Performances Magazine | Segerstrom Center for the Arts, July/August 2024
August 6–18, 2024
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Dear Friends,
We are thrilled to bring you a curated lineup of performances that promise to ignite your imagination, stir your emotions, and transport you to new realms of creativity. Your enduring support and passion for the arts are truly the foundation upon which we build our shared artistic community.
In July, kick off your summer with Clue, based on the cult 1985 movie and inspired by the classic board game, a show perfect for any mystery lover. If you’re looking for something hilariously edgy, visit Dixie’s Tupperware Party, filled with jokes that are sure to get you laughing. Stop by the Julianne and George Argyros Plaza and enjoy the five-year anniversary of the Coollab Festival, the All Abilities Celebration, and free Friday-night music at our Summer Sounds series continues through July. Participate in free Tuesday Night Dance lessons to learn some new dance moves, or catch a free movie at our popular Movie Mondays series. In August, everyone’s favorite Australian puppy is returning to the Center in Bluey’s Big Play. Wrap up your summer break by taking a trip to Neverland with Peter Pan, featuring OC local Nolan Almeida flying high as Peter over the stage of Segerstrom Hall.
Here’s to a summer filled with inspiration, connection, and unforgettable moments at the Center!
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Jesse Bagley
Marta S. Bhathal
Deborah Bridges
Louise Bryson
Mark Chan
Sandy Segerstrom Daniels
James A. Driscoll
Andra Greene Ellingson
Moti Ferder
John C. Garrett
John Ginger
Jackie Glass
John Phelan
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Wendy Hales
Lawrence M. Higby
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Molly Jolly
Roger T. Kirwan
Harmon Kong
Karla Kraft
Shanaz Langson
Kate Levering-Jahangiri
William F. Meehan
Britt Meyer
Ethan F. Morgan
Rick J. Muth
Walter Parsadayan
Mark C. Perry
Maria Rigatti
Holly Breaux Schwartz
Elizabeth Segerstrom
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Tony Smith
Steven M. Sorenson, M.D.
Connie Spenuzza
John E. Stratman Jr.
Samuel Tang
Kelly Thomson
Laura Vanderhook
Gaddi H. Vasquez
Jaynine Warner
Carol L. Wilken
Jane Fujishige Yada
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Calendar of events
August 2024
Bluey’s Big Play
August 3–4 | Special Event
Movie Mondays: Back to the Future
August 5 | Free Outdoor Film
Tuesday Night Dance
August 6, 13, 20, 27 | Free Dance Class
Peter Pan
August 6–18 | Broadway
Choral Festival
August 11 | Pacific Chorale
September 2024
Tuesday Night Dance
September 3, 10, 17 | Free Dance Class
Caroline Shaw
September 14–15 | Pacific Chorale
Classic Albums Live
September 15 | Special Event
Disney Jr. Live
September 17 | Special Event
Joaquina Kalukango
September 19–21 | Cabaret
Complexions Contemporary Dance
September 20 | Dance
October 2024
Mrs. Doubtfire
September 24–October 6 | Broadway
Michael Feinstein: Tribute to Tony Bennett
October 5 | Headliners
Sean Mason Quintet
October 5 | Jazz
The Life and Times of George Michael October 6 | Special Event
London Philharmonic October 11 | Philharmonic Society of OC
Lila Downs:
Dia de los Muertos
October 13 | Special Event
Classical Spooktacular
October 17–19 | Pacific Symphony
Eric McCormack and Laura Bell Bundy
October 17–19 | Cabaret
Halloween Fandemonium!
October 19 | Pacific Symphony Family
Fantastic Symphony
October 20 | Pacific Symphony
Esmé Quartet
October 24 | Chamber
An Evening with Samara Joy
September 20 | Jazz
Brian Regan
September 21 | Comedy
National Dance Day
September 21 | Special Event
Mrs. Doubtfire
September 24–October 6 | Broadway
Rachmaninoff & Beethoven
September 26–28 | Pacific Symphony
Symphony 101 with Alan Chapman
September 29 | Pacific Symphony
Tony Kushner and Frank Rich
September 30 | In Conversation
Ina Garten
October 24 | Special Event
Songs of the Soul
October 26 | Pacific Chorale
Spider-man: Across the Spider-verse
September 24–October 6 | Broadway
Ray Chen
October 27 | Philharmonic Society of OC
Café Ludwig
October 27 | Pacific Symphony
Hadestown
October 29–November 3 | Broadway
Artists, events and dates subject to change; visit www.scfta.org for details and times. Segerstrom Hall • Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall
Samueli Theater • Julianne and George Argyros Plaza
Joaquina Kalukango is in paradise
Are we living in a golden age for Broadway performers and creators? There do seem to be many great new shows written by a younger generation of playwrights and starring upand-coming talent who really shine. That would certainly include Joaquina Kalukango.
This powerhouse singer opens the Cabaret season on a strong note. Kalukango is being hailed as Broadway’s next great leading lady. In 2022 she won a Tony® Award for her leading role in the musical Paradise Square, a role she created: The director, Moisés Kaufman, hired her without an audition. Kalukango described her Paradise Square character as “a firecracker,” she told Town and Country magazine. “She’s able to see into people’s true hearts.”
“Kalukango [in Paradise Square] reminds us what a superb vocalist and musical actress she is,” says nystagereview.com. “Her rendering of
‘Let It Burn’ is a master class on how to stop a show cold … and stop the show she did, earning a sustained standing ovation.”
Kalukango was born in Atlanta, Georgia. It was a middle school teacher who recommended she attend a performing arts high school.
Kalukango thinks the teacher may have been joking after she had a self-described “terrible performance” in a school talent show. But Kalukango had the last laugh, as she went on to graduate from The Juilliard School and quickly found work, successfully acting on television and films as well as theater for the past decade and making her presence felt.
It’s theater that really energizes her, and Kalukango thrives on the collective energy of standing up in front of an audience. “Theater is like being in the playoffs every night,” she says. “It’s always changing based on who comes into the space. You never know what’s going to happen.”
After some understudy and off-Broadway work, Paradise Square really set her singing career in motion. She initially was part of an ensemble in the show, but as development of the work continued, Kalukango’s character rose to become the heroine, the one audiences would cheer for. She did not disappoint. The Chicago Tribune predicted her Tony win. “Kalukango will be formidable competition for anyone and everyone come Tony Awards time.”
With a cabaret engagement last year at New York’s Café Carlyle under her belt, Kalukango is expanding her fan base. She has a natural ability to connect with people, and that will certainly be demonstrated in Samueli Theater. This will be a phenomenal opening for the season.
Samueli Theater September 19–21
Samara Joy: the new voice of jazz
In our 2022–23 season, jazz vocalist Samara Joy performed in Samueli Theater. This season she will be on stage in Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall, and it will sell out.
Joy is only 24 years old, but don’t call her a newbie. At the 2023 Grammys, her second album won Best Jazz Vocal Album and she won Best New Artist, while in 2024 she won Best Jazz Performance. Her voice is rich and velvety, earning her fans like Anita Baker and Regina King, who calls her “a young woman who seems like Sarah Vaughn and Ella Fitzgerald are both living in her body.”
Joy had the jazz gene but she just didn’t know it. She was brought up surrounded by music. Her grandparents founded The Savettes, a well-known gospel choir, and her father was a vocalist and bass player who toured with gospel singer Andraé Crouch. Gospel was then her dominant influence.
Joy attended Fordham High School for the Arts, where she sang with the school’s jazz band and with them won Best Vocalist at the Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Essentially Ellington competition. But it wasn’t until she enrolled in SUNY Purchase and declared as a voice major that she woke up to the real possibilities of jazz. Her new college friends introduced her to the great jazz vocalists and Joy was hooked.
“When I first encountered jazz, I was like, ‘Oh, that’s how I feel at home,’” she told huffpost.com. “When you have a gift, you can’t run away from it. I had to practice and develop my own individual voice within the music. I loved the fact that I could just be myself and express myself… There’s nothing like that feeling.”
She went on to win the prestigious Sarah Vaughn International Jazz Vocal Competition at 19, before she graduated.
It’s only been a few years since Joy started recording and she has the jazz world in the palm of her hand. “She sheds new light on jazz classics alongside her deep understanding of the canon and the singers before her,” says
artsinmichigan.com. The New York Times calls her a “silky-voiced rising star … helping jazz take a youthful turn,” and NPR says Joy’s “a classic jazz singer from a new generation.”
“There was so much to enjoy in her London show,” says londonjazznews.com. “The capturing of the moods of different songs, and her refreshing way with jazz standards, her ease as a performer. She absolutely packed out the Jazz Cafe last night.”
As a Gen Z’er, Joy is posting on social media and garnering new fans. “That’s where my generation is,” she told NPR. “I posted a couple of videos on TikTok, and a month later, 100,000 people. People say, ‘I found you on TikTok, and I just had to come see a show.’ Anything to share the music—and then, if people my age are attracted to it and they want to know more about it, that’s cool.”
As Joy tours and fills even larger venues she says it’s incredible to see the thousands of people who come to hear her. “I’m still very much a student,” says Joy. “This is only the beginning. There is much, much more to come.”
We look forward to that.
Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall September 20
Photo: Ambe J. Williams
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Tony Kushner: wordsmith extraordinaire
What was the play where an angel with gigantic wings crashes through a ceiling? That was Angels in America, Tony Kushner’s famous and award-winning two-part theater epic. But that is only a fraction of what his career has included.
Kushner will be the first guest on the 2024–25 In Conversation series to talk about his groundbreaking work and issues in the news today. Kushner will be interviewed by Frank Rich, a writer at large with New York magazine covering politics and culture. Before joining New York, Rich had a distinguished career with The New York Times.
Angels in America is an epic telling of the AIDS epidemic as it played out in 1980s Reaganera New York. The plays received praise for its dialogue and exploration of social issues. “Mr. Kushner has written the most thrilling American play in years,” wrote The New York Times. A decade after the play’s premiere, Metro Weekly labeled it “one of the most important pieces of theater to come out of the late 20th century.”
Angels in America received numerous awards, including the 1993 and 1994 Tony Awards for Best Play. The play’s first part, Millennium Approaches, received the 1993 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
Kushner has gone on to have a successful screenplay career, especially collaborating with Steven Spielberg on a number of films, including Munich, Lincoln, West Side Story, and The Fabelmans. He worked with Mike Nichols, writing the screenplay for Angels in America as a miniseries for HBO. He’s written a musical— Caroline, or Change—plays and books on difficult or political (or both) subjects, and won prestigious awards, including a National Medal
of Arts from President Barack Obama. Kushner is open about his politics: His six-word memoir is “At least I never voted Republican.”
Frank Rich has had a varied and successful career. In addition to his journalism, he has been a creative consultant for HBO for 15 years. He was executive producer of the hit drama Succession and the long-running comedy Veep, as well as a limited series about the Watergate scandal. He won Emmys for both Succession and Veep and was twice a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize. During his long career at The New York Times, he was an op-ed writer from 1994–2011, and chief drama critic from 1980–1993, crossing over with Angels in America. For his career as a drama critic Rich was inducted into the Theater Hall of Fame in 2015.
Rich pulls no punches in his own opinions. He wrote The Greatest Story Ever Sold: The Decline and Fall of Truth from 9/11 to Katrina. After the word “truthiness” was coined by Stephen Colbert, Rich took it up and uses it frequently when writing about problems in culture and politics.
Kushner and Rich together will be an exciting evening of fascinating, opinionated dialogue.
Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall September 30
Photo: Bryan Derballa
Helloooooo, Mrs. Doubtfire has arrived
What would you do, in a difficult family situation, to be with your children when you’ve been kicked out of the house? Would you put on a body suit, a full-face mask, grey wig, the ugliest brown shoes you’ve ever seen, and pretend to be a Scottish nanny?
Her name is Mrs. Doubtfire and she brings her no-nonsense voice to the Center in September.
Mrs. Doubtfire: The New Musical Comedy is based on the 1993 film with Robin Williams, which in turn was based on a 1987 YA novel by Anne Fine about a family dealing with a messy divorce. Dad Daniel is a struggling out-of-work actor whose alter ego is Peter Pan: he doesn’t want to grow up. After losing custody of his three children in his own messy divorce, he creates the kindly character of Scottish nanny Euphegenia Doubtfire in a desperate attempt to stay in their lives.
As his new character takes on a life of its own,
Daniel finds himself in some tricky situations as he tries to keep the real identity of the nanny a secret. But ultimately Mrs. Doubtfire teaches Daniel about how to be a father.
“I guarantee you haven’t had this much fun at the theater in a long time,” says MDtheareguide. com. “The entire cast, ensemble and creative team shine in this production.” The Chicago Tribune says, “This loveable, big-hearted musical comedy delivers.”
The star is Rob McClure, who originated the role on Broadway and now takes it on tour. “McClure is a great performer who proves a wide-ranging mimic,” says the Chicago SunTimes. “He gets the heart of the story’s arc just right.” Of course, he will be compared to Robin Williams’ film performance. McClure’s “performance is worth the price of admission alone,” says MDtheaterguide.com. “He does Robin Williams proud but makes his own mark as the character.”
But Daniel is not simply in want of some lessons in maturity. The audience will understand his need to be with his children, and the young members of his family want opportunities to grow a better relationship with Dad. “The best thing about Mrs. Doubtfire is that it restores the heartfelt message of the original book—that divorce doesn’t have to be an end for a family, but can simply be a new chapter,” says Newcitystage.com. There is no such thing as a perfect family, but love and laughter will see them through difficult times.
In all, “This production is reminiscent of the old-time Broadway musical comedies, full of big laughs and big numbers,” says MDtherareguide. com. “For an evening of pure entertainment and laughter, don’t miss Mrs. Doubtfire.”
Segerstrom Hall September 24–October 6
Photos: Joan Marcus
Jane Yada’s Center legacy
Jane Fujishige Yada is very modest about her three years as chairwoman of the Center’s board of directors.
“This has been such an amazing tenure,” she says. “But I didn’t do it by myself. Everyone at the Center, from my fellow board members to theater operations personnel, and our wonderful ushers and volunteers, has played important roles in keeping the Center at the top of its game.”
Yada became chairwoman in 2021 while the Center was still closed due the pandemic. It was a tense time when no one was sure what it meant for the future of indoor performances, but Yada led the Center’s efforts to safely reopen for indoor performances while keeping audiences, performers and staff safe.
“Even after we reopened, we faced show cancellations and a large number of patrons who were not quite ready to return,” she says. “But 2023–24 has been a breakthrough season. Broadway shows have been selling out, tickets sales across the board are great, and patrons are glad to be able to attend performances comfortably again.”
Yada is thrilled that the demand for programs from the Education department has grown post pandemic. One such program is Disney Musicals in Schools (DMIS), an education initiative that develops sustainable theater programs in four Orange County Title I public elementary schools each year. Yada was delighted that Stoddard Elementary School in Anaheim, which she once attended, had been awarded the program in 2023.
There is a roster of 30-minute Disney KIDS
Musicals schools can choose from. Stoddard picked The Lion King KIDS as its production and Yada, along with some members of the Center’s education team, was invited to watch a rehearsal at the school one afternoon. The children were excited to have a special audience, and proud that a former pupil of their school was there. “The children had worked hard making costumes and scenery, and they really got into the acting too!” says Yada. “The character of Scar was pretty fierce, even if he was being performed by a 3rd grader. All the kids were so enthusiastic. It’s remarkable that Center programs like this can make such a difference to the confidence and communication skills of these young people.”
She takes pride in having helped strengthen the long-time Center partnership with American Ballet Theatre, one of the world’s leading ballet companies and America’s National Ballet Company. Highlights in the past two years include the North American premieres of Like Water for Chocolate last season and Woolf Works this season.
Yada is also proud of two dance productions that occurred before most international dance companies were ready to travel. Working with Elizabeth Segerstrom and the Henry and Elizabeth Segerstrom Foundation, in 2022 the
Photo: Cheryl Mann
Center hosted a unique dance event, Reunited in Dance, which brought together some of the best dancers in the world who had been displaced by the war in Ukraine.
These artists of multiple nationalities had been dancing in Russia and Ukraine and had to leave quickly. Those who were in other countries when war broke out knew they could not return. But they wanted to keep dancing and show that their spirit would not be broken by politics. The one-night-only evening of mixed repertory was a showcase of exceptional talent never before seen on stage together.
The following year the United Ukrainian Ballet brought a production of the classic Giselle to the Center. Yada was delighted that this large, full-length story ballet sold out four performances and that the inspiring story behind the making of the ballet led to a documentary produced by actress Sarah Jessica Parker. The Kennedy Center and Segerstrom Center for the Arts were both featured in the film.
Closer to home, the Center has been mindful of its artistic partners, Pacific Symphony, Philharmonic Society of Orange County, and Pacific Chorale. “Our partners are very important, and we work closely together on scheduling and special events,” says Yada. “I’m glad we strengthened the already strong relationships and put in place postpandemic assistance to ensure they were able to rebuild their audiences and remain solvent.”
What does one do after leaving such an exciting and fulfilling term? Yada is a keen fan of her hometown Angels baseball team and the Ducks hockey team, and loves attending games. And, of course, she will still serve on the Center’s board, continuing to help guide this institution through many more years of bringing joy to performing arts lovers and the wider community.
“It was such an honor to be elected to this position,” says Yada. “The past few years have been unprecedented, but the Center has navigated the ride and come out the other side better than ever.”
Following Yada in the chairman’s seat will be John Phelan, currently the chair of the board development committee. Phelan joined the board in 2018 and has been active in board development, planning and finance at the Center. It goes without saying that he loves the arts—he and his wife, Sherry, enjoy Broadway and dance performances.
“It is a tribute to Jane’s work as board chairwoman that the Center has returned to full capacity performances and is in the best shape it has been in many years. I plan to build on that success and foundation laid by Jane for continued excellence at the Center,” says Phelan. “It’s is such an important part of our community, and we will continue strive to be an arts home for everyone in Orange County.”
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Todd Rosenberg
Photo: Joesan Diche
From far left: Jane with Elizabeth Segerstrom and 2023 Candlelight Concert headline performer Michael Bublé; Jane and her son Grayson at the 2021 Candlelight Concert; Jane (in yellow jacket) with students from her alma mater, Stoddard Elementary in Anaheim.
It’s not a rumor: Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours is live at the Center
Remember when you used to put an album on the record player and listen to it start to finish?
Classic Albums Live wants to take you back to those days. It recreates the legendary albums of the ‘60s and ‘70s live on stage, note for note and cut for cut. It sounds just like the real band.
Now, it brings Rumours by Fleetwood Mac to Segerstrom Hall. The multi-Grammy-winning Rock & Roll Hall of Fame-inductee band is one of rock’s most enduring, iconic bands with one of the most successful albums in rock ‘n’ roll history.
Classic Albums Live was founded in 2003 by Craig Martin and has become the ultimate destination for music lovers wanting to hear the greatest albums performed live, including The Beatles, David Bowie, U2, Led Zeppelin, and Pink Floyd.
Rumours is layered and full of nuance and can be a tricky album to recreate, with hits such as “Don’t Stop,” “Go Your Own Way,” “The Chain,” and “You Make Loving Fun.” These gigs use some of the best musicians in the business, enabling the audience to feel as if they are actually at a Fleetwood Mac concert.
“All our energy is put into the music,” says Martin. “We want the performance to sound exactly like the album.” Dispensing with costumes and impersonations (no funky moustaches or fringed waistcoats), Classic Albums Live concentrates solely on the music. “These albums are historic and stand the test of time. We create something that endures and connects.” For instance, even parts such as George Harrison’s sitar playing in the Beatles’ “Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)” are not overlooked. Musicians will either learn a new instrument or Martin will get a performance request from a musician who already plays that instrument. Rumours was released in 1977. It has
frequently been called one of the greatest albums of all time and was certainly the best of the Fleetwood Mac albums. Rumours sold over 40 million copies worldwide. It won Album of the Year at the 1978 Grammys and was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2003.
Over the years since its release, the album has only garnered more popularity and recognition for its astonishing music. In 1999, Vibe featured it as one of 100 Essential Albums of the 20th Century. In 2001, VH1 ranked the record at number 16 during its 100 Greatest Albums countdown. Rolling Stone ranked it at number 25 in its special issue of “The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.”
“I sell nostalgia,” says Martin. “Music takes us back to the prime of our lives and, for a lot of us, those memories can be pretty golden.”
Don’t stop thinking about tomorrow, it will soon be here, so buy your tickets now.
Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall September 15
Funny for the whole family
Brian Regan went to college with the intention of becoming an accountant. He also was on the football team, and it was a coach who noticed how funny he was and suggested a theatrical direction for his future.
Good call, coach! Regan has distinguished himself as one of the premiere comedians in the country. But don’t expect any “locker room humor.” He is also known for refraining from profanity and taboo subjects. He finds a balance of sophisticated writing and his hilarious physicality, creating a fan base that spans generations.
His break came when he was invited onto The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson in 1991 and he’s never looked back. He was a guest on Jerry Seinfeld’s web series Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee, who describes Regan as “one of my favorite, favorite stand-up comedians.”
Entertainment Weekly calls him, “Your favorite comedian’s favorite comedian” while Vanity Fair calls Regan, “The funniest stand-up alive.” Having built his 30-plus year career on the strength of his material alone, Regan’s nonstop theater tour continues to delight audiences everywhere.
Between eight hour-long specials, multiple landmark tours, and history-making stand-up moments, Regan is a true performer whose material appeals to a wide audience. His quick one-liners and everyday observations make his act a great comedic experience and one you won’t want to miss!
After all, who else could find the humor in trying to mail a package at a UPS store?
Segerstrom Hall September 21
Photo: Leavitt Wells, Netflix
GOLF TOURNAMENT
August 6–18, 2024
Tuesdays–Fridays at 7:30 pm
Saturdays at 2 & 7:30 pm
Sundays at 1 pm & 6:30 pm SEGERSTROM HALL
Saturday, August 17 at 2 pm
accessibility performance
ASL interpretation provided by: Diana MacDougall
Open captioning by: c2
Audio description by:
Audio Description Los Angeles
Lyrics by CAROLYN LEIGH
Additional Lyrics by BETTY COMDEN, ADOLPH GREEN
Music by MORRIS (MOOSE) CHARLAP
Additional Music by JULE STYNE and AMANDA GREEN
Originally Directed, Choreographed and Adapted by JEROME ROBBINS
Additional Book by LARISSA FASTHORSE
Introducing NOLAN ALMEIDA with HAWA KAMARA RAYE ZARAGOZA SHEFALI DESHPANDE KURT PERRY
ZAYNN ARORA LEVI CHRISOPULOS WILLIAM FOON CAMDEN KWOK CHARLES ANTENEN JONAH BARRICKLO CHRISTINA HÉLÈNE BRAA TONY COLLINS JORDAN T. DeLEON BAILEY FRANKENBERG LEO GALLEGOS BRANDON GILLE RYAN PERRY MARKS MICHAEL MARRERO
CHEYENNE OMANI KENNY RAMOS HANNAH SCHMIDT KIARA WILLIAMS featuring CODY GARCIA as CAPTAIN HOOK
Peter Pan is presented with generous support from
The Center applauds
Please refrain from using cellular phones, pagers, watch alarms and similar devices. The use of any audio or videorecording device or the taking of photographs (with or without flash) is strictly prohibited. Thank you.
Casting ARC/DUNCAN STEWART, CSA PATRICK MARAVILLA
GENTRY & ASSOCIATES STEVEN VARON-MOORE
Casting MICHAEL DONOVAN, CSA RICHIE FERRIS, CSA
LUKE MEYER
Executive Producer TRINITY WHEELER
BOND THEATRICAL
DLONIAK & ASSOCIATES MELISSA A. HAZEK
(in order of appearance)
Wendy
John
Michael
Mrs . Darling .
HAWA KAMARA
WILLIAM FOON
CAMDEN KWOK
SHEFALI DESHPANDE
Mr Darling CODY GARCIA
Peter Pan NOLAN ALMEIDA
Liza HANNAH SCHMIDT
The Croc CHRISTINA HÉLÈNE BRAA
Lost Boys CHARLES ANTENEN, ZAYNN ARORA, JONAH BARRICKLO, LEVI CHRISOPULOS, WILLIAM FOON, LEO GALLEGOS, BRANDON GILLE, CAMDEN KWOK
Tiger Lily (Hohokam, Yamato) RAYE ZARAGOZA
Acoma (Cahokia Mississippian) KENNY RAMOS
Žemyna (Early Slavs) HANNAH SCHMIDT
Gyo ti (Olmec)
Ife (Nok)
Boa Sr (Bo) .
CHRISTINA HÉLÈNE BRAA
KIARA WILLIAMS
SHEFALI DESHPANDE
Kai Bi’a (Gonaqua) JORDAN T DeLEON
Aiyo (Chorrera) MICHAEL MARRERO
Nintoku (Yamato) RYAN PERRY MARKS
Pirates CHRISTINA HÉLÈNE BRAA, JORDAN T DeLEON, SHEFALI DESHPANDE, RYAN PERRY MARKS, MICHAEL MARRERO, KENNY RAMOS, HANNAH SCHMIDT, KIARA WILLIAMS
Captain Hook CODY GARCIA
Smee KURT PERRY
Jane CHRISTINA HÉLÈNE BRAA
SWINGS
TONY COLLINS, BAILEY FRANKENBERG, LEO GALLEGOS, CHEYENNE OMANI
STANDBYS
Standbys never substitute for the listed performers unless a specific announcement is made at the time of the performance
For Wendy— CHRISTINA HÉLÈNE BRAA, CHEYENNE OMANI; for John—LEVI CHRISOPULOS; for Michael—ZAYNN ARORA; for Mrs Darling— BAILEY FRANKENBERG, HANNAH SCHMIDT; for Mr Darling, Captain Hook— RYAN PERRY MARKS, MICHAEL MARRERO; for Peter Pan— CHARLES ANTENEN, JONAH BARRICKLO; for Smee— CHARLES ANTENEN, BRANDON GILLE; for Tiger Lily—BAILEY FRANKENBERG, CHEYENNE OMANI;
DANCE, FIGHT & CO-FLY CAPTAIN: BAILEY FRANKENBERG
ASSISTANT DANCE & FIGHT CAPTAIN: TONY COLLINS CO-FLY CAPTAIN: RYAN PERRY MARKS
NOLAN ALMEIDA
CODY GARCIA
HAWA KAMARA
RAYE ZARAGOZA
SHEFALI DESHPANDE
KURT PERRY
ZAYNN ARORA
LEVI CHRISOPULOS
WILLIAM FOON
CAMDEN KWOK
CHARLES ANTENEN
JONAH BARRICKLO
CHRISTINA HÉLÈNE BRAA
TONY COLLINS
JORDAN T DeLEON
BAILEY FRANKENBERG
LEO GALLEGOS
BRANDON GILLE
RYAN PERRY MARKS
MICHAEL MARRERO
CHEYENNE OMANI
KENNY RAMOS
HANNAH SCHMIDT
KIARA WILLIAMS
Musical Numbers
ACT 1
Overture
Orchestra
Prologue Orchestra
“Tender Shepherd” Mrs Darling, Wendy, Michael, John
“I Gotta Crow” Peter Pan
“Neverland” Peter Pan
“I’m Flying” Peter Pan, Wendy, John, Michael
“Hook’s Tango” Captain Hook, Pirates
“Wendy” Peter Pan, Lost Boys
“I Won’t Grow Up”
“Friends Forever”
Peter Pan, Lost Boys
Peter Pan, Tiger Lily, Company
ACT 2
“We Hate Those Kids” (“I Won’t Grow Up” Reprise) Pirates
“Hook’s Tarantella” Captain Hook, Pirates
“Distant Melody” Wendy, John, Michael
“When I Went Home” Peter Pan
“Hook’s Waltz” Captain Hook, Pirates
“I Gotta Crow” (Reprise) Peter Pan, Tiger Lily, Michael, Company
“Tender Shepherd” (Reprise) Mrs Darling, Wendy, John, Michael
“Never Grow Up” (Reprise)
Mr Darling, Mrs Darling, Family, Lost Boys
“Neverland” (Reprise) Peter Pan
ORCHESTRA
Conductor/Keyboard—JONATHAN MARRO
Associate Music Director—MICHAEL GILDIN
Violin—VICTORIA HURLBURT Cello—ROMAN WOOD
Reeds—RYAN CLAUS, KEVIN VU Trumpet—SOPHIE MANOLOFF Trumpet/Flugelhorn—KYLE KNEPPER Trombone—JON DOWD
Drums/Percussion—BRIAN GANCH
Music Coordinator—JOHN MEZZIO
Electronic Music Design—Billy Jay Stein, Chris Petti, Hiro Iida, Benedict Braxton-Smith, and Jason Howland for Strange Cranium .
Music Preparation—Michael Pacifico and Jacob Fjeldheim
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Who’s Who
NOLAN ALMEIDA (Peter Pan) is a 17-year-old, currently in his senior year of high school He last appeared as Crutchie in Newsies Nolan has always loved the story of Peter Pan, and in fifth grade he even tried to publish a sequel It did not get published Getting to play this role and introduce his generation to the magic of Peter Pan is a dream come true Endless gratitude to Danielle Keaton for introducing him to the art in acting, and to his family and friends for their love and support
CODY GARCIA (Mr. Darling, Captain Hook) is a tall and stereotypically indecisive nonbinary Libra that would definitely rather have chocolate desserts than fruity desserts This isn’t the first time Cody has professionally played a pirate, and it most likely won’t be the last Non-pirate credits: National tours: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Wonka), Elf (Buddy) Other credits: Rocky Horror Show (Frank), Star Wars Ballet (Darth Vader), Oklahoma! (Roustabout #3) . Cody would like to dedicate their performance to all the captains and none of the crocodiles—you know what you did Alma mater: Boston Conservatory . codyrgarcia com @popgoesthecultureshock
HAWA KAMARA (Wendy) is absolutely delighted to be making her professional debut after graduating from Emerson College with a BFA in Musical Theatre Some favorite credits include Jelly’s Last Jam (Anita) and Heathers: the Musical (Veronica Sawyer) Hawakamara com
RAYE ZARAGOZA (Tiger Lily) has been called “one of the freshest and most compelling voices in folk music today” by NPR The LA-based singer-songwriter recently released her third studio album, Hold That Spirit, informed by her identity as a woman of mixed Indigenous (Akimel O’otham descent), Asian and Latina heritage You can hear her music on “Grey’s Anatomy,” “NCIS,” and Netflix’s “Spirit Rangers .” She is thrilled to return to the theatrical stage @rayezaragoza
SHEFALI DESHPANDE (Mrs. Darling, Ensemble) is an actress/singer-songwriter with proud Bay Area and Indian (Maharashtrian/Kannada) roots . She’s thrilled to perform! Credits include: Minx (MAX), “Raja” (Pop fusion single), “Double Cross” (ALLBLK); Commercials (e g AT&T, Apple) Grateful for: mom, dad, sister, community, educators, ARC, and Kreativ Alma mater: USC @missshefali
KURT PERRY (Smee) NYC: Noblesse Oblige (Ma-Yi), Quilt: A Musical Celebration (MJP Theatricals) . Regional: The Addams Family (Beef and Boards), The Music Man (Fireside Theatre), HAIR (MSMT) TV: “Bull” (CBS) Thank you to Penny, Jordan and my family for their support . @KurtPerry41
ZAYNN ARORA (Ensemble) is a super sweet and funny kid from TX He loves plants and birds He has been performing from the age of two Zaynn’s credits include voice overs for Nickelodeon, multiple national commercials, short movies and songs Instagram: @zaynnarora
LEVI CHRISOPULOS (Ensemble) is thrilled to be making his national tour debut with Peter Pan Credits: “FBI:CBS (Lucas Ravener),” Matilda-The Musical (Nigel), Broadway! @ Disneyland Levi would like to thank his Mom, Dad, twin sisters, extended family, and dance family @ DFNW for their unending love and support on this journey @lchrisop_dancer
WILLIAM FOON (John) is a CA native, loves the stage and has performed since age six Recent credits: Oliver! (Encores, NY City Center), The Secret Garden (CTGLA), A Christmas Carol (CenterREP) Thanks to DDO, my teachers, family & friends @william foon
CAMDEN KWOK (Michael) is ecstatic to be making his national tour debut! He loves all things performing and cannot wait to meet Peter Pan fans across the country! When not on stage, he enjoys movie night with his fam, breakdancing, playing sports, or time with
friends Thanks to Mom, Dad, brother, sister and pup Gigi Pickles for their love and support Special thanks to BEA, Maxed Management, ARC + Robert @CamdenKwok
CHARLES ANTENEN (Ensemble) Originally from Atlanta, GA, Charles is a recent graduate of the FSUMT program Regional Credits: Cats, Kinky Boots, 42nd St, Jersey Boys (MTWichita) He would like to thank his family and agent Craig for all their help and support @charles_antenen
JONAH BARRICKLO (Ensemble), a NYC native based in Boston, is thrilled to join this magical production! Credits: Xanadu (Sonny), Anything Goes (Featured Sailor), The Prom (u/s Nick), Cabaret (Herr Schultz) BFA, Emerson Love to Mom, Dad, Jenna, and Ella jonahbarricklo com @_jonahbear
CHRISTINA HÉLÈNE BRAA (Ensemble) is an LA-based artist She grew up studying classical ballet She earned her BA in Acting at USC She has garnered several film credits including Miss Brown (Tribeca 2023) as the title character Playing as Ensemble and u/s Wendy in Peter Pan marks her professional musical theater debut . @xtina_braa
TONY COLLINS (Swing, Assistant Dance & Fight Captain) is thrilled to be heading to Neverland! Off Broadway: The Goodbye Girl. Regional: Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, Kinky Boots, & Newsies! TV/Film: Gossip Girl 2.0 and J Lo’s Halftime Netflix premiere as a dancer! Thank you ARC! @tonyycollinss
JORDAN T. DeLEON (Ensemble) is thrilled to be making his national tour debut! Regional: Starlight Theatre, Music Theatre Wichita, Theatre Aspen, Lexington Theatre Co, Arts Center of Coastal Carolina University of Oklahoma ‘23! Love to Mom, Dad & friends! @jordantdeleon
BAILEY FRANKENBERG (Swing, Dance, Fight & Co-Fly Captain) . Choctaw/ Cherokee Nation Citizen! Credits: 9 to 5 (Doralee), Dracula: The Failings of Men (Lucy Westenra), Tokyo Disney (Singer), The Lost Colony (Eleanor Dare), Unto
These Hills (Wilani), Alvin and the Chipmunks Live! tour Training: CAP21 Conservatory, NYC @baileyfrankenberg
LEO GALLEGOS (Swing) is a striving Latino artist who was most recently seen in the Ensemble of Phoenix Theatre Company’s production of The Prom His other credits include the socially awkward Daryl in Bright Star and the lovesick Musidorus in Head Over Heels.
BRANDON GILLE (Ensemble) is absolutely thankful and thrilled to be performing in the national tour in Peter Pan! He expresses his gratitude towards ARC casting, his agent, friends, and family for the unending support . Check him out more of him on his website, brandongille com, or his Instagram, @bdgille
RYAN PERRY MARKS (Ensemble, Co-Fly Captain) is thrilled to be touring with the incredible new production of Peter Pan! Regional: Mary Poppins (Bert), Cinderella (Prince Topher), Newsies (Race, Dance Captain), Saturday Night Fever (Double J) National Tour: Rudolph… (Charlie) Thank you to ARC Casting, Natalie at LA Talent, and my incredibly supportive family and friends! @ryanperrymarks
MICHAEL MARRERO (Ensemble) is stoked to be making magic in his first national tour of Peter Pan . Credits: Norwegian Cruise Line’s inaugural cast of SUMMER: The Donna Summer Musical (Swing), In The Heights (Ensemble), Evita (Ensemble), 42nd Street (Ensemble) . Special thanks to the team, ARC casting and Pantera/ Murphy the Agency Por mi familia y amigos— Mmmwah! For Nick Pratico . @mmarrero28 michaelmarrero me
CHEYENNE OMANI (Swing) . National Tour: Annie (Dance Captain/Swing) Regional: Ain’t Misbehavin’ (Charlaine), On Your Feet! (Robin), A Chorus Line (Maggie), Mamma Mia! (Ali), Singin’ in the Rain (Mary Margaret), and Ragtime (Evelyn Nesbit) Special thanks to Tiera Ashley at Firestarter Entertainment @cheyenneomani
KENNY RAMOS (Ensemble) is from the Barona Band of Mission Indians/Kumeyaay Nation and the Barona Indian Reservation He’s a
Cornerstone Theater Company Ensemble Member and Artist-in-Residence at La Jolla Playhouse Regional: Native Voices at the Autry, Perseverance Theatre, Krannert Center, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Denver Center, Seattle Rep, Center Theatre Group, The Kennedy Center TV: “Spirit Rangers” (Netflix) Education: BA in American Indian Studies, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) @krayramos
HANNAH SCHMIDT (Ensemble) (she/her) National tour debut! Northeast Ohio native from Bainbridge Township . BFA in musical theatre from Otterbein University Endless gratitude to the Peter Pan team, Hudson Artists Agency, and Casting by Arc . Love to everyone who keeps me dancing—Mom, Dad, Allie, Joe, Dean, and my amazing friends! @hannahdschmidt
KIARA WILLIAMS (Ensemble) National tour debut! Kiara is from NYC, most recently seen in Summer: The Donna Summer Musical (NCL) She thanks her friends and family for their endless love and support! BFA Dance University of Michigan Instagram: @kiarawilliams
SIR J.M. BARRIE (Author, Original Play) (1860— 1937) was born in Kirriemuir, Scotland When their parents died, Barrie became guardian to three boys whom he had met in Kensington Gardens in 1897 The boys are thought to be the inspiration for the creation of Peter Pan . Peter Pan first took place in 1904 and remarkably Barrie girted the copyright to Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children in London in 1929, later extended for perpetuity in the U K
CAROLYN LEIGH (Lyricist) (1926–1983) is perhaps best known as the lyricist of that classic of the musical theatre, Peter Pan. She not only created the lyrics but was also the originator of the idea for a musical about the playground for adults called Wall Street—and this became the musical How Now, Dow Jones on which she collaborated with Elmer Bernstein and for which she received a Tony nomination Before Mr Bernstein, her partner was mainly Cy Coleman and as a words and music team they gave the nation some of its top popular hits: “Witchcraft,” “The Best Is Yet to Come,” “Firefly,” “Hey, Look Me Over,” “Pass Me By,” and
“When in Rome ” They also gave Broadway one of its most delicious scores in Wildcat, starring Lucille Ball and Little Me starring Sid Caesar .
MORRIS “MOOSE” CHARLAP (Composer) (1928–1974) wrote the original score for the 1954 Broadway musical Peter Pan starring Mary Martin and Cyril Ritchard The show was presented as a limited 16-week engagement and before opening night every performance was sold out Charlap went on to write the scores for Broadway’s Woop-Up (1958), The Conquering Hero (1961) and Kelly (1965)
BETTY COMDEN (1917–2006) and ADOLPH GREEN (1914–2002) (Additional Lyrics), recipients of the 1991 Kennedy Center Honors, began as a group called The Revuers, which included Judy Holliday . Their first musical was On the Town, also the first for Leonard Bernstein and Jerome Robbins and for which they wrote the book and lyrics and two leading roles for themselves With Bernstein they also collaborated on Wonderful Town. With Jule Styne they wrote book and/or lyrics to Bells Are Ringing, Do Re Mi, Say Darling, Subways Are For Sleeping, and Hallelujah, Baby! They also created book and/or lyrics to Applause and On the Twentieth Century and The Will Rogers Follies. They have received six Tony Awards Their many movie musicals include The Band Wagon, On the Town, Bells Are Ringing, It’s Always Fair Weather, and Singin’ In the Rain, which was voted one of the ten best films of all time by the American Film Institute Their nonmusical films are Auntie Mame and What a Way to Go. Members of the Dramatists Guild Council, they enjoyed performing their own works under the title A Party With Comden and Green.
AMANDA GREEN (Additional Lyrics) is proud to contribute additional lyrics to this beautiful bold re-imagining of Peter Pan and the work of her late great father, the brilliant Adolph Green, and Betty Comden She’s a two-time Tony Award and Grammy Award nominated lyricist and composer, a four-time Drama Desk Award nominee, Frederick Loewe Award winner for Best Original Composition for the theater and the Larson Award Broadway: Mr. Saturday Night starring Billy Crystal (2022, Lyrics), Hands On A Hardbody (Lyrics & Co-Composer), Bring
It On (Co-Lyrics with Lin Manuel Miranda), High Fidelity (Lyrics) Revivals: Kiss Me Kate (starring Kelli O’Hara; Additional Book & Lyrics) and On The Twentieth Century (starring Kristin Chenoweth; Additional Lyrics) Next up, Female Troubles: A Period Piece, an original musical comedy premiering in 2024 Amanda serves as the first woman President of The Dramatists Guild of America
JULE STYNE (Additional Music) (1905 1994) Broadway: Hallelujah, Baby!; Gentleman Prefer Blondes; Peter Pan; Bells Are Ringing; Gypsy; Funny Girl. He is considered one of the greatest composers in the history of American musical theatre . Collaborators include Sammy Cahn, Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Stephen Sondheim, Bob Merrill, Leo Robin and E Y Harburg He has composed legendary hits such as “Everything’s Coming Up Roses,” “The Party’s Over,” “Let It Snow!,” “People,” “Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend” and Oscar-winning “Three Coins in the Fountain ” Jule Styne was elected to the Songwriters Hall of Fame, Theater Hall of Fame and is a Kennedy Center Honoree
JEROME ROBBINS (Original Director and Choreographer) (1918–1998) is world renowned for his work as a choreographer of ballets, as well as his work as a choreographer/director in theater, movies, and television His Broadway shows include On the Town, Billion Dollar Baby, High Button Shoes, West Side Story, The King and I, Gypsy, Peter Pan, Miss Liberty, Call Me Madam, and Fiddler on the Roof . His last Broadway production in 1989, Jerome Robbins’ Broadway, won six Tony Awards including Best Musical and Best Director Among the more than 60 ballets he created are Fancy Free, Afternoon of a Faun, The Concert, Dances at a Gathering, In the Night, In G Major, Other Dances, Glass Pieces, A Suite of Dances, created for Mikhail Baryshnikov and West Side Story Suite which are in the repertories of New York City Ballet and other major dance companies throughout the world Mr Robbins won two Academy Awards for the film West Side Story, four Tony Awards, five Donaldson Awards, one Emmy Award, the Screen Directors’ Guild Award, and the NY Drama Critics Circle Award . He was a Kennedy Center
Honors Recipient and was awarded the French Chevalier dans l’Ordre National de la Legion d’Honneur .
LARISSA FASTHORSE (Additional Book), (Sicangu Lakota Nation) is a 2020 MacArthur Fellow, award winning writer, and co-founder of Indigenous Direction Larissa made her Broadway debut in 2023 with The Thanksgiving Play, making her the first known female Native American playwright to be produced on Broadway The Thanksgiving Play has been one of the top ten most produced plays in America for several seasons Additional produced plays include For The People, Urban Rez/Native Nation/Wicoun, The Democracy Project, What Would Crazy Horse Do?, Landless, Cow Pie Bingo, Average Family, Teaching Disco Squaredancing to Our Elders: a Class Presentation, Vanishing Point and Cherokee Family Reunion Larissa is currently a professor of practice at Arizona State University She dedicates this production to the memory of her father who loved Peter Pan
LONNY PRICE (Director) has been a consistent presence on and off Broadway, as a director, writer, and actor for more than 40 years Broadway: Gabriel Byrne’s Walking With Ghosts, Sunset Boulevard, Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill, 110 in the Shade, ‘Master Harold’... and the Boys, Sally Marr and Her Escorts, Urban Cowboy, A Class Act. West End: Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill. OffBroadway: Scotland, PA; Visiting Mr. Green, and Valley Song English National Opera: Man of La Mancha, Carousel, Sunset Boulevard, Sweeney Todd . Film/television: the New York Philharmonic’s Sweeney Todd, Company, Camelot, Candide, Passion (Emmy Award), Sondheim: The Birthday Concert! (Emmy Award) Additional television: Sweeney Todd (San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, Emmy Award), Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill (HBO) Documentaries: Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened (Netflix), Hal Prince: The Director’s Life (PBS) As a film actor, he is best remembered as Neil, the nerdy grandson of resort owner Max Kellerman, in the classic Dirty Dancing.
LORIN LATARRO (Choreographer) Broadway: Into the Woods, Waitress, Mrs. Doubtfire, Les Liaisons Dangereuses with Janet McTeer and Liev Schreiber, Waiting for Godot with Sir Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart, Merrily We Roll Along-Roundabout, La Traviata-Metropolitan Opera Lorin directed Candace Bushnell’s Is There Still Sex in the City? (Daryl Roth Theatre -NY Times Critic’s Pick) Additional choreography: Chess (Kennedy Center), LinManuel Miranda’s 21 Chump Street (BAM), Twelfth Night and Odyssey (Public), Queen of the Night (Drama Desk Award), Assassins and Oliver! (Encores!), Huey Lewis Musical (Old Globe) BFA—Juilliard MA—NYU Lorin is a Drama Desk, Lortel and Chita Rivera Award nominee
PAUL RUBIN (Flying Sequences Choreographer), a proud member of The Academy of Magical Arts at The Magic Castle in Hollywood CA Broadway: Wicked, Doctor Zhivago, Frozen, Curtains with David Hyde Pierce, The Pirate Queen, Cathy Rigby is Peter Pan, Kiss Me, Kate, The Green Bird, Fiddler on the Roof, Bombay Dreams and Saturday Night Fever International and Touring Productions include Disney’s The Little Mermaid (Holland, Moscow, Tokyo, and the U S .), Tori Amos’ The Light Princess (National Theatre, London), Aladdin, West Coast Premiere of Carrie the Musical, 9 to 5 the Musical, SpongeBob SquarePants the Musical TV credits: “Kevin Can Wait,” “The Tony Awards,” “CNN,” and “Entertainment Tonight .” Paul lives in NY with his wife Katie and daughter Juliette TheFlyGuy com, IG: @theflyguyny
ANDY EINHORN (Music Supervisor, Orchestral Adaptation and Additional Arrangements, Fight Music & Dance Arrangements) Broadway: Music Supervisor/Conductor: Hello, Dolly! (Bette Midler), Carousel (Renée Fleming), Holiday Inn Music Director/Conductor: Woody Allen’s Bullets Over Broadway, Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella, Brief Encounter, Sondheim on Sondheim. Music director and conductor for Audra McDonald since 2011 International Music Supervisor: The Sound of Music. TV: HBO’s “Six by Sondheim,” PBS “Broadway Musicals: A Jewish Legacy,”
Academy Awards 2019, “Eat Sh*t Bob” for HBO’s “Last Week Tonight” starring John Oliver Faculty: Aspen Music Festival . Rice University, summa cum laude For Samantha W
ANNA LOUIZOS (Scenic Design) . Three-time Tony award nominee Broadway: School of Rock (sets and costumes), In the Heights, Avenue Q, Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella, Holiday Inn, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Honeymoon in Vegas, Dames at Sea, It Shoulda Been You, Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, High Fidelity, Curtains, The Performers, among others Regional, international, and off-Broadway designs include: West Side Story (current world tour); Here You Come Again; The Secret Garden; Altar Boyz; Scotland, PA; Crimes of the Heart; Holiday Inn; Lucha Teotle; Aladdin. Illustrations: Murder Your Employer (Rupert Holmes’novel) Founder of Broadway Design Exchange, an online marketplace for theatre designers’ artwork . broadwaydex .com
SARAFINA BUSH (Costume Design) Broadway: How to Dance in Ohio, The Who’s Tommy, The Outsiders, For Colored Girls… (Tony Award Nominee), Pass Over Off-Broadway: Oliver! (City Center Encores), Evanston Salt Costs Climbing (The New Group), Heroes of the Fourth Turning (Obie Award: Playwrights Horizons), Broadway Bounty Hunter (Greenwich House) Regional: The Who’s Tommy (Goodman Theatre), The Outsiders (La Jolla Playhouse), Life After (Goodman Theatre), Afterwords (5th Avenue) Education: BA, Adelphi University
AMITH CHANDRASHAKER (Lighting Design) is an internationally renowned lighting designer for Opera, Theatre, and Dance . He is the recipient of The Drama Desk and Henry Hewes awards; Union Trustee for United Scenic Artists, Local USA 829, IATSE; MFA, NYU Tisch School of the Arts and faculty at University of Maryland’s School for Theatre Dance and Performance Studies .
KAI HARADA (Sound Design) Broadway: Merrily We Roll Along; New York, New York (Tony Award Nomination); Kimberly Akimbo; The Old Man and the Pool; Mister Saturday Night; Head Over Heels; The Band’s Visit (Tony, Drama
Desk Awards); Amélie; Sunday in the Park With George; Allegiance; Gigi; Fun Home; On the Town; First Date; Follies (Tony, Drama Desk Nominations); and Million Dollar Quartet West End: Crazy For You; Million Dollar Quartet Many other musicals around the country and the world
DAVID BENGALI (Projection Design) Broadway: Roundabout Theatre Company Off-Broadway and regional include The Public, Signature, Atlantic, 59E59, BAM, A R T , La Jolla Playhouse, Geffen, Dallas Theater Center, Alliance, Kennedy Center and Yale Rep Lortel and Drama Desk nominations
J. JARED JANAS (Wig, Hair & Makeup Design) . Broadway: Purlie Victorious, Good Night, Oscar, Sweeney Todd…, Ohio State Murders, & Juliet, Kimberly Akimbo, Topdog/Underdog, How I Learned to Drive, American Buffalo, Jagged Little Pill, Frankie and Johnny in the Claire de Lune, Gettin’ the Band Back Together, Bandstand, Indecent, Sunset Boulevard, The Visit, The Real Thing, Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill, Motown, Peter and the Starcatcher, The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess, All about Me .
PAUL KIEVE (“Tinker Bell” Design) Movies include: “Wonka,” “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban,” Disney’s “Snow White,” “Hugo” (Scorsese) Broadway: Groundhog Day, Finding Neverland, Matilda, Ghost, Pippin, SideShow . West End (London) includes: The Invisible Man, The Witches, Zorro Phantom… (US tour) Awakening (Wynn Las Vegas) . Mickey & the Magician (Disneyland Paris), Beauty and the Beast (Disney Dream) Consultant to David Blaine, David Copperfield, Penn & Teller, Adele, Sade and Kate Bush Awards: Drama Desk (Ghost) Creative Fellowship (Magic Castle, Hollywood) Maskelyne (Magic Circle, London) Old Vic (London) Associate artist
DAVID DABBON (New Fight & Dance Music, Fight Music & Dance Arrangements) Emmy
Nomination: HBO’s “Last Week Tonight: Eat S__, Bob!” (composer) On Broadway: Beetlejuice, Funny Girl, and Disaster! (dance arrangements); Bob Fosse’s DANCIN’ (new music/dance arrangements), Sondheim on Sondheim (additional orchestrations-Grammy
Nomination) Film: HBO’s documentary Six by Sondheim (arranger) Orchestrator: Audra McDonald New York Philharmonic: Sing Happy and Audra McDonald: Go Back Home His interactive game show musical, Game On, was commissioned/produced by PCLO . Education: B M The Hartt School and M M from Carnegie Mellon University
SORDELET INC. (Fight Direction) Rick and his sons, Christian Kelly-Sordelet and Collin KellySordelet created SordeletInc com, a Nativeowned action movement company with 35 years experience Broadway: The Lion King, Beauty and the Beast, Wolf Hall, Waiting for Godot. National tours: Tina and Jesus Christ Superstar and more 52 first-class productions worldwide including Beauty and the Beast UK Tour and West End production, soon to Broadway TV/Film: The Game Plan, Dan in Real Life, Ben is Back, Respect, One True Loves and Blue Light and loads of television productions . They teach at William Esper Studio, New York Conservatory of Dramatic Arts, HB Studio, CUNY Harlem, Montclair State and 22 years at Yale School of Drama Rick is a board member for Red Bull Theater and runs a publishing company for the first time writer called Sordeletink com
JOHN MEZZIO (Music Coordinator) has conducted national tours including State Fair starring John Davidson, Victor/Victoria starring Toni Tennille, and Cinderella starring Eartha Kitt and Debbie Gibson . Additionally, Mr . Mezzio was Associate Conductor for Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Starlight Express at the Las Vegas Hilton . National tours: Oklahoma!, The Producers, Spring Awakening, Hairspray, The Book of Mormon, A Bronx Tale, Beauty and the Beast, and Fiddler on the Roof .
JONATHAN MARRO (Music Director) is grateful to rejoin NETworks with this incredible group of artists for Peter Pan! He is an alum of the University of Southern Maine, where he received his music and theatre training Other NETworks’ productions: Shrek The Musical (International), Elf the Musical, Dirty Dancing and Fiddler on the Roof first National A huge thank you to Andy, David and Giacomo for their
support, encouragement and all the banana chips throughout the process
ARC/DUNCAN STEWART (Casting) 150+ productions across the globe & 13 Artios Awards for Casting Broadway/NY Past & Present Productions include: Life of Pi, Chicago the Musical, Disney’s The Lion King & Beauty and the Beast, Hadestown, Lost in Yonkers, Great Comet of 1812, Christmas Spectacular Starring the Radio City Rockettes, 39 Steps, Pippin, La Cage aux Folles. TV/Film: Netflix, 20th Century Fox, NBC, Lionsgate, Disney Channel . West End/U K : Hadestown, Thriller Live, Menier Chocolate Factory Tours: 1776, Hairspray, Waitress, Urinetown, Charlie & the Chocolate Factory, Finding Neverland, Into the Woods, We Will Rock You Regional: A R T , Berkeley Rep, Alley, Bay Street, Goodspeed, Hollywood Bowl, McCarter, Signature ARC, Part of RWS Global castingbyarc com IG: castingbyarc
BOND THEATRICAL (Tour Booking, Marketing & Publicity) is an independently-owned theatrical booking, marketing and publicity company representing award-winning Broadway shows and live entertainment properties BOND connects artists and audiences by forming strategic, authentic and profitable partnerships between producers and presenters across North America For a complete list of current projects, please visit BondTheatrical .com
GENTRY & ASSOCIATES (General Management) has managed nearly 250 national and international touring theatrical productions over the past 25 years Current and upcoming productions include A Beautiful Noise, Beetlejuice, The Book of Mormon, Come From Away, Elf the Musical, Funny Girl, Les Misérables, Life of Pi, Mean Girls, Peter Pan, and To Kill a Mockingbird.
MEGAN BELGAM (Production Stage Manager) is thrilled to be joining the Peter Pan Team! National Tour: Hairspray, Waitress (Lulu), To Kill a Mockingbird. Regional: Escape to Margaritaville (Ogunquit), Frozen Jr. (Ogunquit), Winter Wonderland (American Music Theatre), Aladdin (Fulton) Proud graduate of Penn State University . Thanks for supporting the arts!
KENDALL STEVENS (Assistant Stage Manager) National Tours: Anastasia, Million Dollar Quartet, CoComelon Live; Regional: Million Dollar Quartet (La Mirada Theatre); Off-Broadway: A Charlie Brown Christmas (Palladium Times Square), Revolution (The Tank) . Other favorite credits: Hair, Title of Show Kendall was born and raised in LA, and currently resides in NYC For Skyler, my family, friends, and animals!
LUKE MEYER (Company Manager) is thrilled to be flying off to Neverland this season! He has toured extensively over the past decade as both a musician and Company Manager Past Management credits: Hairspray (tour), Friends the Musical Parody (Off-Broadway/tour), The Office! A Musical Parody (tour), Sasha Velour’s Smoke & Mirrors (tour), Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (tour), Love, Actually? A Musical Parody (Off-Broadway), Emojiland the Musical (tour)
ROYCE MATTHEWS (Assistant Company Manager) from Wimpole Street, to the North Pole, to Whoville, and now off to Neverland – Royce has knack for managing magical productions National Tours: How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical; Elf: The Broadway Musical (Company Manager); Lerner & Loewe’s My Fair Lady (Assistant Company Manager)
MUSIC THEATRE INTERNATIONAL (MTI) is one of the world’s leading theatrical licensing agencies, granting theatres worldwide rights to perform the greatest selection of musicals from Broadway and beyond Founded in 1952 by composer Frank Loesser and orchestrator Don Walker, MTI is a driving force in advancing musical theatre as a vibrant and engaging art form MTI works with the composers, lyricists and book writers of musicals to provide official scripts, musical materials and resources to over 70,000 professional, community and school theatres . MTI is dedicated to educational theatre and has created collections to meet the needs of various types of performers and audiences MTI’s Broadway Junior™ shows are 30- and 60-minute musicals for performance by elementary and middle school- aged performers, while MTI’s School Editions are musicals annotated for performance by high
school students A Broadway Junior version of Peter Pan is available for licensing at mtishows com
TRINITY WHEELER (Executive Producer)
Broadway: 1776 (dirs Diane Paulus and Jeffrey Page), Les Misérables National tours: Hairspray, The Sound of Music (dir Jack O’Brien), Finding Neverland, Once on This Island, Hairspray, Waitress, The SpongeBob Musical, Chicago, Dirty Dancing, Elf the Musical, The Producers, The Wedding Singer, Oklahoma!, Funny Girl, The Wizard of Oz, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, The Phantom of the Opera, Mary Poppins, Young Frankenstein starring Roger Bart, and Rent starring Adam Pascal and Anthony Rapp Current projects: Les Misérables, A Beautiful Noise and Peter Pan (dir Lonny Price) Love to Alan, Colin, Richard, Sawyer, Huck, Curry and Alfie @trinityonbroadway
NETWORKS PRESENTATIONS (Producer)
is an industry-leading producer of touring theatrical productions, committed to delivering quality entertainment to audiences worldwide for nearly 30 years Current and upcoming productions include A Beautiful Noise, Beetlejuice, The Book of Mormon, Come From Away, Elf the Musical, Funny Girl, Les Misérables, Life of Pi, Mean Girls, Peter Pan, and To Kill a Mockingbird.
Peter Pan premiered at the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts on December 14, 2023
STAFF FOR PETER PAN EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
Trinity Wheeler
GENERAL MANAGEMENT
Gentry & Associates
Gregory Vander Ploeg
Madeline McCluskey Steven Varon-Moore Maia Sutton
PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT
NETworks Presentations
Jason Juenker
Hector Guivas Walker White Alex Williams pesci Aimeé Mangual Pagán
TOUR BOOKING, MARKETING & PUBLICITY BOND THEATRICAL group bondtheatrical com
TOUR BOOKING
Temah Higgins Mollie Mann
Wendy Roberts
Madison St Amour Laura Rizzo
Nilesha Alexander
TOUR MARKETING & PUBLICITY
DJ Martin
Marc Viscardi
Jenny Bates Scotland Newton
TOUR PRESS & MARKETING
Anita Dloniak & Associates
Anita Dloniak Melissa A Hazek
CASTING
ARC
Duncan Stewart, CSA Mark Brandon, CSA
Amber Snead, CSA Patrick Maravilla, Jarrett Reiche, Anthony Pichette, CSA, Kyle Coker
Associate Costume Design Courtney Irizarry, Amanda Jenks
Assistant Costume Design Hayley Tynes
Associate Hair, Wig and Make-up Design Tony Lauro
Associate Lighting Design
Assistant Lighting Design
Brandon Rosen, Mitchell Fenton
McKenna Ebert
Moving Lighting Programmer David Arch, Ben Fichthorn
Associate Sound Design
Joseph Haggerty
Associate Video Design Katerina Vitaly
Assistant Video Design
Video Programmer
David Forsee
Jackson Cobb
Assistant Flying Choreographer Molly Tynes
Intimacy Coordinator
Sordelet Inc , Anastasia LeGendre
Head Carpenter Michael Bruno
Assistant Carpenter Devlyn Holman, Ziggy Renner
Assistant Carpenter/Flying FX Nathan Behrend
Flyman Andrew Boucher
Head Electrician Gonzalo Suarez
Assistant Electricians James Helms, Jack T Sears
Head Audio Ben Steinhauer
Assistant Audio Alec Group
Head Props
Michael Rogers
Assistant Properties Ryan Barto
Head Wardrobe
Lorna Lombardo
Assistant Wardrobe Adrianna Covone
Wigs/Hair Supervisor
Gabe Nunez
Production Electrician Eric Norris
Production Sound Colin Braeger
Production Video
Chelsea Zalikowski
Electronic Music Design Billy Jay Stein, Hiro Iida, Benedict Braxton-Smith, and Jason Howland
MainBrain/Ableton Live Chris Petti
Music Preparation Michael and Jacob Fjeldheim
Dance, Fight and Co-Fly Captain Bailey Frankenberg
Assistant Dance & Fight Captain Tony Collins
Co-Fly Captain Ryan Perry Marks
Physical Therapy NEURO TOUR Physical Therapy, Inc
Tutoring Services On Location Education
Tutor/Child Wrangler Emily Ostrin
Production Assistants
Riley Gibson, Natalie Richardson, Alex Tawid Di Maggio
Crew Swing Austin Luchak
Safety Consultant Bryan Huneycutt
Production Photography Matt Murphy, Murphy Made
Video Services Pinecest Creative
Creative Services aka
Website Services/Design aka
Marketing/Promotions Consultant
Tour (Booking, Marketing & Publicity) Office
Beth Rohlmeier
BOND Theatrical
Tia Altinay, Melissa Cohen, Bailey Ford, Steph Kelleher, Harrison Mootoo, Elisabeth Reyes, Linda Stewart, Jacob Stuckelman, Janiya Wade, Hannah Wallace
Merchandise
Merchandise Manager
The Araca Group
Tami Broussard
Accounting NETworks Presentations LLC
Legal Services F Richard Pappas, Esq
Legal Services
David F Schwartz, Esq , Gray Schwartz LLP
HR Services Global Solutions, Inc
K+K Reset, LLC
Housing Road Concierge
Travel Agency
Janice Kessler, Carlson Wagonlit Travel Trucking Clark Transfer
Accounts Payables & Receivables Clerk Lisa Loveless
Director, Booking and Engagements Colin Byrne
Engagement Manager
Isabella Schiavon
Scott Levine
Sr Director/Finance John Kinna
Controller Jennifer Gifford
Stacey Burns
Director of Sales Zach Stevenson
Director of Marketing Heather Hess
Sr Director/
General Management Gregory Vander Ploeg
General Managers Madeline McCluskey, Steven Varon-Moore
Associate General Manager Maia Sutton
Sr . Director/Production Management . . Jason Juenker
Sr Production Manager Hector Guivas
Production Managers . . . . . . . . Walker White, Alex Williams
Technical Director pesci
Production Coordinator Aimeé Mangual Pagán
Director of Operations Pearce Landry-Wegener
Resource Director Kayla Rooplal
Operations Manager Catherine Logan Blanar
Music Coordinator John Mezzio
Warehouse Manager Joseph Spratt
Warehouse Costume Manager Bobby Maglaughlin
Warehouse Costume Shop Asst Grace Santamaria
CREDITS
Scenery built by Proof Productions Lighting equipment provided by Christie Lites Sound equipment provided by Masque Sound Costumes built by Bethany Joy Costumes & Colin Davis Jones
Studios Custom Shoes built by LaDuca Shoes
Crocodile Costume built by Randy Carfagno
Productions Costume Painting & Distressing by Hochi
Asiatico & Sarah Nietfeld Tiger Lily Armour Built by Miodrag Guberinic Costume Craftsperson—Eve
Guttman Custom Hats by Lynne Mackey Studio Props executed by Brenbri Props Special Effects Provided by Daedalus Flying Effects provided by ZFX, Inc
Rehearsed at Gibney Studios, New York
Special Thanks to The Carson Center, Paducah, KY, Mary E Katz, Executive Director
Insurance Broker Services
Maury Donnelly and Parr, Inc
Robert B Middleton, Sr and Meghan Coleman
Financial Services and banking arrangements by Flagstar Bank N A
PETER PAN is presented through special arrangement with MUSIC THEATRE INTERNATIONAL, New York, NY www mtishows com
PeterPanOnTour com
Facebook, Instagram, Tiktok: @PeterPanTheMusical
All stage work performed by employees represented by IATSE
United Scenic Artists represents the designers and scenic painters for the American Theatre
The Director and Choreographer are members of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, an independent national labor union
Coming soon!
Mrs. Doubtfire
Everyone’s favorite Scottish nanny is headed to Costa Mesa in an internationally acclaimed new hit musical critics call “wonderful, heart-warming, and laugh-out-loud funny” (Manchester Evening News) and “a feel-good, family-friendly comedy that delivers” (The Hollywood Reporter) Based on the beloved film and directed by four-time Tony Award® winner Jerry Zaks, Mrs. Doubtfire tells the hysterical and heartfelt story of an out-of-work actor who will do anything for his kids It’s “the lovable, big-hearted musical comedy we need right now,” raves the Chicago Tribune—one that proves we’re better together
Segerstrom Hall
Dates: September 24–October 6, 2024
Photo by Joan Marcus
Brian Regan
Critics, fans and fellow comedians agree: Brian Regan is one of the most respected comedians in the country with Vanity Fair calling Brian, “The funniest stand-up alive,” and Entertainment Weekly calling him, “Your favorite comedian’s favorite comedian ” Having built his 30-plus year career on the strength of his material alone, Brian’s non-stop theater tour continues to delight audiences everywhere .
Segerstrom Hall
Date: September 21
Photo by Leavitt Wells, Netflix
Coming soon!
Complexions Contemporary Ballet
Hailed as “game changing” by London’s The Guardian and a “matchless American dance company” by the Philadelphia Inquirer, Complexions transcends dance tradition through a groundbreaking approach to the art This year in its 30th anniversary, Complexions will perform For Crying Out Loud, a brand-new work featuring the music of U2 In this raw and unfiltered piece choreographed by Dwight Rhoden, 16 dancers move as one to share the vibrancy of stories told by the music and lyrics from Songs of Surrender, U2’s latest release The performance is both moving and uplifting, leaving the audience with a sense of hope for what’s to come
Segerstrom Hall
Date: September 14
Complexions Contemporary Ballet celebrates the big 3-0
Roll out the cake and blow up the balloons! Complexions Contemporary Ballet is celebrating its 30th birthday. The company is popular with Center dance fans. In a review of its performance here last year, LA Dance Chronicle wrote, “The Segerstrom Center was near capacity and the audience loved every minute of this concert.”
For its Center engagement in September, the company brings a new work: For Crying Out Loud. It is choreographed by Dwight Rhoden, who, with Desmond Richardson, founded the company in 1994. Rhoden turned to a new U2 album for music and inspiration. During the pandemic, the band reworked many of their songs, recording them using acoustical instruments and stripping them right down to the bone. The result was a new album: Songs
of Surrender. Rhoden uses this recording of the band’s iconic songs for a performance that is both moving and uplifting.
“The piece overall is undeniably a fine example of Rhoden’s choreographic style,” says crticaldance.com, “which skillfully exploits and enlarges the scope of his dancers’ abilities, [which are] of the highest artistic and physical caliber.”
“Let it be said that this company of dancers is highly trained, well-rehearsed, and extremely capable in terms of the physical demands of classical ballet coupled with the techniques of modern dance,” says LA Dance Chronicle. “They are precise and deliberate in their movement and clean in their execution.”
Both Rhoden and Richardson were dancers with Alvin Ailey American Dance, and Rhoden has created more than 90 dance pieces for Complexions. The company has appeared in major dance festivals all over the world and numerous awards, including The New York Times’ Critics Choice Award. In addition to Songs of Surrender the company will dance a selection of short works.
With these dancers and music by U2, this one-night-only engagement will sell out quickly. Don’t miss this extraordinary dance event.
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Donors
Segerstrom Center for the Arts is enormously grateful for the support from the donors listed on the following pages. Your generosity empowers the Center to provide dynamic performances and artistic education programs for all of Orange County. You allow us to continue our promise to become an inclusive cultural resource for our entire community. Thank you!
CUMULATIVE GIVING
Segerstrom Center for the Arts is deeply grateful to the following donors who have provided extraordinary support during their lifetime:
$20,000,000 +
Julia and George Argyros / Argyros Family Foundation
Audrey Steele Burnand*
William J. Gillespie*
Elizabeth and Henry T.* Segerstrom
$10,000,000 + Toby Andrews
Anonymous Angels of the Arts
Sandy Segerstrom Daniels
Mr. and Mrs. David Wayne Grant
The Guilds of the Center
Richard C. and Virginia A. Hunsaker*
Mr. Donald E. and Lacy Moriarty
Eugene and Ruth Ann Moriarty*
Jean Moriarty*
Richard A. and Marilyn Kayla Moriarty
Reverend and Mrs. Steven Perry
Samueli Foundation
Sally E. Segerstrom
Jennifer and Anton Segerstrom
Hal and Jeanette Segerstrom Family Foundation
Ruth Segerstrom*
Mr. and Mrs. Theodore W. Segerstrom
Mr. Toren H. Segerstrom
Veronica P. Segerstrom
Mrs. Yvonne Segerstrom*
South Coast Plaza
Mrs. Richard Steele*
Mr. and Mrs. Laurence Williams
$5,000,000 +
Bank of America / Bank of America Foundation
Jane and Jim Driscoll
Steve* and Cindy Fry / Fry Family Foundation
The James Irvine Foundation
Ralph and Eleanor Leatherby Family Foundation
General* and Mrs. William Lyon
Harry and Grace Steele Foundation
Swenson Family Foundation
$3,000,000 +
The Boeing Company
Broadway Across America
Freedom Communications, Inc.
Michael and Eleanor Gordon
Roger and Tracy Kirwan
Times Mirror Foundation and Los Angeles Times
Rick Muth Family/ORCO Block & Hardscape
Dr. Henry Nicholas III
Ms. Stacey Nicholas
Bill and Pat Podlich
Michelle Rohé
$2,000,000 + Anonymous
Zee M. Allred,* Dean C. Allred, Carol Ann Allred Starr
Mrs. D. James Bentley*
Benjamin and Carmela Du Edison International
The First American Corporation Fluor Corporation / The Fluor Foundation
John and Toni Ginger
Mark Chapin Johnson
W. M. Keck Foundation
Kia Motors America, Inc.
Kling Family Foundation
Phillip N. and Mary A. Lyons
Sharon D. Lund Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. George Schreyer
Tara and David Troob
Jean and Tim Weiss
$1,500,000 +
Ginger and Tony Allen
Mr.* and Mrs. James P. Baldwin
The Beall Family
Deborah and Larry J. Bridges
Kevin and Denise Cassin
Eileen J. Cirillo
Cox Communications / Cox Media
Randy and Sally Crockett
Mr. and Mrs. Moti Ferder, Lugano Diamonds
Paul F. and Daranne Folino
Lawrence and Dolores Higby
The Irvine Company
Margaret G. and Thomas E. Larkin*
Paul and Lilly Merage
Mercedes-Benz USA
Mrs. Marjorie T. Rawlins*
Rutan & Tucker, LLP
Spectrum Reach
Elizabeth Colyear Vincent*
Cecil C. and Kathryn H. Wright*
$1,000,000 +
Anonymous
Howard and Roberta Ahmanson
Bette and Wylie Aitken
Automobile Club of Southern California
Dr. Michael M. and Mrs. Patricia A. Berns
Mr. and Mrs. William J. Bettingen*
Mr. and Mrs. Grant Bettingen*
Marta and Raj Bhathal
California Bank & Trust
Callero Family Foundation
Ellen and Clarence* Conzelman
Delta Air Lines
Carole and Robert* Follman
Leo Freedman Foundation
June M. Fry
Jackie Glass / Kling Family Foundation
Rondell B. and Joyce P. Hanson
Nora and Charles Hester* and the Hester Family Foundation
George Hoag Family Foundation
S.L. and Betty Huang / Huang Family Foundation
Kaiser Permanente
KJAZZ 88.1
Shanaz and Jack Langson
Corey and Leslie Leyton
Mrs. Colleen Manchester
David and Kathryn Moore
Mrs. Mary E. Moore
Pam and Jim Muzzy
Mr. and Mrs. Frank E. O’Bryan
Pacific Life
Mr. and Mrs. William Roberts
Donna Shannon-O’Bryan
Mr. and Mrs. Ron Simon
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas H. Smith
The Sommerville Trust
Georgia Hull Spooner*
Diane and David Steffy
Dorothy Stillwell*
Susan M. and Timothy L. Strader Family
The Warner Family
Wells Fargo / Wells Fargo Foundation
Mrs. Constance T. Whitney*
Carol and Kent Wilken
$750,000 +
Mary and Richard* Cramer
James* and Catherine Emmi
Maralou and Jerry* Harrington
Dr.* and Mrs. Randall R. McCardle
Mrs. Mary M. Muth*
Trish and John* O’Donnell
Charles and Patricia Poss*
Rockwell International
Bev and Bob Sandelman
Karalyn and Joseph* Schuchert
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Owen Shea
Janice and Ted Smith
The Reinhold Foundation
Mr.* and Mrs. Joseph M. Thomas
Mr. and Mrs. William Thompson
Thomas and Elizabeth Tierney
Thomas and Joyce Tucker Family
$500,000 +
Mr. and Mrs. Richard D. Allen
The Allergan Foundation
Doug and Jaimee Baker
Pamela and Al Baldwin
Dr. and Mrs. Arnold O. Beckman*
Mr.* and Mrs. Benton Bejach
Katherine and Howard Bland
Cartier
Victoria and David Collins
Patricia Fredricks-Dolson*
Mr. and Mrs. David Emmes II
Andy and Joan Fimiano
Carol Frobish*
Frome Family Foundation
Harriett F. Grant*
Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Heinz*
Valerie and Hans Imhof
The Joseph Family
JPMorgan Chase & Co. / JPMorgan Chase & Co. Foundation
Barbara* and Robert Kleist
K-MOZART 105.1 FM
Varla E. Newbury Knauss and Curtis A. Knauss
KOCE
Eve A. Kornyei
Classical KUSC
Robert D.* and Patricia B. MacDonald
Marcia L. Millen, in memory of James and Leath Millen
NORDSTROM
The Peter Ochs Family
Jackie Singer and John Pope
Ralphs / Food 4 Less
Carlene Rona*
Estate of Karen Ann Roos
Michael* and Stacy Schlinger
H. Michael and Holly Schwartz
Nick and Heidi Shahrestany
The Shanbrom Family
Shea Homes Foundation
Justice Sheila Prell Sonenshine (Ret.) and Mr. Ygal Sonenshine
Connie and Dr. Peter Spenuzza / Spenuzza Velastegui Family Foundation
John* and Elizabeth Stahr
Valeant Pharmaceuticals
Mrs. Valaree Wahler
Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. Warmington
*in memoriam
CENTER FUND
The Center Fund provides general operating support on an annual basis for Segerstrom Center for the Arts and its programs. We are honored to recognize the following individuals, corporations and foundations for their gifts made between January 1, 2023 and December 31, 2023. Your generosity makes all we do possible—and we thank you! To learn more about the Center Fund and the benefits of giving, please contact Elizabeth Kurila at 714.556.2122, x4275, or EKurila@scfta.org.
$500,000+
Kevin and Denise Cassin
Sandy Segerstrom Daniels
Phillip N. and Mary A. Lyons
$250,000+
Julia and George Argyros
Mr. and Mrs. Moti Ferder, Lugano Diamonds
Mr. and Mrs. George Schreyer
Elizabeth and Henry T.* Segerstrom
$100,000+
Anonymous
Marta and Raj Bhathal
Deborah and Larry J. Bridges
Jane and Jim Driscoll
The Guilds of the Center
Mr. and Mrs. Hans Imhof
Kling Family Foundation / Jackie Glass
Ms. Suki McCardle
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Meyer
Reverend and Mrs. Steven Perry
Michael* and Stacy Schlinger
H. Michael and Holly Schwartz
Sally E. Segerstrom
Tony and Jessy Smith
Connie and Dr. Peter Spenuzza/Spenuzza Velastegui Family Foundation
Laura and Tim Vanderhook
Jaynine and Dave Warner
Carol and Kent Wilken
$50,000+
Anonymous
Howard and Roberta Ahmanson
Bart and Elizabeth Asner
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Best
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Chan
Chipotle Mexican Grill / Jennifer and Brian Niccol
Eileen J. Cirillo
Randy and Sally Crockett
Andy and Joan Fimiano
John and Toni Ginger
Wendy Hales / Argyros Family Foundation
Lawrence and Dolores Higby
S.L. and Betty Huang / Huang Family Foundation
Reza Jahangiri and Kate Levering-Jahangiri
Burt and Molly Jolly
Roger and Tracy Kirwan
KJAZZ 88.1
Karla Kraft and Anderee Berengian
Dale Landon and Carole Haes Landon
The Louise Merage Family Foundation
Marcia L. Millen, in memory of James and Leath Millen
Rick Muth Family / ORCO Block & Hardscape
Lana and Walter Parsadayan
PeopleSpace / Jesse and Amy Bagley
John and Sherry Phelan
Bill and Pat Podlich
Mr. and Ms. James P. Previti
David and Molly Pyott Foundation
Michelle Rohé
Honorable H. Warren and Janet Siegel
Stewart R. Smith and Robin A. Ferracone
Steven M. Sorenson Foundation
Susan M. and Timothy L. Strader Family
Swenson Family Foundation
Tammy and Samuel Tang
The Tappan Foundation
Tara and David Troob
Charlie and Ling Zhang
$35,000+
The Aronoff Family
Katherine and Howard Bland
Ms. Barbara Cline
Mary and Richard* Cramer
John L. and Carol Curci
Jenny and Jeff Gross
Harmon and Lea Kong
Paul and Bonnie Lubock
Neil and Barbara Phillips Trust
Carolyn Zarate-Ramsey and Robert Ramsey
Wilfred M. and Janet A. Roof Foundation
The Schreiber Family
$25,000+
Anonymous
Angels Baseball LP
Steven and Herma Brenneis
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence D. Cancellieri
City of Hope
Bobbi Cox
Janet L. Curci
Allan* and Sandy Fainbarg
Angela Friedman
Frome Family Foundation
Diane and Joyce Froot
GOAL Foundation
The Grosvenor Family
Maralou Harrington
Barbara Hiller Johnson
Dr. and Dr. Zeev Kain
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Kohl
Dr. Allan Lifson, James Neuman & Isaac Torres, Jr.
Deborah H. and Jeffrey H. Margolis
Mr. and Mrs. James V. Mazzo
Haydee Mollura
Jasmine Morielli, in memory of Scott Morielli
Cheryl Hill Oakes
Mr. John R. Patterson
Mary Phillipp and David Johnson
Ms. Karen Rabe
Carl and Mary Raymond
Bev and Bob Sandelman
Elizabeth and Justus Schlichting
Schools First Federal Credit Union
Mr. and Mrs. Evan Slavik
$15,000+
Pamela and Al Baldwin
Ben and Carmela Du Family Foundation Fund
Tom and Pam Bender
Mr. and Mrs. James R. Bergman
Toni Berlinger
The Cameron Family Foundation
Mary and John Carrington
David and Victoria Collins
Gail and Jim Daniels
Tim and Michelle Dean
Dr. and Mrs. David Eggleston
Mr. and Mrs. David Emmes, II
Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Estabrooks
Anthony and Carie Ferry
Supervisor Katrina Foley
Mr. and Mrs. T. Fukunaga*/ Kay K. Fukunaga
The Doug* and Julie Garn Family
Michael and Debra Garnreiter
Mr. and Mrs. John C. Garrett
Cory Glass
Kim and Scott Harris-Weiner
Mr. and Mrs. Kevin J. Hayes
Constance Hsu
Mr. and Mrs. Jeremy M. Jones
Nicole and Steve Joseph
Steven and MaryLois Kuhn
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce W. Kuluris
Corey and Leslie Leyton
Mr. and Mrs. C. Ronald Livingston*
Douglas (Tad) Lowrey and Gayle Lowrey
Robert D.* and Patricia B. MacDonald
Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Mairena
Lauri McIntosh and John Bottjer
Rebecca and Carl McLarand
Mr. and Mrs. William F. Meehan
Mr. and Mrs. Dean Meiling
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Moorhead
Richard A. and Marilyn Kayla Moriarty
Mara and Keith Murray
Pam and Jim Muzzy
Dr. Kevin O’Grady and Mrs. Nella Webster
Patrick E. Paddon and S. Leslie Jewett
Maryam Parman
Evelyn and Pete Parrella
Mr. Gerry Parsky
Laila and Dryden Pence
Dr. and Mrs. Richard Pitts
Melinda and Steven Sanders
Mr. and Dr. Christopher Scott
Scott and Leslie Seigel
Mr. and Mrs. Bert Selva
Ronna and Bill Shipman
Shorebreak Foundation, LLC
Mr. and Mrs. Ron Simon
Marca and Brian Singer
The Sommerville Trust
Sue and Ralph Stern
Stephanie and Cory Sukert
Mr. and Mrs. Peter A. Szyman
Donna and Ray Thagard, Jr.
Thomas and Joyce Tucker Family
Stacey and Paul Von Berg
Mrs. Valaree Wahler
Paige West
$10,000+
Anonymous
Mr.* and Mrs. Howard Abel
Ginger and Tony Allen
Mr. and Ms. Barry Aronoff
The Beall Family
The Bish Family
Mr. and Mrs.* David C. Brown
Kimberly Burge
Mr. and Mrs. John J. Carvelli
Mr. and Mrs. David W. Chonette
Amy Chu
Gunnel Cole
Mr. Joseph Connor
Mr. and Mrs. W. James Edwards III
Robert* and LaDorna* Eichenberg
Andra Greene Ellingson and Tom Ellingson
Mr. and Mrs. Scot Ellingson
Ms. Lupe Erwin
Ray* and Pat Felbinger
Floriani Family
Drs. Richard Gates and Gail Maitson Gates
Mrs. Vicki Gumm
Ms. Marci Hollander
David L. Horowitz Family
Mr. Matthew M. Jadali
Dr. and Mrs. Gary T. Jenkins
Gay and Rob Johnson
Brad and Becky Lund
Ms. Diana Martin and Mr. Mark Tomaino
Ms. Sarah McElroy
Lisa and Richard Merage
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen G. Oswald
Pralle Krotts Family Foundation
Trish and Steve Scarborough
David and Orva Schramm
Mr. and Mrs. Damon Shelly
In memory of Barbara Steele Williams*
Adam and Artemis Tuliper
$5,000+
Anonymous
Mr.* and Mrs. Byron Allumbaugh
Elizabeth An and Gordon Clune
Dr. and Mrs. Cyrus Arman
Dr. Fernando H. Austin
Dr. and Mrs. Leslie A. Bain
Sally Bender
Mr. and Mrs. Colin Best
Barbara and Alex Bowie
Sylvia Burnett
Cal Tech Associates
Mr. Jon E. Cobain
Mr. Gordon Cowan
William and Cheryl Doyle
Laurie and Steve Duncan
Judi Dutton
Michael Dreyer and Hannah An E. Nakamichi Foundation
Terry and Jeffrey Edwards
Susan and Robert Ehrlich
Shari and Harry Esayian
Carole and Robert* Follman
Iris and Arnold* Frankel
Lynn and Douglas K. Freeman
Mrs. Jerra L. Garrett
Howard Gleicher / Damon Chen
Michael and Eleanor Gordon
Mr. William Gordon and Dr. Susan M. Condrey
Ms. Mary Gilly Graham
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Grody
Marlene and Sam* Hamontree
Karen Hardin-Swickard
Bill* and Harriet Harris
Katheryn Baker
Ms. Kerry L. Hedley
Gavin and Ninetta Herbert
Rodney Imai
The Jaffe Family Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Jaffee
Donna Janes
Diane and Harry Johnson
Jessica and James Johnson
Janice M. and Roger* W. Johnson
Teri Kennady
Mr. and Mrs. Reynold Kern
Varla E. Newbury Knauss and Curtis A. Knauss
Eve A. Kornyei
Randy and Sarah Lake
Ms. Fiona LeCong-Ly and Dr. Vietnam Ly
Dr. and Mrs. Milton Legome
Linda I. Smith Foundation
Marsha and Bill Link
Mr. Jim Luce
Patricia Ann and Robert M. Marshall
Mr. and Mrs. Dean Matheson
Robert* and Marilyn McCorkle
Ms. Olga Megdal
John and Karen Meston
Jill Meznarich
Sylvia D. Michler
Mr. Donald E. and Lacy Moriarty
Mr. Maurice Murray and Dr. Jennifer Ballinger Murray
M.Y. Family Fund
Bob and Christie Narver
Tamara Octavio
Trish and John* O’Donnell
Perfect Parts Corp.
Yvette Pergola
Randall* and Cecilia Presley
Carol Primm
Walter and Renate Rados
Joel and Lilya Reiss
Joan Riach Gayner
Mr. Robert E Romney
Charles and Kathy Rosenberger
Georgia and Robert Roth
Kathryn Rousek Smith
Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Strader
Jan Vitti Rubel
Dr. J. Ruggio
Sandy and Harriet Sandhu
Ms. Irma O. Sands
Mary Shebell and Merle McCormick
Richard and Patricia Shinto
We are pleased to support South Coast Repertory in our beautiful home of San Juan Capistrano at the historic Mission. At St. Margaret’s we believe in the transforming power of the arts and that everyone is on an artistic journey. Through experiences in the visual arts, music, dance, theater and technical arts, St. Margaret’s students of all ages discover personal interests and the fundamentals of art forms, cultivate their talents and valuable life skills of communication, creativity, empathy, persistence, vision and voice, and nurture the artists within.
Donors
Justice Sheila Prell Sonenshine (Ret.) and Mr. Ygal Sonenshine
Nancy and Geoffrey Stack
Mindy and Glenn Stearns
The Suire Family
Peter and Mary Tennyson
Amy and Jeffrey Vieth
Dr. Christina Wainwright and Mr. Shep Wainwright
Mr. Jeff Walden
Mr. and Mrs. Laurence M. Watson
Mr. Matt Wilken
William K. Hood and Gloria L. Hood Fund
Mr. Paul Wolfe
Darren and Christina Xanthos
Mr. and Mrs. Allen Yourman
$2,500+
Anonymous
Laurie and Jonathan Abelove
Bette and Wylie Aitken
Ms. Kathy R. Akashi
Dr. Max Alavi and Dr. Homeria Mehrabian
Mr. and Mrs. Darrel Anderson
Mr. Paul Anderson and Ms. Jessica Parris
Dr. Chris Apodaca
Lisa Argyros / Argyros Family Foundation
Stephanie Argyros / Argyros Family Foundation
Ms. Diane Bangar
Sharon Barrett
Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Bein
Mr.* and Mrs. Dror J. Benjamin
Mr. and Mrs. Joel Benkie
Barbara J. Benson
Dr.* and Mrs. John R. Betson
Rhonda Beylik
Mark and Marilyn Bleak
Bonnie Bock, M.D.
Mrs. Kimberly and Dr. Stephen Bowen
Ms. Kelly Burke
Mr. and Mrs. John C. Callard
Marty Chao and Jean Chung
Dr. and Mrs. Gerald L. Chapman
Mrs. Stella Mae Charton
Mr. Theodore Chen
Dr. and Mrs. Shigeru Chino
Ronna and Donald Coe
Confidence Foundation
Corkett/Myers Families
Michael and Anne Crawford
Mr. and Mrs. John Cunningham
Victoria Cushey
Noël Davis
Mr. and Dr. Debons
Gregg Denicola, M.D.
Dr. Daniel P. Dennies
Mrs. Sandra DiSario
Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Duncan Jr.
Jerry and Kathy Dunlap
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Eng
Mr. and Mrs. Donald P. Evarts
Ms. Roberta Feuerstein
Ashley and Zach Fischer
Christy and Rich Flanagan
Cliff and Kathy Fleming
Ms. Gwen Forquer
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond J. Francis
Steve* and Cindy Fry / Fry Family Foundation
Dr. Robert Furman
Mr. and Mrs. William Gaffney
Mike and Sharon Galassi
Miriam Ghabour
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
Mr. and Mrs. Larry Gorum
Ms. Viktoriya Gryb
Mr. and Mrs. Brian Hale
Rondell B. and Joyce P. Hanson
Bruce and Eileen Harrigan
Angela Sue Helin
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth R. Himes
Mr. Dai Hoang
Mr. and Mrs. Barry G. Hon
Ms. Allyson Hoppe
Mark and Kristine Howlett
Ms. Victoria Hutton
Serena Huynh
Mark Ike
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Irwin
Jackson Tidus
Dr. Douglas and Sandra Jackson
Susie Jaqua
Mr. L. Wayne Jeffcoat
Tom Jenkins
John A. Neu Insurance Services, A Division of Arroyo
Randy and Linda Kearns
Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Keith
Keller Family Fund
Jennifer Keller
Mr. and Mrs. William A. Klein
Dr. Elliott Kornhauser
Mr. Peter Krieger
Mrs. Deborah A. Lake
Dr.* and Mrs. Paul K. Lam
Mrs. and Mr. Mikey Lares
Latham & Watkins
Kevin Lawrence
Kevin and Doris Lee
Ms. Michelle Lee
Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Edward LeVasseur, Jr.
Jeanne Lewand
Mark and Felicia LeWinter
Paula Lingelbach
In memory of Victorio Adan Maestas
Charles* and Twyla Martin
Mr. and Mrs. William Mawhorter
George and Sarah McDaniel
R. Patrick* and Jeannette L. McDaniel
Toni* and Terry McDonald
Susan Mears
Mr. and Ms. John Melbon
Mr. and Mrs. David J. Melilli
Suzanne and James Robb Mellor
Mr. and Mrs. Peter T. Meltzer
Paul and Lilly Merage
The Minoru Nitta Family
Thomas and Deanna Mitro
Mr. and Mrs. Mitch Moeller
Moises Montoya
Tom and Naomi Moon
Mr. and Mrs. David Murray
In Memory of Mr. Robert T. Newell
Newmeyer & Dillion
Chien and Linh Nguyen
Julia Nguyen-Kim
The Peter Ochs Family
Annette and Joseph Oltmans II
Mr. and Mrs. William O. Passo
Sandra and Dan Perlmutter
Ms. Diane Peterson
Pharris Group
Mr. Willard Pierce
Pirzadeh & Associates, Inc.
Patricia Price and Craig Behrens
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Proctor
Marcia Kay and Ron Radelet
John Rallis and Mary Lynn Bergman-Rallis
Suzanne C. and Jim H. Reinhardt
Marilyn Hester Robbins and William H. Robbins
David* and Linda Roberson Family
Mr. and Mrs. Loren Rojek
Dr. Judy Fluor Runels, in memory of Gregory Osborne
Lisa Rutherford
Paul and Mary Sackman
Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Schneider
Joan and Alan Sellers
Emmanuel Sharef
Claudette Shaw
Lance and Deborah Slimmer
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald E. Soderling
Mr. and Mrs. Dean Spanos
Lena Sparks
Mr. and Mrs. Morris Stark
Dr. and Mrs. Barry D. Steele
Dr. and Mrs. Charles Steinmann
Dr. and Mrs. Daniel Stein
Lisa and Wayne Stelmar
Nicole Strathman
Ruth E. Sully
Mr. Lee R. Sutherland
Mr. and Mrs. Dennis J. Sweeney
Mr. and Mrs. R. David Threshie, Jr.
Thomas and Elizabeth Tierney
Mary Tolar
Dr. David L. Tsoong and Dr. Betty K. Tu
Ann Van Ausdeln
S. Vander Wal and S. Vincent
Ambassador and Mrs. Gaddi H. Vasquez
Ms. Isabelle Villaseñor
Megan and John Waldeck
Ms. Sandy Wessman
Geofrey Wickett and Normand Lessard
S. Gayle Widyolar, M.D.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Williams
Kathy Willman
Hal and Cheri Wright
Paul and Cheryl Wyrick
Dean and Esther Zipser
$1,500+
Ms. Janine Adesko
Ms. Donna Anderson and Mr. Ronald Willut
Dr. Thomas Bailey
Baker Family Trust
William Beeson
Mrs. Jennifer Berg
Dr. Michael M. and Mrs. Patricia A. Berns
John and Kathy Besnard
Ms. Donna S. Bianchi
Bill and Judy Brady
Ms. Karly Brown
Mrs. Frances Buchanan
Charlie and Margie Bunten
Ms. Donna F. Calvert
Jean Campbell
Ms. Deidre Campbell
Luisa Cano
Richard and Paula Castanon
Ms. Sandra Chiles
Lori and Harper Chozen
Ms. Shari Cipolla
Ms. Sharon A. Cleaver
Robert and Diana Clemmer
Mr. Otis Cliatt II
Ms. Mary Coates
Mr. and Mrs. Larry K. Dart
Pieter and Keren de Zwart
Mr. James and Mrs. Lavon DeGraw
Joan M. Donahue
Ms. Jill Dulich
Frances L. Dye
Ms. Nancy Eberhardt
Lynda Tryon Einstein
Karen Ellis and Sandra Hartness
Ms. Kaaryn File
Mrs. Cristy Fischbeck
Kirby G. and Eilene C. Fletcher
Christine Flowers
Janet Ford
Marte* and Jack Ganoung
Greg Gates
Margaret Gates
Mr. Gary Goldsworthy
Gerrie Goodreau
Sharon and John Gregg
Mathew Gunnemann
Mr. Chad Hainley
Mr. and Mrs. David Hale
April and Gene Hartline
Mr. and Mrs. Terry Hartshorn and Family
Vicki and David Hatfield
Mr. Frank T. Henry
Gary* and Sara, Frank and Brad Hinman
Toni Hoyt
Mr. Darrel Huntington
Buzz* and Joan Jackson
Laurie Jacobs
Ms. Cynthia L. Jennings
Dolores and Mike Johnson
Kenneth L. and Marilyn C. Jones
In memory of Ruth L. Kirchen
Mr. and Mrs. James Knapp
Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Knoth
Donors
Mr. and Mrs. Barry Konier
Mr. Jamie Krakowski
Ira and Riki Kucheck
Mr. Robert Kulpa and Ms. Linda S. Pabian
Kiran Kumar
Dr. and Mrs. KiHong Kwon
Ms. Susan Ladenes
Mr. Jesse W. Laney
Ms. Sandy Law
Hilary Lemansky
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Lester
Jaye Ruth Levy
Pamela Lewin
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Liao
Robert* and Janet Lind
Ms. Karen Linton
Richard and Jacqueline Lombardi
Ms. Margaret M. Lord
Mr. and Mrs. Brent Lynn
Mrs. Colleen Manchester
Dr. and Mrs. William Manclark
Mr. and Mrs. Don W. Martens
Mrs. Lisa Matranga
Larry and Dru Maurer
Robert and Patricia McLaughlin
Kathy Michel
Mr. and Mrs. Roy E. Molina
Evonne Morton
Ms. Sheri Nazaroff
Dr. Abdel Salam M. Niazy
Mr. and Mrs. Don M. Norman
Rey O’Day
Ms. Dawn O’Rourke
Mr. Raj Patel
Ms. Katrina L. Pelto
Ms. Barbara Perez
Beverly and Jim Peters
Michelle A. Reinglass
Richard C. Reischman
Ronna and Marshall Rown, M.D.
Ms. Lori Rudin
Ms. Janet Sanders
Ms. Suzanne Schaumburg
Dolores Schiffert
Ms. Denise Schuler
Mr. and Mrs. Theodore W. Segerstrom
Anita Seiveley and Jim Collins
Roger and Phyllis Shafer
Linda and Ed Sherman
Ms. Patricia Shiley
Ms. Virginia D. Silverman
Ms. Shari Simmons
Dr. Burton H. Smith
Stephen E. Smith and Kathy Coyle Smith
Ms. Kim Smith
Rob and Joan Stratton
Carol Lipp Strauss
Susan and Richard Stuelke
Marilyn and Thomas C. Sutton
Ms. Heidi Thelander
Mr. and Mrs. Victor Tsao
Ms. Alveris B. Van Fleet-Corson
Fritzie Walker
In Memory of Robert D. Walters
Shanna White
D and G Winzey
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Witt
$1,000+
Anonymous (4)
Jeannie Adams
Sharon G. Adams
Mr. and Mrs. Alan Airth
Sharon and Jerry Algeo
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley P. Angermeir
Carol and Jerry Aspland
Mr. John L. Auger
Mr. and Mrs. Abbott Ayloush
Ms. Barbara D. Baranski
Mr. Robert T. Barnum and Ms. Ying Liu
Ms. Billie K. Baron
Ms. Barbara Becker
Mr.* and Mrs. Benton Bejach
Dorothy and Donald* Bendetti
Berwood Management, Inc.
Dr. Elizabeth Bridges
Paul and Rose Briscoe
Jim and Wendy Brooks
Linda and Denny Campbell
Mr. and Mrs. John L. Cashion
Ms. Bertha Cerda
Kathie and Howard Chapman
Mr. and Mrs. Edmond M. Connor
Kevin and Lisa Corrigan
Greg and Donna Crandall
Charles Cundiff
Mary E. Dalessi
Mr. William G. Daly
Dr. Robert F. and Julie A. Davey
Roger and Marjorie Davisson
Jerry and Mary DeBar
Ken and Peggy DeShan
Claus Dieckell
Ms. Denise D. Diener and
Mark D. Engquist
Richard and Lisa Doebler
Jane Draganza
Gregory Eberhardt
Alexander Eliseev
Cyndee Ely
Jean-Claude and Dina Falmagne
Ms. Epifania Fernandez
Elizabeth and John Fleming
Mr. and Mrs. J. Robert Fluor III
Mrs. and Mr. Carmela Fogliani
Dr. and Mrs. Francis Foo
James and Martha Freeman
Ms. Yolanda Galloway
Lionel and Stephanie Gayron
Mary and Dennis Ghan
Susan Glass
Mr. Donald Gormly
Dina L. Gray
Gary and Linda Greene
Mr. and Ms. Chad Hall
Ms. Laurie Henigan
Mr. and Mrs. Jose F. Herrera
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hinkle
Hoelscher-Bell-Elliott Foundation
Peter C. Holliday
Victoria Hsiung
Mr. and Mrs. James Hsu
Hing and Doris Hung
Dr. Jerome and Lynne Jones
Lynn L. Kambe
Bill and Judy Kelley
Mr. and Mrs. Van R. Kelsey III
Mrs. Jeanette Kleist
Mrs. Debra Kornswiet-Shandling and Dr. Adrian Shandling
Richard and Lynne Kramer
Bill and Mona Kratzert
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Krause
Tamara and Jon Krause
Betty Jane Lang
Patricia Lewis
Dr. Carolyn C. Light
In memory of Ed Lynch
Kay and John Maglica
Dave and Diana Margileth
P. Dennis Mattson and Melinda K. Harris
Mr. Thomas F. McCormack and Ms. Melissa L. Hicks
Pamela Michael
Steven and Jenny Mizusawa
Dr. Edwin S. Monuki
Mr. Corey Moore
Priscella J. Moore
Dr. Patricia Moulton
Linda Myers
Tom and Marian Nau
Ms. Isabel Nava
Irene and Bonnie Nickle
Mr. and Mrs. Merlin J. Norton
David and Christine Otaguro
William and Linda Owen
Mr. and Mrs. Richard H. Packard
Bob and Brana Paster
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Perricone
Ms. Joyce Perrone
Dr. Ronald O. and Donna J. Phelps
Johni Pittenger
Kristin and Noah Pokrass
Ms. Janet Portolan and Ms. Lois Powers
Mark Prendergast
Mr. Curt Puskas
Mr. Michael Reimer
Laurie and Richard M.* Rodnick
Marjorie Morris Rosales
Don Rubin
Mr. Tyler Runge
In memory of Connie Sakamoto and Mattie Fenner
John Sandberg
Karen and Philip Schmidt
Pravin and Iris Shah
Dr. and Mrs. Henry Sobel
Karyn and Bill Spear
Mr. Chad Stalbaum
N. Vicky Staub
Corinne Stewart
Mr. and Mrs. Bryan Stirrat
David and Jill Susson
Mr.* and Mrs. Arthur E. Svendsen
Michael and Suzanne Tague
Elizabeth Tarbuck
Kristin Taylor
Mitchell and Donna Thiessen
Mr. Christopher Trela
Mr. and Mrs. Dan Ugalde
Hannah Vu
Marilyn and Steve Weber
Mr. and Mrs. Gary Weisenberg
Ms. Lorraine Welty
Ms. Bonne L. Wheeler
Howard and Sumi Yata *in memoriam
ENDOWMENT
Segerstrom Center for the Arts thanks the following donors who have generously provided support to the Center’s Endowment Funds. Gifts to the Endowment provide financial support for our artistic and education programs every year. Funds exist in perpetuity as investments whose earnings make the arts accessible for future generations.
$1,000,000 +
Audrey Steele Burnand*
Estate of Edra E. Brophy / William J. Gillespie Foundation
Nora and Charles Hester* and the Hester Family Foundation
W. M. Keck Foundation
Barbara Steele Williams Fund
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Steele*
Harry and Grace Steele Foundation
Swenson Family Foundation
The James Irvine Foundation
The Segerstrom Foundation
$500,000 +
Dr. Michael M. and Mrs. Patricia A. Berns
Fluor Corporation
The Fluor Foundation
Carol Frobish*
Times Mirror Foundation and Los Angeles Times
Rockwell
Estate of Karen Ann Roos
Mrs. Constance T. Whitney*
$250,000 +
Bank of America
Nancy Marie Biram*
The First American Corporation
Patricia Fredricks-Dolson
Edison International
Isidore C. and Penny W.* Myers
$100,000 +
Daniel C.* and Janet S. Bonbright and Sons
Estate of Ford A. and Wilma J. Dickerhoff
Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Engman
Helen B. Fait
Elizabeth E. Fleming*
William Randolph Hearst Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Heinz
Richard C. and Virginia A. Hunsaker*
Book and Lyrics by
Directed by Jenn Thompson
Sept. 21–Oct. 19, 2024
Down-on-his-luck Seymour pines for the beautiful Audrey. When he stumbles across a strange new plant, Seymour may get everything he’s ever wanted. But first he’ll have to tackle its unquenchable thirst for blood! Ages 13 and up.
Adapted by Jerry Patch
Directed by Hisa Takakuwa
Nov. 30–Dec. 24, 2024
Ages 6 and up. Children under age 6 will not be admitted.
Single tickets to all shows go on sale July 22.
By Daniel Goldstein
Directed by David Ivers
Oct. 27–Nov. 24, 2024
Joan Rivers made and remade her career through triumph and tragedy. Get up close and personal with the famously edgy, fearless and loving legend in this hilarious and heartbreaking account of an American icon. Ages 16 and up.
The Music of Sergei V. Rachmaninoff Book by Hershey Felder
Directed by Trevor Hay
Feb. 19–Mar. 2, 2025
Based on the film by Roger Corman, Screenplay by Charles Griffith Originally Produced by the WPA Theatre (Kyle Renick, Producing Director) Originally Produced at the Orpheum Theatre, New York City, by the WPA Theatre, David Geffen, Cameron Mackintosh and the Shubert Organization.
Music by Alan Menken
Howard Ashman
Donors
Peter G. and Mary M. Muth* and Family
Estate of Michael D. and Lorraine C. Nadler
Nestle USA, Inc.
The Orange County Register
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas H. Smith
Ronald E. Soderling
Virginia Valentine
Nancy B. Veitch and Chris and Irene Veitch
Estate of Jane D. Zimmerman
Dr. and Mrs. David E. Zinke, Brandon, Heidi & Benjamin
$50,000 +
The Birtcher Family
Founders Plus
Evelyn and Richard Francuz
Sonia and Earle Ike
Barbara Hiller Johnson
Mark Chapin Johnson
Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. Macklin
Palley-Needelman Asset Management
Dr. and Mrs. James E. Pierog, Jessica and Margaux
Ralphs / Food 4 Less
Estate of Howard G. and Margaret C.
Richardson
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen L. Salyer
Al and Susan Shankle
Mr. Stewart R. Smith
Ms. Anita Sparrow*
Wells Fargo
In memory of Barbara Steele Williams
$25,000 +
The Beall Family
Victor H. Boyd
Dr. and Mrs. Darrell J. Burnett
Chris and Lee Ann Canaday
The Carl and Patricia Neisser Family Trust
Dr. and Mrs. Shigeru Chino
David and Victoria Collins, Jennifer, Nicole and David Bjorn and Gloria Dahlberg and Family
Ruth Ding, in memory of Thomas and Mary Lee
James* and Catherine Emmi
Dr. Dennis R. Fratt
The Baker Frenzel Family
Mr.* and Mrs. H. F. Hamann
Nat S. and April D. Harty
Las Campanas of Orange County
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher B. Lucas
Charles W. and Candace J. McBrayer
Dr. and Mrs. Seymour J. Melnik
Dr. and Mrs. Richard P. Mungo
Mr. and Mrs. Richard G. Nelson
Joseph and Mary Norton Family
Mr. and Mrs. Bradford Harold Miller*
O’Neil Moving Systems, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Anthony H. Osterkamp Jr.
Nicholas S. Patin
Stanley R. Robb Family
In honor of Mary Isabelle Sandberg
Robert J. Searles
In memory of Renée Segerstrom
Dr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Shaver and Family
Thomas and Joyce Tucker Family
In memory of Faye Wilkinson
Dr. and Mrs. Douglas A. Wilson
$10,000 +
Mrs. Donald V. Bassler
The William A. Baxter Family
George and Jacqueline Birdsong
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Birtcher
Mr. and Mrs. Peter F. Bowie
Susan Boyd
Mr. Lawrence H. Butler Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Callahan
The Clubhouse
Con Gusto Chapter of The Guilds of the Center
Mr. and Mrs. Edmond M. Connor
Mr. and Mrs. Warren C. Dean, Jr.
Ms. Julie Brinkerhof Edwards
Mr. Aaron Egigian
Alan* and Sandy Fainbarg Family
John and Carolyn Garrett
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald H. McQuarrie
GoodSmith & Co., Inc.
William K. and Maxine Gresswell*
Dr. and Mrs. G. Stanley Hall
Gayford and Mary Hinton
Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Hoshaw
Mr. and Mrs. Jay D. Jaeger
Ronald E. and Debra P.* Jagner
Hunter B. Keck
Mrs. Suzanne Kline
Dr. Elliott Kornhauser
Mrs. Susan Lambrose
Ronald C., Vincencia M., Elisabeth L. and Heather D. Lazof
Mr. and Mrs. George Leeper
Mr. and Mrs. Frank L. Mallory
Mr. and Mrs. Brad McCroskey
R. Patrick* and Jeannette L. McDaniel
Mr. and Mrs. Steven A. McHolm
Estate of Ralph and Rose Meyer
Mr. and Mrs. J. Stanley Mullin, Jr.
Newmeyer & Dillion
Jerry Nourse
Cheryl Hill Oakes
Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker
Mr. and Mrs. Tim Paone
Mr. and Mrs. Chris F. Pauls
Mr. Charles Peyton, II
Betty Mower Potalivo
Ted and Jean Robinson and Family
Mrs. Betty Scheidt
Douglas F. Schneider and Family
Rudolph C. Schweitzer*
In memory of Hartley M. Sears
Renée and Henry T. Segerstrom*
Mr. and Mrs. William Shryock and Family
Linda and Harvey A. Smith
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald E. Soderling
Steven-Thomas Antiques
The Stone Family
Dr. Max Swancutt Jr.
Mr. Stewart C. Woodard
Mr. and Mrs. Rob Ukropina
Ms. Lucia Van Ruiten
Mr. Edward H. Wale
Margaret and Maurie Watman
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Wilson
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel K. Winton
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Orrin Wright
Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Yellin*
LEGACY SOCIETY
Segerstrom Center for the Arts thanks the following donors who have included the Center in their estate plans. These gifts help ensure that we allow access to the arts for the entire community.
Anonymous (3)
Edna and Julio Aljure
Mr. and Mrs. Richard D. Allen
Bart and Elizabeth Asner
Doug and Jaimee Baker
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Barnett
John and Betty Barr
Dorothy and Donald* Bendetti
Dr. Michael M. and Mrs. Patricia A. Berns
Katherine and Howard Bland
Barbara and Alex Bowie
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph E. Brown, Jr.
Charles “Chip” Caldwell
Dr.* and Mrs. James H. Casey
Elizabeth and David* Cole
David and Victoria Collins, Jennifer, Nicole and David
John and Jennifer Condas
Dr. Susan M. Condrey and William Gordon
Randy and Sally Crockett
Mr. and Mrs. William K. Davis
Mr. Joe DiCorpo and Ms. Mia MacDougall
Annette Doreng-Sterns
Mary Jane McArthur Edalatpour and Nasrola Edalatpour
Eileen J. Cirillo Trust
Mr. and Mrs. David Emmes, II
Shari and Harry Esayian
Mr. Harold W. Faber
Ms. Linda S. Ford
Dr. Dennis R. Fratt
Mrs. Sandra M. French
Mr. and Mrs. T. Fukunaga*/ Kay K. Fukunaga
John and Carolyn Garrett
Jackie Glass
Jean and Fred* Hamann
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas T. Hammond
Howard and Carol Hay
Steve Heit
Lawrence and Dolores Higby
Higgins Family Trust
David L. Horowitz Family
Mark and Kristine Howlett
S.L. and Betty Huang / Huang Family Foundation
Traute Huycke
Ken Jillson and Al Roberts*
Varla E. Newbury Knauss and Curtis A. Knauss
Mr. Gary A. Kreitz and Ms. Joyce Singman
Elizabeth Kurila and Michael Mindlin
Dale Landon and Carole Haes Landon
Richard and Gerrie Leeds
Michael and Lee Ann Litterst
General* and Mrs. William Lyon
Phillip N. and Mary A. Lyons
James, Charlene and Katherine MacDonald
Robert D.* and Patricia B. MacDonald
The McLarand Family Trust
Marcia L. Millen
Mr. Robin B. Miner
Ethan Morgan
Dr. and Mrs. Richard P. Mungo
Rick Muth
Thomas H. and Marilyn* Nielsen
Cheryl Hill Oakes
O’Neil Moving Systems, Inc. / Carolyn O’Neill
Mrs. Charlotte R. Paluzzi
Lenore and Carl* Pearlston
Mark and Carol Perry
Jackie Singer and John Pope
Jeffrey A. Punim, M.D.
Mr. Burton Reis
David* and Linda Roberson Family
Roberta Bouillon Trust
Ted and Jean Robinson and Family
Mr. Richard K. Rosenberg
Dr. Judy Fluor Runels, in memory of Gregory Osborne
Bev and Bob Sandelman
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Schoellerman
Mr. and Mrs. George Schreyer
In Memory of Allen O. Smith
Steven M. Sorenson, M.D.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Sparks
David and Diane Steffy
Richard R. and Phoebe Stenton
Dr. Arthur Strick
Tammy and Samuel Tang
Ms. Nancy B. Tepper
Don L. Thompson
Thomas and Joyce Tucker Family
Gary and Jeri Turner
Ms. Lucia Van Ruiten
Christopher O. Veitch
Stacey and Paul Von Berg
The Robert* and Valaree Wahler Family
Ms. Jill H. Watkins
Kent J. and Carol L. Wilken Family
Dr. David and Audrey Zinke, Brandon, Heidi & Benjamin *in memoriam
Corporate and Foundation Support
Segerstrom Center for the Arts is pleased to thank the following corporations and foundations for providing annual contributions to the Center in support of our artistic and community education programs and our special event and performance sponsorships throughout the year.* LEAD PERFORMANCE AND EDUCATION SPONSORS
2023 CORPORATE AND FOUNDATION SUPPORTERS
The Albertsons Companies Foundation
Anonymous
Autism Speaks
Automobile Club of Southern California
Barbara Steele Williams Designated Agency Endowment
Bloomingdale’s South Coast Plaza
Canterbury Consulting
Crean Foundation
E Nakamichi Foundation
EnergizeStudents.org
FivePoint/Great Park Neighborhoods
Haynes and Boone, LLP
Mesa Water District
Orange County Community Foundation
Pacific Life Foundation
SPECIAL THANKS
Läderach
Total Wine & More
THE SEGERSTROM FOUNDATION
ARTS AND BUSINESS LEADERSHIP COUNCIL
Segerstrom Center for the Arts applauds the following business and community leaders who support Segerstrom Center through fundraising, advocacy, and community outreach with a particular emphasis on expanding audiences and developing the next generation of leadership for Segerstrom Center.
Katheryn Baker
Jesse D. Bagley
Lupe Erwin, Chair
Cory Glass
Peter Krieger
Fiona T. LeCong-Ly
Monika Lopez
Sarah J. McElroy
Jill Meznarich
Vanessa Moore
Maurice Murray
Tammy Octavio
Patrick Strader
Yvonne Tsao
Jaynine Warner
Bill Meehan, Founding Chairman
To learn more about the Center’s corporate and foundation partnership opportunities and the benefits available, please contact CorpSupport@scfta.org or 714.942.6302.
* as of June 12, 2024
A TRIBUTE PORTFOLIO HOTEL
September 24–October 6
Everyone’s favorite Scottish nanny is headed to Costa Mesa in “a feelgood, family-friendly comedy that delivers” (The Hollywood Reporter). Based on the beloved film and directed by four-time Tony Award® winner Jerry Zaks, Mrs. Doubtfire tells the hysterical and heartfelt story of an out-of-work actor who will do anything for his kids. It’s “the lovable, big-hearted musical comedy we need right now,” raves the Chicago Tribune—one that proves we’re better together.
Photo: Joan Marcus
October 29–November 3
Welcome to Hadestown, where a song can change your fate. Winner of eight 2019 Tony Awards® including Best Musical and the 2020 Grammy® Award for Best Musical Theater Album, Hadestown is a haunting and hopeful theatrical experience that grabs you and never lets go.
November 19–24
“Once upon a time, there was a little ogre named Shrek…” And thus begins the tale of an unlikely hero who finds himself on a life-changing journey alongside a wisecracking Donkey and a feisty princess who resists her rescue. Yes, your favorite ogre is back in the hilarious stage spectacle, Shrek the Musical. This Tony Award®-winning musical brings all the beloved characters from the Oscar®-winning DreamWorks animated film to life.
December 26–January 5
Great Scott! Back to the Future, the beloved, cinematic classic is now a Broadway musical with its destination set for Orange County in 2024. When Marty McFly finds himself transported back to 1955 in a time machine built by the eccentric scientist Doc Brown, he accidentally changes the course of history. Now he’s in a race against time to fix the present, escape the past, and send himself... back to the future. Winner of the 2022 Olivier Award for Best New Musical, when Back to the Future hits 88mph, it’ll change musical theater history forever.
January 21–February 2
A new musical about growing up and growing old (in no particular order), Kimberly Akimbo is the winner of 5 Tony Awards including Best Musical. Kimberly is about to turn 16 and recently moved with her family to a new town in suburban New Jersey. In this “howlingly funny heartbreaker of a show” (The New Yorker), Kim is forced to navigate family dysfunction, a rare genetic condition, her first crush… and possible felony charges. Ever the optimist, she is determined to find happiness against all odds and embark on a great adventure.
Little Orphan Annie has reminded generations of theatergoers that sunshine is always right around the corner, and now the best-loved musical of all time is set to return in a new production—just as you remember it and just when we need it most.
Photo: Evan Zimmerman for MurphyMade
Photo: Joan Marcus
Hamilton is the epic saga that follows the rise of Founding Father Alexander Hamilton as he fights for honor, love, and a legacy that would shape the course of a nation. Based on Ron Chernow’s acclaimed biography and set to a score that blends hip-hop, jazz, R&B, and Broadway, Hamilton has had a profound impact on culture, politics, and education.
April 23–May 4
May 13-18
A mother. A daughter. Three possible dads. And a trip down the aisle you’ll never forget!
For nearly 25 years, people all around the world have fallen in love with the characters, the story, and the timeless hits of ABBA that make Mamma Mia! the ultimate feel-good show.
Photo: Joan Marcus
L IFE OF PI
June 3–15
Winner of three Tony Awards® and the Olivier Award for Best Play, the Broadway and West End sensation Life of Pi is “an exhilarating evening of theater” (The Wall Street Journal).
Based on the novel that sold more than 15 million copies and became a worldwide phenomenon, Life of Pi is an epic story of perseverance and hope that speaks to every generation and “gives new life to Broadway” (The Today Show).
Photo: Matthew Murphy and Evan Zimmerman
June 3–15
Created in collaboration with Neil Diamond himself, A BEAUTIFUL NOISE is the uplifting true story of how a kid from Brooklyn became a chart-busting, show-stopping American rock icon. An inspiring, exhilarating, energy-filled musical memoir, A BEAUTIFUL NOISE: THE NEIL DIAMOND MUSICAL tells the untold true story of how America’s greatest hitmaker became a star, set to the songs that defined his career.
Photo: Julieta Cervantes
September 9–21
Created by the Emmy®-winning writer from Schitt’s Creek, this hilarious new musical flips the script on the greatest love story ever told. & JULIET asks: what would happen next if Juliet didn’t end it all over Romeo? Get whisked away on a fabulous journey as she ditches her famous ending for a fresh beginning and a second chance at life and love—her way.
Photo: Matthew Murphy
Center Staff
EXECUTIVE OFFICE
Casey Reitz, President & CEO
Judy Morr, Artistic Advisor•
Brian Finck, Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer•
Michael Mariano, Assistant Manager, Education Partnerships
Katie Nguyen, Coordinator, Education Partnerships
Emily Pearce, Coordinator, Education Programs
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10 or more years of service
Full-time staff as of June 12, 2024
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
Marytza Rubio, Vice President, Community & Culture
Emily Neely, Director, Community Engagement
Chloe Saalsaa, Manager, Studio D
Priscilla Reyes, Manager, Community Engagement
Adriana Alvarez, Coordinator
THEATER OPERATIONS
David Leavenworth, Vice President, Theater Operations & Facilities•
Brian Keating, Director, Facilities and Engineering
Max Stossier, Director, Theater Operations
Lindy Luong, Rental Manager
Glenn Powell, Production Manager
Aidan Daguro, Assistant Production Manager
Brennan Roach, Event Operations Supervisor
Jordan Smyth, Senior Coordinator
Denise Cruz, Production Coordinator
Zack Johnston, Clerical Assistant
SEGERSTROM HALL
John Oliphant, Technical Director/ Sr. Production Carpenter •
Sara Broadhead, Head Electrician•
Willy J Pate, Head Carpenter
Alexis Vazquez Riggs, Head Wardrobe
James Wilcox, Head Audio
Chris Alva, Assistant In-Charge Carpenter/ Props•
TJ Simons, Assistant In-Charge Electrician
Michael Clifford, Assistant
Christopher Haugh, Assistant
Phil Harris, Assistant
Tim Ligatti, Assistant•
RENÉE AND HENRY SEGERSTROM
CONCERT HALL
John Downey, Head Audio•
Gregg Snider, Head Electrician•
John Vasquez, Head Carpenter
Eileen Jeanette, Tönmeister
SAMUELI THEATER
Mark Cook, Electrician•
Timothy Schmidt, Asst. Audio
ENGINEERING
Marc Lewis, Senior Engineer•
Bryan Vojtko, Senior Engineer•
Richard Whitfield, Senior Engineer•
Don Harvey, Engineer
Sean Robertson, Engineer
Gus Aleman, Engineer
SECURITY
David Geck, Director of Security and Public Safety
Jon Hampe, Security Manager
Tyler Cole, Public Safety and Training Manager
Jaime Paz, Security Coordinator
Anthony Gonzales, Ramon Sanchez•, Gary Spangler•, Lee Yepez, Security Supervisors
AMERICAN BALLET THEATRE
WILLIAM J. GILLESPIE SCHOOL
Susan Brooker, Artistic Director
Sarah Jones, Principal Teacher
Zach Edwards, Coordinator
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