IN & OF ITSELF AUDREY SKIRBALL KENIS THEATER AT THE GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE
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IN & OF ITSELF
FROM THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR WELCOME TO DEREK DelGAUDIO’S WORLD PREMIERE show In & Of Itself. Normally, we create theater that inevitably has a sense of illusion to it, but every so often, we like to shake things up and program illusion infused with theater. Derek, whom we welcome back after his stunning debut in Nothing to Hide in 2012 at the Geffen, has helped us broaden the very nature of theater we program in the Audrey Skirball Kenis Theater. Quite apart from the astonishing illusion he creates for an audience, Derek maintains a rapport and a narrative that incorporates not only magic but theater in the truest sense of the word. Derek has taken this art form and crafted a new type of multi-faceted performance art with illusion as the nexus around which the show revolves. To help mold Derek’s story is none other than Frank Oz. A masterful director, storyteller and puppeteer, Frank is responsible for creating many of the most beloved characters of our time, including Miss Piggy, Cookie Monster and Yoda. His work in bringing the inanimate to roaring life remains a glittering example of the marriage he creates between magic and storytelling. Frank has shaped In & Of Itself with his signature sense of wonder and, along with Derek, has guided an incredible team of artists through a design process that not only serves the complicated needs of an illusionist but also helps bring the story to life. Their collaboration has led them to create an evening sure to blow your mind. We are pleased once again to have the opportunity to share a brand new show with you in our ongoing commitment to building a home for artists to experiment and push boundaries. We believe that this artistic freedom allows for the best of what is possible to emerge in the process. Enjoy the show! Randall Arney ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
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PAMELA ROBINSON CO-CHAIR PATRICIA KIERNAN APPLEGATE RANDALL ARNEY
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MICHAEL CENTENO MARY ANN CLOYD MERLE DANDRIDGE DR. BRAD EDGERTON MARK FLEISCHER HERBERT M. GELFAND
GIL CATES, JR. WELCOME TO IN & OF ITSELF IN THE AUDREY SKIRBALL Kenis Theater! I’d like to take this opportunity to thank you for being a part of the Geffen Playhouse family this year — our 20th anniversary season — whether you’re a long-time subscriber, donor or new to the theater. As we reflect on the past 20 years and look toward a bright and expanding future, it is with much enthusiasm and pride that I share with you an important update on the future of the organization. This year, we are launching the public phase of our Legacy Fund campaign, which will ensure the stability and longevity of this theater. The Legacy Fund has been made possible by extraordinary leadership gifts pledged during the initial phase of the campaign this past year, along with a significant challenge grant generously provided by David Geffen. Still, this is just the beginning. To learn more about the Legacy Fund, please contact Regina Miller, our Chief Development Officer, at 310.208.6500 ext. 112 or reginam@geffenplayhouse.org. Our dreams for the theater continue to grow, as does the critical need in our community for the type of bold artistic work, innovative education programming and long-term cultural impact we are committed to providing. We look forward to expanding our artistic initiatives, building new partnerships, deepening our community engagement and continuing to develop new audiences for generations to come. With sincere gratitude to all of you who have been, and continue to be, an integral part of the Geffen Playhouse.
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Pulitzer Prize finalist playwright Alexandra Gersten-Vassilaros and Tony Award-winning director John Rando offer a funny and poignant cautionary tale about the perils of pretense and fragility of family.
Written by ALEXANDRA GERSTEN-VASSILAROS Directed by JOHN RANDO Featuring ARNIE BURTON, EMILY ROBINSON, JON TENNEY & JENNIFER WESTFELDT Recipient of the Edgerton Foundation New Play Award Major support for this world premiere production provided by the Edgerton Foundation New Play Production Fund
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PRODUCTION BIOGRAPHIES
DEREK DELGAUDIO (Creator & Performer) Derek DelGaudio is a writer, performance artist and two-time Academy of Magical Arts Award-winning magician. He wrote and starred in the show Nothing to Hide. He was selected to be the Artist in Residence for Walt Disney Imagineering. Derek co-founded, along with Glenn Kaino, the performance-art collective, A.BANDIT. He has staged works at LA><ART, Art L.A. Contemporary, SoHo House Hollywood, Art Basel Miami, and The Kitchen in New York City, as well as site-specific performances for Grand Arts, The Ball of Artists and LACMA.
