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HARRIS THEATER PRESENTS CONTENTS

Wendy Whelan Brian Brooks Brooklyn RiderSome of a Thousand WordsA JOYCE THEATER PRODUCTION

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

Program 2

Program Notes 3

Biographies 4

Harris Theater Leadership and Donors 8

Harris Theater Information 16

Season Sponsor Official Airline of the Harris Theater

Season Hotel Sponsor

The Harris Theater is grateful for the ongoing support of its season sponsors.

The Harris Theater’s presentation of Some of a Thousand Words has been generously underwritten by The Harris Family Foundation,

Caryn and King Harris Dance Residency Fund.

Lead Sponsor

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SOME OF A THOUSAND WORDS PROGRAM

CHOREOGRAPHY AND DIRECTIONBrian Brooks

PERFORMED BYWendy Whelan

Brian Brooks

Brooklyn Rider

Johnny Gandelsman, violin

Colin Jacobsen, violin

Nicholas Cords, viola

Michael Nicolas, cello

MUSIC

Jacob Cooper, “Arches”

Colin Jacobsen, “BTT”

© Colin Jacobsen / Vavavooviemusic (BMI). Used by permission.

John Luther Adams, “Maclaren Summit” and “Looking Towards Hope” from “The Wind in High Places”

Tyondai Braxton, “ArpRec1”

Philip Glass, String Quartet No. 3 (Mishima)

© 1984 Dunvagen Music Publishers Inc. Used by Permission.

PRODUCTION MANAGERDavison Scandrett

LIGHTING DESIGNJoe Levasseur

STAGE MANAGERLauren Cavanaugh

COSTUME DESIGNKaren Young

CHOREOGRAPHIC ADVISOR & REHEARSAL COACHRisa Steinberg

PRODUCERSIlter Ibrahimof, Sunny Artist Management, Inc.

Barbara Frum, Sharing Spaces, Inc.

Joyce Theater Productions

COMPANY MANAGEMENTMichael Caldwell


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SOME OF A THOUSAND WORDS PROGRAM NOTES

Some of a Thousand Words is co-commissioned by The International Festival of Arts & Ideas New Haven, The Joyce Theater Foundation’s Stephen and Cathy Weinroth Fund for New Work, The Kentucky Center for the Arts, and the Modlin Center for The Arts at University of Richmond.

This engagement was made possible in part by Joyce Theater Productions, a producing partnership of The Joyce Theater Foundation and Sunny Artist Management that supports select projects from inception to premiere and subsequent tours and generous funders Deborah and Charles Adelman, Michael Lillys, and Michele and Steve Pesner and Peace.

First MovementMusic Composed by Jacob Cooper

Second MovementMusic Composed by Tyondai Braxton

Third MovementOriginal Music Composed by Colin Jacobsen

Fourth MovementMusic Composed by John Luther Adams

First Fall (2012)Music Composed by Philip Glass

First Fall was originally commissioned by Damian Woetzel for the 2012 Vail International Dance Festival.


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SOME OF A THOUSAND WORDS BIOGRAPHIES

WENDY WHELAN:Wendy Whelan was born and raised in Louisville, Kentucky. She began taking ballet lessons at the age of three. At age nine, she began intensive training at the Louisville Ballet Academy. In 1981, she auditioned for the School of American Ballet and was accepted to the summer program. A year later, she moved to New York to continue her studies there as a full-time student. In 1984, she was named an apprentice with New York

City Ballet and in 1986, she joined the corps de ballet.

Whelan went on to spend 30 years at New York City Ballet, 23 of those years as principal dancer. She has danced virtually every major Balanchine role, and worked closely with Jerome Robbins on many of his ballets. She originated leading roles in works by such notable choreographers as William Forsythe, Twyla Tharp, Alexei Ratmansky, Christopher Wheeldon, Jorma Elo, and Wayne McGregor. In 2007, Wendy was nominated for both an Olivier Award and a Critics Circle Award for her performances in London of Christopher Wheeldon’s work.

Whelan has been a guest artist with The Royal Ballet and the Kirov Ballet and has performed on nearly every major stage across the globe. She received the Dance Magazine Award in 2007, and in 2009 was given a Doctorate of Arts, honoris causa, from Bellarmine University. In 2011, she received both The Jerome Robbins Award and a Bessie Award for her Sustained Achievement in Performance.

