Glen Ellyn

Sean Hayes is an actor, comedian, and producer and best known for playing Jack McFarland on the NBC sitcom Will & Grace, for which he won a Primetime Emmy Award, four SAG Awards, one American Comedy Award, and earned six Golden Globe nominations. Sean has also starred in two shows on Broadway and currently starring in the podcast Smartless.

Laurie Anderson born in Glen Ellyn in 1947, a graduate of Glenbard West High School, Laura Phillips Anderson, known as Laurie Anderson, is an American avant-garde artist, composer, musician, and film director whose work spans performance art, pop music, and multimedia projects.

Katherine Dunham born in 1909, is best known for incorporating Caribbean, African, and South American movement styles into her ballets. She was an American dancer, choreographer, creator of the Dunham Technique, author, educator, anthropologist, and social activist who starred in movies and had one of the most successful dance careers in African-American of the 20th century.

Jeffrey Deaver is an international number-one bestselling author of more than forty novels, three collections of short stories, a nonfiction law book, and lyrics of a country-western album. His books are sold in 150 countries and translated into twenty-five languages and have appeared on bestseller lists around the world.