WELCOME TO
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
PHOTO BY JEFF LORCH
MATT SHAKMAN
Welcome to The Door You Never Saw Before: A Choosical Musical! This production marks the Geffen’s first Theater for Young Audiences production in the virtual space. Ever since I joined the Geffen as Artistic Director, it has been a goal of mine to develop and produce more TYA programming—to introduce children to this art form and build the next generation of theater-lovers. After a year that has forced kids across the globe to stay inside, we wanted to create an adventure that will spark their imaginations, allow them to meet new characters and explore different sights, and simply provide a good dose of fun. When we decided to embark on a TYA show for the Stayhouse series, Matt Schatz immediately came to mind as a collaborator. Matt’s good-humored wordplay, talent as a composer, and whimsical sense of theatricality are perfectly suited for an audience
of kids and grownups alike. It has been a delight to work with Matt and director Katie Lindsay as they, in a way, created a new brand of storytelling: the Zoom musical. Along with the talented designers, wonderful cast, and indispensable behind-thescreens team, they have brought the Harmonious Land of Harmonicania to vibrant life. Whether this is your first Stayhouse show or your seventh, I want to thank you for coming along for the ride as we’ve worked to bring interactive online theater to audiences in new and engaging ways. We trust that a return to in-person theater is just around the corner and look forward to seeing you there. In the meantime, we hope this show will bring some joy to all the kids—and kids at heart—who are on this journey with us. Matt Shakman Artistic Director
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THE GEFFEN STAYHOUSE PRODUCTION OF
THE DOOR YOU NEVER SAW BEFORE A CHOOSICAL MUSICAL BOOK, MUSIC & LYRICS BY
MATT SCHATZ DIRECTED BY
KATIE LINDSAY FEATURING
MICHAEL FAULKNER, SHYLA LEFNER & GABRIELLE MAIDEN MUSIC DIRECTOR
VISUAL DESIGNER
SCOTT ANTHONY
YEE EUN NAM
SOUND DESIGNER
COSTUME DESIGN CONSULTANT
ANDREA ALLMOND
ALEXIS CARRIE
PUZZLE DESIGNER
DRAMATURG
DAVE SHUKAN
RACHEL WIEGARDT-EGEL
PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER
CASTING DIRECTOR
JILL GOLD
PHYLLIS SCHURINGA‚ CSA
The Actors and Stage Managers employed in this production are members of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States. OPENING NIGHT
SATURDAY, MAY 22, 2021 OPENING NIGHT SPONSORS
RUNNING TIME
70 minutes There will be no intermission. PLEASE NOTE
There is no photography or filming of any kind allowed during the performance.
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS CIRCLE MEMBERS Laurie & Bill Benenson Martha Henderson Pamela Robinson Hollander & Robert Hollander Loretta Everett Kaufman & Victor Kaufman
Linda Bernstein Rubin & Tony Rubin Kimberly Steward & Josh Godfrey Miranda & Brett Tollman
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PRODUCTION BIOGRAPHIES
M AT T S C H AT Z
Book, Music & Lyrics
Matt Schatz is a writer and composer. He’s thrilled to return to the Geffen after being a member of the Geffen Playhouse Writers’ Room program in 2018-2019. He looks forward to premiering his pandemic-postponed true-crime musical A Wicked Soul in Cherry Hill at the Geffen in a future production to be directed by Mike Donahue. Other plays and musicals include Untitled (Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera, 2021) The Burdens (The O’Neill, City Theatre, Bloomington Playwright’s Project, Play-Per View), No One Sings Like You Anymore (Seattle Rep Commission), I Battled Lenny Ross (Ensemble Studio Theatre), Georama (St. Louis Rep, Great River Shakespeare Festival, NYMF), Where Ever It May Be (CLO Spark Festival), Dunkfest ‘88 (Ars Nova), Love Trapezoid (Astoria Performing Arts Center), and The Tallest Building in the World (Luna Stage). Awards include The Kleban Prize in Musical Theatre, The ASCAP Foundation Harold Arlen Musical Theater Award, The Reva Shiner Comedy Award, the New York Musical Festival Outstanding Lyrics Award, and Broadway World Pittsburgh’s Original Script of the Decade Award. Matt has been the recipient of five Ensemble Studio Theatre/
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation New Play Commissions; the most recent is an in-progress science musical with playwright Anna Ziegler. Non-theater work includes composing the songs for Season Three of the hit Spotify/Gimlet podcast series The Two Princes, and television and film projects developed for Fox, USA, TBS, Warner Bros, CBS, EOne, and others. Most recently, Matt wrote for Taika Waititi’s upcoming Charlie and the Chocolate Factory adaptation for Netflix Animation. He currently lives in Los Angeles with his wife and daughter.
