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FROM THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR WELCOME TO THE FIRST PLAY OF THE GEFFEN Playhouse’s 2016/2017 season. We are thrilled to bring you Barbecue written by Robert O’Hara and directed by Colman Domingo. When we first read this new comedy, I was struck not only by the power and hilarity in the writing but also by the overwhelming profundity of the piece. Within Robert’s play we recognize familiar family dynamics while also grappling with larger questions about class and race in America. Robert’s gift of portraying a complicated and often disparate world through a comic lens creates a journey akin to an emotional, intellectual roller-coaster. Both raucous and revealing, Barbecue is a perfect example of how art can uncover what is broken without leaving us feeling inconsolable. With great excitement, we welcome both Robert and Colman to the Geffen for the first time. These two artists have masterfully assembled an extraordinary cast and a team of designers including Sibyl Wickersheimer (scenic design), Kara Harmon (costume design), Lap Chi Chu (lighting design) and Lindsay Jones (original music and sound design), who have beautifully set the table to tell Robert’s story. A professor once told me that good plays portray the day in which everything changes. In this new season, our goal was to curate a mix of plays that run the gamut from comedy to tragedy, classical to contemporary, and ideally portray a wide variety of perspectives and facets of the human experience. Some we chose for their incredibly personal points of view, some for their more probing political ideas, but each is a piece of a greater story about the single moments which change our lives forever. Our hope is, beginning with Barbecue, each of these plays offers moments that resonate with you. Enjoy the show! Randall Arney ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
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LETTER FROM THE CO-CHAIRS
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. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
MICHAEL CENTENO MARY ANN CLOYD MERLE DANDRIDGE DR. BRAD EDGERTON MARK FLEISCHER SUE FLEISHMAN HERBERT M. GELFAND
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CHAIRMAN EMERITUS
MARTHA HENDERSON
PAMELA ROBINSON
WELCOME TO THE 2016/2017 SEASON IN THE GIL CATES Theater! For those of you who are loyal patrons of the Geffen Playhouse, thank you for joining us again this season for what is sure to be a diverse year of thought-provoking classics and new works, including two world premieres. For those who are new to this theatrical gem, we look forward to getting to know you throughout the season. This year, in partnership with Participant Media, we are excited to introduce a series of public conversations designed to deepen the dialogue with our patrons about the art on our stages. Artists and experts will join audiences for these events, which will dive into the social issues and cultural themes within each of the plays at the Geffen this fall. These events are free and open to the public, and will be moderated by John Horn of KPCC. We hope you’ll join us to launch this series with a lively discussion of Barbecue, race, class and our contemporary media landscape on Monday, September 19. We also look forward to further engaging our community and high school partners in year-round educational programming, centered around each play’s themes and the important questions the playwrights bring to light. Thank you for being here today to help us kick off our 2016/2017 season with Barbecue. We hope you will be deeply impacted and inspired by the art you see onstage today. Enjoy the show!
Martha Henderson
Pamela Robinson
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THE KEY INGREDIENT OF COLLABORATION? GENEROSITY. BY AMY LEVINSON Playwright Robert O’Hara
THEATER IS UNDOUBTEDLY A COLLABORATIVE ART FORM. One of the most significant points of collaboration on a new play exists between the writer and the director. Some of the great writer/director collaborations in theater history include Elia Kazan’s direction of both Arthur Miller’s and Tennessee Williams’ plays. He is credited with helping to shape what those modern classics ultimately became. More recent examples include Lloyd Richards’ direction of August Wilson’s work, Les Waters’ affinity for Caryl Churchill and the longstanding collaboration of Donald Margulies and Daniel Sullivan. Writers learn to entrust their work to specific directors and once these artists have established a common language, their desire to collaborate time and again is understandably strong. In the case of Robert O’Hara (playwright) and Colman Domingo (director), they have worked together on numerous projects in a myriad of ways. Because they are both actors, writers and directors (among other things), the experience they bring into the process varies greatly from that of a traditional writer/director partnership. I recently had the opportunity to chat with Robert and Colman about working together on Barbecue. P4 PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE
Director Colman Domingo
It’s a rare occurrence for a writer and a director to “swap” roles. Robert, when you directed Colman’s play Wild with Happy, what was it about the collaboration that made you keen to have Colman direct Barbecue? And Colman, same question to you in terms of changing roles. Colman Domingo: I don’t really consider these roles as opposite. Robert is a brilliant collaborator whether it be as a writer, director, dramaturg or actor. He is one of the smartest, most passionate people I know and his work is incredibly relevant and necessary. It’s a collaboration that just makes sense to us. Robert O’Hara: What Colman said… it’s a pleasure to know that you are putting a new play in the hands of an artist you trust and that can be as a director, actor, writer — Colman and I don’t have a problem moving from one role to another. The process is fluid because we can communicate about the work. Robert, what was the spark that inspired you to write Barbecue? RO: I was commissioned by Steppenwolf to write a new play and in our initial conversations about the project, there was a desire for the focus to be on race. In other words, what did black people want to say about race?
THE KEY INGREDIENT OF COLLABORATION And although I kept that in mind, it wasn’t driving me to a story. Around this time I was watching A LOT of that show Intervention. [Intervention is a television series that follows one or two participants per episode, each of whom has a substance dependence or other type of severe addiction. The subjects believe they are being filmed for a documentary on their problem, but their situations are actually being documented in anticipation of an intervention by family and/or friends.] I was struck by the fact that in each of these episodes, the people being intervened on were mostly not middle class and mostly not black. It led me to questions about the nature of storytelling. Who gets to tell these stories and how do they decide which stories to tell? Who is getting “intervened” on? So class was in the conversation now, too. The story sprung up from there. And Colman, what attracted you to the play? CD: I was initially involved with it as an actor. I was in a very early workshop of the play as James T and it was laugh-out-loud funny. These characters are written with such bite and humor but they are also brutally honest. It’s the best kind of character to play. So when I was approached to direct this, there was no question about it. What appeals to me most about Robert’s work and this play in particular is that he goes straight to the heart of these very broken, desperate, striving human beings who are such a part of our cultural zeitgeist right now. Whether he’s looking at the entertainment industry or elsewhere, he’s touching on an open sore of our humanity. But in that, he finds gravitas and humor and employs searing, rich language to tell the story. And you feel these qualities are consistent in Robert’s work on the whole? CD: Yes, absolutely. This is true in Robert’s work because of his ear and how he hears people. Like any amazing writer, he writes from what he knows but he’s able to lift it into this heightened, theatrical sensibility that forces us to really examine the subject — but still, always with a wink. What does each of you seek in collaborators? CD: Generosity. If you surround yourself with generous, talented people, the work is always stronger. I’ve found that generosity in collaboration is more important than anything else as theater is totally dependent on the work of everyone involved in the process.
