Come From Away at Center Theatre Group, December 2018

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FROM THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

Welcome to Center Theatre Group This month we have two terrific productions onstage that—in very different ways—use the art of theatre to illuminate key moments in our American history.

Come From Away tells the story of the small town of Gander, Newfoundland during the days following the attacks of September 11, 2001. Due to the uncertainties at the time, all American airspace was shut down and all planes in the air were forced to land at the closest airport. Gander, population 9,651, unexpectedly was forced to welcome close to 7,000 international passengers on the morning of the attacks, and over the ensuing days housed and fed them all. The story, told dramatically and theatrically, is completely uplifting and lifeaffirming. It’s exactly what we need right now, and I’m sure that you will agree that it is the perfect show for this moment in time.

At the Taper we’re extremely pleased to be bringing back Zoot Suit writer/director Luis Valdez with his new play Valley of the Heart. It’s the story of a Mexican American family and a Japanese American family whose lives and fates intersect amidst the backdrop of World War II on the farmland they share in Northern California. Its resonance with current events is undeniable, and we’re honored to bring this important story to L.A. audiences.

Thank you for your patronage and support of Center Theatre Group in 2018.

I hope to see you again soon at the Ahmanson and Taper in 2019, and at the Kirk Douglas Theatre in Culver City.

Sincerely,

Michael Ritchie

Center Theatre Group Board of Directors 2018/2019 Officers BOARD MEMBERS

Rebecca George

Laura Rosenwald

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AT A GLANCE

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AROUND CENTER THEATRE GROUP ANNOUNCING OUR 2019 SHERWOOD AWARD FINALISTS Congratulations to (L–R) performance artist, comedian, and writer Kristina Wong, director Marike Splint, and performer, Watts Village Artistic Director, and Cornerstone Theater Company Associate Artistic Director Bruce A. Lemon Jr, the 2019 finalists for Center Theatre Group’s Richard E. Sherwood Award. This $10,000 prize is given each year to nurture innovative and adventurous theatre artists working in Los Angeles. The winner will be announced at the LA STAGE Alliance Ovation Awards in January.

DISNEY MUSICALS IN SCHOOLS YEAR TWO KICKS OFF We’re excited to continue our partnership with Disney to help develop sustainable theatre programs in Los Angeles County public elementary schools.

We’ll be sending teams of Center Theatre Group Teaching Artists into five new Title 1 schools over the course of the year, to culminate in the production of their own Disney KIDS musical on-site and a group Student Share Celebration at the Ahmanson. We also welcomed back the educators (pictured) who launched the program with us last year for a Musical Theatre 201 course to help support them as they produce their second Disney KIDS musical in the coming year.

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ON OUR STAGES

NOV 28 – JAN 6

Katy Perry Visits the Ahmanson for Opening Night of Dear Evan Hansen Photo by Ryan Miller/Capture Imaging.

OCT 30 – DEC 9

Center Theatre Group Celebrates L.A. Artists at the Ahmanson Visitors to the Mezzanine-level lobby of the Ahmanson are invited to think about community and unity through Togetherness, an exhibition of black and white photographs by Christina Montoya, curated by Brenzy Solorzano. The snippets of time captured by Montoya are affirmations of hope, love, resilience, and survival during our most vulnerable moments. We’re excited to connect the ideas and themes that come alive on our stages to the inspiring work of local artists.

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OBE _ Center Theatre Group Student Matinee Beforehand, they’ll all receive copies of our Discovery Guides—educational resources designed to inform, intrigue, and inspire students through Stylistic Featu resproductions. the themes, context, and ideas of the “The Discovery Guides are something special.

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APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM Training & Mentorship for Emerging Technical Production and Artistic Professionals

LET’S SAY YOU’VE FALLEN IN LOVE WITH THEATRE. You think you might want to make a career out of working behind the scenes. You may have some experience with university theatre productions; you may have some experience in a different kind of work setting. But you don’t know anyone who’s done a job like the one you think you want to do. What’s next?

We wanted to find a way to help people at this key point in their work lives figure that out, so this fall—with support from SoCalGas, a member of our Corporate Circle—we launched the Center Theatre Group Apprenticeship Program. It’s a paid opportunity for people with no background in professional theatre to get hands-on training in technical production and artistic careers. Our first four Apprentices joined us for the World premiere of Quack at the Kirk Douglas Theatre (onstage October 21 – November 18, 2018) to shadow staff members, sit in on the production process, and learn and practice the skills necessary to work in their chosen fields over 100 hours.

“There are a lot of opportunities available for people who are already in graduate school or already have more experience, but we’re trying to get people in the door earlier,” said Center Theatre Group Next Generation Initiatives Director Camille Schenkkan. “It’s really about where they are in their careers and where they’re going.”

Our four Quack Apprentices fell in love with the art in different places, at different times in their lives, and come from very different backgrounds and perspectives, yet they all share a desire to take the next step into the world of professional theatre.

Technical Direction Apprentice Rex Harrison is a Marine Corps veteran who was introduced to working in theatre over the summer, with Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles’ production of Henry IV. “I really liked doing theatre work and really liked the people I was working around. I didn’t know I’d have interest in working behind the scenes,” he said. As an Apprentice, “I’ve been looking more into what stage managers and assistant stage managers do, and I really enjoy that aspect of it. And I’ve enjoyed doing all the technical production as well, building the sets and designing stuff and solving problems, which I’ve always been kind of good at.” But what he’s appreciated most has been getting to be a part of a group of “really good people,” he said. “You become like a family and work closely together for this production, and you build really good relationships.”

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Rehearsal for the World premiere of Quack. Photo by Craig Schwartz.

“I’m a young career director. There’s not a lot of concrete things to do. Unlike being an actor, where auditioning is your job, there is not that same task at hand for young directors to get into it.”

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Relationships have also been a key part of the experience for Directing Apprentice Annie Barker. “What I love about this program and working on Quack is that I’m learning from [the director,] Neel [Keller], [the playwright,] Eliza [Clark], from stage management, and from the actors. The actors have all been amazing,” she said, explaining that they’ve sat down with her individually to offer their insights. “I’m getting a chance to understand the role of director in all its capacities.” She’s also grateful for the opportunity to work on her craft while moving her career path forward. “I’m a young career director. There’s not a lot of concrete things to do. Unlike being an actor, where auditioning is your job, there is not that same task at hand for young directors to get into it,” she explained.

An important component of the program is a diversity requirement: apprenticeships are intended for people who self-identify as a member of a group currently underrepresented in theatre production and artistic careers. “Applicants had to think deeply about why they were underrepresented in their field,” said Schenkkan. Considering everything from gender and age to experience and background “opened up the possibilities for applicants instead of narrowing it,” she added.

Production Management Apprentice Crystal Hui grew up in Hong Kong and graduated from college in May with a theatre degree.

“The experience opened my mind as to what American professional theatre is and how the work gets done,” she said. She learned a great deal about the importance of time management. And she was impressed with the attitude and demeanor of her mentors when she witnessed a set piece malfunction during technical rehearsals.

“I could see how the production team fixed the problem and managed to keep things going on but not make them any worse,” she said.

“That was a really great reminder to myself to stay calm and move forward in the chaos.”

beginning of their career and try to teach them makes me think of the art of what I do again,” said Production Manager Christopher Reardon. “I have to explain what I do and why I’m making the choices I’m making.”

Assistant Production Manager Katie Chen added, “I get excited about mentoring someone else because I’ve learned a lot just by doing it.”

The Apprentices have also received individualized professional development opportunities, including resume and cover letter assistance and the chance to make connections with local mentors outside the company. We want them to enter the world of professional Los Angeles theatre with both experience and confidence—which will benefit not just them but the theatres where they work.

This is one reason why this program aligns with SoCalGas’ charitable giving in the community. “SoCalGas has provided clean, reliable, and affordable energy to Southern California for more than 150 years,” said Sharon Tomkins, Vice President of Customer Solutions and Strategy at SoCalGas. “We are also a long-time partner of Center Theatre Group and are proud to support education and workforce development programs, such as the Production Apprentice Program, that provide members of underrepresented groups with opportunities in STEM fields and various trades.”

Visit CTGLA.org/Education to learn more about the program. Spring 2019 Apprenticeships will be announced early next year.

Staff members also appreciated the opportunity to take a step back from their day to day. “For me to work with someone at the very

The Apprenticeship Program is supported by SoCalGas, a member of Center Theatre Group’s Corporate Circle.

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THE MIX OF BUSINESS, ARTISTRY, AND PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY that comes with a creative career in theatre can be tricky to master, especially for young, emerging professionals.

As part of our efforts to support an ever-growing and increasingly diverse theatre community in Los Angeles, Center Theatre Group hosted our first Workforce Readiness Symposium on September 22, 2018 at East Los Angeles College, our official higher education partner.

More than a dozen colleges and universities were involved as planning partners for the event, and over 30 higher education institutions from across L.A. were represented among the educators and administrators who attended.

The goal, explained Center Theatre Group Next Generation Initiatives Director Camille Schenkkan, was to provide a time and place for this group to gather and “have a robust conversation about the hard and soft skills students need to succeed in professional theatre.”

Educators and Theatre Professionals Come Together at Center Theatre Group’s WORKFORCE READINESS SYMPOSIUM

The event began with opening presentations from theatre artists, professors, career center representatives, and others, all focused on what theatre students need before graduation.

Speakers included Celebration Theatre Co-Artistic Director Michael A. Sheppard, who spoke on representation and diversity, and Chapman University Assistant Professor of Theatre Studies Dr. Jocelyn L. Buckner, who provided a snapshot of the university’s senior theatre seminar. Playwright Luis Alfaro delivered a keynote reflecting on his experience as both a practicing artist and university educator.

Representatives from Center Theatre Group provided an employer perspective, discussing hiring trends and fieldwide needs. Attendees also reviewed the results of the Southern California Theatre Alumni Survey, conducted by Center Theatre Group this summer, which asked local theatre alumni to weigh in on the career training they received, as well as what training would have been helpful to them as they embarked on their careers.

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LUIS ALFARO’S

L.A. STORY COMES TO OUR LIBRARY READING SERIES AS A WORK-IN-PROGRESS The Mama of the Row team. Photo by Cristi Burgos/CBGRAPHY.

A TUESDAY AFTERNOON IN SEPTEMBER FOUND PLAYWRIGHT AND MacARTHUR “GENIUS” LUIS ALFARO REWRITING HIS NEWEST WORK IN AN AT ONCE UNLIKELY AND COMPLETELY APPROPRIATE SETTING: A LOS ANGELES PUBLIC LIBRARY PARKING LOT IN BOYLE HEIGHTS. The play is Mama of the Row or Who Raised the Rent?

(A Los Angeles Vaudeville of Tragic Proportions) A Displacement of Bertolt Brecht’s “Mother Courage and Her Children,” and it’s the story of a family living on the streets of Downtown L.A.’s Skid Row.

Mama of the Row is one of about two dozen new works currently under commission by Center Theatre Group.

But unlike most of our commissions, it made its first public debut as part of our free Library Play Reading Series—just a few miles away from where the piece is set. And so Alfaro—whose works have appeared on stages around the world, and who was a longtime member of Center Theatre Group’s artistic staff—found himself doing rewrites in a Boyle Heights parking lot, surrounded by director Nancy Keystone, a small company of local actors and collaborators, and the three-woman, mariachi-inspired band La Victoria.

The group had spent the previous week in your more typical regional theatre new play development setting: Center Theatre Group’s rehearsal rooms.

“It was so much fun, and I have to say part of the journey was that we created together,” said Alfaro.

“It was so amazing that we were able to bring all the collaborators into the room, and that I was able to bring in scenes every day.”

But with just moments before the reading was to take place, with Benjamin Franklin Library already packed with patrons of all ages there for the play— mostly local but at least one person had come from as far away as Simi Valley—Alfaro had realized he needed to add a new scene.

After a quick rehearsal in the lot, followed by an introduction from Center Theatre Group Community Partnerships Director Jesus Reyes, the band began to play, and the actors took the floor. The group of elementary school-age girls in the front row stopped giggling, and the entire audience spent the next hour enraptured—laughing, gasping, and occasionally tearing up—by the struggles of Mama and her children. The next two evenings, the scene was similar at Malabar and Robert Louis Stevenson Libraries.

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Alfaro was equally appreciative of his audience.

“I can’t imagine a more diverse audience. It was so cool—even having the little kids. It was fun to track it with the audience, to hear where they were plugging in and out,” said Alfaro. “You’re writing about a community and you have the community judge you and give you affirmation or criticism—it’s a kind of guide. The opportunity to have that kind

of community with you is very rare. It was all very positive and very fun. We got better and better every night. I did about 30 pages of changes through the second reading, and by Thursday, I thought we had gotten a rough draft of what we wanted.”

Alfaro will continue to work on and refine Mama of the Row over the coming months with the continued support of Center Theatre Group. And the readings—which generally are presented in partnership with local Los Angeles theatre companies—will continue at the libraries.

Special thanks to the California Arts Council for their support of our Library Play Reading Series.

“You’re writing about a community and you have the community judge you and give you affirmation or criticism—it’s a kind of guide. The opportunity to have that kind of community with you is very rare.” —Luis Alfaro

Photos by Cristi Burgos/CBGRAPHY.

of grandparents, parents, and children. “Some of our largest audiences turn out for Center Theatre Group’s plays,” said Benjamin Franklin Branch Senior Librarian Connie B. Topete. “There is so much enthusiasm when a play reading is held here.

You can feel the excitement. Live theatre is not something that most people in Boyle Heights have access to, and the community is very appreciative of that fact.”

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Thank Canada TWENTY-EIGHT HOURS AFTER LEAVING PARIS,

France for Dallas, Texas, American Airlines Captain Beverley Bass and her passengers and crew disembarked in the Newfoundland, Canada town of Gander, population approximately 10,000. “Most airline pilots will spend their entire career knowing about Gander but never landing there,” recalled Bass of the location of the first sizable airport in the northeastern part of the continent. “But we knew as soon as we exited and walked into the terminal that we had landed in a very special place because we got off the airplane about 7:30 on the morning of September 12, and we walked into a terminal lined with tables of food.” The people of Gander “had actually stayed up all night long” preparing meals for Bass and the other 7,000 visitors from around the world who had been stranded there. Almost 17 years later, Bass still marveled at the generosity and kindness the people of Gander showed for her and her fellow “Come-From-Aways” in the days that followed September 11, 2001.

COME FROM AWAY CREATORS & THOSE WHO LIVED THE STORY DISCUSS THE MAKING OF THE MUSICAL WITH NIA VARDALOS “We knew we were falling in love with the people, and the stories, and that was enough for us to go on and then try to tell almost 7,000 stories of the people who landed there and 9,000 stories of the people who were there, and so we tried to tell 16,000 stories in a 100-minute musical.”

At an event hosted by the Consulate General of Canada in Los Angeles—who are supporting Come From Away’s engagement at the Ahmanson November 28, 2018 – January 6, 2019—Bass, former Gander Mayor Claude Elliott, and Come From Away creators Irene Sankoff and David Hein discussed how the days after 9/11 unfolded in Gander and became a hit musical. The discussion was moderated by Canadian actor Nia Vardalos, who opened by asking Elliott, “What was your reaction when you heard about the Come-From-Aways coming?”

“Bring ’em on!” said Elliott. “We knew we’d have some visitors, and we wanted to make their stay as comfortable as possible.” The stranded passengers and crews remained on their aircraft overnight, which gave Elliott and the rest of the Newfoundlanders time to prepare. “We mobilized 450 volunteers to go to the airport, and they made up 7,000 lunchboxes to have, so when the people came off the plane, each person

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(l-r) Nia Vardalos, David Hein, and Irene Sankoff. Photo by Ryan Miller/Capture Imaging.

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was given a lunchbox and a hug,” said Elliott. “We figured they needed compassion just as much as they needed food.” They also needed information. “How do you deal with a planeload of passengers who are learning about what happened at the Twin Towers?” Vardalos asked Bass.

“We actually knew very little about what was going on because during that time most of us did not carry cell phones,” said Bass. “We went probably 30 hours before we ever saw a visual on TV as to what had really occurred.

We did get a little bit of news from the BBC that was coming across our aircraft radio, but nothing from the US…so it was very disjointed.”

Meanwhile, Canadians Sankoff and Hein were living in New York City on 9/11. How, asked Vardalos, did they come to write Come From Away?

“A friend of ours was starting a program at a college in Ontario called the Canadian Music Theatre Project. He had actually approached, he said, about five other writing teams” about the story of Gander, said Sankoff, “and they all turned him down.” But Sankoff and Hein connected with the story. They had seen how the people of New York came together and took care of one another in the aftermath of 9/11. “Hearing the story of Gander sort of felt like something that was familiar to us. And David had grown up on Newfoundland music,” said Sankoff. Hein told her, “‘You have to understand, Newfoundland is music, so it has to be a musical.’”

Sankoff and Hein traveled to Gander for the 10TH anniversary of 9/11. “We found out there was going to be a commemoration ceremony happening there, and all these Come-From-Aways… were returning there,” said Hein.

“It’s a hard place to get out to. So 10 years later, it was an amazing testimony to the power of the friendships that had been created there, that people wanted to return there to commemorate the kindness they had seen.”

He added, “There’s all of this press out there looking for these five second sound bites from everyone, and we just wanted to hear every story.” As he and Sankoff listened, “We knew we were falling in love with the people, and the stories, and that was enough for us to go on and then try to tell almost 7,000 stories of the people who landed there and 9,000 stories of the people who were there, and so we tried to tell 16,000 stories in a 100-minute musical.”

Vardalos lauded the Come From Away company for their ability to play more than one role. “What I found so incredible is an actor onstage would be one character, they would turn, put on a hat, and be another character,” she said. The resulting show “is a kitchen party. Mayor, will you tell us what that is?”

“About 500 people in your living room, drinking, eating your food, and dancing, and probably spending the night,” said Elliott.

“It’s community,” said Hein. “That’s what we wanted to do with the show: we wanted to bring everyone into a kitchen party and say, ‘You have a story as well; we’re going to tell our story.’”

Listen to the conversation on the Center Theatre Group podcast, 30 to Curtain, on iTunes or wherever you get your podcasts.

Come From Away is supported by the Consulate General of Canada in Los Angeles

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2018/19 SEASON FIRST SEASON PRODUCTION

AIN’T TOO PROUD

The Life and Times of The Temptations Book by Dominique Morisseau Music and Lyrics from The Legendary Motown Catalog Choreographed by Sergio Trujillo Directed by Des McAnuff Aug 21 – Sep 30, 2018 SECOND SEASON PRODUCTION

DEAR EVAN HANSEN

Book by Steven Levenson Music and Lyrics by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul Directed by Michael Greif Oct 17 – Nov 25, 2018 THIRD SEASON PRODUCTION

COME FROM AWAY

Book, Music, and Lyrics by Irene Sankoff and David Hein Directed by Christopher Ashley Nov 28, 2018 – Jan 6, 2019 FOURTH SEASON PRODUCTION

New Adventures Matthew Bourne’s

CINDERELLA

Music by Prokofiev Feb 5 – Mar 10, 2019 FIFTH SEASON PRODUCTION

The Lincoln Center Theater Production of

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INDECENT

By Paula Vogel Directed by Rebecca Taichman Jun 4 – Jul 7, 2019 SEVENTH SEASON PRODUCTION

THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG

By Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer, and Henry Shields Directed by Mark Bell Jul 9 – Aug 11, 2019

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

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

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

Anonymous Cindy & Gary Frischling Center Theatre Group Affiliates Nancy & Eric Garen Glenn & Andrea Sonnenberg The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation Jody & David Lippman Thomas Beers Vicki King Thomas Safran Judie Stein & J R Stein Family Foundation Matt & Dana Walden GIFTS OF $100,000 AND ABOVE The Campagna Family Deidra Norman Schumann The Michael Shaw Jacobs Fund Donna & John Sussman Yvonne & Derek Bell Mara & Joseph Carieri Friars Charitable Foundation Manuela & James Goren Bill Resnick & Michael Stubbs Cheryl A. Shepherd GIFTS OF $50,000 AND ABOVE Anonymous Anne Bruner & Jim Bremner Patrick Owen & Norman Dixon Carol & Stephen Rountree Sunshine Stone Peter & Iona Tompkins

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

Legacy Gifts $1,000,000 AND ABOVE Judith & Thomas Beckmen Martin Massman Diane & Leon Morton Peter & Susan Van Haften $500,000 AND ABOVE Richard & Norma Camp Susan A. Grode Linda S. Peterson $250,000 AND ABOVE Pamela & Dennis Beck Shirley & Irving Ashkenas Bill Cohn & Dan Miller Maggy Simon I.H. Sutnick

OTHER LEGACY GIFTS Maynard & Linda Brittan–TraubBrittan 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. & Mrs. Daniel Wallace Margaret White

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MICHAEL RITCHIE Artistic Director | DOUGLAS C. BAKER Producing Director GORDON DAVIDSON Founding Artistic Director Junkyard Dog Productions Jerry Frankel Latitude Link Smith & Brant Theatricals Steve & Paula Reynolds David Mirvish Michael Rubinoff Alhadeff Productions Michael Alden & Nancy Nagel Gibbs Sam Levy Rodney Rigby Spencer Ross Richard Winkler Yonge Street Theatricals Sheridan College Michael & Ellise Coit Ronald Frankel Sheri & Les Biller Richard & Sherry Belkin Marlene & Gary Cohen Allan Detsky & Rena Mendelson Lauren Doll Barbara H. Freitag Wendy Gillespie Laura Little Theatricals Carl & Jennifer Pasbjerg Radio Mouse Entertainment The Shubert Organization Cynthia Stroum Tulchin Bartner Productions Gwen Arment/Molly Morris & Terry McNicholas Maureen & Joel Benoliel/Marjorie & Ron Danz Pamela Cooper/Corey Brunish Demos Bizar/Square 1 Theatrics Joshua Goodman/Lauren Stevens Just for Laughs Theatricals/Judith Ann Abrams Productions Bill & Linda Potter/Rosemary & Kenneth Willman and La Jolla Playhouse and Seattle Repertory Theatre Present

Book, Music, and Lyrics by

IRENE SANKOFF and DAVID HEIN Featuring

KEVIN CAROLAN HARTER CLINGMAN NICK DUCKART CHAMBLEE FERGUSON BECKY GULSVIG JULIE JOHNSON CHRISTINE TOY JOHNSON JAMES EARL JONES II MEGAN McGINNIS ANDREW SAMONSKY DANIELLE K. THOMAS EMILY WALTON MARIKA AUBREY JANE BUNTING MICHAEL BRIAN DUNN JULIE GARNYÉ ADAM HALPIN AARON MICHAEL RAY

Scenic Design

Orchestrations

AUGUST ERIKSMOEN Casting

TELSEY + COMPANY Rachel Hoffman, C.S.A.

Costume Design

BEOWULF BORITT

General Management

Lighting Design

TONI-LESLIE JAMES

HOWELL BINKLEY

Arrangements

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IAN EISENDRATH Dialect Coach

JOEL GOLDES

ALCHEMY PRODUCTION GROUP

DAVID LAI

Tour Booking Agency

Sound Design

GARETH OWEN Hair Design

DAVID BRIAN BROWN

Marketing Strategy and Direction

THE BOOKING GROUP ON THE RIALTO Meredith Blair, Kara Gebhart

Production Management

JUNIPER STREET PRODUCTIONS, INC.

Company Manager

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Tour Press and Marketing

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Production Stage Manager

SHAWN PENNINGTON

Music Supervision

IAN EISENDRATH Musical Staging

KELLY DEVINE Directed by

CHRISTOPHER ASHLEY Come From Away was originally co-produced in 2015 by La Jolla Playhouse and Seattle Repertory Theatre and presented in 2016 by Ford’s Theatre.

Come From Away (NAMT Festival 2013) was originally developed at the Canadian Music Theatre Project, Michael Rubinoff—Producer, Sheridan College in Oakville, Ontario, Canada and was further developed at Goodspeed Musicals’ Festival of New Artists, in East Haddam, Connecticut.

The Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council, and the 5th Avenue Theatre, Seattle, Washington, also provided development support.

November 28, 2018 – January 6, 2019 AHMANSON THEATRE The Los Angeles engagement of Come From Away is generously supported in part by The Blue Ribbon of The Music Center.

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CAST (in alphabetical order)

Claude and others................................................................................................KEVIN CAROLAN Oz and others.................................................................................................HARTER CLINGMAN Kevin J., Ali, and others........................................................................................NICK DUCKART Nick, Doug, and others..........................................................................CHAMBLEE FERGUSON Beverley, Annette, and others............................................................................BECKY GULSVIG Beulah and others................................................................................................JULIE JOHNSON Diane and others................................................................................CHRISTINE TOY JOHNSON Bob and others...........................................................................................JAMES EARL JONES II Bonnie and others............................................................................................MEGAN McGINNIS Kevin T., Garth, and others.......................................................................ANDREW SAMONSKY Hannah and others...................................................................................DANIELLE K. THOMAS Janice and others...................................................................................................EMILY WALTON

STANDBYS Standbys never substitute for listed performers unless a specific announcement is made at the time of the appearance.

Hannah, Beulah, Diane, Bonnie, Janice..............................................................JULIE GARNYÉ Beverley, Diane, Hannah, Janice, Beulah.......................................................MARIKA AUBREY Bonnie, Janice, Beulah, Beverley, Diane............................................................JANE BUNTING Kevin T., Oz, Kevin J., Nick, Claude......................................................................ADAM HALPIN Nick, Claude, Bob, Oz, Kevin T.............................................................MICHAEL BRIAN DUNN Bob, Kevin J., Kevin T., Oz, Claude.........................................................AARON MICHAEL RAY

DANCE CAPTAIN JANE BUNTING

Please turn off all electronic devices such as cellular phones and watch alarms. The use of any recording device, either audio or video, and the taking of photographs, with or without flash, is strictly prohibited.

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MUSICAL NUMBERS “Welcome to the Rock”............................................................................................Company “38 Planes”................................................................................................................Company “Blankets and Bedding”...........................................................................................Company “28 Hours/Wherever We Are”*...............................................................................Company “Darkness and Trees”...............................................................................................Company “Costume Party”................................................Diane, Hannah, Kevin T., Kevin J., Company “I Am Here”..................................................................................................................Hannah “Prayer”**....................................................................................................Kevin T., Company “On the Edge”.............................................................................................................Company “Screech In”*................................................................................................Claude, Company “Me and the Sky”........................................................................Beverley, Female Company “Stop the World”...................................................................................Nick, Diane, Company “Somewhere in the Middle of Nowhere”................................................................Company “Something’s Missing”..............................................................................................Company “Finale”.......................................................................................................................Company Come From Away will be performed without an intermission.

THE BAND Conductor/Keyboard/Accordion/Harmonium...........CYNTHIA KORTMAN WESTPHAL Whistles/Irish Flute/Uilleann Pipes.....................................................ISAAC ALDERSON Fiddle................................................................................................KIANA JUNE WEBER Electric/Acoustic Guitars...........................................................................ADAM STOLER Acoustic Guitar/Mandolins/Bouzouki..........................................................MATT WONG Electric/Acoustic Bass..................................................................................MAX CALKIN Bodhran/Percussion............................................................................STEVE HOLLOWAY Drums/Percussion.....................................................................................BEN MORROW Associate Music Director................................................................CAMERON MONCUR Music Coordinator..............................................................................................DAVID LAI Electronic Music Design....................ANDREW BARRETT for LIONELLA MUSIC, LLC Music Preparation......................................................ZACH REDLER, RYAN DRISCOLL *“My Heart Will Go On” words and music by Will Jennings and James Horner. ©IRVING MUSIC, INC. on behalf of BLUE SKY RIDER SONGS (BMI).

Used by permission of Sony/ATV Music Publishing. All rights reserved. **“Prayer of St. Francis” dedicated to Mrs. Frances Tracy. ©1967, OCP, 5536 NE Hassalo, Portland, OR 97213. All rights reserved.

Please be aware that a camera flash effect will be in use at this performance.

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Hello, Welcome to the Rock!

When we traveled to Newfoundland in September 2011 on the tenth anniversary of 9/11, we had no idea that our journey would take us across the United States, to our home city of Toronto, eventually landing on Broadway.

We spent a month in Gander, Newfoundland and the surrounding communities meeting with the locals, returning flight crews and pilots, and returning “come from aways” (a Newfoundland term for a visitor from beyond the island) who gathered to celebrate the hope that emerged from tragedy.

We didn’t know what we were looking for, but thankfully the people of Newfoundland are incredible storytellers.

As we heard numerous tales of ordinary people and extraordinary generosity, it became clear that during the week of 9/11, for the 7,000 stranded passengers and people of Newfoundland, the island was a safe harbor in a world thrown into chaos.

We laughed, we cried, we were invited over for dinner and offered cars. We made lifetime friends out of strangers, and we came home wanting to share every story we heard.

Through this journey, we’ve learned it’s important to tell stories about welcoming strangers and stories of kindness.

It’s important to honor what was lost and commemorate what was found.

David Hein & Irene Sankoff

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WHO’S WHO KEVIN CAROLAN (Claude and others).

Broadway: Disney’s Newsies (Gov. Roosevelt, original cast, national tour, and feature film). Tours: Chicago (North America, Japan, Dubai). Regional: Goodman/Huntington (The Jungle Book, Baloo, dir. Mary Zimmerman). Movies: Bear with Us, Can You Ever Forgive Me? TV: Orange Is the New Black (Netflix), Gotham, The Middle, The Good Wife, Curb Your Enthusiasm. kevincarolan.com HARTER CLINGMAN (Oz and others) is very grateful to be joining the Come From Away family! National tours: Peter and The Starcatcher (dir. Roger Rees).

Proud Chicago collaborations: The Paramount, Chicago Shakespeare, Drury Lane, The Gift, Mercury Theater.

Regional: Peninsula Players, WI (Company Member). Love and thanks to Ashley, family, CFA team, and Stewart Talent!

NICK DUCKART (Kevin J., Ali, and others).

Thrilled to join the Come From Away family! Favorite credits include Evita, In the Heights (Carbonell Award), Carmen, Man of La Mancha, Zorba!, A View from the Bridge, and more. TV: The Blacklist, The Arrangement, Burn Notice. Love to Mariand, Lucy, and his family. nickduckart.com CHAMBLEE FERGUSON (Nick and others) is thrilled to be a part of the Come From Away family! Regional: 23 seasons at Dallas Theater Center (2017 Tony Award), The Alley, Trinity Rep, and others. Select TV/film: American Crime, Friday Night Lights, Prison Break, A Scanner Darkly, Parkland. 2011 Lunt/ Fontanne Fellow. MFA acting, SMU. Thanks to Telsey, HCKR, Lynnie, and the three. ®

BECKY GULSVIG (Beverley and others) is honored beyond words to help tell this story. Broadway: School of Rock (Patty), Legally Blonde (original cast), Hairspray (Amber). First national tours: Legally Blonde (Elle Woods), Beautiful (Cynthia

Weil). Off-Broadway: Disenchanted (Cinderella). beckygulsvig. com. So much love to my two favorite Canadians, Tyler and Hazel. @beckygulsvig JULIE JOHNSON (Beulah and others).

Broadway: Candide. Off-Broadway: Das Barbecu (Drama Desk nominee, Theatre World Award), Roadside, first national tour of Memphis. Regional: Chasing the Song, Ragtime, Les Misérables, Mame, Hello, Dolly!, Cabaret, Rocky Horror Show, Sense and Sensibility, The Best Little Whorehouse…, Paper Moon, Carnegie Hall with The New York Pops, voice of Baby Bop on Barney and Friends.

CHRISTINE TOY JOHNSON (Diane and others) is an award-winning actor, playwright, director, and advocate for inclusion. Season 2 of Netflix/Marvel’s Iron Fist. Broadway/Off-Broadway/national tours: The Music Man, Merrily We Roll Along, Pacific Overtures, Cats, Flower Drum Song, Bombay Dreams. 100 other TV/film appearances. 2013 Rosetta LeNoire Award from AEA. Details: christinetoyjohnson.com. Twitter/Insta: @CToyJ. Grateful.

JAMES EARL JONES II (Bob and others).

National tour: Gershwins’ Porgy & Bess.

Regional: Porchlight Music Theatre, Goodman Theatre, Marriott, Court, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Writers Theatre, Lookingglass Theatre, Lyric Opera Chicago, SF Opera, Ravinia Festival, Broadway in Chicago. TV/film credits: Poker House, Half Bad, Chicago Med. Download “Sunday Morning” from the movie Breaking In. Thanks to friends, family, Stewart Talent, Telsey, and Chris Ashley. For my daughter, Semaje.

MEGAN McGINNIS (Bonnie and others).

Broadway: Side Show, Les Misérables, Little Women, Beauty and the Beast, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Parade, The Diary of Anne Frank. London and Off-Broadway: Daddy Long Legs. TV/film: The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Daddy Long Legs (BroadwayHD), A Goofy Movie. Recordings: Daddy Long Legs, Little Women, Parade, duets on Sutton Foster’s Wish and Take Me to the World. Love to A and B. PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE P7

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ANDREW SAMONSKY (Kevin T. and others). Broadway/NYC: South Pacific (cable, PBS broadcast), The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Scandalous, Queen of the Mist (Drama Desk nomination), Fiorello!, Merrily We Roll Along. Tour/regional: Lempicka (WTF), The Bridges of Madison County (first national), The Hunchback of Notre Dame (OCR), Benny & Joon, Tales of the City. TV: Madam Secretary, Elementary. @samonsky DANIELLE K. THOMAS (Hannah and others). Broadway/Off-Broadway: Avenue Q. Tour/regional: Avenue Q, Hair, Cinderella, Little Shop of Horrors, Jesus Christ Superstar, Mary Poppins, Crowns, Caroline, or Change, Seussical, Big River.

Film/TV: Crooklyn, Rescue Me, Smash, The Michael J. Fox Show, The Affair, Deadbeat, Benders, Jessica Jones, The Last O.G. BIV soprano. For Mommy and Daddy (R.I.P.).

EMILY WALTON (Janice and others).

Broadway: Peter and the Starcatcher, August: Osage County. Off-Broadway: Ride the Cyclone (MCC), Women Without Men (Mint Theater), Eager to Lose (Ars Nova). Regional: Meet Me in St. Louis (Muny), Darling Grenadine (Goodspeed).

Film/TV: Submission, 5 Doctors, Hack My Life (TruTV), Search Party (TBS). Solo album: Little Longings. ladyemilywalton.com MARIKA AUBREY (Standby). Originally from Australia, Marika’s career spans stage and screen. Musicals include I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change; Songs for a New World; The Last Five Years; Lincoln Center production of South Pacific; Man of La Mancha; and Mrs. Wormwood in Matilda (RSC). Her EP, cast recordings, and more on marikaaubrey.com.

JANE BUNTING (Dance Captain, Standby).

Broadway: Come From Away. Select regional: Come From Away (Ford’s); Lost in the Stars (Kennedy Center); Oliver!

(Arena Stage); Les Misérables, Evita (Flat Rock Playhouse). BM in music theatre,

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Oklahoma City University. Endless thanks to the Come From Away team, CTA, my family, and my girls. For HHR. @ janerbunting MICHAEL BRIAN DUNN (Standby).

Broadway: Doctor Zhivago, Amazing Grace, Cats, The Life, Guys and Dolls, Big River, Baby, Sweeney Todd.

Off-Broadway: Death of Von Richthofen, Lenny and the Heartbreakers (N.Y.S.F.), Perfect Crime, Kennedy’s Children, etc….

Tours: Amadeus, HMS Pinafore (Stratford Festival), etc…. Regional: All over the country. Film/TV: Law & Order: SVU, Criminal Intent, Trial by Jury, Julie & Julia.

JULIE GARNYÉ (Standby). National tour: Cats. Regional: Titanic, Les Misérables, Man of La Mancha, Frozen Live. TV/film: Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Closer, Disney’s Tinker Bell, The Academy Awards. Special thanks to KMR Talent, Nyle, Eddie, Rachel, my amazing friends, and the entire Come From Away family for your constant support! Love you Mom, Dad, and Pepper. juliegarnye.com. Instagram/Twitter: @juliegarnye ADAM HALPIN (Standby). Broadway: Dear Evan Hansen, Glory Days.

Off-Broadway: Daddy Long Legs, Rent, Dogfight. Tours: Kinky Boots, Rent.

Regional: Kennedy Center, Long Wharf, The Muny, Signature Theatre, Pittsburgh CLO. Film/TV: The Greatest Showman, Quantico, the 90 Academy Awards.

Original cast recordings: Dear Evan Hansen, The Greatest Showman, Dogfight, Glory Days. Love to M and B. TH

AARON MICHAEL RAY (Standby) is overjoyed to be in the company of Come From Away! Off-Broadway: The Low Road (The Public Theater) and Spamilton.

Berklee College of Music grad and MFA. from The Boston Conservatory. Thanks to Hudson Artists and love to Mom, Dad, David, and AJ. IG: @aaronraystagram.

Twitter: @AaronMRay SHAWN PENNINGTON (Production Stage Manager).

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Sondheim. National tours: Bright Star, Fun Home, If/Then, Peter and the Starcatcher, Rock of Ages. Regional: Gypsy (The Muny), Up Here (La Jolla Playhouse). Special shout out to all the Newfoundlanders whose generosity of spirit inspired this incredible story. Love to Mom, Mark, and Beth.

For my Dad. GEOFF MAUS (Stage Manager). First national tours: Bright Star, Fun Home, Matilda the Musical. Broadway: Matilda the Musical. Off-Broadway: The Woodsman, Austin, Bare.

Regional: Bright Star (Center Theatre Group). Others: Argyle Theatre Company, The Juilliard School. Training: Indiana University of Pennsylvania, The Juilliard School (Professional Internship Program). Proud member of Actors’ Equity Association and Fair Wage OnStage.

MARGOT WHITNEY (Assistant Stage Manager). Broadway: Sweat. Tours: Bright Star, The King and I, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella, War Horse. Others: Public Theater, Signature Theatre, NY Stage and Film, Shakespeare Theatre of NJ, La Jolla Playhouse, Virginia Opera, Cincinnati Opera, and Cincinnati Ballet. University of Cincinnati-College Conservatory of Music. Love to family and friends!

IRENE SANKOFF & DAVID HEIN (Book, Music & Lyrics) are a Canadian married writing team. Their first show, My Mother’s Lesbian Jewish Wiccan Wedding (based on David’s mother’s true story), was the hit of the Toronto Fringe Festival, and then picked up for a commercial run by Mirvish Productions. It has now played and won Best Musical Awards in the New York Musical Theatre Festival and across North America, with Sankoff and Hein performing in most productions. Come From Away was developed at the Canadian Music Theatre Project, Goodspeed Musicals, and Seattle Repertory/5 Avenue Theatre. It was showcased at the NAMT Festival and enjoyed a record-setting World premiere at the La Jolla Playhouse and Seattle Repertory, followed by Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C., the Royal Alexandra Theatre in Toronto, and the Gander Community Centre Hockey Rink. Come From Away won three 2017 Dora Mavor Moore Awards, four Helen Hayes Awards, five Outer Critics Circle Awards, and three Drama Desk Awards, including Best Musical. David and Irene were nominated for Tony Awards for Best Book and Score and won the 2017 Outer Critics Circle and Drama Desk Awards for Best Book. Irene and David are proud members of the Dramatists Guild and ASCAP. Immeasurable thanks to all of Molly’s People, TH

to everyone who helped us on this journey, and to our extraordinary friends from “Away” and in Newfoundland for inspiring and trusting us to tell your story. @sankoffandhein CHRISTOPHER ASHLEY (Director). Artistic Director, La Jolla Playhouse. Recipient of 2017 Tony, Outer Critics Circle, Helen Hayes, and Craig Noel Awards; Drama Desk and Dora Award nominations for Come From Away.

Other Broadway credits include Memphis (Tony Award nomination), Xanadu, Leap of Faith, All Shook Up, The Rocky Horror Show (Tony Award nomination). West End: Memphis. New York: Blown Sideways Through Life, Jeffrey, The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told, Valhalla, Regrets Only, Wonder of the World, Communicating Doors, Bunny Bunny, The Night Hank Williams Died, Fires in the Mirror (Lucille Lortel Award). Kennedy Center: Sweeney Todd, Merrily We Roll Along, The Lisbon Traviata. La Jolla Playhouse selected credits: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Darrell Hammond Project, Hollywood, His Girl Friday, Glengarry Glen Ross, Restoration. TV/film: Lucky Stiff, Jeffrey, American Playhouse, Blown Sideways Through Life (PBS).

KELLY DEVINE (Musical Staging). 2017 Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, and Chita Rivera Award nominee for Come From Away. Choreographer: Broadway: Doctor Zhivago, Rocky (Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics nominations), Rock of Ages. International: Rocky (Germany), Rock of Ages (West End, U.K. tour, Toronto, Australia; Helpmann and Green Room Awards). Opera: Faust (Met and ENO), Wozzeck (San Diego Opera). Off-Broadway: Rock of Ages, Fat Camp, Frankenstein, Ann E. Wrecksick.

Regional: Come From Away (La Jolla, Seattle Rep), The Toxic Avenger, A Christmas Story, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, Peter and the Starcatcher, Zhivago, Private Fittings (La Jolla). Stratford Shakespeare Festival: Cabaret, Romeo and Juliet. Film and television: Mozart in the Jungle, Wormwood, Dear Dumb Diary, Naomi and Ely’s No Kiss List, and Detroit.

BEOWULF BORITT (Scenic Designer). Broadway: Act One (Tony Award), The Scottsboro Boys (Tony nomination), Thérèse Raquin (Tony nomination), Come From Away, Bernhardt/Hamlet, Meteor Shower, A Bronx Tale, 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, Sleepwalk with Me, and Miss Julie. He has designed for The NYC Ballet, the Ringling Bros. and PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE P9

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Barnum & Bailey Circus, and around the world in England, Russia, China, Australia, and Japan. 2007 Obie Award for Sustained Excellence.

TONI-LESLIE JAMES (Costume Designer). Broadway: Jitney; Amazing Grace; Lucky Guy; The Scottsboro Boys; Finian’s Rainbow; Chita Rivera: The Dancer’s Life; Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom; King Hedley II; One Mo’ Time; The Wild Party; Marie Christine; Footloose; The Tempest; Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992; Angels in America; Chronicle of a Death Foretold; and Jelly’s Last Jam. Ms. James is the Head of Design at the Virginia Commonwealth University department of theatre.

HOWELL BINKLEY (Lighting Designer). Broadway: Ain’t Too Proud—The Life and Times of The Tempations, Summer: The Donna Summer Musical, Come From Away (2017 Tony nom.), A Bronx Tale, Hamilton (2016 Tony winner/2018 Olivier Award winner), After Midnight (2014 Tony nom.), How to Succeed… (2011 Tony nom.), West Side Story (2009 Tony nom.), In the Heights (2008 Tony nom.), Jersey Boys (2006 Tony winner), Avenue Q, Parade, Kiss of the Spider Woman (1993 Tony nom./Olivier and Dora award winner). Co-Founder/Resident Lighting Designer, Parsons Dance. 2006 and 2016 Henry Hewes Design Awards for Jersey Boys and Hamilton.

GARETH OWEN (Sound Design). Olivier Awards for Memphis and Merrily We Roll Along, nominations for Top Hat and End of the Rainbow. Tony nominations for A Little Night Music and End of the Rainbow. Outer Critics Circle Award for Come From Away. Pro Sound Award for Sound Engineer of the Year. Currently: Summer and Come From Away on Broadway; Bat Out of Hell and 42 Street in London’s West End; Disney’s The Little Mermaid, Disney’s The Hunchback of Notre Dame, A Bronx Tale, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, and Bat Out of Hell worldwide. More than 280 other commercial musicals around the world.

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DAVID BRIAN BROWN (Hair Design). Broadway highlights: Moulin Rouge, Travesties, Frozen, Dear Evan Hansen, War Paint (Drama Desk Award), She Loves Me (Drama Desk nomination), The Curious Incident…, Gigi, The Bridges of Madison County, If/Then, Macbeth, Death of a Salesman, Follies, Sister Act, Shrek, Legally Blonde, Spamalot, Tarzan, Nine, Gypsy, Sweet Smell of Success, Aida, The Iceman Cometh, Chicago, Sideshow, Steel Pier. Film credits: Peter Pan Live (NBC), The Sound of Music Live (NBC), It’s Complicated, Angels in America (Emmy-nominated), To Wong Foo….

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AUGUST ERIKSMOEN (Orchestrations). Broadway orchestrations: Bright Star (Tony nom.); Gigi, First Date, Hugh Jackman: Back on Broadway (additional orchestrations); The Addams Family (dance arrangements, additional orchestrations); Memphis (dance arrangements); Million Dollar Quartet (assoc. music supervisor); Ring of Fire (assoc. MD); All Shook Up (MD), Rent (assoc. conductor).

Off-Broadway: Bare, Romantic Poetry, Walmartopia, Imperfect Chemistry. Other: Disney’s Descendants (Andrew Lippa’s “Evil Like Me”), 2011 Billboard Music Awards, I Am Harvey Milk, I Am Anne Hutchinson, James and the Giant Peach.

IAN EISENDRATH (Music Supervisor, Arrangements).

Come From Away (Broadway/Toronto), A Christmas Story (Broadway, national tours). Music Supervisor and Director of New Work at Seattle’s 5 Avenue Theatre (2003–2016).

5 Avenue Theatre: Paint Your Wagon, Carousel, A Room with a View, Secondhand Lions, Aladdin, Vanities, Oklahoma!, On the Town, Sunday in the Park…, Cabaret, Into the Woods, West Side Story, Company, Sweeney Todd, and Miss Saigon. Other regional: La Jolla Playhouse, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Seattle Symphony, ACT, TUTS, Ordway, Casa Mañana, Banff Centre for the Arts. University of Michigan graduate.

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JOEL GOLDES (Dialect Coach). Come From Away (Broadway, Toronto), Soft Power (Ahmanson), Sweat (Taper). Film/ TV: Devs, Escape at Dannemora, Fifty Shades of Grey, Fury, After Earth, Hatfields & McCoys, True Blood, 24, The Hangover, etc. thedialectcoach.com. Joel has removed over 30,000 invasive crayfish from his local SoCal creek.

DANIEL GOLDSTEIN (Associate Director). Broadway: Godspell. Off-Broadway: Tamar of the River, Lower Ninth, Indoor/Outdoor. Regional: Huntington, Williamstown, Goodspeed, O’Neill, among others. Japan: A New Brain, Gekido, Wizarding World of Harry Potter (Universal Studios Japan). Writing: Unknown Soldier, Row, Orange Crush. 2016 Kleban Prize for Most Promising Librettist. Children: Grace and Ezra. danielgoldsteincreative.com RICHARD J. HINDS (Associate Choreographer). Broadway: Newsies, Jekyll & Hyde, Il Divo: A Musical Affair. OffBroadway: Here Lies Love. National/U.K. tour: 9 to 5, High School Musical. Regional: La Jolla Playhouse, Old Globe, Kansas City Repertory Theatre, 5 Avenue, Gateway Playhouse, Ogunquit Playhouse, Flat Rock Playhouse. TV: Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, America’s Got Talent, The TH

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Bethenny Show, and Good Afternoon America. Thank you, Kelly! richardjhinds.com TELSEY + COMPANY (Casting). Broadway: Network, T he Cher Show, The Prom, Torch Song, Pretty Woman, My Fair Lady, Mean Girls, Frozen, Once On This Island, Anastasia, Waitress, Hamilton, Kinky Boots, Wicked. Film: Mary Poppins Returns, The Greatest Showman, Into the Woods, Rachel Getting Married. TV: Murphy Brown, This Is Us, House of Cards, Divorce, One Day at a Time. telseyandco.com ERIK BIRKELAND (Company Manager). Recipient of the 2014 Broadway League’s George MacPherson Road Award. Tours: Matthew Bourne’s The Red Shoes, Finding Neverland, The Sound of Music, Blithe Spirit (starring Angela Lansbury), The Gershwins’ Porgy & Bess, Memphis, Chicago, Jelly’s Last Jam, and live stage tours of Rugrats, Blue’s Clues, Scooby-Doo, and Dora the Explorer.

CYNTHIA KORTMAN WESTPHAL (Music Director). Broadway: A Christmas Story, The Lion King (original company), The Gershwins’ Fascinating Rhythm, Miss Saigon. Regional: Man of La Mancha (5 Avenue Theatre), Randy Newman’s Faust (Goodman Theatre). National tours: A Christmas Story, Andrea Bocelli Romanza tour (pianist). National tours in Detroit include Wicked, Spamalot, Les Misérables, Peter Pan. TV: Good Morning America, The Rosie O’Donnell Show, Great Performances (PBS). Albums: The Lion King (original Broadway cast), Celluloid Copland. Faculty, musical theatre, University of Michigan.

MICHAEL RUBINOFF (Creative Consultant). A Toronto-based producer who conceived this compelling story as a musical.

In 2011, he established the Canadian Music Theatre Project (CMTP), an international incubator for the development of new musicals at Sheridan College, where he produced and developed the first workshops of Come From Away. He is the Producing Artistic Director of the CMTP and is currently developing new musicals in Canada and China. In 2018, he was awarded the Meritorious Service Cross by the Governor General of Canada for his role in creating Come From Away.

A proud graduate of Western Law. @mrubinoff JUNIPER STREET PRODUCTIONS (Production Manager) is Hillary Blanken, Guy Kwan, Ana Rose Greene, Joseph DeLuise, Victoria Bullard, Ross Leonard, Sadie Alisa, and Christopher Batstone. Over the last 20 years, JSP has helped create over 60 Broadway and Off-Broadway productions, over 20 national tours, and numerous Las Vegas productions. Current productions: King Kong, The Prom, The Band’s Visit, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Once on this Island, Dear Evan Hansen, Come From Away, Waitress, Beautiful, and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory tour.

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DAVID LAI (Music Coordinator). Broadway music coordinator: Sunset Boulevard, Cats, The King and I, Fiddler on the Roof, Evita, Mary Poppins, South Pacific, Jesus Christ Superstar, Riverdance. Music director/ conductor: The Phantom of the Opera. Grammy winner (six-time Grammy nominee) and Emmy Award. Recordings: Joshua Bell, Itzhak Perlman, Lang Lang, Placido Domingo, Renée Fleming, Eldar, West Side Story, Fiddler on the Roof, The King and I, Promises, Promises, South Pacific, Elf. CAMERON MONCUR (Associate Music Director). Previous Broadway/national tours: Finding Neverland, Jersey Boys.

Regional: Frozen (DCL), Carrie, In the Heights (SpeakEasy Stage), Amelia (Great Canadian Theatre Company/ Thousand Island Playhouse). His arrangements and orchestrations can be heard on numerous recordings, including Jessica Vosk: Wild and Free, Wish, Broadway for Orlando, and Carols for a Cure (Come From Away).

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ALCHEMY PRODUCTION GROUP (General Management).

Current/prior Broadway: Come From Away, The Illusionists— Magic of the Holidays, Rocktopia, In Transit, The Illusionists (2014–2018), Alton Brown Live: Eat Your Science, Doctor Zhivago, First Date, Memphis (Broadway, West End, and national tour), Donny & Marie—A Broadway Christmas, A Christmas Story, Guys and Dolls. Come From Away in Toronto and Rockin’ Road to Dublin on tour. Upcoming: The Pianist, The True, Marie, A Sign of the Times. alchemyproductiongroup.com ON THE RIALTO (Marketing Strategy & Direction) is a marketing strategy company for Broadway, live entertainment, and the arts.

JUNKYARD DOG PRODUCTIONS (Executive Producer) is a Tony Award-winning company dedicated to developing and producing original musicals. Broadway, Toronto, North American tour, and U.K. productions of Come From Away.

Broadway, national tour, and West End productions of 2010 Tony Award-winning Best Musical Memphis, and Broadway production of First Date. In development: Chasing the Song, Fly High. Founding partners: Randy Adams, Marleen and Kenny Alhadeff, Sue Frost.

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LA JOLLA PLAYHOUSE (Producer). The Tony Award-winning La Jolla Playhouse (Christopher Ashley, Artistic Director; Debby Buchholz, Managing Director) is internationally renowned for creating some of the most exciting and adventurous work in American theatre through its new play development programs, Without Walls (WOW) series, artist residencies, and commissions.

SEATTLE REPERTORY THEATRE (Producer) is a Tony Awardwinning regional not-for-profit theatre founded in 1963.

Today, Seattle Rep produces a season of plays along with educational programs, new play workshops, and special presentations.

FORD’S THEATRE produces nationally acclaimed classic and World premiere plays and musicals exploring the American experience and celebrating Lincoln’s legacy. Recipient of the National Medal of Arts. More at fords.org.

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.

CENTER THEATRE GROUP MICHAEL RITCHIE (Artistic Director) is in his 14 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

DOUGLAS C. BAKER (Producing Director) is now in his 29 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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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,

The Company of the First North American Tour of Come From Away. Photo by Matthew Murphy.

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some steps to becoming a newfoundlander

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LEARN THE LANGUAGE Hear tales of Newfoundlanders past while you eat bologna, caplan, and repeat Newfoundland phrases.

take a shot Back in World War II, an officer was stationed here and was offered some screech. All the locals were tossing it back with nar’ a quiver, so he does too, and lets out an ear piercing howl “What was that ungodly screech!”

kiss the fish Now with every transformation comes a tiny bit of risk.

And it’s the same to be a Newfoundlander, every person’s wish. So don’t be dumb, just take the plunge, and go on— kiss the fish!

The Island has its own time zone, 30 minutes ahead of Atlantic Standard Time.

NEWFOUNDLAND

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The province of Newfoundland and Labrador has its own dictionary. The province’s language and dialect are so diverse, different communities spread throughout the island often have their own, unique accent.

Newfoundland has no crickets, porcupines, skunks, snakes, or deer. It does, however, have over 100,000 moose. They were introduced over 100 years ago.

Distance from Gander to the nearest Starbucks: 4 hours, in St. Johns.

The first known European presence in North America was not Christopher Columbus, but rather the Vikings.

They arrived at L’Anse aux Meadows, located at the very northern tip of the island, which is believed to be the location of a Viking colony. It was discovered in 1960 and it is believed that the settlement was founded around the year 1,000.

Newfoundland used to be an independent country.

In 1907, Newfoundland was given dominion status by the U.K. along with New Zealand, Australia, and Canada and remained so until 1949 when it joined the Canadian confederation.

Gander International Airport boasted Newfoundland’s first 24-hour liquor license and the province’s first escalator.

Nearly all of Gander’s streets are named for famous aviators, including Amelia Earhart, Alcock and Brown, Charles Lindbergh, Eddie Rickenbacker, Marc Garneau, and Chuck Yeager.

Newfoundland and Labrador was named one of the top 10 friendliest cultures in the world according to Maclean’s magazine.

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ADDITIONAL STAFF FOR COME FROM AWAY

EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS JUNKYARD DOG PRODUCTIONS Randy Adams Marleen & Kenny Alhadeff Sue Frost Lauren Fischetti Natalie Gershtein Benjamin Nissen GENERAL MANAGEMENT ALCHEMY PRODUCTION GROUP Carl Pasbjerg Marshall B. Purdy Abbie M. Strassler Lauren Tucker Heather Cloud PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT JUNIPER STREET PRODUCTIONS Hillary Blanken Guy Kwan Ana Rose Greene Joseph DeLuise Victoria Bullard Ross Leonard NATIONAL PRESS REPRESENTATIVE POLK & CO. Matt Polk Wayne Wolfe Colgan McNeil Molly Wyatt MARKETING STRATEGY AND DIRECTION ON THE RIALTO Clint Bond Jr. Meghan Dixon Michelle Scott TOUR MARKETING AND PRESS REPRESENTATIVE ANITA DLONIAK & ASSOCIATES, INC Anita Dloniak Melissa A. Hazek CASTING TELSEY + COMPANY Bernard Telsey CSA, Bethany Knox CSA, Craig Burns CSA, Rachel Hoffman CSA, Patrick Goodwin CSA, Rachel Minow, Rebecca Scholl CSA, Lauren Harris, Laura Wade, Ally Kiley, Kristian Charbonier, Lily Schneider, Meghan Ryan TOUR BOOKING AGENCY THE BOOKING GROUP Meredith Blair, Kara Gebhart Laura Kolarik, Stehanie Ditman Sophie Tiesler thebookinggroup.com COMPANY MANAGEMENT COMPANY MANAGER Erik Birkeland ASSISTANT COMPANY MANAGER Dominic Barbaro

Production Stage Manager.............................................................Shawn Pennington Stage Manager.......................................................................................... Geoff Maus Assistant Stage Manager....................................................................Margot Whitney Dance Captain....................................................................................... Jane Bunting Associate Director............................................................................. Daniel Goldstein Associate Choreographer.................................................................. Richard J. Hinds Associate Scenic Designer......................................................................Jenna Carino Associate Costume Designer............................................................Devario Simmons Associate Lighting Designers................................................................. Ryan O’Gara, Amanda Zieve Assistant to Mr. Binkley................................................................................. Joel Britt Associate Sound Designer...................................................................Russell Godwin Creative Consultant......................................................................... Michael Rubinoff General Management Associate..................................................................Alex Stone Marketing/Promotions Consultant.......................................................Beth Rohlmeier Promotions.........................................................................................Catherine Major Newfoundland Music Consultant.............................................................. Bob Hallett Dramaturg.........................................................................................Shirley Fishman Technical Director....................................................................................... Fred Gallo Production Carpenter..................................................................................... T.J. King Head Carpenter......................................................................................... Joe Bogdan Assistant Carpenter................................................................................Jason Fehlen Assistant Carpenter................................................................................... Tara Gaige Production Electrician.................................................................................Eric Norris Head Electrician.......................................................................... Conner VandeVenter Assistant Electrician.............................................................................Jessica Clarke Assistant Electrician...................................................................................Jamie Bell Moving Lights Programmer....................................................................Alyssa Eilbott Production Sound Engineer..................................................................Jim VanBergen Sound Mixer........................................................................................... Nate Putnam R.F. Technician...............................................................................Demetrius Grandel Production Props..................................................................................... Mike Pilipski Head Props.......................................................................................... Andrew Iverson Wardrobe Supervisor......................................................................Sarah Jarrell Wade Hair Supervisor.....................................................................................Patty LaRocco Production Assistant........................................................................Mackenzie Blade, Berrit Keller Production Photographer...................................................................Matthew Murphy Accountant..............................................................................Withum Smith+Brown/ Robert Fried, CPA and Karen Kowgios, CPA Payroll Services.............................................................................Checks & Balances Comptroller.......................................................................... Galbraith and Company/ Kenny Noth Banking.................................................................. Signature Bank/Mary Ann Fanelli Insurance.................................................................................................Dewitt Stern Legal Counsel................................................................................. Franklin, Weinrib, Rudell & Vassallo PC/ Daniel Wasser, Esq. Travel Arrangements............................................................... Tzell Travel/Andi Henig Accommodation Arrangements......................................................... Road Concierge/ Lisa Morris Customs Broker................................................................................................... IMEX Souvenir Merchandise Design & Creation...................................................................The Araca Group/Hans Kriefall

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CREDITS Scenic items fabricated by PRG-Scenic Technologies, a division of Production Resource Group, LLC. Show control and scenic motion control featuring Stage Command Systems© by PRG-Scenic Technologies, a division of Production Resource Group, LLC. Sound equipment from Sound Associates. Lighting equipment from PRG. Cod by Gerard Studios. Additional props by BB Props. Special thanks to Bra*Tenders for hosiery and undergarments. Selected costumes by John Kristiansen New York Inc. Millinery by Arnold Levine. Leather wear by David Samuel Menkes. Official rum partner: Newfoundland Screech Rum. Piano courtesy of Yamaha.

This production was rehearsed at The Pershing Square Signature Theatre Center 480 West 42nd Street, NY, NY 10036 signaturetheatre.org SPECIAL THANKS Jack Gianino, Tony Meola, Ellen Pilipski, Joshua Pilipski, Tony Pliska, Eric Reynolds.

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CenterTheatreGroup.org #ComeFromAway Like us on Facebook Center Theatre Group Follow us on Twitter @CTGLA Subscribe on YouTube CTGLA Follow us on Instagram @CTGLA Please turn off all electronic devices such as cellular phones and watch alarms. The use of any recording device, either audio or video, and the taking of photographs, with or without flash, is strictly prohibited.

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 musicians employed in this production are members of the American Federation of Musicians.

The Director and Choreographer are members of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers, Inc., an independent national labor union.

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

The following employees are represented by the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Moving Picture Machine Operators, Artists and Allied Crafts of the United States, its Territories and Canada, AFL-CIO, CLC: Stage Crew Local 33; Local Treasurers and Ticket Sellers Local 857; Wardrobe Crew Local 768; Make-up Artists and Hair Stylists Local 706.

The Press Agents, Company and House Managers employed in this production are represented by the Association of Theatrical Press Agents & Managers.

This production is produced by members of The Broadway League in collaboration with our professional union-represented employees.

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

The Company of the First North American Tour of Come From Away. Photo by Matthew Murphy.

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

MICHAEL RITCHIE Artistic Director DOUGLAS C. BAKER Producing Director

ARTISTIC NEEL KELLER...............................................................Associate Artistic Director KELLEY KIRKPATRICK................................................. Associate Artistic Director DIANE RODRIGUEZ..................................................... Associate Artistic Director LINDSAY ALLBAUGH.............................................................. Associate Producer PATRICIA GARZA ...................................Artistic Development Program Manager ANDREW LYNFORD ...................................................................Casting Associate IAN-JULIAN WILLIAMS ....................................Program Coordinator, Block Party TIFFANY SLAGLE ...................................................................... Literary Assistant MATTHEW BOURNE, DANAI GURIRA, ANNA D. SHAPIRO ......................................................................Associate Artists DAVID ADJMI (FADIMAN), LUIS ALFARO, JON ROBIN BAITZ, SHEILA CALLAGHAN (FADIMAN), STEVE CUIFFO, LISA D’AMOUR, WILL ENO (FADIMAN), JENNIFER HALEY, ALESHEA HARRIS, LARS JAN, NANCY KEYSTONE, LISA KRON, KIMBER LEE, YOUNG JEAN LEE, TREY LYFORD, RICHARD MONTOYA, JANINE NABERS (FADIMAN), QUI NGUYEN, LYNN NOTTAGE, MARCO RAMIREZ, AL SMITH, ROGER GUENVEUR SMITH, GEOFF SOBELLE, MARIKE SPLINT, LUIS VALDEZ, PAULA VOGEL, TRACEY SCOTT WILSON (FADIMAN), KAREN ZACARÍAS (FADIMAN)............................................Commissioned Artists LUIS ALFARO, AZIZA BARNES, DIANA BURBANO, NOAH HAIDLE, ADITI BRENNAN KAPIL, BRIAN OTAÑO, RUBY RAE SPIEGEL............................................L.A. Writers’ Workshop Members HANA S. KIM......................................................Sherwood Award Recipient, 2018 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 JAQUELYN JOHNSON...........................................Audience Engagement Manager SONDRA MAYER............................Concessions Manager (Kirk Douglas Theatre) ADAM NICOLAI.................................................Arts Education Program Manager FELIPE M. SANCHEZ............................................................Emerging Artists and Arts Professionals Program Manager 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 CASEY MCDERMOTT..................................................Associate General Manager MEGAN ALVORD....................................................................... Company Manager ALANA BEIDELMAN.......................... Executive Assistant to the Artistic Director EVELYN STAFFORD....................... Executive Assistant to the Managing Director PRODUCTION JOE HAMLIN........................................................................ Director of Production KRYSTIN MATSUMOTO.......................................................... Production Manager CHRISTOPHER REARDON......................................................Production Manager KATIE CHEN...........................................................Assistant Production Manager ERICA LARSON..................................................................Production Coordinator SHAWN ANDERSON.................................... Head Carpenter (Ahmanson Theatre) JAMES WRIGHT.......................................... Head Electrician (Ahmanson Theatre) ROBERT SMITH.................................................Head Sound (Ahmanson Theatre) SHANE ANDERSON............................................Head Flyrail (Ahmanson Theatre) CHRISTA ARMENDARIZ..................... 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 .......................................... Light Board Programmer and Operator ...........................................................................................(Kirk Douglas Theatre) CAMBRIA CHICHI............................Wardrobe Supervisor (Kirk Douglas Theatre) BEN GRAY..............................................Stage Supervisor (Kirk Douglas Theatre) CHAD SMITH............................................................ Associate Technical Director LEE O’REILLY........................................................... Associate Technical Director SEAN KLOC...................................................................................... Shop Foreman MERRIANNE NEDREBERG................................................... Interim Prop Director KATE REINLIB..................................................................Associate Prop Manager CANDICE CAIN........................................................................... Costume Director BRENT M. BRUIN..............................................................Costume Shop Manager MADDIE KELLER..................................................................... Costume Generalist WHITNEY OPPENHEIMER..........................Resident Assistant Costume Desginer KAT PATTERSON......................................Resident Assistant Costume Designer SWANTJE TUOHINO.......................................................................................Tailor OPERATIONS DAWN HOLISKI............................................ Director of Operations and Facilities PETER WYLIE................................................................. Office Services Manager ELIZABETH LEONARD................................................... Senior Facilities Manager MAX OKEN................................................................................ Facilities Manager DONAVAN MARTINELLI........................................................... Facilities Assistant JULIO A. CUELLAR.......................................................................Driver/Custodian BO FOXWORTH, CURTIS GAVIN, CONNOR HAYES......................................Drivers FINANCE, INFORMATION SYSTEMS, 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 ALEGRIA SENA........................................................................... Staff Accountant XOCHITL RAMIREZ.................................................. Accounts Payable Supervisor KERRY LARICK.....................................................................Accounting Assistant JESSICA HERNANDEZ................................................................. Payroll Manager JUAN MARTINEZ......................................................................... Payroll Specialist TOM MEGALE..................................................... Director of Information Systems ASH LEWIS........................................................................ Systems Administrator JANELLE TORRES...................................... Senior Tessitura & Web Administrator 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 KATY HILTON...............Associate Director of Foundation & Government Support LAURA HITE............................Associate Director of Gift Operations & Reporting 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 DENEEN O’NEILL..............................................Board Liaison and Administrator KIM OKAMURA............................................................................. Grants Manager SARAH RIDDLE..................................................................Annual Fund Manager ERIN SCHLABACH.......................... Donor Stewardship & Recognition Strategist 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 MATTHEW SUTPHIN................................................... Special Events Coordinator OLIVIA BERUMEN......................................... Advancement Operations Associate SOHINI RISAM............................................ Institutional Advancement Assistant AL BERMAN, ELIZABETH DELLORUSSO, BENJAMIN SCHWARTZ, NICOLE SCIPIONE, PAUL VITAGLIANO....Donor Advisors KARLA GALVEZ, JUSTINE PEREZ................................ Donor Services Associates MURRAY E. HELTZER........................................................Development Volunteer

MARKETING DEBORAH WARREN..............................................................Director of Marketing GARRETT COLLINS.................................................... Marketing Strategy Director KYLE HALL...................................................................................Creative Director ARIE LEVINE..........................................Senior Marketing Manager, Ahmanson & .................................................................................................. Mark Taper Forum KIYOMI EMI.........................................Marketing Manager, Promotions & Events EMYLI GUDMUNDSON.........................Marketing Manager, Kirk Douglas Theatre CAROLINE THOMPSON/IMPACT 123............................................ Media Planning DEANNA McCLURE...............................................................................Art Director IRENE T. KANESHIRO....................................................... Senior Design Manager SANDI SILBERT............................................................................ Senior Designer TARA NITZ.....................................................................................Senior Designer JAVIER VASQUEZ............................................. Senior Designer-Digital Specialist 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 RUTH GUERRA........................................................Communications Coordinator REZA VOJDANI......................................................Communications Coordinator SAMMY LOPEZ...............................................................Social Media 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 ABROMOVICH, JEREMIE ARENCIBIA, 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, KISHISA ROSS................................. Assistant Treasurers KEANA JACKSON, MICHAEL KEMPISTY, KEVIN LAUVER, CRIS SPACCA, MICHAEL VALLE................................................... Box Office Staff KERRY KORF.................................................................. Priority Services Director CANDICE WALTERS............................................ Priority Services Sales Manager PAUL CUEN, KRISTEN SCHRASS............................... Priority Services Managers SOFIJA DUTCHER......................................Priority Services Assistant Supervisor ................................................................................................................................

BEALENE AHERN, REILLY ALLEN, CLAY BUNKER, RITA CANNON, MAGGIE DODD, NATALIE DRESSEL, MARC “BYRON” DROTMAN, FRANK ENSENBERGER, LOU GEORGE, BRAD GRIFFITH, CONSTANCE HARCAR, SHEP KOSTER, ANNIE MARANTO, JULIANNA OJEDA, IAN PRICE, MICHAEL SMITH, BRITTANY VILLARS, DIANE WARD......................................................Priority Service Representatives ALEXIS ACOSTA, KATHERINE BELTRAN, JACOB BOND, CRISTINA DELGADO, WYSPER ERIGIO, HARRISON POE, VERONICA HOLLEY, MARIANA CARREÑO KING, MAYRA LOZANO, LAUREN MELLINGER, COLETTE MENDOZA, LARSON RAINIER.................Interns

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Theatre at The Broad Stage made possible in part by generous gifts from Bill & Laurie Benenson and Susan Stockel.

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Center Theatre Group Affiliates The Affiliates have supported Center Theatre Group since 1971. Through volunteering and fundraising, members introduce young people to the magic of live theatre.

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Ovation Circle Planned Gifts Center Theatre Group is grateful to these donors, whose deferred estate gifts to our endowment ensure the organization’s financial well-being for generations to come. $1,000,000+ Shirley & Irving Ashkenas, Judith & Thomas Beckmen, Kirk & Anne Douglas, The Doug Jones and John Sanger Theater Ticket Fund, Richard & Julie Kagan, Martin Massman, Betty McMicken in honor of Jeanette Shammas, Diane & Leon Morton, Peter & Susan Van Haften, Carol Vernon & Robert Turbin | $500,000+ Richard & Norma Camp, Mary Levin Cutler, Susan Grode, Virginia Hayes, Ann & Stephen F. Hinchliffe, Jr., Merle & Peter Mullin, Linda S. Peterson, Sue Tsao, Magda & Frederick R. Waingrow | $250,000+ Pamela & Dennis Beck, Bill Cohn & Dan Miller, Amy Forbes & Andrew Murr, Patricia Glaser & Sam Mudie, Edward L. Rada, The estate of Frank J. Sherwood, Maggy Simon, I.H. Sutnick, Susan & William Weintraub | $100,000+ W. Lee Bailey, M.D., Angela Bardowell, Allan & Joan Burns, Deborah M. Hyde, Sarah & Andy Kane, Dr. & Mrs. Jack Kavanaugh, The Paul Kowal Charitable Foundation, Darell L. Krasnoff, Sandra Krause & William Fitzgerald, Joyce & Kent Kresa, Steven Llanusa & Glenn Miya, M.D., Carol & Douglas Mancino, Nan Rae, Bruce & Randy Ellen Ross, Dr. & Mrs. Daniel Wallace, Margaret H. White | $50,000+ The Moira Byrne Foster Foundation, Mr. Kim L. Hunter, Sally & Frank Raab, Wes Schaefer & Cathy King-Schaefer | $25,000+ Charles Dillingham & Susan D. Clines, Mr. & Mrs. Walter E. Grauman, Bob & Renee Nunn

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Endowment Gifts These cash gifts ensure a stable source of support for new work and initiatives to make theatre accessible to underserved audiences. $500,000+ Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, Renee & Meyer Luskin, John S. Surabian, Jr. and in memory of Faith and Sharon Ann Surabian $250,000+ The Norman and Sadie Lee Foundation $100,000+ Betsy & Harold Applebaum, Judith & Thomas Beckmen, The Sheri and Les Biller Family Foundation, 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+ Ellen & Michael S. Korney, Dorothy & Richard Sherwood | $25,000+ Abbott Brown, Linda Brown, Greve Foundation, Dr. Tom Hickey, Diane & Leon Morton | $10,000+ A and J Davidson Skipper Award Fund, Levine Foundation, Carolyn & Kit Lokey, Betty & Sanford Sigoloff

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

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DONOR RECOGNITION

Center Theatre Group Inner Circle The Inner Circle is an organization of community leaders who provide outstanding support to Center Theatre Group. In appreciation, members enjoy a host of special benefits, including meet-the-artist receptions, backstage tours, premium theatre seating, and much more. Thank you to our multi-year donors, whose gifts ensure a secure base for our future. For information, call Donor Engagement at 213.972.7564. (DONORS LISTED AS OF OCTOBER 15, 2018.)

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FELLOW CIRCLE (CONTINUED) Mr. Jeffrey L. Hall & Mr. Kevin A. Yoder, Harris Family Foundation, Sam Harris, Johnny Ruth Harrison, M.D., Chet & Sheila Hasday, Michael Lurey & Laurie Hasencamp, Al & Sandy Haveson, James & Christi Hays, Zvia Hempling, Ofer B. Ho, Lawrence J. Jaffe, M.D., Linda R. Kaplan, Elyse & Stanley Katz, Michael & Deborah Klein, Thea & Neal Koss, Joan & Chris Larkin, Karen & Tim Lavrouhin, Ron & Pat Lebel, Christine Lee, Drs. Anu & Ali Leemann, James & Karen Lefever, Michael Levin & Andy Abowitz, In Loving Memory of Anna Strahlman, Pamela & Mark Litvack, Mr. & Mrs. Mark S. Louchheim, Sandra & Kenneth Malamed, Amy & Harold Masor, Gordon & Dale McWilliams, Gretchen & Marshall Milligan, Steven Modglin, Mary Lou Mooney, Loula Moschonas & James Edgerton, Wendy A. Moss, Richard Newcome, Marianne & Michael Newman, Mary Rose & Edward Ortega, Tye Ouzounian & Karyn Wong, Norman Dixon & Patrick Owen, Elsie & Peter Paterno, Helen Pekny, Mr. Stephen Pescetti, Irv & Gina Posalski, Mr. & Mrs. Albert Praw, Cheryl & Joel Prell, Dr. Peggy Renner & Dr. Robert Nelson, Kirk & Cathy Reynolds, Ellen & Mike Rosenberg, Robyn & Steven Ross, John Salter, Beatrice (Tina) Castillo & Gail Sandford, Stephen J. Sass & Dr. Steven Hochstadt, June Sanders Sattler, John R. Sealy, M.D., Scott Shagrin, Christine Shaner, James & Alexis Sheehy, Howard & Stephanie Sherwood, Steven E. Shulem, Jan & Carl Siechert, Charlene & Mike Sievers, Stephen & Judith Slagle, Jacque & Herb Spivak, Merrilee B. St. John, Mr. & Mrs. Mitchell Sussman, Dr. Allan & Roslyn Holt Swartz, Michelle Tesoro, Norman & Barbara Weiler, Valerie & Nathaniel E. Williams, Denise J. Winner, George Zimmerman & Tatyana Gurvich | ANNUAL DONORS: Anonymous (2), Gay & Harry Abrams/ Abrams Artists Agency, Amy & Bob Abramson, Andrew Aichlmayr, James & Marsha Alexander, Susan Alschuler, Robert C. Anderson, Suzanne & Bill Attig, Cheryl & Elliott Balbert, Norma Barretta, Lois Barth & Michael Schubach, Barbara Bauer & Lawrence Cox, Chris & Rose Bauss, Elliot, Roberta, Dayna, & Alison Berkowitz, Jeffrey & Susan Berman, Carole Black, Nathalie Blossom & Howard Levy, John S. Borsum & Mark Ehrenstein, In Memory of Larry & Evilo Bouchey & Manny Carbajal, Ms. Susan M. Brewer, Dr. Leon & Rochelle Brooks, Sean & Teresa Burton, Kathleen & Milton Campbell, Carol & Ken Carlson, In Memory of Linda Rivera-Venezia, Eric Chien, Nicholas Chrisos, Mary Coates, Nadege & Jay Conger, Dr. Frederic H. Corbin, M.D., Corinna Cotsen & Lee Rosenbaum, Kevin Crombie, Richard Jr. & Darlene Crook, Trisha Curry, Louise & Jeffrey Davis, Mrs. George DeRoy & Cathy DeRoy, Dr. Allison Diamant, Jessie J. Duffy, Dr. & Mrs. William Duxler, Richard J. Burdge Jr. & Lee Smalley Edmon, Earl & Karen Enzer, Louise & Charles Escoffery, Joanna Exacoustos, Alan & Barbara Faiola, Frances & Terry Flanagan, Pat Fleming, The Franke Family Trust, Joanne Freed & Richard C. Mendelson, Carolyn Hope Fried, Dr. & Mrs. Jerry Garrett, Michael & Karen Gilbert, Daniel & Cynthia Glick, Stephen Glick & Sylvia Turk, Donald W. Grant, Lenore S. & Bernard A. Greenberg Fund, Claudia & Tom Grzywacz, Mr. & Mrs. Paul J. Guerin, Roberta L. Haft, Cynthia & Solomon Hamburg, Michelle & Dr. Alan Heilpern, Gail & Murray Heltzer, Dr. Stephen D. Henry & Rudy Oclaray, Don Herman, Rand Hoffman & Charlotte Robinson, Mr. & Mrs. William H. Hurt, Susan & Larry Ivanjack, Mark & Freya Ivener, Lee Ann & Riley Janek, Judy K. Jeanson, Audrey & Edgar Jessup, Gordon Johnson & Barbara Schnell, Roz & Jerry Joseph, Judith & Russell Kantor, Regina & Richard G. Kaplan, Dr. Louanne Kennedy, Jackie A. Kern, Karen & Bob Knapp, Norman & Leslie Koplof, Joanne C. Kozberg, Castro Krinel, Fred Kuperberg, The Kwon Family Foundation, In Memory of Alfred R. Lander, Mr. & Mrs. Jack D. Lantz, Sharon Lapid, Curtis Lelash, Gordon Lemke & Brian Rodgers, Constance Leonard, Dinny & David Lesser, Ronald Levenson & Marcia Gold Levenson, Gail J. Levine, V. P. Sessions,

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FELLOW CIRCLE (CONTINUED) Dorian & Paul Markovits, M. Michele Martin, Susan D. Martynec, Colleen T. McCarthy, James A. Zapp & Elizabeth A. McGlynn, Tony Melia, Helen Michaels, Joanne & Joel Mogy, Ron Myrick, Jerri & Dr. Steven Nagelberg, Patty & John Nickoll, Marc I. Nishino, D.D.S., Judy Nussenblatt, Valerie Oishi, John Olea, M.D., Janie & Allan Orenstein, Jennifer N. Owens & Jay T. Ornellas, John Paley, Frank & Arlene Pirolo, The Polinger-Cohen Foundation, Jack & Jane Pollock, Paulene Popek, Drs. Laurence & Isabell Purdy, Gail & Gary Rachelefsky, James H. Radin, John Rallis & Mary Lynn Bergman-Rallis, Lee Ramer, Tracy L. Ramont, Michele & Dudley Rauch, Kay & Bob Rehme, Rona Cele Resnick, Susan Reutimann, Irene & Eytan Ribner, Mr. & Mrs. Marvin Ring, Barbara & Peter Rosenthal, Janet Salter in Memory of Maxwell Hillary Salter, Drs. Joan & Harry Saperstein, Linda & Clifford Schaffer, Marlene & Roger Schaffner, Darlene Schultz, Carol (Jackie) & Charles H. Schwartz, Linda M. Sherman, Loretta Hirsh Shine, Louis & Mary Silver Foundation, Debra J. Silvera-Sheehan, Bruce & Nancy Silverman, Shani Smolens & In Memory of Dr. Bernard Smolens, Drs. Debra & Philip Sobol, Christine Helppie-Soldate, Sue & Steve Soldoff, Allen & Arleen Steiner, Susan R. Stockel, Judy Stone, Ellen & Steve Sugerman, Jayashree & Jeff Sung, Mari & Randall Tamura, Terence Tchen & Emily Breckenridge, Laney & Thomas Techentin, Mary & Peter Tennyson, Patricia R. Torres, Julia Voce, Mr. & Mrs. Robert D. Volk, Elliott & Felise Wachtel, Wendie Warwick & Ken Pierce, Jessica M. Weisel, Ms. Jean M. Wilkinson, Alan Wilson & Ina Coleman, Edward Wolkowitz Family, Virginia & Greg Young

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Dr. Irene Goldenberg, Barbara Gollin, Tanya & David Goodman, Myles & Barbara Goodson, Jackie & Stan Gottlieb, Dr. Sudha & Dr. Gopal Govindarajan, Peggy A. Grant, Terry Grossman, Abbas & Lynda Hadjian, Kate A. Halkett, Ms. Rose Ann Hall, Scott Hall & Rhonda Church, Audrey & Paul Hanneman, Karen Hansen, Phyllis & J. Michael Hennigan, Karen Hirshan/Hirshan Family Foundation, Dorothy Hoffman, Dorothy K. Hull, Dr. & Mrs. Robert Itami, Karen & Jake Jacobs, Lynda & Mitchell Jacobs, In Memory of Wayne Jervis, Jr., Starr C. Johnson, Janet & Steve Kahane, Sally Karbelnig, Cynthia & Jerry Kay, Joanne & Dennis Keith, Albert Kelly & Marjorie Stevens Kelly, Joel Kelly & Hedda Jayson, Judith G. Kelly, Sharon Kerson, Carol Kindler, Irene & Marvin H. Kleinberg, Bill Kobin & Frances Goodman, Fred & Sheri Kuppers, Lena, Mark, Jodi & Emily Labowe, Earle & Sharon Lambert, Katherine L’Amour, Mr. & Mrs. Herbert A. Lampert, Jo Ann Lee, Ned Leiba, Richard & Vivian Levy, Mae & Hugh Lichtig, Patty Loch, Allan & Helen Gordon Lowy, Marge & Bill MacLaughlin, Ginny Mancini, Janice E. Mangerino, Mrs. Clifford Marshall, Mr. & Mrs. Dennis G. Martin, Laura & Jim Maslon, Margaret L. Mathews, Ms. Jacqueline H. Matlock, Daniel Mayeda & Susan Rosales, Dr. Rosie M. Mayfield, Michael & Marian Kleinman, Theresa L. McConville, Eric Winston & Jacqueline McIntyre-Winston, Neil McLean, Robert L. Mendow, Lorraine & Craig Meyer, Don & Lorena Meza, Lary & Mary Anne Mielke, Carolyn Miller, Nicole L. Miner & Celia Ruskin, Arleen Miya, Francoise Schmutz & Antonio Morawski, Mr. Jacques Nack Ngue, Bruce Newhall, Isabel Friend Newman, Russell Noel, Dale & Ayako Okuno, Mr. & Mrs. Mark M. Panatier, Thomas Payne, Carole Pelton, Carol Phillips & Bob Shapiro, Barry & Jane McCullough, Dr. Stephen C. Rabin, Ms. Carlene Ringer, Belinda Robins, Ernesto & Richard Rocco-Davies, Bingo Roncelli, Rabbi & Mrs. Moshe Rothblum, Linda R. Saltzman, Anne Schrader, Mr. & Mrs. John Schulte, Drs. T.V. Scott & Karen Hill Scott, Jean L. Scroggy, Ruth & Mitchell Shapiro, Lynn Sharp, In Memory of Ruth & Leon Sirkin, Karen & Gordon Silverstein, Mrs. & Dr. Robert Simon, David & Irene Smith, Mr. Ricardo Sosapavon, Marilyn & Errol Stambler, Carol Stein Sterling & James Sterling, Bobbie Stern, Ms. Gail Goldberg Stoter, Dr. Arthur H. Streeter, Deborah K. Streiber, Stephen & Karen Sweeney, Sheila & Lawrence Teplin, Susan & William Tinkley, Rob & Dinah Titcher, Dianne Tomita, Elizabeth Topkis, Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Traver, Philip & Eileen Tremonti, Ms. Andrea Valcourt, Carol Vernon & Robert Turbin, Claire Vincent, M. June Walden, Denise & Peter Walsh, Winifred P. & William Weisinger, Lauri Weiss, Kathy Weisshaar, Dr. Clyde Wesp, Pat West, Leilani Jones Wilmore, Dr. Libby F. Wilson, Michele A. Kerr Wolfe, Jill Wondries, Bonnie L. Wong, Madelon Yamamoto, Myrna & Stanley Zimmerman

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The consensus among all presenters was the need to emphasize more general skills—especially financial skills, both personal and professional.

They also agreed that there is a tremendous breadth of opportunities available to young people.

Attendees then split into groups to discuss career training within specific theatre disciplines, such as acting, stage management, and design, and topics such as how best to support diverse students, as well as institutions’ hiring needs and requirements.

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Each group was tasked with creating a list of what a student studying a particular discipline would need to learn to prepare them for the professional world. Schenkkan said she is excited to share these lists, as well as the survey results and other findings from the day: “Rather than coming only from Center Theatre Group, these lists and consensus are coming from all of these schools and institutions collectively.”

A number of the attendees made it clear that educational institutions are excited to collaborate closely with one another and with the greater Los Angeles theatre ecosystem.

“I left so inspired by the words of our faculty and allies in the arts,” said Rosa Trujillo, a Career Counselor at California State University, Long Beach.

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Toyota Symphonies for Youth: Brahms and His First Symphony LA PHIL @ Walt Disney Concert Hall SAT 01 DEC / 2:00 p.m.

George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker ® THE MUSIC CENTER @ Dorothy Chandler Pavilion Thru 12/02 SAT 01 DEC / 8:00 p.m.

Ellen Reid: p r i s m LA OPERA/REDCAT @ Roy And Edna Disney / CalArts Theater Thru 12/02 SAT 01 DEC / 8:00 p.m.

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Come From Away CENTER THEATRE GROUP @ Ahmanson Theatre Thru 01/06/19 SAT 01 DEC / 8:00 p.m.

Valley of the Heart CENTER THEATRE GROUP @ Mark Taper Forum Thru 12/09

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Hansel and Gretel LA OPERA @ Dorothy Chandler Pavilion Thru 12/15

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Handel’s Messiah LA MASTER CHORALE @ Walt Disney Concert Hall MON 17 DEC / 7:30 p.m.

38 th Annual Messiah Sing-Along LA MASTER CHORALE @ Walt Disney Concert Hall

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Tchaikovsky & Ives with MTT LA PHIL @ Walt Disney Concert Hall Thru 12/09

WED 19 DEC / 8:00 p.m.

A Chanticleer Christmas LA PHIL @ Walt Disney Concert Hall

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Trey Anastasio LA PHIL @ Walt Disney Concert Hall

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Herb Alpert and Lani Hall • The Manhattan Transfer LA PHIL @ Walt Disney Concert Hall

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Swinging Christmas with the Arturo Sandoval Big Band LA PHIL @ Walt Disney Concert Hall

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Festival of Carols LA MASTER CHORALE @ Walt Disney Concert Hall Thru 12/15

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Holiday Sing-Along LA PHIL @ Walt Disney Concert Hall

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Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center LA PHIL @ Walt Disney Concert Hall

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White Christmas Sing-Along LA PHIL @ Walt Disney Concert Hall

SUN 02 DEC / 7:00 p.m.

English Cathedral Christmas LA MASTER CHORALE @ Walt Disney Concert Hall

MON 10 DEC / 8:30 p.m.

Jumana Manna: Wild Relatives REDCAT @ Roy And Edna Disney / CalArts Theater

TUE 04 DEC / 8:00 p.m.

Gautier Capuçon • Jean-Yves Thibaudet LA PHIL @ Walt Disney Concert Hall

THU 13 DEC / 8:00 p.m.

Mehta’s Brahms: Symphony No. 1 LA PHIL @ Walt Disney Concert Hall Thru 12/14

TUE 04 DEC / 11:00 a.m.

Grand Park’s LUNCH À LA PARK: Food Trucks @ Grand Park Every Tue/Wed/Thu

THU 13 DEC / 8:30 p.m.

My Barbarian: Non-Western REDCAT @ Roy And Edna Disney / CalArts Theater Thru 12/16

MON 24 DEC / 3:00 p.m.

59 th Annual L.A. County Holiday Celebration THE MUSIC CENTER @Dorothy Chandler Pavilion MON 31 DEC / 7:00 p.m.

New Year’s Eve with Pink Martini LA PHIL @ Walt Disney Concert Hall MON 31 DEC / 8:00 p.m.

Grand Park + The Music Center’s N.Y.E.L.A. @Grand Park

2018 Visit musiccenter.org for additional information on all upcoming events. facebook.com/MusicCenterLA

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