MAGAZINE
THE FEMALE OF THE SPECIES
FROM THE PRODUCING DIRECTOR
WELCOME TO THE GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE IT IS MY GREAT PLEASURE TO BEGIN 2010 BY WELCOMING Annette Bening back to the Geffen Playhouse. Fresh from her courageous and extraordinary performance in Medea, she is now ready to take on something completely different. It’s been more than ten years since she performed here in Hedda Gabler, and with the discovery of Joanna Murray-Smith’s wild new comedy Annette is happily with us again playing the role of Margot Mason, a formidable feminist author with a flare for the dramatic. Annette is joined by an exciting cast — actresses Mireille Enos and Merritt Wever are joined by actors David Arquette, Julian Sands and Josh Stamberg, all making their Geffen debut. At the helm, our own Artistic Director, Randall Arney has also assembled an extraordinary creative team of long time Geffen veterans to help bring The Female of the Species to fruition. Dan Ionazzi (lighting designer), Takeshi Kata (set designer), Richard Woodbury (composer and sound designer), and David Kay Michelson (costume designer) have worked closely with playwright Joanna Murray-Smith to carefully craft an impeccable world in which to bring this lovely comedy to life. As we move into this decade, we will continue to present work with exciting, trailblazing artists. Joanna is just one example of the fresh new voices we hope to welcome back to our theater again and again. We are consistently inspired by the people with whom we share our Geffen stage and it is all the sweeter when so many of them are members of our artistic family. See you at the theater,
Gilbert Cates Producing Director
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FROM THE CHAIRMAN FRANK G. MANCUSO
our community. We put considerable emphasis on our educational outreach activities because we believe there should be no limit on who can experience our work. We are proud to share the launching of a new Education outreach program serving low-income seniors and inviting them, free of charge, to enjoy our programs. We extend our deepest appreciation to The Lincy Foundation and to the S. Mark Taper Foundation for providing funds for the premiere year of this vital program.
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Looking forward, I am also excited to remind you to save the date of March 22nd 2010 for our annual Backstage at the Geffen Gala. This year we are honoring Barry Meyer, Chairman and CEO of Warner Bros., and Kristin Chenoweth. This unique event is a chance for us to call on many of our friends to come share a story, sing a song and celebrate with us the art form that drives our passion. Your participation in this very special evening sustains our education and outreach programs, which introduce the magic of live theater to thousands
of students, families and community members every year. Please contact the Development Department at 310.208.6500 and learn about the many ways you can make a difference for our children and community. We are also delighted to welcome back two very talented artists to the Geffen. Neil LaBute, having penned a compelling new drama entitled Wrecks, returns to the Audrey Skirball Kenis Theater and brings Academy Award winner Ed Harris with him. Additionally, tonight on this stage Annette Bening returns with a tremendous ensemble cast in the comedic work The Female of the Species performed for American audiences for the first time. We are proud to have them as part of our treasured Geffen family. Enjoy the show. Respectfully yours,
Frank G. Mancuso Chairman, Geffen Playhouse
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INTERVIEW WITH THE DIRECTOR RANDALL ARNEY
AS THE GEFFEN’S ARTISTIC DIRECTOR AND THE DIRECTOR OF THE FEMALE OF THE SPECIES, RANDALL ARNEY HOLDS TO THE BELIEF THAT WITH THE RIGHT TEAM OF ARTISTS IN YOUR CORNER AND A HEALTHY SENSE OF HUMOR, ALL THAT REMAINS IS TELLING THE TRUTH… Interview by Dramaturge Amy Levinson AMY: It’s always fascinating to hear why a director chooses a particular work. How did The Female of the Species first cross your desk and what drew you to directing the play? RANDALL: It’s been so long, I can hardly remember how it came to us. I believe you and I took it home the day it arrived to give it a read. I remember running into you in the street the following morning and sharing our excitement about the material. I was really attracted to it; I thought it was such a fresh and unique comedy. Revolving around the themes of feminism, it continually surprised me, especially with a completely inspired ending. It is wildly funny and yet because it is dealing with major social themes, it reminded me of the best of Shaw an idea play where you get to chew on relevant, current things but the ride to arrive at these large ideas is such a fun one. Following that initial read, we had the opportunity to hear the play aloud as it was being slated to open here. When we had to postpone the show, we got the opportunity to track its progress elsewhere which included a terrific London run where Joanna [Murray-Smith] continued to hone and develop the script. I stayed in touch with Joanna and happily,
the play came back around after the London production. Joanna is actually in house with us for the rehearsal process and she continues to work on the play. The ending has also been in play - there were significantly different endings from Australia to London and I don’t want to give away our choice, but I think Joanna feels as though she’s taken the best of both versions for this production. AMY: In terms of the changes that Joanna has made for this production, can you talk a bit about what types of changes were made for an American audience and why? RANDALL: When Joanna first wrote the play it was written for her theater, The Melbourne Theatre Company, in Australia. She always felt that this play would be best served being set in the time and place of its audience. So for instance, in Melbourne, they are all Australian and speak as such. For an American audience, the setting of the play has been moved to upstate New York and the characters are all American. The idea is to create a connection with the play and the audience immediately. An American audience recognizes the east coast intellectual in her country home, etc.
