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FROM THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Welcome to Center Theatre Group One of the things I love most about theatre is that it can hit you in the gut with existential truths and make you laugh hysterically—sometimes simultaneously. Onstage this month at Center Theatre Group are two works that explore humanity and the depths of our souls using two very different forms of theatricality. Both are terrific, and I know you’re going to spend your time at the theatre loving the humor and feeling many emotions. Center Theatre Group has a long history of producing the finest interpretations of the great playwright Samuel Beckett’s work, from our celebrated production of Waiting for Godot to the more recent, beloved Endgame. With Happy Days, we are thrilled to welcome Academy Award® winner Dianne Wiest, a renowned interpreter of Beckett herself, to the Mark Taper Forum stage for what promises to be a remarkable production of this seminal work. Over 25 years ago, William Finn and James Lapine’s Falsettos had a celebrated Broadway premiere and went on to become a new classic that celebrates family—the ones we’re born into and the ones we choose—and chronicles a pivotal, heartbreaking moment in our history. This Lincoln Center Theater production, which again became a Broadway hit, is tremendous, and it’s a pleasure to welcome this talented company to the Ahmanson Theatre. Thanks for joining us, and I hope you’ll come back again soon, either as a subscriber or to a show at the Ahmanson, Taper, or Kirk Douglas Theatre in Culver City. Sincerely,
Michael Ritchie
Center Theatre Group Board of Directors 2018/2019 Officers HONORARY CHAIRMAN
Lew R. Wasserman† CHAIRMAN
William H. Ahmanson PRESIDENT
BOARD MEMBERS
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Lew R. Wasserman†
Gary Frischling
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Rebecca George
Monica Horan Rosenthal
Judith Beckmen
Armand S. Deutsch†
Patricia Glaser
Laura Rosenwald
Ava Fries
Walter Mirisch
Manuela Cerri Goren
Bruce L. Ross
Susan Grode
Henry C. Rogers†
Robert Greenblatt
Carmen Schaye
Phyllis Hennigan
Richard E. Sherwood†
Jason Grode
Donna Schweers
Aliza Karney Guren
Elliott Sernel
Stanley Iezman
Glenn A. Sonnenberg
Christine Cronin-Hurst
Jody Lippman
Sandra Stern
Susanne Daniels
Louise Moriarty
Marshall Trenckmann
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O. Kit Lokey
Stephen F. Hinchliffe, Jr.
Walter Mirisch Diane Morton Edward B. Nahmias
Phyllis Hennigan Richard Kagan Martin Massman† William H. Ahmanson †deceased
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AROUND CENTER THEATRE GROUP Student Matinees Take over the Taper OVER 2,000 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AND EDUCATORS from all over Southern California converged at the Mark Taper Forum for four performances of Lackawanna Blues March 19–22, 2019. Their Student Matinee experience included pre- and post-show visits from teaching artists, Discovery Guides to introduce them to the world of the play, and Q&As with playwright, performer, and director Ruben Santiago-Hudson.
BLOCK PARTY 2019 KICKED OFF ON THE RIGHT SKATE ON MARCH 9, 2019 at opening night of Theatre of NOTE’s production of For The Love Of (or, the roller derby play). The all-women cast celebrated at the after-party.
IN ADVANCE OF SKYLIGHT THEATRE COMPANY’S BLOCK PARTY PRODUCTION OF ROTTERDAM at the Douglas we hosted a Community Conversation that brought together people who have transitioned, or whose partners have transitioned, to discuss their journeys as a couple—a journey at the heart of the play. Audiences got to hear from (L–R) Dr. Alison Taur, Suwon Weaver, Elissa Barrett, and moderator Josh Irving Gershick in the Kirk Douglas Theatre Rehearsal Room and on our Facebook live stream. Watch at Facebook.com/CTGLA.
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ON OUR STAGES
JUN 5 – JUL 7 Visions of Boyle Heights at the Library The East Los Angeles College Storytheatre Ensemble—students in James Buglewicz’s theatre class—spent the year interviewing Boyle Heights residents to create an original play about the neighborhood. In March, they brought the bilingual Visions of Boyle Heights, which traces the forces of displacement that affect a family over generations, to our Library Play Reading series— then performed it on campus shortly thereafter.
MAY 15 – JUN 30
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FORGING PLAYS, BUILDING COMMUNITY
THE L.A. WRITERS’ WORKSHOP FESTIVAL RETURNS
THERE ARE MANY KEY MOMENTS IN A PLAY’S JOURNEY
to the stage: the initial idea, the first draft, the first rehearsal, the opening night. In the midst of these typically are numerous workshops, formal and informal, where actors, the playwright, and perhaps a director read and listen to the play aloud to see how it works as a piece of theatre. Often, workshops involve more revisions and tweaks; the hope is that the process results in a new, stronger draft that is better than the last. At a certain point, however, a playwright needs an audience. That’s where Center Theatre Group’s L.A. Writers’ Workshop Festival: New Plays Forged in L.A.—which takes place on June 29, 2019 at the Kirk Douglas Theatre—comes in. Established last year, the Festival features public readings of three bold and original new works by Los Angeles playwrights who have taken part in Center Theatre Group’s L.A. Writers’ Workshop. It’s a celebration of the unrivaled diversity and excellence of the Center Theatre Group and Los Angeles playwriting community and an amazing opportunity for the featured playwrights to put forward a piece of new work that is gearing up to be fully produced.
Since 2005, the L.A. Writers’ Workshop has invited seven local playwrights to spend a year at Center Theatre Group researching and writing a new work with the feedback of their fellow writers and artistic staff. Our three 2019 Festival playwrights—Laura Jacqmin, Dominique Morisseau, and Steve Yockey—all represent why Los Angeles is one of the most exciting cities to be a theatre artist right now. Jacqmin, who participated in the 2017/18 L.A. Writers’ Workshop, is currently writer-supervising producer on the television series Get Shorty, and has had works produced on regional stages around the country including Steppenwolf and Long Wharf Theatres. She’s bringing Campaign—a play about toxic masculinity, male trauma, and bagel bites—to the Festival.
“I wrote the play in an extended fit of rage following the 2016 election,” she explained. “I think leading up to this new election, there’s a brand new context for the piece that I’m excited to explore.” For Jacqmin, who moved to Los Angeles from Chicago a few years ago, the Festival is also coming at a pivotal moment in her playwriting career. “I still feel like I haven’t figured out the kind of playwright I am in Los Angeles,” she said. “Out here, I know what kind of TV writer I am, what kind of video game writer I am. I feel like my plays have never been more true to who I am, and what I want to explore, but I also see their future less clearly. …So having a workshop and being in the room with actors and being empowered in a very different way than I am on set, that’s golden.” Continues on page 12
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Morisseau, who was anointed a MacArthur “Genius” last fall, arrives at the Festival fresh off her Broadway debut, having written the book for Ain’t Too Proud—The Life and Times of The Temptations (which was onstage at the Ahmanson before heading to New York). Her Festival play Confederates was developed during her time in the 2016/17 L.A. Writers’ Workshop, and is set amidst the Civil War and on a university campus today. The woman at its center is a slave, and Morisseau was inspired by what she saw, and didn’t see, in contemporary stories of slavery. “I never see what the women are doing other than being victims, and so I wanted to see: what else are they doing?” she said. “They survived. They’ve got to be doing some other stuff than just waiting to be told what to do and doing it.”
Laura Jacqmin
Morisseau credited the L.A. Writers’ Workshop with helping her find a community of playwrights here while giving her unparalleled creative freedom.
