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Illinois Shakespeare Festival
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Illinois State University Foundation
Campus Box 8000
Normal, IL 61790-8000
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Illinois Shakespeare Festival Society Donor Levels
Thank you for supporting the Festival. Listed below are the donor levels for the 2022 Season. Please reach out to shake@IllinoisState.edu with questions.
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Friend ($50-$99)
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Name listed in our season program and on our website
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Society Member ($100-$499)
- Name listed in our season program and on our website
- Membership in the Illinois Shakespeare Festival Society, whose purpose is to promote the artistic and educational values of the Illinois Shakespeare Festival (ISF) and its goal of providing an outstanding cultural product for the State of Illinois and the national and international communities.
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Artist ($500-$749)
- Name listed in our season program and on our website
- Membership in the Illinois Shakespeare Festival Society, whose purpose is to promote the artistic and educational values of the Illinois Shakespeare Festival (ISF) and its goal of providing an outstanding cultural product for the State of Illinois and the national and international communities.
- Two (2) Platinum single tickets (valued at $84). Please contact the Box Office at (309) 438-2535 to redeem your tickets. Subject to availability.
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Director ($750-$999)
- Name listed in our season program and on our website
- Membership in the Illinois Shakespeare Festival Society, whose purpose is to promote the artistic and educational values of the Illinois Shakespeare Festival (ISF) and its goal of providing an outstanding cultural product for the State of Illinois and the national and international communities.
- Four (4) Platinum single tickets (valued at $168). Please contact the Box Office at (309) 438-2535 to redeem your tickets. Subject to availability.
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Producer ($1,000+)
- Name listed in our season program and on our website
- Membership in the Illinois Shakespeare Festival Society, whose purpose is to promote the artistic and educational values of the Illinois Shakespeare Festival (ISF) and its goal of providing an outstanding cultural product for the State of Illinois and the national and international communities.
- Four (4) Platinum single tickets (valued at $168). Please contact the Box Office at (309) 438-2535 to redeem your tickets. Subject to availability.
- Season program signed by members of the ISF company
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Thank you to our donors
Thank you to all of our donors! The levels listed below represent the total gifts made from June 15, 2021, through May 20, 2022. We sincerely regret any mistakes or omissions. If you discover an error, please contact shake@IllinoisState.edu.
$10,000+
Paul and Sandra Harmon
Craig Sutter
$5,000 - $9,999
Jerry and Carole Ringer
Susan Silvey
$1,000 - $4,999
Anonymous (2)
Joseph and Susan Alford
Sharon and John Amdall
Carol and Bruce Barry
Gordon and Sandra Bidner
Toni and Bruce Burningham
John Capasso
Anita Carney
Ann Durand
Cheryl and George Elzy
David and Deborah Fedor
Mary and Gary Gemberling
Patricia Grogg
Ann Haugo and Steve Pelphrey
Donald and Judith LaCasse
William Leary
Gigi and Frank Miles
Robin and Kevin Moore
Michael and Susan O'Rourke
Sylvia and Joe Penrod
William Semlak and Joan Moore
Masako Takayasu
Ruel and Judy Wright
$750 - $999
Jay-James Miller
Edward Treadwell
$500 - $749
Jerry Antonini
Erich Brandt
Carol and Gerry Chrisman
Tim and Wendy Duffy
