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Dear Audience Member, This summer, the Ahmanson features shows heading to and from Broadway, and creative teams with a rich Center Theatre Group history. Few recent Broadway plays have been as lauded as The Humans was in 2016, when it swept the Tony Awards® and earned “Best Play of the Year” nods from just about every major newspaper and magazine that covers theatre. We’re very happy to have Tony winners Reed Birney (Best Featured Actor) and Jayne Houdyshell (Best Featured Actress) join us at the Ahmanson alongside many fellow Broadway cast members and the entire creative team from the Broadway production. Among them are Tony-winning director Joe Mantello (who most recently directed An Act of God at the Ahmanson and also appeared onstage in Angels of America at the Taper) and Tony-winning scenic designer David Zinn (who most recently did the scenic design for Soft Power as well as scenic and costume design for Amélie and Fun Home). Ain’t Too Proud—The Life and Times of the Temptations has everything you could ask for in a new musical: a great playwright (Dominique Morisseau), an iconic catalogue of music, and two of the theatre industry’s leading creatives (Des McAnuff and Sergio Trujillo). Dominique Morisseau is a playwright on the rise and a member of our Los Angeles Writers’ Workshop community, one of our artistic development programs that supports local artists. And Des McAnuff and Sergio Trujillo are Broadway all-stars whose work was most recently here at the Ahmanson with last year’s Jersey Boys. Your patronage and support is what brings talent like this to Los Angeles year after year. Thank you for being a part of the 50TH Season at the Ahmanson. Sincerely,
Michael Ritchie
Center Theatre Group Board of Directors 2018/2019 Officers BOARD MEMBERS
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PAST PRESIDENTS
Pamela Beck
Robert Greenblatt
Donna Schweers
Harold Applebaum
Lew R. Wasserman†
Thom Beers
Jason Grode
Elliott Sernel
Ronald J. Arnault
Marshall Berges†
Miles Benickes
Aliza Karney Guren
Glenn A. Sonnenberg
Judith Beckmen
Armand S. Deutsch†
Kiki Ramos Gindler
Gail Berman-Masters
Stanley Iezman
Sandra Stern
Ava Fries
Walter Mirisch
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Jody Lippman
Marshall Trenckmann
Suasan Grode
Henry C. Rogers†
Dannielle Campos Ramirez
Louise Moriarty
Sue Tsao
Phyllis Hennigan
Richard E. Sherwood†
Jo Muse
Matthew Walden
William R. Lindsay
Susanne Daniels
Stephen F. Hinchliffe, Jr. J. David Haft†
Michael Ritchie
Cástulo de la Rocha
Richard Kagan
Lawrence J. Ramer†
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Michael Rogers
Vin Di Bona
O. Kit Lokey
Bradford W. Edgerton, MD
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Bruce L. Ross
Patricia Glaser
Stephen D. Rountree
Diane Morton Edward B. Nahmias
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TICKET INFO
Center Theatre Group is a nonprofit theatre company that produces and presents at the Ahmanson Theatre and the Mark Taper Forum at The Music Center of Los Angeles, and the Kirk Douglas Theatre in Culver City. For ticketing, the latest news from our theatres, and more, visit CenterTheatreGroup.org.
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Customer service, ticket donations, gift certificates, event information. Telephone hours: Mon 10am–5pm, Tue–Fri 10am–8pm, Sat 12pm–8pm, and Sun 11am–7pm. Except major holidays.
Season ticket holders receive early access to performances in the best seats we have— at a discount—plus a host of exclusive benefits.
Center Theatre Group makes its performances and facilities accessible for patrons in wheelchairs; patrons who are deaf, hard of hearing, blind, or have low vision; and patrons with other disabilities. Call or visit CenterTheatreGroup.org for more information.
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WALK-UP BOX OFFICE Center Theatre Group’s walk-up box office is located in front of the Ahmanson and is open Tue–Sat 12pm–8pm, Sun 11am–7pm, and closed on Monday. Remote box offices at the Taper and Douglas open two hours before performances.
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IN THE THEATRE DONATIONS
213.972.7564 Center Theatre Group is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that uses the art of theatre to broaden horizons and illuminate new perspectives by producing and presenting shows on three stages, by offering free education and community programs, and by cultivating artists of all generations. Our work is made possible thanks to the generous support of our donors.
LATE SEATING To minimize disruption, patrons not seated when the performance begins will be asked to wait in the lobby until an appropriate break. Latecomers may also be given alternate seats until intermission.
SMOKING IS PROHIBITED Smoking of any kind, including electronic devices, is prohibited.
FRAGRANCES Please refrain from wearing strong perfumes and cologne. Many people are allergic to heavy scents.
YOUNG CHILDREN AND BABIES Children under age six are not admitted, unless the production is advertised for younger audiences. Regardless of age, everyone must have a ticket and be able to sit quietly through the performance. Babes in arms are not admitted.
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AROUND CENTER THEATRE GROUP A Starry Opening for Soft Power
Conrad Ricamora’s How To Get Away With Murder co-stars were there to congratulate him at the after-party on the Opening Night of the World premiere of Soft Power at the Ahmanson Theatre on May 16, 2018. Photo by Ryan Miller/Capturing Imaging.
CONGRATULATIONS, STUDENT AMBASSADORS!
Sherwood Alumni Mixer Some of L.A.’s most innovative and adventurous theatre creators—past recipients of Center Theatre Group’s Richard E. Sherwood Award for emerging artists—gathered with staff on May 4, 2018 for drinks and conversation. And they had a lot to discuss, since they’re busy working both at Center Theatre Group and around town.
The Center Theatre Group Student Ambassador Program Reflection and Reception on May 12, 2018 celebrated the accomplishments of the 14 high school students who completed our arts leadership program this school year. Our Arts Advocacy: Making an Impact and Marketing & Social Media: Peer Engagement teams shared out their projects—programming and marketing a Youth Summit around Soft Power—as well as how they’ve learned and grown as leaders.
Come From Away Is Coming to Los Angeles! The official residence of the Canadian Consul General played host to a cocktail reception in honor of the upcoming Los Angeles engagement of Come From Away at the Ahmanson November 28, 2018 – January 6, 2019. (L–R) Canadian actress Nia Vardalos moderated a discussion with Come From Away writers David Hein and Irene Sankoff, Captain Beverley Bass, and former Gander, Newfoundland Mayor Claude Elliott. Guests were also treated to a special performance of “Me and the Sky” by original Broadway cast member Kendra Kassebaum. Photo by Ryan Miller/Capturing Imaging.
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L.A. PLAYWRIGHTS GET BLUE RIBBON CERTIFIED
Playwrights Eliza Clark, Janine Nabers, and Qui Nguyen discussed their careers and the role Center Theatre Group’s L.A. Writers’ Workshop has played in their work. The Writers’ Workshop provides artists with a year-long residency to develop a new play while also fostering a larger community of writers working in Southern California. All three began their playwriting careers in New York, struggling to make it as professional artists. “I thought I was just going to fail,” joked Nguyen, who ended up creating his own theatre company, Vampire Cowboys. “I just made this assumption that—because of the things I was interested in— no one would ever produce it, so I just had to produce it myself.” Television writing brought the playwrights to Los Angeles, lured by the promise of a steady gig. But their hearts are still in the theatre. “Playwriting feels like an art—even though it is also my job,” Clark said, “but I can’t force it the way that I sort of can force it when I’m writing television.” Turning to the subject of professional support for their work, all three panelists reveled in their experiences in Center Theatre Group’s L.A. Writers’ Workshop. Nguyen highlighted the value of the tightknit community that develops there. “I can sit by
myself in a room and write a play, but that doesn’t necessarily motivate me to write a play,” he said. “As soon as I go into a room [of playwrights]… I immediately know that kinship.” The piece Clark began at the Writers’ Workshop, Quack, will make its World premiere at the Kirk Douglas Theatre October 21 – November 18, 2018. This, for Ritchie, is the ultimate goal of supporting playwrights. “A lot of playwrights get commissioned and developed and sometimes that first reading is considered the victory lap,” he said. “And I’d like to think that we really pursue a production. Ultimately it is getting that play on the stage that matters.” Perhaps this is in part a reflection of the current state of commercial theatre, which the playwrights all find frustrating. Nabers argued that the rise of film and television shifted the focus of many talented artists. The great playwrights of the 20TH century “were writing plays because they had to survive,” said Nabers. “Now it seems as though a lot of people are writing plays for other reasons, or because they’re distracted.” Nguyen pointed to “the lack of risk-taking” that prevails today. “Once upon a time, the play was just good,” and that was enough to make it to Broadway, he said. “Now it’s like, ‘Oh they’re never going to come in from Connecticut to go see this unless it’s something that they already know.’” Lucky for Los Angeles, and thanks in part to the long-time support of patrons like The Blue Ribbon, we’re not purely at Broadway’s mercy, and artists like Clark, Nabers, and Nguyen have a space at Center Theatre Group to advance their craft. Read more and listen to a podcast of the full conversation at CTGLA.org/Blog.
The L.A. Writers’ Workshop provides artists with a year-long residency to develop a new play while also fostering a larger community of writers working in Southern California.
Photo by Luis Luque.
Theatre thrives on patronage; not just from audiences, but from donors and institutions who have a stake in keeping the stage lights on. In the spirit of artistic philanthropy, The Blue Ribbon— The Music Center’s premier women’s support organization—celebrated 50 years of giving by hosting a series of events spotlighting the resident companies. Center Theatre Group’s “The Art of the Playwright,” a panel moderated by Artistic Director Michael Ritchie, took place at the Annenberg Space for Photography on May 1, 2018.
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“I LEARNED TO BRING MY FULL SELF INTO EVERYTHING I DO, AS WELL AS TO BE CONFIDENT WITH WHAT I HAVE TO BRING TO THE TABLE.”
“KING HEDLEY II WAS A MAN WHO HAD EXPERIENCED INJUSTICE ALL OF HIS LIFE, BUT NO MATTER HOW LOUD AND STRONG HIS VOICE WAS, HE WAS NEVER HEARD.” Photos by Gustavo Monroy.
GERARDO NAVARRO TAKES FIRST at the National August Wilson Monologue Competition
May 5–7, 2018 was a long weekend of firsts for high school student Gerardo Navarro. His first visit to New York City (made possible by his first plane ride). His first Broadway show, Once on This Island (which he had performed in at school). His first time performing on Broadway, at the August Wilson Theatre. And, by the end of his trip, he had become the first student from Center Theatre Group and Los Angeles to place first at the National August Wilson Monologue Competition.
“To be involved in such a beautiful and loving ensemble, there was no competition. I believe we all brought it that night and told our stories— and that’s the true gift.”
