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FROM THE PRODUCING DIRECTOR
WELCOME TO THE GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE WHEN GEORGE STEVENS, JR. SET OUT TO WRITE THURGOOD, I doubt he could have foreseen how fitting it would prove to be in our current political landscape. The year we selected this play as part of our season, Americans had just elected our first AfricanAmerican president – an act that could not have occurred without extraordinary men like Thurgood Marshall. And now, as we are getting ready to open this production, President Obama is in the process of confirming a new Supreme Court justice, Elena Kagan, who clerked for Chief Justice Marshall early in her career. As we watch Thurgood Marshall’s powerful story unfold on stage, we are lucky enough to bare witness to the fruits of his labor in our daily lives. And his story could not be in better hands. The script is brilliantly written by George Stevens, Jr. - a twelve time Emmy Award winner and founder of the American Film Institute, and brought to life by the incomparable Laurence Fishburne under the direction of Leonard Foglia. It would have been impossible for us to do this production without any one of them. While I believe that the theater’s primary purpose is to entertain, a night at the theater is at its most satisfying when it presents an insight into the human condition that both surprises and informs. If it lifts our spirits as well, so much the better. Not every play can achieve this goal, but I think you will agree with me that Thurgood does just that. This historic work illuminates our past as much as our present and will continue to be relevant well into the future. This has been an exciting season for us. The thrill of top notch productions like Thurgood will continue next season with Ruined, by Lynn Nottage, a remarkable work which won the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Have a wonderful summer. See you at the theater,
Gilbert Cates Producing Director
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FROM THE CHAIRMAN FRANK G. MANCUSO
IT IS MY PLEASURE TO WELCOME YOU TO THE LAST SHOW OF OUR SEASON. As the Geffen Playhouse’s 2009-2010 season draws to a close, the theater’s Board wants to thank you for your support and for being a part of our treasured Geffen Family. This season the theater has experienced tremendous growth in realizing our national recognition strategy: The Geffen Playhouse’s commission, Time Stands Still opened on Broadway in January, received excellent reviews and was nominated for a Tony Award for Best New Play. The theater presented its production of Thurgood at The John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. in advance of our opening here in Los Angeles. Our 2009 production Equivocation was honored with a Back Stage Garland Award for Best Production and Chris Pine was named Best Actor for his role in Farragut North. Our theater received a special award for our CREATE Program from the California Lawyers for the Arts. It is an acknowledgement of how successful the education and community outreach program has become. These are a few of the indications of the growth we have experienced over the past year. I look forward with anticipation to next season where we are thrilled to welcome some wonderful playwrights who have worked with us in the past – Jane Anderson, Hershey Felder and Neil LaBute, and the newer voices of Pulitzer Prize winners Tracy Letts and Lynn Nottage. We hope you will join us at the Gil Cates Theater next season when we open the season with Ruined. Tonight I welcome you to Thurgood starring the wonderful Laurence Fishburne. I have had the opportunity to work with this great artist in the past and we are delighted and proud to have this inspiring story grace our stage. Thank you for your continued support. Sit back, relax and enjoy the show. Respectfully yours,
Frank G. Mancuso
Chairman, Geffen Playhouse
BOARD OF DIRECTORS Frank G. Mancuso Chairman Gilbert Cates President RANDALL ARNEY DONALD BERGHOFF PETER W. BLACKMAN GENE BLOCK HAROLD A. BROWN SUZANNE DEAL BOOTH † MARY ANN CLOYD KIRSTEN COMBS ROBERT A. DALY † DENNIS DOTY P2 PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE
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THURGOOD IN D.C. AND WESTWOOD
Laurence Fishburne in Thurgood. Photo by Carol Rosegg.
BY EVAN HENERSON
THE PLAY THURGOOD WAS NOT originally built to tour. Even so, how complicated could it possibly be to transfer a one-man show with a single unchanging set? Lighting and sound cues can travel digitally. Ditto, projections. When a production has but a single actor and a single costume, the clothing can easily pack into a garment bag and move wherever the actor goes. Certain elements of the Geffen Playhouse’s historic first partnership with the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts have been relatively simple. Others have involved some careful planning between two arts venues which are thousands of miles apart with vastly different resources.
Some things are worth shipping and some things are not, and some things we’re trying to keep on that side of the country. Who wants to ship four chairs across the country three times? The Kennedy Center is presenting the Geffen Playhouse’s production of George Stevens Jr.’s play Thurgood, which is directed by Leonard Foglia and features Laurence Fishburne as Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall. As producers, the Geffen Playhouse tapped the same creative team as the 2008 Broadway production.
Since the Kennedy Center run occurs before the Geffen engagement, the production team was faced with the unique variables of bicoastal coordination. Sets which were constructed back east would eventually travel across the country to Westwood. The Los Angeles-based Fishburne who rehearsed largely at the Geffen, would travel east for final rehearsals and a limited engagement at the Kennedy Center. Somewhere in the Adirondacks, props from the initial Broadway run were stored for possible use in a new production. The entire process, as the Geffen production team acknowledges, has been a little “backwards.” Instead of building, installing and overseeing their production on-site, they “work PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE P3
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out the bugs” at a venue 3,000 miles away before Thurgood settles into the Geffen. Throw in the fact that the Kennedy Center’s Eisenhower Theatre is an 1,100 seat auditorium with a different configuration than the 522 seat Gil Cates Theater at the Geffen Playhouse, and the variables get more complicated. The Kennedy Center, which presents up to 2,000 performances a year spread across eight venues, is an old hand at this performance-in/performance-out routine. Their Geffen counterparts — who have never toured a Geffen show in the theater’s history — are learning somewhat as they go. “It’s just coordinating,” says Mickey Berra, vice president of production at the Kennedy Center. “The show isn’t a self-packaged show, touring and coming in like Phantom of the Opera or Les Misérables.” “We’re functioning to make sure that the appropriate information for both venues — not only things like dimensions and ground plans, but work rules and other issues are being addressed at every turn,” agrees Geffen Playhouse Production Manager Dan Ionazzi. “How does the set fit here? How does it fit there? What does it mean cost wise? How do we get it into a truck? How do we ship it from there to here in the time we’ve got?” “It’s relatively easy as touring shows go,” Ionazzi adds with a laugh. “We’re just not a touring company. So we’re learning a little bit about this, which is good.” The central piece of scenery is a large wood-paneled floor with a slight rake to it. After the completion of the Kennedy Center run, a few sections will stay behind and an adjusted configuration boards a truck and travels across the country to be reinstalled at the Geffen. “The Geffen is very specialized in P4 PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE
Playwright George Stevens Jr., Laurence Fishburne and Gil Cates with Thurgood Marshall’s widow Cecilia “Cissy” Marshall at the opening night of the Geffen Playhouse production of Thurgood at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. Photo by Daniel Schwartz
that it’s physically very shallow but has wing space that goes on for days,” Geffen Playhouse Technical Director Matthew Carleton says. “We’ve got 17 feet from the plaster line to the back wall, about a third of the depth of the Eisenhower. It’s an interesting coordination.” Upon closing at the Kennedy Center, the Thurgood set must be loaded onto a truck and reconfigured at the Geffen in time for a Sunday preview less than a week later. “It’s hard on this end because it is stuck on a truck for three days. We can’t make it come any faster,” says Carleton who, like Ionazzi spent a week in Washington D.C. to help ease the process. “There is a lot more manual labor to install the set at the Geffen, and it’s a trick getting it in.” Questions over how much to use from the Broadway production — and at what cost — arose regarding personal items that had appeared during Thurgood’s earlier run. “We found a store of old props from the show stored up in the Adirondacks, props, costumes, the things that Laurence used in the New
York production,” says Carleton. “We could attempt to recreate them here but the common phrase we heard a lot was, ‘Well you know, it’s like what we had in NY.’ We don’t know. We weren’t there. So it’s fortunate they kept most of this stuff. Figuring out who had it in the first place was a challenge.” As was prioritizing. “Some things are worth shipping and some things are not,” notes Carleton, “And some things we’re trying to keep on that side of the country. Who wants to ship four chairs across the country three times?” Thurgood has now been built so that the set will store easily and can be brought to the Geffen Playhouse relatively hassle free. The Thurgood experience has laid the groundwork for next season which will see two coproductions. The Geffen Playhouse and Seattle’s Intiman Theatre will coproduce Lynne Nottage’s Ruined before the Pulitzer Prize winning play heads to the Market Theatre in Johannesburg. The world premiere co-production of Neil LaBute’s The Break of Noon will play in New York’s MCC Theater before coming to the Geffen in January.
