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From the artistic Director Welcome to American Buffalo, the fourth of David Mamet’s plays produced at the Geffen Playhouse. American Buffalo launched David onto the national stage when it premiered 38 years ago in Chicago. Exploding onto the American consciousness in the mid-1970s, the play was hailed for its gritty exploration of the American dream through the eyes of the socially marginalized misfits at its center. Fueled by the raw intensity of its language — a profane, sometimes hilarious and oddly eloquent poetry of the street — the play was received as an anthem to the ruthlessness of American capitalism and the uneasy relationship between friendship and business. Re-visiting American Buffalo a generation later, we might marvel at how the world has changed since 1975. Yet we find ourselves in the wake of a different financial crisis and an ever-expanding wealth gap. With the middle class dwindling, the American dream can seem more a pipe dream than a possibility. And are there costs to pursuing this dream? And is anyone left behind? With this fine cast and artful design team, I am pleased to bring to life once again these denizens of Don’s Resale Shop. Coarse, profane and unpredictable as they are, their humanity is unmistakable and recognizable in us all. Enjoy.

Randall Arney Artistic Director

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS Frank G. Mancuso Chairman

Patricia Kiernan Applegate Randall Arney Behnaz Ataee dr. Gene d. Block Harold A. Brown Gil Cates jr. Mary Ann Cloyd Dennis Doty John Ebey Mark Fleischer Herbert M. Gelfand Chairman Emeritus

FRANK G. MANCUSO It is, as always, my pleasure to welcome you back to the Gil Cates Theater for the fourth show of the season: American Buffalo. We are thrilled to have Artistic Director Randy Arney directing this production of a David Mamet classic. The last show he directed, Superior Donuts, was a wonderful hit for the Geffen Playhouse and we are pleased to have Randy back behind the scenes for what I know will be a stellar production. I am beginning to look forward to our favorite event of the season: Backstage at the Geffen. I invite you to join us for an evening of laughter, music and neverbefore-told stories from the other side of the curtain, as we present Bruce Ramer, Founding Chairman of the Geffen Playhouse with our Distinction in Service Award and the iconic Billy Crystal with the Distinction in Theater Award. This star-studded evening of behind-the-scenes stories, laughter and surprises will be held May 13, 2013 in the Gil Cates Theater. With the participation of our extended family of actors, playwrights and directors, this event never fails to be lively and unforgettable. If you have never experienced this unique evening of non-stop entertainment you are missing one of the most enjoyable nights of the year in theater. As you know, Backstage at the Geffen benefits our education and outreach programs, which touch the lives of more than 22,500 underserved children, students, seniors and veterans throughout Los Angeles each year. I hope you will join us for this one-of-a-kind occasion. To purchase tickets or to learn more about Backstage, please contact Chief Development Officer Regina Miller at 310.208.6500 ext. 112 or visit geffenplayhouse.com/backstage. Now sit back, relax and enjoy the company of American Buffalo. Respectfully yours,

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VERY Briefly Noted:

An Interview with Pulitzer Prize Winner David Mamet A writer known for straightforward brevity gives us just that… Amy Levinson: American Buffalo has this uncanny aspect to it wherein it is both completely a play of its time and place and incredibly timely. Can you talk a bit about the spark that led you to write it and how you see these characters now? David Mamet: I used to spend a lot of time with hustlers and thieves. A play set among them is, like a play set among the super-rich, in politics, or among Kings and Queens, or in OZ, a device which lets us participate fully. It means, “Once upon a time.” AL: I have heard some say that they put you on a trajectory of writers that reads: Beckett—Pinter— Mamet—LaBute. The idea being that each writer has built upon the specific writers that came before him. Do you think there is validity to this? DM: There is validity to a whole raft of things. AL: Whom of your contemporaries inspires you? What is the work you find most exciting? DM: I adore Doubt. I loved Joe Gatins’s script for Flight, and Anderson and Coppola’s Moonrise Kingdom. AL: When you begin work on a play or a film does the idea always come to you in a similar way; do you think of a character, some dialogue, a setting and go from there? And once the idea sets in, what are the first steps you take to make it come to life? DM: None of your goddamned business. AL: As a playwright, screenwriter and episodic writer, how do you know in which medium an idea belongs?

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DM: I can’t even figure out how to correctly arrange the silverware. And I have a compartmented drawer for that.

