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AUDREY SKIRBALL KENIS THEATER AT THE GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE
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FROM THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR DO NOT BE MISLED BY THE SERENE SETTING OF Patricia Highsmith’s home in this new play. The formidable playwright Joanna Murray-Smith has infused this premiere with a level of intellectual and psychological intrigue fitting one of Highsmith’s own renowned crime novels. I am so glad you could join us for this breathtaking battle of wills. As ever, working with Joanna was a joy. This collaboration is our third after The Female of the Species and The Gift and I am pleased that the Geffen Playhouse could be part of this particular project from its very inception. With the support of the Edgerton Foundation for new plays, the Geffen Playhouse commissioned Switzerland and hopes to bring many more new works to full production in the coming seasons. We are pleased to welcome director Mark Brokaw to the Geffen. We are longtime admirers of his work, and he has helmed this play with a combination of passion and precision. And, of course, a play this character-driven demands the best of its actors. Laura Linney and Seth Numrich, two extraordinarily talented people, bring to life with ferocity and elegance these unlikely companions. Joanna’s play pulses with her gift for language, and watching these masters of the stage take on the verbal sparring is nothing short of mesmerizing. Highsmith, while beloved and revered for her novels such as Strangers on a Train and the Ripley series, was infamous for her abrasive and reclusive personality. These traits make her ripe for a fiery dramatization but Joanna has taken great care in adhering to what we know of the real Highsmith. The result is an intoxicating and sinister mix of historic accuracy and our collective imagination. Regardless of what is fact and what is fiction, Switzerland is true to Highsmith’s sense of thoughtful thrill-seeking from beginning to end. Enjoy the show. Randall Arney Artistic Director PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE P1
LETTER FROM THE CO-CHAIRS
BOARD OF DIRECTORS MARTHA HENDERSON CO-CHAIR
PAMELA ROBINSON HOLLANDER CO-CHAIR
PATRICIA KIERNAN APPLEGATE RANDALL ARNEY BETH BEHRS DR. GENE D. BLOCK HAROLD A. BROWN GIL CATES JR. VICE CHAIRMAN
MICHAEL CENTENO MARY ANN CLOYD DR. BRAD EDGERTON MARK FLEISCHER HERBERT M. GELFAND Photo by Bobby Quillard
CHAIRMAN EMERITUS
MARTHA HENDERSON
PAMELA ROBINSON HOLLANDER
WE ARE DELIGHTED TO WELCOME YOU TO THE intimate Audrey Skirball Kenis Theater at the Geffen Playhouse for Switzerland, an original Geffen Playhouse commission written by our dear friend, Joanna Murray-Smith. We know this gripping production, directed by the talented Mark Brokaw, will draw you in and leave you on the edge of your seat! Thank you to the Edgerton Foundation for generously funding this Geffen Playhouse commission. Without such tremendous support, we would not have the opportunity to see this new work come to life. We are forever grateful to the Edgerton Foundation for their visionary leadership and for encouraging us to take risks by creating new works. Each season, we are able to further cultivate our new play development initiatives in part to the success of our biggest fundraising event of the year, Backstage at the Geffen. Join us on Sunday, March 22, 2015 for an evening of laughter, music and never-before-told stories from the other side of the curtain. This year, we will present Mellody Hobson & George Lucas with the Distinction in Service Award, and Sir Elton John & David Furnish with the Distinction in Theater Award. Thank you to David Geffen for being our Honorary Chair this year. Help us exceed our goals and purchase tickets to the event or an ad in our Virtual Tribute Journal to honor these extraordinary individuals. For more information, please contact Chief Development Officer Regina Miller at 310.208.6500 ext. 112 or visit geffenplayhouse.com/backstage. Thank you for joining us for our first production in the Audrey Skirball Kenis Theater in 2015. We look forward to hearing from you, our loyal patrons and supporters, about your experience seeing this new work come to life on stage. We hope you enjoy the show! Martha Henderson Co-Chair, Geffen Playhouse
Pamela Robinson Hollander Co-Chair, Geffen Playhouse
PATRICIA L. GLASER SAM GORES ADI GREENBERG ARTHUR GREENBERG JOAN KALOUSTIAN GLORYA KAUFMAN LORETTA EVERETT KAUFMAN DR. GERALD S. LEVEY CARLA MALDEN SUSAN MALLORY GINNY MANCINI BARRY MEYER SCOTT MINERD STEVEN A. OLSEN HOLLY RICE LOREN ROTHSCHILD LINDA BERNSTEIN RUBIN TERI SCHWARTZ RICHARD SHERMAN FRED SPECKTOR LORRAINE SPURGE CYNTHIA P. STAFFORD HOWARD TENENBAUM
FOUNDING TRUSTEES KIRSTEN COMBS ROBERT A. DALY DAVID GEFFEN QUINCY JONES JEFFREY KATZENBERG FRANK G. MANCUSO CHAIRMAN EMERITUS
RON MEYER LESLIE MOONVES JERRY MOSS JERRY PERENCHIO BRUCE M. RAMER FOUNDING CHAIRMAN
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SHINING A LIGHT ON A DARK MIND IN UNEARTHING PATRICIA HIGHSMITH’S INTERIOR LIFE, PLAYWRIGHT JOANNA MURRAY-SMITH FOUND A WOMAN WHO SUFFERED FROM “DEMONS NOT OF HER OWN MAKING.” BY REBECCA HAITHCOAT Rebecca Haithcoat: I love that you said in a recent interview, “The act of writing is profoundly irritational” — it sounds like something Patricia Highsmith would say herself! Creating a play about a writer sounds easy — “write what you know” and all — but was it? Joanna Murray-Smith: No. First of all, writing about a real person can feel very constricting. Even if it isn’t a documentary, you want to honor the truth of that person, so you are making the play jump through much bigger hoops than theatricality and intelligence and entertainment — as if those weren’t enough! Secondly, writing or even musing about writing can be deadly dull, especially to writers. Most writers don’t like talking about writing — explanation seems to dilute the act. So I had to summon a writer and the nature of a writing life without didactic exposition. The first draft was weighed down with philosophizing. I had to peel off the layers of literary naval-gazing and let Patricia “live” in the moment. You also mentioned that, “every play is about you.” How, specifically, is Switzerland? I identified with Patricia Highsmith in lots of ways — despite, or maybe because of her ego! I have always liked examining the dark interior lives of human beings, although I could never presume to her acute sense of cruelty. I love P4 PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE
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psychological thrillers. Like her, I often have the feeling of being consumed by creatures of my own making. Like her, I find my imaginative life at least as interesting as real life and often more. I am also (like many writers) wracked by selfdoubt, a sense of injustice, a sense of racing the clock of mortality and an overwhelming belief that our childhoods either doom us or make us or both. It seems like quite an undertaking, to make an audience empathize with this difficult character — was it? How did you manage it? I don’t manage it. The actor does. If the actor brings humanity into the portrayal, we begin to understand that Highsmith, like all of us, suffered from demons not of her own making. She had endured a very difficult upbringing — no father, an over-controlling but emotionally distant mother, a disliked stepfather and proximity to great sadness and cruelty in her New York life near Rikers Island. For a sensitive and creative child — even for a tougher one — this early life would have a profound effect on destiny. My own feeling about Pat is that her cruelty was a defense mechanism to protect herself from the suffering and damage she was well acquainted with — and she managed to exploit that defense mechanism with her powerful imagination and create a potent and dark body of work, much of which is brilliant.
