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GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE GIL CATES THEATER


ARTISTIC DIRECTOR MATT SHAKMAN

WELCOME TO THE GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE Photo by Jeff Lorch Photography

AS WE CLOSE OUT THE 2017/2018 SEASON IN THE

Gil Cates Theater, it’s a pleasure to bring this astonishing work by Dominique Morisseau to the Geffen Playhouse. Dominique is one of the preeminent contemporary playwrights in American theatre and “The Detroit Project”—her cycle of plays about iconic moments of change in Detroit, of which Skeleton Crew is a part—has been lauded across the country. Dominique has a rare gift for telling stories about important, nationwide social issues through an incredibly specific, often funny, always relatable lens. We are pleased to be part of this play’s journey and to build what we hope will be a long creative relationship with Dominique. Helming Skeleton Crew is Patricia McGregor, whom we also welcome for the first time. Patricia and Dominique have brought together an astounding group of actors and designers to share this story with Los Angeles. Patricia, a playwright as well, will soon be back at the Geffen with next season’s Lights Out: Nat “King” Cole. As both co-writer (with Colman Domingo) and director, Patricia brings to life the extraordinary, beloved American icon who struggled to break through America’s color barrier in the world of television. Infused with his timeless music, Nat King Cole’s story is told in an entirely new, highly theatrical way. We look forward to seeing Patricia again in early 2019. As always, thank you for joining us and I look forward to sharing a season of new work this fall, beginning with the world premiere of Jose Rivera’s The Untranslatable Secrets of Nikki Corona. Enjoy the show! Matt Shakman Artistic Director 2 PLAYBILL


BOARD OF DIRECTORS Howard Tenenbaum CHAIR

Ron Meyer

Patricia Kiernan Applegate

Leslie Moonves

Beth Behrs

Jerry Moss

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Bruce M. Ramer

Kevin Bright

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Harold A. Brown

Victoria Mann Simms

Gil Cates Jr.

Andy Spahn

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Steven Spielberg

Michael Centeno

Steve Tisch

Mary Ann Cloyd

BOARD CHAIR HOWARD TENENBAUM Photo by Jeff Lorch Photography

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, Advisory Board and entire staff of the Geffen Playhouse, thank you for supporting the 2017/2018 season. We are delighted to have you join us for Skeleton Crew, the final show in the Gil Cates Theater this season! I’d like to offer my sincere gratitude to everyone who made Backstage at the Geffen back in May such a success. It was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for us to raise critical funds for this organization by honoring two of the most exceptional artists and human beings of our time: Lin-Manuel Miranda and Dick Van Dyke. A huge thank you to Martha Henderson and our Title Sponsor City National Bank, as well as our Presenting Sponsors, Audi of America and K Period Media, for their leadership and generosity. Sincere thanks to the Board, Host Committee, Honorary Co-Chairs and Event Co-Chairs, Loretta Everett Kaufman, Adi Greenberg and Linda Bernstein Rubin, for their unending support and for inspiring so many others to give, and special thanks to Loretta Everett Kaufman & Victor Kaufman and Kimberly Steward for their Backstage leadership gifts. The Geffen is truly a treasure in the city of Los Angeles, and it is so special to my family and me. I am grateful to serve as Chair of the Board. Thank you for making my first year as Chair so exhilarating, from the powerful art onstage to the inspiring programs happening in our schools. We couldn’t do any of it without our incredible patrons, subscribers and donors. We are looking forward to our exciting next season and to a bright future ahead. Howard Tenenbaum Chair

Dr. Charles E. Young

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Matt Shakman

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ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

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A PERFECT UNION

Patricia McGregor on directing Skeleton Crew

Photo by Erik Pearson

By Rachel Wiegardt-Egel

SKELETON CREW IS PART OF PLAYWRIGHT DOMINIQUE MORISSEAU’S AMBITIOUS AND EXTRAORDINARY CYCLE OF PLAYS KNOWN AS “THE DETROIT PROJECT.” Set in Morisseau’s hometown of Detroit, each play in her trilogy looks at a moment when the city, and particularly the African-American community, stood on the precipice of change. Paradise Blue is set in a 1940s jazz club threatened by urban renewal and commercial interests. Detroit ’67 begins on the eve of the explosive 1967 riots between Detroit’s black civilians and the forces that oppressed them. Skeleton Crew, the third in the trilogy, takes place in a stamping plant just before the auto industry crash of 2008. As these plays examine moments in history, they also interrogate the idea of progress and give us an opportunity to reflect on where our country is now. Most importantly, they look with deep empathy at the individual people affected by forces of change beyond their control, giving voice to perspectives often unheard. As rehearsals began for Skeleton Crew, I sat down with director Patricia McGregor to hear her thoughts on directing this piece for a second time, the play’s relationship to America and the resonance of this story in our current moment. 4 PLAYBILL

