GIL CATES THEATER AT THE GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE
WELCOME TO THE GEFFEN AT 20 YEARS YOUNG. I am thrilled These Paper Bullets! launches this anniversary season. This play perfectly embodies what we have tried to bring to you over the years — groundbreaking work and classics with a new twist. Further, we look for projects that are artist-driven, ensuring that every play has a team of collaborators who approach the work with passion and fervor. This particular production comes from Yale Repertory Theatre and, subsequent to the staging you are about to see, will have a run at Atlantic Theater Company in New York. Rolin Jones and Billie Joe Armstrong’s incredibly smart and entirely raucous take on Much Ado About Nothing combines an original rendering of the beloved Shakespearean comedy with music that is at once overwhelmingly reminiscent and entirely new. With pleasure we welcome Jackson Gay, an extraordinary director who developed this play with Rolin and Billie Joe from its inception. As longtime collaborators, Jackson and Rolin brought together world-class designers who have crafted a slice of 1960s London complete with mods, mayhem and miniskirts. Reflecting on this anniversary, I am struck that these first 20 years serve as a foundation on which we can build. Still a young institution, Geffen Playhouse seeks to evolve at every opportunity. Theater is a living art, and to remain vital, it must continue to explore what it is to be human. I can think of no better way to honor that mission than with These Paper Bullets! Welcome home and enjoy the show. Randall Arney ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
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THESE PAPER BULLETS!
FROM THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
A MODISH RIPOFF OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE’S MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING
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LETTER FROM THE CO-CHAIRS
BOARD OF DIRECTORS MARTHA HENDERSON CO-CHAIR
PAMELA ROBINSON HOLLANDER CO-CHAIR PATRICIA KIERNAN APPLEGATE RANDALL ARNEY ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
BETH BEHRS DR. GENE D. BLOCK HAROLD A. BROWN GIL CATES, JR. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
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MICHAEL CENTENO MARY ANN CLOYD DR. BRAD EDGERTON MARK FLEISCHER HERBERT M. GELFAND CHAIRMAN EMERITUS
MARTHA HENDERSON
PAMELA ROBINSON HOLLANDER
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US FOR THE FIRST SHOW of our 20th anniversary season. We are delighted to welcome you to the West Coast premiere of These Paper Bullets! A Modish Ripoff of William Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing. Straight from Yale Repertory Theatre, this co-production with Atlantic Theater Company opens the 2015/2016 season in our Gil Cates Theater. We hope you enjoy the music, mischief and hilarity that ensues on stage! We are also proud to announce that longtime Board member Howard Tenenbaum has been named Vice Chairman of the Board. Since joining the Board of Directors in 2009, Howard has been a passionate supporter and advocate of our Education and Community Engagement programs, and has gone above and beyond for the art on stage. Join us as we welcome Howard into his new leadership role as Vice Chairman. We look forward to celebrating the 20th anniversary season with each and every one of you. To kick off this celebratory year, we would love nothing more than to hear your story of how you fell in love with theater, with Geffen Playhouse and what your dreams are for this place that has become the artistic home for so many artists, donors, subscribers and patrons over the past 20 years. Please send your favorite Geffen Playhouse story, photo or memory to development@geffenplayhouse.com. Our sincere thanks to all of you for joining us for today’s performance and for being part of our Geffen Playhouse family. Here’s to the next 20 years!
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“A CLASSY NEW SHOW!” — Chicago Tribune
Written by VANESSA CLAIRE STEWART TAYLOR HACKFORD & JAKE BRODER Directed by TAYLOR HACKFORD Features Tony Award Winner ANTHONY CRIVELLO as Louis Prima & VANESSA CLAIRE STEWART as Keely Smith
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LETTER FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
GIL CATES, JR.
JUST OVER 20 YEARS AGO, MY DAD, WITH HIS usual unbridled enthusiasm, told me that he was thinking about starting a nonprofit theater in Westwood. He often said that theater tells us who we are and what we might be. In picturing what the Geffen might be, he imagined a home for plays and artists that could enrich the cultural life of Los Angeles and inspire its inhabitants. And 20 years later, that’s exactly what Geffen Playhouse is doing. A few years ago, when Frank Mancuso asked me to join the Board of Directors, he knew something that I was yet to learn — that playing a role in the future of the Geffen and building on what my dad started, would become a vital part of my life. After producing our annual Backstage at the Geffen event, and helping to launch the Geffen Playhouse Legacy Fund to ensure the future of the theater, it became clear to me what Frank had known for years — that my love for this organization would drive and inspire me beyond measure. I have loved the Geffen for 20 years. I love the people who work in the theater, the audiences who join us each night, and the students, veterans, and countless others whose lives have been enriched by the art. But the work is only beginning. We must continue asking who we are and what we might be. This question will propel us into the next 20 years. As my dad loved to say, “Onward and upward with the arts!” And that’s exactly what we’re going to do. Gil Cates, Jr. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
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“ONE OF THE MOST PROVOCATIVELY TALENTED AMERICAN PLAYWRIGHTS.” — Los Angeles Times
“A real stage poet not afraid to debate the cosmos. His voice is a major one.” — New York Magazine
Written by RAJIV JOSEPH Directed by GIOVANNA SARDELLI Featuring RAFFI BARSOUMIAN & RAMIZ MONSEF Ambition, philosophy and absurdity spill-over in Rajiv Joseph’s violently beautiful new play about two lowly guards handed the grueling task of protecting the Taj Mahal. Wildly comic and astoundingly tragic, the journey of these two friends asks if perfection comes at too great a cost.
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MEET ROLIN JONES,
BY REBECCA HAITHCOAT
ROLIN JONES GOT INTO THEATER FOR THE GIRLS.
closed, he was asked to become a staff writer for
He’d been kicked off the basketball team his freshman
Showtime’s television series Weeds. Meanwhile, Jenny
year of high school and was wandering around without
Chow, which is about an adopted girl who builds a
a sixth period class when he stumbled into a rehearsal
flying alter-ego to find her birth mother, was named
for Pippin.
a finalist for the 2006 Pulitzer Prize in Drama. In
Repertory Theatre, which staged his already-buzzing play The Intelligent Design of Jenny Chow. After that
“I did the old eyeball scan and was like, dude, there’s
2009, he worked on Friday Night Lights, writing an
a lot of hot girls and a lot of gay guys. I should look into
episode (“The Son”) that earned him an Emmy Award
this,” says Jones, who will turn 43 in September. “I got
nomination for Outstanding Dramatic Writing. He just
the bug. [I was a] drama nerd.”
wrapped up his film adaptation for American Idiot, the
Though he’s eased back in a chair, manspreading,
Green Day musical that rocked Broadway. These Paper
Jones finishes sentences with exclamation points, as if
Bullets!, his mod riff on Shakespeare’s Much Ado About
little fireworks are constantly exploding in his head. He
Nothing, with songs by Green Day front man Billie Joe
talks exactly like he writes, stuffing every tale with a ton
Armstrong, was named one of the top 10 reasons for
of self-deprecation and real-life LOLs. If he’s a nerd, give
theater-lovers to leave New York by TIME. Oh, and in
us more nerds, please.
his spare hours, he recently started a theater and TV-
Then again, labels, schmabels. You can just call him “successful.” The domino effect started around 2004, the year he graduated from the Yale School of Drama. He was named playwright-in-residence at Yale P6 PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE
producing company, New Neighborhood. It all works because while Jones got into theater for the girls, he stayed for the fun. “We had a balls-out time in New Haven making
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THE GUY WHO RIPPED-OFF SHAKESPEARE IN THE MOD-EST WAY POSSIBLE
MEET ROLIN JONES [These Paper Bullets!]. We hired a lot of clowns, a lot of
launching that play, Yale also brought him together with
‘Off-Broadway broken toys,’” he says. “I went off to go
Jackson Gay. “She’s super fun, she’s super unpretentious,
do a pilot at AMC — an eight million dollar pilot, and our
and if this fern were to walk into a rehearsal and have
post-production facility was right off London’s Carnaby
a better idea than she did, she’d say, ‘Do what this fern
Street so I kept thinking about what a good time I had
said,’” he says.
in New Haven.” “AMC produced the hell out of the pilot,” he says, but it didn’t get picked up, and Jones told his agents to poke around and see what he was worth. That resulted in a two-year pact with 20th Century Fox Television, and Jones promptly asked his brother, who is an accountant, how much “new play” money he had. He convened with Jackson Gay and Keira Naughton at a bar and said, “Let’s have the worst conversation in the world, the ‘let’s start a theater company’ conversation. We talked about how starting a theater company was the dumbest thing in the world, and we did it anyway.” JONES’ HISTORY WITH MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING
He hasn’t worked with another theater director since. AS MUCH FUN AS JONES HAS HAD WORKING ON These Paper Bullets!, it was a baby born out of necessity, not love. There was a slot open at Yale Repertory Theatre for a Shakespeare comedy, but neither he nor Gay was a big fan of Shakespeare comedies. Basically, they threw together the idea with a “bottle of vodka to the head.” And then there was the writing part, which was decidedly not fun. “This one sucked because you’re stuck with this play with a plot that I would never plot that way. There’s some shaky dramaturgy in there. And there was a lot of problem solving. That was most of the headache,” he says.
can be traced almost as far back as his time in theater
Listening to early Beatles songs while writing,
in general: He played Dogberry in his high school’s
however, put him in a good mood, and it hit him that
production.
they fit in perfectly with the plot. While working on the
“I was a hammy, shitty, look-at-me actor,” he says. “I was not long for this acting world.”
film adaptation for American Idiot, he found Green Day’s songs to be hook-y and tuneful. Though he figured Billie
He grew up in Woodland Hills, CA, and did most
Joe Armstrong would never agree to write the songs for
of his undergrad at California State University,
These Paper Bullets!, he happened to catch Armstrong
Northridge. He switched his major from film to English
at a time when he was itching to do a side project.
when he read a straightforward Dylan Thomas poem
“I’d say, ‘I need this,’ and bing two days later there
and realized he had no clue what it was about. Diving
on my laptop would arrive a new song that Billie had
into literature and eventually “weaseling” his way into
written and played the drums, bass guitar, lead guitar
a graduate poetry class, he discovered he had a knack
and sung backup and lead vocals all at his house. He’s
for it (though if you ask him, he says he was just a
super talented,” Jones says.
“really good mimic”).