RO: I need to feel comfortable leaving my “child” in the room with someone and knowing I’m not going to come back to find a dead kid. I’m a believer in the idea that you need to be careful who you go to bed with because that’s what your children are going to look like! Surround your play with the right people and it’s much easier to let them do their work and get the play up. Barbecue is truly an ensemble piece wherein the success of each actor is totally dependent on the other people onstage. When you were casting the play, what specific things did you seek in actors? CD: It’s important that people who came in to read weren’t playing at the character but that they really had a sense of who these people are and a knowledge of where they’re coming from. They are all very human and — in that — very fractured. The actors had to be unafraid to get in the mud and play the stakes rather than playing at personas. RO: In comedy, there’s a tendency to play the joke and it’s always far more important to play the truth of the moment. CD: The actors really need to lay off of Robert’s language, meaning that they can’t know how funny they are. With a piece this funny, that’s not always easy. But as Robert said, it’s all about playing the truth. Working on a new play (or even an old play), I’m always surprised how much I learn once I’m in the rehearsal process. Colman, what, if anything, has surprised/ delighted/confounded you about this play now that you are in rehearsals? CD: Robert’s work is such that, on the surface, you think you understand it, and then there are complications that continually arise. The things you thought were so black and white are now really grey because he leaves room for interpretation. The challenging thing is that you’re dealing with an ensemble of ten people, which means ten different sets of needs, wants and points of view. In rehearsal today, we are going to revisit the question, “what do you think this play is?” Because we’ve unpacked the play so well, it’s possible that we’re all looking at it from different perspectives. So we have to incorporate all of these ideas and boil it down into one: identify the motor of the play, how it moves, how the second act varies from the first. And because this play really does break form, we all need to be comfortable with that. All of these questions and complications are part of what makes for a great play. PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE P5
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Kara Harmon
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Colman Domingo Barbecue was commissioned by Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Chicago; Martha Lavey, Artistic Director • David Hawkanson, Executive Director Original New York Production by The Public Theater Oskar Eustis, Artistic Director • Patrick Willingham, Executive Director Permission granted by ABRAMS ARTISTS AGENCY, 275 Seventh Ave., 26th Floor, New York, NY 10001. All inquires concerning rights to the Play shall be addressed to the above. EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS CIRCLE MEMBERS
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(In alphabetical order)
Barbara ........................................................................................................................................ Cherise Boothe* Lillie Anne ....................................................................................................................................... Yvette Cason* Adlean ................................................................................................................................................. Dale Dickey* James T ....................................................................................................................................... Omar J. Dorsey* Lillie Anne ..................................................................................................................................... Frances Fisher* Adlean .................................................................................................................... Kimberly Hébert Gregory* James T ............................................................................................................................................. Travis Johns* Marie ...................................................................................................................................................... Elyse Mirto* Marie ................................................................................................................................ Heather Alicia Simms* Barbara ................................................................................................................................... Rebecca Wisocky*
UNDERSTUDIES (In alphabetical order)
James T ......................................................................................................................................... Amir Abdullah* James T ................................................................................................................................... Kevin T. McCarthy Barbara ................................................................................................................................................. Elyse Mirto* Lillie Anne / Adlean ......................................................................................................................... Elisa Perry* Barbara / Marie .................................................................................................................... Danielle Pinnock* Lille Anne / Adlean / Marie ............................................................................................ Lisa Rothschiller* *Indicates member of Actor’s Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States. Understudies never substitute for listed players unless specified.
PLACE Middle America. SETTING A pavilion, surrounded by a park. TIME Now (after and before). RUNNING TIME Approximately 2 hours. There will be one 15 minute intermission.
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CHERISE BOOTHE (Barbara) Ms. Boothe is happy to be returning to the Geffen Playhouse after having performed here as an original cast member in Lynn Nottage’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play Ruined and the West Coast premiere of David LindsayAbaire’s Good People. Her voice can be heard in the audiobook version of The Fire This Time, A New Generation Speaks about Race by National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward. Theater: Milk Like Sugar (original cast: La Jolla Playhouse/Playwrights Horizons; Obie Award), Ruined (Goodman Theatre/Manhattan Theatre Club, Intiman Theatre/ Geffen Playhouse; 2009 Pulitzer Prize for Drama); August Wilson’s 20th Century (Kennedy Center); Ohio State Murders (Theatre for a New Audience; Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Revival); King Hedley II (Signature Theatre); Huck & Holden (original cast: Cherry Lane Theatre); Insurrection: Holding History (Berkshire Theatre Festival). Film/television: Inside Man (directed by Spike Lee), Then She Found Me (directed by Helen Hunt), The Wool Cap (with Keke Palmer and William H. Macy), Rizzoli & Isles, Major Crimes, The Good Wife, Law & Order: SVU. Training: NYU Graduate Acting Program. Deepest gratitude to Spirit, family and friends. www.cheriseboothe.com.
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YVETTE CASON (Lillie Anne) Yvette is excited to make her debut at the Geffen Playhouse and to work with Colman Domingo. She recently played the roles of Aretha Franklin and Nina Simone in A Night With Janis Joplin at 5th Avenue Theatre and Pasadena Playhouse. Yvette sold out shows of a reprise performance of Ella The Musical, playing the legendary First Lady of Song, Ella Fitzgerald. Other credits include: Dreamgirls (Broadway and International Tour), Play On! (Broadway and Pasadena, Ovation Award), Once on This Island, Ain’t Misbehavin’, St. Louis Woman, Into the Woods and Sisterella at Pasadena Playhouse, for which she won an NAACP Theatre Award. She has toured and sung with some of the industry’s elite including Whitney Houston, Stevie Wonder, David Foster and Kenny “Babyface” Edmonds. Yvette can be seen in the feature films Middle of Nowhere and Dreamgirls. Education: Berklee College of Music.
DALE DICKEY (Adlean) Dale Dickey has worked on Broadway (Sir Peter Hall’s The Merchant of Venice) and off (Playwrights Horizons,
Signature Theatre, Manhattan Punch Line Theatre). Regional credits include the Eugene O’Neill Theatre Center, Denver Center for the Performing Arts, Royal George Theatre in Chicago, Paper Mill Playhouse and Clarence Brown Theatre (most recently, A Streetcar Named Desire and Sweeney Todd). In Los Angeles, she received two Ovation Awards and two LA Weekly Awards for her roles in Del Shores’ Southern Baptist Sissies and The Trials & Tribulations of a Trailer Trash Housewife. She won an Independent Spirit Award as Best Supporting Actress in Winter’s Bone. Other films include Hell or High Water, Blood Father, Iron Man 3, The Guilt Trip, Being Flynn, Changeling, Domino, The Pledge and Regression. Some of her extensive television work includes recurring roles on True Blood, Breaking Bad, Justified, My Name is Earl and Christy. Dale will appear as a series regular in season two of Vice Principals.
