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Other Events
The Ensemble and Board of Directors put on multiple events throughout the season where proceeds go towards the Evanston Dance Ensemble. For instance, be sure to check out our popular annual storytelling showcase "Do Tell" held in Studio5.
thank you to our donors!
This list reflects cash donations from 10/1/20 through 3/21/21
angel: $1,000 and up
Mark Kishler and Patty Acha
Barbara and Michael Davis
Bethany and John Goodman
The Illinois Arts Council
Faye and Josh Jacobs
Marion Kinney
Kelly Cutler and Vic LeSage
Tina and Rick Malnati
Steve and Béa Rashid
The Sullivan Family Foundation
Abbey and Paul Turilli
BOOSTER: $250-$499
John G. Avril
Jen Michael and Chris Beck
Libby Ester and Mike Brody
Jeanine and Carl Brownell
Jon Klein and Susan Cohn
Susan Avril and Remy Dercksen
Monica Forte
Kathy and Chuck Harper
Juliet Bromer and Joshua Hauser
Garrett and Melissa Hohimer
Dan and Suzanne Kanter
Bill and Debbie Kristofek
Margaret Krulee
James and Marlene Kurtz
Jessie MacDonald
Peter Mitchell
Carol and Pat Navin
John Powers
Sharon and Keith Robinson
Leonard and Joyce Schrager
Dale and Milner Seifert
Larry and Cindy Shanker (in honor of Faye Jacobs)
Anne and Greg Taubeneck Family Fund
Elizabeth and Aaron Van Nice
associate: $50-$99
Maria and Steve Ballantyne
Sima Blue
Patricia Hyland Bowman
Cassie Easter*
Gina and Todd Ehlman
Linda Faller
Janice MacDonald and Dileep Gangolli
Sharon Gilmore
Sheila and Robert Hanford
Janet and Brian Hoffman
Kerry Hubata
Judy and Bob Kemp
Ruth Landis
Laurel Lawson
Jane Liechty
Robert and Judith Macnamara
Peggy and Daniel Marren
Joel and Greta Michael
Rick and Joyce Morimoto
Stuart Novy
Molly Gallo Numark
Anne and Tim O’Leary
Pat Otto
Blair Wellensiek and Karl Peters
Christopher Rutt
Linda Schubert
Penelope and Toby Sachs
Carl and Bonnie Schulkin
Medwin Textor
Brian Benson and Leslie Williams
Chris and Ann Tomlins
Andrew Wilder
Friend: up to $49
Juanita Acha
Luke Adams
Maria and Steve Ballantyne
Carol Bild
Calyn and Matt Carbery
Emma Cohen*
Holly Cohn
Edward and Sherri Donovan
Sarah and Marcelo Ferrer
Mark and Mia Furlong
Nareen Gavrilos
Anna Georgaras
Richard and Maryann Goode
Sue and Jeff Grassle
Carla and James Green
Clare Harper*
Jennifer Moran and Tommy Herman
Julie Isaacson
Julia and Ray Joehl
Cory King
Mary Kishler
Karen Morgan
Brigitte and Jose Oberholzer
Janet Perkins
Susan Reddish
Penny Rotheiser
Celeste Cifala and Rene Roy
Larry Stoler and Amy Schuman
Geoff Shell
Corilyn Shropshire
Tania Staffen
Kornelia Szilagyi
Allison and Chris Tirres
Carol Triggiano
Britta and Carlos Valdez
Andy White
Joe and Carolyn Wig
Virginia Zboralski
*Current or former EDE dancers
benefactor: $500-$999
Kevin and Carol Biolsi
Debbie and Bob Burns
Jennifer and Larry Byrne
Stephanie Davis and Brad Dunlap
Craig and Michal Golden
Paula Steiner and David Hellman
Carolyn Krulee
Ariel Orlov and Steven Mayer
Tara and Brian Norris
Christie and Dan Robinson
Lisa and Pete Seegers
Maricruz Ponce de Leon and Heiu Ton-That
Lara and Paul Waechtler
Charlotte and Dan Walsh
Scott and Amy Weyman
Jori and Michael Witt
supporter: $100-$249
Linda Adamowski
Bronwyn Re and Ken Alder
Kristin and David Alexander
Nancy and Ken Arlen
Victoria Zielinski and Paul Barosse
Linda Bierig
Lara Jones and Dan Brady
Sandra and Charles Brown
Blaine and Mardi Brownell
Ann Bradlow and Glen Carman
Abby and Michael Carnow*
Maria and Sunil Chopra
Mary and Ethan Cohen
Ellen Collar
Aki Knezevic and Mickey Collins
Mary Jo and John Crosby (in honor of Emily Waechtler)
Mary Lou and Jim DeNardo
Bernard and Sally Dobroski
Steven and Judith Dolins
Rachel Abramson and Bill Dolnick
Tony and Carol Feiock
Judy and Bob Freilich
ME and Chris Girgenti
JF Gaillard and Kimberly Gray
Terry Unterman and Roberta Glick
Michael Hans
Eva Hellman*
Betsy Herskind
Tomo and Wolf Hilbo
Johse Holt
Richard and Susan Horn
Nancy Oddi Jaffe
The Jinakunwiphat Family
Kathy Kann (in honor of Nicole Beck)
Jeffrey and Julie Kaplan
Jo Ann King
Amy and Adam Krefman
Jon Bamel and Andrea Kurtz
Amelia Langas*
The Lemmenes Family
Fred and Laurie Levy
The Linder Family Fund
Jessica and Alan Littman
Carol and Randy Long
Sarah Loeb*
Clint Seely and Sanna Longden
Maureen and Ted Lucore
Chad and Leslie Luning
Helen Maram (in honor of Sophie Maram)
Laura Marmash
Bridget McDonough
Marti and Michael McMaster
Susan Melczer
Kristen Bauza Mellican
Sandy Merwin
Anne Leyden and Mike Meyers
Michael Michael
Linda Brown and Joe Mitchell
Wendy Nicholson
Marcia Powers
Leslie Riley
Blanca and Jose Robles-Berthier
Jill and Paul Schoenwetter
Alyse Freilich and Andrew Schulkin
Terry Shewfelt
Jody Sieck
Billy Siegenfeld
Corky and Bill Siegfriedt
Paula and Craig Sjogerman
Dr. June Sochen
Colleen Sonnefeldt
Ginny Sykes
Wesley Burghardt and Angela Stramaglia
Jeffrey Usow
Kevin and Amy Wallace
Leslie and Steve Warner
Fran and John Wiechart
Julia and Conrad Winkler