Massive as the production was — 19 actors, eight
“You learn a couple of things in poetry — mostly how
songs and a huge design team — they pulled it together
to turn on a dime. Write something funny or interesting
in nine months, even with Jones shipping scenes to the
and then in a line, devastate. It was very dynamic,” he
designers willy nilly. The production wound up winning
says. “[But] if I had worked really hard, I would’ve been
four Connecticut Critics Circle Awards, including Best
a first-rate, sixth-rate poet. So I started thinking about
Production of the Year.
writing screenplays and plays.” A “terrible, terrible” play he wrote was produced (“eternal apologies to Peter Grego,” he notes), and
But who cares about accolades when the bottom line of These Paper Bullets! is that it is, to use Jones’ favorite word, fun?
despite the fact that he knew it was “crappy,” he dug
“If there’s any problem with me as a writer, it’s that
the lifestyle. Yet he was still “chasing chicks all over the
I’m crippled by, ‘Oh, I don’t wanna bore them!’” he
place” and bouncing from one dead-end job to another
says. “Mostly, it’s fun. There’s no other reason to do it.
(his resumé includes a pizza delivery boy and a classical
Nobody’s getting rich off it. So you want to have some
music buyer for a Tower Records).
fun, drink with some actors after, make sure one or two
Luck, he claims, played the biggest part in Jenny Chow at Yale. “There were people in my writing program who could write circles around me,” he says. Besides
of your cast are having sex with each other. You want to have created some love.” No doubt Shakespeare would agree. PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE P7
GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE IN ASSOCIATION WITH ATLANTIC THEATER COMPANY PRESENTS THE YALE REPERTORY THEATRE PRODUCTION OF
Written by
Rolin Jones Songs by
Billie Joe Armstrong Scenic Design by
Michael Yeargan
Music Director
Lighting Design by
Projection Design by
Orchestrator & Arranger
Jessica Ford
Sound Design & Incidental Music by
Broken Chord
Costume Design by
Nicholas Hussong
Paul Whitaker Tom Kitt
Julie McBride
Kevin Williamson
Choreographer
Fight Choreographer
Dramaturg
Production Stage Manager
Assistant Stage Manager
Catherine Sheehy
Rob Chikar
Mike Rossmy Bree Sherry
Casting by
Tara Rubin Casting, Phyllis Schuringa, CSA and Telsey + Company Directed by
Jackson Gay Presented in association with NEW NEIGHBORHOOD These Paper Bullets! was commissioned and premiered by Yale Repertory Theatre (James Bundy, Artistic Director; Victoria Nolan, Managing Director) Production support is provided by Yale’s Binger Center for New Theatre
Opening Night: Wednesday, September 16, 2015 OPENING NIGHT SPONSORS
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Pedro .................................................................................................................................................... James Barry Paulina Noble / Frida ............................................................................................................. Kate Blumberg Claude ............................................................................................................................................ Damon Daunno Mr. Crumpet / Anton / Queen .................................................................................... Christopher Geary Mr. Urges / Reverend ............................................................................................................... Brad Heberlee Ben ............................................................................................................................................................. Justin Kirk Mr. Cake ............................................................................................................................................... Tony Manna Boris ................................................................................................................................................ Rod McLachlan Ulcie / Belinda Bailey ............................................................................................................ Keira Naughton Don Best ........................................................................................................................................ Adam O’Byrne Balth ............................................................................................................................................... Lucas Papaelias Bea ....................................................................................................................................................... Nicole Parker Mr. Berry ................................................................................................................................................. Greg Stuhr Leo Messina ........................................................................................................................................... Nick Ullett Higgy ................................................................................................................................................ Ariana Venturi
UNDERSTUDIES (In alphabetical order)
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SETTING London, 1964 RUNNING TIME 2 hours and 20 minutes There will be one 15 minute intermission.
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CAST OF CHARACTERS
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JAMES BARRY (Pedro) James appeared in Yale Repertory Theatre’s These Paper Bullets! and is made up to continue work on this boss production at the Geffen and the Atlantic. Other credits include Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson (Broadway, The Public), Million Dollar Quartet (1st Nat’l Tour), The Buddy Holly Story (North Carolina Theatre), Here’s Hoover! (Abrons Arts Center), Wittenberg and the premiere of Steven Sater and Duncan Sheik’s Arms On Fire (Chester Theatre Company), Next to Normal (The Arden), Pump Boys & Dinettes (New Theatre), Sive (Irish Repertory Theatre) and several productions over the years with the Berkshire Theatre Group, where favorites include The Caretaker, A Thousand Clowns, The Misanthrope and The Who’s Tommy. James is a rock and roll songwriter, and his debut solo album is coming out later this year, as well as an album he co-wrote with the band Secret Pint. Proud Yell Leader of New Neighborhood. For Mom, Dad, Tara and Sam. @jamesbarrystuff
KATE BLUMBERG (Paulina Noble / Frida) Geffen Playhouse: Debut. Regional: La Jolla Playhouse: Kingdom City (Dir. Jackson Gay). Some of her Off-Broadway
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theater credits include: Atlantic Theater Company (ensemble member): Bluebird, Farragut North, Celebration & The Room, A Second Hand Memory and Writer’s Block, Sexual Perversity in Chicago. Lincoln Center (Mitzi Newhouse): When the Rain Stops Falling. Playhouse 91: The Syringa Tree. Film: The Big Short (November 2015 release), Phil Spector, The Deal, Choke, Serendipity, The Cry, among others. Television: The Night Shift (NBC), Law & Order: SVU (NBC), CSI (CBS), Louie (FX), Law & Order: Criminal Intent (NBC), Medium (NBC), Grey’s Anatomy (ABC), Ugly Betty (ABC), Whoopi (NBC), One Life to Live (ABC), Loving (ABC). Kate recorded books for the Andrew Heiskell Library for the Blind. Undergraduate degree at Tisch School of the Arts, New York University.
DAMON DAUNNO (Claude) Damon Daunno is a New Yorkbased actor and musician. He is a graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. Some theater credits include: Kneehigh Theater’s Brief Encounter (Broadway, US and AUS tour), Wild Bride (US tour), Tristan and Yseult (US tour), The Last Goodbye (Williamstown Theatre Festival), Fly By Night (Dallas Theater Center), Jesus in India (Magic Theater) and most recently Daniel Fish’s Oklahoma! (Bard Summerscape). TV: The Following (Fox). He is a multiinstrumentalist and composer and has scored short and featurelength films. His original music can be found on iTunes. Thanks to his fellow New Neighbors, Abrams and Authentic. He loves you very much.
CHRISTOPHER GEARY (Mr. Crumpet / Anton / Queen) Christopher is a recent graduate of the Yale School of Drama, where he was seen in These Paper Bullets! (Yale Repertory Theatre), The Seagull, The Master and Margarita, Thunderbodies, Peter Pan, The Winter’s Tale and Sagittarius Ponderosa. His other credits include Losing Tom Pecinka (Ice Factory/New Ohio, HERE Arts) The Small Things, We Know Edie La Minx Had a Gun (Yale Cabaret) and Elephant in the Room (New York International Fringe Festival). Christopher received his BA in theatre performance from Fordham College at Lincoln Center and has also studied at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts. He is a proud member of New Neighborhood.
BRAD HEBERLEE (Mr. Urges / Reverend) Brad most recently appeared in the acclaimed Off-Broadway production of Bess Wohl’s Small Mouth Sounds at Ars Nova. Other theaters include The Vineyard, SoHo Rep, Atlantic Theater Company, The Civilians, The Pearl, Yale Repertory Theatre, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Huntington Theatre Company, Center Theatre Group, The Denver Center, Center Stage Baltimore and The
Weston Playhouse. Recent film and television: Codes of Conduct written and directed by Steve McQueen for HBO; A Woman, a Part written and directed by Elisabeth Subrin; and Loitering with Intent directed by Adam Rapp. Brad is an associate artist of The Civilians, a resident actor with The Pearl, a neighbor in the New Neighborhood and a graduate of Yale School of Drama.
JUSTIN KIRK (Ben) Geffen Playhouse: Old Wicked Songs (also Off-Broadway). Broadway: Other Desert Cities, Love! Valour! Compassion!, Any Given Day. Off-Broadway: The Invisible Hand (New York Theatre Workshop), The Understudy (Roundabout Theatre Company), The World Over (Playwrights Horizons), Ten Unknowns (Lincoln Center Theater), June Moon (Drama Dept). TV: Manhattan, You’re the Worst, Tyrant, Modern Family, Animal Practice, Weeds, Angels in America, Jack & Jill. Film: Four Boxes, Ghostbusters (upcoming). For the Dimestore Darlings.
TONY MANNA (Mr. Cake) New York: Timon of Athens (Public Theater), The Hasty Heart (Keen Company), Girls Just Wanna Have Fund$
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ADAM O’BYRNE (Don Best) Adam O'Byrne is thrilled to be making his Geffen Playhouse debut. He is a Los Angeles-based actor and founding member of New Neighborhood. Recent credits include the world premiere of I Saw My Neighbor on the Train and I Didn’t Even Smile (BTG/ New Neighborhood) and the world premiere of These Paper Bullets! (Yale Repertory Theatre). Other theater credits include The Stratford Festival of Canada, ACT in San Francisco, Center Theatre Group in L.A., Shakespeare Santa Cruz, Yale Rep and The International Festival of Arts and Ideas among others. For television, he played Leroux in Rolin Jones’s AMC pilot Knifeman. He has recurred on Bosch (Amazon), Extant (CBS), Murder in the First (TNT) and Hell on Wheels (AMC). His guest appearances include Cold Case (CBS), Vegas (CBS), NCIS (CBS) and The United States of Tara (Showtime). He can be seen in the critically acclaimed indie western Dead Man’s Burden and the upcoming thriller Sleepwalker. He has a BA from Yale College and an MFA from Yale School of Drama.
LUCAS PAPAELIAS (Balth) Broadway: Once, Cyrano de Bergerac. Off-Broadway:
NICOLE PARKER (Bea) Nicole won an Ovation Award for her portrayal of Fanny Brice in Funny Girl at 3-D Theatricals. On Broadway she played Elphaba in Wicked as well as appearing in Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me and The People in the Picture. Last year, she created the role of Mags in Dog and Pony, directed by Roger Rees at the Old Globe. For six years, Nicole was a regular and a contributing writer on Fox’s MADtv. Regional credits include Rosemary in How to Succeed (Reprise) and Juliet in The People vs. Friar Laurence: The Man Who Killed Romeo and Juliet (Chicago Shakespeare, Jeff Nomination). She has appeared on Key & Peele and in the film Funny People, directed
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ROD McLACHLAN (Boris) Broadway: The Audience, Holiday, The Government Inspector, Timon of Athens, Saint Joan, The Real Inspector Hound, Our Town, Death and the King’s Horseman. OffBroadway: When the Rain Stops Falling, School and Keep Your Pantheon, Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme, Cyrano De Bergerac, Edmond, Clean. Regional: What the Butler Saw and November (Mark Taper Forum), Wait Until Dark (Geffen Playhouse), Keep Your Pantheon and A Sermon (Kirk Douglas Theater), Dead End and Observe the Sons of Ulster (Williamstown Theatre Festival/Huntington Theatre Company), The Lonesome West (South Coast Rep). Film: Caught, California Winter, Lesster, Superhero Movie, The Bulls, National Treasure, Spider-Man 2, Magnolia, Where the Money Is, Instinct, Conspiracy Theory, Radioland Murders. Recent TV: House of Lies, Aquarius, Modern Family, Glee, The Crazy Ones, Mad Men. Playwright: Good Television, Atlantic Second Stage. Member of Atlantic Theater Company. www.rodmclachlan.com
KEIRA NAUGHTON (Ulcie / Belinda Bailey) Keira Naughton appeared as Ulcie in These Paper Bullets! at Yale Repertory Theatre. Broadway: The Rivals (Lincoln Center Theater), Dance of Death and Three Sisters. Off-Broadway: The Jammer, Hunting and Gathering, Indoor/Outdoor, All My Sons, Lucy, The American Clock, Tesla’s Letters, Roses in December and Hotel Universe, among others. Regional theater: world premieres of Elevada (Yale Rep) and I Saw My Neighbor on the Train and I Didn’t Even Smile (New Neighborhood/ Berkshire Theatre Group); The Dining Room (Westport Country Playhouse); Becky Shaw (Huntington Theatre); A Delicate Balance (Yale Rep); Proof (Arena Stage, Helen Hayes Award nomination); Company (Kennedy Center Sondheim Celebration); Faith Healer, Macbeth, The Book Club Play (Berkshire Theatre Festival); Uncle Vanya, Wonder of the World (Barrington Stage). TV/ Film: Body of Proof, 3 Lbs., Law & Order: SVU, Sex and the City, All My Children, Blair Witch 2, Cradle Will Rock. She is a singer/ songwriter in the band The Petersons. She is a founding member of New Neighborhood and received her MFA from Tisch School of the Arts at NYU.
Once (NYTW); Jack’s Precious Moment (P73); Father Comes Home, Romeo and Juliet (Public Theater); U.S. Drag (stageFarm); Essential Self-Defense (Playwrights Horizons; Drama Desk nomination, Best Original Music in a Play); Cyclone (Studio Dante); Walk Two Moons (Lucille Lortel); Cellini (2nd Stage). Regional: Vineyard Arts Project, A.R.T., NYS&F, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Geva Theatre Center, Huntington Theatre Company. Film: School of Rock, The Art Machine, WTC View, Hungry Ghosts, What Alice Found, Brother to Brother, The Cake Eaters and the upcoming Geezer. TV: The Knick (principal), How to Make It in America, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Law & Order, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Blue Bloods, Avenue Amy. www.roadporn.net
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(Women’s Project), Mangella (Project: Theater), Othello (NY Shakespeare Exchange), Mickey Mouse Is Dead (59E59 Theater), Romeo and Juliet (Shakespeare NYC). Regional: These Paper Bullets!, Black Snow, The Taming of the Shrew, You Never Can Tell (all at Yale Repertory Theatre). New Neighborhood company member. Training: MFA Yale School of Drama.
PRODUCTION BIOGRAPHIES by Judd Apatow. Nicole has been a guest vocalist with The Philly Pops, Toronto Symphony, Phoenix Symphony and many more. Thanks to my family and husband for all of their support. For Roger.
GREG STUHR (Mr. Berry) Greg Stuhr most recently appeared in the Broadway production of Larry David’s Fish in the Dark. Other Broadway credits include The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee; David Mamet’s November, directed by Joe Mantello; and Elaine May’s Taller Than a Dwarf, directed by Alan Arkin. Off-Broadway and regional work includes world premieres by Ethan Coen, Keith Reddin, Rolin Jones and Bruce Norris for the Atlantic Theater Company, South Coast Rep, Yale Rep and Steppenwolf Theater Company, respectively. His upcoming film, The American Side, shot in his hometown of Buffalo, NY, co-written with Jenna Ricker and co-starring Alicja Bachleda, Camilla Belle, Matthew Broderick and Robert Forster, was touted by The Hollywood Reporter as an “adrenaline charged, popnoir mystery” and a festival “highlight.” He was a regular on the Onion SportsDome for Comedy Central, is a graduate of Carnegie Mellon Drama and is considered by many to be the most breathtaking member of the New Neighborhood.
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NICK ULLETT (Leo Messina) Nick Ullett has done everything from performing on six Ed Sullivan Shows and Joe Orton’s Loot to creating the role of Gerald in the musical Me and My Girl on Broadway. TV: Thornton Wilder’s Infancy on PBS, Golden Girls, The Practice, Home Improvement and The Big Bang Theory, among others. Recent theater includes: Enter Laughing at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts; Lady Bracknell in The Importance of Being Earnest in Naples, FL; Bakersfield Mist at Fountain Theatre; Saturn Returns and Noises Off at South Coast Repertory; Doctor Zhivago the Musical at La Jolla Playhouse; the NY premiere of Tooth and Claw at Ensemble Studio Theatre; School for Scandal at the Mark Taper Forum; End Game and The Tempest at Shakespeare Santa Cruz. His one-man show Dying Is Easy. Comedy Is Hard garnered rave reviews at the Matrix Theatre. On film you can see him in Smooch, Down and Out in Beverly Hills, Hook and the new indie Geezas.
ARIANA VENTURI (Higgy) Ariana Venturi is thrilled to make her West Coast debut at the Geffen Playhouse. Regional: These Paper Bullets! and Robert
Woodruff’s In a Year with 13 Moons (Yale Repertory Theatre); Michael von Siebenburg Melts Through the Floorboards (Actors Theatre of Louisville, Humana Festival); Design for Living, The Cat and the Canary and most recently, the world premiere of Suzanne Heathcote’s I Saw My Neighbor on the Train and I Didn’t Even Smile directed by Jackson Gay (Berkshire Theatre Group). New York: Alex Timbers’ Dance Dance Revolution (Les Freres Corbusier), Vendetta Chrome (Clubbed Thumb), The Great Recession (The Flea). Ariana has a BA in English from Vassar College and recently received her MFA from Yale School of Drama. She is a proud member of New Neighborhood. ROLIN JONES (Playwright) Rolin Jones’s These Paper Bullets! received its 2014 world premiere at Yale Repertory Theater and won four Connecticut Critics Circle Awards, including Best Production of the Year. His play The Intelligent Design of Jenny Chow received the OBIE Award for Excellence in Playwriting. Jenny Chow was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Drama and was produced at the Atlantic Theater Company (NYC), South Coast Repertory, Old Globe Theatre, Yale Rep, Studio Theatre (D.C.), Portland Center Stage, among others. His play The Jammer received an Edinburgh Fringe First Award for Best New Writing and was also produced Off-Broadway at the Atlantic Theater Company. He has written for the television show Weeds, Friday Night Lights and Boardwalk Empire. His Friday Night Lights episode, “The Son,” received an Emmy Award Nomination for Outstanding Dramatic Writing and was named by TIME magazine as the best episode of television for the year 2010. He recently wrote the film adaptation of American Idiot for the Playtone Entertainment
and is currently writing an adaptation of the This American Life episode, “129 Cars” for the fine folks at Fox Television Studios. He is a graduate of Yale School of Drama ’04 and a founding member of the theater and TV-producing company New Neighborhood. He owns Laker jerseys for Ronny Turiaf, Trevor Ariza and Metta World Peace. Do not become his favorite Laker. You will be traded. BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG (Music and Lyrics) Billie Joe Armstrong is the front man of the Grammy Award winning and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees Green Day. Green Day’s albums include 1039/Smooth Out Slappy Hours; Kerplunk; 1994’s Dookie, which sold 15 million copies and garnered their first Grammy (and inspired a raft of imitators); Insomniac; Nimrod; Warning; 2004’s landmark American Idiot, which debuted at #1 on the Billboard chart, spawned five hit singles and won two Grammys, including Best Rock Album; 21st Century Breakdown (Grammy Award, Best Rock Album); and 2012’s consecutively released ¡Uno!, ¡Dos! and ¡Tré! (as well as the behind-the-scenes DVD, ¡Cuatro!). Last year, Armstrong and Norah Jones released Foreverly, a tribute to the Everly Brothers’ 1958 album, Songs Our Daddy Taught Us. The Tony and Grammy-winning musical American Idiot, featuring lyrics by Armstrong, music by Green Day and a book written by Armstrong and director Michael Mayer, debuted at Berkeley Rep in 2009 and opened on Broadway the next year. Throughout its run, Armstrong made cameo appearances in the role of St. Jimmy. The recent documentary, Broadway Idiot, chronicled his road to the Great White Way. Other film and TV credits include This is 40, Nurse Jackie, Like Sunday, Like Rain and the upcoming feature film Geezer. www.greenday.com
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JESSICA FORD (Costume Designer) Jessica works in New York City and in regional theaters nationally, including: Arena Stage, Cleveland Playhouse, Baltimore Center Stage, Long Wharf Theatre, Alley Theatre, Dallas Theater Center, Syracuse Stage, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Portland Center Stage, Folger Theatre and Actors Theatre of Louisville, among others. She was a 2015 Connecticut Critics Circle Award winner for These Paper Bullets! at Yale Repertory Theatre. Recent work includes I Saw My Neighbor on the Train and I Didn’t Even Smile by Suzanne Heathcote at Berkshire Theatre Group and The Liar by David Ives at Westport Country Playhouse. NYC: Atlantic Theater, Second Stage, P73, Ars Nova, The Play Company, Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, The Public Theater, Pearl Theatre, among others. Recent NYC credits include Jacuzzi by The Debate
Society and the world premiere of The Insurgents by Lucy Thurber for Labyrinth Theater Company, directed by Jackson Gay. Jessica joins the faculty at UMass Amherst this fall. PAUL WHITAKER (Lighting Designer) New York credits include The Public Theater, Atlantic Theater, Playwrights Horizons, Second Stage, MCC, The Play Company, Ma-Yi, Intar, Labyrinth and others. Regional credits include The Guthrie, Yale Repertory Theatre, South Coast Repertory, La Jolla Playhouse, Long Wharf Theater, The Alley, The Huntington Theatre Company, The Children’s Theatre Company, Centerstage, A.C.T., Hartford Stage, Dallas Theater Center, George Street Playhouse and others. Paul has taught at Cal Poly Pomona and Amherst College, and is currently a Senior Lighting Designer and Senior Theatre Consultant for Schuler Shook. BROKEN CHORD (Sound Design & Incidental Music) New York: Atlantic Theater (The Jammer, The Lying Lesson), The Incubator Arts Project (OZET), Labyrinth Theater (The Insurgents), Manhattan Theatre Club (Spirit Control, When We Were Young and Unafraid), Primary Stages (A Lifetime Burning, Harrison TX, Informed Consent), The Public Theater (The Good Negro), Rattlestick Playwrights Theater (Stay, Massacre), Second Stage Theatre (The Other Thing), Signature Theatre (The Dance and the Railroad, Appropriate), Women’s Project (Lascivious Something, Row After Row). Regional: Actors Theatre of Louisville (The Adventures of Tom Sawyer), Berkeley Repertory Theatre (Party People), Centerstage (American Buffalo), Dallas Theater Center
