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Center Theatre Group
The Sunshine Boys Ahmanson Theatre Sept 24–Nov 3, 2013
Center Theatre Group is Los Angeles’ preeminent non-profit theatre company. On our three stages — the Ahmanson Theatre, the Mark Taper Forum and the Kirk Douglas Theatre — we present the highest quality and broadest range of theatre: groundbreaking new works, explosive productions of the classics and hit Broadway plays and musicals. In the most current seven seasons alone, a total of 131 productions has been selected for presentation, including 30 world premieres. Fifteen productions have gone on to be produced in New York. At the 2006 and 2007 Tony Awards, three CTG productions received a total of 25 nominations, more than any other theatre company in the country.
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The same high standards that we apply to our stages extend to our education programs. Through performances for students, residencies at schools, discount tickets and educational materials, we reach each year over 25,000 young people who would not otherwise experience professional theatre. We are proud to continue our 46-year tradition of contributing to the culture of our city and to the enrichment of the national theatre community, and we are grateful to our subscribers, donors and board whose generous support makes our work possible. Center Theatre Group’s Mission To serve the diverse audiences of Los Angeles by producing and presenting theatre of the highest caliber, by nurturing new artists, by attracting new audiences, and by developing youth outreach and arts education programs.
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Center Theatre Group is a non-profit company that produces worldclass theatre at the Ahmanson Theatre and the Mark Taper Forum at the Music Center of Los Angeles, and the Kirk Douglas Theatre in Culver City.
Audience Services: 213.628.2772 Ticketing, subscriptions, full customer service including lost ticket replacement, ticket donations, Passport memberships, information about upcoming productions or events, and hotel and restaurant recommendations. Telephone hours: Monday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Tuesday through Friday 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., Saturday noon to 8 p.m., and Sunday 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Except major holidays. Walk-Up Box Office Hours The central box office for Center Theatre Group is located in front of the Ahmanson Theatre at the Music Center. There are remote box offices located at the Taper and the Douglas which are open two hours before performances. CTG’s central box office is open Tuesday through Saturday from noon to 8 p.m., Sunday from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., and is closed on Monday. Receive Breaking News at CenterTheatreGroup.org Open all day, all night. Online ticketing plus information about upcoming productions, advance copies of the program and study guides, downtown restaurants, sponsorship programs, special community activities, and much more. Join our email list for special advance offers, featured restaurants and breaking news.
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Season Tickets: 213.972.4444 Season tickets are available for the 2013-2014 seasons. Subscribers are assigned seats before tickets are released for sale to the general public. Plus, whenever special events are announced at any of our theatres, subscribers have first offer for tickets with NO service or convenience fees.
C. Kelly Wright and Joshua Henry in the The Scottsboro Boys.
Group and Corporate Services 213.972.8075 Discounts are available for groups of 10-15 or more. We also offer a variety of corporate employee/client ticket programs. Enjoy VIP service for theatre receptions, fundraisers and tour groups. We provide flexible payment options and access to purchase tickets before single tickets go on sale to the general public. Hot Tix CTG has a comprehensive and convenient discount ticket program called Hot Tix, which offers a $20 ticket to the general public. Hot Tix can be obtained in two ways. Beginning three weeks prior to the first performance of each production, purchases can be made by phone or in person at CTG’s central box office. Cash or credit card will be accepted. Secondly, and subject to availability, Hot Tix may be purchased on the day of performance at the central box office or two hours before the performance at the Taper or the Douglas (no checks). In both cases, tickets are limited to two per household. For further information about Hot Tix, please call 213.628.2772 or visit CenterTheatreGroup.org. Young Children and Babies Children under age six are not admitted, unless the production is advertised for younger audiences. Regardless of age, everyone must have a ticket and be able to sit quietly throughout the performance. Babes in arms are not admitted.
Donations Center Theatre Group is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that supports the Mark Taper Forum, Ahmanson Theatre and the Kirk Douglas Theatre. For further information, call 213.972.7368. Gift Certificates: 213.628.2772 Available in any amount. They’re perfect for friends, employee recognition and special occasions. Choose a complimentary card for “Happy Birthday,” “Happy Anniversary,” “Season’s Greetings,” “Congratulations” or “In Appreciation.” Taper and Douglas Stage Talks Lively post-show discussions, led by staff who are often joined by members of the cast, are held on selected evening performances. Call Audience Services at 213.628.2772 or visit CenterTheatreGroup.org for a complete schedule. Late Seating To minimize disruption, patrons not seated when the performance begins will be asked to watch the lobby monitor until an appropriate break in the performance. Latecomers may also be given alternate seats until intermission. Fragrances Please refrain from wearing strong perfumes and cologne. Many people are allergic to heavy scents. Special Access Assisted listening devices for persons with limited hearing are available in the lobby at no charge. Accommodations are available for persons in wheelchairs and their companions for all performances. Specific dates are available for American Sign Language interpretation and Audio Description for deaf, hard of hearing, blind and low-vision patrons. Open Captioning for blind and low-vision patrons is available for specific dates at the Ahmanson Theatre and is provided by a generous anonymous Artistic Director’s Circle gift. Call 213.628.2772 or TDD 213.680.4017 or visit CenterTheatreGroup.org/ProjectDate. Photographs and Recordings Flash photography can be dangerous to performers and is very distracting to audiences. Photography and any other type of recording device are unlawful, unless authorized by Center Theatre Group. Your use of a ticket constitutes acknowledgement of willingness to appear in authorized photographs and video in public areas of the Music Center and the Kirk Douglas Theatre and releases Center Theatre Group, the Music Center and all others from liability resulting from the use of such photographs. First Aid In case of injury or illness, please see an usher. Lost and Found For the Ahmanson and the Taper, please contact one of our head ushers after the performance or contact the Lost and Found clerk at 213.972.2600. At the Douglas, contact the Performance Manager at 213.972.4435. Center Theatre Group
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Stein Family Foundation Supports Theatre for Social Justice For Center Theatre Group donor Judie Stein, director of the Stein Family Foundation, theatre is best when it fights for social justice and awareness. It’s no surprise, then, that Judie has lent her support to The Scottsboro Boys, the second CTG production so distinguished. The foundation previously endorsed Parade, the musical based on the true story of the lynching of Leo Frank, a Jewish factory manager in Atlanta. Like Parade, The Scottsboro Boys draws its inspiration from a shameful travesty in American history to create a brilliant, unsettling and provocative piece of musical entertainment. Judie believes good theatre should entertain audiences — uniquely, thrillingly and unexpectedly. In her view, a play becomes memorable and significant when it inspires the highest instincts and greatest insights, while rousing audiences with its music. Judie Stein.
Judie’s love for this kind of special entertainment has informed her long and varied career in the arts, including performing and creating for theatre, film and television. She is also a devoted advocate for animal rights and a leadership partner for The Humane Society’s Equine Protection Department. Judie dedicates her support for this production of The Scottsboro Boys to the memory of her parents and her husband, Dr. Ira Friedman, who shared this passion for social justice. n
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Saturday evening, October 26, 2013 Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel For more information, call Mandi Or at 213.972.7620. All proceeds from this event support the Education and Community Partnerships programs at Center Theatre Group.
Special Thanks to Artistic Director’s Circle Members for Supporting CTG The Artistic Director’s Circle, founded by Brindell and Milton Gottlieb, is comprised of individuals supporting specific areas of Michael Ritchie’s artistic vision for Center Theatre Group. The following individuals have made commitments of $100,000 and above. (Donors listed as of May 31, 2013)
Emerald Circle Kirk & Anne Douglas Brindell Roberts Gottlieb Laura & James Rosenwald & Orinocco Foundation Eva & Marc Stern Ruby Circle Jeanette Shammas Sapphire Circle Anonymous Debra & Norris Bishton Louise & Brad Edgerton Lloyd E. Rigler – Lawrence E. Deutsch Foundation Diamond Circle Judith & Thomas Beckmen Margaret M. Bloomfield Erica & Vin Di Bona Ruth Flinkman-Marandy & Ben Marandy Kiki & David Gindler In Memory of Morris A. Hazan June & Gareth Hughes Eileen & Ken Kaplan Alice Mathias Donna McKenna Dale S. & Shideh Miller Nancy & Jack Mishkin Jerri & Dr. Steven Nagelberg Timothy A. Regler Maggy & Jack Simon Judie Stein and Stein Family Foundation Sue Tsao Sheila & Wally Weisman Misty Widelitz Donors who have made additional gifts to Center Theatre Group’s Endowment.
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The Space Between Audience and Artist “Most of all, what excites me about this gesture is that these patrons felt the urge to reach out through the very space between audience and artist, to communicate their belief in us, all for a story and a production they want to see succeed.” —Marco Ramirez
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Ramirez, Joni and Miles Benickes.
It takes a village to produce a play, says playwright Marco Ramirez, and his new work, The Royale, has been no exception. The production premiered at the Kirk Douglas Theatre in May, culminating a partnership between Ramirez and Center Theatre Group that began in 2010, when he joined CTG’s Writers’ Workshop.
Kelley Kirkpatrick, associate artistic director and producer for The Royale, immediately shared the good news with Ramirez, who was moved by the Benickes’ gift.
“It might come as a surprise,” Ramirez says, “but in most productions, an American playwright also has to worry about everyday practical concerns, from fundraising to finding a performance space to painting sets. But because CTG has such an amazing infrastructure, I can leave the producing to trained producers and the set construction to people who know what the heck they are doing.”
“Once in a while, you’re given a real gift, something above and beyond a positive audience reaction. … I’ll always remember the confused sixth-grader who told me I couldn’t have written a play, because plays are supposed to be boring. I’ll remember the woman in the audience who blurted out, ‘No!’ when a character onstage made a wrong but inevitable decision. And I’ll remember when Kelley informed me that some enthusiastic patrons offered to help The Royale any way they could.”
This support allowed Ramirez to focus his energy entirely on the script, a gift he says he does not take for granted. “If the play is any good, I’ll gladly take a bit of the credit, but I also owe thanks to the many brilliant minds at work at CTG. Their diligent work has made it easier to refinish, rewrite and mount this thing.”
A writer, he says, often works in solitude, and knowing his efforts resonate with others feels very gratifying.
For the Benickes, giving generously to the theatre and this production in particular is not only about giving back to an art form that has enriched their lives for decades, but also about ensuring the future of theatre and its vital impact in our community.
In February, the village behind The Royale reaped the benefits of this collaborative spirit after the play’s first public reading. Among the attendees were Joni and Miles Benickes, co-chairs for the Artists & Educators Forum, a group of donors who make generous commitments to CTG’s education and new play development programs.
“Our daughter, Erika, has branded us ‘CTG’: Compulsive Theatre-Goers,” Joni says. “And it’s true. For us, nothing compares to the thrill of seeing live performance in an art form that helps us better understand our world and ourselves.
A few days after the reading, the pair told CTG the play impressed and inspired them. They offered to provide additional support to the production.
“And Marco Ramirez is right,” she continues. “It takes a village to make that thrill possible. We are honored to be a part of that village.” n
“Helping CTG fulfill its commitment to presenting new work is a large part of what attracted us to the Artists & Educators Forum,” Miles says. “Providing support to a play like The Royale and the work of Marco Ramirez is a privilege.”
If you are interested in directly supporting a CTG production or program, contact Major Gifts Officer Becky Birdsong at 213.972.7532, or email her at bbirdsong@CenterTheatreGroup.org.
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Volunteer Murray Heltzer Motivated by Lifelong Love for Theatre Murray Heltzer grew up in the Bronx and moved to Los Angeles at 14. A “frustrated song and dance man,” he says his early exposure to Broadway productions hooked him for life. The memory of riding the New York subway, coming up to the sidewalk, and entering the spectacular expanse of a Broadway theatre to see High Button Shoes still lights up his face many decades later.
