What the Constitution Means to Me at Center Theatre Group, January 2020

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FROM THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

WELCOME TO CENTER THEATRE GROUP We’re starting the new decade at Center Theatre Group with three productions that couldn’t be more different—a major musical from a rock icon, an acclaimed play about American democracy, and a deeply compassionate exploration of a devastating moment in recent history. But what unites these three works, and all of us in the audience, are the powerful and personal stories they tell.

At the Ahmanson, Sting stars alongside a top-notch cast in the visually spectacular The Last Ship. I love the songs and the choreography, but I also love the origin story—that this musical was created to pay tribute to the shipbuilding community where Sting was born and raised. It’s about a man returning to his roots and was written by a man returning to his roots, too. And as it explores an industrial city moving into a post-industrial age, it uses one community’s story to highlight a very universal experience of our current time.

At the Taper, Heidi Schreck’s What the Constitution Means to Me chronicles the relationship between four generations of American women and the document on which our country was founded. It has, rightfully, been declared one of the most important new plays in recent memory; it is timely and, I am sure, will be proved timeless. That’s because it fulfills a promise of great theatre: changing the way we see our world by saying something we’ve never heard before about a subject we thought we knew intimately.

At the Douglas, we’re proud to produce Dael Orlandersmith’s stunning Until the Flood, directed by Associate Artistic Director/Literary Director Neel Keller. Dael conducted interviews in Ferguson, Missouri following the 2014 shooting of Michael Brown to create a play that goes far, far beyond the headlines to explore race, grief, and community. This theatrical experience connects you to what it means to be human, and to why we need art.

Thank you for starting the new year with us and with these stories.

Sincerely,

Michael Ritchie

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They’ll be producing an audience engagement project for Once on This Island in addition to inspiring community engagement through our social media platforms focused on the August Wilson Monologue Competition Regional Finals and our College & Career Fair for the Arts.

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FOSTERING WORKS-IN-DEVELOPMENT Our Artistic staff spent November holding two workshops to support the development of new works: Tambo and Bones by playwright Dave Harris—the eponymous story of two characters in a minstrel show—and Stereophonic, a Center Theatre Group commission and a new musical that is a collaboration between playwright David Adjmi and Arcade Fire’s Will Butler.

(Top) Stereophonic workshop participants: (L–R) music director Justin Craig, composer Will Butler of Arcade Fire, playwright David Adjmi, director Daniel Aukin, and Center Theatre Group Associate Artistic Director Kelley Kirkpatrick. (Bottom) Tambo and Bones workshop participants: (back, L–R) stage manager Joanne Pan, playwright Dave Harris, director Taylor Reynolds, and actors Doug Harris and Brendan Dalton; (front, L–R) actors Carter Redwood, W. Tre Davis, and Phillipe Gregory Burke.

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IRA GLASS AT THE AHMANSON Public radio legend Ira Glass (left), who executive produced The New One, came out to Los Angeles to support Mike Birbiglia (right) in his Ahmanson Theatre debut this fall.

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MARKTAPERFORUM JAN 12 – FEB 23, 2020 Direct from Broadway, the 2019 Tony -nominated Best Play and Pulitzer Prize finalist, What the Constitution Means to Me, by famed writer Heidi Schreck, breathes new life into our Constitution and imagines how it will affect the next generation of Americans. ®

UNTIL THE FLOOD KIRKDOUGLASTHEATRE JAN 24 – FEB 23, 2020 Pulitzer Prize finalist and celebrated performer Dael Orlandersmith explores the social uprising in Ferguson, Missouri following the shooting of teenager Michael Brown. Pulling from her extensive interviews with Missouri residents, Orlandersmith crafts a stunning theatrical experience.

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BEHIND SALON DOORS KICKING OFF THE L.A. WRITERS’ WORKSHOP

“WHAT’S IT LIKE TO PUNCH SOMEONE IN THE FACE?” playwright Ngozi Anyanwu asked mixed martial artist Ashlee Evans-Smith. They were sitting in the Douglas rehearsal room, where the 2019/20 L.A. Writers’ Workshop had just kicked off with its annual Salon. From a clinical psychologist and Jesuit priest to an anthropologist and African American art curator, nearly a dozen experts from around Los Angeles dropped in on the three-day event to help seven local playwrights gain insight into the subjects of the new works they’re developing with Center Theatre Group’s support.

But what is also exciting about the weekend is that the playwrights gain additional knowledge about subjects they never anticipated exploring—a phenomenon that seems to happen every year, noted Keller. He said the playwrights often end up incorporating the ideas of the experts who were invited by other members of the cohort.

“I felt that some of the topics the other experts spoke on correlated so brilliantly to my own work—and even if they didn’t have anything to do with my own work, all of them were so captivating,” said Daniel, who even thinks the On Friday, November 8, 2019, introductions and dinner conversation between Evans-Smith and Anyanwu will find welcomed the group to this artistic community. “The opening its way in her work. “Her stories about being a woman in weekend gives everyone the sense of safety and excitement the mixed martial arts world were awesome.” that promotes fearlessness and creativity. Our goal is for Anthony felt the same. “Hearing from other people’s everyone to feel valued and supported by the group,” said experts was beneficial because it sparked other story/ Associate Artistic Director/Literary Director Neel Keller. “To character possibilities for me,” said Anthony. “I know I spend a weekend together sharing meals and ideas—along have so much to synthetize and process creatively over with having wild, varied, and interesting conversations—is a great way to start the year.” Each playwright is allotted about the coming months—and that’s a good feeling to have.” an hour to lead a Q&A session with one or two experts in the The L.A. Writers’ Workshop is supported in part by the topic the playwright has chosen.

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There was no inquiry the experts couldn’t answer—for instance, in response to Anyanwu’s initial question, EvansSmith went on to explain that, for her, throwing a punch is methodical and tactical, rather than emotional.

Playwright Dionna Michelle Daniel, who is working on two plays—a theatrical revision of Uncle Tom’s Cabin and a semi-autobiographical play about family secrets—said the most “mind-blowing” thing she learned at the Salon was that New York City’s iconic nightclub, the Cotton Club, was highly segregated. Daniel also said talking with experts “made the ideas and themes of my play much more personable—it’s a much better experience to speak with the experts than scouring Google for information.”

Adelina Anthony, who is working on a sci-fi play that incorporates Nahuatl codex imagery and mexihcatl tradition, was excited to discover that there are plans to make the Florentine Codex (which translates and transcribes Aztec history) accessible online. “Speaking to my own experts made me realize the terrain I want to explore in my play are vast areas of knowing and not-knowing,” she said. “This liminal space is always attractive to me as an artist, because it’s in the shades of gray that I find affirmation of our collective humanity.”

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(Top, L–R) Playwrights Boo Killebrew, Jonathan Caren, Dionna Michelle Daniel (back), Ngozi Anyanwu, Kemp Powers (back), Kenneth Lin, and Adelina Anthony. (Bottom, L–R) Dionna Michelle Daniel, Ngozi Anyanwu, Jonathan Caren, and Kenneth Lin.

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THE POWER OF STORYTELLING

W JAN 14 – FEB 16, 2020 AHMANSON THEATRE

At Center Theatre Group, we tell stories with and for our artists, our audiences, and our community. The first three shows coming to Center Theatre Group’s stages in 2020—The Last Ship at the Ahmanson January 14, What the Constitution Means to Me at the Taper January 12, and Until the Flood at the Douglas January 24—are truly representative of the power of stories to inspire artists, change lives, and bring people together.

“I’m repaying a debt, if you like, to the community that raised me, that created me,” said Sting of The Last Ship, which tells the story of a coastal English shipbuilding town that finds its livelihood threatened. In order to write this story, “I began to go back in my life to the environment that formed me, made me who I am. I started to revisit the people I’d known in that community, the people who worked in the shipyard, the people who were my neighbors, the people who were my friends,” recalled Sting.

“I wanted to write a story about the richness and the value of community, the spirit of community.”

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The inspiration for What the Constitution Means to Me playwright Heidi Schreck also came from her past. As a teenager, she competed in American Legion debate competitions. “I decided to follow the prompt of the original contest, which was to find a personal connection between my own life and the Constitution,” Schreck told Terry Gross in a Fresh Air interview. “And in attempting to do that, I ended up writing a story about four generations of women in my family, about how the Constitution shaped their lives...and about the ways it shaped my own life.”

The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis approached Dael Orlandersmith about creating Until the Flood in the months after a white police officer shot and killed Michael Brown, an African American teenager, and Ferguson, Missouri erupted in social unrest. Orlandersmith conducted extensive interviews in Ferguson in order to write the piece. “I hope the characters reflect the different feelings and thoughts” of the community, said Orlandersmith. “That’s what my emphasis is on and that’s why I wrote it.” She added, “I don’t speak for people, I speak to people.

I’m not a politician. I hope that people are listening, and I hope it invokes a certain kind of thought and communication.

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“WE ARE TREMENDOUSLY PROUD TO HAVE THESE THREE WORKS ONSTAGE SIMULTANEOUSLY— AND TO BE BRINGING ANGELENOS TOGETHER AROUND THESE STORIES.” —Artistic Director Michael Ritchie.

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“When they say ‘Forum,’ they’re not kidding,” said actor Bernard K. Addison, who made his Taper debut in 2018’s Water by the Spoonful after attending shows as an audience member for many years. “It’s open. We all see each other; we all immerse in the storytelling that’s on the stage. It’s not an accident that great plays like Angels in America and August Wilson plays are great because of their work here.”

It doesn’t take long to figure out that the Taper is someplace special. “I come to be inspired, to be moved, to escape,” said Nayara Alexis, who has attended shows through our FreePlay program for audiences age 25 and under. “One of my favorite feelings is when I come here, right before the show starts— everybody talking, everybody’s excited to see the play, they’re reading the programs. There’s no other theatre like the Taper.”

packed up all the props that I had helped create, and we sent it to Broadway, where they used those. It’s really exciting to just be part of theatre history.”

That history includes many of the most talented theatre artists of all time. Groundbreaking plays like Angels in America and Zoot Suit made their World premieres there.

Denzel Washington, Al Pacino, and Anna Deavere Smith are among the famous faces who have trod the boards of the Taper. Playwrights including August Wilson, Suzan-Lori Parks, and Robert Schenkkan have watched previews of their new work from the audience and in the wings.

2020 is no exception, with this spring and summer featuring Heidi Schreck’s acclaimed What the Constitution Means to Me, Pulitzer Prize winner Annie Baker’s The Antipodes, and Rajiv Joseph’s World premiere production King James.

Adriana Gomez has been a Taper subscriber since 1993 in order to see works such as these. Theatre “moves one in a way to think differently, so that we can make our world a better world,” she said. “I think the theatre really is important in that way.”

Center Theatre Group Prop Director Merrianne Nedreberg has worked on many memorable shows at the Taper, but among her favorites was Pulitzer Prize finalist Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo by Rajiv Joseph (whose King James comes to the Taper this summer). Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo “was absolutely beautiful at the Taper,” said Nedreberg. “Then we

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Actor Bernard K. Addison. (Bottom, L–R) Glynn Turman, Gabriel Brown, Lillias White, Skye Barrett, and Keith David in Joe Turner’s Come and Gone. Photo by Craig Schwartz.

