WELCOME TO
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
PHOTO BY JEFF LORCH
MATT SHAKMAN
I love a good ghost story. And few are as bone-chilling as the story of what happened to Jared Mezzocchi’s own family. When Jared—a true Renaissance man in the world of mixed media—suggested this story might make for an exciting evening of virtual theater, we were in. This is truly a case of truth being far stranger than fiction. It has been our pleasure to work with Jared and director Margot Bordelon, as they have elevated the art of telling ghost stories via Zoom. In collaboration with ViDCo, a collective of extraordinary designers, they have brought this story of death to life. As in all of the Stayhouse shows that have come before, the audience remains an integral part of this experience, and we are so glad you are joining us. 2 S O M E O N E E LS E ’S H O U S E
As we slowly move toward reopening the theater and welcoming you back in person, we are thrilled to be able to continue our virtual programming with Someone Else’s House and a new musical for kids, The Door You Never Saw Before: A Choosical Musical. Apart from simply keeping the theater afloat in this strange and difficult time, these shows have been a wonderful opportunity to work in an entirely different medium and engage with audiences in a new way. With that said, we can’t wait to see you at the theater again. Until then, enjoy Someone Else’s House! Matt Shakman Artistic Director
THE GEFFEN STAYHOUSE PRODUCTION OF
SOMEONE ELSE’S HOUSE WRITTEN & PERFORMED BY
JARED MEZZOCCHI DIRECTED BY
MARGOT BORDELON PRODUCED IN ASSOCIATION WITH
VIRTUAL DESIGN COLLECTIVE (VIDCO) LIGHTING & SPECIAL EFFECTS DESIGNER (VIDCO)
SOUND DESIGNER (VIDCO)
VIDEO EFFECTS & INTERFACE DESIGNER (VIDCO)
ANDREW CISSNA
CLAUDIA V. JENKINS
LIGHTING & SPECIAL EFFECTS DESIGNER (VIDCO)
PROGRAMS & INTERFACE DESIGNER (VIDCO)
GREG MITCHELL
ANDRÉS POCH
SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER (VIDCO)
ARTISTIC PROJECT MANAGER (VIDCO)
COSTUME DESIGNER (VIDCO)
PRODUCTION DESIGNER (VIDCO)
PROJECTIONS & VIDEO DESIGNER / SET DECORATOR (VIDCO)
PETER LEIBOLD VI
TORI SCHUCHMANN
SIBYL WICKERSHEIMER
SHOSHANAH TARKOW
DEVIN KINCH
ART DIRECTOR (VIDCO)
KIANA VINCENTY
MARK WILLIAMS
DRAMATURG
AMY LEVINSON
OPENING NIGHT
FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 2021 OPENING NIGHT SPONSORS
RUNNING TIME
70 minutes There will be no intermission. PLEASE NOTE
There is no photography or filming of any kind allowed during the performance.
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS CIRCLE MEMBERS Laurie & Bill Benenson Martha Henderson Pamela Robinson Hollander & Robert Hollander Loretta Everett Kaufman & Victor Kaufman
Linda Bernstein Rubin & Tony Rubin Kimberly Steward & Josh Godfrey Miranda & Brett Tollman
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PRODUCTION BIOGRAPHIES V I R T UA L D E S I G N C O L L E CT I V E ( V I D C O)
Producer
JA R E D M E Z ZO C C H I
M A R G OT B O R D E LO N
Playwright & Performer
Director
Jared Mezzocchi is an Obie award winning director and multimedia designer, playwright, and actor. Mezzocchi’s work spans the United States at notable theaters such as: The Kennedy Center, Arena Stage, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, Cornerstone Theater Company, Portland Center Stage at The Armory, South Coast Repertory, HERE Arts Center, and 3LD. In 2016, he received the Lucille Lortel and Henry Hewes Award for his work in Qui Nguyen’s Vietgone at the Manhattan Theatre Club. In December of 2020, The New York Times highlighted Jared on a list of the top 5 national artists making an impact during the pandemic. His work was also celebrated as a New York Times Critic’s Pick on Sarah Gancher’s Russian Troll Farm where it was praised for being one of the first digitally native successes for virtual theater. Currently, Jared is creating a new work through his mini-commission at the Vineyard Theatre in New York City (On the Beauty of Loss). His book, A Multimedia Designer’s Method to Theatrical Storytelling, will be released in Spring 2021/22 through Routledge Publishers. He is a two-time MacDowell Artist Fellow, a Princess Grace Award winner, and is the Artistic Director of Andy’s Summer Playhouse. Jared is an Associate Professor at the University of Maryland and the CEO of his production company, Virtual Design Collective (ViDCo).
