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Dear Audience Member, If you’ve never been here before, I want to welcome you to what I hope will be a wonderful experience. For those of you who are returning…it’s nice to have you back here with us! At Center Theatre Group, we believe theatre creates an extraordinary connection between artists and audiences, and helps to create an energy that feeds a city, a culture, and a society. Theatre, at its best, reflects the community it serves. As one of the nation’s most influential nonprofit theatre companies, we proudly continue our 52-year tradition of using the art of theatre to broaden horizons and illuminate new perspectives. Both of this month’s shows do just that. Dear Evan Hansen is a Broadway phenomenon that recently launched its national tour to 50 cities around the country. We feel very lucky to be presenting this production—with beautiful music, a top-notch company, and an important message—in Los Angeles. Quack is a brand-new play by the wonderfully talented playwright Eliza Clark. It began its life in our L.A. Writers’ Workshop, a program that supports a group of local playwrights in the creation of new works over the course of a year. It’s a very sharp, very funny piece of theatre that also adds to the bigger conversation we’re having right now about privilege and power in America. These two productions show you just a little bit of the breadth of the shows we present and produce at Center Theatre Group—which also includes the Mark Taper Forum. But what’s onstage is only a small fraction of our work, which also includes programs engaging artists, community members, and theatre’s next generation. If you are entertained, excited, or enlightened by your experience at the theatre, please consider coming a little deeper into the fold of the Center Theatre Group family by becoming a subscriber, making a tax-deductible donation to support our nonprofit mission, or simply returning for more theatre. We’ll be happy to welcome you back! See you soon. Sincerely,

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AROUND CENTER THEATRE GROUP BOYLE HEIGHTS PLAY READINGS Our monthly, bilingual, free Play Readings series continued with Las Cuatro Comadres, co-presented with LOC Productions and featuring an incredible crowd at Benjamin Franklin Library in Boyle Heights on August 14, 2018.

As part of their work toward Theater in the Community Certificates of Achievement, East Los Angeles College students are collecting stories from Boyle Heights residents to write an original play in partnership with Center Theatre Group. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll present readings in March at Boyle Heights libraries as part of our Play Readings series as well as on campus and at locations around the community. They kicked off their story gathering this summer at the Puente Family Fest, where residents chatted with them about the past, present, and future of the neighborhood, and their lives there.

We bid our amazing summer interns farewell at the end of August with thank you donuts and swag. The group was embedded around the company, learning about everything from communications and public relations to ticket operations and general management. In addition to getting handson experience, they attended weekly professional development sessions to work on their resumes, interview skills, and more. Visit CTGLA.org/Education to learn more about our workforce development programs, which include opportunities for high school, undergraduate, and graduate students, as well as early career professionals. 8 PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE

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In Memory of

Nancy Hereford

(Top, L–R) Cast members Jeremy Pope and James Harkness, Mary Wilson, and cast members Derrick Baskin, Jawan M. Jackson, and Ephraim Sykes, and Shelly Berger onstage after the performance. (Bottom, L–R) Otis Williams and John Legend. Berry Gordy and Debbie Allen. Photos by Nicholas Gingold/Capture Imaging. (Below, L–R) Producing Director Douglas C. Baker, producer Tom Hulce, Board President Kiki Ramos Gindler, L.A. County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas, producer Ira Pittelman, director Des McAnuff, playwright Dominique Morisseau, Artistic Director Michael Ritchie, and choreographer Sergio Trujillo at the pre-show dinner.

Ain’t Too Proud Opens at the Ahmanson

This fall, we’re remembering Center Theatre Group’s longtime Press Director, Nancy Hereford, and her contribution to the organization, to Los Angeles theatre, and to artists and productions around the world. Over 39 years with the company, she helped bring attention to the work of many of America’s most talented playwrights, from Zoot Suit by Luis Valdez and Angels in America by Tony Kushner to Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo by Rajiv Joseph. Nancy passed away in August. She is greatly missed, but her legacy will live on in the many lives she touched.

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A day after the announcement that Ain’t Too Proud—The Life and Times of The Temptations would head to Broadway in the spring, the new musical opened at the Ahmanson with tremendous fanfare. Donors enjoyed an exclusive pre-show event featuring book writer and Center Theatre Group Los Angeles Writers’ Workshop member Dominique Morisseau, while cast members and guests mingled afterward at a star-studded party.

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Center Theatre Group’s 2018/2019 Season—which we’ve called our biggest ever— is in fact too big to be contained by our three stages. We’re excited to share two innovative, boundary-pushing works with Los Angeles audiences in partnership with theatres around town, featuring the work of commissioned artists: Gob Squad’s Creation (Pictures for Dorian) with REDCAT and Lars Jan’s The White Album with UCLA’s Center for the Art of Performance. Both works were developed at Center Theatre Group with the support of a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Gob Squad is an arts collective based in England and Germany, while Jan lives and works in Los Angeles. “International and local are coming together through Off Center this season thanks to the Mellon grant,” said Center Theatre Group Associate Artistic Director Diane Rodriguez. “Gob Squad, a Berlin company who finds their muse in Los Angeles, would never have found their way here had we not been able to have the resources to bring them to L.A. and affect and impact their work. And on the other hand, Lars [Jan] is a local artist whom we’ve helped make a profile nationally and internationally.” Creation (Pictures for Dorian) is onstage at REDCAT October 18–21, 2018, and is inspired by the themes of Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray: “beauty, aging, and the moral choices we all make,” explained Gob Squad. Gob Squad’s previous show with Center Theatre Group, Western Society (which made its U.S. premiere at REDCAT in 2014) was inspired by Venice Beach, and Continues on page 12

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“‘ We tell ourselves stories in order to live’ can be understood as, ‘We create illusions in order to get by.’”

the idea that this is where western society had ended up. For this new work, “they were obsessed with aging and beauty,” said Rodriguez. “And what better place than Los Angeles to explore that?” With the help of Center Theatre Group, they interviewed “people who are a lot older than us—senior citizens—and people who are lot younger than us—late teens, early 20s,” said Gob Squad. They focused on people who have spent time onstage and in the public eye (dancers, singers, magicians, models). “The exciting thing about this residency is meeting these people,” said Gob Squad. “How people are with their bodies and how they present themselves is very inspiring. The people we meet always bring an element of ‘place’ into the work; they represent Los Angeles.” They will also appear in the piece alongside Gob Squad, who have been performing around the world together for 25 years, and represent middle age. “It’s a lovely, emotional show about people in the middle who see their youth quickly fading and their age creeping up on them,” said Rodriguez. “Is there a better place? Is the middle better? Is it all good? They’re asking all of those questions.” The White Album is onstage at UCLA’s Center for the Art of Performance April 5–7, 2019, and also finds inspiration from a seminal work of literature: Joan Didion’s essay about 1960s California. Jan first read the essay at 16, and “it’s the piece of writing I’ve returned to most in my life,” he said. “I used to feel like I was embracing the first sentence, ‘We tell ourselves stories in order to live,’ as a mantle under which I worked, and it sort of spoke to the power of artists and art to create meaning out of the incomprehensible world that surrounds us all. As I’ve aged, that sentence has taken on a different hue, and I’ve realized its double-edgedness, in the sense that, ‘We tell ourselves stories in order to live’ can be understood as, ‘We create illusions in order to get by.’” The White Album explores this double edge, as well as Jan’s relationship to the piece and to the audience, with two performances in one. “It features an audience that’s actually sitting in the theatre in the seats, and then there’s another smaller audience, which receives free tickets, that will be inside of a really unique soundsealed room onstage,” he explained. “That second audience is going to experience a different dramaturgy, a different storyline, a much more interactive experience, but Continues on page 67

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FROM START TO FINISH, A HOME FOR NEW WORK

Playwright ELIZA CLARK and Director NEEL KELLER Discuss the Development of

A MAJOR PILLAR OF CENTER THEATRE GROUP’S MISSION IS TO FOSTER NEW PLAYS AND SUPPORT LOCAL PLAYWRIGHTS AT EVERY STEP OF THE PROCESS FROM CONCEPTION TO PRODUCTION. The ideal example is Quack, a World premiere onstage at the Kirk Douglas Theatre October 21 – November 18, 2018. Playwright Eliza Clark wrote the piece during her residency in the 2016/17 Center Theatre Group L.A. Writers’ Workshop. Just two years later, Clark is hard at work along with Center Theatre Group Associate Artistic Director and Quack director Neel Keller bringing the piece from script to stage. Clark explained that the beginnings of what would eventually become Quack began long before the Writers’ Workshop. “The play came out of an idea I had been mulling for a few years,” remembered Clark. “I wrote the first scene five years ago.” Though she had begun working on another piece for the Workshop—which brings together a cohort of local writers who each spend the year creating a new play—Clark found new inspiration to build off the old scene. “I’m interested in the wellness industry and was interested in writing a play about vaccines because I had just had a baby,” Clark explained, “and then the play became about something else.”

At the end of the Workshop, professional actors come in to read the plays for the playwrights and Center Theatre Group Artistic staff. As Keller recalled, everyone was immediately intrigued by what they heard. “It was a joyous, happy thing to hear a play that was so funny, that was so dramatically alive,” he said. “I was fascinated by how the scenes played out and how I never knew exactly what was going to happen next.” Almost immediately, Keller and other members of the Artistic staff conferred and offered to work with Clark on developing the play with an eye toward a production at the Douglas. Clark spent another year refining and developing the play further, drawing from even more inspiration and subject matter in the national news. Quack follows a medical talk show host who faces scrutiny and professional turmoil after a critical hit piece on him is published. “I had been thinking a lot about privilege and entitlement, and also the scary forces in our country that are coming out of the woodwork,” Clark said. “I was also thinking about what it meant to be a woman in the workplace—I think men and women are shamed differently. It just felt like I couldn’t write about anything else.” Continues on page 16

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little bit good, but something about that is in some ways scarier because people with good intentions don’t always do the right thing.”

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Throughout the year, Keller kept in close touch with Clark as the play was refined through a series of workshops and revisions. “Having the time to have those conversations, to learn about the play by hearing it at different stages and seeing where the writer’s going, was incredibly helpful,” explained Keller. “It is wonderful that Center Theatre Group can provide that sort of home base to writers.” Since the first reading, Center Theatre Group has held several more readings and workshops, offered dramaturgical support, and gotten feedback from members of the staff. Clark used the time to refine the struggles and motivations of the characters. “The very first draft was deeply bleak, and everybody in it was sort of a terrible person,” admitted Clark. “I think the play has evolved from where everybody was a little bit bad to being a play where everybody is a

“Everyone in the play is complicit in the complications that move the story forward,” noted Keller. “It is a real gift to have the time for the writer to be able to develop her plot and characters in such interesting ways.” Quack also benefited from an extra week of rehearsals, made possible by an Edgerton Foundation New Play Award, a prestigious grant that has supported some of the best new work in the nation over the past decade, including Hamilton and Dear Evan Hansen. Brad Edgerton, MD, who sits on the Center Theatre Group Board of Directors, also directs the Edgerton Foundation New Plays Program with his wife, Louisa. As the production comes together, both Clark and Keller are eager to bring the show to Los Angeles audiences. “It’s a very scary play and a very funny comedy—it is a remarkable tightrope. Eliza is writing at such a high level. I am excited to share it with our audiences,” said Keller. And for all of the heady subject matter, said Clark, “people should be prepared to laugh.”

“I THINK THE PLAY HAS EVOLVED FROM WHERE EVERYBODY WAS A LITTLE BIT BAD TO BEING A PLAY WHERE EVERYBODY IS A LITTLE BIT GOOD, BUT SOMETHING ABOUT THAT IS IN SOME WAYS SCARIER BECAUSE PEOPLE WITH GOOD INTENTIONS DON’T ALWAYS DO THE RIGHT THING.” 16 PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE

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LOS ANGELES HAS MORE THEATRE COMPANIES PER CAPITA THAN ANY CITY, AND IS A PLACE WRITERS FLOCK TO LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITIES ACROSS EVERY FORM OF MEDIA. But it can still be hard for playwrights to find one another and find support for their theatrical endeavors. This is why, since 2005, Center Theatre Group’s L.A. Writers’ Workshop has worked to foster and promote a robust playwriting community in a city full of television writers’ rooms. Each year, seven playwrights—many of whom spend their days writing for the screen—are invited to research and develop new work with their peers and with feedback and support from Center Theatre Group staff. While creating new work has always been a driving force at Center Theatre Group, the world of L.A. theatre is ever-evolving. In exploring our own role in the ecosystem and how we can best support local playwrights, this year Center Theatre Group produced the first ever L.A. Writers’ Workshop Festival: New Plays Forged in L.A., with the support of the Time Warner Foundation.

Top, left (L–R): Jason Dirden, Jon Chaffin, and Malcolm Barrett in How to Raise a Freeman. Top, right (L–R): Brian Anderson and Tim Guinee in New Life. Bottom (L–R): Sam Anderson, Scott Turner Schofield, Jasika Nicole, and Rodney To in A Kind of Weather. Photos by Ryan Miller/Capture Imaging.

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The Festival featured readings of three new plays from L.A. playwrights—all past participants in the L.A. Writers’ Workshop— onstage at the Kirk Douglas Theatre on June 23, 2018. They were chosen from over 30 submissions from the Writers’ Workshop community. Each play received dramaturgical support, rehearsal space, a cast of actors, and a director. First on the docket was A Kind of Weather by Sylvan Oswald (2015/2016 L.A. Writers’ Workshop member). The play—dubbed an “obsessive-compulsive time-jumping tragi-comedy”—follows the story of an unexpected pseudo-family reunion between an estranged father and son. Next came New Life by Dan O’Brien (2010/2011 L.A. Writers’ Workshop member), following the story of a war reporter and an ailing playwright, and representing the third in a trilogy of memoir-for-the-stage works by O’Brien. The final piece, How to Raise a Freeman by Zakiyyah Alexander (2012/2013 L.A. Writers’ Workshop member), is the story of a middle-class American family struggling with the realities of institutional and racial violence. Center Theatre Group Artistic Program Development Manager Patricia Garza explained that the goal was to spotlight the huge talent emerging from the Writers’ Workshop to the local community here in Los Angeles—including local theatre artistic directors and literary professionals—which meant selecting “a group that really represented the diversity and excellence here.” The Festival ended with an evening reception, where audience members, artists—including many Writers’ Workshop community members whose works were not staged—and staff members mingled and enjoyed cocktails. The opportunity to be a part of the artistic development process was an exciting occasion for many, as was the chance to come together as a group of professionals and patrons who are deeply invested in the creation of new work in Los Angeles. “It’s amazing how much play you can get out of a reading, how much of the play is there, how much you can envision,” said Center Theatre Group Associate Artistic Director Neel Keller, who also directed one of the readings. Keller noted that for playwrights, as well as for audiences, readings provide a chance to see work through an exploratory lens. “Readings can seem much more alive than a full play,” Keller said. “Actors are still very actively discovering things; they’re making it up and discovering it as you watch them.”

“Discovery is exactly what we’re aiming for as we support L.A. playwrights at every stage of development.” (L–R) Playwrights Sylvan Oswald and Zakiyyah Alexander. Photo by Ryan Miller/Capture Imaging.

He added, “Discovery is exactly what we’re aiming for as we support L.A. playwrights at every stage of development.” Center Theatre Group wants them to “think of us as their home theatre.”

