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choir boy
From the artistic Director
We welcome you to the first play of the 2014/2015 Geffen Playhouse season with the eagerly anticipated Choir Boy by Tarell McCraney. A play that examines what it means to be an outsider in a world of staunch tradition, Choir Boy observes the power a single voice can have in a cacophony of dissent.
We are pleased to have Tarell and director Trip Cullman who collaborated on this play previously at Manhattan Theatre Club and the Alliance Theatre. Together they bring to life a story of boys becoming men in a community that is aching to change while holding fast to educational and spiritual traditions. With an ensemble of breathtaking actors and designers, the world of Choir Boy tips between tradition that shapes us and convention that stifles us. These ideas, dramatized so elegantly by Tarell, have inspired an overarching theme in our season — what does it mean to raise one’s voice? In each of the plays we have selected is a resonant idea of how one person has the capacity to create change, sometimes incrementally, sometimes globally. As artists, we seek to do work that ignites conversation. If we choose wisely, the work should entertain, delight and continue to spark debate long after the curtain call. We have always encouraged an ongoing conversation and this season more than ever. Whether you prefer a post-play discussion on a Tuesday night, during the trip home, or to be heard through social media, we hope you will join us this season as we raise our voices. 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 Hollander Co-cHAIR
Patricia Kiernan Applegate Randall Arney Beth Behrs Dr. Gene D. Block Harold A. Brown Gil Cates Jr. Vice Chairman
Mary Ann Cloyd Dennis Doty Dr. Brad Edgerton Mark Fleischer Herbert M. Gelfand Chairman Emeritus
martha henderson
pamela robinson hollander
Welcome to our first production of
the 2014/2015 season, Choir Boy, directed by the brilliant Trip Cullman. We are delighted to begin 2014/2015 in our Gil Cates Theater with the West Coast premiere of this exhilarating play, written by the award-winning playwright Tarell Alvin McCraney. Thank you for joining us as we welcome these extraordinary artists to our theater. This season, we look forward to learning more about you, our beloved patrons, loyal subscribers and extraordinary donors. How many years have you been coming to see performances at the Geffen Playhouse? What inspired you to initially get involved in the theater? What aspect of our work are you most passionate about? Tell us your story by contacting our Development department at 310.208.6500 or development@geffenplayhouse.com. For those of you who are new to the Geffen Playhouse this season, welcome to the family. We think you are in for a stellar season of plays, as well as special events. Additionally, our education and outreach programs are designed to use theater arts to ignite positive change in the most in-need communities and schools in Los Angeles. To learn more about these programs and our impact on the children, youth, adults, schools and communities we serve, please contact Chief Development Officer Regina Miller at 310.208.6500 ext. 112. Thank you for joining us for today’s performance. We are delighted to experience the 2014/2015 season with you and your family, friends and communities. Now we invite you to sit back, relax and enjoy Choir Boy. Martha Henderson Co-Chair, Geffen Playhouse
Pamela Robinson Hollander Co-Chair, Geffen Playhouse
Patricia L. Glaser Adi Greenberg Arthur Greenberg Joan Kaloustian Glorya Kaufman Loretta Everett Kaufman Dr. Gerald S. Levey Carla Malden Susan Mallory Ginny Mancini Barry Meyer Scott Minerd Ken Novice Steven A. Olsen Holly Rice Loren Rothschild Linda Bernstein Rubin Teri Schwartz Richard Sherman Fred Specktor Lorraine Spurge DeeAnna Staats Cynthia P. Stafford Howard Tenenbaum Michael Walsh
founding trustees Kirsten Combs Robert A. Daly David Geffen Quincy Jones Jeffrey Katzenberg Frank G. Mancuso Chairman Emeritus
Ron Meyer Leslie Moonves Jerry Moss Jerry Perenchio Bruce M. Ramer Founding Chairman
Victoria Mann Simms Andy Spahn Steven Spielberg Steve Tisch Dr. Charles E. Young Chairman Emeritus
IN MEMORIAM Gilbert Cates Founder
Marcia Israel-Curley Audrey Skirball Kenis Charles Kenis Karl Malden Edie Wasserman Lew Wasserman Peter rosen
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“Funny and thought-provoking!” — Los Angeles Times
Written by scott carter Directed by matt august Featuring Larry Cedar, David Melville & Armin Shimerman
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genius in the arts Choir Boy marks the second West Coast premiere of a MacArthur Fellow’s work at the Geffen Playhouse The following excerpts, (used with permission from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation) provide more information on the MacArthur Fellows Program, also known as the “Genius Grant.” 2013 recipient Tarell Alvin McCraney’s Choir Boy is the second West Coast premiere of a MacArthur Fellow after the 2010 production of Lynn Nottage’s Ruined. The MacArthur Fellows Program awards unrestricted fellowships to talented individuals who have shown extraordinary originality and dedication in their creative pursuits and a marked capacity for selfdirection. There are three criteria for selection of Fellows: exceptional creativity, promise for important future advances based on a track record of significant accomplishment, and potential for the fellowship to facilitate subsequent creative work. The MacArthur Fellows Program is intended to encourage people of outstanding talent to pursue their own creative, intellectual, and professional inclinations. In keeping with this purpose, the foundation awards fellowships directly to individuals rather than through institutions. Recipients may be writers, scientists, artists, social scientists, humanists, teachers, entrepreneurs, or those in other fields, with or without institutional affiliations. They may use their fellowship to advance their expertise, engage in bold new work, or, if they wish, to change fields or alter the direction of their careers. Although nominees are reviewed for their achievements, the fellowship is not a reward for past accomplishment, but rather an investment in a person’s originality, insight, and potential. Indeed, the purpose of the MacArthur Fellows Program is to enable recipients to exercise their own creative instincts for the benefit of human society. The foundation does not require or expect specific products or reports from MacArthur Fellows, and does not evaluate recipients’ creativity during the term of the fellowship. The MacArthur Fellowship is a “no strings attached” cash award in support of people, not projects. P4 PERFORMANCES MAGAZINe
Five Fallacies about the MacArthur “Genius Grants” You have to be a genius to win it The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation does not use the name “genius grant.” The news media coined that nickname with the inaugural class of Fellows in 1981 and it stuck.
The selection process is shrouded in secrecy Information on the selection process can be readily located on the foundation’s website: macfound.org.
The winners are usually academics and artists Fellows come from every field of human endeavor from theoretical physics to urban farming.
Creativity “just happens” One of the biggest misunderstandings is that creativity is a flash of brilliance that does not require support — that people are either creative or they are not. In fact, virtually all Fellows have invested years honing their expertise, and many have overcome obstacles to projects that have later defined new frontiers.
It’s all downhill after winning the Fellowship The MacArthur Foundation notes: “We do not track the hundreds of books published, patents granted and awards received by our Fellows. It is not even clear that these are the right metrics to capture the program’s success or theirs. The Fellowship is speculative, based on the potential for creativity, and creativity involves taking risks. If every Fellow hit only home runs, we would worry that they were not taking enough risks or that we’d chosen the wrong people. Also, the success of the program cannot be measured solely by individual outcomes.”
Visit macfound.org/fellows for more information on the program.
