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FROM THE PRODUCING DIRECTOR
WELCOME TO THE GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE WELCOME TO THE GEFFEN’S 2010/2011 SEASON. I think we have it all this year: new plays by some of America’s best writers, musical offerings and themes that range from international to sexual politics. This will be a vibrant season.
Our first play, Lynn Nottage’s Ruined, was the recipient of the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for drama. Our extraordinary production is helmed by the very talented Kate Whoriskey, and is nothing short of breathtaking. Set in a brothel in the Congo, it is an exploration of what violence leaves in its wake and how victims learn to endure and adapt. What is truly unique and amazing about this play is that in spite of the horrors that Nottage depicts, there is an undeniable spirit of hope that emerges. With the help of original music and indomitable women characters led by Mama Nadi, these are survivors of war as much as they are victims of it. Kate Whoriskey participated in this production of Ruined on many levels. First, as the director and long time collaborator of Lynn Nottage, she contributed to the development of this play from its inception, including a trip to Uganda to interview Congolese refugees first hand. Having directed every incarnation of the play up to this point, Kate made sure to assemble a cast of brilliant actors as well as some of the finest designers American theater has to offer. Included in this list are Lighting Designer Peter Kaczorowski, Costume Designer Paul Tazewell, Set Designer Derek McClane, Composer Dominic Kanza and Sound Designers/Music Directors Rob Milburn and Michael Bodeen. They have encapsulated the relative safety of life within the walls of Mama Nadi’s and the ominous, ever-present danger outside her always-open door. In addition to the steady hand Kate held over this production, she has been an integral part of both the national and international cycle of this play helping to make our first co-production with Seattle’s Intiman Theatre possible. Our plays this year have been coined ‘proudly provocative’ and we believe that Ruined is a perfect beginning for what’s to come this season. Welcome back! See you at the theater,
Gilbert Cates Producing Director
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FROM THE CHAIRMAN FRANK G. MANCUSO
IT IS MY PLEASURE TO WELCOME YOU TO THE NEW SEASON IN OUR beautiful Gil Cates Theater at the Geffen Playhouse. We are very excited about the new season. Gil Cates, Randall Arney and our creative team have put together an incredibly exciting program that we hope you will enjoy. We are thrilled to welcome both some wonderful playwrights who have worked with us in the past – Jane Anderson, Hershey Felder, and Neil LaBute and the newer voices of Pulitzer Prize winners Tracy Letts and Lynn Nottage. If you haven’t renewed your subscription, now is the time to do it. I also want to take this time to welcome our new subscribers and donors to the Geffen Playhouse family. In our 2009/2010 season we had a chance to partner with many wonderful organizations to bring hundreds of disadvantaged youth and senior citizens to see Thurgood starring Laurence Fishburne. Seeing the look on their faces as they witnessed live theater, often for the first time, was extraordinary. We’d like to thank the individuals, foundations and organizations whose generosity made this possible. As we grow as a theater, it is our responsibility to continue expanding our education and outreach programs to reach an even larger group in our community. I am incredibly proud of our ability to collaborate with other important non-profit organizations. For Ruined, we are partnering with The Edgerton Foundation, International Medical Corps and Jewish World Watch. Tonight I welcome you to Ruined, the Pulitzer Prize winning play, which is a coproduction with the Intiman Theatre. It is an incredibly powerful show and I am delighted that you have the opportunity to see this great piece. I look forward to seeing you in the 2010/2011 season. Thank you for your continued support. Sit back, relax and enjoy the show. Respectfully yours,
Frank G. Mancuso
Chairman, Geffen Playhouse
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THE ROAD TO RUINED
BY AMY LEVINSON
Rape victims who have successfully reintegrated into their communities assemble in a “peace hut” in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Photo courtesy of USAID.
PLAYS ARE CREATED UNDER THE most unlikely circumstances. More often than not, a writer begins with an idea and, as a plot and characters develop, the play evolves in unanticipated directions. So is the case with Ruined, Lynn Nottage’s Pulitzer prize winning drama about women who find a refuge of sorts in a brothel in the Congo. What began as an idea to adapt Bertolt Brecht’s Mother Courage transformed into a play about what cruelty begets and how endurance and hope survive even the most violent of offenses. This is where the story of Ruined begins. Lynn Nottage, Playwright and Kate Whoriskey, Director discussed the beginnings of Ruined while working on Nottage’s play Fabulation,
a companion piece to her widely produced and lauded play Intimate Apparel. During rehearsal, Nottage suggested to Whoriskey a collaboration on a Brecht play. Whoriskey had recently directed Caucasian Chalk Circle and Nottage was attracted to the idea of adapting Mother Courage and setting it in the Congo. Whoriskey, intrigued by Nottage’s plans to visit Uganda to interview Congolese refugees, happily accepted an invitation to accompany the writer on the journey. Nottage set up interviews with 15 women through connections she had developed while working for Amnesty International. The writer and director team spent ten days in Uganda listening to the stories of Congolese women and the horrors
they had witnessed and endured. At the culmination of each interview the women were photographed and these images would become central to the play that Nottage set out to write. When asked when she knew that Mother Courage would no longer provide a framework for their project, Whoriskey noted, “it was never articulated while we were in Uganda but I think we knew on that first day of interviews that there was an entirely original story needing to be told about women in the Congo. We were grateful that Mother Courage had brought us to these women but that was the most we were going to pull from the play.” When they returned home, PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE P3
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Nottage officially abandoned the idea of Mother Courage when she called Whoriskey and suggested that the structure of Brecht’s original was hindering the authenticity of the story they wanted to tell. The director was glad to defer to Nottage’s impeccable instincts. The first production of Ruined took place at The Goodman Theatre in Chicago and then moved to The Manhattan Theatre Club in New York where the writer and director team honed the production which would later open to extraordinary acclaim and extend numerous times. Neither artist could have anticipated the national and international attention that would arise from Ruined. Whoriskey notes, “for us it was simply a labor of love based on a subject that Lynn and I were passionate about pursuing. We had no idea that audiences would embrace the work in the way that they have.” In the midst of this successful endeavor, the Intiman Theatre in Seattle hired Whoriskey as the new Artistic Director and she knew
13-year-old rape victim awaits treatment in Goma. Photo courtesy of Jewish World Watch.
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Condola Rashad and Quincy Tyler Bernstine in Ruined. Photo by Chris Bennion.
this production would have a home there this season. The Geffen Playhouse soon partnered with the Intiman for a co-production of unprecedented scale. It includes a cast of 12, musicians on stage and a tremendous physical set. Los Angeles is the fourth step in the journey of this extraordinary play but the most profound stop will take place after the show closes at the Geffen and moves on to South Africa. Both the writer and director were keenly aware of the responsibility laid at their feet once they held these women’s stories in their hands and hearts. What the victims of war and rape in the Congo wanted more than anything was to be heard. Whoriskey describes her experience when listening to Congolese women tell their stories. “In America people tell you intimate details of their life because they want to have a catharsis, they want to open up emotionally to someone they are close to and share. The women we spoke with in Uganda were not interested in this — their one goal was to get this information out into the
world — to make sure their stories were being heard.” She adds, “They wanted Peter Jennings and instead they had Lynn and Kate. We know that theater has such a small voice in comparison but we have done what we can to make these stories heard.” Now, with Ruined earning the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for drama and being produced more than any other play in regional theaters this year, these stories are receiving a national spotlight that is long overdue. It is with this responsibility in mind that the production makes its final stop in South Africa, which has the world’s largest population of Congolese refugees. Whoriskey says of this choice, “In an effort to give these women a voice, to have their stories heard, we wanted international organizations to take notice and we are incredibly gratified that they have. Human Rights Watch, among others, have taken notice of the work and Lynn was invited to speak at Parliament. Even if, as theater artists, we are not the most influential group, we have made an impact on behalf of these women in the Congo. It seems
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BY AMY LEVINSON
Congolese refugee girls returned to their homeland. Photo by Margaret Aguirre and courtesy of International Medical Corps.