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Stitching Together

CRAFT, FAMILY, AND COMMUNITY in Boyle Heights

On a Saturday morning in June, a multigenerational group of friends and family gathered around sewing machines and bolts of colorful fabrics at Center Theatre Group’s The Shop. At one table stood a mother and daughter helping each other lay out fabrics to cut. Two sisters mingled around the room, translating English to Spanish and vice versa. The Shop serves as the Boyle Heights headquarters of our costume and props departments and also as a hub for community programming. Since 2013, we’ve held free workshops and events— from backyard barbeques to puppet-making classes—for the local community. In June 2018, we invited community members who have become regulars at our Shop events to participate in a special four-part series focused solely on fundamental sewing skills and techniques. The workshops involved the same group of seven participants throughout the month and was taught in both English and Spanish. During the introductory session in the series, Center Theatre Group staff demonstrated to community members how to properly and safely cut fabrics from patterns and operate industrial sewing machines. Participants then practiced on the machines by working on decorative pillows. From there, participants crafted bib aprons with border finishes, tote bags, and finally, quilted table runners. “WE WANTED TO PROVIDE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WITH A BUILDABLE SKILL THAT THEY COULD CONTINUE TO REFINE THROUGH MULTIPLE DIFFERENT PROJECTS,” said Center Theatre Group Costume Shop Manager Brent M. Bruin, who helped design and teach the series. “My hope is that they come out of this experience with the confidence to sit down on a sewing machine and do this at home.”

Boyle Heights resident and artist Dula Camargo has been attending workshops at The Shop since the program’s inception and was especially excited to challenge her sewing skills. Camargo found all the projects in the series enjoyable to work on but considered the tote bag the most rewarding because it taught her how costumes and props in theatre are reinforced for durability onstage. “I think we appreciate things more when we make them by hand,” she said. Another frequent workshop participant, Margarita Martinez, had spent some time sewing when she was younger and relished the opportunity to improve her skills as an adult. Martinez plans to take all that she has learned back home with her and craft projects for her loved ones. “My son already gave me his order for burlap bags to make,” she joked. “I want to keep learning and practicing.” Those who had more advanced sewing experience served as teaching assistants. Yannel Capilla—a former fashion student— guided her younger sister through the projects and learned a thing or two about the art of teaching. “I realized that when I’m helping someone else in sewing, I always have to be prepared” for questions and clarifications, Capilla said. “It’s exciting to be able to pass down all that I know about fashion to others.” Like the Capillas, whose parents also participated in the workshop, most of the community members were families—all eager to share a few Saturday mornings together collaborating on a common interest. As the sewing series came to an end, the group left with their custom-made creations as well as a richer understanding of their abilities as artists, educators, and creators. “This is theatre for your everyday life,” said Community Liaison Estela Garcia, who helped with Spanish translations with her sister Adela. “Through these workshops, we’re bridging the Boyle Heights community with theatre and also with Center Theatre Group. We all really do feel like family here.” Learn more about our community programs at CTGLA.org/Community. Thanks to the Friars Charitable Foundation for their support of this program.

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GO BEHIND THE SCENES BEFORE THE PERFORMANCE

OUR ARTIST SERIES Explores the Inspiration and Craft that Gets the Art Onstage

The Center Theatre Group rehearsal rooms have been the site of many thrilling artistic breakthroughs over the past five decades, but audience members generally have had to use their imagination if they want to know what really happened there. Luckily for our patrons, we offer at least one opportunity to visit the room where it happens and get a glimpse behind the scenes for every production at the Mark Taper Forum. Before second Saturday matinee performances, our free, open-to-the-public Artist Series bring together artists and artisans—from playwrights, directors, and actors to designers and production crew members—with audiences for up-close conversations in the rehearsal rooms of The Music Center Annex. What today we call the Artist Series was founded in the 1970s by UC Santa Barbara theatre professors who wanted to bolster the interest of young theatregoers. They invited Southern California alumni and other subscribers to join them before the show for discussions about the work onstage, often with members of the creative team. After the matinee and before the evening performance, the group would gather again for a potluck dinner to which they invited the cast. Over the years, the potluck was dissolved, and Center Theatre Group took over the programming, inviting any audience member who wanted to attend.

Genni Klein has been attending the program since 1975. She recalled highlights including director Warner Shook giving a talk about The Kentucky Cycle and co-director Oskar Eustis discussing Angels in America, as well as more recent programs featuring Archduke and Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo playwright Rajiv Joseph. “They are absolutely wonderful. I have appreciated them very much,” said Klein of the discussions. The program “has given me some very interesting insight into certain pieces, particularly new works. It’s always interesting to hear somebody’s point of view on the artistic choices.” Subscribing for so long has also created community for Klein. “There are several people from that original program who still attend, and it’s a way we keep up with each other,” she added. “The Artist Series is another chance for us to highlight the caliber of artists we work with,” said Audience Engagement Director Tyrone Davis. “But more importantly, it’s a chance for our community— not just patrons but also students and people at home, who can listen to recordings of the conversations on our podcast—to find out about the creative spark behind the work, to deepen their engagement with the productions, and to be inspired by theatre in a new way.” The 2018/2019 Artist Series kicked off on September 8, 2018 with actor John Earl Jelks, who reprised his Broadway and Off-Broadway role in Lynn Nottage’s Pulitzer Prize-winning Sweat at the Taper.

“It’s a chance for our community to find out about the creative spark behind the work, to deepen their engagement with the productions, and to be inspired by theatre in a new way.”

“Theatre is ultimately about building community— and exploring and sharing our human experiences,” said Director of Social Strategy, Innovation and Impact Leslie K. Johnson. “What better way to do that than to bring together the two most important human elements of theatre—our artists and our audience—in intimate ‘get to know you’ conversations?”

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Center Theatre Group Launches

FREE TICKETS

TO FIRST PREVIEW PERFORMANCES FOR PLAYGOERS 25 AND UNDER We’re excited to share a new initiative for young theatregoers that launched with the beginning of the 2018/19 Season. FreePlay invites Angelenos 25 and under to attend our first preview performances at the Mark Taper Forum and Kirk Douglas Theatre for free. We want a new generation to be a part of the art, conversation, and change that starts on our stages, and to help us ensure the future of live theatre.

“CENTER THEATRE GROUP’S MISSION FOCUSES ON INTRODUCING THE LARGEST POSSIBLE AUDIENCES, FROM ALL ACROSS LOS ANGELES, TO THEATRE,” said Artistic Director Michael Ritchie. “Through programs like FreePlay, we are making a direct effort to welcome new theatregoers by lowering any perceived barriers of our organization or live theatre overall. It’s imperative that we strive to create a more vibrant Los Angeles with a stronger cultural fabric that supports such accessible experiences.”

FreePlay tickets are available by phone, online, and at the Center Theatre Group Box Office approximately two weeks before the performance, up until 30 minutes before showtime, pending availability. Reservations are free if made in-person at the box office. There will be a $5 per ticket handling fee to reserve online or by phone. Learn more, see the full 2018/19 performance schedule, and sign up for our mailing list to be notified of on-sale dates at

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FreePlay is part of a major effort to welcome new theatregoers through performances, events, and programs designed to communicate the accessibility of our organization and our art. Initiatives that introduce young people to theatre include Student Matinees, which offer free tickets and an immersive educational experience to thousands of students around Southern California each year; the Disney Musicals in Schools program, which helps elementary schools teach musical theatre; and workforce development programs that help students of all backgrounds learn about and begin their careers in the arts. New programs like our Community Conversations, which connect the art onstage to real-life issues, and our Spanish Open Caption performances, are also aimed at welcoming new faces at the theatre. In addition, we’ve recently launched subscriptions for teens—our Backstage Club—and for young people under 40—The Crew—to help build younger audiences. We’re excited to have FreePlay join this robust slate of programs, which has been core to the organization’s nonprofit mission since our founding. FreePlay has been an instant success, with demand so high for the first preview of School Girls at the Douglas (on September 2, 2018) that we made FreePlay tickets available to the second preview as well. We will reserve a block of FreePlay tickets to every Taper and Douglas production this season, which includes plays by Zoot Suit writer/director Luis Valdez, August: Osage County writer Tracy Letts, and A Doll’s House, Part Two writer Lucas Hnath. We are also planning to include select Ahmanson shows in the program.

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Welcome to Center Theatre Group, one of the most influential nonprofit theatres in the country.

WEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;RE SO GLAD YOU FOUND US

The original Broadway cast of Come From Away. Photo by Matthew Murphy.

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25+ 650+ 125 3 THEATRES 74 49 4 WE ENTERTAIN WE CREATE WE ENGAGE WE INSPIRE

Million in the Audience

Productions World Premieres Ahmanson Theatre Mark Taper Forum Kirk Douglas Theatre Shows Sent to New York Tony Awards

Pulitzer Prizes for Drama

Demian Bichir in Zoot Suit at the Taper. Photo by Craig Schwartz.

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Since 1967, some of the greatest, most innovative playwrights—of the past, present, and future—have written new work at Center Theatre Group, from Neil Simon and Tony Kushner to David Henry Hwang and Danai Gurira.

WE ENTERTAIN

WE CREATE WE ENGAGE WE INSPIRE (L–R) Danai Gurira in In the Continuum at the Douglas. Chris Pine in The Lieutenant of Inishmore at the Taper. Ellen McLaughlin and Kathleen Chalfant in Angels in America at the Taper. Sutton Foster in The Drowsy Chaperone at the Ahmanson. Photos by Craig Schwartz.

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AT CENTER THEATRE GROUP,

WE BELIEVE LIVE THEATRE MOVES PEOPLE IN COMPELLING WAYS. It makes us more empathetic, compassionate, and human. Theatre brings neighbors, communities, and entire cities together—at a time when we’re more diverse, more socially fragmented, and more isolated by technology than ever before.

DO YOU BELIEVE IN THE POWER OF THEATRE? Lillias White at the Taper in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, the ninth of the 10 plays in August Wilson’s American Century Cycle on our stages. Photo by Craig Schwartz.

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2018/19 SEASON FIRST 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 Choreographed by Sergio Trujillo Directed by Des McAnuff Aug 21 – Sep 30, 2018 SECOND SEASON PRODUCTION

DEAR EVAN HANSEN

Book by Steven Levenson Music and Lyrics by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul Directed by Michael Greif Oct 17 – Nov 25, 2018 THIRD SEASON PRODUCTION

COME FROM AWAY

Book, Music, and Lyrics by Irene Sankoff and David Hein Directed by Christopher Ashley Nov 28, 2018 – Jan 6, 2019 FOURTH SEASON PRODUCTION

New Adventures Matthew Bourne’s

CINDERELLA

Music by Prokofiev Feb 5 – Mar 10, 2019 FIFTH SEASON PRODUCTION

The Lincoln Center Theater Production of

FALSETTOS

Book by William Finn and James Lapine Music and Lyrics by William Finn Directed by James Lapine Apr 16 – May 19, 2019 SIXTH SEASON PRODUCTION

INDECENT

By Paula Vogel Directed by Rebecca Taichman Jun 4 – Jul 7, 2019 SEVENTH SEASON PRODUCTION

THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG

By Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer, and Henry Shields Directed by Mark Bell Jul 9 – Aug 11, 2019

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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 Aliza Karney Guren & Marc Guren Sue Tsao The Annenberg Foundation Ann & Stephen F. Hinchliffe, Jr. The Louis and Harold Price Foundation GIFTS OF $500,000 AND ABOVE Deena & Edward Nahmias Donna Schweers & 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

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

Center Theatre Group would also like to thank the following donors for making commitments to the 50 Anniversary Campaign through legacy gifts to our Endowment: TH

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

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

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MICHAEL RITCHIE Artistic Director | STEPHEN D. ROUNTREE Managing Director | DOUGLAS C. BAKER Producing Director GORDON DAVIDSON Founding Artistic Director Stacey Mindich Mickey Liddell Hunter Arnold Caiola Productions Double Gemini Productions Fakston Productions Roy Furman Harris Karma Productions On Your Marks Group Darren Bagert Roger & William Berlind Bob Boyett Colin Callender Caitlin Clements Freddy DeMann Dante Di Loreto Bonnie & Kenneth Feld FickStern Productions Eric & Marsi Gardiner Robert Greenblatt Jere Harris and Darren DeVerna John Gore Organization Mike Kriak David Mirvish Eva Price Zeilinger Productions Adam Zotovich Ambassador Theatre Group Independent Presenters Network AND The Shubert Organization EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS Wendy Orshan and Jeffrey M. Wilson

Arena Stage Molly Smith, Edgar Dobie

BOOK BY

STEVEN LEVENSON

IN ASSOCIATION WITH

Second Stage Theater Carole Rothman, Casey Reitz

MUSIC AND LYRICS BY

BENJ PASEK & JUSTIN PAUL

BEN LEVI ROSS MAGGIE MCKENNA JESSICA PHILLIPS CHRISTIANE NOLL MARRICK SMITH AARON LAZAR JARED GOLDSMITH PHOEBE KOYABE SCENIC DESIGN BY

DAVID KORINS

PROJECTION DESIGN BY

COSTUME DESIGN BY

LIGHTING DESIGN BY

PETER NIGRINI

EMILY REBHOLZ

JAPHY WEIDEMAN

SOUND DESIGN BY

HAIR DESIGNER ASSOCIATE MUSIC SUPERVISOR MUSIC DIRECTOR MUSIC COORDINATORS

DAVID BRIAN BEN COHN BROWN

MARKETING AND PUBLICITY DIRECTION

AUSTIN COOK

TOUR BOOKING AGENCY

NEVIN STEINBERG VOCAL ARRANGEMENTS & ADDITIONAL ARRANGEMENTS BY

MICHAEL KELLER MICHAEL AARONS

ADVERTISING

JUSTIN PAUL

NATIONAL PRESS REPRESENTATIVES

DIGITAL MARKETING

BOND THEATRICAL THE BOOKING GROUP SERINO COYNE DKC/O&M SITUATION GROUP INTERACTIVE GRAPEVINE PR MEREDITH BLAIR KARA GEBHART CASTING BY PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER COMPANY MANAGER TARA RUBIN CASTING JUNIPER STREET JUDITH SCHOENFELD DAVID LOBER CHRIS DANNER LINDSAY LEVINE, C.S.A. PRODUCTIONS

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MICHAEL GREIF Originally presented by Arena Stage—July 9, 2015 to August 23, 2015 New York premiere at Second Stage—March 26, 2016 to May 29, 2016 Original Cast Recording Available on Atlantic Records.

October 17 – November 25, 2018 AHMANSON THEATRE PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE P3

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CAST (in alphabetical order)

Jared Kleinman................................................................................. JARED GOLDSMITH Alana Beck........................................................................................... PHOEBE KOYABE Larry Murphy............................................................................................AARON LAZAR Zoe Murphy....................................................................................... MAGGIE McKENNA Cynthia Murphy.................................................................................. CHRISTIANE NOLL Heidi Hansen....................................................................................... JESSICA PHILLIPS Evan Hansen...........................................................................................BEN LEVI ROSS (Wednesday mat., Thursday mat., Saturday mat., and Sunday eve. performances)........STEPHEN CHRISTOPHER ANTHONY Connor Murphy......................................................................................MARRICK SMITH VIRTUAL COMMUNITY VOICES BECCA AYERS, MARY BACON, GERARD CANONICO, JENN COLELLA, ADAM HALPIN, MYKAL KILGORE, STEPHEN KUNKEN, TAMIKA LAWRENCE, CARRIE MANOLAKOS, KEN MARKS, ASA SOMERS, JASON TAM, BRENDA WEHLE, NATALIE WEISS, TIM YOUNG, REMY ZAKEN UNDERSTUDIES Standbys and understudies never substitute for players unless a specific announcement for the appearance is made at the time of the performance. Understudy for Evan Hansen, Jared Kleinman, Connor Murphy: STEPHEN CHRISTOPHER ANTHONY, NOAH KIESERMAN Understudy for Cynthia Murphy, Heidi Hansen: JANE PFITSCH, COLEEN SEXTON Understudy for Alana Beck, Zoe Murphy: CIARA ALYSE HARRIS, MARIA WIRRIES Understudy for Larry Murphy: JOHN HEMPHILL Dance Captain: JANE PFITSCH MAGGIE McKENNA is appearing with the permission of Actorsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Equity Association pursuant to an exchange program between American Equity and the MEAA.

