Block Party 2018 at Center Theatre Group, Performances magazine April 2018

KIRK DOUGLAS THEATRE

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Dear Audience Member, Thank you for joining our Block Party at the Kirk Douglas Theatre. Just in its second year, Block Party is already a favorite tradition for Center Theatre Group. We cherish the opportunity to work alongside others in the Los Angeles theatre community and look forward to continuing to learn, share, and experience with our colleagues by presenting these three vastly different productions of exceptional caliber from three excellent companies.

Playwrights’ Arena, Critical Mass Performance Group, and Celebration Theatre have distinctive missions and styles, but they—and we— have one thing in common: we all call Los Angeles home. With over 250 theatre companies, this city has more theatres per capita than any other metropolitan area. We have the most talented writers, actors, and directors in the world. Los Angeles has the resources and Los Angeles theatres have the ambition to make our town a global theatre destination. Block Party is designed to help move us a little bit closer to this goal.

If you like what you see onstage at the Douglas today, please consider coming back for another Block Party production—and checking out a theatre you haven’t been to before. A global theatre destination isn’t possible without the support of a local audience of champions. I hope you count yourself among them.

Sincerely,

Michael Ritchie

Center Theatre Group Board of Directors 2017/2018 Officers BOARD MEMBERS

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Pamela Beck

Patricia Glaser

Thom Beers

Manuela Cerri Goren

Miles Benickes

Robert Greenblatt

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AROUND CENTER THEATRE GROUP OUR PARTNERS AT SECOND STAGE LIGHT UP BROADWAY! Our co-commissioning partners at Second Stage Theater in New York City celebrated the grand reopening of the Helen Hayes Theater on February 5, 2018. Second Stage will be presenting work by living American playwrights at Broadway’s newest house— including works from artists we are co-commissioning over the next 10 years thanks to the support of the Edgerton Foundation Playwrights Initiative.

Student Art at the Douglas A group of 20 students at the Academy of Visual and Performing Arts (AVPA) at Culver City High School created original artworks—now on display in the Douglas lobby—inspired by the subject and format of Question 27, Question 28 by Chay Yew, which was part of this year’s Center Theatre Group Play Readings series in Boyle Heights. Question 27, Question 28 is based on transcripts, documents, personal testimonies, and interviews with Japanese American women who were interned during World War II. Students created new pieces of paper by shredding and blending old papers they found offensive. Center Theatre Group Teaching Artist Janne Larsen has been partnering with AVPA educator Kristine Hatanaka since 2010 to create visual arts explorations for students inspired by the work of Center Theatre Group and associated artists as part of the Front and Center Theatre Collaborative.

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COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS CONTINUE AT ELLIOT Our Community Conversations series continued on February 9, 2018 before a performance of Elliot, A Soldier’s Fugue at the Kirk Douglas Theatre. Shari Foos (pictured), founder of “The Narrative Method,” and Tomás F. Summers Sandoval Jr., associate professor of Chicanx-Latinx studies and history at Pomona College, discussed “Coming Home From Combat” in the Douglas rehearsal room. Community Conversations connect audiences to the context, issues, and ideas finding voice on our stages—and are always free and open-to-thepublic. Learn more (and RSVP to upcoming events) at CTGLA.org/CommunityConversations.

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L.A. COUNTY SUPERVISOR HILDA SOLIS CELEBRATES THE ELLIOT TRILOGY On February 7, 2018, Los Angeles County Supervisor Hilda Solis joined the celebration of Quiara Alegría Hudes’ Elliot Trilogy.

Artistic Director Michael Ritchie accepted the honors at a pre-show event before the first play in the trilogy, Elliot, A Soldier’s Fugue. Hudes’ three plays—Elliot, Water by the Spoonful, and The Happiest Song Plays Last—were onstage in Los Angeles January 27 – March 19.

WE MISSED YOU! Did you know that Center Theatre Group donors receive exclusive access to special events designed to get them even closer to the art they love? Here are just a few recent goings-on that we would have loved to have you attend:

MAR 10 & 17: COSTUME AND PROP SHOP TOURS IN BOYLE HEIGHTS MAR 11: DONOR THEATRE ADVENTURE AT THE HAPPIEST SONG PLAYS LAST MAR 13–15: STUDENT MATINEES OF ELLIOT, A SOLDIER’S FUGUE APR 28: UP CLOSE DIALOGUE FEATURING BLOCK PARTY ARTISTIC DIRECTORS IN CONVERSATION Interested in becoming a donor?

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PLAYWRIGHTS ON FIRE

Center Theatre Group Launches the L.A. Writers’ Workshop Festival: New Plays Forged in L.A.

QUICK: WHAT CITY IS HOME TO THE WORLD’S BEST, MOST DIVERSE COMMUNITY OF PLAYWRIGHTS? THE ANSWER IS BECOMING INCREASINGLY CLEAR: LOS ANGELES. “The level of talent of writers who live and work in L.A. is unmatched by, I would say, any city in the country at this time,” said Center Theatre Group Literary Manager & Artistic Engagement Strategist Joy Meads. “There’s no better place to live if you love playwrights, if you love new work, and if you support important new American voices.”

Indeed, Los Angeles playwrights are on fire and burning to have their work seen and heard more widely, which is why Center Theatre Group is launching the L.A. Writers’ Workshop Festival: New Plays Forged in L.A. On June 23, 2018, we’re celebrating some of the freshest and most exciting voices and impulses in the modern American theatre with readings of three new plays by past Center Theatre Group L.A. Writers’ Workshop participants.

The Festival marks the first public-facing component of our L.A. Writers’ Workshop, which has supported a group of gifted local playwrights in creating new plays annually since 2005. Each year a new cohort of seven playwrights gathers monthly to share their work with one another and receive developmental and dramaturgical assistance from Center Theatre Group staff.

“We’re responding to an ongoing request from the writers who have been through the Workshop,” said Meads. “They’ve told us they’d like a space to share work that is closer to completion—to get to hear the response of an audience and learn from them, and use the platform Center Theatre Group has to help launch some of these works to production.”

We sent a call out to playwrights for such works and received “a really great response, with dozens of plays from an incredible range of voices and stories.” A committee of the writers’

peers—fellow Workshop participants who had not submitted to the Festival—and members of Center Theatre Group artistic staff then had to choose three plays to feature. “Talking about the plays was a lot of fun—and narrowing them down was excruciating,” said Meads.

Ultimately, they selected Zakiyyah Alexander’s How to Raise a Freeman, Dan O’Brien’s New Life, and Sylvan Oswald’s A Kind of Weather. The plays travel from the New York suburbs and Hollywood to Syria; they tackle race and gender, illness and war.

All three writers are accomplished playwrights, the recipients of many prestigious awards and fellowships whose work has been produced around the country. They also all have had success in other media—television, performance pieces, web series, books, and more—while continuing to write for the stage.

“Playwriting can be a lonely activity,” said Meads. “That’s particularly true in Los Angeles, where many playwrights write for the screen. Screenwriting is rewarding work, but most playwrights feel hungry for community with their tribe of theatre folk.”

The L.A. Writers’ Workshop Festival is designed to satiate that hunger and cultivate that community, with a pre-reading reception on Friday evening for Writers’ Workshop participants; three open-to-the-public readings at the Kirk Douglas Theatre on Saturday; and a post-reading celebration at the theatre for all on Saturday evening.

“This is one step toward finding a more active and robust way to be an ongoing creative home for Los Angeles playwrights.

It’s another way to support the creation of compelling and ambitious new plays, and to showcase the excellence of local playwriting today.”

The L.A. Writers’ Workshop Festival receives support from the Time Warner Foundation.

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Students and Educators, Welcome to the Working in Theatre Portal

How do you become a carpenter at a theatre company?

What union does a box office staff belong to? When do most dancers get their big breaks? What kind of degree do you need to be a projection designer?

For three years, the Center Theatre Group team has been quietly What sets the portal apart from other theatre career videos or populating a small corner of the internet with a veritable library websites is many fold. The emphasis is not on jobs that are overtly of theatre career resources for students that answer these visible—actor, playwright, and the like, although these are included— questions—and so much more. The project began as a video but rather on jobs that students may not realize exist. These include series featuring profiles of theatre professionals on the job. costume technicians, stage managers, and theatrical publicists.

Now, students and educators all over the country have access Raising awareness of these career paths can help diversify the people to these videos and a variety of accompanying resources about in them and ensure that there is a deep pool of talent for theatres to the many career paths within the theatre arts. Welcome to the draw from.

Center Theatre Group Working in Theatre portal.

“For every four to six designers employed at the Mark Taper Forum, “The Working in Theatre portal is designed to help students, there are 30 to 40 technicians needed, but design programs rarely primarily high school and college students, start to think teach the craft of technical theatre,” said Schenkkan. “Because of this about the lifestyle they want to have in the arts. We and because there is so much demand for these types of jobs in the could not find that information anywhere else,” said Next commercial entertainment industry, we’re facing a shortage of many Generation Initiatives Director Camille Schenkkan, who runs theatre technicians, like costume drapers and technical directors, in the program along with Center Theatre Group’s workforce Los Angeles. The first step in filling the gap is giving young people development initiatives. “In training programs at the high school information about these jobs and the skills and knowledge they require.” and college level, there is a strong focus on craft, but studying THE WORKING IN THEATRE PORTAL IS ALSO ROOTED IN EQUITY, craft is very different from doing the actual work of it.”

DIVERSITY, AND INCLUSION. The entrance to the portal is a quiz designed to help students answer the question, “What’s your theatre career path?”

“We are trying to serve a city of 4 million people and with that comes Questions about personality, artistic goals, and lifestyle lead great responsibility,” said Director of Education Tyrone Davis. “That students to three possible outcomes—independent artist, means making sure that whether a young person wants to be an actor, hybrid, or manager. Career examples are then provided for each stage manager, or costume designer, they know that theatre is a place personality type. A hybrid, for example, is a person who desires for them, theatre belongs to them, and there are more careers than the creativity as well as stability, and generally has a full- or partobvious ones.” time job with one organization while also taking on contract or But the portal is not just a service available to Los Angeles—it is independent work. Teaching artists (who often work at schools free and accessible to all students and teachers with an internet or theatre companies while also acting, writing, or directing) and connection. With downloadable lesson plans for educators, guides to design technicians (who often work full-time at one theatre or internship and job applications, and more, the portal is built to serve contract with a number of smaller theatres on a per-show basis) anyone, anywhere, who wants to join the theatre family. are two examples of hybrid positions.

Visit CTGLA.org/WorkingInTheatre to explore.

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THE 2018 RICHARD E. SHERWOOD AWARD GOES TO HANA S. KIM

Hana S. Kim loves the cultural cross-pollination of Los Angeles art and artists—which is one of the reasons why Center Theatre Group chose this talented live performance set and projection designer as our 2018 Richard E. Sherwood Award recipient.

“I FEEL LIKE LOS ANGELES HAS A VERY ENCOURAGING ATMOSPHERE OF CROSSOVER,” said Kim. “I keep getting

THIS ADVENTUROUS, EMERGING LIVE PERFORMANCE SET AND PROJECTION DESIGNER LOVES MERGING MEDIA AND CULTURES

surprised by the diversity of people and culture. There are always different things popping up, and I’m always getting exposed to new technology. The merging of different kinds of visual media—from film and theatre to virtual reality—feels like it’s still growing, still trying out different things. And that’s very exciting.”

As a child growing up in Korea, Kim wanted to be a cartoonist; her interest in visual storytelling, and her father’s work as a film director, inspired her to begin her career in the world of film. She attended the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television intending to study film design and dip her toe into theatre, but then leaned heavily into the theatre side of the program. Now, her work sits at the intersection of theatre and film.

“Being comfortable with a cinematic approach to theatre helped me get involved in more productions,” she said. “It felt like a combination of my old and new interests.”

What keeps her in theatre is “the liveness of it and the communal experience,” she said.

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Since 1996, the Sherwood Award has met a vital need in the Los Angeles theatre landscape to support emerging artists. Richard E. Sherwood— former president and chairman of the Center Theatre Group Board of Directors—was a patron of the arts with a special appreciation for emerging artists who are in the vanguard of theatre. The award was established as an endowed fund at Center Theatre Group by his family, friends, colleagues, and fellow board members, to honor Sherwood’s passionate commitment to theatre.

Kim said she was “humbled” to be in the company of past Sherwood recipients whose work she has admired, including lighting designer Pablo Santiago, Miwa Matreyek of Cloud Eye Control, Lars Jan of Early Morning Opera, and costume designer Ann Closs-Farley.

“I’m feeling challenged to do my best to fit in with the group,” said Kim. For now, that means working on a rock opera in San Francisco called Weightless based on part of Ovid’s Metamorphoses. “It’s got a lot of transformation and a lot of magic that needs to be solved,” said Kim. She’s hoping to make even more magic with her Sherwood Award monies, which she’s planning to invest in interactivity and virtual reality gear. She’s excited to try out new techniques and tricks on her upcoming projects and in the long-term, “to take on more larger-scale projects and work with a team. I’ve been working as more of a one-man band, and I want to meet more collaborators—that would be amazing.”

Photograph of Angela Gheorghiu by Cosmin Gogu.

Photograph of Vittorio Grigòlo by Alex James / Sony Classical

This honor, which is bestowed at the LA Stage Alliance Ovation Awards and includes a $10,000 prize, is given annually to nurture innovative and adventurous emerging theatre artists working in Los Angeles.

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Why don’t we see more Asian Americans onscreen and onstage with accents that aren’t played for laughs? Is it OK for a Japanese actress to play Korean or Taiwanese?

These were among the questions tackled on January 18, 2018 at a And why, if they live in New York City, Community Conversation titled “Asian American Representation: The Politics of Casting.” This was the second of four free events don’t the characters on Friends have co-hosted by Center Theatre Group and East West Players leading any friends who aren’t white? up to the World premiere of David Henry Hwang and Jeanine Tesori’s Soft Power at the Ahmanson Theatre May 3 – June 10, 2018. Soft Power is offering an opportunity for us to explore the questions, themes, and ideas that Hwang has grappled with throughout his career.

THE POLITICS OF CASTING (L–R) Panelists Phil Yu, Amy Hill, Alice Tuan, and Jeff Yang, and moderator Marcos Nájera. Photo by Ryan Miller/Capture Imaging.

One of panelist Amy Hill’s first big roles was on the short-lived mid1990s TV series All-American Girl, starring Margaret Cho. After that show failed, it took two decades for an Asian American family story to come back to primetime, with the 2015 premiere of Fresh Off the Boat. Panelist Jeff Yang, who co-hosts the Asian American current affairs podcast They Call Us Bruce, is the father of one of that show’s stars. Yang recalled a conversation with an executive before the show aired, who told him, “‘There are so many projects with Asian Americans I would love to make. We are hoping Fresh Off the Boat is a hit so we can make them.’ It was literally stating, we have great

ideas with great talent attached that we cannot make until somebody else is successful.” Yang added, “There’s

this conceptual challenge that Hollywood, that every industry, has to overcome: to just think of an Asian American in that space before they’re willing to actually open the door and make that happen.”

One notable exception is Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, which stars Filipino American Vincent Rodriguez III as the romantic lead, and on which Hill currently appears. The show’s creator grew up in Torrance, explained Hill, and the prom king and queen at her high school were both Asian Americans. “She wasn’t thinking, ‘I think this should be diverse.’ She was reflecting her experience,” said Hill. “These people creating shows, they don’t have any experience with people of color except for as maids and housekeepers and servers.”

Nonetheless, panelist Phil Yu, who blogs as Angry Asian Man and co-hosts They Call Us Bruce with Yang, sees a great deal of progress in representation and conversation. “For a long time it felt like I was shouting into the void and I was just that guy on the Internet,” he said.

“It now seems like people are listening...and then you see change and reaction happening because of it.”

Soft Power Community Conversation Captures Asian American Representation Onstage and Onscreen Panelist Alice Tuan, a playwright, asked her fellow panelists if they share Yu’s optimism. “Do you all think that because there’s so much more demand for content and because people have a little more agency to choose...there’s going to be more and more diversity, in all genres?”

The verdict was unanimous: yes.

Tuan herself is optimistic about the way a new generation of playwrights, including Lauren Yee (King of the Yees, Douglas 2017) and Young Jean Lee (Straight White Men. Douglas 2015) are tackling these questions. Her own work is changing, too. “I started writing because I wanted to write myself into the culture,” she said. “Now the project is writing myself so that I am the dominant culture.”

Which isn’t to say it’s all been figured out. In the question-andanswer session that concluded the panel, an audience member asked about casting Asians in non-traditional roles.

“I think it’s dangerous to approach something as, ‘What are the rules to this and when can we make the exception?’ It matters when it matters, and it doesn’t matter when it doesn’t,” said Yu. “You have to interrogate all of [the roles] individually. There’s no, ‘Here are the rules to casting, and here are the rules to casting Asian Americans.’” Which means conversations like this one will continue to be necessary.

Join us for our next Community Conversation leading up to Soft Power: How Do We Sustain Community in America Today? on June 5, 2018.

RSVP at CTGLA.org/CommunityConversations.

Watch the full videos at Facebook.com/CTGLA.

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(L-R) Talin Abadian, Johnathan Garza, and Jocelyn Lopez.

HOW DO YOU MAKE

AN ARTS PROFESSIONAL?

The Corporate Circle Supports Center Theatre Group Workforce Development Programs

Before her internship at Center Theatre Group, Talin Abadian didn’t know third language, and she wasn’t sure if she was going to be able to forge careers in dramaturgy existed; now, she’s dramaturging a play on the refugee a career that depended on her reading and writing skills. But working crisis at California State University, Northridge, where she is a graduate on contract agreements and reading scripts at Center Theatre Group— student in theatre. Before her internship, Jocelyn Lopez had never traveled and learning about dramaturgy—eased her fears. “THE BIGGEST on her own; inspired by a Center Theatre Group mentor, she took the bus to THING IT DID FOR ME WAS GIVE ME CONFIDENCE,” she said. a conference on women’s leadership at American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco. Before his internship here, Johnathan Garza wasn’t sure what Lopez, a longtime participant in Center Theatre Group education programs, talked about starting her internship with trepidation. he wanted to do with his life; now, he’s majoring in communication science “You set yourself up to think, ‘I have to be perfect,’” she said. Then at UC Santa Barbara, has a Congressional internship under his belt, and is came her “a-ha moment”: “WOW, THIS IS ACTUALLY A LEARNING planning to become an advocate for the arts.

EXPERIENCE. These programs are meant for young people…to show These three young people shared their stories at a Center Theatre Group you basically how to do a job. And I think this is what we’re lacking in Corporate Circle luncheon event on January 24, 2018: The Making of an a lot of fields.” The internship plugged Lopez into professional Arts Professional. Director of Social Strategy, Innovation and Impact networks in the field and helped her decide to pursue a career Leslie K. Johnson led a discussion about their experiences as Center path in arts administration.

Theatre Group interns.

“I was able to learn and mess up here. It felt like I was getting an Corporate Circle Chair Jon Axel welcomed guests and talked about the education,” said Garza. “I was a student here.” He talked about how natural synergy between corporate employment practices and workforce the Center Theatre Group experience prepared him for an internship development programming, which the Corporate Circle supports. He then in the House of Representatives in Washington, D.C. “Center Theatre turned over the floor to Center Theatre Group staff to discuss the Internship Group was my foundation. Everything I learned about being a and Student Ambassador Programs, as well as online and in-person career professional—working on my resume, working on my cover letters— resources available to students. everything came from Center Theatre Group. When I went to D.C., people were impressed that I was able to do these things, but I had Johnson then asked the three alumni—Abadian, Lopez, and Garza—to learned them here.” “share about your experience at Center Theatre Group and help us tell the story of why it’s important to have programs that connect school and work.”

In closing, Jon Axel let guests know about three ways for Corporate Circle members to help students like Abadian, Lopez, and Garza: by Abadian, who was born and raised in Iran, talked about how serving as offering financial support, by providing their expertise as volunteers Center Theatre Group’s Management Fellow helped bring together her and mentors, and by sharing enthusiasm for this type of programming personal love of literature and her professional path. English is her within their companies and professional networks.

“Everything I learned about being a professional came from Center Theatre Group.”

Learn more about the Corporate Circle at CTGLA.org/Support or by contacting Robbie Martin at RMartin@CTLGA.org or 213.972.3192.

Visit CTGLA.org/Education for more information on our programs for emerging arts professionals.

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Written by JOSHUA HARMON Directed by STEPHEN BRACKETT In this smash hit comedy from Bad Jews writer Joshua Harmon, twenty-something Jordan is the life of the wedding party, until it dawns on him that he is “always a groomsman, never the groom.”

ON STAGE APRIL 3 – MAY 6

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Written by DOMINIQUE MORISSEAU Directed by PATRICIA McGREGOR It’s 2008 and the employees of a Detroit auto factory are facing an uncertain future. This stirring play follows a family of coworkers navigating economic instability, troubling rumors and the ways in which loyalty and love shape every decision we make.

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November 1992 marked a titanic shift in American culture when Bill Clinton was elected president—and when Center Theatre Group produced the two parts of Tony Kushner’s landmark play, Angels in America, together for the first time at the Mark Taper Forum.

The rest is history…in fact, a new oral history: Isaac Butler and Dan Kois’ recently published The World Only Spins Forward: The Ascent of Angels in America. We’re excited to share an excerpt here about that legendary Taper World premiere run, featuring Center Theatre Group Founding Artistic Director Gordon Davidson; actor Ron Leibman, who played Roy Cohn at the Taper and on Broadway, where he won a Tony Award®; former Associate Artistic Director Oskar Eustis, who co-directed Angels in America at the Taper; former Producing Artistic Director Robert Egan; and longtime Taper Production Manager Jonathan Barlow Lee.

AN ‘ANGEL’ TAKES FLIGHT AT THE TAPER An Excerpt from The World Only Spins Forward: The Ascent of Angels in America

By the time most of you read this, we will have elected a President and whatever the choice, enormous changes remain to be faced as we all move towards the millennium together. Theatre can be a courageous forum in which the major issues are confronted. In this time of reassessment and change (Perestroika, if you will), we feel particularly excited to be doing Tony Kushner’s play, Angels in America, A Gay Fantasia on National Themes.

—Gordon Davidson, “From the Artistic Director,” in the program to the Mark Taper Forum production, 1992

Oskar Eustis: That incredible scene where Louis says Kaddish over Roy Cohn? The first night at the Taper, there was a disturbance in the audience, and I realized there were dozens of people saying the Kaddish along with Louis. It was so moving! People engaged on a level that I had never seen in a theatre piece.

Ron Leibman: One of the things I did out there is I went to a lot— well, quite a few—hospices. The AIDS epidemic was flying. I spoke to a lot of guys who were dying. I learned a lot from listening to these guys. When we opened, the word got out. Guys with AIDS, different stages, they wanted to see the play. The theatre went out of its way to make sure they got seats. But they needed to sit, a lot of them, close, because the hearing was going, the eyesight was going. At curtain call we could see the first couple of rows. The lights would spill over. We could see the audience. The audience would generally give a standing ovation, but to see guys who could barely stand, giving us a standing ovation, you know, out of their wheelchairs. We were doing a play, yes, but it became something else.

Robert Egan: There was such an explosion of response and support, gratitude, for this play.

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“A SHOW OF RARE ENCHANTMENT.

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Tony Kushner: The second or third marathon performance was the day after the election of Clinton. And the next week, Time magazine’s cover was “Overturning the Reagan Era,” with a picture of Ronald Reagan upside down. On Time magazine!

And that was back when people were still in awe of him. It was like seeing a picture of Jesus with, like, you know, bunny ears. That performance was like a rock concert—people were just—every Reagan joke got, you know, hours of applause and cheering, ’cause people were so excited that this nightmare was looking like it maybe was gonna start to turn around.

Eustis: It was suddenly apparent that we were in a different universe, where you just hit the audience and you suddenly realize, Oh, the appetite for this is so much bigger than we thought.

Leibman: I thought we’d have a gay audience, a Jewish audience, that would clear out in about a week. I had no idea.

Jonathan Barlow Lee: I think that was part of Gordon wanting to leave them wanting more. There was a lot of buzz about it. Gordon was trying to position it in a way to set the ball to be spiked to Broadway with as much vigor as possible.

Kushner: It felt like the play had arrived at the right moment. And so some people said it didn’t matter if Part Two is a piece of garbage—this thing is going to Broadway.

Former Public Theater Artistic Director JoAnne Akalaitis: The performance I attended, Frank Rich and Alex Witchel were there. It was like the czar and czarina of theatre culture coming to check it out.

Leibman: Then I heard the Shuberts were coming, the Nederlanders were coming. I sort of got it. I realized it was going to have a life after Los Angeles. Jesus Christ, this thing is not going to close in one night!

Kushner: Gordon Davidson and I had a long, long talk. He’s one of the founders of the regional theatre movement, and he said, “You don’t have a choice. You have to take this to Broadway.”

Eustis: The run of Angels at the Taper was four weeks, because we didn’t think anyone would want to see it. So it was followed by An Evening with Will Explore an expansive gallery of photos from the Rogers. We shut down Angels in order to have James Taper’s celebrated premiere of Angels in America at Whitmore play Will Rogers to half-empty houses! It CTGLA.org/Timeline. was a nightmare!

Excerpted from The World Only Spins Forward: The Ascent of Angels in America by Isaac Butler and Dan Kois. Published by Bloomsburg USA. Portions of the book first appeared in Slate.

Bring Your Show to the BLOCK PARTY

CENTER THEATRE GROUP IS NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FROM THEATRES AROUND LOS ANGELES FOR BLOCK PARTY 2018/19.

We would love to see your show onstage at the Douglas as part of our annual celebration of the vibrant theatre of our city. Visit CTGLA.org/BlockParty to learn more about the program and application process.

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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 Laura & James Rosenwald & Orinoco Foundation Renee & Meyer Luskin Sue Tsao The Annenberg Foundation Anonymous Edgerton Foundation Kiki & David Gindler Patricia Glaser & Sam Mudie Aliza Karney Guren & Marc Guren Ann & Stephen F. Hinchliffe, Jr. The Louis and Harold Price Foundation GIFTS OF $500,000 AND ABOVE Deena & Edward Nahmias Amy Forbes & Andrew Murr Jerry & Terri Kohl Michael Ritchie & Kate Burton Elliott Sernel GIFTS OF $250,000 AND ABOVE Joni & Miles Benickes Donna Schweers & Tom Geiser

Nancy & Eric Garen Glenn & Andrea Sonnenberg Anonymous The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation Diana Buckhantz & the Vladimir and Araxia Buckhantz Foundation Vicki King Louise Moriarty Thomas Safran Judie Stein & Stein Family Foundation GIFTS OF $100,000 AND ABOVE Jody & David Lippman The Campagna Family Deidra Norman Schumann Donna & John Sussman Yvonne & Derek Bell Mara & Joseph Carieri Friars Charitable Foundation Cindy & Gary Frischling Bill Resnick & Michael Stubbs Cheryl A. Shepherd GIFTS OF $50,000 AND ABOVE Anonymous Anne Bruner & Jim Bremner Patrick Owen & Norman Dixon Carol & Stephen Rountree Sunshine Stone Peter & Iona Tompkins Hope Landis Warner

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

Legacy Gifts $1,000,000 AND ABOVE Judith & Thomas Beckmen Martin Massman Diane & Leon Morton $500,000 AND ABOVE Richard & Norma Camp Susan A. Grode Linda S. Peterson $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–Traub-Brittan Family Trust Steven Llanusa & Glenn Miya, M.D. Gloria Lothrop Carol & Douglas Mancino Renee & Robert Nunn Nan Rae Randy & Bruce Ross Wes Schaefer & Cathy King-Schaefer Margaret White

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

Presents the

production of

Written by

Boni B. Alvarez With (in alphabetical order)

Boni B. Alvarez..........................................BOSLEY LEGASPI Alberto Isaac...............................................JENRY FLORES Myra Cris Ocenar......................................FARRAH LEGASPI Anne Yatco................................................ LEELEE FLORES Scenic Design

Costume Design

Lighting Design

Sound Design & Original Music

Christopher Scott Murillo

Mylette Nora

Lily Bartenstein

Howard Ho

Center Theatre Group Associate Producer

Production Stage Manager

Stage Manager

Lindsay Allbaugh

Brooke Baldwin

Maggie Swing

Directed by

Jon Lawrence Rivera Time/Place: Princess Café in Puerto Princesa, Island of Palawan, Philippines.

Bloodletting will be performed without an intermission.

Bloodletting received its World premiere at Playwrights’ Arena, Los Angeles, Jon Lawrence Rivera, Artistic Director.

Bloodletting was written and workshopped in Skylight Theatre Company’s PlayLAb. The play was further developed in the Black Swan Lab at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival.

MARCH 29 – APRIL 8, 2018 KIRK DOUGLAS THEATRE Block Party receives major support from Aliza Karney Guren and Marc Guren, with generous funding also provided by Joni and Miles Benickes and an anonymous donor. Block Party is also made possible in part by a Culver City Performing Arts Grant with support from Sony Pictures Entertainment.

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WHO’S WHO BONI B. ALVAREZ (Bosley Legaspi, Playwright). His plays include Fixed, Nicky, Dallas Non-Stop, Dusty De Los Santos, and Ruby, Tragically Rotund. His plays have been produced/developed at Playwrights’ Arena, Echo Theater, Coeurage Theatre, Chalk Rep, Skylight Theatre, Moving Arts, Artists At Play, The Vagrancy, LATC, 2g (NYC), InterAct Theatre (Philadelphia), and Oregon Shakespeare Festival. He is a resident playwright with New Dramatists and has performed with Echo Theater, Critical Mass Performance Group at REDCAT, American Repertory Theater, San Jose Rep, Golden Thread, Ma-Yi, NAATCO, Milagro Theatre, La MaMa, and PS 122.

ALBERTO ISAAC (Jenry Flores) appeared in the East West Players productions of Equus, Three Sisters, Rashomon, Twelfth Night, and Accomplice. Other theatre: Bloodletting (Playwrights’ Arena), Blood Wedding (Odyssey Theatre), Dogeaters (Center Theatre Group, La Jolla Playhouse), Last of the Suns (Berkeley Rep), Fishhead Soup (Berkeley Rep, A Contemporary Theatre), The Wash (Studio Theatre, D.C.), Made in Bangkok (Center Theatre Group), Importance of Being Earnest (A Noise Within), As You Like It (Antaeus). Film and television: Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Beyond the Next Mountain, West Wing.

MYRA CRIS OCENAR (Farrah Legaspi).

Stage: Songs for a New World (Yes, and Productions), Imelda (East West Players), Woman from the Other Side of the World (East West Players), The Bride (Chalk Rep Flash Fest), Our Town (Interact), A Jive Bomber’s Christmas (Japanese American National Museum), Much Ado About Nothing (Shakespeare Orange County).

TV/film: Pure Genius, Followers, Delikadesa, Unrest. Also works as a voiceover artist in film and commercials.

Graduate of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, studied with SITI in L.A. This one’s for my Lola.

ANNE YATCO (Leelee Flores) holds a BS in biomedical engineering from Marquette University and an MFA in acting from CalArts. Theatre credits include Bumpersticker: The Musical (Hollywood Fringe), The Hollow (Speakeasy Society),

Elizabeth Hammond–A Eulogy (Son of Semele/Drive Theatre), Cinnamon Girl and Dallas Non-Stop (Playwrights’ Arena), Medea (UCLA Live). Voiceover credits include the English dubs for Netflix shows La Casa de Papel, ID-0, Kuromukuro, and Violetta. Many thanks to Jon, Boni, and Center Theatre Group!

JON LAWRENCE RIVERA (Director). Directed Dogeaters at the Kirk Douglas Theatre in 2007. Other Boni B. Alvarez plays: Ruby, Tragically Rotund and Dallas Non-Stop. Recent World premieres include Bingo Hall, Little Women, Billy Boy, The Hotel Play, Fairly Traceable, and many more. Rivera is the recipient of the first Career Achievement Award from Stage Raw, a NY Fringe Festival Award, an LA Weekly Award, and a five-time Ovation Award nominee. He is the Founding Artistic Director of Playwrights’ Arena.

CHRISTOPHER SCOTT MURILLO (Scenic Design) is a scenic designer, artist, and educator based in Los Angeles.

Recent credits with Playwrights’ Arena include Billy Boy and The Hotel Play. Currently, he is an Associate Artist with Playwrights’ Arena serving as their resident Scenic Designer.

Most recently, his work has been seen at Skylight Theatre Company, Native Voices, East West Players, Chance Theater, The Getty Villa, and the Hollywood Bowl. He is a 2016 recipient of the Princess Grace Fellowship— Pierre Cardin Award.

MYLETTE NORA (Costume Design). NAACP Theatre Award for best costumes; listed in the honors edition of The Cambridge Who’s Who Registry among Executive and Professional Women. Work consists of television, film, and stage, and was seen nightly on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and now weekly on Jay Leno’s Garage. The famed artist Synthia Saint James noted Mylette as being the inspiration for her painting “Ensemble.” Check out Mylette’s designer doggie wear, FromTheHeartDoggieWear.com, and heirloom dolls, called My Mind’s Eye. LILY BARTENSTEIN (Lighting Design) is a designer for live performances based in Los Angeles. Recent work includes In a Word (lighting and projection designer, Chance Theater), Silent Sky (projection designer, International City Theatre), Rigoletto (scenic designer, Opera Las Vegas), and Fairly Traceable (projection designer, Native Voices at the Autry). Lily received her MFA from the University of California San Diego, BA from the University of Chicago, and teaches at Cal State LA. lilybartenstein.com

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HOWARD HO (Sound Design & Original Music) is a playwright, composer, and Ovation Award-nominated sound designer. He has created sound design at TheatreWorks Silicon Valley, East West Players, Playwrights’ Arena, Native Voices, Sierra Madre Playhouse, and Company of Angels.

Other credits include his play Various Emporia, which was a 2017 O’Neill National Playwrights Conference finalist, and his original musical Pretendo, featured in the Center Theatre Group library play reading series this April.

He was a Center Theatre Group Literary Fellow in 2016.

BROOKE BALDWIN (Production Stage Manager). Center Theatre Group: Spamilton, Big Night, Good Grief, Vicuña, Disgraced, Women Laughing Alone With Salad, Kansas City Choir Boy, Girlfriend, Chavez Ravine, Luna Gale, Race, different words for the same thing, The Nether, The Convert, Second City’s A Christmas Carol: Twist Your Dickens. Rio Hotel in Las Vegas: Duck Commander Musical. Universal Studios Hollywood: Special Effects Show, Grinchmas.

Other venues: Moonlight Amphitheatre (San Diego), Geffen Playhouse, Cabrillo Music Theatre.

MAGGIE SWING (Stage Manager). Center Theatre Group: Elliot, A Soldier’s Fugue, Spamilton, Big Night, King of the Yees, Block Party 2017, Vicuña, Throw Me On the Burnpile and Light Me Up. Geffen Playhouse: Big Sky, Barcelona, Guards at the Taj, Discord, The Country House, American Buffalo. Boston Court: Collective Rage. European tour: The Apple Family Plays. Off-Broadway: Regular Singing, Sorry, Love’s Labour’s Lost, Sweet and Sad, Knickerbocker, Compulsion, That Hopey Changey Thing (The Public Theater), Slowgirl (Lincoln Center), Blood Knot, The Orphans’ Home Cycle (Signature Theatre Company).

PLAYWRIGHTS’ ARENA is the only theatre created and dedicated to discovering, nurturing, and producing bold new works for the stage written exclusively by Los Angeles playwrights to create original, adventurous, daring materials with the intent of challenging the mind, touching the heart, and provoking the spirit. It was founded in 1992 by Jon Lawrence Rivera and Steve Tyler. It is the recipient of multiple international, national, and local theatre awards.

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ADDITIONAL STAFF Fight Director...................................................Edgar Landa Automation Operator.......................................Corwin Evans Casting Consultant................................Raul Clayton Staggs Deck Crew..................................................... Ryan Howard PLAYWRIGHTS’ ARENA STAFF Board of Directors.............Rebecca Anderson, Brett Battles, ........................................Andrea Cockrum, Scott Freeman, ................................. Peter H. Jones, Jon Lawrence Rivera, ..................................Raynald Samoa, Raul Clayton Staggs Advisory Committee.................. Ted Benito, Andrew Brettler, ..............................Jill Brousard, Marta Holen, Alan Mandell, Jerry Oshinsky, Bill Pullman, Doug Savant, Elisabeth Shue, Barbara Trembley Associate Artists........................ Luis Alfaro, Boni B. Alvarez, ....................................... Howard Ho, Velina Hasu Houston, ................................ Donald Jolly, Christopher Scott Murillo, ........................................ Mylette Nora, Michael Premsrirat, ........................ Nick Salamone, Janine Salinas Schoenberg, ......................................................... R. Christopher Stokes Artistic Director.................................... Jon Lawrence Rivera Literary Manager.......................................... Adrian Centeno Grant Writer.............................................Michael Premsrirat Production Accountant................................... Ray Simmons Original Graphic Design.......................Celina Taganas-Duffy

A NOTE ON ASWANGS BY PLAYWRIGHT BONI B. ALVAREZ Aswangs are essentially Filipino witches. Over the past few centuries, they have transformed from terrifying demonic monsters (with enormous bloodshot eyes, fangs, and wings) to contemporary human shapeshifters with an “evil” eye.

Their special powers are activated at night. With the aid of the moon, they cause headaches and food poisoning, shapeshift into birds or pigs, feast on humans—or turn them into aswangs.

According to the mythology, aswangs come from the Visayas and Mindanao islands. In these provincial areas of the Philippines, belief in aswangs still runs as strong as belief in a Roman Catholic God. You’ll hear gossip about who might be an aswang—they could be your neighbors, your friends, or even your family members.

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Los Angeles is home to over 250 theatre companies featuring an abundance of talent, diversity, and ingenuity. To celebrate the vibrant theatre of our city, Block Party presents three recently produced productions from local theatre companies as part of the Kirk Douglas Theatre season. We’re proud to be highlighting some of the best work our region has to offer for our audiences, sharing our resources and reach with companies that are new to us, and encouraging collaboration and stronger relationships among the Los Angeles theatre community. Thank you for being part of our second annual Block Party!

“Everyone who does theatre in Los Angeles knows about Block Party. Being part of this new community, of this brand new playground, is incredibly exciting. People are going to see a show we created in our 53-seat black box in this amazing theatre, and go ‘Oh, I think I want to go see them!’”

—Michael A. Shepperd, Co-Artistic Director, Celebration Theatre

“Block Party is a really unique way for Center Theatre Group to interact with other parts of the Los Angeles theatre community and amplify their voices, and also bring parts of the theatre community together in different ways.”

—Nancy Keystone, Artistic Director, Critical Mass Performance Group

“Participating in Block Party gives us visibility for an audience that may not know us. I would hope that they see that our work is representative of the adventurous and diverse programming that we do. A Filipino-American story is part of the storytelling of Los Angeles.”

—Jon Lawrence Rivera, Artistic Director, Playwrights' Arena

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

Presents the

production of

Written & Directed by

Nancy Keystone Created in collaboration with the company With (in alphabetical order)

Curt Bonnem..................................................THOMAS JEFFERSON Russell Edge...................................................... WILLIAM J. CASEY Ray Ford..............................................................GENE JEFFERSON Richard Gallegos......................................... CHIEF LITTLE TURTLE Lorne Green...........................................................CURTIS BROWN ´ Drew Stafford Harper................................TADEUSZ KOSCIUSZKO Nick Santoro..........................................................AGENT WELLER Liza Seneca............................................................................ EWA Valerie Spencer....................................... ANNA WALENTYNOWICZ Scenic Design

Costume Design

Lighting Design

Nancy Keystone

Lena Sands

Adam J. Frank

Sound Design & Original Music

Projection Design

Dramaturg

Randall Robert Tico

Hsuan-Kuang Hsieh

Tom Bryant

Center Theatre Group Associate Producer

Production Stage Manager

Stage Manager

Lindsay Allbaugh

Susie Walsh

Maggie Swing

Ameryka is performed with an intermission.

Ameryka received its World premiere by Critical Mass Performance Group, Nancy Keystone, Founding Artistic Director/Executive Producer.

Ameryka is made possible, in part, by support from the Doris Duke Performing Artist Award program, United States Artists Hoi Fellowship, Center for Cultural Innovation Investing in Artists Grant, The MacDowell Colony, Network of Ensemble Theatres Micro Fest.

Ameryka was developed, in part, with assistance from the Orchard Project, a program of The Exchange (www.exchangenyc.org).

APRIL 19–29, 2018 KIRK DOUGLAS THEATRE Block Party receives major support from Aliza Karney Guren and Marc Guren, with generous funding also provided by Joni and Miles Benickes and an anonymous donor. Block Party is also made possible in part by a Culver City Performing Arts Grant with support from Sony Pictures Entertainment.

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WHO’S WHO CURT BONNEM (Thomas Jefferson). Lech Walesa said, “It is hardly possible to build anything if frustration, bitterness, and a mood of helplessness prevail.” When our leaders foment division, and individuals make enemies of allies, we must look deep at ourselves, our history, and the struggles of all who have fought for equality and freedom throughout the world. Thank you Center Theatre Group and the Kirk Douglas Theatre for letting Critical Mass raise our voices just a little louder in Solidarity. Curtbonnem.com RUSSELL EDGE (William J. Casey) is excited to bring Ameryka to the Kirk Douglas Theatre. Other Critical Mass Performance Group shows include Alcestis, The Akhmatova Project, and Apollo. Regional theatre: The Trip to Bountiful, Henry IV, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Macbeth, Mr. Roberts, Three Sisters, The Rivals, Richard III, and Love’s Labour’s Lost. TV: Castle, Agent Carter, ER, Private Practice, CSI: Miami, West Wing, Boomtown, Numb3rs, Cold Case. Film: Changeling and Charlie Wilson’s War. My love to Betsy, Phoebe, and Ryan.

RAY FORD (Gene Jefferson). Off-Broadway/ regional: Apollo (Portland Center Stage), King Lear (Yale Rep), Blues for an Alabama Sky (Cincinnati Playhouse), A Hole in the Dark (City Theatre), Angels in America (Trinity Rep), The Colored Museum (Alliance Theatre), Love Suicides (La MaMa ETC), Hollis Mugley’s Only Wish (The Public Theater), and Alcestis (Boston Court).

Television: The Real O’Neals, Fresh Off the Boat, Touch, Switched at Birth, Grey’s Anatomy, So Notorious, Good Luck Charlie, Don’t Trust the B in Apartment 23, Jessie, and Game Shakers.

RICHARD GALLEGOS (Chief Little Turtle).

With Critical Mass Performance Group: Apollo (Parts 1 & 2) (World premiere at Kirk Douglas Theatre), Apollo (Parts 1, 2 & 3) (Portland Center Stage), Ameryka (workshop at SCR), Antigone (workshop at The Actors’ Gang). Other theatre credits include The Secret Garden, Frost/Nixon, Art, Othello, Anna in the Tropics, Sylvia, Hortensia and the Museum of Dreams, and Much Ado About Nothing. With

Rosanna Gamson/World Wide: Grand Hope Flower, Aura, Rita Goes to Hell, Lovesickness, Tov. Richardgallegos.com LORNE GREEN (Curtis Brown) is delighted to make his Kirk Douglas Theatre debut.

Past Critical Mass Performance Group and Nancy Keystone projects include The America Play, 365 Days/365 Plays, Apollo, Alcestis, and The Noir Series.

Lorne is grateful to his Critical Mass company members and Nancy for enriching him with awe and wonder throughout the years. He gives infinite thanks to his wife Rachel for her unwavering love and support that allows him to grow and flourish each day.

DREW STAFFORD HARPER (Tadeusz Kościuszko) is an artist, writer, and performer from Portland, Oregon.

He is the author, with his father Brad, of Space at the Table: Conversations Between an Evangelical Theologian and His Gay Son. Drew created the role of Scrooge in A Christmas Carol at Portland Playhouse and played Motel in Fiddler On The Roof, Doug in Yussef El Guindi’s Threesome, and Jamie in The Last Five Years at Portland Center Stage. He has directed and produced staged readings, collaborative performance, and major public art projects in New York City, Cairo, and Portland.

NICK SANTORO (Agent Weller) received a BFA in acting from Carnegie Mellon and has been a member of Critical Mass Performance Group since 2007. Shows include Apollo at Portland Center Stage, Heracles in Alcestis at Boston Court, and an ensemble member in workshops of TSA and The Privacy Project. Films include Argo, Sean Baker’s Starlet, and Matthew Huffman’s Dealing—A Comedy about Depression, which he co-wrote and co-starred in, and which won the Audience Choice Award at the Big Bear Film Festival.

LIZA SENECA (Ewa). Select theatre credits include Les Liaisons Dangereuses and Cloud 9 (Antaeus), Macbeth (Colorado Shakespeare Festival), Pulp Shakespeare (NYC and L.A. premieres), A Shayna Maidel (ICT), and Much Ado About Nothing (Kentucky Shakespeare). TV:

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The Following, Grey’s Anatomy, Lie to Me, Monk, Big Love, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, Alias. Film: Finding Dory, The Lego Batman Movie, Night Eyes, Zwartboek (Black Book), The Drama Club, among others.

VALERIE SPENCER (Anna Walentynowicz).

It was a mad thrill being part of the Kirk Douglas Theatre’s premiere season in 2005 with Apollo, and it’s extra sweet to be returning with Ameryka. Other Critical Mass Performance Group shows: Untitled Communion (REDCAT), Alcestis, Antigone, The Akhmatova Project, Bread, and The Rover. Other theatre: Out of Our Father’s House (Edinburgh Fringe) and How to Disappear Completely and Never Be Found (Boston Court). Also: several works by renowned video artist Bill Viola. But wait, there’s more: valerie-spencer.com NANCY KEYSTONE (Playwright, Director, Scenic Design) is the Founder/Artistic Director of Critical Mass Performance Group and the ensemble’s playwright, director, and scenic designer. She is the honored recipient of a Doris Duke Performing Artist Award and a United States Artists Hoi Fellowship. As a visual artist, Ms. Keystone works in mixed media, creating paintings and collages, as well as unique scenic environments for her productions. She also works as a freelance theatre artist, directing and designing award-winning productions around the country. nancykeystone.com LENA SANDS (Costume Design) is a costume designer, puppet artist, and scenographer. Her work supports the unsettling of dramatic space and the wringing out of shared cultural routines. Favorite Los Angeles designs include Ameryka (Critical Mass Performance Group, Ovation nomination); Untitled Communion, Substrata (REDCAT); Next to Normal, Kentucky (East West Players); The Bumps (Skirball, BBC Documentary); Ghost Town (Cornerstone); Exit Strategy (Los Angeles LGBT Center); The Other Side (Iris Company); That Pretty Pretty (SoSe); Riot/Rebellion (LATC); Paradise by Design (CalArts CNP).

ADAM J. FRANK (Lighting Design). His designs have been produced at The Public Theater, South Coast Rep, Syracuse Opera, Merry-Go-Round Playhouse, REDCAT, Theatre @ Boston Court, A Noise Within, CalArts, USC, The School of Drama at The New School, and Columbia University.

He assisted at the LA Opera, Geffen Playhouse, Pasadena Playhouse, Tri-Cities Opera, Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival, New York Shakespeare Festival, and on Broadway.

MFA from CalArts. Adam is Senior Show Lighting Designer at Walt Disney Imagineering.

RANDALL ROBERT TICO (Sound Design & Original Music).

With Nancy Keystone and Critical Mass Performance Group: Apollo (Garland Award, Ovation Award nomination), Alcestis, The America Play, Antigone (Drammy Award), and The Akhmatova Project. As composer with Chris Coleman (Portland Center Stage): Astoria, Othello, Anna Karenina, Shakespeare’s Amazing Cymbeline, The Imaginary Invalid, and Snow Falling on Cedars. Also: Magic Fruit (Cornerstone), Mother Courage, The Glass Menagerie (directed by Jessica Kubzansky), and Jackie Unveiled and Baby Doll (directed by Jenny Sullivan).

HSUAN-KUANG HSIEH (Projection Design) is a multidisciplinary artist and video designer for live performance. She has been collaborating with theatre artists, musicians, and choreographers. Her recent stage work includes Until, Until, Until… by Edgar Arceneaux, The Glue Factory Project’s Parallel Lives by Corning Works, and the new opera Afterword by Sean Griffin. HsuanKuang holds her MFA in interactive media for performance, with a concentration in integrated media, from CalArts.

HsuanKuang.com TOM BRYANT (Dramaturg). With Nancy Keystone: Apollo (Kirk Douglas Theatre and Portland Center Stage). With Robert Schenkkan: All the Way (Broadway), The Great Society, The Kentucky Cycle (Broadway), Lewis and Clark Reach the Euphrates. With Lisa Loomer: Roe. With Catherine Trieschmann: The Most Deserving and How the World Began. Also: The Wind Cries Mary by Philip Kan Gotanda; Discovery of America by Arthur Kopit; The Mandrake Root by Lynn Redgrave. Film development work includes projects for HBO, BBC, and Disney.

SUSIE WALSH (Production Stage Manager). In Los Angeles, Susie has stage managed over 150 shows at theatres such as the Mark Taper Forum, the Ahmanson Theatre, the Geffen, LATC, the Wallis, and Pasadena Playhouse.

Favorites include A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Waiting for Godot, Flower Drum Song, Stuff Happens, Arcadia, The Drowsy Chaperone, Minsky’s, The Price, and Endgame.

In New York, Susie stage managed Putting it Together with Carol Burnett. She loves Ken. MAGGIE SWING (Stage Manager). Center Theatre Group: Elliot, A Soldier’s Fugue, Spamilton, Big Night, King of the Yees, Block Party 2017, Vicuña, Throw Me On the Burnpile and Light Me Up. Geffen Playhouse: Big Sky, Barcelona, PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE P9

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Guards at the Taj, Discord, The Country House, American Buffalo. Boston Court: Collective Rage. European tour: The Apple Family Plays. Off-Broadway: Regular Singing, Sorry, Love’s Labour’s Lost, Sweet and Sad, Knickerbocker, Compulsion, That Hopey Changey Thing (The Public Theater), Slowgirl (Lincoln Center), Blood Knot, The Orphans’ Home Cycle (Signature Theatre Company).

CRITICAL MASS PERFORMANCE GROUP is a Los Angelesbased ensemble that invents category-busting new works, encompassing a wide range of forms and genres, including epic historical-poetical projects, adaptations of classic texts, intimate interactive salons, public happenings, and social practice art, performed in traditional and alternative spaces. Among the company’s award-winning productions: Ameryka, Alcestis (Getty Villa, Theatre @ Boston Court), Apollo (Kirk Douglas Theatre, Portland Center Stage), The Akhmatova Project. Critical Mass Performance Group was named 2013’s Best Theatre Company by the LA Weekly.

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ADDITIONAL STAFF Assistant Director/Guy Who Does Things.......Turner Munch Video Engineer...............................................Corwin Evans CREDITS Danielle K. Jones collaborated on the development and performance of Ameryka from 2010 through the 2016 premiere. Costumes developed through workshops by Sarah Brown and Sybil Mosely. Original prop design by Amanda Rountree.

Western Amerykanski: Polish Poster Art and the Western (Kevin Mulroy, ed.) provided the initial inspiration for this project.

Some of the text in Ameryka is taken from or inspired by: Louis Armstrong, Walter Benjamin, Dave & Iola Brubeck, Steve Coll, Penny von Eschen, Carl Foreman, Frank Fox, Timothy Garton Ash, Thomas Jefferson, Rev. Martin ´ Luther King, Jr., Mariusz Knorowski, Tadeusz Kosciuszko, Ewa Kulik, Chief Little Turtle, Helena Luczywo, Adam Michnik, Kevin Mulroy, Gary Nash & Graham Russell Gao Hodges, Shana Penn, Fr. Jerzy Popieluszko, Ronald Reagan, Tomasz Sarnecki, Anna Walentynowicz, Booker T. Washington, and official US and Polish government documents and transcripts.

THANK YOU to our wonderful collaborators who have been on the journey with us in previous iterations of Ameryka, and whose spirits and ideas are embedded in this project: Sarah Brown, Francois-Pierre Couture, Julia Colbert-Ruiz, Kacy-Earl David, Mark Doerr, M.C. Earl, Lisa Gumm de Los Angeles, Elizabeth Harper, Jeffrey Johnson, Danielle K. Jones, Casey McGann, Michael Matthys, Matthew Floyd Miller, Sybil Mosely, Wes Myers, Nikhil Pai, Jeremy Pivnick, Christopher Rivas, Amanda Rountree, Christopher Salazar, Darrett Sanders, Jeremy Shranko, Nathan Singh, Doug Sutherland, Joe Tower, Patrick Wenk-Wolff.

CRITICAL MASS EXPRESSES DEEP GRATITUDE to Adam Mickiewicz Institute, Luis Alfaro, ARC Pasadena & John Pennington, Prof. Jody David Armour, Chris Beach, Karolina Bondaronek, Consulate General of the Republic of Poland in Los Angeles, Ben Donenberg, Robert Faggen, Witold Fraczek, Samuel Hoi, Tomasz Janowski, Susan & Gary Jones, Vladek Juszkiewicz, Joanna Klass, Klub P.I.E., Kristof Konrad, Andrea Marks, Kevin Mulroy, Tomasz Nosinski, Bodahn Oppenheim, Jordan Peimer, Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles, Malgorzata Sikorska-Miszczuk, Dorota Sobstel, Dana Stevens, Wojtek Szaszor, Mark Valdez, Carol Wells & The Center for the Study of Political Graphics, Lucy Wojciechowski, Michael Schlitt, Alexa Rose, The Teenies.

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

Presents the

production of

Written by

Charles Busch With (in alphabetical order)

Andrew Carter............................................. TONY PARKER Tom DeTrinis......................................................... LANCE Drew Droege............................................. ANGELA ARDEN Julanne Chidi Hill.................................................... EDITH Gina Torrecilla.................................................... BOOTSIE Pat Towne................................................................ SOL Scenic Design

Costume Design

Lighting Design

Sound Design

Pete Hickok

Allison Dillard

Matthew Brian Denman

Rebecca Kessin

Original Casting

Center Theatre Group Associate Producer

Production Stage Manager

Stage Manager

Jami Rudofsky

Lindsay Allbaugh

Marcedes L. Clanton

Maggie Swing

Directed by

Ryan Bergmann Time/Place: Beverly Hills, California in 1967.

Die, Mommie, Die! will be performed with an intermission.

Original Off-Broadway Production by Kenneth Elliott.

MAY 10–20, 2018 KIRK DOUGLAS THEATRE Block Party receives major support from Aliza Karney Guren and Marc Guren, with generous funding also provided by Joni and Miles Benickes and an anonymous donor. Block Party is also made possible in part by a Culver City Performing Arts Grant with support from Sony Pictures Entertainment.

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WHO’S WHO ANDREW CARTER (Tony Parker). L.A.: Die, Mommie, Die! (Celebration), No Wake (VS/Route 66), Around the World in 80 Days (Actors Co-op), The Missing Pages of Lewis Carroll (Theatre @ Boston Court). Chicago: Steppenwolf, Goodman, TimeLine, Chicago Shakespeare, MaryArrchie. Regional: Asolo Repertory, Cardinal Stage. Television: New Girl, Lopez, Criminal Minds, Real Husbands of Hollywood, 2 Broke Girls, Pretty Little Liars, Agent Carter, Fresh Off the Boat, Castle, Sam & Cat, Y&R, Boss, Chicago Fire. Film: Off the Menu. abcisme.com TOM DeTRINIS (Lance) is thrilled to be making his Center Theatre Group debut and is grateful to the whole Die, Mommie, Die! team! Most recently, he was the associate producer/understudy for the critically acclaimed Bright Colors and Bold Patterns at the SoHo Playhouse in NYC, where he made his Off-Broadway debut.

He is a company member of Celebration and IAMA Theatre Company, and is the Producing Director of 30 Minute Musicals. More?! detrinis.com or @detrinis on Instagram.

DREW DROEGE (Angela Arden).

Off-Broadway: Bright Colors and Bold Patterns (SoHo Playhouse, Barrow Street Theatre). Los Angeles: Die, Mommie, Die! (Celebration Theatre), The Groundlings, Casita del Campo, Rockwell. TV: Heathers, Cocktails & Classics, Life in Pieces, Transparent, Nobodies, 2 Broke Girls, Drunk History. Film: Ideal Home, The 4th, The Circle, You’re Killing Me, Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse, Ass Backwards. Online: Minor Revelations podcast (host), The Disgustings, Not Looking, Planet Unicorn, The Chloe Shorts. Outfest Award for Emerging Talent. Out Magazine Out 100.

JULANNE CHIDI HILL (Edith). Theatre: Fences (Lone Tree Arts Center, Wren T. Brown dir.), Bootycandy (Celebration Theatre, Stage Raw Award Female Comedy Performance, LADCC nom), We are Proud to Present a Presentation about the Herero of Namibia (Matrix Theatre, LADCC Award, LA Weekly Award Supporting Female Performance), Blue Iris (Fountain Theatre), Flight (Kirk Douglas Theatre), The Odyssey

(McCarter Theatre), Search: Revisited (LGBT Center), The Women of Brewster Place (Celebration Theatre).

TV/film: Gilmore Girls, Weeds, Black-ish, Ray Donovan, Foster Boy, LAbyrinth.

GINA TORRECILLA (Bootsie). Television: Brooklyn 99, Citizen, Scandal, Mad Men, Bones, Incredible Crew, Raising the Bar. Film: The 98, Twinkies & Donuts, Britney Baby…, All’s Well. Theatre: Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, Failure: A Love Story, Currency, The Exit Interview, The Magic Finger, The Real Housekeepers Of Studio City, The Next Fairy Tale, Assassins, Reckless, Twelfth Night, The Constant Wife, A Little Night Music. Many thanks to Center Theatre Group for the joy that is Block Party! ginatorrecilla.com, @ginacilla PAT TOWNE (Sol). Theatre: Laughter on the 23rd Floor (Garry Marshall Theatre), The View Upstairs at Celebration, Stoneface (LA Weekly Award Best Ensemble), Skullduggery: The Musical Prequel to Hamlet and Gorey Stories (Ovation Award, Best Musical) at Sacred Fools, Exorcistic: The Rock Musical Parody Experiment (HFF Best Musical & Best of Fringe), Frank Zappa’s Joe’s Garage, Hoboken to Hollywood (LA Weekly Best Musical), Pasadena Playhouse, Second City Hollywood, National Lampoon, Independent Shakespeare Co., SciFest LA. TV: Transparent, I Love Dick, Mad Men, Boston Legal, Desperate Housewives, Las Vegas, Gilmore Girls.

CHARLES BUSCH (Playwright) is the author of The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife, which ran for nearly two years on Broadway and received a Tony Award® nomination for Best Play. He wrote and starred in the film versions of his plays, Psycho Beach Party and Die, Mommie, Die!, the latter of which won him the Best Performance Award at the Sundance Film Festival. In 2003, Mr. Busch received a special Drama Desk Award for career achievement as both performer and playwright.

RYAN BERGMANN (Director), Midwest born and educated, has been directing, producing, and acting in L.A. theatre for over 15 years. He is honored and grateful to be working with Center Theatre Group and Celebration Theatre. Getting the opportunity to work with this ridiculously hilarious and talented cast again is a dream. Please sit back and laugh with us, we could all use it! Most importantly, thanks Mom for being my everything!

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PETE HICKOK (Scenic Design) is a scenic designer and artist based out of Los Angeles. His most recent scenic design projects include Freud’s Last Session at the Odyssey Theatre, Priscilla, Queen of the Desert at Celebration Theatre, and Crimes of the Heart at the International City Theatre in Long Beach. He holds an MFA and PB from the San Francisco Art Institute and a BFA from Lewis & Clark College.

ALLISON DILLARD (Costume Design) received an MFA in costume design from the University of Missouri-Kansas City.

Recent design work includes Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, Die, Mommie, Die!, Dream Boy, Bootycandy (Celebration Theatre); Shine Darkly, Illyria (Fugitive Kind); Romeo and Juliet (The Vagrancy); Sons of the Prophet (Blank Theatre); Spies Are Forever (Tin Can Bros); Les Misérables, Lion King Jr. (Milken Community Schools); Failure: A Love Story (Coeurage Theatre Company, Center Theatre Group).

Her work can be seen at allisondillard.com.

MATTHEW BRIAN DENMAN (Lighting Design) is delighted to return to the second year of Block Party. He recently designed lighting for productions of Failure: A Love Story at the Kirk Douglas Theatre, Charm and Bootycandy (Ovation Award nomination) at Celebration Theatre, and Niagara Falls (Stage Raw Award nominee) at Theatre of NOTE. Other productions in Los Angeles include Corpus Christi, revolver, What’s Wrong With Angry?, The Next Fairy Tale, [title of show], and Women Behind Bars.

MatthewBrianDenman.com REBECCA KESSIN (Sound Design) is delighted to be back at the Kirk Douglas Theatre! Favorite recent productions include Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, Dream Boy, Bootycandy, Revolver (Celebration), This Land (Company of Angels), Fixed (The Echo), A Singular They, Peter Pan: The Boy Who Hated Mothers (The Blank), A View From the Bridge, Appropriate, Clybourne Park, The Black Suits (asst. design, Center Theatre Group).

Rebecca is a proud member of USA 829. rebeccakessin.com MARCEDES L. CLANTON (Production Stage Manager) is delighted to work with Center Theatre Group. Selected credits: Laughter on the 23rd Floor, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, The Madwoman of Chaillot, Ah, Wilderness!, Maids, Sons of the Prophet (West Coast premiere), Wolves (L.A. premiere), Justin Love (premiere), The Color Purple, Leslie Jordan's Fruit Fly (premiere), What’s Wrong with Angry?, Take Me Out!, The Temperamentals (West Coast premiere), and [title of show].

MAGGIE SWING (Stage Manager). Center Theatre Group: Elliot, A Soldier’s Fugue, Spamilton, Big Night, King of the Yees, Block Party 2017, Vicuña, Throw Me On the Burnpile and Light Me Up. Geffen Playhouse: Big Sky, Barcelona, Guards at the Taj, Discord, The Country House, American Buffalo. Boston Court: Collective Rage. European tour: The Apple Family Plays. Off-Broadway: Regular Singing, Sorry, Love’s Labour’s Lost, Sweet and Sad, Knickerbocker, Compulsion, That Hopey Changey Thing (The Public Theater), Slowgirl (Lincoln Center), Blood Knot, The Orphans’ Home Cycle (Signature Theatre Company).

CELEBRATION THEATRE was founded in 1982 by gay rights pioneer and co-founder of the Mattachine Society Chuck Rowland. It was created to provide a safe and supportive forum for professional and emerging LGBTQIA writers, directors, designers, and performers, giving voice to the full experience of queer culture. After 36 years, Celebration remains the only professional LGBTQ theatre in Los Angeles with this mission—to entertain, inspire, and empower with innovative productions that celebrate the LGBTQ community.

Please visit our website at CelebrationTheatre.com.

ADDITIONAL STAFF Fight Director.................................................. Sondra Mayer Video Engineer.................................................Corwin Evans Original Wig Design and Styling........................Byron Batista CREDITS Original Prop Design.................................... Michael O’Hara Original Video Design.............................Christopher Maikish .............................................................. and Andrew Carter Originally Produced for Celebration by Erinn Anova.

Die, Mommie, Die! is presented by special arrangement with SAMUEL FRENCH, INC. CELEBRATION THEATRE STAFF Executive Director..................................... Michael Kricfalusi Co-Artistic Director................................... Michael Matthews Co-Artistic Director............................... Michael A. Shepperd Managing Director.........................................Michael O’Hara Producing Director.............................................. Jay Marcus Literary Director.............................................Nathan Frizzell Development Director............................ Christopher Maikish Company Manager........................ Parnell Damone Marcano Digital Director.............................................. Tracey McAvoy Alternative Programming Director......................Tom DeTrinis

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CENTER THEATRE GROUP MICHAEL RITCHIE (Artistic Director) is in his 13TH season as Center Theatre Group’s Artistic Director, and has led over 190 productions to the Ahmanson Theatre, Mark Taper Forum, and Kirk Douglas Theatre stages, including the premieres of six musicals that moved to Broadway—The Drowsy Chaperone, Curtains, 13, 9 to 5: The Musical, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, and Leap of Faith—and the Pulitzer Prize in Drama finalist Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo. STEPHEN D. ROUNTREE (Managing Director) joined Center Theatre Group in 2014 as Managing Director. He was previously the President and CEO of The Music Center (2002–2014) and concurrently the CEO of the Los Angeles Opera (2008–2012). He served the J. Paul Getty Trust for 22 years, starting in 1980 as Deputy Director of the Getty Museum, then Director of the Getty Center Building Program, and in 1998, the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer for the Getty Trust. He currently serves as a trustee of Occidental College, The Ahmanson Foundation, Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles, and Polytechnic School.

DOUGLAS C. BAKER (Producing Director) is now in his 28TH season at Center Theatre Group. He is an active member of the Broadway League, the Independent Presenters Network, and is a proud member of the Association of Theatrical Press Agents and Managers.

In May 2013, Doug received the Broadway League’s prestigious Outstanding Achievement in Presenter Management Award.

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

Co-Artistic Director of the Elephant Theatre 2004–2014.

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

GORDON DAVIDSON (Founding Artistic Director) led the Taper throughout its first 38 seasons, guiding over 300 productions to its stage and winning countless awards for himself and the theatre—including the Tony Award for theatrical excellence, Margo Jones Award, The Governor’s Award for the Arts, and a Guggenheim fellowship. The Kentucky Cycle and Angels in America (Part One) won the Pulitzer in consecutive years and, in 1994, three of the four plays nominated for the Tony Award for Best Play were from the Taper (Angels in America won). In 1989, Gordon took over the Ahmanson and, in 2004, he produced the inaugural season in the Kirk Douglas Theatre.

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BLOCK PARTY CORE TEAM Patricia Garza.................................................... Producing Associate Chris Reardon.................................................... Production Manager Katie Soff................................................. Assistant General Manager Ian-Julian Williams............................................ Program Coordinator ADDITIONAL STAFF FOR BLOCK PARTY Production Coordinator..............................................Brooke Baldwin Assistant Lighting Designer..........................................Meghan Hong Assistant Costume Designer......................................... Kat Patterson Prop Artisans....................................Eric Babb, Kitty Murphy Youngs Tailor........................................................................Swantje Tuohino First Hand................................................................. Heather Patton Stitcher............................................................................Bert Henert Carpentry Crew............ Daniel del Busto, Ryan Fischer, Bo Foxworth, ...............................................Curt Gavin, Joe Hallum, Kate Harrow, .................................. Ryan Howard, Marcelo Olivas, Randall Pound Electrics Crew.................Brittany Cobb, Maggie Darago, Evan Drane, .......................................Daniel del Busto, Lucas Garrity, Brian Guy, ........................................................Lunchbox, Alif Marchi, Ed Rehr

CREDITS Additional costumes, props, and scenery provided by the Center Theatre Group Shop.

FRONT-OF-HOUSE LEADS Trevor Algatt, AJ Meijer, Tarah Pollock FRONT-OF-HOUSE LEAD SWINGS Chase Anderson-Shaw, Bradford Barnes, Eduardo FernandezBaumann, Stephen Lydic, Adrienne Marquand

CONCIERGES Olivia Choate, Brandon Cutts, Megan DeHart, David Hunter Jr., Eric Eberle, Amber Espinosa-Jones, Angela Garcia,Tara Griffo, Isaac Jay, Joan Kubicek, Sarah Lindsley, Chelsey Maus, Rachel McVay, Janice Motuapuaka, Nicole Naito, Brenda Phillips, Daniel Rashid, Denise Reynoso, Leve Ross, Pia Shah, Diana Spieller, Michayla Van Treeck

DISCUSSION LEADERS Chase Anderson-Shaw, Candice Clasby, Eduardo FernandezBaumann, Stephen Lydic, Adrienne Marquand, Isabella Petrini, Jor-el Vaasborg

CONCESSIONS Brandon Cutts, Megan DeHart, Abilene Gonzalez, Monica Greene, Mike Lanahan, Rachel McVay

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

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

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

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

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

ARTISTIC NEEL KELLER...............................................................Associate Artistic Director KELLEY KIRKPATRICK................................................. Associate Artistic Director DIANE RODRIGUEZ..................................................... Associate Artistic Director LINDSAY ALLBAUGH.............................................................. Associate Producer PATRICIA GARZA ...................................Artistic Development Program Manager JOY MEADS ............................ Literary Manager/Artistic Engagement Strategist ANDREW LYNFORD ...................................................................Casting Associate IAN-JULIAN WILLIAMS ....................................Program Coordinator, Block Party MATTHEW BOURNE, DANAI GURIRA, ANNA D. SHAPIRO ......................................................................Associate Artists DAVID ADJMI (FADIMAN), LUIS ALFARO, JON ROBIN BAITZ, SHEILA CALLAGHAN (FADIMAN), STEVE CUIFFO, LISA D’AMOUR, WILL ENO (FADIMAN), DANAI GURIRA, JENNIFER HALEY, DAVID HENRY HWANG, NAOMI IIZUKA, LARS JAN, LISA KRON, KIMBER LEE, YOUNG JEAN LEE, TREY LYFORD, LAURAL MEADE, RICHARD MONTOYA, JANINE NABERS (FADIMAN), LYNN NOTTAGE, QUI NGUYEN, DAN O’BRIEN, DENIS O’HARE, LISA PETERSON, MARCO RAMIREZ, AL SMITH, ROGER GUENVEUR SMITH, GEOFF SOBELLE, GOB SQUAD, JEANINE TESORI, PAULA VOGEL, TRACEY SCOTT WILSON (FADIMAN), KAREN ZACARÍAS (FADIMAN).........................Commissioned Artists JEFF AUGUSTIN, MARCUS GARDLEY, ALESHA HARRIS, LAURA JACQMIN, MOLLY SMITH METZLER, MATTHEW PAUL OLMOS, JIEHAE PARK ............L.A. Writers’ Workshop Members HANA S. KIM......................................................Sherwood Award Recipient, 2018 EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS LESLIE K. JOHNSON............. Director of Social Strategy, Innovation and Impact TYRONE DAVIS........................................ Director of Education and Engagement KATHRYN MACKENZIE ......................................Department Operations Director TRACI KWON.................................................. Arts Education Initiatives Director CAMILLE SCHENKKAN..................................Next Generation Initiatives Director JESUS REYES...................................................Community Partnerships Director ADAM NICOLAI.................................................Arts Education Program Manager FELIPE M. SANCHEZ....................................Program Manager, Emerging Artists and Arts Professionals JENNIFER HARRELL............................................................. Operations Assistant DEBRA PIVER................................................................. Resident Teaching Artist MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION NAUSICA STERGIOU................................................................... General Manager ........................................................... (Mark Taper Forum, Kirk Douglas Theatre) JEFFREY UPAH ........................................ General Manager (Ahmanson Theatre) KATIE SOFF......................................................................... Asst General Manager .................................................. (Mark Taper Forum, Kirk Douglas Theatre, NPD) CASEY MCDERMOTT..........................................General Management Associate MEGAN ALVORD....................................................................... Company Manager ........................................................... (Mark Taper Forum, Kirk Douglas Theatre) ERIC SIMS...................... Director of Theatre Operations (Kirk Douglas Theatre) MAX OKEN..............................................Facility Manager (Kirk Douglas Theatre) JAQUELYN JOHNSON................................House Manager (Kirk Douglas Theatre) SONDRA MAYER............................Concessions Manager (Kirk Douglas Theatre) ALANA BEIDELMAN.......................... Executive Assistant to the Artistic Director EVELYN STAFFORD....................... Executive Assistant to the Managing Director PRODUCTION DAWN HOLISKI................................ Production Department Operations Director JOE HAMLIN............................................ Technical Director/Production Manager .............................................................................................. (Ahmanson Theatre) SHAWN ANDERSON..................................Master Carpenter (Ahmanson Theatre) STAN STEELMON................................ Master Propertyman (Ahmanson Theatre) JAMES WRIGHT....................................... Master Electrician (Ahmanson Theatre) ROBERT SMITH...................................... Master Soundman (Ahmanson Theatre) SHANE ANDERSON................................................... Flyman (Ahmanson Theatre) MICHAEL GARDNER.......................... Wardrobe Supervisor (Ahmanson Theatre) PATRICE K. MADRIGAL........................................... Hair and Make-up Supervisor .............................................................................................. (Ahmanson Theatre) CHRISTINE L. COX.......................................House Manager (Ahmanson Theatre) JONATHAN BARLOW LEE...................... Production Manager (Mark Taper Forum) EMMET KAISER.........................................Master Carpenter (Mark Taper Forum) ROBERT RUBY..................................... Master Propertyman (Mark Taper Forum) BONES MALONE...................................... Master Soundman (Mark Taper Forum) DENNIS SEETOO.................................. Wardrobe Supervisor (Mark Taper Forum) RICK GEYER.............................. Hair & Make-up Supervisor (Mark Taper Forum) LINDA WALKER ........................................... House Manager (Mark Taper Forum)

CHRISTOPHER REARDON......................................................Production Manager ...........................................................................................(Kirk Douglas Theatre) KATIE CHEN..................... Assistant Production Manager (Kirk Douglas Theatre) AARON STAUBACH..............................Master Electrician (Kirk Douglas Theatre) ADAM PHALEN .............................................. Head Audio (Kirk Douglas Theatre) SEAN MEYER .......................................... Light Board Programmer and Operator ...........................................................................................(Kirk Douglas Theatre) CAMBRIA CHICHI............................Wardrobe Supervisor (Kirk Douglas Theatre) CHAD SMITH............................................................ Associate Technical Director KRYSTIN MATSUMOTO............................................. Assistant Technical Director LEE O’REILLY............................................................ Assistant Technical Director SEAN KLOC...................................................................................... Shop Foreman ANDREW THIELS............................................................................... Prop Director MERRIANNE NEDREBERG..............................................Associate Prop Manager CANDICE CAIN........................................................................... Costume Director BRENT M. BRUIN..............................................................Costume Shop Manager MADDIE KELLER..................................................................... Costume Generalist WHITNEY OPPENHEIMER...............................................................Shop Assistant SWANTJE TUOHINO........................................................................................Tailor ELIZABETH LEONARD.............................................................. Facilities Manager JULIO A. CUELLAR.......................................................................Driver/Custodian JOE HALLAM, RYAN HOWARD.....................................................................Drivers PETER WYLIE....................................................................Production Coordinator FINANCE, INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND HUMAN RESOURCES CHERYL SHEPHERD...........................................................Chief Financial Officer SARAH STURDIVANT.................................... Director of Finance and Technology SUZANNE BROWN...................................................................................Controller 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 STAN GRUSHESKY............................................ Director of Information Systems MANDY RATLIFF..............................................Sr. Database & Web Administrator ASH LEWIS......................................................................Help Desk Administrator JODY HORWITZ........................................................Director of Human Resources PJ. PHILLIPS.................................................Senior Human Resources Generalist MOSS ADAMS............................................................................................. Auditor MICHAEL C. DONALDSON, LISA A. CALLIF..................................... Legal Counsel GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER......................................................... Legal Counsel INSTITUTIONAL ADVANCEMENT YVONNE CARLSON BELL..........................Director of Institutional Advancement TYLER ENNIS............................... Deputy Director of Institutional Advancement LIZ LIN........................................................................... Director of Development, ...................................................................... Artist and Entertainment Relations CHARITY WU................................................ Director of Major Gifts Stewardship BECKY BIRDSONG................................... Major Gifts and Planned Giving Officer KATY HILTON........... Associate Director of Foundation and Government Support LAURA HITE.......................................................................Manager of Major Gifts TERRA GOULDEN.................................................................... Major Gifts Officer DANIELLE LESNER............................... Associate Director of Donor Engagement MANDI OR.................................................... Associate Director of Special Events ROBBIE MARTIN..................................Associate Director of Corporate Relations DONALD JOLLY.......................................................Donor Experience Coordinator KIM OKAMURA ............................................................................ Grants Manager ERIN SCHLABACH........................................Manager of Major Gifts Stewardship ERIC SEPPALA......................................Board Liaison and Executive Assistant to ............................................................the Director of Institutional Advancement MATTHEW SUTPHIN................................... Institutional Advancement Associate EDUARDO MOLLINEDO-PIÑÓN.............................Donor Membership Coordinator MIKE RATTERMAN........................................................ Donor Advisor Supervisor AL BERMAN, KATE CAMPBELL, ELIZABETH DELLORUSSO, DAVID GARVER, JESSICA KATZ, BENJAMIN SCHWARTZ, NICOLE SCIPIONE, PAUL VITAGLIANO, BILL WALTON ................................................................................ Donor Advisors KARLA GALVEZ, JUSTINE PEREZ................................ Donor Services Associates WAUKENA CUYJET, MURRAY E. HELTZER, CECILIA MONTES............................................................Development Volunteers

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

MARKETING DEBORAH WARREN..............................................................Director of Marketing KYLE HALL.......................................................Advertising & Promotions Director GARRETT COLLINS.......................... Senior Marketing Manager, Strategy & CRM ARIE LEVINE........... Senior Marketing Manager, Ahmanson & Mark Taper Forum KIYOMI EMI.........................................Marketing Manager, Promotions & Events EMYLI GUDMUNDSON.........................Marketing Manager, Kirk Douglas Theatre LAUREN VAN VLEET............................................. Sales & Marketing Coordinator DEANNA McCLURE...............................................................................Art Director IRENE T. KANESHIRO....................................................... Senior Design Manager SANDI SILBERT............................................................................ Senior Designer TARA NITZ.................................................................................. Graphic Designer JAVIER VASQUEZ........................................................................ Graphic Designer COMMUNICATIONS JAMES SIMS..............................................................Director of Communications JASON MARTIN........................................................................... Head of Publicity KRISTI AVILA............................................................................................ Publicist KAREN BACELLAR.........................................................................Junior Publicist SARAH ROTHBARD.................... Senior Manager, Communications and Editorial ARIELLE LAUB.........................................................Communications Coordinator SAMMY LOPEZ...............................................................Social Media Coordinator SARAH GOLDBAUM.........................................................Digital Product Manager HAL BANFIELD......................................................................Multimedia Producer TICKET SALES AND SERVICES SHAWN ROBERTSON............................................................ Ticket Sales Director SKYPP CABANAS........................................................ Ticket Operations Manager 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 GARY HOLLAND, DEBORAH REED........................................... Audience Services ....................................................................................................Sales Associates SAM AARON, JEREMIE ARENCIBIA, KIMBERLY ARENCIBIA, VICKI BERNDT, CARLOS D. CHAVEZ, JR., KAITLYN GALVEZ, MICHAEL ESPINOZA, ANASTASHIA GARCIA, EILEEN PEREZ, LEX SAVKO, TEVIN WILLIAMS.......................................... Audience Services Representatives DANUTA SIEMAK................................................ Subscriber Services Supervisor CHRISTINA GUTIERREZ ........................... Subscriber Services Asst. Supervisor IRENE CHUANG, LIGIA PISTE, PETER STALOCH....................Subscriber Services ..........................................................................................Senior Representatives SARAH K. GONTA .................................................................. Box Office Treasurer ANGELICA CARBAJAL, KISHISA ROSS................................. Assistant Treasurers MICHAEL KEMPISTY, KEVIN LAUVER, MICHAEL SALTZMAN, CRIS SPACCA............................................................................... Box Office Staff KERRY KORF.................................................................. Priority Services Director SUSAN F. TULLER..................................... Priority Services Operations Manager CANDICE WALTERS............................................ Priority Services Sales Manager PAUL CUEN.................................................................. Priority Services Manager KRISTEN SCHRASS...................................Priority Services Assistant Supervisor ................................................................................................................................

BEALENE AHERN, CLAY BUNKER, MAGGIE DODD, NATALIE DRESSEL, SOFIJA DUTCHER, MARC “BYRON” DROTMAN, FRANK ENSENBERGER, LOU GEORGE, BRAD GRIFFITH, SHEP KOSTER, JORDAN KRSNAK, IAN PRICE, MICHAEL SMITH, DIANE WARD, DELLA WOOD...............................Priority Service Representatives COURTNEY CLARK, DOMINIQUE CORONA, INDA CRAIG-GALVAN, ANTHONY CRESPO, ANGEL GUTIERREZ, MARC HILLS, ALISON HOROWITZ, NICCI JUSTICE, NICOLA KUNDANMAL, VICTORIA SANCHEZ, SYDNEY SKIDMORE, SOPHIE THOMASON, KIMBERLY VERNON................Interns

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DONOR RECOGNITION

BY LEIGH Fondakowski DIRECTED BY MARTIN JARVIS

SPILL

“A demand for accountability...and a cry for sanity.” — The Washington Post

MAY 17-20

THE JAMES BRIDGES THEATER/UCLA When the Deepwater Horizon exploded in 2010, eleven men paid the ultimate price and countless thousands who call the Gulf Coast home found their lives irrevocably altered. These WITH are their stories, told in their Jane Kaczmarek own words.

JULY 12-15

I LOVE LUCY: A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE SITCOM

By Gregg Oppenheimer

UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL

Special Thanks to Artistic Director’s Circle Members for Supporting Center Theatre Group The Artistic Director’s Circle, founded by Brindell and Milton Gottlieb, is comprised of individuals supporting specific areas of Michael Ritchie’s artistic vision for Center Theatre Group. Since its founding in 2005, members have aligned their support with over 50 productions on our stages. The following individuals have made commitments of $100,000 and above. (DONORS LISTED AS OF MARCH 2, 2018.)

Anonymous (2)

Eileen & Ken Kaplan

Judith & Thomas Beckmen

Terri & Jerry Kohl

Thomas Beers

The Labowe Family Foundation

Gail Berman-Masters

The Eugene La Pietra Foundation

Diana Buckhantz & Vladimir & Araxia Buckhantz Foundation

Jody & David Lippman

Susanne & Greg Daniels Nancy & Donald de Brier Cástulo de la Rocha & Zoila Escobar Erica & Vin Di Bona Kirk & Anne Douglas Louise & Brad Edgerton Amy Forbes & Andrew Murr Cindy & Gary Frischling Eric & Nancy Garen Kiki & David Gindler Patricia Glaser & Sam Mudie Brindell Roberts Gottlieb Aliza Karney Guren & Marc Guren Ann & Stephen F. Hinchliffe, Jr. June & Gareth Hughes Stanley Iezman & Nancy Stark

Renee & Meyer Luskin Ruth Flinkman-Marandy & Ben Marandy Louise Moriarty & Patrick Stack Deena & Edward Nahmias Bill Resnick & Michael Stubbs Lloyd E. Rigler - Lawrence E. Deutsch Foundation Laura & James Rosenwald & Orinoco Foundation Deidra Norman Schumann Donna Schweers & Tom Geiser Maggy & Jack Simon Judie Stein & Stein Family Foundation Eva & Marc Stern Sue Tsao Sheila & Wally Weisman Misty Widelitz

Marvin Jubas & Janet Wald Jubas

Artists & Educators Forum ($20,000+) The Artists & Educators Forum, founded by Joni and Miles Benickes, is comprised of individuals dedicated to providing significant funding for Center Theatre Group’s New Play Production and Education and Community Partnerships programs.

(DONORS LISTED AS OF MARCH 2, 2018.)

Anonymous Melissa & Bob Alvarado Joni & Miles Benickes Joan & Rob Blackman Annette Blum Marla S. Campagna In Memory of Morris A. Hazan Dori & Doug Howell In Support of New Theatre Artists

Jane Rissman & Richard Sondheimer Bruce & Randy Ross Elliott R. Sernel Eugene & Marilyn Stein Sunshine Stone Donna & John Sussman Anne C. Taubman Peter & Iona Tompkins Karen & William Timberlake

Mr. & Mrs. Gerald W. Kehle

Robin & Gary Ungar

Kelton Fund/Lenny & David Kelton

Hope Landis Warner

Vicki King

Suzanne V. Wilson

Harry & Arlette Lumer

Marilyn Ziering

Linda S. Peterson

L.A. Theatre Works has entertained the world for over 40 years with our signature radio theatre format.

No sets, no costumes, just great performances.

TICKETS AND INFORMATION

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

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

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This is me.

A dry sense of humor.

A penchant for camembert.

The quiet company of a good dog.

A serious crossword puzzle habit.

A sharpened no. 2 pencil.

A pot of violets.

Vista del Monte

This is my community. Here, I am free to discover, learn and do what I love, in the company of good friends. There’s a whole-person approach to wellness— mind, body and spirit. In this beautiful neighborhood, set amid tall pines and just a few miles from the beach, I feel fulfilled, whole. At Vista del Monte, I’m home.

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JOIN US FOR AN EXCITING SEASON OF DANCE, MUSIC, THEATER AND MORE! MARCH 22, 2018 Zurich Chamber Orchestra and Daniel Hope

Foundation Support These institutions support Center Theatre Group’s operations, arts education programs, artistic development program, or specific projects.

For more information, call our grants information line at 213.972.3022.

THE AHMANSON FOUNDATION ANNENBERG FOUNDATION CENTER THEATRE GROUP AFFILIATES DISNEY THEATRICAL GROUP DORIS DUKE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION EDGERTON FOUNDATION ELISABETH KATTE HARRIS TRUST THE HEARST FOUNDATIONS THE ANDREW W. MELLON FOUNDATION THE RALPH M. PARSONS FOUNDATION

Dada Masilo’s Giselle

LLOYD E. RIGLER-LAWRENCE E. DEUTSCH FOUNDATION LAURA & JAMES ROSENWALD & ORINOCO FOUNDATION

MARCH 29, 2018 Broadway @ The Wallis: Chita Rivera with Seth Rudetsky

THE SHUBERT FOUNDATION, INC.

APRIL 5 - 7, 2018 L.A. Dance Project

Diana Buckhantz & Vladimir & Araxia Buckhantz Foundation

APRIL 12 - 14, 2018 Dada Masilo’s Giselle

Joseph Drown Foundation

THE HAROLD AND MIMI STEINBERG CHARITABLE TRUST TIME WARNER FOUNDATION INC. Sascha Brastoff Foundation Brookside Fund

The Carol & James Collins Foundation The Culver City Education Foundation Fineshriber Family Foundation Ella Fitzgerald Charitable Foundation Lawrence P. Frank Foundation

APRIL 18, 2018 Gene Kelly: The Legacy

The Friars Charitable Foundation The Rosalinde & Arthur Gilbert Foundation Laurents/Hatcher Foundation

APRIL 20, 2018 Laurie Anderson: All The Things I Lost In The Flood

Lear Family Foundation

APRIL 25, 2018 Jeremy Denk, Piano

Sony Pictures Entertainment

The Norman & Sadie Lee Foundation New England Foundation for the Arts The Kenneth T. & Eileen L. Norris Foundation The Perkins Charitable Foundation Rosenthal Family Foundation The Fran & Ray Stark Foundation Dwight Stuart Youth Fund

APRIL 27 - MAY 20, 2018 Blues in the Night

Government Support

APRIL 28, 2018 A Shakespeare Jubilee

Center Theatre Group appreciates the support of the following agencies: California Arts Council The City of Culver City City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs Los Angeles County Arts Commission National Endowment for the Arts

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The Warner Grand Theater San Pedro, Ca

The Love Potion

Only two performances

Music by Frank Martin

Sunday, May 13th • 2:30PM Saturday, May 19th • 7:30PM

Tristan and Isolde's epic love story set to a passionate score 562-470-SING (7464) • LONGBEACHOPERA.ORG • Tickets $49-$150

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DONOR RECOGNITION

Entertainment Circle

THE SORAYA

The Valley’s Center for the Performing Arts

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

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

RAISE THE ROOF John Clayton

JAZZ AT THE SORAYA

(DONORS LISTED AS OF FEBRUARY 16, 2018.)

THE CLAYTON-HAMILTON JAZZ ORCHESTRA Apr 5 | 8PM

MULTI-YEAR DONORS

Florence C. Agcawili Greg Basser & Kiera O’Neill

Winifred C. Hervey

Paula Brand

Alicia Hirsch & Jesse Russo

Norman Buckley, In Memory of Davyd Whaley Cécile McLorin Salvant

Nick Dudzak

Infectious fun of big band music from the swing era CÉCILE MCLORIN SALVANT Apr 18, 19 | 8PM

Amir ElSaffar

Carrying the legacies of Sara Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald, and Billie Holiday in our New York- style jazz club setting AMIR ELSAFFAR’S TWO RIVERS ENSEMBLE Apr 26 | 8PM

Karen Hermelin & Mark Borman

Greg H. Dunn Michael Hanel & Steven Linder

Phil Hettema

Sean Johnson & Alex Ocampo Idea Asylum Productions & Dr. Allegra & Mr. Sheppard Kaufman Sarah E. Kiefer

Donna L. Herman

Dr. Peter A. Krikes

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Nita Whitaker LaFontaine

James & Melanie Renfroe

Marla E. Levine

Eileen T’Kaye & David Bischoff

Mr. Theodore K. Martinez

Mr. Charles W. Weeks Marc Zachary ANNUAL DONORS

Joette Marks Maria D. Mercado Carla Meyer & Charles Arnold Tina J. Miller Lawrence A. Mirisch

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Mr. Irving H. Anderson

Chinsook Kim Moore

Amy Aquino & Drew McCoy

Jonathan B. Murray

TERENCE BLANCHARD BREATHLESS FEATURING THE E-COLLECTIVE May 1, 2 | 8PM

G.W. Bailey Corinne Baldassano

Shelley Powsner & Stephen Skrovan

John Bowab

Mr. Stephen H. Purvis

Diane & Dorothy Brooks Foundation

Don Foster & Erin Quigley

William H. Brown II

Michael Reisz & Jeff Rago

Terence Blanchard

Anonymous (2)

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Rick Buche & Vin Reilly Marcy Carsey Veronica Cartwright

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Catherine Gessner

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Jennifer Crittenden & William Wrubel

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

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FELLOW CIRCLE (CONTINUED) ANNUAL DONORS: Anonymous (5), Gay & Harry Abrams/Abrams Artists Agency, Brenda & Alan Abramson, Amy & Bob Abramson, Andrew Aichlmayr, Dr. O. Allen Alpay, Susan Alschuler, Robert C. Anderson, Suzanne & Bill Attig, James Baer, Melanie & Gregory Barbee, Eric & Jasna Baron, Norma Barretta, Barbara Bauer & Lawrence Cox, Lois Barth & Michael Schubach, Chris & Rose Bauss, Marjorie Beale, Beth Bennett & Larry McAdams, James P. Bennett & Company, 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, Janice R. Brittain, Dr. Leon & Rochelle Brooks, Dr. Lisa Bukaty & Mr. Raymond M. Bukaty, The Burleigh Family, Linda Stafford Burrows, Sean & Teresa Burton, Carol & Ken Carlson, In Memory of Linda Rivera-Venezia, Eric Chien, Nicholas Chrisos, Mary Coates, Dr. Frederic H. Corbin, M.D., Richard Jr. & Darlene Crook, Trisha Curry, Louise & Jeffrey Davis, Jonathan de Armas, Dr. Allison Diamant, Jessie J. Duffy, Dr. & Mrs. William Duxler, Richard J. Burdge Jr. & Lee Smalley Edmon, Mr. & Mrs. James Eldridge, Earl & Karen Enzer, Louise & Charles Escoffery, Victoria I. Evers, Alan & Barbara Faiola, Frances & Terry Flanagan, Pat Fleming, The Franke Family Trust, Joanne Freed & Richard C. Mendelson, Dr. & Mrs. Jerry Garrett, Kate & Dr. Stephen Geller, Daniel & Cynthia Glick, Stephen Glick & Sylvia Turk, Lenore S. & Bernard A. Greenberg Fund, Beverly & Felix Grossman, Claudia & Tom Grzywacz, Mr. & Mrs. Paul J. Guerin, Roberta L. Haft, Sam Harris, Mark & Julie Harrison, Steve & Toya Harrison, Michael S. Lurey & Laurie Hasencamp, Tanna Handley Havlick, Hays & Clark Family, Michelle & Dr. Alan Heilpern, Gail & Murray Heltzer, Dr. Stephen D. Henry & Rudy Oclaray, Fritz Hoelscher, Rand Hoffman & Charlotte Robinson, Jim & Gloria Hopper, Mr. & Mrs. William H. Hurt, Susan & Larry Ivanjack, Roslyn & Warren Jacobson, Lee Ann & Riley Janek, Audrey & Edgar Jessup, Gordon Johnson & Barbara Schnell, Mark A. Kadzielski, Judith & Russell Kantor, Regina & Richard G. Kaplan, Michael Keir, Jackie A. Kern, Karen & Bob Knapp, Gail J. Levine, V. P. Sessions, Bill Kobin & Frances Goodman, Norman & Leslie Koplof, Castro Krinel, The Kwon Family Foundation, In Memory of Alfred R. Lander, Mr. & Mrs. Jack D. Lantz, Sharon Lapid, Bob Leibowitz, M.D., Curtis Lelash, Gordon Lemke & Brian Rodgers, Constance Leonard, Dinny & David Lesser, Ronald Levenson & Marcia Gold Levenson, Carrie & Mark Levinson & Emily, Lauren & Max, Philip LoGiudice, M.D., Mr. & Mrs. Mark S. Louchheim, Alan Ludwig, Dorian & Paul Markovits, M. Michele Martin, Susan D. Martynec, James A. Zapp & Elizabeth A. McGlynn, Tony Melia, Helen Michaels, Joanne & Joel Mogy, Sue & Monty Mohrman, Toni & Tom Morgan, Ron Myrick, Patty & John Nickoll, Marc I. Nishino, D.D.S., Valerie Oishi, Dr. Willa O. Olsen, Janie & Allan Orenstein, Jennifer N. Owens & Jay T. Ornellas, John Paley, Mr. & Mrs. Mark M. Panatier, Barry & Jane McCullough, Frank & Arlene Pirolo, The Polinger-Cohen Foundation, Paulene Popek, Charlie & Kristi Proctor, Drs. Laurence & Isabell Purdy, Gail & Gary Rachelefsky, Tracy L. Ramont, Michele & Dudley Rauch, Kay & Bob Rehme, Rona Cele Resnick, Stuart & Laurie Rice In Loving Memory of Adam Rice, Mr. & Mrs. Marvin Ring, Fred & Suzie Rose, Lois Rosen, Barbara & Peter Rosenthal, In Honor of Robert Edward Sabol, Janet Salter in Memory of Maxwell Hillary Salter, Drs. Joan & Harry Saperstein, Linda & Clifford Schaffer, Marlene & Roger Schaffner, Darlene Schultz, Scott & Julie Schumacher, Carol (Jackie) & Charles H. Schwartz, Amy & Andy Schwartz, Jean L. Scroggy, Linda M. Sherman, Ruth Silveira, Louis & Mary Silver Foundation, Debra J. Silvera-Sheehan, Harlean & Joseph Silverman, Shani Smolens & In Memory of Dr. Bernard Smolens, Drs. Debra & Philip Sobol, Sue & Steve Soldoff, Allen & Arleen Steiner, Susan R. Stockel, Jayashree & Jeff Sung, Robin & David Swartz, Mari & Randall Tamura, Mary & Peter Tennyson, Patricia R. Torres, Wendie Warwick & Ken Pierce, Jessica M. Weisel, Ms. Jean M. Wilkinson, Edward Wolkowitz Family, Evan Wooten, Virginia & Greg Young, The Zolkover Family

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–The New Yorker A celebration of music, community, and the Ojai Valley renewed: • Premieres of staged concerts Bye Bye Beethoven and Dies Irae • New work by Michael Hersch • Performance of Ligeti’s Violin Concerto • Free concerts of Luigi Nono and Luciano Berio in Libbey Park

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DONOR RECOGNITION

Center Theatre Group Affiliates Kim White Peterson, President

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

EXECUTIVE BOARD Anne Bruner* Cariline Davis Dyer Ilene Eisenberg Roberta Haft* Christine Harte Tobé Karns Diane Kessler* Thea F. Koss Rita Lee Diane Lesser Jerri Nagelberg Diane Neubauer*

Sheila Poncher* Marsha Tauber Sallai June Sanders Sattler*♦ Carmen Schaye Maggy Simon Carole Solomon Marilyn Stambler* Donna Sussman* Janice Brock Wallace* Janice Weiner Rosalind Zane*

MEMBERS Gail Ann Andrews Arthe P. Anthony Sandy Avchen♦ Janet Barnet*♦ Sue Bass Judith Beckmen*♦ Marjorie Bender Marjorie Ann Beradino Lanie Bernhard Deena Blum Lestrita Boardman♦ Audrey L. Bornstein Alice Desobry Bowens♦ Roanna Araneta Brown Elnora Guerrero Campos Marlene Theresa Charbonnet Barbara Mansfield Cheyne*♦ Jan Cobert Victoria Cushey Mary Levin Cutler♦ Judi Davidson Babe Eagle Gloria H. Ellwood* Lynda Wolfson Fadel Stephanie Fisher-White Ruth Flinkman-Marandy♦ Joey Freed♦ Carolyn H. Fried Ava O. Fries*♦ Myra Gabbay Carole A. Gillie Linda Goldfein Linda Goldman♦ Dina Goldstein Debra C. Gordon Brindell Gottlieb Carol Halperin Stephanie J. Hibler Audrey V. Jessup Barbara Krasnoff Beau Lavine

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*Past Presidents ♦Executive Board Members at Large

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DONOR RECOGNITION

Endowment Gifts

Anne Marie Ketchum LaraineAccompanist Ann Madden Artistic Director

These gifts ensure a stable source of support for new work and Center Theatre Group’s many initiatives to make theatre accessible to underserved audiences.

Excerpts from the operas La Forza del Destino • Nabucco • La Traviata Die Fledermaus

T HEF ORCE D ESTINY

$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

Shana Blake Hill

$100,000+

Betsy & Harold Applebaum

Soprano

Judith & Thomas Beckmen The Sheri and Les Biller Family Foundation

Ben Lowe

Kenneth Corday

Ava & Charles Fries Brindell & Milton Gottlieb The Hearst Foundation, Inc. Vicki King Gloria Lothrop Richard G. & Virginia L. Martin

Mezzo-Soprano

Tenor

Center Theatre Group Affiliates

Barbara & Peter Fodor

Karin Mushegain

Alex Boyer

Maynard & Linda Brittan— Traub-Brittan Family Trust

Regina Fadiman

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more information and to order tickets Sat., April 28 • 7:30 pm For www.verdichorus.org Sun., April 29 • 2:00 pm or call 800-838-3006

$40 Priority Seats, $30 General, $25 Seniors, $10 Students | All Credit Cards Accepted First United Methodist Church 1008 11th Street, Santa Monica

These concerts are made possible in part, by the L.A. County Board of Supervisors, through the L.A. County Arts Commission, and the City of Santa Monica Arts Commission.

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

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John Ford Samuel Fuller George Stevens

from Hollywood to Nuremberg

$10,000+

A and J Davidson Skipper Award Fund Levine Foundation Carolyn & Kit Lokey Betty & Sanford Sigoloff For more information on making a planned or endowment gift, call Becky Birdsong at 213.972.7532.

On exhibit at Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust through April 30, 2018 An exhibit exploring the work of three Hollywood filmmakers who documented the liberation of concentration camps for the U.S. Armed Forces in 1945, creating footage that was used as evidence at the Nuremberg Trials.

The exhibition, curated by historian and film director Christian Delage, was designed, created, and distributed by the Mémorial de la Shoah (Paris, France), and made possible through the generous support of SNCF.

100 The Grove Drive Los Angeles, CA 90036 (323) 651-3704 | www.lamoth.org Photo: George Stevens and his crew, France, 1944 © Courtesy of the Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Beverly Hills, CA

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DONOR RECOGNITION

ANNA CAMP

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Center Theatre Group Corporate Circle Sheri Biller, Founding Chair

belleville Written by Amy Herzog Directed by Jenna Worsham

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

(DONORS LISTED AS OF MARCH 2, 2018.)

CORPORATE CIRCLE CABINET Jonathan Axel, Chair

“A thrillingly good play.”

—Charles Isherwood, The New York Times

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BOARD OF SUPERVISORS COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES Support from the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors plays an invaluable role in the successful operation of The Music Center.

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

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2017 Spotlight Grand Prize Finalists

Celebrate 30 Years of Excellence The Music Center’s Spotlight program is a journey to excellence that guides young artists to focus their passions, to strive and to succeed. Since 1988, Southern California high school students have come to The Music Center for world-class arts training, scholarships and college and career guidance — at no cost to them.

Acting • Ballet • Classical Instrumental • Classical Voice • Jazz Instrumental Non-classical Dance • Non-Classical Voice Join The Music Center as we develop tomorrow’s outstanding artists and leaders.

To learn more or get involved, please contact Laura Recchi at (213) 972-4344 or spotlightsupport@musiccenter.org, or visit musiccenter.org/spotlight.

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More than $2.2 million awarded in scholarships.

More than 42,000 alumni including Misty Copeland, Josh Groban, Miles Mosley, Danielle de Niese, Adam Lambert, Liang Wang, Lindsay Mendez and Matthew Rushing.

The Music Center’s Spotlight 30th Anniversary Finale Performance

June 5, 2018 Walt Disney Concert Hall

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AMERICAN BALLET THEATRE JULY 13 – 15

THE MUSIC CENTER’S DOROTHY CHANDLER PAVILION

musiccenter.org/abt | (213) 972-0711 GROUPS OF 10+: (213) 972-8555 | mcgroupsales@musiccenter.org American Ballet Theatre’s Misty Copeland in La Bayadère. Photo by Rosalie O’Connor.

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APRIL TUE 03 APR / 11:00 a.m.

LUNCH À LA PARK: Food Trucks GRAND PARK EVERY TUE/WED/THU THU 5 APR / 12:15 p.m.

LUNCH À LA PARK: Spring Concerts featuring L.A.’s Youth Artists GRAND PARK Thru 5/31 EVERY THU THU 05 APR / 8:00 p.m.

Mahler’s Song of the Earth LA PHIL Walt Disney Concert Hall Thru 4/8 THU 05 APR / 8:30 p.m.

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Dudamel Conducts Beethoven 9 LA PHIL Walt Disney Concert Hall Thru 4/22 FRI 20 APR / 7:30 p.m.

Complexions Contemporary Ballet THE MUSIC CENTER Dorothy Chandler Pavilion Thru 4/22 SAT 21 APR / 8:30 p.m.

David Rosenboom and Lewis Klahr: Battle Hymn for Insurgent Arts REDCAT Roy And Edna Disney / Calarts Theater SUN 22 APR / 7:00 p.m.

Colburn Orchestra LA PHIL Walt Disney Concert Hall

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Les Violons du Roy LA PHIL Walt Disney Concert Hall THU 26 APR / 8:30 p.m.

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REDCAT Roy And Edna Disney / Calarts Theater Thru 4/28 FRI 27 APR / 6:00 p.m.

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Bajofondo LA PHIL Walt Disney Concert Hall SUN 29 APR / 7:30 p.m.

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