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From the artistic Director Welcome to Wait Until Dark. Our excitement for this play is two-fold. First, producing a thriller is, well, thrilling. The inherent design, directorial and performance demands are somehow different from any other genre as they must be intimately integrated to create suspense.

Second, taking a classic thriller set in 1966 and reimagining it in 1944 makes the play feel entirely new.

Tonight’s drama, while rooted in a classic, has taken on a new life of its own.

Having produced Jeffrey Hatcher’s A Picasso in 2007, we are so pleased that he accepted our commission to take a fresh look at Frederick Knott’s original script. In tonight’s adaptation Jeffrey has adjusted language, time, space and character without losing either the center of Knott’s original plucky protagonist or the suspense the play has instilled in audiences since its premiere in New York in 1966. One of the most endearing endorsements of Jeffrey’s new version has come from Mr. Knott’s daughter, Ann Knott. We are grateful for her permission to re-imagine her late father’s classic and for her enthusiasm to see her father’s work from a renewed perspective.

Director Matt Shakman has assembled and guided an excellent ensemble of actors and an artful team of designers. Alison Pill, who thoroughly embodies Susan, a recently blind woman plunged into darkness and dire circumstances, leads the cast of like professionals, each creating a vivid character to enhance the evening. Every detail of the design has been carefully chosen to illuminate the storytelling, heighten the suspense and quicken the pulse.

With great pleasure we welcome you to sit back and enjoy the ride that is Wait Until Dark. The gasps you hear may well be your own.

Enjoy the show!

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letter from the chaiRman

BOARD OF DIRECTORS Frank G. Mancuso Chairman

Patricia Kiernan Applegate Randall Arney Behnaz Ataee dr. Gene d. Block Harold A. Brown Gil Cates jr.

Mary Ann Cloyd Dennis Doty John Ebey Mark Fleischer Herbert M. Gelfand Chairman Emeritus

FRANK G. MANCUSO We are honored to welcome you here to our theater and to our world premiere adaptation of Frederick Knott’s Wait Until Dark.

Thank you for your support and participation in one of the oldest and most precious art forms there is: live theater.

As we come to the second anniversary of the sudden passing of our founder, Gil Cates, I am reminded once again, what a treasure of an organization he created. Additionally, I think how incredibly fortunate we were to have had time with this gifted and humane man, and to share in the joy of building an organization that continues to bring so much to all of our lives, and will, for future generations to come.

I would also like to take this time to thank you, our incredible Board, Advisory Board, corporate and foundation funders, our staff, and other individuals who have so clearly stood with us, during a time of great loss and transition.

You have not only helped keep Gil’s vision and values alive, you have helped us build an organization that will continue to chart new territory and grow beyond original expectations.

As you watch Wait Until Dark, I hope it will remind you what a precious and remarkable gift and art form live theater is for all of us. I also hope it will remind you to continue to support this one-of-a-kind theater and institution, founded by a one-of-a-kind man, and built by all of us. From all of us on the Board of Directors, our profound gratitude to all who have stepped forward to keep this gem of a theater and institution growing and going.

This will be my last open letter to you as your Chairman. I have decided after seven years of leading the Board that it is time to turn over the reins to someone else. We leave the theater in excellent financial shape, free of debt and producing an eight show season with additional entertainment coming from our newly created Spotlight Series. It has been a pleasure to serve our community and the Geffen in this capacity. I know the new leadership will continue to maintain the values that have been created for this special place and will continue to create a “little bit of magic” here on Le Conte.

Now, I invite you to sit back, hold on tight to the hand of your date and enjoy Wait Until Dark.