Dear Evan Hansen will be performed with one 15-minute 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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MUSICAL NUMBERS ACT ONE “ANYBODY HAVE A MAP?”.................................................................. Heidi, Cynthia “WAVING THROUGH A WINDOW”.................................................... Evan, Company “FOR FOREVER”............................................................................................... Evan “SINCERELY, ME”....................................................................... Connor, Evan, Jared “REQUIEM”.................................................................................. Zoe, Larry, Cynthia “IF I COULD TELL HER”.............................................................................Evan, Zoe “DISAPPEAR”.....................................Connor, Evan, Alana, Jared, Cynthia, Larry, Zoe “YOU WILL BE FOUND”.................................................................... Evan, Company ACT TWO “SINCERELY, ME” (Reprise)................................................................. Connor, Jared “TO BREAK IN A GLOVE”.........................................................................Larry, Evan “ONLY US”.................................................................................................Zoe, Evan “GOOD FOR YOU”...............................................................Heidi, Alana, Jared, Evan “YOU WILL BE FOUND” (Reprise)............................................................... Company “WORDS FAIL”................................................................................................... Evan “SO BIG/SO SMALL”..........................................................................................Heidi “FINALE”.................................................................................................... Company

MUSICIANS Music Director/Conductor/Keyboard: AUSTIN COOK Associate Conductor: GARRET HEALEY Guitar: MATT SANGIOVANNI, MATT BROWN Drums: RYAN McCAUSLAND Bass: MATT RUBANO Concertmaster: JEN CHOI FISCHER Viola: LINNEA POWELL Cello: DAVID MERGEN Local Contractor: ROBERT PAYNE Additional Orchestrations: Christopher Jahnke Keyboard Programmer: Randy Cohen Associate Keyboard Programmer: Jeremy King Ableton Programmers: Enrico de Trizio, Scott Wasserman Music Copying: Emily Grishman Music Preparation

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WHO’S WHO BEN LEVI ROSS (Evan Hansen). Originally from Los Angeles, Ben went on to study at the Carnegie Mellon School of Drama. He made his Broadway debut in 2017 with the company of Dear Evan Hansen and is thrilled to join the company of the first national tour. He sends huge thanks to Mom, Dad, Madelyn, his team at Abrams Artists, and every teacher he’s ever had. MAGGIE McKENNA (Zoe Murphy) made her professional theatre debut in 2017 as the lead role of Muriel in the Sydney Theatre Company’s sell-out, awardwinning stage show Muriel’s Wedding the Musical, for which she won the Sydney Theatre Award for Best Newcomer. Maggie’s television work includes the ABC TV series The Doctor Blake Mysteries in a featured role and the FOX comedy series Open Slather. Most recently, Maggie performed as a soloist in the 2018 Commonwealth Games closing ceremony and at the Sydney Opera House as Fanny Brice in Funny Girl—The Musical in Concert. JESSICA PHILLIPS (Heidi Hansen). Broadway credits include Leap of Faith opposite Raul Esparza; Priscilla, Queen of the Desert; Next to Normal; Jesus Christ Superstar (25 anniversary revival); The Scarlet Pimpernel (1, 2 & 3). In 2015, Jessica starred in the Williamstown Theatre Festival production of Michael Friedman’s Unknown Soldier, and has performed as a featured vocalist at the Kennedy Center. On television, Jessica spent four seasons as recurring guest star A.D.A. Pippa Cox on Law & Order: SVU. Other onscreen credits include Royal Pains, Bronx Warrants, Elementary, The Ordained, Unforgettable, and the film La Vida Inesperada. Twitter/IG: @fullipsonbway TH

CHRISTIANE NOLL (Cynthia Murphy). Broadway/tour: Ragtime (Tony & Drama Desk nominations, Helen Hayes Award), Elf, Chaplin (Drama Desk nomination), Urinetown (Ovation Award), Mambo Kings, … Nothin’ But the Blues, Jekyll & Hyde, Grease, Miss Saigon, City of Angels. Film & TV: Madam Secretary, Law & Order: SVU, The Good Fight, The Sound of Music Live!, The King and I (Singing Anna). Other: Next to Normal (CCC Award),

October Sky, Follies (St. Louis Theater Circle Awards), Encores! 1776, Closer Than Ever (Off Broadway Alliance Award). Symphony guest soloist with over 100 orchestras worldwide. Five solo CDs. christianenoll.com MARRICK SMITH (Connor Murphy). Broadway: Fun Home (OBC). OffBroadway: Fun Home, Wild Goose Dreams, Pretty Filthy, The Underclassman. TV: The Big Dogz. Film: The Lennon Report, One Stop Away. Regional: Alice by Heart. Music: The Entropy EP, I’m a bAd Bad Man, Pretty Filthy Original Cast Recording. Love and thanks to my family, LNP, KMR, and Wright Ent., and the entire DEH family. @marricksmith AARON LAZAR (Larry Murphy). Broadway: 11 productions including The Last Ship, A Little Night Music, Les Misérables (Drama Desk nomination), Impressionism, A Tale of Two Cities, The Phantom of the Opera, Oklahoma!, and The Light in the Piazza (also Live from Lincoln Center on PBS). Select film/TV: Avengers: Infinity War, The Wolf of Wall Street, This Is Where I Leave You, J. Edgar, The Strain, The Good Fight, Blacklist, Quantico, Girl Meets World, The Good Wife. Concerts: NY Philharmonic, NY Pops at Carnegie Hall, National Symphony at the Kennedy Center, Hollywood Bowl, Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra. For J&A. @aaronscottlazar JARED GOLDSMITH (Jared Kleinman) is over the MOON to join the Dear Evan Hansen family and originate the role of Jared Kleinman on the first national tour. Born and raised in New Jersey, Jared attended Elon University where he earned his BFA in music theatre. But, don’t be fooled, Jared isn’t just an actor. Currently he’s co-writing and developing an original musical: Mazkapan. Endless thanks to Mom, Dad, Kara, Adam, Abrams, every teacher, and bagels. @jaredbgoldsmith PHOEBE KOYABE (Alana Beck) was born in rural France and raised in the suburbs of Phoenix, Arizona. She is thrilled to be making her professional debut in the first national tour of Dear Evan Hansen. Playing Alana in Dear Evan Hansen is a dream come true. She would like to thank all the

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people who believed in her and helped her along the way, her family, teachers, Jamie, Victoria, and Sam at Abrams, Tara Rubin Casting, and the Dear Evan Hansen team. @phoebekoyabe STEPHEN CHRISTOPHER ANTHONY (alternate Evan Hansen; understudy for Connor Murphy, Jared Kleinman). Broadway: Dear Evan Hansen, Book of Mormon. First national tour: Catch Me If You Can (Frank Abagnale, Jr.). Regional favorites: Hairspray, 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Carousel. Florida State University music theatre graduate. NWSA graduate. Love to the DEH team, BRS/Gage, Tara Rubin & co., and family. Instagram: @_stephenanthony CIARA ALYSE HARRIS (understudy for Alana Beck, Zoe Murphy) is OVERJOYED to be making her first national tour debut! Ciara is a recent graduate of the Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music (CCM). She thanks HCKR, her family, and friends for their never-ending love and support, and God for reminding her to believe in the impossible! @ciaraalyseharris JOHN HEMPHILL (understudy for Larry Murphy). Hello America. Broadway: School of Rock, Mamma Mia! National tour: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Mamma Mia! OffBroadway: Admissions (Lincoln Center). Film: David Fincher’s Zodiac. TV: Billions, House of Cards, Mr. Robot, The Blacklist, Boardwalk Empire, Castle. Special thanks to the Dear Evan Hansen family, Tara Rubin, and especially to my parents and my beautiful wife Jenn. NOAH KIESERMAN (understudy for Evan Hansen, Connor Murphy, Jared Kleinman) is ecstatic to be part of the first national touring company of DEH after recently graduating from the University of Michigan (class of 2018). Regional: Newsies (Connecticut Rep.), Grease (Wagon Wheel). Noah would like to thank his family, Harden Curtis, Central Perk, Owen, The Watkinsons, Kevin Kuchar, and all of his professors/mentors for their endless support. Go Blue!

JANE PFITSCH (understudy for Heidi Hansen, Cynthia Murphy) is honored to be joining the Dear Evan Hansen family. Broadway: Angels in America (2018 revival), Cabaret (2014 revival), Les Liaisons Dangereuses (Roundabout), Company (2007 revival). She has worked extensively Off-Broadway and at regional theatres around the country. Awards: Helen Hayes nomination, Best Supporting Actress; IRNE nomination, Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress. Brown/Trinity Rep MFA Program. COLEEN SEXTON (understudy for Heidi Hansen, Cynthia Murphy) is thrilled to join the DEH family! Broadway: Jekyll & Hyde (Lucy) (on recording with David Hasselhoff). Tour: Wicked (Elphaba), Legally Blonde, Chicago. Off-Broadway: Forever Dusty. Regional: End of the Rainbow (Judy Garland), Mamma Mia! (Donna), Spamalot (Lady of the Lake), Paper Mill, North Shore, Ogunquit, Gateway, Lyric. TV: Law & Order. Thanks to Tara Rubin Casting and to GB Management!! MARIA WIRRIES (understudy for Alana Beck, Zoe Murphy) is a recent graduate from the Penn State musical theatre program. Her theatre credits include Dear Evan Hansen (Broadway), the Broadway revival workshop of Once On This Island, Be More Chill, the World premiere of Love in Hate Nation, Sweet Charity, Hair, and Titanic. At Penn State, she was awarded the Francis Foster Award in Theatre for her activism work. @maria_wirries STEVEN LEVENSON (Book) is the Tony Award-winning book writer of Dear Evan Hansen. His plays include Days of Rage, If I Forget, The Unavoidable Disappearance of Tom Durnin, and The Language of Trees. Honors include the Obie Award, Outer Critics Circle Award, Drama League Award, Drama Desk nomination, Hull-Warriner nomination, Lucille Lortel nomination, and the Helen Hayes Award. He worked for three seasons as a writer and producer on Showtime’s Masters of Sex and is a founding member of Colt Coeur and an alumnus of MCC’s Playwrights’ Coalition and Ars Nova’s Play Group. His plays are published by Dramatists Play Service and Playscripts. A graduate of Brown University, he is a member of the Dramatists Guild of America, Inc. and the PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE P7

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WGA. Upcoming projects include the limited series Fosse/ Verdon (FX) and the film adaptation of Jonathan Larson’s tick, tick… boom! BENJ PASEK & JUSTIN PAUL (Music and Lyrics) are the Tony, Oscar, Grammy, and Golden Globe Award-winning songwriting team behind Dear Evan Hansen. Other Broadway: A Christmas Story, The Musical (Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle nominations). Off-Broadway: Dear Evan Hansen (Second Stage; Obie, Drama Desk, Drama League, Outer Critics Circle Awards); Dogfight (Second Stage; Lucille Lortel Award and Drama League, Outer Critics Circle, London Evening Standard Award nominations). Regional: James and the Giant Peach (Seattle Children’s Theatre) and Edges (Capital Repertory Theatre). Film: La La Land (2017 Academy Award and Golden Globe Award), The Greatest Showman (2018 Academy Award nomination and Golden Globe Award), Trolls. Upcoming film projects: Aladdin, Snow White, Foster. Television: A Christmas Story Live! (2018 Emmy Award nomination), Smash, The Flash. The Dear Evan Hansen Original Broadway Cast Recording received the 2018 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album, and The Greatest Showman Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is certified Quadruple Platinum in the U.K., Double Platinum in the U.S., and Platinum in Australia, Canada, and New Zealand. Additional honors: Richard Rodgers Award for Musical Theatre (American Academy of Arts and Letters), ASCAP Richard Rodgers New Horizons Award, Jonathan Larson Award. Both are graduates of the University of Michigan musical theatre program and currently serve on the Board of Directors for the Dramatists Guild Foundation. Justin thanks God, DEH cast and crew, Asher, Emmie, Sully, and the whole family. Benj thanks family, friends, and everyone who has worked tirelessly to bring DEH to Broadway and beyond. MICHAEL GREIF (Director) received his fourth Tony nomination and a Helen Hayes Award for his work on Dear Evan Hansen. Other Broadway credits: Rent, Grey Gardens, Next to Normal, Never Gonna Dance, If/Then, War Paint. Recent work includes Our Lady of Kibeho and Angels in America (NY’s Signature Theatre); The Low Road, The Intelligent Homosexual’s Guide… (The Public); and The Tempest, A Winter’s Tale, and Romeo and Juliet at The Public’s Delacorte Theater. Off-Broadway, he’s received Obie Awards for Machinal, Dogeaters (The Public), and Rent (NYTW), and has directed new plays and musicals at Playwrights Horizons, Roundabout, MTC, MCC, New York Theatre Workshop, and at Second Stage, where he directed Next to Normal and Dear Evan Hansen. Regional

work includes premieres and revivals at Williamstown Theatre Festival (10 seasons), La Jolla Playhouse (AD, five seasons), Arena Stage, Center Stage, Mark Taper Forum, Dallas Theater Center, and Trinity Repertory Company. Mr. Greif holds a BS from Northwestern University and an MFA from the University of California, San Diego. DANNY MEFFORD (Choreographer). Danny Mefford choreographed Fun Home and Dear Evan Hansen, both of which won the Tony Award for Best Musical. His other choreography credits include Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson (Lortel and Astaire nominations), Love’s Labour’s Lost (Drama Desk nomination), Miss You Like Hell, February House, Much Ado About Nothing, an international tour of The Sound of Music, and Good Person of Szechwan. He staged all the theatrical sequences for Rise on NBC. He has an MFA in acting from Brown University and has degrees in theatre and political science from the University of Evansville. ALEX LACAMOIRE (Music Supervisor/Orchestrator) is a three-time Tony and three-time Grammy winner for his work on Dear Evan Hansen, Hamilton, and In the Heights. As music director, arranger, and/or orchestrator: Incredibles 2, The Greatest Showman (20th Century Fox), Annie (2011 Broadway revival), Bring It On, The People in the Picture, 9 to 5 (Drama Desk and Grammy noms.), Legally Blonde, High Fidelity, Wicked, Bat Boy, Godspell (2001 national tour). He is an Emmy-nominated composer for Sesame Street. Love to Mom, Dad, Little Sis, and to his wife, Ileana. DAVID KORINS (Scenic Design). Hamilton (Tony nom.), War Paint (Tony nom.), Bandstand, Misery, Motown the Musical, Vanya and Sonia…, Annie, Bring It On, Magic/Bird, An Evening with Patti LuPone and Mandy Patinkin, Godspell, Chinglish, The Pee-wee Herman Show, Lombardi, Passing Strange, and Bridge & Tunnel. Opera: Norma, Bel Canto, The Gospel of Mary Magdalene, Oscar. TV: Grease: Live! Concert: Bruno Mars, Lady Gaga, Kanye West, Sia, Mariah Carey, Andrea Bocelli. Extensive Off-Broadway/regional theatre, hospitality, event & experience design. Recipient of an Emmy Award, Drama Desk and Lucille Lortel Awards, three Henry Hewes Awards, and an Obie Award for Sustained Excellence in Design. Dad: Stella & Vivian. @davidkorins davidkorinsdesign.com PETER NIGRINI (Projection Design). Broadway: The SpongeBob Musical; A Doll’s House, Part 2; Amélie; An Act of God; The Heidi Chronicles; The Best Man; and Fela! Elsewhere: Grounded and Here Lies Love (The Public Theater), Wakey Wakey (Signature Theatre), Notes from

