Performances Magazine | Ahmanson Theatre, August 2024

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Image: Torus (detail), 2021, exhibition copy 2023, Deana Lawson. Courtesy of the artist; Gagosian, New York; David Kordansky Gallery, Los Angeles. © Deana Lawson. Photo: Matthew Schreiber.

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Welcome to the Ahmanson Theatre!

We are so excited to close out our 23/24 Season with the stage adaptation of the 1980s movie classic—Clue! It really is the perfect way to close out summer and give one final bow to our season. Some of our friends on stage might be taking a bow from six feet under later...

If you love Clue and all things 80s, as I do (shoulder pads, leg warmers, Cyndi Lauper, JR Ewing) then I invite you to check out the story in this program dedicated to some other 80s pop culture highlights that have found their way to the stage. The article was written by Occidental College student Lily Jones, who has been participating in one of our summer internships—yet another opportunity provided by our Education & Community Partnerships department. This summer alone CTG is hosting more than 15 interns and observers on our campus.

Now, as we wrap up one season, we are thrilled to be kicking off our next one. Center Theatre Group’s 24/25 Season seeks to honor our commitment as LA theatre’s company to have something for everyone, which is why we have dubbed my first full season here as Artistic Director—One CTG. One LA.

In September, we get the season started with Duel Reality from The 7 Fingers, a circus and acrobatic showcase like none you have seen before—certainly not at the Ahmanson! In fact, if you happened to have had the good fortune to see the current Water for Elephants on Broadway, then you got just a taste of what this incredible company can bring to the stage.

Then, in October, we resume season programming at the Taper with a new production of Green Day’s American Idiot, produced in collaboration with our friends at Deaf West Theatre.

This December back at the Ahmanson, we will present the direct-from-Broadway Once Upon a Mattress with Sutton Foster. You do not want to wait on purchasing those tickets. For more on our One CTG. One LA. season, and to subscribe, please visit CTGLA.org/OneCTG.

Colonel Mustard, Miss Scarlett, Mrs. Peacock, and Professor Plum have already said they are so thrilled with our next season that they are becoming subscribers. In my opinion, that has yet to be seen after today’s show...but I do hope you will join us as a member or subscriber for all that CTG has to offer next season. In the meantime, you can always reach me at artisticdirector@ctgla.org. Look forward to seeing you at the theatre this fall.

Snehal Desai

Artistic Director

ABOUT CTG

Center Theatre Group (CTG), Los Angeles’ leading theatre company, is the largest producing notfor-profit theatre company outside of New York City, and is one of the nation’s preeminent arts and cultural organizations. CTG produces and presents programming at the Mark Taper Forum and the Ahmanson Theatre at The Music Center in Downtown Los Angeles, and the Kirk Douglas Theatre in Culver City. CTG is one of the country’s leading producers of ambitious new works through commissions and world premiere productions and a leader in interactive community engagement and education programs that reach across generations, demographics, and circumstances to serve Los Angeles. Founded in 1967, CTG has produced more than 700 productions across its three stages, including such iconic shows as Zoot Suit; Angels in America ; The Kentucky Cycle ; Biloxi Blues ; Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992; Children of a Lesser God; Curtains; The Drowsy Chaperone; 9 to 5: The Musical; and Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo. CTG also serves thousands of children and young adults each year through free educational and communitybased programs that introduce the joy of theatre to future generations.

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Nnamdi Asomugha

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Snehal Desai

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sailing through

WITH EDUCATION &

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Charting the 2024 Summer –Ships: Internships, Fellowships, Apprenticeships, and Observerships.

By Jessica Doherty

Each year, Center Theatre Group welcomes a ‘hull’ new crew of theatre makers and administrators through Education & Community Partnerships “-ships” programming: Internships and Fellowships, Apprenticeships, and Observerships. These programs are just one part of Education & Community Partnerships’ workforce development offerings for college and early career individuals to show them the ropes of their area of interest so they can sail through waves of their careers with confidence.

Aurora Ilog, Creative Workforce Initiatives Director, Education & Community Partnerships, is the captain of Center Theatre Group’s workforce development programs, ‘oversea-ing’ the -ship’s direction to supporting each individual crew’s career goals and development.

“All of the -ships provide hands-on training and the opportunity to observe experts in their field, whether it be in administration for the arts, artistic pathways, or technical production, while also thinking about the companion skills of hard and soft skills to enter the workforce,” Ilog said.

Other components to these three programs are mentorship through working professionals, project-based learning, and professional development sessions.

The Oberservership is a paid training program which welcomes diverse and early career directors and professionals from a wide net of disciplines to sit in on the rehearsal process of a production at Center Theatre Group.

This -ship has taught Program Manager Meighan La Rocca, “how infrequently we are actually in spaces where we are truly open and listening and present.”

Listening is the key to the Observership program, which La Rocca ‘steers.’ After the rehearsal, the group then connects with each other and a Center Theatre Group Teaching Artist about the experience.

“You are really moved through this process with intention,” La Rocca said. “You are observing in the rehearsal room, but that doesn’t mean you don’t get to talk about your ideas [or] discuss your ideas, we want you to connect this to your own art so we create space for that.”

All of these programs are not just a ‘mainsail’ of Education & Community Partnerships, but across all of Center Theatre Group’s departments. “Center Theatre Group values the voices of the next generation,” said Ilog. “We’re providing workforce training but it's also an opportunity for us to include and implement voices of the next generation into our work.”

Aurora Ilog and Meighan La Rocca

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MEET SOME OF THE CREW!

JULIA “JUJU” NIETO was the Dramaturgy Apprentice for the Taper Legacy reading of The Trial of the Catonsville Nine. But Nieto's journey with Center Theatre Group began when she was around 12 years old and has continued through her education and career. As a Student Ambassador in 2018, she learned about dramaturgy, which changed the trajectory of her career and inspired her to major in Dramaturgy at Carnegie Mellon. “Center Theatre Group has consistently kept me [engaged] and paid and has really nurtured my love for the arts,” she said. “The fact that I’ve been invested in by this organization for six years [is] truly incredible for me.”

HANNAH FROMAN was an Observer for The Trial of the Catonsville Nine after previously being a Directing Apprentice for Our Dear Dead Drug Lord last summer. As a director, she was particularly excited to see how The Trial of the Catonsville Nine Director Michael John Garcés ran his rehearsal room. “There was a sense of collaboration and trust,” she said of the energy of the room. Froman also said the Observership provided many opportunities for reflection for participants interested in every aspect of theatre. “This is an experience that is beneficial to anyone,” she said. “There’s people from all sorts of careers.”

BENE’T BENTON joined the cast and creative team of A Strange Loop and the Center Theatre Group production team as a Production Management Apprentice. “The apprenticeship is all about access,” Bene’t said. “I’ve learned a lot about the behindthe-scenes process and what it takes to put on a co-production and tour versus in-house productions.” The learning didn’t stop with A Strange Loop–Bene’t was later hired as a Production Assistant for the Taper Legacy reading of This Bright Wilderness at the Mark Taper Forum and the Not A Moment, But A Movement Festival at the Kirk Douglas Theatre later this summer. “Once I got into the space and started asking questions, I realized how open and receptive everyone was,” Bene’t said. “Especially the CTG staff that I’ve [reached] out to in my time here and they’ve been really helpful helping me get advice to further my career.”

Julia “Juju” Nieto

Bene’t Benton

Christopher Cid

SIENA TAYLOR is a Theatre Archival Intern, working with archive materials like photos, videos, posters, and more from Center Theatre Group’s 57-year-history. But throughout the Professional Development series, she has been able to work on her own professional materials like cover letters and resumes, even using them in mock interviews with Center Theatre Group staff members. “I feel like, normally, I’m not given the opportunity to...work on career things...that [are] going to help me in other interviews.” This learning also happens outside of the specific dedicated career sessions as well. “The program itself is super accessible,” they said. “It’s clear that everyone involved, not just who you’re going to be supervised by is here to welcome you and someone to learn from.”

CHRISTOPHER CID said he is allowed to “swim through various departments” throughout his work as an Executive Office Fellow. “Having the space to explore and see how they all support one another is truly what makes this a great learning experience,” they said. Cid is a multihyphenate theatre artist, but has been able to “hone in what I want to do as an administrator [and] who I am in this business.”

NAIMA OROZCO-VALIDIVIA was an Education & Community Partnerships Intern nearly ten years ago before returning this summer as an Executive Office Fellow. As an intern, she helped develop the Theatre Alumni Career Survey, something Education & Community Partnerships’ Data Analysis Intern Nevaeh Gutierrez is working with this summer. “It’s really cool to see that it is continuing to be used and made better and that the results are going to make an impact not only at Center Theatre Group, but hopefully the theatre ecosystem of Los Angeles,” Orozco-Valdivia said of the project. “I’m not just spending a summer fetching coffee, I’m doing important things that are going to impact the company for years to come.”

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Interns participating in a tour of the CTG Costume Shop led by the CTG Production team. From L-R (BACK ROW): Krish Aditya, Christopher Cid.

From L -R (FRONT ROW): Kevin Wong, Siena Taylor, Lily Jones, Naima OrozcoValdivia, Nevaeh Gutierrez. Photo by Aurora Ilog.

A POP CULTURE TIMECAPSULE:

The power of nostalgia in pop culture is strong and constantly evolving. We see that especially in the 1980s. This decade saw the creation of most of today’s most influential media franchises, Video began to Kill the Radio Star, and information suddenly became available online.

There were also many childhood staples that would last for decades to come. In 1985, the Nintendo Super Mario Brothers video game was introduced to the public, Calvin and Hobbes debuted in newspapers, and The Goonies and The Breakfast Club made us laugh and helped to define childhood and adolescence for a generation.

It was also the year that brought us the Paramount movie, Clue, adapted for the stage by Sandy Rustin, which is playing for Ahmanson audiences this month.

There were also many important pieces of media from this time that were transformed to the stage –into musicals, movie musicals and jukebox musicals! Let’s look back into the past that has inspired the theatre of the present.

▲ Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Last Ark released in June 1981, making archaeology cool and dangerous with four sequels, the latest released in 2023.

▼ MTV debuted in August 1981 with the Buggle’s famous Video Killed the Radio Star, changing the way music has been consumed ever since.

▲ The Outsiders film was released in 1983, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, with a stacked cast of up-andcoming stars, like Rob Lowe, Matt Dillon, Tom Cruise, Patrick Swayze, and Ralph Macchio. The film developed a cult following and the creation of sequel TV series in 1990. The Outsiders premiered in 2023 at La Jolla Playhouse and opened on Broadway in April 2024, with twelve Tony nominations and four awards, notably Best Musical. The planned North American Tour should begin in 2025, starting in Tulsa to honor the original story.

▼ The My Little Pony franchise was introduced in 1983 and remains prominent today, allowing for the children who grew up playing with the toys to share it with their own children.

▲ The film A The Christmas Story was released in late 1983, evoking nostalgia for the era and for the past behind it, with the older Ralphie reminiscing on moments from his youth. Viewers connect so strongly due to its hilarious ability to capture the holidays from a child’s perspective. Widely considered a Christmas classic, we will never forget memorable lines like

The Broadway cast of The Outsiders Photo by Matthew Murphy.

TIMECAPSULE: the 1980s!

“you’ll shoot your eye out” and “I triple dog dare you!” This movie’s prominence has never dwindled, it is an active part of TV holiday movie marathons today, received a sequel in 2012, and was adapted into a musical in November 2012. This past season, in December 2023, we welcomed A Christmas Story, The Musical at the Ahmanson Theatre.

▼ Transformers: Generation 1, the toy line by Hasbro and Takara Tomy, debuted in 1984 beginning a huge global film franchise.

▲ Bruce Springsteen’s album Born in the U.S.A. was released in early summer of 1984, becoming the bestselling album of 1985.

▼ Ghostbusters was released in June 1984, with a remake and two sequels in the past nine years.

▲ The We Are the World charity single was recorded by over 43 popular artists and released in March 1985. It became the fastest-selling US pop single in history.

▼ The highest-grossing film worldwide of 1985 was Back to the Future, released in July. This time travel movie embodied the essence of sci-fi and adventure, with quotable phrases like “Great Scott!” and “This is heavy, Doc” that evoke infectious nostalgia for the 1950s and 1980s pop culture. This movie achieved cult classic status

By Lily Jones

with iconic aspects such as a time-traveling DeLorean and unforgettable characters Marty McFly and Doc Brown. In 2012, the stage adaptation began with a score by musical titans Alan Silvestri and Glen Ballard. The musical adaptation premiered at Manchester Opera House in February 2020 and opened on Broadway in

August 2023, with a national tour starting this summer.