and What Happened at the Dolphin Show by Miranda Rose Hall (Samuel French Off-Off Broadway Festival; Winner). Katie is the founding Artistic Director of The Habitat, a Brooklyn-based company dedicated to new works by women, and MeetCute, an evening of short plays that builds community in Los Angeles. Katie was the 2019 Bill Foeller Directing Fellow at Williamstown Theatre Festival. She is an alumnae of Directors Lab West, The Habitat’s Directors Playground, a 2016 SDC Observership recipient, and a 2020 BOLD Ventures grant recipient. Proud graduate of Dartmouth College and Associate Member of SDC.
K AT I E L I N D SAY
Director
Katie Lindsay is a writer, director and producer of new plays, musicals, and theatrical experiences. During the pandemic, she created A Walk in My Neighborhood, a guided audio walk in Atwater Village, which LAist called “genius.” Directing credits include Orlando by Sarah Ruhl (Williamstown Theatre Festival), Eurydice by Sarah Ruhl (Getty Villa reading), Red Emma & the Mad Monk by Alexis Roblan (The Tank, New York Times Critic’s Pick), Keeping up with the Prozorovs by Lucy Gillespie (Hollywood Fringe; Encore Producers Award, Best Female Director nomination), Tom & Eliza (Echo Theater Company), Harry & The Thief by Sigrid Gilmer (The Habitat),
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M I C H A E L FAU L K N E R
Ensemble
Michael Faulkner is pleased to be back at the Geffen Playhouse, after working with other local theaters like the Troubadour Theater Company, Kingsmen Shakespeare Festival, South Coast Repertory, and MainStreet, and has toured extensively as a member of the Reduced Shakespeare Company. When not on stage, making movies, TV or commercials, he enjoys playing and releasing music as one-half of the music duo Mike and Mandy. He’s glad that, after unwittingly producing smells throughout his life, he is now able to make The Stench professionally.
PRODUCTION BIOGRAPHIES
SHYLA LEFNER
GABRIELLE MAIDEN
Ensemble
Your Voice
Shyla Lefner is thrilled to be working with Geffen Playhouse. In the Fall of 2020, she appeared in the world premiere of New York Times Critic’s Pick Theatre for One: Here We Are, a live digital theatrical experience featuring one actor and one audience member speaking to the times we are in. Just prior to the pandemic, Shyla appeared in the East Coast premiere of Mary Kathryn Nagle’s Manahatta at Yale Repertory Theatre and was in the American Revolutions world premieres Between Two Knees by the 1491s and The Way the Mountain Moved by Idris Goodwin at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Other theatre credits include: Alice in Wonderland, Henry V (Oregon Shakespeare Festival); Fairly Traceable, Off the Rails, The Frybread Queen (Native Voices at the Autry); The Last Days of Judas Iscariot (Urban Theatre Movement, Company of Angels); Ackia: The Complete Epic (Idyllwild Native Arts Festival); Ungipamsuuka: My Story, Our Voices Will Be Heard (La Jolla Playhouse/ Native Voices Festival of New Plays Workshop). Some film and television credits include: Polar Sun (ImagineNATIVE), Point of Origin (Indie), Grace (Cinequest), Fashion House, Lies & Alibis, Minding the Store, Whatever It Takes, Woo.
