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THE LEGEND OF GEORGIA McBRIDE
FROM THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR WELCOME TO THE LEGEND OF GEORGIA McBRIDE by Matthew Lopez, a celebration of life, love and the power of performance. Helmed by Mike Donahue, this production reunites six of the collaborators who have shepherded the play in its journey before arriving at the Geffen — Matthew and Mike, cast member Matt McGrath, choreographer Paul McGill, set designer Donyale Werle and sound designer Jill BC Du Boff. The work on a play rarely ends after its premiere, and in early conversations about our production, Mike and Matthew fully embraced the chance to delve more deeply. Mike shared with me that they had a list of changes they hoped to make based on all they had learned in the previous two productions, and the play has grown even stronger as a result of their enthusiasm and diligence. We are thrilled to provide a playground for these artists to reunite and to welcome extraordinary new colleagues onto the team. We are delighted that Matthew and Mike have joined the Geffen family, and I can think of no better way to introduce their work to our audience than with this truly delightful piece. Mike has rallied a design team that has tackled with imagination, innovation and incredible heart the play’s unique puzzles. Joining Matt McGrath are stellar cast members Andrew Burnap, Nija Okoro, Larry Powell and Nick Searcy. In the theater, we gather to hear tales of our common humanity, but joy is fairly hard to come by on the stage. And what connects us more as humans than our capacity for joy? In The Legend of Georgia McBride, we find a wildly joyous story of empathy, of inclusivity, of community, of the potential for art to build bridges. Simply put, Georgia McBride is a party to which everyone is invited. Enjoy the show! Randall Arney ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
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LETTER FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR BOARD OF DIRECTORS MARTHA HENDERSON CO-CHAIR
PAMELA ROBINSON CO-CHAIR PATRICIA KIERNAN APPLEGATE RANDALL ARNEY ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
BETH BEHRS DR. GENE D. BLOCK KEVIN BRIGHT HAROLD A. BROWN GIL CATES JR.
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EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
GIL CATES, JR. WELCOME TO THE LEGEND OF GEORGIA McBRIDE, written by Matthew Lopez, one of the most sought-after young playwrights of his generation. We are proud to be the first theater on the West Coast to bring this energetic, poignant story to life this spring. I’d like to extend our deepest gratitude to all who supported our 15th Annual Backstage at the Geffen fundraiser in March. We would not have achieved our goals without the extraordinary generosity and commitment of each Board member, Host Committee member, donor, sponsor, inkind partner and silent auction supporter. A huge thank you to our Title Sponsor, City National Bank, and Presenting Sponsors, Audi of America, Find Your Grind Foundation and K Period Media, for helping us respond to urgent needs in our Los Angeles community by expanding the reach and power of the arts to vastly enrich lives. Your commitment to the arts is an inspiration.
MICHAEL CENTENO MARY ANN CLOYD MERLE DANDRIDGE DR. BRAD EDGERTON MARK FLEISCHER SUE FLEISHMAN PATRICIA L. GLASER SAM GORES ADI GREENBERG ARTHUR GREENBERG JOAN KALOUSTIAN LORETTA EVERETT KAUFMAN DR. GERALD S. LEVEY CARLA MALDEN SUSAN MALLORY GINNY MANCINI BARRY MEYER B. SCOTT MINERD STEVEN A. OLSEN HOLLY RICE LINDA BERNSTEIN RUBIN TERI SCHWARTZ RICHARD SHERMAN FRED SPECKTOR LORRAINE SPURGE CYNTHIA P. STAFFORD HOWARD TENENBAUM VICE CHAIRMAN
FOUNDING TRUSTEES KIRSTEN COMBS ROBERT A. DALY DAVID GEFFEN HERBERT M. GELFAND CHAIRMAN EMERITUS
QUINCY JONES JEFFREY KATZENBERG GLORYA KAUFMAN FRANK G. MANCUSO CHAIRMAN EMERITUS
RON MEYER LESLIE MOONVES JERRY MOSS JERRY PERENCHIO BRUCE M. RAMER FOUNDING CHAIRMAN
VICTORIA MANN SIMMS ANDY SPAHN STEVEN SPIELBERG STEVE TISCH DR. CHARLES E. YOUNG CHAIRMAN EMERITUS
IN MEMORIAM GILBERT CATES FOUNDER
This season, through our new Innovation Fund, we have continued filming select productions on our stages, such as the heartwarming one-man musical The Lion as well as the first Geffen Playhouse livestream event, in partnership with BroadwayHD, of Long Day’s Journey Into Night. We are grateful to the supporters and collaborators who have helped us realize our dream of utilizing film as a way to invite new audiences to theater and to the Geffen. We look forward to sharing more about these projects as they unfold. Thank you for being a part of the Geffen Playhouse family this season. Enjoy today’s show!
Gil Cates, Jr. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
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FINDING A FAMILY AN INTERVIEW WITH DIRECTOR MIKE DONAHUE BY RACHEL WIEGARDT-EGEL Left to right: Director Mike Donahue with playwright Matthew Lopez and choreographer Paul McGill. Photo by Brian Dunning.
THERE ARE FEW THINGS MORE CRUCIAL to the development of a new play than a trusting, generous relationship between artistic collaborators. Playwright Matthew Lopez and director Mike Donahue have certainly found that — after the world premiere of The Legend of Georgia McBride in Denver in 2014 and the New York premiere in 2015, this production is their third time working on the play together. In the weeks before rehearsals began at the Geffen, I caught up with Mike to ask about how he and Matthew first met, their plans for developing the play further and what makes Georgia McBride so special. How did you initially get connected to the piece? Mike Donahue: When I first moved to New York, my agent gave me a stack of plays to read to see who might be an exciting playwright for me to meet, and one of the plays in that pile was Matthew Lopez’s Reverberation. I immediately fell in love with it and with Matthew’s voice, and I emailed my agent back to say, “I want to meet this guy.” But his play The Whipping Man had just opened and he had gotten some big screenplay deals and he was all over the place, so I wasn’t actually introduced to him then. Flash forward a couple years to when I was directing Lauren Feldman’s Grace, or the Art of Climbing at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts and they announced their New Play Summit schedule for the P4 PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE
next season. I noticed that they had included a play by Matthew Lopez [The Legend of Georgia McBride], so I immediately called my agents about it. After a couple weeks of figuring things out with Denver Center, Matthew and I got introduced, but we actually met for the first time on the morning of the first day of the workshop, and then we spent a week together in Denver working on the play. Now I’ve been working on this play for about four years and he’s one of my closest friends. What drew you to this particular play when you first read it? MD: Because Matthew has such an incredible heart himself, his heart is so present in his plays — and particularly in this play. One of the things that I love about this play is that it is almost like a fairytale and it is unabashedly celebratory and fun and raucous. But it also has a real story. It’s about these people who are dealing with some pretty desperate economic circumstances; they’re living in a world in which there isn’t necessarily a lot of opportunity for social or economic mobility. And they’re people who, in different ways, don’t have family at the beginning of the play. As we follow Casey, a kid who really hasn’t grown up yet or learned how to take responsibility but does have an incredibly buoyant optimism and ability to dream of a better life, this magic happens where the characters find a family and are able to start moving their lives forward. I think the play has an ability to disarm even the most cynical people, because it is infectiously joyous.