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You’re incredibly prolific. What’s your process? Once you start writing, does the majority of the play develop in just a few sittings or over a longer period of time? No process. Random collision of life and art! I think about ideas for quite a while and then write a first draft very quickly. Subsequent drafts are plentiful and take longer. But everything that is good in the finished play was born in that messy and spontaneous first draft. How do you go about writing a commissioned play? Does it differ from your other writing? It is very different writing a commissioned play that is built around an idea that is offered to you and a commissioned play that is your own idea. The flame is already lit when it’s your idea. I told the Geffen that this was the play I wanted to write, so it was wonderful to have their immediate support. You and the Geffen have quite the history together with the prior productions of The Female of the Species and The Gift. How, if at all, does this history affect your writing? Well, it makes me love the company and feel at home here. It makes me feel nurtured in a way that is rare these days. I know in a very real way that this company believes in me and my writing, through good times and bad. That is invaluable to a writer, because we spend such a large amount of time questioning our own abilities. It also makes me feel connected to the Geffen audience. I feel as if they have a relationship with my work now and I am grateful to them for their support of the other plays. All my plays get mixed reviews — they always have — so I have to pay strong attention to the audiences in order to keep writing. If your audience is there and they do not feel as if they want a refund, then that is strength enough to keep going despite the humiliation, depression and poverty!
SYDNEY THEATRE COMPANY As part of a co-world premiere arrangement between Geffen Playhouse and Sydney Theatre Company, a production of Switzerland directed by Sarah Goodes opened in the Drama Theatre, Sydney Opera House, on 7 November 2014. In 1980, Sydney Theatre Company’s first Artistic Director, Richard Wherrett, defined STC’s mission as to provide “first class theatrical entertainment for the people of Sydney — theatre that is grand, vulgar, intelligent, challenging and fun.” Almost 35 years later, under the leadership of Artistic Director Andrew Upton, that ethos still rings true. STC offers a diverse program of distinctive theatre of vision and scale at its harbourside home venue, The Wharf; Sydney Theatre at Walsh Bay; and Sydney Opera House, as its resident theatre company. STC has a proud heritage as a creative hub and incubator for Australian theatre and theatre makers, developing and producing eclectic Australian works, interpretations of classic repertoire and great international writing. The theatre careers of many of Australia’s internationally renowned artists have been launched and fostered at STC, including Mel Gibson, Judy Davis, Hugo Weaving, Geoffrey Rush, Toni Collette, Rose Byrne, Benedict Andrews and Cate Blanchett. STC often collaborates with international artists and companies and, in recent years, the company’s international profile has grown significantly with productions touring extensively to great acclaim. Renowned artists Tamás Ascher, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Liv Ullmann, Steven Soderbergh, Michael Blakemore, Max Stafford-Clark, Howard Davies, Declan Donnellan and Isabelle Huppert have all worked with STC in recent years. STC has presented productions by Abbey Theatre, Traverse Theatre, Complicite, Cheek by Jowl, Out-of-Joint, the National Theatre of Great Britain and Steppenwolf Theatre Company. STC is assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, by its arts funding and advisory body, and by the New South Wales Government through Arts NSW. sydneytheatre.com.au
Board of Directors David Gonski AC (Chairman) The Hon. Bruce Baird AM Jonathan Biggins Toni Cody John Connolly Ann Johnson Mark Lazberger Patrick McIntyre Justin Miller Ian Narev Gretel Packer Daniel Petre AO Andrew Stuart Andrew Upton Peter Young AM Artistic Director Andrew Upton Executive Director Patrick McIntyre Director, Programming and Artistic Operations Rachael Azzopardi Director, Finance and Administration Francisca Pena Director, Marketing and Customer Services Nicole McPeake Director, Private Support Danielle Heidbrink Director, Community & Corporate Partnerships Paul O’Byrne Head of Production Simon Khamara PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE P5
THE GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE PRODUCTION OF
Written by
Joanna Murray-Smith Scenic Designer
Costume Designer
Anthony T. Fanning
Ellen McCartney
Lighting Designer
Composer & Sound Designer
Lap Chi Chu
John Ballinger
Fight Choreographer
J. David Brimmer
Production Stage Manager
Cate Cundiff
Casting Director
Phyllis Schuringa, CSA
Directed by
Mark Brokaw An original Geffen Playhouse commission funded by the Edgerton Foundation
Opening Night: Friday, March 13, 2015 OPENING NIGHT SPONSORS
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Patricia Highsmith ................................................................................................................... Laura Linney Edward ....................................................................................................................................... Seth Numrich
TIME Early fall, 1994. SETTING The study of Patricia Highsmith’s home in Tegna, Locarno, Switzerland. RUNNING TIME Approximately 95 minutes There will be no intermission.
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PRODUCTION BIOGRAPHIES Award, one National Board of Review Award. Education: Honorary doctorates from Brown University and The Juilliard School.