Gabrielle Maiden is an actor, singer-songwriter/ukulele player, and snowboarder. She was born and raised in Los Angeles, California and caught the acting bug when she was 5 years old. Before she put full focus on her acting career, she traveled the world as a professional snowboarder. She came to prominence as the first African American woman competitive snowboarder. Gabby is delighted to be making her debut at Geffen Playhouse! Select theatrical credits include: Stranger Things (Netflix), I Love Dick (Amazon), SMILF (Showtime), Sexless (Black & Sexy TV), Under the Silver Lake (A24), It’s Not About Jimmy Keene (Sundance Film Festival 2019), Scare Package (Shudder). S C OT T A N T H O N Y
Music Director
Scott Anthony is a musician, actor, songwriter, composer and parent based in Los Angeles. Favorite credits include music directing the Humana Festival of New American Plays world premieres of The Christians, Oh, Gastronomy!, This Beautiful City, Game On!, and The Veri**On Play, (Actors Theatre of Louisville); The Christians (Mark Taper Forum, Alley Theatre); Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Evil Dead: The Musical (Art Sanctuary/ Alley Theater), and staged
readings of Canary (Playwrights Horizons) and A Wicked Soul In Cherry Hill (Geffen Playhouse); as composer and/ or sound designer on Sleep Rock Thy Brain (Humana Festival); A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Henry V (Kentucky Shakespeare); Blueberry Toast (Echo Theatre); Fight Girl Battle World (Art Sanctuary/ Alley Theater) and multiple seasons as the Resident Sound Designer for Theatre [502]; and acting on many of the aforementioned stages and at South Coast Repertory, Pioneer Theatre Company, and StageOne Family Theatre. scottanthonysounds.com YEE EUN NAM
Visual Designer
Yee Eun Nam is an awardwinning set and video designer for opera, theater and any form of live performances based in L.A. Recent design works include The Fall of the House of Usher (Boston Lyric Opera/Operabox.tv), Close Quarters (Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra), Ghost Gun (Goodman Theatre), Legacy Land (Kansas City Rep), Where the Mountain Meets the Moon, Aubergine, The Canadians (South Coast Rep), Black Super Hero Magic Mama (Geffen Playhouse), Sweat (Mark Taper Forum), Bordertown Now (Pasadena Playhouse), Mother of Henry, Members Only (Latino Theater Company), Citizen: An American Lyric (Kirk Douglas Theatre, Fountain Theater). Since 2020, she has been creating digital content and video art for San Francisco Symphony, Boston Lyric Opera, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, LA Opera On Now, Goodman Theatre, Ma-Yi Studio, The Movement G E F F E N P L AY H O U S E 5
PRODUCTION BIOGRAPHIES Theatre Company. Yee Eun has multiple nominations for LA Stage Alliance Ovation Award and is a winner of LADCC Theatrical Excellence for CGI/ Video in 2020. She is a member of United Scenic Artists, Local 829. M.F.A. in Theater Design at UCLA. B.F.A. in Design and Metal Craft at SNU in Seoul, Korea. yeeeunnam.com ANDREA ALLMOND
Sound Designer
Andrea ‘Slim’ Allmond is happy to be back working with the Geffen on such a fun and uplifting project. Off Broadway: Gloria: A Life. Los Angeles: A Walk in My Neighborhood; The 11:11 West Hollywood: Famous (Composer and Sound Designer); Geffen Playhouse: Black Super Hero Magic Mama (Associate Sound Designer); South Coast Rep: Once the Musical (Associate Sound Designer). Dallas Theater Center: Public Works Dallas: As You Like It; Twelfth Night; Public Works Dallas: The Winter’s Tale. The McCarter Theatre: Gloria: A Life. Arena Stage: Ann (Associate Designer). Touring: Something Rotten First National Tour (Assistant Audio). She received her M.F.A. in Sound Design from the University of California, Irvine. Andrea would like to thank her partner Caress for always supporting her as a musician and artist. A L E X I S CA R R I E
Costume Design Consultant
Alexis Carrie is an L.A.-based theater and film costume designer and social justice warrior. Some of her credits include Sorority of the Damned (A Blood Brothers Film), Mrs. Harrison (Indiana Repertory Theater), Hoodoo Love (Raven Theater),
Good Grief (Point Park University), Man of God (East West Players), Yen (Raven Theater), In The Blood (Austin Peay State University), Gloria (Hatch Arts Collective), No Child (Definition Theater Company), Curve of Departure (Northlight Theater). She has an M.F.A. in Costume Design from Carnegie Mellon University and is a proud founding member of First Floor Theater in Chicago. You can find her work at alexiscarrie.com. DAV E S H U K A N
Puzzle Designer