Rachel Wiegardt-Egel: Having directed this play once before, what makes you excited to return to it? Patricia McGregor: It’s like engineering a car— you have your first draft of the car and you fall in love with it. But you do think, “If I had another crack at it, this is the piece of the engineering I’d love to solve again.” Directing this again is both a celebration of what I love about the play and honoring the work that we created before but also being able to tackle some of the things that we thought, “If we had a little more time…” Also, each cast is a whole other alchemy, and what they bring—their personal experiences and their dynamic as a group—makes me learn new things about the play. Not only am I excited about what I’m going to discover now, with these actors, but it also still feels very necessary to be doing this play, and perhaps even more so, every moment. RW: How has your relationship with the play changed since you first read it? Are there parts that feel particularly resonant to you now? PM: I feel like some of its messages and themes have been sharpened by the current political climate, like the idea of really looking at the American worker. And the way that’s been co-opted and coded to mean a very specific thing, usually the white American worker, when we know that historically the “work” of building this country,


as we know it, has been centered on the backs and in the hands of people of color. This co-opting is ahistorical and deeply problematic. I’ve always been very interested in the union politics of this play. But it feels particularly charged as a way to say, “If we’re making the call for the need to protect American workers, that is a multicultural call, at its core, if we’re really looking at who has been doing this labor.” That, and looking at the consequences for individuals and the idea of generational wealth when the possibility of good union jobs goes away, feels even more important right now.

at the end of the play—Dominique and I were talking about how to calibrate that there are deep challenges and yet people are kind of like, “We’re going to go in and we’re going to give it our best.” There is a deeply patriotic optimism, and then there’s also the challenge to that optimism within the play. I feel like there’s a great debate about when that feels like a source of strength and when it may feel like a set-up for being taken advantage of.

RW: This play looks with beautiful specificity at a group of auto factory workers in Detroit—a life and profession that might seem quite different to people who don’t live in a place that’s a center of industry. What makes you eager to tell this story to Los Angeles?

PM: And I love that. I think you can get so overwhelmed by what’s going on around you—factories closing, politics changing, feeling like people are being oppressed in a variety of ways—but yet say, “Giving up is the enemy, and we refuse to do that.” There’s this fundamental determination to stay in the game and keep pushing the ball forward, as much as you can, that feels very exciting to me.

PM: When we’re looking at the American narrative, an up-close telling of how political decisions impact those Everyman and Everywoman characters on the front lines of change doesn’t get big headlines. If you look at the Me Too movement, the second that Hollywood gets involved, the message is highlighted in a major way. So, how can we use our art to amplify messages and stories of individuals who are often not represented? How can we make sure that these stories are represented in a way that really honors the individuals who work to build a better life for themselves and their families outside the glamorous spotlight of this town? My dad was a fisherman for a long time, and I feel like we often dishonor those who do manual labor, even in our own communities. I think it’s important to give their journeys a platform, a microphone, and let their voices and stories be heard. It is meaningful to take the gridlock of capital P Politics and zoom in on a human scale. RW: I think of this play as being deeply patriotic, even though that can be a loaded term. What do you think about the play’s relationship to patriotism? PM: One of the things I love about this piece is that, for me, it’s a prismatic examination of patriotism. Some of Shanita’s monologues are like arias—it almost feels like, “I sing the body electric” of American possibility through factory work. There’s a real faith and an optimism. Even

RW: Dominique’s work—on the whole, but specifically “The Detroit Project”—rides that line so beautifully.

RW: Switching gears, we’re thrilled you’re coming back next season to direct Lights Out: Nat “King” Cole, which you co-wrote with Colman Domingo. How does your approach to directing other writers’ work differ from when you direct something you’ve also written? PM: When I direct other people’s work, I often feel like they’ve been with it for so long and know it so intimately that I need to be careful to not make assumptions and plant myself on top of it—I need to really take a long journey of discovery, and then take the tools that I have to help launch it. So if I have a question, I need to make sure the answer’s not in the text somewhere and I just haven’t done my homework. Whereas when I’m directing my own work, I know where everything has come from. Then, it’s a balance between saying, “How does that need to be solved on stage?” and “How does that need to be solved on the page?” Sometimes I have to separate myself and pretend that the writer in me is outside of the room and we’re just going to do what’s on the page. But there’s a kind of speed at which things happen, because they need to, when I’m wearing both hats. To read more about Skeleton Crew, please visit blog.geffenplayhouse.org. GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE 5


THE GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE PRODUCTION OF

WRITTEN BY

Dominique Morisseau SCENIC DESIGNER

COSTUME DESIGNER

Rachel Myers

Emilio Sosa

LIGHTING DESIGNER

SOUND DESIGNER

Pablo Santiago

Everett Elton Bradman

PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER

ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER

Ross Jackson

Jade Cagalawan

CASTING DIRECTOR

Phyllis Schuringa, CSA

DIRECTED BY

Patricia McGregor OPENING NIGHT WEDNESDAY, JUNE 13, 2018 Skeleton Crew is presented by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc. Skeleton Crew was developed at the Lark Play Development Center, New York City and the 2014 Sundance Institute Theatre Lab at the Sundance Resort Winner of the 2014 Sky Cooper New American Play Prize at Marin Theatre Company, Mill Valley, CA, Artistic Director, Jasson Minadakis; Managing Director, Michael Barker World Premiere Presented By Atlantic Theater Company New York City, 2016 EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS CIRCLE MEMBERS