LAURA LINNEY (Patricia Highsmith) Theater (Broadway): Time Stands Still, Sight Unseen, and The Crucible opposite Liam Neeson. Other plays include Six Degrees of Separation, Honour, Uncle Vanya, Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Holiday and The Seagull. Film: You Can Count on Me, Kinsey, The Savages, The Fifth Estate, Hyde Park on Hudson, The Squid and the Whale, Mystic River, Absolute Power, The Truman Show, Primal Fear, The Mothman Prophecies, Love Actually, P.S., The House of Mirth, The Details, Congo, the upcoming Mr. Holmes and John Logan’s Genius. Television: She starred in and produced the Showtime series The Big C for which she won several awards, as she did for her portrayal of Abigail Adams in the HBO miniseries John Adams; Armistead Maupin’s Tales of the City series (an early role for which she remains grateful and proud); Frasier (as Kelsey Grammer’s girlfriend in the final six episodes), Love Letters (directed by Stanley Donen) and Blind Spot (opposite Joanne Woodward). Awards/Nominations: Three nominations each for both the Tony and Academy Awards, five nominations and four Emmy Awards, six nominations and two Golden Globe Awards, a BAFTA Award nomination, one SAG
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SETH NUMRICH (Edward) Theater (Broadway): Golden Boy (Lincoln Center Theater), War Horse (Lincoln Center Theater; Dorothy Loudon Award for Excellence, Outer Critics Circle and Drama League Award nominations), The Merchant of Venice (The Public Theater). West End: Fathers and Sons (Donmar Warehouse), Sweet Bird of Youth (Old Vic; Evening Standard Award — Outstanding Newcomer). Other plays include: Yosemite, Slipping, Blind (Rattlestick Playwrights Theater), On the Levee (LCT3), Iphigenia 2.0 (Signature Theater), Too Much Memory, Favorites, Break My Face On Your Hand (Rising Phoenix Rep), Gates of Gold (59E59), Dutch Masters (LABrynth), Slipping (Rattlestick West, Los Angeles), The History Boys (CTG/Ahmanson Theater, Los Angeles), The Cure at Troy (Seattle Rep), Measure for Measure (Chautauqua Theater Co.), Summer and Smoke (Guthrie Theater) and The Judgment of Paris (NYC and Edinburgh Fringe Festival). Film: Private Romeo, How to Kill a Mockingbird. Television: Turn (AMC, series regular), The Good
Wife (CBS), and Gravity (Starz, series regular). At 16, Seth became the youngest person ever accepted to The Juilliard School’s Drama Division. He is a company member of Rising Phoenix Repertory based in NYC, and a teaching artist for the nonprofit Artists Striving to End Poverty (ASTEPonline.org). JOANNA MURRAY-SMITH (Playwright) Joanna Murray-Smith’s plays include Honour; Rapture; Nightfall; Love Child; Songs For Nobodies; Redemption; Rockabye; The Female of the Species; Ninety; The Gift; Day One, A Hotel, Evening; Bombshells; Fury; Pennsylvania Avenue and the adaptation of Scenes From a Marriage for Sir Trevor Nunn. Many have been performed around the world and have been translated into dozens of languages. Several of her plays have appeared on Broadway, at the Royal National Theatre and on the West End, including Honour, The Female of the Species (nominated for an Olivier Award) and Bombshells. U.S. Variety described her as, “Australia’s foremost female playwright.” Joanna has written three novels, Truce, Judgement Rock and Sunnyside, all published by Penguin/Viking, two opera librettos and a number of screenplays. MARK BROKAW (Director) Mark Brokaw directed the Broadway productions of Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella, The Lyons, After Miss Julie, The Constant Wife, Reckless and Cry-Baby. He has directed the New York
premieres of works by David Auburn, Douglas Carter Beane, Eric Bogosian, Charles Busch, Julia Cho, Lisa Kron, Kenneth Lonergan, Craig Lucas, Nicky Silver and Paula Vogel. His regional credits include Yale Rep, Guthrie, Seattle Rep, Steppenwolf, Hartford Stage, Berkeley Rep, South Coast Repertory, Center Theatre Group, Sundance Theater Lab, O’Neill Conference and the Kennedy Center Sondheim Celebration. He has directed at London’s Donmar Warehouse and Menier Chocolate Factory, Dublin’s Gate Theatre and the Sydney Opera House. Mark is the artistic director of the Yale Institute for Music Theatre and artistic associate of the Roundabout Theatre. ANTHONY T. FANNING (Scenic Designer) Tony began his design career with the original Broadway production of August Wilson’s Two Trains Running. Other stage credits include the National Tour of The Who’s Tommy directed by Victoria Bussert, as well as productions at the Guthrie, South Coast Repertory, The Old Globe, San Diego Opera and the Geffen Playhouse. As an Art Director for film, Tony has had the privilege of working with Steven Spielberg (Lincoln, Munich, War of the Worlds, Amistad), Robert Zemeckis (The Polar Express, What Lies Beneath), Sam Raimi (Spider-Man), Steven Soderberg (Ocean’s Twelve and Ocean’s Thirteen), Nancy Meyers (What Women Want) and Brad Silberling (Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events) Film and Television Production
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ELLEN McCARTNEY (Costume Designer) Professional work in L.A. includes: Prometheus Bound (Getty Villa), King Lear (the Brewery), The Treatment (Boston Court), PeP! (Machine Project), Track 3 (Bootleg), Bones (CTG/ Kirk Douglas Theatre), Café Oublie, Dry Cleaning, Tug of War (Getty Villa), Monster of Happiness (24th St Theatre) and Snow White (Fantasyland Theatre, Disneyland). On Broadway, Ellen designed A Walk in the Woods, directed by Des McAnuff. Ellen has designed nationally and internationally at venues including the Wooster Group; Builder’s Association; Second Stage, NY; Playwrights Horizons, NY; American Repertory Theatre; Yale Repertory Theatre; Opera Theatre of St. Louis; Minnesota Opera; The Guthrie; Hartford Stage; Seattle Repertory Theatre; Folger Shakespeare Theatre, DC; Bunkamura, Toyko; The Kaaitheatre, Brussels; The Hebbel Theatre, Berlin. Ellen is the Director of the Design and Production Program at CalArts. LAP CHI CHU (Lighting Designer) Regional designs include Mark Taper Forum, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, La Jolla