Dave is an intellectual property lawyer and a puzzle designer and consultant. As an attorney, he has represented some of the country’s most well-known companies in copyright, trademark, and patent matters, but over the past decade has devoted much of his time to puzzle creation and consultation. Dave has co-written the MIT Mystery Hunt, the largest annual puzzle hunt event, four times, and has designed hundreds of other puzzles, puzzle events, and games, including several for film and television. Dave has also worked with David Kwong on a number of projects, including as Puzzle Designer for David’s off-Broadway show The Enigmatist, his Geffen Stayhouse show Inside The Box, and the Enigmas playing card deck and accompanying online puzzle hunt. A collection of Dave’s puzzles can be found at DavesPuzzles.com. Dave lives in San Marino with his wife, Rebecca, and their cat, Loki. R AC H E L W I E G A R DT- EG E L
Dramaturg
Rachel is the Director of New Play Development at the Geffen Playhouse, where she supports the artistic staff in season plan-
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ning and fostering new work. She spearheads The Writers’ Room annual program, in which six Los Angeles-based playwrights develop new plays with the Geffen. 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 premieres of Chelsea Marcantel’s Citizen Detective (New York Times Critic’s Pick), Inda Craig-Galván’s Black Super Hero Magic Mama, and Alena Smith’s Icebergs (Geffen Playhouse); Nick Payne’s Constellations (Geffen Playhouse); and a workshop of Jason Grasl’s Lying with Badgers (Native Voices at the Autry Festival of New Plays). JILL GOLD
Production Stage Manager
Jill Gold is thrilled to get back to ‘live’ theatre with this special production. Her credits at the Geffen span from the first season’s Quills to the more recent Chasing Mem’ries and numerous Backstage at the Geffen galas. She has spent the past 36 years stage managing at venues such as the Pasadena Playhouse, Reprise Theatre Company, McCoy Rigby Entertainment, Sacramento Music Circus, and the Mark Taper Forum. Jill toured the U.S. with Les Misérables, The Unsinkable Molly Brown, City of Angels, Wicked, and Not the Messiah, and saw Germany and Austria with Sisterella. She teaches stage management at UCLA and Occidental College, and is the co-author of the 12th edition of Stage Management by Lawrence Stern and Jill Gold, available this Fall.
PRODUCTION BIOGRAPHIES P H Y L L I S S C H U R I N G A , C SA
Casting Director
Phyllis is an Artistic Associate and the Casting Director for the Geffen Playhouse. Recent casting includes Mysterious Circumstances, Black Super Hero Magic Mama, Skeleton Crew, The Legend of Georgia McBride, Guards at the Taj and American Buffalo at the Geffen, and Put Your House in Order at La Jolla Playhouse. She has received 6 Artios nominations: Witch, Significant Other, Actually, Barbecue, Barcelona, The Country House. Before joining the Geffen, she was the Casting Director for Steppenwolf Theater Company in Chicago where her favorites include Frank Galati’s adaptation of The Grapes of Wrath (also La Jolla Playhouse, National Theatre in London and Broadway, where it received the Tony Award for Best Play), the original production of Steve Martin’s Picasso at the Lapin Agile (and subsequent productions including Westwood Playhouse and Briar Street Theater in Chicago), Austin Pendleton’s Orson’s Shadow, and Charles L. Mee’s Time to Burn. Broadway transfers include One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (Tony Award for Best Revival) and The Song of Jacob Zulu. She is a member of the Casting Society of America.
Matt last helmed Mysterious Circumstances for the Geffen in 2019 and prior to joining as Artistic Director in 2017, Shakman directed three acclaimed productions at the Playhouse: the West Coast premiere of David Lindsay-Abaire’s Good People (2012), the world premiere of Jeffrey Hatcher’s new adaptation of Wait Until Dark (2013), and Joshua Harmon’s Bad Jews (2015). Matt founded and was the artistic director of the Black Dahlia Theatre in Los Angeles, which was named “one of a dozen young American companies you need to know” by American Theatre magazine and “Best Small Theatre” by Los Angeles magazine. Matt is a director and producer for FX’s It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia and has directed episodes of Game of Thrones (DGA nomination), Mad Men, Fargo, The Good Wife, and Succession. He helmed the pilot episode for Hulu’s The Great (Emmy nomination) starring Elle Fanning and Nicholas Hoult and produced and directed all episodes of WandaVision (DGA nomination), a Marvel Studios event series for Disney+ starring Paul Bettany and Elizabeth Olsen.
G I L CAT E S, J R .
