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FROM THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS, THE THEATER HAS been a place for entertainment, for inspiration, for catharsis. A space for questioning and for examining the most difficult issues in our society through a specific dramatic lens. At a time when the epidemic of sexual assault is more a part of our national conversation than ever, Anna Ziegler’s world premiere play Actually is a deeply and delicately nuanced look at a college campus rape scenario that compels us to lean forward and engage. While the canon of existing plays certainly reflects our current universal human truths, this new play uniquely responds to the most urgent questions of today’s world. This story — of the desire to fit in, of the startling ways communication can crumble, of the turmoil of being young and drowning in a culture of mixed messages — could not be more immediate, especially given our proximity to a college campus. We are thrilled to welcome Anna and director Tyne Rafaeli to the Geffen family. Tyne has brought together a team of designers who have artfully created an intimate, fluid space for this back-and-forth to take shape. With great empathy, cast members Samantha Ressler and Jerry MacKinnon bring their young characters to life. On a personal note, I thank you for making my last seventeen years as Artistic Director such an unmitigated joy. This theater, the Audrey, was only a dream — a parking lot, in fact — when my tenure at the Geffen began. With its creation came new plays, an expanded artistic vision and an entirely new audience — you. Your willingness to engage in and experience new and often unconventional work has allowed me to encourage artists to bring their boldest ideas to fruition. My privilege has been to watch these plays grow from the kernel of an idea to spectacularly staged productions. What a rich, wild and rewarding ride it has been. Thank you. Enjoy the show! Randall Arney ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
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LETTER FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR BOARD OF DIRECTORS MARTHA HENDERSON CO-CHAIR
PAMELA ROBINSON CO-CHAIR PATRICIA KIERNAN APPLEGATE RANDALL ARNEY ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
BETH BEHRS DR. GENE D. BLOCK KEVIN BRIGHT HAROLD A. BROWN GIL CATES JR.
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GIL CATES, JR. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY FOR ACTUALLY, a co-world premiere with Williamstown Theatre Festival, written by the talented Anna Ziegler. We are proud to be the recipient of a generous grant from The Sheri and Les Biller Family Foundation, which is providing support for this production of Actually as well as increased opportunities for high school and college students to experience the play and gain insight into the issues it explores. Our sincere gratitude to everyone at the Foundation for making this possible.
MICHAEL CENTENO MARY ANN CLOYD MERLE DANDRIDGE DR. BRAD EDGERTON MARK FLEISCHER SUE FLEISHMAN PATRICIA L. GLASER SAM GORES ADI GREENBERG ARTHUR GREENBERG JOAN KALOUSTIAN LORETTA EVERETT KAUFMAN DR. GERALD S. LEVEY CARLA MALDEN SUSAN MALLORY GINNY MANCINI BARRY MEYER B. SCOTT MINERD STEVEN A. OLSEN HOLLY RICE LINDA BERNSTEIN RUBIN TERI SCHWARTZ RICHARD SHERMAN FRED SPECKTOR LORRAINE SPURGE CYNTHIA P. STAFFORD HOWARD TENENBAUM VICE CHAIRMAN
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QUINCY JONES JEFFREY KATZENBERG GLORYA KAUFMAN FRANK G. MANCUSO CHAIRMAN EMERITUS
I’d also like to extend our deepest thanks to everyone who supported our 15th Annual Backstage at the Geffen fundraiser in March, honoring Mel Brooks and Quincy Jones. We would not have achieved our goals without the extraordinary generosity and commitment of each Board member, Host Committee member, donor, sponsor, in-kind partner and silent auction supporter. A huge thank-you to our Title Sponsor, City National Bank, and Presenting Sponsors, Audi of America, Find Your Grind Foundation and K Period Media, for helping us respond to urgent needs in the community by expanding the reach and power of the arts to vastly improve lives and futures. Your commitment to the arts is inspiring to us all. This season, as part of our commitment to reach new audiences with the productions on our stages and our Education and Community Engagement programs, I am proud to announce our new podcast Geffen Playhouse Unscripted has officially launched through our partners at PodcastOne! To listen, please visit geffenplayhouse.org/unscripted, or subscribe on iTunes. Thank you for being a part of the Geffen Playhouse family this season. Enjoy today’s show!
Gil Cates, Jr. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
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THE LETTER AND THE LAW
HOW TITLE IX AND THE “DEAR COLLEAGUE LETTER” SHAPE POLICY REGARDING CAMPUS SEXUAL ASSAULT BY AMY LEVINSON
THE QUESTIONS AT THE CENTER OF ANNA ZIEGLER’S BEAUTIFUL AND COMPLICATED PLAY Actually revolve in part around how we categorize and assign names to ambiguous or troubling circumstances in an effort to understand them. In this case, the category is sexual assault and for this, there are strict guidelines in place for universities to handle each individual situation with an overall statute. Actually explores where the complexities and failures of humans come into play in these proceedings. But what are the actual rules? What are the legal statutes in place to protect students? It begins with what is known as Title IX. Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 states that “no person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving federal financial assistance.” While the original amendment suffered from vagueness, subsequent Supreme Court decisions in conjunction with the U.S. Department of Education have expanded the scope of this to include the prohibition of sexual harassment of students, including acts of sexual violence. Failure to comply with the enforcement of this statute puts an institution at risk of losing federal funding. P4 PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE
In 2011, to further specify the responsibilities of institutions to handle these matters with the upmost diligence, the Department of Education published guidance materials. These guidelines, known as the “Dear Colleague Letter,” addressed in detail how to handle cases of campus sexual violence. Somewhere between an inquiry and an in-house trial, campus proceedings seek to address these very individual cases with some sort of methodology. These procedures are the framework in which Actually takes place, and include: • Disseminating a notice of nondiscrimination • Designating at least one employee to coordinate an institution’s efforts to comply with and carry out its responsibilities under Title IX • Adopting and publishing a clear procedure for providing a prompt and equitable resolution of discrimination complaints It is important to note that each institution is responsible for designing its own procedures for examining these cases. While the “Dear Colleague Letter” gives parameters, the scrutiny to which these cases are subjected can vary greatly from place to place. Additional provisions required by Title IX: • Institutions must have a Title IX coordinator who has an adequate legal understanding of sexual harassment and sexual violence. School law enforcement must also have training in these areas.