“I’ve been a subscriber almost as long as I’ve been married.” Murray met his wife, Gail, in ninth grade. They were married after graduating from UCLA and will be happily celebrating their 49th anniversary in June. The couple shares an appreciation for the arts with their family: their daughter, Dena, and son-in-law, Jay; their son, Jay, and daughter-in-law, Fatima; and their grandchildren, Max and Zeki.
Gail and Murray Heltzer.
“Volunteering with CTG gives me an opportunity to give back to something that has given me joy over the years.”
The day after Murray retired last year, he called Center Theatre Group’s deputy director of development, Patrick Owen, to discuss volunteering at CTG. As longtime subscribers and donors, Murray and Gail have met several CTG staff members and artists at the organization’s events over the years. These opportunities, he says, allowed him to see the impact of his support firsthand, and he was eager to do more. Since that phone call, Murray has become a member of CTG’s development team, bringing more than 50 years of legal and financial industry experience to his role as an administrative volunteer, and assisting staff with a variety of donor cultivation activities. His professional and positive demeanor is a welcome and valuable presence in our offices, where his appreciation and understanding of the current theatre landscape is quite evident. When asked about recent memorable theatre experiences, he said he enjoyed CTG’s production of Tribes, particularly its inventive use of the stage and its projections with words and images. What excites him most, however, is seeing new plays and new voices brought to the stage in Los Angeles.
“There are just so many young, good writers.” Though a classic Broadway musical sparked his love of live theatre, his appetite for new work and his positive outlook on the future of the theatrical form deeply inspires all of us at CTG. n
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Exclusive Donor Trips
Jet to the UK With the Cool Kids! August 14-24, 2013 Chaired by CTG Board Member Sue Tsao Don’t be stuck in the middle of August wondering why you aren’t seeing cutting-edge theatre, dining onboard The Royal Yacht Britannia, or getting fitted for an authentic Scottish kilt! Join Center Theatre Group Artistic Director Michael Ritchie and his wife, actress Kate Burton, along with a small group of donors led by CTG Board member Sue Tsao, for the coolest trip you’ll take this year. After a welcome dinner aboard the Royal Yacht Britannia, you will spend seven nights in Edinburgh taking in more than 13 performances at the Fringe and International festivals, dining and conversing with festival insiders, and taking a daytrip to an 18th-century estate. After that, it’s off to London for three days of exclusive experiences, shows and cultural activities. Experience Edinburgh and London like theatre royalty, with fivestar accommodations, a private tour of the National Theatre and conversations with the brightest minds in the U.K. theatre world. So mark your calendar, check your passport, charge your camera, and contact Charity Wu at 213.972.3139 or cwu@CenterTheatreGroup.org to secure your spot today!
Why travel to the theatre when you can travel with the theatre?
Hit the High Seas With Michael and Kate! November 2-16, 2013
From Monroe to Gleason to Burton, Crystal Cruises rolls out the red carpet for its Film and Theatre voyage, presented in partnership with Center Theatre Group. Artistic Director Michael Ritchie and his wife, actress Kate Burton, share insider show business tales on this one-of-a-kind trip, tailor-made for film and theatre enthusiasts! Sail from New York to Miami aboard the Crystal Symphony, with stops in Baltimore, Charleston, Savannah, Jacksonville, Turks and Caicos Islands, Curaçao and Aruba, plus a full itinerary of show-stopping entertainment. A few of the highlights: Susan Griffiths, an internationally acclaimed Marilyn Monroe tribute artist, brings her uncanny talent to the sea with her new cabaret show, Marilyn – Memories, Music and Magic.
Crystal fan-favorite Jim Brochu returns with Character Man, his newest tribute to some of Broadway’s greatest character actors, including Jackie Gleason and Zero Mostel.
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Chaired by Inner Circle Ambassadors Cathy and Wes Schaefer
Artistic Director Michael Ritchie and actress Kate Burton.
L.A.’s Troubadour Theater Company performs multiple commedia dell’arte productions onboard, including a satirical Shakespeare-meets-disco musical theatre performance of A Midsummer Saturday Night’s Fever Dream.
For more information, contact Deborah Deming at Frosch Classic Cruise and Travel at 800.688.8500, or visit LuxuryCruiseExperts.com/CTG.
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back row, l to r: Miles Benickes, Becky Birdsong and Elliott Sernel. front row, l to r: Joni Benickes, event host Vicki King, Larry Falconio and Mandi Or.
Director Phylicia Rashad discusses August Wilson’s work.
Phylicia Rashad Discovers the Heart of an August Wilson Masterpiece Director Phylicia Rashad’s marathon day of rehearsal would end at midnight — just one more in her deepening relationship with August Wilson’s work. In a few short days, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone would begin previews before opening to critical acclaim at the Mark Taper Forum, but for now the focus was on the playwright: his lyrical language and his unique understanding of the human soul in all its complex variations. Rashad was speaking to Center Theatre Group donors during her dinner break at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, where the company of Joe Turner had ventured to meet their patrons. Hosted by Artists & Educators Forum member Vicki King, the event celebrated Wilson’s legacy — his 10-play Century Cycle chronicling AfricanAmerican life in the 1900s. This achievement, Rashad said, earned Wilson the sort of reverence typically reserved for Shakespeare or the Greeks.
“I had seen productions of this play before, but when I began to read it, just putting everything else out of my mind, I could hardly get through the first few pages,” Rashad said. “I laughed so hard I thought I must be getting this wrong.” But playing Aunt Ester in Gem of the Ocean taught her firsthand that Wilson’s moves as a writer were always intentional.
“Every day is a discovery for us — certainly for me — about this play, about what it is, and what it holds …”
“When we talk about contemporary playwrights, it’s ‘you know, the actors can do a little ad lib here, a little breath or run over there.’ You don’t want to do that with this writing. If a word is dropped, if a word is changed, even if the audience doesn’t know it, you feel it … there was something that was missing.”
With the ultimate goal of honoring Wilson’s timeless language, Rashad began rehearsals determined to let her amazing company of actors and the perfect script become her “teachers.” Together, they learned about the Great Migration of the early 20th century, when many African-Americans traveled north searching for opportunity and a place where they could live, laugh and love with dignity. In Joe Turner, these journeys converge at the Holly boardinghouse, where Wilson’s characters reveal themselves through layers of pathos and unexpected humor.
“He would come into the rehearsal room, and he would sit very, very quietly, and he would close his eyes,” Rashad said. “It would look like he was sleeping, but he wasn’t. … He was listening. And then the next day he’d come back in … and a passage that had been two pages long would be condensed to a phrase, and within that phrase there would be the entire experience of what had been written in two pages the day before. It was amazing.” Rashad encouraged her cast to lose themselves in Wilson’s poetic text, which in her view perfectly captured the rhythms of his characters’ hearts. When you fall into his rhythms, she said, the character becomes real, and “acting” goes away.
“Every day is a discovery for us — certainly for me — about this play, about what it is, and what it holds … how it sings and how it dances,” she said. “But always, beneath all of these things, is coming to understand in a clearer fashion the playwright’s intention. That is manna from heaven.”
Center Theatre Group is grateful to Artists & Educators Forum member Vicki King for making this memorable event possible and to the company of Joe Turner’s Come and Gone for sharing this experience with our donors. n
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The 2013 Theatre Educator Fellows: Juan Carrillo, Elizabeth Rubino, Melissa Weber Bales, David Levine and Alicia Wollerton.
CTG Honors 5 Innovative Theatre Educators Center Theatre Group donors gathered May 8 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion to celebrate the opening of Joe Turner’s Come and Gone and five extraordinary Los Angeles teachers. CTG Board member Diane Morton and Stan Fineman.
CTG’s director of Education and Community Partnerships, Leslie K. Johnson, introduced guests to the 2013 Theatre Educator Fellows, who will each receive a stipend that supports their professional development and artistic revitalization. This year’s honorees — Alicia Wollerton, David Levine, Elizabeth Rubino, Juan Carrillo and Melissa Weber Bales — will each receive up to $5,000 to explore how theatre might help students achieve academic goals, whether using sketch comedy to reduce bullying or rehearsal techniques to teach dramatic literature.
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Dorothy Mason, CTG Corporate Circle member Aja Elyce Baker and April Blue.
The educators each received trophies commemorating their achievement. The director of Joe Turner, Phylicia Rashad, then made a surprise appearance to discuss the show and her personal connection to August Wilson’s work. She acknowledged the five educators for their important role in bringing arts education to their students. “I began my experience in theatre as a child in the public schools of Houston, Texas, because of people just like the ones you’ve honored here tonight,” she said. After Rashad’s moving remarks, donors walked to the Mark Taper Forum to see the opening performance of this iconic drama.
CTG Inner Circle members James and Roberta Vigneau.
Theatre Educator Fellowships are made possible by a generous grant from Chase. To learn more about the program, visit CenterTheatreGroup.org/ Fellowships, or call 213.972.7020. n
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Rainbow Cast Adds Color to Artistic Director’s Circle Event On Sunday, April 7, visitors to Maggy and Jack Simon’s home found their own special pot of gold when the End of the Rainbow cast dropped by to meet members of Center Theatre Group’s Artistic Director’s Circle. Donors and performers mingled throughout the late spring afternoon, enjoying tray-passed hors d’oeuvres and a live band playing outdoors. Maggy and Jack Simon chat with Tracie Bennett after she gives an impromptu performance at their home.
They later moved to a tented setting, where the cast, including understudies, participated in a talkback with CTG Artistic Director Michael Ritchie. Ritchie began by explaining that End of the Rainbow wasn’t initially a story about Judy Garland. Tracie Bennett, who had worked in repertory theatre for 30 years, had auditioned for a play about an aging musical theatre artist who had difficulty performing. “The audience kept saying that there was a Judy Garland thing that was echoing within them,” Bennett said, as she explained how the audience’s reaction helped shape the production.
Michael Ritchie with Artistic Director’s Circle members Laura and Jamie Rosenwald.
As the Los Angeles cast began rehearsal, they acknowledged that their reactions to the evolving script weren’t immediately positive. “I discovered that there’s something about it that works better onstage than on the page,” said Michael Cumpsty, who played Anthony. “There is something about it that transcends the page purely in terms of its dramatic structure.” Later in the evening, the discussion explored how audiences received End of the Rainbow in different cities. “In England, we don’t have legends and icons like you do,” Bennett said. “This show was in England with an all-English cast … you didn’t get the Jersey thing. How would they know?” The cast agreed that Los Angeles audiences seemed to understand the production best. The evening concluded with hostess Maggy Simon and Tracie Bennett singing a duet of Barbra Streisand and Judy Garland’s unforgettable performance of “Get Happy” and “Happy Days Are Here Again.” n
Brindell Roberts Gotllieb and Tim Regler shine at their red carpet entrance at the April 7 event.
This Artistic Director’s Circle event was unique in that every cast member, including understudies, attended the event. Several of the cast shared their opinions about the importance of the understudy. “A lot of the job consists of sitting on your ass reading books. But when someone is sick, god forbid … you have to kick it into gear and be ready to perform,” said Gregory Linington, understudy for the role of Mickey Deans.
“They are the unsung heroes. They really are. … It means everything to us to know that it’s safe in their hands,” said Tracie Bennett. “Michael’s role is really difficult because he really gives two performances. He has a performance that he is speaking with Tracie and he has a performance at the piano. … I’ve had to learn what he learns in addition to what he says at the piano. It’s been a healthy and fun challenge,” said Mark Capri, understudy for Anthony.
