Letters from a Nut by Ted L. Nancy Program

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THE GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE PRODUCTION OF

Written by

Ted L. Nancy Scenic & Lighting Designer

Daniel Ionazzi

Dramaturg

Production Stage Manager

Phyllis Murphy

Casting Director

Julie Ann Renfro

Illustrator

Phyllis Schuringa, CSA Video

Alan Marder

Carolla Digital

Produced by

Jerry Seinfeld Directed by

Pierre Balloón CAST Ted L. Nancy .................................................................................................................................... Ted L. Nancy Service Representative .......................................................................................................... Beth Kennedy* Pagliacci .......................................................................................................................................... Sam Kwasman *Indicates member of Actor’s Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS CIRCLE MEMBERS

Laurie & Bill Benenson • Martha Henderson • Pamela Robinson Hollander & Robert Hollander Loretta Everett Kaufman & Victor Kaufman • Jason & Yvonne Lee • B. Scott Minerd Linda Bernstein Rubin & Tony Rubin • Kimberly Steward & Josh Godfrey • Miranda & Brett Tollman

Opening Night: Wednesday, June 28, 2017 OPENING NIGHT SPONSORS

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PRODUCTION BIOGRAPHIES

TED L. NANCY (Writer & Performer) Ted L. Nancy is a pseudonym used by Barry Marder, a comedian, former writer for Seinfeld and the co-writer of DreamWorks’ animated hit Bee Movie. He has written for Bill Maher, Jay Leno and David Letterman. He also wrote with George Carlin. Currently, he is involved with Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee.

BETH KENNEDY (Service Representative) Beth Kennedy most recently appeared in the film Kong: Skull Island. She can also be seen in Mother’s Day, New Year’s Eve, Valentine’s Day and Georgia Rule, all directed by the legendary Garry Marshall. Additionally, she performed in Marshall’s opera directing debut, The Grand Duchess, at the Los Angeles Opera. Kennedy is a long-standing member of the Troubadour Theater Company, producing and performing in more than 30 original productions throughout Southern California and beyond, most recently Little Drummer Bowie (Ovation Recommended) at the Garry Marshall Theatre (formerly Falcon Theatre) in Burbank. Previously, she produced and performed in Haunted House Party, a Roman Comedy (Ovation Recommended) at the Getty Villa. She is the recipient of multiple Ovation, Backstage and LA Drama Critics Circle Awards,

SAM KWASMAN (Pagliacci) Sam Kwasman is a veteran actor and comedian. He has appeared on such television shows as The Bob Newhart Show, Family Ties, Lou Grant, MADtv, Evening at the Improv and The Jerry Lewis Telethon, in addition to lending his voice to such cartoons as Robot Chicken with Seth Green and currently as Little Quacker on The Tom and Jerry Show. As a stand-up comic, he has appeared at The Comedy Store, the Improv, The Ice House and comedy clubs around the country. Over a 17 year period, Kwasman worked as the voice of Donald Duck at Walt Disney Studios and is featured in the book Mouse Tracks: The Story of Walt Disney Records. Currently on Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee as the “Product Placement Guy.” www.samkay3000.com PIERRE BALLOÓN (Director) Pierre Balloón is an innovative, progressive French director.

He specializes in abstract films using stark images and vivid colors. His movie Le Petit (The Small) is a good example. He has directed theater, most recently in the West Indies, garnering numerous awards and much acclaim for his production of The Odd Couple, starring Champak Daya (Oscar) and Gunjan Harjeet (Felix). Monsieur Balloón lives with his wife, Paithooon, their two children, Meryle and Roy, and their dog Mushroom. He is the son of Marcel Balloón, a former lighting

director, and Babette Peep of the Peep Sisters. His current project is Letters from a Nut by Ted L. Nancy.

JERRY SEINFELD (Producer) Jerry Seinfeld is an American comedian, actor, writer, producer and director. He is known for playing a semi-fictional version of himself in the sitcom Seinfeld, which he created and wrote with Larry David. Seinfeld was a writer and producer on DreamWorks’ Bee Movie, for which he also voiced the lead role. He is the creator and host of the web series Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee.

DANIEL IONAZZI (Scenic & Lighting Designer) Recent designs for the Geffen Playhouse include Icebergs, Thom Pain (based on nothing); Outside Mullingar; The Night Alive; Reasons to Be Pretty; Ruth Draper’s Monologues; Slowgirl; Build; Yes, Prime Minister; American Buffalo; The Jacksonian; Radiance; Red Hot Patriot and Superior Donuts. His work has also been seen at Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Berkeley Rep, Arena Stage, South Coast Repertory and Denver Center Theatre Company. His design for the New York production of The Jacksonian garnered a Lucille Lortel nomination. He designed the lighting installation for Teatro alla Moda for the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts and Trajectoire and Catapult for the dance company Diavolo. His design work can also be seen in the 4-D cinematic experience, Beyond all Boundaries, at the National World War II Museum.

Daniel is Production Manager for the Geffen Playhouse, a member of the faculty of the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television and Director of Production for the Department of Theater.

He is the author of The Stage Management Handbook and The Stagecraft Handbook.

PHYLLIS MURPHY (Dramaturg) Phyllis Murphy was born in Georgia and raised in Tennessee.

She studied Speech and

Theater at Middle Tennessee State University and Acting at Illinois State University. She has performed as an actor Off Broadway and has written two plays with Jeanne Michels (Letters from Bernice and The Queen of Bingo). Her television writing credits with Jean Gennis include Profiler, The Journey of Allen Strange and L.A. Law. She has also performed as a band singer and puppeteer. Her favorite things are cats and laughing.

JULIE ANN RENFRO (Production Stage Manager) Julie Ann Renfro is from Orange County, CA, where she received her B.A. in Theatre Arts from Vanguard University.

She is thrilled to be a part of the Letters from a Nut team!

Other theater credits include: Pasadena Playhouse, South Coast Repertory, Shakespeare Orange County, Laguna Playhouse, Sydney Independent Theatre Company, Long Beach Shakespeare Company, American Rose Theatre and American Coast Theatre Company. Julie is a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association.

PHYLLIS SCHURINGA, CSA (Casting Director) Phyllis is an Artistic Associate and the Casting Director for the Geffen Playhouse. Recent casting includes Constellations, The Legend of Georgia McBride, Long Day’s Journey Into Night, Icebergs, Barbecue, Big Sky, Guards at the Taj, Barcelona (Artios nominated), Outside Mullingar, Bad Jews, The Night Alive, Switzerland, The Country House (Artios nominated) and American Buffalo at the Geffen, and Shiv at The Theatre @ Boston Court. Before joining the Geffen she was the Casting Director for Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago where her favorites include Frank Galati’s adaptation of The Grapes of Wrath (also La Jolla Playhouse, National Theater in London and Broadway, where it received the Tony Award for Best Play), the original production of Steve Martin’s Picasso at the

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most notably the LADCC Natalie Schafer Award for Emerging Comic Actress. Television credits include Speechless, Agents of Shield, The Bridge, Gilmore Girls and CSI. She is a graduate of CalArts and Loyola Marymount University.

PRODUCTION BIOGRAPHIES 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 Award for Best Revival) and The Song of Jacob Zulu. She teaches auditioning at Steppenwolf West and is a member of the Casting Society of America and the Ovation Rules Committee.

ALAN MARDER (Illustrator) Alan Marder is an accomplished cartoonist. He has illustrated all of the Letters from a Nut books by Ted L. Nancy as well as all of the Ed Broth books – Stories from a Moron and The Oddvious. His work can also be seen in Scammers, a show

by Ted L. Nancy, produced

by Robert Redford and Laura Michalchyshyn’s Sundance Productions, appearing on Hulu.

CAROLLA DIGITAL (Video) Carolla Digital is a full-service production and distribution company that specializes in creating engaging, cutting-edge content. Since 2013, partners Adam Carolla and Nate Adams, along with CFO Mike August, have spearheaded innovative and entertaining projects such as the narrative feature film Road Hard, as well as the awardwinning documentaries Winning: The Racing Life of Paul Newman and The 24 Hour War. Current documentaries in production are the story of Willy T. Ribbs, the first African-American driver to race in the Indy-500, and The World Famous KROQ, a co-production with Jimmy Kimmel, about a small, renegade radio station that went on to influence music, fashion and the entertainment industry on a global level. With their expertise in the creation and distribution of the highest quality long and short form content, Carolla Digital will be in the forefront of digital media for years to come.

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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 many productions for the theater, most recently Icebergs, Outside Mullingar, The Night Alive, Reasons to Be Pretty, Slowgirl, American Buffalo, 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: Slowgirl, 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 state-of-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 M.F.A. degree in Acting from Illinois State University and has taught master classes and workshops at UCLA, Steppenwolf, around the U.S. and in Tokyo.

GIL CATES, JR. (Executive Director) As Executive Director, Gil Cates, Jr. leads the Geffen Playhouse in its mission to inform, entertain and inspire diverse audiences with live theater of the highest caliber — both within and beyond the nonprofit theater’s walls. He has proudly served on the Geffen Playhouse Board since 2012. Gil’s theater credits include the awardwinning Names (Matrix Theatre Company) starring Dixie Carter and Greg Mullavey, The Night I Knocked Out Joe Frazer and Lost 90 Pounds (Gardner Stage Theater), Three Sisters and David Mamet’s A Life in the Theatre (both at Syracuse Stage). Gil’s film credits include The Surface (starring Sean Astin and Geffen Playhouse alumnus Chris Mulkey), Jobs (starring Ashton Kutcher, Josh Gad, Dermot Mulroney, as well as Geffen Playhouse alumni Matthew Modine and Ron Eldard) and the 2011 feature film Lucky (starring Colin Hanks, Ari Graynor, Ann-Margret and Golden Globe winner Jeffrey Tambor).

In addition, Gil produced and directed the critically acclaimed Life After Tomorrow, featuring Sarah Jessica Parker, which won best documentary at the Phoenix Film Festival and later premiered on Showtime. His other films include Deal (starring Burt Reynolds, Bret Harrison and Charles Durning), The Mesmerist (starring Geffen Playhouse alumnus Neil Patrick Harris), and the critically acclaimed independent film Order of Chaos.

Gil’s television directorial debut was an episode of the NBC comedy Joey, starring Emmy winner Matt LeBlanc. He studied at the National Theatre Institute in Waterford, Connecticut, and holds a B.F.A. in Drama from Syracuse University.

REGINA MILLER (Chief Development Officer) Regina has advised nonprofit institutions, foundations and corporations on strategy, analysis and fundraising. She has consulted for the Clinton Foundation, National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, Eastern Congo Initiative, Charlize Theron’s Africa Outreach Project and Kershaw’s Challenge, among others. Prior to the Geffen, Regina worked for the Simon Wiesenthal Center/Museum of Tolerance, where she produced an innovative human rights exhibition that traveled to 14 international destinations around Europe, Asia and the U.S. She also served as the Director of Partnerships for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Los Angeles and the Inland Empire, where she led strategic planning and development while executing policies that advanced the organization’s visibility and growth. Additionally, Regina has a strong passion for teaching.

After graduating from University of North Carolina School of the Arts, she taught in preschools and kindergartens in New York.

From the age of 13, Regina worked as a professional dancer on Broadway as well as with a number of prominent modern dance ensembles. Fusing two of her interests, she created a highly successful program that incorporated dance therapy and creative movement into an early childhood curriculum as well as writing and producing a television show based on this concept. In addition to being a published author and photographer with Tallfellow Press and Prometheus Books, Regina has taught and lectured at numerous schools in New York, Los Angeles and abroad. Regina is a proud cofounder of the Artemis Agency, a philanthropic agency that actively helps clients change the world!

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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

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TO THE GYNECOLOGIC ONCOLOGY UNIT AT MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER OF NEW YORK CITY Written by HALLEY FEIFFER Directed by TRIP CULLMAN Featuring HALLEY FEIFFER Additional casting to be announced.

Sitting bedside at Memorial Sloan Kettering has never been so entertaining. While their ailing mothers share a hospital room, Karla and Don discover truth in the old cliché that opposites attract…and repel…and attract.

SEPTEMBER 5 – OCTOBER 8, 2017 GIL CATES THEATER

UNDERNEATH THE LINTEL AN IMPRESSIVE PRESENTATION OF LOVELY EVIDENCES Written by GLEN BERGER Directed by STEVEN ROBMAN When a reclusive librarian discovers a 113-year overdue book in the night slot, curiosity compels him to pursue the borrower. His search for answers leads to a worldwide, whirlwind journey, where he discovers instead the great mysteries of humanity.

Called “powerfully human and ultimately sublime,” Glen Berger’s Underneath the Lintel reminds us that the joy is in the journey itself.

OCTOBER 10 – NOVEMBER 19, 2017 AUDREY SKIRBALL KENIS THEATER

IRONBOUND Written by MARTYNA MAJOK Directed by TYNE RAFAELI At once humorous and heartrending, Ironbound spans 22 years to tell the story of Darja, a Polish immigrant getting by on a cleaning job, aggressive pragmatism and sheer will. In this wry drama, award-winning playwright Martyna Majok points out that sometimes survival is the only measure of success.

CHASING MEM’RIES

A DIFFERENT KIND OF MUSICAL Written & Directed by JOSH RAVETCH Lyrics by ALAN & MARILYN BERGMAN Music by BILL CANTOS & MARI FALCONE, DAVE GRUSIN, MARVIN HAMLISCH, MICHEL LEGRAND and JOHNNY MANDEL Featuring TYNE DALY and ROBERT FORSTER Additional casting to be announced.

In this world premiere with songs written by legendary lyricists Alan and Marilyn Bergman, Tyne Daly stars as a woman not quite ready to let go of the life she’s loved and the love of her life.

Recipient of the Edgerton Foundation New Play Award Major support for this world premiere production provided by the Edgerton Foundation New Play Production Fund

JANUARY 30 – MARCH 4, 2018

NOVEMBER 7 – DECEMBER 10, 2017

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SELL/BUY/DATE Written & Performed by SARAH JONES Directed by CAROLYN CANTOR In her new solo show, Tony Award-winning writer/ performer and true chameleon comedian Sarah Jones brings to life an entire cast of characters, all of whom have something to say about gender, sex work and the time in which we are living.

FEBRUARY 27 – APRIL 8, 2018 AUDREY SKIRBALL KENIS THEATER

THE WAY WE GET BY Written by NEIL LaBUTE Directed by RANDALL ARNEY Complete with the humor, confusion and excitement that follows great sex, Neil LaBute’s surprisingly sweet comedy brings us Beth and Doug, an unlikely pair who struggle to find common ground in a truly uncommon conundrum.

MAY 8 – JUNE 17, 2018 AUDREY SKIRBALL KENIS THEATER

SKELETON CREW SIGNIFICANT OTHER Written by JOSHUA HARMON Directed by STEPHEN BRACKETT

Written by DOMINIQUE MORISSEAU Directed by PATRICIA McGREGOR

In this smash hit comedy from Bad Jews writer Joshua Harmon, twenty-something Jordan is the life of the wedding party, until it dawns on him that he is “always a groomsman, never the groom.”

It’s 2008 and the employees of a Detroit auto factory are facing an uncertain future. This stirring play, called “deeply moral and deeply American” by The New York Times, follows a family of co-workers navigating economic instability, troubling rumors and the ways in which loyalty and love shape every decision we make.

APRIL 3 – MAY 6, 2018

JUNE 5 – JULY 8, 2018

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Gil Cates, Jr. Executive Director MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS

Amy Levinson Phyllis Schuringa Young Ji

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Lead Concierge Sarah Lyddan, Nathaniel Meek, James Porter, Dennis Woullard House Managers Claudia Baffo, Rebecca Birstock, Kailey Bray, Jensen Chambers, Vianney Cossyleon, Danie Hakimi, Ida Herndon, Isaac Jay, Olivia Lowe, Aaron Newman, JoJo Nwoko, Madison Shamoun, Charmee Taylor, Adam Turney, Jenna Wilcox, Cody Williams

Ushers Rob Mersola Bar Manager & Mixologist Manuel Mayorga Weekend Bar Manager Skylar Adams, Adam Carr, Brenda Davidson, Sarah Drescher, Ryan Turner Bartenders/Event Staff

FACILITIES MANAGEMENT Miguel del Castillo Mario Santillan-Perez Juan Carlos Umaña Camerina Martinez

Facility Manager Custodial Cleaning Custodial Cleaning Custodial

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.

Geffen Playhouse, a not-for-profit theater company, is proudly affiliated with the University of California at Los Angeles.

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