New PhilharmonicKirk Muspratt, Artistic Director and Music Director

41st Season 2017–2018

La TraviataMusic by

Giuseppe Verdi

Libretto byFrancesco Maria Piave

Based on the novel and play, The Lady of the Camellias byAlexander Dumas

Artistic and Music DirectorKirk Muspratt

Stage DirectorHarry Silverstein

Associate Conductor Chorus Director Benjamin Nadel Lisa Kristina

Scenic and Projection Design Lighting Design Jon Gantt Elias Morales

Costume, Make-Up and Wig Design Properties Design Kimberly G. Morris Jillian Luce

General ManagerPaula Cebula

Stage Director support sponsored by Media support provided by

Saturday, Jan. 27, 2018, 7:30 p.m.Sunday, Jan. 28, 2018, 3 p.m.

Belushi Performance Hall

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CASTVIOLETTA VALERY, a Parisian courtesan ............................................................ Katherine R. WeberALFREDO GERMONT, a young gentleman from Provence .......................................... Scott RamsayGIORGIO GERMONT, Alfredo’s father ............................................................................Corey CriderFLORA BERVOIX, friend of Violetta, also a courtesan ............................................... Karen ArchboldGASTONE DE LETORIERES, a Parisian Viscount ...........................................................James JuddBARON DOUPHOL ........................................................................................................ Josh QuinnMARQUIS D’OBIGNY ................................................................................................. Aaron WardellDOCTOR GRENVILLE .....................................................................................................Bryan DahlANNINA, Violetta’s Maid..........................................................................................Jennifer BarrettGIUSEPPE ...............................................................................................................William OrtegaCOMMISSIONER ...........................................................................................................Cade CriderMembers of the Parisian society ........ Ben Adair, Joe Arko, Lindsey Dondanville Arko, Allison Cook,

Anjali Dziarski, Sarah Thompson Johansen, Kyle Minett, Erika Morrison,William Ortega, Reed Pence, Erin Perry, Owen Woodard

Servants ...............................................................................................Eric Hessler, Eugene RzymCOVER OF FLORA .................................................................................Sarah Thompson JohansenCOVER OF ANNINA ......................................................................................................Allison Cook

SETTING In and near Paris about 1850

There will be a brief scenic change pause after Act I, a 20-minute intermission between Scene 1 and Scene 2 in 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 RundTechnical Director/Assistant Stage Manager .......................................................... Sabrina ZeidlerProduction Manager..................................................................................................... Joe Hopper Lighting Programmer/Operator ................................................................................. Elias MoralesSound Engineer .........................................................................................................Ben JohnsonScenic and Lighting Assistants ........Mary Ahlert, Elizabeth Khouri, Ricardo Lopez, Laura Schechter

Dan Sullivan, Brandon Torres, Scott Wagoner, Miles ZableStage Crew ......................................... Bobby Bryan, Jacob Coats, Elizabeth Khouri, Ricardo Lopez

Jillian Luce, Paige Matijevice, Jeff Sand, Caitlyn WoodsCostume Shop Manager .................................................................................... Kimberly G. MorrisCostume Shop Assistants ..................Nathan Thomas Dittemore, Owen Woodard, Anthony Montes,

Melissa Joaquin, Robert Thomas, Kyle Kirsch, Michelle RochaWardrobe Assistants ........................................................................... Kyle Kirsch, Michelle RochaSupertitles ................................................................................................................. Jan Krischer

Female chorus costumes designed by Glenn Bard and provided by Wardrobe Witchery.

The libretto by Francesco Maria Piave to Verdi’s opera La Traviata is based on the play La Dame aux Camelias by Alexandre Dumas the Younger. This play was a stage version of a novel by Dumas, published in 1848 and based on the life story of a young courtesan named Alphonsine Plessis, known more euphoniously as Marie Duplessis, who died of consumption in 1847, at the age of 23.

Verdi is said to have seen the play at the Theatre des Vaudevilles in Paris shortly after its premiere in 1852 and to have been deeply stirred by it. He had already signed a contract to provide a new opera for the Teatro Fenice in Venice and it was there, on March 6, 1853, that La Traviata, its text based on the Dumas tragi-comedy, was first given.

The five acts of the play had been rearranged to three. The title of the Dumas work, Lady of the Camellias, had been changed to the moralizing La Traviata, “She Who Has Gone Astray” ... or, less literally, “The Transgressor.”

The opening night of this opera was an utter failure. History tells us that, in the final act, when the overly plump Violetta of the evening, Mme. Salvini-Donatelli, was pronounced by her stage physician to be wasting away, the Venetian audience gave vent to howls of laughter. Other inadequacies of direction, especially the handling of the dancers in the ballroom scene, are said to have aroused derision. Verdi with the uncompromising directness that was to mark his entire professional life, wrote to his young disciple Muzio on the day after the performance: “Dear Emanuele: ‘Traviata’ last night—a fiasco. Was it my fault or the singers? ... Time will tell.”

La Traviata was taken off the boards after two performances. Fourteen months later—May 6, 1854—the work was revived, once more in Venice but at a different theater, the San Benedetto, by an admirer of Verdi named Antonio Gallo. The composer had revised his score only slightly; the opera was, to practically every intent, the same as before; but this time, costumes and scenery were set back 200 years, and the audience loved it. It may also be noted that Mme. Salvini -Donatelli had been replaced by a more believable prima donna. The success of this newly mounted version spread throughout Italy, then to all foreign countries where seasons of opera were regularly given, reaching the United States (New York) in December 1856. The work’s public appeal has continued undiminished across the years.

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PROGRAM NOTES SYNOPSISACT I

In her luxurious winter-garden in the Paris of the 1850s, the frail courtesan Violetta Valery holds a brilliant assembly. One of her titled friends introduces a young stranger, Alfredo Germont, who has loved her from afar and now toasts her in a spirited drinking song. As the company withdraws to an adjoining room to dance, Violetta suffers an attack of faintness. Alfredo solicitously remains behind and confesses that he has adored her since the day he first saw her, a year before. Violetta hesitatingly dismisses him and bids her other guests good night. Left alone, she wonders if this can be the hero of her dreams, a man who would truly love her. But then she shakes off this weakness and, resigned to a lonely and frivolous lot, abandons herself to the giddy pursuit of freedom and pleasure.