M AT T S H A K M A N
Artistic Director
Matt Shakman is Artistic Director of the Geffen Playhouse.
Executive Director
Gil Cates, Jr. is Executive Director of Geffen Playhouse. In this role, he is responsible
for managing the Geffen’s day-to-day operations; developing new, ongoing theater partnerships and leading its mission to inform, entertain and inspire diverse audiences with live theater of the highest caliber. Prior to being named Executive Director in 2015, Cates served as Geffen Playhouse Board Vice Chairman since 2012 and served as a producer and director in theater, film and television. His theater credits include the award-winning Names (Matrix Theatre Company) and Three Sisters and David Mamet’s A Life in the Theatre (both at Syracuse Stage). Cates’ 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 and Ann-Margret). In addition, Cates co-produced and co-directed the critically acclaimed Life After Tomorrow, featuring Sarah Jessica Parker, which premiered on Showtime. His other films include Deal (starring Burt Reynolds, Bret Harrison and Charles Durning) and The Mesmerist (starring Jessica Capshaw and Geffen Playhouse alumnus Neil Patrick Harris). Cates’ 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. G E F F E N P L AY H O U S E 7
PRODUCTION BIOGRAPHIES accounting functions of the
CPA, after holding the position
theater, including operating and
of Director of Accounting at
capital budgets. In addition, she
FABS Management, where she
supports all IT and HR activi-
was responsible for overseeing
ties. Behnaz was named Chief
the finances of more than 25
Financial Officer in 2015 after
non-profit organizations. As
serving as General Manager
a financial professional with
since 2002. She first joined
more than 30 years’ experience
Geffen Playhouse in 1999. Pre-
in for-profit and non-profit
viously, Ataee worked as a se-
financial management and au-
nior financial analyst for Ultrat-
diting, Ataee began her career
ech Inc., an international semi-
in the Bay Area as a partner in
Financial Officer of Geffen
conductor company based in
a small tech startup. She holds
Playhouse. In this role, she has
San Jose. Prior to Ultratech, she
a master’s degree from Pepper-
oversight responsibility for
was an auditor for Van Sloten
dine University.
B E H N A Z ATA E E
Chief Financial Officer
Behnaz “Nazy” Ataee is Chief
THE NEW PLAY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM Supporting artists is central to the mission of the Geffen Playhouse, and play commissions are a cornerstone of that support. To commission a playwright to write a play means making a commitment to their voice, craft and vision, with the hope of sharing the fruits of their work on our stage. The Geffen Playhouse’s New Play Development Program is made possible, in large part, through the leadership and generosity of donations from: The Edgerton Foundation, The Harold & Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust, Fay & Frank Mancuso, Sandra Krause & William Fitzgerald, Hilary & Jack Angelo and Mary Bianco, The MOCA Foundation. We are proud to have the following artists under commission: RACHEL BONDS COLMAN DOMINGO MICHAEL GOLAMCO MEGHAN KENNEDY MATTHEW LOPEZ MARTYNA MAJOK
CHELSEA MARCANTEL STACY OSEI-KUFFOUR JIEHAE PARK JOHN POLLONO ZOE SARNAK ROBERT SCHENKKAN
JEN SILVERMAN DAVID WIENER LAUREN YEE ANNA ZIEGLER
For more information on this program, please visit geffenplayhouse.org/newplays.
