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FROM THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

WELCOME TO CENTER THEATRE GROUP Thank you for joining us as we continue our 2019/20 Season with works from some of the artists I admire most.

John Leguizamo is a brilliant writer and actor, and I’m so happy that we’re presenting his funny, timely, very smart Latin History for Morons at the Ahmanson. The show sold out its first two runs on both coasts and wowed Broadway; I think Los Angeles audiences will agree that it strikes a perfect balance between pure fun and fascinating historical explanation.

Everyone at the Ahmanson is going to leave laughing this month thanks not just to John Leguizamo but also Mike Birbiglia, one of our funniest storytellers. From stand-up comedy and radio to theatre, he is able to spin his life into hilarious, heartfelt narratives—no matter the subject. With The New One he’s tackling some daring material that is going to resonate with everyone.

A razor-sharp screenwriter and a seasoned playwright whose characters and stories are always fascinating and never what you expected, Ethan Coen is a true renaissance artist. For those of you who have never experienced his work onstage, you’re in for quite a treat with A Play Is a Poem at the Taper. These five unique pieces are each excellent in their own right and come together to create an extraordinary evening.

Center Theatre Group audiences have been blessed with some splendid Samuel Beckett performances over our last few seasons, and now we can add Bill Irwin in his own On Beckett to that list. Bill is one of our most dynamic and inventive artists, and here he explores his lifelong relationship with a master playwright—with his deep understanding of the prose and his deft feel for physical comedy—as no one else can.

Enjoy the show, and come back soon.

Sincerely,

Michael Ritchie

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around CENTER THEATRE GROUP Thanks to all who donated and attended our one-night-only benefit reading of Kirk and Anne: Letters of Love, Laughter, and a Lifetime in Hollywood—the new play based on the book by longtime Center Theatre Group supporters Kirk and Anne Douglas—on July 22, 2019 at Kirk’s eponymous theatre. Proceeds from the event benefited Center Theatre Group and MPTF.

IN REHEARSAL FOR THE RODRIGUEZES: A MARIACHI STORY

IN OUR FIRST STAFF TALK OF THE SEASON, USC Professor of English and American Studies and Ethnicity David Román visited Center Theatre Group’s offices to give us some context, history, and background around John Leguizamo and Latin History for Morons before its run at the Ahmanson September 5 – October 20, 2019.

Rosalie Rodriguez is a mother, singer, violinist, Grammy winner, and a third generation mariachi musician. In her first solo theatre piece, which she presented as part of our Library Play Readings in Boyle Heights in September, Rosalie tells the story of her musical roots and lifts out of history the role the women in her family played in the traditionally male-dominated world of mariachi music.

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(Left, L–R) Anne Douglas, Deborra-lee Furness, Hugh Jackman, and Kirk Douglas. (Top, L–R) Event Co-Chairs Marilyn Katzenberg and Jeffrey Katzenberg. President/CEO of MPTF Bob Beitcher and Center Theatre Group Managing Director/CEO Meghan Pressman. Center Theatre Group Artistic Director Michael Ritchie and Culver City Mayor Meghan Sahli-Wells. Host Committee Members Jack and Maggy Simon. (Bottom, L–R) Center Theatre Group Board Member and Event Co-Chair Robert Greenblatt. Event Co-Chair Sam Mudie and Center Theatre Group Board Member and Event Co-Chair Patricia Glaser and Host Committee Members Melina Esrailian and Eric Esrailian. Host Committee Members Leah Bishop and Gary Yale. Photos by Ryan Miller/Capture Imaging.

THIS SUMMER WE HOSTED INTERNS AND FELLOWS IN DEPARTMENTS ACROSS THE COMPANY—from Production and Education & Community Partnerships to Communications and Marketing—for a 10-week professional development journey that included both hands-on experience and weekly workshops on topics like résuméwriting and diversity and inclusion.

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ON OUR STAGES

IN THE THEATRE

THE NEW ONE AHMANSONTHEATRE OCT 23 – NOV 24, 2019 Mike Birbiglia arrives at the Ahmanson telling a new story in a new way with the same heart and humor we’ve come to expect. Lin-Manuel Miranda called The New One “as perfect a night as you’re gonna get.”

Do not miss The New One. Some people say it’s his best one. (It was John Mulaney. Also Vogue.)

AUGUST WILSON’S JITNEY MARKTAPERFORUM NOV 22 – DEC 29, 2019 Set in the early 1970s, this richly textured play follows a group of men trying to eke out a living by driving unlicensed cabs, or jitneys. Directed

by Ruben Santiago-Hudson, one of Wilson’s finest interpreters, this acclaimed production received six Tony nominations, winning Best Revival of a Play. ®

ON BECKETT Photo by Carol Rosegg.

KIRKDOUGLASTHEATRE SEP 13 – OCT 27, 2019 Tony Award -winning actor Bill Irwin combines his renowned skills as a master clown and dramatic actor to explore a performer’s relationship to the works of Samuel Beckett.

Irwin’s physical approach to the comic and tragic sides of Beckett’s writing allows audiences to experience his language in surprising new ways. ®

LATE SEATING To minimize disruption, patrons not seated when the performance begins will be asked to wait in the lobby until an appropriate break.

Latecomers may also be given alternate seats until intermission.

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

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He’s regularly called a virtuoso, a master of his craft, and even a genius (per the MacArthur Foundation) and a clown prince (by no less than PBS). You’ve seen him in everything from TV shows like CSI and Sesame Street to his Tony Award -winning stints in plays like Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and Fool Moon (roles he reprised with Center Theatre Group).

Bill Irwin is a multi-hyphenate artist and creator—and also exactly the right guide into the world and work of playwright Samuel Beckett, for newbies and longtime aficionados alike. ®

MAKES BECKET T PURE PLEASURE Irwin, who created and performs On Beckett at the Kirk Douglas Theatre, has appeared in four different versions of Waiting for Godot (alongside Robin Williams, Steve Martin, and Nathan Lane), adapted Beckett’s Texts for Nothing prose pieces for the stage, and met Beckett in Paris in the 1980s.

But it’s his passion and playfulness above all that make On Beckett a pleasure for everyone in the theatre—himself included—for every single one of its 89 minutes.

Photo by Carol Rosegg.

“The part of the evening that I’ve perhaps thought most about is the first two and a half minutes,” said Irwin, “where it’s laid out what we’re up to— and I try to return to the question of why this stuff stays in my head, what kind of relationship I have to this language.” He added, “It’s all part of the mission when you step out and start one of these evenings: what does it feel like tonight, and what are they making of me tonight? And how can I connect with this audience, person to person, to start the evening off...?”

The impetus for creating On Beckett was fairly simple: “I found I had this repository of Beckett stuff in my head.

It was important to me, it wouldn’t go away, and I didn’t want it to go away.

And I was looking for a way to share the place that this language has had in my noggin and in my life,” he explained.

“It’s a coping mechanism as well as a celebration and an investigation of the

language. I’m looking for both. So I began to think about it as an evening, and an invitation to people to look at this language with me.”

On Beckett “bounces back and forth between passages from Samuel Beckett’s work and personal reflections on his language,” Irwin said. “It’s a personal evening. To do one of Beckett’s plays is a certain kind of adventure, and I’ve done that. To do solo delivery, or recitation, of some of his prose is another particular kind of adventure.” On Beckett is something entirely different, and it draws on all of Irwin’s varied talents, including those he picked up in his training as a master clown. “I’m sort of pulling on my whole bag of shtick,” he said of his extremely physical performance.

Although Irwin started out wondering if he had enough material, he soon ran into the opposite problem. “I like to look at new stuff. Sometimes I’ll think, ‘Oh, this should go in the evening’ because I’ll hit some stretch of Beckett’s writing—which by the way, is the most varied writing of any author I know,” he said, listing the many tones Beckett can take. Irwin’s enthusiasm is infectious. “But it needs to stay compact,” he added.

All this is why, if you see On Beckett, you can’t help agreeing with Irwin on the play’s basic premise: “This guy’s voice, this writer’s voice, is one that’s going to last way into the future. People are going to be reading Beckett’s stuff and performing Beckett’s stuff the way they have Shakespeare’s. It’s coming to the center of the culture.”

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T H E G R E AT E S T MUSIC STORIES NEVER TOLD

SEASON 2

K C R W. C O M / L O S T N O T E S

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STUDENT MATINEES SHOWCASE THE

Power of Representation “IF YOU DON’T SEE YOURSELF REPRESENTED OUTSIDE OF YOURSELF, YOU JUST FEEL F*CKING INVISIBLE,” explains John Leguizamo in Latin History for Morons (onstage at the Ahmanson September 5 – October 20, 2019). Though we’ve never said it in quite this way ourselves, that’s one of the central values of Center Theatre Group’s Student Matinee Program, which brings thousands of local students to our shows each year.

The 2019/2020 Student Matinee Season “is full of shows that demonstrate the power, for young people, of seeing people onstage who are like them,” said Center Theatre Group Director of Social Strategy, Impact and Innovation Leslie K. Johnson. “We hope this season will resonate deeply with the students of Los Angeles, and help them think about who they are.”

The Student Matinee experience includes a pre-show educator conference, resource materials for educators and students, in-school visits from our teaching artists, and a post-show Q&A with cast and creative team members. At the center of it all is the students’ experience at the theatre.

“We want to bring young people to shows where the content and theatrical styles are varied and sophisticated, and where they can hear stories that are deep and sometimes hard—and present rigorous ideas about the real world,” said Johnson.

The season kicks off on October 17, 2019 with Latin History for Morons—and John Leguizamo couldn’t be more excited to “smuggle information” to Los Angeles students.

Plus, student audiences “dig the dancing more than anybody else, and they dig the jokes,” he said. “It’s so great to turn them on to theatre. They all leave going, ‘I didn’t know theatre could be so much fun, so relatable.’” That is key for local teens; over 70% of the students we serve in this program identify as Latinx.

Next up, on December 3 and 4, 2019, is August Wilson’s Jitney at the Taper. “As the Los Angeles home of the National August Wilson Monologue Competition, we have many students in our midst who are growing increasingly familiar with Wilson’s canon,” said Johnson. “Our youth understand, want, and need opportunities to explore Jitney’s themes of family, race, and changing communities.”

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“EXPERIENCING AND MAKING ART ARE ESSENTIAL WAYS THAT YOUNG PEOPLE CAN EXPRESS THEMSELVES AND ENTER INTO THE IMPORTANT CIVIC DISCOURSE TAKING PLACE IN OUR COUNTRY.”

Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake Student Matinee will be at the Ahmanson on December 12, 2019, making this the third season in a row we are teaming up with Bourne and New Adventures. “We’ve enjoyed a rich collaboration with Matthew Bourne and the dancers in his company, who go out into our schools to lead pre-show workshops before the performance,” said Johnson. “We’re also excited to be sharing a story that we hope will speak to our LGBTQ+ students.”

On February 11 and 12, 2020, we’re hosting two Student Matinee performances of Heidi Schreck’s What the Constitution Means to Me at the Taper. “This is such an opportunity for us to partner with educators to create more ways for young people to see and study theatre and to think about the big ideas it presents. Experiencing and making art are essential ways that young people can express themselves and enter into the important civic discourse taking place in our country,” she said.

The final show of the season, on April 30, 2020 is Once on This Island at the Ahmanson. “It’s a beautiful celebration of life and love that also shares a message about connecting to our roots and figuring out where we belong,” said Johnson.

The Student Matinee Program is made possible in part by the Rosenthal Family Foundation. The Student Matinee Program also receives generous support from the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, The Walt Disney Foundation Company, Ella Fitzgerald Charitable Foundation, Renee & Meyer Luskin, Deena & Edward Nahmias, Union Bank, and U.S. Bank.

Learn more, including how to participate, at CTGLA.org/Education.

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APPLICATIONS NOW OPEN

FOR 2019/20 EDUCATION PROGRAMS We’ve got amazing opportunities for young people this year at Center Theatre Group—and now is the time to sign up!

All of these opportunities are entirely free for students thanks to the generosity of our supporters.

AUGUST WILSON MONOLOGUE COMPETITION Registration Due: Mid-October For: High School Students in Grades 10, 11, and 12

More than a contest, the August Wilson Monologue Competition is an educational journey that includes workshops with teaching artists; auditions with theatre professionals; and an introduction to Wilson and his American Century Cycle.

TEEN THEATREGOERS

Applications Due: Nov 11 For: L.A. County High School Students Ages 13–18 When did you figure out why, how, and which kinds of theatre moved you? We’re bringing a group of young people to Center Theatre Group productions to see live theatre, talk about it, and learn more about their own taste in art.

STUDENT MATINEES

Rolling Applications For: Middle and High School Educators & Group Leaders We welcome students and educators to select performances at Center Theatre Group in order to provide young people access to high-quality, live professional theatre as a core part of their basic education and to help them make meaningful connections between art and their lives.

AUGUST WILSON IN-SCHOOL RESIDENCY Applications Due: Oct 23 For: Educators at L.A. County High Schools with Title I Status

This unique semester-long program engages students in an in-depth, personal, and artistic study of the great American playwright and his theatrical contribution to society. Educators of all grades and subject matter are encouraged to apply.

Join us at CTGLA.org/EDUCATION to register, learn more, and sign up for our newsletters for educators and students.

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An Interview with the Creator and Star of The Last Ship Is there anything Sting can’t do? This winter, the renowned songwriter, musician, and actor will have all of his prodigious talents on display at the Ahmanson Theatre in The Last Ship, the musical he created and stars in, which is based on the story of the town where he grew up.

“I’m repaying a debt, if you like, to the community that raised me, that created me, that gave me the engine of my ambition—first of all, to escape. I didn’t want to work in the shipyard,” said Sting.

“In hindsight, I realized I’d been given a gift. I’d been brought up in a very strong community”—Wallsend, on the coast of Northeastern England— “with an identity that was completely wrapped up in building ships, giant ships. The community was very proud of what they did. When that was taken away, the town was destroyed—in every way.”

The Last Ship is set against that backdrop of swift and savage decline—and while it’s a personal story for Sting, it’s also very familiar. “This is something that’s happening all over the West. When industries close down, communities are bereft,” he said. “They don’t know what to do, what are they, how do they identify themselves? So it’s a universal theme and a universal malaise.”

The show doesn’t offer solutions, but it does have a particular point of view.

“This is not just limited to my town or limited to America. It’s everywhere,” said Sting. “It’s about human dignity—we’ve lost that sense of purpose, that sense of identity, that sense of community, that bond—that social bond. It’s not them and us. It’s just us, and we have to get back to that.”

Another major, universal theme of the show is “the agency of women. Women are very important in this play,” said Sting. “We need more women in power.

Men have messed it up, we really have. This is one of the main tropes of the play: it’s women who save the day.”

In order to write this story, “I began to go back in my life to the environment that formed me, made me who I am. I started to revisit the people I’d known in that community, the people who worked in the shipyard, the people who were my neighbors, the people who were my friends,” recalled Sting.

“I wanted to write a story about the richness and the value of community, the spirit of community.”

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2019 – 2020 From Chinese modern dance to an urban-rooted a cappella performance, this season celebrates diverse cultural expression and creativity.

Oct. 19 | 8 p.m.

Perla Batalla in The House of Cohen

Dec. 14 | 8 p.m.

Kiran Ahluwalia

Feb. 21 & 22 | 8 p.m.

Beijing Dance/LDTX

Nov. 17 | 8 p.m.

Naturally 7

Jan. 25 | 8 p.m.

Kres Mersky The Life and Times of A. Einstein

at Ambassador Auditorium

Mar. 15 | 3 p.m.

Eileen Ivers

May 2 | 3 p.m. & 8 p.m.

Capitol Steps

May 17 | 3 p.m.

Wolfgang’s Magical Musical Circus

Sting will be playing a key person in that community at the Ahmanson. “He’s called Jackie White. He’s the foreman of the yard.

He’s a very conflicted character because he’s loyal to the company that’s employed him since he was 14. He’s also loyal to his men who work in the shipyard and who are being royally shafted by the company. That split of loyalty is what ultimately destroys him,” said Sting. “I had no intention of being in the play myself until someone suggested it, and I’m so glad I did because I’m having the time of my life.

I understand this character. His strengths, his weaknesses, his conflict actually coincide with some of mine, so that is where the sparks fly. It’s really a psychological exercise. It’s good therapy.”

Once the curtain rises, Sting is just one member of an ensemble of 18 actors and eight musicians; it’s a big, Broadway musical, after all. “The production value of the show is extraordinary. It’s something you haven’t seen in the theatre before,” said Sting. “We launch a ship at the end of the show, and it just gets people out of their seats and—wow.”

(L–R) Oliver Savile and Sting. Photo by Cylla von Tiedemann.

For a 10% discount on adult tickets use code PM (Valid for all events except Capitol Steps) For ticket and other information go to: CaltechLive.Caltech.edu Ticket Office: 626.395.4652 1200 E. California Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91125 All performances in Caltech’s Beckman Auditorium (except for Beijing Dance/LDTX)

“I wanted to write a story about the richness and value of community, the spirit of community.”

—Sting

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LATIN HISTORY FOR MORONS Written by & Starring John Leguizamo Directed by Tony Taccone Sep 5 – Oct 20, 2019 SECOND SEASON PRODUCTION

THE NEW ONE Written & Performed by Mike Birbiglia Directed by Seth Barrish Oct 23 – Nov 24, 2019 THIRD SEASON PRODUCTION

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SWAN LAKE Directed & Choreographed by Matthew Bourne Dec 3, 2019 – Jan 5, 2020 FOURTH SEASON PRODUCTION

THE LAST SHIP Starring Sting (in all performances) Music & Lyrics by Sting New Book by Lorne Campbell Original Book by John Logan & Brian Yorkey Directed by Lorne Campbell Jan 14 – Feb 16, 2020 FIFTH SEASON PRODUCTION

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ONCE ON THIS ISLAND Book & Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens Music by Stephen Flaherty Directed by Michael Arden Apr 7 – May 10, 2020 SEVENTH SEASON PRODUCTION

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KEVIN MCCOLLUM IRIS SMITH SING OUT, LOUISE! PRODUCTIONS

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PETER SALOMONE JONNY LEVIN

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ALL OF US ARE IN A ROOM WITH MIKE BIRBIGLIA Questions & Answers with the Creator & Star of The New One

PHOTOS BY JONNY LEVIN.

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Mike Birbiglia made his Broadway debut last fall with The New One, but he is probably already on your radar thanks to his Off-Broadway shows (including Sleepwalk with Me and My Girlfriend’s Boyfriend), his films (he wrote, directed, and starred in Don’t Think Twice and acted in features including Trainwreck and The Fault in Our Stars), his standup comedy, and radio (he’s a regular contributor on This American Life).

His storytelling speaks for itself, but we couldn’t help asking him some questions about how The New One came to be, the journey it’s taken him on over the past few years, and why he’s baring (and selling) his heart to Los Angeles at the Ahmanson this month.

Q. What was the very first spark that led to the creation of The New One? A. I had been reluctant to have a child basically my whole life, and then my wife and I decided to have a child. The first year was really hard, and I wrote in my journal about it a lot, but I wasn’t gonna talk about it onstage. And then we were at the Nantucket Film Festival with a film that my wife and I worked on called Don’t Think Twice. There was a jealousy-themed storytelling night, and my wife Jen said, “You should tell a story about how you’re jealous of Oona.” That’s our daughter. She was 14 months old at the time. And so I told a story about that and worked with Jen on that and then that broke the dam, and I started talking about all these feelings I had about the experience of having a child that are pretty taboo, and so that sort of formed the foundation of the whole entire show.

You move between comedy, theatre, prose, and TV/film as a creator; how do you know when a story is right for one medium versus another?

It’s a good question. For example, I’m expanding the show right now into a book with Grand Central called The New One: Painfully True Stories from a Reluctant Dad, and that always made sense to me. As a matter of fact, even before I was thinking of this being a show, I thought this would be a good book, and I had the sense that it would help new parents understand how shocking the change of having a child is. And in terms of why do that as a book, I think books have the ability to really dive into the minutia and the specificity of what something felt like, smelled like, tasted like, in a way that is also a good thing to revisit. Books are things that I like to read and re-read over again. And then with Don’t Think Twice, for example, to me when I came up with that idea, I thought, it’s a movie about improv, and it could be in the theatre or it could be in film—those are the two logical places—but I thought it could be really interesting to capture true improv on film within the context of a storyline. Because I had never seen that done, and I was really excited about trying that.

“Theatre is in a lot of ways my favorite medium because it’s all of us in a room together at the same time, and no two nights are exactly the same.”

How has the piece changed and evolved since then?

The biggest thing that changed is that when I was first workshopping material, it really resonated with people my age or older. It was getting big laughs out of the gate, so I thought, “This is it.

I found it.” And then around that time I performed at a few colleges, and one night in particular I was performing at Princeton, and the material was fine, but it wasn’t nearly what it was like at theatres. I realized I needed to come up with a metaphor for this that brings people of all ages into this universe. I started talking about my relationship not with my daughter but with my couch, and without giving too much away, I built it out from there, and then it started connecting with people of all ages funnily enough.

What do you love about theatre in particular?

Theatre is in a lot of ways my favorite medium because it’s all of us in a room together at the same time, and no two nights are exactly the same. Even if it’s a tight script, every performance is different, every audience is different, and it makes the show different. So I almost never describe two performances as even being similar. And increasingly PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE P5

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everyone is so isolated on their phones and tablets that I think theatre is one of these final communal art forms that we have.

What was the biggest surprise about doing this show on Broadway?

I don’t know; I don’t attach a lot of meaning to Broadway. It doesn’t mean anything to me. In the same sense that I’ve never wanted to make studio films, I’ve never wanted to make Broadway shows. I just want to make good things that make people laugh and make people feel something. I’ve never really had that sense of, “I want to make hits.” It was sort of this flukey thing where it just so happened that the story that I was telling about having a child intersected with the age group of people who buy tickets to Broadway. The exciting part about it was getting to Broadway, and having my peers be the people who are on Broadway. I went to Heidi Schreck’s show What the Constitution Means to Me, and she came to my show. I went to Rachel Chavkin’s show Hadestown, and she came to my show. And then I would sort of see them around at Broadway events. And so in that sense I feel like it’s not about what street you’re on as much as what season you’re in, what shows are in that season, who is in the community. Because I think so much of art is about community.

Can you tell us a bit about the role your wife’s poetry plays in The New One? It’s huge because when I started writing the show, I would ask Jen how she felt about different milestones, Oona’s first steps or when she was crawling or speaking for the first time. And she would say, “Well, I wrote this poem about that.” And I would look at the poem. For example she has a poem called “An infant reaches”: An infant reaches for something (I don’t know what) pushes it farther away and cries in frustration each time she reaches without realizing she is crawling for the first time. She is like her father.

And then I was like, well, I can’t say it better than that. So I’ll just put the poem in. And then it ended up becoming this interesting thing where the poems are sprinkled in, and it helps you understand the perspective of two different people raising a child, two different people witnessing the same events and experiencing them in two completely different ways, so in that sense the poetry’s essential.

How did Seth Barrish and Ira Glass help shape the material?

In more ways than I can describe. Ira was definitely a huge champion for bringing multiple perspectives to the same story. Always finding Jen’s perspective, always finding my perspective, always digging deeper. I mean whenever I’ve worked with Ira on stories for This American Life, I’ll come to him with a story and I’ll say, “Hey what about this?”, and he’ll say, “That’s fine, but how did you really feel about this?”

He’s always kind of digging for what’s the story behind the story behind the story. Really he’s digging for what’s the thing I’m least comfortable talking about. Something I always tell my fellow storytellers when they’re starting out is the things that you’re the least comfortable talking about, chances are they’re the most interesting things to talk about onstage. And in terms of Seth, this is the fourth solo show we’ve worked on together; he’s directed all four of my solo shows. He’s a brilliant dramaturge and director. There’s no one like him. He just has such a light touch. He’s not showy.

He doesn’t make choices that are pointing out the director’s hand, which is my favorite kind of directing—what I would describe as invisible direction.

Why are you excited to bring this piece to Los Angeles?

I really didn’t want to bring the show to Los Angeles at all until I saw the Ahmanson Theatre. Last winter my wife and I brought our daughter to Manhattan Beach for a couple of months, and I mentioned possibly doing the Ahmanson, but I don’t think that’s what I want to do because my experience in Los Angeles has always been transactional and business-y, and it makes me very uncomfortable.

I don’t like that part of it. It feels like everyone’s in show business, and I love the people in L.A., and I love the artists in L.A., but I don’t like feeling like I’m at work all the time.

So I was reluctant to bring the show to L.A., but then they invited me to come visit the theatre last winter, and I looked at the theatre and I thought, “This is the most spectacular theatre I’ve ever seen. I absolutely have to bring the show here.” And then they told me all about how active the subscribers are and how enthusiastic the theatre patrons are, and then I was sold. And so that’s how I came to L.A. It’s the absolute final stop on The New One tour, and so it’ll always hold a special place in my heart and that heart will be sold in the lobby for $49.95 after the show.

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WHO’S WHO MIKE BIRBIGLIA (Writer/Performer) is a comedian, storyteller, director, and actor who has performed in front of audiences worldwide, from the Sydney Opera House to Carnegie Hall. His most recent shows, My Girlfriend’s Boyfriend and Thank God for Jokes, were both filmed for Netflix. In addition to performing live, Birbiglia is an author and filmmaker who wrote, directed, and starred in the films Sleepwalk with Me and Don’t Think Twice. His first book, Sleepwalk with Me and Other Painfully True Stories, was a New York Times bestseller and a finalist for the Thurber Prize for American Humor, and he is the author of the forthcoming book The New One: Painfully True Stories from a Reluctant Dad with poems by J. Hope Stein. As an actor, Birbiglia has appeared on Inside Amy Schumer, HBO’s Girls, and Broad City, as well as in the films Trainwreck, The Fault in Our Stars, and Popstar. He plays the role of Danny Pearson on Orange Is the New Black and Oscar Langstraat on Showtime’s Billions. He is a contributor to This American Life on public radio. In 2019 Birbiglia was honored with the Kurt Vonnegut Humor Award.

SETH BARRISH (Director) is Co-Artistic Director of The Barrow Group. Director of My Girlfriend’s Boyfriend and co-director of Thank God for Jokes for Netflix. Theatre directing: Mike Birbiglia’s The New One (Broadway), Thank God for Jokes (Lortel nomination), All The Rage (Lortel Award, Outer Critics Circle nomination), My Girlfriend’s Boyfriend (Lortel Award, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle nominations; final performance at Carnegie Hall), Sleepwalk with Me (Nightlife Award), The Tricky Part (Obie Award, two Drama Desk nominations), Pentecost (Drama Desk nomination), Old Wicked Songs (Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award and Garland Award), Good (Straw Hat Award), and many more. Co-director and co-screenplay writer for Sleepwalk With Me. Playwriting: co-adaptor of Enemy of the People (an adaptation of Ibsen’s An Enemy of the People). Consulting producer for Don’t Think Twice.

A professional acting and directing teacher, Seth is author of the book An Actor’s Companion: Tools for the Working Actor.

As an actor, Seth appears regularly in film and on television.

BEOWULF BORITT (Set Designer) has designed Mike Birbiglia’s Sleepwalk With Me, My Girlfriend’s Boyfriend, Thank God for Jokes, and The New One. Broadway: Act One (Tony Award ), The Scottsboro Boys (Tony nomination), Thérèse Raquin (Tony nomination), ®

Come From Away, Be More Chill, Bernhardt/Hamlet, Meteor Shower, A Bronx Tale The Musical, Prince of Broadway, Hand to God, Sondheim on Sondheim, …Spelling Bee, LoveMusik, Rock of Ages, Chaplin, Bronx Bombers, Grace, The Two and Only. Broadway revivals: On the Town, Sunday in the Park… Off-Broadway: 100 shows including The Last Five Years, Fiddler on the Roof (in Yiddish), and Miss Julie. He has designed for the NYC Ballet and the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus, and around the world in England, Russia, China, Australia, and Japan. 2007 Obie Award for sustained excellence.

AARON COPP (Lighting Designer) has designed Mike Birbiglia’s My Girlfriend’s Boyfriend and Thank God for Jokes. His most recent projects include The Noteworthy Life of Howard Barnes and Newsies at Village Theatre, Candide at Tanglewood, Spinning for Maya Beiser, One Line Drawn for Miami City Ballet, Shahrazad for the Royal Ballet of Flanders, Rules of the Game at BAM, Pointing 1-3 for Eliot Feld, Cloud River Mountain for the Bang on a Can All-Stars, and tour designs for Yo-Yo Ma and Natalie Merchant. Aaron has designed for The Old Globe, The Kennedy Center, Dallas Theater Center, and other major theatres around the country. Aaron is a graduate of Binghamton University and the Yale School of Drama.

LEON ROTHENBERG (Sound Designer). Recent Broadway: Hillary and Clinton, The Waverly Gallery, Mike Birbiglia’s The New One, The Boys in the Band. Recent regional: Huntington Theatre, La Mirada Performing Arts Center, Two River Theater, A.C.T., City Theatre Pittsburgh, Arena Stage, Old Globe, Pasadena Playhouse, Geffen Playhouse, Portland Center Stage, Seattle Rep, La Jolla Playhouse, Williamstown Theatre Festival, NY Stage and Film.

Recent New York: NYCC, Primary Stages, Second Stage, Manhattan Theatre Club. International: Cirque du Soleil, National Theatre of Cyprus, and Dijon International Festival.

Tony Award for Sound Design: The Nance. klaxson.net JENNIFER HOPE STEIN (Additional Writing), aka J. Hope Stein, is the author of Little Astronaut (2018) and Occasionally, I remove your brain through your nose (2017). Her poems can be found in The New Yorker, Poetry International, Lenny Letter, and In the Shape of a Human Body I Am Visiting the Earth: Poems from Far and Wide (McSweeney’s and Poetry International, 2017). She was an associate producer on the film Sleepwalk With Me and consulting producer on the film Don’t Think Twice.

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JEFF NORMAN (Production Stage Manager). Tours: The Play That Goes Wrong, Something Rotten!, Newsies, Chicago. Las Vegas: Mamma Mia!, The Lion King, Cirque du Soleil’s O. Toronto: Beauty and the Beast, Miss Saigon, Les Misérables. Opening team for Disney Cruise Line.

Proud member of Actors’ Equity Association.

years. Broadway credits include Oklahoma!, Meteor Shower, Bright Star, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder, End of the Rainbow, Hair, Next to Normal, Equus, Journey’s End, Driving Miss Daisy, Merchant of Venice, as well as tours of Cabaret and Cinderella, among others. Larry also supervises productions of the Radio City Christmas Spectacular.

MATT SCHREIBER (Stage Manager). Broadway: Motown The Musical, The Performers, Godspell, In the Heights, and Avenue Q. National tours: The Play That Goes Wrong, Dear Evan Hansen, Something Rotten!, Motown The Musical, Wicked, Memphis, In the Heights, and Mamma Mia! Love to Mackenzie.

BESPOKE THEATRICALS (General Manager). Partners Amy Jacobs & Devin Keudell manage Broadway musicals, plays, and tours. Current/recent productions: Beetlejuice, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Tina: The Tina Turner Musical, Tootsie, The Ferryman, The Play That Goes Wrong (Broadway/tour), School of Rock, Angels in America, and CATS. General managers include David Roth and Danielle Saks.

MIKE LAVOIE (Production Consultant). Broadway: Oh, Hello.

Off-Broadway: Oh, Hello On (Off) Broadway, The New One, Thank God for Jokes, My Girlfriend’s Boyfriend (Lortel Award winner), Sleepwalk With Me, Colin Quinn’s The New York Story and Unconstitutional, Chris Gethard’s Career Suicide, Hasan Minhaj’s Homecoming King, and Neal Brennan’s 3 Mics. Film: Other People’s People (Austin Film Festival), Sleepwalk With Me (Sundance Audience Award). www.Lavoie.nyc PETER SALOMONE (Creative Consultant) is a writer and producer. His work has been featured in the humor magazine The American Bystander. He was a producer on Birbiglia’s Stand-Up & Vote tour, as well as The Old Ones podcast. For better or worse, Peter may be best known for his series of online videos entitled “The Walk of Life Project.”

JONNY LEVIN (Creative Consultant) worked on Colin Quinn: Unconstitutional, Megyn Kelly Presents, and ISIS: Rise of Terror.

Jonny was a producer on Mike Birbiglia’s podcast The Old Ones with Peter Salomone and Joseph Birbiglia. He also produced the Stand-Up & Vote tour. He lives in Brooklyn with his roommate Wyatt.

MIKE BERKOWITZ (Mike Birbiglia’s Consigliere). OK, pause.

This is Mike Birbiglia writing this. Mike Berkowitz has been my agent for 16 years and without him I wouldn’t have been able to bring Sleepwalk With Me, My Girlfriend’s Boyfriend, Thank God for Jokes, and The New One to lovely theatres like this.

There’s no title for that, so we call him my consigliere, which would mean that I am a crime boss. Which I’m not. But you get the idea.

LARRY MORLEY (Technical Supervisor) is pleased to have been a part of the Broadway community for more than 40

KEVIN McCOLLUM (Producer) has received three Tony Awards for Best Musical, for In the Heights (2008), Avenue Q (2004), and Rent (1996). Upcoming credits include SIX (Broadway), Mrs. Doubtfire (Seattle’s 5th Avenue Theatre), and Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story (film). Previous Broadway credits include: The Play That Goes Wrong (2017), Something Rotten! (2014), Hand to God (2015), Motown The Musical (2012), The Drowsy Chaperone (five 2006 Tony Awards), Baz Luhrmann’s La Bohème (2002), West Side Story (2009), and [title of show] (2008).

McCollum is the founder of Alchemation, a theatrical and media producing company committed to new work.

IRIS SMITH (Co-Producer) is a Tony Award-winning producer and the founder of Once Upon a Time Productions. Select credits on Broadway include the 10-time Tony Award winner The Band’s Visit, Moulin Rouge!, Tootsie, Beetlejuice, The Prom, King Kong, and On Your Feet! Upcoming productions include Tina: The Tina Turner Musical and Jagged Little Pill. London credits include Dreamgirls. Films include Wakefield starring Bryan Cranston and Jennifer Garner and People You May Know starring Nick Thune and Halston Sage. As an enthusiastic supporter of the arts, Mrs. Smith proudly serves on the board of The Kennedy Center’s National Committee for the Performing Arts.

TRIPTYK STUDIOS (Co-Producer) is led by Tara Smith, B. Swibel, and Adam Westbrook. Select Broadway includes Moulin Rouge!, Beetlejuice, King Kong, Oh, Hello, Tony winner An American in Paris (Broadway, tour, London), Xanadu (Tony nom—Broadway, tour, London), You’re Welcome America (Tony nom), The Seagull, and The Performers. Other select upcoming work includes the

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Untitled Stevie Wonder Civil Rights Anthology with Stevie Wonder and Quincy Jones, original series Big Dead Place with Emmy winner Tim Van Patten, a new musical comedy

by Academy Award winner Adam McKay, and the musical To Die For. Triptyk’s team includes Executive Producer Elie Landau & Associate Director Craig Cox.

Previously ran live-ent investments for film-slate finance firm The Seelig Group (TSG Ent.). She and her husband love their two “New Ones.”

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CHRIS & CRYSTAL SACCA (Co-Producer). She’s a New York Times bestselling author. He’s on GQ’s Worst Dressed List. Together they were among the earliest investors in companies like Twitter, Instagram, Blue Bottle Coffee, and Uber. Three years ago they stopped investing in tech, he left behind his chair on Shark Tank, and they focused their talents on saving democracy, reforming the criminal justice system, and healing the climate. Along the way, Birbigs kept crashing at their house…with his sleeping mitts. So now they are suddenly Broadway producers. Funny how that works.

SING OUT, LOUISE! PRODUCTIONS (Co-Producer). Lorenzo Thione, Jay Kuo, Joey Monda. Broadway: The Inheritance, Hadestown (Tony Award), The Cher Show, The New One, Catch Me If You Can, and American Idiot (Tony nominations). Stage-to-film: Allegiance, Bandstand (director & producer), Kinky Boots (distribution). SOL creates cinema-quality stage-to-screen films expanding brand, reach, and impact of live Broadway shows.

JAM THEATRICALS (Co-Producer) manages subscription series in more than 26 cities throughout North America.

The company strives to bring the best of Broadway to the communities it serves and has presented some of the biggest Broadway titles including Hamilton, Phantom of the Opera, Book of Mormon, and Disney’s The Lion King, in addition to a variety of concerts, comedy, and family shows. In 2012, Jam Theatricals started programming and managing the historic National Theatre in Washington, D.C. The company has produced 58 shows on Broadway, earning 12 Tony Awards. Currently on Broadway: Hadestown, Beetlejuice, Tootsie, Mean Girls, and Waitress.

ASHLEY DeSIMONE (Co-Producer) is an independent theatre producer based in New York City. Since 2014, her projects have been produced on & Off-Broadway, in the West End, and at leading regionals including La Jolla and Village Theatre. Advisor to theatre fan and enthusiast community Show-Score.com. Active co-producer and consultant to an impassioned group of theatregoers who invest in shows they love through Ashley’s liveent investment platform, Fortune Theatrical Ventures.

JAMIE deROY/CAROLINE HIRSCH (Co-Producer). Jamie: Seven Tony Awards: The Ferryman, Angels in America, The Band’s Visit, Once on This Island, Gentleman’s Guide…, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, and The Norman Conquests. Currently on Broadway: The Inheritance, The Great Society, Slave Play, Tina: The Tina Turner Musical, Ain’t Too Proud, Tootsie, Beetlejuice, To Kill a Mockingbird.

Off-Broadway: The Play That Goes Wrong, Fiddler on the Roof (Yiddish production). Caroline: Caroline Hirsch is the founder and owner of Caroline’s on Broadway and the New York Comedy Festival. Caroline’s Comedy Hour garnered a Cable ACE Award for Best Stand-Up Comedy Series. Caroline created Stand Up for Heroes, a benefit for the Bob Woodruff Foundation, as part of the NYCF. She produced Kevin Hart’s MSG shows as part of the NYCF, which were filmed for his concert film Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain. Executive producer on film projects Ask for Jane, the true story of The Jane Collective, a group of young college women who developed an underground abortion network; and What a Mother, a documentary that explores the relationships between comedians and their mothers.

Caroline is pleased to be working with Mike Birbiglia, who performed regularly at her club and as part of the NYCF. LUCAS McMAHON (Producer) has worked with Kevin McCollum at Alchemation since 2012. Other credits include The New One on Broadway, The Play That Goes Wrong (Broadway and national tour), Something Rotten! (Broadway and national tour), and Hand to God (Broadway and West End). He is a proud alumnus of Northwestern University.

He would like to thank his family, his friends, and his own couch for providing love and (lumbar) support.

IRA GLASS (Executive Producer) is the host and creator of the public radio program This American Life. He’s worked with Mike Birbiglia on a bunch of projects, under various titles, but all amounting to the same job: he gives editing notes to Mike. Under that arrangement, Glass co-wrote and co-produced the film Sleepwalk With Me, co-produced Don’t Think Twice, and produced the online short Fresh Air 2: Too Fast Too Furious. He’s featured Mr. Birbiglia on his radio show many times.

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Broadway and as a screenwriter for the feature film. A producer and writer on My Girlfriend’s Boyfriend and Thank God for Jokes, Joseph served as an executive producer on the film Don’t Think Twice. Joe produces comedy specials, jokes, podcasts, houses, and, along with his wife Carolyn, has co-reproduced two sons, Henry and Merritt.

CENTER THEATRE GROUP MICHAEL RITCHIE (Artistic Director) is in his 15 season as Center Theatre Group’s Artistic Director, and has led over 200 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. TH

MEGHAN PRESSMAN (Managing Director) joined Center Theatre Group as Managing Director in 2019. Previously, she served as Managing Director of Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company (D.C.), Director of Development for Signature Theatre (N.Y.), and Associate Managing Director of Berkeley Rep, in addition to working at numerous other theatre and arts organizations across the country. She is the Vice-Chair of the National Board for the Theatre Communications Group (TCG).

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 Sao Paulo, Brazil). Prior to Center Theatre Group, he worked in various capacities at the Santa Fe Opera, Yale Repertory Theatre, American Repertory Theater, and Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, among others.

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.

DOUGLAS C. BAKER (Producing Director) is now in his 30 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.

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ADDITIONAL STAFF FOR THE NEW ONE

GENERAL MANAGEMENT BESPOKE THEATRICALS Amy Jacobs Devin Keudell David Roth Danielle Saks COMPANY MANAGER Michael Demniak PRESS & MARKETING CONSULTANT bd productions Betsy Dollinger

LEGAL COUNSEL LEVINE PLOTKIN & MENIN, LLP Loren Plotkin Conrad Rippy Susan Mindell Daniel Watkins Emily Erstling Kevin Hess Production Stage Manager ....................................... Jeff Norman Associate Stage Manager ......................................Matt Schreiber Scenic Designer........................................................ Alexis Distler Associate Lighting Designer ...................................... Nick Houfek

TECHNICAL SUPERVISION Larry Morley TOUR BOOKING AGENCY THE BOOKING GROUP Meredith Blair Kara Gebhart thebookinggroup.com

Associate Sound Designer........................................ Josh Millican Lighting Programmer .................................................John Wilson Head Carpenter..........................................................Bryan Odar Head Electrician........................................... Christopher K. Nimm Head Sound...................................................... Brad Zuckerman Head Props................................................. Christopher Reininger Assistant Electrician/Spot Op.................................. Josh Kosmicki

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ADDITIONAL STAFF FOR THE NEW ONE

Accountant..............................WithumSmith+Brown/Robert Fried

SPECIAL THANKS

Comptroller.................................... Galbraith and Co./Jill Johnson

Greg Dorris, Nathan Lane, Patti Birbiglia, Juan Molina Maravilla, Jimmy Carr, Greg Warren, Josh Rabinowitz, Beth Stelling, Jaqueline Novak, Chris Laker, The Lucas Brothers, Mike MacRae, John Mulaney, Nick Kroll, Pete Holmes, Pete and Amanda Docter, John Buzzetti, Frank Oz, Victoria Labalme, Daniel Kitson, Edgar Wright, Simon Amstell, Lee Brock, Alan Zwiebel, Tony Taccone, Josh Yocum, Jillian Doyle and all our friends at WME, Martha Gopnik, Sean T. McGrath, Rebecca Crigler, Scott Morfee, TINC Production, Union Hall in Brooklyn, The Comedy Cellar, Berkeley Rep, La Jolla Playhouse, The Barrow Group, UCB Theatre, Two River Theater, Trinity Rep, Cherry Lane Theatre, and generous theatres and audiences across America. Duncan Northern, Libby Jensen, Steven Brenman, Tinc Productions, Dave deFiebre, Hillbolic Carpentry & Arts, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Audra McDonald, Ben Stiller, Sara Bareilles, Darren DeVerna, The Moth, Catherine Burns, Noam Dworman, Matt Kelly, Kate Hesler, Caroline’s, Louis Faranda, Caroline Hirsch, Allbirds Shoes.

Bespoke Associate GM.................................................Kate Egan Bespoke Assistant GMs........................ Mattea Cogliano-Benedict, Michael Demniak, Lisa Jaeger General Management Associate .................................Susie Brant General Management Office Manager.................... Claire Manning General Management Interns ............................. Stephanie Smith, Ilana Woldenberg Original Broadway Marketing & Social Media.........................RPM Payroll Services.......................... Checks and Balances Payroll Inc. Banking................................... Signature Bank/Margaret Monigan Production Photographer ..........................................Joan Marcus Insurance........................ AON Albert G. Ruben/Claudia Kaufman Travel Agent...................... Tzell Travel/ The “A” Team, Andi Henig, Jeanne Lafond ALCHEMATION Kevin McCollum Lucas McMahon John Gendron Reeve Pierson Jack Eidson Madison Knox SECRET PUBLIC PUBLICATIONS Mike Birbiglia Joe Birbiglia Peter Salomone Seth Barrish Ira Glass Production housing by ROAD REBEL ENTERTAINMENT TOURING CREDITS Scenery originally built by Hudson Scenic. Scenery Modification and new pieces built by BrenBri Props. Props sourced by Elizabeth Bennett. Lighting equipment from PRG. Sound equipment from Sound Associates. Rigging equipment provided

by United Staging.

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

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

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

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AN OPPORTUNITY TO CELEBRATE Ruben Santiago-Hudson Directs Jitney at the Taper L–R: Keith Randolph Smith and Harvy Blanks. Photo by Joan Marcus.

Ruben Santiago-Hudson describes August Wilson’s Jitney as “two parallel love stories.”

“August writes about all the things that are innate in human nature—jealousy and nobility, love, deceit. Jitney has all of those things,” explained the actor, director, and writer, who last appeared at Center Theatre Group this past spring in Lackawanna Blues at the Taper. “But if you look at it from the outside, it looks like a bunch of men trying to hold onto their station.”

Set in 1970s Pittsburgh, Jitney is on its face about the drivers at an unlicensed taxi cab (or jitney) station fighting against the forces of gentrification that threaten to shut them down. But there is much more to the story, which is why this new production, directed by Santiago-Hudson, resonated on Broadway, where it received six Tony Award nominations, winning Best Revival of a Play. Jitney is onstage at the Mark Taper Forum November 22 – December 29, 2019.

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“Jitney is important to today’s audiences and yesterday’s audiences and tomorrow’s audiences. It’s the opportunity to see people of color wanting, needing, and achieving everything that’s called the American dream, people of color trying to attain the most simple of lives, and values—justice, liberty, freedom,” said Santiago-Hudson. The first love story is “between a father and a son who don’t know how to bring that love together.” The second

is “about two young people with a child who are trying to figure out how to make their love a successful love.”

There are few people as intimately acquainted with Wilson’s work as Santiago-Hudson, who acted in Wilson’s Seven Guitars and Gem of the Ocean, winning the Tony for his performance in Seven Guitars. He was also a friend. Weeks before Wilson died, Santiago-Hudson asked if he could be the person to bring Jitney to Broadway—the only remaining work in Wilson’s magisterial 10-play American Century Cycle that had yet to be performed on the Great White Way. “August Wilson accomplished things that no other writer in America has ever accomplished,” said Santiago-Hudson.

“He wrote 10 plays, and all of them went to Broadway.

Now there are writers who’ve written 10 times as many plays, five times as many plays. But has every one gone to Broadway?” Wilson is “batting 1.000,” said SantiagoHudson. “That in itself is monumental.”

So is the work itself. “I don’t think there’s been a whole lot of opportunities for people of color, African American people—people from African descent in America— to be celebrated in such a fullness,” said Santiago-Hudson. “And August’s writing always instills a completeness in human beings, even though they’re in a struggle.

They still have nobility. They still have dignity. Rarely do we get to celebrate in that way. And August gives you that opportunity every time.”

Ruben Santiago-Hudson. Photo by Benedict Evans.

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MICHAEL RITCHIE Artistic Director | MEGHAN PRESSMAN Managing Director | DOUGLAS C. BAKER Producing Director GORDON DAVIDSON Founding Artistic Director Center Theatre Group would like to thank its exceptional staff for their ongoing commitment, dedication, and extraordinary efforts.

ARTISTIC LINDSAY ALLBAUGH................................................... Associate Artistic Director NEEL KELLER.................................. Associate Artistic Director/Literary Director KELLEY KIRKPATRICK................................................. Associate Artistic Director PATRICIA GARZA ....................................Line Producer, Special Artistic Projects MICHAEL DONOVAN CASTING................................................Casting Consultant SUZANNE HEE MAYBERRY .................................................Casting Coordinator TIFFANY SLAGLE ...................................................................... Literary Assistant MATTHEW BOURNE, DANAI GURIRA, ANNA D. SHAPIRO ......................................................................Associate Artists KRISTINA WONG..............................................Sherwood Award Recipient, 2019 EDUCATION, ENGAGEMENT, AND COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS LESLIE K. JOHNSON............. Director of Social Strategy, Innovation and Impact KATHRYN MACKENZIE ................................................ Director of Administration TYRONE DAVIS.....................................................Audience Engagement Director TRACI KWON.................................................. Arts Education Initiatives Director JESUS REYES...................................................Community Partnerships Director CAMILLE SCHENKKAN..................................Next Generation Initiatives Director CARLA JACKSON....................................................................... Program Manager JAQUELYN JOHNSON...........................................Audience Engagement Manager FELIPE M. SANCHEZ............................................................Emerging Artists and Arts Professionals Program Manager ESTELA GARCIA............................................................. Resident Teaching Artist DEBRA PIVER................................................................. Resident Teaching Artist MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION NAUSICA STERGIOU................................................................... General Manager JEFFREY UPAH ...........................................................................General Manager KATIE SOFF.................................................................Associate General Manager ERIC SIMS..................................................................Associate General Manager MEGAN AARON........................Company Manager & Assistant General Manager KEVIN JOHNSON..................................................General Management Associate ALANA BEIDELMAN.......................... Executive Assistant to the Artistic Director PRODUCTION JOE HAMLIN........................................................................ Director of Production KRYSTIN MATSUMOTO.......................................................... Production Manager CHRISTOPHER REARDON......................................................Production Manager KATIE CHEN...........................................................Assistant Production Manager ERIN TIFFANY........................................................Assistant Production Manager ERICA LARSON..................................................................Production Coordinator SHAWN ANDERSON.................................... Head Carpenter (Ahmanson Theatre) SCOTT LUCAS...........................................Head Properties (Ahmanson Theatre) JAMES WRIGHT.......................................... Head Electrician (Ahmanson Theatre) ROBERT SMITH.................................................Head Sound (Ahmanson Theatre) SHANE ANDERSON............................................Head Flyrail (Ahmanson Theatre) MICHAEL GARDNER.......................... Wardrobe Supervisor (Ahmanson Theatre) MARY WARDE......................................................... Hair and Make-up Supervisor .............................................................................................. (Ahmanson Theatre) CHRISTINE L. COX.......................................House Manager (Ahmanson Theatre) EMMET KAISER............................................Head Carpenter (Mark Taper Forum) MARY ROMERO........................................... Head Properties (Mark Taper Forum) AARON STAUBACH......................................Head Electrician (Mark Taper Forum) BONES MALONE................................................ Head Sound (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) ADAM PHALEN .............................................. Head Audio (Kirk Douglas Theatre) SEAN MEYER .......................................Head Electrician (Kirk Douglas Theatre) CAMBRIA CHICHI............................Wardrobe Supervisor (Kirk Douglas Theatre) BEN GRAY..............................................Stage Supervisor (Kirk Douglas Theatre) CHAD SMITH............................................................................. Technical Director LEE O’REILLY........................................................... Associate Technical Director SEAN KLOC...................................................................................Shop Supervisor MERRIANNE NEDREBERG................................................................ Prop Director KATE REINLIB..................................................................Associate Prop Manager ERIC BABB............................................................. Assistant Prop Shop Manager ERIN WALLEY.........................................................................Assistant Prop Lead CANDICE CAIN........................................................................... Costume Director BRENT M. BRUIN..............................................................Costume Shop Manager MADDIE KELLER..................................................................... Costume Generalist WHITNEY OPPENHEIMER..........................Resident Assistant Costume Designer KAT PATTERSON......................................Resident Assistant Costume Designer SWANTJE TUOHINO........................................................................................Tailor

OPERATIONS DAWN HOLISKI............................................ Director of Operations and Facilities PETER WYLIE........................................................................ Operations Manager ELIZABETH LEONARD................................................... Senior Facilities Manager MAX OKEN................................................................................ Facilities Manager SONDRA MAYER............................Concessions Manager (Kirk Douglas Theatre) NIKI ARMATO........................................................................... Facilities Assistant JULIO A. CUELLAR................................................................... Facilities Assistant JOE HALLAM..................................................................................................Driver

MARKETING DEBORAH WARREN..............................................................Director of Marketing GARRETT COLLINS.................................................... Marketing Strategy Director KYLE HALL...................................................................................Creative Director KIYOMI EMI..............................Senior Marketing Manager, Promotions & Events EMYLI GUDMUNDSON....................Senior Marketing Manager, Creative Content MARIN ROBINSON............................................Senior Marketing Manager, Media MIMI RIOS..........................................................................Marketing Coordinator CAROLINE THOMPSON/IMPACT 123............................................ Media Planning

FINANCE, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, AND HUMAN RESOURCES CHERYL SHEPHERD...........................................................Chief Financial Officer SARAH STURDIVANT.................................... Director of Finance and Technology SUZANNE BROWN.................................................................................. Controller DANNY LAMPSON OPSTAD...................................................Accounting Manager NAKISA ASCHTIANI......................................................... Senior Staff Accountant XOCHITL RAMIREZ.................................................. Accounts Payable Supervisor KERRY LARICK.....................................................................Accounting Assistant JESSICA HERNANDEZ................................................................. Payroll Manager JUAN MARTINEZ......................................................................... Payroll Specialist

DEANNA McCLURE........................................................... Art and Design Director IRENE T. KANESHIRO....................................................... Senior Design Manager SANDI SILBERT............................................................................ Senior Designer TARA NITZ.....................................................................................Senior Designer JAVIER VASQUEZ............................................. Senior Designer-Digital Specialist

TOM MEGALE................................................... Director of Business Applications JANELLE TORRES...................................... Senior Tessitura & Web Administrator CHIMA OMEAKU......................................................................Help Desk Support JODY HORWITZ........................................................Director of Human Resources PJ. PHILLIPS.................................................Senior Human Resources Generalist MELISSA MCCAFFREY...........................................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 TYLER ENNIS................................ Deputy Director of Institutional Advancement JASON CABRAL....................... Director of Advancement Operations & Analytics LOUIE ANCHONDO............................... Director of Events & Corporate Relations ASHLEY TIERNEY.......................................................Director of the Annual Fund TERRA GOULDEN..........................................................Senior Major Gifts Officer LAURA HITE............................Associate Director of Gift Operations & Reporting NIKKI MICHELA................................... Associate Director of Institutional Grants MANDI OR.....................................................Associate Director of Special Events RYAN WAGNER...............................................Associate Director of Donor Data & .......................................................................................Communication Strategy VANESSA WHEELER..............................Associate Director of Prospect Research MOLLY COTTEN........................................................................ Major Gifts Officer CHRISTY LAMB..........................................................Corporate Relations Officer SARAH RIDDLE..................................................................Annual Fund Manager ERIN SCHLABACH.......................... Donor Stewardship & Recognition Strategist ELIZABETH DELLORUSSO...................................................... Annual Fund Officer DONALD JOLLY................................... Advancement Communications Specialist EDUARDO MOLLINEDO-PIÑÓN.......................... Advancement Database Analyst MIKE RATTERMAN........................................................ Donor Advisor Supervisor ERIC SEPPALA................................................Executive Assistant to the Director ................................................................................of Institutional Advancement OLIVIA BERUMEN......................................... Advancement Operations Associate SOHINI RISAM............................................ Institutional Advancement Assistant AL BERMAN, VARTAN MERJANIAN, BENJAMIN SCHWARTZ, NICOLE SCIPIONE, PAUL VITAGLIANO...........................................Donor Advisors KARLA GALVEZ, JUSTINE PEREZ................................ Donor Services Associates MURRAY E. HELTZER, EARL KLASKY.............................Development Volunteers

COMMUNICATIONS JAMES SIMS..............................................................Director of Communications JASON MARTIN........................................................................... Head of Publicity KRISTI AVILA............................................................................................ Publicist KAREN BACELLAR.........................................................................Junior Publicist SARAH ROTHBARD.....................................................Associate Editorial Director TYLER EMERSON............................................................Digital Product Manager MICAELA CUMMINGS........................................................Social Media Specialist REZA VOJDANI ......................................................Communications Coordinator HAL BANFIELD......................................................................Multimedia Producer TICKET SALES AND SERVICES SHAWN ROBERTSON............................................................ Ticket Sales Director SKYPP CABANAS............................................ Senior Manager, Ticket Operations NICOLE MEDINA.....................................................Ticket Operations Coordinator MICHAEL ZOLDESSY............................................Senior Manager, Account Sales SANDY CZUBIAK........................................................... Audience and Subscriber ....................................................................................................Services Director JENNIFER BAKER, CHERYL HAWKER, RICHARD RAGSDALE.......................................... Audience Services Supervisors ALICE CHEN................................................. Audience Services Asst. Supervisor MICHAEL ESPINOZA, GARY HOLLAND....... Audience Services Sales Associates SAM AARON, JESSICA ABROMAVICH, KIMBERLY ARENCIBIA, VICKI BERNDT, DAVID BETANCOURT, ALEJANDRA DE PAZ, KAITLYN GALVEZ, ANASTASHIA GARCIA, ELIANA HERNANDEZ-FAUSTO, CHRISTINE PEDROZA, EILEEN PEREZ, CHRISTIAN UNGER..............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, MICHAEL VALLE.............................. Assistant Treasurers KEANA JACKSON, MICHAEL KEMPISTY, KEVIN LAUVER, CRIS SPACCA..................................................... Box Office Staff KERRY KORF.................................................................. Priority Services Director CANDICE WALTERS................................. Priority Services Senior Sales Manager PAUL CUEN, KRISTEN SCHRASS............................... Priority Services Managers SOFIJA DUTCHER......................................Priority Services Assistant Supervisor ................................................................................................................................

BEALENE AHERN, REBEKAH BOROUGHS, CLAY BUNKER, MAGGIE DODD, NATALIE DRESSEL, MARC “BYRON” DROTMAN, FRANK ENSENBERGER, LOU GEORGE, BRAD GRIFFITH, JAMES HACKETT-LITTLE, CONSTANCE HARCAR, SHEP KOSTER, THIEN NGUYEN, JULIANNA OJEDA, IAN PRICE, HARIM SANCHEZ, DIANE WARD......................Priority Services Representatives ................................................................................................................................

DAVID JIMENEZ, JESSICA KEASBERRY, RAFAEL MEDINA, EVA WANG......................................................................Interns

ARTISTIC DEVELOPMENT & COMMISSIONS As part of our commitment to supporting a new generation of playwrights, we foster and develop a broad range of theatrical work from artists within the diverse communities of Los Angeles as well as from across the nation and abroad.

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

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ALESHEA HARRIS RAJIV JOSEPH LISA KRON KIMBER LEE YOUNG JEAN LEE MATTHEW LOPEZ

TREY LYFORD RICHARD MONTOYA JANINE NABERS QUI NGUYEN LYNN NOTTAGE MARCO RAMIREZ

SARAH RUHL ROGER GUENVEUR SMITH GEOFF SOBELLE LUIS VALDEZ PAULA VOGEL TRACEY SCOTT WILSON KAREN ZACARÍAS

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

Our growing community currently contains 103 playwrights. 2019/20 Season members: ADELINA ANTHONY NGOZI ANYANWU JONATHAN CAREN BOO KILLEBREW

KENNETH LIN LILIANA PADILLA KEMP POWERS

Learn more at CTGLA.org/Artists.

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Eric Chien Suzanne & John Clark Becky & Mike Clements Mary Coates Jean F. Cohen Lauren Firestone & Chris Cookson Hon. Candace Cooper (Ret) Corbell Family Dr. Frederic H. Corbin, M.D. Ted Cordes Judy Tishkoff & Keith Crasnick Kathyrn Crown Steve & Linda Darling Eunice David Bill & Ellie D’Elia James & Lynne DeWitt Dr. & Mrs. Donald E. Dickerson Dorskind Family Foundation Betty J. Dranow Ms. Laurie Dubchansky Mr. & Mrs. Gene B. Duncan Jack & Cynthia Edelstein Mr. Fred M. Edwards Jr. Jill & Bob Eisfelder Kenneth Erlich & Louise Halevy It’s A Wrap Motion Pictures Joyce A. Esposito Ellen Eubanks Victoria I. Evers Johanna & Gene Felder Edwin & MaryAnn Feo Robert Finkel & Adelle Gross Darcy Fleck Ruth Fleming-Stephens Laura E. Fox, M.D. & John D. Hofbauer, M.D. Sylvia Fredricks Seth Freeman & Julie Waxman Carolyn Hope Fried Susan R. Friedman Rosalie Friis-Ross Howard J. Fulfrost Dr. Robert Gasway & Kristen Wong Lesley & Dr. Kenneth H. Geiger Kate & Dr. Stephen Geller Jeanne K. Gerson Jeri & Keith Gertzman Catherine Gessner Laura Gibson Patrick & Frank Gibson McMinn Howard Gleicher Gary Jackson & Linda Globerman, M.D. Dr. Irene Goldenberg Tanya & David Goodman Dr. Sudha & Dr. Gopal Govindarajan Peggy A. Grant Terry Grossman Abbas & Lynda Hadjian Scott Hall & Rhonda Church Audrey & Paul Hanneman Diane & J.P. Harris Gene Hawkins Phyllis & J. Michael Hennigan Sharon & Joe Hernandez Winifred Hervey Dorothy Hoffman Rand Hoffman & Charlotte Robinson Dozar Office Furnishings Dorothy K. Hull Dr. & Mrs. Robert Itami Susan & Larry Ivanjack Irwin & Meredith Jacobson In Memory of Wayne Jervis, Jr.

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$2,400+ continued

EXPLORE iCONS

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Sean Johnson & Alex Ocampo Starr C. Johnson Roz & Jerry Joseph David & Martha Kadue Janet & Steve Kahane Kathleen Kane Regina & Richard G. Kaplan Sally Karbelnig Elyse & Stanley Katz Cari & Marty Kavinoky Cynthia & Jerry Kay Albert Kelly & Marjorie Stevens Kelly Joel Kelly & Hedda Jayson Judith G. Kelly Sarah E. Kiefer Jules Kievits & Lorraine Bagdasarian Dr. K. Alex Kim Irene & Marvin H. Kleinberg Gaylen Kobayashi Bill Kobin & Frances Goodman Jale Kutay Lena, Mark, Jodi & Emily Labowe Earle & Sharon Lambert Katherine L’Amour Mr. & Mrs. Herbert A. Lampert Joan & Chris Larkin Julie Lawrence David & Janet Lazier Ned Leiba Richard & Vivian Levy Mae & Hugh Lichtig Lisa Hinchliffe & Dave Link Patty Loch Alan & Helen Gordon Lowy Mary Anne Lucero Loris & Kory Lunsford Marge & Bill MacLaughlin Ginny Mancini Carol & Douglas Mancino Janice E. Mangerino Mrs. Clifford Marshall

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Carol Stein Sterling & James Sterling Jill Stein David A. Steinberg Tom Stempel Bobbie Stern Lynn Bider & Daniel Stone Dr. Arthur H. Streeter Mr. Stan Sullins Jeff Sung Jack & Marlene Susser Dr. Allan & Roslyn Holt Swartz Craig Sweeny Judith N. Taylor Mary & Peter Tennyson Marla Thornton Rob & Dinah Titcher Dianne Tomita Elizabeth Topkis Barry Trachtenberg Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Traver Joyce Huyett Turner & Craig Turner J Usaraga Ms. Andrea Valcourt Valerie Vanaman Carol Vernon & Robert Turbin Claire Vincent Elliott & Felise Wachtel Denise & Peter Walsh Cliff Warner Charles W. Weeks Ms. Lynn E. Weisman Lauri Weiss Kathy Weisshaar Dr. Clyde Wesp Pat West Kim White Peterson Lori Williams & Stephen Schulte Leilani Jones Wilmore Dr. Libby F. Wilson Michele A. Kerr Wolfe George Ziegler Myrna & Stanley Zimmerman Ruth Zommick

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Mr. & Mrs. Dennis G. Martin Laura & Jim Maslon Amy & Harold Masor Margaret L. Mathews Daniel Mayeda & Susan Rosales Dr. Rosie M. Mayfield Colleen T. McCarthy Theresa L. McConville David & Kathleen McDonald Eric Winston & Jacqueline McIntyre-Winston Neil McLean Timothy & Connie McOsker David & Cara Melnick Robert L. Mendow Lorraine & Craig Meyer Carolyn Miller Carole Miller Lynn & Mani Miller Tina J. Miller Julien Minard Nicole L. Miner & Celia Ruskin Lawrence A. Mirisch Steven Modglin Francoise Schmutz & Antonio Morawski Murrary and Grace Nissman Foundation Mr. Jacques Nack Ngue Rob & Leslie Nagby Richard Newcome Marianne & Michael Newman Kim Nicholas Marc I. Nishino, D.D.S. Russell Noel Michelle Nuttall Dale & Ayako Okuno John Olea, M.D. C.R. O’Neill Jose J. Palacios & Amanda Reyes Mr. & Mrs. Mark M. Panatier Cynthia Ann Petty Carol Phillips & Bob Shapiro Barry & Jane McCullough

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Acknowledges a member of our Corporate Circle.

$250,000+ The Ahmanson Foundation The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation Laura & James Rosenwald & Orinoco Foundation

$100,000+ Diana Buckhantz & Vladimir & Araxia Buckhantz Foundation Bank of America Delta Air Lines Edgerton Foundation The Hearst Foundations Rosenthal Family Foundation The Shubert Foundation, Inc. Wells Fargo

$50,000+ The Annenberg Foundation Doris Duke Charitable Trust JP Morgan Chase & Co. Los Angeles County Arts Commission The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust Dwight Stuart Youth Fund

$25,000+ Anonymous (1) The Capital Group Companies Charitable Foundation Center Theatre Group Affiliates Disney Theatrical Group Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP Lockton Insurance Brokers, Inc. City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs National Endowment for the Arts

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RACHEL FULLER’S ANIMAL REQUIEM A Concert to Celebrate, Remember and Honour All the AIN GORDON Animals We Have Loved and Lost

SAMIN COREA NOSRATTRILOGY IN CONVERSATION CHICK WITH LINDY WEST With Christian McBride & Brian Blade

217 Boxes of Dr. Henry Anonymous

Sat, Oct 26 | Royce Hall Fri, Oct 11 & Sat, Oct 12 | Freud Playhouse

Sun, Oct 13 | Royce Hall Thu, Oct 3 | Royce Hall

MAYA BEISER/WENDY WHELAN/ LUCINDA CHILDS/DAVID LANG SANKAI JUKU

AARON NEVILLE DUO

THE DAY Meguri

Sat, Nov 2 | Royce Hall

Fri, Sat, Oct 19 | Royce Hall Sun,Oct Oct186 &| Royce Hall

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SAMIN NOSRAT IN CONVERSATION LINDY WEST WITH MICHAEL KEEGAN-DOLAN/TEAĊ DAMSA

ANDREW DAWSON

Sat, Nov 9 | Royce Hall

Thu, Nov 14–Sun, Nov 17 | Royce Rehearsal Room

MAYA BEISER/WENDY WHELAN/ LUCINDA CHILDS/DAVID LANG

RACHEL FULLER’S ANIMAL REQUIEM

Fri, Oct 18 & Sat, Oct 19 | Royce Hall

Sat, Oct 26 | Royce Hall

Sun, | Royce Hall LochOct na13hEala (Swan

Lake)

Space Panorama & Spirit of the Ring

A Concert to Celebrate and Honor All Animals With special guest Pete Townshend

THE DAY

SERGIO MENDES & BEBEL GILBERTO

JOSHUA REDMAN QUARTET AND THE BAD PLUS

The 60th Anniversary of Bossa Nova Sat, Nov 16 | Royce Hall

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The Norman and Sadie Lee Foundation The Perkins Charitable Foundation The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation Theatre Forward US Bank $15,000+ Anonymous California Arts Council The City of Culver City Culver City Unified School District The DigiTrust Group, LLC The Walt Disney Company Foundation The Elisabeth Katte Harris Trust KPMG The Liberty Company Macy’s Dale S. & Shideh Miller $10,000+ Walt Disney Live Entertainment Joseph Drown Foundation The Friars Charitable Foundation HBO Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation (IICF) Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP Muse Communications The Kenneth T. and Eileen L. Norris Foundation Patina Restaurant Group The Edward A. And Ai O. Shay Family Foundation

Welcome to our community of care!

Synder Family Foundation The Fran and Ray Stark Foundation $7,500+ American Business Bank Canadian Consulate General The Culver City Education Foundation Lawrence P. Frank Foundation Malibu Family Wines National Alliance for Musical Theatre Union Bank $5,000+ Sascha Brastoff Foundation The Brookside Fund Chubb City National Bank Ella Fitzgerald Charitable Foundation GI Energy Jones Day Lear Family Foundation Paramount Pictures Payden & Rygel Perry, Neidorf & Grassl, LLP SoCalGas Sally J. Thomas & James A. Thomas USI Insurance Services $1,000+ The Carol and James Collins Foundation Northern Trust Theatre Communications Group

CORPORATE CIRCLE CABINET Sheri Biller, Founding Chair

Connect with us!

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Jonathan Axel, Co-Chair Erin Burke, Co-Chair Anthony Amendola Christopher Bissonnette Dannielle Campos Ramirez Hany Haddad Michael Jung Jody Kelley Soma Samanta Brian Zimmer

The Corporate Circle is comprised of companies that support Center Theatre Group’s education and community partnership programs. Members receive VIP concierge service, complimentary and discounted tickets to our shows, business development opportunities, and more. For more information, call Christy Lamb at 213.972.3667.

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SYMPHONY CLASSICS SERIES AT AMBASSADOR AUDITORIUM BRAHMS SYMPHONY NO. 1 OCTOBER 19, 2019 TESSA LARK, violin

BEETHOVEN “EMPEROR” PIANO CONCERTO NOVEMBER 16, 2019 ALESSIO BAX, piano

VIVALDI FOUR SEASONS JANUARY 25, 2020 SIMONE PORTER, violin

DAVID LOCKINGTON MUSIC DIRECTOR

GERSHWIN PORGY & BESS FEBRUARY 15, 2020 NICK KENDALL, violin

MOZART & MCGEGAN MARCH 21, 2020 NICHOLAS MCGEGAN, conductor YERIN YANG, piano

RACHMANINOFF PIANO CONCERTO NO. 3 APRIL 18, 2020 INON BARNATAN, piano

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JEFFREY HATCHER & ANDY GARCIA PRODUCED IN ASSOCIATION WITH FRANK MANCUSO & ANDY GARCIA ADAPTED BY

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AIDA

Candace Carroll, Esq. and Len Simon, Esq. Production Sponsors October 19, 22, 25, and 27m, 2019 San Diego Civic Theatre

ONE AMAZING

NIGHT Soprano Ailyn Pérez Tenor Joshua Guerrero December 11, 2019 Balboa Theatre

HANSEL & GRETEL February 8, 11, 14, and 16m, 2020 San Diego Civic Theatre

AGING MAGICIAN West Coast Premiere March 13, 14m, and 14, 2020 Balboa Theatre

THE BARBER

OF SEVILLE Darlene Marcos Shiley Lead Production Sponsor April 25, 28, May 1, and 3m, 2020 San Diego Civic Theatre

THE FALLING AND

THE RISING May 8, 9, and 10m, 2020 Balboa Theatre

SDOPERA LEE AND FRANK GOLDBERG 19/20 SEASON SPONSORS

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for investing in our future We are endlessly grateful to recognize those contributors who have provided support that extends well beyond this current season and safeguards the future of Center Theatre Group. Thank you to all of our endowment and Ovation Circle donors for your commitment to sustaining our great work.

To invest in our future and make a gift toward our endowment, please call Terra Goulden at 213.972.3189.

ENDOWMENT GIFTS $500,000+

The Ahmanson Foundation Gordon Davidson Tribute Fund Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Ann & Stephen F. Hinchliffe, Jr. The Norman and Sadie Lee Foundation Renee & Meyer Luskin Martin Massman John S. Surabian, Jr. and in memory of Faith and Sharon Ann Surabian $250,000+

Patricia Glaser & Sam Mudie Mr. & Mrs. Jack Simon $100,000+

Betsy & Harold Applebaum Judith & Thomas Beckmen The Sheri and Les Biller Family Foundation Maynard & Linda Brittan— Traub-Brittan Family Trust Center Theatre Group Affiliates Kenneth Corday Regina Fadiman Barbara & Peter Fodor Ava & Charles Fries Brindell & Milton Gottlieb The Hearst Foundation, Inc. Vicki King Gloria Lothrop Richard G. & Virginia L. Martin Louise Taper $50,000+

Deborah M. Hyde Ellen & Michael S. Korney Dorothy & Richard Sherwood $25,000+

Abbott Brown Linda Brown

Debra L. Karrenbrock Dr. & Mrs. Jack Kavanaugh The Paul Kowal Charitable Foundation Darell L. Krasnoff $10,000+ Sandra Krause & William A and J Davidson Skipper Fitzgerald Award Fund Joyce & Kent Kresa George A. V. Dunning Steven Llanusa & Carolyn & Kit Lokey Glenn Miya, M.D. Betty & Sanford Sigoloff Carol & Douglas Mancino George Manet PLANNED GIFTS Meg McComb Shirley & Irving Ashkenas Betty McMicken in honor of W. Lee Bailey, M.D. Jeanette Shammas Angela Bardowell Diane & Leon Morton Chris & Rose Bauss Merle & Peter Mullin Pamela & Dennis Beck Bob & Renee Nunn Judith & Thomas Beckmen Linda S. Peterson The Bennetts Sally & Frank Raab Dr. Adrienne Brandriss Edward L. Rada Allan & Joan Burns Nan Rae Linda Brown Stuart & Laurie Rice In Loving Richard & Norma Camp Memory of Adam Rice Bill Cohn & Dan Miller Bruce & Randy Ellen Ross Earl & Christine Cory Eileen B. Salmas Mary Levin Cutler Wes Schaefer & Susan D. Clines & Cathy King-Schaefer Charles Dillingham The estate of Frank J. Kirk & Anne Douglas Sherwood Elisabeth Katte Harris Trust Sue & Steve Soldoff Amy Forbes & Andrew Murr I.H. Sutnick Mr. & Mrs. Walter E. Grauman Paulette Toumazos & Michael Lorenz Susan A. Grode Sue Tsao Virginia Hayes Carol Vernon & Robert Turbin Mr. Kim L. Hunter Peter & Susan Van Haften Deborah M. Hyde The Michael Shaw Jacobs Fund Magda & Frederick R. Waingrow The Doug Jones and John Dr. & Mrs. Daniel Wallace Sanger Theater Ticket Fund Pat Warford Richard & Julie Kagan Arlene M. Kageyama-Chikami Susan & William Weintraub Margaret H. White Sarah & Andy Kane

Greve Foundation Dr. Tom Hickey Levine Foundation Diane & Leon Morton

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OUR SUPPORTERS

for your 50th anniversary support

Venerated. Persecuted. Forgotten.

Victims of Nazism at FC Bayern Munich

We would like to take this opportunity to thank the incredibly generous donors who have contributed leadership gifts in support of Center Theatre Group’s 50 Anniversary Campaign. Your loyalty to our theatre and support in honor of our history paves the way for the next 50 years.

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$5,000,000+ Brindell Roberts Gottlieb Ahmanson Foundation Kirk & Anne Douglas $1,000,000+ Anonymous (2) The Annenberg Foundation Edgerton Foundation Kiki & David Gindler Patricia Glaser & Sam Mudie Aliza Karney Guren & Marc Guren Ann & Stephen F. Hinchliffe, Jr. Renee & Meyer Luskin The Louis and Harold Price Foundation Laura & James Rosenwald & Orinoco Foundation Rosenthal Family Foundation Sue Tsao $500,000+ Amy Forbes & Andrew Murr Jerry & Terri Kohl Louise Moriarty Deena & Edward Nahmias Michael Ritchie & Kate Burton Donna Schweers & Tom Geiser Elliott Sernel $250,000+ Anonymous Thomas Beers Joni & Miles Benickes Diana Buckhantz & the Vladimir and Araxia Buckhantz Foundation

Cindy & Gary Frischling Center Theatre Group Affiliates Cindy & Gary Frischling Nancy & Eric Garen Vicki King Jody & David Lippman The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation Thomas Safran Glenn & Andrea Sonnenberg Judie Stein & J R Stein Family Foundation Matt & Dana Walden

ON EXHIBIT NOW

$100,000+ Yvonne & Derek Bell The Campagna Family Mara & Joseph Carieri Friars Charitable Foundation Manuela & James Goren The Michael Shaw Jacobs Fund Bill Resnick & Michael Stubbs Deidra Norman Schumann Cheryl A. Shepherd Donna & John Sussman

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$50,000+ Anonymous Anne Bruner & Jim Bremner Carol & Stephen Rountree Sunshine Stone Peter & Iona Tompkins

WHERE TO EAT We would also like to thank the following donors for making commitments to the 50th Anniversary Campaign through legacy gifts to our Endowment. $1,000,000+ Judith & Thomas Beckmen Martin Massman Diane & Leon Morton Peter & Susan Van Haften $500,000+ Richard & Norma Camp Susan A. Grode Linda S. Peterson $250,000+ Shirley & Irving Ashkenas Pamela & Dennis Beck Bill Cohn & Dan Miller Mr. & Mrs. Jack Simon I.H. Sutnick

WHERE TO SHOP WHERE TO GO

OTHER LEGACY GIFTS Linda & Maynard Brittan – Traub-Brittan Family Trust Steven Llanusa & Glenn Miya, M.D. Gloria Lothrop Carol & Douglas Mancino Renee & Robert Nunn Nan Rae Randy & Bruce Ross Wes Schaefer & Cathy King-Schaefer Dr. and Mrs. Daniel Wallace Margaret White

50th anniversary campaign support

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for being a part of our history The Affiliates have supported Center Theatre Group since 1971. Through volunteering and fundraising, members introduce young people and their peers to the magic of live theatre. We are forever grateful for their long-term support.

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Our programming engine, The Music Center Arts (TMC Arts), convenes artists, communities and ideas to deepen the cultural lives of all. With relevant, engaging arts experiences and arts education programs, TMC Arts reflects the diverse voices and interests of the many communities of Los Angeles.

The Music Center is home to and the force behind some of the most creative expression today.

2019/2020 MUSIC CENTER BOARD OF DIRECTORS OFFICERS Cindy Miscikowski Board Chair

Robert J. Abernethy Darrell Brown Vice Chairs Rachel S. Moore President and Chief Executive Officer

Diane G. Medina Secretary

Susan M. Wegleitner Treasurer William Taylor Assistant Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer

MEMBERS AT LARGE Charles F. Adams William H. Ahmanson Wallis Annenberg Jill Baldauf

Richard K. Roeder Melissa Ann Romain Maria Salinas Lisa See Matthew Spence Marc I. Stern Philip A. Swan Walter F. Ulloa Timothy S. Wahl Alyce Williamson Jay Wintrob Rollin A. Ransom General Counsel ^

Leave of absence

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Susan Baumgarten

Amb. (ret.) John B. Emerson*

Phoebe Beasley

Lois Erburu

Kimaada M. Brown

Richard M. Ferry

Dannielle Campos

Brindell Gottlieb

Greg T. Geyer

Bernard A. Greenberg

Lisa Gilford

Stephen F. Hinchliffe, Jr.

Kiki Ramos Gindler

Amb. (ret.) Glen A. Holden

Maria Rosario Jackson

Stuart M. Ketchum

Glenn Kaino

Amb. (ret.) Lester B. Korn

Stefanie Kane

Kent Kresa

Terri Kohl

Robert F. Maguire, III

Cary J. Lefton

Ginny Mancini

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Featured Events at The Music Center

TUE 01 OCT / 8:00 p.m.

A Play Is a Poem CENTER THEATRE GROUP @ Mark Taper Forum Thru 10/13 TUE 01 OCT / 8:30 p.m.

A Farewell to Angela Ricci Lucchi With Yervant Gianikian REDCAT @ Roy and Edna Disney / CalArts Theater WED 02 OCT / 12:15 p.m.

Grand Park’s Lunch À La Park: Yoga reTreat @ Grand Park Every Wed/Fri WED 02 OCT / 7:30 p.m.

La Boheme LA OPERA @ Dorothy Chandler Pavilion Thru 10/6 WED 02 OCT / 8:00 p.m.

Latin History for Morons CENTER THEATRE GROUP @ Ahmanson Theatre Thru 10/20 THU 03 OCT / 8:00 p.m.

Angel City Jazz Festival REDCAT @ Roy and Edna Disney / CalArts Theater Thru 10/5 THU 03 OCT / 8:00 p.m.

Dudamel Conducts Gershwin & Ravel LA PHIL @ Walt Disney Concert Hall Thru 10/6 SUN 06 OCT / 10:00 a.m.

La Feria de los Moles @ Grand Park SUN 06 OCT / 11:00 a.m.

Grand Park & Ryman Arts Present Make Your Mark in the Park @ Grand Park

MON 07 OCT / 8:30 p.m.

Lana Lin: The Cancer Journals Revisited REDCAT @ Roy and Edna Disney / CalArts Theater

FRI 18 OCT / 8:30 p.m.

WITKACY / Two-Headed Calf REDCAT @ Roy and Edna Disney / CalArts Theater Thru 10/25

TUE 08 OCT / 8:00 p.m.

Beethoven’s Late Genius LA PHIL @ Walt Disney Concert Hall Thru 10/6

SAT 19 OCT / 2:00 p.m.

Bruckner’s Great Mass LA MASTER CHORALE @ Walt Disney Concert Hall Thru 10/20

THU 10 OCT / 8:00 p.m.

Dudamel Conducts Music from the Americas LA PHIL @ Walt Disney Concert Hall Thru 10/13

SUN 20 OCT / 7:30 p.m.

Javier Camerena LA OPERA @ Walt Disney Concert Hall

FRI 11 OCT / 8:30 p.m.

“Shadows Crossing: Tones of Voice Continued,” a lecture by Cedar Sigo REDCAT @ Roy and Edna Disney / CalArts Theater SAT 12 OCT / 11:00 a.m.

Toyota Symphonies for Youth: Copland’s America LA PHIL @ Walt Disney Concert Hall SAT 12 OCT / 7:30 p.m.

The Light in the Piazza LA OPERA @ Dorothy Chandler Pavilion Thru 10/20 SAT 12 OCT / 3:00 p.m.

2019 Eyeworks Festival of Experimental Animation REDCAT @ Roy and Edna Disney / CalArts Theater Thru 10/12 TUE 15 OCT / 8:00 p.m.

Conversations with Nick Cave: An Evening of Talk & Music LA PHIL @ Walt Disney Concert Hall Thru 10/19 FRI 18 OCT / 8:00 p.m.

Salonen Conducts Tchaikovsky & Bartók LA PHIL @ Walt Disney Concert Hall

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WED 23 OCT / 8:00 p.m.

The New One CENTER THEATRE GROUP @ Ahmanson Theatre Thru 11/24 THU 24 OCT / 7:30 p.m.

Mariinsky Ballet & Orchestra THE MUSIC CENTER @ Dorothy Chandler Pavilion Thru 10/27 THU 24 OCT / 7:00 p.m.

Centennial Birthday Celebration Concert & Gala LA PHIL @ Walt Disney Concert Hall FRI 25 OCT / 8:00 p.m.

Mehta’s Mahler LA PHIL @ Walt Disney Concert Hall SAT 26 OCT / 7:00 p.m.

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Salonen & Sibelius LA PHIL @ Walt Disney Concert Hall

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