On October 18, 2014, Whelan took the stage for her final performance with New York City Ballet. Immediately following her retirement, she joined the faculty of New York City’s Ballet Academy East and was appointed Artistic Associate at New York City Center.

In 2013, Whelan premiered her inaugural independent project, Restless Creature, co-produced by The Joyce Theater, at Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival. The project went on to tour London and the U.S through May of 2015. Following Restless Creature, she premiered two more independent projects: Whelan/Watson Other Stories at London’s Royal Opera House and Hagoromo at BAM’s Next Wave Festival. After the success and momentum of these projects, she developed Some of a Thousand Words, with choreographer Brian Brooks and the string quartet Brooklyn Rider, which had its premier at The Joyce Theater at Arts & Ideas Festival and will tour through Spring 2017.

BRIAN BROOKS:Choreographer Brian Brooks has recently been appointed as the inaugural Choreographer in Residence at Chicago’s Harris Theater for Music and Dance. This innovative three-year fellowship supports several commissions for Brooks each season, the first of which include Hubbard Street Dance Chicago and Miami City Ballet, as well as his own New York-based group. Brooks is the recipient of a 2013 Guggenheim

Fellowship. Other recent awards include a NY City Center Fellowship and the Joyce Theater’s Artist Residency. His work has toured nationally and


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internationally since 2002 with recent presentations by the Joyce Theater, Jacob’s Pillow, the American Dance Festival, and BAM, as part of their 2013 Next Wave Festival. The American Dance Institute, where Brooks is a member of the Artist Advisory Board, has presented his company three times and supported him with two Incubator Production Residencies.

Brooks has been commissioned by Damian Woetzel at the Vail International Dance Festival to create three new works featuring dancers from NYC Ballet and Pacific Northwest Ballet, including “First Fall”, in which Brooks dances with former New York City Ballet principal dancer Wendy Whelan. Theatre for a New Audience invited Brooks to choreograph two Off-Broadway Shakespeare productions – A Midsummer Night’s Dream (2013), directed by Julie Taymor, and Pericles (2016), directed by Trevor Nunn. Brooks has also created new dances at schools including The Juilliard School, The Boston Conservatory, The School at Jacob’s Pillow, and Harvard University. He dedicated 12 years as a Teaching Artist of Dance at the Lincoln Center Institute for the Arts in Education and has been on the part-time faculties of both Rutgers University and Princeton University.

BROOKLYN RIDER:Hailed as “the future of chamber music” (Strings), Brooklyn Rider offers eclectic repertoire in gripping performances that continue to attract legions of fans and draw rave reviews from classical, world, and rock critics alike.

Last season, Brooklyn Rider toured with composer/singer/multi-instrumentalist Gabriel Kahane with music from their

2016 acclaimed collaborative album The Fiction Issue, as well as works from the groundbreaking multi-disciplinary project Brooklyn Rider Almanac. In September 2016, Brooklyn Rider released So Many Things with mezzo-soprano Anne Sofie von Otter, an album of contemporary music featuring pieces by Colin Jacobsen, Caroline Shaw, John Adams, Nico Muhly, Björk, Sting, and Elvis Costello, among others. Together they embark on a worldwide tour, including stops at Carnegie Hall and the Opernhaus Zurich.

Continuing to blur the lines of artistic mediums, the group teams up with choreographer Brian Brooks and former New York City Ballet prima ballerina Wendy Whelan for Some of a Thousand Words. Using music from composers John Luther Adams, Tyondai Braxton, Philip Glass, Evan Ziporyn and Colin Jacobsen, the intimate series of duets and solos featuring Brooks and Whelan foregrounds the live onstage music of Brooklyn Rider as a dynamic and central creative component.

Other recent recording projects include 2014’s Brooklyn Rider Almanac, 2013’s A Walking Fire and The Impostor with Béla Fleck, plus 2011’s much-praised Brooklyn Rider Plays Philip Glass on the composer’s Orange Mountain Music label. Violinist Johnny Gandelsman launched In A Circle Records in 2008 with the release of Brooklyn Rider’s eclectic debut recording, Passport, followed by Dominant Curve in 2010, and Seven Steps in 2012. A long-standing relationship between Brooklyn Rider and Iranian kamancheh player Kayhan Kalhor resulted in the critically acclaimed 2008 recording, Silent City.