The August Wilson Monologue Competition is presented by the Center Theatre Group Affiliates and Wells Fargo, and also receives generous support from the Dwight Stuart Youth Fund, the Rosenthal Family Foundation, Hearst Foundations, Hope Landis Warner, and the Joseph Drown Foundation.
Navarro made it to New York City after performing in two rounds of auditions at Center Theatre Group in November and December, as well as the Los Angeles Regional Finals at the Mark Taper Forum in March. In New York, he delivered his monologue alongside students from 12 cities around the country to advance from a semifinal round to the National Finals. But, reflecting afterward, he barely dwelled on his first-place finish. “August Wilson is one of the greatest American playwrights and to be chosen to perform his work on that stage was a huge honor,” said Navarro. “To be involved in such a beautiful and loving ensemble, there was no competition. I believe we all brought it that night and told our stories—and that’s the true gift.” Navarro, a rising senior at Ramón C. Cortines School of Visual and Performing Arts in Downtown L.A., chose and delivered a monologue from King Hedley II, the 1980s work in Wilson’s American Century Cycle of 10 plays that chronicle each decade of 20TH-century African-American life. Navarro’s monologue tells the story of how the title character ended up in prison. “The subject of race and injustice is so important and relevant that this play was and continues to be a story that needs to be heard,” said Navarro. “King Hedley II was a man who had experienced injustice all of his life, but no matter how loud and strong his voice was, he was never heard.” Navarro has been on a journey to develop his own voice as an actor since he enrolled in 24TH STreet Theatre’s after-school program in first grade. “I discovered how deep a passion I had for theatre and since then, I’ve known that theatre is what I wanted to do,” said Navarro. Today, he mentors younger students at 24TH STreet’s summer program. He plans to continue to pursue drama after graduation next year. “All that I have learned in the August Wilson Monologue Competition training process will stick with me as I continue working on my craft. The techniques and feedback I’ve received throughout this program have made me not only a better performer but a better person,” he said. “I learned to bring my full self into everything I do, as well as to be confident with what I have to bring to the table.” Learn more at CTGLA.org/AugustWilson.
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DISNEY MUSICALS IN SCHOOLS PROGRAM SPARKS ARTS INITIATIVES IN FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS
Think back to your childhood. Do you remember singing along to “The Bare Necessities” from The Jungle Book? Did you ever pretend to soar across the night sky on Aladdin’s magic carpet? Or bounce around your bedroom like Tigger in Winnie the Pooh? For decades, Disney stories and music have touched young people’s imaginations, and they continue to inspire kids to dream big. Disney Musicals in Schools does the same for students and educators, as well as the schools it helps to create sustainable musical theatre programs. Since launching in New York City in 2009, Disney Musicals in Schools has impacted over 175 schools and tens of thousands of students across the country. This year, Center Theatre Group partnered with Disney to bring the program to Los Angeles for the first time. Five schools— Harrison Elementary, Hope Street Elementary, Humphreys Avenue Elementary, La Ballona Elementary, and Ritter Elementary—participated
in a 17-week musical theatre residency that began in January 2018. Each school received performance rights to the Disney KIDS musical of their choosing, educational support materials, and weekly visits from Center Theatre Group teaching artists to help them produce, direct, and choreograph their first Disney musical. Yet that is just the beginning. “Each school selected demonstrated not only a strong commitment to their students but also to creating and sustaining a musical theatre program in their school for years to come,” said Center Theatre Group Director of Education and Engagement Tyrone Davis. “The program is about building educators’ capacity, which aligns with our commitment to support educators as art leaders in their own communities.” Educators at all five schools agreed that the program began changing their teaching practices and the school culture immediately, with effects that reverberated far beyond the dedicated theatre sessions. “I USE THEATRE ARTS EVEN WHEN I’M TEACHING MY READING AND WRITING LESSONS,” said Hope Street Elementary third grade teacher Claudia Alther. “I HAVE STUDENTS TELL STORIES OR ACT OUT [THEIR LESSONS]—AND THAT HAS STRENGTHENED THEIR READING AND WRITING SKILLS.” At Harrison Elementary, pre-K teacher Estephanie Aispuro found that staging The Lion King was a way to play on students’ strengths. “Many students at our school have this energy and personality that usually doesn’t shine through math or reading or science,” she said. “The arts bring that out of them, so it brings me great pleasure to have children from all different academic areas in our production.” At La Ballona Elementary, students have taken pride in “learning, practicing, and working together” to produce their version of The Lion King, said second
Hope Street Elementary students rehearse The Jungle Book. Photo by Ryan Miller/Capture Imaging.
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Ritter Elementary School students perform a song from The Aristocats at the Student Share Celebration. Photo by Ryan Miller/Capture Imaging.
grade teacher Brittney Welch. As the stage manager of the production, Welch witnessed students interact and support each other across different classrooms and grade levels. “NO MATTER WHAT CLASS THEY’RE IN, THEY’RE ALL ONSTAGE TOGETHER,” she said. Administrators are looking forward to using lessons learned over the past year to grow future arts programming and tailor it to the needs of their students. “Having this opportunity has opened the door for us to look at the national arts standards—to see what they are and how they can help our students academically,” said Assistant Principal Angela Cash of Ritter Elementary, where students performed The Aristocats. “WE’RE MAKING SURE THAT WE’RE MAKING A DIFFERENCE FOR OUR CHILDREN.” Humphreys Avenue dance teacher Gaby Mendoza added that the program opens opportunities for students beyond their
production of The Jungle Book. “We’re starting to plant our seeds here,” she said, “and by planting these seeds, we’re also letting parents know that there are career opportunities for students both onstage and offstage in the future.” In the meantime, friends and family got a chance to see the scope of the program and honor what their young people had accomplished at the Ahmanson Theatre on May 21, when everyone came together at a Student Share Celebration featuring one number performed by each school. The event celebrated not only the hard work put into creating and performing Disney productions but also the sense of community that will continue even after the curtain closes. As Hope Street Elementary fourth grader Ariana Valdez said about performing in The Jungle Book, “What I would remember the most about this experience is being with all my friends and being able to have fun with Disney.”
Watch a video chronicling the inaugural year of the program and learn more at CTGLA.org/DisneyMusicalsInSchools.
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DONOR RECOGNITION
Special Thanks to Artistic Director’s Circle Members for Supporting Center Theatre Group The Artistic Director’s Circle, founded by Brindell and Milton Gottlieb, is comprised of individuals supporting specific areas of Michael Ritchie’s artistic vision for Center Theatre Group. Since its founding in 2005, members have aligned their support with over 50 productions on our stages. The following individuals have made commitments of $100,000 and above. (DONORS LISTED AS OF JUNE 4, 2018.) Anonymous (2)
Terri & Jerry Kohl
Judith & Thomas Beckmen
The Labowe Family Foundation
Thomas Beers
The Eugene La Pietra Foundation
Gail Berman-Masters
Jody & David Lippman
Diana Buckhantz & Vladimir & Araxia Buckhantz Foundation
Renee & Meyer Luskin
Susanne & Greg Daniels Cástulo de la Rocha & Zoila Escobar Erica & Vin Di Bona Kirk & Anne Douglas Louise & Brad Edgerton Amy Forbes & Andrew Murr Cindy & Gary Frischling Eric & Nancy Garen Kiki & David Gindler Patricia Glaser & Sam Mudie Brindell Roberts Gottlieb Aliza Karney Guren & Marc Guren Ann & Stephen F. Hinchliffe, Jr. June & Gareth Hughes Stanley Iezman & Nancy Stark
Ruth Flinkman-Marandy & Ben Marandy Lynn & Dreux McNairy Louise Moriarty & Patrick Stack Deena & Edward Nahmias The Louis & Harold Price Foundation Bill Resnick & Michael Stubbs Lloyd E. Rigler - Lawrence E. Deutsch Foundation Laura & James Rosenwald & Orinoco Foundation Donna Schweers & Tom Geiser Maggy & Jack Simon
Sue Tsao Sheila & Wally Weisman
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 JUNE 4, 2018.)
Joni & Miles Benickes Debra & Norris Bishton Joan & Rob Blackman Annette Blum Marla S. Campagna In Memory of Morris A. Hazan Dori & Doug Howell In Support of New Theatre Artists
MULTI-YEAR DONORS: Florence C. Agcawili, Greg Basser & Kiera O’Neill, Paula Brand, Norman Buckley, In Memory of Davyd Whaley, Nick Dudzak, Greg H. Dunn, Donna L. Herman, Loris & Kory Lunsford , Dozar Office Furnishings, James & Melanie Renfroe, Eileen T’Kaye & David Bischoff, Mr. Charles W. Weeks, Marc Zachary | ANNUAL DONORS: Anonymous (2), Amy Aquino & Drew McCoy, G.W. Bailey, Corinne Baldassano, John Bowab, Diane & Dorothy Brooks Foundation, William H. Brown II, Rick Buche & Vin Reilly, Kevin Kashima & Kelly Cantley-Kashima, Marcy Carsey, Veronica Cartwright, Children in Film, Becky & Mike Clements, Seth Cover & Mycotoo, Bob Doucette & Tom Slotten, Bob Ducsay, Nadine Espana, Chris Cookson & Lauren Firestone, Darcy Fleck, Jacque & Bobby Florsheim, Catherine Gessner, Laura Gibson, Molly Gray & Sande Stewart, Marcy & Edgar Gross, Michael Hanel & Steven Linder, Heather Hach Hearne, Karen Hermelin & Mark Borman, Winifred C. Hervey, Phil Hettema, Karen & Stephen Hillenburg, Alicia Hirsch & Jesse Russo, Idea Asylum Productions & Dr. Allegra & Mr. Sheppard Kaufman, Sarah E. Kiefer, Dr. Peter A. Krikes, Nita Whitaker LaFontaine, Marla E. Levine, Joette Marks, Mr. Theodore K. Martinez, Maria D. Mercado, Carla Meyer & Charles Arnold, Tina J. Miller, Lawrence A. Mirisch, Chinsook Kim Moore, Jonathan B. Murray, Justin Okin, Debra Pelton & Jon Johannesssen, Shelley Powsner & Stephen Skrovan, Shirley & Brian Pundt, Mr. Stephen H. Purvis, Don Foster & Erin Quigley, Michael Reisz & Jeff Rago, Jay & Linda Sandrich, Jill Sattinger, Greg Scott, Serendipity Productions, Daniel Shattuck, Mr. Donald Spradlin, David A. Steinberg, Jessica Stone, Stephen J. Strauss & Harriet M. Rolnick, Jack & Marlene Susser, Brad & George Takei, Ms. Allison Thomas, Russell Todd Agency, Barry Trachtenberg, Cliff Warner, Bonnie Weis, Ms. Lynn E. Weisman, Dr. & Mrs. Kenneth Wright, Jennifer Crittenden & William Wrubel
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Thank you to our generous supporters who are leaders in the entertainment industry, including our multi-year donors, whose gifts ensure a secure base for our future. (DONORS LISTED AS OF MAY 2, 2018.)