Tarell Alvin McCraney 2013 MacArthur Fellow
Tarell Alvin McCraney is a playwright exploring the rich diversity of the African American experience in works that imbue the lives of ordinary people with epic significance. Complementing his poetic, intimate language with a musical sensibility and rhythmic, often ritualistic movement, McCraney transforms intentionally minimalist stages into worlds marked by metaphor and imagery. His most well-known works, a triptych collectively titled The Brother/Sister Plays (2009), weave West African Yoruban cosmology into modern-day stories of familial self-sacrifice, unrequited love, and coming of age. The audience becomes an essential part of the story as the characters speak their stage directions and inner feelings directly to the viewers. In Head of Passes (2013) and Choir Boy (2012), McCraney draws on themes that run throughout the Book of Job and traditional spirituals, respectively, to explore the role of faith and tradition in two very different close-knit worlds. Head of Passes, set in the isolated marshlands of the Mississippi River Delta, dramatizes a matriarch’s struggle to maintain her faith as her world literally falls apart around her. In Choir Boy, students at an elite boarding school remain united in their dedication to performing traditional spirituals even as they navigate the fraught nature of adolescent self-expression. — MacArthur Foundation
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Lynn Nottage
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2007 MacArthur Fellow Lynn Nottage is an original voice in American theater, a playwright whose entertaining and thought-provoking works address contemporary issues with empathy and humor. Her ambitious expressive early works … reveal Nottage’s rich poetic imagination as she portrays periods of American history from unexpected vantage points and crafts complex character of a kind that have garnered little notice among other writers and historians. Her more recent works … are considered to be her most accomplished thus far and represent major artistic achievements. — MacArthur Foundation
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THE GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE Production of
Written by
Tarell Alvin McCraney Scenic Designer
David Zinn
Costume Designer
E.B. Brooks
Lighting Designer
Peter Kaczorowski
Sound Designer
Fitz Patton
Musical Director & Vocal Arranger
Jason Michael Webb
Production Stage Manager
Assistant Stage Manager
Jill Gold
Kyra Hansen
Original Casting for MTC by
Nancy Piccione, CSA & Kelly Gillespie
Casting Director
Phyllis Schuringa, CSA
Directed by
Trip Cullman Choir Boy received a world premiere co-production by the English Stage Company and Manhattan Theatre Club (Artistic Director Lynne Meadow, Executive Producer Barry Grove) at Royal Court Theatre in the Jerwood Theatre Upstairs on September 4, 2012. Choir Boy was originally commissioned by Manhattan Theatre Club, Lynne Meadow, Artistic Director, Barry Grove, Artistic Director, Daniel Sullivan, Acting Artistic Director, 2007/2008 Season with support from Time Warner Inc.
Opening Night: Friday, September 26, 2014 OPENIN G NI G HT SPONSOR s
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Headmaster Marrow ............................................................................................. Michael A. Shepperd Pharus Jonathan Young ....................................................................................................... Jeremy Pope Bobby Marrow ................................................................................................................ Donovan Mitchell Junior Davis ....................................................................................................................... Nicholas L. Ashe Anthony Justin ‘AJ’ James .................................................................................... Grantham Coleman David Heard ....................................................................................................................... Caleb Eberhardt Mr. Pendleton ......................................................................................................... Leonard Kelly-Young
understudies (In alphabetical order)
Headmaster Marrow ........................................................................................................... Reggie Burrell Pharus Jonathan Young/Junior Davis ������������������������������������������������������������������������ Jaime Cepero David Heard/Bobby Marrow/Anthony Justin ‘AJ’ James ...................................... Austin Scott Mr. Pendleton ............................................................................................................................. David Willis
running time Approximately 95 minutes There will be no intermission.
The Geffen Playhouse gratefully acknowledges the following media sponsors for their generous support of Choir Boy.
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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Nicholas L. Ashe (Junior Davis) Nicholas is honored to be reprising the role of Junior as he makes his Geffen Playhouse debut. Nicholas originated the role in the critically acclaimed production at the Manhattan Theatre Club and joined the cast for a production at the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta. His professional credits include: National Tour of The Lion King (Young Simba). Television: Songbyrd (E! Pilot), The Divide (AMC Pilot), Are We There Yet? (TBS). He has also appeared in numerous commercials and voiceovers. Nicholas would like to thank his teams at Innovative Artists and MKS&D. He sends his love to his family and friends back in New York!
Grantham Coleman (Anthony Justin ‘AJ’ James) Theater: Off-Broadway: Rattlestick Playwrights Theater’s One Night (Dir: Clinton Turner Davis); Manhattan Theatre Club’s Choir Boy (Dir: Trip Cullman); SoHo Rep Theatre’s We Are Proud to P8 PERFORMANCES MAGAZINe
Present... (Dir: Eric Ting); New York Shakespeare Festival’s As You Like It (Dir: Daniel Sullivan). Regional: Actors Theatre of Louisville’s Romeo and Juliet (Dir: Tony Speciale). Television: The Americans (FX). Training: Juilliard School of Drama.
Caleb Eberhardt (David Heard) This is Caleb’s Geffen Playhouse debut. A proud graduate of the SUNY Purchase B.F.A. Acting Conservatory, Caleb was last seen onstage in the Alliance Theatre’s production of Choir Boy. He has since made his television debut on CBS’s Unforgettable, and released a third album with his band Quincy Vidal. He is incredibly humbled to once again be a part of this amazing production. He sends love and thanks to his mother and family (JME, WR), his agents at Carson/ Kolker Org., and of course his artist family in NYC. Purchase mafia!! Love and good dreams. Previous credits: Guy in Blues for an Alabama Sky, Chaplain in Mother Courage and Her Children (adapted by Ntozake Shange) (Purchase Rep.); Laertes in Hamlet (Theatre of War).
Leonard Kelly-Young (Mr. Pendleton) Last Geffen Playhouse appearance in Alan Alda’s Radiance. Theater: New York Off-Broadway at ELT, New York Theater Co., Riverwest, Soho Repertory, Titus in Darko Tresjnak’s Titus Andronicus at the Old Globe, The Mark Taper Forum, Laguna Playhouse, La Mirada Theater, Ensemble Theater, Rubicon, Missouri Repertory, Goodman Theatre (Jefferson Nomination), Cincinnati Playhouse, Studio Arena Buffalo, Geva Theatre, Huntington Theater, Worcester Company and many Shakespeare festivals across the country. Leonard received the Santa Barbara Independent Theatre Award for Performance twice, once as Dodge in Buried Child and as Doc Lyman in Bus Stop. In Los Angeles: Detective Story (Ovation Nomination) at the Marilyn Monroe Theatre. Films include David Fincher’s Gone Girl premiering this fall, and many award winning indie film releases, including an adaptation of Ray Bradbury’s Kaleidoscope featured at Comic-Con Independent Film Festival in July. Television: CSI, The Shield, Scandal, Justified, Boston Legal, The Defenders, Carnival, House of Lies, Ellen, Married with Children, Star Trek Enterprise and many others.
Donovan Mitchell (Bobby Marrow) Donovan is grateful to be making his Geffen Playhouse debut with this production of Choir Boy. As a graduate of Carnegie Mellon School of Drama, his recent theater credits include: Duke of Burgundy in King Lear, Arviragus in Cymbeline (Oregon Shakespeare Festival) and Cobb in A Soldier’s Story (Ebony Repertory Theatre). Originally from Virginia Beach, VA, he would like to thank God, his family, and friends for their patience, laughs, and loving support.