“One of the special things about the group is we’re there strictly because Center Theatre Group makes so much space for the wide range of our creative exploration,” she recalled. “We were all able to support each other’s different ideas and help each other cultivate the different stories we wanted to tell on our own.”
Dominique Morisseau
Yockey, a 2011/12 L.A. Writers’ Workshop member, has had work produced throughout the US, Europe, and Asia, and is currently writer/producer for the television series Supernatural. He’s eager to make progress at the Festival with his new play Sleeping Giant—about a mysterious lake monster and the lengths people go when they want something to believe in. “I’ll get tons of insight digging in with a director and four really game actors during rehearsals,” he said. “Ultimately though, the audience reactions during the reading will tell me pretty quickly if the piece is working. That’s the more nervy part.” The Festival is designed to bring together not just playwrights and audiences but a burgeoning group of local artists. “The Los Angeles theatre
community seems to be growing rapidly in terms of depth and diversity of voices, stories, and aesthetics. The sheer variety of work to see gets me stirred up,” said Yockey.
Join us on June 29, 2019 at the Kirk Douglas Theatre and see what all the excitement is about. The 2019 L.A. Writers’ Workshop Festival will be a day full of great plays and interesting conversations—plus free-flowing coffee and delicious snacks. Visit CTGLA.org/LAWritersWorkshopFestival for tickets.
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A NIGHT OF NEXT GENERATION INSPIRATION
A Youth-Forward
August Wilson Monologue Competition Regional Finals
Presented by the CENTER THEATRE GROUP AFFILIATES Special thanks to the Center Theatre Group Corporate Circle and the Rosenthal Family Foundation for their generous support of the August Wilson Program.
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The August Wilson Program also receives generous support from THE MICHAEL SHAW JACOBS FUND.
THE SOUNDTRACK WAS THE BLUES, but the mood at the Mark Taper Forum could only be described as ebullient on March 11, 2019, at the August Wilson Monologue Competition Los Angeles Regional Finals. After months of workshops, rehearsals, and auditions, 12 young people gave incredibly powerful, unforgettable performances of monologues from August Wilson’s legendary American Century Cycle, which chronicles 10 decades of African American life. Inspiration was the theme of an unreservedly youth-forward night. The first inspiring sight: young people—Center Theatre Group Student Ambassadors participating in our arts leadership program for high school students—inviting guests to partake in engagement activities on The Music Center Plaza. The next inspiration: our three alumni hosts, E.J. Cabasal, Pablo Lopez, and Ayanna McKnight—previous regional finalists—who had returned to the Taper stage to give back to the program. In between monologues, master of ceremonies Pat Harvey (presiding between the 6 and 11pm broadcasts at CBS2) talked about how the selected plays connected to Wilson’s four major inspirations: blues music, writer Jorge Luis Borges, poet Amiri Baraka, and visual artist Romare Bearden, whom Wilson called “the four B’s.” Continues on page 16
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But perhaps what was most inspiring, beyond the truly sublime performances themselves, was the enthusiasm of the crowd at every step of the way, and particularly for each and every performer. In addition to family, friends, and Center Theatre Group donors and staff, the Taper was full of students participating in our August Wilson In-School Residency Program—which sends teaching artists into high school classrooms to immerse them in Wilson’s work for an entire semester. It was hard to believe that the level of excitement in the theatre could rise after the love showered on our celebrity judges, including Sterling K. Brown (This Is Us) and Kara Royster (who participated in the program here and appeared on TV shows including K.C. Undercover). Yet the audience acknowledged each monologue performance with unflagging applause and cheers.
Mylah Eaton
The supportive atmosphere extended to the 12 performers themselves: Bene’t Benton, Kyle Branch, Samuel Caruana, Tiffany DeBerry, Dejean Deterville, Mylah Eaton, Jofre Paul Francisco, Jada Henry, Laila C. Stewart, Vanessa Valencia, Daniel Velez, and Ryan Wade. Their journey to the Taper began in the fall, at Orientation sessions; continued at Preliminary and then Semifinal Auditions, where 133 students became 57 and then 12; and brought them together for 20 hours of training and rehearsals in the weeks leading up to the Regional Finals. The bond that had formed along the way thanks to the ensemble focus of their training was visible throughout the night. Kyle Branch received the Ensemble Award, which is voted on by the 12 finalists and given each year to the student who best exemplifies the program’s spirit of ensemble. Dejean Deterville placed first, Mylah Eaton placed second, and Daniel Velez placed third. All received scholarship awards, and Deterville and Eaton are heading to New York City to perform alongside students from 10 other cities at the National Finals at Broadway’s August Wilson Theatre on May 6, 2019.
Dejean Deterville
“THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE ENTIRE AUGUST WILSON MONOLOGUE COMPETITION PROCESS WAS HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEND TIME WITH OTHER ACTORS WHO HAD THE SAME INTEREST AS MYSELF,” SAID DETERVILLE. “WE WERE ABLE TO CONNECT AND WORK OFF OF EACH OTHER, WHICH MADE THE EXPERIENCE AMAZING.” Eaton called the other Regional Finalists “lifelong friends,” adding that she was excited to go to New York both to fulfill a longtime dream and “to meet a new group of people who’ve been studying August Wilson in other parts of the country.” Bringing people together around great theatre is of course central to the mission of this program, and to Center Theatre Group and our supporters. “It was an uplifting night for everyone in attendance and, as always, made the Center Theatre Group Affiliates proud to be the inaugural partner and presenting sponsor of this magnificent program that helps carry on August Wilson’s legacy and bring his work to a new generation. Committee Chairs Sheila Poncher and Ilene Eisenberg presented student participants with medals for outstanding performance,” said Center Theatre Group Affiliates President Dr. Carmen Schaye.
Daniel Velez
Learn more about the August Wilson Monologue Competition at CTGLA.org/AUGUSTWILSON.
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L.A. STUDENTS TRY ON CINDERELLA’S SLIPPERS In Our Shoes Immerses Students in the Professional Dance World
It was a few hours before curtain on a Friday afternoon at the Ahmanson during the February 5 – March 10, 2019 run of Matthew Bourne’s Cinderella. Dancers were onstage rehearsing, under the watchful eye of two members of the New Adventures company. The performers finished their number, got some feedback, and did it one more time. The big difference between this afternoon at the theatre and most others: the dancers were all high school students at Los Angeles Academy of Arts and Enterprise. They were on the Ahmanson stage as part of the New Adventures In Our Shoes program, which invites student groups to workshop with company members, see a production, and create their own piece of dance responding to the show. Center Theatre Group partnered with New Adventures to bring the program to Los Angeles during the Cinderella run. Thanks to this collaboration, the participating students— most of whom have less than two years of dance experience and are currently enrolled in a dance class taught by Tiana Álvarez—got a threeday crash course in dance. “Center Theatre Group is tremendously proud of our 22-year relationship with Matthew Bourne and New Adventures. In addition to creating astonishing works of dance theatre, New Adventures, like Center Theatre Group, maintains a robust educational and community engagement program,” said Center Theatre Group Producing Director Douglas C. Baker. “In Our Shoes provided 16 Los Angeles-area high Continues on page 20
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school students the opportunity to take a truly deep dive into the world of professional choreography and what it takes to be a professional dancer. We look forward to continuing our work with New Adventures and to providing our Los Angeles community with similar extraordinary experiences.” Álvarez’s class kicked off In Our Shoes at the Student Matinee performance of Cinderella on February 13. They were among the approximately 1,500 students from across Los Angeles who attended the show. On February 14, New Adventures dancers Luke Murphy and Mami Tomotani—who also visited many of the Student Matinee classrooms for pre-show workshops—spent the morning leading a hands-on (or rather feet-on) workshop in Álvarez’s classroom in dance technique and in creating their own choreography.