▲ Live Aid was a multi-venue benefit concert in both Philadelphia and London in mid-July of 1985 to raise funds for the famine in Ethiopia. It was one of the largest television broadcasts of all time, reaching 40% of the world's population and over sixteen hours long, bringing together the greatest musicians of several different eras. The show included Queen’s iconic performance, which was voted the greatest live performance in the history of rock in a 2005 music industry poll by the BBC. Freddie Mercury’s charisma and stage presence created one of the most memorable moments of the event. Other notable performers like David Bowie, The Who, U2, Elton John, and Paul McCartney bridged an influential gap from older English rock to new artists. The second venue saw The Beach Boys, Madonna, Neil Young, Led Zeppelin, Duran Duran, Mick Jagger, Tina Turner, Bob Dylan, and Cher. The event was adapted to the stage in the jukebox musical Just for One Day which premiered at The Old Vic in London in February 2024. Just For One

Casey Likes in the Broadway production of Back to the Future: The Musical. Photo by Matthew Murphy and Evan Zimmerman.

The cast of A Christmas Story, The Musical at the Ahmanson Theatre.

Photo by Craig Schwartz.

The cast of Just For One Day at The Old Vic. Photo by Manuel Harlan.

the power of

In celebration of Community Partnerships’ 10-year anniversary in Boyle Heights, seven playwrights presented readings of their work at East Los Angeles College (ELAC) in June.

Take a look at some of the performances from the weekend!

Fran De Leon’s play Lola’s Banig was written with ancestral guidance. The play started as auto-biographical, inspired by her childhood memories of the Philippines, “visiting my lola...laying down for siyestas [sic] on banig, hand-woven mats, that would be spread out in the grass for our naps.”

After two months traveling around the Philippines to uncover more memories, the story soon became a tale of “a fictional story of the lineage of Filipina artisans that began to write itself.” De Leon not only wrote the play, but directed it, even when faced with self-doubt. “I would love to know that the shared experience provides a desire to revisit their own connections to elders and preserve the relationships we have to our ancestors,” she said.

“The frustration that arises when hearing someone inaccurately describe obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)” was enough to make Allison Bailey Lopez write Scrupulosity

By also directing the piece, she was not only able to ensure that the disorder was represented accurately in the writing but also in the performance. “I myself suffer from OCD, but never felt ready to tell my own experience with it,” she said.

“I didn’t think that I was ready, I now know that it was worth it because it was definitely needed.”

Anthony Aguilar’s play Emma & The Suzies takes place in Boyle Heights in the 1960s—around the same time that his grandparents first arrived in the neighborhood from Mexico. “As I grew up in Boyle Heights, there was this constant feeling amongst me and my friends to get out of the neighborhood as soon as we could,” he said. “But this feeling did not allow us to truly appreciate our community.” Through the stories of her own teenage rebellion and angst, the grandmother figure in the play connects to her grandson.

The 1960s also inspired Aja Houston’s Ain’t I A Beauty Queen?. “I was inspired by the ‘Strong Black Woman’ trope and the revolutionary act of Black American culture in the 1960s to assert that ‘Black is Beautiful,” she said of the piece. “I wanted to use the healing power of laughter to investigate the idea of our beauty being the sword and shield used to forge ahead into a society that glorifies Eurocentric beauty over all others.”

Juan Enrique Carrillo wanted audiences to feel as though they were eavesdropping or spying on someone when watching Los Vampiros Del Norte. The play was inspired by Carrillo’s fascination with the U.S. and Mexico border—from Southern California into Tijuana. “It is both a literal and figurative line between two countries and two worlds,” he said. “I’ve been visiting Tijuanna, Mexico, since I was five years old, going on weekend trips with my parents...these are happy memories, but as I grew older, I became aware of the darker side of things that exist at this crossing.”

Tiffany Oglesby, Erika Degraff, Ashley Denise Robinson, Hailey Brunson, and Mariah Goolsby in Ain't I A Beauty Queen?

PARTNERSHIPS

Diana Burbano wrote Linda for audiences to feel seen. “Linda is about being seen for who you are and understanding your heritage,” she said. “It was an experience I never had growing up, never having seen myself portrayed on TV or in the movies.” Linda does just that by using the powers of her Latina idols, Wonder Woman ’s Lynda Carter and musician Linda Ronstadt, to tackle bullies, racists, and self-doubt, Alejandra Cisneros participated in the very first libraries readings ten years ago. So, to be a director for Burbano’s Linda, Carrillo’s Los Vampiros Del Norte, and Aguilar’s Emma & The Suzies during this celebration was a “wonderful full circle moment” for her. Through the process for all three plays, Cisneros “was reminded of the importance of working in intergenerational rooms, especially with underrepresented voices and storytelling.”

Directing Javier Malpicka’s Papà està en la Atlántida was also a full circle moment for Juan Parada. The play was one of the first readings for Off The Tracks Theatre Company, which he co-founded with Gerado Davalos around ten years ago. “Our play is meant to make our audiences think about their personal journey to find their own Àtlantida (Atlantis),” he said. “It is meant for us to think about the value of family, the joy music brings to our lives, and the significance of brotherhood.”

Karla Ojeda in Linda

Felipe Iglecias in Papá está en la Atlántida

Jesus A. Reyes, Director of Learning and Community Partnerships.

ELAC Student Production Crew. L-R (TOP ROW): Dorian Fernandez, Morgan Rhone, Jesus Flores, and Alyssa Armas. L-R (BOTTOM ROW): Alejandro Hernandez, Jindy Li, Miriam Cervantes, and Seth Jenkins.

Donato Cortez, Rose Portillo, Alexa Mora, Aneleh Rodriguez, Lynette Ma, Amira Colis, and Julia Cho in Emma and the Suzies

Juan Enrique Carrillo in Los Vampiros Del Norte

Jason Rogel, Zedrick Restauro, Elaine Ackles, Josette Canilao, and Joy Regullano in Lola’s Banig

Richard Azurdia, Cristina Frias and Angela Rosado in Scrupulosity

A MOMENT FOR the movement

The Not A Moment, But A Movement playwrights reflect on their readings two years in the making.

By Jessica Doherty

Nearly two years ago, six Black woman-identifying or nonbinary writers were commissioned by Center Theatre Group to write brand-new, full-length plays. The Not A Moment, But A Movement (NAMBAM) cohort began in 2021 as a collaboration with The Fire This Time Festival and the Watts Village Theater Company to create work for the Digital Stage. As the second part of this program, five of these writers presented their final works for a staged reading at the Kirk Douglas Theatre this past June. We spoke with the writers about how they have grown since joining the cohort and working on their plays.

Z & Co” f/aka AzizA Barnes realized during the writers’ strike that much of Z’s life had been about survival. “I need to live by my values or I’ll crumble,” Z said. “Going into this [process], it was like, what are my standards for everything? And what would happen if I decided to really give a f***?”

Z is a character in FKA I AM A BAD BLACK PERSON surrounded by an eclectic crew of characters—a teddy bear that comes to life, a clout-chasing influencer, a friend who is roped into a cult through her “spiritual advisor,” and even the Tiger King documentary itself. “There is something about [this play] that is a kind of existential loop hole that continues until you can get off the ride.” This loop mirrors the devolving insanity of the ‘cultish’ world around us as people search for connection.

“When the world is in incredible recession, global war, excess, the end of environmental stability as we know it, the art of conversation has become like a Tower of Babel, it’s crumbling down..so I need ‘my people’ now more than ever.” The play is a sequel to Z’s BLKS, which Z wrote at 21. Now at 31, Z is less concerned with the audience. “It’s restored me,” Z said. “I used to be very preoccupied with the welfare of an audience...they’re grown, if they hate it, they can leave.”

Roger Q. Mason’s Night Cities is a ritual of intimacy, exploring the sexual and social life of Bayard Rustin as he navigated his youth into the early years of his activism in the 1940s and 1950s,” they said of the play. The play was inspired by Rustin’s brazen commitment to his identity and beliefs, even in the face of society’s obsession with censorship. Mason’s understanding of why this story needs to be told now has grown since the start of the commission process—particularly as the desire to judge, out, and surveil others has only grown with the rise of social media. Rustin navigated the balance between public and private life in a way that Mason feels could inform others as they do the same. “We’re living in a state of great pride and openness around queerness, and with that comes scrutiny and naysaying and censorship from those who oppose that freedom,” they said. “We need now, more than ever

before, unapologetic possibility models from the past, who paved a way for us to be free.” And for the naysayers and the critics from before this commission, Mason asserts that they were “merely fortification systems which invited me to more boldly inhabit my current and future self.”

Tahirih Moeller was taught by a professor that “a play tells you what it is.” And Kia Was Here does not shy away from grief. It is loud and large about it, the way the titular character Kia is with her niece, Kamille, who is now learning how to live a quieter life without her. “Grief is so inescapable, it’s hard for me not to write about it when I’m sitting down and trying to tackle a play,” she said. “I’m just really curious about how I handle grief and how the Black community approaches grief and why it feels so taboo to talk about death...It’s sad to say when people die every day we have to figure out our relationship with grief in a way where we can find the love in the community within it.”

Both Kia and Kamille do this with food—which, sometimes, comes to life with googly eyes and quippy remarks. It may sound jarring to jump from serious conversations of grief to comical fantasy—but Moeller has made it work. “I would tell myself [to stop] worrying so much about the structure,” she said. “I wasn’t really allowing myself to just figure out who each character was...it’s okay to just write and piece things together and focus on the craft part of it.”

Cynthia Grace Robinson knew when she became a caretaker for her mother with Alzheimer's that, “I was going to someday write about all of this when I can.” Letters From Loretta is an “intergenerational love story” capturing “all the things that could happen in a life.” What began as a mother-and-daughter story grew into something more, capturing Loretta’s love story, friendships, and changes in her physical and cognitive abilities. In between writing,

Robinson had to process the emotions and logistics of her mother’s passing, finding strength and inspiration in her mother’s journals while revisiting her own. “I don’t think there was ever going to be a time that I was going to be ‘ready’ to write the piece,” she said. Now that it has been written, she hopes it will be of service to audiences in similar shoes. Robinson feels each of her plays is a journey, and this was no exception—it is her first play to be presented in Los Angeles, which is her soon-to-be new home. “It just feels energetically right for me that it would be something that was such a big transition in my own life, and this play is making the transition with me,” she said, “I always had everything I needed to write it.”

“There’s no time that’s appropriate for you to grow and learn and be prepared for some level of artistic impact,” t. tara turk-haynes said. With Blue Paris Blues, the passage of time has helped her contextualize the ages of her very famous characters—Duke Ellington, Sidney Poitier, Diahann Carroll, Paul Newman, and more—as they joined forces to make a movie about jazz expats in Paris in 1961. turk-haynes just turned 50 this year, making her closer “in theory” to Duke Ellington as a character in his 60s compared to the other characters in their 30s. “It helps to understand that this is a moment in their journeys of evolution, where I’m not necessarily sure at, 30-something, I would have really understood what that meant,” she said. “Now I can be a little bit more reflective and contextualize some of the emotions and the feelings someone in their 30s would feel.” Most of the characters aren’t just 30-yearolds—they're movie stars. But she hasn’t let that get in the way of creating truthful characters. “I would try to not be intimidated by the characters because of their fame,” turk-haynes said. “If you stay strong in your desire to lay tribute to them and tell a really good story in their voices and what they experienced—you should go for it.”

AHMANSON THEATRE | 2023/24 SEASON

BONUS PRODUCTION HADESTOWN

Music, Lyrics & Book by Anaïs Mitchell (she/her)

Developed with & Directed by Rachel Chavkin (she/her)

OCTOBER 3–15, 2023

A CHRISTMAS STORY, THE MUSICAL

Book by Joseph Robinette

Music and Lyrics by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul

Original Direction on Broadway by John Rando

Choreography by Warren Carlyle

Directed by Matt Lenz

DECEMBER 5–31, 2023

MATTHEW BOURNE’S ROMEO AND JULIET

North American Premiere

JANUARY 28 – FEBRUARY 25, 2024

FUNNY GIRL

Music by Jule Styne

Lyrics by Bob Merrill

Book by Isobel Lennart

Revised Book by Harvey Fierstein

APRIL 2–28, 2024

A STRANGE LOOP

Book, Music, And Lyrics by Michael R. Jackson

Choreography by Raja Feather Kelly

Directed by Stephen Brackett

A co-production with American Conservatory Theater

JUNE 5–30, 2024

CLUE

Written by Sandy Rustin

Additional Material by Hunter Foster and Eric Price

Based on the screenplay by Jonathan Lynn

Original Music by Michael Holland

Based on the 1985 Paramount movie and the classic Hasbro board game

JULY 30 – AUGUST 25, 2024

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GORDON DAVIDSON Founding Artistic Director

The Araca Group Work Light Productions Lively Mccabe Entertainment Aged In Wood presents

based on the screenplay by

JONATHAN LYNN

written by SANDY

additional material by HUNTER

RUSTIN

FOSTER

and

ERIC PRICE

based on the Paramount Pictures Motion Picture based on the Hasbro board game CLUE

MARIAH BURKS JOHN TREACY EGAN MICHELLE ELAINE JOANNA GLUSHAK TARI KELLY MARK PRICE JOHN SHARTZER JONATHAN SPIVEY ALEX SYIEK TEDDY TRICE ELISABETH YANCEY

GREG BALLA ALISON EWING MARY MCNULTY JAMES TAYLOR ODOM

Scenic Design LEE SAVAGE

Costume Design JEN CAPRIO

Lighting Design RYAN O'GARA

Composer and Music Supervision MICHAEL HOLLAND

Sound Design JEFF HUMAN

Fight Direction ROBERT WESTLEY

Associate Director STEVE BEBOUT

Casting PEARSON CASTING, CSA CDG

Booking and Marketing Direction BOND THEATRICAL

Production Management PORT CITY TECHNICAL HUNTER STORIE

Company Manager SUZANNE PRUETER with

Production Stage Manager MARGOT WHITNEY

Social Media MARATHON DIGITAL

General Management WORK LIGHT PRODUCTIONS MATT KUNKEL

Directed by CASEY HUSHION

Hair, Wig & Makeup Design J. JARED JANAS

CLUE and all related characters are trademarks of Hasbro and are used with permission. ©2024 Hasbro. Licensed by Hasbro.