All headshot images by Erin Baiano


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DAVISON SCANDRETT (Production Manager) has supervised lighting and technical production for more than 1,000 performances in 46 states and 28 countries. Recent production management credits include Wendy Whelan’s Restless Creature, Marina Abramovic’s Goldberg, Denis O’Hare & Lisa Peterson’s An Iliad, and National Ballet of China & Ninagawa Company for Lincoln Center Festival. He served as Director of Production for the Merce Cunningham Dance Company from 2008-2012 and is currently the Design & Production Consultant for the Merce Cunningham Trust. Scandrett has created lighting designs for Rashaun Mitchell, Silas Riener, Pam Tanowitz, Sarah Michelson, Rebecca Lazier, Andrew Ondrejcak, Mike Birbiglia, Neal Brennan, and Paris Opera Ballet. In 2007 he was the recipient of a Bessie Award for his collaboration with Parker Lutz and Sarah Michelson on the visual design of DOGS. He is a graduate of the North Carolina School of the Arts.

JOE LEVASSEUR (Lighting Design) has collaborated with many dance and performance artists, including: Big Dance Theater, Jennifer Monson, John Jasperse, Sarah Michelson, Neil Greenberg, David Dorfman, Jodi Melnick, RoseAnne Spradlin, Maria Hassabi, Ishmael Houston-Jones, and Amanda Loulaki. His lighting design work has been seen throughout the United States, Europe, and South America, and has received two Bessie awards. In 2009, his Drop Clock installation was featured in the lobby of Dance Theater Workshop (New York Live Arts). In 2010, he showed a collection of original paintings at Performance Space 122, and in 2013 was commissioned to paint an original mural for AUNTS. Ongoing projects include lighting work for Brian Brooks/Wendy Whelan, Big Dance Theater, and Palissimo.

LAUREN CAVANAUGH (Stage Manager) is an NYC based Stage Manager. Experience includes: National/International Tours: Elf: The Musical 2015-2016/2016-2017; Mamma Mia! 2014-2015; Ailey II 2013-2014. Off-Broadway: Mike Birbiglia’s Thank God For Jokes; 3 Mics with Neal Brennan; Queen of the Night, NYC. NYC: New York Fashion Week 2016; World Humanitarian Day at the UN; Anahid Sofian Dance Company’s 35th Anniversary Gala; Brooklyn Youth Chorus’ Spring Sings and Soundscapes. Regional: Heartless; A Discourse…Invisible World; Swing!; The Sound of Music. B.F.A., Stage Management: Western Michigan University.

RISA STEINBERG (Choreographic Advisor & Rehearsal Coach) has been an active member of the dance community for more than 35 years as a performer, teacher, re-constructor of the works of José Limón, and mentor to young and emerging choreographers. She was formerly a principal dancer with the José Limón Dance Company, Bill Cratty Dance Theater, Annabel Gamson, Anna Sokolow’s Player’s Project and Colin Connor. Steinburg has also been a guest artist with choreographers including Wally Cardona, Sean Curran, and Danzahoy of Caracas, Venezuela. Her solo concert, A Celebration of Dance, featured repertory from Isadora Duncan to contemporary choreographers. She is on the dance faculty at the Juilliard School and held the position of Associate Director of Juilliard Dance from 2008 - 2016. She sits on the Artists Advisory board for the José Limón Dance Foundation, is on the selection committee of The Bessies, and is a cast member of Sleep No More.



KAREN YOUNG (Costume Design) has designed costumes for numerous dance and video art works in New York and internationally. In addition to designing Wendy Whelan’s Restless Creature and several works for the Brian Brooks Moving Company, her design work for dance is included in the repertoires of the Martha Graham Dance Company, Kyle Abraham, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, American Ballet Theater, Morphoses, Pam Tanowitz, Elisa Monte, and Larry Keigwin, among many others. Costume design for video art includes David Michalek’s Slow Dancing, Matthew Barney’s Cremaster 5 and Cremaster 1, and Eve Sussman’s 89 Seconds at Alcazar and The Rape of the Sabine Women. Other recent projects include: Third Rail Projects highly acclaimed immersive shows Then She Fell and The Grand Paradise, Doug Elkin’s The Weight of Smoke for the Paul Taylor Dance Company, and Alejandro Cerrudo’s Sleeping Beauty for Ballett Basel.