FINDING A FAMILY After working together on two productions of Georgia McBride, what are you and Matthew most excited to tackle in these rehearsals? MD: A lot of the work at Denver Center was about just figuring out how to do the piece. On the page, with the quick changes in and out of drag, it’s kind of baffling how that can happen in a coherent way. Then a lot of the MCC production was about figuring out how to deepen the stakes of it and ground it ever more in the real world. Now we’re interested in fine-tuning and calibrating. The play works when it’s aerodynamic, so much of the work will be continuing to shape the “aerodynamic-ness” of it.
and physical work are so integral to Andrew being able to craft that character. Would you talk a bit about how you’ve approached solving some of the play’s more unique design challenges? MD: I think the biggest, or most obvious, one is how to deal with the quick changes of the show. Sometimes we’re going from a dude in jeans and a t-shirt to full drag, so it’s about putting on all of the pads that shape the body underneath the clothes and it’s also about doing drag makeup. For most queens, ninety minutes to two hours would be the bare minimum to put on a full face,
What do you think makes your working relationship with Matthew so successful?
but that’s the running time of the play. So, in part, it’s
MD: Because of the nature of the drag elements, this play requires even more collaboration than a typical new play because so much of the storytelling comes down to how you craft the personas of the drag queens and how you carve out the evolution of their progression over the performances. Matthew creates the framework and puts the story in place, but there’s an entire scene that requires a choreographer and a costume designer and a sound designer and actors inhabiting these drag queens to help finish creating with us. The scene is eight and a half minutes long in performance and, in the script, it’s a page of stage directions about what happens. Matthew and I work together really well, and that’s also true of our choreographer Paul and our designers — we are all coming at this with very little ego and are unafraid to step on one another’s toes, because we all have to invade one another’s territory to be able to integrate the work to the degree that it needs.
theatrically embracing the sense of transformation and
I hear Andrew Burnap (Casey) is doing a drag bootcamp to prepare for the show. Why was that important to you and Matthew? MD: Andrew has never really done drag before, and it’s more than just learning the choreography of the numbers. It’s learning a different way to move in your body, how to walk in heels, even how you articulate with your fingers. Since lipsynching is critical in drag, it’s learning the technique of how to listen for little irregularities in the recording like where you can hear the singer taking a breath or you can hear the spin on a vowel sound — and learning how to not only amplify that but also put a point of view on it. The technique
about having to reduce and simplify, but it’s really about the ability to imagine and play that is so much a part of drag. We don’t hide a lot of the “strings” — if we have to get somebody into drag in thirty seconds, you watch all of that happen as the actors are playing a scene. There are moments where one of the actors is like a racecar and the crew descends on that person like a pit crew, and it’s all highly choreographed to be part of the magic of the evening. Are there any thoughts you’d like to share about how you think the play relates to the moment in which we’re living? MD: One of the things that I’ve heard Matthew say is that, for him, this is not a play about straight people learning to accept gay people or straight people learning how to participate in gay culture. For him, this is a play about community and family. When we did the play in New York, it was not long after gay marriage was fully legalized and it felt like icing on the cake that we got to do this play in that moment. We’re obviously living in a much different world now than we were a year ago. But I have to say, I think the need for hope right now is pretty strong and this play is so unapologetically, infectiously joyous. The idea of a group of people who come from pretty disparate backgrounds, who have no experience with people like one another at the beginning of the play, and the ability of all of those people to find a family with one another — I think that is a really powerful message right now.
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THE GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE PRODUCTION OF
Written by
Matthew Lopez Scenic Designer
Costume Designer
Donyale Werle Lighting Designer
E.B. Brooks
Sound Designer
Josh Epstein
Jill BC Du Boff
Production Stage Manager
Assistant Stage Manager
Jill Gold
Julie Ann Renfro
Wig & Makeup Designer
Tiphanie Grace Casting Director
Phyllis Schuringa, CSA
Choreography by
Paul McGill Directed by
Mike Donahue “Lost and Found” Music by Joe Tippett • Lyrics by Matthew Lopez The Legend Of Georgia McBride is presented by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc., New York. Originally commissioned by The Old Globe, San Diego, California (Louis Spisto, Executive Producer) Originally developed and produced at the Denver Center Theatre Company (Kent Thompson, Artistic Director) New York Premiere at the MCC Theater September 9, 2015 (Robert LuPone, Bernard Telsey, & William Cantler, Artistic Directors; Blake West, Executive Director) EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS CIRCLE MEMBERS
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(In alphabetical order)
Casey ........................................................................................................................................... Andrew Burnap* Miss Tracy Mills ............................................................................................................................ Matt McGrath* Jo .............................................................................................................................................................. Nija Okoro* Miss Rexy / Jason ........................................................................................................................ Larry Powell* Eddie ..................................................................................................................................................... Nick Searcy* *Indicates member of Actor’s Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States. Understudies never substitute for listed players unless specified.
PLACE / TIME Panama City, FL. The Present. RUNNING TIME Approximately 1 hours and 40 minutes. There will be no intermission.
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CAST OF CHARACTERS
PRODUCTION BIOGRAPHIES
ANDREW BURNAP (Casey) New York theater includes This Day Forward (Donald/ Leo) at the Vineyard Theatre, and Troilus & Cressida (Troilus) and King Lear (ensemble) at the Public Theater/Delacourte. Regional theater includes Caucasian Chalk Circle at Yale Repertory Theatre; Once Five Years Pass and Dental Society Midwinter Meeting at Williamstown Theatre Festival; Two Gentlemen of Verona, Kiss Me Kate, Coriolanus and All’s Well That Ends Well at Commonwealth Shakespeare Company. Andrew holds a B.F.A. from the University of Rhode Island. Yale School of Drama 2016.
the Performing Arts]; Steve
Rainey’s Black Bottom (Mark
Yet Live (Primary Stages); The
(The New Group); Verite by
Taper Forum), Joe Turner’s
Mountaintop, The Brothers
Nick Jones at LCT3, A Fair
Come and Gone (Mark
Size (Actors Theatre of
Country (Lincoln Center
Taper Forum). Regional:
Louisville); Goddess (O’Neill
Theater); Hedwig and the
The Mountaintop (Cape May
National Music Theater
Angry Inch (Jane Street
Stage), Bossa Nova (Sundance
Conference); The Brothers
Theatre); Collection/A Kind
Theatre Lab), Blueprints to
Size (Everyman Theatre);
of Alaska by Harold Pinter,
Freedom (La Jolla Playhouse),
Marcus; Or The Secret of
Minutes from the Blue Route
For Colored Girls..., Gallathea,
Sweet (City Theatre); Broke-
and The Dadshuttle (Atlantic
A Chaste Maid in Cheapside
ology (Lincoln Center Theater,
Theater Company); Fat Men in
(Aaron Davis Theatre), Part
Kansas City Repertory
Skirts, The Old Boy, Life During
of Me and Echo in Silence
Theatre); four seasons at the
Wartime, Amulets Against the
(McCarter Theatre Center).
Obie Award-winning Fire This
Dragon Forces, Dalton’s Back
Television: StartUp, Southland,
Time Festival; Bronzeville,
(Drama Desk nomination).
Monday Mornings, Hail Mary,
(Robey Theatre Company,
Regional appearances include
Medium, ER. Upcoming
NAACP Award nomination).
Black Stache in Peter and
Film: A Doll’s House and
Film: Eve (directed by
the Starcatcher, Putting it
Fachada. Graduate of The
B.Monét). Upcoming films:
Together, Ridiculous Fraud,
Juilliard School (Group 37)
The Browsing Effect. Larry is
Raised in Captivity (South Coast
and member of the Marjorie
also a published playwright.
Repertory); His Girl Friday (La
Ballentine Studio. For Mommy
Education: Carnegie Mellon
Jolla Playhouse); The Rocky
and Uncle Gilbert.
University School of Drama.
Bettie Page, The Anniversary
LARRY POWELL
NICK SEARCY
Party, The Broken Hearts Club,
(Miss Rexy / Jason)
(Eddie)
The Impostors; television
Larry Powell was last seen
Nick Searcy recently wrapped
includes Law & Order: Criminal
in Lost in the Stars at Royce
a role in Guillermo del Toro’s
Intent, Little Britain U.S.A., Cruel
Hall, directed by Anne Bogart.
2017 film The Shape of Water.
Doubt, Modern Family.
Before that he played Homer
Film: Fried Green Tomatoes,
in the West Coast Premiere
The Fugitive, Cast Away,
of Suzan-Lori Parks’ Father
Moneyball, The Last Song,
Comes Home From The Wars.
Tigerland, Head of State,
He also originated the role of
Runaway Jury, The Ugly
Associate Pastor Joshua in
Truth, Nell, Days of Thunder.
Lucas Hnath’s The Christians
Television (as a series regular):
(Humana Festival of New
Justified (FX), Easy Money
American Plays; Playwrights
(CW), Rodney (ABC), American
Horizons; Mark Taper Forum).
Gothic (CBS), 7 Days (UPN),
NIJA OKORO
Other credits: Seared (world
From The Earth to The Moon
(Jo)
premiere, San Francisco
(HBO). He was recently seen
Nija Okoro is thrilled to be
Playhouse). Martin Luther
in the J.J. Abrams mini-series
making her Geffen Playhouse
King, Jr. in The Mountaintop
for Hulu 11/22/63, and returned
debut! Los Angeles: Ma
(L.A. Theatre Works); While I
to the stage for the first time
Horror Show (The Old Globe); Romance, Japes and Bell, Book and Candle (Bay Street Theatre); Caroline in Jersey and Loot (Williamstown Theatre Festival); Distant Fires (LA Weekly Award); and Snakebit. Films include Full Grown Men, Boys Don’t Cry, The Notorious
MATT McGRATH (Miss Tracy Mills) Matt McGrath starred as Wilhelm in The Black Rider in Los Angeles, San Francisco, London and Sydney. Broadway credits include Cabaret (Emcee) and A Streetcar Named Desire. Off Broadway credits include The Legend of Georgia McBride [MCC Theater (Lucille Lortel Award), Denver Center for P8 PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE
PRODUCTION BIOGRAPHIES Moors (Playwrights Realm),
Nixon), School for Scandal.
Globe, Denver Center for the
Chandler in Laguna Playhouse’s
Phoebe in Winter (Clubbed
Broadway/National Tour:
Performing Arts. Awards: Tony,
Billy & Ray. He is represented
Thumb) and The Hunters
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Obie, Lucille Lortel and Hewes
by APA, Haven Entertainment
(Cherry Lane Theatre’s Mentor
(Associate Choreographer),
wins and Tony, Drama Desk and
and Morris Yorn Barnes Levine
Project); and Ethan Lipton’s
Scandalous! (Associate
Outer Critics Circle nominations.
Entertainment Law Firm.
Red-Handed Otter (Playwrights
Choreographer). Circus:
Member: Broadway Green
Realm). Regionally: world
Filament (Short Round
Alliance, USA 829, Wingspace
MATTHEW LOPEZ
premieres of Jen Silverman’s
Productions), Grounded Aerial.
Design Collective, curator for
(Playwright)
Collective Rage (Woolly
Film: Diamond Soles, Hakuna
the U.S. National Exhibit at
The Legend of Georgia McBride
Mammoth Theatre Company)
Truvada (featuring Todrick
the 2019 Prague Quadrennial.
premiered at the Denver
and The Roommate (Humana
Hall), ALT Coffee Commercial.
Donyale speaks internationally
Center for the Performing Arts
Festival of New Plays); world
Paul trained Laverne Cox for
on sustainable design practices
and ran off-Broadway at MCC
premieres of Rachel Bonds’ The
her starring role in FOX’s The
for theater.
Theater in a production that
Wolfe Twins (Studio Theatre
Rocky Horror Picture Show. He
received multiple Drama Desk,
D.C.) and Swimmers (Marin
is the co-founder and director
E.B. BROOKS
Lucille Lortel and Outer Critics
Theatre Company); world
of the online educational
(Costume Designer)
Circle nominations. Other plays
premiere of Lauren Feldman’s
series Broadway Masters
Geffen Playhouse: Bad Jews,
include The Whipping Man
Grace, or The Art of Climbing
(BroadwayMasters.org). As
Wait Until Dark, Good People,
(Manhattan Theatre Club),
(Denver Center for the
a Broadway performer, he
Build, and The Exorcist
Somewhere (Old Globe, world
Performing Arts). Readings/
appeared in La Cage aux Folles
(Associate to Scott Pask),
premiere), Reverberation
workshops: Manhattan
(2004), A Chorus Line (as
Switzerland (Assistant to Ellen
(Hartford Stage Company,
Theatre Club, Roundabout
Mark), Memphis, Spider-Man:
McCartney), Power of Duff
world premiere), The Sentinels
Underground, New York
Turn Off the Dark and Bullets
(Assistant to Bobby Fredrick
(London’s Headlong Theatre
Theatre Workshop, Soho Rep,
Over Broadway. MGM’s Fame,
Tilley). Regional theater: Off
Company) and Zoey’s Perfect
McCarter Theatre Center, South
Smash (NBC), and the Oscar-
The Rails (Oregon Shakespeare
Wedding (Denver Center for
Coast Repertory, Berkeley Rep,
winning film Man on Wire. This
Festival), They Don't Talk
the Performing Arts World
O’Neill National Playwrights
summer, Paul will direct Robin
Back (La Jolla Playhouse,
Premiere, 2018). Matthew holds
Conference, The Lark, and
Hood at Serenbe Playhouse in
Perseverance Theatre), Billy and
commissions from Roundabout
Ars Nova. Mike is a recipient
Atlanta. www.paulmcgill.org
Ray (Laguna Playhouse), Ten
Theatre Company, Manhattan
of a Fulbright to Berlin, the
Theatre Club, South Coast
Drama League Fall Fellowship,
DONYALE WERLE
Theater of Portland), Hit
Repertory, Williamstown
the Boris Sagal Fellowship at
(Scenic Designer)
The Wall (L.A. LGBT Center
Theatre Festival and Hartford
Williamstown Theatre Festival,
Broadway: Peter & the
2016 Best Costume Design
Stage Company. Matthew was
and was the artistic director of
Starcatcher (2012 Tony Award),
Nominee), Invisible Cities
a writer on the HBO series The
the Yale Summer Cabaret for
Bloody Bloody Andrew
(The Industry L.A.). Center for
Newsroom.
two seasons. He is a graduate
Jackson (Tony nomination),
New Performance: Fantomas,
of Harvard University and
In Transit, Allegiance. Off
Brewsie and Willie directed by
MIKE DONAHUE
the Yale School of Drama.
Broadway: The Robber
Travis Preston (2010 LA Weekly
(Director)
Upcoming: Jen Silverman’s
Bridegroom (Roundabout
Award for Best Production
Mike Donahue is a New
The Roommate (Williamstown
Theatre Company) The Legend
Design), What to Wear directed
York-based director. Credits
Theatre Festival).
of Georgia McBride (MCC
by Richard Foreman. Other Los
Theater), Encores Off-Center
Angeles theaters include: East
include the world premieres of
Chimneys (Artists Repertory
Matthew Lopez’s The Legend
PAUL McGILL
Series 2014-present, Signature
West Players, Theater@Boston
of Georgia McBride (MCC
(Choreographer)
Theatre, Vineyard Theatre,
Court, Native Voices@The
Theater and Denver Center for
Paul McGill is elated to
Manhattan Theatre Club, Lincoln
Autry, Los Angeles Shakespeare
the Performing Arts, Joe A.
be working at the Geffen
Center Theater. Regional:
Festival, Black Dahlia Theater,
Callaway Award, Outer Critics
Playhouse on this production.
Romy & Michele’s High School
Celebration Theater, Antaeus
Circle Nomination); Jordan
Off-Broadway: The Legend
Reunion (5th Avenue Theater),
Company. She also designs
Seavey’s Homos, Or Everyone
of Georgia McBride (Astaire
Miss You Like Hell (La Jolla
for web, television, game
In America (Labyrinth Theater
Award, Lortel nomination),
Playhouse), Hartford Stage,
developers, events and film.
Company); Jen Silverman’s The
Steve (directed by Cynthia
Papermill Playhouse, The Old
She received her M.F.A. from
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PRODUCTION BIOGRAPHIES California Institute of the Arts
Manhattan Theatre Club,
for Live Nation’s Insomniacs
Laguna Playhouse, Sydney
and has taught at USC, CalTech,
Atlantic Theater Company,
Productions, as its main big-
Independent Theatre Company,
and Willamette University. She
Vineyard Theatre, MCC
structure wig stylist for all
Long Beach Shakespeare
is a member of United Scenic
Theater, Playwrights Horizons,
of their major productions
Company, American Rose
Artists 829 and Costume
Public Theater, Second Stage
throughout the year. Her work
Theatre and American Coast
Designers Guild 892.
Theatre, New York Theatre
is staged internationally via
Theatre Company. Julie is
Workshop, Women’s Project
Electric Daisy Carnival as it
a proud member of Actors’
JOSH EPSTEIN
Theater, New Georges, The
travels to Chicago, New York,
Equity Association.
(Lighting Designer)
Flea Theater, Cherry Lane
Vegas, London, Puerto Rico,
Josh Epstein previously
Theatre, Signature Theatre,
and Brazil. The directors at
PHYLLIS SCHURINGA, CSA
designed the lighting for Sex
Clubbed Thumb (Affiliate
Insomniacs expand Tiphanie's
(Casting Director)
With Strangers at the Geffen
Artist), Penguin Rep Theatre.
creativity by allowing her to
Phyllis is an Artistic Associate
Playhouse. Josh has worked
Regional: Baystreet Theater,
merge a passion for styling
and the Casting Director for
at many of the top regional
La Jolla Playhouse, Cincinnati
with the highest artistry of the
the Geffen Playhouse. Recent
theaters in the country
Playhouse, Westport Playhouse,
beauty industry.
casting includes Long Day’s
including: Mark Taper Forum,
Berkeley Rep, Portland Stage
Kirk Douglas Theatre, Pasadena
Company, Long Wharf Theatre,
JILL GOLD
Barbecue, Big Sky, Guards
Playhouse, Guthrie Theater,
Alley Theatre, New York Stage
(Production Stage Manager)
at the Taj, Barcelona (Artios
Goodman Theatre, South Coast
and Film, Humana Festival at
Jill Gold is always ecstatic to
nominated), Outside Mullingar,
Repertory, Philadelphia Theatre
Actors Theatre of Louisville,
return to the Geffen, where
Bad Jews, The Night Alive,
Company, Trinity Repertory
Williamstown Theatre Festival
her career spans Quills to
Switzerland, The Country
Company, Baltimore Center
and Adirondack Theatre
Choir Boy. She has over 150
House (Artios nominated) and
Stage, Long Wharf Theatre,
Festival. Radio: Executive
Equity show credits from the
American Buffalo at the Geffen,
Paper Mill Playhouse, Alliance
Producer: New Yorker Out
Pasadena Playhouse, Reprise
and Shiv at The Theatre @
Theater, Actors Theatre
Loud, Studio 360, Naked Radio,
Theatre Company, McCoy
Boston Court. Before joining
of Louisville, Playmakers
RadioLab. Drama Desk and
Rigby Entertainment, Los
the Geffen she was the Casting
Repertory and Cincinnati
Henry Hewes nominations.
Angeles Theatre Center, Mark
Director for Steppenwolf
Playhouse in the Park. He has
Awards: Ruth Morley Design
Taper Forum and many others.
Theatre Company in Chicago
served as a lecturer at the
Award, OBIE for Sustained
Jill toured the U.S. with Les
where her favorites include
UCLA School of Theater, Film
Excellence, Lilly Award. Audio
Misérables, The Unsinkable
Frank Galati’s adaptation of The
and Television since 2014. Josh
Producer for The New Yorker.
Molly Brown, City of Angels,
Grapes of Wrath (also La Jolla
received his M.F.A. from NYU’s
Love to Adam and Milo.
Wicked and Not The Messiah,
Playhouse, National Theater in
as well as Germany and Austria
London and Broadway, where
Tisch School of the Arts. He
Journey Into Night, Icebergs,
is a recipient of the NEA/TCG
TIPHANIE GRACE
with Sisterella. She teaches
it received the Tony Award
Career Development Program
(Wig & Makeup Designer)
stage management at UCLA,
for Best Play), the original
for Designers and a member of
Based in Los Angeles and
Occidental College, and at
production of Steve Martin’s
the O’Neill National Playwrights
styling hair professionally since
home to Phil, Hailey, Colleen
Picasso at the Lapin Agile
Conference Artistic Council.
2004, Tiphanie Grace Smith
and Kringle.
(and subsequent productions
Josh lives in Los Angeles with
excels in hairdressing. Tiphanie
his wife and three daughters.
developed her naturally artistic
JULIE ANN RENFRO
and Briar Street Theater in
www.joshepsteindesign.com
eye with skills gained through
(Assistant Stage Manager)
Chicago), Austin Pendleton’s
in-salon training and trade
Julie Ann Renfro is from Orange
Orson’s Shadow and Charles L.
JILL BC Du BOFF
show educational classes. As
County, CA, where she received
Mee’s Time to Burn. Broadway
(Sound Designer)
a member of the Local 706
her B.A. in Theatre Arts from
transfers include One Flew Over
Broadway: The Heidi Chronicles,
Hair and Makeup Union, she
Vanguard University. She is
the Cuckoo’s Nest (Tony Award
Hand to God, Disgraced, Picnic,
has been trained in a six week
thrilled to be a part of the
for Best Revival) and The Song
Wit, Other Desert Cities, Good
Disneyland wig program that
team of The Legend of Georgia
of Jacob Zulu. She teaches
People, The Constant Wife, The
fine-tuned her wig styling and
McBride! Other theater credits
auditioning at Steppenwolf
Good Body, Bill Maher’s Victory
backstage live performance
include: Pasadena Playhouse,
West and is a member of the
Begins at Home. Off-Broadway
protocol. She currently
South Coast Repertory,
Casting Society of America and
includes Lincoln Center Theater,
provides custom-built wigs
Shakespeare Orange County,
the Ovation Rules Committee.
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PRODUCTION BIOGRAPHIES
(Artistic Director) Randall Arney has been a theater professional for over 30 years and has served as Artistic Director of the Geffen Playhouse since 1999. In addition to his artistic
(starring Ashton Kutcher, Josh
Initiative, Charlize Theron’s
the creation of a new state-
Gad, Dermot Mulroney, as well
Africa Outreach Project and
of-the-art theater which is
as Geffen Playhouse alumni
Kershaw’s Challenge, among
Steppenwolf’s current home.
Matthew Modine and Ron
others. Prior to the Geffen,
Broadway transfers under his
Eldard) and the 2011 feature
Regina worked for the Simon
leadership include The Rise and
film Lucky (starring Colin Hanks,
Wiesenthal Center/Museum of
Fall of Little Voice, The Song
Ari Graynor, Ann-Margret
Tolerance, where she produced
of Jacob Zulu (six Tony Award
and Golden Globe winner
an innovative human rights
nominations) and The Grapes of
Jeffrey Tambor). In addition,
exhibition that traveled to
Wrath (1990 Tony Award, Best
Gil produced and directed
14 international destinations
Play). Mr. Arney has an M.F.A.
the critically acclaimed Life
around Europe, Asia and the
degree in Acting from Illinois
After Tomorrow, featuring
U.S. She also served as the
State University and has taught
Sarah Jessica Parker, which
Director of Partnerships for
master classes and workshops
won best documentary at
Big Brothers Big Sisters of
at UCLA, Steppenwolf, around
the Phoenix Film Festival and
Greater Los Angeles and the
the U.S. and in Tokyo.
later premiered on Showtime.
Inland Empire, where she
His other films include Deal
led strategic planning and
(starring Burt Reynolds, Bret
development while executing
Harrison and Charles Durning),
policies that advanced the
The Mesmerist (starring Geffen
organization’s visibility and
Playhouse alumnus Neil Patrick
growth. Additionally, Regina
Harris), and the critically
has a strong passion for
acclaimed independent film
teaching. After graduating from
Order of Chaos. Gil’s television
University of North Carolina
directorial debut was an
School of the Arts, she taught
GIL CATES, JR.
episode of the NBC comedy
in preschools and kindergartens
(Executive Director)
Joey, starring Emmy winner
in New York. From the age
As Executive Director, Gil
Matt LeBlanc. He studied at
of 13, Regina worked as
Cates, Jr. leads the Geffen
the National Theatre Institute
a professional dancer on
Playhouse in its mission to
in Waterford, Connecticut, and
Broadway as well as with a
inform, entertain and inspire
holds a B.F.A. in Drama from
number of prominent modern
diverse audiences with live
Syracuse University.
dance ensembles. Fusing two
programming and oversight at the Geffen, Arney has helmed many productions for the theater, most recently Icebergs, Outside Mullingar, The Night Alive, Reasons to Be Pretty, Slowgirl, American Buffalo, Superior Donuts, The Female of the Species, The Seafarer, Speed-the-Plow and All My Sons. Arney is an ensemble member and former Artistic Director of Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theatre where his directing credits include: Slowgirl, The Seafarer, The Beauty Queen of Leenane, Death and the Maiden, Curse of the Starving Class, Killers and The Geography of Luck, among others. Arney also directed Steppenwolf’s world premiere of Steve Martin’s Picasso at the Lapin Agile, as well as the subsequent national and international acclaimed productions. Mr. Arney’s acting credits with Steppenwolf include Born Yesterday, Ghost in the Machine, The Homecoming, Frank’s Wild Years, You Can’t Take it with You, Fool for Love, True West, Balm in Gilead and Coyote Ugly. As the Artistic Director for Steppenwolf from
theater of the highest caliber
of her interests, she created a
— both within and beyond
highly successful program that
the nonprofit theater’s walls.
incorporated dance therapy
He has proudly served on
and creative movement into an
the Geffen Playhouse Board
early childhood curriculum as
since 2012. Gil’s theater credits
well as writing and producing
include the award-winning
a television show based on
Names (Matrix Theatre
this concept. In addition to being a published author and
Company) starring Dixie Carter and Greg Mullavey, The Night
REGINA MILLER
photographer with Tallfellow
I Knocked Out Joe Frazer and
(Chief Development Officer)
Press and Prometheus Books,
Lost 90 Pounds (Gardner
Regina has advised non-profit
Regina has taught and lectured
Stage Theater), Three Sisters
institutions, foundations and
at numerous schools in New
and David Mamet’s A Life in
corporations on strategy,
York, Los Angeles and abroad.
the Theatre (both at Syracuse
analysis and fundraising. She
Regina is a proud co-founder
Stage). Gil’s film credits include
has consulted for the Clinton
of the Artemis Agency, a
The Surface (starring Sean
Foundation, National Center
philanthropic agency that
Astin and Geffen Playhouse
for Missing and Exploited
actively helps clients change
alumnus Chris Mulkey), Jobs
Children, Eastern Congo
the world!
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1987 to 1995, he oversaw
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2 0 1 7/ 2 0 1 8 S E A S O N A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE GYNECOLOGIC ONCOLOGY UNIT AT MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER OF NEW YORK CITY Written by HALLEY FEIFFER WEST COAST PREMIERE GIL CATES THEATER Sitting bedside at Memorial Sloan Kettering has never been so entertaining. While their ailing mothers share a hospital room, Karla and Don discover truth in the old cliché that opposites attract…and repel…and attract.
THE WAY WE GET BY Written by NEIL LaBUTE WEST COAST PREMIERE AUDREY SKIRBALL KENIS THEATER Complete with the humor, confusion and excitement that follows great sex, Neil LaBute’s surprisingly sweet comedy brings us Beth and Doug, an unlikely pair who struggle to find common ground in a truly uncommon conundrum.
CHASING MEM’RIES
A DIFFERENT KIND OF MUSICAL
SELL/BUY/DATE Written & Performed by SARAH JONES WEST COAST PREMIERE AUDREY SKIRBALL KENIS THEATER In her new solo show, Tony Award-winning writer/ performer and true chameleon comedian Sarah Jones brings to life an entire cast of characters, all of whom have something to say about gender, sex work and the time in which we are living.
Written & Directed by JOSH RAVETCH Lyrics by ALAN & MARILYN BERGMAN Music by BILL CANTOS & MARI FALCONE, DAVE GRUSIN, MARVIN HAMLISCH, MICHEL LEGRAND and JOHNNY MANDEL Featuring TYNE DALY and ROBERT FORSTER Additional casting to be announced.
WORLD PREMIERE GIL CATES THEATER In this world premiere with songs written by legendary lyricists Alan and Marilyn Bergman, Tyne Daly stars as a woman not quite ready to let go of the life she’s loved and the love of her life.
SKELETON CREW Written by DOMINIQUE MORISSEAU LOS ANGELES PREMIERE GIL CATES THEATER It’s 2008 and the employees of a Detroit auto factory are facing an uncertain future. As a family of co-workers navigates economic instability, this stirring play examines the ways in which loyalty and love shape every decision we make.
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DIRECTOR $5,000 - $9,999 Anonymous Katie McGrath & J.J. Abrams Page & Lou Adler Jehan F. Agrama & Dwora Fried Karla & Bill Ahmanson Paul G. Allen Amgen Foundation Hilary & Jack Angelo Cathy & Shel Bachrach The Alec Baldwin Foundation Pamela & Dennis Beck Leslie & Roger Birnbaum Bliss Spa Annette Blum Mara & Jonathan Blum Heather Thomas & Skip Brittenham The Eli & Edythe L. Broad Foundation Cindy & Bob Broder Amanda Brown & Justin Chang Maya Burkenroad & Tai Lopez Glenn & Lynn Cardoso Dr. Fanya Carter, PhD Beate & Christopher Chee Comcast | NBC Universal Ellyce R. Cooper & Barry Cohen Creative Artists Agency Merle Dandridge & Christopher Johnston Debra Davis Robin Dearden & Bryan Cranston Dream Warrior Group Fielding Edlow & Larry Clarke Lawrence N. Field First Republic Bank FOURSQUARE Four Seasons Resort Maui at Wailea Kiki & David Gindler Priscila Giraldo Sue & Steve Glusker Gloria & Peter Gold Mary Ann & Irwin Gold Elizabeth Guber Sugarman & Jason Sugarman Leo S. Guthman Fund Ellen Bronfman Hauptman & Andrew Hauptman Jackson Henry Gail & Stanley Hollander Mira & Terrence Howard Vicki Iovine & David Coiro Bernice Jeffrey Sir Elton John & David Furnish Marvin Jubas & Janet Wald Jubas Mannon Kaplan Sally & Dr. Manny J. Karbelnig KIND Bars Alex Kurtzman & Samantha Kurtzman-Counter Wendy Kurtzman Susan & Yair Landau Cody Lassen & Nitzan Mekel Eileen & Kase Lawal Drs. Gerald & Barbara Levey
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SPONSOR $3,000 – $4,999 Janis Adams & John Lyons Belmond La Samanna Annette Bening & Warren Beatty Madelyn Bennett & Eric Gibson
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PARTNER $1,500 - $2,999 Anonymous (4) Pat & Sandy Adams Miriam Aguiar Olga S. Alderson Debbie Allen AMC Nancy & Peter Antoniou Bonnie & Bill Apfelbaum Aversano Family Trust Kathy Baker & Steven Robman Allison Balson Irene Baron Robert E. & Maria H. Barron Richard Bautzer & David McDowell Patricia & Mark Benjamin John Bjorge & Mary McKelvey Carolyn & Martin Bloom Dr. Wallace P. Brithinee Marla Campagna William & Patricia Chin Darcy Christal Laurel & Aaron Clark Linda & John Coleman David Conney, M.D. Conrad N. Hilton Foundation Ted Cordes Janine Cristiano Elizabeth Dalling Pam Dawber
Dana Delany Danny DeVito & Rhea Perlman Deborah Divine Janie Docter Susan & Jonathan Dolgen Anne Dougherty Victoria Dummer Natalie Eshaya Carol & J.B. Esterkin Judy & Mike Fantasia Lisa Field, Field Family Foundation Carrie Frazier Sonia & Robert Freedman and Family Helen & Arthur Geoffrion Tina & Michael Gittelson Sunny & Alvin Grossblatt Craigar Grosvenor Michael Grunwald The Guerin Foundation Vera & Paul Guerin Melissa Harman Teri Hatcher Bucky Hazan, Teles Properties Alan & Michelle Heilpern Dr. John D. Hofbauer & Dr. Laura E. Fox In Honor of Development Roger & Linda Howard Lynn Hunt & Margaret Jacob Brian Irving & Dayna Cussler Nancy & Len Jacoby Carrie Johnson Willette & Manny Klausner Katherine Kleindienst Tatiana & Howard Lipson Mary & John Lithgow Lotte New York Palace Eduardo Martinez Jill Mazursky Janis B. McEldowney Sue McHugh & Herb Seese Sheila & Joel Mendelsohn Patrice & James Mitchell Patricia Mitchell The New York Palace Michael Nicklin Debbie & Norman Nixon Michael R. Oppenheim Carol & Alan Ostroff Soundis & Danny Passman Tara & Robert Pietri Herbert & Marilyn Piken Ruth Popkin Robert Quayle Lee Ramer Lindy Robbins Sonny & Cynthia Rodriguez Rose Brand Rosa Rosenberg Nancy Stephens & Rick Rosenthal and The Rosenthal Family Foundation Wil Rosser Hon. Nicole A. Avant & Ted Sarandos Michael Schlesinger Susan Schwarz Berton Dean Teri Schwartz Matthew Shakman Peggy & Robert Shapiro Dominique Shelton Robert Siew & William Mark Hafeman Snyder Family Foundation Bruce & Patti Springsteen Ray Stark
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U.S. Bank Union Bank Uniworld River Cruises Inc Well Done Catering Westfield Group Richard & Mae Ziman
ANNUAL DONORS Susan & Donald Starr Mitch & Sherry Stein Meghan Strange Surf Air Tanino Ristorante Audri & Stan Tendler Paul Tetreault Daniel Tongbai Sue Tsao Jane & Theodore Valentine Karen & Francesco Vanderbaan Deborah Walsh Denise & Peter Walsh Gelena & Seth Weissman Cherie Wrigley Debra Zavala Barbara & Stanley Zax Leslie & Robert Zemeckis Ellen & Arnold Zetcher David Zuckerman & Ellie Kanner-Zuckerman
EDUCATION ADVOCATE $1,000 - $1,499 Anonymous (2) Harry & Gay Abrams/Abrams Artists Agency Dr. Richard Ackerman & Miriam Shakter Laura & Harvey Alpert Charitable Foundation Patti & Harlan Amstutz Bonnie R. Arnold Margaret Campbell Arvey AudioQuest Russ, August & Kabat Richard & Shelley Bayer Jerry Beckman Sigrid & Alan Belinkoff Lydia & David Bell Susan & Eric M. Bender Joanna & Miles Benickes Wendy & John Bergquist Diane & James Berliner Sharon & Artie Berrick Joe Blackstone & Jamie Mohn The Bordy & Leibovic Families Brenda & Alan Borstein Helen Breitwieser & James Jacks Wendy & David Brotman Linda & Jerry Bruckheimer Chancellor Albert Carnesale & Mrs. Robin Carnesale Peg Casey David Cates & Christine Vavak Jane Cates Jonathan & Elena Cates Melissa Cates & Roger Claman Steven Cerasale & Mary Katherine Cocharo Martha Chase Sachiko T. Cochran MD & Joseph T. Araki In Recognition of Carl & Barbara Cohen Ruth Daugherty Phil Davis Suzanne Deal Booth & David Booth Deluscious Cookies Carolyn Dirks/Brett Dougherty Steven Doren Jan & Thea Drayer Ed & Barbara Dreyfus Gerald & Sally Ducot Marilyn P. Dunn Dr. & Mrs. William M Duxler In Honor of Education & Community Engagement Colleen M. Ellis
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Terri & David Elston Carl & Courtenay Enright Lynne & Michael Feldman Susanna Felleman & Erik Feig Sydney M. Finegold, M.D. Steve Freedman Ben & Susan Friedman G2 Graphic Service, Inc. Jeanne & Arnold Geffner Diane & Bruce Gewertz The Gibbs Family Cherna & Dr. Gary Gitnick Charlotte Gold Dr. Irene Goldenberg Louis & Linda Goldsman Roz & Abner Goldstine Ellie Goodman Helene Gordon Adrienne Grant & Paul Jennings Jack Grossbart & Marc Schwartz Deidre Hall Salli Harris Michael Parks & Judith Hayward Murray & Gail Heltzer Hella Hershon David Coleman & Jean Himmelstein Coleman Rand Hoffman & Charlotte Robinson Tamara Horwich & Gerry Lipshutz Toni Hoyt Linda Janger Joseph B. Gould Foundation J.W. Hulme Co Linda & David Kagel Joyce & Don Kaiserman Marcy Kaplan & Eric Gold Karney Guren Family Foundation In Honor of Judi Kaufman Barbara & Stuart Klabin Kent Klavens & Judy Vourlas Lynda & Neal Hersh Judy Knapp Leslie & Norman Koplof Jeffrey Kramer Carol Krause Lena & Mark Labowe Deborah Lacusta & Daniel Castellaneta Helene Laub Joyce Lederer Steven & Nancy Lippman Elisabeth & Jeffrey Lipsman Judith Locke & Dennis Massie Karen & Peter Locke The Jennifer and Greg Malins Foundation Eric G.C. Mark The Miles Family Barbara & Fred Miller Cookie Miller Philip & Joan Miller Andrew & Laura Mintzer Joanne & Joel Mogy In Loving Memory of Harvey S. Morse Lon Morse & Toni Hollander Morse Joan & Fred Nicholas Albert & Barbara Nichols Deborah & Stacey Olliff Olympus Theatricals Ornest Family Foundation Gia Paladino & Michael Wise Philip & Leslie Paton Amanda Crick & Glenn Pfeffer Alex Phillips Craig Piligian Jane Rascoff Richard Rasiej & Joan Herman Harvey & Joyce Reichard