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CEnter Theatre Group Board of Directors 2012/2013 Officers
chairman Martin Massman president William H. Ahmanson vice president Ava Fries secretary Amy R. Forbes assistant secretary Susan Grode treasurer Dr. Steven Nagelberg board members Dean V. Ambrose Pamela Beck Norris J. Bishton, Jr. Howard Bragman Diana Buckhantz Dannielle Campos Ramirez Joseph C. Carieri Marcy Carsey Nancy de Brier Cástulo de la Rocha Vin Di Bona Dante Di Loreto Frances Flanagan Barbara Fodor Eric R. Garen Kiki Ramos Gindler Patricia Glaser Brindell Roberts Gottlieb Aliza Karney Guren Tim Hanlon Stephen F. Hinchliffe, Jr. Darell L. Krasnoff Lucy M. Labruzzo Jennifer Altfeld Landau Carol Mancino Antonio Manning Dale S. Miller Walter Mirisch Jo Muse Edward B. Nahmias Diane Neubauer Edward L. Rada Bill Resnick Michael Ritchie Laura Rosenwald Bruce L. Ross Dan Sernett Cheryl A. Shepherd Eva Stern Sue Tsao
emeritus Harold Applebaum Ronald J. Arnault Judith Beckmen Gordon Davidson Phyllis Hennigan Leonard Hirshan Richard Kagan Nancy Olson Livingston O. Kit Lokey Diane Morton past presidents Lew R. Wasserman† Marshall Berges† Armand S. Deutsch† Walter Mirisch Henry C. Rogers† Richard E. Sherwood† J. David Haft† Lawrence J. Ramer† Stephen F. Hinchliffe, Jr. Phyllis Hennigan Richard Kagan Martin Massman
Carlo Albán.
Marylouise Burke.
Marin Ireland.
Tom Irwin.
photos by craig schwartz.
honorary chairman Lew R. Wasserman†
l to r: Playwright Bruce Norris, director Anna D. Shapiro and CTG Artistic Director Michael Ritchie at the first rehearsal of A Parallelogram.
†Deceased
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CARLO ALBÁN
MARYLOUISE BURKE
MARIN IRELAND
TOM IRWIN
scenic design
costume design
lighting design
TODD ROSENTHAL
ALEX JAEGER
JAMES F. INGALLS
sound design
original casting
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ROB MILBURN & MICHAEL BODEEN
ERICA DANIELS, csa
ERIKA SELLIN, csa MARK B. SIMON, csa
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production stage manager
associate artistic director
JOY MEADS
DAVID S. FRANKLIN
NEEL KELLER
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Anna D. Shapiro A Parallelogram was commissioned by and its world premiere presented at steppenwolf theatre Company, Chicago, iL — Martha Lavey, artistic Director and David hawkanson, Executive Director.
July 10 – august 18, 2013 Mark taper forum
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CAST (in alphabetical order)
JJ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CARLO ALBÁN Bee 2, Bee 3, Bee 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MARYLOUISE BURKE Bee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MARIN IRELAND Jay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TOM IRWIN UNDERSTUDIES Understudies never substitute for the listed players unless a specific posting or announcement is made at the time of the performance.
For JJ – MAYNOR ALVARADO For Jay – ROBERT M. FOSTER For Bee – KRISTINA JOHNSON For Bee 2, Bee 3, Bee 4 – EILEEN T’KAYE STAGE MANAGER
MICHELLE BLAIR
photo by craig schwartz.
A Parallelogram will be performed with one intermission.
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Carlo Albán, Tom Irwin, Marin Ireland and Marylouise Burke.
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When Opposites Create An Interview with Anna D. Shapiro by Lynne Heffley
“If you knew in advance exactly what was going to happen in your life, and how everything was going to turn out, and if you knew you couldn’t do anything to change it, would you still want to go on with your life?” —Bee, in A Parallelogram by Bruce Norris
in the darkly comic environs
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of his domestic drama A Parallelogram, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Bruce Norris (Clybourne Park) raises large questions about the reality that we create for ourselves in order to live our lives, and about our vulnerability to cracks in that reality. Is Bee, the young woman in Norris’ play, truly receiving visitations and visions from a foreboding future? If so, can she change her destiny and live with the far-reaching consequences? Or is something entirely different going on?
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Playwright Bruce Norris and director Anna D. Shapiro.
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The answers won’t be given away here. Audience members must decipher the signposts for themselves in this head-spinning narrative, written by a playwright known for the ferocity and wit of his politically incorrect subject matter — racism, child abuse, hypocrisy on the right and the left, the base truths that lurk beneath society’s civilized veneer. (“There are no pure acts, no altruistic gestures, and certainly no heroes in Norris’s theatrical world,” wrote Tony Adler in Chicago magazine. “He is the bard of unintended consequences — every attempt to do right becomes its own punishment and nobody but nobody comes away untainted.”)
“You tend to get that label if you’re writing about the people who are sitting in the audience — writing about them, rather than for them,” she said. Not that Norris spares himself from his expertly incised societal exposés. He is “very aware of who his audience is,” Shapiro says. “And he is a member of that audience.” A Parallelogram, with its unsettling view of existence, can be seen as something of a departure, however, in part, because unlike Norris’ previous social satires, A Parallelogram is “more about love, than life and death,” Shapiro said.
Shapiro has been the apparent yin to Norris’ yang.
Norris’ work has been presented at the Mark Taper Forum, Playwrights Horizons, Lookingglass Theatre, Woolly Mammoth Theatre, Staatstheater Mainz
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“Provocateur” is an apt description of Norris’ role as playwright, said Anna D. Shapiro, who directed the 2010 premiere run of A Parallelogram at noted Chicago-based theatre company Steppenwolf, and who is helming Center Theatre Group’s current remounting of the play at the Mark Taper Forum.
“So much of what happens in Parallelogram is about human foibles around love and wanting to be good and do right. I think everyone can identify with that. And watching stuff fail,” she added, “can sometimes be just as funny as it is heartbreaking.”
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Brendan Griffin, Damon Gupton, Annie Parisse, Crystal A. Dickinson and Jeremy Shamos in Bruce Norris’ Clybourne Park at the Taper.
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“… there’s nothing wrong with a good dust up here and there … And because Bruce and I are really different as human beings, that’s when we have the most fertile and interesting and sometimes volatile conversations.” — Anna D. Shapiro
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Jeremy Shamos, Damon Gupton and Crystal A. Dickinson in Bruce Norris’ Clybourne Park at the Taper.
and at other theatres in the United States and Europe, but Steppenwolf is the mother ship. Most of Norris’ plays — The Infidel, Purple Heart, We All Went Down to Amsterdam, The Pain and the Itch, The Unmentionables and A Parallelogram — have premiered there. Shapiro directed nearly all of them. (Norris’ Pulitzer, Tony and Olivier-winning Clybourne Park came to the Mark Taper Forum in 2011 after its off-Broadway premiere at Playwrights Horizons and before its Broadway run. Los Angeles Times theatre critic Charles McNulty called that skewering of middle class race relations, a “smart, abrasively funny and fiendishly provocative play.”) A Steppenwolf ensemble member who won the 2008 Tony Award for her direction of the company’s production of Tracy Letts’ August: Osage County, and who heads the Graduate Directing program at Northwestern University, Shapiro has been the
apparent yin to Norris’ yang. Her close creative partnership with Norris began in 1995 when she founded Steppenwolf’s New Play Lab, where Norris “kind of relaunched himself” as a playwright, she said. Norris’ vocabulary as a playwright “is getting ever wider, and that’s exciting,” Shapiro said, “because he has great and interesting ideas and I like watching him apply them to different scenarios.” Encompassing Norris’ hallmark linguistic twists and turns, those scenarios are notably varied. In addition to Clybourne Park’s satiric riff on Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun and A Parallelogram’s time-bending construct, they include, in part, exploitation and illusory American benevolence in small-town Africa (The Unmentionables), a family’s unspeakable secrets (the controversial The Pain and the Itch) and a dissection of love and loss with a razor edge (Purple Heart).
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August: Osage County, directed by Anna D. Shapiro, at the Ahmanson Theatre.
Whatever the subject matter, getting a Norris play from the page to the stage can be challenging for a director, Shapiro said, referring to the playwright’s active involvement in the rehearsal process. “A lot of the time, a director might be anxious about having the writer in the room because it messes with their authority,” she said. “And in a certain sense it does…and it should. Because the original voice matters and that should be part of the conversation. Once we have figured out through that conversation what [Norris is] trying to do,” she said, “the arc of rehearsal is usually conversations about what does that thing better. “The dust ups — and there’s nothing wrong with a good dust up here and there,” Shapiro said, “are about what accomplishes that better, what human behavior tells the audience that story better. And because Bruce and I are really different as human beings, that’s when we have the most fertile and interesting and sometimes volatile conversations.”
(“Oh, you can’t shut me up. I’m like a secondary director,” said Norris in an interview with American Conservatory Theater artistic associate Beatrice Basso, reposted by Theatre Communications Group. Because of his work with Shapiro, he said, “I just got very comfortable shooting my mouth off in rehearsals.”) A Norris play can present unusual challenges for actors as well, and that is true of A Parallelogram, with its wild, loop-de-loop, existentialist narrative. “Gosh, yes,” Shapiro said. “All of his plays have a challenging rhythm.” Usually, she said, when an actor looks at a script and sees “a large block of language that belongs to them, it means ‘I start in one place and end up in a different place.’” In a Norris play, she said, a character can start in one place and take “a very long circuitous route all the way back to the place they started, as lost as they were when they began.”
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“A lot of the time, a director might be anxious about having the writer in the room because it messes with their authority. And in a certain sense it does… and it should.” — Anna D. Shapiro
Norris uses language “to communicate paralysis,” Shapiro observed. “Most dramatists use language to communicate motion. And that is just a really, really different way to use your muscles as an actor. It can be maddening until you figure it out.” What resonates with Shapiro most keenly in Norris’ plays, “what makes me want to come back,” she said, is that like the fiercely observant playwright, Shapiro is intrigued by the “kind of emotional paralysis” that Norris explores, and by his recurring themes that echo her own interest in “who we say we are, versus what we actually do.
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“I’m interested in the genuine crises and pain that that contradiction engenders in people and in a society,” Shapiro said, “and I think that I like being in a world where those questions and contradictions are being pressed.” Premiere productions of two more Norris plays are slated for this year: The Low Road at the Royal Court Theatre in London and Domesticated at Lincoln Center Theater. l to r:
Marin Ireland and Marylouise Burke.
—Lynne Heffley is a Los Angeles-based freelance writer and editor.
