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From the artistic Director Lynn Nottage’s By The Way, Meet Vera Stark opens our 17th season at the Geffen Playhouse. Nottage’s Ruined, which enthralled audiences when it kicked off our 15th season, put us in the midst of a war on women on the other side of the world in the Democratic Republic of Congo. By the Way, Meet Vera Stark unfolds in our own backyard, Hollywood in the 1930s. The character Vera Stark has come from what Nottage called in an interview with New York City’s Second Stage Theatre her “fascination and frustration with old Hollywood.” Inspired by Baby Face, a 1933 film starring Barbara Stanwyck and African American actress Theresa Harris as her maid, Nottage said she was struck by the nuances of Harris’s character as well as by her character’s relationship to Stanwyck’s. The movie reminded Lynn of how much Hollywood changed in 1934 when the Hays Code began to be enforced. The Hays Code, a self-regulatory set of rules created by Hollywood producers to set standards of morality and ethics for the film industry, included, in addition to limitations on the use of profanity and nudity, certain restrictions on the allowable interactions between the white and black races. These changes profoundly impacted the careers not only of Harris but also of a whole generation of African-American “leading ladies-in-waiting,” as well as the industry itself. We are also so pleased to have director Jo Bonney return to the Geffen. Having directed the original New York production, Jo helms an extraordinary design team and a powerful ensemble. Welcome to the Geffen’s 2012/2013 season. And by the way, enjoy the show.

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS Frank G. Mancuso Chairman

Gilbert Cates * President

FRANK G. MANCUSO I am delighted to welcome you back to the Geffen Playhouse as we launch our 2012/2013 season which promises exciting and varied theatrical experiences. Thank you for being a part of it. For those renewing season tickets to the full year, we remain grateful for your support and welcome to our new patrons as well. We are thrilled to have you with us. It is our particular pleasure to inaugurate the season with By the Way, Meet Vera Stark — a more playful turn for Lynn Nottage who wrote the Pulitzer Prize winning Ruined, which audiences found so compelling during our 2010/2011 season. I would also like to take a moment to update you about our work in the community, a facet of the Geffen of which we are exceedingly proud. Our education and outreach programs include not only disadvantaged youth, but also seniors and veterans. We are committed to the mission of bringing theater into the lives of people who might otherwise not have access to it. Our experience of recent years has proven how valuable — indeed, life-changing — a visit to the theater can be. We believe it is our responsibility and privilege to afford that experience to all segments of our city’s population. Without our donors we would not be able to continue and extend these vital programs. The Geffen Playhouse Board of Directors joins me in thanking them for their generous support. If you are interested in supporting our community involvement, please contact our Director of Development, Regina Miller, at 310.208.6500 ext. 112. Thank you again for joining us here at the Geffen Playhouse. Now sit back and relax as we take a peek behind the scenes of old Hollywood with Vera Stark. Respectfully yours,

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combining film and theater for dramatic results: an interview with director jo bonney by amy levinson director jo bonney

Amy Levinson: The Geffen Playhouse has always been invested in second productions of plays with the understanding that when a play premieres there isn’t always time to get to the place you want to be with the work. Can you talk a bit about what goes into a first production and then the subsequent work that goes into a second production? Jo Bonney: First productions are always a huge discovery not just in terms of whether the story is being told as the playwright hoped but also the actual tone of the piece and the conventions of how to tell the story. Vera is a wonderfully complex piece of storytelling, more in the vein of one of my favorite plays, Caryl Churchill’s Top Girls. Vera involves the making of a film, video clips and stories within stories so the original rehearsal process was one of endless questions and discoveries, with playwright Lynn Nottage actively involved on a daily basis. It was incredibly satisfying but you tend to feel in that situation that you ran out of time to sit back and assess what you have. The joy of this second production opportunity, again with Lynn, is that we can take everything we learned in New York and get the production to the next level. Lynn is looking at some script changes, and I’m adjusting the tone of some moments and working with my set designer, Neil Patel, to restage a couple of scenes where we felt the focus could be clearer. P4 PERFORMANCES MAGAZINe

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AL: I understand that you have been working with Lynn since a very early stage of this play. What is your process as a director when you are involved with a writer from early on? JB: It’s a different experience with each writer dependent on many factors — whether they are an early career writer or an experienced, refined writer such as Lynn. The form of the play may also impact the process. The thing that does remain consistent is making sure that I’m in sync with the playwright’s vision for their story and that we’re on the same path throughout the process. I ask many questions. With Vera, Lynn had done a lot of research and was able to pass that on, so I had a wonderful time prepping by watching numerous films and TV clips from the period. It gave me a very strong sense of not only why Lynn had chosen this subject but also the style she was going for and how to frame that for an audience. AL: Do you find that with Lynn’s plays specifically, that she expects quite a bit of knowledge on the part of her audience? JB: Yes, she’s an intelligent writer who expects her audience to fully engage with the story. She never talks down to an audience or over explains. She’s clear, but she gets that her audience is smart and intellectually participatory and writes accordingly. AL: In terms of the nuts and bolts part of working with her, will she give you an early draft on which you give notes, or how does the process work?

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AL: The relationship between a director and designer is as important as the playwright/director relationship. Can you speak a little about moving a play from rehearsal room to the stage and how that can impact your vision of the play? JB: Long before you move from the rehearsal room to the stage, in fact before you even start rehearsal, the vision a director has for the play is shared with the design team and from there it’s a constant back and forth as to how to pull that off as a physical production — that’s set, lights, sound, costumes, projections. Each impacts the other and aside from the aesthetics, much of it evolves from pragmatic problem solving. The rehearsal room is a very basic simulation of the set and so the pleasure of finally seeing this all realized on stage is watching how it supports and enhances the work of the past several weeks in the rehearsal room. Of course this is also when you discover all your problems with blocking, sightlines, flow etc. and when you’re very grateful for a really good design team who simply keep tackling any issues until they disappear. It’s also when you start working with your stage crew and all the moving parts of the set and the focus shifts temporarily from the actors to the technical aspects of the show. It’s an entirely different environment — it moves from the intimate work in the rehearsal room to the controlled chaos of placing the cast in the midst of moving scenery, lights, sounds, projections and off-stage quick changes. As much as you can imagine what it’s going to be, inevitably things (both good and bad) come up in tech that surprise you and it does impact the work you’ve already done. You finally have all the elements with which to create transitions and you may see a more interesting

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way to stage a scene. One of the most exciting things about moving onto the fully realized set is that it allows a wonderfully creative cast, like the one I have in this production, to discover new moments. AL: What about Vera Stark most attracts you to the work? JB: It’s originality of both subject and form — it’s such an ambitious piece of theater. It’s a wonderful read on the page and at the same time it’s clearly a challenge to stage. Lynn knew that it was not a given exactly how to juggle all the elements in Vera and that a director had to bring a personal interpretation to it. I was excited by her use of archetype and humor in this story of race in the film industry, and I decided to wrap my production in the stock visuals of film production for the transitions and various scene set-ups. It was very appealing to create a look that was true to the story but I hadn’t seen on stage before. AL: In general, when choosing material to direct, what do you look for in a script — what must it contain to excite or ignite your imagination? JB: Theatricality — why is this story a theater piece rather than a film or book or TV show. Language — the sort of language that you don’t usually hear in TV or film. Complex characters that I believe good actors will be excited to take on. And I already mentioned originality of story, one that has some substance to it. AL: The film is an integral part of this play — was it difficult to combine the two mediums for you? JB: No. In this case the film was such a natural extension of the story being told that I essentially approached the scene as simply another scene in the play. It was fascinating and very satisfying working with Tony Gerber — I’d never partnered in that way before. Tony’s background is in film and television. We talked through a rough storyboard, then I worked with my designers on the set, costumes etc. and rehearsed the scene with the actors as if it were part of the stage production. Tony then brought in his team and cinematographer, directed the shoot and oversaw post production. It all felt pretty seamless. The production staff at the Geffen also has links into the film department at UCLA and was invaluable in making it happen.

