Long Day's Journey Into Night Program

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LONG DAY’S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT

FROM THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR WELCOME TO LONG DAY’S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT

by Eugene O’Neill, arguably our first great American playwright. When director Jeanie Hackett and actors Alfred Molina and Jane Kaczmarek approached me about a production of this play, I leapt at the rare opportunity to bring a seminal work with such esteemed collaborators to the Geffen. To be in the audience of Long Day’s Journey Into Night is, in a sense, to commune with theater history itself — to witness one of the most profound voices of our past being interpreted anew by some of the most exciting artists of our present.

A masterpiece widely considered one of the most important dramas ever written, this classic is as intensely personal as it is epic and expansive.

Breaking with the American penchant for melodrama, O’Neill drew inspiration from his own family, introducing a realism like that of Chekhov and Ibsen. The searingly honest, sometimes brutal observations about family, illness and addiction explain why the play remains so relevant today.

I am delighted to welcome to the Geffen family Los Angeles director Jeanie Hackett. She has assembled a group of designers who masterfully bring fresh life to the Tyrone household. Along with Jane Kaczmarek and Alfred Molina, the powerhouse cast includes Stephen Louis Grush, Colin Woodell and Angela Goethals. Tackling O’Neill’s magnum opus requires tenacity, open-heartedness and tremendous faith in the work, and this team has all three in spades.

As our world veers increasingly toward communication in 140 characters or fewer, plays like this one — plays that ask for a depth of involvement, a depth of connection from their audience as well as from their performers — become ever more important. With a master of the craft like O’Neill, the rewards are all the richer.

Enjoy the show!

Randall Arney ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

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LETTER FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR BOARD OF DIRECTORS MARTHA HENDERSON CO-CHAIR

PAMELA ROBINSON CO-CHAIR PATRICIA KIERNAN APPLEGATE RANDALL ARNEY ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

BETH BEHRS DR. GENE D. BLOCK KEVIN BRIGHT HAROLD A. BROWN GIL CATES JR.

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EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

GIL CATES, JR. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US FOR LONG DAY’S JOURNEY Into Night, a masterpiece by Eugene O’Neill that we are proud to bring to life on our stage this season. With an impressive creative team leading the production, this is a rare opportunity to experience the extraordinary and timeless power of a seminal work in American theater.

Coming this spring, we invite you to join us for an entirely different evening of storytelling at Backstage at the Geffen on Sunday, March 19. Hosted by Beth Behrs, our 15th annual fundraising event will honor Quincy Jones and Mel Brooks. We are thrilled for the opportunity to recognize these extraordinary artists, philanthropists and long-time friends of the theater.

This night of unexpected performances and stories about life backstage promises to be an experience you’ll never forget. Past storytellers and surprise guest performers include Morgan Freeman, Helen Mirren, Jennifer Garner, Jackson Browne, Tom Hanks, Samuel L. Jackson and Julia LouisDreyfus, among many others. The funds raised will bring inspiration, hope and healing through the arts to the most underserved members of our community. For more information about joining the Host Committee, purchasing tickets or sending an ad/message in honor of these icons for our Tribute Journal, please contact Regina Miller, Chief Development Officer, at reginam@geffenplayhouse.org or 310.208.6500 ext. 112.

Please make sure to check geffenplayhouse.org for more information on our season, our Education and Community Engagement programs, our upcoming podcast Geffen Playhouse Unscripted and our blog, which features a behind-the-scenes journey of this production.

Thank you for your loyalty and support of the Geffen Playhouse!

Gil Cates, Jr. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

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MICHAEL CENTENO MARY ANN CLOYD MERLE DANDRIDGE DR. BRAD EDGERTON MARK FLEISCHER SUE FLEISHMAN PATRICIA L. GLASER SAM GORES ADI GREENBERG ARTHUR GREENBERG JOAN KALOUSTIAN LORETTA EVERETT KAUFMAN DR. GERALD S. LEVEY CARLA MALDEN SUSAN MALLORY GINNY MANCINI BARRY MEYER B. SCOTT MINERD STEVEN A. OLSEN HOLLY RICE LINDA BERNSTEIN RUBIN TERI SCHWARTZ RICHARD SHERMAN FRED SPECKTOR LORRAINE SPURGE CYNTHIA P. STAFFORD HOWARD TENENBAUM VICE CHAIRMAN

FOUNDING TRUSTEES KIRSTEN COMBS ROBERT A. DALY DAVID GEFFEN HERBERT M. GELFAND CHAIRMAN EMERITUS

QUINCY JONES JEFFREY KATZENBERG GLORYA KAUFMAN FRANK G. MANCUSO CHAIRMAN EMERITUS

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ADVISORY BOARD MIRANDA TOLLMAN CHAIR

NATASHA BARRITT ANNETTE BLUM STEPHANIE CARSON LORI COLLINS ELLYCE COOPER DEBRA DAVIS ANN GIANOPULOS PRISCILA GIRALDO KIRSTEN HANSEN ERIC HEER WENDY KURTZMAN JASON LEE YVONNE LEE HANNAH LINKENHOKER JOHN McCRITE DANNY PASSMAN ERIC ROLLINS ALLEN SHAY JOHN SONEGO LAURIE ZIEGLER TONY ZINGE

JOURNEY INTO NIGHT EUGENE O’NEILL’S “PLAY OF OLD SORROW”

BY WILLIAM DAVIES KING Eugene, Jamie and James O’Neill on the porch of the Monte Cristo Cottage, c. 1900

IN ONLY A LITTLE MORE THAN THREE YEARS, EUGENE O’NEILL LOST HIS FATHER, MOTHER AND ONLY BROTHER.

life), Eugene plunged into a prolonged period of

Two decades later he would restore that family to

art theater. An experiment in expressionism, the

its troubled wholeness in arguably the greatest of

play takes us through the dark night of the soul

all autobiographical dramas, Long Day’s Journey

of its title character, an African-American Pullman

Into Night. James O’Neill, Eugene’s famous actor

porter and escaped felon who connives his way

father, died of cancer in the summer of 1920

to becoming emperor of a West Indian island. In

after living just long enough to witness his son’s

the midst of a revolution and lost in a forest at

breakthrough to Broadway success, Beyond the

night, Jones faces a series of apparitions taking

Horizon, which won the second Pulitzer Prize ever

him deeper and deeper into his past and ultimately

awarded in the drama category. The occasion of

into his race memory to discover the moment

the father’s sudden illness and the son’s sudden

when he became alienated from his own soul and

acclaim coincided with a moment when they gained

permanently lost his sense of belonging.

drinking, but soon after he sobered, he wrote a play that led to his being seen as the single most significant playwright in America. The Emperor Jones was hailed as the first play of the American

new sympathy, understanding and respect for each

Like Long Day’s Journey, it is a memory play,

other in conversations that formed the basis for the

which takes us into the process of guilty and sad

dialogue in Act 4 of Long Day’s Journey.

remembrance. In that sense, it tells the story O’Neill

After the lacerating experience of his father’s

had heard from his father, of a man who through

painful end (“froth! — rotten — all of it — no

greed and theatrical fakery became an emperor

good,” was reportedly James’ final assessment of

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JOURNEY INTO NIGHT Cristo. James O’Neill played this part over four thousand times after buying rights to an adapted version of the Dumas novel in 1883, the same year his second son Edmund was born and two years prior to that boy dying of the measles. Probably the last time he ever played the part was in 1912, the year in which Long Day’s Journey is set, when he played Dantès in a 56-minute feature film. At the time of filming, his son Eugene was coming down with consumption (tuberculosis), and a day of diagnosis was unfolding into a night much like the one in the play.