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Gilbert Cates PRODUCING DIRECTOR
Randall Arney ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Ken Novice MANAGING DIRECTOR
THE GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE PRESENTS
A Play by
George Stevens, Jr. Directed by
Leonard Foglia Set Design
Allen Moyer Projection Design
Elaine J. McCarthy
Costume Design
Jane Greenwood Sound Design
Lighting Design
Brian Nason
Production Stage Manager
Ryan Rumery
James T. McDermott
Assistant Stage Manager
Jennifer Brienen
Original Broadway Production produced by Vernon Jordan, The Shubert Organization, Bill Rollnick/Nancy Ellison Rollnick, Matt Murphy, Daryl Roth/Debra Black, Roy Furman, Jam Theatricals, Lawrence Horowitz, Eric Falkenstein, Max Onstage, James D’Orta, Jamie deRoy, Amy Nederlander in association with Ostar Productions and the Westport Country Playhouse
CAST
Thurgood Marshall................................................................................................... Laurence Fishburne
PLACE
Howard University Law School Auditorium, Washington, D.C.
RUNNING TIME
95 minutes. No intermission. education Sponsor
official Sponsor
Opening Night: July 7, 2010 OPENING NIGHT SPONSORED BY:
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LAURENCE FISHBURNE (Thurgood Marshall) Broadway: Thurgood (Tony Award nomination, Drama Desk Award, Outer Critics Circle Award; also at the Kennedy Center), Two Trains Running (Tony Award, Drama Desk Award, Outer Critics Circle Award, Theatre World Award; also Ahmanson at the Doolittle), The Lion in Winter. Film: Armored, 21, Bobby, Akeelah and the Bee (with Angela Bassett/ also producer), Mission Impossible III, Assault on Precinct 13 (with Ethan Hawke), The Matrix, The Matrix: Reloaded, The Matrix: Revolutions, Mystic River (directed by Clint Eastwood, with Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, Kevin Bacon, Marcia Gay Harden), Biker Boyz, Once in the Life (wrote, directed and starred in), Always Outnumbered (for HBO, by Walter Mosley), Event Horizon (with Sam Neill, Kathleen Quinlan, Joely Richardson), Hoodlum (starred in and produced), Fled, Othello, What’s Love Got to Do with It (as Ike Turner, Oscar nomination), Bad Company (with Ellen Barkin), Higher Learning (written and directed by John Singleton, NAACP Award), Just Cause (with Sean Connery), The Color Purple, Searching for Bobby Fischer, Deep Cover (with Jeff Goldblum), Boyz in the Hood (written and directed by John Singleton), Cadence (directed by Martin Sheen), Apocalypse Now, Cornbread, Earl and Me, Class Action, King of New York, Red Heat, Nightmare on Elm Street 3, Cotton Club, Rumble Fish. Television: Tribeca (Emmy Award), Miss Evers’ Boys (for HBO, Emmy nomination Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Special, NAACP Award, executive producer, Emmy Award – Outstanding Made For Television Movie, President’s Award), Tuskegee Airmen (for HBO, NAACP and Golden Globe Awards), PeeWee’s Playhouse (as Cowboy Curtis), One Life to Live, Decoration Day (Hallmark Hall of Fame), For Us The Living (PBS), Rumor of War and more. GEORGE STEVENS, JR. (Playwright) Stevens’ interest in Thurgood Marshall began with an Emmy Award winning miniseries he wrote and directed, Separate But Equal, the story of the Brown vs. Board of Education school desegregation case on which Marshall was the lawyer for the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. Stevens is the founder of the American Film Institute, the co-
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creator and producer of The Kennedy Center Honors, and a writer, director, and producer. Motion pictures: The Thin Red Line; George Stevens: A Filmmaker’s Journey; John F. Kennedy: Years of Lightning, Day of Drums; The Diary of Anne Frank. Television: We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial, Separate But Equal (Sidney Poitier, Burt Lancaster), The Murder of Mary Phagan (Jack Lemmon, Peter Gallagher, Kevin Spacey), The American Film Institute Life Achievement Awards (1973-1998), America’s Millennium, D-Day to Berlin. Alfred A. Knopf published his book, Conversations With the Great Moviemakers of Hollywood’s Golden Age. Awards include 12 Emmys, eight awards from the Writers Guild of America, two George Foster Peabody Awards. President Obama named Stevens co-chairman of the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities. LEONARD FOGLIA (Director) Broadway: Thurgood; On Golden Pond, also Kennedy Center and National Tour; Wait Until Dark; Master Class, also Kennedy Center, National Tour, London’s West End; Off-Broadway: Let Me Down Easy (Second Stage), The Stendhal Syndrome (Primary Stages), One Touch of Venus (City Center), If Memory Serves (Promenade, Pasadena Playhouse), By the Sea (MTC, Bay Street), Lonely Planet (Circle Rep). Regional: Let Me Down Easy (ZACH Theatre), Unusual Acts of Devotion (Philadelphia Theatre Company), Distracted (Mark Taper), Things Being What They Are (Bay Street), Paper Doll, The Secret Letters of Jackie and Marilyn (Pittsburgh Public), Thurgood (Westport Playhouse), The Subject Was Roses (Kennedy Center), Southern Comforts (Coconut Grove), Seascape, A Coffin in Egypt, The Woman in Black (Bay Street), God’s Man in Texas, Dinner With Friends (The Globe Theatres), Dreamland (Sharon Stage), Revelers (NYS&F). Opera: Moby-Dick (Dallas Opera); Dead Man Walking (NYC Opera, Opera Pacific, Cincinnati, Detroit, etc.); The End of the Affair (Houston Grand, Seattle, and Madison Opera); Three Decembers (Houston Grand Opera, San Francisco Opera, Chicago Opera Theater). He is co-author, with David Richards, of the mystery novels 1 Ragged Ridge Road, Face Down in the Park, El Sudario, and its sequel: La Sangre Del Sudario. ALLEN MOYER (Scenic Design) Broadway: After Miss Julie, Grey Gardens (Tony/Drama Desk nominations, Henry Hewes Award), Thurgood, The Little Dog Laughed, The Constant Wife, Twelve Angry Men, In My Life, Reckless, The Man Who Had All the Luck, A Thousand Clowns. Off-Broadway: Mr. and Mrs. Fitch (Second Stage), The New Century (Lincoln Center Theater), From Up Here (MTC), Mr. Marmalade and The Dazzle (Roundabout Theatre), Landscape of the Body and A Few Stout Individuals (Signature Theatre Company), Lobby
Hero (Playwrights Horizons) and This is Your Youth (New Group/Second Stage) and numerous productions for the Drama Dept, including As Bees in Honey Drown. Regional theater: Passion Play (Goodman Theatre and Yale Rep) and productions for the Guthrie Theater (most recently M. Butterfly), Old Globe, La Jolla Playhouse, Long Wharf, Steppenwolf, Baltimore’s Center Stage, and L.A.’s Center Theater Group. Extensive opera credits include work for the Metropolitan Opera (Orfeo ed Euridice, directed by Mark Morris), New York City Opera, Houston Grand, Santa Fe Opera, San Francisco Opera, Canadian Opera Company, Glimmerglass Opera, Opera Theater of St. Louis, Scottish Opera, and the Wexford Festival (Ireland). Also, with Mr. Morris, the Delibes ballet Sylvia for San Francisco Ballet and Romeo and Juliet; On Motifs of Shakespeare with the Mark Morris Dance Group. Recipient of the 2006 OBIE for Sustained Excellence. JANE GREENWOOD (Costume Design) More than 100 Broadway/OffBroadway credits including Waiting for Godot, Shakespeare in the Park’s Twelfth Night, Thurgood, A View from the Bridge (2010 Revival), Million Dollar Quartet, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Heartbreak House, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, A Delicate Balance, Proposals, A Moon for the Misbegotten, The