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SEPTEMBER 2014
CENTER THEATRE GROUP BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2014/2015 OFFICERS
honorary chairman Lew R. Wasserman† chairman Martin Massman president William H. Ahmanson vice presidents Ava Fries Kiki Ramos Gindler Susan Grode secretary Amy R. Forbes treasurer Dr. Steven Nagelberg
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board members Dean V. Ambrose Pamela Beck Miles Benickes Norris J. Bishton, Jr. Anne Bruner Diana Buckhantz Dannielle Campos Ramirez Joseph C. Carieri Marcy Carsey Bill Damaschke Nancy de Brier Cástulo de la Rocha Vin Di Bona Dante Di Loreto Frances Flanagan Eric R. Garen Patricia Glaser Brindell Roberts Gottlieb Aliza Karney Guren Stephen F. Hinchliffe, Jr. Darell L. Krasnoff Jennifer Altfeld Landau William R. Lindsay Jody Lippman Carol Mancino
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Center Theatre Group’s Mission: To serve the diverse audiences of Los Angeles by producing and presenting theatre of the highest caliber, by nurturing new artists, by attracting new audiences, and by developing youth outreach and arts education programs. This mission is based on a belief that the art of theatre is a cultural force with the capacity to transform the lives of individuals and society at large. 2 PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE
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Audience Services: 213.628.2772: Ticketing, subscriptions, full customer service including lost ticket replacement, ticket donations, Passport memberships, information about upcoming productions or events, and hotel and restaurant recommendations. Telephone hours: Monday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Tuesday through Friday 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., Saturday noon to 8 p.m., and Sunday 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Except major holidays.
Center Theatre Group is a non-profit company that produces worldclass theatre at the Ahmanson Theatre and the Mark Taper Forum at the Music Center of Los Angeles, and the Kirk Douglas Theatre in Culver City.
Walk-Up Box Office Hours: The central box office for Center Theatre Group is located in front of the Ahmanson Theatre at the Music Center, and open Tuesday through Saturday from noon to 8 p.m., Sunday from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., and closed on Monday. Remote box offices that are located at the Taper and Douglas are open two hours before performances. Receive Breaking News at CenterTheatreGroup.org Online ticketing plus information about upcoming productions, advance copies of the program and study guides, downtown restaurants, sponsorship programs, special community activities, and much more. Season Tickets: 213.972.4444: Subscribers are assigned seats before tickets are released for sale to the general public. Plus, whenever special events are announced at any of our theatres, subscribers have first offer for tickets with no service or convenience fees. Group and Corporate Services 213.972.8075: Discounts are available for groups of 10-15 or more. A variety of corporate employee/client ticket programs is also offered. Enjoy VIP service for theatre receptions, fundraisers and tour groups. Flexible payment options and access to purchase tickets before single tickets go on sale.
Curt Hansen in Girlfriend, to be presented in July 2015 at CTG’s Kirk Douglas Theatre. © actors theatre of louisville 2013. photo by alan simons.
Hot Tix: A comprehensive and convenient discount ticket program called Hot Tix offers a $25 ticket to the general public. Beginning three weeks prior to the first performance of each production, Hot Tix can be purchased by phone or in person at CTG’s central box office. Cash or credit card (no checks; limited to two tickets per household). Hot Tix may also be purchased (subject to availability) on the day of performance at the central box office or two hours before the performance at the Taper or the Douglas. Young Children and Babies: Children under age six are not admitted, unless the production is advertised for younger audiences. Regardless of age, everyone must have a ticket and be able to sit quietly throughout the performance. Babes in arms are not admitted. Donations: Center Theatre Group is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that supports the Mark Taper Forum, Ahmanson Theatre and the Kirk Douglas Theatre. For further information, call 213.972.7368.
Gift Certificates: 213.628.2772: Available in any amount. They’re perfect for friends, employee recognition and special occasions. Complimentary cards for “Happy Birthday,” “Happy Anniversary,” “Season’s Greetings,” “Congratulations” or “In Appreciation.” Taper and Douglas Stage Talks: Lively post-show discussions, led by staff who are often joined by members of the cast, are held on selected evening performances. Call Audience Services at 213.628.2772 or visit CenterTheatreGroup.org for a complete schedule. Late Seating: To minimize disruption, patrons not seated when the performance begins will be asked to watch the lobby monitor until an appropriate break in the performance. Latecomers may also be given alternate seats until intermission. Fragrances: Please refrain from wearing strong perfumes and cologne. Many people are allergic to heavy scents. Special Access: Assisted listening devices for persons with limited hearing are available in the lobby at no charge. Accommodations are available for persons in wheelchairs and their companions for all performances. Specific dates are available for American Sign Language interpretation and Audio Description for deaf, hard of hearing, blind and low-vision patrons. Open Captioning for blind and low-vision patrons is available for specific dates at the Ahmanson Theatre and is provided by a generous anonymous Artistic Director’s Circle gift. Call 213.628.2772 or TDD 213.680.4017 or visit CenterTheatreGroup.org/ProjectDate. Photographs and Recordings: Flash photography can be dangerous to performers and is very distracting to audiences. Photography and any other type of recording device are unlawful, unless authorized by Center Theatre Group. Your use of a ticket constitutes acknowledgement of willingness to appear in authorized photographs and video in public areas of the Music Center and the Kirk Douglas Theatre and releases Center Theatre Group, the Music Center and all others from liability resulting from the use of such photographs. First Aid: In case of injury or illness, please see an usher. Lost and Found: For the Ahmanson and the Taper, please contact one of our head ushers after the performance or contact the Lost and Found clerk at 213.972.2600. At the Douglas, contact the Performance Manager at 213.972.4435. Smoking is Prohibited. Smoking of any kind, including electronic devices, is prohibited.
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Center Theatre Group | Young Professionals
Center Theatre Group is Los Angeles’ preeminent non-profit theatre company. On our three stages — the Ahmanson Theatre, the Mark Taper Forum and the Kirk Douglas Theatre — we present the highest quality and broadest range of theatre: groundbreaking new works, explosive productions of the classics and hit Broadway plays and musicals. In the most current nine seasons alone, over 174 productions have been selected for presentation, including 38 world premieres. Seventeen productions have subsequently been produced in New York. The same high standards that we apply to our stages extend to our education and community outreach programs. Through special performances, residencies at schools, discount tickets and educational materials, we reach each year over 19,000 students, educators and community members who would not otherwise experience professional theatre. We are proud to continue our 47-year tradition of contributing to the culture of our city and to the enrichment of the national theatre community, and we are grateful to our subscribers, donors and board whose generous support makes our work possible.
THE SCENE
A History of Excellence
The Fringe Gets Rambunctious Young Professionals Support New Play Production
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n June 15, The Fringe @ Center Theatre Group, a philanthropic group for young professionals, hosted a fundraiser for CTG’s New Play Production programs at DBA in West Hollywood. The event, chaired by Fringe Vice President of Events Doug Roy, included a performance of For the Record: Tarantino, a rock ’n’ roll cabaret show featuring songs and scenes from Quentin Tarantino films. After the show, starring Rumer Willis and Rogelio Douglas Jr., cast members joined guests for specialty cocktails inspired by the director’s films, like “The Mia Wallace.” The evening was a great success with cross-generational support from both The Fringe’s leadership board and CTG’s Board of Directors.
“It was a tremendous night,” said Charles Chatelain, The Fringe’s president. “We are still reminiscing over how much fun we all had, and how amazed we were by the whole evening. To be able to raise money for new play production in Los Angeles while enjoying a fantastic night out truly exemplifies what The Fringe is all about. The bar has been set very high, and I’m extremely excited about what is to come over the next great season.” The Fringe @ Center Theatre Group is a group of young professionals in their 20s, 30s and 40s who love theatre and believe in its importance in Los Angeles. They explore theatre with their peers while raising awareness and funds for Center Theatre Group’s new play production initiatives. They are future subscribers, donors and community leaders at CTG. ○
The Fringe would like to thank the following for generously supporting the event: Joni and Miles Benickes
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The Fringe @ Center Theatre Group celebrates with the cast of American Idiot and Los Angeles Magazine at Perch in downtown Los Angeles. photo by casey curry.
Find out more about The Fringe @ CTG, a membership group for young professionals who love theatre and believe in its importance in Los Angeles. @ CenterTheatreGroup.org/Fringe Facebook.com/CTGFringe @FringeCTG For more information, or to purchase a Fringe membership for a young professional in your life, contact us at 213.972.7276 or
TheFringe@CenterTheatreGroup.org
TheFRINGE top to bottom: Paul Hughes, Charles Chatelain, cast member Rumer Willis, Vida Ghaffari and Pedram Navab • Event Chair Doug Roy welcomes guests • Fringe member Jason Cencirulo and Doug Roy chat about the show. photos by michael palma photography.
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We stand up for theatre. Moments like this don’t happen without generous theatre-lovers like you. When you give to Center Theatre Group, you join our Inner Circle and earn a piece of every standing ovation witnessed in our theatres. Together, we can create innovative arts education programs for tomorrow’s leaders, encourage the creative development of more up-and-coming artists, and present powerful theatre that will entice a whole new generation of audiences to stand up and cheer. As always, we say thank you by bringing you closer to the magic onstage through new and improved donor benefits and personalized service, including
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• Backstage tours. • Opportunities to hear artists discuss their lives in the theatre. • Excursions to see exciting work around L.A.
Find out more at CenterTheatreGroup.org/Giving, or call Donor Relations at 213.972.7327.
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ON STAGE IN SEPTEMBER
Ahmanson Theatre Sep 17 – Nov 2, 2014
MARJORIE PRIME by Jordan
Harrison directed by Les Waters World Premiere
Mark Taper Forum Sep 10 – Oct 19, 2014
Kirk Douglas Theatre Aug 31 – Sep 28, 2014
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CORPORATE SPOTLIGHT MEET THE ARTIST
Center Theatre Group | Donor Events
The Actor’s Philosophy David Suchet in Dialogue With Donors David Suchet in The Last Confession. photo by craig schWartZ.
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avid Suchet was going to be a doctor — until at 16 years old his English teacher cast him as the king in Macbeth. Considered a curse by some, the Scottish play proved a boon to the budding artist. The world of theatre enchanted him, Suchet said at a Patron Dialogue event for donors. He had discovered his calling.
in several countries and cities, and Suchet called the cast “one of the happiest companies I’ve ever been in.” The humble actor also thanked donors for their selflessness and dedication to the theatre. “What you provide with your generosity is the theatre world … you keep it going by what you do,” he said. ○
But despite the success he achieved early in his career, he eventually grew frustrated with acting. “The trap of acting,” he said, “is that it’s all about self, It’s me. … What are my reviews like? Am I good? Do people like me? That’s a terrible way to live.” Suchet rediscovered his purpose as an actor when he realized the profession was “not one of glory” but one of service, particularly to the playwright. “Instead of saying to myself, ‘how can I play this?’ I now say, ‘Why was I written?’” This realization shaped Suchet’s involvement in The Last Confession — he not only acted in the play but helped develop the story as well. After accepting the starring role of Cardinal Giovanni Benelli, he flew from London to New York to work with Roger Crane on the script page by page. Suchet’s care for the theatrical process also showed in his relationship with his Last Confession colleagues. The cast traveled together internationally, performing
David Suchet, left, with CTG board member Diana Buckhantz. photo by michael palma photography.
Patron Dialogue events feature Artistic Director Michael Ritchie in conversation with major talents — just one way Center Theatre Group brings its donors closer to the art of creating theatre. For more information, call Maria Paredes at 213.972.7327.
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RACE “ Scalpel-edged Intelligence.” —The New York Times
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Curt Hansen in Girlfriend. © actors theatre of louisville 2013. photo by alan simons.
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CORPORATE SPOTLIGHT DONOR PROFILE
Center Theatre Group | Corporate Circle
Creative Partnerships A Q & A with Celeste Alleyne of Microsoft Celeste Alleyne.
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enter Theatre Group is grateful for Microsoft’s generous in-kind support. A Silver-level Corporate Circle member, Microsoft has donated more than $600,000 in software to CTG in the past four years, enabling CTG to use its computing resources more efficiently and to increase staff productivity.
Celeste Alleyne, Microsoft’s citizenship and public affairs director for the West and education programs lead for the U.S., has been a longtime supporter of CTG. In her position, Alleyne manages Microsoft’s strategic software grants, U.S. education programs, community affairs, and retail store and regional citizenship. She works closely with information technology opinion leaders, non-profit leaders, national and local press, and government, community and education officials in two districts and 13 states. How did Microsoft become involved with the Corporate Circle? Microsoft became involved with CTG when I joined the company in 2006. I’ve supported CTG in past corporate positions at AT&T and Nike. Through Microsoft’s large strategic software grants, CTG now has a back-office infrastructure that rivals any major business! What type of theatre do you enjoy the most and why? I love it all! However, I most enjoy musicals. After doing such important work in the community, it’s nice to escape and be entertained by superb song and dance.
What CTG show has been the most memorable for you? I must say this year’s Season Celebration performance of Harmony was a big hit for me. And I can never forget all the August Wilson shows I’ve seen — they hold a special place in my heart. What makes your corporate partnership with Center Theatre Group unique? I love going to the theatre knowing Microsoft plays a major role in CTG’s success. What benefits do you see for you and your company in being a Corporate Circle member? An opportunity to help the community in a very powerful way, to support education and growth of youth as well as adults, and to showcase Microsoft’s prowess as one of the top technology companies in the world. In what ways does your Corporate Circle membership fulfill Microsoft’s philanthropic goals and mission? Our goal is to help people, particularly youth via our YouthSpark STEM programs, realize their potential. Partnering with CTG helps us achieve this goal because they too believe in supporting youth with training, exposure to the arts and career advancement. ○
Center Theatre Group is thankful to Microsoft for its generous support. For more information about Center Theatre Group’s Corporate Circle, contact Liz Lin at 213.972.0764.
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THEATRE TRENDS
Center Theatre Group | New Play Production
No Script, No Director Mellon Foundation Supports Ensemble Work
Gob Squad at Venice Beach. photo by garrett davis/capture imaging.
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ob Squad, a group of seven artists from the United Kingdom and Germany, has created media-enhanced performance art for more than 20 years. Their work examines familiar, mundane events through ultra-theatrical frames, elevating the beauty of everyday life and, ultimately, demanding more from the audience than laughter or applause.
HEADING WEST Western Society, Gob Squad’s newest creation, takes its inspiration from “the least watched YouTube video in history.” Aunts, uncles, cousins and siblings crowd a small living room as one man attempts a karaoke version of “Pretty Woman.” Except for a pair of dancing women in the background, the family is unimpressed with his warbling. They gaze absently at their cell phones and nibble on pieces of cake. In Gob Squad’s collective imagination, the video illustrates a distinctly Western paradox: our need to come together even as technology lures us from the people we care about most. For 10 days in spring 2013, the group explored this paradox at Venice Beach, where they asked surfers, street performers and tourists to share their opinions of the Western world. Audiences can see the results of this research September 17–20 at REDCAT. A GENEROUS COLLABORATOR Western Society typifies the sort of work that earned CTG a second $1-million grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation in spring 2013. The gift supports the commissioning, development and production of collaboratively created contemporary work.