American Buffalo four decades later by amy levinson

Classics endure. Not only must they simply

Ross, Speed-the-Plow and American Buffalo, are populated by characters willing to trade in personal loyalty for perceived survive the passage of time to earn this distinction but success. The endgame is the promise of big financial gain they must also journey through this exposure to multiple with humanity losing in this zero-sum philosophy. generations based on a universality that resonates across It can be difficult to mine the humanity in Mamet’s plays. cultural differences and evolving ideas. Given this set of It requires an audience’s ability to wade through profanity, enigmatic criteria, it is impossible for a writer to ‘set out’ to seedy settings and an uncomfortable male aggression that write a classic. Rather, it evolves organically — it is simply a permeates much of his work. At times characters seem to truth told — by Chekhov, by Williams, by Miller — that cannot talk solely for the purpose of hearing their own voices — but be denied even as decades pass. There are more examples it only appears that way. Mamet uses every word of dialogue than one can possibly name, but take Hedda Gabler’s to establish a character and then build inability to reconcile her past with her their case. With Don, Bobby and Teach, present or Brick’s (Cat on a Hot Tin In their raw the three onstage characters in American Roof) unwillingness to accept himself, Buffalo (there are key people to the imperfection, these and therefore others, on their own story who never make an appearance), terms. Miller did this time and again with characters embody each man is trying to position himself characters who did the wrong things for something profoundly to reap the benefits of a low-rent heist. the right reasons — a truly human way to human. As much as Unfortunately, their suspicions about one behave. A classic, most of all, requires they fight it, they another, coupled with their tendencies to the examination of a large idea whose cannot turn their tell half-truths, makes a heist unlikely and universal themes are timeless and appeal backs on one another. cohesion among thieves impossible. to our collective sense of humanity. But they can also Mamet is the master of economy So how does American Buffalo, a in language and through his urban play so quintessentially American that behave like complete poetry we learn who these men are. the very word is in the title, endure idiots, and that makes The casual disdain that Teach shows through 2013? American Buffalo tackles them truly fun to play. for minorities, the confusion and the subjects of class, race and the haves — randall arney naiveté Bobby exudes and Don, who vs. the have-nots. It is a play that gives still believes in people enough to never a picture of the 99% seeking, without know who is honest and who is playing him, is all conveyed scruples, a way to get to the 1%. And while that is a relatively through the language of the poorer class. new nomenclature for the ongoing class struggle in America, These carefully crafted characters are a joy to stage it sums up what Mamet was illuminating when he created the for actors and directors alike. There is an enormous amount characters of Don, Bobby and Teach. of underbelly information to mine from the rich, layered In 1975 the national outlook was defined by unrest. The language that Mamet employs. In speaking about the Vietnam War had polarized and devastated the country. In rehearsal process, director Randall Arney talks about the 1967 the Democratic National Convention caused people to great time that has been had creating this production. “In take to the streets in protest. When protesting turned violent their raw imperfection, these characters embody something it lead to the 1969 trial of the Chicago Seven — those accused profoundly human. As much as they fight it, they cannot turn of inciting riots during the DNC. While finally acquitted after their backs on one another. But they can also behave like a four and a half month trial, these protestors, including some complete idiots, and that makes them truly fun to play.” of the most famous liberal voices in America, argued that the While it may seem lamentable that this play remains so voice of the socioeconomic underdog had to be heard. timely, we must take the good with the bad. It is true that This social and political context helps highlight and money can define us, drive us, and be our undoing. But that crystallize the ideas in Mamet’s plays. The underdogs, as universal truth does not give this play its ‘classic’ status. it were, are his subjects and the story is told from their Instead it is the fundamental idea that rich, poor, or anywhere underground: in this case, a junk shop that is verging on in between, humanity is our tie that binds. claustrophobic. The worlds of Mamet’s plays, Glengarry Glen PErFORMANCEs MAGAZINE P5

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the making of a classic:

THE GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE presents

AMERICAN BUFFALO by

David Mamet

Scenic Designer

Takeshi Kata

Costume Designer

Chrisi Karvonides-Dushenko

Lighting Designer

Daniel Ionazzi

Violence Designer

Ned Mochel

Production Stage Manager

Young Ji

Assistant Stage Manager

Maggie Swing

Casting by

Phyllis Schuringa

Directed by

Randall Arney American Buffalo is presented by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc.

Opening Night: Wednesday, April 10,282013 Opening Night: Wednesday, November , 2012 O P ENIN G NI G HT S P ONSOR s

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Don Dubrow.............................................................................................................................Bill Smitrovich Bob....................................................................................................................................... Freddy Rodriguez Walter Cole (called Teach) ��Ron Eldard

understudies (In alphabetical order)

Walter Cole (called Teach) ��Paul Dillon Don Dubrow......................................................................................................................... Bob McCracken Bob................................................................................................................................................. Dylan Seaton

Time/setting One Friday. Act One takes place in the morning; Act Two starts around 11:00 that night. Don’s Resale Shop. A junkshop. running time Approximately 2 hours There will be one 15 minute intermission

The Geffen Playhouse gratefully acknowledges the following media sponsors for their generous support of American Buffalo.

