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FROM THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR AS WE CONSIDER EACH YEAR WHICH PLAYS to bring to the Geffen, we read many we want to produce, but only rarely have we committed to a new play after our first read. Such was the case with Alena Smith’s Icebergs. We knew immediately that this smart, touching, deeply human comedy was the ideal way to introduce Alena’s work to our audience. A global story with a uniquely Los Angeles focus, Icebergs takes on a premise as old as theater itself — a couple in a time of crisis, deciding whether to have a child — and reframes it in our present moment with young Angelenos at the center. Sharply observed, tender and profound, this play explores anxieties around climate change and career success, the kind of ever-present concerns that threaten to become overpowering if we pay them too much mind. When worries often buried find their way to the surface and the future is all but clear, a small tribe of friends must decide whether and in what they will have faith. What becomes most important in the most tenuous of times? As always, I have the great pleasure of working with a superbly talented team of designers who create an idyllic Silver Lake home — a fantasy of a perfect oasis, a carefree and easy escape from the world. The phenomenal ensemble of Nate Corddry, Rebecca Henderson, Jennifer Mudge, Lucas Near-Verbrugghe and Keith Powell has gamely brought Alena’s play to life with all the warmth and vulnerability it requires. I am delighted to welcome Alena to the Geffen family and to welcome you to the world premiere of Icebergs. Enjoy the show! Randall Arney ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
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GIL CATES, JR.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US FOR ICEBERGS, our first world premiere of the 2016/2017 season. Our esteemed Artistic Director Randall Arney has assembled a stellar cast to bring to life this play made rich by the incredibly fresh voice of playwright Alena Smith. This timely and tempestuous story raises big questions of climate change, professional ambition and family planning in today’s world. These questions are at the heart of our upcoming discussion, “Raising the Curtain on Icebergs: A Conversation at the Geffen Playhouse,” on Monday, November 28. Moderated by KPCC’s John Horn, the discussion will bring together artists, experts and audiences to dive into the key issues raised by the play. This free-to-attend event is generously supported by Participant Media. Visit geffenplayhouse.org/raisingthecurtain for more information. In addition, I hope that you will join us on Saturday, December 10 and Monday, December 12 to experience the inspiring culmination of our 2016 Veterans Writing & Performance Project. In each of these shows, Veterans perform the personal stories they have crafted and honed while participating in our three-month writing program. To attend, please email veteransevent@geffenplayhouse.org. I encourage you to log on to geffenplayhouse.org for the latest information, production updates and new content on our blog and social media channels. Thank you again for your support of the Geffen Playhouse!
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BREAKING THE ICE WITH ICEBERGS PLAYWRIGHT ALENA SMITH
BY RACHEL WIEGARDT-EGEL
Playwright Alena Smith. Photo by Jeff Lorch Photography.
SET ON A HOT EARLY NOVEMBER NIGHT IN THE HILLS OF SILVER LAKE, Icebergs tells the story of a couple on the precipice of deciding whether or not to have a baby. Against the backdrop of climate shifts unprecedented in human history, this play asks how we grapple with a biological
Ruscha. There’s something about the quality of light in Los Angeles. I write plays instead of making paintings, but I was still trying to respond to that. Two characters in Icebergs — Abigail and Calder — are trying to work in Hollywood, and you work as a writer on a television show. What was it about the story of being in “the industry” that made you want to tell it on stage?
and emotional drive to bring new life into the world when
AS: What I’m aiming to do with a lot of my plays is give
the world itself seems to be falling apart. In the week
the audience the feeling that they’ve just walked in off
before rehearsals began, I had the opportunity to chat
the street and are witnessing the real, intimate lives of
with playwright Alena Smith about evoking the feeling
people. That’s why I like to write plays that, more or less,
of Los Angeles, developing a world premiere play and
operate in real time. I’m trying to create characters that feel
writing a comedy about climate change.
like people you might know. So, in the context of a play about thirtysomethings in Silver Lake, working in film and
Where did the play come from? What was the impulse for
television is what a lot of them would be doing. But I also
you to write it?
have brought in characters who are not in the industry, and
Alena Smith: One place it definitely came from was wanting
none of the characters are completely defined by their jobs.
to write a play set in Los Angeles that was reflective of
That’s one of the tensions in the play: how much do we
the experiences that I’ve had since moving here about four
define ourselves by what we do for work and how much do
years ago. I wanted to capture a certain atmosphere or
we define ourselves by the more personal parts of our lives
vibe that I feel is specific to life in this city, and I wanted
like who we love, our friends, our family? How much value
this play to be seen in the context of other artwork that
do we give to that private side of things, even in a town like
has organically grown out of Los Angeles and been done
Hollywood where it feels like all anybody focuses on are
by Los Angeles artists — high among those for me is Ed
public, professional ambitions?
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The play is a world premiere, and you’ve been developing it at the Geffen for some time. What has that process been like for you? AS: Compared to previous plays, there was an ease to the writing of this one that I think actually fits with the general atmosphere of Los Angeles that I was trying to capture. I gathered the images and the emotions and the people that I wanted to express and I let them sit for long enough so that when I wrote it, it kind of came out the way it is and things haven’t changed that much over the development. With that said, we had a wonderful workshop in April at the Geffen where we had a group of actors come together to read the play and have a series of really deep conversations about the issues sparked by it. That allowed me to deepen and clarify the characters’ different journeys, so I think the play got substantially stronger from that workshop time even if the DNA of it was always there.
THE TRUTH IS STILL INCONVENIENT WITH CALIFORNIA’S ONGOING DROUGHT and Los Angeles’ increasingly frequent heat waves, it does not take long for many Angelenos to turn to climate change in casual conversation. Any particularly hot day seems to invariably be accompanied by a cursory, “Ugh, global warming.” Despite this, it is usually easy to avoid going too deep down the rabbit hole of worry as most of us have yet to experience truly harmful effects. Researchers cannot so easily ignore the data, which finds that continuing to use fossil fuels at current rates will cause global temperatures to rise two degrees Celsius by 2036, “crossing a threshold that will harm human civilization.” 1 Governments worldwide have yet to make major changes to stem the tide, leading to a
The play’s characters are so of this moment — as are the environmental concerns — but the central conflict of whether or not to have a child feels timeless. What was it about this question that compelled you to reexamine it?
research vacuum in which scientists continually attempt
AS: I think that it may be a timeless question, but our generation is approaching it in a very different way from previous ones. That has to do with shifts in expectations for women — and for men — and a renegotiation of roles within a relationship. It also has to do with the economic realities that have caused people to put off childbearing for longer and longer. And there’s the sense that we may have already crossed a certain brink after which catastrophic climate change is inevitable. So, I’m trying to look at it from the perspective of this moment with this demographic of people and their social conditions.
climate activists can experience. 2
to find solutions while watching policy lag behind. The term “climate trauma” has even begun to circulate in reference to the patterns of stress and hopelessness that For women and men considering having a child, there is another kind of stress altogether: the question of whether to bring a baby into a world likely unable to sustain a rapidly increasing population. There is practical concern over an increased carbon footprint — in America, having one fewer kid would save almost 20 times more carbon emissions over a lifetime than all other individually attainable conservation measures combined. 3 Many also question the morality of leaving a child with a potentially uninhabitable planet. In response to these worries, some people have decided not to have children. Some are spurred to political action.