Increasingly part of the regional theatre scene, collective contemporary work thwarts many traditional conventions. Instead of a script, improvisation and experimentation play a dominant role in developing the work. Collaborators, rather than a single director, shape the work’s artistic vision. And audiences move in front of the “fourth wall,” often co-creating the performance with the artists. “Western Society and work like it represent a movement in this country,” says Diane Rodriguez, CTG’s director of New Play Production. “The generous Mellon grant enables CTG to nurture these innovative theatre makers who take artistic risks, create collectively and engage audiences in bold, new ways.” ○
Center Theatre Group is grateful to The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for its generosity. This month, thanks in part to the Mellon grant, The Behavior of Broadus, produced by Burglars of Hamm in association with Center Theatre Group, will have its world premiere at the Sacred Fools Theater Company. The upcoming DouglasPlus production of How to Be a Rock Critic by Erik Jensen and Jessica Blank is also supported by this initiative.
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CORPORATE SPOTLIGHT ARTS AND EXPRESSION
Center Theatre Group | Education & Community Partnerships
Facing Our Truth at the Douglas Young People Reflect on Race, Privilege and Violence Through Art
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hange begins when you start the conversation,” said a young man at a post-show discussion at the Kirk Douglas Theatre.
The following day, the teen facilitators guided general audiences through another conversation and responded sensitively to challenging questions.
On July 12, over 50 Los Angeles-area teens gathered to discuss race, privilege and violence in response to a staged reading of Facing Our Truth: Ten-Minute Plays on Trayvon, Race and Privilege.
The Travyon Martin tragedy is relevant, painful and emblematic of unresolved issues in contemporary America; yet, as one student commented after the summit, the more conversations, the better. ○
The youth summit took place a day before Center Theatre Group presented the reading to general audiences, marking the one-year anniversary of George Zimmerman’s acquittal in the case of Travyon Martin, an African-American Florida teenager whom Zimmerman fatally shot on February 26, 2012. Before the summit, adult facilitators trained youth to lead conversations about challenging issues, empowering their peers to seize a rare opportunity for open discussion about race, privilege and violence. Moved by the reading, they said: I PLAN to educate and advocate for awareness at my school. IT’S IMPORTANT to make a difference. I can identify how I’m part of the problem. DISCUSSING RACE and youth violence isn’t easy, but today was perfect practice.
The six plays comprising Facing Our Truth were commissioned by New Black Fest, a New York-based theatre festival dedicated to “stretching, interrogating and uplifting the Black aesthetic.” Center Theatre Group is one of several theatres nationwide joining to present Facing Our Truth. Others include Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company in Washington, D.C., Alliance Theatre in Atlanta and Goodman Theatre in Chicago.
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The Wit in the Cellar Playwright Finds Comedy Gold in Streisand’s Basement
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here’s this woman named Barbra Streisand,” began playwright Jonathan Tolins.
Needless to say, the gathering of Center Theatre Group’s most generous donors was familiar with the diva, but that was beside the point. The night’s star was Buyer & Cellar, Tolins’ delicious tribute to celebrity and its eccentricities. The play would open at the Mark Taper Forum in less than 90 minutes, and Tolins was speaking with donors about the creation of his play at a pre-performance dinner and celebration.
CTG board chairperson Martin Massman, left, and Darren Bagert, two of the producers on Buyer & Cellar. photo by center theatre group.
“Urie is not only a genius actor, he also knows how to do my stuff as well if not better than any actor I’ve ever worked with,” Tolins said. “It just sounds natural in his voice, like it’s coming out of his head. So many people ask me, ‘How much is the script and how much is Michael improvising?’ It’s really irritating.” … TO A NATIONAL TOUR So “irritating” that Urie and Buyer & Cellar enjoyed a recordbreaking run at off-Broadway’s Barrow Street Theatre, and now they are touring the U.S. with stops in Chicago, Los Angeles and San Francisco, among other cities — not a bad trajectory for a play Tolins never expected to get produced.
FROM HUMBLE BEGINNINGS … In 2010, Tolins read every word of My Passion for “I gave it to lawyers, and they said Streisand has a history of Design, Streisand’s coffee table book about her lavish being litigious, and no one will ever take a chance on it,” he Malibu compound. Page 190 in particular captured said. “I wrote this play thinking it was never going to get the playwright’s imagination. It described a “street done, which is actually the best way to write a play, because of shops” in her basement, where Streisand keeps I really wrote it to delight myself and my best friends.” antique dolls, showbiz memorabilia and a frozen yogurt machine. For six weeks this summer, Tolins’ play delighted nearly 700 CTG patrons every night at the Mark Taper Forum. ○ Tolins wondered what it would be like to “work down there.” Thus Alex More, Buyer & Cellar’s witty protagonist, was born — first, as the subject of a potential article for The New Yorker and eventually as a one-man vehicle for Jesse Tyler Ferguson. When scheduling conflicts prevented Ferguson from taking on the project, Tolins asked Michael Urie to consider Contributions from theatre-lovers like you enable the part. Center Theatre Group to delight, educate and inspire diverse audiences through the power of theatre. In appreciation of their support, CTG brings its donors closer to the magic onstage through events like this. To learn more, contact Donor Relations at 213.972.7327.
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Ahmanson Theatre
48th 2014/15 Season
first season production Cicely Tyson Vanessa Williams Blair Underwood in
The Trip to Bountiful By Horton Foote Directed by Michael Wilson. September 17 – November 2, 2014 second season production Charles Edwards Jemima Rooper and Angela Lansbury in
Noël Coward’s
Cinderella Music by Richard Rodgers Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II A New Book by Douglas Carter Beane Original Book by Oscar Hammerstein II Music Adaptation, Supervision and Arrangements by David Chase Orchestrations by Danny Troob Choreography by Josh Rhodes Directed by Mark Brokaw. March 17 – April 26, 2015
Blithe Spirit
fifth season production
Directed by Michael Blakemore. December 9, 2014 – January 18, 2015
Matilda The Musical
third season production
l–r: Blair Underwood, photo by Zach Dilgard. Cicely Tyson and Vanessa Williams, photos by Mark Zibert.
fourth season production Rodgers and Hammerstein’s
Dame Edna and Barry Humphries: The Final Farewell Tour
Based on the Novel by Roald Dahl Book by Dennis Kelly Music and Lyrics by Tim Minchin Sets and Costumes by Rob Howell Choreography by Peter Darling Directed by Matthew Warchus. May 29 – July 12, 2015
Directed by Simon Phillips. January 24 – March 15, 2015
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Inspiring Our Future Special Thanks to Center Theatre Group’s Most Generous Annual Patrons Center Theatre Group wishes to thank the following donors for their significant annual gifts and for their belief in the transformative power of theatre. $1 Million and above
Brindell Roberts Gottlieb $500,000 and above
The Ahmanson Foundation $250,000 and above
Center Theatre Group Affiliates Kirk & Anne Douglas The James Irvine Foundation The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation $150,000 and above
Anonymous Bank of America The Blue Ribbon Patricia Glaser & Sam Mudie Laura & James Rosenwald & Orinoco Foundation Jeanette Shammas† The Shubert Foundation, Inc. Eva & Marc Stern Wells Fargo Foundation $100,000 and above
Ann & Stephen F. Hinchliffe, Jr. Los Angeles County Arts Commission JPMorgan Chase & Co. Deidra Norman Schumann $75,000 and above
Elisabeth Katte Harris Trust William Randolph Hearst Foundation The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation Lloyd E. Rigler — Lawrence E. Deutsch Foundation †Deceased
This list includes gifts made to Center Theatre Group between June 27, 2013, and August 27, 2014.
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Michael Ritchie, artistic director Edward L. Rada, manaGinG director Douglas C. Baker producinG director Gordon Davidson, foundinG artistic director In association with ArtsEmerson presents
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David Alpert
Neel Keller
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Michael Wilson The 2013 Broadway Revival Production was presented by Nelle Nugent, Kevin Liles, Paula Marie Black, David R. Weinreb, Stephen C. Byrd, Alia M. Jones, Kenneth Teaton, Carole L. Haber/Philip Geier, Wendy Federman/Carl Moellenberg/Ricardo Hornos, Fifty Church Street Productions/Hallie Foote/Tyson and Kimberly Chandler in association with Joseph Sirola, Howard and Janet Kagan/Charles Salameno, Sharon A. Carr/Patricia R. Klausner, Raymond Gaspard/Andréa M. Price, Willette Murphey Klausner/Reginald M. Browne.
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CAST (in order of appearance)
Mrs. Carrie Watts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cicely Tyson Ludie Watts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Blair Underwood Jessie Mae Watts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vanessa Williams Thelma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jurnee Smollett-Bell Houston Ticket Agent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Devon Abner Second Houston Ticket Agent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wade Dooley Roy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Arthur French Sheriff. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Devon Abner Travelers and Houston Bus Station Employees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pat Bowie, Russell Edge, Dalila Ali Rajah, Keiana Richàrd, Duane Shepard, Sr., Desean Kevin Terry
UNDERSTUDIES Understudies never substitute for the listed players unless a specific posting or announcement is made at the time of the performance. For Mrs. Carrie Watts: Pat Bowie For Ludie Watts: Desean Kevin Terry For Jessie Mae Watts: Dalila Ali Rajah For Thelma: Keiana Richàrd For Roy: Duane Shepard, Sr. For Houston Ticket Agent/Second Houston Ticket Agent/Sheriff: Russell Edge STAGE MANAGER Jereme Kyle Lewis SETTING Houston, Harrison and a country place in Texas March, 1953
The Trip to Bountiful is performed with one 15-minute intermission.
Please turn off all electronic devices such as cellular phones, PDAs, beepers and watch alarms. The use of any recording device, either audio or video, and the taking of photographs, with or without flash, is strictly prohibited.
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Horton Foote’s Bountiful by Dr. Marion Castleberry
Horton Foote in Nyack, New York. Courtesy of Hallie Foote.
Horton Foote enjoyed a remarkable career. During the 70 years (1939-2009) between his first play, Wharton Dance, and the Hartford Stage/Signature Theatre production of The Orphans’ Home cycle, he wrote more than one hundred plays, teleplays and screenplays, defining the social and moral realities of America. A perceptive chronicler of smalltown life, he devoted his career to telling seemingly simple, yet profound stories of family, home and the human spirit. Equally successful in theatre, film and television, Foote accumulated an impressive list of awards, including two Academy Awards, an Emmy, a Pulitzer Prize and the National Medal of Arts. He was, in the words of Robert Duvall, “the great American voice.” Throughout his life, Foote carried a deep love and reverence for his home place, the small town of Wharton, Texas, and that powerful connection fueled his writing. The oral history of his family and his hometown provided the writer with a treasure trove of plots and characters for his art and served as a valuable tool to explore the great mystery of the human condition. His truthful storytelling captured the significance of small town America with a depth and honesty that will likely never be matched. His spiritual view of the human PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE P 5
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experience is revealed in the themes of his work—the eternal search for home, the remarkable resilience of people to overcome unimaginable hardship and the perplexing nature of family relationships. But Foote’s real genius was in his ability to create authentic language and memorable characters. He allowed us to join him in witnessing ordinary folks—people we recognize, people we know intimately—at crucial moments in their lives. Their struggles intrigue us, and their ability to face heartbreak and sorrow with courage and dignity inspires us. Writing in reaction to the spiritual barrenness that he saw haunting our world, his characters, whether they know it or not, are all orphans driven by the need for connection to something beyond themselves— a home, a family, a community or a faith.
Horton and Lillian Foote.
The Trip to Bountiful is Horton Foote’s most poignant expression of this theme. Originally written as a teleplay in 1953, the impulse behind the story of Carrie Watts was a legend in the Foote family of an aunt who, as a young girl, was not allowed by her father to marry the man she loved because they were first cousins. Heartbroken, they each married other people, and years later, the woman returned as a widow to her hometown of Wharton, where each day the spurned man would pass her house and bow with affection. Foote focused the teleplay on Carrie as an old woman longing to return home to Bountiful. The Trip to Bountiful aired on the Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse on March 1, 1953, and that same year, on the strength of Lillian’s Gish’s performance as Carrie Watts, the story gained an afterlife in an expanded version for Broadway that was performed at Henry Miller’s Theatre. Then, in 1985, Peter Masterson directed a groundbreaking film version of the story that garnered Geraldine Page an Academy Award. After seeing the movie, Cicely Tyson was so captivated by Page’s portrayal of Carrie Watts that she vowed to someday have her own trip to Bountiful, telling her agent, “You get me my trip to Bountiful and I will retire… I just want one more great role, and then I won’t be greedy. I’ll just step out of the picture.” Twenty-six years later, Ms. Tyson’s dream finally came true when Hallie Foote, the playwright’s daughter, approached the actress about playing the role of Carrie Watts. Director Michael Wilson explained how the 2013 revival of The Trip to Bountiful — which was performed 60 years later at the recently renovated Henry Miller Theatre (now the Stephen Sondheim Theatre) — was conceived.
When Hallie approached me in 2011 and asked what I thought about the play being centered on an African-American family as opposed to a white family, I thought it was a marvelous idea. Carrie Watts would have to be played by someone with luminosity and legacy — someone like Cicely Tyson, whose performances in Roots and The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman made such an indelible mark on me in my childhood. Hallie, Cicely and I met over dinner in October, and after a whirlwind six months, we were beginning previews at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre.
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President Clinton presents Horton Foote with the National Medal of Arts. official white house photo. december 20, 2000.
Everyone in our company feels that this is the moment to bring The Trip to Bountiful back to Broadway for the first time in 60 years. Our nation needs to experience this story. We need to consider the themes that Horton is exploring: that if we don’t honor the past — the places, the people, the communities from where we’ve come — we are in danger of losing the very essence of ourselves. The Trip to Bountiful reminds us as we strive to live in an increasingly isolating and discomabobulating high-tech world, that if we can somehow stop and truly connect with our family legacy, we can bring ourselves ‘home’ again, and with that newly re-found center, find the means to endure life’s inevitable disappointments, and unwanted change. The Broadway revival of The Trip to Bountiful, brilliantly conceived and skillfully performed, captured both the spirit and meaning of Foote’s enduring tale. The play was nominated for a Tony for Best Revival of a Play and Cicely Tyson earned the Tony for Best Actress. That production proved that Horton’s story could not only transcend cultural and racial boundaries but it could also connect with a new generation of audiences seeking their own way home. The Trip to Bountiful is an American masterpiece. If the true measure of a man is defined by what he leaves behind, then Horton Foote has left behind not only a rich and remarkable legacy of plays and characters well worth exploring but also a community of artists and audiences tied together by their love for Horton, the man, and their respect for his truthful vision of the human condition.
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Horton once told me the only thing he cared about was that his plays would be performed after he died. If The Trip to Bountiful is any indication of how Horton’s plays will be received in the future, I have no doubt that his work will continue to resonate with audiences for years to come.
Dr. Marion Castleberry, Author of Blessed Assurance: The Life and Art of Horton Foote, Mercer University Press, September 2014. Jo Van Fleet and Gene Lyons in The Trip to Bountiful. photo by eileen darby.
Horton Foote. circa 1941.
Horton Foote. photo by keith carter.
Historic photos courtesy of DeGolyer Library, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, A1992.1810.
Lillian Gish with sheriff in The Trip to Bountiful.
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Who’s Who CICELY TYSON (Mrs. Carrie Watts). Best known for her groundbreaking double Emmy Award-winning performance as Jane in The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, Ms. Tyson was also nominated for an Academy Award for the film Sounder. Her third Emmy Award was for The Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All and she was nominated for her performances in The Trip to Bountiful, Roots, King, Sweet Justice, The Marva Collins Story and A Lesson Before Dying. Her many film credits include The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, Fried Green Tomatoes, Because of Winn-Dixie, Hoodlum, Diary of a Mad Black Woman, Madea’s Family Reunion, Why Did I Get Married Too?, The Help and Alex Cross. In 2013, Ms. Tyson returned to the Broadway stage after a 30-year hiatus as Mother Carrie Watts in Horton Foote’s The Trip to Bountiful. This role not only garnered rave reviews, but earned Ms. Tyson the triple crown of theatre awards: the Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle awards for Best Actress in a Play. In addition to a record number of NAACP Image Awards, in 2010, Ms. Tyson became the 95th recipient of the prestigious Spingarn Medal, the highest honor presented by this esteemed organization. This year Ms. Tyson added additional Honorary Doctorate degrees from both Columbia University and the American Film Institute for her artistry to her impressive list honors. Other Broadway credits include The Corn Is Green, Trumpets of the Lord, A Hand is on the Gate, Tiger, Tiger Burning Bright, The Cool World and Jolly’s Progress. In 1997, Hollywood honored Ms. Tyson with a star on the world famous Hollywood Walk of Fame. In 1995
a middle school in East Orange, NJ, was named for Ms. Tyson and following her continued active involvement, she was able to open a new $143 million state-of-the art, 300,000 sq. ft. campus renamed the Cicely L. Tyson Community School of Performing and Fine Arts to educate students kindergarten through high school. VANESSA WILLIAMS ( Jessie Mae Watts). After starring on Broadway last season as Jessie Mae Watts in the Tony and Emmy nominated adaptations of Horton Foote’s The Trip to Bountiful, Vanessa is thrilled to bring her wickedly funny performance to the Ahmanson Theatre! She also reprised her role for Lifetime’s television adaptation, which was nominated for a 2014 Emmy Award. Throughout her career, Vanessa has maintained a reputation as one of the most respected and multi-faceted entertainers in the world. She has conquered the musical charts, Broadway, television and motion pictures. She has sold over 20 million records worldwide and has garnered 11 Grammy nominations. She received a Tony nomination for her portrayal of The Witch in Into the Woods, and starred in the seven-time Tony-nominated musical After Midnight. Her other stage credits include Sondheim on Sondheim and Kiss of the Spider Woman on Broadway and St. Louis Woman for Encores. Her TV credits include her three-time Emmy-nominated performance as Wilhelmina Slater in Ugly Betty, Renee Perry in Desperate Housewives and Olivia Doran in 666 Park Avenue. Her movie credits include Soul Food, Dance with Me, Eraser, Johnson Family Vacation
and Tyler Perry’s Temptation. A proud mother of four children and bestselling author with her own mother Helen for their memoir You Have No Idea, Vanessa is living her dream. BLAIR UNDERWOOD (Ludie Watts). Award-winning actor, director and producer Blair Underwood, who recently appeared as Othello at The Old Globe in San Diego, is equally at home in the worlds of theatre, film and television. He made his Broadway debut as Stanley in A Streetcar Named Desire for which he received a 2012 Drama League Distinguished Performance Award nomination. His many film and TV credits include Just Cause, Deep Impact, Something New, The Event, Dirty Sexy Money, The New Adventures of Old Christine, Sex and the City, In Treatment (Golden Globe nomination) and L.A. Law (Golden Globe nomination), among many others. He starred in the Lifetime TV movie The Trip to Bountiful with Cicely Tyson and Vanessa Williams and received a Critics Choice Television Award for his performance. He is a Grammy Award-winner for the audiobook of An Inconvenient Truth. He made his feature directorial debut with Bridge to Nowhere. JURNEE SMOLLETT-BELL (Thelma). Jurnee Smollett-Bell is an award-winning actress and activist. She played an integral role in this past season of NBC’s critically-acclaimed series Parenthood, and most recently costarred in HBO’s True Blood. Jurnee PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE P 9
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also starred in Tyler Perry’s 2013 film Temptation, was seen in the last two seasons of NBC’s Emmy Awardwinning series Friday Night Lights (alongside Connie Britton and Kyle Chandler) and starred opposite Jim Belushi and Jerry O’Connell in CBS’ The Defenders. Jurnee also starred in The Great Debaters (NAACP Image Award, Outstanding Lead Actress in a Motion Picture) with Forest Whitaker and Denzel Washington, who also directed the film. The Great Debaters was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Picture. She made her breakthrough performance at the age of 11, starring in Eve’s Bayou opposite Samuel L. Jackson. DEVON ABNER (Houston Ticket Agent, Sheriff ) plays Robert Duvall’s eldest son in Mr. Duvall’s upcoming film Wild Horses. Broadway: The Trip to Bountiful and Dividing the Estate as Son (also at Primary Stages, Hartford Stage and The Old Globe). Recent off-Broadway includes Mr. Foote’s acclaimed masterwork The Orphans’ Home Cycle as Pete, Roger, Little Bobby and John (Drama Desk Award); The Trip to Bountiful as Ludie (Drama Desk nomination), both at Signature Theatre; and Harrison TX, as Robert and Pinkey, at Primary Stages. TV includes Alone, The Trip to Bountiful and three episodes of The Office. WADE DOOLEY (Second Houston Ticket Agent) is thrilled to be heading to Bountiful. Favorite credits include the film The Last Five Years, the offBroadway productions Newsical the Musical and The Awesome 80’s Prom, and the tour of The Radio City
Christmas Spectacular. Check out Wade’s comedy webseries, Pzazz 101, at www.pzazz101.com. Wade is also a writer and just finished the book to the new musical Sunset City which has been developed at Goodspeed’s Writer’s Colony, Running Deer Theatre Lab, and The PiTCH with award-winning composer/writer Bobby Cronin. Wade is a summa cum laude graduate of Bradley University with a B.S. degree in Business Administration. Thanks to Michael Wilson and my family. For my grandparents and Phoebe. ARTHUR FRENCH (Roy). Broadway: Ain’t Supposed to Die A Natural Death, The Trip to Bountiful, Dividing The Estate, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, You Can’t Take It With You, Death of A Salesman, The River Niger, The Iceman Cometh, All God’s Children Got Wings, Poison Tree. Recent Films: No Pay Nudity, God’s Pocket. Off-Broadway: The Little Flower of East Orange, Joe Turner’s Come And Gone, Two Trains Running, Playboy of the West Indies, Day of Absence/Happy Ending. Member of Original Negro Ensemble Company. Obie Award - Sustained Excellence of Performance; Lucille Lortel Award - Outstanding Featured Actor - Two Trains Running. PAT BOWIE (Ensemble, u/s Mrs. Carrie Watts). Broadway: Dividing the Estate, Song of Jacob (debut, 1993). Off-Broadway: The Orphans’ Home Cycle, Dividing the Estate. Regional: Hartford Stage, Alliance, ATOL, Court Theatre, Milwaukee Rep, Goodman Theatre, Huntington Theatre, Alley Theatre, Old Globe, OSF, New Theatre Co.,
Caldwell Theatre and Tricycle, London. Recent recipient of U.S. Artist Fellow Award. RUSSELL EDGE (Ensemble, u/s Houston TIcket Agent, Second Houston Ticket Agent, Sheriff ). Regional: Apollo (Portland Center Stage); Henry IV, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, MacBeth, Love’s Labour’s Lost, Taming of the Shrew, Mr. Roberts and The Cherry Orchard (Old Globe); The Rivals, Comedy of Errors and Richard III (American Players Theatre). Los Angeles: Apollo (Kirk Douglas Theatre); The Break of Noon and Female of the Species (u/s - Geffen Playhouse); Alcestis, The Akhmatova Project, Ameryka (Critical Mass Performance Group); Three Sisters, Hot City and Romeo and Juliet, among others. Film: Changeling, Charlie Wilson’s War. TV: Castle, Private Practice, CSI: Miami, Cold Case, Las Vegas, ER, The West Wing and more. DALILA ALI RAJAH (Ensemble, u/s Jesse Mae Watts) is a wonderful mixture of sandalwood, cinnamon and cayenne pepper. Whether she is lighting up the stage with her mesmerizing dance moves or her critically acclaimed acting skills, she is simply a joy to watch. She is an actress, published poet, dancer, spoken word artist and an award-winning filmmaker. As cocreator/executive producer/co-host of the successful late night talk show Cherry Bomb!, she helped a show that began on the web take the elusive jump to television on Canada’s OutTV. Currently her most recent project Secrets & Toys, which
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she wrote, produced and stars in, is enjoying its festival run. This Renaissance woman, and mother of a beautiful daughter, also paints and life-coaches, providing insightful, intuitive guidance through her Faerie Card Readings and energetic healing work. KEIANA RICHÀRD (Ensemble, u/s Thelma). Keiana Richàrd is a native of Nashville, TN. She received her MFA from the prestigious University of California, San Diego. Her Broadway credits include Dividing The Estate at Lincoln Center. Off-Broadway: Ghosts with The Pearl Theatre Company, 365 Days/365 Plays at Cherry Lane/The Public Theater, Forgotten World at The Public Theater. Regional: Eclipsed at the McCarter Theatre, The Wiz at La Jolla Playhouse, The Good Negro at The Hudson Theatre, Gallery Secrets with Chalk Repertory Theatre. Her TV/film credits include Adult Swim’s Delocated, Verizon Fios’ 12 Steps To Recovery, Alright TV’s No Budget Gourmet, and the film Cora by Kevin Maxwell and Savador Carrasco. She is so excited to be making her debut at Center Theatre Group with such an amazing cast! DUANE SHEPARD, SR. (Ensemble, u/s Roy). Born in Detroit, raised in Los Angeles, Duane Shepard, Sr., a dedicated artist for nearly 60 years, has worked extensively in film, television, stage and voiceover. He received numerous accolades, nationally and internationally, during his 30-year international tour of the one-man play Brother Malcolm X: Reminiscences of a Revolutionary, in
which he played 23 characters. He’s a series regular on the new online series Sequestered which is airing on Crackle.com, and is also the voice of Aaron Cash in the recurring Batman interactive series. Duane trained at the Infamous Inner City Cultural Center, The Performing Arts Society of Los Angeles (Pasla) and The American Academy of Dramatic Arts. Duane was recently elected a Chief of the Pocasset Wampanoag Tribe in Fall River, Massachusetts. DESEAN KEVIN TERRY (Ensemble, u/s Ludie Watts) is a graduate of The Juilliard School and Loyola Marymount University. TV credits include Southland, Shameless, ER, Harry’s Law, The Night Shift, Sleeper Cell, House, Grey’s Anatomy and the CBS pilot Scorpion airing this fall. Features include Post Grad, God’s Army, States of Grace, Bolden and Callers. Off-Broadway: Antigone Project (The Womens Theatre Project). Regional Theatre: The Royale by Marco Ramirez (Kirk Douglas Theatre), Slippery When Wet (Penumbra Theatre), Fool for Love (Chalk Repertory Theatre), The Last Days of Judas Iscariot (Black Dahlia Theatre), A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Romeo and Juliet, Taming of the Shrew and Comedy of Errors (Shakespeare Center Los Angeles). He is elated and humbled to be performing on this amazing stage with such an esteemed and talented cast. HORTON FOOTE (Playwright) created The Trip to Bountiful as a live television drama in 1953 starring Lillian Gish and Eva Marie Saint, who reprised their roles in Foote’s Broadway stage adaptation. The play became an Oscar-winning film in 1985 (Best Actress, Geraldine Page),
earning Foote his third Academy Award nomination. The play was revived on Broadway in 2013 (winning a Best Actress Tony Award for Cicely Tyson), and became an Emmynominated Lifetime television movie in 2014. For his epic nine plays The Orphans’ Home Cycle, Foote received the New York Drama Critics Circle, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, and Lortel Awards for Best Play. He received two Academy Awards, one for To Kill a Mockingbird, and another for Tender Mercies. In 1995, he received both an Emmy Award for his teleplay of William Faulkner’s Old Man, and the Pulitzer Prize for his play The Young Man from Atlanta. In 1998, he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters, receiving their Gold Medal of Drama. In 2000, he was bestowed the National Medal of Arts Award by President Clinton. In 2008, his play Dividing the Estate won Obie and Outer Critics Circle Awards, as well as a Best Play Tony nomination. Mr. Foote’s memoirs, Farewell and Beginnings, are published by Scribners. MICHAEL WILSON (Director) directed the 2013 Broadway revival, as well as the 2014 Emmynominated Lifetime/Ostar Productions movie, of Horton Foote’s The Trip to Bountiful, which garnered a Tony Award for Best Actress for Cicely Tyson. Over a twodecade collaboration with Foote, Wilson directed Dividing The Estate (Broadway), the premieres of The Carpetbagger’s Children (Lincoln Center Theater), The Day Emily Married (Primary Stages), The Death of Papa (Hartford Stage) and The Orphans’ Home Cycle (Signature Theatre), for which he received 2010 Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE P 11
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Awards. Also on Broadway, he has directed Gore Vidal’s The Best Man, Enchanted April, and Old Acquaintance (Roundabout Theatre Company). Off-Broadway, he has directed numerous plays, including last season’s premiere of Foote’s The Old Friends. Internationally, he directed Tony Kushner’s Angels in America for the 1995 Venice Biennale. He has directed at our nation’s major theatres, including Hartford Stage, where as Artistic Director from 1998 to 2011 he commissioned and developed numerous new works, including Quiara Alegria Hudes’ 2012 Pulitzer Prize winner Water By the Spoonful. DAVID ALPERT (Associate Director). Broadway: IF/THEN, The Trip to Bountiful, The Best Man, Guys & Dolls. NYC: Talley’s Folly (Roundabout), Old Friends (Signature), Death Note, The Wonderful...O’Learys, The Moon & the Sea, The Four of Us, Do Me a Little (NY Fringe), Joseph... Other: Kushner’s The Intelligent Homosexual’s Guide (world premiere), Flashdance (National Tour), Urinetown, Little Shop of Horrors. Every year, David proudly presents LIVING FOR TODAY, a concert to benefit Gilana’s Fund (gilanasfund.com). B.A. Directing: Western Michigan University. www. david-alpert.com JEFF COWIE (Scenic Design) returns to CTG, where he designed Robert Schenkkan’s Lewis and Clark Reach the Euphrates. On Broadway, he designed Horton Foote’s Tonynominated Dividing the Estate, and the Tony Award-winning The Trip to Bountiful. His off-Broadway credits include The Orphans’ Home Cycle (Drama Desk and American Theatre Wing’s Henry Hewes Awards), The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant (Drama Desk nomination), The
