About Chicago Dramatists

Mission

Chicago Dramatists is a professional theatre, dedicated to the development and advancement of playwrights and new plays. The primary goal is to discover, develop and promote the new plays and playwrights that will contribute to the established theatre repertoire, and enrich the lives of future theatre audiences. The organization provides both beginning and established playwrights opportunities to expand their professional affiliations, showcase their work to the theatre marketplace, and collaborate with actors, directors, dramaturgs and audiences during the creative process. From first draft to final product, writers are exposed to audience responses to their work, critiques and support from peer playwrights, and administrative and artistic leadership from Chicago Dramatists' staff.

Staff

• RUSS TUTTEROW, Artistic Director
• BRIAN LOEVNER, Managing Director
• CYNTHIA FRAHM, Development Director
• RICHARD PEREZ, Associate Artistic Director
• ILESA DUNCAN, Director of Youth and Community Programming
• ROBERT KOON, Dramaturg

Board of Directors

• Neill Shanahan, President
  Vice President Midwest
  Ken Clark International
• Patrice Fletcher, Vice President
  Producer
  NBC News
• Heather Rucci, Treasurer
  Consultant
  Nuveen Investments
• Hon. Paul Lillios, Secretary
  Chief Administrative Law Judge
  Social Security Division
• Maaike Almeida
  Attorney
  Laurence H. Levine Law Offices
• Alice Austen
  Resident Playwright Representative
  Playwright
• Antonio Baeza
  Vice President
  North Community Bank
• Brian Loevner
  Managing Director
  Chicago Dramatists
• Zoa Norman
  Vice President, Sales
  BPO Management Services
• Mary Rownd
  Marketing Director
  American Marketing Association
• Roger Rueff
  Resident Playwright Representative
  Playwright
• Carla Salvo
  Group Manager
  Walgreens Health Initiatives
• Steven Shapiro
  General Counsel and Corp. Secretary
  Cole Taylor Bank
• Lisa Shives
  President and Medical Director
  Northshore Sleep Medicine
• Russ Tutterow
  Artistic Director
  Chicago Dramatists

Distinguished Emeritus Board

• Sandra Blau
• Michael J. Keating
• Ellen Krasnow
• Dianne S. Rossell

Resident Playwrights

• Alice Austen
• David Barr III
• Scott Barsotti
• Carson Grace Becker
• Derrell Capes
• Mary Ruth Clarke
• Cheryl Coons
• Christopher DePaola
• Lydia R. Diamond
• Will Dunne
• Marsha Estell
• Joseph Fedorko
• Dana Lynn Formby
• John Green
• Sarah Gubbins
• Evan Guilford-Blake
• David Scott Hay
• Jim Henry
• Andrew Hinderaker
• Ron Hirsen
• Keith Huff
• Laura Jacqmin
• McKinley Johnson
• Joel Drake Johnson
• Gene Jones
• Nambi E. Kelley
• Robert Koon
• Aline K. Lathrop
• Margaret Lewis
• Susan Lieberman
• Arlene Malinowski
• Ruth Margraff
• Mia McCullough
• David Alan Moore
• Brett Neveu
• Tania Richard
• Lisa Rosenthal
• Roger Rueff
• Tanya Saracho A.
• Steve Simoncic
• Jon Steinhagen
• Marisa Wegrzyn
• Mark Young

Advisory Board

• Susan V. Booth
• Dean Corrin
• Michael Cullen
• Ann Filmer
• Gary Garrison
• Rebecca Gilman
• Evan Guilford-Blake
• Joel Drake Johnson
• Arthur Kopit
• Brett Neveu
• Rondi Reed
• Bruce Sagan
• Steve Scott
• Dana Singer
• Chuck Smith
• Edward Sobel
• Michele Volansky

2008-2011 Associate Artists

• Roslyn Alexander
• Abu Ansari
• Anna C. Bahow
• Barry Bennett
• Kristie Berger
• Judy Blue
• Daniel Bryant
• Suellen Burton
• Anna Carini
• Justin Cholewa
• Aaron Christensen
• Wendye Clarendon
• Victor Cole
• Michelle Courvais
• Kirsten D'Aurelio
• Philip Dawkins
• Cat Dean
• Peter DeFaria
• Sandra Delgado
• Diane Dorsey
• Ilesa Duncan
• Cameron Feagin
• Ann Filmer
• Christine Gatto
• Gregory Gerhard
• Danny Goldring
• Cheryl Graeff
• Marguerite Hammersley
• Kevin Heckman
• Richard Henzel
• Michael Kessler
• Doug MacKechnie
• Richard Marlatt
• Morgan McCabe
• Meghan McCarthy
• Walt McGough
• Michael Joseph Mitchell
• Anthony Moseley
• Ron O. J. Parson
• Coya Paz
• Jeff Pines
• Joe Plummer
• Tania Richard
• John Sanders
• Steve Scott
• Kimberly Senior
• Richard Shavzin
• Aaron Snook
• Edward Sobel
• Stephen Spencer
• Craig Spidle
• Randy Steinmeyer
• Don Stroup
• Mark Ulrich
• Penelope Walker
• Andrea Washburn
• Wendi Weber
• Alice Wedoff
• Ron Wells
• Kerith Wolf

Supporters

CHICAGO DRAMATISTS is supported in part by The Shubert Foundation, The Chicago Community Trust, Sara Lee Foundation, The Illinois Arts Council (a state agency), Starbucks Foundation, The Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation, The MacArthur Fund for Arts & Culture at The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation, Prince Charitable Trusts, Polk Bros. Foundation, The Mayer & Morris Kaplan Family Foundation, a CityArts Program 3 Grant from the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation, The Dramatists’ Guild Fund, Joseph Levy Foundation, Dr. Donahue Tremaine Trust,The Chicago Drama League, The Fry Foundation, The Seabury Foundation, The Saints - Volunteers for the Performing Arts, The Woods Fund, and numerous individual donors. Major in-kind support is provided by Vision Integrated Graphics and The Arts & Business Council of Chicago.