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Who’s Who CARLO ALBÁN ( JJ). CTG: Lydia. New York: Pinkolandia (Intar), A Small Melodramatic Story (Labyrinth), References to Salvador Dalí Make Me Hot (NYSF/Public Theater), Intríngulis (writer/performer: Labyrinth and Intar), Alice in Slasherland and Living Dead in Denmark (Vampire Cowboys), Flipzoids (Ma-Yi). Regional: Lydia (Denver, Yale), Hurricane (Asolo Rep.), All About Us (Westport), Dreamlandia (DTC), Ice Glen (Florida Stage), Night of the Iguana (Guthrie), Intríngulis (Southern Rep, Red House). TV: Sesame Street, Law & Order, Touched by an Angel, Oz, Thicker Than Blood, Prison Break, Criminal Justice, Girls. Film: Hurricane Streets, Hi Life, The Tavern, Strangers With Candy, Life Support, 21 Grams, Whip It, Margaret. MARYLOUISE BURKE (Bee 2, Bee 3, Bee 4). Broadway: Into the Woods, Inherit the Wind, Is He Dead? Off-Broadway: Fuddy Meers (Drama Desk Award), Kimberly Akimbo (Drama Desk nomination) and Wonder of the World (Manhattan Theatre Club); American Sligo (Rattlestick); Love, Loss, and What I Wore (Westside Theatre); The Oldest Profession (Signature); The Savannah Disputation (Playwrights Horizons). National Tour: Lettice and Lovage. Los Angeles: Into the Woods (Ahmanson), Good People (Geffen Playhouse, Ovation nomination). Regional: A Parallelogram (Steppenwolf), Kimberly Akimbo (South Coast Rep, Garland Award), The Importance of Being Earnest (Williamstown Theatre Festival), Once in a Lifetime (La Jolla Playhouse). Film: Sideways, Sleepwalk With Me, Prairie Home Companion, Series 7, Must Love Dogs. TV: Hung (recurring), Law & Order, Law & Order: SVU, Delocated, Fringe, 30 Rock. MARIN IRELAND (Bee). Broadway: reasons to be pretty (Tony nomination, Theatre World Award, Drama League nomination), The Big Knife, After Miss Julie. Off-Broadway includes Maple and Vine
(Playwrights Horizons), Three Sisters (Classic Stage), In The Wake (Public Theater), A Lie of the Mind (New Group), Blasted (Soho Rep), Cyclone (Studio Dante, 2006 OBIE), The Ruby Sunrise (Public Theater), The Harlequin Studies (Signature), Far Away and Nocturne (both at New York Theatre Workshop). Royal Court’s American tour of Sarah Kane’s 4.48 Psychosis. Regional work includes Marie Antoinette (Yale), Heartbreak House (Goodman), Uncle Vanya (Lake Lucille), The Injured Party (South Coast Rep). Film/TV: The Following, Homeland, The Killing, The Good Wife, Mildred Pierce, Sparrows Dance, Bottled Up, Future Weather, 28 Hotel Rooms, The Understudy, The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond and others. TOM IRWIN ( Jay) is a member of Steppenwolf, where he has been involved in over 50 productions as an actor or director including A Parallelogram, The Grapes of Wrath (also La Jolla and The Royal National Theatre London), Balm in Gilead (also off-Broadway), My Thing of Love (also Broadway), Lydie Breeze (also Sydney and Perth), Space (also offBroadway), The Homecoming, Three Sisters, Hedda Gabler, Aunt Dan and Lemon, Frank’s Wild Years with Tom Waits and The Seafarer. He appeared in Misha’s Party (Williamstown Theatre Festival); New England (Manhattan Theatre Club); Fiction (The Roundabout Theatre); Up For Grabs with Madonna (Wyndhams Theatre, London); Pyrenees and Much Ado About Nothing (Kirk Douglas Theatre) and The Seafarer (Geffen Playhouse). Film credits include 21 Grams, Deceived, Midnight Run and Marley and Me. In addition to many television movies and guest appearances he was regularly seen in the series My Life and Times, My So-Called Life, Related, Saving Grace, and he is currently on Lifetime’s Devious Maids. MAYNOR ALVARADO (Understudy for JJ). Center Theatre Group (Kirk Douglas Theatre): The Projectionist. Other L.A.: Crazy Eights. Film: upcoming Chavez and Crosstown, also Maimitas, Cooler, Sassy Pants, The Gods
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of Circumstance, Warriors of the Sun. TV: Raising Hope, Bad Mother’s Handbook, Stevie TV. ROBERT M. FOSTER (Understudy for Jay). Founding member of Elephant Theatre Company (ETC), Los Angeles. ETC: Parasite Drag (Ovation nominee, West Coast premiere), Search and Destroy and the world premieres of The Idea Man (Ovation Award for Best New Play), Never Tell, Dearboy’s War, Halfway There and Asleep on a Bicycle. Innovative Theater, Charlotte, N.C.: Jeffrey, Curse of the Starving Class, The Changeling. Charlotte Repertory: Inherit the Wind. LP Repertory: Tracers. Edgemar Theater: The Trial of Jane Fonda. KRISTINA JOHNSON (Understudy for Bee). L.A.: Home, Need Theatre. International: All the Happy People, Edinburgh Festival. Goodman Theatre: Sweet Bird of Youth (director David Cromer), The Long Red Road (director Phillip Seymour Hoffman), The Ballad of Emmett Till (director Oz Scott), Reverb and Spirits to Enforce (The New Stages Series). Other Chicago Theatre: A Streetcar Named Desire, director David Cromer (Writers Theatre), Three Penny Opera, director Sean Graney (Steppenwolf Garage), Picnic, director David Cromer (Studio Theatre), Tight Curls Today, director Logan Vaughn (Collaboraction), Touch (New Leaf), State of the Union (Strawdog) and How to Disappear (Mary-Arrchie). Film: Easton’s Article, Emmett’s Last Stand, The Rocks. EILEEN T’KAYE (Understudy for Bee 2, Bee 3, Bee 4). Regional/L.A. theatre credits include Coney Island Christmas (Geffen Playhouse), Collected Stories (CV Rep), The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife (La Mirada), The Fantasticks (Reprise!), Don’t Talk to the Actors (Laguna Playhouse), They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? (Greenway Court), Dead Man’s Cell Phone, Threepenny Opera and Cabaret (all at
ICT). Theatre Awards: LADCC, OOBR, three LA Weekly Awards and three Drama-Logue Awards. Producing credits include — Broadway: The Elephant Man (Revival, Royale Theatre); Off-Broadway: Make Me a Song (New World Stages), Temporary Help (Women’s Project), Cologne (Rattlestick Theatre); Los Angeles: Shiva Arms (Coast Playhouse) and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Stella Adler Theatre, Ovation Award). Project Manager and former Executive Director of Boston Court Performing Arts Center and Founding Producing Director of The Theatre @ Boston Court. BRUCE NORRIS (Playwright) is the author of Clybourne Park, which won the Tony Award for Best Play in 2012, the Olivier and Evening Standard Awards (London) for Best Play, 2011, as well as the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, 2011. Other plays include The Infidel (2000), Purple Heart (2002), We All Went Down to Amsterdam (2003), The Pain and the Itch (2004), The Unmentionables (2006), and A Parallelogram (2010), all of which had their premieres at Steppenwolf Theatre, Chicago. Two new plays, The Low Road and Domesticated, are both premiering in 2013, at Royal Court Theatre in London, and Lincoln Center Theater in New York, respectively. His work has also been seen at Playwrights Horizons (New York), Lookingglass Theatre (Chicago), Woolly Mammoth Theatre (Washington, D.C.), Staatstheater Mainz (Germany) and the Galway Festival (Ireland), among others. He is the recipient of the Steinberg Playwright Award (2009), and The Whiting Foundation Prize for Drama (2006) as well as two Joseph Jefferson Awards (Chicago) for Best New Work. He lives in New York. ANNA D. SHAPIRO (Director) joined the Steppenwolf Theatre Company ensemble in 2005 and was awarded the 2008 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play for August: Osage County (Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Broadway, London). She was nominated in 2011 in the same category for The
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Motherf**ker with the Hat (The Public Theater, LAByrinth Theater Company). Other directing credits at Steppenwolf Theatre Company include The Motherf**ker with the Hat, Three Sisters, A Parallelogram, Up, The Crucible, The Unmentionables (also Yale Repertory Theatre), The Pain and the Itch (also New York), I Never Sang for My Father, Man from Nebraska, Purple Heart (also Galway, Ireland), The Drawer Boy, Side Man (also Ireland, Australia and Vail, Colorado), Three Days of Rain and The Infidel. She is a graduate of the Yale School of Drama and Columbia College Chicago and is the recipient of the 1996 Princess Grace Award. She is a full professor in Northwestern University’s Department of Theatre and has served as the director of the MFA in Directing program since 2002. TODD ROSENTHAL (Scenic Design) designs for regional theatres including Steppenwolf, Goodman, Guthrie, Alliance, La Jolla Playhouse, Oregon Shakespeare, Berkeley Rep, Manhattan Theatre Club and many others. He has worked abroad at London’s National Theatre, The Sydney Theatre in Australia and Ireland’s Theatre Royal. He designed five seasons for The Big Apple Circus. He has received a Tony Award, a Laurence Olivier Award, a Joseph Jefferson Award, a Los Angeles Ovation Award, a Helen Hayes Award and the Michael Merritt Award for Excellence in Design and Collaboration. Broadway: Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, The Motherfu**er with the Hat, August: Osage County and Of Mice and Men. He is the lead designer on the following touring museum exhibitions: Mythbusters, the Explosive Exhibition; Sherlock Holmes, the Science of Deduction and Robot Revolution. ALEX JAEGER (Costume Design). Off-Broadway: Two Sisters and a Piano (Public Theater). Center Theatre Group: The Nether, Other Desert Cities, The Paris Letter, Eclipsed. Other L.A.: Extraordinary Chambers, Love, Loss and What I Wore, Third (Geffen Playhouse); Looped, Doubt, Talley’s Folly (Pasadena Playhouse); Cloudlands, All My Sons, Nostalgia and others (South Coast
Repertory); Light, Gilgamesh, Gulls, Romeo and Juliet (The Theatre @ Boston Court). Regional: Arcadia, Once in a Lifetime, Maple and Vine, Rock ‘N Roll (A.C.T. San Francisco); A Streetcar Named Desire, August: Osage County, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Dead Man’s Cell Phone, Romeo and Juliet, Handler (Oregon Shakespeare Festival); Annapurna, Bruja, OR, Oedipus El Rey, Mauritius (Magic Theatre); Caroline, or Change, Grey Gardens and many others (Studio Theatre, D.C.). JAMES F. INGALLS (Lighting Design). CTG/Mark Taper Forum: Romance, The Cherry Orchard, The Cider House Rules, The Persians, Slavs!, An American Comedy. Other L.A.: The Gospel According to the Other Mary, Canata Criolla, Oedipus Rex/ Symphony of Psalms, El Nino (Los Angeles Philharmonic); Isn’t It Romantic (LA Stage Company West); Tribu (REDCAT). San Francisco: Don Quixote, Onegin, Sylvia (San Francisco Ballet); Once in a Lifetime, Phedre (American Conservatory Theater); Doctor Atomic, The Death of Klinghoffer (San Francisco Opera). Santa Ana/Irvine: The Wooden Floor dancers. Recent New York: The Master Builder (BAM); Perpetual Dawn and To Make Crops Grow (Paul Taylor Dance Company); The Big Knife (Roundabout Theatre Company); Les Troyens (Metropolitan Opera Company); My Name Is Asher Lev (off-Broadway); Glengarry Glen Ross (Broadway). ROB MILBURN & MICHAEL BODEEN (Sound Design). Previous CTG productions include music or sound for Jitney, King Hedley II, Space, Romeo & Juliet and The Importance of Being Earnest. Broadway credits include music composition and sound for Breakfast at Tiffany’s, The Miracle Worker, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, The Speed of Darkness, music for My Thing of Love and sound for the Steppenwolf production of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Superior Donuts, reasons to be pretty, A Year with Frog and Toad, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Hollywood Arms, King Hedley II, Buried Child, The Song of Jacob Zulu and The Grapes of Wrath.