Carpetbagger’s Children (Lincoln Center Theater), The Old Friends (Signature Theatre), What Didn’t Happen (Playwrights Horizons), Talley’s Folly (Roundabout Theatre Company), The Day Emily Married (Primary Stages), A Letter from Ethel Kennedy (MCC), among many others. Mr. Cowie, a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design, is the recipient of the NEA/Rockefeller Foundation Award and an Edward Albee Foundation Fellowship. VAN BROUGHTON RAMSEY (Costume Design). Designed the Broadway production of The Trip to Bountiful and the off-Broadway production of Horton Foote’s The Widow Claire and the premiere of Foote’s Habitation of Dragons for the Pittsburgh Public Theater. Three films for Horton Foote: 1918, Courtship and On Valentine’s Day. TV Emmy Nominations: Sarah, Plain and Tall, Buffalo Girls, Feast of All Saints and Comanche Moon. Emmy Wins: Lonesome Dove and The Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All. Recipient of the Costume Designers Guild Career Achievement Award for Excellence in Television. Served on the Board of Governors of the Television Academy of Arts and Sciences. RUI RITA (Lighting Design). CTG: Nightingale and The Subject Was Roses. Broadway: Velocity of Autumn, Trip to Bountiful, Present Laughter, Dividing the Estate, Old Acquaintance, Enchanted April, among others. OffBroadway Premieres: Just Jim Dale (Roundabout), Happiest Song Plays Last (Second Stage), Horton Foote’s Old Friends & Orphans’ Home Cycle (Hewes Award, Signature), Nightingale, Moonlight and Magnolias (Manhattan Theatre Club), Big Bill, Carpetbagger’s Children, Far East (Lincoln Center Theater), The Day
Emily Married (Primary Stages) and Dinner with Friends (Variety Arts Center). Off-Broadway Revivals: Piano Lesson (Signature), Talley’s Folly & Milk Train Doesn’t Stop Here Anymore (Roundabout) and Engaged (Obie Award, Theatre for a New Audience). Regional Credits: Alley Theatre, Arena Stage, American Conservatory Theater, Center Stage, Ford’s Theatre, Goodman, Hartford Stage, Huntington Theatre Company, The Shakespeare Theatre, Center Theatre Group, Old Globe, Westport Country Playhouse and Williamstown Theatre Festival. JOHN GROMADA (Original Music/ Sound Designer) has composed music or designed sound for more than 30 Broadway productions including The Trip to Bountiful (Tony nomination), The Best Man (Drama Desk Award), Clybourne Park, Seminar, Man and Boy, The Columnist, Next Fall, A Bronx Tale, Prelude to a Kiss, Proof, Sight Unseen, Rabbit Hole, Dividing the Estate, Twelve Angry Men, A Few Good Men and The Elephant Man (starring Bradley Cooper). Other N.Y. Credits: Domesticated, Old Hats, My Name is Asher Lev, Measure for Measure (Delacorte Theater), The Orphans’ Home Cycle (Drama Desk and Henry Hewes Awards), By the Way, Meet Vera Stark, The Screwtape Letters , Shipwrecked! (Lucille Lortel Award), The Singing Forest, Julius Caesar, The Skriker (Drama Desk Award), Machinal (Obie Award) and more. Regional Theatre/Abroad: more than 300 productions. TV: a score for Lifetime’s Emmy-nominated The Trip to Bountiful and The Interrogators (A&E/Bio). www.johngromada.com. PAUL HUNTLEY (Hair Design). London-born Paul Huntley has worked on hundreds of Broadway shows since his 1972 arrival in New York, most memorably the original
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productions of Amadeus, Cats, Evita, Les Misérables, Sweeney Todd, The Producers and Hairspray. A recipient of the Drama Desk and Tony Awards, he has also worked with the some of the most legendary leading ladies of the cinema, ranging from Bette Davis, Marlene Dietrich and Vivien Leigh to Jane Fonda, Glenn Close, Jessica Lange and Scarlett Johansson. Current Broadway shows include Bullets Over Broadway and Cinderella. CAPARELLIOTIS CASTING (Casting) Select Broadway: It’s Only a Play, Disgraced, Holler If Ya Hear Me, Lost Lake, Casa Valentia, The Trip to Bountiful, Orphans, Seminar, Fences. Also: MTC, 2nd Stage, Atlantic, LCT3, Ars Nova, Old Globe, Goodman, Arena, McCarter and others. Film/ Television: Odyssey (upcoming, NBC), How to Get Away With Murder pilot (ABC), Ironside pilot (NBC), Steel Magnolias (Sony for Lifetime). MARK B. SIMON (Casting) is Casting Director of Center Theatre Group. Current projects include Race, Marjorie Prime, The Trip To Bountiful and What The Butler Saw. Prior to joining CTG, he was a New York-based independent casting director for clients including Hal Prince, Jason Robert Brown, Graciela Daniele, Susan Stroman, Patricia Birch, Stephen Sondheim, Marvin Hamlisch, Nick Hytner, Alfred Uhry, Carol Burnett, Jeremy Sams, Chris Durang, New York City Opera and the Radio City Christmas Spectacular. Projects have included 13, Parade, The Last Five Years, Show Boat, Candide, 3hree, Hollywood Arms, Bounce, Lovemusik, Paradise Found, Sweeney Todd, Chita Rivera: The Dancer’s Life, Sweet Smell of
Success and Ragtime. Treasurer of the Board, Casting Society of America. ROBERT BENNETT (Production Stage Manager). The RSC production of Nicholas Nickelby, as well as Peter Brook’s The Cherry Orchard, in NYC, Moscow, Tbslisi, St. Petersburgh and Tokyo. His Broadway productions include Time Stands Still, Bent, I Love My Wife, Dancing At Lughnasa, Nick & Nora, Awake and Sing!, American Buffalo, Desire Under The Elms, The Coast of Utopia, Stick Fly, The Trip To Bountiful and The Lyons. He was last in L.A. with La Cage Aux Folles. On Tour: Sugar Babies, Evita, My Fat Friend, Grease, Shenandoah, and Guys and Dolls. Off Broadway: Inner Voices, Groucho, Gertrude Stein and a Companion and The March On Russia. He’s the Artistic Associate and Stage Manager for the National Music Theater Conference. Regionally: the Goodspeed Opera House, The Ogunquit Playhouse, Fallsview Casino and Berkshire Theatre Festival. Bob served as General Manager at BAM and as Vice-President of Stage Operations for Radio City Music Hall. JEREME KYLE LEWIS (Stage Manager). Broadway: The Trip to Bountiful (Assistant Stage Manager). Off-Broadway: The City of Conversation at Lincoln Center Theater (Sub Stage Manager), The Madrid at MTC (Production Assistant). Regional: Goodman Theatre, Arena Stage, About Face Theatre and The Eugene O’Neill Theater Center. Jereme Kyle is from Sweet Home Alabama and graduated from the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
CENTER THEATRE GROUP MICHAEL RITCHIE (Artistic Director) is in his ninth season as Center Theatre Group’s Artistic Director, and has led over 174 productions to the Ahmanson, Taper and Douglas stages since his arrival in 2005. From 1996 to 2004 Michael was the Producer of the Williamstown Theatre Festival and prior to that he was a Production Stage Manager in NYC. At CTG, he premiered six musicals that moved to Broadway — The Drowsy Chaperone (which won 13 Tony ® Award nominations), Curtains (eight Tony nominations) 13, 9 to 5: The Musical, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson and Leap of Faith. He has produced 39 world premieres including the musicals Minsky’s, Venice and Sleeping Beauty Wakes, and the plays Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo (a Pulitzer Prize finalist that also moved to Broadway), Water &Power and Yellow Face, and he presented a broad range of plays and musicals ranging from Dead End to The Black Rider to Edward Scissorhands to blockbusters such as God of Carnage, Mary Poppins, Jersey Boys and August: Osage County. In addition, Michael inaugurated CTG’s New Play Production Program, designed to foster the development and production of new work. EDWARD L. RADA (Managing Director) returned to Center Theatre Group in 2011 after previously serving as CTG’s Chief Financial Officer for 12 years (1996– 2008). Rada spent three years (2008–2011) as President of the Music Center Foundation, a nonPERFORMANCES MAGAZINE P 13
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profit corporation that holds and invests the endowment and reserve funds for the Music Center and its resident companies (including CTG). Prior to his years at CTG, he was the Director of Finance at The Old Globe in San Diego and principal of Rada & Associates, an accounting firm that specialized in entertainment-related non-profit organizations and theatrical productions. He is a graduate of Occidental College in Los Angeles with numerous postgraduate coursework and credentials. He currently serves on the board of directors for Entertainment Industry Foundation, Theatre @ Boston Court, and United Support of Artists for Africa/USA for Africa, among other affiliations. He also serves on the board of trustees for the pension, health and welfare and 401(k) plans of I.A.T.S.E. Local 33 Stagehands Union. DOUGLAS C. BAKER (Producing Director) is now in his 24th season at CTG. Previously, he managed Broadway and touring productions including Tru, Born Yesterday, The Gospel at Colonus, Annie, A Chorus Line, Working, The Wiz, and Legends!, which premiered at the Ahmanson Theatre in 1986 and starred Mary Martin and Carol Channing. Doug is a member of the Achievement Hall of Fame of Chagrin Falls Schools in Ohio and a graduate of Albion College. He is an active member of the Broadway League, the Independent Presenters Network and is a proud member of the Association of Theatrical Press Agents and Managers. In May 2013 Doug received The Broadway League’s prestigious Outstanding Achievement in Presenter Management Award.
NEEL KELLER (Associate Artistic Director). For CTG Neel has directed the world premieres of Jennifer Haley’s The Nether , Kimber Lee’s different words for the same thing and Jessica Goldberg’s Good Thing, the American premiere of David Greig’s Pyrenees and the decidedly silly Stones in His Pockets. This season he is directing Dael Orlandersmith’s Forever and Lucy Alibar’s Throw Me On The Burnpile. As a senior artistic staff member Neel has helped produce a wide range of plays and musicals at CTG, including the world premieres of The Second City’s A Christmas Carol: Twist Your Dickens!, Leap of Faith, Randy Newman’s Harps and Angels, 13, Yellow Face, Poor Behavior, Bones, Of Equal Measure, Minsky’s and Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo. Before joining CTG, Neel served as Artistic Director of Chicago’s Remains Theatre, Associate Artistic Director at La Jolla Playhouse and was on the staffs of Williamstown Theatre Festival, Lincoln Center Theater, the American National Theatre and Jerome Robbins’ Broadway.
Repertory Theatre and Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, among others. He graduated magna cum laude with his studies in film and theatre from Washington University in St. Louis, and received an MFA in theatre management from the Yale School of Drama. GORDON DAVIDSON (Founding Artistic Director) led the Taper throughout its first 38 seasons, guiding over 300 productions to its stage and winning countless awards for himself and the theatre — including the Tony Award® for theatrical excellence, Margo Jones Award, The Governor’s Award for the Arts and a Guggenheim fellowship. The Kentucky Cycle and Angels in America (Part One) won the Pulitzer in consecutive years and, in 1994, three of the four plays nominated for the Tony Award® for Best Play were from the Taper (Angels in America won). In 1989 Gordon took over the Ahmanson and, in 2004, he produced the inaugural season in the Kirk Douglas Theatre.
JEFFREY UPAH (General Manager, Ahmanson Theatre) has worked in management at Center Theatre Group since 2006 on more than 50 musicals, plays and special events including both pre-Broadway productions and Broadway tours. Some of his favorites include Follies, God of Carnage and The Black Rider (having previously worked on Robert Wilson productions in Boston, Houston and São Paulo, Brazil). Prior to CTG, he was the marketing manager for the last two of his 11 seasons with The Santa Fe Opera, and worked in various capacities at Yale Repertory Theatre, American
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STAFF FOR THE TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL
Jake DeGroot . . . . . . . . Associate Scenic Designer Stephanie Kerley Schwartz. . . . . . Assistant Scenic Designer Candice Cain. . . . . . . Assistant Costume Designer Betsey Potter. . . . . . . . . Costume Design Assistant Matt Taylor. . . . . . . . . Associate Lighting Designer Alex Neumann . . . . Associate Sound Designer and Audio Technician Daniel Koye. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wigs, Hair, and Make Up Consultant Zach Istrin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Prop Artisan Jamie Masters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Prop Shopper Sarah Bedo. . . . . . . . Assistant Company Manager Sarah Scafidi. . . . . . . . . SDC Foundation Observer Kate Wilson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Voice Coach Deborah Lapidus . . . . . . . . . . . Singing Consultant CREDITS Scenery fabrication by F & D Scene Changes Ltd. and Hudson Scenic Studio, Inc. Lighting equipment from PRG Lighting, Los Angeles. Sound equipment by Masque Sound. Original costumes for Miss Tyson and Miss Williams by Eric Winterling, Inc. Uniforms and costumes by Western Costume Co. Custom shoes by Western Costume Co. Millinery by Lynne Mackey Studio. Custom shirts by Cego. Additional costumes from the Costume House and Helen Uffner Vintage Clothing. Additional costumes provided by the Center Theatre Costume Shop and additional staff: First Hand/Draper - Ashley Rigg, Stitchers - Agnes Ingram and Leonardo Lopez. Rehearsal and production photography by Craig Schwartz.
MUSIC CREDITS “Satin Doll” written by Duke Ellington. Courtesy of Sony/ATV Music Publishing, LLC. “Blue Moon” written by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart. Courtesy of EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. “Don’t Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes” written by Slim Willet, Kenneth Burns and Henry Haynes. Courtesy of Sony ATV Music Publishing, LLC. Music clearance by BZ/Rights & Permissions, Inc. SPECIAL THANKS
Peter Bogyo, Carl Foster, Bill Haber, Bob Harris, Lois Harris and Jay Khan. The Actors and Stage Managers employed in this production are members of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers of the United States. This theatre operates under an agreement between the League of Resident Theatres and Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States. The following employees are represented by the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Moving Picture Machine Operators, Artists and Allied Crafts of the United States, its Territories and Canada, AFL-CIO, CLC: Stage Crew Local 33; Local Treasures and Ticket Sellers Local 857; Wardrobe Crew Local 768; Make-up Artists and Hair Stylists Local 706.
The Press Agents, Company and House Managers employed in this production are represented by the Association of Theatrical Press Agents & Managers. The Director is a member of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers, Inc., an independent national labor union. United Scenic Artists represents designers and scenic artists for the American Theatre. Center Theatre Group is a member of the American Arts Alliance, the Broadway League, Independent Producers’ Network (IPN), LA Stage Alliance, League of Resident Theatres (LORT), National Alliance for Musical Theatre (NAMT) and the Theatre Communications Group (TCG)
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C E N T E R T H E A T R E G R O U P L.A.’s Theatre Company
MICHAEL RITCHIE, Artistic Director EDWARD L. RADA, Managing Director DOUGLAS C. BAKER, Producing Director ARTISTIC NEEL KELLER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Associate Artistic Director KELLEY KIRKPATRICK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Associate Artistic Director DIANE RODRIGUEZ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Associate Artistic Director PIER CARLO TALENTI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director of New Play Development LINDSAY ALLBAUGH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Associate Producer PATRICIA GARZA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Artistic Development Program Manager JOY MEADS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Literary Manager MARK B. SIMON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Casting Director MEG FISTER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Casting Associate DAVID ADJMI (FADIMAN), JESSICA BLANK, SHEILA CALLAGHAN (FADIMAN), TIM CROUCH, JUSTIN ELLINGTON, GINA GIONFRIDDO, GOB SQUAD, MATT GOULD, DANAI GURIRA, JENNIFER HALEY, JOE HORTUA, ERIK JENSEN, RAJIV JOSEPH, GRIFFIN MATTHEWS, LAURAL MEADE, DAN O’BRIEN, EVANGELINE ORDAZ, DAEL ORLANDERSMITH, WILL POWER (FADIMAN), RAINPAN 43, MARCO RAMIREZ, MATT SAX, THE DEBATE SOCIETY, YOUNG JEAN LEE THEATER COMPANY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Commissioned Artists JOSH ALLEN, EVELINA FERNANDEZ, DOROTHY FORTENBERRY, JC LEE, ALEX LEWIN, KIM ROSENSTOCK, KEN ROHT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CTG Writers’ Workshop Members EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS LESLIE K. JOHNSON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director of Education and Community Partnerships KATHRYN MACKENZIE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director of Department Operations TRACI CHO KWON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director of Arts Education Initiatives CAMILLE SCHENKKAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Program Manager, Next Generation Initiatives JESUS REYES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Program Manager, Community Partnerships KATRINA FRYE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Program Associate MELISSA HERNANDEZ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Program Associate ROSEMARY MARSTON-HIGDON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Program Associate KELLY MUCHNICK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Communications Coordinator SHANNON WINSTON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Department Coordinator DEBRA PIVER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Resident Teaching Artist MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION NAUSICA STERGIOU . . . . . . . . . General Manager (Mark Taper Forum, Kirk Douglas Theatre) JEFFREY UPAH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . General Manager (Ahmanson Theatre) SUZANNE HEE MAYBERRY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistant General Manager (Mark Taper Forum) KATIE BRUNER SOFF . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistant General Manager (Kirk Douglas Theatre, NPD) ALANA BEIDELMAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Executive Assistant to the Artistic Director TIFFANY MOON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . General Management Associate ERIC SIMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director of Theatre Operations (Kirk Douglas Theatre) TOM BURMESTER . . Audience Experience Design/Front of House Mgr (Kirk Douglas Theatre) LAUREN BAXA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistant Performance Manager (Kirk Douglas Theatre) MAX OKEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Facility Assistant (Kirk Douglas Theatre) SONDRA MAYER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Concessions Manager (Kirk Douglas Theatre) PRODUCTION DAWN HOLISKI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Production Department Operations Director SHAWN ANDERSON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Master Carpenter (Ahmanson Theatre) ANDREW W. ARNOLD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Flyman (Ahmanson Theatre) STAN STEELMON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Master Propertyman (Ahmanson Theatre) JIM BERGER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Master Electrician (Ahmanson Theatre) ROBERT SMITH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Master Soundman (Ahmanson Theatre) MICHAEL GARDNER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wardrobe Supervisor (Ahmanson Theatre) PATRICE MIRANDA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hair and Make-up Supervisor (Ahmanson Theatre) CHRISTINE L. COX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . House Manager (Ahmanson Theatre) JOE HAMLIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Technical Director/Ahmanson Production Manager CHAD SMITH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Associate Technical Director SAM CRAVEN-GRIFFITHS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Associate Technical Director ANDREW THIELS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Prop Manager MERRIANNE NEDREBERG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Associate Prop Manager SARAH KRAININ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Prop Associate CANDICE CAIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Costume Director BRENT M. BRUIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Costume Workroom Supervisor MADDIE KELLER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Costume Generalist WHITNEY OPPENHEIMER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shop Assistant SWANTJE TUOHINO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tailor ELIZABETH LEONARD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Production Operations Manager JULIO A. CUELLAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Driver/Custodian EUGENE A. MONTEIRO II, BRIAN SLATEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Drivers JENNIFER ACHTERBERG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Production Administrator JONATHAN BARLOW LEE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Production Manager (Mark Taper Forum) EMMET KAISER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Master Carpenter (Mark Taper Forum) ROBERT RUBY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Master Propertyman (Mark Taper Forum) WILLIAM MORNER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Master Electrician (Mark Taper Forum) BONES MALONE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Master Soundman (Mark Taper Forum) DENNIS SEETOO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wardrobe Supervisor (Mark Taper Forum) RICK GEYER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hair and Make-up Supervisor (Mark Taper Forum) LINDA WALKER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . House Manager (Mark Taper Forum) CHRISTY WEIKEL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Production Manager (Kirk Douglas Theatre) KATE COLTUN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistant Production Manager (Kirk Douglas Theatre) RICHARD PETERSON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Master Electrician (Kirk Douglas Theatre) AARON STAUBACH . . . . . . . . . . . . Light Board Programmer/Operator (Kirk Douglas Theatre) ADAM PHALEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Head Audio (Kirk Douglas Theatre) VICTOR COBOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stage Supervisor (Kirk Douglas Theatre) CAMBRIA CHICHI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wardrobe Supervisor (Kirk Douglas Theatre) FINANCE, INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND HUMAN RESOURCES MICHAEL F. THOMPSON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chief Financial Officer MELODY MATTOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Controller JANIS BOWBEER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistant Controller XOCHITL RAMIREZ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accounts Payable Coordinator FELICISIMA LAPID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accounts Payable Specialist DANNY LAMPSON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Senior Staff Accountant ALEGRIA SENA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Staff Accountant YUEN KI “ANNIE” LAW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Payroll Manager AMEETA SHARMA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Payroll Specialist DAVE ALTON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chief Information Officer STAN GRUSHESKY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director of Information Systems SEAN PINTO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Database and Web Manager MANDY RATLIFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DBA, Tessitura Administrator JARED WATANABE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Information Systems Analyst
JODY HORWITZ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director of Human Resources MADRIO FLEEKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Senior Human Resources Generalist SINGER LEWAK, LLP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Auditor MICHAEL C. DONALDSON, LISA A. CALLIF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Legal Counsel GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Legal Counsel DEVELOPMENT YVONNE CARLSON BELL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director of Advancement PATRICK OWEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Deputy Director of Development NATALIE BERGESON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director of Donor Contributions JEAN KLING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director of Institutional Support LIZ LIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director of Corporate Relations and Communications CHARITY WU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director of Individual Giving BECKY BIRDSONG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Major Gifts Officer RYAN HONEY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Associate Director of Special Initiatives ERIC BROWN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Communications Manager KATY HILTON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Grants Manager MANDI OR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Special Events Manager JENNIFER CHAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Special Events Associate JUSTIN FOO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Donor Contributions Associate SARAH HARBURG-PETRICH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Development Assistant DONALD JOLLY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Donor Relations Associate for the Inner Circle JESSICA NASH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Donor Contributions Supervisor KIM OKAMURA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Institutional Giving Associate MARIA PAREDES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Donor Relations Associate ALLAIN ROCHEL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Development Assistant ERIC SEPPALA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Executive Assistant to the Advancement Director ERIN SCHLABACH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Major Gifts Coordinator AL BERMAN, ERIN BUTLER, ELIZABETH DELLORUSSO, DAVID GARVER, TONY LEWELLEN, HOLLY RAMOS, NICOLE SCIPIONE, LENA THOMAS, PAUL VITAGLIANO, BILL WALTON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Donor Advisors ADAM BURCH, KARLA GALVEZ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Donor Services Associates ANNE BRUNER, MURRAY E. HELTZER, MARCI MILLER, JULIE NADAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Development Volunteers MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS KORY P. KELLY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director of Marketing and Communications NANCY HEREFORD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Media and Communications Director PHYLLIS MOBERLY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Media and Communications Associate JASON MARTIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Media and Communications Associate CHELSEY ROSETTER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Media and Communications Coordinator NISHITA DOSHI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Art Director IRENE KANESHIRO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Senior Design Manager HARUKA HAYAKAWA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Graphic Designer JAVIER VASQUEZ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Graphic Designer LOYDA GUADAMUZ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Temporary Graphic Designer CODY LASSEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marketing Director ANDREW DARCEY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Advertising Manager KAREN VOCK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marketing Manager JEWEL MOORE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marketing Coordinator JAMES SIMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Content Strategy Director ROSE POIRIER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Webmaster CRAIG SCHWARTZ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Production Photographer LARRY DEAN HARRIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Copywriter CINEVATIVE/MARK CIGLAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Production Video ALLIED LIVE: LAURA MATALON, SHANNON WILLETT, KELLY ESTRELLA . . . . . . . . . . . . . Advertising Agency TICKET SALES AND SERVICES SHAWN ROBERTSON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ticket Sales Director SKYPP CABANAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ticket Operations Coordinator SANDY CZUBIAK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Audience and Subscriber Services Manager JENNIFER BAKER, CHERYL HAWKER, RICHARD RAGSDALE . . Audience Services Supervisors ALICE CHEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Audience Services Asst. Supervisor SAM AARON, DEBORAH REED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Audience Services Sales Associates JEREMIE ARENCIBIA, VICKI BERNDT, CARLOS D. CHAVEZ, JR., PETER COLBURN, DONALD CRANDALL, MICHAEL ESPINOZA, GARY HOLLAND, EILEEN PEREZ, JUSTINE PEREZ, LEX SAVKO, DANNY SCHMITZ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Audience Services Representatives DANUTA SIEMAK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Subscriber Services Supervisor CHRISTINA GUTIERREZ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Subscriber Services Asst. Supervisor LIGIA PISTE, CELIA RIVAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Subscriber Services Senior Representatives IRENE CHUANG, PETER STALOCH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Subscriber Services Representatives SARAH K. GONTA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Box Office Treasurer KISHISA ROSS, GISELE FRAZEUR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistant Treasurers ANGELICA CARBAJAL, MICHAEL KEMPISTY, LEROY PAWLOWSKI, MICHAEL SALTZMAN, CRIS SPACCA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Box Office Staff MICHAEL ZOLDESSY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Account Sales Manager EILEEN ROBERTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Account Sales Associate KERRY KORF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Priority Services Director SUSAN F. TULLER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Priority Services Operations Manager JAY BURNS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Priority Services Sales Manager PAUL CUEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Priority Services Manager CANDICE WALTERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Priority Services Assistant Supervisor CAROLE BAXTER, CELI BOWLING, RACHEL BRINK, ZOE CANNER,MAGGIE DODD, NIC DRESSEL, SOFIJA DUTCHER, MARC “BRYON” DROTMAN, SAMANTHA ELSE, LOU GEORGE, PATRICK HANNA, LISA KESSLER, SHEP KOSTER ,ALI LAFFER, MATT PELFREY, DONALD RIZZO, KEN SALLEY, KRISTEN SCHRASS, BOBBI LYNNE SCOTT, ANDREW SEVERYN, MICHAEL SMITH, QUINN SULLIVAN, BINOY THOMAS, DIANE WARD, JIM WATERMAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Representatives INTERNS NICOLE ARCA, JIM BLACKETT, KASSANDRA CELIS, HILARY FITZSIMMONS, MONIKA GOEBEL, JOHN JOHNSON, KATE JOPSON, EMILY MISCHEL, ERIC MITCHELL, NICHOLAS NAVARRO, CODY PHAPOL, PAIGE PHELAN, MATTHEW QUINLAN, JUAN SILVERIO, KAT WEPLER, DANIELE WIEDER
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OUR SUPPORTERS
Center Theatre Group | Donor Recognition
Special Thanks to Artistic Director’s Circle Members for Supporting Center Theatre Group The Artistic Director’s Circle, founded by Brindell and Milton Gottlieb, is comprised of individuals supporting specific areas of Michael Ritchie’s artistic vision for Center Theatre Group. The following individuals have made commitments of $100,000 and above. (Donors listed as of July 18, 2014.) Emerald Circle ($1 million+) Kirk & Anne Douglas Brindell Roberts Gottlieb Laura & James Rosenwald & Orinoco Foundation Eva & Marc Stern Ruby Circle ($500,000+) Anonymous Jeanette Shammas Sapphire Circle ($250,000+) Debra & Norris Bishton Louise & Brad Edgerton June & Gareth Hughes Lloyd E. Rigler – Lawrence E. Deutsch Foundation Diamond Circle ($100,000+) Judith & Thomas Beckmen Eileen & Ken Kaplan The Eugene La Pietra Foundation Margaret M. Bloomfield Renee & Meyer Luskin Diana Buckhantz & Vladimir & Araxia Buckhantz Foundation Dale S. & Shideh Miller Joseph & Mara Carieri Olivia & Anthony Neece Ruth Flinkman-Marandy & Ben Deidra Norman Schumann Marandy Maggy & Jack Simon Eric & Nancy Garen Judie Stein and Stein Family Foundation Kiki & David Gindler Sue Tsao Patricia Glaser & Sam Mudie Sheila & Wally Weisman Misty Widelitz In Memory of Morris A. Hazan Ann & Stephen F. Hinchliffe, Jr.
Artists & Educators Forum ($20,000+) The Artists & Educators Forum, founded by Joni and Miles Benickes, is comprised of individuals dedicated to providing significant funding for CTG’s New Play Production and Education and Community Partnerships programs. For more information about leadership gifts, please call Erin Schlabach at 213.972.3069. (Donors listed as of July 18, 2014.)
Melissa & Bob Alvarado Joni & Miles Benickes Rob & Joan Blackman Annette Blum Linda Brown Marla S. Campagna Bill Cohn & Dan Miller Erica & Vin Di Bona Dorskind Family Frances & Terry Flanagan Amy Forbes & Andrew Murr Aliza & Marc Guren Heather & Paul Haaga In Support of New Theatre Artists Mr. & Mrs. Gerald W. Kehle Kelton Fund/Lenny & David Kelton
Vicki King Harry & Arlette Lumer Donna McKenna Linda S. Peterson Joyce & David Rabinov Bill Resnick Chester James Semel, M.D. Elliott R. Sernel Bui & Herb Simon Jane Rissman & Richard Sondheimer Sunshine Stone Mr. & Mrs. Ian D. Teague Karen & William Timberlake Robin & Gary Ungar Suzanne V. Wilson
Donors who have made additional gifts to Center Theatre Group’s Endowment or Planned Gifts programs.
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Center Theatre Group | Donor Recognition
Center Theatre Group Affiliates CTG-A has supported CTG since 1971. Through volunteering and fundraising, members introduce young people to the magic of live theatre. Its biennial gala, Angels’ Night, raises significant funds for CTG’s Education and Community Partnerships programs.
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Center Theatre Group Inner Circle Frances Flanagan, Inner Circle Chair
The Inner Circle is an organization of community leaders who provide outstanding support to Center Theatre Group. CTG also wishes to acknowledge its generous supporters in the Entertainment Circle, who are leaders in the entertainment industry (denoted below with *). In appreciation, members enjoy a host of special benefits, including meet-the-artist receptions, backstage tours, premium theatre seating, and much more. For information, call Donald Jolly at 213.972.3149. (Donors listed as of July 4, 2014.)
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Benefactor Circle ($10,000+) Anonymous Robert & Sara Adler William J. Aisley Dean V. Ambrose Constance A. Austin G.W. Bailey* Greg Basser & Kiera O’Neill* Shelley & Rick Bayer Laurie Benenson Phyllis M. Berger Carole Black Howard Bragman Judy & Bernard Briskin Rose Marie Browning & Michael Fletcher Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Burdorf Roberta A. Conroy Dr. & Mrs. Frederic Corbin Ms. Diana Davidow Nancy & Donald de Brier Cástulo de la Rocha & Zoila Escobar Connie Elliot Michael A. Enomoto Rhonda C. Evans Dennis L. Field & H. Douglas Galt Larry Field Polly Fleming Barbara & Peter Fodor Ava & Charles Fries Marylyn Ginsburg & Chuck Klaus Cindy & Rick Goldman Roslyn & Abner Goldstine
Susan A. Grode Shirley J. Hess Ellen & Tom Hoberman Jerry & Ellen Jacobson Ms. Debra Kasirer Andrew & Denise Katz Dr. & Mrs. Jack Kavanaugh Diane Kessler Laura King & Charles Nagurka In Memory of Salem Ludwig Thea & Neal Koss Joanne & Roger Kozberg Sandra Krause & William Fitzgerald Jeff & Griselda Kreitzman Joan Kroll & In Memory of Irving Kroll Lucy Labruzzo & Jim Zaniboni David & Tam Lachoff Jennifer & Rodger Landau In Loving Memory of Anna Strahlman Janell & Randall Lewis John Liebes Marlene & Sandy Louchheim The Charles Stewart Mott Foundation Carol & Douglas Mancino Phillips & Emily Marshall Martin Massman William O. McClure Janis B. McEldowney
Betty L. McMicken Margot & Mitch Milias Janice & Bruce Miller Arline M. Nakanishi Chris & Dick Newman/ C & R Newman Family Foundation Dale & Ayako Okuno Dr. Mary Kay Park Ann & Donald Petroni Gregory Pickert & Beth Price Jack & Jane Pollock Edward L. Rada Harry E. Rice, M.D. David & Natalie Roberts Barbara & Peter Rosenthal Bruce & Randy Ellen Ross Janet Salter in Memory of Maxwell Hillary Salter Greg Scott Nina & Steven Sheldon Cheryl A. Shepherd Rary Simmons Marcia & David M. Spaid Phyllis J. & Steven F. Spierer Stanley Iezman & Nancy Stark Eugene & Marilyn Stein Stone Family Kip Sturgeon & Carl Kovach Donna & John Sussman George Takei & Brad Takei*
Anne C. Taubman & David Boyle Lynda Thomas Vera Tsai Elinor & Rubin Turner Peter & Susan Van Haften Jessica M. Weisel Jerrie D. Whitfield & Richard W. Motika Mary J. Witt Marilyn Ziering
Philip & Norma Barretta Anne Barry Lois Barth & Michael Schubach Ms. Kathy A. Bartkowiak Susan Baumgarten Alan & Marilyn Bergman Dr. Saul Jay & Jan Berman Charles Berney & Family Diane & Kendall Bishop I. Mark Bledstein Family Nathalie Blossom & Howard Levy Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Morgan
Yvonne Bogdanovich & Family Bill Bohnert Tracey Boldemann-Tatkin & Stan Tatkin Chuck & Karlyn Boppell John Bowab* Paula Brand The Saul Brandman Foundation Geri Brawerman Bill & Susan Brewer Pamela Herman Broussard David Burch Beth Burnam
Joan & Allan Burns Dr. & Mrs. Ronald Busuttil Hon. Mary Lou Byrne Andy Cadiff* In Memory of John W. Carner Kristin & Carolyn Carty Paula & Richard Castanon Catherine & Anthony Chanin Arthur & Katheryn Chinski Ruth Choi Mary Coates
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Anonymous (5) Brenda & Alan Abramson Elizabeth Alexander & Daniel Glober Russi Taylor Allwine Dr. O. Allen Alpay Laura & Harvey Alpert Chris & Yvonne Amantea Robert C. Anderson Mr. Domenic Andreone James Asperger & Christine Adams Laura Awazu & David Moromisato Angela Bardowell Mark & Jody Barnhill
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Patron Circle (continued) Dr. & Mrs. Lawrence J. Cohen Lou Colen Hon. Candace Cooper Corbell Family Donald & Zoe Cosgrove Reverend Daniel J. Coyle Nancy Cypert Eunice David Lee & Janet Dicker Kenneth Donaldson Julia Donoghue Anne M. Dougherty & David B. Dobrikin Bob & Gabrielle Ducsay Ms. Anita H. Dymant & Mr. Richard Drooyan Joanna Exacoustos Lynda & Al Fadel Pat Fleming Judith R. Forman & Richard N. Weiner James W. Franke Cindy & Gary Frischling Mr. & Mrs. Homer Garten Debra Gastler & Andrew Malloy Dr. & Mrs. Stephen Geller Rocky & Deborah Gentner Dr. Ellen Smith Graff Beverly & Felix Grossman Lisa Guerin Lorrie & Richard Gurewitz Roberta L. Haft Michael Hanel* The Harshberger Family Chet & Sheila Hasday Tanna Handley Havlick Dr. & Mrs. Randy W. Hawkins Betty & Irwin Helford Zvia Hempling Winifred C. Hervey* Phil Hettema The Jim Hicks Family Foundation Alicia Hirsch & Jesse Russo* Walmilly Foundation Sam Ho, M.D. Elizabeth Hoage Dorothy Hoffman Gail & Stanley Hollander Joan H. Hotchkis Harold Igdaloff Jennifer L. Jackman & John P. Hott Roslyn & Warren Jacobson Ms. Judy K. Jeanson James Jennings & Deidre Steine Carol & Bruce Johnston Mary Quon Jung & Michael Galindo Gary & Denise Kading Alan & Sharon Kane Cari & Marty Kavinoky Gary W. Kearney Mille & Bob Kern Janice A. Kido In Memory of Lynn Kinikin Annette & Dr. Charles Kleeman Bob & Karen Ulman Knapp Harvey & Ellen Knell Foundation J. Koenig Vicki & Seth Kogan Norman & Leslie Koplof
Deborah & Jacob Kotzubei The Paul Kowal Charitable Foundation Sheila Krasnoff Mr. & Mrs. Stan Krasnoff Carol Krause Sharon Lapid/LFCF Infiniti of Thousand Oaks Dr. & Mrs. Martin S. Lasky Craig Lawson & Terry Peters Bob Leibowitz, M.D. Gordon Lemke & Brian Rogers Ronald Levenson & Marcia Gold Levenson Mrs. Gayle Leventhal Michael Levin & Michael Wiener Edward Lewis Barbara K. Lilly Steven Llanusa & Glenn Miya, M.D. Judy & Alan Ludwig Crystal & Elwood Lui Mr. & Mrs. Matt Lyons Sandra & Kenneth Malamed Jeff Mandel Barbara & Garry Marshall* Theodore K. Martinez* Melanie McDaniel Dreux & Lynn McNairy Barbara & Fred Miller Lee & Ron Miller Marshall & Gretchen Milligan Joanne & Joel Mogy Mildred M. & Earl Moon Mary Lou Mooney Diane Morton Patricia W. Mullenbach & Mary Mullenbach Hooper Sheila Muller Ron Myrick Kari L. Nakama Robert & Sally Neely Patty & John Nickoll Margrit & Norman Oberstein Michael R. Oppenheim Gail & Gerald Oppenheimer Janie & Allan Orenstein Diane & David Paul Carol Phillips & Bob Shapiro Dr. & Mrs. Irv Posalski Dr. Sheila Philips & Michael Powell Drs. Laurence J. & Isabell B. Purdy Dean Madeline Puzo* Gail & Gary Rachelefsky Mr. Richard J. Ramirez, Jr.* Paula F. Reach Mr. & Mrs. Boyd C. Reeves Barbara & Bill Roberts Elaine Binder Robinson William & Sue Roen Ellen & Mike Rosenberg Jaclyn B. Rosenberg Leonard J. & JoAnn Roth Maggie Russell Dana Saladen & Linda Walters
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Faith Annette Sand & Albert Gleaves Cohen In Memory of Honey Sanders Eloise Schlesinger & Peggy J. Schlesinger From Darlene in Memory of Harry Schultz Peter & Susan Schwab Joan & Arnold Seidel Ruth & Mitchell Shapiro Nina Shaw & Wallace Little* Gloria Sherwood
Loretta H. Shine Louis & Mary Silver Foundation Shani Smolens & In Memory of Dr. Bernard Smolens Drs. Debra & Philip Sobol Sue & Steve Soldoff Judith & Stan Solomon Clumeck Stern Schenkelberg & Getzoff Judy Stone
Tracy A. Stone Terence Tchen & Emily Breckenridge Peter & Mary Tennyson Peter & Iona Tompkins Sandra Tufts Carol Vernon & Robert Turbin Louis & Harold Price Foundation Julia Voce Tebby & Kathryn Wafer Dr. & Mrs. Daniel Wallace
Susan & William Weintraub Doug & Ellen Weitman Barbara & Edmund Wilkinson David Williamson Jenene J. Wilson & Kristiana A. Wilson Jennifer Crittenden & William Wrubel* Virginia & Greg Young Arnold H. & Tricia L. Zane Martin & Rosalind Zane
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Anonymous (19), Gay & Harry Abrams/Abrams Artists Agency, Amy & Bob Abramson, Matthew Adler & Greg Weinberg, Florence C. Agcawili*, Geraldine & Harold Alden, Ignacio Alfaro, Helen Allan, Merryl & David A. Alpert, Carol L. Archie & Edward L. Keenan, Deanna & Richard Ashby, Suzanne & Bill Attig, Linda A. Ayers, Cheryl & Elliott Balbert, Linda Barnett, Eric & Jasna Baron, Yvonne & Derek Bell, Barbara Bauer & Lawrence Cox, Dr. Martine Bauwens, Harriet A. Beck, Elissa & Sheldon Becker, Bernie Beiser, Beth Bennett & Larry McAdams, Fran R. Berger, Elliot & Roberta Berkowitz, Drs. Jack & Barbara Berman, Jo Bernard & B. K. Phillips, Bob Besser, Ellen Bienenfeld*, Susan Booth & Christopher Wadden, Alice Desobry Bowens, Lynne Braiman, Paul & Carol Bressan, Sandra Brewer*, Robert Brook & Jackie Kosecoff, Dr. Leon & Rochelle Brooks, Stu Brower, Neil H. & Karen Hochman Brown, Regina & Todd Brown, Anne Bruner & James Bremner, Rick Buche & Vin Reilly*, Todd Michael Buchner, Norman Buckley & Davyd Whaley*, Dr. Lisa Bukaty & Mr. Raymond M. Bukaty, Mr. & Mrs. James Burrows*, John J. Byers, Allen B. Cagle, M.D., Judy Carmel, Erica Hiller Carpenter & Kevin E. Carpenter*, Rosemary & Peter Casey*, The Castaldo Family, Betty Jane’s Creations, Mike Cavalluzzi at Cavalluzzi & Cavalluzzi, Mr. Peter Chapa, Maria & Brenton Chinn, The Honorable Judith C. Chirlin, Nicholas Chrisos, Nadege & Jay Conger, Lloyd Eric Cotsen, Leah M. Coulter, Christine & Kevin Crombie, Robert Cushnir & Perry Lewis, Paula F. Cwikly*, Louise & Jeffrey Davis, Bill & Ellie D’Elia*, Mrs. George DeRoy & Cathy DeRoy, Mike & Jamie DiFiori, Milton L. Dranow & Betty J. Dranow Family Foundation, Nick Dudzak*, Robin C. Dumas, Greg H. Dunn, James A. Durant, Dr. & Mrs. William Duxler, Leslie J. Edmonds, Earl & Karen Enzer, David & Joyce Evans, Alan & Barbara Faiola, Carmen & Bob Farmer, Mr. & Mrs. William Fimpler, Chris Cookson & Lauren Firestone, Darcy Fleck*, Laura E. Fox, M.D. & John D. Hofbauer, M.D., Sylvia Fredricks, Lora Fremont, Sharon & Elliott T. Friedman, Rosalie Friis-Ross, Ellen Fujikawa, Tomas Fuller & William Kelly, Suzanne & Howard Furst, Robin & Leonard R. Garner, Jr.*, Dr. & Mrs. Jerry Garrett, Lesley & Kenneth Geiger, Herbert Gelfand, Freddi & Marvin Gelfand, Cristina Gerla, Adam Gershwin, Jeri & Keith Gertzman, Gessner - Nelson Family*, Lori Glickman, Dr. Irene Goldenberg, Mr. & Mrs. Efrain Gonzalez, Edith Gould, Elaine & Michael Gray, Lenore S. & Bernard A. Greenberg Fund, Ronald & MaryAnn Greenberg, David & Diane Griffith, Pam Grissom, Gary Gross & Keith VanDerlaan, Marcy & Edgar Gross*, Tom & Claudia Grzywacz, Mr. & Mrs. Paul J. Guerin, Shirley Guy, Dave & Sally Hackel*, Mr. Jeffrey L. Hall & Mr. Kevin A. Yoder, Dr. Barry A. Halote, Cynthia & Dr. Solomon Hamburg, Carolyn & Bernard Hamilton, Paul & Audrey Hanneman, William D. Hardie, Sam Harris, Johnny Ruth Harrison, M.D., Steve & Toya Harrison, Al & Sandy Haveson, Gene Hawkins, Hays & Clark Family, Barbara & Bud Hellman, Gail & Murray Heltzer, Dr. Stephen D. Henry & Rudy Oclaray, Don Herman, Donna L. Herman*, Karen & Stephen Hillenburg, Lois Petzold-Hindin, Rand Hoffman & Charlotte Robinson, Marcia & Gary Hollander, Danise Holloway & Rob Kautz, Toni Hoyt, Doris & Mel Hughes, Mr. & Mrs. William H. Hurt, Dr. & Mrs. Robert M. Itami, Mitchell Jacobs, Lawrence J. Jaffe, M.D., Jonathan & Melissa Jaivin, Sean Johnson & Alex Ocampo*, Mark A. Kadzielski, Deborah & Ivan Kallick, Kathleen L. Kane, Judith & Russell Kantor, Dr. Karen Kartun & Dr. Ronald Shiell, Elyse & Stanley Katz, Idea Asylum Productions & Dr. Allegra & Mr. Sheppard Kaufman*, Michael Keir, Judith G. Kelly, Jackie A. Kern, Dr. Alex Kim, M.D., Carol Kindler, Michael & Deborah Klein, Genni Klein, Sharon L. Kline, Jale Kutay, The Kwon Family Foundation, Nita Whitaker LaFontaine, Katherine L’Amour, Mr. & Mrs. Jack D. Lantz, Joan & Chris Larkin, Dr. & Mrs. David Lask, Allen J. Law, Mattie & Michael Lawson, Michael & Sandy Leahy, Eleanor & Nathan Leanse, Ron & Pat Lebel, Barbara & Andrew Leigh, Charlotte P. Levine, Pam, Amanda, Lianna & Eddie, Marla E. Levine*, Lydia & Chuck Levy, Michael D. Lewis, Mae & Hugh Lichtig, Lisa Hinchliffe & Dave Link, Marilyn & Tom Lippiatt, Dennis & Holli Lipton, Philip LoGiudice, M.D., Dr. Dianne Long, Mr. & Mrs. Mark S. Louchheim, Michael S. Lurey & Laurie Hasencamp, Anita & Steve Layton, E&B Natural Resources, Daniel & Jeremy Burton, Ginny Mancini, Janice E. Mangerino, Dorrie & Paul Markovits, M. Michele Martin, Susan D. Martynec, Laura & Jim Maslon, Amy & Harold Masor, David & Elizabeth McFadzean*, Jerry & Tami McHarg, Lora McPhail & Mark Deischter, Gordon & Dale McWilliams, Robert L. Mendow, Marcy Milan, Neal S. Millard, Carolyn Miller, Philip & Joan Miller, Lawrence A. Mirisch*, Steven Modglin, Joan I. Moe, Sue & Monty Mohrman, Toni Hollander-Morse & Lon Morse, Loula Moschonas & James Edgerton, Wendy A. Moss, Richard Newcome, Marianne & Michael Newman, Marc I. Nishino, D.D.S., Bob & Renee Nunn, Judy Nussenblatt, Valerie Oishi, Edward & Mary Rose Ortega, Tye Ouzounian & Karyn Wong, Jennifer N. Owens & Jay T. Ornellas, John Paley, Kirk Pasich, Mr. Peter T. Paterno, Thomas Patrick, Dr. Renee Boblette & Dr. Robert G. Patterson, Thomas Payne, Helen Pekny, Ken Perry, Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Pescetti, Cynthia Ann Petty, P. Joseph Piazza, Polinger-Cohen Foundation, Sheila Poncher, Patty & Mike Post*, Ruth & Allen Potts, Shelley Powsner & Stephen Skrovan*, Cheryl & Joel Prell, Gamward C. Quan, Don Foster & Erin Quigley*, Dr. Gary Ramelli, Lee Ramer, Rollin A. Ransom & Chris Lacroix, Dudley Rauch, Michael Reisz, James & Melanie Renfroe*, Dr. Marguerite Renner, Rona Cele Resnick, Mrs. Mark A. Resnik, Susan & Walter Reutimann, The Reynolds Family, Brian Reznick & Alison Prior, Melissa L. Rhone, Mrs. Judy Richman, Ms. Carlene Ringer, Belinda Robins, Ms. Woodie R. Rogers, Jaye Rogovin, Murphy & Ed Romano*, Lois Rosen, Jennifer & Matthew Rowland, Phyllis Rubel, Joel, Kai & Piper Saken, Rosa M. Salazar, June & Samuel Sale, John Salter, Olga Samuel-Alderson, Nancy & Ted Sanborn, Francine E. Sanders, Gail Sandford & Beatrice Castillo, Stephen J. Sass & Steven Hochstadt, June Sanders Sattler, Wes Schaefer & Cathy King-Schaefer, Marlene & Roger Schaffner, Martin Salvin & Barbara Schneider, Jackie & Charles H. Schwartz, Robert & Cathy Sevell, Scott Shagrin, James & Alexis Sheehy, The Sheldon Family, Linda M. Sherman, Howard & Stephanie Sherwood, Mary Louise Shnier, Steven E. Shulem, Jan & Carl Siechert, Mike & Charlene Sievers, Dr. & Mrs. Vahe H. Simonian, Kurt & Keli Skarin, Stephen & Judith Slagle, Deborah E. Small, M.D., Ellen Donaldson, David Snow, Mr. & Mrs. Randy Snyder, Mr. & Mrs. Richard Sobelle, Christine Helppie-Soldate, Melvin Spears, Bruce & Debra Spector, Betty & Al Spivak, Jacque & Herb Spivak, Lynne Coakley-Steele, Allen & Arleen Steiner, Mrs. Barbara Stern, Susan R. Stockel, Ellen & Steve Sugerman, Sullivan & Hargreaves Court Reporters,
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Every “Once Upon A Time” began with her...
Mr. & Mrs. Mitchell Sussman, Robin & David Swartz, Dr. Allan & Roslyn Holt Swartz, Elayne & Thomas Techentin, Karl S. Thurmond, Ricardo Torres & Nat Damon, Roberta Turkat, Michael Robertson & Scott Turner*, Ms. Andrea Valcourt, Mr. & Mrs. Robert D. Volk, Hope Landis Warner, Wendie Warwick & Ken Pierce, John & Charlene Wasilczyk, Seymour Waterman & Family, Dean E. Weichel*, Norman & Barbara Weiler, Bonnie Weis*, Winifred P. & William Weisinger, Pat West, Carol S. Wharmby, Leilani Whitney, Willett Financial Services, Lori Williams & Stephen Schulte, Valerie & Nathaniel E. Williams, Alan Wilson & Ina Coleman, Denise & Andrew Winner, The Winnick Family Foundation, Richard Witter*, Ralph M. & Molly Wolveck, Marcie & Howard Zelikow
Advocate Circle ($2,000+) Anonymous (4), Davis Alexander, Lynne & Donald Alschuler, Liz & Lou Altman, Ms. Audrey Bahr, Mr. David Bailey & Mr. Ronald Shalowitz, Deborah G. Baine, Jill Banks Barad, Melanie & Gregory Barbee, John & Carol Barcal, Elizabeth Bawden, Mr. & Mrs. Steven B. Bergjans, Jamie & Joel Berman, Mr. & Mrs. John Bettfreund, Rochelle Wilson Blank & William Hellman, Marjorie Blatt, Mrs. Lois Bock, Harriet Rossetto & Rabbi Mark Borovitz, James & Lauren Briggs, Willie & Charlene Brownlee, The Burleigh Family, Linda Stafford Burrows, Dr. & Mrs. George Byrne, Christine Cahill, Laura Calderone, Thomas J. Carmichael, Jean & Ray Cassetta, Mrs. Joseph Cerrell, Mr. Harry B. Chandler, Tim Cherry, Eric Chien, Patricia T. Colby, Lois Cox, Mr. & Mrs. Richard Crook Jr., Don & Claudine DeFazio, Dr. Allison Diamant, Gerald & Sandra Dorfman, Jessie J. Duffy, Regina L. Echols, Emily & Fred Edelman, Jill & Bob Eisfelder, Louise & Charles Escoffery, Ellen Eubanks, Ronald & Sandra Fein, Elizabeth Gans, Dr. Robert Gasway & Mrs. Kristen Wong, Dr. & Mrs. Arthur F. Gelb, The Gelfand Family, Jeanne K. Gerson, Bruce & Madelyn Glickfeld, The Gold Family, Linda & Gary Goldfein, Neal Goldman & Kate Harrington, Myles & Barbara Goodson, Howard & Cambria Gordon, Rhonda & Stanley Green, Agnes Grohs, Arlyn Gundersen, Philip & Kyoko Handler, Sara & John Harms, Janet Harootun, Arlene S. Harris, Diane & J.P. Harris, Dr. Patricia Harrison, Steve & Leta Helfrich, Dr. Karen Hill Scott, Jody L. Isenberg, Dr. Adel F. Jabour, Hal & Agnes Jackson, Adrienne Grant & Paul Jennings, Ms. Stella M. Jeong, Roz & Jerry J. Joseph, Regina & Richard G. Kaplan, Albert & Marjorie Kelly, Danné Montague-King, Paul & Sharon Kleiter, Terry Koepke, Sharon & Joel Krischer, Bob & Karen Kushell, Lena, Mark, Jodi & Emily Labowe, Howard & Lara L. Ladd, Holly R. Lake, Anne & Michael Landsburg, Marlee & Katharine Lauffer, Julie Lawrence, Ms. Grace Leonard, Richard & Vivian Levy, Julia & Anthony Lewinter, Linden Optometry, Herbert Linville, Loris & Kory Lunsford, Doris Luster, Richard & Myra Mannheimer Family, Suzanne J. Marks, Mr. & Mrs. Dennis G. Martin, Ms. Jeanne Hoffa, Sharon Matsumoto & Ron Rose, Daniel M. Mayeda & Susan I. Rosales, Colleen T. McCarthy, Kathleen McCarthy Kosttan, James A. Zapp & Elizabeth A. McGlynn, Bill Meyenberg & Doug Loewy, Lorraine & Craig Meyer, Julien Minard, Helene G. Mochedlover, Dr. Theodore & Mrs. Mary J. Mock, Rob & Leslie Nagby, Dr. Diane C. Narhi, M.D., Jack Needleman, Dr. Anthony Nesburn, Isabel Friend Newman, Ms. Jane Nobbs, Linda Nussbaum & Lawrence Ross, Mr. & Mrs. Mark M. Panatier, Ms. Sandra J. Paskus, Sharon Pember, Mary Phillips, Frank & Arlene Pirolo, Paulene Popek, Eleanor Pott, Erwin “Sonny” & Jean Raffle, Tracy L. Ramont, Charles Reinhart, Tim Reynolds, M.D., Laurie & Stuart Rice, Tom & Gerry Rische, Lauren Ross, Rabbi & Mrs. Moshe Rothblum, Anna J. Rundle, In Honor of Robert Edward Sabol, Lee Anne & David Sanderson, Suzie & Michael Scott, Susan & Michael Shore, Mr. & Mrs. Harvey Shulman, Nancy Signer, Ruth Silveira, Bruce & Nancy Silverman, Harlean & Joseph Silverman, Dr. & Mrs. Robert J. Simon, Nancy Horii, Ruth & Harvey Solomon, Diane & James Staes, Tom & Kerstin Stempel, Robert Stephenson, Mr. James C. Stewart, Maria Straith, Deborah K. Streiber, Jayashree & Jeff Sung, Ellen Tam, Ronald & Shelly Tamkin, Michael N. Taylor, Stephen Taylor, Sheila & Lawrence Teplin, Michelle Tesoro, William & Susan Tinkley, Ms. Patricia R. Torres, Paulette Toumazos & Michael Lorenz, Jean Trutanich, J. R. Vincent, Ms. Diane Levine & Mr. Robert Wass, Carol Webster & Chris Enterline, Karen & Bill Wolett, Jill Wondries, Dr. Merilynn Yamada, Dr. & Mrs. Gary Yontef, Kenneth & Soyoung Yoon, Myrna & Stanley Zimmerman
Associate Circle ($1,000+)
True Love is Immortal. Six Weeks Only! Performances Begin August 22! GREENWAY COURT THEATRE 544 N. Fairfax Blvd in Hollywood For tickets (323) 655-7679 x100
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Anonymous (22), Josefina Aaronson, M.D., Michael & Susan Abeles, Cynthia Abrams, Dr. Gladi Adams, Robert W. Adams, M.D., Bertha Aguilar, Dawn Brewer, Andrew Aichlmayr, Joseph Aldama, James & Marsha Alexander, George Cyrus Allen, Lynn K. Altman, Mrs. Nora Amrani & Mr. Israel Amrani, Paula & Douglas Anderson, Milt & Anne Andres, Dr. & Mrs. Joseph E. Anthony, Amy Aquino & Drew McCoy*, Paula & Don Arii, James Armitage, Rich & Annette Atwood, Albert E. Aubin, John & Mike August*, Maggie Austin Moir*, W. Lee Bailey, M.D., David Baird, Carol Ann & D.C. Bakeman*, Barry M. Baker, Shelly Baker, Corinne Baldassano*, Marcia E. Baldeschwieler, Dr. Stewart & Eileen Balikov, Chane & Sandi Balog, David Baltimore & Alice Huang, Pat Barkley, Patricia Barry, Mrs. Jericho Poppler & Dr. Greg Bartlow, Stacey Batzer, Ginger G. Bauer, Chris & Rose Bauss, Marjorie Beale, Judy & Chuck Beck, David Bender, Bob & Terry Bennett, Robert Berens*, Delores & Roger Berg, Susan & Adam Berger, Jeffrey & Susan Berman, Ed Bernstein, June & Paul Bilgore, Peter & Helen Bing, Leah M. Bishop & Gary M. Yale, In Memory of Sy & Maxine Gomberg, Michael & Patty Blakely, Louise Blanchard, Lily Bland, Cheryl Bledin, Bill & Jeanne Bliss, Rosanna Bogart, Richard & Patricia Bongeorno, Richard Bradbury, Dr. Grace Emery Brandt, Kim Brant-Lucich & Tony Lucich, Marti Breier, Judy & David Breitstein, Devra Breslow, Wallace P. Brithinee, Dr. & Mrs. Alan Brooks, Henry Brown, L.D. Brucker, D.D.S. & Shirley White, Elliott Brunner & Nourit Korzennik, Ph.D., Max Bruno, Ward & Mari Bukofsky, Carola & Allen Bundy, Constance Burg, Lore & Thomas Burger, Jan Burnett, Robert & Angie Butler, Ms. Valerie Butler, Mike & Sandy Buttitta, Lynne Campbell, Vickie Camper, Cathy Paul, Kelly Cantley & Kevin Kashima*, Cindy Carlin & Jeffrey Rousso, Carol & Ken Carlson, Melinda Carmichael, Joseph A. Carter, Sandra L. Carter, Veronica Cartwright*, Toni Casala & Children in Film*, Joan L. Cashia, Marc Castagnola, Don & Ellen Castleman, James Castranova, Kathryn Cencirulo, Ling Chan, Rita Chenoweth, Mrs. James L. Chew, Edwina Travis Chin & Robert Miller*, Mr. & Mrs. Melvin Chin, Linda & Doug Clarke, Becky & Mike Clements*, Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Clemmer, Timothy Cline Insurance, Dr. Melvin S. Cohen, Father Vince Connor, Gail Conway, James M. Cooke, Kim & Anthony Cookson, Mary P. Coquillard, Ted Cordes & Bill Derby, Rosalie Corona, Earl & Christina Cory, Mark Coulombe, Seth Cover, Susan Cowan, Michele Crahan, Elsie Cripe, Kathryn Crown, In Honor of Gloria Cuepo, In Memory of Ada Gory, Mary & Don Curtin, Joan Danto, Steve & Linda Darling, Maurie Davidson, Ron de Salvo, Linda Vanwinkle Deacon & Erika Deacon, Kurt Delsack & Linda J. Levenson Delsack, Suzie Demer, Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey W. Descombes, Melisa DesJardien, M. Dessecker, Adam Devejian, Sall G. Dewitt., Norma & Al Diaz, Dr. & Mrs. Donald E. Dickerson, Barbara Dischler, Laurie Dix-Blumin & Moe Blumin, Kathleen & Sarah Doramus, Rabbi Elliot & Marlynn Dorff, Bob Doucette & Tom Slotten*, Susan B. Downey, Mr. & Mrs. Gene B. Duncan, Mr. Richard Nupoll, Mr. Fred M. Edwards Jr., Mrs. Marilee Eils, Donald & Diane Eisenberg, Sandi Love & Hilly Elkins*, Rick & Becky Thyne, Ken & Kathi Ellis, Dr. Naomi & Mr. Jim Ellison, Stanley & Ferne Emas, Suzanne & Dr. Kenneth Epstein, Victoria I. Evers, Rena & Peter Falk, Jim Bright & Lucy Farber, Mr. Amnon & Dr. Myra Feffer,
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Associate Circle (continued) In Loving Memory of James A. Feiga, Deb & Irwin Feinberg, Justice & Mrs. Robert Feinerman, Stanley Feinstein, Johanna & Gene Felder, Mr. & Mrs. Ed Feo, Conchata Ferrell, Roland & Joy Feuer, Barbara Fish, M.D., Larry S. Fish, In Memory of Robert A. Fisher, Mr. & Mrs. Manny Flekman, Ruth Fleming-Stephens, Martha Flores & Kate Roberts, Lynne & Michael Flynn, Judy & Radon Fortenberry, The Foster Family, Victoria Fouce Otter, Mr. & Mrs. Stan Fox, Ramona Franco & Suzanne Golbricht, Matthew Frank, Richard Frank, Patricia L. Frazier, Ms. Joanie Freckmann, Fran Fredella & Scott Rubin, Joanne Freed & Richard C. Mendelson, Marilyn Wallace & Sami Freedman, Seth Freeman & Julie Waxman*, Mr. & Mrs. Louis Friedman, Sharon & Mark E. Friedman, Ronald & Sandy Friedman, Susan R. Friedman, Robin Fujimoto, Mr. John Fukuoka, Mr. & Mrs. Joseph R. Fusco, Diane Futterman, Dr. & Mrs. Humberto A. Galleno, Donna Garber, Karen & Lindsay Gardner, Carrie Garrett, Frederick & Leslie Gaylord, Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Gershon, Fariba Ghaffari, Bob & Esme Gibson, Laura Gibson*, Karen & Michael Gilbert, Stephen & Linda Gill, Drs. Asha & Pratap Saraf, Liz & Mike Giordano, Dr. Gary & Mrs. Cherna Gitnick, Kelly Lynn Gitter, Traute & Gene Gleeson, Howard Gleicher, The Gluck Family, Bob Gold & Associates*, Donna & Lee B. Gold, M.D., Michael Gold & Danny Robles, Josh & Cathy Goldsmith, Barbara Gollin, Ms. Dorothy Gonzalez, Nan & Allan Goodman, The J.B. Berland Foundation, Tanya Goodman, Goodstein Wealth Management, LLC., Bill & Sue Gordon, David Goren*, Marsha Grant, James & Margaret Gray, Dr. Stuart & Adrienne Green, Lory Greenbaum, Roberta Gregg, Patricia Griggs, Dr. & Mrs. Leonard P. Haber, Dennis & Michelle Hackbarth, Michelle Haines, Scott Hall & Rhonda Church, Carol Halperin, Kamala Hamilton, Mary & Jim Hamlin, Daniel Hammond & Linda Bentley, Debra Harbort, Margaret Harrington, Harris Family Foundation, Dawna R. Harrison, Christine Shaner, David Heckel*, Alan Heilpern, Eric & Carol Helm, Scott & Flora Herman, Mara Hitner, Elaine Hoffman, Bunny Hogan, Steven Holguin, Joanne Holmes, Deborah & Robert Holmes, Dena & Michael Horowitz, Mary N. Howey, Mr. & Mrs. Gabriel Hrab, Dr. Harold G. Hubbard, Jane Hufnagel, Dorothy K. Hull, Marilyn Hykes, Marie Mazzone & David Israeli, Susan & Larry Ivanjack, Barry & Joanne Jacobs, Karen & Jake Jacobs, Tom Jacobson & Ramone Munoz*, Sarah James, Ms. Lee Ann Janek, Marion Jenks, In Memory of Wayne Jervis, Jr., Ann C. Johnson, Barbara Schnell & Gordon Johnson, Starr & Ralph Johnson, Robert & Marilyn Johnson, Mr. V. Douglas Johnson, David & Carol Jones, Marcia S. Jones, Charline Jones, Robert Joy*, Sandy & Stanley Kahan, Aris Kakkis, Richard Kaltenbrun, Mark Kaplan*, Marilyn & Jeffrey Katzenberg, Laurence & Linda Kaufman, Cynthia & Jerry Kay, Saul & Rima Kay, Diane & Stephen Kay, Claudia E. Kazachinsky & Richard A. Sherer, Ms. Andalusia Kear*, Mary & Paul Kearney, Patricia A. Keating, John & Karen Keller, Neel Keller & Molly Callender, Beverlee Bickmore & Jim Kelly, Louanne Kennedy, Sharon Kerson, Morris & Debra Kessler, Linda & Rudy Kessman, Lisa & James Keston, Lynne Rosenberg, Sarah E. Kiefer*, Jules Kievits & Lorraine Bagdasarian, Irene & Marvin H. Kleinberg, Stacy Kling, William Kobin & Frances Goodman, Jean D. Koehler, Jean Korf, Jenny & Michael Kostroff*, Bernelle Krause & Jao Robert Santos, Dr. Paul Krause & Nicola Dill, Pickerell & Krinel, Fred & Sheri Kuppers, Owen & Sari Kustner, Rosalind La Briola, Mrs. Frumeh Labow, Kelliann Ladd & John Gatti, Julianne LaMarche & Lonnie Burstein*, Earle & Sharon Lambert, Patricia & Bob Lambson, Mr. & Mrs. Herbert A. Lampert, Leah Landry*, Kim Maria Lattimore, Richard & Ruth Lavine Family Foundation, Dr. & Mrs. John F. Lawrence, Larry Layne & Sheelagh Boyd, Barbara & Tom Leanse, Christine Lee, Janeen & David Lee, Betty Fu & Don Lee, James & Karen Lefever, Lester G. Lennon, Constance Leonard, Ali & Adrienne LeRoi, Dinny & David Lesser, Chip Letzgus & Michael McDonald, Todd Levin*, Allyn & Jeffrey Levine, Patricia Levinson, Carrie & Mark Levinson & Emily, Lauren & Max, Donna & Jebb Levy, Richard Lewis, Paula & Barrett Litt, Mr. & Mrs. LoCasale, Deanna J. Lohse, Mrs. Jan Loomis,