THE LETTER AND THE LAW • All institutions are required to adopt and publish grievance procedures that may include mediation, counseling and protection from dealing directly with the accused. • Adequate, impartial investigation of complaints including the opportunity for both parties to present witnesses and other evidence. There is a large focus on the procedures being equitable between the complainants and accused. • The school will conduct a timely investigation of the complaint and notify both parties of the outcome. A typical case should be resolved within 60 days of the initial complaint being filed. In addition to these legal proceedings, the letter includes provisions for education and prevention of sexual harassment and violence. Complainants are entitled to safety measures that might include campus escorts and the removal of the accused from the complainant’s classes. While this is a very broad overview of the detailed 14 page letter prepared by the U.S. Department of Education, it makes clear one extremely troubling truth. The very fact that there is a nationally recognized procedure for campus rape cases demonstrates how startlingly widespread this problem has become. Some troubling statistics: • One in five women and one in sixteen men are sexually assaulted while in college. • Freshmen and sophomores are at greater risk for victimization than juniors and seniors. • More than 90% of sexual assault victims on college campuses do not report the assault. • 63.3% of men at one university who self-reported acts qualifying as rape or attempted rape admitted to committing repeat rapes. So while there is a formal proceeding when a victim comes forward, clearly the system in place is doing very little to make victims comfortable enough to do so. Proving victimization in a culture that can be judgmental of victims is an uphill, humiliating and ongoing battle. And the lasting effects on both parties are profound. Further, there has been backlash in regards to the implementation of the Title IX practices with questions about fairness to the defendants in these cases. Some critics of the system refer to an overcorrection that infringes on the rights of the accused. “Sexual assault on campus is a serious problem. But efforts to protect women from a putative epidemic of violence have led to misguided policies that infringe on the civil rights of men. Under the new system, there will be no hearing for the accused, and thus no opportunity to question witnesses and mount a defense. Harvard University, the professors wrote, is ‘jettisoning balance and fairness in the rush to appease
certain federal administrative officials.’”1 The system is flawed for both the victim and the accused. And legal recourse means that the problem has been addressed too late. The “Dear Colleague Letter” does lay out procedures for prevention and education but even still, the very definition of rape continues to be reductive. It is synonymous with violence and it has been shown that oftentimes non-consent comes in the form of capitulation based on fear, embarrassment, anxiety, or even drunkenness. Actually is a study of these nuances. It not only forces us to look at the issue of rape through the eyes of both parties, but the variations on what rape means and how we as both audience and jury bring preconceived notions into this already fraught conversation. What is encouraging, though, is how much sexual violence both on campus and off has become part of the national conversation. A victim at Stanford University, known only as Emily Doe, wrote an open letter (Victim’s Impact Statement)2 when her attacker, Brock Turner, was being sentenced. This incredibly detailed and gut-wrenching explanation of the crime was brutal not only because of the violence of the rape itself, but also the aftermath of how she was treated when she pursued a case against her attacker. After her letter went viral, former Vice President Joe Biden responded with his own letter.3 He praised Emily Doe for her bravery, saying “you are a warrior — with a solid steel spine,” and demanding that as a nation we do better to protect women by raising men who do not perpetuate this pandemic. What Emily Doe’s letter ignited, Biden sought to continue by pushing the conversation into the light. He impresses upon us that we have failed these victims and we must do better. He and others launched the It’s On Us campaign built on the idea that we are responsible for certain action to combat sexual violence — that it’s on all of us: • To recognize that non-consensual sex is sexual assault. • To identify situations in which sexual assault may occur. • To intervene where consent has not or cannot be given. • To create an environment in which sexual assault is unacceptable and survivors are supported.4 While these university inquiries are far from perfect, the inclusion of sexual harassment and assault in Title IX is a step in the right direction. And a play such as Actually recognizes the need to examine each case with great care until such time that sexual violence is no longer an everpresent threat. 1
www.slate.com/articles/double_x/doublex/2014/12/college_rape_ campus_sexual_assault_is_a_serious_problem_but_the_efforts.html
2 www.sccgov.org/sites/da/newsroom/newsreleases/Documents/BTurner%20VIS.pdf 3
www.buzzfeed.com/tomnamako/joe-biden-writes-an-open-letter-tostanford-survivor
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www.itsonus.org
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THE GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE PRODUCTION OF
Written by
Anna Ziegler Scenic Designer
Costume Designer
Tim Mackabee
Elizabeth Caitlin Ward
Lighting Designer
Sound Designer
Lap Chi Chu
Vincent Olivieri Dramaturg
Amy Levinson Production Stage Manager
Elizabeth A. Brohm
Casting Director
Phyllis Schuringa, CSA Directed by
Tyne Rafaeli Actually is a co-World Premiere between Geffen Playhouse • Randall Arney, Artistic Director and Williamstown Theatre Festival • Mandy Greenfield, Artistic Director A grant from The Sheri and Les Biller Family Foundation is providing support for this production of Actually as well as increased opportunities for high school and college students to experience it and to take action on the issues it presents. EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS CIRCLE MEMBERS
Laurie & Bill Benenson • Martha Henderson • Pamela Robinson Hollander & Robert Hollander Loretta Everett Kaufman & Victor Kaufman • Jason & Yvonne Lee • B. Scott Minerd Linda Bernstein Rubin & Tony Rubin • Kimberly Steward & Josh Godfrey • Miranda & Brett Tollman
Opening Night: Wednesday, May 10, 2017 SEASON SPONSOR
OPENING NIGHT SPONSORS
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Jerry MacKinnon ............................................................................................................................................. Tom* Samantha Ressler ...................................................................................................................................... Amber* *Indicates member of Actor’s Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.
PLACE / TIME Princeton University, amongst other places. The recent past and present. RUNNING TIME Approximately 90 minutes. There will be no intermission.
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PRODUCTION BIOGRAPHIES
JERRY MacKINNON (Tom) Geffen Playhouse debut. Regional: This is Modern Art, Leveling Up (Steppenwolf Theatre Company); columbinus (American Theatre Company); Luce (Next Theatre Company); Exit Strategy (Jackalope Theatre); The Knowledge (Steep Theatre). In film, Jerry will next be seen in the upcoming feature Dude (director: Olivia Milch). Previous film: Imperfections. Jerry currently stars in the television drama Sleepy Hollow for 20th Century Fox Television. His other television credits include: Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders, Empire and Chicago Fire. Jerry is a native of Baltimore, Maryland. He would like to thank Candis, Tanner and Rachel for their love and support.
SAMANTHA RESSLER (Amber) Samantha Ressler is thrilled to be making her Geffen Playhouse debut. She was last seen at The Palace Theater in John Patrick Shanley’s Women of Manhattan, playing the role of Judy. Other theater credits include Blackbird, directed by Wilson Milam at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts and Closer as “Alice” at The Ruby Theatre. Film: This is the End, Nobody Walks, Palo Alto.