The play is universal enough that these shifts from Australia to London to America are not that difficult to make. Clearly, Euros become U.S. Dollars and there are other things of that sort. In addition, there are less obvious ones like syntax and phrasing. What we have found so interesting on this pass at the play is that there are two levels that Joanna must contend with in adapting for an American audience. The first are the Australian colloquialisms that she, as an Australian, automatically uses when writing. Then there is the added layer of the British-isms that were incorporated for the London production. In each case, we have had to flag all of these differences and make adjustments when necessary. Joanna has taught us all numerous Australian sayings that we had never heard. Continued on next page >> 3
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In terms of more sweeping rewrites, Joanna has discovered that there were sections where she had initially depended on monologues and she found that the rhythm of the play, particularly for the American incarnation, is better served by breaking those monologues up and allowing for more interplay among the actors. What she landed on is a more dramatic and dynamic solution as the characters can now volley the ideas back and forth and create momentum that perhaps she didn’t have when the information was relayed in a monologue. AMY: It’s interesting, you talked about the theme of feminism, and how the play both highlights and pokes fun at it. If you were to categorize the play, would you say that the play has a feminist perspective? RANDALL: Yes, it definitely does. Joanna has said that because our central character is an iconic feminist author who broke onto the mainstream in the 1970s, we have an ideal set up for the characters in the play to discuss the evolution of feminism. Margot Mason, our protagonist, is of the first generation of feminists while her daughter is of a completely different generation of feminists with a new agenda. We can go from second wave feminism to third wave feminism - and point at the ideas and demands that feminists in the seventies insisted upon that are now taken for granted. All of these tensions are in 4
the play and three different women talk about the effects of feminism on women. Then, halfway through the play, men begin to enter the scene and we get to experience the often confusing effects of the last 30 years of feminism on the male of the species. I think it truly is a feminist play in that it studies the idea from so many angles. I also know that Joanna, as an accomplished feminist thinker and writer, also identifies deeply with the character in the play who is a mother of three, sleeping very little and devoting her life to the family. This timeless struggle in the feminist ideal is very present in the play. But in terms of larger ideas, the play is also taking on the publishing industry and self-help culture and calling them to the floor in regards to diminishing grand intellectualism. The publishers are guilty of catering to the self-help authors to cover the bottom line and in doing so the canon of great novels and exploration of larger ideas seem to go by the wayside. In addition, the play also examines the damage caused by stagnating within your own ideals. There seems to be a warning in this story about believing one’s own propaganda to the point of defending a belief simply because you’ve held it for so long. In the play, and I agree with this assertion, that type of dogmatic perseverance on a single idea is the death of creative inspiration. Margot
seems to have hit that point when the play begins. Although Joanna is specifically looking at the dogma within the feminist movement and how it affects the characters in the play, it is certainly a universal idea that applies in one way or another to all of us. AMY: As the Artistic Director of the Geffen Playhouse, how do you balance your two work lives when you are directing a play? RANDALL: When I choose a play I know I want to direct, we select them far enough in advance that we are able to plan for my temporary absences. Now, when I say absences, I am still in the building, and I check in before and after rehearsal with the staff, but the bulk of my time is spent in the rehearsal room and then the theater getting the show up and running. The way we have set up our staff, in my capacity as artistic director, I work with a great team of people who include Gil Cates, Phyllis Schuringa, Mary Garrett, you [meaning me, the interviewer]… all of whom help to pick up the slack during the intensive three to five weeks that it takes to rehearse and open a show. But it requires that long term planning really take place. It’s a great exercise in multitasking which is a skill that all artistic directors need. We are at any time planning seasons, casting plays, searching for directors, designers and collaborators, reading plays for future seasons and shepherding
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the creation of new work through commissions and workshops. It is virtually impossible to only focus on one project at a time when you are helping to run a theater and you are a participating artist in the work you oversee. It’s such a luxury for me to go into the rehearsal room and to know that this artistic staff will close ranks around me so that I can concentrate for that small period of time on the play I’m directing. AMY: You mentioned Phyllis Schuringa, the Geffen’s casting director, and that brings me to a question about your casting process. I have noticed that you are always drawn to ensemble plays - plays that really require that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. Can you talk a bit about how you and Phyllis cast these beautifully balanced ensembles - where do you begin? RANDALL: It seems no two plays ever fall together in the same way. Any director can tell you, the role that you thought would be easiest to cast is inevitably the last one to fall into place. But I think you are onto something about my draw to the ensemble. I grew up and trained as an actor. I was an actor before I became a director and I tend to enter a play from an ensemble point of view. When I choose a play, I am looking, first and foremost, for a really good story, but once that is found, there are many different ways to convey it. There are directors
who will focus on visual images, emphasize certain aspects of the text, I prefer to tell the story with really good acting. I am fortunate in that Phyllis and I have worked together for over 25 years. She worked with me in Chicago prior to my coming to the Geffen and when I began here, I invited her to join me here. And this role, the role of the casting director is crucial to me not only as a director but as an artistic director. She is the gatekeeper of this incredible talent pool that is constantly growing and evolving. For me, as a director, having a colleague with whom I share a short hand really streamlines the process. Also, we have a process here that really begins with our desire to hire local actors. We are a theater for the Los Angeles community and there are many exciting possibilities here in terms of talent. Phyllis is constantly seeking out actors we don’t know and haven’t had the opportunity to work with, as well as cultivating our relationships with actors who return to the Geffen time and again. I think of putting casts together like doing chemistry. You bring together this group of actors and if at any point one of those actors changes, it alters the entire experiment. This process was unique in that Annette was already cast when the play came to us. I was thrilled to have her playing Margot Mason, the
woman at the center of the play. To have solved the central piece was a blessing because we could picture each actor in relation to Annette. AMY: Although I’ve noticed the trend in choosing ensemble plays, I have also noticed that you never choose the same type of material twice. Using The Seafarer and The Female of the Species as examples, do you approach these two very different plays the same way or does your directorial process vary from project to project? RANDALL: It’s funny, I don’t know what attracts me to any one play and I find that a steady diet of anything makes me want something else. But generally, a director’s job is to create a comfortable playground and working environment for the actors. This is true if you are working on the darkest of tragedies or the lightest of farces, the room needs to be a safe place to explore a play. And it needs to be fun, if not, then what are we doing? They are called ‘plays.’ I find that the playwright’s point of view helps to set the tone as well. Joanna’s wacky comedy is infectious, just as Conor McPherson’s balance between lightness and dark is infectious. But once we start to work, we all work very hard to find the truth in the scenes. Whether that’s midnight in a house in Dublin or on the country estate of a feminist icon, we are always looking for the truth. 5
Gilbert Cates PRODUCING DIRECTOR
Randall Arney ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Ken Novice MANAGING DIRECTOR
THE GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE PRESENTS
Written by
Joanna Murray-Smith Set Design
Takeshi Kata
Costume Design
Lighting Design
David Kay Mickelsen
Daniel Ionazzi
Production Stage Manager
Assistant Stage Manager
James T. McDermott Casting Director
Phyllis Schuringa
Jennifer Brienen Dramaturg
Amy Levinson
Directed by
Randall Arney
Opening Night: February 10, 2010 OPENING NIGHT SPONSORED BY:
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Composer/Sound Design
Richard Woodbury
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CAST OF CHARACTERS (In order of appearance)
Margot Mason................................................................................................. Molly Rivers..................................................................................................... Tess..................................................................................................................... Bryan................................................................................................................... Frank................................................................................................................... Theo....................................................................................................................