only right that they hear this story first hand- in some ways the journey of the play would be incomplete without the international cycle included.” After a recent performance at the Intiman Theatre in Seattle, the actors spoke about what it would mean to do this play for Congolese women. They are honored to have the opportunity to perform for the audiences in South Africa but as one of the cast members so wisely put it, “We stand to learn far more from them than they do from us; we are telling a story they know all too well.” The deep connection that these artists have with this play is undeniable. Many of them have been with the production since it began in Chicago. For those who joined the cast in Seattle and will continue on to Los
Angeles and South Africa they have committed themselves not only to performing this physically and emotionally challenging play with vim and vigor but they have taken up the cause of aiding the victims of the Congo. Participating in this play incites action – a desire to do something to help the women who are portrayed in Ruined. The world that Nottage creates in Ruined is a fictitious one — that should be made clear. But what is undeniable is that the 15 women who the writer and director interviewed are embodied in the women who inhabit this play. And, like the characters themselves, their triumphant wills to survive cannot help but move us all. Is it difficult for Whoriskey to imagine another director taking on
this play after working on productions of it for more than a year? She notes, “I look forward to seeing what other directors do with Lynn’s play. As far as Ruined goes, I’d love nothing more than to see it produced in every state and every city.” Just as the idea for this play took on a life of its own, it also seems Whoriskey is prepared for this lauded play to take off in new directions. As for Los Angeles audiences, it is a privilege to have both Lynn Nottage and Kate Whoriskey working on this production before the Ruined company departs for South Africa. While an adaptation of Mother Courage set in the Congo would have been wondrous in their hands, it is hard to imagine anything more profound than Ruined. PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE P5
Gilbert Cates PRODUCING DIRECTOR
Randall Arney ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Ken Novice MANAGING DIRECTOR
THE GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE AND
INTIMAN THEATRE Kate Whoriskey ARTISTIC DIRECTOR • Brian Colburn MANAGING DIRECTOR
PRESENT
Written by
Lynn Nottage Scenic Design
Derek McLane Original Music
Dominic Kanza
Costume Design
Paul Tazewell Lyrics
Lynn Nottage
Production Supervisor
Donald Fried
Lighting Design
Peter Kaczorowski Choreography
Warren Adams
Production Stage Manager
Mary K Klinger
Sound Design and Music Direction
Rob Milburn and Michael Bodeen Dialect Coach
Judith Shahn
Assistant Stage Manager
Jennifer Brienen
Fight Choreography
Geoffrey Alm
Casting Director
Phyllis Schuringa
Directed by
Kate Whoriskey The World Premiere of Ruined was produced by THE GOODMAN THEATRE • Robert Falls ARTISTIC DIRECTOR • Roche Schulfer EXECUTIVE PRODUCER And MANHATTAN THEATRE CLUB • Lynne Meadow ARTISTIC DIRECTOR • Barry Grove EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Ruined was commissioned by The Goodman Theatre Ruined is presented by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc., New York. A co-production with Intiman Theatre
Opening Night: September 15, 2010 OPENING NIGHT SPONSORED BY: education Sponsors
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in-kind Sponsors
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CAST OF CHARACTERS (In alphabetical order)
Salima............................................................................................................................ Josephine.................................................................................................................... Jerome Kisembe/Soldier...................................................................................... Fortune/Soldier/Miner......................................................................................... Christian...................................................................................................................... Guitarist....................................................................................................................... Mr. Harari.................................................................................................................... Pascal, the Drummer/Soldier............................................................................. Mama Nadi................................................................................................................. Sophie........................................................................................................................... Commander Osembenga/Soldier.................................................................... Simon/Soldier/Miner/Aid Worker...................................................................
Quincy Tyler Bernstine Cherise Boothe Tongayi Chirisa Carl Cofield Russell G. Jones Simon Shabantu Kashama Tom Mardirosian Ron McBee Portia Condola Rashad David St. Louis Stephen Tyrone Williams
UNDERSTUDIES Victoire Charles & Mustafa S. Shakir
SETTING
A bar in a small mining town in the Ituri Rainforest Democratic Republic of Congo
TIME
The recent past
RUNNING TIME
Approximately 2 hours and 30 minutes There will be one 15 minute intermission The Geffen Playhouse gratefully acknowledges the following media sponsors for their generous support of Ruined.
The Geffen Playhouse is supported, in part, by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors through the Los Angeles County Arts Commission. This project was also funded in part by the Department of Cultural Affairs, City of Los Angeles. The Geffen Playhouse, a non-profit theater company, is proudly affiliated with the University of California at Los Angeles.
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QUINCY TYLER BERNSTINE (Salima) Quincy originated this role in the world premiere of Ruined at the Goodman and Manhattan Theatre Club, winning Obie, Clarence Derwent and Audelco Awards. Other Broadway and Off-Broadway credits include Family Week (MCC, dir. Jonathan Demme); In the Next Room, or the vibrator play (Lincoln Center Theater); The Misanthrope (New York Theatre Workshop); Chicken (Studio Dante); A Small, Melodramatic Story (The Public Theater/LAByrinth); ‘nami (Partial Comfort Productions); (I am) Nobody’s Lunch, The Ladies, Paris Commune and Gone Missing (all with The Civilians); Matt & Ben (P.S. 122 and National Tour) and The Trail of Her Inner Thigh (LAByrinth), among others. Her regional credits include Woolly Mammoth, O’Neill Theatre Center, Williamstown, Sundance Theatre Lab, Cape Cod Theatre Project, Berkeley Rep, Alliance, Long Wharf, La Jolla Playhouse, Chautauqua Theater Company, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Nashville Shakespeare Festival, Baltimore Center Stage, Mark Taper Forum, Virginia Stage and others. Film/TV: Rachel Getting Married (dir. Jonathan Demme); HBO Voyeur Project; Chappelle’s Show; Law & Order: SVU; Law & Order: Criminal Intent; All My Children. Training: Brown University (BA), UC San Diego (MFA). She is a member of The Civilians and LAByrinth Theater Company.
CHERISE BOOTHE (Josephine) Cherise is making her Geffen debut. She originated this role in the Goodman/MTC world premiere of Ruined. Other theatre: August Wilson’s 20th Century (Kennedy Center), Ohio State Murders (Lucille P8 PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE
Lortel Award for Outstanding Revival, Theatre for a New Audience), King Hedley II (Signature Theatre), The Blacks (Classical Theatre of Harlem), Huck & Holden (Cherry Lane), The Book Club Play, Insurrection: Holding History (Berkshire Theatre Festival), Blues for an Alabama Sky (BTF/ Actors Theatre of Louisville). Film/TV: Inside Man (dir. Spike Lee), Then She Found Me (dir. Helen Hunt), The Wool Cap (with Keke Palmer and William H. Macy), Everyone’s Hero (animation), Law & Order: SVU, The Good Wife. Training: New York University’s Graduate Acting Program. Deepest gratitude to God, family and friends. www.cheriseboothe.com
TONGAYI CHIRISA (Jerome Kisembe/Soldier) Tongayi, a Zimbabwean actor and singer, played “Detective Trevor Davies” in the ever-popular Zimbabwean soapie Studio 263. He has appeared in numerous feature films, the most well known being Tanyaradzwa, for which he won the Best Actor for Film and Television Award. He starred in a serial radio drama Mopani Junction, which was taken off air at the height of political turmoil in Zimbabwe. Tongayi studied for a Bachelors Degree in Live Performance at AFDA (South African School of Motion Picture Medium and Live Performance). He has been nominated for, and won, many National Arts Merit Awards in Zimbabwe and was nominated for an African Movie Academy Award. His credits include the lead in the comedy feature film Mr. Bones 2: Back from the Past; a dramatic appearance in the mini-series Rough (dir. Andy Wilson); the international feature Skin (dir. Anthony Fabian, co-starring Sam Neill and Sophie Okonedo); and a supporting role in a local drama series Redemption for SABC1. He portrayed “Friday” on the NBC international television series Crusoe, opposite Philip Winchester, Sean Bean and Sam Neill, based on the classic story Robinson Crusoe. He can also be seen in the BBC film Mrs. Mandela, starring Sophie Okonedo. www.tongayichirisa.com
Companions. Mr. Jones has been a proud member of LAByrinth Theater Company since 1995.
CARL COFIELD (Fortune/Soldier/Miner) Carl was seen in Ruined at Manhattan Theatre Club and the Intiman Theatre. His other New York credits include Muddy the Water at The BE Company and Cobb at the Lucille Lortel. Regional credits include: Cuttin’ Up, The Piano Lesson, The Misanthrope at Arena Stage; Sleuth and Cuttin’ Up at the Alliance; Gem of the Ocean at Actors Theatre of Louisville; Intimate Apparel at Milwaukee Rep; The Old Settler at the Studio Theatre; A Night in Tunisia, Comedy of Errors, Twelfth Night, Troilus and Cressida for Alabama Shakespeare Festival; Private Lives, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Coriolanus and Hamlet for Shakespeare Santa Cruz; Mud, River, Stone; Henry V, Arms and the Man with The Acting Company. Other theaters include Berkeley Rep, the McCarter and others. Television and film credits: Miami Vice, Law & Order, America’s Most Wanted and others. Thanks to my family. www.carlcofield.com.