Scarlet Pimpernel, Master Class, Passion, The Heiress, The Sisters Rosensweig, California Suite, Medea, Plenty, The Ballad of the Sad Cafe, Burton’s Hamlet, Vita and Virginia, Sylvia, The Lisbon Traviata. Metropolitan Opera: revival of Adriana Lecouvreur (2009), Dialogues of the Carmelites, The Great Gatsby. Dallas Opera: Moby-Dick. Film: Arthur, Can’t Stop the Music, Glengarry Glen Ross. Awards: Irene Sharaff Lifetime Achievement Award. Theatre Hall of Fame. 14 Tony nominations. Professor, Yale School of Drama. BRIAN NASON (Lighting Design) Broadway: Thurgood, On Golden Pond, Fortunes Fool, Taller Than a Dwarf, 1776 (Roundabout & Gershwin), Metamorphosis with Mikhail Baryshnikov (Tony nomination), A Month in the Country with Helen Mirren (Outer Critics nom.), Arthur Miller’s Broken Glass, 3 Penny Opera with Sting, Assoc LD on Cyrano The Musical and M. Butterfly. OffBroadway: more than 40 productions including: The Emperor Jones, Exits and Entrances, Gaslight, Meet Me in St. Louis, Dream a Little Dream (The Mammas and Papas Musical), My Mother’s Italian..., Jerry Herman’s Showtune, The Cripple of Inishmaan, Cellini, Four Dogs and a Bone, Neat (Audelco nom.), Richard II (Audelco nom.), Cantorial (Outer Critics nom.), Amphigorey, and The Coconuts. The Kennedy Center: The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber (Opera House &
Eisenhower Theater), On Golden Pond (Eisenhower Theater). Opera: Dead Man Walking, Salome, The End of the Affair, 3 Decembers, West Side Story (La Scala). Special Events: Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Big Happy Family Reunion (U.S. Tour, DVD), The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber (U.S. Tour), Great Performances Live From Carnegie Hall Spirituals (PBS), American Playhouse Presents O Pioneers (PBS), Tri-Star Feature Sing, (Theatrical LD), Broadway Under The Stars (Bryant Park), New York Summer Party (Randall’s Island), The Big Apple Circus Stage Show (U.S. Tour), On Golden Pond (U.S. Tour), M. Butterfly (U.S. Tour). Education: BFA at SUNY Purchase, MFA at NYU, Assistant to Tharon Musser. ELAINE J. MCCARTHY (Projection Design) Broadway: Impressionism, Thurgood, Spamalot, Good Vibrations, After the Fall, Assassins, Wicked, Man of La Mancha, Into the Woods, Judgement at Nuremberg. Off-Broadway: Frequency Hopping (set & projection), Embedded, The Stendhal Syndrome, Suitcase, The Thing About Men, Speaking In Tongues. Regional: Distracted (set & projection), Limonade Tous les Jours, Fran’s Bed, Once in a Lifetime, Cobb, Hair. Opera: Moby-Dick (The Dallas Opera), Mazeppa (Metropolitan Opera), Dead Man Walking (NYC Opera), War and Peace (Kirov and Met Opera), Tan Dun’s The Gate, Peter Sellar’s The Peony Pavilion. Awards: 2003 Eddy Award. RYAN RUMERY (Sound Design) Broadway credits include Thurgood. Off-Broadway: his recent work includes original music in Emperor Jones at Irish Rep., Classic Stage Company’s The Forest, Uncle Vanya, Precious Little for Clubbed Thumb, and End Days at Ensemble Studio Theatre. His recent sound design credits include Blind, Rattlestick Theatre; Neighbors, Public Lab; LetMe Down Easy, which starred Anna Deavere Smith at Second Stage; Back Back Back and Based on a Totally True Story at Manhattan Theatre Club; and Beauty on the Vine at Epic Theatre Center. Regional theater credits include Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Center Stage, Dallas Theatre Center, Long Wharf Theatre, Shakespeare Theatre, Playmakers Rep, Hartford Stage, Westport Country Playhouse, Philadelphia Theatre Company, Ford’s Theatre, Florida Stage, Alley Theatre, People’s Light and Theatre, Syracuse Stage, Trinity Rep, Adirondack Theatre Festival, Hangar, Woolly Mammoth, Alliance, and Eugene O’Neill Theatre Center. His film credits include SyncroNYCity. JAMES T. MCDERMOTT (Production Stage Manager) Proud member of Actors’ Equity Association. Jimmie is thrilled to be a part of Thurgood, having
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WHO’S WHO IN THE CAST ABOUT THE PLAYERS stage managed earlier this year the Geffen Playhouse’s production of The Female of the Species starring Annette Benning. He has also stage managed across the country at theaters in cities including New York, Princeton, Charleston, Washington D.C., Chicago, St. Louis, Kansas City, Minneapolis, Las Vegas, and San Francisco. In Southern California he has stage managed at Center Theatre Group (Ahmanson, Mark Taper Forum, Kirk Douglas Theatres), Los Angeles Theatre Center, La Jolla Playhouse, and South Coast Repertory. Jimmie is in his third five year elected term on the Council of Actors’ Equity Association, the governing body of his fellow actors’ and stage managers’ union. In 2001 he was the first stage manager to be named as the outstanding professional stage manager in whose name the USITT Outstanding Stage Manager Award was given. The end of the 2009-10 school year marks Jimmie’s 14th year on the faculty of California Institute of the Arts. Jimmie would like to thank his stage management assistant Jennifer Brienen and many thanks to his partner of thirty-six years Pat Brymer. JENNIFER BRIENEN (Assistant Stage Manager) Geffen Playhouse: Third, Atlanta, Joan Rivers: A Work in Progress by a Life in Progress, The Seafarer, Farragut North, Matthew Modine Saves The Alpacas, The Female of the Species, Nightmare Alley. Center Theatre Group: Dead End (Ahmanson Theatre); Water & Power, 13, Yellow Face, Pippin (Mark Taper Forum); Sleeping Beauty Wakes, Two Unrelated Plays by David Mamet, Of Equal Measure, This Beautiful City (Kirk Douglas Theatre). Other Los Angeles: Once On This Island (Reprise Theatre Company); Nine Circles (Ojai Playwrights Conference); Stephen Sondheim’s 75th: The Concert (Hollywood Bowl); Rapture (Hysterica Dance Company); Paheliyan – The Story of Alice (blue13 Dance Company at the Ford Amphitheatre). Education: BFA, University of Southern California. PHYLLIS SCHURINGA (Casting Director) Phyllis is in her seventh season as Casting Director at the Geffen Playhouse. Recent plays include: Equivocation, Matthew Modine Saves the Alpacas, Farragut North, The Seafarer, Time Stands Still, By the Waters of Babylon, The Quality of Life, and Third. Prior to the Geffen, Phyllis served as casting director for the Steppenwolf Theatre in Chicago. Her favorites include Frank Galati’s adaptation of The Grapes of Wrath (also La Jolla Playhouse, National Theatre in London, and Broadway, where it received the Tony Award for Best Play), the original production of Steve Martin’s Picasso at the Lapin Agile (and subsequent productions
including Westwood Playhouse and The Briar Street in Chicago), Austin Pendleton’s Orson’s Shadow and Charles L. Mee’s Time to Burn. Broadway transfers include: One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (Tony for Best Revival) and The Song of Jacob Zulu. She teaches auditioning at Steppenwolf West. AMY LEVINSON (Dramaturg) Amy Levinson is the Literary Manager and Dramaturg of the Geffen Playhouse. Her dramaturgy credits at the Geffen Playhouse include The Weir, Looking for Normal, Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks, Under The Blue Sky, Rose and Walsh, Boy Gets Girl, I Just Stopped By To See The Man, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Third, The Quality of Life and Equivocation among others. Also a translator of Yiddish drama, she holds an MFA in Dramaturgy from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, where she taught until 1997. She has worked in literary offices at Hartford Stage and The Mark Taper Forum.