As playwrights, sometimes we find our inspiration in the most unexpected places. In my case, I was watching television late one night when I came across a 1930’s film called Babyface, which featured a very charming and talented young African-African Actress named Theresa Harris. When the film ended, I immediately began roaming the Internet in search of more information about the actress, only to discover a treasure trove of websites investigating the lives of African American actors in early Hollywood. I was struck by my own ignorance, not only about Theresa’s prodigious and eclectic career, but also about a whole generation of African American screen actors who plied their trade in relative obscurity. My unmitigated curiosity and desire to get to know more about the lives of African American actors in the early 30’s lead me to the actress Vera Stark. Indeed, By the Way, Meet Vera Stark pays homage to Theresa Harris and other African American performers who for decades were relegated to the margins of the frame. If you are interested in learning more about the mysterious life and disappearance of actress Vera Stark, I highly recommend visiting two intriguing websites created by filmmaker Herb Forrester and academic Carmen Levy-Green: www.meetverastark.com and www.findingverastark.com. PErFORMANCEs MAGAZINE P5

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JB: It’s really an ongoing conversation that starts before you get into the rehearsal room and continues throughout the rehearsal process and previews. I’m initially responding to the big picture of the story and later to new elements that she’s bringing in — questions she has and she’s responding to and questions that I or later the cast have — it’s all a back and forth. You also learn so much from simply putting a play on its feet for the first time. In the case of Lynn though, she does come in with a fully formed story and over the course of the rehearsal/preview period clarifies and edits what is already fundamentally in place.

Randall Arney ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Ken Novice MANAGING DIRECTOR Frank G. Mancuso chairman of the board

THE GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE presents Second Stage Theatre Production of

Written by

Lynn Nottage Set Designer

Costume Designer

Neil Patel

ESosa

Projection Designer

Shawn Sagady

Casting by

Phyllis Schuringa

Lighting Designer

Sound Designer

Jeff Croiter

John Gromada

Wig, Hair & Makeup Designers

J. Jared Janas & Rob Greene

Production Stage Manager

Mary Michele Miner

Assistant Stage Manager

Susie Walsh

Directed by

Jo Bonney Recipient of the Edgerton Foundation New American Play Award Originally commissioned and developed by South Coast Repertory and Center Stage

Opening Night: Wednesday, September 26, 2012 OPE N I N G N I G HT SPO N SOR s

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Vera Stark....................................................................................................................................Sanaa Lathan Gloria Mitchell.................................................................................................................... Amanda Detmer Lottie / Carmen Levy-Green.....................................................................Kimberly Hébert Gregory Anna Mae / Afua Assata Ejobo �� Merle Dandridge Leroy Barksdale...................................................................................................................Kevin T. Carroll Fredrick Slasvick / Brad Donovan �� Spencer Garrett Maximillion Von Oster / Peter Rhys-Davies ��Mather Zickel

Time/setting Hollywood, 1933 Hollywood, 1973 Hollywood, 2003 running time 2 hours 15 minutes including one 15 minute intermission

The Geffen Playhouse gratefully acknowledges the following media sponsors for their generous support of By the Way, Meet Vera Stark.

The Geffen Playhouse is supported, in part, by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors through the Los Angeles County Arts Commission. This project was also funded in part by the Department of Cultural Affairs, City of Los Angeles. The Geffen Playhouse, a non-profit theater company, is proudly affiliated with the University of California at Los Angeles.

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KEVIN T. CARROLL (Leroy Barksdale / Herb Forrester) Kevin T. Carroll is thrilled to make his Geffen Playhouse debut in this production. Selected film credits include: Ed’s Next Move, Being John Malkovich, The Object Of My Affection (as Jennifer Aniston’s love interest), The Secret Lives of Dentists, The Notorious Bettie Page, Always Outnumbered, Jesus’ Son, Pipe Dream, Paper Soldiers, You’re Nobody ‘til Somebody Kills You, Margaret and the cult classic Paid in Full. Selected TV: Law & Order SVU and Criminal Intent, Strong Medicine, Numb3rs, ER, and Detroit 187. Broadway: Angels in America, 45 Seconds from Broadway, Take Me Out and Bring in ‘da Noise Bring in ‘da Funk. Regionally: Obie Award Winner, Home, Stick Fly, Seven Guitars, Stop Kiss, Satellites, Hamlet, Blues for an Alabama Sky (Pasadena Playhouse), and A Raisin in the Sun (ERT, Kirk Douglas). For more visit www.aboutkevincarroll.com.

MERLE DANDRIDGE (Anna Mae / Afua Assata Ejobo) Broadway: Spamalot (Lady of the Lake), Tarzan (Kala), Aida (Aida), Rent (Joanne), Jesus Christ Superstar. U.S./ European Tours: Spamalot, Aida, Rent, Ain’t Misbehavin’, Smokey Joe’s Café. Regional: Williamstown Theatre Festival, Geffen Playhouse (Atlanta), La Jolla Playhouse, Pasadena Playhouse and several Chicago Theaters. Television: The Newsroom, Chicago Fire (pilot), Sons of Anarchy, Criminal Minds, Ringer, Lie to Me, Love Bites, CSI: Miami, Matadors (pilot), The Deep End, 24, I’m Paige Wilson (pilot), Pros and Cons (pilot), Third Watch, NCIS, All My Children, Angel, The Edge (pilot), Guiding Light. She is also known for her awardwinning performance as Alyx Vance in the Half-Life 2 video game series.

AMANDA DETMER (Gloria Mitchell) Amanda Detmer’s acting career began in New York City where she received her Master of Fine Arts from NYU. Following graduation

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Detmer went straight to the stage, working at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis where she starred in productions of Amadeus and The Importance of Being Earnest. She has since become a familiar face onscreen. On television, she most recently starred as Brenda Hayden in the ABC comedy Man Up and enjoyed a recurring arc on Necessary Roughness. Other television credits include a series lead on ABC’s What About Brian and a recurring role on Private Practice. Amanda has also been seen in films such as Saving Silverman, Big Fat Liar, Final Destination, and The Majestic.

SPENCER GARRETT (Fredrick Slasvick / Brad Donovan) Geffen Playhouse debut. Theater credits include Broadway: Roots and Wings and American Dream (Circle in the Square), Off Broadway and regional: Gunplay, Election (Naked Angels), Crazy Eights (Echo Theatre Company), In the Moonlight Eddie and Alone Together (Pasadena Playhouse), The Real Thing (I.C.T), Heartbreak (Hudson Guild-Dramalogue Award Best Actor), Adaptation (Ensemble Studio Theatre), Sex Plays by George Furth (Matrix) and Two Rooms (Lobero). For L.A. Theatreworks: The Lion in Winter, Oedipus, Zoot Suit, The Country Girl. Television work: over 100 recurring/

guest leads including Game Change, Luck, 24, Grey’s Anatomy, The West Wing, Law & Order (Criminal Intent and Mothership), Criminal Minds, Harry’s Law. Film: Air Force One, Stars Fell on Henrietta, Public Enemies, Charlie Wilson’s War, Bobby, Thank you for Smoking, Lovely and Amazing, and as Tom DeLay in Casino Jack for the late, great George Hickenlooper. Recently completed work on Iron Man 3, Chavez and Hitchcock.

KIMBERLY HÉBERT GREGORY (Lottie / Carmen LevyGreen) Kimberly is delighted to revisit this piece as her Geffen Playhouse debut. She can be seen in Spike Lee’s summer film, Red Hook Summer, as Sister Sweet. Her theatrical credits include: The Public Theatre: The Brother/Sister Plays, where she played Aunt Elegua and Shun; Second Stage: By the Way, Meet Vera Stark; Hartford Stage: Antony and Cleopatra (Starring Kate Mulgrew) and Gees Bend; The McCarter Theatre: The Brother/Sister Plays; The Magic Theatre: Tough Titty by Oni Faida Lampley; The First National NY Irish Theatre Festival: a notable one-woman piece entitled Evangeline Elsewhere; and the national tour of the Broadway hit, The Lion King. This is her first time in LA, and she is loving it!

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MATHER ZICKEL (Maximillion Von Oster / Peter Rhys-Davies) Mather Zickel hails from New York City where he studied acting at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts and The Shakespeare Lab at the Public Theatre. He spent fifteen years performing in many New York experimental venues, working with some of America’s most creative young playwrights such as Sarah Ruhl, Gina Gionfriddo, and Adam Bock. He is pleased to return to the Geffen after last year’s production of David Wiener’s Extraordinary Chambers. Mather has appeared in a wide variety of film and television roles. Some of his favorites are Kieran in Rachel Getting Married (Sony Classic), District Attorney Mike Powers in Reno: 911! (Comedy Central) and in the series Man Up for ABC. Mather is currently shooting the lead role in the series Newsreaders for Adult Swim, which is a spin-off to the wildly popular series Children’s Hospital. JO BONNEY (Director) Premieres of plays by Alan Ball, Eric Bogosian, Culture Clash, Eve Ensler, Jessica Goldberg, Danny Hoch, Neil LaBute, Warren Leight, Lynn Nottage, Dael Orlandersmith, Suzan-Lori Parks, Darci Picoult, Will Power, David Rabe, Jose Rivera, Christopher Shinn, Diana Son, Universes, Naomi

LYNN NOTTAGE (Playwright) Lynn Nottage is a playwright from Brooklyn. Her play Ruined enjoyed successful runs at Manhattan Theatre Club, the Goodman Theatre and the Geffen Playhouse and won several awards including the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and Obie Award. Her plays, which have been developed and produced at theaters both nationally and internationally, also include Intimate Apparel (New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award); Fabulation or The Re-Education of Undine (Obie Award); Crumbs from the Table of Joy; Las Meninas; Mud, River, Stone; Por’knockers; and Poof!. She is the recipient of numerous

awards, including the 2007 MacArthur Foundation “Genius Grant,” the National Black Theatre Festival’s August Wilson Playwriting Award, the 2004 PEN/Laura Pels Award for Drama, the 2005 Guggenheim Grant for Playwriting, as well as fellowships from the Lucille Lortel Foundation, Manhattan Theatre Club, New Dramatists and New York Foundation for the Arts. She sits on The Dramatists Guild Council, an alumna of New Dramatists and a graduate of Brown University and the Yale School of Drama, where she is a visiting lecturer. NEIL PATEL (Set Designer) Geffen Playhouse: The Break of Noon, Dinner with Friends. Broadway: Wonderland; Oleanna; [title of show]; Ring of Fire; Side Man; ’night, Mother. West End: Side Man, Underneath the Lintel. Off-Broadway: My Children! My Africa!, An Early History of Fire, Now. Here. This., New York Theatre Workshop, The Public Theater, BAM, Manhattan Theatre Club, Roundabout, Playwrights Horizons, etc. Regional: Kennedy Center, Arena, Guthrie, Steppenwolf, CTG, ACT, A.R.T., Center Stage, etc. Opera: Opéra de Montréal, Vancouver Opera, New York City Opera, Santa Fe Opera, Minnesota Opera, Opera Theatre of St. Louis, Nikikai Opera Tokyo. International: RSC, Parco Tokyo, Theater Archa Prague, Hebbel Theater Berlin. Television/film: In Treatment (HBO), Alone. Dance: Shadowland (Pilobolus). 2000 EDDY Award; 1996, 2000, 2003, 2009 Drama Desk nominations; 1996 and 2001 Obies for sustained excellence, 2008 Helen Hayes Award. PErFORMANCEs MAGAZINE P9

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SANAA LATHAN (Vera Stark) Tony Award nominated actress, Sanaa Lathan won the Lortel Award and received a Drama Desk Award nomination for her portrayal of the title role in By the Way, Meet Vera Stark at the Second Stage Theatre in Manhattan. She starred as Maggie the Cat in the West End’s award-winning revival of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Lathan reprised her Tonynominated role as Beneatha Younger in the critically acclaimed ABC production of A Raisin in the Sun. Her additional feature credits include Steven Soderbergh’s Contagion, Something New, Alien Versus Predator, Brown Sugar, The Best Man and Love and Basketball for which she received a best actress NAACP Image Award. She is a graduate of the Yale School of Drama. Currently she is the voice of Donna on the Fox animated show The Cleveland Show and can be seen on the Starz series Boss opposite Kelsey Grammer.

Wallace, Michael Weller. Productions of plays by Caryl Churchill, Nilo Cruz, Anna Deavere Smith, Charles Fuller, Lisa Loomer, John Osborne and Lanford Wilson. Theatres: PS 122, The Public Theater NYC, New York Theatre Workshop, Second Stage, NYC, The Goodman Theatre, La Jolla Playhouse, MCC, NYC, Geffen Playhouse, Williamstown Theatre Festival, The McCarter Theatre, Playwrights Horizons, Arena Stage, Mark Taper Forum, Signature Theatre, NYC, Long Wharf Theatre, The New Group, NYC, Classic Stage Company, NYC, Humana Theatre Festival, Almeida Theatre, London, Edinburgh Theatre Festival, The Market Theatre, Johannesburg, Cine 13, Paris. Recipient of a 1998 Obie Award for Sustained Excellence of Direction, Lucille Lortel Best Musical and Lucille Lortel Best Revival. Editor of “Extreme Exposure: An Anthology of Solo Performance Texts from the Twentieth Century” (TCG).

production biographies ESOSA (Costume Designer) Broadway: Porgy and Bess (Tony nomination), Topdog/Underdog. Off Broadway: Second Stage: By the Way, Meet Vera Stark (Lucille Lortel Award), Trust, Crowns; MCC: The Break of Noon (Geffen Playhouse); Delacorte: The Capeman; Public Theater: Juan and John, Father Comes Home from the Wars, Romeo and Juliet; NYTW: The Misanthrope, All That I Will Ever Be. Regional: La Jolla/Center Theatre Group: American Night; Arena Stage: Ruined, Cuttin’ Up, Señor Discretion Himself (Helen Hayes Award nominee); Alliance: Twist; Pasadena Playhouse: Twist (2011 Ovation Award); A.R.T.: Best of Both Worlds; Geva Theatre: Fences; Berkeley Rep: The Blue Door; Bay Street Theatre: Turandot: The Rumble for the Ring, Ain’t Misbehavin’; Centerstage: Once on This Island, Gleam. For more visit, www.esosadesign.com JEFF CROITER (Lighting Designer) Broadway: Newsies; Peter and the Starcatcher (Tony Award); Next Fall; The Peewee Herman Show; Kiki and Herb. Other NYC includes: Silence! The Musical; Old Jews Telling Jokes; A Lie of the Mind; Love, Loss, and What I Wore; Ordinary Days; Streamers; Family Guys Sings; Jerry Springer: The Opera; Rufus Wainwright’s Judy Garland Concert at Carnegie Hall; Adrift in Macao; The Voysey Inheritance; The Internationalist; Jacques Brel; Almost, Maine; The Dazzle; and Jennifer Muller The Works. Regional: The Shakespeare Theatre, Dallas Theatre Center, Williamstown P10 PERFORMANCES MAGAZINe

Theatre Festival, McCarter Theatre, Kennedy Center, The Old Globe, La Jolla Playhouse, Center Theatre Group, The Huntington, Paper Mill Playhouse, George Street Playhouse, Trinity Rep, Berkshire Theatre Festival, Cincinnati Playhouse, Ford’s Theatre, Goodspeed Opera House, and NY Stage and Film. JOHN GROMADA (Sound Designer) John Gromada has composed music or designed sound for more than 30 Broadway productions including last season’s The Best Man (Drama Desk Award), Clybourne Park, Seminar, Man and Boy, The Road to Mecca and The Columnist, in addition to Next Fall, A Bronx Tale, Prelude to a Kiss, Proof, Sight Unseen, Well, Rabbit Hole, A Streetcar Named Desire, Twelve Angry Men and A Few Good Men. His other New York credits include Measure for Measure in Central Park, The Orphans’ Home Cycle (Drama Desk and Henry Hewes Awards), By the Way Meet Vera Stark, The Screwtape Letters, Shipwrecked! (Lucille Lortel Award), The Singing Forest, Julius Caesar, The Skriker (Drama Desk Award), Machinal (Obie Award) and many more. His regional theater credits number more than 300, including the Geffen Playhouse production of Next Fall, Divine Rivalry at the Old Globe, and A Dram of Drummhicit at the La Jolla Playhouse. Music and more info at www.johngromada.com. SHAWN SAGADY (Projection Designer) Broadway: Leap of Faith, Memphis (2010 Best Musical). Off-Broadway: By the Way, Meet Vera Stark (Second Stage Theater), Father Comes Home from the

War (The Public Theater). National Tour: Memphis, Julius Caesar (The Acting Company) Regional: The White Snake (Oregon Shakespeare Festival), Measure for Measure (Oregon Shakespeare Festival), American Night (Oregon Shakespeare Festival), Back Back Back (The Old Globe), Carmen (La Jolla Playhouse), Cowboy vs. Samurai (Mo’ollelo). Events: Kaufman Performing Arts Center Opening Gala, Honors Gala (La Jolla Playhouse), Women in the World conference (The Daily Beast). J. Jared Janas & Rob Greene (Wig, Hair & Makeup Design) Recent Broadway designs and consultations include The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess, Peter and the Starcatcher, All About Me, and Next to Normal. Other productions include By the Way, Meet Vera Stark (world premiere at Second Stage), Twist at the Alliance Theatre, The 39 Steps at George Street, Curtains and Peter Pan at Paper Mill Playhouse, Meet Me in St. Louis at TUTS, NEWSical, Beebo Brinker Chronicles, Shout!, Smokey Joe’s Café, Speech and Debate, Oroonoko, Ohio State Murders, M. Butterfly, Tea and Sympathy, Accomplices, Dinah Was, Silence! the Musical, Trouble in Paradise, The Supreme Court (PBS Documentary) and The Full Monty (National Tour). They have also built wigs currently seen in Wicked, Jersey Boys and at The Metropolitan Opera. MARY MICHELE MINER (Production Stage Manager) Previous credits at the Geffen include Red Hot Patriot, Superior Donuts, Nightmare

Alley, Wrecks, By the Waters of Babylon, Some Girl(s), Heroes, Wishful Drinking, God of Hell and Boston Marriage. Other local credits include Medea at UCLA Live, and Back to Bacharach & David at the Music Box in Hollywood; Stuff Happens, The Goat, The Talking Cure, Like Jazz, Living Out, Flower Drum Song, The Dinner Party and Putting It Together (among many others) at the Mark Taper; Romeo and Juliet, The Midsummer Night’s Dream, Measure for Measure, The Heiress and Candide at the Ahmanson. Regional theaters include La Jolla Playhouse, Magic Theatre, Kennedy Center, Guthrie, McCarter, Steppenwolf, NY Public, Circle Repertory and the Montreal International Theatre Festival. Tours include Love, Sweet Love, around the Southwest, Jesus Christ, Superstar around the states and Terra Nova around Japan. In New York she has PSM’d both on and off Broadway. Proud member of Actors’ Equity. Miner and her husband, Paul Perri, have two children, Giacomo and Justine. SUSIE WALSH (Assistant Stage Manager) In Los Angeles Susie has stage managed over 100 shows at theaters such as the Mark Taper Forum, the Ahmanson Theatre, the Geffen Playhouse, and LATC. Her favorites include: The Royal Family, Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer Nights’ Dream, Measure for Measure, The Heiress, Flower Drum Song, Living Out, Stuff Happens, Arcadia, The Drowsy Chaperone and Leap of Faith. In New York, Susie stage managed Putting it Together with Carol Burnett. Love to Ken.

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RANDALL ARNEY (Artistic Director) Randall Arney has been a theater professional for over 30 years, and has served as Artistic Director of the Geffen Playhouse since 1999. In addition to

his artistic programming and oversight at the Geffen, Arney has helmed more than 10 productions for the theater, most recently Superior Donuts, The Female of the Species, The Seafarer, Speed-the-Plow and All My Sons. Arney is an ensemble member and former Artistic Director of Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theatre where his directing credits include: The Seafarer, The Beauty Queen of Leenane, Death and the Maiden, Curse of the Starving Class, Killers and The Geography of Luck, among others. Arney also directed Steppenwolf’s world premiere of Steve Martin’s Picasso at the Lapin Agile, as well as the subsequent national and international acclaimed productions. Mr. Arney’s acting credits with Steppenwolf include Born Yesterday, Ghost in the Machine, The Homecoming, Frank’s Wild Years, You Can’t Take it with You, Fool for Love, True West, Balm in Gilead and Coyote Ugly. As the Artistic Director for Steppenwolf from 1987 to 1995, he oversaw the, creation of a new stateof-the-art theater which is Steppenwolf’s current home. Broadway transfers under his leadership include The Rise and Fall of Little Voice, The Song of Jacob Zulu (six Tony Award nominations) and The Grapes of Wrath (1990 Tony Award, Best Play). Mr. Arney has an MFA degree in Acting from Illinois State University and has taught master classes and workshops at UCLA, Steppenwolf, around the U.S. and in Tokyo.

Beach and has been a guest lecturer at San Diego State University and the University of California, San Diego. He holds a BA from the Pennsylvania State University and an MBA from San Diego State University. KEN NOVICE (Managing Director) Ken Novice’s career in the professional theatre spans 25 years and over 250 productions. Prior to joining Geffen Playhouse, he served as Managing Director and Director of External Affairs at Pasadena Playhouse where his credits include the revival of Fences starring Lauren ce Fishburne and Angela Basset and the world premieres of Sister Act the Musical, Ray Charles Live, Stormy Weather starring Lesley Uggams and many others. He was Director of Marketing and Public Relations for San Diego’s Tony Award-winning Old Globe Theatre where his credits include Jack O’Brien’s acclaimed revival of Damn Yankees, the Tony Awardnominated musical The Full Monty, Henry IV starring John Goodman and Sheldon Epp’s Tony-nominated hit Play On! among many others. His credits also include marketing and public relations for the Tony Award-winning Denver Center Theater Company and New York’s Circle Repertory Company. As Director of Programming for YouthStream Media Networks he developed national marketing and public relations programs for most of Hollywood’s major motion picture studios. Novice also served as Head of the Theatre Management MFA/ MBA program at California State University, Long

SECOND STAGE THEATRE (Producer, Second Stage Theatre, New York) Founded in 1979 under the leadership of artistic director Carole Rothman, Second Stage Theatre produces a diverse range of premieres and new interpretations of America’s best contemporary theater, including such productions as Lonely, I’m Not; By the Way, Meet Vera Stark; Bachelorette; The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity; Let Me Down Easy; Everyday Rapture; Becky Shaw; Animals Out of Paper; Next to Normal; Edward Albee’s Peter and Jerry; The Little Dog Laughed; The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee; Crowns; Metamorphoses; Jitney; Saturday Night; This Is Our Youth; The Good Times Are Killing Me; and Coastal Disturbances. The company’s more than 125 citations include the Pulitzer Prize, seven Tony Awards, the 2002 Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Body of Work, 26 Obie Awards, seven Outer Critics Circle Awards, 12 Drama Desk Awards, nine Theatre World Awards, and 14 Lucille Lortel Awards. For more, visit www.2ST.com.

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PHYLLIS SCHURINGA, CSA (Casting) Phyllis is in her tenth season as Casting Director at the Geffen Playhouse. Recent plays include: Good People, Superior Donuts, The Escort, Ruined (LA Casting), Equivocation, Matthew Modine Saves the Alpacas, Farragut North, Time Stands Still and By the Waters of Babylon. Prior to the Geffen, Phyllis served as casting director for the Steppenwolf Theatre in Chicago. Her favorites include Frank Galati’s adaptation of The Grapes of Wrath (also La Jolla Playhouse, National Theatre in London, and Broadway, where it received the Tony Award for Best Play), the original production of Steve Martin’s Picasso at the Lapin Agile (and subsequent productions including Westwood Playhouse and Briar Street Theater in Chicago), Austin Pendleton’s Orson’s Shadow and Charles L. Mee’s Time to Burn. Broadway transfers include One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (Tony for Best Revival) and The Song of Jacob Zulu. She teaches auditioning at Steppenwolf West and is a proud member of the Casting Society of America.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS PRODUCTION STAFF FOR BY THE WAY, MEET VERA STARK Properties Master Rich Gilles Sound Master James Grabowski Wardrobe Supervisor Leah A. Lewis Wig Supervisor April Metcalf Production Electrician Yelena Babinskaya Associate Lighting Designer Robert Denton Associate Lighting Designer Daniel Ionazzi Associate Sound Designer Rebecca Kessin Assistant Costume Designer Ashley Farra Stage Crew Jennifer Bacon Stage Crew Jackson Campbell Stage Crew Ryan Godbout Stage Crew Boude Moore Automation Programmer Eric Svaleson Production Assistant Kourtnie Boeve Music Consultant Cheryl L. Keyes, Ph.D. PRODUCTION STAFF FOR BELLE OF NEW ORLEANS FILM Filmmaker Tony Gerber Director of Photography Brian Rigney Hubbard Original Score Enis Rotthoff Coordinating Producer Vivian Tse Editor Stephanie Gould Colorist Ben Perez MegaPlayground Sound Design/Mix Rich Bologna Production Services provided by Market Road Films (marketroadfilms.com)

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Set provided by Scenic Highlights Lighting Equipment provided by Entertainment Lighting Services Sound Equipment provided by Jon Sound Inc. SPECIAL THANKS UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television Scene Prop, Sound and Costume Shops; London Cleaners; Peet’s Coffee & Tea UCLA SCHOOL OF THEATER, FILM AND TELEVISION The Geffen Playhouse is affiliated with the University of California at Los Angeles, specifically the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television. The Geffen Playhouse values its role as an important educational resource by providing students with master classes, workshops and internships. Students are also able to work and learn from distinguished visiting Geffen artists such as Alan Ayckbourn, Jon Robin Baitz, Annette Bening, Ed Harris, David Ives, Neil LaBute, David Mamet, Donald Margulies, Terrence McNally, John Rando and Kathleen Turner in areas of directing, playwriting, acting, design, dramaturgy, management and production. The Geffen Playhouse also draws upon the distinguished experts in the university to enhance the theater’s programs and research. 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 is a member of the society of Stage Directors and Choreographers, Inc., an independent national labor union. P12 PERFORMANCES MAGAZINe

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AT THE THEATER Late Seating Should you arrive late to the theater or vacate your seat during the performance, please expect to be held in the lobby until an appropriate pause in the action on-stage. To minimize disturbance to other patrons, you may be sat into the first available location by the house staff even if different from your assigned seat. Be advised that some productions or circumstances may not allow for late or return seating.

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Opening Night of The Exorcist Sponsored by Audi of America, Inc. and Los Angeles magazine

1. The cast of The Exorcist with creative consultant Teller 2. Peter Mallory, Amy Howell, Geffen Playhouse Board member Susan Mallory and Geffen Artistic Director Randy Arney. 3. Geffen Playhouse donor Sue Rosenwasser and friend

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CONEY ISLAND CHRISTMAS Written by Donald Margulies Based on the short story The Loudest Voice by Grace Paley Directed by Bart DeLorenzo “a jewish christmas show” From Pulitzer Prize Winner Donald Margulies

A holiday show for people of all ages and all faiths, Coney Island Christmas introduces us to Shirley Abramowitz, a young Jewish girl who (much to her immigrant parents’ exasperation) is cast as Jesus in the school’s Christmas pageant. As Shirley, now much older, recounts the memorable story to her great-granddaughter, the play captures a timeless and universal tale of what it means to be an American during the holidays.

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THE GIFT Written by Joanna Murray-Smith Directed by Maria Aitken american premiere from the playwright of the geffen hit, The female of the species

Acclaimed Australian playwright Joanna Murray-Smith brings this comedic American premiere to the Geffen Playhouse. When two couples meet while vacationing at a ritzy resort, they instantly transition from strangers to the best of friends. Despite their almost comical differences — Ed and Sadie are middle-aged, rich and traditional, while Martin and Chloe are young artists glowing with their potential to change the world — they find themselves spending the rest of their week together. When one seemingly inconsequential event throws both their lives into a tailspin, the couples find themselves wrestling with a moral dilemma: while it’s human nature to want what you don’t have, is it unnatural to abandon something that you do? This provocative new work draws audiences in with a beguiling hilarity that gives way to an unsettling twist, posing searing questions rather than providing comfortable answers.

April 2 — May 12, 2013

June 4 — July 14, 2013

Written by david mamet Directed by randall arney pulitzer prize winning playwright

Written by Antony Jay & Jonathan Lynn Directed by Jonathan Lynn west end smash comedy

Geffen Playhouse Artistic Director Randall Arney takes a fresh look at Pulitzer Prize winner David Mamet’s groundbreaking work that negotiates explosive humor, frenetic energy and surprising tenderness.

Join the Prime Minister and an always hilarious cast of political characters as they lurch from crisis to crisis, trying to survive a disastrous weekend that teeters on the edge of catastrophe despite their best (and worst) intentions.

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season finale reception On July 26th, as a thank you for their support, we invited Geffen Playhouse Spring Campaign donors to Malibu and Vine for our Season Finale Reception with an outdoor screening of Gil Cates’ award-winning film, I Never Sang for My Father. Thank you to our donors for their incredible generosity and thank you to our sponsors Malibu and Vine, Earlez Grille, Los Angeles magazine and Fisker.

This season the Geffen Playhouse was privileged to welcome DeeAnna Staats, Gil Cates, Jr., and Michael Walsh to its Board of Directors. A multi-talented entrepreneur, DeeAnna Staats founded Staats & Co. in 2007, which specializes in fashion, real estate development and will soon launch a collection of boutique restaurants. Ms. Staats has been a longtime arts patron and philanthropist. Raised in Connecticut, Ms. Staats’ passion for the arts was ignited when she attended Broadway plays with her parents, and has been a supporter of live theater ever since.

1. Geffen donors enjoy an under-the-stars screening of Gil Cates’ award-winning film, I Never Sang for My Father Photos by Vivian Frerichs

WELCOME NEW BOARD MEMBERS

2. Geffen donors Leslie and Phil Paton 3. Geffen donors Patty and David Tann 4. Geffen donors Al Limon and Leslie White 5. Geffen donors enjoying the Season Finale Reception 5

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Gil Cates, Jr. is a longtime member of the Geffen Playhouse family. Continuing the extraordinary legacy of his father, Geffen Playhouse Founder and Producing Director Gil Cates, Sr., Mr. Cates, Jr. is a successful director and champion of the arts. Since his directorial debut in 1997 with the short Screening, Mr. Cates, Jr. has directed feature films, short films, documentaries and television. Michael Walsh wears many hats at J.P. Morgan, serving as the Regional Executive and Senior Banker for J.P. Morgan’s Private Bank in Los Angeles; residing on the Editorial Board for J.P. Morgan’s national publication portfolio, and serving on the Contributions Committee for the J.P. Morgan Chase Foundation. An alumnus of Emory University, Mr. Walsh sits on the Guizueta Business School at Emory’s Board of Advisors and Emory’s Board of Visitors, and serves on the Board of Trustees for Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta.

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thank you! Donations from loyal supporters and partners made it possible for the Geffen Playhouse to serve over 22,500 community members through schools, nonprofit organizations and community groups across greater Los Angeles. Learn more about how you can help the Geffen Playhouse to expand vital outreach programs that bring theater arts to the most underserved students, adults and seniors this season. Contact Regina Miller, Chief Development Officer, at 310.208.6500 ext. 112 or ReginaM@geffenplayhouse.com.

WHERE NEXT? The Geffen Playhouse Story Pirates will be riding in style this season and looking forward to serving even more students and teachers across Los Angeles thanks to the generosity of Geffen Playhouse Board member Howard Tenenbaum and his incredible team at Keyes Automotive Group!

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STORY PIRATES rehearsal space thank you to our generous partners at westfield group

Schools and non-profit organizations served through Geffen Playhouse education and outreach programs in 2011-2012. strategic community partners STUDENT MATINEES in-school programs STORY PIRATES

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annual donors The Geffen Playhouse recognizes the following individuals and organizations for their generous support of our Annual Fund and Backstage at the Geffen. Donors are listed at the Associate level and higher for gifts made between April 1, 2011 and August 15, 2012. In appreciation, donors enjoy a host of special benefits including house seats, complimentary drinks, receptions and much more. For more information, please call Jamie Sherman at 310.208.6500 ext. 128.

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Charlotte Gold Dr. Irene Goldenberg Marion Goldenfeld Louis & Linda Goldsman Abner & Roz Goldstine Lori & Robert Goodman Adrienne Grant & Paul Jennings Ken Greenblatt & Peter Walsh Jack Grossbart & Marc Schwartz Allen & Deborah Grubman Michael Grunwald The Guerin Foundation Madeline Gussman Andrea & Marc Guth Monty & Marilyn Hall Alan & Michelle Heilpern Mr. & Mrs. William Hellman Mel & Faith Henkin David & Lisa Hernand Herradura Tequila Grant & Lysa Heslov Jean Himmelstein & David Coleman Stephen Sass & Steven Hochstadt Dr. John D. Hofbauer & Dr. Laura E. Fox Mrs. Dorothy Hoffman Rand Hoffman & Charlotte Robinson Gail & Stanley Hollander Roger & Linda Howard Toni Hoyt Thomas Pryor & Vincent Imhoff Vicki Iovine Lynn Hunt & Margaret Jacob Terry & Marc J. Jacoby Jerome & Linda Janger Lori Johnson Jack & Cindy Jones Mr. & Mrs. Vernon D. Jones Jordan Strauss Photography Joseph B. Gould Foundation Linda & David Kagel Carol Kahn Karney Guren Family Foundation Loretta Kaufman Julie & David Kavner Sabrina Kay Charitable Foundation Patricia Keating Lenny & David Kelton Tamara Keough Shelah Kidd Barbara & Stuart Klabin Kent Klavens Lisa Klingenberg Gwen & Jacob Friend Ron Kolar Leslie & Norman Koplof Thea & Neal Koss Carol Krause Krol Vodka Eric & Melissa Kurtzman Despina Gianopulos Landers & Jay Landers Helene & Arthur Laub Joyce Lederer Steven Lee Michael & Lorna Lembeck Phyllis & Ken Lemberger Pam, Amanda, Lianna & Eddie Mae & Hugh Lichtig John Liebes Christine & David Lindsay-Abaire Steven & Nancy Lippman Gerald & Dorothy Lipsky Elisabeth Lipsman Judith Locke & Dennis Massie Marcia E. Williams & Gene Lucero Neil L. & Ora D. Macfarlane Sacha Malin & Dori Levanoni The Jennifer & Greg Malins Foundation Brian & Renee Mann Marie Marciano Eric G.C. Mark Lesia & William Maxwell John McCrite & Juan Lopez Janis B. McEldowney Sue McHugh & Herb Seese

annual donors Ms. Gerry Sinclair Martin & Leah Sklar Diane Good & Frank Smith Dr. Jerry & Marci Smith Marcia L. & Mark J. Smith Karen Smits Michael & Millie Sondermann Debra & Bruce Spector Roberta Spero Ms. Rita Spiegel Staples Center Foundation Ron & Elaine Stein Cori Steinberg Mr. & Mrs. Tom Stempel William Stringer Robert & Barbara Sugar Jerry & Diana Swartz Lance & Maureen Tan David & Patricia Tann Joyce & Josh Trabulus Brigitta Troy Pia & Steve Vai Deborah Valdez Daniel & Shauna Valenzuela Carole Wagner-Vallianos & Peter Vallianos Annette Weil Marsha & Steven Weiss Fred & Marlene Weissman Linda Wenglikowski Richard & Joyce Wickline Rae Jeane Williams Winnick Family Foundation Herb Wise Elaine & Donald Wolf Rowie & Jeffrey Wolf Cherie Wrigley Karen & Frank Wurtzel You Rock Guitar Ben & Anne Youngblood Barbara & Stanley Zax

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Anonymous (9) Herbert Ehrmann & Constance Abell Norman & Toshka Abrams Terry & Richard Abrams Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences Drs. Helen & Marvin Adelberg Irwin & Helene Adler Elaine & Michael Agran In Memory of Malena Shladovsky Sylvia Almstadt Arthur Alper Jan Altemus Suzanne Altfeld Clayton Anderson Irving Anderson Elise Andrews Philip Angerhofer and Stephen A. Jones Eloise Appel Steven D. Arias Bert & Ruth Arons Charles & Kayatana Axelrod Marc & Betsy Axelrod L Mccoy Bacigalupo Deborah Baine Billie Baron & Edward Marcinko Anne Barry Patricia Barry James W. Baugh Arnold & Susan Becker Joanne Benickes Carole A. & Charles Bennett Barbara Bereny Richard N. Berger Ellen Bergeron & Gary Ottoson Karen Berko-Gibson James & Diane Berliner Paula Bernstein Beverly Bierer Joe Blackstone & Jamie Mohn Ronald & Jamie Blackstone Marjorie Blatt Toby Bornstein Mary Boulware Frances & Les Boxer

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Helen Breitwieser & James Jacks Shelli & Bill Broder Dennis & Bobbi Brown Lionel Brown Gerald Buckberg Suzanne Budd & Vicki Dellaverson Allen & Carola Bundy Marcia Burnam Arden Burstein & Todd Griffiths The Schifino Family Laura D. Campbell Andrew Carlberg Cindy Carlin & Jeff Rousso Jill Carmona Marlies & Oved Chalabi Barry Charles Marjore Chronister Wilma Chung Judy & Mike Fantasia Robert Cochran Ken Coelho Heather Cohen Dr. Judy Cohn David Conney, M.D. Dino Conte Susan Georgine Craig Valerie & Donald Cravitz Whitney Cummings Diana Cusumano Randall & Diane Daniel Sarah Daniels Hedva & Dudley Danoff Jaye T. Darby & David Foster Steven & Linda Darling Joel Davidman & Cheryl David Ruth B. Davis & Pearl Schultz Gregory Dawley Hal & Roberta Delevie Alan & Debbie Dr. Udayakumar Devaskar Susan Devlin Virginia DiBona Suzi Dietz Suzanne & Bruce Dodds Steven & Beverly Dorfman Drs. Don & Donna Dorsey Ms. Susan Downey Louise Earn Mr. Chris Easley Roni & Ethan Eller Pat & Marvin Elliot Mauricio & Lidia Epelbaum Allan Erdy Lisa Erspamer Norma Lorene Evans Phyllis Factor Alan & Barbara Faiola Justice & Mrs. Robert Feinerman AnonyMoose Foundation Earl I. Feldhorn Marc Feldman Mimi Feldman Arnold Anderson & Conchata Ferrell Mrs. Eva Field Lila & Fred Fink William & Elisabet Fleischman Edward Flores Janet Fourticq Lorraine Frankel Nadia & Ray Freed Norman Friedmann L.T. Friesen Ms. Laurelle Frome Yury & Yelena Furman Sandy Gage Ms. Kathy Garmezy Pamela Gerken EBS GGW Direct, LLC Karen Berko Gibson Laura Gibson Willie R. Gibson Allison Gingold Glaceau Water William & Charlene Glikbarg Ann M. Goldberg David & Denise Goldberg Sy Goldberg Patricia Goldman Dr. Peter Goldman Ellie Goodman Mrs. Mae Goodson

L. Newton Goodwell In Memory of Eugene S. Goodwin Jo-Ann Gordon Mark Gordon Roger Gordon Ruth & Alison Grabell In Memory of Jack Green Tiki Greenberg Alan Greenstadt Zelda & Bob Gregg Pam Grissom Marcy & Edgar Gross Jez Guito Lance Hagenbuch Ross & Lindsey Avner Mary & Alan Halkett Peter E. Hall Carolyn & Bernard Hamilton Cindy & Jason Harlem Ms. Tess Harper Sheila Hasday Lois Haytin Irene Hazon-Argamany Scott Shagrin & Dr. Jacqueline Heller Carla & Alan A. Herd Gunter Herman Robert Herman Neal Hersh & Lynda Klein Jackie & Dr. Irwin Hoffman Dr. Sharron Holman Dale & John Hopmans Susan Hull Harold & Evelyn Igdaloff Sarah Isaac & Mary Hooper Craig Jacobson In Memory of Roger Javor Marcia Jindal Daniel & Carolyn Jordan Nancy Josephson Joyce Kaiserman Trudy & Albert Kallis Joyce Kaplan Anita Karbelnig Harris Katleman Owen Kato Eleanor K. Kaufman William & Renee Kendall Kevork & Cecile Keshishian Nam Kim & Jeff Kateman Stuart Kessler Donna & Jeffrey Klein Phyllis Klein In honor of Leni Jane Knapp Judy Knapp Charles Kolstad Joan & Walter Kornbluh Richard Kraft Howard & Vivian Krepack Janice White & Eugene Krieger Seth Krugliak Christina Kummer Hardt Frumeh Labow Doctors Mark & Lena Labowe Manette LaChance Joan & Christopher Larkin Larry Layne & Sheelagh Boyd Dr. & Mrs. Eric Leibovitch Betty & Ron Leiter Gail J. Levine Jeff & Joyce Levine Marla E. Levine Sheldon & Marion Levy Nan Lewis David & Diane Licht Mr. Warren Lincoln Lee & Therese Linden Irma & Allen Lipin Donald Lipschutz Mrs. Monte E. Livingston Geri Loe Ann & Bill Lucas Dianne Lum Vincent Lupo

Liz Lytle Teresa L. Maguire Guillaume Maillet Mike & Millie Maloney Jeannette & Mervyn Mandelbaum Michelle Margules Lynn Marks Connie & Leslie Martinson Don & Terry Maxwell Stewart Mayeda Georgianna McBurney Cheryl McCormick Deborah & Stephen McGovern William E. & Marcela H. McKenna Betty & Estelle Mednick Dr. & Mrs. King M. Mendelsohn Kimberly Meye Bettina Michaels The Miles Family Barbara & Fred Miller Teddie J. Milner Pamela & Mark Mischel Jean Miyamoto Andrew Molasky Susan & Robert Morse Deborah Myman Catherine Nameth Bonnie Nash Drs. Ronald & Ariane Natale Dr. Deborah Natoli & Justin Natoli Mark & Diane Neubauer Lillian & Joseph Nizinski Nothing Bundt Cakes Elad Offer Adrienne & Arthur Omansky Martin Ordman Mr. & Mrs. David Ostrove Donald Ott Michael Pannullo Bob Paris Council Member Bernard C. & Bobbie Parks Mr. & Mrs. Herman Pass David Paymer Kathy & Jeff Perkins Michael & Leslee Perlstein Naidu & Jane Permaul Beverly Pine Gloria Pink Frank Piontek Dr. Ronald & Alyson Podell Ms. Kim Pompey Zazi Pope Nancy Porter Mr. David Posner Susan Poulson Drs. Laurence & Isabell Purdy Lisa Quateman Edward B. Rasch Mildred Reid Vicki Reiss Holly Rice & Vince Gilligan Linda & Steve Richman William Ridgeway Ellen Riley David Robbins Jill Schary Robinson Barbara & David Rognlien Mr. & Mrs. Avi Rojany Marie Rolf Barry Rosen & Neil Bokal Ruth & Larry Rosen Janet & Lenny Rosenblatt Kathleen & Dale Rosenbloom Dr. & Mrs. James Rosenblum Linda & Marvin Rosenfeld Adrienne Rosenthal Brendan & Jill Ross Lawrence Ross & Linda Nussbaum Ms. Francoise Rozzell Joyce Hokin Sachs June & Melvin Sattler Clifford Schaffer

Carole Scherzer Mr. Bernard Schiffer Steven & JoAnna Schilling Nancy & Steve Schneider Elaine Carey & Vincent J. Schodolski Stacy Schrier Mr. Charles Schwartz & Mrs. Carol Schwartz Elizabeth & Justin Schwartz Mary & Paul Shane Annette & Leonard Shapiro Thom & Judy Sharp Jill Shear Dorothy Shepherd Jeff Sherman Muriel F. Sherman Pearl Shultz Steven Siegel & Lily Carey Chuck Simon In Memory of Ross Hunter & Jacque Mapes Don & Marie Sirney Satori Communications Julie & Don Davis Fanya & Sidney Soll Kalee St. Clair Carol & Paul Stager Ms. M.L. Stearns Dorothy Steiner Arthur Stern Chambers Stevens Sally Stevens Edith L. Stoell & Linda Gach Ray Sybil Stoller Holly Strom Kayser & Renee Sume Katherine Sung John & Eva Sutton Robin & David Swartz Keith & Judy Swayne The Tauber Family Troy Thompson Cheryl Tiano & Frank Gerechter Mr. & Mrs. Art Tompkins Judith Toscano Joan Townsend Jean & Hal Trifon Beryl Turner Anthony Vasek Rita Vennari Studstill Andrew Kevin Walker William Walsh Ann W. Wang Berna Lynn Warner Marie Washington Marcia & Dr. Charles Wasserman Seymour Waterman Dr. George & Pat Watson Elisa & Brad Wayne Louise Weber & Sean Lavery Julie & Peter Weil Brian Weinstock Jackie & Fred Weintraub Donna & Jason Weiss Jacqueline Weitz Elayne & Walter Wentz The Wexler Family Dara & Greg Payne Linda A. Wilson David Wintroub Barry & Florence Wise George Wolfberg Kenneth & Teresa Worley Pam & Leo Wyler Thelma & Sam Yellen Mark Young & Patty Everett Arnold Zane Lynn & Meir Ziv Dayle & Abram Zukor Sandy Zwirn *In Memoriam

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PErFORMANCEs MAGAZINE P23

geffen playhouse staff Randall Arney Artistic Director

Ken Novice Managing Director

ARTISTIC

Behnaz Ataee General Manager

Frank G. Mancuso Chairman of the Board

PRODUCTION

Mary Garrett Amy Levinson Phyllis Schuringa Shannon Noel Kristina Leach

Artistic Manager Artistic Associate / Literary Manager Artistic Associate / Casting Director Artistic Coordinator Literary Associate

DEVELOPMENT Regina Miller Chief Development Officer Ellen Catania Director of Major Gifts & Corporate/Foundation Partnerships Jessica Brusilow Rollins Associate Director of Donor Relations & Strategic Partnerships Jamie Sherman Associate Director of Individual Giving Scott Kriloff Development Associate & Database Manager Adam Carr, David Gerhardt, Jessie Sherman Donor Annual Fund Support

EDUCATION Connor White Resident Teaching Artist & Education Associate Benjamin Salka Story Pirates CEO Duke Doyle Story Pirates Producing Director Lee Overtree Story Pirates Artistic Director Quinton Johnson Story Pirates Education Director Gabe Jewell Story Pirates Producer

ADMINISTRATION Frankie Ocasio Executive Assistant to the Managing Director Maryam Meehan Staff Accountant Janet Huynh Staff Accountant Marguerite Harris Receptionist

FACILITIES MANAGEMENT Miguel del Castillo Victor Cueva De Loera Mario Santillan-Perez

Facility Manager Maintenance Custodial

Daniel Ionazzi Jill Barnes Matthew Carleton Rich Gilles James Grabowski Darren Rezowalli Leah A. Lewis

Production Manager Associate Production Manager Technical Director Properties Master Sound Master Master Electrician Wardrobe Supervisor

COMMUNICATIONS Allison Rawlings Chelsey Rosetter

Director of Communications Communications Coordinator

MARKETING & SALES Joseph Yoshitomi Marketing Director Karen Gutierrez Associate Marketing Director Mark San Filippo Ticket Services Director & Database Administrator Stephanie Strand Audience Services Manager Brian Dunning Graphics / Production Artist Jodi Feigenbaum Advertising & Promotions Assistant L.J. Stevens Group Sales Janice Bernal Associate Box Office Manager Bryan Martin Associate Box Office Manager Janet Huynh Assistant Box Office Manager Korie Benavidez, Audrey Cain, Zack Hamra, Richard Martinez, Lilach Mendelovich, Martin Wurst Box Office Staff

FRONT OF HOUSE Jeni Pearsons Events Coordinator David Gerhardt Supervising House Manager Michelle Cantrell, Adam Carr, Amy Farkas, Tommy French, Kimberly Legg, Julianne Tveten, Zack Schultz House Managers Abdoulaye N’Gom Head Usher Caroline Harrison, Sean Jones, Matt Jones, Lyndsi Larose, Rebecca Leigh, Nathaniel Meek, Katie Mitchell, Leah Munson, Lindsay Nyman, Erik Odom, Jonathan Schwartz Ushers Rob Mersola Bar Manager Manuel Mayorga Weekend Bar Manager Adam Carr, Jared White, Kimberly Legg, Lyndsi LaRose Bartenders

This theater operates under agreement between the League of Resident Theaters and Actors Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers in the United States. The scenic, costume, lighting and sound designers in LORT theaters are represented by United Scenic Artists Local USA-829, IATSE. P24 PERFORMANCES MAGAZINe