and Kathryn FairbairnMarilyn FredericksGinni and ChrisJohn A. HerndonMr. William N. HerrmannMr. and Mrs. Phillip H. Holm and the Holm Family Charitable Fund of Vanguard CharitableJohn and Gabrielle JaquindeJennifer JulienMs. Durema F. Kohl

Mr. John L. Ladle, Jr.The Lagunitas Brewing CompanyEileen B. Landau, Fidelity Charitable Trust, in Memory of Eliot A. Landau and Cateria A. PrydeMr. Larry C. LarsonIda LeeR and G LeonaviciusMr. and Mrs. James F. LongMr. and Mrs. Tipton H. McCawley, Jr.Mr. Donald E. McGowan and Ms. Mary L. PrazakEllen and Daniel McGowanDr. and Mrs. John MessittJ. C. MorganByrd and Alice ParmeleeJack and Marilyn PearsonMs. Melanie PetersDr. Patricia PimentalGary and Mary RashA. F. and Cecile RobinsonDr. Ann E. RondeauNancy L. RubyKen Schubert In Memory of Bea SchubertSkeet and Laura SkeetAngela SmithRichard and Janice StickaMs. Eileen StrongMs. Marie L. TenzingerMs. Kathy A. WesselMr. and Mrs. Raymond WielgosWight & CompanyMark Wight and Eszter BorvendegMs. Alice M. WilburJo Anne Zipperer

Performer ($250–$499)Anonymous (11)Young AhnAmelia BarrettRichard and Grace BauerPatricia and Bruce Beck

Mr. and Mrs. Ronald N. BenMr. and Mrs. Martin P. BenderWilliam and Janet BermannMr. and Mrs. Ralph BertolaciniMs. Claudia BorowskiMs. Mary BrennanBroadway in ChicagoMr. and Mrs. William BulgerPaula and John CebulaMr. Robert B. ChasteenMs. Cynthia CliftonMs. Linda ClouseCatherine ConwayDiane CooperDempsey-MuskerRobert and Carol DrakeEakins PropertiesRobert EakinsJoseph and Frances EraciWilliam and Sally Newton FairbankMarcela FanningMr. Douglas FitzgeraldDavid and Helen FraserGail FromerUrs Geiser and Mary HobeinGranite City Food & BreweryDr. Eugene G. Hallongren and Mrs. Dianne J. HallongrenMr. Richard HamiltonMrs. Jane D. HartopMs. Carmen A. Heredia-LopezMs. Jennifer HerethLance HerningMark and Darlene HolleMr. Glenn HopkinsBruce and Judy HoskinsJim and Sharon HuckKarl and Lee Ann KarnatzMr. and Mrs. William S. KensholMs. Carole KerrVirginia and Charles KlingspornMr. Robert C. MarksMs. Mary K. MassengillWilliam and Margaret MatteJeffrey MayMs. Kathleen McCullough

FRIENDS OF THE MAC

29

FRIENDS OF THE MACMarty and Marian McGowanMr. and Mrs. Francis MiesMr. Thomas PattersonJim and Lorraine PaulissenMr. Jean M. PierreAnna Marie PollMs. René M. RichardsMs. Amy RothMs. Laura SamperJaney SartherMs. Lisa Savegnago and Mr. Ronald A. JohnsonAlfred and Lorraine SchullerKendra ScottCapt. and Mrs. Henry SheldonEllen and Grier StephensonStudent Foundation ISMTACarol and John SturzAnthony and Mona TaylorTwo Brothers Brewing CompanyULTA BeautyJudy WebsterKathy and Rich Wilders

Friend ($50–$249)Anonymous (18)Dr. Barbara S. AbromitisMs. Nina AdamsSue AdamsMichael AikinsNancy AlluredMrs. John AndersenMs. Iligene AndersonMr. Ron AndersonArt Institute of ChicagoMr. and Mrs. Jay J. AugustineAurora Civic Center AuthorityRenato and Mary BacciAlyce BarnicleMichael and Gail BaruchMr. Robert BeckerBiff Behr and Lynne RichmanKen and Annabel BergmanDaniel and Yolanda BindertBlue Man GroupMr. and Ms. John Borge

