The Harris Theater is honored to recognize donors who have contributed $250 or more from July 1, 2024 to July 21, 2025. Their generosity supports the Theater’s general operations, programming, community engagements, and our Resident Company program.
$100,000+
The Harris Family Foundation
The Irving Harris Foundation, Joan W. Harris
ITW
Chauncey and Marion D. McCormick Family Foundation,
Abby McCormick O'Neil and D. Carroll Joynes
Alexandra C. and John D. Nichols Family Foundation
and Alexandra C. Nichols
The Searle Family Funds at the Chicago Community Trust
$50,000+
Canada Council for the Arts
The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation
Shana and Peter M. Ellis and Reed Smith LLP
Jack and Sandra Guthman
Illinois Arts Council
Patricia A. Kenney and Gregory J. O'Leary
Polk Bros. Foundation
Nancy and Scott Santi
Earl and Brenda Shapiro Foundation
Marilyn F. and David J. Vitale
$25,000+
Anonymous
Alaina Anderson and William Blair & Company
Peter M. Ascoli
John and Caroline Ballantine
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Helen Brach Foundation
Nancy Dehmlow
Paul Galvin Memorial Foundation
Robert J. Gauch, Jr.
Ted A. Grady and Dr. Ross Slotten
Christine and Glenn Kelly
Make It Better Foundation
Northern Trust
Claire and Mike O'Grady
PNC
$10,000+
Anonymous
Gail Eisenhart Belytschko
Pamela Crutchfield
Michelle N. Durpetti
Walter and Karla Goldschmidt Foundation
Jeannette and Jerry Goldstone
Invest For Kids
J&L Catering
John R. Halligan Charitable Fund
Merrillyn J. Kosier and James F. Kinoshita
Franco La Marca
Elizabeth A. Liebman
Phil Lumpkin and William Tedford
Peoples Gas Community Fund
D. Elizabeth Price and Louis Yecies
Pritzker Traubert Foundation
Scott and Mary Rafferty
Sargent Family Foundation
Jai Shekhawat
Lynne Shigley and Frank Modruson
John Q and Karen E. Smith
David Snyder and Peggy Salamon
Sunitha and Abraham Thomas
The A. Montgomery Ward Foundation,
Bank of America, N.A., Co-Trustee
Maria and Bob Zec, The Peninsula Chicago
$5,000+
Anonymous
Kathryn Kovitz Arnold
Bernard Bartilad and Michael T. Herman
Lori and Ross Dimun
Dr. Scholl Foundation
Richard Eastline Estate
Susan Feibus and Tom Geoghegan
Fifth Third Bank
Timothy and Joyce Greening
Louise Lane
The Bruce L. and Gwill L. Newman Fund-Endowment Share
at the CCT
Susan Noel
Thomas J. O'Keefe
Robert & Isabelle Bass Foundation, Inc.
The Saints Organization
$2,500+
Elliott J. Crigger
Don Dome, Jr.
Ingrid and Richard W. Dubberke
Quin and Simin Frazer
David and Dale Ginsburg
Ann Dudley and Stanford Goldblatt
Stella Greener
Matt and Laura Hanssel
Lynn Hauser and Neil Ross
Alisa Katzen and Gary Ramsay
Peter Litton and Jill Rein
Michael McStraw and Andy Flaherty
Sahara Enterprises, Inc.
Michelle Seeley
$1,000+
Patti Acurio
Taylor and Carrie Olivia Adams
Sara Albrecht
Paul and Robert Barker Foundation Fund
at The Chicago Community Found
Dr. Brandon Barton
Robert J. Callahan
Sandra Bass
Queta and Ronald Bauer
Shaun and Andy Block
Paul S. Boulis
Rosemarie and Dean L. Buntrock
Michael C. Cleavenger
Mitchell Cobey and Janet Reali
Daniel Cyganowski and Judith Metzger
Lynn Donaldson and Cameron Avery
Shawn M. Donnelley and Christopher M. Kelly
Barbara C. and Thomas E. Donnelley II
Win Eggers
Patti Eylar and Charlie Gardner
Marilynne Felderman
Dr. Michael Flores and Dr. Alan Grigg
Kristen and Fabian Fondriest
Arthur L. Frank, M.D.