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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RON ELDARD (Walter Cole, called Teach) Ron Eldard is excited to be making his Geffen Playhouse debut. His Broadway credits include On the Waterfront, Doubt and Death of A Salesman (seen in Los Angeles at the Ahmanson Theatre and filmed for Showtime). Among his off-Broadway credits are Servy N Bernice 4Ever, Aven’U Boys and Neil LaBute’s Bash: Latterday Plays (also seen in Los Angeles and filmed for Showtime). His film credits include, most recently, Michael Cuesta’s Roadie, Super 8, Black Hawk Down, House of Sand and Fog, Sleepers, Deep Impact, The Last Supper, Drop Dead Fred and True Love. He also appears in the upcoming film jOBS, produced by Gil Cates, Jr. Television credits include the current season of Justified, ER, Bakersfield P.D., Arresting Behavior, Blind Justice, Men Behaving Badly and two feature length pieces: When Trumpets Fade (HBO) and Bastard out of Carolina (Showtime).

FREDDY RODRIGUEZ (Bob) Chicago born and raised, Freddy Rodriguez earned an Emmy nomination, two SAG Awards, and numerous Alma, Nosotros and Imagen Awards, P8 PERFORMANCES MAGAZINe

for his work on the critically acclaimed HBO series, Six Feet Under. Soon to be seen opposite Michelle Monaghan in Fort Bliss, and CBGB opposite Alan Rickman and Malin Akerman. Other films include Seal Team Six: The Raid on Osama Bin Laden, Grindhouse, Nothing Like The Holidays, which he also served as Executive Producer, Bottle Shock, Harsh Times, Bobby (for which he won the 2007 Sho-West Award for Best Supporting Actor), Lady in the Water, Dreamer, Poseidon, Payback, A Walk in the Clouds and Dead Presidents. Other television credits: the soon to be seen NBC series After Hours, Chaos, Ugly Betty, Scrubs, and the HBO film For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story with Andy Garcia.

BILL SMITROVICH (Don Dubrow) Bill Smitrovich is excited to be part of the Geffen family and this great American classic. A stage, film and television actor for over 30 years, Bill Smitrovich started his professional career in the world premiere of Arthur Miller’s The American Clock and since has continued to return to the stage in between leading roles in television series such as Life Goes On, Law & Order, The Practice, Millennium, Crime Story, Miami Vice and Nero Wolf Mysteries. His films are numerous; among them are Thirteen Days, The Rum Diary, Air Force One, Independence Day, Splash, Seven Pounds, Crazy People,

Iron Man and Bill was seen last summer, in a short, but critical cameo in Seth MacFarlane’s film Ted. Broadway: The American Clock, Arthur Miller. Off Broadway: The premier of A.R. Gurney’s Far East (Lincoln Center), Frankie and Johnny in the Clair De Lune at West Side Arts, The Elephant Man at The Performance Garage (SOHO). Regional: Williamstown Theatre Festival; Skin of Our Teeth, A Winter’s Tale and Far East. The West Coast premiere of C. Churchill’s A Number at A.C.T. in S.F. Seattle Rep, People’s Light and Theatre Co., with Actors’ Theatre of Louisville, Of Mice and Men at the Hong Kong International Arts Festival ‘85. DAVID MAMET (Playwright) David Mamet is the author of the plays November, Boston Marriage, Faustus, Oleanna, Glengarry Glen Ross (1984 Pulitzer Prize and New York Drama Critics Circle Award), American Buffalo, The Old Neighborhood, A Life in the Theatre, Speedthe Plow, Edmond, Lakeboat, The Water Engine, The Woods, Sexual Perversity in Chicago, Reunion and The Cryptogram (1995 Obie Award). His translations and adaptations include Faustus, Red River by Pierre Laville and The Cherry Orchard, Three Sisters and Uncle Vanya by Anton Chekov. His films include The Postman Always Rings Twice, The Verdict, The Untouchables, House of Games (writer/ director) Oleanna (writer/ director), Homicide (writer/ director), The Spanish Prisoner (writer/director), Heist (writer/director), Spartan (writer/director) and Redbelt (writer/director). Mr. Mamet is also the author of Warm and Cold, a book for

children with drawings by Donald Sultan, and two other children’s books, Passover and The Duck and the Goat; Writing in Restaurants, Some Freaks, and Make-Believe Town, three volumes of essays; The Hero Pony and The China Man; a book of poems; Three Children’s Plays, On Directing Film, The Cabin, and the novels The Village, The Old Religion, and Wilson. His most recent books include True and False, Three Uses of the Knife, The Wicked Son, and Bambi Vs. Godzilla.