JOYCE THEATER PRODUCTIONS (JTP) is a producing partnership of The Joyce Theater Foundation, Inc. and Sunny Artist Management, Inc. (SAM). It was formed to create and tour works by some of today’s most exciting dancers and choreographers. Through the partnership, JTP supports new productions created outside of a traditional dance company model, such as Daniil Simkin’s INTENSIO and Wendy Whelan and Brian Brooks’ Some of a Thousand Words;as well as the work of existing troupes through its Associate Company program, which currently includes Malpaso Dance Company from Cuba and L.A. Dance Project.

Worldwide Representation: Sunny Artist Management Inc. Ilter Ibrahimof, Director

[email protected]

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HARRIS THEATER BOARD OF TRUSTEES

(Listing as of December 1, 2016)

OfficersAlexandra C. Nichols, ChairmanElizabeth Hartigan Connelly, Vice Chair Peter M. Ellis, Vice ChairCaryn Harris, Vice ChairRicardo T. Rosenkranz, MD, Vice ChairMary Kay Sullivan, Vice ChairMarilyn Fatt Vitale, SecretaryDavid Snyder, Treasurer

TrusteesJohn W. BallantineLee Blackwell BaurPaul S. BoulisElizabeth Hartigan Connelly, Vice ChairPeter M. Ellis, Vice ChairLouise FrankJay FrankeRobert J. Gauch, Jr. Sandra P. Guthman, Past ChairmanCaryn Harris, Vice ChairJoan W. Harris, Past ChairmanChristine N. Evans KellyDeborah A. KorompilasMerrillyn J. KosierMac MacLellanZarin MehtaAlexandra C. Nichols, ChairmanKenneth R. NorganAbby McCormick O’Neil, Past ChairmanJason Palmquist, Ex-OfficioRicardo T. Rosenkranz, M.D., Vice ChairWilliam Ruffin, Ex-OfficioPatrick M. SheahanJohn Q SmithDavid Snyder, TreasurerSusan StarkMary Kay Sullivan, Vice ChairMarilyn Fatt Vitale, SecretaryDori WilsonMaria Zec

Life TrusteesPeter M. AscoliCameron S. AveryMarshall Field VJames J. GlasserSarah Solotaroff MirkinJudith NeisserHarrison I. SteansRobin S. Tryloff


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HARRIS THEATER STAFF

(Listing as of January 20, 2017)

OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENTJake Anderson,

Manager of Artistic AdministrationErin Singer,

Board Liaison and Executive Assistant to the President & CEO

FINANCE & ADMINISTRATIONLaura Hanssel,

Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President of Administration

Mary Jo Rudney, Director of Finance

Gena Lavery, Finance Manager

EXTERNAL AFFAIRSPatricia Barretto,

Executive Vice President of External Affairs

DevelopmentElizabeth Halajian,

Director of Individual & Major GiftsJosh Fox,

Manager of Corporate & Foundation Relations

Sammi Shay, Manager of Annual Giving & Special Events

MarketingJamie Sherman,

Manager of Public Relations & Communications

Mary Larkin, Marketing Manager

Samantha Allinson, Digital Production DesignerOliver Camacho, External Affairs Coordinator

Community EngagementMeghan McNamara,

Manager of Community Engagement & Partnerships

Ticketing ServicesAllan Waite,

Box Office Treasurer

OPERATIONS & PRODUCTIONLori Dimun,

General Manager

Front of HouseKay Harlow, House ManagerJamelle Robinson,

Concessions and Events ManagerMelaney Reed, Saints CoordinatorThe Saints, Volunteer Usher Corps

OperationsEmily Macaluso,

Director of OperationsHillary Pearson,

Manager of OperationsDawn Wilson,

Manager of Production / Technical Manager

Leticia Cisneros, Lead Day Porter

Ed Mlakar, Facilities Engineer

ProductionJeff Rollinson,

Head Carpenter & IATSE StewardAnthony Montuori, Head FlymanJeffrey Kolack, Head of PropsDon Dome Jr., Head of AudioKevin Sullivan, Head Electrician


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HARRIS THEATER CAMPAIGN

Imagine: The Campaign for Harris Theater is a $38.8M comprehensive fundraising effort to transform our physical space and expand our partnerships with resident companies, world-renowned artists, and members of the greater community.

We are pleased to acknowledge our donors who have contributed one-time campaign gifts or multi-year pledges of $2,500 or more between the inception of the campaign on July 1, 2013 and February 1, 2017. The continued growth and success of the Harris Theater would not be possible without this generosity and support.