Judie Stein & Stein Family Foundation
Marvin Jubas & Janet Wald Jubas
Anonymous (2)
Entertainment Circle
Jane Rissman & Richard Sondheimer Bruce & Randy Ross Joyce & Deane Ross Elliott R. Sernel
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
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
Harry & Arlette Lumer
Marilyn Ziering
Linda S. Peterson
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.
Endowment Gifts These gifts ensure a stable source of support for new work and initiatives to make theatre accessible to underserved audiences. $500,000+ Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, Renee & Meyer Luskin, John S. Surabian, Jr. and in memory of Faith and Sharon Ann Surabian | $250,000+ 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+ Ellen & Michael S. Korney, Dorothy & Richard Sherwood | $25,000+ Abbott Brown, Linda Brown, Greve Foundation, Dr. Tom Hickey, Diane & Leon Morton | $10,000+ A and J Davidson Skipper Award Fund, Levine Foundation, Carolyn & Kit Lokey, Betty & Sanford Sigoloff
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FIRST SEASON PRODUCTION
2018/19 SEASON
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
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
Ira Pittelman & Tom Hulce Berkeley Repertory Theatre Sony/ATV Music Publishing EMI Entertainment World, Inc. Josh Berger Ken Schur Ron Simons Stephen Byrd Alia Jones Ruth & Stephen Hendel Cheryl Wiesenfeld Harriet Newman Leve Jeffrey Finn Stephen & Nancy Gabriel Darren Bagert David Binder FedermanRyan Productions Susan Gallin Mickey Liddell Rob Ahrens Christopher Maring Marianne Mills Loraine Boyle Sharon Karmazin Koenigsberg-Krauss Winkler-de Roy Zell-Kierstead Deborah Taylor Robyn & Larry Gottesdiener The Araca Group Rashad V. Chambers Mike Evans Hani Farsi Willette & Manny Klausner Gabrielle Palitz No Guarantees Sheldon Stone Stuart Weitzman present
book by
Dominique Morisseau
music and lyrics from
The Legendary Motown Catalog
based on the book entitled
music by arrangement with
The Temptations by Otis Williams with
Sony/ATV Music Publishing
Patricia Romanowski
Derrick Baskin James Harkness Jawan M. Jackson Jeremy Pope Ephraim Sykes Saint Aubyn Shawn Bowers E. Clayton Cornelious Taylor Symone Jackson Jahi Kearse Jarvis B. Manning, Jr. Joshua Morgan Rashidra Scott Nasia Thomas Christian Thompson Candice Marie Woods Esther Antoine Rodney Earl Jackson Jr. Curtis Wiley scenic design
costume design
lighting design
sound design
projection design
Robert Brill
Paul Tazewell
Howell Binkley
Steve Canyon Kennedy
Peter Nigrini
hair and wig design
fight director
associate choreographer
music coordinator
production stage manager
associate producer
Charles G. LaPointe
Steve Rankin
Edgar Godineaux
John Miller
Molly Meg Legal
Melanie Bafitis
general management
casting
national press agent
Tara Rubin Casting Corker Group LLC Merri Sugarman, C.S.A. John Corker
DKC/O&M
marketing and press consultant
Allied Touring
social media
creative consultant
executive producers
Marathon Digital
Shelly Berger
Otis Williams Danielle Brooks
orchestrations by
Harold Wheeler music direction and arrangements by
Kenny Seymour choreographed by
Sergio Trujillo directed by
Des McAnuff World premiere produced in September 2017 by Berkeley Repertory Theatre Tony Taccone, Artistic Director Susan Medak, Managing Director
August 21 – September 30, 2018 AHMANSON THEATRE PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE P3
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CAST (in order of appearance)
Otis Williams.............................................................................. DERRICK BASKIN Paul Williams........................................................................... JAMES HARKNESS Melvin Franklin......................................................................JAWAN M. JACKSON Eddie Kendricks............................................................................. JEREMY POPE David Ruffin............................................................................... EPHRAIM SYKES Al Bryant....................................................................... JARVIS B. MANNING, JR. Mama Rose..................................................................................NASIA THOMAS Johnnie Mae..............................................................TAYLOR SYMONE JACKSON Berry Gordy.....................................................................................JAHI KEARSE Smokey Robinson............................................................ CHRISTIAN THOMPSON Diana Ross.....................................................................CANDICE MARIE WOODS Florence Ballard...........................................................................NASIA THOMAS Mary Wilson...............................................................TAYLOR SYMONE JACKSON Josephine................................................................................ RASHIDRA SCOTT Tammi Terrell...............................................................................NASIA THOMAS Shelly Berger............................................................................JOSHUA MORGAN Norman Whitfield.......................................................... JARVIS B. MANNING, JR. Dennis Edwards............................................................................. SAINT AUBYN Richard Street..............................................................E. CLAYTON CORNELIOUS Lamont..................................................................................... SHAWN BOWERS Ensemble...............SAINT AUBYN, SHAWN BOWERS, E. CLAYTON CORNELIOUS, TAYLOR SYMONE JACKSON, JAHI KEARSE, JARVIS B. MANNING, JR., JOSHUA MORGAN, RASHIDRA SCOTT, NASIA THOMAS, CHRISTIAN THOMPSON, CANDICE MARIE WOODS UNDERSTUDIES For Otis Williams: RODNEY EARL JACKSON JR., CURTIS WILEY For Paul Williams: SHAWN BOWERS, CURTIS WILEY For Melvin Franklin: SHAWN BOWERS, RODNEY EARL JACKSON JR. For Eddie Kendricks: RODNEY EARL JACKSON JR., CURTIS WILEY For David Ruffin: RODNEY EARL JACKSON JR., CURTIS WILEY SWINGS ESTHER ANTOINE, RODNEY EARL JACKSON JR., CURTIS WILEY DANCE CAPTAIN ESTHER ANTOINE ASSISTANT DANCE CAPTAIN SHAWN BOWERS FIGHT CAPTAIN SAINT AUBYN 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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ORCHESTRA Music Director/Keyboard 1: KENNY SEYMOUR Associate Conductor/Keyboard 2: SEAN KANA Reed: SAL LOZANO Trumpet/Flugelhorn: DAN FORNERO Trombone/Contractor: ROBERT PAYNE Guitar: KEITH ROBINSON Bass: GEORGE FARMER Drums: CLAYTON CRADDOCK Violins: MARK CARGILL, LESA TERRY Percussion: LANCE LEE, JOEY DE LEON Music Coordinator: JOHN MILLER Music Preparation: STEVEN M. ALPER Keyboard Programmer: RANDY COHEN Associate Keyboard Programmer: TIM CROOK
MUSICAL NUMBERS (in alphabetical order) by arrangement with Sony/ATV Music Publishing Ain’t Too Proud to Beg Baby Love Ball of Confusion (That’s What the World is Today) Cloud Nine Come See About Me Don’t Look Back For Once in My Life Get Ready Gloria I Can’t Get Next to You I Could Never Love Another (After Loving You) (I Know) I’m Losing You I Want a Love I Can See I Wish It Would Rain If I Could Build My Whole World Around You If You Don’t Know Me by Now I’m Gonna Make You Love Me In the Still of the Night* Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me) My Girl Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone Runaway Child, Running Wild Shout Since I Lost My Baby Speedo Superstar (Remember How You Got Where You Are) The Way You Do the Things You Do War What Becomes of the Brokenhearted You Can’t Hurry Love You’re My Everything *“In the Still of the Night” courtesy of LLEE Corporation. There will be one 15-minute intermission PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE P5
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WHO’S WHO DERRICK BASKIN (Otis Williams) received the San Francisco Theatre Critics Circle Award/Lead Actor for Ain’t Too Proud at Berkeley Rep. He was last seen in the Oscar-nominated film Marshall and is best known for his role in the critically acclaimed Hulu sitcom Difficult People and his recurring role on Law & Order: SVU. Other film credits include Annie starring Cameron Diaz and Jamie Foxx; and Anesthesia starring Glenn Close, directed by Tim Blake Nelson. This award-winning actor was last seen onstage in The New York Times Critic’s Pick Whorl Inside a Loop and has originated roles in the Tony Award -winning Broadway musicals Memphis; Spelling Bee, where he also earned a Drama Desk Award; and Disney’s The Little Mermaid working alongside Oscar-, Grammy-, and Tony-winning composer Alan Menken and Pulitzer Prize author Doug Wright. Baskin’s concert experience includes performances with Wynton Marsalis, Michael Bublé, Wiz Khalifa, and Mariah Carey, and he has written songs on former Beyoncé musical director Divinity Roxx’s debut album, I’m Possible. Visit @derrickbaskin. ®
JAMES HARKNESS (Paul Williams). Most recently seen on Broadway in Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, he is a veteran of not only the stage (Aida, The Color Purple, Chicago), but also a best director nominee, an award-winning choreographer, and a songwriter. His debut show, Fragments of Me, performed at the Metropolitan Room in New York, is available on YouTube. Harkness is proud and humbled to stand with this company to tell this story of the legendary group that is a firm part of American culture. Thanks to my manager Dave Brenner and love to my family. Instagram/Twitter: lord.harkness/LordHarkness. YouTube: jklh37. JAWAN M. JACKSON (Melvin Franklin). Born and raised in the heart of Motown, Jawan M. Jackson is a native of Detroit. Jackson made his professional debut starring in Broadway’s Motown The Musical as Melvin Franklin of The Temptations. A graduate of Eastern Michigan University, Jackson began his career as a radio personality for Detroit’s top radio station, Hot 107.5. Upon graduation, he successfully helped instill, develop, and execute a program for high school students
who had a passion for pursuing a career in acting and the arts. Film: Sparkle (2012), Love Thy Self (2014). TV: Netflix’s The Get Down (2016), PBS’s Doo Wop Generations (2018). Instagram: JawanJackson4. Big thanks to my agents at Carson Kolker, Barry and Oscar, and manager Arthur Massei. JEREMY POPE (Eddie Kendricks) was a Drama League nominee alongside Denzel Washington for his lead role as Pharus in Choir Boy by Oscar winner Tarell Alvin McCraney, which he will reprise on Broadway this coming December. OffBroadway credits include Invisible Thread, directed by Diane Paulus, and The View Upstairs. Pope is also a songwriter/recording artist, and his latest single “New Love” can be found on iTunes/Spotify. jeremy-pope.com/@jeremypope EPHRAIM SYKES (David Ruffin) is a native of St. Petersburg, Florida. He was last seen in Kathryn Bigelow’s new feature film Detroit, and as Seaweed J. Stubbs on NBC’s Hairspray Live! Sykes graduated from the Alvin Ailey/Fordham University BFA program with departmental honors and toured with the Ailey II company for two years. His TV/film credits include Marvin in HBO’s Vinyl, Woody Allen’s Crisis in Six Scenes, Marvel’s Netflix series Luke Cage, Leave It on the Floor, Dance Flick, NBC’s Smash, and 30 Rock. Sykes made his Broadway debut in The Little Mermaid and was in the original casts of Hamilton: An American Musical, Memphis, Newsies, and Motown The Musical. SAINT AUBYN (Dennis Edwards/Fight Captain) is an artist who strives to entertain his audience with hopes that they leave each and every performance feeling fulfilled. Some of his accomplishments are performing with one of his mentors, Gregory Hines, in the Showtime movie Bojangles and sharing the stage with the incomparable Ms. Patti LaBelle and Sam Smith. He was involved in the Smokey Joe’s Café 20th anniversary tour and had a featured role in the 2013 film Admissions. He also played the role of Jimmy Early in the production of Dreamgirls at The Gallery Players in Brooklyn, New York, in 2013. This resulted in his nomination for the 2013 AUDELCO Outstanding
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Performance in a Musical Award and the 2013 New York Innovative Theatre Outstanding Actor in a Featured Role Award. More recently he was involved in the Broadway musical Beautiful: The Carole King Musical. Instagram: @c.st.a.