Originally produced at Bucks County Playhouse, New Hope, Pennsylvania, Alexander Fraser, Robyn Goodman, Stephen Kocis, Josh Fiedler, Producers.

Clue: A New Comedy developed by Cleveland Play House, Laura Kepley, Artistic Director & Kevin Moore, Managing Director

CAST

Please turn off all electronic devices such as cellular phones and watch alarms. The use of any recording device, either audio or video, and the taking of photographs, with or without flash, is strictly prohibited.

MARIAH BURKS

JOHN TREACY EGAN

MICHELLE ELAINE

JOANNA GLUSHAK

TARI KELLY

ALEX SYIEK

GREG BALLA

ALISON EWING

TEDDY TRICE

ELISABETH YANCEY

MARK PRICE

JOHN SHARTZER

JONATHAN SPIVEY

MARY MCNULTY

JAMES TAYLOR ODOM

CAST

(In Order of Speaking)

Wadsworth .....................................................................................................................

Mark Price

Yvette Elisabeth Yancey

The Cook (and others) ..................................................................................................Mariah Burks

Colonel Mustard. John Treacy Egan

Mrs. White Tari Kelly

Mrs. Peacock .......................................................................................................... Joanna Glushak

Mr. Green John Shartzer

Professor Plum ....................................................................................................... Jonathan Spivey

Miss Scarlet Michelle Elaine

Mr. Boddy (and others) Alex Syiek

The Cop (and others).......................................................................................................Teddy Trice

UNDERSTUDIES

Understudies never substitute for listed performers unless a specific announcement is made at the time of the appearance. For Colonel Mustard, Mr. Green, Professor Plum, Mr. Boddy (and others), The Cop (and others) –GREG BALLA; For Yvette, The Cook (and others), Mrs. White, Mrs. Peacock – ALISON EWING; For Yvette, The Cook (and others), Mrs. White, Mrs. Peacock, Miss Scarlet – MARY McNULTY; For Wadsworth, Mr. Green, Professor Plum, Mr. Boddy (and others), The Cop (and others) – JAMES TAYLOR ODOM; For Wadsworth – JONATHAN SPIVEY; For Colonel Mustard – TEDDY TRICE; For Miss Scarlet – ELISABETH YANCEY

FIGHT CAPTAIN

Greg Balla

TIME 1954

PLACE

Boddy Manor, a mansion of epic proportions and terrifying secrets, in New England.

CLUE WILL BE PERFORMED WITH NO INTERMISSION.

Latecomers will be seated at the discretion of management. Patrons with disabilities: wheelchair seating is available in a variety of theatre locations. When ordering tickets, please indicate any special needs. For our hearing-impaired guests, the theatre is equipped with listening devices; please contact an usher for assistance.

WHO’S WHO

MARIAH BURKS ( The Cook and others ). A native Clevelander making her national tour debut. Credits: Little Women (Dobama Theatre), Antigone (CPH), Clue (CPH). Alum of the CWRU/CPH MFA Acting Program & BGSU. Recipient: National Irene Ryan Acting Award at The Kennedy Center. Regional/ local credits: Caroline, or Change (Tantrum Theatre); Ragtime (Cain Park). Love & gratitude to all! @magical_mariahb

JOHN TREACY EGAN (Colonel Mustard). Broadway: My Fair Lady, Casa Valentina, Nice Work.., Sister Act, The Little Mermaid, The Producers, Jekyll & Hyde, Bye Bye Birdie. Off-Broadway: Clinton The Musical, When Pigs Fly, Disaster!, Bat Boy. Television: And Just Like That, Gotham, Younger, The Good Wife, The Knick, Boardwalk Empire, Nurse Jackie, and 30 Rock officialjohntreacyegan.com

MICHELLE ELAINE (Miss Scarlet). Alley Theatre: Clue, Dead Man’s Cell Phone, Sense and Sensibility, Sweat, Quack, All The Way. The Ensemble Theatre: Clyde’s; By The Way, Meet Vera Stark; Gee’s Bend and School Girls; Or, the African Mean Girls Play. Stages: POTUS, We Are Proud to Present…, Failure: A Love Story Watch Michelle’s web series @castmedammit on YouTube! @michelleelaineofficial

JOANNA GLUSHAK (Mrs. Peacock). Broadway (Highlight Roles): 1776, A Gentlemen’s Guide To Love And Murder, Sunday In The Park With George, Les Misérables, Hairspray, Urinetown . National Tours: 1776, Finding Neverland, Young Frankenstein, Xanadu . ‘Mrs. O’Toole’ in The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel as well as many other roles for Film/ TV. Yale Drama School Graduate. More info at joannaglushak.com

TARI KELLY ( Mrs. White ). Broadway: Mr. Saturday Night, Groundhog Day, Something Rotten!, Anything Goes, The Boy from Oz, Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical, and Show Boat National Tours: Anastasia, Little Shop of Horrors, Show Boat, and Beauty and the Beast. Check out tarikelly.com

MARK PRICE (Wadsworth). Broadway: Mary Poppins, All Shook Up, Wonderful Town, Rocky Horror Show, Mamma Mia!, Dance of the Vampires, The Capeman, and Chicago. Regional: Clue, Dial M for Murder, The 39 Steps, The Cottage, Lend Me A Tenor, Assassins, Sondheim Celebration (Lincoln Center), Sweeney

Todd (Kennedy Center; Helen Hayes nomination). TV.: Blacklist, Murphy Brown, The Good Wife, Law & Order aboutmarkprice.com

JOHN SHARTZER ( Mr. Green ). Theatre: Aladdin: A Musical Spectacular, Darling Grenadine, Clue. Film: Book Club. Television: Dahmer, Station 19, 9-1-1: Lonestar, Brooklyn 99, Grace & Frankie, While You Were Breeding. Songwriting: Emmy nominated for Shine. Thank you Casey and Sandy. Love to my Mrs. with all the right kisses Cassandra and our strong and beautiful Nora.

JONATHAN SPIVEY ( Professor Plum, u/s Wadsworth ). He/him. Broadway: The Front Page, Act One. OffBroadway: Summer & Smoke, Morning’s at Seven, Smart Blonde . Regional: Yale, Old Globe, Denver Center, Long Wharf, Barrington, Milwaukee Rep, Cape Playhouse, many more. TV: The Gilded Age, Blue Bloods, The Blacklist, FBI: Most Wanted, East New York. MFA: Old Globe. jspivey.com

ALEX SYIEK (Mr. Boddy and others). Some favorite credits: Natasha...Great Comet (Pierre, ISF/Great Lakes Theater), Groundhog Day (Phil, Paramount Theatre), Murder on the Orient Express (Officer, Paper Mill Playhouse). Musical Projects: The Show on the Roof (Music and Lyrics), The Poké Musical (Book and Lyrics). BWU MT ’13, NYU GMTWP (Cycle 26). Thank YOU for supporting live theatre. alexsyiek.com

TEDDY TRICE (The Cop and others, u/s Colonel Mustard). He/him. The Book of Mormon (Broadway, 2nd Nat’l Tour). International Tour: Come From Away, The Book of Mormon (Australia). Off-Broadway: The Butcher Boy (Irish Repertory Theatre), Shedding Load (59E59). Select Regional: The Island (KC Actors Theatre), Sweat (Unicorn Theatre). BA in Theatre (Drury University). Gratitude and love to Claire, Mom and Dad, Manager, Rochel Saks, and the Clue team. @teddytrice

ELISABETH YANCEY ( Yvette, u/s Miss Scarlet ) is an actor, yoga instructor and coach based in NYC. Favorite Regional Credits: Palm Beach Dramaworks, Gulfshore Playhouse, Cleveland Play House, and Wellesley Repertory Theater. Chautauqua Institute Conservatory 2020, MFA Acting (CWRU/CPH), BA Theatre Studies (Wellesley College), Certificate Classical Acting (LAMDA). @elisabethyancey

GREG BALLA (Fight Captain; u/s Colonel Mustard, Mr. Green, Professor Plum, Mr. Boddy and others, The

Cop and others). Off-Broadway: Straight, Blue Man Group. Regional Credits Include: La Jolla, Hartford Stage, Huntington, Pioneer Theatre, John Drew, Lyric Stage. TV/ Film: The Watcher (Netflix), The Blacklist (NBC), The Penguin (HBO Max), No Hard Feelings (Sony Pictures). Love to my best friend and partner, Angelica. imGregBalla.com

ALISON EWING (u/s Yvette, The Cook and others, Mrs. White, Mrs. Peacock ). Broadway: Mamma Mia! (Tanya), Cabaret. National Tours: Anastasia (Countess Lily), An American In Paris, Cabaret, and Flashdance Regional: A Chorus Line (Sheila) at SFPlayhouse, Fun Home at Berkeley Playhouse, Hand To God at SJ Stage, Emma and others at TheatreWorks, A Little Night Music at 42nd Street Moon. Alison is an audiobooks narrator with Tantor and Audible. Love to Keith. AlisonEwing.com

MARY MCNULTY (u/s Yvette, The Cook and others, Mrs. White, Mrs. White, Mrs. Peacock, Miss Scarlet ). National Tour: Camelot (Guenevere). Select Regional Credits: Clue (Cover); Kiss Me, Kate (Lillie/Katherine); Into the Breeches (June); Much Ado About Nothing (Beatrice); Into the Woods (Baker’s Wife), Moon Over Buffalo (Rosalind). Many thanks to ATB! mary-mcnulty.com

JAMES TAYLOR ODOM (u/s Wadsworth, Mr. Green, Professor Plum, Mr. Boddy and others, The Cop and others). National Tours: D’Ysquith in A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder, The Sound of Music. Regional: The Rainmaker (Laguna Playhouse), The 39 Steps (Virginia Stage), Clue (Gateway Playhouse), God of Carnage (Shadowland Stages), Murder For Two and It Came From Outer Space (TheatreSquared), Grumpy Old Men (Ogunquit Playhouse), Mary Poppins (Tuacahn). MFA: University of Arkansas. BA: Brenau. Avalon Artists Group.

JONATHAN LYNN (Based On The Screenplay). Feature film direction: Clue, Nuns on the Run (also wrote), My Cousin Vinny, Greedy, Trial And Error, The Whole Nine Yards, The Fighting Temptations, and Wild Target Select TV writing: Yes Minister and Yes, Prime Minister Bestselling books: The Complete Yes, Minister and The Complete Yes , Prime Minister , cumulatively over a million copies and translated into numerous languages. He wrote the novels Mayday (1991) and Samaritans (2017) and a book about comedy, Comedy Rules (2011). In London he wrote/directed two plays: Yes Prime Minister and The Patriotic Traitor (The Park). Awards: BAFTA, Writers Guild (twice), Broadcasting Press Guild (twice), NAACP Image

Award, Environmental Media Award, Ace Award, and a Special Award from the UK Campaign For Freedom of Information. Lynn received an MA in Law from Cambridge University and now lives near New York City, writing new plays, describing himself as a recovering lawyer. jonathanlynn.com

SANDY RUSTIN (Book) is a Broadway playwright and actress named by American Theatre Magazine as one of the “Most-Produced Playwrights” in the U.S. Her comedy, The Cottage, premiered last summer on Broadway. Sandy penned the musical stage adaptation of MGM’s film Mystic Pizza as well as the concert adaptations of I Married An Angel and Dear World (NY Times Critic’s Pick) for NY City Center Encores! Her comedy, The Suffragette’s Murder, will premiere in 2025. Her musical, Houston (New American Musical Award), is in development with Grammy winner, Edie Brickell. She has developed works for Disney, STX Entertainment, Primary Wave Music, and Mattel. Other works: Rated P … For Parenthood, Elijah, Struck, Always Something There, and more. A Northwestern University graduate, Sandy serves on the Advisory Board of NYU’s Camp Kesem chapter. Love to Evan, Isaac & Charlie. sandyrustin.com @sandyrustin_

HUNTER FOSTER ( Additional Materials ). Originally adapted and co-wrote Clue from its earliest development, and directed its world premiere at the Bucks County Playhouse. He has also directed Clue for the Cape Playhouse and the Utah Shakespeare Festival. He directed the Off-Broadway musical, The Other Josh Cohen, and was named Director of the Year by the Wall Street Journal. Select directing credits: The Drowsy Chaperone (Goodspeed), Million Dollar Quartet (Paper Mill), The Bridges of Madison County, Guys & Dolls , 42nd Street (Bucks County), Once , My Fair Lady, Cabaret (Cape Playhouse), Our Town, Jersey Boys, Rock of Ages (Theatre Aspen). Writing credits: Jasper in Deadland (Off-Broadway), Summer of ‘42 (Off-Broadway, Outer Critic Nomination), The Circus in Winter (Goodspeed Musicals), Clyde ‘n Bonnie (Aurora Theatre), and The Hollow (Signature Theatre). Received a Tony Award nomination for his performance on Broadway in Little Shop of Horrors.