RUSSELL G. JONES (Christian) Russell originated this role in the world premiere of Ruined at the Goodman Theatre and Manhattan Theatre Club, winning Obie, Audelco and Black Theater Alliance Awards, and receiving Outer Critics Circle and Joseph Jefferson nominations. Some other theatre credits include A View from 151st Street at The Public Theater, Our Lady of 121st Street at Union Square Theater, God, the Crackhouse and the Devil at La Mama, The Death of Don Flagrante Delicto at Greenwich Street Theatre and In Arabia, We’d All Be Kings at Center Stage, NY. Television: Law & Order, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Law & Order: SVU, Spin City. Film: Turntable (2006 Best Actor, San Diego Noir Festival), Traffic (SAG Ensemble Award: Outstanding Cast Performance), Squeeze, The Saint of Avenue B and
SIMON SHABANTU KASHAMA (Guitarist) Simon, originally from the Congo, actively works to blend his musical talent with a strong determination to support social change and raise awareness about violence in Eastern Congo, benefit Congolese women directly, and show the positive side of Africa through the soul of the people— music. He performed in the Goodman/ MTC/Intiman production of Ruined. Simon has written tribute songs to V-Day (“I Was Not Born Raped”), Oprah Winfrey’s girls’ school in South Africa (“Education is my Tomorrow”) and the World Cup (“Soccer Dream”). He recently collaborated with Barney McAll on a movie about the Congo, Pushing the Elephant, directed by Elizabeth Mandel and Beth Davenport, which premiered at the Human Rights Watch Film Festival in New York this summer. He is also recording a 15-song album, “Coltan in the Congo;” is one of the creators of the Insight-to-Incite Global Arts Collaborative with his newly formed band, Shabantu; and is composing songs for a play about education. With 50 songs awaiting recording, some of them taking 10-20 years to write, Simon’s resolution for 2010 is to write one song per week.
TOM MARDIROSIAN (Mr. Harari) Tom originated this role in the Goodman/MTC production of Ruined. He has appeared on Broadway in Wonderful Town, Happy End, The Magic Show, Cuba and His Teddy Bear and My Favorite Year. Off-Broadway, he’s originated roles in Gemini, Passione, The Good Coach, Cliffhanger, Losing Time, Grand Magic, Cap and Bells, The Butter and Egg Man and
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WHO’S WHO IN THE CAST ABOUT THE PLAYERS others. For the New York Shakespeare Festival he did The Normal Heart, Largo Desolato, Henry IV Part I, and two different productions of Measure for Measure and The Taming of the Shrew. He’s appeared in over a dozen films, most notably Presumed Innocent with Harrison Ford, and he will be seen in the forthcoming Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, directed by Oliver Stone. Tom has guest starred on numerous television shows including Law & Order, NYPD Blue, Cosby, New Amsterdam and Miami Vice. He was a series regular on the HBO series Oz as inmate Agamemnon Busmalis and the Fox series The Bedford Diaries. Tom is also a successful playwright having had two plays produced at New York’s prestigious Playwrights Horizons: Saved from Obscurity (Drama Desk nomination) and Subfertile.
RON McBEE (Pascal, the Drummer/Soldier) Ron is a musician who enjoys working in theater. He performed in the Manhattan Theatre Club and the Intiman Theatre productions of Ruined. His other theatre credits include: the original New York, London and Los Angeles productions of George C. Wolfe’s The Colored Museum; Rita Dove’s The Darker Face of the Earth at Crossroads Theatre and the Kennedy Center; and the Shakespeare Theatre’s The Oedipus Plays in Athens, Greece. You’ll find him performing, or on recordings with various groups such as the Sun Ra Arkestra, Hassan Hakmoun, and Heritage O.P. He also frequently leads workshops for teachers, students and special needs populations.
PORTIA (Mama Nadi) Portia played Mama Nadi in the Manhattan Theatre Club and the Intiman Theatre productions of Ruined. Other theatre credits include Zooman and the Sign (Signature Theatre
Company), The Member of the Wedding (The Young Vic in London), McReele (Roundabout), The Treatment (Culture Project), No Child… (TheaterWorks), Something You Did (Primary Stages), Frankie & Johnny (Hartford Stage Company), The Ride Down Mt. Morgan (Broadway), Our Lady of 121st St. (dir. Philip Seymour Hoffman), Merchant of Venice (dir. Peter Sellars). Television: Ugly Betty, Lipstick Jungle, 30 Rock, Law & Order, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Rescue Me, Whoopi. Features: The Greatest; The Messenger; Silver Tongues; Please Give; Synecdoche, New York; and Freedomland. Portia is a member of AEA and the LAByrinth Theater Company.
CONDOLA RASHAD (Sophie) Condola originated this role in the world premiere of Ruined at the Goodman Theatre and Manhattan Theatre Club. She has appeared in Tambourines to Glory with True Colors Theatre Company and Pearl at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. She received her BFA from the California Institute of the Arts. TV credits include: Law & Order: Criminal Intent and The Good Wife. Condola made her film debut in Sex and the City 2.
DAVID ST. LOUIS (Commander Osembenga/Soldier) Film: At Your Convenience, Trigger Effect and Temptation. TV: NCIS, Third Watch, Law & Order, Law & Order: SVU., A Royal Birthday, The Jury, One Life to Live, Homicide: Life on the Streets, America’s Most Wanted and The Secret Path. Broadway credits: Harlem Song, Rent, Jesus Christ Superstar and The Scarlet Pimpernel. Regional: Parade (Mark Taper Forum), Cousin Bette (The Antaeus Company), The Life (Jaxx Theatricals), Ragtime (PCPA Theatre), Porgy and Bess (ZACH Theatre), Raisin
(Court Theatre), Once on this Island (Center Stage), From My Hometown (American Heartland Theatre), Me & Mrs. Jones (Prince Music Theater), Golden Boy (Long Wharf Theatre), Henry V (Shakespeare Theatre), Candide (Arena Stage) and Bessie’s Blues (Studio Theatre), for which he received the Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor.
STEPHEN TYRONE WILLIAMS (Simon/Soldier/Miner/Aid Worker) Stephen joined the cast and creative team of Ruined for the Intiman Theatre production. He last walked the boards in Seattle during the recent coproduction of August Wilson’s Fences with Seattle Rep and Syracuse Stage. He holds a B.A. in Theatre Performance and Communication Studies from the University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa). Off Broadway: Sundown Names and Night-Gone Things (Negro Ensemble Company, Audelco nominee), The Blowin’ of Baile Gall (Irish Arts Center), The Jocker (Wings Theatre) and The Laramie Project (The Gallery Players). Regional: Topdog/Underdog (Actors Theatre of Louisville), To Kill a Mockingbird (Virginia Stage), Measure for Measure (Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey), Piano Lesson (Marion Gallaway Theatre) and A Raisin in the Sun (Weston Playhouse). Film: Children of God (Audience Award-NYC, Turin & Calgary), Crush, Stag & Doe (2010 HBO Short Film Finalist) and Restless City, all due out in 2010. Proud member of AEA. Visit www.stephentyrone.com.
VICTOIRE CHARLES (Understudy) New York: Ruined (Manhattan Theatre Club); Hillary: A Modern Greek Tragedy with a (Somewhat) Happy Ending (New Georges); the Fordham Alumni Company and Puppeteers’ Cooperative presentation of The Martian Chronicles; The Acting
Company’s National Tour and Off Broadway run of The Tempest and Moby Dick Rehearsed; Abandon (La MaMa Etc.); Meet John Doe (Dodger Stages/NAMT); and Down from the Flatbottom (The Mint/Absolute Theatre Company). Regional: Intimate Apparel (Portland Stage Company); The Trojan Women (Alabama Shakespeare Festival); The Comedy of Errors (Shakespeare Theatre, DC). She holds a BA from Fordham University’s Fordham College at Lincoln Center and an MFA from NYU’s Graduate Acting Program. Proud AEA Member.