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She will next be seen in the independent feature American Dream opposite Nick Stahl, directed by Janusz Kaminski, and in Hallie Meyers-Shyer’s Home Again. Television: Modern Family, Trophy Wife, Hello Ladies, Franklin and Bash, Rules of Engagement and 90210, among others. Samantha is a graduate of Brown University and trained at the London Dramatic Academy and Atlantic Acting School. She would like to thank her family and friends for all their love and support. ANNA ZIEGLER (Playwright) Anna Ziegler’s play Photograph 51, produced on the West End starring Nicole Kidman and directed by Michael Grandage, won London’s 2016 WhatsOnStage award for Best New Play. It has been produced around the country and the world, most recently in Hamburg, Rome and Stockholm. Her play Boy, which premiered Off-Broadway in a Keen Company/Ensemble Studio Theatre co-production, was nominated for the 2016 Outer Critics Circle John Gassner Award and will be produced at TimeLine Theatre in Chicago next season. The Last Match premiered at The Old Globe and was nominated for the 2016 San Diego Theatre Critics Circle Outstanding New Play award; it will be produced at Roundabout Theatre Company this fall. Following the Geffen Playhouse production, Actually will be produced at the Williamstown Theatre Festival and Manhattan Theatre Club. The Wanderers, commissioned by The Old Globe, will premiere there in 2018. Ziegler is writing a television pilot for AMC/ Sundance and a screenplay for Scott Free Productions. Oberon Books has published a collection of her work entitled Anna Ziegler: Plays One. Her other plays are published by Dramatists Play Service. She
holds a B.A. from Yale and an M.F.A. from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. TYNE RAFAELI (Director) Tyne Rafaeli was born in London and trained at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama and Columbia University. She has directed classics, new plays and musicals in London and the U.S. Her work has been seen at Classic Stage Company, the Atlantic Theater Company, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Two River Theater, New York Stage & Film, The Playwrights Realm, PlayMaker’s Rep, Goodspeed, Julliard, Great Lakes Theater, American Players Theatre, Idaho Shakespeare Festival, the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center Playwrights Conference and PlayPenn, among others. Rafaeli is a 20162018 Time Warner Directing Fellow at the Women’s Project Theater and was awarded the 2013-2014 SDCF Sir John Gielgud Fellowship for Classical Direction. She has served as Associate Director on the Broadway productions of The King & I, Fiddler on the Roof, The Bridges of Madison County and Golden Boy; and the West End’s Women on the Verge; and directed the first U.S. national tour of The Bridges of Madison County. Upcoming projects include Measure for Measure at the California Shakespeare Theater. TIM MACKABEE (Scenic Designer) Geffen Playhouse: debut. Broadway: The Elephant Man (starring Bradley Cooper), Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth (directed by Spike Lee). West End: The Elephant Man. OffBroadway: Guards at the Taj (2016 Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Set Design), Our New Girl (Atlantic Theater Company); Vietgone, Important Hats of the Twentieth Century (Manhattan Theatre Club); Heathers The Musical, Luce
(Lincoln Center Theater), Gigantic (Vineyard Theatre), Much Ado About Nothing (Public Theater). Regional: Geffen Playhouse, ACT San Francisco, Ford’s Theatre, Seattle Repertory Theatre, The Old Globe, Center Stage Baltimore, Denver Center Theatre Company, Portland Center Stage, Cleveland Play House, Dallas Theatre Center, Geva Theatre, Yale Repertory Theatre, Syracuse Stage, South Coast Repertory, Victory Gardens Theatre, Bay Street Theatre, Asolo Repertory Theatre, Philadelphia Theatre Company, Arden Theatre Company, Studio Theatre, The Muny, Williamstown Theatre Festival. Dance: Doug Varone & Dancers, Cedar Lake Dance. Television: Amy Schumer: Live at the Apollo, Gotham, Smash, The Today Show. Education: North Carolina School of the Arts, Yale School of Drama. timothymackabeedesign.com ELIZABETH CAITLIN WARD (Costume Designer) Ms. Ward is thrilled to be working at the Geffen Playhouse and with Ms. Rafaeli. Past work includes: European Capital of Culture; English National Opera; Suzhou Opera/Polo Arts, Beijing; Lithuanian National Opera; Carnegie Hall; New York City Opera; Handel-Haydn Society; Bonsai Ninja Animation with Simmetrico Italia and Battle Royal, Berlin for the Ferrari Museum, Abu Dhabi; Eiko Ishioka and the International Olympic Committee 2008 Beijing Olympic Games Opening Ceremony; Aarhus Festival, Denmark; Lincoln Center Festival; Spoleto Festival; Royal Shakespeare Company; Playhouse Theater London’s West End; Brooklyn Academy of Music; Pioneer Theater; Intiman; Guthrie, Goodspeed Opera House; Metropolitan Museum of Art; United Nations, UNIS.
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VINCENT OLIVIERI (Sound Designer) Broadway: High. Off-Broadway: The Water’s Edge, Omnium Gatherum and Fatal Attraction: A Greek Tragedy. Geffen Playhouse: Guards at the Taj, Barcelona, Miss Julie, Build and Extraordinary Chambers. Other Southern California work includes credits with South Coast Repertory, Pasadena Playhouse, Rude Guerrilla, and Brimmer Street Productions. New York and regional: Actors Theatre of Louisville, Barrington Stage Company, Center Stage (Baltimore), Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, The Juilliard School, Pittsburgh Public Theatre, Portland Center
Stage, Public Theater (New York), Syracuse Stage, Theatre Novi Most (Minneapolis), Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, Virginia Stage Company, and Yale Repertory Theatre. Mr. Olivieri has created designs and music for world premiere productions by Roberto AguirreSacasa, Rachel Bonds, Michael Golamco, Kirsten Greenidge, Lauren Gunderson, Howard Korder, Neil LaBute, Matthew Lombardo, Charles L. Mee, Kira Oblensky, Tira Palmquist, Adam Rapp, Theresa Rebeck, Sarah Treem and August Wilson. For three seasons, he was the Resident Sound Designer at Actors Theatre of Louisville, where he designed for the Humana Festival of New American Plays. International work includes productions in Romania, Italy, China, South Korea, and the Czech Republic. Mr. Olivieri is a graduate of the Yale School of Drama and serves on the faculty at University of California, Irvine. AMY LEVINSON (Dramaturg) Amy is the Artistic Associate and Literary Director at the Geffen Playhouse. Dramaturgy credits include the commissions and world premieres of Donald Margulies’ Time Stands Still, Coney Island Christmas and The Model Apartment, Jane Anderson’s The Quality of Life and The Escort and Jeffrey Hatcher’s new adaptation of Wait Until Dark. Other credits include The Weir, Extraordinary Chambers, Build, Equivocation and Joan Rivers: A Work in Progress by a Life in Progress. At the Geffen she has helped to build programs for the purpose of fostering new work including the commissioning and development of plays. She holds an M.F.A. in Dramaturgy from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. ELIZABETH A. BROHM (Production Stage Manager) Geffen Playhouse: Icebergs; Big Sky; Barcelona; Thom Pain
(based on nothing); Bad Jews; The Night Alive; Hershey Felder as Irving Berlin; Ruth Draper’s Monologues; Yes, Prime Minister; By the Waters of Babylon; Shipwrecked! An Entertainment — The Amazing Adventures of Louis de Rougemont (as Told by Himself); Joan Rivers: A Work in Progress by a Life in Progress; Boy Gets Girl; The Unexpected Man; Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks; Looking for Normal; The Weir; Dinner With Friends; Defiled; Wit; It Ain’t Nothin’ But the Blues. National Tour/ Kennedy Center: Wit. Other: Production Coordinator, Geffen Playhouse 2001-2007; Cup Coordinator, X-Prize Foundation; Lecturer in Stage Management, UCLA since 2005. M.F.A. in Stage Management from UCSD. Love to Gino & Mack. PHYLLIS SCHURINGA, CSA (Casting Director) Phyllis is an Artistic Associate and the Casting Director for the Geffen Playhouse. Recent casting includes The Legend of Georgia McBride, Long Day’s Journey Into Night, Icebergs, Barbecue, Big Sky, Guards at the Taj, Barcelona (Artios nominated), Outside Mullingar, Bad Jews, The Night Alive, Switzerland, The Country House (Artios nominated) and American Buffalo at the Geffen, and Shiv at The Theatre @ Boston Court. Before joining the Geffen she was the Casting Director for Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago where her favorites include Frank Galati’s adaptation of The Grapes of Wrath (also La Jolla Playhouse, National Theater 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 Award 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 and the Ovation Rules Committee. WILLIAMSTOWN THEATRE FESTIVAL For over six decades, Williamstown Theatre Festival, recipient of the Tony Award for Outstanding Regional Theatre, has brought emerging and professional theatre artists together to create a thrilling festival of premiere work alongside fresh, new productions of the western canon. Under artistic director Mandy Greenfield, the Festival launched a New Play Commissioning Program through which theatre artists including Big Dance Theatre, Nathan Alan Davis, Halley Feiffer, Matthew Lopez, Marsha Norman, and Benjamin Scheuer are creating new work. The Festival runs unmatched training programs for new generations of theatre talent, and artists and productions shaped at the Festival fill theatres in New York, London, and around the country each season.