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They have created music and sound offBroadway, at many of America’s resident theatres (often with Steppenwolf Theatre) and at several international venues. ERICA DANIELS, CSA (Original Casting). Associate Artistic Director at Steppenwolf Theatre Company. Most recently cast the Broadway Production of Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? She also cast the original production of August: Osage County (also for Broadway, the National Theatre of London and Sydney Theatre Company) and the Broadway production of Superior Donuts. Prior to this, she spent one year as the Theatre Department Coordinator at William Morris in New York and 10 years as a talent agent in Chicago. Erica began her career as a casting assistant at Jane Brody Casting. She has freelanced with various Chicago companies. Erica is on adjunct faculty at Ball State University. Degree in Performance Studies from Northwestern. ERIKA SELLIN, CSA (Casting). CTG credits over the past 10 seasons include 13, Black Rider, The Convert, The Lieutenant of Inishmore, The Nether, Other Desert Cities, Pyrenees, This, Water & Power and more. Artios Award for Outstanding Achievement in Casting for The History Boys and Parade. Film credits include Crash, A Cinderella Story and My Lunch with Larry. She is a member of the Casting Society of America, Actors’ Equity Association, the Stage Managers’ Association and HERO Theatre. MFA/University of California, San Diego. Special thanks to Lauren Port, David Caparelliotis, Orly Espinoza. MARK B. SIMON, CSA (Casting). CTG: The Royale, Neva (Kirk Douglas Theatre); The Scottsboro Boys, End of the Rainbow, Backbeat (Ahmanson Theatre); Los Otros (Mark Taper Forum). Prior to
joining the CTG casting department, Mark worked as a New York-based independent casting director for clients including Hal Prince, Jason Robert Brown, Graciela Daniele, Susan Stroman, Patricia Birch, Stephen Sondheim, Marvin Hamlisch, Nick Hytner, Alfred Uhry, Carol Burnett, Jeremy Sams, New York City Opera and the Radio City Christmas Spectacular on projects including 13, Parade, The Last Five Years, Show Boat, Candide, 3hree, Hollywood Arms, Bounce, LoveMusik, Paradise Found, Sweeney Todd, Chita Rivera: The Dancer’s Life, Sweet Smell of Success and Ragtime. Treasurer of the Board, Casting Society of America. JOY MEADS (Dramaturg). Dramaturgy credits at CTG: Waiting for Godot, Radiate, The Royale, as well as The Steward of Christendom (upcoming). Previous to CTG, Joy spent four cold but rewarding years at Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theatre Company, where she was Literary Manager. Prior to Steppenwolf, Joy served as the Associate Artistic Director of California Shakespeare Theater, where as director of the theatre’s New Works/New Communities program, she produced multiyear community-based processes of new play creation. Joy has also worked with Portland Center Stage, South Coast Rep, the O’Neill, Chicago Dramatists, The Playwrights’ Center, Native Voices at the Autry, University of Iowa New Play Festival, Hedgebrook, Campo Santo + Intersection for the Arts, Chicago’s Dog and Pony Theatre Co. and Pacific Playwrights’ Festival. DAVID S. FRANKLIN (Production Stage Manager). Center Theatre Group: highlights - An Enemy of the People, Baz Luhrmann’s La Bohème, Art, A Perfect Wedding, Romance, The Cherry Orchard, Curtains, Nightingale, The History Boys, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, Two Unrelated Plays by David Mamet, Kirk Douglas in his solo show, Before I Forget, Ain’t Misbehavin’, Parade, The Subject Was Roses, Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo, The Lieutenant of Inishmore, Randy Newman’s
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Harps and Angels, God of Carnage, Vigil, Waiting for Godot, Los Otros, Red, Seminar and Tribes. Other Los Angeles: Los Angeles Theatre Center in its heyday from 1985-1990, Pasadena Playhouse, Geffen Playhouse. Regional: Seattle Rep, Intiman Theatre. New York: Public Theater. Tours: Europe — Quotations from a Ruined City, Law of Remains (with Reza Abdoh’s dar a Luz company); North America — Ann Magnuson’s You Could Be Home Now.
Baghdad Zoo (a Pulitzer Prize finalist that also moved to Broadway), Water & Power and Yellow Face, and he presented a broad range of plays and musicals ranging from Dead End to The Black Rider to Edward Scissorhands to blockbusters such as God of Carnage, Mary Poppins, Jersey Boys and August: Osage County. In addition, Michael inaugurated CTG’s New Play Production Program, designed to foster the development and production of new work.
MICHELLE BLAIR (Stage Manager). For CTG: Joe Turner’s Come and Gone, Backbeat, Krapp’s Last Tape, Red, Los Otros, Clybourne Park, Vigil, Poor Behavior, Burn This, Leap of Faith, The Lieutenant of Inishmore, Parade, Lydia, The School of Night, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, Distracted, Nightingale, Without Walls, Lewis and Clark Reach the Euphrates, all wear bowlers (also at the Barbican Theatre, Berkeley Rep., La Jolla Playhouse and Studio Theatre), Flight, Nothing But The Truth, Stones in His Pockets, Topdog/ Underdog and “QED” at Lincoln Center Theater. Other favorites include The Pee-wee Herman Show at Club Nokia, A Long Bridge Over Deep Waters with Cornerstone Theater Company and Amnesia Curiosa with the gentlemen of Rainpan 43. Graduate of the University of Southern California and the University of Amsterdam. Mom to five-year-old Liam and one-year-old Imogen.
EDWARD L. RADA (Managing Director) returned to Center Theatre Group in 2011 after previously serving as CTG’s Chief Financial Officer for 12 years (1996 – 2008). Rada spent three years (2008 – 2011) as President of the Music Center Foundation, a non-profit corporation that holds and invests the endowment and reserve funds for the Music Center and its resident companies (including CTG). Prior to his years at CTG, he was the Director of Finance at The Old Globe in San Diego and principal of Rada & Associates, an accounting firm that specialized in entertainment-related non-profit organizations and theatrical productions. He is a graduate of Occidental College in Los Angeles with numerous post-graduate coursework and credentials. He currently serves on the board of directors for Entertainment Industry Foundation, Theatre @ Boston Court, and United Support of Artists for Africa/USA for Africa, among other affiliations. He also serves on the board of trustees for the pension, health and welfare and 401(k) plans of I.A.T.S.E. Local 33 Stagehands Union.
MICHAEL RITCHIE (Artistic Director) is in his eighth season as Center Theatre Group’s Artistic Director, and has led over 130 productions to the Ahmanson, Taper and Douglas stages since his arrival in 2005. From 1996 to 2004 Michael was the Producer of the Williamstown Theatre Festival and prior to that he was a Production Stage Manager in NYC. At CTG, he premiered six musicals that moved to Broadway — The Drowsy Chaperone (which won 13 Tony Award nominations), Curtains (eight Tony nominations) 13, 9 to 5: The Musical, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson and Leap of Faith. He has produced 33 world premieres including the musicals Minsky’s, Venice and Sleeping Beauty Wakes, and the plays Bengal Tiger at the
DOUGLAS C. BAKER (Producing Director) is now in his 23rd season at CTG. Previously, he managed Broadway and touring productions including Tru, Born Yesterday, The Gospel at Colonus, Annie, A Chorus Line, Working, The Wiz, and Legends!, which premiered at the Ahmanson Theatre in 1986 and starred Mary Martin and Carol Channing.
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Doug is a member of the Achievement Hall of Fame of Chagrin Falls Schools in Ohio and a graduate of Albion College. He is an active member of the Broadway League, the Independent Presenters Network and is a proud member of the Association of Theatrical Press Agents and Managers. In May 2013 Doug received The Broadway League’s prestigious Outstanding Achievement in Presenter Management Award. NEEL KELLER (Associate Artistic Director). For CTG Neel has directed the world premieres of Jennifer Haley’s The Nether and Jessica Goldberg’s Good Thing, the American premiere of David Greig’s Pyrenees, the decidedly silly Stones in His Pockets, and many readings and workshops for CTG’s varied new play development initiatives. As a senior artistic staff member Neel has helped produce a wide range of plays and musicals at CTG, including the world premieres of The Second City’s A Christmas Carol: Twist Your Dickens!, Leap of Faith, Randy Newman’s Harps and Angels, 13, Yellow Face, Poor Behavior, Bones, Of Equal Measure, Minsky’s
and Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo. Before joining CTG, Neel served as Artistic Director of Chicago’s Remains Theatre, Associate Artistic Director at La Jolla Playhouse and was on the staffs of Williamstown Theatre Festival, Lincoln Center Theater, the American National Theatre, and Jerome Robbins’ Broadway. GORDON DAVIDSON (Founding Artistic Director) led the Taper throughout its first 38 seasons, guiding over 300 productions to its stage and winning countless awards for himself and the theatre — including the Tony Award for theatrical excellence, Margo Jones Award, The Governor’s Award for the Arts and a Guggenheim fellowship. The Kentucky Cycle and Angels in America (Part One) won the Pulitzer in consecutive years and, in 1994, three of the four plays nominated for the Tony Award for Best Play were from the Taper (Angels in America won). In 1989 Gordon took over the Ahmanson and, in 2004, he produced the inaugural season in the Kirk Douglas Theatre.
Additional staff for A Parallelogram Assistant Director . . . . . . . . Caroline Wood Associate Lighting Designer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stephen Sorenson Resident Assistant Lighting Designer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Heather Graff Assistant Lighting Designer . . . Jenna Pletcher Assistant Costume Designer . Elizabeth E. Cox Production Assistant . . . . . . . . T.J. Kearney Prop Assistant . . . . . . . . Hannah Burnham Bird Nanny . . . . . . . . . . . . Hanna Strauss CREDITS Set Construction by F&D Scene Changes, Ltd. Flipper construction by Brian Judd and Case Craft. Costumes and props provided by the Center Theatre Group Costume and Prop Shops and additional staff: Stitcher - Agnes Ingram; Intern - Cambria Chichi. Wigs for Ms. Burke by Carol F. Doran. Rehearsal and production photography by Craig Schwartz.
online CenterTheatreGroup.org #ParallelCTG Like us on Facebook Center Theatre Group Follow us on Twitter @CTGLA Subscribe on YouTube CTGLA The Actors and Stage Managers employed in this production are members of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers of the United States. This Theatre operates under an agreement between the League of Resident Theatres and Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.
The Director is a member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, a national theatrical labor union. Center Theatre Group is a member of the American Arts Alliance, the Broadway League, Independent Producers’ Network (IPN), LA Stage Alliance, League of Resident Theatres (LORT), National Alliance for Musical Theatre (NAMT) and the Theatre Communications Group (TCG).
The following employees are represented by the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Moving Picture Machine Operators, Artists and Allied Crafts of the United States, its Territories and Canada, AFL-CIO, CLC: Stage Crew Locals 33; Local Treasurers and Ticket Sellers Local 857; Wardrobe Crew Local 768; make-up Artists and Hair Stylists Local 706. The Press Agents and House Managers employed in this production are represented by the Association of Theatrical Press Agents & Managers.
