Big Night at Center Theatre Group, Performances magazine September 2017

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Dear Audience Member, This month Center Theatre Group stages are home to a handful of the greatest artists in the world. Together, they’ve won Academy, Tony, Emmy, Olivier, Obie, and Drama Desk Awards, and they command respect from the West End to Hollywood.

The Ahmanson Theatre plays host to The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Simon Stephens, which won the 2013 Olivier Award for Best New Play and the 2015 Tony Award for Best Play. We’re also welcoming back Sir Matthew Bourne with the American premiere of his newest work, The Red Shoes, based on the legendary 1948 film by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. We’ve been bringing his work to Los Angeles and America for 20 years now, since 1997’s Swan Lake, and I’m hoping we’ll be doing this for 20 more years (at least).

At the Mark Taper Forum, we’re welcoming back another artist we have a long history with: Phylicia Rashad, who—after directing a few memorable productions at the Taper—is on the stage this time in Head of Passes. This is the first work we’ve produced by Tarell Alvin McCraney, one of the best young American playwrights writing today; his name is probably also familiar as the Oscar winner for Moonlight.

And speaking of Hollywood awards, the very funny Paul Rudnick rolls out the red carpet at the Kirk Douglas Theatre with the World premiere of Big Night, which takes place on the day of the Academy Awards.

Enjoy the show—or shows. You really should see more than one of these.

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AROUND CENTER THEATRE GROUP Yees Descend on the Douglas In the 19TH century, Chinese family associations allowed Chinese-American immigrants to combine resources as they navigated the complicated landscape of American culture. Nearly two centuries later, these associations continue to exist. On July 15, members of the Los Angeles chapter of the Yee Fung Toy family association descended on the Douglas to see King of the Yees. After the show, audiences were treated to a very special talk-back, before being invited onstage to pose for a photo.

YOUNG PRODUCERS CIRCLE AT ‘FUN HOME’ Members of the Young Producers Circle mingled with the cast of Fun Home at Kendall’s Brasserie after the March 24, 2017 performance. The Young Producers Circle is our group of young professionals who support new play development and come together throughout the year for shows, events, and cultural happenings around L.A.

CULVER CITY CELEBRATES THE DOUGLAS WITH A COMMENDATION On July 24, the Mayor and City Council of Culver City honored the Douglas for Center Theatre Group’s 50 year commitment to furthering art and culture in the Los Angeles area.

ABOVE: The cast of King of the Yees poses with members of the Yee Fung Toy family association at the Kirk Douglas Theatre.

BELOW: Culver City Mayor Jeffrey Cooper, Culver City Vice Mayor Thomas Aujero Small, Kirk Douglas Theatre Director of Theatre Operations Eric Sims, Culver City Council Member Meghan Sahli-Wells, and Culver City Council Member Jim B. Clarke.

Director Lars Jan Develops ‘The White Album’ At Center Theatre Group, we’re committed to creating new work—whether on our stages or in our rehearsal rooms. From June 17– 26, Center Theatre Group hosted director Lars Jan (Holoscenes) and his company, Early Morning Opera, while they workshopped a piece using the entire text from Joan Didion’s The White Album. At the end of the week, Center Theatre Group staff were treated to an in-process viewing of the work.

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GIRLS FROM PROJECT SCIENTIST DISCOVER HOW ARTISTS PUT THE “A” IN “STEAM” On July 20, future scientists and STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) loving girls visited Center Theatre Group as part of a special partnership with Pasadena-based Project Scientist.

As part of the visit, they met with Center Theatre Group staff and took part in interactive lessons designed to teach them how theatre artists use STEM to create the theatre on our stages.

Center Theatre Group Associate Prop Manager Jon Ward and a group of Project Scientist participants at The Music Center Annex. Photo by Ryan Miller/Capture Imaging.

CULVER CITY HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS DECORATE THE DOUGLAS

Donors Treated to a Special Season Preview Center Theatre Group donors and board members attended a special Season Preview event in July. Held at the Bel Air Country Club, they enjoyed special presentations by Center Theatre Group staff about upcoming projects.

In response to Center Theatre Group Resident Artist Naomi Iizuka’s adaptation of a Kabuki fable, The Last Firefly, a group of 18 students in the Visual Art Department at the Academy of Visual and Performing Arts at Culver City High School created masks inspired by folktales. These masks decorated the lobby of the Douglas throughout the run of King of the Yees.

RIGHT: (L-R) Glen Miya, Steven Llanusa, and Michael Ritchie at a Season Preview event, held at the Bel Air Country Club.

BELOW: (Left) Actor Mia Barron and (background) the cast of The White Album at The Music Center Annex.

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Beyond Kirk and Anne Douglas’s legendary standing in Hollywood, the famed couple have been longtime supporters of Center Theatre Group. Anne was one of our founding board members and an early fundraiser, along with Kirk, for Dorothy Chandler’s campaign to build The Music Center. And in 2004, they made a major gift that helped us found the Kirk Douglas Theatre in Culver City.

Now, the two are looking back on a lifetime filled with love and drama both on and off the screen—and stage—in their book Kirk and Anne, published shortly after Kirk’s 100TH birthday and the couple’s 63RD anniversary.

Below is an excerpt from the book that recounts their memories of Kirk’s Broadway turn in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.

Anne Douglas: No matter how successful Kirk was as a film actor and producer, no matter how at home he was in the White House and embassies abroad, he still felt a failure because he hadn’t conquered Broadway. It was an itch that needed to be scratched.

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KIRK ANNE:

Letters of Love, Laughter, and a Lifetime in Hollywood

When he read Ken Kesey’s debut novel, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, he saw its dramatic possibilities and acquired the rights…With Seven Days in May in postproduction, Kirk felt free to go to New York where he assembled a first-rate cast for One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest: Gene Wilder, Ed Ames, William Daniels, and Joan Tetzel. After brilliant out-of-town reviews, opening night was set for November 13, 1963, on Broadway…

I flew to New York a few days before opening night. Kirk scribbled this note and sent it over to me at the Hampshire House a couple of hours before the curtain went up.

My darling— No matter what happens tonight I love you. And please know how much I appreciate your patience at my unreasonable attitude.— Boy if I were you I certainly wouldn’t want to be married to me— But thank God you’re you and thank God I’ve got you.

Tonight I “walk a picket fence for you!” I’m showing off for you and if I fall down, I’ll know you still love me. But I am going to try to be a success for you and Peter and Eric. For you especially because I love you—for the kids so that when they grow up they’ll know that their old man had guts and he “tried—goddamit, I tried.”

Tonight, have fun, I’ll be over my nerves and I’ll be giving a show for you—as to the rest—Fug ‘em all!— I love you— K

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HEAD OF PASSES

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LATE JUNE. SUNSET. SILVER LAKE. A group of writers chat about living in Los Angeles and their upcoming projects.

Among them are Hollywood showrunners, nationally produced playwrights, and award-winning screenwriters.

WHAT DO THEY ALL HAVE IN COMMON? They’ve all participated in the L.A. Writers’ Workshop, a Center Theatre Group program devoted to supporting authors as they create new works for the stage.

INSIDE THE WRITERS ROOM THE L.A. WRITERS’ WORKSHOP, CENTER THEATRE GROUP, AND THE FUTURE OF AMERICAN THEATRE Founded in 2005, the L.A. Writers’ Workshop invites seven local playwrights to participate in a year-long development cycle with the aim of supporting their artistry. Participating playwrights gain research assistance, dramaturgical support, a reading with professional actors, and (most importantly) a community.

This May, playwright Tracey Scott Wilson (FX’s The Americans, The Good Negro) was named the Center Theatre Group 2017 Fadiman Awardee, an award which supports the commission of a new play from the recipient as well as a one-week residency at Center Theatre Group. That night in June, the Writers’ Workshop alumni were gathered to celebrate Wilson, to catch up on recent goings-on, and (of course) to discuss the state of American theatre.

While Los Angeles is perhaps best known as a “film town,” the truth is that the city has a robust theatre scene and is home to many renowned playwrights. And these playwrights are not only responsible for creating exciting theatre, but also some of the most exciting (and award-winning) serialized television shows.

It hardly needs to be stated that we are living in a television renaissance. The exploits of networks such as Netflix and Hulu are so well documented that it has almost become cliché to mention them. But it should be noted that this content revolution has been fueled, largely, by playwrights. In the relatively small rolls of the L.A. Writers’ Workshop alumni association, there are over 40 writers who have worked in the television industry, including Jessica Goldberg (Hulu’s The Path), Marco Ramirez (Marvel’s Daredevil and The Defenders, and Netflix’s Orange is the New Black), Sarah Gubbins (Amazon’s I Love Dick), and Carly Mensch (Netflix’s Glow).

OF THE WORKSHOP’S NEARLY 80 PARTICIPANTS, OVER 60 HAVE HAD THEIR PLAYS PRODUCED AT REGIONAL THEATRES AROUND THE COUNTRY. Theses theatres have included the meccas of new play development such as the Actors Theatre of Louisville and Playwrights Horizons, as well as founders of the American regional theatre system including Center Theatre Group. Recent notable plays include Pipeline by Dominique Morriseau (Lincoln Center Theater), Vietgone by Qui Nguyen (Manhattan Theatre Club), and The Nether by Jennifer Haley (Royal Court Theatre, Kirk Douglas Theatre).

At Center Theatre Group, we have a long history of fostering new plays. Some of our most notable World premieres have included Angels in America, The Kentucky Cycle, and Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo. What makes the L.A. Writers’ Workshop special is that it allows us to also foster relationships with artists behind those works.

As that night in June wound down, the attendees gathered for a toast. They spoke of community; they spoke of the future. And as Center Theatre Group Literary Manager Joy Meads raised a glass to those in attendance and the community they represent, she also toasted the future of L.A. Theatre. It’s a future that looks bright, indeed.

Center Theatre Group would like to thank Elliott Sernel and Larry Falconio for opening their home, and making this L.A. Writers’ Workshop reunion possible.

(L-R, back row) Center Theatre Group Artistic Development Program Manager Patricia Garza, playwrights David Meyers, Eliza Clark, Dominique Morisseau, Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig, (L-R, front row) Qui Nguyen, Herbert Siguenza, Center Theatre Group Literary Manager Joy Meads, and playwright Deborah Stein. Photo by Ryan Miller/Capture Imaging.

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INTRODUCING TYRONE DAVIS Tyrone Davis has come home. Born and raised in Los Angeles, California, Center Theatre Group has been on his radar for a long time. “Being From L.A., Center Theatre Group has always been the theatre in the city,” says Davis. “I have always wanted to be an intersector between the inner-city of Los Angeles and the world of professional theatre. And being here gives me the opportunity.”

As Center Theatre Group Director of Education & Engagement, he will work alongside Leslie K. Johnson (Center Theatre Group Director of Social Strategy, Innovation and Impact), and the rest of the organization to do just that.

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Trained as an actor at California State University, Northridge and California Institute of the Arts, Davis comes back to Los Angeles from San Francisco.

There, he helped launch the education program at the renowned American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T), building their Community Partnerships program from the ground up. As Community Artistic Director, he taught educational workshops, developed ancillary programs around A.C.T.’s mainstage, brought artists in to support audiences in the creation of theatre, facilitated original monologue workshops for youth who have not experienced success in conventional public schools, and commissioned community-based work.

“Basically, my job,” says Davis, “was to bring theatre to the community, and community to the theatre,” in any way possible.

It is work that he is excited to continue in Los Angeles. “A lot of regional theatres have just turned fifty,” says Davis. “Now, we get to look at the next fifty years and imagine what theatre can be.”

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KIRK DOUGLAS: Well, after the glowing reviews in Boston, what a rude shock. The New York critics were brutal. They missed the point of the whole play and even accused us of making fun of mental patients. Then, just nine days later, the whole country was a madhouse.

I was in a cab heading for the theater on Friday afternoon, November 22. Suddenly the driver swerved to the curb. With tears in his eyes, he told me the news that had just come over the radio. President Kennedy had been pronounced dead after being shot in Dallas. Lyndon Johnson would be sworn in on Air Force One as our new president. We went through the motions of the performance as if this were a normal night, but it felt like all the air had gone out of the world…

I kept the show running for five months. It was heavily in the red. I tried to buy some more time by cutting salaries, but the cast wouldn’t hear of it. I posted the closing notice and our final performance was January 25, 1964. Ironically, that was also the day of our first sneak preview of Seven Days in May. I stopped by the theater as the lights came up. When the audience saw me, they gave me a standing ovation. I felt like God was telling me it was okay to just be a movie star.

Kirk and Anne: Letters of Love, Laughter, and a Lifetime in Hollywood is available on Amazon and wherever books are sold.

Commanding both sides of Broadway in 1963 with a revival of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea playing across from One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. Photo by George Keeley.

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(Two from left) Center Theatre Group Community Programs Manager Jesus Reyes and the Chisme y Queso team outside Eastside Luv in Boyle Heights. Photo by Cristi Burgos.

A Hub for Laughter, Community, and New Talent

CHISME Y QUESO IN SPRING OF 2017, THE BAR EASTSIDE LUV WAS TRANSFORMED INTO A THEATRE.

Inside the tiny Boyle Heights venue young crowds danced to 1980s pop, drank sangria, and gossiped in English and Spanish. It was quintessentially Los Angeles.

It was Chisme y Queso.

An event series hosted by Center Theatre Group in partnership with Eastside Luv, Chisme y Queso invited patrons and artists to gather and anonymously share their own chisme—gossip—and have it performed onstage (atop the bar) by local actors. Alongside the improvised chisme, actors performed skits by up-andcoming writers from around Los Angeles.

Chisme y Queso—which is one part of a two-year community initiative in Boyle Heights funded by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation—was so successful in its first season, that Center Theatre Group is already planning a second season, which is set to begin this fall.

The intention of Chisme y Queso was to allow Center Theatre Group to meet new people in our surrounding communities, to connect with our neighbors in a nontraditional setting, and to support emerging artists. But the program has hit an unexpected nerve with its audience.

“The hybrid of comedy and theatre is new to the venue and yet people keep coming back to see that,” said Center Theatre Group Community Partnerships Director Jesus Reyes. “There is a communal and cultural need for laughter, for theatre that tells bitingly honest stories, whether they are taken from our own lives or ripped from the headlines.”

The value of the stories told at Chisme y Queso caused Reyes and Community Partnerships Associate—and Chisme y Queso director— Alejandra Cisneros, to invest more time in the development of the skits performed onstage.

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As a result, local playwrights will now work in a writers room with Center Theatre Group Resident Artist Naomi Iizuka and Literary Manager Joy Meads. This will increase the development time of each skit and the attention paid to each writer.

“The writers room allows the playwrights to work more closely with each other and with the actors during the creative process. It’s been an amazing experience for all of us to see how vivid and alive the writing can be,” said Iizuka.

Supporting the dramaturgical and play development components of the program has become a priority for Reyes, Cisneros, Iizuka, and Meads.

“We didn’t realize we were essentially creating a playwriting incubator,” said Reyes. “We are investing in playwrights at the inception of their careers. This investment ties into Center Theatre Group’s mission of cultivating new artists, and L.A. specific artistic voices. It means that even though this program is location specific, the impact will reach throughout our company and the city.”

The relationship between community and artists is what makes Chisme a totally unique theatrical experience.

The event begins with Community Liaison and emcee Alexis de la Rocha inviting the audience to write down their own chisme on coasters. Throughout the evening, chisme is chosen out of a jar, and the actors must transform the stories into performance, using the few props they have on hand. The writers’ short skits are interspersed among the improvised chisme. It’s a whirlwind performance as the actors shift in and out of a myriad of characters, from jilted girlfriends to arthritic old men. At the end of the evening, the writer of the best chisme is awarded tickets to a Center Theatre Group show and a large block of queso fresco—fresh Mexican cheese.

If there’s an overarching message we hope audiences take away, it’s that “storytelling isn’t just what’s on a stage,” said Cisneros.“When you tell stories of your day, when you tell stories of your week, that is performance.”

This project was made possible by a Building Demand for the Arts Implementation grant from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.

This is exactly why the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation is supporting the program. “Our Building Demand for the Arts grants fund the placement of artists at the center of institutional efforts to build meaningful, long-lasting relationships with communities,” said Program Director for the Arts Maurine Knighton. “At their best, these projects help artists and communities co-create cultural programs that reflect authentic relationships and mutual concern. Chisme y Queso does just that, weaving together playwriting, performance, and music into a rich tapestry that reflects the interests of local residents.”

As part of the evaluation process of Chisme y Queso, we asked attending community members to answer the question, “Why do you go to theatre?” on the back of a coaster.

Here is a selection of some of our favorite answers.

The next season of Chisme y Queso will take place on the following dates: Sep 10 and 24, Oct 8 and 22, Nov 5, and a final date to be confirmed.

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Experience hilarious, totally improvised full-length plays in the style of Jane Austen, Stephen Sondheim and more in our intimate Edye Second Space at The Broad Stage.

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2017/18 SEASON

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FIRST SEASON PRODUCTION

SECOND SEASON PRODUCTION

THIRD SEASON PRODUCTION

FOURTH SEASON PRODUCTION

BIG NIGHT

SPAMILTON

ELLIOT, A SOLDIER’S FUGUE

BLOCK PARTY

Written by Paul Rudnick Directed by Walter Bobbie World Premiere Sep 10 – Oct 8, 2017

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Created, Written, and Directed by Gerard Alessandrini West Coast Premiere Nov 5 – Dec 31, 2017

By Quiara Alegría Hudes Directed by Shishir Kurup Jan 27 – Feb 25, 2018

Celebrating Los Angeles Theatre Mar 29 – May 20, 2018

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GIFTS OF $5,000,000 AND ABOVE Brindell Roberts Gottlieb Ahmanson Foundation

We would like to take this opportunity to thank the following donors who have made extraordinary investments in Center Theatre Group’s future.

Their support will ensure that Center Theatre Group—and Los Angeles audiences and artists— enjoy another 50 years of theatrical excellence.

GIFTS OF $1,000,000 AND ABOVE Kirk & Anne Douglas Laura & James Rosenwald & Orinoco Foundation Renee & Meyer Luskin The Annenberg Foundation Edgerton Foundation Kiki & David Gindler Patricia Glaser & Sam Mudie Aliza Karney Guren & Marc Guren Ann & Stephen F. Hinchliffe, Jr. Sue Tsao Anonymous (2)

GIFTS OF $500,000 AND ABOVE Deena & Edward Nahmias Amy Forbes & Andrew Murr Jerry & Terri Kohl Michael Ritchie & Kate Burton Elliott Sernel GIFTS OF $250,000 AND ABOVE Joni & Miles Benickes Donna Schweers & Tom Geiser

Nancy & Eric Garen Anonymous The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation Diana Buckhantz & the Vladimir and Araxia Buckhantz Foundation Vicki King Louise Moriarty Thomas Safran Judie Stein & Stein Family Foundation

GIFTS OF $100,000 AND ABOVE Jody & David Lippman The Campagna Family Deidra Norman Schumann Donna & John Sussman Yvonne & Derek Bell Mara & Joseph Carieri Friars Charitable Foundation Cindy & Gary Frischling Bill Resnick & Michael Stubbs Cheryl A. Shepherd

GIFTS OF $50,000 AND ABOVE Anne Bruner & Jim Bremner Patrick Owen & Norman Dixon Carol & Stephen Rountree Sunshine Stone Peter & Iona Tompkins Hope Landis Warner

Center Theatre Group would also like to thank the following donors for making commitments to the 50TH Anniversary Campaign through legacy gifts to our Endowment:

Legacy Gifts $1,000,000 AND ABOVE Judith & Thomas Beckmen Martin Massman Diane & Leon Morton $500,000 AND ABOVE Richard & Norma Camp Susan A. Grode Linda S. Peterson

OTHER LEGACY GIFTS Maynard & Linda Brittan Steven Llanusa & Glenn Miya, M.D. Gloria Lothrop Carol & Douglas Mancino Renee & Robert Nunn Nan Rae Randy & Bruce Ross Wes Schaefer & Cathy King-Schaefer

$250,000 AND ABOVE Pamela & Dennis Beck Shirley & Irving Ashkenas Bill Cohn & Dan Miller Maggy Simon I.H. Sutnick P2 PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE

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MICHAEL RITCHIE Artistic Director | STEPHEN D. ROUNTREE Managing Director | DOUGLAS C. BAKER Producing Director GORDON DAVIDSON Founding Artistic Director

Presents the World Premiere of

By

Paul Rudnick With

Brian Hutchison Luke Macfarlane

Max Jenkins Wendie Malick

Kecia Lewis Tom Phelan

Scenic Design

Costume Design

Lighting Design

Original Music & Sound Design

John Lee Beatty

William Ivey Long

Ken Billington

Karl Fredrik Lundeberg

Casting

Associate Producer

Production Stage Manager

James Calleri, CSA and Paul Davis, CSA

Lindsay Allbaugh

Brooke Baldwin

Directed By

Walter Bobbie SEPTEMBER 10 – OCTOBER 8, 2017 KIRK DOUGLAS THEATRE

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CAST (In Order of Appearance) Cary........................................................ Max Jenkins Michael.......................................... Brian Hutchison Eddie.......................................................Tom Phelan Esther............................................... Wendie Malick Eleanor...................................................Kecia Lewis Austin............................................Luke Macfarlane

Intermission Big Night will be performed without an intermission.

Time/Place A deluxe Beverly Hills hotel suite the day of the Academy Awards.® At the Academy Awards.

Stage Manager Maggie Swing

WHO’S WHO BRIAN HUTCHISON (Michael) has appeared on Broadway in Man and Boy, Looped, Exit the King, Proof, and The Invention of Love. Off-Broadway credits include the World premiere of How to Transcend a Happy Marriage at Lincoln Center, Smokefall, Pocatello, Regrets, Spirit Control, From Up Here, and Go Back to Where You Are. Film and television credits include Jessica Jones, Elementary, Vinyl, Show Me a Hero, Killing Kennedy, Vino Veritas, Winter’s Tale, Love and Other Drugs, Do No Harm, Person of Interest (recurring as FBI Agent Moss), The Good Wife, Law & Order: SVU, and Criminal Intent. Brian holds an MFA in dramatic arts from The Old Globe/University of San Diego.

MAX JENKINS (Cary). Off-Broadway: Carnival Kids (Lesser America) and Unnatural Acts (Classic Stage Company), which he also co-wrote (Drama Desk nomination for Best Play). Regional: Williamstown Theatre Festival and Arkansas Rep. Film: Those People, Are You Joking?, Fort Tilden, and the upcoming Perception. TV: The Mysteries of Laura, High Maintenance, Orange Is the New Black, Gossip Girl, and 30 Rock. Cabaret: Tom Hennes & Max Jenkins are Sisters (Joe’s Pub).

KECIA LEWIS (Eleanor). From Off-Broadway to on, Kecia Lewis has made a career out of tackling the lives of formidable women. On Broadway, she originated the roles of Asaka, Trix, and Ida Mae in Once on This Island, The Drowsy Chaperone, and Leap of Faith, respectively. Additionally, she has graced Broadway in Chicago, Big River, Ain’t Misbehavin’, The Gospel at Colonus, and in her debut in Dreamgirls. Other selected: Marie and Rosetta at the Atlantic Theater Company (Obie winner, Lortel/Drama League nomination), Mother Courage at CSC, Skin of our Teeth at TFNA (Obie winner), The Secret Life of Bees at NYSF, and Dessa Rose at Lincoln Center (Drama Desk nomination). Television: Madam Secretary, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Blue Bloods, Conviction, Limitless, and Royal Pains.

LUKE MACFARLANE (Austin). Broadway: The Normal Heart (Drama Desk winner, Ensemble). Off-Broadway: The Busy World Is Hushed, Where Do We Live, Juvenilia. Regional: Reverberations, Sam Bendrix at the Bon Soir, The Normal Heart. Film/Television: Killjoys, Mercy Street, The Night Shift, Smash, Person of Interest, Brothers & Sisters, Satisfaction, Supergirl, Over There, Tanner on Tanner, Kinsey. Graduate: Juilliard School.

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.

WENDIE MALICK (Esther). Off-Broadway: North Shore Fish (WPA), Burleigh Grime$ (New World Stages). Los Angeles: The Underpants (Geffen), Vagina Monologues (Canon), Road Trip (Ventura Court), Santaland Diaries (Coast), Questa (Coronet). Regional: Blithe Spirit, What is the Cause of Thunder? (Williamstown), Don’t Blame Me, I Voted for Helen Gahagan Douglas (Woolly Mammoth), The Guys (Studio Arena), Closure (New Jersey Rep), Love Letters (Laguna Playhouse). Film: Adventureland, About Fifty,

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Waiting, The American President, Racing Stripes, The Goods, Jerome, A Little Sex, The Emperor’s New Groove, Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel. TV: Dream On (four CableACE Awards), Just Shoot Me! (one Golden Globe, two Emmy nominations), Hot in Cleveland (People’s Choice Award, SAG nom Best Ensemble), Mom, Pitch, NCIS: New Orleans, Law & Order: SVU, Frasier, NYPD Blue, The X-Files, Seinfeld. Animation: BoJack Horseman, Jimmy Neutron, SpongeBob SquarePants.

TOM PHELAN (Eddie). Center Theatre Group debut. Off-Broadway: Hir (Playwrights Horizons). Readings and workshops: Narwhals: Unicorns of the Sea (Public Theater), Pin* and the Blue Fairy (Dixon Place), Eat And You Belong To Us (The Center). TV: The Fosters. Tom is a sophomore at Columbia University.

PAUL RUDNICK’s (Playwright) plays have been produced on- and Off-Broadway and around the world, and include I Hate Hamlet, Jeffrey, The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told, Valhalla, Regrets Only, and The New Century. He has won an Obie Award, two Outer Critics Circle Awards, and the John Gassner Playwriting Award. His novels include Social Disease and I’ll Take It, along with two Young Adult novels, Gorgeous and It’s All Your Fault. HarperCollins has published Mr. Rudnick’s Collected Plays and a group of essays entitled I Shudder. Mr. Rudnick is rumored to be quite close to Libby Gelman-Waxner, a film critic for both Premiere and Entertainment Weekly, whose collected columns have been published under the title If You Ask Me. Mr. Rudnick’s articles and essays have appeared in The New York Times, Esquire, Vogue, and Vanity Fair, and he’s a frequent contributor to The New Yorker. His screenplays include In & Out, the screen adaptation of Jeffrey, and Addams Family Values. He’s currently writing the book and lyrics for a stage adaptation of The Devil Wears Prada, with music by Elton John.

WALTER BOBBIE (Director) directed the New York productions of Bright Star, Venus in Fur, The Landing, Golden Age, School for Lies, Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, Chicago, The Submission, Cabin Pressure, The Savannah Disputation, New Jerusalem, High Fidelity, The Other Woman, The Marriage of Bette and Boo, Sweet Charity, Twentieth Century, Footloose, Durang/Durang, For Whom the Southern Belle Tolls, and A Grand Night for Singing. He was artistic director of City Center Encores!, where he also directed Fiorello!, Chicago, Tenderloin, Golden Boy, No, No, Nanette, and Zorba! as well as the Carnegie Hall concerts of South Pacific and Carousel.

Mr. Bobbie served for 12 years on the Board of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society. He is the recipient of Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, and Tony Awards.

JOHN LEE BEATTY (Scenic Design). Broadway: 113 productions including Sweat, Disgraced, The Nance (Tony Award), Outside Mullingar, Venus in Fur, Other Desert Cities, Good People, Rabbit Hole, Chicago, The Color Purple, Doubt, Proof, The Sisters Rosensweig, A Delicate Balance, The Heiress, Dinner at Eight, Footloose, The Last Night of Ballyhoo, The Royal Family, Burn This, Talley’s Folly (Tony Award), Fifth of July, Crimes of the Heart, Ain’t Misbehavin’. Other New York: Lips Together, Teeth Apart, Sylvia, The Substance of Fire, A Life in the Theatre as well as multiple seasons for Lincoln Center Theater, Manhattan Theatre Club,

Shakespeare in the Park, City Center Encores!. Regional: The Guthrie, Arena Stage, The Goodman, Hartford Stage, Steppenwolf, Cincinnati Playhouse, Seattle Rep, The Old Globe, Oregon Shakespeare, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Long Wharf Theatre, Alliance Theatre, and more. For Center Theatre Group and The Music Center: Since 1976, 22 productions at the Taper, Ahmanson, and Chandler, including Poor Behavior, My Old Lady, The Most Happy Fella, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Proposals, Picnic.

WILLIAM IVEY LONG (Costume Design). Previous collaborations with Walter Bobbie include Chicago, now in its 21ST year on Broadway, The School for Lies, Cabin Pressure, Sweet Charity, Twentieth Century, as well as Zorba!, Golden Boy, and Fiorello! for Encores.

Previous collaborations with Paul Rudnick include Regrets Only, Cabin Pressure, The New Century, Valhalla, and Poor Little Lambs.

Mr. Long has also worked with Center Theatre Group on 9 to 5, Leap of Faith, Curtains, and the recent tour of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella. He has designed over 70 Broadway productions, and has been nominated for 15 Tony Awards, winning six times. Mr. Long was inducted into the Theatre Hall of Fame in 2005, and recently completed a four year elected term as Chairman of The American Theatre Wing. www.williamiveylong.com KEN BILLINGTON (Lighting Design) has almost 100 Broadway shows to his credit including such theatre milestones as Sweeney Todd and the current production of Chicago, the longest running American musical in history. Current tours: Chicago (worldwide), Dirty Dancing, Waitress, and White Christmas. L.A. projects this year: Sondheim on Sondheim (Bowl), The Heart of Robin Hood (Wallis), and Crazy for You (Ahmanson). Other projects: Hugh Jackman in Concert, Fantasmic at Disneyland, and from 1979 to 2006 the Radio City Music Hall Christmas Spectacular. Ken’s many awards include the Tony, NY Drama Desk, and Outer Critics Circle Awards, the Ace Award for television lighting, and the Lumen for his architectural lighting for New York’s Tavern on the Green. In 2015 he was inducted into the Theatre Hall of Fame.

KARL FREDRIK LUNDEBERG (Original Music and Sound Design) is a CBS/Sony recording artist who has recorded four albums with his jazz/world music group Full Circle. Karl’s works have been performed at music festivals throughout the world. Theatre and ballet music includes scores for ACT, Geffen Playhouse, American Repertory Theater, BAM, Seattle Rep, Center Stage, South Coast Rep, Odyssey Theatre, Arizona Theatre Company, Pan Asian Repertory Theatre, Kirk Douglas Theatre, and Mark Taper Forum (Death and the Maiden, Bandido!, Hysteria, Skylight, Enigma Variations, The Poison Tree, Closer, The Molière Comedies, The School for Scandal, The Talking Cure, Ten Unknowns, Stuff Happens). He was composer in residence at the Mark Taper Forum and served as musical director for the Shakespeare Repertory Measure for Measure and Midsummer Night’s Dream, and composer/musical director for Romeo and Juliet, all directed by Sir Peter Hall at the Ahmanson Theatre.

CALLERI CASTING (James Calleri, Paul Davis, Erica Jensen).

Broadway: Fool for Love, Hughie, The Elephant Man (also West End), Hedwig and the Angry Inch, The Visit, Of Mice and Men, Venus in Fur, Living on Love, 33 Variations, A Raisin in the Sun, Chicago, James Joyce’s The Dead. Off-Broadway selects: Buyer & Cellar, Murder for Two, All in the Timing, Passion, Lobby Hero, PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE P5

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Fuerza Bruta, Silence! The Musical. Casting for CSC, Long Wharf, McCarter, The Flea, Keen, Playwrights Realm, Rattlestick, Humana Festival/ATL, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Berkeley Rep, City Theater, OSF, Playwrights Horizons (ten seasons). TV: The Path for Hulu, Army Wives, Lipstick Jungle, Monk, Hope & Faith, Ed. Lots of film including Mike Cahill’s Sundance winners Another Earth and I Origins. Awarded 13 Artios Awards for Outstanding Casting Achievement. Member CSA. www.callericasting.com BROOKE BALDWIN (Production Stage Manager). Center Theatre Group: Good Grief, Vicuña, Disgraced, Women Laughing Alone With Salad, Kansas City Choir Boy, Girlfriend, Chavez Ravine, Luna Gale, Race, different words for the same thing, The Nether, The Convert, Second City’s A Christmas Carol: Twist Your Dickens, Venice, Burn This, The Night Watcher, Waiting for Godot. Dodger Theatricals: Duck Commander Musical at the Rio Hotel in Las Vegas. Cabrillo Music Theatre: Bye Bye Birdie, In the Heights, Kiss Me, Kate.

Moonlight Stage Productions: The Little Mermaid, The Wizard of Oz, The Most Happy Fella, Cats, The Foreigner, Swingtime Canteen.

Geffen Playhouse: Shipwrecked, Time Stands Still, Through the Night, and Love, Loss, and What I Wore. She was also on the stage management team at Universal Studios Hollywood. Love to my family and Cullen!

MAGGIE SWING (Stage Manager). Center Theatre Group: King of the Yees, Block Party, Vicuña, Throw Me on the Burnpile and Light Me Up. Geffen Playhouse: Big Sky, Barcelona, Guards at the Taj, Discord, The Country House, The Judy Show, American Buffalo.

European Tour: The Apple Family Plays. Off-Broadway: Regular Singing, Sorry, Love’s Labour’s Lost, Sweet and Sad, Knickerbocker, Compulsion, That Hopey Changey Thing (The Public Theater), Slowgirl (Lincoln Center Theater), Blood Knot, The Orphans’ Home Cycle (Signature Theatre Company). Regional: Bell, Book and Candle (co-production with Long Wharf Theatre), The Orphans’ Home Cycle, Dividing the Estate, To Kill a Mockingbird, A Christmas Carol, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Milk Train Doesn’t Stop Here Anymore, The Bluest Eye, and Our Town (Hartford Stage Company).

Center Theatre Group MICHAEL RITCHIE (Artistic Director) is in his 13TH season as Center Theatre Group’s Artistic Director, and has led over 190 productions to the Ahmanson Theatre, Mark Taper Forum, and Kirk Douglas Theatre stages, including the premieres of six musicals that moved to Broadway—The Drowsy Chaperone, Curtains, 13, 9 to 5: The Musical, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, and Leap of Faith—and the Pulitzer Prize in Drama finalist Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo.

He currently serves as a trustee of Occidental College, The Ahmanson Foundation, Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles, and Polytechnic School.

DOUGLAS C. BAKER (Producing Director) is now in his 28TH season at Center Theatre Group. 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.

LINDSAY ALLBAUGH (Associate Producer) is a member of Center Theatre Group’s artistic staff and has served in varying capacities for the past 13 years. Selected producing credits include—Mark Taper Forum: Bent, What the Butler Saw, Steward of Christendom, Waiting for Godot; Kirk Douglas Theatre: Block Party, Good Grief, Vicuña, Throw Me On the Burnpile and Light Me Up, Endgame, Women Laughing Alone With Salad, Chavez Ravine, Race, different words for the same thing, The Nether. Co-Artistic Director of the Elephant Theatre 2004–2014.

NAUSICA STERGIOU (General Manager, Mark Taper Forum and Kirk Douglas Theatre) has worked professionally supporting artists in theatres of all shapes, sizes, and locales including many seasons at Center Theatre Group as General Manager and, previously, as Audience Development Director. She oversees mainstage productions at the Taper and Douglas, as well as new play commissions and developmental productions through Center Theatre Group’s New Play Development. Nausica has taught at USC’s School of Dramatic Arts, and advises and works with local nonprofits including Hollywood Orchard.

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.

STEPHEN D. ROUNTREE (Managing Director) joined Center Theatre Group in 2014 as Managing Director. He was previously the President and CEO of The Music Center (2002–2014) and concurrently the CEO of the Los Angeles Opera (2008–2012).

He served the J. Paul Getty Trust for 22 years, starting in 1980 as Deputy Director of the Getty Museum, then Director of the Getty Center Building Program, and in 1998, the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer for the Getty Trust.

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ADDITIONAL STAFF FOR BIG NIGHT Associate Director..................................................................................Katia Koziara WIL Inc. Design Assistant.................................................................. Donald Sanders Assistant Costume Designer..................................................................Kat Patterson Assistant Lighting Designer..................................................................Meghan Hong Hair and Makeup Consultant...............................................................Morgan Sellers First Hand...............................................................................................Pamela Walt Stitcher.....................................................................................................Bert Henert Carpentry Crew.............................Aaron Fish, Bo Foxworth, Joel Fullerton, Bryce Gil, Kate Harrow, Mary Karcz, Donavan Martinelli, Todd McGraw, Kirsten Monson, Marcelo Olivas, Randall Pound, Philip Rossi Electrics Crew........................................ Daniel del Busto, Evan Drane, Lucas Garrity, Derek Jones, Jennifer Kwan, Lunchbox, Alif Marchi Scenic Artists.........................Jacquelyn Gutierriez, Orlando de la Paz, Carolina Meza Stage Supervisor.................................................................................. Richard Dunn Assistant Prop Manager............................................................................ Erin Walley Prop Shopper/Artisan..................................................................................Eric Babb Prop Artisan....................................................................................Marissa Bergman Prop Carpenter.............................................................................. Donavan Martinelli FRONT-OF-HOUSE LEADS Trevor Algatt, Bradford Barnes, Stephen Lydic, AJ Meijer, Eduardo FernandezBaumann, Tarah Pollock CONCIERGES Olivia Choate, Eric Eberle, Carmen Echevarria, Amber Espinosa-Jones, Angela Garcia, Tara Griffo, Joan Kubicek, Sarah Lindsley, Adrienne Marquand, Chelsey Maus, Janice Motuapuaka, Nicole Naito, Daniel Rashid, Denise Reynoso, Leve Ross, Diana Spieller, Jor-el Vaasborg DISCUSSION LEADERS Chase Anderson-Shaw, Candice Clasby, Eduardo Fernandez-Baumann, Ian Julian-Williams, Jay Lee, Stephen Lydic, Isabella Petrini, Tarah Pollock CONCESSIONS Abilene Gonzalez, Monica Greene, Mike Lanahan, Jason Vaughn

CREDITS Costumes, props, and sets provided by the Center Theatre Group Shop. Men’s Formalwear provided by JBClothiers. Heidi Johnson - Ms. Lewis’ haircare. Rehearsal and production photography by Craig Schwartz.

SPECIAL THANKS Jerry Bakhchyan—JBClothiers Robert Broadfoot

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The Actors and Stage Managers employed in this production are members of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers of the United States. This theatre operates under an agreement between the League of Resident Theatres and Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

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

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

STAGE DOOR ATTENDANTS Ben Durham, Michael Hanson, Ian Ray, Cory Aycock

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MICHAEL RITCHIE Artistic Director | STEPHEN D. ROUNTREE Managing Director DOUGLAS C. BAKER Producing Director

ARTISTIC NEEL KELLER...............................................................Associate Artistic Director KELLEY KIRKPATRICK................................................. Associate Artistic Director DIANE RODRIGUEZ..................................................... Associate Artistic Director LINDSAY ALLBAUGH.............................................................. Associate Producer PATRICIA GARZA ...................................Artistic Development Program Manager JOY MEADS ............................ Literary Manager/Artistic Engagement Strategist ANDREW LYNFORD ...................................................................Casting Associate IAN-JULIAN WILLIAMS ....................................Program Coordinator, Block Party MATTHEW BOURNE, DANAI GURIRA, ANNA D. SHAPIRO ......................................................................Associate Artists DAVID ADJMI (FADIMAN), JON ROBIN BAITZ, SHEILA CALLAGHAN (FADIMAN), STEVE CUIFFO, JUSTIN ELLINGTON, WILL ENO (FADIMAN), DANAI GURIRA, JENNIFER HALEY, DAVID HENRY HWANG, NAOMI IIZUKA, LARS JAN, RAJIV JOSEPH, LISA KRON, KIMBER LEE, YOUNG JEAN LEE, LAURAL MEADE, RICHARD MONTOYA, LYNN NOTTAGE, QUI NGUYEN, DAN O’BRIEN, DENIS O’HARE, LISA PETERSON, WILL POWER (FADIMAN), RAINPAN 43, MARCO RAMIREZ, KEN ROHT, AL SMITH, ROGER GUENVEUR SMITH, GOB SQUAD, PAULA VOGEL, TRACEY SCOTT WILSON (FADIMAN)..........Commissioned Artists ELIZA CLARK, FRANCES YA-CHU COWHIG, DOMINIQUE MORISSEAU, DAVID MYERS, QUI NGUYEN, HERBERT SIGUENZA, DEBORAH STEIN ...............................................L.A. Writers’ Workshop Members EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS LESLIE K. JOHNSON............. Director of Social Strategy, Innovation and Impact TYRONE DAVIS........................................ Director of Education and Engagement KATHRYN MACKENZIE ......................................Department Operations Director TRACI KWON.................................................. Arts Education Initiatives Director CAMILLE SCHENKKAN..................................Next Generation Initiatives Director JESUS REYES...................................................Community Partnerships Director ADAM NICOLAI.................................................Arts Education Program Manager FELIPE M. SANCHEZ..................................Program Mananger, Emerging Artists and Arts Professionals JENNIFER HARRELL............................................................. Operations Assistant DEBRA PIVER................................................................. Resident Teaching Artist MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION NAUSICA STERGIOU................................................................... General Manager ........................................................... (Mark Taper Forum, Kirk Douglas Theatre) JEFFREY UPAH ........................................ General Manager (Ahmanson Theatre) KATIE SOFF......................................................................... Asst General Manager .................................................. (Mark Taper Forum, Kirk Douglas Theatre, NPD) CASEY MCDERMOTT..........................................General Management Associate MEGAN ALVORD....................................................................... Company Manager ........................................................... (Mark Taper Forum, Kirk Douglas Theatre) ERIC SIMS...................... Director of Theatre Operations (Kirk Douglas Theatre) MAX OKEN..............................................Facility Manager (Kirk Douglas Theatre) JAQUELYN JOHNSON..................................................................... House Manager ...........................................................................................(Kirk Douglas Theatre) LAUREN BAXA................................................... Assistant Performance Manager ...........................................................................................(Kirk Douglas Theatre) SONDRA MAYER............................Concessions Manager (Kirk Douglas Theatre) ALANA BEIDELMAN.......................... Executive Assistant to the Artistic Director EVELYN STAFFORD....................... Executive Assistant to the Managing Director PRODUCTION DAWN HOLISKI................................ Production Department Operations Director JOE HAMLIN............................................ Technical Director/Production Manager .............................................................................................. (Ahmanson Theatre) SHAWN ANDERSON..................................Master Carpenter (Ahmanson Theatre) STAN STEELMON................................ Master Propertyman (Ahmanson Theatre) JAMES WRIGHT....................................... Master Electrician (Ahmanson Theatre) ROBERT SMITH...................................... Master Soundman (Ahmanson Theatre) SHANE ANDERSON................................................... Flyman (Ahmanson Theatre) MICHAEL GARDNER.......................... Wardrobe Supervisor (Ahmanson Theatre) PATRICE K. MADRIGAL........................................... Hair and Make-up Supervisor .............................................................................................. (Ahmanson Theatre) CHRISTINE L. COX.......................................House Manager (Ahmanson Theatre) JONATHAN BARLOW LEE...................... Production Manager (Mark Taper Forum) KATE COLTUN...................... Associate Production Manager (Mark Taper Forum) EMMET KAISER.........................................Master Carpenter (Mark Taper Forum) ROBERT RUBY..................................... Master Propertyman (Mark Taper Forum) WILLIAM MORNER................................... Master Electrician (Mark Taper Forum) BONES MALONE...................................... Master Soundman (Mark Taper Forum) DENNIS SEETOO.................................. Wardrobe Supervisor (Mark Taper Forum) RICK GEYER.............................. Hair & Make-up Supervisor (Mark Taper Forum) LINDA WALKER ........................................... House Manager (Mark Taper Forum)

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

CHRISTOPHER REARDON.........................................Interim Production Manager ...........................................................................................(Kirk Douglas Theatre) KATIE POLEBAUM.................................Stage Supervisor (Kirk Douglas Theatre) AARON STAUBACH..............................Master Electrician (Kirk Douglas Theatre) ADAM PHALEN .............................................. Head Audio (Kirk Douglas Theatre) SEAN MEYER .......................................... Light Board Programmer and Operator ...........................................................................................(Kirk Douglas Theatre) CAMBRIA CHICHI............................Wardrobe Supervisor (Kirk Douglas Theatre)

MARKETING DEBORAH WARREN..............................................................Director of Marketing KYLE HALL.......................................................Advertising & Promotions Director GARRETT COLLINS.......................... Senior Marketing Manager, Strategy & CRM ARIE LEVINE........... Senior Marketing Manager, Ahmanson & Mark Taper Forum KIYOMI EMI.........................................Marketing Manager, Promotions & Events EMYLI GUDMUNDSON.........................Marketing Manager, Kirk Douglas Theatre

CHAD SMITH............................................................ Associate Technical Director KRYSTIN MATSUMOTO............................................. Assistant Technical Director LEE O’REILLY............................................................ Assistant Technical Director SEAN KLOC...................................................................................... Shop Foreman

DEANNA McCLURE...............................................................................Art Director IRENE T. KANESHIRO....................................................... Senior Design Manager SANDI SILBERT............................................................................ Senior Designer TARA NITZ.................................................................................. Graphic Designer JAVIER VASQUEZ........................................................................ Graphic Designer

ANDREW THIELS............................................................................... Prop Director MERRIANNE NEDREBERG..............................................Associate Prop Manager JON WARD........................................................................Associate Prop Manager CANDICE CAIN........................................................................... Costume Director BRENT M. BRUIN..............................................................Costume Shop Manager MADDIE KELLER..................................................................... Costume Generalist WHITNEY OPPENHEIMER...............................................................Shop Assistant SWANTJE TUOHINO........................................................................................Tailor ELIZABETH LEONARD.............................................................. Facilities Manager JULIO A. CUELLAR.......................................................................Driver/Custodian DONAVAN MARTINELLI...............................................................................Drivers PETER WYLIE....................................................................Production Coordinator FINANCE, INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND HUMAN RESOURCES CHERYL SHEPHERD...........................................................Chief Financial Officer SARAH STURDIVANT.................................... Director of Finance and Technology SUZANNE BROWN...................................................................................Controller XOCHITL RAMIREZ.................................................. Accounts Payable Supervisor ALEGRIA SENA........................................................................... Staff Accountant DANNY LAMPSON OPSTAD...................................................Accounting Manager JESSICA HERNANDEZ................................................................. Payroll Manager JUAN MARTINEZ......................................................................... Payroll Specialist KERRY LARICK.....................................................................Accounting Assistant STAN GRUSHESKY............................................ Director of Information Systems MANDY RATLIFF..............................................Sr. Database & Web Administrator ASH LEWIS......................................................................Help Desk Administrator JODY HORWITZ........................................................Director of Human Resources PJ. PHILLIPS.................................................Senior Human Resources Generalist MOSS ADAMS............................................................................................. Auditor MICHAEL C. DONALDSON, LISA A. CALLIF..................................... Legal Counsel GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER......................................................... Legal Counsel INSTITUTIONAL ADVANCEMENT YVONNE CARLSON BELL..........................Director of Institutional Advancement PATRICK OWEN............................ Deputy Director of Institutional Advancement NATALIE BERGESON............................................ Director of Donor Engagement LIZ LIN........................................................................... Director of Development, ...................................................................... Artist and Entertainment Relations CHARITY WU................................................ Director of Major Gifts Stewardship BECKY BIRDSONG................................... Major Gifts and Planned Giving Officer KATY HILTON........... Associate Director of Foundation and Government Support LAURA HITE.......................................................................Manager of Major Gifts DANIELLE LESNER............................... Associate Director of Donor Engagement MANDI OR.................................................... Associate Director of Special Events ROBBIE MARTIN..................................Associate Director of Corporate Relations JENNIFER CHAN........................................................ Special Events Coordinator DONALD JOLLY.......................................................Donor Experience Coordinator JAZMINE JONES ....................................................... Donor Relations Coordinator KIM OKAMURA ............................................................................ Grants Manager EMILY GIBSON............................Institutional Advancement Research Associate ERIN SCHLABACH........................................Manager of Major Gifts Stewardship ERIC SEPPALA......................................Board Liaison and Executive Assistant to ............................................................the Director of Institutional Advancement MATTHEW SUTPHIN................................... Institutional Advancement Associate KRISTIN YAMAKA...............................................Corporate Relations Coordinator EDUARDO MOLLINEDO-PIÑÓN.............................Donor Membership Coordinator MIKE RATTERMAN........................................................ Donor Advisor Supervisor AL BERMAN, JOHN COPELAND, ELIZABETH DELLORUSSO, DAVID GARVER, JOSH LEVIN, MATT RITCHEY, BENJAMIN SCHWARTZ, NICOLE SCIPIONE, PAUL VITAGLIANO ......................................... Donor Advisors KARLA GALVEZ, JUSTINE PEREZ................................ Donor Services Associates WAUKENA CUYJET, MURRAY E. HELTZER......................Development Volunteers

COMMUNICATIONS JAMES SIMS..............................................................Director of Communications JASON MARTIN........................................................................... Head of Publicity KRISTI AVILA..................................................................................Junior Publicist SARAH ROTHBARD.................... Senior Manager, Communications and Editorial JOHN JOHNSON.......................................................Communications Coordinator ARIELLE LAUB.........................................................Communications Coordinator SARAH GOLDBAUM..........................................................Digital Media Specialist HAL BANFIELD......................................................................Multimedia Producer TICKET SALES AND SERVICES SHAWN ROBERTSON............................................................ Ticket Sales Director SKYPP CABANAS........................................................ Ticket Operations Manager RACHYL UNDERWOOD...........................................Ticket Operations Coordinator MICHAEL ZOLDESSY........................................................ Account Sales Manager TRICIA GUNTER........................................................... Account Sales Coordinator SANDY CZUBIAK........................................................... Audience and Subscriber ....................................................................................................Services Director JENNIFER BAKER, CHERYL HAWKER, RICHARD RAGSDALE.......................................... Audience Services Supervisors ALICE CHEN................................................. Audience Services Asst. Supervisor GARY HOLLAND, DEBORAH REED........................................... Audience Services ....................................................................................................Sales Associates SAM AARON, JEREMIE ARENCIBIA, KIMBERLY ARENCIBIA, VICKI BERNDT, CARLOS D. CHAVEZ, JR., KAITLYN GALVEZ, MICHAEL ESPINOZA, ANASTASHIA GARCIA, EILEEN PEREZ, LEX SAVKO, TEVIN WILLIAMS.......................................... Audience Services Representatives DANUTA SIEMAK................................................ Subscriber Services Supervisor CHRISTINA GUTIERREZ ........................... Subscriber Services Asst. Supervisor IRENE CHUANG, LIGIA PISTE, PETER STALOCH....................Subscriber Services ..........................................................................................Senior Representatives SARAH K. GONTA .................................................................. Box Office Treasurer ANGELICA CARBAJAL, KISHISA ROSS................................. Assistant Treasurers MICHAEL KEMPISTY, KEVIN LAUVER, MICHAEL SALTZMAN, CRIS SPACCA............................................................................... Box Office Staff KERRY KORF.................................................................. Priority Services Director SUSAN F. TULLER..................................... Priority Services Operations Manager CANDICE WALTERS............................................ Priority Services Sales Manager PAUL CUEN.................................................................. Priority Services Manager KRISTEN SCHRASS...................................Priority Services Assistant Supervisor .....................................................................................................Representatives BEALENE AHERN, CLAY BUNKER, JOHN CARROLL, MAGGIE DODD, NATALIE DRESSEL, SOFIJA DUTCHER, MARC “BYRON” DROTMAN, FRANK ENSENBERGER, LOU GEORGE, SHEP KOSTER, JORDAN KRSNAK, IAN PRICE, MICHAEL SMITH, JEFFREY STUBBLEFIELD, DIANE WARD......................................Representatives INTERNS TALIN ABADIAN, JESSICA BARRY, SAMANTHA CAVALCANTI, EUN SEO CHOI, ALLIE EMSLIE, MARIE-CLAIRE ERDYNAST, MATTHEW GIESBERG, JENNA HEO, MITCH LEITSCHUH, MARCELA PANIAGUA, RAMI PINCHASI, DIANA SANCHEZ, OLIVIA SATHER, REMINGTON SHAHAN, WENDOLYN SIMS-RUCKER, ALEXANDER WAXLER, SAMANTHA WEST

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Special Thanks to Artistic Director’s Circle Members for Supporting Center Theatre Group

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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. Since its founding in 2005, members have aligned their support with over 50 productions on our stages. The following individuals have made commitments of $100,000 and above. (DONORS LISTED AS OF JULY 28, 2017)

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Jody & David Lippman

Diana Buckhantz & Vladimir &

Renee & Meyer Luskin

Araxia Buckhantz Foundation

Ruth Flinkman-Marandy & Ben Marandy

Joseph & Mara Carieri

Dale S. & Shideh Miller

Nancy & Donald de Brier

Deena & Edward Nahmias

Erica & Vin Di Bona

Bill Resnick & Michael Stubbs

Kirk & Anne Douglas

Lloyd E. Rigler - Lawrence E.

Louise & Brad Edgerton

Deutsch Foundation

Amy Forbes & Andrew Murr

Laura & James Rosenwald &

Cindy & Gary Frischling

Orinoco Foundation

Eric & Nancy Garen

Deidra Norman Schumann

Kiki & David Gindler

Donna Schweers & Tom Geiser

Patricia Glaser & Sam Mudie

Maggy & Jack Simon

Brindell Roberts Gottlieb

Judie Stein & Stein Family Foundation

Aliza Karney Guren & Marc Guren

Eva & Marc Stern

Ann & Stephen F. Hinchliffe, Jr.

Sue Tsao

June & Gareth Hughes

Sheila & Wally Weisman

Eileen & Ken Kaplan

Misty Widelitz

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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 Center Theatre Group’s New Play Production and Education and Community Partnerships programs.

(DONORS LISTED AS OF JULY 28, 2017)

Melissa & Bob Alvarado

Linda S. Peterson

Joni & Miles Benickes

Jane Rissman & Richard Sondheimer

Joan & Rob Blackman Annette Blum Marla S. Campagna Cástulo de la Rocha & Zoila Escobar In Memory of Morris A. Hazan Dori & Doug Howell In Support of New Theatre Artists

SUBSCRIPTIONS & SINGLE TICKETS ON SALE NOW

Bruce & Randy Ross Elliott R. Sernel Donna & John Sussman Sunshine Stone Anne C. Taubman Peter & Iona Tompkins Karen & William Timberlake

Mr. & Mrs. Gerald W. Kehle

Robin & Gary Ungar

Kelton Fund/Lenny & David Kelton

Hope Landis Warner

Vicki King

Suzanne V. Wilson

Harry & Arlette Lumer

Marilyn Ziering

Louise Moriarty & Patrick Stack

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For more information about leadership gifts, please call Erin Schlabach at 213.972.3069.

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Donors who have made additional gifts to Center Theatre Group’s Endowment or Planned Gifts programs.

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Center Theatre Group Corporate Circle

“URGENTLY ABSORBING.” — THE WASHINGTON POST

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Sheri Biller, Founding Chair The Corporate Circle is comprised of companies that support Center Theatre Group’s education and community partnership programs. Members receive VIP concierge service at theatres in Los Angeles, New York, and London, complimentary and discounted tickets to our shows, business development opportunities, and more. For more information, call 213.972.3192.

(DONORS LISTED AS OF AUGUST 1, 2017)

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BRONZE CIRCLE 21ST Century Fox American Business Bank Brite Ideas Chubb City National Bank Fox Television Group

Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation Jones Day The Liberty Company Macy's Neiman Marcus Beverly Hills

Northern Trust Patina Group Payden & Rygel Perry, Neidorf & Grassl, LLP Sony Pictures Entertainment

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Entertainment Circle Center Theatre Group wishes to acknowledge our generous supporters in the Entertainment Circle, who are leaders in the entertainment industry.

Thank you to our multi-year donors, whose gifts ensure a secure base for our future. For information, call Donor Engagement at 213.972.7564.

(DONORS LISTED AS OF JULY 15, 2017.)

MULTI-YEAR DONORS

Florence C. Agcawili Paula Brand Norman Buckley, In Memory of Davyd Whaley Nick Dudzak Greg H. Dunn Michael Hanel & Steven Linder Donna L. Herman Dozar Office Furnishings Mark Kaplan Shelley Powsner & Stephen Skrovan James & Melanie Renfroe Eileen T'Kaye & David Bischoff Mr. Charles W. Weeks ANNUAL DONORS

Anonymous (2) Mr. Irving H. Anderson Amy Aquino & Drew McCoy G.W. Bailey Corinne Baldassano Greg Basser & Kiera O'Neill John Bowab Rachel Bloom Diane & Dorothy Brooks Foundation Rick Buche & Vin Reilly Marcy Carsey Veronica Cartwright Children in Film Becky & Mike Clements Seth Cover & Mycotoo Bill & Ellie D'Elia Bob Doucette & Tom Slotten Bob & Gabrielle Ducsay Nadine Espana Chris Cookson & Lauren Firestone Darcy Fleck Jacque & Bobby Florsheim Marilyn T. Fordney Seth Freeman & Julie Waxman Laura Gibson Mark Daniel Gordon David Goren Karen Caffee & Manuel Grace Marcy & Edgar Gross Heather Hach Hearne Winifred C. Hervey Phil Hettema

Karen & Stephen Hillenburg Alicia Hirsch & Jesse Russo Sean Johnson & Alex Ocampo Idea Asylum Productions & Dr. Allegra & Mr. Sheppard Kaufman Rob Kief Sarah E. Kiefer Dr. Peter A. Krikes Cody Lassen & Nitzan Mekel Nita Whitaker LaFontaine Marla E. Levine Manuel & Carrie Lujan Brett J. Markel & Tanya Tull Mr. Theodore K. Martinez Carla Meyer & Charles Arnold Tina J. Miller Lawrence A. Mirisch In Honor of Barry Moss Jonathan Murray Suzie & Daniel O'Connell Justin Okin Patty & Mike Post Don Foster & Erin Quigley Michael Reisz Michael Ritchie & Kate Burton Jay & Linda Sandrich Glen & Eva Schusterman Serendipity Productions Nina Shaw & Wallace Little David A. Steinberg Stephen J. Strauss & Harriet M. Rolnick Lorraine Strieby Jack & Marlene Susser Brad & George Takei Allison Thomas & Gary Ross Russell Todd Agency Ms. Kirsten Vangsness Cliff Warner Victoria Weisbart Ms. Lynn E. Weisman Jennifer Crittenden & William Wrubel

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The Inner Circle is an organization of community leaders who provide outstanding support to Center Theatre Group. In appreciation, members enjoy a host of special benefits, including meet-the-artist receptions, backstage tours, premium theatre seating, and much more. Thank you to our multi-year donors, whose gifts ensure a secure base for our future. For information, call Donor Engagement at 213.972.7564. (DONORS LISTED AS OF JULY 15, 2017.)

GUARDIAN CIRCLE ($18,000+) MULTI-YEAR DONORS Jonna Bollenbacher

ANNUAL DONORS Anonymous (2)

Helen & Morgan Chu

Lynn & Dreux McNairy

Diana Rogovin Davidow

Carrie & Ben Mui

Phyllis Kupferstein & Donald O. Farkas

Pamela & Dennis Beck

Michael A. Enomoto

Barbara Roberts

Michael & Sandy Leahy

Lynn Booth

Rhonda C. Evans

Joyce & Deane Ross

Maynard & Linda Brittan

Susan A. Grode

Linda Brown

Heather & Paul Haaga

Stanley Iezman & Nancy Stark

Susan & Stephen Chandler

Sharon & Joe Hernandez

Kelly Sutherlin McLeod & Steven B. McLeod Family Foundation

Ellen & Tom Hoberman

Kim & Bill Wardlaw Mary J. Witt

BENEFACTOR CIRCLE ($12,000+) MULTI-YEAR DONORS Hon. Mary Lou Byrne & Gary W. Kearney Connie Elliot

Arline M. Nakanishi Nina & Steven Sheldon Tracy A. Stone

Ms. Dana Guerin

The Sugimoto Family Foundation

Lorrie & Richard Gurewitz

Peter & Susan Van Haften

Annie Gross In Loving Memory of Georges Gross

Olivia & Anthony Neece

Shirley J. Hess

Chris & Dick Newman/ C & R Newman Family Foundation

The Jim Hicks Family Foundation

Christine Marie Ofiesh Jack & Jane Pollock

Lorraine & Jesse Hizami

Laura & David Quigg

Steve & Toya Harrison

Marion & Tod Hindin

Roberta & James Vigneau

Gail & Stanley Hollander

Jerrie D. Whitfield & Richard W. Motika

Mr. & Mrs. James L. Hunter

Natalie Roberts & David Roberts z"l

James Jennings

Michael Rogers

Debra & Robert Kasirer

ANNUAL DONORS Laura & Harvey Alpert

Marcia S. Jones

Rosemary Simmons

Vicki & Seth Kogan

Betsy & Harold Applebaum

Joan Kroll & In Memory of Irving Kroll

Jackie & Howard Banchik

Jennifer L. Jackman Ellen & Jerry Jacobson

Edward Lewis In Loving Memory of Anna Strahlman

Shelley & Rick Bayer Dannielle Campos Ramirez Bill Cohn & Dan Miller

Dr. & Mrs. Jack Kavanaugh Marcia & David M. Spaid In Memory of Lynn Kinikin Alice & Nahum Lainer Mrs. Gayle Leventhal Lee Levin Marlene & Sandy Louchheim

Phyllis J. & Steven F. Spierer Eugene & Marilyn Stein Stone Family Donna & John Sussman

Steven Llanusa & Glenn Miya, M.D.

Corbell Family

In Memory of Salem Ludwig

Joanna Exacoustos

Debra Gastler & Andrew Malloy

Mildred M. & Earl Moon

Roslyn & Abner Goldstine

Janice & Bruce Miller

Julia Voce

Kari L. Nakama

Manuela Goren

Andy & Laura Mintzer

Matthew Walden

Nancy & Donald de Brier

Terence Tchen & Emily Breckenridge Elinor & Rubin Turner

Sheila Muller

PATRON CIRCLE ($8,000+) MULTI-YEAR DONORS Anonymous

Lawrence J. Jaffe, M.D.

David Williamson

Nadege & Jay Conger

Gary W. Kearney

Virginia Yeager

Kenneth Donaldson

Russi Taylor Allwine

Martin & Rosalind Zane

Mark & Jody Barnhill

Harvey & Ellen Knell Foundation

Anne M. Dougherty & David B. Dobrikin

Yvonne & Derek Bell

David & Tam Lachoff

Tracey Boldemann-Tatkin & Stan Tatkin

Jeff Mandel

Pamela Herman Broussard & J. Garfield Broussard

Janis B. McEldowney

Dr. & Mrs. Ronald Busuttil Catherine & Anthony Chanin Arthur & Katheryn Chinski Ruth Choi Dr. Lawrence & Jane Z. Cohen Donald & Zoe Cosgrove Ms. Anita H. Dymant & Mr. Richard Drooyan

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Ellen Fujikawa Mr. & Mrs. Homer Garten Rocky & Deborah Gentner Dr. Stuart & Adrienne Green Lisa Guerin

Piano Lessons on the westside UpperHandsPiano@gmail.com

Linda & Michael Haines Chet & Sheila Hasday Dr. & Mrs. Randy W. Hawkins Elizabeth A. Hoage

Emily & Phillips Marshall Ron & Lee Miller Joan I. Moe Michael R. Oppenheim Melissa Louise Rhone Craig E. Rogers Leonard J. & JoAnn Roth Dana Saladen & Linda Walters In Memory of Honey Sanders Christine Shaner Deborah E. Small, M.D. Merrilee B. St. John Clumeck Stern Schenkelberg & Getzoff Louis & Harold Price Foundation Dr. & Mrs. Daniel Wallace Barbara & Edmund Wilkinson

ANNUAL DONORS Anonymous (3) Robert & Sara Adler Merryl & David A. Alpert Liz & Lou Altman Mr. Domenic Andreone Deanna & Richard Ashby James Asperger & Christine Adams Cheryl & Elliott Balbert Linda Barnett Fran R. Berger Charles Berney & Family Leah M. Bishop & Gary M. Yale I. Mark Bledstein Family Yvonne Bogdanovich & Family

Regina L. Echols Lynda & Al Fadel Alan & Barbara Faiola Dennis L. Field & H. Douglas Galt Judith R. Forman & Richard N. Weiner John Gallardo Lesley & Dr. Kenneth H. Geiger Marylyn Ginsburg & Chuck Klaus Lori Glickman Eleanor Gorman Donald W. Grant Cynthia & Solomon Hamburg Sara & John Harms

Rose Marie Browning & Michael Fletcher

Tanna Handley Havlick

John J. Byers

Sam Ho, M.D.

Kathleen & Milton Campbell

Harold Igdaloff

In Memory of John W. Carner

Alan & Sharon Kane

Walmilly Foundation

Gary & Denise Kading

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PATRON CIRCLE (CONTINUED) Cari & Marty Kavinoky

Doris Luster

Diane Kessler

Carol & Douglas Mancino

Janice A. Kido Sharon L. Kline J. Koenig Joanne C. Kozberg Sheila Krasnoff Sandra Krause & William Fitzgerald Jale Kutay

Janice E. Mangerino Mrs. Gloria McCardle Melanie McDaniel Margot & Mitch Milias Joan & Philip Miller Toni Hollander-Morse & Lon Morse

Anne & Michael Landsburg

Diane Morton

Dr. & Mrs. David Lask

Gail Neiman

Dr. & Mrs. Martin S. Lasky

Cindy & Ken Norian

Barbara & Andrew Leigh

Bob & Renee Nunn

Ronald Levenson & Marcia Gold Levenson

Judy Nussenblatt

Charlotte P. Levine Janell & Randall Lewis Mr. & Mrs. Sheldon Lodmer The Charles Stewart Mott Foundation

Robert & Sally Neely

Michael Powell & Dr. Sheila Philips

Allen Blue & Kira Snyder

Mary Lynn & John Rallis

Mr. & Mrs. Randy Snyder

Rollin A. Ransom & Chris Lacroix Paula F. Reach Kay & Bob Rehme William & Sue Roen June Caldwell & Jaye Rogovin June & Samuel Sale Nancy & Ted Sanborn Lora A. Sandroni Wes Schaefer & Cathy King-Schaefer

Judy Stone Ellen & Steve Sugerman Laney & Thomas Techentin Jean Trutanich Sandra Tufts Mr. & Mrs. Robert D. Volk Seymour Waterman & Family

Peter & Susan Schwab

Susan & William Weintraub

Joan & Arnold Seidel

Doug & Ellen Weitman

Mary Kay Park

Mrs. Dorothy R. Sherwood

Dennis J. Perrone & Zoe Tan

Jenene J. Wilson & Kristiana A. Wilson

Gloria Sherwood

Ralph M. & Molly Wolveck

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Gregory Pickert & Beth Price

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Katherine L. Todd*

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Phyllis Teller

Linda Goldman♦

Roberta Turkat

Dina Goldstein

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Brindell Gottlieb

Carol Le-Veque-Uri

Carol Halperin

Barbara Van Orden

Stephanie Hibler

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*Past Presidents Executive Board Members at Large

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Celebrating 90 Years 1927-2017

Theatre Forward

Ovation Circle Planned Gifts

Theatre Forward advances the American theatre and its communities by providing funding and other resources to the country’s leading nonprofit theatres, including Center Theatre Group. Theatre Forward and its theatres are most grateful to the below funders. (DONORS LISTED AS OF MAY 2017.)

Center Theatre Group is grateful to these donors, whose irrevocable deferred estate gifts to our endowment ensure the organization’s financial well-being for generations to come.

