Giving

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Thank you to our donors

Thank you to all of our generous donors. Giving levels are listed representing the total gifts made after the close of the 2019 Festival season on August 10, 2019, as of June 15, 2021, with the highest total listed. For more information on investing in the Illinois Shakespeare Festival, or to include the Festival in your arrangements, please contact Director of Development Andrew Bond at ajbond@IllinoisState.edu.

$10,000+

Paul and Sandra Harmon

$5,000-$9,999

Sharon and John Amdall

Anita Carney

Phares and Harriet O’Daffer

Jerry and Carole Ringer

Sue Silvey

Nancy Stevens

Craig Sutter

$1,000-$4,999

Anonymous

Anonymous

Joseph and Susan Alford

Atalanta Foundation

Bruce and Carol Barry

Shannon and Richard Beck

Judie Bey

Sandra and J. Gorden Bidner

Bruce and Toni Burningham

Carol and Gerry Chrisman

Kathleen Davis

Tim and Wendy Duffy

Ann Durand

James and Sue Edmondson

Chris and Lawrence Eggan

George and Cheryl Elzy

David and Deborah Fedor

Curtis Fox

Mary and Gary Gemberling

Patricia Grogg

Robert and Barbara Hathway

Ann Haugo and Steve Pelphrey

Kathleen Karl

Walter and Deborah Lindberg

Anne and Stephen Matter

Priscilla Matthews

Frank and Gigi Miles

Regina and Sean O’Brien

Susan and Michael O’Rourke

Joan Richards

Jeffrey Sommerfeld

Masako Takayasu

Judy and Ruel Wright

Drake Zimmerman and Jane Elfline

$750-$999

Jerry Antonini

Joanne and David Dowell

Kathy Gentry

Joseph and Stephanie Newcomer

William Semlak and Joan Moore

$500-$749

Anonymous

Amy Armstrong

Richard and Penny Boser

Erich Brandt

Brad Brenneman and Shelley Carter

John Capasso

Joan and Jack Capodice

Carle BroMenn Health & Fitness Center

Dana and Antonio Coletta

Tamara Egtern

Edith Franklin

John Freed

Traci and Robert Freitag

Gold’s Gym

Myra and George Gordon

Stephen and Patricia McManus

Jay-James Miller

Kevin and Robin Moore

Rudolf and Armine Mortimer

Gerard and Elizabeth Rickert

Scott and Samantha Shannon

Mark Smith

Edward Treadwell

Ann Turner

Paige Weston

Janet and Glenn Wilson

$250-$499

John Albright

Anonymous

Wallace and Karen Bergmann

Daniel and Debra Brownstone

Pamela and John Charleston

Chicago Shakespeare Theater

Commerce Bank

Barbara Dallinger

William and Mary Denham

Doubletree Hotel

Charles Erickson

Mary and Paul Finfrock

Elissa Fortna

John and Marilyn Freese

Jennifer and Travis Gibson

Alan Hallene

Rebecca Hepner

Ray Johnson

Evamarii Johnson

Nargis Khokhar

Janet and Ira Kilgus

Steven and Meredith Knitter

Karen and Craig Kummerow

Lynda Lane

Cindy and Randall Lorimor

Patricia Ludewig

Sally and Eugene Mace

Roderick and Dee Matthews

Paul and Julie Meints

Susan Messman

Moe's Southwest Grill

Wayne Montney

Carol Neely

Gregory and Holly Orlowski

Kari and Steve Pantol

Sharon Prokuski

Robert Quinlan

John and Susan Ramsey

Lyle Reed

Kathy and John Rennick

Angela Sonnemaker

Stave Wine Bar

Rosemary and James Stuttle

Jeanne and James Swanson

Jenny and John Tripses

Tim Tyler

Deborah and Steven Wannemacher

Michael and Jacquelyn White

Gwendolyn and Charles Yurieci

$100-$249

Jennifer and Sean Anderson

Lisa and John Baermann

David Baker and Janet Baker

Janetta Bauer

Baxter's American Grille

Richard and Mary Beal

Lois and Allan Bell

Nick Benson

Marcia Berndt

Ross and Carol Bogue

Tim Boland

William Bond

Angela Bonnell and Steven Menken

John Briggs and Joann Charek Briggs

Molly and Tyler Briggs-Yonke

Donald and Christine Buehler

John Burris

Edward and Barbara Bush

Emmanuel and Julie Calmes

John and Valerie Carroll

Casey's Garden Shop Inc.