“I don’t know if I can find the exact words to express my elation. The last three days have been momentous for my students. I could see in their faces what an amazing experience it was.”
“All of the movements are inspired by the show,” explained Murphy. “We threw material at them and guided them through creative exercises to make the dancing their own”—which is what the company themselves does under the guidance of Matthew Bourne whenever they make a new piece. The workshops gave students an understanding of “the difficult process and the dedication it takes to execute dance pieces,” said one participant. “We all got a small example of what a dancer’s life is like.” On February 15, the students continued to work with Murphy and Tomotani in the Center Theatre Group rehearsal room and, finally, on the Cinderella set at the Ahmanson. They also got a backstage tour and participated in a Q&A session with dancers Alan Vincent and Daisy Mae Kemp...which opened with questions for the students. “How have you found it?” asked Vincent. “Painful!” shouted one of the students. “Physically or mentally?” asked Kemp. “Physically!” the group shouted, nearly in unison.
Nonetheless, they were all smiles and full of curiosity about the life and work of professional dancers. Kemp and Vincent answered questions about dancing in Bourne’s Cinderella, how they concentrate before taking the stage, their professional paths, and what advice they have for young dancers. And then it was time for the students to show the dancers what Cinderella had inspired in them, as In Our Shoes culminated in a terrific and spirited performance with the entire New Adventures company in the audience. “I don’t know if I can find the exact words to express my elation,” said Álvarez as the workshop concluded. “The last three days have been momentous for my students. I could see in their faces what an amazing experience it was. One of my students even said that the real-world experience of rehearsing all day and under pressure had made her decide she wants to pursue dance! And no one wanted to leave at the end of the day because they didn’t want to lose the feeling of being onstage.” The students agreed that the effort and time they put in, and perhaps even the pain, paid off. “It is a lot of work, and you just keep going over and over until you get it,” said one student. “It takes a lot of strength and courage. It is really worth it at the end when you perform.”
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Center Theatre Group’s 53RD season at the Ahmanson Theatre features seven shows from all across the theatrical spectrum: three exciting musicals, two hilarious tour-de-force performances, and the return of a landmark dance theatre piece, plus one production to be announced at a later date.
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“Our 2019/20 Season at the Ahmanson Theatre showcases work from some of the world’s finest artists and creators,” said Artistic Director Michael Ritchie. “We’ve curated a collection of shows that are both passionate and personal and will ignite the imagination of Los Angeles audiences.” Continues on page 56
2019/20 Ahmanson Season THE BOOK OF MORMON
Photo credits, clockwise from top left: Mark Savage for Northern Stage. Matthew Murphy. Julieta Cervantes.
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How many adults in the United States today identify as trans? What’s the difference between gender identity and gender expression? What does “cisgender” mean? What’s the best way to find out a colleague, friend, or patron’s pronoun?
Center Theatre Group Partners with TransCanWork to Build a More Inclusive Company
These were a few of the questions asked and answered at recent trainings hosted by TransCanWork for Center Theatre Group staff. Inspired by the Skylight Theatre Company production of Rotterdam (onstage at the Douglas March 28 – April 7, 2019)—which features a trans character’s journey—we partnered with TransCanWork to help us make our company a more welcoming place for members of the trans community. TransCanWork is a team of educators and program navigators committed to advancing workplace inclusion through innovative training strategies and workforce development. The trainings were also part of a larger, ongoing effort to create a culture of greater equity, diversity, and inclusion at Center Theatre Group.
“In an effort to create an authentic and ongoing ‘community of learning’ at our theatre that acknowledges and seeks to repair injustices, we need look no further than the work on our stages to discover rich opportunities and partnerships to help us learn and create a more inclusive and representative organization. The themes and ideas in Rotterdam inspired us to learn more about what it means to be a trans person in today’s world and think about ways we can make our theatre and its operations more welcoming to the trans-community,” said Center Theatre Group Director of Social Strategy, Innovation and Impact Leslie K. Johnson, whose responsibilities include serving as the theatre’s chief diversity officer. TransCanWork hosted three trainings for staff members working on Rotterdam from departments across the company devoted to helping participants better understand the spectrum of gender and sexuality, debunking stereotypes and understanding the diversity within the trans population, and learning how to communicate in the most inclusive and sensitive way possible with trans people and about trans issues. In addition to sharing facts like the adult trans population of the US today (1.4 million) and the percentage of American kids who identify as trans (0.7 percent), the training leaders walked staff through the difficult questions and decisions that arise in the process of transitioning that might surprise cisgender people (who identify and present as the same gender they were designated at birth). They also led exercises in introducing yourself and your pronoun and offered other tips for creating more inclusive environments. The sessions concluded with staff members putting the training in action in the creation of work-related communications like casting notices and social media posts and role-playing conversations with patrons. “We have a philosophy of radical hospitality at the Douglas, which means that we want everyone to feel truly at home and just totally, completely welcome in our space, and the training was one more way to ensure that,” said Center Theatre Group Audience Engagement Manager Jaquelyn Johnson, who oversees the Douglas Concierge staff. “We all really enjoyed how interactive the training was and how we were encouraged to ask questions—and even to say something wrong, because that’s how you learn. In the process we realized that we have an opportunity to improve the signage for our all-gender restroom at the theatre and to help people use it before the house is open. The training helped us to see blind spots like this and learn more.”
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IT’S NOT A VIEW YOU GET EVERY DAY: THE EMPTY HOUSE OF THE AHMANSON THEATRE, SPOTLIGHTS SHIMMERING ONTO A STAGE THAT’S BETWEEN PRODUCTIONS. IT’S NOT THE CELEBRITY SIGHTING YOU GET EVERY DAY EITHER, EVEN IN LOS ANGELES: ONE OF THE GREATEST ROCK STARS AND SONGWRITERS OF ALL TIME, CUP OF TEA IN ONE HAND AND ACOUSTIC GUITAR IN THE OTHER, STEPPING OUT ONTO THAT VERY STAGE FOR AN AUDIENCE OF JUST OVER 100 PEOPLE. On March 26, 2019, Sting gave a group of Center Theatre Group supporters and members of the media an intimate preview of one of the most anticipated productions of the upcoming 2019/2020 Ahmanson Season: The Last Ship, which he wrote and stars in.
“This is a show we expect will take Los Angeles by storm,” said Center Theatre Group Artistic Director Michael Ritchie in his opening remarks. The Last Ship’s January 14 – February 16, 2020 run at the Ahmanson is one of just two U.S. engagements, added Ritchie, so “Los Angeles audiences will get to see a show very few others will see.” Producer Karl Sydow introduced Sting and the show, which contains “some of the greatest music ever written for the stage” and is a “huge, spectacular production.” By contrast, Sting’s preview performance—beginning with “The Last Ship”—was almost completely stripped down, with Sting on guitar and the show’s musical director, Richard John, on keyboard. Afterward, Sting “rambled a bit,” talking about the inspiration he found in the shipbuilding town where he was born and raised for the show, which tells the story of community trying to hold itself together. Sting, who plays Jackie White, the shipyard foreman, was also joined by Oliver Savile, who plays Gideon Fletcher—a sailor returning home after 17 years away—and Frances McNamee, who plays Meg Dawson, Gideon’s long-lost love. “This story is full of strong women,” noted Sting. Continues on page 65
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2018/19 SEASON FIRST SEASON PRODUCTION
SWEAT
By Lynn Nottage Directed by Lisa Peterson August 29 – October 7, 2018
SECOND SEASON PRODUCTION
VALLEY OF THE HEART
Written and Directed by Luis Valdez October 30 – December 9, 2018 THIRD SEASON PRODUCTION
LINDA VISTA
By Tracy Letts Directed by Dexter Bullard January 9 – February 17, 2019
FOURTH SEASON PRODUCTION
LACKAWANNA BLUES
Written, Performed, and Directed by Ruben Santiago-Hudson Original Music Composed by Bill Sims Jr. Additional Music Composed by Chris Thomas King March 5 – April 21, 2019
FIFTH SEASON PRODUCTION
HAPPY DAYS
By Samuel Beckett Directed by James Bundy With Dianne Wiest May 15 – June 30, 2019 Dianne Wiest. Photo by Joan Marcus.