Jeremy Pope (Pharus Jonathan Young) Jeremy Pope is a 2014 Drama League Award nominee for his New York debut as Pharus in Choir Boy where The New York Times heralded his work as “moving and magnetic.” He is the founder of Pope Collection Photography. Proud graduate of the The American Musical and Dramatic Academy. He thanks his family for all of their love and support and is grateful to be sharing this story again. www.jeremy-pope.com
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Tarell Alvin McCraney (Playwright) Plays include: The Brother/ Sister Plays: The Brothers Size, In the Red and Brown Water and Marcus; Or the Secret of Sweet. Other plays include Head of Passes, Choir Boy and Wig Out! Tarell Alvin McCraney is a 2013 recipient of the prestigious MacArthur “Genius” Grant as well as the Whiting Award, Steinberg Playwright Award, London’s Evening Standard Award for
TRIP CULLMAN (Director) Select NYC: Jon Robin Baitz’s The Substance of Fire (Second Stage), Tarrell Alvin McCraney’s Choir Boy (MTC), Julia Jordan and Juliana Nash’s Murder Ballad (MTC and Union Square Theater), Paul Weitz’s Lonely, I’m Not (Second Stage), Leslye Headland’s Assistance (Playwrights Horizons), Adam Bock’s A Small Fire (Playwrights Horizons, Drama Desk nomination), Adam Rapp’s The Hallway Trilogy: Nursing (Rattlestick), Headland’s Bachelorette (Second Stage), Terrence McNally’s Some Men (Second Stage), Bert V. Royal’s Dog Sees God (Century Center), Bock’s The Drunken City (Playwrights Horizons), Weitz’s Roulette (EST), Jonathan Tolins’s The Last Sunday In June (Rattlestick and Century Center), Bock’s Swimming in the Shallows (Second Stage), Gina Gionfriddo’s US Drag (stageFARM), and several productions with The Play Company. London:
Bock’s The Colby Sisters of Pittsburgh, PA (Tricycle). Select regional: McCraney’s Choir Boy (Alliance), John Guare’s Six Degrees of Separation (Old Globe), Richard Greenberg’s The Injured Party (South Coast Rep), McNally’s Unusual Acts of Devotion (La Jolla Playhouse), Christopher Durang’s Betty’s Summer Vacation (Bay Street), Bess Wohl’s Touched (Williamstown Theater Festival). Upcoming: Simon Stephens’s Punk Rock (MCC), Halley Feiffer’s I’m Gonna Pray for You So Hard (Atlantic). David Zinn (Scenic Designer) Recent Broadway: Sets and costumes for The Last Ship (opening October 2014); set design for Violet, The Realistic Jonses, costumes for Rocky, Other Desert Cities, The Other Place, Picnic, Good People, Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo, In the Next Room (Tony & Drama Desk nominations), Xanadu, OffBroadway: sets and costumes for Fun Home, The Flick, Circle Mirror Transformation, The Big Meal, Dogfight, The Select (The Sun Also Rises), Chair, Orpheus X; scenery for The Pride, The Sound and the Fury, Notes from Underground. Also, Guthrie Theater, La Jolla Playhouse, Berkeley Rep, Mark Taper Forum, Yale Rep, McCarter Theater, Santa Fe Opera, Lyric Opera Chicago, Los Angeles Opera, Washington National Opera, New York City Opera. E.B. Brooks (Costume Designer) Geffen Playhouse: Wait Until Dark, Good People, Build, and The Exorcist (Associate Costume Designer to Scott Pask). Black Dahlia Theater: Hey Morgan!, Forgiveness,
Finally, Secrets of the Trade and The Last Days of Judas Iscariot directed by Matt Shakman. Artists Repertory Theater, Portland: Ten Chimneys written by Jeffery Hatcher, directed by Damaso Rodriguez. Center for New Performance/ RedCat: Brewsie and Willie directed by Travis Preston (2010 LA Weekly Award for Best Production Design), What to Wear directed by Richard Foreman. A Noise Within: Blithe Spirit (2010 Ticketholder Award Best Costume Design). Los Angeles Shakespeare Festival: Midsummer Night’s Dream. East West Players: The Language Archive directed by Jessica Kubzansky. Theater@ Boston Court: Cassiopeia, Courting Vampires, 1001, and 365 Plays. Her costumes have been on exhibit at the Hammer Museum and Machine Project alongside the film Fly Amanita directed by David Fenster and at Steve Turner Contemporary alongside the film The Murder of Hi Good directed by Lee Lynch. Other film and video projects include: D.I.C.E. Awards 2013 Official Introduction Video, Three Nights in The Desert, Sawdust City, and Higher Power. She received her MFA from California Institute of the Arts and has taught at Willamette University, USC, UCLA, and CalTech. Peter Kaczorowski (Lighting Designer) Previously at the Geffen Playhouse: The Country House, The Gift, Ruined, Time Stands Still. Broadway: more than 50 plays and musicals including The Country House, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, No Man’s Land/ Waiting for Godot in rep, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, The PErFORMANCEs MAGAZINE P9
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Michael A. Shepperd (Headmaster Marrow) Michael A. Shepperd is currently the Co-Artistic Director of LA’s multiple award winning Celebration Theatre. CT producing, directing, and acting credits include The Color Purple, The Women of Brewster Place, Take Me Out, Coffee Will Make You Black, [title of show] and numerous others in his eight years with CT. Broadway/OffBroadway/National Tour credits include Cathy Rigby is Peter Pan (Starkey), Little Shop of Horrors (Audrey Two), Caroline, or Change (Bus/Dryer), 5 Guys Named Moe (Big Moe). TV: Wizards of Waverly Place, Hot In Cleveland, Up All Night, Monk, Criminal Minds, Arrested Development, etc. Thank you Hutch for always being there and thanks to my children Maxwell Pearl and Sebastian Isaac for inspiring me daily. Proud member of Actor’s Equity and frequent drinker of vodka.
Most Promising Playwright, the inaugural New York Times Outstanding Playwright Award, the inaugural Paula Vogel Playwriting Award, the inaugural Windham Campbell Award and most recently a Doris Duke Artist Award 2014. He served as playwright in Residence at the Royal Shakespeare Company and is a graduate from the New World School of the Arts High School, the Theatre School at DePaul University, and the Yale School of Drama. He is an ensemble member of the Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago, a resident playwright at New Dramatists and a member of Teo Castellanos/D-Projects in Miami.
production biographies Assembled Parties, Nice Work if You Can Get It, Wit, The Road to Mecca, Venus in Fur, Anything Goes, A View from the Bridge, Waiting for Godot, Grey Gardens, Contact, The Producers, Kiss Me Kate, Steel Pier. Mr. Kaczorowski also has extensive Off-Broadway and NY resident theatre credits with companies such as Lincoln Center, MTC, Roundabout, NY Shakespeare Festival, Playwright’s Horizons, 2nd/Stage, Classic Stage, Signature, The Vineyard, and Encores as well as many credits with most leading regional theatres in the U.S. Opera credits include productions at: The Met, NYCO, San Francisco, Houston Grand, Santa Fe, St. Louis, LAMCO and Seattle Opera. Abroad: Royal Opera, Scottish Opera, Opera/ North, Maggio Florence, L’Arena di Verona, La Fenice, Bonn, Lisbon. Recipient of Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics, Dramalogue and Hewes Design awards. Fitz Patton (Sound Design) Fitz Patton has designed and scored more than 260 productions in 20 cities across the U.S, and was the designer for I’ll Eat You Last: A Chat with Sue Mengers featuring Bette Midler at The Booth. In 2010 he was awarded both the Lucille Lortel and Drama Desk Awards for his design for When the Rain Stops Falling at Lincoln Center’s Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater, and was nominated again in 2011 for his work on The Other Place at MCC, which completed its Broadway run this winter at the Friedman. His symphony, The Holy Land, a 45-minute work for baritone, tenor, mezzo-soprano, and orchestra, was completed in January of P10 PERFORMANCES MAGAZINe
this year, and he is the founder of Chance Magazine, a new theater design magazine that debuted in May. Jason Michael Webb (Musical Director/ Vocal Arranger) Dove Award winner, twotime Stellar Award nominee; Arranger: “Battle Hymn of the Republic” (2013 Inauguration of President Barack Obama), Violet (Broadway); Broadway (Associate Musical Director): Motown: The Musical (cast album Grammy nomination), Violet, Leap of Faith, Memphis; OffBroadway (Musical Director) Pasek & Paul’s Dogfight (2econd Stage), Tarell Alvin McCraney’s Choir Boy (MTC); Musical Director: 6x Grammy Award winner Brooklyn Tabernacle, Tony Award winner James Monroe Iglehart, Tony Award nominee Joshua Henry; Pianist: Mariah Carey (Oh Santa!/All I Want for Christmas [Island Records]), Chaka Khan, Fantasia (2007 Tony Awards), Michael Bolton, Queens Symphony; Orchestrator: Jacksonville Symphony, Nashville String Machine, Carnegie Hall; Composer/Lyricist: music recorded by Israel Houghton, Martha Wash, Jonathan Butler, Mario Cantone, Reeve Carney; Producer: Brooklyn Tabernacle (four albums), Tshidi Manye (Disney’s The Lion King on Broadway); Ephesians 3:17-19; www.jasonmichaelwebb.com. JILL GOLD (Production Stage Manager) Jill Gold has been the stage manager for over 150 Equity productions including numerous shows for the Geffen Playhouse, Pasadena Playhouse, Reprise Theatre Company, McCoy Rigby
Entertainment, LATC, and the Mark Taper Forum. Jill toured the US with Les Misérables, The Unsinkable Molly Brown, City of Angels, Wicked and Not The Messiah, as well as Germany and Austria with Sisterella. She is grateful for her own family choir of singers: Phil, Hailey, Colleen and Kringle. Kyra Hansen (Assistant Stage Manager) Past Geffen Playhouse credits include Slowgirl, I’ll Eat You Last: A Chat with Sue Mengers, Play Dead, Good People, The Jacksonian, Radiance, Extraordinary Chambers, Love, Loss, and What I Wore and Coney Island Christmas. Other Los Angeles credits include Love Noel at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, Cenerentola, Dulce Rosa and A Streetcar Named Desire at Los Angeles Opera, Tchaikovsky Secondary and Zappa’s 200 Motels at Los Angeles Philharmonic. Other credits include Beneath the Veil at Lincoln Center for Performing Arts and Tosca, Arabella, Don Giovanni, Don Pasquale, La Grande Duchesse, La Donna del Lago, La Traviata, Elixir of Love, The Magic Flute, Oscar, Falstaff and La Boheme at The Santa Fe Opera. Kyra has a Bachelor of Fine Arts in theatre design and technology from the University of South Dakota. PHYLLIS SCHURINGA, CSA (Casting Director) Phyllis has been the Casting Director at the Geffen for 12 years and now is also an Artistic Associate. Recent plays are Reasons to Be Pretty, The Country House, Death of the Author, Wait Until Dark, American Buffalo, Yes, Prime Minister, The Gift, Coney Island Christmas,
Build and the Los Angeles production of By the Way, Meet Vera Stark. Before joining the team at the Geffen, she was the Casting Director for Steppenwolf Theatre in Chicago where her favorites include Frank Galati’s adaptation of The Grapes of Wrath (also La Jolla Playhouse, National Theatre in London, and Broadway, where it received the Tony Award for Best Play), the original production of Steve Martin’s Picasso at the Lapin Agile (and subsequent productions including Westwood Playhouse and Briar Street Theater in Chicago), Austin Pendleton’s Orson’s Shadow and Charles L. Mee’s Time to Burn. Broadway transfers include One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (Tony for Best Revival) and The Song of Jacob Zulu. She teaches auditioning at Steppenwolf West and is a member of the Casting Society of America.