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
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LAP CHI CHU (Lighting Designer) Regional designs include Mark Taper Forum, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, La Jolla Playhouse, The Old Globe, Berkeley Rep, Goodman Theatre, Shakespeare Theatre Company, 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 Theatre, 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 L.A. Drama Critics 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.
PRODUCTION BIOGRAPHIES Icebergs, 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 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) As Executive Director, Gil Cates, Jr. leads the Geffen Playhouse in its mission to inform, entertain and inspire diverse audiences with live theater of the highest caliber — both within and beyond the nonprofit theater’s walls. He has proudly served on the Geffen Playhouse Board since 2012. Gil’s theater credits include the award-winning Names (Matrix Theatre Company) starring Dixie Carter and Greg Mullavey, The Night I Knocked Out Joe Frazer and Lost 90 Pounds (Gardner Stage Theater), 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 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 premiered 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’s television directorial debut was 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.
REGINA MILLER (Chief Development Officer) Regina has advised nonprofit institutions, foundations and corporations on strategy, analysis and fundraising. She has consulted for the Clinton Foundation, National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, Eastern Congo Initiative, Charlize Theron’s Africa Outreach Project and Kershaw’s Challenge, among others. Prior to the Geffen, Regina worked for the Simon
Wiesenthal Center/Museum of Tolerance, where she produced an innovative human rights exhibition that traveled to 14 international destinations around Europe, Asia and the U.S. She also 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. Additionally, Regina 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 that incorporated dance therapy and creative movement into an early childhood curriculum as well as writing and producing 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. Regina is a proud co-founder of the Artemis Agency, a philanthropic agency that actively helps clients change the world!
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 Actors and 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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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Set provided by Scenic Highlights Lighting Equipment provided by 4Wall Entertainment Lighting Sound Equipment provided by Jon Sound Inc. Production Photographer Jeff Lorch Photography Media Filming Four Leaf Media Key Art Stockholm Design SPECIAL THANKS UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television Scene, Prop, Sound and Costume Shops; London Cleaners WILLIAMSTOWN THEATRE FESTIVAL STAFF Mandy Greenfield Artistic Director Antonello Di Benedetto Director of Audience Engagement Kate Hyde Communications Manager Brandon Kahn Producing Manager Zach Krohn Associate General Manager Josh Martinez-Nelson Director of Development & Communications Jason McDowell-Green Director of Professional Training Program Eric Nottke Director of Productions & Operations Amy Russell Director of Finance Laura Savia Associate Artistic Director Grace Singleton Development & Special Events Coordinator
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Geffen Playhouse is affiliated with the University of California at Los Angeles, specifically the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television. 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. Geffen Playhouse also draws upon the distinguished experts in the university to enhance the theater’s programs and research.
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 seated in the first available location by the house staff even if it is 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 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 February 1, 2016 and March 31, 2017. 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.
CHAIRMAN’S CIRCLE $50,000+ Anonymous Patricia Kiernan Applegate Audi of America, Inc Natasha Barritt & Nick Gross Ben/Joyce Eisenberg Foundation Mrs. Carol K. Block & Chancellor Gene D. Block Claudia & Kevin Bright City National Bank Elizabeth & Gil Cates, Jr. Mary Ann Cloyd David Geffen Foundation Douglas Elliman Real Estate Edgerton Foundation Joyce Eisenberg-Keefer & Melvin Keefer Find Your Grind Foundation Herbert M. & Beverly J. Gelfand In Memory of Alice Ghostley & Felice Orlandi Sam Gores 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 K Period Media Marilyn & Jeffrey Katzenberg Glorya Kaufman Loretta Everett Kaufman & Victor Kaufman Kenneth T. & Eileen L. Norris Foundation Keyes Automotive Group Sandra Krause & William Fitzgerald L&N Andreas Foundation Latham & Watkins LLP Mr. and Mrs. Jason & Yvonne Lee Susan & David Leveton Ginny Mancini Fay & Frank Mancuso Nancy & Howard Marks John McCrite & Juan Lopez Donna McKenna & Flynn Chernos Kelly & Ron Meyer B. Scott Minerd Ann & Jerry Moss Moss Foundation Paradigm Talent Agency Ralph M. Parsons Foundation Participant Media Plaza La Reina PricewaterhouseCoopers Madeline & Bruce Ramer Pamela Robinson Hollander & Robert Hollander Linda Bernstein Rubin & Tony Rubin Richard & Barbara Sherman Shubert Foundation P12 PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE
Edie Brickell & Paul Simon Skirball Foundation Karen & Vic Smith Cynthia P. Stafford Kimberly Steward & Josh Godfrey Jodi & Howard Tenenbaum Miranda & Brett Tollman UCLA The Walt Disney Company Ken Willner & Jim Stine Elaine Wynn Judy & Chancellor Charles E. Young Dirk & Natasha Ziff
ARTISTIC CIRCLE $25,000 - $49,999 Anonymous (2) Aegon Transamerica Foundation Robert C. Baral Laurie & Bill Benenson Valarie De La Garza & Michael Centeno City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs Classic Party Rentals Dwight Stuart Youth Fund The Edward A. & Ai O. Shay Family Foundation Carol & Paul Frimmer Mellody Hobson The Lear Family Foundation Los Angeles County Arts Commission Los Angeles magazine George Lucas Family Foundation Marcia Israel Foundation, Inc. Sandra E. Milken Napa Valley Grille Popland Studios Lynda & Stewart Resnick Holly Rice Daryl & Steven Roth Samsung Electronics America Judith & Bruce Stern Shel & Cynthia Stone