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MICHAEL RITCHIE Artistic Director | DOUGLAS C. BAKER Producing Director GORDON DAVIDSON Founding Artistic Director
Presents the Yale Repertory Theatre production of
By
Samuel Beckett With
Dianne Wiest
Michael Rudko
Scenic Design
Costume Design
Lighting Design
Sound Design
Izmir Ickbal
Alexae Visel
Stephen Strawbridge
Kate Marvin
Casting
Dramaturgy
Associate Producer
Production Stage Manager
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Catherine Sheehy Nahuel Telleria
Lindsay Allbaugh
Kelly Montgomery
Directed By
James Bundy MAY 15 – JUNE 30, 2019 MARK TAPER FORUM
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CAST (In Order of Appearance)
Winnie................................................DIANNE WIEST Willie................................................MICHAEL RUDKO UNDERSTUDIES Understudies never substitute for a listed performer unless a specific announcement is made at the time of the performance. Willie..................................................... JAN MUNROE Winnie.................................... PAIGE LINDSEY WHITE
STAGE MANAGER Helen Irene Muller INTERMISSION Happy Days will be performed with one intermission.
Happy Days is presented by special arrangement with SAMUEL FRENCH, INC. The videotaping or making of electronic or other audio and/or visual recordings of this production or distributing recordings on any medium, including the internet, is strictly prohibited, a violation of the author’s rights and actionable under United States copyright law. For more information, please visit: samuelfrench.com/whitepaper Please turn off all electronic devices such as cellular phones and watch alarms. The use of any recording device, either audio or video, and the taking of photographs, with or without flash, is strictly prohibited.
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WHO’S WHO DIANNE WIEST (Winnie) is pleased to return to the Mark Taper Forum, where she appeared in Dusa, Fish, Stas and Vi, by Pam Gens, early in her career. She has since worked in movies and television, receiving two Academy Awards for her films with Woody Allen and two Emmys for In Treatment and Avonlea. She can recently be seen on the sitcom Life in Pieces with a wonderful company of actors. Her association with Samuel Beckett dates from her work in Play and the US premiere of Footfalls at Arena Stage, where she spent four seasons in the resident acting company. She previously played Winnie in Happy Days at both Yale Repertory Theatre and Theatre for a New Audience in New York City, where she lives. ®
MICHAEL RUDKO (Willie) is delighted to be returning to the Mark Taper Forum, where he previously appeared in iWitness. Broadway: The Audience, Romeo & Juliet, Mary Stuart, Saint Joan, The Best Man, Timon of Athens, Serious Money. International: Richard III (Bridge Project); We Are Not These Hands (Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus); True West (Donmar Warehouse); Antony & Cleopatra, Julius Caesar (Globe Theatre, London). Off-Broadway: Titus Andronicus, As You Like It, Love’s Labour’s Lost, Henry V (TFANA); As You Like It, King Lear, Richard II (Public/NYSF); House for Sale. Selected regional: ART, Arena Stage, California Shakespeare, Center Stage, Dallas Theater Center, McCarter, Old Globe, Shakespeare Santa Cruz, Shakespeare Theatre DC, Yale Rep, Wilma. JAN MUNROE (Understudy for Willie) has been involved with the creation and performance of new work for the last 50 years. After studies with Marcel Marceau and Etienne Decroux in Paris, he was a founding member of The Mystic Knights of the Oingo-Boingo (Los Angeles) and The Theatah of the Apres-Garde (Bay Area). He is a recipient of two NEA Theatre Fellowships, a Rockefeller Playwrights Fellowship, a CAC New Genre Fellowship, 11 LA Weekly and Drama-Logue Awards, and an Ovation Award. Besides his own work, he has appeared as an actor in films, TV, commercials, and on radio. He most recently directed John O’Keefe’s All Night Long for the Open Fist Company.
PAIGE LINDSEY WHITE (Understudy for Winnie). Stage: Eliza Doolittle in Pygmalion (Pasadena Playhouse); Macon Hill in Abundance and Lauren in Kings (South Coast Rep); Brooke Wyeth in Other Desert Cities (Arizona Theatre Company & Indiana Rep); Ann in At Home at the Zoo (Wallis Annenberg); Titania in Mendelssohn’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream (LA Phil); Rapture, Blister, Burn (San Diego Rep); Love’s Labour’s Lost, Romeo and Juliet (Santa Cruz Shakespeare); Hamlet (Orlando Shakes); Fallen Angels, Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley (Ensemble Theatre Company); Trying, Ghost-Writer (International City Theatre); Walking the Tightrope (24th STreet Theatre). International tour: Trial of the Catonsville Nine (The Actors’ Gang). Understudy: A View From The Bridge (Ahmanson, Kennedy Center); Heisenberg (Mark Taper Forum). TV: Shameless, Corporate, Days of Our Lives, TV Funhouse. LA Drama Critics’ Circle Award Lead Performance winner. paigelindseywhite.com JAMES BUNDY (Director) has served as Dean of Yale School of Drama and Artistic Director of Yale Repertory Theatre since 2002. His directing at Yale Rep includes Happy Days, Assassins, Arcadia, Hamlet with Paul Giamatti, A Delicate Balance, A Woman of No Importance, Death of a Salesman, All’s Well That Ends Well, and The Psychic Life of Savages. He has also directed at Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Great Lakes Theater Festival, The Acting Company, California Shakespeare Festival, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, and The Juilliard School. Previously, he worked as Associate Producing Director of The Acting Company, Managing Director of Cornerstone Theater Company, and Artistic Director of Great Lakes Theater Festival. A graduate of Harvard College, he trained at LAMDA and Yale School of Drama. IZMIR ICKBAL (Scenic Designer) is thrilled and honored to be designing at the Mark Taper Forum with Center Theatre Group. As a New York based designer, his credits include A Christmas Carol in Harlem (Classical Theatre of Harlem), Dead Are My People (Noor Theatre, NYTW), queen (Dixon Place), Serious Adverse Effects (National Black Theatre), and Happy Days (TFANA). Other credits include Violet (John Lyman Center), Big River (Unquowa Repertory Theatre), Happy Days (Yale Repertory Theatre), Deer and the Lovers, The Troublesome Reign of King John (Yale School of Drama), Cloud Tectonics, Touch (Yale Cabaret), Dairyland, The Guadalupe (Chautauqua Theater Company), Nanyang: the musical (Singapore International Festival of Arts), Yusof,