RANDALL ARNEY (Artistic Director) Randall begins his eleventh season as Artistic Director at the Geffen where he has directed The Female of the Species, The Seafarer, Atlanta, David Mamet’s Speed-The-Plow, Arthur Miller’s All My Sons, Richard Greenberg’s Take Me Out, Stephen Jeffreys’ I Just Stopped by to See the Man, Rebecca Gilman’s Boy Gets Girl, David Rambo’s God’s Man in Texas and Conor McPherson’s The Weir. An ensemble member of Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theatre Company in 1984, Arney also acted as the company’s artistic director from 1987 to 1995. Broadway transfers under his leadership include The Rise and Fall of Little Voice, The Song of Jacob Zulu (six Tony Award nominations) and The Grapes of Wrath (Tony Award winner). Arney’s acting credits with Steppenwolf include Born Yesterday, Ghost in the Machine, The Homecoming, Frank’s Wild Years, You Can’t Take It With You, Fool for Love, Coyote Ugly, True West and Balm in Gilead. Film/TV credits include Normal, Weapons of Mass Distraction (both for HBO), Grey’s Anatomy (ABC) and Judging Amy (CBS).
KEN NOVICE (Managing Director) Prior to joining Geffen Playhouse Novice served as Managing Director and Director of External Affairs at Pasadena Playhouse. Prior to that he was Director of Marketing and Public Relations for San Diego’s Tony Award-winning Old Globe Theatre developing marketing and public relations programs for Jack O’Brien’s revival of Damn Yankees, the Tony Award-nominated musical The Full Monty, Henry IV starring John Goodman as well as the Tony-nominated hit Play On! among many others. Novice’s credits also include marketing and public relations with the Tony Award-winning Denver Center Theater Company and New York’s Circle Repertory Company. As Director of Programming for YouthStream Media Networks he developed national marketing and public relations programs for major motion pictures from Columbia Pictures, DreamWorks S. K. G. , Buena Vista Pictures, Paramount Pictures, Fox Broadcasting, 20th Century Fox, MGM, New Line Cinema and Warner Brothers Pictures. He also currently manages Ken Novice Entertainment Marketing, working with such clients as The Salvation Army, Sephra Fountains LLC, and promotional partners including Warner Brothers, American Express and Gelson’s among others. Novice served as Head of Theatre Management for the California State University Long Beach theatre management M. F. A. /M. B. A. degree program and has been a guest lecturer at San Diego State University and the University of California, San Diego. He holds a B. A. from the Pennsylvania State University and an M. B. A. from San Diego State University.
GILBERT CATES (Producing Director) Gilbert Cates is recognized as a leader in television, film and theater. Currently presiding as the Producing Director of the Geffen Playhouse, he is
dedicated to enriching the Los Angeles theatrical spectrum by presenting the finest in contemporary and classical theater. In November 1996, Cates was the recipient of the Jimmy Dolittle Award for Outstanding Contribution to Los Angeles Theater. He received the 1999 Ovation Award for best play for Collected Stories, starring Linda Lavin and Samantha Mathis, which he directed at the Geffen. The accolades for Cates expand into other areas of the entertainment industry. He produced and directed the 1970 film version of the Broadway hit I Never Sang for My Father, starring Melvyn Douglas, Gene Hackman and Estelle Parsons. The movie earned three Academy Award nominations. Cates also directed Joanne Woodward and Sylvia Sidney in the 1973 film Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams, which received two Oscar nominations. Other film directing credits include: The Promise, One Summer Love, The Last Married Couple in America, Oh! God Book II and Backfire. He further distinguished himself as director and/ or producer of a number of television dramatic specials. These include NBC’s 1972 Emmy Award-winning To all My Friends on Shore, starring Bill Cosby, ABC’s 1974 The Affair starring Natalie Wood and Robert Wagner, NBC’s 1975 After the Fall starring Faye Dunaway and Christopher Plummer. Other credits include: Johnny, We Hardly Knew Ye, The Kid from Nowhere, County Gold, Faerie Tale Theater’s Rapunzel and Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Hobson’s Choice, Burning Rage, Consenting Adults, Fatal Judgment, Do You Know the Muffin Man, Call Me Anna, Absolute Strangers, In My Daughter’s Name, and Tom Clancy’s Netforce (Cates directed James Agee’s A Death in the Family for Masterpiece Theater’s American Collection of PBS and Donald Margulies’ Collected Stories for PBS Hollywood Presents). In September 2002, he directed David Eldridge’s Under the Blue Sky for The Geffen Playhouse and directed Cat on a Hot Tin Roof in 2005, the inaugural production in the newly-renovated Geffen Playhouse. In February 2007 he directed Jeffrey Hatcher’s A Picasso in the Audrey Skirball Kenis Theater. He served two terms as President of the Directors Guild of America from 1983 to 1987. In 1989, he received the Guild’s Robert B. Aldrich Award for extraordinary service and, in 1991, he received the DGA’s Honorary Life Membership. He also served as Dean of the UCLA School of Theater Film and Television (which he founded) from 1990—1998. In 2008, Cates produced the 80th Annual Academy Awards show for ABC, his 14th occasion producing the Awards, for which he has already garnered 84 nominations and 17 Emmy Awards. Mr Cates was born in New York City and attended Syracuse University. Married to Dr. Judith Reichman, he has four children, two stepchildren and six grandchildren.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS PRODUCTION STAFF FOR THURGOOD Deck Supervisor Dwayne Barnes Light Board Operator Darren Rezowalli Sound Board Operator James Grabowski Wardrobe Supervisor Leah A. Lewis Properties Supervisor Shannon Dedman Assisant Set Designer Warren Karp Assistant Costume Designer Wade Laboissonniere Assistant Lighting Designer Luamar Cervejeira Assistant Projection Designer and Programmer Shawn Duan Assistant Sound Designer Veronika Vorel ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Scenery provided by TSA inc Lighting Equipment provided by Entertainment Lighting Services Sound Equipment provided by John Sound Inc. SPECIAL THANKS UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television Scene, Prop, Sound and Costume Shops, Alan Wasser Associates, The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Juniper Street Productions, London Cleaners, Peet’s Coffee and Tea, Bill Haber, and John David Ridge UCLA SCHOOL OF THEATER, FILM AND TELEVISION The Geffen Playhouse is affiliated with the University of California at Los Angeles, specifically the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television. The Geffen Playhouse values its role as an important educational resource by providing students with master classes, workshops and internships. Students are also able to work and learn from distinguished visiting Geffen artists such as Donald Margulies, Annette Bening, Terrence McNally, Alan Ayckbourn, David Mamet, David Ives and Jon Robin Baitz in areas of directing, playwriting, acting, design, dramaturgy, management and production. The Geffen Playhouse also draws upon the distinguished experts in the university to enhance the theater’s programs and research. The Actors and Stage Managers employed in this production are members of Actors’ Equity Association; The Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States. The Director is a member of the society of Stage Directors and Choreographers, Inc., an independent national labor union.