FRANK OZ (Director) Frank Oz is a four-time Emmy winner, recipient of The Art Director’s Guild Award, The Comedy Award, Saturn Lifetime Achievement Award and George Foster Peabody Award, among others. He’s performed with The Muppets and on the Star Wars Films.
GLENN KAINO (Producer) Glenn Kaino is a conceptual artist based in Los Angeles. In 2012 he was selected by the U.S. Department of State to represent the country in the 13th International Cairo Biennale and he has had additional solo exhibitions at The Andy Warhol Museum; The Studio Museum in Harlem, Grand Arts; The Modern Ft. Worth; The Whitney Museum; Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego and REDCAT, among others. Kaino has also been included in numerous group exhibitions such as the 12th Lyon Biennial, Whitney Biennial, Performa 09 and Prospect.3. With DelGaudio, he co-founded A.BANDIT and the group has its first artist monograph coming out later this year. ADAM BLUMENTHAL (Lighting Designer) Previously with Derek DelGaudio: Nothing to Hide directed by Neil Patrick Harris at the Geffen Playhouse and Off-Broadway at the Signature Theatre and A.BANDIT: Experiments From The [Space] Between (Kitchen Theatre Company, N.Y.C.). Other work includes world premieres of Above the Fold (Pasadena Playhouse) and Manhattan Parisienne, written by Alain Boublil and directed by Graciela Daniele (59e59 N.Y.C.). New York: Signature Theatre, St. Ann’s Warehouse,
Joe’s Pub, Kitchen Theatre Company, Theatre at St. Clements, Players Theatre, Theatre Row. Los Angeles: Kodak Theatre, Pasadena Playhouse, East West Players, Colony, Matrix, Odyssey, Los Angeles Theatre Center. B.F.A. University of Southern California School of Dramatic Arts. MARK MOTHERSBAUGH (Composer) Mark Mothersbaugh is a founding member and frontman of the popular band DEVO. He has been a prolific visual and musical artist since before the band’s inception, with a diverse body of work that includes albums, soundtracks, drawings, sculptures, photographs, videos, prints, eyewear and rugs. Mothersbaugh created the often-imitated sound of Wes Anderson’s beloved films with his scores to Rushmore, Bottle Rocket, The Royal Tenenbaums and The Life Aquatic. He also composed the musical scores for PeeWee’s Playhouse, the Rugrats series and films, The Lego Movie, Hotel Transylvania, both 21 and 22 Jump Street and hundreds of other films, television series and advertisements. TOM WERNER (Producer) In addition to his membership in the Television Academy Hall of Fame, Tom Werner has received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Producers Guild of America. That is why he has such a strong respect for illusionists. The Carsey Werner Company, which Marcy Carsey and he
cofounded, has produced over 2000 hours of quality half-hour television, and it has won numerous Emmy Awards, Golden Globes, and Peabody Awards. In the last fourteen years, Werner has also been the Chairman of the Boston Red Sox, and the club has won 3 World Series after a drought of 86 years. Werner is extremely proud of his association with Derek DelGaudio and he helped produced the critically acclaimed Nothing to Hide when it traveled to N.Y.C. after its record-breaking run at the Geffen Playhouse.
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 many productions for the theater, most recently Outside Mullingar, The Night Alive, 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 Theatre where his directing credits include: Slowgirl, The Seafarer, The PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE P7
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The dozen feature films he directed include: Little Shop of Horrors, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, In & Out, The Score and Death at a Funeral.