PRODUCER $10,000 - $24,999 Anonymous (2) Ariel Investments Beth Behrs Georgette Bennett & Leonard Polonsky The Sheri and Les Biller Family Foundation Charles A. Black, Jr. Board of Supervisors County of Los Angeles Brotman Foundation of California Eileen & Harold Brown Roma Downey & Mark Burnett The Capital Group Companies Charitable Foundation Capricorn Investment Group Marcy Carsey Stephanie & Jonathan Carson Janice & Billy Crystal Carole Bayer Sager & Robert A. Daly
Edward Avedis Dr. & Mrs. Paul Eisenberg EMC Eric Flamholtz & Yvonne Randle Susan & Mark Fleischer Susan Fleishman The Friedman Group Gagosian Gallery, Inc Gang, Tyre, Ramer & Brown, Inc. Ann & Jim Gianopulos The Rosalinde & Arthur Gilbert Foundation Patty Glaser & Sam Mudie Goldman Sachs Andy & Carlo Brandon-Gordon Manuela & James Goren Greater Los Angeles New Car Dealers Association Arthur Greenberg Greenberg Glusker Fields Claman & Machtinger LLP C. Curtis Grisham In Memory of Morris A. Hazan Samantha & Eric Heer Hilton Moorea Lagoon Resort & Spa Stanley Iezman & Nancy Stark Liberty Ross & Jimmy Iovine Joseph Drown Foundation Julie & David Kavner Kathleen Kennedy & Frank Marshall Bobby Kotick The Lowy Family Padma & Rao Makineni Carla Malden & Norman Beil Mona Malden Susan & Peter Mallory Anne Stringfield & Steve Martin Nancy & Michael McClelland Wendy & Barry Meyer MOCA Foundation Marcia & Brett Molotsky Morgan Stanley National Endowment for the Arts James L. Nederlander & Margo MacNabb Nederlander Northern Trust, NA Christine Marie Ofiesh Mo Ostin Palomino Paramount Pictures Laurie MacDonald & Walter Parkes Judith Reichman, MD Monica & Philip Rosenthal Rouse Appraisals Richard Ruskell Pastries The Simms/Mann Family Foundation The Skoll Foundation Fred Specktor & Nancy Heller STK Sugarfish Thompson Coburn LLP Steve Tisch Twentieth Century Fox U.S. Bank Union Bank Uniworld River Cruises Inc Well Done Catering Westfield Group Richard & Mae Ziman David Zuckerman & Ellie Kanner-Zuckerman
ANNUAL DONORS $5,000 - $9,999 Anonymous Katie McGrath & J.J. Abrams Page & Lou Adler Jehan F. Agrama & Dwora Fried Karla & Bill Ahmanson Paul G. Allen Amgen Foundation Hilary & Jack Angelo Cathy & Shel Bachrach The Alec Baldwin Foundation Pamela & Dennis Beck Leslie & Roger Birnbaum Bliss Spa Annette Blum Mara & Jonathan Blum Heather Thomas & Skip Brittenham The Eli & Edythe L. Broad Foundation Cindy & Bob Broder Amanda Brown & Justin Chang Maya Burkenroad & Tai Lopez Glenn & Lynn Cardoso Dr. Fanya Carter, PhD Beate & Christopher Chee Comcast | NBC Universal Ellyce R. Cooper & Barry Cohen Creative Artists Agency Merle Dandridge & Christopher Johnston Debra Davis Robin Dearden & Bryan Cranston Dream Warrior Group Fielding Edlow & Larry Clarke Lawrence N. Field First Republic Bank FOURSQUARE Four Seasons Resort Maui at Wailea Kiki & David Gindler Priscila Giraldo Sue & Steve Glusker Gloria & Peter Gold Mary Ann & Irwin Gold Elizabeth Guber Sugarman & Jason Sugarman Leo S. Guthman Fund Ellen Bronfman Hauptman & Andrew Hauptman Jackson Henry Gail & Stanley Hollander Mira & Terrence Howard Vicki Iovine & David Coiro Bernice Jeffrey Sir Elton John & David Furnish Marvin Jubas & Janet Wald Jubas Mannon Kaplan Sally & Dr. Manny J. Karbelnig KIND Bars Alex Kurtzman & Samantha Kurtzman-Counter Wendy Kurtzman Susan & Yair Landau Cody Lassen & Nitzan Mekel Eileen & Kase Lawal Drs. Gerald & Barbara Levey Lucques Catering Sherry Martin & Chaim Troman Jill Mazursky Merle & Jerry Measer Lance & Hillary Milken Judy Zaban Miller & Lester Miller Kate Moran & Mikki Rosenberg Rio & Frank Morse Benedicta & Geoffry Oblath Liza & Conan O’Brien
Maura O’Neill Guy & Michelle Oseary Carol & Bill Ouchi Shana & Don Passman Pottash/Ferguson Family Foundation Nina & Mitchell Quaranta Kay & Bob Rehme Joyce Rey The Richenthal Foundation Mayor Richard Riordan Jane Rissman & Richard Sondheimer Ronen Levy Events Nadine & Fred Rosen Rikki Rosen Thomas L. Safran Dr. Bernard & Gloria Salick Dawn & Joel Scherer Judi & Bruce Schindler Jody & Arthur Schmid Michael Schwab Steve & Paula Mae Schwartz Tina & David Segel George Shapiro Michael & Glenda Shaw Sidley Austin LLP The Simon-Strauss Foundation Singer Family Foundation Gussie Sitkin Claudia Falkenburg & Andrew Solt Lorraine Spurge & Patrick Mitchell Arnold Stiefel Rose Tarlow Lauren & Benedikt Taschen Thomas Safran & Associates Karen & William Timberlake Theatre Communications Group Karen Zoller, MD & David Tillman, MD Todd Reed, Inc. The Travel Corporation The Tuck Room & Tavern Alice & Norman Tulchin Michael E. Walsh Warner Bros. Entertainment West LA Poker William Morris Endeavor Entertainment Lynn & Mark Williams Samantha & John Williams Rita Wilson & Tom Hanks Karen & Rick Wolfen Jennifer Young & Katrina Nason Diva Zappa In Loving Memory of Herman Ziegler Ruth & Stan Zicklin Ziffren Brittenham LLP Tami & Marc Zussman
SPONSOR $3,000 – $4,999 Janis Adams & John Lyons Belmond La Samanna Annette Bening & Warren Beatty Madelyn Bennett & Eric Gibson Paula & Bruce Bennett Shelly & Libby Bergen Susan J. Booth & Christopher Wadden VJ Boyd Robert Brook & Jacqueline Kosecoff Scott, Susan & Joshua Corwin Shelley Wike Cranley Gayle & Dan Devin The Galin Family Marion Goldenfeld Mary Lynn & Howard Gottfried Stephen Sass & Steven Hochstadt
Dora & Neil Kadisha Barbara & Ronnie Kahn Deborah & Ivan Kallick Lenny & David Kelton Peggy Crosby Klugman & Jack Klugman Thea & Neal Koss La Valencia Renee & Meyer Luskin Vicki Magasinn & Robert Somer Stewart Mayeda Sheila & Joel Mendelsohn Cheryl Petersen & Roger Lustberg Craig E. Rogers Sue Rosenwasser Lori & David Rousso Paula & Allan Rudnick Judy & Mike Sapir Carol ‘Jackie’ & Charles Schwartz Vanessa & Dr. Stephen Shew Leigh Silverton Allen Blue & Kira Snyder Jennifer von Schneidau Tikehau Pearl Beach Resort Tryall Club in Montego Bay Jamaica The Waterman Family Foundation Joanne & Ken Weinman Leslie White & Al Limon Patricia Youngman