credits include Becoming David (Playwrights Horizons) and Viva Las Vegas (AMDA). Her TV credits include My Parents, My Sister & Me; The Game; and Born to Dance. She is also trained in various styles of dance from the Atlanta SHAWN BOWERS (Lamont/understudy Ballet and acting at The Freeman Studio. for Melvin Franklin, understudy for Paul She is a native of Atlanta, Georgia, and Williams/Assistant Dance Captain) is thrilled now lives in New York. Please follow her on Instagram to continue his journey with the pre@taylorsymonej. Broadway production of Ain’t Too Proud— The Life and Times of The Temptations! JAHI KEARSE (Berry Gordy). His Broadway A native of St. Louis, he now resides in credits include Holler If Ya Hear Me New York City. Recently, he had the (Palace Theatre) and Baby It’s You! opportunity to workshop and develop new original musicals (Broadhurst Theatre). Off-Broadway both in New York and Toronto. He traveled the high seas in credits include The Total Bent and The the Broadway production of the big band jazz-age musical Fortress of Solitude (The Public Theater), After Midnight. Regional credits include Meet Me in St. Louis, and select regional credits include Passing Beauty and the Beast, Grease, The Addams Family at The Strange, Motherf**ker with the Hat, and Muny, and The Full Monty at STAGES St. Louis. Favorite roles: Topdog/Underdog (Studio Theatre); Cool Papa’s Party Rent (Benny), Parade (Newt Lee/Riley), The Little Mermaid (MetroStage); Dry Powder, Lungs, Satchmo at the Waldorf, (Sebastian), and Mary Poppins (Robertson Ay). He would and Bars & Measures (B Street Theatre); Indian Joe like to thank The Mine and his family and friends for their (Goodspeed); Maurice Hines’ Yo Alice (Radio City Music continuous love and support! Follow on Instagram: Hall); Debbie Allen’s Soul Possessed; Seussical the Musical @shawn_bowersnyc. (Alliance Theatre); and Sty of the Blind Pig and Two Trains Running (True Colors Theatre). Kearse is a proud alum E. CLAYTON CORNELIOUS (Richard Street) of the Freddie Hendricks Youth Ensemble of Atlanta and is a Pittsburgh native who is a 20-year Tri-Cities High School for the Visual & Performing Arts. Broadway veteran. Cornelious is ecstatic to be a part of this wonderful new journey. JARVIS B. MANNING, JR. (Al Bryant, Broadway: The Caterpillar in Wonderland, Norman Whitfield), a native of Houston, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, The Texas, is extremely proud to be in Scottsboro Boys, A Chorus Line, The Music Dominique Morisseau’s Ain’t Too Proud. Man, Kat and the Kings, and The Lion His favorite performance credits are King. National tours: Kinky Boots, Sister Act, Jersey Boys, Jackie Wilson, Eddie Holland, Billy Dirty Dancing, Hairspray, The Lion King, A Chorus Line, The Gordon, and Rick James. He portrayed Goodbye Girl, and The Wiz. His West End credits include these musical legends in the first national Sammy Davis Jr. in The Rat Pack—Live from Las Vegas. tour of Motown The Musical and on Broadway at the TV/film: One Life to Live and Meet Dave with Eddie Murphy. Nederlander Theatre. A new favorite is Elbridge “Al” Bryant He is a proud member of BIV (Broadway Inspirational Voices) and Norman Whitfield in the World premiere of Ain’t Too and a graduate of Point Park University. Please follow him on Proud (Berkeley Rep). Graduate of the legendary High Twitter & Instagram: @Eclaycorn. School for the Performing and Visual Arts (HSPVA) and the American Music and Dramatic Academy (AMDA NY). TAYLOR SYMONE JACKSON (Johnnie Mae, Mary Wilson). Her Thanks to my first audience members Jarvis Sr., Carolyn, regional credits include Ain’t Too Proud (Berkeley Repertory and Deondra! This is for you Chubby CC! You too, Barbs! Theatre), The Wiz (Oregon Shakespeare Festival), and Shakin’ the Mess Outta Misery (Spelman College). Her New York
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JOSHUA MORGAN (Shelly Berger). Broadway: Les Misérables. Off-Broadway: Stiff. Regional: Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, Arena Stage, Theatre Under The Stars, Folger Theatre, Triad Stage, Olney Theatre Center, amongst many others. Film/TV: Paterno (HBO). BFA: University of North Carolina School of the Arts. IG/TW/FB: @jmorganarts. RASHIDRA SCOTT (Josephine). Broadway: Beautiful: The Carole King Musical (OBC, Grammy Award), Sister Act (OBC, U/S Deloris; first national tour, Deloris), Hair (U/S Abe Lincoln), Finian’s Rainbow (U/S Dolores), and Avenue Q (Gary Coleman). Select regional credits: Ain’t Too Proud (Josephine—Berkeley Rep), Anything Goes (Reno—Goodspeed Opera House), Dreamgirls (Lorrell—Marriott Theatre), Hairspray (Paper Mill Playhouse), Little Shop of Horrors (STAGES St. Louis, Kevin Kline nomination), and Hair (Dionne—Arizona Theatre Company). Walt Disney World Entertainment. TV: Rescue Me (Sony/FX) as Violet, the singing nurse. BM (music business management), Berklee College of Music. rashidrascott.com NASIA THOMAS (Mama Rose, Florence Ballard, Tammi Terrell) was recently seen as Little Eva in Beautiful: The Carole King Musical on Broadway. Her other credits include the first national tour of Beautiful: The Carole King Musical (Swing). Regional credits include Ain’t Too Proud—The Life and Times of The Temptations (Berkeley Rep), Hairspray (The Muny), and The Buddy Holly Story. Other credits include The Wiz (Dorothy), Les Misérables (U/S Fantine), and Dreamgirls (U/S Effie). Nasia is a graduate of Elon University, where she received her BFA in music theatre, 2015. GSA MT 2011. Instagram: @n_a_s_v. Twitter: @nasiavthomas. CHRISTIAN THOMPSON (Smokey Robinson) is so proud of this ATP family! Recent credits include Dez in Skeleton Crew (Marin Theatre/ TheatreWorks), Smokey Robinson/ Damon Harris in the World premiere of Ain’t Too Proud—The Life and Times of The Temptations (Berkeley Rep),
Benny and U/S Roger with the 20 Anniversary Tour of Rent (national and Tokyo), original De’Andre in Blood at the Root (NBT & world tour), and Tap Brother 2 in the inaugural cast of After Midnight (Norwegian Escape). Received his BFA in musical theatre from Penn State. Thanks to God, family, friends, and Crew ’15. @christianthompsonactor TH
CANDICE MARIE WOODS (Diana Ross). A native of Texas, she has performed all over the United States and internationally. Most recently, she appeared as Deena Jones in the Work Light Productions/OD Company Korean tour of Dreamgirls. A few of her Broadway credits include Hairspray (Dynamite and U/S Inez), Catch Me If You Can (Ensemble/featured vocalist on original cast album), Nice Work If You Can Get It (Flo), and The Book of Mormon. National tours include Dirty Dancing—The Classic Story on Stage and Legally Blonde (Pilar). She is a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association. ESTHER ANTOINE (Swing/Dance Captain). National tours: Matilda (first national tour), Catch Me If You Can (first national tour), and Memphis. New York City: Candide (New York City Opera) and Los Elementos (New York City Opera). Regional: Ain’t Too Proud—The Life and Times of The Temptations (World premiere at Berkeley Repertory Theatre), The Wiz (Arkansas Repertory Theatre), The Wizard of Oz (Westchester Broadway Theatre), Dreamgirls (North Shore Music Theatre). Other credits include performances at the Blue Note, the Apollo Theater, and Madison Square Garden. To God be the glory! And to my family, friends, and mentor—thank you and I love you all. RODNEY EARL JACKSON JR. (Understudy for Otis, understudy for Melvin, understudy for David, Swing) made his Broadway debut in The Book of Mormon after graduating with a BFA from Carnegie Mellon University’s School of Drama. He was last seen traveling North America in the first national tour of Motown The Musical. A proud San Francisco native who is the CoFounder and Artistic Director of the San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Company (BATCO), a nonprofit whose mission is to “Unite artists and audiences through live theatre that is reflective of the authentic perspectives and histories of the
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SF/Bay Area.” Facebook & Twitter: @RodneyEJacksonJ. Instagram: rodneyearljacksonjr. For more on BATCO visit sfbatco.org. CURTIS WILEY (Understudy for Otis, understudy for Paul, understudy for Eddie, understudy for David, Swing) was most recently seen in New York City at Lincoln Center in the American Songbook concert series with Stew + Heidi. Curtis first worked with Stew + Heidi on The Total Bent at NYC’s Public Theater. Other NY credits: Attack of the Elvis Impersonators (Lion Theatre), Rothschild & Sons (York Theatre Co.), The Artist & The Scientist (CAP21), Straight Faced Lies (Fringe NYC), Pageant: The Musical (Off-Broadway revival), The Great Society (York Shakespeare Co), TUT (NYMF), King Lear (Exit, Pursued by a Bear), The Wild Party (Columbia Stages). Big musical credits include Diner, Jersey Boys, The Lion King, and Motown. Curtis is an alum of the Sundance Institute Theatre Lab in Wig Out (playwright Tarell Alvin McCraney). Curtis had the distinct pleasure of working with Negro Ensemble Co. in Martin: Before the Dream, and has been featured in the Future Classics Series at Classical Theatre of Harlem. DOMINIQUE MORISSEAU (Book) is the author of The Detroit Project (A 3-Play Cycle), which includes the following plays: Skeleton Crew (Atlantic Theater Company), Paradise Blue (Signature Theatre), and Detroit ’67 (Public Theater, Classical Theatre of Harlem, and NBT). Additional plays include Pipeline (Lincoln Center Theater), Sunset Baby (LAByrinth Theater), Blood at the Root (National Black Theatre), and Follow Me To Nellie’s (Premiere Stages). Dominique is an alumna of the Center Theatre Group L.A. Writers’ Workshop, The Public Theater Emerging Writers Group, Women’s Project Lab, and Lark Playwrights’ Workshop, and has developed work at Sundance Lab, Williamstown Theatre Festival, and Eugene O’Neill Playwrights Conference. Her work has been commissioned by Steppenwolf Theatre, Women’s Project, South Coast Rep, People’s Light and Theatre, and Oregon Shakespeare Festival/Penumbra Theatre. She most recently served as co-producer on the Showtime series Shameless. Following its record-breaking run at Berkeley Repertory Theatre last summer, her new musical Ain’t Too Proud—The Life and Times of The Temptations opened at the Kennedy Center (Washington, D.C.) and the Ahmanson (Los Angeles), and will open at the Princess of Wales Theatre (Toronto) this season. Awards include Spirit of Detroit Award, PoNY Fellowship, Sky Cooper
