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WELCOME TO GLEN BERGER’S UNDERNEATH THE LINTEL, the first production of our 2017/2018 season in the Audrey Skirball Kenis Theater. A quietly profound hero’s journey, this play asks what it takes to move beyond our everyday routine and venture into the unknown—and the vast rewards it can yield.

This season, we are also thrilled to welcome the new Artistic Director of the Geffen Playhouse, Matt Shakman. Many of you will remember Matt’s directing talents from the three shows he has brought to life on Geffen stages: David Lindsay-Abaire’s Tony Award-nominated Good People (2012), the World Premiere adaptation of Frederick Knott’s Wait Until Dark (2013) and Joshua Harmon’s Bad Jews (2014). Matt’s passion for extraordinary storytelling, his strong relationships with artists and his commitment to fostering community will be immensely valuable as we continue to advance the mission of this theater.

In addition to the exciting lineup of plays this season, we are delighted to continue our partnerships with BroadwayHD and PodcastOne to bring the work from our stages to audiences around the world. Our weekly podcast, Geffen Playhouse Unscripted, features conversations on craft with creators including Hamilton star Joshua Henry, comedian Demetri Martin and Veep actor Anna Chlumsky. Our 2017 production of Long Day’s Journey Into Night is now available on BroadwayHD, and the Geffen Playhouse Production Thom Pain: The Film will premiere in October at the Memphis International Film Festival. I hope you will take advantage of these opportunities to extend your Geffen experience beyond the stage!

Thank you for joining us today, and as we look forward to a new chapter for our beloved institution. Our donors, subscribers, and patrons are the lifeblood of the Geffen Playhouse, and we are so pleased that you’ve chosen to join us again this season!

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Written & Directed by JOSH RAVETCH Lyrics by ALAN & MARILYN BERGMAN Featuring TYNE DALY, ROBERT FORSTER & SCOTT KRADOLFER In this world premiere with songs written by legendary lyricists Alan and Marilyn Bergman, Tyne Daly stars as a woman not quite ready to let go of the life she’s loved and the love of her life.

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

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DIRECTOR STEVEN ROBMAN WITH ACTOR ARYE GROSS AND DRAMATURG AMY LEVINSON

UNCOVERING LINTEL Three perspectives on the questions posed

by Glen Berger’s Underneath the Lintel

By Amy Levinson, Underneath the Lintel Dramaturg

tell you what draws us to this piece. We hope you find something all your own.

WHEN I BEGAN CONSIDERING WHAT TO WRITE ABOUT FOR THIS ARTICLE, I ran some ideas by Steven Robman

What is it about Underneath the Lintel that strikes you as a play to do at this particular moment in time?

(Director) and Arye Gross (Actor). It became immediately clear that we all have differing views about what we take away from Underneath the Lintel. What a glorious reminder that every person in this theater will see something in this play that is wholly specific to what we’ve brought into the room.

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“We have to step outside of our tiny little bubble and allow ourselves the joy of seeing life through the perspective of others.”

—Actor Arye Gross Arye Gross: I have been deeply moved by the idea that it is only by exiting the safety of our own world, our own culture, our own belief system that we are able to truly understand ourselves. This man, this librarian, who has never been anywhere or done anything, is suddenly moving through places all over the world in search of answers and

it seems to me that now is EXACTLY the time to focus on how our lives are enriched by those who are outside of our own experience. In order to evolve we have to open up the door, open up the border, let the stranger in until they are no longer a stranger. If the point of the exercise, meaning life, is to draw out every ounce of meaning and love and connection, we have to step outside of our tiny little bubble and allow ourselves the joy of seeing life through the perspective of others.

So of course, with the rampant xenophobia we have been witnessing, this play seems to address the dangers of closing off one’s self to the outside world and the terribly isolating consequences of such an action. It’s also an invigorating challenge for me to take on a play that requires so much of me as an actor. The minute I read it, I knew I had to do it. And the more time I spend with the play, the more that choice is validated. It’s a great play to discover because every place mentioned, every historical figure pointed to leads you down another path of exploration.

It’s been great fun uncovering the mysteries contained within this play.

“As people, husbands, wives, children, parents… what will our legacy be, and will our absence be felt?”

—Director Steven Robman Steven Robman: Psychotherapeutic professionals, spiritual leaders and bartenders will all tell you the same thing: at a certain age, almost all people find themselves taking stock of their lives, wondering if they did anything of value. So many of us wonder if, at the end of the day, we have left a mark on the world when we leave it behind. I’ve been a director for over 40 years, a human for even longer, so it’s my turn, I suppose.

As people, husbands, wives, children, parents… what will our legacy be, and will our absence be felt? Our main character doesn’t even consider the question until he sets out on a journey that leads him to realize both his significance in his own story, and his insignificance in the grand scheme of things. This question of one’s legacy, the desire to let the world know “I Was Here,” is both daunting and a call to action. I mean, who doesn’t want to leave their mark on the world and be missed once they’re gone? While this question is applicable at any time, I do think

there’s a pressing question right now about how we are going to participate in the lives of our fellow human beings.

As things begin to feel more disjointed in the world, what are we doing to improve or contribute to the world, and will we be remembered for it? And, as Arye said, the language in this play is just irresistible. It is poetry disguised as casual prose and it’s a treat to continually discover all of the subtext contained within.

“Will you choose to stay in the safety of the mundane, predictable life you’ve created for yourself, or will you take a leap and ‘leave the library,’ as it were?”

—Dramaturg Amy Levinson Amy Levinson: I have been in love with this play since I saw its premiere in 2001, but it holds a much deeper meaning 16 years later. For me, the play’s central question is: will you choose to stay in the safety of the mundane, predictable life you’ve created for yourself, or will you take a leap and “leave the library,” as it were? The overdue book is simply the catalyst that gets the librarian out into the world. What he chooses to do once he’s set out is completely the point. For those of us who live with our noses firmly planted in a book or, in my case, a play, it’s possible to forget that no story is an adequate surrogate for a life lived outside the confines of whatever library we’ve built for ourselves.

In some way, this play is my own version of the overdue library book. It pushes me to ask these huge questions about choices made and whether I’ve played it too safe. My hope is that, after seeing this play, you leave wondering if, given the opportunity, you would follow a passion you find impossible to shake. Quite apart from these questions that are fundamental to Underneath the Lintel, I too find Glen Berger’s language impossible to resist. His quirky phrasing. His matter-of-fact assessment of life’s largest mysteries.

“Would you recognize a miracle if you saw one?”

It seems to me that it is always a good time to produce a play such as this—one that, at first glance, seems like a simple tale of a journeyman but indeed asks monumental questions about the universe and our place in it.

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WRITTEN BY

Glen Berger SCENIC DESIGNER

COSTUME DESIGNER

Se Hyun Oh LIGHTING DESIGNER

Tom Ontiveros

Leah Piehl

SOUND DESIGNER

PROJECTION DESIGNER

Cricket S. Myers

Jason H. Thompson

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Amy Levinson PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER

CASTING DIRECTOR

Elizabeth A. Brohm

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Steven Robman OPENING NIGHT WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2017 Originally produced professionally Off-Broadway at the Soho Playhouse Underneath the Lintel is produced by special arrangement with Broadway Play Publishing Inc, NYC www.broadwayplaypub.com EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS CIRCLE MEMBERS

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CAST The Librarian .................................................................................... Arye Gross* *Indicates member of Actor’s Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

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PRODUCTION BIOGRAPHIES

ARYE GROSS (The Librarian) Theater credits include Broadway: Brooklyn Boy by Donald Margulies (Manhattan Theatre Club). Regional: After the Revolution (Center Stage Baltimore); Parfumerie (The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts); Coney Island Christmas (Geffen Playhouse); Circle Mirror Transformation, Our Mother’s Brief Affair, Brooklyn Boy and Let’s Play Two (South Coast Repertory); The Square (MTF Asian Theatre Workshop); M. Butterfly (East/West Players); Above the Fold and Room Service (Pasadena Playhouse); Three Sisters (Los Angeles Theatre Center); Rose of the Rancho and Bandito! (El Teatro Campesino); La Bête (Stages Theatre at the Ford); Stupid Fucking Bird and The Winchester House (The Theatre @ Boston Court); Uncle Vanya, Mrs. Warren’s Profession and Chekhov X 4 (Antaeus Theatre Company). Film and television credits include Grey Gardens, Minority Report, Big Eden, A Midnight Clear, For the Boys, Gone In 60 Seconds, Soul Man, Tequila Sunrise, Coupe de Ville, Harvest, Friends, The Riches, Six Feet Under, Castle, Designated Survivor and the upcoming Nostalgia.

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GLEN BERGER (Playwright) Glen Berger’s plays include the award-winning Underneath the Lintel, O Lovely Glowworm (2005 Portland Drammy Award Winner for Best Script) and Great Men of Science, Nos. 21 & 22 (Ovation Award and LA Weekly Award for Best Play).

He wrote the book and lyrics for the musicals On Words and Onwards (Manhattan Theatre Club/Sloan Foundation Fellowship) and A Night in the Old Marketplace (Loewe Award) with composer Frank London. His television credits include two Emmy Awards and more than 150 episodes for children’s series, including Arthur and FETCH! with Ruff Ruffman. Berger is the bookwriter and co-lyricist for the Broadway-bound adaptation of August Rush (with composer Mark Mancina), and was the co-bookwriter for Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark on Broadway (directed by Julie Taymor with music by Bono and The Edge of U2). His memoir Song of Spider-Man was published by Simon & Schuster in 2013. He is an alumnus of New Dramatists.

STEVEN ROBMAN (Director) Steven Robman’s recent work in Los Angeles includes stagings of Eugene O’Neill’s Ah Wilderness! at A Noise Within, Henrik Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler at Antaeus Theatre Company, Sebastian Barry’s The Steward of Christendom at the Mark Taper Forum, Bernard Weinraub’s Above the Fold at Pasadena Playhouse and Kathryn Graf’s The Snake Can at Odyssey Theatre. Other work at the Taper includes Babbitt, Hoagy, Bix and Wolfgang Beethoven Bunkhaus and Made in America. Off-Broadway, he directed premieres of Wendy Wasserstein’s Uncommon Women and Others and Isn’t It Romantic, as well as Ron Hutchinson’s Says I, Says He and John Lithgow’s Kaufman at Large at the Phoenix Theatre, Alan Knee’s Santa Anita ’42 and Mr. Knee’s adaptation of The Minister’s Black Veil at Playwrights Horizons and the New York premiere of Gardner McKay’s Sea Marks at Manhattan Theatre Club. Other work in regional theater includes the premieres of The Gin Game at Actors Theatre of Louisville and Moonlight and Magnolias and High Holidays at Chicago’s Goodman Theatre, as well as productions of Rat in the Skull at Wisdom Bridge Theatre, Bonjour, La, Bonjour and Right of Way at the Guthrie Theater,

PRODUCTION BIOGRAPHIES Born Yesterday at Baltimore Center Stage, Bosoms and Neglect and Union Boys at Yale Repertory Theatre, Alphabetical Order, The Rose Tattoo, and The Bathers at Long Wharf Theatre and The Desert Dwellers at Washington D.C.’s Arena Stage.

SE HYUN OH (Scenic Designer) Se Hyun Oh is from Seoul, South Korea and resides in Los Angeles. He holds an M.F.A. in Scenic Design from Northwestern University. His upcoming scenic design projects are The Hothouse (Antaeus Theatre Company) and Office Hour (associate; Public Theater). Recent scenic design credits include A Doll’s House Part 2, Yoga Play, Office Hour (South Coast Repertory); Grey Nomad (Australian Theatre Company); Exit Strategy (Los Angeles LGBT Center); Two Kids that Blow Shit Up (Artists At Play/Lounge Theatre); Unbound (IAMA Theatre Company); Hedda Gabler (Antaeus Theatre Company); BED (Echo Theater Company).

Associate credits include Constellations (Geffen Playhouse), The Imaginary Invalid (The Old Globe) and Another Sun the Musical (Hyundai Theatre Group). www.sehyunoh.com LEAH PIEHL (Costume Designer) Romeo and Juliet (Oregon Shakespeare Festival); Halfway to Dawn (Brooklyn Academy of Music); Once, The Light in the Piazza, Mr. Wolf, The Motherf**ker with the Hat (South Coast Repertory); Race, Twist Your Dickens (Kirk Douglas Theatre/ Center Theatre Group); The Steward of Christendom (Mark Taper Forum/Center Theatre Group); The Most Deserving (Denver Center for the Perform-

ing Arts); Stardust (REDCAT); Intimate Apparel, Pygmalion, The Heiress (Pasadena Playhouse); Arcadia, The Doctor’s Dilemma, The Eccentricities of a Nightingale (A Noise Within); Paradise Lost (Intiman Theatre); Bars and Measures, Futura, The Pain and the Itch, Tartuffe (Theatre @ Boston Court); Hedda Gabbler (Antaeus Theatre Company); Saudade (UCLA Live) and Full Still Hungry (Ford Amphitheatre). She designed the feature films All Stars and Buzzkill. Her work has been featured at MOMA, Art Basel Miami and 2010 Whitney Biennial. Piehl has a B.A. from UC Berkeley and her M.F.A. in costume design from CalArts. www.leahpiehl.com TOM ONTIVEROS (Lighting Designer) Tom often designs with projection and light for projects affecting themes of social justice, diversity and equity for underrepresented communities.

Credits include Off the Rails (Oregon Shakespeare Festival); A Doll’s House Part 2, Fast Company, The Motherf****er with the Hat (South Coast Repertory); Guards at the Taj (La Jolla Playhouse); They Don’t Talk Back (Native Voices/La Jolla Playhouse); The Exonerated (Lucille Lortel and Drama Desk Awards), Completeness (Ovation nomination); The House in Scarsdale (Theatre @ Boston Court); My Barking Dog (L.A. Critics Choice Award); Shiv (nominated for Best Projection, StageRaw Awards); Tune in Festival (Park Avenue Armory); The Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music (Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium); Garden of Deadly Sound (Hungarian National Theatre); Enemy Slayer (Phoenix Symphony); Vicuña

(Center Theatre Group); Figaro ¡90210! (L.A. Opera); Café Vida, Seed, Making Paradise (Cornerstone Theater Company), PeLO-tah (Yerba Buena Center for the Arts). Tom is an Assistant Professor at the University of La Verne.

CRICKET S. MYERS (Sound Designer) On Broadway, Cricket earned a Tony Nomination and a Drama Desk Award for her design of Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo. Off Broadway designs include The Marvelous Wonderettes. In Los Angeles, she has earned 20 Ovation Award nominations, as well as winning The Kinetic Award for Outstanding Achievements in Theatrical Design. Regional designs include the Geffen Playhouse (Sex with Strangers, Wrecks, Some Girls); La Jolla Playhouse (Guard at the Taj, Sideways, The Nightingale); Ahmanson Theatre (Sunshine Boys); Mark Taper Forum (Bent, Steward of Christiandom, The Price, Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo, Lieutenant of Inishmore, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone); South Coast Repertory (A Doll’s House Part 2, The Siegel, The Fantastics, Elemeno Pea, Zealot); Kirk Douglas Theatre (Endgame, Twist Your Dickens) and Pasadena Playhouse (Stoneface, Real Women Have Curves). Other L.A. theaters include Ricardo Montalban Theatre (I Only Have Eyes for You), NoHo Arts Center, Ghost Road Theater Company and Celebration Theatre. www.cricketsmyers.com JASON H. THOMPSON (Projection Designer) Designs projections for opera, dance, theater, theme parks, commercial, architecture and GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE 11

PRODUCTION BIOGRAPHIES corporate events. Selected credits: Long Day’s Journey Into Night (Geffen Playhouse), Die Walküre (Karlsruhe, Germany), Tri Sestri (Vienna State Opera), Hopscotch (a live streaming multimedia mobile opera taking place in various locations around Los Angeles), Cunning Little Vixen and Pelléas et Mélisande (Cleveland Orchestra/Vienna), Young Caesar (Los Angeles Philharmonic), Grey Gardens (Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles), Tarzan: Call of the Wild and Frozen A Sing-Along (Disney Shanghai Resort), Cage Songbooks (Carnegie Hall, San Francisco Symphony and New World Symphony), Re:Union (Vancouver and Ottawa), Tales from Hollywood (Guthrie Theater), The Steward of Christendom (Mark Taper Forum), Great Immensity and Venice (Public Theater), Chavez Ravine (Kirk Douglas Theatre, Ovation Award), Stars on Ice (2007-2016) and Scott Hamilton CARES charity events in Cleveland. He’s also created two video installations for the Petersen Auto Museum in Los Angeles. www.pxtstudio.com AMY LEVINSON (Dramaturg) Amy is the Artistic Associate and Literary Director at the Geffen Playhouse. Dramaturgy credits include the commissions and world premieres of Donald Margulies’ Time Stands Still and Coney Island Christmas, Jane Anderson’s The Quality of Life and The Escort and Jeffrey Hatcher’s new adaptation of Wait Until Dark.

Other credits include Actually, The Weir, Extraordinary Chambers, Build, Equivocation and Joan Rivers: A Work in Progress by a Life in Progress. At the Geffen, she has helped to build 12 PLAYBILL

programs for the purpose of fostering new work including the commissioning and development of plays. She holds an M.F.A. in Dramaturgy from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

ELIZABETH A. BROHM (Production Stage Manager) Geffen Playhouse: Actually; Icebergs; Big Sky; Barcelona; Thom Pain (based on nothing); Bad Jews; The Night Alive; Hershey Felder as Irving Berlin; Ruth Draper’s Monologues; Yes, Prime Minister; By the Waters of Babylon; Shipwrecked! An Entertainment — The Amazing Adventures of Louis de Rougemont (as Told

by Himself); Joan Rivers: A Work in Progress by a Life in Progress; Boy Gets Girl; The Unexpected Man; Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks; Looking for Normal; The Weir; Dinner With Friends; Defiled; Wit; It Ain’t Nothin’ But the Blues.

National Tour/Kennedy Center: Wit. Other: Production Coordinator, Geffen Playhouse 2001-2007; Cup Coordinator, X-Prize Foundation; Lecturer in Stage Management, UCLA since 2005. M.F.A. in Stage Management from UCSD. Love to Gino & Mack.

PHYLLIS SCHURINGA, CSA (Casting Director) Phyllis is an Artistic Associate and the Casting Director for the Geffen Playhouse. Recent casting includes Constellations, Actually, The Legend of Georgia McBride, Barbecue, 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 @ Bos-

ton Court. Before joining the Geffen, she was the Casting Director for Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago where her favorites include Frank Galati’s adaptation of The Grapes of Wrath (also La Jolla Playhouse, National 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 teaches auditioning at Steppenwolf West and 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

PRODUCTION BIOGRAPHIES 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 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 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, foun-

dations 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.

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“GRITTY... GENUINELY MOVING.” — The Hollywood Reporter

“Quietly gripping... with its bone-dry humor and vivid characters.”

— The New York Times

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

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The cast of the 2016/2017 season production of The Legend of Georgia McBride. Photo by Jeff Lorch Photography.

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PRODUCER $10,000 - $24,999 Anonymous (2) Ariel Investments Beth Behrs & Michael Gladis The Sheri and Les Biller Family Foundation Charles A. Black, Jr. Board of Supervisors County of Los Angeles Eileen & Harold Brown Roma Downey & Mark Burnett California Arts Council The Capital Group Companies Charitable Foundation Marcy Carsey Stephanie & Jonathan Carson Janice & Billy Crystal Carole Bayer Sager & Robert A. Daly Edward Avedis Dr. & Mrs. Paul Eisenberg Eric Flamholtz & Yvonne Randle Susan & Mark Fleischer Susan Fleishman The Friedman Group Gagosian Gallery, Inc Gang, Tyre, Ramer & Brown, Inc. 18 PLAYBILL

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DIRECTOR $5,000 - $9,999 Anonymous Katie McGrath & J.J. Abrams Page & Lou Adler Jehan F. Agrama & Dwora Fried Karla & Bill Ahmanson, Ahmanson Foundation Paul G. Allen Amgen Foundation Hilary & Jack Angelo Cathy & Shel Bachrach Hilaria & Alec Baldwin Pamela & Dennis Beck Leslie & Roger Birnbaum Bliss Spa Annette Blum Mara & Jonathan Blum Heather Thomas & Skip Brittenham The Eli & Edythe L. Broad Foundation Brotman Foundation of California Amanda Brown & Justin Chang Glenn & Lynn Cardoso Dr. Fanya Carter, PhD Beate & Christopher Chee Comcast | NBC Universal Ellyce R. Cooper & Barry Cohen Creative Artists Agency

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Constellations cast members Ginnifer Goodwin and Allen Leech at Opening Night Photo by Jordan Strauss

ANNUAL DONORS Wendy Kurtzman Susan & Yair Landau Drs. Gerald & Barbara Levey Lucques Catering Sherry Martin Jill Mazursky Merle & Jerry Measer Hillary & Lance Milken Kate Moran & Mikki Rosenberg Rio & Frank Morse Newmeyer & Dillion LLP Benedicta & Geoffry Oblath Liza & Conan O’Brien Michelle & Guy Oseary Carol & Bill Ouchi Shana & Don Passman Pottash/Ferguson Family Foundation Nina & Mitchell Quaranta Kay & Bob Rehme Joyce Rey The Richenthal Foundation Mayor Richard Riordan Jane Rissman & Richard Sondheimer Ronen Levy Events Nadine & Fred Rosen Rikki Rosen Thomas L. Safran Dr. Bernard & Gloria Salick Dawn & Joel Scherer Jody & Arthur Schmid The Michael Schwab Family Steve & Paula Mae Schwartz Tina & David Segel Jane & Terry Semel Michael & Glenda Shaw Sidley Austin LLP The Simon-Strauss Foundation Singer Family Foundation Gussie Sitkin Claudia Falkenburg & Andrew Solt Lorraine Spurge & Patrick Mitchell Arnold Stiefel Rose Tarlow Lauren & Benedikt Taschen Thomas Safran & Associates Karen & William Timberlake Theatre Communications Group Karen Zoller, MD & David Tillman, MD The Travel Corporation The Tuck Room & Tavern Alice & Norman Tulchin Denise & Peter Walsh Warner Bros. Entertainment Aurora & Marc Weinstock 20 PLAYBILL

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SPONSOR $3,000 – $4,999 Janis Adams & John Lyons Aversa Foundation Belmond La Samanna Annette Bening & Warren Beatty Madelyn Bennett & Eric Gibson Shelly & Libby Bergen Susan J. Booth & Christopher Wadden VJ Boyd Robert Brook & Jacqueline Kosecoff Scott, Susan & Joshua Corwin Shelley Wike Cranley Gayle & Dan Devin Sonia & Robert Freedman and Family The Galin Family Marion Goldenfeld Mary Lynn & Howard Gottfried Madeline Gussman Stephen Sass & Steven Hochstadt Dora & Neil Kadisha Barbara & Ronnie Kahn Deborah & Ivan Kallick Lenny & David Kelton Peggy Crosby Klugman & Jack Klugman Thea & Neal Koss La Valencia Renee & Meyer Luskin Vicki Magasinn & Robert Somer Stewart Mayeda Sheila & Joel Mendelsohn Liza & Conan O’Brien Cheryl Petersen & Roger Lustberg Craig E. Rogers Sue Rosenwasser Lori & David Rousso Paula & Allan Rudnick Judy & Mike Sapir Carol ‘Jackie’ & Charles Schwartz Leigh Silverton

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ANNUAL DONORS Roger & Linda Howard Lynn Hunt & Margaret Jacob Brian Irving & Dayna Cussler Nancy & Len Jacoby Carrie Johnson Willette & Manny Klausner Kent Klavens & Judy Vourlas Katherine Kleindienst Tatiana & Howard Lipson Mary & John Lithgow Lotte New York Palace Eduardo Martinez Janis B. McEldowney Sue McHugh & Herb Seese Philip & Joan Miller Patrice & James Mitchell Patricia Mitchell The New York Palace Michael Nicklin Debbie & Norman Nixon Suzanne & Richard Norton Deborah & Stacey Olliff Michael R. Oppenheim Carol & Alan Ostroff Soundis & Danny Passman Tara & Robert Pietri Herbert & Marilyn Piken Ruth Popkin Robert Quayle Lee Ramer Joyce & Harvey Reichard In Memory of Frances Richman Lindy Robbins Sonny & Cynthia Rodriguez Rose Brand Nancy Stephens & Rick Rosenthal and The Rosenthal Family Foundation Wil Rosser Hon. Nicole A. Avant & Ted Sarandos Michael Schlesinger Susan Schwarz Berton Dean Teri Schwartz Sempra Engergy Foundation Matthew Shakman Peggy & Robert Shapiro Dominique Shelton Robert Siew & William Mark Hafeman Snyder Family Foundation Bruce & Patti Springsteen Ray Stark Susan & Donald Starr Mitch & Sherry Stein Meghan Strange Tanino Ristorante Audri & Stan Tendler Paul Tetreault Daniel Tongbai Sue Tsao Jane & Theodore Valentine Karen & Francesco Vanderbaan Deborah Walsh

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EDUCATION ADVOCATE $1,000 - $1,499 Anonymous (2) AnonyMoose Foundation Eva Aaronson 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 Susan & Eric M. Bender Joanna & Miles Benickes Wendy & John Bergquist Diane & Jim Berliner John Bjorge & Mary McKelvey Joe Blackstone & Jamie Mohn The Bordy & Leibovic Families Brenda & Alan Borstein Helen Breitwieser & James Jacks Wendy & David Brotman Linda & Jerry Bruckheimer Peg Casey David, Christine & Leah Cates Jane Cates Elena & Jonathan Cates & Family Melissa Cates, Roger Claman & Family Steven Cerasale & Mary Katherine Cocharo Martha Chase Sachiko T. Cochran MD & Joseph T. Araki In Recognition of Carl & Barbara Cohen Ruth Daugherty Phil Davis Suzanne Deal Booth & David Booth Deluscious Cookies Carolyn Dirks/Brett Dougherty Steven Doren Jan & Thea Drayer Ed & Barbara Dreyfus

HIGH SCHOOL PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM Bring the transformative power of live theater to youth across Los Angeles and open their eyes to a whole new world of artistic experiences, diverse perspectives and possibilities in life beyond their own communities.

Students participate in a Talk Back with the cast of The Legend of Georgia McBride Photo by Jeff Lorch Photography

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ANNUAL DONORS Dr. & Mrs. William M Duxler In Honor of Education & Community Engagement Colleen M. Ellis Terri & David Elston Carl & Courtenay Enright Lynne & Michael Feldman Susanna Felleman & Erik Feig Sydney M. Finegold, M.D. Joan & Charles Fox Sterling Franklin Steve Freedman Ben & Susan Friedman 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 Adrienne Grant & Paul Jennings Jack Grossbart & Marc Schwartz Deidre Hall Kay Harrington Salli Harris Michael Parks & Judith Hayward Murray & Gail Heltzer Zvia Hempling Lynda & Neal Hersh Hella Hershon Rand Hoffman & Charlotte Robinson Tamara Horwich & Gerry Lipshutz Toni Hoyt Victoria Jackson Linda Janger Judith & Steaven Jones Joseph B. Gould Foundation Linda & David Kagel Joyce & Don Kaiserman Jo Ann & Charles Kaplan Marcy Kaplan & Eric Gold Karney Guren Family Foundation In Honor of Judi Kaufman Barbara & Stuart Klabin 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 Karen & Peter Locke Karen & Frederick Lorig The Jennifer and Greg Malins Foundation Eric G.C. Mark 22 PLAYBILL

The Miles Family Barbara & Fred Miller Cookie Miller Andrew & Laura Mintzer Joanne & Joel Mogy In Loving Memory of Harvey S. Morse Lon Morse & Toni Hollander Morse Carol & Jerry Muchin Joan & Fred Nicholas Albert & Barbara Nichols Olympus Theatricals Ornest Family Foundation Gia Paladino & Michael Wise Philip & Leslie Paton Amanda Crick & Glenn Pfeffer Alex Phillips Craig Piligian Jane Rascoff Richard Rasiej & Joan Herman Rabbi Steven & Didi Carr Reuben Sandra C Ribble Donald B. & Susan F. Rice Esther & Howard Richmond Judi & Tim Ritchie Beth Roberts & Warren Smith Dolores Rogers Brad & Nancy Rosenberg David A. & Karen Richards Sachs Mark San Filippo Nancy & Ted Sanborn Jay Sandrich Gerald Sauer Toni & John Schulman David Schwartz Foundation, John S. Schwartz Dan & Cynthia Schwartz John Schwartz Carole Server & Oliver Frankel John & Lori Shaw Phyllis & Martin Shephard Doris & Michael Sherman Holly & Larry Shulman Rita & Jose Sigal Robin & Robert Sills Ron Silverman & Soraya Ross Joan & Jerry Snyder Drs. Matthew & Marion Solomon The Somaini Family Jordan Strauss Photography Barbra Streisand & James Brolin David & Katherine Stritzinger Eric Strom & Eileen Goodis Aaron Stroud Sugarfina Katy Sweet The Tatasciore Family Anne C. Taubman & David Boyle John Teeples & Nicolas Martinez, Jr.

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ARTISTIC ADVOCATE $500 - $999 Anonymous (2) Ross & Lindsey Avner Jeanne Bailey Linda Barnett Irene Baron Teddi Berger & Lionel Sanders Yvette Bergeron & Dean Bailey Diane & Richard Birnholz Black Market Gelato Larry & Julie Blivas In Honor of Phyllis Blivas Pamela & Bill Bohnert Michael J. Bordy Paula Brand Janet & Mark Brown Laura D. Campbell Andrew Carlberg Scott Carter & Bebe Johnson Lee & Shelby Chaden Cindy Clark Ginger Conrad Phil Johnston & Jill Cordes Norman & Nancy Cravens Culver Hotel In Loving Memory of Ed Cypert Daryl & Paul F. Doucette Roni & Ethan Eller David & Joyce Evans Elizabeth A. Evans Marjorie & Arthur Fine The Ella Fitzgerald Charitable Fund Myrna Forest Judith R. Forman & Richard N. Weiner Gwen & Jacob Friend Lois & Jerry Gallop Sharlene & Sol Galper The Gewecke Family Benita & Bert Ginsberg Linda & Louis Goldsman Marcy Goldstein