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LATIN HISTORY FOR MORONS Written by & Starring John Leguizamo Directed by Tony Taccone Sep 5 – Oct 20, 2019 Presented at the Ahmanson Theatre OR

THE NEW ONE Written & Performed by Mike Birbiglia Directed by Seth Barrish Oct 23 – Nov 24, 2019 Presented at the Ahmanson Theatre

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AUGUST WILSON’S JITNEY

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FOURTH SEASON PRODUCTION

WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME A Play by Heidi Schreck Directed by Oliver Butler Starring Maria Dizzia Jan 12 – Feb 23, 2020

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THE ANTIPODES

By Annie Baker Directed by Lila Neugebauer Mar 25 – Apr 26, 2020

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KING JAMES

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Oliver Butler What the Constitution Means to Me was commissioned by True Love Productions.

This production originated as part of Summerworks 2017, produced by Clubbed Thumb in partnership with True Love Productions.

West Coast premiere produced by Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Berkeley, CA, Tony Taccone, Artistic Director/Susan Medak, Managing Director.

What the Constitution Means to Me had its Off-Broadway premiere in New York City at New York Theatre Workshop, Jim Nicola, Artistic Director, Jeremy Blocker, Managing Director, 2018.

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CAST MARIA DIZZIA ROSDELY CIPRIAN MIKE IVESON JOCELYN SHEK GABRIEL MARIN JESSICA SAVAGE

ROSDELY CIPRIAN will perform Wednesday, Friday, Saturday matinee, and Sunday evening performances.

JOCELYN SHEK will perform Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday evening, and Sunday matinee performances.

Signs will be posted in the lobby should the schedule change.

UNDERSTUDIES Understudies never substitute for a listed performer unless a specific announcement is made at the time of the performance.

Understudy for Maria Dizzia—JESSICA SAVAGE Understudy for Mike Iveson—GABRIEL MARIN

INTERMISSION What the Constitution Means to Me will be performed without an intermission.

Please turn off all electronic devices such as cellular phones and watch alarms. The use of any recording device, either audio or video, and the taking of photographs, with or without flash, is strictly prohibited.

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WHO’S WHO MARIA DIZZIA (Performer). NYC: If I Forget, The Layover, Belleville (2013 Drama Desk Nomination), Uncle Vanya, In the Next Room (2010 Tony® nomination), Eurydice, and more. Film and television credits include three seasons as Polly on Orange Is the New Black, The Deuce, The Newsroom, Red Oaks, While We’re Young, Martha Marcy May Marlene, Margin Call, Horace and Pete, Christine, The Good Wife, Master of None, Louie, Vox Lux, The Neighbors’ Window (2019 Best Actress Award, Short Shorts Festival), Law & Order, and 13 Reasons Why. Upcoming: The Undoing on HBO and Homebody.

She made her directorial debut with Amios Theater’s The Loneliest Number (2018 New York Innovative Theatre Award nomination). Maria can currently be seen on ABC’s Emergence. She dedicates this performance to her father, John Paul Dizzia, Esq. ROSDELY CIPRIAN (Performer) is a sophomore in high school who lives with her mom in New York City. She made her Broadway debut this past spring in What the Constitution Means to Me. She also appeared in What the Constitution Means to Me at New York Theatre Workshop and Clubbed Thumb in New York City and the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. Rosdely graduated from Barbizon Modeling School in 2012, was an extra for the 2014 movie Annie, and also played the title role in Annie at her school in 2017. She has a passion for acting and an affinity for technology and helps her community as a Girl Scout Senior. Rosdely has participated in various summer programs and sometimes helps judge debates with her teacher Mr. Beattie. Instagram: @just.rosdely MIKE IVESON (Performer) was in the original Broadway cast of What the Constitution Means to Me. He has appeared in dozens of productions across the US and internationally, including three stints at REDCAT here in L.A. with the awardwinning Elevator Repair Service theatre company (Gatz, Arguendo, The Sound and the Fury). West End: Gatz. Off-Broadway: as Ernest Hemingway’s alter ego Jake Barnes in The Select/The Sun Also Rises, Fondly, Collette Richland (both at New York Theatre Workshop); in the recent revival of David Hare’s Plenty, Measure for Measure (both at the Public, NYC);

Everyone’s Fine with Virginia Woolf (ERS/Abrons); the Obiewinning A Beautiful Day…Great Lakes (New Georges); The World My Mama Raised (Clubbed Thumb); Crime or Emergency (PS 122). Film & TV: Orange Is the New Black, Steven Spielberg’s forthcoming West Side Story.

JOCELYN SHEK (Performer) is a high school freshman from Los Angeles who is thrilled to be performing in her first production.

She greatly enjoys theatre, having been part of her school’s improv troupe and being on stage crew in her school’s middle school play. Jocelyn has been debating since fifth grade and hopes to apply the skills she is developing in debate to promote social justice and to help bridge the political divide in America. Additionally, she is interested in STEM and has been a proud member of her schools’ robotics teams for six years.

Instagram: @jocelyn.shek GABRIEL MARIN (Understudy for Mike Iveson) has most recently been seen Off-Broadway in Then They Forgot About The Rest (INTAR). Marin has appeared in over 60 productions regionally with American Conservatory Theater, Kansas City Rep, Ensemble Theatre Company, San Francisco Playhouse, San Jose Rep, Kitchen Theatre Company, Merrimack Rep, TheatreWorks, Marin Theatre Company, Aurora Theatre Company, Magic Theatre, and Center REP, among others. He has performed on NBC, CBS, PBS, and the BBC. gabriel-marin.com JESSICA SAVAGE (Understudy for Maria Dizzia). Select theatre: The Carpenter (Alley Theatre); Thirst, The House on the Hill, Everything is Wonderful, Byhalia, Mississippi (CATF); By the Water (Manhattan Theatre Club); Kimberly Akimbo (Barrington Stage). Television: Quantico (ABC), Elementary (CBS).

Awards: The Laura Pels International Foundation for Theater Award in Acting. Training: The Juilliard School.

HEIDI SCHRECK (Playwright) is a playwright, screenwriter, and performer living in Brooklyn. Her most recent play, What the Constitution Means to Me, was named a Pulitzer Prize finalist and won the New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award for Best American Play. Schreck also received two Tony Award PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE P5

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nominations for What the Constitution Means to Me for Best Play and Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play, the 2019 Smithsonian American Ingenuity Award, the Horton Foote Playwriting Award, the Hull-Warriner Award, and an Obie. Heidi’s other plays include Grand Concourse, Creature, Mr. Universe, and There Are No More Big Secrets. Her screenwriting credits include I Love Dick, Billions, and Nurse Jackie. Schreck has taught playwriting and screenwriting at NYU, Columbia, Kenyon College, and Primary Stages.

OLIVER BUTLER (Director). Broadway: What the Constitution Means to Me. Co-Artistic Director of The Debate Society: The Light Years (Playwrights Horizons), Jacuzzi (Ars Nova), Blood Play (Bushwick Starr), Buddy Cop 2 (Ontological), Cape Disappointment (P.S. 122), You’re Welcome, The Eaten Heart, The Snow Hen, A Thought About Raya. OffBroadway: What the Constitution Means to Me (New York Theatre Workshop), Thom Pain (based on nothing) (Signature Theatre), The Amateurs (Vineyard Theatre), The Open House (Signature Theatre, Lortel Award Best Play, Obie Award Direction). Regional: The Plot (Yale Rep), The Whistleblower (Denver Center), Thom Pain (Geffen Playhouse), Legacy (Williamstown Theatre Festival), Bad Jews (Long Wharf), An Opening in Time (Hartford Stage). International: Timeshare (The Malthouse, Australia). He is a Sundance Institute Fellow and a Bill Foeller Fellow (Williamstown).

RACHEL HAUCK (Scenic Design). Broadway: What the Constitution Means to Me, Hadestown (Tony Award, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics Award nominations), John Leguizamo’s Latin History for Morons. Recent work: The Wrong Man (MCC); Hadestown (National Theatre, London, New York Theatre Workshop); Hurricane Diane (New York Theatre Workshop); Othello, Twelfth Night (Shakespeare in the Park); The Lucky Ones (Ars Nova); you’ll still call me by name (Sonya Tayeh/Jacob’s Pillow); Tiny Beautiful Things, Dry Powder (The Public); Amy and the Orphans, On the Exhale (Roundabout); Parallelogram (Second Stage); Fucking A, Night Is a Room, Our Lady of Kibeho (Signature); Animal, Harper Regan, Bluebird (Atlantic); Antlia Pneumatica, Grand Concourse (Playwrights Horizons). Princess Grace and Lilly Awards, Drama Desk and Lortel nominations, Obie Award for Sustained Excellence.

MICHAEL KRASS (Costume Design). Broadway: Tony nominations for Hadestown, Noises Off, Machinal, and The Constant Wife, plus Charlie Brown, Twelve Angry Men, Heisenberg, and new plays by Joe DiPietro, Stephen Belber,

Nicky Silver, and Elaine May. Off-Broadway work includes premieres by Edward Albee, Christopher Durang, John Guare, Theresa Rebeck, Sarah Treem, John Kander/Greg Pierce, Will Eno, Lauren Yee, Lisa Loomer, Donald Margulies, and many more. He teaches in the graduate program at Brown University.

JEN SCHRIEVER (Lighting Design). Broadway: Grand Horizons, The Lifespan of a Fact, Eclipsed, Ghetto Klown. Recent OffBroadway: Power Strip (LCT 3); A Strange Loop (Playwrights Horizons); Superhero (2ST); What the Constitution Means to Me (NYTW); Thom Pain, Night is a Room (Signature); Collective Rage, School Girls… (MCC); Usual Girls, Bobbie Clearly, On the Exhale (Roundabout); Dan Cody’s Yacht, In the Body of the World (Manhattan Theatre Club); The Amateurs (Vineyard); Strange Interlude (Transport Group); The Moors (Playwrights Realm); Eclipsed, ToasT, A Second Chance (The Public). Tour: Blue Man Group national.

Regional: NYSAF, Goodman, Berkeley Rep, A.R.T., OSF, Goodspeed, Studio Theatre, Shakespeare Theatre, Woolly Mammoth, South Coast Rep, and Williamstown. Opera: Die Fledermaus, The Pearl Fishers (Metropolitan); Faust, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, La Traviata (Mariinsky, Russia); The Pearl Fishers (English National Opera). Adjunct Professor: Purchase College. jenschriever.com SINAN REFIK ZAFAR (Sound Design) is a New York-based sound designer and composer. Broadway: What the Constitution Means to Me. Off-Broadway: Noura (The Guthrie), Seared (MCC), The Vagrant Trilogy (The Public), Novenas for a Lost Hospital (Rattlestick), What the Constitution Means to Me (NYTW, Berkeley Rep, Clubbed Thumb), What to Send Up When It Goes Down (Woolly Mammoth, A.R.T), And She Would Stand Like This (The Movement Theatre Company), Hamlet (Waterwell), Intelligence (Next Door @ NYTW), Richard in 49 Poses (Clubbed Thumb). Regional: A Human Being, of a Sort (Williamstown Theatre Festival); The Niceties (Geva Theatre Center); The Language Archive (Theatreworks Silicon Valley); Jump (PlayMakers Rep); peerless (Yale Repertory Theatre); The Wolves, Detroit, Intimate Apparel (TheatreSquared); We are Proud to Present… (Yale Dramat); Midsummer (Tiltyard); Macbeth (dir. Will Frears). Wingspace.