Two years later, Eugene’s mother died (in Los Angeles) of a brain tumor, and his brother Jamie died (in a sanatorium) of alcoholism. O’Neill’s whole experience of birth family abruptly became memory, and it is no wonder that elements of his origin story adhered to many of the characterizations and plots in his plays, culminating in Long Day’s Journey. All four members of the family in this play descend into memory in search of the moment when they lost a sense of belonging, but no one more so than Mary Tyrone, who, like Brutus Jones, faces a series of ghosts or apparitions of the past (“haints,” Jones calls them) and finally revisits the moment when her

Monte Cristo Cottage in “decay and ruin”

soul was severed from God. In the decade following The Emperor Jones,

O’Neill’s search for home would continue for the

O’Neill was wildly exploratory in his plays, and the

rest of his life, but Carlotta was, with a few lapses,

American theatrical world sat back in amazement

a constant. When they returned from France in 1931

even when his experiments proved flops. With

for the production of his massive trilogy Mourning

the sudden flux of income he, along with his wife

Becomes Electra, which was modeled on Aeschylus’

Agnes Boulton, moved restlessly from house to

Oresteia, they bought a second-hand Cadillac and,

house in search of what he called his “final harbor,”

driven by a chauffeur, motored up the New England

a sufficient home. In October 1925, during a stop

coast, stopping in New London to revisit O’Neill’s

in New London on business (selling those “bum”

“home.” Carlotta remarked what an inadequate

properties in which his father had invested), he

house it was, calling it “a quaint little birdcage.”

drove out Pequot Avenue to look at the home of

O’Neill could not bear to enter, but perhaps it was

his youth. A “Monte Cristo” signboard still hung

on that occasion he drew an accurate plan of the

over the front door, but the house was vacant. In

ground floor. New London and a house like this

his diary he wrote: “Decay & ruin — sad.” That night,

were clearly on his mind when two months later he

he met Doc Ganey and a few of his other old pals at

awoke one morning with a play called Ah! Wilderness

“the Club” in town and got thoroughly drunk. A few

fully developed in his mind. It’s a comedy, a fantasy

years later, his marriage to Boulton fell apart, and

of what he called “the way I would have liked my

he sailed off to Europe with a woman who would

boyhood to have been.”

become his third wife and surrogate mother — the beautiful Carlotta Monterey.

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He turned to the real story of his family in 19391940 when a worsening tremor in his hand made

A LEAVE-TAKING it clear that his writing career would soon come to an end. It was time to address the ghosts of his past. Over 147 days he wrote Long Day’s Journey, at a time when World War II was breaking out and he was visited by his own “misbegotten” sons. The elder, Eugene Jr., was losing himself to dissipation and squandered talent and the younger, Shane, was lost in a vague sense of art and soon to go to sea.

Eugene O’Neill’s “play of old sorrow” was haunted in many ways by the past, but we know it was also troubled by the present, and of that torment came one of the masterpieces of American drama.

He knew that his family’s life would be affected by the play’s private disclosures, and so he asked that it not be published until twenty-five years after his death. Carlotta released the play for publication and production just three years after O’Neill’s death in 1953 because she understood the profundity of his intentions in writing the play. Critics and audiences, too, understood that the character Edmund, the “stammering” poet, was a stand-in for Eugene O’Neill himself who, because of what he had watched of his family drama, was capable of turning the painful and personal facts of this “night” into illuminative art. On O’Neill’s twelfth wedding anniversary in 1941, he gave Carlotta a typescript of the play with the following inscription, which she insisted must appear in all publications of the play.

It is a moving testament to his achievement:

Dearest: I give you the original script of this play of old sorrow, written in tears and blood. A sadly inappropriate gift, it would seem, for a day celebrating happiness. But you will understand.

I mean it as a tribute to your love and tenderness which gave me the faith in love that enabled me to face my dead at last and write this play — write it with deep pity and understanding and forgiveness for all the four haunted Tyrones.

These twelve years, Beloved One, have been a Journey into Light — into love. You know my gratitude. And my love!

THE POEM QUOTED BY O’NEILL NEAR THE END of Act 4 is “A Leave-Taking” by Algernon Charles Swinburne, first published in 1866. Swinburne is among the writers favored by the character of Edmund Tyrone and disparaged by James Tyrone as “morbid.” In 1943, when O’Neill’s tremor had become too severe for him to hold a pencil to write, he experimented with a wire recorder, reading portions of the play, including Swinburne’s poem. These recordings, which are used in this production, are the only known traces of the voice of Eugene O’Neill.

A Leave-Taking

By Algernon Charles Swinburne Let us go hence, my songs; she will not hear.

Let us go hence together without fear; Keep silence now, for singing-time is over, And over all old things and all things dear.

She loves not you nor me as all we love her.

Yea, though we sang as angels in her ear, She would not hear.

Let us rise up and part; she will not know.

Let us go seaward as the great winds go, Full of blown sand and foam; what help is here?

There is no help, for all these things are so, And all the world is bitter as a tear.

And how these things are, though ye strove to show, She would not know.

Let us go home and hence; she will not weep.

We gave love many dreams and days to keep, Flowers without scent, and fruits that would not grow, Saying ‘If thou wilt, thrust in thy sickle and reap.’

All is reaped now; no grass is left to mow; And we that sowed, though all we fell on sleep, She would not weep.

Let us go hence and rest; she will not love.

She shall not hear us if we sing hereof, Nor see love’s ways, how sore they are and steep.

Come hence, let be, lie still; it is enough.

Love is a barren sea, bitter and deep; And though she saw all heaven in flower above, She would not love.

Let us give up, go down; she will not care.

Though all the stars made gold of all the air, And the sea moving saw before it move One moon-flower making all the foam-flowers fair; Though all those waves went over us, and drove Deep down the stifling lips and drowning hair, She would not care.

Let us go hence, go hence; she will not see.

Sing all once more together; surely she, She too, remembering days and words that were, Will turn a little toward us, sighing; but we, We are hence, we are gone, as though we had not been there.

Nay, and though all men seeing had pity on me, She would not see.

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THE GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE PRODUCTION OF

Written by

Eugene O’Neill

Scenic Designer

Costume Designer

Tom Buderwitz

Original Music & Soundscape Composed by

Michael Roth

Fight Director

Elizabeth Harper

Projection Designer

Jason H. Thompson

Movement Coach

Peter Katona

Jean-Louis Rodrigue

Production Stage Manager

Assistant Stage Manager

Young Ji

Lighting Designer

Denitsa Bliznakova

Cate Cundiff

Dramaturg

William Davies King

Casting Director

Phyllis Schuringa, CSA

Directed by

Jeanie Hackett Long Day’s Journey Into Night is presented by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc. EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS CIRCLE MEMBERS

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(In alphabetical order)

Cathleen ................................................................................................................................... Angela Goethals* James Tyrone, Jr. ....................................................................................................... Stephen Louis Grush* Mary Cavan Tyrone ............................................................................................................. Jane Kaczmarek* James Tyrone ............................................................................................................................... Alfred Molina* Edmund Tyrone ........................................................................................................................ Colin Woodell*

UNDERSTUDIES (In alphabetical order)

Cathleen ............................................................................................................................................. Taylor Cerny Edmund Tyrone ............................................................................................................................ David Garelik James Tyrone, Jr. ................................................................................................................... Joseph Kathrein *Indicates member of Actor’s Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

Understudies never substitute for listed players unless specified.

TIME A day in August, 1912.

PLACE The Tyrone family’s summer home in New London, Connecticut.

ACT 1 .......................................... 8:30 a.m.

ACT 2, SCENE 1 ..................... Around 12:45 p.m.

ACT 2, SCENE 2 .................... About a half hour later.

ACT 3 ......................................... Around 6:30 that evening.

ACT 4 ......................................... Around midnight.

RUNNING TIME Approximately 3 hours and 20 minutes.

There will be one 15 minute intermission.

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CAST OF CHARACTERS

PRODUCTION BIOGRAPHIES

ANGELA GOETHALS (Cathleen) Broadway: Picnic, Coastal Disturbances. Off Broadway: Zero Hour, Blur, As You Like It, True History and Real Adventures, The Good Times Are Killing Me (Obie Award, Drama Desk Nomination), Four Baboons Adoring the Sun, Approaching Zanzibar, The Widow Claire. Regional: Steel Magnolias, Becky Shaw, The House of Blue Leaves, Nothing Sacred, The Mandrake Root.

Television: Royal Pains, Law & Order, Life, Crossing Jordan, C.S.I: Crime Scene Investigation, Grey’s Anatomy, 24, Without a Trace, The Brotherhood of Poland, NH, Six Feet Under, Porn n’ Chicken, Boston Public, Do Over, The Education of Max Bickford, Madigan Men, Phenom and The Tracey Ullman Show. Film: The Simpsons Movie, Spanglish, Behind The Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon, Changing Lanes, Storytelling, Jerry Maguire, V.I. Warshawski, Home Alone, Triple Bogey on a Par Five Hole, Rocket Gibraltar.

For Russ, Brooklyn and Teagan, wherever you are, I am home.

STEPHEN LOUIS GRUSH (James Tyrone, Jr.) Stephen Louis Grush was previously seen at the Geffen Playhouse in Sex with Strangers.

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Theater credits include Airline Highway, The March, Sex with Strangers, The Tempest, Dublin Carol, Good Boys and True and Last of the Boys (Steppenwolf Theatre Company). He was also commissioned to write and direct Adore as a part of Steppenwolf’s initial Garage Rep Series in 2009.

Other recent Chicago credits include The Seagull, A True History of the Johnstown Flood, Oedipus Complex and Pericles (Goodman Theatre); Cymbeline, Romeo and Juliet (Chicago Shakespeare Theater); True West (American Theater Company); and TopDog/ Underdog (Congo Square).

Recent television credits include Rectify, Longmire, Gracepoint, Lucky 7, The Mob Doctor, Powers, Cooper and Stone, Detroit 187, The Chicago Code and Starting Under. Recent film credits include Storm Room Stripped, The Free World, Catch Hell, Return to Sender, At Any Price, The Express, Left Alone, Nightlights, Dead Girl, Attrition, Lac Du Flambeau and Lifeguard.

JANE KACZMAREK (Mary Cavan Tyrone) Jane Kaczmarek is best known for her role as Lois on Malcolm in the Middle, for which she received seven consecutive Emmy nominations as well as nominations for Golden Globe and SAG Awards. Her work on television began on The Paper Chase, St. Elsewhere, and Hill Street Blues after she graduated from University of Wisconsin and the Yale School of Drama.

She has appeared on Broadway and Off at Manhattan Theatre Club, Second Stage Theatre,

New York Theatre Workshop and the Public Theater, as well as the Williamstown and Berkshire Theatre Festivals and the Eugene O’Neill Playwright Conference. Los Angeles theater credits include Kindertransport (Ovation Award), the premiere of Pulitzer Prize-winning Dinner With Friends and Raised In Captivity (L.A. Drama Critics Award), House Of Blue Leaves (Mark Taper Forum), Good People (Geffen Playhouse, Ovation nomination). At L.A. Theater Works: Awake And Sing with Mark Ruffalo, Death Of A Salesman with Stacy Keach and Fathers And Sons with Alfred Molina. Also with Mr. Molina: A View From the Bridge for BBC Radio and the American premiere of And No More Shall We Part at the Williamstown Theatre Festival. Jane is the founder of Clothes Off Our Back, which has raised over four million dollars for children’s charities. She has traveled with WonderWorks to their hospitals in India, Tanzania and Rwanda.

Jane serves on the Board of the Pasadena Conservatory of Music, Pasadena Playhouse and Pasadena Educational Foundation. She lives in Pasadena with her three children.

ALFRED MOLINA (James Tyrone) Three-time Tony nominee Alfred Molina has been acting professionally for more than 40 years and is proud to be making his Geffen Playhouse debut.

Theater credits include seasons with the Royal Shakespeare Company, The Royal National Theatre, London’s West End

and Broadway. Recent theater includes And No More Shall We Part (Williamstown Theatre Festival with Jane Kaczmarek); Red (London, Broadway, Los Angeles); Art (Broadway, Los Angeles); Fiddler on the Roof (Broadway); Howard Katz, Molly Sweeny (New York); The Cherry Orchard and Richard III (Los Angeles). Recent films include Spiderman II, Enchanted April, Frida, An Education, Chocolat, Love is Strange, Secrets in Their Eyes, Breakable You, Headhunter’s Calling, Message from the King and Whiskey Tango Foxtrot. Recent television includes Show Me a Hero (HBO), Monday Mornings (TNT), Law & Order (NBC) and Feud (FX).

COLIN WOODELL (Edmund Tyrone) Colin Woodell is honored to be making his Geffen Playhouse debut! Originally from the Bay Area, Woodell was a member of the Young Conservatory at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco since the age of eight. Some of his Bay Area professional stage credits include A Christmas Carol (ACT), Our Town (ACT), The Tempest (ACT) and All My Sons (TheatreWorks).

Woodell graduated from USC in 2014 with a B.F.A. in acting, performing in several plays including Dancing at Lughnasa, Arabian Nights and Rimers of Eldritch. Recent film credits include XOXO (Netflix), Last Days of Summer (Independent) and Exploit (Universal Studios), along with the short film I Know You From Somewhere, which will be premiering at Sundance this January. Recent

PRODUCTION BIOGRAPHIES

EUGENE O’NEILL (Playwright) Eugene O’Neill remains the only American playwright to have won the Nobel Prize in Literature (1936). Born in New York City on October 16, 1888, he wrote some fifty plays. His first Broadway play, Beyond the Horizon (1920), won the first of his four Pulitzer Prizes, the last of which went posthumously to Long Day’s Journey Into Night, which was written in 1940 but not published or produced until three years after his death on November 27, 1953. His plays include Anna Christie (1921), The Hairy Ape (1922), Desire Under the Elms (1924), Strange Interlude (1928), Mourning Becomes Electra (1931), A Touch of the Poet (written 1938-1942 but first produced 1958), The Iceman Cometh (written 1939 but first produced 1946), Hughie (written 1942 but first produced 1964) and A Moon for the Misbegotten (written 1943 but first produced 1947), which takes up the story of the character Jamie a decade later.

Also at Antaeus: Chekhov X 4 and Noel Coward’s Tonight at Eight-Thirty. For L.A. Theatre Works: Kindertransport (with Jane Kaczmarek) and The Constant Wife (with Kate Burton). Williamstown Theatre Festival: Cousin Bette with Jessica Hecht and John Rubinstein. As an actor on Broadway: Belle in Eugene O’Neill’s Ah, Wilderness at Roundabout Theatre Company and Stella in Streetcar Named Desire at Circle in the Square.

Regional: Williamstown Theatre Festival (seven seasons).

L.A. theater: Center Theatre Group, Pasadena Playhouse, South Coast Repertory, The Theatre @ Boston Court, Odyssey Theatre Ensemble, The Fountain Theatre, Blank and 24th Street theaters.

Jeanie is the author of two books for actors: The Actor’s Chekhov and Toward Mastery, based on the work of director Nikos Psacharopoulos. In “The Workroom,” Jeanie’s virtual space for all things acting + creative process + theater art, she teaches acting, blogs about art and entrepreneurship, and produces salons and field trips to gather and connect the #LAthtr tribe. She is married to Geffen Playhouse’s Artistic Coordinator, Young Ji.

JEANIE HACKETT (Director) Jeanie Hackett recently directed Love, Noel at The Wallis Annenberg Center with John Glover, Judy Kuhn, Sharon Lawrence and Harry Groener.

As the former artistic director of The Classical Theatre Lab and Antaeus, she directed readings, workshops and productions of classical plays and “new” classics, including the world premiere of Jeffrey Hatcher’s adaptation of Balzac’s Cousin Bette, which garnered numerous L.A. Drama Critics Circle and Ovation nominations and awards.

TOM BUDERWITZ (Scenic Designer) Tom Buderwitz previously designed The Model Apartment, Guards at the Taj, Play Dead, Joan Rivers: A Work in Progress and Under the Blue Sky for the Geffen Playhouse. He has designed productions for South Coast Repertory, Center Theatre Group, Goodman Theatre, Shakespeare Theatre Company, Berkeley Rep, The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Pasadena Playhouse, Intiman Theatre, Portland Center Stage, Denver Center for the Performing Arts, Laguna Playhouse,

Chautauqua Theater Company, Indiana Repertory Theater, Arizona Theatre Company, San Diego Repertory, Second City Theatricals, Antaeus Company, Reprise Theatre Company, The Theatre @ Boston Court, PCPA Theaterfest, Riverside Theater, Florida Studio Theatre, Rogue Machine Theatre, Deaf West Theatre, and A Noise Within, among many others. He has been honored with five L.A. Stage Alliance Ovation Awards (29 nominations) and four L.A. Drama Critics Circle Awards.

He has designed television specials and series for every major broadcast and cable network and received three Emmy Award nominations and an Art Director’s Guild Award nomination. www.tombuderwitz.com DENITSA BLIZNAKOVA (Costume Designer) Denitsa Bliznakova is happy to return to the Geffen Playhouse where she previously designed Guards at the Taj (Ovation Award nomination) and Big Sky. Her work has been seen nationwide at venues such as The Old Globe, Denver Center for the Performing Arts, The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, San Diego Opera, Cleveland Play House, A Noise Within, New Repertory Theatre, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Falcon Theatre and others. Upcoming projects in 2017 include designing at South Coast Repertory and the Mark Taper Forum. Costume design and stylist credits for other media include films and music videos. Nominations for Outstanding Costume Design include L.A. Stage Alliance Ovation Award and Colorado Theatre Guild Henry Award.

Denitsa is a professor in the School of Theatre, Television and Film at San Diego State University and head of the M.F.A. Design and Technology program. She is a graduate of

Parsons School of Design and Brandeis University. Her work may be viewed at www.Denitsa.com.

ELIZABETH HARPER (Lighting Designer) Elizabeth Harper’s theatrical design credits and awards include Immediate Family and Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, directed by Phylicia Rashad (Mark Taper Forum, Center Theatre Group); Woman Laughing Alone with Salad, Throw Me on the Burnpile and Light Me Up and A Raisin in the Sun (Kirk Douglas Theatre, Center Theatre Group); Bad Jews, Wait Until Dark, Good People and Play Dead directed

by Teller (Geffen Playhouse); Office Hour, Reunion, tokyo fish story, District Merchants, and Venus in Fur (South Coast Repertory); The Golden Dragon, The TwentiethCentury Way, Stupid Fucking Bird (The Theatre @ Boston Court); It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia and Family Guy Live (Gibson Amphitheater).

Industrial lighting projects include shows and events for Ubisoft, Microsoft, Asics, Comedy Central, AirBnB, Under Armour and Universal Studios. Fine art consultations include projects at LACMA, The Hammer Museum and Greene Naftali. Elizabeth holds an M.F.A. in Design for Stage and Film from the Tisch School of the Arts at NYU. She is a guest lighting design instructor and lecturer at California Institute of the Arts and has lectured at UCLA, Whittman College, UC Irvine, USC and Virginia Commonwealth University.

MICHAEL ROTH (Original Music & Soundscape Composed by) Michael Roth has composed chamber music, film scores, opera and music/sound for more than 250 productions throughout North America PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE P9

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television includes Designated Survivor (ABC), Masters of Sex (Showtime) and The Tap (USA).

A very special thanks to the most important person in the world. MOM!!! Love you!

PRODUCTION BIOGRAPHIES including Broadway, Off Broadway, Canada’s Stratford Festival, and as a resident artist at South Coast Repertory (56 productions) and La Jolla Playhouse (35). Projects include The Tempest with Christopher Plummer (stage/ film) and Plummer’s A Word or Two; Jews & Baseball (PBS, narrated by Dustin Hoffman); Stacy Keach’s solo show on Hemingway; piano sonatas Fats November and Tuesday for Toy Piano; and two premiering this spring, his music/theater treatment of Beckett’s Imagination Dead Imagine for string quartet and laptop, and an episodic Online Opera (Santa Monica Arts Commission). His many collaborations with Randy Newman include musical direction for Disney’s Princess & the Frog and orchestrations for Faust. Additional collaborators include Anne Bogart, Culture Clash, Des McAnuff, Sarah Ruhl, Peter Sellars, Tom Stoppard and Daniel Sullivan, and as a pianist, many including Alicia Keys. Michael’s Their Thought & Back Again is available via iTunes. More info: rothmusik. wix.com/rothmusik JASON H. THOMPSON (Projection Designer) Geffen Playhouse: By the Waters of Babylon, Quality of Life, God of Hell. Key Projects: Chavez Ravine (LA Ovation Award), Venice (LA Ovation Award), Grey Gardens (Ahmanson Theatre, Center Theatre Group), Tri Sestri (Vienna State Opera), Die Walküre (Karlsruhe), Hopscotch and Invisible Cities (The Industry), Tarzan: Call of the Wild and A Frozen Sing-Along (Shanghai Disneyland), Cage Songbooks (Carnegie Hall), The Steward of Christendom (Mark Taper Forum, CTG), Baby It’s You! (Broadway), Wingman (Ars Nova), Cunning Little Vixen (Cleveland Orchestra), P10 PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE

Venice, The Great Immensity (Public Theater), This Beautiful City (CTG), Palomino (CTG), Throw Me On the Burnpile and Light Me Up (CTG), Behavior of Broadus (Burglars of Hamm), The Art of Bugatti (a video installation at the Petersen Auto Museum in Los Angeles), and Stars on Ice for the last ten years. He is a proud member of USA Local 829. jasonhthompsondesign.com.

PETER KATONA (Fight Director) Peter is honored to return to the Geffen Playhouse after his recent work as Fight Director for Stage Kiss (directed by Bart DeLorenzo) and Barcelona (directed by Trip Cullman).

Primarily an actor, Peter received his M.F.A. from the Yale School of Drama. He has worked as a professional fight director since 2001 and was a long-time assistant to Rick Sordelet. He was substitute stage combat instructor at Yale Drama and Neighborhood Playhouse for four years and worked fights on numerous Broadway, Off Broadway and many major regional productions. Peter is a Fox Foundation Fellow: Ancient Italian Rapier Fencing (Italy), Peking Opera Sword Dancing/ Acrobatics (China) and Ancient Spanish Rapier (NYC).

JEAN-LOUIS RODRIGUE (Movement Coach) London: In-I with Juliette Binoche at Royal National Theatre. Off Broadway: Pamela Gien’s Obie Award-winning play The Syringa Tree, Bo Eason’s Runt of the Litter, and Daisy White’s Sugar. Regional: The Lieutenant of Inishmore starring Chris Pine at Mark Taper Forum, Heather Raffo’s Nine Parts of Desire at Geffen Playhouse, The Bacchae at Getty Villa, Chris Dolan’s The Reader at Montalvo Arts Center based on Bernhard Schlink’s novel. Jean-Louis has worked

at Piccolo Teatro di Milano, Stuttgart Opera, Los Angeles Philharmonic Institute, San Francisco Symphony, Verbier Festival, and with the artists of Cirque du Soleil in La Nouvelle Experience and KA. Film and television: The Last Tycoon, The Normal Heart, Life of Pi, W, J. Edgar, The Time Machine, Bee Season, The Affair of the Necklace, Passion Fish and Seabiscuit. Jean-Louis is part of the faculty at UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television.

WILLIAM DAVIES KING (Dramaturg) William Davies King is editor of the multimedia edition (enhanced e-book) of Long Day’s Journey Into Night, which is an extension of his critical edition (Yale University Press, 2014 and 2016). He is working on a similar critical edition of The Iceman Cometh and recently completed six years of editing the biannual Eugene O’Neill Review. His scholarly writings on O’Neill largely concern the playwright’s marriage to Agnes Boulton. A few years ago he grew a mustache to perform as O’Neill in a frame play concerning O’Neill’s long-lost one-act Exorcism, which resurfaced in 2011 by way of Agnes Boulton. He has also written books about Wallace Shawn and Sir Henry Irving, and his Collections of Nothing, concerning his habits as a collector of things of no value, was named one of the best books of 2008 by amazon.com. His work as a bibliolage artist can be seen at williamdaviesking.com.

YOUNG JI (Production Stage Manager) Geffen Playhouse highlights include Icebergs, Outside Mullingar, The Night Alive, Reasons to Be Pretty, The Country House, Mel Brooks: Live at the Geffen, American Buffalo,

The Exorcist, The Jacksonian.

NYC: The Jacksonian, Assistant Director (The New Group).

Other Los Angeles: Cousin Bette, King Lear, The Autumn Garden (Producer); La Ronde, The Glass Menagerie (Director); Tonight at 8:30, Phaedra (Getty Villa), Mother Courage and Her Children, Pera Palas, Chekhov X 4. Currently the Artistic Coordinator at the Geffen Playhouse. Married to actress/ director Jeanie Hackett.

CATE CUNDIFF (Assistant Stage Manager) Cate is thrilled to be back at the Geffen! Select Los Angeles stage management credits include Barbecue, Stage Kiss, Murder for Two, Switzerland, Death of the Author, The Break of Noon (Geffen Playhouse); This, Venice (Center Theatre Group); Memphis (Cabrillo Music Theatre); When You’re in Love the Whole World is Jewish (Greenway Court Theatre); When You Wish (produced by Pat Boone/Dean McClure at the Freud Playhouse); ModRock (El Portal); and Dissonance (Falcon Theatre). Cate has stage managed and company managed workshops, festivals, award shows and events in Los Angeles and New York. New Orleans native, attended the University of Louisiana, proud Equity member. Love to family and friends.

PHYLLIS SCHURINGA, CSA (Casting Director) Phyllis is an Artistic Associate and the Casting Director for the Geffen Playhouse. Recent casting includes 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

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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) Gil Cates, Jr. has proudly served on the Geffen Playhouse Board since 2012 and has years of producing and directing experience in theater, film and television. Gil’s theater credits include the awardwinning Names (Matrix Theatre) starring Dixie Carter and Greg Mullavey, The Night I Knocked Out Joe Frazer and

Lost 90 Pounds (Gardner Stage Theater), as well as 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 had its premiere Christmas Eve 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 also made his television directorial debut with 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 in 1991.

REGINA MILLER (Chief Development Officer) Regina has advised non-profit 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 co-founder of the Artemis Agency, a philanthropic agency that actively helps clients change the world!

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Director for Steppenwolf Theater 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 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.

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CRITICS’ PICK!

“A stitch-in-your-side funny new comedy!”

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The King has left the building.

The queen has just arrived.

Written by MATTHEW LOPEZ Directed by MIKE DONAHUE Featuring

ANDREW BURNAP MATT McGRATH NIJA OKORO LARRY POWELL NICK SEARCY

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The cast of Icebergs with Executive Director Gil Cates, Jr., playwright Alena Smith and Artistic Director Randall Arney

Opening Night of Icebergs Sponsored by Plaza La Reina, Audi of America, Inc., City National Bank, Douglas Elliman, Hint Water, KIND, Los Angeles magazine, and Napa Valley Grille Director Randall Arney and playwright Alena Smith share a hug before the show

Chancellor Charles Young and Judy Young. He is a founding Board member, Chariman Emeritus and helped start the Geffen Playhouse with Gil Cates, Bruce Ramer and David Geffen

Board member Mark Fleischer with Lisa James, Gregg Henry and Susan Fleischer

Angel Town Combo with the Geffen’s own Mark San Filippo on drums gets the party started pre-show

Actresses Sarah Paulson and Amanda Peet support the show

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Advisory Board members John McCrite and Debra Davis with Juan Lopez

DON’T MISS A SINGLE MOMENT THE LEGEND OF GEORGIA McBRIDE Written by MATTHEW LOPEZ Directed by MIKE DONAHUE APRIL 4 – MAY 14 | GIL CATES THEATER After years of struggling at a small-time club in the Florida Panhandle, Casey realizes it’s now or never for his career as an Elvis impersonator. Enter Miss Tracy Mills, a self-proclaimed grand dame of drag who guarantees Casey’s life is about to get “all shook up.” Matthew Lopez’s hip-shakin’, heartwarming tale explores what happens when one man trades in his blue suede shoes for platform pumps and discovers he ain’t nothing but a drag queen.

ACTUALLY Written by ANNA ZIEGLER Directed by TYNE RAFAELI MAY 2 – JUNE 11 | AUDREY SKIRBALL KENIS THEATER “Every single thing leads to everything else…” Amber and Tom, finding their way as freshmen at Princeton, spend a night together that alters the course of their lives. They agree on the drinking, they agree on the attraction, but consent is foggy, and if unspoken, can it be called consent? A playwright The New York Times calls “newly (and justly) hot,” Anna Ziegler investigates gender and race politics, our crippling desire to fit in and the three sides to every story.

CONSTELLATIONS Written by NICK PAYNE Directed by GIOVANNA SARDELLI JUNE 6 – JULY 16 | GIL CATES THEATER Roland is a beekeeper. Marianne is a quantum physicist.

What are their odds of falling in love? With infinite moments that can change the trajectory of a life, it’s anyone’s guess how cosmic collision is possible. Nick Payne’s Olivier and Drama League nominated hit is a charming, devastating and profound exploration of the universal truth of finding and losing love. A play that balances on the question of “what if” is, at its core, a poignant picture of “what is.”

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Geffen Playhouse Chief Development Officer Regina Miller thanks donors at the pre-show reception

Founding Chair Bruce Ramer with Madeline Ramer. They named a full row, dedicating each seat to a child or friend

Seat Campaign This past summer, the Geffen Playhouse held a seat campaign to name seats in perpetuity in the Gil Cates Theater.

On December 12, 2016, we invited these donors to the theater for a small reception to celebrate their seat naming. It was a beautiful and moving evening with donors and staff alike tearing up when someone was surprised with a seat naming. Take a peek at the pictures for a look at the night.

Board member Dean Teri Schwartz named a seat in honor of her parents

Donor Marla Campagna admiring her seat naming

Donors Ken Willner and Jim Stone surprised Ken’s mom with a seat naming

Advisory Board Chair Miranda Tollman with her mother. Miranda named seats after her mother, grandfather and grandmother

Donors Marianne and Fred Tatasciore enjoying their seat naming

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Hundreds of donors, subscribers, single ticket buyers and Board members purchased seats.

We loved hearing everyone’s stories of why they chose to name seats. Some people named them after their mentors; some named them in honor of their parents or those who first introduced them to the theater. Others named them in honor of the education programs at the theater or their children or grandchildren. All were deeply proud and excited about this naming existing in our beautiful theater for all time.

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ANNUAL DONORS $5,000 - $9,999 Anonymous Katie McGrath & J.J. Abrams Jehan F. Agrama & Dwora Fried Paul G. Allen AMC Amgen Foundation Hilary & Jack Angelo Cathy & Shel Bachrach The Alec Baldwin Foundation Belmond La Samanna Annette Blum Mara & Jonathan Blum Heather Thomas & Skip Brittenham The Eli & Edythe L. Broad Foundation Cindy & Bob Broder Amanda Brown & Justin Chang Linda & Jerry Bruckheimer Maya Burkenroad & Tai Lopez Glenn & Lynn Cardoso Beate & Christopher Chee Comcast | NBC Universal Conrad N. Hilton Foundation Creative Artists Agency Merle Dandridge & Christopher Johnston Debra Davis Robin Dearden & Bryan Cranston Dream Warrior Group Fielding Edlow & Larry Clarke Susanna Felleman & Erik Feig FENDI Americas Lawrence N. Field First Republic Bank Four Seasons Resort Maui at Wailea Kiki & David Gindler Priscila Giraldo Sue & Steve Glusker Gloria & Peter Gold Mary Ann & Irwin Gold Elizabeth Guber Sugarman & Jason Sugarman Leo S. Guthman Fund Jackson Henry Gail & Stanley Hollander Vicki Iovine & David Coiro Bernice Jeffrey Marvin Jubas & Janet Wald Jubas Mannon Kaplan Sally & Dr. Manny J. Karbelnig KIND Bars Alex Kurtzman & Samantha Kurtzman-Counter Wendy Kurtzman La Valencia Cody Lassen & Nitzan Mekel Eileen & Kase Lawal Drs. Gerald & Barbara Levey Lucques Catering Anne & Steve Martin Sherry Martin & Chaim Troman Merle & Jerry Measer Lance & Hillary Milken Judy Zaban Miller & Lester Miller Kate Moran & Mikki Rosenberg Rio & Frank Morse Benedicta & Geoffry Oblath Liza & Conan O’Brien Maura O’Neill

Pottash/Ferguson Family Foundation Kay & Bob Rehme Joyce Rey The Richenthal Foundation Mayor Richard Riordan Jane Rissman & Richard Sondheimer Eden & Steven Romick Ronen Levy Events Rikki Rosen Thomas L. Safran Hon. Nicole A. Avant & Ted Sarandos Dawn & Joel Scherer Judi & Bruce Schindler Jody & Arthur Schmid Michael Schwab Steve & Paula Mae Schwartz Tina & David Segel Michael & Glenda Shaw The Simon-Strauss Foundation Singer Family Foundation Gussie Sitkin Lorraine Spurge & Patrick Mitchell Arnold Stiefel Tanino Ristorante Thomas Safran & Associates Karen & William Timberlake Theatre Communications Group Karen Zoller, MD & David Tillman, MD Todd Reed, Inc. The Travel Corporation The Tuck Room & Tavern Alice & Norman Tulchin Michael E. Walsh West LA Poker William Morris Endeavor Entertainment Karen & Rick Wolfen Jennifer Young & Katrina Nason Diva Zappa In Loving Memory of Herman Ziegler Ruth & Stan Zicklin Ziffren Brittenham LLP

SPONSOR $3,000 – $4,999 Janis Adams & John Lyons Annette Bening & Warren Beatty Madelyn Bennett & Eric Gibson Paula & Bruce Bennett Shelly & Libby Bergen Susan J. Booth & Christopher Wadden Hilton Bora Bora Pearl VJ Boyd Robert Brook & Jacqueline Kosecoff Dr. Fanya Carter, PhD Scott, Susan & Joshua Corwin Shelley Wike Cranley Janice & Billy Crystal Gayle & Dan Devin The Galin Family Marion Goldenfeld Mary Lynn & Howard Gottfried Stephen Sass & Steven Hochstadt Dora & Neil Kadisha Barbara & Ronnie Kahn Deborah & Ivan Kallick Lenny & David Kelton Peggy Crosby Klugman & Jack Klugman Thea & Neal Koss Renee & Meyer Luskin Vicki Magasinn & Robert Somer

Stewart Mayeda One & Only Palmilla Cheryl Petersen & Roger Lustberg Maria Rodriguez & Victoria Bullock Craig E. Rogers Sue Rosenwasser Lori & David Rousso Paula & Allan Rudnick Judy & Mike Sapir Carol ‘Jackie’ & Charles Schwartz Vanessa & Dr. Stephen Shew Leigh Silverton Allen Blue & Kira Snyder Triada Palm Springs Vernon, Barry & Dale Tyerman in Honor of Ruth Tyerman Lentz Jennifer von Schneidau The Waterman Family Foundation Joanne & Ken Weinman Leslie White & Al Limon Patricia Youngman

PARTNER $1,500 - $2,999 Anonymous (4) Pat & Sandy Adams Miriam Aguiar Olga S. Alderson Debbie Allen Nancy & Peter Antoniou Bonnie & Bill Apfelbaum Aversano Family Trust Kathy Baker & Steven Robman Allison Balson Irene Baron Robert E. & Maria H. Barron Richard Bautzer & David McDowell Patricia & Mark Benjamin John Bjorge & Mary McKelvey Carolyn & Martin Bloom Dr. Wallace P. Brithinee Marla Campagna Debra & Peter Cappos William & Patricia Chin Darcy Christal Laurel & Aaron Clark Linda & John Coleman David Conney, M.D. Janine Cristiano Elizabeth Dalling Pam Dawber Dana Delany Deborah Divine Janie Docter Susan & Jonathan Dolgen Victoria Dummer Natalie Eshaya Carol & J.B. Esterkin Judy & Mike Fantasia Lisa Field, Field Family Foundation Carrie Frazier Sonia & Robert Freedman and Family Helen & Arthur Geoffrion Tina & Michael Gittelson Sunny & Alvin Grossblatt Craigar Grosvenor The Guerin Foundation Vera & Paul Guerin Melissa Harman Teri Hatcher

Bucky Hazan, Teles Properties Alan & Michelle Heilpern Dr. John D. Hofbauer & Dr. Laura E. Fox In Honor of Development Roger & Linda Howard Lynn Hunt & Margaret Jacob Brian Irving & Dayna Cussler Nancy & Len Jacoby Carrie Johnson Willette & Manny Klausner Katherine Kleindienst Tatiana & Howard Lipson Mary & John Lithgow Eduardo Martinez Jill Mazursky Janis B. McEldowney Sue McHugh & Herb Seese Sheila & Joel Mendelsohn Patrice & James Mitchell Patricia Mitchell The New York Palace Michael Nicklin Debbie & Norman Nixon Olympus Theatricals Michael R. Oppenheim Carol & Alan Ostroff Soundis & Danny Passman Tara & Robert Pietri Herbert & Marilyn Piken Ruth Popkin Robert Quayle Lee Ramer Lindy Robbins Sonny & Cynthia Rodriguez Rose Brand Rosa Rosenberg Nancy Stephens & Rick Rosenthal and The Rosenthal Family Foundation Wil Rosser Michael Schlesinger Susan Schwarz Berton Dean Teri Schwartz Matthew Shakman Peggy & Robert Shapiro Dominique Shelton Robert Siew & William Mark Hafeman Snyder Family Foundation Bruce & Patti Springsteen Ray Stark Mitch & Sherry Stein Lisa Stonich Meghan Strange Aaron Stroud Surf Air Audri & Stan Tendler Paul Tetreault Daniel Tongbai Jane & Theodore Valentine Susan & Peter Van Haften Karen & Francesco Vanderbaan Deborah Walsh Denise & Peter Walsh Gelena & Seth Weissman Cherie Wrigley Debra Zavala Barbara & Stanley Zax Leslie & Robert Zemeckis Ellen & Arnold Zetcher David Zuckerman & Ellie KannerZuckerman

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ANNUAL DONORS EDUCATION ADVOCATE $1,000 - $1,499 Anonymous (2) Harry & Gay Abrams/Abrams Artists Agency Dr. Richard Ackerman & Miriam Shakter Laura & Harvey Alpert Charitable Foundation Patti & Harlan Amstutz Bonnie R. Arnold Margaret Campbell Arvey AudioQuest Russ, August & Kabat Richard & Shelley Bayer Jerry Beckman Sigrid & Alan Belinkoff Lydia & David Bell Susan & Eric M. Bender Wendy & John Bergquist Diane & James Berliner Sharon & Artie Berrick Joe Blackstone & Jamie Mohn The Bordy & Leibovic Families Brenda & Alan Borstein Helen Breitwieser & James Jacks Wendy & David Brotman Chancellor Albert Carnesale & Mrs. Robin Carnesale Peg Casey David Cates & Christine Vavak Jane Cates Jonathan & Elena Cates Melissa Cates & Roger Claman Steven Cerasale & Mary Katherine Cocharo Martha Chase Sachiko T. Cochran MD & Joseph T. Araki In Recognition of Carl & Barbara Cohen Culver Hotel Ruth Daugherty Phil Davis Suzanne Deal Booth & David Booth Deluscious Cookies Carolyn Dirks/Brett Dougherty Steven Doren Dennis & Jeralyn Doty Jan & Thea Drayer Ed & Barbara Dreyfus Gerald & Sally Ducot Marilyn P. Dunn Dr. & Mrs. William M Duxler In Honor of Education & Community Engagement Colleen M. Ellis Terri & David Elston The English Language Center Carl & Courtenay Enright Lynne & Michael Feldman Donnovan Field Sydney M. Finegold, M.D. Steve Freedman Ben & Susan Friedman G2 Graphic Service, Inc. Jeanne & Arnold Geffner Diane & Bruce Gewertz The Gibbs Family Cherna & Dr. Gary Gitnick Charlotte Gold Dr. Irene Goldenberg Louis & Linda Goldsman Roz & Abner Goldstine Ellie Goodman Helene Gordon Adrienne Grant & Paul Jennings Jack Grossbart & Marc Schwartz Deidre Hall Salli Harris Michael Parks & Judith Hayward

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Murray & Gail Heltzer Hella Hershon David Coleman & Jean Himmelstein Coleman Rand Hoffman & Charlotte Robinson Toni Hoyt Linda Janger Joseph B. Gould Foundation J.W. Hulme Co Linda & David Kagel Joyce & Don Kaiserman Marcy Kaplan & Eric Gold Karney Guren Family Foundation In Honor of Judi Kaufman Barbara & Stuart Klabin Kent Klavens & Judy Vourlas Lynda & Neal Hersh Judy Knapp Leslie & Norman Koplof Jeffrey Kramer Carol Krause Lena & Mark Labowe Deborah Lacusta & Daniel Castellaneta Helene Laub Joyce Lederer Steven & Nancy Lippman Elisabeth & Jeffrey Lipsman Judith Locke & Dennis Massie Karen & Peter Locke Karen & Frederick Lorig The Jennifer and Greg Malins Foundation Eric G.C. Mark The Miles Family Barbara & Fred Miller Cookie Miller Philip & Joan Miller Andrew & Laura Mintzer Joanne & Joel Mogy Montage Hotels and Residences In Loving Memory of Harvey S. Morse Lon Morse & Toni Hollander Morse Joan & Fred Nicholas Albert & Barbara Nichols John Nickoll Deborah & Stacey Olliff Ornest Family Foundation Gia Paladino & Michael Wise Philip & Leslie Paton Amanda Crick & Glenn Pfeffer Pier South Craig Piligian Jane Rascoff Richard Rasiej & Joan Herman Harvey & Joyce Reichard Sandra C Ribble Donald B. & Susan F. Rice In Memory of Frances Richman Esther & Howard Richmond Linda & Manny Rider Judi & Tim Ritchie Beth Roberts & Warren Smith Dolores Rogers Ronda & Fred Rose Brad & Nancy Rosenberg David A. & Karen Richards Sachs Susana Salazar Mark San Filippo Nancy & Ted Sanborn Jay Sandrich Toni & John Schulman Don & Cynthia Schwartz David Schwartz Foundation, John S. Schwartz Don & Cynthia Schwartz John Schwartz John & Lori Shaw Phyllis & Martin Shephard Doris & Michael Sherman Holly & Larry Shulman

Rita & Jose Sigal Ron Silverman & Soraya Ross Joan & Jerry Snyder Drs. Matthew & Marion Solomon The Somaini Family Christine Taylor & Ben Stiller Jordan Strauss Photography Barbra Streisand & James Brolin David & Katherine Stritzinger Eric Strom & Eileen Goodis Sugarfina Sunrise Springs Katy Sweet The Tatasciore Family Anne C. Taubman & David Boyle John Teeples & Nicolas Martinez, Jr. Marjorie Thomson John Turmes Catherine & Leonard Unger Daniel & Shauna Valenzuela Alan Van Vliet Alison Whalen & Steve Marenberg Julie & Peter Weil Marcia Williams & Gene Lucero Judith & Philip Winik Wright Maritime Group Anna & Stephen Yallourakis June Yip & David Wong Marcie & Howard Zelikow

ARTISTIC ADVOCATE $500 - $999 Anonymous (5) Terry & Richard Abrams Betsy Alevy Eloise & Mark Appel Jeanne Bailey Janet & Irwin Barnet Linda Barnett Irene Baron Yvette Bergeron & Dean Bailey Kristen Bird Diane & Richard Birnholz Black Market Gelato Larry & Julie Blivas In Honor of Phyllis Blivas Pamela & Bill Bohnert Michael J. Bordy Janet & Mark Brown Laura D. Campbell Andrew Carlberg Scott Carter & Bebe Johnson Lee & Shelby Chaden Cindy Clark Ginger Conrad In Loving Memory of Ed Cypert Greg & Leslie Dannon Dr. Udayakumar Devaskar DirecTV Matching Gift Center Roni & Ethan Eller Lidia & Mauricio Epelbaum David & Joyce Evans Elizabeth A. Evans Marjorie & Arthur Fine The Ella Fitzgerald Charitable Fund Michael & Lynne Flynn Myrna Forest Burt & Nanette Forester Judith R. Forman and Dr. Cynthia Pikus Sharlene & Sol Galper The Gewecke Family Benita & Bert Ginsberg Linda & Louis Goldsman Marcy Goldstein Lori & Robert Goodman

Diana & Ronald Granit Gigi & Don Grant Gaby & Rob Greenberg Marcy & Edgar Gross Madeline Gussman Carolyn & Bernie Hamilton Arlene S Harris Sheila & Chester Hasday Zvia Hempling Jack Hileman & Roxanne Huddleston Jim Hliboki & Hildi Snodgrass Dorothy Hoffman Kelley M. Hogan Gerald Isenberg Jackie & Warren Jackson Brad & Kay Jensen Brett Johnson Robert Jones Avi Kamienny Mr. & Mrs. Bernard Kamine Christine Kaplan Stan Kasten Dean Kauffman & Carlos Andres Mosquera-Tangarife Patricia Keating Nancy Mette & Barnet Kellman Beverlee Bickmore & James Kelly Corie & Michael Koss Marlene & Donald Kottler Tam & David Lachoff Joan & Christopher Larkin Ginger Leibovitz Marla E. Levine Suzann Levine Brenda & Warren Lincoln Neil L. & Ora D. Macfarlane George Manet Elizabeth Marcellino Mr. & Mrs. Phillips H. Marshall David Israeli & Dr. Marie Mazzone Richard Milling Teddie J. Milner Sue & Monty Mohrman Paula Moseley, EdD Carol & Jerry Muchin Sherri & Arnie Nelson Robert & Anita Nitta Doreen & Donald Nortman Justin Okin Barbara & Gary Pasquinelli Barbara & Peter Patman Jonna & Alfred Peguero In Memory of Michael Piller Ruth Pilot Berta & Lou Pitt Gary & Gail Rachelefsky Simon Renshaw Rabbi Steven & Didi Carr Reuben Carrie Richman Carlene Ringer Allison Rosenthal Blanche & Bruce Joel Rubin Tyler Rubin Crystal Salapatas In Memory of Hon. Maxwell Salter Tawny Sanders Sarah Leonard Fine Jewelers Nancy & Steven Schneider Stanley Schneider Susan & Peter Schwab Traci Shelton Robin & Robert Sills Manish Singh Martin & Leah Sklar Dr. Jerry & Marci Smith Rita Spiegel Arthur Stern

ANNUAL DONORS

ASSOCIATE $250 - $499 Anonymous (12) Nancy & Emanuel Abrams Norman & Toshka Abrams Patricia Abrams Actors Equity Foundation, Inc Anne Adair & Steve Ganzberg Barbara Adams Elaine & Michael Agran Charles & Annick Allen Sylvia Almstadt Merryl & David A. Alpert Jan & David Altemus Peter Anderson Robert C. Anderson Philip Angerhofer & Stephen A. Jones Debra & Benjamin Ansell Jc & Jack Appelbaum Steven D. Arias Dr. Sandra & Dr. Charles Aronberg Barbara & Ethan Aronoff Marc & Elizabeth Axelrod Lynne Babbitt Cecilia Ball Victoria Bates Randy Bayard Judith & Thomas Beckmen Dawn & Marshall Bein Dr. Timothy Belavich & Bernie Knobbe Patricia Belcher Marshall Bell Richard N. Berger JoAnn Bernard Barbara Berkowitz Karen Berkowitz Marsha C. Berkowitz Beverly Bierer Claudia & Ronald Bitzer Edward Blume Jeff Boland Frances & Thomas Booth Toby Bornstein Nina & Hon. Anthony Borwick Burt Boyar Paula Brand Mona Brandler Leah Lynn Broidy Lionel Brown Mitchell Brown Marshall Bull David & Kathy Burke Marcia Burnam Marlene & David Capell Anthony Carbone Phil Carlin Miss Irene Castaldo Ellen & Jeff Catania Ling Chan

Richard Pezner & Sandra Chan Barry Charles Diane Chernansky Becky & Mike Clements Anselm Clinard In Memory of Dr. Alan Cohn Ivan Contreras Lionel Conway Linda Covette Jon Cowan Susan Georgine Craig Norman & Nancy Cravens Shawn Cunningham Ingrid Curtiss, MD Col. Tony, Donna & Taylor Daniell Jeffrey S. Davidson Ruth B. Davis Elizabeth De Oliveira & Moacyr Da Silva Bert Deixler Hal & Roberta Delevie Brian Demsey Robert Ditullio Suzanne & Bruce Dodds Carol Jean Doehring Sandy & Gerry Dorfman Daryl & Paul F. Doucette Linda Dozier Jacki & Murray Drechsler Earthlings.com Michael East & Tanisha Gonzalez Roy Eddleman Mona & Barry Edwards Chiedu Egbuniwe The Farwell Family Janet Fattal Francesco Federico Lisa Feintech, M.D. Mimi Alpert Feldman Abby & Malcolm Field Paul & Karen Finkel Lisa & William Finkelstein Donna Finley Evaline Fishman William & Elisabeth Fleischman Lynne & Michael Flynn Myrna ‘Pepper’ Forest Dolores Franco Julia Franz Fran Fredella & Scott Rubin Sandy & Donald French Kenneth J. Friedman & Marilynn J. Friedman Family Foundation Lynn & Barry Friesen Catherine Froloff Laurelle Frome & Brady Frome Yuri & Yelena Furman Gina Furth Lois & Jerry Gallop Larry & Judith Garshofsky Karen Berko Gibson Dr. Diane & Michael Glazer Hannah Godwin Michael Golamco Carol & Neil Goldberg Lorain Goldberg Mark & Molly Goldberg Francine Golden & Marvin Schlossman Dr. Peter Goldman Dina Goldstein Ellie & Barry Goldstein Roger Gordon Liz Gottainer & David Sadkin Russell Grant Debbie & Glenn Gray Joan Green Madelyne Green Paul & Louise Greenberg

Randi & Jerome Greenberg Penny Grosz-Salomon & Eugene Korney Larry Guli Eve Haberfield & David N. Johnson Hanif Haji Kambiz Hakim Mary & Alan Halkett Jane Hall Roberta Hamilton Tess Harper Richard Hart Judy L. Hartley Dr. & Mrs. Samuel Haveson Winifred C. Hervey Penny Hildebrand Gayle Hooker Dale & John Hopmans In Memory of Ross Hunter & Jacque Mapes Lonnie Levi Israel Robert & Gail Israel Frederic A. & Nancy Jacobus Martha Jones & Paul Zerella Robert Jones & Julie Anne Robinson Jerry Joseph Adriana Kahane Joanne & Larry Kahn Lesly Kahn Yolla Kairouz Jessica Kaltman David Kaminow Jean Kaplan Susie Kater & Tom Chappell Donald Kates Harris Katleman Owen Kato Dana Katz Morgan Kay William & Renee Kendall Louanne Kennedy Debra Kessler Cathy Kirkpatrick Dr. Ann Kirsch & Mr. Jonathan Kirsch Irwin Kishner Dr. Phyllis Klein Laurie & Milton Klorman Dolph Kornblum & Florence Robins Kimberly & John Kruse Eleanor & Mark Lainer Carol D. Lande Ana Launes Susan Lava Sharon & Lawrence Lavenberg In Memory of Katie Layman Learning Encounters Ann Leland Donna Levi Gail J. Levine Maxine & Gary Levine Anita & Burton Levinson Dr. & Mrs. Isaac Levy Rick & Vivian Levy Lawrin & Linda Lewin Reuben Lim Molly & Peter Lindgren Bonnie Lisle Leslie & Adam Lobel Alex Loewenthal Lori & Tom Low Anne L. Lynch Guillaume & Crystal Maillet

John & Susan Mamer Marcus Mancini Carol & Doug Mancino Pauline Marks Annette Marmalefsky Goran Marnfeldt Douglas Mcavoy, Jr. Jim & Kathy McCaffery Jeanne McDonald-Powers & Travis Powers R.G. Mercer Eileen & Paul Meshekow Erik & Melanie Messerschmidt Reed & Linda Metzger Lori Meyers & James Marano Norma & Larry Meyers Philip & Joan Miller Jeff Milman Matlin & Robert Mirman Thomas Mitchell Irina & Andrew Molasky Laurie & Chuck Mondrus Henry Moon Shelagh Moriarty John Moschitta Carol & Jerry Muchin Alexander Levine & Catherine Nameth Jason Neidleman Mark & Diane Neubauer Tom Nevermann Chris & Richard Newman Jeff Newman Charna & Allen Nissenson Myra Nourmand Lawrence Ross & Linda Nussbaum Doron Ofir Sandy & Alan Olick Adrienne & Arthur Omansky Dr. Ronald & Iris Onkin Cynthia & Todd Palm Edward Parker Abhilash & Kelly Patel Joanne Patten Naidu & Jane Permaul Susan Petelik Bruce Peters Jack & Jane Pollock Zazi Pope Lance Powell Jeff Prater Philip Pritchett Neil & Lisa Greer Quateman Andy Relis Elaine Richards Mr. & Mrs. James Richards Steve & Linda Richman Lindy Robbins Robert Rosania Barry Rosen & Neil Bokal Adrienne B. Rosenthal Beverly & Melvin Rosenthal Dr. Martin & Lorraine Ross Virginia Ross Michael, Michon & Jackson Roth Susan Rovner Leslie & Daniel Sackheim Anne Sacks Mr. & Mrs. Simon Salloom Lori Sanchez Nan Sarno Susan & Kenneth Sarno Janet Sasson

Linda & Cliff Schaffer Chris T. Schmidt Joel & Sonia Schneider Gary & Karen Schneider Jane & Bill Schopf Christine Schultz John H. Scott Marc Seltzer Scott Shagrin Dr. Mary Jo & Paul Shane Elise Shanfeld Barbara Vickery & Martin Shapiro Judy & Tom Sharp Melanie Sharp & Kevin Miller Netta & Uri Shohet Seymour & Dorothy Siegel Linda & Ronald Slates Diane Good & Frank Smith Barbara & Hal Smith James Smith & Loreen Ayer Marcia L. & Mark J. Smith Jean Smith-Moore Karen Smits Donald & Caitlin Sohn Christine Sorgi Dr. Robert & Margo Sorrentino Bruce Spector Debra Spector M Leslie Stearns Christy Stevens Frances & Sy Strasberg William Stringer Penny Strowger Alec Sulkin Mr. Kayser Sume & Dr. Renee Sabshin Ann Sunderland Lance & Maureen Tan Phyllis & Franklin Tell Courtney & Jay Tobin Judy & Art Tompkins Jacqueline G. Tousley Joyce & Josh Trabulus Miriam Trogdon Brigitta Troy Dr. Gerald D. Turbow Sofia Vaisman Deborah Valdez Lorraine & Erich Van Lowe Anthony Vasek Bobette Vikan Carole Wagner-Vallianos & Peter Vallianos Dr. & Mrs. William Walsh Gloria Walther Marvin Wasserman Elisa Wayne Polly & Herb Weinberg Myrna & Art Weiner Sherry Weinman & Michael Umansky Richard & Joyce Wickline Rae Jeane Williams Gary & Karen Winnick Bruce & Marci Wiseman Marc Wishingrad Susan Wolford Joseph Wu Harriet Zaretsky Lynn & Meir Ziv Sandy Zwirn

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Sharon Suarez Mr. & Mrs. David Tann Meg Thomas Nancy Thomas Ira & Laurie Waldman Marcia & Dr. Charles Wasserman David Weiss Pat West Connie & John Weston In Memory of Milton A. Williams, Jr. Charlie Wilson Jay Weinstein & Lori Woldar The Yarkins Arnold & Tricia Zane Crystal Zehetner & Julia Ramadan

GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE STAFF Randall Arney Artistic Director ARTISTIC

Gil Cates, Jr. Executive Director MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS

Amy Levinson Phyllis Schuringa Young Ji

Rachel Wiegardt-Egel Margaret Starbuck

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

DEVELOPMENT Regina Miller Ellen Catania Jessica Brusilow Rollins

Jamie Mikelich

Kristen Smith Eshaya

Scott Kriloff

Clay Dzygun

Taylor Cerny Jessie Sherman Austin Merrill Annika Patton

Chief Development Officer Senior Vice President, Development Director of Education Partnerships & Donor Relations Director of Individual Giving & Spotlight Manager Development & Education Programs Coordinator Development Concierge & Database Manager Office Coordinator for Executive Director / Development Development Assistant Development Assistant Development Intern Development Intern

Jessica Buzzard Director of Marketing &

Communications Karen Gutierrez Director of Advertising &

Audience Development Mark San Filippo Director of Ticketing &

Database Administrator Brian Dunning Associate Director of

Marketing Creative Ashley Bodul Associate Director of

Public Relations Kevin O’Brien Marketing Coordinator Janice Bernal Box Office Manager Bryan Martin Box Office Manager Zack Hamra Assistant Box Office and

Audience Services Manager Vaneh Assadourian, Kaitlin Huwe, Richard Martinez, Cameron Reck, Celia Rivera, Celeste Russi, Alyssa Tyson Box Office Staff Sue Fleishman Communications Consultant Quinn Francis Outreach Assistant Ramon Garcia Mission Continues Fellow

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Karim Bouzzit

EDUCATION Jennifer Zakkai Director of Education &

Community Engagement Carolyn Marie Wright Manager of Education &

Community Engagement Brandon Drea Education Assistant Brian Allman, Ramy Eletreby, David Guerra, McKenna Kerrigan, Robert Paterno Teaching Artists Hermie Castillo Mission Continues Fellow

ADMINISTRATION Behnaz Ataee Peter Banachowski Samone Watts Marguerite Harris

Chief Financial Officer Accounting and Payroll Manager Accounts Payable Receptionist

PRODUCTION Daniel Ionazzi Jill Barnes

Sam Craven-Griffiths Evan Friedman Rich Gilles James Grabowski Darren Rezowalli Ramine Ameli

Production Manager Associate Production Manager / Company Manager Technical Director Associate Technical Director Properties Master House Sound Supervisor Lighting & Video Supervisor Production Electrician

System Administrator

FRONT OF HOUSE Jeni Pearsons Director of Special Events David Gerhardt Supervising House Manager Jane Phillips Harper Deputy Supervising House Manager Amy Farkas

Lead Concierge James Porter Lead House Manager Josiah Davis, Brett Donaldson, Caroline Harrison Kohler, Nathaniel Meek, Roxana Meyers House Managers Claudia Baffo, Rebecca Birstock, Kailey Bray, Toshi Calderon, Vianney Cossyleon, Ida Herndon, Isaac Jay, Olivia Lowe, Sarah Lyddan, Aaron Newman, JoJo Nwoko, Shannon O’Hara, Madison Shamoun, Charmee Taylor, Adam Turney, Cody Williams, Dennis Woullard 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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