PRODUCTION BIOGRAPHIES 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 M.F.A. 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. (Executive Director) Gil Cates, Jr. has proudly served on the Geffen Playhouse Board 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, Ann-Margret and 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 television 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 B.F.A. 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, The Clinton
Foundation, Ben Affleck’s Eastern Congo Initiative, Hank Azaria’s Determined to Succeed, Charlize Theron's Africa Outreach Project, Water.org, Codenow.org 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, she taught in preschools and kindergartens in New York. From the age of 13, Regina worked as a professional dancer on Broadway as well as with a number of prominent modern dance ensembles. Fusing two of her interests, she created a highly successful program which incorporated dance therapy and creative movement into an early childhood curriculum as well as wrote and produced a television show based on this concept. In addition to being a published author and photographer with Tallfellow Press and Prometheus Books, Regina has taught and lectured at numerous schools in New York, Los Angeles and abroad.
This theater operates under agreement between the League of Resident Theaters and Actors Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers in the United States. The Stage Managers employed in this production are members of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States This theater operates under agreement between the League of Resident Theaters and Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, an independent national labor union. The scenic, costume, lighting and sound designers in LORT theaters are represented by United Scenic Artists Local USA-829, IATSE.
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2016/2017 SEASON ANNOUNCED! BARBECUE
THE MODEL APARTMENT
Written by ROBERT O’HARA
Written by DONALD MARGULIES Directed by EVAN CABNET
WEST COAST PREMIERE From Obie and Helen Hayes Award winner Robert O’Hara comes a raucous and rollicking new comedy about sibling love and loathing. This Barbecue skewers any ideas we have about the families we think we know. SEPTEMBER – OCTOBER 2016 GIL CATES THEATER AT THE GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE
Pulitzer Prize winner and Geffen Playhouse favorite Donald Margulies (The Country House, Coney Island Christmas, Dinner with Friends) tells the dark and surreal story of Max and Lola, a retired couple who are ready to live out their days in a deluxe seaside condo, but find themselves haunted by the lives they’ve left behind. OCTOBER – NOVEMBER 2016 AUDREY SKRIBALL KENIS THEATER AT THE GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE
ICEBERGS Written by ALENA SMITH Directed by RANDALL ARNEY WORLD PREMIERE Playwright Alena Smith (The Affair, The Newsroom) and Geffen Playhouse Artistic Director Randall Arney bring you to Silver Lake on a hot summer night in early November, where four friends (and an agent) navigate filmmaking, fossil-finding and family planning. NOVEMBER – DECEMBER 2016 GIL CATES THEATER AT THE GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE
THE LION Written & Performed by BENJAMIN SCHEUER Directed by SEAN DANIELS LOS ANGELES PREMIERE A good storyteller uses everything he has. So Benjamin Scheuer (Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Solo Performance) uses his guitar — actually, six guitars — in The Lion, as he leads you on a rock n’ roll journey from boyhood to manhood, through pain and healing, to discover the redemptive power of music. JANUARY – FEBRUARY 2017 AUDREY SKRIBALL KENIS THEATER AT THE GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE
THE LEGEND OF GEORGIA McBRIDE Written by MATTHEW LOPEZ Directed by MIKE DONAHUE WEST COAST PREMIERE
CONSTELLATIONS Written by NICK PAYNE LOS ANGELES PREMIERE
Matthew Lopez’s (writer of Obie Award-winning play, The Whipping Man) heartwarming tale of an Elvis impersonator who finds that life as a performer can be quite a drag is, indeed, legendary. At this small-time club in the Florida Panhandle, the King may be leaving the building, but the queens have just arrived.
Nick Payne’s Olivier and Drama League nominated play Constellations comes to Los Angeles following a hit Broadway run. Ben Brantley of The New York Times asks, “Who knew that higher physics could be so sexy, so accessible — and so emotionally devastating?” A play that balances on the question of “what if” is, at its core, a profound picture of “what is.”