RANDALL ARNEY (Director, 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 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: 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

production biographies

TAKESHI KATA (Scenic Designer) Geffen: Coney Island Christmas, Female of the Species, The Seafarer, Boston Marriage. LA: November, Other Desert Cities (Taper), Bones, 2 Unrelated Plays by David Mamet, Palomino (Kirk Douglas). NY: Through a Glass Darkly, Storefront Church, The Intelligent Design of Jenny Chow (Atlantic Theatre Company), Adding Machine (Minetta Lane), Barrow Street Theatre, Playwright’s Horizons, Vineyard Theatre, Rattlestick. Regional: Alley, American Players Theatre, Dallas Theater Center, Ford’s Theatre, Goodman, Hartford Stage, Long Wharf, Nashville Opera, Old Globe, Resident Ensemble Players, Steppenwolf, Yale Rep. He is an Assistant Professor at University of Southern California, School of Dramatic Arts.

Chrisi KarvonidesDushenko (Costume Designer) received her MFA in Theater Design from Yale School of Drama and is currently a graduate professor of costume design at UCLA/ TFT. She has over twentyfive years experience as a professional costume designer in theater, film and television. Her designs for Two Trains Running were featured in productions on Broadway, at the Old Globe Theater, Seattle Repertory, The Goodman Theater and at the Mark Taper Forum. In 2003 she received an Emmy® for American Dreams for Outstanding Costume Design for a Television Series. She was recently nominated for an Emmy® in Costume Design for American Horror Story. Other Emmy® nominations include From the Earth to the Moon, produced by Tom Hanks, and Carnivale. She has also designed Big Love (seasons one to five), and NBC’s pilot of Pan Am. Feature films include The Glass House, Beautiful, the One, and Loss of a Teardrop Diamond, based on an unproduced 1957 screenplay by Tennessee Williams. Daniel Ionazzi (Lighting Designer) Daniel is Production Manager for the Geffen Playhouse. He is also a member of the faculty of the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television and Director of Production for the Department of Theater. Mr. Ionazzi is the author of The Stage Management Handbook and The Stagecraft Handbook. Design credits include: WWII - Beyond all Boundaries for the National World War II Museum. For Arena Stage: Red Hot Patriot: The

Kick-Ass Wit of Molly Ivins. For Steppenwolf Theatre Company: The Seafarer. For South Coast Repertory Theater: In The Next Room. For the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts: Teatro alla Moda. For the Geffen Playhouse: Build, The Jacksonian, Red Hot Patriot: The Kick-Ass Wit of Molly Ivins, Radiance: The Passion of Marie Curie, Superior Donuts, A Step In Time; Nightmare Alley, The Female of the Species, The Seafarer, Atlanta, Speed-the-Plow, A Picasso, Wishful Drinking; All My Sons; (Ovation nomination); Cat On A Hot Tin Roof; Paint Your Wagon, Take Me Out, I Just Stopped By To See The Man, Boy Gets Girl (Ovation nomination), Under The Blue Sky, Oscar & Felix, God’s Man in Texas, The Unexpected Man, The Weir, Defiled, Merton of the Movies and All in the Timing (Ovation nomination); for the Dance Company Diavolo: Catapult and Traajectorie; for the Denver Center Theatre Company: Henry IV Part I, The Three Sisters, The Night of the Iguana, Antigone. Additional design credits: The Ahkmatova Project, Amelia Lives, Telling Time, Othello, Trojan Women, Misalliance and Jenufa with Josef Svoboda. NED MOCHEL (Violence Designer) Ned Mochel did fight work at the Geffen Playhouse for The Gift, The Jacksonian, The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity, Superior Donuts, Next Fall, Ruined and Fat Pig. Ned staged the fights for Two And a Half Men writer Mark Robert’s new play Rantoul and Die at the Lillian Theatre in L.A. and was fight director for both west coast premiers of the Tracy Letts plays Killer Joe and Bug.

Among many other Chicago and New York productions, Ned was fight choreographer for Steppenwolf’s The Song of Jacob Zulu in Chicago and on Broadway, and The Lyric Opera’s production of McTeague, directed by Robert Altman. Ned was stunt coordinator/fight choreographer on numerous feature films including A Marine Story from Final Battlefield productions, Jack Slash from Chicago Action Theatre, and Hit Parade from Man of Action Studios. In 2009 Ned was awarded an LA Drama Theatre Critics’ award for fight choreography for the VS. Theatre production of On An Average Day. Ned also received a Chicago Jeff Citation for his work in the pirate, sword-fighting epic, The Fair Maid of the West. Ned was certified by the Society of American fight Directors in 1988 and is a black belt in JKA Karate. YOUNG JI (Production Stage Manager) Geffen Playhouse: Nothing to Hide, Build, The Exorcist, The Jacksonian, Radiance: The Passion of Marie Curie, The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity, Extraordinary Chambers, In Mother Words, Love Loss & What I Wore, Ricky Jay: A Rogue’s Gallery; Louis & Keely: Live at the Sahara. Other Los Angeles: Center Theatre Group: The Cherry Orchard (Taper); Wrecks, Trial of the Catonsville Nine, Pyrenees, A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings (Kirk Douglas Theatre). Antaeus Company: Cousin Bette, King Lear, The Autumn Garden (Producer); La Ronde, The Glass Menagerie (Director); Tonight at 8:30, Phaedra (Getty Villa), Mother Courage and Her Children, Pera Palas, Chekhov X 4.