Playhouse, The Old Globe, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, The Goodman Theater, The Shakespeare Theater, Arena Stage, Hartford Stage, San Jose Repertory Theatre, Dallas Theater Center, and Portland Center Stage. New York design credits include The Public Theater, New York Theatre Workshop, Signature Theater, Second Stage Theatre, Performance Space 122 and Kitchen Theatre Company. He is the lighting/video designer for ChameckiLerner Dance Company (Costumes by God, Visible Content, Hidden Forms, I Mutantes Seras, Por Favor and Não Me Deixe), which has performed in the United States and Brazil. Awards have included the LA Drama Critic’s Circle Angstrom Award for Career Achievement in Lighting Design, multiple Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle Awards, a “Drammy” for best lighting, as well as a Lucille Lortel nomination for The Good Negro at The Public Theater. Mr. Chu is on the lighting design faculty at California Institute of the Arts. JOHN BALLINGER (Composer/Sound Designer) John is an award-winning composer/sound designer based in Los Angeles. Notable collaborations include Fast Company, The Borrowers and A Midsummer Night’s Dream at SCR; Annapurna at the The New Group; Coney Island Christmas, The Joan Rivers Show and Death of the Author at the Geffen Playhouse; Cymbeline at A Noise Within; Justin Love at Celebration Theater; Songs & Dances of Imaginary Lands, The Woman Who Forgot Her
Sweater and Celebration of the Lizard for O-lan Jones’ Overtone Industries; Echo’s Hammer, 1001, The Government Inspector and Missing Pages at Theater @ Boston Court; The Many Mistresses of Martin Luther King at EST-LA; Ken Roht’s 99 cent Only Holiday spectacles at The Evidence Room and Bootleg Theater; The Breakup Notebook at ReVision Theater New Jersey; F***ing Hipsters: the Musical at The Signature Theater (NYMF). J. DAVID BRIMMER (Fight Choreographer) Fight Master, SAFD. David has choreographed some stuff: (Broadway: Spring Awakening, The Lieutenant of Inishmore, Grace, An Enemy of the People, Hands on a Hardbody, The Big Knife, Wit, Born Yesterday, A Life in the Theatre, Speed-the-Plow, Come Back, Little Sheba. NY premieres: An Octoroon, Punk Rock, Mr. Burns, Blasted, The Whipping Man, Bethany, We are Proud to Present, Ages of the Moon, The American Pilot, Blackbird, Bug, Killer Joe), worked at some wonderful venues: (The Public Theater, Metropolitan Opera, MTC, The Atlantic Theater, LCT3, The Women’s Project, Soho Rep, MCC, Signature Theatre, TFANA, Roundabout, Dallas Theater Center, Hartford Stage, The Old Globe, NSMT, A.R.T., Baltimore Centerstage, Yale Rep, The Guthrie), and with some great folks: (David Mamet, Sam Shepard, Ethan Coen, Martin McDonagh, Conor McPherson, Tracy Letts, Kenneth Lonergan, Ken Russell, Franco Zeffirelli). “Walk cheerfully over the world, answering that of God in everyone.” — G. Fox.
CATE CUNDIFF (Production Stage Manager) Cate is so thrilled to be back at the Geffen! Select Los Angeles stage management credits include The Break of Noon and Death of the Author (Geffen Playhouse); Memphis (Cabrillo Music Theatre); When You’re in Love the Whole World is Jewish, Salam Shalom and Good Bobby (Greenway Court Theatre); When You Wish (Pat Boone/Dean McClure/ The Freud Theatre); ModRock (ElPortal); Man of La Mancha, Godspell, and Jesus Christ Superstar (GPC/The Brehm Center); This and Venice (Center Theatre Group); Dissonance (The Falcon); Oedipus the King Mama (The Falcon/Troubadours); and Battle Hymn (Circle X). She recently spent time in New York working as a Company Manager for Bard SummerScape. Cate attended the University of Louisiana theater program where she learned about theater, but more importantly how to cook a good jambalaya. Proud Equity member. Love to family and friends. PHYLLIS SCHURINGA, CSA (Casting Director) Phyllis has been the Casting Director at the Geffen for 12 years and now is also an Artistic Associate. Recent plays are Reasons to Be Pretty; The Country House; Death of the Author; Wait Until Dark; American Buffalo; Yes, Prime Minister; The Gift; Coney Island Christmas; Build and the Los Angeles production of By the Way, Meet Vera Stark. Before joining the team at the Geffen, she was the Casting Director for Steppenwolf
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Design include: Jim Sheridan’s Brother, Rod Lurie’s remake of Strawdogs, Jim Field Smith’s Butter, Ryan Murphy’s The New Normal, Chris Carter’s The After and Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould’s Better Call Saul. Tony won an Emmy for his Art Direction on the pilot episode of Aaron Sorkin’s The West Wing.
PRODUCTION BIOGRAPHIES Theatre in Chicago where her favorites include Frank Galati’s adaptation of The Grapes of Wrath (also La Jolla Playhouse, National Theatre in London, and Broadway, where it received the Tony Award for Best Play), the original production of Steve Martin’s Picasso at the Lapin Agile (and subsequent productions including Westwood Playhouse and Briar Street Theater in Chicago), Austin Pendleton’s Orson’s Shadow and Charles L. Mee’s Time to Burn. Broadway transfers include One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (Tony for Best Revival) and The Song of Jacob Zulu. She teaches auditioning at Steppenwolf West and is a member of the Casting Society of America.
RANDALL ARNEY (Artistic Director) Randall Arney has been a theater professional for over 30 years and has served as Artistic Director of the Geffen Playhouse since 1999. In addition to his artistic programming and oversight at the Geffen, Arney has helmed more than 10 productions for the theater, most recently Reasons to Be Pretty, Slowgirl, American Buffalo, Superior Donuts, The Female of the Species, The Seafarer, Speed-the-Plow and All My Sons. Arney is an ensemble member and former Artistic Director of Chicago’s Steppenwolf
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Theatre where his directing credits include: Slowgirl, The Seafarer, The Beauty Queen of Leenane, Death and the Maiden, Curse of the Starving Class, Killers and The Geography of Luck, among others. Arney also directed Steppenwolf’s world premiere of Steve Martin’s Picasso at the Lapin Agile, as well as the subsequent national and international acclaimed productions. Mr. Arney’s acting credits with Steppenwolf include Born Yesterday, Ghost in the Machine, The Homecoming, Frank’s Wild Years, You Can’t Take it with You, Fool for Love, True West, Balm in Gilead and Coyote Ugly. As the Artistic Director for Steppenwolf from 1987 to 1995, he oversaw the creation of a new stateof-the-art theater which is Steppenwolf’s current home. Broadway transfers under his leadership include The Rise and Fall of Little Voice, The Song of Jacob Zulu (six Tony Award nominations) and The Grapes of Wrath (1990 Tony Award, Best Play). Mr. Arney has an MFA degree in Acting from Illinois State University and has taught master classes and workshops at UCLA, Steppenwolf, around the U.S. and in Tokyo.
