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Dear Audience Member, We have two quintessentially American stories onstage at Center Theatre Group this month, both with an indelible sense of place.

Bright Star, from Grammy® winners Steve Martin and Edie Brickell, is set in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina in the 1940s and 1920s. Its score blends Americana and rock, country and bluegrass; its themes are love and family, betrayal and redemption.

This is a new musical that feels timeless, and we’re very happy to have it at the Ahmanson Theatre.

Head of Passes, by Tarell Alvin McCraney—an Oscar-winner for Moonlight—takes place at the mouth of the Mississippi River. It’s a story about family, too, a contemporary parable of love and faith inspired by the Book of Job. McCraney has written an instant classic role in the matriarch Shelah, one Phylicia Rashad runs with, to astonishing effect. I know that Mark Taper Forum audiences will be very happy to be seeing her onstage once again.

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AROUND CENTER THEATRE GROUP Workshop participants collaborated with Gob Squad at The Music Center Annex. Photo by Ammy Ontiveros.

GOB SQUAD In late July, Center Theatre Group hosted the international artistic collective Gob Squad while they developed their newest piece, a Center Theatre Group commission with the working title of Echo Chamber. Their first Center Theatre Group commission, Western Society, was presented at REDCAT in Downtown Los Angeles in 2014. Echo Chamber is an adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s classic novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray.

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The 2017 Center Theatre Group summer interns on the Taper stage.

created web content, coordinated casting sessions, and prototyped rain effects for productions. Since its inception, Center Theatre Group’s internship program has offered paid work experience and career development opportunities to over 400 college and graduate students around the country. “Center Theatre Group has been a welcoming and creative environment,” said 2017 Summer Corporate Relations Intern Allie Emslie. “I now have a clearer sense of what I want to do post-graduation.” Learn more at CTGLA.org/Internships.

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Ojai Playwrights Conference In early August, two Center Theatre Group alums took the stage with new individual projects at the Southern California Ojai Playwrights Conference (OPC). Part of OPC’s mission is to develop unproduced plays of artistic excellence from diverse writers, and Center Theatre Group artists Jon Robin Baitz and Richard Montoya were there to do just that. Montoya read excerpts from his Center Theatre Group commission (co-written with Roger Guenveur Smith), Venice is Dead: A Wake in One Act. Meanwhile Baitz presented a new draft of his meditation on a contentious presidential election, Vicuña (which Center Theatre Group produced as part of our 2016/17 Douglas Season). Read more about Center Theatre Group’s Ojai connection on page 18.

Richard Montoya reads an excerpt from Venice is Dead: A Wake in One Act, which he co-wrote with Roger Guenveur Smith, at the 2017 Ojai Playwrights Conference So Cal Artistic Power event. Photo by Ruth Ballin.

As part of the final Young Producers Circle event of the 2017/18 Season, our network of young theatre professionals descended on the Ahmanson to enjoy a performance of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. After the show, they gathered with members of the cast at Vespaio in Downtown Los Angeles to discuss the play over drinks and snacks.

COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS Center Theatre Group hosted our first Community Conversation for an Ahmanson show this August. As part of our presentation of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, we curated two Community Conversations on themes and topics brought to life in the play. The first, Neurodiversity: Exploring the Differences in Our Brains, brought together an expert in psychiatry with representatives from the Miracle Project, a pioneer in using inclusive theatre to connect with individuals with autism. The second, Translating Math into Art, explored the relationship between two areas of study which are often thought to be at odds.

The cast of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time with members of the Young Producers Circle.

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Play Reading In August, as part of our ongoing play reading series at Boyle Heights public libraries, Center Theatre Group presented a reading of Curious by José Cruz González in collaboration with Breath of Fire Latina Theatre Ensemble. The play follows a troubled young girl named Curiosidad as she discovers both a world of science and a path toward mending old family wounds.

Julianna Stephanie Ojeda (foreground) with (L-R, background) Richard Soto and Lorna Silva at the Benjamin Franklin Library. Photo by Cristi Burgos.

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Disney movies transcend generations. Grandparents, parents, and children have fallen in love with Snow White and her seven dwarves, have found a hero in Simba, a role model in Belle or Teanna, a mother in Mary Poppins. The songs from these movies are as beloved and unforgettable as the characters (we couldn’t forget Frozen if we tried). In 2010, Disney Theatrical Productions (responsible for such Broadway hits as Beauty and the Beast and The Lion King) gave elementary schoolers a gift perhaps greater than the original films— the Disney Musicals in Schools Program, which helps build sustainable theatre programs in under-resourced public schools.

This August, Center Theatre Group received a $100,000 grant from Disney to bring the Disney Musicals in Schools Program to the Los Angeles area for the next two years. Local public elementary schools will collaborate with Center Theatre Group on 17-week in-school residencies that will expose students and faculty members to the wide spectrum of skills that are developed when producing a piece of musical theatre. Participating schools will receive free performance rights to Disney KIDS Musicals like 101 Dalmatians and Aladdin, a variety of educational materials, and guidance from two Center Theatre Group teaching artists.

The program will culminate in a 30-minute Disney KIDS Musical performance at their school.

To add to the experience, Center Theatre Group will host a Student Share Celebration where selected schools will also have the chance to perform a musical number from their show onstage at the Taper for an audience of students, teachers, and family members.

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Visit CTGLA.org/DisneyMusicalsInSchools to learn more about the Disney Musicals in Schools program and the rest of the work we do with schools and educators across Southern California.

“Following years of successfully collaborating with Disney to bring shows such as Mary Poppins, Aida, and Peter and the Starcatcher to Los Angeles, we are thrilled to become the newest partner in the Disney Musicals in Schools Program,” said Center Theatre Group Director of Social Strategy, Innovation and Impact Leslie K. Johnson. “The program’s focus on

building educators’ capacity to teach musical theatre aligns well with our commitment to supporting teachers as artists and instructional leaders in their own communities.”

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CENTER THEATRE GROUP’S A OJAI CONNECTION Every summer, the Ojai Valley comes alive with new work from some of America’s most exciting theatre artists. For over 20 years, the Ojai Playwrights Conference has developed new and unproduced plays from writers around the country. It’s an endeavor that is led by frequent Center Theatre Group collaborator Robert Egan, who most recently directed our production of Vicuña at the Kirk Douglas Theatre. It’s also the developmental home for many of the projects that have graced our stages. In fact, in the last 20 years, 11 plays developed at Ojai have played Center Theatre Group stages (nine have been World premieres).

“Many of the top American playwrights working today have gotten key support from the Ojai Playwrights Conference,” said Center Theatre Group Artistic Director Michael Ritchie. “We’re lucky to call them both our neighbors and our collaborators.”

Since its first season in 2004/05, the Douglas has been home to some of Center Theatre Group’s most ambitious and exciting new projects. In that light, it’s fitting that the Douglas’s first season also featured the first play to transfer from Ojai to Center Theatre Group. Flight by Charlayne Woodard (also directed by Robert Egan) had its World premiere in January 2005, as part of Center Theatre Group’s educational programing. Since then, the Douglas has played host to many of the plays that made the trek from Ojai to Los Angeles. Some of the most notable of these productions have included works by Jon Robin Baitz (The Paris Letter, the Pulitzer Prize finalist Other Desert Cities, and Vicuña) and the World premiere of Throw Me on the Burnpile and Light Me Up by Academy Award nominee Lucy Alibar. The Tony Award® winner Fun Home also made its way from Ojai to Center Theatre Group when its national our played the Ahmanson Theatre.

At the same Conference an upcoming Center Theatre Group project had its first reading. Back in August of last year, we announced a new commission with Culture Clash founding member Richard Montoya (Water and Power, Chavez Ravine) and performance artist Roger Guenveur Smith (Rodney King).

Since then, what began as an exploration of the origins of Southern California’s iconic Venice Beach has become a new play with the working title of Venice is Dead: A Wake in One Act.

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Some plays that are part of this Ojai connection have a less direct route to our stages. In 2014, Ruby Rae Speigel was a part of the Conference with her play Dry Land. It later transferred Off-Broadway. Then, in 2016, The Echo Theater Company presented their Ovation-winning production of the play, and in May of this year, Center Theatre Group presented that production as part of our inaugural Block Party at the Douglas, bringing the connection full circle.

Any way you look at it, the connection between Ojai and Center Theatre Group remains strong. And it’s connections such as these that have provided a foundation for the last 50 years of our organization and set the stage for our next 50.

This year, our connection to Ojai took a new twist when Baitz’s Vicuña, which premiered at the Douglas in November, returned to the Conference. Baitz wrote Vicuña in the thick of last fall’s historic presidential campaign; it’s the story of a tailor to the rich and famous who is asked by a brash and controversial candidate to create a suit with the power to win him the U.S. presidency. Because the political landscape has changed greatly over the last nine months, Baitz revisited the play this summer, and it received an August reading at Ojai.

Lucy Alibar in the World premiere of Throw Me On The Burnpile and Light Me Up at the Kirk Douglas Theatre.

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SOFT POWER In 2018, Ahmanson audiences will experience Soft Power, a World premiere from theatrical titans David Henry Hwang (M. Butterfly) and Jeanine Tesori (Fun Home).

Not only does this World premiere bring together two of the most wellrespected artists in the American theatre for the first time, it also reunites Center Theatre Group and East West Players (EWP). Center Theatre Group last partnered with EWP in 2007 on our production of Hwang’s Yellow Face at the Taper. This time around, EWP will add Soft Power to their 2017/18 Season and will also collaborate with us on four Community Conversations leading up to the play’s premiere.

Both Hwang and Tesori are recent Center Theatre Group collaborators.

Taper audiences may remember Hwang’s 2002 Tony®-nominated revival of Flower Drum Song, while Ahmanson audiences are sure to recall our 2017 production of Tesori’s Tony-winning Fun Home. With Soft Power, the pair turn their eyes to East-meets-West musicals, China’s 21ST-century rise, and American politics.

“When we started talking with our colleagues at East West Players about ways to collaborate,” said Michael Ritchie, Center Theatre Group’s Artistic Director, “we quickly realized that Soft Power was the perfect opportunity for us to continue a tradition of artistic partnership by bringing our audiences together once again for a unique new work from David Henry Hwang.”

Telling a story that begins as a contemporary play before jumping 100 years into the future and exploding into a Chinese musical about present-day America, Soft Power is inspired by the West’s often ridiculously inauthentic portrayals of Asia in popular culture. It’s a subject perfect for our free Community Conversations program, which brings together local thought leaders to facilitate discussion about the themes and ideas in the plays on our stages. “With this production, our relationship with Center Theatre Group will continue to deepen as we initiate a series of joint Community Conversations on Asian American representation and storytelling,” said Snehal Desai, EWP’s Producing Artistic Director.