RANDALL ARNEY (Artistic Director) Randall Arney has been a theater professional for over 30 years and has served as Artistic Director of the Geffen Playhouse since 1999. In addition to his artistic programming and oversight at the Geffen, Arney has helmed more than 10 productions for the theater, most recently Reasons to Be Pretty, Slowgirl, American Buffalo, Superior Donuts, The Female of the Species, The Seafarer, Speed-the-Plow and All My Sons. Arney is an ensemble
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KEN NOVICE (Managing Director) Ken Novice’s career in the professional theater spans over 30 years and 300 productions. Prior to
joining Geffen Playhouse, he served as Managing Director and Director of External Affairs at Pasadena Playhouse where his credits include 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 Awardwinning Old Globe Theatre where his credits include Jack O’Brien’s acclaimed revival of Damn Yankees, the Tony Award-nominated 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 Pennsylvania State University and an MBA from San Diego State University. Novice was recently named the Secretary of the League of Resident Theatres (LORT) after previously serving as a member of LORT’s Executive Committee.
BEHNAZ ATAEE (General Manager) Behnaz Ataee is a financial professional with more than 27 years of experience in for-profit 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, William J. Jefferson Clinton Foundation, Ben Affleck’s Eastern Congo Initiative, Hank Azaria’s Determined to Succeed, National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, Kind Campaign, Jewish Museum of Prague, among others. Prior to the Geffen, Regina served as the Director of Partnerships for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Los Angeles and the Inland Empire where she led strategic planning and development while executing policies that advanced the organization’s visibility and growth. Regina also has a strong passion for teaching. After graduating from University of North Carolina School of the Arts, 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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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 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.
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PRODUCTION STAFF FOR choir boy Assistant to the Director Kristen Osborn Assistant Scenic Designer John Zuiker Assistant Costume Designer Lynne Martens Associate Lighting Designer Nick Flinn Assistant Sound Designer Palmer Hefferan Light Board Operator Daniel Farrar Wardrobe Supervisor Lauren Oppelt Automation Operator Kirsten Monson Stage Crew Joel Fullerton Production Assistant Amy Ramsdell
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Set provided by Scenic Highlights Lighting Equipment provided by Entertainment Lighting Services Sound Equipment provided by Jon Sound Inc. Production Photographer Michael Lamont Media Filming Four Leaf Media SPECIAL THANKS UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television Scene, Prop, Sound and Costume Shops; London Cleaners; Keurig UCLA SCHOOL OF THEATER, FILM AND TELEVISION The Geffen Playhouse is affiliated with the University of California at Los Angeles, specifically the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television. The Geffen Playhouse values its role as an important educational resource by providing students with master classes, workshops and internships. Students are also able to work and learn from distinguished visiting Geffen artists such as Alan Ayckbourn, Jon Robin Baitz, Annette Bening, Ed Harris, David Ives, Neil LaBute, David Mamet, Donald Margulies, Terrence McNally, John Rando and Kathleen Turner in areas of directing, playwriting, acting, design, dramaturgy, management and production. The Geffen Playhouse also draws upon the distinguished experts in the university to enhance the theater’s programs and research.
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Opening Night of Reasons to Be Pretty Sponsored by Audi of America, Inc., Los Angeles magazine, Luna, Malibu Family Wines and Napa Valley Grille 2
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1. The cast of Reasons to Be Pretty with Managing Director Ken Novice, Director Randall Arney and Board Co-Chair Martha Henderson 2. Director Randall Arney with his sisters 3. Director Randall Arney with Robin Dearden and Bryan Cranston
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4. Donor Chancellor Albert Carnesale with Jeralyn Doty and Board member Dennis Doty 5. Donor Monty Hall and Board member Herb Gelfand 6. Advisory Board members Jason and Yvonne Lee 7. Reasons to Be Pretty cast member Alicia Witt with Geffen Board member Cynthia Stafford 6
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Take a look beneath the surface of the Geffen Playhouse’s extraordinary educationand outreach programs Outreach is NOT simple “exposure” to live theater or teaching adults how to be actors or playwrights Outreach IS dedicated to the belief that people of all ages are entitled to experience the arts, engage their imaginative powers and learn through the arts. Thousands in our community are isolated from art experiences not only because they may not be able to afford them but also because they are not aware of how to access them. In some instances, many do not know arts experiences are even available. Primary audiences served Veterans, socially isolated and economically disadvantaged seniors, young adults transitioning out of foster care, adults transitioning out of homelessness and those suffering from serious health or physical impairment.
Education is NOT a one-time “field trip” to see a play
Photos by Jeff Lorch Photography
Education IS an immersive, interactive, lifechanging, student-centered program built around a whole season of Geffen Playhouse productions and artists – developed and delivered in collaboration with educators, master teaching artists and arts integration experts. Primary audiences served
High school youth from the most artistically underserved and under-resourced communities of Los Angeles County, youth living in foster care and some of Los Angeles County’s most economically disadvantaged young men and women.
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BRIAN STOKES MITCHELL:
simply broadway one-night-only benefit concert Monday, Oct 6 | 8:00 pm gil cates theater at the geffen playhouse The Actors Fund and the Geffen Playhouse continue their partnership with a special one-night benefit concert featuring Brian Stokes Mitchell. The evening features the Tony Award winner’s unique Broadway baritone style, exciting new arrangements and a performance that uses movement, evocative lighting and ambient sound effects for an imaginative evening of song. Stokes will be accompanied by his remarkable pianist of six years, Tedd Firth, offering hits from his recent and aptly titled album, “Simply Broadway.” Selections from Camelot, Porgy and Bess, Company, Sunday in the Park with George, Les Misérables and others will round-out the performance. Net proceeds from this partnership will equally benefit The Actors Fund and the Geffen Playhouse’s education and outreach programs.