Lori & Robert Goodman Gabi & Rob Greenberg Marcy & Edgar Gross Carolyn & Bernie Hamilton Sheila & Chester Hasday Dr. Jacqueline Heller Noreen & Doug Herzog Carol Ann & Rick Hess Jim Hliboki & Hildi Snodgrass Dorothy Hoffman Kelley M. Hogan Brett Johnson Robert Jones Avi Kamienny Mr. & Mrs. Bernard Kamine Christine Kaplan Dean Kauffman & Carlos Andres Mosquera-Tangarife Patricia Keating Beverlee Bickmore & James Kelly Leana Kleinman & Jerald Johnson Marlene & Donald Kottler Tam & David Lachoff Joan & Christopher Larkin Marla E. Levine Suzann Levine Betsy Levy Brenda & Warren Lincoln Neil L. & Ora D. Macfarlane Marcus Mancini George Manet Mr. & Mrs. Phillips H. Marshall David Israeli & Dr. Marie Mazzone Kathy & Jim McCaffery Patrick McDivitt Julia McIlvaine Sue & Monty Mohrman Paula Moseley, EdD Robert & Anita Nitta Shelby Notkin Justin Okin Carol Parry & John Fox Barbara & Gary Pasquinelli Barbara & Peter Patman Pier South Drs. Laurence & Isabell Purdy Gary & Gail Rachelefsky David Rambo & Ted Heyck Sandra Rapke Mildred Reid Carl Reiner Simon Renshaw Carrie & Ken Richman Linda & Manny Rider Eden & Steven Romick Ronda & Fred Rose Kathleen & Dale Rosenbloom Allison Rosenthal Joyce & Dean Ross Blanche & Bruce Joel Rubin Anne Sacks

ANNUAL DONORS Ajay Sahgal Janet Salter In Memory of Hon. Maxwell Salter Tawny & Jerry Sanders Nancy & Steven Schneider Jane & Bill Schopf Susan & Peter Schwab Melinda & Yossi Sidikaro Carol & Arthur Silbergeld Manish Singh Martin & Leah Sklar Dr. Jerry & Marci Smith Trudy Sokol Arthur Stern Mr. & Mrs. David Tann Meg Thomas W Hotel West Beverly Hills Ira & Laurie Waldman Bill & Kate Walsh Marcia & Dr. Charles Wasserman Jay Weinstein & Lori Woldar David Weiss Pat West Paul Whitman Bruce Whizin Wright Maritime Group Karen & Frank Wurtzel The Yarkins Kimberly & Andrew Zakanych Crystal Zehetner & Julia Ramadan Anthony P. Zinge

ASSOCIATE $250 - $499 Anonymous (12) Nancy & Emanuel Abrams Norman & Toshka Abrams Terry & Richard Abrams Barbara Adams Elaine & Michael Agran Charles & Annick Allen Sylvia Almstadt Merryl & David A. Alpert Jan & David Altemus Robert C. Anderson Philip Angerhofer & Stephen A. Jones Eloise & Mark Appel Jc & Jack Appelbaum Barbara & Ethan Aronoff Marc & Elizabeth Axelrod Lynne Babbitt Cecilia Ball Elizabeth & Barry Bar-El Janet & Irwin Barnet Randy Bayard Judith & Thomas Beckmen Dawn & Marshall Bein Dr. Timothy Belavich & Bernie Knobbe Patricia Belcher JoAnn Bernard

Karen Berko-Gibson Barbara Berkowitz Marsha C. Berkowitz Edward Blume Virginia Bohrer Toby Bornstein Nina & Hon. Anthony Borwick Carol J. Bradshaw Mona Brandler Armida Brashears Arlene Braun Leah Lynn Broidy Lionel Brown Mitchell Brown Diana Buckhantz David & Kathy Burke Marcia Burnam Marlene & David Capell Anthony Carbone Phil Carlin Miss Irene Castaldo Ling Chan Richard Pezner & Sandra Chan Barry Charles Diane Chernansky Becky & Mike Clements Anselm Clinard Gail Cottingham Susan Georgine Craig Valerie & Donald Cravitz Shawn Cunningham Ingrid Curtiss, MD 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 Robert Ditullio Carol Jean Doehring Sandy & Gerry Dorfman Linda Dozier The Milton L. & Betty J. Dranow Family Foundation Jacki & Murray Drechsler Chris Easley Michael East & Tanisha Gonzalez Susan & John Ebey Barry & Mona Shafer-Edwards Ronald Eng Lidia & Mauricio Epelbaum Jim Esserman Rena Falk The Farwell Family Lisa Feintech, M.D. Mimi Alpert Feldman Abby & Malcolm Field Donnovan Field Lisa & William Finkelstein Donna Finley William & Elisabeth Fleischman Lynne & Michael Flynn

VETERANS WRITING AND PERFORMANCE PROJECT Give veterans the opportunity to write and perform their own work on the Gil Cates Theater stage, creating a vibrant, one-of-a-kind performance of resilience, empowerment and live storytelling.

Veterans take a final bow after performing their original monologues Photo by Jeff Lorch Photography

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ANNUAL DONORS Myrna ‘Pepper’ Forest Deveen Fox Dolores Franco 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 Michael Golamco Carol & Neil Goldberg Lorain Goldberg Mark & Molly Goldberg Francine Golden & Marvin Schlossman Dr. Peter Goldman Liz Gottainer & David Sadkin Gigi & Don Grant Russell Grant Debbie & Glenn Gray Madelyne Green Paul & Louise Greenberg David Greenwalt Penny Grosz-Salomon & Eugene Korney Eve Haberfield & David N. Johnson Roberta L. Haft Hanif Haji Mary & Alan Halkett Jane Hall Roberta Hamilton Tess Harper Judy L. Hartley Hanna Heiting Michael & Candie Herman Hernand Family Winifred C. Hervey Penny Hildebrand In Memory of Ross Hunter & Jacque Mapes Robert & Gail Israel Brenda Izzi Frederic A. & Nancy Jacobus Janice Jerde Martha Jones & Paul Zerella Robert Jones & Julie Anne Robinson Jerry Joseph Adriana Kahane Joanne & Larry Kahn Jessica Kaltman Linda Kaplan Eran & Raquel Karoly Susie Kater & Tom Chappell 24 PLAYBILL