OMAR J. DORSEY (James T) Classically trained actor Omar J. Dorsey is widely known for his impressive roles in multiple Academy Awardwinning films including Django Unchained, The Blind Side and Selma. This summer he will co-star in Queen Sugar, a drama television series created, directed and executive produced by Ava DuVernay alongside Oprah Winfrey. Later this year, Dorsey will grace the silver screen opposite Miles Teller and Amy Schumer in the Dreamworks/
Amblin Entertainment drama Thank You for Your Service. He can currently be seen in a recurring role as Ralph Church on NBC’s award-winning period drama Aquarius. Dorsey recently co-starred opposite Liev Schreiber in Showtime’s critically acclaimed crime drama Ray Donovan. In 2013, Dorsey co-starred with Danny McBride in the critically acclaimed HBO comedy series Eastbound & Down. An Atlanta native, Dorsey studied acting at Georgia State University and trained under storied actor Afemo Omilami. He currently lives in Los Angeles with his wife and two daughters.
FRANCES FISHER (Lillie Anne) Frances Fisher began her career at Virginia’s Barter Theatre, then spent 14 years in New York’s Off Broadway theaters and in regional theater, with credits including Elia Kazan’s The Chain, Hay Fever, 1984, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Arthur Miller’s last play Finishing the Picture, Three More Sleepless Nights (Drama League Award), Fool for Love, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Desire Under the Elms, and the Mark Taper Forum’s The Cherry Orchard. A member of the Actors Studio, her first acting teacher was the legendary Stella Adler. Fisher’s film credits include Titanic, Unforgiven, True Crime, The Big Tease, Jolene and Woman in Gold, among countless others. Her notable television movie and series credits include Lucy & Desi: Before the Laughter, The Shield, Torchwood, Masters of Sex,
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KIMBERLY HÉBERT GREGORY (Adlean) Kimberly Hébert Gregory garnered much acclaim for her performance in Lynn Nottage’s By the Way, Meet Vera Stark. She joined Sanaa Lathan as the only original cast members from the play’s New York run at Second Stage Theatre to transfer to the Los Angeles production at the Geffen Playhouse. Kimberly’s performance in By the Way, Meet Vera Stark was celebrated with an Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play Drama Desk Award nomination and a Lucille Lortel Award nomination for Outstanding Featured Actress. Kimberly has appeared in many stage productions including Tarell Alvin McCraney’s The Brother/ Sister Plays at the Public Theater. Kimberly was last seen as Dr. Belinda Brown in the HBO television series, Vice Principals with Danny McBride. Gregory most recently recurred on Devious Maids. Previous credits include Spike Lee’s Red Hook Summer, Grey’s Anatomy, The Big Bang Theory, Shameless, Two and a Half Men and Chris Rock’s I Think I Love My Wife.
TRAVIS JOHNS (James T) Highlights of his stage work include the West Coast premiere of Boy (L.A. Theatre Works); the National Tour of In the Heat of the Night (L.A. Theatre Works); the world premiere of Atlanta, The Musical (Geffen Playhouse); the West Coast premiere of National Pastime (Fremont Centre Theatre); The Exonerated (Playhouse West); The Diviners (Santa Monica Playhouse); and Take Me Out (Ensemble Theatre Company). Films include: Imagine (opposite Al Pacino); Term Life; Swelter (opposite Alfred Molina); Sound of My Voice; Adventures of Power; Sex & Violence: Or A Brief Review of Simple Physics; and most recently, Dead Man Rising. A partial list of television credits include: Westworld, Queen of the South, Ray Donovan, 2 Broke Girls, The Mentalist, Sons of Anarchy, and Justified. Johns was raised in Elizabethton, Tennessee, graduated from Wake Forest University, and resides in Los Angeles, CA.
ELYSE MIRTO (Marie) Geffen debut. L.A. credits include: A Flea in Her Ear, The Guardsman and Figaro (L.A. Drama Critics Circle nomination 2015) at A Noise Within; Conviction (Ovation nomination 2015) at Rubicon
Theatre; Steel Magnolias and The Verdi Girls at Laguna Playhouse; and Twelfth Night, Hamlet, Romeo & Juliet, Much Ado About Nothing at The Kingsmen Shakespeare Festival. New York credits include: White’s Lies (Off Broadway), Any Day Now (New York Innovative Theatre Award winner, lead actress), Next Year in Jerusalem (New York Innovative Theatre Award nomination), Catch the Fish and The Eternal Husband. Chicago credits include: Shakespeare Rep and Goodman Theatre. Numerous film, television and commercial credits, most recently including Scandal, NCIS and The Last Ship, as well as numerous voiceovers and audiobooks. Elyse has a B.F.A. in Music Theatre Performance from Western Michigan University and studied at the Royal National Theatre of Great Britain. A company member at Antaeus and Theatre of NOTE.
HEATHER ALICIA SIMMS (Marie) Heather Alicia Simms recently appeared in the critically acclaimed world premiere production of Robert O’Hara’s Barbecue at the Public Theater. Broadway: Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, A Raisin in the Sun, Gem of the Ocean, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike. Off-Broadway: born bad (Soho Rep), Insurrection: Holding History (Public Theater), Breath, Boom (Playwrights Horizons), The Correspondent (Rattlestick Playwrights Theater), A Beautiful Day in November… (New Georges), Sense of an Ending (59E59) and The Exonerated (The Culture Project/Riverside Studios UK), as well as many regional theater productions.
Heather can be seen in the upcoming films The Light of the Moon and Roxanne, Roxanne. Other film credits include Red Hook Summer, The Nanny Diaries, Broken Flowers and Head of State. Television: Law & Order, The Good Wife, As The World Turns, and Third Watch. Heather is an accomplished voiceover artist whose work can be heard in various commercials and audiobooks. Awards and affiliations: Fox Foundation Fellowship Recipient Round 4, Audie Award, The Actors Center. Education: Tufts University, B.A., Columbia University, M.F.A. www.heatherasimms.com
REBECCA WISOCKY (Barbara) New York theater: Amazons and Their Men (Clubbed Thumb, OBIE Award), God’s Ear (Vineyard Theatre), Hot ‘n Throbbing (Signature Theatre), 36 Views (Public Theater), The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant (Henry Miller Theater), Tooth of Crime (Second Stage Theater/ Signature Theater), Antigone (Classic Stage Company), A Tale of Two Cities (Culture Project), Sueño (MCC) and many more. Television/film: series regular on Lifetime/ABC’s Devious Maids as Evelyn Powell, X-Files, American Horror Story, Hello My Name is Doris, The Mentalist, Once Upon a Time, Pollock, True Blood, Longmire, The Exes, Big Love, Castle, Grimm, Sex and the City, Law & Order and The Sopranos, among others. Graduate of NYU’s Experimental Theatre Wing and original member of Big Dance Theater. Rebecca is thrilled to be making her Geffen debut with this play and in such good company.
