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The 16th
Street Theater, NFP is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit
corporation existing to provide fundraising and financial
support to the 16th
Street Theater, which is a theater program organized
and operated by the North Berwyn Park District to foster
cultural enrichment and education for all members of the
community through the development and presentation of diverse
works and writers for the stage.
The 16th Street Theater would not exist if not for the
support of our patrons, businesses, foundations and government.
The 16th Street Theater, NFP is grateful for support from
The Richard H. Dreihaus Foundation, BUNGALO and individuals
like you.
Please donate
now to our annual campaign to keep engaging new
plays coming to Berwyn. Your donations are tax deductible.
Thank you for your support!
Download 16th Street Theater's 501c3 designation letter here.
The 16th Street Theater, NFP
1619 S Wesley Ave - Berwyn, IL 60402
(708) 795-6704
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
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Jose Ramirez
Susan Capistran - NFP Board Director
Susan Capistran has been an attorney since 1992. She began practicing in the areas of employment law and customs law with the U.S. Customs Service, representing the agency in grievance arbitrations and before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Merit Systems Protection Board, and the Federal Labor Relations Authority. After seven years with the Customs Service, she began working as an editor and writer for Lexis-Nexis, a large legal publisher. In 2009, she became an associate at . Dobbs Law, which focuses on Social Security Disability and civil rights law. She also continues to work on a project basis for Lexis-Nexis.
Prior to and during law school, Ms. Capistran worked as an editor and writer at the University of Illinois at Chicago, first in the public affairs office and then for the Office of International Criminal Justice. She continues to write free-lance articles for area newspapers.
She graduated from the University of Illinois at Chicago in 1988 with College Honors, and from Chicago-Kent College of Law in 1992, where she was a member of the Moot Court Society.
Susan is a resident of Berwyn. <BACK TO TOP>
Susan Stall - Vice-President of NFP
Susan is a Professor and Chair of the Department of Sociology and the African & African American Studies, Latino & Latin American Studies and Women’s Studies Programs at Northeastern Illinois University. She is a community sociologist who is interested in the public application of sociology. In her teaching she attempts to bridge the academy and the community. In her classes, students are introduced to organizational activists, and often take urban field trips and engage in service-learning projects to better understand community-based social action. Susan is an advocate of experiential education and she is always searching for more creative ways to present research findings including: theatre, video documentaries, and photographic images.
In her research, Susan has studied a variety of forms of community-based social activism--from small town rural women to urban public housing activists. Her co-authored book, The Dignity of Resistance: Women Residents' Activism in Chicago Public Housing (2004) was adapted into a play, “A Neighborhood Fight,” by David Barr & Glenn Jeffers in 2006. Susan is always on the lookout for sociology in unusual or "strange places" -- for example, in an exploration of the social issues embedded in selected detective fiction by feminists and authors of color, and currently in examining "globalization on the ground" in Albany Park—a diverse Chicago neighborhood.
Susan lives in “south” Oak Park with her spouse, Charlie Hoch. <BACK TO TOP>
Joyce Strombeck - Secretary of NFP
Joyce Strombeck currently serves as 16th Street Theater board vice president. She’s had a lifelong interest in the creative process – its practical application in turning an idea into a viable project and also in the more traditional role of the arts in shedding light along life’s journey. Joining The 16th Street board made sense . . . a playwrights’ theater . .. good for Berwyn . . . to give artists a voice to spotlight the rich diversity in our community. . . and an invitation to our neighbors to share and celebrate our varied viewpoints.
Over the years, Joyce has worked in business, education , health care and in the arts. Currently, she works in behavioral health at MacNeal Hospital as an adjunctive therapist . “I’ve always been drawn to the beginning of things . . . when creative ideas and designing a workable structure are most critical. Projects like opening a drop-in center for parents with young children, starting up a jazz support organization with my husband, raising children and now enjoying grandchildren, promoting a fledgling international theater group, serving on the board of the Parliament for World Religions in its early stages, teaching high school kids in California and Chicago, and implementing computerized bank check processing and credit card systems in the 60’s. Artists have always played a big part in my life. We shared ideas while they honed their skills and I studied the creative process. These day for the fun of it, I’m beginning to share some of my ‘unschooled’ projects on the web – joyunfolding.com -- and through the Art House Coop of the Brooklyn Art Library. I’m also designing some workshops to invite other ‘unskilled’ folks to open to the delights on the creative path.”
Joyce received an M.A.T. degree in English & education from the University of Chicago and her undergraduate degree in philosophy from the University of Illinois, Urbana, and DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana. She had postgraduate training at the Gestalt Institute of Chicago. Joyce and her husband Grant raised their daughters in the Berwyn area and they continue to enjoy this multi-cultural community.
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Cheryl G. Jessogne - NFP Board Director
Cheryl was appointed Vice President for Institutional Advancement with the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) in January 2011. Prior to this, she served as Vice President of Development for SAIC (2005-2010). Cheryl’s employment history has also included Museum Campus Chicago as Project and Development Coordinator; The Field Museum of Natural History as a special projects coordinator with Sue the Dinosaur and Project Millennium; Corporate and Foundation Development with the University of Chicago’s Biological Sciences Division; and as a consultant for various events and development initiatives with small not-for-profit organizations.