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C enter T heatre G roup L.A.’s Theatre Company
Michael Ritchie, Artistic Director EDWARD L. RADA, Managing Director Douglas c. baker, Producing Director ARTISTIC NEEL KELLER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Associate Artistic Director KELLEY KIRKPATRICK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Associate Artistic Director DIANE RODRIGUEZ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Associate Producer/Director of New Play Production PIER CARLO TALENTI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Resident Dramaturg/Literary Manager LINDSAY ALLBAUGH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Producing Associate Malcolm K. Darrell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . New Play Production Associate Joy meads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Literary Associate ERIKA SELLIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director of Casting mark b. simon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Casting Director andy crocker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Casting Associate kEvin L. cordova . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Casting Administrator DAVID ADJMI (FADIMAN), JUSTIN ELLINGTON, GINA GIONFRIDDO, GOB SQUAD, DANAI GURIRA, JENNIFER HALEY, JOE HORTUA, RAJIV JOSEPH, LATINO THEATER COMPANY, LAURAL MEADE, JULIE MARIE MYATT (FADIMAN), DAN O’BRIEN, EVANGELINE ORDAZ, DAEL ORLANDERSMITH, WILL POWER (FADIMAN), MARCO RAMIREZ, matt sax, UNIVERSES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Commissioned Artists Zakiyyah Alexander, Sheila Callaghan, Jonathan Ceniceroz, Matt Gould, Griffin Matthews, Meg Miroshnik, Tanya Saracho, John Sinner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CTG Writers’ Workshop Members EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS LESLIE K. JOHNSON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director of Education and Community Partnerships DEBRA PIVER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Associate Director of Education and Community Partnerships TRACI CHO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director of School Partnerships PATRICIA GARZA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Senior Manager for Education and Community Partnership CAMILLE SCHENKKAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Educational Programs Manager DAN Harper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Educational Programs Associate ASHLEY OPSTAD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Educational Programs Associate Kelly CHRIST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Educational Communications Coordinator VICTOR VAZQUEZ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Educational Services Coordinator SHANNON WINSTON . . Assistant to the Director of Education and Community Partnerships MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION Nausica Stergiou . . . . . . . . . . General Manager (Mark Taper Forum, Kirk Douglas Theatre) JEFFREY UPAH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . General Manager (Ahmanson Theatre) SUZANNE HEE MAYBERRY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistant General Manager (Mark Taper Forum) KATIE BRUNER SOFF Assistant General Manager (Kirk Douglas Theatre, New Play Production) Alana beidelman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Executive Assistant to Managing Director LIZ LYDIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistant to Producing Director ERIC SIMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Operations Manager (Kirk Douglas Theatre) TOM BURMESTER . . Audience Experience Design/Front of House Mgr (Kirk Douglas Theatre) MIKE KINDLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Facilities Assistant (Kirk Douglas Theatre) LAUREN BAXA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistant Performance Manager (Kirk Douglas Theatre) Sondra Mayer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Concessions Manager (Kirk Douglas Theatre) PRODUCTION JONATHAN BARLOW LEE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Production Manager (Mark Taper Forum) CELESTE SANTAMASSINO . . . . . . . . . . . . Associate Production Manager (Mark Taper Forum) emmet kaiser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Master Carpenter (Mark Taper Forum) ROBERT RUBY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Master Propertyman (Mark Taper Forum) WILLIAM MORNER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Master Electrician (Mark Taper Forum) BONES MALONE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Master Soundman (Mark Taper Forum) DENNIS SEETOO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wardrobe Supervisor (Mark Taper Forum) RICK GEYER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hair & Make-up Supervisor (Mark Taper Forum) LINDA WALKER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . House Manager (Mark Taper Forum) JOE HAMLIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Technical Director CHAD SMITH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistant Technical Director SAM CRAVEN-GRIFFITHS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistant Technical Director SARAH SOWELL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shop Foreperson DAWN HOLISKI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shop Director ANDREW THIELS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Prop Manager MERRIANNE NEDREBERG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Prop Lead SARAH KRAININ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Prop Shopper CANDICE CAIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Costume Shop Director BRENT M. BRUIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Workroom Supervisor MADELINE KELLER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Costume Generalist SWANTJE TUOHINO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tailor ELIZABETH LEONARD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Production Operations Manager JULIO A. CUELLAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Driver/Custodian EUGENE A. MONTEIRO II, BRIAN SLATEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Drivers ELLE AGHABALA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Interim Production Administrator SHAWN ANDERSON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Master Carpenter (Ahmanson Theatre) ANDREW W. ARNOLD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Flyman (Ahmanson Theatre) JIM BERGER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Master Electrician (Ahmanson Theatre) STAN STEELMON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Master Propertyman (Ahmanson Theatre) ROBERT SMITH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Master Soundman (Ahmanson Theatre) MICHAEL GARDNER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wardrobe Supervisor (Ahmanson Theatre) PATRICE MIRANDA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hair Supervisor (Ahmanson Theatre) CHRISTINE L. COX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . House Manager (Ahmanson Theatre) CHRISTY WEIKEL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Production Manager (Kirk Douglas Theatre) KATE COLTUN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistant Production Manager (Kirk Douglas Theatre) RICHARD PETERSON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Master Electrician (Kirk Douglas Theatre) ADAM PHALEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Head Audio (Kirk Douglas Theatre) FINANCE, INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND HUMAN RESOURCES MICHAEL F. THOMPSON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chief Financial Officer MELODY MATTOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Controller JANIS BOWBEER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistant Controller FELICISIMA LAPID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accounts Payable Supervisor DANNY LAMPSON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Senior Staff Accountant ALEGRIA SENA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Staff Accountant yuen ki “annie” Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Payroll Manager AMEETA SHARMA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Payroll Specialist DAVE ALTON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chief Information Officer STAN GRUSHESKY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director of Information Systems SEAN PINTO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Database And Web Manager MANDY RATLIFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tessitura Administrator JARED WATANABE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Information Systems Analyst
JODY HORWITZ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director of Human Resources MADRIO FLEEKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Interim Senior Human Resources Generalist JENNIFER ACHTERBERG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Facilities Manager SINGER LEWAK, LLP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Auditor MICHAEL C. DONALDSON, LISA A. CALLIF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Legal Counsel GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Legal Counsel DEVELOPMENT YVONNE CARLSON BELL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director of Development PATRICK OWEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Deputy Director of Development NATALIE BERGESON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director of Donor Contributions JEAN KLING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director of Institutional Support LIZ LIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director of Corporate Relations and Communications CHARITY WU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director of Individual Giving BECKY BIRDSONG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Major Gifts Officer SANDRA Ebejer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Corporate Relations Officer jAMIE CATALDO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Corporate Relations Manager MANDi OR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Special Events Manager jennifer ryen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Major Gifts Manager Eric Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Communications Coordinator jennifer chan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Development Assistant katy hilton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Grant Writer Donald Jolly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Donor Relations Associate for the Inner Circle CAMRON LEE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Development Assistant RICK LEE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Donor Contributions Supervisor Kristen Levy-Vaughan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Individual Giving Assistant ERIC SEPPALA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Executive Assistant to the Development Director maria paredes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Donor Relations Associate for The Guild COURTNEY ROBERTSON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Institutional Giving Associate ERIN SCHLABACH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Donor Contributions Associate ELIZABETH WACHTEL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Major Gifts Associate AL BERMAN, ELIZABETH DELLORUSSO, GINA EAST, JUSTIN FOO, lili herrera, TONY LEWELLEN, jessica nash, HOLLY RAMOS, NICOLE SCIPIONE, lena thomas, BILL WALTON, REHA ZAMANI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Donor Advisors ADAM BURCH, Karla Galvez . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Donor Services Associates ANNE BRUNER, Murray E. Heltzer, marci miller, julie nadal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Development Volunteers MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS JIM ROYCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director of Marketing, Communications and Sales NANCY HEREFORD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director of Media and Communications PHYLLIS MOBERLY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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Graphic Designer ANDREW DARCEY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Advertising Manager KAREN VOCK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marketing Manager JAMES SIMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marketing Creative Manager JEWEL MOORE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marketing Coordinator ROSE POIRIER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Webmaster CRAIG SCHWARTZ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Production Photographer LARRY DEAN HARRIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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Finding His Voice:
Lopez Takes Second at National August Wilson Monologue Competition
Pablo Lopez performs at the Los Angeles regional finals of the August Wilson Monologue Competition.
“I want people to know … that it’s worth fighting for your voice,” said Pablo Lopez, who placed second in the national August Wilson Monologue Competition on May 6 at Broadway’s August Wilson Theatre. After placing first at the regional finals at the Mark Taper Forum, he traveled to New York In the company of his fellow Los Angeles finalists, Rhyver White and Eliana Pipes, to deliver a powerful interpretation of Harmond Wilks from Wilson’s Radio Golf. His success at the national competition culminated a twoyear relationship with Center Theatre Group’s August Wilson Monologue Competition, through which he became an avid fan of the playwright’s works and themes.
CTG Affiliates Rorrie Zane, Linda Goldman, Marilyn Stambler and Diane Neubauer applaud participants in the August Wilson Monologue Competition at the Los Angeles regional finals.
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that winning is ultimately less important than coming together as a community of performers.
Memories From the Los Angeles National Finalists
“The August Wilson Monologue Competition made my dreams come true. I got to perform on the Taper stage. I’m still floored by that fact.” —Eliana Pipes “I have never been surrounded by so many talented, driven people before, which made it seem less and less like a competition. ... We all came together to honor a legend in theatre.” —Rhyver White
“I’ve been around people who have not been able to share their voices,” said Lopez. “At the corner of my street … there’s like 10 homeless people who [sic] nobody knows. And I’m grateful for August Wilson to show that everyone’s voice is important.” Lopez’s sentiments echoed the value of ensemble building that characterizes the August Wilson Monologue Competition, which teaches students
Moments before Lopez earned first place at the regional finals, he received the Ensemble Award for his collaborative spirit, an essential quality to the theatre community. His fellow regional finalists selected him for this distinction. Lopez recently graduated from the Ramón C. Cortines School of Visual and Performing Arts and plans to pursue a degree in business, diplomacy or foreign culture at the University of California, Davis. He aspires to help developing countries thrive.