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Criminal Minds and ABC’s Resurrection. Recent credits include JT Mollner’s Outlaws and Angels, the docu-drama Titanic: Sinking of the Myths, Phedon Papamichael’s A Beautiful Day. Upcoming: Amazon’s Melody, 1963 directed by Tina Mabry.
PRODUCTION BIOGRAPHIES ROBERT O’HARA (Playwright) Robert O’Hara has received the NAACP Best Director Award, the Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding New Play, two OBIE Awards and the Oppenheimer Award. He directed the world premieres of Nikkole Salter and Dania Guiria’s In the Continuum, Tarell McCraney’s The Brother/ Sister Plays (Part 2), Colman Domingo’s Wild with Happy, as well as his own plays, Bootycandy and Insurrection: Holding History. His new plays Zombie: The American and Barbecue, world premiered this season at Woolly Mammoth Theater and the Public Theater, respectively. COLMAN DOMINGO (Director) Tony, Drama Desk, Drama League and Olivier Award nominee Colman Domingo has recently directed Seven Guitars (Actors Theater of Louisville) and A Band of Angels (Off Broadway Alliance Award, New York City Children’s Theater). Mr. Domingo has directed productions Off Broadway and regionally such as Exit Cuckoo (Working Theater), No Parole (All for One Solo Festival), i feel love (Intersection for the Arts), Single Black Female (New Professional Theatre). Mr. Domingo is a Lucille Lortel, GLAAD and Obie Award winning playwright whose plays include Dot (Samuel French), Wild with Happy (Dramatists Play Service), A Boy and His Soul (Oberon Books) and The Brother(s). He stars on television as Strand in AMC’s Fear the Walking Dead and co-stars in the upcoming Fox Searchlight film The Birth of a Nation. His theater career spans the West End, Broadway, Off Broadway, Australia, France and all over regional theaters in America.
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SIBYL WICKERSHEIMER (Scenic Designer) Sibyl most recently designed Richard II directed by Bill Rauch at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Her regional set design credits include productions at OSF, Woolly Mammoth Theatre, Lookingglass Theatre, Seattle Rep, Portland Center Stage, Portland Playhouse, Berkeley Rep, Arizona Theatre Company, Kirk Douglas Theatre, Geffen Playhouse and South Coast Repertory. Sibyl resides in Los Angeles, where she has designed for numerous companies, including 10 productions at The Actors’ Gang of which two have toured to five continents and across the United States. Outside of traditional theater spaces, she has designed for the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Kaiser Permanente Educational Theatre Program and Disney Cruise Line, and her art installations have been exhibited in galleries throughout Southern California. Sibyl is an assistant professor at USC in the School of Dramatic Arts. KARA HARMON (Costume Designer) Regional: The Rape of Lucretia (Wolf Trap Opera), Ethel and God of Carnage (Alliance Theatre), Seven Guitars (Actors Theatre of Louisville), Much Ado About Nothing and The Comedy of Errors (Oregon Shakespeare Festival), Safe House (Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park), Clybourne Park and The Trip to Bountiful (Hangar Theatre), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey). New York: Dot (Vineyard Theatre), Seven Guitars and Broke-ology (The Juilliard School), Seven Minutes in Heaven (New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts), When We Met and The Trouble with Doug (CAP 21), Stretch, a fantasia (New Georges). Assistant Costume Design TV: Daredevil (Season 2, Netflix), Boardwalk Empire
(Season 5, HBO). Assistant Costume Design Broadway: The Crucible, Magic Bird, First Date and Memphis. Kara holds her M.F.A. from NYU Tisch. www.karaharmondesign.com 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 Critic’s Circle Angstrom Award for Career Achievement in Lighting Design, multiple Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle Awards, a “Drammy” for best lighting, as well as a Lucille Lortel nomination for The Good Negro at the Public Theater. Mr. Chu is on the lighting design faculty at California Institute of the Arts. LINDSAY JONES (Composer & Sound Designer) Broadway: A Time To Kill, Bronx Bombers. Off Broadway: Privacy, Dry Powder, Barbecue (Public Theater), Bootycandy (Playwrights Horizons), Mr. Joy (LCT3), Top Secret (New York Theatre Workshop), Rx (Primary Stages) and many others. Regional: Guthrie Theater, Hartford Stage, Alliance Theatre, Goodman Theatre, The Old Globe, ACT, Chicago Shakespeare, Steppenwolf,
La Jolla Playhouse, Arena Stage and many others. International: Stratford Shakespeare Festival (Canada) and Royal Shakespeare Company (England), as well as productions in Ireland, Austria, Zimbabwe, South Africa and Scotland. Awards: seven Joseph Jefferson Awards and 23 nominations, two Ovation Awards and three nominations, L.A. Drama Critics Circle Award, three Drama Desk Award nominations, two Helen Hayes nominations as well as nominations for Barrymore, Henry Hewes Design and many others. Film scoring credits include Magnolia Pictures’ The Brass Teapot and HBO Films’ A Note of Triumph (2006 Academy Award, Best Documentary). www.lindsayjones.com ANNE L. HITT (Production Stage Manager) Coming straight off a successful run of In & Of Itself at the Geffen Playhouse, Anne couldn’t be more excited to have Barbecue be her next show. With an M.F.A. in stage management from UC Irvine, Anne has most recently worked at the Kirk Douglas Theatre (Women Laughing Alone with Salad), Ahmanson Theatre (An Act of God), Pasadena Playhouse/Lythgoe Family Productions (Peter Pan and Tinker Bell), Mark Taper Forum (Appropriate, Bent and The Price) and Laguna Playhouse (Striking 12 and The Buddy Holly Story). Love and thanks to Jeff for his constant support. www.annehitt.com CATE CUNDIFF (Assistant Stage Manager) Cate is thrilled to be back at the Geffen! Select Los Angeles stage management credits include Stage Kiss, Murder for Two, Switzerland, Death of the Author, The Break of Noon (Geffen Playhouse); This, Venice (Center Theatre Group); Memphis (Cabrillo Music Theatre); When You’re in Love the Whole World is Jewish,
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PHYLLIS SCHURINGA, CSA (Casting Director) Phyllis is the Casting Director and Artistic Associate for the Geffen Playhouse. Recent plays include Big Sky, Barcelona, Outside Mullingar, These Paper Bullets!, Bad Jews, The Night Alive, Switzerland, The Country House, American Buffalo and Shiv at the Boston Court. Before joining the team at the Geffen, she was the 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 Award for Best wRevival) 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.