The Geffen Playhouse gratefully acknowledges the following media sponsors for their generous support of Thurgood.
The Geffen Playhouse is supported, in part, by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors through the Los Angeles County Arts Commission.
The Geffen Playhouse, a non-profit theater company, is proudly affiliated with the University of California at Los Angeles.
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EDUCATION & OUTREACH
STAGE FOR ANY AGE SATURDAY SCENE
Theater is provocative, and should also be fun! Bring the family to Saturday Scene – special 11am performances of classic theatrical works, music and interactive story telling selected with kids in mind. Visit geffenplayhouse.com/family for more information on the entire season!
SENIORS
The Golden Ticket program combats isolation and promotes social activities among eligible senior groups by providing a lasting theatrical experience: transportation, pre and post-show workshops, comprehensive study guides and social events surrounding outings to Saturday Scene and regular season productions.
COMMUNITY
Community Representatives Engaged in Active Theater Education (CREATE) is an award winning interactive program that guides diverse communities through customized workshops, post-show discussions and free performances. The Geffen Playhouse also proudly serves veterans with free and discounted ticket and workshop programs.
YOUTH
The Geffen Playhouse serves students and youth through school tours, student matinees, Saturday Scene and the Story Pirates creative writing & performance programs. For more, visit geffenplayhouse.com/family.
To learn more about exciting 2010-2011 Education Programming please contact education@geffenplayhouse.com or visit geffenplayhouse.com/family.
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The Geffen Playhouse in association with Daryl Roth presents
an intimate collection of stories written by
Nora Delia Ephron Ephron and
directed by
Jenny Sullivan based on the book by
Ilene Beckerman original new york production directed by
Karen Carpenter
Rotating cast schedules at geffenplayhouse.com ON STAGE AT
THE AUDREY SKIRBALL KENIS THEATER AT THE GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE
SEPTEMBER 7 – OCTOBER 17, 2010 Winner of the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for Drama A West-Coast Premiere Co-Production with the Tony Award Winning Intiman Theatre Lynn Nottage’s Ruined is a powerful portrayal of the triumph of the human spirit in a war-torn country. Guided by music and the rhythm of life in the Congo, Ruined transports us to Mama Nadi’s bar, a small town refuge where intimacy comes at a price. But by creating this uneasy oasis for women who have no place else to go, is Mama a protector or profiteer? Expertly navigating relationships and politics, this remarkable story, rich with humor, hope and humanity, was lauded in numerous critic top 10 lists and extended eight times during its New York run.
EDUCATION SPONSORS
Ruined is a co-production with the Intiman Theatre • KATE WHORISKEY, Artistic Director • BRIAN COLBURN, Managing Director Proudly sponsored by the Edgerton Foundation
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SCENE AT THE GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE Opening Night of Nightmare Alley Sponsored by Los Angeles magazine
The cast of Nightmare Alley joined by Jonathan Brielle (fourth from left), Gil Cates (eighth from left), Kay Cole (front) and Jerry Sternbach (far right)
Coleen Gray, who played Molly in the 1947 film & Sarah Glendening
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Taylor Hackford, Helen Mirren, Fay Mancuso & Chairman of the Board Frank Mancuso
Geffen Playhouse Artistic Director Randall Arney & Playwright Jane Anderson
Gil Cates, Jr., Geffen Playhouse Producing Director Gil Cates & Jonathan Cates
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DONOR SPOTLIGHTS Audi of America has been a wonderful partner to us for many years now. They contribute to our Backstage at the Geffen Gala each year as well as to our education and outreach programs. For Thurgood, Audi of America has been kind enough to become a show sponsor. They will support our Opening Night as well as a variety of other events in relation to the show. We are so grateful to Audi of America for their sponsorship.
Susan Mallory is President, Southern California for Northern Trust. She has been a valued member of the Board of the Geffen Playhouse since July, 2008. In that time she has taken great interest in our Education and Outreach programs. We are grateful to Northern Trust for their donation to Thurgood. This will allow low-income high school students and seniors to come and see a show, which they otherwise wouldn’t have been able to see. Heartfelt gratitude to Susan Mallory and Northern Trust for being the Education sponsor for Thurgood. Northern Trust is a leading provider of investment management, asset and fund administration, fiduciary and banking solutions for corporations, institutions and affluent individuals worldwide. Northern Trust has a growing network of 84 offices domestically and 15 locations worldwide.
Upon learning that our fifth play this season would be Thurgood, Ms. Doss was compelled to contribute to our Education and Outreach Programs. An attorney in Nashville, TN, Thurgood Marshall was a role model of hers and she felt passionate about bringing students from traditionally disadvantaged high schools to the Geffen to experience this extraordinary story of someone whose beginnings were much like theirs. Despite the significant geographical distance between Nashville and Los Angeles, Ms. Doss has maintained constant contact with the Geffen and has even traveled to visit us and learn first hand of the impact of her contribution.