In addition to these positions in Chicago, Cheryl established the first fine arts exhibition in her hometown of Lake Zurich, Illinois (Ela Festival of Arts), created a cooperative gallery & studio space with a team of artists in Algonquin, Illinois, and taught art (preschool – 8th grade) at St. Joseph’s School in Libertyville, Illinois, St. Catherine’s of Siena in Dundee, Illinois, and at Kaleidoscope, a private art school in Barrington, Illinois.
She received her graduate degree in Arts Administration (MAAA) from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1999 and her undergraduate degree (BFA) from Miami University, Oxford, Ohio in 1995. Cheryl resides in Berwyn, Illinois with her husband Stephen Jessogne and their two children: Martina and William. <BACK TO TOP>
Mark Weiner - NFP Board Director
Mark Weiner was born in Kankakee, Illinois, before attending the University of Illinois for undergrad and receiving a law degree from the University of Denver. As a child, he acted in plays and learned how to poorly play some musical instruments.
When Mark realized he would not be an entertainer, he continued his joy in the arts by attending live shows: be they art, theater, music, or something else entirely. Mark leapt at the chance to become the 16th Street Theater Board's first President.
Mark Weiner is a partner with Hughes Socol Piers Resnick & Dym, Ltd. and concentrates his practice primarily in the areas of personal injury and worker's compensation. He joined the firm in 1992. <BACK TO TOP>
Marilyn Campbell - Playwright/Actress
Artistic Associate, 16th Street Theater
Co-Founder, Writers’ Theater
Marilyn Campbell is a published playwright, award winning actress and co-founder (w/ Michael Halberstam) of the Writers’ Theatre in Glencoe, Illinois. Her co-adaptation of Crime and Punishment w/Curt Columbus was the recipient of a 2003 Joseph Jefferson Award, a 2009 Los Angeles Backstage Garland Award and a 2009 nomination from the LA Drama Critics Circle for “Best New Adaptation.” Crime and Punishment has been produced in over 40 productions both nationally and internationally in some of the largest theater’s in the country including Berkeley Rep, Intiman Theater, 59E59th Street Theater, Cleveland Playhouse and Centerstage in Baltimore. Other full length plays include, My Own Stranger, The Gospel According to Mark Twain, The Beats (opening at 16th Street Theater in Sept. 2011) and The Monster’s Lullaby (currently under commission by Writers’ Theater). As an actress she has been seen in numerous productions at Writers’ Theater including, My Own Stranger, Dear Liar and Misalliance. In 2009, she performed at 16th Street Theater’s Words and Motion Festival with her daughter, Maria Merrin, in Mixing It Up an original comedic work, directed by Ann Filmer. Ms. Campbell is currently the host of a radio program called, The Feminist Lens, which airs on WFMT. In addition to her playwriting and acting, Ms. Campbell has served as Literary Manager, Volunteer Coordinator and Board Secretary for Writer’s Theater, Director of Education and Outreach for the BoarsHead Theater, Lansing, MI, Office Manager of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s Women’s Association, Independent Producer (w/Ann Filmer) of Estrogen Fest 2003 and 2005 at the Storefront Theater, and as a free lance and special events coordinator for various Illinois arts organizations including, Scholarship and Guidance and Oakton Community College. Ms. Campbell is a proud member of Actors Equity Association and The Dramatist Guild of America.
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Deborah Stewart - Treasurer of NFP
Deborah Stewart joined the 16th Street board in 2009 and currently serves as the theater’s treasurer. At Steppenwolf Theatre Company she is the Director of Foundation and Government Relations.
Prior to joining the Steppenwolf staff in 2005, she had the privilege of working with Ann Filmer for several years at Chicago Dramatists as the first Development Director in that company’s history. She was Managing Director for Illinois’ oldest professional outdoor theater, Festival Theatre in Oak Park from 1997 – 2001; and free lanced as a grant writer specializing in the arts and arts education for some years before that.
She received an M.A. in European History from the University of Chicago and completed her undergraduate degree at the University of California-Santa Cruz. Deb has lived in Oak Park for more than 20 years with her husband and two now-grown sons. <BACK TO TOP>
Sabine Krauss - President of NFP
Sabine is a graphic designer and has been with the communication design firm, Liska + Associates (liska.com - could we add the link?), for over 9 years.
Originally from Germany, she has lived in Berwyn for over 6 years and embraces this unique town and all it's interesting Berwynites.
In an effort to bring more great things to the area she has supported various initiatives and organizations, with a focus on supporting the arts and the history of Berwyn.
Her involvement started as a founding member of "Friends of the Spindle" fighting for the preservation of "The Spindle" a sculpture by Dustin Schuler and with Berwyn Main Street, among other things, designing the logo for the Czech Oasis at Houby Fest and project managing the event in 2009 with a small group of volunteers.
Currently she is an active board member of the Berwyn Historical Society (berwynhistoricalsociety.org) designing and managing the new website. Most recently she has worked with the Berwyn Bungalow Preservation Initiative, developing a logo and visual direction for the organization.
With a passion for the arts, collecting paintings, drawings and prints she appreciates the diverse topics that 16th Street Theater offers in always new and compelling ways. She has been a subscriber since the first season and has enjoyed every single performance anticipating many seasons to come. <BACK TO TOP>
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