Robert and Margaret Castle

Ann Champion

Kendall Childs

Chad and Lisa Clover

David and Laura Coe

CrossFit Bloomington Normal

Karyn and Gary Crossland

Christian Cruise

Susan Dean

Jocelyn and Brendan Duncan

John and Jana Edmondson

Rob Emert

Theodore and Lisa Ewing

First Edition Inc.

Betty and Gregory Fisher

Four Seasons Health Club

Ruth Ann and Guy Fraker

Andre Francois

Jean and Kenneth Freeburn

Mark and Ann Frels

Garlic Press

Craig and Sheri Gatto

Elizabeth and Christopher Goumas

Brenda Gousset

Fred and Sandra Groves

Peter Guither

Susan and Michael Harrington

Michelle Harris

Rachel Hatch

Maryellen Hearns

Leslie and Jeffrey Hecht

Patricia Hedenberg

Kay Henrichs

Lotus and Judith Hershberger

Kenneth Higgerson

Marcia Hight

Rebecca Hines

David and Marcia Hirst

Hole in One Golf & Fitness, LLC

Jane Hopkins

Geoffrey and Judith Hughes

Joy Hutchcraft

Hyatt Place Bloomington-Normal

Illinois Symphony Orchestra

Ironwood Golf Course

Michael Johnson

Harold and Kathy Johnson

Johnson Children Trust

Michael Jordan and Marjorie Meegan-Jordan

Michael and Alexis Kalish

Karen Kawa

Susan Kelsch

Stan Kerr

David Krostal

Jane Kuchefski

Dawn and Michael Laffey

Cynthia and Alan Langrall

Anthony and Susan Liberta

Deborah and James Light

Terry Luce

Lincoln Machula

Cheryl Magnuson

Majestic Interior Design

Daniel and Michelle Mancias

Mary Lee and P. Douglas Matthews

Cavan McGinsie

Kathy McIntyre and Thomas Grogg

David and Stephanie Meara

Lauren Metz

Brenda Miller

Christopher and Kathleen Moehn

Janet Moore

Kee-Yoon Nahm

Jim Neely and David Dow

Thomas and Ruth Novosad

Susan Oliver

Denis and Jennifer O'Shea

Martha and Eric Payne

PepsiAmericas

Eldon Petzering

Terrence Phelan and Nancy Fuchs

Lisa and Michael Phillips

Polished

Barbara Pratt and Gregg Mecherle

James Reid and Julie Prandi

Sean and Margaret Reidy

Douglas and Crystal Robinson

Rosie's Pub

Russell and Margaret Rutter

Sandra and Alan Sans

Linda and Terrence Schaefer

Vanette Schwartz

Kim Shennett

Paula Shotwell

Roland Spies

Karen and Robert Starckovich

Sandra and Orrin Stemler

Lisa Tekmetarovic and Patrick Frendreis

Christopher Terven

Sharon van der Laan

Louis Veneziano

Viva La Floral, LLC

Carol Ann Vogel

Mary Wakefield

Marilyn and David Walach

Melinda and John Walker

Mary and Michael Wallace

John Wells

Wendell Niepagen Greenhouse & Garden Center

Peter Whitmer

George Willhite

Forrest Wisely

Lina Wombacher

Ani Yazedjian and Luke Hensleigh

Carolyn and Duane Yockey

James Zaleschuk and Susan Hillabold

Benjamin Zuraw

$50-$99

Larry A. and Laura R. Alferink

Matthew Bischoff

Kayla Blue

Katherine Brokaw

Nicole Bruno

Patricia Carmody

Leonard Childers

Michael and Eva DeVore

Gail Dobbins

Mary Edwards

Matthew and Kathryn Eickhoff

Carolyn Erwin and Darrel Felty

Sharon and George Evans

Forget Me Not Flowers, Inc.

Fox & Hounds Hair Studio, Ltd

Marlene Gregor

Jennifer and Thomas Heintzman

Stephen Hoffmann

Eric and Theresa Hoss

Jack Lewis Jewelers, LLC

Sanjiv Jain

Jenni's Salon & Spa

Veronica Kafer

Chad Kahl and Stephanie Davis-Kahl

James Kappel

Raymond Keithley

Pat Kindred

Suellen Kirkwood

Bill Krohe

Kerry and Kathleen Lonbom

Susan Long

Alyssa Mandula

Vanessa Martin

Nicholas Matonich

Medici Restaurant & Bakery

Lorel Mocker

Jason Montgomery

John Morrissey

Derek Munson

Diane and Joel Murphy

Jonathan and Jillian Nelson

Ryan and Kendra Paitz

Barbara and John Richmond

Ann Rondone

Joseph and Monica Rondone

Peggy Scott

Donald and Kathy Shandrow

David Shields

Snyder Companies

Linda and Steven Spencer

Esther Spodek

Kelley Staub

Patricia Stiller

Beverly Thomas

Joan and Charles Vanden Eynden

Tom Weiland

Kim Wiese

Jacqueline Woods

 

Illinois Shakespeare Festival Lifetime Giving

$500,00+

Bruce V. Green Trust

State Farm Companies Foundation

Craig Sutter

$250,000-$499,999

Paul and Sandra Harmon

$100,000-$249,999

Deanne Morgan

Phares and Harriet O’Daffer

Jerry and Carole Ringer

$75,000-$99,999

James and Sue Edmondson

$25,000-$74,999

Sharon and John Amdall

Jerry Antonini

Judie Bey

Anita Carney

Ann Durand

Christine and Lawrence Eggan

Jan Elfline and Drake Zimmerman

Patricia Grogg

Evamarii Johnson

Sue Silvey

Nancy Stevens

Town of Normal

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Ways to Give

Online

By Mail

Set up a Matching Gift

By Phone

EFT or Wire Transfer

Planned Giving

Securities and IRA Rollover

Gifts in Memory/Honor

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Illinois Shakespeare Festival Society Donor Levels

We hope you will help by donating and becoming a valued member of the Illinois Shakespeare Festival Society.

• Friend $50-99

  • Name listed in our season program

• Player $100-249

  All of the benefits listed above, plus...

  • One free non-alcoholic drink per performance
  • 10% off at the Festival Gift Shop
  • Free reserved parking at Ewing Theatre performances

• Star $250-499

  All of the benefits listed above, plus...

  • 20% off at the Festival Gift Shop
  • An ISF gift
  • Two Platinum single tickets to a preview performance. Please contact the Box Office at (309) 438-2535 to redeem your tickets. Subject to availability.

• Director $500-749

  All of the benefits listed above, plus...

  • Invitation for two to our Opening Night Celebrations
  • Two complimentary tickets to a Backstage Tour. Please contact the Box Office at (309) 438-2535 to redeem your tickets. Subject to availability.

• Producer $750-999

  All of the benefits listed above, plus...

  • Lunch with Artistic Director John C. Stark. Please email shake@ilstu.edu to schedule.
  • Four Platinum single tickets (to be used any way you wish - to donate or share with family or friends). Please contact the Box Office at (309) 438-2535 to redeem your tickets. Subject to availability.

• 2020 Donor Benefit levels are calculated by donations given after the close of the 2019 Festival season on August 10, 2019.

  Please visit Policies for more information on current donor levels and benefits.