THE WRITERS’ ROOM A group for Los Angeles-based playwrights, The Writers’ Room is a product of the Geffen’s deep commitment to supporting new plays and specifically to fostering bold, relevant work by the vibrant artistic community of this city. During this one-year residency, playwright members gather monthly at the Geffen to share their work and receive feedback from their peers and the Geffen’s artistic staff, culminating in a play reading series. MEGHAN BROWN DIANA BURBANO
DONALD JOLLY MATTHEW PAUL OLMOS
T.TARA TURK-HAYNES ALI VITERBI
Geffen Playhouse would like to thank Patricia Kiernan Applegate for her generous support in making the first two years of The Writers’ Room possible. For more information on this program, please visit geffenplayhouse.org/thewritersroom.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
BOARD OF DIRECTORS Howard Tenenbaum CHAIR
Victoria Alonso
Ron Meyer
Patricia Kiernan Applegate
Jerry Moss
Beth Behrs
Bruce M. Ramer Founding Chair
Dr. Gene D. Block
Victoria Mann Simms
Kevin Bright
Andy Spahn
Harold A. Brown
Steven Spielberg
Gil Cates Jr. Executive Director
Steve Tisch
Mary Ann Cloyd Merle Dandridge Martha De Laurentiis
Dr. Charles E. Young Chair Emeritus
IN MEMORIAM
Dr. Brad Edgerton
Gilbert Cates Founder
Mark Fleischer
Marcia Israel-Curley
Sue Fleishman
Audrey Skirball Kenis
Patricia L. Glaser
Charles Kenis
Adi Greenberg Vice Chair
Karl Malden
Martha Henderson Chair Emeritus
Edie Wasserman
Loretta Everett Kaufman Carla Malden Brian Mann Tiffany Mayberry
Jerry Perenchio Lew Wasserman
LEGAL COUNSEL Peter Rosen Latham & Watkins LLP
Danny Passman Holly Rice Pamela Robinson Chair Emeritus Linda Bernstein Rubin Matt Shakman Artistic Director Richard Sherman Cynthia P. Stafford Marc Weinstock Kevyn Wynn
FOUNDING TRUSTEES Kirsten Combs Robert A. Daly David Geffen Herbert M. Gelfand Chair Emeritus Quincy Jones Jeffrey Katzenberg Glorya Kaufman Ginny Mancini Frank G. Mancuso Chair Emeritus
ADVISORY BOARD Miranda Tollman Chair Stephanie Carson Lori Collins Ellyce R. Cooper
PRODUCTION STAFF FOR THE DOOR YOU NEVER SAW BEFORE Zoom Managers Tyler Brogla, Brian Gowen Assistant Visual Designer Hannah Tran Assistant Sound Designer Andrew Tarr Video Programmer Andrés Poch Properties Master Rick Gilles Sound Supervisor James Grabowski Wardrobe Supervisor Liz Rose Adventure Suitcase Assembly Crew Jerry Brown, Jr., Christopher Cowan, James Cowan, Audrey Lastar, Arielle Rossi, Philip Rossi, Patrick Squibb
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Design + Art Direction Base Design Artwork Shawn Lee
SPECIAL THANKS Virtual Design Collective (ViDCo)
UCLA SCHOOL OF THEATER, FILM AND TELEVISION Geffen Playhouse is affiliated with the University of California at Los Angeles, specifically the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television. Geffen Playhouse values its role as an important educational resource by providing students with master classes, workshops and internships. Students are also able to work and learn from distinguished visiting Geffen artists such as Alan Ayckbourn, Jon Robin Baitz, Annette Bening, Ed Harris, David Ives, Neil LaBute, David Mamet, Donald Margulies, Terrence McNally, John Rando and Kathleen Turner in areas of directing, playwriting, acting, design, dramaturgy, management and production. Geffen Playhouse also draws upon the distinguished experts in the university to enhance the theater’s programs and research.
Debra Davis Brenda Garcia Ann Gianopulos Priscila Giraldo Kirsten Hansen Eric Heer Laura Kennedy Wendy Kurtzman Hannah Linkenhoker John McCrite Audrey Povar Eric Rollins
This theater operates under agreement between the League of Resident Theaters and Actors Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers in the United States. The Actors and Stage Managers employed in this production are members of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States. This theater operates under agreement between the League of Resident Theaters and Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, an independent national labor union. The Director is a Member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, a national theatrical labor union. The scenic, costume, lighting and sound designers in LORT theaters are represented by United Scenic Artists Local USA-829, IATSE.
Allen Shay John Sonego Cela Devine Sutton Laurie Ziegler G E F F E N P L AY H O U S E 9
ANNUAL DONORS Geffen Playhouse recognizes the following individuals and organizations for their generous support of our Annual Fund and Backstage at the Geffen. Donors are listed at the Associate level and higher for gifts made between January 1, 2019 and April 19, 2021. In appreciation, donors enjoy a host of special benefits including house seats, complimentary drinks, receptions, and much more. For more information, please call Christine Drew Benjamin at 310.208.6500 ext. 195. ANGELS $100,000+
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Behnaz Ataee Chief Financial Officer
Nova George Staff Accountant & Payroll Specialist Clay Dzygun Office Coordinator Marguerite Harris Receptionist
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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