The relationships in the play are so central that it’s not an “issue play,” but, as you mentioned, it does deal with anxiety around climate change. I love that you’re able to integrate the anxiety of the characters without being prescriptive. Can you talk a bit about that balancing act?
Some are simply left to process their anxiety. And this
AS: There is an emerging philosophy around climate change that has to do with acceptance, and this play is really about processing a lot of grief. That’s the reason why it takes place on the Day of the Dead. It’s about loss. I’m a playwright. I don’t know how to help us to stop using all fossil fuels — this play is going to be using fossil fuels. So, from a human perspective, it’s about learning how to cope with a pretty devastating situation. I hope, perhaps, that the audience will feel some solace in joining together as a community to look deeply at these things.
for women to share their fears about the climate crisis as a
That being said, there’s a great deal of humor in the play even as it deals with more serious topics — did you set out to write it as a comedy? AS: I think that’s just my voice. I tend to find in my plays that the sadder things get, the funnier things get.
phenomenon seems to be gaining momentum — this past August, NPR profiled both a philosopher who tries to convince college students not to have large families and a group called Conceivable Future that organizes meetings reproductive crisis. 4 This is hardly the first time that potential parents have questioned whether it is right to bring new life into an unsafe world — U.S. birth rates fell during the Great Depression, for example. Perhaps there has always been a lurking danger causing people in every generation to fear having children. The question we, as individuals and as a society, now face is how we can possibly move forward. 1 Mann, Michael E. “Earth Will Cross the Climate Danger Threshold by 2036.” Scientific American. 2014. 2
Caldwell, Gillian. “16 Tips for Avoiding Climate Burnout.” Grist. 2010.
Stauth, David. “Family Planning: A Major Environmental Emphasis.” OSU News and Research Communications. 2009.
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Ludden, Jennifer. “Should We Be Having Kids In The Age Of Climate Change?” NPR. 2016.
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THE GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE PRODUCTION OF
Written by
Alena Smith Scenic Designer
Costume Designer
Anthony T. Fanning
David Kay Mickelsen
Lighting Designer
Composer & Sound Designer
Daniel Ionazzi
Richard Woodbury
Dramaturg
Rachel Wiegardt-Egel
Production Stage Manager
Young Ji
Assistant Stage Manager
Elizabeth A. Brohm
Casting Director
Phyllis Schuringa, CSA
Directed by
Randall Arney Recipient of the Edgerton Foundation New Play Award Major support for this world premiere production provided by the Edgerton Foundation New Play Production Fund EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS CIRCLE MEMBERS
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(In alphabetical order)
Calder ............................................................................................................................................... Nate Corddry* Molly .................................................................................................................................... Rebecca Henderson* Abigail ......................................................................................................................................... Jennifer Mudge* Nicky .......................................................................................................................... Lucas Near-Verbrugghe* Reed .................................................................................................................................................... Keith Powell*
UNDERSTUDIES (In alphabetical order)
Reed ........................................................................................................................... Lovensky Jean-Baptiste* Calder / Nicky ............................................................................................................................... Zach Kenney* Abigail / Molly ............................................................................................................................. Lauren Lovett* *Indicates member of Actor’s Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States. Understudies never substitute for listed players unless specified.
PLACE / SETTING A living room in Silver Lake, Los Angeles. The Day of the Dead. RUNNING TIME Approximately 95 minutes. There will be no intermission.
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CAST OF CHARACTERS
PRODUCTION BIOGRAPHIES
NATE CORDDRY (Calder) Theater: The Graduate (Broadway National Tour), Hamlet/Romeo and Juliet (National Shakespeare Company), nine seasons at the Williamstown Theatre Festival. Television: Comedy Bang! Bang!, The Hindenburg Explodes, Mom, Difficult People, Harry’s Law, New Girl, TRON: Uprising, 30 Rock, The United States of Tara, The Pacific, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. Film: The Circle, Ghostbusters, Equity, St. Vincent, The Heat, Girl Most Likely, Katie Says Goodbye, The Invention of Lying, Yogi Bear.
REBECCA HENDERSON (Molly) Theater: Bright Half Life (Women’s Project Theater); The Wayside Motor Inn (Signature Theatre); Your Mother’s Copy of the Kama Sutra, The Whale and The Retributionists (Playwrights Horizons); Too Much Too Much Too Many (Roundabout Theatre Company); The Collection and A Kind of Alaska (Atlantic Theater Company); La Brea and Roadkill Confidential (Clubbed Thumb); Red-Handed Otter (Playwrights Realm); Autumn Sonata (Yale Repertory Theatre); bobrauschenbergamerica (American Repertory Theater). Film and television: Mistress
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America, Appropriate Behavior, Actresses, Rectify, The Good Wife, They Remain, True Story, The Mend, Cleansed, Compliance, Meskada, Frank the Bastard, Diving Normal, The Impossibilities, Wallflowers and Grand Theft Auto IV & V. M.F.A., Columbia University. Rebecca is originally from Vancouver, Canada and splits her time between New York and Los Angeles.
JENNIFER MUDGE (Abigail) Jennifer Mudge is so happy to be back in the Gil Cates Theater, where she played Maggie in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. West End: The End of Longing. Broadway: The Philanthropist (Roundabout Theatre Company); Rocky, Reckless (Manhattan Theatre Club). Off-Broadway: Of Good Stock (Manhattan Theatre Club); Into the Woods (Roundabout Theatre Company, Lortel nomination); Happy Hour (La Mama); Don’t Go Gentle (MCC); The Big Meal (Playwrights Horizons); OOH-RAH! (Atlantic Theater Company); Dutchman (Cherry Lane Theatre, Drama Desk nomination); Fault Lines (Naked Angels); Geometry of Fire, The Pavilion (Rattlestick Playwrights Theatre); Stendhal Syndrome (Primary Stages). Regional: Arena Stage, Bay Street Theater, McCarter Theatre Center, Sundance, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Trinity Rep, others. Film/ television: A+, My America, Dead Man Down, Shades of Blue, Boss, Madam Secretary, You Don’t Know Jack, Drifting Elegant, The Big C, The Good Wife, Law & Order. M.F.A. from Trinity Rep & Seldes/Kanin Fellowship Award from Theatre Hall of Fame.