Annette Bening Merritt Wever Mireille Enos David Arquette Josh Stamberg Julian Sands
SETTING A charming house in the country
RUNNING TIME 95 minutes There will be no intermission
The Geffen Playhouse gratefully acknowledges the following media sponsors for their generous support of The Female of the Species.
The Geffen Playhouse is supported, in part, by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors through the Los Angeles County Arts Commission.
The Geffen Playhouse, a non-profit theater company, is proudly affiliated with the University of California at Los Angeles.
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WHO’S WHO IN THE CAST ABOUT THE PLAYERS
DAVID ARQUETTE (Bryan) David Arquette is an actor, writer, director, and producer with a wonderfully unique, off-beat sensibility. He is one of the most versatile talents working in the entertainment industry today. Proof of his versatility is that he even wrote this bio of himself. It is difficult, and uncomfortable, for a man with his gifts to write about himself in the third person without sounding too arrogant or boastful. Suffice to say that Arquette is able to seamlessly segue from comedy to drama with extraordinary ease. In 1997, he (I) was discovered at Sundance for his (my) role in Johns. Since that time, he has acted in dozens of feature films, including the Scream trilogy, Hamlet 2, The Grey Zone, Stealing Sinatra, Never Been Kissed, Dream With the Fishes, Never Die Alone, and The Darwin Awards. Next year, Arquette will reprise his role as Deputy “Dewey” Riley in the much anticipated (by his business manager) fourth installment of the Scream films. The film, directed by Wes Craven is set for release in October 2010. In January 2003, Arquette formed a production company, Coquette Productions, with his talented, sexy, hilarious, smarter-than-him, loving wife, Courteney Cox. Through their company, David wrote and produced his directorial debut, The Tripper (which was a big hit in certain sections of Amsterdam) and The Butlers in Love, which he also served as executive producer and director. Also under the Coquette banner, Arquette produced the FX drama, Dirt and ABC’s Cougar Town, with Bill Lawrence, which stars his beautiful, talented, much-smarterthan-him, loving wife, Courteney Cox. Mr. Arquette’s last appearance on stage was his portrayal of Dr. Frank N. Furter in The Rocky Horror Picture Show at The Tiffany Theater where his large calves were clad in fishnets, for all the world to see. This is his first time on-stage at the Geffen.
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ANNETTE BENING (Margot) Bening graduated from San Francisco State University and was accepted by the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco, where she trained until she joined the acting company. She also appeared in both summer Shakespearean festivals and regional productions until her career took her to New York. There, Bening received both a Tony Award nomination and won the Clarence Derwent Award for most outstanding debut performance of the season for her role in Coastal Disturbances, originally at the Second Stage, then on Broadway. ACT and other regional credits: Emily – Our Town, Titania – Midsummer Night’s Dream, Lady Macbeth, Juliet – Romeo and Juliet, Eliza – Pygmalion, Raina – Arms and the Man, Anya – The Cherry Orchard. Theater – Los Angeles: Medea - UCLA Live, The Cherry Orchard – Mark Taper Forum, Talking Heads – Tiffany Theater, Hedda Gabler – Geffen Playhouse. TV – Mrs. Harris (Emmy nomination). Films: The Women, Running with Scissors, Being Julia (Oscar nomination), Open Range, What Planet Are You From?, American Beauty (Oscar nomination), In Dreams, The Siege, Mars Attacks!, Richard III, The American President, Love Affair, Bugsy, Regarding Henry, Guilty By Suspicion, Postcards From The Edge, The Grifters (Supporting Actress nomination), Valmont, The Great Outdoors. Soon to be released: Mother and Child and The Kids Are Alright.
MIREILLE ENOS (Tess) Broadway: Absurd Person Singular (Manhattan Theatre Club), Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Honey, Tony Nomination), The Invention of Love (Lyceum Theatre). London Theatre: Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Honey, Apollo Theatre). Regional Theatre: Midsummer Night’s Dream (Shakespeare in the Park, NYC), Hamlet (Longwharf Theatre), Right You Are (National Actors Theatre), The Winter’s Tale (Shakespeare Theatre, DC), Mourning Becomes Eclectic (ACT Theatre/Longwharf Theatre) You Never Can Tell (Yale Repertory Theatre), Time of the Cuckoo (Lincoln Center Theatre). Television: Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Lie to Me, Medium, CSI: Miami, Numb3rs, Shark, Without a Trace, Rescue Me, The Education of Max Bickford and Sex and the City. Ms. Enos currently stars on the HBO drama series Big Love. Member of AEA.
JULIAN SANDS (Theo) Julian Sands studied at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London. He has worked extensively in theatre, radio, television and film both in Europe and America.
JOSH STAMBERG (Frank) Josh Stamberg is delighted to be making his Geffen debut in The Female of the Species. Last season, Josh appeared with Cynthia Nixon in Distracted at New York’s Roundabout Theater. Josh spent much of his early career working in the theater. He co-developed and co-starred in the play, Tape, with Stephen Belber and Dominic Fumusa, which had productions in New York, Los Angeles and London. On television, Josh recently finished the first season of Lifetime’s new hit series Drop Dead Diva. He also has had recurring roles on Six Feet Under, Studio 60 on The Sunset Strip, Monk and Over There. Guest starring roles include appearances on dramas such as Lie to Me, Brothers and Sisters, Grey’s Anatomy and House and in comedies Sex and the City and It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia. Film work includes Legion, Fracture, Must Love Dogs, A Lot Like Love and Drifting Elegant.