Bank of America The Hearst Foundations •

W. Lee Bailey, M.D.

Judith & Thomas Beckmen

Angela Bardowell

James S. & Lynne Turley •

Kirk & Anne Douglas

Allan & Joan Burns

Richard & Julie Kagan

Deborah M. Hyde

The Schloss Family Foundation •

Martin Massman

Sarah & Andy Kane

Betty McMicken in honor of Jeanette Shammas

Dr. & Mrs. Jack Kavanaugh

Diane & Leon Morton

The Paul Kowal

Carol Vernon & Robert Turbin

Charitable Foundation

$500,000+

Sandra Krause & William Fitzgerald

BENEFACTORS ($25,000-$49,999)

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Goldman, Sachs & Co.

BNYMellon

MetLife

Citi EY*

Roe Green Foundation Stephanie Scott

Richard & Norma Camp

Morgan Stanley

Mary Levin Cutler

Wells Fargo •

Susan Grode

Steven Llanusa & Glenn Miya, M.D.

Virginia Hayes

Marsh & Mclennan Companies, Inc.

Ann & Stephen F. Hinchliffe, Jr.

National Endowment for the Arts •

Merle & Peter Mullin Linda S. Peterson

Pfizer, Inc.

Sue Tsao

$50,000+

Magda & Frederick R. Waingrow

The Moira Byrne Foster Foundation

Bloomberg Philanthropies Cisco Systems, Inc. Paula A. Dominick The Estée Lauder Companies Inc.

Thomas C. Quick

Alan & Jennifer Freedman

Theatermania/ Gretchen Shugart

Frank & Bonnie Orlowski

George S. Smith, Jr.

Southwest Airlines

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DONORS ($10,000–$14,999) Mitchell J. Auslander

Presidio

Marianne Cassini

RBC Wealth Management •

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Daniel A. Simkowitz

Epiq Systems

S&P Global

Bruce R. and Tracey Ewing

TD Charitable Foundation •

Lisa Orberg •

Isabelle Winkles

SUPPORTERS ($2,500‑$9,999) Sheri and Les Biller Foundation Sue Ann Collins* COOMI Dramatists Play Service, Inc. Kevin & Anne Driscoll* John R. Dutt •* Edgerton Foundation ESCADA Jessica Farr Glen Gillen and Michael Lawrence Steven Gartner* Kiki & David Gindler Richard K. Greene Nancy Hancock Griffith* Brian J. Harkins Gregory S. Hurst Howard and Janet Kagan Mary Kitchen and Jon Orszag*

$250,000+ Pamela & Dennis Beck Bill Cohn & Dan Miller Amy Forbes &

Carol & Douglas Mancino Nan Rae Bruce & Randy Ellen Ross

Mr. Kim L. Hunter Sally & Frank Raab Wes Schaefer & Cathy King-Schaefer

Andrew Murr

$25,000+

Patricia Glaser & Sam Mudie

Charles Dillingham & Susan D. Clines

Edward L. Rada

Mr. & Mrs. Walter E. Grauman

Maggy Simon I.H. Sutnick

Bob & Renee Nunn

Susan & William Weintraub

Endowment Gifts

Anthony and Diane Lembke, in honor of Brian J. Harkins, board member*

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.

Jody & David Lippman Evelyn Mack Truitt*

$500,000+

Brindell & Milton Gottlieb

Doris Duke Charitable Foundation

The Hearst Foundation, Inc.

Renee & Meyer Luskin

Gloria Lothrop

Jonathan Maurer and Gretchen Shugart Susan and John Major Donor Advised Fund at the Rancho Santa Fe Foundation

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

Louise Moriarty & Patrick Stack*

$250,000+

The Nederlander Organization Newmark Holdings Mary Lou Seidner*

The Norman and Sadie Lee Foundation

$100,000+ Betsy & Harold Applebaum

Vicki King Richard G. & Virginia L. Martin Louise Taper

$50,000+ Ellen & Michael S. Korney Dorothy & Richard Sherwood

$25,000+

Elliott Semel & Larry Falconio*

Judith & Thomas Beckmen

Abbott Brown

Ten Chimneys Foundation

The Sheri and Les Biller Family Foundation

Greve Foundation

John Thomopoulos

Maynard & Linda Brittan

University Hospitals Michael A. Wall*

Center Theatre Group Affiliates

Ken Klein and Christine De lisle

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Joyce & Kent Kresa

American Express

Joseph Baio*

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PACESETTERS ($15,000‑$24,999)

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Buford Alexander and Pamela Farr Steven & Joy Bunson

$100,000+

Shirley & Irving Ashkenas

THEATRE EXECUTIVES ($50,000+) AT&T •

$1,000,000+

Kenneth Corday

Linda Brown Dr. Tom Hickey Diane & Leon Morton

$10,000+

Regina Fadiman

A and J Davidson Skipper Award Fund

Barbara & Peter Fodor

Levine Foundation

* National Society Member ▲ Includes In-kind support • Educating through Theatre Support

Ava & Charles Fries

Carolyn & Kit Lokey

For a complete list of funders visit theatreforward.org

For more information on making a planned or endowment gift, call Becky Birdsong at 213.972.7532.

Betty & Sanford Sigoloff

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THE MUSIC CENTER 2017/2018 MUSIC CENTER BOARD OF DIRECTORS OFFICERS

Lisa Specht Board Chair

SUPPORT The Music Center Annual Fund supports world-class dance, nationally recognized arts education and participatory arts programs that inspire people of all ages and create opportunities for expression.

Robert J. Abernethy Cindy Miscikowski Vice Chairs Rachel S. Moore President and Chief Executive Officer Diane G. Medina Secretary

Susan M. Wegleitner Treasurer Lisa Whitney Assistant Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer

MEMBERS AT LARGE

William H. Ahmanson Wallis Annenberg Jill Baldauf

DIRECTORS EMERITI

Peter K. Barker Judith Beckmen Eli Broad Ronald W. Burkle

Darrell Brown Kimaada M. Brown Dannielle Campos Greg T. Geyer

John B. Emerson* Lois Erburu Richard M. Ferry Bernard A. Greenberg

Lisa Gilford David Gindler Kiki Ramos Gindler

Stephen F. Hinchliffe, Jr.

Brindell Gottlieb

Amb. Glen A. Holden

Maria Rosario Jackson

Amb. Lester B. Korn

Stuart M. Ketchum

Glenn Kaino

Kent Kresa

possible for these programs to grow.

Cary J. Lefton

Robert F. Maguire, III

For more information or to donate,

David Lippman

Ginny Mancini

Nigel Lythgoe

Unrestricted annual support makes it

please call (213) 972-4349.

Richard Lynn Martinez

Edward J. McAniff

Bowen “Buzz” H. McCoy Elizabeth Michelson Darrell D. Miller Shelby Notkin

Walter M. Mirisch Fredric M. Roberts Claire L. Rothman Cynthia A. Telles James A. Thomas Andrea L. Van de Kamp*

CONTACT

Michael Pagano

General Information (213) 972-7211

Karen Kay Platt

Thomas R. Weinberger

Rory Pullens

Rosalind W. Wyman

Max Ramberg

* Chairman Emeritus

Theatre Rentals (213) 972-3600 Filming (213) 972-7334 Patina Restaurant Group/ Catered Events (213) 972-7565 Audio Description/Project D.A.T.E. (Direct Audience Theatre Experience) (213) 680-4017 Lost and Found (213) 972-2600

Cynthia M. Patton

Paul M. Watson

Jay Rasulo Joseph Rice^ Richard K. Roeder Joni J. Smith Catharine Soros Marc I. Stern Cary H. Thompson Walter F. Ulloa Timothy S. Wahl Alyce Williamson Jay Wintrob Rollin A. Ransom General Counsel ^ Leave o f Absence

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BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES

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.

FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: SHEILA J. KUEHL Third District, KATHRYN BARGER Fifth District, MARK RIDLEY-THOMAS Second District, Chairman, JANICE HAHN Fourth District, HILDA L. SOLIS First District

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SEPTEMBER FRI 1 SEPT / 7:00 p.m.

DANCE DTLA: Dance Downtown Grand Park FRI 1 SEPT / 8:00 p.m.

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time CENTER THEATRE GROUP Ahmanson Theatre Thru 9/10 FRI 1 SEPT / 8:00 p.m.

BIG L.A. PORTRAIT GALLERY Grand Park Thru 9/4 TUE 5 SEPT / 11:00 a.m.

LUNCHTIME! Food Trucks Grand Park Every Tues, Weds, Thurs TUE 5 SEPT / 5:00 p.m.

Bootcamp Grand Park Every Tuesday thru Sept 27 SAT 9 SEPT / 7:00 p.m.

LA Opera Carmen Dorothy Chandler Pavilion Thru 10/1 Opening night and the 9/23 performances are the only evening performances that start at 7 p.m. Check the schedule for details.

SUN 10 SEPT / 12:00 p.m.

Beat Swap Meet Grand Park

SAT 16 SEPT / 1:00 p.m.

León Ferrari: The Words of Others: León Ferrari and Rhetoric in Times of War REDCAT Thru 12/17 SUN 17 SEPTEMBER / 2:00 p.m.

SUNDAY SESSIONS GETS DEEP Grand Park FRI SEPT 22 / 8:30 p.m.

Ism, Ism, Ism: Experimental Cinema in Latin America REDCAT Thru 9/24 SAT 23 SEPT / 2:00 p.m.

CARMINA BURANA LA Master Chorale Walt Disney Concert Hall Thru 9/24 SAT 23 SEPT / 5:30 p.m.

PROUD Movie Night Grand Park TUE 26 SEPT / 7:00 p.m.

OPENING NIGHT CONCERT & GALA MOZART — THE EARLY YEARS LA Phil Walt Disney Concert Hall THURS 28 SEPT / 8:30 p.m.

FAUSTIN LINYEKULA/STUDIOS KABAKO: Sur les traces de Dinozord REDCAT Thru 9/30

2017 WED 13 SEPT / 8:00 p.m.

Head of Passes Center Theatre Group Mark Taper Forum Thru 10/22

FRI 29 SEPT / 11:00 a.m.

Mozart: Final Piano Concerto LA Phil Walt Disney Concert Hall Thru 10/1

Visit musiccenter.org for additional information on all upcoming events. facebook.com/MusicCenterLA

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