LUCAS NEAR-VERBRUGGHE (Nicky) Theater: Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson and The Ritz on Broadway, Love’s Labour’s Lost and Macbeth at Shakespeare in the Park. Other Off Broadway credits include Boom, Oohrah!, The Common Pursuit directed by Moises Kaufman, Assistance by Leslye Hedland and most recently MCC’s Permission by Tony-nominated playwright Robert Askins. Lucas was also in the West Coast premiere of Seminar opposite Jeff Goldblum, directed by Sam Gold. Need to Know at Rogue Machine Theatre. Film: Our Idiot Brother, A Birder’s Guide to Everything, The Bad Guys, The Tiger Hunter, the upcoming A Woman, A Part opposite Maggie Siff and Lazy Eye written and directed by Tim Kirkman. Television: Law and Order, Law and Order: SVU, and Josh Porter on NBC hit Grimm.
KEITH POWELL (Reed) Theater: Romeo and Juliet (Shakespeare Theatre Company), Lobby Hero (Portland Stage Company), Macbeth (Pittsburgh Public Theater), As Bees In Honey Drown (Hangar Theatre), The Nerd (Delaware Theater Company), The French (HB Playwrights Foundation), The Island (Contemporary Stage),
The Boys Next Door (Grand Opera House). Television: seven seasons as Toofer on 30 Rock (Screen Actors Guild Award); recurring on The Newsroom and About A Boy; guest star on Deadbeat, Law & Order, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Judy’s Got A Gun, Reno 911! and NCIS: Los Angeles; and star of Keith Broke His Leg (Indie Series Award: Best Actor in a Comedy). Film: Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian, Syrup, My Name Is David (also writer and producer). Keith was also the Producing Artistic Director of Contemporary Stage Company in Wilmington, DE, producing/ directing plays starring Lynn Redgrave, Keith David, and Jasmine Guy. He is currently in the NBC Emerging Directors program working on the show Superstore, and is a graduate of New York University’s Tisch School of The Arts. ALENA SMITH (Playwright) Alena Smith is a playwright and television writer, recently named one of Variety’s 10 TV Writers to Watch. She is a writer and producer on Showtime’s The Affair, and previously wrote for HBO’s The Newsroom. An original television series she created is in development with Anonymous Content. Alena’s plays include The New Sincerity (Bay Street Theater; Theater Wit), The Bad Guys (Second Stage Theatre), Plucker (Southwark Playhouse), The Sacrifices (Public Theater/ Summer Play Festival), and The Lacy Project (American Repertory Theater; Ohio Theatre). The Bad Guys was adapted into a film which premiered at the 2015 Austin Film Festival. Alena was a member of the Emerging Writers Group at the Public Theater. She received her M.F.A. in Playwriting from the Yale School of Drama, and studied philosophy at Haverford College and the University of Oxford. In addition to writing for theater and television, Alena created the
PRODUCTION BIOGRAPHIES
RANDALL ARNEY (Director / Artistic Director) Randall Arney has been a theater professional for over 30 years and has served as Artistic Director of the Geffen Playhouse since 1999. In addition to his artistic programming and oversight at the Geffen, Arney has helmed many productions for the theater, most recently Outside Mullingar, The Night Alive, Reasons to Be Pretty, Slowgirl, American Buffalo, Superior Donuts, The Female of the Species, The Seafarer, Speedthe-Plow and All My Sons. Arney is an ensemble member and former Artistic Director of Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theatre where his directing credits include: Slowgirl, The Seafarer, The Beauty Queen of Leenane, Death and the Maiden, Curse of the Starving Class, Killers and The Geography of Luck, among others. Arney also directed Steppenwolf’s world premiere of Steve Martin’s Picasso at the Lapin Agile, as well as the subsequent national and international acclaimed productions. Mr. Arney’s acting credits with Steppenwolf include Born Yesterday, Ghost in the Machine, The Homecoming, Frank’s Wild Years, You Can’t
Take it with You, Fool for Love, True West, Balm in Gilead and Coyote Ugly. As the Artistic Director for Steppenwolf from 1987 to 1995, he oversaw the creation of a new stateof-the-art theater which is Steppenwolf’s current home. Broadway transfers under his leadership include The Rise and Fall of Little Voice, The Song of Jacob Zulu (six Tony Award nominations) and The Grapes of Wrath (1990 Tony Award, Best Play). Mr. Arney has an M.F.A. degree in Acting from Illinois State University and has taught master classes and workshops at UCLA, Steppenwolf, around the U.S. and in Tokyo. ANTHONY T. FANNING (Scenic Designer) Geffen Playhouse: Harriet’s Return, Switzerland, Outside Mullingar. Broadway: August Wilson’s Two Trains Running. National Tour: The Who’s Tommy directed by Victoria Bussert. Regional: Guthrie Theater, South Coast Repertory, The Old Globe, Seattle Rep, Huntington Theatre Company, Ahmanson Theatre, San Diego Opera and Geffen Playhouse. As an Art Director for film, Tony has had the privilege of working with Steven Spielberg (Lincoln, Munich, War of the Worlds, Amistad), Robert Zemeckis (The Polar Express, What Lies Beneath), Sam Raimi (Spider-Man), Steven Soderberg (Ocean’s Twelve and Ocean’s Thirteen), Nancy Meyers (What Women Want), Brad Silberling (Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events) and Joel and Ethan Coen (Intolerable Cruelty). Film and television production design credits include: Jim Sheridan’s Brothers, Rod Lurie’s remake of Strawdogs, Jim Field Smith’s Butter, Ryan Murphy’s The New Normal, Chris Carter’s The After and Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould’s Better Call Saul. Tony won an Emmy for his Art Direction on the pilot episode of Aaron Sorkin’s The West Wing.