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Intense, volatile slice of real life relationships. Very engaging acting and brilliant writing. Love it! Can’t wait to see Alicia Witt perform next weekend. #reasonstobepretty @BreckenLaura
Mother/daughter date night to see the wonderful @aliciawitty in #ReasonsToBePretty @GeffenPlayhouse has begun! So excited! @jsquat
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Dixie Longate is a truly gifted comedian. Can’t remember the last time we laughed so much! #dixiestupperwareparty @actblackwood
Reasons to be Pretty @GeffenPlayhouse last night was stupendous. My favorite mix of moving and fascinating. Great Neil LaBute work. #reasonstobepretty #reasonstobepretty
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“Dixie’s” talent filled the entire room — and I’m not talking about her bustling … and so did the love. Loved every single minute of it! #dixiestupperwareparty @sportingnerd
Wonderful night of theater @geffenplayhouse with @DrSportsNerd. Neil LaBute’s new play was funny and uncharacteristically sentimental! @stacyamma
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Stephanie Carson • Geffen Playhouse subscriber and donor since 1998 • Volunteer Leader, Geffen Playhouse Advisory Board for over six years Who first introduced you to the arts? It was “Ga,” my grandmother who first took me to see a play when I was seven. I grew up in Philadelphia and she would take me to see theater all the time there and in New York. I fell in love with theater from day one because of her, because she shared her passion for it with me. I met my husband while attending the University of Michigan and his family also introduced him to the arts at a young age. His dad was a master pianist and Motown studio musician. He grew up in Chicago with his family taking him to the theater, opera and symphony. We have been together since I was 19 and we have shared a passion for the arts and particularly for theater ever since. We moved to Los Angeles soon after college and subscribed to the Geffen soon after. It remains a huge part of our lives — even as we raise three young children and introduce them to theater. I will never forget being in the Geffen’s mezzanine with my Ga, seeing Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks, because it was an extraordinary play, and because it was the last play my grandmother saw with me before she passed.
You’ve inspired countless people (and young people) to experience and support theater arts. Why do you think the arts are so critical to our lives? Theater entertains, it makes us think; at times it can make us uncomfortable while other times it can bring us great joy. Theater expands our world for us. It makes me sad that so many children and youth are growing up without the arts in their lives. So much has been cut from our schools. I am passionate about getting the Geffen’s programming to as many children as possible who do not have the arts in their schools or do not have someone like my Ga in their lives, who introduces them to theater, and changes their lives forever.
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What has surprised you the most about being part of a nonprofit arts organization? The breadth, depth and impact of the education and outreach programs are extraordinary. Thanks to Gil Cates’ vision and to all of the donors who support this theater, the Geffen reaches out and brings in thousands of children and seniors and others from all over Los Angeles who have never before experienced theater. The enrichment and connection it brings to so many peoples’ lives — and how each one of us can help make this vision a reality — is stunning.
annual donors In appreciation, donors enjoy a host of special benefits including house seats, complimentary drinks, receptions and much more. For more information, please call Jamie Mikelich at 310.208.6500 ext. 128.
CHAIRMAN’S CIRCLE $50,000+
Anonymous Audi of America, Inc Ben/Joyce Eisenberg Foundation City National Bank Mary Ann Cloyd David Geffen Foundation Edgerton Foundation Joyce Eisenberg-Keefer & Melvin Keefer Herbert M. & Beverly J. Gelfand In Memory of Alice Ghostley & Felice Orlandi The Adi & Jerry Greenberg Foundation Guggenheim Partners Investment Management Holdings, LLC Carole & Bill Haber Harold & Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust Martha Henderson Rabbi Uri D. Herscher & Dr. Myrna Herscher Cindy & Alan Horn Marilyn & Jeffrey Katzenberg Glorya Kaufman Loretta Everett Kaufman & Victor Kaufman Kenneth T. & Eileen L. Norris Foundation Keyes Automotive Group Sandra Krause & William Fitzgerald Latham & Watkins LLP Mr. and Mrs. Jason & Yvonne Lee Ginny Mancini Fay & Frank Mancuso Marilyn & Jeffrey Katzenberg Fund for Arts Education at the Geffen Playhouse John McCrite & Juan Lopez Donna McKenna & Flynn Chernos Kelly & Ron Meyer Scott Minerd Ann & Jerry Moss Moss Foundation PricewaterhouseCoopers Madeline & Bruce Ramer Linda Bernstein Rubin & Tony Rubin Richard & Barbara Sherman Shubert Foundation Skirball Foundation Karen & Vic Smith Kate Capshaw Spielberg & Steven Spielberg DeeAnna Staats Cynthia P. Stafford & Lanre Idewu Judith & Bruce Stern Jodi & Howard Tenenbaum UCLA The Walt Disney Company Judy & Chancellor Charles E. Young Dirk & Natasha Ziff
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$25,000 - $49,999 Anonymous Aegon Transamerica Foundation Patricia Kiernan Applegate Aria Resort & Spa Robert C. Baral Beth Behrs Stephanie & Jonathan Carson CBS Corporation Classic Party Rentals Daedalus Foundation, Inc Designer 8 Event Furniture Rental The Douglas Foundation The Edward A. & Ai O. Shay Family Foundation Gang, Tyre, Ramer & Brown, Inc. Greater Los Angeles New Car Dealers Association InterActive Corp (IAC) J.P. Morgan Chase Foundation Laurents / Hatcher Foundation The Lear Family Foundation Los Angeles County Arts Commission Los Angeles magazine Louis XIII Louis Vuitton Marcia Israel Foundation, Inc. Montage Hotels & Residences Leslie Moonves & Julie Chen Napa Valley Grille Mike Nichols & Diane Sawyer Anna K. Nupson SOCIAL by Samantha Sackler & Tammy Ratner Shel & Cynthia Stone Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz Deborah & Michael E. Walsh Warner Bros. Entertainment Wells Fargo Foundation
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$10,000 - $24,999 J.J. Abrams & Katie McGrath Ariel Investments Charles A. Black, Jr. Heather Thomas & Skip Brittenham Brotman Foundation of California Eileen & Harold Brown Brunello Cucinelli Bulgari Corporation of America Roma Downey & Mark Burnett The Capella Resorts The Capital Group Companies Charitable Foundation Marcy Carsey & Leo Yoshimura Elizabeth Lacey & Gilbert Cates, Jr. Valarie de la Garza & Michael Centeno
City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs Carole Bayer Sager & Robert A. Daly DreamWorks Animation Susan & John Ebey Fielding Edlow & Larry Clarke Dr. & Mrs. Paul Eisenberg Susan & Mark Fleischer Fox Entertainment Group Carol & Paul Frimmer Gagosian Gallery, Inc Jim & Ann Gianopulos Patty Glaser & Sam Mudie Arthur Greenberg C. Curtis Grisham In Memory of Morris A. Hazan HBO Samantha & Eric Heer Mellody Hobson Vicki Iovine Joseph Drown Foundation Joan Kaloustian Janine & Peter Lowy Carla Malden Mona Malden Malibu Family Wines Susan & Peter Mallory Martin Katz, Ltd Nancy & Michael McClelland Wendy & Barry Meyer Sandra E. Milken Northern Trust, NA Occidental Petroleum Corp Paramount Pictures Laurie MacDonald & Walter Parkes Popland Studios Rollin Ransom & Chris Lacroix Judith Reichman, MD Pamela Robinson Hollander & Robert Hollander Loren Rothschild & Hon. Frances Rothschild Richard Ruskell Pastries The Simms/Mann Family Foundation Sony Pictures Entertainment Fred Specktor & Nancy Heller St. Regis Princeville Resort Lynda Thomas Steve Tisch U.S. Bank Union Bank W Hotel Los Angeles Westfield Group William Morris Endeavor Entertainment Lynn & Mark Williams Rita Wilson & Tom Hanks Linda Yellin Ruth Ziegler Ellen & Ken Ziffren Ziffren Brittenham LLP PErFORMANCEs MAGAZINE P19
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The Geffen Playhouse recognizes the following individuals and organizations for their generous support of our Annual Fund and Backstage at the Geffen. Donors are listed at the Associate level and higher for gifts made between June 1, 2013 and August 10, 2014.