ACT II

Alfredo, who has induced Violetta to share with him an idyllic life in a villa at Auteuil, rejoices in his happiness. He is shocked to discover that she has been secretly disposing of her possessions to defray expenses, and rushes off to Paris to arrange his affairs. As Violetta is reading an invitation from her old friend Flora to a ball that evening, Alfredo’s father, the elder Germont, is shown in. He begs her to renounce Alfredo in order to provide a more conventional background for the impending marriage of the young man’s sister. Crushed, Violetta at first refuses, but she gives in when Germont predicts that in time Alfredo will tire of her anyway. The father thanks her and retires as the unhappy girl writes Flora her acceptance and begins a farewell note to Alfredo, who returns suddenly. Puzzled by her tears and her haste in leaving, Alfredo sits down to await the expected arrival of his father. Germont reappears just as his son is handed a note from Violetta announcing that she has left him forever. Alfredo jealously misinterprets her motive, refuses to be comforted by the sunny picture Germont paints of their native soil in Provence, and vengefully rushes away to follow Violetta.

Flora Bervoix has ordered a band of gypsies to entertain the guests who have gathered in the great hall of her mansion. Alfredo strides in and recklessly starts to play cards. Shortly Violetta enters on the arm of an old admirer, who challenges Alfredo to a game. When the others go in to supper, Violetta cautions Alfredo not to provoke a duel. Thinking she fears for her admirer, he calls the guest back and, flinging his winnings at the feet of Violetta, asks them to witness that now he owes her nothing. Half-fainting under the insult, she still protests her love, while the entire company, now including the elder Germont, heaps reproaches on Alfredo.

ACT III

Violetta lies dying in the bedroom of her now modest Paris apartment. Her doctor tries to cheer her, but to the maid he admits that her mistress has only a few hours to live. When they have gone Violetta rereads a letter from Germont advising her that both he and Alfredo will soon come to see her, and bidding her get well. It is too late, she sighs, remembering past joys and praying for forgiveness, for she knows the end is near. After a brief interlude in which Mardi Gras revels echo gaily through the window, Alfredo rushes in. Informed by his relenting father of Violetta’s sacrifice, he begs her to leave Paris with him forever. Exhausted by emotion, she attempts to rise but falls back in a fit of coughing. The alarmed Alfredo sends for the doctor as Violetta appeals to God not to let her die now that happiness seems so near. Germont, contrite, enters with the doctor and blesses Violetta, who gives Alfredo a locket for the innocent young girl he will someday wed. Animated by a strange joy, she cries that she feels life returning and expires in the arms of her lover.

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Recognized for her steely voice, American soprano Katherine R. Weber (Violetta Valery) is at the start of what is to be an exciting career. She recently finished her portrayal of Violetta in La Traviata with Aspen Music Festival, of which Opera

News said, “…showcased a confident singing actress with a magnetic stage presence and abundant potential.” Aspen Times praised Weber for her “level of dignity and vulnerability with her acting and a voice that hit high notes with a steely edge and caressed the mid-range with welcome warmth.” Weber has truly made this role her own and is looking forward to her next this coming spring with the Boulder Symphony, which will be her fourth time performing the role. The first was the family performance of La Traviata with Central City Opera in 2015. Weber is also getting ready for a fun year of touring Rusalka with Opera for the Young out of Madison, WI.

This last year was an exciting one for Weber as a performer. She had the opportunity, as a young artist for Virginia Opera, to cover the role of Nedda in Pagliacci, and to perform the Beethoven Mass in C, Vivaldi Gloria, and Mozart Requiem alongside Winona Oratorio Chorus and Orchestra, as well as the Poulenc Stabat Mater with Fourth Presbyterian Church in Chicago. While in Chicago she also had the opportunity to perform a new contemporary piece called A Shout across Time with the Northwestern University Symphony, where her voice added, “both richness and body to the piece.” Weber has also won numerous awards from the Upper Midwest and Midwest Regions of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, Schubert Club, Florentine Opera, and Central City Opera. She has found a love for spreading the joy of opera to the younger generations by working for Opera for

the Young. She performed the role of Pamina in The Magic Flute and this year will be performing the role of Rusalka in Rusalka.

For two summers Weber spent her time with Central City Opera first as a studio artist and then as an apprentice artist. There she covered the roles of Kitty Hart in Deadman Walking and Violetta in La Traviata. Central City is where Weber performed Violetta for the first time in the fully staged family performance. During her summers there she received two awards: the Lew Cady Award and the Excellence in Singing Award.

During her graduate studies Weber attended Indiana University Jacobs School of Music where she studied with Costanza Cuccaro and was the recipient of the Bain Fellowship. While at Indiana, she performed the roles of Hanna Glawari in The Merry Widow, Catherine in A View from the Bridge, and Suor Genovieffa in Suor Angelica. “Weber portrayed the merry widow, indeed; what’s more, the soprano soared, her thespian abilities took hold, and, when called upon, she danced nimbly,” said The Herald Times of her performance as The Merry Widow. Weber also holds a bachelor’s degree in Music from Viterbo University in La Crosse, WI, where she studied with Daniel Johnson-Wilmot. While at Viterbo, Weber performed the roles of Cathleen in Riders to the Sea, Katie in Plain and Fancy, Hansel in Hansel and Gretel, and Suor Angelica in Suor Angelica. As an undergraduate she won both the intermediate and advanced voice divisions at the Schubert Club competition where she was then invited to sing a recital at the Ordway in St. Paul. She was also the recipient of the Liberace Scholarship. While at Viterbo she also continued her study of dance. Weber has more than 12 years of dance experience in jazz, ballet, pointe and tap. She is a native of Holmen, WI and currently resides in the beautiful city of Chicago.

PROFILES PROFILESShe is a student of Vinson Cole. When she isn’t performing or practicing she can be found cooking with her family, working out, laying by the beach, reading a good book, or playing games with her favorite nephew.

Scott Ramsay (Alfredo Germont) is highly regarded by opera companies and symphony orchestras across North America and abroad for his dynamic performances in repertoire ranging from Bel Canto to the 21st Century.

Following his portrayal of Edgardo in Lucia di Lammermoor with Lyric Opera of Chicago, the Chicago Sun-Times proclaimed, “He brought a passionate intensity to the role that matched the fire of Dessay’s riveting Lucia.” Of his Canadian debut in Verdi’s Requiem with Sir Andrew Davis and Toronto Symphony Orchestra, the Toronto Globe & Mail declared, “He proved a real find. His Ingemisco, Hostias and solo in the ‘Lux Aeterna’ had a sweetness and modest purity reminiscent of vintage Bjoerling and Simoneau.” Most recently, for his portrayal of Narraboth in the concert production of Salome with Detroit Symphony Orchestra, the Detroit Free Press remarked, “Scott Ramsay was a more distinctive Narraboth, singing with both lyricism and enough edge to compete with the orchestral roar behind him.” Ramsay’s 2016–17 engagements included his role debut as Wilhelm Dantine in Philip Glass’ The Perfect American with Chicago Opera Theatre and Long Beach Opera; Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 for his Des Moines Symphony Orchestra debut; and Beethoven’s Choral Fantasy as well as Mozart’s Requiem for his debut with Rogue Valley Symphony.