MERRITT WEVER (Molly) Theatre: What Then (Clubbed Thumb), Bad Girls (The Director’s Company), Sam and Lucy (Summer Play Festival), Roulette (New York Stage and Film), Smashing (The Play Company), Cavedweller (New York Theatre Workshop), First Course (HB Playwrights Foundation), Cape Cod Souvenirs (Altered Stages). Film: The Missing Person, The Messenger, Michael Clayton, Neal Cassady,
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WHO’S WHO IN THE CAST ABOUT THE PLAYERS Into the Wild, Signs, Series 7, The Adventures of Sebastian Cole. Television: Nurse Jackie, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, The Wire, Law and Order and Law and Order: C.I., Something The Lord Made. Upcoming: Greenberg and Lena Dunham’s Tiny Furniture. JOANNA MURRAY-SMITH (Playwright) Joanna’s plays have been performed around the world. They include Rockabye, Honour, Ninety, Bombshells, Rapture, Nightfall, Redemption, Love Child, Atlanta, Flame and Ridge’s Lovers, as well as the opera Love in the Age of Therapy. All of her plays were commissioned by the Playbox Theatre Company or The Melbourne Theatre Company in Australia. Honour was produced on the West End in 2006 starring Diana Rigg and was previously directed at the Royal National Theatre in London by Roger Michell with Eileen Atkins to rave reviews. Previously Honour had a public reading in New York in 1996 with Meryl Streep and Sam Waterston and went on to have a Broadway production in 1998 with Jane Alexander and Laura Linney. Bombshells was produced on the West End in 2004. The Female of the Species was produced on the West End in 2008 and was nominated for an Olivier Award for Best New Comedy. Joanna is the author of three published novels, Sunnyside (Penguin and Viking UK 2005), Judgement Rock (Penguin, 2002) and Truce (Penguin 1994). Her new play, Songs for Nobodies, premieres this year.
RANDALL ARNEY (Director, Artistic Director) Randall begins his eleventh season as Artistic Director at the Geffen where he has directed The Seafarer, Atlanta, David Mamet’s Speed-The-Plow, Arthur Miller’s All My Sons, Richard Greenberg’s Take Me Out, Stephen Jeffreys’ I
Just Stopped by to See the Man, Rebecca Gilman’s Boy Gets Girl, David Rambo’s God’s Man in Texas and Conor McPherson’s The Weir. An ensemble member of Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theatre Company in 1984, Arney also acted as the company’s artistic director from 1987 to 1995. 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 (Tony Award winner). 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, Coyote Ugly, True West and Balm in Gilead. Film/TV credits include Normal, Weapons of Mass Distraction (both for HBO), Grey’s Anatomy (ABC) and Judging Amy (CBS) TAKESHI KATA (Set Designer) Geffen: Seafarer, Boston Marriage. Off-Broadway: Two Unrelated Plays by David Mamet, Port Authority, Intelligent Design of Jenny Chow (Atlantic Theatre Co.), Adding Machine (Minetta Lane), Doris to Darlene (Playwrights Horizons), Orson’s Shadow, Gone Missing (Barrow St, Theatre). Regional: Alley, American Players Theatre, Dallas Theatre Center, Ford’s Theatre, Hartford Stage, Kirk Douglas, Long Wharf, Nashville Opera, The Old Globe, Skylight Opera, Steppenwolf, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Yale Rep. Awards: Obie, Drama Desk nom. He has just finished working on the musical Grey Gardens at Theatre Creation in Tokyo, Japan. DAVID KAY MICKELSEN (Costume Designer) Mr. Mickelsen returns to the Geffen Playhouse having previously designed All My Sons and Paint Your Wagon. He has designed over 250 productions at many regional theaters across the country. Companies include: The Guthrie Theatre, Ford’s Theatre, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Denver Center Theatre Company, Northlight Theatre Company ; The Oregon, Colorado, Illinois and Utah Shakespeare Festivals; Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park; Arizona, Pioneer, and Geva Theatre Companies; Tennessee,
San Diego, New Mexico, Missouri, and St. Louis Repertory Theatres; Williamstown and Sundance Theatre Festivals; and The Childrens Theatre Company of Minneapolis. Originally from Canby, Oregon, Mr. Mickelsen now makes his home in Long Beach, California. DANIEL IONAZZI (Lighting Designer) Daniel is Production Manager for the Geffen Playhouse. He is also a member of the faculty of the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television and Director of Production for the Department of Theater. His other management credits include: Production Manager and Technical Director for the Denver Center Theatre Company and Santa Fe Festival Theatre; Executive Director of Colorado Stage Company; Director of Festivals and Events for The Denver Partnership; and Assistant Technical Director for the Juilliard School. Mr. Ionazzi is the author of The Stage Management Handbook and The Stagecraft Handbook. Design credits include: WWII - Beyond all Boundaries for the National World War II Museum. For Steppenwolf Theatre Company: The Seafarer. For the Geffen Playhouse: Atlanta, Speed-the-Plow, A Picasso, Wishful Drinking; All My Sons; (Ovation nomination); Cat On A Hot Tin Roof; Paint Your Wagon; Take Me Out; I Just Stopped By To See The Man; Boy Gets Girl (Ovation nomination); Under The Blue Sky; Oscar & Felix; God’s Man in Texas; The Unexpected Man; The Weir; Defiled; Merton of the Movies and All in the Timing (Ovation nomination); For the Dance Company Diavolo: Catapult and Traajectorie. Additional design credits: The Ahkmatova Project; Henry IV Part I; The Three Sisters; Telling Time; Othello; Trojan Women; Misalliance; The Night of the Iguana; Antigone; Amelia Lives; and Jenufa with Josef Svoboda. RICHARD WOODBURY (Composer, Sound Designer) Previous Geffen credits include sound design and/or original music for The Seafarer, All My Sons, Boy Gets Girl, I Just Stopped By to See the Man, God’s Man in Texas and others. Broadway credits include original music and/or sound design for Desire Under the Elms, August:
Osage County, Talk Radio, Long Day’s Journey into Night, A Moon for the Misbegotten, Death of a Salesman and The Young Man from Atlanta. Credits at Chicago’s Goodman Theater include; Animal Crackers, Magnolia, Desire Under The Elms, The Ballad of Emmett Till, Talking Pictures, The Actor, Blind Date, Rabbit Hole, King Lear, Frank’s Home, The Dreams of Sarah Breedlove, A Life in the Theater, Dollhouse, Finishing the Picture, Hughie, Moonlight and Magnolias, The Goat or, Who is Sylvia?, Lobby Hero, and many others. Steppenwolf Theater credits include: Up, The Seafarer, August: Osage County, I Just Stopped By To See The Man, Hysteria, The Beauty Queen of Leenane, The Memory of Water, The Libertine, and others. Richard’s work has also appeared at the Stratford Festival in Canada, London’s West End and National Theatres, in Paris, France and at regional theaters across the United States. He has received Joseph Jefferson and Helen Hayes Awards for outstanding sound design, and the Ruth Page award for Outstanding Collaborative Artist, as well as nominations for Drama Desk, and Ovation awards. He has composed numerous commissioned scores for dance including most recently a series of live performances with The Merce Cunningham Dance Company. Mr. Woodbury is an Associate Professor at Columbia College Chicago serving as Music Director in the Dance Department. JAMES T. McDERMOTT (Production Stage Manager) Proud member of Actors’ Equity Association. Jimmie is excited about being back at the Geffen Playhouse having stage managed Matthew Modine Saves the Alpacas, Farragut North, The Seafarer and Time Stands Still in 2009. He has also stage managed across the country at theatres in cities including New York, Princeton, Charleston, Washington D.C., Chicago, St. Louis, Kansas City, Minneapolis, Las Vegas, and San Francisco. Here in southern California he has stage managed at Center Theatre Group (Ahmanson, Mark Taper Forum, Kirk Douglas Theatres), Los Angeles Theatre Center, La Jolla Playhouse and South Coast Repertory. Jimmie is in his third five year elected
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WHO’S WHO IN THE CAST ABOUT THE PLAYERS term on the Council of Actors’ Equity Association, the governing body of his fellow actors’ and stage managers’ union. In 2001 he was the first stage manager to be named as the outstanding professional stage manager in whose name the USITT Outstanding Stage Manager Award was given. The 2009 / 2010 school year marks Jimmie’s 14th year on the faculty of California Institute of the Arts. Jimmie would like to thank the stage management team for The Female of the Species, Jennifer Brienen, Jennifer Koblosky, and Kristine Hammerstrom. Also, many thanks to his partner of thirty-six years Pat Brymer. JENNIFER BRIENEN (Assistant Stage Manager) Geffen Playhouse: Third, Atlanta, Joan Rivers: A Work in Progress by a Life in Progress, The Seafarer, Farragut North, Matthew Modine Saves the Alpacas. Center Theatre Group: Dead End (Ahmanson Theatre); Water & Power, 13, Yellow Face, Pippin (Mark Taper Forum); Sleeping Beauty Wakes, Two Unrelated Plays by David Mamet, Of Equal Measure, This Beautiful City (Kirk Douglas Theatre). Other Los Angeles: Once On This Island (Reprise Theatre Company); Nine Circles (Ojai Playwrights Conference); Stephen Sondheim’s 75th: The Concert (Hollywood Bowl); Rapture (Hysterica Dance Company); Paheliyan – The Story of Alice (blue13 Dance Company at the Ford Amphitheatre). Education: BFA, University of Southern California. PHYLLIS SCHURINGA (Casting Director) Phyllis is in her seventh season as Casting Director at the Geffen Playhouse. Recent plays include: Equivocation, Matthew Modine Saves the Alpacas, Farragut North, The Seafarer, Time Stands Still, By the Waters of Babylon, The Quality of Life, and Third. Prior to the Geffen, Phyllis served as casting director for the Steppenwolf Theatre in Chicago. 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
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productions including Westwood Playhouse and The Briar Street 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. AMY LEVINSON (Dramaturg) Amy Levinson is the Literary Manager and Dramaturg of the Geffen Playhouse. Her dramaturgy credits at the Geffen Playhouse include The Weir, Looking for Normal, Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks, Under The Blue Sky, Rose and Walsh, Boy Gets Girl, I Just Stopped By To See The Man, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Third, The Quality of Life and Equivocation among others. Also a translator of Yiddish drama, she holds an MFA in Dramaturgy from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, where she taught until 1997. She has worked in literary offices at Hartford Stage and The Mark Taper Forum.
KEN NOVICE (Managing Director) Prior to joining Geffen Playhouse Novice served as Managing Director and Director of External Affairs at Pasadena Playhouse. Prior to that he was Director of Marketing and Public Relations for San Diego’s Tony Award-winning Old Globe Theatre developing marketing and public relations programs for Jack O’Brien’s revival of Damn Yankees, the Tony Awardnominated musical The Full Monty, Henry IV starring John Goodman as well as the Tony-nominated hit Play On! among many others. Novice’s credits also include marketing and public relations with 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 major motion pictures from Columbia Pictures, DreamWorks S.K.G., Buena Vista Pictures, Paramount Pictures, Fox Broadcasting, 20th Century Fox, MGM, New Line Cinema and Warner Brothers Pictures. He also currently manages Ken Novice Entertainment Marketing, working with such clients as The Salvation Army, Sephra Fountains LLC, and promotional partners including Warner Brothers, American Express and Gelson’s among others. Novice served as Head of Theatre Management for the California State University Long Beach theatre management M.F.A./ M.B.A. degree program and has been a guest lecturer at San Diego State University and the University of California, San Diego. He holds a B.A. from the Pennsylvania State University and an M.B.A. from San Diego State University.