Laurie & Bill Benenson • Martha Henderson • Pamela Robinson Hollander & Robert Hollander Loretta Everett Kaufman & Victor Kaufman • Jason & Yvonne Lee • B. Scott Minerd Linda Bernstein Rubin & Tony Rubin • Kimberly Steward & Josh Godfrey • Miranda & Brett Tollman 6 PLAYBILL


CAST OF CHARACTERS (IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER) Dez ............................................................................................. Amari Cheatom* Faye ............................................................................. Caroline Stefanie Clay* Shanita ........................................................................................ Kelly McCreary* Reggie ........................................................................................... DB Woodside* *Indicates member of Actor’s Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

SETTING Detroit, Michigan. Stamping Plant. Winter.

TIME Somewhere around year 2008.

RUNNING TIME Approximately 2 hours and 15 minutes. Including one 15 minute intermission.

PLEASE NOTE There is no photography or filming of any kind allowed in the theater. Please turn off all electronic devices, including cell phones. Thank you!

2017/2018 SEASON SPONSOR OPENING NIGHT SPONSORS GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE 7


PRODUCTION BIOGRAPHIES

AMARI CHEATOM (Dez) Amari Cheatom is proud to make his Geffen Playhouse debut with Dominique Morisseau’s Skeleton Crew. His credits include The Temple Bombing (Alliance Theatre), Dutch Masters (Labyrinth Theater Company), On the Levee (Lincoln Center Theater) and The Book of Grace (Public Theater). His film credits include Roman J. Israel, Esq., Detroit and Crown Heights. Cheatom is a graduate of The Juilliard School’s Drama Division and the Freddie Hendricks Youth Ensemble of Atlanta.

CAROLINE STEFANIE CLAY (Faye) Caroline Stefanie Clay is an actress, audiobook reader, playwright and vocal coach. She has appeared on Broadway in the Tony Award-winning productions of The Little Foxes, Doubt and The Royal Family and as consultant to regional training programs 8 PLAYBILL

around the world. Her film and television credits include Morning Glory, The Heights, House of Cards, Law & Order and Law & Order: Criminal Intent. A native Washingtonian, Clay graduated from the Duke Ellington School of the Arts and the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. In 2013, she received her M.F.A. in Performance at the University of Maryland. Caroline is currently developing a piece with American Repertory Theater. Clay received a 2018 Helen Hayes Award nomination for Best Actress for the role of Faye in Washington D.C.’s Studio Theatre production of Skeleton Crew, directed by Patricia McGregor.

KELLY McCREARY (Shanita) Kelly McCreary is thrilled to reunite with Dominque Morisseau after appearing in the world premiere of the playwright’s Follow Me to Nellie’s at Kean Stage. McCreary is best known for her work as Dr. Maggie Pierce on ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy. Prior to joining the cast in Season 10, she appeared on television in Scandal, Castle, Emily Owens M.D., White Collar and Rubicon, among other shows. On the big screen, McCreary portrayed Eartha Kitt in the indie film Life, opposite Dane

DeHaan and Robert Pattinson. Other film credits include Baby, Baby, Baby; Being Flynn and How To Follow Strangers; and she recently produced and starred in the short film The Middle Game. Other stage credits include Passing Strange on Broadway, Perfect Harmony at Theater Row and A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Eurydice at the Williamstown Theatre Festival. McCreary is an alumna of Barnard College, and trained at the Chautauqua Consevatory Theater Company, British American Drama Academy in London and The Actors Center in New York.

DB WOODSIDE (Reggie) DB Woodside was last seen as God’s favorite son, Amenadiel on Lucifer on the Fox network. Concurrently, he has been starring as Jeff Malone on the USA Network drama Suits. Prior to that, he was a recurring regular on Parenthood and played Wayne Palmer on the critically acclaimed Emmy Award-winning series 24. Other TV credits include The Temptations, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Grey’s Anatomy, CSI, Private Practice and Castle, to name a few. Additionally, he was featured in the independent movie Mississippi Damned


PRODUCTION BIOGRAPHIES and in Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 with Kevin James. A graduate of the Yale School of Drama, Woodside made his New York theater debut as Martin Luther King Jr. in the Off-Broadway production of The Conscientious Objector at the Harold Clurman Theater.

