Performances Magazine | Ahmanson Theatre, March 2023

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

2022-2023

honorary chairman

Lew R. Wasserman† (1913-2002)

chairperson

Kiki Ramos Gindler

president

Amy R. Forbes

executive vice president / treasurer

William R. Lindsay

vice presidents

William H. Ahmanson

Miles Benickes

Gail Berman-Masters

secretary Stanley Iezman

†Deceased

It’s hard to believe it’s already March!

As we slowly begin to dip our toes into the spring season, it’s only fitting that The Secret Garden is currently playing at the Ahmanson Theatre. With its lush orchestrations, stunning set and costume design, captivating direction and choreography, and exceptional cast and crew, the show reminds me why I fell in love with musical theatre in the first place, and we are excited to offer this experience to a whole new generation in Los Angeles. When the show premiered on Broadway in 1991, it garnered seven Tony Award nominations and won three; a professional revival of this gorgeous show has been long overdue. We could not be prouder to be producing this show. Spring is truly in full bloom at the Ahmanson.

We are full up this month on all three stages. At the Mark Taper Forum and Kirk Douglas Theatre, we are honored to feature two incredible pieces of work that were borne out of singular moments in time that begged for community, conversation, and healing. In short, they begged for the power of theatre. Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 was commissioned 30 years ago for the Taper stage as a response to the uprising that followed the Rodney King verdict in Los Angeles. Meanwhile, Kristina Wong, Sweatshop Overlord was written during the COVID-19 pandemic when Kristina herself inspired a team of hundreds of volunteers to create masks for those in need. The plays are simultaneously timely and timeless, and not to be missed.

The warmer weather also brings with it another Center Theatre Group tradition–our annual gala! This year’s event is called Light Up Los Angeles and is a celebration of our city, the artists who have embraced our stages, and the creativity of our unique community. This one-night-only experience is slated for April 15th and will feature cocktails and dinner, DJs, and dancing on the plaza, and a special, intimate musical performance by theatre luminaries at Center Theatre Group’s home for timeless plays and cutting-edge premieres–the Mark Taper Forum. This year’s gala will highlight and raise critical funds for our Education & Community Partnerships programming, which reaches thousands of Los Angelenos every year. And guess what? You’re invited! To purchase tickets, make a contribution, and to learn more, please visit CTGLA.org/Gala. We have a range of tickets available including some for the performance only!

Thank you for being part of the conversation, part of our community, and part of our continued celebration of theatre for all. Can’t wait to see you at a show!

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Marshall Berges†

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Stephen F. Hinchliffe, Jr.

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KIRK DOUGLAS THEATRE

Feb 12–Mar 12, 2023

On day three of the COVID-19 pandemic, Kristina Wong began sewing masks out of old bed sheets and bra straps on her Hello Kitty® sewing machine. Before long, she was leading the Auntie Sewing Squad, a workfrom-home sweatshop of hundreds of volunteers— including children and her own mother—to fix the U.S. public health care system while in quarantine. It was a feminist care utopia forming in the midst of crisis. Or was it a mutual aid doomsday cult? A co-production with East West Players.

AHMANSON THEATRE

Feb 19–Mar 26, 2023

The Secret Garden blossoms again for a new generation by the original creators, Tony Award and Pultizer Prize winner Marsha Norman and Grammy Award®-winning composer Lucy Simon. Follow young, orphaned Mary Lennox as she’s sent from her home in India to live with her reclusive uncle on his haunted English country estate. Guided by an exceptionally beautiful score, Mary’s unapologetic curiosity and the help of unlikely companions send her on a thrilling quest to untangle the pieces of her family’s past and, most importantly–discover herself.

COMING SOON: MARK TAPER FORUM

Mar 8–Apr 9, 2023

Nearly 30 years after the Los Angeles uprising following the Rodney King verdict, Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 returns home to the Mark Taper Forum to be reimagined with an ensemble cast for a new generation of audiences. A powerful piece of living record and one of the most important works in the history of the Taper, Twilight... is a stunning and seminal play that explores the devastating human impact of the five days of uprising following the Rodney King verdict.

For tickets and information about subscriptions, group sales, ACCESS performances, and audience talks, please visit our website at CTGLA.org or call Audience Services at 213.628.2772

LATE SEATING

To minimize disruption, guests not seated when the performance begins will be asked to wait in the lobby until an appropriate break. Latecomers may also be given alternate seats until intermission.

FRAGRANCES

Please refrain from wearing strong perfumes and cologne. Many people are allergic to heavy scents.

LOST & FOUND

Contact a head usher or call the lost and found clerk at 213.972.2600 for the Ahmanson and the Taper. Contact the performance manager at 213.972.4435 for the Douglas.

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Smoking of any kind, including electronic devices, is prohibited.

FIRST AID

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YOUNG CHILDREN AND BABIES

Children under age six are not admitted, unless the production is advertised for younger audiences. Regardless of age, everyone must have a ticket and be able to sit quietly through the performance.

Babies in arms are not admitted.

grow Taking Time to

How The Secret Garden spent years in the making before finally arriving at the Ahmanson this season.

By Sherry Stern

a little chance to grow.”

That lyric, written by Marsha Norman for The Secret Garden, neatly captures the spirit of hope that has engaged fans of the 1911 children’s literature classic, its countless movie and TV adaptations and, of course, Norman and Lucy Simon’s 1991 Tony Award-winning musical.

The lyric also captures the spirit of the revival of The Secret Garden, a major undertaking that premiered at the Ahmanson Theatre last month.

A reworked production was a longtime dream of Norman and her musical partner Simon, the composer who died as the project was nearing fruition.

“Now there’s real hope that we have a production that has what everybody wants, including what Lucy wanted and what I want. That it’s all there,” says Norman, who also wrote the Pulitzer Prize-winning drama ’night, Mother and the book of the musical The Color Purple

Though work on the revival started in earnest five years ago, Warren Carlyle, the show’s director and choreographer, feels now is exactly right for a new staging.

“In this day and age, I think we’re all more careful about the stories we’re telling. There’s been a huge social reckoning. The pandemic changed all of us. I think we need beautiful, important stories,” he says.

“The Secret Garden has elements of magic. It’s got nature. It’s beautiful and dark and quite wonderful, and it’s a classic. I just love it,” Carlyle says. His last show also reimagined a classic musical, the hit Broadway revival of The Music Man starring Hugh Jackman.

At the heart of The Secret Garden is Mary Lennox, a spoiled 10-year-old put on a path of misery after her parents die from cholera in India. She is sent to live with her widowed uncle Archibald at his manor in England. Archibald and his sickly son, Colin, have their own share of misery, much of it stemming from the death of Archibald’s wife, Lily, whose ghostly spirit hovers over the household.

After discovering Lily’s secret garden and bringing it back to life, Mary and her new friends and family find their paths to fulfillment.

“That sense of a little girl searching for a family is a really compelling story to me,” Carlyle says.

Working alongside Carlyle is music supervisor Rob Berman, whose previous project, too, is a successful Broadway revival, the critically acclaimed Into the Woods (coincidentally coming to the Ahmanson this June as well). Berman is understandably drawn to Simon’s music.

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REALNESS

TRAILS AND FUN AT Griffith Park!

The hustle and bustle of the city can be exhilarating, but sometimes it’s nice to find a more quiet and tranquil area within the concrete jungle. Start the day off with a hike at Griffith Park, an area with both urban wilderness and landscape parkland, that has something for everyone. The Fern Dell Nature Trail is often the most popular place to go, hiding a secret stream from the rest of the city. The recycled creek keeps Fern Dell vibrant and green, with fish and turtles swimming peacefully through the water. The trail will lead you all the way to The Trails Café, giving you the perfect opportunity to enjoy a bite in the quiet retreat of the trees. (Estimated Time: 30 minutes – 2 hours)

If you’re up for more, you can continue your hike all the way to the Griffith Observatory! Some of the trails can prove to be a challenge, so if you’re like me and would rather Uber to the top, fret not. This is a judgement-free zone, and the Observatory is worth the trip! Spend some time learning about the stars around us, as you navigate the different exhibits of The Observatory. See how much you’d weigh on Jupiter at the Gunther Depths of Space exhibit or learn more about the skies above at the Ahmanson Hall of the Sky exhibits. The Observatory lets us visit the stars, but sometimes the stars visit The Observatory, such as when Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone filmed the Oscar nominated film La La Land (Estimated Time: 2-3 hours)

SPEND AN AFTERNOON EXPLORING Downtown L.A.

With the heart of Los Angeles just down the street from the Ahmanson Theatre and Mark Taper Forum, why not spend the afternoon exploring the historical and unique sights that downtown has to offer. Start your afternoon at The Broad, the renowned museum that offers free general admission, as well as the exclusive exhibit, Yayoi Kusama’s Infinity Mirrored Room—The Souls of Millions of Light Years Away (2013). It’s the perfect photo op to show off on Instagram, and an amazing opportunity to admire historic art, from William Kentridge to Andy Warhol. (Estimated Time: 2-3 hours)

A pond at Fern Dell Trail. Jan. 23, 2022. Photo by Brian Champlin

Griffith Park Observatory. Photo by Cameron Venti

Exterior of The Broad Museum. Photo by The Broad

EALNESS

Where did the time go? We’ve been having so much fun with The Secret Garden, Twilight…, and Kristina Wong…, it’s hard to believe that it’s already March. With Spring Break right around the corner for many students (and perhaps tired adults alike), it’s the perfect time to start thinking about how to spend some sweet time off. So, we’ve gathered up three things to do during your Spring Break, whether you have two hours or two days to spare.

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Though it seems oceans away, Catalina Island is a part of L.A. County, and a great place to have a weekend getaway. Board your ship at San Pedro, Dana Point, or Long Beach port and make your way to Catalina, where hotels, food, and sights await you. Spend a day seeing the sights on a Bison Expedition, where you adventure into the island’s rugged landscape, and see the peaceful bison graze and roam free. Or brave the oceans and enjoy the marine wildlife, including dolphins and sea lions! Finally, end the night at one of Catalina’s beautiful restaurants. The island has much to offer, so we recommend spending the weekend there. After all, where else can you be with the stars one moment and on an island the next? (Estimated Time: 1-2 days)

After exploring some of the finest art, take a ride on the historic Angels Flight Railway, a short trolley ride between Hill Street and Grand Avenue that has appeared in film. This historic site used to function as the transportation for the old surrounding neighborhood, but now serves as the perfect mode of transportation to the Grand Central Market. (Estimated Time: 20 minutes)

To finish off the afternoon, why not grab a bite at one of downtown’s bustling food markets, the Grand Central Market. Full of food, art, music, and people, this community hub gives you a look at the diversity all around you, so enjoy a meal, enjoy the sights, and have fun! (Estimated Time: 2-3 hours)

Ticketing station at the Angels Flight Railway.

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Catalina Harbor.

Inside the Grand Central Market.

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Bison Herd on Catalina Island.

“The reason people love the show and the reason to do it is the music. It’s a great story. It’s a good show for families, for kids. But it’s the music. If the score weren’t as good as it is, I don’t think we’d be sitting here,” he says.

The score is so beloved that The Secret Garden seems to always be in production somewhere. For years Norman and, especially, Simon would travel around the country to see performances at schools and regional theatres.

“Lucy went to see everything,” Norman says. “She saw nearly every show that was ever done of The Secret Garden. She loved being there.”

Carlyle and Berman collaborated closely with Norman and Simon. “They’ve been generous in the way they’ve kind of gifted their beautiful baby,” says Carlyle, whose goal is to keep the show flowing. “We spent time making it as streamlined as we could, as fleet of foot as we could.”