This was CTG’s second year as the Southern California home for the national competition. CTG values the voices of all 86 students from 31 schools and 29 cities who participated this year. CTG’s August Wilson Program, which includes inschool residencies and the monologue competition, empowers students of all backgrounds to find their voices and to connect with Wilson’s works. To learn more, visit CenterTheatreGroup.org/AugustWilson or call 213.972.0720. n
Artists & Educators Forum The Artists & Educators Forum is comprised of individuals dedicated to providing significant funding for CTG’s new play development and Education and Community Partnerships programs. For more information, please call 213.972.3069. (Donors listed as of May 31, 2013) Joni & Miles Benickes Annette Blum Bill Cohn & Dan Miller Dorskind Family Heather & Paul Haaga
In Support of New Theatre Artists Mr. & Mrs. Gerald W. Kehle Vicki King Harry & Arlette Lumer Renee & Meyer Luskin
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Judith Beckmen, Chair The Inner Circle is an organization of community leaders who provide outstanding support to Center Theatre Group. In appreciation, members enjoy a host of special benefits, including meetthe-artist receptions, backstage tours, premium theatre seating, and much more. For information, call Donald Jolly at 213.972.3149. (Donors listed as of May 20, 2013) Producer Circle William Ahmanson Dean V. Ambrose Judith & Thomas Beckmen Debra & Norris Bishton Blue Ribbon Dannielle Campos Ramirez Joseph & Mara Carieri Marcy Carsey Cástulo de la Rocha Erica & Vin Di Bona Kirk & Anne Douglas Frances & Terry Flanagan Barbara & Peter Fodor Amy Forbes & Andrew Murr Ava & Charles Fries
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Anonymous (13), Gay & Harry Abrams/Abrams Artists Agency, Alan & Brenda Abramson, Ilene & Larry Abramson, Florence C. Agcawili, Bertha Aguilar, Dawn Brewer, Andrew Aichlmayr, Ignacio Alfaro, Helen Allan, Mr. Richard Alonso, Mr. Domenic Andreone, Dr. & Mrs. Joseph E. Anthony, Carol L. Archie & Edward L. Keenan, Charles Arias, Deanna & Richard Ashby, Linda A. Ayers, Mr. David Bailey & Mr. Ronald Shalowitz, W. Lee Bailey, M.D., David Baltimore & Alice Huang, Patricia Barry, Barbara Bauer & Lawrence Cox, Sue Baumgarten, Dr. Martine Bauwens, Harriet & Norman Beck, Bernie Beiser, Gleam by Melanie Mills, Laurie Benenson, Bob & Terry Bennett, Beth Bennett & Larry McAdams, Alan & Marilyn Bergman, Elliot & Roberta Berkowitz, Drs. Jack & Barbara Berman, Dr. Saul Jay & Jan Berman, Diane & Kendall Bishop, Nathalie Blossom & Howard Levy, Pamela & Bill Bohnert, Susan Booth & Christopher Wadden, In Memory of Evilo Bouchey, Alice Desobry Bowens, Lynne Braiman, Thomas Breslin, Paul & Carol Bressan, Bill & Susan Brewer, Robert Brook & Jackie Kosecoff, Dr. Leon & Rochelle Brooks, Stu Brower, Neil H. & Karen Hochman Brown, Regina & Todd Brown, Anne Bruner & James Bremner, Todd Michael Buchner, Joan & Allan Burns, John J. Byers, Thomas J. Carmichael, The Castaldo Family, Mr. & Mrs. Harry B. Chandler, Mr. Peter Chapa, Frank & Barbara Chieu, The Honorable Judith C. Chirlin, Nicholas Chrisos, Linda & Doug Clarke, Joseph Cochran, Nadege & Jay Conger, Kim & Anthony Cookson, Hon. Candace Cooper, Dr. & Mrs. Frederic Corbin, Leah M. Coulter, Christine & Kevin Crombie, Mr. & Mrs. Richard Crook Jr., Robert Cushnir & Perry Lewis, Mr. & Mrs. George DeRoy & Cathy DeRoy, Dr. Allison Diamant, Lee & Janet Dicker, Mike & Jamie DiFiori, Marshall Donovan & Sandy Robertson, Milton L. Dranow & Betty J. Dranow Family Foundation, Robin C. Dumas, James A. Durant, Dr. & Mrs. William Duxler, Ms. Anita H. Dymant & Mr. Richard Drooyan, Leslie B. Einstein, Connie Elliot, Earl & Karen Enzer, Lorraine Espinosa Nall, David & Joyce Evans, Carmen & Bob Farmer, Gloria & Morton R. Field, Joseph P. Figlow, Shirley Ford, Judith R. Forman & Richard N. Weiner, Laura E. Fox, M.D. & John D. Hofbauer, M.D., James W. Franke, Sylvia Fredricks, Joel S. Freeman, Lora Fremont, Rosalie Friis-Ross, Ellen Fujikawa, Tomas Fuller & William Kelly, Suzanne & Howard Furst, Elizabeth Gans, Donna Garber, Dr. & Mrs. Jerry Garrett, Herbert Gelfand, Freddi & Marvin Gelfand, Cristina Gerla, Leslie Gilbert-Lurie, Howard Gleicher, Stephen Glick, Paige Budd Glickman & David Glickman, Mr. & Mrs. Efrain Gonzalez, Lenore & Bernard Greenberg, Ronald & Mary Ann Greenberg, Gary Gross & Keith VanDerlaan, Mr. & Mrs. Paul J. Guerin, Aliza & Marc Guren, Shirley Guy, Roberta L. Haft, Lee & William R. Hahn, Mr. Jeffrey L. Hall & Mr. Kevin A. Yoder, Dr. Barry A. Halote, Ness & Alizabeth Hamaoui, Carolyn & Bernard Hamilton, Paul & Audrey Hanneman, Diane & J.P. Harris, Sam Harris, Johnny Ruth Harrison, M.D., Steve & Toya Harrison, The Harshberger Family, Al & Sandy Haveson, Tanna Handley Havlick, Betty & Irwin Helford, Gail & Murray Heltzer, Edward D. Henderson, Dr. Stephen D. Henry & Rudy Oclaray, Noelle & Thomas Hicks, Karen & Stephen Hillenburg, Marcia & Gary Hollander, Toni Hoyt, Mr. & Mrs. William H. Hurt, Harold Igdaloff, Dr. & Mrs. Robert M. Itami, Jake Jacobs, Jerry & Ellen Jacobson, Lawrence J. Jaffe, M.D., Adrienne Grant & Paul Jennings, Ann C. Johnson, Mr. & Mrs. Gregory W. Jones, Kathleen L. Kane, Judith & Russell Kantor, Renee & Milton Kaplan, Dr. Karen Kartun & Dr. Ronald Shiell, Elyse & Stanley Katz, The Kauffman-Skloff Family, Diane & Stephen Kay, Michael Keir, Judith G. Kelly, Tom & Cathy Kelly, Janice A. Kido, Alex Kim, M.D., Carol Kindler, Annette & Dr. Charles Kleeman, Michael & Deborah Klein, Genni Klein, Terry Koepke, Norman & Leslie Koplof, In Memory of Leonard L. Korf, Marlene & Donald Kottler, Phyllis Kupferstein & Donald O. Farkas, Jale Kutay, The Kwon Family Foundation, Ms. Mona L. Kyle, Don & Rosemary La Londe, Katherine L’Amour, Mr. & Mrs. Herbert A. Lampert, Mr. & Mrs. Jack D. 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Resnik, Susan & Walter Reutimann, The Reynolds Family, Brian Reznick & Alison Prior, Barbara & Bill Roberts, In Memory of Frank & Geneva Hoffman, Jaye Rogovin, Bingo & Gino Roncelli, Fred & Suzie Rose, Julie A. Rosser, Jennifer & Matthew Rowland, Joel, Kai & Piper Saken, Dana Saladen, Harvey Saltz & Carmen Carrillo, Olga Samuel-Alderson, Nancy & Ted Sanborn, Francine E. Sanders, Gail Sandford & Beatrice Castillo, Stephen J. Sass & Steven Hochstadt, June Sanders Sattler, Marlene & Roger Schaffner, Marla Schlesinger, MSN, RN, ACNT, From Darlene in Memory of Harry Schultz, Mr. & Mrs. Charles H. Schwartz, Joan & Arnold Seidel, Robert & Cathy Sevell, Scott Shagrin, Ruth & Mitchell Shapiro, James & Alexis Sheehy, The Sheldon Family, Livia S. Shemansky, Linda M. Sherman, Howard & Stephanie Sherwood, Mrs. Mary Louise Shnier, Steven E. Shulem, Mike & Charlene Sievers, Ruth Silveira, Harlean & Joseph Silverman, Dr. & Mrs. Vahe H. Simonian, Kurt & Keli Skarin, Deborah E. 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Cantwell, Carol & Ken Carlson, Melinda Carmichael, Joseph A. Carter, Sandra L. Carter, Jean & Ray Cassetta, Marc Castagnola, Teresa M. Castelli, Carolyn Castillo, Don & Ellen Castleman, Kathryn Cencirulo, Mrs. Joseph Cerrell, Ling Chan, Dorothy Mae Chapple, Rita Chenoweth, Tim Cherry, Mrs. James L. Chew, Eric Chien, Mr. & Mrs. Melvin Chin, Maria & Brenton Chinn, Becky & Mike Clements, Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Clemmer, Andy Cloutier & James Freeman, Ms. Jean F. Cohen, Dr. Melvin S. Cohen, Patricia T. Colby, Father Vince Connor, James M. Cooke, Ted Cordes & Bill Derby, Robert L. & Sharon Corkrum, Earl & Christina Cory, Mark Coulombe, Lois Performances_6_2013.indd 1 Cox, Michele Crahan, In Memory of Ada Gory, Joan Danto, Mr. & Mrs. Steven B. Darling, Maurie Davidson, Emily Davis, Louise & Jeffrey Davis, Margaret E. De Grazio, Ron de Salvo, William De Witt, Linda Vanwinkle Deacon & Erika Deacon, Don & Claudine DeFazio, The Delange Family, Kurt Delsack & Linda J. Levenson Delsack, Matt Denoff, Melisa DesJardien, M. Dessecker, Dr. Udaya & Sherin Devaskar, Sally G. Dewitt, Norma and Al Diaz, Dr. & Mrs. Donald E. Dickerson, Mr. & Mrs. Alvin Dischler, Betty Jean DiVall, Kathleen & Sarah Doramus, Rabbi Elliot & Marlynn Dorff, Jessie J. Duffy, Mr. & Mrs. Gene B. Duncan, Emily & Fred Edelman, Lynn & Dennis Edelson, Mr. & Mrs. Fred M. Edwards Jr., Marilee Eils, Jill & Bob Eisfelder, Carol Eliel & Tom Muller, Becky & Rick Thyne, Ken & Kathi Ellis, Dr. Naomi & Mr. Jim Ellison, Bonnie Ellman, Suzanne & Dr. Kenneth Epstein, Laura Ullman Epstein & Mark Epstein, Louise & Charles Escoffery, Linda & Arthur Eskowitz, Carol & Jerry Esterkin, Ellen Eubanks, Victoria I. Evers, Jim Bright & Lucy Farber, Mr. & Mrs. Stanley Farrar, Mr. Amnon & Dr. Myra Feffer, In Loving Memory of James A. 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Donor Recognition Associate Circle (continued) Rothman Goldstein, Barbara Gollin, Naomi Gonzales, Ms. Dorothy Gonzalez, Leticia Gonzalez, The J.B. Berland Foundation, Myles & Barbara Goodson, Howard & Cambria Gordon, Bill & Sue Gordon, Donald W. Grant, Marsha Grant, Steve Grant & Bob Loudin, Dr. Stuart & Adrienne Green, Rhonda & Stanley Green, Lory Greenbaum, Roberta Gregg, David & Diane Griffith, Patricia Griggs, Jodi & Robbie Groff, Agnes Grohs, Tom & Claudia Grzywacz, Arlyn Gundersen, Mary Gwynn & Mark Rossen, Dr. & Mrs. Leonard P. Haber, Dennis & Michelle Hackbarth, Aimmee & Steve Calvano, Michelle Haines, Scott Hall & Rhonda Church, Carol Halperin, Cynthia & Dr. Solomon Hamburg, Janet Hamilton, Mary & Jim Hamlin, Philip & Kyoko Handler, Joan Hansen & Alan Wilken, Debra Harbort, Nieneke Hardenbol, William D. Hardie, Sara & John Harms, Arlene S. 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Joseph, Arthur & Carolyn Kagan, Sandy & Stanley Kahan, Richard Kaltenbrun, Regina & Richard G. Kaplan, Ronald Katz & Leona Shapiro Katz, Laurence & Linda Kaufman, Cynthia & Jerry Kay, Saul & Rima Kay, Sandra Kaye, Claudia E. Kazachinsky & Richard A. Sherer, Joanne & Dennis Keith, John & Karen Keller, Neel Keller & Molly Callender, David K. Kellogg, Louanne Kennedy, Jackie A. Kern, Morris & Debra Kessler, Linda & Rudy Kessman, Lisa & James Keston, Lynne Rosenberg, Jules Kievits, Danné Montague-King, J. Catherine King, Ms. Marilyn L. Kizziah, Christine Klasen, Alfred Klein & Geralynn Krajeck, Barry Klein, Dr. Phyllis H. Klein, Irene & Marvin H. Kleinberg, Paul & Sharon Kleiter, Mr. & Mrs. Roman M. Silberfeld, Gaylen Kobayashi, Jean D. 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Wright, Virginia Yeager, Mr. & Mrs. Richard Yoder-Edney, Dr. & Mrs. Gary Yontef, Wally T. Zajac, Tim Zeleny, Gary & Carol Zimmerman, Myrna & Stanley Zimmerman, Anne & Alan Zuckerman, Abram & Dayle Zukor
Foundation Support The following foundations provide crucial support to Center Theatre Group in the areas of general operating funds, arts education, new play production, or specific projects. For more information, please call our grants information line at 213.972.3090. (Donors listed as of May 20, 2013)
THE AHMANSON FOUNDATION CENTER THEATRE GROUP AFFILIATES The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation EDGERTON FOUNDATION ELISABETH KATTE HARRIS TRUST the andrew w. mellon foundation THE MUSIC CENTER FUND FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS nonprofit finance fund The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation LLOYD E. RIGLER-LAWRENCE E. DEUTSCH FOUNDATION LAURA & JAMES ROSENWALD & ORINOCCO FOUNDATION THE SHUBERT FOUNDATION, INC. stein family foundation THE DREAM FUND AT UCLA DONOR ADVISED FUND WEINGART FOUNDATION THE WELLS FARGO FOUNDATION The Sheri and Les Biller Family Foundation Employees Community Fund of Boeing California Sascha Brastoff Foundation The Eli and Edythe L. Broad Foundation Brookside Fund Brotman Foundation of California Diana Buckhantz & Vladimir & Araxia Buckhantz Foundation The Carol and James Collins Foundation The Culver City Education Foundation James A. Doolittle Foundation Fineshriber Family Foundation Ella Fitzgerald Charitable Foundation Lawrence P. Frank Foundation The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation The Green Foundation Lear Family Foundation The Norman and Sadie Lee Foundation National Alliance for Musical Theatre The Kenneth T. & Eileen L. Norris Foundation The Perkins Charitable Foundation Playa Vista Sony Pictures Entertainment Dwight Stuart Youth Fund The Fran and Ray Stark Foundation The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust Center Theatre Group is a participant in the “Leading for the Future Initiative,” a program of the Nonprofit Finance Fund, funded by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.