MFA: Yale School of Drama. sinanzafar.com SARAH LUNNIE (Dramaturg). Broadway: Grand Horizons, What the Constitution Means to Me (also NYTW, Clubbed Thumb), Hillary and Clinton, A Doll’s House, Part 2. OffBroadway: The Thin Place (Playwrights Horizons), Mrs. Murray’s Menagerie (Ars Nova), Miles for Mary (Playwrights,

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Bushwick Starr). New York: The Essential Straight & Narrow (New Ohio), Samuel & Alasdair: A Personal History of the Robot War (New Ohio, The Brick). Regional: Shipwreck (Woolly Mammoth), Human Error (Denver Center), Humana Festival premieres of Where the Mountain Meets the Sea, The Christians, The Hour of Feeling, O Guru Guru Guru, Sleep Rock Thy Brain, Death Tax, and Under Construction.

TATIANA PANDIANI (Associate Director) is an Argentine director/choreographer. Recent development work: When My Mama was a Hittite (Park Theatre, London), Torera (Long Wharf, CT), Cristina (Cleveland Play House), Dike (Urbanite Theatre, FL). Tatiana directed the international tour of Le Negrophilie (Barbados, Rwanda, Uganda). Upcoming: Azul Otra Vez [A New Bilingual Musical]. Fellowships: NYTW 2050, NDF O’Neill Center. Tatiana is an Associate Artist at Miami New Drama and a professor at Hofstra University and the Atlantic Theater Company. MFA: Columbia. tatianapandiani.com TAYLOR WILLIAMS, CSA (Casting). Broadway: What the Constitution Means to Me (NYTW, Barrow Street, Broadway) and Jeremy O. Harris’ Slave Play (NYTW, Broadway). Taylor is the Resident Casting Director at New York Theatre Workshop and Page 73 Productions. She has cast various productions in NYC and around the country.

Notable productions include Daniel Fish’s Oklahoma!

(Fisher Center at Bard), Aleshea Harris’ Is God Is (Soho Rep), Amy Herzog’s Mary Jane (NYTW), Lucas Hnath’s The Thin Place (Humana Festival, ATL). Upcoming: Martyna Majok’s Sanctuary City (NYTW), Sam Gold’s Three Sisters (NYTW), Whitney White’s The Amen Corner (Shakespeare Theatre, DC).

NICOLE OLSON (Production Stage Manager). National tours: Waitress, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, The Phantom of the Opera, Jersey Boys, Billy Elliot, Irving Berlin’s White Christmas. Regional: San Jose Repertory (six seasons including By the Bog of Cats with Holly Hunter), TheatreWorks, Working (Broadway Playhouse-Chicago).

BA: theatre, Univ. of Southern California.

TERRI K. KOHLER (Stage Manager). Broadway: What the Constitution Means to Me. Off-Broadway: Constitution…, The House That Will Not Stand, Red Speedo, Scenes from a Marriage, Belleville (NYTW); Fairview, Futurity, We are Proud...

(Soho Rep); In the Blood, The Death of the Last Black Man..., Fabulation, Cheri (Signature); Pretty Filthy, In the Footprint,

Paris Commune (Civilians). NYTW Usual Suspect; Associate Artist, The Civilians.

MICHAEL CAMP (Company Manager) is very honored to be a part of this important show. Michael has traveled the world with such shows as Wicked, Jersey Boys, Fun Home, Riverdance, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, and Forbidden Broadway.

BETHANY WEINSTEIN STEWERT (Production Management).

Most recently on Broadway: What the Constitution Means to Me, Torch Song, Lobby Hero, and Straight White Men. Bethany has production managed at Aurora Productions, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Manhattan Theatre Club, Atlantic Theater Company, and Second Stage Theater.

She is the founder of Stewert Productions, LLC. MEP (General Management) is a producing, developing, and management company founded by Avram Freedberg, Mary Beth Dale, and Eva Price, and is joined by Managing Director/General Manager Carl Flanigan. Select credits: Jitney (national tour), The Hip Hop Nutcracker, Cruel Intentions: The ’90s Musical, Small Mouth Sounds, The Lion, 50 Shades! The Musical, Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons on Broadway!, Colin Quinn Long Story Short directed by Jerry Seinfeld. maximumcompany.com 321 THEATRICAL MANAGEMENT (General Management Consultants). Wicked (worldwide), SpongeBob SquarePants, War Paint, Oh, Hello, Fully Committed, Fun Home, If/Then, Peter and the Starcatcher, Bring It On, Sister Act, Traces, Next to Normal, …Spelling Bee, The Vagina Monologues, Man of La Mancha, The Graduate, I Love You, You’re Perfect…, and Bat Boy. 321 includes Marcia Goldberg, Nina Essman, Nancy Gibbs, Ken Silverman, and Amy Merlino Coey.

DIANA DiMENNA (Producer). Tony-nominated producer, award-winning documentary filmmaker. Broadway: Network, Three Tall Women, Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812, Bright Star, A Doll’s House, Part 2, Meteor Shower, The Iceman Cometh, and The Humans (national tour). OffBroadway: Fleabag, Black Light. Film: Restless Creature: Wendy Whelan (Chita Rivera Award for excellence in dance on film).

AARON GLICK (Producer). Producing credits include & Juliet (West End), The Boys in the Band (Tony Award Best PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE P7

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the epidemics of discrimination, racism, and violence, and Revival), Fully Committed, Gypsy (West End, Olivier Award who are working to build a more equitable and just society.

Best Revival), The Old Man and The Old Moon, Abraham We believe a new exemplar of profit and purpose is due.

Lincoln’s Big Gay Dance Party. Aaron is an associate Join us levelforward.co. producer with David Stone and has worked on such shows as Three Days of Rain, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Wicked, Next to Normal, If/Then, and War Paint. MADELEINE FOSTER BERSIN (Producer) is a producer and dramaturg. Broadway: What the Constitution… (Tony Aaron is on the Board of the Musical Theatre Factory, a graduate of Marymount Manhattan College, and the recipient nomination), The Inheritance. Off-Broadway: House Plant, 1969: The Second Man (Next Door @ NYTW). As line of Hal Prince’s T Fellowship. producer, projects with A$AP Rocky, A.R.T., BAM, NYTW, and The TEAM. fosterbersin.org MATT ROSS (Producer) produced the Tony-nominated Broadway engagement of Heidi Schreck’s What the MYLA LERNER (Producer). Broadway: Produced 10 plays Constitution Means to Me. Prior producing credits include in the last decade, notably What the Constitution Means to the Tony Award-nominated productions of Natasha, Pierre Me (Tony nominee), Pippin (2013 Tony Award), Glengarry & The Great Comet of 1812 and On the Town. He has been Glen Ross, Hair (national/London tour). Board Chair, Lean a press agent since 2005, representing more than 30 Ensemble Theater. Trustee, National Council, Theatre Broadway and 100 Off-Broadway productions. In 2014, he Communications Group. founded Matt Ross Public Relations, which represents a wide array of theatrical institutions and productions. He JON BIERMAN (Producer). Producing: What the Constitution serves on the board of the Association of Theatrical Press Means to Me (Tony nominee), The Gin Game, Love Letters, Agents and Managers (ATPAM) and the Brooklyn-based Finian’s Rainbow (Tony nominee). Advertising: over 250 theatre company The TEAM. Love and gratitude to Alyssa productions including Proof, Driving Miss Daisy, The Last and Sydney.

Night of Ballyhoo, Glengarry Glen Ross. Photography: jonbierman.com.

EVA PRICE (Producer) is a three-time Tony Award-winning producer. Credits: Jagged Little Pill (A.R.T., Broadway), JENNA SEGAL (Producer). Jenna Segal/Segal NYC supports Oklahoma! (Best Musical Revival), Tina: The Tina Turner female-led artistic projects in theatre, film, and TV (or Musical, Angels in America (Tony-winning revival starring whatever you call it!). Broadway: Hadestown, What the Nathan Lane and Andrew Garfield), Dear Evan Hansen (six Constitution Means to Me, Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Tony Awards including Best Musical), On Your Feet!, Peter Gigi. Off-Broadway: What We’re Up Against, Gloria, Small and the Starcatcher (five Tony Awards), Frankie Valli and the Mouth Sounds.

Four Seasons on Broadway!, Colin Quinn: Long Story Short (directed by Jerry Seinfeld), Annie (Tony-nominated revival), CATHERINE MARKOWITZ (Producer). Credits include What The Merchant of Venice starring Al Pacino (Tony-nominated revival), Carrie Fisher’s Wishful Drinking, The Addams Family, the Constitution Means to Me (Broadway), Our Dear Dead Drug Lord (Off-Broadway). So proud and thrilled to be on Cruel Intentions: The ’90s Musical, The Lion, Small Mouth the producing team for this incredible show! Grateful to Sounds, The Hip Hop Nutcracker with rap icon Kurtis Blow, the whole team, family, friends, and especially Dan. The Magic School Bus Live! The Climate Challenge, Ella.

LEVEL FORWARD (Producer) is building a reshaped entertainment ecosystem, driven by creative excellence in pursuit of equity & economic transformation. Our team develops, produces, finances, and distributes storytelling on screens and stages of all sizes to create work that is resonant, purposeful, and unexpected. Current Broadway productions include Slave Play, Jagged Little Pill, and the Tony-winning Oklahoma!, as well as films The Assistant, Topside, and Holler, and therottenappl.es service. Our impact model supports community change organizations confronting

JANA SHEA (Producer) is Executive Producer and cofounder of Seaview Productions, a Tony- and Olivier Award-winning Broadway and Off-Broadway production company. Additionally, Jana is a Board Member of Women Moving Millions.

MALEY-STOLBUN-SUSSMAN (Producers). Broadway: What the Constitution Means to Me. In development: Love in Hate Nation. Jenn Maley and Cori Stolbun are producers on Be More Chill and Reunion. Maley: Indecent (Tony

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nomination). Rachel Sussman: The Woodsman (Obie Award).

Visit jennmaley.com, coristolbun.com, and rachel-sussman. com for more.

REBECCA GOLD (Producer). In honor of her daughters, Rebecca is proud to be part of this timely and significant production. A multi-award-winning producer on Broadway (Porgy and Bess) and Off-Broadway (Sleep No More), she is a champion of not-for-profit theatre.

JOSE ANTONIO VARGAS (Producer) is the founder of Define American, a culture change nonprofit. A Pulitzer Prizewinning journalist and Emmy-nominated filmmaker, he is the author of Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen. More info on joseantoniovargas.com.

CORNICE PRODUCTIONS (Producer) is the Tony Awardwinning partnership of Eric Cornell and Jack Sennott.

They are currently represented on Broadway with To Kill a Mockingbird. Other recent: Oklahoma!, Anastasia, Lifespan of a Fact, Waitress (UK), A Christmas Carol. Upcoming: Anne of Green Gables.