ERIC PRICE (Additional Materials). Lyrics and Book: The Violet Hour, Radioactive, Presto Change-o, Around the World, Hello Out There, The Sixth Borough, and a musical adaptation of Jane Austen’s Emma which has been produced around the country. The Studio Cast Recording of The Violet Hour was named The Best Cast Recording of 2022 by the Broadway Radio Show and inspired a documentary film Moment to

Moment which tells the story of its creation. With collaborator Will Reynolds, Eric won the Fred Ebb Award for Musical Theatre Writing. He’s a member of the Lincoln Center Theatre Directors Lab, a Dramatists Guild Fellow, and earned an MFA in Musical Theatre from NYU. In addition to his career as a writer, Eric was the assistant to 21-time Tony Award ®-winner Hal Prince and worked with him for many years on the development of new plays and musicals. theviolethourmusical.com

CASEY HUSHION (Director). Broadway: Associate Director of Mean Girls, Aladdin, The Prom, In The Heights, Elf, The Drowsy Chaperone, To Be Or Not to Be and Good Vibrations. New York credits include Call Me Madam (Encores), Fat Camp and Nerds (almost). Before launching the national tour of Clue, Casey directed the premiere at Cleveland Playhouse, as well as productions at la Mirada Theatre and Paper Mill Playhouse. Also at Paper Mill, she has directed Murder On The Orient Express, A Jolly Holiday, Beehive and Beautiful. Most recently, Casey helmed the National Tour of The Cher Show and the new musical Mystic Pizza . Casey served as Artistic Director of North Carolina Theatre for ten years. For television, Casey has choreographed episodes of Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt. Love to Marc and her three kids, Lincoln, Violet and Jane. caseyhushion.com

LEE SAVAGE (Set Design). Broadway: The Lightning Thief NYC: Women’s Project, Second Stage Uptown, Keen Company, Acting Company, Mabou Mines, Labyrinth, Primary Stages, LCT3, Roundabout Underground, Page 73, Atlantic, NAATCO, and others. REGIONAL: ACT, Asolo Rep, Baltimore Centerstage, Chautauqua, Cleveland Play House, Dallas Theater Center, Glimmerglass, Goodman, and others. AWARDS: Helen Hayes, NAACP and Connecticut Critics Circle. Affiliations: Wingspace and USA829. MFA (Yale School of Drama), BFA (RISD), Head of Scenic Design at Rutgers, Mason Gross School of the Arts.

JEN CAPRIO ( Costume Design ). Broadway: Heart of Rock and Roll, Spamalot, Falsettos, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. National/International: Falsettos, Joseph…, The Lion (West End/US Tour), …Spelling Bee (US Tours). TV: The Pigeon Explains (YouTube), Tiny Time Travel (PBS Kids), Sesame Street (seasons 47-54), The Not-Too-Late Show with Elmo (Seasons 1-2), Manhunt (Apple TV+). 2019, 2020, & 2021 Nomination, 2020 Daytime Emmy Winner for Sesame Street. jencaprio.com. Instagram: @jencapriocostumedesign

RYAN O'GARA ( Lightning Design ). Broadway: The Wiz , Thoughts of a Colored Man . National Tour (select): The Wiz , Mystic Pizza , On Your Feet, MDQ – Christmas, Juke Box Hero, Blippi, Vocalosity, The Little Prince and A Night with Janis Joplin. Select: Cirque, Norwegian Cruise Line, Tokyo DisneySea, NY City Opera, Paper Mill, Walnut Street, Drury Lane, TUTS, New Victory Theatre, Capital Repertory and Bristol Riverside Theatre (2016 Barrymore). ALD for 29 Broadway productions. Graduated from UNCSA. ryanogara.com

JEFF HUMAN (Sound Design) is the Director of Design for Kirkegaard Integrated Systems Design. www. kirkegaard.com. He was the Associate Sound Designer for Something Rotten Second National Tour and Seoul productions. His regional sound design credits include Clue at the Cleveland Play House and The Aliens and Bad Dates at the Weston Playhouse. Gratitude to Steve and Nancy Gabriel and Rhys Williams. Many thanks to Rossella and the kids for their love and support.

J. JARED JANAS (Hair, Wig, & Make up Design). Broadway: Prayer for the French Republic; Purlie Victorious; Good Night, Oscar; Sweeney Todd…; Ohio State Murders; & Juliet; Kimberly Akimbo; Topdog/Underdog; How I Learned to Drive; American Buffalo; Jagged Little Pill; Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune; Gettin’ the Band Back Together; Bandstand ; Indecent ; Sunset Boulevard; The Visit; The Real Thing; Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill; Motown; Peter and the Starcatcher; The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess

MICHAEL HOLLAND ( Original Music and Music Supervison ). Orchestrations/vocal arrangements: Godspell (Broadway revival); You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown (Cincinnati Playhouse); Emma: A Pop Musical (Broadway Licensing); Farah Alvin: On Vinyl (2023 recording). Music and lyrics: Twelve Angry Men: A New Musical (2021 World Premiere, Theater Latté Da, Minneapolis; Asolo Rep, Sarasota, Spring 2024); You’re Gonna Hate This (Joe’s Pub; Feinstein’s 54 Below, NYC). Incidental music: Dallas Theater Center, Alley Theater, Old Globe, Playwrights Horizons, Bay Street Theater, others.

ROBERT WESTLEY (Fight Director) has choreographed movement for Broadway, Off-Broadway, West End Productions and award-winning films developing unique and exciting performances of dance, clowning, aerial acrobatics, puppetry and martial art. Broadway: I Need That , Bernhardt/Hamlet , A Bronx Tale: The Musical, Hand to God. Off-Broadway: Teenage Dick (Public Theater), Important Hats of the Twentieth Century (MTC), The Thanksgiving Play

(Playwrights Horizons). West End: Mad House.PreBroadway Musicals: The Sting, The Honeymooners

STEVE BEBOUT (Associate Director) served as Associate Director for Company (Tour), Some Like It Hot (Broadway), Aladdin (Broadway, Tour), Something Rotten! (Broadway, Tours), The Book of Mormon (Broadway, Tours, West End), Sister Act (Broadway), The Addams Family (Broadway, Tours, International). Directing credits include UnCivil (World Premiere), I Got Fired (NYMF, Korea), Regional productions of Newsies (St Louis, Raleigh), Clue (St Louis. Thanks, Casey!), Annie (Fort Worth), Elf (Atlanta), Buddy (multiple), Little Shop of Horrors (multiple). Loves Holly & Gus!

PEARSON CASTING, CSA, CDG (Casting). Starlight Express (Troubadour Theatre), SIX (Vaudeville Theatre, West End & UK National Tour), Operation Mincemeat (Fortune Theatre, West End), Pretty Woman (US National Tour), Fantastically Great Women Who Changed The World (UK National Tour), Bluey’s Big Play (Southbank Centre & UK National Tour), Lizzie The Musical (Southwark Playhouse), Gypsy (The Mill At Sonning). Pearson Casting won a CDG casting award for best regional production for RENT (Hope Mill Theatre).

BOND THEATRICAL (Tour Booking, Marketing & Publicity) is an independently-owned theatrical booking, marketing and publicity company representing awardwinning Broadway shows and live entertainment properties. BOND connects artists and audiences by forming strategic, authentic and profitable partnerships between producers and presenters across North America. Current tour booking and marketing shows: & Juliet, A Beautiful Noise, Clue, Company, Dr. Seuss’ How The Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical, JCS, Life Of Pi, Les Misérables, Peter Pan, Shucked, and Water for Elephants. Current marketing and publicity shows: Dear Evan Hansen, Jagged Little Pill, MJ, Moulin Rouge! The Musical, SIX and Tina — The Tina Turner Musical. For a complete list of current projects, please visit BondTheatrical.com

PORT CITY TECHNICAL ( Production Management ) is a production management company based in Charleston, S.C. Also referred to as Work Light South, PCT was initially started in 1993 as Technical Theater Solutions by Rhys Williams. TTS worked with WLP on many shows, including American Idiot, Nice Work If You Can Get It, In the Heights and Avenue Q . Since the conception of PCT, tours with WLP have included RENT, An Officer and a Gentleman, Vocalosity, Motown, R&H’s Cinderella, Something

Rotten!, Bandstand, White Christmas and the preBroadway Ain’t Too Proud: The Temptations Musical. Current and upcoming tours include Ain’t Too Proud, Clue, Company, MAMMA MIA!, Mrs. Doubtfire, and Jesus Christ Superstar.

PARAMOUNT PICTURES (Based on the Paramount Pictures Motion Picture) a division of Paramount Global, has for more than 110 years produced and distributed some of the world’s most iconic films. Paramount Global’s Broadway and West End titles include Mean Girls, nominated for 12 Tony Awards and now on its second national tour; The SpongeBob Musical, nominated for 12 Tony Awards; Sunset Boulevard, returning to Broadway in 2024; School of Rock; Ghost; Almost Famous; The Kite Runner; and Irving Berlin’s White Christmas. Stage projects in development include Clueless the Musical

HASBRO (Based on the Hasbro board game CLUE) is a leading toy and game company whose mission is to entertain and connect generations of fans through the wonder of storytelling and exhilaration of play. Hasbro delivers engaging brand experiences for global audiences through toys, consumer products, gaming and entertainment, with a portfolio of iconic brands including Magic: The Gathering, Dungeons & Dragons, Hasbro Gaming, Nerf, Transformers, Play-doh And Peppa Pig, as well as premier partner brands. © 2024 Hasbro, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

MARGOT WHITNEY ( Production Stage Manager ). Broadway: SWEAT . Tour: Clue, Mean Girls, Come From Away, Bright Star, The King & I, Cinderella, War Horse . Select Others: Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati, The Public, Signature Theatre, Shakespeare Theatre of NJ, La Jolla Playhouse, Cincinnati Opera, and Cincinnati Ballet. University of Cincinnati - CCM alum. Love to family and friends!

EMILY KRITZMAN (Assistant Stage Manager) studied Stage Management at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. She is honored to be a part of the national tour of Clue. Former credits include Mean Girls, Hairspray, Waitress, and Anastasia. She would like to thank her friends, parents, and Tom for their endless support.

MARIA BELLA DIVITTORIO ( Assistant Stage Manager ). Broadway: Mr. Saturday Night. Off-Broadway: The Jerusalem Syndrome, Fuente Ovejuna, Lessons In Survival: 1971 . National Tours: Mrs. Doubtfire Regional: Paperboy (Manhattan School of Music), Black Like Me (Chautauqua Theater), Ella and Her Fella Frank (Virginia Rep). UNCSA Stage Management ‘21. Much love to her cats, Pretzel and Chucky.

BERRIT KELLER (Substitute Assistant Stage Manager). She/her. Stage Manager at Radio City Music Hall. Broadway: Moulin Rouge, Beetlejuice, Company, Bad Cinderella, West Side Story. Regional: Roundabout, The Kennedy Center, The MUNY, The Old Globe. BFA University of Michigan. For Chandler and Lily.

SARAH E. T. JACKSON ( Substitute Assistant Stage Manager ). National Tour: The Lion King . OffBroadway: Kate Hamill’s Dracula. Regional: Fiddler on the Roof (Philadelphia Orchestra), Annie Get Your Gun (Bay Street Theatre), Rocky Horror Picture Show (Bucks County Playhouse), Into the Woods (Juilliard Drama Division), Kiss; Mary Jane (Yale Repertory Theatre), MFA - Yale School of Drama.

SUZANNE PRUETER ( Company Manager ). Thrilled to re-join Work Light Productions having supported tours of RENT and Motown as Associate Production Manager. Company Manager for Broadway shows and touring companies such as Les Misérables, Fosse, Aida, and Beauty and the Beast. Able to stuff more luggage under a bus than most bus drivers.