Margot Bordelon is a New York and Portland based director who specializes in new work. Off-Broadway and New York credits include: Wives (Playwrights Horizons); Something Clean (Roundabout Underground); Do You Feel Anger? (Vineyard Theatre); Eddie and Dave (Atlantic Theater Company); Plot Points in Our Sexual Development (LCT3); Too Heavy For Your Pocket (Roundabout Underground); The Pen (Premieres NYC); A Delicate Ship (The Playwrights Realm); Still (Juilliard); Wilder Gone (Clubbed Thumb); The Last Class: A Jazzercize Play (DODO). Margot has directed productions regionally at ACT Theatre, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Alliance Theatre, American Theater Company, Denver Center for the Performing Arts, Marin Theatre Company, Steppenwolf Theatre, Wilma Theater, and Yale Repertory Theatre. She has developed work at Ars Nova, Berkeley Rep, Cherry Lane Theatre, The Lark, Ma-Yi Theater Company, Manhattan Theatre Club, New Dramatists, NYTW, Page 73, Portland Center Stage at The Armory, Primary Stages, The Public, Playwrights’ Center, Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, Seattle Rep, and Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company. Upcoming: … what the end will be (Roundabout Theater Company). B.F.A., Cornish College of the Arts; M.F.A., Yale School of Drama.
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Founded in the middle of the pandemic, ViDCo (Virtual Design Collective) is a collective of over 20 designers, programmers and technicians innovating new ways to tell stories and create communities online. Focusing its core values on audience engagement and live design, ViDCo generates entirely live performances with heightened design elements that bridges theatre, TV, and cinema tricks into an online hybrid form. We strategize to use the strongest elements of every discipline to inspire the artistic community to use their tools while we provide them the platforms and expertise to tell their stories. ANDREW CISSNA
Lighting & Special Effects Designer (ViDCo)
Andrew Cissna is a lighting designer based out of Washington D.C. Andrew has lit over 100 productions in both D.C. and regionally. In D.C. he has worked with Ford’s Theatre, Round House Theatre, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, Theatre J, Signature Theatre, Studio Theatre, Kennedy Center Theatre for Young Audiences, Theatre Alliance, Forum Theatre, Olney Theatre, and many others. Regionally, he has worked at Perseverance Theatre Company, Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, and Playmakers Repertory Company. He has also assisted many designers from Broadway to The Guthrie and all over DC. Andrew is also the Production Manager of Technology for the Spoleto Festival USA held in Charleston, SC. C L AU D I A V. J E N K I N S
Sound Designer (ViDCo)
Claudia V. Jenkins (she/her) currently is a freelance sound designer and educator in the Dallas/Fort-Worth Metroplex. Recent works include: Props design teacher at Booker T. Washington
PRODUCTION BIOGRAPHIES High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, Uptown Drama Podcast (Audio Engineer), It Came From Theatre Three (Sound Designer), The Antigone Project, NYU Meisner Studio (Sound Designer), Funny You Don’t Act Like A Negro (Sound Designer). Claudia is a lover of synthesizers, animals, and finding magic in everyday environments. DEVIN KINCH
Video Effects & Interface Designer (ViDCo)
Devin Kinch (he/him) currently serves as an Associate Designer for ViDCo and is the Projections Coordinator for The Clarice Performing Arts Center. Recent work includes Machinal (Media and Media Systems Design), Sense and Sensibility (Video Director), The Lady From the Village of Falling Flowers (Video Director). PETER LEIBOLD VI
Lighting & Special Effects Designer (ViDCo)
Peter Leibold VI (he/him) is a freelance lighting designer for theatre, dance, opera, and live music based in Washington D.C. Selected work includes: Children of Babel with Orange Grove Dance (shortlisted for Live Design’s 2020 Design Achievement Award), The Arrival at Andy’s Summer Playhouse (New Hampshire Theatre Award), How to Catch a Star at the Kennedy Center, and Camelot at Sierra Repertory Theatre where he served for three years as the resident Lighting Designer. Peter is also the co-founder of BoldARC Lighting, the inventor of the WebLD control system for virtual performance. peterleibold.com G R E G M I TC H E L L
Programs & Interface Designer (ViDCo)