LASSEN WYSE BALSAM (Producer). Cody Lassen, Alex Wyse & Craig Balsam are thrilled to be a part of bringing this incredible show to audiences everywhere. Current and upcoming credits include How I Learned To Drive, Hadestown, Titanic, Alice By Heart, The Band’s Visit, Indecent. LassenWyseBalsam.com NEDERLANDER PRESENTATIONS (Pro­du­cer) is a production division of the multinational theatrical entities owned by James L. Nederlander. Prominent for three generations in management and operation of theatres and productions of distinguished entertainment, they have produced innumerable plays, musicals, operas, ballets, and concerts.

KATE LEAR (Producer). Honored to support this important show. Credits include Catch Me If You Can and Of Mice and Men. SL THEATRICALS (Associate Producer). Benjamin Simpson and Joseph Longthorne. Off-Broadway: Our Dear Dead Drug Lord (WP Theater). Broadway: The Band’s Visit, Waitress, Oh, Hello. Grateful to work alongside Team Constitution! sltheatricals.com DANIEL RAKOWSKI (Associate Producer). Previously on Broadway: The Great Comet and On The Town. Thank you to my family and to Matt Ross for this opportunity.

CLUBBED THUMB (Producer) commissions, develops, and produces funny, strange, and provocative new plays by living American writers. Clubbed Thumb is a groundbreaker with a precise curatorial vision and a remarkable track record for launching artists’ careers; and an incubator, nurturing plays, collaborations, and artists through thoughtfully deployed resources, opportunities, mentorship, and hospitality. In 24 seasons the company has produced the NYC or professional premieres of Clare Barron, Sarah Ruhl, Tanya Saracho, Lisa D’Amour, Will Arbery, and many others. Clubbedthumb.org TRUE LOVE PRODUCTIONS (Producer). Jeanne Donovan Fisher and Laurie Gilmore. Select projects: King Lear, To Kill a Mockingbird, Sweat, Bright Star, Skylight, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder, Fela!, Norman Conquests, Well, Medea, True Love, Shockheaded Peter, Coraline, and Sleep No More. Run by Tom Cole, The New Play Commissioning Program gives established playwrights the opportunity to create original, new work, free of commercial constraints.

Recent artists: Jorge Ignacio Cortiñas, Sheila Callaghan, and Craig Lucas.

NEW YORK THEATRE WORKSHOP (Producer) empowers visionary theatre-makers and brings their work to adventurous audiences through productions, artist workshops, community engagement, and educational programs. NYTW nurtures pioneering new writers alongside powerhouse playwrights, engages inimitable genre-shaping directors, and supports emerging artists in the earliest days of their careers. NYTW has mounted over 150 productions from artists whose work has shaped our very idea of what theatre can be, including Rent, Homebody/Kabul, A Number, Peter and the Starcatcher, Once, Mary Jane, Lazarus, Slave Play, and Hadestown.

The ACLU is an organization of people who believe in the power of action. Whether in the courts, statehouses, or Congress, we fight to defend the rights that the Constitution guarantees to all of us—regardless of who we are, where we come from, whom we love, or what we believe. We’re evolving from an organization of lawyers and advocates into a larger coalition of people fighting for what’s right together—for all of us. We seek to be the place where people can come, no matter their political affiliation, to take action.

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CENTER THEATRE GROUP MICHAEL RITCHIE (Artistic Director) is in his 15TH season as Center Theatre Group’s Artistic Director, and has led over 200 productions to the Ahmanson Theatre, Mark Taper Forum, and Kirk Douglas Theatre stages, including the premieres of six musicals that moved to Broadway— The Drowsy Chaperone, Curtains, 13, 9 to 5: The Musical, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, and Leap of Faith—and the Pulitzer Prize in Drama finalist Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo. MEGHAN PRESSMAN (Managing Director) joined Center Theatre Group as Managing Director in 2019. Previously, she served as Managing Director of Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company (D.C.), Director of Development for Signature Theatre (N.Y.), and Associate Managing Director of Berkeley Rep, in addition to working at numerous other theatre and arts organizations across the country. She is the Vice-Chair of the National Board for the Theatre Communications Group (TCG).

DOUGLAS C. BAKER (Producing Director) is now in his 30TH season at Center Theatre Group. He is an active member of the Broadway League, the Independent Presenters Network, and is a proud member of the Association of Theatrical Press Agents and Managers. In May 2013, Doug received the Broadway League’s prestigious Outstanding Achievement in Presenter Management Award.

LINDSAY ALLBAUGH (Associate Artistic Director) is a member of Center Theatre Group’s artistic staff and has served in varying capacities for the past 15 years.

Selected producing credits include— Mark Taper Forum: Archduke, Bent, What the Butler Saw, Steward of Christendom, Waiting for Godot; Kirk Douglas Theatre: Block Party, Big Night, Good Grief, Vicuña, Throw Me On the Burnpile and Light Me Up, Endgame, Women Laughing Alone With Salad, Chavez Ravine, Race, different words for the same thing, The Nether. Co-Artistic Director of the Elephant Theatre 2004–2014.

NAUSICA STERGIOU (General Manager) has worked supporting artists in theatres of all shapes, sizes, and locales including Center Theatre Group as General Manager and, previously, as Audience Development Director. She oversees productions at the Taper and Douglas, as well as new play commissions and developmental productions. Nausica has taught at USC’s School of Dramatic Arts and works with local nonprofits including Hollywood Orchard.

GORDON DAVIDSON (Founding Artistic Director) led the Taper throughout its first 38 seasons, guiding over 300 productions to its stage and winning countless awards for himself and the theatre—including the Tony Award for theatrical excellence, Margo Jones Award, The Governor’s Award for the Arts, and a Guggenheim fellowship. The Kentucky Cycle and Angels in America (Part One) won the Pulitzer in consecutive years and, in 1994, three of the four plays nominated for the Tony Award for Best Play were from the Taper (Angels in America won). In 1989, Gordon took over the Ahmanson and, in 2004, he produced the inaugural season in the Kirk Douglas Theatre.

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ADDITIONAL STAFF FOR WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME Tour Opening Night: January 17, 2020 Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles, CA

GENERAL MANAGEMENT MEP Eva Price Carl Flanigan Josh Altman John Albert Harris Avram Freedberg Mary Beth Dale COMPANY MANAGER Michael Camp EXCLUSIVE TOUR DIRECTION BOND THEATRICAL GROUP bondtheatrical.com TOUR BOOKING Temah Higgins Mollie Mann Wendy Roberts Brittany Halberstadt Madison St. Amour Evan Millican MARKETING & PUBLICITY DIRECTION DJ Martin Marc Viscardi Nicholas Jaech Phillip Aleman Meredyth Davis Jo Manley Trish McKeon Nicole Musto Cyndi Putnam Benjamin Nissen Tori Viggiano NATIONAL PRESS REPRESENTATIVE MATT ROSS PUBLIC RELATIONS Matt Ross Nicole Capatasto Claire Wojciechowski Sarah Sgro Liz Lombardi LEGAL COUNSEL NEVIN LAW GROUP PLLC Doug Nevin Dan Haley Janine Beach PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT STEWERT PRODUCTIONS Bethany Weinstein Stewert Jasen Miyamoto PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER............................................................Nicole Olson Stage Manager...................................................................................... Terri K. Kohler Associate Director..............................................................................Tatiana Pandiani Associate Scenic Designer.........................................................Lawrence E. Moten III Assistant Scenic Designer............................................................. Jessie Bonaventure Associate Costume Designer................................................................Siena Zoë Allen Associate Lighting Designers......................................... David Shocket, Greg Solomon Associate Sound Designer...................................................................... Josh Samuels Touring Technical Director.....................................................................Shane Cassidy Casting Assistant .......................................................................................Lizi Latimer Child Guardians.....................................................Kate Solomon-Tilley, Cuteyia Tatum Banking.............................................................Signature Bank/Margaret M. Monigan Insurance............................................................................ Owens Group/Bob Owens Payroll........................................................................................Checks and Balances Finance Director............................................................................... KeriAnne Murphy Accountant...................................................WithumSmith+Brown/Robert Fried, CPA, ............................................................ Karen Kowgios, CPA, Anthony W. Moore, CPA Dramaturg............................................................................................... Sarah Lunnie Vocal Coaches............................................................... Dawn-Elin Fraser, Gigi Bolden Debate Coaches..................................................Erin Szczechowski, Aaron Marquette Fact Checker and Researcher................................................................. Sanaz Toossi

Assistant to the Author/Artistic Consultant..................................................Molly Paige Production Assistants.......................................................Cara Kienitz, Michael Garcia Additional Material.............................................................................. Danny Wolohan Production Photographer.........................................................................Joan Marcus Housing/Travel...........................................................................................Road Rebel Tutoring.................................................................................... On Location Education Trucking................................................................................................. Clark Transfer CREDITS Scenic items fabricated by PRG-Scenic Technologies, a division of Production Resource Group LLC New Windsor, NY. Sound equipment provided by Masque Sound.

Additional scenic pieces fabricated by Scenic Highlights.

CONSTITUCIÓN DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS EN ESPAÑOL Para leer la Constitución de los Estados Unidos en español, visite constitutioncenter.org/learn/educational-resources/historical-documents/ the-constitution-of-the-united-states-html-en-espanol SPECIAL THANKS David Stone, Andy Jones, Jordan Roth, Nicole Kastrinos, Maria Goyanes, Norman Lear, Sherry Chastain Schreck & Larry Schreck, Kip Fagan, Carlo Steinman, Gloria Steinem, William Araiza, Wisdom Kunitz, Anaya Matthews, Didi O’Connell, Morgan Gould, Sue Jean Kim, Arabella Powell, Noah Silva, The Gilder Lehrman Institute, Fractured Atlas, ASCAP, BMI, ERA Coalition, ACLU, American Legion James E. Coffey Post 3, American Legion Post 1, American Legion Memorial Post 71, American Legion Post 398, The American Legion Department of Illinois, Margaret Skoglund, Danielle Karliner Naish, Second Stage Theater, Helen Hayes Theater.

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The Actors and Stage Managers employed in this production are members of Actors’ Equity Association. This theatre operates under an agreement between the League of Resident Theatres and Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

The following employees are represented by the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Moving Picture Machine Operators, Artists and Allied Crafts of the United States, its Territories and Canada, AFL-CIO, CLC: Stage Crew Local 33; Local Treasurers and Ticket Sellers Local 857; Wardrobe Crew Local 768; Makeup Artists and Hair Stylists Local 706.

The scenic, costume, lighting, and sound designers in LORT Theatres are represented by United Scenic Artists, Local USA-829.

The Director is a member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, Inc., an independent national labor union.

The Press Agents and House Managers employed in this production are represented by the Association of Theatrical Press Agents & Managers.

Center Theatre Group is a member of the League of Resident Theatres (LORT), the American Arts Alliance, the Broadway League, Independent Producers’ Network (IPN), LA Stage Alliance, National Alliance for Musical Theatre (NAMT) and the Theatre Communications Group (TCG).