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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.

production biographies MAGGIE SWING (Assistant Stage Manager) Off Broadway: Sorry, Love’s Labors Lost, Sweet and Sad, Knickerbocker, Compulsion, That Hopey Changey Thing (The Public Theater), Slowgirl (Lincoln Center), Blood Knot, The Orphans’ Home Cycle (Signature Theatre Company). Regional: Bell, Book and Candle (Co-Production with Long Wharf), The Orphans’ Home Cycle, Dividing the Estate, To Kill a Mockingbird, A Christmas Carol, A Midsummer Nights Dream, The Milk Train Doesn’t Stop Here Anymore, The Bluest Eye, Our Town (Hartford Stage Company). PHYLLIS SCHURINGA, CSA (Casting) Phyllis has had the pleasure of working with wonderful directors throughout her career and especially this season — Jo Bonney, Will Frears, Bart DeLorenzo, Maria Aitken, Randy Arney and Jonathan Lynn. She has been the Casting Director at the Geffen for 10 years and before that she served as casting director for Steppenwolf 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. P10 PERFORMANCES MAGAZINe

KEN NOVICE (Managing Director) Ken Novice’s career in the professional theater spans 25 years and over 250 productions. Prior to joining the Geffen Playhouse, he served as Managing Director and Director of External Affairs at Pasadena Playhouse where his credits included the revival of Fences starring Laurence Fishburne and Angela Bassett and the world premieres of Sister Act the Musical, Ray Charles Live, Stormy Weather starring Lesley Uggams and many others. He was Director of Marketing and Public Relations for San Diego’s Tony Award-winning Old Globe Theatre where his credits include Jack O’Brien’s acclaimed revival of Damn Yankees, the Tony Awardnominated musical The Full Monty, Henry IV starring John Goodman and Sheldon Epp’s Tony-nominated hit Play On! among many others. His credits also include marketing and public relations for the Tony Award-winning Denver Center Theater Company and New York’s Circle Repertory Company. As Director of Programming for YouthStream Media Networks he developed national marketing and public relations programs for most of Hollywood’s major motion picture studios. Novice also served as Head of the Theatre Management MFA/MBA program at California State University, Long Beach and has been a guest lecturer at San Diego State University and the University of California,

San Diego. He holds a BA from the Pennsylvania State University and an MBA from San Diego State University. Novice is a member of the League of Resident Theaters (LORT) Executive Committee and has served in various capacities including as a member of the negotiating team for the LORT/Actors’ Equity Association collective bargaining agreement.

BEHNAZ ATAEE (General Manager) Behnaz Ataee is a financial professional with more than 25 years of experience in forprofit and nonprofit financial management and auditing. Behnaz joined the Geffen Playhouse in 1999 and this marks her ninth season as the theater’s General Manager. She began her career in the Bay Area as a partner in a small family start-up before joining FBS Management where she acted as Director of Accounting, overseeing the finances of more than 25 non-profit organizations. Behnaz continued her work with non-profits as an auditor for Trump and Van Sloten CPA and then returned to the for-profit sector at Ultratech, before ultimately landing at the Geffen Playhouse. Behnaz has a Master’s degree from Pepperdine University.

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, The Millan Foundation and Whole Child International, 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.

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Opening Night of The Gift Sponsored by Audi of America, Inc., Los Angeles magazine, Malibu Family Wines, Napa Valley Grille, Qantas and Richard Ruskell Pastries 2

1. The cast of The Gift with Director Maria Aitken and writer Joanna Murray-Smith 2. Geffen artists Jon Tenney and Tony Shalhoub with Artistic Director Randall Arney and guests 3. Madeline Ramer and Geffen Board of Trustees member and Founding Chairman Bruce Ramer

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4. Geffen Board member Richard Sherman with Managing Director Ken Novice 5. Geffen donors Stanley and Ruth Zicklin with the Audi RS5 courtesy of our opening night partner, Audi of America 6. Chairman of the Board Frank Mancuso, Nancy Heller, Fay Mancuso and Geffen Board member Fred Specktor 7. Geffen Board members Mary Ann Cloyd and Pamela Robinson Hollander with Robert Hollander and guest 6

