Our Supporters
With gifts large and small, Steep's growing family of supporters make possible everything we put on stage, and we are proud to recognize them for their generosity. Join this illustrious group by making a gift today.
To the people and organizations that made gifts and grants to Steep Theatre over the past year, you made our return to the stage possible, and we cannot possibly thank you enough.
This list includes donations received between January 1, 2024 and January 7, 2025
Steep Producers
($5,000 and up)
Ann & Richard Carr Holly & David Collins The Gaylord & Dorothy Donnelley Foundation The Illinois Arts Council Agency Illinois Department of Commerce & Economic Opportunity Ted Lowitz Jen & Peter Moore Paul M. Angell Family Foundation Bonnie Ross Susie Stephenson
Steep Benefactors
($1,000 to $4,999)
Michael Bauschelt Shaun & Andy Block David Bock Maggie & Barry Cain Adam & Jillian Cullin Douglas Frew Susan & Peter Gray John Kefferstan Joan & Jerry Mattson Scott McCausland Cooper Melgreen Anne & Richard Moore Kate Moore George Mottier Rebecca & David Perry Anne Puotinen Kat Rafferty & Nate Faust Barbara & Robert Richards Sallie Gaines & Mark Richardson Jessica & Christoph Schrey Karen Shankman Bill & Cathy Siple John Tielsch Jan Willer & Mark Osing Linda & Kevin Wardell Laura Watson Lisa & Randy White Robin Witt, In memory of Howard Witt The Hunka Family Charitable Fund Frank G. and Gertrude Dunlap Fund
Steep Patrons
($500 to $999)
Anonymous Stacy Bosma & James Allen Ann E. Covode David Craig & Jacqueline Renner Lawrence DelPilar Deanna Dunagan Prudence & Jacques Gourguechon Jim & Lois Hobart Judy & Tony Iacuzzi ITW Molly Johnson George Jones Kerry & Kenny Lassus Sara & Adam Levy Shana Lowitz Gordon & Meridyth McIntosh Denise Nitterhouse Amanda & Doug Passmore Helene & Norm Raidl Egan Reich Michael Schnur Joseph Senese Hope & Jeff Sheffield Thomas Staunton Elizabeth A. Thulin Ann & Richard Tomlinson Bryan Vanderhoof Anna Wermuth Deborah Witt Joseph Zambrano
Steep Contributors
($250 to $499)
Maggie Allen Rita & Lloyd Allison Peggy Bagley Tiana Benway Kay Berkson & Sidney Hollander Linda Bierig The Browells Chris & Anita Carani Sonya Dekhtyar & Benny Zheng Johnny Clark Dan & Katherine Diamond Lisa Disch Bruce Doblin Alan Donahue Kenneth East & Timothy Thurlow Mary Rybowiak and Tom Ferrini Virginia Fitzgerald Judith R. Freeman Mary & Charlie Gofen Robert & Nancy Goldin Denise Hazaga & Lisa Vandermark Phyllis Hill Marvin Hoffman & Rosellen Brown Peter James Cynthia Kirk Ricki & Josh Lowitz Marco Bartan & Daniel Lunney Laurie Breitkopf & Gregory Mancuso Joseph Moore Kate Piatt Eckert & Tony St. Clair Jerry Proffit Mary Sue & Clark Robson The Saints Tony Sandor Smith Sylvia & Joseph Stone Fund Holly & Tony Storck Martin Till Mark Woodward
Steep Theatre was supported by a Grant of U.S. Department of Treasury funds through the City of Chicago. The opinions, findings, conclusions and recommendations expressed are those of Steep Theatre and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of Treasury or the City of Chicago.
The donors who helped Make 1115 W. Berwyn Ave. our home in 2008
Marlys & Don Akin
Everette G. Allen, Jr.
James Allen
The Alphawood Foundation
Dave Bartusek, Elaine Glusac & Prairie Home Builders
The Ann Barzel / Patrick Henry Arts Fund
Julie & Roger Baskes
Michael A. Bell
Broadway in Chicago
Jennifer & Reid Broda
Ken Burlington
Mary Calder Rower
George Cederquist
The City of Chicago
Cathy & Randy Collins
Holiday & David Collins
Lawrence DelPilar
The Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation
The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation
Karen & Donald Foster
Sara Foster
Mansquito Frankenfish
Diane & Ian Galleher
Cynthia & Stuart Garbutt
Teresa & George Gillmor
The Ronald A. Green Memorial Fund of the Chicago Community Trust
Cynthia & Mark Greenwood
Martha & Ramon Greenwood
Diane & William Hart
Jeremy Kazan & Kendra Thulin
Kazan, McClain, Abrams, Fernandez, Lyons, Greenwood, Hartley & Oberman Foundation
Stu Kiesow
Rita & Jim Knox
The League of Chicago Theatres
Shana Lowitz & William Swaim, M.D.
Ted Lowitz
Dave Malcolm
Brendan Melanson
Nancy & Richard Melanson
Bernie, Sandra, & Hartley Meyer
Barbara & Ed Mills
Anne & Richard Moore
Jennifer & Peter Moore
Matthew S. Moore
The Jordan & Jean Nerenberg Family Foundation
Jim O’Neill
Pactiv Corporation
Mary Beth & Jack Reich
Melissa & Jeff Riemer
Denise & Neal Robinson
The Rothman Family Foundation
Catherine & William Siple
Unilever
Jason Wadler
Andreas Waldburg-Wolfegg
Anna Wermuth & Alex Gillmor
Lisa & Randy White
The Young Leaders Fund of the Chicago Community Trust
The Donors who Lead the Campaign to Build The Boxcar at 1113 W Berwyn
Casey Blass & Lee Manford
David Bock
Reid & Jennifer Quinn Broda
Dean & Caroline Browell
Susan Burland & George Plumb
Ken Burlington
Carpenter Financial
City of Chicago
Holly & David Collins
Robert D. Collins
Fund Kassie Davis & Bruce Beatus
Sonya Dekhtyar
Edgewater Chamber of Commerce
Kelly Fitzgerald
Sara Foster & Adam Levy
Gregg Gilman
Elaine Glusac & Dave Bartusek
Susan & Peter Gray
Dorothy Harza
Leigh & John Hourihane
Peter James
Stephen H. Johnson
Rita & Jim Knox
Kerry & Kenny
Lassus Shana Lowitz & William Swaim, M.D.
Ted Lowitz
Susie & Tom MacLean
Cooper Melgreen
Barbara & Ed Mills
Anne Marie Dumas Mitchell
Anne & Richard Moore
Jennifer & Peter Moore
Kate L. Moore
Margaret & Peter Morris
James T. O’Neill
Amanda & Doug Passmore
Pepsico Foundation
Prairie Home Builders
Catherine & Jon Putnam
Melissa & Jeff Riemer
Ted Ries
Alan & Debra Rosenberg
Gregory Rothman
Mike J. Salinas
Karen & Frank Schneider
Jessica & Christoph Schrey
Elisabeth Rose & Owen Shapiro
Hope & Jeff Sheffield
Kate Welborn & Ann McGill
Anna Wermuth & Alex Gillmor
Lisa & Randy White
The donors who have stalwartly supported Steep by making a gift each year for Five years or more.
Seventeen Years
Holiday & David Collins
Stu Kiesow
Fifteen Years
Sara Levy
Thirteen Years
Joseph Moore
Twelve Years
Jennifer & Reid Broda
Anne & Richard Moore
Ten Years
Mary Wermuth
Nine Years
Diane & Ian Galleher
Joe Hartness & Troy Baresel
The Illinois Arts Council Agency
Fran & Chuck Licht
H. B. Lottero
Melissa & Jeff Riemer
The Rothman Family Foundation
Bill & Cathy Siple
Gail & Robert Spiel
Kendra Thulin & Jeremy Kazan
Eight Years
Peggy Bagley & Rabbi Douglas Goldhamer
David Bock
Kassie Davis & Bruce Beatus
Lawrence DelPilar
Lisa Disch
Amy Jacob
Neil & Tamara Jain
Rosalie & David Lauerman
Ted Lowitz
Ricki & Josh Lowitz
Jennifer & Peter Moore
Peggy & Don Shearn
Mark Woodward
Seven Years
Julie & Roger Baskes
Henry Bliss
Ken Burlington
Karen Callaway
Nancy & Bob Goldin
Cindy & Mark Greenwood
Nancy & John Hoffmann
Molly & Jason Johnson
Thad King
Rita & Jim Knox
Margaret Kritzler
Joyce & Jules Lerner
Shana Lowitz & William Swaim, M.D.
Dr. Norman E. Masters, Jr.
Anne Marie Dumas Mitchell
Jordan & Jean Nerenberg
James O’Neill
The Pepsico Foundation
Charles & Angela Platt
Marilyn Reid
Karen & Frank Schneider
Mary Solt
Lisa & Randy White
Six Years
Stacy Bosma & James Allen
Elaine Glusac & Dave Bartusek
Janet Burroway
James Kirby Cunningham
The Gaylord & Dorothy Donnelley Foundation
The MacArthur Fund for Arts & Culture at the Richard H. Driehaus Foundation
Deanna Dunagan
Sylvia Dybiec
Michael Glusac
Carol & Alan Greene
Leigh & John Hourihane
Illinois Tool Works Foundation
Susie & Tom MacLean
Gregory Mancuso & Laurie Breitkopf
Andrea Mitchel
Kate Piatt-Eckert & Tony St. Clair
Dr. Edward O. Riley
Timothy Sherck
Joseph Zambrano
Five Years
Bank of America
Jennifer Beachell
Pat Dean & Phil Eckert
Vincent DiFruscio & Neil Averick
Edith I Farrar
Kelly Fitzgerald
Gregg Gilman
James & Lois Hobart
Elizabeth Raymond & Paul Hybel
Elizabeth Moore
Frank Newell
Susan Burland & George Plumb
Jessica & Christoph Schrey
Norm Sloan
James Stimac
Holly & Tony Storck
Barbara & Randy Thomas
Anna Wermuth & Alex Gillmor