The Humans at Center Theatre Group, Performances magazine June 2018 by Center Theatre Group

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THE HUMANS

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Dear Audience Member, The amount of talent onstage at the Ahmanson this month is, quite simply, stunning. For me, there’s nothing more exciting than building a new musical and presenting it to the world. If you’re at the Ahmanson for Soft Power, you are part of an act of creation that began when I first sat down for breakfast with David Henry Hwang over four years ago. I had a commission and a slot in the Taper’s 50TH Season. He had a great idea for a play. Time passed, and that play blossomed into a partnership with Jeanine Tesori and a musical at the Ahmanson. I hope everyone joining us for the World premiere of Soft Power feels as lucky as I do to be anticipating the results of the first collaboration between these two brilliant artists, and to be watching a show that’s become even more relevant since David pitched me his original idea. Few recent plays have been as lauded as The Humans was in 2016, when it swept the Tonys and earned “Best Play of the Year” nods from just about every major newspaper and magazine that covers theatre. We’re very happy to have Tony Award® winners Reed Birney (Best Featured Actor) and Jayne Houdyshell (Best Featured Actress) join us at the Ahmanson alongside many of their fellow Broadway cast members and the entire creative team from the Broadway production. Among them are two artists with Center Theatre Group history: Tony Award-winning director Joe Mantello (who most recently directed An Act of God and also appeared onstage in Angels of America at the Taper) and Tony Award-winning scenic designer David Zinn (who most recently did the scenic design for Soft Power as well as scenic and costume design for Amélie and Fun Home). Your patronage and support is what brings talent and art like this to Los Angeles year after year. Thank you for being a part of the 50TH Season at the Ahmanson. Sincerely,

Michael Ritchie

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AROUND CENTER THEATRE GROUP Going Pro Fair by the Numbers 225 students—from freshmen to graduate students—attended

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Thanks to all the individuals and organizations who participated in this event on April 7, 2018 to help young people jump start their theatre careers!

Donating to Make a Difference March 27 is World Theatre Day—an annual global celebration of the art form—and this year, we celebrated by giving our patrons a chance to win a season of Opening Nights at the Ahmanson, Taper, and Douglas. All they had to do was donate $10 to support Center Theatre Group artistic and educational programs to be entered into the drawing to get instant VIP status. CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR WINNERS, CHARLES AND ERIKA BERNARD (pictured), who are excited to see a wide range of shows in our 2018/2019 Season—and happy to have had the chance to support our nonprofit mission. “I think it’s important to support the arts in general, but for my wife and me, attending live theatre is always a new experience where we get to enjoy the performances of actors in an intimate and vulnerable environment,” explained Charles Bernard. “Live performances have the ability to leave an unforgettable impression on the audience and provide us with the opportunity not only to be entertained, but to hear unique stories and discover different points of view.”

CONGRATULATIONS TO CENTER THEATRE GROUP ASSOCIATE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR DIANE RODRIGUEZ! Rodriguez was honored with a membership in the College of Fellows for American Theatre in Washington, D.C., in April. The primary purpose of the College is to promote and encourage the highest standards of research, writing, and creativity in educational and professional theatre. (L–R) Jorge Huerta, Diane Rodriguez, Tony Mata, and Luis Valdez. Photo by Paul Accettura.

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Soft Power playwright David Henry Hwang visited the USC Center on Public Diplomacy to discuss the inspiration behind the show with USC Annenberg Arts Journalism Program Professor and Director Sasha Anawalt on April 24, 2018. Soft Power “recognizes we always see other cultures through a lens, but it’s possible to shift that lens,” explained Hwang.

(L–R) Soft Power composer Jeanine Tesori, playwright David Henry Hwang, director Leigh Silverman, Center Theatre Group Artistic Director Michael Ritchie, and choreographer Sam Pinkleton take a break from rehearsals in advance of the show’s May 3, 2018 World premiere at the Ahmanson. Photo by Joan Marcus. Photographed at New 42nd Street Studios.

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At first glance, the words “jazz” and “politics” do not necessarily sound like harmonious ideas. Nonetheless, at our April 8, 2018 Community Conversation, a panel of notable jazz musicians, scholars, and enthusiasts weaved a web of connections between the two seemingly unlikely modes of thought. The free, open-to-the-public event—which also featured brunch and live jazz music—gave historical context to Critical Mass Performance Group’s Ameryka in advance of its April 19–29 run as part of Block Party at the Kirk Douglas Theatre. Listen to a podcast of the discussion and read more at CTGLA.org/Blog. (L–R) Deb Piver, Daniel Ho, Steve Lehman, and Janice Rhoshalle Littlejohn. Photo by Ericka Kreutz.

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FROM EPICS TO CLERICS What do you do after you’ve adapted one of history’s greatest epics into a poignant, critically acclaimed one-man show? The natural response for Lisa Peterson and Denis O’Hare— the creative duo behind the critically acclaimed An Iliad—was aim higher. Together, the two have set their sights on the Bible in The Good Book, which received a Center Theatre Group completion commission beginning in 2016 and was workshopped here in April. The Good Book got its start when O’Hare was asked what creative project he had planned next after An Iliad. With no concrete plans, O’Hare blurted out, “Well err uhh…probably the Bible,” a subject he had been fascinated with—from a secular perspective—since he was young. Court Theatre in Chicago gave O’Hare and Peterson the original commission for the piece, which had a workshop production there in 2015. But they knew there was more work ahead. So when the opportunity of a completion commission at Center Theatre Group came up, the duo jumped at it. “The completion commission has given us a home here at Center Theatre Group to dig back into the piece,” said Peterson. She highlighted how the resources of the company—including support for workshops and readings with professional actors—have helped their creative progress. “We actually have to hear actors read it,” she said, “that’s how we can tell if the dynamics are right.” The completion commission is primarily to support artists to finish work that has already begun. Or as in the case of The Good Book, to refine a work that has already been produced. Other artists who have received these innovative grants include Young Jean Lee for Straight White Men, which became a 2015 Douglas production and heads to Broadway this month.

Peterson and O’Hare agreed that the completion commission helped give them the security they needed to dive deeper into a daunting writing project. It’s “a combination of having an institution focus on you—give you a form of legitimacy—and give you a goal,” explained O’Hare. “You have to be brave enough to fail ugly early… then you can build on these things,” he added. In their earlier work, the two shied away from identifying as writers. “I think we both respect writing enough to have not felt comfortable saying we’re writers,” explained O’Hare, an Emmy-nominated actor who was a series regular in True Blood and has had recurring roles on American Horror Story and The Good Wife. Peterson is an Obie Award-winning director who has worked across the country, including 10 years as Resident Director at the Taper, where she’ll return this fall to direct Lynn Nottage’s Sweat. Though their plan was never just to adapt the Bible to the stage, The Good Book has evolved a great deal over the past few years. Their initial focus was “investigating the question of ‘What the Bible really is?’” said Peterson, in terms of both its origins and its contemporary relevance. That led them to the three major threads of the play: Biblical stories themselves, the story of a contemporary religious scholar who is also an atheist, and the story of a young gay boy who wants to become a priest. It’s the kind of story that probably wouldn’t be possible without the support of nonprofit theatres including Center Theatre Group, Court Theatre, and Berkeley Rep, where the show will open in April 2019. For our part, Associate Artistic Director Diane Rodriguez describes the commission and the work it supports as an important part of “how we measure our success” as an institution. “If we can make a difference in the work of an artist that we believe in,” she said, “or if the work becomes part of the canon of the American theatre, then we have done our job.”

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Center Theatre Group Student Ambassadors Turn Big Arts Dreams into Reality

STUDENTS, LEADERS,

CHANGE MAKERS What can young people accomplish if they are given the tools to build leadership skills? What happens if they are given these tools—and then empowered to take charge? This is the experiment conducted each year in the Center Theatre Group Student Ambassador Program. Over the course of seven months, participating L.A. County high school students take part in workshops, exercises, and projects designed to transform them from passionate students into arts leaders, team players, and advocates.

(l–r) Bethlehem Seifu and Yaya Gomez.

“The Youth Summit is a great opportunity to empower students to use theatre as a way to discuss themes of culture, identity, and social responsibility,” said Director of Education and Engagement Tyrone Davis.

“Our goal is for every student who participates to come away with more confidence in themselves as leaders and the knowledge that they can do anything,” said Program Director for Next Generation Initiatives Camille Schenkkan.

Additionally, Student Ambassadors put their newly learned skills to use in the community. Many of them acted as student concierges at the August Wilson Monologue Competition Regional Finals. And at the April L.A. County Board of Supervisors meeting, guided by mentors from the arts advocacy organization Arts for LA, Ambassadors Yaya Gomez and Bethlehem Seifu spoke in recommendation of the “Declaration of the Rights of All Students to Equity in the Arts Learning”—a plan to ensure that all California students have equal access to high-quality arts education.

This year, 14 Student Ambassadors served on two teams: “Arts Advocacy: Making an Impact” and “Marketing & Social Media: Peer Engagement.” They collaborated to organize and promote the Center Theatre Group Youth Summit. The students chose to title this year’s Summit “Reimagine Your American Dream,” inspired by our production of Soft Power at the Ahmanson.

The Ambassadors shared deeply personal stories about how they found community within the arts and how the Declaration would support students from different backgrounds. “I felt I had no way of opening up, sharing my interests and talents with others, until I found an empty book in the computer lab one day,” recalled Seifu about her journey to becoming a creative writer.

The Arts Advocacy team planned three workshops called “What’s Our Story,” “What’s Our Future,” and “Cultural Appreciation vs. Appropriation” for the event, which included a talk with playwright David Henry Hwang. Through writing and physical theatre-based sessions, participants practiced their storytelling while discussing cultural issues and envisioning a future America.

Gomez talked about how theatre has opened new doors—but only since discovering theatre class as a high school senior: “Can you imagine all the amazing things I could have done three years earlier if I was given these resources [sooner]?”

The Marketing & Social Media group produced digital communication resources and outreach strategies to engage students with ideas about art and democracy. Ambassadors Sophia Reyes, Julia Nieto, Daniel Najera, and Gisselle De Paz arranged social media takeovers where they asked their peers and teachers questions like, “What emoji would you use to represent democracy?”