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$5,000 - $9,999 Jehan F. Agrama & Dwora Fried Amgen Foundation Hilary & Jack Angelo Laurie & Bill Benenson Annette Blum Mara & Jonathan Blum Linda & Jerry Bruckheimer Glenn & Lynn Cardoso Dr. Fanya Carter, PhD Comcast | NBC Universal Creative Artists Agency Directors Guild of America Lauren Shuler Donner & Richard Donner Mica Ertegun Eric Flamholtz & Yvonne Randle Four Seasons Resort Maui at Wailea Lela Rochon & Antoine Fuqua Michael Gendler & Jessica Teich Priscila Giraldo Gloria & Peter Gold Goldman Sachs Andy & Carlo Brandon-Gordon Grand Wailea, a Waldorf Astoria Resort Jill Grey Alan Hergott & Curt Shepard Gail & Stanley Hollander Stanley Iezman & Nancy Stark Tracey Jacobs Libby & Arthur Jacobson Bernice & Wendell Jeffrey Marvin Jubas & Janet Wald Mannon Kaplan Julie & David Kavner Kissick Family Foundation Wendy Kurtzman La Valencia Leo S. Guthman Fund Susan & David Leveton Drs. Gerald & Barbara Levey Marlene & Sandy Louchheim MOCA Foundation Marcia & Brett Molotsky Kate Moran & Mikki Rosenberg Natural Resources Defense Council Neda Nobari Foundation Christine Marie Ofiesh Mo Ostin Carol & Bill Ouchi Shana & Don Passman Brenda R. Potter Kay & Bob Rehme Carl Reiner Michele & Rob Reiner The Residences at Kapalua Bay Joyce Rey Mayor Richard Riordan Jane Rissman & Richard Sondheimer Nadine & Fredric D. Rosen Rikki Rosen Thomas L. Safran Hon. Nicole A. Avant & Ted Sarandos Jody & Arthur Schmid Ken & Carol Schultz Foundation Steve & Paula Mae Schwartz
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Sidley Austin LLP Simon Strauss Foundation Morris & Libby Singer Foundation Sondheimer Foundation Lorraine Spurge & Patrick Mitchell Start Media Arnold Stiefel Ben Stiller & Christine Taylor Tanino Ristorante Barbara & Larry Tenan Thomas Safran & Associates Karen Zoller, MD & David Tillman, MD Karen & William Timberlake Dan Tishman Miranda & Brett Tollman The Travel Corporation Alice & Norman Tulchin UBS Private Wealth Management United Talent Agency Karen & Rick Wolfen Jennifer Young & Katrina Nason Gail Zappa Leslie & Robert Zemeckis Ruth & Stan Zicklin In Loving Memory of Herman Ziegler
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$3,000 — $4,999 Anonymous Janis Adams & John Lyons Connie Kramer Alexander Shelly & Libby Bergen Mrs. Carol K. Block & Chancellor Gene D. Block Susan Booth & Christopher Wadden Robert Brook & Jacqueline Kosecoff Lisa, Michael & Rachel Chalfin Terri ann Cooper Konheim Scott, Susan & Joshua Corwin Victoria Dummer Bucky Hazan, Teles Properties Dora & Neil Kadisha Sally & Dr. Manny J. Karbelnig Thea & Neal Koss Robin & Seth Kugler Phyllis & Ken Lemberger Renee & Meyer Luskin Lori & David Rousso Paula & Allan Rudnick Allen Blue & Kira Snyder Vernon, Barry & Dale Tyerman In Honor of Ruth Tyerman Lentz Uniworld River Cruises Inc The Waterman Family Foundation Leslie White & Al Limon
EDUCATION ADVOCATE $1,000 - $2,999
Anonymous (5) Gerald Abrams Harry & Gay Abrams/ Abrams Artists Agency Dr. Richard Ackerman & Miriam Shakter Pat & Sandy Adams Miriam Aguiar
Olga S. Alderson Laura & Harvey Alpert Charitable Foundation Merryl & David A. Alpert Patti & Harlan Amstutz Bonnie & Bill Apfelbaum Margaret & Howard Arvey AudioQuest Russ, August & Kabat Carol Ann & D.C. Bakeman Alec Baldwin Foundation Irene Baron Robert E. & Maria H. Barron Richard Bautzer & David McDowell Richard & Shelley Bayer Jerry Beckman Susan & Eric M. Bender Peter & Barbara Benedek Patricia & Mark Benjamin Wendy & John Bergquist Cathy & Bill Bindley Helen Bing John Bjorge & Mary McKelvey Joe Blackstone & Jamie Mohn The Bordy & Leibovic Families Brenda & Alan Borstein Helen Breitwieser & James Jacks Wendy & David Brotman Marcia Burnam The Busch-Schifino Family Timothy J. Carlson David Cates & Christine Vavak Jane Cates Jonathan & Elena Cates Melissa Cates & Roger Claman Laurel & Aaron Clark Linda & John Coleman Lou Colen Ted Cordes James Costa Carolyn Crandall & Harley Kornblum Shelley Wike Cranley Janine Cristiano In Loving Memory of Ed Cypert Ruth Daugherty Pam Dawber Gavin de Becker Deluscious Cookies Bill & Kate In Honor of Blanche Schimmel Susan & Jonathan Dolgen Carolyn Dirks/Brett Dougherty Dennis & Jeralyn Doty Jan & Thea Drayer Gerald & Sally Ducot William Duncan Dr. & Mrs. William M Duxler Terri & David Elston The English Language Center Kevin Watts & Christine Enlow Carl & Courtenay Enright Elizabeth J. Enyart, Mark Doyle & Sarah Daniels Carol & J.B. Esterkin Mr. & Mrs. Michael Feldman Donnovan Field Gloria & Morton Field
Lawrence N. Field Michael Filerman Marjorie & Arthur Fine Robert & Sonia Freedman Ben & Susan Friedman Gwen & Jacob Friend Thomas Fuller & William Kelly G2 Graphic Service, Inc. Pat & Sandy Gage Jeanne & Arnold Geffner Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Geoffrion Diane & Bruce Gewertz Kiki & David Gindler Cherna & Dr. Gary Gitnick Charlotte Gold Dr. Irene Goldenberg Marion Goldenfeld Eric Goodman Helene Gordon Adrienne Grant & Paul Jennings Heidi Gregg Jack Grossbart & Marc Schwartz Sunny & Alvin Grossblatt Craig Grosvenor Deborah & Allen Grubman The Guerin Foundation Harlan D. Gulko Madeline Gussman Halbert Hargrove Global Advisors, LLC Monty & Marilyn Hall Salli Harris Alan & Michelle Heilpern Mel & Faith Henkin Neal Hersh & Lynda Klein Jean Himmelstein & David Coleman Stephen Sass & Steven Hochstadt Dr. John D. Hofbauer & Dr. Laura E. Fox In Honor of Development Toni Hoyt Lisa Ingalls Jason & Courtney Janda Jerome & Linda Janger Carrie Johnson Lori Johnson Joseph B. Gould Foundation Linda & David Kagel Karney Guren Family Foundation Sabrina Kay Charitable Foundation Patricia Keating Lenny & David Kelton Gerrold & Nina Kessler Lauren & Richard King Barbara & Stuart Klabin Kent Klavens & Judy Vourlas Judy Knapp Leslie & Norman Koplof Carol Krause Deborah Lacusta & Daniel Castellaneta Las Ventanas al Paraiso Helene & Arthur Laub John Liebes Steven & Nancy Lippman Dorothy Lipsky Jeffrey & Elisabeth Lipsman Judith Locke & Dennis Massie The Jennifer & Greg Malins Foundation
annual donors Sold Out Crowd Drs. Matthew & Marion Solomon The Somaini Family Bruce & Patti Springsteen Mitch & Sherry Stein Joannie Stern Jordan Strauss Photography David & Katherine Stritzinger Eric Strom & Eileen Goodis Aaron & Melissa Stroud Alec Sulkin & Tal Rabinowitz Elaine F. & Radoslav L. Sutnar Katy Sweet The Tatasciore Family Anne C. Taubman & David Boyle John Teeples & Nicolas Martinez, Jr. Audri & Stan Tendler Michael E. Tennenbaum Family Paul Tetreault Daniel Tongbai Daniel & Shauna Valenzuela Alan Van Vliet Jennifer von Schneidau Peter & Denise Walsh Rhonda & Mark Wapnick David Weber and the Arnold & Edna Weber Foundation Joanne & Ken Weinman Roberta Weintraub Gelena & Seth Weissman Alison Whalen & Steven Marenberg Marcia Williams & Gene Lucero Lesley & Jeffrey Wolman Cherie Wrigley Anna & Stephen Yallourakis Patricia Youngman Debra Zavala Barbara & Stanley Zax Marcie & Howard Zelikow Ellen & Arnold Zetcher Mrs. Richard Ziman Anthony P. Zinge David Zuckerman & Ellie Kanner-Zuckerman