(The Tempest, King Lear, The Odd Couple), Hartford Stage (Whipping Man, Snow Falling on Cedars), Huntington Theatre (Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, A Raisin in the Sun), La Jolla Playhouse (Ruined), Oregon Shakespeare Festival (Ruined, Party People), People’s Light (End Days), Shakespeare Theatre Company (Romeo and Juliet), Trinity Repertory Company (Steel Magnolias, The Glass Menagerie), Yale Repertory Theatre (Eclipsed, These Paper Bullets!). www.brokenchordcollective.com NICHOLAS HUSSONG (Projection Designer) Nicholas Hussong is a designer for theater, music and opera. Some projection designs include work at Yale Repertory Theatre, Ars Nova, Abrons Art Center, Joe's Pub, Berkshire Theatre Group, Playmakers Rep, LaMama, Sheen Center, Summerworks Toronto, Nashville Symphony, Hartford Symphony. Nicholas also served as Artistic Associate at Triad Stage in Greensboro, NC where he continues to design new works based on Appalachian life written by Preston Lane with music by Laurelyn Dossett. www.newneighborhood.net www.nickhussong.com TOM KITT (Orchestrator & Arranger) Tom Kitt received the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Drama as well as two Tony Awards for Best Score and Best Orchestrations for Next to Normal. His music for Next to Normal also received the Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding New Score. He is also the composer of If/ Then (Tony Nomination, Outer Critics Nomination); High Fidelity (Broadway); Bring it On, The Musical (co-composer with Lin-Manuel Miranda, Broadway); The Winter’s Tale, All’s Well That Ends Well
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MICHAEL YEARGAN (Scenic Designer) Michael Yeargan has designed for theaters in America, London's West End, Broadway and Off-Broadway. Broadway credits include The Light in the Piazza (Tony Award, Drama
Desk Award and Henry Hewes Award), Cymbeline, Seascape, Awake and Sing (Drama Desk Award and Tony nomination), South Pacific (Drama Desk Award and Tony Award), Bridges of Madison County and Lincoln Center Theatre’s current production of The King and I. Opera credits in America and abroad are extensive and include the world premieres of A Streetcar Named Desire and Dead Man Walking (San Francisco Opera), The Great Gatsby and Nico Muhly’s Two Boys for the Met. Work in L.A. includes The Glass Menagerie with Judith Ivey and The Merry Widow at LA Opera. He recently designed Wagner's Ring cycle for Washington National Opera and San Francisco Opera. He is co-chair of Stage Design at the Yale School of Drama.
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JACKSON GAY (Director) Upcoming projects: Jen Silverman’s The Moors (Yale Rep), Grounded by George Brant (Alley Theatre). Recent projects: I Saw My Neighbor on the Train and I Didn’t Even Smile by Suzanne Healthcote (coproduction New Neighborhood/ Berkshire Theatre Festival); Elevada by Sheila Callaghan (Yale Rep); The Insurgents by Lucy Thurber (Labyrinth Theater Company); These Paper Bullets! (2014 Connecticut Critics Circle Award Best Production and Best Director; Yale Rep); 3C by David Adjmi (Rattlestick/piece by piece/ Rising Phoenix); Kingdom City by Sheri Wilner (La Jolla Playhouse); Arlington by Victor Lodato with music by Polly Pen (San Francisco’s Magic Theatre); Lucy Thurber’s Where We’re Born, 2014 Obie Award winning The Hilltown Plays (Rattlestick); Rolin Jones’s The Jammer (Atlantic Theater Company) and The Intelligent Design of Jenny Chow (Atlantic; Yale Rep, Connecticut Critics Circle Award — Outstanding Production of a Play); A Little Journey (Mint Theater Company; Drama Desk nomination — Outstanding Revival of a Play). Jackson is a founding member of New Neighborhood. She is the Director of Artistic Programming for Fuller Road Artist Residency in Vermont and teaches directing at Columbia University School of the Arts and Yale College. MFA Yale School of Drama.
PRODUCTION BIOGRAPHIES and Cymbeline (The Public’s NYSF); From Up Here and The Madrid (Manhattan Theatre Club); Orphans (Broadway) and The Retributionists (Playwrights Horizons). Tom is also responsible for the music supervision, arrangements and orchestrations for Green Day's American Idiot on Broadway, and provided additional arrangements for their Grammy Award-winning album 21st Century Breakdown and their album trilogy, ¡Uno!, ¡Dos! and ¡Tré! Tom also received an Emmy Award as co-writer (with LinManuel Miranda) for the 2013 Tony Awards opening number, Bigger. As a musical director, conductor, arranger and orchestrator, his credits include Pitch Perfect, Pitch Perfect 2, 2Cellos featuring Lang Lang (Live and Let Die), The Kennedy Center Honors, 13, Debbie Does Dallas, Everyday Rapture, Hair, Laugh Whore, Pippin (Deaf West), and These Paper Bullets! (Yale Repertory Theatre). JULIE McBRIDE (Music Director) Julie McBride holds degrees from the Cincinnati CollegeConservatory of Music and the Mannes College of Music. Broadway and other New York credits include Amazing Grace, Finding Neverland, Side Show, Matilda, If/Then, American Idiot, Next to Normal, In the Heights, The Addams Family, Big Fish, The Lion King, CHIX 6, Inner Voices: Solo Musicals, The Happy Elf, Judas and Me (NYMF). Regional credits include These Paper Bullets! (Yale Repertory Theatre), LMNOP (Goodspeed), Daddy Long Legs (Northlight, La Mirada, Laguna Playhouse, Arizona Theatre Company, Skylight Theatre, PCPA, St. Louis Rep, Royal Manitoba), EMMA (Arizona Theatre Company), Suprema (O'Neill).
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She has served on the faculties of Syracuse University's Tepper Program and The Juilliard School (Drama Division). KEVIN WILLIAMSON (Choreographer) Kevin Williamson is an L.A.based dance artist who received his BA and MFA in Dance from UCLA’s Department of World Arts and Cultures/Dance. A Lestor Horton Award recipient and Bates Dance Festival Educators Fellow, Kevin’s dance-theater works explore aspects of contemporary queer life and have been presented nationally and internationally at venues such as Danspace Project, REDCAT, CounterPulse, LACMA and Beijing Dance Festival. Kevin has also created original choreography for UCLA Opera, The Juilliard School, Yale Repertory Theater and Edinburgh Fringe. His performance credits include dancing and collaborating in the works of David Rousseve/ REALITY, David Gordon/Pick Up Performance, Julie Taymor and Angelin Preljocaj for LA Opera, Robert Moses’ Kin, Stephan Koplowitz, Heidi Duckler, Cheng-Chieh Yu, Maria Gillespie, Kate Hutter, Sebastian Prantl and David Bridel. Kevin is a fulltime faculty member at Scripps College in Claremont, CA. MICHAEL ROSSMY (Fight Choreographer) Michael is incredibly excited to be at the Geffen Playhouse and to rejoin the production team of These Paper Bullets! Broadway: A Tale of Two Cities. Regional credits include Yale Repertory Theatre, Westport Country Playhouse, The Old Globe, Long Wharf Theatre, McCarter Theatre, Primary Stages, Delaware REP Theatre, Red Bull Theater, Soho Repertory Theatre, The MUNY, Baltimore Center
Stage, Goodspeed Opera House, Paper Mill Playhouse, Seattle Repertory Theatre, The Public Theater, Huntington Theatre, Shakespeare Theatre, Metropolitan Opera, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Rattlestick Theater, Pace University, The Cherry Lane Theatre and others. Michael is a faculty member at the Yale School of Drama where he teaches Stage Combat, and is also the Stage Combat Supervisor for all undergraduate productions at Yale College. CATHERINE SHEEHY (Dramaturg) Catherine Sheehy is the Chair of Dramaturgy and Dramatic Criticism at Yale School of Drama, the Resident Dramaturg at the Yale Rep and a founding member of New Neighborhood. This marks her fourth collaboration with Jackson Gay following the premiere of Suzanne Heathcote's I Saw My Neighbor on the Train and I Didn't Even Smile at Berkshire Theatre Group, the Yale Rep productions of Elevada by Sheila Callaghan and Rolin Jones’s These Paper Bullets! Other recent credits include Fassbinder’s In a Year with 13 Moons directed by Robert Woodruff, The Winter’s Tale directed by Liz Diamond, both at Yale Rep; and the Royal Shakespeare Company/the Public Theater’s co-production of Antony & Cleopatra directed by Tarell McCraney. She has also worked at New York's Signature Theater, O’Neill Playwrights Conference, in New York and Ireland with the late Joseph Chaikin; at Baltimore’s Center Stage with Irene Lewis; and for four seasons as Festival Dramaturg at Shakespeare Santa Cruz. Her adaptation of Pride and Prejudice was produced at
Asolo Repertory Theatre and Dallas Theater Center. For the past four seasons, she has been dramaturg for the Yale Institute of Music Theater. She received her doctorate from Yale School of Drama in 1999 for her dissertation: If You Care to Blast for It: Excavating the Lost Comic Masterpieces of the American Canon. ROB CHIKAR (Production Stage Manager) Rob is excited to be making his Geffen Playhouse debut and to be involved with this amazing show again. Selected credits include: Broadway: The King and I, Larry David’s Fish in the Dark and You Can’t Take It with You. Regional: These Paper Bullets! and In a Year with 13 Moons (Yale Repertory Theatre); Travesties (Bay Street Theatre); The Pirates of Penzance (Oregon Shakespeare Festival); Iphigenia Among the Stars, Doctor Faustus Lights the Lights and Julius Caesar (Yale School of Drama). He holds a BFA from Southern Oregon University and an MFA from Yale School of Drama. Rob is a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association. Love to his friends and family for their love and support. BREE SHERRY (Assistant Stage Manager) Regional: Pasadena Playhouse: Kiss Me Kate; Kirk Douglas Theatre with Lythgoe Family Panto: Princess & Pirates, A Sing-along Concert; Merrimack Repertory Theatre: The Reduced History of Comedy Abridged, Talley’s Folly, Equally Divided, Stella & Lou, Devil’s Music, Mrs. Mannerly; the Washington Ballet: Nutcracker (2012), The Sun Also Rises; Studio Theatre: Bad Jews, Motherf*cker with the Hat; Triad Stage: A Christmas Carol (2011), A Doll’s House, Dial “M”
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PHYLLIS SCHURINGA, CSA (Casting) Phyllis has been the casting director at the Geffen for 12 years and now is also the Artistic Associate. Recent plays at the Geffen include Bad Jews; The Night Alive; Switzerland; The Country House; Wait Until Dark
TELSEY + COMPANY (Casting) Broadway/Tours: Fiddler on the Roof, The Color Purple, China Doll, Misery, Allegiance, On Your Feet!, Sylvia, Spring Awakening, Hamilton, Something Rotten!, An American in Paris, Finding Neverland, The King and I, Hand to God, Kinky Boots, Wicked, The Bridges of Madison County, If/ Then, The Sound of Music, Love Letters, Newsies, Pippin, Motown, Rock of Ages, Million Dollar Quartet. Off-Broadway: Atlantic, MCC, Second Stage, Signature. Regional: A.R.T., La Jolla, New York Stage and Film, Old Globe, Paper Mill, Williamstown. Film: Fun House, Tallulah, Ithaca, The Intern, Ricki and the Flash, Focus, The Last Five Years, Song One, A Most Violent Year, Into the Woods. TV: Flesh and Bone, Masters of Sex, commercials. www.telseyandco.com
Play). Mr. Arney has an MFA degree in Acting from Illinois State University and has taught master classes and workshops at UCLA, Steppenwolf, around the U.S. and in Tokyo.
RANDALL ARNEY (Artistic Director) Randall Arney has been a theater professional for over 30 years and has served as Artistic Director of the Geffen Playhouse since 1999. In addition to his artistic programming and oversight at the Geffen, Arney has helmed more than 10 productions for the theater, most recently 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 1987 to 1995, he oversaw the creation of a new state-of-the-art theater which is Steppenwolf’s current home. Broadway transfers under his leadership include The Rise and Fall of Little Voice, The Song of Jacob Zulu (six Tony Award nominations) and The Grapes of Wrath (1990 Tony Award, Best
GIL CATES, JR. (Executive Director) Gil Cates, Jr. has proudly served on the Geffen Playhouse Board since 2012 and has years of producing and directing experience in theater, film, and television. Gil’s theater credits include the award winning Names (Matrix Theatre) starring Dixie Carter and Greg Mullavey, The Night I Knocked Out Joe Frazer and Lost 90 Pounds (Gardner Stage Theater), as well as Three Sisters and David Mamet’s A Life in the Theatre (both at Syracuse Stage). Gil’s film credits include The Surface (starring Sean Astin and Geffen Playhouse alumnus Chris Mulkey), Jobs (starring Ashton Kutcher, Josh Gad, Dermot Mulroney, as well as Geffen Playhouse alumni Matthew Modine and Ron Eldard) and the 2011 feature film Lucky (starring Colin Hanks, Ari Graynor, Ann-Margret and recent Golden Globe winner Jeffrey Tambor). In addition, Gil produced and directed the critically acclaimed Life After Tomorrow, featuring Sarah Jessica Parker, which won best documentary at the Phoenix Film Festival and later had its premiere Christmas Eve on Showtime. His other films include Deal (starring Burt Reynolds, Bret Harrison and Charles Durning), The Mesmerist (starring Geffen Playhouse alumnus Neil Patrick Harris), and the critically
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TARA RUBIN CASTING (Casting) Selected Broadway: School of Rock (upcoming); Dr Zhivago; It Shoulda Been You; Gigi; Bullets Over Broadway; Aladdin; Les Misérables; Big Fish; The Heiress; Ghost; One Man, Two Guvnors (US Casting); Hugh Jackman: Back on Broadway; How to Succeed…; Promises, Promises; A Little Night Music; Billy Elliot; Shrek; Guys and Dolls; Young Frankenstein; The Little Mermaid; Mary Poppins; My Fair Lady; Pirate Queen; Spamalot; Jersey Boys; The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee; The Producers; Mamma Mia!; The Phantom of the Opera; Contact. Off-Broadway: Here Lies Love; Old Jews Telling Jokes; Love, Loss, and What I Wore. Regional: Yale Repertory, Kennedy Center, Paper Mill Playhouse, La Jolla Playhouse, The Old Globe.
and American Buffalo. Before joining the team at the Geffen, she was the casting director for Steppenwolf Theatre in Chicago where her favorites include Frank Galati’s adaptation of The Grapes of Wrath (also La Jolla Playhouse, National Theatre in London, and Broadway, where it received the Tony Award for Best Play), the original production of Steve Martin’s Picasso at the Lapin Agile (and subsequent productions including Westwood Playhouse and Briar Street Theater in Chicago), Austin Pendleton’s Orson’s Shadow and Charles L. Mee’s Time to Burn. Broadway transfers include One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (Tony Award for Best Revival) and The Song of Jacob Zulu. She teaches auditioning at Steppenwolf West and is a member of the Casting Society of America.
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for Murder, Masquerade, Steel Magnolias, The Sunset Limited. Yale Repertory Theatre: The Servant of Two Masters, Rough Crossing; New York: Fringe Festival 2010, Kraine Theatre with Magic Mouth Productions: American Gypsy; Abingdon Theatre with LXP Productions: My Sweet Charlie. Bree has been the Operations Manager for the International Festival of Arts and Ideas and the Production Manager for UCSB’s Theater & Dance Department. Education: BA in Technical Production and Design from Elon University, MFA in Stage Management from Yale University, School of Drama.
PRODUCTION BIOGRAPHIES acclaimed independent film Order of Chaos. Gil also made his TV directorial debut with an episode of the NBC comedy, Joey, starring Emmy winner Matt LeBlanc. He studied at the National Theatre Institute in Waterford, Connecticut, and holds a BFA in Drama from Syracuse University in 1991.
REGINA MILLER (Chief Development Officer) Regina has been a development professional for over 19 years, working with non-profit institutions, foundations and corporations on strategy, analysis and fundraising. She has worked for Simon Wiesenthal Center, William J. Jefferson Clinton Foundation, Ben Affleck’s Eastern Congo Initiative, Hank Azaria’s Determined to Succeed, National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, Kind Campaign, Jewish Museum of Prague, among others. Prior to the Geffen, Regina served as the Director of Partnerships for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Los Angeles and the Inland Empire where she led strategic planning and development while executing policies that advanced the organization’s visibility and growth. Regina also has a strong passion for teaching. After graduating from University
of North Carolina School of the Arts and touring the world as a professional dancer, she worked as a teacher in preschools and kindergartens in New York, as well as lecturing at numerous schools in the U.S. and abroad. Regina is also a published author and photographer with Tallefellow Press and Prometheus Books and is currently working on a book with her 11-year-old son Jaden. ATLANTIC THEATER COMPANY (Co-Producer) Atlantic Theater Company (Neil Pepe, Artistic Director; Jeffory Lawson, Managing Director) is the award winning Off-Broadway theater that produces great plays simply and truthfully, utilizing an artistic ensemble. Atlantic believes that the story of a play and the intent of its playwright are at the core of the creative process. The plays in the Atlantic repertory, from both new and established playwrights, are boldly interpreted by today’s finest theater artists and resonate with contemporary audiences. Celebrating 30 years of theater since its inception in 1985, Atlantic has produced more than 150 plays, garnered the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, 12 Tony Awards, 15 Lucille Lortel Awards, 16 Obie Awards, seven Drama Desk Awards, six Outer Critics Circle Awards, three Drama League Awards and three New York Drama Critics’ Circle Awards. Atlantic also operates The Atlantic Theater Company Acting School, which has an undergraduate program in conjunction with NYU, as well
as a two-year professional acting program and a six-week intensive workshop every summer. Atlantic for Kids and the Educational Outreach Program partners with schools and teachers throughout the greater New York metropolitan area coordinating in-school visits of teaching artists and post-theater talkbacks. YALE REPERTORY THEATRE Yale Repertory Theatre, the internationally celebrated professional theatre in residence at Yale School of Drama, has championed new work since 1966, producing well over 100 premieres — including two Pulitzer Prize winners and four other nominated finalists — by emerging and established playwrights. Twelve Yale Rep productions have advanced to Broadway, garnering more than 40 Tony Award nominations and eight Tony Awards. Yale Rep is also the recipient of the Tony Award for Outstanding Regional Theatre. Established in 2008, Yale’s Binger Center for New Theatre has distinguished itself as one of the nation’s most robust and innovative new play programs. To date, the Binger Center has supported the work of more than 40 commissioned artists and underwritten the world premieres and subsequent productions of 21 new American plays and musicals at Yale Rep and theatres across the country, including this season’s Indecent created by Paula Vogel and Rebecca Taichman, peerless by Jiehae Park, and The Moors by Jen Silverman. www.yalerep.org
NEW NEIGHBORHOOD Born out of the Low Brow/ Hi-Fi 2014 Yale Rep production of These Paper Bullets!, New Neighborhood is a theater and television company whose sincerity and authenticity are so combustible, it cannot be housed under one roof for too long without doing severe structural damage. With new work, bruised work, all-singing, all-dancing, foulmouthed musical work, New Neighborhood seeks to harvest the organs of its audience and sell them back to their owners within the time houselights dim and rise, or the DVR records and you delete. New Neighborhood is a particular ordinance of Actors, Designers, Directors, Dramaturgs (all the hot D’s!), Musicians, Graphic Novelists, Producers, Writers, Widows, Widowers (all the lousy W’s) and bad, browned-on-bothsides Balladeers. This past summer, New Neighborhood produced the world premiere of Suzanne Heathcote’s I Saw My Neighbor on the Train and I Didn’t Even Smile with Berkshire Theater Festival. www.newneighborhood.net.
This theater operates under agreement between the League of Resident Theaters and Actors Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers in the United States. This theater operates under agreement between the League of Resident Theaters and Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, an independent national labor union. The scenic, costume, lighting and sound designers in LORT theaters are represented by United Scenic Artists Local USA-829, IATSE.
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Murder for Two at the @GeffenPlayhouse is spectacular. RUN DON’T WALK TO SEE IT! Just watch for traffic as you run. #latheater #MurderForTwo #MURDERFORTWO DANIEL ENRIGHT
Murder for Two was brilliant. The two leads were two of the most talented performers I have seen on a stage. Great story, great music, and great lyrics. @CHRISAPOLLO P18 PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE
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#BADJEWS TERRI BAKER WEISS
Saw Bad Jews at Geffen last night. The BEST thing I’ve seen all year. It had me laughing hard a LOT and I can’t remember the last time I did that ... at ALL! #BADJEWS #MURDERFORTWO #BADJEWS
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One of the best written, best acted pieces of theater I have seen in a long time. Bad Jews was really good! #BADJEWS @MONIQUEKIM
SO happy I caught #BadJews @GeffenPlayhouse. My nonexistent abs hurt from laughing so hard. What a great cast. Congrats to all! #LAthtr @PARISHUNTERPAUL
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Just saw #CollegeRoadTrip alum, @MollyEphraim CRUSH IT in #BadJews. Brilliant direction by @MattShakman #BADJEWS
ENGAGE WITH US THIS SEASON! Post, tweet and share during your next visit to the Geffen! @GEFFENPLAYHOUSE #PAPERBULLETS @RKAMINSK PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE P19
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I saw #BadJews tonight and it was AMAZEBALLS! Mazel Tov to all!
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SCENE AT THE GEFFEN
The cast of Bad Jews with Artistic Director Randall Arney, director Matt Shakman and Executive Director Gil Cates, Jr.
Opening Night of Bad Jews Sponsored by Audi of America, Inc., Los Angeles magazine, Malibu Family Wines and Napa Valley Grille
Board Co-Chairs Pamela Robinson Hollander and Martha Henderson with Board Vice Chair Howard Tenenbaum
Dr. Barbara Levey and Board member Dr. Gerald Levey
Advisory Board member Eric Heer and Samantha Heer
Joe Smoke from City of LA, Department of Cultural Affairs with Director of Education and Community Engagement Jennifer Zakkai
BE A PART OF THE SCENE AT THE GEFFEN AND ATTEND OUR OPENING NIGHT CELEBRATIONS CALL THE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT AT 310.208.6500 EXT. 128
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Board Co-Chairs Martha Henderson and Pamela Robinson Hollander with Region Director for the Western Region of Audi of America, Mike Cagle
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Season Finale Reception On Wednesday, July 29th Geffen Playhouse hosted a Season Finale Reception at The Roost at LA Farm for our donors. Guests were treated to tray passed appetizers, a beautiful buffet, photo booth and entertainment. Thank you to all who donated to the Spring Campaign and were able to join us at the Season Finale Reception. Donors Stacey and Deborah Olliff and Larry and Julie Blivas
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Donors dancing the night away
Donors Leslie White and Al Limon
The Geffen’s Kristen Smith Eshaya with donors Marianne and Fred Tatasciore
Thank you to The Roost at LA Farm for hosting
Donor Ruth Popkin
DONATE TO THE FALL CAMPAIGN TO JOIN US AS WE CELEBRATE AGAIN THIS WINTER CALL THE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT AT 310.208.6500 EXT. 128
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We invite you to make a difference in the lives of underserved high school students this season at the Geffen Playhouse by donating today. Together with the Partnership for Los Angeles Schools, Geffen Playhouse engages high school students from the lowest performing high schools in Los Angeles in a season-long program. Profoundly disadvantaged youth gain access to year-round opportunities to experience world-class live theater in the Gil Cates Theater, interact with actors, directors and other Geffen artists, and respond to their experiences through writing and theater workshops. Through this program, more than 500 high school youth from East Los Angeles, Watts, Boyle Heights, South Los Angeles, the San Fernando Valley and Westchester gain season-long opportunities to learn through the arts. SUPPORT THIS PROGRAM NOW AND ENHANCE YOUR EXPERIENCE WITH THESE BENEFITS AT GEFFENPLAYHOUSE.COM/DONATE
PRODUCER $10,000+
EDUCATION ADVOCATE $1,000+
ALL DIRECTOR BENEFITS PLUS…
ALL ARTISTIC ADVOCATE BENEFITS PLUS…
• Four (4) tickets to Gil Cates Theater Opening Nights. Opening Nights are by invitation only and include valet parking, a pre-show cocktail reception and a post-show cast party • Four (4) house seats to all shows in the Audrey Skirball Kenis Theater • Two (2) complimentary tickets to Geffen Playhouse special events Does not include Backstage at the Geffen or Poker • A private lunch at Tanino with a senior member of the Geffen team • Recognition as a major supporter of the Geffen’s Education Programs throughout the year
• Access to the Marcia Israel-Curley Founders Room, featuring complimentary drinks, snacks and private restrooms • Recognition on a glass panel in our lobby • Personalized assistance with renewing your subscription from someone in our development office • Ability to exchange your subscription seats into house seats. Subject to availability
ARTISTIC ADVOCATE $500+ ALL ASSOCIATE BENEFITS PLUS…
DIRECTOR $5,000+
• VIP parking at a lot directly across the street from the Geffen Playhouse
ALL SPONSOR BENEFITS PLUS… • Two (2) tickets to Gil Cates Theater Opening Nights
ASSOCIATE $250+ ALL 20TH ANNIVERSARY LEVEL BENEFITS PLUS…
SPONSOR $3,000+ ALL EDUCATION ADVOCATE BENEFITS PLUS… • Two (2) house seats to the five-play season in the Gil Cates Theater • Two (2) house seats to the three-play season in the Audrey Skirball Kenis Theater • A unique behind-the-scenes experience for one show in the season personalized for you. Possibilities include attending a rehearsal, design presentation, or set tour • A signed copy of a Geffen Playhouse script from the current or past season
• Recognition in the house program • Season-long coffee card good for unlimited coffee and tea at the Geffen Playhouse bar • Invitation to “Winter Cocktail Party” where you will mingle with Geffen artists, Board members and staff. Learn the inside scoop at the Geffen Playhouse and enjoy complimentary cocktails and appetizers, music and a photo booth. Date and location TBD
SPECIAL 20TH ANNIVERSARY LEVEL $200+ ALL AFFILIATE BENEFITS PLUS… • Enjoy two (2) complimentary glasses of champagne at the Geffen Playhouse
PARTNER $1,500+ ALL EDUCATION ADVOCATE BENEFITS PLUS…
AFFILIATE $150+
• Access to our VIP theatrical concierge. Let us help you book house seats at theaters nationwide • Bar card for unlimited drinks at the Geffen Playhouse bar
• Two (2) complimentary drinks at our Geffen Playhouse bar • A voucher for your choice of complimentary treat or snack at the Geffen Playhouse bar
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YOUR IMPACT
Proudly Supported by the Los Angeles Community Geffen Playhouse is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to enriching the cultural life of Los Angeles through plays and educational programs that inform, entertain and inspire. This season proudly celebrates the 20th year of producing world-class theater in Los Angeles. This would not be possible without people like you. Ticket sales cover only about half of operating expenses. A community of individuals, corporations, foundations and government agencies provide vital contributions each year that allow the Geffen’s artistic and community engagement programs to thrive.
SOURCES OF GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE SUPPORT 8% CORPORATE SUPPORT & 10% FOUNDATION GOVERNMENT GRANTS
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TICKET & 61% SINGLE SUBSCRIPTION SALES
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Gifts from individuals represent a large and critical source of support. Donations of all sizes are crucial to Geffen Playhouse Artistic Initiatives and Education & Community Engagement Programs. Thank you!
WHAT YOUR SUPPORT MAKES POSSIBLE
9% FUNDRAISING
9% ADMINISTRATIVE
I & EDUCATION PROGRAMS 82% ARTISTIC
Low administrative costs ensure that the maximum amount of money raised is spent on Artistic & Education programs. Artistic Initiatives includes new play development, the Gil Cates Theater season, the Audrey Skirball Kenis Theater season and the Spotlight Entertainment Series. Education & Community Engagement programs serve disadvantaged youth, adults, seniors and veterans across Los Angeles County through our High School Partnerships Program, Lights Up, Veterans programming, the Story Pirates Residency Program for Title I schools and the Geffen Playhouse Literacy Project at Mendez High School.