Sandra C Ribble Donald B. & Susan F. Rice In Memory of Frances Richman Esther & Howard Richmond Linda & Manny Rider Judi & Tim Ritchie Beth Roberts & Warren Smith Dolores Rogers Ronda & Fred Rose Brad & Nancy Rosenberg David A. & Karen Richards Sachs Mark San Filippo Nancy & Ted Sanborn Jay Sandrich Gerald Sauer Toni & John Schulman Don & Cynthia Schwartz David Schwartz Foundation, John S. Schwartz Don & Cynthia Schwartz John Schwartz Carole Server & Oliver Frankel John & Lori Shaw Phyllis & Martin Shephard Doris & Michael Sherman Holly & Larry Shulman Rita & Jose Sigal Ron Silverman & Soraya Ross Joan & Jerry Snyder Drs. Matthew & Marion Solomon The Somaini Family Christine Taylor & Ben Stiller Jordan Strauss Photography Barbra Streisand & James Brolin David & Katherine Stritzinger Eric Strom & Eileen Goodis Aaron Stroud Sugarfina Sunrise Springs Katy Sweet The Tatasciore Family Anne C. Taubman & David Boyle John Teeples & Nicolas Martinez, Jr. Marjorie Thomson Triada Palm Springs John Turmes Catherine & Leonard Unger Daniel & Shauna Valenzuela Susan & Peter Van Haften Alan Van Vliet Alison Whalen & Steve Marenberg Julie & Peter Weil Marcia Williams & Gene Lucero Judith & Philip Winik Anna & Stephen Yallourakis June Yip & David Wong Marcie & Howard Zelikow Zoetic Travel
ARTISTIC ADVOCATE $500 - $999 Anonymous (5) Betsy Alevy Eloise & Mark Appel Jeanne Bailey Janet & Irwin Barnet Linda Barnett Irene Baron Yvette Bergeron & Dean Bailey Diane & Richard Birnholz Black Market Gelato Larry & Julie Blivas in honor of Phyllis Blivas Pamela & Bill Bohnert
Michael J. Bordy Paula Brand Janet & Mark Brown Laura D. Campbell Andrew Carlberg Scott Carter & Bebe Johnson Lee & Shelby Chaden Cindy Clark Ginger Conrad Culver Hotel In Loving Memory of Ed Cypert Greg & Leslie Dannon Dr. Udayakumar Devaskar DirecTV Matching Gift Center Roni & Ethan Eller Lidia & Mauricio Epelbaum David & Joyce Evans Elizabeth A. Evans Marjorie & Arthur Fine The Ella Fitzgerald Charitable Fund Michael & Lynne Flynn Myrna Forest Burt & Nanette Forester Judith R. Forman and Dr. Cynthia Pikus Sharlene & Sol Galper The Gewecke Family Benita & Bert Ginsberg Linda & Louis Goldsman Marcy Goldstein Lori & Robert Goodman Gigi & Don Grant Marcy & Edgar Gross Madeline Gussman Carolyn & Bernie Hamilton Sheila & Chester Hasday Carol Ann & Rick Hess Jim Hliboki & Hildi Snodgrass Dorothy Hoffman Kelley M. Hogan Gerald Isenberg Jackie & Warren Jackson Brett Johnson Robert Jones Avi Kamienny Mr. & Mrs. Bernard Kamine Christine Kaplan Dean Kauffman & Carlos Andres Mosquera-Tangarife Patricia Keating Beverlee Bickmore & James Kelly Corie & Michael Koss Marlene & Donald Kottler Tam & David Lachoff Joan & Christopher Larkin Ginger Leibovitz Marla E. Levine Suzann Levine Brenda & Warren Lincoln Neil L. & Ora D. Macfarlane George Manet Elizabeth Marcellino Mr. & Mrs. Phillips H. Marshall David Israeli & Dr. Marie Mazzone Kathy & Jim McCaffery Teddie J. Milner Sue & Monty Mohrman Paula Moseley, EdD Carol & Jerry Muchin Sherri & Arnie Nelson Robert & Anita Nitta Justin Okin Barbara & Gary Pasquinelli Barbara & Peter Patman Jonna & Alfred Peguero Pier South In Memory of Michael Piller Ruth Pilot
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ASSOCIATE $250 - $499 Anonymous (11) Nancy & Emanuel Abrams Terry & Richard Abrams Anne Adair & Steve Ganzberg Barbara Adams Elaine & Michael Agran Charles & Annick Allen Sylvia Almstadt Merryl & David A. Alpert Jan & David Altemus Peter Anderson Robert C. Anderson Philip Angerhofer & Stephen A. Jones Debra & Benjamin Ansell Jc & Jack Appelbaum Steven D. Arias Dr. Sandra & Dr. Charles Aronberg Barbara & Ethan Aronoff Marc & Elizabeth Axelrod Lynne Babbitt Cecilia Ball Victoria Bates Randy Bayard Judith & Thomas Beckmen Dawn & Marshall Bein Patricia Belcher Marshall Bell
Richard N. Berger JoAnn Bernard Barbara Berkowitz Karen Berkowitz Marsha C. Berkowitz Beverly Bierer Claudia & Ronald Bitzer Edward Blume Jeff Boland Frances & Thomas Booth Toby Bornstein Nina & Hon. Anthony Borwick Burt Boyar Mona Brandler Leah Lynn Broidy Lionel Brown Mitchell Brown David & Kathy Burke Marcia Burnam Marlene & David Capell Anthony Carbone Phil Carlin Miss Irene Castaldo Ellen & Jeff Catania Ling Chan Richard Pezner & Sandra Chan Barry Charles Diane Chernansky Becky & Mike Clements Anselm Clinard Jon Cowan Susan Georgine Craig Norman & Nancy Cravens Ingrid Curtiss, MD Col. Tony, Donna & Taylor Daniell Jeffrey S. Davidson Ruth B. Davis Elizabeth De Oliveira & Moacyr Da Silva Bert Deixler Hal & Roberta Delevie Brian Demsey Robert Ditullio Suzanne & Bruce Dodds Carol Jean Doehring Sandy & Gerry Dorfman Daryl & Paul F. Doucette Linda Dozier Jacki & Murray Drechsler Michael East & Tanisha Gonzalez Roy Eddleman Mona & Barry Edwards The Farwell Family Francesco Federico Lisa Feintech, M.D. Mimi Alpert Feldman Abby & Malcolm Field Lisa & William Finkelstein Donna Finley William & Elisabeth Fleischman Lynne & Michael Flynn Myrna ‘Pepper’ Forest Dolores Franco Fran Fredella & Scott Rubin Sandy & Donald French Kenneth J. Friedman & Marilynn J. Friedman Family Foundation Lynn & Barry Friesen Catherine Froloff Laurelle Frome & Brady Frome Yuri & Yelena Furman Gina Furth Lois & Jerry Gallop Karen Berko Gibson Dr. Diane & Michael Glazer Hannah Godwin Michael Golamco
Carol & Neil Goldberg Lorain Goldberg Mark & Molly Goldberg Francine Golden & Marvin Schlossman Dr. Peter Goldman Dina Goldstein Roger Gordon Liz Gottainer & David Sadkin Russell Grant Debbie & Glenn Gray Madelyne Green Paul & Louise Greenberg Randi & Jerome Greenberg Penny Grosz-Salomon & Eugene Korney Larry Guli Eve Haberfield & David N. Johnson Hanif Haji Mary & Alan Halkett Jane Hall Roberta Hamilton Tess Harper Richard Hart Judy L. Hartley Dr. & Mrs. Samuel Haveson Winifred C. Hervey Penny Hildebrand Dale & John Hopmans In Memory of Ross Hunter & Jacque Mapes Robert & Gail Israel Frederic A. & Nancy Jacobus Martha Jones & Paul Zerella Robert Jones & Julie Anne Robinson Jerry Joseph Adriana Kahane Joanne & Larry Kahn Lesly Kahn Jessica Kaltman David Kaminow Jean Kaplan Susie Kater & Tom Chappell Donald Kates Harris Katleman Owen Kato Dana Katz Morgan Kay William & Renee Kendall Louanne Kennedy Cathy Kirkpatrick Dr. Ann Kirsch & Mr. Jonathan Kirsch Irwin Kishner Dr. Phyllis Klein Laurie & Milton Klorman Dolph Kornblum & Florence Robins Kimberly & John Kruse Eleanor & Mark Lainer Ana Launes Susan Lava Sharon & Lawrence Lavenberg Learning Encounters Ann Leland Donna Levi Gail J. Levine Maxine & Gary Levine Anita & Burton Levinson Dr. & Mrs. Isaac Levy Rick & Vivian Levy Lawrin & Linda Lewin
Molly & Peter Lindgren Bonnie Lisle Leslie & Adam Lobel Alex Loewenthal Lori & Tom Low Anne L. Lynch Marcus Mancini Carol & Doug Mancino Pauline Marks Annette Marmalefsky Goran Marnfeldt Douglas Mcavoy, Jr. Patrick McDivitt Jeanne McDonald-Powers & Travis Powers R.G. Mercer Eileen & Paul Meshekow Erik & Melanie Messerschmidt Reed & Linda Metzger Cathleen Meyers Lori Meyers & James Marano Norma & Larry Meyers Philip & Joan Miller Jeff Milman Thomas Mitchell Irina & Andrew Molasky Laurie & Chuck Mondrus Henry Moon Shelagh Moriarty John Moschitta Carol & Jerry Muchin Alexander Levine & Catherine Nameth Jason Neidleman Mark & Diane Neubauer Chris & Richard Newman Charna & Allen Nissenson Doreen & Donald Nortman Myra Nourmand Lawrence Ross & Linda Nussbaum Doron Ofir Sandy & Alan Olick Adrienne & Arthur Omansky Dr. Ronald & Iris Onkin Cynthia & Todd Palm Edward Parker Abhilash & Kelly Patel Naidu & Jane Permaul Susan Petelik Bruce Peters Berta & Lou Pitt Jack & Jane Pollock Zazi Pope Lance Powell Philip Pritchett Neil & Lisa Greer Quateman Fred & Rebecca Raskin Andy Relis Elaine Richards Steve & Linda Richman Lindy Robbins Robert Rosania Barry Rosen & Neil Bokal Adrienne B. Rosenthal Beverly & Melvin Rosenthal Dr. Martin & Lorraine Ross Virginia Ross Michael, Michon & Jackson Roth Susan Rovner Leslie & Daniel Sackheim Anne Sacks