ARTISTIC ADVOCATE $500 - $999
Anonymous (3) Dale Adrion Katherine Amber Nancy Antoniou Ares Management LLC Janet & Irwin Barnet Jim & Diane Berliner Beverly Bierer Diane & Richard Birnholz Ruth & Jake Bloom Janet & Mark Brown Marilyn & Anshel Brusilow Becky & David Brusilow Dr. R.W.G. Bugental JP Cherry William Chin Michael Collins Phil Johnston & Jill Cordes
Donald & Zoe Cosgrove Robert Cushnir Morgan Dameron Muriel Dance Diana Davidow & Deborah Constance Daniel Dodson The Milton L. & Betty J. Dranow Family Foundation David & Joyce Evans Myrna & Howard Fabrick Sydney M. Finegold, M.D. Myrna Forest Burt & Nanette Forester Lois & Gerald Gallop Sharlene & Sol Galper Benita & Bert Ginsberg Donna & Lee B. Gold, M.D. Carol & Neil Goldberg Francine Golden & Marvin Schlossman Louis & Linda Goldsman Abner & Roz Goldstine Lori & Robert Goodman Roger Gordon Diana & Ronald Granit Mike & Elaine Gray Susan Green Carolyn & Bernie Hamilton Stanley Handman Ronald Hansen Kay Harrington Richard Hart Sheila & Chester Hasday Barbara & Bud Hellman Mr. & Mrs. William Hellman Murray & Gail Heltzer Mrs. Dorothy Hoffman Rand Hoffman & Charlotte Robinson Kelley M. Hogan Jonathan Howard Gerald Isenberg Jackie & Warren Jackson Lynn Hunt & Margaret Jacob Nancy & Len Jacoby Terry & Marc J. Jacoby Mary James Josh Jones Joyce & Don Kaiserman Trudy & Albert Kallis Avi Kamienny Drs. Elaine & Jeff Kamil Mr. & Mrs. Bernard Kamine Marcy Kaplan-Gold Anita Karbelnig Laurence O. Karsh Saul & Rima Kay James Kelly Dr. Ann Kirsch & Mr. Jonathan Kirsch Charlene Kodimer Ron Kolar Dr. Marina Kovalevsky & Yana Kovalevsky Jeffrey Kramer Carol & Richard Kurland Tam & David Lachoff Joan & Christopher Larkin Sandi Lawless
Burton & Anita Levinson Mary Shannon Little Neil L. & Ora D. Macfarlane George Manet Elizabeth Marcellino Mr. & Mrs. Phillips H. Marshall Geoff & Seema Miller Thomas Mitchell Allan M. Mohrman Jr. Bill & Gail Morino Sandra Moss John & Sandy Murdock My Vienna Gelato My-Petite David Neilan Sherri & Arnold Nelson Adrienne & Arthur Omansky Barbara & Gary Pasquinelli Mr. John Perkins Jimi & Inna Petulla, Film Connection Ruth Pilot Jon Polito Jack & Jane Pollock Michael Post Gary & Gail Racheletsky William Ray Steve & Linda Richman Linda & Manny Rider Carlene Ringer Dolores Rogers Ronda & Fred Rose Maxine & Gene Rosenfeld Diane Ross-Glazer Barry & Nancy Sanders Susan & Martin Schmitt Nancy & Steven Schneider David & Margaret Schwanke Bob & Susan Schwartz Mr. Charles Schwartz & Mrs. Carol Schwartz Dr. & Mrs. Jack Schwartz Susan Schwarz Michele & Peter Serchuk Peggy & Robert Shapiro Melinda & Yossi Sidikaro Arthur & Carol Silbergeld Robin & Robert Sills Martin & Leah Sklar Trudy Sokol Edith L. Stoell & Linda Gach Ray Mr. & Mrs. David Tann Nancy Thomas Judy & Art Tompkins Catherine Unger Deborah Valdez Anthony Vasek Ira & Laurie Waldman Marcia & Dr. Charles Wasserman Jay Weinstein & Lori Woldar Pat West Annabelle Weston & Steven Shulman John Weston Bruce Whizin Rae Jeane Williams Lauren Wing & Luke Brown Kyra Woo
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Mr. & Mrs. Frank Mancuso Jr. Eric G.C. Mark Edina Somlai & Rob Markus Sherry Martin Jeanne McDonald-Powers & Travis Powers Janis B. McEldowney Sue McHugh & Herb Seese The Miles Family Barbara & Fred Miller Andrew & Laura Mintzer Joanne & Joel Mogy In Loving Memory of Harvey S. Morse Lon Morse & Toni Hollander Morse Rio & Frank Morse Lawrence Nelson Patricia Newcomb Joan & Fred Nicholas Albert & Barbara Nichols Benedicta & Geoffry Oblath Bobbi & Rory O’Donnell Deborah & Stacey Olliff Ornest Family Foundation Charles Ortner London, Alex & Marty Padilla Gia Paladino & Michael Wise Michael Parks & Judith Hayward Philip & Leslie Paton Julie Piepenkotter Tara & Robert Pietri In Memory of Michael Piller Ruth Popkin Stephen Prudhomme Lee Ramer Richard Rasiej & Joan Herman Harvey & Joyce Reichard Rabbi Steven & Didi Carr Reuben Donald B. & Susan F. Rice In Memory of Frances Richman Esther & Howard Richmond Christy Ritts Beth Roberts & Warren Smith Joseph & Cynthia Rodriguez Craig E. Rogers Brad & Nancy Rosenberg Sue Weiss Rosenwasser Laura & John Saade David A. & Karen Richards Sachs Mark San Filippo Nancy & Ted Sanborn Sarah Leonard Fine Jewelers Jill Sattinger Dawn Scherer Toni & John Schulman Joanna & Jonathan Schwartz Carole Server & Oliver Frankel Annette & Leonard Shapiro In Memory of Diane Barnett-Shapiro John & Lori Shaw Phyllis & Martin Shephard Holly & Larry Shulman Steven Siegel & Lily Carey Rita & Jose Sigal Ron Silverman & Soraya Ross Snyder Family Foundation Joan & Jerry Snyder
annual donors ASSOCIATE $250 - $499
Anonymous (9) Norman & Toshka Abrams Terry & Richard Abrams Barbara Adams Elaine & Michael Agran Joan Akins AKW Helen Allan Charles & Annick Allen Sylvia Almstadt Jan & David Altemus Robert C. Anderson Philip Angerhofer & Stephen A. Jones Audrey & Martin Appel Eloise & Mark Appel Steven D. Arias Michael & June Ariff Bonnie Arnold Barbara & Ethan Aronoff Bert & Ruth Arons Charles & Tana Axelrod Marc & Betsy Axelrod Lynne & Lee Babbitt BabyShakes Deborah Baine Betsy Baker Edward Barad & Carol McCully Cecile Bartman Randall C. Bassett Lynne & Bernie Bassey Sheila Spiro & Dr. Gregory Bearman Lois & Paul Bechely Dawn & Marshall Bein Marshall Bell Carole A. & Charles Bennett Nancy & Scott Bennett Wayne Biswurm & Brock Bennett George E. Berger Ellen Bergeron & Gary Ottoson JoAnn Bernard Laurie Bernhard Brad Bishop Michael & Adrienne Blackman Mrs. Marilyn Blank Marjorie Blatt Larry & Julie Blivas In Memory of Maxine Handelman Ruth & Donald Blumkin Susan Boiko & Martin Schwartz Michael J. Bordy Toby Bornstein Betsy Bosak Burt Boyar Carol J. Bradshaw Paula Brand Mona Brandler Laura Brawner Felix Brenner Dr. & Mrs. Neal & Ruth Bricker Dr. Gerald Buckberg G & Ashley Buonanno Daniel & Ellen Burgess David & Kathy Burke Mark & Penny Burley Howard Bushinsky Michael & Sandy Buttitta Grace Diekhaus & Pauline Canny Marlene & David Capell Anthony Carbone Andrew Carlberg Cindy Carlin & Jeff Rousso Steven Cerasale & Mary Katherine Cocharo Barry Charles Beverly & Dennis Chester Carole & Leslie Cohen Donell Cohen Ginger Conrad Gail Cottingham Norman & Nancy Cravens Sandy & Alan Croll