PREMIER BENEFACTOR, $5,000,000+Irving Harris Foundation,

Joan W. HarrisChauncey and Marion D. McCormick

Family Foundation, Abby McCormick O’Neil and D. Carroll Joynes

Alexandra C. and John D. Nichols

MAJOR BENEFACTOR, $3,000,000+The Harris Family Foundation,

Caryn and King Harris

LEAD BENEFACTOR, $1,500,000+Jay Franke and David Herro

BENEFACTOR, $1,000,000+The Crown FamilyThe Elizabeth Morse Charitable

Trust and Elizabeth Morse Genius Charitable Trust

PREMIER PATRON, $750,000+Jack and Sandra Guthman

MAJOR PATRON, $500,000+The Andrew W. Mellon FoundationThe Neisser Family FoundationThe Northern Trust CompanyZell Family Foundation

LEAD PATRON, $300,000+Anonymous

PATRON, $250,000+Christine and Glenn KellyJim and Kay MabieJohn D. and Catherine T. MacArthur

FoundationMarilyn and David J. Vitale

MAJOR SPONSOR, $100,000+Lucy and Peter AscoliJohn and Caroline BallantinePaul S. BoulisKay BucksbaumPamela CrutchfieldITWKenneth R. Norgan

SPONSOR, $50,000+AnonymousJames L. Alexander and

Curtis D. DrayerBMO Harris BankHarry F. and Elaine Chaddick FoundationElizabeth F. Cheney FoundationSunny and Gery J. ChicoElizabeth and Matthew ConnellyCrain’s Chicago BusinessPeter and Shana EllisMr. and Mrs. Marshall Field VFay and Daniel LevinReed Smith LLPDr. Patrick M. SheahanThe Siragusa FoundationMichael and Sharon Tiknis

PREMIER CONTRIBUTOR, $25,000+Ariel InvestmentsBlumKovler FoundationComEdLouise FrankMerrillyn J. Kosier and

James F. KinoshitaPhil LumpkinMac MacLellan and Miriam WaltzRobert R. McCormick FoundationJ.B. & M.K. Pritzker Family FoundationThe Rhoades FoundationDavid Snyder and Peggy SalamonSteans Family Foundation

MAJOR CONTRIBUTOR, $10,000+Cameron Avery and Lynn DonaldsonJoan M. HallSarah Solotaroff MirkinConor O’NeilJeff and Betsy SteeleMary Kay Sullivan

CONTRIBUTOR, $5,000+Steve AbramsPatricia and Sheldon BarrettoMatt and Laura HansselDeborah and Michael KorompilasCarmen and Zarin MehtaCheryl MendelsonDori WilsonMaria Zec

FRIEND, $2,500+Cynthia and Douglas McKeenRobin S. Tryloff and John M. McNamaraJodi and Eliot Wickersheimer


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HARRIS THEATER ANNUAL FUND

The Harris Theater for Music and Dance is pleased to recognize our donors who have contributed $250 or more to the Theater’s Annual Fund from February 1, 2016 to February 1, 2017. Through their support of our resident companies, general operations, and community engagement programs, these generous individuals play a direct role in sustaining the future of extraordinary music and dance in Chicago.

$50,000+Helen Brach FoundationIrving Harris Foundation,

Joan W. Harris

$25,000+Matthew and Elizabeth ConnellyThe Harris Family Foundation,

Caryn and King HarrisAlexandra C. and John D. Nichols

$10,000+Anonymous (2)Feitler Family Fund Richard and Mary L. GrayInvest for KidsITW FoundationNIB FoundationPrince Charitable TrustsThe Rhoades Foundation Brenda ShapiroDavid Snyder and Peggy Salamon

The Harris Theater is partially supported by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council Agency.