Recent successes include Narraboth in Strauss’ Salome in a return to Detroit Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Leonard Slatkin; Edgardo in Lucia di Lammermoor for his Portland Opera debut; Rodolfo in La Bohème with Manila’s musicArtes; Riccardo in Un ballo in maschera with Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra; a New Year’s Gala Concert with Kaohsiung Symphony Orchestra in Taiwan; Dvořák’s Requiem for a return to Berkshire Choral Festival; Beadle Bamford in Sweeney Todd for a return to Virginia Opera; his debut as Don José in Bizet’s Carmen with Duluth Superior Symphony Orchestra and Cleveland Suburban Symphony Orchestra; Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis with Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra; his debut in Indianapolis Opera’s Crescendo concert; and the world premiere of David Del Tredici’s Dum Dee Tweedle for his Detroit Symphony Orchestra debut.

Past highlights include Ramsay’s return to Lyric Opera of Chicago as Mitch in Previn’s A Streetcar Named Desire, his Virginia Opera debut in the same role, and creating the role of Henry Ward Beecher in Victoria Bond’s Mrs. President, The Opera at NYC’s Symphony Space and Anchorage Opera. Other highlights include appearances as Lenski in Eugene Onegin and soloist in Opera in the Park with Madison Opera under John DeMain; and his role debut as the Duke in Rigoletto with Sacramento Opera.

Other notable performances include the Painter/Sailor in Berg’s Lulu and Mark in Tippett’s The Midsummer Marriage in a return to Lyric Opera of Chicago, both conducted by Sir Andrew Davis; Edgardo in Lucia di Lammermoor with Lyric Opera of Chicago, Dublin Int’l Opera Festival, Kentucky Opera, Anchorage Opera, and New Orleans Opera; the title role in Gounod’s Faust at Eugene Opera; Roméo in Roméo et Juliette with Opera New Jersey and Syracuse Opera; and Rodolfo in La Bohème with Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra.

Baritone Corey Crider (Giorgio Germont) is an alumnus of Lyric Opera of Chicago’s Ryan Opera Center and recently returned to the company as Malatesta in Don Pasquale. Additional recent highlights include Marcello in

La bohème with the Munich Philharmonic and Arizona Opera, Sharpless in Madame Butterfly with Dayton Opera, and Escamillo in Carmen with Lyric Opera of Kansas City. In the 2016–2017 season, Crider added two important roles to his repertoire: Ford in Verdi’s Falstaff (Opera on the James) and the title role in Rigoletto (Mississippi Opera). Additionally, he sang Scarpia in Tosca with Intermountain Opera and Finger Lakes Opera, returned to Opera Roanoke to perform his acclaimed Emile DeBeque in South Pacific, and joined the Opera Company of Middlebury as Michele/Marco in Il tabarro/Gianni Schicchi. The 2017–2018 season includes Escamillo in Carmen with Madison Opera, a return to Opera Roanoke as Marcello in La bohème, and an appearance with the Paducah Symphony Orchestra for Belshazzar’s Feast.

The 2015–2016 season included the reprise of his celebrated Sweeney Todd with Opera Roanoke, Sharpless in Madame Butterfly with Dayton Opera, Guglielmo in Così fan tutte with Sarasota Opera, Escamillo in Carmen with Lyric Opera of Kansas City, joining the Detroit Symphony as the First Nazarene in Strauss’ Salome, and Handel’s Messiah with the Jacksonville Symphony. Crider was also heard in recital in association with Dallas Opera and the Dallas Museum of Art, and debuted the role of Emile DeBeque in South Pacific with Ash Lawn Opera. In the 2014–15 season Crider debuted the title role of Sweeney Todd with Madison Opera, sang Marcello in La bohème with Opera on the James, Scarpia in

Tosca with the New Philharmonic, Escamillo in La tragédie de Carmen with Opera Naples, the Sacristan in Tosca with the Detroit Symphony, and Dulcamara in The Elixir of Love with Finger Lakes Opera.

Karen Archbold (Flora Bervoix) is poised to launch an exciting and dramatic career as a promising young singer. She completed her undergraduate education at Southwestern College in Winfield, KS.

She has studied with Steven Schnurman (New Jersey), Donna Tavani (Washington D.C.), Timothy Noble (Indiana University), Norma Sharp (Berlin, Germany) and Thomas Mohr (Bremen, Germany). She studied in Germany for two and a half years with three semesters at the Hochschule für Künste in Bremen. She participated in numerous productions. Archbold has been a member of the Washington Chorus, the Chicago Chorale, the Bremen Kammerchor, and the Symphonic Chorus at the Hochschule für Künste in Bremen. She appeared as Miss Jessel in The Turn of the Screw, Buttercup in HMS Pinafore, and Berthe in Barber of Seville. She has also participated in the opera choruses of Die Zauberflöte and L’Enfant Sortilege at the Kennedy Center. Archbold’s solo appearances include Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with the Bremerhaven Orchestra, John Rutter’s Magnificat with the Hochschule für Künste’s Orchestra and Chorus, Lili Boulanger’s Psalm Profundis with the Bremerhaven Orchestra, the Verdi Requiem with the Wichita Symphony and the Mid-Kansas Symphony, a medley of Gershwin favorites with the Patrick Henry College Orchestra in Virginia, as well as the Mahler Kindertotenlieder with the MasterWorks Festival Orchestras in Indiana as well as in London.

Archbold was a 2014 finalist in the American Prize Competition and a 2014 finalist in the Bel Canto Regional Guest Artist Competition. She was also a 2014 semi-finalist in the Chicago Oratorio Competition. She has a great love and appreciation for vocal and instrumental chamber works and has performed often in small ensembles. Archbold currently performs often with her husband (a cellist), specializing in Australian works for voice and cello. She teaches private voice lessons at her home in Glen Ellyn.

James Judd (Gastone de Letorieres) 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. Judd 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.