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EDUCATION ADVOCATE $1,000 - $1,499 Anonymous (3) Harry & Gay Abrams/Abrams Artists Agency Laura & Harvey Alpert Charitable Foundation Merryl & David A. Alpert Bonnie & Bill Apfelbaum AudioQuest Russ, August & Kabat Carol Ann & D.C. Bakeman Richard & Shelley Bayer Jerry Beckman Susan & Eric M. Bender Peter & Barbara Benedek Paula & Bruce Bennett Wendy & John Bergquist Sharon & Artie Berrick Joe Blackstone & Jamie Mohn
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ANNUAL DONORS The Bordy & Leibovic Families Brenda & Alan Borstein Helen Breitwieser & James Jacks Wendy & David Brotman Chancellor Albert Carnesale & Mrs. Robin Carnesale Scott Carter & Bebe Johnson Peg Casey David Cates & Christine Vavak Jane Cates Jonathan & Elena Cates Melissa Cates & Roger Claman Steven Cerasale & Mary Katherine Cocharo Martha Chase Sachiko T. Cochran MD & Joseph T. Araki Janine Cristiano Ruth Daugherty Deluscious Cookies Carolyn Dirks/Brett Dougherty Dennis & Jeralyn Doty Jan & Thea Drayer Gerald & Sally Ducot William Duncan Marilyn P. Dunn Dr. & Mrs. William M Duxler In Honor of Education & Community Engagement Colleen M. Ellis Terri & David Elston The English Language Center Carl & Courtenay Enright Michael & Lynne Feldman Donnovan Field Sydney M. Finegold, M.D. Steve Freedman Ben & Susan Friedman G2 Graphic Service, Inc. Pat & Sandy Gage Jeanne & Arnold Geffner Diane & Bruce Gewertz The Gibbs Family Cherna & Dr. Gary Gitnick Charlotte Gold Dr. Irene Goldenberg Marion Goldenfeld Helene Gordon Adrienne Grant & Paul Jennings Jack Grossbart & Marc Schwartz Michael Grunwald Deidre Hall Monty & Marilyn Hall Salli Harris Michael Parks & Judith Hayward Murray & Gail Heltzer Lynda Klein & Neal Hersh David Coleman & Jean Himmelstein Coleman Dr. John D. Hofbauer & Dr. Laura E. Fox Tamara Horwich & Gerry Lipshutz Toni Hoyt Lynn Hunt & Margaret Jacob Brian Irving & Dayna Cussler Linda Janger Joseph B. Gould Foundation Linda & David Kagel Joyce & Don Kaiserman Marcy Kaplan & Eric Gold Karney Guren Family Foundation In Honor of Judi Kaufman Sabrina Kay Charitable Foundation Lenny & David Kelton Barbara & Stuart Klabin
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Anne C. Taubman & David Boyle John Teeples & Nicolas Martinez, Jr. John C. Turmes Catherine & Leonard Unger Daniel & Shauna Valenzuela Alan Van Vliet Peter & Denise Walsh Julie & Peter Weil Doris Weinberg Joanne & Ken Weinman Alison Whalen & Steven Marenberg Marcia Williams & Gene Lucero Anna & Stephen Yallourakis Debra Zavala
ARTISTIC ADVOCATE $500 - $999 Anonymous (3) Laurence & Ilene Abramson Patti & Harlan Amstutz Nancy Antoniou Ares Management LLC Bonnie Arnold Jeanne Bailey Janet & Irwin Barnet Irene Baron Sigrid & Alan Belinkoff Joanne & Miles Benickes Madelyn Bennett & Eric Gibson Yvette Bergeron & Dean Bailey Jim & Diane Berliner Kristen Bird Diane & Richard Birnholz Black Market Gelato Janet & Mark Brown Laura D. Campbell Lee & Shelby Chaden Elsbeth Collins & James Greene Ginger Conrad Ted Cordes Donald & Zoe Cosgrove Morgan Dameron Geraldine Darrow Daniel & Gayle Devin The Milton L. & Betty J. Dranow Family Foundation Roni & Ethan Eller David & Joyce Evans Marjorie & Arthur Fine The Ella Fitzgerald Charitable Fund Michael & Lynne Flynn Myrna Forest Burt & Nanette Forester Lois & Gerald Gallop Sharlene & Sol Galper The Gewecke Family Benita & Bert Ginsberg Dr. Diane & Michael Glazer Susan & Steve Glusker Annie & Tom Goepel Louis & Linda Goldsman Marcy Goldstein Abner & Roz Goldstine Ellie Goodman Lori & Robert Goodman Diana & Ronald Granit Gaby & Rob Greenberg Marcy & Edgar Gross Madeline Gussman Carolyn & Bernie Hamilton Kay Harrington