Tremecca Doss
We are amazed and inspired by her willingness to give so much of her time and resources to the Education and Outreach Programs here at the Geffen. PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE P13
LUXURY SPONSORS
THANK YOU TO THE LUXURY BRANDS WHO HAVE SUPPORTED US IN THE 2009-2010 SEASON
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Held May 15th, Playing for Good was a poker tournament at the home of Hank Azaria. Proceeds benefited the Geffen Playhouse’s education and outreach programs and Determined to Succeed, an educational non-profit organization. For more information about the Geffen Playhouse’s programs, visit geffenplayhouse.com. For more information about Determined to Succeed, visit dtsla.org Thank you to our presenting sponsors, Agua Caliente Casino Resort & Spa and Los Angeles Magazine. Special thanks to Hank Azaria and our generous donors and in-kind sponsors. 23rd Street Jewelers Asahi Audi of America Babak Bavarian Katherine Barrese Mike Baxter Peter Benedek Bioque Jonathan Blum Border Grill Truck Robert Broder James L. Brooks Cameron Broumand Ross G. Brown Michael Bunin Jason Calacanis Cliff Cantor Henry Capanna Nick Casavetes Chef Jaydene’s Delectable Creations City National Bank Scott Clarkson Coach Creative Brand Sky Dayton Dawn DeNoon Steven Dubin Rich S. Eisen Jeff Eisfelder Daniel Erickson Dean Factor Bill Fagerbakke Famous Cupcakes Bob Finkelstein Tommy Finkelstein Fit4LA Four Seasons: Maui at Wailea Joseph Francis Fresh Richard Galletti Michael Glasser Tracey Gluck Ian Gomez Perry Green Susan Green Adi Greenberg Jay Gruska
G. David Gundlach Marc Guth Halper Fine Art Eric Handler Michael Hauptman Martha Henderson Grant Heslov Michael Heslov Hilton Moorea Lagoon Resort and Spa Hotel Shangri-la J Crew Joshua Jahnke Jil Sanders Paul Johansson Julie Kavner Keyes Chris King Joe Klemash Krol Vodka Bob Kushnell La Costa Resort and Spa Jon Landau Alan S. Levin Matt Levin Monica Levinson Rodney Liber Kevin Lipton Lodge at Torrey Pines Manny Lopez Malibu Family Wines Joshua Malina Paul Martino Max Mashour Nancy McCabe Patrick McCabe Jeanne McDonald-Powers Mixology Monster Montage Resorts and Spa Jonathan D. Moonves Robert S. Moore John K Murphy Napa Valley Grille Andrew H. Newman Shelley Nichols Chase P. Offield Charles Pacheco Jason Packham Donald S. Passman
Zachary Penn Planet Hollywood Kevin Pollak Pop Chips Mitchell Quaranta Gary Rabin Paris Razaviah B. Razi Readers Fine Jewelry The Resort at Pelican Hill Doug Robinson Loren Rothschild David Rowan Lawrence Rudolph Se San Diego Hotel Eric Semel Mike Sexton Andrew Shack Martin Shafer Lowell Sharron Danelle Sherrod Noah Shore Showtime Networks Inc. JK Simmons Sam Simon Melody Smolkin Sony Pictures Entertainment Spa Ritual Sportsclub LA St. Regis Princeville Bruce Stern Jeff Strauss sugarFISH Alec Sulkin Tengu Vitamin Water Jeff Wagner Ryan Wald Elliot Webb David Weber Westin Kierland Westime William Morris Endeavor Ent. Chris Williams Fred Wolf Michael Yoshino Jacques Youssefmir Bryan Zuriff
For more information or to participate next year, please call the Geffen Playhouse Development department at 310.208.6500. PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE P15
ANNUAL DONORS The Geffen Playhouse recognizes the following individuals and organizations for their generous support of our Annual Fund. Donors are listed at the Associate level and higher for gifts made between January 1, 2009 and May 1, 2010.
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER $25,000+
Anonymous (2) CBS Television Network City National Bank ClearEdge Power Disney Worldwide Services, Inc Edgerton Foundation Herbert M. & Beverly J. Gelfand Adi & Jerry Greenberg Marcia Israel Foundation, Inc. The Dan Hartman Arts & Music Foundation Keyes Automotive Group Latham & Watkins Lincy Foundation Los Angeles County Arts Commission Mona & Karl* Malden Fay & Frank Mancuso Susanna Midnight & Charlie Midnight Gordon & Betty Moore Foundation Napa Valley Grille Northern Trust, NA PricewaterhouseCoopers Qantas Airways Ronen Levy Events Cheryl & Haim Saban, Saban Family Foundation The Edward A. & Ai O Shay Family Foundation Shubert Foundation The Simms/Mann Family Foundation Skirball Foundation Kate Capshaw Spielberg & Steven Spielberg Cynthia P. Stafford Harold & Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust Shel & Cynthia Stone S. Mark Taper Foundation Jodi & Howard Tenenbaum Warner Bros. Entertainment
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Anonymous Audi of America, Inc. Agua Caliente Casino Resort & Spa Don & Vicki Berghoff Bioque Technologies, Inc. Charles A. Black, Jr. Evelyn & Stephen Block Annette Blum Suzanne Deal Booth & David Booth Brotman Foundation of California Eileen & Harold Brown Mark Burnett & Roma Downey Capital Group Companies Stephanie & Jonathan Carson Mary Ann Cloyd Carole Bayer Sager & Robert A. Daly Joseph Drown Foundation Susan & John Ebey Susan & Mark Fleischer Fox Entertainment Group G.E. Foundation Gang, Tyre, Ramer & Brown, Inc. Patty Glaser & Sam Mudie Greater Los Angeles New Car Dealers Association Audrey* & Arthur Greenberg C. Curtis Grisham Leo S. Guthman Fund In Memory of Morrie Hazan HBO Eric & Samantha Heer Glorya Kaufman Sabrina Kay Charitable Foundation Michael Kong & Anastasia Twilley
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Susan & Peter Mallory Ginny Mancini Nancy & Michael McClelland Ron & Kelly Meyer Moss Foundation Occidental Petroleum Corp Lynda & Stewart Resnick Lee & Lawrence J. Ramer Loren Rothschild & Hon. Frances Rothschild Linda Bernstein Rubin & Tony Rubin Fred Specktor & Nancy Heller Judith & Bruce Stern The Vidal Sassoon Foundation Rita Wilson & Tom Hanks Ruth Ziegler
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Jehan F. Agrama & Dwora Fried Jack & Hilary Angelo Mara & Jonathan Blum Citigroup City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs Louis Colen Alexander Conlin Shelley Wike Cranley Danny DeVito & Rhea Perlman Carolyn Dirks Family Tremecca D. Doss Fielding Edlow Joyce Eisenberg-Keefer & Melvin Keefer Priscila Giraldo Joseph B. Gould Foundation Barbara Grenell George Hoag Family Foundation Dorothy & Stanley Hoffman Cindy & Alan Horn Wendell & Bernice Jeffrey Dorothy & Allan Jonas Dora & Neil Kadisha Mannon Kaplan Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth M. Karmin Hope Mineo & Jeffrey Kitchen Sandra Krause & William Fitzgerald Meyer & Renee Luskin Ms. Donna McKenna Morgan Stanley Private Wealth Management Garry Morris & Kent Harrison Hayes Christine Marie Ofiesh Jay D. Roth & Sherry E. Grant Paula & Allan Rudnick Jody & Arthur Schmid DeeAnna Staats Heather Thomas & Skip Brittenham Jon Alon Walz Ruth & Stan Zicklin
EDUCATION ADVOCATE $1,000 - $4,999
Anonymous (2) Harry & Gay Abrams/Abrams Artists Agency Richard A. Ackerman James Adams Aegon Transamerica Foundation Miriam Aguiar AIG Olga S. Alderson In Memory of Jack & Claire Alexander Merryl & David A. Alpert Maurice Amado Foundation Patti & Harlan Amstutz Angel’s Apatow Family Foundation, Inc.