Curtis Fox
Robert and Barbara Hathway
Steven and Meredith Knitter
Debbie and Walter Lindberg
Stephen and Patricia McManus
O'Brien Mitsubishi of Normal
Nancy Stevens
$250 - $499
Anonymous (3)
Jennifer and Sean Anderson
Amy Armstrong
Mary and Richard Beal
Wallace and Karen Bergmann
Brad Brenneman and Shelley Carter
Commerce Bank
Larry and Marlene Dietz
David and Joanne Dowell
Charles Erickson
John and Dianne Farnsworth
John Freed
Judith Garee
Jennifer and Travis Gibson
Stephen and Susan Holifield
Judith Mathieson
Gerard and Elizabeth Rickert
Peggy Scott
Robert and Karen Starckovich
Dennis and Linda Steele
James and Jeanne Swanson
Tentac Enterprises LLC
Ann Turner
Tim Tyler
Phylis VerSteegh
$100 - $249
John Albright
David and Janet Baker
Anne and Robert Beatty
Marcia Berndt
Anne Bliss
Sarah and Brad Boesdorfer
Ross and Carol Bogue
Christian and Mary Bohne
William Bond
Herman and Frances Brandau
Donald and Christine Buehler
Carolyn Casady-Trimble and Ralph Trimble
Robert and Margaret Castle
Andy Catron
Ann Champion
Vikkie Cossio
Paula Crowley and Daniel Deneen
Roger Day and Tami Martin
William and Mary Denham
Jocelyn and Brendan Duncan
Lucille and Franz Eckrich
Rob Emert
Gregory and Betty Fisher
Debra Foley
Nancy Fuchs and Terrence Phelan
Mabel Gast
Ginzkey Law Office
George and Myra Gordon
Ann Greenseth
Peter Guither
Ani and Luke Hensleigh
Kenneth Higgerson
Geoffrey and Judith Hughes
Evamarii Johnson
Harold and Kathy Johnson
Ray Johnson
Elizabeth and James Kater
Ira and Janet Kilgus
Scott King
John and Margaret Kirk
Karen and Craig Kummerow
Deborah and James Light
Randall and Cindy Lorimor
Patricia Ludewig
Cheryl Magnuson
Robert and Heather Mather
Douglas and Mary Lee Matthews
David and Stephanie Meara
Gregg Mecherle and Barbara Pratt
Barbara and John Meek
Diane Meek
Nancy and Christopher Murtaugh
Ruth and Thomas Novosad
Denis and Jennifer O'Shea
Kari and Steve Pantol
Ron Patterson
Sharon Prokuski
John and Susan Ramsey
Bill Rau
Karen Reimer
John and Barbara Richmond
Douglas and Crystal Robinson
Linda and Terrence Schaefer
Scott and Samantha Shannon
Paula Shotwell
Nancy and Stephen Snyder
Elizabeth Stark
Sandra and Orrin Stemler
Gary Swango
Rozemarijn Tarhule-Lips and Aondover Tarhule
Sharon and John Tarvin
Matthew and Jean-Marie Taylor
Christopher Terven
Kathryn Tornquist
Jenny and John Tripses
Charles and Joan Vanden Eynden
John and Elena Velde
Carol Ann Vogel
Marilyn and David Walach
John and Melinda Walker
Steven and Deborah Wannemacher
George and Carolyn Weiland
Joyce Wilson
Charles and Gwendolyn Yurieci
$50 - $99
Gary and Jean Baumhardt
Allan and Lois Bell
Nicholas Benson
John Briggs and Joann Charek Briggs
Anthony and Suzanne Bykowski
Patricia Carmody
Barbara Christ
Susan Crumbaugh
Connie and Mark de Veer
John and Jana Edmondson
Nancy and John Eller
Jean and Kenneth Freeburn
Ann and Mark Frels
Sarah Gorham
Sandra and Fred Groves
Eldon and Jane Haab
Jane Hopkins
Eric and Theresa Hoss
William and Sarah Jenkins
Kate Jordan
Dana and Kyle Karraker
Janet Kuhns
Michael and Dawn Laffey
Anne and Stephen Matter
Lauren Metz
Brenda Miller
John Morrissey
John and Robbi Hartman Muir
Derek Munson
Joel and Diane Murphy
William and Susan Prenevost
Patricia Stiller
Patricia Wagner
Peter Whitmer
Linda Willis Fisher and Robert Fisher
Janet and Richard Wilson
Stephanie Wilson and Thomas Miller
Terry and Kathy Winn
Lina Wombacher
Carolyn and Duane Yockey
Illinois Shakespeare Festival Lifetime Giving
as of May 20, 2022
$500,000+
Bruce V. Green Trust
State Farm
Craig Sutter
$250,000-$499,999
Paul and Sandra Harmon
$100,000-$249,999
Deanne Morgan
Phares O’Daffer
Jerry and Carole Ringer
$75,000-$99,999
James* and Sue Edmondson
Nancy Stevens
$25,000-$74,999
Sharon and John Amdall
Jerry Antonini
Judie Bey
Anita Carney
Ann Durand
Chris and Lawrence Eggan
Patricia Grogg
Evamarii Johnson
Susan Silvey
Town of Normal
Ruel and Judy Wright
Drake Zimmerman and Jan Elfline