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YES, PRIME MINISTER Written by Antony Jay & Jonathan Lynn Directed by Jonathan Lynn west end smash comedy Join the Prime Minister and an always hilarious cast of characters, ranging from the scheming Cabinet Secretary, the morally confused Principal Private Secretary and the beautiful but ruthless Head of the PMâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Policy Unit as they lurch from crisis to crisis, trying to survive a disastrous weekend that teeters on the edge of catastrophe despite their best (and worst) intentions. Will they manage to save the Euro from collapsing, resolve the energy crisis, solve the debt crisis, hide an embarrassing illegal immigrant, control the media and avoid public humiliation? Brits and Yanks alike can bank on the laughs in the American premiere of this uproarious satire fresh from an acclaimed West End run.

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MISS JULIE

Written by August Strindberg Adapted by Neil LaBute Directed by jo bonney Featuring

Laura Heisler

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lily rabe

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August Strindberg’s classic about sex, greed and manipulation is adapted by the modern master of such tantalizing topics: Neil LaBute. The scandalous turn of the century drama, banned in Britain for nearly fifty years after its publication, chronicles the night-long flirtation and seduction between the wealthy lady of the house and one of her father’s household employees. Set on Long Island just before the 1929 stock market crash and featuring one of theater’s most commanding female characters, this world premiere adaptation couples provocateurs Strindberg and LaBute who capture the timeless consequences of passion and power. June 18 — july 28, 2013

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the judy show — my life as a sitcom Starring Judy Gold Written by Judy Gold & Kate Moira Ryan Directed by Amanda Charlton west coast premiere comedy

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Judy Gold has always dreamt big. Maybe because she is big (and by that, we mean tall). This six-foot, three-inch Jewish mother of two is bringing her critically acclaimed off-Broadway hit to LA. A nonstop 90-minute ride, The Judy Show is Gold’s chance to broadcast her hilarious life story through the sitcoms we all knew and loved. As an awkward kid growing up in New Jersey, Gold has fantasies of running away to The Brady Bunch house or climbing aboard the The Partridge Family bus, all while unabashedly recounting the mix of riotous, touching and otherwise embarrassing moments that taught her The Facts of Life. Infused with pop-culture references as well as her signature irreverent humor, The Judy Show covers life, love, showbiz and ultimately her quest for her very own show — all in a way that might make Rhoda proud.

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THE TODDLER SHOW

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With stories and songs that are based on participation from kids in the audience, the Story Pirates’ Toddler Show is specially calibrated for the tiniest of attention spans. So don’t just sit there! Sing and dance along, why doncha?

April 13, May 11 & June 29, 2013 Recommended for Ages 3 – 12 — Jon Stewart

The Flagship Show is the Story Pirates at their best: kids write stories, the Pirates act them out and kids write more!

JUNE 15, 2013 Recommended for Ages 2 – 5

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Ken Coelho David Conney, M.D. Dino Conte Gail Cottingham Susan Georgine Craig Whitney Cummings Randall & Diane Daniel Sarah Daniels Hedva & Dr. Dudley Danoff Jaye T. Darby Diana Davidow & Deborah Constance Ruth B. Davis & Pearl Schultz Gregory Dawley Hal & Roberta Delevie Dr. Udayakumar Devaskar Virginia DiBona Suzanne & Bruce Dodds Fred & Marilyn Dorer Steven & Beverly Dorfman Daryl & Paul F. Doucette Ms. Susan Downey Dr. & Mrs. William M Duxler Mr. Chris Easley Roni & Ethan Eller Lisa Erspamer Phyllis Factor Alan & Barbara Faiola Gladys Fellman Abby & Malcolm Field Lila & Fred Fink William & Elisabet Fleischman In Loving Memory of Frank & Eileen Flood Edward Flores Janet Fourticq Kenneth J. Friedman & Marilynn J. Friedman Family Foundation Ms. Laurelle Frome Yury & Yelena Furman Sandy Gage Lee Gardenswartz Karen Berko Gibson Diane Glazer David & Denise Goldberg Ann M. Goldberg Francine Golden & Marvin Schlossman Marilyn & Allen Golden Dr. Peter Goldman Barry Goldstein Ellie Goodman Mark Gordon Roger Gordon Susie & Bruce Goren Tiki Greenberg Susan & Michael Gregory Michael & Candice Herman Eve Haberfield & David Johnson Lance Hagenbuch Mary & Alan Halkett Mark & Monica Haloossim Carolyn & Bernard Hamilton Kay Harrington Dr. & Mrs. Samuel Haveson Lois Haytin Penny & Steve Held Jackson Henry Carla & Alan A. Herd Gunter Herman Cina Hodges Jackie & Dr. Irwin Hoffman Dr. Sharron Holman Ada & Jim Horwich Fred & Nancy Jacobus Daniel & Carolyn Jordan Nancy Josephson Seymour Kahn Joyce Kaiserman Ruth & Marvin Kalin Trudy & Albert Kallis Drs. Elaine & Jeff Kamil Anita Karbelnig Harris Katleman Owen Kato Mr. & Mrs. William Keast William & Renee Kendall Stuart Kessler Phyllis Klein