Prize, TEER Trailblazer Award, Steinberg Playwright Award, AUDELCO Awards, NBFT August Wilson Playwriting Award, Edward M. Kennedy Prize for Drama, Obie Award, Ford Foundation Art of Change Fellowship, and being named one of Variety’s Women of Impact for 2017-18. SONY/ATV MUSIC PUBLISHING (Music Licensing), established in 1995, is the world’s leading music publisher. It owns or administers more than 3 million copyrights, including those of EMI Music Publishing and iconic music catalogs such as Leiber & Stoller, Mijac Music, Motown, and Famous Music. In addition, it represents the copyrights of such legendary artists as The Beatles, Leonard Cohen, Bob Dylan, Marvin Gaye, Michael Jackson, Carole King, Queen, The Rolling Stones, Sting, Hank Williams, and Stevie Wonder. Its contemporary roster includes The Chainsmokers, Drake, Calvin Harris, Lady Gaga, P!nk, Ed Sheeran, Sia, Sam Smith, Taylor Swift, Kanye West, and Pharrell Williams. DES McANUFF (Director) is a two-time Tony Award-winning director and former Artistic Director of the Stratford Festival. He is also Director Emeritus of La Jolla Playhouse, where during his tenure as Artistic Director he staged over 35 productions of classics, new plays, and musicals. Broadway: Summer: The Donna Summer Musical, Doctor Zhivago, Jesus Christ Superstar, Guys and Dolls, Aaron Sorkin’s The Farnsworth Invention, Jersey Boys (Tony and Olivier Awards for Best Musical), Billy Crystal’s 700 Sundays (Tony Award for Best Special Theatrical Event), Dracula, the Musical, How to Succeed…, The Who’s Tommy (Tony and Olivier Awards for Best Director), A Walk in the Woods, and Big River (Tony Awards for Best Director, Best Musical). Selected New York: Fetch Clay, Make Man (NYTW). Stratford highlights: A Word or Two, Caesar and Cleopatra, The Tempest (all with Christopher Plummer). Opera: Faust (The Met, ENO). Film: Cousin Bette (director), Iron Giant (producer, BAFTA Award), and Quills (executive producer). In 2012, he was awarded Canada’s esteemed Governor General’s National Arts Centre Award and the Order of Canada. SERGIO TRUJILLO (Choreographer). Sergio’s Broadway credits include On Your Feet (Tony Award nominee, Outer Critics Circle/Astaire Awards), Memphis (Olivier/OCC Award, Drama Desk/Astaire Award nominations), Jersey Boys (Drama Desk/OCC/Greenroom/Dora nominations), Summer: The Donna Summer Musical (Chita Rivera Award), A Bronx Tale (Chita Award nomination), The Addams Family, Next to Normal, Hands on a Hardbody (Drama Desk nomination), Leap of Faith (Drama Desk nomination), Guys and Dolls PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE P9
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(Astaire Award nomination), and All Shook Up. Director/ choreographer credits include Arrabal (American Repertory Theater—Elliot Norton Award), Gloria Estefan on Broadway (Minskoff Theatre), Flashdance: The Musical (national tour), and White Noise (Royal George Theatre). Other theatre credits include Invisible Thread (Second Stage Theater, Astaire Award nomination), Carmen: An Afro-Cuban Musical (Olney Theatre—Helen Hayes Award nomination), Freaky Friday (Signature Theatre), and The Wiz (La Jolla Playhouse). International credits include Tarzan (Disney), Peggy Sue Got Married (West End), and The Sound of Music and West Side Story (Stratford Festival). HAROLD WHEELER (Orchestrations) is a composer, arranger, orchestrator, musical director, musical supervisor, and musician. Perhaps best known for his 17 seasons as musical director of the ABC show Dancing with the Stars, he has enjoyed many years of success over several mediums. Broadway credits include Side Show, Hugh Jackman—Back on Broadway, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (Tony Award nomination), Never Gonna Dance, Hairspray (Tony Award nomination, Drama Desk Award), The Full Monty (Tony Award nomination), Swing! (Tony Award nomination), Little Me (Tony Award nomination), The Life (Tony Award nomination), Dreamgirls, The Wiz, The Tap Dance Kid, and Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music. He has served as conductor of the Academy Awards four times (most recently during the 90 Academy Awards), only the second African-American conductor in the Academy’s history. He also was one of two conductors during the closing ceremonies of the 1996 Summer Olympics. In 2008, Harold received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the NAACP Theatre Awards. He is married to television and Broadway performer Hattie Winston. TH
KENNY SEYMOUR (Music Director/Conductor/Keyboard 1/Arranger). Kenny’s Broadway and Off-Broadway credits include the Tony Award winner for Best Musical Memphis (music director/conductor), Carnegie Hall’s A Time Like This: Music for Change (music supervisor/director/arranger/ orchestrator), Amazing Grace: An Epic Musical (orchestrator), Half Time: A New Musical (dance music arranger/electronic music producer), Marley: A World Premiere Musical (music supervisor/arranger/orchestrator), Tallest Tree in the Forest (music director/arranger/incidental music), Scary Musical (orchestrator), Big Maybelle: Soul of the Blues (music supervisor/orchestrator), and The Wiz at La Jolla Playhouse (dance music arranger). His film and TV credits include Yemoja: Rise of the Orisha (composer), Oya: Rise of the
Suporishas (composer), Talking with the Taxman About Poetry (composer, 2013 Global Music Award for Best Original Score), and music arranger/orchestrator for shows on Fox, BET, and NBC including the Inaugural Ball for President Barack Obama. Kenny has performed around the world, from the legendary Apollo Theater and Carnegie Hall to the Montreux Jazz Festival. Education: music & art, Manhattan School of Music and Berklee College of Music. Visit kennyseymour.com. SEAN KANA (Associate Conductor/Keyboard 2) is an awardwinning music director, pianist, and conductor in the Bay Area. Kana recently joined Berkeley Repertory Theatre as the Associate Music Director for Ain’t Too Proud and is now excited to join the pre-Broadway tour. He has served as the resident music director for Broadway by the Bay for the past six seasons and has been teaching applied voice for the MFA program at American Conservatory Theater (ACT) in San Francisco. Kana has served as the music director for the Theatre Bay Area Awards for the past four years and has worked at other theatre companies such as TheatreWorks and San Francisco State University. He has earned Theatre Bay Area Awards for Best Musical Direction for his work, including In the Heights and Dogfight, and he has been nominated for numerous other awards in musical direction. A classically trained musician with a degree in vocal performance from San Francisco State University, he has toured internationally and recorded sound for movie trailers and soundtracks. Kana possesses an extensive knowledge of repertoire, style, and technique and is a prominent vocal coach in the Bay Area. seankana.com ROBERT BRILL (Scenic Design). Broadway credits include Summer: The Donna Summer Musical, Assassins (Tony Award nomination), set and club design for the critically acclaimed revival of Cabaret, Jesus Christ Superstar, Guys and Dolls (Tony Award nomination), Buried Child, Design for Living, A Streetcar Named Desire, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, and others. His other credits include Frozen (Disney California), as well as numerous opera World premieres, including Moby-Dick, Cold Mountain, Everest, Doubt, The Manchurian Candidate, and It’s a Wonderful Life. He has designed for the Whitney Museum of American Art, BAM, Radio City Music Hall, Stratford Shakespeare Festival, the Guthrie Theater, Goodman Theatre, Steppenwolf Theatre, La Jolla Playhouse, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, American Conservatory Theater, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, and many others. Robert is a founding member of Sledgehammer Theatre, a recipient of the Michael Merritt Award for
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Excellence in Design and Collaboration, and professor of scenic design at University of California San Diego. PAUL TAZEWELL (Costume Design) has designed Broadway shows, theatre, film and television, dance, and opera for over 25 years. Starting his Broadway career with Bring in ’Da Noise, Bring in ’Da Funk directed by George C. Wolfe, he has since designed the Pulitzer Prize- and Tony Award-winning Hamilton; Escape to Margaritaville; Summer; In the Heights; The Color Purple (2005); Dr. Zhivago; Memphis; Caroline, or Change; Elaine Stritch at Liberty; Russell Simmons’ Def Poetry Jam; Lombardi; Magic/Bird; Side Show; A Streetcar Named Desire; Jesus Christ Superstar; Guys and Dolls; A Raisin in the Sun; and On the Town. In 2016, he received both a Tony Award, for Hamilton, and an Emmy Award, for The Wiz Live! (NBC). Recent television work: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (HBO) starring Oprah Winfrey and Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert (NBC) featuring John Legend for which he received an Emmy nomination. He has been nominated for the Tony Award six times, has received the Princess Grace Statue Award, Henry Hewes Design Award, two Lucille Lortel Awards, four Helen Hayes Awards, and the TDF Irene Sharaff Young Master Award. His costume work has been photographed for Vogue, Cosmopolitan, Rolling Stone, and The Bloomberg Design Issue, and he is a featured artist in The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s web series The Artist Project and the companion book by Phaidon. He currently lives in New York City with his husband and their dog, Harpo. HOWELL BINKLEY (Lighting Design). Broadway: Summer: The Donna Summer Musical, Escape to Margaritaville, Come From Away (2017 Tony nomination), A Bronx Tale, Hamilton (2016 Tony winner/2018 Olivier winner), After Midnight (2014 Tony nomination), How to Succeed… (2011 Tony nomination), West Side Story (2009 Tony nomination), In the Heights (2008 Tony nomination), Jersey Boys (2006 Tony winner), Avenue Q, Parade, Kiss of the Spider Woman (1993 Tony nomination). Co-Founder/Resident Lighting Designer Parsons Dance. 1993 Sir Laurence Olivier and Canadian Dora Awards for Kiss of the Spider Woman. 2006 and 2016 Henry Hewes Design Awards for Jersey Boys and Hamilton. STEVE CANYON KENNEDY (Sound Design) was the production engineer on such Broadway shows as Cats, Starlight Express, Song & Dance, The Phantom of the Opera, Carrie, and Aspects of Love. His Broadway sound design credits include On Your Feet, Doctor Zhivago, Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar
and Grill (Tony Award), Hands on a Hardbody (Drama Desk Award), Jesus Christ Superstar, Catch Me If You Can (Tony nomination), Guys and Dolls, Mary Poppins, The Lion King, Jersey Boys (Drama Desk Award), Billy Crystal’s 700 Sundays, Rent, Hairspray, The Producers, Aida, Titanic, Big, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Carousel, and The Who’s Tommy (Drama Desk Award). PETER NIGRINI (Projection Design). Peter’s Broadway credits include SpongeBob SquarePants: The Broadway Musical, Dear Evan Hansen, A Doll’s House, Part 2, An Act of God, Amélie, A New Musical, Fela!, The Heidi Chronicles, and The Best Man. His other credits include Grounded and Here Lies Love (The Public Theater), Wakey, Wakey (Signature Theatre), The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity (Second Stage Theater), Notes from Underground (Yale Repertory Theatre), The Grace Jones Hurricane Tour, Rent (New World Stages), Real Enemies (BAM Next Wave Festival), and Blind Date (Bill T. Jones). For Nature Theater of Oklahoma, No Dice and Life & Times (Burgtheater, Vienna). His upcoming projects are the new musical Dave (Arena Stage), Beetlejuice (Broadway 18–19), and The Orphan of Zhao (Beijing International Music Festival). CHARLES G. LaPOINTE (Hair and Wig Design). Over 85 Broadway shows including Hamilton; Beautiful: The Carole King Musical; Anastasia; The Band’s Visit; SpongeBob SquarePants (Drama Desk Award); Summer: The Donna Summer Musical; Amélie; Motown the Musical; Memphis: The Musical; Allegiance; A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder; The Color Purple; Doctor Zhivago; Of Mice and Men; Violet; Sideshow; The Elephant Man; After Midnight; Clybourne Park; Newsies; The Mountaintop; Superior Donuts; Bonnie and Clyde; In the Heights. Upcoming Broadway credits include The Cher Show, Beetlejuice, and Torch Song Trilogy. Television: The Wiz Live! (Emmy Award nomination), Jesus Christ Superstar Live (Emmy Award nomination), Bluebloods, American Crime, Madoff, Hairspray. STEVE RANKIN (Fight Director). Broadway: Carousel (Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Fight Choreography), Summer, Doctor Zhivago, Memphis, Jersey Boys, The Who’s Tommy, Macbeth, Guys and Dolls, Twelfth Night, Henry IV, Two Shakespearean Actors, Getting Away With Murder, Anna Christie, The Real Inspector Hound, The Farnsworth Invention. Off-Broadway: Below the Belt, The Third Story, The Night Hank Williams Died. Stratford Shakespeare Festival: Romeo and Juliet, Henry V, Caesar and Cleopatra, PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE P11
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Macbeth. Metropolitan Opera: Iphigenie et Tauride, Faust, Rodelinda, Boris Godunov. Regional: Mark Taper Forum, Ahmanson Theatre, La Jolla Playhouse, Old Globe (Associate Artist), Berkeley Rep, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Asolo, Geva, Center Stage, et al. Mr. Rankin plays mandolin with the Americana folk artist Susie Glaze and the New Folk Ensemble. He is a proud member of SDC. EDGAR GODINEAUX (Associate Choreographer) was the associate choreographer for the Tony Award-winning musical Memphis, which received the Olivier Award for Best Choreography for Memphis UK, and was the director/ choreographer for Memphis at Musical Theatre West and the Flashdance: The Musical national tour. His film credits include Idlewild featuring OutKast and Bolden. His TV credits include So You Think You Can Dance (Canada) and Motown’s 30th anniversary broadcast. He performed in Dancing with the Stars’ Michael Jackson tribute, Glee, and Broadway’s Swing, Aida, and Dance of the Vampires. He has toured with Michael Jackson, Mariah Carey, and Diana Ross. Edgar is the choreographer of the upcoming Nat King Cole musical Lights Out! Last but not least my children Pierce and Lennox for giving me the strength and courage that I need. JOHN MILLER (Music Coordinator). Broadway (over 130 shows, including): Gettin’ the Band Back Together; Summer: The Donna Summer Musical; Beautiful; Waitress; Jersey Boys; Once on This Island; Hello, Dolly!; Rock of Ages; Miss Saigon; Charlie and the Chocolate Factory; Indecent; Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812; A Bronx Tale; Something Rotten!; Les Misérables; Pippin; Once; Newsies; Elf. Studio musician (bass): Leonard Cohen; Michael Jackson; Madonna; Bette Midler; Peter, Paul, and Mary; Eric Clapton; Frank Sinatra; Carly Simon; B.B. King; Mose Allison; Portishead; Billy Joel; Bob Dylan. johnmillerbass.com TARA RUBIN CASTING (Casting). Selected Broadway credits include King Kong, The Band’s Visit, Sunset Boulevard, Miss Saigon, Dear Evan Hansen, A Bronx Tale, Cats, Falsettos, Disaster!, School of Rock, Gigi, Bullets Over Broadway, Aladdin, Les Misérables, The Heiress, How to Succeed..., Billy Elliot, Shrek, Young Frankenstein, Mary Poppins, Spamalot, …Spelling Bee, The Producers, Mamma Mia!, Jersey Boys, and The Phantom of the Opera. Off-Broadway credits include The Band’s Visit; Here Lies Love; and Love, Loss, and What I Wore. Regional credits include Yale Repertory Theatre, Paper Mill Playhouse, La Jolla Playhouse, the Old Globe, and Asolo Rep.
ALLIED TOURING (Special Marketing & Press Consultant) is a full-service engagement management agency representing Broadway tours and other live touring events across North America. Current tours: An American in Paris, The Book of Mormon, Bright Star, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella, Elf the Musical, The Humans, Kinky Boots, Motown the Musical, Rent, School of Rock, Something Rotten!, and Irving Berlin’s White Christmas. Upcoming tours: Bandstand; Bat Out of Hell; Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory; Hello, Dolly!; The Lightning Thief; Mean Girls; The Play that Goes Wrong; Rock of Ages; and SpongeBob SquarePants. MOLLY MEG LEGAL (Production Stage Manager). Credits include Broadway: Jersey Boys; national tours of The Lion King, Mary Poppins, Jersey Boys, Billy Elliot, the 30th anniversary tour of Annie, Oliver!, and Love, Janis. Broadway Center Stage: In the Heights (The Kennedy Center). JAY CAREY (Stage Manager). Broadway/Off-Broadway: Jersey Boys, Finding Neverland, Kinky Boots, Exit Strategy. Tours: Jersey Boys (first and second national), Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. A proud AEA member. Love and thanks to my family, Chris, and Roxy. KAREN SZPALLER (Assistant Stage Manager) is delighted to be welcomed to the Ahmanson Theatre for the first time. Previous credits include the World premiere of both Ain’t Too Proud and Monsoon Wedding at Berkeley Repertory Theatre. Szpaller is the production coordinator at TheatreWorks Silicon Valley. CLAYTON CRADDOCK (Drums) is a 25-year veteran of the fastpaced New York City music scene. He has played drums with music legends such as Chuck Berry, The Stylistics, and Ben E. King. Craddock has recorded the cast albums of the musicals tick, tick…BOOM!, Altar Boyz, Memphis the Musical, and Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill with Audra McDonald. He has also worked on a number of musicals: Footloose, Motown, The Color Purple, Bare, The First Wives Club, The Last Goodbye, Rent, Little Shop of Horrors, Evita, Cats, SpongeBob SquarePants, and Avenue Q. Craddock is a stay-at-home father of two children. He has a BBA from Howard University’s School of Business and has written for the online publications A Voice For Men and The Good Men Project. He is currently writing a memoir about fatherhood. GEORGE FARMER (Bass). George’s Broadway and OffBroadway credits include Spring Awakening, Memphis, Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill, and Fun Home. He
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has performed with such artists as Art Farmer, Benny Golson, Curtis Fuller, Suzanne Vega, Duncan Sheik, Alexis Hightower, Amel Larrieux, Omar, Audra McDonald, Norm Lewis, and Michael Cerveris. KEITH ROBINSON (Guitar) has performed lead guitar and recorded with a wide variety of artists, including James Brown; Earth, Wind & Fire; Beyoncé; John Legend; Lenny Kravitz; Usher; Bruce Springsteen; Gary Clark, Jr.; Willie Nelson; Martina McBride; Stevie Wonder; Mary J. Blige; Vanessa Williams; Tracy Chapman; Herbie Hancock; and k.d. lang. TV appearances include The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Soul Train, The View, Live with Regis and Kathie Lee, and The Kennedy Center Honors. For the past 14 years, Robinson has performed as a member of the Kennedy Center Orchestra. He is currently working on his bluesinspired album to be released soon. Robinson is a graduate of Berklee College of Music and lives in New York City. IRA PITTELMAN & TOM HULCE (Producers) are pleased to return to the Ahmanson Theatre with Ain’t Too Proud— The Life and Times of The Temptations. Following a recordbreaking run at Berkeley Repertory Theatre last fall, Ain’t Too Proud opened to rave reviews at the Kennedy Center, breaking the all-time weekly box office record during its sold-out run this summer. Ira and Tom first joined in partnership in 2005 to develop and produce the musical Spring Awakening. Following an extended run at the Atlantic Theater Company, Spring Awakening moved to Broadway in 2006 and won eight 2007 Tony Awards, including Best Musical. Spring Awakening went on to have two national touring companies and gave birth to 15 international productions, won four Olivier Awards including Best New Musical, and won the Grammy for Best Broadway Cast Album. Next was the 2009 smash hit production of Green Day’s American Idiot, directed by Michael Mayer. Following a sold-out run at Berkeley Repertory Theatre, they brought American Idiot to Broadway, where it won two 2010 Tony Awards and earned a third nomination for Best Musical and won the Grammy for Best Broadway Cast Album. In 2012, Ira and Tom joined Liza Lerner and Broadway Across America to produce the Broadway revival of On a Clear Day You Can See Forever, starring Harry Connick Jr. and Jessie Mueller. They have supported the development of a number of new musicals including 10 Million Miles by Patty Griffin and Keith Bunin at the Atlantic Theater and The Fortress of Solitude by Michael Friedman and Itamar Moses at Dallas Theater Center and The Public Theater, and were among the producing partners for the Broadway transfer of Roundabout
Theatre Company’s production of Josh Harmon’s Significant Other. This last February, Ira and Tom collaborated on the Kennedy Center’s concert staging of Chess, directed by Michael Mayer with a new book by Danny Strong. They respectively executive produced and produced a film of Chekhov’s The Seagull, directed by Michael Mayer and adapted by Stephen Karam, starring Annette Bening, Saoirse Ronan, Corey Stoll, and Elisabeth Moss, which opened this past spring. Ira and Tom would like to especially thank Berry Gordy, Shelly Berger, Suzanne de Passe, Nansci NeimanLegette, and the one and only Otis Williams. BERKELEY REPERTORY THEATRE (Producer) has grown from a storefront stage to an international leader in innovative theatre. Known for its core values of imagination and excellence, as well as its educated and adventurous audience, the nonprofit has provided a welcoming home for emerging and established artists since 1968. In five decades, over 5.5 million people have enjoyed nearly 500 shows at Berkeley Rep. These shows have gone on to win five Tony Awards, seven Obie Awards, nine Drama Desk Awards, one Grammy Award, and many other honors. In recognition of its place on the national stage, Berkeley Rep received the Tony Award for Outstanding Regional Theatre in 1997. Its bustling facilities—which include the 400-seat Peet’s Theatre, the 600-seat Roda Theatre, the Berkeley Rep School of Theatre, and a spacious campus in West Berkeley—are helping revitalize a renowned city. Learn more at berkeleyrep.org.