“What I’m hoping,” Berman says, “is that this is going to feel like a very fresh revival with a new point of view but will still deliver all the things about The Secret Garden that people who know the show remember and love.”

“The original production was big and had a lot of people and big sets,” Berman says. “We’re trying to make sure that the story keeps moving forward. So, with Marsha and Lucy’s blessing, we’ve made little trims and cuts here and there to keep the story focused.”

And with themes of loss and death, Berman and Carlyle wanted to find, “opportunity for brightness, for fun, for comedy.”

“As a director and storyteller...I always just have to be one step or one beat ahead,” he says. “That’s been my guide, just making sure nothing overstays its welcome. And by doing that, it gently keeps moving.”

The show’s heroine, young Mary, is key to Carlyle’s vision for the revival.

Inevitably, what they discovered was that theatres made trims, eliminating what Norman calls, “impossible to sing, fancy pants muscialism.” In the process, the story became clearer and the show a more watchable length than its original three hours.

Simon and Norman knew they wanted to follow the lead of those other productions and craft their own revival. Though many producers called, they found only Gerald Goehring shared their vision for how to remount it.

“It’s one of people’s favorite musicals, yet no one’s ever gone back to revive it until now,” says Goehring.

Berman’s fondness for The Secret Garden dates back to 1995, when he worked on a production at New Jersey’s Paper Mill Playhouse.

“This show does what good musicals do,” Berman says. “The power of music and melody and beautiful singing can make an audience feel something that you just can’t get from text alone. It does a subconscious thing, where the yearning of a melodic phrase adds a dimension to the emotional state of the scene or what the characters are going through.”

As they began to work, the collaborators knew what should be done and what should be left as it was.

“The book is this sharp, tight, bright thing.” Carlyle says. “And the music is this beautiful, fluid, emotional thing. The marriage of those two ladies and their work is just really special.”

As the story stays true to the original, the team is updating the staging and orchestrations for audiences accustomed to a different kind of storytelling than what played on Broadway for 709 performances three decades ago.

“I wanted to make sure the story was really focused. My point of view is from the little girl’s point of view. When I was designing the set, it’s all from her point of view.”

And through Mary’s perspective, her new companions develop, Berman says.

“We keep the story focused on what this little girl is experiencing and what her journey is, and, in the process, we get the journeys of other characters as well,” he says.

The story’s two worlds, Archibald’s haunted mansion and Lily’s earthen garden, offer an opportunity for distinct looks. In the case of The Secret Garden, Carlyle worked closely with production designer Jason Sherwood. Together they conjured up a large airy swirl for the stage, designed to enhance the show’s spiritual qualities.

“The inside of the house needs to feel dark and repressed and stuck and painful,” Carlyle says. “And the outside needs to feel like this beautiful release.”

Likewise, the lush music, with new orchestrations for a chamber-like 11 players, colors the two settings in distinct ways.

“All the numbers that take place outdoors have kind of an earthy quality. There’s a Yorkshire, Celtic, rhythmic quality that comes in,” Berman says. “And then a lot of the songs that take place inside the house, which are about the inner lives of these characters and their emotions, are more lyrical. The way Lucy wrote the songs, she achieves so much of that dichotomy.”

Simon died in October 2022 of metastatic breast cancer. Even near the end of her life, Norman says she was completely involved in the revival.

“Lucy sat there in rehearsal every day,” she says. “We talked about it to each other every day, right up to the day before she died.”

“The Secret Garden has elements of magic. It’s beautiful and dark and quite wonderful.”

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Berman says he is incredibly grateful he can use what he learned from Simon.

“I was lucky that I got to work with Lucy on the workshop four years ago, and I loved getting to know her a little bit and working with her. I feel what she really cared about the most was the phrasing, how the singers would interpret and deliver the songs.”

“I was listening to some of the early demos that Lucy made for The Secret Garden. And what she cared most about was just the beauty and the expression of the human voice and the singing. One of the reasons The Secret Garden has appealed and endured is for this reason, the melodies and the vocalism.”

“It’s such a musical score. It’s so beautiful. It’s really a singer’s score, a singer’s show. Lucy was a singer, first and foremost.”

The role of Lily is a rarity on Broadway these days, an authentic soprano part. Enter actress Sierra Boggess, who has been tied with the revival since its New York workshop and plays Lily. Her relationship to the score goes back at least to 2016 when she sang in a concert version for Lincoln Center.

When Simon died, Boggess said that Simon “said ‘I was going to ask you to carry my voice onward’ and I sat and wept.”

Carlyle says it’s clear why Simon felt Boggess thoroughly fits the role of Lily.

“She talks about the leaves and the seasons and the ghosts. She’s not really of the earth,” he says. “She’s a beautiful actress. You believe every single word that she says. The voice is just to die for; the purity of sound is really special.”

Norman says the show carries a universal theme that could resonate even more today.

“The Secret Garden reveals the promise that all parents would like to make to their children. If something happens to me, to us, you’ll be taken care of. You’ll have a good life.”

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BOOK AND LYRICS BY MARSHA NORMAN

MUSIC BY LUCY SIMON

BASED ON THE NOVEL BY FRANCES HODGSON BURNETT WITH

SIERRA BOGGESS TERRON BROOKS MARK CAPRI PEYTON CRIM DERRICK DAVIS

RANDI DE MARCO SUSAN DENAKER KELLEY DORNEY ALI EWOLDT WILLIAM FOON

AVA MADISON GRAY EMILY JEWEL HODER JOHN KRAUSE AARON LAZAR JULIA LESTER

REESE LEVINE SAM LINKOWSKI JOHN‐MICHAEL LYLES YAMUNA MELETH

CASSANDRA MARIE MURPHY ARIEL NEYDAVOUD JAMES OLIVAS

SADIE BRICKMAN REYNOLDS KYLA JORDAN STONE VISHAL VAIDYA

SCENIC DESIGN COSTUME DESIGN LIGHTING DESIGN SOUND DESIGN JASON SHERWOOD ANN HOULD‐WARD KEN BILLINGTON DAN MOSES SCHREIER BRIAN MONAHAN

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VICTORIA TINSMAN JOEL GOLDES SARA EDWARDS MICHAEL DONOVAN, CSA

ORCHESTRATIONS

MUSIC DIRECTION

SASHA KOZIAK RICHIE FERRIS, CSA

ADDITIONAL ORCHESTRATIONS CTG ASSOCIATE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

DANNY TROOB DAN REDFELD JOSH CLAYTON KELLEY KIRKPATRICK

GENERAL MANAGEMENT

COMPANY MANAGER

PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT

PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER

PEMBERLEY PRODUCTIONS DHYANA COLONY ILLUMINATION FACTORY DAVID S. FRANKLIN

MUSIC SUPERVISION AND ADDITIONAL ARRANGEMENTS BY ROB BERMAN

DIRECTED AND CHOREOGRAPHED BY WARREN CARLYLE

THIS PRODUCTION IS PRODUCED WITH THE SUPPORT OF JERRY GOEHRING, MIKE MITRI, SUE GILAD, LARRY ROGOWSKY, THOMAS GLOBAL MEDIA, FRED AND RANDI STERNFELD, SHWOPE & FRITTS, ROB O'NEILL, CARL MOELLENBERG, JASON TURCHIN/SHIMMY BRAUN/ANDREW PATINO, REALEMN PRODUCTIONS, CONNOR TINGLUM/ANDREW HENDRICK, HAROLD MILLS, KATE CANNOVA/JAMIE JOEYEN-WALDORF/SAMANTHA SQUERI

FEBRUARY 19 – MARCH 26, 2023 AHMANSON THEATRE

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.

SIERRA BOGGESS

JOHN-MICHAEL LYLES

SUSAN DENAKER

JOHN KRAUSE

ARIEL NEYDAVOUD

TERRON BROOKS

SADIE BRICKMAN REYNOLDS

KELLEY DORNEY

REESE LEVINE

JAMES OLIVAS

DERRICK DAVIS

MARK CAPRI

ALI EWOLDT

SAM LINKOWSKI

KYLA JORDAN STONE

AARON LAZAR

PEYTON CRIM

WILLIAM FOON

YAMUNA MELETH

VISHAL VAIDYA

JULIA LESTER

RANDI DE MARCO

AVA MADISON GRAY EMILY JEWEL HODER

CASSANDRA MARIE MURPHY

CAST

(in alphabetical order)

Sierra Boggess ............................................................................................ LILY CRAVEN

Terron Brooks ........................................................................................ MAJOR SHELLEY

Mark Capri BEN WEATHERSTAFF

Peyton Crim .......................................................................................... MAJOR HOLMES

Derrick Davis ................................................................................... ARCHIBALD CRAVEN

Susan Denaker MRS. MEDLOCK

Kelley Dorney ........................................................................ MRS. WINTHROP/CHOLERA

Ali Ewoldt ................................................................................................ ROSE LENNOX

William Foon COLIN CRAVEN (AT CERTAIN PERFORMANCES)

Ava Madison Gray ..................................... MARY LENNOX (AT CERTAIN PERFORMANCES)

Emily Jewel Hoder .................................................................................... MARY LENNOX

John Krause CAPTAIN ALBERT LENNOX

Aaron Lazar ...................................................................................DR. NEVILLE CRAVEN

Julia Lester ...................................................................................................... MARTHA

Reese Levine COLIN CRAVEN

John-Michael Lyles.............................................................................................. DICKON

Yamuna Meleth....................................................................................................... AYAH

Cassandra Marie Murphy ALICE

Ariel Neydavoud ............................................................................... LIEUTENANT SHAW

James Olivas LIEUTENANT WRIGHT

Sadie Brickman Reynolds MARY LENNOX (AT CERTAIN PERFORMANCES)

Kyla Jordan Stone ......................................................................... MRS. SHELLEY/NURSE

Vishal Vaidya FAKIR

PRINCIPAL UNDERSTUDIES

Should an understudy substitute for a listed performer, it will be posted in the lobby at the time of the performance.

For Lily Craven – Ali Ewoldt, Cassandra Marie Murphy

For Fakir – Ariel Neydavoud

For Ayah – Randi De Marco

For Rose Lennox – Kelley Dorney

For Captain Albert Lennox – Ariel Neydavoud, James Olivas

For Archibald Craven – Terron Brooks, John Krause

For Dr. Neville Craven – Peyton Crim, James Olivas

For Mrs. Medlock – Kelley Dorney

For Martha – Cassandra Marie Murphy, Kyla Jordan Stone

For Dickon – Ariel Neydavoud

For Ben Weatherstaff – Peyton Crim

SWINGS

Randi De Marco

Sam Linkowski

DANCE CAPTAIN

Ariel Neydavoud

STAGE MANAGERS

Michelle Blair

Miriam Mendoza

The Secret Garden will be performed with one 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.