PARTNER $1,500 - $2,999 Anonymous (4) Pat & Sandy Adams Miriam Aguiar Olga S. Alderson Debbie Allen AMC Nancy & Peter Antoniou Bonnie & Bill Apfelbaum Aversano Family Trust Kathy Baker & Steven Robman Allison Balson Irene Baron Robert E. & Maria H. Barron Richard Bautzer & David McDowell Patricia & Mark Benjamin Dr. Wallace P. Brithinee Marla Campagna William & Patricia Chin Darcy Christal Laurel & Aaron Clark Linda & John Coleman David Conney, M.D. Conrad N. Hilton Foundation Ted Cordes Janine Cristiano Elizabeth Dalling Pam Dawber Dana Delany Danny DeVito & Rhea Perlman Deborah Divine Janie Docter Susan & Jonathan Dolgen Anne Dougherty Victoria Dummer Natalie Eshaya Carol & J.B. Esterkin Judy & Mike Fantasia Lisa Field, Field Family Foundation Carrie Frazier Sonia & Robert Freedman and Family G2 Graphic Service, Inc. Helen & Arthur Geoffrion Tina & Michael Gittelson Sunny & Alvin Grossblatt
Craigar Grosvenor Michael Grunwald The Guerin Foundation Vera & Paul Guerin Melissa Harman Teri Hatcher Bucky Hazan, Teles Properties Alan & Michelle Heilpern Dr. John D. Hofbauer & Dr. Laura E. Fox In Honor of Development Roger & Linda Howard Lynn Hunt & Margaret Jacob Brian Irving & Dayna Cussler Nancy & Len Jacoby Carrie Johnson Willette & Manny Klausner Katherine Kleindienst Tatiana & Howard Lipson Mary & John Lithgow Lotte New York Palace Eduardo Martinez Janis B. McEldowney Sue McHugh & Herb Seese Philip & Joan Miller Patrice & James Mitchell Patricia Mitchell The New York Palace Michael Nicklin Debbie & Norman Nixon Suzanne & Richard Norton Michael R. Oppenheim Carol & Alan Ostroff Soundis & Danny Passman Tara & Robert Pietri Herbert & Marilyn Piken Ruth Popkin Robert Quayle Lee Ramer Joyce & Harvey Reichard Lindy Robbins Sonny & Cynthia Rodriguez Rose Brand Rosa Rosenberg Nancy Stephens & Rick Rosenthal and The Rosenthal Family Foundation Wil Rosser Hon. Nicole A. Avant & Ted Sarandos Michael Schlesinger Susan Schwarz Berton Dean Teri Schwartz Matthew Shakman Peggy & Robert Shapiro Dominique Shelton Robert Siew & William Mark Hafeman Snyder Family Foundation Bruce & Patti Springsteen Ray Stark Susan & Donald Starr Mitch & Sherry Stein Meghan Strange Surf Air Tanino Ristorante Audri & Stan Tendler Paul Tetreault Daniel Tongbai Sue Tsao Jane & Theodore Valentine Karen & Francesco Vanderbaan Deborah Walsh Denise & Peter Walsh Gelena & Seth Weissman Cherie Wrigley Barbara & Stanley Zax Leslie & Robert Zemeckis Ellen & Arnold Zetcher
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ANNUAL DONORS EDUCATION ADVOCATE $1,000 - $1,499 Anonymous (2) Harry & Gay Abrams/Abrams Artists Agency Dr. Richard Ackerman & Miriam Shakter Laura & Harvey Alpert Charitable Foundation Patti & Harlan Amstutz Bonnie R. Arnold Margaret Campbell Arvey AudioQuest Russ, August & Kabat Richard & Shelley Bayer Jerry Beckman Sigrid & Alan Belinkoff Lydia & David Bell Susan & Eric M. Bender Joanna & Miles Benickes Wendy & John Bergquist Diane & Jim Berliner Sharon & Artie Berrick John Bjorge & Mary McKelvey Joe Blackstone & Jamie Mohn The Bordy & Leibovic Families Brenda & Alan Borstein Helen Breitwieser & James Jacks Wendy & David Brotman Linda & Jerry Bruckheimer Chancellor Albert Carnesale & Mrs. Robin Carnesale 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 In Recognition of Carl & Barbara Cohen Ruth Daugherty Phil Davis Suzanne Deal Booth & David Booth Deluscious Cookies Carolyn Dirks/Brett Dougherty Steven Doren Jan & Thea Drayer Ed & Barbara Dreyfus Gerald & Sally Ducot Dr. & Mrs. William M Duxler In Honor of Education & Community Engagement Colleen M. Ellis Terri & David Elston Carl & Courtenay Enright Lynne & Michael Feldman Susanna Felleman & Erik Feig Sydney M. Finegold, M.D. Steve Freedman Ben & Susan Friedman Jeanne & Arnold Geffner Diane & Bruce Gewertz The Gibbs Family Cherna & Dr. Gary Gitnick Charlotte Gold Dr. Irene Goldenberg Louis & Linda Goldsman Roz & Abner Goldstine Ellie Goodman Helene Gordon Adrienne Grant & Paul Jennings Jack Grossbart & Marc Schwartz Deidre Hall Kay Harrington Salli Harris Michael Parks & Judith Hayward Murray & Gail Heltzer
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Hella Hershon David Coleman & Jean Himmelstein Coleman Rand Hoffman & Charlotte Robinson Tamara Horwich & Gerry Lipshutz Toni Hoyt Linda Janger Judith & Steaven Jones Joseph B. Gould Foundation J.W. Hulme Co Linda & David Kagel Joyce & Don Kaiserman Marcy Kaplan & Eric Gold Karney Guren Family Foundation In Honor of Judi Kaufman Barbara & Stuart Klabin Kent Klavens & Judy Vourlas Lynda & Neal Hersh Judy Knapp Leslie & Norman Koplof Jeffrey Kramer Carol Krause Lena & Mark Labowe Deborah Lacusta & Daniel Castellaneta Helene Laub Joyce Lederer Steven & Nancy Lippman Elisabeth & Jeffrey Lipsman Judith Locke & Dennis Massie Karen & Peter Locke The Jennifer and Greg Malins Foundation Eric G.C. Mark The Miles Family Barbara & Fred Miller Cookie Miller Andrew & Laura Mintzer Joanne & Joel Mogy In Loving Memory of Harvey S. Morse Lon Morse & Toni Hollander Morse Joan & Fred Nicholas Albert & Barbara Nichols Deborah & Stacey Olliff Olympus Theatricals Ornest Family Foundation Gia Paladino & Michael Wise Philip & Leslie Paton Amanda Crick & Glenn Pfeffer Alex Phillips Craig Piligian Jane Rascoff Richard Rasiej & Joan Herman Sandra C Ribble Donald B. & Susan F. Rice In Memory of Frances Richman Esther & Howard Richmond Linda & Manny Rider Judi & Tim Ritchie Beth Roberts & Warren Smith Dolores Rogers Ronda & Fred Rose Brad & Nancy Rosenberg David A. & Karen Richards Sachs Mark San Filippo Nancy & Ted Sanborn Jay Sandrich Gerald Sauer Toni & John Schulman Don & Cynthia Schwartz David Schwartz Foundation, John S. Schwartz Don & Cynthia Schwartz John Schwartz Carole Server & Oliver Frankel John & Lori Shaw Phyllis & Martin Shephard Doris & Michael Sherman Holly & Larry Shulman Rita & Jose Sigal Ron Silverman & Soraya Ross
Joan & Jerry Snyder Drs. Matthew & Marion Solomon The Somaini Family Christine Taylor & Ben Stiller Jordan Strauss Photography Barbra Streisand & James Brolin David & Katherine Stritzinger Eric Strom & Eileen Goodis Aaron Stroud Sugarfina Sunrise Springs Katy Sweet The Tatasciore Family Anne C. Taubman & David Boyle John Teeples & Nicolas Martinez, Jr. Marjorie Thomson Triada Palm Springs John Turmes Catherine & Leonard Unger Leon & Stephanie Vahn Daniel & Shauna Valenzuela Susan & Peter Van Haften Alan Van Vliet Alison Whalen & Steve Marenberg Julie & Peter Weil Marcia Williams & Gene Lucero Judith & Philip Winik Anna & Stephen Yallourakis June Yip & David Wong Marcie & Howard Zelikow Zoetic Travel