With gratitude,

Frank G. Mancuso Chairman, Geffen Playhouse P2 PERFORMANCES MAGAZINe

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FOUNDING TRUSTEES Suzanne Deal Booth Kirsten Combs Robert A. Daly David Geffen Quincy Jones Jeffrey Katzenberg Ron Meyer Leslie Moonves Jerry Moss Jerry Perenchio Bruce M. Ramer Founding Chairman

Victoria Mann Simms Andy Spahn Steven Spielberg Steve Tisch Dr. Charles E. Young Chairman Emeritus

IN MEMORIAM gilbert cates founder

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It is not uncommon for

some of Hollywood’s best films to find their sources in the theater. In recent years such plays as Rabbit Hole by David Lindsay-Abaire, Doubt

by John Patrick Shanley and Farragut North (retitled as The Ides of March) by Beau Willimon have made their way from the stage to the screen with stellar results. Usually, though not always, playwrights adapt their own work for the screen which is part of why the work translates as well as it does. Here are a few examples of the ‘who and how’ involved with great adaptations for screens large and small.

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The stage version of Wait Until Dark was written by Frederick Knott in 1966, and had its world premiere that same year. Only one year later, the film, under the same title, was directed by Terence Young with an unforgettable score by Henry Mancini.

Audrey Hepburn and Alan Arkin starred with a supporting cast of Richard Crenna, Jack Weston and Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. In this instance, the screenplay adaptation was not written by the playwright but by screenwriter Robert Carrington.

Audrey Hepburn, in her portrayal of Suzy, was nominated for an Oscar but lost to Katherine Hepburn’s performance in Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner?

Forty-seven years after the play first premiered, Jeffrey Hatcher was commissioned by the Geffen to adapt Knott’s original play. Now placed in 1944, Hatcher has captured all of the menace of Knott’s original but given an added richness to both the antagonists and protagonist. This production is the world premiere of Hatcher’s new adaptation of Wait Until Dark.

DIAL M FOR MURDER Considered by some to be Frederick Knott’s most successful play, Dial M for Murder would also become a famous film directed by none other than Alfred Hitchcock.

A little known fact, prior to writing this for the stage, it was a BBC television production. It premiered at the Westminster Theatre in Victoria, London, in June 1952.

Directed by John Fernald and starring Alan MacNaughtan and Jane Baxter, this production was followed in October 1952 by a successful Broadway run. Reginald Denham directed Richard Derr, Gusti Huber and John Williams Alan Arkin and Audrey Hepburn in the film adaptation of Wait Until Dark (1967) directed by Terence Young.

Robert Cummings, Grace Kelly and Ray Milland in the film Dial M for Murder (1954).

who was awarded a Tony for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Chief Inspector Hubbard. Hitchcock subsequently cast Williams to reprise the role in the film.

Knott wrote the screenplay for the 1954 Hollywood movie for Warner Brothers starring Ray Milland, Grace Kelly and Robert Cummings. In June 2008, the American Film Institute revealed its “Ten Top Ten” list — the best ten films in ten “classic” American film genres. Dial M for Murder was ranked the ninth best film in the mystery genre. Like Wait Until Dark, the transition into film was seamless. Knott became known for his strong female characters in peril and haunted his audiences as much with what we imagine as what we actually see with our own eyes. His plays and films were truly groundbreaking psychological thrillers.

PYGMALION & MY FAIR LADY The thriller genre certainly doesn’t corner the market on successful adaptations from stage to screen. George Bernard Shaw wrote Pygmalion in the spring of 1912. A film, a Broadway musical and a musical film were to follow and would launch careers, break records and endure through the years as one of the best plays/musicals/films ever to be written. When Shaw finished Pygmalion he decided upon Mrs. Patrick Campbell to play the lead. She proceeded to have a nervous breakdown necessitating the postponement of the show. When it finally premiered in London in April 1914, Shaw directed the production which proved to be a tumultuous experience. On a nightly basis at least one of the actors or Shaw himself would storm out of rehearsal. In 1938, a film version of Pygmalion emerged that would serve as the structure for what would become Lerner and Loewe’s beloved musical play, My Fair Lady. This musical would turn out to be a game changer for a young actress by the name of Julie Andrews. The role of Eliza Doolittle had been offered first to Mary Martin while Higgins had been offered to Noel Coward. When Coward and Martin turned down the roles, Rex Harrison and Julie Andrews were approached and accepted. After hearing only two songs from 1

Julie Andrews and Rex Harrison in the Broadway production of My Fair Lady (1956).

the score, Moss Hart agreed to direct the production. On opening night of the out of town tryout, Rex Harrison, who was unaccustomed to singing in front of a live orchestra, announced “that under no circumstances would he go on that night ... with those thirty-two interlopers in the pit.” He locked himself in his dressing room and finally emerged with little more than an hour until curtain. But while he was now ready to go on, the rest of the cast had already been dismissed for the evening and the stage crew and producers still on hand were forced to go out and collect the actors from the neighborhood pubs. In the end, opening night was a success.1 The musical premiered on Broadway March 15, 1956, and closed September 29, 1962 after 2,717 performances, a record at the time.

An Oscar-winning film version was made in 1964, directed by George Cukor with Harrison reprising his role as Henry Higgins. The casting of Audrey Hepburn instead of Julie Andrews as Eliza was controversial, partly because theatergoers regarded Andrews as perfect for the part and partly because Hepburn’s singing voice had to be dubbed by Marni Nixon. Jack Warner, the head of Warner Brothers, who produced the film, wanted “a star with a great deal of name recognition,” and Julie Andrews had no screen experience at the time. Andrews went on to star in Mary Poppins that same year and beat out Audrey Hepburn for the Oscar in the best actress category.

DOUBT

In more recent years, an example of an extraordinary play that became an exceptional film is John Patrick Shanley’s Doubt. The play, having premiered off-Broadway, moved to Broadway in March of 2005 and went on to win the Tony for Best Play as well as the Pulitzer Prize. In addition, all four actors in the production, Cherry Jones, Brian F. O’Byrne, Heather Goldenhersh and Adriane Lenox were nominated for Tony Awards with wins for Jones and Lenox. Three years later when the elegant film, written and directed by Shanley, was released, once again the actors in the four main roles were lauded and nominated for Oscars.

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THE GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE Presents

Written by

Frederick Knott Adapted by

Jeffrey Hatcher Set Designer

Craig Siebels

Costume Designer

E.B. Brooks

Fight Director

Lighting Designer

Elizabeth Harper

Composer & Sound Designer

Jonathan Snipes

Dialect Coach

Ned Mochel

Elizabeth Himelstein

Dramaturg

Casting by

Amy Levinson

Phyllis Schuringa, CSA

Production Stage Manager

Assistant Stage Manager

James T. McDermott

Susie Walsh

Directed by

Matt Shakman Special thanks to the Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust for its grant to fund Jeffrey Hatcher’s adaptation of Wait Until Dark.

OpeningNight: Night:Wednesday, Wednesday,November October 16, Opening 28 2013 , 2012 O P ENIN G NI G HT S P ONSOR s

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Carlino.......................................................................................................................................Rod McLachlan Roat....................................................................................................................................................Adam Stein Susan..................................................................................................................................................... Alison Pill Sam................................................................................................................................................Matt McTighe Mike...............................................................................................................................................Mather Zickel Gloria........................................................................................................................................ Brighid Fleming

understudies (In alphabetical order)

Carlino/Roat.........................................................................................................................Andrew Hawkes Susan............................................................................................................................................Lauren Patten Sam/Mike.....................................................................................................................................Chris Conner Gloria.................................................................................................................... Monique Ward Lonergan

Time/setting The action takes place in October, 1944 in a basement apartment of an old brownstone in Greenwich Village.

ACT ONE Scene 1: Friday evening Scene 2: Saturday afternoon ACT TWO Scene 1: About an hour later running time Approximately 1 hour and 40 minutes

The Geffen Playhouse gratefully acknowledges the following media sponsors for their generous support of Wait Until Dark.