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Associate Circle (continued) Judith Toscano, Mr. & Mrs. Philip A. Tremonti, Scott & Lauri Ujita, In Memory of Stephen J. Uman, M.D., John Van Deusen, Mary F. Van Orsdol, George Vissio, Margaret A. Wagner CPA, M. June Walden, Laurie & Ira Waldman, Andrew Kevin Walker & Julie Durk, Bunny Wallach, Denise & Peter Walsh, Robert Ward, Tina & Michael Gittelson, Maurice & Tamika Watkins, Elisa Wayne, Thomas & Kathryn Weber, Rose & Ben Weinstein, Victoria Weisbart*, John & Alaine Weiss, Lauri Weiss, Kathy Weisshaar, Dr. & Mrs. Steve Kahane, Robert Wemischner & Leslie Raffel, John & Martha Wengert, Richard Wenk, Suzanne & Clyde Wesp, Martin, Sara & Samantha Widzer, Susan & Joshua Wieder, Carol Woodbury*, Dr. Libby F. Wilson, Patty & Richard Wilson, Carolee Winstein & Kip Thorne, Exodus Recovery, Catherine Witherspoon & James MacArthur, Dr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Wolf, Michele A. Kerr Wolfe, Mr. Titus D. Wong, Stephen E. Wright, Frank & Karen Wurtzel, Virginia Yeager, Mr. & Mrs. Richard Yoder-Edney, Wally T. Zajac, Liz & Len Zander, George Ziegler, The Zolkover Family, Anne & Alan Zuckerman, Abram & Dayle Zukor
Government Support Center Theatre Group appreciates the support of the following agencies. British Council The City of Culver City City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs Los Angeles County Arts Commission National Endowment for the Arts U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
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Foundation Support These institutions support Center Theatre Group’s operations, arts education programs, new play production initiatives or specific projects. For more information, call our grants information line at 213.972.3090.
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Planned Gifts Center Theatre Group is grateful to these donors, whose irrecovable deferred estate gifts to CTG’s endowment ensure the organization’s financial wellbeing for generations to come. $1,000,000+ Richard & Julie Kagan Martin Massman Betty McMicken in honor of Jeanette Shammas Diane & Leon Morton Carol Vernon & Robert Turbin $500,000+ Mary Levin Cutler Virginia Hayes Ann & Stephen F. Hinchliffe, Jr. Merle & Peter Mullin Magda & Frederick R. Waingrow $250,000+ Patricia Glaser & Sam Mudie Edward L. Rada Susan & William Weintraub
$100,000+ W. Lee Bailey, M.D. Angela Bardowell Allan & Joan Burns Sandra Krause & William Fitzgerald Deborah M. Hyde Sarah & Andy Kane Dr. & Mrs. Jack Kavanaugh The Paul Kowal Charitable Foundation Darell L. Krasnoff Joyce & Kent Kresa Steven Llanusa & Glenn Miya, M.D. $50,000+ Pamela & Dennis Beck The Moira Byrne Foster Foundation Mr. Kim L. Hunter Sally & Frank Raab $25,000+ Charles Dillingham & Susan D. Clines
Endowment Gifts These gifts ensure a stable source of support for new work and Center Theatre Group’s many initiatives to make theatre accessible to underserved audiences. $500,000+ Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Renee & Meyer Luskin John S. Surabian, Jr. and in memory of Faith and Sharon Ann Surabian $250,000+ The Norman and Sadie Lee Foundation $100,000+ Betsy & Harold Applebaum Judith & Thomas Beckmen The Sheri and Les Biller Family Foundation Kenneth Corday Center Theatre Group Affiliates Regina Fadiman Barbara & Peter Fodor Ava & Charles Fries Brindell & Milton Gottlieb
The Hearst Foundation, Inc. Vicki King Richard G. & Virginia L. Martin Louise Taper $50,000+ Maynard & Linda Brittan Ellen & Michael S. Korney Dorothy & Richard Sherwood $25,000+ Abbott Brown Linda Brown Greve Foundation Dr. Tom Hickey Diane & Leon Morton $10,000+ A and J Davidson Skipper Award Fund Levine Foundation Carolyn & Kit Lokey Betty & Sanford Sigoloff
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National Corporate Theatre Fund National Corporate Theatre Fund is a not-for‑profit created to increase and strengthen support from the business community for this country’s most distinguished professional theatres, including Center Theatre Group. The following donors support these theatres through their contributions to NCTF: Chairman’s Circle ($250,000+) Edgerton Foundation* Ford Foundation* The James S. and Lynne P. Turley Ernst & Young Fund for Impact Creativity** Leadership Circle ($100,000+) CMT/ABC**† The Hearst Foundations**
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Govind ARMSTRONG Post & Beam, Willie Jane
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THE MUSIC CENTER 2014-2015 BOARD OF DIRECTORS OFFICERS
MEMBERS AT LARGE
Lisa Specht
Wallis Annenberg Colleen Bell Louise Henry Bryson Fung Der Craig A. Ellis David Gindler Brindell Gottlieb Joyce Hameetman Stephen F. Hinchliffe, Jr. Richard B. Jones Carolbeth Korn Nigel Lythgoe Martin Massman Patrick S. McCabe Bowen “Buzz” H. McCoy Elizabeth Michelson Neal S. Millard Darrell D. Miller Cindy Miscikowski Shelby Notkin Diane Paul Kurt C. Peterson Max Ramberg
BOARD CHAIR
Robert J. Abernethy Michael J. Pagano VICE CHAIRS
Stephen D. Rountree PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
Karen Kay Platt SECRETARY
Thomas R. Weinberger TREASURER
Lisa Whitney ASSISTANT TREASURER AND CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
DIRECTORS EMERITI Joseph Rice Richard K. Roeder Carla Sands Joni J. Smith Catharine Soros Marc I. Stern Cynthia A. Telles Franklin E. Ulf Walter F. Ulloa Catalina Joos Vergara Timothy S. Wahl Susan M. Wegleitner Alyce Williamson Rosalind W. Wyman Stephen G. Contopulos GENERAL COUNSEL
Peter K. Barker Judith Beckmen Eli Broad Ronald W. Burkle Lloyd E. Cotsen John B. Emerson* Lois Erburu Richard M. Ferry Bernard A. Greenberg Joanne D. Hale Amb. Glen A. Holden Stuart M. Ketchum Amb. Lester B. Korn Kent Kresa Robert F. Maguire, III Ginny Mancini Edward J. McAniff Walter M. Mirisch Fredric M. Roberts Claire L. Rothman James A. Thomas Andrea L. Van de Kamp* Paul M. Watson
SUPPORT THE MUSIC CENTER
CONTACT THE MUSIC CENTER
The Music Center Annual Fund supports world-class dance programming, nationally recognized arts education programs and participatory arts programs that inspire people of all ages and create opportunities for expression. It is only through unrestricted annual support that our innovative programs continue to grow.
General Information Theatre Rentals Filming Patina Restaurant Group/Catered Events Audio Description/Project D.A.T.E. (Direct Audience Theatre Experience) Lost and Found
For more information, please call (213) 972-4349.
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Amber Scott & Adam Bull in Swan Lake. Photography by Liz Ham.
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Amber Scott & Adam Bull in Swan Lake. Photography by Liz Ham.
PERFORMED BY LIVE ORCHESTRA
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Through the support of the Board of Supervisors, the County of Los Angeles plays an invaluable role in the successful operation of The Music Center. BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
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Gloria Molina
Zev Yaroslavsky
Michael D. Antonovich
FIRST DISTRICT
THIRD DISTRICT
FIFTH DISTRICT
Mark Ridley-Thomas
Don Knabe
William T Fujioka
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Discover artistic traditions from around the globe at outdoor performances and art-making workshops. OCTOBER 11 (BOLIVIA) LOS MASIS & BOLIVIA CORAZÓN DE AMERICA NOVEMBER 8 (ALASKA & PACIFIC NORTHWEST COAST) GIT-HOAN DANCERS JANUARY 17 (UGANDA & CHAD) SAMITE & H’SAO FEBRUARY 22 (BALI) GAMELAN SEKAR JAYA MARCH 22 (ITALY) MUSICÀNTICA & STUDIO ZANNI APRIL 11 (UKRAINE) DAKHABRAKHA MAY 9 (AFRO-CUBAN) KÙLÚ MÈLÉ facebook.com/musiccenterla @MusicCenterLA musiccenter.org/worldcity | (213) 972–4396
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World City at The Music Center is supported in part by The Jill & Curtis Kaufman Fund,Macy’s, Sue Tsao, and The Kenneth T. & Eileen L. Norris Foundation.
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At The Music Center Sept 2014
La Traviata. Photo by Robert Millard. Drum Downtown.
Dudamel Conducts Opening Night Concert
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 1
A Night at the Opera: A Library of Congress Exhibition 10:00 AM The Music Center / Walt Disney Concert Hall Runs through Sept 14
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5
Dance Downtown: Disco 6:30 PM The Music Center / The Music Center Plaza
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 6
Drum Downtown: West African Beats 10:00 AM The Music Center / Grand Park
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11
Gob Squad: Super Night Shot 8:30 PM REDCAT / Roy and Edna Disney / CalArts Theater Runs through Sept 14
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 13 La Traviata 6:00 PM
LA Opera / Dorothy Chandler Pavillion Runs through Sept 28
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17
The Trip to Bountiful 8:00 PM Center Theatre Group / Ahmanson Theatre Runs through Nov 2
Gob Squad: Western Civilization 8:30 PM REDCAT / Roy and Edna Disney / CalArts Theater Runs through Sept 20
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19
Dance Downtown: Salsa 6:30 PM The Music Center / The Music Center Plaza
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30
Opening Night Concert & Gala: A John Williams Celebration 7:00 PM LA Phil / Walt Disney Concert Hall
Marjorie Prime 8:00 PM Center Theatre Group / Mark Taper Forum Runs through Oct 19
For more information, visit musiccenter.org or call (213) 972-7211.
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