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Underground (TFANA), Grace Jones Hurricane tour, Don Giovanni and Lucia di Lammermoor (Santa Fe Opera), Blind Date (Bill T. Jones). For Nature Theater of Oklahoma: No Dice and Life & Times (Burgtheater, Vienna). Currently: Ain’t Too Proud (pre-Broadway), Beetlejuice (National Theatre, Washington), Dave (Arena Stage), and The Orphan of Zhao (Beijing International Music Festival). EMILY REBHOLZ (Costume Design). Broadway: Gettin’ the Band Back Together; Indecent; Dear Evan Hansen; Oh, Hello on Broadway; If/Then; Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike; Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson. Recent: Jagged Little Pill (A.R.T.), The Low Road (The Public), Winter’s Tale (TFANA), Mary Jane (NYTW), Twelfth Night (CSC), Brigadoon (Encores!), The Robber Bridegroom (Roundabout), Lucia Di Lammermoor and Don Giovanni (Santa Fe Opera), Orfeo ed Euridice (Opera Theatre of St. Louis). MFA: Yale University. JAPHY WEIDEMAN (Lighting Design). Broadway: The Visit, The Nance, Of Mice and Men, Airline Highway, and Dear Evan Hansen were all Tony-nominated for Best Lighting Design. Other Broadway: Lobby Hero, Significant Other, Sylvia, Old Times, The Heidi Chronicles, Macbeth (Drama Desk nom.), Cyrano de Bergerac, and The Snow Geese. Off-Broadway: Lincoln Center Theater, Roundabout, The Public Theater, NYTW, Second Stage, Playwrights Horizons, MTC, MCC, and Labyrinth. West End: A Nice Fish (Harold Pinter Theatre), Blackbird (Albery Theatre). NEVIN STEINBERG (Sound Design). Recent Broadway: Bandstand, Bright Star, Hamilton, It Shoulda Been You, Mothers and Sons, Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella (Tony nomination), The Performers, Magic/Bird. OffBroadway: Smart People, The Landing, Far From Heaven. Nevin is Audio Consultant for Carnegie Hall’s Isaac Stern Auditorium. Over 30 Broadway productions with Acme Sound Partners and five additional Tony nominations: The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess, Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo, Fences, Hair, In the Heights. DAVID BRIAN BROWN (Hair Design). Broadway highlights: Moulin Rouge (2019), Frozen, Come From Away (Canada & U.S. tour), War Paint (Drama Desk Award), She Loves Me, Curious Incident…, Gigi, The Bridges of Madison County, If/Then, Macbeth, Death of a Salesman, Follies, Sister Act, A Steady Rain, Shrek, Legally Blonde, Spamalot, Nine, Gypsy, Sweet Smell of Success, Aida, The Iceman Cometh, Chicago, Side Show, Steel Pier. Film credits: Peter Pan Live! (NBC), The Sound of Music Live! (NBC), It’s Complicated, Angels in America (Emmy nominated), To Wong Foo… .

BEN COHN (Associate Music Supervisor). Broadway: Dear Evan Hansen, Wicked, The Woman in White, …Spelling Bee, Wonderful Town, In My Life. Pre-Broadway: The Book of Mormon, 9 to 5, Anastasia, Finding Neverland. MD for Clay Aiken, Lin-Manuel Miranda’s 21 Chump Street, Stephanie J. Block, BCEFA. Ben’s arrangements have been heard on TV, albums, concerts, theme parks, and cruise lines. Ithaca and NYU grad. Love to Sean and Allister. AUSTIN COOK (Music Director). Favorite NY & tour credits: Hamilton (Music Associate), War Paint (Keyboard I), first national tour Million Dollar Quartet (standby Jerry Lee Lewis/Music Director). Favorite Chicago credits: Marry Me a Little (Man/Music Director)—Jeff Award winner Best Actor, Sondheim on Sondheim (Music Director/Pianist)—Jeff Award winner, Ain’t Misbehavin’ (Pianist)—Jeff Award winner. Love and thanks to Adrienne. austinryancook.com IG: @austinryancook MICHAEL KELLER & MICHAEL AARONS (Music Coordinators). Broadway: Pretty Woman, Head Over Heels, Frozen, SpongeBob SquarePants, Anastasia, Dear Evan Hansen, Hamilton, School of Rock. Upcoming Broadway: Moulin Rouge, Half Time. Tours: Hamilton (Chicago, national tours), Anastasia, Dear Evan Hansen. TARA RUBIN CASTING (Casting). Selected Broadway: King Kong, Summer: The Donna Summer Musical, The Band’s Visit, Prince of Broadway, Indecent, Bandstand, Sunset Boulevard, Miss Saigon, Dear Evan Hansen, A Bronx Tale, Cats, Falsettos, Disaster!, School of Rock, Les Misérables, The Heiress, The Phantom of the Opera, Billy Elliot, Shrek, Spamalot, …Spelling Bee, The Producers, Mamma Mia!, Jersey Boys. Off-Broadway: Smokey Joe’s Café; Jersey Boys; Here Lies Love; Love, Loss, and What I Wore. Selected regional: Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Yale Repertory Theatre, La Jolla Playhouse, The Old Globe, Asolo Rep. tararubincasting.com BOND THEATRICAL GROUP (Marketing & Publicity Direction) is a fully independent booking, marketing, and publicity company for live entertainment productions. Current tour booking and marketing projects include Blue Man Group, Cats, Cruel Intentions, Girl from the North Country, Jesus Christ Superstar, Latin History for Morons, Once On This Island, Spamilton, and Tap Dogs. Current marketing and publicity projects include Anastasia, The Band’s Visit, Dear Evan Hansen, Dr. Seuss’ Grinch..., Escape to Margaritaville, Fiddler on the Roof, and marketing services for The Phantom of the Opera on Broadway. PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE P9

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THE BOOKING GROUP (Tour Booking Agency). Since its inception in 1996, The Booking Group has represented 25 Tony Award-winning Best Musicals and Plays. Current touring productions include Hamilton; Anastasia; Come From Away; Dear Evan Hansen; Hello, Dolly! starring Betty Buckley; The Book of Mormon; School of Rock; Waitress; On Your Feet!; Rent: The 20th Anniversary Tour; Fiddler on the Roof; The Play That Goes Wrong; The Color Purple; and Irving Berlin’s White Christmas. Future productions include The Cher Show; Mean Girls; My Fair Lady; Pretty Woman; and To Kill a Mockingbird.

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Once On This Island, Come From Away, Waitress, Beautiful, and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

JUDITH SCHOENFELD (Production Supervisor). Broadway: Dear Evan Hansen, If/Then, Next to Normal, Grey Gardens. Also many other productions Off-Broadway and regionally, including Dear Evan Hansen at Second Stage Theater and Arena Stage. She is happy to be a part of the Dear Evan Hansen family.

SASH BISCHOFF (Associate Director) is a New York City-based director. Recently: James Presson’s F*ck Marry Kill (New Ohio). Princeton University. Full credits: sashbischoff.com

DAVID LOBER (Production Stage Manager). Broadway: Groundhog Day, Matilda, Saturday Night Fever. Los Angeles: Henry IV with Tom Hanks, Wicked, The Lion King, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, and The Ten Commandments. National tour: Million Dollar Quartet, Aida, Sunset Boulevard, and The Light in the Piazza. Love to Colleen and Phillip. Happy to be bringing this amazing show around the U.S.

ADRIENNE CAMPBELL-HOLT (Associate Director). Upcoming: Downstairs by Theresa Rebeck, starring Tyne and Tim Daly (Primary Stages), World premieres of Joan by Stephen Belber (Colt Coeur) & Hatef*ck by Rehana Lew Mirza (Colt Coeur & WP Theater). Artistic Director, Colt Coeur. Director, #makeitfair. BA Barnard, Columbia University. adriennecampbellholt.com

ADAM QUINN (Associate Director). New York City-based director & writer. Endless love and gratitude to my family and every teacher. Proud graduate of the University of Michigan. adamquinn.net DANNY SHARRON (Assistant Director). Recent directing: The Model American (Williamstown). Associate: Public, MTC, Playwrights Horizons, Old Globe. Fellowships: NYTW, Williamstown, Drama League. dannysharron.com

MICHAEL KRUG (Stage Manager) has worked in hundreds of theatres, on thousands of performances, seen by millions of people around the world. “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So, throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails.” DFTBA.

JONATHAN WARREN (Associate Choreographer). Broadway/ tour: Dear Evan Hansen, Wicked, The Sound of Music, A Night with Janis Joplin. International: Wicked (Mexico City). Regional: La Cage aux Folles, West Side Story, A Night with Janis Joplin, Cats, The Radio City Christmas Spectacular, The Hot Mikado. Film: Outside Providence.

SARAH TESTERMAN (Assistant Stage Manager). Broadway: This Is Our Youth, A Raisin in the Sun, Matilda, Soul Doctor, Elf: the Musical. Touring: Matilda (first national tour). OffBroadway: Heisenberg (MTC), Hamilton (The Public), The Maids (SRT), Caucasian Chalk Circle (SRT). Television: NBC’s The Wiz Live!, NBC’s Peter Pan Live! Benefits: BCEFA/DRA. Graduate of SUNY Purchase. Love to Josh.

MARK MYARS (Associate Choreographer). Associate: The Cher Show, My Fair Lady, SpongeBob SquarePants, War Paint, If/Then. Supervisor: Wicked. Choreographer: Dancin’ Broadway! (tour), Joseph... (Casa Mañana). markmyars.com

JUNIPER STREET PRODUCTIONS (Production Supervisor) is Hillary Blanken, Ana Rose Greene, Guy Kwan, Joseph DeLuise, Sadie Alisa, Victoria Bullard, Ross Leonard, and Christopher Batstone. Over the last 20 years, JSP has helped create over 60 Broadway and Off-Broadway productions, over 20 national tours, and numerous Las Vegas productions. Currently on Broadway and touring: Dear Evan Hansen on Broadway, King Kong, The Prom, The Band’s Visit,

LIZ CAPLAN VOCAL STUDIOS, LLC. (Vocal Consultant). Broadway/tours: Hedwig, Once, The Book of Mormon, Disney’s Aladdin, Frozen, Side Show, American Idiot, Motown, Rock of Ages, 13, Fiddler on the Roof, Oh, Hello. Film: Shame, Les Misérables, The Greatest Showman, Pixar’s Coco. TV: The Get Down (Netflix), NBC’s The Wiz Live! and Peter Pan Live!, The Colbert Report, Tony Awards, Academy Awards, CNN, Reuters. LizCaplan.com

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BUIST BICKLEY (Production Properties Supervisor). Select Broadway: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: Parts 1 and 2, SpongeBob SquarePants, Disney’s Frozen (co-supervisor), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (and national tour), Dear Evan Hansen, It’s Only a Play, Act One, The Nance, Other Desert Cities. Other credits: Moulin Rouge (Boston), Fun Home (national tour). RANDY COHEN (Keyboard Programmer). Cohen Keyboards has programmed over 70 Broadway shows including Hamilton, Frozen, The Book of Mormon, Kinky Boots, Anastasia, Summer: The Donna Summer Musical, Once On This Island, Pretty Woman, and Head Over Heels. STACEY MINDICH (Producer). Stacey Mindich has treasured the journey of developing Dear Evan Hansen, taking this original musical from a long-ago lunch with its composers to workshops to D.C.’s Arena Stage to Second Stage, and now to its Tony Award-winning run on Broadway and first national tour across the United States. The finest traveling companions: Benj Pasek, Justin Paul, Steven Levenson, Michael Greif, Alex Lacamoire, two superb casts, and the extended creative team. Next up: the first Dear Evan Hansen international production in Toronto at the Royal Alexandra Theatre in March; and a London production at the Noel Coward Theatre in the fall of 2019. A two-time Tony Award winner, Stacey has produced more than 20 shows on Broadway and Off-Broadway. Highlights include The Bridges of Madison County, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Lucky Guy, and The Lion. She is the recipient of the 2016 Robert Whitehead Award for Outstanding Achievement in Commercial Producing and is a 2018 Grammy Award winner for the Dear Evan Hansen Original Broadway Cast Recording. Stacey is also the Board Co-Chair of New York City Center and a founding Board Member of The Lilly Awards. Most beloved productions, with husband Eric Mindich: Russell, Danny, Charlie. MICKEY LIDDELL (Producer). Mickey Liddell/LD Entertainment produced Jackie, The Zookeeper’s Wife, Megan Leavey, Anthropoid, The Grey, Disconnect, Go; and co-produced Broadway’s Angels in America and Sunday in the Park with George. HUNTER ARNOLD (Producer). Broadway: Pretty Woman, Once On This Island (Tony Award), Anastasia, Kinky Boots (Tony Award), Deaf West’s Spring Awakening (Tony nomination), The Visit (Tony nomination), and many others. Upcoming: Hadestown, The Inheritance, The Jungle.

CAIOLA PRODUCTIONS (Producer) is the Tony Award-winning team of Luigi and Rose Caiola. Once On This Island, Dear Evan Hansen, The Color Purple, All The Way, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf. This season: Pretty Woman, Jagged Little Pill. DOUBLE GEMINI PRODUCTIONS (Producer). Wendy Federman and Carl Moellenberg collectively have 18 Tony Awards and 53 Tony nominations. Thrilled how many people have been very moved and touched by this show. FAKSTON PRODUCTIONS (Producer). Ken Fakler and Dan Stone are thrilled to be part of the Broadway and national tours of Dear Evan Hansen (Tony Award). Productions include Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, How to Succeed..., and Catch Me If You Can. ROY FURMAN (Producer). Current productions: Dear Evan Hansen (Tony), The Book of Mormon (Tony), The Band’s Visit (Tony), Mean Girls, Pretty Woman. Other Tonywinning productions include Hello, Dolly!; The Humans; The Color Purple; Spamalot; War Horse; Curious Incident… . Vice Chairman Jefferies LLC, Vice Chairman Lincoln Center. HARRIS KARMA PRODUCTIONS (Producer). Dede Harris and Sharon Karmazin have collectively produced more than 64 theatrical productions worldwide, including 44 Broadway shows, winning 12 Tony Awards, and 11 Off-Broadway productions, winning 10 Drama Desk Awards. ON YOUR MARKS GROUP (Producer) is a theatrical production company established by award-winning producers Alan D. Marks, Barbara Marks, Scott H. Mauro. With gratitude to our investors, families, friends, and our show’s creators for this wonderful journey! DARREN BAGERT (Producer) is a four-time Tony Awardwinning producer with over 20 Broadway productions. Upcoming: Moulin Rouge and Ain’t Too Proud—The Life and Times of The Temptations. Darren also directed Ralph Lauren’s 50th anniversary show during NY Fashion Week. ROGER & WILLIAM BERLIND (Producer). Recent Tony-winning Broadway productions include The Book of Mormon; The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time; All the Way; A View from the Bridge; and Hello, Dolly! BOB BOYETT (Producer). Broadway: Les Liaisons Dangereuses; An Act of God; The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time; Ann; One Man, Two Guvnors; Tom PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE P11

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Stoppard’s Rock ’n’ Roll; The Drowsy Chaperone; War Horse; South Pacific; Boeing-Boeing; The Coast of Utopia; The History Boys; Spamalot; and Glengarry Glen Ross. COLIN CALLENDER (Producer) is an award-winning theatre, film, and television producer. Broadway productions include Lucky Guy, Casa Valentina, and Tony winners Hedwig and the Angry Inch and Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. CAITLIN CLEMENTS (Producer) made her Broadway producing debut with Dear Evan Hansen. Proud alum of William & Mary and NYU/Tisch. Special thanks to Stacey and 101. Much love and gratitude to my family. FREDDY DeMANN (Producer). Freddy DeMann-produced shows have won Pulitzers and/or Tonys. Proof, Top Dog/ Underdog, Take Me Out, Spring Awakening, and Hamilton as well as Dear Evan Hansen. DANTE DI LORETO (Producer). Productions include Funny Girl (London), The Glass Menagerie, Festen, Primo (Broadway). Executive producer of award-winning programming for FOX, HBO, NBC, and Showtime including The Normal Heart, Glee, American Horror Story, and Temple Grandin. BONNIE & KENNETH FELD (Producer). Kenneth Feld is Chairman and CEO of Feld Entertainment, the global leader in live, family entertainment. Bonnie Feld is Chairwoman of Signature Theatre in Arlington, Virginia. FICKSTERN PRODUCTIONS (Producer). Formerly at Disney, Steve Fickinger developed hits Newsies and Aladdin. Currently producing for Warner Bros., David I. Stern wrote and/or produced Mozart in the Jungle, Free Birds, Geppetto, Snapshots, and more. davidistern.com ERIC & MARSI GARDINER (Producers). Credits: Jersey Boys (Tony) New York and worldwide, Memphis (Tony), The Elephant Man, Gigi, Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Allegiance. The Gardiners have supported the arts for many years, including La Jolla Playhouse. Marsi serves on the Leadership Council of Broadway Cares. We share our passion for theatre with family and friends. Upcoming: Concerta For 8. ROBERT GREENBLATT (Producer). Former head of NBC, Showtime, and Fox Broadcasting Co. Brought back live musicals to television. Tony Awards: Dear Evan Hansen, A Gentleman’s Guide.... Golden Globe and Peabody for Six Feet Under.