Lloyd A. Fry Foundation
Linda M. Fuller
Ay Gee
Mary and Lionel Go
Gerald and Dr. Colette Gordon
Joan M. Hall
Caroline and Charlie Huebner
Gary Johnson and Brenda Ashley
Rebecca and Patrick Kempton
Gina Kennedy
Russ Lyman
Emily Macaluso and Michael Mertes
Kevin C McGirr
Elizabeth Whipple McKenna
Sandra McNaughton
Leo and Cathy Miserendino
Jeri and Ed Mlakar
Mike and Kay Olthoff
Joe Panganiban
E. Scott Peterson and Judith M. Desenis
Roger Pomerance
Jeri Presser and Charlie Seitz
John Anthony Gable and Zoe Quan
Richard O. Ryan
John Salvino
Arthur Schneider aand Carole Schreiber
Mridu and Chandra Sekhar
Lynne Simon
Michael and Salme Harju Steinberg
Dana Shepard Treister and Michael Roy Treister
Genevieve and Andrew Weeks
Linda and Michael Welsh
Jennifer Yorke and Robert Greenspoon
William Ziemann
$500+
William Bein
Amy Boatman
Daniel Frank
Jami and John Gekas
James Ginsburg and Patrice Michaels
Bonnie Goodman
Peter and Susan Gray
Elizabeth Halajian and Andrew Burdick
Stephen V. Heller
Karen and Marvin Herman
Nancy L. Hess
Carrie and Gary Huff
Terell M. Johnson and Molly Johnson
Mary Kay Karzas and Warren K. Reiss
Agnieszka Klus
Randolph T. Kohler and Scott Gordon
Jeffrey and Julie Korzenik
Mark Kozloff
Dr. Lynda Lane, Ben Lane-Korn and the Lane Trust
Kathy and Monte Lewis
Joseph N. Macaluso Jr.
Maecenas
Diane M. McKeever and Eric Jensen
David Miller
John Nitschke and Jean McLaren
Susan Nutson
James Peterson and Kathleen Beaulieu
Sofia Solomon
Kristin Stewart and Matt Hicks
Joan Weiss
John and Cynthia Westerman
Debbie Wright
$250+
Anonymous
Daryn Alexus
Carol Barnett
Julie and Roger Baskes
Christine Beattie
Steven U. Brint
Brittani Campbell
Donald R. Chauncey
Ebony Chuukwu
Kori Coleman
Maury Collins
Derek Cottier and Laura Tilly
Wendy Covelli
Jon W DeMoss in Memory of Ken Norgan
Amy T. Dickinson
Kimberly Dulac
Dr. Robert Edger and Dr. Gunnbjorg Lavoll MD
Joseph Fernicola and Gary Yurkanin
Colleen Flanigan
Elizabeth Foster
Sophie and Robert Gordon
Rhona L. Hoffman
Cynthia Kirk
Kathy Kirn and David Levinson
Rama Kumanduri
Susan Lape and Timothy Bowling
Chris Lonn
Michael Flemmens & Claire Lotz
Bill Melamed and Jamey Lundblad
Sharon Manuel
Rebecca Matey
Maureen McGrath and David Simmons
Etta and John McKenna
Meghan McNamara and Paul W. Reetz
Jerry Meites
Jared John Miller
Annie Mitran Brennan
Lyle Mourer
Hillary Pearson
Michael Reuscher
Bobbie Rudnick
Lynne and Ralph Schatz
Adele Simmons
William S. Singer and Joanne Cicchelli
Robin S. Tryloff
Rebecca Tung
Russ and Joan Zajtchuk
List updated as of July 21, 2025