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Fifteen , a photo essay Edited by Victoria Myers, excerpted from The Interval

“One of the things that I’m also hoping to do is I want to open up a nonprofit, kind of like the one that I’m already in… [which] uses photography for girls like me who want to either get into photography as a business, or who just like to use it as a tool for their creativity and for their mental health. I’m not entirely sure how to go about it, but what I want to do is I want to use all types of art, and I want to use it to help the children in the neighborhood, because that’s where I grew up and I want to come back to my community and help them do the same thing that I was able to do.”

Fabiola Lopez, age 18, photographed in front of a church by the nonprofit where she works in the Lincoln Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. Photograph by Rikki Wright.

“I imagine I’ll be in college and that I’ll be in California, because I want to study for performing arts. I want to be in a dorm over there. If my life is going good, then maybe sometimes I could come and visit and tell my family to come with me [to California] for a bit and then bring them back.”

Maria Mejia, age 13, photographed in her grandmother’s front yard in Mendanles, New Mexico. Photograph by Melanie Metz.

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What the Constitution Means to Me opens with Heidi Schreck traveling back in time to her 15-year-old self, trying to recall the award-winning speech she gave in the American Legion Oratorical Contest.

Inspired by What the Constitution Means to Me, Victoria Myers of the theatre publication The Interval asked 15 photographers from around the country to photograph teenagers in their communities ranging in age from 13 to 20. Each photographer chose their own subject and submitted work reflective of their point of view. They then asked all the teens, “What do you imagine your life will be like in 15 years?”

Below are a few of the photos and excerpts from the text.

“I see myself, hopefully, being done with school. I really want to go into psychology and eventually become a doctor. And with that I want to advocate for LGBTQ+ rights— medical and healthcare rights. I feel like it’s my duty, growing up and knowing people in that community and loving people in that community, to do what I can. And I think it would be a really great way to bridge my passion for activism with my interests in medicine and science.”

Samm Yu, age 16, photographed at the Pappajohn Sculpture Park in Des Moines, Iowa. Photograph by Meanz Chan.

“In 15 years I think I see myself post-transition.

I also want to really become a film director at that point. I hope in 15 years I’ll be happy with the way everything’s turned out.”

Chaya Michaels, age 16, photographed in their bedroom in Manhattan, New York. Photograph by Marisa Chafetz.

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“I see myself in 15 years being emotionally stable for others around me, as well as myself, and financially stable. I see myself on the billboards in Hollywood [as a model], and I also see myself in magazines like Vanity Fair, Vogue. I see myself in New York. I want to be involved in motivating other models, and giving them an example of what expressive creativity looks like, and just adding to the greatness that’s already been out there. I just want to be a part of it.”

Autumn Long, age 18, photographed in her bedroom in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Photograph by Lauren Woods.

“I guess I just see myself still figuring stuff out, and writing, hopefully. Writing is the goal.

Writing plays. When I was younger, I was like, ‘When I turn 20 years old, I’m going to go eat lunch at this exact time, and go to this exact school.’ But then things changed. I was like, ‘Oh, that’s probably not going to happen for me.’ I’m just excited to see how things have changed in 15 years.”

Ariana Ghafouri, age 16, photographed in her backyard in Great Falls, Virginia. Photograph by Rosie Brock.

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“I see myself as spiritually and happily grounded. Because at this time, I’m still figuring out who I am, and working on my identity. I hope in 15 years, I’ll be definitely grounded and know who I am, or who exactly I really want to be. I don’t think I’ll leave New York City. I was born and raised here, so I definitely think I’ll be in New York City in 15 years. And I do think I’ll still be creating art. I don’t know what it’ll transform to be in 15 years, but it’ll still be art. It will be something bigger, better. Because you can only go up from here.”

Mayana Nell, age 19, photographed in a park by her apartment in Brooklyn, New York. Photograph by Miranda Barnes.

“I want to keep meeting new people and be really close to my friends and family and have that be a priority in my life still. I also don’t want to be set on one thing, like being an illustrator and writer because I have been kind of all over the place, like in ballet and then other things, so I want to be openminded. Maybe there’s something else that I would be even more passionate about or interested in or equally passionate about and that I don’t really know right now, but in 15 years I will.”

Ava Mayer, age 20, photographed in front of her mother’s new house in Bovina Center, New York. Photograph by Tess Mayer.

See all 15 photographs and read the teenagers’ answers in full at theintervalny.com/features/2019/06/fifteen-a-photo-essay/.

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MICHAEL RITCHIE ♦ Artistic Director | MEGHAN PRESSMAN Managing Director | DOUGLAS C. BAKER♦ Producing Director GORDON DAVIDSON Founding Artistic Director Center Theatre Group would like to thank its exceptional staff for their ongoing commitment, dedication, and extraordinary efforts.

ARTISTIC LINDSAY ALLBAUGH♦.................................................. Associate Artistic Director NEEL KELLER♦................................. Associate Artistic Director/Literary Director KELLEY KIRKPATRICK♦............................................... Associate Artistic Director PATRICIA GARZA♦ ..................................Line Producer, Special Artistic Projects MICHAEL DONOVAN CASTING................................................Casting Consultant SUZANNE HEE MAYBERRY .................................................Casting Coordinator TIFFANY SLAGLE ...................................................................... Literary Assistant MATTHEW BOURNE, DANAI GURIRA, ANNA D. SHAPIRO ......................................................................Associate Artists KRISTINA WONG..............................................Sherwood Award Recipient, 2019 EDUCATION, ENGAGEMENT, AND COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS KATHRYN MACKENZIE ................................................ Director of Administration TYRONE DAVIS.....................................................Audience Engagement Director TRACI KWON♦................................................. Arts Education Initiatives Director JESUS REYES ♦.................................................Community Partnerships Director CAMILLE SCHENKKAN..................................Next Generation Initiatives Director CARLA JACKSON....................................................................... Program Manager JAQUELYN JOHNSON...........................................Audience Engagement Manager FELIPE M. SANCHEZ............................................................Emerging Artists and Arts Professionals Program Manager ESTELA GARCIA............................................................. Resident Teaching Artist DEBRA PIVER................................................................. Resident Teaching Artist

OPERATIONS DAWN HOLISKI♦........................................... Director of Operations and Facilities PETER WYLIE........................................................................ Operations Manager ELIZABETH LEONARD................................................... Senior Facilities Manager MAX OKEN................................................................................ Facilities Manager SONDRA MAYER♦..........................Concessions Manager (Kirk Douglas Theatre) PRECIOUS ALFARO........................................................... Operations Coordinator NIKI ARMATO........................................................................... Facilities Assistant JULIO A. CUELLAR♦................................................................. Facilities Assistant CURT GAVIN, JOE HALLAM, IRUNGU MUTU................................................Drivers FINANCE, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, AND HUMAN RESOURCES CHERYL SHEPHERD...........................................................Chief Financial Officer SARAH STURDIVANT.................................... Director of Finance and Technology SUZANNE BROWN.................................................................................. Controller DANNY LAMPSON OPSTAD♦.................................................Accounting Manager NAKISA ASCHTIANI......................................................... Senior Staff Accountant XOCHITL RAMIREZ.................................................. Accounts Payable Supervisor KERRY LARICK.....................................................................Accounting Assistant JESSICA HERNANDEZ................................................................. Payroll Manager JUAN MARTINEZ......................................................................... Payroll Specialist TOM MEGALE................................................... Director of Business Applications JANELLE CABRERA TORRES..................... Senior Tessitura & Web Administrator MICHAEL J PALERMO JR.................................................. Systems Administrator CHIMA OMEAKU......................................................................Help Desk Support

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PRODUCTION JOE HAMLIN♦...................................................................... Director of Production KRYSTIN MATSUMOTO.......................................................... Production Manager CHRISTOPHER REARDON......................................................Production Manager KATIE CHEN...........................................................Assistant Production Manager ERIN TIFFANY........................................................Assistant Production Manager ERICA LARSON..................................................................Production Coordinator SHAWN ANDERSON♦.................................. Head Carpenter (Ahmanson Theatre) SCOTT LUCAS...........................................Head Properties (Ahmanson Theatre) JAMES WRIGHT.......................................... Head Electrician (Ahmanson Theatre) ROBERT SMITH♦................................................Head Sound (Ahmanson Theatre) SHANE ANDERSON............................................Head Flyrail (Ahmanson Theatre) MICHAEL GARDNER♦........................ Wardrobe Supervisor (Ahmanson Theatre) MARY WARDE......................................................... Hair and Make-up Supervisor .............................................................................................. (Ahmanson Theatre) CHRISTINE L. COX♦.....................................House Manager (Ahmanson Theatre) EMMET KAISER............................................Head Carpenter (Mark Taper Forum) MARY ROMERO........................................... Head Properties (Mark Taper Forum) AARON STAUBACH♦....................................Head Electrician (Mark Taper Forum) BONES MALONE♦.............................................. Head Sound (Mark Taper Forum) DENNIS SEETOO♦................................ Wardrobe Supervisor (Mark Taper Forum) RICK GEYER♦............................. Hair & Make-up Supervisor (Mark Taper Forum) LINDA WALKER♦ ......................................... House Manager (Mark Taper Forum) ADAM PHALEN♦ ............................................ Head Audio (Kirk Douglas Theatre) SEAN MEYER .......................................Head Electrician (Kirk Douglas Theatre) CAMBRIA CHICHI............................Wardrobe Supervisor (Kirk Douglas Theatre) BEN GRAY..............................................Stage Supervisor (Kirk Douglas Theatre)

INSTITUTIONAL ADVANCEMENT YVONNE CARLSON BELL♦.........................Director of Institutional Advancement TYLER ENNIS................................ Deputy Director of Institutional Advancement JASON CABRAL....................... Director of Advancement Operations & Analytics LOUIE ANCHONDO............................... Director of Events & Corporate Relations ASHLEY TIERNEY.......................................................Director of the Annual Fund TERRA GOULDEN..........................................................Senior Major Gifts Officer LAURA HITE............................Associate Director of Gift Operations & Reporting NIKKI MICHELA................................... Associate Director of Institutional Grants MANDI OR♦...................................................Associate Director of Special Events RYAN WAGNER...............................................Associate Director of Donor Data & .......................................................................................Communication Strategy VANESSA WHEELER..............................Associate Director of Prospect Research MOLLY COTTEN........................................................................ Major Gifts Officer SARAH RIDDLE..................................................................Annual Fund Manager ELIZABETH DELLORUSSO...................................................... Annual Fund Officer DONALD JOLLY♦.................................. Advancement Communications Specialist PAULA MATALLANA.............................................................................Grant Writer PAUL MERCADO......................................................... Special Events Coordinator EDUARDO MOLLINEDO-PIÑÓN.......................... Advancement Database Analyst MIKE RATTERMAN........................................................ Donor Advisor Supervisor ERIC SEPPALA................................................Executive Assistant to the Director ................................................................................of Institutional Advancement OLIVIA BERUMEN......................................... Advancement Operations Associate SOHINI RISAM............................................ Institutional Advancement Assistant AL BERMAN♦, VARTAN MERJANIAN, BENJAMIN SCHWARTZ, NICOLE SCIPIONE, PAUL VITAGLIANO...........................................Donor Advisors KARLA GALVEZ♦, JUSTINE PEREZ♦............................. Donor Services Associates MURRAY E. HELTZER, EARL KLASKY.............................Development Volunteers