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 PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE P13
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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.
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.
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.
GORDON DAVIDSON (Founding Artistic Director) led the Taper throughout its first 38 seasons, guiding over 300 productions to its stage and winning countless awards for himself and the theatre—including the Tony Award for theatrical excellence, Margo Jones Award, The Governor’s Award for the Arts, and a Guggenheim fellowship. The Kentucky Cycle and Angels in America (Part One) won the Pulitzer in consecutive years and, in 1994, three of the four plays nominated for the Tony Award for Best Play were from the Taper (Angels in America won). In 1989, Gordon took over the Ahmanson and, in 2004, he produced the inaugural season in the Kirk Douglas Theatre.
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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,
The Classic Temptations (L–R): Paul Williams, Eddie Kendricks, Melvin Franklin, David Ruffin, and Otis Williams.
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ADDITIONAL STAFF FOR AIN’T TOO PROUD GENERAL MANAGEMENT Corker Group LLC John Corker Patrick King CASTING Tara Rubin Casting Tara Rubin C.S.A., Laura Schutzel C.S.A. Eric Woodall C.S.A., Merri Sugarman, C.S.A. Kaitlin Shaw, C.S.A, Lindsay Levine C.S.A Claire Burke, C.S.A, Felicia Rudolph C.S.A.
Souvenir merchandise designed and created by The Araca Group. www.araca.com or 213.869.0020 CREDITS Scenery by Berkeley Repertory Theatre; scenery and automation by Hudson Scenic Studios. Additional scenic elements by Tom Carroll Scenery and Scenic Company. Props by Berkeley Repertory Theatre; additional props by Brenbri Properties LLC; lighting equipment by PRG Lighting; sound equipment by Sound Associates, Inc.; projection equipment by World Stage Inc.; costume construction by Gilberto Designs, Inc., Krostyne Studio, La Jolla Playhouse, Jennifer Love Costumes, Top Hat Imagewear; shoes by T.O. Dey Shoes and Worldtone Dance.
NATIONAL PRESS REPRESENTATIVE DKC/O&M Rick Miramontez Michael Jorgensen
SPECIAL THANKS Otis Williams, Shelly Berger, Suzanne de Passe, Nansci Neiman-Legette, and Berry Gordy.
MARKETING & PRESS CONSULTANT Allied Touring Marya K. Peters Andrew Damer Scott Praefke Sarah Dahlberg Jennifer Gallagher Meghan Kastenhofz Anne Dailey Meyer Jacqueline Smith Anne Waisanen
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MUSIC CREDITS “Ain’t Too Proud to Beg” by Norman J. Whitfield/Edward Holland Jr., Stone Agate Music (BMI). “Baby Love” by Brian Holland/Edward Holland Jr./Lamont Herbert Dozier, Stone Agate Music (BMI). “Ball of Confusion (That’s What the World is Today)” by Norman J. Whitfield/Barrett Strong, Stone Agate Music (BMI). “Cloud Nine” by Norman J. Whitfield/Barret Strong, Stone Agate Music (BMI). “Come See About Me” by Brian Holland/Edward Holland Jr./Lamont Herbert Dozier, Stone Agate Music (BMI). “Don’t Look Back” by Smokey Robinson/Ronald White, Jobete Music Co. Inc. (ASCAP). “For Once in My Life” by Orlando Murden/Ronald N. Miller, Jobete Music Co. Inc (ASCAP)/Stone Diamond Music Corp. (BMI). “Get Ready” by Smokey Robinson, Jobete Music Co. Inc (ASCAP). “Gloria” by Ester Navarro, EMI Longitude Music (BMI). “I Can’t Get Next to You” by Norman J. Whitfield/Barrett Strong, Stone Agate Music (BMI). “I Could Never Love Another (After Loving You)” by Norman J. Whitfield/Barrett Strong/Rodger Penzabene Sr./Helga Penzabene/Carl Christiansen/Roger Penzabene Jr., Stone Agate Music (BMI). “(I Know) I’m Losing You” by Norman J. Whitfield/Edward Holland Jr./Cornelius Grant, Stone Agate Music (BMI). “I Want a Love I Can See” by Smokey Robinson, Jobete Music Co. Inc. (ASCAP). “I Wish It Would Rain” by Barrett Strong/Norman J. Whitefield/Rodger Penzabene Sr., Stone Agate Music (BMI). “If I Could Build My Whole World Around You” by Harvey Fuqua, Johnny Bristol, Vernon Bullock. “If You Don’t Know Me by Now” by Kenneth Gamble/Leon Huff, Mijac Music (BMI)/Sony/ATV (BMI). “I’m Gonna Make You Love Me” by Gregg Crockett/Skip Batey/Gregg America, Jobete Music Co. Inc. (ASCAP)/Old Brompton Road Music (ASCAP). “In the Still of the Night” by Fred Parris, Lee Corporation. “Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)” by Norman J. Whitfield/Barrett Strong/Armique Wyche/Anthony Fontenot/Troy Carter, Stone Agate Music (BMI). “My Girl” by Ronald White/Smokey Robinson, Jebete Music Co. Inc. (ASCAP). “Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone” by Norman J. Whitfield/Barrett Strong, Stone Diamond Music Corp. (BMI). “Runaway Child, Running Wild” by Norman J. Whitfield/Barrett Strong, Stone Agate Music (BMI). “Shout” by Ronald Isley/Rudolph Isley/O’Kelly Isley, EMI Longitude Music (BMI). “Since I Lost my Baby” by Smokey Robinson/Warren Moore, Jobete Music Co. Inc (ASCAP). “Speedo” by Ester Navarro, EMI Longitude Music (BMI). “Superstar (Remember How YouGot Where You Are)” by Norman J. Whitfield/Barrett Strong, Stone Agate Music (BMI). “The Way You Do the Things You Do” by Smokey Robinson/Robert Rogers, Jobete Music Co. Inc. (ASCAP). “War” by Norman J. Whitfield/Barrett Strong, Stone Agate Music (BMI). “What Becomes of the Brokenhearted” by James Dean/Paul Riser/ William Weatherspoon, Stone Agate Music (BMI)/Jobete Music Co. Inc. (ASCAP). “You Can’t Hurry Love” by Edward Holland Jr./Brian Holland/Lamont Herbert Dozier, Stone Agate Music (BMI). “You’re My Everything” by Norman J. Whitfield/Cornelius Grant/Rodger Penzabene Sr./Helga Penzabene/Carl Christiansen, Stone Agate Music (BMI).
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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 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) STAN STEELMON....................................... Head Properties (Ahmanson Theatre) JAMES WRIGHT.......................................... Head Electrician (Ahmanson Theatre) ROBERT SMITH.................................................Head Sound (Ahmanson Theatre) SHANE ANDERSON............................................Head Flyrail (Ahmanson Theatre) MICHAEL GARDNER.......................... Wardrobe Supervisor (Ahmanson Theatre) MARY WARDE......................................................... Hair and Make-up Supervisor .............................................................................................. (Ahmanson Theatre) CHRISTINE L. COX.......................................House Manager (Ahmanson Theatre) EMMET KAISER............................................Head Carpenter (Mark Taper Forum) MARY ROMERO........................................... Head Properties (Mark Taper Forum) AARON STAUBACH......................................Head Electrician (Mark Taper Forum) BONES MALONE................................................ Head Sound (Mark Taper Forum) DENNIS SEETOO.................................. Wardrobe Supervisor (Mark Taper Forum) RICK GEYER.............................. Hair & Make-up Supervisor (Mark Taper Forum) LINDA WALKER ........................................... House Manager (Mark Taper Forum) ADAM PHALEN .............................................. Head Audio (Kirk Douglas Theatre) SEAN MEYER .......................................... Light Board Programmer and Operator ...........................................................................................(Kirk Douglas Theatre) CAMBRIA CHICHI............................Wardrobe Supervisor (Kirk Douglas Theatre)
CHAD SMITH............................................................ Associate Technical Director LEE O’REILLY........................................................... Associate Technical Director SEAN KLOC...................................................................................... Shop Foreman MERRIANNE NEDREBERG................................................... Interim Prop Director 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 MANDI OR.................................................... Associate Director of Special Events KATY HILTON........... Associate Director of Foundation and Government Support DANIELLE LESNER............................... Associate Director of Donor Engagement TERRA GOULDEN.................................................................... Major Gifts Officer BECKY BIRDSONG................................... Major Gifts and Planned Giving Officer LAURA HITE.......................................................................Manager of Major Gifts ERIC SEPPALA..............................................................Executive Assistant to the ..................................................................Director of Institutional Advancement DANIELLA DOUGLAS........................................................................ Board Liaison ERIN SCHLABACH........................................Manager of Major Gifts Stewardship MATTHEW SUTPHIN................................................... Special Events Coordinator MIKE RATTERMAN........................................................ Donor Advisor Supervisor EDUARDO MOLLINEDO-PIÑÓN.............................Donor Membership Coordinator KIM OKAMURA ............................................................................ Grants Manager DONALD JOLLY.......................................................Donor Experience Coordinator SOHINI RISAM............................................ Institutional Advancement Assistant AL BERMAN, KATE CAMPBELL, ELIZABETH DELLORUSSO, DAVID GARVER, JESSICA KATZ, BENJAMIN SCHWARTZ, NICOLE SCIPIONE, PAUL VITAGLIANO, BILL WALTON ................. Donor Advisors KARLA GALVEZ, JUSTINE PEREZ................................ Donor Services Associates WAUKENA CUYJET, MURRAY E. HELTZER......................Development Volunteers
Center Theatre Group would like to thank its exceptional staff for their ongoing commitment, dedication, and extraordinary efforts.