ARTISTIC ADVOCATE $500 - $999 Anonymous (5) Betsy Alevy Eloise & Mark Appel Jeanne Bailey Janet & Irwin Barnet Linda Barnett Irene Baron Yvette Bergeron & Dean Bailey Diane & Richard Birnholz Black Market Gelato Larry & Julie Blivas In Honor of Phyllis Blivas Pamela & Bill Bohnert Michael J. Bordy Paula Brand Janet & Mark Brown Laura D. Campbell Andrew Carlberg Scott Carter & Bebe Johnson Lee & Shelby Chaden Cindy Clark Ginger Conrad Culver Hotel In Loving Memory of Ed Cypert Greg & Leslie Dannon Dr. Udayakumar Devaskar DirecTV Matching Gift Center Daryl & Paul F. Doucette Roni & Ethan Eller Lidia & Mauricio Epelbaum David & Joyce Evans Elizabeth A. Evans Marjorie & Arthur Fine The Ella Fitzgerald Charitable Fund Michael & Lynne Flynn Myrna Forest Burt & Nanette Forester Judith R. Forman & Richard N. Weiner Lois & Jerry Gallop Sharlene & Sol Galper The Gewecke Family
Benita & Bert Ginsberg Linda & Louis Goldsman Marcy Goldstein Lori & Robert Goodman Gigi & Don Grant Marcy & Edgar Gross Madeline Gussman Carolyn & Bernie Hamilton Sheila & Chester Hasday Dr. Jacqueline Heller Noreen & Doug Herzog Carol Ann & Rick Hess Jim Hliboki & Hildi Snodgrass Dorothy Hoffman Kelley M. Hogan Gerald Isenberg Jackie & Warren Jackson Brett Johnson Robert Jones Avi Kamienny Mr. & Mrs. Bernard Kamine Christine Kaplan Dean Kauffman & Carlos Andres Mosquera-Tangarife Patricia Keating Beverlee Bickmore & James Kelly Corie & Michael Koss Marlene & Donald Kottler Tam & David Lachoff Joan & Christopher Larkin Ginger Leibovitz Marla E. Levine Suzann Levine Brenda & Warren Lincoln Neil L. & Ora D. Macfarlane George Manet Elizabeth Marcellino Mr. & Mrs. Phillips H. Marshall David Israeli & Dr. Marie Mazzone Kathy & Jim McCaffery Teddie J. Milner Sue & Monty Mohrman Paula Moseley, EdD Carol & Jerry Muchin Sherri & Arnie Nelson Robert & Anita Nitta Shelby Notkin Justin Okin Barbara & Gary Pasquinelli Barbara & Peter Patman Jonna & Alfred Peguero Pier South In Memory of Michael Piller Ruth Pilot Gary & Gail Rachelefsky Carl Reiner Simon Renshaw Rabbi Steven & Didi Carr Reuben Carrie & Ken Richman Carlene Ringer Eden & Steven Romick Kathleen & Dale Rosenbloom Allison Rosenthal Joyce & Dean Ross Blanche & Bruce Joel Rubin Tyler Rubin Ajay Sahgal Janet Salter In Memory of Hon. Maxwell Salter Tawny & Jerry Sanders Nancy & Steven Schneider Stanley Schneider Jane & Bill Schopf Susan & Peter Schwab Traci Shelton Carol & Arthur Silbergeld Robin & Robert Sills Manish Singh
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ASSOCIATE $250 - $499 Anonymous (12) Nancy & Emanuel Abrams Norman & Toshka Abrams Terry & Richard Abrams Anne Adair & Steve Ganzberg Barbara Adams Elaine & Michael Agran Charles & Annick Allen Sylvia Almstadt Merryl & David A. Alpert Jan & David Altemus Peter Anderson Robert C. Anderson Philip Angerhofer & Stephen A. Jones Debra & Benjamin Ansell Jc & Jack Appelbaum Steven D. Arias Dr. Sandra & Dr. Charles Aronberg Barbara & Ethan Aronoff Marc & Elizabeth Axelrod Lynne Babbitt Cecilia Ball Victoria Bates Randy Bayard Judith & Thomas Beckmen Dawn & Marshall Bein Patricia Belcher Marshall Bell Richard N. Berger JoAnn Bernard Barbara Berkowitz Karen Berkowitz Marsha C. Berkowitz Beverly Bierer Claudia & Ronald Bitzer Edward Blume Jeff Boland Frances & Thomas Booth Toby Bornstein Nina & Hon. Anthony Borwick Burt Boyar Mona Brandler Armida Brashears Leah Lynn Broidy Lionel Brown Mitchell Brown Diana Buckhantz David & Kathy Burke Marcia Burnam Marlene & David Capell
Anthony Carbone Phil Carlin Miss Irene Castaldo Ellen & Jeff Catania Ling Chan Richard Pezner & Sandra Chan Barry Charles Diane Chernansky Becky & Mike Clements Anselm Clinard Jon Cowan Susan Georgine Craig Norman & Nancy Cravens Ingrid Curtiss, MD Col. Tony, Donna & Taylor Daniell Hedva & Dr. Dudley Danoff Jeffrey S. Davidson Ruth B. Davis Elizabeth De Oliveira & Moacyr Da Silva Bert Deixler Hal & Roberta Delevie Brian Demsey Robert Ditullio Suzanne & Bruce Dodds Carol Jean Doehring Sandy & Gerry Dorfman Linda Dozier Jacki & Murray Drechsler Michael East & Tanisha Gonzalez Roy Eddleman Mona & Barry Edwards Jim Esserman The Farwell Family Francesco Federico Lisa Feintech, M.D. Mimi Alpert Feldman Abby & Malcolm Field Lisa & William Finkelstein Donna Finley William & Elisabeth Fleischman Lynne & Michael Flynn Myrna ‘Pepper’ Forest Dolores Franco Fran Fredella & Scott Rubin Sandy & Donald French Elaine Friedman Kenneth J. Friedman & Marilynn J. Friedman Family Foundation Lynn & Barry Friesen Catherine Froloff Laurelle Frome & Brady Frome Yuri & Yelena Furman Gina Furth Wendy Furth Lee Gardenswartz Karen Berko Gibson Dr. Diane & Michael Glazer Hannah Godwin Michael Golamco Carol & Neil Goldberg Lorain Goldberg Mark & Molly Goldberg Francine Golden & Marvin Schlossman Dr. Peter Goldman Dina Goldstein Roger Gordon Liz Gottainer & David Sadkin Russell Grant Debbie & Glenn Gray Madelyne Green Paul & Louise Greenberg Randi & Jerome Greenberg Penny Grosz-Salomon & Eugene Korney Larry Guli Eve Haberfield & David N. Johnson Hanif Haji
Mary & Alan Halkett Jane Hall Roberta Hamilton Tess Harper Richard Hart Judy L. Hartley Dr. & Mrs. Samuel Haveson Hanna Heiting Michael Herman Winifred C. Hervey Penny Hildebrand Dale & John Hopmans In Memory of Ross Hunter & Jacque Mapes Robert & Gail Israel Frederic A. & Nancy Jacobus Janice Jerde Martha Jones & Paul Zerella Robert Jones & Julie Anne Robinson Jerry Joseph Adriana Kahane Joanne & Larry Kahn Lesly Kahn Jessica Kaltman David Kaminow Jean Kaplan Linda Kaplan Eran & Raquel Karoly Susie Kater & Tom Chappell Donald Kates Harris Katleman Family Owen Kato Dana Katz Morgan Kay Michael Keir William & Renee Kendall Louanne Kennedy Cathy Kirkpatrick Dr. Ann Kirsch & Mr. Jonathan Kirsch Irwin Kishner Dr. Phyllis Klein Laurie & Milton Klorman Dolph Kornblum & Florence Robins Kimberly & John Kruse Jill & Michael Lasky Ana Launes Susan Lava Sharon & Lawrence Lavenberg Rhonda Lawrence Learning Encounters Ginger Leibovitz Ann Leland Donna Levi Gail J. Levine Maxine & Gary Levine Anita & Burton Levinson Dr. & Mrs. Isaac Levy Rick & Vivian Levy Lawrin & Linda Lewin Angela Light Molly & Peter Lindgren Joanne Lindsay Bonnie Lisle Leslie & Adam Lobel Alex Loewenthal Lori & Tom Low Anne L. Lynch Marcus Mancini Carol & Doug Mancino Pauline Marks