Learn more about supporting Geffen Playhouse by calling Regina Miller at 310.208.6500 ext. 112 or by visiting geffenplayhouse.com/donate. PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE P25
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LETTER FROM THE ADVISORY BOARD CHAIR
MIRANDA TOLLMAN IT IS SUCH AN HONOR TO WELCOME YOU ALL TO the theater for an exhilarating 20th anniversary season! In addition to the new artistic work you will see on stage this year, Geffen Playhouse continues to develop extraordinary new partnerships and programming for the underserved students and community members of greater Los Angeles. This year, we are piloting our first-ever Veterans Writing and Performance Workshop at the Geffen Playhouse. This initiative emerged from a series of focus groups hosted last winter to learn from Veterans themselves and leaders in the Veterans community about the needs of Veterans in Los Angeles. After significant research, planning and a rigorous application process, this project is now underway. Sixteen Veterans from all walks of life, ranging in ages from 20 to 82, are now participating in this 12-week course, focused on empowering Veterans to find their voices by writing and performing monologues. We look forward to sharing more with you as the project progresses. Since 2007, the Geffen Playhouse Advisory Board has been committed to supporting new programming like this, based on the changing needs of the community. Our goal is to help the education programs, partnerships and community engagement initiatives thrive. A tremendous thank-you to each and every Advisory Board member, many of whom have been part of the group since its inception, for their unending commitment to the community programming and artistic work of the theater. Cheers to a monumental 2015/2016 season! Miranda Tollman ADVISORY BOARD CHAIR
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ADVISORY BOARD MIRANDA TOLLMAN CHAIR ANNETTE BLUM STEPHANIE CARSON LORI COLLINS DEBRA DAVIS VALARIE DE LA GARZA COLIN EGGLESFIELD PRISCILA GIRALDO KIRSTEN HANSEN ERIC HEER JASON LEE YVONNE LEE HANNAH LINKENHOKER WENDY KURTZMAN JOHN MCCRITE ROLLIN RANSOM ALLEN SHAY JOHN SONEGO LAURIE ZIEGLER TONY ZINGE
ANNUAL DONORS
CHAIRMAN’S CIRCLE $50,000+ Anonymous Audi of America, Inc Ben/Joyce Eisenberg Foundation Claudia & Kevin Bright City National Bank Mary Ann Cloyd David Geffen Foundation Edgerton Foundation Joyce Eisenberg-Keefer & Melvin Keefer Herbert M. & Beverly J. Gelfand In Memory of Alice Ghostley & Felice Orlandi Sam Gores, Paradigm Talent Agency The Adi & Jerry Greenberg Foundation Guggenheim Partners Investment Management Holdings, LLC Carole & Bill Haber Harold & Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust Martha Henderson Rabbi Uri D. Herscher & Dr. Myrna Herscher Cindy & Alan Horn HSBC Private Bank USA Marilyn & Jeffrey Katzenberg Glorya Kaufman Loretta Everett Kaufman & Victor Kaufman Kenneth T. & Eileen L. Norris Foundation Keyes Automotive Group Robert K. Kraft Sandra Krause & William Fitzgerald L&N Andreas Foundation Latham & Watkins LLP The Lauder Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Jason & Yvonne Lee Susan & David Leveton George Lucas Family Foundation Ginny Mancini Fay & Frank Mancuso Marilyn & Jeffrey Katzenberg Fund for Arts Education at the Geffen Playhouse John McCrite & Juan Lopez Donna McKenna & Flynn Chernos Kelly & Ron Meyer Scott Minerd Ann & Jerry Moss Moss Foundation Ralph M. Parsons Foundation Pamela Robinson Hollander & Robert Hollander Linda Bernstein Rubin & Tony Rubin Richard & Barbara Sherman Shubert Foundation Skirball Foundation Karen & Vic Smith Cynthia P. Stafford
Jodi & Howard Tenenbaum UCLA The Walt Disney Company Ken Willner & Jim Stine Elaine Wynn Family Foundation Judy & Chancellor Charles E. Young Dirk & Natasha Ziff
ARTISTIC CIRCLE $25,000 - $49,999 Anonymous Katie McGrath & J.J. Abrams Aegon Transamerica Foundation Patricia Kiernan Applegate Aria Resort & Spa Ariel Investments Robert C. Baral Stephanie & Jonathan Carson Valarie De La Garza & Michael Centeno CenterStaging Kathy & Mitch Clark Classic Party Rentals Clay Lacy Aviation DreamWorks Animation Dwight Stuart Youth Fund Fox Entertainment Group Carol & Paul Frimmer Gang, Tyre, Ramer & Brown, Inc. Jim & Ann Gianopulos Goldman Sachs Andy & Carlo Brandon-Gordon Greater Los Angeles New Car Dealers Association Mellody Hobson The Lear Family Foundation Los Angeles County Arts Commission Los Angeles magazine Marcia Israel Foundation, Inc. Sandra E. Milken Napa Valley Grille Judith & Bruce Stern Shel & Cynthia Stone Warner Bros. Entertainment Samantha & John Williams
PRODUCER $10,000 - $24,999 Anonymous Beth Behrs Laurie & Bill Benenson Charles A. Black, Jr. Board of Supervisors County of Los Angeles Heather Thomas & Skip Brittenham Brotman Foundation of California Amanda Brown & Justin Chang
Eileen & Harold Brown Bulgari Corporation of America Roma Downey & Mark Burnett The Capital Group Companies Charitable Foundation The Chatwal City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs Carole Bayer Sager & Robert A. Daly The Edward A. & Ai O. Shay Family Foundation Edward Avedis Dr. & Mrs. Paul Eisenberg Susan & Mark Fleischer The Friedman Group Sarinda & Gian Fulgoni Gagosian Gallery, Inc Dr. Hilary Garland Ghurka The Rosalinde & Arthur Gilbert Foundation Patty Glaser & Sam Mudie Manuela & James Goren Arthur Greenberg C. Curtis Grisham In Memory of Morris A. Hazan HBO Samantha & Eric Heer Hilton Moorea Lagoon Resort & Spa Stanley Iezman & Nancy Stark Vicki Iovine & David Coiro Joseph Drown Foundation Joan Kaloustian Fred Latsko Janine & Peter Lowy Carla Malden Mona Malden Malibu Family Wines Susan & Peter Mallory Nancy & Michael McClelland Wendy & Barry Meyer MOCA Foundation Marcia & Brett Molotsky Leslie Moonves & Julie Chen James L. Nederlander & Margo MacNabb Nederlander Northern Trust, NA Laurie MacDonald & Walter Parkes Popland Studios Madeline & Bruce Ramer Rollin Ransom & Chris Lacroix Judith Reichman, MD Holly Rice and Vince Gilligan Richard Ruskell Pastries The Richenthal Foundation Ronen Levy Events Loren Rothschild & Hon. Frances Rothschild PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE P27
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In appreciation, donors enjoy a host of special benefits including house seats, complimentary drinks, receptions and much more. For more information, please call Jamie Mikelich at 310.208.6500 ext. 128.
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Geffen Playhouse recognizes the following individuals and organizations for their generous support of our Annual Fund and Backstage at the Geffen. Donors are listed at the Associate level and higher for gifts made between June 15, 2014 and August 15, 2015.
ANNUAL DONORS The Simms/Mann Family Foundation Fred Specktor & Nancy Heller Sugarfish Steve Tisch Miranda & Brett Tollman U.S. Bank Union Bank Well Done Catering Westfield Group William Morris Endeavor Entertainment Linda Yellin Ruth Ziegler Richard & Mae Ziman
DIRECTOR $5,000 - $9,999 Anonymous Jehan F. Agrama & Dwora Fried AMC Amgen Foundation Hilary & Jack Angelo The Alec Baldwin Foundation AVID The Baxter International Foundation Mrs. Carol K. Block & Chancellor Gene D. Block Ruth & Jake Bloom Annette Blum Mara & Jonathan Blum The Eli & Edythe L. Broad Foundation Glenn & Lynn Cardoso Marcy Carsey Elizabeth Lacey & Gilbert Cates, Jr. Comcast | NBC Universal Debra Davis Dream Warrior Group Fielding Edlow & Larry Clarke Jo & Larry Feldman Lawrence N. Field Eric Flamholtz & Yvonne Randle Four Seasons Resort Maui at Wailea Kiki & David Gindler Priscila Giraldo Gloria & Peter Gold Grand Wailea, a Waldorf Astoria Resort Bucky Hazan, Teles Properties Gail & Stanley Hollander Libby & Arthur Jacobson Bernice & Wendell* Jeffrey Marvin Jubas & Janet Wald Mannon Kaplan Sally & Dr. Manny J. Karbelnig Julie & David Kavner Kissick Family Foundation Wendy Kurtzman La Valencia Alan & Cindra Ladd Eileen & Kase Lawal Drs. Gerald & Barbara Levey Padma & Rao Makineni Judy Zaban Miller & Lester Miller Kate Moran & Mikki Rosenberg Liza & Conan O’Brien P28 PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE
Christine Marie Ofiesh Mo Ostin Pure Cheesecakes Kay & Bob Rehme Gary Reisman | LEAP Media Investments Joyce Rey Jane Rissman & Richard Sondheimer Howard Rose Rikki Rosen Thomas L. Safran Sheri Salata Hon. Nicole A. Avant & Ted Sarandos Judi & Bruce Schindler Jody & Arthur Schmid Ken & Carol Schultz Foundation Steve & Paula Mae Schwartz Helen & Martin Scorsese Sidley Austin LLP The Simon-Strauss Foundation Singer Family Foundation Sondheimer Foundation Lorraine Spurge & Patrick Mitchell Susan & Don Starr Arnold Stiefel Eric Stonestreet Tanzy Restaurant Barbara & Larry Tenan Lynda Thomas Thomas Safran & Associates Janet & Michael Schwartz Karen Zoller, MD & David Tillman, MD The Travel Corporation Alice & Norman Tulchin Jennifer von Schneidau Deborah & Michael E. Walsh West LA Poker Lynn & Mark Williams Rita Wilson & Tom Hanks Karen & Rick Wolfen Paula Wolff, Ph.D. & Wayne W. Whalen Jennifer Young & Katrina Nason Gail Zappa Leslie & Robert Zemeckis Ruth & Stan Zicklin In Loving Memory of Herman Ziegler Ellen & Ken Ziffren Ziffren Brittenham LLP
SPONSOR $3,000 – $4,999 Janis Adams & John Lyons Pat & Sandy Adams Shelly & Libby Bergen Susan Booth & Christopher Wadden Robert Brook & Jacqueline Kosecoff Dr. Fanya Carter, PhD Scott, Susan & Joshua Corwin Mica Ertegun Susan & Eric Fleishman Perry Goldberg Yvonne & Damien Jordan Dora & Neil Kadisha Thea & Neal Koss
Renee & Meyer Luskin Merle & Jerry Measer Rio & Frank Morse Benedicta & Geoffry Oblath Judi & Tim Ritchie Sue Rosenwasser Lori & David Rousso Judy & Mike Sapir Leigh Silverton Allen Blue & Kira Snyder Karen & William Timberlake Vernon, Barry & Dale Tyerman In Honor of Ruth Tyerman Lentz Uniworld River Cruises Inc The Waterman Family Foundation Leslie White & Al Limon Patricia Youngman