DOMINIQUE MORISSEAU (Playwright) Dominique Morisseau is the author of The Detroit Project (A 3-Play Cycle) which includes Skeleton Crew (Atlantic Theater Company), Paradise Blue (Signature Theatre) and Detroit ’67 (Public Theater, Classical Theatre of Harlem and National Black Theatre). Additional plays include Pipeline (Lincoln Center Theater), Sunset Baby (Labyrinth Theater Company), Blood at the Root (National Black Theatre) and Follow Me to Nellie’s (Premiere Stages). She is also the book writer for the new musical Ain’t Too Proud — The Life and Times of the Temptations (Berkeley Rep). Morisseau is an alumna of the Public Theater Emerging Writers Group, Women’s Project Lab and Lark Playwrights Workshop and has developed work at Sundance Lab, Williamstown Theatre Festival and Eugene O’Neil Playwrights Conference. Her work has been commissioned

by Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Women’s Project Theater, South Coast Repertory, People’s Light and Theatre, Oregon Shakespeare Festival and Penumbra Theatre Company. She most recently served as Co-Producer on the Showtime series Shameless. Awards include Spirit of Detroit Award, PoNY Fellowship, Sky Cooper Prize, TEER Trailblazer Award, Steinberg Playwright Award, Audelco Awards, NBFT August Wilson Playwriting Award, Edward M. Kennedy Prize for Drama, OBIE Award, Ford Foundation Art of Change Fellowship, and being named to Variety’s 2017 Women’s Impact Report.

PATRICIA McGREGOR (Director) Patricia McGregor is a director and writer from St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. She has twice been profiled by The New York Times for her direction of world premieres. Recent credits include Lights Out: Nat “King” Cole (People’s Light Theatre), Skeleton Crew (Studio Theatre), Measure for Measure (The Old Globe), The Parchman Hour (Guthrie Theater), Hamlet (Public Theater), Ugly Lies the Bone (Roundabout Theatre Company), brownsville song (b-side for tray) (Lincoln Center Theater) and the world premieres of

Good Grief (Center Theatre Group), Stagger Lee (Dallas Theater Center), Hurt Village (Signature Theatre), Holding It Down and Blood Dazzler (Harlem Stage) and The House That Would Not Stand (Berkeley Rep/Yale Rep). Other credits include A Raisin in the Sun, The Winter’s Tale, Spunk, Becky Shaw, Adoration of the Old Woman, Four Electric Ghosts and Nothing Personal. She has directed the 24 Hour Plays on Broadway and staged readings for HBO’s writer’s Access program. She was a Paul & Daisy Soros Fellow at Yale School of Drama where she earned her M.F.A. and served as Artistic Director of the Yale Cabaret. RACHEL MYERS (Scenic Designer) Rachel is a designer for stage, film and live events. Regional: Center Theatre Group, South Coast Repertory, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Shakespeare Theatre, Getty Villa, Robert Wilson’s Watermill Center and Williamstown Theatre Festival. Los Angeles: Rattlestick West, Los Angeles Ovation Awards, IAMA Theatre Company, Theatre @ Boston Court and Vs. Theatre. Rachel’s award-winning experiential design company, 3 Penny Design, has conceived and produced live events, brand activations and interiors for Crayola in Times Square, the Emmy Awards, the Golden Globe Awards, VIDCON and more. Her film Wendy’s Shabbat premiered at this year’s Tribeca film festival. Production design film credits include Short Term 12 (winner of SXSW and Independent GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE 9


PRODUCTION BIOGRAPHIES Spirit Awards), The Drowning, Search Party, Identity Theft and Liminal. She is currently in production on a feature for Disney. Rachel received her M.F.A. from the Yale School of Drama and is a member of the Art Directors Guild Local 800 and United Scenic Artists 829. Additional samples of her work can be viewed at www.3pennydesign.com and www.rachelmyersdesign.com. EMILIO SOSA (Costume Designer) London: Motown: The Musical, Father Comes Home From the Wars, Topdog/Underdog. Broadway: On Your Feet!, Motown: The Musical, Lady Day at Emerson Bar and Grill, Porgy and Bess (Tony nominated), Topdog/Underdog. Off-Broadway: Me and My Girl, By the Way Meet Vera Stark (Lucille Lortel Award, Drama Desk nominated), Venus, Crowns, Trust, Invisible Thread, Romeo and Juliet, Capeman, The Misanthrope, Sex with Strangers. Regional: White Card, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Ruined, Senor Discretion Himself (Helen Hayes nominated), Witness Uganda, Twist (2011 L.A. Ovation Award), Fences. Radio City New York Spectacular, NY Knicks City Dancers, Project Runway, Trustee American Theater Wing. @esosafashion PABLO SANTIAGO (Lighting Designer) Pablo is the winner of the Richard Sherwood Award 2017 and Stage Raw Award 2015. He was nominated for Ovation Awards in 2018 and 2014, and the LA Weekly Award 2014. His work has 10 PLAYBILL

been seen at Arena Stage in D.C., Paramount Theater in Boston, Skirball Center in New York, Soundbox, REDCAT, Su Teatro in Denver, Getty Museum, South Coast Repertory. Recent highlights include: Proving Up and The Wreck (ONE festival/Opera Omaha), The Threepenny Opera (Boston Lyric Opera), Destiny of Desire (Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Goodman Theatre), I am My Own Wife (Laguna Playhouse), War of the Worlds opera (Los Angeles Philharmonic, The Industry), Dementia (Los Angeles Theatre Center), Pélleas et Mélisande (SFO), Galileo opera (The Industry), Zoot Suit (Mark Taper Forum), Breaking the Waves opera (OperaPhila), Flight (Opera Omaha), Good Grief and Citizen (Kirk Douglas Theatre). Upcoming projects include: The Cake (Geffen Playhouse), Boris Gudonov (San Francisco Symphony), Schoenberg In Hollywood (Boston Lyric Opera), Prism (LA Opera), Place (Brooklyn Academy of Music), Ne Quittez Pas: A Reimagined La Voix Humaine (OperaPhila), Pagliacci (Opera Omaha), Mother Road (Oregon Shakespeare Festival). EVERETT ELTON BRADMAN (Sound Designer) Everett Elton Bradman was most recently composer/sound designer for the African-American Shakespeare Company’s production of A Streetcar Named Desire. His credits include Studio Theatre’s Helen Hayes Award-nominated