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Judith & Mel Croner Ingrid Curtiss, MD Else Dahl Hedva & Dr. Dudley Danoff Jaye T. Darby Jeffrey S. Davidson In Memory of Beryl Davis Nancy & Arthur Day Hal & Roberta Delevie Susan & Kevin Dobson Bruce & Suzanne Dodds Carol Jean Doehring Traci Donat Fred & Marilyn Dorer Steven & Beverley Dorfman Daryl & Paul F. Doucette Paul Dowling Sharon & Ron Dunas Chris Easley In Loving Memory of Howard Eichen Mr. & Mrs. Epelbaum Larry Ereshefsky Amy & Richard Fass Barbara & Denny Federman Mimi Feldman Abby & Malcolm Field Paul & Karen Finkel Fran Flanagan Edward Flores Michael & Lynne Flynn Loren Ford Jackie Fox Sandy Francis Fran Fredella & Scott Rubin Marilyn Freeman Lora Fremont Kenneth J. Friedman & Marilynn J. Friedman Family Foundation Lynn & Barry Friesen Ms. Laurelle Frome Tatiana Froud Yury & Yelena Furman Gina Furth Lee Gardenswartz Larry & Judith Garshofsky Laura Gianni Linda Gibbs Lorain Goldberg Marilyn & Allen Golden Denise Goldfarb Dr. Peter Goldman Ellie & Barry Goldstein Frances Goodman & William Kobin David Goren Gigi & Don Grant Glenn & Debbie Gray Ellen Greene Mr. & Mrs. Michael Gregory Gary Gross and Keith Vanderlaan Marcy & Edgar Gross Suzi & Bob Guerin Lawrence J. Guli Eve Haberfield & David N. Johnson Mary & Alan Halkett Peter & Sarah Hall Tess Harper Nancy Harrison Diane Hart Judy L. Hartley HBC Protocols Inc. Richard Hefner & Greg Hoffman Allan Heinberg Zvia Hempling Carla & Alan A. Herd Michael & Candice Herman Matthew Herrmann Hella Hershson Ms. Kathryn Hibbs Charles Harder & Kathleen Hirose Shirley Hoff Jackie & Dr. Irwin Hoffman Dr. Sharron Holman Mr. & Mrs. John Hopmans Lynn & David Horowitz Anna Horsford Roger & Linda Howard
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dates to note
BRIAN STOKES MITCHELL:
simply broadway oct 7 – nov 16
nov 11 – dec 21
audrey skirball kenis theater
simply broadway Concert
one night only! oct 6
gil cates theater
gil cates theater
Monday, 10/6/14
DISCORD First Preview
10/7/14
choir boy High School Partnerships Student Matinee 10/9/14 Students from Mendez, Jordan, Santee, Roosevelt and Westchester High Schools attend special matinee performance featuring a talk-back with the cast and artistic staff.
DISCORD Opening Night 10/15/14 choir boy Closing Night DISCORD Talk Back Tuesdays
10/26/14 10/21/14 – 11/11/14
Talk backs featuring special guests follow the performance every Tuesday evening after opening.
BERLIN Final Dress Rehearsal
11/9/14
BERLIN First Preview
11/11/14
DISCORD Closing Night
11/16/14
BERLIN Opening Night
11/19/14
Veterans and military families attend a pre-show dinner and final dress rehearsal.
BERLIN Thanksgiving Week Performance
Monday, 11/24/14
BERLIN Lounge Fridays
12/5/14 & 12/12/14
Complimentary sparkling wine courtesy of Barefoot Bubbly pre-show on Friday evenings at 7:00 pm.
BERLIN Closing Night
12/21/14
this time in Geffen Playhouse history October 2, 2014 Geffen Playhouse and Manhattan Theatre Club open their co-production of The Country House on Broadway. September 15 , 2010 Geffen Playhouse opens the West Coast premiere of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Ruined (penned by MacArthur Fellow Lynn Nottage). September/October, 2008 Hershey Felder’s Beethoven: As I Knew Him sees its world premiere run at the Geffen Playhouse. Hershey Felder as Irving Berlin will debut this coming November in the Gil Cates Theater. October, 2000 The Los Angeles premiere of Donald Margulies’ Pulitzer Prize-winning Dinner with Friends debuts at the Geffen Playhouse.
enhance your evening at the geffen!
Attend one of our Signature Series and enjoy the FREE festivities with your ticket purchase. Event details at geffenplayhouse.com/signatureseries
tgif at the geffen
talk back tuesdays
girls night out
lounge fridays
wine down sundays
friday of preview week
every tuesday after preview week
third thursday of every run
fourth & Fifth friday of every run
every sunday after preview week
PErFORMANCEs MAGAZINE P23
geffen playhouse staff Randall Arney Artistic Director
Ken Novice Managing Director
ARTISTIC
Behnaz Ataee General Manager
Regina Miller Chief Development Officer
MARKETING & SALES
Mary Garrett
Artistic Manager
Amy Levinson
Artistic Associate / Literary Director
Phyllis Schuringa
Artistic Associate / Casting Director
Shannon Noel
Artistic Coordinator
Nick Johnson
Literary Associate
DEVELOPMENT Ellen Catania Director of Major Gifts & Corporate/Foundation Partnerships Jessica Brusilow Rollins Director of Education Partnerships & Donor Relations Jamie Mikelich
Associate Director of Individual Giving
Kristen Smith Eshaya
Grants Manager & Major Gifts Executive Assistant
Joseph Yoshitomi Director of Marketing & Communications Karen Gutierrez Director of Advertising & Sponsorships Mark San Filippo Ticket Services Director & Database Administrator Stephanie Strand
Audience Services Manager
Brian Dunning
Graphics / Production Artist
Jodi Feigenbaum
Advertising & Promotions Assistant
Janice Bernal
Associate Box Office Manager
Bryan Martin
Associate Box Office Manager
Korie Benavidez, Audrey Cain, Clay Dzygun, Zack Hamra, Richard Martinez, Lilach Mendelovich, Alyssa Tyson Box Office Staff
Scott Kriloff Development Associate & Donor Database Administrator
COMMUNICATIONS
Jessie Sherman
Development Assistant
Ava Bogle
Development Assistant
Tim Choy, Peter Goldman, David Barber, Niki Blumberg Davidson & Choy Publicity
FRONT OF HOUSE
EDUCATION Jennifer Zakkai Director of Education & Community Outreach Connor White Resident Teaching Artist & Education Associate
ADMINISTRATION Frankie Ocasio Executive Assistant to the Managing Director Maryam Meehan
Accounting and Payroll Manager
Francisca Lopez
Accounts Payable
Marguerite Harris
Receptionist
PRODUCTION Daniel Ionazzi
Production Manager
Jill Barnes
Associate Production Manager
Matthew Carleton
Technical Director
Thomas Watson
Assistant Technical Director
Rich Gilles
Properties Master
James Grabowski
Sound Master
Darren Rezowalli
Master Electrician
P24 PERFORMANCES MAGAZINe
Jeni Pearsons
Director of Special Events
David Gerhardt
Supervising House Manager
Michelle Cantrell, Kevin Cernansky, Amy Farkas, Matt Jones, Roxana Meyers, Erik Odom House Managers Sevana Baghdasarian, Taylor Cerny, Vianney Cossyleon, Josiah Davis, Brett Donaldson, Dan Foote, Kari Hall, Sean Jones, Netta Lee Joseph, Brennan Kelleher, Erica Keller, Caroline Harrison Kohler, Nathaniel Meek, Keith Mitchell, Lindsay Nyman, Chase O’Donnell, Cassandra Orrantia, Luis Ruis, Jonathan Schwartz, Chelsea Smachetti Ushers Rob Mersola
Bar Manager
Manuel Mayorga
Weekend Bar Manager
Adam Carr, Brenda Davidson, Jared White, Lyndsi LaRose Bartenders
FACILITIES MANAGEMENT Miguel del Castillo
Facility Manager
Mario Santillan-Perez
Custodial
Juan Carlos Umaña
Cleaning Custodial