GIL CATES, JR. (Interim Managing Director) Gil Cates, Jr. has proudly served as Geffen Playhouse Board Vice Chairman
since 2012 and has years of producing and directing experience in theater, film, and television. Gil’s theater credits include the award winning Names (Matrix Theatre) starring Dixie Carter and Greg Mullavey, The Night I Knocked Out Joe Frazer and Lost 90 Pounds (Gardner Stage Theater), as well as Three Sisters and David Mamet’s A Life In The Theatre (both at Syracuse Stage). Gil’s film credits include The Surface (starring Sean Astin and Geffen Playhouse alumnus Chris Mulkey), Jobs (starring Ashton Kutcher, Josh Gad, Dermot Mulroney, as well as Geffen Playhouse alumni Matthew Modine and Ron Eldard) and the 2011 feature film Lucky (starring Colin Hanks, Ari Graynor, AnnMargret and recent Golden Globe winner Jeffrey Tambor). In addition, Gil produced and directed the critically acclaimed Life After Tomorrow, featuring Sarah Jessica Parker, which won best documentary at the Phoenix Film Festival and later had its premiere Christmas Eve on Showtime. His other films include Deal (starring Burt Reynolds, Bret Harrison and Charles Durning), The Mesmerist (starring Geffen Playhouse alumnus Neil Patrick Harris), and the critically acclaimed independent film Order of Chaos. Gil also made his TV directorial debut with an episode of the NBC comedy, Joey, starring Emmy winner Matt LeBlanc. He studied at the National Theatre Institute in Waterford, Connecticut, and holds a BFA in Drama from Syracuse University in 1991.
REGINA MILLER (Chief Development Officer) Regina has been a development professional for over 18 years, working with non-profit institutions, foundations and corporations on strategy, analysis and fundraising. She has worked for Simon Wiesenthal Center, William J. Jefferson Clinton Foundation, Ben Affleck’s Eastern Congo Initiative, Hank Azaria’s Determined to Succeed, National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, Kind Campaign, Jewish Museum of Prague, among others. Prior to the Geffen, Regina served as the Director of Partnerships for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Los Angeles and the Inland Empire where she led strategic planning and development while executing policies that advanced the organization’s visibility and growth. Regina also has a strong passion for teaching. After graduating from University of North Carolina School of the Arts and touring the world as a professional dancer, she worked as a teacher in preschools and kindergartens in New York, as well as lecturing at numerous schools in the U.S. and abroad. Regina is also a published author and photographer with Tallefellow Press and Prometheus Books and is currently working on a book with her 11 year old son Jaden.
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PRODUCTION STAFF FOR SWITZERLAND Assistants to Set Designer Meghan Mitchell and Hye Sun Lee Assistant Costume Designer E.B. Brooks Assistant Lighting Designer Alexander Freer Properties Artisan Hazel Kuang Light Board Operator Dan Tuttle Sound Board Operator Mitchell Hampton Production Assistant — Los Angeles Leia Crawford Production Assistant — New York Jensen Clifford ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Set provided by Scenic Highlights Lighting Equipment provided by Entertainment Lighting Services Sound Equipment provided by Jon Sound Inc. Production Photographer Michael Lamont Media Filming Four Leaf Media SPECIAL THANKS UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television Scene, Prop, Sound and Costume Shops; London Cleaners; Keurig; Primary Stages Studios UCLA SCHOOL OF THEATER, FILM AND TELEVISION The Geffen Playhouse is affiliated with the University of California at Los Angeles, specifically the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television. The Geffen Playhouse values its role as an important educational resource by providing students with master classes, workshops and internships. Students are also able to work and learn from distinguished visiting Geffen artists such as Alan Ayckbourn, Jon Robin Baitz, Annette Bening, Ed Harris, David Ives, Neil LaBute, David Mamet, Donald Margulies, Terrence McNally, John Rando and Kathleen Turner in areas of directing, playwriting, acting, design, dramaturgy, management and production. The Geffen Playhouse also draws upon the distinguished experts in the university to enhance the theater’s programs and research.
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AT THE THEATER Late Seating Should you arrive late to the theater or vacate your seat during the performance, please expect to be held in the lobby until an appropriate pause in the action on-stage. To minimize disturbance to other patrons, you may be sat into the first available location by the house staff even if different from your assigned seat. Be advised that some productions or circumstances may not allow for late or return seating.
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ANNUAL DONORS The Geffen Playhouse recognizes the following individuals and organizations for their generous support of our Annual Fund and Backstage at the Geffen. Donors are listed at the Associate level and higher for gifts made between December 1, 2013 and January 31, 2015. In appreciation, donors enjoy a host of special benefits including house seats, complimentary drinks, receptions and much more. For more information, please call Jamie Mikelich at 310.208.6500 ext. 128.