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The Gunpowder Trail, Hearth (The Esplanade Theatre Studio, Singapore), Nadirah, Charged, Not Counted (Teater Ekamatra, Singapore). MFA: Yale School of Drama, BA: National University of Singapore. More info: izmirickbal.com ALEXAE VISEL (Costume Designer) joins the Mark Taper Forum for the first time. Her design of Happy Days has also appeared at Theatre for a New Audience and Yale Repertory Theatre. Other recent work includes Clifford Odets’ Awake and Sing! at The Public Theater, Othello at the California Shakespeare Theater, A Chorus Line at Heritage Theatre Festival, Bye Bye Birdie at Playmakers Repertory Company, Cymbeline, Two Gentlemen of Verona, and The Comedy of Errors at the San Francisco Shakespeare Festival, Women Beware Women and The Children at the Yale School of Drama, Sea of Reeds and The Coast of Utopia at Shotgun Players. Alexae is a California born theatre designer currently navigating between East Coast and West Coast, film and stage. STEPHEN STRAWBRIDGE (Lighting Designer). More than 200 productions on and Off-Broadway and at most leading regional theatres and opera houses across the US. Internationally: Bergen, Copenhagen, The Hague, Hong Kong, Linz, Lisbon, Munich, Naples, Sao Paulo, Stockholm, Stratford-Upon-Avon (RSC), Wroclaw, and Vienna. Recent: Good Faith directed by Kenny Leon (Yale Repertory Theatre); Madama Butterfly (Lyric Opera of Kansas City); Turn Me Loose (Arena Stage); Much Ado About Nothing (Old Globe, San Diego); Flyin’ West (Westport Country Playhouse); The White Card (American Repertory Theater). Awards and nominations: American Theatre Wing, Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle, Connecticut Critics Circle, Dallas-Fort Worth Theater Critics Forum, Drama Desk, Helen Hayes, Henry Hewes Design, and Lucille Lortel. Co-Chair, design department, Yale School of Drama; Resident Lighting Designer, Yale Repertory Theatre. KATE MARVIN (Sound Designer) is a composer, designer, and musician based in New York. Recent work: Happy Days (Yale Repertory Theatre and Theatre for a New Audience), Fruiting Bodies (Ma-Yi Theater Company), The Magician’s Daughter (Geva Theatre Center), Sweat (Asolo Repertory Theatre), Men on Boats (American Conservatory Theater), A Doll’s House, Part 2 (Actors Theatre of Louisville), Indecent (Guthrie Theater), Babette’s Feast (Portland Stage), Crossing Delancey (Alliance Theatre), Grounded (Westport Country Playhouse), Chimpanzee (HERE Arts Center), [Porto] (WP Theater), Somebody’s Daughter (Second Stage), Wilder Gone (Clubbed Thumb), Fidelio (Heartbeat Opera), Riddle of the Trilobites (Flint Repertory Theatre), More Wonder, Please (Target Margin Theater), Twelfth Night and Romeo & Juliet (Trinity Shakespeare Festival). MFA, Yale School of Drama. katemarvinsound.com
TARA RUBIN CASTING (Casting). Selected Broadway and national tours: Ain’t Too Proud, 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, Bullets Over Broadway, Les Misérables, Big Fish, The Phantom of the Opera, Billy Elliot, Shrek, Spamalot, …Spelling Bee, The Producers, Mamma Mia!, Jersey Boys. Off-Broadway: Gloria: A Life, Smokey Joe’s Café, Here Lies Love, Love, Loss, and What I Wore. Selected regional: Westport Country Playhouse, Yale Repertory Theatre, La Jolla Playhouse, The Old Globe, Asolo Rep. tararubincasting.com KELLY MONTGOMERY (Production Stage Manager) is thrilled to continue her work on Happy Days, where she previously stage managed the production at Theatre for a New Audience and Yale Repertory Theatre. Regional credits include Twilight Bowl, There’s Always the Hudson, Continuity (Goodman Theatre); Wizard of Oz, Once The Musical (Paramount Theatre); For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow is Enuf, All My Sons (Court Theatre); The Caucasian Chalk Circle, These Paper Bullets (Yale Repertory Theatre). Additional stage management work includes Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Writers Theatre, Victory Gardens Theater, Maine State Music Theatre, Remy Bumppo Theatre Company, Greenhouse Theater Center, TimeLine Theatre Company, and Transcendence Theatre Company in Sonoma, CA. She holds an MFA in stage management from Yale School of Drama. HELEN IRENE MULLER (Stage Manager) is very happy to return to the mound for Happy Days! Off-Broadway: Switzerland (Hudson Stage Company), Bernie and Mikey’s Trip to the Moon (Strangemen Theatre Company), The Amateurs (Vineyard Theatre), Happy Days (Theatre for a New Audience). Regional: Happy Days, Seven Guitars (Yale Repertory Theatre). Other: Broadway Under the Stars series (Transcendence Theatre Company), Letters to the President (The Cooper Union). MFA, Yale School of Drama; proud Alaskan theatre artist. 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
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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
NAUSICA STERGIOU (General Manager) has worked professionally supporting artists in theatres of all shapes, sizes, and locales including many seasons at Center Theatre Group as General Manager and, previously, as Audience Development Director. She oversees mainstage productions at the Taper and Douglas, as well as new play commissions and developmental productions. Nausica has taught marketing and management at USC’s School of Dramatic Arts, serves on the board of the League of Resident Theatres (LORT), and works with local nonprofits including Hollywood Orchard.
LINDSAY ALLBAUGH (Associate Producer) is a member of Center Theatre Group’s artistic staff and has served in varying capacities for the past 14 years. Selected producing credits include—Mark Taper Forum: Archduke, Bent, What the Butler Saw, Steward of Christendom, Waiting for Godot; Kirk Douglas Theatre: Block Party, Big Night, Good Grief, Vicuña, Throw Me On the Burnpile and Light Me Up, Endgame, Women Laughing Alone With Salad, Chavez Ravine, Race, different words for the same thing, The Nether. Co-Artistic Director of the Elephant Theatre 2004–2014. GORDON DAVIDSON (Founding Artistic Director) led the Taper throughout its first 38 seasons, guiding over 300 productions to its stage and winning countless awards for himself and the theatre—including the Tony Award for theatrical excellence, Margo Jones Award, The Governor’s Award for the Arts, and a Guggenheim fellowship. The Kentucky Cycle and Angels in America (Part One) won the Pulitzer in consecutive years and, in 1994, three of the four plays nominated for the Tony Award for Best Play were from the Taper (Angels in America won). In 1989, Gordon took over the Ahmanson and, in 2004, he produced the inaugural season in the Kirk Douglas Theatre.
ADDITIONAL STAFF FOR HAPPY DAYS
Assistant Director....................................................................... Lilla Brody Resident Assistant Costume Designer....................................Kat Patterson Tailor................................................................................. Swantje Tuohino Resident Assistant Lighting Designer................................. Nathan Scheuer Prop Artisan...............................................................................Erin Walley Prop Carpenter/Shopper.........................................................Ryan Howard
CREDITS Scenery constructed by F&D Scene Changes, Ltd. Dianne Wiest’s wigs by Paul Huntley. Additional costumes provided by the Center Theatre Costume Shop. Additional and understudy wigs by Morgan Sellers and Denise O’Brien at Custom Wigs.
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The Actors and Stage Managers employed in this production are members of Actors’ Equity Association. This theatre operates under an agreement between the League of Resident Theatres and Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States. The following employees are represented by the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Moving Picture Machine Operators, Artists and Allied Crafts of the United States, its Territories and Canada, AFL-CIO, CLC: Stage Crew Local 33; Local Treasurers and Ticket Sellers Local 857; Wardrobe Crew Local 768; Makeup Artists and Hair Stylists Local 706. The scenic, costume, lighting, and sound designers in LORT Theatres are represented by United Scenic Artists, Local USA-829. The Director is a member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, Inc., an independent national labor union. 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). PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE P7
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Center Theatre Group would like to thank its exceptional staff for their ongoing commitment, dedication, and extraordinary efforts.