Skeleton Crew; As You Like It and The Winter’s Tale at California Shakespeare Theater; Thurgood at Lorraine Hansberry Theater; as well as music for Lincoln-Mercury, the San Francisco Mime Troupe, the New Pickle Circus, and many others (his bass work on Madi Das’s 2015 album Bhakti Without Borders helped it nab a Grammy nomination). Upcoming designs include Richard III (African-American Shakespeare Company) and Detroit ’67 (Aurora Theatre Company). As a writer and editor, Elton has worked for Rolling Stone, Vibe, Guitar World and Bass Player. He holds a B.S. in journalism (Florida A&M University) and an M.F.A. in music for visual media (Academy of Art University). DENNIS WHITEHEAD DARLING (Assistant Director) Dennis Whitehead Darling is a stage director in both theater and opera. Directing credits include: Movin’ Up in the World (Opera Memphis), Sunset Baby (Hattiloo Theatre), James and the Giant Peach (Circuit Playhouse), Blue Viola (Opera Memphis), Mr. Rickey Calls A Meeting (Hattiloo Theatre), Marcus; or the Secret of Sweet (Hattiloo Theatre). Associate/ Assistant Directing credits: Lights Out: Nat “King” Cole (People’s Light Theatre), Triumph of Honor (Opera Memphis). Dennis has been named Opera Memphis’ first McCleave Fellow in Directing. B.F.A. in Musical Theatre, M.A. in Theatre, M.F.A. in Directing. denniswhiteheaddarling.com


PRODUCTION BIOGRAPHIES ROSS JACKSON (Production Stage Manager) Ross Jackson is excited to continue his work with the Geffen Playhouse! A native of New Orleans, LA, Ross is now based in Los Angeles. His recent credits include: Sell/Buy/ Date, Ironbound and A Funny Thing Happened... (Geffen Playhouse); Five Guys Named Moe (Ebony Repertory Theatre); The Tempest and Deferred Action (Dallas Theater Center); The Crucible and A Lesson Before Dying (Clarence Brown Theatre); Aladdin and His Winter Wish and Sleeping Beauty and Her Winter Knight (Lythgoe Family Panto); Nickel Mines (New York Musical Theatre Festival); The Lady Onstage, Orlando and True West (Profile Theatre); A Midsummer Night’s Dream (New Swan Shakespeare Festival) and several productions with the University of California, Irvine, from which he holds his Master of Fine Arts degree in stage management. Ross is a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association. Love to Mom, Tom and Megan. JADE CAGALAWAN (Assistant Stage Manager) Jade is excited to be back with the Geffen! Recent credits include: assistant producer for East West Players’ 52nd Anniversary Visionary Awards Dinner (East West Players), Company Manager for Allegiance (East West Players and Japanese American Cultural and Community Center co-production), assistant stage manager for Beauty and the Beast: A Christmas Rose (Lythgoe Family Productions),

assistant stage manager for A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Gynecologic Oncology Unit at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center of New York City (Geffen Playhouse), stage manager for Impractical Jokers’ Block Party (San Diego Comic Con), and theme parks Knott’s Berry Farm and Universal Studios Hollywood. She currently works as the Production Manager for the Department of Theatre and New Dance at Cal Poly Pomona. Education: M.F.A. in stage management from University of Nevada Las Vegas, B.A. in Theatre from Cal Poly Pomona.

house and Briar Street Theater in Chicago), Austin Pendleton’s Orson’s Shadow and Charles L. Mee’s Time to Burn. Broadway transfers include One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (Tony Award for Best Revival) and The Song of Jacob Zulu. She is a member of the Casting Society of America and the Ovation Rules Committee.