The Board voted to endorse the adoption of the Declaration by school boards throughout L.A. County after hearing the students’ speeches. We’re sure it’s just the first victory of many for Gomez, Seifu, and their fellow Ambassadors as they become the next generation of arts leaders and change makers. Learn more about the Student Ambassadors Program at CTGLA.org/StudentAmbassadors and about other youth arts opportunities at CTGLA.org/Teens.

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(l–r) Ellen McLaughlin and Kathleen Chalfant in Angels in America. Photo by Craig Schwartz/Jay Thompson. Phyllis Frelich, John Rubinstein, and Julianne Gold in Children of a Lesser God. Photo by Craig Schwartz.

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on Broadway! Two of this spring’s biggest Broadway revival openings— Angels in America and Children of a Lesser God—have roots at the Mark Taper Forum. Andrew Garfield plays Prior Walter and Nathan Lane plays Roy M. Cohn in the National Theatre production of Tony Kushner’s Angels in America, directed by Marianne Elliott. Angels in America was developed and workshopped at the Taper, where it received its first full, two-part production in the fall of 1992 before moving to Broadway in 1993. The two parts won the 1993 and 1994 Tony Awards for Best Play, while the play’s first part, Millennium Approaches, received the 1993 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

“It’s a tribute to the play that is takes place at such a specific place and time, but it’s so universal,” Lane said in a recent interview. “If anyone was a prophet, aside from Prior Walter, it’s Tony Kushner. It’s amazing how prescient it is. So many of these issues that we’re talking about, we’re talking about now. Now, in the midst of this insane political time where democracy itself is under siege, it’s more resonant and essential than ever.”

Center Theatre Group Founding Artistic Director Gordon Davidson directed the 1979 World premiere of Mark Medoff’s Children of a Lesser God, a landmark love story set at a school for the deaf. The original Center Theatre Group production opened on Broadway in 1980 and netted Tony Awards for stars Phyllis Frelich and John Rubinstein. Now, Lauren Ridloff and Joshua Jackson are making their Broadway debuts in those roles, under the direction of Kenny Leon.

The time is right for a story that deals with “the idea of representation and allowing people who have been cut off and giving them for lack of a better word, ‘voice,’” mused Jackson. “It just so happens that the world and the play caught up to each other.” Can’t make it to New York in time to catch these star-studded productions? Mark your calendar for 2019, when Adam Driver is slated to appear in a revival of Lanford Wilson’s seminal Burn This. Driver will play Pale, the role originated by John Malkovich in the 1987 Taper World premiere. See photos from the Center Theatre Group productions, read the archival programs, and learn more at CTGLA.org/Timeline.

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The past, present, and future of American theatre converged at the Mark Taper Forum on March 5, 2018 as 12 high school students brought the work of a legendary playwright to life at the August Wilson Monologue Competition Los Angeles Regional Finals.

A NEW GENERATION TAKES THE TAPER

(l–r) Nico Moreta, Gerardo Navarro, Dominique Payne, Hannah Franklin, AuDrya Clayton, Jackson Lewis, Mylah Eaton, Tairah Umeadi, Daniel Velez, Sarah-Michelle Guei, Natalia Echeverria, and K.J. Powell. Photo by Ryan Miller/Capture Imaging.

A DJ spinning and high school students—Center Theatre Group Student Ambassadors—greeting guests on The Music Center Plaza were the first clues that this night was all about a new generation. The Ambassadors encouraged audience members to step into the shoes of August Wilson’s characters (literally) by taking photos behind life-sized standees designed by students in a recent costume design workshop. They also set the tone for the night with an engagement activity that asked audience members to think about the people in their family or community whose stories need to be told. By the time the crowd filled the Taper, they were primed to be immersed in Wilson’s work and inspired by the young people making their voices heard. Keeping the energy high were DJ Brutha Gimel, whose song choices were inspired by the characters the finalists portrayed, and projection designer Hana S. Kim, who streamed photos from The Plaza and quotes from the students onto the set. Alumni hosts Rhyver White and Rhenzy Feliz—former program participants— kicked off the evening with a welcome and some reminiscing about their last time onstage at the Taper. They were followed by Janice Wallace, representing the Center Theatre Group Affiliates, the program’s presenting sponsor. Then, master of ceremonies Pat Harvey of CBS2 News introduced the student performers.

Photo by Hugo Glendinning

Students Speak to Be Heard at the August Wilson Monologue Competition Regional Finals

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(l–r) Jackson Lewis, Gerardo Navarro, and Hannah Franklin. Hannah Franklin. A Student Ambassador photographing audience members before the show. Photos by Ryan Miller/Capture Imaging.

OUR AUGUST WILSON PROGRAM The 12 performances at the August Wilson Monologue Competition Regional Finals are just a glimpse into an educational journey that impacts the lives of the hundreds of students who participate in Center Theatre Group’s August Wilson Program annually. This year, 145 students representing 32 schools had the opportunity to participate in hands-on workshops and preliminary auditions, where they received written feedback from theatre professionals. Fifty-four students advanced to the semi-final auditions. The 12 regional finalists spent 20 hours honing their craft with Center Theatre Group Teaching Artists and staff before taking the stage at the Taper. In addition, four Los Angeles schools are participating in the August Wilson In-School Residency, a semester-long personal and artistic study of Wilson and his theatrical contribution to society led by Center Theatre Group Teaching Artists. These students— from Ánimo Leadership Charter High School, Carson High School, East L.A. Performing Arts Magnet, and Ellen Ochoa Prep Academy— and their teachers attended the Regional Finals as part of their curriculum. “The primary mission of the Center Theatre Group Affiliates is education for young people and building the future population of the theatre,” said Affiliates Vice President Janice Wallace. “We think August Wilson is a very important American playwright, and it’s important to preserve his legacy and carry it down through generations. We love to watch the enthusiasm of the kids who are involved.”

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Finally, it was time for the regional finalists—AuDrya Clayton, Mylah Eaton, Natalia Echeverria, Hannah Franklin, Sarah-Michelle Guei, Jackson Lewis, Nico Moreta, Gerardo Navarro, Dominique Payne, K.J. Powell, Tairah Umeadi, and Daniel Velez—to perform their monologues. Over five months, they had made it through two rounds of auditions; they had come together as an ensemble to support one another through training and rehearsals. Their voices, speaking August Wilson’s words, filled the Taper where Wilson once worked, bringing his stories of 20TH century African American life into the 21ST century. During intermission, celebrity judges (including members of our Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom cast) had the unenviable task of choosing two performers to advance to the National Finals at Broadway’s August Wilson Theatre on May 7 alongside students from 11 other cities. Hannah Franklin of Orange County School of the Arts—who was also a 2017 regional finalist—was selected for first place and Gerardo Navarro of Ramón C. Cortines School of Visual and Performing Arts earned second place. Jackson Lewis of Agoura High School earned third place, and was chosen by his peers as the winner of the Ensemble Award, for the regional finalist who best represents the spirit of ensemble. All 12 students agreed that this experience has had a profound impact on their lives. “I’d always been taught to project onstage, but during the coaching I was instead told to speak so that I could be heard. That really changed my mindset,” said Hannah Franklin. “Rather than projecting for the sake of projecting, I would speak so that my character’s important words could be heard throughout the theatre. This is just one life lesson of many that will continue to influence my craft.” Navarro added, “Setting foot and performing on that stage was one of the greatest things I’ve ever experienced. There was an unexplainable presence that I truly believe was August Wilson himself. It was, simply, magic.”

(l–r) Alumni hosts Rhyver White and Rhenzy Feliz. Regional finalists in the green room before the show. Photos by Ryan Miller/Capture Imaging.

Learn more about the program or fill out an interest form to participate next year at CTGLA.org/AugustWilson. 18 PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE

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Matthew Bourne’s production of

THE RED SHOES

Based on the film by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger and the Hans Christian Andersen Fairytale Music by Bernard Herrmann Directed and Choreographed by Matthew Bourne American Premiere Sep 15 – Oct 1, 2017

THE HUMANS

FIRST SEASON PRODUCTION

BRIGHT STAR

Music, Book, and Story by Steve Martin Music, Lyrics, and Story by Edie Brickell Choreography by Josh Rhodes Directed by Walter Bobbie Oct 11 – Nov 19, 2017 SECOND SEASON PRODUCTION

SOMETHING ROTTEN!

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SOFT POWER

Play and Lyrics by David Henry Hwang Music and Additional Lyrics by Jeanine Tesori Choreography by Sam Pinkleton Directed by Leigh Silverman World Premiere May 3 – June 10, 2018 FOURTH SEASON PRODUCTION

THE HUMANS

FIFTH SEASON PRODUCTION

AIN’T TOO PROUD

The Life and Times of The Temptations Book by Dominique Morisseau Music and Lyrics from The Legendary Motown Catalog Choreography by Sergio Trujillo Directed by Des McAnuff Aug 21 – Sep 30, 2018

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Sarah Steele and Reed Birney. Photo by Joan Marcus.

By Stephen Karam Directed by Joe Mantello June 19 – July 29, 2018

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We would like to take this opportunity to thank the following donors who have made extraordinary investments in Center Theatre Group’s future. Their support will ensure that Center Theatre Group—and Los Angeles audiences and artists— enjoy another 50 years of theatrical excellence.