MICHAEL RITCHIE Artistic 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 ....................................Line Producer, Special Artistic Projects SUZANNE HEE MAYBERRY .................................................Casting Coordinator 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, STEVE CUIFFO, LISA D’AMOUR, WILL ENO (FADIMAN), JENNIFER HALEY, ALESHEA HARRIS, LISA KRON, KIMBER LEE, YOUNG JEAN LEE, MATTHEW LOPEZ, TREY LYFORD, RICHARD MONTOYA, JANINE NABERS (FADIMAN), QUI NGUYEN, LYNN NOTTAGE, MARCO RAMIREZ, SARAH RUHL, ROGER GUENVEUR SMITH, GEOFF SOBELLE, LUIS VALDEZ, PAULA VOGEL, TRACEY SCOTT WILSON (FADIMAN), KAREN ZACARÍAS (FADIMAN)........................................... Commissioned Artists LUIS ALFARO, AZIZA BARNES, DIANA BURBANO, NOAH HAIDLE, ADITI BRENNAN KAPIL, BRIAN OTAÑO, RUBY RAE SPIEGEL............................................L.A. Writers’ Workshop Members KRISTINA WONG..............................................Sherwood Award Recipient, 2019 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 ANNE MARIE ACOSTA.....................................................Administrative 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 PRODUCTION JOE HAMLIN........................................................................ Director of Production KRYSTIN MATSUMOTO.......................................................... Production Manager CHRISTOPHER REARDON......................................................Production Manager KATIE CHEN...........................................................Assistant Production Manager ERIN TIFFANY........................................................Assistant Production Manager ERICA LARSON..................................................................Production Coordinator SHAWN ANDERSON.................................... Head Carpenter (Ahmanson Theatre) SCOTT LUCAS...........................................Head Properties (Ahmanson Theatre) JAMES WRIGHT.......................................... Head Electrician (Ahmanson Theatre) ROBERT SMITH.................................................Head Sound (Ahmanson Theatre) SHANE ANDERSON............................................Head Flyrail (Ahmanson Theatre) GARY MARTHALER............................ Wardrobe Supervisor (Ahmanson Theatre) MARY WARDE......................................................... Hair and Make-up Supervisor .............................................................................................. (Ahmanson Theatre) CHRISTINE L. COX.......................................House Manager (Ahmanson Theatre) EMMET KAISER............................................Head Carpenter (Mark Taper Forum) MARY ROMERO........................................... Head Properties (Mark Taper Forum) AARON STAUBACH......................................Head Electrician (Mark Taper Forum) BONES MALONE................................................ Head Sound (Mark Taper Forum) DENNIS SEETOO.................................. Wardrobe Supervisor (Mark Taper Forum) RICK GEYER.............................. Hair & Make-up Supervisor (Mark Taper Forum) LINDA WALKER ........................................... House Manager (Mark Taper Forum)
ADAM PHALEN .............................................. Head Audio (Kirk Douglas Theatre) SEAN MEYER .......................................Head Electrician (Kirk Douglas Theatre) CAMBRIA CHICHI............................Wardrobe Supervisor (Kirk Douglas Theatre) BEN GRAY..............................................Stage Supervisor (Kirk Douglas Theatre) CHAD SMITH............................................................ Associate Technical Director LEE O’REILLY........................................................... Associate Technical Director SEAN KLOC...................................................................................... Shop Foreman MERRIANNE NEDREBERG................................................................ Prop Director KATE REINLIB..................................................................Associate Prop Manager ERIC BABB............................................................. Assistant Prop Shop Manager CANDICE CAIN........................................................................... Costume Director BRENT M. BRUIN..............................................................Costume Shop Manager MADDIE KELLER..................................................................... Costume Generalist WHITNEY OPPENHEIMER..........................Resident Assistant Costume Desginer KAT PATTERSON......................................Resident Assistant Costume Designer 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 JULIO A. CUELLAR......................................................................Driver/Custodian JOE HALLAM..................................................................................................Driver 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 TOM MEGALE................................................... Director of Business Applications ASH LEWIS........................................................................ Systems Administrator JANELLE TORRES...................................... Senior Tessitura & Web Administrator CHIMA OMEAKU......................................................................Help Desk Support 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 SARAH RIDDLE..................................................................Annual Fund Manager ERIN SCHLABACH.......................... Donor Stewardship & Recognition Strategist ELIZABETH DELLORUSSO...................................................... Annual Fund Officer 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, VARTAN MERJANIAN, BENJAMIN SCHWARTZ, NICOLE SCIPIONE, PAUL VITAGLIANO...........................................Donor Advisors KARLA GALVEZ, JUSTINE PEREZ................................ Donor Services Associates MURRAY E. HELTZER, EARL KLASKY.............................Development Volunteers MARKETING DEBORAH WARREN..............................................................Director of Marketing GARRETT COLLINS.................................................... Marketing Strategy Director KYLE HALL...................................................................................Creative Director ARIE LEVINE..........................................Senior Marketing Manager, Ahmanson & .................................................................................................. Mark Taper Forum KIYOMI EMI.........................................Marketing Manager, Promotions & Events EMYLI GUDMUNDSON.........................Marketing Manager, Kirk Douglas Theatre CAROLINE THOMPSON/IMPACT 123............................................ Media Planning DEANNA McCLURE........................................................... Art and Design Director IRENE T. KANESHIRO....................................................... Senior Design Manager SANDI SILBERT............................................................................ Senior Designer TARA NITZ.....................................................................................Senior Designer JAVIER VASQUEZ............................................. Senior Designer-Digital Specialist COMMUNICATIONS JAMES SIMS..............................................................Director of Communications JASON MARTIN........................................................................... Head of Publicity KRISTI AVILA............................................................................................ 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Supervisor IRENE CHUANG, LIGIA PISTE, PETER STALOCH....................Subscriber Services ..........................................................................................Senior Representatives SARAH K. GONTA .................................................................. Box Office Treasurer ANGELICA CARBAJAL, KISHISA ROSS................................. Assistant Treasurers KEANA JACKSON, MICHAEL KEMPISTY, KEVIN LAUVER, CRIS SPACCA, MICHAEL VALLE................................................... Box Office Staff KERRY KORF.................................................................. Priority Services Director CANDICE WALTERS............................................ Priority Services Sales Manager PAUL CUEN, KRISTEN SCHRASS............................... 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for your generous annual support We gratefully recognize the following list of annual fund and membership donors whose contributions help bring the highest quality of theatre to our stages and support the impact we strive to make in our communities. You are the backbone of Center Theatre Group, and we are deeply appreciative of your generous support. Acknowledges a loyal supporter who has pledged to sustain their commitment beyond Center Theatre Group’s current season by making a multi-year investment to our annual operating or membership funds. ◆
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WRITTEN BY
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INSPIRED BY THE NEW YORKER ARTICLE BY
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WORLD PREMIERE & GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE COMMISSION
JUNE 11 – JULY 14
TICKETS: 310.208.5454 | geffenplayhouse.org This play was commissioned as part of the Geffen Playhouse's New Play Development Program thanks to the generosity of The Harold & Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust. Recipient of the Edgerton Foundation New Play Award. Major support for this world premiere production provided by the Edgerton Foundation New Play Production Fund.
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LA BOHÈME • THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA • THE MAGIC FLUTE EURYDICE • ROBERTO DEVEREUX • PELLÉAS & MÉLISANDE THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO • PSYCHO • ANGEL’S BONE JAVIER CAMARENA in recital • RODELINDA in concert
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JUNE 30 | BEETHOVEN MEETS THE BEATLES
A blend that is pure Cal Phil: Beethoven’s 5th Symphony, Beatles hits with the full orchestra and more.