Donald Kates Harris Katleman Family Owen Kato Dana Katz Morgan Kay Michael Keir William & Renee Kendall Louanne Kennedy Cathy Kirkpatrick Irwin Kishner Donna & Jeffrey Klein Dr. Phyllis Klein Laurie & Milton Klorman Dolph Kornblum & Florence Robins Charles Kristenson Kimberly & John Kruse Jill & Michael Lasky Ana Launes Susan Lava Sharon & Lawrence Lavenberg Rhonda Lawrence Learning Encounters Ginger Leibovitz Ann Leland Adam Lesh Maxine & Gary Levine Anita & Burton Levinson Dr. & Mrs. Isaac Levy Lawrin & Linda Lewin Angela Light Victor & Madeline Lindenheim Joanne Lindsay Bonnie Lisle Leslie & Adam Lobel Alex Loewenthal Lori & Tom Low Anne L. Lynch Dr. Linda Maeder Marcus Mancini Carol & Doug Mancino Pauline Marks Annette Marmalefsky Goran Marnfeldt Phyllis & Bert Massing Douglas Mcavoy, Jr. Jeanne McDonald-Powers & Travis Powers Cynthia Melville Sumitra Menon R.G. Mercer Eileen & Paul Meshekow Erik & Melanie Messerschmidt Cathleen Meyers Lori Meyers & James Marano Sara Michrowski Judith & Jeff Milman Teddie J. Milner Marvin & Jean Moore Shelagh Moriarty John Moschitta Jason Neidleman Robert M. Nelson Sherri & Arnie Nelson Tom Nevermann Charna & Allen Nissenson

Doreen & Donald Nortman Lawrence Ross & Linda Nussbaum Doron Ofir Sandy & Alan Olick Adrienne & Arthur Omansky Dr. Ronald & Iris Onkin Janie Orenstein Sylvia & Robert Paris Edward Parker Paul Pepperman Naidu & Jane Permaul Susan Petelik Fran & Bruce Peters Berta & Lou Pitt Jack & Jane Pollock Zazi Pope Susan Poulson Lance Powell Philip Pritchett Neil & Lisa Greer Quateman Fred & Rebecca Raskin Michael & Gloria Rausch Andy Relis Marianne Reynolds Linda & Erin Rice Elaine 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 Priscilla Rosenfeld Adrienne B. Rosenthal Beverly & Melvin Rosenthal Dr. Martin & Lorraine Ross Virginia Ross Michael, Michon & Jackson Roth Terry Ryan Leslie & Daniel Sackheim Lori Sanchez Nan Sarno Susan & Kenneth Sarno Janet Sasson Maxine Savitz Linda & Cliff Schaffer Joel & Sonia Schneider Gary & Karen Schneider Stanley Schneider Christine Schultz Janet & Michael Schwartz Lester Schwartz John H. Scott Marc Seltzer Scott Shagrin Elise Shanfeld

Barbara Vickery & Martin Shapiro Leonard & Annette Shapiro Judy & Tom Sharp Melanie Sharp & Kevin Miller Netta & Uri Shohet 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 Dr. Robert & Margo Sorrentino Stephanie Sourapas Bruce Spector Debra Spector M Leslie Stearns Christy Stevens Frances & Sy Strasberg Penny Strowger Alec Sulkin Mr. Kayser Sume & Dr. Renee Sabshin Ann Sunderland Lance & Maureen Tan Phyllis & Franklin Tell Cathy Thomas Courtney & Jay Tobin Judy & Art Tompkins Joyce & Josh Trabulus Miriam Trogdon Brigitta Troy Richard Turner Dr. Harold Urman Deborah Valdez Lorraine & Erich Van Lowe Anthony Vasek Bobette Vikan Carole Wagner-Vallianos & Peter Vallianos Ann W. Wang Marvin Wasserman Elisa Wayne Myrna & Art Weiner Sherry Weinman & Michael Umansky Ben & Rose Weinstein Marsha & Steven Weiss Jacqueline Weitz Rae Jeane Williams Karen & Gary Winnick Susan Wolford Jan & Edward Woods Joseph Wu Arnold & Tricia Zane Harriet Zaretsky Lynn & Meir Ziv Sandy Zwirn

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Gil Cates, Jr.

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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

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

EDUCATION Jennifer Zakkai Director of Education & Community Engagement Carolyn Marie Wright Manager of Education & Community Engagement Brandon Drea Education Assistant Brian Allman, Darien Battle, Ramy El-Etreby, David Guerra, McKenna Kerrigan, Robert Paterno, Carissa Pinckney, Celia Rivera, Tecoyia Scott Littleton Teaching Artists

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 Vaneh Assadourian, Britney Campbell, Kaitlin Huwe, Richard Martinez, Cameron Reck, Celia Rivera 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, Vianney Cossyleon, Evan Davis, Kelsey Gold, Danie Hakimi, Fiona Leahy, Hunter Lowden, Olivia Lowe, Austin Merrill, Aaron Newman, JoJo Nwoko, 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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