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CONSTELLATIONS
FROM THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR AS WE PLAN A SEASON OF PLAYS AT THE GEFFEN, a thematic throughline inevitably emerges. When we chose Nick Payne’s Constellations, the central idea of the 2016/2017 season became clear: how can a single moment change the course of our lives? By turns charming, painful and poignant, this story introduces us to beekeeper Roland and physicist Marianne as their lives intersect in a series of such moments. Through their distinct viewpoints — one dealing with the physical and immediate, one with the abstract and universal — we are reminded of the endless possibilities of what it means to love someone. I am thrilled to welcome back Giovanna Sardelli who directed our Ovation Award-winning production of Rajiv Joseph’s Guards at the Taj last season. Giovanna has brought together the incredible cast of Ginnifer Goodwin and Allen Leech and a team of designers, including Takeshi Kata (scenic), Denitsa Bliznakova (costumes), Lap Chi Chu (lighting) and Lindsay Jones (original music and sound), who have created a world with the ability to become otherworldly. On a personal note at the close of this season, as artistic director of the Geffen, I have had the great joy and good fortune of fostering the work of hundreds of extraordinary artists to bring to life plays that you have continually embraced these past 17 years. Your enthusiasm for new works and reimagined classics, your dedication to our organization and your passion for this art of storytelling have shaped what this theater has become. Thank you for being part of a wild, rich and rewarding journey. In a world that can at times feel uncertain, my hope is that you will find in this play that which the best theater creates: a community gathered to consider the uniquely human question of “what if?” Welcome to Constellations, and enjoy the show! Randall Arney ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
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LETTER FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
MARTHA HENDERSON GIL CATES, JR.
PAMELA ROBINSON
WELCOME TO CONSTELLATIONS, WRITTEN BY NICK PAYNE. We are thrilled to welcome back Giovanna Sardelli to direct this highly sought-after and extremely imaginative love story with the spectacular cast of Ginnifer Goodwin and Allen Leech. I would like to take a moment to recognize and say a huge thank you to Artistic Director Randall Arney. After 17 incredible years with the Geffen Playhouse, Randy will be moving on at the end of this season. In partnership with my father, Gil Cates, Randy helped to shape the artistic vision of this theater and we look forward to building upon that which they worked so hard to create. I am so grateful for his leadership, guidance and friendship over the years, particularly since I became Executive Director, and look forward to watching Randy’s work as a director both at the Geffen and elsewhere. I also want to thank all of you for being here today and for continuing to support the work of the Geffen Playhouse. From the excellent artistry shared on our stages, to our award-winning Education and Community Programs, to exciting new initiatives like our Unscripted podcast and the capturing and streaming of our shows, it is your loyalty and patronage that allows the Geffen to make a difference in the cultural life of Los Angeles. Enjoy today’s show!
Gil Cates, Jr. EXECUTIVE 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
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WELCOME TO CONSTELLATIONS, THE FINAL PRODUCTION in our Gil Cates Theater in the 2016/2017 season. We are enamored with playwright Nick Payne, director Giovanna Sardelli and the stellar cast they have assembled for the Los Angeles premiere of this profound play. What a season it has been, from launching our Raising the Curtain: Conversations at the Geffen Playhouse series to embarking on a new podcast venture in partnership with PodcastOne, entitled Geffen Playhouse Unscripted. It has been a diverse season of exploration and storytelling, and we thank you for joining us as we dive into the art and connect with one another in new ways. Our deepest gratitude to each and every Board member, Advisory Board member, donor, artist, subscriber, community partner and patron who has supported the Geffen Playhouse this season. You have made it possible for us to bring hundreds of high school students from some of the most disadvantaged neighborhoods of our city to the theater for the first time in their lives. You have made it possible for us to send our team of Master Teaching Artists into the schools for a full year of arts and literacy programming. You have made it possible for a core group of our cherished veterans to perform their original monologues on our Gil Cates stage after months of intensive writing classes and performance coaching. You are simply extraordinary. Thank you for being part of the Geffen Playhouse this season. We look forward to 2017/2018! Enjoy the show!
Martha Henderson
Pamela Robinson
CO-CHAIR, GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE
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WHEN THE STARS ALIGN AN INTERVIEW WITH ACTORS GINNIFER GOODWIN & ALLEN LEECH BY RACHEL WIEGARDT-EGEL Actors Allen Leech and Ginnifer Goodwin. Photo by Luke Fontana.
A ROMANCE BASED IN THEORETICAL PHYSICS AND THE IDEA OF MULTIPLE UNIVERSES and anchored by its heart and universality, Nick Payne’s Constellations follows quantum physicist Marianne and beekeeper Roland through many different moments as their lives overlap. With a cast of two, the play requires dexterity, chemistry and immense trust on the part of its actors. After the first day of rehearsals with director Giovanna Sardelli, I had the opportunity to sit down with Ginnifer Goodwin (Marianne) and Allen Leech (Roland) to chat about how they got involved with the play, their initial sense of how to approach the characters and why they like coming home to the stage. How did each of you get connected to the production? Ginnifer Goodwin: I stalked everyone at the Geffen, and that is the truth. I was going through an “I have to find a play next” phase, so I talked to a friend of mine who’s a director and he asked, “What plays do you want to take part in? What stories do you want to tell? What characters are you looking for?” I realized that I was completely out of touch with contemporary theater, and there were a lot of great classics I had missed along the P4 PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE
way. So I called the Drama Book Shop in New York City and ordered boxes of plays to read so I could answer his question — I thought that would be a good place to start. I fell hard for Constellations, and then happened to be reading the Los Angeles Times and saw the announcement that the Geffen was going to be putting on Constellations. I called my reps and said, “how can you get me in the room with that director? I have to play this part.” I was in Canada at the time, and we found out when Giovanna [Sardelli] was going to be in town — I mean, I literally stalked her. I had the day off that she was going to be in town, so I flew to L.A. and pretended that I happened to be here, but I wasn’t. I tried to act not as desperate for it as I was, but then proceeded to snail mail her and email her after our meeting — and it worked. So I was cast last fall, and then waited and waited to see who my co-star was going to be and [to Leech] you should tell the next part of the story. Allen Leech: I know one of Ginny’s co-stars [from the television series Once Upon a Time], Jennifer Morrison, and we were having lunch, and I was talking about how I hadn’t really got into the L.A. theater scene in any way. She said, “Ginny’s actually doing a play — she’s doing Constellations and I don’t know if they’ve cast the part opposite her. Why don’t you tell your people?” And then very kindly Jen said that [to Goodwin] you said you wouldn’t be too appalled, so —