JULY 14 | BASTILLE DAY
Excerpts from Les Misérables by Claude-Michel Schönberg, with Broadway star Randal Keith, Philip Smith, Anne Martinez, and the Cal Phil Chorale, plus Camille Saint-Saëns’“Organ” Symphony featuring the world-famous Walt Disney organ.
JULY 28 | SPACE: A GIANT LEAP
Be transported by light years of great music, including the title tracks from “Apollo 13,”“Star Wars,”“Star Trek,” Mars and Jupiter from Gustav Holst’s “The Planets,” and Mahler’s “Symphony No. 1, Titan.”The orchestra will be accompanied by never seen before NASA and JPL images.
AUGUST 11 | CARMEN GOES TO THE MOVIES
Featuring Audrey Babcock, Cedric Berry, Annalise Staudt, and the Cal Phil Chorale. Featuring excerpts from Georges Bizet’s opera, “Carmen.” Also, classic film music by Ennio Morricone (“The Mission,”“Cinema Paradiso,” and more).
AUGUST 18 | THE EMPEROR’S ROUNDUP
Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5, “Emperor,” pianist Daniel Lessner; “The Big Country,” by Jerome Moross, Elmer Bernstein’s “The Magnificent Seven,” Aaron Copland’s “Billy the Kid,” and Ferde Grofé’s “Grand Canyon Suite.”
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THE S. MARK TAPER FOUNDATION PRESENTS
A NOISE WITHIN’S 2018-19 REPERTORY THEATRE SEASON
Our Beloved Cast Returns!
“A SUPERB CAST
hit the banana peel running and never let up.”
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Michael Frayn’s
NOISES OFF
Directed by Julia Rodriguez-Elliott & Geoff Elliott
May 21–June 9, 2019
B U Y T I C K E T S T O D AY
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(L–R) Matthew Ball and Liam Mower in MATTHEW BOURNE’S SWAN LAKE
The season kicks off with LATIN HISTORY FOR MORONS (September 5 – October 20, 2019), written and performed by John Leguizamo and directed by Tony Taccone, and coming to the Ahmanson after an acclaimed Broadway run. Inspired by the near total absence of Latinos from his son’s American history books, Leguizamo embarks on an outrageously funny, frenzied search to find a Latin hero for his son’s school project. Ben Brantley of The New York Times called Latin History for Morons a “surprisingly poignant one-man show [that] slyly poses sharp and timely questions of what culturally defines American identity and who, in the nationalistic age of Trump, has ‘the right’ to be here.” Next up, also direct from Broadway, is THE NEW ONE (October 23 – November 24, 2019), written and performed by Mike Birbiglia and directed by Seth Barrish. Birbiglia delves back into his own life to tell a new story in a new way with the same heart and humor his fans have come to expect. When she included The New One in her list of the best stage shows of 2018, Entertainment Weekly’s Jessica Derschowitz lauded Birbiglia’s “hilarious and poignant observations about becoming a parent…some of his best and most heartfelt work yet.” We’re excited to have New Adventures return to the Ahmanson on the heels of successful runs of Cinderella and The Red Shoes with MATTHEW BOURNE’S SWAN LAKE (December 3, 2019 – January 5, 2020). Center Theatre Group introduced American audiences to Bourne’s work for the first time in 1997 with his original Swan Lake, which shattered conventions, turned tradition upside down, and took the dance world by storm.
Mike Birbiglia in THE NEW ONE
Rock legend Sting stars in the acclaimed UK production of his deeply personal musical THE LAST SHIP (January 14 – February 16, 2020), which was initially inspired by his 1991 album The Soul Cages and his own childhood experiences. It’s the story of a sailor’s return home after 17 years at sea to find the local shipyard, which has anchored the community for generations, in turmoil. Picket lines are drawn as foreman Jackie White (played by Sting) and his wife fight to hold their community together in the face of the gathering storm. Back by popular demand, the nine-time Tony Award®-winning Best Musical THE BOOK OF MORMON is making its Ahmanson debut (February 18 – March 29, 2020) after three previous sold-out engagements in Los Angeles. The New York Times calls it “the best musical of this century.” The Washington Post says, “It is the kind of evening that restores your faith in musicals.” And Entertainment Weekly says, “Grade A: the funniest musical of all time.” Jimmy Fallon of The Tonight Show calls it, “Genius. Brilliant. Phenomenal.”
ONCE ON THIS ISLAND
We are also delighted to present ONCE ON THIS ISLAND, winner of the 2018 Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical (April 7 – May 10, 2020). Written by the Tonywinning team Lynn Ahrens (book and lyrics) and Stephen Flaherty (music), Once on This Island is directed by two-time Tony Award-nominated director Michael Arden. It is the sweeping, universal tale of Ti Moune, a fearless peasant girl in search of her place in the world and ready to risk it all for love. The season concludes with an additional production to be announced. Full-season subscriptions are now available. We hope to see you at the theatre next season! Visit AhmansonSeason.org to subscribe.
Photo credits, top–bottom: Johan Persson. Joan Marcus. Joan Marcus.
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BARAK BALLET Presents New Repertoire World Premieres by Melissa Barak, Ma Cong, and Andi Schermoly
“Stellar”
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BARBARA HANNIGAN music director
We are deeply appreciative of the below corporate sponsors and grant-making institutions for supporting our work to improve the impact we have on our Los Angeles community.
JUNE 6-9 2019
The Rake’s Progress
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$250,000+ The Ahmanson Foundation The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation Laura & James Rosenwald & Orinoco Foundation $100,000+ Diana Buckhantz & Vladimir & Araxia Buckhantz Foundation Bank of America Delta Air Lines Edgerton Foundation The Hearst Foundations Rosenthal Family Foundation The Shubert Foundation, Inc. Wells Fargo $50,000+ Annenberg Foundation Disney Theatrical Group Doris Duke Charitable Trust JP Morgan Chase & Co. Los Angeles County Arts Commission The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust Dwight Stuart Youth Fund
Steven Schick
JACK Quartet
A music gathering of transformative experiences and community in the outdoor splendor of the Ojai Valley • Fully-staged performance of Stravinsky’s The Rake’s Progress • Hannigan performing and conducting her Grammy-winning Gershwin’s Girl Crazy Suite • West Coast conducting debut of Hannigan in works by Stravinsky, Debussy, and Haydn • The US debut of LUDWIG, the Grammy-winning Amsterdam music collective, and the return of Steven Schick and JACK Quartet
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$25,000+ Anonymous (1) The Capital Group Companies Charitable Foundation^ Center Theatre Group Affiliates Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP Learning Tree International Lockton City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs
The Norman and Sadie Lee Foundation The Perkins Charitable Foundation The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation Theatre Forward US Bank $15,000+ Anonymous California Arts Council The City of Culver City The DigiTrust Group, LLC The Walt Disney Company The Elisabeth Katte Harris Trust Macy’s Dale S. & Shideh Miller $10,000+ Cartier Walt Disney Live Entertainment Joseph Drown Foundation The Friars Charitable Foundation HBO Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation (IICF) The Liberty Company Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP Muse Communications The Kenneth T. and Eileen L. Norris Foundation Patina Restaurant Group The Edward A. And Ai O. Shay Family Foundation Synder Family Foundation The Fran and Ray Stark Foundation
$7,500+ American Business Bank Canadian Consulate General The Culver City Education Foundation Malibu Family Wines National Alliance for Musical Theatre Northern Trust Sony Pictures Entertainment Union Bank $5,000+ Sascha Brastoff Foundation The Brookside Fund Chubb Citi Private Bank City National Bank Ella Fitzgerald Charitable Foundation Employees Community Fund of Boeing California GI Energy Jones Day Lear Family Foundation MATT Construction Paramount Pictures Payden & Rygel Perry, Neidorf & Grassl, LLP Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP SoCalGas Sally J. Thomas & James A. Thomas USI Insurance Services $1,000+ The Carol and James Collins Foundation Fineshriber Family Foundation Theatre Communications Group
CORPORATE CIRCLE CABINET | Sheri Biller, Founding Chair Jonathan Axel, Chair Anthony Amendola Christopher Bissonnette
Erin Burke Dannielle Campos Ramirez Michael Jung
Jody Kelley JP Ramirez Soma Samanta Brian Zimmer
The Corporate Circle is comprised of companies that support Center Theatre Group’s education and community partnership programs. Members receive VIP concierge service, complimentary and discounted tickets to our shows, business development opportunities, and more. For more information, call Christy Lamb at 213.972.3667.