PHYLLIS SCHURINGA, CSA (Casting Director) Phyllis is an Artistic Associate and the Casting Director for the Geffen Playhouse. Recent casting includes Constellations, The Legend of Georgia McBride, Guards at the Taj, Outside Mullingar, Bad Jews, The Night Alive, Switzerland and American Buffalo at the Geffen, and Shiv at The Theatre @ Boston Court. She has received 4 Artios nominations: Actually, Barbecue, Barcelona, The Country House. Before joining the Geffen, she was the Casting Director for Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago where her favorites include Frank Galati’s adaptation of The 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 Play-

MATT SHAKMAN (Artistic Director) Matt Shakman was named Artistic Director of the Geffen Playhouse in September 2017, having previously directed three highly acclaimed productions for the theater: the West Coast premiere of David Lindsay-Abaire’s Good People, the world premiere of Jeffrey Hatcher’s new adaptation of Wait Until Dark and Joshua Harmon’s Bad Jews. His theatrical work has also been seen at Primary Stages in New York and South Coast Repertory. Matt founded and was the artistic director of the Black Dahlia Theatre in Los Angeles, which was named “one of a dozen young American companies you need to know” by American Theatre magazine and “Best Small Theatre” by Los Angeles magazine. Under his leadership, the Black Dahlia garnered numerous GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE 11


PRODUCTION BIOGRAPHIES Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle and LA Stage Alliance nominations and awards. In 2011, the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle awarded him the Milton Katselas Award for Career Achievement in Direction. Matt is also well-regarded for his achievements in television and film. He is a director and producer for FX’s long-running show It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia and has directed episodes of Game of Thrones, Mad Men, Fargo and The Good Wife. His feature film debut, Cut Bank, starring John Malkovich, Billy Bob Thornton and Bruce Dern, premiered at the Toronto International and Los Angeles Film Festivals and was released by A24. Shakman is a graduate of Yale University and holds a B.A. in History of Art and Theater.

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GIL CATES, JR. (Executive Director) As Executive Director, Gil Cates, Jr. leads the Geffen Playhouse in its mission to inform, entertain and inspire diverse audiences with live theater of the highest caliber—both within and beyond the non-profit theater’s walls. He has proudly served on the Geffen Playhouse Board since 2012. Gil’s theater credits include the award-winning Names (Matrix Theatre Company) starring Dixie Carter

and Greg Mullavey and 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 premiered on Showtime. His other films include Deal (starring Burt Reynolds, Bret Harrison and Charles Durning), and The Mesmerist (starring Gef-

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PRODUCTION BIOGRAPHIES fen Playhouse alumnus Neil Patrick Harris). Gil’s television directorial debut was an episode of the NBC comedy Joey, starring Emmy winner Matt LeBlanc. He studied at the National Theatre Institute in Waterford, Connecticut, and holds a B.F.A. in Drama from Syracuse University.

REGINA MILLER (Chief Development Officer) Regina Miller has advised non-profit institutions, foundations and corporations on strategy, analysis and

fundraising. She has consulted for the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, Eastern Congo Initiative, Charlize Theron’s Africa Outreach Project and Kershaw’s Challenge, among others. Prior to the Geffen, Regina worked for the Simon Wiesenthal Center/Museum of Tolerance, where she produced an innovative human rights exhibition that traveled to 14 international destinations around Europe, Asia and the U.S. She also served as the Director of Partnerships for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Los Angeles and the Inland Empire, where she led strategic planning and development while executing policies that advanced the organization’s visibility and growth. Additionally, Regina has a strong passion

for teaching. After graduating from University of North Carolina School of the Arts, she taught in preschools and kindergartens in New York. From the age of 13, Regina worked as a professional dancer on Broadway as well as with a number of prominent modern dance ensembles. Fusing two of her interests, she created a highly successful program that incorporated dance therapy and creative movement into an early childhood curriculum as well as writing and producing a television show based on this concept. In addition to being a published author and photographer with Tallfellow Press and Prometheus Books, Regina has taught and lectured at numerous schools in New York, Los Angeles and abroad.

THE NEW PLAY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM Supporting artists is central to the mission of the Geffen Playhouse, and play commissions are a cornerstone of that support. To commission a playwright to write a play means making a commitment to their voice, craft and vision, with the hope of sharing the fruits of their work on our stage. The Geffen Playhouse’s New Play Development Program is made possible, in large part, through the leadership and generosity of donations from: The Edgerton Foundation, The Harold & Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust, Fay & Frank Mancuso, Sandra Krause & William Fitzgerald, Hilary & Jack Angelo, and Mary Bianco, The MOCA Foundation. We are proud to have the following writers under commission: Rachel Bonds Colman Domingo Lindsey Ferrentino Michael Golamco Meghan Kennedy Matthew Lopez

Martyna Majok Michael Mitnick Jiehae Park Amanda Peet José Rivera Robert Schenkkan

Shaka Senghor & Daniel Beaty Erika Sheffer Nick Stafford David Wiener Lauren Yee Anna Ziegler

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MAMIE GUMMER

ABIGAIL DYLAN CAROLINE HARRISON HEFFERNAN

The Good Wife (CBS), The Affair (Showtime), True Detective (HBO) A Christmas Story (Fox)

To Kill a Mockingbird (Steppenwolf)

TYEE TILGHMAN

JOE TIPPETT

Criminal Minds (CBS), Rise (NBC), Skeleton Crew (Studio) Waitress (Broadway)

Written by AMANDA PEET Directed by TYNE RAFAELI A single mother discovers that her ten-year-old daughter is a tennis phenom. When a young, dedicated coach takes Carlin under his wing, her meteoric rise takes shape, and this threesome struggles over what is best when building up a champion. Major support for this world premiere production provided by the Edgerton Foundation New Play Production Fund