MARKETING DEBORAH WARREN..............................................................Director of Marketing KYLE HALL...................................................................................Creative Director GARRETT COLLINS.......................... Senior Marketing Manager, Strategy & CRM ARIE LEVINE........... Senior Marketing Manager, Ahmanson & Mark Taper Forum KIYOMI EMI.........................................Marketing Manager, Promotions & Events EMYLI GUDMUNDSON.........................Marketing Manager, Kirk Douglas Theatre LAUREN VAN VLEET............................................. Sales & Marketing Coordinator CAROLINE THOMPSON/IMPACT 123............................................ Media Planning DEANNA McCLURE...............................................................................Art Director IRENE T. KANESHIRO....................................................... Senior Design Manager SANDI SILBERT............................................................................ Senior Designer TARA NITZ.................................................................................. Graphic Designer JAVIER VASQUEZ........................................................................ Graphic Designer COMMUNICATIONS JAMES SIMS..............................................................Director of Communications JASON MARTIN........................................................................... Head of Publicity KRISTI AVILA............................................................................................ Publicist KAREN BACELLAR.........................................................................Junior Publicist SARAH ROTHBARD.................... Senior Manager, Communications and Editorial RUTH GUERRA........................................................Communications Coordinator REZA VOJDANI......................................................Communications Coordinator SAMMY LOPEZ...............................................................Social Media Coordinator 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, CARLOS D. CHAVEZ, JR., ALEJANDRA DE PAZ, KAITLYN GALVEZ, MICHAEL ESPINOZA, ANASTASHIA GARCIA, CHRISTINE PEDROZA, EILEEN PEREZ..........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 KRISTEN SCHRASS...................................Priority Services Assistant Supervisor ................................................................................................................................ BEALENE AHERN, CLAY BUNKER, RITA CANNON, MAGGIE DODD, NATALIE DRESSEL, SOFIJA DUTCHER, MARC “BYRON” DROTMAN, FRANK ENSENBERGER, LOU GEORGE, BRAD GRIFFITH, SHEP KOSTER, JORDAN KRSNAK, JULIANNA OJEDA, IAN PRICE, MICHAEL SMITH, DIANE WARD, CHANTEL WHITTLE, DELLA WOOD.....................Priority Service Representatives ANGELICA CASTANEDA, LILY COMEAU, JEFFREY FRIEDMAN, IDO GAL, LT GOURZONG, CHEUKWA JONES, MICHELLE LEVITT, SARAH LINTON, NAIMA OROZCO-VALDIVIA, SAM SHERRY, EDUARDO VILLEGAS, TRENYCE WILLIAMS................................................Interns
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Season of Premieres WORLD PREMIERE
ISADORA | STARRING NATALIA OSIPOVA The life of modern dance revolutionary Isadora Duncan is brought center stage, set to Prokofiev’s Cinderella. August 10–12, 2018
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DON QUIXOTE | MIKHAILOVSKY BALLET Cervantes’ tale of romance and chivalry is a feast of choreographic fireworks, starring Ivan Vasiliev. November 9–11, 2018
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HARLEQUINADE | AMERICAN BALLET THEATRE Love triumphs in this comic gem choreographed by Alexei Ratmansky after M. Petipa. | Jan. 17–20, 2019
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PYGMALION | EIFMAN BALLET OF ST. PETERSBURG The famed Greek myth inspires Eifman’s signature theatricality in this all-new work. | May 24–26, 2019
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PEPPERLAND | MARK MORRIS DANCE GROUP A fun-filled tribute to The Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band | June 14–15, 2019
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THE NUTCRACKER | AMERICAN BALLET THEATRE December 14–23, 2018 Natalia Osipova in Isadora Photo: Sergei Misenko
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THE MUSIC CENTER 2017/2018 MUSIC CENTER BOARD OF DIRECTORS OFFICERS
Lisa Specht Board Chair
SUPPORT The Music Center Annual Fund supports world-class dance, nationally recognized arts education and participatory arts programs that inspire people of all ages and create opportunities for expression. Unrestricted annual support makes it possible for these programs to grow. For more information or to donate, please call (213) 972-4349.
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MEMBERS AT LARGE
William H. Ahmanson Wallis Annenberg Jill Baldauf
Peter K. Barker Judith Beckmen Eli Broad Ronald W. Burkle
Phoebe Beasley Darrell Brown
Amb. (ret.) John B. Emerson*
Kimaada M. Brown
Lois Erburu
Dannielle Campos
Richard M. Ferry
Greg T. Geyer
Brindell Gottlieb
Lisa Gilford
Bernard A. Greenberg
David Gindler Kiki Ramos Gindler Maria Rosario Jackson
Glenn Kaino David Lippman Richard Lynn Martinez
Stephen F. Hinchliffe, Jr. Amb. (ret.) Glen A. Holden Stuart M. Ketchum
Cary J. Lefton
Amb. (ret.) Lester B. Korn Kent Kresa
Bowen “Buzz” H. McCoy Mattie McFaddenLawson
Robert F. Maguire, III
Elizabeth Michelson
Fredric M. Roberts
Darrell D. Miller
CONTACT
DIRECTORS EMERITI
Shelby Notkin Michael Pagano
Ginny Mancini Edward J. McAniff Walter M. Mirisch Claire L. Rothman Joni J. Smith Cynthia A. Telles
General Information (213) 972-7211
Cynthia M. Patton
Theatre Rentals (213) 972-3600
Rory Pullens
Andrea L. Van de Kamp*
Max Ramberg
Paul M. Watson
Jay Rasulo
Thomas R. Weinberger
Filming (213) 972-7334 Patina Restaurant Group/ Catered Events (213) 972-7565 Audio Description/Project D.A.T.E. (Direct Audience Theatre Experience) (213) 680-4017 Lost and Found (213) 972-2600
Karen Kay Platt
Joseph Rice Richard K. Roeder Lisa See
James A. Thomas
Rosalind W. Wyman * Chairman Emeritus
Catharine Soros Marc I. Stern Cary H. Thompson Walter F. Ulloa Timothy S. Wahl Alyce Williamson Jay Wintrob Rollin A. Ransom General Counsel
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The Music Center 18/19 Dance Season
Fearless Dynamic Dance Company Wayne McGregor Autobiography October 5 – 7, 2018
Miami City Ballet George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker ® November 30 – December 2, 2018
DIAVOLO | Architecture in Motion ® October 12 – 14, 2018
Alvin Ailey® American Dance Theater April 3 – 7, 2019
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s Jacqueline Green. Photo by Andrew Eccles.
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The Royal Ballet Mayerling July 5 – 7, 2019
musiccenter.org | (213) 972-0711
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Jun. 22–Sept. 7
Step outside with the ones you love and enjoy FREE dancing in Grand Park all summer long. musiccenter.org/dancedtla
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JULY/AUGUST SUN 01 JUL 1:00 p.m. + 6:30 p.m. Center Theatre Group The Humans @ Ahmanson Theatre Thru 7/29 SUN 01 JUL / 3:00 p.m. The Inner City Youth Orchestra of LA 10th Annual Season Finale Concert @ Walt Disney Concert Hall TUE 03 JUL / 11:00 a.m. Grand Park’s LUNCH À LA PARK: Food Trucks @ Grand Park Every Tue/Wed/Thu TUE 03 JUL / 5:30 p.m. Grand Park’s Bootcamp @ Grand Park EVERY TUESDAY Thru 9/18 WED 04 JUL / 3:00 p.m. Grand Park + The Music Center’s 4th of July Block Party @ Grand Park FRI 06 JUL / 7:00 p.m. The Music Center’s: Dance DTLA @ Grand Park Every Friday Thru 9/7 (Except 7/27) SUN 08 JUL / 2:00 p.m. California Philharmonic Phantom Meets Puccini @ Walt Disney Concert Hall
FRI 13 JUL / 7:30 p.m. The Music Center La Bayadère @ Dorothy Chandler Pavilion Thru 7/15 SUN 15 JUL / 2:00 p.m. Grand Park’s Sunday Sessions @ Grand Park THU 19 JUL / 8:30 p.m. Redcat New Original Works Festival @ Roy And Edna Disney / Calarts Theater Thru 8/4 SAT 21 JUL / 2:00 p.m. LA Master Chorale Big Sing California @ Walt Disney Concert Hall SUN 29 JUL / 2:00 p.m. California Philharmonic Symphonic Dances @ Walt Disney Concert Hall SUN 12 AUG / 2:00 p.m. California Philharmonic Beethoven Celebrates Bernstein’s 100th Birthday @ Walt Disney Concert Hall SUN 19 AUG / 2:00 p.m. California Philharmonic John Williams Greets Our Orchestra @ Walt Disney Concert Hall SUN 19 AUG / 2:00 p.m. Grand Park’s Sunday Sessions @ Grand Park TUE 21 AUG / 8:00 p.m. Center Theatre Group Ain’t Too Proud @ Ahmanson Theatre Thru 9/30
2018 Visit musiccenter.org for additional information on all upcoming events. facebook.com/MusicCenterLA @MusicCenterLA
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BOARD OF SUPERVISORS COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES Support from the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors plays an invaluable role in the successful operation of The Music Center.
FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: JANICE HAHN, Fourth District; KATHRYN BARGER, Fifth District; SHEILA J. KUEHL, Third District, Chair; HILDA L. SOLIS, First District; and MARK RIDLEY-THOMAS, Second District
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SHETLAND Returns to KCET with an ALL NEW SEASON! Based on the Scottish detective novel by Ann Cleeves, Shetland stars Douglas Henshall as Det. Jimmy Perez as he unravels the secrets and solves the crimes in the beautiful but remote Shetland Islands.
MONDAYS AT 9PM kcet.org/shetland
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