$5,000+ AnonymousDavid and Luann Blowers Charitable

Trust Fund Rosemarie and Dean L. Buntrock Ann and Gordon Getty FoundationMr. and Mrs. James J. GlasserJeannette and Jerry GoldstoneChauncey and Marion D. McCormick


Leo and Cathy Miserendino

Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Foundation

Cynthia M. SargentSargent Family FoundationDr. Scholl Foundation John Q and Karen E. SmithTom & Sue StarkA. Montgomery Ward Foundation,

John A. Hutchings, Richard W. Oloffson & Bank of America, N.A., Trustee

$2,500+Arts Midwest Touring FundMr. and Mrs. Bruce KovnerPamela MeyerPark GrillJeffery M. RollinsonSahara Enterprises, Inc.Bettylu and Paul Saltzman

$1,000+Jeffrey AlexanderSandra BassRosemarie and Dean L. BuntrockJoyce ChelbergLynn Donaldson and Cameron AveryThe Donnelley Foundation Henry and Frances Fogel The Jannotta Family FundDeborah and Michael KorompilasRuss LymanHoward M. McCue IIIMeyers Fund Charitable Remainder

UnitrustTom O’KeefeBarbara ParsonLiz StiffelVirginia Tallman and

William ZiemannCate and Rick Waddell


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$500+Anonymous (2)The Chicago Community TrustLawrence O. CorryMr. and Mrs. William F. FarleyArthur L. Frank, MDDale and David GinsburgNancy and Gene HallerDrs. Adrianna and Geoffrey HewingsDrs. Annette and John MartiniJoe RubinelliRichard RyanShow Services Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. WeissLinda and Michael Welsh

$250+C. Bekerman, M.D.Art Beyda and Elisa SpainDonald R. ChaunceyNancy and James DecorrevontDr. Margaret DolanElizabeth FosterLinda FullerGerald and Dr. Colette GordonMeghan McNamara and Paul ReetzMr. and Mrs. Lester S. Morse, Jr.Janet and Philip RotnerSandra and John SchmollRobert Seeman and Karin JacobsonAnnette ThompsonRebecca Tung

HARRIS THEATER IN-KIND GIFTS

The Harris Theater would like to thank the following individuals and organizations for their valuable donations of goods and/or services between February 1, 2016 and February 1, 2017.

Chicago Athletic AssociationCrain’s Chicago BusinessThe Golden TriangleJ & L CateringLou Malnati’sMetropolis Coffee CompanyPark Grill

The Peninsula ChicagoRevolution BrewingSwissôtel ChicagoTagPrints DigitalRobert and Jamie TaylorUnited Airlines


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HARRIS THEATER PERFORMANCE SPONSORS

The Harris Theater gratefully acknowledges our performance sponsors, without whom our 2016-17 season would not be possible. These generous individuals and organizations have contributed gifts of $5,000 or more to support the renowned artists and companies taking the stage this season and establish the Theater as a cultural anchor in Chicago.

$150,000+Irving Harris Foundation,

Joan. W. Harris

$50,000+Jay Franke and David Herro The Harris Family Foundation,

Caryn and King Harris Dance Residency Fund

The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation

Kenneth R. NorganNorthern Trust

$25,000+John and Caroline BallantineLaurie V. and James N. BayElizabeth F. Cheney FoundationExelonSandra and Jack GuthmanMellody Hobson and George LucasJPMorgan ChasePatricia A. Kenney and

Gregory J. O’Leary Chauncey and Marion D. McCormick


Alexandra C. and John D. NicholsPrince Charitable TrustsRavinia Festival

$10,000+AnonymousAriel InvestmentsJulie and Roger BaskesPaul BoulisCrain’s Chicago BusinessThe Pamela Crutchfield Dance Fund

of the Imagine CampaignShana and Peter M. EllisJudith NeisserLaura and Ricardo Rosenkranz Artistic

Innovation Fund of the Imagine Campaign

Reed Smith LLPJohn Q and Karen E. Smith

$5,000+Christine and Glenn KellyDeborah and Michael KorompilasHelen Hall MelchiorSarah Solotaroff MirkinPhyllis NeimanNew England Foundation for the ArtsPeoples Gas


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HARRIS THEATER PRESENTS CONSORTIUM

The Harris Theater proudly recognizes the members of our Harris Theater Presents Consortium. Their annual membership gifts made between February 1, 2016 and February 1, 2017 make it possible for the Theater to present some of the world’s most prestigious artists and ensembles who are influencing the landscape of their respective art forms.