Known for his “earnest stage presence” and “warmness of tone,” Baritone Ian Hosack (Baron Douphol) is excited to be making his New Philharmonic debut as Baron Duophol in Verdi’s La Traviata. Recent highlights from his diverse repertoire

include Plutone in L’Orfeo, Zuniga in Carmen, Bob in The Old Maid & the Thief, Peter in Hänsel und Gretel, and Magisteren in the Danish National Opera Maskarade. Pursuing his passion for new opera, Mr. Hosack joined the Thompson Street Opera Company in 2015 as a studio artist. Highlights include the role of Nick in Cosmic Ray and the Amazing Chris by Eric Lindsay, as well as the Crocodile in The Mouse Deer and the Crocodile by Hong-da Chin. Mr. Hosack has also become an active recitalist in the greater Chicago area, performing with VOX 3 Collective and the Aestas Consort. During his recent studies at DePaul University, Ian was seen in the role of Plutone in Orefeo by Monteverdi, and in Weill’s Street Scene he was featured as George Jones. Moving forward, Ian will continue his work in new music, performing in the Chicago premiere of Marcus Maroney’s Dust of the Road with Thompson Street Opera this spring.

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Baritone Aaron Wardell (Marquis d’Obigny) 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 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 Passion and St. Matthew Passion, 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.

Bass Bryan Dahl (Doctor Grenville) recently completed his MM at The Chicago College of Performing Arts. Over the summer, he made his international debut singing the roles of Leporello and Grandpa Moss in Stara Zagora,

Bulgaria and Sarastro in Salzburg. Before Chicago, he began his operatic training in Los Angeles performing with Center Stage Opera and Pacific Opera Project. He is currently performing with Thompson Street Opera in Chicago, and is thrilled to be singing with New Philharmonic.

Chicago-area native Jennifer L. Barrett is thrilled to be singing with New Philharmonic again this season. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Vocal Music Education from North Central College, and she spent several years teaching general music,

band, choir, speech, and drama in the classroom. Upon leaving public education, she completed her Master of Arts degree in Vocal Pedagogy at Northeastern Illinois University, studying with Dr. Ronald Combs and Daniel Kane. Her thesis recital, delving into the vocal works of Samuel Barber and featuring two unpublished pieces, was highlighted in Time Out Chicago as well as the NEIU Masters Symposium.

On stage, Barrett has been praised both for her character work and her versatility. Most recently, she appeared as Sor Andrea in With Blood, With Ink, with the award-winning Third Eye Theatre Ensemble. Barrett has appeared

in several productions as a company member of New Moon Opera in Chicago, including Mesdames de la Halle (Madame Poiretapee), The Old Maid and the Thief (Miss Pinkerton), Trouble in Tahiti (Dinah), and Hansel and Gretel (Gingerbread Witch). She also plays the dual role of Evil Stepmother and Queen in the company’s outreach program, which introduces elementary-aged children to the world of opera. Last year she sang in New Philharmonic’s production of The Mikado, performing with the ensemble and covering the role of Pitti-Sing.

Other area credits include Cavalleria Rusticana (Lola), The Consul (Anna Gomez), Quantum Mechanic (Mrs. Schroedinger), Il Barbiere di Siviglia (Berta), Cosi fan tutte (“Donna” Alfonso), and the world premiere of The Patriots. Upcoming projects include: Der Freischütz with Opera on Tap Chicago, and Viardot’s Cendrillon with New Moon Opera.

When not appearing on stage, Barrett is a private voice teacher, vocal health consultant, and adjunct instructor in the Chicago area, and she is a member of the studio of Pamela Hinchman. She sings constantly around her house, slightly to the chagrin of her husband and two children.

Many thanks to Pamela, Ron, Dan, and Christine for their tireless help and support.

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Kirk Muspratt (Music Director and Conductor) was recently 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 eight 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 and Gianni Schicchi.

In 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 and an Interactive Intermission Project involving the musicians of the orchestra, opera and the patrons.

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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, Kirk has conducted at the Joffrey Ballet of Chicago.

Harry Silverstein (Stage Director) has professionally directed more than 90 productions of 40 operas on four continents, including such theaters as Lyric Opera of Chicago, San Francisco Opera, English National Opera,

and companies in Germany, The Netherlands, Australia and Brazil, as well as American companies in New York, Dallas, Houston and Seattle. Silverstein has staged contemporary works including premieres of works by Philip Glass as well as works from the standard operatic repertory. Recent projects include a new production of Magic Flute for San Francisco Opera with visual artist Jun Kaneko, which was recorded for video release and was the of subject a book now in its second printing, and Rigoletto, which opened this season for San Francisco Opera and was simulcast to an audience of 30,000 at AT&T Park in San Francisco. Silverstein has been the director of DePaul Opera Theater and professor of Opera at DePaul School of Music.

Benjamin Nadel (Associate Conductor and Librarian) is a conductor, vocal coach and pianist based out of Chicago. Currently he is the assistant conductor and orchestra librarian for the New Philharmonic and Northwest Indiana

Symphony. In the past he has also conducted, coached and played piano for summer opera programs at Northwestern University and the Midwest Institute of Opera, where he worked with Joshua Greene from the Metropolitan Opera. Nadel recently completed his MA in Orchestral Conducting at the

Muspratt begins his 17th acclaimed season as music director of the Northwest Indiana Symphony Orchestra (NISO). At NISO, he instituted several highly commended programs that include a popular Solo Competition for Children that results in a child performing at every concert of the Northwest Indiana Symphony Orchestra. He has also implemented an Orchestral Fellowship Program with Valparaiso University. One of his most highly praised projects is the innovative collaborations with the Lyric Opera Center for American Artists. Together they have presented La Traviata, Die Fledermaus, Carmen and La Boheme. In 2006 with NISO, he initiated the South Shore Summer Music Festival.

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.”

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 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.

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Carmilla and Grease at COD; puppet design for Lifeline Theatre’s Neverwhere, and costumes/masks for their Island of Dr. Moreau; costume/puppet design for Akvavit Theatre’s production of Blue Planet; costume/props design of Xanadu for NWHS; 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.

Jillian Luce (Properties Design). Recent projects include properties designer for Buffalo Theatre Ensemble’s The 39 Steps; properties designer/set dresser for Escape Artistry’s newest escape rooms in Wicker Park, Duck and Cover and Roaring Dan’s Pirate Dungeon; and properties master for The Adventures of Kitty Zombie, a short film by Zombie Army

Productions, recently debuted in Chicago and screened in film festivals this fall. Additionally, she is the resident props designer/set dresser and stage manager for Zombie Army Productions and their two haunted attractions, Statesville Haunted Prison in Crest Hill, IL, and Hellsgate Haunted House in Lockport, IL.