The Geffen Playhouse is supported, in part, by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors through the Los Angeles County Arts Commission.

This project was also funded in part by the Department of Cultural Affairs, City of Los Angeles.

The Geffen Playhouse, a non-profit theater company, is proudly affiliated with the University of California at Los Angeles.

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Brighid Fleming (Gloria) NYCFringe: Woyzeck (The Lafayette Street Theatre).

Los Angeles: The Nether (CTG-Kirk Douglas Theatre), Holey Smokes (The Eclectic Company Theatre), To Kill A Mockingbird (The Lex Theatre), Hunter In The Snow (The Stella Adler Theatre), The Last Days of Judas Iscariat (Company of Angels), Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All For You (The Morgan Wixson Theatre), Woyzeck (The Gangbusters Theatre Company), Wait Until Dark (The Norris Theatre, Palos Verdes), Willie Wonka & The Chocolate Factory (The Madrid Theatre). New Mexico: The Pillowman (The Vortex). Film: Labor Day, The Sacred, Gamer, The Burrowers, Hearts of Desire, A.B.S. TV: Once Upon A Time, Weeds, The Mentalist, Awake, CSI Miami, It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia, Saving Grace, Criminal Minds.

ROD McLACHLAN (Carlino) Broadway: Holiday with Laura Linney, Death and the King’s Horseman, Our Town, The Real Inspector Hound, Saint Joan, Timon of Athens, The Government Inspector, Cyrano De Bergerac. At

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Lincoln Center: When the Rain Stops Falling, Observe the Sons of Ulster. New York Shakespeare Festival: Julius Caesar with Martin Sheen and Al Pacino. A member of New York’s Atlantic Theater Company, Rod has performed in their productions of Edmund and Clean. Rod just appeared in November at the Mark Taper Forum, and originated the role of the Messenger in David Mamet’s Keep Your Pantheon, part of Two Unrelated Plays at the Kirk Douglas Theater. Also performed Mamet’s School with John Pankow, in New York. Film: Superhero Movie!, The Bulls, National Treasure, Spiderman II, Magnolia, Instinct, Conspiracy Theory, Radioland Murders, Where the Money Is. TV: The Crazy Ones, Mad Men, Medium, Boston Legal, CSI, Curb Your Enthusiasm.

Matt McTighe (Sam) Matt was last seen at the Geffen Playhouse as Irish thug Kevin MaGee in Tracy Letts’ Superior Donuts.

On television he has guest starred or recurred on Grimm, The Mentalist, Person of Interest, Rizzoli & Isles, Castle, Criminal Minds, Prime Suspect, The Closer, Medium, Bones, CSI: NY & Miami, 24, NCIS, Grey’s Anatomy, Friday Night Lights, among others. Other theater credits include playing Tom in William Saroyan’s The Time of Your Life (LADCC nomination for “Best Revival”) and Hal in Proof with Pacific Resident Theater in Venice. He spent

three years as a resident company member of the Tony Award winning Oregon Shakespeare Festival: Richard III, Henry VI p.2&3, Romeo & Juliet, Richard II, Dr. Faustus, Napoli Millionaria!, The Visit, among others. KCACTF Irene Ryan Competition regional winner and Kennedy Center national finalist. Author of the novel HELLA. www.mattmctighe.com

Alison Pill (Susan) Alison starred on Broadway in House of Blue Leaves (Outer Critics Circle nomination), The Miracle Worker, Mauritius and The Lieutenant of Inishmore (Tony nomination), and OffBroadway in This Wide Night (Drama League Nomination), Reasons to be Pretty, Blackbird (Lucille Lortel, Outer Critics Circle and Drama League nominations), On the Mountain (Lortel nomination) and The Distance from Here (Drama Desk Award — Outstanding Ensemble). Pill’s film work includes Snowpiercer, To Rome With Love, Midnight in Paris, Goon, Scott Pilgrim vs The World, Milk, Dan in Real Life, Dear Wendy and Pieces of April. Pill currently stars in the Aaron Sorkin HBO series The Newsroom. Other television work includes the HBO drama In Treatment, The Book of Daniel and Life With Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows.