$25,000+Sandra and Jack GuthmanChauncey and Marion D. McCormick


$10,000+Lee Blackwell BaurPamela CrutchfieldElizabeth Amy LiebmanPhil Lumpkin

$5,000+Judd and Katherine MalkinConor O’NeilD. Elizabeth Price

$2,500+Maria C. Bechily and Scott Hodes Judy and John BrossTed A. Grady Joan M. HallKaren and Marvin HermanHelen Hall Melchior Cathy PeponisMadeleine P. PlonskerSusan and Bob Wislow

$1,000+Taylor and Carrie AdamsGreg Cameron and Greg ThompsonLainey CanevaroLewis CollensJennifer and Scott EdgcombPatti Eylar and Charlie GardnerTerri and Stephen GeifmanBarbra Goering and James C. MurrayEthel and Bill GofenTibor Gross and

Dr. Elisabeth Klor-GrossGary Johnson and Brenda AshleyJulian Family FoundationKevin McGirrSandra McNaughtonSheli Z. and Burton X. RosenbergNancy and Gregg Seiler Dana Shepard Treister and

Dr. Michael Roy TreisterWilliam Ziemann

$500+Michael C. CleavengerWinifred EggersMaecenasDiane M. McKeever and Eric Jensen


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HARRIS THEATER TRIBUTE GIFTS

For information about making a contribution to the Harris Theater for Music and Dance, please contact us at 312.334.2482 or visit www.HarrisTheaterChicago.org.

The Harris Theater for Music and Dance would like to thank the following individuals who chose to honor a special person in their lives, celebrate a milestone event, or memorialize an inspirational friend of family member with a tribute gift to the Theater between February 1, 2016 and February 1, 2017.

In Honor of:

Caryn and King HarrisMadeleine Grynsztejn and Tom Shapiro

Joan Harris’s BirthdayNancy Hughes

Joan HarrisDaniel Frank

Christine KellyLouise Lane

Debbie Korompilas Mary Jo and Steve Herseth Mary Pieters

Helen MelchiorLouise Lane

Alexandra NicholsSusan D. Bowey

Ken NorganMara Mills Barker

Michael TiknisJohn and Caroline BallantineJulie and Roger BaskesDavid and Luann Blowers

Charitable Trust Fund Paul BoulisKay Bucksbaum Larry and Susan ChiltonLibby Lai-Bun ChiuLynn Donaldson and Cameron AveryThe Donnelley FoundationAnn Dudley and Stanford GoldblattWinifred EggersMary E. FreyHelyn Goldenberg and Michael AlperJeannette and Jerry GoldstoneThe Harris Family Foundation,

Caryn and King HarrisMickey HerstRhona HoffmanLeland Hutchinson and Jean PerkinsMary JakockoJim and Dee KoehlerDeborah and Michael KorompilasMerrillyn J. Kosier and James F.

KinoshitaDr. Elisabeth Klor-Gross and

Mr. Tibor GrossMac and Miriam MacLellanAlexandra and John NicholsKen Norgan James J. PeltsDerek RaridonDavid Snyder and Peggy SalamonBettylu and Paul SaltzmanBrenda ShapiroWilliam S. Singer and Joanne CicchelliMary Kay SullivanRobin S. TryloffR.W. Westerfield and

Betsey A. MeisenheimerDori Wilson


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HARRIS THEATER INFORMATION

Rental information: If you have any questions about the Harris Theater, including rental of the facility, group tours, or volunteer opportunities, please call the administrative office Monday through Friday, 9AM–5PM, at 312.334.2407.

Ticket purchases: To purchase tickets, visit HarrisTheaterChicago.org. Call or visit our Box Office at 312.334.7777 Monday through Friday, 12–6PM or until curtain on performance days.

In consideration of other patrons and the performers: Please turn off all cell phones. Photography is not permitted in the Theater at any time and texting during performance is strictly prohibited. Film or digital images will be confiscated or deleted by the Harris Theater house staff; violators will be subject to a fine. Latecomers will be seated at the discretion of the house management. Smoking is prohibited within the Harris Theater. Allowance of personal items and baggage into the auditorium space is at the sole discretion of House Management.

For your safety: Please take a moment and note the nearest exit. In the event of an emergency, follow the directions of the Harris Theater house staff. In the event of an illness or injury, inform the Harris Theater house manager.

Accessibility: Infrared assisted listening devices are available from the Harris Theater house staff. The Theater is equipped for easy access to all seating levels for patrons needing special access. Please advise the Box Office prior to the performance for any special seating needs.

Parking: Discounted parking validation is available for all ticket holders using the Millennium Park Garage. A validation machine is located next to the Box Office on the Orchestra Level, as you enter the Theater lobby.

Lost and found: Retrieved items will be held for 30 days with the Harris Theater house staff at 312.334.2403.


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