Greg Mitchell is a designer for live performance and interactive installation primarily working in video media, projection, scenery and lighting. His work has been seen Off-Broadway, in regional theatre, and in international
opera and performance. Recent highlights include a site-specific installation scenic and lighting design for Arjuna’s Dilemma in an ancient temple-palace in Patan Durbhar Square in Kathmandu, a scenic design and projection mapping for Verdi’s Macbeth in a five-hundred-year-old Monastery ruin in Panama City, and the scenery and projection design for the opera Everest for Chicago Opera Theatre. ANDRÉS POCH
Art Director (ViDCo)
Andrés Poch (he/him) is a Colombian live entertainment artist and designer based in Maryland. Andrés currently serves as Senior Designer for ViDCo, Art Director and Producer of The Juke Joint Live, and as Head of Public Relations for Andy’s Summer Playhouse. Assistant media design credits: Russian Troll Farm: A Workplace Comedy (TheatreSquared), Labor Day, A Celebration of American Workers (Biden Campaign), Social Mirror (ASP), and Thank you for Listening (ASP). Scenic design credits include The Flick (Crites Hall), Circle Mirror Transformation (Crites Hall), and The Mad Mad Scientist (13th Street Repertory Theater). He loves collaborating with people from all backgrounds to tell stories that change the way people look at life, or that just make them smile for a while. TO R I S C H U C H M A N N
Senior Project Manager (ViDCo)
Tori Schuchmann (she/her) currently serves as the Senior Project Manager for ViDCo and the Production Manager for Andy’s Summer Playhouse. Recent work includes: Bacchanal (PSM), Froggy (PM), Social Convention (SM), Ghostlight 2 (PA), Love, Loss, and What I Wore (Live Graphics Operator), Russian Troll Farm: A Workplace Comedy (Virtual Media Assistant), Biden Campaign’s Labor Day, A Celebration of American Workers (Virtual Media As-
sistant). Tori works as the Stage Manager at the Quick Center for the Arts at Fairfield University, and previously served as the Festival Services & House Manager at Central City Opera. Tori finds great joy in collaborating with people who aren’t afraid to make a mess and find magic. S H O S H A N A H TA R KOW
Artistic Project Manager (ViDCo)
Shoshanah Tarkow (she/her) is a theatre director and digital artist specializing in immersive experiences which lift poetic language off the page and champion untold feminist stories. Her work has been presented at The Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival, New York University, The Assembly’s Deceleration Lab, Performing the World’s Biennial Conference, House of Yes, Governor’s Island, and Adelphi University. In 2018, Shoshanah co-founded the immersive theatre company Like Fresh Skin where she currently serves as director and digital content curator. Shoshanah received her B.F.A. in Theatre from Adelphi University and her M.A. in Performance Studies from New York University. KIANA VINCENTY
Costume Designer (ViDCo)
Kiana Vincenty (she/her) is a theatre artist and designer based in the DMV area. Finding happiness in the little things, Kiana loves to collaborate with creative and innovative individuals who enjoy the process as much as the product just like she does. Virtual Media Designer: Love, Loss, and What I Wore (PlayMakers Repertory Company), The Laramie Project (Brandeis University); Co Media Design: Flash Acts (Arena Stage); Assistant Media Design: Russian Troll Farm: A Workplace Comedy (TheatreSquared), Labor Day, A Celebration of American Workers (Biden Campaign). Selected professional costume design credits: The Laramie Project (Brandeis University), Betrayal (4615 TheG E F F E N P L AY H O U S E 5
PRODUCTION BIOGRAPHIES atre), Escape from Peligro Island (Imagination Stage), Lincolnesque (Keegan Theatre). Selected educational costume design credits: She Kills Monsters: Virtual Realms (UMD), The Visit (UMD), Citizen: An American Lyric (UMD). S I BY L W I C K E RS H E I M E R
Production Designer (ViDCo)
Sibyl Wickersheimer designs scenery across the country at theatres including Steppenwolf Theatre, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Lookingglass Theatre, Portland Center Stage, Theatre for a New Audience, Seattle Repertory, and Woolly Mammoth Theatre. In the Los Angeles area, she has designed at The Kirk Douglas, the Geffen Playhouse, South Coast Repertory, Circle X, A Noise Within, The Actors’ Gang and many more. Unique projects have included art installations in SoCal art galleries, Eric Idle’s What About Dick? (Orpheum/Netflix) and the stage for the daily giant dinosaur puppet performances at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles. Sibyl is also an Associate Professor at USC in the School of Dramatic Arts. sawgirl.com
