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Dear Audience Member, Fifty years ago this spring, the Mark Taper Forum and Ahmanson Theatre were dedicated at a star-studded event. Gregory Peck proclaimed, “Tonight marks the realization of what seemed an impossible dream. Since we didn’t inherit great cultural monuments, we had to create our own.” Speaking before the opening production at the Mark Taper Forum—the controversial The Devils—Governor Ronald Reagan called The Music Center “a beautiful temple of our profession and our art.”

Over the past 50 years, we haven’t thought about what we do as taking place in a monument or a temple but as part of a community—both local and national. The work onstage this month represents both those communities. At the Mark Taper Forum, we’re bringing back Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo playwright Rajiv Joseph, one of the great American playwrights working today, with another World premiere: Archduke. At the Kirk Douglas Theatre, we’re hosting our inaugural Block Party, a new annual celebration of the many top-notch works done by our fellow local theatre companies over the last year and a half. We’re proud to be presenting shows from Coeurage Theatre Company, the Fountain Theatre, and the Echo Theater Company.

And at the Ahmanson Theatre, we’re bringing the Fiasco Theater production of Into The Woods and the popular Broadway hit Jersey Boys to Los Angeles audiences.

Thank you for being part of our community as we turn 50. We’re excited to be marking this milestone with our 50 Anniversary Celebration on May 20, 2017. We’re also celebrating our past with the concluding decade of our 50 Anniversary timeline in this issue. Please take a look at highlights we’ve selected from 2008 – the present.

Then visit our full digital timeline at CenterTheatreGroup.org to explore more content— including photos, video, music, and newspaper clippings from the past half century.

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Center Theatre Group Board of Directors 2016/2017 Officers BOARD MEMBERS

Eric R. Garen

Pamela Beck

Patricia Glaser

Thom Beers

Manuela Cerri Goren

Miles Benickes

Robert Greenblatt

Kiki Ramos Gindler

Gail Berman-Masters

Susan Grode

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Diana Buckhantz

Aliza Karney Guren

Dannielle Campos Ramirez

Darell L. Krasnoff

William R. Lindsay

Mara Carieri

Louise Moriarty

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Amy R. Forbes

Jo Muse

Nancy de Brier

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Cástulo de la Rocha

Kim White Peterson

Vin Di Bona

David Quigg

Bradford W. Edgerton, MD

Michael Ritchie

Martin Massman†

Michael Rogers

William H. Ahmanson

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William H. Ahmanson PRESIDENT

Brindell Roberts Gottlieb VICE PRESIDENT

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Gary Frischling

Jody Lippman

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Lew R. Wasserman†

Ronald J. Arnault

Marshall Berges†

Judith Beckmen

Armand S. Deutsch†

Ava Fries

Walter Mirisch

Phyllis Hennigan

Henry C. Rogers†

Stephen F. Hinchliffe, Jr.

Richard E. Sherwood†

Richard Kagan

J. David Haft†

Quentin D. Strode

Nancy Olson Livingston

Lawrence J. Ramer†

Marshall Trenckmann

O. Kit Lokey

Stephen F. Hinchliffe, Jr.

Sue Tsao

Walter Mirisch

Phyllis Hennigan

Matthew Walden

Diane Morton

Richard Kagan

Monica Horan Rosenthal Laura Rosenwald Stephen D. Rountree Donna Schweers Elliott Sernel Jack Simon Maggy Simon Sandra Stern

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

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Making a Nonprofit Connection With shows constantly opening and closing across three theatres, Center Theatre Group’s production team rarely gets to meet as a full group—and when they do, it’s for a meal. Which is why, when they finally managed to get almost everyone together on March 15, 2017, they decided to do so at L.A. Kitchen, a fellow local nonprofit that engages in food recovery and distribution, culinary job training, and social enterprise. Staff members packed over 325 meals, chopped pallets of vegetables, and made homemade pasta.

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QUENTIN TARANTINO GOES BACKSTAGE AT ‘ZOOT SUIT’ Quentin Tarantino—who directed our El Pachuco, Demian Bichir, in The Hateful Eight, was one of many Hollywood luminaries who made their way through the Mark Taper Forum during our incredible Zoot Suit run.

Also making appearances were Eva Longoria, Danny Trejo, Christina Aguilera, and Cheech Marin, among others.

A Crash Course in Playwright Rajiv Joseph (center) signs Archduke scripts for high school students who participated in our Theatre Crash Course in March. Students worked in teams to create set, lighting, and costume designs and to direct and act out scenes from the play under the guidance of Center Theatre Group teaching artists.

Joseph and members of the cast and creative team surprised them at their culminating presentation—and were hugely impressed by the students’ work.

Congratulations to Deborah Raphael and her theatre students at Sepulveda Middle School,

who won our Into The Woods “We Wish” Video Contest. The class won tickets and transportation to the May 11, 2017 matinee performance of Into The Woods—which they found out about from cast members at a surprise assembly on April 7. Watch their entry, about the power and importance of making friends, on our Facebook page.

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CELEBRATING 50 YEARS at Center Theatre Group

May 20, 2017 Marks the Biggest Event in our History

It’s an evening half a century in the making. Center Theatre Group’s 50 Celebration will take place on Saturday, May 20, 2017. Some of the world’s most talented artists and Center Theatre Group supporters, led by 50 Celebration Co-Chairs Sue Tsao and NBC Entertainment Chairman Robert Greenblatt, are coming together to honor our past and create a secure foundation for our future—for one night only.

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“Center Theatre Group has been a home for so many artists in Los Angeles since 1967. And it’s been a home to me and countless other audience members over the past 50 years.

It’s the perfect time for us to celebrate everything the company has given us and to give back, too,” said Tsao, who is also a Member of the Center Theatre Group Board.

The evening will begin with a cocktail reception on The Music Center Plaza, featuring behind-the-scenes glimpses into some of our most beloved shows from the past 50 years. Then, guests will head into the Ahmanson Theatre for a show featuring Center Theatre Group alumni artists and a number of famous faces, including Annette Bening, Sir Matthew Bourne, Alfred Molina, and Phylicia Rashad—with many more to come. The production is helmed by writer, director, and producer Robert Egan, who is working with Center Theatre Group Artistic Director Michael Ritchie and a star-studded artist committee to create an unforgettable night at the theatre.

The evening will continue with a festive party at Grand Park.

Guests will dine on cuisine by a slate of Los Angeles’ most lauded chefs, curated by Patina Restaurant Group’s Joachim Splichal: Vartan Abgaryan (71Above), Josiah Citrin (Mélisse), Ray Garcia (Broken Spanish), Bruce Kalman (Union), and Frania Mendivil (Patina). They’ll also be treated to surprise entertainment courtesy of media artist Kate Johnson and Brite Ideas, who are incorporating materials from Center Theatre Group’s rich archives into an immersive dining experience.

“This is a night to celebrate where Center Theatre Group has come from and where we are going next," said Ritchie. “I'm honored to have been a part of the first 50 years of the company and to be helping usher in our next act alongside the people and artists who have helped make it all possible."

The 50 Celebration is the biggest event in our history and a pivotal moment: the launch of the next 50 years of great theatre here and across Los Angeles. Proceeds from this spectacular evening will support Center Theatre Group’s world-class productions, innovative programs, new work, emerging artists, and future generations of theatre lovers.

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Building Theatre’s Professional Pipeline Center Theatre Group Joins Forces with Local Organizations and Schools on College and Career Fairs Southern California’s high schools, colleges, and universities abound with aspiring artists, artisans, and arts administrators.

And Southern California is full of people who have forged successful arts careers. But connecting them to one another, and creating paths for young people in the field, is a challenge not just for students but also for the organizations and schools that serve them, as well as the employers who want to hire them.

“We’re looking to disrupt stereotypes with professionals who don’t look like whatever students may have thought their profession would look like. The experience we want every student to have is, ‘I think I can do that, I can see myself doing that.’”

For the past two years, Center Theatre Group has teamed up with these groups to create two college and career fairs that are becoming an integral part of our professional pipeline for the next generation of theatre makers. On April 8, 2017, we joined forces with LA STAGE Alliance, the UCLA School of Theatre, Film and Television, and the USC School of Dramatic Arts to present the Center Theatre Group Going Pro Career Fair at the East Los Angeles College (ELAC) Performing & Fine Arts Complex. The event is designed to help undergraduate and graduate students get ready to transition to a professional theatre career. And on April 22, 2017, we invited 30 colleges, universities, and organizations to our College & Career Fair for the Arts at The Music Center Annex, which helps high school students figure out how to pursue the arts after graduation.

Center Theatre Group Next Generation Initiatives Director Camille Schenkkan has been overwhelmed by enthusiasm from all fronts.

“There’s nothing like this in Southern California that I’ve heard of that’s designed expressly for students interested in theatre,” she said. “The fairs were originally meant to serve students, but now they’re serving everyone. On the high school side, colleges are really eager to be there because it’s such a specific audience of students interested in the arts. And on the Going Pro side, so many of the theatre professionals we’ve invited, who are volunteering their time, have said, ‘I wish this existed when I was in school.’” Even UCLA and USC set aside their storied rivalry to participate together.

“USC is thrilled to be partnering with Center Theatre Group and UCLA on the Going Pro Career Fair for the second year,” said David Bridel, who holds the Braverman Family Dean’s Chair at

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the USC School of Dramatic Arts. “This event offers our students invaluable access to theatre professionals from all around Los Angeles and helps to pave the way for their early career steps. It’s a terrific way to build community around young people with a passion for the performing arts.”

The Going Pro Career Fair also strives to give students a full picture of the lay of the Los Angeles theatre landscape, with tables hosted by many different unions, panel discussions on career paths in theatre, individual speed networking sessions with professionals, and an informal networking mixer.

Added UCLA TFT Department of Theater Chair Brian Kite, “UCLA was proud to be part of the first two years of the Going Pro Career Fair, and to be working with Center Theatre Group, USC, and LA STAGE Alliance to create a not-to-be-missed event filled with great information and artistic community.”

“There was a lot of synchronicity in the planning of this,” said Schenkkan, “with colleges thinking deeply about how to help their students transition to the professional theatre workforce. It’s much easier to teach craft than it is to teach students how to get a job in this field—and they know that.” There was also a lot of excitement from unions who are looking to bolster their ranks. IATSE Local 33, the stage technicians union, signed attendees up for work. "It wasn’t theoretical—it was, ‘Can you work next Saturday?’” said Schenkkan. In addition, Backstage magazine offered everyone who attended free subscriptions. “Everyone’s really eager to help,” said Schenkkan.

The organizations participating in the College & Career Fair for the Arts offered nearly every conceivable option for students trying decide where to go and what to pursue after high school, representing general education, technical training, and community colleges, as well as private and public colleges and universities.

We also hosted free workshops on applying and paying for college, “ask me anything” sessions with professional theatre artists, and individual college counseling and personal statement help sessions.

“There’s just so much uncertainty when you’re a teenager and you’re trying to figure out what to focus on,” said Schenkkan. “There’s so much fear around the question of, how do I do this? And in the arts, there’s not a clear career pathway like in other fields. We’ve also discovered that there’s inequity in what students are learning about college and career access. Some schools may teach students a lot about scholarships, but at others they may learn about what a BFA in acting is, but not find out how to pay for it. Everybody is getting little bits of college and career information, but nobody’s getting the full picture.”

The fairs are a natural extension of Center Theatre Group's programs to build leadership skills and create career paths for young people in Los Angeles in the arts, which include our high school Student Ambassadors and our graduate and undergraduate interns. “We’re figuring out how to help students in each step along their journey from when they first go see theatre and fall in love with it to becoming the next artistic director or technical director or master electrician or actor,” said Schenkkan. Diversity, equity, and inclusion are at the forefront of these efforts. “We want every panel to reflect the diversity of the students who are watching it, who look like Los Angeles,” said Schenkkan. “We’re looking to disrupt stereotypes with professionals who don’t look like whatever students may have thought their profession would look like. The experience we want every student to have is, ‘I think I can do that, I can see myself doing that.’”

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Commuters in Union Station became actors onstage, a hallway in the Millennium Biltmore Hotel was transformed into a ballroom, and Center Theatre Group audiences reinvented themselves as intrepid urban adventurers as part of Remote L.A., a pedestrianbased live art experience from March 12 – April 2, 2017. Wearing headphones and guided by a computergenerated voice named Heather, groups of 50 people swarmed out from The Music Center into the subways, alleys, and hidden wonders of Downtown Los Angeles.

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THE AUGUST WILSON MONOLOGUE COMPETITION KEEPS A PLAYWRIGHT’S LEGACY ALIVE

A Journey of a Century Begins With a Single Student On February 27, 2017, a century of the AfricanAmerican experience came to life on the Mark Taper Forum stage through the words of August Wilson and the voices of Los Angeles high school students.

Since 2011, Center Theatre Group has served as the Southern California home for the national August Wilson Monologue Competition. Each year, over 100 students from across the region are introduced to Wilson’s work as part of the program, which begins in the fall. Six months later, 12 of those students emerge as regional finalists and present their monologues in front of a packed Taper house.

The road to the competition began with an after-school workshop where students learned about Wilson’s American Century Cycle. Teaching artists led this year’s group in acting exercises, introduced them to Wilson’s plays, and guided them through audition techniques.

“These workshops are an opportunity to bring together students from all over Southern California for a common goal—to immerse themselves in the work of August Wilson,” said Center Theatre Group Director of Social Strategy, Innovation and Impact Leslie K. Johnson.

“Seeing this new generation engage with the work of a playwright who depicted an overlooked part of the American experience reminds me why this competition is so important.”

On November 5, 2016, these 10 , 11 , and 12 grade students from 34 high schools and five counties convened at Center Theatre Group’s headquarters for preliminary auditions. Fifty-three students advanced to the semi-finals, where they performed for judges and received written feedback on their auditions before the 12 regional finalists were selected.

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“The amount of time and hard work these students put into their monologues is emblematic of the fact this competition is not about who wins or loses. It is about giving young people an opportunity to find themselves and their communities in Wilson’s work,” said Johnson.

“The training sessions are not about preparing students to win. They are about allowing students to tap into the depths of their humanity.”

For regional finalists Joey Aquino, Luke Baxter, Kelly Bouslaiby, Hollis Dohr, Asa Ferguson, Hannah Franklin, Elija Hall, Habin Lee, Arjang Mahdavi, Ehvinny Mora, Alexander Villaseñor, and Aryana Williams, this meant digging through personal experiences to understand characters whose lives are often very different from their own. To do so, they underwent 16 hours of training with Program Advisor Andi Chapman. They received one-onone coaching in text analysis, character study, and vocal and physical technique. They also worked together as an ensemble, learning how to collaborate and support one another as artists.

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“The competition is a continuation of the idea that Center Theatre Group is here to support great art and great artists. We pass the torch to a new generation of artists.

Each year, I am amazed by the complexity, emotion, and understanding this new generation brings to Wilson’s characters,” said Center Theatre Group Artistic Director Michael Ritchie.

This complexity and understanding was on full display throughout the regional finals. First-place finalist Aryana Williams took on the role of Louise from Seven Guitars, imbuing the character with raw, world-weary experience and cutting humor. Alexander Villaseñor, who took second place, brought to life Youngblood from Jitney, a character determined to provide for his girlfriend and family. And third-place finalist Elija Hall, who played Tonya from King Hedley II, shook the audience with her uninhibited depiction of a woman choosing not to have a child.

The top two performers traveled to New York in May to perform in the national finals at the August Wilson Theatre on Broadway—a special honor for first-place finalist Aryana Williams. Having come in third in last year’s competition, Williams finally had her chance to speak Wilson’s words on the Great White Way. Her journey is representative of what the August Wilson Competition is all about: experience, understanding, and growth.

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WELCOME TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD INTRODUCING THE COMPANIES BEHIND BLOCK PARTY AT THE KIRK DOUGLAS THEATRE BLOCK PARTY IS OUR NEW CELEBRATION OF LOS ANGELES THEATRE. In January, we announced that we would be collaborating with three local theatre companies to make this inaugural event at the Kirk Douglas Theatre a reality.

Coeurage Theatre Company, The Fountain Theatre, and The Echo Theater Company are each one piece of the ecosystem that is Los Angeles theatre, and their stories are as vibrant and diverse as the city they call home.

The youngest company to collaborate with us on Block Party is Coeurage Theatre Company. Founded in 2009 by a group of graduates from California State University, Fullerton, their name is derived from the French word for “heart.” It is a quality they bring to all their productions. In fact, a 2016 American Theatre Magazine story singled them out as “among the most theatrical of the many theatre companies in Los Angeles.”

Coeurage extends that heart beyond the stage to their audiences. Operating on a pay-what-you-want business model, they “exist to make impassioned theatre available to all audiences,” said Coeurage Theatre Company Artistic Director Jeremy Lelliott. “We let every single patron who comes to our show choose their own ticket price for every single performance for every single production.”

For our first Block Party, we’re taking a page from Coeurage’s book and offering a special pay-what-you-want preview for all three Block Party shows, the first of which was Coeurage’s production of Failure: A Love Story by Philip Dawkins. Failure tells the story of the Fail sisters and their ill-fated love affairs with the same man in a magical (and theatrical) Chicago of the 1920s.

For Lelliott, it represents a vote of confidence in the work that Coeurage is doing.

“It’s pretty remarkable that Center Theatre Group is putting, literally, their money where their mouths are and pointing to [the L.A. theatre] community and saying, Hey, everyone. Look over here. We believe in what these people are doing.” Failure: A Love Story played the Douglas April 14–23, 2017.

The Fountain Theatre was founded in 1990 by co-Artistic Directors Deborah Lawlor and Stephen Sachs. From the beginning, they have been committed to presenting work that reflects the diversity of the city they call home. Located near a sleepy section of Hollywood, The Fountain Theatre makes its home near the corner of Fountain and Normandie.

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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

ARCHDUKE

By Rajiv Joseph Directed by Giovanna Sardelli World Premiere April 25 – June 4, 2017 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

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WATER BY THE SPOONFUL

By Quiara Alegría Hudes Directed by Lileana Blain-Cruz January 31 – March 11, 2018 Illustration by Christopher Komuro.

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

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 The Annenberg Foundation Kirk & Anne Douglas Edgerton Foundation Kiki and David Gindler Patricia Glaser & Sam Mudie Aliza Karney Guren & Marc Guren Ann & Stephen F. Hinchliffe, Jr. Estate of Kirk Kerkorian Laura & James Rosenwald & Orinoco Foundation Sue Tsao

GIFTS OF $500,000 AND ABOVE Anonymous Amy Forbes & Andrew Murr Jerry & Terri Kohl Deena & Edward Nahmias Michael Ritchie & Kate Burton Elliott Sernel

GIFTS OF $250,000 AND ABOVE Joni & Miles Benickes Diana Buckhantz & the Vladimir and Araxia Buckhantz Foundation Nancy & Eric Garen Vicki King Renee & Meyer Luskin The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation Donna Schweers & Tom Geiser

GIFTS OF $100,000 AND ABOVE Anonymous Derek & Yvonne Bell Marla S. Campagna Mara & Joseph Carieri Friars Charitable Foundation Jody & David Lippman Cheryl A. Shepherd Bill Resnick & Michael Stubbs Deidra Norman Schumann

Center Theatre Group would also like to thank the following donors for making commitments to the 50TH Anniversary Campaign through increased giving to our Annual Fund and through legacy gifts to our Endowment: Legacy Gifts $1,000,000 AND ABOVE Judith & Thomas Beckmen Martin Massman Diane & Leon Morton $500,000 AND ABOVE Richard & Norma Camp Susan A. Grode Linda S. Peterson Other Legacy Gifts Shirley & Irving Ashkenas, Pamela & Dennis Beck, Bill Cohn & Dan Miller, Steven Llanusa & Glenn Miya, M.D., Gloria Lothrop, Carol & Douglas Mancino, Renee & Robert Nunn, Nan Rae, Randy & Bruce Ross, Wes Schaefer & Cathy King-Schaefer P 2 PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE

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

presents the World Premiere of

By

Rajiv Joseph With

Josiah Bania Patrick Page

Joanne McGee Ramiz Monsef Stephen Stocking Todd Weeks

Scenic Design

Costume Design

Lighting Design

Sound Design and Composition

Tim Mackabee

Denitsa Bliznakova

Lap Chi Chu

Daniel Kluger

Casting

Fight Director

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Telsey + Company Tiffany Canfield, csa Karyn Casl, csa

Steve Rankin

Joy Meads

Associate Producer

Production Stage Manager

Lindsay Allbaugh

David S. Franklin

Directed By

Giovanna Sardelli APRIL 25 – JUNE 4, 2017 MARK TAPER FORUM Archduke was commissioned by Center Theatre Group.

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CAST

(In Order of Appearance)

Gavrilo.............................................................. Stephen Stocking Dr. Leko....................................................................Todd Weeks Dragutin “Apis” Dimitrijevic....................................... Patrick Page Trifko.....................................................................Ramiz Monsef Nedeljko.................................................................. Josiah Bania Sladjana................................................................Joanne McGee UNDERSTUDIES Understudies never substitute for listed performer unless a specific announcement is made at the time of the performance.

Sladjana—Kathleen Campbell Dr. Leko/Apis—David Nevell Gavrilo/Trifko/Nedeljko—Joe Wegner TIME: 1914 PLACE: Belgrade, Zemun, Sarajevo, and points between INTERMISSION Archduke will be performed with one intermission.

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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FROM BAGHDAD TO SARAJEVO— AND BACK TO CENTER THEATRE GROUP An Interview with Playwright RAJIV JOSEPH

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“IT FEELS LIKE I’M COMING HOME TO THIS THEATRE because in many ways my career began here back in 2009,” said playwright Rajiv Joseph of returning to Center Theatre Group with the World premiere of Archduke.

“Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo was my first significant production,” he recalled. “We spent two consecutive springtimes in Los Angeles putting on that show”—first the World premiere at the Kirk Douglas Theatre in 2009, then a 2010 run at the Mark Taper Forum—“culminating in both the Pulitzer Prize finalist honor as well as its continued success on Broadway. I always look back on this place as where everything started for me.”

“What was always interesting to me was this idea of World War I being the sort of gateway between the 19TH and 20TH centuries, and that led to a sort of meditation for me on whether or not every century takes about 18 years, much like a person, to discover who and what it is,” said Joseph.

“If that is the case, then we are in that exact moment right now...”

Center Theatre Group is proud to have provided a creative home for Joseph as his much lauded playwriting career was launching. Since then, he’s racked up honors including the Horton Foote Playwriting Award, Obie and Lucille Lortel Awards last year for Guards at the Taj, and grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Whiting Foundation, United States Artists, and the Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust.

“To come back with the commission from Center Theatre Group that has become Archduke is a real gift for me because I love this theatre, I love the space of the Taper, and I’m really excited to see this new work on that stage,” said Joseph. But being back in our rehearsal rooms also reminded him of how far he’s come. “I remember when I was doing Bengal Tiger I was rewriting it so much, kind of radical rewrites every day, including even in the second staging of it at the Taper,” he said. “It made the play better.

I approach writing in a different way now, and Archduke has come into the rehearsal process a little more fully formed than Bengal Tiger did at the time, and I think that speaks to what I’ve learned over the last eight years.”

That doesn’t mean that Joseph had a straightforward path to forming Archduke into the play currently onstage at the Taper. He originally pitched Center Theatre Group’s artistic staff on a play about classical music. “I was interested in writing about two men, two composers, one an older and one a younger composer,” said Joseph. He decided to place the composers in Serbia in 1914, at the onset of World War I. “I thought maybe the younger composer’s brother is the young man who killed Archduke Franz Ferdinand—I had just known him from history class. And the more I started researching Gavrilo Princip, that story sort of took over, and the story of the composers no longer seemed quite so urgent and interesting.”

Joseph thinks these twists and turns are key to the creative process.

“I think when you start a play you’re writing about one thing, and that thing invariably changes, metamorphoses into something else,” he said. “I start out by writing a pretty conventional play, and it’s my hope that through those rewrites and through those circuitous routes that I take, the play becomes less conventional and becomes more interesting and unique and compelling.”

Archduke also evolved as Joseph immersed himself in the history of the beginning of World War I. “This play is not a history lesson. It can’t be used as a means of saying, ‘This is what happened,’” said Joseph. “But a lot is rooted in what I’ve learned in my research. There was a time in the process where I was drifting away from fact, to an extent, and I had to pull back

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(from left) Playwright Joseph and director Giovanna Sardelli at the spot where Gavrilo Princip assassinated the Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife. | Joseph takes notes.

suddenly. Because even though it’s an imaginative retelling of the story and there are some invented characters and there’s certainly invented intentions and dialogue and desires in the play, there was a point where I realized, I needed to at least honor some of the realities of these historical characters’ situation. And once I did that it actually liberated me.”

Joseph’s research took him and director Giovanna Sardelli to Belgrade and Sarajevo last fall. “I felt like it was kind of crucial to get a firsthand look at the place and feel it in my bones,” said Joseph. “It helped me understand the place I was writing about and the people and the nationalistic attitude of that time and place a little bit better. There’s no way of ever really knowing it because it was a hundred years ago, and so it’s an imaginative process from beginning to end. But taking myself out of my comfort zone, putting me there, feeling that place, smelling it, experiencing it—that was a huge part in that process of making Archduke unique.” A highlight of their trip was an assassination tour of Sarajevo that they thought would simply be a walkthrough of Archduke Franz Ferdinand’s final motorcade trip. “Instead this young man took us to this bridge on a different side of Sarajevo, and then talked about the Ottoman Empire for about 40 minutes. He set the scene for us with the 200 years building up to 1914.” The tour “enmeshed us in the deep history of this incredible city,” said Joseph.

As the play was taking its final shape in the fall, the global order was undergoing yet another shift that was in some ways reminiscent of the time Joseph had been exploring in Archduke. “What was always interesting to me was this idea of World War I being the sort of gateway between the 19TH and 20TH centuries, and that led to a sort of meditation for me on whether or not every century takes about 18 years, much like a person, to discover who and what it is,” said Joseph. “If that is the case, then we are in that exact moment right now. So I was wondering, well before the US election, what is going to be the event that is going to usher us into the 21ST century?” It may or may not have happened already, added Joseph, but regardless, “there’s a real sense of uncertainty and dread that is part of our national conversation now, which plays into the relevance of this play,” he said.

Joseph is hoping that audiences will walk away from Archduke feeling like World War I is relevant. “Growing up, whenever I read about World War I, it felt like this ancient, different idea.

The people involved and the nations involved and the conflicts involved were not contemporary in any way, shape, or form,” said Joseph. “But I think it’s useful to look at how politics, power, individuals, humanity—these things change a lot less than we give them credit for. I hope people leaving the theatre will be talking about how similar our situation might be to a few 19-year-old Serbian guys in 1914.”

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WHO’S WHO JOSIAH BANIA (Nedeljko). Off-Broadway: Ironbound (Rattlestick Playwrights Theater). Regional: Fingersmith (American Repertory Theater), The Way of the World (Dorset Theatre Festival), Love’s Labour’s Lost (Chautauqua Theater Company), The History Boys (Artists Repertory Theatre), A Christmas Carol (Portland Center Stage), and Three Sisters (Yale Repertory Theatre). Yale School of Drama: Othello, The Seagull, Petty Harbour, Twelfth Night, Antony and Cleopatra, and No More Sad Things. Television: The Good Wife, The Mysteries of Laura, and Leverage. Education: Yale School of Drama (MFA).

JOANNE McGEE (Sladjana). National Tour: Encore!! (Chamber Theatre Productions).

Regional: Twelfth Night (Pensacola Shakespeare Festival); The Laramie Project (Sierra Rep); As You Like It, The Royal Tea, Cymbeline (Utah Shakespeare Festival); Hamlet, The Tempest, Othello, Macbeth, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Nevada Shakespeare in the Park); The Crucible (Milwaukee Rep); Blood Relations (Detroit Rep); A Shayna Maidel (Florida Rep); Shoe Man (Purple Rose Theatre Company— Best Supporting Actress/Ann Arbor News). Other L.A.: Caught in the Net (International City Theatre—Ovation Award winner); Dreams of Anne Frank (MainStreet Theatre); Stage Beauty (Crown City Theatre—Stage Scene LA/ Outstanding Actress Award); Twelfth Night (Excalibur Theatre—Best Actress Award/Drama-Logue). Film: You Should Meet My Son! (People’s Choice Best Actress Award/San Diego FilmOut Festival and Best Actress/Santo Domingo/Dominican Republic), Cedar Rapids, The Bug, Interviewing Norman, Mix. Television: The West Wing, JAG, General Hospital, America’s Most Wanted, Boston Public.

RAMIZ MONSEF (Trifko). L.A.: Vicuña (Kirk Douglas Theatre), Guards at the Taj (Geffen Playhouse). Off-Broadway: Eurydice (Second Stage); Betrayed (Culture Project); All That I Will Ever Be (New York Theatre Workshop). Regional: The Unfortunates, The Time of Your Life (ACT); The Glory of the World, The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity, One Short Sleepe (Actors Theatre of Louisville); Eurydice (Yale Rep); Eurydice, The Arabian Nights, Fêtes de la Nuit (Berkeley Rep);

Guantanamo: Honor Bound to Defend Freedom (The Studio Theatre); as well as seven seasons at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. TV: Training Day, Law & Order, Comedy Central’s The Watchlist.

PATRICK PAGE (Dragutin “Apis” Dimitrijevic). Broadway: George/Valentina in Casa Valentina, Norman Osborn/The Green Goblin in Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, Rufus Buckley in A Time To Kill, Henry VIII in A Man for All Seasons (Langella), Brutus in Julius Caesar (Denzel), The Grinch in How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Scar in The Lion King, Lumiere in Beauty and the Beast, and The Kentucky Cycle. Off Broadway/NYC: Cymbeline in Cymbeline (Central Park); Hades in Hadestown (NYTW); Richard II (Public); The Sound of Music (Carnegie Hall); A Christmas Carol (MSG). Regional: Associate Artist of The Old Globe: Cyrano in Cyrano de Bergerac, Malvolio, etc. Affiliate Artist of Shakespeare Theater DC: Prospero, Macbeth, Coriolanus, Iago, etc.; Leading roles at La Jolla Playhouse, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Seattle Rep, Long Wharf Theatre, Paper Mill Playhouse, Arizona Theatre Company, etc. TV: Madam Secretary, Blacklist, Elementary, Flesh and Bone, The Good Wife, Chicago P.D., Law & Order SVU, etc. Founder of Patrick Page Acting Studio NYC. patrickpageonline.com @pagepatrick STEPHEN STOCKING (Gavrilo). New York: Every Good Girl Deserves Fun–And Other Misremembered Things (Walker Space Theatre); The Casebook of Rudolf H(NYTW Studio); Dance Dance Revolution (Alex Timbers, director). Regional: Great Expectations (Portland Center Stage); A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Shakespeare Theatre Co., DC and Macau); Romeo and Juliet, Anything Goes (Williamstown Theatre Festival). NYU graduate acting: Describe the Night (by Rajiv Joseph), Desire, Three Sisters, Plenty, Landscape of the Body, The Beaux’ Stratagem, and Pale Fires. Film: Courtship, Candlesticks. TV: Z: The Beginning of Everything. MFA: NYU graduate acting.

TODD WEEKS (Dr. Leko). Center Theatre Group: November, Romance. Broadway: The Full Monty (original cast), The Last Night of Ballyhoo, Summer and Smoke, Our Town. National tours: Angels in America, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. Off-Broadway: member of the Atlantic Theater Company since 1986, premieres of The Voysey

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Kevin Tighe in Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo. Photo by Craig Schwartz.

50 YEARS AT CENTER THEATRE GROUP

Key Shows and Moments in our History

2008–Present In Center Theatre Group’s most recent decade, the Kirk Douglas Theatre has thrived in Culver City, the Mark Taper Forum has hosted both critically acclaimed and popular productions, and the Ahmanson Theatre has brought Los Angeles a mix of Broadway’s best plays and musicals. Check out CenterTheatreGroup.org to see more recent highlights and the rest of our 50-year history on our digital timeline.

Lillias White in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.

Photo by Craig Schwartz.

(L–R) Savvy Crawford and Phillipa Soo in Amélie, A New Musical. Photo by Joan Marcus.

JANUARY 20 – FEBRUARY 17, 2008 The World premiere of Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, written and directed by Alex Timbers with music and lyrics by Michael Friedman, lands at the Douglas and later moves to Broadway, where it receives two Tony nominations. ®

Photos by Craig Schwartz.

MAY 18 – JUNE 8, 2008 Ed O’Neill (left) in the World premiere of Keep Your Pantheon, and Harold Gould (right) in The Duck Variations, which appear at the Douglas in Two Unrelated Plays by David Mamet.

Benjamin Walker in Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson. Photo by Craig Schwartz.

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2009

Kirk Douglas in the World premiere of his autobiographical one-man show Before I Forget at the Douglas.

DouglasPlus launches, featuring readings, workshops, and short-run events of new and in-progress theatrical works at the Kirk Douglas Theatre. Los Angeles Times critic Charles McNulty calls it “a refreshing extension of Center Theatre Group’s artistic palette.”

Photo by Craig Schwartz.

JANUARY 25 – MARCH 15, 2009 Center Theatre Group and Deaf West Theatre co-produce Pippin at the Taper featuring both deaf and hearing actors.

SEPTEMBER 20 – OCTOBER 19, 2008 The World premiere of 9 to 5: The Musical, featuring music and lyrics by Dolly Parton and book by Patricia Resnick, directed by Joe Mantello, makes its World premiere at the Ahmanson featuring Allison Janney. The show heads to Broadway in 2009 and receives four Tony and 15 Drama Desk Award nominations. ®

Ty Taylor (center) and the cast of Pippin. Photo by Craig Schwartz.

(L–R) Stephanie J. Block, Allison Janney, Dolly Parton, and Megan Hilty.

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JUNE 30 – AUGUST 8, 2010 Chris Pine (right) and Brett Ryback (left) in Martin McDonagh’s The Lieutenant of Inishmore at the Taper.

Photo by Craig Schwartz.

MAY 10 – JUNE 7, 2009 Rajiv Joseph’s Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo makes its World premiere at the Douglas. The following year, it transfers to the Taper and is a finalist for the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

In 2011, the show heads to Broadway.

(L–R) Brad Fleischer and Kevin Tighe in Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo. Photo by Craig Schwartz.

MARCH 26 – APRIL 4, 2009 Hamish Linklater in the World premiere of Michael Sargent’s The Projectionist, which is performed in the lobby of the Douglas.

Photo by Craig Schwartz.

JUNE 5 – JULY 12, 2009 Bill Pullman and Julia Stiles in David Mamet’s Oleanna at the Taper, which transfers to Broadway.

Photo by Craig Schwartz.

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FEBRUARY 9 – MARCH 6, 2011 Jane Fonda stars in 33 Variations, written and directed by Moisés Kaufman, at the Ahmanson.

Photo by Craig Schwartz.

(L–R) James Gandolfini and Jeff Daniels. Photo by Craig Schwartz.

APRIL 13 – MAY 29, 2011 Jeff Daniels, Hope Davis, James Gandolfini, and Marcia Gay Harden reprise their Broadway roles in Yasmina Reza’s God of Carnage at the Ahmanson. The production breaks every box office record ever set for a play at the Ahmanson, selling 97,567 tickets and grossing nearly $8 million in eight weeks.

Photo by Craig Schwartz.

OCTOBER 3–24, 2010 Raúl Esparza and Brooke Shields star in the World premiere of the musical Leap of Faith at the Ahmanson, which opens on Broadway in 2012.

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AUGUST 12 – SEPTEMBER 9, 2012 Alfred Molina and Jonathan Groff star in Red at the Taper.

DECEMBER 2–30, 2012 Jon Robin Baitz’s Other Desert Cities at the Taper is the sixth Center Theatre Group production of his work.

Alfred Molina in Red. Photo by Craig Schwartz.

(L–R) Damon Gupton, Crystal A. Dickinson, and Christina Kirk in Clybourne Park. Photo by Craig Schwartz.

JANUARY 25 – FEBRUARY 26, 2012 Pam MacKinnon directs Bruce Norris’ Clybourne Park, a spin-off of A Raisin in the Sun, at the Taper.

The production moves directly to Broadway and wins the 2012 Tony Award for Best Play. A Raisin in the Sun runs concurrently at the Douglas. ®

2012 Center Theatre Group becomes the Southern California host of the August Wilson Monologue Competition, which invites high schoolers across the region to engage deeply with Wilson’s work.

Michael Weston and Jeannie Berlin in Other Desert Cities. Photo by Craig Schwartz.

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FEBRUARY 9 – MARCH 16, 2014

David Hull and Kristine Nielsen in Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike.

Photo by Craig Schwartz.

David Hyde Pierce directs Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike by Christopher Durang at the Taper, which is so successful that its run is extended for a week.

2013 The Shop initiative transforms Center Theatre Group’s prop and costume shop in Boyle Heights into a hub for community programming that gives residents opportunities to make theatre a part of their daily lives.

MAY 8 – JUNE 9, 2013 August Wilson’s legacy at Center Theatre Group continues with Joe Turner’s Come and Gone at the Taper, directed

by Phylicia Rashad. It is the eighth play we’ve done of the 10 in The American Century Cycle.

MARCH 24 – APRIL 14, 2013 Jennifer Haley’s The Nether premieres at the Douglas and wins seven Ovation Awards. In 2015, The Nether plays London’s West End, where it is nominated for an Olivier Award.

Robert Joy and Brighid Fleming in The Nether. Photo by Craig Schwartz.

(L–R) Glynn Turman, Gabriel Brown, Lillias White, Skye Barrett, and Keith David in Joe Turner’s Come and Gone. Photo by Craig Schwartz.

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SEPTEMBER 26 – NOVEMBER 2, 2014 Cicely Tyson, Vanessa Williams, and Blair Underwood star in Horton Foote’s The Trip to Bountiful, directed by Michael Wilson at the Ahmanson.

Blair Underwood and Cicely Tyson in The Trip to Bountiful. Photo by Craig Schwartz.

DECEMBER 14, 2014 – JANUARY 18, 2015 Angela Lansbury stars in Noël Coward’s Blithe Spirit at the Ahmanson.

Photo by Joan Marcus.

JULY 19 – AUGUST 9, 2015 Rock musical and love story Girlfriend, with a book by Todd Almond and music and lyrics by Matthew Sweet, opens at the Douglas just weeks after the Supreme Court legalizes same-sex marriage nationwide.

Photo by Craig Schwartz.

SEPTEMBER 21 – OCTOBER 19, 2014 Lois Smith and Frank Wood in the World premiere of Jordan Harrison’s Marjorie Prime at the Taper. Marjorie Prime goes on to garner Harrison the 2016 Horton Foote Prize, become a 2015 finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Drama, and is made into a feature film with Smith reprising her Taper role alongside Geena Davis, Jon Hamm, and Tim Robbins.

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(L–R) Ryder Bach and Curt Hansen in Girlfriend.

Photo by Craig Schwartz.

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2008–Present 50 YEARS AT CENTER THEATRE GROUP

(L–R) Patrick Heusinger, Andy Mientus, and Brionne Davis in Bent. Photo by Craig Schwartz.

SEPTEMBER 11 – OCTOBER 16, 2016

(L–R) Jason Dirden, Damon Gupton, Glynn Turman, and Keith David in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom. Photo by Craig Schwartz.

Phylicia Rashad directs August Wilson’s Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom at the Taper, the ninth of the 10 plays in Wilson’s American Century Cycle on our stages.

JULY 26 – AUGUST 23, 2015 The Taper hosts the first major U.S. revival of Martin Sherman’s Bent, the story of two gay men’s struggle to survive in Nazi Germany, directed by Moisés Kaufman.

DECEMBER 4, 2016 – JANUARY 15, 2017 Broadway-bound Amélie, A New Musical plays the Ahmanson featuring Phillipa Soo in the title role.

Photo by Joan Marcus.

OCTOBER 10–11, 2015 Center Theatre Group, in partnership with famed Chicano theatre company El Teatro Campesino, presents free productions of Popol Vuh: Heart of Heaven featuring puppetry, music, and dance in Grand Park, performed by members of the Boyle Heights community.

Photo by Craig Schwartz.

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Inheritance, The Cider House Rules, Distant Fires, Boys’ Life (also at Lincoln Center Theater), The Lights (LCT) among many others. Regional: Kingdom City (La Jolla Playhouse), The Full Monty, Lucky Duck (Old Globe), Chapter Two (ETC, Santa Barbara), Dallas Theater Center, Playmakers Rep, Williamstown, Hartford Stage, Alliance, Humana (Louisville). Director: I Loved Lucy (Laguna Playhouse). Television: When We Rise, All the Way, Falling Skies, Modern Family, Detroit 187, Men of a Certain Age, The Defenders, Rubicon, Numb3rs, Medium, The Unit, Law & Order. Film: Café Society, Brightest Star, The Maiden Heist, The Deal, Amos & Andrew.

KATHLEEN CAMPBELL (Understudy for Sladjana). Theatre: You Can’t Take it With You (The Geffen Playhouse at the Brentwood Theatre—understudy for Penny); The Hot Flash Road Show (The Brentwood Theatre); The Second City National Touring Company (Florence Gould Hall); The All Girl Revue (Chicago); Chicago Improv Festival, San Francisco Improv Festival, Out of Bounds Comedy Festival, Women in Comedy Festival (Friars Club Audience Award). Other Los Angeles: Manson the Musical (The Coast Playhouse); The School for Wives (The Knightsbridge Theatre); Bukowsical (Sacred Fools); Oliver, The Music Man, Willy Wonka, The Wizard of Oz, (The Stepping Stone Players). TV: Getting On, Zoey 101, Still Standing, The Drew Carey Show.

DAVID NEVELL (Understudy for Apis, Dr. Leko). Los Angeles: Peter and the Starcatcher, Arms and the Man (South Coast Rep); A Walk in the Woods, God of Carnage (International City Theatre); The Odd Couple (Laguna Playhouse); Twelfth Night (New Swan Shakespeare); The Morini Strad (The Colony); Comedy of Errors, Twelfth Night, Romeo and Juliet (Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles); The Commons (Hothouse at The Pasadena Playhouse); Crazy for You, On Borrowed Time, My Fair Lady (La Mirada Theatre). Regional: The Scene (Ensemble Theatre Company of Santa Barbara); Amphitryon (Huntington Theatre Company); The Crucible (Pittsburgh Public Theater); Henry VIII, The Tempest (Utah Shakespeare Festival); A Christmas Carol (Geva Theatre Center); The Game of Love and Chance (San Jose Rep); Light Up

the Sky, The Winter’s Tale, Arcadia, Macbeth, Amadeus, Anything Goes, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Cinderella, The Unsinkable Molly Brown, and Twelfth Night (PCPA Theaterfest).

JOE WEGNER (Understudy for Gavrilo, Trifko, Nedeljko). Regional: Secret Love in Peach Blossom Land, Guys and Dolls, A Wrinkle in Time, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Taming of the Shrew, Very Merry Wives of Windsor, Iowa, Romeo and Juliet (The Oregon Shakespeare Festival); Guys and Dolls (Wallis Annenberg Center for Performing Arts); In The Blood (Mixed Blood Theatre). Education: Southern Oregon University (BFA). He lives in New York City.

RAJIV JOSEPH’s (Playwright) play Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo was a 2010 Pulitzer Prize finalist for Drama and was also awarded a grant for Outstanding New American Play by the National Endowment for the Arts. His play Guards at the Taj was a 2016 Obie winner for Best New American Play and the 2016 Lucille Lortel winner for Best Play. He wrote the libretto for the opera Shalimar the Clown, based on the novel by Salman Rushdie, which premiered last year at the Opera Theatre of St. Louis. He was also the co-writer of the feature film Draft Day and wrote for two seasons on the Showtime series Nurse Jackie. He has been awarded artistic grants from the Whiting Foundation, United States Artists, and the Harold & Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust. He served for three years in the Peace Corps in Senegal and now lives in Brooklyn, NY. GIOVANNA SARDELLI (Director).

Los Angeles: Guards at the Taj (Geffen Playhouse, 2017 Ovation Award for Best Production of a Play). Select OffBroadway World premieres: Little Children Dream of God (Roundabout Theatre); Wildflower, Animals Out of Paper, All This Intimacy (Second Stage); Finks (Ensemble Studio Theatre); Apple Cove (Women’s Project Theater); Huck & Holden (Cherry Lane Theatre). Regional: Mr. Wolf, All the Way, and The Whipping Man (Cleveland Play House); The Mountaintop, Absalom (Actors Theatre of Louisville); Clybourne Park, Lord of the Flies, Muckrakers, PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE P 9

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and The North Pool (Barrington Stage Company); Crimes of the Heart, Velocity of Autumn, The Lake Effect, Somewhere, and The North Pool (TheatreWorks Silicon Valley). Sardelli is the Director of New Works for TheatreWorks. Education: MFA graduate acting program, NYU and graduate of their Director’s Lab. Upcoming: Constellations (Geffen Playhouse), Describe the Night by Rajiv Joseph (Alley Theatre), Skeleton Crew (Marin Theatre/TheatreWorks), Finks (TheatreWorks), and An Entomologist’s Love Story (San Francisco Playhouse).

Playhouse. Costume design and stylist credits for other media include films and music videos for various artists.

Nominations for Outstanding Costume Design: LA Stage Alliance Ovation Award and Colorado Theatre Guild Henry Award. Denitsa is a professor in the School of Theatre, TV and Film at SDSU and is the head of the MFA design and technology program there. Denitsa is a graduate of Parsons School of Design and Brandeis University. Her work may be viewed at www.Denitsa.com.

TIM MACKABEE (Scenic Design).

Broadway: The Elephant Man (starring Bradley Cooper), Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth (dir. Spike Lee). West End: The Elephant Man. Off-Broadway: Guards at the Taj (2016 Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Set Design), Our New Girl (Atlantic Theater Company); Vietgone, Important Hats of the Twentieth Century (Manhattan Theatre Club), Heathers The Musical, Luce (Lincoln Center Theater); Gigantic (Vineyard Theatre); Much Ado About Nothing (Public Theater). Regional: The Geffen Playhouse, A.C.T. San Francisco, Ford’s Theatre, Seattle Repertory Theatre, The Old Globe, Baltimore Center Stage, Denver Center for the Performing Arts, Portland Center Stage, Cleveland Play House, Dallas Theater Center, Geva Theatre Center, Yale Repertory Theatre, Syracuse Stage, South Coast Repertory, Victory Gardens Theater, Bay Street Theater, Asolo Repertory Theatre, Philadelphia Theatre Company, Arden Theatre Company, Studio Theatre, The Muny, Williamstown Theatre Festival. Dance: Doug Varone and Dancers, Cedar Lake Dance. TV: Amy Schumer: Live at the Apollo, Gotham, Smash, The Today Show. Education: North Carolina School of the Arts, Yale School of Drama. timothymackabeedesign.com

LAP CHI CHU (Lighting Design). Off-Broadway: Father Comes Home From The Wars (Parts 1, 2 & 3) (Public Theater), The Body of an American, The Good Negro, Appropriate.

Regional: Oregon Shakespeare Festival, La Jolla Playhouse, The Old Globe, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, The Goodman Theatre, The Shakespeare Theater, Arena Stage, Hartford Stage, Dallas Theater Center. Dance: chameckilerner (Costumes by God, Visible Content, Hidden Form, I Mutantes Seras, Por Favor, and Não Me Deixe). Center Theatre Group (Ahmanson, Mark Taper Forum, Kirk Douglas Theatre): Father Comes Home From The Wars (Parts 1, 2 & 3), Marjorie Prime, Other Desert Cities, The Royale, Uncle Ho to Uncle Sam, and St. Jude. Awards: L.A. Drama Critics Circle Angstrom Award for Career Achievement in Lighting Design, multiple Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle Awards. Lighting design faculty at California Institute of the Arts.

DENITSA BLIZNAKOVA (Costume Design).

Denitsa is happy to make her debut at the Mark Taper Forum. Her work has been seen nationwide at venues such as the Geffen Playhouse, Old Globe, South Coast Rep, Denver Center for the Performing Arts, the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, San Diego Opera, Cleveland Play House, A Noise Within, New Repertory Theatre, Williamstown Theatre Festival, The Falcon Theatre, and others. Denitsa just finished a production of Long Day’s Journey Into Night at the Geffen Playhouse and has upcoming projects at South Coast Rep and the Geffen

DANIEL KLUGER (Sound Design and Composition). Broadway: Significant Other. New York: Man From Nebraska (Second Stage); The Light Years, Antlia Pneumatica, Marjorie Prime, Iowa (Playwrights Horizons); The Effect, Tribes, Hit the Wall (Barrow Street Theatre); The Mystery of Love & Sex, Nikolai and the Others (Lincoln Center); Significant Other, The Common Pursuit (Roundabout); Lost Girls, The Nether (MCC); I’m Gonna Pray for You So Hard, Women or Nothing (Atlantic Theater Company); You Got Older (PAGE73); Somewhere Fun, The North Pool (Vineyard). Regional: The Old Globe, Mark Taper Forum, La Jolla Playhouse, Yale Rep, Long Wharf, Pig Iron, Two River Theater, TheatreWorks Silicon Valley. www.danielkluger.com TELSEY + COMPANY (Casting). Center Theatre Group: Leap of Faith, Minsky’s, 9 to 5, The Drowsy Chaperone. Broadway/ tours: Paramour, Waitress, Fiddler on the Roof, The Color Purple, On Your Feet!, Hamilton, Something Rotten!, An American in Paris, Kinky Boots, Wicked, The Sound of Music, Newsies, Rock of Ages. Off-Broadway: Atlantic, Classic Stage, MCC, Second Stage, Signature. Regional: Alliance, A.R.T., Ford’s, Goodman, La Jolla, New York Stage

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and Film, Paper Mill, Williamstown. Film: Into the Woods, Margin Call, Rachel Getting Married, Across the Universe, Camp, Pieces of April. TV: This Is Us, Grease Live!, The Wiz Live!, Flesh and Bone, Masters of Sex, Smash, The Big C, commercials. www.telseyandco.com STEVE RANKIN (Fight Director). Mark Taper Forum: Zoot Suit, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Immediate Family, What the Butler Saw, Burn This, The Lieutenant of Inishmore, Palestine, New Mexico, The House of Blue Leaves, The School of Night, Water & Power, Electricidad, The Talking Cure, Gem of the Ocean, Mules, The House of Bernarda Alba. Other theatre: Stratford Shakespeare Festival, Ahmanson Theatre, Kirk Douglas Theatre, La Jolla Playhouse, The Old Globe (Associate Artist), Hartford Stage, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Asolo, Metropolitan Opera, LA Opera, San Diego Opera, Seattle Opera. Broadway: Dr. Zhivago, Macbeth, Memphis, Guys and Dolls, The Farnsworth Invention, Jersey Boys, The Who’s Tommy, Getting Away With Murder, Two Shakespearean Actors, Twelfth Night, The Real Inspector Hound, Anna Christie, Dracula. Off-Broadway: The Third Story, Pig Farm, The Night Hank Williams Died, Below The Belt. Mr. Rankin played Poins and staged the fights for Henry IV, Parts I and II (Lincoln Center). He plays mandolin with Susie Glaze and the New Folk Ensemble.

JOY MEADS (Dramaturg) is Literary Manager/Artistic Engagement Strategist at Center Theatre Group. At Center Theatre Group, dramaturgy credits include Good Grief by Ngozi Anyanwu, Appropriate by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, Forever by Dael Orlandersmith, Marjorie Prime by Jordan Harrison (2015 Pulitzer Prize finalist), A Parallelogram by Bruce Norris, The Royale by Marco Ramirez, and Radiate

by Daniel Alexander Jones. Previously, Joy was Literary Manager at Steppenwolf Theatre Company and Associate Artistic Director at California Shakespeare Theater. Joy has also developed plays with NYTW, Berkeley Rep, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Denver Center, the O’Neill, Ojai Playwrights Conference, Portland Center Stage, South Coast Rep, and Campo Santo, among others. Joy is a proud cofounder and member of The Kilroys (www.thekilroys.org).

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 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, and Zoot Suit. 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).

MICHELLE BLAIR (Stage Manager) has worked on over 30 productions for Center Theatre Group. Some highlights include 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 eight-year-old Liam and five-year old Imogen.

CENTER THEATRE GROUP MICHAEL RITCHIE (Artistic Director) is in his 12TH season as Center Theatre Group’s Artistic Director, and has led over 190 productions to the Ahmanson, Taper, and Douglas stages since his arrival in 2005. From 1996–2004 Michael was the Producer of the Williamstown Theatre Festival and prior to that he was a production stage manager in NYC. At Center Theatre Group, he premiered six musicals that moved to Broadway—The Drowsy Chaperone (which won 13 Tony Award nominations), Curtains (eight Tony nominations), 13, 9 to 5: The Musical, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, and Leap of Faith. He has produced 40 World premieres including the musicals Minsky’s, Venice, and Sleeping Beauty Wakes, and the plays Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo (a Pulitzer Prize finalist that also moved PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE P 11

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to Broadway), Water & Power, and Yellow Face, and he presented a broad range of plays and musicals ranging from Dead End to The Black Rider to Edward Scissorhands to blockbusters such as God of Carnage, Mary Poppins, Jersey Boys, and August: Osage County. In addition, Michael inaugurated Center Theatre Group’s Artistic Development Program, designed to foster the development and production of new work.

STEPHEN D. ROUNTREE (Managing Director) joined Center Theatre Group in 2014 as its new Managing Director. He was previously the President and CEO of The Music Center (2002–2014) and held the position of CEO of the Los Angeles Opera concurrently from 2008–2012. Prior to The Music Center, Rountree served the J. Paul Getty Trust for 22 years, starting in 1980 as Deputy Director of the Getty Museum.

In 1984, he was appointed Director of the Getty Center Building Program, with responsibility for managing all aspects of project development, design, and construction of the Getty Center in Los Angeles. In January 1998, he was named 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 the Polytechnic School.

He advises numerous nonprofit institutions on matters relating to nonprofit management and building programs.

His involvement was critical to the building of Walt Disney Concert Hall at The Music Center, serving on the boards of the LA Phil and Walt Disney Concert Hall, Inc. DOUGLAS C. BAKER (Producing Director) is now in his 27TH season at Center Theatre Group. Previously, he managed Broadway and touring productions including Tru, Born Yesterday, The Gospel at Colonus, Annie, A Chorus Line, Working, The Wiz, and Legends!, which premiered at the Ahmanson Theatre in 1986 and starred Mary Martin and Carol Channing. Doug is a member of the Achievement Hall of Fame of Chagrin Falls Schools in Ohio and a graduate of Albion College. He is an active member of the Broadway League, the Independent Presenters Network, and is a proud member of the Association of Theatrical Press Agents and Managers. In May 2013 Doug received the Broadway League’s prestigious Outstanding Achievement in Presenter Management Award.

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

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

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

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

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ADDITIONAL STAFF FOR ARCHDUKE

Assistant Director.......................................................... Ian-Julian Williams Resident Assistant Lighting Designer..................................... Heather Graff Assistant Costume Designer..................................................... Lena Sands Associate Sound Designer....................................................... Peter Bayne Special Effects Consultant.......................................................Kevin Haney Prosthetics........................................................................ Rheanne Garcia Prop Artisans.............................................................. Erin Wally, Eric Babb Prop Soft Goods Artisan........................................................ Mara Holland Prop Carpenters......................................Donavan Martinelli, Patrick Smith Production Assistants...................................... Amy Ramsdell, Kelly Merritt Tailor.................................................................................Swantje Tuohino First Hand............................................................................... Pamela Walt Stitchers...................Suzanne Mayberry, Stephanie Molstad, Jennifer Wolff Costume Stock Attendant..................................................... Heidi Johnson

ONLINE CenterTheatreGroup.org #ArchdukeCTG Like us on Facebook Center Theatre Group Follow us on Twitter @CTGLA Subscribe on YouTube CTGLA Follow us on Instagram @CTGLA

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.

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

Wigs provided by Rick Geyer. Rehearsal and production photography

by Craig Schwartz.

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

THANK YOU The Lark Play Development Center TheatreWorks Silicon Valley Ekaterina Gourkina Ksenia Dragunskaya Riyad—the friendly “assassination tour guide” from Sarajevo Viktorija Lejko-Lacan

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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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 BEATRICE BASSO ..........................................New Work Advisor JOY MEADS ..... Literary Manager/Artistic Engagement Strategist ANDREW LYNFORD ........................................Casting Associate IAN-JULIAN WILLIAMS ..........Program Coordinator, Block Party DAVID ADJMI (FADIMAN), SHEILA CALLAGHAN (FADIMAN), STEVE CUIFFO, JUSTIN ELLINGTON, WILL ENO (FADIMAN), MATT GOULD, DANAI GURIRA, JENNIFER HALEY, DAVID HENRY HWANG, JOE ICONIS, NAOMI IIZUKA, BRANDEN JACOBS-JENKINS, RAJIV JOSEPH, KIMBER LEE, GRIFFIN MATTHEWS, LAURAL MEADE, RICHARD MONTOYA, DAN O’BRIEN, DENIS O’HARE, LEE OVERTREE, LISA PETERSON, PLAYWRIGHTS ARENA, WILL POWER (FADIMAN), RIMINI PROTOKOLL, RAINPAN 43, MARCO RAMIREZ, KEN ROHT, MATT SAX, ROGER GUENVEUR SMITH, RIPE TIME, 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 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.......... Emerging Arts and Arts Professionals Program Associate JENNIFER HARRELL...................................Operations Assistant KHANISHA FOSTER..............................Resident Teaching Artist 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) TOM BURMESTER........................Audience Experience Design/

Front of House Manager (Kirk Douglas Theatre) MAX OKEN.................... Facility Manager (Kirk Douglas Theatre) JAQUELYN JOHNSON................Associate Audience Experience ...................Designer (Kirk Douglas Theatre, Mark Taper Forum) 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/

Ahmanson Production Manager SHAWN ANDERSON...... Master Carpenter (Ahmanson Theatre) STAN STEELMON..... Master Propertyman (Ahmanson Theatre) JIM BERGER...................Master Electrician (Ahmanson Theatre) ROBERT SMITH.............Master Soundman (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)

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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) CHRISTY WEIKEL ....................................... Production Manager

(Kirk Douglas Theatre) CHRISTOPHER REARDON...........Assistant Production Manager

(Kirk Douglas Theatre) AARON STAUBACH......................................... Master Electrician

(Kirk Douglas Theatre) ADAM PHALEN .................. Head Audio (Kirk Douglas Theatre) SEAN MEYER ................ Light Board Programmer and Operator

(Kirk Douglas Theatre) KATIE POLEBAUM........ Stage Supervisor (Kirk Douglas Theatre) CAMBRIA CHICHI....................................... Wardrobe Supervisor

(Kirk Douglas Theatre) KRYSTIN MATSUMOTO............... Assistant Production Manager CHAD SMITH.................................. Associate 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, BRIAN SLATEN ....................... Drivers PETER WYLIE..........................................Production Coordinator FINANCE, INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND HUMAN RESOURCES CHERYL SHEPHERD................................ Chief Financial Officer SUZANNE BROWN....................................................... Controller JANIS BOWBEER.......................................... Assistant Controller XOCHITL RAMIREZ......................Accounts Payable Coordinator ALEGRIA SENA................................................. Staff Accountant SHYNASTY WILKES...........................................Staff Accountant AMEETA SHARMA............................................. Payroll Manager JEFF LOUIE ...................................................... Payroll Specialist STAN GRUSHESKY.................... Director of Information Systems MANDY RATLIFF....................Sr. Database & Web Administrator ASH LEWIS............................................Help Desk Administrator JODY HORWITZ.............................Director of Human Resources PJ. PHILLIPS....................... Senior Human Resources Generalist SINGER LEWAK, LLP....................................................... 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 PAUL LUOMA ....... Artist and Entertainment Relations Specialist 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

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

KRISTIN YAMAKA...................... Corporate Relations Coordinator EDUARDO MOLLINEDO-PIÑÓN.. Donor Membership Coordinator MIKE RATTERMAN.............................. Donor Advisor Supervisor AL BERMAN, JOHN COPELAND, ELIZABETH DELLORUSSO, DAVID GARVER, MATT RITCHEY, BENJAMIN SCHWARTZ, NICOLE SCIPIONE, PAUL VITAGLIANO ............. Donor Advisors KARLA GALVEZ, JUSTINE PEREZ..... Donor Services Associates WAUKENA CUYJET, MURRAY E. HELTZER, JULIE NADAL......................................... Development Volunteers 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 JOHN POTTER .............................................Executive Assistant DEANNA McCLURE................................................... Art Director IRENE T. KANESHIRO............................ Senior Design Manager JAVIER VASQUEZ.............................................Graphic Designer TARA NITZ........................................................Graphic Designer COMMUNICATIONS JAMES SIMS.................................... Director of Communications JASON MARTIN............................................... Head of Publicity PHYLLIS MOBERLY............................................ Senior Publicist KRISTI AVILA....................................................... Junior Publicist SAVANNAH L. BARKER....................................... 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., 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, LEROY PAWLOWSKI, MICHAEL SALTZMAN, CRIS SPACCA..................................................... Box Office Staff KERRY KORF....................................... Priority Services Director SUSAN F. TULLER............ Priority Services Operations Manager CANDICE WALTERS....................Priority Services Sales Manager PAUL CUEN........................................ Priority Services Manager KRISTEN SCHRASS...........Priority Services Assistant Supervisor BEALENE AHERN, CLAY BUNKER, GABI BON DURANT, JOHN CARROLL, ESTEBAN CRUZ, 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 DERICK BELTRAN, TARA GRIFFO, JALISA JACKSON, FATIMA JIMENEZ, KRISTINE NGO, ASHLEY NNEBE, AMMY ONTIVEROS, ARIANNE OUSLEY, TIFFANY SLAGLE, BRITNEY THAI, MAYA WILLIAMS

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Walt Disney Motif Award 2016 Recipient Selected as One of the Top Five Art Programs in the Nation.

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 APRIL 3, 2017) Anonymous (2)

Deena & Edward Nahmias

Judith & Thomas Beckmen

Bill Resnick & Michael Stubbs

Diana Buckhantz & Vladimir & Araxia Buckhantz Foundation

Lloyd E. Rigler - Lawrence E. Deutsch Foundation

Joseph & Mara Carieri

Laura & James Rosenwald & Orinoco Foundation

Nancy & Donald de Brier Erica & Vin Di Bona Kirk & Anne Douglas Louise & Brad Edgerton Amy Forbes & Andrew Murr Cindy & Gary Frischling Eric & Nancy Garen Kiki & David Gindler Patricia Glaser & Sam Mudie

Deidra Norman Schumann Donna Schweers & Tom Geiser Maggy & Jack Simon Judie Stein & Stein Family Foundation Eva & Marc Stern Sue Tsao Sheila & Wally Weisman Misty Widelitz

Brindell Roberts Gottlieb Aliza Karney Guren & Marc Guren Ann & Stephen F. Hinchliffe, Jr. June & Gareth Hughes Marvin Jubas & Janet Wald Jubas Eileen & Ken Kaplan Anime Camp, Ages 7 & 9

Terri & Jerry Kohl The Labowe Family Foundation The Eugene La Pietra Foundation Jody & David Lippman Renee & Meyer Luskin Ruth Flinkman-Marandy & Ben Marandy Dale S. & Shideh Miller

Under The Sea, Ages 7 - 11

Why learn to draw and paint?

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

(DONORS LISTED AS OF APRIL 3, 2017)

Builds pride & independence in learning

Melissa & Bob Alvarado

Harry & Arlette Lumer

Joni & Miles Benickes

Louise Moriarty & Patrick Stack

Joan & Rob Blackman

Linda S. Peterson

Enhances focus and attention span

Annette Blum

Bruce & Randy Ross

Marla S. Campagna

Elliott R. Sernel

Cástulo de la Rocha & Zoila Escobar

Better fine motor skills & hand-eye coordination

Dorskind Family

Jane Rissman & Richard Sondheimer

In Memory of Morris A. Hazan

Sunshine Stone Anne C. Taubman

Dori & Doug Howell

Peter & Iona Tompkins

In Support of New Theatre Artists

Karen & William Timberlake

Mr. & Mrs. Gerald W. Kehle

Hope Landis Warner

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

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

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Entertainment Circle

Season

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 MARCH 20, 2017.)

Multi-Year Donors

Florence C. Agcawili Paula Brand Norman Buckley & Davyd Whaley Nick Dudzak Greg H. Dunn Michael Hanel & Steven Linder Donna L. Herman Dozar Office Furnishings Mark Kaplan Barbara & Garry Marshall Shelley Powsner & Stephen Skrovan James & Melanie Renfroe Mr. Charles W. Weeks Dean E. Weichel Annual Donors

Anonymous (2) Mr. Irving H. Anderson Amy Aquino & Drew McCoy G.W. Bailey Corinne Baldassano Greg Basser & Kiera O’Neill Robert Berens Ms. Rachel Bloom John Bowab Diane & Dorothy Brooks Foundation Rick Buche & Vin Reilly 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 Mr. Ryan Flynn & Mr. David Hernandez Marilyn T. Fordney Seth Freeman & Julie Waxman Laura Gibson Barry Gordon David Goren Karen Caffee & Manuel Grace Marcy & Edgar Gross 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 Julianne LaMarche Cody Lassen & Nitzan Mekel Marla E. Levine Manuel & Carrie Lujan Brett J. Markel & Tanya Tull Mr. Theodore K. Martinez Carla Meyer & Charles Arnold Tina J. Miller Lawrence A. Mirisch In Honor of Barry Moss Jonathan Murray Suzie & Daniel O’Connell Justin Okin Patty & Mike Post Mr. Steven H. Purvis Don Foster & Erin Quigley James Radin Michael Reisz Michael Ritchie & Kate Burton Jill Sattinger Glen & Eva Schusterman Nina Shaw & Wallace Little David A. Steinberg Jessica Stone Mr. Stephen J. Strauss Lorraine Strieby Jack & Marlene Susser Eileen T'Kage & David Bischoff Brad & George Takei Allison Thomas & Gary Ross Russell Todd Agency Ms. Kirsten Vangsness Bonnie Weis Victoria Weisbart Ms. Lynn E. Weisman Jennifer Crittenden & William Wrubel

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Center Theatre Group Corporate Circle Sheri Biller, Founding Chair

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

(DONORS LISTED AS OF APRIL 1, 2017)

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

Dannielle Campos Ramirez

Jody Kelley

Ed Nahmias

Nick Donovan

Jeff Levy

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Douglas Mancino

Stephen Sherline

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CORPORATE CIRCLE MEMBERS STERLING CIRCLE

2017 Plays

PLATINUM CIRCLE

June 29 – October 21 As You Like It Shakespeare in Love Romeo and Juliet Guys and Dolls A Midsummer Night’s Dream Treasure Island

GOLD CIRCLE

The Tavern William Shakespeare’s Long Lost First Play (abridged) How To Fight Loneliness

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

WHERE ART COMES TO LIFE GUARDIAN CIRCLE ($18,000+) Multi-Year Donors

Annual Donors

Phyllis Kupferstein & Donald O. Farkas Michael & Sandy Leahy Kelly Sutherlin McLeod & Steven B. McLeod Family Foundation

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BENEFACTOR CIRCLE ($12,000+) Multi-Year Donors

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Jonna Bollenbacher Connie Elliot Ms. Dana Guerin Lorrie & Richard Gurewitz

Laura & Harvey Alpert Betsy & Harold Applebaum Jackie & Howard Banchik Carole Black Dannielle Campos Ramirez Diana Rogovin Davidow Nancy & Donald de Brier Michael A. Enomoto Roslyn & Abner Goldstine Manuela Goren Annie Gross In Loving Memory of Georges Gross Heather & Paul Haaga Shirley J. Hess The Jim Hicks Family Foundation Lorraine & Jesse Hizami Ellen & Tom Hoberman Mr. & Mrs. James L. Hunter James Jennings Marcia S. Jones Dr. & Mrs. Jack Kavanaugh Sheila Krasnoff

Gail & Stanley Hollander Ellen & Jerry Jacobson Debra & Robert Kasirer Thea & Neal Koss Joan Kroll & In Memory of Irving Kroll Edward Lewis In Memory of Salem Ludwig Mildred M. & Earl Moon Arline M. Nakanishi Nina & Steven Sheldon The Sugimoto Family Foundation Peter & Susan Van Haften Roberta & James Vigneau Jerrie D. Whitfield & Richard W. Motika

Sandra Krause & William Fitzgerald Alice & Nahum Lainer Lee Levin Steven Llanusa & Glenn Miya, M.D. Marlene & Sandy Louchheim Debra Gastler & Andrew Malloy Janice & Bruce Miller Andy & Laura Mintzer Sheila Muller Robert & Sally Neely Chris & Dick Newman/ C & R Newman Family Foundation Christine Marie Ofiesh Jack & Jane Pollock David Quigg Natalie Roberts & David Roberts z�l Michael Rogers Wes Schaefer & Cathy King-Schaefer

Rosemary Simmons Marcia & David M. Spaid Phyllis J. & Steven F. Spierer Eugene & Marilyn Stein Stone Family

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Harvey & Ellen Knell Foundation Vicki & Seth Kogan David & Tam Lachoff Sandra & Kenneth Malamed Jeff Mandel Emily & Phillips Marshall Melanie McDaniel Janis B. McEldowney Ron & Lee Miller Joan I. Moe Michael R. Oppenheim Melissa Louise Rhone Craig E. Rogers Leonard J. & JoAnn Roth Dana Saladen & Linda Walters In Memory of Honey Sanders Christine Shaner Greg Scott Deborah E. Small, M.D. Merrilee B. St. John Clumeck Stern Schenkelberg & Getzoff Louis & Harold Price Foundation Dr. & Mrs. Daniel Wallace Barbara & Edmund

Wilkinson David Williamson Virginia Yeager Martin & Rosalind Zane Annual Donors Anonymous (3) Robert & Sara Adler Laura & Harvey Alpert Liz & Lou Altman Mr. Domenic Andreone Deanna & Richard Ashby Melanie & Gregory Barbee Linda Barnett Fran R. Berger Charles Berney & Family Robert Brook & Jackie Kosecoff Regina & Todd Brown Rose Marie Browning & Michael Fletcher John J. Byers Kathleen & Milton Campbell In Memory of John W. Carner Catherine & Anthony Chanin Reverend Daniel J. Coyle Kenneth Donaldson

Anne M. Dougherty & David B. Dobrikin Lynda & Al Fadel Alan & Barbara Faiola Dennis L. Field & H. Douglas Galt Judith R. Forman & Richard N. Weiner Lora Fremont Jay & Donna Gallagher John Gallardo Marylyn Ginsburg & Chuck Klaus Eleanor Gorman Dr. Stuart & Adrienne Green Mr. & Mrs. Michael Haines Cynthia & Dr. Solomon Hamburg Sam Harris Steve & Toya Harrison Tanna Handley Havlick Hays & Clark Family Zvia Hempling Walmilly Foundation Ellen & Tom Hoberman Roslyn & Warren Jacobson Lawrence J. Jaffe, M.D. Gary & Denise Kading Linda R. Kaplan

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Chris Lacroix Paula F. Reach Kay & Bob Rehme Dr. Peggy Renner & Dr. Robert Nelson William & Sue Roen Craig E. Rogers June Caldwell & Jaye Rogovin Lois Rosen June & Samuel Sale Nancy & Ted Sanborn Lora A. Sandroni Drs. Joan & Harry Saperstein Peter & Susan Schwab Joan & Arnold Seidel The Sheldon Family Loretta Hirsch Shine Allen Blue & Kira Snyder Mr. & Mrs. Randy Snyder Merrilee B. St. John Judy Stone Ellen & Steve Sugerman Jean Trutanich Sandra Tufts Mr. & Mrs. Robert D. Volk Seymour Waterman & Family Susan & William Weintraub Jenene J. Wilson & Kristiana A. Wilson Ralph M. & Molly Wolveck George Ziegler

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FELLOW CIRCLE ($4,000+) Multi-Year Donors: Anonymous (2), Brenda & Alan Abramson, Ignacio Alfaro, Helen Allan, Carol L. Archie & Edward L. Keenan, Dr. Martine Bauwens, Beth Bennett & Larry McAdams, Drs. Jack & Barbara Berman, Bill Bohnert, Karlyn & Chuck Boppell, Alice Desobry Bowens, Neil H. & Karen Hochman Brown, Anne Bruner & James Bremner, Todd Michael Buchner, David Burch, Allen B. Cagle, M.D., The Castaldo Family, Rita Chenoweth, The Honorable Judith C. Chirlin, Ruth Choi, Nancy Cypert, Robin C. Dumas, David & Joyce Evans, Laura E. Fox, M.D. & John D. Hofbauer, M.D., Sylvia Fredricks, Howard & Suzanne Furst, Freddi & Marvin Gelfand, Maggi Phillips & Mario Gerla, Jeri & Keith Gertzman, Mr. & Mrs. Efrain Gonzalez, Edith Gould, Mr. Jeffrey L. Hall & Mr. Kevin A. Yoder, Johnny Ruth Harrison, M.D., Al & Sandy Haveson, Elyse & Stanley Katz, Michael & Deborah Klein, Joan & Chris Larkin, Karen & Tim Lavrouhin, Allen J. Law, Ron & Pat Lebel, Drs. Anu & Ali Leemann, James & Karen Lefever, Pamela & Mark Litvack, Mary Anne Lucero, Amy & Harold Masor, Gordon & Dale McWilliams, Gretchen & Marshall Milligan, Mary Lou Mooney, Loula Moschonas & James Edgerton, Wendy A. Moss, Richard Newcome, Marianne & Michael Newman, Mary Rose & Edward Ortega, Tye Ouzounian & Karyn Wong, Norman Dixon & Patrick Owen, Mr. & Mrs. Peter T. Paterno, Mr. Stephen Pescetti, Dr. & Mrs. Irv Posalski, The Reynolds Family, Jennifer & Matthew Rowland, Mr. & Mrs. Albert Praw, Cheryl & Joel Prell, Ellen & Mike Rosenberg, John Salter, Francine E. Sanders, Gail Sandford & Beatrice Castillo, Stephen J. Sass & Dr. Steven Hochstadt, Scott Shagrin, James & Alexis Sheehy, Howard & Stephanie Sherwood, Steven E. Shulem, Jan & Carl Siechert, Charlene & Mike Sievers, Louis & Mary Silver Foundation, Kurt & Keli Skarin, Stephen & Judith Slagle, Judith & Stan Solomon,

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Center Theatre Group Affiliates Kim White Peterson, President

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

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EXECUTIVE BOARD Anne Bruner*

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DONOR RECOGNITION

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.

$1,000,000+

$100,000+

Shirley & Irving Ashkenas

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 Charitable Foundation

Carol Vernon & Robert Turbin

Darell L. Krasnoff

$500,000+

Sandra Krause & William Fitzgerald

Richard & Norma Camp

Joyce & Kent Kresa

Mary Levin Cutler Susan Grode

Steven Llanusa & Glenn Miya, M.D.

Virginia Hayes

Carol & Douglas Mancino

Ann & Stephen F. Hinchliffe, Jr.

Nan Rae

Merle & Peter Mullin

Bruce & Randy Ellen Ross

Linda S. Peterson

$50,000+

Sue Tsao Magda & Frederick R. Waingrow

The Moira Byrne Foster Foundation Mr. Kim L. Hunter

$250,000+

Sally & Frank Raab

Pamela & Dennis Beck

Wes Schaefer & Cathy King-Schaefer

Bill Cohn & Dan Miller Amy Forbes & Andrew Murr Patricia Glaser & Sam Mudie Edward L. Rada

$25,000+ Charles Dillingham & Susan D. Clines Mr. & Mrs. Walter E. Grauman

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.

$500,000+

The Hearst Foundation, Inc.

Doris Duke Charitable Foundation

Vicki King

Renee & Meyer Luskin

Richard G. & Virginia L. Martin

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

$250,000+ The Norman and Sadie Lee Foundation

$100,000+ Betsy & Harold Applebaum

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

$25,000+ Abbott Brown Linda Brown

The Sheri and Les Biller Family Foundation

Dr. Tom Hickey

Kenneth Corday Regina Fadiman Barbara & Peter Fodor Ava & Charles Fries Brindell & Milton Gottlieb

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Judith & Thomas Beckmen

Center Theatre Group Affiliates

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Greve Foundation Diane & Leon Morton

$10,000+ A and J Davidson Skipper Award Fund Levine Foundation Carolyn & Kit Lokey Betty & Sanford Sigoloff

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

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THE COMMUNITY ARTS THEATER SOCIETY (CATS) PRESENTS THE BROADWAY MUSICAL

You’re A Good Man,

Charlie Brown!

Based on the Comic Strip “Peanuts”

by Charles M. Schulz Book, Music, and Lyrics by Clark Gesner Additional Dialogue by Michael Mayer Additional Music and Lyrics by Andrew Lippa

Foundation Support

Government Support

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

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

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

THE AHMANSON FOUNDATION

National Endowment for the Arts

ANNENBERG FOUNDATION

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

CENTER THEATRE GROUP AFFILIATES DORIS DUKE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION EDGERTON FOUNDATION

Center Theatre Group wishes to acknowledge the California Arts Council’s many years of generous support.

ELISABETH KATTE HARRIS TRUST THE WILLIAM RANDOLPH HEARST FOUNDATION THE JAMES IRVINE FOUNDATION

June 30, July 1, 3, 5, 7 & 8 At 7:30 July 2, 9 At 1:30 At Big Bear’s own State-of-the-art Performing Arts Center 39707 Big Bear Blvd., Big Bear Lake (909) 866-4970

THE ANDREW W. MELLON FOUNDATION THE RALPH M. PARSONS FOUNDATION LLOYD E. RIGLER-LAWRENCE E. DEUTSCH FOUNDATION LAURA & JAMES ROSENWALD & ORINOCO FOUNDATION THE SHUBERT FOUNDATION, INC. THE HAROLD AND MIMI STEINBERG CHARITABLE TRUST TIME WARNER FOUNDATION INC.

www.bigbeartheater.org

THE WELLS FARGO FOUNDATION The Sheri and Les Biller Family Foundation Employees Community Fund of Boeing California

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

Sascha Brastoff Foundation Brookside Fund Brotman Foundation of California

Directed & Choreographed by

Diana Buckhantz & Vladimir & Araxia Buckhantz Foundation

KAREN SARGENT RACHELS

The Carol and James Collins Foundation The Culver City Education Foundation James A. Doolittle Foundation PLA_BigBear_0517_CharlieBrown.indd 1

Joseph Drown Foundation

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Ella Fitzgerald Charitable Foundation Lawrence P. Frank Foundation The Friars Charitable Foundation The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation Laurents/Hatcher Foundation The Norman and Sadie Lee Foundation New England Foundation for the Arts The Kenneth T. & Eileen L. Norris Foundation The Perkins Charitable Foundation Rosenthal Family Foundation Sony Pictures Entertainment The Fran and Ray Stark Foundation Theatre Communications Group The Towbes Fund for the Performing Arts, a field of interest fund of the Santa Barbara Foundation

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DONOR RECOGNITION

Theatre Forward 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 FEBRUARY 2017.)

THEATRE EXECUTIVES ($50,000+)

SUPPORTERS ($2,500‑$9,999)

AT&T•

Mitchell J. Auslander*•

Bank of America*

Sue Ann Collins

James S. & Lynne Turley*•

DeWitt Stern*

The Schloss Family Foundation•

Disney/ABC Television Group*

BENEFACTORS ($25,000-$49,999) Buford Alexander & Pamela Farr*• BNY Mellon Steven & Joy

Bunson*•

Citi Goldman, Sachs & Co. MetLife

Dramatists Play Service, Inc.* Kevin & Anne Driscoll John R. Dutt*• Bruce R. and Tracey Ewing*• Jessica Farr Mason & Kim Granger*• Richard K. Greene

Morgan Stanley

Brian J. Harkins*•

Wells Fargo*• Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP*

PACESETTERS ($15,000‑$24,999) American Express* Bloomberg Cisco Systems, Inc.* The Estée Lauder Companies Inc.

Gregory S. Hurst*• Howard and Janet Kagan• Joseph F. Kirk*• Mary Kitchen and Jon Orszag Anthony and Diane Lembke, in honor of Brian J. Harkins, board member John R. Mathena *• Ogilvy & Mather† Jonathan Maurer and Gretchen Shugart*•

EY* Alan & Jennifer Freedman*• Frank & Bonnie

Dorfman and Kaish Family Foundation, Inc.•

Orlowski*•

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

Dina Merrill & Ted Hartley* Newmark Holdings* Sills Cummis & Gross P.C.* John Thomopoulos*• Evelyn Mack Truitt* Leslie C. & Regina Quick Charitable Trust

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Southwest Airlines

Theatermania/Gretchen Shugart*• George S. Smith, Jr.*•

*Theatre Forward Fund for New American Theatre

UBS

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DONORS ($10,000–$14,999) Paula A. Dominick*• Dorsey & Whitney Foundation Hand Carved Pen in Violin Case

by Jack Cousin

ORCHESTRATIONS Artisan Gifts

by Classical Musicians

Artisan Gifts Handcrafted

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

Epiq Systems* Karen A. and Kevin W. Kennedy Foundation

Includes In-kind support

•Educating through

Theatre Support

Theatre Forward supporters are former supporters of National Corporate Theatre Fund and Impact Creativity.

Lisa Orberg• Presidio* Thomas C. Quick* RBC Wealth Management• Daniel A. Simkowitz*• S&P Global TD Charitable Foundation• Isabelle Winkles*•

More online from Jack Cousin & Andrea Comsky

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FOR THE CURIOUS MUSIC | CULTURE | NEWS | NPR

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For over 20 years, they have produced works from laudable playwrights such as Athol Fugard, Tanya Saracho, and Tarell Alvin McCraney (who is coming to the Taper soon with Head of Passes). For Block Party, they will be presenting their 2015 production of Citizen: An American Lyric.

Citizen is an adaptation of Claudia Rankine’s book by the same name, and uses interviews, first-hand accounts, and poetry to explore racism in the Unites States. Stephen Sachs (who also wrote the adaptation) is excited to bring this production to the Douglas stage. “[Center Theatre Group] is being incredibly generous to open its doors, and its resources, to allow us as theatre artists to expand our artistic vision of what the piece could be,” he said.

Citizen: An American Lyric is onstage at the Douglas April 28 – May 7, 2017.

The Echo Theater Company is a playwright’s theatre company. Since 1997, they have presented 48 Word premieres by playwrights like Sarah Ruhl, Adam Rapp, Tommy Smith, and Sheila Callaghan at their space in the Atwater Village Theatre complex.

“Our mission is to nurture playwrights and produce and present them at any and all levels,” said Echo Theater Company Artistic Director Chris Fields. “We do readings, we do workshops, we do full productions, and we emphasize the relationship with the playwright.” It’s a tradition they continue as they remount Dry Land by Ruby Rae Spiegel for Block Party. Written when Spiegel was only 21 years old, it tells the tale of two high school seniors, an unwanted pregnancy, and the obstacles facing young women in America. As an added bonus for those who missed it the first time, this represents an opportunity for Los Angeles audiences to see the 2016 Ovation Award-winning production for Best Production of a Play (Intimate Theatre). Closing out the party, Dry Land plays the Douglas May 12–21, 2017.

The original cast in the Coeurage Theatre production of Failure: A Love Story. Photo by Matthew Denman.

Block Party receives major support from Aliza Karney Guren and Marc Guren, with generous funding also provided by Joni and Miles Benickes.

Center Theatre Group Community Conversations Angelenos! Dive into the real-life, real-time issues and ideas surrounding our shows with renowned experts and thought-leaders in dialogue—plus enjoy pre-show bites and wine.

FREE AND OPEN-TO-THE-PUBLIC! CTGLA.org/community Photo by Ryan Miller/Capture Imaging

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THE MUSIC CENTER’ S WINTER SOIRÉE f e aturing

Save the date DECEMBER 7, 2017

Artwork by Ruben Toledo

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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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MAY MON 01 MAY / 8:30 p.m.

Cruel Radiance: Moving Image Work by Paweł Wojtasik REDCAT TUE 02 MAY / 11:00 a.m.

EVERY TUE/WED/THU LUNCHTIME! Food Trucks GRAND PARK TUE 02 MAY / 12:00 p.m.

EVERY TUE LUNCHTIME! Writers’ Meetup GRAND PARK Thru 5/30 TUE 02 MAY / 7:30 p.m.

Tosca LA OPERA Dorothy Chandler Pavilion Thru 5/13 TUE 02 MAY / 8:00 p.m.

Into The Woods CENTER THEATRE GROUP Ahmanson Theatre Thru 5/14 TUE 02 MAY / 8:00 p.m.

Archduke CENTER THEATRE GROUP Mark Taper Forum Thru 6/4 WED 03 MAY / 12:15 p.m.

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Bach Trios Yo-Yo Ma / Meyer / Thile LA PHIL Walt Disney Concert Hall THU 04 MAY / 12:15 p.m.

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THU 04 MAY / 7:30 p.m.

Anna Netrebko & Yusif Eyvazov in Concert LA OPERA Dorothy Chandler Pavilion FRI 05 MAY / 8:00 p.m.

Schubert Symphonies/Mahler 1 & 2 • Wayfarer LA PHIL Walt Disney Concert Hall Thru 5/6 FRI 05 MAY / 8:30 p.m.

CalArts Next Dance REDCAT Thru 5/6 SAT 06 MAY / 1:30 p.m.

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REDCAT International Children’s Film Festival: Creature Teachers REDCAT SUN 07 MAY / 1:30 p.m.

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Schubert Symphonies/Mahler 3 & 4 • Kindertotenlieder LA PHIL Walt Disney Concert Hall Thru 5/13 THU 11 MAY / 8:00 p.m.

REDCAT Wallace Shawn and André Gregory: The Designated Mourner Thru 5/21 SUN 14 MAY / 8:00 p.m.

John Pizzarelli Plays McCartney and The Beatles LA PHIL Walt Disney Concert Hall TUE 16 MAY / 8:00 p.m.

Jersey Boys CENTER THEATRE GROUP Ahmanson Theatre Thru 6/24 THU 18 MAY / 8:00 p.m.

Schubert Symphonies/Mahler 5 & 6 • Rückert LA PHIL Walt Disney Concert Hall Thru 5/19 FRI 19 MAY / 7:30 p.m.

Scottish Ballet A Streetcar Named Desire The Music Center Dorothy Chandler Pavilion Thru 5/21 SAT 20 MAY / 8:00 p.m.

Schubert Symphonies/Mahler 8 & 9 • Wunderhorn LA PHIL Walt Disney Concert Hall Thru 5/21 SUN 21 MAY / 7:30 p.m.

Iveta Apkalna LA PHIL Walt Disney Concert Hall

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TUE 09 MAY / 8:00 p.m.

Chamber Music: All-Schubert LA PHIL Walt Disney Concert Hall

FRI 26 MAY / 8:00 p.m.

Bartók Cycle with Dudamel & Yuja Wang LA PHIL Walt Disney Concert Hall Thru 6/4

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