Dr. Phyllis Klein Donna & Jeffrey Klein Laurie & Milton Klorman Judy Knapp In honor of Leni Jane Knapp Charles Kolstad Donald Kottler Richard Kraft Barbara & Stan Krasnoff Howard & Vivian Krepack Janice White & Eugene Krieger Charles Kristenson Frumeh Labow Doctors Mark & Lena Labowe Joan & Christopher Larkin Jill & Michael Lasky Jeanne & Christopher Lavagnino Ann Leland Gail J. Levine Dr. Isaac & Barbara Levy Mr. Warren Lincoln Lee & Therese Linden Victor & Madeline Lindenheim Irma & Allen Lipin Donald Lipschutz Leslie & Adam Lobel Lori & Tom Low Ann & Bill Lucas Dianne Lum Anne L. Lynch Liz Lytle Teresa L. Maguire Guillaume Maillet Mike & Millie Maloney Jeannette & Mervyn Mandelbaum Connie & Leslie Martinson Phyllis & Bert Massing Stewart Mayeda Cheryl McCormick William E. & Marcela H. McKenna Kimberly Meye Bettina Michaels Teddie J. Milner Ankica Milosavljevic Andrew Molasky John Moschitta Catherine Nameth Bonnie Nash David Neilan Mark & Diane Neubauer Sheila Newman Napoleon & Afra Nobay Shelby Notkin Elad Offer Adrienne & Arthur Omansky Martin Ordman Donald Ott Allen Pack & Rikki Gordon Michael Pannullo Bob Paris Edward Parker Mr. & Mrs. Herman Pass David Paymer Kathy & Jeff Perkins Michael & Leslee Perlstein Naidu & Jane Permaul William Pesetski Frank J. Pfizenmayer & Josh Brown Gloria Pink Frank Piontek Dr. Ronald & Alyson Podell Lily & Rick Pollack Ms. Kim Pompey Zazi Pope Nancy Porter Mr. David Posner Andrea Pourmoradi Philip Pritchett Mr. & Mrs. Howard Privette

Drs. Laurence & Isabell Purdy Lisa Quateman Edward B. Rasch Mildred Reid Vicki Reiss Linda & Steve Richman William Ridgeway Carlene Ringer Jill Schary Robinson Barbara & David Rognlien Mr. & Mrs. Avi Rojany Beverly & Melvin Rosenthal Adrienne Rosenthal Joyce & Deane Ross Blanche & Bruce Joel Rubin Terry Ryan Joyce Hokin Sachs Janet Salter In Memory of Hon. Maxwell Hillary Salter Charlene & Victor Sands Susan & Kenneth Sarno June & Melvin Sattler Maxine Savitz Carole & Michael Scheinberg Gary & Karen Schneider Nancy & Steve Schneider Elaine Carey & Vincent J. Schodolski Jane & Bill Schopf Stacy Schrier Susan & Peter Schwab Dr. & Mrs. Jack Schwartz Mr. Charles Schwartz & Mrs. Carol Schwartz Arlene & Arthur Schwimmer Rodolfo Segovia Mary & Paul Shane Thom & Judy Sharp Madeline & Robert Sharples Yossi Sidikaro Seymour & Dorothy Siegel Don & Marie Sirney Marcia L. & Mark J. Smith Dr. Jerry & Marci Smith Diane Good & Frank Smith Fanya & Sidney Soll Debra & Bruce Spector Ms. M.L. Stearns Mr. & Mrs. Tom Stempel Chambers Stevens Holly Strom Mr. Kayser Sume & Dr. Renee Sabshin Katherine Sung Robin & David Swartz The Tauber Family Cheryl Tiano & Frank Gerechter Jay Tobin Mr. & Mrs. Art Tompkins Joan Townsend David Trainer Pia & Steve Vai Anthony Vasek Carole Wagner-Vallianos & Peter Vallianos Andrew Kevin Walker Ann W. Wang Jane Wang Berna Lynn Warner Annette Weil Julie & Peter Weil Marsha & Steven Weiss Richard & Joyce Wickline Dara & Greg Payne Rowie & Jeffrey Wolf George Wolfberg Albert Wolsky Kenneth & Teresa Worley Karen & Frank Wurtzel Barbara & Stanley Zax Lynn & Meir Ziv Dayle & Abram Zukor Sandy Zwirn