AMY LEVINSON
Dramaturg
Amy is the Associate Artistic Director at the Geffen Playhouse. During her tenure at the Geffen, she has spearheaded numerous programs for commissioning and developing new plays. Dramaturgy credits include the commissions and world premieres of Donald Margulies’ Time Stands Still and Coney Island Christmas, Jane Anderson’s The Quality of Life and The Escort, Amanda Peet’s Our Very Own Carlin McCullough, and Michael Mitnick’s Mysterious Circumstances. Other dramaturgy credits include Actually, Invisible Tango, Extraordinary Chambers, Build, Equivocation, Joan Rivers: A Work in Progress by a Life in Progress, Guards at the Taj, and Geffen Stayhouse virtual shows including Helder Guimarães’ The Present and The Future, and David Kwong’s Inside the Box. She holds an M.F.A. in Dramaturgy from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
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Executive Director
MARK WILLIAMS
Projections & Video Designer / Set Decorator (ViDCo)
Mark Williams (he/him) is a design associate for ViDCo. He is a freelance projection, media, puppeteer, and properties designer. Hailing from the Philadelphia region, he has worked for numerous theatres including Delaware Theatre Company, The Walnut Street Theatre, The Idiopathic Ridiculopathy Consortium, Philadelphia Theatre Company, Hangar Theatre, Opera Delaware, and Horizon Theatre. Important works include newly developed musicals like A Sign of the Times and Opera Delaware’s Annual Spring Festival. Mark enjoys collaborating with others to bring thrilling visual ideas to life that will leave audiences astonished. 6 S O M E O N E E LS E ’S H O U S E
nies you need to know” by American Theatre magazine and “Best Small Theatre” by Los Angeles magazine. Matt is a director and producer for FX’s It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia and has directed episodes of Game of Thrones (DGA nomination), Mad Men, Fargo, The Good Wife, and Succession. He helmed the pilot episode for Hulu’s The Great (Emmy nomination) starring Elle Fanning and Nicholas Hoult and produced and directed all episodes of WandaVision (DGA nomination), a Marvel Studios event series for Disney+ starring Paul Bettany and Elizabeth Olsen.
M AT T S H A K M A N
Artistic Director
Matt Shakman is Artistic Director of the Geffen Playhouse. Matt last helmed Mysterious Circumstances for the Geffen in 2019 and prior to joining as Artistic Director in 2017, Shakman directed three acclaimed productions at the Playhouse: the West Coast premiere of David Lindsay-Abaire’s Good People (2012), the world premiere of Jeffrey Hatcher’s new adaptation of Wait Until Dark (2013), and Joshua Harmon’s Bad Jews (2015). Matt founded and was the artistic director of the Black Dahlia Theatre in Los Angeles, which was named “one of a dozen young American compa-
Gil Cates, Jr. is Executive Director of Geffen Playhouse. In this role, he is responsible for managing the Geffen’s day-to-day operations; developing new, ongoing theater partnerships and leading its mission to inform, entertain and inspire diverse audiences with live theater of the highest caliber. Prior to being named Executive Director in 2015, Cates served as Geffen Playhouse Board Vice Chairman since 2012 and served as a producer and director in theater, film and television. His theater credits include the award-winning Names (Matrix Theatre Company) and Three Sisters and David Mamet’s A Life in the Theatre (both at Syracuse Stage). Cates’ film credits include The Surface (starring Sean Astin and Geffen Playhouse alumnus Chris Mulkey), Jobs (starring Ashton Kutcher, Josh Gad, Dermot Mulroney, as well as Geffen Playhouse alumni Matthew Modine and Ron Eldard)
PRODUCTION BIOGRAPHIES and the 2011 feature film Lucky (starring Colin Hanks, Ari Graynor and Ann-Margret). In addition, Cates co-produced and co-directed the critically acclaimed Life After Tomorrow, featuring Sarah Jessica Parker, which premiered on Showtime. His other films include Deal (starring Burt Reynolds, Bret Harrison and Charles Durning) and The Mesmerist (starring Jessica Capshaw and Geffen Playhouse alumnus Neil Patrick Harris). Cates’ television directorial debut was an episode of the NBC comedy Joey, starring Emmy winner Matt LeBlanc. He studied at the National Theatre Institute in Waterford, Connecticut, and holds a B.F.A. in Drama from Syracuse University.