Adam Stein (Roat) Adam has performed on and off-Broadway, and in regional theaters around the country, including the Old Globe, Steppenwolf, Williamstown, Seattle Rep and many others.

His most recent Los Angeles appearance was in Adam Rapp’s Nocturne (directed by Mr. Shakman), for which he was nominated for an Ovation Award. Recently, he’s been working in the old-fashioned medium of television, and is currently a writer/producer on the CBS series Under the Dome. He’d like to dedicate this performance to his dad, who really would’ve gotten a kick out of it.

Mather Zickel (Mike) Mather Zickel hails from New York City. He spent fifteen years performing in many New York experimental venues, working with playwrights such as Sarah Ruhl, Gina Gionfriddo, and Adam Bock. He is pleased to return to the Geffen where he was seen in By The Way, Meet Vera Stark and David Wiener’s Extraordinary Chambers. Mather has appeared in a variety of film and television roles including Kieran in Rachel

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FREDERICK KNOTT (Playwright) Frederick Knott wrote Dial M For Murder and Wait Until Dark — two of the most celebrated suspense plays in modern theatrical history.

Born in Hankow, China in 1916 to Quaker missionaries, he went to Cambridge University and then served in the Royal Artillery during the entirety of World War II. After, he retreated to a cottage adjacent to his parents’ home in Sussex, spending eighteen months in near seclusion writing Dial M For Murder. After seven London producers turned it down, the BBC presented it in 1952 as a 90-minute television play, followed by successful West End and Broadway productions, thirty international productions and the now classic 1954 Alfred Hitchcock film which is now one of the AFI’s Top Ten Mystery Films.

Notoriously unprolific, his 1961 Broadway play Write Me a Murder starred Denholm Elliot and Kim Hunter.

Wait Until Dark opened on Broadway in February 1966 starring Lee Remick, followed by a two-year London run starring Honor Blackman.

Audrey Hepburn, Alan Arkin, and Richard Crenna starred in the film version. Knott died in 2002.

JEFFREY HATCHER (Adaptor) Broadway: Never Gonna Dance (book). Off-Broadway: Three Viewings and A Picasso at Manhattan Theatre Club; Scotland Road and The Turn of the Screw at Primary Stages; Tuesdays with Morrie (with Mitch Albom) at The Minetta Lane; Murder by Poe, The Turn of the Screw and The Spy at The Acting Company; Neddy at American Place and Fellow Travelers at Manhattan Punchline. Also Ten Chimneys, Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Suicide Club, Compleat Female Stage Beauty, A Confederacy of Dunces, The Killing of Sister George, Mrs. Mannerly, Murderers, Ella, Mercy of a Storm, Smash, Armadale, Korczak’s Children, To Fool the Eye, The Falls, A Piece of the Rope, Louder Faster, What’s the Word For, John Gabriel Borkman, An Enemy of the People, Pillars of Society, All the Way with LBJ, The Government Inspector, Cousin Bette, The Good Soldier, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and at The Guthrie, Old Globe, Yale Rep, The Geffen, Seattle Rep, South Coast Rep, and Actors Theater of Louisville, among others. Film/TV: Stage Beauty, Casanova, The Duchess and episodes of Columbo.