THE ARACA GROUP ( Producer ). Founded in 1997 by partners Matthew Rego, Michael Rego and Hank Unger, the Araca Group is a Broadway producing and merchandising company. Broadway producing credits include: Urinetown: The Musical; Wicked; SpongeBob SquarePants; Disgraced; Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune (starring Edie Falco and Stanley Tucci); A View From the Bridge (starring Liev Schreiber and Scarlett Johansson); The Wedding Singer and Lend Me a Tenor (starring Tony Shalhoub). Upcoming Broadway productions include: The Outsiders . araca.com

WORK LIGHT PRODUCTIONS ( Producer & General Management). Formed in 2005, WLP has since grown into a full service producing, investment, general management, and technical supervision company. Current and past productions: Olivier Award winning production of Jesus Christ Superstar (North America, UK Tour), Ain’t Too Proud (Broadway, North America, West End), Clue (North America), Cluedo (UK), and the North American tours of Mrs. Doubtfire, Mamma Mia!, Company, RENT, An Officer and a Gentleman, Motown, Something Rotten!, Bandstand, R&H’s Cinderella, White Christmas, American Idiot, In The Heights and Avenue Q. Produced Julie Andrews, The Gift of Music. WLP is led by founding partners Stephen Gabriel and Nancy Gabriel. worklightproductions.com

LIVELY MCCABE ENTERTAINMENT (Producer) is a theatrical development and IP management company founded

in 2017 by former Disney executive Michael Barra. The company is best known for its collection of theatrical properties including: Clue (based on the 1985 Paramount film and Hasbro game) and it’s UK sibling Cluedo, the musical adaptation of Mystic Pizza (based on the MGM film starring Julia Roberts), country music musical May We All (developed with Florida Georgia Line), and Joe Iconis’ Punk Rock Girl!. Upcoming projects include musical adaptations of the iconic films Girls Just Want To Have Fun and Can’t Hardly Wait . For more info please visit livelymccabe.com

AGED IN WOOD

(Producer). Partners Robyn Goodman and Josh Fiedler with associate producer Nicole Kramer have produced on Broadway since 2000. Broadway: Tommy, Company (Tony Award), Angels in America (Tony Award), Avenue Q (Tony Award), Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella, In The Heights, Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo, The Performers, High Fidelity, Metamorphoses and more. Currently developing the musicals Working Girl and Nowhere Boy and a revival of Jar the Floor by Cheryl West.

BUCKS COUNTY PLAYHOUSE (Originally Produced ) has re-emerged as a driving force in regional theatre for original productions of classic plays and musicals and developing new work since its multi-million-dollar restoration in 2012. The Wall Street Journal hailed the Playhouse as “one of the top regional theaters on the East Coast,” citing four recent productions in its year’s-end “best of” list. It has produced six world premieres, including Candace Bushnell’s Is There Still Sex in the City, Rock and Roll Man and Other World

CLEVELAND PLAY HOUSE (Developing House). Founded in 1915 and recipient of the 2015 Regional Theatre Tony Award, Cleveland Play House is America’s first professional regional theatre. Throughout its rich history, CPH has remained dedicated to its mission to inspire, stimulate and entertain diverse audiences in Northeast Ohio by producing plays and theatre education programs of the highest professional standards. CPH has produced more than 100 world and/or American premieres, and over its long history more than 12 million people have attended over 1,600 productions.

CENTER THEATRE GROUP

SNEHAL DESAI (Artistic Director, he/him) was appointed Center Theatre Group’s third artistic director in 2023. As an artistic leader, Snehal has sought to raise awareness on social issues that affect Angelenos through impactful and empowering storytelling. Previously, he was the Producing Artistic Director of East West Players. A Soros Fellow and the recipient of a Tanne Award, Snehal was the Inaugural Recipient of the Drama League’s Classical Directing Fellowship. He has served on the boards of the Consortium of Asian American Theaters and Artists (Caata), Theatre Communications Group (TCG), and currently serves on the board of the National Alliance for Musical Theatre (NAMT). Snehal was on the faculty of USC’s graduate program in Arts Leadership and is a graduate of the Yale School of Drama.

MEGHAN PRESSMAN (Managing Director/CEO, she/ her) joined Center Theatre Group in 2019. Previously, she served as Managing Director of Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company (D.C.), Director of Development for Signature Theatre (N.Y.), and Associate Managing Director of Berkeley Rep. She is a graduate of Yale School of Drama/Yale School of Management and serves as a mentor in the Theater Management program. Meghan has served as the Vice-Chair for the Theatre Communications Group Board of Directors and is a member of the Broadway League.

DOUGLAS C. BAKER (Producing Director, he/him) joined Center Theatre Group in 1990. Doug is an active member of the Broadway League, the Independent Presenters Network (IPN), and is a proud member of the Association of Theatrical Press Agents and Managers (ATPAM). In 2013, Doug received the Broadway League’s prestigious Outstanding Achievement in Presenter Management Award.

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.

CENTER THEATRE GROUP, one of the nation’s preeminent arts and cultural organizations, is Los Angeles’ leading not-for-profit theatre company, which, under the leadership of Artistic Director Snehal Desai, Managing Director / CEO Meghan Pressman, and Producing Director Douglas C. Baker, programs the Mark Taper Forum and the Ahmanson Theatre at The Music Center in Downtown Los Angeles, and the Kirk Douglas Theatre in Culver City. Center Theatre Group is one of the country’s leading producers of ambitious new works through commissions and world premiere productions and a leader in interactive community engagement and education programs that reach across generations, demographics, and circumstances to serve Los Angeles. Founded in 1967, Center Theatre Group has produced more than 700 productions across its three stages, including such iconic shows as Zoot Suit; Angels in America; The Kentucky Cycle; Biloxi Blues; Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992; Children of a Lesser God; Curtains; The Drowsy Chaperone; 9 to 5: The Musical; and Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo. CenterTheatreGroup.org

STAFF FOR CLUE

THE ARACA GROUP

Matthew Rego Michael Rego Hank Unger

Cristina Vivenzio Megan Rhoads

Kerry Frye Sophie Glassman

WORK LIGHT PRODUCTIONS

Stephen Gabriel Nancy Gabriel

Anièle Fortin-Perkell, Chief Operating Officer & Executive Producer

Matt Kunkel, General Manager

Jordyn David, General Management Assistant Brian Harlan Brooks Sanjida Chowdhury Mackenzie Foster Noelle Hedgcock

Kimberly Helms Courtney King Marian Osadebe

Casi Pruitt Mitchell Skolnick Carolyn Smith

LIVELY MCCABE ENTERTAINMENT

Executive Producer

Michael Barra

VP, Theater Allison Bressi

TECHNICAL SUPERVISION PORT CITY TECHNICAL

Rhys Williams, Vice President of Production Hunter Storie, Production Manager

Sara Schultz, Assistant Production Manager

Laurence Christopher Ryan George Ryan Johnson

Tom Klonowski Adrienne Maurer Tiffany West

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TOUR BOOKING

Temah Higgins Mollie Mann

Wendy Roberts

Madison St. Amour Laura Rizzo Nilesha Alexander

TOUR MARKETING & PUBLICITY

DJ Martin

Marc Viscardi

Steph Kelleher Elisabeth Reyes

CASTING

PEARSON CASTING

James Pearson, CSA Rosie Pearson, CSA

LEGAL COUNSEL Lazarus & Harris LLP

Scott Lazarus, Esq. Robert C. Harris, Esq. Emily Lawson, Esq. Carter Anne McGowan, Esq. Diane Viale Patrick Wilcox

MUSIC CLEARANCE AND SUPERVISION

Janet Billig Rich and Lisa Moberly for Loudspeaker Music Group

“Clue (Alternate I)” (a/k/a “Clue Main Title”) Written by John Morris Used by permission of Sony/ATV Harmony (ASCAP). All Rights Reserved.

“Shake, Rattle and Roll” Written by Charles E. Calhoun Used by permission of Mijac Music (BMI), courtesy of Sony/ATV Music Publishing, and Unichappell Music Inc. (BMI) All Rights Reserved.

“Sh-Boom (Life Could Be a Dream)” Written by James Keyes, Claude Feaster, Carl Feaster, Floyd McRae and James Edwards. Used by permission of Unichappell Music Inc. (BMI) All Rights Reserved.

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ADDITIONAL STAFF

Suzanne Prueter

Assistant Company Manager Carleigh Allen

Production Stage Manager Margot Whitney

1st Assistant Stage Manager

Emily Kritzman

2nd Assistant Stage Manager Maria Bella DiVittorio

Substitute Assistant Stage Manager Berrit Keller

Substitute Assistant Stage Manager Sarah E. T. Jackson

Assistant Director Saki Kawamura

Associate Scenic Designer Michael Ruiz-del-Vizo

Associate Costume Designer Brynne Oster-Bainnson

Costume Assistant Megan Rutherford

Associate Lighting Designer Nicholas Pollock

Assistant Lighting Designer Sam Weiser

Lighting Programmer Jonah Camiel

Associate Hair, Wig and Makeup Designer Cassie Janay Williams

Production Carpenter Jack Gilchrist

Production Electrician Robert Virzera

Production Wardrobe Cat Lovejoy

Production Hair Adrienne Maurer

Head Carpenter Nicholas Ray

Assistant Carpenter/Flyman Sean Jenkins

Head Electrician Scott Barnett

Assistant Electrician Mike Barnes

Head Audio Jessica Glynn

Head Props John Mark Zink

Head Wardrobe Jeremy Davis-Towle

Head Hair & Makeup Jakey Hicks

Swing Tech Lakin Freedle

Accounting Withum Smith + Brown, PC

Controller Galbraith & Co./Jessica Pressman

Social Media Marathon Digital/Mike Karns, Melanie Pateiro, Ava Coploff, Chad Burris

Tour Booking, Marketing & Publicity Office BOND Theatrical/Phillip Aleman, Jenny Bates, Melissa Cohen, Bailey Ford, Harrison Mootoo, Scotland Newton, Linda Stewart, Jacob Stuckelman, Janiya Wade, Hannah Wallace

HR Consultant K+K Reset, Kiah Jones & Karen Robinson

Banking FLAGSTAR/Margaret Monigan

Insurance The Arts Insurance Program, LLC/Bob Middleton, Meghan Coleman, Toni Preto

Travel/Housing Road Rebel, Travel Trust

Payroll Services PrestigePEO

Physical Therapy Neurosport NYC, LLC

Production Photographer Evan Zimmerman for Murphymade

Video HMS Media

Merchandise The Araca Group

CREDITS AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Costumes built and provided by Siam Costumes, Christopher Schramm, Giliberto Designs, Arel Studio, Bethany Joy Costumes. Audio Equipment provided by PRG. Lighting and Rigging Equipment provided by Christie Lites. Workboxes provided by Port City Equipment Rental. Scenery built and painted by TTS Studios. Original Props from Cleveland Play House. New Prop builds & modifications from BrenBri Props. Wigs built by Backstage Artistry.

REHEARSED AT PEARL STUDIOS

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.

The Director and Choreographer are members of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers, Inc., an independent national labor union.

The House Managers, Press Agents, and Company Managers employed in this production are represented by the Association of Theatrical Press Agents & Managers.

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 Local 33; Treasurers and Ticket Sellers Local 857; Wardrobe Crew Local 768; Make-up Artists and Hair Stylists Local 706

United Scenic Artists represents designers and scenic artists for the American Theatre.

This production is produced by a member of The Broadway League in collaboration with our professional union-represented employees.

Center Theatre Group is a member of the League of Resident Theatres (LORT), the American Arts Alliance, the Broadway League, Independent Producers’ Network (IPN), and the Theatre Communications Group (TCG).

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Photo by Danny Kaan.

Bernadette Peters and Lea Salonga star in Cameron Mackintosh’s Production of Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends.

ARTISTIC

SNEHAL DESAI Artistic Director | MEGHAN PRESSMAN Managing Director/CEO | DOUGLAS C. BAKER Producing Director

GORDON DAVIDSON Founding Artistic Director

Center Theatre Group would like to thank its exceptional staff for their ongoing commitment, dedication, and extraordinary efforts. ♦ On staff for 10+ years.