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THE FLAGSHIP SHOW

TUESDAY

april

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4 8:00pm

2:00/7:00pm

american buffalo

8:00pm

miss julie

2:00/7:00pm

american buffalo

2:00/7:00pm

miss julie

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10 8:00pm

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miss julie

11 8:00pm

american buffalo

miss julie

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american buffalo

miss julie

american buffalo

miss julie

american buffalo

8:00pm

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27 8:00pm

3 8:00pm

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american buffalo

miss julie

missdonuts julie

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3:00/8:00pm

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8:00pm 8:00pm superior

american buffalo

8 8:00pm

2:00/7:00pm

8:00pm

extraordinary american chambers buffalo

8:00pm

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3:00/8:00pm

american buffalo

8:00pm

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8:00pm

miss julie

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30 8:00pm

american buffalo

may

8:00pm

american buffalo

25 2

24 8:00pm

3:00/8:00pm

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8:00pm

american buffalo

8:00pm

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american buffalo

opening night

american buffalo

11 8:00pm

american buffalo

5 american buffalo

american buffalo

8:00pm

american buffalo

FRIDAY

8:00pm

american buffalo

2:00/7:00pm

THURSDAY

8:00pm

american buffalo

WEDNESDAY

american buffalo

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miss julie

3:00/8:00pm

american buffalo

3:00/8:00pm

miss julie

12 2:00/7:00pm

american buffalo

2:00/7:00pm

miss julie

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PErFORMANCEs MAGAZINE P23

geffen playhouse staff Randall Arney Artistic Director

Ken Novice Managing Director

ARTISTIC

Behnaz Ataee General Manager

Regina Miller Chief Development Officer

PRODUCTION

Mary Garrett Amy Levinson Phyllis Schuringa Shannon Noel Kristina Leach

Artistic Manager Artistic Associate / Literary Director Artistic Associate / Casting Director Artistic Coordinator Literary Associate

DEVELOPMENT Ellen Catania Director of Major Gifts & Corporate/Foundation Partnerships Jessica Brusilow Rollins Associate Director of Donor Relations & Strategic Partnerships Jamie Sherman Associate Director of Individual Giving Kristen Smith Grants Manager & Major Gifts Executive Assistant Scott Kriloff Development Associate & Database Manager Ava Bogle Development Assistant Jessie Sherman Development Assistant

EDUCATION Jennifer Zakkai Education Projects Leader Connor White Resident Teaching Artist & Education Associate Benjamin Salka Story Pirates CEO Duke Doyle Story Pirates Producing Director Lee Overtree Story Pirates Artistic Director Quinton Johnson Story Pirates Education Director Gabe Jewell Story Pirates Producer

ADMINISTRATION Frankie Ocasio Executive Assistant to the Managing Director Maryam Meehan Accounting and Payroll Manager Marguerite Harris Receptionist

FACILITIES MANAGEMENT Miguel del Castillo Victor Cueva De Loera Mario Santillan-Perez

Facility Manager Maintenance Custodial

Daniel Ionazzi Jill Barnes Matthew Carleton Rich Gilles James Grabowski Darren Rezowalli Leah A. Lewis

Production Manager Associate Production Manager Technical Director Properties Master Sound Master Master Electrician Wardrobe Supervisor

COMMUNICATIONS Tim Choy, Peter Goldman Davidson & Choy Publicity

MARKETING & SALES Joseph Yoshitomi Marketing Director 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 L.J. Stevens Group Sales Janice Bernal Associate Box Office Manager Bryan Martin Associate Box Office Manager Korie Benavidez, Audrey Cain, Zack Hamra, Richard Martinez, Lilach Mendelovich, Martin Wurst Box Office Staff

FRONT OF HOUSE Jeni Pearsons Director of Special Events David Gerhardt Supervising House Manager Michelle Cantrell, Amy Farkas, Tommy French, Kimberly Legg, Erik Odom, Julianne Tveten House Managers Abdoulaye N’Gom Head Usher Caroline Harrison, Sean Jones, Matt Jones, Lyndsi Larose, Rebecca Leigh, Nathaniel Meek, Katie Mitchell, Leah Munson, Lindsay Nyman, Jonathan Schwartz Ushers Rob Mersola Bar Manager Manuel Mayorga Weekend Bar Manager Adam Carr, Jared White, Kimberly Legg, Lyndsi LaRose Bartenders

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 scenic, costume, lighting and sound designers in LORT theaters are represented by United Scenic Artists Local USA-829, IATSE. P24 PERFORMANCES MAGAZINe