GIFTS OF $5,000,000 AND ABOVE Brindell Roberts Gottlieb Kirk & Anne Douglas Ahmanson Foundation GIFTS OF $1,000,000 AND ABOVE Anonymous (2) Edgerton Foundation Kiki & David Gindler Patricia Glaser & Sam Mudie Laura & James Rosenwald & Orinoco Foundation Renee & Meyer Luskin Sue Tsao The Annenberg Foundation Aliza Karney Guren & Marc Guren Ann & Stephen F. Hinchliffe, Jr. The Louis and Harold Price Foundation GIFTS OF $500,000 AND ABOVE Deena & Edward Nahmias Donna Schweer & Tom Geiser Elliott Sernel Amy Forbes & Andrew Murr Jerry & Terri Kohl Louise Moriarty Michael Ritchie & Kate Burton GIFTS OF $250,000 AND ABOVE Joni & Miles Benickes Diana Buckhantz & the Vladimir and Araxia Buckhantz Foundation

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PRODUCTION OF

THE HUMANS BY

STEPHEN KARAM WITH

JAYNE CASSIE REED BECK BIRNEY HOUDYSHELL LAUREN NICK SARAH KLEIN MILLS STEELE Scenic Design

Costume Design

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CAST (in order of appearance)

Erik Blake ........................................................................... REED BIRNEY Aimee Blake ........................................................................ CASSIE BECK Brigid Blake ...................................................................... SARAH STEELE Deirdre Blake ...........................................................JAYNE HOUDYSHELL Fiona “Momo” Blake ......................................................... LAUREN KLEIN Richard Saad ..........................................................................NICK MILLS

UNDERSTUDIES Understudies never substitute for listed performers unless a specific announcement is made at the time of the appearance. For Deirdre Blake—DENISE LUTE; for Fiona “Momo” Blake—SUSANNE MARLEY; for Erik Blake—DALE PLACE; for Aimee Blake, Brigid Blake—THERESE PLAEHN; for Richard Saad—LUIS VEGA.

The Humans 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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The Humans playwright STEPHEN KARAM in conversation with Seattle Rep Literary Director KRISTIN LEAHEY, Ph.D. Original Transcription by ANNIKA BENNETT

Sarah Steele and Reed Birney. Photo by Brigitte Lacombe.

What are the things that keep human beings up at night?

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Kristin Leahey (KL): What was your impulse behind writing The Humans? Stephen Karam (SK): I was thinking a lot about the things that were keeping me up at night and that got me thinking about existential human fears: fear of poverty, sickness, losing the love of someone…. Was there a way to actually tell a story that might elicit some of those fears—or provide some thrills—while also talking about how human beings cope with them? And by the time I was done, I had written a family play or, as I think of it now, a family thriller. KL: Could you share some of the highlights of working on the play in 2014 with Chicago’s American Theater Company (ATC), then in 2015 with New York’s Roundabout Theatre Company, and eventually on Broadway in 2016?

Sarah Steele and Cassie Beck. Photo by Brigitte Lacombe.

SK: The gift of new work when it goes well is you get to grow the piece with other artists and countless people behind the scenes. The Roundabout production was set, but the theatre allowed for the World premiere at ATC in Chicago, because I thought it would help me to develop the play in preparation for New York. Also, I thought it was a great play for Chicago, where audiences are accustomed to taking risks, especially with new work. I did a lot of intense rewriting while we were in rehearsals for the production. And then we went to Roundabout, and it was almost like doing it over again, because there was a new director, Joe Mantello, as well as a new cast. I learned a lot from the first production, so the company I think had a stronger script as a result. The Roundabout’s Off-Broadway space is about 400 seats, so it’s actually quite big. Therefore, it wasn’t a huge shift in terms of rethinking the play when we moved to Broadway. The set nestled well into the Helen Hayes Theatre and then we transferred to the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, which is larger. It was interesting to see how the actors adjusted their

performances to each of the different spaces…but, you know, the same dilapidated two-story duplex set followed us everywhere. KL: After having the experience of working on the premiere in Chicago and now, in many ways, coming full circle with the national tour, what are you looking forward to with this new journey for The Humans? SK: You can probably tell from the play that I’m from Pennsylvania. Any time I do a new play, I’m actually thinking, “Will it ever find its way across the country?” “Will it ever find its way to Pennsylvania or Arizona or Washington State?” My first attendance at a professional theatre was seeing touring shows that made their way to the Scranton Cultural Center at the Masonic Temple. I ushered at the Masonic in high school to get free tickets. They were large musicals but never “straight plays.” There’s a special magic in taking a play, a piece like this, across the country. I just feel [that it] really connects to what it meant for me to see theatre growing up, so I’m excited to see something that I wrote have a chance to travel.

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KL: I really admire that your work, such as Speech & Debate, Sons of the Prophet, and The Humans, grapples with immense sociopolitical ideas, but at its core are these tangible, intimate relationships between characters. How do you strike this balance? SK: Instead of running away from the larger questions we’re struggling with, I realized that my plays can come from them. With The Humans, I originally thought the way to address the play’s big ideas was a lot noisier, with a lot more bells and whistles, but through the writing process of stripping things away, by the end, I was staring at six damaged and lovely souls, who audiences would watch be hurt and laugh and cry and love. Things become universal, and thus reverberate more precisely. It’s sort of the epic via the intimate. KL: It’s interesting considering that sometimes the most intimate of subjects can also be the most political. SK: I didn’t start The Humans by saying, “I’m going to write about the dying middle class.” I think that’s a losing game, only because you can’t make people watch a play like that—at least I don’t think so—unless there are complex, multidimensional people at the center of the conflict. That’s where audiences invest, when they actually care about the struggle of the people onstage. If I get too bogged down in ideas, I don’t tend to write so well. I feel like my plays become more political by focusing on human behavior. As a playwright, you can’t write about what it means to be alive and not be political. And if you’re writing about what it means to be alive today, you’re going to end up writing a political play…. I never would have predicted or imagined that Donald Trump would have become president. Nor would I have ever suspected that somebody with his particular background, trust fund, and golden toilets would be the person who ends up connecting to the Erik Blakes of the world. KL: I really appreciated the March 2017 article you wrote for American Theatre—“Guides for Survival in the Trump Simulacrum.” You wrote, “Artists and philosophers are better at processing complex realities during unreal times.”

I was staring at six damaged and lovely souls, who audiences would watch be hurt and laugh and cry and love. Things become universal, and thus reverberate more precisely. It’s sort of the epic via the intimate. politicians are interested in the sincere question that The Humans was born out of, too—“What are the things that keep human beings up at night?” And sometimes, for the good of the people, they think about these things because they want to know what we care and are worried about. And then, of course, when politicians are campaigning, they can also play into these fears in really dark and scary ways. The play got caught for a while in a political discussion that I certainly welcomed, but I think part of the reason it did is that there’s an overlap of interest in watching politicians also try to take the temperature of what’s keeping people up at night. KL: What was it like working with Joe Mantello on the project? We’re so thrilled that he’s helming the tour. SK: It was incredible! A good collaborator like Joe just makes your work stronger. I think what I love about working with him is that he is uncompromising, has an incredible eye, and understood the play from the second he read it. I can’t really overstate what a gift that is. I feel somewhat giddy that we’re going to get to do it again. I should also note that the play is a comedy. I’m somebody who loves laughing when I’m seeing any play myself. But you can’t just tell people a play is funny; you have to let them decide that for themselves. But of course, watching any family interact for 90 minutes is going to be partially, if not largely, hilarious.

SK: Our job as writers is to tell the truth and be as honest as possible—avoid propaganda or a tidy resolution. And PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE P7

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WHO’S WHO CASSIE BECK (Aimee Blake). Broadway: The Humans, Picnic. Off-Broadway: The Humans (Roundabout Theatre Company); The Whale, The Drunken City (Theatre World Award), Prayer for My Enemy (Playwrights Horizons); By the Water (Manhattan Theatre Club and Ars Nova); The Insurgents (Labyrinth Theater Company); Happy Hour, Oohrah! (Atlantic Theater Company); and Smudge (Women’s Project Theater). Regional: Elemeno Pea (South Coast Repertory and Humana Festival), Prelude to a Kiss (Huntington Theatre Company), The Cherry Sisters Revisited (Humana), Three Sisters (Williamstown Theatre Festival), and The Consultant (Long Wharf Theatre). REED BIRNEY (Erik Blake). Broadway: 1984, The Humans (Tony Award, Outer Critics Circle Award nomination), Gemini, Picnic, and Casa Valentina (Tony nomination, Drama Desk Award). OffBroadway: Man from Nebraska (Lucille Lortel Award nomination), The Humans (Drama Desk Award for Best Ensemble), I’m Gonna Pray for You So Hard (Drama Desk nomination, Outer Critics Circle nomination), You Got Older (Drama Desk nomination), Uncle Vanya (Drama Desk nomination, Outer Critics Circle nomination), Blasted (Drama Desk nomination), Circle Mirror Transformation (Obie Award, Drama Desk Award), Tigers Be Still, The Dream of the Burning Boy (Outer Critics Circle nomination), A Small Fire, and Bug (Obie Award). Television: House of Cards (Donald Blythe), The Blacklist (Tom Connolly), Girls, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, Madam Secretary, and The Accidental Wolf. He is the recipient of a 2006 Obie Award for Sustained Excellence, a 2011 Special Drama Desk Award honoring his career, and the Richard Seff Award from Actors’ Equity. JAYNE HOUDYSHELL (Deirdre Blake). Broadway: A Doll’s House, Part 2 (Tony Award nomination); The Humans (Tony Award); Fish in the Dark; Romeo and Juliet; Follies (Tony nomination); The Importance of Being Earnest; Dead Accounts; Bye Bye Birdie; Wicked; Well (Tony nomination, Theatre World Award). Off-Broadway: Relevance; The Humans (Obie Award, Drama Desk Award for Best Ensemble); Harrison, TX;

Coraline; The Receptionist; The New Century; The Pain and The Itch; Much Ado About Nothing; Well (Obie). She is the recipient of a 2013 Special Drama Desk Award “for her artistry as an exceptionally versatile and distinctive Broadway and Off-Broadway performer.” Film: Lucky Stiff, Everybody’s Fine, Garden State, Trust the Man, Bounty Hunter. TV: The Good Fight, American Odyssey, Elementary, Blue Bloods, Law & Order: SVU. LAUREN KLEIN (Fiona “Momo” Blake). Broadway: The Humans, Other Desert Cities, Lost in Yonkers (original cast), and Broken Glass (original cast). OffBroadway: The Humans, Mr. Goldwyn, Death Defying Acts, and After the Fall. Regional: Death of a Salesman, Plainsong, Eventide, Big Love, The People’s Temple, The Last Night at Ballyhoo, and Denial. National tours: Dirty Dancing, Broadway Bound, and I’m Not Rappaport. TV: Law & Order (Judge, recurring for 10 years) and Tales from the Darkside. Film: My One and Only, A Price Above Rubies, and Then She Found Me. Video game: Red Dead Redemption. Awards: Connecticut Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play for Big Love, Carbonell Award for Best Actress for Denial, and Denver Ovation Award for Best Supporting Actress for Plainsong. She received her master of fine arts from American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco. NICK MILLS (Richard Saad). Broadway: 1984, The Humans. Off-Broadway: The Humans, The Unavoidable Disappearance of Tom Durnin (Roundabout Theatre Company), and Macbeth (Public Theater). Regional: The Legend of Georgia McBride (Denver Center Theatre Company), Lombardi (Cleveland Play House), Back Back Back (The Old Globe), and How to Disappear Completely (Theatre @ Boston Court). TV: Mr. Robot, HBO’s Show Me a Hero, Law & Order: SVU, and Person of Interest. He has a master of fine arts from New York University’s Graduate Acting program and a bachelor of fine arts from the University of Evansville.

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SARAH STEELE (Brigid Blake). Broadway: The Humans (Drama Desk Award for Best Ensemble), The Country House. Off-Broadway: The Humans, Slowgirl, Russian Transport, All-American, Speech & Debate, The Netflix Plays, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie. Regional: Not Waving (Williamstown Theatre Festival). Film: Ask for Jane (upcoming), Speech & Debate, Permission, Viena and the Fantomes, The Mend, Adult Beginners, The To Do List, Please Give, Margaret, Spanglish, Man (short). Television: The Good Fight, The Good Wife, Girls, Nurse Jackie, Blue Bloods, Harry’s Law, Gossip Girl, Law & Order. Sarah has a BA in English from Columbia University. DENISE LUTE (Understudy for Deirdre Blake). Broadway: Monday After the Miracle. Off-Broadway: The Government Inspector (Red Bull Theater), Middle of the Night (Keen Company), By the Water (Manhattan Theatre Club), and Bug (Barrow Street). Regional: Cat On A Hot Tin Roof, Communicating Doors, Mame, Anything Goes, Showboat, Copenhagen, Doubt, The Big Knife, and The Constant Wife. Film: Lucky Days, Whiskey School, The Dead of Winter. Television: The Path, The Tap, ED, The Guiding Light, and guest spots on all three Law & Order series. SUSANNE MARLEY (Understudy for Fiona “Momo” Blake) has been a part of The Humans from its Off-Broadway run through the run on Broadway. She covered and performed the roles of Violet and Mattie Fae Weston in the Tony Award-winning Broadway production of August: Osage County. National tour: Hannah in Angels in America/Perestroika. Off-Broadway: Balm in Gilead, Fool for Love, How the Other Half Loves, Other People’s Money, Romeo and Juliet, and God’s Daughter. She has also played Violet Weston in August: Osage County at The Human Race Theatre Company, Garvin Theatre in Santa Barbara, and at the Arkansas Repertory Theatre.

DALE PLACE (Understudy for Erik Blake). Broadway: Heisenberg. New York: King Lear at New York Shakespeare Festival, Nikolai and the Others at Lincoln Center Theater. Regional: Huntington Theatre Company, Cleveland Play House, Boston’s Old State House, The Hanover Theatre, Northern Stage, New Repertory Theatre, Lyric Stage, Boston Playwrights’ Theatre, SpeakEasy Stage, Greater Boston Stage Company, and The Barnstormers Theatre. Film: The Fighter, The Proposal, Joy, Gone Baby Gone, and What’s Your Number? THERESE PLAEHN (Understudy for Aimee Blake, Brigid Blake) most recently played Aimee Blake in the national tour of The Humans. Broadway: The Heidi Chronicles. Other NYC theatre: A (radically condensed and expanded) Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never Do Again (after David Foster Wallace) (The Public Theater), Family Play (1979 to Present) (CollaborationTown), Anna Christie (The Wild Project). Regional: Our Town (Huntington Theatre), Crimes of the Heart (TheatreWorks, Silicon Valley), Paradise Lost (American Repertory Theater), and summers at Gloucester Stage and Chester Theatre. TV: Mr. Robot, Blue Bloods, American Odyssey, and Onion News Network. LUIS VEGA (Understudy for Richard Saad) most recently played the role of Richard Saad in the national tour of The Humans. Other theatre credits include: Tell Hector I Miss Him (Atlantic Theater Company); Where Storms Are Born and A Streetcar Named Desire (Williamstown Theatre Festival); The Comfort Team (Virginia Stage Company); Dance for a Dollar (INTAR); (RUS)H (HERE); The Knights (Target Margin Theater); Til the Break of Dawn (Culture Project); Alice in War (Summer Play Festival); Life is a Dream (South Coast Repertory). Film: Another Earth (Fox Searchlight), Chinese Puzzle, Emoticon ;). Company member of Ubuntu Theater Project. Education: MFA in acting from University of California San Diego, BA in English from Columbia University.

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STEPHEN KARAM (Playwright). Karam’s plays include The Humans (Tony Award for Best Play, Obie Award for Playwriting, New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Play, and Pulitzer Prize finalist), Sons of the Prophet (New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Play and Pulitzer Prize finalist), and Speech & Debate. His adaptation of Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard premiered on Broadway as part of Roundabout Theatre Company’s 2016 season; his film adaptation of The Seagull, starring Annette Bening, premiered in 2018. Recent honors include two Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards, a Lucille Lortel Award, a Drama League Award, and the Hull-Warriner Award. Karam is a graduate of Brown University and grew up in Scranton, Pennsylvania. JOE MANTELLO (Director). A two-time Tony Award-winning director, credits include The Boys in the Band, Three Tall Women, The Humans (Tony nomination), Blackbird, An Act of God, Airline Highway, The Last Ship, Casa Valentina, I’ll Eat You Last..., The Other Place, Dogfight, Other Desert Cities, The Pride, Pal Joey, 9 to 5, November, The Receptionist, The Ritz, Three Days of Rain, The Odd Couple, Glengarry Glen Ross (Tony nomination), Laugh Whore, Assassins (Tony Award), Wicked, Take Me Out (Tony Award), Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune, A Man of No Importance, Design for Living, The Vagina Monologues, Bash, Love! Valour! Compassion! (Tony nomination), Proposals, The Mineola Twins, and Corpus Christi. Acting credits: The Glass Menagerie, The Normal Heart (Tony nomination), Angels in America (Tony nomination), The Baltimore Waltz. Mantello was nominated for Emmy and Critics’ Choice Awards for his performance in HBO’s The Normal Heart. He is a member of Naked Angels and an Associate Artist at the Roundabout Theatre Company and has received Outer Critics Circle, Drama Desk, Lucille Lortel, Helen Hayes, Clarence Derwent, Obie, and Joe A. Callaway Awards. DAVID ZINN (Scenic Designer). Broadway: set design for The Humans (Tony Award); set and costume design for SpongeBob SquarePants, Fun Home (Tony nominations), The Last Ship; costume design for A Doll’s House, Part 2 and Airline Highway (Tony nominations); Other Desert Cities; Good People; Xanadu; In the Next Room, or the vibrator play (Tony nomination). Recent Off-Broadway: set design for Hamlet, Hir; and set and costume design for The Flick, Circle Mirror Transformation, Choir Boy, and Dogfight. Regional: Steppenwolf, Guthrie Theater, Center Theatre Group, American Repertory Theater, Opera Philadelphia, Lyric Opera of Chicago, and Santa Fe Opera.

SARAH LAUX (Costume Designer). Broadway: The Band’s Visit, The Humans, Fully Committed. Off-Broadway/ regional: On the Shore… (Atlantic); Sacred Valley (New York Stage and Film); The Man in the Ceiling (Bay Street); The End of Longing (MCC Theater); Bad Jews (George Street Playhouse); Man from Nebraska (Second Stage Theater); The Band’s Visit (Atlantic Theater Company); Ultimate Beauty Bible (Page 73 Productions); Empathitrax (Colt Coeur); The Effect (Barrow Street Theatre); Thresh/ Hold (Pilobolus Dance Theater); Come Back, Little Sheba (Huntington Theatre Company); Women or Nothing (Atlantic Theater Company); and Really, Really (MCC Theater). Feature film: Freak Show. JUSTIN TOWNSEND (Lighting Designer). Broadway: The Little Foxes, Present Laughter, The Humans (Tony Award nomination, Drama Desk Award, Outer Critics Circle Award), American Psycho (Tony nomination, Drama Desk nomination), Fool for Love, Casa Valentina, A Night with Janis Joplin, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, The Other Place, and Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson. Off-Broadway: 10 out of 12 (Soho Repertory Theatre); Pretty Filthy (The Civilians); Found (Atlantic Theater Company); Here Lies Love (The Public Theater, Royal National Theatre); Mr. Burns, a post electric play and Milk Like Sugar (Playwrights Horizons); A Man’s a Man, The Caucasian Chalk Circle, Galileo, and Unnatural Acts (Classic Stage Company). He has received Henry Hewes, Lucille Lortel, and Drama Desk Awards, as well as an Obie Award for Sustained Excellence of Lighting Design in 2014. Townsend is an assistant professor at Brooklyn College. FITZ PATTON (Sound Designer). Broadway: Meteor Shower, Present Laughter, The Little Foxes, The Humans (Drama Desk Award), Our Mother’s Brief Affair, Blackbird, The Father, An Act of God, It’s Only a Play, Airline Highway, The Other Place, I’ll Eat You Last: A Chat With Sue Mengers, Outside Mullingar, Casa Valentina, The House of Blue Leaves, Brighton Beach Memoirs, Broadway Bound. OffBroadway: Torch Song; Napoli, Brooklyn; Yen; Prodigal Son; The Other Place (Drama Desk nomination); When the Rain Stops Falling (Drama Desk, and Lucille Lortel Awards). He is the founding editor of Chance, a serialized art book on performance and design. CARRIE GARDNER, CSA (Casting) serves as senior casting director for the Roundabout Theatre Company. Selected credits: The Book of Mormon, Sunday in the Park with George, Significant Other, Long Day’s Journey Into Night,

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The Real Thing, Violet, Rocky, Machinal, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Picnic, Cyrano de Bergerac, The Importance of Being Earnest, The Pee-wee Herman Show, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, American Idiot, Spring Awakening, Up Here, If I Forget, Bad Jews, Ugly Lies the Bone, Indian Ink, Dinner with Friends, The Last Goodbye, Tom Durnin, Sons of the Prophet, Look Back in Anger, Tigers Be Still, Ordinary Days, and Speech & Debate. Her credits also include productions at Encores! Off-Center. WILLIAM JOSEPH BARNES (Production Supervisor). Production stage manager for more than 25 Broadway shows including the Tony Award-winning productions of Hello, Dolly!; The Humans; Boeing-Boeing; Glengarry Glen Ross; Assassins; Take Me Out; Art; Master Class; and Love! Valour! Compassion! BRIAN J. L’ECUYER (Production Stage Manager). National tours include Fiasco Theater’s Into the Woods, La Cage aux Folles, Lincoln Center Theater’s South Pacific, The Drowsy Chaperone, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, and Deaf West Theatre’s Big River. Most recently: Jersey Boys at the Paris Hotel in Las Vegas. DEVIN DAY (Stage Manager). Broadway: 1984, The Humans, An Act of God, Skylight, The Audience, Disgraced, and I’ll Eat You Last. Off-Broadway: The Humans (Roundabout Theatre Company); My Perfect Mind (Brits Off-Broadway Festival); Breakfast with Mugabe (Two Planks Productions); and Lucy Loves Me, Pinkolandia, Adoration of the Old Woman (INTAR Theatre). Regional and Washington, D.C.: John W. Engeman Theater, Summer Theatre of New Canaan, Source Festival, Capital Fringe, and Taffety Punk Theatre Company. She is a graduate of the University of Mary Washington. AURORA PRODUCTIONS (Production Management). Amy and the Orphans; Anastasia; Angels in America; Bobbie Clearly; The Book of Mormon (Broadway and tour); Carousel; Children of a Lesser God; Farinelli and the King; Frozen; Hello, Dolly!; The Humans (tour); School of Rock; Springsteen on Broadway; Stories by Heart; Travesties. Aurora has been providing technical supervision and production management to the entertainment industry since 1989. ALLIED TOURING (Tour Marketing & Press) is a full-service engagement management agency representing Broadway tours and other live touring events across North America.

Current tours: An American in Paris, The Book of Mormon, Bright Star, Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella, Elf The Musical, The Humans, Kinky Boots, Motown The Musical, Rent, School of Rock, Something Rotten!, and Irving Berlin’s White Christmas. Upcoming tours: Hello, Dolly!; Mean Girls; SpongeBob SquarePants; Charlie and the Chocolate Factory; Bandstand; and The Play That Goes Wrong. SCOTT RUDIN (Producer). Films include Isle of Dogs; Lady Bird; Fences; Ex Machina; Steve Jobs; Top Five; While We’re Young; Inherent Vice; The Grand Budapest Hotel; Captain Phillips; Inside Llewyn Davis; Frances Ha; Moonrise Kingdom; Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close; The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo; Margaret; Moneyball; True Grit; The Social Network; Greenberg; It’s Complicated; Fantastic Mr. Fox; Julie & Julia; Doubt; There Will Be Blood; Margot at the Wedding; The Darjeeling Limited; No Country for Old Men; Notes on a Scandal; The Queen; Closer; The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou; Team America; The Village; School of Rock; The Hours; The Royal Tenenbaums; Wonder Boys; Sleepy Hollow; South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut; A Civil Action; The Truman Show; In & Out; First Wives Club; Mother; Clueless; Nobody’s Fool; The Addams Family; Addams Family Values; Searching for Bobby Fischer; The Firm; and Sister Act. Theatre includes Passion; Seven Guitars; A Funny Thing...; The Chairs; The Blue Room; Closer; Amy’s View; Copenhagen; The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?; Medea; Caroline, or Change; The Normal Heart; Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?; Doubt; The History Boys; Faith Healer; Gypsy; God of Carnage; Fences; The Book of Mormon; The Motherf**ker With the Hat; Jerusalem; Death of a Salesman; One Man, Two Guvnors; Betrayal; A Raisin in the Sun; This Is Our Youth; The Curious Incident...; A Delicate Balance; The Iceman Cometh (BAM); Between Riverside and Crazy; Fish in the Dark; The Audience; Skylight; The Flick; A View From the Bridge; The Humans; The Crucible; Blackbird; Shuffle Along...; The Front Page; The Wolves; Hello, Dolly!; The Glass Menagerie; A Doll’s House, Part 2; Carousel; Three Tall Women; and The Iceman Cometh. Television includes The Newsroom, Silicon Valley, The Night Of, and Five Came Back. BARRY DILLER (Producer) is Chairman and Senior Executive of IAC and Expedia. During his career at ABC, Paramount, and Fox, he oversaw the creation of the ABC Movie of the Week, Saturday Night Fever, Taxi, Grease, Ordinary People, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Cheers, Terms of Endearment, Beverly Hills Cop, Die Hard, Home Alone, PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE P11

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and The Simpsons. Most recently he produced Betrayal. In addition, through his foundation, he has supported projects for Roundabout Theatre Company, Signature Theatre Company, The Public Theater, and the Motion Picture & Television Fund. ROUNDABOUT THEATRE COMPANY (Originating Theatre; Todd Haimes, Artistic Director). An award-winning not-forprofit company, Roundabout has been recognized for its varied work on five stages, reaching more than 700,000 theatregoers and 18,000 students and teachers each year. Roundabout Underground’s program for new playwrights was launched with Stephen Karam’s play Speech & Debate. The Humans is his second play commissioned by Roundabout and was part of Roundabout’s 50 anniversary season. TH

FOX THEATRICALS (Producer) is the recipient of a 2015 Tony Award for Best Musical for Fun Home. Headed by Kristin Caskey and Mike Isaacson, it is part of Fox Associates in St. Louis, whose partners include Mary Strauss, Lisa Baudendistel Suntrup, and Julie Baudendistel Noonan. JAMES L. NEDERLANDER (Producer) is the president of the Nederlander Organization and son of the late James M. Nederlander. Producing credits include On Your Feet!, Escape to Margaritaville, The Elephant Man, Kinky Boots, Movin’ Out, West Side Story, and many others. ROY FURMAN (Producer). Current productions: Dear Evan Hansen (Tony Award); Hello, Dolly! (Tony); The Band’s Visit; The Book of Mormon (Tony); and Cats. Other Tonywinning productions include The Humans, The Color Purple, A View from the Bridge, Spamalot, War Horse, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, A Raisin in the Sun, and The History Boys. Co-founded international investment firm Furman Selz; now Vice Chairman Jefferies LLC, Vice Chairman Lincoln Center. JON B. PLATT (Producer). Productions include Angels in America, Copenhagen, Clybourne Park, Wicked, The Book of Mormon, God of Carnage, Death of a Salesman, A Raisin in the Sun, Venus in Fur, Skylight, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, A View from the Bridge, The Front Page, and Sweat. ELI BUSH (Producer) is a producer of The Book of Mormon; Hello, Dolly!; Carousel; Three Tall Women; and The Iceman Cometh; and was a producer of A Doll’s House, Part 2;

The Glass Menagerie; The Wolves; The Front Page; Shuffle Along...; Blackbird; The Crucible; A View From the Bridge; The Humans; The Flick; Fish in the Dark; Skylight; A Delicate Balance; This Is Our Youth; A Raisin in the Sun; Betrayal; and Death of a Salesman. He is a producer of the films Isle of Dogs, Lady Bird, While We’re Young, and Top Five; executive producer of Fences, De Palma, Steve Jobs, Ex Machina, and Captain Phillips; and co-producer of Mistress America, Inherent Vice, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Frances Ha, Moonrise Kingdom, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, and The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. Television includes HBO’s The Newsroom, The Night Of, and Five Came Back. THE JOHN GORE ORGANIZATION (Producer). This family of companies includes Broadway Across America and Broadway.com. It is under the supervision of 11-time Tony Award-winning producer John Gore, who also serves as Chairman and CEO. Productions include The Band’s Visit; Beautiful; Cats; Dear Evan Hansen; and Hello, Dolly! JACK LANE (Producer). New York credits include The Humans (Tony Award), Fun Home (Tony), Peter and the Starcatcher (Tony nomination), The Play That Goes Wrong, Shear Madness, and The Prom (fall 2018). He is the executive producer of Stages St. Louis. BARBARA WHITMAN (Producer). Broadway credits include Angels in America, Fun Home, The Humans, Fully Committed, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Red, Next to Normal, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, and A Raisin in the Sun. JAY ALIX & UNA JACKMAN (Producers). Credits include Hello, Dolly! (Tony Award); A Doll’s House, Part 2; The Glass Menagerie; Indecent; Anastasia; The Front Page; The Humans (Tony); Blackbird; Bright Star; A View from the Bridge (Tony); The Crucible; Fish in the Dark; Skylight (Tony); and A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder (Tony, Drama Desk, Drama League, and Outer Critics Circle Awards). SONIA FRIEDMAN (Producer) is responsible for some of the most successful West End and Broadway theatre productions in recent years including Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Farinelli and the King, The Book of Mormon, 1984, King Charles III, The River, Twelfth Night/ Richard III, and Jerusalem.

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AMANDA LIPITZ (Producer). Broadway: A View from the Bridge, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Legally Blonde, and The Performers. Off-Broadway: Brooklynite. She produced and directed the documentary Step, and was executive producer of MTV’s Legally Blonde, the Musical: The Search for Elle Woods. She serves on the Board of Trustees at New York University. PETER MAY (Producer) is the President and Founding Partner of Triam Partners and an avid lover of Broadway. He is a producer of Hello, Dolly! (Tony Award); A View from the Bridge; The Elephant Man (2015); Cinderella; The Visit; Fortune’s Fool; Passing Strange; and many more. STEPHANIE P. McCLELLAND (Producer). Current Broadway: Angels in America; The Book of Mormon; Carousel; and Hello, Dolly! As a producer she has been awarded 13 Tony Awards, 12 Drama Desk Awards, 10 Drama League Awards, one Olivier Award, and 10 Outer Critics Circle Awards. THE SHUBERT ORGANIZATION (Producer) has produced and co-produced hundreds of plays and musicals. Under the leadership of Chairman Philip J. Smith and President Robert E. Wankel, the Shubert Organization owns and operates 17 Broadway theatres and six Off-Broadway venues. DIANA DiMENNA (Producer). Executive producer of documentary film Restless Creature: Wendy Whelan. Broadway: Waitress; Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812; Bright Star; A Doll’s House, Part 2; Hello, Dolly!; and Mean Girls. JOEY PARNES (Executive Producer). Broadway: The Iceman Cometh; Three Tall Women; Carousel; Meteor Shower; 1984; A Doll’s House, Part 2; Hello, Dolly! (Tony Award); The Glass Menagerie; The Front Page; The Humans (Tony); Bright Star; Shuffle Along; The Crucible; Blackbird; A View from the Bridge (Tony); Skylight (Tony); Fish in the Dark; A Raisin in the Sun (Tony); A Gentleman’s Guide… (Tony); Betrayal; Vanya and Sonia… (Tony); Hair (Tony); among others. SUE WAGNER (Executive Producer). Broadway: The Iceman Cometh; Three Tall Women; Carousel; Meteor Shower; 1984; A Doll’s House, Part 2; Hello, Dolly! (Tony Award); The Glass Menagerie; The Front Page; The Humans (Tony);

Bright Star; Shuffle Along; The Crucible; Blackbird; A View from the Bridge (Tony); Skylight (Tony); Fish in the Dark; A Raisin in the Sun (Tony); A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder (Tony); Betrayal; Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike (Tony); End of the Rainbow; and Hair. JOHN JOHNSON (Executive Producer). Broadway: The Iceman Cometh; Three Tall Women; Carousel; Meteor Shower; A Doll’s House, Part 2; Hello, Dolly!; The Glass Menagerie; The Front Page; The Humans; Bright Star; Shuffle Along; The Crucible; Blackbird; A View from the Bridge; Skylight; A Raisin in the Sun; A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder; and Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike. He is a graduate of Fordham University at Lincoln Center. SEATTLE REPERTORY THEATRE. Founded in 1963, Seattle Rep is led by Artistic Director Braden Abraham and Managing Director Jeffrey Herrmann. One of America’s premier not-for-profit resident theatres, Seattle Repertory Theatre has achieved international renown for its consistently high production and artistic standards, and was awarded the 1990 Tony Award for Outstanding Regional Theatre. With an emphasis on entertaining plays of true dramatic and literary worth, Seattle Rep produces a season of plays along with educational programs, new play workshops, and special presentations. CENTER THEATRE GROUP MICHAEL RITCHIE (Artistic Director) is in his 13 season as Center Theatre Group’s Artistic Director, and has led over 190 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. TH

STEPHEN D. ROUNTREE (Managing Director) joined Center Theatre Group in 2014 as Managing Director. He was previously the President and CEO of The Music Center (2002–2014) and concurrently the CEO of the Los Angeles Opera (2008–2012). He served the J. Paul Getty Trust for 22 years, starting in 1980 as Deputy Director of the Getty Museum, then Director of the Getty Center Building Program, and in 1998, the Executive Vice President and PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE P13

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Chief Operating Officer for the Getty Trust. He currently serves as a trustee of Occidental College, The Ahmanson Foundation, Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles, and Polytechnic School. DOUGLAS C. BAKER (Producing Director) is now in his 28 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. TH

JEFFREY UPAH (General Manager, Ahmanson Theatre) has worked in management at Center Theatre Group since 2006 on more than 50 musicals, plays, and special events including both pre-Broadway productions and Broadway tours. Some of his favorites include Follies, God of Carnage, and The Black Rider (having previously worked on Robert

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Wilson productions in Boston, Houston, and Sao Paulo, Brazil). Prior to Center Theatre Group, he worked in various capacities at the Santa Fe Opera, Yale Repertory Theatre, American Repertory Theater, and Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, among others. 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 THE HUMANS

SCOTT RUDIN PRODUCTIONS Garrett Basch Helena Budnik Patrick Wengler Tom Ishizuka Matthew Chong Daniel Goldberg Samantha Martinez Henry Cropsey Rachel Marc GENERAL MANAGEMENT JOEY PARNES PRODUCTIONS Joey Parnes Sue Wagner John Johnson Jillian Robbins Jesse Rothschild Aliza Wassner Kyle Bonder Allison Kupfer Katherine Barton ASSOCIATE PRODUCER Jillian Robbins COMPANY MANAGER Denny Daniello Assistant Company Manager David Haines PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT AURORA PRODUCTIONS, INC. Ben Heller Chris Minnick Ryan Murphy Steven Dalton Anthony Jusino Isaac Katzanek Liza Luxenberg Geoff Quart Luke Ricca Hannah Cava Tor Rametta Mackenzie Whiting Cori Gardner Gene O’Donovan TOUR MARKETING & PRESS ALLIED TOURING Marya K. Peters Andrew Damer Jacqueline Smith Sarah Dahlberg Jennifer Gallagher Meghan Kastenholz Anne Dailey Meyer Scott Praefke Anne Waisanen ADVERTISING SPOTCO BLT COMMUNICATIONS, INC. Dawn Baillie Francisco Anaya Mark Barnes Piers Boyce Grace Brescia Heather Bryant Rebecca Buhler Crystal Causey Damon Chin Jose Cruz Jane Dean Jeroen de Waal Kaz Dugandzic Jason Elvrom Dylan Feiner Manuel Gutierrez Sergio Gutierrez Gabriela Hanna Jose Hernandez Brian Hunkins Marc Jackson Kristie Kam Junko Kimura Jacqueline Lisinski Laura Mackey Lori Marchildon Mary Mattern David McGreavy Whitney Murdy Giovanni Negron Lauren Piper Chris Salamat Billy Stanek Steve Toyama Lisa Trublet de Nermont Emily Waizenegger Pen Williamson TOUR BOOKING AGENCY THE BOOKING GROUP Meredith Blair Kara Gebhart thebookinggroup.com CASTING CARRIE GARDNER, CSA

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR JOSHUA ALTMAN PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER ..............................................................................Brian J. L’Ecuyer Stage Manager ..................................................................................................................... Devin Day Associate Scenic & Costume Designer ............................................................................ Jacob Climer Associate Lighting Designer ..........................................................................................Chris Thielking Associate Sound Designer ....................................................................................................Ken Travis Assistant Sound Designer .................................................................................................. Sinan Zafar Props Coordinator ........................................................................................................... Ray Wetmore Head Carpenter.......................................................................................................David “Pfish” Terry Assistant Carpenter.......................................................................................................... Sean Hulbert Production Electrician............................................................................................…Shannon January Head Electrician........................................................................................................... Matthew Rocha Assistant Electrician................................................................................................................Jada Cox Head Sound Engineer...................................................................................................... Todd Higgins Assistant Sound Engineer ..........................................................................................Walter E. Shaffer Head Properties...............................................................................................Thomas “Scott” Gibson Wardrobe Supervisor ...........................................................................................Julian Andres Arango Production Assistants ................................................................................. Kristi Hess, Jasmine Kurys Legal Counsel........ Grubman, Shire, Meiselas & Sacks Lawrence Shire, Esq.; Jonathan A. Lonner, Esq. Accountants .......................................... Marks Paneth LLP/Mark A. D’Ambrosi, Patricia M. Pedersen, .......................................................................................................... Petrina Bryan, Steven R. Bloom Banking.......................................................... City National Bank, Stephanie Dalton, Michelle Gibbons Insurance............................................................................Reiff & Associates LLC/Regina L. Newsom Travel Agency......................................................................................... Tzell Travel/Andi & Alan Henig Housing/Ground Transportation .................... Road Rebel, Jana Leightly, Stephanie Hester, Jesse Cook Payroll Services................................................................................Checks and Balances Payroll, Inc. Production Photographers.................................................................... Brigitte Lacombe, Joan Marcus CREDITS Show portal by Show Motion, Inc. Scenery by Seattle Repertory Theatre. Lighting equipment from PRG Lighting. Audio equipment from Sound Associates. Original props supervisor by Joshua Yocom. Select props by Jerard Studios and Jon Krust. thehumansonbroadway.com The Humans rehearsed at BALLET HISPANICO—New York, NY. CenterTheatreGroup.org #TheHumansPlay Like us on Facebook Center Theatre Group Follow us on Twitter @CTGLA Subscribe on YouTube CTGLA Follow us on Instagram @CTGLA The actors and stage managers employed in this production are members of Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers in the United States. The Director is a member of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers, Inc., a national theatrical labor union. United Scenic Artists represents the designers and scenic painters for the American Theatre. 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; Make-up Artists and Hair Stylists Local 706. The Theatre Managers, The Press Agents, and Company Managers employed in this production are represented by the Association of Theatrical Press Agents & Managers. This production is produced by members of The Broadway League in collaboration with our professional union-represented employees. Center Theatre Group is a member of the American Arts Alliance, the Broadway League, Independent Presenters Network (IPN), LA Stage Alliance, League of Resident Theatres (LORT), National Alliance for Musical Theatre (NAMT), and the Theatre Communications Group (TCG).

Latecomers will be seated at the discretion of management. Patrons with disabilities: wheelchair seating is available in a variety of theatre locations. When ordering tickets, please indicate any special needs. For our hearing-impaired guests, the theatre is equipped with listening devices; please contact an usher for assistance.

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MICHAEL RITCHIE Artistic Director | STEPHEN D. ROUNTREE Managing Director DOUGLAS C. BAKER Producing Director

ARTISTIC NEEL KELLER...............................................................Associate Artistic Director KELLEY KIRKPATRICK................................................. Associate Artistic Director DIANE RODRIGUEZ..................................................... Associate Artistic Director LINDSAY ALLBAUGH.............................................................. Associate Producer PATRICIA GARZA ...................................Artistic Development Program Manager JOY MEADS ............................ Literary Manager/Artistic Engagement Strategist ANDREW LYNFORD ...................................................................Casting Associate IAN-JULIAN WILLIAMS ....................................Program Coordinator, Block Party MATTHEW BOURNE, DANAI GURIRA, ANNA D. SHAPIRO ......................................................................Associate Artists DAVID ADJMI (FADIMAN), LUIS ALFARO, JON ROBIN BAITZ, SHEILA CALLAGHAN (FADIMAN), STEVE CUIFFO, LISA D’AMOUR, WILL ENO (FADIMAN), DANAI GURIRA, JENNIFER HALEY, DAVID HENRY HWANG, NAOMI IIZUKA, LARS JAN, LISA KRON, KIMBER LEE, YOUNG JEAN LEE, TREY LYFORD, RICHARD MONTOYA, JANINE NABERS (FADIMAN), QUI NGUYEN, LYNN NOTTAGE, DAN O’BRIEN, DENIS O’HARE, LISA PETERSON, MARCO RAMIREZ, AL SMITH, ROGER GUENVEUR SMITH, GEOFF SOBELLE, GOB SQUAD, JEANINE TESORI, PAULA VOGEL, TRACEY SCOTT WILSON (FADIMAN), KAREN ZACARÍAS (FADIMAN)............................................Commissioned Artists JEFF AUGUSTIN, MARCUS GARDLEY, ALESHA HARRIS, LAURA JACQMIN, MOLLY SMITH METZLER, MATTHEW PAUL OLMOS, JIEHAE PARK ............L.A. Writers’ Workshop Members HANA S. KIM......................................................Sherwood Award Recipient, 2018 EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS LESLIE K. JOHNSON............. Director of Social Strategy, Innovation and Impact TYRONE DAVIS........................................ Director of Education and Engagement KATHRYN MACKENZIE ......................................Department Operations Director TRACI KWON.................................................. Arts Education Initiatives Director CAMILLE SCHENKKAN..................................Next Generation Initiatives Director JESUS REYES...................................................Community Partnerships Director ADAM NICOLAI.................................................Arts Education Program Manager FELIPE M. SANCHEZ....................................Program Manager, Emerging Artists and Arts Professionals JENNIFER HARRELL............................................................. Operations Assistant DEBRA PIVER................................................................. Resident Teaching Artist MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION NAUSICA STERGIOU................................................................... General Manager ........................................................... (Mark Taper Forum, Kirk Douglas Theatre) JEFFREY UPAH ........................................ General Manager (Ahmanson Theatre) KATIE SOFF......................................................................... Asst General Manager .................................................. (Mark Taper Forum, Kirk Douglas Theatre, NPD) CASEY MCDERMOTT..........................................General Management Associate MEGAN ALVORD....................................................................... Company Manager ........................................................... (Mark Taper Forum, Kirk Douglas Theatre) ERIC SIMS...................... Director of Theatre Operations (Kirk Douglas Theatre) MAX OKEN..............................................Facility Manager (Kirk Douglas Theatre) JAQUELYN JOHNSON................................House Manager (Kirk Douglas Theatre) SONDRA MAYER............................Concessions Manager (Kirk Douglas Theatre) ALANA BEIDELMAN.......................... Executive Assistant to the Artistic Director EVELYN STAFFORD....................... Executive Assistant to the Managing Director PRODUCTION DAWN HOLISKI................................ Production Department Operations Director JOE HAMLIN............................................ Technical Director/Production Manager .............................................................................................. (Ahmanson Theatre) SHAWN ANDERSON..................................Master Carpenter (Ahmanson Theatre) STAN STEELMON................................ Master Propertyman (Ahmanson Theatre) JAMES WRIGHT....................................... Master Electrician (Ahmanson Theatre) ROBERT SMITH...................................... Master Soundman (Ahmanson Theatre) SHANE ANDERSON................................................... Flyman (Ahmanson Theatre) MICHAEL GARDNER.......................... Wardrobe Supervisor (Ahmanson Theatre) PATRICE K. MADRIGAL........................................... Hair and Make-up Supervisor .............................................................................................. (Ahmanson Theatre) CHRISTINE L. COX.......................................House Manager (Ahmanson Theatre) JONATHAN BARLOW LEE...................... Production Manager (Mark Taper Forum) EMMET KAISER.........................................Master Carpenter (Mark Taper Forum) ROBERT RUBY..................................... Master Propertyman (Mark Taper Forum) BONES MALONE...................................... Master Soundman (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)

CHRISTOPHER REARDON......................................................Production Manager ...........................................................................................(Kirk Douglas Theatre) KATIE CHEN..................... Assistant Production Manager (Kirk Douglas Theatre) AARON STAUBACH..............................Master Electrician (Kirk Douglas Theatre) ADAM PHALEN .............................................. Head Audio (Kirk Douglas Theatre) SEAN MEYER .......................................... Light Board Programmer and Operator ...........................................................................................(Kirk Douglas Theatre) CAMBRIA CHICHI............................Wardrobe Supervisor (Kirk Douglas Theatre) CHAD SMITH............................................................ Associate Technical Director KRYSTIN MATSUMOTO............................................. Assistant Technical Director LEE O’REILLY............................................................ Assistant Technical Director SEAN KLOC...................................................................................... Shop Foreman ANDREW THIELS............................................................................... Prop Director MERRIANNE NEDREBERG..............................................Associate Prop Manager CANDICE CAIN........................................................................... Costume Director BRENT M. BRUIN..............................................................Costume Shop Manager MADDIE KELLER..................................................................... Costume Generalist WHITNEY OPPENHEIMER...............................................................Shop Assistant SWANTJE TUOHINO........................................................................................Tailor ELIZABETH LEONARD.............................................................. Facilities Manager JULIO A. CUELLAR.......................................................................Driver/Custodian DONAVAN MARTINELLI.................................................................................Driver PETER WYLIE....................................................................Production Coordinator FINANCE, INFORMATION SYSTEMS, 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 ALEGRIA SENA........................................................................... Staff Accountant XOCHITL RAMIREZ.................................................. Accounts Payable Supervisor KERRY LARICK.....................................................................Accounting Assistant JESSICA HERNANDEZ................................................................. Payroll Manager JUAN MARTINEZ......................................................................... Payroll Specialist STAN GRUSHESKY............................................ Director of Information Systems MANDY RATLIFF..............................................Sr. Database & Web Administrator ASH LEWIS......................................................................Help Desk Administrator JODY HORWITZ........................................................Director of Human Resources PJ. PHILLIPS.................................................Senior Human Resources Generalist MELISSA MCCAFFREY...........................................Human Resources Generalist MOSS ADAMS............................................................................................. Auditor MICHAEL C. DONALDSON, LISA A. CALLIF..................................... Legal Counsel GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER......................................................... Legal Counsel INSTITUTIONAL ADVANCEMENT YVONNE CARLSON BELL..........................Director of Institutional Advancement JASON CABRAL ...................... Director of Advancement Operations & Analytics TYLER ENNIS ............................... Deputy Director of Institutional Advancement BECKY BIRDSONG................................... Major Gifts and Planned Giving Officer DANIELLA DOUGLAS........................................................................ Board Liaison TERRA GOULDEN.................................................................... Major Gifts Officer KATY HILTON........... Associate Director of Foundation and Government Support LAURA HITE.......................................................................Manager of Major Gifts DONALD JOLLY.......................................................Donor Experience Coordinator DANIELLE LESNER............................... Associate Director of Donor Engagement KIM OKAMURA ............................................................................ Grants Manager MANDI OR.................................................... Associate Director of Special Events ERIN SCHLABACH........................................Manager of Major Gifts Stewardship ERIC SEPPALA..............................................................Executive Assistant to the ..................................................................Director of Institutional Advancement MATTHEW SUTPHIN................................................... Special Events Coordinator EDUARDO MOLLINEDO-PIÑÓN.............................Donor Membership Coordinator MIKE RATTERMAN........................................................ Donor Advisor Supervisor AL BERMAN, KATE CAMPBELL, ELIZABETH DELLORUSSO, DAVID GARVER, JESSICA KATZ, BENJAMIN SCHWARTZ, NICOLE SCIPIONE, PAUL VITAGLIANO, BILL WALTON ................................................................................ Donor Advisors KARLA GALVEZ, JUSTINE PEREZ................................ Donor Services Associates WAUKENA CUYJET, MURRAY E. HELTZER......................Development Volunteers

Center Theatre Group would like to thank its exceptional staff for their ongoing commitment, dedication, and extraordinary efforts.

MARKETING DEBORAH WARREN..............................................................Director of Marketing KYLE HALL...................................................................................Creative Director GARRETT COLLINS.......................... Senior Marketing Manager, Strategy & CRM ARIE LEVINE........... Senior Marketing Manager, Ahmanson & Mark Taper Forum KIYOMI EMI.........................................Marketing Manager, Promotions & Events EMYLI GUDMUNDSON.........................Marketing Manager, Kirk Douglas Theatre LAUREN VAN VLEET............................................. Sales & Marketing Coordinator CAROLINE THOMPSON/IMPACT 123............................................ Media Planning DEANNA McCLURE...............................................................................Art Director IRENE T. KANESHIRO....................................................... Senior Design Manager SANDI SILBERT............................................................................ Senior Designer TARA NITZ.................................................................................. Graphic Designer JAVIER VASQUEZ........................................................................ Graphic Designer COMMUNICATIONS JAMES SIMS..............................................................Director of Communications JASON MARTIN........................................................................... Head of Publicity KRISTI AVILA............................................................................................ Publicist KAREN BACELLAR.........................................................................Junior Publicist SARAH ROTHBARD.................... Senior Manager, Communications and Editorial RUTH GUERRA........................................................Communications Coordinator REZA VOJDANI......................................................Communications Coordinator SAMMY LOPEZ...............................................................Social Media Coordinator SARAH GOLDBAUM.........................................................Digital Product Manager HAL BANFIELD......................................................................Multimedia Producer TICKET SALES AND SERVICES SHAWN ROBERTSON............................................................ Ticket Sales Director SKYPP CABANAS........................................................ Ticket Operations Manager 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 GARY HOLLAND............................................ Audience Services Sales Associate SAM AARON, JEREMIE ARENCIBIA, KIMBERLY ARENCIBIA, VICKI BERNDT, CARLOS D. 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TULLER..................................... Priority Services Operations Manager CANDICE WALTERS............................................ Priority Services Sales Manager PAUL CUEN.................................................................. Priority Services Manager KRISTEN SCHRASS...................................Priority Services Assistant Supervisor ................................................................................................................................ BEALENE AHERN, CLAY BUNKER, RITA CANNON, MAGGIE DODD, NATALIE DRESSEL, SOFIJA DUTCHER, MARC “BYRON” DROTMAN, FRANK ENSENBERGER, LOU GEORGE, BRAD GRIFFITH, SHEP KOSTER, JORDAN KRSNAK, JULIANNA OJEDA, IAN PRICE, MICHAEL SMITH, DIANE WARD, CHANTEL WHITTLE, DELLA WOOD.....................Priority Service Representatives JULIA CASTANEDA, LILY COMEAU, JEFFREY FRIEDMAN, IDO GAL, LT GOURZONG, CHEUKWA JONES, MICHELLE LEVITT, SARAH LINTON, NAIMA OROZCO-VALDIVIA, SAM SHERRY, EDUARDO VILLEGAS, TRENYCE WILLIAMS................................................Interns

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EXPECT THE EXTRAORDINARY!

SEE ALL THREE AND SAVE!

CONTRA TIEMPO joyUS justUS

with live performance by East LA band Las Cafeteras Sat, Nov 10, 2018 at 8pm This bold, multilingual dance company draws on their Los Angeles roots— fusing Salsa, Afro-Cuban, Hip-Hop, urban, and contemporary dance—to create an invigorating engaging work. Teaming up with Las Cafeteras, the East LA band that has taken the music scene by storm, joyUS justUS explores joy as the ultimate expression of resistance.

FLAMENCO VIVO CARLOTA SANTANA

Sat, Feb 2, 2018 at 8pm

TRINITY IRISH DANCE COMPANY

Sat, Mar 2, 2018 at 8pm

AN EVENING WITH LILY TOMLIN

SEP 29, ’18 at 8PM Lily Tomlin returns with comical insights and wildly witty observations on what The Washington Post calls a “wise and howlingly funny” trip.

CIRQUE MECHANICS

42FT – A Menagerie of Mechanical Marvels

OCT 13, ’18 at 8PM Step right into the world of gears, canvas, pulleys, and sawdust as they explore the lore and history of the one-ring circus!

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AN EVENING WITH PAULA POUNDSTONE

JAN 19, ’19 at 8PM Poundstone can find the hilarious angle of almost any subject—from the absurdity of the political world to the deviousness of housecats—and deliver it with impeccable timing and razor-sharp wit.

WE SHALL OVERCOME A CELEBRATION OF MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.

JAN 27, ’19 at 2PM Inspired by the words and actions of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., five astounding singers and a quartet of musicians, led by acclaimed music director Damien Sneed, celebrate a repertoire of music traditions.

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PETER SAGAL

Host of NPR’s Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me!

MAR 16, ’19 at 8PM Celebrating 20 years of the hit NPR news quiz, host Peter Sagal, in an entertaining and thoughtprovoking evening, goes behind the scenes to explore the show’s most memorable moments while taking a look at today’s news stories.

Artists and date subject to change without notice.

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WORLD PREMIERE

I Love Lucy: a funny thing happened on the way to the sitcom by Gregg Oppenheimer

Special Thanks to Artistic Director’s Circle Members for Supporting Center Theatre Group The Artistic Director’s Circle, founded by Brindell and Milton Gottlieb, is comprised of individuals supporting specific areas of Michael Ritchie’s artistic vision for Center Theatre Group. Since its founding in 2005, members have aligned their support with over 50 productions on our stages. The following individuals have made commitments of $100,000 and above. (DONORS LISTED AS OF MAY 2, 2018.) Anonymous (2)

The Labowe Family Foundation

Judith & Thomas Beckmen

The Eugene La Pietra Foundation

Thomas Beers

Jody & David Lippman

Gail Berman-Masters

Renee & Meyer Luskin

Diana Buckhantz & Vladimir & Araxia Buckhantz Foundation

Ruth Flinkman-Marandy & Ben Marandy

Susanne & Greg Daniels Cástulo de la Rocha & Zoila Escobar Erica & Vin Di Bona Kirk & Anne Douglas Louise & Brad Edgerton

Lynn & Dreux McNairy Louise Moriarty & Patrick Stack Deena & Edward Nahmias The Louis & Harold Price Foundation Bill Resnick & Michael Stubbs

Amy Forbes & Andrew Murr

Lloyd E. Rigler - Lawrence E. Deutsch Foundation

Cindy & Gary Frischling

Laura & James Rosenwald & Orinoco Foundation

Eric & Nancy Garen Kiki & David Gindler Patricia Glaser & Sam Mudie Brindell Roberts Gottlieb Aliza Karney Guren & Marc Guren Ann & Stephen F. Hinchliffe, Jr. June & Gareth Hughes

Donna Schweers & Tom Geiser Maggy & Jack Simon Judie Stein & Stein Family Foundation Eva & Marc Stern Sue Tsao Sheila & Wally Weisman

Stanley Iezman & Nancy Stark Marvin Jubas & Janet Wald Jubas Terri & Jerry Kohl

Artists & Educators Forum ($20,000+) The Artists & Educators Forum, founded by Joni and Miles Benickes, is comprised of individuals dedicated to providing significant funding for Center Theatre Group’s New Play Production and Education and Community Partnerships programs. (DONORS LISTED AS OF MAY 2, 2018.)

JULY 12-15

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For more information about leadership gifts, please call Erin Schlabach at 213.972.3069. Donors who have made additional gifts to Center Theatre Group’s Endowment or Planned Gifts programs.

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Entertainment Circle Center Theatre Group wishes to acknowledge our generous supporters in the Entertainment Circle, who are leaders in the entertainment industry. Thank you to our multi-year donors, whose gifts ensure a secure base for our future. For information, call Donor Engagement at 213.972.7564. (DONORS LISTED AS OF APRIL 10, 2018.)

MULTI-YEAR DONORS

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JULY 20 - 29, 2018

Foundation Partners MAJOR FUNDERS

THE AHMANSON FOUNDATION ANNENBERG FOUNDATION CENTER THEATRE GROUP AFFILIATES DISNEY THEATRICAL GROUP DORIS DUKE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION EDGERTON FOUNDATION ELISABETH KATTE HARRIS TRUST THE HEARST FOUNDATIONS THE ANDREW W. MELLON FOUNDATION THE RALPH M. PARSONS FOUNDATION LLOYD E. RIGLER-LAWRENCE E. DEUTSCH FOUNDATION LAURA & JAMES ROSENWALD & ORINOCO FOUNDATION THE SHUBERT FOUNDATION, INC. THE HAROLD AND MIMI STEINBERG CHARITABLE TRUST TIME WARNER FOUNDATION INC.

With music by Alan Menken, and lyrics by Howard Ashman and Tim Rice, this much-anticipated production will transform your spirit, leaving you captivated by adventure, revenge, true friendship and love that knows no limitations.

For the first time since originating the role on broadway, Susan Egan returns to the stage as Belle!

GENEROUS SUPPORTERS

Sascha Brastoff Foundation Brookside Fund Diana Buckhantz & Vladimir & Araxia Buckhantz Foundation The Carol & James Collins Foundation The Culver City Education Foundation Joseph Drown Foundation Fineshriber Family Foundation

2017-2018 Season Honorary Producers HUGH & KEETS CASSAR

Ella Fitzgerald Charitable Foundation Lawrence P. Frank Foundation

ANNOUNCING THE LINEUP FOR OUR

NEW 2018-2019 SEASON

The Friars Charitable Foundation The Rosalinde & Arthur Gilbert Foundation Lear Family Foundation The Norman & Sadie Lee Foundation National Alliance for Musical Theatre New England Foundation for the Arts The Kenneth T. & Eileen L. Norris Foundation The Perkins Charitable Foundation Rosenthal Family Foundation Sony Pictures Entertainment The Fran & Ray Stark Foundation Dwight Stuart Youth Fund

OCT 19-28, 2018

MARCH 22-31, 2019

JULY 26-AUG 4, 2019

5-STAR THEATRICALS Kavli Theatre - Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza 5-Star Theatricals is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.

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Center Theatre Group Affiliates Kim White Peterson, President

The Affiliates have supported Center Theatre Group since 1971. Through volunteering and fundraising, members introduce young people to the magic of live theatre.

EXECUTIVE BOARD Anne Bruner* Cariline Davis Dyer Ilene Eisenberg Roberta Haft* Christine Harte Tobé Karns Diane Kessler* Thea F. Koss Rita Lee Diane Lesser Jerri Nagelberg Diane Neubauer*

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Center Theatre Group Inner Circle The Inner Circle is an organization of community leaders who provide outstanding support to Center Theatre Group. In appreciation, members enjoy a host of special benefits, including meetthe-artist receptions, backstage tours, premium theatre seating, and much more. Thank you to our multi-year donors, whose gifts ensure a secure base for our future. For information, call Donor Engagement at 213.972.7564. (DONORS LISTED AS OF APRIL 10, 2018.)

GUARDIAN CIRCLE ($18,000+) MULTI-YEAR DONORS

ANNUAL DONORS

Jonna Bollenbacher Hon. Mary Lou Byrne & Gary W. Kearney Kelly Sutherlin McLeod & Steven B. McLeod Family Foundation Peter & Susan Van Haften

Anonymous (2) Pamela & Dennis Beck Lynn Booth Maynard & Linda Brittan Linda Brown The Capital Group Companies Charitable Foundation Susan & Stephen Chandler Helen & Morgan Chu Diana Rogovin Davidow Michael A. Enomoto Rhonda C. Evans

Phyllis Kupferstein & Donald O. Farkas Susan A. Grode Heather & Paul Haaga Sharon & Joe Hernandez The Jim Hicks Family Foundation Ellen & Tom Hoberman Carrie & Ben Mui Joyce & Deane Ross Stanley Iezman & Nancy Stark Mary J. Witt

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