State University and has taught master classes and workshops at UCLA, Steppenwolf, around the U.S. and in Tokyo.
RANDALL ARNEY (Artistic Director) Randall Arney has been a theater professional for over 30 years and has served as Artistic Director of the Geffen Playhouse since 1999. In addition to his artistic programming and oversight at the Geffen, Arney has helmed many productions for the theater, most recently Outside Mullingar, The Night Alive, Reasons to Be Pretty, Slowgirl, American Buffalo, Superior Donuts, The Female of the Species, The Seafarer, Speed-the-Plow and All My Sons. Arney is an ensemble member and former Artistic Director of Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theatre where his directing credits include: Slowgirl, The Seafarer, The 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
GIL CATES, JR. (Executive Director) Gil Cates, Jr. has proudly served on the Geffen Playhouse Board since 2012 and has years of producing and directing experience in theater, film and television. Gil’s theater credits include the award-winning Names (Matrix Theatre) starring Dixie Carter and Greg Mullavey, The Night I Knocked Out Joe Frazer and Lost 90 Pounds (Gardner Stage Theater), as well as Three Sisters and David Mamet’s A Life in the Theatre (both at Syracuse Stage). Gil’s film credits include The Surface (starring Sean Astin and Geffen Playhouse alumnus Chris Mulkey), Jobs (starring Ashton Kutcher, Josh Gad, Dermot Mulroney, as well as Geffen Playhouse alumni Matthew Modine and Ron Eldard) and the 2011 feature film Lucky (starring Colin Hanks, Ari Graynor, 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 had its premiere Christmas Eve on Showtime. His other films include Deal (starring Burt Reynolds, Bret Harrison and Charles Durning), The Mesmerist (starring Geffen Playhouse alumnus Neil Patrick Harris), and the critically acclaimed independent film Order of Chaos. Gil also made his television directorial debut with an episode of the NBC comedy, Joey, starring Emmy
winner Matt LeBlanc. He studied at the National Theatre Institute in Waterford, Connecticut, and holds a B.F.A. in Drama from Syracuse University in 1991.
REGINA MILLER (Chief Development Officer) Regina has been a development professional for over 18 years, working with non-profit institutions, foundations and corporations on strategy, analysis and fundraising. She has worked for Simon Wiesenthal Center, The Clinton Foundation, Ben Affleck’s Eastern Congo Initiative, Hank Azaria’s Determined to Succeed, Charlize Theron's Africa Outreach Project, Water.org, Codenow. org among others. Prior to the Geffen, Regina served as the Director of Partnerships for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Los Angeles and the Inland Empire where she led strategic planning and development while executing policies that advanced the organization’s visibility and growth. Regina also has a strong passion for teaching. After graduating from University of North Carolina School of the Arts, she taught in preschools and kindergartens in New York. From the age of 13, Regina worked as a professional dancer on Broadway as well as with a number of prominent modern dance ensembles. Fusing two of her interests, she created a highly successful program which incorporated dance therapy and creative movement into an early childhood curriculum as well as wrote and produced a television show based on this concept. In addition to being a published author and photographer with Tallfellow Press and Prometheus Books, Regina has taught and lectured at numerous schools in New York, Los Angeles and abroad. PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE P11
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Salam Shalom, Good Bobby (Greenway Court Theatre); When You Wish (produced by Pat Boone and Dean McClure at the Freud Playhouse); ModRock (El Portal); Man of La Mancha, Godspell, Jesus Chris Superstar (GPC/ Brehm Center); Dissonance (Falcon Theatre). Cate has stage managed workshops, festivals, award shows and events in Los Angeles. In addition to working as a stage manager, Cate has experience in company management, arts administration, and producing for theaters in L.A. and New York. A New Orleans native, Cate attended the University of Louisiana. Proud Equity member. Love to family and friends.
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Director John Rando and the cast of Big Sky with playwright Alexandra Gersten-Vassilaros
Opening Night of Big Sky
Executive Director Gil Cates, Jr. with Founding Chair Bruce Ramer, a family friend and Director of Marketing Jessica Buzzard
Ron Simms with Board of Trustees member Victoria Mann Simms
Robert Hollander, Board Co-Chair Pamela Robinson Hollander, Eileen Brown, Board member Harold Brown with Board of Trustees member Andy Spahn and Jennifer Parry
Jerry Greenberg, Miriam Kabatchnik and Board member Adi Greenberg with Amnon Kabatchnik
Co-stars from Good People, Jane Kaczmarek and Jon Tenney hug it out at Opening Night. Jane will next appear on the Geffen stage in Long Day’s Journey Into Night
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Season Finale Reception On Wednesday, July 27th, Geffen Playhouse hosted a Season Finale Reception at The Tuck Room and Tavern for our donors. Guests were treated to tray passed appetizers, a beautiful buffet, photo booth and entertainment by both a duo of musicians and the incredible Sugar Sisters. We appreciate all those who donated to the Spring Campaign and we’re so glad you were able to join us at the Season Finale Reception. Thank you to all of our donors who enable us to continue serving more than 15,000 community members each season. We are so grateful for you!