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Anonymous Audi of America, Inc Ben/Joyce Eisenberg Foundation City National Bank Elizabeth Lacey & Gilbert Cates, Jr. Mary Ann Cloyd David Geffen Foundation Edgerton Foundation Joyce Eisenberg-Keefer & Melvin Keefer Herbert M. & Beverly J. Gelfand In Memory of Alice Ghostley & Felice Orlandi The Adi & Jerry Greenberg Foundation Guggenheim Partners Investment Management Holdings, LLC Carole & Bill Haber Harold & Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust Martha Henderson Rabbi Uri D. Herscher & Dr. Myrna Herscher Cindy & Alan Horn Marilyn & Jeffrey Katzenberg Glorya Kaufman Loretta Everett Kaufman & Victor Kaufman Kenneth T. & Eileen L. Norris Foundation Keyes Automotive Group Sandra Krause & William Fitzgerald Latham & Watkins LLP Mr. and Mrs. Jason & Yvonne Lee Ginny Mancini Fay & Frank Mancuso Marilyn & Jeffrey Katzenberg Fund for Arts Education at the Geffen Playhouse John McCrite & Juan Lopez Donna McKenna & Flynn Chernos Kelly & Ron Meyer Scott Minerd Ann & Jerry Moss Moss Foundation Ralph M. Parsons Foundation PricewaterhouseCoopers Madeline & Bruce Ramer Pamela Robinson Hollander & Robert Hollander Linda Bernstein Rubin & Tony Rubin Richard & Barbara Sherman Shubert Foundation Skirball Foundation Karen & Vic Smith Kate Capshaw Spielberg & Steven Spielberg DeeAnna Staats Cynthia P. Stafford Judith & Bruce Stern Jodi & Howard Tenenbaum UCLA The Walt Disney Company Judy & Chancellor Charles E. Young Dirk & Natasha Ziff
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$10,000 - $24,999 Anonymous J.J. Abrams & Katie McGrath Ariel Investments Charles A. Black, Jr. Board of Supervisors County of Los Angeles Heather Thomas & Skip Brittenham Brotman Foundation of California Eileen & Harold Brown Brunello Cucinelli Bulgari Corporation of America Roma Downey & Mark Burnett The Capella Resorts The Capital Group Companies Charitable Foundation Marcy Carsey & Leo Yoshimura
City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs Carole Bayer Sager & Robert A. Daly DreamWorks Animation Fielding Edlow & Larry Clarke Dr. & Mrs. Paul Eisenberg Susan & Mark Fleischer Fox Entertainment Group Gagosian Gallery, Inc Dr. Hilary Garland Jim & Ann Gianopulos The Rosalinde & Arthur Gilbert Foundation Patty Glaser & Sam Mudie Arthur Greenberg C. Curtis Grisham In Memory of Morris A. Hazan HBO Samantha & Eric Heer Mellody Hobson Stanley Iezman & Nancy Stark Vicki Iovine Joseph Drown Foundation Joan Kaloustian Janine & Peter Lowy Carla Malden Mona Malden Malibu Family Wines Susan & Peter Mallory Martin Katz, Ltd Nancy & Michael McClelland Wendy & Barry Meyer MOCA Foundation Marcia & Brett Molotsky Montage Hotels & Residences Northern Trust, NA Paramount Pictures Laurie MacDonald & Walter Parkes Popland Studios Rollin Ransom & Chris Lacroix Judith Reichman, MD Holly Rice Loren Rothschild & Hon. Frances Rothschild Richard Ruskell Pastries The Simms/Mann Family Foundation Sony Pictures Entertainment Fred Specktor & Nancy Heller St. Regis Princeville Resort Steve Tisch Miranda & Brett Tollman U.S. Bank Union Bank W Hotel Los Angeles Westfield Group William Morris Endeavor Entertainment Ken Willner & Jim Stine Rita Wilson & Tom Hanks Linda Yellin Ruth Ziegler Ellen & Ken Ziffren Ziffren Brittenham LLP
ANNUAL DONORS $5,000 - $9,999 Jehan F. Agrama & Dwora Fried Amgen Foundation Hilary & Jack Angelo The Baxter International Foundation Laurie & Bill Benenson Annette Blum Mara & Jonathan Blum Linda & Jerry Bruckheimer Glenn & Lynn Cardoso Comcast | NBC Universal Creative Artists Agency Directors Guild of America Lauren Shuler Donner & Richard Donner Mica Ertegun Jo & Larry Feldman Lawrence N. Field Eric Flamholtz & Yvonne Randle Four Seasons Resort Maui at Wailea Lela Rochon & Antoine Fuqua Michael Gendler & Jessica Teich Priscila Giraldo Gloria & Peter Gold Goldman Sachs Andy & Carlo Brandon-Gordon Grand Wailea, a Waldorf Astoria Resort Jill Grey Alan Hergott & Curt Shepard Gail & Stanley Hollander Tracey Jacobs Libby & Arthur Jacobson Bernice & Wendell Jeffrey Marvin Jubas & Janet Wald Mannon Kaplan Julie & David Kavner Kissick Family Foundation Wendy Kurtzman La Valencia Susan & David Leveton Drs. Gerald & Barbara Levey Marlene & Sandy Louchheim Padma & Rao Makineni Kate Moran & Mikki Rosenberg Natural Resources Defense Council Christine Marie Ofiesh Mo Ostin Carol & Bill Ouchi Brenda R. Potter Kay & Bob Rehme Carl Reiner Michele & Rob Reiner Gary Reisman | LEAP Media Investments The Residences at Kapalua Bay Joyce Rey Mayor Richard Riordan Jane Rissman & Richard Sondheimer Nadine & Fredric D. Rosen Rikki Rosen Thomas L. Safran Hon. Nicole A. Avant & Ted Sarandos Jody & Arthur Schmid Ken & Carol Schultz Foundation Steve & Paula Mae Schwartz Sidley Austin LLP The Simon-Strauss Foundation
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Anonymous (4) Gerald Abrams Harry & Gay Abrams/Abrams Artists Agency Dr. Richard Ackerman & Miriam Shakter Miriam Aguiar Laura & Harvey Alpert Charitable Foundation Merryl & David A. Alpert Patti & Harlan Amstutz Bonnie & Bill Apfelbaum Margaret & Howard Arvey AudioQuest Russ, August & Kabat Carol Ann & D.C. Bakeman Irene Baron Richard & Shelley Bayer Jerry Beckman Susan & Eric M. Bender Peter & Barbara Benedek Patricia & Mark Benjamin Wendy & John Bergquist Cathy & Bill Bindley John Bjorge & Mary McKelvey Joe Blackstone & Jamie Mohn The Bordy & Leibovic Families Brenda & Alan Borstein Helen Breitwieser & James Jacks