Lori Sanchez Nan Sarno Susan & Kenneth Sarno Janet Sasson Linda & Cliff Schaffer Chris T. Schmidt Joel & Sonia Schneider Gary & Karen Schneider Jane & Bill Schopf Christine Schultz John H. Scott Marc Seltzer Scott Shagrin Dr. Mary Jo & Paul Shane Elise Shanfeld Barbara Vickery & Martin Shapiro Judy & Tom Sharp Melanie Sharp & Kevin Miller Netta & Uri Shohet Seymour & Dorothy Siegel Linda & Ronald Slates Diane Good & Frank Smith Barbara & Hal Smith James Smith & Loreen Ayer Marcia L. & Mark J. Smith Marvin & Jean Moore Karen Smits Donald & Caitlin Sohn Christine Sorgi Dr. Robert & Margo Sorrentino Bruce Spector Debra Spector M Leslie Stearns Christy Stevens Frances & Sy Strasberg William Stringer Penny Strowger Alec Sulkin Mr. Kayser Sume & Dr. Renee Sabshin Ann Sunderland Lance & Maureen Tan Phyllis & Franklin Tell Courtney & Jay Tobin Judy & Art Tompkins Joyce & Josh Trabulus Miriam Trogdon Brigitta Troy Dr. Gerald D. Turbow Sofia Vaisman Deborah Valdez Lorraine & Erich Van Lowe Anthony Vasek Bobette Vikan Carole Wagner-Vallianos & Peter Vallianos Dr. & Mrs. William Walsh Marvin Wasserman Elisa Wayne Myrna & Art Weiner Sherry Weinman & Michael Umansky Richard & Joyce Wickline Rae Jeane Williams Gary & Karen Winnick Bruce & Marci Wiseman Marc Wishingrad Susan Wolford Joseph Wu Harriet Zaretsky Lynn & Meir Ziv Sandy Zwirn
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Gary & Gail Rachelefsky Carl Reiner Simon Renshaw Rabbi Steven & Didi Carr Reuben Carrie & Ken Richman Carlene Ringer Eden & Steven Romick Kathleen & Dale Rosenbloom Allison Rosenthal Blanche & Bruce Joel Rubin Tyler Rubin Ajay Sahgal Janet Salter In Memory of Hon. Maxwell Salter Tawny & Jerry Sanders Nancy & Steven Schneider Stanley Schneider Susan & Peter Schwab Traci Shelton Carol & Arthur Silbergeld Robin & Robert Sills Manish Singh Martin & Leah Sklar Dr. Jerry & Marci Smith Rita Spiegel Arthur Stern Mr. & Mrs. David Tann Meg Thomas Nancy Thomas W Hotel West Beverly Hills Ira & Laurie Waldman Marcia & Dr. Charles Wasserman David Weiss Pat West Connie & John Weston Paul Whitman In Memory of Milton A. Williams, Jr. Charlie Wilson Jay Weinstein & Lori Woldar Wright Maritime Group The Yarkins Kimberly & Andrew Zakanych Arnold & Tricia Zane Crystal Zehetner & Julia Ramadan
GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE STAFF Randall Arney Artistic Director ARTISTIC
Gil Cates, Jr. Executive Director MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS
Amy Levinson Phyllis Schuringa Young Ji Rachel Wiegardt-Egel Margaret Starbuck
Artistic Associate / Literary Director Artistic Associate / Casting Director Artistic Coordinator / Company Manager Literary Associate Literary Intern
DEVELOPMENT Regina Miller Ellen Catania Jessica Brusilow Rollins Jamie Mikelich Kristen Smith Eshaya Scott Kriloff Clay Dzygun Taylor Cerny Jessie Sherman Austin Merrill Annika Patton
Chief Development Officer Senior Vice President, Development Director of Education Partnerships & Donor Relations Director of Individual Giving & Spotlight Manager Development & Education Programs Coordinator Development Concierge & Database Manager Office Coordinator for Executive Director / Development Development Assistant Development Assistant Development Intern Development Intern
EDUCATION
Jessica Buzzard Director of Marketing & Communications Karen Gutierrez Director of Advertising & Audience Development Mark San Filippo Director of Ticketing & Database Administrator Brian Dunning Associate Director of Marketing Creative Ashley Bodul Associate Director of Public Relations Kevin O’Brien Marketing Coordinator Janice Bernal Box Office Manager Bryan Martin Box Office Manager Zack Hamra Assistant Box Office and Audience Services Manager Vaneh Assadourian, Britney Campbell, Kaitlin Huwe, Geoffrey Hymers, Richard Martinez, Cameron Reck, Celia Rivera, Alyssa Tyson Box Office Staff Sue Fleishman Communications Consultant Kristina Leach Social Media Associate Quinn Francis Outreach Assistant Ramon Garcia Mission Continues Fellow
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Karim Bouzzit
Jennifer Zakkai Director of Education & Community Engagement Carolyn Marie Wright Manager of Education & Community Engagement Brandon Drea Education Assistant Brian Allman, Ramy Eletreby, David Guerra, McKenna Kerrigan, Robert Paterno Teaching Artists
ADMINISTRATION Behnaz Ataee Peter Banachowski Samone Watts Marguerite Harris
Chief Financial Officer Accounting and Payroll Manager Accounts Payable Receptionist
PRODUCTION Daniel Ionazzi Jill Barnes Sam Craven-Griffiths Evan Friedman Rich Gilles James Grabowski Darren Rezowalli Ramine Ameli
Production Manager Associate Production Manager / Company Manager Technical Director Associate Technical Director Properties Master House Sound Supervisor Lighting & Video Supervisor Production Electrician
System Administrator
FRONT OF HOUSE Jeni Pearsons Director of Special Events David Gerhardt Supervising House Manager Jane Phillips Harper Deputy Supervising House Manager Amy Farkas Lead Concierge James Porter Lead House Manager Caroline Harrison Kohler, Sarah Lyddan, Nathaniel Meek, Roxana Meyers, Dennis Woullard House Managers Claudia Baffo, Rebecca Birstock, Kailey Bray, Jensen Chambers, Vianney Cossyleon, Ida Herndon, Isaac Jay, Olivia Lowe, Aaron Newman, JoJo Nwoko, Madison Shamoun, Charmee Taylor, Adam Turney, Cody Williams Ushers Rob Mersola Bar Manager & Mixologist Manuel Mayorga Weekend Bar Manager Skylar Adams, Adam Carr, Brenda Davidson, Sarah Drescher, Ryan Turner Bartenders/Event Staff
FACILITIES MANAGEMENT Miguel del Castillo Mario Santillan-Perez Juan Carlos Umaña Camerina Martinez
Facility Manager Custodial Cleaning Custodial Cleaning Custodial
Geffen Playhouse is supported, in part, by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors through the Los Angeles County Arts Commission. This project was also funded in part by the Department of Cultural Affairs, City of Los Angeles. Geffen Playhouse, a not-for-profit theater company, is proudly affiliated with the University of California at Los Angeles.
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