DAVID KAY MICKELSEN (Costume Designer) Mr. Mickelsen returns to the Geffen Playhouse having previously designed Stage Kiss, Outside Mullingar, The Night Alive, Reasons to Be Pretty, The Female of the Species, All My Sons and Paint Your Wagon. He has designed over 300 productions at many regional theaters across the country. Companies include South Coast Repertory; Pasadena Playhouse; The Old Globe; Laguna Playhouse; Guthrie Theater; Ford’s Theatre; Berkeley Rep; Seattle Rep; Denver Center for the Performing Arts; 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 Children’s Theatre Company of Minneapolis. Originally from Canby, Oregon, Mr. Mickelsen now makes his home in Long Beach, California. DANIEL IONAZZI (Lighting Designer) Recent designs for the Geffen Playhouse include Thom Pain (based on nothing); Outside Mullingar; The Night Alive; Reasons to Be Pretty; Ruth Draper’s Monologues; Slowgirl; Build; Yes, Prime Minister; American Buffalo; The Jacksonian; Radiance; Red Hot Patriot and Superior Donuts. His work has also been seen at Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Berkeley Rep, Arena Stage, South Coast Repertory, and Denver Center Theatre Company. His design for the New York production of The Jacksonian garnered a Lucille Lortel nomination. He designed the lighting installation for Teatro alla Moda for the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts and Trajectoire
and Catapult for the dance company Diavolo. His design work can also be seen in the 4-D cinematic experience, Beyond all Boundaries, at the National World War II Museum. Daniel is Production Manager for the Geffen Playhouse, a member of the faculty of the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television and Director of Production for the Department of Theater. He is the author of The Stage Management Handbook and The Stagecraft Handbook. RICHARD WOODBURY (Composer & Sound Designer) Previous Geffen credits include sound design and original music for The Night Alive, Reasons to Be Pretty, Slowgirl, The Jacksonian, Superior Donuts, The Seafarer, All My Sons, Boy Gets Girl and others. Broadway credits include Desire Under the Elms, August: Osage County, Talk Radio, A Long Day’s Journey into Night, A Moon for the Misbegotten, Death of a Salesman and others. Credits at Chicago’s Goodman Theatre, where Richard is Resident Sound Designer, include The Matchmaker, 2666, The Little Foxes, stop.rest, Rapture Blister Burn, A Christmas Carol, Ask Aunt Susan, Luna Gale, Measure for Measure, Red, Other Desert Cities, Camino Real, Candide, The True History of the Johnstown Flood and many others. Steppenwolf Theatre Company credits include Mary Page Marlow, The Night Alive, Slowgirl, Belleville, Up, The Seafarer, August: Osage County, I Just Stopped By To See The Man and others. Richard’s work also has appeared at the Stratford Festival in Canada, London’s Lyric and National Theatres, in Paris, France and at regional theaters across the United States. He has received Ovation, Joseph Jefferson, Helen Hayes, IRNE and NAACP Awards for outstanding sound design as well as the Ruth Page award for Outstanding Collaborative Artist.
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Twitter character @TweenHobo, which The Believer called “one of the most imaginative uses for Twitter so far.” Tween Hobo: Off The Rails, a novel based on the account, was published by Gallery Books in 2014. Her essays about writing for theater, television and the internet have been published in Grantland and the Los Angeles Review of Books.
PRODUCTION BIOGRAPHIES 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 Jason Grasl’s Lying with Badgers (Native Voices at the Autry Festival of New Plays), Mike Bartlett’s An Intervention (Williamstown Theatre Festival) and 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. YOUNG JI (Production Stage Manager) Geffen Playhouse highlights include Outside Mullingar, The Night Alive, Reasons to Be Pretty, The Country House, Mel Brooks: Live at the Geffen, American Buffalo, The Exorcist, The Jacksonian. NYC: The Jacksonian, Assistant Director (The New Group). Other Los Angeles: Cousin Bette, King Lear, The Autumn Garden (Producer); La Ronde, The Glass Menagerie (Director); Tonight at 8:30, Phaedra (Getty Villa), Mother Courage and Her Children, Pera Palas, Chekhov X 4. Currently the Artistic Coordinator at the Geffen Playhouse and married to actress/director Jeanie Hackett. ELIZABETH A. BROHM (Assistant Stage Manager) Geffen Playhouse: Big Sky; Barcelona; Thom Pain (based on nothing); Bad Jews; The Night Alive; Hershey Felder as Irving Berlin; Ruth Draper’s Monologues; Yes, Prime Minister; By the Waters of Babylon;
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Shipwrecked! An Entertainment — The Amazing Adventures of Louis de Rougemont (as Told by Himself); Joan Rivers: A Work in Progress by a Life in Progress; Boy Gets Girl; The Unexpected Man; Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks; Looking for Normal; The Weir; Dinner With Friends; Defiled; Wit; It Ain’t Nothin’ But the Blues. National Tour/ Kennedy Center: Wit. Other: Production Coordinator, Geffen Playhouse 2001-2007; Cup Coordinator, X-Prize Foundation; Lecturer in Stage Management, UCLA since 2005. M.F.A. in Stage Management from UCSD. Love to Gino & Mack. PHYLLIS SCHURINGA, CSA (Casting Director) Phyllis is the Casting Director and Artistic Associate for the Geffen Playhouse. Recent plays include Big Sky, Barcelona, Outside Mullingar, These Paper Bullets!, Bad Jews, The Night Alive, Switzerland, The Country House, American Buffalo and Shiv at the Boston Court. Before joining the team at the Geffen, she was the casting director for Steppenwolf Theatre in Chicago where her favorites include Frank Galati’s adaptation of The Grapes of Wrath (also La Jolla Playhouse, National Theatre in London, and Broadway, where it received the Tony Award for Best Play), the original production of Steve Martin’s Picasso at the Lapin Agile (and subsequent productions including Westwood Playhouse and Briar Street Theater in Chicago), Austin Pendleton’s Orson’s Shadow and Charles L. Mee’s Time to Burn. Broadway transfers include One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (Tony Award for Best 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.
GIL CATES, JR. (Executive Director) Gil Cates, Jr. has proudly served on the Geffen Playhouse Board since 2012 and has years of producing and directing experience in theater, film and television. Gil’s theater credits include the awardwinning Names (Matrix Theatre) starring Dixie Carter and Greg Mullavey, The Night I Knocked Out Joe Frazer and Lost 90 Pounds (Gardner Stage Theater), as well as Three Sisters and David Mamet’s A Life in the Theatre (both at Syracuse Stage). Gil’s film credits include The Surface (starring Sean Astin and Geffen Playhouse alumnus Chris Mulkey), Jobs (starring Ashton Kutcher, Josh Gad, Dermot Mulroney, as well as Geffen Playhouse alumni Matthew Modine and Ron Eldard) and the 2011 feature film Lucky (starring Colin Hanks, Ari Graynor, Ann-Margret and Golden Globe winner Jeffrey Tambor). In addition, Gil produced and directed the critically acclaimed Life After Tomorrow, featuring Sarah Jessica Parker, which won best documentary at the Phoenix Film Festival and later had its premiere Christmas Eve on Showtime. His other films include Deal (starring Burt Reynolds, Bret Harrison and Charles Durning), The Mesmerist (starring Geffen Playhouse alumnus Neil Patrick Harris), and the critically acclaimed independent film Order of Chaos. Gil also made his television directorial debut with an episode of the NBC comedy, Joey, starring Emmy winner Matt LeBlanc. He studied at the National Theatre Institute in Waterford, Connecticut, and holds a B.F.A. in Drama from Syracuse University in 1991.
REGINA MILLER (Chief Development Officer) Regina has been a development professional for over 18 years, working with non-profit institutions, foundations and corporations on strategy, analysis and fundraising. She has worked for Simon Wiesenthal Center, The Clinton Foundation, Ben Affleck’s Eastern Congo Initiative, Hank Azaria’s Determined to Succeed, Charlize Theron's Africa Outreach Project, Water.org, Codenow. org among others. Prior to the Geffen, Regina served as the Director of Partnerships for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Los Angeles and the Inland Empire where she led strategic planning and development while executing policies that advanced the organization’s visibility and growth. Regina also has a strong passion for teaching. After graduating from University of North Carolina School of the Arts, she taught in preschools and kindergartens in New York. From the age of 13, Regina worked as a professional dancer on Broadway as well as with a number of prominent modern dance ensembles. Fusing two of her interests, she created a highly successful program which incorporated dance therapy and creative movement into an early childhood curriculum as well as wrote and produced a television show based on this concept. In addition to being a published author and photographer with Tallfellow Press and Prometheus Books, Regina has taught and lectured at numerous schools in New York, Los Angeles and abroad.
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SCENE AT THE GEFFEN
The cast of Barbecue with playwright Robert O’Hara and director Colman Domingo
Opening Night of Barbecue Sponsored by Audi of America, Inc., City National Bank, Douglas Elliman, Hint Water, KIND, Los Angeles magazine, and STK Los Angeles
Madeline and Bruce Ramer, Founding Chair of the Geffen Board
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Director Colman Domingo and playwright Robert O’Hara
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Former Chairman of the Board Frank Mancuso with his wife, Fay Mancuso
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Written & Performed by BENJAMIN SCHEUER Directed by SEAN DANIELS A good storyteller uses everything he has. So Benjamin Scheuer uses his guitar — actually, six guitars — in The Lion, an uplifting musical experience that tells one man’s gripping coming-of-age story. The award-winning songwriter inspires and disarms with his raw wit and emotional depth as he leads you on a rock n’ roll journey from boyhood to manhood, through pain and healing, to discover the redemptive power of music.
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TIME STANDS STILL Time Stands Still by Donald Margulies was a world premiere commission. It went on to play the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre on Broadway and was nominated for a Tony for Best Play. It later became one of the top ten produced plays in the United States.
THE JACKSONIAN After enjoying its sold-out extended world premiere run at the Geffen, The Jacksonian went on to an Off Broadway run at the Acorn Theater complete with the Geffen cast including Ed Harris, Amy Madigan, Glenne Headly and Bill Pullman. Robert Falls, Artistic Director of the Goodman Theatre in Chicago, helmed both productions.
A HOME FOR NEW WORK OVER OUR 21 YEAR HISTORY, THE GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE IS PROUD TO HAVE produced 35 world premiere plays. We have always sought to add to the incredible canon of new American plays that grows exponentially each year. Many of these plays have gone on to have multiple productions including Broadway debuts and regional revivals. This season we add to our ever-growing body of new work with two world premieres: Alena Smith’s Icebergs and Anna Ziegler’s Actually, two powerhouse plays sure to have great impact on the theatrical landscape of Los Angeles and beyond.
SWITZERLAND With funding from the Edgerton Foundation, the Geffen commissioned Switzerland by Joanna Murray-Smith and granted production rights for the co-world premiere to Sydney Theatre Company (Co-Artistic Directors Andrew Upton and Cate Blanchett). After a tremendous production here, Switzerland has recently opened at the Melbourne Theatre Company where it is continuing to enjoy a successful run. P16 PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE
THE COUNTRY HOUSE The Country House by Donald Margulies was a co-production with the Manhattan Theatre Club. Commissioned by MTC, Margulies and director Dan Sullivan were committed to developing the play out of town before debuting on Broadway. Having created many new plays here, they agreed the Geffen was an ideal venue to develop and premiere this Chekhovian inspired piece.
A HISTORY OF GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE WORLD PREMIERE PRODUCTIONS 2015/2016
Big Sky by Alexandra Gersten-Vassilaros
In & Of Itself by Derek DelGaudio
2014/2015
Switzerland* by Joanna Murray-Smith
Hershey Felder as Irving Berlin by Hershey Felder
2013/2014
The Country House by Donald Margulies
Death of the Author by Steven Drukman
Ruth Draper’s Monologues by Ruth Draper
Wait Until Dark* adaptation by Jeffrey Hatcher
2012/2013
Nothing to Hide by Derek DelGaudio and Helder Guimarães
Coney Island Christmas* by Donald Margulies
Build by Michael Golamco 2011/2012
Mona Golabek in The Pianist of Willesden Lane adaptation by Hershey Felder
The Exorcist adaptation by John Pielmeier
The Jacksonian by Beth Henley
Radiance: The Passion of Marie Curie by Alan Alda
2010/2011
The Escort* by Jane Anderson
Extraordinary Chambers by David Wiener
The Break of Noon by Neil LaBute
WISHFUL DRINKING Inspired by her life in Hollywood, and created right here at the Geffen, Carrie Fisher’s world premiere Wishful Drinking directed by Joshua Ravetch was a wild romp with hilariously revealing stories ranging from her debut in Shampoo to a galaxy far, far away in Star Wars. The play then moved to Berkeley Rep and on to New York’s famed Studio 54.
2009/2010 Nightmare Alley by Jonathan Brielle
Matthew Modine Saves the Alpacas by Blair Singer
2008/2009 Time Stands Still* by Donald Margulies 2007/2008 The Quality of Life* by Jane Anderson Atlanta by Marcus Hummon and Adrian Pasdar
Joan Rivers: A Work in Progress by a Life in Progress by Joan Rivers, Douglas Bernstein, Denis Markell
2006/2007 Wishful Drinking by Carrie Fisher 2005/2006 My Buddy Bill by Rick Cleveland 2004/2005 Paint Your Wagon* adaptation by David Rambo 2002/2003 Pearl by Debbie Allen
Rose and Walsh by Neil Simon
2001/2002 Oscar and Felix: A New Look at the Odd Couple by Neil Simon 2000/2001 He Hunts* adaptation by Phillip Littel
Looking for Normal by Jane Anderson
Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks by Richard Alfieri
1999/2000 Defiled by Lee Kalcheim 1998/1999
Hedda Gabler* adaptation by Jon Robin Baitz
THE PIANIST OF WILLESDEN LANE Introduced to us by longtime Geffen collaborator Hershey Felder, The Pianist of Willesden Lane was a smash hit world premiere and ran a record 21 weeks in the Audrey Skirball Kenis Theater at the Geffen in 2012. The play, starring Mona Golabek, went on to a national tour before coming back to the Geffen, this time in the Gil Cates Theater, in 2014. It then continued to delight audiences around the country and the world including a run at the St. James Theater in London, UK.
*Commissioned world premieres
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COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
VETERANS WRITING & PERFORMANCE PROJECT OVER THE PAST TWO MONTHS, A GROUP OF TWELVE VETERANS has been gathering in the Jason & Yvonne Lee Geffen Playhouse Annex to write original monologues about heroes in their lives as a part of the Geffen Playhouse Veterans Writing & Performance Project. These workshops will culminate in public performances in the Gil Cates Theater on Saturday, December 10, at 11:00am and Monday, December 12, at 7:30pm. Tickets to attend these performances are free, thanks to a grant from the Kenneth T. & Eileen L. Norris Foundation. We hope you can join us!