LINDSAY ALLBAUGH♦ Associate Artistic Director

TIFFANY SLAGLE° Artistic & Literary Administrative Assistant

CASEY NICHOLAW, PHYLICIA RASHAD, RANDOLPH MEREDYTH-DRAKE Executive Assistant to the Artistic Director

PAULA VOGEL Associate Artists

PAIGE VEHLEWALD Artistic Programs Manager

EXECUTIVE

CAMILLE SCHENKKAN♦ Deputy Managing Director

KHANISHA FOSTER Director of Equity, Belonging & Engagement

A'RAELLE FLYNN-BOLDEN Staff Programs Manager

NAIMA OROZCO-VALDIVIA° Temporary Executive Programs Associate CHRISTOPHER CID Executive Office Fellow

MANAGEMENT

NAUSICA STERGIOU♦ General Manager

ERIC SIMS♦ Ahmanson Theatre Presentations Manager

KATIE SOFF ♦ Associate General Manager

JEFFREY UPAH♦ General Management Associate

KIARA BRYANT Company Manager

TAYLOR ANNE CULLEN Temporary Assistant Company Manager

EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS

JESUS REYES♦ Director of Learning and Community Partnerships

TRACI KWON♦ Arts Education Initiatives Director

AURORA ILOG Creative Workforce Initiatives Director

MEIGHAN LA ROCCA Program Manager

COURTNEY CLARK° Digital Learning Manager

NATALIA QUINTERO-RIESTRA Education & Community Partnerships Coordinator

NEVAEH GUTIERREZ Education Data Analysis Intern

ESTELA GARCIA, CHRISTINE BREIHAN Resident Teaching Artists

ZACHARY BONES, RAMY EL-ETREBY, SARA GUERRERO

AJA HOUSTON, JOHNATHON L. JACKSON, DAVID JIMENEZ,°

CARENE ROSE MEKERTICHYAN, MARA PALMA,

ROBERT PATERNO,TARA RICASA, TIANA RANDALL-QUANT,

MONIQUE SYPKENS Teaching Artists

PRODUCTION

JOE HAMLIN♦ Director of Production

SHANNON G. BICKNELL Production Manager

CAMBRIA CHICHI° Production Supervisor

ISAAC KATZANEK Technical Director

SHAWN ANDERSON♦ Head Carpenter (Ahmanson Theatre)

SCOTT LUCAS Head Properties (Ahmanson Theatre)

JARED BATTY Head Electrician (Ahmanson Theatre)

ROBERT SMITH♦ Head Sound (Ahmanson Theatre)

SHANE ANDERSON Head Flyrail (Ahmanson Theatre)

MICHAEL GARDNER♦ Wardrobe Supervisor (Ahmanson Theatre)

MARY BORGIA Hair & Make-up Supervisor (Ahmanson Theatre)

CHRISTINE L. COX♦ House Manager (Ahmanson Theatre)

EMMET KAISER♦ Head Carpenter (Mark Taper Forum)

MARY ROMERO Head Properties (Mark Taper Forum)

AARON STAUBACH♦ Head Electrician (Mark Taper Forum)

CHRISTIAN LEE Head Sound (Mark Taper Forum)

LORETTA BUSSEN Wardrobe Supervisor (Mark Taper Forum)

ARTISTIC DEVELOPMENT & COMMISSIONS

MERRIANNE NEDREBERG♦

KATE REINLIB

ERIC BABB°

Shop Director

Associate Prop Director

Assistant Prop Director

RAUL VEGA MARTINEZ° Shop Supervisor

SHANTA FARIA DE SA

Costume Shop Manager

CAYLYN DABNEY Resident Assistant Costume Designer

ASHPHORD JACOWAY Costume Shop Coordinator

OPERATIONS

PETER WYLIE

Operations & Facilities Director

CHASE ANDERSON-SHAW Kirk Douglas Theatre Manager

VANESSA DE LOERA

JULIO A. CUELLAR♦

JASMINE BRAFF

Facilities Associate

Facilities Assistant

Operations Manager

NATALIE MARCEAU, D’ANGELO ANDERSON, SIMON J.O. MARTIN, REGINA NILES Drivers

VANESSA BRADCHULIS, OLIVIA CHOATE, PRESSLY COKER, MONICA GREENE, PAT LOEB, TWON POPE, SAM UDERO Stage Door Attendants

FINANCE, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, AND HUMAN RESOURCES

CHERYL SHEPHERD Chief Financial Officer

PETER BANACHOWSKI Controller

DENICE BEHDAD Assistant Controller

ANAHITA ASHRAFIPOUR Senior Accountant

XOCHITL ORTEGA Accounts Payable Supervisor

KERRY LARICK° Accounting Assistant

JESSICA HERNANDEZ Payroll Manager

JUAN MARTINEZ Payroll Specialist

TOM MEGALE IT Director

JANELLE CABRERA TORRES Tessitura & Web Administration Director

JOEY SOLANO Digital Product Manager

CHIMA OMEAKU Help Desk Support

CRIS SPACCA♦ Tessitura & IT Support

KEVIN WONG IT Inte

JODY HORWITZ♦ Director of Human Resources

MOSS ADAMS Auditor

MICHAEL C. DONALDSON, LISA A. CALLIF Legal Counsel

GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER Legal Counsel

INSTITUTIONAL ADVANCEMENT

SARAH SULLIVAN Director of Institutional Advancement

RICKY CARTER Director of Development

CRYSTAL DIAZ Director of Events

PAMELA KUHR Director of Annual Giving

KATASHA NELSON Director of Advancement Operations

PAULA MATALLANA Associate Director of Institutional Grants

ELIZABETH DELLORUSSO♦ Major Gifts Officer

NICOLE SCIPIONE♦ Senior Individual Giving Officer

OYE EHIKHAMHEN Individual Giving Officer

ZAIN PATEL Individual Giving Officer

CHRISTOPHER ECKHART Donor Communications Manager

WENDY HUI Grants Manager

MIKE RATTERMAN Telefunding Manager

BK DAWSON Senior Analyst, Gift & Accounting Reporting

NICKI BONURA Advancement Associate

As part of our commitment to supporting new plays and playwrights, we foster and develop a broad range of theatrical work from diverse artists locally, nationally, and abroad.

LA WRITERS’ WORKSHOP

HAILEY BRUNSON Annual Giving Coordinator

ALICE PELAYO Donor Liason & Institutional Advancement Assistant

IRENE CHO Executive Assistant

KRISH ADITYA Donor Events Intern

AL BERMAN,♦ BRAD GRIFFITH, VARTAN MERJANIAN, BENJAMIN SCHWARTZ, PAUL VITAGLIANO Donor Advisors

MEDIA AND CONTENT

BRETT WEBSTER Director of Media and Content

JESSICA DOHERTY° Associate Content Director

BOBBY MARTINEZ Content Associate

LILY JONES Media & Content Intern

DEANNA McCLURE Design Director

JAVIER VASQUEZ Digital Content Producer

LILA WAKILI Senior Graphic Designer

CINDY ANDRADE Graphic Designer

CHEYNE GALLARDE Graphic Designer

DAVIDSON & CHOY PUBLICITY

TIM CHOY, PETER GOLDMAN, VICTORIA WESTBROOK Publicity Consultants

MARKETING & SALES

GARRETT COLLINS Director of Marketing and Sales

CANDICE WALTERS♦ Associate Director, Marketing Operations

ANDRESSA ROYER Senior Manager, Audience Development & Marketing Events

DEVANY HARDEN° Manager, CRM & Email Marketing

KATHARINE MEANS° Advertising Manager

PETER SULLIVAN Marketing Coordinator

SIENA TAYLOR Theatre Archival Intern

CAROLINE THOMPSON/IMPACT 123 Media Planning

SKYPP CABANAS♦ Senior Manager, Ticket Operations

TINTIN NGUYEN Ticketing Operations Coordinator

SANDY CZUBIAK♦ Audience & Subscriber Services Director

JENNIFER BAKER,♦

CHERYL HAWKER♦ Audience Services Senior Supervisors

JONATHAN FLORES Audience Services Assistant Supervisor

JURGEN SANTOS, CHRISTIAN UNGER Audience Services Sales Associate

JESSICA ABROMAVICH, JUSTINE PEREZ♦ Donor Associates

JOSHUA BADILLO, CLAY BUNKER, FRANK ENSENBERGER, DANIEL GARCIA,

MICHAEL MUNOZ, SAMUEL ROQUE, JURGEN SANTOS, CHRISTINA WRIGHT Audience Services Representatives

DANUTA SIEMAK♦ Subscriber Services Senior Supervisor

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LIGIA PISTE,♦

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MICHAEL VALLE♦ Box Office Treasurer

KEANA JACKSON, YULIZA BARRAZA 1st Assistant Treasurers

KAITLYN GALVEZ, MICHAEL KEMPISTY,♦

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Since 2005, we have invited local playwrights to spend a year researching and writing a new work with the feedback of their fellow writers and artistic staff as part of our L.A. Writers’ Workshop.

Artists creating new work commissioned by Center Theatre Group this season: Learn more at CTGLA.org/Artists.

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Demian Bichir

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Thompson

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John Bowab^

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Kevin Brockman & Dan Berendsen

Robert Brook & Jackie Kosecoff

Neil H. & Karen Hochman Brown^

Anne Bruner & James Bremner^

Rick Buche & Vin Reilly

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Patty Chan^

The Honorable Judith C. Chirlin^*

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Roberta A. Conroy

In Memory of Marianne Cooper^*

Corinna Cotsen & Lee Rosenbaum

Tim Curtis and Shandon Youngclaus

William Dandridge

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Nancy Dennis

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Lauren Donner

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Ms. Anita H. Dymant &

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Richard J. Burdge Jr. &

Lee Smalley Edmon^

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Pat Fleming

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Scott Gaudineer

Fariba Ghaffari

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Claudia & Tom Grzywacz

Vera & Paul Guerin

Roberta L. Haft and Howard Rosoff

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Rand Hoffman & Charlotte Robinson

Brendan Hunt & Shannon Nelson

Mary Ann Jacobsen

Roslyn & Warren Jacobson

Rosalind Joseph

Michael Galindo & Mary Quon Jung^

Gary Kading^

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Ken & Stefanie Kay^

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In Memory of Mille Kern

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Darell Krasnoff

Nita Whitaker^

Anne & Michael Landsburg

Jed Lassere

Ron & Pat Lebel

James & Karen Lefever^

Dinny & David Lesser^

Ronald Levenson & Marcia Gold Levenson

Michael Levin & Andy Abowitz^

James Levine

Jeff S. Levine/The J2 Foundation

Dr. Dianne N. Long^

Mr. & Mrs. Mark S. Louchheim

M. Michele Martin

Dr. Rosie M. Mayfield^

Alan & Jodi Melcher^

Carla Meyer & Chuck Arnold^

Eileen Mignella in memory of

Sandra Paskus

Justin Mikita

Mr. & Mrs. Larry Miller

Joanne & Joel Mogy

Patrick Moran

Toni Morgan

Diane Morton

Loula Moschonas & James Edgerton^

Wendy A. Moss^

Kim Nicholas

Patty & John Nickoll

Russell Noel

Bob & Renee Nunn^

Cynthia Olmstead

Janie & Allan Orenstein^

Malhar Pagay

Elsie & Peter Paterno^

Helen Pekny

Maggi Phillips & Mario Gerla^

Irv & Gina Posalski^

Mr. & Mrs. Albert Praw^

Dr. Ralph & Cathy Quijano

Gail & Gary Rachelefsky

Resnik Family Foundation

Kirk & Cathy Reynolds^

Bingo Roncelli

Lois Rosen

Ellen & Mike Rosenberg

Barbara & Peter Rosenthal

Marsha & Imre Sallai^

June Sanders Sattler

Stephanie Schaffer

Mary Kay Schumacher

Linda M. Sherman

Gloria Sherwood

Mason A. Sommers & Rami Aizic

Carol Fisher Sorgenfrei^

Jacque & Herb Spivak

Jill Stein

Clumeck Stern Schenkelberg & Getzoff

John R. White and Kimberly Stirling

Susan R. Stockel

Jeff Sung

Robin & David Swartz

Fran Sweeney

Fernando & Nadina Szew

Maryanne Tagney

Laney Techentin

Russell Todd^

Norman & Barbara Weiler^

Susan & William Weintraub

Jenene J. Wilson &

Kristiana A. Wilson

Denise J. Winner

Mary J. Witt

Virginia & Greg Young

Arnold H. & Tricia L. Zane

Susan Zolla

$2,500+

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Lynn Lalonde Allen

Craig J. and Kathryn K. Anderson^

Laura Armour

Sandra Aronberg, M.D. &

Charles Aronberg, M.D.

Margaret Arvey

Linda Ayers^

Arnold & Ilean Balber

Corinne Baldassano

John Ballinger & Rod Davis

Christopher & Anadel Barbour

Empress Jacquie

Chris & Rose Bauss^

Dr. Martine Bauwens

Barbara & Gail Becker

Charles Berney & Family

Mr. & Mrs. John Bettfreund^

Susan Bloch & Stephen Kay

Nathalie Blossom^

Yvonne Bogdanovich & Family

Ms. Dianne Bozler

Sandy & Mayer Brenner

Jaron Brooks

Abbott Brown

Dr. Lisa Bukaty & Mr. Raymond M. Bukaty

Adam Burke

Christine Cahill

Albert Camacho

Thomas J. Carmichael

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Victor Cole & Patricia Green

Lauren Firestone & Chris Cookson^

Hon. Candace Cooper (Ret.)

Corbell Family^

Ted Cordes^

The Craig Family^

Judy Tishkoff & Keith Crasnick^

Richard Jr. & Darlene Crook

Steve & Linda Darling^

Kenneth Davis^

Larry Davis

Mr. Nicholas Davis

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Lynne & Jimmy DeWitt Family

Matthew Dubeck

Dana and Brett Dufine

Chiedu Egbuniwe

Mrs. Barbara J. Feiga

Robert Finkel & Adelle Gross

Larry S. Fish

In Memory of Robert A. Fisher

Darcy Fleck^

Ruth Fleming-Stephens

Claudia Flores

Laura E. Fox, M.D. & John D. Hofbauer, M.D.

