The Book of Mormon at Center Theatre Group, February 2020

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FROM THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

WELCOME TO CENTER THEATRE GROUP This month at Center Theatre Group features four productions that are wonderfully different—a major musical from a rock icon, an outrageous comedy that has been called the best musical of this century, an acclaimed play about American democracy, and a deeply compassionate exploration of a devastating moment in recent history. But what unites these works, and all of us in the audience, are the amazing stories they tell.

At the Ahmanson, Sting stars alongside a top-notch cast in the visually spectacular The Last Ship. I love the songs and the choreography, but I also love the story behind the story—that this musical was created to pay tribute to the shipbuilding community where Sting was born and raised.

Next up, making its Ahmanson debut, is the nine-time Tony Award -winning Best Musical from the creators of South Park, The Book of Mormon. Center Theatre Group has a long relationship with choreographer and co-director Casey Nicholaw, and it is a privilege to feature his work and that of this entire talented team. ®

At the Taper, Heidi Schreck’s What the Constitution Means to Me chronicles the relationship between four generations of American women and the document on which our country was founded. It has, rightfully, been declared one of the most important new plays in recent memory, and it is both timely and, I am sure, will be proved timeless.

At the Douglas, we’re proud to produce Dael Orlandersmith’s stunning Until the Flood, directed by our Associate Artistic Director/Literary Director Neel Keller. Dael traveled to Ferguson, Missouri following the 2014 shooting of Michael Brown to conduct interviews that resulted in a play that goes far, far beyond the headlines to explore race, grief, and community.

Thank you for coming together with us around these stories.

Sincerely,

Michael Ritchie

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around CENTER THEATRE GROUP MATTHEW BOURNE’S SWAN LAKE STUDENT MATINEE We loved welcoming approximately 1,200 students and educators from across Southern California to a special Student Matinee Program performance of Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake on December 12, 2019. Although many of the students were first-time theatregoers, they were among the best prepared audience of the run: all participating educators attended a conference beforehand, many classes received pre-show visits from teaching artists who are also members of Bourne’s company, New Adventures, and everyone received resource materials to help them enter the world of the show.

The Student Matinee Program is made possible in part by the Rosenthal Family Foundation.

The Student Matinee Program also receives generous support from Diana Buckhantz & Vladimir & Araxia Buckhantz Foundation, Renee & Meyer Luskin, Deena & Edward Nahmias, Laura & James Rosenwald & Orinoco Foundation, Union Bank, The Walt Disney Company Foundation, Paramount Pictures, and the Ella Fitzgerald Charitable Foundation. Presented by the Department of Cultural Affairs of the City of Los Angeles, Wells Fargo, US Bank, and Center Theatre Group’s Corporate Circle.

LOS ANGELES FALLS IN LOVE ALL OVER AGAIN WITH SWAN LAKE Actors Eric Idle (top left), Conrad Ricamora (bottom left), and Lesley Nicol (top right), director Adam Shankman (bottom right), and Dancing with the Stars and The Talk’s Carrie Ann Inaba (center) were among the rapturous crowd welcoming Matthew Bourne and New Adventures back to the Ahmanson on December 5, 2019, for the opening night of Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake.

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CENTER THEATRE GROUP GIVES BACK! In the spirit of the season, Center Theatre Group closed out 2019 with our annual holiday giving drive to support organizations that help community members in need.

Fundraising and donation drives and two bake sales collected 1,230 items and raised over $650 in donations from our staff to benefit the Children’s Institute, School on Wheels, and the Actors Fund.

NEW WORK BY KIMBER LEE Photos by Cristi Burgos/cbgraphy.

BOYLE HEIGHTS COMMUNITY WORKSHOPS Over five Saturdays this fall, community members participated in a workshop series designed to build on technical theatre skills they had learned in previous sewing and design workshops to create their own quilts (aka quillows, which fold into pockets to become a pillow).

It was wonderful to have members of the community working side-by-side with the Production staff from costumes and props as well as volunteers.

In early December, playwright Kimber Lee and Center Theatre Group Associate Artistic Director/Literary Director Neel Keller, who collaborated on 2014’s different words for the same thing, came together to workshop a new piece by Lee that was commissioned by Center Theatre Group. The currently untitled work features a Lebanese American family and their surprising interaction with a Middle Eastern dictator.

Thanks to the California Arts Council for their support of this program. Friars Charitable Foundation provides additional support.

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ON OUR STAGES

IN THE THEATRE

THE BOOK OF MORMON AHMANSONTHEATRE FEB 18 – MAR 29, 2020

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The New York Times calls it “the best musical of this century.” The Washington Post says, “It is the kind of evening that restores your faith in musicals.” It’s The Book of Mormon, the nine-time Tony Award -winning Best Musical from the creators of South Park. Contains explicit language. ®

To minimize disruption, patrons not seated when the performance begins will be asked to wait in the lobby until an appropriate break.

Latecomers may also be given alternate seats until intermission.

FRAGRANCES Please refrain from wearing strong perfumes and cologne.

Many people are allergic to heavy scents.

WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME

LOST & FOUND

MARKTAPERFORUM JAN 12 – FEB 23, 2020 Direct from Broadway, the 2019 Tony -nominated Best Play and Pulitzer Prize finalist from writer Heidi Schreck is a boundary-breaking play that breathes new life into our Constitution and imagines how it will affect the next generation of Americans. ®

UNTIL THE FLOOD KIRKDOUGLASTHEATRE JAN 24 – FEB 23, 2020 Pulitzer Prize finalist and celebrated performer Dael Orlandersmith explores the social uprising in Ferguson, Missouri following the shooting of teenager Michael Brown. Pulling from her extensive interviews with Missouri residents, Orlandersmith crafts a stunning theatrical experience.

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BLOCK PARTY 2020 PUTS A SPOTLIGHT ON L.A.’S INTIMATE THEATRES This Spring We’re Remounting Sacred Fools’ The Art Couple & IAMA’s Canyon at the Douglas

The biggest curtain call in Los Angeles is back again as Center Theatre Group reprises our annual Block Party for the fourth year to celebrate the diversity and ingenuity of our local intimate theatre scene. We’re excited to be remounting two excellent productions that recently made their World premieres here in L.A. at the Kirk Douglas Theatre: Sacred Fools Theater Company’s The Art Couple March 18–29, 2020 and IAMA Theatre Company’s Canyon April 8–19, 2020.

The Art Couple, by Brendan Hunt and directed by Lauren Van Kurin, is an absurdist comedy that follows Neil Simon as he tries to write a new play about the real-life odd couple story of Vincent van Gogh and Paul Gaugin’s ill-fated cohabitation.

“If you like silly, funny, relatable work, this is a great night out. If you like history, art, theatre, and the finer things in life, it’s just as compelling,” said Sacred Fools Co-Artistic Director Aviva Pressman. “So much of what we

do is the kind of risky theatre that is almost impossible to premiere outside the 99-seat world in L.A. There’s little that’s more exciting than when that risk and those long hours pay off for our actors and production teams.”

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(Top, clockwise from left) Kristyn Evelyn, Laura Schein, Bryan Bellomo, Joel Scher, and Brendan Hunt in the original Sacred Fools Theater Company production of asThe Art Couple. Photo by Darrett Sanders. (Bottom, L–R) Brandon Scott and Adam Shapiro in the original IAMA Theatre Company production of Canyon. Photo by Dean Chekvala.

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Set in contemporary Southern California, Canyon, by Jonathan Caren and directed by Whitney White, revolves around a young married couple and the Mexican father and son who work for them, who find their morals put to the test when a debilitating injury rocks all of their lives.

“We spent four years workshopping and developing this play with our company,” said IAMA Co-Artistic Director Stefanie Black. “It embodies all the values of IAMA not only as artists, but as a group of people looking to effect change through theatre.”

Both companies are looking forward to the opportunities Block Party will bring for wider exposure and for Los Angeles intimate theatre as a whole.

“Through Block Party, IAMA will get a taste of what it’s like to be a theatrical institution, a level to which we aspire. Our hope is that presenting on this elevated of a stage will bring more awareness to the company and also further our connection to the rest of the L.A. theatre community,” said IAMA Co-Artistic Director Katie Lowes.

Sacred Fools Co-Artistic Director Aviva Pressman echoed the sentiment. “We hope people will check out our other shows,” she said. “We’d love to expand our audience and connect more with the other wonderful companies in L.A.” Indeed, this is one of the primary goals of Block Party for Center Theatre Group as well. The program also includes opportunities for the participating companies to meet with various Center Theatre Group departments and one another to brainstorm, share ideas, and talk about important issues in Los Angeles theatre.

“Block Party offers an exciting opportunity for our organization to connect with other members of the Los Angeles theatre community and celebrate the art and artists and that help make this city such a vibrant theatre town,” said Artistic Director Michael Ritchie. “Nearly four years into the program, we have

strong connections now to 11 companies we had admired previously from across the region. And they are now all connected more closely to one another thanks to the program as well.”

Support, connection, and community are hallmarks of Los Angeles theatre.

“We make wildly inventive, fearless, and scrappy art for the sake of bringing life to our individual neighborhoods and saying something that matters,” said Sacred Fools Co-Artistic Director Vanessa Claire Stewart. “Each theatre celebrates and supports the other one because if one succeeds, we all do.

Our voice as a community of storytellers is unique, and we are determined now more than ever to make sure that voice resonates loudly to the rest of the country.”

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

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LOS ANGELES STUDENTS STEP INTO THE SHOES OF PROFESSIONAL DANCERS Center Theatre Group Partners with Matthew Bourne’s New Adventures Company on In Our Shoes WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO BE A PROFESSIONAL DANCER? How do choreographers get their ideas? What is it like to perform at the Ahmanson Theatre? And how do director/choreographer Matthew Bourne and his company, New Adventures, use their unique blend of theatre and dance to create works like Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake (onstage at the Ahmanson December 3, 2019 – January 5, 2020)?

Group Producing Director Douglas C. Baker. “It’s a privilege to have worked closely with a fellow arts organization that shares our values for over two decades now.”

“It’s important to us to get new, younger people in the theatre,” added Alan Vincent, one of the teaching artists who worked with Álvarez’s students. “Dance has become this big thing in television, but not a lot of young people come to see dance. They learn that you can have a lot of storytelling through movement.”

That had quickly become clear to Andrew, one of the participants. “I feel like it’s a different way to communicate,” he said of dancing. A wellperformed step “will get through to the audience, and they’ll understand what you’re trying to do and your message.”

A group of middle and high school students from Tiana Álvarez’s dance classes at Los Angeles Academy of Arts and Enterprise learned the answers That’s one of the lessons that Álvarez, whose students also participated to these questions firsthand. Over two days in early December, they in the In Our Shoes program during last season’s Cinderella, tries to participated in New Adventures’ In Our Shoes program in collaboration instill in her classroom on a daily basis. But the immersive opportunity with Center Theatre Group, where they trained with two New Adventures provided

by Center Theatre Group and New Adventures helps it hit home. dancers/teaching artists, created their own dance inspired by Swan Lake, “These kinds of experiences can be very transformational. It’s access and performed it in front of the entire Swan Lake company onstage at the and it’s equity, and our students don’t have that necessarily,” she said.

Ahmanson. A few days later, the students traded places with the company “Some of my students last year said, ‘I want to pursue dance.’ And if they and sat in the audience for the Student Matinee performance of Swan Lake didn’t have this experience, they wouldn’t have understood what that’s with their peers from across Southern California. like and felt that kind of inspiration.”

Education and community programs like In Our Shoes are central to the Watch the students in action and hear more about their In Our Shoes missions of both Center Theatre Group and New Adventures. experience at YOUTUBE.COM/CTGLA. “One of the great pleasures of our collaboration with New Adventures is bringing theatre and dance to a new generation,” said Center Theatre

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FROM THE STAGE TO THE SCREEN, Applauding our August Wilson Monologue Competition Alumni They’re Marvel superheroes and Broadway ensemble members, award-winning playwrights and emerging filmmakers. They’re also in politics or in school, working in start-ups and on behalf of social justice. They’re the alumni of the August Wilson Monologue Competition at Center Theatre Group, a talented and diverse group of young people who first came through our doors to hone their acting skills and learn about a great American playwright—and are now moving on to do great things.

Center Theatre Group has been the Los Angeles host of this national program for nine years; hundreds of high school students have received an introduction to Wilson’s work and gotten training and feedback from theatre professionals while participating. Each year, about a dozen young people advance to the Los Angeles Regional Finals, performing onstage at the Mark Taper Forum, and a few of those students qualify for the National Finals in New York City, where they make their Broadway debuts. This year’s Regional Finals are on February 25, 2020, and the National Finals will take place on May 4, 2020 at Broadway’s August Wilson Theatre.

But if they’re anything like many of the students who participate, this won’t be the end of their journey with Center Theatre Group. Our alumni stay connected with us and the program in myriad ways, including by helping coordinate auditions, spreading the word about the program’s benefits, and sharing their voices in our Regional Finals as alumni hosts, script writers, judges, and more. What we’re most proud of, however, is the artists and people they’re becoming.

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Kara Royster, a 2012 Regional Finalist, will be serving as an alumni host at this year’s Regional Finals, and has served as a celebrity judge over the past few years. She’s acted on a number of beloved television shows, including K.C. Undercover, Pretty Little Liars, and The Fosters. Royster also appeared on Marvel’s Runaways alongside another alum: Rhenzy Feliz.

Feliz, who has one of the leading roles in Runaways, served as an alumni host in 2018 and was a 2016 Regional Finalist. “The August Wilson Monologue Competition gave me the confidence to go out in the world and do what I love,” he said. “It showed me the commitment level needed to continue moving up in the world.”

Last year, our 2019 National Finalists got to see two of our alumni in action: 2014 National Finalist Wayne Mackins in The Prom on Broadway and 2015 Regional Finalist Javen K. Crosby in rehearsal for Much Ado About Nothing at The Public Theater’s Shakespeare in the Park. Both young men continue to credit the training and ensemble work they received from Center Theatre Group teaching artists and staff with helping prepare them for the rigors of professional acting careers. They were also happy to have a chance to talk with the next set of students. A post-show Q&A “was like a family reunion, passing on knowledge that I was taught and told to share,” said Mackins.

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We’re grateful to these students for continuing to be a part of our family.

This year, Center Theatre Group gratefully recognizes the Michael Shaw Jacobs Fund and the Dwight Stuart Youth Fund for their increased support in helping to make this program possible.

The August Wilson Monologue Competition is presented by the Center Theatre Group Affiliates. Special thanks to Center Theatre Group’s Corporate Circle and the Rosenthal Family Foundation for their continued commitment and support.

Photos by Ryan Miller/Capture Imaging.

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PULITZER WINNER

ANNIE BAKER MAKES HER TAPER DEBUT

The New York Times has called Annie Baker “one of the freshest and most talented dramatists to emerge Off-Broadway in the past decade.” She’s won a Pulitzer Prize (in 2014 for The Flick), the Obie Award for Best New American Play and Performance (in 2010 for Circle Mirror Transformation), and in 2017 was named a MacArthur “Genius.” Now, she’s making her Mark Taper Forum debut with The Antipodes, a play about people telling stories about telling stories. Here are a few takes from Baker on storytelling, her favorite plays, and how to prepare (if at all!) for this “sharp and hilarious” new work (New York Magazine).

You seem interested in the ways that the same stories get told over and over, across cultures and centuries. Where does that interest come from?

Aren’t we all interested in that? Hm…maybe not. I don’t know. I am interested in that. Or maybe actually I’m interested in the fact that they’re not actually the same stories. People say they are, but I think they’re not. I think the stories change, and they should change.

QUESTIONS & ANSWERS WITH THE ANTIPODES PLAYWRIGHT

How do you generally begin writing a play?

I usually start with the setting, which for me is the play’s container. The setting dictates the structure. So I think of some intricate, specific world that I want to see theatricalized, and then within days a character usually follows.

What are five plays you think everyone should read or see?

Everything by Chekhov and most things by Shakespeare, and then, in no particular order: A Number by Caryl Churchill; Antigone by Mac Wellman; The Big Meal by Dan LeFranc; 70 Scenes of Halloween by Jeffrey Jones; The Oresteia (OK, that’s three plays, I’m cheating)

by Aeschylus.

Is there anything you think it would be helpful for audience members to keep in mind heading into the play?

You don’t need to have any prior knowledge of anything to watch this play. An octopus would hopefully be able to watch and enjoy this play. If you feel confused, that’s OK.

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And the

2020 SHERWOOD AWARD Goes to…

Performance Maker

MAT DIAFOS SWEENEY

MAT DIAFOS SWEENEY is a true multi-hyphenate creator: a composer-director-writer-designerchoreographer who makes theatre and performance pieces that defy easy characterizations.

“I talk about the work that I make as ‘junkyard opera,’ both because of the different mediums that I’m working with in visual art and choreography and music and text all happening in a way that’s interspersed, and also because the practice is driven by collaging text and found materials and other source objects that create the piece’s visual and musical world,” he said.

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We’re proud to announce that Sweeney is our 2020 Dorothy and Richard E. Sherwood Award recipient, a $10,000 prize Center Theatre Group awards to an innovative and adventurous Los Angeles theatre artist at a catalytic moment in their career.

Since 1996, the Sherwood Award has been given annually in honor of longtime Center Theatre Group supporters Dorothy and Richard E. Sherwood. Richard was President and then Chairman of the Center Theatre Group Board, and Dorothy was deeply involved in the award’s selection and curation process before her passing in 2018. This year their son, Ben Sherwood, was part of the internal panel that selected Sweeney.

Sweeney creates new work collaboratively, primarily with an ensemble he founded in 2008 called four larks. “My work is dependent on the virtuosity and variety of the performing collaborators I work with,” he said. “There is such an incredible, diverse multiplicity of artistic communities in Los Angeles that are typically sort of separate—like the city, they can be really spread out and disconnected—but the pleasure of my work is bringing in collaborators from different performance modes and creating unexpected artistic synapses.”

Four Larks has created a number of pieces in nontraditional spaces, including katabasis at the Getty Villa, which Sweeney described as “part-art installation, part-roving opera,” and a new, ongoing site-specific series of contemporary music with the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra called session. This month, he opens his “first major theatre commission in L.A.” from the Wallis: an adaptation of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. As a result, the moment feels particularly catalytic for him.

“I’ve established my work by creating new opportunities across forms and in unexpected locations,” he said. “I’m excited to bring my practice back into established theatrical spaces, with an expanded spectrum of resources and support.”

His Frankenstein takes “the methodologies I’ve been working with in my site-specific practice and moves it into a traditional theatre space,” he said. “We’re using Mary Shelley’s text but collaged, to create a new piece that reexamines the questions she raised in 1818 alongside the scientific ethics of our generation and the use of new technologies in our daily lives.”

A Los Angeles native who studied theatre at UCLA, Sweeney feels that the city makes his work possible. “I spent some time traveling and living other places, but I was drawn back here by the community of artists and the collaborative spirit happening here that I think is really unique,” he said. “L.A. definitely feels like the center of the artistic universe that I want to be a part of.”

Photo of Mat Diafos Sweeney by Ryan Miller/Capture Imaging.

Production photo from katabasis courtesy of Sweeney.

To honor the passion and dedication of the Sherwood family to the arts, the Richard E. Sherwood Award was renamed the DOROTHY AND RICHARD E. SHERWOOD AWARD last year. “My mother was an avid supporter of the arts in Los Angeles. She was particularly devoted to Center Theatre Group, where she and my father enjoyed the best of contemporary theatre for decades,” said Ben Sherwood. “She was deeply interested in young theatre artists and championed innovative and adventurous new work, which is why she first established an award in her husband Richard’s name to encourage and support emerging theatre artists with exceptional talent. My sister Elizabeth and I hope to honor this legacy with the Dorothy and Richard E. Sherwood Award that will now carry both of their names.”

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BEHIND SALON DOORS KICKING OFF THE L.A. WRITERS’ WORKSHOP

“WHAT’S IT LIKE TO PUNCH SOMEONE IN THE FACE?” playwright Ngozi Anyanwu asked mixed martial artist Ashlee Evans-Smith. They were sitting in the Douglas rehearsal room, where the 2019/20 L.A. Writers’ Workshop had just kicked off with its annual Salon. From a clinical psychologist and Jesuit priest to an anthropologist and African American art curator, nearly a dozen experts from around Los Angeles dropped in on the three-day event to help seven local playwrights gain insight into the subjects of the new works they’re developing with Center Theatre Group’s support.

But what is also exciting about the weekend is that the playwrights gain additional knowledge about subjects they never anticipated exploring—a phenomenon that seems to happen every year, noted Keller. He said the playwrights often end up incorporating the ideas of the experts who were invited by other members of the cohort.

“I felt that some of the topics the other experts spoke on correlated so brilliantly to my own work—and even if they didn’t have anything to do with my own work, all of them were so captivating,” said Daniel, who even thinks the On Friday, November 8, 2019, introductions and dinner conversation between Evans-Smith and Anyanwu will find welcomed the group to this artistic community. “The opening its way in her work. “Her stories about being a woman in weekend gives everyone the sense of safety and excitement the mixed martial arts world were awesome.” that promotes fearlessness and creativity. Our goal is for Anthony felt the same. “Hearing from other people’s everyone to feel valued and supported by the group,” said experts was beneficial because it sparked other story/ Associate Artistic Director/Literary Director Neel Keller. “To character possibilities for me,” said Anthony. “I know I spend a weekend together sharing meals and ideas—along have so much to synthetize and process creatively over with having wild, varied, and interesting conversations—is a great way to start the year.” Each playwright is allotted about the coming months—and that’s a good feeling to have.” an hour to lead a Q&A session with one or two experts in the The L.A. Writers’ Workshop is supported in part by the National topic the playwright has chosen.

There was no inquiry the experts couldn’t answer—for instance, in response to Anyanwu’s initial question, EvansSmith went on to explain that, for her, throwing a punch is methodical and tactical, rather than emotional.

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Playwright Dionna Michelle Daniel, who is working on two plays—a theatrical revision of Uncle Tom’s Cabin and a semi-autobiographical play about family secrets—said the most “mind-blowing” thing she learned at the Salon was that New York City’s iconic nightclub, the Cotton Club, was highly segregated. Daniel also said talking with experts “made the ideas and themes of my play much more personable—it’s a much better experience to speak with the experts than scouring Google for information.”

Adelina Anthony, who is working on a sci-fi play that incorporates Nahuatl codex imagery and mexihcatl tradition, was excited to discover that there are plans to make the Florentine Codex (which translates and transcribes Aztec history) accessible online. “Speaking to my own experts made me realize the terrain I want to explore in my play are vast areas of knowing and not-knowing,” she said.

“This liminal space is always attractive to me as an artist, because it’s in the shades of gray that I find affirmation of our collective humanity.”

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(Top, L–R) Playwrights Boo Killebrew, Jonathan Caren, Dionna Michelle Daniel (back), Ngozi Anyanwu, Kemp Powers (back), Kenneth Lin, and Adelina Anthony. (Bottom, L–R) Dionna Michelle Daniel, Ngozi Anyanwu, Jonathan Caren, and Kenneth Lin.

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MICHAEL RITCHIE Artistic Director | MEGHAN PRESSMAN Managing Director | DOUGLAS C. BAKER Producing Director GORDON DAVIDSON Founding Artistic Director ANNE GAREFINO SCOTT RUDIN ROGER BERLIND SCOTT M. DELMAN JEAN DOUMANIAN ROY FURMAN IMPORTANT MUSICALS STEPHANIE P. M c CLELLAND KEVIN MORRIS JON B. PLATT SONIA FRIEDMAN PRODUCTIONS EXECUTIVE PRODUCER STUART THOMPSON

PRESENT

BOOK, MUSIC, AND LYRICS BY

TREY PARKER, ROBERT LOPEZ, AND MATT STONE WITH

LIAM TOBIN JORDAN MATTHEW BROWN ALYAH CHANELLE SCOTT ANDY HUNTINGTON JONES JACQUES C. SMITH RON BOHMER COREY JONES JACOB BEN-SHMUEL ISAIAH TYRELLE BOYD TSILALA BROCK RICARDO COKE-THOMAS SCOTT DIFFORD DANIEL FETTER PATRICK GRAVER BRE JACKSON WILL LEE-WILLIAMS TERRIE LYNNE JOSH MARIN HENRY McGINNISS LUKE MONDAY STONEY B. MOOTOO DYLAN JAMES MULVANEY NURNEY EDDIE OLMO II KENT OVERSHOWN MONICA L. PATTON CHRISTIAN PROBST J NYCOLE RALPH CONNOR RUSSELL JONATHAN SANGSTER SEAN SEYMOUR MATTHEW SIMS, JR. LEONARD E. SULLIVAN STEVEN TELSEY BRINIE WALLACE

SCENIC DESIGN

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STEPHEN OREMUS CHOREOGRAPHED BY

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(in order of appearance) Mormon.........................................................................................................................STEVEN TELSEY Moroni........................................................................................................ANDY HUNTINGTON JONES Elder Price...........................................................................................................................LIAM TOBIN Elder Cunningham..................................................................................... JORDAN MATTHEW BROWN Missionary Voice.............................................................................................................. RON BOHMER Price’s Dad...................................................................................................................... RON BOHMER Cunningham’s Dad....................................................................................................... SEAN SEYMOUR Mrs. Brown.............................................................................................................. MONICA L. PATTON Guards....................................................................................WILL LEE-WILLIAMS, KENT OVERSHOWN Mafala..................................................................................................................... JACQUES C. SMITH Nabulungi....................................................................................................... ALYAH CHANELLE SCOTT Doctor................................................................................................................. ISAIAH TYRELLE BOYD Elder McKinley............................................................................................ANDY HUNTINGTON JONES Joseph Smith................................................................................................................... RON BOHMER General.............................................................................................................................COREY JONES Mission President............................................................................................................. RON BOHMER Ensemble...................................................ISAIAH TYRELLE BOYD, DANIEL FETTER, PATRICK GRAVER, WILL LEE-WILLIAMS, TERRIE LYNNE, JOSH MARIN, STONEY B. MOOTOO, DYLAN JAMES MULVANEY, EDDIE OLMO II, KENT OVERSHOWN, MONICA L. PATTON, CONNOR RUSSELL, SEAN SEYMOUR, MATTHEW SIMS, JR., STEVEN TELSEY, BRINIE WALLACE UNDERSTUDIES Understudies never substitute for the listed players unless a specific announcement is made at the time of the performance.

For Elder Price—DANIEL FETTER For Mafala Hatimbi— KENT OVERSHOWN, LEONARD E. SULLIVAN For Nabulungi—STONEY B. MOOTOO, BRINIE WALLACE For McKinley/Moroni—HENRY McGINNISS, CHRISTIAN PROBST For Price’s Dad/Joseph Smith/Missionary President/et al—PATRICK GRAVER, SEAN SEYMOUR For General—WILL LEE-WILLIAMS, KENT OVERSHOWN Standby for Elder Price—LUKE MONDAY Standby for Elder Cunningham—JACOB BEN-SHMUEL, JONATHAN SANGSTER SWINGS TSILALA BROCK, RICARDO COKE-THOMAS, SCOTT DIFFORD, BRE JACKSON, HENRY McGINNISS, NURNEY, CHRISTIAN PROBST, J NYCOLE RALPH, LEONARD E. SULLIVAN DANCE CAPTAIN CHRISTIAN PROBST ASSISTANT DANCE CAPTAIN TSILALA BROCK THE BOOK OF MORMON ORCHESTRA Conductor/Keyboard 1—ANDREW GRAHAM; Associate Conductor/Keyboard 2—DANIEL KLINTWORTH; Guitar—TIM MOREY; Bass—ADAM OVERACKER; Drums—TREVOR HOLDER; Keyboard Programmer—RANDY COHEN; Woodwinds—SAL LOZANO; Trumpet—DAN FORNERO; Trombone—CHARLIE MORILLAS; Violin—ALWYN WRIGHT; Music Contractor—ROBERT PAYNE; Keyboard 2 Sub—RON COLVARD There will be one 15-minute intermission

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

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WHO’S WHO LIAM TOBIN (Elder Price). Broadway: The Book of Mormon. Tours: Gerry Goffin in Beautiful—The Carole King Musical, Tony in West Side Story. Regional credits include Alferd Packer in Trey Parker’s Cannibal the Musical, Lord Farquaad in Shrek, Buddy in Elf, Lancelot in Spamalot.

Liam hails from Newfoundland, Canada.

“Thanks to the Talent House, my family, and Danielle!”

JORDAN MATTHEW BROWN (Elder Cunningham) is thrilled to be rejoining the national tour straight from the Broadway company of The Book of Mormon! Favorite regional and collegiate credits include The 25th…Spelling Bee (Barfée), Parade (Leo Frank), columbinus (AP). Proud graduate of Boston University, BFA acting; and the National Music Theater Institute.

Endless thanks to the incredible BoM casting and creative teams, DBA, and his unbelievable family and friends.

ALYAH CHANELLE SCOTT (Nabulungi) is grateful to be joining The Book of Mormon company for her national tour debut! Regional: MTWichita, Connecticut Repertory Theatre. University of Michigan BFA. Endless love and thanks to her family, Gavin, Unroe and Brown, CGF, and Paradigm.

ANDY HUNTINGTON JONES (Elder McKinley).

Broadway: Cats (Munkustrap), Bullets Over Broadway, Cinderella. Tours: Cinderella (Prince Topher), West Side Story (Riff).

Regional: Muny, North Shore Music Theatre, Maltz Jupiter. Andy is a graduate of the University of Michigan who now lives in New York and is super stoked to be touring through your town.

JACQUES C. SMITH (Mafala Hatimbi).

Broadway/national tour: If/Then (Stephen), Rent (Benny). Regional: Old Globe, Goodman Theatre (BTAA Award, Jefferson nomination), Pasadena Playhouse (FRED Award, NAACP nomination), Ebony Repertory Theatre (Ovation Award) and others. TV: Marlon, Eagleheart, Oz (series regular), General Hospital, CSI: Miami,

American Masters, Law & Order, ER, and others. Education: UCSD (MFA), Princeton University (BA).

RON BOHMER (Price’s Dad and others).

Select Broadway/tour: The Phantom of the Opera (Phantom), Ragtime (Father), The Scarlet Pimpernel (The Scarlet Pimpernel), The Woman in White (Glyde), Sunset Boulevard (Joe Gillis), Aspects of Love (Alex). As a recording artist: three solo albums, including his 2019 release Legacy.

COREY JONES (General). Regional: How the Grinch… (Old Globe); How to Fight Loneliness, King John, Titus Andronicus, The Tempest (Utah Shakespeare); Wild With Happy (Pittsburgh City Theatre); The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity (Dallas Theater Center); The Color Purple (Celebration Theatre); Gee’s Bend (Arkansas Repertory); Othello (Shakespeare Santa Cruz); Macbeth, Ragtime (PCPA); Williamstown; Illinois Shakes, Chautauqua. “Love to my family!”

JACOB BEN-SHMUEL (Standby Elder Cunningham) is thrilled to be making his national tour debut with this brilliant show! He recently graduated from University of California, Irvine with his BFA in music theatre. Thanks to his incredible family, friends, and mentors!

ISAIAH TYRELLE BOYD (Ensemble) is pumped to be joining The Book of Mormon family! Other credits include The Color Purple (Portland Center Stage), Jesus Christ Superstar (Lyric Opera of Chicago), A Bronx Tale (Paper Mill Playhouse). “Enjoy!”

TSILALA BROCK (Swing, Assistant Dance Captain). National tour debut! Favorites include Celie (The Color Purple), Troika Bermuda; Zahra (Parable of the Sower), The Public. TV: Happyish, Broad City, The Mysteries of Laura. Love to Bermuda, Mommy, The Mine, and The Book of Mormon!

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RICARDO COKE-THOMAS (Swing) is from London, England and is delighted to be making his American debut!

West End credits: The Lion King, Shrek, Fame, Fela!, The Book of Mormon, and Oliver! Thank you, Mum, for your unwavering support.

SCOTT DIFFORD (Swing). Broadway: Matilda, A Christmas Carol. Tours: Memphis (first national), Ragtime.

Selected regional: Miss Saigon, Oklahoma!, White Christmas, Cats (PCLO); Joseph...Dreamcoat (Ogunquit Playhouse and Theater of the Stars); The Producers (Riverside Theatre); NY Knicks Acroback Tumbler. Thanks to TKO, Heather, friends, and family!

DANIEL FETTER (Ensemble) is honored to be making his national tour debut with The Book of Mormon! He is a recent graduate of East Carolina University (BFA musical theatre 2018).

“Thank you to everyone in my corner, I wouldn’t be here without you.”

PATRICK GRAVER (Ensemble). “This is a dream come true!” National tours: Bullets Over Broadway, West Side Story.

Proud Penn State University graduate.

“All my love and thanks to Justin, my family, and the The Book of Mormon team. ‘Ma Ha Nei Bu, Eebowai!’”

BRE JACKSON (Ensemble). Broadway: The Color Purple (Church Lady/Celie u/s), The Book of Mormon (Ensemble/ Swing). Television: Jesus Christ Superstar Live (Disciple), The Good Fight (Soloist), Dreamgirls (South Korea, Effie). Regional: Oklahoma! (DCPA, Ado Annie). “Go Blue!”

WILL LEE-WILLIAMS (Ensemble). OffBroadway: Seussical. National tour: Miss Saigon. NYC/regional: Philly in From My Hometown (Wilde Award winner), Aida, Tommy, Rent. Film/web: Losing Lester, Passed Over. Recordings: Seussical: Original Off-Broadway Cast. “For my Roxana. Love to Dad, Mom, and TIC.” TERRIE LYNNE (Ensemble) is ecstatic to be joining The Book of Mormon family!

Special thanks to her parents, grandmother, and all of the educators who helped her along the way! Regional: Hangar Theatre. Rider University bachelor of fine arts degree.

JOSH MARIN (Ensemble). National tour debut! Credits include Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln, Mr. Black in The Wild Party, Chad Diety in The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Diety, Harpo in The Color Purple, Flick in Violet, and most recently Benny in In the Heights!

HENRY McGINNISS (Swing). National tour debut! Chicago: Paramount, Drury Lane, Marriott, Mercury, Griffin, Boho. Regional: KC Starlight, Peninsula Players. TV: Chicago Fire. Henry is a Joseph Jefferson Award winner and two-time nominee.

Proud CCPA graduate. “Love to my family and Hayley.”

LUKE MONDAY (Standby Elder Price).

National tour: Mamma Mia! (understudy for Ensemble/Sky). Regional: She Loves Me (Georg), Once (Andrej), Next to Normal (Gabe), All Shook Up (Chad).

“Love and gratitude to my family, JD, and the pups!”

STONEY B. MOOTOO (Ensemble). Native of the Bronx, New York, Stoney B. Mootoo is a recent graduate of UNCG’s acting & musical theatre program, including intensive training from Tony Award-winning musical director Dominick Amendum.

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DYLAN JAMES MULVANEY (Ensemble).

Tour debut! Regional: How The Grinch Stole Christmas, Spring Awakening, Peter Pan, BARE: A Pop Opera. Education: University of Cincinnati CCM Musical Theatre. “Love to the The Book of Mormon team, The Mine, Mom and Dad, and my tribe!” For Roy.

J NYCOLE RALPH (Swing). Award-winning producer best known for creating Working Out the Kinks, the first scripted sitcom series highlighting the natural hair movement. “Yaaaaaasssss!” Best Supporting Actress—Smokey Joe’s Cafe; Consuela and Anita—WSS Broadway tour.

NURNEY (Swing). First national tour!

Regional: Olney Theatre Center, American Pops Orchestra, Toby’s Dinner Theatre.

Bachelor’s degree in communication studies from Towson University.

Thanks to Cynthia, family, and friends.

CONNOR RUSSELL (Ensemble). Tours: Disney’s The Little Mermaid (Flounder).

Regional: October Sky (Old Globe), Disney’s Aladdin (5th Avenue Theatre), Ride the Cyclone (ACT Theatre), Beatsville (Asolo Rep), A Christmas Carol (Pittsburgh CLO). TV: The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.

Point Park University graduate.

EDDIE OLMO II (Ensemble). National tour: Elf The Musical. Regional: Goodspeed, North Carolina Theatre, Finger Lakes MT Festival, Phoenix Theatre. Disney Cruise Line. Proud AMDA NY alum. “Thank you Mom, Dad, Cierra, and Lacey Kim. You believed in me.”

JONATHAN SANGSTER (Standby Elder Cunningham). Select regional: Young Frankenstein (Igor), Spamalot (Patsy), First Date (Man 2), The Old Globe’s Looking For Christmas (Swing). Endless gratitude to family and friends, Nicole and FSE, and the entire BoM team! “This is incredible!”

KENT OVERSHOWN (Ensemble). N.Y.: Promenade (City Center Encores!). Nat’l tours: The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess, Memphis. Regional: The Muny, Walnut Street Theatre, Goodspeed Opera House, Two River Theater, Casa Mañana, STAGES St. Louis. Grateful to join the BoM family.

Love to fam, friends, HCKR. Go Blue!

SEAN SEYMOUR (Ensemble). Tour: Cinderella (Prince Topher u/s). Selected regional: The Muny, Sacramento Music Circus, North Carolina Theatre, Gulfshore Playhouse. BFA in musical theatre, University of Michigan. Proud union member. “Thanks to CTG and the entire BoM family!”

MONICA L. PATTON (Ensemble) has worked with such notables as Eartha Kitt and Diahann Carroll. Broadway: Abby’s Song, Ragtime, Finian’s Rainbow. Tour: The Lion King, Annie, Joseph…Dreamcoat.

Her novel and single Beautiful Carnage is available on Amazon.

MATTHEW SIMS, JR. (Ensemble) is a southern gentleman who lives in New York City. He trained at AMDA and previously toured with Motown: The Musical. Matthew is thrilled to be in Uganda and thankful to his parents, friends, and family for their support.

CHRISTIAN PROBST (Dance Captain, Swing) is ecstatic to be touring with The Book of Mormon. Broadway: The Book of Mormon. National tour: The Little Mermaid. Regional: Muny, Riverside, North Shore, Paper Mill. Proud alum of Yale ’17. Love to mentors, friends, Team Mormon, and family!

LEONARD E. SULLIVAN (Swing). Nat’l tours: Hairspray, High School Musical. European tours: A Chorus Line, Smokey Joe’s Café, And the World Goes ’Round. Regional theatre: Paper Mill Playhouse, Goodspeed, Atlanta TUTS, San Jose Musical Theater.

Thanks to Mom, Dad, and Lenore.

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STEVEN TELSEY (Ensemble). National tour debut! Recent graduate of Elon University ’18 with a BFA in music theatre. Thanks to his family, his friends, the BoM team, The Mine, and all of his educators past and present.

BRINIE WALLACE (Ensemble) is honored to be back in the states after premiering The Book of Mormon in Australia! Recent grad, Penn State.

Thanks to the Tombros’, Jen Waldman, the YoungArts Foundation, the Broadway Dreams Foundation, and her PSU Misfits!

TREY PARKER (Co-Director, Book, Music, Lyrics) wrote and directed his first feature film, Cannibal! The Musical, while attending the University of Colorado in Boulder. A few years later, Trey co-created the hit animated series South Park with Matt Stone, his college friend and Cannibal! producer. Debuting on Comedy Central in 1997 and currently in its 23rd season, South Park has won five Emmy Awards as well as the coveted Peabody Award. The same year South Park debuted, Parker wrote, directed, and starred in the film Orgazmo. Two years later, Parker and Stone released the critically acclaimed feature film South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut. The musical, which Parker directed and co-wrote, earned an Oscar nomination for Best Song and the first ever New York Film Critics Circle Award for an animated film. In 2004, the pair returned to theatres with Team America: World Police, an action movie co-written and directed by Parker that starred a cast of marionettes. It has been a long-time dream of Parker’s to write a musical for Broadway. He won four Tonys for The Book of Mormon, including Best Musical, as well as the Grammy for The Best Musical Theater Album. Trey Parker is originally from Conifer, Colo.

ROBERT LOPEZ (Book, Music, Lyrics) is the co-creator of the smash hit, Tony Award-winning Broadway musicals Avenue Q and The Book of Mormon. Along with his wife and collaborator Kristen Anderson-Lopez, he wrote the songs for Disney’s Frozen, earning an Oscar and a Grammy for the movie’s signature song “Let It Go,” and a Grammy for the Frozen soundtrack. The pair adapted Frozen for Broadway, which opened spring 2018. Lopez and Anderson-Lopez also co-wrote the Oscar-winning

song “Remember Me” from Pixar’s Coco, original musical Up Here, the score for Disney’s Winnie the Pooh and Finding Nemo: The Musical (playing at Walt Disney World since 2006). Lopez shared two Emmy Award wins for his music for Nickelodeon’s The Wonder Pets and an Emmy nomination for the musical episode of Scrubs and the song “Moving Pictures,” which opened the 87th Academy Awards. His work has also been featured on TV shows, including South Park, The Simpsons, and Phineas and Ferb. Lopez is one of only 15 artists to win all four major entertainment industry awards (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony Awards). He has also won Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, Drama League, Lucille Lortel, Frederick Loewe, and Edward Kleban Awards.

A graduate of Yale, Lopez now resides in Brooklyn with his wife and two daughters. Thanks Buzzetti, Mom, Dad, Billy, Katie, Annie, and especially Kristen for all the love and support.

MATT STONE (Book, Music, Lyrics) met Trey Parker at the University of Colorado, and together they made a short animated piece called The Spirit of Christmas. This launched their most recognized work, the critically acclaimed and award-winning television show, South Park. The animated series is in its 23rd season on Comedy Central and has won Stone five Emmy Awards and the coveted Peabody Award.

South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut, which Stone produced and co-wrote, earned an Oscar nomination and the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Animated Film. In addition to South Park, Stone has partnered with Parker on the low-budget Cannibal! The Musical, the superhero comedy Orgazmo, and the marionette action thriller Team America: World Police. Stone won three Tonys for The Book of Mormon, including Best Musical, as well as a Grammy for the Best Musical Theater Album. Matt Stone is originally from Littleton, Colo.

CASEY NICHOLAW (Co-Director and Choreographer).

Represented on Broadway as director/choreographer of The Prom, Mean Girls (2018 Tony nominations for Best Direction and Choreography), Disney’s Aladdin (2014 Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle award nominations for Best Choreography), and co-director and choreographer of The Book of Mormon (2011 Tony, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics Circle Awards for co-director and nominations in the same categories for Choreography), Olivier Award winner for Best Choreography. Represented on the West End as director and choreographer of Dreamgirls, The Book of Mormon, and Aladdin. Other Broadway credits as director/ choreographer: Tuck Everlasting, Something Rotten! (2015 Tony nominee, Best Director), Elf The Musical, The Drowsy

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Chaperone (2006 Tony, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics Circle nominations), Monty Python’s Spamalot directed by Mike Nichols (2005 Tony, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics Circle nominations Best Choreography). Additional New York credits for City Center Encores!: the highly acclaimed productions of Most Happy Fella, Anyone Can Whistle, and Follies (direction/choreography).

SCOTT PASK (Scenic Design). Over 50 Broadway designs including The Book of Mormon (Tony Award); The Pillowman (Tony); The Band’s Visit; Mean Girls; Waitress; Oh, Hello on Broadway; Pippin (Tony nomination); Something Rotten!; The Visit; An Act of God; It’s Only a Play; I’ll Eat You Last; A Steady Rain; The Coast of Utopia (Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle and Hewes Awards); Pal Joey (Tony nomination); Les Liaisons Dangereuses (first revival, Tony nomination, Drama Desk Award); A Behanding in Spokane; Nine; Promises, Promises; Speed-the-Plow; Take Me Out; Martin Short…; The Vertical Hour; Sweet Charity; Urinetown. London: The Book of Mormon, The Playboy of the Western World, The Country Girl, LoveSong, On An Average Day (all West End); Tales from Hollywood, Take Me Out, and The Same Deep Water as Me (Donmar). Also Peter Grimes (Met Opera), Cirque du Soleil’s Amaluna.

STEPHEN OREMUS (Musical Supervisor/Music Director/ Vocal Arranger/Co-Orchestrator). Broadway: Kinky Boots (Tony Award for Best Orchestrations and Grammy Award); The Book of Mormon (Tony and Drama Desk Awards for Best Orchestrations and Grammy Award). Worldwide music supervisor/arranger of Wicked; music supervisor/vocal arranger/orchestrator of Broadway productions/tours of The Book of Mormon, Avenue Q, All Shook Up, and 9 to 5: The Musical. Conductor/contributing arranger for the Oscarwinning Disney film Frozen. Music director of The Wiz Live on NBC TV and The 87th Academy Awards telecast; arranging Lady Gaga’s tribute to The Sound of Music and orchestrator/ conductor for Lady Gaga’s performance of “Till It Happens to You” on The 88th Academy Awards. Music director/ conductor for Rufus Wainwright’s concerts: Rufus Does Judy and House of Rufus.

ANDREW GRAHAM (Music Director/Conductor). New York: The Book of Mormon, Wicked, and Avenue Q. Las Vegas: Spamalot, Avenue Q. National tours: Wicked, Avenue Q, Pippin, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Seussical, The Music Man, Footloose. European tours: Hair and Grease. Regional: World premiere of Disney’s Freaky Friday at Signature Theatre, La Jolla Playhouse, Cleveland Play House, and Alley Theatre; Aida, Annie, and Footloose at The Muny; Beauty and the Beast and the World premiere of Disney’s

When You Wish at Tuacahn Center for the Arts. He holds degrees from both Capital University in Columbus, Ohio, and Trinity College of Music in London.

ANN ROTH (Costume Design) is a Tony Award-winning costume designer with over 100 theatre design credits.

Select designs include the original Broadway productions of The Odd Couple, Purlie, Seesaw, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, They’re Playing Our Song, Hurlyburly, The House of Blue Leaves, The Book of Mormon, and The Nance (Tony Award). Film credits include The English Patient (Academy Award), The Post, Julie & Julia, The Reader, Doubt, Mamma Mia!, Cold Mountain, The Hours, The Talented Mr. Ripley, The Birdcage, Klute, Working Girl, Silkwood, 9 to 5, Hair, and Midnight Cowboy. Roth was inducted into the Theater Hall of Fame in 2011.

BRIAN MacDEVITT (Lighting Design). The Book of Mormon (Tony Award). Recent New York City: Death of a Salesman directed by Mike Nichols, The Mountaintop with Samuel L. Jackson, Chinglish on Broadway, and The Enchanted Island at the Metropolitan Opera. Last season he designed Le Compte Ory at the Metropolitan Opera. Dance: American Ballet Theater, Tere O’Connor Dance, Merce Cunningham, Lar Lubovitch, and Nancy Bannon, among others. Director: Proof at Theatre Three. Awards: five Tonys, Obie, Bessie, Outer Critics’, Hewes, and Drama Desk, among others.

He is a member of Naked Angels and faculty at University of Maryland. He is a father to Jake and Georgie.

BRIAN RONAN (Sound Design). Over 35 Broadway designs including Springsteen on Broadway, War Paint, Tuck Everlasting, Sting’s The Last Ship, Beautiful, If/Then, The Book of Mormon, Anything Goes, American Idiot, Next to Normal, Spring Awakening, Grey Gardens, and Cabaret.

Off-Broadway designs include Bowie’s Lazarus, Giant, Rent, Everyday Rapture, Saved, 10 Million Miles, and Bug. He is the recipient of Obie, Lucille Lortel, Drama Desk, Olivier, and Tony Awards. He has had the opportunity to work with the most talented composers, directors, designers, actors, musicians, and stagehands in the world, for which he is eternally grateful.

LARRY HOCHMAN (Co-Orchestrator). Tony Award: The Book of Mormon. Tony nominations: Fiddler on the Roof; A Class Act; Spamalot; The Scottsboro Boys; Something Rotten!; She Loves Me; Hello, Dolly! Five Emmy Awards as composer of The Wonder Pets (Nickelodeon). Other Broadway: The Addams Family, Jane Eyre. Twenty-eight regional and OffBroadway shows. Films: multiple Disney films and The PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE P9

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Informant! (Marvin Hamlisch). Composer: The Little Mermaid II, Spielberg’s Amazing Stories, In Memoriam (symphonic poem). Recordings, concerts: Sir Paul McCartney, Not the Messiah (Eric Idle), Mandy Patinkin, Audra McDonald, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Barry Manilow, Boston Pops, San Francisco Symphony, New York Philharmonic.

GLEN KELLY (Dance Arrangements) arranged music and wrote original lyrics for Bullets Over Broadway. He supervised and arranged Mel Brooks’ The Producers and Young Frankenstein. Other arranging credits include Beauty and the Beast, Spamalot, The Drowsy Chaperone, A Christmas Story, The Scottsboro Boys, Aladdin, and Something Rotten! He won a Drama Desk Award for his original score to The Nance.

JOSH MARQUETTE (Hair Design). N.Y./London: Dreamgirls, Paramour, Tuck Everlasting, School of Rock, Something Rotten!, Aladdin, Kinky Boots, The Book of Mormon, Trip of Love, First Date, Elf, Dogfight, The Best Man, Look Back in Anger, The Drowsy Chaperone, Pig Farm, …Trailer Park Musical, Altar Boyz, Show Boat at Carnegie Hall, and Mamma Mia! Encores!: Most Happy Fella; No, No, Nanette; and Follies. West Coast: Robin and the 7 Hoods, Peep Show, Minsky’s, Vanities. Television: The Slap, 30 Rock, Saturday Night Live.

CARRIE GARDNER, C.S.A. (Casting) also serves as Casting Director for the Roundabout. Broadway: Cyrano de Bergerac, The Importance of Being Earnest, The Pee-wee Herman Show, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, American Idiot, Spring Awakening, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, and Les Liaisons Dangereuses. Off-Broadway: Sons of the Prophet, Look Back in Anger, Suicide Incorporated, Dream of the Burning Boy, Tigers Be Still, Ordinary Days, The Understudy, The Language of Trees, Distracted, Speech & Debate, and The Marriage of Bette and Boo.

The Buddy Holly Story, and Little Shop of Horrors. NYU: Urinetown: The Musical and Bye Bye Birdie. Thanks to Casey, Trey, Jen, and the entire BoM team.

JENNIFER WERNER (Supervising Associate Director).

Associate director: The Most Happy Fella, Follies (Encores!); Robin and the 7 Hoods (Old Globe); Winnie the Pooh (int’l tour). Choreography: As Long As… (Roundabout), NFL national commercials, Drama League Awards, ABC’s upfronts, Cabaret (Paris, numerous regional productions), The Black Suits (Center Theatre Group), The Wiz (Maltz Jupiter Theatre), My Fair Lady (Ogunquit), A Wonderful Life (Engeman), The Phantom… (NCT). Director: The Little Mermaid, Spamalot (NCT); Chess (Wharton Center).

Choreography Off-Broadway: Bloodsong of Love (Ars Nova), The Plant That Ate Dirty Socks (Lortel/Theatreworks), ReWrite (Urban Stages), and Things to Ruin (Second Stage).

JOHN MacINNIS (Associate Choreographer). Credits include director and choreographer of medal ceremonies at the Olympic Winter Games (2002 and 2010) and Radio City Christmas Spectacular in Mexico City, Mexico. He choreographed Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, currently running in Europe. He also choreographed at Shaw Festival, Goodspeed, 5th Avenue, Pittsburgh CLO, TUTS, MTW, Sacramento Music Circus, and North Shore Music Theatre.

He has performed in eight Broadway shows.

AURORA PRODUCTIONS (Production Management).

Anastasia (tour); Beetlejuice; Betrayal; The Book of Mormon (Broadway and tour); Frozen; Hello, Dolly! (tour); Mean Girls (Broadway and tour); Rock Of Ages; Sea Wall/A Life; Tootsie; To Kill A Mockingbird. Aurora has been providing technical supervision and production management to the entertainment industry since 1989.

MICHAEL KELLER (Music Coordinator). Current Broadway: Frozen, Dear Evan Hansen, Hamilton, The Book of Mormon, Wicked, The Lion King. Tours: Frozen, Dear Evan Hansen, Hamilton, The Book of Mormon, Wicked, The Lion King.

Pamela, Alexis, Zachary, Christin, and Gavin make it all worthwhile.

PAIGE GRANT (Production Stage Manager) is happy to be part of The Book of Mormon. National tours: The King and I, Jersey Boys (first national tour), Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella, War Horse. New York: productions with Manhattan Theatre Club. Las Vegas: Jersey Boys. Regional: La Jolla Playhouse and California Shakespeare Theatre. BFA Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. Love and thanks to Mom in Washington and friends across the country.

STEVE BEBOUT (Associate Director) also served as associate director of The Addams Family (Broadway, tour, Brazil, and Australia), Sister Act (Broadway), 101 Dalmatians (tour), and Girl Crazy (Encores!). Directing credits include I Got Fired and Two Rooms in New York City. Regional: The Full Monty,

JASON J. CARROLL (Stage Manager). Broadway: Les Misérables 25th anniversary production, In My Life, Cabaret, Thou Shalt Not. National tours: Les Misérables 25th anniversary production, The Phantom of the Opera, The Full Monty, Million Dollar Quartet, The Producers,

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Jolson. Off-Broadway: Hair and Bloomer Girl (Encores!), Mr. Goldwyn, Blue Window. Regional: Goodspeed and Paper Mill. BFA University of Michigan.

JENN ELYSE JACOBS (Assistant Stage Manager). Broadway: The Prom, School of Rock. National tour: The King and I, The Color Purple. Off-Broadway: Boy (Keen Company), Linda, Prodigal Son (MTC), Informed Consent (Primary Stages), The Old Man and the Old Moon (PigPen Theatre Co/The New Victory Theater). Regional: The Old Globe, Williamstown Theatre Festival. International: Red Light Winter (Itself Festival, Warsaw, Poland). BFA from the University of Michigan.

BRIAN USIFER (Associate Music Supervisor). Music director of Kinky Boots on Broadway. Associate music supervisor of the Kinky Boots North American tour, as well as the Toronto and London productions. B’way/Off-B’way orchestras include …Spelling Bee, Avenue Q, and Altar Boyz.

DAVID TURNER (General Manager) formed Thompson Turner Productions with the late Stuart Thompson in 2015. Recent projects include Mean Girls (Broadway and the US national tour), The Jungle (Curran Theatre, S.F.), and worldwide companies of The Book of Mormon. Previous credits with Stuart Thompson include Boeing-Boeing, The Seagull, You’re Welcome America…, God of Carnage, Fences, Jerusalem, King Charles III, The Present, and Sweat. Prior to coming to work with Stuart, David managed numerous Broadway, Off-Broadway, and touring productions and co-founded the Adirondack Theatre Festival. He is a graduate of the University of Michigan.

ADAM J. MILLER (General Manager). Current general management projects include The Book of Mormon (worldwide) and Mean Girls (Broadway and national tour).

Previous management credits with Stuart Thompson Productions: The Seagull, Boeing-Boeing, Exit the King, Lend Me a Tenor, and Elling. Other Broadway/tour credits: Burn the Floor, A Chorus Line, Ring of Fire, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Bombay Dreams, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, and Urinetown: The Musical.

ALLIED TOURING (Tour Marketing & Press) is a full-service engagement management agency representing Broadway tours and other live events across North America. Current: Bandstand; Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory; Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (San Francisco); Hello, Dolly!; The Hip Hop Nutcracker; Mean Girls; Mystery Science Theater 3000 Live; The Play That Goes Wrong; Rent; Irving Berlin’s White Christmas. Upcoming: Ain’t

Too Proud, The Cher Show, Hadestown, Pretty Woman, To Kill a Mockingbird, Tootsie.

ANNE GAREFINO (Producer) has been the executive producer for the Emmy and Peabody Award-winning television series South Park since the show began. This year the show celebrated its 23rd season. She has produced two critically acclaimed films with Trey Parker and Matt Stone: South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut and Team America: World Police.

Before moving to Los Angeles, she lived in Washington, D.C. and worked for the public television station WETA-TV. During her tenure at WETA, she co-produced the In Performance at the White House series. The Tony-winning production of The Book of Mormon marks Anne’s Broadway debut. She began her career in entertainment at the Folger Shakespeare Theatre on Capitol Hill and is thrilled and honored to be working in theatre again. Anne attended Boston College and the American Film Institute, and is originally from Lambertville, N.J. SCOTT RUDIN (Producer). Films include Lady Bird, Fences, Ex Machina, Steve Jobs, Top Five, While We’re Young, Inherent Vice, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Captain Phillips, Inside Llewyn Davis, Frances Ha, Moonrise Kingdom, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, Margaret, Moneyball, True Grit, The Social Network, Greenberg, It’s Complicated, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Julie & Julia, Doubt, There Will Be Blood, Margot at the Wedding, The Darjeeling Limited, No Country for Old Men, Notes on a Scandal, The Queen, Closer, The Life Aquatic, Team America, The Village, School of Rock, The Hours, The Royal Tenenbaums, Wonder Boys, Sleepy Hollow, South Park, A Civil Action, The Truman Show, In & Out, First Wives Club, Mother, Clueless, Nobody’s Fool, The Addams Family, Addams Family Values, Searching for Bobby Fischer, The Firm, and Sister Act. Theatre includes Passion; Seven Guitars; A Funny Thing…; The Chairs; The Blue Room; Closer; Amy’s View; Copenhagen; The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?; Medea; Caroline, or Change; The Normal Heart; Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?; Doubt; The History Boys; Faith Healer; Gypsy; God of Carnage; Fences; The Motherf**ker with the Hat; Jerusalem; Death of a Salesman; One Man, Two Guvnors; Betrayal; A Raisin in the Sun; This Is Our Youth; The Curious Incident…; A Delicate Balance; The Iceman Cometh; Between Riverside and Crazy; Fish in the Dark; The Audience; Skylight; The Flick; A View from the Bridge; The Humans; The Crucible; Blackbird; Shuffle Along…; The Front Page; The Wolves; The Glass Menagerie; Hello, Dolly!; and A Doll’s House, Part 2. Television includes The Newsroom, Silicon Valley, The Night Of, and Five Came Back.

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ROGER BERLIND (Producer). Recent productions include Copenhagen; Kiss Me, Kate; Proof; Medea; Anna in the Tropics; Caroline, or Change; Wonderful Town; Doubt; The History Boys; Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?; Faith Healer; Deuce; The Year of Magical Thinking; Curtains; Rock ’n’ Roll; Is He Dead?; Gypsy; 13; Equus; Ragtime; A Little Night Music; A Behanding in Spokane; Driving Miss Daisy; La Bête; Arcadia; and Jerusalem.

SCOTT M. DELMAN (Producer) is a theatre producer and investor. Over the past eight years, Scott has participated in some 60 Broadway plays and musicals, which in turn have received 33 Tony nominations and 14 Tony Awards.

JEAN DOUMANIAN (Producer). Tribes (Drama Desk Award); Cock; The Mountaintop (Olivier Award); Death of a Salesman (Tony Award); The Motherf**ker with the Hat; The House of Blue Leaves; August: Osage County (Tony Award, Pulitzer Prize); and Our Town (Lortel and Obie Awards); as well as film adaptations of August: Osage County, Blackbird, and Galveston.

ROY FURMAN (Producer). Currently on Broadway: Hello, Dolly! (Tony Award); Dear Evan Hansen (Tony); and The Band’s Visit. Other Tony Award-winning productions include Spamalot, The Color Purple, Skylight, The Humans, A Raisin in the Sun, War Horse, A View from the Bridge, The Curious Incident…, and The History Boys. Co-founded investment firm Furman Selz, now Vice Chairman of Jefferies & Company and Chairman of Jefferies Capital Partners, its private equity arm. Vice Chairman of Lincoln Center and Chairman Emeritus of Film Society of Lincoln Center.

STEPHANIE P. MCCLELLAND (Producer) is the founder of Green Curtain Productions and is a multi-award-winning producer (13 Tony, 12 Drama Desk, 10 Drama League, 10 Outer Critics Circle, one Olivier). Credits include more than 90 theatrical productions worldwide. Represented on Broadway this season by The Book of Mormon and Hello, Dolly!

KEVIN MORRIS (Producer). In addition to representing Trey and Matt, Kevin writes fiction. He is the author of the novel All Joe Knight (Grove Atlantic, 2016) and the collection of short stories, White Man’s Problems (Black Cat Press, 2015).

All Joe Knight was long-listed for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize.

SONIA FRIEDMAN PRODUCTIONS LTD. (Producer) has initiated and produced more than 160 new productions in the West End and on Broadway.

JON B. PLATT (Producer). Productions include Angels in America, Copenhagen, God of Carnage, The Humans, The Book of Mormon, Death of a Salesman, Clybourne Park, A Raisin in the Sun, Wicked, A View from the Bridge, Venus in Fur, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, The Front Page, The Crucible, The Audience, Fish in the Dark, Skylight. 2012 Robert Whitehead Award for Distinguished Producing on Broadway.

STUART THOMPSON (Executive Producer) was a six-time Tony Award-winning producer and general manager. He produced the three longest-running plays on Broadway of the past three decades: Proof, The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife, and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.

Select Broadway credits: Mean Girls; Sweat; Six Degrees of Separation; The Present; King Charles III; No Man’s Land/ Waiting for Godot; The Testament of Mary; Cat on a Hot Tin Roof; Death of a Salesman; Jerusalem; The Motherf*cker with the Hat; A View from the Bridge; God of Carnage; Exit the King; Doubt; Caroline, or Change; Take Me Out; Closer; Art; Skylight; Master Class; A Few Good Men. CENTER THEATRE GROUP MICHAEL RITCHIE (Artistic Director) is in his 15 season as Center Theatre Group’s Artistic Director, and has led over 200 productions to the Ahmanson Theatre, Mark Taper Forum, and Kirk Douglas Theatre stages, including the premieres of six musicals that moved to Broadway— The Drowsy Chaperone, Curtains, 13, 9 to 5: The Musical, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, and Leap of Faith—and the Pulitzer Prize in Drama finalist Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo. TH

MEGHAN PRESSMAN (Managing Director) joined Center Theatre Group as Managing Director in 2019. Previously, she served as Managing Director of Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company (D.C.), Director of Development for Signature Theatre (N.Y.), and Associate Managing Director of Berkeley Rep, in addition to working at numerous other theatre and arts organizations across the country. She is the Vice-Chair of the National Board for the Theatre Communications Group (TCG).

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DOUGLAS C. BAKER (Producing Director) is now in his 30 season at Center Theatre Group. He is an active member of the Broadway League, the Independent Presenters Network, and is a proud member of the Association of Theatrical Press Agents and Managers. In May 2013, Doug received the Broadway League’s prestigious Outstanding Achievement in Presenter Management Award.

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JEFFREY UPAH (General Manager, Ahmanson Theatre) has worked in management at Center Theatre Group since 2006 on more than 50 musicals, plays, and special events including both pre-Broadway productions and Broadway tours. Some of his favorites include Follies, God of Carnage, and The Black Rider (having previously worked on Robert Wilson productions in Boston, Houston, and Sao Paulo, Brazil). Prior to Center Theatre Group, he worked in various

capacities at the Santa Fe Opera, Yale Repertory Theatre, American Repertory Theater, and Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, among others.

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

The company of The Book of Mormon. Photo by Julieta Cervantes.

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FOR THE BOOK OF MORMON

GENERAL MANAGEMENT THOMPSON TURNER PRODUCTIONS David Turner, Adam J. Miller, Rebecca Habel, Patrick Bell, Sam Grant, Garrett Holtz, Daniel Hoyos, Jasmin Jakobsen, Drew Kowalkowski, James Lawson, Sammie Liebman, Ryan J. Lympus, Isabelle Mann, Daniella Parcell, Rosa Taylor, Ben Travis, Brittany Weber, Shira Wolf COMPANY MANAGER Shaun Moorman PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT AURORA PRODUCTIONS Ben Heller, Chris Minnick, Ryan Murphy, Steven Dalton, Dave Elmer, Liza Luxenberg, Luke Ricca, Geoff Quart, Martijn Appelo, Tor Rametta, Jack Rhea, Micah Ammons, Abby Doerman, Hannah Osborne, Cori Gardner, Gene O’Donovan TOUR BOOKING AND ENGAGEMENT MANAGEMENT THE BOOKING GROUP Meredith Blair, President Kara Gebhart, Vice President Operations TOUR PRESS & MARKETING ALLIED TOURING Marya Peters Andrew Damer Anne Waisanen Jennifer Gallagher Scott Praefke Jacqueline Smith Janie Dickerson Hayden Anderson Jessica Cary BROADWAY PRESS OFFICE THE PRESS ROOM Jim Byk Kelly Guiod

SUPERVISING ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR Jennifer Werner ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR Steve Bebout ASSOCIATE CHOREOGRAPHER John MacInnis

SCOTT RUDIN PRODUCTIONS Garrett Basch Helena Budnik Patrick Wengler Tom Ishizuka Daniel Goldberg Daniel Unitas Sam Martinez Henry Cropsey Rachel Marc Production Stage Manager....................................................... Paige Grant Stage Manager....................................................................Jason J. Carroll Assistant Stage Manager................................................Jenn Elyse Jacobs Assistant Company Manager.....................................................Justin Kelly Dance Captain....................................................................Christian Probst Assistant Dance Captain..........................................................Tsilala Brock Associate Scenic Designer.............................................. Frank McCullough Assistant Scenic Designers........................Lauren Alvarez, Christine Peters Associate Costume Designer........................................ Matthew Pachtman Assistant Costume Designer..................................................Irma Brainard Costume Shoppers............................... Summer Lee Jack, Isabelle Simone Associate Lighting Designers............Benjamin C. Travis, Jennifer Schriever Assistant Lighting Designer......................................................... Carl Faber Associate Sound Designer.................................................... Cody Spencer Production Carpenter........................................................... Mike Martinez Production Electrician................................................................. Dan Coey Production Sound Engineer.........................................Christopher C. Sloan Production Props.................................................................... Peter Sarafin Moving Light Programmer.................................................David John Arch Keyboard Programmer.......................................................... Randy Cohen Drum Programmer..............................................................Sean McDaniel Head Carpenter....................................................................... Alden Corey Advance Carpenter..............................................................Tom Bertino Jr. Deck Carpenter............................................................................Mike Nye Automation................................................................................ Steven Ball Flyman..................................................................Brent “Squatch” Jahnke Head Props......................................................................... Ryan Marquart Assistant Props.................................................................... Jill B. Gounder Head Electrician......................................................................... Bob Jarvis Deck Electrician.....................................................................Mike Novosel Advance Electrician............................................................... Jody Durham Followspot..............................................................................Mike Holmes Head Sound............................................................................Alicia Martin Assistant Sound................................................................... Emery Roth III Wardrobe Supervisor..........................................................Gerbie Connolly Assistant Wardrobe........................................................................Joe Reid Stitcher................................................................................Michael Harrell Hair Supervisor...................................................................Sonya Reynolds Assistant Hair Supervisor......................................................... Lynn Grassy Associate Musical Supervisor...................................................Brian Usifer Assistant to Anne Garefino...................................................... Carly J. Price Production Assistants...................Alan D. Knight, Katrina Olson, Lori Byars Engagement Manager............................................................ Garrett Holtz Casting Associate................................................................... Kate S. Boka Casting Consultant................................................................... Jeremy Rich Rehearsal Pianist............................................................... Kathryn Sherrell Rehearsal Drummer.............................................................. Gary Seligson Banking.........................City National Bank/Erik Piecuch, Michele Gibbons Payroll.................................................................. Castellana Services, Inc.

Latecomers will be seated at the discretion of management. Patrons with disabilities: wheelchair seating is available in a variety of theatre locations. When ordering tickets, please indicate any special needs. For our hearing-impaired guests, the theatre is equipped with listening devices; please contact an usher for assistance.

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Accountant........................... WithumSmith+Brown, PC/Robert Fried, CPA, .................................................................................Karen Kowgios, CPA Controller...................................................................................J.S. Kubala Insurance..................................................................... DeWitt Stern Group Legal Counsel.............................Lazarus & Harris LLP/Scott Lazarus, Esq., ............................................................................ Robbert C. Harris, Esq. Marketing Consultant.........................................................Crispin Ollington Advertising...................................................................................... SpotCo Digital Outreach................................................. BLT Communications, Inc. Logo and Artwork Design.................................. BLT Communications, Inc. Website Design.................................................. BLT Communications, Inc. Vocal Consultant......................................................................... Liz Caplan Production Photographer........................................................ Joan Marcus Travel Agent........................................................Tzell Travel/The “A” Team Company Housing................................................Chris Renzulli/Tourwerks Transportation...........................................................Executive Car Service Rental Cars...........................................Hertz Entertainment/Shauna Neeld Physical Therapy........................................... Neuro Tour Physical Therapy CREDITS Scenery fabrication by PRG-Scenic Technologies, a division of Production Resource Groups, LLC, New Windsor, NY. Lighting equipment provided

by PRG Lighting, Secaucus, NJ. Sound equipment provided by Masque Sound. Costumes by Eric Winterling, Inc; Gilberto Designs, Inc.; Katrina Patterns; Izquierdo Studios, Ltd; Studio Rouge, Inc. Millinery by Rodney Gordon, Inc. Custom fabric printing by First 2 Print LLC.; Jeff Fender Studios; Eyewear provided by Dr. Wayne Goldberg. Custom footwear by LaDuca Shoes, Inc., Props executed by Cigar Box Studios, Tom Carroll Scenery, Jerard Studios, Daedalus Design and Production, Joe Cairo, J&M Special Effects, Jeremy Lydic, Josh Yoccom, Anna Light.

Wigs made by Hudson Wigs. Makeup provided by MAC Cosmetics.

Keyboards from Yamaha Corporation of America. Drums by Pearl Drums.

Cymbals provided by Zildjian Cymbals.

SPECIAL THANKS John Barlow, Lisa Gajda, Angela Howard, Bruce Howell, Beth JohnsonNicely, Sarah Kooperkamp, Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Katie Lopez, Annie Lopez, Kathy Lopez, Frank Lopez, Billy Lopez, Brian Shepherd, Eric Stough, Boogie Tillmon, The Vineyard Theatre, Darlene Wilson.

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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 in the United States.

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

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

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

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

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

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).

Souvenir merchandise designed and created by The Araca Group.

Rehearsed at New 42nd Street Studios.

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MICHAEL RITCHIE ♦ Artistic Director | MEGHAN PRESSMAN Managing Director | DOUGLAS C. BAKER♦ Producing Director GORDON DAVIDSON Founding Artistic Director Center Theatre Group would like to thank its exceptional staff for their ongoing commitment, dedication, and extraordinary efforts.

ARTISTIC LINDSAY ALLBAUGH♦.................................................. Associate Artistic Director NEEL KELLER♦................................. Associate Artistic Director/Literary Director KELLEY KIRKPATRICK♦............................................... Associate Artistic Director PATRICIA GARZA♦ ..................................Line Producer, Special Artistic Projects MICHAEL DONOVAN CASTING................................................Casting Consultant SUZANNE HEE MAYBERRY .................................................Casting Coordinator TIFFANY SLAGLE ...................................................................... Literary Assistant MATTHEW BOURNE, DANAI GURIRA, ANNA D. SHAPIRO ......................................................................Associate Artists MAT DIAFOS SWEENEY.................................... Sherwood Award Recipient, 2020 EDUCATION, ENGAGEMENT, AND COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS KATHRYN MACKENZIE ................................................ Director of Administration TYRONE DAVIS.....................................................Audience Engagement Director TRACI KWON♦................................................. Arts Education Initiatives Director JESUS REYES ♦.................................................Community Partnerships Director CAMILLE SCHENKKAN..................................Next Generation Initiatives Director CARLA JACKSON....................................................................... Program Manager JAQUELYN JOHNSON...........................................Audience Engagement Manager FELIPE M. SANCHEZ............................................................Emerging Artists and Arts Professionals Program Manager ESTELA GARCIA............................................................. 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Artists creating new work commissioned by Center Theatre Group this season:

DAVID ADJMI JON ROBIN BAITZ STEVE CUIFFO LISA D’AMOUR WILL ENO JENNIFER HALEY

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Since 2005, we have invited local playwrights to spend a year researching and writing a new work with the feedback of their fellow writers and artistic staff as part of our L.A. Writers’ Workshop.

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DIONNA MICHELLE DANIEL BOO KILLEBREW KENNETH LIN KEMP POWERS

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“a wholly unique blend of concept, stagecraft, movement, music and visual storytelling” -The Boston Globe

“An of-the-moment phenomenon” -The New York Times

“MAGICAL” -San Francisco Chronicle

Photos courtesy of Beth Morrison Projects

MAR 4-8, 2020 Created by Geoff Sobelle Scenic Design by Steven Dufala Directed by Lee Sunday Evans Original Songs by Elvis Perkins

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OUR SUPPORTERS: ANNUAL DONORS $4,000+ (CONT.)

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CHICK COREA TRILOGY

AIN GORDON

Thu, Oct 3 | Royce Hall

Fri, Oct 11 & Sat, Oct 12 | Freud Playhouse

With Christian McBride & Brian Blade

217 Boxes of Dr. Henry Anonymous

SANKAI JUKU

Meguri

Sun, Oct 6 | Royce Hall

PAM TANOWITZ/BRICE MARDEN/KAIJA SAARIAHO Four Quartets

OCTAVIA E. BUTLER’S PARABLE OF THE SOWER Created By Toshi Reagon and Bernice Johnson Reagon

Sat, Feb 15 & Sun, Feb 16 | Royce Hall

Sat, Mar 7 | Royce Hall

SAMIN NOSRAT IN CONVERSATION WITH LINDY WEST Sun, Oct 13 | Royce Hall

RACHEL FULLER’S ANIMAL REQUIEM FLY HIGHER:

MAYA BEISER/WENDY WHELAN/ LUCINDA CHILDS/DAVID LANG

A Concert to Celebrate and Honor All Animals CHARLIE PARKER AT 100 With special guest Pete Townshend Featuring Rudresh Mahanthappa, Terri Lyne Sat, Oct 26 | Royce Hall Carrington, Charenée Wade, Adam O’Farrill, Kris Davis, Larry Grenadier & Kassa Overall Thu, Mar 26 | Royce Hall

THE DAY PHILIP GLASS & Fri, Oct 18 & Sat, Oct 19 | Royce Hall JERRY QUICKLEY

Whistleblower

Sat, Mar 21 | The Theatre at Ace Hotel

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Cheryl & Joel Prell Gail & Gary Rachelefsky John Rallis & Mary Lynn Bergman-Rallis Rollin A. Ransom & Chris Lacroix Michael Reisz & Jeff Rago Dr. Peggy Renner & Dr. Robert Nelson Kirk & Cathy Reynolds Irene & Eytan Ribner Dr. Harry E. Rice, M.D. Stuart & Laurie Rice In Loving Memory of Adam Rice Suellen Richmond Mr. & Mrs. Marvin Ring Barbara Roberts Dr. Heather J. Roberts June Caldwell & Jaye Rogovin Joseph Rosales Lois Rosen Ellen & Mike Rosenberg Barbara & Peter Rosenthal Robyn & Steven Ross Leonard J. & JoAnn Roth Janet Salter in Memory of Maxwell Hillary Salter June Sanders Sattler Beatrice (Tina) Castillo & Gail Sandford Drs. Joan & Harry Saperstein Stephen J. Sass & Dr. Steven Hochstadt Wes Schaefer & Cathy King-Schaefer Marlene & Roger Schaffner John R. Sealy, M.D. Christine Shaner Linda M. Sherman Gloria Sherwood Howard & Stephanie Sherwood Charlene & Mike Sievers Debra J. SilveraSheehan ♦

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John Ballinger & Rod Davis Melanie & Gregory Barbee Christopher & Anadel Barbour Chris & Rose Bauss Dr. Martine Bauwens Charles Berney & Family Mr. & Mrs. John Bettfreund Ms. Rhian Beutler Peter & Helen Bing Cheryl Bledin Michael Blend Mr. Moe Blumin Yvonne Bogdanovich & Family Bill Bohnert Richard & Pat Bongeorno Nancy Brandel The Saul Brandman Foundation Sandra & Robert Braun Marti Breier Sandy & Mayer Brenner Stu Brower Rick Buche & Vin Reilly Dr. Lisa Bukaty & Mr. Raymond M. Bukaty Beth Burnam Linda Stafford Burrows Edward J. Butorac & Paul R. Kaiser Christine Cahill Kelly Campbell Sandra L. Carter Eric Chien Nicholas Chrisos Suzanne & John Clark Mary Coates Lauren Firestone & Chris Cookson Hon. Candace Cooper (Ret) Corbell Family Dr. Frederic H. Corbin, M.D. Ted Cordes Judy Tishkoff & Keith Crasnick Margo Cross Mary Levin Cutler ♦

Steve & Linda Darling Eunice David Bill & Ellie D’Elia James & Lynne DeWitt Dr. & Mrs. Donald E. Dickerson The Dong Family Ms. Laurie Dubchansky Mr. & Mrs. Gene B. Duncan Jack & Cynthia Edelstein Jill & Bob Eisfelder It’s A Wrap Motion Pictures Joyce A. Esposito Ellen Eubanks Victoria I. Evers Johanna & Gene Felder Edwin & MaryAnn Feo Robert Finkel & Adelle Gross Darcy Fleck Ruth FlemingStephens Laura E. Fox, M.D. & John D. Hofbauer, M.D. Carolyn Hope Fried Susan R. Friedman Rosalie Friis-Ross Howard J. Fulfrost Dr. Robert Gasway & Kristen Wong Lesley & Dr. Kenneth H. Geiger Kate & Dr. Stephen Geller Jeanne K. Gerson Jeri & Keith Gertzman Catherine Gessner Laura Gibson Patrick & Frank Gibson-McMinn Howard Gleicher Dr. Irene Goldenberg Tanya & David Goodman Dr. Sudha & Dr. Gopal Govindarajan Terry Grossman Scott Hall & Rhonda Church Diane & J.P. Harris Gene Hawkins

“Tapestries of Music”

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116th Season • 2019 - 2020 E MERSON S TRING Q UARTET October 27, 2019 J ASPER S TRING Q UARTET WITH NICHOLAS PHAN, TENOR November 24, 2019

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OUR SUPPORTERS: ANNUAL DONORS

Suzanne & David Robinson Murphy & Ed Romano Bingo Roncelli Nathalie & Jim Rosen Rabbi & Mrs. Moshe Rothblum Ron & Sharon Ryan Jay & Linda Sandrich Linda & Clifford Schaffer Carmen & Gordon Schaye Greg Scott Drs. T.V. Scott & Karen Hill Scott Scott Shagrin Ruth & Mitchell Shapiro James & Alexis Sheehy Loretta Hirsh Shine Steven E. Shulem Jan & Carl Siechert In Memory of Ruth & Leon Sirkin Scott Sigman Karen & Gordon Silverstein Kurt & Keli Skarin Martin & Leah Sklar Stephen & Judith Slagle Leslie Smith Roberta Smith Drs. Debra & Philip Sobol Mason A. Sommers & Rami Aizic James & Diane Staes Carol Stein Sterling & James Sterling David A. Steinberg Tom Stempel Bobbie Stern Lynn Bider & Daniel Stone ♦

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Center Theatre Group gratefully appreciates all of our donors who, due to space constraints, could not be listed here. The above list reflects donations made as of December 12, 2019. If your name was misspelled or omitted from this list in error, please contact the Advancement Department at 213.972.7654. Thank you.

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OUR SUPPORTERS: ENDOWMENT & PLANNED GIFTS

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We are endlessly grateful to recognize those contributors who have provided support that extends well beyond this current season and safeguards the future of Center Theatre Group.

Thank you to all of our endowment and Ovation Circle donors for your commitment to sustaining our great work.

AS OF SEP 1, 2019.

SYMPHONY CLASSICS SERIES

AT A M B A S S A D O R A U D I T O R I U M

DAVID LOCKINGTON MUSIC DIRECTOR

VI VAL DI F O U R S E AS O N S JANUARY 25, 2020 DAVID LOCKINGTON, conductor SIMONE PORTER, violin

M OZA RT & M C GE GA N MARCH 21, 2020 NICHOLAS MCGEGAN, conductor YERIN YANG, piano

G E R S HW I N P O R GY & B ESS FEBRUARY 15, 2020 DAVID LOCKINGTON, conductor NICK KENDALL, violin

R ACHM AN I N O F F PIANO CONCERTO NO. 3 APRIL 18, 2020 DAVID LOCKINGTON, conductor INON BARNATAN, piano

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ORCHESTRATIONS Artisan Gifts

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ENDOWMENT GIFTS $500,000+ The Ahmanson Foundation Gordon Davidson Tribute Fund Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Ann & Stephen F. Hinchliffe, Jr. The Norman and Sadie Lee Foundation Renee & Meyer Luskin Martin Massman John S. Surabian, Jr. and in memory of Faith and Sharon Ann Surabian

Dr. Adrienne Brandriss Linda Brown Allan & Joan Burns Richard & Norma Camp Bill Cohn & Dan Miller Earl & Christine Cory Mary Levin Cutler Susan D. Clines & Charles Dillingham Kirk & Anne Douglas Elisabeth Katte Harris Trust Amy Forbes & Andrew Murr Mr. & Mrs. Walter E. Grauman Susan A. Grode Virginia Hayes $250,000+ The Michael Shaw Jacobs Fund Mr. Kim L. Hunter Deborah M. Hyde Patricia Glaser & Sam Mudie The Doug Jones and John Mr. & Mrs. Jack Simon Sanger Theater Ticket Fund Richard & Julie Kagan $100,000+ Arlene M. Kageyama-Chikami Betsy & Harold Applebaum Sarah & Andy Kane Judith & Thomas Beckmen Debra L. Karrenbrock The Sheri and Les Biller Family Foundation Dr. & Mrs. Jack Kavanaugh Maynard & Linda Brittan— The Paul Kowal Traub-Brittan Family Trust Charitable Foundation Center Theatre Group Affiliates Darell L. Krasnoff Kenneth Corday Sandra Krause & William Fitzgerald Regina Fadiman Joyce & Kent Kresa Barbara & Peter Fodor Steven Llanusa & Ava & Charles Fries Glenn Miya, M.D. Brindell & Milton Gottlieb Carol & Douglas Mancino The Hearst Foundation, Inc. George Manet Vicki King Meg McComb Gloria Lothrop Richard G. & Virginia L. Martin Betty McMicken in honor of Jeanette Shammas Louise Taper Diane & Leon Morton Merle & Peter Mullin $50,000+ Bob & Renee Nunn Deborah M. Hyde Linda S. Peterson Ellen & Michael S. Korney Sally & Frank Raab Dorothy & Richard Sherwood Edward L. Rada $25,000+ Nan Rae Abbott Brown Stuart & Laurie Rice In Loving Memory of Adam Rice Linda Brown Bruce & Randy Ellen Ross Greve Foundation Eileen B. Salmas Dr. Tom Hickey Wes Schaefer & Levine Foundation Cathy King-Schaefer Diane & Leon Morton The Estate of Anita Mae Hirsh The Estate of Frank J. Sherwood $10,000+ Sue & Steve Soldoff I.H. Sutnick A and J Davidson Skipper Award Fund Paulette Toumazos & Michael Lorenz George A. V. Dunning Sue Tsao Carolyn & Kit Lokey Carol Vernon & Robert Turbin Betty & Sanford Sigoloff Peter & Susan Van Haften Planned Gifts Magda & Frederick R. Shirley & Irving Ashkenas Waingrow W. Lee Bailey, M.D. Dr. & Mrs. Daniel Wallace Angela Bardowell Pat Warford Chris & Rose Bauss Susan & William Weintraub Pamela & Dennis Beck Margaret H. White Judith & Thomas Beckmen The Bennetts

To invest in our future and make a gift toward our endowment, please call Terra Goulden at 213.972.3189.

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THANK YOU for being a part of our history

The Affiliates have supported Center Theatre Group since 1971. Through volunteering and fundraising, members introduce young people and their peers to the magic of live theatre. We are forever grateful for their long-term support.

AS OF SEP 1, 2019.

EXECUTIVE BOARD Anne Bruner* Ilene Eisenberg Roberta Haft* Christine Harte Thea F. Koss Diane Lesser Jerri Nagelberg Diane Neubauer*

Kim White Peterson* Sheila Poncher* Sharon Reisz Marsha Tauber Sallai June Sanders Sattler* Joyce Sheingold Maggy Simon Carole Solomon Marilyn Stambler* Janice Brock Wallace* Janice Weiner Rosalind Zane*

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

Barbara Krasnoff Beau Lavine Rita Lee 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* Courtney Rangen Anne Reismann Irene Ribner Harriett Chatters Rose Lois Rosen Marla Rubin Gaile Gray Ryan Bonnie Sachs Carole Schiffer Kelly Schiffer* Zrelda Sealey Suzanne M. Shapiro Robbie J. Solomon Marilyn Lee Stark Carol Stein Debbie Stein Judy Stone Betsy Straszheim Gloria Stroock-Stern Donna Sussman* 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

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OUR SUPPORTERS: CAMPAIGN SUPPORT

THANK YOU for your campaign support CRUISE LIKE A LOCAL Seize the day the SoCal way! Find fun & sun-filled cruises in LA or Orange County, even in winter.

We would like to take this opportunity to thank the incredibly generous donors who have contributed leadership gifts in support of Center Theatre Group’s 50 Anniversary Campaign.

Your loyalty to our theatre and support in honor of our history paves the way for the next 50 years. AS OF DEC 1, 2019.

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$5,000,000+ Brindell Roberts Gottlieb Ahmanson Foundation Kirk & Anne Douglas

Book online at Hornblower.com/WhereLA 855.290.0383

$1,000,000+ Anonymous (2) The Annenberg Foundation Edgerton Foundation Kiki & David Gindler Patricia Glaser & Sam Mudie Aliza Karney Guren & Marc Guren Ann & Stephen F. Hinchliffe, Jr. Renee & Meyer Luskin The Louis and Harold Price Foundation Laura & James Rosenwal & Orinoco Foundation Rosenthal Family Foundation Sue Tsao $500,000+ Amy Forbes & Andrew Murr Jerry & Terri Kohl Louise Moriarty Deena & Edward Nahmias Michael Ritchie & Kate Burton Donna Schweers & Tom Geiser Elliott Sernel $250,000+ Anonymous Thomas Beers Joni & Miles Benickes

Diana Buckhantz & The Vladimir and Araxia Buckhantz Foundation Cindy & Gary Frischling Center Theatre Group Affiliates Cindy & Gary Frischling Nancy & Eric Garen Vicki King Jody & David Lippman The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation Thomas Safran Glenn & Andrea Sonnenberg Judie Stein & J R Stein Family Foundation Matt & Dana Walden $100,000+ Yvonne & Derek Bell The Campagna Family Mara & Joseph Carieri Friars Charitable Foundation Manuela & James Goren Bill Resnick & Michael Stubbs Deidra Norman Schumann Cheryl A. Shepherd Donna & John Sussman Hope Landis Warner $50,000+ Anonymous Anne Bruner & Jim Bremner Carol & Stephen Rountree Sunshine Stone Peter & Iona Tompkins

We would also like to thank the following donors for making commitments to the 50 Anniversary Campaign through legacy gifts to our Endowment.

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OTHER LEGACY GIFTS Linda & Maynard Brittan – Traub Brittan Family Trust Steven Llanusa & Glenn Miya, M.D. Gloria Lothrop Carol & Douglas Mancino Renee & Robert Nunn Nan Rae Randy & Bruce Ross Wes Schaefer & Cathy King-Schaefer Dr. and Mrs. Daniel Wallace Margaret White

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OUR SUPPORTERS: THEATRE FORWARD

THANK YOU for your generous support $50,000 AND ABOVE AT&T • Bank of America Pamela Farr & Buford Alexander • Citi • The Schloss Family Foundation Wells Fargo ♦

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Theatre Forward advances the American theatre and its communities by providing funding and other resources to the country’s leading nonprofit theatres. For a complete list of funders, visit theatreforward.org. *National Society Membership. Includes in-kind support. Educating through • Theatre Support. Bank of America ACTivate Awards Support.

Center Theatre Group thanks Theatre Forward for their continuing support. †

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Acknowledges a member of our Corporate Circle.

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Bank of America Delta Air Lines Edgerton Foundation Rosenthal Family Foundation The Shubert Foundation, Inc. $50,000+

California Arts Council Los Angeles County Department of Arts and Culture The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust Dwight Stuart Youth Fund Wells Fargo $25,000+

The Capital Group Companies Charitable Foundation Center Theatre Group Affiliates JP Morgan Chase & Co. Disney Theatrical Group Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP Lockton Insurance Brokers, Inc. City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs National Endowment for the Arts The Norman and Sadie Lee Foundation The NoMad Hotel The Perkins Charitable Foundation The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation Theatre Forward U.S. Bank

$10,000+

Walt Disney Live Entertainment Lawrence P. Frank Foundation The Friars Charitable Foundation HBO Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP Muse Communications Patina Restaurant Group The Edward A. And Ai O. Shay Family Foundation Synder Family Foundation The Fran and Ray Stark Foundation $7,500+

American Business Bank Canadian Consulate General Jones Day Macy’s Malibu Family Wines National Alliance for Musical Theatre Union Bank

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Sascha Brastoff Foundation The Brookside Fund Chubb City National Bank Ella Fitzgerald Charitable Foundation GI Energy Lear Family Foundation Paramount Pictures Payden & Rygel Perry, Neidorf & Grassl, LLP SoCalGas Sally J. Thomas & James A. Thomas USI Insurance Services

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$5,000+

Anonymous Culver City Unified School District The DigiTrust Group, LLC The Walt Disney Company Foundation KPMG The Liberty Company Dale S. & Shideh Miller The Kenneth T. and Eileen L. Norris Foundation

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The Ahmanson Foundation Annenberg Foundation

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A Pointer Sister Collection

CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF ICON FASHION

WARDROBE DESIGNS COSTUMES MEMORABILIA AND CULTURE

$1,000+

Northern Trust Polinger-Cohen Charitable Trust Foundation

CORPORATE CIRCLE CABINET

Sheri Biller, Founding Chair

BACK TO THE FUTURE TRILOGY: THE EXHIBIT

Jonathan Axel, Co-Chair Erin Burke, Co-Chair Anthony Amendola Christopher Bissonnette Dannielle Campos Ramirez Hany Haddad Michael Jung Jody Kelley Soma Samanta Brian Zimmer

THANK YOU TO THE FILMS’ PRODUCER, WRITER AND CO-CREATOR, BOB GALE FOR HIS PARTICIPATION IN THIS HISTORIC EXHIBIT

THE FIRST EVER “BACK TO THE FUTURE” TRILOGY EXHIBIT IN THE USA

The Corporate Circle is comprised of companies that support Center Theatre Group’s education and community partnership programs.

Members receive VIP concierge service, complimentary and discounted tickets to our shows, business development opportunities, and more. For more information, call Louie Anchondo at 213.972.3192.

PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE 59

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Meet

The Music Center of the 21st Century The Music Center is one of the nation’s largest performing arts centers and a cultural anchor in Los Angeles County.

Our programming engine, TMC Arts, convenes artists, communities and ideas to deepen the cultural lives of all. With relevant, engaging arts experiences and arts education programs, TMC Arts reflects the diverse voices and interests of the many communities of Los Angeles.

The Music Center is home to and the force behind some of the most creative expression today.

2019/2020 MUSIC CENTER BOARD OF DIRECTORS OFFICERS Cindy Miscikowski Board Chair

Robert J. Abernethy Darrell Brown Vice Chairs Rachel S. Moore President and Chief Executive Officer

Diane G. Medina Secretary

Susan M. Wegleitner Treasurer William Taylor Assistant Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer

MEMBERS AT LARGE Charles F. Adams William H. Ahmanson Wallis Annenberg Jill Baldauf

Richard K. Roeder Melissa Ann Romain Maria Salinas Lisa See Matthew J. Spence Marc I. Stern Philip A. Swan Walter F. Ulloa Timothy S. Wahl Alyce Williamson Jay Wintrob Rollin A. Ransom General Counsel ^

Leave of absence

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

Susan Baumgarten

Amb. (ret.) John B. Emerson*

Phoebe Beasley

Richard M. Ferry

Thomas L. Beckmen

Brindell Gottlieb

Kimaada M. Brown

Bernard A. Greenberg

Dannielle Campos

Stephen F. Hinchliffe, Jr.

Greg T. Geyer

Amb. (ret.) Glen A. Holden

Lisa Gilford

Stuart M. Ketchum

General Information (213) 972-7211 | musiccenter.org

Kiki Ramos Gindler

Amb. (ret.) Lester B. Korn

Maria Rosario Jackson

Kent Kresa

Carl Jordan

Robert F. Maguire, III

Support The Music Center (213) 972-3333 | musiccenter.org/support

Glenn Kaino

Ginny Mancini

Stefanie Kane

Edward J. McAniff

Terri Kohl

Walter M. Mirisch

Cary J. Lefton

Fredric Roberts

David Lippman

Claire L. Rothman

Richard Lynn Martinez

Joni J. Smith

Bowen “Buzz” H. McCoy

Lisa Specht*

Mattie McFadden-Lawson

Cynthia A. Telles

Elizabeth Michelson

James A. Thomas

Darrell D. Miller

Andrea L. Van de Kamp*

Shelby Notkin

Paul M. Watson

Michael Pagano

Thomas R. Weinberger

Cynthia M. Patton

Rosalind W. Wyman

Karen Kay Platt

* Chairman Emeritus

Welcome to The Music Center! @musiccenterla

Be a Music Center Docent If you love the arts and enjoy sharing this enthusiasm with the public, we invite you to join the Symphonians , The Music Center’s volunteer docents. musiccenter.org/symphonians symphonians@musiccenter.org

Max Ramberg^ Joseph Rice

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Featured Events at

The Music Center WED 05 FEB / 11:00 a.m.

LUNCH À LA PARK: Food Trucks @ Grand Park Every Wed–Friday

SAT 01 FEB / 2:00 p.m.

Sting starring in The Last Ship CENTER THEATRE GROUP @ Ahmanson Theatre Thru 2/16

FRI 07 FEB / 8:00 p.m.

The Weimar Republic: Germany 1918–1933 Weill’s Violin Concerto with Salonen LA PHIL @ Walt Disney Concert Hall Thru 2/09

SAT 01 FEB / 2:00 p.m.

All-Strauss LA PHIL @ Walt Disney Concert Hall Thru 2/02 SAT 01 FEB / 2:30 p.m.

What the Constitution Means to Me CENTER THEATRE GROUP @ Mark Taper Forum Thru 2/23 SAT 01 FEB / 7:30 p.m.

Eurydice LA OPERA @ Dorothy Chandler Pavilion Thru 2/20 SAT 01 FEB / 8:30 p.m.

Simone Forti REDCAT @ Roy and Edna Disney / CalArts Theater SUN 02 FEB / 7:30 p.m.

Hespèrion XXI: La Capella Reial de Catalunya LA PHIL @ Walt Disney Concert Hall TUE 04 FEB / 8:00 p.m.

Bjarnason & Ólafsson LA PHIL @ Walt Disney Concert Hall WED 05 FEB / 12:15 p.m.

LUNCH A LA PARK: Yoga reTREAT @ Grand Park Every Wed–Friday

SAT 08 FEB / 2:00 p.m.

American Youth Symphony LA PHIL @ Walt Disney Concert Hall SAT 08 FEB / 8:30 p.m.

Jacqueline Bobak REDCAT @ Roy and Edna Disney / CalArts Theater THU 13 FEB / 8:00 p.m.

The Weimar Republic: Germany 1918-1933 Salonen Conducts The Seven Deadly Sins LA PHIL @ Walt Disney Concert Hall Thru 2/16 FRI 14 FEB / 7:00 p.m.

Grand Park Lovers Rock @ Grand Park TUE 18 FEB / 8:00 p.m.

The Book of Mormon CENTER THEATRE GROUP @ Ahmanson Theatre Thru 3/29 TUE 18 FEB / 8:00 p.m.

Yuja Wang LA PHIL @ Walt Disney Concert Hall

Visit musiccenter.org for additional information on all upcoming events. @musiccenterla

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THU 20 FEB / 8:00 p.m.

Ives 1 & Dvořák 7 with Dudamel LA PHIL @ Walt Disney Concert Hall Thru 2/21 THU 20 FEB / 8:30 p.m.

Tabaimo & Maki Morishita REDCAT @ Roy and Edna Disney / CalArts Theater Thru 2/23 SAT 22 FEB / 8:00 p.m.

Ives 2 & Dvořák 8 with Dudamel LA PHIL @ Walt Disney Concert Hall Thru 2/23 SAT 22 FEB / 7:30 p.m.

Roberto Devereux LA OPERA @ Dorothy Chandler Pavilion Thru 3/14 SUN 23 FEB / 7:30 p.m.

Wayne Mashall LA PHIL @ Walt Disney Concert Hall WED 26 FEB / 8:00 p.m.

Hélène Grimaud LA PHIL @ Walt Disney Concert Hall THU 27 FEB / 8:00 p.m.

Ives 3 & Dvořák 9 with Dudamel LA PHIL @ Walt Disney Concert Hall

Illustrations by: Down The Street Designs

SAT 01 FEB / 11:00 a.m.

Toyota Symhonies for Youth: Peter and the Wolf LA PHIL @ Walt Disney Concert Hall

FRI 28 FEB / 11:00 a.m.

Ives 4 & Dvořák 9 with Dudamel LA PHIL @ Walt Disney Concert Hall Thru 2/29 SAT 28 FEB / 8:30 p.m.

Tim Feeney REDCAT @ Roy and Edna Disney / CalArts Theater

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Join us on the Plaza for drinks before or after the show!

The Mullin Wine Bar 205 N. Grand Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90012 (213) 972-8084 TheMullinLA.com

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Wines and cocktails

curated by L.A. experts and a seat with the best views in the house!

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EXPERIENCE THE ONLY L.A. AND O.C. PERFORMANCES. MARCH 18 – 22

TICKETS ON SALE NOW!

Supporting Sponsor of The Music Center and Ailey’s National Tour Sponsor

The Music Center’s Dorothy Chandler Pavilion

musiccenter.org/ailey | (213) 972-0711

Groups of 10+: (213) 972-8555 | mcgroupsales@musiccenter.org Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s Solomon Dumas. Photo by Andrew Eccles.

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

HILDA L. SOLIS

MARK RIDLEY-THOMAS

First District

SHEILA J. KUEHL Third District

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Second District

JANICE HAHN Fourth District

KATHRYN BARGER Fifth District, Chair

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BALLET BC ROMEO+JULIET FEBRUARY SELMA WITH LIVE SCORE by JASON MORAN NEW WEST SYMPHONY Sat Feb 1 | 8PM

Ballet’s take on the most famous love story of all time.

Sat Feb 29 | 8PM Sun Mar 1 | 3PM Prices start at $39* (Parking Included)

BALLET WEST’S GISELLE Tue Feb 4 | 8PM TETZLAFF PLAYS BEETHOVEN LOS ANGELES CHAMBER ORCHESTRA Fri Feb 7 | 8PM LUIS CORONEL Y LEONARDO AGUILAR Sat Feb 8 | 8PM MAVIS STAPLES WITH SON LITTLE Thu Feb 13 | 8PM STOMP Sat Feb 15 | 3PM & 8PM Sun Feb 16 | 3PM STEP AFRIKA! Sun Feb 23 | 3PM

MARCH ACADEMY OF ST MARTIN IN THE FIELDS JOSHUA BELL, MUSIC DIRECTOR and VIOLIN Wed Mar 4 | 8PM CAMILA MEZA & THE NECTAR ORCHESTRA Onstage Sessions Jazz Club Sat Mar 7 | 8PM MELISSA ALDANA Onstage Sessions Jazz Club Thu Mar 12 | 8PM Fri Mar 13 | 8PM LOS ANGELES JEWISH SYMPHONY Sun Mar 22 | 8PM ROTTERDAM PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA LAHAV SHANI, CONDUCTOR Wed Mar 25 | 8PM LA MARISOUL Sat Mar 28 | 8PM YAMATO - THE DRUMMERS OF JAPAN Sun Mar 29 | 3PM

*Prices subject to change

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