“The stories were incredibly articulate and exceptional. They were all from the heart and sucked you in whether you were ready for it or not. Riveting stories of heroism and the importance of keeping a sense of humor when facing adversity inspired me to look at my problems from a new perspective. A truly fantastic experience in your beautiful theater. Thank you.” “I was awed by the wonderful writing, the excellent acting, and the superb directing of this evening of theater. It was a memorable night and I feel privileged to have been a part of it.” BOOK YOUR FREE TICKETS ONLINE AT GEFFENPLAYHOUSE.ORG/VETERANSEVENT FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE CALL 310.208.6500 EXT. 146
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Here is what the audience had to say after last year’s performance:
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ANNUAL DONORS EDUCATION ADVOCATE $1,000 - $1,499 Anonymous (2) Harry & Gay Abrams/Abrams Artists Agency Dr. Richard Ackerman & Miriam Shakter Laura & Harvey Alpert Charitable Foundation Patti & Harlan Amstutz Margaret Campbell Arvey AudioQuest Russ, August & Kabat Carol Ann & D.C. Bakeman Richard & Shelley Bayer Jerry Beckman Sigrid & Alan Belinkoff Lydia & David Bell Susan & Eric M. Bender Peter & Barbara Benedek Wendy & John Bergquist Diane & James Berliner Sharon & Artie Berrick Joe Blackstone & Jamie Mohn The Bordy & Leibovic Families Brenda & Alan Borstein Helen Breitwieser & James Jacks Wendy & David Brotman Chancellor Albert Carnesale & Mrs. Robin Carnesale Peg Casey David Cates & Christine Vavak Jane Cates Jonathan & Elena Cates Melissa Cates & Roger Claman Steven Cerasale & Mary Katherine Cocharo Martha Chase Sachiko T. Cochran MD & Joseph T. Araki In Recognition of Carl & Barbara Cohen Culver Hotel Ruth Daugherty Suzanne Deal Booth & David Booth Deluscious Cookies Carolyn Dirks/Brett Dougherty Dennis & Jeralyn Doty Jan & Thea Drayer Gerald & Sally Ducot Marilyn P. Dunn Dr. & Mrs. William M Duxler In Honor of Education & Community Engagement Colleen M. Ellis Terri & David Elston The English Language Center Carl & Courtenay Enright Lynne & Michael Feldman Donnovan Field Sydney M. Finegold, M.D. Steve Freedman Ben & Susan Friedman G2 Graphic Service, Inc. Jeanne & Arnold Geffner The Gibbs Family Cherna & Dr. Gary Gitnick Charlotte Gold Dr. Irene Goldenberg Louis & Linda Goldsman Roz & Abner Goldstine Helene Gordon Adrienne Grant & Paul Jennings Jack Grossbart & Marc Schwartz Deidre Hall Salli Harris Michael Parks & Judith Hayward
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Murray & Gail Heltzer David Coleman & Jean Himmelstein Coleman Rand Hoffman & Charlotte Robinson Tamara Horwich & Gerry Lipshutz Toni Hoyt Lynn Hunt & Margaret Jacob Linda Janger Joseph B. Gould Foundation J.W. Hulme Co Linda & David Kagel Joyce & Don Kaiserman Marcy Kaplan & Eric Gold Karney Guren Family Foundation In Honor of Judi Kaufman Barbara & Stuart Klabin Kent Klavens & Judy Vourlas Lynda & Neal Hersh Judy Knapp Leslie & Norman Koplof Carol Krause Deborah Lacusta & Daniel Castellaneta Helene Laub Steven & Nancy Lippman Jeffrey & Elisabeth Lipsman Judith Locke & Dennis Massie Karen & Peter Locke London Cleaners, Inc Karen & Frederick Lorig The Jennifer and Greg Malins Foundation Eric G.C. Mark The Miles Family Barbara & Fred Miller Andrew & Laura Mintzer Joanne & Joel Mogy Montage Hotels and Residences In Loving Memory of Harvey S. Morse Lon Morse & Toni Hollander Morse Joan & Fred Nicholas Albert & Barbara Nichols John Nickoll Deborah & Stacey Olliff Ornest Family Foundation Gia Paladino & Michael Wise Philip & Leslie Paton Amanda Crick & Glenn Pfeffer Pier South Craig Piligian Jane Rascoff Richard Rasiej & Joan Herman Harvey & Joyce Reichard Sandra C Ribble Donald B. & Susan F. Rice In Memory of Frances Richman Esther & Howard Richmond Linda & Manny Rider Beth Roberts & Warren Smith Dolores Rogers Ronda & Fred Rose Brad & Nancy Rosenberg David A. & Karen Richards Sachs Susana Salazar Mark San Filippo Nancy & Ted Sanborn Jay Sandrich Savitsky Satin & Bacon Toni & John Schulman Don & Cynthia Schwartz David Schwartz Foundation, John S. Schwartz Don & Cynthia Schwartz John Schwartz Peggy and Robert Shapiro John & Lori Shaw Phyllis & Martin Shephard
Doris & Michael Sherman Holly & Larry Shulman Rita & Jose Sigal Ron Silverman & Soraya Ross Joan & Jerry Snyder Drs. Matthew & Marion Solomon The Somaini Family Christine Taylor & Ben Stiller Jordan Strauss Photography Barbra Streisand & James Brolin David & Katherine Stritzinger Eric Strom & Eileen Goodis Aaron & Melissa Stroud Sugarfina Sunrise Springs Katy Sweet The Tatasciore Family Anne C. Taubman & David Boyle John Teeples & Nicolas Martinez, Jr. John Turmes Catherine & Leonard Unger Daniel & Shauna Valenzuela Alan Van Vliet Julie & Peter Weil Marcia Williams & Gene Lucero Judith & Philip Winik Wright Maritime Group Anna & Stephen Yallourakis June Yip & David Wong
ARTISTIC ADVOCATE $500 - $999 Anonymous (5) Terry & Richard Abrams Laurence & Ilene Abramson Betsy Alevy Nancy Antoniou Eloise & Mark Appel Bonnie Arnold Jeanne Bailey Janet & Irwin Barnet Linda Barnett Irene Baron Sigrid & Alan Belinkoff Yvette Bergeron & Dean Bailey Kristen Bird Diane & Richard Birnholz Black Market Gelato Larry & Julie Blivas In Honor of Phyllis Blivas Pamela & Bill Bohnert Michael J. Bordy Laura D. Campbell Andrew Carlberg Lee & Shelby Chaden Cindy Clark Ginger Conrad In Loving Memory of Ed Cypert Greg & Leslie Dannon Dr. Udayakumar Devaskar Roni & Ethan Eller Lidia & Mauricio Epelbaum David & Joyce Evans Marjorie & Arthur Fine The Ella Fitzgerald Charitable Fund Michael & Lynne Flynn Myrna Forest Burt & Nanette Forester Judith R. Forman and Dr. Cynthia Pikus Sharlene & Sol Galper The Gewecke Family Benita & Bert Ginsberg Annie & Tom Goepel