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MARKETING DEBORAH WARREN..............................................................Director of Marketing GARRETT COLLINS.................................................... Marketing Strategy Director KYLE HALL...................................................................................Creative Director KIYOMI EMI♦.............................Senior Marketing Manager, Promotions & Events EMYLI GUDMUNDSON....................Senior Marketing Manager, Creative Content MARIN ROBINSON............................................Senior Marketing Manager, Media MIMI RIOS..........................................................................Marketing Coordinator CAROLINE THOMPSON/IMPACT 123............................................ Media Planning DEANNA McCLURE........................................................... Art and Design Director IRENE T. KANESHIRO♦..................................................... Senior Design Manager SANDI SILBERT............................................................................ Senior Designer TARA NITZ.....................................................................................Senior Designer JAVIER VASQUEZ............................................. Senior Designer-Digital Specialist COMMUNICATIONS JAMES SIMS..............................................................Director of Communications JASON MARTIN♦......................................................................... Head of Publicity KRISTI AVILA............................................................................................ Publicist KAREN BACELLAR.........................................................................Junior Publicist SARAH ROTHBARD.....................................................Associate Editorial Director TYLER EMERSON............................................................Digital Product Manager MICAELA CUMMINGS........................................................Social Media Specialist SYDNEY SWEENEY.................................................. Communications Coordinator HAL BANFIELD......................................................................Multimedia Producer TICKET SALES AND SERVICES SHAWN ROBERTSON♦.......................................................... Ticket Sales Director SKYPP CABANAS ♦.......................................... Senior Manager, Ticket Operations NICOLE MEDINA.....................................................Ticket Operations Coordinator MICHAEL ZOLDESSY............................................Senior Manager, Account Sales SANDY CZUBIAK♦.......................................................... Audience and Subscriber ....................................................................................................Services Director JENNIFER BAKER♦, CHERYL HAWKER♦, RICHARD RAGSDALE♦......................................... Audience Services Supervisors ALICE CHEN♦................................................ Audience Services Asst. Supervisor MICHAEL ESPINOZA, GARY HOLLAND....... Audience Services Sales Associates SAM AARON♦, JESSICA ABROMAVICH, KIMBERLY ARENCIBIA, VICKI BERNDT, DAVID BETANCOURT, ALEJANDRA DE PAZ, JONATHAN FLORES, KAITLYN GALVEZ, ANASTASHIA GARCIA, ELIANA HERNANDEZ-FAUSTO, CHRISTINE PEDROZA, EILEEN PEREZ, CHRISTIAN UNGER..............Audience Services Representatives DANUTA SIEMAK♦............................................... Subscriber Services Supervisor CHRISTINA GUTIERREZ♦ .......................... Subscriber Services Asst. Supervisor IRENE CHUANG♦, LIGIA PISTE♦, PETER STALOCH♦...............Subscriber Services ..........................................................................................Senior Representatives SARAH K. GONTA♦ ................................................................ Box Office Treasurer ANGELICA CARBAJAL♦, MICHAEL VALLE♦........................... Assistant Treasurers KEANA JACKSON, MICHAEL KEMPISTY♦, KEVIN LAUVER, CRIS SPACCA..................................................... Box Office Staff KERRY KORF♦................................................................ Priority Services Director CANDICE WALTERS................................. Priority Services Senior Sales Manager PAUL CUEN♦, KRISTEN SCHRASS.............................. Priority Services Managers SOFIJA DUTCHER......................................Priority Services Assistant Supervisor ................................................................................................................................

BEALENE AHERN, REBEKAH BOROUGHS, CLAY BUNKER, KARAMA DANQUAH, MAGGIE DODD, NATALIE DRESSEL, MARC “BYRON” DROTMAN♦, FRANK ENSENBERGER, LOU GEORGE♦, BRAD GRIFFITH, KATHLEEN LITTLEFIELD, SHEP KOSTER♦, THIEN NGUYEN, JULIANNA OJEDA, IAN PRICE, DIANE WARD, JOE WEBSTER...........................Priority Services Representatives

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On staff for 10+ years.

ARTISTIC DEVELOPMENT & COMMISSIONS As part of our commitment to supporting a new generation of playwrights, we foster and develop a broad range of theatrical work from artists within the diverse communities of Los Angeles as well as from across the nation and abroad.

Artists creating new work commissioned by Center Theatre Group this season:

DAVID ADJMI JON ROBIN BAITZ STEVE CUIFFO LISA D’AMOUR WILL ENO JENNIFER HALEY

ALESHEA HARRIS RAJIV JOSEPH LISA KRON KIMBER LEE YOUNG JEAN LEE MATTHEW LOPEZ

TREY LYFORD RICHARD MONTOYA JANINE NABERS QUI NGUYEN LYNN NOTTAGE MARCO RAMIREZ

SARAH RUHL ROGER GUENVEUR SMITH GEOFF SOBELLE LUIS VALDEZ PAULA VOGEL TRACEY SCOTT WILSON KAREN ZACARÍAS

Since 2005, we have invited local playwrights to spend a year researching and writing a new work with the feedback of their fellow writers and artistic staff as part of our L.A. Writers’ Workshop.

Our growing community currently contains 103 playwrights. 2019/20 Season members: ADELINA ANTHONY NGOZI ANYANWU JONATHAN CAREN

DIONNA MICHELLE DANIEL BOO KILLEBREW KENNETH LIN KEMP POWERS

Learn more at CTGLA.org/Artists.

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OUR SUPPORTERS

for your generous annual support Acknowledges a loyal supporter who has pledged to sustain their commitment beyond Center Theatre Group’s current season by making a multi-year investment to our annual operating or membership funds.

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Anonymous (2) Dr. Geraldine Alden Betsy & Harold Applebaum James Asperger & Christine Adams G.W. Bailey Howard Banchik Greg Basser & Kiera O’Neill Shelley & Rick Bayer Yvonne & Derek Bell Hon. Mary Lou Byrne & Gary W. Kearney The Charles Stewart Mott Foundation Jack E. & Rachel Gindi Fund Roslyn & Abner Goldstine The Jim Hicks Family Foundation Marion & Tod Hindin Gail & Stanley Hollander Jennifer L. Jackman Ellen & Jerry Jacobson Gary Kading Joan Kroll & In Memory of Irving Kroll Michael & Sandy Leahy Edward Lewis Marlene & Sandy Louchheim The Charles Stewart Mott Foundation Janice & Bruce Miller Kari L. Nakama Gail Neiman Chris & Dick Newman/C & R Newman Family Foundation Ms. Linda S. Peterson Gregory Pickert & Beth Price Joan & Arnold Seidel Tracy A. Stone Brad & George Takei Sandra Tufts Seymour Waterman & Family Sheila & Wally Weisman

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Saigon has fallen and two Vietnamese refugees meet in an Arkansas relocation camp before setting out on a rip-roaring, hip-hop inflected road trip across America.

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By Mary Shelley, adapted by Kate McAll. A scientist’s attempts to tinker with life unleashes a monster the world has never forgotten.

FLYIN’ WEST

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Loula Moschonas & James Edgerton Wendy A. Moss Ron Myrick Arline M. Nakanishi Isabel Friend Newman Patty & John Nickoll Cindy & Ken Norian Bob & Renee Nunn Norman & Margrit Oberstein Janie & Allan Orenstein Mary Rose & Edward Ortega Tye Ouzounian & Karyn Wong Jennifer N. Owens-Ornellas & Jay T. Ornellas Elsie & Peter Paterno Helen Pekny Mr. Stephen Pescetti Maggi Phillips & Mario Gerla The Polinger-Cohen Foundation Irv & Gina Posalski Shelley Powsner & Stephen Skrovan Mr. & Mrs. Albert Praw Cheryl & Joel Prell Gail & Gary Rachelefsky John Rallis & Mary Lynn Bergman-Rallis Rollin A. Ransom & Chris Lacroix Michael Reisz & Jeff Rago Dr. Peggy Renner & Dr. Robert Nelson Kirk & Cathy Reynolds Irene & Eytan Ribner Dr. Harry E. Rice, M.D. Stuart & Laurie Rice In Loving Memory of Adam Rice Suellen Richmond Mr. & Mrs. Marvin Ring Barbara Roberts Dr. Heather J. Roberts June Caldwell & Jaye Rogovin Joseph Rosales Lois Rosen Ellen & Mike Rosenberg Barbara & Peter Rosenthal Robyn & Steven Ross Leonard J. & JoAnn Roth Janet Salter in Memory of Maxwell Hillary Salter June Sanders Sattler Beatrice (Tina) Castillo & Gail Sandford Drs. Joan & Harry Saperstein Stephen J. Sass & Dr. Steven Hochstadt Wes Schaefer & Cathy King-Schaefer Marlene & Roger Schaffner John R. Sealy, M.D. Christine Shaner Linda M. Sherman Gloria Sherwood Howard & Stephanie Sherwood Charlene & Mike Sievers Debra J. Silvera-Sheehan Bruce & Nancy Silverman Bui & Herbert Simon Shani Smolens Christine Helppie-Soldate Sue & Steve Soldoff Jacque & Herb Spivak Merrilee B. St. John Susan R. Stockel

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PRAGUE: CARMEN; RUSALKA; BILLY BUDD; DVORAK'S NEW WORLD SYMPHONY (Czech Phil.); VIVALDI'S FOUR SEASONS AT THE FAMED KLEMENTINUM MIRROR HALL. Guided Tours of Important Prague Sites; and Excursion to Nelahozeves Castle.

VIENNA: IL TROVATORE (Rebeka, Rachvelishvili, Kunde, Petean); LA TRAVIATA (Garifulina; Bernheim, Keenlyside); BALLO IN MASCHERA(Stoyanova; Meli); FALSTAFF (Bezsmertna; Maestri); & NUREYEV GALA BALLET. Guided Tours of Palace Schönbrunn, St. Stephans, Fine Arts Museums; & More.

– 5-Star Deluxe Hotels – Art Nouveau Palace Hotel– Prague & Grand Hotel– Vienna

VENICE–VERONA–MILAN June 30 – July 13, 2020

VENICE: ROBERTO DEVEREUX (Mantegna, Jorstad; Scala, Luongo); Handel's RINALDO (Iervolino, Semenzato, Remigio).

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Guided Tours of Important Sites of Venice, Verona & Milan–Including VIP Backstage Scala Opera House & Museum.