Dr. Wallace P. Brithinee Wendy & David Brotman Marcia Burnam The Busch-Schifino Family Chancellor Albert Carnesale & Mrs. Robin Carnesale David Cates & Christine Vavak Jane Cates Jonathan & Elena Cates Melissa Cates & Roger Claman Martha Chase Sachiko T. Cochran, MD & Joseph T. Araki Ted Cordes James Costa Janine Cristiano In Loving Memory of Ed Cypert Ruth Daugherty Gavin de Becker Deluscious Cookies Susan & Jonathan Dolgen Carolyn Dirks/Brett Dougherty Dennis & Jeralyn Doty Jan & Thea Drayer William Duncan Marilyn P. Dunn Dr. & Mrs. William M Duxler Colleen M. Ellis Terri & David Elston The English Language Center Kevin Watts & Christine Enlow Elizabeth J. Enyart, Mark Doyle & Sarah Daniels Carol & J.B. Esterkin Mr. & Mrs. Michael Feldman Donnovan Field Gloria & Morton Field Marjorie & Arthur Fine Barbara Fodor Joan & Charles Fox Robert & Sonia Freedman Steve Freedman Ben & Susan Friedman Gwen & Jacob Friend G2 Graphic Service, Inc. Pat & Sandy Gage Kathleen Garfield Jeanne & Arnold Geffner Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Geoffrion Diane & Bruce Gewertz Kiki & David Gindler Cherna & Dr. Gary Gitnick Dr. Irene Goldenberg Helene Gordon Adrienne Grant & Paul Jennings Jack Grossbart & Marc Schwartz Sunny & Alvin Grossblatt Craig Grosvenor Deborah & Allen Grubman The Guerin Foundation Madeline Gussman Halbert Hargrove Global Advisors, LLC Monty & Marilyn Hall Salli Harris Neal Hersh & Lynda Klein Jean Himmelstein & David Coleman Dr. John D. Hofbauer & Dr. Laura E. Fox
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ANNUAL DONORS In Honor of Development Tamara Horwich & Gerry Lipshutz Lynn Hunt & Margaret Jacob Jason & Courtney Janda Jerome & Linda Janger Carrie Johnson Lori Johnson Joseph B. Gould Foundation Linda & David Kagel Barbara & Ronnie Kahn Joyce & Don Kaiserman Karney Guren Family Foundation Patricia Keating Lenny & David Kelton Gerrold & Nina Kessler Lauren & Richard King Barbara & Stuart Klabin Kent Klavens & Judy Vourlas Leslie & Norman Koplof Carol Krause Deborah Lacusta & Daniel Castellaneta Las Ventanas al Paraiso Helene & Arthur Laub John Liebes Steven & Nancy Lippman Dorothy Lipsky Jeffrey & Elisabeth Lipsman Judith Locke & Dennis Massie Karen & Frederick Lorig The Jennifer & Greg Malins Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Frank Mancuso Jr. Eric G.C. Mark Edina Somlai & Rob Markus Marlene Matlow & Family Jeanne McDonald-Powers & Travis Powers Sue McHugh & Herb Seese The Miles Family Barbara & Fred Miller Craig & Catherine Miller Andrew & Laura Mintzer Joanne & Joel Mogy In Loving Memory of Harvey S. Morse Lon Morse & Toni Hollander Morse Lawrence Nelson Patricia Newcomb Albert & Barbara Nichols John Nickoll Bobbi & Rory O’Donnell Deborah & Stacey Olliff Michael R. Oppenheim Ornest Family Foundation Charles Ortner Anne Osberg London, Alex & Marty Padilla Gia Paladino & Michael Wise Philip & Leslie Paton Tara & Robert Pietri In Memory of Michael Piller Ruth Popkin Stephen Prudhomme Lee Ramer Richard Rasiej & Joan Herman Harvey & Joyce Reichard Rabbi Steven & Didi Carr Reuben Donald B. & Susan F. Rice In Memory of Frances Richman
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Esther & Howard Richmond Christy Ritts Beth Roberts & Warren Smith Richard Roberts Craig E. Rogers Brad & Nancy Rosenberg Sue Weiss Rosenwasser Laura & John Saade David A. & Karen Richards Sachs Mark San Filippo Nancy & Ted Sanborn Sarah Leonard Fine Jewelers Jill Sattinger Dawn & Joel Scherer Joanna & Jonathan Schwartz Susan Schwarz Berton Carole Server & Oliver Frankel Annette & Leonard Shapiro In Memory of Diane Barnett-Shapiro John & Lori Shaw Phyllis & Martin Shephard Doris & Michael Sherman Holly & Larry Shulman Steven Siegel & Lily Carey Rita & Jose Sigal Ron Silverman & Soraya Ross Joan & Jerry Snyder Sold Out Crowd Drs. Matthew & Marion Solomon The Somaini Family Bruce & Patti Springsteen Mitch & Sherry Stein Joannie Stern Susan Stockel Jordan Strauss Photography David & Katherine Stritzinger Eric Strom & Eileen Goodis Aaron & Melissa Stroud Alec Sulkin & Tal Rabinowitz Katy Sweet The Tatasciore Family John Teeples & Nicolas Martinez, Jr. Audri & Stan Tendler Daniel Tongbai Catherine Unger Daniel & Shauna Valenzuela Alan Van Vliet Peter & Denise Walsh Rhonda & Mark Wapnick Doris Weinberg Joanne & Ken Weinman Gelena & Seth Weissman Alison Whalen & Steven Marenberg Marcia Williams & Gene Lucero Lesley & Jeffrey Wolman Cherie Wrigley Anna & Stephen Yallourakis Patricia Youngman Debra Zavala Anthony P. Zinge
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Janet & Irwin Barnet Joanne & Miles Benickes Jim & Diane Berliner Beverly Bierer Ruth & Jake Bloom Janet & Mark Brown Marilyn & Anshel Brusilow Becky & David Brusilow Dr. R.W.G. Bugental Lee & Shelby Chaden William & Patricia Chin Michael Collins Donald & Zoe Cosgrove Robert Cushnir Morgan Dameron Muriel Dance Geraldine Darrow Diana Davidow & Deborah Constance Daniel Dodson David & Joyce Evans Myrna & Howard Fabrick Sydney M. Finegold, M.D. Myrna Forest Burt & Nanette Forester Lois & Gerald Gallop Sharlene & Sol Galper Russell Gersten Benita & Bert Ginsberg Carol & Neil Goldberg Francine Golden & Marvin Schlossman Louis & Linda Goldsman Abner & Roz Goldstine Lori & Robert Goodman Roger Gordon Diana & Ronald Granit Mike & Elaine Gray Susan Green Carolyn & Bernie Hamilton Stanley Handman Ronald Hansen Kay Harrington Richard Hart Sheila & Chester Hasday Mr. & Mrs. William Hellman Mrs. Dorothy Hoffman Rand Hoffman & Charlotte Robinson Kelley M. Hogan Jonathan Howard Gerald Isenberg Jackie & Warren Jackson Terry & Marc J. Jacoby Mary James Josh Jones Robert Jones Trudy & Albert Kallis Drs. Elaine & Jeff Kamil Mr. & Mrs. Bernard Kamine Marcy Kaplan-Gold James Kelly Charlene Kodimer Ron Kolar Dr. Marina Kovalevsky & Yana Kovalevsky Jeffrey Kramer Carol & Richard Kurland Tam & David Lachoff Eleanor & Mark Lainer