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“AN EXPLOSION OF MUSICAL JOY!” –NPR

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

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

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

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

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KIRK ANNE:

Letters of Love, Laughter, and a Lifetime in Hollywood

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

That community gathered in Silver Lake in June in honor of playwright Tracey Scott Wilson (FX’s The Americans, The Good Negro), who recently had received the Center Theatre Group Fadiman Award, which supports the commission of a new play as well as a one-week residency at the company. In addition to feting Wilson, the playwrights caught up on recent goings-on and discussed the state of American theatre.

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

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

OF THE WORKSHOP’S NEARLY 80 PARTICIPANTS, OVER 60 HAVE HAD THEIR PLAYS PRODUCED AT REGIONAL THEATRES AROUND THE COUNTRY. Recent notable plays include Pipeline

by Dominique Morriseau (Lincoln Center Theater), Vietgone

by Qui Nguyen (Manhattan Theatre Club), and The Nether by Jennifer Haley (Royal Court Theatre, Kirk Douglas Theatre).

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

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

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

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

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From Zoot Suit to Water by the Spoonful PLAYWRIGHT QUIARA ALEGRÍA HUDES AND CENTER THEATRE GROUP ASSOCIATE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR DIANE RODRIGUEZ IN CONVERSATION Demian Bichir in Zoot Suit. Photo by Craig Schwartz.

At age 30, Quiara Alegría Hudes had written the book for a Broadway hit, In the Heights. At 35, she had won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, for Water by the Spoonful. Now, at 40, she is one of America’s most widely produced playwrights, and Center Theatre Group is proud to be bringing two of the works in her acclaimed Elliot Trilogy to our stages simultaneously. Water by the Spoonful is onstage at the Mark Taper Forum January 31 – March 11, 2018, while Elliot, A Soldier’s Fugue, a finalist for the 2007 Pulitzer, is onstage at the Kirk Douglas Theatre January 27 – February 25, 2018.

Hudes, who lives in New York City, saw our historic revival of Zoot Suit at the Taper during a February visit to Los Angeles. A few months after, we asked if she’d be game to talk with Associate Artistic Director Diane Rodriguez—a fellow Latina playwright whose newest work, The Sweetheart Deal, had just premiered at The Los Angeles Theatre Center as well as a former member of El Teatro Campesino—about Zoot Suit, writing about immigration and immigrant communities in America today, and the differences between New York and L.A. audiences.

RODRIGUEZ We’re both at different stages in the process of developing new work right now. My new play, which I wrote and directed, just premiered here in Los Angeles after five years of development.

And you’re at work on a show that recently premiered, too.

RODRIGUEZ It’s been an issue for 40 years, actually. That fear of losing, of deportation, it’s always looming, but it looms larger and darker at our doorstep now. It’s a more intense situation.

We saw that with Zoot Suit, too, to a certain degree.

HUDES Miss You Like Hell, a musical, opened at the La Jolla Playhouse last fall. We’re in the process of bringing that to New York for next season. It’s really an expansion of the communities I’ve been writing within. It deals with a Mexican-American mother and daughter. The daughter’s a teenager, and she’s a citizen, and the mother is not a citizen. They spend seven days together before the mother’s final immigration hearing. We were in the middle of the World premiere run when the election happened.

HUDES Before Zoot Suit even began, there was this sense among the audience that this was an event, that this was exciting, that this mattered, that this was relevant. To have a very energized audience coming in—that in and of itself is remarkable, that is not an average audience experience. It was incredible. Luis Valdez wrote about a combustible moment in our culture 40 years ago, and then to unearth that again…that moment still feels extremely combustible in how it is reverberating against the contemporary moment.

And the audience knew what they were in for. The air was charged back then, the air is charged now, and these are the things that affect our lives directly. It could be fun and beautiful and artful and also significant and meaningful in that way, which was very exciting.

RODRIGUEZ That’s so contemporary and urgent.

HUDES I started writing it years ago, and it only got more so as time progressed.

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

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

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

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RODRIGUEZ Zoot Suit has been a very West Coast phenomenon. The original show went to Broadway and opened and closed fairly quickly; there were various reasons why it didn’t work. Do you feel this kind of story is only for the audience in Southern California and the Southwest, or do you think a story like this could go farther and bigger?

HUDES I have no idea. The honest truth is, audiences are different from place to place. And one of the joys of having this career is that I go to different places and sit in the audience, and it’s the first time I’ve been in this place and sat with these people. One of the challenging things about New York is you feel a little bit too cool for school—we all take for granted that great work is just going to be delivered to our laps. It’s really nice to see different audience experiences. But I have no doubt Zoot Suit is very meaningful beyond Los Angeles; there’s no question about that.

RODRIGUEZ You’ve had a lot of success early in your career.

Has that changed the way you write, and the expectations you feel?

HUDES It was certainly a blessing. After the Pulitzer, Water by the Spoonful got more well-known, was put on more syllabi across the country. I’m very fortunate to have that happen with the piece. You can kind of celebrate for a minute, but you have

to get back to the work, to the writing. I just finished editing the galleys of the second edition of Water by the Spoonful. The first edition was published after the first production. After that, I made some edits, especially around the intermission area.

In returning to the text, I do recognize that this play is a little different, that something special happened when I was writing it. It was a kind of confluence of what was in the air culturally and some resources I discovered that felt very charged and energized in my writing life.

RODRIGUEZ When there’s something in the air you become a conduit for, that elevates the work. You become the voice of that moment in your genre. You’re always wanting to be open for that. I think you’re really going to enjoy having Water by the Spoonful at the Taper, where the audience wraps itself around the play, and it becomes a very intimate experience.

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HUDES And I’m thrilled to have Lileana Blain-Cruz, who’s a really muscular director. It’s a challenging piece; there’s this heightened language that’s Shakespearean and this vernacular. In the right hands, really interesting visual ideas happen.

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50TH SEASON 2017/18 FIRST SEASON PRODUCTION

ZOOT SUIT

Written and Directed by Luis Valdez January 31 – April 2, 2017 BONUS PRODUCTION

REMOTE L.A.

By Rimini Protokoll Concept, script, and direction by Stefan Kaegi Co-directed by Jörg Karrenbauer March 12 – April 2, 2017 SECOND SEASON PRODUCTION

THIRD SEASON PRODUCTION

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By Simon Stephens Directed by Mark Brokaw June 28 – August 6, 2017 FOURTH SEASON PRODUCTION

HEAD OF PASSES

By Tarell Alvin McCraney Directed by Tina Landau September 13 – October 22, 2017 FIFTH SEASON PRODUCTION

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HEAD OF PASSES

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

As we celebrate our 50TH Anniversary Season, we would like to take this opportunity to thank the following donors who have made extraordinary investments in Center Theatre Group’s future.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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 Public Theater and Berkeley Repertory Theatre production of

HEAD OF PASSES By

Tarell Alvin McCraney With

Alana Arenas James Carpenter

Francois Battiste John Earl Jelks

Kyle Beltran Phylicia Rashad

J. Bernard Calloway Jacqueline Williams

Scenic Design

Costume Design

Lighting Design

Sound Design

G.W. Mercier

Toni-Leslie James

Jeff Croiter

Rob Milburn Michael Bodeen

Wig and Hair Design

Associate Artistic Director

Production Stage Manager

Robert-Charles Vallance

Kelley Kirkpatrick

David S. Franklin

Directed By

Tina Landau SEPTEMBER 13 – OCTOBER 22, 2017 MARK TAPER FORUM Head of Passes was commissioned, and its World premiere presented at Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Chicago, IL (Martha Lavey, Artistic Director and David Hawkanson, Executive Director).

Subsequently produced as a co-production by Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Berkeley, CA (Tony Taccone, Artistic Director, Susan Medak, Managing Director) and The Public Theater, NY, NY (Oskar Eustis, Artistic Director, Patrick Willingham, Executive Director).

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CAST (In Order of Appearance) Shelah..............................................................................Phylicia Rashad Creaker..............................................................................John Earl Jelks Crier.........................................................................................Kyle Beltran Mae...........................................................................Jacqueline Williams Aubrey............................................................................Francois Battiste Dr. Anderson................................................................James Carpenter Spencer....................................................................J. Bernard Calloway Cookie..................................................................................Alana Arenas UNDERSTUDIES Should an understudy substitute for a listed performer, it will be posted in the lobby at the time of the performance.

Crier/Aubrey/Spencer...................................................Bradford Barnes Shelah/Mae....................................................................Susan Beaubian Dr. Anderson.........................................................................Jan Munroe Cookie.........................................................Candace Nicholas-Lippman Creaker........................................................................Wesley Thompson Stage Manager

Michelle Blair INTERMISSION: Head of Passes is performed with one intermission.

TIME: The Distant Present PLACE: A house near the Head of Passes, where the Mississippi River meets the Gulf of Mexico.

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

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SHINING A LIGHT ON

TARELL ALVIN McCRANEY

By Julie McCormick

The following was originally printed in Berkeley Rep Magazine, April 2015. It is reprinted with permission.

Playwright Tarell Alvin McCraney’s star is on the rise, and for good reason.

With a master’s in playwriting from Yale, he is an ensemble member at Steppenwolf Theatre Company and at the tender age of 33 won a MacArthur “Genius” Award.

His writing celebrates the vulnerability and imperfection of the human condition with an ear for music and an eye for physical poetry. This intuitive grasp of the geography of the human heart has sent him and his plays all over the globe, to theatres like the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Royal Court, and The Public Theater. Before rehearsals started in Berkeley, Tarell took some time to speak with Literary Associate Julie McCormick about the journey of Head of Passes and his own voyages as a playwright.

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JULIE McCORMICK: How much would you say the piece has changed and grown since its first production at Steppenwolf?

What feels different to you now?

TARELL ALVIN McCRANEY: I feel like it’s gotten deeper. And it’s easy to say that a lot has changed, though if people saw both productions they would only notice the changes incrementally.

But for us, I think the production has gotten deeper and more focused.

JM: Has your thinking about the piece changed at all after having seen it with an audience?

TAM: Absolutely. The idea of opening up the dialogue about a person’s personal faith was and is always the main focus of the piece. And then trying to find ways to make sure that visceral conversation was open to everybody in the audience, believers and non.

JM: Do you think that everyone has a relationship with faith?

TAM: I think people have a relationship in that everyone either believes in belief or doesn’t. I think there are people who choose to say that they don’t know, but there’s still a sort of relationship with the notion of faith. We’re all trying to make sense of the world we live in. And sometimes, we turn to the word “faith” as the sort of coin, or short answer, for that question. But, everyone has a relationship to trying to figure out the chaos of our world.

JM: You said that part of your initial impetus in creating this piece was examining the nature of faith—can you say a little bit more about where this piece came from for you?

TAM: The piece was a commission by Steppenwolf. Tina Landau asked if I was interested in the Book of Job. And I said, generally, yes. But specifically, I don’t know what I’m interested in, I just know that I am interested in it. And then we spent two weeks with a cast just reading the Book of Job out loud and then trying to decipher its makeup. When we walked away from it, my takeaway, again, was that it is a story about someone’s personal faith, and how they use it as an aperture or a guide to try and understand the many, many, sometimes fraught, sometimes beautiful, often chaotic events of our lives. Of human existence. Period. Not just our lives, but other people’s lives. And what is that struggle? To maintain an ability to not know all the answers, but also to try not to abandon the notion of life. To really stay in it, to figure out what you know, and what you don’t know, and what you never will know. Trying to find some balance in that, I think. We look at people’s lives every day. There’s a woman on TV every other day saying she’s lost her home or her child is now fighting for ISIS…There are moments of our lives where these things come out of nowhere, that we absolutely don’t understand and can’t quite find palpable and reasonable answers for. We look at the lives of our friends and think: why does that keep happening to that

person? Or, how could all of this rain down on one person’s life? And I don’t have any answers to that. But I thought, and think—this is why we tell stories. I think we all have bouts of confusion and moments of disillusionment, and need to tell these stories to each other in order to find some commonality, some semblance of peace.

JM: Could you say a little bit about the location, Head of Passes? Is that a spot you were familiar with before starting this play?

TAM: Yeah, I was familiar with it and became more familiar as I embarked on the project. I remember during Hurricane Katrina, someone said—it was someone from San Francisco—they said, why are those people living there? They know it’s below sea level. Why would they elect to live there?

And I remember the person from New Orleans saying back to the person in San Francisco, you live on a fault line. You live in a place that countless times you’ve been told it’s coming, but still you choose to live there, right? And I don’t live in either of those places, so I’m not on anybody’s side, but I think that question is important when we talk about where we set our hopes and our dreams, where we build our livelihoods. We tend to think that we are putting them in the most secure place that we can, and then of course, the Mississippi shifts, and then our lives shift forever. Irrevocably. And I think that’s an important lesson for all of us. We all think that we’re living in Topeka, Kansas, where nothing can kind of go wrong, until a tornado whips around and we land in Oz. It was important for me to set this in a place where there is natural beauty, but also that could shift and disappear at any time.

I think there is a sense of understanding—I’m from Miami, we never underestimate or overestimate the threat of a hurricane.

It’s gonna do damage. What damage that is we don’t know, so there’s no need to over-prepare. There are things we cannot control. There are some times the wind will come in. No matter how much you board it up, there are still winds strong enough that can come in and rip your roof apart at the right angle. And you just know and live with that. It was important for me to set this family in a place where they are aware on a larger—I guess the word would be “natural,” level of the way the world can work and wants to work sometimes JM: Have you always written for theatre, or have you written in other forms?

TAM: Always. Always for theatre.

JM: Did you always know that you wanted to be a playwright, or were you attracted to the form itself?

TAM: I was an actor and a performer in the theatre all my life.

So I’ve always written and created work for the theatre as I went along. I began to write only, solely, when I became about 24, 25. But up until that time I was also acting and directing.

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JM: Why do you think you were drawn so strongly to the theatre?

TAM: Through school. After-school programs. Church.

exist in the forward; it exists in the now and the telling of the past. So the point of storytelling in the theatre is always going to be from a place of, this story’s already happened. Or it’s happening just now, and it’s present but it’s distant. It’s not exactly today, it’s not exactly right here right now. We’re always in the theatre watching a story being told to us. And it’s just again another invitation to allow that distance to be there, but also for everybody to know that there are actors in the room with you telling you this story. And that’s equally as important as the story.

JM: Do you think that your experience as an actor and a director influences your writing at all?

JM: What’s some of the theatre that you enjoy the most? Who are the companies or playwrights that you find inspiring?

TAM: Absolutely. I think other writers, a lot of whom I admire, come from a place of poetry and literary focus first. I don’t come from that background; I come from a performative background. If people are looking for long stage directions, for example, they get very upset because I don’t have any.

I think most actors, or at least the ones I’ve encountered, see the work on the page and know what to do next. My hope is that they will feel a collaborative invitation from the piece.

TAM: Dance. I like dance more than anything. Not to say that I don’t like theatre; I love theatre, I love watching theatre. I love watching great actors. But more than anything, I’m constantly inspired by dance.

TAM: That’s always been a hard question to answer. I don’t really know. I know that it was an outlet early on, and that I took to it fairly swiftly. Not to say that I was good at it very early on—sometimes I don’t know if I’m good at it still—but, it’s just a process that I engaged with in a way that felt natural.

JM: Where did you first encounter it?

JM: Can you talk about your process of working with director Tina Landau, and how your relationship with her has shaped this play?

TAM: Tina and I have now collaborated on about six different projects. And we have probably one of the easiest working relationships I’ve ever encountered. I can’t say the same for her—she’s had other collaborators that she’s worked as easily with—but being this early in my career and to have a partner as facile and focused as Tina is incredible. We speak a very similar language; we come to the theatre in very similar ways although we come from vastly different backgrounds.

Greatly to our benefit, I think we both have been open and experimental in trying to figure out what this play wants and needs. And you only can thank God for those kinds of small miracles. Because you can easily try to stay open to the process, and then everyone ends up on different sides of the field. We stayed open to the process and what we were looking for, and then ended up at the very same spot, if not away from each other by two feet. So it’s just been a fantastic way to work.

Our consciousness doesn’t exist in the forward; it exists in the now and the telling of the past.

JM: Why do you think that is?

TAM: It has a vulnerability to it that is easily achieved, that we are always striving for in the talking theatre. And I just find that fascinating.

JM: Do you think you would write for dance at all?

TAM: I try to all the time, but it’s a really difficult form to write for.

JM: Are there any companies you particularly like?

TAM: Everything. I see a lot. Most recently I saw Kyle Abraham’s piece in L.A. I thought that was incredible.

JM: That sounds like a very special relationship with Tina, and very rare.

TAM: I think so. Again, I can’t compare it to anything because I was lucky enough to find it fairly early on, but I find it special.

JM: There is one stage direction in Head of Passes that I wanted to ask you about. It says that the play is set in “the distant present.” What does that mean to you?

TAM: Well, rarely do you tell stories from the future. And if you do tell a story about the future, you have to tell it from something that’s already happened. Our consciousness doesn’t

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WHO’S WHO ALANA ARENAS (Cookie) is thrilled to make her Mark Taper Forum debut and return to the role of Cookie. Alana received a BFA from the Theatre School at DePaul University in Chicago, IL, and joined The Steppenwolf Theatre ensemble in 2007, where she created the role of “Pecola Breedlove” for the Steppenwolf for Young Adults production of The Bluest Eye, which also played at the New Victory Theater Off-Broadway.

She recently appeared as the title character in Marie Antoinette, Monster, and The Fundamentals at Steppenwolf.

Other Steppenwolf and regional credits include Man in Love, Middletown, The Hot l Baltimore, The Etiquette of Vigilance, The Brother/Sister Plays, The Tempest, Good People, Belleville, Three Sisters (Steppenwolf); Changes of Heart (Remy Bumppo Theatre); The Arabian Nights (Lookingglass, Berkeley Rep, Kansas City Rep); Disgraced (ATC); Black Diamond (Lookingglass); Eyes (ETA); SOST (MPAACT); WVON (Black Ensemble Theater); A Midsummer’s Night Dream and Hecuba (Chicago Shakespeare Theater).

Television and film credits include Electric Dreams, Chicago Med, Crisis, Boss, The Beast, Canal Street, Mercury in Retrograde, Kabuku Rides, and Lioness of Lisabi.

FRANCOIS BATTISTE (Aubrey). Broadway: Bronx Bombers (Circle in the Square); Prelude to a Kiss (Roundabout); Magic/ Bird (Longacre). Off-Broadway: One Night in Miami (Donmar Warehouse, London); Detroit ‘67 (Public Theater); Broke-ology (Lincoln Center); The Good Negro (Public Theater, Obie Award, Lortel nomination); The Merchant of Venice, The Winter’s Tale (NYSF at the Delacorte); 10 Things to Do Before I Die (Second Stage); Bronx Bombers (Primary Stages). Regional: Williamstown, Sundance, NY Stage & Film, Chicago Shakespeare, The Goodman, Victory Gardens, Lookingglass, Illinois Shakespeare Fest, Dallas Theater Center, Berkeley Rep. TV: HBO’s The Normal Heart, ABC’s The Family, CBS’s Person of Interest, The Good Wife, TBS’s Are We There Yet?. This fall, Battiste stars as Detective Gus Tremblay (opposite Kyra Sedgwick) on ABC’s Ten Days in the Valley. Film: A Long Walk, Men in Black III, You Bury Your Own, Delivering the Goods, One Week. Education: BS Illinois State University.

Training: BADA at Oxford, and The Juilliard School (John Houseman Prize).

KYLE BELTRAN (Crier). Broadway: The Cherry Orchard, In the Heights (also first national tour). Off-Broadway: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Public), Head of Passes (Public), The Flick (Barrow Street), Gloria (Vineyard), Fortress of Solitude (Public), Choir Boy (Manhattan Theatre Club), The Netflix Plays (Ars Nova), 10 Things To Do Before I Die (Second Stage). Regional: Gloria (Goodman), Fortress of Solitude (Dallas Theater Center), Head of Passes (Steppenwolf), Good Goods (Yale Rep), Kingdom (Old Globe). Film: Equity (Sundance, Tribeca 2016). TV: Louis CK’s Horace and Pete, The Big C (Showtime), Unforgettable (CBS). Education: BFA in Drama, Carnegie Mellon University.

J. BERNARD CALLOWAY (Spencer).

Broadway: Memphis, All The Way (2010 Tony Best Musical, 2014 Tony Best Play).

Off-Broadway: The Good Negro, Head of Passes (Public Theater), Hadestown (NYTW). Regional: The Bluest Eye (The Guthrie), Party People (Berkeley Rep), Jitney (Two River Theater), The Piano Lesson (Trinity Rep), The Mountaintop (Milwaukee Rep), How The Grinch Stole Christmas and Guys and Dolls (The Old Globe), Dreamgirls (Fox Theatre). Film: Pelham 123, Man on a Ledge, Big Words, Anesthesia, Memphis the Musical, The Breaks, The Bar Mitzvah Club, The Girl is in Trouble. TV: Luke Cage, Elementary, The Breaks, Blue Bloods, The Good Wife, High Maintenance, Law and Order (Original, SVU, CI), White Collar, Person of Interest, Rescue Me, Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade (2010).

JAMES CARPENTER (Dr. Anderson).

Regional credits: Berkeley Repertory Theatre, American Conservatory Theater, The Magic Theatre, Aurora Theatre, Marin Theatre Company, San Jose Repertory Theatre, Santa Cruz Shakespeare, Shotgun Players, TheatreWorks, Yale Repertory Theatre, Arizona Theatre Company, Huntington Theatre, Intiman Theatre, The Old Globe, and the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. He is currently in his 14TH year as Associate Artist with California Shakespeare Theatre. He is a recipient of Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle Continued Excellence in the Arts

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and Lifetime Achievement Awards and in 2010 was named a Lunt-Fontanne Fellow. Film: Metro, Singing, Presque Isle, For The Coyotes. TV: Nash Bridges.

JOHN EARL JELKS (Creaker). Broadway: Sweat, Holler If Ya Hear Me, August Wilson’s Radio Golf (Tony Award nomination). Broadway debut: Citizen Barlow in August Wilson’s Gem of the Ocean. Obie Award for Fetch Clay, Make Man, and Sunset Baby. Other awards: L.A. Ovation Award, NAACP Theatre Award, AUDELCO Award. Select Off-Broadway: Sweat, Head of Passes, The Break of Noon, Magnolia, Two Trains Running, Fetch Clay, Make Man, Sunset Baby. Film/TV: Night Comes On, Snap: The Miraculous, The Miracle at St. Anna, Compensation, Law & Order: SVU, Blue Bloods.

PHYLICIA RASHAD (Shelah). Broadway: August: Osage County, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Cymbeline (Lincoln Center Theater), August Wilson’s Gem of the Ocean (Tony nomination), A Raisin in the Sun (Tony and Drama Desk Awards), Into the Woods, Dreamgirls, The Wiz. Off-Broadway: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Sunday in the Park with George, Head of Passes (Lucille Lortel Award), The Story, Helen, Everybody’s Ruby, Blue, The House of Bernarda. Regional: Every Tongue Confess, Blues for an Alabama Sky, Medea. Film: Creed, Good Deeds, For Colored Girls, Frankie and Alice, Just Wright, Once Upon a Time When We Were Colored, Loving Jezebel, The Visit. Television: Empire, Jean Claude Van Johnson, A Raisin in the Sun (NAACP Image Award, Emmy and SAG nominations), The Old Settler, Free of Eden, Cosby, The Cosby Show. As a director: Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom and Joe Turner’s Come and Gone at the Mark Taper Forum, Paul Oakley Stovall’s Immediate Family at the Taper and Goodman Theatre, Fences at the Long Wharf Theatre and McCarter Theatre, Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun at Ebony Repertory Theatre, Kirk Douglas Theatre, and Westport Country Playhouse, August Wilson’s Gem of the Ocean at Seattle Repertory Theatre, and Four Little Girls at the Kennedy Center.

JACQUELINE WILLIAMS (Mae) makes her Center Theatre Group debut and originated the role of Mae at Steppenwolf Theatre. Broadway: Young Man from Atlanta. Off-Broadway: From the Mississippi Delta (co-produced by Oprah Winfrey), The Talented Tenth (Manhattan Theatre Club), Mill Fire (Women’s Project). Tours: Born in the R.S.A. (with Market Theatre of Johannesburg), Crowns. Regional: Goodman Theatre (Camino Real, Trinity River Plays, Pullman Porter Blues, Blues for an Alabama Sky, Amen Corner, Richard II, Dreams of Sarah Breedlove, The Story, many more); Steppenwolf Theatre (Brother/Sister Plays, Hot l Baltimore, The Christians, Airline Highway, others); Court Theatre (Man in the Ring by Michael Christofer, Fences, Caroline or Change, title role in Electra, Gem of the Ocean, others); Victory Gardens (The House That Will Not Stand, A Wonder in My Soul, others); Chicago Shakespeare, Northlight Theatre (The Miser, Gees Bend, others); Arena Stage, Hartford Stage, Huntington Stage, ACT, Portland Stage Co., Asolo Repertory, Berkeley Rep. Film: The Break Up, Lakehouse, White Boyz, The Merry Gentleman, Cash, Meet the Browns, Heartlock. Television: Empire (Warden Meyers), Turks (recurring guest star Officer Leigh Dixon), Chicago Fire (recurring Officer Beccera), Chicago P.D. (recurring Officer Becerra), Chicago Code, Prison Break (recurring), Early Edition, NBC mini-series A Will of Their Own, One Life to Live. On-camera and voice-over spokesperson for SC Johnson for several years.

Awards and nomination: American Arts Council, Excellence in the Arts, Joseph Jefferson Award (multiple), Black Theatre Alliance (multiple), After Dark, Sarah Siddens, 3 Arts, Connecticut Critics Circle, Helen Hayes, Drama Desk, Lunt-Fontanne (Shakespeare) Fellow.

BRADFORD BARNES (Understudy for Crier/ Aubrey/Spencer) received his BA in both acting and dance from Cal State East Bay. He was awarded Best Male Performer in an Ensemble for his role in Sam Shepard’s Tongues at The Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival in Washington DC. He recently received his MFA in acting at the University of Southern California.

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part of this production and would like to thank his family and friends for their continual love and support. Much more to come.

SUSAN BEAUBIAN (Understudy for Shelah/Mae). Broadway, national, and international tour credits include Caroline, Or Change, Dreamgirls, Rent, Honky Tonk Nights, Kiss Me, Kate!, The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas, Eubie!, and others.

Film credits include The Color Purple, The Naked Gun, Norbit, and upcoming 5th Of July. Television includes American Crime Story: The People V. OJ Simpson, Criminal Minds, Numb3rs, Cold Case, Saved

By The Bell, The Young & The Restless, Medium, Seinfeld.

Susan voiced characters for the Spiderman television series and The Crayon Box, as well as national commercials, and performed or recorded with Celine Dion, Faith Hill, k.d. lang, Donna Summer, and Diahann Carroll. Big thanks to my friend Marsha Waterbury. Praise and thanks to Jesus Christ—my Keeper, Savior, Intercessor, and God, Giver of all blessings.

JAN MUNROE (Understudy for Dr. Anderson) has done new work since studies with Marcel Marceau and Étienne Decroux. A co-founder of The Mystic Knights of the Oingo-Boingo (Los Angeles) and The Theatah of the Apres-Garde (Bay Area), he is a recipient of two NEA theater fellowships, a CAC New Genre fellowship, a Rockefeller Playwrights fellowship, 11 L.A. Weekly and Drama-Logue Awards and an Ovation Award. As an actor, he has originated roles in plays by Thomas Babe (Demon Wine), The Modern Artists Company (Plato’s Symposium), Austin Pendleton’s Booth, Bart DeLorenzo’s Hard Times, and Michael Sargent’s Black Leather. He has also appeared in various TV shows, movies, and commercials including Catch Me If You Can, A Few Good Men, The Forbidden Zone, Poseidon, Criminal Minds, and The Practice. He recently directed John O’Keefe’s Don’t You Ever Call Me Anything But Mother for the Open Fist Theatre Company.

CANDACE NICHOLAS-LIPPMAN (Understudy for Cookie) is an award-winning actress, spoken word artist, and youth educator with a passion for using her God-given talents to uplift others. Most recently, Candace was selected out of over 7,000 hopefuls to perform in the 2016 ABC Diversity Showcase for Los Angeles executives. Candace holds a BA in theatre arts and dance from California State University, Los Angeles. Originally from Sacramento, she currently resides in Los Angeles and is in development with her one woman show, The Naked Truth.

Candace is blessed to be a part of this amazing production and to work with such a stellar cast. All glory to God for this opportunity!

WESLEY THOMPSON (Understudy for Creaker) is a proud Chicago native. He earned his BA in theatre from San Francisco University and Cal State, Los Angeles. Wesley has performed all of over the country. Regional theatre credits include The Bridgehead, Bullpen, Passing Game, Western Ave, The Cost of Doing Business, and Panache to name a few. Television/film credits include L.A. Story, Casper, Iron Man 3, Cold Case, The Middle, Seinfeld, Grey’s Anatomy. Look for him as D.A. Maurice Jenkins in the upcoming season of Goliath. He dedicates this show to his parents who raised him well with God’s love.

TARELL ALVIN McCRANEY (Playwright) is best known for his acclaimed trilogy, The Brother/Sister Plays which include The Brothers Size, In the Red and Brown Water, and Marcus; or the Secret of Sweet. Other plays include Choir Boy, and Wig Out!. Tarell’s script In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue is the basis for the Oscar®-winning film Moonlight directed by Barry Jenkins, for which McCraney and Jenkins also won a Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar. Tarell is the recipient of a MacArthur “Genius” Grant, the Whiting Award, Steinberg Playwright Award, the Evening Standard Award, The New York Times Outstanding Playwright Award, the Paula Vogel Playwriting Award, the Windham Campbell Award, and a Doris Duke Artist Award. He is an ensemble member at Steppenwolf Theatre Company and a member of Teo Castellanos/

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D-Projects in Miami. He was recently named the new Chair of the Playwriting Department at the Yale School of Drama.

TINA LANDAU (Director) is a frequent collaborator with Mr. McCraney, having directed The Brother/Sister Plays (Steppenwolf Theatre), In the Red and Brown Water (Alliance, McCarter, and NYC’s Public Theater), Wig Out! (Vineyard Theatre), and Head of Passes (Steppenwolf, Berkeley Rep, The Public).

Tina is an Ensemble Member at Steppenwolf where her productions include The Wheel, The Tempest, The Time of Your Life (also Seattle Rep, ACT), The Cherry Orchard, The Diary of Anne Frank, and her own play Space (also at the Taper and The Public). NYC productions include Old Hats, Big Love, Iphigenia 2.0 (all Signature Theatre), the musical Floyd Collins (which she co-wrote), and on Broadway: Superior Donuts, Bells Are Ringing, and the upcoming SpongeBob SquarePants opening this fall. Tina is the co-author, with Anne Bogart, of The Viewpoints Book.

G.W. MERCIER (Scenic Design). Mercier designed the sets and costumes for Juan Darien: A Carnival Mass (Tony nomination; Drama Desk nominations Set & Costumes). OffBroadway: Dead Man’s Cell Phone (Playwrights Horizons; dir. Anne Bogart), Urban Zulu Mambo (Signature Theatre), Miracle Brothers (Vineyard Theatre; dir. Tina Landau), Eli’s Comin’ (Vineyard Theatre), Dream True and Bed and Sofa (Drama Desk nominations). Mr. Mercier has created scenery and costumes for over 350 shows to date. His design for Finding Nemo at Disney World in Florida currently runs with five shows daily. He has been honored with a Bay Area Critics Award for his design of Time of Your Life (ACT) directed by Tina Landau. He is also the recipient of the Daryl Roth Creative Spirit Award for Outstanding Talent and Vision in Design.

TONI-LESLIE JAMES (Costume Design). Broadway: Lucky Guy, The Scottsboro Boys, Finian’s Rainbow, Chita Rivera: The Dancer’s Life, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, King Hedley II, One Mo’ Time, The Wild Party, Marie Christine, Footloose, The Tempest, Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992, Angels in America, Chronicle of a Death Foretold, and Jelly’s Last Jam. Dedicated in memory of our beloved son, Jett Gerald Higham.

JEFF CROITER (Lighting Design). Broadway: Bandstand, Falsettos, Holiday Inn, Something Rotten, Disaster, Penn & Teller, Newsies, Peter and the Starcatcher (Tony Award), Mothers and Sons, A Time to Kill, Soul Doctor, Jekyll and Hyde, The Anarchist, The Performers, The Pee-wee Herman Show, Next Fall, and Kiki & Herb. Off-Broadway: Head of Passes, Cost of Living, The Whirligig, Sweet Charity, Tiny Beautiful Things, Mercury Fur, Last Five Years, A Lie of the Mind, Ordinary Days, The Internationalist, Cam Jansen, Almost Maine, and The Voysey Inheritance. Tour: Something Rotten, Newsies, Peter and the Starcatcher, Jekyll and Hyde, Golda’s Balcony, All Under Heaven. Regional: Dallas Theater Center, McCarter Theatre, The Guthrie, Huntington Theatre, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Shakespeare Theatre, Paper Mill Playhouse, Trinity Rep. Other credits: Penn & Teller in Las Vegas.

ROB MILBURN & MICHAEL BODEEN (Sound Design).

Broadway credits include music composition and sound for No Man’s Land, Waiting for Godot, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, The Miracle Worker, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, and The Speed of Darkness, music for My Thing of Love, and sound for Sweat, The Price, Larry David’s Fish in the Dark, This Is Our Youth, Of Mice and Men, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Superior Donuts, reasons to be pretty, A Year with Frog and Toad, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Hollywood Arms, King Hedley II, Buried Child, The Song of Jacob Zulu, and The Grapes of Wrath. They have created music and sound, Off-Broadway, at many of America’s resident theatres (often with Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theatre) and at several international venues. Please visit www.milbomusic.com.

ROBERT-CHARLES VALLANCE (Wig and Hair Design).

Broadway: Come From Away, Jitney, Amazing Grace, Lucky Guy, Little Shop of Horrors, Long Day’s Journey into Night, Play What I Wrote, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Our Town, Hollywood Arms, The Elephant Man, Dance of Death, Amy’s View, The Blue Room, Master Class, Blood Brothers.

The Public: Head of Passes, The Comedy of Errors, First Daughter Suite. Other: Race for Love, Cinderella, Les Misérables, The Marvelous Wonderettes, Dessa Rose, Cotton Club Parade, Pipe Dream. Resident designer at Irish Rep. Proprietor of The Broadway Wig Company. www.broadwaywigs.com DAVID S. FRANKLIN (Production Stage Manager). Center Theatre Group highlights: An Enemy of the People, Baz Luhrmann’s La Bohème, Art, Romance, The Cherry Orchard, Curtains, Nightingale, The History Boys, Bloody Bloody PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE P11

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Andrew Jackson, Two Unrelated Plays by David Mamet, Ain’t Misbehavin’, Parade, The Subject Was Roses, Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo, The Lieutenant of Inishmore, Randy Newman’s Harps and Angels, God of Carnage, Vigil, Waiting for Godot, Los Otros, Red, Seminar, Tribes, Humor Abuse, The Steward of Christendom, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, Bent, The Christians, Disgraced, A View From The Bridge, Zoot Suit, Archduke, and King of the Yees.

Other Los Angeles: Los Angeles Theatre Center in its heyday from 1985–1990, Pasadena Playhouse, and the Geffen Playhouse. Regional: Seattle Rep, Intiman Theatre. New York: Public Theater. Tours: Europe—Quotations from a Ruined City, Law of Remains (with Reza Abdoh’s Dar a Luz company).

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.

MICHELLE BLAIR (Stage Manager) has worked on over 30 productions for Center Theatre Group. Some highlights include Heisenberg, Archduke, Zoot Suit, The Beauty Queen of Leenane, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, The Mystery of Love & Sex, The Christians, Bent, What the Butler Saw, Marjorie Prime, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, The Sunshine Boys, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone, Backbeat, Red, Vigil, Leap of Faith, The Lieutenant of Inishmore, Parade, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, Nightingale, all wear bowlers, Flight, Nothing But The Truth, Stones in His Pockets, Topdog/Underdog, and “QED” at Lincoln Center Theater. Other favorites include The Pee-wee Herman Show at Club Nokia, A Long Bridge Over Deep Waters with Cornerstone Theater Company, and Jersey Boys in Las Vegas. Graduate of the University of Southern California and the University of Amsterdam. Mom to nine-year-old Liam and five-year old Imogen.

DOUGLAS C. BAKER (Producing Director) is now in his 27TH 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.

Center Theatre Group MICHAEL RITCHIE (Artistic Director) is is in his 12TH 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.

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.

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KELLEY KIRKPATRICK (Associate Artistic Director). Since arriving at Center Theatre Group in 2005, Kelley has produced over 60 productions at the Ahmanson Theatre, Mark Taper Forum, and Kirk Douglas Theatre, many of which have gone on to future lives on Broadway, Off-Broadway, and beyond. In addition to producing shows across Center Theatre Group’s three stages, he has had the privilege of collaborating with numerous local and national artists to commission and develop new works.

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.

ADDITIONAL STAFF FOR HEAD OF PASSES

Assistant Director………………................................……….Kenneth Ferrone Associate Lighting Designer……...............................……….Elizabeth Harper Resident Assistant Lighting Designer….................................…Heather Graff Assistant Costume Designer……………..............................Gloria Young Kim Production Assistant………………................................……..Jennifer Franco Assistant Prop Manager…...........................………………..Marissa Bergman Prop Carpenter………………..........................……………Donavan Martinelli Prop Artisans………………...................………………Eric Babb, Erin Walley Prop Shopper...........................................................................Nathan Rapport First Hand………………….....................................………………Pamela Walt Stitcher………………………................................…………….......Bert Henert

CREDITS Costumes and Props provided by the Center Theatre Group Shop.

Original Costumes: Berkeley Repertory Theatre and The Public Theater.

Scenery constructed by F&D Scene Changes, Ltd. Hydraulics by Stage Machines, LLC. Rehearsal and production photography by Craig Schwartz.

Production b-roll by Cinevative.

SPECIAL THANKS Maggie Yule Luke McDonough

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

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

The following employees are represented by the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Moving Picture Machine Operators, Artists and Allied Crafts of the United States, its Territories and Canada, AFL-CIO, CLC: Stage Crew Local 33; Local Treasurers and Ticket Sellers Local 857; Wardrobe Crew Local 768; Makeup Artists and Hair Stylists Local 706. The scenic, costume, lighting, and sound designers in LORT Theatres are represented by United Scenic Artists, Local USA-829.

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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5 (L–R, top) Cast members Francois Battiste, J. Bernard Calloway, director Tina Landau, cast members John Earl Jelks, Kyle Beltran, (bottom) James Carpenter, Jacqueline Williams, Phylicia Rashad, and Alana Arenas.

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7 (L–R) Director Tina Landau, cast members Jacqueline Williams, J. Bernard Calloway, and John Earl Jelks.

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

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

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

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

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ORIGAMI ARCHITECTURE GREETING CARDS

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 JULY 28, 2017)

Joyce Aysta, Winner American Craft Week “Second Acts” Show

Anonymous (2)

The Eugene La Pietra Foundation

Judith & Thomas Beckmen

Jody & David Lippman

Diana Buckhantz & Vladimir &

Renee & Meyer Luskin

Araxia Buckhantz Foundation

Ruth Flinkman-Marandy & Ben Marandy

Joseph & Mara Carieri

Dale S. & Shideh Miller

Nancy & Donald de Brier

Deena & Edward Nahmias

Erica & Vin Di Bona

Bill Resnick & Michael Stubbs

Kirk & Anne Douglas

Lloyd E. Rigler - Lawrence E.

Louise & Brad Edgerton

Deutsch Foundation

Amy Forbes & Andrew Murr

Laura & James Rosenwald &

Cindy & Gary Frischling

Orinoco Foundation

Eric & Nancy Garen

Deidra Norman Schumann

Kiki & David Gindler

Donna Schweers & Tom Geiser

Patricia Glaser & Sam Mudie

Maggy & Jack Simon

Brindell Roberts Gottlieb

Judie Stein & Stein Family Foundation

Aliza Karney Guren & Marc Guren

Eva & Marc Stern

Ann & Stephen F. Hinchliffe, Jr.

Sue Tsao

June & Gareth Hughes

Sheila & Wally Weisman

Eileen & Ken Kaplan

Misty Widelitz

Terri & Jerry Kohl The Labowe Family Foundation

Artists & Educators Forum ($20,000+) Visit my studio during the Brewery Artwalk

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

(DONORS LISTED AS OF JULY 28, 2017)

Melissa & Bob Alvarado

Linda S. Peterson

Joni & Miles Benickes

Jane Rissman & Richard Sondheimer

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

October 21 & 22, 2017 11 am – 6 pm In the Brewery Atrium 2100 N. Main St. #B-1 • L.A., CA 90031

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

Mr. & Mrs. Gerald W. Kehle

Robin & Gary Ungar

Kelton Fund/Lenny & David Kelton

Hope Landis Warner

Vicki King

Suzanne V. Wilson

Harry & Arlette Lumer

Marilyn Ziering

Louise Moriarty & Patrick Stack

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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Center Theatre Group wishes to acknowledge our generous supporters in the Entertainment Circle, who are leaders in the entertainment industry. Thank you to our multi-year donors, whose gifts ensure a secure base for our future. For information, call Donor Engagement at 213.972.7564. (DONORS LISTED AS OF AUGUST 20, 2017)

MULTI-YEAR DONORS

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

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

Idea Asylum Productions & Dr. Allegra & Mr. Sheppard Kaufman Rob Kief Sarah E. Kiefer Dr. Peter A. Krikes Nita Whitaker LaFontaine Marla E. Levine Mr. Theodore K. Martinez Carla Meyer & Charles Arnold Tina J. Miller Lawrence A. Mirisch In Honor of Barry Moss Jonathan B. Murray Suzy & Daniel O’Connell Patty & Mike Post Don Foster & Erin Quigley Michael Ritchie & Kate Burton Jay & Linda Sandrich Glen & Eva Schusterman Serendipity Productions Nina Shaw & Wallace Little David A. Steinberg Stephen J. Strauss & Harriet M. Rolnick Lorraine Strieby Jack & Marlene Susser Brad & George Takei Allison Thomas & Gary Ross Cliff Warner Victoria Weisbart Ms. Lynn E. Weisman Jennifer Crittenden & William Wrubel

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DONOR RECOGNITION

Center Theatre Group Inner Circle

2015 PULITZER PRIZE WINNER

“FRESH— THEAND STARTLING.” NEW YORK TIMES

The Inner Circle is an organization of community leaders who provide outstanding support to Center Theatre Group. In appreciation, members enjoy a host of special benefits, including meet-the-artist receptions, backstage tours, premium theatre seating, and much more. Thank you to our multi-year donors, whose gifts ensure a secure base for our future. For information, call Donor Engagement at 213.972.7564. (DONORS LISTED AS OF AUGUST 20, 2017.)

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

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Diana Rogovin Davidow

Carrie & Ben Mui

Michael A. Enomoto

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Phyllis Kupferstein & Donald O. Farkas

Pamela & Dennis Beck

Rhonda C. Evans

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Michael & Sandy Leahy

Lynn Booth

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Joyce & Deane Ross

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Stanley Iezman & Nancy Stark

Susan & Stephen Chandler

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

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

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Lorrie & Richard Gurewitz

Peter & Susan Van Haften

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Gail & Stanley Hollander

Jerrie D. Whitfield & Richard W. Motika

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ANNUAL DONORS Laura & Harvey Alpert

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

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ANNUAL DONORS Anonymous (2) Robert & Sara Adler Merryl & David A. Alpert

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FELLOW CIRCLE (CONTINUED) John R. Sealy, M.D., Scott Shagrin, James & Alexis Sheehy, Howard & Stephanie Sherwood, Steven E. Shulem, Jan & Carl Siechert, Charlene & Mike Sievers, Kurt & Keli Skarin, Stephen & Judith Slagle, Judith & Stan Solomon, Alfred & Betty Spivak, Jacque & Herb Spivak, Mr. & Mrs. Mitchell Sussman, Dr. Allan & Roslyn Holt Swartz, Michelle Tesoro, Norman & Barbara Weiler, Leilani Whitney, Lori Williams & Stephen Schulte, Valerie & Nathaniel E. Williams, Denise J. Winner ANNUAL DONORS: Anonymous (6), Gay & Harry Abrams/ Abrams Artists Agency, Brenda & Alan Abramson, Amy & Bob Abramson, Geraldine & Harold Alden, Dr. O. Allen Alpay, Susan Alschuler, Paula & Douglas Anderson, Robert C. Anderson, Suzanne & Bill Attig, James Baer, Melanie & Gregory Barbee, Eric & Jasna Baron, Norma Barretta, Lois Barth & Michael Schubach, Barbara Bauer & Lawrence Cox, Susan Baumgarten, Chris & Rose Bauss, Marjorie Beale, Beth Bennett & Larry McAdams, James P. Bennett & Company, Elliot, Roberta, Dayna, & Alison Berkowitz, Carole Black, Nathalie Blossom & Howard Levy, John S. Borsum & Mark Ehrenstein, Ms. Susan M. Brewer, Janice R. Brittain, Robert Brook & Jackie Kosecoff, Dr. Leon & Rochelle Brooks, Stu Brower, Dr. Lisa Bukaty & Mr. Raymond M. Bukaty, The Burleigh Family, Carol & Ken Carlson, In Memory of Linda RiveraVenezia, Mr. & Mrs. Brenton Chinn, Nicholas Chrisos, Roberta A. Conroy, Dr. Frederic H. Corbin MD, Trisha Curry, Louise & Jeffrey Davis, Jonathan de Armas, Dr. Allison Diamant, Mike & Jamie DiFiori, Dr. & Mrs. William Duxler, Mr. & Mrs. James Eldridge, Earl & Karen Enzer, Victoria I. Evers, Larry Field, Frances & Terry Flanagan, Pat Fleming, The Franke Family Trust, Joanne Freed & Richard C. Mendelson, Rosalie Friis-Ross, Jay & Donna Gallagher, Dr. & Mrs. Jerry Garrett, Kate & Dr. Stephen Geller, Daniel & Cynthia Glick, Stephen Glick & Sylvia Turk, Gary Jackson & Linda Globerman, M.D., James & Margaret Gray, Lenore S. & Bernard A. Greenberg Fund, Pam Grissom, Beverly & Felix Grossman, Claudia & Tom Grzywacz, Mr. & Mrs. Paul J. Guerin, Roberta L. Haft, Harris Family Foundation, Sam Harris, Mark & Julie Harrison, Michael S. Lurey & Laurie Hasencamp, Hays & Clark Family, Michelle & Dr. Alan Heilpern, Gail & Murray Heltzer, Dr. Stephen D. Henry & Rudy Oclaray, PlatoSocietyAd-2015-Dec.indd 1 Fritz Hoelscher, Rand Hoffman & Charlotte Robinson, Jim & Gloria Hopper, Mr. & Mrs. William H. Hurt, Roslyn & Warren Jacobson, In Memory of Wayne Jervis, Jr., Gordon Johnson & Barbara Schnell, Bruce Johnston, Mary Quon Jung & Michael Galindo, Mark A. Kadzielski, Judith & Russell Kantor, Michael Keir, Jackie A. Kern, In Memory of Mille Kern, Genni Klein, Karen & Bob Knapp, Bill Kobin & Frances Goodman, Norman & Leslie Koplof, Mr. & Mrs. Stan Krasnoff, Castro Krinel, Sharon & Joel Krischer, The Kwon Family Foundation, Mr. & Mrs. Jack D. Lantz, Sharon Lapid/LFCF, Gloria D. Lee, Bob Leibowitz, M.D., Curtis Lelash, Constance Leonard, Dinny & David Lesser, Carrie & Mark Levinson & Emily, Lauren & Max, Jananne LoCasale, Philip LoGiudice, M.D., Mr. & Mrs. Mark S. Louchheim, Alan Ludwig, M. Michele Martin, Susan D. Martynec, Margaret L. Mathews, Ms. Jacqueline H. Matlock, James A. Zapp & Elizabeth A. McGlynn, Lary & Mary Anne Mielke, Joanne & Joel Mogy, Sue & Monty Mohrman, Toni & Tom Morgan, Ron Myrick, Patty & John Nickoll, Marc I. Nishino, D.D.S., Becky Novy, Norman & Margrit Oberstein, Valerie Oishi, Dr. Willa O. Olsen, Janie & Allan Orenstein, Christina Owen & Marvin Isaacson, Jennifer N. Owens & Jay T. Ornellas, John Paley, Mr. & Mrs. Mark M. Panatier, Barry & Jane McCullough, Leesa Pielago, The Polinger-Cohen Foundation, Paulene Popek, Mrs. Eleanor Pott, Charlie & Kristi Proctor, Drs. Laurence & Isabell Purdy, Gail & Gary Rachelefsky, F. Ronald & Deborah Rader, Richard J. Ramirez Jr., Michele & Dudley Rauch, Dr. Peggy Renner & Dr. Robert Nelson, Rona Cele Resnick, Irene & Eytan Ribner, Dr. Harry E. Rice, M.D., 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, June Sanders Sattler, Linda & Clifford Call Schaffer, Marlene & Roger Schaffner, Scott & Julie Schumacher, Carol (Jackie) & Charles H. Schwartz, Amy & Andy Schwartz, Greg Scott, Jean L. Scroggy, Robert & Cathy Sevell, Linda M. Sherman, Ruth Silveira, Debra J. Silvera Sheehan, Harlean & Joseph Silverman, Shani Smolens & In Memory of Dr. Bernard Smolens, Drs. Debra & Philip Sobol, Sue & Steve Soldoff,

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FELLOW CIRCLE (CONTINUED) Carol Stein Sterling & James Sterling, Bobbie Stern, Susan R. Stockel, Sullivan & Hargreaves Court Reporters, Jayashree & Jeff Sung, I.H. Sutnick, Robin & David Swartz, Michael & Arlene Taylor, Mary & Peter Tennyson, Wendie Warwick & Ken Pierce, Jessica M. Weisel, Luke & Colleen Welsh, Pat West, Ms. Jean M. Wilkinson, Ed Wolkowitz Family, Evan Wooten, Virginia & Greg Young, Arnold H. & Tricia L. Zane, Myrna & Stanley Zimmerman, The Zolkover Family

ADVOCATE CIRCLE ($2,400+) MULTI-YEAR DONORS: Anonymous, Harriet Rossetto & Rabbi Mark Borovitz, The Saul Brandman Foundation, Hon. Candace Cooper (Ret), Mr. & Mrs. Laurie Blumin & Moe Blumin, Edith Gould, Dr. Patricia Harrison, Gaylen Kobayashi, Mary Anne Lucero, Loris & Kory Lunsford, Julien Minard, Helene G. Mochedlover, Rob & Leslie Nagby, Michelle Nuttall, Cynthia Ann Petty, Leslie Smith, Diane & James Staes, Paulette Toumazos & Michael Lorenz, Joyce Huyett Turner & Craig Turner ANNUAL DONORS: Anonymous (8), Mayra Aceves, Steve & Karen Adolph, Andrew Aichlmayr, James & Marsha Alexander, Ms. Angela Allen, Anthony Alvarado & Desiree Carvajal, Michelle Ames, Ramsey Avery & Scott Ault, W. Lee Bailey, M.D., Deborah G. Baine, David Baird, Shelley Baker, Ms. Patricia Bartscherer, Susan & Adam Berger, Dr. & Mrs. Saul J. Berman, Jeffrey & Susan Berman, Mr. & Mrs. John Bettfreund, Claudette G. Bowie, Sandra & Robert Braun, Marti Breier, Judy & David Breitstein, Dr. Wallace P. Brithinee, Willie & Charlene Brownlee, Constance Burg, Beth Burnam, Vera A. Campbell, Torino Carr, Sandra L. Carter, Don & Ellen Castleman, James J. Castranova, Mary Coates, Terry Cole, M.D., Mr. & Mrs. Richard Crook Jr., Steve & Linda Darling, Maurie Davidson, Cam Davis, Ron de Salvo, Linda Vanwinkle Deacon, Mrs. George DeRoy & Cathy DeRoy, Norma & Al Diaz, Gerald & Sandra Dorfman, The Dougher Family, Ms. Laurie Dubchansky, Mr. Richard Nupoll, Ron & Heide Eng, Louise & Charles Escoffery, Ellen Eubanks, Jim Bright & Lucy Farber, Johanna & Gene Felder, Edward & MaryAnn Feo, Mr. & Mrs. William Fimpler, Ruth Fleming-Stephens, Joan Franzen, Brady Frome, Mr. John Fukuoka, Dr. & Mrs. Humberto A. Galleno, Robert Gasway & Kristen Wong, The Gelfand Family, Jeanne K. Gerson, Howard Gleicher, Dr. Irene Goldenberg, Barbara Gollin, Myles & Barbara Goodson, Bill & Sue Gordon, Jackie & Stan Gottlieb, Marsha Grant, Peggy A. Grant, Mrs. Arlyn Gundersen, Mr. John A. Gyben, Scott Hall & Rhonda Church, Carol Halperin, Jack & Janet Harootun, Gene Hawkins, Phyllis & J. Michael Hennigan, Scott & Flora Herman, Karen Hirshan/Hirshan Family Foundation, Marcia & Gary Hollander, Deborah & Robert Holmes, Dr. & Mrs. H. Allen Hooper, Nancy Horii, Dorothy K. Hull, Joan R. Isaacs, Dr. & Mrs. Robert M. Itami, Susan & Larry Ivanjack, Karen & Jake Jacobs, Adrienne Grant & Paul Jennings, Charline Jones, Stan & Sandra Kahan, Janet & Steve Kahane, Sally Karbelnig, Cynthia & Jerry Kay, Paul & Mary Kearney, Judith G. Kelly, Louanne Kennedy, Sharon Kerson, Irene & Marvin H. Kleinberg, Gail J. Levine, V. P. Sessions, Mancha G. Kurilich, Owen & Sari Kustner, Lena, Mark, Jodi & Emily Labowe, Earle & Sharon Lambert, Katherine L’Amour, Mr. & Mrs. Herbert A. Lampert, Julie Lawrence, Janeen & David Lee, Lucille Leiba, Allyn & Jeffrey Levine, Patricia Levinson, Richard & Vivian Levy, Mae & Hugh Lichtig, Dr. Dianne Long, Sarah F. Manson, Mrs. Clifford Marshall, Mr. & Mrs. Dennis G. Martin, Rosie M. Mayfield, Michael & Marian Kleinman, Daniel Mayeda & Susan Rosales, Colleen T. McCarthy, Cheryl McConaughey, David & Kathleen McDonald, Eric Winston & Jacqueline McIntyre-Winston, Tony Melia, Arthur Melville, Ph.D. & Marsha Utain, M.S., Robert L. Mendow, Lorraine & Craig Meyer, Carolyn Miller, Nicole L. Miner & Celia Ruskin, Arleen Miya, Ray & Natalie Muldaur, Donn Nelson, Isabel Friend Newman, Russell Noel, Thomas Payne, Carol Phillips & Bob Shapiro, Frank & Arlene Pirolo, Tracy L. Ramont, Ms. Carlene Ringer, Belinda Robins, Suzanne & David Robinson, Rosa M. Salazar, Karen & Larry Samuels, Mr. & Mrs. John Schulte, From Darlene in Memory of Harry Schultz, Ruth & Mitchell Shapiro,

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ASSOCIATE CIRCLE ($1,200+)

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ASSOCIATE CIRCLE (CONTINUED) Brehon Humphrey & Rachael Mandel, John & Marilyn Hykes, Jody L. Isenberg, Marie Mazzone & David Israeli, Dr. Adel F. Jabour, Irwin & Meredith Jacobson, Judy K. Jeanson, Fran Jemmott & Bernie Rollins, Starr C. Johnson, Cynthia L. Kain, Joyce & Don Kaiserman, Regina & Richard G. Kaplan, Alicia Katz, Mr. & Mrs. Bart Kaufman, Laurence & Linda Kaufman, Saul & Rima Kay, Claudia E. Kazachinsky & Richard A. Sherer, Joanne & Dennis Keith, Peter Kelly, Morris & Debra Kessler, Dr. K. Alex Kim, Carol Kindler, Dr. Charles Kleeman & Annette Kleeman, Neal Hersh & Lynda Klein, Joel & Susan Klevens, Rosalind LaBriola, Mrs. Frumeh Labow, Sally Landau, Marlee Lauffer & Katharine Lauffer, Richard & Ruth Lavine Family Foundation, Dr. & Mrs. John F. Lawrence, Barbara & Tom Leanse, Jack Ledwith, Anne Lehrer, Jo Ann Lee, Cindy Leslie, Diane Levine, Ms. Paula Block-Levor, In Memory of Malcolm Lewis, Mr. & Mrs. Richard Lorentz, Kathleen & Raymond Lovell, Marge & Bill MacLaughlin, Denise M. Mamishian, Ginny Mancini, Darlene Manus, Suzy Marks, Laura & Jim Maslon, Vivian Matsushige, Eleanor Maynard, Mrs. Liliane Quon McCain, Meg McComb, Neil McLean, Mrs. Lucille H. Melcher, Terry & John Merkel, Bob & Rosemary Merzoian, Don & Lorena Meza, Helen Michaels, Lynn & Mani Miller, Wendy & Saul Miller, Creditors Adjustment & Brad Mitteldorf, Katherine Molloy, Francoise Schmutz & Antonio Morawski, Matthew & Teresa Moren, Paula C. Moseley, Ed.D, Alden & Jane Munson, Charlotte C. Myers, Julie & Jean-Baptiste Nadal, Helen Kim & Richard Nathan, Lisa Nelius, Kathleen Nelson, Dr. Anthony Nesburn, Bruce Newhall, Kim Nicholas, Marsha Niles, Roberta Novick & Martin Gardner, Linda Nussbaum & Lawrence Ross, Casey O’Connell & William Magee, Dale & Ayako Okuno, Mr. Peter Otto & Jesus Amparan, The Palazzo Family, Mr. Robert S. Paris, Joan P. Parker, Bob & Brana Paster, John Peetz, Mary Zoe Phillips, William & Deborah Pitruzzelli, Sheila Poncher, Mr. Hilary B. Poochigian, Ruth Shamir Popkin, Jill Poppe, Suzanne & Harvey Prince, Dr. Stephen C. Rabin, John & Sandra Radine, Courtney Rangen, Anat Resnik, Tim Reynolds, M.D., Elaine Binder Robinson, Joan G. Robinson, Karen Romney, Ms. Becky Rosales, Arlene & Jerry Rosin, Rabbi & Mrs. Moshe Rothblum, Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Rubin, Ron & Sharon Ryan, Sonia Sabban, Alexandra & Edward Saborio, David A. & Karen Richards Sachs, Harvey & Peggy Saferstein, Ms. JoAnne Saltman, Linda R. Saltzman, Victoria & Orman Sartwell, Alexander & Mariette Sawchuk, Tina Saxe, Patricia Scarborough, Mia Schiavone, Stanley B. Schneider, Anne Schrader, Karin & Christof Schwab, Robert & Monica Schwaniger, Ruth A. Seigle & Laura Seigle, Harry Selvin, Robin Share, Lynn Sharp, Kevin M. Shiramizu & Michael J. Kerkman, Robyn Schreiber, Jacqueline & Harvey Shulman, Ken & Marinette Simon, Slater Family Foundation, Karen Smits, Vicki & Lew Snow, Mr. & Mrs. Richard Sobelle, Dr. Marion & Matthew Solomon, Colonel & Mrs. S. M. Soukup, Bruce Spector, Dr. & Mrs. Russell C. Spoto, Marilyn & Errol Stambler, Stephen Steging, Mr. & Mrs. Sheldon Steier, Allen & Arleen Steiner, J. Franklin Stewart, Dr. Arthur H. Streeter, Antoinette Strelich, William R. Stringer, Ellen & Wing Tam, Mr. David Taylor, Hon. Sandra Thompson, Sandra & Laurens Thurman, Charles S. Tilghman, Dianne Tomita, Elizabeth Topkis, Laura Torrance, Patricia R. Torres, Gwendolyn Hamilton Tucker, Lynette & Jim Vandeveer, Pamela Villanueva, George Vissio, Elliott & Felise Wachtel, Margaret A. Wagner CPA, Laurie & Ira Waldman, Janice & Larry Weiner, Lauri Weiss, Robert Wemischner & Leslie Raffel, Nora & Peter Wendel, John & Martha Wengert, Dr. Clyde Wesp, Marshall L. Williams, Dr. Libby F. Wilson, Dr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Wolf, Stephen E. Wright, Adelle Yeaton, Mr. & Mrs. Richard Yoder-Edney, Kenneth Yoon

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DONOR RECOGNITION

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

(DONORS LISTED AS OF AUGUST 1, 2017)

CORPORATE CIRCLE CABINET Jonathan Axel, Chair Anthony Amendola Christopher Bissonnette Erin Burke

Dannielle Campos Ramirez Kin Cheng

Nick Donovan Michael Jung Jody Kelley

Ed Nahmias JP Ramirez Stephen Sherline

CORPORATE CIRCLE MEMBERS STERLING CIRCLE

PLATINUM CIRCLE

GOLD CIRCLE

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Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP

Muse Communications

The Walt Disney Company

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

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

SoCalGas Sally J. Thomas & James A. Thomas Union Bank Walt Disney Live Entertainment Wells Fargo Insurance Services

Sponsors Center Theatre Group is grateful to these companies for their generous support.

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Foundation Support

Theatre Forward

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.

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

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BNYMellon

LLOYD E. RIGLER-LAWRENCE E.

Steven & Joy Bunson

MetLife

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THE WELLS FARGO FOUNDATION

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Executive & Personal Assistants Chefs Estate Managers Nannies Butlers Housekeepers Baby Nurses Elder Care

Los Angeles • New York San Francisco

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Roe Green Foundation Stephanie Scott Morgan Stanley Wells Fargo •

PACESETTERS ($15,000‑$24,999) American Express Bloomberg Philanthropies Cisco Systems, Inc.

Marsh & Mclennan Companies, Inc. National Endowment for the Arts •

Paula A. Dominick

Pfizer, Inc.

The Estée Lauder Companies Inc.

Thomas C. Quick Southwest Airlines • ▲

Alan & Jennifer Freedman

Theatermania/ Gretchen Shugart

Frank & Bonnie Orlowski

George S. Smith, Jr. UBS

The Culver City Education Foundation

DONORS ($10,000–$14,999)

Joseph Drown Foundation

Mitchell J. Auslander

Presidio

Fineshriber Family Foundation

Marianne Cassini

Ella Fitzgerald Charitable Foundation

Dorsey & Whitney Foundation

RBC Wealth Management •

Lawrence P. Frank Foundation

Daniel A. Simkowitz

Epiq Systems

S&P Global

The Friars Charitable Foundation

Bruce R. and Tracey Ewing

TD Charitable Foundation •

The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation

Lisa Orberg •

Isabelle Winkles

Lear Family Foundation

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

THE RALPH M. PARSONS FOUNDATION

CHARITABLE TRUST

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The Schloss Family Foundation •

Goldman, Sachs & Co.

THE HAROLD AND MIMI STEINBERG

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The Hearst Foundations •

James S. & Lynne Turley •

Buford Alexander and Pamela Farr

THE SHUBERT FOUNDATION, INC.

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Bank of America

THE ANDREW W. MELLON FOUNDATION

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THEATRE EXECUTIVES ($50,000+) AT&T •

Laurents/Hatcher Foundation The Norman and Sadie Lee Foundation

SUPPORTERS ($2,500‑$9,999)

New England Foundation for the Arts

Joseph Baio*

The Kenneth T. & Eileen L. Norris Foundation

Sheri and Les Biller Foundation Sue Ann Collins*

The Perkins Charitable Foundation Rosenthal Family Foundation Sony Pictures Entertainment The Fran and Ray Stark Foundation Theatre Communications Group

COOMI Dramatists Play Service, Inc. Kevin & Anne Driscoll* John R. Dutt •* Edgerton Foundation

Government Support 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 U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

ESCADA Jessica Farr Glen Gillen and Michael Lawrence Steven Gartner* Kiki & David Gindler Richard K. Greene Nancy Hancock Griffith* Brian J. Harkins Gregory S. Hurst Howard and Janet Kagan Mary Kitchen and Jon Orszag*

Anthony and Diane Lembke, in honor of Brian J. Harkins, board member* Jody & David Lippman Evelyn Mack Truitt* Jonathan Maurer and Gretchen Shugart Susan and John Major Donor Advised Fund at the Rancho Santa Fe Foundation Louise Moriarty & Patrick Stack* The Nederlander Organization Newmark Holdings Mary Lou Seidner* Elliott Semel & Larry Falconio* Ten Chimneys Foundation John Thomopoulos University Hospitals Michael A. Wall*

Ken Klein and Christine De lisle * National Society Member ▲ Includes In-kind support • Educating through Theatre Support For a complete list of funders visit theatreforward.org

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DONOR RECOGNITION

Got Stuff?

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.

DONATE

$1,000,000+

TODAY!

EIGHT CONVENIENT LOCATIONS West Los Angeles

W. Lee Bailey, M.D.

Judith & Thomas Beckmen

Angela Bardowell

Kirk & Anne Douglas

Allan & Joan Burns

Richard & Julie Kagan

Deborah M. Hyde

Martin Massman

Sarah & Andy Kane

Betty McMicken in honor of Jeanette Shammas

Dr. & Mrs. Jack Kavanaugh

Diane & Leon Morton

The Paul Kowal

Carol Vernon & Robert Turbin

Charitable Foundation

$500,000+

Sandra Krause & William Fitzgerald

Richard & Norma Camp

11801 Santa Monica Blvd. (at Granville)

Mary Levin Cutler Susan Grode

West Los Angeles

Virginia Hayes

10960 Santa Monica Blvd. (at Veteran)

Ann & Stephen F. Hinchliffe, Jr.

Mid-Wilshire Area

Merle & Peter Mullin

360 N. Fairfax Ave. (at Oakwood)

Linda S. Peterson

Pico-Robertson Area

8520 W. Pico Blvd. (at La Cienega)

Mar-Vista Area

14526 Victory Blvd. (west of Van Nuys Blvd.)

Canoga Park

Nan Rae Bruce & Randy Ellen Ross

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

Andrew Murr

$25,000+

Patricia Glaser & Sam Mudie

Charles Dillingham & Susan D. Clines

Edward L. Rada

Mr. & Mrs. Walter E. Grauman

Maggy Simon I.H. Sutnick

21716 Sherman Way (east of Topanga Canyon Blvd.)

Carol & Douglas Mancino

The Moira Byrne Foster Foundation

Amy Forbes &

Van Nuys

Steven Llanusa & Glenn Miya, M.D.

$50,000+

Bill Cohn & Dan Miller

12203 Ventura Blvd. (west of Laurel Canyon)

Joyce & Kent Kresa

Magda & Frederick R. Waingrow Pamela & Dennis Beck

Studio City

Darell L. Krasnoff

Sue Tsao

$250,000+

12120 Venice Blvd. (at Grandview)

$100,000+

Shirley & Irving Ashkenas

Bob & Renee Nunn

Susan & William Weintraub

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

Itemized Tax Receipts Call for Pick-up 800-400-6259

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$500,000+

Brindell & Milton Gottlieb

Doris Duke Charitable Foundation

The Hearst Foundation, Inc.

Renee & Meyer Luskin

Gloria Lothrop

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

$250,000+

ORCHESTRATIONS

The Norman and Sadie Lee Foundation

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Artisan Gifts

by Classical Musicians

Artisan Gifts Handcrafted

By LA Phil Double Bassist & Renowned Fine Art Woodworker Jack Cousin

$100,000+ Betsy & Harold Applebaum

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Richard G. & Virginia L. Martin Louise Taper

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

$25,000+

Judith & Thomas Beckmen

Abbott Brown

The Sheri and Les Biller Family Foundation

Greve Foundation

Maynard & Linda Brittan Center Theatre Group Affiliates Kenneth Corday

More online from Jack Cousin & Andrea Comsky

Vicki King

Linda Brown Dr. Tom Hickey Diane & Leon Morton

$10,000+

Regina Fadiman

A and J Davidson Skipper Award Fund

Barbara & Peter Fodor

Levine Foundation

Ava & Charles Fries

Carolyn & Kit Lokey Betty & Sanford Sigoloff

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

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ΜΑRIO FRANGOULIS WORLD’S MOST POWERFUL CLASSICAL CROSSOVER TENOR

WILSHIRE EBELL THEATRE SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2017 With the support of

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

Lisa Specht Board Chair

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

Unrestricted annual support makes it possible for these programs to grow.

For more information or to donate, please call (213) 972-4349.

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

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

MEMBERS AT LARGE

William H. Ahmanson Wallis Annenberg Jill Baldauf

DIRECTORS EMERITI

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

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

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

Lisa Gilford David Gindler Kiki Ramos Gindler

Stephen F. Hinchliffe, Jr.

Brindell Gottlieb

Amb. Glen A. Holden

Maria Rosario Jackson

Amb. Lester B. Korn

Stuart M. Ketchum

Glenn Kaino

Kent Kresa

Cary J. Lefton

Robert F. Maguire, III

David Lippman Richard Lynn Martinez

Ginny Mancini

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

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

CONTACT

Cynthia M. Patton

General Information (213) 972-7211

Rory Pullens

Thomas R. Weinberger

Max Ramberg

Rosalind W. Wyman

Jay Rasulo

* Chairman Emeritus

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

Karen Kay Platt

Paul M. Watson

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

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BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES

Through the support of the Board of Supervisors, the County of Los Angeles plays an invaluable role in the successful operation of The Music Center.

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

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DA N C E R E V E A L S A N E P I C S T O R Y Strength, imagination and endurance of the female spirit.

“Thrilling and beautiful.”

— THE OBSERVER

OCTOBER 18–21 / 8 p.m.

U. S . PR E M I E R E Performed at

T H E C U LV E R S T U D I O S

Performed by

A K R A M K H A N C O M PA N Y

MUSICCENTER.ORG | (213) 972-0711 GRO U PS OF 10+: ( 2 13) 97 2-8555 | MCGROU PSA L ES@M USICCEN TER .ORG Photo by Jean-Louis Fernandez.

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WO R L D P R E M I E R E

of a Whimsical New Look for this Celebrated Classic D EC . 7 — 10 , 2 0 17 LIVE ORCHESTRA Performed by M I A M I C I T Y B A L L E T A M U S IC C E N T E R Co-Commission

TICKETS ON SALE NOW!

Sets and Costumes by I S A BE L and RU BE N T OL E D O

DELIGHT IN A HOLIDAY TR A DITION!

THE M USIC CEN TER’S DOROT H Y CH A NDLER PAV ILION

M U S IC C E N T E R .ORG | ( 213) 9 72- 0 711

GROUPS OF 10+: (213) 972-8555 | MCGROUPSALES@MUSICCENTER.ORG

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OCTOBER SUN 01 OCT / 10:00 a.m.

Grand Park Presents La Feria de los Moles GRAND PARK SUN 01 OCT / 1:00 p.m.

The Red Shoes CENTER THEATRE GROUP/ GLORYA KAUFMAN PRESENTS DANCE AT THE MUSIC CENTER Ahmanson Theatre SUN 01 OCT / 2:00 p.m.

Carmen LA OPERA Dorothy Chandler Pavilion SUN 01 OCT / 6:30 p.m.

Head of Passes CENTER THEATRE GROUP Mark Taper Forum Thru 10/22 MON 02 OCT / 8:30 p.m.

Lee Anne Schmitt: Purge This Land REDCAT TUE 03 OCT / 11:00 a.m.

EVERY TUE/WED/THU LUNCHTIME! Food Trucks GRAND PARK TUE 03 OCT / 8:00 p.m.

All-Mozart LA PHIL Walt Disney Concert Hall Thru 10/8 SAT 07 OCT / 7:30 p.m.

The Pearl Fishers LA OPERA Dorothy Chandler Pavilion Thru 10/28 SAT 07 OCT / 8:30 p.m.

Angel City Jazz Festival REDCAT SUN 08 OCT / 11:00 a.m.

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

SUN 08 OCT / 7:30 p.m.

Jean-Baptiste Robin in Recital LA PHIL Walt Disney Concert Hall

SUN 22 OCT / 7:30 p.m.

Chicago Symphony Orchestra LA PHIL Walt Disney Concert Hall

MON 09 OCT / 8:00 p.m.

CDMX: Birdman Live LA PHIL Walt Disney Concert Hall Thru 10/17

MON 23 OCT / 8:30 p.m.

Fantasmas Cromáticos: 8mm Visions of Claudio Caldini REDCAT TUE 24 OCT / 8:00 p.m.

Brahms & Hillborg LA PHIL Walt Disney Concert Hall

MON 09 OCT / 8:30 p.m.

Laura Poitras: Short Film Disclosures REDCAT

TUE 24 OCT / 8:30 p.m.

Sounding Limits: The Music of Pascale Criton REDCAT

WED 11 OCT / 8:00 p.m.

Bright Star CENTER THEATRE GROUP Ahmanson Theatre Thru 11/19 THU 12 OCT / 8:30 p.m.

Karen Finley: The Expanded Unicorn Gratitude Mystery REDCAT Thru 10/15 SAT 14 OCT / 7:30 p.m.

Nabucco LA OPERA Dorothy Chandler Pavilion Thru 11/19

WED 18 OCT / 8:00 p.m.

Until The Lions THE MUSIC CENTER ON LOCATION The Culver Studios Thru 10/21

WED 18 OCT / 8:30 p.m.

Ellen Cantor: Pinochet Porn REDCAT

THU 26 OCT / 8:30 p.m.

Guillermo Calderón: Mateluna REDCAT Thru 10/28 FRI 27 OCT / 8:00 p.m.

Symphonie fantastique with Susanna Mälkki LA PHIL Walt Disney Concert Hall Thru 10/29

MON 16 OCT / 8:30 p.m.

Double Vision: Recent Films by Janie Geiser REDCAT

WED 18 OCT / 8:00 p.m.

Shaham in Recital LA PHIL Walt Disney Concert Hall

WED 25 OCT / 8:00 p.m.

M. Ward • Rhiannon Giddens LA PHIL Walt Disney Concert Hall

SAT 28 OCT / 7:00 p.m.

Grand Park’s Downtown Día de los Muertos Grand Park’s Noche de Ofrenda Grand Park SUN 29 OCT Grand Park Día de los Muertos Altars Thru 11/5 SUN 29 OCT / 7:00 p.m.

Día De Los Muertos LOS ANGELES MASTER CHORALE Walt Disney Concert Hall

2017 THU 19 OCT / 8:00 p.m.

Mirga Conducts Mahler LA PHIL Walt Disney Concert Hall Thru 10/21

MON 30 OCT / 8:00 p.m.

Israel Philharmonic Orchestra LA PHIL Walt Disney Concert Hall TUE 31 OCT / 7:30 p.m.

Phantom of the Opera LA PHIL Walt Disney Concert Hall

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

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