Geffen donors Patty and David Tann
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Geffen donors Jackie and Jack Appelbaum
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PARTNER $1,500 - $2,999 Anonymous (4) Pat & Sandy Adams Miriam Aguiar Olga S. Alderson Debbie Allen 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 John Bjorge & Mary McKelvey Carolyn & Martin Bloom Dr. Wallace P. Brithinee Debra & Peter Cappos Pat & Bill Chin Darcy Christal Laurel & Aaron Clark Linda & John Coleman David Conney, M.D. Janine Cristiano Elizabeth Dalling Pam Dawber Dana Delany Deborah Divine Susan & Jonathan Dolgen Victoria Dummer Carol & J.B. Esterkin Sonia & Robert Freedman and Family Helen & Arthur Geoffrion Sunny & Alvin Grossblatt Craigar Grosvenor The Guerin Foundation Teri Hatcher Bucky Hazan, Teles Properties Alan & Michelle Heilpern Dr. John D. Hofbauer & Dr. Laura E. Fox In Honor of Development Roger & Linda Howard Brian Irving & Dayna Cussler Nancy & Len Jacoby Carrie Johnson
Willette & Manny Klausner Katherine Kleindienst Eduardo Martinez Jill Mazursky Janis B. McEldowney Sue McHugh & Herb Seese Patrice & James Mitchell Patricia Mitchell The New York Palace Olympus Theatricals Michael R. Oppenheim Carol & Alan Ostroff Cheryl Petersen & Roger Lustberg Tara & Robert Pietri Herbert & Marilyn Piken Ruth Popkin Robert Quayle Lindy Robbins Sonny & Cynthia Rodriguez Rosa Rosenberg Nancy Stephens & Rick Rosenthal and The Rosenthal Family Foundation Wil Rosser Michael Schlesinger Susan Schwarz Berton Carol & Charles Schwartz Dean Teri Schwartz Matthew Shakman Dominique Shelton Robert Siew & William Mark Hafeman Snyder Family Foundation Ray Stark Mitch & Sherry Stein Lisa Stonich Meghan Strange Surf Air Audri & Stan Tendler Paul Tetreault Daniel Tongbai Susan & Peter Van Haften Karen & Francesco Vanderbaan Deborah Walsh Denise & Peter Walsh Gelena & Seth Weissman Cherie Wrigley Debra Zavala Barbara & Stanley Zax Marcie & Howard Zelikow Leslie & Robert Zemeckis Ellen & Arnold Zetcher David Zuckerman & Ellie Kanner-Zuckerman
EDUCATION ADVOCATE $1,000 - $1,499 Anonymous (2) Harry & Gay Abrams/Abrams Artists Agency Dr. Richard Ackerman & Miriam Shakter Laura & Harvey Alpert Charitable Foundation Margaret Campbell Arvey AudioQuest Russ, August & Kabat Carol Ann & D.C. Bakeman Richard & Shelley Bayer Sigrid & Alan Belinkoff Lydia & David Bell Susan & Eric M. Bender
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ANNUAL DONORS Peter & Barbara Benedek Wendy & John Bergquist Diane & James Berliner Sharon & Artie Berrick Joe Blackstone & Jamie Mohn The Bordy & Leibovic Families Brenda & Alan Borstein Helen Breitwieser & James Jacks Wendy & David Brotman 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 Culver Hotel Ruth Daugherty Suzanne Deal Booth & David Booth Deluscious Cookies Carolyn Dirks/Brett Dougherty Dennis & Jeralyn Doty Jan & Thea Drayer Gerald & Sally Ducot William Duncan Marilyn P. Dunn Dr. & Mrs. William M Duxler In Honor of Education & Community Engagement Colleen M. Ellis Terri & David Elston The English Language Center Carl & Courtenay Enright Donnovan Field Sydney M. Finegold, M.D. Steve Freedman Ben & Susan Friedman G2 Graphic Service, Inc. Jeanne & Arnold Geffner Diane & Bruce Gewertz The Gibbs Family Cherna & Dr. Gary Gitnick Charlotte Gold Dr. Irene Goldenberg Louis & Linda Goldsman Roz & Abner Goldstine Helene Gordon Adrienne Grant & Paul Jennings Jack Grossbart & Marc Schwartz Deidre Hall Monty & Marilyn Hall Salli Harris Michael Parks & Judith Hayward Murray & Gail Heltzer David Coleman & Jean Himmelstein Coleman Rand Hoffman & Charlotte Robinson Tamara Horwich & Gerry Lipshutz Toni Hoyt Lynn Hunt & Margaret Jacob Linda Janger 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 Kent Klavens & Judy Vourlas Lynda Klein & Neal Hersh
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Judy Knapp Leslie & Norman Koplof Carol Krause Deborah Lacusta & Daniel Castellaneta Helene Laub Steven & Nancy Lippman Jeffrey & Elisabeth Lipsman Judith Locke & Dennis Massie Karen & Peter Locke London Cleaners, Inc Karen & Frederick Lorig The Jennifer and Greg Malins Foundation Eric G.C. Mark Sheila & Joel Mendelsohn The Miles Family Barbara & Fred Miller Andrew & Laura Mintzer Joanne & Joel Mogy Montage Hotels and Residences In Loving Memory of Harvey S. Morse Lon Morse & Toni Hollander Morse Joan & Fred Nicholas Albert & Barbara Nichols John Nickoll Michael Nicklin Deborah & Stacey Olliff Ornest Family Foundation Gia Paladino & Michael Wise Philip & Leslie Paton Amanda Crick & Glenn Pfeffer Pier South Craig Piligian Jane Rascoff Richard Rasiej & Joan Herman Harvey & Joyce Reichard Sandra C Ribble Donald B. & Susan F. Rice In Memory of Frances Richman Esther & Howard Richmond Linda & Manny Rider Beth Roberts & Warren Smith Dolores Rogers Ronda & Fred Rose David A. & Karen Richards Sachs Susana Salazar Mark San Filippo Nancy & Ted Sanborn Jay Sandrich Savitsky Satin & Bacon Toni & John Schulman Don & Cynthia Schwartz David Schwartz Foundation, John S. Schwartz Don & Cynthia Schwartz John Schwartz Joanna & Jonathan Schwartz Peggy and Robert Shapiro 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 & Melissa Stroud Sugarfina Sunrise Springs Katy Sweet
The Tatasciore Family Anne C. Taubman & David Boyle John Teeples & Nicolas Martinez, Jr. John Turmes Catherine & Leonard Unger Daniel & Shauna Valenzuela Alan Van Vliet Julie & Peter Weil Alison Whalen & Steven Marenberg Marcia Williams & Gene Lucero Judith & Philip Winik Wright Maritime Group Anna & Stephen Yallourakis June Yip & David Wong