B E H N A Z ATA E E Chief Financial Officer
Behnaz “Nazy” Ataee is Chief Financial Officer of Geffen Playhouse. In this role, she has oversight responsibility for accounting functions of the theater, including operating and capital budgets. In addition, she supports all IT and HR activities. Behnaz was named Chief Financial Officer in 2015
after serving as General Manager since 2002. She first joined Geffen Playhouse in 1999. Previously, Ataee worked as a senior financial analyst for Ultratech Inc., an international semiconductor company based in San Jose. Prior to Ultratech, she was an auditor for Van Sloten CPA, after holding the position of Director of Accounting at FABS Management, where she was responsible for overseeing the finances of more than 25 non-profit organizations. As a financial professional with more than 30 years’ experience in for-profit and non-profit financial management and auditing, Ataee began her career in the Bay Area as a partner in a small tech startup. She holds a master’s degree from Pepperdine University.
THE NEW PLAY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM Supporting artists is central to the mission of the Geffen Playhouse, and play commissions are a cornerstone of that support. To commission a playwright to write a play means making a commitment to their voice, craft and vision, with the hope of sharing the fruits of their work on our stage. The Geffen Playhouse’s New Play Development Program is made possible, in large part, through the leadership and generosity of donations from: The Edgerton Foundation, The Harold & Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust, Fay & Frank Mancuso, Sandra Krause & William Fitzgerald, Hilary & Jack Angelo and Mary Bianco, The MOCA Foundation. We are proud to have the following artists under commission: RACHEL BONDS COLMAN DOMINGO MICHAEL GOLAMCO MEGHAN KENNEDY MATTHEW LOPEZ MARTYNA MAJOK
CHELSEA MARCANTEL STACY OSEI-KUFFOUR JIEHAE PARK JOHN POLLONO ZOE SARNAK ROBERT SCHENKKAN
JEN SILVERMAN DAVID WIENER LAUREN YEE ANNA ZIEGLER
For more information on this program, please visit geffenplayhouse.org/newplays.
THE WRITERS’ ROOM A group for Los Angeles-based playwrights, The Writers’ Room is a product of the Geffen’s deep commitment to supporting new plays and specifically to fostering bold, relevant work by the vibrant artistic community of this city. During this one-year residency, playwright members gather monthly at the Geffen to share their work and receive feedback from their peers and the Geffen’s artistic staff, culminating in a play reading series. MEGHAN BROWN DIANA BURBANO
DONALD JOLLY MATTHEW PAUL OLMOS
T.TARA TURK-HAYNES ALI VITERBI
Geffen Playhouse would like to thank Patricia Kiernan Applegate for her generous support in making the first two years of The Writers’ Room possible. For more information on this program, please visit geffenplayhouse.org/thewritersroom. G E F F E N P L AY H O U S E 7
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
PRODUCTION STAFF FOR SOMEONE ELSE’S HOUSE
Howard Tenenbaum CHAIR
Zoom Managers Jake Delgado, Alex Norkus
Victoria Alonso
Ron Meyer
Properties Master Rick Gilles
Patricia Kiernan Applegate
Jerry Moss
Sound Supervisor James Grabowski
Beth Behrs
Bruce M. Ramer Founding Chair
Dr. Gene D. Block
Victoria Mann Simms
Haunting Kit Assembly Crew Jerry Brown, Jr., Christopher Cowan, James Cowan, Audrey Lastar, Arielle Rossi, Philip Rossi, Patrick Squibb
Kevin Bright
Andy Spahn
Harold A. Brown
Steven Spielberg
Gil Cates Jr. Executive Director
Steve Tisch
Performance Collaborator Rick Gilles
Mary Ann Cloyd
Dr. Charles E. Young Chair Emeritus
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Merle Dandridge
Design + Art Direction Base Design
Martha De Laurentiis Dr. Brad Edgerton