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Judy Stone Michael Stone Ellen & Steve Sugerman Mr. & Mrs. Mitchell Sussman I.H. Sutnick Robin & David Swartz Laney & Thomas Techentin Michelle Tesoro Eileen T’Kaye & David Bischoff Arthur Melville, Ph.D. & Marsha Utain, M.S. Wendie Warwick & Ken Pierce Charles W. Weeks Norman & Barbara Weiler Susan & William Weintraub Luke & Colleen Welsh Alan Wilson & Ina Coleman Denise J. Winner Mary J. Witt Edward Wolkowitz Family Jill Wondries Virginia & Greg Young Arnold H. & Tricia L. Zane George Zimmerman & Tatyana Gurvich $2,400+

Anonymous (12) Merryl & David A. Alpert Mrs. Jacqueline Applebaum Carol L. Archie & Edward L. Keenan Sandra Aronberg, M.D. & Charles Aronberg, M.D. Corinne Baldassano John Ballinger & Rod Davis Melanie & Gregory Barbee Christopher & Anadel Barbour Chris & Rose Bauss Dr. Martine Bauwens Charles Berney & Family Mr. & Mrs. John Bettfreund Ms. Rhian Beutler Peter & Helen Bing Cheryl Bledin Michael Blend Mr. Moe Blumin Yvonne Bogdanovich & Family Bill Bohnert Richard & Pat Bongeorno Nancy Brandel The Saul Brandman Foundation Sandra & Robert Braun Marti Breier Sandy & Mayer Brenner Stu Brower Rick Buche & Vin Reilly Dr. Lisa Bukaty & Mr. Raymond M. Bukaty Beth Burnam Linda Stafford Burrows Edward J. Butorac & Paul R. Kaiser Christine Cahill Kelly Campbell Sandra L. Carter Eric Chien Nicholas Chrisos Suzanne & John Clark Mary Coates

Lauren Firestone & Chris Cookson Hon. Candace Cooper (Ret) Corbell Family Dr. Frederic H. Corbin, M.D. Ted Cordes Judy Tishkoff & Keith Crasnick Margo Cross Mary Levin Cutler Steve & Linda Darling Eunice David Bill & Ellie D’Elia James & Lynne DeWitt Dr. & Mrs. Donald E. Dickerson The Dong Family Ms. Laurie Dubchansky Mr. & Mrs. Gene B. Duncan Jack & Cynthia Edelstein Jill & Bob Eisfelder It’s A Wrap Motion Pictures Joyce A. Esposito Ellen Eubanks Victoria I. Evers Johanna & Gene Felder Edwin & MaryAnn Feo Robert Finkel & Adelle Gross Darcy Fleck Ruth Fleming-Stephens Laura E. Fox, M.D. & John D. Hofbauer, M.D. .

Carolyn Hope Fried Susan R. Friedman Rosalie Friis-Ross Howard J. Fulfrost Dr. Robert Gasway & Kristen Wong Lesley & Dr. Kenneth H. Geiger Kate & Dr. Stephen Geller Jeanne K. Gerson Jeri & Keith Gertzman Catherine Gessner Laura Gibson Patrick & Frank Gibson-McMinn Howard Gleicher Dr. Irene Goldenberg Tanya & David Goodman Dr. Sudha & Dr. Gopal Govindarajan Terry Grossman Scott Hall & Rhonda Church Diane & J.P. Harris Gene Hawkins Phyllis & J. Michael Hennigan Sharon & Joe Hernandez Winifred Hervey Dorothy Hoffman Rand Hoffman & Charlotte Robinson Dozar Office Furnishings Dorothy K. Hull Dr. & Mrs. Robert Itami Susan & Larry Ivanjack Irwin & Meredith Jacobson In Memory of Wayne Jervis, Jr. Sean Johnson & Alex Ocampo Starr C. Johnson Roz & Jerry Joseph David & Martha Kadue Janet & Steve Kahane Kathleen Kane Regina & Richard G. Kaplan Elyse & Stanley Katz Cari & Marty Kavinoky

Cynthia & Jerry Kay Albert Kelly & Marjorie Stevens Kelly Sarah E. Kiefer Jules Kievits & Lorraine Bagdasarian Dr. K. Alex Kim Irene & Marvin H. Kleinberg Gaylen Kobayashi Jale Kutay Earle & Sharon Lambert Katherine L’Amour Carol M. Lanning Joan & Chris Larkin Julie Lawrence Ned Leiba Richard & Vivian Levy Lisa Hinchliffe & Dave Link Patty Loch Alan & Helen Gordon Lowy Mary Anne Lucero Loris & Kory Lunsford Marge & Bill MacLaughlin Ginny Mancini Carol & Douglas Mancino Laura & Jim Maslon Amy & Harold Masor Margaret L. Mathews Dr. Rosie M. Mayfield Colleen T. McCarthy Theresa L. McConville David & Kathleen McDonald Timothy & Connie McOsker David & Cara Melnick Robert L. Mendow Lorraine & Craig Meyer Carolyn Miller Carole Miller Lynn & Mani Miller Tina J. Miller Julien Minard Steven Modglin Sue & Monty Mohrman Diane Morton Richard Newcome Marianne & Michael Newman Kim Nicholas Marc I. Nishino, D.D.S. Russell Noel Michelle Nuttall Drs. William Magee & Casey O’Connell Jose J. Palacios & Amanda Reyes Mr. & Mrs. Mark M. Panatier Carol Phillips & Bob Shapiro William & Deborah Pitruzzelli Pauline & Drew Pomerance Barrett Porter Charlie & Kristi Proctor Tracy L. Ramont Courtney Rangen Harvey Reese & Jonathan B. Murray James & Melanie Renfroe Carlene Ringer Belinda Robins Suzanne & David Robinson Murphy & Ed Romano Bingo Roncelli Nathalie & Jim Rosen Rabbi & Mrs. Moshe Rothblum Ron & Sharon Ryan Jay & Linda Sandrich

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Linda & Clifford Schaffer Carmen & Gordon Schaye Greg Scott Drs. T.V. Scott & Karen Hill Scott Scott Shagrin Ruth & Mitchell Shapiro James & Alexis Sheehy Loretta Hirsh Shine Steven E. Shulem Jan & Carl Siechert In Memory of Ruth & Leon Sirkin Scott Sigman Karen & Gordon Silverstein Kurt & Keli Skarin Martin & Leah Sklar Stephen & Judith Slagle Leslie Smith Roberta Smith Drs. Debra & Philip Sobol Mason A. Sommers & Rami Aizic James & Diane Staes Carol Stein Sterling & James Sterling Jill Stein David A. Steinberg Tom Stempel Bobbie Stern Lynn Bider & Daniel Stone Dr. Arthur H. Streeter Mr. Stan Sullins

Jeff Sung Jack & Marlene Susser Dr. Allan & Roslyn Holt Swartz Craig Sweeny Judith N. Taylor Mary & Peter Tennyson Dr. Keith Terasaki Marla Thornton Russell Todd Agency Elizabeth Topkis Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Traver Joyce Huyett Turner & Craig Turner J Usaraga Ms. Andrea Valcourt Valerie Vanaman Carol Vernon & Robert Turbin Claire Vincent Mr. & Mrs. Robert D. Volk Elliott & Felise Wachtel Cliff Warner Ms. Lynn E. Weisman Pat West Kim White Peterson Lori Williams & Stephen Schulte Valerie & Nathaniel E. Williams Karen & Gary Winnick Michele A. Kerr Wolfe Madelon Yamamoto George Ziegler Myrna & Stanley Zimmerman

Center Theatre Group gratefully appreciates all of our donors who, due to space constraints, could not be listed here. The above list reflects donations made as of November 11, 2019. If your name was misspelled or omitted from this list in error, please contact the Advancement Department at 213.972.7654. Thank you.

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for your campaign support We would like to take this opportunity to thank the incredibly generous donors who have contributed leadership gifts in support of Center Theatre Group’s 50 Anniversary Campaign. Your loyalty to our theatre and support in honor of our history paves the way for the next 50 years. AS OF NOV 1, 2019.

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$5,000,000+ Brindell Roberts Gottlieb Ahmanson Foundation Kirk & Anne Douglas $1,000,000+ Anonymous (2) The Annenberg Foundation Edgerton Foundation Kiki & David Gindler Patricia Glaser & Sam Mudie Aliza Karney Guren & Marc Guren Ann & Stephen F. Hinchliffe, Jr. Renee & Meyer Luskin The Louis and Harold Price Foundation Laura & James Rosenwal & Orinoco Foundation Rosenthal Family Foundation Sue Tsao $500,000+ Amy Forbes & Andrew Murr Jerry & Terri Kohl Louise Moriarty Deena & Edward Nahmias Michael Ritchie & Kate Burton Donna Schweers & Tom Geiser Elliott Sernel

$250,000+ Anonymous Thomas Beers Joni & Miles Benickes Diana Buckhantz & The Vladimir and Araxia Buckhantz Foundation Cindy & Gary Frischling Center Theatre Group Affiliates Cindy & Gary Frischling Nancy & Eric Garen Vicki King Jody & David Lippman The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation Thomas Safran Glenn & Andrea Sonnenberg Judie Stein & J R Stein Family Foundation Matt & Dana Walden $100,000+ Yvonne & Derek Bell The Campagna Family Mara & Joseph Carieri Friars Charitable Foundation Manuela & James Goren Bill Resnick & Michael Stubbs Deidra Norman Schumann Cheryl A. Shepherd Donna & John Sussman Hope Landis Warner $50,000+ Anonymous Anne Bruner & Jim Bremner Carol & Stephen Rountree Sunshine Stone Peter & Iona Tompkins

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AT A M B A S S A D O R A U D I T O R I U M

DAVID LOCKINGTON MUSIC DIRECTOR

V I VAL DI F O U R S E AS O N S JANUARY 25, 2020 DAVID LOCKINGTON, conductor SIMONE PORTER, violin

M OZ ART & M CG E G AN MARCH 21, 2020 NICHOLAS MCGEGAN, conductor YERIN YANG, piano

G ERSHW IN P O R GY & BESS FEBRUARY 15, 2020 DAVID LOCKINGTON, conductor NICK KENDALL, violin

R ACHM AN I N OFF PIANO CONCERTO NO. 3 APRIL 18, 2020 DAVID LOCKINGTON, conductor INON BARNATAN, piano

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$1,000,000+ Judith & Thomas Beckmen Martin Massman Diane & Leon Morton Peter & Susan Van Haften $500,000+ Richard & Norma Camp Susan A. Grode Linda S. Peterson $250,000+ Shirley & Irving Ashkenas Pamela & Dennis Beck Bill Cohn & Dan Miller Mr. & Mrs. Jack Simon I.H. Sutnick

OTHER LEGACY GIFTS Linda & Maynard Brittan – Traub Brittan Family Trust Steven Llanusa & Glenn Miya, M.D. Gloria Lothrop Carol & Douglas Mancino Renee & Robert Nunn Nan Rae Randy & Bruce Ross Wes Schaefer & Cathy King-Schaefer Dr. and Mrs. Daniel Wallace Margaret White

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$10,000+ Walt Disney Live Entertainment Joseph Drown Foundation The Friars Charitable Foundation HBO Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation (IICF) Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP Muse Communications Patina Restaurant Group The Edward A. And Ai O. Shay Family Foundation Synder Family Foundation The Fran and Ray Stark Foundation $7,500+ American Business Bank Canadian Consulate General Lawrence P. Frank Foundation Macy’s Malibu Family Wines National Alliance for Musical Theatre Union Bank $5,000+ Sascha Brastoff Foundation The Brookside Fund Chubb City National Bank Ella Fitzgerald Charitable Foundation GI Energy Jones Day Lear Family Foundation Paramount Pictures Payden & Rygel Perry, Neidorf & Grassl, LLP SoCalGas Sally J. Thomas & James A. Thomas USI Insurance Services $1,000+ Northern Trust Theatre Communications Group

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CORPORATE CIRCLE CABINET Sheri Biller, Founding Chair Jonathan Axel, Co-Chair Erin Burke, Co-Chair Anthony Amendola Christopher Bissonnette Dannielle Campos Ramirez

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We are deeply appreciative of the below corporate members, grant-making institutions and government agencies for supporting our work to improve the impact we have on our Los Angeles community. AS OF NOV 1, 2019. ♦ Acknowledges a member of our Corporate Circle.