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for your 50th anniversary support We would like to take this opportunity to thank the incredibly generous donors who have contributed leadership gifts in support of Center Theatre Group’s 50th Anniversary Campaign. Your loyalty to our theatre and support in honor of our history, paves the way for the next 50 years.
$5,000,000+ Brindell Roberts Gottlieb Kirk & Anne Douglas Ahmanson Foundation $1,000,000+ 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 $500,000+ Deena & Edward Nahmias Donna Schweers & Tom Geiser Elliott Sernel Amy Forbes & Andrew Murr Jerry & Terri Kohl Louise Moriarty Michael Ritchie & Kate Burton $250,000+ Anonymous Joni & Miles Benickes Diana Buckhantz & the Vladimir and Araxia Buckhantz Foundation
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 $100,000+ The Campagna Family Deidra Norman Schumann The Michael Shaw Jacobs Fund Donna & John Sussman Yvonne & Derek Bell Mara & Joseph Carieri Friars Charitable Foundation Manuela & James Goren Bill Resnick & Michael Stubbs Cheryl A. Shepherd $50,000+ Anonymous Anne Bruner & Jim Bremner Patrick Owen & Norman Dixon Carol & Stephen Rountree Sunshine Stone Peter & Iona Tompkins
We would also like to thank the following donors for making commitments to the 50th Anniversary Campaign through legacy gifts to our Endowment. $1,000,000+ Judith & Thomas Beckmen Martin Massman Diane & Leon Morton Peter & Susan Van Haften $500,000+ Richard & Norma Camp Susan A. Grode Linda S. Peterson $250,000+ Pamela & Dennis Beck Shirley & Irving Ashkenas Bill Cohn & Dan Miller Maggy Simon I.H. Sutnick
Hand Carved Pen in Violin Case by Jack Cousin
OTHER LEGACY GIFTS Linda & Maynard Brittan – Traub-Brittan Family Trust Steven Llanusa & Glenn Miya, M.D. Gloria Lothrop Carol & Douglas Mancino Renee & Robert Nunn Nan Rae Randy & Bruce Ross Wes Schaefer & Cathy King-Schaefer Dr. and Mrs. Daniel Wallace Margaret White
ORCHESTRATIONS Artisan Gifts by Classical Musicians
THE CENTENNIAL PEN Hand Carved by LA Phil Double Bassist & Fine Art Woodworker Jack Cousin
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INAUGURALSEASON An Opera by Alexander von Zemlinsky
DER ZWERG Directed by Gail R. Gordon Musical Direction by Christopher Luthi
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The Michael Shaw Jacobs Fund The Norman and Sadie Lee Foundation $100,000+
Betsy & Harold Applebaum Judith & Thomas Beckmen The Sheri and Les Biller Family Foundation Maynard & Linda Brittan— Traub-Brittan Family Trust Center Theatre Group Affiliates Kenneth Corday Regina Fadiman Barbara & Peter Fodor Ava & Charles Fries Brindell & Milton Gottlieb The Hearst Foundation, Inc. Vicki King Gloria Lothrop Richard G. & Virginia L. Martin Louise Taper $50,000+
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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 Martin Massman Betty McMicken in honor of Jeanette Shammas Diane & Leon Morton Merle & Peter Mullin Bob & Renee Nunn Linda S. Peterson Sally & Frank Raab Edward L. Rada Nan Rae Laurie & Stuart Rice in memory of Adam Bruce & Randy Ellen Ross Wes Schaefer & Cathy King-Schaefer The estate of Frank J. Sherwood Maggy Simon I.H. Sutnick Paulette Toumazos & Michael Lorenz Sue Tsao Carol Vernon & Robert Turbin Peter & Susan Van Haften R. Waingrow Dr. & Mrs. Daniel Wallace Susan & William Weintraub Margaret H. White
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“I’m very proud of that.” Sting narrated the arc of the show between songs—including “When We Dance,” “Shipyard,” and “Dead Man’s Boots”—and put on a few different hats to sing other characters’ parts.
HERE’S TO YOU
The performance closed with another version of the eponymous song, and an invitation from Sting to come back for more next year. If the standing ovation was any indication, everyone will.
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MAY WED 01 MAY / 8:00 p.m. Falsettos CENTER THEATRE GROUP @ Ahmanson Theater Thru 5/19 WED 01 MAY / 11:00 a.m. Grand Park’s LUNCH À LA PARK: Food Trucks @ Grand Park Every Tue/Wed/Thu WED 01 MAY / 12:15 p.m. Grand Park’s LUNCH À LA PARK: Yoga reTREAT @ Grand Park Performance Lawn Every Wed/Fri THU 02 MAY / 8:00 p.m. Emanuel Ax Plays Mozart LA PHIL @ Walt Disney Concert Hall Thru 5/5 THU 02 MAY / 12:15 p.m. Grand Park’s LUNCH À LA PARK: SPRING CONCERTS featuring L.A.’s Youth Artists @ Grand Park Performance Lawn Every Thu SAT 04 MAY / 2:00 p.m. Great Opera & Film Choruses LA MASTER CHORALE @ Walt Disney Concert Hall Thru 5/5 SAT 04 MAY / 7:30 p.m. El Gato Montes: The Wildcat LA OPERA @ Dorothy Chandler Pavilion Thru 5/19
MON 06 MAY / 8:30 p.m. Between Three Worlds: Films by Akosua Adoma Owusu REDCAT @ Roy And Edna Disney / CalArts Theater
SAT 18 MAY / 8:00 p.m. Beethoven: Piano Concertos 1&3 LA PHIL @ Walt Disney Concert Hall
FRI 10 MAY / 11:00 a.m. Mozart with Dudamel LA PHIL @ Walt Disney Concert Hall Thru 5/12
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SUN 12 MAY / 7:30 p.m. Pierre-Laurent Aimard LA PHIL @ Walt Disney Concert Hall MON 13 MAY / 8:30 p.m. Julie Murray: Mysteries of the Visible World REDCAT @ Roy And Edna Disney / CalArts Theater WED 15 MAY / 8:00 p.m. Happy Days CENTER THEATRE GROUP @ Mark Taper Forum Thru 6/30
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The Royal Ballet returns to Los Angeles for the first time in 24 years! Two back-to-back weekends. Two distinctive engagements.
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The Royal Ballet Kenneth MacMillan’s Mayerling July 5– 7, 2019 An unforgettable tale of dangerous desires, family secrets and political intrigue.
The Royal Ballet & Company Wayne McGregor Adès & McGregor: A Dance Collaboration July 12–13, 2019
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An unprecedented collaboration featuring music and dance world premieres as Thomas Adès conducts the LA Phil while The Royal Ballet and Company Wayne McGregor take the stage to perform new choreography by Wayne McGregor.
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