ARTISTIC ADVOCATE $500 - $999 Anonymous (5) Terry & Richard Abrams Laurence & Ilene Abramson Betsy Alevy Nancy Antoniou Eloise & Mark Appel Bonnie Arnold Jeanne Bailey Janet & Irwin Barnet Linda Barnett Irene Baron Sigrid & Alan Belinkoff Yvette Bergeron & Dean Bailey Kristen Bird Diane & Richard Birnholz Black Market Gelato Larry & Julie Blivas In honor of Phyllis Blivas Pamela & Bill Bohnert Michael J. Bordy Laura D. Campbell Andrew Carlberg Lee & Shelby Chaden Ginger Conrad In Loving Memory of Ed Cypert Greg & Leslie Dannon Dr. Udayakumar Devaskar Roni & Ethan Eller Lidia & Mauricio Epelbaum David & Joyce Evans Marjorie & Arthur Fine The Ella Fitzgerald Charitable Fund Michael & Lynne Flynn Myrna Forest Burt & Nanette Forester Judith R. Forman and Dr. Cynthia Pikus Sharlene & Sol Galper The Gewecke Family Benita & Bert Ginsberg Annie & Tom Goepel Marcy Goldstein Ellie Goodman Lori & Robert Goodman Diana & Ronald Granit Gigi & Don Grant Gaby & Rob Greenberg Marcy & Edgar Gross Madeline Gussman Carolyn & Bernie Hamilton Arlene S Harris Sheila & Chester Hasday Zvia Hempling Jack Hileman & Roxanne Huddleston Kelley M. Hogan Gerald Isenberg Jackie & Warren Jackson
Brad & Kay Jensen Brett Johnson Robert Jones Mr. & Mrs. Bernard Kamine Christine Kaplan Stan Kasten Dean Kauffman & Carlos Andres Mosquera-Tangarife Patricia Keating Nancy Mette & Barnet Kellman Beverlee Bickmore & James Kelly Corie & Michael Koss Marlene & Donald Kottler Tam & David Lachoff Joan & Christopher Larkin Jeanne & Christopher Lavagnino Sandi Lawless Ginger Leibovitz Suzann Levine Brenda & Warren Lincoln Neil L. & Ora D. Macfarlane George Manet Elizabeth Marcellino Mr. & Mrs. Phillips H. Marshall Stewart Mayeda David Israeli & Dr. Marie Mazzone Richard Milling Teddie J. Milner Sue & Monty Mohrman Paula Moseley, EdD Sandra Moss Carol & Jerry Muchin Sherri & Arnie Nelson Robert & Anita Nitta Doreen & Donald Nortman Sylvia & Robert Paris Barbara & Gary Pasquinelli Barbara & Peter Patman Jonna & Alfred Peguero In Memory of Michael Piller Ruth Pilot Berta & Lou Pitt Rabbi Steven & Didi Carr Reuben Carrie Richman Carlene Ringer Tyler Rubin Crystal Salapatas In memory of Hon. Maxwell Salter Sarah Leonard Fine Jewelers Nancy & Steven Schneider Stanley Schneider Susan & Peter Schwab Traci Shelton Carol & Arthur Silbergeld Robin & Robert Sills Manish Singh Martin & Leah Sklar Dr. Jerry & Marci Smith Trudy Sokol Sold Out Crowd Rita Spiegel Arthur Stern Sharon Suarez Mr. & Mrs. David Tann Nancy Thomas Ira & Laurie Waldman Marcia & Dr. Charles Wasserman David Weiss Pat West Connie & John Weston In Memory of Milton A. Williams, Jr. Charlie Wilson Jay Weinstein & Lori Woldar Arnold & Tricia Zane
ANNUAL DONORS $250 - $499 Anonymous (10) Emanuel & Nancy Abrams Norman & Toshka Abrams Patricia Abrams Actors Equity Foundation, Inc Anne Adair & Steve Ganzberg Barbara Adams Elaine & Michael Agran Charles & Annick Allen Sylvia Almstadt Merryl & David A. Alpert Jan & David Altemus Paul Alter 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 Edward Barad & Carol McCully Victoria Bates Randy Bayard Judith & Thomas Beckmen Dawn & Marshall Bein Dr. Timothy Belavich & Bernie Knobbe Marshall Bell Richard N. Berger JoAnn Bernard Barbara Berkowitz Karen Berkowitz Marsha C. Berkowitz Beverly Bierer Claudia & Ronald Bitzer Jeff Boland Frances & Thomas Booth Toby Bornstein Judge & Mrs. Anthony Borwick Deanne Bosnak Burt Boyar Paula Brand Mona Brandler Leah Lynn Broidy Lionel Brown Mitchell Brown Marshall Bull David & Kathy Burke Marcia Burnam Marlene & David Capell Phil Carlin Scott Carter & Bebe Johnson Miss Irene Castaldo Ellen & Jeff Catania In Memory of Gil Cates Ling Chan Sandra Chan Diane Chernansky Mike Clements Anselm Clinard In Memory of Dr. Alan Cohn Ivan Contreras Lionel Conway
Linda Covette Jon Cowan Susan Georgine Craig Norman & Nancy Cravens Shawn Cunningham Ingrid Curtiss, MD Ames Cushing Col. Tony, Donna & Taylor Daniell Jeffrey S. Davidson Ruth B. Davis & Pearl Schultz Elizabeth De Oliveira Bert Deixler Hal & Roberta Delevie Brian Demsey Robert Ditullio Suzanne & Bruce Dodds Carol Jean Doehring Sandy & Gerry Dorfman Daryl & Paul F. Doucette Jacki & Murray Drechsler Helina Dreicer Earthlings.com Michael East Roy Eddleman Mona & Barry Edwards Chiedu Egbuniwe Larry & Elke Ereshefsky Janet Fattal Francesco Federico Mimi Alpert Feldman Paul & Karen Finkel Donna Finley Evaline Fishman Margaret Flanders William & Elisabeth Fleischman Lynne & Michael Flynn Myrna ‘Pepper’ Forest Dolores Franco Julia Franz Fran Fredella & Scott Rubin Donald & Sandy French Kenneth J. Friedman & Marilynn J. Friedman Family Foundation Laurelle Frome & Brady Frome Yuri & Yelena Furman Gina Furth Larry & Judith Garshofsky Russell Gersten Dr. Diane & Michael Glazer Lorain Goldberg Mark & Molly Goldberg Francine Golden & Marvin Schlossman Dr. Peter Goldman Dina Goldstein Ellie & Barry Goldstein Roger Gordon Liz Gottainer & David Sadkin Joan Green Madelyne Green Paul & Louise Greenberg Randi & Jerome Greenberg Larry Guli Eve Haberfield & David N. Johnson Janet S. Hadley Kambiz Hakim Mary & Alan Halkett Roberta Hamilton Tess Harper
Richard Hart Judy L. Hartley Dr. & Mrs. Samuel Haveson Michael & Candice Herman Matthew Herrmann Winifred C. Hervey Penny Hildebrand Jim Hliboki & Hildi Snodgrass Cina Hodges Gayle Hooker Dale & John Hopmans Jonathan Howard Mr. & Mrs. John Huber Lonnie Levi Israel Robert & Gail Israel Frederic A. & Nancy Jacobus Martha Jones & Paul Zerella Robert Jones& Julie Anne Robinson Jerry Joseph Joanne & Larry Kahn Lesly Kahn Yolla Kairouz David Kaminow Jean Kaplan Donald Kates Harris Katleman Owen Kato Dana Katz William & Renee Kendall Louanne Kennedy Debra Kessler Dr. Ann Kirsch & Mr. Jonathan Kirsch Irwin Kishner Dr. Phyllis Klein Laurie & Milton Klorman Dolph Kornblum & Florence Robins John & Kimberly Kruse Doctors Mark & Lena Labowe Eleanor & Mark Lainer Bruce Landau Carol D. Lande Susan Lava In Memory of Katie Layman Ann Leland Charles Letzgus Donna Levi Gail J. Levine Marla E. Levine Rick & Vivian Levy Lawrin & Linda Lewin Reuben Lim Lee & Therese Linden Molly & Peter Lindgren Bonnie Lisle Cynthia Llaca Leslie & Adam Lobel Anne L. Lynch Guillaume & Crystal Maillet John & Susan Mamer Marcus Mancini Carol & Doug Mancino Pauline Marks Douglas Mcavoy, Jr.
Jim & Kathy McCaffery Patrick W. McDivitt Jeanne McDonald-Powers & Travis Powers Robert Mercer Eileen & Paul Meshekow Erik & Melanie Messerschmidt Reed & Linda Metzger Norma & Larry Meyers Philip & Joan Miller Jeff Milman Matlin & Robert Mirman Thomas Mitchell Irina & Andrew Molasky Laurie & Chuck Mondrus Henry Moon Shelagh Moriarty Howard Morris Carol & Jerry Muchin My-Petite Alexander Levine & Catherine Nameth Sherri & Arnie Nelson Mark & Diane Neubauer Tom Nevermann Chris & Richard Newman Jeff Newman Charna & Allen Nissenson Myra Nourmand Adrienne & Arthur Omansky Dr. Ronald & Iris Onkin Cynthia & Todd Palm Edward Parker Abhilash & Kelly Patel Joanne Patten Naidu & Jane Permaul Jack & Jane Pollock Zazi Pope Lance Powell Jeff Prater Philip Pritchett Neil & Lisa Greer Quateman Elyse Resch Mr. & Mrs. James Richards Steve & Linda Richman Lindy Robbins Barbara & David Rognlien Janis & Avi Rojany Robert Rosania Barry Rosen & Neil Bokal Adrienne Rosenthal Beverly & Melvin Rosenthal Terry Ross Virginia Ross Michael, Michon & Jackson Roth Susan Rovner Anne Sacks Mr. & Mrs. Simon Salloom Nan Sarno Susan & Kenneth Sarno Ellen Sassa Linda & Cliff Schaffer Chris T. Schmidt Joel & Sonia Schneider Gary & Karen Schneider Jane & Bill Schopf
Christine Schultz John H. Scott Nell Scovell Michele & Peter Serchuk Scott Shagrin Dr. Mary Jo & Paul Shane Elise Shanfeld Annette & Leonard Shapiro Sasha & Eugenia Shapiro Melanie Sharp & Kevin Miller Seymour & Dorothy Siegel Diane Good & Frank Smith Barbara Meissner & Hal Smith James Smith & Loreen Ayer Marcia L. & Mark J. Smith Jean Smith-Moore Karen Smits Donald & Caitlin Sohn Christine Sorgi Dr. Robert & Margo Sorrentino Bruce Spector Debra Spector M Leslie Stearns Sy Strasberg William Stringer Penny Strowger Mr. Kayser Sume & Dr. Renee Sabshin Ann Sunderland Katherine Sung Lance & Maureen Tan James Tate Phyllis & Franklin Tell Marjorie Thomson Jay & Courtney Tobin Jacqueline G. Tousley Joyce & Josh Trabulus Miriam Trogdon Brigitta Troy Dr. Gerald D. Turbow Sofia Vaisman Deborah Valdez Anthony Vasek Bobette Vikan Carole Wagner-Vallianos & Peter Vallianos Dr. & Mrs. William Walsh Gloria Walther Marvin Wasserman Seth Freeman & Julie Waxman Elisa Wayne Polly & Herb Weinberg Sherry Weinman & Michael Umansky Marsha & Steven Weiss Richard & Joyce Wickline Rae Jeane Williams Gary & Karen Winnick Bruce & Marci Wiseman Marc Wishingrad Susan Wolford Shana Wong Diana Lynn Woods Joseph Wu Sandy Zwirn
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GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE STAFF Randall Arney Artistic Director ARTISTIC
Gil Cates, Jr. Executive Director MARKETING & SALES
Amy Levinson Phyllis Schuringa Young Ji Rachel Wiegardt-Egel
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
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 Manager Office Coordinator for Executive Director / Development Development Assistant Development Assistant
Jessica Buzzard Director of Marketing Karen Gutierrez Director of Advertising & Audience Development Mark San Filippo Director of Ticketing & Database Administrator Brian Dunning Marketing Creative Manager 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, Kaitlin Huwe, Richard Martinez, Cameron Reck, Celia Rivera, Celeste Russi, Alyssa Tyson Box Office Staff
COMMUNICATIONS Katy Sweet, Pam Giangregorio, Anna Yan Katy Sweet & Associates Public Relations Sue Fleishman Consultant
EDUCATION
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Jennifer Zakkai Director of Education & Community Engagement Carolyn Marie Wright Manager of Education & Community Engagement Shanae Sharon Education Associate Brian Allman, Ramy Eletreby, David Guerra, McKenna Kerrigan, Robert Paterno, Connor White Teaching Artists Hermie Castillo Mission Continues Fellow
Karim Bouzzit
ADMINISTRATION Behnaz Ataee Peter Banachowski Samone Watts Marguerite Harris
Chief Financial Officer Accounting and Payroll Manager Accounts Payable Receptionist
PRODUCTION Daniel Ionazzi Jill Barnes Sam Craven-Griffiths Evan Friedman Rich Gilles James Grabowski Darren Rezowalli Ramine Ameli
Production Manager Associate Production Manager / Company Manager Technical Director Assistant Technical Director Properties Master House Sound Supervisor Lighting & Video Supervisor Production Electrician
System Administrator
FRONT OF HOUSE Jeni Pearsons Director of Special Events David Gerhardt Supervising House Manager Jane Phillips Harper Deputy Supervising House Manager Amy Farkas Lead Concierge Josiah Davis, Brett Donaldson, Caroline Harrison Kohler, Nathaniel Meek, Roxana Meyers, James Porter House Managers Claudia Baffo, Rebecca Birstock, Kailey Bray, Taylor Cerny, Vianney Cossyleon, Ida Herndon, Isaac Jay, Olivia Lowe, Sarah Lyddan, Aaron Newman, JoJo Nwoko, Shannon O’Hara, Raul Orozco, Madison Shamoun, Adam Turney, Cody Williams, Dennis Woullard Ushers Rob Mersola Bar Manager & Mixologist Manuel Mayorga Weekend Bar Manager Adam Carr, Brenda Davidson, David Gregory, Lyndsi LaRose, Kimberly Legg, Ryan Turner Bartenders/Event Staff
FACILITIES MANAGEMENT Miguel del Castillo Mario Santillan-Perez Juan Carlos Umaña
Facility Manager 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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