WHEN THE STARS ALIGN GG: I think I said something like, “that’s a f**king great idea!” AL: So I got to sit down with Giovanna and we had such a great conversation. I love this play and I’d seen it in the West End. And I was lucky enough to be cast after that, which I was very grateful for. And now we’re here! What was it about the play that grabbed you? GG: I have read this play more than I have ever read a script — just over and over and over and over again — and I still can’t answer most of my own questions. My reaction from the get-go to today is always extremely emotional. I think it’s because I’m terrified of it that I wanted to be part of it. AL: I think it’s that balance that Nick [Payne] has done brilliantly — it is terrifying but it’s also so hopeful. GG: I’m also obsessed with quantum mechanics on an amateur level. I’m not an expert — I just love reading about it, which was part of the whole “I have to be part of this play” thing. And I even knew that if I didn’t get the part, there’s a world in which I do get to do it, so I’m fine either way. The scope of the play is at once incredibly intimate and expansive. When you’re playing someone at so many points during a life, how do you approach grounding the character? AL: That happens over the next couple of weeks as we discover who they were and who they are, entering into these moments. That’s the wonderful thing about this play — it’s so many different vignettes of their lives at different points. One of the challenges, I think, is to find that thread of who these people are. After our first readthrough, Giovanna said something about “the heart and soul of these characters,” and that’s what we have to hold onto. GG: And the writing kind of does it for us. Because I do also feel that somehow these people are usually the same characters. What is exciting and interesting for you about doing a play versus the other mediums in which you work? AL: It’s a lot more visceral, it’s real, it’s tangible. GG: It’s live and alive. AL: Having recently both come from mainly stuff where we get to have multiple takes, I love the process that you
get to have in theater — the joy of sitting in a rehearsal room for four weeks and hammering it out and making mistakes and failing and learning. And then finding the bits that the audience gets to see. It’s a process that you’re denied so often in film and television. It seems like this story could be quite intense to play every night. What are your strategies for building that emotional endurance on stage? GG: I think, in real life, people try not to feel emotions. Most people do everything they can not to be overwhelmed. So, I know it sounds weird and backward, but I try not to feel. I also was once told in theater school — and I love this — that every tear I cry I’m taking away from an audience member. I think that people like watching the attempt to hold oneself together. But I still lose it every time I read the play. AL: I don’t mind sharing that it just happened to both of us in the first read-through. So, are there tricks? Sometimes life gives you the tricks you don’t want, and you have to imitate things in art that happen in life. Ginny, it sounds like you were aware of theoretical physics beforehand — what preparation did you do for the play? GG: I got some of the books that Nick references in his acknowledgments, but I didn’t focus on the physics because that has been pleasure reading for me in the recent past. I consulted specialists whose work lines up with the play. I’ve been working with a dialect coach for five months. I watched loads of documentary videos. I stalked the playwright, too. And I just read the play — and read it and read it and read it. Usually my preparation involves problem solving and background writing. I thought I was going to show up today with a lot of information about my character. The truth is, I have a notebook full of questions that I cannot answer. Allen, what are your feelings on bees? AL: I love bees. The most important thing in nature is the life cycle of a bee. I think they’re amazing creatures — an unselfish working animal. GG: Einstein did say something about, “when the bees go, we’re all going to go,” right? They’re actually the center of everything. And did you hear Giovanna when she brought in that piece of honeycomb — that it looks like a multiverse? Isn’t that cool?
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Takeshi Kata
Denitsa Bliznakova
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Giovanna Sardelli Constellations is presented by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc., New York. Originally produced on Broadway by the Manhattan Theatre Club, Lynne Meadow, Artistic Director, Barry Grove, Executive Producer, and The Royal Court Theatre by special arrangement with Ambassador Theatre Group and Dodgers on December 16, 2014. EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS CIRCLE MEMBERS
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Marianne ................................................................................................................................ Ginnifer Goodwin* Roland .................................................................................................................................................. Allen Leech*
UNDERSTUDIES (In alphabetical order)
Roland ....................................................................................................................................... Benjamin Davies* Marianne ..................................................................................................................................... Donnla Hughes* *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.
RUNNING TIME Approximately 80 minutes. There will be no intermission.
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CAST OF CHARACTERS
PRODUCTION BIOGRAPHIES
GINNIFER GOODWIN (Marianne) Constellations marks Ginnifer Goodwin’s Geffen Playhouse debut. Her previous theater work includes The Corn is Green (Williamstown Theatre Festival) and Dead End (Huntington Theatre Company). Ms. Goodwin is best known for her work in the Emmy and Golden Globe nominated television series Big Love (HBO) and the drama Once Upon a Time (ABC). Film credits include the BAFTA nominated, Golden Globe and Oscar winning Zootopia (Walt Disney Pictures); A Single Man (Adrian Films/Depth of Field/ Fade to Black); He’s Just Not That Into You (Flower Films); the Golden Globe winning Walk the Line (Fox 2000 Pictures) and Mona Lisa Smile (Revolution Studios/Red Om Films Productions). She holds a B.F.A. in acting from Boston University’s School for the Arts and was additionally trained in England at Stratford-UponAvon’s Shakespeare Institute in conjunction with the Royal Shakespeare Company, London’s Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. Her favorite television show is Downton Abbey.