GILBERT CATES (Producing Director) Gilbert Cates is recognized as a leader in television, film and theater. Currently presiding as the Producing Director of the Geffen Playhouse, he is dedicated to enriching the Los Angeles theatrical spectrum by presenting the finest in contemporary and classical theater. In November 1996, Cates was the recipient of the Jimmy Dolittle Award for Outstanding Contribution to Los Angeles Theater. He received the 1999 Ovation Award for best play for Collected Stories, starring Linda Lavin and Samantha Mathis, which he directed at the Geffen. The accolades for Cates expand into other areas of the entertainment industry. He produced and directed the 1970 film version of the Broadway hit I Never Sang for My Father, starring Melvyn Douglas, Gene Hackman and Estelle Parsons. The movie earned three Academy Award nominations. Cates also
directed Joanne Woodward and Sylvia Sidney in the 1973 film Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams, which received two Oscar nominations. Other film directing credits include: The Promise, One Summer Love, The Last Married Couple in America, Oh! God Book II and Backfire. He further distinguished himself as director and/or producer of a number of television dramatic specials. These include NBC’s 1972 Emmy Award-winning To all My Friends on Shore, starring Bill Cosby, ABC’s 1974 The Affair starring Natalie Wood and Robert Wagner, NBC’s 1975 After the Fall starring Faye Dunaway and Christopher Plummer. Other credits include: Johnny, We Hardly Knew Ye, The Kid from Nowhere, County Gold, Faerie Tale Theater’s Rapunzel and Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Hobson’s Choice, Burning Rage, Consenting Adults, Fatal Judgment, Do You Know the Muffin Man, Call Me Anna, Absolute Strangers, In My Daughter’s Name, and Tom Clancy’s Netforce (Cates directed James Agee’s A Death in the Family for Masterpiece Theater’s American Collection of PBS and Donald Margulies’ Collected Stories for PBS Hollywood Presents). In September 2002, he directed David Eldridge’s Under the Blue Sky for The Geffen Playhouse and directed Cat on a Hot Tin Roof in 2005, the inaugural production in the newlyrenovated Geffen Playhouse. In February 2007 he directed Jeffrey Hatcher’s A Picasso in the Audrey Skirball Kenis Theater. He served two terms as President of the Directors Guild of America from 1983 to 1987. In 1989, he received the Guild’s Robert B. Aldrich Award for extraordinary service and, in 1991, he received the DGA’s Honorary Life Membership. He also served as Dean of the UCLA School of Theater Film and Television (which he founded) from 1990—1998. In 2008, Cates produced the 80th Annual Academy Awards show for ABC, his 14th occasion producing the Awards, for which he has already garnered 84 nominations and 17 Emmy Awards. Mr Cates was born in New York City and attended Syracuse University. Married to Dr. Judith Reichman, he has four children, two stepchildren and six grandchildren.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS PRODUCTION STAFF FOR THE FEMALE OF THE SPECIES Properties Supervisor Lissette Schettini Deck Supervisor Dwayne Barnes Master Electrician Darren Rezowalli Sound Master James Grabowski Wardrobe Supervisor Leah A. Lewis Production Assistant Jennifer Koblosky Stage Management Intern Kristine Hammerstrøm Assistant to Costume Designer Gay Crucius Assistant to Lighting Designer john ryman Assistant to Master Electrician jenna pletcher ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Scenery provided by scenic highlights Lighting Equipment provided by Entertainment Lighting Services Sound Equipment provided by Jon Sound Inc. Haircuts by Mary Kay Holmes SPECIAL THANKS UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television Scene, Prop, Sound and Costume Shops, London Cleaners, peet’s coffee and tea 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 Donald Margulies, Annette Bening, Terrence McNally, Alan Ayckbourn, David Mamet, David Ives and Jon Robin Baitz 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. 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. The Director is a member of the society of Stage Directors and Choreographers, Inc., an independent national labor union.
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SCENE AT THE GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE Opening Night of Equivocation Sponsored by Los Angeles magazine
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The Geffen Playhouse staff wearing jewelry from Opening Night Sponsor Sarah Leonard Fine Jewelers
Dana Delany and Trevor Daley
Friends of the Geffen Ruth Zicklin, Chef Richard Ruskell of Montage, and Stan Zicklin with the Equivocation cake.
Betty White and Geffen Playhouse Managing Director Ken Novice
Geffen Playhouse Board Member Richard and Barbara Sherman
Geffen Playhouse Producing Director Gil Cates and Julie Taymor
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SCENE AT THE GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE Opening Night of Equivocation Sponsored by Los Angeles magazine
Opening Night of Ricky Jay: A Rogue’s Gallery
Geffen Playhouse Board Member Don and Vicki Berghoff
David Mamet and Ricky Jay
Equivocation playwright Bill Cain and director David Esbjornson
The cast of Equivocation: Joe Spano, Connor Trinneer, Patrick J. Adams, Troian Bellisario, Harry Groener, and Brian Henderson
Tania Kosevich and Eric Idle
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THEATER FOR KIDS OF ALL AGES On select Saturday mornings enjoy an interactive journey into the world of plays, music, puppetry and storytelling. Share in the excitement of your child’s imagination! Saturday mornings at 11am. Ages 2-12*.
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Farragut North cast members Chris Pine & Olivia Thirlby with GNO guests.
Matthew Modine Saves the Alpacas cast member French Stewart with GNO guests.
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GIRLS NIGHT OUT AT THE GEFFEN • 2010 DATES THE FEMALE OF THE SPECIES February 18, 2010 Celebrate the “Power of the Flower: 70’s Feminism Then and Now” at the Geffen Playhouse. Enjoy a make-over from Pop Beauty (plus a free takeaway gift) and take your own fun, funky photos with LA Photobooth where fun is your way, any way you want! Drink delicious signature Ooba hibiscus cocktails and indulge in delicious culinary delights from Chef Jaydene of Delectable Creations. Her fresh, seasonal and creative food is as gorgeous as it is delicious. This is one party you won’t want to miss!
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We’ll return to the gorgeous Sunset Luxe Hotel for a hot summer Girls Night Out! A “How to Host the Perfect Summer BBQ” after-party will showcase the best summer outfits every hostess will want to wear as well as sun-kissed make-up tips from Pop Beauty, delicious and easy-to-make munchies as well as unique, summer cocktails from Ooba hibiscus.
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BACKSTAGE AT THE GEFFEN
MARCH 22, 2010 HONORING
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ANNUAL DONORS The Geffen Playhouse recognizes the following individuals and organizations for their generous support of our Annual Fund. Donors are listed at the Associate level and higher for gifts made between October 1, 2008 and December 31, 2009.
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Norma & Harvey Greenberg Nancy & Ron Greenberg Feris Greenberger & David Dolinko Alan H. Greenstadt Marcy & Edgar Gross Vera & Paul Guerin Eve Haberfield & David Johnson Nari Hacopian Lance Hagenbuch Mary & Alan Halkett Mark & Monica Haloossim Carol & Fred Halperin Evelyn & Nat Handel Stanley Handman Tess Harper Kay Harrington Judy Hartley Sheila Hasday Alan Heim Penny & Steve Held Marg Helgenberger Dr. Jacqueline Heller Frances Heller Murray & Gail Heltzer Zvia Hempling Gunter Herman David & Lisa Hernand Millie & Mike Hersh Stuart & Marion Hillman John Hofbauer, M.D. & Laura E. Fox, M.D. Joseph Horwitz Aris Hovsepian John Huber www.InterimHealthCareExecs.com Susan Hull Christopher & Kristin Iannacone Anne Ichiuji & Todd Humphrey Vince Imhoff Jerry Isenberg Lonnie Levi Israel Bruce Iwasaki Steven D. Jacobson Grant & Christine Johnson Ruth & Marvin Kalin Trudy & Albert Kallis Drs. Elaine & Jeff Kamil David & Cindy Kamm Judith & Woolf Kanter Allan Kartun & Ronnie Weinstock Owen Kato Mary Tower Megna James & Elizabeth Kerswell Nancy Klein Donna & Jeffrey Klein Laurie & Milton Klorman Ray & Barbara Klostermann Candice Koral Lawrence & Elaine Kramer James & Sherrie Krantz Barbara & Stan Krasnoff Janice White & Eugene Krieger In Memory of Felice Kurtzman Joan Larkin Philip Larouche Jill & Michael Lasky Michele Lavin Leslie Lawson & Norman Cook Ginger Leibovitz Jeff Levine Eric Levine Evelyn & Barry Levitt Dr. Isaac & Barbara Levy Lydia Levy Peachy Levy Judy & Rex Licklider In Memory of Weeluang T. Lim Victor & Madelyn Lindenheim Bernard Litten Leslie & Adam Lobel Karen & Peter Locke Adam Loef Lori & Tom Low Marcia E. Williams & Gene Lucero Dianne Lum Elizabeth Luster Timothy Macker Joseph Maestas & Elaine Grissom
Joyce Mallean Mary L. Maloney Elizabeth Marcellino Myrna & Irving Margol Billie Marrow Dr. Marie Mazzone & Mr. David Israeli Bill McGill & Mary Anne McCarthy Melinda McCune Jeanne McDonald Laura McGaughey Sean McGhee & Carol Fan William E. & Marcela McKenna Brenda & Michael McNamara Dr. James & Rose Meltzer Teddie J. Milner Bradley Mindlin & Dayna Shulman Sharon & John Morris Forrest & Jody B. Mosten James J. Murphy Diane Namm David Neilan Fran Neiman Sheila Newman Alex Olivares & Susan Nickerson Burt & Bonnie Noveck Robert O’Hagan JoAnne M. Oram Judy Orlanski The Topol-Ostroff Family Edward Parker Tracy Parsons & Keith Grossman John K. Perkins Naidu Permaul Frank J. Pfizenmayer & Josh Brown Beatrice Philips Carol F. Phillips Joy & Gerald Picus Jeanne Pocras Lily & Rick Pollack David & Lynn Posner Phillip L. Pritchett Mr. & Mrs. Howard M. Privette Jennifer & Ron Purisima Elizabeth Ray Mildred Reid Sharon L. Reisz Elyse Resch Shari Rezai Judy Richman Frani & Daniel Ridder Ellen Riley Janis Rojany Nadine & Fred Rosen Jacob & Lilly Rosenberg Shelley Roth, D.C. Tamara E. Rowland Charles & Barbara Rubin Heddy & Ron Safren V.F. Sahl Nancy & Ted Sanborn Karen & Nate Sandler Laura Ziskin & Alvin Sargent W.S. Scharff Elaine Carey & Vincent J. Schodolski Jay Evan Schoenfeldt & Alfredo Ramirez Jane & William Schopf John & Toni Schulman Stephanie & Norman Schulman, M.D. Dr. & Mrs. Jack Schwartz Betty Seidmon Emily Serebryany Paul & Mary Jo Shane Estelle Shane & Arthur Gelber Lorelei Shark Madeline Sharples We Clean America Renee Sherman W. Robert Shilland Pearl Shultz Ms. Gerry Sinclair
Nathan Singer In Memory of Carrie Skaff Dr. Laura Caghan & Mark, Jonah & Sophia Sklan Kellie Slee Sylvain Smadja Donald Smiley Marcia L. & Mark J. Smith Ronald Smith Dr. & Mrs. R.J. Smith Mr. & Mrs. Barbara & Hugh Smith Karen Smits Elizabeth J. Sperling Scot Lucas Spicer Christina & Jeff Spitz Alice Cortez & Richard Spitzer Michael & Victorina Sprout Carol & Paul Stager Christopher Stasi Arthur Stern Donald & Stacey Sternberg Sally Stevens Jane Stiglitz Gloria Stroock Stern & Leonard Stern William Stuart Mr. & Mrs. Robert Sugar Kayser & Renee Sume John & Eva Sutton Keith Swayne Saundra & Craig Szabo Jesse & Theresa Thorn David Trainer Brigitta Troy Marion Tumen Beryl Turner Leon & Stephanie Vahn Dr. David F. Vargas Anthony Vasek Carole Wagner & Peter Vallianos Eva Wahlroos Laurie & Ira Waldman John J. Waller, Jr. Herb Wallerstein Richard Walter Jane Wang Shirley Wargon Ernest E. Warsaw Washington Mutual Dr. & Mrs. Samuel Waxman Julie & Peter Weil Annette Weil Donna & Jason Weiss Marsha & Steven Weiss Matt Weitzman Elayne & Walter Wentz Pat West Cindy Wexler Gareth & Patricia Wigan John Willey Linda Wilson David Wilzig Wirthwhile Fund In Lovng Honor of Miki Lee Rowie & Jeffrey Wolf Susan Woodmansee Patti & Art Worthington Jean & Trevor Wright Karen & Frank Wurtzel Seymour Wynn Mr. & Mrs. Sam Yellen Don & Anna Ylvisaker Joanne & Thomas Zaccaro Arnold Zane Mark Zavad Carol Zelden Lynn & Meir Ziv Willy & Sandy Zwirn * In Memoriam
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TICKET SERVICES Box Office Window When shows are not in performance, the Box Office window is open: 7 Days a Week...............................12 pm— 6 pm During the run of a show, the window will be open until curtain. Please note: The Box Office is unable to process exchanges and future sales one hour prior to curtain time on any performance day. Phone Center....................... 310.208.5454 If you are calling regarding single tickets or general information, the Box Office Phone Center is open: 7 Days a Week...............................12 pm— 6 pm The Box Office window and Phone Center are closed on major holidays. SUBSCRIBER SERVICES Subscriber Hotline............... 310.208.2028 If you are a Geffen subscriber, the Subscriber Hotline is available to assist you Monday through Friday from 10 am until 6 pm.
TICKET DONATIONS If you cannot use your tickets, you may release them to the Geffen prior to the date of your show, in time for resale, and you will receive an acknowledgement for a charitable contribution. Please mail to: Geffen Ticket Services 10886 Le Conte Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90024 or call the Box Office. REFUNDS It is the policy of the Geffen Playhouse not to issue refunds on subscriptions or on any single performance tickets. AT THE THEATER Accessible Accommodation The Geffen Playhouse is fully committed to ensuring a satisfying theater experience for our patrons with special needs or disabilities. The theaters have been designed to provide excellent seating for patrons in wheelchairs. Please call the Box Office to discuss your needs.
Listening Devices Infrared listening devices are available free of charge at all performances. Listening devices can be retrieved at the Theater Concierge Desk in the lobby. Please arrive early to obtain a listening device, they are subject to availability. Signed Performances When appropriate, each play of the season will have a special performance that will be sign-language interpreted for the deaf and hearing impaired. Call the Box Office for more info or email boxoffice@geffenplayhouse.com. Late Seating Should you arrive late to the theater or vacate your seat during the performance, please expect to be held in the lobby until an appropriate pause in the action on-stage. To minimize disturbance to other patrons, you may be sat into the first available location by the house staff even if different from your assigned seat. Be advised that some productions or circumstances may not allow for late seating. To ensure you enjoy the performance in your assigned seat, please arrive at the theater early. PARKING The following parking facilities are convenient to the Geffen Playhouse; all facilities provide parking for patrons with special needs or disabilities: Westwood Plaza — 924 Westwood Blvd. Phone...............................................310.208.4474 Flat Rate of $7 after 5 pm* Hours of Operation: Monday—Thursday ........................7 am—12 am Friday ...................................................7 am—1 am Saturday ..............................................8 am—1 am Sunday..............................................10 am—11 pm Westwood Center — 1100 Glendon Ave. Phone...............................................310.208.8589 Flat Rate of $6 after 5pm* Hours of Operation: Monday—Friday............................... 8 am—1 am Saturday..............................................9 am—2 am Sunday................................................11 am—11 pm * Please note these facilities do not honor Donor Parking Passes. 23
GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE STAFF Gilbert Cates Producing Director
Randall Arney Artistic Director
Ken Novice Managing Director
ARTISTIC
PRODUCTION
Mary Garrett Artistic Manager Amy Levinson Literary Manager/Dramaturg Heidi Snoe Assistant to the Producing Director Phyllis Schuringa Casting Director & Assistant to the Artistic Director Kristina Leach Literary Associate
Daniel Ionazzi Matthew Carleton Jill Barnes Dwayne Barnes James Grabowski Darren Rezowalli Leah A. Lewis
Behnaz Ataee General Manager
Production Manager Technical Director Production Coordinator Assistant Technical Director Sound Master Master Electrician Wardrobe Supervisor
DEVELOPMENT Regina Miller Development Director Ellen Catania Director of Major Gifts & Corporate/Foundation Partnerships Angela LaManna Annual Fund Manager Jessica Brusilow Associate Director of Donor Relations Ava Bogle Development Assistant Jamie Sherman Development and Events Manager
EDUCATION Debra Pasquerette Education Director Louise Hung Resident Teaching Artist & Education Associate Alex Rogals Education Coordinator
ADMINISTRATION Frankie Ocasio Executive Assistant to the Managing Director Maryam Kermani Staff Accountant Janet Huynh Staff Accountant Maureen Lestelle Human Resources/Benefits Manager Marguerite Harris Receptionist
FACILITIES MANAGEMENT Miguel del Castillo Victor Cueva De Loera Mario Santillan-Perez
Facility Manager Maintenance Custodial
COMMUNICATIONS Allison Rawlings Tyler Tangalin
Director of Communications Communications Intern
MARKETING & SALES Joseph Yoshitomi Marketing Director Karen Gutierrez Associate Marketing Director Mark San Filippo Ticket Services Director Ivy Khan Marketing Coordinator Brian Dunning Graphics / Production Artist Stephanie Strand Audience Services & Subscription Manager Janice Bernal Associate Box Office Manager Bryan Martin Associate Box Office Manager Janet Huynh Assistant Box Office Manager Korie Benavidez, Audrey Cain, Ariel Goldberg, Scott Kriloff, Richard Martinez, Lilach Mendelovich, Rodrigo Perez, Ryan Sandoval, Ben Seay Martin Wurst Box Office Staff
FRONT OF HOUSE Jeni Pearsons Events Coordinator Tyler Tangalin Supervising House Manager Jessica Kummer, Sarah Rosenbloom, Zack Schultz House Managers Abdoulaye N’Gom Head Usher Beth Behrs, Adam Carr, Lindsey Cerny, Tiger Curran, Matt Jones, Sean Jones, Kimberly Legg, Katie Mitchell, Leah Munson, Jonathan Schwartz, Julianne Tveten Ushers
This theater operates under agreement between the League of Resident Theaters and Actors Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers in the United States. The scenic, costume, lighting and sound designers in LORT theaters are represented by United Scenic Artists Local USA-829, IATSE.
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