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ANNUAL DONORS $250 - $499 Anonymous (6) Emanuel & Nancy Abrams Norman & Toshka Abrams Patricia Abrams Terry & Richard Abrams Actors Equity Foundation, Inc Anne Adair & Steve Ganzberg Barbara Adams Elaine & Michael Agran Charles & Annick Allen Sylvia Almstadt Jan & David Altemus Paul Alter Robert C. Anderson Philip Angerhofer & Stephen A. Jones Eloise & Mark Appel Jc & Jack Appelbaum Mark Archer Steven D. Arias Barbara & Ethan Aronoff Marc & Elizabeth Axelrod Lynne & Lee Babbitt Deborah Baine & Richard Mead Cecilia Ball Edward Barad & Carol McCully Linda Barnett Victoria Bates Randy Bayard Judith & Thomas Beckmen Dawn & Marshall Bein Dr. Timothy Belavich & Bernie Knobbe Marshall Bell JoAnn Bernard Karen Berko-Gibson Barbara Berkowitz Karen Berkowitz Marsha C. Berkowitz Beverly Bierer Claudia & Ronald Bitzer Marjorie Blatt Pamela & Bill Bohnert Frances & Thomas Booth Michael J. Bordy Toby Bornstein Judge & Mrs. Anthony Borwick Deanne Bosnak Burt Boyar Carol J. Bradshaw Paula Brand Mona Brandler John & Debbie Brincko Leah Lynn Broidy Marshall Bull David & Kathy Burke Marlene & David Capell Andrew Carlberg Phil Carlin Miss Irene Castaldo Ellen & Jeff Catania In Memory of Gil Cates Ling Chan Sandra Chan Barry Charles Diane Chernansky Mike Clements Anselm Clinard Ken Coelho Donell Cohen In Memory of Dr. Alan Cohn Ivan Contreras Lionel Conway Gail Cottingham Linda Covette
Susan Georgine Craig Norman & Nancy Cravens Valerie & Donald Cravitz Shawn Cunningham Ingrid Curtiss, MD Ames Cushing In Loving Memory of Ed Cypert Muriel Dance & Alvin Martin Col. Tony, Donna & Taylor Daniell Hedva & Dr. Dudley Danoff Jeffrey S. Davidson Ruth B. Davis & Pearl Schultz Elizabeth De Oliveira Brian Demsey Robert Ditullio Suzanne & Bruce Dodds Carol Jean Doehring Penelope Donnelly Fred & Marilyn Dorer Gerry Dorfman Daryl & Paul F. Doucette Paul Dowling Helina Dreicer Jacki & Murray Drechsler Earthlings.com Michael East Chiedu Egbuniwe Larry & Elke Ereshefsky Janet Fattal Mimi Alpert Feldman Judy & Jerry Felsenthal Abby & Malcolm Field Paul & Karen Finkel Donna Finley Evaline Fishman Margaret Flanders William & Elisabeth Fleischman Myrna ‘Pepper’ Forest Rosella Forte Sandy & Mitch Francis Dolores Franco Gilbert & Marilyn Frank Julia Franz Fran Fredella & Scott Rubin Donald & Sandy French Kenneth J. Friedman & Marilynn J. Friedman Family Foundation Laurelle Frome & Brady Frome Gina Furth Lee Gardenswartz Larry & Judith Garshofsky Russell Gersten Richard & Lori Glucksman Hannah Godwin Mark & Molly Goldberg Francine Golden & Marvin Schlossman Dr. Peter Goldman Dina Goldstein Ellie & Barry Goldstein Mae Goodson Jo-Ann Gordon Roger Gordon David Goren Liz Gottainer & David Sadkin Joan Green Paul & Louise Greenberg Randi & Jerome Greenberg Larry Guli Eve Haberfield & David N. Johnson Janet S. Hadley Roberta L. Haft Kambiz Hakim Mary & Alan Halkett Roberta Hamilton Tess Harper Marcia Harrow Judy L. Hartley
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GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE STAFF Randall Arney Artistic Director ARTISTIC
Gil Cates, Jr. Executive Director MARKETING & SALES