Joan & Christopher Larkin Jeanne & Christopher Lavagnino Sandi Lawless Brenda & Warren Lincoln Mary Shannon Little Neil L. & Ora D. Macfarlane George Manet Elizabeth Marcellino Mr. & Mrs. Phillips H. Marshall Joel Mendelsohn Robert Meth Geoff & Seema Miller Thomas Mitchell Allan M. Mohrman Jr. Bill & Gail Morino Sandra Moss Erika & James Muhlfeld My Vienna Gelato My-Petite David Neilan Sherri & Arnold Nelson Chris & Richard Newman Adrienne & Arthur Omansky Barbara & Gary Pasquinelli Donna & Paul Pekar Rebecca Perlow Jimi & Inna Petulla, Film Connection Ruth Pilot Jon Polito Jack & Jane Pollock Michael Post Gary & Gail Racheletsky William Ray Amy Richards Linda & Manny Rider Carlene Ringer Dolores Rogers Ronda & Fred Rose Diane Ross-Glazer Barry & Nancy Sanders Susan & Martin Schmitt Nancy & Steven Schneider David & Margaret Schwanke Bob & Susan Schwartz Mr. Charles Schwartz & Mrs. Carol Schwartz Dr. & Mrs. Jack Schwartz Michele & Peter Serchuk Peggy & Robert Shapiro Melinda & Yossi Sidikaro Robin & Robert Sills Martin & Leah Sklar Trudy Sokol Dr. Jerry E. Spicer & W. Todd Stevens Edith L. Stoell & Linda Gach Ray Mr. & Mrs. David Tann Nancy Thomas Deborah Valdez Anthony Vasek Ira & Laurie Waldman Jay Weinstein & Lori Woldar Pat West Annabelle Weston & Steven Shulman John Weston Rae Jeane Williams Lauren Wing & Luke Brown
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Tom & Judy Sharp Muriel F. Sherman Pearl Shultz Sideshow Rare & Remarkable Books, Art & Curiosities Renee & Joe Siegel Seymour & Dorothy Siegel Joan Silver Nancy & Bruce Silverman Adam Singer Ronald & Linda Slates Stephanie Small, MFT & Constance Kaplan, MFT Evelyne & Joel Smason Diane Good & Frank Smith Diane Smith James Smith & Loreen Ayer Jennie Smith Dr. Jerry & Marci Smith Jimmie Smith & Tommy Garceau Marcia L. & Mark J. Smith Pamela Smith Jean Smith-Moore Bill Smitrovich Karen Smits Michael & Millie Sondermann Debra & Bruce Spector Lynette Sperber Robert Stanley M Leslie Stearns Tom & Kerstin Stempel Arthur Stern Gloria Stroock Ms. Sally Stevens Stanley & Dee Stone William Stringer Bonnie Sturner, PhD In Memory of Peter Silton Teresa L. Sufana Mr. Kayser Sume & Dr. Renee Sabshin Katherine Sung Deepak Swarup Lance & Maureen Tan Phyllis & Franklin Tell Robyn Tenenbaum Mr. & Mrs. Asadour Terterian Donna Thompson Brigitta Troy Laura & John Lincoln Uelmen Robin & Gary Ungar Bobette Vikan Arnold & Carol Vinstein Mandana Visi Vital Research LLC Carole Wagner-Vallianos & Peter Vallianos Dr. & Mrs. William Walsh Julie & Peter Weil Ben & Rose Weinstein Marion & Russell Weis Marsha & Steven Weiss Terri Weiss Haskell & Rita Wexler Bruce & Marci Wiseman Marc Wishingrad Rowie & Jeffrey Wolf Jess Womack Diana Lynn Woods Karen & Frank Wurtzel The Yarkins Gerald Yoshitomi Arnold Zane Harriet Zaretsky Carol L. Zelden Dayle & Abram Zukor Sandy Zwirn
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GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE STAFF Randall Arney Artistic Director ARTISTIC
Gil Cates, Jr. Interim Managing Director MARKETING & SALES
Mary Garrett Amy Levinson Phyllis Schuringa Young Ji Nick Johnson
Artistic Manager Artistic Associate / Literary Director Artistic Associate / Casting Director Artistic Coordinator Literary Associate
DEVELOPMENT Regina Miller Chief Development Officer Ellen Catania Director of Major Gifts & Corporate/Foundation Partnerships Jessica Brusilow Rollins Director of Education Partnerships & Donor Relations Jamie Mikelich Associate Director of Individual Giving Kristen Smith Eshaya Development & Education Programs Coordinator Scott Kriloff Development Associate & Donor Database Administrator Jessie Sherman Development Assistant Ava Bogle Development Assistant
Joseph Yoshitomi Director of Marketing & Communications Karen Gutierrez Director of Advertising & Sponsorships Mark San Filippo Ticket Services Director & Database Administrator Stephanie Strand Audience Services Manager Brian Dunning Graphics / Production Artist Jodi Feigenbaum Advertising & Promotions Assistant Janice Bernal Box Office Manager Bryan Martin Box Office Manager Korie Benavidez, Audrey Cain, Joshua Davis, Clay Dzygun, Natalie Gregory, Zack Hamra, Richard Martinez, Alyssa Tyson Box Office Staff
COMMUNICATIONS Tim Choy, Peter Goldman, David Barber, Niki Blumberg Davidson & Choy Publicity Rebecca Haithcoat Communications Editor
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FRONT OF HOUSE
Jennifer Zakkai Director of Education & Community Outreach Connor White Resident Teaching Artist & Education Associate
Jeni Pearsons Director of Special Events David Gerhardt Supervising House Manager Michelle Cantrell, Kevin Cernansky, Josiah Davis, Amy Farkas, Brennan Kelleher, Roxana Meyers, Erik Odom House Managers Sevana Baghdasarian, Kailey Bray, Taylor Cerny, Vianney Cossyleon, Brett Donaldson, Brigid Donovan, Dan Foote, Chelsea Fryer, Kari Hall, Mariel Higuera, Sean Jones, Netta Lee Joseph, Erica Keller, Caroline Harrison Kohler, Nathaniel Meek, Keith Mitchell, JoJo Nwoko, Chase O’Donnell, Cassandra Orrantia, Jonathan Schwartz Oliver Vaughn Ushers Rob Mersola Bar Manager Manuel Mayorga Weekend Bar Manager Adam Carr, Brenda Davidson, Lyndsi LaRose Bartenders
ADMINISTRATION Kathy Trank Controller Frankie Ocasio Executive Assistant to the Managing Director Peter Banachowski Accounts Payable Marguerite Harris Receptionist
PRODUCTION Daniel Ionazzi Jill Barnes Matthew Carleton Evan Friedman Rich Gilles James Grabowski Darren Rezowalli
Production Manager Associate Production Manager Technical Director Assistant Technical Director Properties Master Sound Master Master Electrician
FACILITIES MANAGEMENT Miguel del Castillo Mario Santillan-Perez Juan Carlos Umaña
Facility Manager Custodial Cleaning Custodial
The Geffen Playhouse is supported, in part, by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors through the Los Angeles County Arts Commission. This project was also funded in part by the Department of Cultural Affairs, City of Los Angeles. The Geffen Playhouse, a non-profit theater company, is proudly affiliated with the University of California at Los Angeles.
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