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Donor Recognition Center Theatre Group Affiliates CTG-A has been a strong support arm of CTG since 1971. Members develop audiences for theatre and further their own theatrical knowledge through a rich program of activities. CTG-A raises significant funds through its biennial fundraiser, Angels’ Night, to support CTG’s Education and Community Partnerships programs. (Listed as of May 20, 2013) PRESIDENT
Entertainment Circle Ava and Chuck Fries, Co-Chairs The Entertainment Circle is comprised of leaders from the entertainment industry who provide outstanding support to Center Theatre Group’s play development programs which foster new and emerging talent. In appreciation, members enjoy a host of special benefits including meet-the-artist receptions, backstage tours, premium seating and much more. For membership information, please call 213.972.3149.
Diane Neubauer
(Donors listed as of May 20, 2013)
EXECUTIVE BOARD
Anonymous Mr. Irving H. Anderson Amy Aquino & Drew McCoy G.W. Bailey Corinne Baldassano Greg Basser & Kiera O’Neill Mr. & Mrs. Martin Bell John Bowab Sandra Brewer Rick Buche & Vin Reilly Norman Buckley & Davyd Whaley Andy Cadiff Kelly Cantley & Kevin Kashima Erica Hiller Carpenter & Kevin E. Carpenter Veronica Cartwright Rosemary & Peter Casey Deborah Castro & Creative Productions Paula F. Cwikly Matt Deitrich Bill & Ellie D’Elia Bob Doucette & Tom Slotten Nick Dudzak Gridworks It’s A Wrap Motion Pictures Cleaning Darcy Fleck Ryan Flynn Fordney Foundation for Dance Sport Seth Freeman & Julie Waxman Glenn & Cindy Frey Robin & Leonard R. Garner, Jr. Gessner - Nelson Family Laura Gibson Bob Gold & Associates Mr. & Mrs. Manuel Grace Marcy & Edgar Gross Dave & Sally Hackel Mrs. Donna L. Herman Karen Hermelin & Mark Borman Winifred C. Hervey Alicia Hirsch & Jesse Russo Mr. & Mrs. Irwin Jacobson Tom Jacobson & Ramone Munoz Sean Johnson & Alex Ocampo
Alice Desobry Bowens Anne Bruner Ruth Flinkman-Marandy Joanne Freed Ava Fries* Linda Goldman Beverly Haas Diane Kessler* Diane Lesser Jerri Nagelberg
Kim White Peterson* Harriett Chatters Rose Bonnie Sachs Maggy Simon Carole Solomon Marilyn Stambler* Donna Sussman* Janice Weiner Rosalind Zane*
MEMBERS Gail Ann Andrews Arthe P. Anthony Betsy Applebaum Shirley Rae Ashkenas Sandy Avchen Janet Barnet* Mimi Barry Sue Bass Judith Beckmen* Marjorie Ann Beradino Lanie Bernhard Farla Binder Lestrita Boardman Roanna Araneta Brown Elnora Guerrero Campos Wilma Glenn Chappelle Marlene Theresa Charbonnet Barbara Mansfield Cheyne* Susan D. Clines Beverly Cohn Mary Levin Cutler Jean Crawford Donald* Babe Eagle Ilene J. Eisenberg Gloria H. Ellwood* Lynda Wolfson Fadel Stephanie Fisher-White Carole A. Gillie Linda Goldfein Jill Goldstein Vicky Goodman Debra Gordon Brindell Roberts Gottlieb Roberta Haft* Carol Halperin Christine Harte Stephanie Hibler Audrey Jessup Diane Papo Kaplan* Tobé Karns Thea F. Koss
Barbara Krasnoff Dena Krown Beau Lavine Annie Maria Lehrer Carol LeVeque-Uri Marilyn Levin Helen Gordon Lowy Elizabeth Lu Phyllis Massing Jacqueline Nach Deena Nahmias Gail Newman Sheila Poncher* Gina Posalski* Debra Rabinowitz Sharon Reisz Irene Ribner Lois Rosen Gaile Gray Ryan June Sanders Sattler* Kelly Schiffer* Zrelda Sealey Vivian Allene Selwyn Marsanne J. Shapiro Robbie J. Solomon Marilyn Stark Carol Stein Judy Stone Betsy Straszheim Gloria Stroock Roslyn Holt Swartz Louise Taper Kathy L. Todd* Sue Tsao Elinor Turner Kim Ulrich Barbara Van Orden Donna Venick* Fern Wallace Janice Brock Wallace*
* Past Presidents
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Donor Recognition Endowment Gifts
Planned Gifts
Center Theatre Group endowment contributions ensure a permanent and stable source of support for new plays and musicals, youth and family productions, and CTG’s many initiatives to make theatre accessible for underserved audiences.
A formal Planned Giving program is available to our donors and subscribers who wish to make irrevocable deferred estate gifts to CTG’s endowment, securing the fiscal health of the theatre for generations to come.
$500,000+ Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Ann & Stephen F. Hinchliffe, Jr. John S. Surabian, Jr. and in memory of Faith and Sharon Ann Surabian
$1,000,000+ Richard & Julie Kagan Martin Massman Betty McMicken in honor of Jeanette Shammas Carol Vernon & Robert Turbin
$250,000+ Patricia Glaser & Sam Mudie The Norman and Sadie Lee Foundation
$500,000+ Mary Levin Cutler Virginia Hayes Merle & Peter Mullin Magda & Frederick R. Waingrow
$100,000+ Anonymous Betsy & Harold Applebaum Judith & Thomas Beckmen The Sheri and Les Biller Family Foundation Center Theatre Group Affiliates Regina Fadiman Barbara & Peter Fodor Ava & Charles Fries The Hearst Foundation, Inc. Vicki King Joyce & Kent Kresa Richard G. & Virginia L. Martin Louise Taper $50,000+ Maynard & Linda Brittan Ellen & Michael S. Korney $25,000+ Linda & Abbott Brown Dr. Tom Hickey Martin Massman Leon Morton Memorial Fund $10,000+ Jane Buel Bradley George A.V. Dunning Carolyn & Kit Lokey Betty & Sanford Sigoloff
$250,000+ Edward L. Rada Susan & William Weintraub $100,000+ W. Lee Bailey, M.D. Angela Bardowell Allan & Joan Burns Sandra Krause & William Fitzgerald Deborah M. Hyde Sarah & Andy Kane Dr. & Mrs. Jack Kavanaugh The Paul Kowal Charitable Foundation Darell L. Krasnoff Diane & Leon Morton $50,000+ Pamela & Dennis Beck The Moira Byrne Foster Foundation Mr. Kim L. Hunter Sally & Frank Raab $25,000+ Charles Dillingham & Susan D. Clines Mr. & Mrs. Walter E. Grauman
Irrevocable planned gifts are recognized at face value. For more information on making Endowment and Planned Gifts, please call Jennifer Ryen at 213.972.3069. (Donors listed as of May 31, 2013).
Sponsors Center Theatre Group is grateful to these companies for their generous support.
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Center Theatre Group Corporate Circle
Government Support
The Corporate Circle comprises companies that support Center Theatre Group’s important community and educational programming to make a positive difference in the lives of young people and families. In recognition of their generosity, Corporate Circle members receive exclusive benefits, including complimentary gala tickets to the Season Celebration; exclusive access to shows in Los Angeles, New York and London; complimentary and discounted tickets for employees; and corporate recognition and business development opportunities. For more information, please call Sandra Ebejer at 213.972.3189. (Donors listed as of May 20, 2013)
Center Theatre Group gratefully appreciates the support provided by the following governmental agencies.
Sheri Biller, Founding Chair
Los Angeles County Arts Commission
Corporate Circle Cabinet Jennifer Altfeld Landau, Chair
National Endowment for the Arts
Jonathan Axel Dannielle Campos Ramirez Celeste Easton Michael Jung Lucy Labruzzo
Jeff Levy Carol Mancino Douglas Mancino Antonio Manning Ed Nahmias
City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs The City of Culver City
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Allan Schare Dan Sernett Angel Zapata
Center Theatre Group wishes to acknowledge the California Arts Council’s many years of generous support.
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Greenberg Traurig Hope A. Bullock, III - BA, Inc. HUB International Hunton & Williams LLP IBM KLH & Associates LAGRANT COMMUNICATIONS Northern Trust p.g./:R Productions, Inc. Paradigm
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The Music Center 2012-2013 Board of Directors Officers
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Lisa Specht
Robert J. Abernethy Wallis Annenberg Colleen Bell David C. Bohnett Louise Henry Bryson Fung Der Craig A. Ellis David Gindler Brindell Gottlieb William C. Hagelstein Joyce Hameetman Dennis Haysbert Stephen F. Hinchliffe, Jr. Amb. Glen A. Holden Jane Jelenko Carolbeth Korn Amb. Lester B. Korn Nigel Lythgoe Martin Massman Patrick S. McCabe Bowen “Buzz” H. McCoy Mattie McFadden-Lawson
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Michael A. Lawson Michael J. Pagano vice chairs
Stephen D. Rountree president and chief executive officer
Karen Kay Platt secretary
Thomas R. Weinberger treasurer
William Meyerchak assistant treasurer and chief financial officer
Directors Emeriti Elizabeth Michelson Neal S. Millard Cindy Miscikowski Shelby Notkin Kurt C. Peterson Bennett C. Pozil Max Ramberg Joseph Rice Richard K. Roeder Thomas L. Safran Carla Sands Joni J. Smith Marc I. Stern Cynthia A. Telles Franklin E. Ulf Walter F. Ulloa Timothy S. Wahl Susan M. Wegleitner Alyce Williamson Rosalind W. Wyman Stephen G. Contopulos general counsel
Peter K. Barker Judith Beckmen Eli Broad Ronald W. Burkle Lloyd E. Cotsen John B. Emerson* Lois Erburu Richard M. Ferry Bernard A. Greenberg Joanne D. Hale Stuart M. Ketchum Kent Kresa Robert F. Maguire, III Ginny Mancini Edward J. McAniff Walter M. Mirisch Fredric M. Roberts Claire L. Rothman James A. Thomas Andrea L. Van de Kamp* Paul M. Watson * Chair Emeritus
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