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2018/2019 SEASON THE UNTRANSLATABLE SECRETS OF NIKKI CORONA Written by JOSÉ RIVERA Directed by JO BONNEY

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LIGHTS OUT: NAT “KING” COLE Written by PATRICIA McGREGOR & COLMAN DOMINGO Directed by PATRICIA McGREGOR Featuring DULÉ HILL & DANIEL J. WATTS

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FEBRUARY 5 – MARCH 10, 2019

THE CAKE

BLACK SUPER HERO MAGIC MAMA

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ANTIGONE Directed by KATE WHORISKEY

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CHARLES DICKENS’ A CHRISTMAS CAROL Adapted & Performed by JEFFERSON MAYS Directed by MICHAEL ARDEN

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INVISIBLE TANGO Created & Performed by HELDER GUIMARÃES Directed by FRANK MARSHALL

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Hughie by EUGENE O’NEILL Krapp’s Last Tape by SAMUEL BECKETT Directed by STEVEN ROBMAN Featuring BRIAN DENNEHY

Written by MICHAEL MITNICK Inspired by The New Yorker article “Mysterious Circumstances: The Strange Death of a Sherlock Holmes Fanatic” by DAVID GRANN Directed by MATT SHAKMAN

NOVEMBER 5 – DECEMBER 16, 2018

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Harris Katleman Family Owen Kato Morgan Kay Jim Keily Michael Keir William & Renee Kendall Louanne Kennedy Cynthia King Kinsale Travel, Inc. Irwin Kishner Donna & Jeffrey Klein Dr. Phyllis Klein Laurie & Milton Klorman Delores Komar & Susan Wolford Charles Kristenson Jill & Michael Lasky Sharon & Lawrence Lavenberg Rhonda Lawrence Learning Encounters Ginger Leibovitz Ann Leland Adam Lesh Maxine & Gary Levine Anita & Burton Levinson Dr. & Mrs. Isaac Levy Rick & Vivian Levy Lawrin & Linda Lewin Angela Light Victor & Madeline Lindenheim Joanne Lindsay Bonnie Lisle Leslie & Adam Lobel Alex Loewenthal Lori & Tom Low Anne L. Lynch Dr. Linda Maeder Carol & Doug Mancino Pauline Marks Annette Marmalefsky Goran Marnfeldt Gina Martino Phyllis & Bert Massing Kathleen McCarthy Sheri and Jim McCashin Douglas Mcavoy, Jr. Cynthia Melville Bhaskar & Sumi Menon Eileen & Paul Meshekow Dr. & Mrs. H. Reed Metzger Sara & Henry Michrowski Judith & Jeff Milman Teddie J. Milner Julien Minard Peter Minarik & Sharon Vera Barrett Moore Christy & Leon Moore Marvin & Jean Moore Christopher Morden Shelagh Moriarty Howard J. Morris John Moschitta Jonathan Murray Charlotte C. Myers Robert M. Nelson Sarah & Clifford Nelson Sherri & Arnie Nelson Tom Nevermann Jeff Newman

Margery Nicolson Charna & Allen Nissenson Doreen & Donald Nortman Lawrence Ross & Linda Nussbaum Adrienne & Arthur Omansky Dr. Ronald & Iris Onkin Janie Orenstein Sharon Oxborough Ron Ozur Sylvia & Robert Paris Edward Parker Paul Pepperman Naidu & Jane Permaul Fran & Bruce Peters Berta & Lou Pitt Jack & Jane Pollock Zazi Pope Cheryl & Mel Posner Susan Poulson Lance Powell Philip Pritchett Neil & Lisa Greer Quateman Dr. Stephen & Lani Rabin Fred & Rebecca Raskin Michael & Gloria Rausch Marianne Reynolds Linda & Erin Rice Mara Richards In Memory of Robert J. Richards William & Polly Ridgeway Alan Robinson Barbara & David Rognlien Louis Rohl Amy Roland Robert Rosania Barry Rosen & Neil Bokal Mary Ann Rosenfeld & Sheldon Kadish Maxine & Gene Rosenfeld Priscilla Rosenfeld Beverly & Melvin Rosenthal Terry Ross Virginia Ross Michael, Michon & Jackson Roth Rand Rusher Terry Ryan Susan & Kenneth Sarno Maxine Savitz Linda & Cliff Schaffer Melanie Scher Chris T. Schmidt Malcolm Schneer & Cathy Liu Joel & Sonia Schneider Gary & Karen Schneider Stanley Schneider Christine Schultz Janet & Michael Schwartz Lester Schwartz Brandon Scott John H. Scott Marc Seltzer