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ACT ONE

Associate

ACT TWO

ORCHESTRA

Conductor—DAN REDFELD

Conductor/Keyboard—JOHN SAWOSKI

Flute—SAL LOZANO

Oboe—SARAH BECK

Clarinet—JUAN GALLEGOS

French Horn—DANIELLE ONDARZA

Trumpet—ERICK JOVEL

Percussion—JOE MARTONE

Harp—ALISON ALLPORT

Violin—ELIZABETH HEDMAN

Cello—DAVID MERGEN

Bass—WILLIAM JOHNSON

Keyboard Sub—ALESSANDRA ALCALA

Contractor—ROBERT PAYNE

WHO’S WHO

SIERRA BOGGESS (Lily) has been seen on Broadway in the Tony-nominated musical School of Rock, It Shoulda Been You directed by David Hyde Pierce, two separate engagements of the Broadway production of The Phantom of the Opera (the first for the show’s 25th Anniversary and the second opposite Norm Lewis), the revival of Master Class (opposite Tyne Daly) and The Little Mermaid (Drama Desk and Drama League nominations, Broadway.com Audience Choice Award). London theatre credits include Les Misérables, the 25th-anniversary concerts of The Phantom of the Opera at Royal Albert Hall and Love Never Dies (Olivier Award nomination). Other New York theatre credits include the recent Off-Broadway production of Barry Manilow’s Harmony ; Manhattan Concert Productions’ The Secret Garden at Lincoln Center; the one-night-only concert of Guys and Dolls at Carnegie Hall opposite Nathan Lane, Patrick Wilson, and Megan Mullally; and the final Off-Broadway cast of Love, Loss, and What I Wore; and Music in the Air for City Center’s Encores! series. She also starred as Christine Daaé in the Las Vegas production of The Phantom of the Opera. Regionally, she has been seen in A Little Night Music (Barrington Stage Company), Into the Woods (Hollywood Bowl), Ever After (Alliance Theatre), Age of Innocence (world premiere, Hartford Stage, and McCarter Theatre Center), Princesses (world premiere, Goodspeed Opera House, and Seattle’s 5th Avenue Theatre), and the national tour of Les Misérables. Film and television credits include Vulture Club with Susan Sarandon and the web series What’s Your Emergency, directed by Michael Urie. Her recordings include School of Rock, It Shoulda Been You, the 25th-anniversary concert of The Phantom of the Opera (also on DVD), the symphonic recording of Love Never Dies, The Little Mermaid, and Andrew Lippa’s A Little Princess. Concert appearances include the BBC Proms at Royal Albert Hall, Lincoln Center’s American Songbook series The Lyrics of David Zippel, The New York Pops at Carnegie Hall, and Broadway by the Year at Town Hall. Sierra has toured all over the world, across Australia, Japan, Paris, and London with her concert show, which has been preserved live and released on CD, Awakening: Live at 54 Below. She recently released an album of duets with Julian Ovenden made during the pandemic entitled Together At A Distance. For Lucy.

TERRON BROOKS (Major Shelley, Understudy for Archibald Craven, he/him). Broadway: The Lion King (Simba), Hairspray (Seaweed). National Tours: The Lion King, Hairspray, Grease! Regional: Kinky Boots (Hollywood Bowl), Ragtime, Sweet Charity (Ovation Award Nominee), The First Wives Club, Sleepless in Seattle. Television: Eddie Kendricks in the NBC Emmy Awardwinning miniseries The Temptations, Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Ellen DeGeneres Show , The Voice , American Idol . Two-

time NAACP Award Nominee for Supporting Actor. Star and co-creator of The Soul of Broadway. Ahmanson Theatre debut! @terronbrooks

MARK CAPRI (Ben Weatherstaff, he/him) . Center Theatre Group: Terra Nova, Arcadia (Mark Taper Forum); End of the Rainbow, Blithe Spirit (Ahmanson Theatre); A Perfect Wedding (Kirk Douglas Theatre). West End: Man and Superman (RSC). Broadway: Private Lives, Blithe Spirit. Off-Broadway: On Approval (Roundabout, Theatre World Award). Metropolitan Opera: Oedipus Rex , Iphigénie en Tauride . Los Angeles Opera: The Merry Widow. Pasadena Playhouse: Equus, Light Up The Sky, Sherlock Holmes, King Charles III. South Coast Rep: School for Scandal, An Ideal Husband, Amadeus. Old Globe: Henry V. Film: Titanic, The Empire Strikes Back. Trained at RADA.

PEYTON CRIM (Major Holmes, Understudy for Dr. Neville Craven and Ben Weatherstaff, he/him) . Peyton Crim was recently seen in Knot Free’s L.A. production of A Little Night Music (Frederick). His other credits include the US first national tour of The Play That Goes Wrong (Robert) and Off-Broadway productions of On A Clear Day..., Finian’s Rainbow, and Brigadoon (City Center Encores!). Selected regional credits include Beauty and The Beast (Beast), Sweeney Todd, Sunset Boulevard, The Music Man, Mary Poppins, and Peter Pan

DERRICK DAVIS (Archibald Craven, he/him). Theatre: The Phantom of the Opera (The Phantom), The Lion King (Mufasa), Ragtime (Coalhouse Walker Jr.), Carousel (Billy Bigelow u/s), The Tap Dance Kid (William u/s), The Little Mermaid (King Triton), I Dream (Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.). TV: Hallmark Channel’s One Royal Holiday, ABC’s Dangerous Liaisons, A Christmas Tale , The Good Fight . Concert: An Evening of Broadway /Lincoln, NE, A Journey Through Love /New York, NY, An Evening with Rodgers & Hammerstein /Las Vegas, NV. @dreamclimber

RANDI DE MARCO (Swing, Understudy for Ayah, she/her). Randi is ecstatic to make her Center Theatre Group debut! Theatre credits include Ayah in The Secret Garden (3-D Theatricals), Ensemble in Evita in Concert, and Martha in Spring Awakening. Voiceover: Twist Queen in LOL Surprise! Winter Fashion Show streaming on Netflix. Proud member of the Story Pirates! Special thanks to the wonderful team at FSE Talent: Kara, Tiera, and Nicole. Love to Mom and Dad.

SUSAN DENAKER (Mrs. Medlock, she/her). Theatre includes— London West End: Accidental Death of an Anarchist; Holiday (London Old Vic); Budgie; Country Life; Blockheads. British

Regional: Frankie, Frankie and Johnny In The Clair de Lune; Anne, A Little Night Music ; Marta, Company (National Tour); Side By Side By Sondheim. US Theatre Includes: November; Tribes; Vanya, Sonya, Masha and Spike, (u/s all at The Mark Taper); Madame Arcati, Blithe Spirit; Mrs. Higgins, My Fair Lady; Abuela Claudia, In The Heights; Her Ladyship, The Dresser; Miss Lucy, Sweet Bird of Youth; Lola, Come Back Little Sheba; Claire, Uncanny Valley; Paulina, A Winter’s Tale; Aunt Alicia, Gigi. Film/ TV Includes: American Friends, Me and My Girl, As Time Goes By with Judi Dench, The Woman He Loved. Over 120 audiobooks.

KELLEY DORNEY (Mrs. Winthrop/Cholera, Understudy for Mrs. Medlock and Rose Lennox, she/her). Kelley Dorney has lived and worked in New York, Los Angeles, and London. Local Credits: You’re a Good Man… (Lucy) at SCR, Nice Work… (Billie) at MTW, A Gentleman’s Guide… (Phoebe) at 3DT, Lend Me a Tenor (Maggie) at La Mirada, The World Goes Round at Reprise 2.0, and Annie at the Hollywood Bowl. London: workshop of Love Never Dies and the PBS Special: A Tale of Two Cities. Thank you to Michael, Richie, and Craig!

ALI EWOLDT (Rose Lennox, Understudy for Lily Craven, she/her)

Ali Ewoldt has appeared as Christine Daaé in The Phantom of the Opera on Broadway, Cosette in Les Misérables (Broadway, National Tour), in The King and I (Lincoln Center, Lyric Opera of Chicago), and as Luisa in The Fantasticks (Off-Broadway).

Regionally, she has played Amalia in She Loves Me (Signature Theatre), Yook Mei in Gold Mountain (Utah Shakespeare Festival), Philia in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (The Muny), Fan/Mrs. Bonds in A Christmas Carol (McCarter Theatre Center), Martha Jefferson in 1776 (The Muny), and Sarah Brown in Guys and Dolls (Sacramento Music Circus). Ali’s concert/symphony work includes Feinstein’s/54 Below, Alice Tully Hall, The Town Hall, Canyon Ranch, NY Pops at Carnegie Hall, American Pops Orchestra, Houston Symphony, Kaohsiung Symphony, and The Boston Pops. Her TV/Film credits include The Michael J. Fox Show, Yield, and the short films Mia and The Cactus. Ali has a BA in psychology from Yale University and is a proud Filipina American. For Ed. @aliewoldt

WILLIAM FOON (Colin Craven at certain performances, he/him). William is thrilled to debut at the Ahmanson Theatre! He loves the stage and has performed since age six with the Peter Pan Foundation, SFCMT, Berkeley Playhouse, The Ballet School, Joy in Motion, Performing Academy and ACT Young Conservatory. Regional credits include A Christmas Carol (Center Rep), Little Women, and The Sound of Music (PPF), and the Broadway Dreams NYC showcase. Many thanks to Center Theatre Group, Michael Donovan Casting, DDO, and his family & friends.

@william.foon

AVA MADISON GRAY (Mary Lennox at certain performances, she/ her) is thrilled to be making her debut with Center Theatre Group

at the Ahmanson Theatre! Ava is 12 and has been performing in musical theatre and live venues since age 5. Ava is a voiceover artist, most recognizable as JJ, Bella, and the iconic logo of CoComelon. Her voice is also featured in CoComelon Live: JJ’s Journey world tour, the CoComelon Play with JJ Nintendo Switch game, and as JJ on Cameo Kids. Ava is a National Anthem singer for the Los Angeles Angels baseball team, and a member of Voices of Hope Children’s Choir (feat. America’s Got Talent). Special thanks to Warren Carlyle, Rob Berman, Michael Donovan Casting, Center Theatre Group, Kim Pedell (ZOOM Talent), and CESD for this amazing opportunity, and to her family, friends, and teachers for their unwavering support! @avamadisongray

EMILY JEWEL HODER (Mary Lennox) is so excited to be at the Ahmanson Theatre in The Secret Garden! She is coming straight from Broadway’s The Music Man as Amaryllis and Super Swing (OBC). National Tour: Les Misérables (Little Cosette) Regional: Annie (Molly), The Jungle Book (Mowgli). Voiceover: Schmigadoon! Apple TV+, Panda Corner learning app. Thank you to my family for everything, I love you. Thank you Nancy Carson and Kim Pedell for all of your help and support. Huge thanks to Warren Carlyle for always believing in me! @emilyjewel7

JOHN KRAUSE (Captain Albert Lennox, Understudy for Archibald Craven, he/him). John is THRILLED to be making his Center Theatre Group debut! Broadway: OBC Hadestown (Ensemble/ Understudy Orpheus), Fun Home (Understudy/Roy and Others).

National Tours: Hadestown, Wicked, and American Idiot: The Musical . Regional: Newsies (Music Circus), Rock of Age s (Venetian, Las Vegas), and Cruel Intentions (Various L.A. Theatres). BFA: Boston Conservatory. John is also a private guitar and voice coach based in Sherman Oaks. Follow along @johnakrause

AARON LAZAR (Dr. Neville Craven). Mr. Lazar has starred in 11 Broadway productions. He debuted in The Phantom of the Opera; originated roles in the world premieres of A Tale of Two Cities, Impressionism, and The Last Ship; starred in the revivals of A Little Night Music and Les Misérables (Drama Desk Award nomination); and romanced audiences in The Light in the Piazza at Lincoln Center and Live from Lincoln Center on PBS. Most recently, he starred as Larry Murphy in the first national tour of the Tony Award-winning smash-hit Dear Evan Hansen On film and television, Aaron can currently be seen in The Daniels’ critically acclaimed film Everything, Everywhere All At Once and Season five of Yellowstone. He has worked with legendary directors Clint Eastwood (J.Edgar), Martin Scorsese (The Wolf of Wall Street), Shawn Levy (This is Where I Leave You), Mary Harron (The Notorious Bettie Page) and The Russo Brothers (Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame). And on television, Aaron was recently one of the stars of Filthy Rich on FOX. Arcs on: Quantico, The Strain, Girl Meets World, and

The Onion News Network. As a singer, Aaron has been a guest artist with some of the world's top symphonies, including The New York Philharmonic, The New York Pops at Carnegie Hall, The National Symphony Orchestra at The Kennedy Center, The Boston Pops, The Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra at Masada, The English National Opera Orchestra, and The Hollywood Bowl Orchestra. His acclaimed solo concert from Broadway to Hollywood has played cabaret clubs and PACs around the US. As a producer, Mr. Lazar created the album Broadway Lullabies—a collection of Broadway’s biggest stars singing Broadway hits reimagined as lullabies, streaming everywhere. He is currently developing a limited series with Nicholas Pileggi (Goodfellas, Casino) and Tom Fontana (Oz, Monsieur Spade) based on the book, City For Sale: Ed Koch and the Betrayal of New York. BA-Duke University. MFA-CCM. Aaron is an honorary board member of the Tennessee Arts Academy serving arts teachers K-12. aaronlazar.com. @aaronscottlazar

JULIA LESTER (Martha, she/her). Julia currently stars as Ashlyn Moon Caswell in High School Musical: The Musical: The Series on Disney+. This past summer, she made her Broadway debut as Little Red Ridinghood in the critically acclaimed revival of Into the Woods. TV: Mom, Prince of Peoria, Mr. Student Body President, Spirit: Riding Free, Spirit: Riding Academy, Spirit: Pony Tales, Game Shakers, The Thundermans, Bella and the Bulldogs. Select Theatre Credits: Into the Woods with Encores! at New York City Center (Little Red Ridinghood), Carrie: The Musical (Carrie), Next to Normal (Natalie), Calvin Berger (Bret). Season four of High School Musical: The Musical: The Series is set to air later this year.

REESE LEVINE (Colin Craven, he/him). Reese is super excited to be part of this amazing cast and to work with this incredible creative team! Favorite Regional Credits: Billy-School of Rock, Young Charlie-Kinky Boots, Chip-Beauty and the Beast, JamesJames and the Giant Peach, Linus-Snoopy! The Musical. TV: Side Hustle, Barry. Thank you to Craig and Ted (Avalon Artists), Sherry (Moxie Artists), Doug, Philip, Susie, CMTSJ, Uncles G and David, and especially Mom and Dad! @reesemlevine

SAM LINKOWSKI (Swing, he/him). Actor, singer, songwriter, and teacher. UCLA TFT: Bent (Horst), Spring Awakening, The Mineola Twins, Lainie Kazan’s Cabaret. Regional: Into the Woods (Jack), Showsearch L.A. (Lead), Full Monty, Urinetown, Sound of Music. Music Director: Bye Bye Birdie, Matilda. Over COVID, he began a performing arts school for young people in L.A. & O.C. Thank you to Mom, Dad, Logan, and Mopsy, a rescue bichon who is full of inspiration. For contacting or coaching: @samlinkowski; sammylinkowski.com

JOHN-MICHAEL LYLES (Dickon, he/him). Broadway: A Strange Loop (The Lyceum). Off-Broadway: Sweeney Todd (Barrow), This Ain’t No Disco (Atlantic), The Flick (Barrow), Brooklynite (Vineyard), Love Life, Big River & 1776 (Encores!). Regional:

Bliss (5th Ave), The Art of Falling (Second City), Choir Boy (Guthrie). TV: The Other Two, Chicago PD, NCIS: New Orleans Film: Blind. Writing: Shoot for the Moon, additional music for We’re Gonna Die (Second Stage), Vivace Award Winner. For Ashley Daché Lyles. @jmlyles1

YAMUNA MELETH (Ayah, she/her). Yamuna is thrilled to be joining The Secret Garden! She received her master’s in vocal performance from the University of Northern Colorado. She was most recently seen in Maya and Off-Broadway in The Office! A Musical Parody. She’d like to thank her family, friends, and the Avalon Artists Group. Yamuna is from Birmingham, AL and currently resides in Los Angeles. @iamyams @hinduitive

CASSANDRA MARIE MURPHY (Alice, Understudy for Lily Craven and Martha, she/her). International Tour: Miss Saigon (Macau, China). Resident Artist at A Noise Within Theatre. Select Regional: Mary Zimmerman’s Metamorphoses, Bridges of Madison County, Evita, Man of La Mancha, Les Misérables, Hunchback of Notre Dame, Shakespeare’s Henry V, Frozen: Live at the Hyperion. Soundtracks: Steven Spielberg’s Ready Player One (Alan Silvestri), Disney’s Mickey and the Magical Map. Thanks to Natalie and MD Casting! For Nora, John, and my village. Glory to God! IG: @cassandramariemurphy

ARIEL NEYDAVOUD (Lieutenant Shaw, Understudy for Fakir, Dickon, and Captain Albert Lennox, Dance Captain, he/him). Ariel was recently in The Visitor at The Public Theatre and sang on the original cast album. Prior to that, he starred as The Caliph in Kismet under the direction of Emmy Award winner Lonny Price. Selected Credits: Prospect Theatre Company, NYMF, Two River Theatre, Perelman PAC, Marriott Theatre, Maltz Jupiter Theatre, ACT of CT, Reprise! 2.0, Tuacahn Center for the Arts, Musical Theatre West, 3-D Theatricals. Love to Mom and Dad. Instagram/TikTok @arielneydavoud

JAMES OLIVAS (Lieutenant Wright, Understudy for Dr. Neville Craven and Captain Albert Lennox, he/him). James is honored to make his Ahmanson Theatre debut with this wonderful cast and team. Recent credits include Richard Bailey in Kinky Boots at the Hollywood Bowl, Dwayne in the NYC Workshop of Betty Boop!, and Joe Hardy in Musical Theatre West’s Damn Yankees. Film/TV credits include Ryan Murphy’s American Horror Stories, Kristen Bell’s Encore!, and The Brink Of. James would like to thank his team at KMR and his manager Kim at Brave. IG: @jamesdolivas

SADIE BRICKMAN REYNOLDS (Mary Lennox at certain performances, she/her). Sadie is a joyous 11-year-old and an old soul at heart. A Los Angeles native, some local theatre performances include Annie and Aladdin . Sadie enjoys voiceovers and dubbing; recent roles include Tess the Crane in Thomas & Friends and Dalimi in Doremi Dalimi. She hails from a family of performing artists and wishes to thank her mom

and dad for their love, support, and guidance. Thanks also to Warren Carlyle, Rob Berman, Michael Donovan Casting and Center Theatre Group for the truly amazing opportunity to play Mary Lennox. sadiereynolds.com

KYLA JORDAN STONE (Mrs. Shelley/Nurse, Understudy for Martha, she/her). Kyla Stone is ecstatic to be making her CTG debut in the theatre she saw her first show at the age of 5. You may have seen her on tour as the first Black Anya in Anastasia, or at The Muny as Elle Woods in Legally Blonde. Other credits include Johanna (Sweeney Todd), Judy Bernly (9 to 5), and the Leading Player (Pippin). BFA Theatre Performance, Chapman U. Love and thanks to her mom, Conner, HCKR, and Sweet180.

IG: @kylastone

VISHAL VAIDYA ( Fakir, he/him ). Ahmanson Theatre debut! Broadway: Groundhog Day. Off-Broadway: Merrily We Roll Along (New York Theatre Workshop); Road Show, 1776 (City Center); Einstein’s Dreams (Prospect). Regional: Come Fall in Love (Old Globe), Swept Away (Berkeley Rep), How to Succeed… (Kennedy Center), DAVE (Arena Stage), Music Man (Olney Theatre), Frog and Toad (Adventure Theatre-Helen Hayes Nomination).

IG: @vishgram

DAVID S. FRANKLIN (Production Stage Manager he/him) Center Theatre Group Highlights: An Enemy of the People, Baz Luhrmann’s La Bohème, Art, Romance, The Cherry Orchard, Curtains, Nightingale, The History Boys, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, Two Unrelated Plays by David Mamet, Ain’t Misbehavin’, Parade, The Subject Was Roses, Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo, The Lieutenant of Inishmore, Randy Newman’s Harps and Angels, God of Carnage, Vigil, Waiting for Godot, Los Otros, Red, Seminar, Tribes, Humor Abuse, The Steward of Christendom, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, Bent, The Christians, Disgraced, A View From The Bridge, Zoot Suit, Archduke, King of the Yees, Head of Passes, Valley of the Heart, Linda Vista, Lackawanna Blues, A Play Is a Poem, A Christmas Carol (Western Tour), King James, The Old Man & The Pool, 2:22 – A Ghost Story, and had the pleasure of assisting on Soft Power. Other Los Angeles: Los Angeles Theatre Center in its heyday from 1985–1990, Pasadena Playhouse, and the Geffen Playhouse. Regional: Seattle Rep, Intiman Theatre. New York: Public Theater. Tours: Europe—Quotations from a Ruined City, Law of Remains (with Reza Abdoh’s Dar a Luz company).

MICHELLE BLAIR (Stage Manager, she/her) has enjoyed a long history of stage managing in Los Angeles and has worked extensively with Center Theatre Group on over 40 productions at their three theaters. Other favorites include A Christmas Carol First National Tour, The Pee-wee Herman Show at Club Nokia, A Long Bridge Over Deep Waters with Cornerstone Theater Company, Henry IV with Shakespeare Center Los Angeles, Jersey Boys in Las Vegas, and Eurydice and La Traviata with the Los Angeles Opera. Graduate of the University of Southern California

and the University of Amsterdam. Mom to 14-year-old Liam and 11-year-old Imogen. For Susie Walsh.

MIRIAM E. MENDOZA (Stage Manager, she/her) is an El Paso, Texas native who moved to Southern California where she received her MFA in Stage Management from UC Irvine. Since graduating, she has worked with fabulous companies such as New Swan Shakespeare Festival, Lake Dillon Theatre Company, and the Walt Disney Company. Miriam is thrilled to be back with Center Theatre Group and recently got married!

MARSHA NORMAN (Book & Lyrics). Marsha Norman is the winner of the 1983 Pulitzer Prize, Blackburn Prize, Hull-Warriner, and Drama Desk Awards for her play, ‘night Mother. In 1992, she won a Tony Award and a Drama Desk Award for her book for the Broadway musical, The Secret Garden. She also wrote the book for the Broadway musical, The Color Purple; she received a Tony nomination for the original production, and a Tony Award for the 2016 revival. Her play, The Master Butchers Singing Club, premiered at the Guthrie Theatre in the fall of 2010. She won a Peabody Award for her writing on the HBO television series, In Treatment, starring Gabriel Byrne and Dianne Wiest. Her most recent work is the adaptation of The Trumpet of the Swan: A Novel Symphony for Actors and Orchestra, with music conducted and written by Jason Robert Brown. The CD has been released by TRW and PS Classics.

Her other plays include Getting Out, for which she won the John Gassner Medallion and the American Theatre Critics Association Citation, Third And Oak: The Laundromat, The Pool Hall, The Holdup, Traveler In The Dark, Sarah and Abraham, Loving Daniel Boone, Trudy Blue, and Last Dance

Her television and film credits include ‘night Mother, starring Sissy Spacek and Anne Bancroft, The Laundromat, starring Carol Burnett and Amy Madigan; The Pool Hall, starring James Earl Jones; Face of a Stranger, starring Gena Rowlands and Tyne Daly; Cooler Climate, starring Sally Field and Judy Davis; Audrey Hepburn, Custody of the Heart, and most recently, Samantha, An American Girl. She spent one year as Co-Executive Producer of Law & Order: Criminal Intent and wrote the Gina episodes of season two of HBO’s In Treatment The Trumpet of the Swan: A Novel Symphony for Actors and Orchestra, written by Jason Robert Brown and Marsha Norman, was released by TRW and PS Classics on June 22, 2011.

Her other published work includes Four Plays, Collected Works Of Marsha Norman, Vol. 1, and a novel, The Fortune Teller. She has Grammy and Emmy nominations, as well as grants and awards from, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Rockefeller Foundation, and the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, among others. She has won the Margo Jones Award, the Sidney Kingsley Award, and the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Guild Hall Academy of

Arts and Letters. Ms. Norman is Co-Chair, with Christopher Durang, of the Playwriting Department of The Juilliard School. She writes and lectures frequently on the theatre and has 18 honorary degrees from American colleges and universities. She was elected to membership in the Fellowship of Southern Writers and serves on the Governing Board of the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize. She sat on the Board Trustees of Agnes Scott College from 2001–2011 and was the Chair of the Academic Affairs committee from 2008–2011. She is a former VicePresident of the Dramatists Guild of America. She is a native of Kentucky and currently lives in New York.

Most recently, she received the William Inge Distinguished Lifetime Achievement in Theatre Award, and the Career Achievement Award from the Dramatists Guild of America. In 2016, Marsha Norman was inducted into The Theatre Hall of Fame.

LUCY SIMON (Music). When Lucy Simon was in grade school, a class assignment was to memorize a poem and recite it in class. The only way she could do it was to put it to a melody. The poem she chose was Wynken Blynken and Nod by Eugene Field. It is the first song she ever wrote. Several years later, when she and her sister Carly were folk singers, they recorded the song and it became a chart hit. Her continuing joy is to be able to reach under the word, poem, lyric or text and find an emotional musical translation.

When The Secret Garden opened at the St. James Theatre in 1991, Ms. Simon was the third woman in history to compose for the Broadway stage. Ms. Simon has garnered multiple honors for her work, including Grammy and Drama Desk Awards and a Tony nomination for Best Score. She recently received the 2018 Samuel French Award for Sustained Excellence in American Theater.

The Secret Garden has enjoyed numerous productions internationally and throughout the United States. In 2020, Alexis Soloski chose The Secret Garden cast album as one of the top cast albums she would bring to a desert island.

Ms. Simon composed the music for the stage musical of Boris Pasternak’s Nobel Prize-winning novel Doctor Zhivago. It was produced on Broadway in 2015 after a successful, awardwinning production in Australia in 2011, starring Anthony Warlow. It is currently enjoying sold-out performances in Germany and Austria, with cast recordings, and was awarded 2018 Best New Musical in Poland.

Ms. Simon wrote and produced the songs and soundtrack for the multi-award-winning HBO movie The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom and received two Grammy Awards for her In Harmony albums, which she co-wrote and produced.

WARREN CARLYLE (Director/Choreographer, he/him) is an Emmy Award nominated choreographer as well as a Tony Award, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle Award winner and four-time Tony award nominee for both directing and choreography.

Broadway: The Music Man ; Kiss Me Kate ; After Midnight (Tony Award winner); Hello Dolly!; Chaplin ; Finians Rainbow ; She Loves Me ; On The Twentieth Century ; The Mystery of Edwin Drood ; Hugh Jackman Back on Broadway ; A Tale of Two Cities ; A Christmas Story ; Follies. Upcoming: Harmony (directing and choreography). Other: Hugh Jackman’s 2019 World Tour; New York City Ballet, Live at Lincoln Center (Emmy nomination), The Rockettes, Carnegie Hall, six seasons on SYTYCD on FOX. @warrencarlyle

ROB BERMAN (Music Supervisor, he/him). In 15 years as music director of Encores! at New York City Center, Rob conducted over 35 shows culminating with last year’s production of Into the Woods. Other Broadway music supervision and conducting includes Bright Star ; Dames at Sea ; Finian’s Rainbow ; White Christmas ; The Pajama Game ; The Apple Tree ; Wonderful Town and Promises, Promises. Winner of the Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Direction and six-time nominee for The Kennedy Center Honors on CBS.

JASON SHERWOOD (Set Designer, he/him) designed the 2020 Oscars and RENT Live, for which he received consecutive Emmy Awards. Other work: Tours for Sam Smith, Spice Girls, Sara Bareilles, performances for Janelle Monae, Eminem, Camila Cabello, and world premiere productions at New York Theatre Workshop, Atlantic Theatre Company, the ART, and many regional theatres. Drama Desk, Lucille Lortel, and Henry Hewes nominations. @JasonSherwoodDesign

ANN HOULD-WARD (Costume Designer, she/her). A Tony Award winner for Disney’s Beauty and the Beast and Tony nominee for the original Broadway productions of Into the Woods and Sunday in the Park with George, Ms. Hould-Ward’s stage credits include the West End production of The Prince of Egypt, as well as countless other Broadway and Off-Broadway productions. Ms. Hould-Ward’s work has been seen in over 35 international companies of Beauty and the Beast, and her other designs are featured in shows all over the world. She has more than 150 regional theatre credits. Ms. Hould-Ward is the recipient of the inaugural Patricia Zipprodt Award for Innovative Costume Design.

KEN BILLINGTON (Co-Lighting Designer). Over 100 Broadway shows, including the original Sweeney Todd, Waitress, Sunday in the Park with George (2008 & 2017), The Drowsy Chaperone, and Footloose. His Tony-Award lighting for Chicago has been seen in 36 countries. This season: The new Broadway musical New York, New York and the West End Production of Crazy for You. Other Projects: The Christmas Spectacular starring

the Radio City Rockettes, Fantasmic! at Disneyland. Ken is a member of the Theatre Hall of Fame.

BRIAN MONAHAN (Co-Lighting Designer, he/him). Brian and Ken co-designed the Broadway hit The Drowsy Chaperone (Tony Nomination) and The Woman In Black (Old Globe, OffBroadway). Other designs: The Disney Symphonic Legacy Concert at Disney Concert Hall; Sweet Charity at Reprise, and South Street; A New Musical at the Pasadena Playhouse. Brian designed concerts for Charles Aznavour (Carnegie Hall & US Tour); Frank Sinatra (12 World Tours); Frank Sinatra’s 75th Birthday Celebration for CBS; and The Ultimate Event: Frank, Liza, and Sammy for Showtime (ACE Award).

DAN MOSES SCHREIER (Sound Designer, all pronouns)

Broadway: Flying Over Sunset, A Soldier’s Play, Gary—A Sequel to Titus Andronicus, The Iceman Cometh, Falsettos, American Psycho, world premieres of August Wilson’s Radio Golf and Gem of the Ocean, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, the fiftieth anniversary production of West Side Story, Gypsy (Patti LuPone), Sondheim on Sondheim, A Little Night Music, John Doyle’s production of Sweeney Todd, Assassins, Pacific Overtures , Topdog/Underdog , Into the Woods , Noise/Funk , others. Compositions for Broadway include: The Merchant of Venice (Al Pacino), Julius Caesar (Denzel Washington), The Glass Menagerie (Jessica Lange), The Tempest (Patrick Stewart). Recent Projects: Soundscape for a new work for the Paul Taylor Dance Company, Duncan Sheik’s The Secret Life of Bees, Barry Manilow’s Harmony. Awards: five Tony Award nominations, five Drama Desk Awards, Obie Award for Sustained Excellence.

VICTORIA TINSMAN (Hair & Makeup Designer, she/her) is a recent transplant from NYC and is thrilled to be a part of this beautiful production. Broadway Credits: Mrs. Doubtfire, Pretty Woman, Cats (Broadway and Tour), She Loves Me, Fish in the Dark, Amazing Grace, Fun Home, A Delicate Balance, Rocky, Phantom of the Opera. TV Credits: The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (s3&5), The Other Two, The Wiz LIVE!, Marvel Universe LIVE! Bachelor’s of Fine Arts—University of North Carolina School of the Arts. @victoria_tinsman

JOEL GOLDES (Dialect Coach, he/him). CTG: 2:22 – A Ghost Story , Soft Power , Sweat , Immediate Family , Tribes Theatre: Come From Away (All English-speaking companies worldwide and Apple TV+), Memphis (La Jolla Playhouse).

Representative Film/TV: Washington Black , The Woman King , The First Lady , The Shrink Next Door , 24 , Escape at Dannemora , Jingle Jangle , The Company Men , The Crazy Ones (coaching Robin Williams), Hatfields & McCoys (for which client Kevin Costner won Best Actor Emmy). TheDialectCoach.com

SARA EDWARDS (Associate Director, she/her) . Broadway

Associate: The Music Man; Hello, Dolly!; After Midnight (Tony

award winner, Best Choreography); Follies. Other Associate Work: The Sting starring Harry Connick Jr; New York Spring Spectacular starring the Radio City Rockettes; NYC Ballet Jerome Robbins; Something to Dance About; Cagney; Sinatra: A Voice for the Century; Hugh Jackman’s World Tour; On Your Toes; Me and My Girl. As Director/Choreographer: Anything Goes; Tick, Tick, Boom!; Grease!. Performed on Broadway: She Loves Me, Follies, Chaplin, White Christmas. @sara_cathleen

SASHA KOZIAK (Associate Director, she/her). Sasha is thrilled to be returning to Center Theatre Group as Warren Carlyle’s associate. She first assisted Warren on the Randy Newman musical Harps and Angels alongside Director Jerry Zaks at the Mark Taper Forum. Sasha recently assisted on Disney’s Beauty and the Beast 30th Anniversary Live (Understudy—Shania Twain/ Swing). She also has a Pilates and Wellness business in Los Angeles. She would like to thank her two wonderful sons for their love and support.

MICHAEL DONOVAN CASTING (Casting Director) . Michael Donovan is the recipient of nine Artios awards, presented by the Casting Society of America for Outstanding Achievement in casting. Richie Ferris has received three Artios awards. In addition to previous productions cast here at the Ahmanson, the company’s credits include shows produced at the Mark Taper Forum, the Hollywood Bowl, the Wallis Annenberg Center for Performing Arts, Pasadena Playhouse, Walt Disney Concert Hall, the Geffen Playhouse, the Getty Villa, the Colony Theatre, the Soraya, International City Theatre, the Garry Marshall Theatre, Ebony Repertory Theatre, Boston Court Pasadena, the 24th St. Theatre, Laguna Playhouse, La Jolla Playhouse, San Francisco Symphony, both the Paris and the Palazzo in Las Vegas, Arizona Theatre Company, Arkansas Rep, Kentucky Shakespeare Festival, Indiana Rep, the Totem Pole Playhouse, and the Tennessee Performing Arts Center, as well as multiple national tours. Other credits include numerous films, TV shows, and commercials. Michael is President of the Board for the Foundation for New American Musicals and serves on the Board for Camp Bravo.

RICHIE FERRIS, CSA (Casting Director, he/him). Richie has been casting with Michael Donovan Casting for 11 years. In that time, he has won 3 Artios Awards for Outstanding Casting and been nominated 11 times for a wide array of Los Angeles and Touring theatre projects. He could not be more proud of this incredible cast in this beautiful and special show. Huge shoutout to the creative team for making this such a memorable and collaborative process.

@michaeldonovancasting @richie_ferris

DANNY TROOB (Orchestrator, he/him). Danny’s career as a musician includes composing, orchestrating and conducting. Some early credits: Pacific Overtures, The Baker’s Wife (both shows dance music arrangements), Big River (Drama Desk Award winner). He orchestrated the animated features Beauty

and the Beast, Aladdin, Pocahontas, and Hercules. On Broadway, he orchestrated the award-winning revival of The Pajama Game. Currently his orchestrations for Hercules are in previews at the Paper Mill Playhouse.

DAN REDFELD (Music Director). Dan is thrilled to be back at Center Theatre Group! Music Director: Beauty and The Beast (Susan Egan), The Who’s Tommy (Alice Ripley), Chess (Susan Egan/Matt Morrison), My Fair Lady (Jonathan Pryce, associate MD), Disney’s The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Peter Pan, Evita, Bright Star , etc. Conductor for LA Opera’s Connects since 2003. Composer: Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women (workshop stage), A Hopeful Place (featuring soprano Kristi HoldenNavona Records), Arioso for Oboe, Percussion & Strings (Santa Barbara Symphony premiere). Orchestrations: Beaches , A Christmas Story (nat. tour), concert hall (LA Opera Orchestra, Santa Barbara, New West and Pasadena Symphonies).

Albums: Across the Stars: The Film Music of John Williams, Braveheart: The Film Music of James Horner, and Titanic: An Epic Musical Voyage. Info at Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and danredfeld.com. Discography is available at iTunes & Amazon.

JOSH CLAYTON (Additional Orchestrations) . Orchestration credits include: My Fair Lady (LCT – US Tour), The King and I (LCT – US Tour and London); Follies (Additional Orchestrations, National Theatre of London); Titanic (Signature Theatre & Milwaukee Repertory Theatre); Brigadoon (Goodman Theatre); The New Yorkers and The Cradle Will Rock (New York City Center); On a Clear Day…, Finian’s Rainbow, and Donnybrook (Irish Repertory Theatre); and several Lyrics & Lyricists (92nd Street Y). He serves as the Director of Music Administration and Score Restoration for the New York City Center Encores! Series.

PEMBERLEY PRODUCTIONS (General Management). Pemberley Productions is proud to return to Center Theatre Group to general manage The Secret Garden. At CTG, Pemberley has previously general managed Everybody’s Talking About Jamie and The Last Ship (both at the Ahmanson) and The Beauty Queen of Leenane (at the Mark Taper Forum). We are a New York-based tour booking, producing, and general management company specializing in touring international work around the USA. In the 22/23 season, we are also touring Emma Rice’s Wuthering Heights and bringing Good Chance Theatre’s celebrated production of The Jungle to Washington, D.C. after its return to St. Ann’s Warehouse. pemberleyproductions.com

DHYANA COLONY (Company Manager, she/her). Thrilled to be back at Center Theatre Group! Company management credits: Broadway: Thou Shalt Not (ACM), Chicago (CMA). National tours: Oklahoma!, What the Constitution…, Jersey Boys, Chicago, Spelling Bee, 12 Angry Men, Hairspray, Les Misérables. Other credits: Charlie Brown Christmas tour (General Manager), Million Dollar Quartet 2017–2018 Tour (Executive Producer). Three seasons at Dallas Theater Center (Associate General

Manager). Studied at USC – fight on! Love to Justin, Lura and Beckley. Proud ATPAM member.

ILLUMINATION FACTORY (Production Management) provides production management and technical supervision to theatre and special events worldwide. Founded in 2022, Luke Ricca brings a decade of experience working on touring, Broadway, and international productions, including The Lehman Trilogy, The Ferryman, Network, and Disney’s Frozen

CENTER THEATRE GROUP

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.

KELLEY KIRKPATRICK (Associate Artistic Director, he/him)

Since his arrival at Center Theatre Group in 2005, Kelley has produced over 100 productions, readings and workshops, many of which have gone on to Broadway, Off-Broadway, and beyond. He has collaborated with celebrated artists including David Henry Hwang, Phylicia Rashad, Ruben Santiago Hudson, Michael Friedman, Culture Clash, Lucas Hnath, Roger Guenveur Smith, Les Waters, Leigh Silverman, Lauren Yee, and Danai Gurira.

GORDON DAVIDSON (Founding Artistic Director) led the Taper throughout its first 38 seasons, guiding over 300 productions to its stage and winning countless awards for himself and the theatre—including the Tony Award for theatrical excellence, Margo Jones Award, The Governor’s Award for the Arts, and a Guggenheim fellowship. The Kentucky Cycle and Angels in America (Part One) won the Pulitzer in consecutive years and, in 1994, three of the four plays nominated for the Tony Award for Best Play were from the Taper (Angels in America won). In 1989, Gordon took over the Ahmanson and, in 2004, he produced the inaugural season in the Kirk Douglas Theatre.

ADDITIONAL STAFF FOR THE SECRET GARDEN

PEMBERLEY PRODUCTIONS

General Manager

General Manager

Associate General Manager

PRESS, MARKETING AND BOOKING CONSULTANTS: BROADWAY BOOKING OFFICE NYC

Steve Schnepp David Freeland

Original Vocal Arrangements

Assistant Production Manager

Associate Scenic Designer

Associate Costume Designer

Associate Costume Designer (N.Y.C.)

Associate Lighting Designer

Tim Smith

Doreen Sayegh

Annie Shea Graney

Kent McIngvale

Michael Kosarin

Maggie Swing

Connor Munion

Allison Dillard

Isabel Martin

Nathan Scheuer

Associate Sound Designer Philip G. Allen

Associate Sound Designer (N.Y.C.)

Production Costume Supervisor

Production Electrician

Production Lighting Programmer

Audio Mixer

Production Assistant

Language Coach

Studio Teacher

Rehearsal Pianist

Rehearsal Percussionist

Music Preparation/Copyist

Music Copyist

Associate Music Preparation/Copyist

Music Assistant (N.Y.C.)

Music Assistant

Keyboard Programmer

Associate Synth Programmer

Props Artisan

Draper/Tailor

Megan Culley

B. Angel Drake

Kim Caldwell

Andrew Webberley

Nora Simonson

Jessica Keasberry-Vnuk

Perviz Sawoski

Marie Rogers

John Sawoski

Joe Martone

Anixter Rice Music Service

Russ Bartmus

Matt Voogt

Griffin Strout

Alessandra Alcala

Randy Cohen, Cohen Keyboards

Juan Andrés Matos

Catherine Chapman

Santa De Sa Faria

First Hands Taylor A. Decker, Shaunte C. Williams

Stitchers

Crafts

Costume Production

Physical Therapy

Kelly Mock, Gavin Dietz

Franklin M. Hansen

Maggie Barry

FusionArts/Karen Moran P.T.

The actors and stage managers employed in this production are members of Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers in the United States. This theatre operates under an agreement between the League of Resident Theatres and Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States. The musicians employed in this production are members of the American Federation of Musicians.

The Director/Choreographer is a member of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers, Inc., an independent national labor union.

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

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; Local Treasurers and Ticket Sellers Local 857; Wardrobe Crew Local 768; Make-up Artists and Hair Stylists Local 706. The Company Manager and House Managers employed in this production are represented by the Association of Theatrical Press Agents & Managers. 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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CREDITS

Scenery fabrication by F&D Scene Changes, Ltd. and Empire Technical Fabrication. Costumes by Eric Winterling, Inc.; Costumes by Maggie Barry; Henna Body Art by Meghna Shah; Costume Rentals by Costume World; Costume Painting by Jeff Fender. Lighting equipment by Production Resource Group LLC. Special effects equipment by Jauchem & Meeh, Inc. and Artistry in Motion, Inc. Sound equipment by Sound Associates Inc. and BnD Design LLC. Trucking by Clark Transfer, Inc.

SPECIAL THANKS

Julie Simon, Kevin Sweetsner, Chris Sloan, Efrain Corona and the ELAC Scene Shop, Patrick Day, and Martin Platt at Perry Street Theatricals.

Cast. (L– R) Sushma Saha, Sara Porkalob, Mehry Eslaminia, Gisela Adisa, Crystal Lucas-Perry, Elizabeth A. Davis, Becca Ayers, Brooke Simpson, and Oneika Phillips in 1776. Photo by Evan Zimmerman for MurphyMade.

ARTISTIC

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.

LINDSAY ALLBAUGH,♦ TYRONE DAVIS, NEEL KELLER,♦ KELLEY KIRKPATRICK♦ Associate Artistic Directors

TIFFANY SLAGLE Artistic & Literary Administrative Assistant

CASEY NICHOLAW, PHYLICIA RASHAD, PAULA VOGEL Associate Artists

EXECUTIVE

CAMILLE SCHENKKAN♦ Deputy Managing Director

A'RAELLE FLYNN-BOLDEN Staff Programs Manager

ERIC SEPPALA♦ Executive Assistant to the Managing Director/CEO

ANNABEL GUEVARA Executive Office Fellow

LYNNE GUGENHEIM Advancement Strategy, Special Events & Leadership Consulting

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

ADRIENNE KNIGHT Assistant Company Manager

EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS

TRACI KWON♦ Arts Education Initiatives Director

JESUS REYES♦ Community Partnerships Director

NICO ROSARIO Creative Workforce Initiatives Director

AURORA ILOG Program Manager

COURTNEY CLARK Digital Learning Manager

MEIGHAN LA ROCCA Education & Community Partnerships Coordinator

ESTELA GARCIA, DEBRA PIVER♦ Resident Teaching Artists

CHRISTINE BREIHAN, ZACHARY BROWN, RAMY EL-ETREBY, AJA HOUSTON, JOHNATHON L. JACKSON, CARENE ROSE MEKERTICHYAN, MARA PALMA, TARA RICASA, JESSICA VOLPI Teaching Artists

PRODUCTION

JOE HAMLIN♦ Director of Production

SHANNON BICKNELL Production Manager

KRYSTIN MATSUMOTO Production Manager

KATIE CHEN Associate Production Manager

BEONICA BULLARD Assistant Production Manager

CAMBRIA CHICHI Production Coordinator

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)

LINDA WALKER♦ House Manager (Mark Taper Forum)

ZANE WAYNERIGHT Stage Supervisor (Kirk Douglas Theatre)

CESAR VARGAS Head Electrician (Kirk Douglas Theatre)

MATTHEW COLLERAN...Head Audio and Video (Kirk Douglas Theatre)

MADELINE SCHUMACHER Wardrobe Supervisor (Kirk Douglas Theatre)

CHAD SMITH♦ Technical Director

CHLOE JOY Assistant Technical Director

BRADLEY WEHRLE Assistant Technical Director

EDUARDO FERNANDEZ-BAUMANN Shop Coordinator

MERRIANNE NEDREBERG♦ Prop Director

KATE REINLIB Associate Prop Director

ARTISTIC DEVELOPMENT & COMMISSIONS

ERIC BABB Assistant Prop Director

ANGELENE STOREY Prop Coordinator

RAUL VEGA MARTINEZ Prop Carpenter

RASHON WILSON Costume Director

WHITNEY OPPENHEIMER Costume Shop Manager

CAYLYN DABNEY Resident Assistant Costume Designer

ASHPHORD JACOWAY Resident Assistant Costume Designer

OPERATIONS

PETER WYLIE Operations & Facilities Director

CHASE ANDERSON-SHAW Kirk Douglas Theatre Manager

CHRISTIAN TAYLOR Facilities Manager

NIKI ARMATO Facilities Associate

JULIO A. CUELLAR♦ Facilities Assistant

VANESSA DE LOERA Facilities Coordinator

JASMINE BRAFF Operations Supervisor

CURT GAVIN Operations Assistant

NAT PERRY, D’ANGELO ANDERSON, REGINA NILES Drivers

VANESSA BRADCHULIS, LILY BROWN, OLIVIA CHOATE, PRESSLY COKER, MONICA GREENE, TWON POPE, SAM UDERO Stage Door

LIV SCOTT Lead CCO and Testing Coordinator

SEBASTIAN DE LA PAZ, GUADALUPE GARCIA, DENISE KHA, CRAIG LAWRENCE, PAT LOEB, SIMON MARTIN, SATI THYME COVID Compliance Officers & Operational Support Staff

FINANCE, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, AND HUMAN RESOURCES

CHERYL SHEPHERD Chief Financial Officer

SARAH STURDIVANT Director of Finance & Technology

SUZANNE BROWN Controller

DENICE BEHDAD Assistant Controller

ANAHITA ASHRAFIPOUR Temporary Senior Accountant

NAKISA ASCHTIANI Senior Staff Accountant

XOCHITL ORTEGA Accounts Payable Supervisor

KERRY LARICK Accounting Assistant

JESSICA HERNANDEZ Payroll Manager

JUAN MARTINEZ Payroll Specialist

AMBER JACKSON Temporary Payroll Assistant

TOM MEGALE Director of Business Applications

JANELLE CABRERA TORRES Tessitura & Web Administration Director

JOEY SOLANO Digital Product Manager

CHIMA OMEAKU Help Desk Support

CRIS SPACCA♦ Tessitura & IT Support

JODY HORWITZ♦ Director of Human Resources

CRISTINA TORRES Human Resources Generalist

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 Major and Planned Gifts

MICHAEL CHAVEZ Director of Special Events

PAULA MATALLANA Associate Director of Institutional Grants

VANESSA WHEELER Associate Director of Gift Accounting & Research

ELIZABETH DELLORUSSO Major Gifts Officer

OYE EHIKHAMHEN Individual Giving Officer

ZAIN PATEL Individual Giving Officer

NICOLE SCIPIONE♦ Individual Giving Officer

KATELIN URGO Individual Giving Officer

WENDY HUI Grants Manager

MIKE RATTERMAN Telefunding Manager

OLIVIA BERUMEN Donor Stewardship & Communications Coordinator

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.

Artists creating new work commissioned by Center Theatre Group this season:

AZIZA BARNES

LISA D’AMOUR

LARISSA

FASTHORSE

JENNIFER HALEY

ALESHEA HARRIS

GERALDINE

ELIZABETH INOA

LISA KRON

KIMBER LEE

YOUNG JEAN LEE

MATTHEW LOPEZ

ROGER Q. MASON

TAHIRIH MOELLER

JANINE NABERS

QUI NGUYEN

LYNN NOTTAGE

MARCO RAMIREZ

CYNTHIA GRACE

ROBINSON

SARAH RUHL

T.TARA TURKHAYNES

LUIS VALDEZ

PAULA VOGEL

KAREN ZACARÍAS

MORGAN THOMAS............Senior Analyst, Gift Accounting & Reporting

GRACELYN SWEENEY.. Advancement Operations Assoicate

ALICE PELAYO Donor Liason & Institutional Advancement Assistant

IRENE CHO Temporary Executive Assistant

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

MARKETING AND GRAPHICS

DEBORAH WARREN Director of Marketing

GARRETT COLLINS Deputy Director of Marketing

EMYLI GUDMUNDSON Associate Director, Advertising & Creative Content

CANDICE WALTERS♦ Associate Director, Marketing Operations

KIYOMI EMI♦ Senior Manager, Marketing Events & Partnerships

DEVANY HARDEN Manager, CRM & Email Marketing

KATHARINE MEANS Marketing Associate

MARCY PANIAGUA Social Media Associate

NATALIE PESQUEIRA Social Media Intern

JILLIAN MOORE Marketing Coordinator

JANELLE BE TIO Marketing Intern

CAROLINE THOMPSON/IMPACT 123 Media Planning

CAROL HALL/CAROL HALL & ASSOCIATES Marketing Consultant

ALLIED GLOBAL MARKETING Digital Agency

DEANNA McCLURE Art & Design Director

JAVIER VASQUEZ Digital Content Producer

IRENE T. KANESHIRO♦ Senior Design Manager

SANDI SILBERT Senior Graphic Designer

LILA WAKILI Senior Graphic Designer

COMMUNICATIONS

BRETT WEBSTER Communications Director

JESSICA DOHERTY Associate Editorial Director

BOBBY MARTINEZ Communications Coordinator

COURTNEY HEIMBUCK Publicist

LINDSAY JOHNSTON Junior Publicist

DAVIDSON & CHOY PUBLICITY

TIM CHOY, PETER GOLDMAN,

VICTORIA WESTBROOK Publicity Consultants

MATT ROSS PUBLIC RELATIONS

MATT ROSS, NICOLE CAPATASTO Publicity Consultants

TICKET SALES AND SERVICES

SHAWN ROBERTSON♦ Ticket Sales Director

SKYPP CABANAS♦ Senior Manager, Ticket Operations

TINTIN NGUYEN Ticketing Operations Coordinator

MICHAEL ZOLDESSY♦ Senior Manager, Account Sales

SANDY CZUBIAK♦ Audience & Subscriber Services Director

JENNIFER BAKER,♦

CHERYL HAWKER♦ Audience Services Senior Supervisors

JONATHAN FLORES Audience Services Assistant Supervisor

GARY HOLLAND,♦

CHRISTIAN UNGER Audience Services Sales Associate

JESSICA ABROMAVICH, JUSTINE PEREZ♦ Donor Associates

KIMBERLY ARENCIBIA, JOSHUA BADILLO, VICKI BERNDT,♦ CLAY BUNKER, FRANK ENSENBERGER, DANIEL GARCIA, IVONNE HERRERA, MICHAEL MUNOZ, DENISE REYNOSO, FELIPE ROQUE, SAMUEL ROQUE, JURGEN SANTOS, CHRISTINA WRIGHT Audience Services Representatives

DANUTA SIEMAK♦ Subscriber Services Supervisor

CHRISTINA GUTIERREZ♦ Subscriber Services Asst. Supervisor

LIGIA PISTE,♦

PETER STALOCH♦ Subscriber Services Senior Representatives

SARAH K. GONTA♦ Box Office Treasurer

MICHAEL VALLE♦ 1st Assistant Treasurers

KAITLYN GALVEZ, KEANA JACKSON, MICHAEL KEMPISTY,♦ RICHARD RUBIO 2nd Assistant Treasurers

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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.

The program is designed to foster important voices, inspire playwrights to create their best work, encourage bold writing, and build relationships among local playwrights, Center Theatre Group, and the L.A. theatre community. Our growing community currently contains more than 100 playwrights. A new cohort of playwrights will be announced soon.

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Jay & Linda Sandrich

Stephen J. Sass & Dr. Steven Hochstadt

Wes Schaefer & Cathy King-Schaefer

Linda & Clifford Schaffer^

Dr. Marlene Schultz & Philip Walent

Scolamieri/Colwell Family Trust

D'Artagnan Scorza^

Rob & Cathy Sevell

James & Alexis Sheehy^

Loretta Hirsh Shine

In Memory of Ruth & Leon Sirkin

Charlene & Mike Sievers^

Roman Silberfeld & Pat Klous

Lee & Gail Silver

Karen & Gordon Silverstein^

Alan Siman^

In Memory of Bill Moynihan

Kurt & Keli Skarin^

Catherine S. Skubik

Stephen & Judith Slagle

Leslie Smith^

Roberta Smith

Carol Stein Sterling & James Sterling

David A. Steinberg

Tom Stempel^

Kimberly Stirling

Judy Stone

Tracy A. Stone^

Stephen J. Strauss & Harriet M. Rolnick

Ellen & Steve Sugerman

Jeff Sung

Jack & Marlene Susser

Mr. & Mrs. Mitchell Sussman^

I.H. Sutnick^

Fran Sweeney

Stephen & Karen Sweeney

Nathan Swisher^

Ellen Tam^

William L. Tan^

Judith N. Taylor^

Laney Techentin

Mary & Peter Tennyson^

Dr. Keith Terasaki^

Marla Thornton^

Susan & William Tinkley^

Eileen T'Kaye & David Bischoff^

United Talent Agency

Valerie Vanaman^

Carol Vernon & Robert Turbin

Jacob Villere

Claire Vincent

Denise & Peter Walsh

Cliff Warner

Henry Watkins^

Charles W. Weeks^

Mr. Dean Weichel^

Ben & Rose Weinstein^

Sheila & Wally Weisman

John & Martha Wengert^

Pat West

Lori Williams & Stephen Schulte^

Valerie & Nathaniel E. Williams

In Honor of Laura Woolls^

Robert and Shealen Wynner^

The above list reflects total annual giving from either the current fiscal year to date (July 1, 2022 – January 20, 2023) or previous fiscal year (July 1, 2021 –June 30, 2022), 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

OUR SUPPORTERS: ENDOWMENT & PLANNED GIFTS

THANK YOU

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.

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

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

Pamela & Dennis Beck

Judith & Thomas Beckmen

The Bennetts

Dr. Adrienne Brandriss

Linda Brown

Allan & Joan Burns

Richard & Norma Camp

Bill Cohn & Dan Miller

Earl & Christine Cory

Zoe Cosgrove Estate

Mary Levin Cutler

Susan D. Clines & Charles Dillingham

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

Linda S. Peterson

Sally & Frank Raab

Edward L. Rada

Nan Rae

Stuart & Laurie Rice

In Loving Memory of Adam Rice

Penelope C. Roeder, Ph.D.

Bruce & Randy Ellen Ross

Allyson S. Rubin

Eileen B. Salmas

Wes Schaefer & Cathy King-Schaefer

Elliott Sernel

Sue & Steve Soldoff

I.H. Sutnick

William Tierney and Barry Weiss

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

James Blair White

Margaret H. White

Mary J. Witt

Tim Curtis and Shandon Youngclaus

This list includes endowment and planned gift donors as of January 20, 2023.

To make an enduring endowment contribution, please contact 213.972.7564 or Give@CTGLA.org.

OUR SUPPORTERS: INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT

SUPPORT

West Coast Premiere Company Chaliwaté & Focus Dimanche

April 13-16, 2023

an “exquisite, heartbreaking show (with) abundant wit and elegance.” –The Arts Desk

Through an ingenious blend of clowning, puppetry, and plain old theatrical magic, Dimanche paints a witty and tender portrait of humanity surprised by the uncontrollable forces of nature. broadstage.org

Corporate Circle members receive VIP concierge service, complimentary and discounted tickets to our shows, business development opportunities, and more. For more information, email Give@CTGLA.org.

Photo by Yves Kerstius

Theatre Sponsors: Laurie and Bill Benenson, Susan Stockel

Celebrating California Institute of the Arts’ 50th Anniversary

For 50 years, California Institute of the Arts has been a place where creative individuals come together to experiment, practice, teach, and learn as a community of artists. Their impact and influence have transformed the cultural landscape of Los Angeles and beyond.

As we celebrate this milestone anniversary, we look to our artists to challenge what has come before and show us what could be for generations to come.

Top right: Chris Ryan Williams’ (Performer-Composer MFA 18) recital Mehahn, a performative installation curated by the composer and featuring Film/Video, Dance, and Music students.

Bottom right: Spring Dance Concert, with original work by faculty Julie Bour. Photo: Josh Rose.

At left: From a CalArts School of Art practicum course titled Waste Not

SYMPHONY SERIES AT

BEETHOVEN &

MARCH 18, 2023

REBECCA TONG, conductor

ALEXANDER MALOFEEV, piano

HUANG RUO Folk Songs for Orchestra

RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 2

BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 3 “Erotica”

APRIL 29, 2023

KENSHO WATANABE, conductor

TAI MURRAY, violin

GERSHWIN An American in Paris

BARBER Violin Concerto

CARLOS SIMON The Block

RACHMANINOFF Symphonic Dances

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GLYNDEBOURNE, GARSINGTON & LONDON FESTIVALS

June 18 – 30, 2023

GLYNDEBOURNE FESTIVAL: L’ELISIR D’AMORE; & DON GIOVANNI (New Production).

LONDON (Royal Opera– Covent Garden): WERTHER (Kaufmann); IL TROVATORE.

GARSINGTON FESTIVAL: ARIADNE AUF NAXOS; & Mozart’s MITRIDATE, RE DI PONTO.

HOLLAND PARK FESTIVAL: RIGOLETTO.

PLUS - A West End Musical (TBA).

– 5-Star Hotels –

Grand Hotel – Eastbourne Sussex; The May Fair – London

MILAN & VERONA

June 29 – July 10, 2023

MILAN (La Scala): MACBETH (Netrebko); & Prokofiev’s ROMEO & JULIET BALLET.

VERONA (Arena): CARMEN; RIGOLETTO; LA TRAVIATA; & AIDA (New Production).

– 5-Star Hotels –Grand Hotel– Milan; Due Torri– Verona

–Orchestra Tickets to Performances––Selected Gourmet Meals & Wine–

–Customized Sightseeing and Excursions–

We are grateful for continuing support from Theatre Forward, which provides funding and other resources to the country‘s leading nonprofit theatres.

Lucy Hardison

Donna Kalajian Lagani

Gretchen Shugart &

Jonathan Maurer Pfizer, Inc.

$10,000-$14,999

Judy R. Bartlett

Steven & Joy Bunson

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Ernst & Young

Bruce & Tracey Ewing *

Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc.

The Maurer Family Foundation

S&P Global

$5,000-$9,999

Anonymous

Michelle Cenis

Richard K. Greene

Nancy Hancock Griffith* KLDiscovery

THE AFFILIATES

Susan & John Major Donor Advised Fund at Rancho Santa Fe Foundation

Robin & Bob Paulson

Donor Advised Fund at Rancho Santa Fe Foundation

Playbill†

The Patti & Rusty Rueff Foundation

Michelle Schwartz

Raja Sengupta

George & Pamela Smith

John Thomopoulos

Evelyn Mack Truitt

James S. & Lynne P. Turley*

Joseph Yurcik*

$2,500-$4,999

Joseph Baio*

Yvonne Bell*

BOND Theatrical

Robin Cohen*

Concord Theatricals

Lucy Fato & Matt Detmer*

for your generous support 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

Diane Lesser

Marianne Mandel

Jerri Nagelberg

Diane Neubauer*

Sheila Poncher*

Courtney Rangen

Sharon Reisz

June Sanders Sattler*

Dr. Carmen Estrada

Schaye*

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

Deena Blum

Lestrita Boardman◆

Audrey L. Bornstein

Roanna Araneta Brown

Elnora Guerrero

Campos

Jan Cobert

Judy Colich

Mary Levin Cutler

Judi Davidson

Ilene Eisenberg◆

Lynda Wolfson Fadel

Ruth Flinkman-

Marandy

Carolyn H. Fried

Carole A. Gillie

Dina Goldstein

Brindell Gottlieb

Meg Greenwood

Kristina Greiner

Stephanie J. Hibler

Diane Kessler*

Dianne King

Ellen Kliavkoff

Barbara Krasnoff

Kellie Lang

Rita Lee◆

Annie Maria Lehrer

Helen Gordon Lowy

Dr. Elizabeth Lu

Gladys Lyons

Phyllis Massing Ph.D

Deena Nahmias

Olivia Neece

Lisa Nichols

Gina Russ Posalski*

Mariel Reed

Irene Ribner

Harriett Chatters

Rose◆

Lois Rosen

Marla Rubin

Debra C. Gordon

Fischer Jordan LLC

Ari & Shimona Katz*

Louise Moriarty & Patrick Stack*

Elliott Sernel & Larry Falconio*

The Shubert Organization

Mary Beth Winslow & Bill Darby*

Wolters Kluwer

For a complete list of funders, visit theatreforward.org.

*National Society Membership

†Includes In-kind support

Gaile Gray Ryan

Carole Schiffer

Suzanne M. Shapiro

Joyce Sheingold

Maggy Simon

Carole Solomon◆

Robbie J. Solomon

Marilyn Stambler*◆

Judy Stone

Rosalyn Holt Swartz

Louise Taper

Katherine L. Todd*

Sue Tsao ◆

Elinor Turner

Carol Le-Veque-Uri

Barbara Van Orden

Donna Marie Venick*

Barbara Weber

Beth White

Kim White Peterson*

Sue Wittner

Large

Welcome to The Music Center!

We are incredibly honored you have chosen to join us at L.A.’s only performing arts destination!

The Music Center is your place, where you can experience all the arts have to offer, from self-expression and connection to the joy of witnessing live performance and events in our four incredible theatres, at Jerry Moss Plaza and in Grand Park. With safety as our number one priority, we promise to provide you the best, safest experience possible on our campus.

Be sure to visit musiccenter.org to learn about upcoming events and performances.

Enjoy the show!

#BeAPartOfIt

@musiccenterla

General Information

(213) 972-7211 | musiccenter.org

Support The Music Center (213) 972-3333 | musiccenter.org/support

2022/2023 BOARD OF DIRECTORS

OFFICERS

Cindy Miscikowski Chair

Robert J. Abernethy Vice Chair

Darrell R. Brown 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

Charles F. Adams

William H. Ahmanson

Jill C. Baldauf

Susan E. Baumgarten

Phoebe Beasley

Thomas L. Beckmen

Dannielle Campos

Amy R. Forbes

Greg T. Geyer

Jeffrey M. Hill

Carl Jordan

Terri M. Kohl

Kent Kresa

Lily Lee

Cary J. Lefton

Keith R. Leonard, Jr.

David B. Lippman

Susan M. Matt

Mattie McFadden-

Lawson

Elizabeth Michelson

Darrell D. Miller

Shelby Notkin

Teresita Notkin

Michael J. Pagano

Cynthia M. Patton

Karen Kay Platt

Joseph J. Rice

Melissa Romain

Beverly P. Ryder

Maria S. Salinas

Lisa See

GENERAL COUNSEL

Rollin A. Ransom

DIRECTORS EMERITI

Wallis Annenberg

Peter K. Barker

Judith Beckmen

Ronald W. Burkle

John B. Emerson **

Richard M. Ferry

Brindell Gottlieb

Bernard A. Greenberg

Stephen F. Hinchliffe, Jr.

Glen A. Holden

Edward J. McAniff

Walter M. Mirisch

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

** Chair Emeritus

Current as of 01/25/23

TAKE A TOUR OF THE MUSIC CENTER

Free 90-minute docent-led tours take you through the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Ahmanson Theatre, Mark Taper Forum and Walt Disney Concert Hall, along with Jerry Moss Plaza. You’ll learn about the history and architecture of the theatres along with The Music Center’s beautiful outdoor spaces.

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

Visit musiccenter.org for additional information.

Mimi Song

Matthew J. Spence

Johnese Spisso

Philip A. Swan

Timothy S. Wahl

Alyce de Roulet

Williamson

Jay S. Wintrob

Complexions Contemporary Ballet’s Jillian Davis. Photo by Rachel Neville.

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.

Hilda L. Solis Supervisor, First District

Janice Hahn Chair Supervisor, Fourth District

Kathryn Barger Supervisor, Fifth District

Holly J. Mitchell Supervisor, Second District

Lindsey P. Horvath Supervisor, Third District

Live at The Music Center

WED 1 MAR / 8:00 p.m.

The Secret Garden

CENTER THEATRE GROUP

@ Ahmanson Theatre

Thru 3/26/2023

THU 2 MAR / 8:00 p.m.

Mehta Conducts Mahler 3

LA PHIL

@ Walt Disney Concert Hall

Thru 3/5/2023

FRI 3 MAR / 8:00 p.m.

Ladysmith Black Mambazo

● Madison McFerrin

LA PHIL

@ Walt Disney Concert Hall

SUN 5 MAR / 7:30 p.m.

Alcee Chriss, organ

LA PHIL

@ Walt Disney Concert Hall

TUE 7 MAR / 8:30 p.m.

Regina Spektor

LA PHIL

@ Walt Disney Concert Hall

WED 8 MAR / 8:00 p.m.

Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992

CENTER THEATRE GROUP

@ Mark Taper Forum

Thru 4/9/2023

WED 8 MAR / 8:00 p.m.

Nathaniel Rateliff Plays Nilsson

LA PHIL

@ Walt Disney Concert Hall

MAR 2023

FRI 10 MAR / 7:30 p.m.

The English Concert: Solomon

LA OPERA

@ Dorothy Chandler Pavilion

SUN 12 MAR / 7:30 p.m.

Igor Levit, piano

LA PHIL

@ Walt Disney Concert Hall

TUE 14 MAR / 8:00 p.m.

LA Phil New Music Group

John Adams, conductor

LA PHIL

@ Walt Disney Concert Hall

WED 15 MAR / 8:00 p.m.

Hilary Hahn, violin

LA PHIL

@ Walt Disney Concert Hall

SAT 18 MAR / 8:00 p.m.

The Movie Music of Spike Lee & Terence Blanchard

LA PHIL

@ Walt Disney Concert Hall

THU 23 MAR / 8:00 p.m.

Mälkki Leads Dvořák

LA PHIL

@ Walt Disney Concert Hall

Thru 3/25/2023

SAT 25 MAR / 7:30 p.m.

Pelléas & Mélisande

LA OPERA

@ Dorothy Chandler Pavilion

Thru 4/16/2023

SUN 26 MAR / 7:00 p.m.

Esmail / Fauré

LOS ANGELES

MASTER CHORALE

@ Walt Disney Concert Hall

TUE 28 MAR / 9:45 a.m.

The Blue Ribbon

Children’s Festival

THE MUSIC CENTER

@ Dorothy Chandler Pavilion

Thru 3/30/2023

TUE 28 MAR / 8:00 p.m.

Tchaikovsky and Wagner

LA PHIL

@ Walt Disney Concert Hall

THU 30 MAR / 8:00 p.m.

Tchaikovsky and Sibelius

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@ Walt Disney Concert Hall

Also 3/31/2023

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The Music Center’s Very Special Arts Festival. Photo by Will T. Yang for The Music Center.

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DRUM ROLL

Sat Mar 4 | 3pm

Yamato–The Drummers of Japan

Hinotori: The Wings of Phoenix

Sun Mar 5 | 7pm

Sitkovetsky Trio

Premiere by Julia Adolphe and pieces by Rachmaninoff and Mendelssohn

ONSTAGE SESSIONS

Wed Mar 8 | 8pm

Kariné Poghosyan

CSUN Alumni Concert

ONSTAGE SESSIONS

Sat Mar 18 | 8pm

Charles Lloyd

85th Birthday Celebration

Sat Mar 25 | 3pm

Disney in Concert: Aladdin

30th Anniversary

Thu Mar 30 | 8pm

Kombilesa Mi with Jungle Fire

The Language Lives Through Music

Sun Apr 2 | 7pm

A Whole New World of Alan Menken

An Evening of Stories and Songs

Yamato

Disney’s Aladdin In Concert Alan Menken

Kariné Poghosyan

Sitkovetsky Trio

Kombilesa Mi

Charles Lloyd