Marcy Goldstein Ellie Goodman Lori & Robert Goodman Diana & Ronald Granit Gigi & Don Grant Gaby & Rob Greenberg Marcy & Edgar Gross Madeline Gussman Carolyn & Bernie Hamilton Arlene S Harris Sheila & Chester Hasday Zvia Hempling Jack Hileman & Roxanne Huddleston Jim Hliboki & Hildi Snodgrass Dorothy Hoffman Kelley M. Hogan Gerald Isenberg Jackie & Warren Jackson Brad & Kay Jensen Brett Johnson Robert Jones Mr. & Mrs. Bernard Kamine Christine Kaplan Stan Kasten Dean Kauffman & Carlos Andres Mosquera-Tangarife Patricia Keating Nancy Mette & Barnet Kellman Beverlee Bickmore & James Kelly Corie & Michael Koss Marlene & Donald Kottler Tam & David Lachoff Joan & Christopher Larkin Jeanne & Christopher Lavagnino Sandi Lawless Ginger Leibovitz Suzann Levine Brenda & Warren Lincoln Neil L. & Ora D. Macfarlane George Manet Elizabeth Marcellino Mr. & Mrs. Phillips H. Marshall Stewart Mayeda David Israeli & Dr. Marie Mazzone Richard Milling Teddie J. Milner Sue & Monty Mohrman Paula Moseley, EdD Sandra Moss Carol & Jerry Muchin Sherri & Arnie Nelson Robert & Anita Nitta Doreen & Donald Nortman Sylvia & Robert Paris Barbara & Gary Pasquinelli Barbara & Peter Patman Jonna & Alfred Peguero In Memory of Michael Piller Ruth Pilot Berta & Lou Pitt Rabbi Steven & Didi Carr Reuben Carrie Richman Carlene Ringer Allison & Bennett Rosenthal Tyler Rubin Crystal Salapatas In Memory of Hon. Maxwell Salter Sarah Leonard Fine Jewelers Nancy & Steven Schneider Stanley Schneider Susan & Peter Schwab Traci Shelton Carol & Arthur Silbergeld Robin & Robert Sills Manish Singh Martin & Leah Sklar
ANNUAL DONORS
ASSOCIATE $250 - $499 Anonymous (10) Emanuel & Nancy Abrams Norman & Toshka Abrams Patricia Abrams Actors Equity Foundation, Inc Anne Adair & Steve Ganzberg Barbara Adams Elaine & Michael Agran Charles & Annick Allen Sylvia Almstadt Merryl & David A. Alpert Jan & David Altemus Peter Anderson Robert C. Anderson Philip Angerhofer & Stephen A. Jones Debra & Benjamin Ansell Jc & Jack Appelbaum Steven D. Arias Dr. Sandra & Dr. Charles Aronberg Barbara & Ethan Aronoff Marc & Elizabeth Axelrod Lynne Babbitt Cecilia Ball Edward Barad & Carol McCully Victoria Bates Randy Bayard Judith & Thomas Beckmen Dawn & Marshall Bein Dr. Timothy Belavich & Bernie Knobbe Marshall Bell Richard N. Berger JoAnn Bernard Barbara Berkowitz Karen Berkowitz Marsha C. Berkowitz Beverly Bierer Claudia & Ronald Bitzer Jeff Boland Frances & Thomas Booth Toby Bornstein Nina & Judge Anthony Borwick Burt Boyar Paula Brand Mona Brandler Leah Lynn Broidy Lionel Brown Mitchell Brown Marshall Bull David & Kathy Burke Marcia Burnam
Marlene & David Capell Phil Carlin Scott Carter & Bebe Johnson Miss Irene Castaldo Ellen & Jeff Catania Ling Chan Sandra Chan Diane Chernansky Mike Clements Anselm Clinard In Memory of Dr. Alan Cohn Ivan Contreras Lionel Conway Linda Covette Jon Cowan Susan Georgine Craig Norman & Nancy Cravens Shawn Cunningham Ingrid Curtiss, MD Ames Cushing Col. Tony, Donna & Taylor Daniell Jeffrey S. Davidson Ruth B. Davis Elizabeth De Oliveira Bert Deixler Hal & Roberta Delevie Brian Demsey Gayle & Dan Devin Robert Ditullio Suzanne & Bruce Dodds Carol Jean Doehring Sandy & Gerry Dorfman Daryl & Paul F. Doucette Jacki & Murray Drechsler Helina Dreicer Earthlings.com Michael East Roy Eddleman Mona & Barry Edwards Chiedu Egbuniwe Larry & Elke Ereshefsky Janet Fattal Francesco Federico Mimi Alpert Feldman Paul & Karen Finkel Donna Finley Evaline Fishman Margaret Flanders William & Elisabeth Fleischman Lynne & Michael Flynn Myrna ‘Pepper’ Forest Dolores Franco Julia Franz Fran Fredella & Scott Rubin Donald & Sandy French Kenneth J. Friedman & Marilynn J. Friedman Family Foundation Lynn & Barry Friesen Laurelle Frome & Brady Frome Yuri & Yelena Furman Gina Furth Larry & Judith Garshofsky Russell Gersten Dr. Diane & Michael Glazer Hannah Godwin Lorain Goldberg Mark & Molly Goldberg Francine Golden & Marvin Schlossman Dr. Peter Goldman Dina Goldstein Ellie & Barry Goldstein Roger Gordon Liz Gottainer & David Sadkin Debbie & Glenn Gray
Joan Green Madelyne Green Paul & Louise Greenberg Randi & Jerome Greenberg Larry Guli Eve Haberfield & David N. Johnson Janet S. Hadley Kambiz Hakim Mary & Alan Halkett Roberta Hamilton Tess Harper Richard Hart Judy L. Hartley Dr. & Mrs. Samuel Haveson Michael & Candice Herman Winifred C. Hervey Penny Hildebrand Cina Hodges Gayle Hooker Dale & John Hopmans Lonnie Levi Israel Robert & Gail Israel Frederic A. & Nancy Jacobus Martha Jones & Paul Zerella Robert Jones & Julie Anne Robinson Jerry Joseph Joanne & Larry Kahn Lesly Kahn Yolla Kairouz David Kaminow Jean Kaplan Donald Kates Harris Katleman Owen Kato Dana Katz Morgan Kay William & Renee Kendall Louanne Kennedy Debra Kessler Dr. Ann Kirsch & Mr. Jonathan Kirsch Irwin Kishner Dr. Phyllis Klein Laurie & Milton Klorman Dolph Kornblum & Florence Robins Doctors Mark & Lena Labowe Eleanor & Mark Lainer Bruce Landau Carol D. Lande Susan Lava Sharon & Lawrence Lavenberg In Memory of Katie Layman Ann Leland Donna Levi Gail J. Levine Marla E. Levine Anita & Burton Levinson Rick & Vivian Levy Lawrin & Linda Lewin Reuben Lim Molly & Peter Lindgren Bonnie Lisle Cynthia Llaca Leslie & Adam Lobel Lori & Tom Low Anne L. Lynch Guillaume & Crystal Maillet John & Susan Mamer Marcus Mancini