JERE HARRIS & DARREN DEVERNA (Producer). Jeremiah J. Harris: Founder and Chairman/CEO of Production Resource Group. Darren P. DeVerna: CEO of Global Theatre of Production Resource Group. Producing credits include Escape to Margaritaville and the upcoming production of Diana The Musical. Co-producing credits include the upcoming productions of Jagged Little Pill and Beetlejuice. Both are also partners in Grove Entertainment. JOHN GORE ORGANIZATION (Producer) family of companies includes Broadway Across America and Broadway.com, under the supervision of 13-time Tony-winning producer John Gore (Chairman & CEO). BroadwayAcrossAmerica.com Broadway.com MIKE KRIAK (Producer). Broadway: Dear Evan Hansen, The Prom. Lincoln Center Theater Board Member. Media Circle Global Lead for ConsenSys, a formation of entrepreneurs building applications on the Ethereum blockchain. Formerly, Chief Operating Officer at Mashable. DAVID MIRVISH (Producer) is a theatrical producer based in Toronto where he operates four theatres. Mirvish Productions produces and presents plays and musicals throughout Canada, on Broadway, and in London’s West End. EVA PRICE (Producer) is a two-time Tony Award-winning producer. Credits: Dear Evan Hansen, Angels in America, On Your Feet!, Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons!, Peter and the Starcatcher, Jagged Little Pill, Cruel Intentions, Small Mouth Sounds. ZEILINGER PRODUCTIONS (Producer) is a Tony Award-winning New York and London-based production company with over 30 credits on Broadway and in the West End. For more information, please visit zeilingerproductions.com. ADAM ZOTOVICH (Producer). Productions include The Color Purple, An American in Paris, Legally Blonde, All My Sons, A View From the Bridge, Driving Miss Daisy, Evita, Of Mice and Men. AMBASSADOR THEATRE GROUP (Producer) is the world’s number-one live-theatre company, with 45 venues worldwide, a prolific international award-winning producer, and the market leader in theatre ticketing services.

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INDEPENDENT PRESENTERS NETWORK (Producer) is a consortium of 40 of the leading Broadway presenters in cities throughout America. Recent Broadway shows: Dear Evan Hansen; Hello, Dolly!; On Your Feet!; Waitress; and Kinky Boots. THE SHUBERT ORGANIZATION (Producer). Under the leadership of Philip J. Smith, Chairman, and Robert E. Wankel, President, The Shubert Organization owns and operates 17 Broadway theatres and six Off-Broadway venues. The company has produced and co-produced hundreds of plays and musicals. ARENA STAGE AT THE MEAD CENTER FOR AMERICAN THEATER (Producer), led by Artistic Director Molly Smith and Executive Producer Edgar Dobie, is a national center in Washington, D.C. dedicated to American voices and artists. arenastage.org SECOND STAGE THEATER (Producer). Under the artistic direction of Carole Rothman, Second Stage produces a diverse range of premieres and new interpretations of America’s best contemporary theatre. 2ST recently renovated the historic Helen Hayes Theater, making it the only permanent home on Broadway dedicated exclusively to living American playwrights. 101 PRODUCTIONS, LTD (Executive Producer & General Manager). Wendy Orshan and Jeffrey M. Wilson founded their company in 1994. Their associates are Ron Gubin, Chris Morey, Jeff Klein, Rina L. Saltzman. Current Broadway productions: Dear Evan Hansen, Pretty Woman: The Musical, Head Over Heels. Recent: Latin History for Morons, Sunday in the Park With George, An Act of God (executive producer; Broadway, tour), An American in Paris, Hedwig and the Angry Inch (executive producer; Broadway, tour). ACTORS’ EQUITY ASSOCIATION (“Equity”), founded in 1913, is the U.S. labor union that represents more than 51,000 professional Actors and Stage Managers. Equity fosters the art of live theatre as an essential component of society and advances the careers of its members by negotiating wages, improving working conditions, and providing a wide range of benefits, including health and pension plans. Actors’ Equity is a member of the AFL-CIO and is affiliated with FIA, an international organization of performing arts unions. #EquityWorks

Center Theatre Group MICHAEL RITCHIE (Artistic Director) is in his 14 season as Center Theatre Group’s Artistic Director, and has led over 200 productions to the Ahmanson Theatre, Mark Taper Forum, and Kirk Douglas Theatre stages, including the premieres of six musicals that moved to Broadway—The Drowsy Chaperone, Curtains, 13, 9 to 5: The Musical, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, and Leap of Faith—and the Pulitzer Prize in Drama finalist Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo. 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 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 29 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 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 PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE P13

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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.

YOU COULD BE FOUND! We’re looking for performers 17 years and older to play high school seniors for our Broadway production, North American tour, Toronto production, and other future Dear Evan Hansen productions. Visit dearevanhansen.com/auditions-submission/ to find out more.

NOT-FOR-PROFIT PARTNERS Dear Evan Hansen is proud to collaborate with: CHILD MIND INSTITUTE is an independent, national nonprofit dedicated to transforming the lives of children and families struggling with mental health and learning disorders. CRISIS TEXT LINE is free, 24/7 support for those in crisis. Text 741741 from anywhere in the U.S. to text with a trained Crisis Counselor. Crisis Text Line trains volunteers to support people in crisis. THE JED FOUNDATION is a nonprofit that exists to protect emotional health and prevent suicide for our nation’s teens and young adults. THE TREVOR PROJECT is the leading national organization providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning young people. BORN THIS WAY FOUNDATION is committed to supporting the wellness of young people and empowering them to create a kinder and braver world. For more information about our not-for-profit partners, visit: dearevanhansen.com/partners

ADDITIONAL STAFF FOR DEAR EVAN HANSEN Broadway Opening Night: December 4, 2016—Music Box Theatre Tour Opening Night: October 5, 2018—Buell Theater, Denver, CO STACEY MINDICH PRODUCTIONS Caitlin Clements Lynn Matsumoto Jordyn Boscia Ari Conte GENERAL MANAGEMENT 101 PRODUCTIONS, LTD. Wendy Orshan Jeffrey M. Wilson Ron Gubin Chris Morey Jeff Klein Rina L. Saltzman Justin Black Beth Blitzer John Conover Mei Li Heman Kathy Kim Robert Nolan Steve Supeck Alan Koolik Kimberly Stempel COMPANY MANAGER CHRIS DANNER Assistant Company Manager..........Laura Quintela MARKETING & PUBLICITY DIRECTION BOND THEATRICAL GROUP DJ Martin Temah Higgins Marc Viscardi Nicholas Jaech NATIONAL PRESS REPRESENTATIVES DKC/O&M Rick Miramontez Samantha Wolfin grapevine public relations Molly Barnett Chelsea Nachman TOUR BOOKING AGENCY THE BOOKING GROUP Meredith Blair, Kara Gebhart Laura Kolarik, Stephanie Ditman Sophie Gagnon www.thebookinggroup.com

CASTING TARA RUBIN CASTING Tara Rubin, CSA, Xavier Rubiano Eric Woodall, CSA Merri Sugarman, CSA Kaitlin Shaw, CSA Lindsay Levine, CSA Claire Burke, CSA Felicia Rudolph, CSA Louis DiPaolo WEST COAST CASTING CONSULTANT Telsey + Co. LEGAL COUNSEL LEVINE PLOTKIN & MENIN, LLP Loren Plotkin Conrad Rippy Susan Mindell Daniel Watkins Emily Erstling Kevin Hess PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT JUNIPER STREET PRODUCTIONS Hillary Blanken Ana Rose Greene Guy Kwan Joseph DeLuise Victoria Bullard Ross Leonard Sadie Alisa PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR Judith Schoenfeld Assoc. General Managers............................................................................................ Chris Morey, Ron Gubin Production Stage Manager.............................................................................................................David Lober Stage Manager..............................................................................................................................Michael Krug Assistant Stage Manager....................................................................................................... Sarah Testerman Associate Directors....................................................... Adrienne Campbell-Holt, Sash Bischoff, Adam Quinn Assistant Director...................................................................................................................... Danny Sharron Associate Choreographers................................................................................. Jonathan Warren, Mark Myars Associate Scenic Designer................................................................................................... Amanda Stephens Associate Costume Designer............................................................................................. Steven M. Rotramel Assistant Costume Designer.......................................................................................................Sarafina Bush Costume Assistants.................................................................................................. Chris Hynds, Amy LeGore Associate Lighting Designer...............................................................................................................Ken Wills Assistant Lighting Designer..................................................................................................... Jessica Creager 2nd Assistant Lighting Designer........................................................................................Amanda Clegg Lyon Associate Projections Designer.........................................................................................................Dan Scully Lead Projection Editor................................................................................................................. Andrew Bauer Projection Editor..........................................................................................................Dan Vatsky, Kate Ducey

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Associate Sound Designer............................................................................................................... Jessica Paz Associate Hair Designer...............................................................................................Daniel Scott Mortensen Makeup Consultant......................................................................................................................J. Jared Jonas Vocal Consultant...............................................................................................Liz Caplan / Fernanda Douglas Production Carpenter.................................................................................................................. Chad Woerner Production Electrician..............................................................................................................Jeremy Wahlers Production Sound......................................................................................................................... Nick Borisjuk Production Advance Sound..................................................................................................... Daniel Lundberg Production Video.......................................................................................................................Asher Robinson Production Props...........................................................................................................................Buist Bickley Assistant Production Props........................................................................................................ Chris Kavanah Moving Light Programmer......................................................................................................... Scott K. Tusing Projection Programmer.......................................................................................................Benjamin Keightley Music Coordinators.......................................................................................... Michael Aarons, Michael Keller Music Assistant.......................................................................................................................Brittany Bonney Assistant Keyboard Programmers.............................................Sam Starobin, Taylor Williams, Timothy Crook Guitar Programmer...................................................................................................................... Dillon Kondor Company Management Production Assistant.................................................................................Glory Walsh Stage Management Production Assistants................................................................................. Travis Coxson, Bryanna Meloni, Amy Steinman Music Executive for Benj Pasek and Justin Paul......................................................................... Jordan Carroll Assistant to Steven Levenson....................................................................................................Matt Steinberg

TOURING CREW HEAD CARPENTER................................................................................................................ KEVIN HOEKSTRA Flyman Carpenter..........................................................................................................................Jason Edens Automation Carpenter................................................................................................................. Randy DeBoer Advance Carpenter......................................................................................................................... Chris Weber Head Electrician.................................................................................................................................Erik Plath Assistant Electricians..............................................................................................Rob Connors, Kevin Zegan Advance Electrician/Video............................................................................................................. Kurt Krohne Head Audio................................................................................................................................Mackenzie Ellis Assistant Audio..............................................................................................................................Tyler Ponath Head Props...................................................................................................................................Lonnie Goertz Assistant Props........................................................................................................................ Carlos Wauman Head Wardrobe.............................................................................................................................. Kristina May Assistant Wardrobe................................................................................................................... Matthew Myers Hair & Wig Supervisor..............................................................................................................Jessica McGinty Physical Therapy.............................................................. Neuro Tour Physical Therapy, Inc. / Carolyn Lawson Medical Director...........................................................................................................................Dr. Craig Weil Accountant............................................................................................................ WithumSmith + Brown, PC/ ....................................................................................... Robert Fried, Karen Kowgios, Anthony Moore, CPAs Controller.......................................................................................................Galbraith & Co./Sarah Galbraith Advertising/Insights/Marketing....................................................................................................Serino Coyne ........................................................................Angelo Desimini, Greg Corradetti, Matt Upshaw, Anna Pitera, ................................................Jackie Sheehan, Tom Callahan, Gerri Sterne, Brian DeVito, Bradlie Yanniello, ......................................................................................Leslie Barrett, Emily Stockton-Brown, Bailey Howell Digital, Interactive & Content Marketing......................................................................... Situation Interactive ........................................................................................... Damian Bazadona, Jeremy Kraus, Mollie Shapiro, ........................................................................................Stephanie Sciandra, Sarah Sheppard, Ellen Mullen, .............................................................................................Brett Strasser, Rachel Feldman, Emily Magnani Banking................................................................................................................................City National Bank Insurance.....................................................................................................................DeWitt Stern Group, Inc. Housing............................................................................................................... Road Concierge / Lisa Morris Air Travel.................................................................Tzell Travel / Andi Henig, Alan Braunstein, Jeanne Lafond Merchandising......................................................................................Max Merchandising / Randi Grossman Merchandise Managers..............................................................................................Jason Clark, Tauz Lozano Key Art Design.......................................................................................................................... Matthew Cohen Production Photographer........................................................................................................Matthew Murphy Production B-Roll.............................................................................................................................HMS Media Payroll Services..................................................................................................................Checks & Balances Trucking.......................................................................................................................................Clark Transfer Company Mascots..................................................................Katie, Scout, Butler, Gatsby, and Winston Jones

SPECIAL THANKS Jack Viertel; Pete Ganbarg (Atlantic Records) Holly Sutton; Michael Leibring; Gregg Arst; Ryan Sparks; Michael Altbaum Randi Zuckerberg