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We are endlessly grateful to recognize those contributors who have provided support that extends well beyond this current season and safeguards the future of Center Theatre Group.

Thank you to all of our endowment and Ovation Circle donors for your commitment to sustaining our great work.

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ENDOWMENT GIFTS $500,000+ The Ahmanson Foundation Gordon Davidson Tribute Fund Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Ann & Stephen F. Hinchliffe, Jr. The Norman and Sadie Lee Foundation Renee & Meyer Luskin Martin Massman John S. Surabian, Jr. and in memory of Faith and Sharon Ann Surabian $250,000+ The Michael Shaw Jacobs Fund Patricia Glaser & Sam Mudie Mr. & Mrs. Jack Simon $100,000+ Betsy & Harold Applebaum Judith & Thomas Beckmen The Sheri and Les Biller Family Foundation Maynard & Linda Brittan— Traub-Brittan Family Trust Center Theatre Group Affiliates Kenneth Corday Regina Fadiman Barbara & Peter Fodor Ava & Charles Fries Brindell & Milton Gottlieb The Hearst Foundation, Inc. Vicki King Gloria Lothrop Richard G. & Virginia L. Martin Louise Taper $50,000+ Deborah M. Hyde Ellen & Michael S. Korney Dorothy & Richard Sherwood $25,000+ Abbott Brown Linda Brown Greve Foundation Dr. Tom Hickey Levine Foundation Diane & Leon Morton The Estate of Anita Mae Hirsh $10,000+ A and J Davidson Skipper Award Fund George A. V. Dunning Carolyn & Kit Lokey Betty & Sanford Sigoloff Planned Gifts Shirley & Irving Ashkenas W. Lee Bailey, M.D. Angela Bardowell Chris & Rose Bauss Pamela & Dennis Beck Judith & Thomas Beckmen

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The Bennetts Dr. Adrienne Brandriss Linda Brown Allan & Joan Burns Richard & Norma Camp Bill Cohn & Dan Miller Earl & Christine Cory Mary Levin Cutler Susan D. Clines & Charles Dillingham Kirk & Anne Douglas Elisabeth Katte Harris Trust Amy Forbes & Andrew Murr Mr. & Mrs. Walter E. Grauman Susan A. Grode Virginia Hayes Mr. Kim L. Hunter Deborah M. Hyde The Doug Jones and John Sanger Theater Ticket Fund Richard & Julie Kagan Arlene M. Kageyama-Chikami Sarah & Andy Kane Debra L. Karrenbrock Dr. & Mrs. Jack Kavanaugh The Paul Kowal Charitable Foundation Darell L. Krasnoff Sandra Krause & William Fitzgerald Joyce & Kent Kresa Steven Llanusa & Glenn Miya, M.D. Carol & Douglas Mancino George Manet Meg McComb Betty McMicken in honor of Jeanette Shammas Diane & Leon Morton Merle & Peter Mullin Bob & Renee Nunn Linda S. Peterson Sally & Frank Raab Edward L. Rada Nan Rae Stuart & Laurie Rice In Loving Memory of Adam Rice Bruce & Randy Ellen Ross Eileen B. Salmas Wes Schaefer & Cathy King-Schaefer The Estate of Frank J. Sherwood Sue & Steve Soldoff I.H. Sutnick Paulette Toumazos & Michael Lorenz Sue Tsao Carol Vernon & Robert Turbin Peter & Susan Van Haften Magda & Frederick R. Waingrow Dr. & Mrs. Daniel Wallace Pat Warford Susan & William Weintraub Margaret H. White

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for being a part of our history The Affiliates have supported Center Theatre Group since 1971. Through volunteering and fundraising, members introduce young people and their peers to the magic of live theatre. We are forever grateful for their long-term support. AS OF SEP. 1, 2019.

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2019/2020 MUSIC CENTER BOARD OF DIRECTORS OFFICERS Cindy Miscikowski Board Chair

Robert J. Abernethy Darrell Brown Vice Chairs Rachel S. Moore President and Chief Executive Officer

Diane G. Medina Secretary

Susan M. Wegleitner Treasurer William Taylor Assistant Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer

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Susan Baumgarten

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Carl Jordan

Robert F. Maguire, III

Support The Music Center (213) 972-3333 | musiccenter.org/support

Glenn Kaino

Ginny Mancini

Stefanie Kane

Edward J. McAniff

Terri Kohl

Walter M. Mirisch

Cary J. Lefton

Fredric Roberts

David Lippman

Claire L. Rothman

Richard Lynn Martinez

Joni J. Smith

Bowen “Buzz” H. McCoy

Lisa Specht*

Mattie McFadden-Lawson

Cynthia A. Telles

Elizabeth Michelson

James A. Thomas

Darrell D. Miller

Andrea L. Van de Kamp*

Shelby Notkin

Paul M. Watson

Michael Pagano

Thomas R. Weinberger

Cynthia M. Patton

Rosalind W. Wyman

Karen Kay Platt

* Chairman Emeritus

Welcome to The Music Center! @musiccenterla

Be a Music Center Docent If you love the arts and enjoy sharing this enthusiasm with the public, we invite you to join the Symphonians , The Music Center’s volunteer docents. musiccenter.org/symphonians symphonians@musiccenter.org

Max Ramberg^ Joseph Rice

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Featured Events at

The Music Center WED 01 JAN / 8:00 p.m.

A Viennese New Year with Zubin LA PHIL @ Walt Disney Concert Hall

FRI 10 JAN / 8:00 p.m.

An Acoustic Evening with Jason Isbell LA PHIL @ Walt Disney Concert Hall

SAT 18 JAN / 8:00 p.m.

Adams Conducts Adams LA PHIL @ Walt Disney Concert Hall Thru 1/19

THU 02 JAN / 8:00 p.m.

Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake CENTER THEATRE GROUP @ Ahmanson Theatre Thru 1/05

SUN 12 JAN / 6:30 p.m.

What the Constitution Means to Me CENTER THEATRE GROUP @ Mark Taper Forum Thru 2/16

FRI 24 JAN / 8:00 p.m.

Beethoven with Emanuel Ax LA PHIL @ Walt Disney Concert Hall Thru 1/26

FRI 03 JAN / 8:00 p.m.

Mehta’s Mahler LA PHIL @ Walt Disney Concert Hall Thru 1/05

SUN 12 JAN / 7:30 p.m.

Christian Schmitt LA PHIL @ Walt Disney Concert Hall

TUE 07 JAN / 11:00 a.m.

LUNCH À LA PARK: Food Trucks @ Grand Park Every Tue/Wed/Thur WED 08 JAN / 12:15 p.m.

LUNCH A LA PARK: Yoga reTREAT @ Grand Park Every Wed/Fri FRI 10 JAN / 8:00 p.m.

Mehta Conducts Wagner & More LA PHIL @ Walt Disney Concert Hall Thru 1/12

TUE 14 JAN / 8:00 p.m.

The Last Ship CENTER THEATRE GROUP @ Ahmanson Theatre Thru 2/16 TUE 14 JAN / 8:00 p.m.

Russian Romantics LA PHIL @ Walt Disney Concert Hall THU 16 JAN / 8:00 p.m.

Bach, Handel, and Telemann LA PHIL @ Walt Disney Concert Hall Thru 1/17

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FRI 31 JAN / 11:00 a.m.

All-Strauss LA PHIL @ Walt Disney Concert Hall Thru 2/02 FRI 31 JAN / 8:00 p.m.

Tune-Yards LA PHIL @ Walt Disney Concert Hall

THU 16 JAN / 8:30 p.m.

Infinitely Yours

by Miwa Matreyek REDCAT @Walt Disney Concert Hall Thru 1/18

Visit musiccenter.org for additional information on all upcoming events. @musiccenterla

THU 30 JAN / 8:00 p.m.

USC Thornton Symphony LA PHIL @ Walt Disney Concert Hall

Illustrations by: Down The Street Designs

MON 06 JAN/ Noon Food Truck Fundays @ The Music Center Plaza Every Monday

SUN 26 JAN / 7:00 p.m.

Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans LA MASTER CHORALE @ Walt Disney Concert Hall

JAN 12/3/19 12:36 PM

N OW FE AT URING

JA SON FULLILOVE M ODERN SO UL FO OD

A dining experience that spotlights L.A.’s diverse cuisine, related and plated by the chefs who tell it best.

TA S T ING CULT UR E . E X PL OR ING F OOD. VISI T US O N T HE MUSI C CEN T ER PL A Z A BEFORE OR AF T ER T HE SH OW !

220 N. Hope Street | Los Angeles, CA 90012 | (213) 972-8088 AbernethysLA.com |

@AbernethysLA

AMERICAN DANCE THEATER March 18 – 22

You don’t just see an Ailey performance, you FEEL it!

EXPERIENCE THE ONLY SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PERFORMANCES AT THE MUSIC CENTER.

The Music Center’s Dorothy Chandler Pavilion

musiccenter.org/ailey | (213) 972-0711

Groups of 10+: (213) 972-8555 | mcgroupsales@musiccenter.org Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s Solomon Dumas. Photo by Andrew Eccles.

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BOARD OF SUPERVISORS COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES Support from the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors plays an invaluable role in the successful operation of The Music Center.

FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: MARK RIDLEY-THOMAS, Second District; SHEILA J. KUEHL, Third District; JANICE HAHN, Fourth District, Chair; KATHRYN BARGER, Fifth District; and HILDA L. SOLIS, First District

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JANUARY

STOMP

RETURNS TO THE SORAYA You know their name.

Now, feel their unforgettable beats.

25th Anniversary Tour including two new numbers: Suitcases and Poltergeist.

Sat Feb 15 | 8PM Sun Feb 16 | 3PM Tickets start at $39 (Parking Included)

LUCIANA SOUZA THE BOOK OF LONGING FEATURING CHICO PINHEIRO and SCOTT COLLEY Onstage Sessions Jazz Club Fri Jan 17 | 8PM Sat Jan 18 | 8PM ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA PINCHAS ZUKERMAN, PRINCIPAL GUEST CONDUCTOR and VIOLIN SOLOIST Beethoven Symphony No. 7 Fri Jan 24 | 8PM BALLET FOLCLÓRICO NACIONAL DE MÉXICO DE SILVIA LOZANO Thu Jan 30 | 8PM

FEBRUARY SELMA WITH LIVE SCORE by JASON MORAN CHECHE ALARA, CONDUCTOR NEW WEST SYMPHONY Sat Feb 1 | 8PM BALLET WEST’S GISELLE Tue Feb 4 | 8PM TETZLAFF PLAYS BEETHOVEN LOS ANGELES CHAMBER ORCHESTRA Fri Feb 7 | 8PM LUIS CORONEL y LEONARDO AGUILAR Fri Feb 8 | 8PM MAVIS STAPLES SPECIAL GUEST SON LITTLE Thu Feb 13 | 8PM STEP AFRIKA! Sun Feb 23 | 3PM

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Wishing you love and happiness in the new year...

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