Kenneth J. Friedman

Rosalie Friis-Ross^

Howard J. Fulfrost

Cora Fullmore

Greenblatt Charitable Fund

Dr. Robert Gasway & Kristen Wong^

Lesley & Dr. Kenneth H. Geiger

Freddi & Marvin Gelfand

Patrick & Frank Gibson-McMinn

Marylyn & Chuck Klaus

Kelly Lynn Gitter^

Bruce & Madelyn Glickfeld

Bethany Goldberg

Nan & Allan Goodman

Mr. & Mrs. Francisco Govea

Dr. Stuart & Adrienne Green

Pam Grissom^

In Honor of My Mother, Consuelo Lopez

Lorrie & Richard Gurewitz

Scott Hall & Rhonda Church

Greg Halvorsen & Laurie Inadomi-Halvorsen

Michael Hanel and Steve Linder

Johnny Ruth Harrison, M.D.^

Trish Harrison-Runnette & John Runnette^

Cynthia & Robert Hart

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Catherine & Mark Helm^

Phyllis & J. Michael Hennigan

Barbara Herman

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Joan Hotchkis

Dozar Office Furnishings^

Dr. Brian Hurley & Santiago Mandi

Douglas Hutchinson

Elizabeth Irvine Bray

Joan R. Isaacs

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Irwin & Meredith Jacobson

In Memory of Wayne Jervis, Jr.^

Barbara Schnell & Gordon Johnson

Sean Johnson & Alex Ocampo

Janet & Steve Kahane^

Judith & Russell Kantor^

Regina & Richard G. Kaplan^

Perla Karney

Elyse & Stanley Katz

Claudia E. Kazachinsky & Richard

A. Sherer

Jennifer Keller

Sharon Kerson

Sarah E. Kiefer

Dr. Micheal and Mrs. Mindy Kuhn

Jale Kutay^

Katherine L'Amour

Michael Lanning

Mr. & Mrs. Jack D. Lantz

Sharon Lapid

Joan & Chris Larkin^

Dr. & Mrs. John F. Lawrence

Ned Leiba

Gordon Lemke & Brian Rodgers

Marla E. Levine

The Lilly Awards Foundation

Nancy & Jonathan Littman

Mary Anne Lucero^

Marge & Bill MacLaughlin

Brian Maly

Hon. Nora M. Manella

Darlene Manus

Emily & Phillips Marshall

Connie L. Martin

Mr. & Mrs. Dennis G. Martin

Laura Stevenson Maslon

Vernita Mason

Amy & Harold Masor^

Neil McLean

Mark Measures

Robert L. Mendow

Lorraine & Craig Meyer

Nick & Vaughan Meyer

Carole Miller

Gretchen & Marshall Milligan

Ron Myrick

Arline M. Nakanishi

Robert & Sally Neely

Marianne & Michael Newman

Marsha Niles

Cindy & Ken Norian

Mary Rose & Edward Ortega

Steve Page

Nan Rae^

Sheryl J. Anderson & Family^

Thomas Payne

Carole Pelton

Steven Penn

Mr. Stephen Pescetti^

Carol Phillips & Bob Shapiro^

Carolyn & John Poer

Pauline & Drew Pomerance^

Clark and Kathryn Porter Family

Foundation

Mrs. Eleanor Pott

Michael Powell & Dr. Sheila Phillips^

Shelley Powsner & Stephen Skrovan^

Nancy Price

Patricia Price

Drs. Laurence & Isabell Purdy

All My Friends Productions

Qing Duncan

Lee Ramer

Tracy L. Ramont^

Courtney Rangen

Lary Rappaport & Ellen Isaacs

Stuart & Laurie Rice In Loving

Memory of Adam Rice^

Lindsay Ritter

Alexander Rivkin

Murphy & Ed Romano

Lynne Rosenberg

Joseph Rosenblum

Richard M. Ross

Ron & Sharon Ryan^

David A. & Karen Richards Sachs

Beatrice (Tina) Castillo & Gail Sandford

Linda & Clifford Schaffer^

Doctors Tanitra & D’Artagnan Scorza^

Rob & Cathy Sevell^

Scott Shagrin

Pamela Shamshiri

James & Alexis Sheehy^

Jacqueline & Harvey Shulman

In Memory of Ruth & Leon Sirkin

Charlene & Mike Sievers^

Roman Silberfeld & Pat Klous

Karen & Gordon Silverstein

Alan and Esther Siman

Kurt & Keli Skarin^

Catherine S. Skubik

Stephen & Judith Slagle

Leslie Smith^

Roberta Smith^

Shayna Smith

J R Stein Family Foundation

David A. Steinberg

Ms. Gail Goldberg Stoter

Jack & Marlene Susser^

Mr. & Mrs. Mitchell Sussman^

I.H. Sutnick

Stephen & Karen Sweeney

Nathan Swisher

Ellen Tam

William L. Tan & Shelly M. Ushio

Judith N. Taylor

Mary & Peter Tennyson^^

Dr. Keith Terasaki

Ms. Allison Thomas

Marla Thornton

Susan & William Tinkley^

Eileen T'Kaye & David Bischoff^

Sue Tsao

Carol Vernon & Robert Turbin^

Claire Vincent

Denise & Peter Walsh

Steven Warheit & Jean Christensen

Cliff Warner

Stephen Waters

Henry Watkins

Charles W. Weeks^

Mr. Dean Weichel

Janice & Larry Weiner

Bonnie Weis

John & Martha Wengert

Steve Wiideman & his daughter Paris

Lori Williams & Stephen Schulte^

Valerie & Nathaniel E. Williams

Austin Winsberg

In Honor of Laura Woolls

Wayne Zahner

Thomas Zimmerman

The above list reflects total annual giving from either the FY24 fiscal year (July 1, 2023 – June 30, 2024) or previous fiscal year FY23 (July 1, 2022 – June 30, 2023), whichever is greater.

Please contact our Advancement team at 213.972.7564 or Give@CTGLA.org with any corrections to this list. Thank you! ^Acknowledges a loyal supporter who has pledged a multi-year commitment to Center Theatre Group, including next year. *Deceased

THANK YOU for being part of our history.

We gratefully recognize the long-term dedication of The Affiliates, who have supported Center Theatre Group through active fundraising, volunteering, and outreach since 1971.

PRESIDENT

Marsha Tauber Sallai

EXECUTIVE BOARD

Stephanie Germeraad

Roberta Haft*

Christine Harte

Marianne Tobé Karns

Melinda J. Kelly

Thea F. Koss

Marianne Mandel

Jerri Nagelberg

Lisa Nichols

Sharon Reisz

June Sanders Sattler*

Dr. Carmen Estrada Schaye*

Carole Schiffer

Mary Kay Schumacher

Donna Sussman*

Janice Brock Wallace*

Janice Weiner

Rosalind Zane*

MEMBERS

Jamila Abu-Omar

Jacqui Assadi

Vi Ballard

Janet Barnet*

Sue Bass

Judith Beckmen*◆

Marjorie Bender ◆

Lanie Bernhard

Lestrita Boardman◆

Audrey L. Bornstein

Elnora Guerrero Campos

Jan Cobert

Judy Colich

Karen Cooper-Mathews

Judi Davidson

Ilene Eisenberg◆

Lynda Wolfson Fadel

Ruth Flinkman-Marandy

Carolyn H. Fried

Dina Goldstein

Debra C. Gordon

Brindell Gottlieb

Meg Greenwood

Kristina Greiner

Stephanie J. Hibler

Kim-Chi Hoang

Diane Kessler*

Barbara Krasnoff

Joan Krause

Kellie Lang

Rita Lee◆

Annie Maria Lehrer

Helen Gordon Lowy

Dr. Elizabeth Lu

Gladys Lyons

Diane Morton

Deena Nahmias

Olivia Neece

Lisa Nichols

Sheila Poncher ◆

Gina Russ Posalski*

Courtney Rangen◆

Linda Rendleman

Harriett Chatters Rose◆

Lois Rosen

Marla Rubin

Gaile Gray Ryan

Carole Schiffer

Angela Shah

Suzanne M. Shapiro

Joyce Sheingold

Maggy Simon

Christine Smith

Vera Terrell Smith

Carole Solomon◆

Robbie J. Solomon

Marilyn Stambler*◆

Judy Stone

Rosalyn Holt Swartz

Louise Taper

Katherine L. Todd*

Sue Tsao◆

Elinor Turner

Susan Tyssee

Barbara Van Orden

Donna Marie Venick*

Barbara Weber

Beth White

Kim White Peterson*

Sue Wittner

Rosalind Zane*◆

Day is scheduled to have its North American premiere in Toronto this in January 2025.

▼ The Kiss of the Spider Woman film was released in late July of 1985 and set in a Brazilian prison, under the military dictatorship that lasted from the 1960s to the 1980s. The movie follows Luis Molina, trans woman with a passion for movies, and Valentin Arregui, a communist revolutionary who develop an unlikely friendship. William Hurt, who played Luis Molina, won Best Actor in the 58th Academy Awards. Argentine author of the novel, Manuel Puig, adapted his novel to a stage play. In 1993, it was later adapted into a Broadway musical, which won a whopping seven Tony awards. In 1996, Center Theatre Group welcomed Kiss of the Spider Woman at the Ahmanson Theatre. In December 2023, Jennifer Lopez was announced to star in a film adaptation of the musical, with Diego Luna and Tonatiuh as Valentin and Molina.

▲ Nintendo’s Super Mario Bros. was introduced in North America in October 1985 and, almost forty years later, 2023’s The Super Mario Bros. Movie would break numerous box office all-time records including the second-highest grossing film of the year.

▲ On December 13th, 1985, the movie Clue was released in theatres. Inspired by the board game, it was set in the 1950s. It had a smaller box office turnout but developed a cult following since its release. The enthusiastic and packed mystery-comedy included Tim Curry as the butler, Wadsworth, hosting a dinner party turned murder mystery. Tim Curry described the cult following of Clue as “a bit déjà vu for me, after Rocky Horror” in an interview with BuzzFeed in 2015. No stranger to cult-classics, Tim Curry starred as Dr. Frank-N-Furter in The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Initially unsuccessful, Rocky Horror has become the longest-running theatrical release, inspiring fans and live amateur shadow-casts to act out the film during screenings. Since 1987, Sins O’ the Flesh at the Nuart Theatre has been putting on

Rocky Horror in Los Angeles. Similarly, Clue has been performing with shadow cast performances, midnight screenings, and cosplaying fans at Sins O’ The Flesh several times every year since 2002, and across the country. 1985’s Clue was adapted to the stage in 2017, with the 2024 national tour stopping at the Ahmanson this month!

▲ The Color Purple film was released five days after Clue, based on the book by Alice Walker published in 1982. This made Alice Walker the first black woman to win both the Pulitzer and National Book Awards. Its movie adaptation, starring Whoopi Goldberg and Oprah Winfrey, remains a cultural touchstone. Following the 1980s revival pattern, this 1985 movie was adapted into a Broadway musical in 2005 and received eleven Tony Award nominations. Its 2017 revival won two Tony Awards, including Best Revival of a Musical. Most recently, the musical was brought to the screen in the 2023 movie musical adaptation, allowing for a new generation to experience the impactful story.

▼ The first The Magic School Bus book was published in 1986, later spawning a TV series in the 90s and a revival in 2017.

▲ Beetlejuice was released in March 1988 and adapted to the stage in 2018. Beetlejuice The Musical featured music by Eddie Perfect and premiered on Broadway in April 2019 with eight Tony nominations. An upcoming sequel of the original film is to be released in September 2024 starring Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder, and Jenna Ortega.

▼ The World Wide Web is first invented in 1989, making the internet more user-friendly, kick-starting our digital age.

Nostalgia brings us a sense of joy in recognizing familiar characters and stories. We look forward to seeing you relive your nostalgia this summer with Clue at the Ahmanson Theatre!

The company of Clue. Photo by Evan Zimmerman for MurphyMade.

David Josefberg, Kerry Buttler, Elizabeth Teeter, and Alex Brightman in Beetlejuice on Broadway. Photo by Matthew Murphy.

L.A.’s oldest piano

Concert and Home Rentals

Blüthner Pianos (since 1853)

Neupert Harpsichords (since 1868)

Schiedmayer Celesta (since 1890)

OUR SUPPORTERS:

THANK YOU

ENDOWMENT GIFTS

$500,000+

The Ahmanson Foundation

Gordon Davidson Tribute Fund

Doris Duke Charitable Foundation

Ann & Stephen F. Hinchliffe, Jr.

