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SCENE AT THE GOODMAN<br />
Season Opening Celebration<br />
<strong>Goodman</strong> <strong>Theatre</strong> kicked off the 2012/2013 SOMETHING<br />
WILD Season with a grand Season Opening Celebration on<br />
Monday, September 24. More than 450 guests enjoyed the<br />
festivities, including cocktails and dinner at The Standard<br />
Club followed by the opening night performance of Tennessee<br />
Williams’ Sweet Bird of Youth. Co-chaired by Vicki V. Hood,<br />
Carol Prins and Corporate Chair Elaine R. Leavenworth, the<br />
event raised over $350,000 to support the theater. The<br />
<strong>Goodman</strong> honored Sandra P. Guthman and Nikki Will Stein of<br />
the Polk Bros. Foundation for 25 years of outstanding service<br />
to the Chicago nonprofit community.<br />
Special thanks to the production and event sponsors that made<br />
the evening possible: Abbott was a Corporate Sponsor Partner<br />
of the Season Opening Celebration and Abbott Fund was a<br />
Sponsor Partner of Sweet Bird of Youth. Exelon and Ruth Ann<br />
M. Gillis and Michael J. McGuinnis were Sponsor Partners<br />
of the Season Opening Celebration. Fifth Third Bank, Katten<br />
Muchin Rosenman LLP and PwC LLP were Guarantors of the<br />
Season Opening Celebration and Corporate Sponsor Partners of<br />
Sweet Bird of Youth. We would also like to thank the Principal<br />
and Leadership Sponsors (listed in the opening recap below)<br />
and Director’s Society Sponsors Sherry and Peter John.<br />
RIGHT (left to right): Season Opening Co-Chairs Life Trustee Carol Prins and Vice<br />
Chairman Vicki V. Hood with Diane Lane. Photo by Julia Nash. Season Opening<br />
Celebration honoree Sandra P. Guthman, Executive Director Roche Schulfer, Board<br />
Chairman Ruth Ann M. Gillis and honoree Nikki Stein. Photo by Violet Dominek. Vice<br />
Chairman Joan Clifford and Josh Brolin. Photo by Julia Nash. Trustee and Season Opening<br />
Corporate Chair Elaine R. Leavenworth, Suzy Lebold and honoree Sandra P. Guthman.<br />
Photo by Julia Nash.<br />
Black n Blue Boys/Broken<br />
Men Opening<br />
On Sunday, October 7, guests gathered to celebrate the opening<br />
of Dael Orlandersmith’s Black n Blue Boys/Broken Men.<br />
Attendees enjoyed dinner at Petterino’s followed by the opening<br />
performance in the Owen <strong>Theatre</strong>.<br />
Thank you to the following sponsors: The Joyce Foundation<br />
for providing Principal Support of Artistic Development and<br />
Diversity Initiatives; Principal Sponsors The Edith-Marie<br />
Appleton Foundation/Albert and Maria <strong>Goodman</strong>, Julie and<br />
Roger Baskes, Ruth Ann M. Gillis and Michael J. McGuinnis;<br />
Leadership Sponsors Patricia Cox, Sondra and Denis Healy/<br />
Turtle Wax, Inc., Carol Prins and John H. Hart, Alice Rapoport<br />
and Michael Sachs/Sg2 and Merle Reskin; and New Work<br />
Season Sponsors Catherine Mouly and LeRoy T. Carlson, Jr.,<br />
Shaw Family Supporting Organization and Orli and Bill Staley.<br />
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RIGHT (left to right): Principal Sponsors and Life Trustee Albert Ivar <strong>Goodman</strong> with wife<br />
Maria, Allan Drebin (The Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation) with wife Ellen, Board Chairman<br />
Ruth Ann M. Gillis and director of Black n Blue Boys/Broken Men, Chay Yew. New Work<br />
Season Sponsor Charlene Shaw, Trustee Elizabeth A. Raymond (Mayer Brown LLP), Associate<br />
Producer Steve Scott and Scenemakers Board President Lauren Blair (Pedersen & Houpt).
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