PARTNER $1,500 - $2,999 Anonymous (3) Miriam Aguiar Olga S. Alderson Margaret & Howard Arvey Aversano Family Trust Robert E. & Maria H. Barron Richard Bautzer & David McDowell Laurel & Aaron Clark Linda & John Coleman David Conney, M.D. Shelley Wike Cranley Phil Davis Susan & Jonathan Dolgen Victoria Dummer Kitzia & Richard Goodman The Guerin Foundation Michael Parks & Judith Hayward Alan & Michelle Heilpern Mel & Faith Henkin Roger & Linda Howard Carrie Johnson Sherry Martin Janis B. McEldowney Richard Milling Lisa Pierozzi Herbert & Marilyn Piken Joseph & Cynthia Rodriguez Dominique Shelton Doris & Michael Sherman Rita & Jose Sigal Snyder Family Foundation Bruce & Patti Springsteen Mitch & Sherry Stein Paul & Margaret Stein Audri & Stan Tendler Paul Tetreault Daniel Tongbai Susan & Peter Van Haften Roberta Weintraub Gelena & Seth Weissman Barbara & Stanley Zax Marcie & Howard Zelikow Ellen & Arnold Zetcher Anthony P. Zinge David Zuckerman & Ellie Kanner-Zuckerman
ANNUAL DONORS
Anonymous (3) Harry & Gay Abrams/Abrams Artists Agency Dr. Richard Ackerman & Miriam Shakter Laura & Harvey Alpert Charitable Foundation Merryl & David A. Alpert Bonnie & Bill Apfelbaum AudioQuest Carol Ann & D.C. Bakeman Richard & Shelley Bayer Jerry Beckman Peter & Barbara Benedek Patricia & Mark Benjamin Paula & Bruce Bennett Wendy & John Bergquist John Bjorge & Mary McKelvey Joe Blackstone & Jamie Mohn The Bordy & Leibovic Families Brenda & Alan Borstein Dr. Wallace P. Brithinee Wendy & David Brotman The Busch-Schifino Family Chancellor Albert Carnesale & Mrs. Robin Carnesale Scott Carter 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 Janine Cristiano Ruth Daugherty Deluscious Cookies Carolyn Dirks/Brett Dougherty Dennis & Jeralyn Doty Jan & Thea Drayer Gerald & Sally Ducot William Duncan Marilyn P. Dunn Dr. & Mrs. William M Duxler Colleen M. Ellis Terri & David Elston The English Language Center Carl & Courtenay Enright Carol & J.B. Esterkin Michael & Lynne Feldman Donnovan Field Barbara Fodor Joan & Charles Fox Steve Freedman Ben & Susan Friedman G2 Graphic Service, Inc. Pat & Sandy Gage Kathleen Garfield Jeanne & Arnold Geffner Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Geoffrion Diane & Bruce Gewertz Cherna & Dr. Gary Gitnick Charlotte Gold Dr. Irene Goldenberg Marion Goldenfeld
David A. & Karen Richards Sachs Mark San Filippo Nancy & Ted Sanborn Savitsky Satin & Bacon Dawn & Joel Scherer Lizbeth Schiff Toni & John Schulman Joanna & Jonathan Schwartz Susan Schwarz Berton In Memory of Diane Barnett-Shapiro John & Lori Shaw Michael & Glenda Shaw Phyllis & Martin Shephard Holly & Larry Shulman Steven Siegel & Lily Carey Ron Silverman & Soraya Ross Joan & Jerry Snyder Drs. Matthew & Marion Solomon The Somaini Family Marcella, Joy & Grant Stanley Susan Stockel Jordan Strauss Photography David & Katherine Stritzinger Eric Strom & Eileen Goodis Katy Sweet The Tatasciore Family Anne C. Taubman & David Boyle John Teeples & Nicolas Martinez, Jr. Joyce & Josh Trabulus Catherine Unger Daniel & Shauna Valenzuela Alan Van Vliet Peter & Denise Walsh Julie & Peter Weil Doris Weinberg Joanne & Ken Weinman Alison Whalen & Steven Marenberg Marcia Williams & Gene Lucero Cherie Wrigley Anna & Stephen Yallourakis
ARTISTIC ADVOCATE $500 - $999 Anonymous (3) Sylvia Almstadt Patti & Harlan Amstutz Ares Management LLC Janet & Irwin Barnet Alan Belinkoff Joanne & Miles Benickes Jim & Diane Berliner Black Market Gelato Janet & Mark Brown Lee & Shelby Chaden William & Patricia Chin Elsbeth Collins & James Greene Ted Cordes Donald & Zoe Cosgrove Morgan Dameron Geraldine Darrow Diana Davidow & Deborah Constance Daniel & Gayle Devin The Milton L. & Betty J. Dranow Family Foundation Roni & Ethan Eller David & Joyce Evans Marjorie & Arthur Fine Sydney M. Finegold, M.D. The Ella Fitzgerald Charitable Fund
Michael & Lynne Flynn Myrna Forest Burt & Nanette Forester Lois & Gerald Gallop Sharlene & Sol Galper Russell Gersten The Gewecke Family Benita & Bert Ginsberg Dr. Diane & Michael Glazer Louis & Linda Goldsman Abner & Roz Goldstine Lori & Robert Goodman Roger Gordon Diana & Ronald Granit Marcy & Edgar Gross Madeline Gussman Carolyn & Bernie Hamilton Kay Harrington Richard Hart Steven Hochstadt Mrs. Dorothy Hoffman Rand Hoffman & Charlotte Robinson Kelley M. Hogan Gerald Isenberg Terry & Marc J. Jacoby Robert Jones Drs. Elaine & Jeff Kamil Mr. & Mrs. Bernard Kamine Patricia Keating Donald Kottler Jeffrey Kramer Tam & David Lachoff Eleanor & Mark Lainer Joan & Christopher Larkin Jeanne & Christopher Lavagnino Joyce Lederer Brenda & Warren Lincoln Wendy Lindley Neil L. & Ora D. Macfarlane George Manet Elizabeth Marcellino Joel Mendelsohn Allan M. Mohrman Jr. Paula Moseley, EdD Sandra Moss Erika & James Muhlfeld Sherri & Arnold Nelson Chris & Richard Newman Shelby Notkin Donna & Paul Pekar Amy Richards Linda & Manny Rider Dolores Rogers Ronda & Fred Rose Blanche & Bruce Joel Rubin Nancy & Steven Schneider David & Margaret Schwanke Dr. Daniel Schwartz Traci Shelton Robin & Robert Sills Martin & Leah Sklar Trudy Sokol Sold Out Crowd Dr. Jerry E. Spicer & W. Todd Stevens Alec Sulkin Mr. & Mrs. David Tann Marcia & Dr. Charles Wasserman Connie & John Weston Geoffrey & Susan Wharton Philip & Judith Winik Jay Weinstein & Lori Woldar Debra Zavala
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$1,000 - $1,499
Helene Gordon Adrienne Grant & Paul Jennings Jack Grossbart & Marc Schwartz Sunny & Alvin Grossblatt Michael Grunwald Monty & Marilyn Hall Salli Harris Murray & Gail Heltzer Lynda Klein & Neal Hersh Jean Himmelstein & David Coleman Dr. John D. Hofbauer & Dr. Laura E. Fox In Honor of Development Tamara Horwich & Gerry Lipshutz Toni Hoyt Lynn Hunt & Margaret Jacob Nancy & Len Jacoby Linda Janger Joseph B. Gould Foundation Linda & David Kagel Barbara & Ronnie Kahn Joyce & Don Kaiserman Marcy Kaplan & Eric Gold Karney Guren Family Foundation Sabrina Kay Charitable Foundation Lenny & David Kelton Barbara & Stuart Klabin Kent Klavens & Judy Vourlas Leslie & Norman Koplof Carol Krause Deborah Lacusta & Daniel Castellaneta Bethany Joy Lenz Lydia & Chuck Levy John Liebes Steven & Nancy Lippman Judith Locke & Dennis Massie Karen & Frederick Lorig The Jennifer and Greg Malins Foundation Eric G.C. Mark Marlene Matlow & Family Sue McHugh & Herb Seese The Miles Family Craig & Catherine Miller Andrew & Laura Mintzer Joanne & Joel Mogy Albert & Barbara Nichols John Nickoll Deborah & Stacey Olliff Michael R. Oppenheim Ornest Family Foundation Anne Osberg Gia Paladino & Michael Wise Carol Parry & John Fox Philip & Leslie Paton Amanda Crick & Glenn Pfeffer Craig Piligian In Memory of Michael Piller Berta & Lou Pitt Ruth Popkin Richard Rasiej & Joan Herman Harvey & Joyce Reichard Rabbi Steven & Didi Carr Reuben Donald B. & Susan F. Rice In Memory of Frances Richman Esther & Howard Richmond Beth Roberts & Warren Smith Richard Roberts Craig E. Rogers Brad & Nancy Rosenberg
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Jennifer Mudge and John Goodman in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Photo by Craig Schwartz.
TIMELINE
CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF To reopen the newly-renovated Geffen Playhouse in 2005, founding Producing Director Gil Cates helmed Tennessee Williams’ Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. This renovation included the addition of the Audrey Skirball Kenis Theater at the Geffen Playhouse among many other state of the art upgrades. NOVEMBER – DECEMBER 2005
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GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE STAFF Randall Arney Artistic Director ARTISTIC
Gil Cates, Jr. Executive Director MARKETING & SALES
Amy Levinson Phyllis Schuringa Young Ji Nick Johnson
Artistic Associate / Literary Director Artistic Associate / Casting Director Artistic Coordinator / Company Manager Literary Associate
DEVELOPMENT Regina Miller Ellen Catania Jessica Brusilow Rollins Jamie Mikelich Kristen Smith Eshaya Scott Kriloff Clay Dzygun Ava Bogle Taylor Dearden
Chief Development Officer Director of Major Gifts & Corporate/Foundation Partnerships Director of Education Partnerships & Donor Relations Associate Director of Individual Giving & Spotlight Manager Development & Education Programs Coordinator Development Associate & Donor Database Administrator Development Associate Development Assistant Development Assistant
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Joseph Yoshitomi
Director of Marketing & Communications
Karen Gutierrez
Director of Advertising & Sponsorships
Brian Dunning
Graphic Design Manager
Kevin O’Brien
Marketing & Graphics Coordinator
Mark San Filippo
Ticket Services Director & Database Administrator
Stephanie Strand
Audience Services Manager
Janice Bernal
Box Office Manager
Bryan Martin
Box Office Manager
Zack Hamra
Box Office Assistant Manager
Korie Benavidez, Kaitlin Huwe, Richard Martinez, Cameron Reck, Celia Rivera, Christine Rivera, Celeste Russi, Alyssa Tyson Box Office Staff
COMMUNICATIONS Tim Choy, Peter Goldman, David Barber,Niki Blumberg Davidson & Choy Publicity Rebecca Haithcoat
Communications Editor
FRONT OF HOUSE
Jennifer Zakkai Carolyn Marie Wright
Director of Education & Community Engagement Manager of Education & Community Engagement
ADMINISTRATION Behnaz Ataee Frankie Ocasio Peter Banachowski Diana Chang Marguerite Harris
Chief Financial Officer Executive Assistant Accounting and Payroll Manager Accounts Payable Receptionist
PRODUCTION Daniel Ionazzi Jill Barnes Matthew Carleton Evan Friedman Rich Gilles James Grabowski Darren Rezowalli
Production Manager Associate Production Manager / Company Manager Technical Director Assistant Technical Director Properties Master Sound Master Master Electrician
Jeni Pearsons
Director of Special Events
David Gerhardt
Supervising House Manager
Jane Phillips Harper
Deputy Supervising House Manager
Michelle Cantrell, Josiah Davis, Amy Farkas, Roxana Meyers House Managers Ally Aberrotman, Rebecca Birstock, Kailey Bray, Christopher Caron, Taylor Cerny, Vianney Cossyleon, Taylor Dearden, Brett Donaldson, Megan Fitzgerald, Chelsea Fryer, Netta Lee Joseph, Erica Keller, Caroline Harrison Kohler, Nathaniel Meek, Keith Mitchell, JoJo Nwoko, Luis Ruiz, Jonathan Schwartz, Oliver Vaughn, Dennis Woullard Ushers Rob Mersola
Bar Manager
Manuel Mayorga
Weekend Bar Manager
Adam Carr, Brenda Davidson, Mariel Higuera, Lyndsi LaRose, Kimberly Legg Bartenders
FACILITIES MANAGEMENT Miguel del Castillo
Facility Manager
Mario Santillan-Perez
Custodial
Juan Carlos Umaña
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 nont-for-profit theater company, is proudly affiliated with the University of California at Los Angeles.
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