Mr. and Mrs. J. BorusMr. and Mrs. Joseph H. BorylaMr. Franklin E. BowesJayne BoyleMs. Sharon BrauerMr. and Mrs. George BruceBuca di Beppo Italian RestaurantMs. Linda M. BuehrerVerda and Paul BufkinDr. John and Suzanne BuntrockMildred and Harold BurrowEd and Kay BurtonPatrick and Joanne CallahanJoseph and Marybeth CampionMs. Amie L. CantarellaMs. Virginia CantuMs. Ruth CarlsonRuth and Ken CarlsonMs. Anne CarrollMr. Joseph CassidyCaterpillar FoundationGreg and Janet ChejfecMs. Lisa CherryMr. Michael ChurchRobert and Barbara CieskoMr. Allen R. CiteraMr. Alan L. ClarkMs. Theresa L. ClarkMr. and Mrs. Ray F. CliffMr. and Mrs. Dwight J. ClossTerry and Mary Collins and FamilyMr. and Mrs. James M. ConnollyPeggy ConnollyMs. Erica CoppolinoMr. and Mrs. Bill P. CurryMr. Steven D. CurtisJeanne E. DavikMs. Marjorie E. DavisJudy DeckerMr. and Mrs. Michael J. DelaneyJanet DerberJoy and Ron DetmerDevon Seafood and SteakMs. Ethel M. DeVoy

Ms. Jean A. DeYoung and Mr. Frank BurkeMarilyn and Gene DicolaMr. Gary R. DobsonWilliam DonnellyMr. and Mrs. Earl E. DowlingMs. Jane DoyleWilliam and Kathleen DrennanMr. and Mrs. Gerald DroszczDrury Lane TheatreEvalee DumasJenny DunbarDuPage Children’s MuseumJoanne EastEataly ChicagoEdie BoutiqueDr. Jenna EisenbergElements MassageExelon CorporationMr. and Mrs. James V. EyreRobert and Linda FairbairnGeraldine FeketeMr. Joseph P. FerreriMary FitzgeraldElinor FlaniganSusan FoodyEric and Marilyn ForsMarcia and Lorne FrankMs. Judith D. FrazierDr. and Mrs. Richard M. FriedJanet R. GahalaMs. Denise GallagherMr. and Ms. Paul KatsPamela and Jerome GiermannMr. and Mrs. Glenn GlinkeMr. and Mrs. Andrew W. GlowatyMr. Mark GodishMs. Donna GoetzMr. Eugene GoldsmithDr. Gloria GolecMs. Jean GorisMs. Karen Goyak and the Goyak Family Fund of Fidelity Charitable Gift FundJack and Robin GrahamMs. Kathleen F. GrohMs. Linda Grothendick

30

FRIENDS OF THE MACMs. Wanda GustasAnne HackerMr. Stephen HallenbeckMs. Robin L. HallettGeorgia HamiltonMs. Sue HammersmithHand & Stone Massage and Facial SpaDiana and Gary HarperRebekah and Rodney HarrisDr. Susan Harris-MitchellDavid and Karen HaugenMr. and Mrs. Brad A. HausermanDr. Steven L. HavensMr. and Mrs. Edward HegartyMr. and Mrs. Hashem HelmiMr. and Mrs. James HeltMs. Ann B. HendersonAleene L. Henninger-BoydenMs. Judith HigginsMs. Elaine M. HillSandra HillHilton Lisle/NapervilleRon HiltonAllan Hins and Marilyn WilgockiPaul and Jessica HollerStephen and Michelle HujarMichael and Patricia HuthStephanie IglehartWalt and Vicki IlczynMr. and Mrs. Kevin R. IlliaMs. Pam ImbeauMs. Susan InnesMr. and Mrs. James V. JaltuchDave JatczakMs. Veatrice J. JehangirMary JensenEdward and Susan JeszkaMr. and Mrs. Tomas JohanssonMr. and Mrs. Donald V. JohnsonBernard JokielMr. and Mrs. Charles JonahMr. and Mrs. Steven L. JungDee KaempenMr. and Mrs. Raymond KasparMr. David KassMr. and Mrs. Rick Kehoe

Ms. Diana M. KeichMr. and Mrs. Thomas KeiserMr. Lee R. KesselmanMs. Deborah KimminauMs. Elaine KolmanUlrike KonchanMarcia A. KoppenhoeferJohn and Catherine KosMr. Michael F. KozlowskiMs. Sonia B. KozlowskiKimberly KrauseMr. Brian KraussMs. Barbara J. KuligMr. and Mrs. Martin S. KutteschMr. Karl LangnerLaser QuestMr. and Mrs. Chung LeeMichael LembkeMr. and Mrs. Matthew LemmeMs. Virginia LennonMr. Anthony LettsElaine Libovicz and the Elaine Libovicz Donor Advised Fund —Edward JonesDrs. David and Joanna LivengoodMr. and Mrs. Robert LoizziMs. Theresa M. LongLouise and John MaggittMr. and Mrs. Edward MakauskasMr. and Mrs. Atis MakstenieksEdward J. MallyMadeleine and Ralph MarbachMs. Brandee MartinRichard and Mary Ellen MatthiesDiane MaurerGordon and Marjorie Maxson Ms. Susan McCoyJames and Kimberley McDonnellLucia and Jim McGinnMs. Jennifer A. McIntoshMr. and Mrs. Michael McPherrinDiane Meiborg and Roger ZacekMichael and Sandra MeyersKaren Micaka and Tom DekantMr. and Mrs. Wayne J. Micek

Ms. Mary C. MichnaMr. and Mrs. Craig MillerJerry and Brigitte MillerMs. Judith MillerRalph and Nancy MillerMs. Sarah MinorColleen and Dale MoirDan and Marilyn MontgomeryMrs. Marilyn MooreMs. Sheri MorrisonThe Morton ArboretumMr. and Mrs. David W. MortonBud and Pat MotzMs. Linda MotzJoan MuellerMr. and Mrs. John MurphyMrs. Audrey NadelBarbara NagengastKatherine NorrisBetty and John NorthMr. John L. NortonMs. Yolanda NunezOcean’s Reach Condominium AssociationMr. and Mrs. Donald OlenecJean and Joanne OliphantMs. Gwen O’LoughlinMs. Eileen C. O’MalleyShirley OrloppMs. Patricia OvermyerKaren Webb OwenMadeleine PachayAlice E. PackardMs. Bonnie PaganisMr. John R. PalterMr. and Mrs. Maynard L. Parker, Jr.Mr. C. Alan ParksJames and Christine PattersonMs. Samantha PattersonDr. and Mrs. Edmund PellettiereRobert PendleburyMr. Jim PetersonMr. Nick PetrosRohan and Merlyn PhillipsMr. and Mrs. Wayne A. PiccinMs. Helen Pierce

31

Mr. and Mrs. Edward PillarMr. Rob V. PlankJohn J. and Mary A. PlunkettRoger and Sarah PoeppelMr. and Mrs. Charles PolitoMrs. Patricia PolonusPorchlight Music TheatreRoger and Vivian PschererAlicia and Marshall PufundtMs. Kathryn PurdyMrs. Stephanie QualioMr. Herbert RaffelJohn and Mandy RakowMr. David J. RashMs. Diane G. RathMs. Tracey J. ReidDonald and Mary RerickaSusanne RiedellMs. Elizabeth RobertsonBruce RodmanPatricia RoseDuane and Elaine RossMs. Patricia M. RotondiMr. Ray Royce, Sr.Dr. Barbara RundellThe Honorable and Mrs. Richard D. RussoBill and Sharron SailorWilliam SaltmarshJeffrey P. SandMs. Kathleen SandersMs. Barbara ScalzittiMrs. William G. ScanlanMs. Lenore SchachtSharol and William SchwassKen and Trish ScottDr. Thomas R. ScottMs. Elizabeth Shaffer-McCarthyMr. Joseph L. SheehanRoger and Ann ShipleyMs. Patricia SkupienMs. Julie SmagaczMr. and Mrs. James H. SmithMr. Neal SmithMs. Shirley A. SochorJean SpitzerDr. Christopher Stack

Mr. and Mrs. A. G. StithCarol StoffelConrad and Janet StollMs. Billie S. StraussMelissa StriedlNorma and Bill StronerMr. and Mrs. Kennan R. SullivanGrace and Len SwansonMs. Sharon SymonsMs. Helen B. SzymanskiMs. Carol F. SzynalVirginia and Jerry ThompsonPaul ThompsonJanet ThornberyMr. and Mrs. Charles ThurstonMr. and Mrs. Theodore TiltonMr. and Mrs. James N. TitusTom and Teri TraceyMr. Daniel TrasattMr. and Mrs. Joseph A. TurekMr. and Mrs. Anthony J. VahcicMs. Harriet VakosEugenio and Carmen ValdesVillage Links of Glen EllynMarilee ViolaMs. Jacqueline VlamingMr. and Mrs. Michael VolkMs. Helen VopenkaLucy and George VorickMrs. Judith B. WagnerMr. Roy WahnertPenelope WainwrightMs. Jeanne WalshMr. and Mrs. Vincent Walsh-RockDr. Larry F. WardWarren’s Ale HouseMr. and Mrs. Anthony J. WdowiarzMs. Susan WeberPatricia and Richard WeichleMr. Brian WeickDon and Lisa WeissMr. and Mrs. John WheatleyRobert and Jeanne WhislerLyn and Debbie WhistonDr. Prudence A. WidlakKen and Viviane Wilcutts

Ms. Sandra WildermuthMr. Chuck WingeMr. Chris WinstonMs. Eileen WinterMr. and Mrs. Harvey WischnowskiMr. Justin WitteMs. Rebecca WolvertonMr. and Mrs. Robert WulffenJohn YoungHelene S. ZarconeLori and Gary ZemanMs. Michelle ZiebellMargot C. and Arthur Zwierlein

Corporate and Community SponsorsAdelle’s Fine American FareArts MidwestBrookdale Glen EllynCabernet & CompanyThe ClubhouseCollege of DuPage FoundationDuPage FoundationEcolab FollettGlen PrairieHilton Hotels-Lisle/NapervilleHoulihan’sI Have a BeanIllinois Arts Council AgencyJCS Fund of The DuPage FoundationL.L.Bean National 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 WFMT

FRIENDS OF THE MAC

32

MAC Administrative StaffDirector of the McAninch Arts Center .................................................................................................. Diana MartinezMarketing and Donor Relations Coordinator ...........................................................................................Roland RaffelBusiness Manager ..............................................................................................................................Ellen McGowanCleve Carney Art Gallery Curator .............................................................................................................. Justin WitteGallery Assistant .................................................................................................................................... Heidi Holmes Education and Community Engagement Coordinator ............................................................................. Janey SartherDirector of Development for Cultural Arts ...............................................................................................Janie OldfieldGraphic Design and Group Sales Coordinator .......................................................................................Kat Kazmierski Administrative Assistant ........................................................................................................................Mandy RakowAssistant Business Manager ................................................................................................................ Molly JunokasClerical Assistant ............................................................................................................................... Karen Robinson

MAC Box Office and Front of House StaffBox Office Manager ...................................................................................................................................Julie ElgesAssistant Box Office Supervisor..........................................................................................................James Holbrook Box Office Assistants .........................................................Julie Good, Rachel Krusec, Kali Sheldon, Natalie WawczakPatron Service Manager ........................................................................................................................... Tom MurrayFront of House Manager ............................................................................................................................Rob NardiniFront of House Assistant .......................................................................................................................Chris Corrigan

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, Conductor and Music Director ..................................................................................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 HopperAssistant Production Managers ...............................................................Ben Johnson, Elias Morales, Sabrina ZeidlerSound and Lighting Specialist .........................................................................................................Thomas PlummerStage 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.