PHOTO CREDITS Photos, including those under Creative Commons license, are credited to (OvO), @abrunvoll, 123rf, acheron0, Adrienne Wichard-Edds, Aidan Sage, Alan, Alexis Evans-Krueger, Alisha Vargas, Alka Phi, Andrea, Andrew Bauer, Andrew Tseng, Andy Arthur, AndyCunningham, Art by David Evans, Ashley Bischoff, Astacus, babyratio, Barabeke, Becky, BellaGaia, bet- yarlaca, biwanoki, buzzbo, CAHairyBear, Casey Bisson, Cesar Garza, Cheyenne Michaels, Chris Burke, Chris Goldberg, Chris Macke, Christa Terry, Christian Kortum, Christin Bela, chusall, Cl@rabella, Constantinis, Crimic Gulmatico, Curtis Fry, Dale Bush, Daniel Ernst, Daniel Hoherd, Daniel Kulinski, Darren Hester, David Goehring, Davide Costanzo, Debby Conway, Desert Bus For Hope, dfb, Dimitris Plantzos, Dustin Moore, Ed Yourdon, Eivind Senneset, Elias Rovielo, eltpics, Emily Eidenberger, Eric Wagner, Erica M, European Roads, Eva Swap, Fabian Sanhueza, Florian Seroussi, Garen Meguerian, Giles Watson, Glenn Austerfield, Gordon, gpointstudio, Grellan, Haleyface, Hamner_Fotos, Hayati Manshor, HeatherBie, indieclectic, Irina Fuks, IRRI Photos, Isra Se Go, ItzaFineDay, Ivana Vasilj, Jacob Gube, Jacob Loupe, jacqueline-w, jakubzak, James Emery, Jeff Dannaldson, Jerry Meaden, Jessie, Jessie Eastland, Jim Roberts, Jim Scott, Joe Diaz, Joel Abroad, Joel Ackerman, John Loo, Jonathan Yao, Jorge Montiel, Jory, Julie Faist, Julie Jordan Scott, julochka, Kamil Medryk, Karen Broz, Kendra Goering, Kevin Miller, Kim F, Kim Tairi, Kit, kittencakes, Kurt & Julie Faist, Lauren Vandevier, ljubaphoto, Loren Kerns, m-imagephotography, Margarett Harrison, Maria Fernanda Aristizabal M., Maria Morri, Massimo Ankor, Massimo Ankor, Matthew Glover, Melissa Ingram, Mighty Mighty bigmac, Miguel Ariel Contreras Drake-McLaughlin, Mike F., Mike Faist, Mike Gifford, miuenski miuenski, Munchen, Museum im Residenzschloss, Kaisersaal, Nanda, Nathan Kemmerer, neeroc1, noisy nisroc, oddobjects, Patricia, Paul Bausch, Paul Jacobson, Paul Johnson Pahotography, Petar Chernaev, Peter Kemmer, Philip, Presidio of Monterey, PRODavide Costanzo, Rachel Barenblat, Radist, Randy McDonald, Rasica, Ridofranz, rik-shaw, Roadsidepictures, Robert Hutton, Robert Lochner, Rodrigio Della Favera, Rodrigo Della Favera, Rodrigo Della Favera, Rodrigo Sá Barreto, Rogan Templer, Ron Lute, rubyblossom., Ruth Sattler, Samandel.com, Shari Alisha, Shirin Tinati, smashpopnineteen, Stefan Klocek, tanakawho, Taylor McBride, Thanh Pham, the autowitch, The Wolves Of Bathlam, Tito Perez, TNS Sofres, Tomasz Konefal, Tommy Ga-Ken Wan, Tony & Wayne, Tony Baldasaro, Tony Hammond, Travis Baugh, Universal Pops, Unknown, US Army Africa, Virginia (Ginny) Sanderson, Wade Tregaskis, Wendy Brown, Will Wysong, www.mosalumni.info

This production was rehearsed and photographed at THE NEW 42nd STREET STUDIOS, New York, NY Technical Rehearsals and Previews held at THE BUELL THEATER in Denver, CO DearEvanHansen.com Facebook: @DearEvanHansen Twitter: @DearEvanHansen Instagram: @DearEvanHansen

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The Actors and Stage Managers employed in this production are members of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers of the United States. The following employees are represented by the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Moving Picture Machine Operators, Artists and Allied Crafts of the United States, its Territories and Canada, AFL-CIO, CLC: Stage Crew Local 33; Local Treasurers and Ticket Sellers Local 857; Wardrobe Crew Local 768; Make-up Artists and Hair Stylists Local 706. The Musicians, Conductors, Music Preparation Personnel and Librarians employed in this production are members of the American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada. The Press Agents and Company Managers employed in this production are represented by the Association of Theatrical Press Agents & Managers. The Director and Choreographer are members of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers, Inc., an independent national labor union.

CREDITS Scenic items fabricated by PRG-Scenic Technologies. Show control and scenic motion control featuring Stage Command Systems by PRG-Scenic Technologies, a division of Production Resource Group, LLC, New Windsor, NY. Scenic elements provided by Daedalus Design and Production, Inc. Lighting Equipment from PRG Lighting. Audio Equipment from PRG Audio. Video projection system provided by Worldstage. Props built by: Behind The Mule Studio, Genesis Upholstery, and Brenbri Props. Evan Polo by By Barak LLC. Costume support by: Gene Mignola, Cego Shirtmakers, Timberlake Studios Inc., and Jeff Fender Studio Inc. Cover photo by Joan Marcus and Margo Schulman. Hosiery and undergarments provided by Bra*Tenders. Props trucking by JP Carrier. Upholstery by R Ramos Upholstery.

United Scenic Artists represents designers and scenic artists for the American Theatre. This production is produced by a member of The Broadway League in collaboration with our professional union-represented employees. Center Theatre Group is a member of the League of Resident Theatres (LORT), the American Arts Alliance, the Broadway League, Independent Producers’ Network (IPN), LA Stage Alliance, National Alliance for Musical Theatre (NAMT), and the Theatre Communications Group (TCG).

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 ANDREW LYNFORD ...................................................................Casting Associate IAN-JULIAN WILLIAMS ....................................Program Coordinator, Block Party TIFFANY SLAGLE ...................................................................... Literary Assistant 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, ALESHEA HARRIS, LARS JAN, NANCY KEYSTONE, LISA KRON, KIMBER LEE, YOUNG JEAN LEE, TREY LYFORD, RICHARD MONTOYA, JANINE NABERS (FADIMAN), QUI NGUYEN, LYNN NOTTAGE, MARCO RAMIREZ, AL SMITH, ROGER GUENVEUR SMITH, GEOFF SOBELLE, MARIKE SPLINT, GOB SQUAD, LUIS VALDEZ, PAULA VOGEL, TRACEY SCOTT WILSON (FADIMAN), KAREN ZACARÍAS (FADIMAN)............................................Commissioned Artists JEFF AUGUSTIN, MARCUS GARDLEY, ALESHEA HARRIS, LAURA JACQMIN, MOLLY SMITH METZLER, MATTHEW PAUL OLMOS, JIEHAE PARK ............L.A. Writers’ Workshop Members HANA S. KIM......................................................Sherwood Award Recipient, 2018 EDUCATION, ENGAGEMENT, AND COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS LESLIE K. JOHNSON............. Director of Social Strategy, Innovation and Impact KATHRYN MACKENZIE ................................................ Director of Administration TYRONE DAVIS.....................................................Audience Engagement Director TRACI KWON.................................................. Arts Education Initiatives Director JESUS REYES...................................................Community Partnerships Director CAMILLE SCHENKKAN..................................Next Generation Initiatives Director JAQUELYN JOHNSON...........................................Audience Engagement Manager SONDRA MAYER............................Concessions Manager (Kirk Douglas Theatre) ADAM NICOLAI.................................................Arts Education Program Manager FELIPE M. SANCHEZ............................................................Emerging Artists and Arts Professionals Program Manager JENNIFER HARRELL.......................................................Administration Assistant DEBRA PIVER................................................................. Resident Teaching Artist MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION NAUSICA STERGIOU................................................................... General Manager JEFFREY UPAH ...........................................................................General Manager KATIE SOFF.................................................................Associate General Manager ERIC SIMS..................................................................Associate General Manager CASEY MCDERMOTT..................................................Associate General Manager MEGAN ALVORD....................................................................... Company Manager ALANA BEIDELMAN.......................... Executive Assistant to the Artistic Director EVELYN STAFFORD....................... Executive Assistant to the Managing Director PRODUCTION JOE HAMLIN........................................................................ Director of Production KRYSTIN MATSUMOTO.......................................................... Production Manager CHRISTOPHER REARDON......................................................Production Manager KATIE CHEN...........................................................Assistant Production Manager ERICA LARSON..................................................................Production Coordinator SHAWN ANDERSON.................................... Head Carpenter (Ahmanson Theatre) JAMES WRIGHT.......................................... Head Electrician (Ahmanson Theatre) ROBERT SMITH.................................................Head Sound (Ahmanson Theatre) SHANE ANDERSON............................................Head Flyrail (Ahmanson Theatre) CHRISTA ARMENDARIZ..................... Wardrobe Supervisor (Ahmanson Theatre) MARY WARDE......................................................... Hair and Make-up Supervisor .............................................................................................. (Ahmanson Theatre) CHRISTINE L. COX.......................................House Manager (Ahmanson Theatre) EMMET KAISER............................................Head Carpenter (Mark Taper Forum) MARY ROMERO........................................... Head Properties (Mark Taper Forum) AARON STAUBACH......................................Head Electrician (Mark Taper Forum) BONES MALONE................................................ Head Sound (Mark Taper Forum) DENNIS SEETOO.................................. Wardrobe Supervisor (Mark Taper Forum) RICK GEYER.............................. Hair & Make-up Supervisor (Mark Taper Forum) LINDA WALKER ........................................... House Manager (Mark Taper Forum) ADAM PHALEN .............................................. Head Audio (Kirk Douglas Theatre)

SEAN MEYER .......................................... Light Board Programmer and Operator ...........................................................................................(Kirk Douglas Theatre) CAMBRIA CHICHI............................Wardrobe Supervisor (Kirk Douglas Theatre) BEN GRAY..............................................Stage Supervisor (Kirk Douglas Theatre) CHAD SMITH............................................................ Associate Technical Director LEE O’REILLY........................................................... Associate Technical Director SEAN KLOC...................................................................................... Shop Foreman MERRIANNE NEDREBERG................................................... Interim Prop Director KATE REINLIB..................................................................Associate Prop Manager CANDICE CAIN........................................................................... Costume Director BRENT M. BRUIN..............................................................Costume Shop Manager MADDIE KELLER..................................................................... Costume Generalist WHITNEY OPPENHEIMER..........................Resident Assistant Costume Desginer SWANTJE TUOHINO........................................................................................Tailor OPERATIONS DAWN HOLISKI............................................ Director of Operations and Facilities PETER WYLIE................................................................. Office Services Manager ELIZABETH LEONARD................................................... Senior Facilities Manager MAX OKEN................................................................................ Facilities Manager DONAVAN MARTINELLI........................................................... Facilities Assistant JULIO A. CUELLAR.......................................................................Driver/Custodian JOSEPH HALLAM, CURTIS GAVIN...............................................................Drivers 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 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 TYLER ENNIS................................ Deputy Director of Institutional Advancement JASON CABRAL....................... Director of Advancement Operations & Analytics LOUIE ANCHONDO............................... Director of Events & Corporate Relations ASHLEY TIERNEY.......................................................Director of the Annual Fund TERRA GOULDEN..........................................................Senior Major Gifts Officer KATY HILTON...............Associate Director of Foundation & Government Support LAURA HITE............................Associate Director of Gift Operations & Reporting MANDI OR.....................................................Associate Director of Special Events RYAN WAGNER...............................................Associate Director of Donor Data & .......................................................................................Communication Strategy VANESSA WHEELER..............................Associate Director of Prospect Research MOLLY COTTEN........................................................................ Major Gifts Officer CHRISTY LAMB..........................................................Corporate Relations Officer KIM OKAMURA............................................................................. Grants Manager ERIN SCHLABACH.......................... Donor Stewardship & Recognition Strategist DONALD JOLLY................................... Advancement Communications Specialist EDUARDO MOLLINEDO-PIÑÓN.......................... Advancement Database Analyst MIKE RATTERMAN........................................................ Donor Advisor Supervisor ERIC SEPPALA................................................Executive Assistant to the Director ................................................................................of Institutional Advancement MATTHEW SUTPHIN................................................... Special Events Coordinator OLIVIA BERUMEN......................................... Advancement Operations Associate SOHINI RISAM............................................ Institutional Advancement Assistant AL BERMAN, ELIZABETH DELLORUSSO, DAVID GARVER, BENJAMIN SCHWARTZ, NICOLE SCIPIONE, PAUL VITAGLIANO, BILL WALTON ................. Donor Advisors KARLA GALVEZ, JUSTINE PEREZ................................ Donor Services Associates MURRAY E. HELTZER........................................................Development Volunteer

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.....................................................Associate Editorial Director TYLER EMERSON............................................................Digital Product Manager RUTH GUERRA........................................................Communications Coordinator REZA VOJDANI......................................................Communications Coordinator SAMMY LOPEZ...............................................................Social Media Coordinator HAL BANFIELD......................................................................Multimedia Producer TICKET SALES AND SERVICES SHAWN ROBERTSON............................................................ Ticket Sales Director SKYPP CABANAS............................................ Senior Manager, Ticket Operations NICOLE MEDINA.....................................................Ticket Operations Coordinator MICHAEL ZOLDESSY............................................Senior Manager, Account Sales SANDY CZUBIAK........................................................... Audience and Subscriber ....................................................................................................Services Director JENNIFER BAKER, CHERYL HAWKER, RICHARD RAGSDALE.......................................... Audience Services Supervisors ALICE CHEN................................................. Audience Services Asst. Supervisor GARY HOLLAND............................................ Audience Services Sales Associate SAM AARON, JEREMIE ARENCIBIA, KIMBERLY ARENCIBIA, VICKI BERNDT, DAVID BETANCOURT, ALEJANDRA DE PAZ, MICHAEL ESPINOZA, KAITLYN GALVEZ, ANASTASHIA GARCIA, ELIANA HERNANDEZ-FAUSTO, CHRISTINE PEDROZA, EILEEN PEREZ, CHRISTIAN UNGER..............Audience Services Representatives DANUTA SIEMAK................................................ Subscriber Services Supervisor CHRISTINA GUTIERREZ ........................... Subscriber Services Asst. Supervisor IRENE CHUANG, LIGIA PISTE, PETER STALOCH....................Subscriber Services ..........................................................................................Senior Representatives SARAH K. GONTA .................................................................. Box Ofﬁce Treasurer  ANGELICA CARBAJAL, KISHISA ROSS................................. Assistant Treasurers  MICHAEL KEMPISTY, KEVIN LAUVER, MICHAEL SALTZMAN, CRIS SPACCA........................................... Box Ofﬁce Staff KERRY KORF.................................................................. Priority Services Director SUSAN F. TULLER..................................... Priority Services Operations Manager CANDICE WALTERS............................................ Priority Services Sales Manager PAUL CUEN.................................................................. Priority Services Manager SOFIJA DUTCHER......................................Priority Services Assistant Supervisor ................................................................................................................................ BEALENE AHERN, REILLY ALLEN, CLAY BUNKER, RITA CANNON, MAGGIE DODD, NATALIE DRESSEL, MARC “BYRON” DROTMAN, FRANK ENSENBERGER, LOU GEORGE, BRAD GRIFFITH, CONSTANCE HARCAR, SHEP KOSTER, JULIANNA OJEDA, IAN PRICE, MICHAEL SMITH, BRITTANY VILLARS, DIANE WARD, HOLLY WOOD...............................Priority Service Representatives ALEXIS ACOSTA, KATHERINE BELTRAN, JACOB BOND, CRISTINA DELGADO, WYSPER ERIGIO, POE HARRISON, VERONICA HOLLEY, MARIANA CARREÑO KING, MAYRA LOZANO, LAUREN MELLINGER, COLETTE MENDOZA, LARSON RANIER..................Interns

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“I know the power of theatre brought you here tonight. Our mission is to use that power to create a more inclusive, engaged community in Los Angeles—bonded by our shared humanity.” —CENTER THEATRE GROUP ARTISTIC DIRECTOR MICHAEL RITCHIE

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WE ENTERTAIN WE CREATE

WE ENGAGE WE INSPIRE

OUR COMMUNITIES ARE FULL OF STORIES WAITING TO BE DISCOVERED. Center Theatre Group is a place where artists, audiences, and community members connect through the power of storytelling. Our interactive programs— like free library play readings, theatre-making workshops, and pre- and post-show discussions—engage audiences before and after the show and encourage our community to make theatre a part of their everyday lives. Center Theatre Group’s free production of El Teatro Campesino’s Popol Vuh: Heart of Heaven in Grand Park.