MUSTAFA S. SHAKIR (Understudy) Film: The Cavern, The Magnificent Cooly T, Jails, Hospitals & Hip Hop, Marci X, Woo, Shaft, Sunset Television: Girlfriends, Law & Order C.I., Law & Order, House M.D., Doctor Vegas, Wasteland, Faceless, Wanted, Numbers, Cold Case, New York Undercover, Gemini Man Theater: Colored People’s Time (NEC), Pentecost (The Old Globe), Endangered Species (Victoria V), Kumtoa Africa (Mary Burch Theater), You Can Clap Now (PSNBC), Othello (North Carolina Arts Festival) Thank you to the all the people that make me possible! LYNN NOTTAGE (Playwright, Lyrics) Lynn is a playwright from Brooklyn. Ruined enjoyed successful runs at Manhattan Theatre Club and the Goodman Theatre and won several awards including the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for drama and Obie Award. Her plays, which have been developed and produced at theatres both nationally and internationally, also include Intimate Apparel (New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award); Fabulation or The Re-Education of Undine (Obie Award); Crumbs from the Table of Joy; Las Meninas; Mud, River, Stone; Por’knockers; and Poof!. She is the recipient of numerous awards, including the 2007 MacArthur Foundation “Genius Grant,” the National Black Theatre Festival’s August Wilson Playwriting Award, the 2004 PEN/Laura Pels Award for Drama, the 2005 Guggenheim Grant for Playwriting, as well as fellowships from the Lucille Lortel Foundation, Manhattan Theatre Club, New Dramatists and New York PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE P9
WHO’S WHO IN THE CAST ABOUT THE PLAYERS Foundation for the Arts. She sits on The Dramatists Guild Council, an alumna of New Dramatists and a graduate of Brown University and the Yale School of Drama, where she is a visiting lecturer. KATE WHORISKEY (Director) Kate is the Artistic Director of Intiman Theatre. She directed the MTC/ Goodman world premiere of Ruined by Lynn Nottage, with whom she also collaborated on the premieres of Fabulation (Playwrights Horizons) and Intimate Apparel (South Coast Repertory and Baltimore Center Stage). She has also directed the world premieres of Inked Baby by Christina Anderson (Playwrights Horizons), Massacre by José Rivera (LAByrinth Theatre Company, of which she is a member) and Julia Cho’s The Piano Teacher (South Coast Rep and Vineyard Theatre). She directed The Tempest at the Shakespeare Theatre; The Rose Tattoo and Heartbreak House at Goodman Theatre; and Life Is a Dream, Caucasian Chalk Circle, Antigone by Sophocles and Sarah Ruhl’s The Clean House at California’s South Coast Rep, where she was an Associate Artist. Other companies where she has directed include Theatre for a New Audience, Perseverance, Actors Theatre of Louisville and Sundance Theatre Lab. She directed Ibsen’s The Master Builder at American Repertory Theatre shortly after receiving her graduate degree from the A.R.T. Institute for Advanced Theatre Training at Harvard University. She most recently directed the first Broadway revival of William Gibson’s The Miracle Worker and the opera Magdalena at Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris. DEREK MCLANE (Scenic Designer) Derek designed Ruined at the Manhattan Theatre Club and the Goodman Theatre. Broadway: The Miracle Worker, Million Dollar Quartet, Ragtime (Tony nom.), 33 Variations (2009 Tony Award), The Pajama Game (Tony nom.), Grease, The Threepenny Opera, Little Women, I Am My Own Wife, Barefoot in the Park, Lestat, The Women, Present Laughter, London Assurance, Holiday, Honour, Summer and Smoke, The Three Sisters. OffBroadway: The Kid; Family Week; A Lie of the Mind; Groundswell; Becky Shaw; Rafta, Rafta; 10 Million Miles, The Scene, The Voysey Inheritance, Two Trains Running, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Hurlyburly, The Great American Trailer Park Musical, The Credeaux Canvas, What the Butler Saw, East Is East, subUrbia, The Waverly Gallery, Hello Again, Saturday Night. Mr. McLane designed the entire Sondheim Celebration at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC and work in London, Glasgow, P10 PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE
Dublin, Moscow, Krakow and Caracas. Awards include seven Drama Desk nominations; 2004, 2005 and 2007 Lucille Lortel Awards; and 1997 and 2004 Obie Awards. PAUL TAZEWELL (Costume Designer) Broadway: The Miracle Worker; Memphis; Guys and Dolls; In the Heights; Hot Feet; The Color Purple; Caroline, or Change; A Raisin in the Sun; Drowning Crow; Russell Simmons Def Poetry Jam; Elaine Stritch at Liberty; The Gershwins’ Fascinating Rhythm; On the Town; Bring in ‘da Noise, Bring in ‘da Funk. He designed Ruined at the Manhattan Theatre Club and the Goodman Theatre. He has designed costumes internationally and across the United States for opera, theatre, dance and film. Mr. Tazewell has been nominated for the Tony Award four times and is the recipient of the Lucille Lortel Award, the Ovation Award, the NAACP Award, three Helen Hayes Awards, a Michael Merritt Award, two AUDELCO Awards, the TDF Irene Sharaff Young Master Award, Princess Grace Fellowship and the Princess Grace Statue Award. PETER KACZOROWSKI (Lighting Designer) Previously at the Geffen: Time Stands Still (now on Broadway at the Cort Theatre). He has designed this production of Ruined in Chicago, New York, Seattle and now here in L.A. Broadway: 40 plays and musicals including Driving Missy Daisy, A View From the Bridge, Time Stands Still, Waiting for Godot, Young Frankenstein, Is He Dead?, Curtains, Grey Gardens, The Pajama Game, The Producers, Contact, Kiss Me Kate, Steel Pier. Recent Off-Broadway, Venus in Fur at CSC, the Brother/Sister Plays at The Public, The Capeman Concert and Twelfth Night at the Delacorte in Central Park, Wig Out! at The Vineyard. He has designed for most leading resident and regional theatre companies in the U.S. including Lincoln Center, MTC, Roundabout, Encores!, The Public, Guthrie, Goodman, La Jolla, South Coast, CTG, Long Wharf. Opera: The Met, NYCO, San Francisco, Houston Grand, L.A. Music Center, Seattle, Santa Fe, St. Louis. Abroad: Royal Opera Covent Garden, Scottish Opera, Opera/North, Bonn, La Fenice, Maggio Florence, L’Arena di Verona, Cagliari, Lisbon. Recipient of the Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics, Dramalogue and Hewes design awards. ROB MILBURN & MICHAEL BODEEN (Sound Design & Music Direction) Broadway credits include music composition and sound for The Miracle Worker, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, The Speed of Darkness, music for My Thing of Love and sound for Superior Donuts, reasons to be
pretty, A Year with Frog and Toad, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Hollywood Arms, King Hedley II, Buried Child, The Song of Jacob Zulu and The Grapes of Wrath. Off-Broadway credits include music and sound for Inked Baby, After Ashley, The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci, Boy Gets Girl, Red, Space, Marvin’s Room, sound for Family Week, reasons to be pretty, Jitney, Juvenilia, Brundibar, The Pain and the Itch and music direction and sound for Eyes for Consuela and Ruined. They have created music and sound at many of America’s resident theatres (often with Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theatre) and at several international venues. DOMINIC KANZA (Original Music) Dominic received the 2009 Drama Desk Award for his work on Ruined at MTC. A guitarist/singer/songwriter, has toured around the world for the past 25 years. He has performed with Jazz legends Chris Botti, Pharaoh Sanders, Michael Brecker and Bill Laswell, and was part of the 2004 Blues concert at Radio City Music Hall, available on DVD as Lightning in a Bottle. With Paul Simon, he collaborated on such events as President Bill Clinton’s inaugural ball and Simon’s “Back at the Ranch” concert series. With composer Bob Telson, he has worked on numerous projects including the Broadway musical Chronicle of a Death Foretold. As a composer, Dominic has been active in television, writing the score for a National Geographic TV documentary film and one of the theme songs for the Oprah Winfrey Show. His work with Harry Belafonte includes the PBS concert An Evening with Harry Belafonte and Friends (available on DVD). In 1993, he was one of 25 recipients worldwide to be honored with the Award of Excellence from the United Nations Society of Writers. He is the featured guitarist and bass player on the official song for the 2010 World Cup Soccer tournament in South Africa, “Waka Waka” by Colombian superstar Shakira. WARREN ADAMS (Choreographer) Warren is Founder/CEO of Home4Dance, the Premier Network for Dance, www.home4dance.com. Born and raised in South Africa, he has 15 years of professional experience as a director, choreographer, producer and performer in dance, opera, theatre, TV and film, and has been a principal dancer in prestigious dance venues around the world. He choreographed Magdalena at Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris, Toy Story the Musical for Disney and Nora Ephron’s Julie & Julia starring Meryl Streep. Other theatre: Life Is a Dream (South Coast Rep), Camille (Fisher Center), I See London, I See France (NYMF), World Drummers (Hong Kong Disney) and
the opera Der Zwerg (Fisher Center). Film/TV: The View starring Ben Vereen (ABC), The Windrush Gala, The Sportsbank Special (BBC), Top Billing (SABC) and Bewitched starring Nicole Kidman. Ballet/Contemporary highlights: The Audacious One (Ballet Met), Worlds Apart (Ballet Theatre Afrikan), Cornered (Phoenix Dance Company). He received the first Linbury Scholarship to study at London’s Rambert Ballet School, the result of a meeting between Lady Anya Sainsbury and President Nelson Mandela, and won the Rudolf Nureyev Award in Europe in 1995 and 1996. Warren has served as a Guest Lecturer in Princeton University’s Theatre Department and resides in New York. MARY K KLINGER (Stage Manager) Broadway: Tony Kushner’s Angels in America: Millennium Approaches and Perestroika, QED with Alan Alda. National Tours: the 50th Anniversary Production of Death of a Salesman and The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles “Coming Out of Their Shells” Tour. London’s Royal Court: Spunk. Center Theatre Group: more than 50 productions including August Wilson’s Radio Golf, Jelly’s Last Jam, Spunk (both written and directed by George C. Wolfe), Topdog/Underdog, The House of Bernarda Alba (with Chita Rivera), Nine Armenians, Bandido!, Enigma Variations (with Donald Sutherland), The School for Scandal, Intimate Apparel, Woman Warrior. San Diego’s Old Globe: 12 productions including Othello, Coriolanus, Twelfth Night, Cyrano de Bergerac, All’s Well That Ends Well, Hamlet, The Merry Wives of Windsor. Pasadena Playhouse: Spokesong; Look Homeward, Angel; Arms and the Man (with John Rubinstein and Richard Thomas). LATC: 1951-2006, August Wilson’s Joe Turner’s Come and Gone, The Kathy & Mo Show, Stars in the Morning Sky. Other Theatres: La Jolla Playhouse, Berkeley Rep, Denver Center Theatre Company, Radio City Music Hall and the Westwood Playhouse. Ms. Klinger is a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association and is ever grateful to her husband, Philip J. Hilow. 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, The Female of the Species, Nightmare Alley and Thurgood. 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
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WHO’S WHO IN THE CAST ABOUT THE PLAYERS 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 productions including Westwood Playhouse and Briar Street Theater in Chicago), Austin Pendleton’s Orson’s Shadow and Charles L. Mee’s Time to Burn. Broadway transfers include One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (Tony for Best Revival) and The Song of Jacob Zulu. She teaches auditioning at Steppenwolf West. 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.