Margaret & Howard Arvey Russ August & Kabat DC & Carol Ann Bakeman Janet & Irwin Barnet Rick & Shelley Bayer Moca Foundation Larry & Julie Blivas In Memory of Maxine Handelman Board of Supervisors County of Los Angeles Pamela & Bill Bohnert Greg & Elizabeth Borrud Brenda & Alan Borstein Paula Brand Kevin & Claudia Bright Carolyn & Gerald Bronstein Robert Brook & Jacqueline Kosecoff Wendy & David Brotman George & Nadine Buck Jolene & Robert Burk Dianne Burnett & Joan Minerva Marlene Canter Chancellor Emeritus Albert Carnesale & Mrs. Robin Carnesale Dr. Fanya Carter & Dr. Harold J. Delchamps CBS Radio Valarie De La Garza & Michael Centeno Martha Chase Laurel & Aaron Clark Dr. Stephen & Trudi Cohen Tami G. Cooper Corday Family Foundation Arline Covell Nancy Cypert In honor of Ed Cypert, Jr. Daedalus Foundation Shirley Lu & Norman Davidson Jennifer & Jeffrey Denker Kevin & Betsy Dill The Dillon Fund Glorya & Wil Dixon Gerald & Sally Ducot William Duncan Rich S. Eisen Dr. & Mrs. Paul Eisenberg Colleen M. Ellis Kevin Watts & Christine Enlow Rebekah & Howard Farber In Loving Memory of Richard C. Field Michael Filerman Eric Flamholtz & Yvonne Randle Burt & Nanette Forester Joan & Charles Fox Steve Freedman Sarah Leonard Fine Jewelers Carol S. Frimmer Kathleen Garfield Harry A. Gilbert Kiki & David Gindler Cherna & Dr. Gary Gitnick Gloria & Peter Gold Barbara Goldenberg Adrienne Grant & Paul Jennings Karen Bobo & Alan Grosbard The Guerin Foundation Dina Merrill & Ted Hartley Mr. & Mrs. William Hellman Harriette Henderson Mel & Faith Henkin Gwen & Arthur Hiller Jim Hliboki & Hildi Snodgrass Jackie & Dr. Irwin Hoffman Bud & Mary Hoffman Roger & Linda Howard Troy Hutchinson Terry & Marc J. Jacoby Steve, Alex & Emma Jaffe Maria & Conrad Janis
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ANNUAL DONORS Thomas L. Safran Richard & Amber Sakai Janet & Hon. Maxwell Hillary Salter Susan & Kenneth Sarno David Schwanke Sempra Energy George Shapiro John J. Shaw Alexandra Sheldon In Memory of Sidney Sheldon Diane Sherman-Smith In Memory of Gordon A. Smith Rita & Jose Sigal Ronald I. Silverman In Memory of Ross Hunter & Jacque Mapes Snyder Family Foundation Mark & Andrea DeWitt Drs. Matthew & Marion Solomon Rita Spiegel Mitch & Sherry Stein Cori Steinberg Richard & Pamela Sterman Joannie Stern Simon Strauss Foundation SunAmerica Jack Sussman Radoslav & Elaine Sutnar Dr. S. Jerome & Judith D. Tamkin Anne C. Taubman & David Boyle John Teeples Audri & Stan Tendler Tengu Dr. Anita F. Thompson David Tillman, MD & Karen Zoller, MD William & Karen Timberlake Transamerica Insurance & Investment Group United Talent Agency Shauna & Daniel Valenzuela Susan & Peter Van Haften Josephine R. Walker Sheila Wasserman In Memory of Sylvia & George Weiner Seth Weissman & Gelena Nayberg Werner Family Foundation Ellie & Tom Wertheimer Alison Whalen & Steven Marenberg Marcia E. Williams Richard & March Wiseley Witt Thomas Harris Productions Elaine & Donald Wolf Mimi & Werner F. Wolfen Karen & Rick Wolfen Ms. Patricia Youngman Young Presidents’ Organization, Inc Andrew & Kimberly Zakanych Ahmet Zappa Fletcher Ozborne Mr. Stanley Zax Ellen & Arnold Zetcher Dayle & Abram Zukor
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Anonymous (2) Constance Abell & Herbert Ehrmann Mr. & Mrs. Norman Abrams Mr. & Mrs. Adamick Dale & Ruth Adams Janis Adams & John Lyons The Adams-Cohen Family Sharon Hulse & Louis Adler Helen & Herb Allen Laura & Harvey Alpert Jan Altemus Irving Anderson In Memory of Tracy L. Axelrod Elizabeth Axelrod Ayres Films, Inc. Gerald Bagg & Pamela Stevens Anne Barry John & Helene Beal Dr. Greg & Sheila Spiro Laurie & Bill Benenson
Walter Bennett Madelyn Bennett & Eric Gibson Aviva Bergman Wendy & John Bergquist Barry R. Bernson Carol J. Bradshaw Barbara & Ray Brogliatti Janet & Mark Brown Howard D. Browne Dr. R.W.G. Bugental Jon Byk Bruce Carr Janet Regina Chapman Barry Charles Terry Conway Anthony & Kim Cookson Debra Colletti & Scott Cooper Ted Cordes Susan Georgine Craig Dr. & Mrs. Earle E. Crandall Valerie & Donald Cravitz Marsha Brown & Michael Crosby Stacy Dalgleish Celeste DeCuir Roberta Delevie Dr. Udayakumar Devasker Tracy Donnell Richard & Lauren Donner Anne Dougherty & David Dobrikin Christophe & Liz Dupin De Saint Cyr Tracy Williams Dr. Helene W. Feldman Abby & Malcolm Field Susan & Mark Fien Marjorie & Arthur Fine Frances & Terry Flanagan Rhonda Frances Mrs. Lorraine Frankel Dottie Frieband Michael Shaw & Janie Fried Franky & Art Friedman Kenneth J. Friedman & Marilynn J. Friedman Family Foundation Douglas C. Frost Peggy N. Furman Lois & Gerald Gallop Sharlene & Sol Galper Charles Gerber Pamela Gerken Elizabeth & Fereydoon Ghaffari Benita & Bert Ginsberg Mr. & Mrs. David Tann Dr. Lee B. Gold & Donna Gold Norman B. Goldberg Marilyn & Allen Golden Irene Goldenberg Peter Goldman Mark & Sharon Goldman Salach Fred & Gale Goldring Abner & Roz Goldstine Elinor Goodman Lori & Robert Goodman Susie & Bruce Goren Gwen Grabb Nancy & Ron Greenberg Alan Greenstadt Michael Gregory Eric Gritzmacher Lance Hagenbuch Louise Halevy & Kenneth Erlich Mary & Alan Halkett Bruce & Martha Hanrahan Tess Harper Dr. & Mrs. Samuel Haveson Penny & Steve Held Murray & Gail Heltzer Hella Hershson Rand Hoffman & Charlotte Robinson Kelley M. Hogan Joseph Horwitz Angel Hovhanessian Marc & Michelle Howard Dorotea Humberstone Gerald Hundert
Anne Ichiuji & Todd Humphrey Lynn Hunt & Margaret Jacob Argentum Photo Lab Teresa & Jerome Kamer Mr. & Mrs. Bernard Kamine Mr. Stephen Kandel Milton Kaplan Anita Karbelnig Harris Katleman Linda & Michael Keston Sarah H. Ketterer Nam Kim & Jeff Kateman Bruce & Laura Klein Ray & Barbara Klostermann Karen & Joe Knott In Loving Memory of Danny Rouzer Frumeh Labow Steve Lappin & Andrea Spyros Jill & Michael Lasky Jeanne & Christopher Lavagnino Ron Lawler Sheelagh Boyd & Larry Layne Joyce Lederer & Family Katie Lee & Brian Finck Burton & Anita Levinson Evelyn & Barry Levitt Joanne Lindsay Tatiana & Howard Lipson Marlene & Sandy Louchheim Dianne Lum The Malins Family Bob & Sue Mallory Elizabeth Marcellino Richard A. Marcus Phyllis Marell In Loving Memory of Ronen Tidhar Jacqueline Mark Barry & Evie Marlin Jeanne McDonald-Powers & Travis McDonald-Powers Anne & Bedford Mcintosh William E. & Marcela H. McKenna Debra Michel Marshall & Shanna Mintz Allan M. Mohrman Jr. Laurie & Chuck Mondrus Arlene M. Monnar Lon Morse & Toni Hollander Morse Michael Mothner Wpromote John & Sandy Murdock Fran Neiman Janice B. Nelsen Sherri Nelson John & Marian Niles Leila & Robert Noel Lance O’Connor Mr. & Mrs. David Ostrove Bob Paris Jo Anne Patterson Tiffany & John Plunkett Philip Pritchett Mr. & Mrs. Howard Privette Gail & Gary Rachelotsky Joan Ransohoff Joyce Reed Rosenberg Mildred Reid Richard Robertson Kathleen & F.D. Rogers Raymond Rogowski Alison Rosenthal Kelli Sager & Steven Rosenwasser Dr. Martin & Lorraine Ross Samantha Roth David Russell & Amy Gordon Susan Sacchi Nancy & Ted Sanborn Karen & Nate Sandler Charlene & Vic Sands Maxine Savitz Malcolm Schneer & Cathy Liu Jane & William Schopf Susan & Peter Schwab Nadya Scott Peggy Y. Shapiro