Isabelle Rund (Stage Manager) is a new resident of the Chicago area. Since arriving, she has had the opportunity to work with Chicago Folks Operetta, Spartan Theatre and Chicago Fringe Opera. Rund is previously from St. Louis, MO. While there she had the opportunity to Stage Manage at the Loretto Hilton Center, the Fabulous Fox Theatre and the Tennessee Williams Festival. Isabelle is excited to make her debut with New Philharmonic on La Traviata. Rund is a graduate of the Stage Management program at the Conservatory of Theatre Arts at Webster University.

University of Iowa, where he studied with Dr. William LaRue Jones. Before that he attended Illinois State University, where he studied with Dr. Glenn Block.

Lisa Kristina (Chorus Director) has earned music degrees from DePaul University, the Manhattan School of Music, and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Her career in music has taken her around the world, performing and coaching in German theaters, playing jazz in China, giving chamber music concerts in Lithuania, and appearing as a featured classical artist on trans-Atlantic cruise ships. She has worked on major professional productions of such shows as Phantom of the Opera, Miss Saigon, Sunset Boulevard, Cats, Les Misérables, and Beauty and the Beast, and has been musical director for many more productions in the Chicago area. She has been heard live on WFMT radio, both as a singer and a pianist, and has appeared as an accompanist on Chicago Tonight. Dr. Kristina has been rehearsal pianist/coach, chorusmaster and/or solo artist for many of the New Philharmonic’s opera productions, such as Otello, Cosi fan tutte, Gianni Schicchi, The Mikado, and The Beggar’s Opera (see if you can find the photo from this production somewhere around the theater lobby!). She has also been a keyboardist for Chicago Opera Theater, including playing celesta for A Flowering Tree by John Adams, with the composer himself conducting, and is still keeping busy working, even after recently winning some money as a two-time Jeopardy! champion.

Jon Gantt (Scenic and Projection 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 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 New Philharmonic’s Madame Butterfly and The Mikado. For the College Theater program, he designed the set for A Woman of No Importance, and the lighting for Julius Caesar, Rumors, Grease, A Christmas Carol, The Ballad of the Sad Café, Girls Like That, Pippin, These Shining Lives and Captain Blood. 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.

Elias Morales (Lighting Design) is ecstatic to be working on completing his second year at the MAC as an assistant production manager and lighting designer. For the past 12 years he has been working as a freelance lighting designer, stage manager, and as a stage technician around Chicago. In addition, he also served as the assistant technical director and lighting designer for Northeastern Illinois University for more than six years. During that time he worked with the resident dance company, Ensemble Español Spanish Dance Theatre, as their technical director and lighting designer. While he enjoyed traveling across the Midwest and along the East Coast touring with Ensemble Español, he is delighted to now call The MAC his home and work with so many other passionate individuals!

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 designer in costume, makeup, wig and properties 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 the Bewildered Bride and Bo Thomas and the Case of the Spy Pirates. Other favorite past projects include

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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 Lamb

Whun KimDebra PonkoMike SantibanezKaren NelsonBrian Ostrega

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 TompkinsBill Kronenberg

CelloDorothy Deen, Principal

Chair sponsored by Nancy & John Rutledge

Claire Langenberg Chair sponsored by

Nancy & John RutledgeNancy Moore Chair sponsored by

Nancy & John Rutledge

BassJudith Hanna, Principal

Chair sponsored by Barbara & Lowell Anderson

Michael Meehan

Flute Carolyn May, PrincipalMaria Schwartz

Oboe Jeffrey Padgett

Chair sponsored by Sue and Dick Lamb

Melinda Getz

Clarinet Mary Payne, Principal

Chair sponsored by Robert and Lynn Anderson

Barbara Drapcho

Bassoon Dianne Ryan, PrincipalLynette Pralle

Horn Phil Stanley, Principal

Chair sponsored by Dr. Donald G. Westlake

Lisa TaylorMary Jo NeherIngrid Mullane

TrumpetEdgar Campos, Principal

Chair sponsored by Margaret & Michael McCoy

James Hahn

Trombone Serdar Cizmeci, PrincipalCherai McCauleyChristopher Davis

Tuba Douglas Zelinka

Timpani James Bond-Harris

Percussion Andrew Cierny

HarpKatie Ventura

Orchestra ManagerPaula Cebula

Associate Conductor, LibrarianBenjamin Nadel

Personnel ManagerKaren Dickelman

NEW PHILHARMONIC PERSONNEL2017–2018

THANK YOU NEW PHILHARMONIC CHAIR SPONSORS

Barbara and Lowell Anderson

Robert and Lynne Anderson

Anonymous

Jeanette N. and Renee Giragos, in memory of Dr. Henry G. Giragos

Sue and Dick Lamb

Margaret and Michael McCoy

Dr. Donald E. Newsom, in memory of Dr. Mary Ellen Newsom

Nancy and John Rutledge

Dr. Donald G. Westlake

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

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Your giving options:• Cash• Stock• Retirement assets• IRA charitable rollover• Car donation• Sponsor a chair or concert

Your tax-deductible gift is an investment in your orchestra for today and tomorrow. MAKE YOUR GIFT TODAY! foundation.cod.edu/donateor call for more information(630) 942-2462

Thank you and enjoy the performance!

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Private Music LessonsAT COLLEGE OF DUPAGE

Express yourself through music.Learn to sing or to play from a professional. Take your skills to a higher level. At College of DuPage, we offer:

• Private lessons in voice, piano, organ, guitar,drums and all band and orchestra instruments

• Lessons for all ages and ability levels

Enroll Today!Call Deb Zelman, Applied Music Coordinator (630) 942-2391, zelmand@cod.edu

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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 December 1, 2015 through August 31, 2017. 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)Aurora Civic Center AuthorityDuPage FoundationFollett Higher Education GroupDr. and Mrs. Helge FrankJCS Fund of DuPage FoundationLegat Architects, Inc.David and Carolyn MayDr. and Mrs. Harold D. McAninchOak Trace Retirement CommunityMs. Suzanne RoseNancy and John RutledgeCharles SchlauSmith Financial Advisors, Inc.Ms. Connie SprovieriDr. Arin J. Stone and Mr. David LipschultzSullivan Taylor & Gumina, PCMr. Keith C. Yearman

Encore Circle ($2,500–$4,999)AnonymousLowell and Barbara AndersonLynne and Robert AndersonAnna BallJeffrey Jens and Ann BoisclairMrs. Clark G. CarpenterJames and Marie Drasal and the Drasal Family Fund of Fidelity Charitable Gift FundG. Carl Ball Family FoundationMr. and Mrs. Craig GiblinGeorge and Roberta Gilbert and the Gilbert Family Charitable Fund

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Lamb and the Susan and Richard Lamb Charitable Fund of The DuPage FoundationGil and Lola LehmanMargaret and Michael McCoyMs. Kimberly MorrisDr. and Mrs. Joseph S. MorrisseyKirk MusprattDrs. Donald E. and Mary Ellen NewsomJudith May O’DellMeri PhillipsJeffrey and Debora PonkoRoland and Kelly RaffelTrust Company of IllinoisBjarne R. UllsvikDr. Donald G. WestlakeMr. and Mrs. Scott Wiersum

Director’s Circle ($1,000–$2,499)Anonymous (3)Joseph and Betsy BallekMilton and Heide BentleyRonald and Hope BucherVerda and Paul BufkinGinni and ChrisMs. Hannah CliftonMr. and Mrs. Paul J. CliftonCommunity Foundation of Will CountyMr. and Mrs. John C. Dalby, Jr.Don and Anna Mae DaviaAnita DicksonDrasal Family Fund of Fidelity Charitable Gift FundMs. Emily EllsworthFinances by Design Inc.Joan and Ken Frank

Ken and Debbie FulksJeanette N. and Renee Giragos, in memory of Dr. Henry G. GiragosMary J. GowerMr. and Mrs. Linsley GrayMr. and Mrs. Robert G. HartmanJorge and Beatriz IorgulescuDr. Jean V. KartjeMr. and Mrs. Louis KosibaKaren and Gene KuhnMr. and Mrs. Martin S. KutteschEileen and Eliot Landau and the Eileen B. Landau Charitable Fund of Fidelity CharitableMs. Diana L. MartinezJohn and Lynette McCortneyLTC and Mrs. James MilobowskiBill and Nancy MooreJ. C. MorganBob and Joan OlachJane OldfieldMrs. Dorothy I. O’ReillyHelen PachaySarah PackardAlan Peterson, in memory of Carolyn LevickasMr. and Mrs. William PodgorskiRichard and Elizabeth QuaintanceA. F. and Cecile RobinsonThe Rev. Dr. Curtis and Leanne RolfeJudy RonaldsonNancy L. RubyJerry and Susan SchurmeierMs. Geraldine SmrcinaMarilyn SmrcinaTerrence J. Taylor and Maureen Sullivan Taylor

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Theodore M. UtchenJames and Patricia VaryMs. Kathy WesselBonnie M. WheatonMr. and Mrs. Leslie A. WibergMs. Kathleen YoskoJo Anne Zipperer

Ambassador ($500–$999)AnonymousAnthony and Gwen AchillesNancy AlluredKatherine BalekMs. Eunice BeckerDr. Craig M. BergerRay BillettMs. Nella BrylskiC.B. Conlin Landscapes, IncStephen and Sunday CumminsGeorge W. and Ann DervisMr. and Mrs. Gene DicolaBarbara and George DiGuidoCharlene Kornoski-Du Vall and James Du VallDaniel Edelman and Fran KravitzGeorge and Kathryn FairbairnMarcela FanningEnertherm CorporationDon and Jackie HegebarthJohn A. HerndonLance HerningMr. and Mrs. Phillip H. Holm and the Holm Family Charitable Fund of Vanguard CharitableMr. and Mrs. William S. KensholMs. Ellen Bronkema and Dr. Peter T. KlassonIda LeeMr. and Mrs. James LongMr. and Mrs. L. A. LowryDonald E. McGowan and Mary Leah PrazakEllen and Daniel McGowanMrs. Melissa Meisch-MercadoDr. and Mrs. John Messitt

Ms. Jane E. MooreJim and Lorraine PaulissenJack and Marilyn PearsonMs. Melanie PetersDr. and Mrs. Hans P. PohlmannGinny and Don RathsDr. Ann E. RondeauMs. Theresa M. SakIn Memory of Bea SchubertMr. and Mrs. Roger SistermanMs. Dawn Sullivan AhernMs. Marie L. TenzingerChristine Wahlgren EdisonMs. Alice M. WilburKen and Viviane WilcuttsMr. and Mrs. Robert J. Wojcik

Performer ($250–$499)Anonymous (12)Young AhnMary Ellen and Jack BarryHarold and Karen BauerRichard and Grace BauerPatricia and Bruce BeckMr. and Mrs. Ronald N. BenMr. and Mrs. William E. BermannMs. Mary BrennanMr. and Mrs. William BulgerConnie Canaday Howard and Rex HowardMs. Amy CavanessGreg and Janet ChejfecMs. Cynthia CliftonMs. Linda ClouseCatherine ConwayDiane CooperMs. Jean A. DeYoung and Mr. Frank BurkeMs. Marilyn R. Drury-KatilloEdwin A. and Gerry DulikRobert EakinsJoanne EastJoseph and Frances EraciElinor FlaniganEric and Marilyn ForsDavid and Helen Fraser

Urs Geiser and Mary HobeinMs. Robin L. GrahamMr. Richard HamiltonGwen and Chet HenryMr. and Mrs. Calvin L. HimelMr. Glenn HopkinsMr. and Mrs. Bruce L. HoskinsMr. Dennis R. JohnsonMr. and Mrs. Rick KehoeMs. Carole KerrVirginia and Charles KlingspornMs. Durema F. KohlMarcia A. KoppenhoeferMs. Pern A. KriderMr. John L. Ladle, Jr.The Lagunitas Brewing CompanyGintautas Leonavicius and Ryte LeonavicieneDr. Daniel E. LloydMadeleine and Ralph MarbachMr. Robert MarksMs. Mary K. MassengillWilliam and Margaret MatteMr. Anthony A. McAleenanMr. and Mrs. Tipton H. McCawley, Jr.Marty and Marian McGowanMs. Lynda McGrathMr. and Mrs. Francis MiesByrd and Alice ParmeleeMr. Jean M. PierreDr. Patricia PimentalGary and Mary RashMr. and Mrs. Donald RerickaMr. and Mrs. Stephen RochlisS. E. RossMr. and Mrs. Michael K. RoycroftMr. and Mrs. Eugene RzymJaney SartherMs. Lisa Savegnago and Mr. Ronald A. JohnsonDoris and David SchertzFred and Lorraine SchullerDr. Thomas R. ScottKristin and Peter ShulmanSkeet and Laura Skeet

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FRIENDS OF THE MACRichard and Janice StickaAnthony and Mona TaylorULTA BeautyCarol C. Wallace FamilyJudy WebsterLyn and Debbie WhistonJoan and Raymond WielgosKathy and Rich WildersMr. and Mrs. Robert Wulffen

Friend ($50–$249)Anonymous (18)Dr. Barbara S. AbromitisMr. and Mrs. Gary R. AchepohlSue AdamsAnju AgarwalMr. and Mrs. Thomas K. AhernPeggy AldworthMrs. John AndersenMr. and Mrs. Brad AndersonMs. Iligene AndersonMr. Patrick G. Anderson, Jr.Mr. Ron AndersonIrene D. AntoniouMr. and Mrs. Jay J. AugutineRenato and Mary BacciMr. Daniel A. BarnettAlyce BarnicleAmelia BarrettDebbie Barrett and Barry ZelinskiMichael and Gail BaruchBiff Behr and Lynne RichmanMs. Lorraine BehrendMr. and Mrs. Martin P. BenderColleen and James BentéKen and Annabel BergmanMs. Virginia A. BlackwellBlue Man GroupMr. and Mrs. James E. BorusMr. and Mrs. Joseph H. BorylaMr. and Mrs. James BovesMr. Franklin E. BowesMs. Joan BradfordKay BraulikMr. and Mrs. George Bruce

Mrs. Audrey BuecheDr. John and Suzanne BuntrockMildred and Harold BurrowEd and Kay BurtonMr. and Mrs. Kenneth L. CarlsonMs. Anne CarrollMr. Joseph Cassidy and Mrs. Tatiana SifriCaterpillar FoundationMr. Robert B. ChasteenMs. Susan W. S. ChemlerMs. Lisa CherryMr. Michael ChurchRobert and Barbara CieskoAndrea and Dwight ClossTerry and Mary Collins and FamilyMr. and Mrs. Edward J. ComanDr. and Mrs. Duane W. CondiffMr. and Mrs. James M. ConnollyMr. and Mrs. Robert S. ConradMr. Dan CorrentiJeanne E. DavikMs. Marjorie E. DavisMs. Lynn F. Dempsey-Musker and Mr. Brian MuskerJanet DerberJoy and Ron DetmerMs. Ethel M. DeVoyDr. Julia M. DiLibertiMs. Alice E. DoughertyMr. and Mrs. Earl E. DowlingWilliam and Kathleen DrennanMr. and Mrs. Gerald DroszczMr. and Mrs. James E. DunlapDuPage Children’s MuseumEataly ChicagoEdie BoutiqueMr. and Mrs. Sherwood EdwardsMr. and Mrs. Ed EgnussDr. Jenna EisenbergMr. William EnrightCamille and Joe EstermanExelon CorporationWilliam and Sally Newton FairbankKristine and Ken Fay

Geraldine FeketeMr. Douglas FitzgeraldMs. Mary T. FitzgeraldMr. and Mrs. David M. FollmannMs. Marcia FrankGail FromerMr. and Mrs. Ronald C. GabelJanet R. GahalaMs. Denise GallagherSandra M. GanakosMs. Mary Gardner BurrelleMr. and Mrs. Andrew W. GlowatyMr. Mark GodishMs. Donna GoetzMr. Eugene GoldsmithDr. Gloria GolecMs. Jean D. GorisMs. Karen Goyak and the Goyak Family Fund of Fidelity Charitable Gift FundMs. Judith I. GradyBill and Alyce GrantMs. Linda GrothendickRoy and Priscilla GrundyDr. and Mrs. Richard D. GuerraMs. Wanda GustasMs. Anne O. HackerIda Elizabeth HagmanMs. Robin L. HallettDr. Eugene G. Hallongren and Dianne J. HallongrenMs. Sue HammersmithHand & Stone Massage and Facial SpaRebekah and Rodney HarrisMrs. Jane HartopDavid and Karen HaugenMr. and Mrs. Brad A. HausermanMr. and Mrs. Edward HegartyAleene L. Henninger-BoydenMs. Susan HerveyDr. Franklin D. HesterMs. Elaine M. HillSandra Hill

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FRIENDS OF THE MACRonald G. HiltonPaul and Jessica HollerMs. Carole HoyemMr. and Mrs. John HubbellMr. and Mrs. James M. Huck, Jr.Michael and Patricia HuthIBMStephanie IglehartMr. and Mrs. Kevin R. IlliaMs. Pam ImbeauMs. Andrea ImesMr. and Mrs. James V. JaltuchMs. Veatrice J. JehanginEdward and Susan JeszkaMrs. Patricia JohansenBob JohnsonMr. and Mrs. Terry R. JohnsonMs. Darlene J. KaempenMr. Karl KarnatzMary Jane KeefeMs. Diana M. KeichKendra ScottMs. Deborah KimminauMs. Candis E. KingMr. and Mrs. David KnappMr. James H. Knippen, IIMs. Elaine KolmanUlrike KonchanMr. and Mrs. John KosMichael F. KozlowskiMs. Sonia B. KozlowskiKimberly KrauseMr. and Mrs. Steven E. KrenekMs. Anne KrzyskoMs. Barbara J. KuligMr. and Mrs. Norbert V. LambertMr. Larry C. LarsonLaser QuestMr. Paul F. LaudicinaDr. and Mrs. Ernest R. LeDucDr. Barbara LemmeBill and Jan LindnerMs. Belle W. LippmanDrs. David and Joanna LivengoodMs. Theresa M. LongAnn Lougee

Mr. and Mrs. Russell E. LundstromTed and Martha MaasMr. and Mrs. Robert A. MacDougallMr. and Mrs. Atis MakstenieksSarah Hutchison MartinoMs. Helga MathewsRichard and Mary Ellen MatthiesMs. Diane M. MaurerGordon and Marjorie Maxson Jeffrey MayMr. and Mrs. Robert McClowMs. Kathleen McCulloughJim and Lucia McGinnMr. and Mrs. Michael McPherrinDiane Meiborg and Roger ZacekMichael and Sandra MeyersMr. and Mrs. Wayne J. MicekMs. Mary C. MichnaMs. Sarah MinorMr. and Mrs. Gary L. MitchellDan and Marilyn MontgomeryMrs. Marilyn MooreMr. Jerold A. MorganMs. Sheri MorrisonMr. and Mrs. David W. MortonBud and Pat MotzMs. Linda MotzPaulette and Ted MoulosJoan MuellerDr. Michael T. MurphyMr. Thomas MurrayMrs. Audrey NadelErnest and Joanne NassosBetty and John NorthMr. John L. NortonMs. Yolanda NunezOcean’s Reach Condominium AssociationMr. and Mrs. Donald OlenecJean and Joanne OliphantMr. and Mrs. Gary L. OliverMs. Eileen C. O’MalleyMs. Shirley H. OrloppKaren Webb Owen

Ms. Bonnie PaganisMr. and Mrs. Hugh PalmerMr. John R. PalterMr. Vincent A. PanzoneMr. Alan ParksMs. Samantha PattersonGreg and Sue PawlowiczMr. and Mrs. Scott PectorDr. and Mrs. Edmund PellettiereRobert PendleburyJudith and Robert PetersMr. Jim PetersonMr. and Mrs. Mark A. PetersonDr. R. Dean PetersonRohan and Merlyn PhillipsMr. and Mrs. Edward PillarMr. Charles PittelkowMr. Rob PlankJohn J. and Mary A. PlunkettRoger and Sarah PoeppelMr. and Mrs. Charles PolitoAnna Marie PollMrs. Patricia PolonusRoger and Vivian PschererJohn and Mandy RakowMs. Alice J. RamsayMr. David J. RashMs. Diane G. RathMr. and Mrs. Marion J. ReisJean RhoadesMs. René M. RichardsMr. Peter RickertSusanne RiedellMs. Elizabeth RobertsonMr. and Mrs. Neil M. RoseDuane and Elaine RossMs. Patricia M. RotondiMr. and Mrs. Gus A. RousonelosMr. Ray Royce, Sr.Bill and Sharron SailorWilliam SaltmarshMs. Laura SamperMr. Jeffrey P. SandMs. Kathleen SandersMs. Kim Savage

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Mr. and Mrs. William G. ScanlanKen and Trish ScottMr. Joseph L. SheehanMr. Henry SheldonRoger and Ann ShipleyMr. George Sisson, Jr.Ms. Patricia SkupienMs. Julie SmagaczMr. and Mrs. James H. SmithMr. and Mrs. Robert F. SobieMs. Shirley SochorMr. Jim SotirakosDr. Dorothy SquitieriDr. Christopher StackMs. Katherine M. StelletelloMr. and Mrs. Arnold R. StenvogEllen and Grier StephensonMs. Sharon StilwellCherry StoddardCarolyn and Joe StoffelMs. Billie S. StraussMelissa StriedlDr. and Mrs. William F. StronerMs. Eileen StrongMr. and Mrs. Thomas J. SuhrburMrs. Gloria P. SullivanDr. Nancy SvobodaGrace and Len SwansonMs. Sharon SymonsMs. Carol F. SzynalMs. Virginia B. TaylorVirginia and Jerry ThompsonPaul and Katherine ThompsonJanet ThornberyMr. and Mrs. Theodore TiltonMr. Daniel TrasattColleen and Paul TrinkoMr. and Mrs. Anthony J. VahcicMs. Patricia Van LeeuwenMs. Carolynn VanDenburgMarilee ViolaMr. and Mrs. Michael VolkMs. Helen VopenkaLucy and George VorickMrs. Judith B. WagnerPenelope Wainwright

Ms. Jeanne WalshEileen and Thomas WardDr. Larry F. WardMr. and Mrs. Edward WarmowskiMr. and Mrs. Anthony J. WdowiarzDr. Nancy WebbPatricia and Richard WeichleDon and Lisa WeissAnne and Jim WengerdMr. and Mrs. John WheatleyDr. Prudence A. WidlakMary Lou WilkeMr. and Mrs. John B. WilsonMs. Jane Wine and Mr. Jerry HinrichsMr. Chris WinstonMr. Justin WitteMs. Jo Ann WolfMrs. Marilyn H. WolffMr. Albert G. ZamskyHelene S. ZarconeLori and Gary ZemanMargot C. and Arthur Zwierlein

Corporate and Community SponsorsAdelle’s Fine American FareArts MidwestBrookdale Glen EllynCabernet & CompanyCarlucci Restaurant and BarCollege of DuPage FoundationDuPage FoundationFollettGlen PrairieHilton Hotels-Lisle/NapervilleHoulihan’sI Have a BeanIllinois Arts Council JCS Fund of the DuPage FoundationNational Endowment for the ArtsNothing Bundt CakesOak TraceParkers’ Restaurant and BarReserve 22Smith Financial Advisors Inc.Sullivan Taylor & Gumina PCWeber Grill90.9FM WDCB98.7 WFMT

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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 Melissa Mercado at (630) 942-3026 or meisch-mercadom@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) 942-4000.

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

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

MAC Administrative StaffDirector of the McAninch Arts Center ....................................................................................... Diana MartinezMarketing and Donor Relations Coordinator ................................................................................Roland RaffelBusiness Manager ...................................................................................................................Ellen McGowanCleve Carney Art Gallery Curator ................................................................................................... Justin WitteEducation and Community Engagement Coordinator ..................................................................Janey SartherDirector of Development for Cultural Arts ................................................................................... Janie OldfieldGroup and Rental Sales Coordinator ...................................................................................... Melissa MercadoAdministrative Assistant ............................................................................................................ Mandy RakowAssistant to the Business Manager ........................................................................................... Molly JunokasClerical Assistants ...................................................................................................Tony Eyer, Karen Robinson

MAC Box Office and Front of House StaffBox Office Manager ........................................................................................................................Julie ElgesAssistant Box Office Manager ............................................................................................... Jennifer BerosekBox Office Assistants .................................................. Rachel Krusec, Mary Ellen Schaefer, Gretchen WoodleyPatron Service Manager ................................................................................................................Tom MurrayFront of House Manager ................................................................................................................ Rob NardiniFront of House Assistant ........................................................................................................ James Holbrook

MAC Resident Professional EnsembleBuffalo Theatre Ensemble, Artistic Director .................................................................Connie Canaday HowardBuffalo Theatre Ensemble, Associate Artistic Director ................................................................ Amelia BarrettBuffalo Theatre Ensemble, Business Manager .............................................................................. Bryan BurkeBuffalo Theatre Ensemble, Founding Artistic Director Emeritus .....................................................Craig Berger New Philharmonic, Conductor and Music Director ...................................................................... Kirk MusprattNew Philharmonic Manager ........................................................................................................ Paula CebulaConductor Emeritus .................................................................................................................... Harold Bauer

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