Annette Marmalefsky Goran Marnfeldt Douglas Mcavoy, Jr. Patrick McDivitt Jeanne McDonald-Powers & Travis Powers Sumitra Menon R.G. Mercer Eileen & Paul Meshekow Erik & Melanie Messerschmidt Reed & Linda Metzger Cathleen Meyers Lori Meyers & James Marano Norma & Larry Meyers Sara Michrowski Jeff Milman Thomas Mitchell Irina & Andrew Molasky Laurie & Chuck Mondrus Henry Moon Marvin & Jean Moore Shelagh Moriarty John Moschitta Carol & Jerry Muchin Alexander Levine & Catherine Nameth Jason Neidleman Mark & Diane Neubauer Chris & Richard Newman Charna & Allen Nissenson Doreen & Donald Nortman Myra Nourmand Lawrence Ross & Linda Nussbaum Doron Ofir Sandy & Alan Olick Adrienne & Arthur Omansky Dr. Ronald & Iris Onkin Cynthia & Todd Palm Edward Parker Abhilash & Kelly Patel Paul Pepperman Naidu & Jane Permaul Susan Petelik Bruce Peters Berta & Lou Pitt Jack & Jane Pollock Zazi Pope Susan Poulson Lance Powell Philip Pritchett Drs. Laurence & Isabell Purdy Neil & Lisa Greer Quateman Fred & Rebecca Raskin Michael & Gloria Rausch Andy Relis Linda & Erin Rice Elaine Richards Steve & Linda Richman William Ridgeway Lindy Robbins Robert Rosania Barry Rosen & Neil Bokal Adrienne B. Rosenthal Beverly & Melvin Rosenthal Dr. Martin & Lorraine Ross Virginia Ross Michael, Michon & Jackson Roth Susan Rovner Leslie & Daniel Sackheim Anne Sacks Lori Sanchez Nan Sarno Susan & Kenneth Sarno
Janet Sasson Linda & Cliff Schaffer Chris T. Schmidt Joel & Sonia Schneider Gary & Karen Schneider Christine Schultz Janet & Michael Schwartz Lester Schwartz John H. Scott Marc Seltzer Scott Shagrin Dr. Mary Jo & Paul Shane Elise Shanfeld Barbara Vickery & Martin Shapiro Judy & Tom Sharp Melanie Sharp & Kevin Miller Netta & Uri Shohet Lisa Siegel Seymour & Dorothy Siegel Linda & Ronald Slates Diane Good & Frank Smith Barbara & Hal Smith James Smith & Loreen Ayer Marcia L. & Mark J. Smith Karen Smits Donald & Caitlin Sohn Christine Sorgi Dr. Robert & Margo Sorrentino Stephanie Sourapas Bruce Spector Debra Spector M Leslie Stearns Christy Stevens Frances & Sy Strasberg William Stringer Penny Strowger Alec Sulkin Mr. Kayser Sume & Dr. Renee Sabshin Ann Sunderland Lance & Maureen Tan Phyllis & Franklin Tell Courtney & Jay Tobin Judy & Art Tompkins Joyce & Josh Trabulus Miriam Trogdon Brigitta Troy Dr. Gerald D. Turbow Sofia Vaisman Deborah Valdez Lorraine & Erich Van Lowe Anthony Vasek Bobette Vikan Carole Wagner-Vallianos & Peter Vallianos Dr. & Mrs. William Walsh Marvin Wasserman Elisa Wayne Myrna & Art Weiner Sherry Weinman & Michael Umansky Richard & Joyce Wickline Rae Jeane Williams Gary & Karen Winnick Bruce & Marci Wiseman Marc Wishingrad Susan Wolford Jan & Edward Woods Joseph Wu Arnold & Tricia Zane Harriet Zaretsky Lynn & Meir Ziv Sandy Zwirn
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Martin & Leah Sklar Dr. Jerry & Marci Smith Trudy Sokol Rita Spiegel Arthur Stern Mr. & Mrs. David Tann Meg Thomas Nancy Thomas W Hotel West Beverly Hills Ira & Laurie Waldman Marcia & Dr. Charles Wasserman Jay Weinstein & Lori Woldar David Weiss Pat West Connie & John Weston Paul Whitman In Memory of Milton A. Williams, Jr. Charlie Wilson Wright Maritime Group Karen & Frank Wurtzel The Yarkins Kimberly & Andrew Zakanych Crystal Zehetner & Julia Ramadan
GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE STAFF Randall Arney Artistic Director ARTISTIC
Gil Cates, Jr. Executive Director MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS
Amy Levinson Phyllis Schuringa Young Ji Rachel Wiegardt-Egel
Artistic Associate / Literary Director Artistic Associate / Casting Director Artistic Coordinator / Company Manager Literary Associate
DEVELOPMENT Regina Miller Ellen Catania Jessica Brusilow Rollins Jamie Mikelich Kristen Smith Eshaya Scott Kriloff Clay Dzygun Taylor Cerny Jessie Sherman Austin Merrill Annika Patton Isabelle Burke
Chief Development Officer Senior Vice President, Development Director of Education Partnerships & Donor Relations Director of Individual Giving & Spotlight Manager Development & Education Programs Coordinator Development Concierge & Database Manager Office Coordinator for Executive Director / Development Development Associate Development Assistant Development Intern Development Intern Development Intern
Jessica Buzzard Director of Marketing & Communications Karen Gutierrez Director of Advertising & Audience Development Mark San Filippo Director of Ticketing & Database Administrator Brian Dunning Associate Director of Marketing Creative Ashley Bodul Associate Director of Public Relations Kevin O’Brien Marketing Coordinator Janice Bernal Box Office Manager Bryan Martin Box Office Manager Zack Hamra Assistant Box Office and Audience Services Manager Vaneh Assadourian, Britney Campbell, Kaitlin Huwe, Geoffrey Hymers, Richard Martinez, Cameron Reck, Celia Rivera, Alyssa Tyson Box Office Staff Sue Fleishman Communications Consultant Kristina Leach Social Media Associate Quinn Francis Outreach Assistant Ramon Garcia Mission Continues Fellow
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
EDUCATION Jennifer Zakkai Director of Education & Community Engagement Carolyn Marie Wright Manager of Education & Community Engagement Brandon Drea Education Assistant Brian Allman, Ramy Eletreby, David Guerra, McKenna Kerrigan, Robert Paterno Teaching Artists
ADMINISTRATION Behnaz Ataee Peter Banachowski Marguerite Harris
Chief Financial Officer Accounting and Payroll Manager 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 Associate Technical Director Properties Master House Sound Supervisor Lighting & Video Supervisor Production Electrician
Karim Bouzzit
System Administrator
FRONT OF HOUSE Jeni Pearsons Director of Special Events David Gerhardt Supervising House Manager Amy Farkas Lead Concierge Sarah Lyddan, Nathaniel Meek, Roxana Meyers, Jane Phillips Harper, James Porter, Dennis Woullard House Managers Claudia Baffo, Rebecca Birstock, Kailey Bray, Jensen Chambers, Vianney Cossyleon, Ida Herndon, Isaac Jay, Olivia Lowe, Aaron Newman, JoJo Nwoko, Madison Shamoun, Charmee Taylor, Adam Turney, Cody Williams Ushers Rob Mersola Bar Manager & Mixologist Manuel Mayorga Weekend Bar Manager Skylar Adams, Adam Carr, Brenda Davidson, Sarah Drescher, Ryan Turner Bartenders/Event Staff
FACILITIES MANAGEMENT Miguel del Castillo Mario Santillan-Perez Juan Carlos Umaña Camerina Martinez
Facility Manager Custodial Cleaning Custodial 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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