ALLEN LEECH (Roland) Allen is delighted to be making his North American stage debut in Constellations. His previous theater work includes Ecstasy (Hampstead/West End) written and directed by Mike Leigh, Phaedra (Rough Magic), Everybody Loves Sylvia (Project Arts), Da (Abbey Theatre), The Morning After Optimism (Tom Murphy Festival/Abbey Theatre) and The Queen and Peacock (Red Kettle Theatre). Allen is best known for his work on the multi-award winning television show Downton Abbey (Carnival/ NBC Universal), for which he won three SAG Awards as part of the Best Ensemble. Other television work includes Black Mirror (Channel 4), The Tudors (Showtime), Rome (HBO) and Bellevue (CBC). Film work includes In Fear (Big Talk), The Sweeney (Vertigo Films) and the Golden Globe and SAG Award nominated and Academy Award winning The Imitation Game (Black Bear Pictures). He holds a B.A. and Master’s Degree in Drama and Theatre Studies from the Samuel Beckett Centre, Trinity College, Dublin. His favorite movie is Zootopia. NICK PAYNE (Playwright) Theater: If There Is I Haven’t Found It Yet (Bush Theatre and Roundabout Theatre Company, New York), Wanderlust (Royal Court Theatre), Sophocles’ Electra (Gate Theatre), One Day
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When We Were Young (Paines Plough/Sheffield Theatres and Shoreditch Town Hall), Lay Down Your Cross (Hampstead Theatre), Constellations (Royal Court Theatre, Duke of York’s and U.K. tour), The Same Deep Water As Me (Donmar Warehouse, nominated for 2014 Olivier Award for Best New Comedy), Blurred Lines (The Shed, National Theatre), Incognito (Nabokov/Live Theatre, Newcastle), The Art of Dying (Royal Court Theatre), Elegy (Donmar Warehouse). Film: The Sense of an Ending (adaptation of Julian Barnes’ Man Booker Prize-winning novel for BBC Films/Origin Pictures). Television: The Secrets (Working Title TV for BBC One), Wanderlust (Drama Republic for BBC One), Us (adaptation of David Nicholls’ novel for BBC One). Awards: 2009 George Devine Award for Most Promising Playwright, 2012 Harold Pinter Playwright’s Award, 2012 London Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Play for Constellations. GIOVANNA SARDELLI (Director) Giovanna Sardelli returns to the Geffen Playhouse, having most recently directed Guards at the Taj (Ovation Award for Best Production of a Play). She is an award-winning director who has worked on world premieres of plays by Rajiv Joseph (including the recent production of Archduke at Mark Taper Forum), Matthew Lopez, Theresa Rebeck, Lynn Rosen, Joe Gilford, Jeff Augustin, Lauren Yee and Zoe Kazan among others. She has worked Off Broadway at the Cherry Lane Theatre, Second Stage Theatre, Vineyard Theatre, Playwrights Realm, Women’s Project Theater, Ensemble Studio Theatre and
Roundabout Theatre Company. She has directed numerous productions for Dorset Theatre Festival, where she is the Resident Director, Barrington Stage Company, Actors Theatre of Louisville, The Old Globe, Hartford Stage Company, Cleveland Play House, Cincinnati Playhouse, Hudson Stage Company, San Francisco Playhouse and TheatreWorks Silicon Valley, among others. She received her M.F.A. in acting from NYU and is also a graduate of their Directors Lab. Though based in New York, she is the Director of New Works for TheatreWorks Silicon Valley. TAKESHI KATA (Scenic Designer) Geffen Playhouse: The Night Alive, Death of the Author, The Seafarer, Boston Marriage, Ruth Draper Monologues, Slowgirl and Reasons to Be Pretty. NYC credits include Man from Nebraska (Second Stage Theater); The Profane (Playwrights Horizons); Forever (New York Theatre Workshop); Gloria, Outside People (Vineyard Theatre); Derren Brown: Secret, Through a Glass Darkly (Atlantic Theater Company); Adding Machine (Minetta Lane Theatre); Orson’s Shadow (Barrow Street Theatre). Regionally Kata has worked at Alley Theatre, American Players Theatre, Goodman Theatre, Hartford Stage, Kirk Douglas Theatre, La Jolla Playhouse, Long Wharf Theatre, Mark Taper Forum, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Williamstown Theatre Festival and Yale Rep, among others. Kata won an Obie and has been nominated for Drama Desk, Ovation, Connecticut Critics Circle and Barrymore Awards. Kata is an Assistant Professor at University of Southern California, School of Dramatic Arts.
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LAP CHI CHU (Lighting Designer) Regional designs include Mark Taper Forum, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, La Jolla Playhouse, The Old Globe, Berkeley Rep, Goodman Theatre, Shakespeare Theatre Company, Arena Stage, Hartford Stage, San Jose Repertory Theatre, Dallas Theater Center and Portland Center Stage. New York design credits include the Public Theater, New York Theatre Workshop, Signature Theatre, Second Stage Theatre, Performance Space 122 and Kitchen Theatre Company. He
is the lighting/video designer for ChameckiLerner Dance Company (Costumes by God, Visible Content, Hidden Forms, I Mutantes Seras, Por Favor and Não Me Deixe), which has performed in the United States and Brazil. Awards have included the L.A. Drama Critics Circle Angstrom Award for Career Achievement in Lighting Design, multiple Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle Awards and 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 (Original Music & Sound Design) Broadway: A Time To Kill, Bronx Bombers. Off Broadway: Privacy, Dry Powder, Barbecue (Public Theater); Bella, 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, A.C.T., Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, 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 24 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. RACHEL WIEGARDT-EGEL (Dramaturg) Rachel is the Literary Associate at the Geffen Playhouse, where she works to support the artistic staff in season planning and fostering new plays. She has previously worked in a dramaturgy/literary management capacity at the Williamstown Theatre Festival, McCarter Theatre Center, Marin Theatre Company and the Ojai Playwrights Conference. Favorite past dramaturgy projects include the world premiere of Alena Smith’s Icebergs (Geffen Playhouse), a workshop of Jason Grasl’s Lying with Badgers (Native Voices at the Autry Festival of New Plays), Mike Bartlett’s An Intervention (Williamstown Theatre Festival) and the world premiere of Carson Kreitzer’s Lasso of Truth (assistant dramaturg, Marin Theatre Company). A graduate of UCLA’s English department, she is thrilled to be back in Westwood and working on this play. JULIE HABER (Production Stage Manager) Julie Haber is thrilled to return to the Geffen after stage managing Sex with Strangers and working on Derek DelGaudio’s In & Of Itself last season. She recently stage managed Fool for Love at Magic Theatre and the Berkeley Rep/ Seattle Rep co-production of Disgraced by Ayad Akhtar. She has worked at major regional theaters around the country, including The Old Globe, Seattle Rep, Magic Theatre, Berkeley Rep, Pasadena Playhouse, La
Mirada Theatre, and MainStreet Theatre. She served as Administrative Stage Manager at American Conservatory Theater for three seasons and as Company Stage Manager at South Coast Repertory for 20 seasons. Julie received her M.F.A. from Yale School of Drama, has taught stage management at UC Irvine, UC San Diego, Cal Arts and Yale and is a proud member of Actors Equity Association. DANIEL TROSTLER (Assistant Stage Manager) Daniel is thrilled to be working on his first production at the Geffen Playhouse. Some of his previous stage management credits include A Midsummer Night’s Dream with the Kingsmen Shakespeare Company, Real Women Have Curves (ASM) with the Pasadena Playhouse, and Dame Edna’s Farewell Tour (ASM) with Dainty Productions. Daniel would like to thank Julie for this opportunity as well as his friends and family. He also sends love to Bee and Gwen! PHYLLIS SCHURINGA, CSA (Casting Director) Phyllis is an Artistic Associate and the Casting Director for the Geffen Playhouse. Recent casting includes The Legend of Georgia McBride, Long Day’s Journey Into Night, Icebergs, Barbecue, Big Sky, Guards at the Taj, Barcelona (Artios nominated), Outside Mullingar, Bad Jews, The Night Alive, Switzerland, The Country House (Artios nominated) and American Buffalo at the Geffen, and Shiv at The Theatre @ Boston Court. Before joining the Geffen she was the Casting Director for Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago where her favorites include Frank Galati’s adaptation of The
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DENITSA BLIZNAKOVA (Costume Designer) Denitsa Bliznakova is happy to return to the Geffen Playhouse where she previously designed Long Day’s Journey Into Night, Guards at the Taj (Ovation Award) and Big Sky. Her work has been seen nationwide at venues such as The Old Globe, Mark Taper Forum, South Coast Rep, Denver Center for the Performing Arts, The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, San Diego Opera, Cleveland Play House, A Noise Within, New Repertory Theatre, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Falcon Theatre and others. Costume design and stylist credits for other media include films and music videos. Nominations for Outstanding Costume Design include L.A. Stage Alliance Ovation Award and Colorado Theatre Guild Henry Award. Denitsa is a professor in the School of Theater, Television and Film at San Diego State University and head of the M.F.A. Design and Technology program. She is a graduate of Parsons School of Design and Brandeis University. Her work may be viewed at www.Denitsa.com.
PRODUCTION BIOGRAPHIES Grapes of Wrath (also La Jolla Playhouse, National Theater in London and Broadway, where it received the Tony Award for Best Play), the original production of Steve Martin’s Picasso at the Lapin Agile (and subsequent productions including Westwood Playhouse and Briar Street Theater in Chicago), Austin Pendleton’s Orson’s Shadow and Charles L. Mee’s Time to Burn. Broadway transfers include One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (Tony Award for Best Revival) and The Song of Jacob Zulu. She teaches auditioning at Steppenwolf West and is a member of the Casting Society of America and the Ovation Rules Committee.
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 Icebergs, Outside Mullingar, The Night Alive, Reasons to Be Pretty, Slowgirl, American Buffalo, Superior Donuts, The Female of the Species, The Seafarer, Speed-the-Plow and All My Sons. Arney is an ensemble member and former Artistic Director of Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theatre where his directing credits include: Slowgirl, The Seafarer, The Beauty Queen of Leenane, Death and the Maiden, Curse of the Starving Class, Killers
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and The Geography of Luck, among others. Arney also directed Steppenwolf’s world premiere of Steve Martin’s Picasso at the Lapin Agile, as well as the subsequent national and international acclaimed productions. Mr. Arney’s acting credits with Steppenwolf include Born Yesterday, Ghost in the Machine, The Homecoming, Frank’s Wild Years, You Can’t Take it with You, Fool for Love, True West, Balm in Gilead and Coyote Ugly. As the Artistic Director for Steppenwolf from 1987 to 1995, he oversaw the creation of a new stateof-the-art theater which is Steppenwolf’s current home. Broadway transfers under his leadership include The Rise and Fall of Little Voice, The Song of Jacob Zulu (six Tony Award nominations) and The Grapes of Wrath (1990 Tony Award, Best Play). Mr. Arney has an M.F.A. degree in Acting from Illinois State University and has taught master classes and workshops at UCLA, Steppenwolf, around the U.S. and in Tokyo.
GIL CATES, JR. (Executive Director) As Executive Director, Gil Cates, Jr. leads the Geffen Playhouse in its mission to inform, entertain and inspire diverse audiences with live theater of the highest caliber — both within and beyond the nonprofit theater’s walls. He has proudly served on the Geffen Playhouse Board since 2012. Gil’s theater credits include the awardwinning Names (Matrix Theatre
Company) starring Dixie Carter and Greg Mullavey, The Night I Knocked Out Joe Frazer and Lost 90 Pounds (Gardner Stage Theater), Three Sisters and David Mamet’s A Life in the Theatre (both at Syracuse Stage). Gil’s film credits include The Surface (starring Sean Astin and Geffen Playhouse alumnus Chris Mulkey), Jobs (starring Ashton Kutcher, Josh Gad, Dermot Mulroney, as well as Geffen Playhouse alumni Matthew Modine and Ron Eldard) and the 2011 feature film Lucky (starring Colin Hanks, Ari Graynor, AnnMargret and Golden Globe winner Jeffrey Tambor). In addition, Gil produced and directed the critically acclaimed Life After Tomorrow, featuring Sarah Jessica Parker, which won best documentary at the Phoenix Film Festival and later premiered on Showtime. His other films include Deal (starring Burt Reynolds, Bret Harrison and Charles Durning), The Mesmerist (starring Geffen Playhouse alumnus Neil Patrick Harris), and the critically acclaimed independent film Order of Chaos. Gil’s television directorial debut was an episode of the NBC comedy Joey, starring Emmy winner Matt LeBlanc. He studied at the National Theatre Institute in Waterford, Connecticut, and holds a B.F.A. in Drama from Syracuse University.
REGINA MILLER (Chief Development Officer) Regina has advised nonprofit institutions, foundations and corporations on strategy,
analysis and fundraising. She has consulted for the Clinton Foundation, National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, Eastern Congo Initiative, Charlize Theron’s Africa Outreach Project and Kershaw’s Challenge, among others. Prior to the Geffen, Regina worked for the Simon Wiesenthal Center/Museum of Tolerance, where she produced an innovative human rights exhibition that traveled to 14 international destinations around Europe, Asia and the U.S. She also served as the Director of Partnerships for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Los Angeles and the Inland Empire, where she led strategic planning and development while executing policies that advanced the organization’s visibility and growth. Additionally, Regina has a strong passion for teaching. After graduating from University of North Carolina School of the Arts, she taught in preschools and kindergartens in New York. From the age of 13, Regina worked as a professional dancer on Broadway as well as with a number of prominent modern dance ensembles. Fusing two of her interests, she created a highly successful program that incorporated dance therapy and creative movement into an early childhood curriculum as well as writing and producing a television show based on this concept. In addition to being a published author and photographer with Tallfellow Press and Prometheus Books, Regina has taught and lectured at numerous schools in New York, Los Angeles and abroad. Regina is a proud co-founder of the Artemis Agency, a philanthropic agency that actively helps clients change the world!
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Opening Night of The Legend of Georgia McBride
Donor Crystal Zehetner, Board Co-Chairs Pamela Robinson and Martha Henderson and guests
Board member Kevin Bright and Claudia Bright
The cast of The Legend of Georgia McBride with director Mike Donahue (second from left), playwright Matthew Lopez (second from right) and choreographer Paul McGill (front).
Playwright Matthew Lopez, choreographer Paul McGill and star Andrew Burnap enjoy the festivities
Playwright Matthew Lopez dotes on star Nija Okoro and guest
Donors Chancellor Albert Carnesale and Robin Carnesale
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TO THE GYNECOLOGIC ONCOLOGY UNIT AT MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER OF NEW YORK CITY Written by HALLEY FEIFFER Directed by TRIP CULLMAN Featuring HALLEY FEIFFER Additional casting to be announced.
Sitting bedside at Memorial Sloan Kettering has never been so entertaining. While their ailing mothers share a hospital room, Karla and Don discover truth in the old cliché that opposites attract…and repel…and attract.
SEPTEMBER 5 – OCTOBER 8, 2017 GIL CATES THEATER
UNDERNEATH THE LINTEL Written by GLEN BERGER Directed by STEVEN ROBMAN When a reclusive librarian discovers a 113-year overdue book in the night slot, curiosity compels him to pursue the borrower. His search for answers leads to a worldwide, whirlwind journey, where he discovers instead the great mysteries of humanity. Called “powerfully human and ultimately sublime,” Glen Berger’s Underneath the Lintel reminds us that the joy is in the journey itself.
OCTOBER 10 – NOVEMBER 19, 2017 AUDREY SKIRBALL KENIS THEATER
CHASING MEM’RIES
A DIFFERENT KIND OF MUSICAL
IRONBOUND Written by MARTYNA MAJOK Directed by TYNE RAFAELI At once humorous and heartrending, Ironbound spans 22 years to tell the story of Darja, a Polish immigrant getting by on a cleaning job, aggressive pragmatism and sheer will. In this wry drama, award-winning playwright Martyna Majok points out that sometimes survival is the only measure of success.
Written & Directed by JOSH RAVETCH Lyrics by ALAN & MARILYN BERGMAN Music by BILL CANTOS & MARI FALCONE, DAVE GRUSIN, MARVIN HAMLISCH, MICHEL LEGRAND and JOHNNY MANDEL Featuring TYNE DALY and ROBERT FORSTER Additional casting to be announced.
In this world premiere with songs written by legendary lyricists Alan and Marilyn Bergman, Tyne Daly stars as a woman not quite ready to let go of the life she’s loved and the love of her life.
JANUARY 30 – MARCH 4, 2018
NOVEMBER 7 – DECEMBER 10, 2017
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SELL/BUY/DATE Written & Performed by SARAH JONES Directed by CAROLYN CANTOR In her new solo show, Tony Award-winning writer/ performer and true chameleon comedian Sarah Jones brings to life an entire cast of characters, all of whom have something to say about gender, sex work and the time in which we are living.
FEBRUARY 27 – APRIL 8, 2018 AUDREY SKIRBALL KENIS THEATER
THE WAY WE GET BY Written by NEIL LaBUTE Directed by RANDALL ARNEY Complete with the humor, confusion and excitement that follows great sex, Neil LaBute’s surprisingly sweet comedy brings us Beth and Doug, an unlikely pair who struggle to find common ground in a truly uncommon conundrum.
MAY 8 – JUNE 17, 2018 AUDREY SKIRBALL KENIS THEATER
SKELETON CREW SIGNIFICANT OTHER Written by JOSHUA HARMON Directed by STEPHEN BRACKETT
Written by DOMINIQUE MORISSEAU Directed by PATRICIA McGREGOR
In this smash hit comedy from Bad Jews writer Joshua Harmon, twenty-something Jordan is the life of the wedding party, until it dawns on him that he is “always a groomsman, never the groom.”
It’s 2008 and the employees of a Detroit auto factory are facing an uncertain future. This stirring play, called “deeply moral and deeply American” by The New York Times, follows a family of co-workers navigating economic instability, troubling rumors and the ways in which loyalty and love shape every decision we make.
APRIL 3 – MAY 6, 2018
JUNE 5 – JULY 8, 2018
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VETERANS WRITING & PERFORMANCE PROJECT During the summer of 2016, over 30 veterans applied to be a part of the Veterans Writing & Performance Project. After interviewing the applicants, a diverse group of nine veterans was selected for the program.
In each workshop, they engaged in theater games to warm up, build community and develop their creativity.
They also attended plays at the Geffen Playhouse together.
The project culminated with performances of their monologues entitled Everyday Heroes on December 10 and 12, 2016, on the stage of the Gil Cates Theater.
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During the next nine workshops, they revised, memorized and rehearsed their monologues.
Veterans attended 14 Saturday workshops over four months. In the first five workshops, they explored and wrote about heroes in their lives or experiences with adversity and resilience.
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Phil Davis Suzanne Deal Booth & David Booth Deluscious Cookies Carolyn Dirks/Brett Dougherty Steven Doren Jan & Thea Drayer Ed & Barbara Dreyfus Gerald & Sally Ducot Dr. & Mrs. William M Duxler In Honor of Education & Community Engagement Colleen M. Ellis Terri & David Elston Carl & Courtenay Enright Lynne & Michael Feldman Susanna Felleman & Erik Feig Sydney M. Finegold, M.D. Joan & Charles Fox Steve Freedman Ben & Susan Friedman Jeanne & Arnold Geffner Diane & Bruce Gewertz The Gibbs Family Cherna & Dr. Gary Gitnick Charlotte Gold Dr. Irene Goldenberg Louis & Linda Goldsman Roz & Abner Goldstine Ellie Goodman Helene Gordon Adrienne Grant & Paul Jennings Jack Grossbart & Marc Schwartz Deidre Hall Kay Harrington Salli Harris Michael Parks & Judith Hayward Murray & Gail Heltzer Zvia Hempling Lynda & Neal Hersh Hella Hershon David Coleman & Jean Himmelstein Coleman Rand Hoffman & Charlotte Robinson Tamara Horwich & Gerry Lipshutz Toni Hoyt Victoria Jackson Linda Janger Judith & Steaven Jones Joseph B. Gould Foundation J.W. Hulme Co Linda & David Kagel Joyce & Don Kaiserman Jo Ann & Charles Kaplan Marcy Kaplan & Eric Gold Karney Guren Family Foundation In Honor of Judi Kaufman Barbara & Stuart Klabin Kent Klavens & Judy Vourlas Judy Knapp Leslie & Norman Koplof Jeffrey Kramer Carol Krause Lena & Mark Labowe Deborah Lacusta & Daniel Castellaneta Stephanie & Robert Lakin Helene Laub Joyce Lederer Steven & Nancy Lippman Elisabeth & Jeffrey Lipsman Judith Locke & Dennis Massie Karen & Peter Locke Karen & Frederick Lorig The Jennifer and Greg Malins Foundation Eric G.C. Mark The Miles Family Barbara & Fred Miller
Cookie Miller Andrew & Laura Mintzer Joanne & Joel Mogy In Loving Memory of Harvey S. Morse Lon Morse & Toni Hollander Morse Carol & Jerry Muchin Joan & Fred Nicholas Albert & Barbara Nichols Olympus Theatricals Ornest Family Foundation Gia Paladino & Michael Wise Philip & Leslie Paton Amanda Crick & Glenn Pfeffer Alex Phillips Craig Piligian Jane Rascoff Richard Rasiej & Joan Herman Rabbi Steven & Didi Carr Reuben Sandra C Ribble Donald B. & Susan F. Rice Esther & Howard Richmond Judi & Tim Ritchie Beth Roberts & Warren Smith Dolores Rogers Brad & Nancy Rosenberg David A. & Karen Richards Sachs Mark San Filippo Nancy & Ted Sanborn Jay Sandrich Gerald Sauer Toni & John Schulman David Schwartz Foundation, John S. Schwartz Don & Cynthia Schwartz John Schwartz Carole Server & Oliver Frankel John & Lori Shaw Phyllis & Martin Shephard Doris & Michael Sherman Holly & Larry Shulman Rita & Jose Sigal Ron Silverman & Soraya Ross Joan & Jerry Snyder Drs. Matthew & Marion Solomon The Somaini Family Christine Taylor & Ben Stiller Jordan Strauss Photography Barbra Streisand & James Brolin David & Katherine Stritzinger Eric Strom & Eileen Goodis Aaron Stroud Sugarfina Sunrise Springs Katy Sweet The Tatasciore Family Anne C. Taubman & David Boyle John Teeples & Nicolas Martinez, Jr. Marjorie Thomson Triada Palm Springs Dr. Gerald D. Turbow John Turmes Catherine & Leonard Unger Leon & Stephanie Vahn Daniel & Shauna Valenzuela Susan & Peter Van Haften Alan Van Vliet Alison Whalen & Steve Marenberg Julie & Peter Weil Marcia Williams & Gene Lucero Judith & Philip Winik Anna & Stephen Yallourakis June Yip & David Wong Patricia Youngman Marcie & Howard Zelikow Zoetic Travel
ARTISTIC ADVOCATE $500 - $999 Anonymous (5) Ross & Lindsey Avner Jeanne Bailey Linda Barnett Irene Baron Teddi Berger & Lionel Sanders Yvette Bergeron & Dean Bailey Diane & Richard Birnholz Black Market Gelato Larry & Julie Blivas in honor of Phyllis Blivas Pamela & Bill Bohnert Michael J. Bordy Paula Brand Janet & Mark Brown Laura D. Campbell Andrew Carlberg Scott Carter & Bebe Johnson Lee & Shelby Chaden Cindy Clark Ginger Conrad Phil Johnston & Jill Cordes Culver Hotel In Loving Memory of Ed Cypert Greg & Leslie Dannon Dr. Udayakumar Devaskar DirecTV Matching Gift Center Daryl & Paul F. Doucette Roni & Ethan Eller Lidia & Mauricio Epelbaum David & Joyce Evans Elizabeth A. Evans Marjorie & Arthur Fine The Ella Fitzgerald Charitable Fund Myrna Forest Burt & Nanette Forester Judith R. Forman & Richard N. Weiner Lois & Jerry Gallop Sharlene & Sol Galper The Gewecke Family Benita & Bert Ginsberg Linda & Tom Givvin Linda & Louis Goldsman Marcy Goldstein Lori & Robert Goodman Gigi & Don Grant Gabi & Rob Greenberg Marcy & Edgar Gross Carolyn & Bernie Hamilton Sheila & Chester Hasday Dr. Jacqueline Heller Noreen & Doug Herzog Carol Ann & Rick Hess Jim Hliboki & Hildi Snodgrass Dorothy Hoffman Kelley M. Hogan Gerald Isenberg Jackie & Warren Jackson Brett Johnson Robert Jones Avi Kamienny Mr. & Mrs. Bernard Kamine Christine Kaplan Dean Kauffman & Carlos Andres Mosquera-Tangarife Patricia Keating Beverlee Bickmore & James Kelly Corie & Michael Koss Marlene & Donald Kottler Tam & David Lachoff Joan & Christopher Larkin Marla E. Levine Suzann Levine
Betsy Levy Brenda & Warren Lincoln Neil L. & Ora D. Macfarlane Marcus Mancini George Manet Elizabeth Marcellino Mr. & Mrs. Phillips H. Marshall David Israeli & Dr. Marie Mazzone Kathy & Jim McCaffery Julia McIlvaine Teddie J. Milner Sue & Monty Mohrman Paula Moseley, EdD Sherri & Arnie Nelson Robert & Anita Nitta Shelby Notkin Justin Okin Carol Parry & John Fox Barbara & Gary Pasquinelli Barbara & Peter Patman Jonna & Alfred Peguero Pier South In Memory of Michael Piller Ruth Pilot Gary & Gail Rachelefsky Sandra Rapke Mildred Reid Carl Reiner Simon Renshaw Carrie & Ken Richman Linda & Manny Rider Carlene Ringer Eden & Steven Romick Ronda & Fred Rose Kathleen & Dale Rosenbloom Allison Rosenthal Joyce & Dean Ross Blanche & Bruce Joel Rubin Tyler Rubin Anne Sacks Ajay Sahgal Janet Salter In Memory of Hon. Maxwell Salter Tawny & Jerry Sanders Nancy & Steven Schneider Jane & Bill Schopf Susan & Peter Schwab Traci Shelton Melinda & Yossi Sidikaro Carol & Arthur Silbergeld Robin & Robert Sills Manish Singh Martin & Leah Sklar Dr. Jerry & Marci Smith Trudy Sokol Rita Spiegel Arthur Stern Mr. & Mrs. David Tann Meg Thomas Nancy Thomas W Hotel West Beverly Hills Ira & Laurie Waldman Bill & Kate Walsh Marcia & Dr. Charles Wasserman Jay Weinstein & Lori Woldar David Weiss Pat West Connie & John Weston Paul Whitman In Memory of Milton A. Williams, Jr. Charlie Wilson Wright Maritime Group Karen & Frank Wurtzel The Yarkins Kimberly & Andrew Zakanych Crystal Zehetner & Julia Ramadan
ANNUAL DONORS $250 - $499 Anonymous (12) Nancy & Emanuel Abrams Norman & Toshka Abrams Terry & Richard Abrams Anne Adair & Steve Ganzberg Barbara Adams Elaine & Michael Agran Charles & Annick Allen Sylvia Almstadt Merryl & David A. Alpert Jan & David Altemus Peter Anderson Robert C. Anderson Philip Angerhofer & Stephen A. Jones Debra & Benjamin Ansell Eloise & Mark Appel Jc & Jack Appelbaum Steven D. Arias Dr. Sandra & Dr. Charles Aronberg Barbara & Ethan Aronoff Marc & Elizabeth Axelrod Lynne Babbitt Cecilia Ball Janet & Irwin Barnet Victoria Bates Randy Bayard Judith & Thomas Beckmen Dawn & Marshall Bein Patricia Belcher Marshall Bell Richard N. Berger JoAnn Bernard Barbara Berkowitz Karen Berkowitz Marsha C. Berkowitz Beverly Bierer Mr. W Bigelow Claudia & Ronald Bitzer Edward Blume Virginia Bohrer Jeff Boland Frances & Thomas Booth Toby Bornstein Nina & Hon. Anthony Borwick Burt Boyar Carol J. Bradshaw Mona Brandler Armida Brashears Arlene Braun Leah Lynn Broidy Lionel Brown Mitchell Brown Diana Buckhantz David & Kathy Burke Marcia Burnam Marlene & David Capell Anthony Carbone Phil Carlin Miss Irene Castaldo Ellen & Jeff Catania Ling Chan Richard Pezner & Sandra Chan Barry Charles Diane Chernansky Becky & Mike Clements Anselm Clinard Gail Cottingham Jon Cowan Susan Georgine Craig Norman & Nancy Cravens Ingrid Curtiss, MD Beverly D’Angelo Col. Tony, Donna & Taylor Daniell Hedva & Dr. Dudley Danoff Jeffrey S. Davidson Ruth B. Davis
Elizabeth De Oliveira & Moacyr Da Silva Bert Deixler Hal & Roberta Delevie Brian Demsey Robert Ditullio Suzanne & Bruce Dodds Carol Jean Doehring Sandy & Gerry Dorfman Linda Dozier Jacki & Murray Drechsler Chris Easley Michael East & Tanisha Gonzalez Susan & John Ebey Roy Eddleman Mona & Barry Edwards Ronald Eng Jim Esserman Rena Falk The Farwell Family Francesco Federico Lisa Feintech, M.D. Mimi Alpert Feldman Abby & Malcolm Field Donnovan Field Lisa & William Finkelstein Donna Finley William & Elisabeth Fleischman Lynne & Michael Flynn Myrna ‘Pepper’ Forest Deveen Fox Dolores Franco Fran Fredella & Scott Rubin Sandy & Donald French Elaine Friedman Kenneth J. Friedman & Marilynn J. Friedman Family Foundation Lynn & Barry Friesen Catherine Froloff Laurelle Frome & Brady Frome Yuri & Yelena Furman Gina Furth Wendy Furth Lee Gardenswartz Karen Berko-Gibson Dr. Diane & Michael Glazer Richard & Lori Glucksman Hannah Godwin Michael Golamco Carol & Neil Goldberg Lorain Goldberg Mark & Molly Goldberg Francine Golden & Marvin Schlossman Dr. Peter Goldman Dina Goldstein Fran & Gene Goldstein Roger Gordon Liz Gottainer & David Sadkin Russell Grant Debbie & Glenn Gray Madelyne Green Paul & Louise Greenberg Randi & Jerome Greenberg Penny Grosz-Salomon & Eugene Korney Larry Guli Eve Haberfield & David N. Johnson Hanif Haji Mary & Alan Halkett Jane Hall Roberta Hamilton Tess Harper Richard Hart Judy L. Hartley Dr. & Mrs. Samuel Haveson Hanna Heiting Michael & Candie Herman Hernand Family Winifred C. Hervey
Penny Hildebrand Dale & John Hopmans In Memory of Ross Hunter & Jacque Mapes Robert & Gail Israel Brenda Izzi Frederic A. & Nancy Jacobus Janice Jerde Martha Jones & Paul Zerella Robert Jones & Julie Anne Robinson Jerry Joseph Adriana Kahane Joanne & Larry Kahn Lesly Kahn Jessica Kaltman David Kaminow Jean Kaplan Linda Kaplan Eran & Raquel Karoly Susie Kater & Tom Chappell Donald Kates Harris Katleman Family Owen Kato Dana Katz Morgan Kay Michael Keir William & Renee Kendall Louanne Kennedy Cathy Kirkpatrick Dr. Ann Kirsch & Mr. Jonathan Kirsch Irwin Kishner Donna & Jeffrey Klein Dr. Phyllis Klein Leana Kleinman & Jerald Johnson Laurie & Milton Klorman Dolph Kornblum & Florence Robins Charles Kristenson Kimberly & John Kruse Jill & Michael Lasky Ana Launes Susan Lava Sharon & Lawrence Lavenberg Rhonda Lawrence Learning Encounters Ginger Leibovitz Ann Leland Donna Levi Gail J. Levine Maxine & Gary Levine Anita & Burton Levinson Dr. & Mrs. Isaac Levy Rick & Vivian Levy Lawrin & Linda Lewin Angela Light Molly & Peter Lindgren Joanne Lindsay Bonnie Lisle Leslie & Adam Lobel Alex Loewenthal Lori & Tom Low Anne L. Lynch Marcus Mancini Carol & Doug Mancino Pauline Marks Annette Marmalefsky Goran Marnfeldt Phyllis & Bert Massing Douglas Mcavoy, Jr. Patrick McDivitt Jeanne McDonald-Powers & Travis Powers Sumitra Menon R.G. Mercer Eileen & Paul Meshekow
Erik & Melanie Messerschmidt Reed & Linda Metzger Cathleen Meyers Lori Meyers & James Marano Norma & Larry Meyers Sara Michrowski Jeff Milman Thomas Mitchell Irina & Andrew Molasky Laurie & Chuck Mondrus Henry Moon Marvin & Jean Moore Shelagh Moriarty John Moschitta Alexander Levine & Catherine Nameth Jason Neidleman Robert M. Nelson Mark & Diane Neubauer Tom Nevermann Chris & Richard Newman Charna & Allen Nissenson Doreen & Donald Nortman Myra Nourmand Lawrence Ross & Linda Nussbaum Doron Ofir Sandy & Alan Olick Adrienne & Arthur Omansky Dr. Ronald & Iris Onkin Janie Orenstein Cynthia & Todd Palm Edward Parker Abhilash & Kelly Patel Paul Pepperman Naidu & Jane Permaul Susan Petelik Bruce Peters Berta & Lou Pitt Jack & Jane Pollock Zazi Pope Susan Poulson Lance Powell Philip Pritchett Drs. Laurence & Isabell Purdy Neil & Lisa Greer Quateman Fred & Rebecca Raskin Michael & Gloria Rausch Andy Relis Marianne Reynolds Linda & Erin Rice Elaine Richards Steve & Linda Richman William Ridgeway Alan Robinson Barbara & David Rognlien Janis & Avi Rojany Robert Rosania Barry Rosen & Neil Bokal Mary Ann Rosenfeld & Sheldon Kadish Priscilla Rosenfeld Adrienne B. Rosenthal Beverly & Melvin Rosenthal Dr. Martin & Lorraine Ross Virginia Ross Michael, Michon & Jackson Roth Susan Rovner Terry Ryan Leslie & Daniel Sackheim Lori Sanchez Nan Sarno Susan & Kenneth Sarno Janet Sasson Maxine Savitz Linda & Cliff Schaffer