Amy Levinson Phyllis Schuringa Young Ji Rachel Wiegardt-Egel Rebecca Birstock Isabel Espy DJ Woullard
Artistic Associate / Literary Director Artistic Associate / Casting Director Artistic Coordinator / Company Manager Literary Associate Artistic Intern Artistic Intern Artistic Intern
DEVELOPMENT Regina Miller Ellen Catania Jessica Brusilow Rollins Jamie Mikelich Kristen Smith Eshaya Scott Kriloff Clay Dzygun Taylor Dearden Jessie Sherman Justin Baer Austin Merrill Sophia Jane Wilkof
Chief Development Officer Senior Vice President, Development Director of Education Partnerships & Donor Relations Associate Director of Individual Giving & Spotlight Manager Development & Education Programs Coordinator Development Concierge Manager Development Associate Development Assistant Development Assistant Development Intern Development Intern Development Intern
Jessica Buzzard
Director of Marketing
Karen Gutierrez
Director of Advertising & Sponsorships
Brian Dunning
Graphic Design Manager
Kevin O’Brien
Marketing & Graphics Coordinator
Mark San Filippo
Ticket Services Director & Database Administrator
Stephanie Strand
Audience Services Manager
Janice Bernal
Box Office Manager
Bryan Martin
Box Office Manager
Zack Hamra
Box Office Assistant Manager
Kaitlin Huwe, Richard Martinez, Cameron Reck, Celia Rivera, Celeste Russi, Alyssa Tyson Box Office Staff
COMMUNICATIONS Katy Sweet, Pam Giangregorio, Anna Yan Katy Sweet & Associates Public Relations Sue Fleishman
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Karim Bouzzit
EDUCATION
Consultant, September Media
System Administrator
Jennifer Zakkai Director of Education & Community Engagement Carolyn Marie Wright Manager of Education & Community Engagement Mariel Higuera Education Assistant Corky Dominguez, David Guerra, McKenna Kerrigan, Kristina Leach, Connor White Teaching Artists Richard Tucker, Jr. Education Intern
FRONT OF HOUSE
ADMINISTRATION
Rebecca Birstock, Kailey Bray, Christopher Caron, Taylor Cerny, Vianney Cossyleon, Taylor Dearden, Ida Herndon, Mariel Higuera, Aaron Newman, JoJo Nwoko, Shannon O’Hara, Madison Shamoun, Adam Turney, Oliver Vaughn, Cody Williams, Dennis Woullard Ushers
Behnaz Ataee Frankie Ocasio Peter Banachowski Samone Watts Marguerite Harris
Chief Financial Officer Executive Assistant Accounting and Payroll Manager Accounts Payable Receptionist
PRODUCTION Daniel Ionazzi Jill Barnes Sam Craven-Griffiths Evan Friedman Rich Gilles James Grabowski Darren Rezowalli Ramine Ameli
Production Manager Associate Production Manager / Company Manager Technical Director Assistant Technical Director Properties Master House Sound Supervisor Lighting & Video Supervisor Production Electrician
Jeni Pearsons
Director of Special Events
David Gerhardt
Supervising House Manager
Jane Phillips Harper
Deputy Supervising House Manager
Josiah Davis, Brett Donaldson, Amy Farkas, Caroline Harrison Kohler, Nathaniel Meek, Roxana Meyers, James Porter, Jonathan Schwartz House Managers
Rob Mersola
Bar Manager and Mixologist
Manuel Mayorga
Weekend Bar Manager
Adam Carr, Brenda Davidson, David Gregory, Mariel Higuera, Lyndsi LaRose, Kimberly Legg, Ryan Turner Bartenders
FACILITIES MANAGEMENT Miguel del Castillo
Facility Manager
Mario Santillan-Perez
Custodial
Juan Carlos Umaña
Cleaning Custodial
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. Geffen Playhouse, a not-for-profit theater company, is proudly affiliated with the University of California at Los Angeles.
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