The Norman and Sadie Lee Foundation

Renee & Meyer Luskin

Martin Massman

John S. Surabian, Jr. and in memory of Faith and Sharon Ann Surabian

$250,000+

The Michael Shaw Jacobs Fund

Patricia Glaser & Sam Mudie

Mr. & Mrs. Jack Simon

$100,000+

Betsy & Harold Applebaum

Judith & Thomas Beckmen

The Sheri and Les Biller Family Foundation

Maynard & Linda Brittan— Traub-Brittan Family Trust

Center Theatre Group Affiliates

Kenneth Corday

Regina Fadiman

Barbara & Peter Fodor

Ava & Charles Fries

Brindell & Milton Gottlieb

The Hearst Foundation, Inc.

Vicki King

Gloria Lothrop

Richard G. & Virginia L. Martin

The Estate of Frank J. Sherwood

Louise Taper

$50,000+

Moira Byrne Foster Foundation

Margaret Collins

Deborah M. Hyde

Ellen & Michael S. Korney

Dorothy & Richard Sherwood

$25,000+

Abbott Brown

Linda Brown

Greve Foundation

Dr. Tom Hickey

Renata Landres and Family

Levine Foundation for investing in our future.

We are honored to recognize contributors who have provided support that extends well beyond the current season and safeguards the future of Center Theatre Group. We thank all of our endowment and Ovation Circle donors for making a commitment that sustains the finest theatre artistry.

Diane & Leon Morton

The Estate of Anita Mae Hirsh

$10,000+

A and J Davidson Skipper Award Fund

George A. V. Dunning

Carolyn & Kit Lokey

Betty & Sanford Sigoloff

PLANNED GIFTS

Shirley & Irving Ashkenas

W. Lee Bailey, M.D.

Angela Bardowell

Chris & Rose Bauss

Tim Curtis and Shandon Youngclaus

Pamela & Dennis Beck

Judith & Thomas Beckmen

The Bennetts

Linda Brown

Allan & Joan Burns

Richard & Norma Camp

Bill Cohn & Dan Miller

Earl & Christine Cory

Zoe Cosgrove Estate

Susan D. Clines & Charles Dillingham

Anne M. Dougherty & David Dobrikin

Kirk & Anne Douglas

Elisabeth Katte Harris Trust

Amy Forbes & Andrew Murr

Kiki and David Gindler

Mr. & Mrs. Walter E. Grauman

Susan A. Grode

Virginia Hayes

Sharon L. Henderson

Mr. Kim L. Hunter

Deborah M. Hyde

The Doug Jones and John Sanger

Theater Ticket Fund

Richard & Julie Kagan

Arlene M. Kageyama-Chikami

Sarah & Andy Kane

Debra L. Karrenbrock

Dr. & Mrs. Jack Kavanaugh

The Paul Kowal Charitable Foundation

Darell L. Krasnoff Sandra Krause & William Fitzgerald

Joyce & Kent Kresa

Marla E. Levine

Steven Llanusa & Glenn Miya, M.D.

Carol & Douglas Mancino

George Manet

Meg McComb

Betty McMicken in honor of Jeanette Shammas

Diane & Leon Morton

Merle & Peter Mullin

Isabel F. Newman

Bob & Renee Nunn

Doug Palmer

Linda S. Peterson

Sally & Frank Raab

Edward L. Rada

Nan Rae

Stuart & Laurie Rice In Loving

Memory of Adam Rice

Rocco-Davies Foundation

Penelope C. Roeder, Ph.D.

Bruce & Randy Ellen Ross

Allyson S. Rubin

Eileen B. Salmas

Wes Schaefer & Cathy King-Schaefer

Elliott Sernel

Margaret Sheehy Collins

Sue & Steve Soldoff

I.H. Sutnick

William Tierney and Barry Weismarys

Karen & William Timberlake

Paulette Toumazos & Michael Lorenz

Sue Tsao

Carol Vernon & Robert Turbin

Peter & Susan Van Haften

Magda & Frederick R. Waingrow

Dr. & Mrs. Daniel Wallace

Pat Warford

Susan & William Weintraub

Lauri N. Weiss

James Blair White

Margaret H. White

Mary J. Witt

This list includes endowment and planned gift donors as of June 26, 2024. To

THANK YOU for your institutional support.

$250,000+

The Ahmanson Foundation

Anonymous

Federal Emergency Management Agency

Gilead Sciences

Mellon Foundation

Perenchio Foundation

Rosenthal Family Foundation

S. Mark Taper Foundation

$200,000+

Bank of America

The Shubert Foundation, Inc.

$100,000+

California Arts Council

California Mental Health Services Authority

Los Angeles County Department of Arts and Culture

Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health

Ralph M. Parsons Foundation

SNAP Foundation

The Louis & Harold Price Foundation

The Norman and Sadie Lee Foundation

$50,000+

The Capital Group

Companies

Charitable Foundation

David Lee Foundation

Dwight Stuart Youth Fund

JP Morgan Chase & Co.

L.L. Foundation For Youth

The David William Upham Foundation

$25,000+

Anonymous (2)

Amazon Studios

Babcock Power, Inc.

Center Theatre Group

Affiliates

City of Los Angeles

Department of

Cultural Affairs

Edgerton Foundation

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP

Mitchell Silberberg &

INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT

We deeply appreciate the corporate members, grant-making institutions, and government agencies that partner with Center Theatre Group to sustain and expand our engagement with the Los Angeles community through the art of theatre.

Knupp LLP

The Edward A. and Ai O. Shay Family Foundation

The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust

National Endowment for the Arts

The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation

Tiger Baron Foundation

US Bank

$15,000+

Anonymous

Culver City Unified School District

Edison International

The Friars Charitable Foundation

The Kenneth T. & Eileen L. Norris Foundation

The Liberty Company

The Otis Booth Foundation

Pasadena Showcase House for the Arts

Warner Bros. Discovery

$10,000+

The Ella Fitzgerald Charitable Foundation

Jones Day

Lawrence P. Frank Foundation

Payden & Rygel

Sascha Brastoff Foundation

SoCalGas

The City of Culver City Cultural Affairs Commission

The Fran and Ray Stark Foundation

$7,500+ Chubb

Final Draft

Perry, Neidorf & Grassl, LLP

USI Insurance Services

$5,000+

City National Bank

CopperPoint Insurance Services

Find Your Light Foundation

The Brookside Fund

$1,000+

The Caplin Foundation

Sidney Stern Memorial Trust

Background art by Vecteezy

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The Music Center is your place to experience all the arts have to offer, where you can express yourself, connect with others and enjoy incredible live performances and events in our four beautiful theatres, at Jerry Moss Plaza and in Gloria Molina Grand Park.

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Tours are offered daily. Check the schedule to plan a fun-filled day in Downtown L.A.!

Visit musiccenter.org for additional information.

OFFICERS

Cindy Miscikowski Chair

Robert J. Abernethy

Vice Chair

Rachel S. Moore

President & CEO

Diane G. Medina

Secretary

Susan M. Wegleitner

Treasurer

William Taylor

Assistant Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer

MEMBERS

AT LARGE

Charlene Achki-Repko

Charles F. Adams

William H. Ahmanson

Jill C. Baldauf

Susan Baumgarten

Phoebe Beasley

Thomas L. Beckmen

Kristin Burr

Dannielle Campos

Alberto M. Carvalho

Elizabeth Khuri Chandler

Riley Etheridge, Jr.

Amy R. Forbes

Greg T. Geyer

Joan E. Herman

Jeffrey M. Hill

Jonathan B. Hodge

Mary Ann Hunt-Jacobsen

Carl Jordan

Richard B. Kendall

Terri M. Kohl

Lily Lee

Cary J. Lefton

Keith R. Leonard, Jr.

Kelsey N. Martin

Susan M. Matt

Elizabeth Michelson

Darrell D. Miller

Teresita Notkin

Michael J. Pagano

Cynthia M. Patton

Karen Kay Platt

Susan Erburu Reardon

Joseph J. Rice

Melissa Romain

Beverly P. Ryder

Maria S. Salinas

Corinne Jessie Sanchez

Mimi Song

Johnese Spisso

Michael Stockton

Timothy S. Wahl

Jennifer M. Walske

Jay S. Wintrob

GENERAL COUNSEL

Rollin A. Ransom

DIRECTORS

EMERITI

Wallis Annenberg

Peter K. Barker

Judith Beckmen

Darrell R. Brown

Ronald W. Burkle

John B. Emerson **

Richard M. Ferry

Bernard A. Greenberg

Stephen F. Hinchliffe, Jr.

Glen A. Holden

Kent Kresa

Edward J. McAniff

Mattie McFaddenLawson

Fredric M. Roberts

Richard K. Roeder

Claire L. Rothman

Joni J. Smith

Lisa Specht **

Cynthia A. Telles

James A. Thomas

Andrea L. Van de Kamp **

Thomas R. Weinberger

Alyce de Roulet Williamson

** Chair Emeritus

Current as of 7/1/24

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s Yannick Lebrun. Photo by Dario Calmese.

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES

Support from the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors plays an invaluable role in the successful operation of The Music Center.

LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT

As a steward of The Music Center of Los Angeles County, we recognize that we occupy land originally and still inhabited and cared for by the Tongva, Tataviam, Serrano, Kizh and Chumash Peoples. We honor and pay respect to their elders and descendants — past, present and emerging — as they continue their stewardship of these lands and waters. We acknowledge that settler colonization resulted in land seizure, disease, subjugation, slavery, relocation, broken promises, genocide and multigenerational trauma. This acknowledgment demonstrates our responsibility and commitment to truth, healing and reconciliation and to elevating the stories, culture and community of the original inhabitants of Los Angeles County.

Janice Hahn Supervisor, Fourth District

Hilda L. Solis Supervisor, First District

Lindsey P. Horvath Chair, Third District

Kathryn Barger Chair Pro Tem, Fifth District

Holly J. Mitchell Supervisor, Second District

We are grateful to have the opportunity to live and work on these ancestral lands. We are dedicated to growing and sustaining relationships with Native peoples and local tribal governments, including (in no particular order) the:

• Fernandeño Tataviam Band of Mission Indians

• Gabrielino Tongva Indians of California Tribal Council

• Gabrieleno/Tongva San Gabriel Band of Mission Indians

• Gabrieleño Band of Mission Indians-Kizh Nation

• San Manuel Band of Mission Indians

• San Fernando Band of Mission Indians

To learn more about the First Peoples of Los Angeles County, please visit the Los Angeles City/County Native American Indian Commission website at lanaic.lacounty.go

(From left to right)

Live at The Music Center

THU 1 AUG / 8:00 p.m.

Clue CENTER THEATRE GROUP

@ Ahmanson Theatre Thru 8/25/2024

FRI 2 AUG / 2:00 p.m.

The Music Center's

Dance DTLA — Samba

THE MUSIC CENTER

@ Jerry Moss Plaza at The Music Center

SAT 3 AUG / 7:00 p.m.

KCRW Summer Nights with The Music Center

ft. Gaby Moreno

THE MUSIC CENTER

@ Walt Disney Concert Hall

AUGUST 2024

SUN 4 AUG / 2:00 p.m.

The Music Center Presents

BLKNWS in Residence

Read the Garden

THE MUSIC CENTER

@ The Garvey Garden on Jerry Moss Plaza

FRI 9 AUG / 7:00 p.m.

The Music Center’s

Dance DTLA — Hip Hop

THE MUSIC CENTER

@ Jerry Moss Plaza at The Music Center

FRI 16 AUG / 7:00 p.m.

The Music Center’s

Dance DTLA — Disco

THE MUSIC CENTER

@ Jerry Moss Plaza at The Music Center

SAT 17 AUG / 7:00 p.m.

Live at The Music Center with Sister Sledge featuring Sledgendary

THE MUSIC CENTER

@ Jerry Moss Plaza at The Music Center

SAT 24 AUG / 7:00 p.m.

The Music Center’s

Dance DTLA Birthday Bash

THE MUSIC CENTER

@ Jerry Moss Plaza at The Music Center

Visit musiccenter.org for additional information on all upcoming events.

TICKETS

NOW ON SALE

The Music Center’s

Dance DTLA Birthday Bash Saturday, August 24

Join us for an unforgettable night of dancing, food, champagne and fun, with music that will keep you moving all night long!

For more information visit musiccenter.org/birthday or call (213) 972-3315

Net proceeds benefit The Music Center's free and low-cost programs serving 400,000 Angelenos a year.

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Aug 2 Samba

Aug 9 Hip Hop

Aug 16 Disco

Celebrate the 20th season of The Music Center’s Dance DTLA and dance under the stars all summer long! Jerry Moss Plaza at The Music Center is your place to be a part of for free Friday night dance parties with easy-to-follow beginner dance lessons by top L.A. dance artists and instructors. Learn new dance styles then hit the dance floor to practice your new moves! No dance experience necessary!

Let us know you are planning to join us!

Photos by Will Tee Yang for The Music Center.

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s James Gilmer. Photo by Dario Calmese.

Photo by Matthew Murphy & Evan Zimmerman