Chris T. Schmidt Joel & Sonia Schneider Gary & Karen Schneider Stanley Schneider Christine Schultz Janet & Michael Schwartz Lester Schwartz John H. Scott Marc Seltzer Scott Shagrin Dr. Mary Jo & Paul Shane Elise Shanfeld Barbara Vickery & Martin Shapiro Leonard & Annette Shapiro Judy & Tom Sharp Melanie Sharp & Kevin Miller Netta & Uri Shohet Lisa Siegel Seymour & Dorothy Siegel Linda & Ronald Slates Diane Good & Frank Smith Barbara & Hal Smith James Smith & Loreen Ayer Marcia L. & Mark J. Smith Jean Smith-Moore Karen Smits Donald & Caitlin Sohn Christine Sorgi Dr. Robert & Margo Sorrentino Stephanie Sourapas Bruce Spector Debra Spector M Leslie Stearns Michael Stern Christy Stevens Frances & Sy Strasberg William Stringer Penny Strowger Alec Sulkin Mr. Kayser Sume & Dr. Renee Sabshin Ann Sunderland Lance & Maureen Tan Phyllis & Franklin Tell Cathy Thomas Courtney & Jay Tobin Judy & Art Tompkins Joyce & Josh Trabulus Miriam Trogdon Brigitta Troy Sofia Vaisman Deborah Valdez Lorraine & Erich Van Lowe Anthony Vasek Bobette Vikan Carole Wagner-Vallianos & Peter Vallianos Marvin Wasserman Elisa Wayne Myrna & Art Weiner Sherry Weinman & Michael Umansky Marsha & Steven Weiss Jacqueline Weitz Richard & Joyce Wickline Rae Jeane Williams Gary & Karen Winnick Bruce & Marci Wiseman Marc Wishingrad Susan Wolford Jan & Edward Woods Joseph Wu Arnold & Tricia Zane Harriet Zaretsky Lynn & Meir Ziv Sandy Zwirn
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CONSTELLATIONS
ASSOCIATE
GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE STAFF Randall Arney Artistic Director ARTISTIC
Gil Cates, Jr. Executive Director MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS
Amy Levinson Phyllis Schuringa Young Ji Rachel Wiegardt-Egel
Artistic Associate / Literary Director Artistic Associate / Casting Director Artistic Coordinator / Company Manager Literary Associate
DEVELOPMENT Regina Miller Ellen Catania Jessica Brusilow Rollins Jamie Mikelich Kristen Smith Eshaya Scott Kriloff Clay Dzygun Taylor Cerny Jessie Sherman Taylor Dearden Austin Merrill Annika Patton Isabelle Burke
Chief Development Officer Senior Vice President, Development Director of Education Partnerships & Donor Relations Director of Individual Giving & Spotlight Manager Development & Education Programs Coordinator Development Concierge & Database Manager Office Coordinator for Executive Director / Development Development Associate Development Assistant Development Assistant Development Intern Development Intern Development Intern
EDUCATION
Jessica Buzzard Director of Marketing & Communications Karen Gutierrez Director of Advertising & Audience Development Mark San Filippo Director of Ticketing & Database Administrator Brian Dunning Associate Director of Marketing Creative Ashley Bodul Associate Director of Public Relations Kevin O’Brien Marketing Coordinator Janice Bernal Box Office Manager Bryan Martin Box Office Manager Zack Hamra Assistant Box Office and Audience Services Manager Vaneh Assadourian, Britney Campbell, Kaitlin Huwe, Geoffrey Hymers, Richard Martinez, Cameron Reck, Celia Rivera, Alyssa Tyson Box Office Staff Sue Fleishman Communications Consultant Kristina Leach Social Media Associate Quinn Francis Outreach Assistant Ramon Garcia Mission Continues Fellow
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Karim Bouzzit
Jennifer Zakkai Director of Education & Community Engagement Carolyn Marie Wright Manager of Education & Community Engagement Brandon Drea Education Assistant Brian Allman, Ramy Eletreby, David Guerra, McKenna Kerrigan, Robert Paterno Teaching Artists
ADMINISTRATION Behnaz Ataee Peter Banachowski Kisha Wilson Marguerite Harris
Chief Financial Officer Staff Accountant Payroll Specialist & Staff Accountant Receptionist
PRODUCTION Daniel Ionazzi Jill Barnes Sam Craven-Griffiths Evan Friedman Rich Gilles James Grabowski Darren Rezowalli Ramine Ameli
Production Manager Associate Production Manager / Company Manager Technical Director Associate Technical Director Properties Master House Sound Supervisor Lighting & Video Supervisor Production Electrician
System Administrator
FRONT OF HOUSE Jeni Pearsons Director of Special Events David Gerhardt Supervising House Manager Amy Farkas Lead Concierge Sarah Lyddan, Nathaniel Meek, Roxana Meyers, Jane Phillips Harper, James Porter, Dennis Woullard House Managers Claudia Baffo, Rebecca Birstock, Kailey Bray, Jensen Chambers, Vianney Cossyleon, Ida Herndon, Isaac Jay, Olivia Lowe, Aaron Newman, JoJo Nwoko, Madison Shamoun, Charmee Taylor, Adam Turney, Cody Williams Ushers Rob Mersola Bar Manager & Mixologist Manuel Mayorga Weekend Bar Manager Skylar Adams, Adam Carr, Brenda Davidson, Sarah Drescher, Ryan Turner Bartenders/Event Staff
FACILITIES MANAGEMENT Miguel del Castillo Mario Santillan-Perez Juan Carlos Umaña Camerina Martinez
Facility Manager Custodial Cleaning Custodial Cleaning Custodial
Geffen Playhouse is supported, in part, by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors through the Los Angeles County Arts Commission. This project was also funded in part by the Department of Cultural Affairs, City of Los Angeles. Geffen Playhouse, a not-for-profit theater company, is proudly affiliated with the University of California at Los Angeles.
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