Key Art Photo Courtesy Mezzocchi Family photos
Gilbert Cates Founder
Mark Fleischer
Marcia Israel-Curley
Sue Fleishman
Audrey Skirball Kenis
SPECIAL THANKS
Patricia L. Glaser
Charles Kenis
Adi Greenberg Vice Chair
Karl Malden
Martha Henderson Chair Emeritus
Edie Wasserman
Rosemary Mezzocchi; Michael Mezzocchi; Jeff Mezzocchi; Nicole Mezzocchi; Suzanne Mezzocchi; Gerry Covino; Marjorie Carr; Phoebe Eaton; Tim Jones & the Props Department of the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center; Lauren Curet; Taylor Verrett; Daniel Applegate; Eric Grims; Brian MacDevitt; Baltimore Center Stage; Shahnaz Tehraniazad and Royalty Realty, LLC
UCLA SCHOOL OF THEATER, FILM AND TELEVISION Geffen Playhouse is affiliated with the University of California at Los Angeles, specifically the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television. Geffen Playhouse values its role as an important educational resource by providing students with master classes, workshops and internships. Students are also able to work and learn from distinguished visiting Geffen artists such as Alan Ayckbourn, Jon Robin Baitz, Annette Bening, Ed Harris, David Ives, Neil LaBute, David Mamet, Donald Margulies, Terrence McNally, John Rando and Kathleen Turner in areas of directing, playwriting, acting, design, dramaturgy, management and production. Geffen Playhouse also draws upon the distinguished experts in the university to enhance the theater’s programs and research.
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Loretta Everett Kaufman Carla Malden Brian Mann Tiffany Mayberry Holly Rice Pamela Robinson Chair Emeritus Linda Bernstein Rubin Matt Shakman Artistic Director Richard Sherman Cynthia P. Stafford Marc Weinstock Kevyn Wynn
FOUNDING TRUSTEES Kirsten Combs David Geffen Herbert M. Gelfand Chair Emeritus Quincy Jones Jeffrey Katzenberg Glorya Kaufman Ginny Mancini Frank G. Mancuso Chair Emeritus
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Jerry Perenchio Lew Wasserman
LEGAL COUNSEL Peter Rosen Latham & Watkins LLP
Danny Passman
Robert A. Daly The Director is a Member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, a national theatrical labor union.
IN MEMORIAM
ADVISORY BOARD Miranda Tollman Chair Stephanie Carson Lori Collins Ellyce R. Cooper Debra Davis Brenda Garcia Ann Gianopulos Priscila Giraldo Kirsten Hansen Eric Heer Laura Kennedy Wendy Kurtzman Hannah Linkenhoker John McCrite Audrey Povar Eric Rollins Allen Shay John Sonego Cela Devine Sutton Laurie Ziegler
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Brian Allman Manager of Theater Education
Isaac Katzanek Production Manager Jill Barnes Production Office Manager Alex Norkus Gil Cates Theater Stage Supervisor Tyler Brogla Audrey Skirball Kenis Theater Stage Supervisor Jake Delgado Associate House Sound Supervisor Brian Gowen Production Electrician
ADMINISTRATION Behnaz Ataee Chief Financial Officer Peter Banachowski Senior Accountant & Financial Analyst Nova George Staff Accountant & Payroll Specialist Clay Dzygun Office Coordinator Marguerite Harris Receptionist
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Kelsey Arlington Vaneh Assadourian Rebecca Connolly Jamie Dawson Jacqueline Ferger Lucy Houlihan Alan Kistler Jonathan Ramos Box Office Staff Sue Fleishman Communications Consultant
FRONT OF HOUSE Jeni Pearsons Storc Director of Special Events Mel Yonzon Front of House Manager Amy Farkas Rob Mersola Stayhouse Concierge Adam Carr VonDexter Montegut II Emir Yonzon Stayhouse Host Tony Garica Bella Luna Robert Mahaffie Taylor McClain Pam Miller Customer Support
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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. G E F F E N P L AY H O U S E 1 5