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 newly-renovated 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.
RANDALL ARNEY (Artistic Director) Randall begins his eleventh season as Artistic Director at the Geffen where he has directed The Female of the Species, 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).
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 managed 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. ABOUT THE INTIMAN THEATRE Intiman Theatre’s core commitment is to make theatre that is relevant to our time. It is celebrated as an activist theatre that produces ambitious and exciting productions of classics and new plays. Through its work on stage, innovative community engagement programs and a statewide arts education program, Intiman fosters conversation and debate among its audiences, students and people with limited access to the arts. Guided by the vision of Artistic Director Kate Whoriskey and Managing Director Brian Colburn, Intiman supports the development of new works, interdisciplinary and international collaborations, and diverse voices. Founded in 1972, Intiman was awarded the 2006 Tony Award for Outstanding Regional Theatre.
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 Award-nominated musical The Full Monty, Henry IV starring John Goodman as well as the TonyPERFORMANCES MAGAZINE P11
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS PRODUCTION STAFF FOR RUINED Deck Supervisor Dwayne Barnes Master Electrician Darren Rezowalli Sound Master James Grabowski Wardrobe Supervisor Leah A. Lewis Dresser Yelena Babinskaya Production Assistant Leia Crawford Assistant Scenic Designers Erica Hemminger and Shoko Kambara Assistant Lighting Designer Andrew Smith Assistant Sound Designer Ross Goldman Associate Director andrew russell INTIMAN THEATRE PRODUCTION CREDITS Production Manager Timothey Sullivan Interim Production Manager Matt McClane Assistant Production Manager Evan Tucker Technical Director Scott Schreck Master Carpenter Andrea Stewart Scenic Carpenter Dan Gomez, TOMMY PRICE Master Scenic Artist Jeanne Franz Scenic Artist Susannah Anderson Properties Manager Wiley Properties Artisan Kurchra Harding, Christy Penney, Maridee Slater Costumes Manager Tobi de Goede Tailor Joan Powell Draper Stephanie Poiré Design Assistant & Crafts Miriam Goodman-Miller First Hand Etai Alves, Lisa Lockard, Teresa O’Leary ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Lighting Equipment provided by Entertainment Lighting Services & Christie Lites, Seattle Sound Equipment provided by Jon Sound Inc. SPECIAL THANKS UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television Scene, Prop, Sound and Costume Shops, London Cleaners, Peet’s Coffee and Tea, Manhattan Theatre Club and Goodman Theatre 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. P12 PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE
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HOW TO HELP Founded by Ben Affleck, the Eastern Congo Initiative (ECI) is the first U.S. based advocacy and grant-making initiative wholly focused on working with and for the people of eastern Congo. Believing that a community based approach is essential to foster sustainable change, ECI envisions an eastern Congo vibrant with abundant opportunities for economic development and a flourishing civil society. To learn more about eastern Congo, ECI and how you can help, please visit easterncongo.org.
International Medical Corps’ humanitarian programs focus on delivering community-based primary health care with an emphasis on training and education. This ensures that skills and knowledge are passed on and remain long after crises have ended, helping communities return to self-reliance. Visit InternationalMedicalCorps.org for more information.
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Lisa Shannon, author of A Thousand Sisters, provides nine ways for your voice to be heard at athousandsisters.com/act.
Jewish World Watch (JWW) is a hands-on leader in the fight against genocide and mass atrocities. The organization provides opportunities for involvement in tangible local activities that make an immediate impact on the lives of women survivors of rape and brutality in Congo — empowering them to build a better future. Take action now at jww.org.
Visit Jhpiego.net and donate to prevent the needless death of women and their families in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and worldwide.
THE PANZI HOSPITAL OF BUKAVU is a Congolese not-for-profit institution that treats the survivors of sexual violence as well as improving the quality of medical care for the surrounding population. For more information, visit panzihospitalbukavu.org.
Women for Women International provides women survivors of war, civil strife and other conflicts with the tools and resources to move from crisis and poverty to stability and self-sufficiency, thereby promoting viable civil societies. Visit womenforwomen.org for more information.
Increase awareness of this and other important issues by donating to the Geffen Playhouse’s ongoing artistic, outreach and education programs. Visit geffenplayhouse.com/donate. Regional theaters around the country will produce Ruined more than any other play this season. Tell colleagues, friends and families about your experience.
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PARTNERSHIP SPOTLIGHTS Edgerton Foundation
The Edgerton Foundation has supported International Medical Corps projects in the Democratic Republic of Congo for several years. The conflict there has been the deadliest since World War II. The Foundation also supports New American Plays around the country. When we had the opportunity to see Ruined in New York in the winter of 2009 we witnessed a compelling story set in the midst of the violence in the Eastern Congo. It was a natural step to offer to underwrite a benefit at the Geffen (one of our favorite theatres and a leader in new play development) to help International Medical Corps in its heroic and unheralded mission to help the damaged women and children in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
For more than 25 years, International Medical Corps has been delivering lifesaving medical care and training in some of the world’s toughest humanitarian environments, including Pakistan, Afghanistan, Darfur, and Haiti. Since the 1990’s International Medical Corps has provided health care and training to more than 1 million Congolese devastated by two decades of bloody civil war, including treatment and livelihoods support for survivors of sexual violence. We are honored to collaborate with the Geffen Playhouse in raising awareness about the tragic conditions faced by so many people in the Congo, and helping bring about change that lasts.
Jewish World Watch (JWW) is a hands-on leader in the fight against genocide and mass atrocities, engaging individuals and communities to take local actions that produce powerful global results. Our current work focuses on protecting and empowering the women and families who are survivors of the ongoing crises in Darfur, in Sudan and in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where the flow of conflict minerals fueling the violence must be stopped. Partnering with Geffen Playhouse on this production of Ruined offers an unprecedented opportunity to bring to life the stories of real people, particularly women, in the Congo. Having met these women ourselves, we commend the Geffen for playing an important role by entertaining audiences while inspiring efforts to end the crisis. P18 PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE
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$10,000 - $24,999 Anonymous Agua Caliente Casino Resort & Spa Audi of America, Inc. Bacara Resort & Spa Don & Vicki Berghoff Bioque Technologies, Inc. Charles A. Black, Jr. Evelyn & Stephen Block Annette Blum Suzanne Deal Booth & David Booth Brotman Foundation of California Eileen & Harold Brown Graham Burke Mark Burnett & Roma Downey Capital Group Companies Stephanie & Jonathan Carson CBS Television Network Mary Ann Cloyd Shelley Wike Cranley Carole Bayer Sager & Robert A. Daly Joseph Drown Foundation Susan & John Ebey Susan & Mark Fleischer Fox Entertainment Group G.E. Foundation Gang, Tyre, Ramer & Brown, Inc. Patty Glaser & Sam Mudie Greater Los Angeles New Car Dealers Association
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Audrey* & Arthur Greenberg C. Curtis Grisham Leo S. Guthman Fund In Memory of Morrie Hazan HBO Eric & Samantha Heer Glorya Kaufman Michael Kong & Anastasia Twilley Susan & Peter Mallory Nancy & Michael McClelland Sandra E. Milken & Bara Byrnes Moss Foundation National Endowment for the Arts Occidental Petroleum Corp Richard D. Parsons Lee & Lawrence J. Ramer Loren Rothschild & Hon. Frances Rothschild Linda Bernstein Rubin & Tony Rubin The Simms/Mann Family Foundation Fred Specktor & Nancy Heller Judith & Bruce Stern Heather Thomas & Skip Brittenham The Vidal Sassoon Foundation Tom Hanks & Rita Wilson Ruth Ziegler
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$5,000 - $9,999 Jehan F. Agrama & Dwora Fried Jack & Hilary Angelo Bittersweet Butterfly Mara & Jonathan Blum Linda & Jerry Bruckheimer City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs Louis Colen Alexander Conlin Creative Artists Agency Danny DeVito & Rhea Perlman Diageo Brands Carolyn Dirks Family Tremecca D. Doss Fielding Edlow Joyce Eisenberg-Keefer & Melvin Keefer Entertainment Industry Foundation Priscila Giraldo Ford Printing & Mailing Four Seasons Joseph B. Gould Foundation Barbara Grenell George Hoag Family Foundation Cindy & Alan Horn Hotel Shangri-La Wendell & Bernice Jeffrey Dorothy & Allan Jonas Dora & Neil Kadisha Mannon Kaplan Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth M. Karmin Katy Sweet and Associates, Inc. Sabrina Kay Charitable Foundation Hope Mineo & Jeffrey Kitchen Sandra Krause & William Fitzgerald Despina Gianopoulos Landers & Jay Landers Garry Marshall Ms. Donna McKenna Montage Hotels and Resorts Todd Morgan Morgan Stanley Private Wealth Management The Kenneth T. and Eileen L. Norris Foundation Christine Marie Ofiesh Paradigm Talent and Literary Agency Jay D. Roth & Sherry E. Grant Charles Roven
Paula & Allan Rudnick Richard Ruskell Jody & Arthur Schmid Showtime Networks DeeAnna Staats Universal Studios Jon Alon Walz Diane Warren John & Marilyn Wells Elizabeth & Jim Wiatt Gail Zappa Ruth & Stan Zicklin Candice & Joel Zwick
EDUCATION ADVOCATE $1,000 - $4,999
Anonymous (4) Harry & Gay Abrams/Abrams Artists Agency James Adams Aegon Transamerica Foundation Miriam Aguiar AIG Olga S. Alderson In Memory of Jack & Claire Alexander Debbie Allen Merryl & David A. Alpert Maurice Amado Foundation Patti & Harlan Amstutz Angel’s Angell Foundation Margaret & Howard Arvey Russ August & Kabat DC & Carol Ann Bakeman The Barron Family Jericho Poppler & Dr. Greg Bartlow Rick & Shelley Bayer Moca Foundation Board of Supervisors County of Los Angeles Pamela & Bill Bohnert Greg & Elizabeth Borrud Brenda & Alan Borstein Paula Brand Dr. Wallace P. Brithinee The Eli & Edythe L. Broad Foundation Carolyn & Gerald Bronstein Wendy & David Brotman George & Nadine Buck Dianne Burnett & Joan Minerva Marlene Canter Chancellor Emeritus Albert Carnesale & Mrs. Robin Carnesale Dr. Fanya Carter & Dr. Harold J. Delchamps Valerie De La Garza & Michael Centeno Ms. Martha Chase Laurel & Aaron Clark Dr. Stephen & Trudi Cohen Nancy A. Cypert Daedalus Foundation Shirley Lu & Norman Davidson Jennifer & Jeffrey Denker Mark & Andrea DeWitt Kevin & Betsy Dill The Dillon Fund Glorya & Wil* Dixon DreamWorks Studios Gerald & Sally Ducot Dr. & Mrs. Paul Eisenberg Colleen M. Ellis Kevin Watts & Christine Enlow Michael Filerman Eric Flamholtz & Yvonne Randle Burt & Nanette Forester Steve Freedman Carol S. Frimmer Kathleen Garfield
David Geffen Foundation Harry A. Gilbert Kiki & David Gindler Cherna & Dr. Gary Gitnick Gloria & Peter Gold Barbara Goldenberg Marion Goldenfeld Adrienne Grant & Paul Jennings Karen Bobo & Alan Grosbard The Guerin Foundation Monty & Marilyn Hall Mr. & Mrs. William Hellman Harriette Henderson Mel & Faith Henkin James Hliboki & Hildi Snodgrass Mrs. Dorothy Hoffman Bud & Mary Hoffman Jackie & Dr. Irwin Hoffman Roger & Linda Howard Troy Hutchinson Terry & Marc J. Jacoby Steve, Alex & Emma Jaffe Maria & Conrad Janis Jewish Community Foundation Jacqueline & Marvin Jubas Sally & Dr. Manny J. Karbelnig Karney Guren Family Foundation Julie & David Kavner Lenny & David Kelton Kent Klavens Patricia Klous & Roman Silberfeld Judy Knapp John & Sarah Kobara Leslie & Norman Koplof Thea & Neal Koss Carol Krause Seth Krugliak Helene & Arthur Laub Ron & Pat Lebel J. Michael Lee & Layne Rainey Phyllis Lemberger Ed Levine Levitt Pavilions Mae & Hugh Lichtig Joanne Lindsay Steven & Nancy Lippman Judith Locke & Dennis Massie Kalman & Eve Loeb Los Angeles Magazine Marcia E. Williams & Gene Lucero Vincent Lupo Meyer & Renee Luskin Malibu Beach Inn Malibu Family Wines Eric G.C. Mark Steve Markoff Lesia & William Maxwell Janis B. McEldowney Sue McHugh Alex Meneses Dianne & Burton Merrill The Miles Family Gloria Miller & Susan Sager Ron & Lee Miller Nicole Behrstock-Miner In Memory of Rae Behrstock & Celia Lew Andrew Mintzer Allison & Jeff Mirkin Joanne & Joel Mogy Rich & Michele Monosson Patricia & Wesley Moore Garry Morris & Kent Harrison Hayes Lawrence P. Murphy Joan & Fred Nicholas Albert & Barbara Nichols Mike Nichols & Diane Sawyer
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ANNUAL DONORS Steve & Judy Orich Carol & Bill Ouchi Philip & Leslie Paton Pelican Hill Resort Charles Phillips Herbert & Marilyn Piken In Memory of Michael Piller The Pinhas Family Marilyn Pinzur Peggy & George Polinger Richard & Ruth Popkin Gail & Harold Provizer Pure Cheesecakes Edward C. Rainey, Jr. & Scott C. Britain Richard Rasiej & Joan Herman Kay & Bob Rehme Rob Reiner Felice Prieto Reyes Donald B. & Susan F. Rice Esther & Howard Richmond Linda & Manny Rider Jane Rissman & Richard Sondheimer Carol & Ward Ritter Dolores Rogers Lee Rosenblatt Sue Weiss Rosenwasser & Joseph Sinay Joyce & Deane Ross Judy Knapp Marlene Rotblatt J. Nathan & Michele Rubin David A. & Karen Richards Sachs Thomas L. Safran Richard & Susan Sager Richard & Amber Sakai Susan & Kenneth Sarno David Schwanke Jonathan Schwartz George Shapiro John & Lori Shaw Diane Sherman-Smith In Memory of Gordon A. Smith Rita & Jose Sigal Dine with Nine Catering & Events Simon Strauss Foundation Snyder Family Foundation Drs. Matthew & Marion Solomon Rita Spiegel Cori Steinberg Joannie Stern SunAmerica Jack Sussman Radoslav & Elaine Sutnar Dr. S. Jerome & Judith D. Tamkin Anne C. Taubman & David Boyle John Teeples Audri & Stan Tendler Tengu Jane Thomas David Tillman, MD & Karen Zoller, MD William & Karen Timberlake Transamerica Insurance & Investment Group United Talent Agencey Shauna & Daniel Valenzuela Susan & Peter Van Haften Josephine R. Walker Sheila Wasserman In Memory of Sylvia & George Weiner Werner Family Foundation Ellie & Tom Wertheimer Alison Whalen & Steven Marenberg Richard & March Wiseley Witt Thomas Harris Productions Karen & Rick Wolfen Mimi & Werner F. Wolfen Ms. Patricia Youngman Andrew & Kimberly Zakanych Ahmet Zappa Fletcher Ozborne Mr. Stanley Zax Ellen & Arnold Zetcher
ARTISTIC ADVOCATE $500 - $999
Anonymous (4) Mr. & Mrs. Norman Abrams Mr. & Mrs. Adamick Dale & Ruth Adams The Adams-Cohen Family Sharon Hulse & Louis Adler Helen & Herb Allen Laura & Harvey Alpert Irving Anderson In Memory of Tracy L. Axelrod Elizabeth Axelrod Ayres Films, Inc. Gerald Bagg & Pamela Stevens Janet & Irwin Barnet Anne Barry Dr. Greg & Sheila Spiro Laurie & Bill Benenson Walter Bennett Madelyn Bennett & Eric Gibson Aviva Bergman Wendy & John Bergquist Larry & Julie Blivas In Memory of Maxine Handelman Nathalie Blossom Judy Boeken Carol J. Bradshaw Barbara & Ray Brogliatti Howard D. Browne Dr. R.W.G. Bugental Jolene & Robert Burk Jon Byk Bruce Carr Janet Regina Chapman Ken Coelho Arline Covell Susan Georgine Craig Diana Davidow & Deborah Constance Celeste DeCuir Mrs. Dom DeLuise Tracy Donnell Richard & Lauren Donner Anne Dougherty & David Dobrikin William Duncan Christophe & Liz Dupin De Saint Cyr Tracy Williams Rebekah & Howard Farber Steven Rossi & Janette Webb Dr. Helene W. Feldman Gloria & Morton Field Susan & Mark Fien Marjorie & Arthur Fine Frances & Terry Flanagan J.D. Fox Rhonda Frances Mrs. Lorraine Frankel Michael Shaw & Janie Fried Franky & Art Friedman Kenneth J. Friedman & Marilynn J. Friedman Family Foundation Douglas C. Frost Peggy N. Furman Lois & Gerald Gallop Sharlene & Sol Galper Charles Gerber Pamela Gerken Fereydoon Ghaffari Benita & Bert Ginsberg Priscila Giraldo Dr. Lee B. Gold & Donna Gold Norman B. Goldberg Marilyn & Allen Golden Irene Goldenberg Peter Goldman Mark & Sharon Goldman Salach Fred & Gale Goldring Abner & Roz Goldstine Lori & Robert Goodman Susie & Bruce Goren Gwen & Albert Grabb Alan Greenstadt Michael Gregory
Eric Gritzmacher David Johnson & Eve Haberfield Louise Halevy & Kenneth Erlich Bruce & Martha Hanrahan Dr. & Mrs. Samuel Haveson Penny & Steve Held Murray & Gail Heltzer Hella Hershson Rand Hoffman & Charlotte Robinson Kelley M. Hogan Stanley Hollander Angel Hovhanessian Marc & Michelle Howard Dorotea Humberstone Gerald Hundert Anne Ichiuji & Todd Humphrey Argentum Photo Lab Ruth & Marvin Kalin Teresa & Jerome Kamer Mr. Stephen Kandel Milton Kaplan Anita Karbelnig Harris Katleman Linda & Michael Keston Nam Kim & Jeff Kateman Nancy & Howard Klein Bruce & Laura Klein Ray & Barbara Klostermann Karen & Joe Knott In Loving Memory of Danny Rouzer Frumeh Labow Steve Lappin & Andrea Spyros Jill & Michael Lasky Ron Lawler Sheelagh Boyd & Larry Layne Katie Lee & Brian Finck Burton & Anita Levinson Evelyn & Barry Levitt Lydia Levy Carla J. Liber Sacha & Dori The Malins Family Bob & Sue Mallory Elizabeth Marcellino Richard A. Marcus Barry & Evie Marlin Jeanne McDonald-Powers & Travis McDonald-Powers Anne & Bedford Mcintosh William E. & Marcela H. McKenna Debra Michel Marshall & Shanna Mintz Allan M. Mohrman Jr. Laurie & Chuck Mondrus Simona Morris Lon Morse & Toni Hollander Morse Michael Mothner Wpromote Fran Neiman Janice B. Nelsen Ms. Sherri Nelson Mark & Diane Neubauer John & Marian Niles Leila & Robert Noel O’Melveny & Myers LLP Bob Paris Edward Parker Jo Anne Patterson Carol F. Phillips Tiffany & John Plunkett Jack & Jane Pollock Lisa & Steven Pompan Nancy Porter Mr. & Mrs. Howard Privette Gary & Gail Rachelefsky Edward B. Rasch Joyce Reed Rosenberg Mildred Reid Carlene Ringer Kathleen & F.D. Rogers Raymond Rogowski Alison Rosenthal Kelli Sager & Steven Rosenwasser Dr. Martin & Lorraine Ross Samantha Roth David Russell & Amy Gordon
Nancy & Ted Sanborn Charlene & Vic Sands Maxine Savitz Malcolm Schneer & Cathy Liu Jane & William Schopf Susan & Peter Schwab Nadya Scott Peggy Y. Shapiro Ronald I. Silverman Leigh Silverton Marty & Leah Sklar Stacey & Katherine Williams-Sloan Karen Smits Elizabeth & Sidney Sperling Charlene & Burt Spurber Richard & Pamela Sterman Arthur Stern Lana Stimmler Scott B. Stokdyk William Stringer Sharon Strong Keith & Judy Swayne Mr. John Sweet Mr. & Mrs. David Tann Michael E. Tennenbaum Family Dr. Anita F. Thompson Sabrina Wind & Scott Tobis Jean T. Trueblood Kevin Van Belois Carole Wagner & Peter Vallianos Judge Joseph & Mickey Wapner Marcia & Dr. Charles Wasserman Seth Weissman & Gelena Nayberg Martin & Gloria Wertlieb Pat West Misty & Milt Widelitz Sandy & Jon Willen In Memory of Milton A. Williams, Jr. Herb Wise Isis & Michelle Youssef Arnold Zane Mr. & Mrs. Mark Zimmerman Dayle & Abram Zukor
ASSOCIATE $250 - $499
Anonymous (11) Constance Abell & Herbert Ehrmann Bob & Jan Ackerman Warren Adler & Bobbi Armbruster Sara Adler Elaine & Michael Agran Tony Albany Sylvia Almstadt Jan Altemus Robert C. Anderson Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Anenberg Philip Angerhofer & Stephen A. Jones Lisa & Fred Ansis Eloise Appel Barbara & Ethan Aronoff Mr. & Mrs. Bert P. Arons Donna Ashley Jonathon Aubry Lynne & Lee Babbitt Lauren Babior Sarah Backus Janis Baer Madhavan Balachandran Mildred Bard Randall C. Bassett James W. Baugh Ruthlee Becker Arnold & Susan Becker Terry & Lionel Bell Millie & Julius Bendat Joanne Benickes Carole A. & Charles Bennett Alexander Berkeley & Sarah Clarke Joseph Berlin Martin Berman Beverly Bierer Judith Ann Billings