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Karen & Peter Locke Lori & Tom Low Marcia E. Williams & Gene Lucero Loris & Kory Lunsford Timothy Macker Joseph Maestas & Elaine Grissom Joyce L. Mallean Mary L. Maloney Jeannette & Mervyn Mandelbaum Myrna & Irving Margol Billie Marrow Phyllis & Bert Massing Cecile M. Matzkin Stewart Mayeda Dr. Marie Mazzone & Mr. David Israeli Bill McGill & Mary Anne McCarthy Melinda McCune Laura McGaughey Sean McGhee & Carol Fan Brenda & Michael McNamara Dr. James & Rose Meltzer Marla Messing Jean Midgley Barbara & Fred Miller Teddie J. Milner Bradley Mindlin & Dayna Shulman Janet Moore Sharon & John Morris Forrest & Jody B. Mosten James J. Murphy Diane Namm David Neilan Alex Olivares & Susan Nickerson Robert Noah Burt & Bonnie Noveck O’Hagan Family The Topol-Ostroff Family Edward Parker Tracy Parsons & Keith Grossman John K. Perkins Naidu Permaul Frank J. Pfizenmayer & Josh Brown Beatrice Philips Carol F. Phillips Joy & Gerald Picus Jeanne L. Pocras Gregory Poirier Lily & Rick Pollack David & Lynn Posner Susan Poulson Jennifer & Ron Purisima Elizabeth Ray Sharon L. Reisz Judy L. Richman Ellen Riley Barbara & David Rognlien Janis Rojany Fred & Ronda Rose Ruth & Larry Rosen Nadine & Fred Rosen Jacob & Lilly Rosenberg Linda & Marvin Rosenfeld Lawrence Ross & Linda Nussbaum Lisa M. Rowley Charles & Barbara Rubin Heddy & Ron Safren V.F. Sahl Elaine Carey & Vincent J. Schodolski Jay Evan Schoenfeldt John & Toni Schulman Stephanie & Norman Schulman, M.D. Dr. & Mrs. Jack Schwartz Michele & Peter Serchuk Paul & Mary Jo Shane Estelle Shane & Arthur Gelber Lorelei Shark Madeline Sharples
Renee Sherman W. Robert Shill& Ms. Gerry Sinclair In Memory of Carrie Skaff Dr. Laura Caghan & Mark, Jonah & Sophia Sklan Kellie Slee Dr. & Mrs. Sylvain Smadja Donald Smiley Dr. Jerry & Marci Smith Barbara & Hugh Smith Ronald Smith Marcia L. & Mark J. Smith Trudy Sokol Melvin Spears Debra & Bruce Spector Scot Lucas Spicer Christina & Jeff Spitz Alice Cortez & Richard Spitzer Michael & Victorina Sprout Christopher Stasi M.L. Stearns Donald & Stacey Sternberg Sally Stevens Jane Stiglitz Gloria Stroock-Stern & Leonard Stern Aaron D. Stroud William Stuart Shuli Suman Kayser & Renee Sume John & Eva Sutton Keith Swayne Saundra & Craig Szabo Jesse & Theresa Thorn Pearl Tillipman Cristobal Tostado Joan Townsend Brigitta Troy Marion Tumen Leon & Stephanie Vahn Pia & Steve Vai Erich Van Lowe Dr. David F. Vargas Peter & Carole Wagner Vallianos Eva Wahlroos Herb Wallerstein Shirley Wargon Ernest E. Warsaw Dr. & Mrs. Samuel Waxman Julie & Peter Weil Roberta Weintraub Judy Weirick Josh Weisman Donna & Jason Weiss Marsha & Steven Weiss Elayne & Walter Wentz Cindy Wexler Catherine White Gareth & Patricia Wigan John Willey Linda Wilson David Wilzig Michelle & Steven Windmueller Wirthwhile Fund In Lovng Honor of Miki Lee Susan Woodmansee Karen & Frank Wurtzel Seymour Wynn Mr. & Mrs. Sam Yellen Don & Anna Ylvisaker Joanne & Tom Zaccaro Carol Zelden Willy & Sandy Zwirn
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PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE P19
GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE STAFF Gilbert Cates Producing Director
Randall Arney Artistic Director
Ken Novice Managing Director
ARTISTIC
PRODUCTION
Mary Garrett Artistic Manager Amy Levinson Literary Manager/Dramaturg Heidi Snoe Executive Assistant to the Producing Director Phyllis Schuringa Casting Director & Assistant to the Artistic Director Kristina Leach Literary Associate
Daniel Ionazzi Matthew Carleton Jill Barnes Dwayne Barnes James Grabowski Darren Rezowalli Leah A. Lewis
DEVELOPMENT
COMMUNICATIONS
Regina Miller Development Director Ellen Catania Director of Major Gifts & Corporate/Foundation Partnerships Angela LaManna Annual Fund Manager Jessica Brusilow Associate Director of Donor Relations Ava Bogle Development Assistant Jamie Sherman Development and Events Manager
Allison Rawlings Tyler Tangalin
EDUCATION Debra Pasquerette Education Director Louise Hung Resident Teaching Artist & Education Associate Alex Rogals Education Coordinator
ADMINISTRATION Frankie Ocasio Executive Assistant to the Managing Director Maryam Kermani Staff Accountant Janet Huynh Staff Accountant Maureen Lestelle Human Resources/Benefits Manager Marguerite Harris Receptionist
FACILITIES MANAGEMENT Miguel del Castillo Victor Cueva De Loera Mario Santillan-Perez
Facility Manager Maintenance Custodial
Behnaz Ataee General Manager
Production Manager Technical Director Production Coordinator Assistant Technical Director Sound Master Master Electrician Wardrobe Supervisor
Director of Communications Communications Intern
MARKETING & SALES Joseph Yoshitomi Marketing Director Karen Gutierrez Associate Marketing Director Mark San Filippo Ticket Services Director Ivy Khan Marketing Coordinator Brian Dunning Graphics / Production Artist Stephanie Strand Audience Services & Subscription Manager Paul Millet Group Sales Janice Bernal Associate Box Office Manager Bryan Martin Associate Box Office Manager Janet Huynh Assistant Box Office Manager Korie Benavidez, Audrey Cain, Ariel Goldberg, Scott Kriloff, Richard Martinez, Lilach Mendelovich, Ryan Sandoval, Martin Wurst Box Office Staff Zack Hamra, Rodrigo Perez, Grace Resler, Ben Seay Audience Services
FRONT OF HOUSE Jeni Pearsons Events Coordinator Tyler Tangalin Supervising House Manager Jessica Kummer, Sarah Rosenbloom, Zack Schultz House Managers Abdoulaye N’Gom Head Usher Beth Behrs, Adam Carr, Lindsey Cerny, Tiger Curran, Tommy French, Matt Jones, Sean Jones, Kimberly Legg, Katie Mitchell, Leah Munson, Jonathan Schwartz, Julianne Tveten Ushers
This theater operates under agreement between the League of Resident Theaters and Actors Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers in the United States. The scenic, costume, lighting and sound designers in LORT theaters are represented by United Scenic Artists Local USA-829, IATSE. P20 PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE