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ARTISTIC DIRECTOR MATT SHAKMAN

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I AM A HUGE FAN OF JOSHUA HARMON’S WORK. Having directed Bad Jews here (and having had a blast doing so), it’s a pleasure to welcome him back with Significant Other—his thoughtful, funny rumination on what it means to be a single among many pairs. We welcome director Stephen Brackett, a talented longtime collaborator of Josh’s, who has assembled a stellar cast and team of designers to bring to life a play that is 50% party, 50% perspective and 100% relatable to each of us.

I am equally thrilled to have announced my first season of plays as Artistic Director, the first of which begins in the fall of 2018. The shows run the gamut from new adaptations of classics to world premieres, from musicals and comedies to the greatest of tragedies, along with some mystery and magic. Each play truly leans into a heightened theatricality and reflects the diversity of our wonderful city. I very much hope to see you in the theatre next season.

Enjoy the show!

Matt Shakman Artistic Director

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“MORISSEAU CREATES CHARACTERS WHO DON’T MERELY SPEAK, THEY SING WITH THE VERNACULAR OF THEIR COMMUNITY.” — TheaterMania.com

Written by DOMINIQUE MORISSEAU Directed by PATRICIA McGREGOR It’s 2008 and the employees of a Detroit auto factory are facing an uncertain future.

This stirring play follows a family of co-workers navigating economic instability, troubling rumors and the ways in which loyalty and love shape every decision we make.

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FEELING “ALL THE FEELINGS”

An interview with Significant Other director Stephen Brackett

By Rachel Wiegardt-Egel

ON THE FIRST DAY OF REHEARSAL FOR THIS WEST COAST PREMIERE OF SIGNIFICANT OTHER, director Stephen Brackett took some time to chat about his longtime collaboration with playwright Joshua Harmon, the painting that inspired the production design, and the multi-layered relationships at the core of the play.

Rachel Wiegardt-Egel: I would love to start out by hearing about your history with this play.

Stephen Brackett: I directed a reading in New York of an early version of this play when it was called The Franco-Prussian War. Even at that early stage, you could tell it was brimming with life and heart. I love this piece, so I am excited for my chance to stage it at the Geffen.

RW: Do you know what sparked this idea for Joshua when he began writing the play?

SB: I don’t want to speak for Josh, but I will say that at its heart, this is an identity play for the character of Jordan. Josh had written Bad Jews, and I think Significant Other was his chance to write something more personal and reflective of himself and his group of friends, and what it

meant for all of them to be going through this specific phase of their life together.

RW: You mentioned Bad Jews, which we produced here at the Geffen, so our audience has some familiarity with it. Are there elements of Significant Other that you find are quintessential to Josh’s voice versus things that he’s doing here that are different?

SB: There’s a velocity to Josh’s writing that is consistent between both plays; he tends to write characters who can’t stop talking. In Bad Jews, that’s Daphna, and I think people will see a tiny bit of the speech patterns of Daphna in Jordan. They’re cut from the same cloth in that they tend to go a little bit too far in spinning around ideas. Bad Jews is about the new generation of Jews, and how they are applying their faith to their lives. I think that Significant Other doesn’t have that central idea of Judaism, but is much more about a deep exploration of a specific moment in life. While there is Judaism in this play, it takes a backseat to the domestic issues that the characters are facing.

RW: The different locations of the play mean it has to move really fluidly between scenes—how have you and the designers been approaching this in pre-rehearsal conversations?

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SB: There is a trend in modern playwriting that you can’t help but compare to writing for film and television. More and more scripts that I’m reading have multitudes of locations, so it’s an interesting moment for directors and designers to figure out how to tell the audience enough information about a space, but not try to do a bad version of what film can do so well. We wanted to find a central through-line for the visuals of this piece, and there’s a section of the play where Jordan and Vanessa are sitting at MoMA looking at a Rousseau painting [“The Dream”] that really struck a chord with our scenic designer Sibyl [Wickersheimer] and me. We started looking at ways in which people have put that Rousseau painting into architecture, and used that as a lens into this piece. I think we’ve come to a nice balance of suggesting locations while also trying to articulate the heartbeat of the piece.

RW: What are some of the qualities you were looking for when casting these characters?

SB: I was lucky in that I had a little experience with the play going into it, so I had heard people read the parts before. What was important to me in the casting was finding an authenticity with the actors who were approaching these parts. For instance, Kiki can go in so many different directions. She seemingly has no barriers between what she thinks

and what she says, and obviously you need a really gifted comedian to play the part. But it can also go so easily into caricature, so we were looking for somebody who was able to deliver on the dimensionality and the heart of the character as well. For me, there are love triangles all over the play, so in casting Jordan and Laura it was important that I felt the audience would believe the gravity and intensity of their relationship. Luckily I’ve had similar indelible friendships with some women in my life, and I think that our Jordan and our Laura will make a believable non-traditional couple onstage.

RW: Do you think the play takes a stance on whether friendship can survive the phase of life where people tend to pair off?

SB: I think the play takes seriously that it’s inevitable that a friendship will change once a significant other is introduced—that is one of the things that Jordan has to come to terms with. I certainly hope for a future where these characters all find a way to keep what they had previously been able to give to each other in their lives. But I do think the play leaves it a little bit up in the air at the end.

RW: With so much of the play being about a group of friends turning thirty and getting married, why do you think we get to see Jordan with his grandmother Helene as well?

Henri Rousseau, The Dream, 1910, Museum of Modern Art, New York

SB: It’s so smart of Josh to put Helene in this play because it takes a play that could be limiting in its specificity and gives it context and broadens its scope. The fact that Jordan has a strong relationship with his grandmother, who’s going through a very specific phase in her late life, certainly grounds him in an understanding of the relative smallness of what he’s personally going through, but doesn’t necessarily negate it either. I think it’s this relationship that makes the play feel more universal, and helps us all consider how we navigate these moments in our lives, or how we care for someone who is facing these challenges.

RW: What are you most eager to explore with the actors in the rehearsal room?

SB: The relationships in this piece are so lovely, and I’m excited about finding the specificity in them. I think that’s going to be a delightful part of this process—finding out how the characters function in each other’s lives and how they enrich each other, and why it’s so specifically painful for Jordan to see them partner off.

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RW: Besides the technology in it, this play feels relatively unconstrained to a specific time period.

What are some of the ways you think this play speaks to our current moment?

SB: We’re living in a time where it’s easy to feel isolated, whether that is through our relationship with our screens and social media, or our relationship to the chaotic world around us. It’s an intense moment of people retreating into themselves. A lot of the show is about Jordan trying to find his significant other, but it is also about him relating to the women in his life and having rich experiences with them. Ultimately, I think that’s what’s really moving. I can’t tell you how many people have told me that this play has made them feel “all the feelings.” I’ve heard that from people who run the gamut in terms of age. So I think that there is something about this play that emphasizes what the theater is about—to be in a space with other people watching something live in front of you, and celebrating the human spirit, flawed as it might be.

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Stephen Brackett OPENING NIGHT WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11, 2018 Significant Other is presented by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc. Significant Other was developed during a residency at the Eugene O’Neill Theatre Center’s National Playwrights Conference in 2013.

Preston Whiteway, Executive Director; Wendy C. Goldberg, Artistic Director World Premiere Produced in New York City by Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director; Harold Wolpert, Managing Director; Julia C. Levy, Executive Director; Sydney Beers, General Manager) at the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre/Laura Pels Theatre on June 18, 2015 EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS CIRCLE MEMBERS

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CAST OF CHARACTERS (IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER) Laura ................................................................................................ Melanie Field* Vanessa ............................................................................................. Vella Lovell* Zach/Evan/Roger .................................................................. Preston Martin* Kiki ................................................................................................. Keilly McQuail* Will/Conrad/Tony ......................................................... John Garet Stoker* Helene Berman ..................................................................... Concetta Tomei* Jordan Berman ......................................................................... Will Von Vogt*

UNDERSTUDY Jordan Berman ........................................................................ Preston Martin* *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.

RUNNING TIME Approximately 2 hours and 15 minutes.

There will be one 15 minute intermission.

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PRODUCTION BIOGRAPHIES

MELANIE FIELD (Laura) Melanie Field will next be seen starring in Paramount Network’s Heathers (a reboot based on the 1988 cult classic film) as the vicious leader of the Heathers, “Heather Chandler.”

The pitch-black comedy anthology series is set to premiere in 2018. A graduate of New York University and Yale School of Drama, Field started her career working on Broadway in shows including The Phantom of the Opera and Evita, as well as the first national tour of Wicked.

Other television credits include the USA Network’s pilot The Tap, from Executive Producer Rob Reiner.

VELLA LOVELL (Vanessa) Vella Lovell is thrilled to be making her Geffen Playhouse debut. She can be seen on seasons one through three of the CW hit show Crazy Ex-Girlfriend. Other television credits are HBO’s Girls and TV Land’s Younger. Lovell can be seen in the Academy Award-nominated film The Big Sick and the 10 PLAYBILL

upcoming films The Christmas Chronicles and The Speed of Life. Theater: Amy Herzog’s Mary Jane at Yale Repertory Theatre, The Bacchae at The Delacorte Theater, Kaspar Hauser at The Flea Theater, Streetcar Named Desire at Williamstown Theatre Festival.

Graduate of New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts and The Juilliard School.

PRESTON MARTIN (Zach/Evan/Roger) Preston Martin is thrilled to be making his West Coast debut at the Geffen Playhouse. Martin has performed and directed in nine countries and in more than fifty venues across New York City, including the Public Theater, La MaMa and Lincoln Center Theater. Select theater credits: Miranda Priestly in Streepshow!, Far From Heaven directed by Michael Greif, Josh Conkel’s I Wanna Destroy You, PS Jones and the Frozen City

by Tony Award-nominee Robert Askins and The Conspirators opposite Kathleen Turner.

Film: The Rest of Us (produced

by Mary Stuart Masterson), Om City (TriBeCa Film Festival), Better to Live (TriBeCa Film Festival). Participant of Williamstown Theatre Festival and Old Vic New Voices US/ UK Exchange. Director of The Reality Show: NYU (NYC, Abu Dhabi, Shanghai). www.prestonmartin.com

KEILLY McQUAIL (Kiki) Off-Broadway: Her Requiem (LCT3/Lincoln Center Theater), You Got Older (Page 73). Regional: Bad Jews at Long Wharf Theatre (CT Critics Circle Award). Other recent theater: Of Government (Clubbed Thumb), Half Moon Bay (Cherry Lane Theatre, Lesser America), Heartbreak (Bushwick Starr), Preston Sturges’ Strictly Dishonorable (The Flea Theater). Film: Dish, Like Father, That Smell, Tasmania, Not Fade Away. Television: Jessica Jones, Odd Mom Out, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, The Jim Gaffigan Show, Younger, The Affair, Are We There Yet? Member of the Ensemble Studio Theater. Education: NYU Tisch School of the Arts and the Atlantic Theater Company.

JOHN GARET STOKER (Will/Conrad/Tony) John Garet is excited to make his West Coast stage debut at the Geffen Playhouse. On television, he can next be seen in the upcoming season of CBS’s Code Black. Previously,

PRODUCTION BIOGRAPHIES he starred on the MTV series Eye Candy. Stoker graduated from Carnegie Mellon University with a B.F.A. in Acting. His college theater credits include The Crucible (Hale), As You Like It (Jacques) and Three Sisters (Tuzenbach).

CONCETTA TOMEI (Helene Berman) Concetta Tomei’s Broadway credits include: Cyrano (opposite Kevin Kline), The Elephant Man (opposite David Bowie), Noises Off and Goodbye Fidel.

Lincoln Center Theater: The Clean House. Public Theater: The Normal Heart (original cast, opposite Brad Davis), Richard III (New York Shakespeare Festival’s Bayfield Award), Fen and A Private View. Other New York credits include: Tommy Tune’s Cloud Nine (original cast), Nora Ephron’s Love, Loss, and What I Wore, James Lescene’s Mother of Invention, Naomi Wallace’s One Flea Spare. Regional theater: Houston’s Alley Theatre, American Conservatory Theater, Mark Taper Forum. Film credits include: Deep Impact, Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead, Out To Sea, The Muse and View From the Top. Television: Providence, China Beach, Veep, The Mick, King of Queens, Weeds, Nip/Tuck, Necessary Roughness, Murphy Brown and more than fifty other roles. Tomei is a graduate of the University of Wiscon-

sin (Madison) and Chicago’s Goodman School of Drama (Sarah Siddons Award).

WILL VON VOGT (Jordan Berman) Will Von Vogt is thrilled to be making his Geffen Playhouse debut. Favorite credits include Prior in Angels in America, Shen Te/Shui Ta in Brecht’s Good Person of Szechwan, Rudy in Bent and NBC’s Chicago Fire. He is a producer and curator of Salonathon, a weekly performance series running for more than six years. He is currently developing a musical web series, TBD, about the charms and quirks of being a homosexual trying their best in this world. To learn more, check out www.willvonvogt.com.

JOSHUA HARMON (Playwright) Joshua Harmon’s plays include Bad Jews (Roundabout Theatre Company), Significant Other (Roundabout Theatre Company; Broadway/Booth Theatre), Admissions (Lincoln Center Theater), Ivanka (staged readings across the country on Election Eve, 2016)

and Skintight (upcoming at Roundabout Theatre Company). Bad Jews has been one of the most produced plays in the United States of the last few years and has received international productions in Australia, Canada, Germany, Israel, South Africa and London’s West End, following sold-out runs at Theatre Royal Bath and the St. James.

Fellowships include the MacDowell Colony, Atlantic Center for the Arts and NNPN. Joshua is an associate artist at Roundabout Theatre Company and under commission from Manhattan Theatre Club. Education: Juilliard.

STEPHEN BRACKETT (Director) Stephen is a Brooklyn-based director specializing in the development of new plays and musicals. Credits include: Jonathan Tolins’ Buyer & Cellar (Rattlestick Playwrights Theater and Barrow Street Theaters/National Tour/ London’s Menier Chocolate Factory), Joe Tracz and Joe Iconis’ Be More Chill (Two River Theater), The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical (Theaterworks USA), Kerrigan-Lowdermilk’s The Mad Ones (Prospect Theater), Tasha Gordon-Solmon’s I Now Pronounce (Humana Festival), Philip Dawkins’ Le Switch (About Face Theatre), Caroline McGraw’s Ultimate GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE 11

PRODUCTION BIOGRAPHIES Beauty Bible (Page 73), David West Read’s The Great Pretender (TheatreWorks Silicon Valley), Jacob Yandura and Rebekah Greer Melocik’s Wringer (New York City Children’s Theater), Bixby Elliot’s Sommerfugl (InViolet), Anton Dudley’s City Of (Playwrights Realm), Lucas Kavner’s Carnival Kids (Lesser America), Ken Urban’s The Correspondent (Rattlestick Playwrights Theater), Chad Beckim’s After (Partial Comfort), Dan Fishback’s The Material World (Dixon Place), Bekah Brunstetter’s Be A Good Little Widow (Ars Nova), and The Tenant (Woodshed Collective). Upcoming: Michael R. Jackson’s A Strange Loop (Playwrights Horizons).

SIBYL WICKERSHEIMER (Scenic Designer) Most recently, Sibyl designed BLKS directed by Nataki Garrett at Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Elliot: A Soldier’s Fugue directed by Shishir Kurup at the Kirk Douglas Theatre and Julius Caesar directed by Shana Cooper at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Her regional set design credits also include productions at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, Lookingglass Theatre Company, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Portland Center Stage, Portland Playhouse, Berkeley Rep, Arizona Theatre Company, Geffen Playhouse and South Coast Repertory. Sibyl resides in Los Angeles, where she has designed for numerous local companies, including The Actor’s Gang, Bootleg Theatre, Circle X, LA Opera, and The Theatre @ Boston Court.

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the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Kaiser Permanente Educational Theatre Program and Disney Cruise Line, and her art installations have been exhibited in galleries throughout Southern California. Sibyl is an Associate Professor at USC in the School of Dramatic Arts.

BOBBY FREDERICK TILLEY (Costume Designer) Bobby Frederick Tilley’s costume designs for theater include Bulldozer: The Legend of Robert Moses (Theatre at St. Clement’s); Hot Mess (Daryl Roth Productions); The Legend of Georgia McBride (Dorset Theater Festival); Be More Chill (Two River Theater); Guards at the Taj (Henry Hewes Design Award nomination), The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner, The Pinter Plays, Body Awareness, Birth and After Birth, The Butter and Egg Man (Atlantic Theater Company); Broadway Bounty Hunter (Barrington Stage Company, Berkie Award nomination); The Power of Duff (Geffen Playhouse); Open House (Signature Theatre); The Power of Duff, Captors, Sons of the Prophet, Circle Mirror Transformation (Huntington Theatre Company); Sons of the Prophet (Roundabout Theatre Company); All New People (Second Stage Theater); Proof (Merrimack Repertory Theatre); The Aliens (Rattlestick Playwrights Theater); The Aliens (Company One, Elliot Norton Award); Lizzie Borden (The Living Theatre, Drama Desk Award nomination, Henry Hewes Design Award nomination); Mel and El: Show & Tell (Ars Nova).

ERIC SOUTHERN (Lighting Designer) Eric Southern is an Obie Award-winning designer for theater, opera and dance. New York: After the Blast, Bull in a China Shop, The Harvest, Ghost Light (LCT3/Lincoln Center Theater); Sell/Buy/Date (Manhattan Theatre Club); Pocatello, Indian Summer (Playwrights Horizons); Tell Hector I Miss Him, Good Television, 10x25 (Atlantic Theater Company); Rimbaud in NY (BAM, The Civilians); Steve (The New Group); Buyer and Cellar (London, Center Theatre Group, New York, national tour); Chromatic (ADI, The Kitchen, Susan Marshall and Company). His work with 600 Highwaymen has been seen throughout the U.S. and Europe including The Fever, This Great Country, The Record and Employee of the Year.

Other theater includes Primary Stages, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Guthrie Theater, Kennedy Center, Baltimore Center Stage, Long Wharf Theatre, Huntington Theatre Company, Westport Country Playhouse, Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival, Dallas Theater Center and Kansas City Repertory Theatre. Eric is also a freelance designer with the international lighting firm Lightswitch. Education: B.F.A. and M.F.A., NYU. STOWE NELSON (Sound Designer) Stowe Nelson is a sound designer based in New York.

New York: queens, The Wolves (Lincoln Center Theater); Miles for Mary, The Essential Straight & Narrow, Samuel & Alasdair (Drama Desk nomination, The Mad Ones); Small Mouth Sounds (Lortel Nomination, Ars Nova); Animal Wisdom (Bushwick

PRODUCTION BIOGRAPHIES Starr); The Skin of Our Teeth (Theatre for a New Audience); Indian Summer (Playwrights Horizons); The Painted Rocks at Revolver Creek, The Wayside Motor Inn (Signature Theatre); Buyer & Cellar (Barrow Street Theatre). Regional: Evocations to Visible Appearance, Marginal Loss, I Now Pronounce (Actors Theatre of Louisville); Lost Laughs (Merrimack Repertory Theatre); The Roommate (Williamstown Theatre Festival); What Would Crazy Horse Do? (Kansas City Repertory Tehatre); Future Thinking (South Coast Repertory). www.wingspace.com/stowe BREE SHERRY (Production Stage Manager) Regional: Geffen Playhouse: These Paper Bullets!; Pasadena Playhouse: King Charles III, Kiss Me Kate; South Coast Repertory: Destiny of Desire, A Doll’s House Part 2, Curve of Departure; Kirk Douglas Theatre: Princess & Pirates.

Other regional credits from Laguna Playhouse, San Diego Repertory, Florida Repertory Theatre, Merrimack Repertory Theatre, The Washington Ballet, Studio Theatre, Woolly Mammoth Theatre, Triad Stage, Yale Repertory Theatre.

New York: Atlantic Theater Company. Bree has been the Operations Manager for the International Festival of Arts and Ideas for over ten years and was the Production Manager for UCSB’s Theater & Dance Department. She also tours with the Reduced Shakespeare Company. Education: B.A. in Technical Production and Design from Elon University, M.F.A. in Stage Management from Yale University, School of Drama.

JESSICA R. AGUILAR (Assistant Stage Manager) Jessica couldn’t be more grateful to return to the Geffen Playhouse. She formerly stage managed Death of the Author and assisted on reasons to be pretty. Select previous works include the national tour of A Night with Janis Joplin; Pasadena Playhouse: Miracle on 34th Street, Our Town, Shout Sister Shout!, The Originalist, Fly, Real Women Have Curves, Stop Kiss, 12 Angry Men; Marin Theatre Company: Fences, In the Red and Brown Water; Los Angeles Theatre Center: Dementia; Cabrillo Music Theatre: Evita; Cygnet Theatre: Man of La Mancha, Hedwig & the Angry Inch. She is a proud member of AEA and an avid S.F. Giants fan. Thanks to SA2HW-PA-ML-MQH-MA-JK2.

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, Guards at the Taj, Outside Mullingar, Bad Jews, The Night Alive, Switzerland and American Buffalo at the Geffen, and Shiv at The Theatre @ Boston Court. She has received 4 Artios nominations: Actually, Barbecue, Barcelona, The Country House. 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 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 Award for Best Revival) and The Song of Jacob Zulu. She is a member of the Casting Society of America and the Ovation Rules Committee.

MATT SHAKMAN (Artistic Director) Matt Shakman was named Artistic Director of the Geffen Playhouse in September 2017, having previously directed three highly acclaimed productions for the theater: the West Coast premiere of David Lindsay-Abaire’s Good People, the world premiere of Jeffrey Hatcher’s new adaptation of Wait Until Dark and Joshua Harmon’s Bad Jews. His theatrical work has also been seen at Primary Stages in New York and South Coast Repertory.

Matt founded and was the artistic director of the Black Dahlia Theatre in Los Angeles, which was named “one of a dozen young American companies you need to know” by American Theatre magazine and “Best Small Theatre” by Los Angeles magazine. Under his leadership, the Black GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE 13

PRODUCTION BIOGRAPHIES Dahlia garnered numerous Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle and LA Stage Alliance nominations and awards. In 2011, the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle awarded him the Milton Katselas Award for Career Achievement in Direction.

Matt is also well-regarded for his achievements in television and film. He is a director and producer for FX’s long-running show It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia and has directed episodes of Game of Thrones, Mad Men, Fargo and The Good Wife. His feature film debut, Cut Bank, starring John Malkovich, Billy Bob Thornton and Bruce Dern, premiered at the Toronto International and Los Angeles Film Festivals and was released by A24.

Shakman is a graduate of Yale University and holds a B.A. in History of Art and Theater.

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 non-profit theater’s walls.

He has proudly served on the Geffen Playhouse Board since 2012. Gil’s theater credits include the award-winning Names (Matrix Theatre Company) starring Dixie Carter

and Greg Mullavey and 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 premiered on Showtime.

His other films include Deal (starring Burt Reynolds, Bret Harrison and Charles Durning), and The Mesmerist (starring

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PRODUCTION BIOGRAPHIES Geffen Playhouse alumnus Neil Patrick Harris). 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 Miller has advised non-profit institutions, foundations and corporations on strategy, analysis and

fundraising. She has consulted for the 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.

THE NEW PLAY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM Supporting artists is central to the mission of the Geffen Playhouse, and play commissions are a cornerstone of that support. To commission a playwright to write a play means making a commitment to their voice, craft and vision, with the hope of sharing the fruits of their work on our stage.

The Geffen Playhouse’s New Play Development Program is made possible, in large part, through the leadership and generosity of donations from: The Edgerton Foundation, The Harold & Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust, Fay & Frank Mancuso, Sandra Krause & William Fitzgerald, Hilary & Jack Angelo, and Mary Bianco, The MOCA Foundation.

We are proud to have the following writers under commission: Rachel Bonds Colman Domingo Lindsey Ferrentino Michael Golamco Meghan Kennedy Matthew Lopez

Martyna Majok Michael Mitnick Jiehae Park José Rivera Robert Schenkkan Shaka Senghor

Erika Sheffer Nick Stafford David Wiener Lauren Yee Anna Ziegler

For more information on this program, please visit geffenplayhouse.org/newplays.

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PRODUCTION STAFF FOR SIGNIFICANT OTHER Assistant Scenic Designer Yuri Okahana Assistant Costume Designer Marly Hall Assistant Lighting Designer Rose Malone Production Assistant Lizzie Thompson Properties Artisan Cami Viand Dresser Britney Campbell Stage Crew Alex Norkus Stage Crew Zach Ortiz

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Set provided by F&D Scene Changes Ltd. Lighting Equipment provided by 4Wall Entertainment Lighting Sound Equipment provided by Jon Sound Inc. Production Photographer Chris Whitaker Media Filming Ramon Garcia Key Art Stockholm Design SPECIAL THANKS UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television Scene, Prop, Sound and Costume Shops; London Cleaners

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Nina & Hon. Anthony Borwick Carol J. Bradshaw Mona Brandler Armida Brashears Arlene Braun Leah Lynn Broidy Laurrie Brooke Lionel Brown Mitchell Brown Diana Buckhantz David & Kathy Burke Marcia Burnam Marlene & David Capell Anthony Carbone Phil Carlin Ling Chan Richard Pezner & Sandra Chan Diane Chernansky Becky & Mike Clements Anselm Clinard Lionel Conway Gail Cottingham Susan Georgine Craig Valerie & Donald Cravitz Heidi Crooks Shawn Cunningham Ingrid Curtiss, MD Muriel Dance & Alvin Martin Beverly D’Angelo Col. Tony, Donna & Taylor Daniell Hedva & Dr. Dudley Danoff Jeffrey S. Davidson Elizabeth De Oliveira & Moacyr Da Silva Hal & Roberta Delevie Brian Demsey Denny & Cathy Dietz Robert Ditullio Carol Jean Doehring Fred & Marilyn Dorer Sandy & Gerry Dorfman Linda Dozier The Milton L. & Betty J. Dranow Family Foundation Jacki & Murray Drechsler Chris Easley Barry & Mona Shafer-Edwards Ronald Eng Lidia & Mauricio Epelbaum Jim Esserman Rena Falk Lisa Feintech, M.D. Mimi Alpert Feldman Abby & Malcolm Field Donnovan Field Lisa & William Finkelstein Donna Finley Keith G. Fleer William & Elisabeth Fleischman Lynne & Michael Flynn GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE 23

ANNUAL DONORS Deveen Fox Dolores Franco Fran Fredella & Scott Rubin Sandy & Donald French Elaine Friedman Kenneth J. Friedman & Marilynn J. Friedman Family Foundation Lynn & Barry Friesen Catherine Froloff Laurelle Frome & Brady Frome Gina Furth Wendy Furth Lee Gardenswartz Russell Gersten Linda & Tom Givvin Jill Glasband Dr. Diane & Michael Glazer Richard & Lori Glucksman Hannah Godwin Carol & Neil Goldberg Lorain Goldberg Mark & Molly Goldberg Francine Golden & Marvin Schlossman Dr. Peter Goldman Roger Gordon Liz Gottainer & David Sadkin Gigi & Don Grant Shelley Hill Grant Debbie & Glenn Gray Madelyne Green Gary & Jeannie Greenberg David Greenwalt Eve Haberfield & David N. Johnson Roberta L. Haft Hanif Haji Kambiz & Sylvia Hakim Mary & Alan Halkett Jane Hall Monica & Mark Haloossim Roberta Hamilton Tess Harper Judy L. Hartley Hanna Heiting Michael & Candie Herman Hernand Family Winifred C. Hervey Penny Hildebrand Paul Gordon Hoffman & Sue Caren Hoffman Robert & Gail Israel Brenda Izzi Frederic A. & Nancy Jacobus Janice Jerde Martha Jones & Paul Zerella Robert Jones & Julie Anne Robinson Jerry Joseph Joanne & Larry Kahn Linda Kaplan 24 PLAYBILL

Eran & Raquel Karoly Donald Kates Harris Katleman Family Owen Kato Morgan Kay Jim Keily Michael Keir William & Renee Kendall Louanne Kennedy Kinsale Travel, Inc. Irwin Kishner Donna & Jeffrey Klein Dr. Phyllis Klein Laurie & Milton Klorman Delores Komar & Susan Wolford Charles Kristenson Jill & Michael Lasky Sharon & Lawrence Lavenberg Rhonda Lawrence Learning Encounters Ginger Leibovitz Ann Leland Adam Lesh Maxine & Gary Levine Anita & Burton Levinson Dr. & Mrs. Isaac Levy Rick & Vivian Levy Lawrin & Linda Lewin Angela Light Victor & Madeline Lindenheim Joanne Lindsay Bonnie Lisle Leslie & Adam Lobel Lori & Tom Low Anne L. Lynch Dr. Linda Maeder Carol & Doug Mancino Pauline Marks Annette Marmalefsky Goran Marnfeldt Gina Martino Phyllis & Bert Massing Douglas Mcavoy, Jr. Cynthia Melville Sumitra Menon Eileen & Paul Meshekow Dr. & Mrs. H. Reed Metzger Cathleen Meyers Sara Michrowski Judith & Jeff Milman Teddie J. Milner Julien Minard Peter Minarik & Sharon Vera Barrett Moore Christy & Leon Moore Marvin & Jean Moore Christopher Morden Shelagh Moriarty Howard J. Morris John Moschitta Jonathan Murray

Charlotte C. Myers Robert M. Nelson Sherri & Arnie Nelson Tom Nevermann Jeff Newman Margery Nicolson Charna & Allen Nissenson Doreen & Donald Nortman Lawrence Ross & Linda Nussbaum Adrienne & Arthur Omansky Dr. Ronald & Iris Onkin Janie Orenstein Sylvia & Robert Paris Edward Parker Paul Pepperman Naidu & Jane Permaul Fran & Bruce Peters Berta & Lou Pitt Jack & Jane Pollock Zazi Pope Cheryl & Mel Posner Susan Poulson Lance Powell Philip Pritchett Neil & Lisa Greer Quateman Dr. Stephen & Lani Rabin Fred & Rebecca Raskin Michael & Gloria Rausch Marianne Reynolds Linda & Erin Rice Mara Richards In Memory of Robert J. Richards William & Polly Ridgeway Alan Robinson Barbara & David Rognlien Janis & Avi Rojany Robert Rosania Barry Rosen & Neil Bokal Mary Ann Rosenfeld & Sheldon Kadish Maxine & Gene Rosenfeld Priscilla Rosenfeld Beverly & Melvin Rosenthal Michael, Michon & Jackson Roth Terry Ryan Susan & Kenneth Sarno Maxine Savitz Linda & Cliff Schaffer Chris T. Schmidt Joel & Sonia Schneider Gary & Karen Schneider Stanley Schneider Christine Schultz Janet & Michael Schwartz Lester Schwartz

Brandon Scott John H. Scott Scott Shagrin Barbara Vickery & Martin Shapiro Melanie Sharp & Kevin Miller Shelly & Greg Sherwin Lisa Siegel Seymour & Dorothy Siegel Linda & Ronald Slates Diane Good & Frank Smith Barbara & Hal Smith Marcia L. & Mark J. Smith Jean Smith-Moore Karen Smits Christine Sorgi Stephanie Sourapas Bruce Spector Debra Spector M Leslie Stearns Irina & Alex Stavchanskiy Frances & Sy Strasberg Penny Strowger Alec Sulkin Mr. Kayser Sume & Dr. Renee Sabshin Miriam & Gene Summ Ann Sunderland Lance & Maureen Tan Phyllis & Franklin Tell Cathy Thomas Cathy & Asher Thompson Judy & Art Tompkins Joyce & Josh Trabulus Miriam Trogdon Brigitta Troy Richard Turner Dr. Harold Urman Deborah Valdez Anthony Vasek Carole Wagner-Vallianos & Peter Vallianos Ann W. Wang Marvin Wasserman Elisa Wayne Sherry Weinman & Michael Umansky Ben & Rose Weinstein Marsha & Steven Weiss Jacqueline Weitz Lawrence Will Rae Jeane Williams Karen & Gary Winnick Jan & Edward Woods Arnold & Tricia Zane Lynn & Meir Ziv Sandy Zwirn

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Matt Shakman

Gil Cates, Jr.

Artistic Director

Executive Director

ARTISTIC Amy Levinson Artistic Associate / Literary Director Phyllis Schuringa Artistic Associate / Casting Director Young Ji Artistic Coordinator / Company Manager Rachel Wiegardt-Egel Literary Associate Anna Fox Literary Intern

PRODUCTION Daniel Ionazzi Production Manager Jill Barnes Associate Production Manager / Company Manager Sam Craven-Griffiths Technical Director Evan Friedman Associate Technical Director Rich Gilles Properties Master James Grabowski House Sound Supervisor Darren Rezowalli Lighting & Video Supervisor Ramine Ameli Assistant Lighting Supervisor Liz Rose Wardrobe Supervisor

ADMINISTRATION Behnaz Ataee Chief Financial Officer Peter Banachowski Staff Accountant Kisha Wilson Payroll Specialist & Staff Accountant Clay Dzygun Office Coordinator Marguerite Harris Receptionist

DEVELOPMENT Regina Miller Chief Development Officer Ellen Catania Senior Vice President of Development Jessica Brusilow Rollins Director of Education Partnerships & Donor Relations Jamie Mikelich Director of Individual Giving & Spotlight Manager

Mark San Filippo Associate Director of Planned Giving & Donor Relations Scott Kriloff Development Concierge & Database Manager Taylor Cerny Development Associate Jessie Sherman Development Assistant Taylor Dearden Development Assistant Annika Patton Development Intern Henry Fleishman Development Intern

EDUCATION Jennifer Zakkai Director of Education & Community Engagement Carolyn Marie Wright Manager of Education & Community Engagement Celia Rivera Community Engagement Coordinator Brian Allman, Darien Battle, Ramy El-Etreby, David Guerra, McKenna Kerrigan, Robert Paterno, Carissa Pinckney, Celia Rivera Teaching Artists Brian Majestic Mission Continues Fellow Alexis Lampo Education Intern

MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS Jessica Buzzard Director of Marketing & Communications Karen Gutierrez Director of Advertising & Audience Development Brian Dunning Director of Content & Creative Ashley Bodul Director of Public Relations Zack Hamra Associate Director of Audience Services & Ticketing Kevin O’Brien Marketing Manager Quinn Francis Outreach Coordinator Ramon Garcia Video Producer Kristina Leach Social Media Associate

Janice Bernal Box Office Manager Bryan Martin Box Office Manager Alyssa Tyson Assistant Box Office Manager Clifton Adams, Vaneh Assadourian, Britney Campbell, Lexy McAvinchey, Sam Peurach, Cameron Reck, Celia Rivera, Morgan Steele Box Office Staff Sue Fleishman Communications Consultant

FRONT OF HOUSE Jeni Pearsons Director of Special Events David Gerhardt Supervising House Manager Amy Farkas Lead Concierge Isaac Jay, Sarah Lyddan, Nathaniel Meek, James Porter, Dennis Woullard House Managers Claudia Baffo, Kailey Bray, Jensen Chambers, Evan Davis, Kelsey Gold, Danie Hakimi, Fiona Leahy, Hunter Lowden, Olivia Lowe, Austin Merrill, Aaron Newman, JoJo Nwoko, Aubrey Peeples, Alec Shamas, Madison Shamoun, Charmee Taylor, Adam Turney, Isaac Vaughn, 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

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Karim Bouzzit System Administrator

FACILITIES MANAGEMENT Miguel del Castillo Facility Manager Mario Santillan-Perez Custodial Juan Carlos UmaĂąa Cleaning Custodial Camerina Martinez 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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