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ANNUAL DONORS Barbara Billingsley Ruth & Donald Blumkin, Pharm D. Barry W. Boehm Thomas Booth Frances & Les Boxer In Memory of Evan Haight-Boyd Sandra Bradley & Shelagh Moriarty Aaron & Merav Broder Ronald Brown Lionel Brown Sue & Peter Bunzel Dick & Eleanor Burke Marcia Burnam CJ Burris Michael & Sandy Buttitta Marlene & David Capell Anthony Carbone Charles Carr Gift Garden Antiques Ronald Caswell Leigh Chapman & Peter Wilkinson Judy & Mike Fantasia Mark Clymer & Marc Mullendore Lyn & Marc Cohen D. Conte Anthony & Kim Cookson Debra Colletti & Scott Cooper Zoe & Donald Cosgrove Doug Coss Dr. & Mrs. Earle E. Crandall Valerie & Donald Cravitz Sandy & Alan Croll Ely Dahan Stacy Dalgleish Nancy Daly Riordan Stephen Dane Hedva & Dudley Danoff Jeff & Pat Dasteel Jeffrey S. Davidson Jeffrey Davis Hal & Roberta Delevie Dr. Udayakumar Devasker Ms. Tamra Dickerson Dennis Dietz Carol Jean Doehring Mr. & Mrs. Paul Dooley Fred & Marilyn Dorer Marlene Davis & David L. Dorsey Daryl & Paul F. Doucette N. R. Elson Valerie Entwell Amnon & Christine Hadani Elizabeth A. Evans Betsy & Fred Evans Norma Lorene Evans Myrna & Howard Fabrick Justice & Mrs. Robert Feinerman Earl I. Feldhorn Gladys Fellman Abby & Malcolm Field Lila & Fred Fink Barbara Fish Elisabeth Fleischman Sheldon Fogel Diana Gragson & Tom Fogelsanger Judith R. Forman & Dr. Cynthia Pikus Janet Fourticq Glenn & Jane Fowler Dorothy Frazier Fran Fredella & Scott Rubin Richard Freeman Elaine & Larry Friedman L.T. Friesen Howard Fulfrost & Tim Morneau Tom Fuller Yelena Furman Anya Epstein & Daniel Futterman Mike Gainey Lee Gardenswartz Diane Gardner Barbara & Jack Garrett Kim Gautier Karen Berko Gibson Robert & Esmeralda Gibson
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In Loving Memory of Captain Matthew Charles Ferrara Dennis Gimian Rachel & Jack Gindi Joyce & Arnold Glassman William & Charlene Glikbarg Edna Mae Glikmann Dr. James Gober & Rachel Vejar Ann M. Goldberg Louis & Linda Goldsman Marcie & Cliff Goldstein Elinor Goodman L. Newton Goodwell Jeffrey & Diana Gordon Charles Grace Stanley Graham & Christine Bounce Diana & Ronald Granit Christopher Grant Gigi & Don Grant Steve & Ruth Greenbaum Norma & Harvey Greenberg Nancy & Ron Greenberg Feris Greenberger & David Dolinko Gary Gross Marcy & Edgar Gross Brenda Gyllenswan Lance Hagenbuch Mary & Alan Halkett Peter E. Hall Carolyn Hamilton Stanley Handman Tess Harper Kay Harrington Sheila Hasday Alan Heim Zvia Hempling David & Lisa Hernand Millie & Mike Hersh Stuart & Marion Hillman Crystal Hines Cina Hodges John Hofbauer, M.D. & Laura E. Fox, M.D. Rachael & Dr. Norman Hoffman Adrienne & Elliott Horwitch Joseph Horwitz Aris Hovsepian John Huber Susan Hull Robin Hursh Christopher & Kristin Iannacone Harold & Evelyn Igdaloff Imhoff & Associates, PC Lonnie Levi Israel Bruce Iwasaki Fred Jacobus Nancy & Len Jacoby Grant & Christine Johnson Trudy & Albert Kallis David & Cindy Kamm Allan Kartun & Ronnie Weinstock Owen Kato Mr. & Mrs. William Keast James & Elizabeth Kerswell Shirlee Kessler Irwin Kishner Donna & Jeffrey Klein Laurie & Milton Klorman Candice Koral James & Sherrie Krantz Barbara & Stan Krasnoff Janice White & Eugene Krieger Rodger & Jennifer Landau Dwight & Christine Landis Aleyne Larner Philip Larouche Jeanne & Christopher Lavagnino Leslie Lawson & Norman Cook Joyce Lederer & Family Marsha Levin Marla E. Levine Eric Levine Jay Levitt Dr. Isaac & Barbara Levy Wendy Lewis
Victor & Madelyn Lindenheim Donald Lipschutz Mrs. Monte E. Livingston Karen & Peter Locke Lori & Tom Low Dianne Lum Loris & Kory Lunsford Neil & Ora Macfarlane Joseph Maestas & Elaine Grissom Joyce L. Mallean Jeannette & Mervyn Mandelbaum Billie Marrow Phyllis & Bert Massing Cecile M. Matzkin Stewart Mayeda Dr. Marie Mazzone & Mr. David Israeli Bill McGill & Mary Anne McCarthy Kathleen McCarthy Melinda McCune Monique McDavid Laura McGaughey Sean McGhee & Carol Fan Dr. James & Rose Meltzer Jean Midgley Barbara & Fred Miller Teddie J. Milner Bradley Mindlin & Dayna Shulman Marc Mitchell Gloria Mitchell Janet Moore Sharon & John Morris Patricia Nettleship Alex Olivares & Susan Nickerson Shelby Notkin Burt & Bonnie Noveck O’Hagan Family Dr. Ronald & Iris Onkin The Topol-Ostroff Family Tracy Parsons & Keith Grossman Barbara & Peter Patman John K. Perkins Naidu Permaul Joy & Gerald Picus Jeanne L. Pocras Gregory Poirier Lily & Rick Pollack David & Lynn Posner Susan Poulson Philip Pritchett Jennifer & Ron Purisima Joan Ransohoff Sharon L. Reisz Judy L. Richman Lynda Rick Ellen Riley Jill S. Robinson Barbara & David Rognlien Cathy Roland Fred & Ronda Rose Ruth & Larry Rosen Nadine & Fred Rosen Jacob & Lilly Rosenberg Linda & Marvin Rosenfeld Lawrence Ross & Linda Nussbaum Lisa M. Rowley Charles & Barbara Rubin Heddy & Ron Safren V.F. Sahl Karen & Nathan Sandler Elaine Carey & Vincent J. Schodolski Jay Evan Schoenfeldt Dr. & Mrs. Jack Schwartz Cynthia Sears Marc M. Seltzer & Christina Snyder Michele & Peter Serchuk Paul & Mary Jo Shane Estelle Shane & Arthur Gelber Lorelei Shark
Madeline Sharples Renee Sherman W. Robert Shilland Ted Shpack & Etiennette Lowen In Memory of Ross Hunter & Jacque Mapes Ms. Gerry Sinclair In Memory of Carrie Skaff Dr. Laura Caghan & Mark, Jonah & Sophia Sklan Dr. & Mrs. Sylvain Smadja Donald Smiley Dr. Jerry & Marci Smith Marcia L. & Mark J. Smith Ronald Smith Trudy Sokol Melvin Spears Debra & Bruce Spector Roberta Spero Christina & Jeff Spitz Alice Cortez & Richard Spitzer Michael & Victorina Sprout Carol & Paul Stager Christopher Stasi M.L. Stearns Sally Stevens Gloria Stroock-Stern & Leonard Stern Aaron D. Stroud William Stuart Robert & Barbara Sugar Kayser & Renee Sume John & Eva Sutton E. M. Sweeney Jesse & Theresa Thorn Pearl Tillipman Cristobal Tostado Joan Townsend Brigitta Troy Marion Tumen Leon & Stephanie Vahn Pia & Steve Vai Dr. David F. Vargas Anthony Vasek Miriam Vogel Laurie & Ira Waldman John J. Waller, Jr. Herb Wallerstein Peter & Denise Walsh Shirley Wargon Ernest E. Warsaw Dr. & Mrs. Samuel Waxman Elisa & Brad Wayne Annette Weil Julie & Peter Weil Roberta Weintraub Judy Weirick Josh Weisman Sheila Weisman Marsha & Steven Weiss Matthew Weitzman Elayne & Walter Wentz Catherine White Gareth* & Patricia Wigan John Willey Linda Wilson David Wilzig In Lovng Honor of Miki Lee Rosalie & Jeffrey Wolf Karen & Frank Wurtzel Mr. & Mrs. Sam Yellen Don & Anna Ylvisaker Joanne & Tom Zaccaro Lynn & Meir Ziv Willy & Sandy Zwirn *In Memoriam
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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 Executive 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
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COMMUNICATIONS
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
Allison Rawlings Tyler Tangalin
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
Behnaz Ataee General Manager
Production Manager Technical Director Production Coordinator Assistant Technical Director Sound Master Master Electrician Wardrobe Supervisor
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 Paul Millet Group Sales 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, Ryan Sandoval, Martin Wurst Box Office Staff Zack Hamra, Rodrigo Perez, Grace Resler, Ben Seay Audience Services
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, Tommy French, 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. P24 PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE