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Dear Audience Member, Thank you for joining us this holiday season for feel-good musicals that celebrate (and have some fun with) the art form.

We’re lucky to have the extremely irreverent Something Rotten! at the Ahmanson. The story of a pair of Shakespeare’s contemporaries who are trying to write the world’s first musical, Something Rotten! is full of hilarious references to theatre history.

And of course there’s another musical in L.A. this month: Spamilton at the Kirk Douglas Theatre. (You really thought I’d use this space to mention that other musical about Alexander Hamilton?) This is a show with a wild sense of humor; I hope you’re not laughing too hard to catch all of Gerard Alessandrini’s genius lyrics (and check out our interview with him on page 28).

You’re going to leave the theatre smiling.

Sincerely,

Michael Ritchie

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AROUND CENTER THEATRE GROUP Meet (L–R) Hana Kim, Marsian De Lellis, and Gina Young—the finalists for Center Theatre Group’s 2018 Richard E. Sherwood Award, which honors emerging Los Angeles theatre artists. Hana Kim is a live performance set and projection designer with a background in film design. Marsian De Lellis is an interdisciplinary artist and writer who constructs installations and time-based visual narratives that memorialize obsessional lives.

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The winner of the $10,000 Sherwood Award will be announced in January at the 2018 Ovation Awards hosted by LA Stage Alliance.

Community Conversations Kick Off Soft Power Center Theatre Group and East West Players are hosting a series of Community Conversations leading up to the World premiere of Soft Power, the new show from David Henry Hwang and Jeanine Tesori.

The series kicked off on October 26, 2017 with “Defining American,” a discussion of nationalism and identity in everyday life as portrayed through the art of theatre. The series continues on January 18, 2018 with “Asian American Representation Onstage: The Politics of Casting.” Like all our Community Conversations, these events are free and open to the public, with no ticket purchase required to attend.

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DONORS CELEBRATE MATTHEW BOURNE’S THE RED SHOES On September 19, 2017, Sir Matthew Bourne (left) regaled donors and Artistic Director Michael Ritchie (right) with the story of the creation of The Red Shoes at the show’s Opening Night dinner. Bourne’s Associate Artist position at Center Theatre Group is generously sponsored in part by Judie Stein (center) & Stein Family Foundation.

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Before antagonizing the Bottom brothers in Something Rotten! at the Ahmanson Theatre, Shakespeare took himself out on the town, popping up around Los Angeles on @CTGLA’s Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter feeds.

During the Dodgers’ World Series run he was spotted behind the counter at Philippe’s; we have not yet confirmed whether he ordered a single dip, double dip, or wet sandwich.

We’re grateful for Macy’s continued investment in our education programming. On October 19, 2017 at the Macy’s on the Bloc store in Downtown Los Angeles, Center Theatre Group Director of Education and Engagement Tyrone Davis (center right) accepted a $15,000 check from Macy’s L.A. District’s Grants Committee Captain Daniel Walters (center left) to support our Student Matinee program. Davis and other staff members shared information with Macy’s employees about the Student Matinees, passed out Center Theatre Group swag, and even raffled off tickets to see Bright Star at the Ahmanson Theatre! In honor of their support, Macy’s is a silver-level member of the Center Theatre Group Corporate Circle. Visit CTGLA.org/CorporateCircle to learn more about how L.A.’s business leaders support our programs.

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Los Angeles-area high school students whooped, cheered, gasped, and gave a rousing ovation at a very special Student Matinee of Bright Star at the Ahmanson Theatre on October 25, 2017. The performance marked the culmination of a comprehensive arts education experience including conferences for participating educators, pre- and post-show classroom activities, educational materials, and guidance from theatre professionals.

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WHAT’S IN A PLAY?

What do a theoretical physicist, a superhero, a teddy bear enthusiast, and a Los Angeles Times obituary writer have in common?

They’ve all been guest experts at Center Theatre Group’s L.A. Writers’ Workshop Salon.

Sometimes, Conversations with Experts at the L.A. Writers’ Workshop Salon

Every year, the L.A. Writers’ Workshop supports seven Los Angeles playwrights in the creation of a new work from start to finish. Among the first steps on this journey is the L.A. Writers’ Workshop Salon—a weekendlong event each fall that brings together writers and local experts in the subjects of their plays for conversation and inspiration.

The seeds of the Salon begin with the writers. After they agree to become members of the coming year’s Writers’ Workshop, they let Center Theatre Group Literary Manager Joy Meads know what topics they might be interested in writing about. From there, Meads and her intrepid Graduate Student Fellow (part of our professional internship program) begin the search for experts who might shine a light on those topics.

Those topics include everything from the conventions of marriage and sex in Vietnam during the French colonial period to CIA operations in the Middle East. Sometimes, a playwright knows exactly whom they need to talk to.

But more often than not, they just have an idea of a time, place, or situation they want to explore. Which is why the search for appropriate experts often begins with some deep and persistent Googling.

The 2016/17 L.A. Writers’ Workshop culmination event. Photo by Ryan Miller/Capture Imaging.

“We look for experts who are noteworthy in their field for their depth of knowledge and sharp insight. But that alone isn’t enough—we want to find people who are deeply passionate about the subject, who can speak eloquently about why it matters, or why it fascinates them so deeply,” said Meads. It’s also about finding two experts who will complement each other.

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The 2016/17 L.A. Writers’ Workshop cohort, plus experts Ranga-Ram Chary (second from right) and David Kessler (right).

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strange alchemy that emerges from the collision of disparate ideas and viewpoints. Encounters of this kind have the potential to shake us from our habitual ways of seeing the world, reveal unexpected connections, and spark new ideas.”

Over the years, the experts have been as diverse as the plays that come out of the Workshop. There have been alien researchers, professors of Egyptology, hypnotists, and even a few celebrities such as comedian Leslie Jones and Los Angeles Times food critic Jonathan Gold.

Each expert session lasts for an hour and a half and is facilitated by the individual playwrights, typically with two experts participating.

The playwright begins by sharing what they know about the subject of their play at that exact moment. It can be as elaborate as a detailed outline of the plot, or as vague as a half-remembered dream. After, the experts introduce themselves—occasionally sharing a more formal presentation like a PowerPoint—and then the playwright leads a question-and-answer session.

A Salon session with Miguel Ordenana, the biologist who first discovered P-22, the famous mountain lion of Griffith Park, yielded a bounty of facts about mountain lions in general and P-22 in particular. Participants learned that mountain lions roamed the earth even before the Ice Age and have outlived contemporaries like the sabertooth cat because they’re remarkably adaptable and can live in almost any ecosystem. They also learned that P-22 is the son of P-1, a mountain lion whose territory is west of the 405; to get to Griffith Park, P-22 had to cross both the 405 and 101 freeways. P-22 also subsequently dodged death after eating a koala at the zoo thanks to his celebrity.

While each expert is there to speak to a specific playwright, everyone is invited to ask questions. As a result, ideas from the Salon often find their way into multiple plays from the workshop.

But the playwrights also may choose to go in an entirely different

direction. “Our goal for the Writers’ Workshop Salon is to support the playwrights as they write the play they feel inspired or compelled to write, whatever form that takes,” said Meads. “I like to think of this weekend as a chance to marinate in a hearty stew of characters and ideas.”

Sometimes, that marinade is deeply infused in the play’s final flavors. In playwright Bekah Brunstetter’s (NBC’s This is Us, The Cake) new play, Going to a Place Where You Already Are, a husband and wife who question the existence of heaven are forced to consider the alternative when one of them has a near-death experience. Its title is a direct quote from one of Brunstetter’s experts in the Salon, David Kessler, an expert on death and dying who developed the stages of grief with psychiatrist Elizabeth Kübler-Ross. (Kessler is a frequent Salon guest who has helped a number of playwrights with their work over the years.)

The L.A. Writers’ Workshop is responsible for over 50 plays over the past 12 years, many of which have been produced at theatres around the country. Alumni include writers such as Marco Ramirez (Netflix’s The Defenders, The Royale), Sheila Callaghan (Hulu’s Casual, Women Laughing Alone with Salad), and Tanya Saracho (ABC’s How to Get Away With Murder, Our Lady of the Underpass), to name a few.

It represents a collection of some of the most well produced theatre artists in the country, and—we like to think—one of the most diverse group of experts from around Los Angeles.

“I like to think of this weekend as a chance to marinate in a hearty stew of characters and ideas.”

—Center Theatre Group Literary Manager Joy Meads

The 2016/17 L.A. Writers’ Workshop culmination event. Photo by Ryan Miller/Capture Imaging.

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What does it take to get two dozen college students out of bed on a Saturday morning?

For the intrepid young people who participated in our very first Theatre Crash Course for college students, it was as simple as a Pulitzer Prize-winning play and a chance to learn some new skills from the pros.

Center Theatre Group has been hosting high school students at our popular Theatre Crash Courses for four years. It’s a unique opportunity for students to immerse themselves in a single play through the arts of acting/ directing, lighting/scenic design, or costume design for

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a few hours. They come away with hands-on experience and a better understanding of how the many different elements of a professional production come together.

Last year, we created a version designed for educators for the first time and found that the model—which is all about exploration and trying something new—was just as successful.

College theatre students, who don’t often get to step outside their area of study, or must commit to an entire semester in order to do so, were a natural fit for the next expansion of the Theatre Crash Course. And Quiara Alegría Hudes’ Water by the Spoonful (onstage at the Mark Taper Forum January 31 – March 11, 2018) was the perfect play for the age group.

A Theatre Crash Course participant and Center Theatre Group Teaching Artist Juan Parada.

While many of their peers were still sleeping on a Saturday in late September, the students gathered with Center Theatre Group Teaching Artists to begin the Crash Course with a dramaturgical overview of the play. After a group reading of a few selected scenes, they broke into teams of actors/directors, lighting/scenic designers, and costume designers.

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Acting students and aspiring stage managers tried their hands at design, and young designers got to experience theatre in front of the curtain rather than behind it. “I thought I should not tunnel-vision myself.

As an actor, it may be valuable for me to know some scenic design,” explained one participant who got outside their comfort zone.

“I was surprised by how quickly the students picked up the concepts we were teaching them. This crash course is fast and furious, and we cover a lot of information in a short amount of time,” said Teaching Artist Michelle Bush, who led the scenic designers. “They were quick on their feet and rolled with the punches. Which is exactly how you need to be when creating theatre.”

The actors and directors talked about how they might approach the play, chose scenes that resonated with them, and then cast and rehearsed them. The lighting and scenic designers talked through how the five senses are represented in the script, plotted out how to evoke them onstage, and then experimented with creating shadowboxes, projections, and lighting.

The costume designers learned about color theory, discussed the characters, researched the show’s 2009 setting, and put it all together in design concept collages. During lunch, everyone came together for a backstage tour of the Taper. The day ended with a “share-out” where each group presented their artistic choices and the actors and directors staged two scenes.

The Teaching Artists were inspired by seeing the students stretch themselves, too. “Providing students who don’t study technical theatre a glimpse behind the curtain and opening their eyes to careers as costume designers, stitchers, drapers, and craftspeople was exciting,” said Teaching Artist Manuel Prieto, who led the costume designers. “It was especially exciting to show them that there are many sustainable roles that go beyond the stage.”

Thanks to the support of Center Theatre Group donors, the Theatre Crash Course was entirely free to participants—who will also receive free tickets to Water by the Spoonful at the Taper next year.

“I was surprised by how quickly the students picked up the concepts we were teaching them.

They were quick on their feet and rolled with the punches. Which is exactly how you need to be when creating theatre.”

—Center Theatre Group Teaching Artist Michelle Bush

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(L-R) George Cuthrie, Wayne Fugate, Martha McDonnell, Skip Ward, Anthony DeAngelis, and Eric Davis in Bright Star at the Ahmanson.

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hits the road ALMOST EVERY PERFORMANCE YOU SEE ONSTAGE AT CENTER THEATRE GROUP IS A COLLABORATION. And we’re not just talking about the obvious— the team of actors, writers, directors, producers, designers, and artisans who have come together for the show’s run. More often than not, the production you’re seeing took collaboration among theatre companies around the country (and even the world) that was carefully constructed and coordinated to make it possible for Los Angeles audiences to enjoy the best of the best of the art form.

Center Theatre Group frequently partners with theatres around the country on co-productions.

Recent partnerships include this summer’s King of the Yees at the Kirk Douglas Theatre (a World premiere co-production with the Goodman Theatre in Chicago), and our upcoming co-commissions with the Goodman, Second Stage in New York, and the Royal Court Theatre and National Theatre in London. We also partner regularly with local Los Angeles theatres,

including remounting recent shows through Block Party at the Douglas. But in fall 2016 and fall 2017, we embarked on a more unusual endeavor for a nonprofit regional theatre: producing our own small tours, first for Arthur Miller’s A View From The Bridge and now for Bright Star.

“As the original producer of these tours, we don’t hand off the play to the next theatre,” said Center Theatre Group Producing Director Douglas C. Baker.

“Instead, we remain the producer and employer of the show and its cast and crew. Doing so can help us defray the cost of producing a show, including production and rehearsal costs, while getting our brand out into the world.”

After playing the Ahmanson, A View From The Bridge headed to the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. Bright Star heads to San Francisco’s Curran Theater and Salt Lake City’s Pioneer Theatre Company after L.A. Continues on page 22

The cast of A View From The Bridge.

Photo by Jan Versweyveld.

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“I stay in touch with colleagues scattered around the country who produce or present largescale work,” explained Baker. “Through those relationships, I discover we have a mutual interest in a show or artists. That’s where the kernel of an idea to tour a production begins.”

In many cases, these shows might not make it beyond New York or Los Angeles otherwise.

“Many of our partner theatres typically present national tours that are produced by New York or London commercial producers,” said Baker.

“They know they can rely on Center Theatre Group to bring them a show that’s every bit as high-quality. And since we are producing, the artists are comfortable with the project proceeding, too.”

Producing tours also helps Center Theatre Group create and sustain long-term relationships with artists.

Baker pointed to Caroline, or Change, which we remounted as a Center Theatre Group production at the Ahmanson in 2004 and then toured to the Curran after it closed on Broadway.

Caroline, or Change was a continuation of book and lyrics writer Tony Kushner and director George C. Wolfe’s long histories at Center Theatre Group and also helped set the stage for composer Jeanine Tesori to return to the Ahmanson with Fun Home and the upcoming Soft Power. “It was challenging to produce, but a powerful, wonderful show,”

said Baker. “Had we not done it, it wouldn’t have been seen on this coast with a full-scale Broadway physical production and with original Broadway star Tonya Pinkins.”

Baker also pointed to Neil Simon’s The Dinner Party, which had its World premiere at the Mark Taper Forum in 1999, as another example of a successful tour produced by Center Theatre Group. “It was a very popular show at the Taper with John Ritter and Henry Winkler,” said Baker. “I knew that Neil Simon’s shows had had successful pre-Broadway runs in Washington, D.C., and I knew the Kennedy Center needed a show. So I approached John and Henry about going to Washington, and I approached the Kennedy Center, and everyone said yes. So we toured the show to the Kennedy Center, and it was a big hit there. Neil Simon and his commercial producer hadn’t been planning to bring it to Broadway, but they saw the show was such a hit that they decided to take it to Broadway, and it ended up playing there for a year. To this day, whenever I run into Henry Winkler, as I did on an airplane recently, Henry smiles broadly when we reminisce about our Dinner Party journey.”

While touring these shows bring a lot of benefits, they also involve a massive amount of work for the Center Theatre Group management, production, and finance teams. “We all have day jobs,” joked Baker about running three theatres in Los Angeles simultaneously, “and it’s not like we stop producing in Los Angeles while a show is on tour. It’s kind of like adding on another theatre. It really maxes out our resources and our staff.”

At the end of the day, the most important people who benefit are audience members. “A View From The Bridge was Ivo van Hove’s first time on the West Coast,” said Baker. “And we’re very fortunate to be working on Bright Star with two more of the best artists in the world in Steve Martin and Edie Brickell.”

(L–R) Tonya Pinkins in Caroline, or Change. John Ritter and Henry Winkler in The Dinner Party. Photos by Craig Schwartz.

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On a Thursday afternoon in September 2017, Kirsten Opstad’s fifth period theatre class at Culver City High School was on the move. To Pittsburgh’s Hill District, 1969. Then the late 1940s. Then the 1950s. And finally all the way back to 1904. Their guides were Center Theatre Group Teaching Artist Cecil Burroughs and legendary playwright August Wilson, both visiting the classroom—Burroughs in person and Wilson through his work— to introduce students to the August Wilson Monologue Competition.

ON THE MOVE WITH AUGUST WILSON This Fall, We Brought the Famous Playwright’s Monologues into Classrooms Across L.A.

The August Wilson Program is presented by the Center Theatre Group Affiliates, and also receives generous support from Center Theatre Group’s Corporate Circle, Joseph Drown Foundation, the Rosenthal Family Foundation, and Hope Landis Warner.

Over the past six years, hundreds of young people across Southern California have grown as actors and storytellers thanks to the August Wilson Monologue Competition. Participating high school students embark on an entirely free educational journey that includes workshops and auditions with theatre professionals—all while immersing themselves in Wilson’s life and world. This year, in an effort to encourage more students to participate, we sent Teaching Artists—all working actors—out into schools to bring Wilson’s words to life and give students a glimpse of what the Competition entails.

“I discovered Wilson in high school from the play Fences, which put me on the path to pursue theatre,” said Center Theatre Group Director of Education Tyrone Davis in explaining the importance of bringing Wilson into classrooms. “When I discovered his work, it was my first time seeing my community onstage. I learned that theatre belonged to me as well.”

That was also Burroughs’ goal in Opstad’s classroom. He opened his presentation with a very brief precis of Wilson’s life and his magnum opus, the 10 plays of The American Century Cycle, which chronicle the 20TH-century African-American experience. Then Burroughs announced that he’d be performing a monologue, “one that speaks to me and speaks to the struggle of the working man.”

Instantly, Burroughs transformed himself into Sterling, a character from Wilson’s Two Trains Running who has just been released from jail and is looking for work. By the time he’d finished his monologue, the students had discovered one of the great joys of theatre and of Wilson’s work in particular: the thrill of recognition, of characters who talk and think and feel like we do.

Then it was the students’ turn to perform a few more monologues—cold. Two students, back-to-back, read a monologue by Seven Guitars’ Red Carter in which he laments his inability to juggle seven girlfriends at once: “I tried to keep them separate and give them all a day of the week.” One young actor was jubilant, the other wistful; both got belly laughs from their peers. Two more students took on the part of Rose from Fences.

Just before the bell rang, Burroughs made his more formal August Wilson Monologue Competition pitch: “It’s a great opportunity to see if this is something you’re interested in,” he told the students about performance and auditioning. “Get your feet wet!”

For Burroughs, going into the classroom allows him to participate in “the great equalizer”—education.

“The Monologue Competition opens kids’ eyes to new things and new experiences, and lets them know that there’s a whole world out there,” he said.

Opstad, the classroom teacher, was thrilled to have him opening her students’ eyes. “I know that students respond differently to guests than to their regular teachers,” she said. “I thought it would be more meaningful if this opportunity was made known to them by people who know more about August Wilson and can speak to their experience as actors in a way that I can’t. And it was so cool because the students responded totally differently. Hands shot up to participate.”

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Finding the Funny in Broadway’s Biggest Hit

An Interview with Spamilton Creator Gerard Alessandrini

“I DIDN’T SEE HAMILTON AND THINK,‘I’M THE GUY WHO’S GOING TO MAKE THIS FUNNY,’”

“THE MORE SACRED COW SOMETHING IS, THE MORE YOU SHOULD PARODY IT, AND THE FUNNIER IT’S GOING TO BE.”

recalled Gerard Alessandrini. “I saw the show and thought, ‘After 35 years of parodying all the other shows, I can’t let the biggest hit show in Broadway history get by me.’ At that point, I had no idea what I was going to make funny about it.”

And thus Spamilton, which Alessandrini created, wrote, and directed, was born. Spamilton has been a hit in New York City and Chicago; now, it’s arrived in Los Angeles at the Kirk Douglas Theatre.

Alessandrini created the Off-Broadway revue Forbidden Broadway in 1982. He’d struck comic gold with his takes on songs from Phantom of the Opera and The Sound of Music to Mamma Mia! and Spring Awakening over the years. But he’d never seen anything quite like Hamilton.

“The more sacred cow something is, the more you should parody it, and the funnier it’s going to be,” said Alessandrini. “The stuff that isn’t sacred cow is boring. You want stuff that’s lauded and informative and poetic and important. What’s not ripe for parody is The Producers; it already is parody.

The more lauded and important Hamilton was, the better it was for us.”

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“It’s the biggest hit show I’ve experienced since I’ve been in New York,” said Alessandrini. “I’d never seen a show so lauded and revered by the media. It was everywhere you looked.” Alessandrini, like most everyone else, became a fan.

But he wasn’t daunted by the show’s popularity or its historical, political, and musical significance.

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Slightly more intimidating was the style, which is unlike the Sondheim/Rodgers & Hammerstein/ Andrew Lloyd Webber tunes Alessandrini is accustomed to spoofing. “It’s very contemporary in its writing,” said Alessandrini. “It’s not the milieu I was used to writing parodies for. I had to learn to write rap and swing and all the different types of music in Hamilton.”

But with help from his partner, Glenn Bassett (who plays King George in Spamilton), Alessandrini figured it out. “It was like cracking a safe open,” he said. “Glenn showed me where the rhymes were in the rap—he sort of laid them out for me. Once I could see where Lin-Manuel Miranda’s rhymes fell and what the form was, I could slowly go through and try to spoof it.” In essence, he said, he was turning the lyrics and ideas of Hamilton “inside out.”

Alessandrini also worked to make the comedy and parody of Spamilton as contemporary as the music. “I really feel comedy changes as much as fashion. It seems to change from year to year,” he said. “We’re in a period now where comedy is not as farcical as other eras but is broader in the verbal sense.” One liners have given way to comedic storytelling. “Instead of telling joke after

joke after joke, comics are telling their life story and getting jokes within that,” said Alessandrini.

“That affected me, too, because in Spamilton I’m doing a through-line.” He added, “Comedy isn’t really dictated by the writer. It’s dictated by the audience. Who knows what comedy is? The audience will tell you if it’s funny or not.”

Alessandrini is confident that Los Angeles audiences are going to get a lot of laughs out of Spamilton. “It’s going to be a very vibrant production,” he said, with a new cast “picked for their exuberance.” Plus, “people in

Los Angeles have great senses of humor.

New Yorkers can be quite jaded. People in L.A. know how to enjoy life better, and everyone has a great sense of humor out there.” The Douglas is also the right theatre for this show. “It’s a theatre you can feel like you’re having a party at,” said Alessandrini, “and that’s what Spamilton is—a party.”

It also doesn’t hurt that Spamilton is running alongside the Los Angeles production of the show that inspired it. That said, “you don’t have to have seen Hamilton to enjoy Spamilton.

You’ll laugh just as much,” said Alessandrini.

Gerard Alessandrini. Photo by Craig Schwartz.

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

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

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

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

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

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

OTHER LEGACY GIFTS Maynard & Linda Brittan Steven Llanusa & Glenn Miya, M.D. Gloria Lothrop Carol & Douglas Mancino Renee & Robert Nunn Nan Rae Randy & Bruce Ross Wes Schaefer & Cathy King-Schaefer

$250,000 AND ABOVE Pamela & Dennis Beck Shirley & Irving Ashkenas Bill Cohn & Dan Miller Maggy Simon I.H. Sutnick

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Susanne Blakeslee

Dedrick A. Bonner

Becca Brown

John Devereaux

Wilkie Ferguson III

William Cooper Howell

Elijah Reyes

Zakiya Young

Choreography

Set & Prop Consultant

Costume Design

Lighting Design

Sound Design

Gerry McIntyre

Glenn Bassett

Dustin Cross

Karyn D. Lawrence

Adam Phalen

Music Supervision & Arrangements

Additional Arrangements

Music Direction

Casting

Fred Barton

Richard Danley

James Lent

Andrew Lynford, CSA

Associate Producer

Production Stage Manager

Stage Manager

Lindsay Allbaugh

Brooke Baldwin

Maggie Swing

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WHO’S WHO GLENN BASSETT (King George, Set & Prop Consultant) originated the role of King George in Spamilton Off-Broadway and can be heard on the original cast album. Other favorite roles: Anatoly in Chess, The Dentist in Little Shop, Anthony in Sweeney Todd. Set design work includes Off-Broadway, regional theatre, and fashion shows for Marc Jacobs and Oscar de la Renta. A member of the BMI Advanced Writing Workshop, Glenn’s currently writing lyrics and libretto for an original musical, Dig A Little Deeper.

SUSANNE BLAKESLEE (Diva) is primarily known to Los Angeles audiences for her appearances in Forbidden Hollywood and Forbidden Broadway, having originated several editions of Forbidden Broadway in New York. Other Los Angeles performances include What If?, Fiorella, A Grand Night for Singing, and On the Twentieth Century. In animation Susanne can be heard in The Fairly OddParents, The Loud House, and many others, and as Cruella de Vil, Cinderella’s Stepmother, Maleficent, and Snow White’s Evil Queen.

DEDRICK A. BONNER (Ensemble). Regional: Sister Act, Dreamgirls, The Christians, Tarzan (West Coast premiere), Ain’t Misbehavin’, Les Misérables, Rent, Little Shop of Horrors, Secret Garden, Porgy and Bess. Film: Mega Church Murder, You Can’t Fight Christmas, Pocket Listing. Television: The Mindy Project.

BECCA BROWN (Understudy, Diva) is making her L.A. debut. Chicago theatre credits: Spamilton, Battleaxe Betty (American Theater Company), American Idiot (The Hypocrites). TV/film: Easy (Netflix) and the 2003 film School of Rock, as Katie. Becca is represented by Shirley Hamilton Talent and is a proud member of SAG and AEA. IG: @usuallybeccabrown JOHN DEVEREAUX (Ensemble) is fresh off of a run of Dreamgirls in Washington as Curtis Taylor Jr. and is excited to make his Center Theatre Group debut. Past credits include the 20TH anniversary national tour of Rent, Recorded in Hollywood (Jesse Belvin), Little Shop of Horrors (Audrey II), Shrek (Donkey), Ragtime (Coalhouse). International credit: Dreamgirls Japan 2016 (C.C. White). John 10:34. Instagram: @thejohndevereaux WILKIE FERGUSON III (Ensemble) is thrilled to return to the Kirk Douglas Theatre after last year’s production of Recorded In Hollywood where he played Jesse Belvin (Ovation Award nom)! Broadway: The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess (original Broadway cast), Motown the Musical (original Broadway cast), Wonderland

(original Broadway cast). Off-Broadway: Cotton Club Parade. Tours: In the Heights (first national tour), Hairspray (first national tour), Dreamgirls. Pasadena Playhouse: Sister Act (World premiere), Ray Charles Live! (Young Ray), Stormy Weather. Other productions include Sister Act (Sgt. Eddie Souther, Cabrillo Theatre), Smokey Joe’s Cafe (Pioneer Theatre), and Ain’t Misbehavin’. Boys’ Choir of Harlem assistant director/music theory instructor. Eastman School of Music (classical piano performance); Morehouse College; New World School of the Arts. Instagram/Facebook/Twitter: @wilkieferguson, @takeonmemusical WILLIAM COOPER HOWELL (Ensemble). L.A. theatre: In the Heights (Moonlight), Once on This Island (3-D Theatricals), West Side Story (Musical Theatre West), Rent (McCoy Rigby), and the opening cast of Frozen (Disneyland).

Regional theatre: Evita and A Chorus Line (Egyptian Theatre Company), In the Heights, and Elf (Pioneer Theatre Company). Recently performed two one-man shows—I AM Revolution! and If You Seek Amy (Rockwell Table and Stage). Cheers! @thecooperhowell ELIJAH REYES (Understudy). Regional theatre: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Sister Act (Pablo, Musical Theatre West), In the Heights (Usnavi, Performance Riverside), Cats (Rum Tum Tugger), West Side Story (Bernardo, Moonlight Amphitheater), Aladdin: A Musical Spectacular (ensemble, Disney’s California Adventure), Radio City Christmas Spectacular (singer, tour).

Royal Caribbean singer. He’s tickled to be learning all these hilarious roles and is overjoyed to be a part of Center Theatre Group!

ZAKIYA YOUNG (Ensemble). Broadway: Stick Fly, The Little Mermaid (OBC), Radio City Christmas Spectacular. Off-Broadway: The Lightning Thief, Storyville (AUDELCO Award nomination).

Regional: Disgraced (Goodman Theatre, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Seattle Repertory Theatre), Good People (George Street Playhouse, Seattle Repertory Theatre), Aida, White Christmas, It’s a Bird...It’s a Plane...It’s Superman. Film: Sidney Hall.

Television: Iron Fist, Orange is the New Black, Mozart in the Jungle, This American Life: One Night Only at BAM, Submissions Only.

GERARD ALESSANDRINI (Creator, Writer & Director) is a Special Tony Award® winner for Excellence in the Theatre. He created, wrote, and directed all 25 editions of Forbidden Broadway in NYC, L.A., and around the world, and performed in the original 1982 cast.

He can be heard on four of the 12 Forbidden Broadway cast albums and on the Disney classics Aladdin and Pocahontas. He has written television specials for Bob Hope, Angela Lansbury, and Carol Burnett. He contributed material to the recent Barbra Streisand album Encore. His other musicals include Madame X (co-written with Robert Hetzel) and an all-sung version of Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker. Most recently in New York, he directed the new revue Anything Can Happen in the Theater: The Songs of Maury Yeston. His Spamilton won Best

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Unique Theatrical Experience (Off-Broadway Theatre Alliance) and Show of the Year (2017 MAC Award). Other awards include seven Drama Desks (including two for Best Lyrics), one Obie, two Lucille Lortels, and a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Drama League.

St. Jude, Facing Our Truth, Titus Redux, The Paris Letter, Flight (NAACP Award, Best Sound Design), ¡Gaytino!, Taking Flight, Of Equal Measure, Taking Over, Eclipsed, Bones (Kirk Douglas Theatre). Phalen is the Head Audio at the Kirk Douglas Theatre.

GERRY McINTYRE (Choreographer) is choreographer of the recent Priscilla, Queen of the Desert at Ogunquit Playhouse. Once on this Island at Martin Beck Theatre, Virginia Stage Company, Actors Theatre of Louisville, TheaterWorks (TBA Award, Bay Area Theater Critics Circle Award for Choreography), La Mirada (Dramalogue Award, Best Director/ Choreographer; Robby Award, Best Director; Ovation nomination, Best Choreographer). Ain’t Misbehavin’ at Actors Theatre of Louisville, Chicago Reagle Players, Ogunquit Playhouse (Broadway World Award). Dreamgirls national tour, Joseph...Dreamcoat at Lyric Theater. One Man Two Guvnors at Berkeley Rep, Pioneer Theatre.

Berkshire Theatre Festival: My Fair Lady, A Saint She Ain’t, Tommy, A Chorus Line, Oklahoma, and Side By Side by Sondheim.

Connecticut Rep: Candide, Legally Blonde, Urinetown, and Hairspray (Connecticut Critics Circle award). Television: The Rosie O’Donnell Show, Major Dad, The Golden Palace. He was nominated for an SDC Foundation Award for his work in Spamilton. Gerrymcintyre.net

FRED BARTON (Music Supervision & Arrangements). TV scoring: The Magic Schoolbus, Olivia, Wonder Pets!, Eureeka’s Castle, Michael Moore’s The Awful Truth.

Los Angeles: City of Angels (Shubert), Forbidden Broadway. Broadway: Cabaret (Hal Prince, Dir.), City of Angels, Guys & Dolls (Nathan Lane), The Will Rogers Follies. National tours: Zorba, Cabaret, City of Angels, Camelot (Robert Goulet). Lead orchestrator for the NY Pops at Carnegie Hall, plus countless orchestrations for symphony orchestras across the US.

DUSTIN CROSS (Costume Design). Broadway: The 24 Hour Plays (American Airlines). Off-Broadway: Spamilton (NYC, Chicago), The Glass Menagerie, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Other Josh Cohen, Cougar The Musical, Zelda at the Oasis. Tours: Cheers Live (Associate), 42nd Street, A Christmas Story. Regional (select): Billy Elliot, Cinderella, Sister Act, The Witches of Eastwick (regional premieres), Joseph...Dreamcoat (Broadway World Award, Best Costume Design), West Side Story, Rent and Fairy Tale Christmas (Tuacahn), The Christmas Rose (Carnegie Hall). Film: The Little Button Girl (December 2017, starring Dick Van Dyke). ENJOY! dustincross.net KARYN D. LAWRENCE (Lighting Design).

Karyn is a theatrical lighting designer based in Los Angeles and is delighted to be designing Spamilton at the Douglas! Additional regional theatre credits include South Coast Repertory, The Theatre @ Boston Court, Pasadena Playhouse, East West Players, Ebony Repertory Theatre, International City Theatre, Arizona Broadway Theatre, New Swan Shakespeare Festival, and Great River Shakespeare Festival. In addition to theatre, she is one of Radiance Lightworks’ lead lighting designers for Universal Studios’ Halloween Horror Nights. She currently teaches lighting design at California State University, Los Angeles. Her work has also been seen in Italy, Poland, the Czech Republic, and Romania. kdlightingdesign.com ADAM PHALEN (Sound Design). Select shows include Other Desert Cities, Marjorie Prime (Mark Taper Forum); The New Electric Ballroom, The Word Begins (Rogue Machine Theatre); 9 Circles (Bootleg Theater; LADCC nominee, Best Sound Design), Against Oblivion (South Coast Repertory); Tempest Redux (Odyssey Theatre); Good Grief, Throw Me On the Burnpile and Light Me Up,

JAMES LENT (Music Direction). Theatre: Masterclass (ICT), Cabaret, Oklahoma, and Chess (MTLA), Little Shop of Horrors and Toonsical (AMDA), A Chorus Line (Macha Theatre), Last Five Years and Rent (Cupcake Theater), Chicago (Vistamar). Cabaret: The Other Side (2002–2012). Film: If I Stay and Seven Pounds. Education: Yale University, doctor of musical arts. Teaching: UCLA School of Music and AMDA College and Conservatory of the Performing Arts.

ANDREW LYNFORD, CSA (Casting) worked as an actor in his native UK (earning a Best Newcomer nomination from the National Television Awards) before moving into producing, directing, and casting. West End credits, as Casting Associate, include Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, Grease, and Saturday Night Fever.

Further credits include Side by Side by Sondheim, Misery, A Night Of Dirty Dancing, Oklahoma!, and A Christmas Carol. TV includes the comedy The Birds and children’s series Grandpa in My Pocket.

In L.A. Andrew has cast the movies Cain Hill and Monster, Skin Of Honey for Macha Theatre, and As You Like It for the Chater Shakespeare Workshop.

BROOKE BALDWIN (Production Stage Manager). Center Theatre Group: Big Night, Good Grief, Vicuña, Disgraced, Women Laughing Alone With Salad, Kansas City Choir Boy, Girlfriend, Chavez Ravine, Luna Gale, Race, different words for the same thing, The Nether, The Convert, Second City’s A Christmas Carol: Twist Your Dickens, Venice, Burn This, The Night Watcher, Waiting for Godot. Dodger Theatricals: Duck Commander Musical at the Rio Hotel in Las Vegas. Cabrillo Music Theatre: Bye Bye Birdie, In the Heights, Kiss Me, Kate. Moonlight Stage Productions: The Little Mermaid, The Wizard of Oz, The Most Happy Fella, Cats, The Foreigner, Swingtime Canteen. Geffen Playhouse: Shipwrecked, Time Stands Still, Through the Night, and Love, Loss, and What I Wore. She was also on the stage management team at Universal Studios Hollywood. Love to my family and Cullen!

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MAGGIE SWING (Stage Manager). Center Theatre Group: Big Night, King of the Yees, Block Party, Vicuña, Throw Me On the Burnpile and Light Me Up. Geffen Playhouse: Big Sky, Barcelona, Guards at the Taj, Discord, The Country House, The Judy Show, American Buffalo. European tour: The Apple Family Plays. Off-Broadway: Regular Singing, Sorry, Love’s Labour’s Lost, Sweet and Sad, Knickerbocker, Compulsion, That Hopey Changey Thing (The Public Theater), Slowgirl (Lincoln Center Theater), Blood Knot, The Orphans’ Home Cycle (Signature Theatre Company). Regional: Bell, Book and Candle (co-production with Long Wharf Theatre), The Orphans’ Home Cycle, Dividing the Estate, To Kill a Mockingbird, A Christmas Carol, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Milk Train Doesn’t Stop Here Anymore, The Bluest Eye, and Our Town (Hartford Stage Company).

CENTER THEATRE GROUP MICHAEL RITCHIE (Artistic Director) is in his 13TH season as Center Theatre Group’s Artistic Director, and has led over 190 productions to the Ahmanson Theatre, Mark Taper Forum, and Kirk Douglas Theatre stages, including the premieres of six musicals that moved to Broadway—The Drowsy Chaperone, Curtains, 13, 9 to 5: The Musical, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, and Leap of Faith—and the Pulitzer Prize in Drama finalist Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo. STEPHEN D. ROUNTREE (Managing Director) joined Center Theatre Group in 2014 as Managing Director. He was previously the President and CEO of The Music Center (2002–2014) and concurrently the CEO of the Los Angeles Opera (2008–2012).

He served the J. Paul Getty Trust for 22 years, starting in 1980 as Deputy Director of the Getty Museum, then Director of the Getty Center Building Program, and in 1998, the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer for the Getty Trust. He currently serves as a trustee of Occidental College, The Ahmanson Foundation, Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles, and Polytechnic School.

DOUGLAS C. BAKER (Producing Director) is now in his 28TH season at Center Theatre Group. He is an active member of the Broadway League, the Independent Presenters Network, and is a proud member of the Association of Theatrical Press Agents and Managers. In May 2013, Doug received the Broadway League’s prestigious Outstanding Achievement in Presenter Management Award.

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

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

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

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

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ADDITIONAL STAFF FOR SPAMILTON Producing Associate.....................................................................................Eric Sims Hair & Makeup....................................................................................Morgan Sellers Associate Choreographer........................................................................Jaclyn Miller Assistant Costume Designer..................................................................Kat Patterson Assistant Lighting Designer.................................................................... Sarah Resch Audio Engineer...................................................................................... Corwin Evans Deck Audio.....................................................................................Matthew Colleran Carpentry Crew.................................. Daniel Czypinski, Richard Dunn, Bo Foxworth,

Curt Gavin, Connor Hayes, Randall Pound,

Marcelo Olivas, Thomas Tulak Electrics Crew....................................... Daniel del Busto, Evan Drane, Lucas Garrity,

Lunchbox, Alif Marchi, Darci Murphy, Vanessa Rodriguez Scenic Artist & Prop Shopper.................................................................... Erin Walley Prop Artisan................................................................................................Eric Babb Draper......................................................................................................Ashley Rigg First Hand...............................................................................................Pamela Walt Stitchers........................................... Eli Hunstad, Vincent Miramontes, Amy Whipple Crafts/Dyer.............................................................................. Whitney Oppenheimer

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

FRONT-OF-HOUSE LEADS Trevor Algatt, AJ Meijer, Tarah Pollock

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

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

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

FRONT-OF-HOUSE LEAD SWINGS Chase Anderson-Shaw, Bradford Barnes, Eduardo Fernandez-Baumann, Stephen Lydic, Adrienne Marquand CONCIERGES Olivia Choate, Eric Eberle, Amber Espinosa-Jones, Angela Garcia, Tara Griffo, Isaac Jay, Sarah Lindsley, Chelsey Maus, Janice Motuapuaka, Nicole Naito, Daniel Rashid, Denise Reynoso, Leve Ross, Diana Spieller

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

DISCUSSION LEADERS Chase Anderson-Shaw, Candice Clasby, Eduardo Fernandez-Baumann, Jay Lee, Stephen Lydic, Adrienne Marquand, Isabella Petrini, Jor-el Vaasborg CONCESSIONS Abilene Gonzalez, Monica Greene, Mike Lanahan STAGE DOOR ATTENDANTS Ben Durham, Michael Hanson, Ian Ray, Cory Aycock

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

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

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

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

MARKETING DEBORAH WARREN..............................................................Director of Marketing KYLE HALL.......................................................Advertising & Promotions Director GARRETT COLLINS.......................... Senior Marketing Manager, Strategy & CRM ARIE LEVINE........... Senior Marketing Manager, Ahmanson & Mark Taper Forum KIYOMI EMI.........................................Marketing Manager, Promotions & Events EMYLI GUDMUNDSON.........................Marketing Manager, Kirk Douglas Theatre DEANNA McCLURE...............................................................................Art Director IRENE T. KANESHIRO....................................................... Senior Design Manager SANDI SILBERT............................................................................ Senior Designer TARA NITZ.................................................................................. Graphic Designer JAVIER VASQUEZ........................................................................ Graphic Designer COMMUNICATIONS JAMES SIMS..............................................................Director of Communications JASON MARTIN........................................................................... Head of Publicity KRISTI AVILA............................................................................................ Publicist KAREN BACELLAR.........................................................................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 SANDY CZUBIAK........................................................... Audience and Subscriber ....................................................................................................Services Director JENNIFER BAKER, CHERYL HAWKER, RICHARD RAGSDALE.......................................... Audience Services Supervisors ALICE CHEN................................................. Audience Services Asst. Supervisor GARY HOLLAND, DEBORAH REED........................................... Audience Services ....................................................................................................Sales Associates SAM AARON, JEREMIE ARENCIBIA, KIMBERLY ARENCIBIA, VICKI BERNDT, CARLOS D. CHAVEZ, JR., KAITLYN GALVEZ, MICHAEL ESPINOZA, ANASTASHIA GARCIA, EILEEN PEREZ, LEX SAVKO, TEVIN WILLIAMS.......................................... Audience Services Representatives DANUTA SIEMAK................................................ Subscriber Services Supervisor CHRISTINA GUTIERREZ ........................... Subscriber Services Asst. Supervisor IRENE CHUANG, LIGIA PISTE, PETER STALOCH....................Subscriber Services ..........................................................................................Senior Representatives SARAH K. GONTA .................................................................. Box Office Treasurer ANGELICA CARBAJAL, KISHISA ROSS................................. Assistant Treasurers MICHAEL KEMPISTY, KEVIN LAUVER, MICHAEL SALTZMAN, CRIS SPACCA............................................................................... Box Office Staff KERRY KORF.................................................................. Priority Services Director SUSAN F. TULLER..................................... Priority Services Operations Manager CANDICE WALTERS............................................ Priority Services Sales Manager PAUL CUEN.................................................................. Priority Services Manager KRISTEN SCHRASS...................................Priority Services Assistant Supervisor .....................................................................................................Representatives BEALENE AHERN, CLAY BUNKER, JOHN CARROLL, MAGGIE DODD, NATALIE DRESSEL, SOFIJA DUTCHER, MARC “BYRON” DROTMAN, FRANK ENSENBERGER, LOU GEORGE, SHEP KOSTER, JORDAN KRSNAK, IAN PRICE, MICHAEL SMITH, JEFFREY STUBBLEFIELD, DIANE WARD......................................Representatives INTERNS DOMINIQUE CORONA, DEAN GROSBARD, JAMES HACKETT-LITTLE, MARC HILLS, ALISON HOROWITZ, MADDY LAURITZEN, NICOLE MEDINA, JOSHUA ODUGA, BRIDGETTE RAMIREZ, VIVIANA RAMIREZ, ERICK ROJAS-MARTINEZ, SYDNEY SKIDMORE, SEAN SOPER, KIANA TORI

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DONOR RECOGNITION

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 OCTOBER 2, 2017) Anonymous (2)

The Labowe Family Foundation

Judith & Thomas Beckmen

The Eugene La Pietra Foundation

Diana Buckhantz & Vladimir & Araxia Buckhantz Foundation

Jody & David Lippman

Joseph & Mara Carieri 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 Brindell Roberts Gottlieb Aliza Karney Guren & Marc Guren Ann & Stephen F. Hinchliffe, Jr. June & Gareth Hughes Eileen & Ken Kaplan Terri & Jerry Kohl

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

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 OCTOBER 2, 2017)

Melissa & Bob Alvarado

Linda S. Peterson

Joni & Miles Benickes

Jane Rissman & Richard Sondheimer

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

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

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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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DONOR RECOGNITION

Entertainment Circle 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 OCTOBER 15, 2017.)

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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.

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Jan 27 at 8pm A senior analyst for CNN and staff writer for The New Yorker—Toobin deftly deconstructs some of the most provocative and important events of our time.

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Harvey returns with her incredible voice, breathy jazz standards, growling blues, and inspiring originals.

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Garrison Keillor: Just Passing through

Martha Redbone bone hill: the concert

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Jan 13 at 2pm & 8pm The laughter continues! A zillion fresh zingers of up-to-the-minute musical parodies that skewer both sides of the aisle!

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Mar 15 at 8pm Danú is one of today’s leading traditional Irish ensembles, taking you on a musical journey to their native Ireland.

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ADVOCATE CIRCLE ($2,400+) MULTI-YEAR DONORS: Anonymous, Harriet Rossetto & Rabbi Mark Borovitz, The Saul Brandman Foundation, Hon. Candace Cooper (Ret), Mr. & Mrs. Laurie Blumin & Moe Blumin, Edith Gould, Dr. Patricia Harrison, Gaylen Kobayashi, Mary Anne Lucero, Loris & Kory Lunsford, Julien Minard, Helene G. Mochedlover, Rob & Leslie Nagby, Michelle Nuttall, Cynthia Ann Petty, Leslie Smith, Diane & James Staes, Paulette Toumazos & Michael Lorenz, Joyce Huyett Turner & Craig Turner, Lori Williams & Stephen Schulte ANNUAL DONORS: Anonymous (9), Mayra Aceves, Steve & Karen Adolph, Andrew Aichlmayr, James & Marsha Alexander, Ms. Angela Allen, Anthony Alvarado & Desiree Carvajal, Michelle Ames, Ramsey Avery & Scott Ault, W. Lee Bailey, M.D., Deborah G. Baine, David Baird, Shelley Baker, Ms. Patricia Bartscherer, Susan & Adam Berger, Dr. & Mrs. Saul J. Berman, Jeffrey & Susan Berman, Mr. & Mrs. John Bettfreund, Claudette G. Bowie, Sandra & Robert Braun, Marti Breier, Judy & David Breitstein, Dr. Wallace P. Brithinee, Willie & Charlene Brownlee, Constance Burg, Beth Burnam, Vera A. Campbell, Torino Carr, Sandra L. Carter, Don & Ellen Castleman, James J. Castranova, Mary Coates, Terry Cole, M.D., Ted Cordes & Bill Derby, Mr. & Mrs. Richard Crook Jr., Steve & Linda Darling, Maurie Davidson, Cam Davis, Ron de Salvo, Linda Vanwinkle Deacon, Elizabeth DelloRusso, Mrs. George DeRoy & Cathy DeRoy, Norma & Al Diaz, Gerald & Sandra Dorfman, The Dougher Family, Ms. Laurie Dubchansky, Mr. Richard Nupoll, Ron & Heide Eng, Ellen Eubanks, Jim Bright & Lucy Farber, Johanna & Gene Felder, Edward & MaryAnn Feo, Mr. & Mrs. William Fimpler, Ruth Fleming-Stephens, Joan Franzen, Brady Frome, Mr. John Fukuoka, Dr. & Mrs. Humberto A. Galleno, Robert Gasway & Kristen Wong, The Gelfand Family, Jeanne K. Gerson, Michael & Karen Gilbert, Howard Gleicher, Dr. Irene Goldenberg, Barbara Gollin, Bill & Sue Gordon, Jackie & Stan Gottlieb, Marsha Grant, Peggy A. Grant, Mrs. Arlyn Gundersen, Mr. John A. Gyben, Scott Hall & Rhonda Church, Carol Halperin, Jack & Janet Harootun, Gene Hawkins, Phyllis & J. Michael Hennigan, Scott & Flora Herman, Karen Hirshan/Hirshan Family Foundation, Marcia & Gary Hollander, Deborah & Robert Holmes, Dr. & Mrs. H. Allen Hooper, Nancy Horii, Dorothy K. Hull, Joan R. Isaacs, Dr. & Mrs. Robert M. Itami, Susan & Larry Ivanjack, Karen & Jake Jacobs, Adrienne Grant & Paul Jennings, Charline Jones, Stan & Sandra Kahan, Janet & Steve Kahane, Sally Karbelnig, Cynthia & Jerry Kay, Paul & Mary Kearney, Judith G. Kelly, Louanne Kennedy, Sharon Kerson, Irene & Marvin H. Kleinberg, Gail J. Levine, V. P. Sessions, Mancha G. Kurilich, Owen & Sari Kustner, Lena, Mark, Jodi & Emily Labowe, Earle & Sharon Lambert, Katherine L’Amour, Mr. & Mrs. Herbert A. Lampert, Julie Lawrence, Lucille Leiba, Patricia Levinson, Richard & Vivian Levy, Mae & Hugh Lichtig, Dr. Dianne Long, Sarah F. Manson, Suzy Marks, Mrs. Clifford Marshall, Mr. & Mrs. Dennis G. Martin, Ms. Jacqueline H. Matlock, Rosie M. Mayfield, Michael & Marian Kleinman, Colleen T. McCarthy, Cheryl McConaughey, Theresa L. McConville, David & Kathleen McDonald, Eric Winston & Jacqueline McIntyre-Winston, Arthur Melville, Ph.D. & Marsha Utain, M.S., Robert L. Mendow, Lorraine & Craig Meyer, Carolyn Miller, Nicole L. Miner & Celia Ruskin, Arleen Miya, Ray & Natalie Muldaur, Donn Nelson, Bruce Newhall, Isabel Friend Newman, Russell Noel, Thomas Payne, Carol Phillips & Bob Shapiro, Frank & Arlene Pirolo, Tracy L. Ramont, Ms. Carlene Ringer, Belinda Robins, Suzanne & David Robinson, Rabbi & Mrs. Moshe Rothblum, Rosa M. Salazar, Karen & Larry Samuels, Mr. & Mrs. John Schulte, From Darlene in Memory of Harry Schultz, Nicole Scipione, Drs. T.V. Scott & Karen Hill Scott, Ruth & Mitchell Shapiro, Mary Louise Shnier, Louis & Mary Silver Foundation, Karen & Gordon Silverstein, Kathleen A. Siu, Dr. & Mrs. Paul L. Smith, Mr. Ricardo Sosapavon, Tom & Kerstin Stempel, Gail Goldberg Stoter, Dr. Arthur H. Streeter, Deborah K. Streiber, Ronald & Shelly Tamkin, Sheila & Lawrence Teplin, Kathy Terry, Greg Tirabasso & Joseph Krause, Rob & Dinah Titcher, Phillip & Eileen Tremonti, In Memory of Longina Postal, Ms. Andrea Valcourt, Carol Vernon & Robert Turbin, Claire Vincent, M. June Walden, Kathryn & Thomas Weber, Winifred P. & William Weisinger, Susan & Joshua Wieder, Leilani Jones Wilmore, Mr. & Mrs. Richard A. Wilson, Karen & Gary Winnick, Michele A. Kerr Wolfe, Jill Wondries, Bonnie L. Wong, Janis K. Yerkey

ASSOCIATE CIRCLE ($1,200+) MULTI-YEAR DONORS: Barry M. Baker, Robert & Angie Butler, Kathryn Cencirulo, Kathleen & Sarah Doramus, John & Stefanie Lau, Charles Letzgus & Michael McDonald, Bev Moore, Jo An Peters, Maxine Savitz, Juanita Shaw, Barbara Ann Sterling ANNUAL DONORS: Anonymous (19), Michael & Susan Abeles, Olga S. Alderson, Debra & Dave Alpert, Dr. Charles & Michaelyn Alson, Lynn K. Altman, Katherine Annuschat, Regina Antonioli & Equestrian Concepts, Mrs. Jacqueline Applebaum, Susan Aprahamian, Mr. Charles Aronberg, M.D., Stewart & Eileen Balikov, David Baltimore & Alice Huang, Jericho Poppler & Dr. Greg Bartlow, Diana M. Batista, Ginger G. Bauer, Judy & Chuck Beck, Elissa & Sheldon Becker, David Bender, Mr. & Mrs. Robert Guza, Mr. & Mrs. Steven B. Bergjans, Alan & Marilyn Bergman, Mr. Keither Berkes, Richard Berliner & Judy Korin, Ana Karime Bichsel, Philip Biderman, Bernie & Beverly Gray Bienstock, Ruth Barry Binder, Peter & Helen Bing, Dr. Linda Blakeley, Ph.D., Marjorie Blatt, Cheryl Bledin, Richard & Patricia Bongeorno, Tim & Becky Borquez, In Memory of Evilo J. Bouchey, Geri Brawerman, Sandy & Mayer Brenner, Devra Breslow, Leah Broidy, Dr. Susan Brown, Terry Brown & Matthew Shaklee, William H. Brown II, Mari & Ward Bukofsky, Linda Stafford Burrows, Mike & Sandy Buttitta, Dr. & Mrs. George Byrne, Christine Cahill, Melinda Carmichael, Thomas J. Carmichael, Tracy Casadio, Caver-Davidson Family, Mrs. James L. Chew, Eric Chien, Carol Comparsi, James M. Cooke, Kim & Anthony Cookson, Carrie Cooper, Rosalie Corona, Earl & Christina Cory, Susan Cowan, Lois Cox, Kathryn Crown, Diana Cusumano, Heidy & Saul De La Rosa, Caroline & Lloyd De Llamas, Don & Claudine DeFazio, Kurt Delsack & Linda J. Levenson Delsack, Dr. & Mrs. Denes, DesCombes Family, Sally G. Dewitt, Lee & Janet Dicker, Dr. & Mrs. Donald E. Dickerson, Clare Dinhofer, Mr. & Mrs. William Henry Doheny III, Betty J. Dranow, Jan Dresner, Jessie J. Duffy, Mr. & Mrs. Gene B. Duncan, Kathy Easterling, Richard & Gay Ede, Richard J. Burdge Jr. & Lee Smalley Edmon, Mr. Fred M. Edwards Jr., Jill & Bob Eisfelder, Ken & Kathi Ellis, Mauricio & Lidia Epelbaum, Suzanne & Dr. Kenneth Epstein, Kenneth Erlich & Louise Halevy, Mrs. Carol Esterkin, Rena & Peter Falk, Mrs. Barbara J. Feiga, Ronald & Sandra Fein, Stanley Feinstein, Allen & Wendy Fisch, Larry S. Fish, In Memory of Robert A. Fisher, Joan & Marty Flax, Catherine M. Foley, Victoria Fouce Otter, Rusty Fox & Stephen Elliot, Matthew Frank, Patricia L. Frazier, Fran Fredella & Scott Rubin, Sharon & Elliott T. Friedman, Susan R. Friedman, Howard J. Fulfrost, George & Marcia Fuller, Elizabeth Gans, Carrie Garrett, G!, In Honor of Rev. Elijah R. Gibbs, Patrick & Frank Gibson-McMinn, Traute & Gene Gleeson, Bruce & Madelyn Glickfeld, The Gluckman Family, Nancy J. Goff, Mr. & Mrs. Joseph M. Gold, Donna & Lee B. Gold, M.D., Dr. Patricia Goldring, Ms. Dorothy Gonzalez, Nan & Allan Goodman, Tanya Goodman, Myles & Barbara Goodson, Mr. Alan Goodstein, Linda & Pete Gorman, Leslie & Richard Gottlieb, Mr. & Mrs. Francisco Govea, Dr. Ellen Smith Graff, Fred Kunik, Roberta Gregg & Ron Bean, In Honor of My Mother, Consuelo Lopez, Nicholas Gumas, Abbas & Lynda Hadjian, Kate A. Halkett, Ms. Rose Ann Hall, Greg Halvorsen & Laurie Inadomi-Halvorsen, Carolyn & Bernard Hamilton, Betsy Hamilton, Ms. Kamala Hamilton & Mr. Lucky Weir, Diane & J.P. Harris, Mr. & Mrs. Don Hecht, Robert D. & Claire Heron, Marjory J. Hopper, Gregory Horowitz & Beth Grossbard, Elizabeth Hradsky, Doris & Mel Hughes, Mr. Mark L. Hummer, Brehon Humphrey & Rachael Mandel, John & Marilyn Hykes, Jody L. Isenberg, Marie Mazzone & David Israeli, Dr. Adel F. Jabour, Irwin & Meredith Jacobson, Judy K. Jeanson, Fran Jemmott & Bernie Rollins, Starr C. Johnson, Cynthia L. Kain, Joyce & Don Kaiserman, Mr. & Mrs. Jerome S. Kaplan, Regina & Richard G. Kaplan, Alicia Katz, Mr. & Mrs. Bart Kaufman, Laurence & Linda Kaufman, Saul & Rima Kay, Claudia E. Kazachinsky & Richard A. Sherer, Joanne & Dennis Keith, Peter Kelly, Morris & Debra Kessler, Dr. K. Alex Kim, Carol Kindler, Laura King, Dr. Charles Kleeman & Annette Kleeman, Neal Hersh & Lynda Klein, Joel & Susan Klevens, Rosalind LaBriola, Mrs. Frumeh Labow, Sally Landau, Richard & Ruth Lavine Family Foundation, Dr. & Mrs. John F. Lawrence, Barbara & Tom Leanse, Jack Ledwith, Anne Lehrer, Jo Ann Lee,

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ASSOCIATE CIRCLE (CONTINUED) Cindy Leslie, Diane Levine, Allyn & Jeffrey Levine, Ms. Paula Block-Levor, In Memory of Malcolm Lewis, Patty Loch, Mr. & Mrs. Richard Lorentz, Kathleen & Raymond Lovell, Marge & Bill MacLaughlin, Eileen & Peter Malis, Denise M. Mamishian, Ginny Mancini, Darlene Manus, Laura & Jim Maslon, Vivian Matsushige, Eleanor Maynard, Mrs. Liliane Quon McCain, Meg McComb, Neil McLean, Mrs. Lucille H. Melcher, Terry & John Merkel, Bob & Rosemary Merzoian, Don & Lorena Meza, Lynn & Mani Miller, Wendy & Saul Miller, Creditors Adjustment & Brad Mitteldorf, Katherine Molloy, Francoise Schmutz & Antonio Morawski, Matthew & Teresa Moren, Paula C. Moseley, Ed.D, Alden & Jane Munson, Charlotte C. Myers, Julie & Jean-Baptiste Nadal, Diane Narhi & Stan Ulman, Helen Kim & Richard Nathan, Kenneth Navran, Lisa Nelius, Kathleen Nelson, Dr. Anthony Nesburn, Kim Nicholas, Marsha Niles, Roberta Novick & Martin Gardner, Linda Nussbaum & Lawrence Ross, Casey O’Connell & William Magee, Dale & Ayako Okuno, Mr. Peter Otto & Jesus Amparan, The Palazzo Family, Allan & Jodi Pantuck, Mr. Robert S. Paris, Joan P. Parker, Bob & Brana Paster, John Peetz, Carole Pelton, Mary Zoe Phillips, Leesa Pielago, William & Deborah Pitruzzelli, Sheila Poncher, Mr. Hilary B. Poochigian, Ruth Shamir Popkin, Jill Poppe, Suzanne & Harvey Prince, Dr. Stephen C. Rabin, John & Sandra Radine, Courtney Rangen, Anat Resnik, Tim Reynolds, M.D., Elaine Binder Robinson, Joan G. Robinson, Karen Romney, Ms. Becky Rosales, Arlene & Jerry Rosin, Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Rubin, Ron & Sharon Ryan, Sonia Sabban, Alexandra & Edward Saborio, David A. & Karen Richards Sachs, Harvey & Peggy Saferstein, Leah Saffian, Ms. JoAnne Saltman, Linda R. Saltzman, Victoria & Orman Sartwell, Alexander & Mariette Sawchuk, Tina Saxe, Patricia Scarborough, Mia Schiavone, Stanley B. Schneider, Anne Schrader, Karin & Christof Schwab, Robert & Monica Schwaniger, Ruth A. Seigle & Laura Seigle, Harry Selvin, Robin Share, Lynn Sharp, Kevin M. Shiramizu & Michael J. Kerkman, Robyn Schreiber, Jacqueline & Harvey Shulman, Ken & Marinette Simon, In Memory of Ruth & Leon Sirkin, Slater Family Foundation, Karen Smits, Vicki & Lew Snow, Mr. & Mrs. Richard Sobelle, Dr. Marion & Matthew Solomon, Colonel & Mrs. S. M. Soukup, Bruce Spector, Dr. & Mrs. Russell C. Spoto, Marilyn & Errol Stambler, Stephen Steging, Mr. & Mrs. Sheldon Steier, Allen & Arleen Steiner, J. Franklin Stewart, Antoinette Strelich, William R. Stringer, Stephen & Karen Sweeney, Ellen & Wing Tam, Mr. David Taylor, Karen Thomas, Hon. Sandra Thompson, Sandra & Laurens Thurman, Dianne Tomita, Elizabeth Topkis, Laura Torrance, Gwendolyn Hamilton Tucker, Lynette & Jim Vandeveer, Pamela Villanueva, George Vissio, Elliott & Felise Wachtel, Margaret A. Wagner CPA, Laurie & Ira Waldman, Janice & Larry Weiner, Lauri Weiss, Robert Wemischner & Leslie Raffel, Nora & Peter Wendel, John & Martha Wengert, Dr. Clyde Wesp, Marshall L. Williams, Dr. Libby F. Wilson, Dr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Wolf, Stephen E. Wright, Adelle Yeaton, Mr. & Mrs. Richard Yoder-Edney, Kenneth Yoon

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

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

THE AHMANSON FOUNDATION

the

ANNENBERG FOUNDATION

PLATO Society of Los Angeles

CENTER THEATRE GROUP AFFILIATES DORIS DUKE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION EDGERTON FOUNDATION ELISABETH KATTE HARRIS TRUST THE HEARST FOUNDATIONS THE JAMES IRVINE FOUNDATION THE ANDREW W. MELLON FOUNDATION THE RALPH M. PARSONS FOUNDATION

The best known and most prestigious peer learning program in metro Los Angeles. Curious minds learning from each other in a collegial setting.

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. DISNEY THEATRICAL GROUP

If you have an inquisitive mind, check us out at www.platola.org

The Sheri and Les Biller Family Foundation Employees Community Fund of Boeing California Sascha Brastoff Foundation Brookside Fund

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LUMINARIO BALLET

PRESENTS A VIENNESE WINTER GALA FRANZ SCHUBERT’S

“WINTERREISE”

Diana Buckhantz & Vladimir & Araxia Buckhantz Foundation 12/8/15 9:54 AM The Carol and James Collins Foundation

The Culver City Education Foundation Joseph Drown Foundation Fineshriber Family Foundation Ella Fitzgerald Charitable Foundation Lawrence P. Frank Foundation Lear Family 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

GALA TICKETS $300/$500 INCLUDES DRINKS, DINNER AND PERFORMANCE

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DANCERS FROM SUZANNE FARRELL BALLET MUSIC BY LE SALON DE MUSIQUES

DECEMBER 15 • 6-10 PM

TICKETS: WWW.LUMINARIOBALLET.ORG 64 PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE

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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.

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

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

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

Annie Maria Lehrer Marilyn Levin♦ Helen Gordon Lowy Dr. Elizabeth Lu Marianne Mandel Phyllis Massing, Ph.D Leah Mendelsohn Jacqueline Nach Deena Nahmias Olivia Neece Phyllis Parvin Gina Russ Posalski*♦ Anne Reismann Sharon Reisz Irene Ribner Harriett Chatters Rose♦ Lois Rosen♦ Marla Rubin Gaile Gray Ryan Bonnie Sachs♦ Carole Schiffer Kelly Schiffer* Zrelda Sealey Joyce Siegel Robbie J. Solomon Marilyn Lee Stark Carol Stein Debbie Stein Judy Stone Betsy Straszheim Gloria Stroock-Stern Rosalyn Holt Swartz Louise Taper Phyllis Teller Katherine L. Todd* Sue Tsao♦ Roberta Turkat Elinor Turner Carol Le-Veque-Uri Barbara Van Orden Donna Marie Venick* Sue Wittner

*Past Presidents Executive Board Members at Large

SHAKESPEARE HIS WIFE & THE DOG written by directed by

Philip Whitchurch Julia St. John

JAN 18-28, 2018 April 1616—Shakespeare has returned to Stratford a rich and famous man, but all’s not well. Why is he so unhappy? Why can’t he sleep? Why is his wife furious with him? Who is Will waiting for and why can’t Anne find the dog? A sleepless night in Stratford. The secrets, lies, resentments and passions of a marriage laid bare. The one hour traffic of our play.

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

thebroadstage.org 310.434.3200 Follow us @TheBroadStage SANTA MONICA COLLEGE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER

CELEBRATING 10 YEARS

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

$1,000,000+

Shirley & Irving Ashkenas Judith & Thomas Beckmen Kirk & Anne Douglas Richard & Julie Kagan Martin Massman Betty McMicken in honor of Jeanette Shammas Diane & Leon Morton Carol Vernon & Robert Turbin

$500,000+

Richard & Norma Camp Mary Levin Cutler Susan Grode Virginia Hayes Ann & Stephen F. Hinchliffe, Jr. Merle & Peter Mullin Linda S. Peterson Sue Tsao Magda & Frederick R.Waingrow

$250,000+

Pamela & Dennis Beck Bill Cohn & Dan Miller Amy Forbes & Andrew Murr Patricia Glaser & Sam Mudie Edward L. Rada Maggy Simon I.H. Sutnick Susan & William Weintraub

$100,000+

W. Lee Bailey, M.D. Angela Bardowell Allan & Joan Burns Deborah M. Hyde Sarah & Andy Kane Dr. & Mrs. Jack Kavanaugh The Paul Kowal Charitable Foundation Darell L. Krasnoff Sandra Krause & William Fitzgerald Joyce & Kent Kresa Steven Llanusa & Glenn Miya, M.D. Carol & Douglas Mancino Nan Rae Bruce & Randy Ellen Ross

$50,000+

The Moira Byrne Foster Foundation Mr. Kim L. Hunter Sally & Frank Raab Wes Schaefer & Cathy King-Schaefer

$25,000+

Charles Dillingham & Susan D. Clines Mr. & Mrs. Walter E. Grauman Bob & Renee Nunn

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Endowment Gifts These 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+

Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Renee & Meyer Luskin John S. Surabian, Jr. and in memory of Faith and Sharon Ann Surabian

Celebrate the season with the Blind Boys of Alabama Christmas show!

$250,000+

The Norman and Sadie Lee Foundation

$100,000+

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

$50,000+

Ellen & Michael S. Korney Dorothy & Richard Sherwood

$25,000+

Abbott Brown Linda Brown Greve Foundation Dr. Tom Hickey Diane & Leon Morton

BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA Christmas Show

featuring Preservation Hall Legacy Horns & Ruthie Foster Sun, Dec 17 at 7PM | The Theatre at Ace Hotel

cap.ucla.edu 310-825-2101

$10,000+

A and J Davidson Skipper Award Fund Levine Foundation

@CAP_UCLA

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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“...unique, classy, entertaining...a living history”— L.A. Times

GREYSTONE “T HE

MANOR”

record Back for a ut” year!

16th “sell-o

A PLAY BY KATHRINE BATES

DIRECTED BY MARTIN THOMPSON A Theatre 40 Production

www.theatre40.org

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 OCTOBER 2017.)

THEATRE EXECUTIVES ($50,000+) AT&T •

Bank of America The Hearst Foundations • James S. & Lynne Turley • The Schloss Family Foundation •

BENEFACTORS ($25,000-$49,999) Buford Alexander and Pamela Farr BNYMellon Steven & Joy Bunson Citi EY* Goldman, Sachs & Co. Roe Green Foundation MetLife Stephanie Scott

Follow actors through “The Manor” as they re-enact true and tragic events that took place in historic Greystone Mansion

murder & madness

January 11-14, 17-20, 24-27, 31 • February 1, 2, 4 weekends @ 1 pm • weekdays @ 6 pm

Morgan Stanley Wells Fargo•

PACESETTERS ($15,000‑$24,999) American Express

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Frank & Bonnie Orlowski Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc.

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Greystone Park • 905 Loma Vista Drive • Beverly Hills 90210 ABOVE SUNSET BLVD. FREE PARKING

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National Endowment for the Arts • Pfizer, Inc. Thomas C. Quick Southwest Airlines • ▲ TD Charitable Foundation• Theatermania/Gretchen Shugart George S. Smith, Jr. USB

DONORS ($10,000–$14,999) Mitchell J. Auslander Marianne Cassini Dorsey & Whitney Foundation Epiq Systems Bruce R. and Tracey Ewing Lisa Orberg • Presidio RBC Wealth Management • Daniel A. Simkowitz S&P Global Isabelle Winkles Wilkie Farr & Gallagher

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SUPPORTERS ($2,500‑$9,999) The Ahmanson Foundation Joseph Baio*

Sheri and Les Biller Foundation Sue Ann Collins* COOMI Dramatists Play Service, Inc. Kevin & Anne Driscoll* John R. Dutt * Christ Economos Edgerton Foundation ESCADA Jessica Farr Steven Gartner* Glen Gillen and Michael Lawrence

VALLEY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER PRESENTS

Sunday Matinees For the whole family

Kiki & David Gindler Richard K. Greene Nancy Hancock Griffith* Brian J. Harkins Gregory S. Hurst Howard and Janet Kagan Mary Kitchen and Jon Orszag* Ken Klein and Christine De Lisle Anthony and Diane Lembke, in honor of Brian J. Harkins, board member* Jody & David Lippman Evelyn Mack Truitt*

MUMMENSCHANZ you & me Feb 11 | 3PM

Dreamlike performance using props and masks, without uttering a single word

John Mathena and Michael Forester Jonathan Maurer and Gretchen Shugart Susan and John Major Donor Advised Fund at the Rancho Santa Fe Foundation Louise Moriarty & Patrick Stack* Nederlander Producing Co. of America Newmark Holdings Leslie C. Quick, Jr. and Regina A. Quick Charitable Trust Foundation Mary Lou Seidner* Elliott Sernel & Larry Falconio* Ten Chimneys Foundation John Thomopoulos University Hospitals Michael A. Wall* * National Society Member ▲ Includes In-kind support • Educating through Theatre Support

For a complete list of funders visit theatreforward.org

DUBLIN IRISH DANCE

Stepping Out Feb 25 | 3PM

Favorite Irish melodies, traditional steps, and Celtic instrumentals

YAMATO

The Drummers of Japan, Chousensha—The Challenger Mar 11 | 3PM Jaw-dropping power and athleticism

MANUAL CINEMA

The Magic City Mar 18 | 3PM

“A multimedia hybrid of shadow puppetry, cinematic arts, physical acting, and living music” -Stage Buddy

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DONOR RECOGNITION

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Government Support Center Theatre Group appreciates the support of the following agencies:

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FOR THE CURIOUS MUSIC | CULTURE | NEWS | NPR

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INSPIRED BY THE ELECTRIFYING TRUE STORY!

BE A PART OF CENTER THEATRE GROUP. VOLUNTEERS NEEDED! Center Theatre Group is searching for a few active volunteers during work hours (Monday – Friday, 10AM – 6PM). Administrative tasks include helping prepare and manage seat gifts, logging event attendance, and working with staff to prepare for special events.

FEB 9 - 18 FEB 23 - MAR 4 REDONDO BEACH PERFORMING ARTS CENTER

CERRITOS CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS

GROUP RATES AVAILABLE! 714-589-2770

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WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU? Complimentary tickets to Center Theatre Group productions and knowing that you are helping our nonprofit organization.

For more information, please contact Matthew Sutphin at MSutphin@CTGLA.org.

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YOU DON’T PAY TO WATCH SHOWS THAT FOLLOW A FORMULA. YOU SHOULDN’T PAY YOUR ADVISOR TO FOLLOW A FORMULA, EITHER. Is your advisor focused on beating a benchmark, or meeting your personal financial goals?

Let’s Talk. After the performance, that is. Enjoy the show.

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This Holiday Season,

Show Your Love With a Show They’ll Love.

GIVE A CENTER THEATRE GROUP GIFT CERTIFICATE

to friends and family that will allow them to see any show, any time, at the Ahmanson Theatre, the Mark Taper Forum, or the Kirk Douglas Theatre. Send your gift certificate in the amount of your choice by email, print it at home, or get a hard copy from us, gift wrapped with a complimentary gift card.

Order gift certificates or season ticket packages by visiting

CTGLA.ORG/GIFTS or by calling

213.628.2772.

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

Lisa Specht Board Chair

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

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

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

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

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

MEMBERS AT LARGE

William H. Ahmanson Wallis Annenberg Jill Baldauf

Dannielle Campos

Lois Erburu

Greg T. Geyer

Richard M. Ferry

Lisa Gilford

Bernard A. Greenberg

David Gindler Kiki Ramos Gindler Brindell Gottlieb Maria Rosario Jackson

David Lippman

Bowen “Buzz” H. McCoy

CONTACT

Cynthia M. Patton

General Information (213) 972-7211

Rory Pullens

Lost and Found (213) 972-2600

Amb. (ret.) Glen A. Holden Amb. (ret.) Lester B. Korn

Cary J. Lefton Richard Lynn Martinez

Stephen F. Hinchliffe, Jr.

Stuart M. Ketchum

Glenn Kaino

Michael Pagano

Audio Description/Project D.A.T.E. (Direct Audience Theatre Experience) (213) 680-4017

Eli Broad Amb. (ret.) John B. Emerson*

Shelby Notkin

Patina Restaurant Group/ Catered Events (213) 972-7565

Judith Beckmen

Kimaada M. Brown

Darrell D. Miller

Filming (213) 972-7334

Peter K. Barker

Ronald W. Burkle

Darrell Brown

Elizabeth Michelson

Theatre Rentals (213) 972-3600

DIRECTORS EMERITI

Karen Kay Platt Max Ramberg Jay Rasulo Joseph Rice^ Richard K. Roeder Joni J. Smith

Kent Kresa Robert F. Maguire, III Ginny Mancini Edward J. McAniff Walter M. Mirisch Fredric M. Roberts Claire L. Rothman Cynthia A. Telles James A. Thomas Andrea L. Van de Kamp* Paul M. Watson Thomas R. Weinberger Rosalind W. Wyman * Chairman Emeritus

Catharine Soros Marc I. Stern Cary H. Thompson Walter F. Ulloa Timothy S. Wahl Alyce Williamson Jay Wintrob Rollin A. Ransom General Counsel ^ Leave o f Absence

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BOARD OF SUPERVISORS COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES

Support from the County of Los Angeles Board of Supervisors 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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M A R . 9 — 1 7, 2 0 1 8 / L I V E O R C H E S T R A Performed by T H E JOF F R EY BA LLE T

THE MUSIC CENTER’S DOROTHY CHANDLER PAVILION

M U S I C C E N T E R . O R G | ( 2 1 3) 9 7 2 - 07 1 1

G R O U P S O F 1 0+: ( 2 1 3) 9 7 2- 8 5 5 5 | M CG R O U P S A L E S@M U S I CC EN T ER .O R G

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DECEMBER FRI 01 DEC / 8:00 p.m.

Hilary Hahn plays Bernstein LA PHIL Walt Disney Concert Hall Thru 12/3 FRI 01 DEC / 12:30 p.m.

Afro-Cuban Dance + Percussion Workshop GRAND PARK FRI 01 DEC / 8:00 p.m.

Something Rotten!

CENTER THEATRE GROUP Ahmanson Theatre Thru 12/31 FRI 01 DEC / 8:30 p.m.

Charles Atlas, Rashaun Mitchell, Silas Riener: Tesseract REDCAT Roy And Edna Disney/Calarts Theater Thru 12/3 FRI 01 DEC / 11:00 p.m.

Sleepless: The Music Center After Hours THE MUSIC CENTER Dorothy Chandler Pavilion FRI 01 DEC / ALL DAY Grand Park Lights Up The Holidays GRAND PARK Thru 12/26 SAT 02 DEC / 12:00 p.m.

Rumba Dance Party + Jam Session GRAND PARK SAT 02 DEC / 2:00 p.m. + 7:30 p.m.

Malpaso Dance Company THE MUSIC CENTER Dorothy Chandler Pavilion SAT 02 DEC / 2:00 p.m.

Festival of Carols LOS ANGELES MASTER CHORALE Walt Disney Concert Hall Thru 12/9 SAT 02 DEC / 11:00 a.m.

Toyota Symphonies For Youth LA PHIL Walt Disney Concert Hall Thru 12/9 SUN 03 DEC / 7:00 p.m.

Los Angeles Children’s Chorus LA PHIL Walt Disney Concert Hall

MON 04 DEC / 8:30 p.m.

Moustapha Alassane: Pioneer of The Golden Age of Nigerien Cinema REDCAT Roy And Edna Disney/Calarts Theater

THU 14 DEC / 8:00 p.m.

Mozart & Bruckner with Mehta LA PHIL Walt Disney Concert Hall Thru 12/17

TUE 05 DEC / 8:00 p.m.

Bach & Mendelssohn Chamber Music LA PHIL Walt Disney Concert Hall

FRI 15 DEC / 8:30 p.m.

CalArts Winter Dance REDCAT Roy And Edna Disney/Calarts Theater Thru 12/16

TUE 05 DEC / 11:00 a.m.

EVERY TUE/WED/THU LUNCHTIME! Food Trucks GRAND PARK

SAT 16 DEC / 11:30 a.m. + 2:30 p.m.

Holiday Sing-Along LA PHIL Walt Disney Concert Hall

WED 06 DEC / 11:00 a.m.

EVERY WED/FRI LUNCHTIME! Yoga reTREAT GRAND PARK THU 07 DEC / 6:30 p.m.

George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker ® THE MUSIC CENTER Dorothy Chandler Pavilion Thru 12/10

SUN 17 DEC / 7:00 p.m.

Handel: Messiah LOS ANGELES MASTER CHORALE Walt Disney Concert Hall MON 18 DEC / 7:30 p.m.

37 th Annual Messiah Sing-Along LOS ANGELES MASTER CHORALE Walt Disney Concert Hall

THU 07 DEC / 8:00 p.m.

Colburn Celebrity Recitals LA PHIL Walt Disney Concert Hall

TUE 19 DEC / 8:00 p.m.

A Chanticleer Christmas LA PHIL Walt Disney Concert Hall

FRI 08 DEC / 11:00 a.m.

Tchaikovsky First Piano Concerto LA PHIL Walt Disney Concert Hall Thru 12/10

WED 20 DEC / 8:00 p.m.

Dianne Reeves — Christmas Time Is Here LA PHIL Walt Disney Concert Hall FRI 22 DEC / 8:00 p.m.

Naturally 7 LA PHIL Walt Disney Concert Hall

FRI 08 DEC / 8:00 p.m.

Leslie Odom, Jr. LA PHIL Walt Disney Concert Hall FRI 08 DEC / 8:30 p.m.

Bennie Maupin plays The Jewel in the Lotus (1974, ECM) REDCAT Roy And Edna Disney/Calarts Theater SAT 09 DEC / 8:30 p.m.

Lou Harrison: Music of the Pacific REDCAT Roy And Edna Disney/Calarts Theater SUN 10 DEC / 7:00 p.m.

Bach: The Six Motets LOS ANGELES MASTER CHORALE Walt Disney Concert Hall

SAT 23 DEC / 3:00 p.m. + 8:00 p.m.

White Christmas Sing-Along LA PHIL Walt Disney Concert Hall SUN 24 DEC / 3:00 p.m.

58 th Annual L.A. County Holiday Celebration Dorothy Chandler Pavilion SUN 31 DEC / 7:00 p.m. + 10:30 p.m.

New Year’s Eve with Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox LA PHIL Walt Disney Concert Hall

2017 SUN 10 DEC / 8:30 p.m.

Studio: Fall 2017 REDCAT Roy And Edna Disney/Calarts Theater Thru 12/11

SUN 31 DEC / 8:00 p.m.

Grand Park + The Music Center’s N.Y.E.L.A. Until 1:00 am on 1/1

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

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