Carol & Doug Mancino Pauline Marks Goran Marnfeldt Douglas Mcavoy, Jr. Jim & Kathy McCaffery Patrick W. McDivitt Jeanne McDonald-Powers & Travis Powers Robert Mercer Eileen & Paul Meshekow Erik & Melanie Messerschmidt Reed & Linda Metzger Lori Meyers & James Marano Norma & Larry Meyers Philip & Joan Miller Jeff Milman Matlin & Robert Mirman Thomas Mitchell Irina & Andrew Molasky Laurie & Chuck Mondrus Henry Moon Shelagh Moriarty Howard Morris John Moschitta Carol & Jerry Muchin My-Petite Alexander Levine & Catherine Nameth Jason Neidleman Sherri & Arnie Nelson Mark & Diane Neubauer Tom Nevermann Chris & Richard Newman Jeff Newman Charna & Allen Nissenson Myra Nourmand Lawrence Ross & Linda Nussbaum Adrienne & Arthur Omansky Dr. Ronald & Iris Onkin Cynthia & Todd Palm Edward Parker Abhilash & Kelly Patel Joanne Patten Naidu & Jane Permaul Susan Petelik Jack & Jane Pollock Zazi Pope Lance Powell Jeff Prater Philip Pritchett Neil & Lisa Greer Quateman Elyse Resch Mr. & Mrs. James Richards Steve & Linda Richman Lindy Robbins Barbara & David Rognlien Janis & Avi Rojany Robert Rosania Barry Rosen & Neil Bokal Beverly & Melvin Rosenthal Dr. Martin & Lorraine Ross Terry Ross Virginia Ross Michael, Michon & Jackson Roth Susan Rovner Anne Sacks Mr. & Mrs. Simon Salloom Nan Sarno Susan & Kenneth Sarno Ellen Sassa Linda & Cliff Schaffer
Chris T. Schmidt Joel & Sonia Schneider Gary & Karen Schneider Jane & Bill Schopf Christine Schultz John H. Scott Nell Scovell Scott Shagrin Dr. Mary Jo & Paul Shane Elise Shanfeld Annette & Leonard Shapiro Sasha & Eugenia Shapiro Barbara Vickery & Martin Shapiro Judy & Tom Sharp Melanie Sharp & Kevin Miller Netta & Uri Shohet 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 Bruce Spector Debra Spector M Leslie Stearns Sy Strasberg William Stringer Penny Strowger Mr. Kayser Sume & Dr. Renee Sabshin Ann Sunderland Katherine Sung Lance & Maureen Tan James Tate Phyllis & Franklin Tell Marjorie Thomson Jacqueline G. Tousley Joyce & Josh Trabulus Miriam Trogdon Brigitta Troy Dr. Gerald D. Turbow Sofia Vaisman Deborah Valdez Anthony Vasek Bobette Vikan Carole Wagner-Vallianos & Peter Vallianos Dr. & Mrs. William Walsh Gloria Walther Marvin Wasserman Elisa Wayne Polly & Herb Weinberg Myrna Lou Weiner Sherry Weinman & Michael Umansky Marsha & Steven Weiss Richard & Joyce Wickline Rae Jeane Williams Gary & Karen Winnick Bruce & Marci Wiseman Marc Wishingrad Susan Wolford Shana Wong Diana Lynn Woods Joseph Wu Sandy Zwirn
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Dr. Jerry & Marci Smith Trudy Sokol Sold Out Crowd Rita Spiegel Arthur Stern Sharon Suarez Mr. & Mrs. David Tann Nancy Thomas Ira & Laurie Waldman Marcia & Dr. Charles Wasserman David Weiss Pat West Connie & John Weston In Memory of Milton A. Williams, Jr. Charlie Wilson Jay Weinstein & Lori Woldar Arnold & Tricia Zane Crystal Zehetner & Julia Ramadan
GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE STAFF Randall Arney Artistic Director ARTISTIC
Gil Cates, Jr. Executive Director MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS
Amy Levinson Phyllis Schuringa Young Ji Rachel Wiegardt-Egel Makenna Pitz
Artistic Associate / Literary Director Artistic Associate / Casting Director Artistic Coordinator / Company Manager Literary Associate Literary Intern
DEVELOPMENT Regina Miller Ellen Catania Jessica Brusilow Rollins Jamie Mikelich Kristen Smith Eshaya Scott Kriloff Clay Dzygun Taylor Cerny Jessie Sherman Austin Merrill
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 Assistant Development Assistant Development Intern
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, Kaitlin Huwe, Richard Martinez, Cameron Reck, Celia Rivera, Celeste Russi, Alyssa Tyson Box Office Staff Katy Sweet, Pam Giangregorio, Anna Yan, Pip Jones Katy Sweet & Associates Public Relations Sue Fleishman Communications Consultant Quinn Francis Outreach Assistant Ramon Garcia Mission Continues Fellow
EDUCATION
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Jennifer Zakkai Director of Education & Community Engagement Carolyn Marie Wright Manager of Education & Community Engagement Brian Allman, Ramy Eletreby, David Guerra, McKenna Kerrigan, Robert Paterno, Connor White Teaching Artists Hermie Castillo Mission Continues Fellow
Karim Bouzzit
ADMINISTRATION Behnaz Ataee Peter Banachowski Samone Watts Marguerite Harris
Chief Financial Officer Accounting and Payroll Manager Accounts Payable Receptionist
PRODUCTION Daniel Ionazzi Jill Barnes Sam Craven-Griffiths Evan Friedman Rich Gilles James Grabowski Darren Rezowalli Ramine Ameli
Production Manager Associate Production Manager / Company Manager Technical Director 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 Jane Phillips Harper Deputy Supervising House Manager Amy Farkas Lead Concierge James Porter Lead House Manager Josiah Davis, Brett Donaldson, Caroline Harrison Kohler, Nathaniel Meek, Roxana Meyers House Managers Claudia Baffo, Rebecca Birstock, Kailey Bray, Toshi Calderon, Taylor Cerny, Vianney Cossyleon, Ida Herndon, Isaac Jay, Olivia Lowe, Sarah Lyddan, Aaron Newman, JoJo Nwoko, Shannon O’Hara, Madison Shamoun, Charmee Taylor, Adam Turney, Cody Williams, Dennis Woullard 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
Facility Manager Custodial Cleaning Custodial
Geffen Playhouse is supported, in part, by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors through the Los Angeles County Arts Commission. This project was also funded in part by the Department of Cultural Affairs, City of Los Angeles. Geffen Playhouse, a not-for-profit theater company, is proudly affiliated with the University of California at Los Angeles.
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