Scott Shagrin Barbara Vickery & Martin Shapiro Melanie Sharp & Kevin Miller Tom & Judy Sharp Shelly & Greg Sherwin Steven & Annabelle Shulman Lisa Siegel Seymour & Dorothy Siegel Linda & Ronald Slates Diane Good & Frank Smith Barbara & Hal Smith Marcia L. & Mark J. Smith Ronald Smith Jean Smith-Moore Karen Smits Christine Sorgi Stephanie Sourapas Melvin Spears Bruce Spector Debra Spector M Leslie Stearns Irina & Alex Stavchanskiy Frances & Sy Strasberg Holly Strom Penny Strowger Alec Sulkin Mr. Kayser Sume & Dr. Renee Sabshin Miriam & Gene Summ Ann Sunderland Lance & Maureen Tan Phyllis & Franklin Tell Cathy Thomas Cathy & Asher Thompson Judy & Art Tompkins Joyce & Josh Trabulus Miriam Trogdon Brigitta Troy Richard Turner Dr. Harold Urman Deborah Valdez Anthony Vasek Carole Wagner-Vallianos & Peter Vallianos Ann W. Wang Marvin Wasserman Elisa Wayne Sherry Weinman & Michael Umansky Ben & Rose Weinstein Marsha & Steven Weiss Jacqueline Weitz Lawrence Will Rae Jeane Williams Karen & Gary Winnick Jan & Edward Woods Arnold & Tricia Zane Lynn & Meir Ziv Sandy Zwirn

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Matt Shakman

Gil Cates, Jr.

Artistic Director

Executive Director

ARTISTIC Amy Levinson Artistic Associate / Literary Director Phyllis Schuringa Artistic Associate / Casting Director Young Ji Artistic Coordinator / Company Manager Rachel Wiegardt-Egel Manager of New Play Development Maxwell Zupke Literary Intern Adrianna Ciscone Artistic Intern Megan Lorie Artistic Intern

PRODUCTION Daniel Ionazzi Production Manager Jill Barnes Associate Production Manager / Company Manager Sam Craven-Griffiths Technical Director Evan Friedman Associate Technical Director Rich Gilles Properties Master James Grabowski House Sound Supervisor Darren Rezowalli Lighting & Video Supervisor Ramine Ameli Assistant Lighting Supervisor Liz Rose Wardrobe Supervisor

ADMINISTRATION Behnaz Ataee Chief Financial Officer Peter Banachowski Staff Accountant Kisha Wilson Payroll Specialist & Staff Accountant Clay Dzygun Office Coordinator Marguerite Harris Receptionist

DEVELOPMENT Regina Miller Chief Development Officer Ellen Catania Senior Vice President of Development Jessica Brusilow Rollins Director of Education Partnerships & Donor Relations Jamie Mikelich Director of Individual Giving & Spotlight Manager

Mark San Filippo Associate Director of Planned Giving & Donor Relations Scott Kriloff Development Concierge & Database Manager Taylor Cerny Development Associate Jessie Sherman Development Assistant Annika Patton Development Intern Henry Fleishman Development Intern

Bryan Martin Box Office Manager Alyssa Tyson Assistant Box Office Manager Clifton Adams, Vaneh Assadourian, Britney Campbell, Zoe Halsne, Jenna Malatskey, Lexy McAvinchey, Sam Peurach, Cameron Reck, Celia Rivera, Bryn Woznicki Box Office Staff Sue Fleishman Communications Consultant

EDUCATION

Jeni Pearsons Director of Special Events David Gerhardt Supervising House Manager Amy Farkas Lead Concierge Isaac Jay, Sarah Lyddan, Nathaniel Meek, James Porter, Madison Shamoun, Cody Williams, Dennis Woullard House Managers Claudia Baffo, Kailey Bray, Evan Davis, Carly Feldman, Kelsey Gold, Danie Hakimi, Otniel Henig, Hunter Lowden, Olivia Lowe, Austin Merrill, Aaron Newman, JoJo Nwoko, Aubrey Peeples, Alec Shamas, Charmee Taylor, Adam Turney, Isaac Vaughn, Robin Vega, Jenna Wilcox Ushers Rob Mersola Bar Manager & Mixologist Manuel Mayorga Weekend Bar Manager Skylar Adams, Adam Carr, Brenda Davidson, Sarah Drescher, Ryan Turner Bartenders/Event Staff

Jennifer Zakkai Director of Education & Community Engagement Carolyn Marie Wright Manager of Education & Community Engagement Celia Rivera Community Engagement Coordinator Brian Allman, Darien Battle, Ramy El-Etreby, David Guerra, McKenna Kerrigan, Robert Paterno, Carissa Pinckney, Celia Rivera Teaching Artists Brian Majestic Mission Continues Fellow Alexis Lampo Education Intern

MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS Jessica Buzzard Director of Marketing & Communications Karen Gutierrez Director of Advertising & Audience Development Brian Dunning Director of Content & Creative Ashley Bodul Director of Public Relations Zack Hamra Associate Director of Audience Services & Ticketing Kevin O’Brien Marketing Manager Quinn Francis Outreach Coordinator Ramon Garcia Video Producer Kristina Leach Social Media Associate Wendell Pascual Production Artist Janice Bernal Box Office Manager

FRONT OF HOUSE

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Karim Bouzzit System Administrator

FACILITIES MANAGEMENT Miguel del Castillo Facility Manager Mario Santillan-Perez Custodial Juan Carlos UmaĂąa Cleaning Custodial Camerina Martinez 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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