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WE SUPPORT A NEW GENERATION OF THEATREGOERS, ARTISTS, AND ARTISANS. “I’m the first in my family to graduate from college and the top graduating senior of all 5,000+ students in my class. All of this was made possible by Center Theatre Group. I watched my first-ever play as part of the Student Matinee Program. Being part of the August Wilson Monologue Competition, I found that once-in-a-lifetime moments are made possible if you take a moment to believe in yourself. And in the Internship Program, I found out that a ton of hard work and love goes into making the magic happen. My life has been blessed so much, but the biggest of blessings is Center Theatre Group. I can’t begin to say thank you, but I’ll do my best so that one day I can do for others what has been done for me.”

—ANGELINA FINAU, CAL STATE NORTHRIDGE CLASS OF 2017, FULBRIGHT SCHOLAR 2018

WE ENTERTAIN WE CREATE WE ENGAGE

WE INSPIRE August Wilson Monologue Competition regional finalists. Photos by Ryan Miller/Capture Imaging.

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Visit CenterTheatreGroup.org to connect with us, and help share the power of theatre with our community.

In rehearsal for the August Wilson Monologue Competition. Photo by Ryan Miller/Capture Imaging.

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Special Thanks to Artistic Director’s Circle Members for Supporting Center Theatre Group

SISTERS MATSUMOTO BY PHILIP KAN GOTANDA

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 SEPTEMBER 5, 2018.) Anonymous (2)

Stanley Iezman & Nancy Stark

Judith & Thomas Beckmen

Marvin Jubas & Janet Wald Jubas

Thomas Beers

Terri & Jerry Kohl

Gail Berman-Masters

The Labowe Family Foundation

Diana Buckhantz & Vladimir & Araxia Buckhantz Foundation

The Eugene La Pietra Foundation

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

AFTER YEARS AT A

Amy Forbes & Andrew Murr

U.S. INTERNMENT CAMP DURING WORLD WAR II, THREE JAPANESE AMERICAN SISTERS RETURN TO THEIR ONCE PROSPEROUS FAMILY FARM IN STOCKTON,

Cindy & Gary Frischling

Jody & David Lippman Renee & Meyer Luskin Ruth Flinkman-Marandy & Ben Marandy Lynn & Dreux McNairy Louise Moriarty & Patrick Stack Deena & Edward Nahmias The Louis & Harold Price Foundation

Eric & Nancy Garen

Laura & James Rosenwald & Orinoco Foundation

Kiki & David Gindler

Donna Schweers & Tom Geiser

Patricia Glaser & Sam Mudie

Maggy & Jack Simon

Brindell Roberts Gottlieb

Judie Stein & J R Stein Family Foundation

Aliza Karney Guren & Marc Guren

Eva & Marc Stern

Ann & Stephen F. Hinchliffe, Jr.

Sue Tsao

June & Gareth Hughes

Sheila & Wally Weisman

CALIFORNIA DETERMINED TO RECAPTURE THE DREAMS OF THEIR

Artists & Educators Forum ($20,000+)

PRE-WAR LIVES. • S P O N S O R E D I N PA R T BY

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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 SEPTEMBER 5, 2018.)

Anonymous (2)

Linda S. Peterson

Melissa & Bob Alvarado

Bill Resnick & Michael Stubbs

Joni & Miles Benickes

Jane Rissman & Richard Sondheimer

Debra & Norris Bishton Joan & Rob Blackman Annette Blum Lynn Booth

UPCOMING

THE GOOD NEGRO

Marla S. Campagna

JAN 25-27

By Tracey Scott Wilson. Civil rights leaders take up the fight against segregation but the shortcomings of their charismatic leader risk the future of the movement.

A ROOM WITH A VIEW

MAR 1-3

By E.M. Forster, Adapted by Kate McAll. After a chance encounter in Florence, Lucy must negotiate the demands of her station with the desires of her heart. Up Close and Personal L.A. Theatre Works has entertained the world for over 40 years with our signature radio theatre format.

TICKETS AND INFORMATION

LATW.org | 310.827.0889

Susan & Stephen Chandler Helen & Morgan Chu In Memory of Morris A. Hazan In Support of New Theatre Artists

Bruce & Randy Ross Joyce & Deane Ross Elliott R. Sernel Eugene & Marilyn Stein Sunshine Stone Donna & John Sussman Anne C. Taubman Karen & William Timberlake Peter & Iona Tompkins

Mr. & Mrs. Gerald W. Kehle

Robin & Gary Ungar

Kelton Fund/Lenny & David Kelton

Hope Landis Warner

Vicki King

Suzanne V. Wilson

Phyllis Kupferstein & Donald O. Farkas

Marilyn Ziering

Harry & Arlette Lumer

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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DONOR RECOGNITION

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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 meet-the-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 AUGUST 20, 2018.)

GUARDIAN CIRCLE ($18,000+) POWERED BY

MULTI-YEAR DONORS

ANNUAL DONORS

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

Anonymous Pamela & Dennis Beck Jonna Bollenbacher Lynn Booth Maynard & Linda Brittan Linda Brown The Capital Group Companies Charitable Foundation Susan & Stephen Chandler Helen & Morgan Chu Michael A. Enomoto Rhonda C. Evans

Susan A. Grode Heather & Paul Haaga Sharon & Joe Hernandez The Jim Hicks Family Foundation Ellen & Tom Hoberman Diane Kessler Lynn & Dreux McNairy Carrie & Ben Mui Sheila Muller Stanley Iezman & Nancy Stark Kim & Bill Wardlaw Mary J. Witt

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Shelley & Rick Bayer I. Mark & Marlene Bledstein Connie Elliot Lorrie & Richard Gurewitz Marion & Tod Hindin Gail & Stanley Hollander Jennifer L. Jackman Ellen & Jerry Jacobson Debra & Robert Kasirer Vicki & Seth Kogan Joan Kroll & In Memory of Irving Kroll Edward Lewis Steven Llanusa & Glenn Miya, M.D. Janice & Bruce Miller Kari L. Nakama Arline M. Nakanishi Laura & David Quigg Honey Sanders Nina & Steven Sheldon Tracy A. Stone The Sugimoto Family Foundation

Donna & John Sussman Doug & Ellen Weitman Jerrie D. Whitfield & Richard W. Motika Martin & Rosalind Zane ANNUAL DONORS

Anonymous Laura & Harvey Alpert Jackie & Howard Banchik Fran R. Berger Ms. Virgina Blywise Roberta A. Conroy Corbell Family Larry Field Judith R. Forman & Richard N. Weiner Roslyn & Abner Goldstine Manuela Goren Annie Gross Walmilly Foundation Mr. & Mrs. James L. Hunter Dr. & Mrs. Jack Kavanaugh Craig Lawson & Terry Peters Mrs. Gayle Leventhal Marlene & Sandy Louchheim

Doris Luster Andy & Laura Mintzer Robert & Sally Neely Chris & Dick Newman/C & R Newman Family Foundation Christine Marie Ofiesh & Arthur L. Zussman Dr. Harry E. Rice MD Barbara Roberts Natalie Roberts & David Roberts zâ&#x20AC;?l Michael Rogers Gloria Sherwood Rosemary Simmons Marcia & David M. Spaid Phyllis J. & Steven F. Spierer Stone Family Elinor & Rubin Turner Dana & Matthew Walden

PATRON CIRCLE ($8,000+) MULTI-YEAR DONORS: Anonymous, Russi Taylor Allwine, Mark & Jody Barnhill, Tracey Boldemann-Tatkin & Stan Tatkin, Alice Desobry Bowens Trust, Pamela Herman Broussard & J. Garfield Broussard, Dr. & Mrs. Ronald Busuttil, John Jewett Byers, Catherine & Anthony Chanin, Arthur & Katheryn Chinski, The Honorable Judith C. Chirlin, Dr. Lawrence & Jane Z. Cohen, Donald & Zoe Cosgrove, Diana Rogovin Davidow, Anne M. Dougherty & David B. Dobrikin, Ms. Anita H. Dymant & Mr. Richard Drooyan, Mr. & Mrs. Homer Garten, Rocky & Deborah Gentner, Ms. Dana Guerin, Dr. Lisa Guerin & Mr. Tim Ryan, Tanna Handley Havlick, Dr. & Mrs. Randy W. Hawkins, Elizabeth A. Hoage, Jim & Gloria Hopper, Harvey & Ellen Knell Foundation, David & Tam Lachoff, Michael & Sandy Leahy, Jeff Mandel, Emily & Phillips Marshall, Janis B. McEldowney, Ron & Lee Miller, Joan I. Moe, Mildred M. & Earl Moon, Cindy & Ken Norian, Michael R. Oppenheim, Melissa Louise Rhone, Stuart & Laurie Rice In Loving Memory of Adam Rice, Craig E. Rogers, Leonard J. & JoAnn Roth, Dana Saladen & Linda Walters, Deborah E. Small, M.D., Clumeck Stern Schenkelberg & Getzoff, Dr. & Mrs. Daniel Wallace, Luke & Colleen Welsh, David Williamson | ANNUAL DONORS: Anonymous (2), Robert & Sara Adler, Geraldine & Harold Alden, O. Allen Alpay, Liz & Lou Altman, Deanna & Richard Ashby, James Asperger & Christine Adams, The Alice Ghostley Foundation, Angela Bardowell, Linda Barnett, Yvonne & Derek Bell, Robert Brook & Jackie Kosecoff, Rose Marie Browning & Michael Fletcher, In Memory of John W. Carner, Bill Cohn & Dan Miller, Nancy & Donald de Brier, Lynda & Al Fadel, Dennis L. Field & H. Douglas Galt, Jay & Donna Gallagher, Marylyn Ginsburg & Chuck Klaus, Lori Glickman, Eleanor Gorman, Mark & Julie Harrison, Steve & Toya Harrison, Sam Ho, M.D., Marcia S. Jones, Gary Kading, Cari & Marty Kavinoky, In Memory of Mille Kern, Janice A. Kido,

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PATRON CIRCLE (CONTINUED)

23293 4.625 x 7.375 4c

Capturing your imagination

In Memory of Lynn Kinikin, Genni Klein, Sheila Krasnoff, Sandra Krause & William Fitzgerald, Jale Kutay, Anne & Michael Landsburg, Dr. & Mrs. Martin S. Lasky, Barbara & Andrew Leigh, Sheldon & Emily Lodmer, The Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, Debra Gastler & Andrew Malloy, Carol & Douglas Mancino, M. Wayne Metcalf, Margot & Mitch Milias, Joan & Philip Miller, Sue & Monty Mohrman, Toni & Tom Morgan, Toni Hollander-Morse & Lon Morse, Diane Morton, Gail Neiman, Bob & Renee Nunn, Norman & Margrit Oberstein, Michael Powell & Dr. Sheila Philips, Gregory Pickert & Beth Price, Paula F. Reach, William & Sue Roen, June Caldwell & Jaye Rogovin, Lois Rosen, Wes Schaefer & Cathy King-Schaefer, Peter & Susan Schwab, Joan & Arnold Seidel, Mrs. Dorothy R. Sherwood, Ms. Shannon Shih, Allen Blue & Kira Snyder, Mr. & Mrs. Randy Snyder, I.H. Sutnick, Sandra Tufts, Arthur Melville, Ph.D. & Marsha Utain, M.S., Seymour Waterman & Family, Susan & William Weintraub, Ralph M. & Molly Wolveck, Arnold H. & Tricia L. Zane, George Ziegler

FELLOW CIRCLE ($4,000+)

Theatre has the ability to tell stories in new and creative ways that capture our imagination and whisk us far, far away. Wells Fargo proudly celebrates the arts and this production.

MULTI-YEAR DONORS: Anonymous (3), Carol L. Archie & Edward L. Keenan, Jill Banks Barad, Susan Baumgarten, Dr. Martine Bauwens, Drs. Jack & Barbara Berman, Leah Bishop & Gary Yale, Karlyn & Chuck Boppell, Neil H. & Karen Hochman Brown, Anne Bruner & James Bremner, Lynne Campbell, Rita Chenoweth, Ruth Choi, Mike & Jamie DiFiori, Julia Donoghue, Robin C. Dumas, Jack & Cynthia Edelstein, David & Joyce Evans, Laura E. Fox, M.D. & John D. Hofbauer, M.D., Sylvia Fredricks, Ellen Fujikawa, Howard & Suzanne Furst, Michael Galindo & Mary Quon Jung, Freddi & Marvin Gelfand, Maggi Phillips & Mario Gerla, Jeri & Keith Gertzman, Mr. & Mrs. Efrain Gonzalez, Edith Gould, Marsha Grant, James D. & Margaret A. Gray, Dr. Stuart & Adrienne Green, Linda & Michael Haines, Mr. Jeffrey L. Hall & Mr. Kevin A. Yoder, Harris Family Foundation, Sam Harris, Johnny Ruth Harrison, M.D., Chet & Sheila Hasday, Michael Lurey & Laurie Hasencamp, Al & Sandy Haveson, James & Christi Hays, Zvia Hempling, Ofer B. Ho, Lawrence J. Jaffe, M.D., Linda R. Kaplan, Elyse & Stanley Katz, Michael & Deborah Klein, Thea & Neal Koss, Joan & Chris Larkin, Karen & Tim Lavrouhin, Ron & Pat Lebel, Christine Lee, Drs. Anu & Ali Leemann, James & Karen Lefever, Michael Levin & Andy Abowitz, In Loving Memory of Anna Strahlman, Pamela & Mark Litvack, Mr. & Mrs. Mark S. Louchheim, Sandra & Kenneth Malamed, Amy & Harold Masor, Gordon & Dale McWilliams, Gretchen & Marshall Milligan, Steven Modglin, Mary Lou Mooney, Loula Moschonas & James Edgerton, Wendy A. Moss, Richard Newcome, Marianne & Michael Newman, Mary Rose & Edward Ortega, Tye Ouzounian & Karyn Wong, Norman Dixon & Patrick Owen, Elsie & Peter Paterno, Helen Pekny, Mr. Stephen Pescetti, Irv & Gina Posalski, Mr. & Mrs. Albert Praw, Cheryl & Joel Prell, Dr. Peggy Renner & Dr. Robert Nelson, Kirk & Cathy Reynolds, Suellen Richmond, Ellen & Mike Rosenberg, Robyn & Steven Ross, John Salter, Beatrice (Tina) Castillo & Gail Sandford, Stephen J. Sass & Dr. Steven Hochstadt, June Sanders Sattler, John R. Sealy, M.D., Scott Shagrin, Christine Shaner, James & Alexis Sheehy, Howard & Stephanie Sherwood, Steven E. Shulem, Jan & Carl Siechert, Charlene & Mike Sievers, Stephen & Judith Slagle, Jacque & Herb Spivak, Merrilee B. St. John, Mr. & Mrs. Mitchell Sussman, Dr. Allan & Roslyn Holt Swartz, Michelle Tesoro, Norman & Barbara Weiler, Valerie & Nathaniel E. Williams, Denise J. Winner, George Zimmerman & Tatyana Gurvich | ANNUAL DONORS: Anonymous (2), Gay & Harry Abrams/Abrams Artists Agency, Brenda & Alan Abramson, Amy & Bob Abramson, Andrew Aichlmayr, James & Marsha Alexander, Dr. O. Allen Alpay, Susan Alschuler, Robert C. Anderson, Suzanne & Bill Attig, Cheryl & Elliott Balbert, Norma Barretta, Lois Barth & Michael Schubach, Barbara Bauer & Lawrence Cox, Chris & Rose Bauss, James P. Bennett & Company, Elliot, Roberta, Dayna, & Alison Berkowitz,

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BILL T. JONES/ ARNIE ZANE COMPANY

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Tribute to Joni Mitchell, Tina Turner and Nancy Wilson Fri, Nov 9 @ 8pm Royce Hall, UCLA

Sat, Nov 3 & Sun, Nov 4 @ 2pm Royce Hall, UCLA

ESTONIAN PHILHARMONIC CHAMBER CHOIR & TALLINN CHAMBER ORCHESTRA Sat, Nov 17 @ 8pm Royce Hall, UCLA

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25th Anniversary Show & Celebration Sun, Nov 18 @ 7pm The Theatre at Ace Hotel

SWEET HONEY IN THE ROCK Fri, Nov 30 @ 8pm Royce Hall, UCLA

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FELLOW CIRCLE (CONTINUED)

SUBSTANCE ABUSE

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SONYA YONCHEVA SOPRANO

WITH ORCHESTRA

DOMINGO HINDOYAN

CONDUCTOR

WED NOV 7, 2018 / 7:30 PM A Broad Stage concert debut from one of the world’s leading sopranos. #thebroadstage CELEBRITY OPERA SERIES AT THE BROAD STAGE SUPPORTED BY A GENEROUS GIFT FROM LLOYD E. RIGLER – LAWRENCE E. DEUTSCH FOUNDATION

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2018/19 Season

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ADVOCATE CIRCLE ($2,400+) MULTI-YEAR DONORS: Anonymous, Mr. & Mrs. Laurie Blumin & Moe Blumin, The Saul Brandman Foundation, Sandy & Mayer Brenner, Hon. Candace Cooper (Ret), Gaylen Kobayashi, Mary Anne Lucero, Loris & Kory Lunsford, Julien Minard, Helene G. Mochedlover, Rob & Leslie Nagby, Michelle Nuttall, Cynthia Ann Petty, Kurt & Keli Skarin, Leslie Smith, Roberta Smith, Paulette Toumazos & Michael Lorenz, Joyce Huyett Turner & Craig Turner, Lori Williams & Stephen Schulte | ANNUAL DONORS: Anonymous (9), David Abshier, Steve & Karen Adolph, Anthony Alvarado & Desiree Carvajal, Katherine Annuschat, Mrs. Jacqueline Applebaum, Sandra Aronberg, M.D. & Charles Aronberg, M.D., Ramsey Avery & Scott Ault, Deborah G. Baine, Adrianna & Jay Balaban, Ginger G. Bauer, Marjorie Beale, Beth Bennett & Larry McAdams, Susan & Adam Berger, Dr. & Mrs. Saul J. Berman, Mr. & Mrs. John Bettfreund, Peter & Helen Bing, Michele Paley & Len Blonder, Yvonne Bogdanovich & Family, Richard & Pat Bongeorno, Claudette G. Bowie, Nancy Brandel, Sandra & Robert Braun, Marti Breier, Judy & David Breitstein, Janice R. Brittain, Dr. Lisa Bukaty & Mr. Raymond M. Bukaty, Constance Burg, Beth Burnam, Melinda Carmichael, Sandra L. Carter, Mrs. James L. Chew, Ms. Jean F. Cohen, Joanne R. Cohen, Carrie Cooper, Ted Cordes, Judy Tishkoff & Keith Crasnick, Kathryn Crown, Steve & Linda Darling, Maurie Davidson, Ron de Salvo, Mrs. George DeRoy & Cathy DeRoy, Norma & Al Diaz, Ms. Laurie Dubchansky, Mr. & Mrs. Gene B. Duncan, Mr. Richard Nupoll, James & Marie Earl, Mr. Fred M. Edwards Jr., Kenneth Erlich & Louise Halevy, Ellen Eubanks, Victoria I. Evers, Jim Bright & Lucy Farber, Edward & MaryAnn Feo, Robert Finkel & Adelle Gross, Joan & Marty Flax, Ruth Fleming-Stephens, Marilynn S. Fong, Matthew & Sherry Frank, Rosalie Friis-Ross, Howard J. Fulfrost, Lesley & Dr. Kenneth H. Geiger, The Gelfand Family, Kate & Dr. Stephen Geller, Jeanne K. Gerson, Sandy Ginsburg, Traute & Gene Gleeson, Howard Gleicher, Gary Jackson & Linda Globerman, M.D., Barbara Gollin, Tanya & David Goodman, Myles & Barbara Goodson, Jackie & Stan Gottlieb, Dr. Sudha & Dr. Gopal Govindarajan, Peggy A. Grant, Abbas & Lynda Hadjian, Kate A. Halkett, Ms. Rose Ann Hall, Scott Hall & Rhonda Church, Audrey & Paul Hanneman, Karen Hansen, Phyllis & J. Michael Hennigan, Karen Hirshan/Hirshan Family Foundation, Dorothy Hoffman, Dorothy K. Hull, Dr. & Mrs. Robert Itami, Karen & Jake Jacobs, Lynda & Mitchell Jacobs, In Memory of Wayne Jervis, Jr., Starr C. Johnson, Janet & Steve Kahane, Sally Karbelnig, Cynthia & Jerry Kay, Albert Kelly & Marjorie Stevens Kelly, Joel Kelly & Hedda Jayson, Judith G. Kelly, Sharon Kerson, Carol Kindler, Irene & Marvin H. Kleinberg, Bill Kobin & Frances Goodman, Fred & Sheri Kuppers, Lena, Mark, Jodi & Emily Labowe, Earle & Sharon Lambert, Katherine L’Amour, Mr. & Mrs. Herbert A. Lampert, Jo Ann Lee, Ned Leiba, Richard & Vivian Levy, Mae & Hugh Lichtig, Patty Loch, Allan & Helen Gordon Lowy, Marge & Bill MacLaughlin, Ginny Mancini, Janice E. Mangerino, Mrs. Clifford Marshall, Mr. & Mrs. Dennis G. Martin, Laura & Jim Maslon, Margaret L. Mathews, Ms. Jacqueline H. Matlock, Daniel Mayeda & Susan Rosales, Dr. Rosie M. Mayfield, Michael & Marian Kleinman, Theresa L. McConville, Eric Winston & Jacqueline McIntyre-Winston, Robert L. Mendow, Lorraine & Craig Meyer, Don & Lorena Meza, Lary & Mary Anne Mielke, Carolyn Miller, Nicole L. Miner & Celia Ruskin, Arleen Miya, Francoise Schmutz & Antonio Morawski, Mr. Jacques Nack Ngue, Bruce Newhall, Isabel Friend Newman, Russell Noel, Dale & Ayako Okuno, Mr. & Mrs. Mark M. Panatier, Thomas Payne, Carole Pelton, Carol Phillips & Bob Shapiro, Barry & Jane McCullough, Dr. Stephen C. Rabin, Ms. Carlene Ringer, Belinda Robins, Ernesto & Richard Rocco-Davies, Bingo Roncelli, Rabbi & Mrs. Moshe Rothblum, Mr. & Mrs. John Schulte, Drs. T.V. Scott & Karen Hill Scott, Jean L. Scroggy, Ruth & Mitchell Shapiro, Lynn Sharp, In Memory of Ruth & Leon Sirkin, Karen & Gordon Silverstein, Mrs. & Dr. Robert Simon, David & Irene Smith, Mr. Ricardo Sosapavon, Diane & James Staes, Marilyn & Errol Stambler, Carol Stein Sterling & James Sterling, Ms. Gail Goldberg Stoter,

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Center Theatre Group Corporate Circle Sheri Biller, Founding Chair The Corporate Circle is comprised of companies that support Center Theatre Group’s education and community partnership programs. Members receive VIP concierge service at theatres in Los Angeles, New York, and London, complimentary and discounted tickets to our shows, business development opportunities, and more. For more information, call 213.972.3192. (DONORS LISTED AS OF SEPTEMBER 5, 2018.)

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Sponsors Center Theatre Group is grateful to these companies for their generous support.

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Center Theatre Group Affiliates The Affiliates have supported Center Theatre Group since 1971. Through volunteering and fundraising, members introduce young people to the magic of live theatre. Carmen Schaye, President EXECUTIVE BOARD Anne Bruner,* Ilene Eisenberg, Roberta Haft,* Christine Harte, Thea F. Koss, Diane Lesser, Jerri Nagelberg, Diane Neubauer*, Kim White Peterson*, Sheila Poncher,* Sharon Reisz, Marsha Tauber Sallai, June Sanders Sattler,*♦ Joyce Sheingold, Maggy Simon, Carole Solomon, Marilyn Stambler,* Janice Brock Wallace*, Janice Weiner, Rosalind Zane* | MEMBERS Gail Ann Andrews, Arthe P. Anthony, Sandy Avchen,♦ Tere Baker, Janet Barnet,*♦ Sue Bass, Judith Beckmen,*♦ Marjorie Bender, Marjorie Ann Beradino, Lanie Bernhard, Deena Blum, Lestrita Boardman,♦ Audrey L. Bornstein, Roanna Araneta Brown, Elnora Guerrero Campos, Marlene Theresa Charbonnet, Barbara Mansfield Cheyne,*♦ Jan Cobert, Victoria Cushey, Mary Levin Cutler,,♦ Judi Davidson, Cariline Davis Dyer, Babe Eagle, Gloria H. Ellwood,* Lynda Wolfson Fadel, Stephanie FisherWhite, Ruth Flinkman-Marandy,,♦ Joey Freed,♦ Carolyn H. Fried, Ava O. Fries,*♦ Myra Gabbay, Stephanie Germeraad, Carole A. Gillie, Linda Goldfein, Linda Goldman,♦ Dina Goldstein, Debra C. Gordon, Brindell Gottlieb, Carol Halperin, Stephanie J. Hibler, Audrey V. Jessup, Tobé Karns, Diane Kessler,* Barbara Krasnoff, Beau Lavine, Rita Lee, Annie Maria Lehrer, Marilyn Levin,♦ Helen Gordon Lowy, Dr. Elizabeth Lu, Marianne Mandel, Phyllis Massing, Ph.D, Leah Mendelsohn, Jacqueline Nach, Deena Nahmias, Olivia Neece, Phyllis Parvin, Gina Russ Posalski,*♦ Anne Reismann, Irene Ribner, Harriett Chatters Rose,♦ Lois Rosen,♦ Marla Rubin, Gaile Gray Ryan, Bonnie Sachs,♦ Carole Schiffer, Kelly Schiffer,* Zrelda Sealey, Joyce Siegel, Robbie J. Solomon, Marilyn Lee Stark, Carol Stein, Debbie Stein, Judy Stone, Betsy Straszheim, Gloria Stroock-Stern, Donna Sussman,* Rosalyn Holt Swartz, Louise Taper, Phyllis Teller, Katherine L. Todd,* Sue Tsao,♦ Roberta Turkat, Elinor Turner, Carol Le-Veque-Uri, Barbara Van Orden, Donna Marie Venick,* Sue Wittner

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These concerts are made possible in part, by the L.A. County Board of Supervisors, through the L.A. County Arts Commission, and the City of Santa Monica Arts Commission.

Ovation Circle Planned Gifts Center Theatre Group is grateful to these donors, whose irrevocable deferred estate gifts to our endowment ensure the organization’s financial well-being for generations to come. $1,000,000+ Shirley & Irving Ashkenas, Judith & Thomas Beckmen, Kirk & Anne Douglas, Richard & Julie Kagan, Martin Massman, Betty McMicken in honor of Jeanette Shammas, Diane & Leon Morton, Peter & Susan Van Haften, Carol Vernon & Robert Turbin | $500,000+ Richard & Norma Camp, Mary Levin Cutler, Susan Grode, Virginia Hayes, Ann & Stephen F. Hinchliffe, Jr., Merle & Peter Mullin, Linda S. Peterson, Sue Tsao, Magda & Frederick R. Waingrow | $250,000+ Pamela & Dennis Beck, Bill Cohn & Dan Miller, Amy Forbes & Andrew Murr, Patricia Glaser & Sam Mudie, Edward L. Rada, Maggy Simon, I.H. Sutnick, Susan & William Weintraub | $100,000+ W. Lee Bailey, M.D., Angela Bardowell, Allan & Joan Burns, Deborah M. Hyde, Sarah & Andy Kane, Dr. & Mrs. Jack Kavanaugh, The Paul Kowal Charitable Foundation, Darell L. Krasnoff, Sandra Krause & William Fitzgerald, Joyce & Kent Kresa, Steven Llanusa & Glenn Miya, M.D., Carol & Douglas Mancino, Nan Rae, Bruce & Randy Ellen Ross, Dr. & Mrs. Daniel Wallace, Margaret H. White | $50,000+ The Moira Byrne Foster Foundation, Mr. Kim L. Hunter, Sally & Frank Raab, Wes Schaefer & Cathy King-Schaefer | $25,000+ Charles Dillingham & Susan D. Clines, Mr. & Mrs. Walter E. Grauman, Bob & Renee Nunn

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DONOR RECOGNITION

Theatre Forward Theatre Forward advances the American theatre and its communities by providing funding and other resources to the country’s leading nonprofit theatres, including Center Theatre Group. Theatre Forward and its theatres are most grateful to the below funders. (DONORS LISTED AS OF JULY 2018.)

THEATRE EXECUTIVES ($50,000+) AT&T • Bank of America Citi ■ The Hearst Foundations •

The Schloss Family Foundation • ■ James S. & Lynne Turley • ■ Wells Fargo •

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Jay Rasulo

Robert J. Abernethy Cindy Miscikowski Vice Chairs

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Rachel S. Moore President and Chief Executive Officer Diane G. Medina Secretary Susan M. Wegleitner Treasurer William Taylor Assistant Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer MEMBERS AT LARGE William H. Ahmanson

Joseph Rice Richard K. Roeder Catharine Soros Marc I. Stern Philip A. Swan Cary H. Thompson Walter F. Ulloa Timothy S. Wahl Alyce Williamson Jay Wintrob Rollin A. Ransom General Counsel DIRECTORS EMERITI Peter K. Barker Judith Beckmen

Wallis Annenberg

Eli Broad

Jill Baldauf

Ronald W. Burkle

Phoebe Beasley

Amb. (ret.) John B. Emerson*

Darrell Brown Kimaada M. Brown Dannielle Campos Greg T. Geyer Lisa Gilford Kiki Ramos Gindler Maria Rosario Jackson Glenn Kaino Cary J. Lefton David Lippman

Lois Erburu Richard M. Ferry Brindell Gottlieb Bernard A. Greenberg Stephen F. Hinchliffe, Jr. Amb. (ret.) Glen A. Holden Stuart M. Ketchum Amb. (ret.) Lester B. Korn

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MON 22 OCT / 8:00 p.m. OJOBOCA: Extinction Burst Rehearsal REDCAT @ Roy And Edna Disney / CalArts Theater

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TUE 30 OCT / 8:00 p.m. Mendelssohn & Sibelius Chamber Music LA PHIL @ Walt Disney Concert Hall

THU 18 OCT / 8:00 p.m. Romeo & Juliet LA PHIL @ Walt Disney Concert Hall Thru 10/21

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