MATT SHAKMAN (Director) Matt Shakman returns to the Geffen Playhouse having directed David LindsayAbaire’s Good People starring Jane Kaczmarek and Jon Tenney (eight Ovation nominations, including Best Director). He is the founder and artistic director of the Black Dahlia Theatre, named by American Theatre magazine as “one of a dozen

young American companies you need to know” and by Los Angeles Magazine as Best Small Theatre. Some of his work at the Dahlia includes Hey, Morgan!, David Schulner’s Forgiveness, Jonathan Tolins’ Secrets of the Trade starring John Glover (Ovation Award, Direction; GLAAD Award); Austin Pendleton’s Orson’s Shadow, Richard Kramer’s Theater District (LADCC Award, Direction) and Adam Rapp’s Nocturne. Matt recently helmed Secrets of the Trade off-Broadway at Primary Stages. TV directing credits include: Mad Men, The Good Wife, Six Feet Under, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia and House. He received the LA Drama Critics Circle Milton Katselas Award for career achievement in direction.

He just directed his debut feature film Cut Bank starring John Malkovich, Liam Hemsworth, Billy Bob Thornton and Bruce Dern.

Craig Siebels (Set Designer) Last season, Craig Siebels designed the set for Good People here at the Geffen.

Other theatre design work includes productions at the La Jolla Playhouse, the 42nd Street Studios, Pearl Theatre, Madison Repertory Theatre, Black Dahlia Theatre, Clarence Brown Theatre, Kitchen Dog Theatre, and many others across the country. His adaptation, with Eric Ting, of The Old Man and the Sea at the Long Wharf Theatre in 2010 marked his debut as a playwright, and, as an architect, Craig designed the renovation of the Marilyn Monroe Theatre in 2001. But most of the time Craig works in television. Most recently he was producing, designing, and occasionally directing Burn Notice for USA Network.

E.B. Brooks (Costume Designer) Geffen Playhouse: Good People, Build, and The Exorcist (Associate Costume Designer to Scott Pask). Black Dahlia Theater: Hey Morgan!, Forgiveness, Finally, Secrets of the Trade, and The Last Days of Judas Iscariot directed

by Matt Shakman. Artists Repertory Theater, Portland: Ten Chimneys written by Jeffery Hatcher, directed by Damaso Rodriguez. Center for New Performance/ RedCat: Brewsie and Willie directed

by Travis Preston (2010 LA Weekly Award for Best Production Design), What to Wear directed by Richard Foreman. A Noise Within: Blithe Spirit (2010 Ticketholder Award Best Costume Design).

Los Angeles Shakespeare Festival: Midsummer Night›s Dream. East West Players: The Language Archive directed by Jessica Kubzansky. Theater@ Boston Court: Cassiopeia, Courting Vampires, 1001, and 365 Plays. Her costumes have been on exhibit at the Hammer Museum and Machine Project alongside the film Fly Amanita directed by David Fenster and at Steve Turner Contemporary alongside the film The Murder of Hi Good directed by Lee Lynch. Other film and video projects include: D.I.C.E. Awards 2013 Official Introduction Video, Three Nights in The Desert, Sawdust City, and Higher Power.

She received her MFA from California Institute of the Arts and has taught at Willamette University, USC, UCLA, and CalTech.

Elizabeth Harper (Lighting Designer) Upcoming projects include Play Dead, (Geffen Playhouse) and Reunion (South Coast Rep). Past theatrical design credits and awards include A Raisin in the Sun, directed by Phylicia

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Getting Married (Sony Classic), District Attorney Mike Powers in Reno: 911!

(Comedy Central) and Will Keen in Man Up (ABC). He will be appearing on the highly anticipated Showtime series Masters of Sex and he recently recurred on Showtime’s House of Lies.

Mather will also reprise his lead role in the series Newsreaders, a spin-off to the popular Adult Swim series Children’s Hospital.

production biographies Rashad (Kirk Douglas Theatre, 2011 Ovation Nominee, 2012 NAACP Theatre Award Nominee), Good People (Geffen Playhouse, 2012 Ovation Nominee), The Twentieth-Century Way (The Theatre @ Boston Court, 2010 Ovation Nominee), American Misfit (The Theatre @ Boston Court), Crescent City (The Industry), Fraternity (The Ebony Repertory Theatre), It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia and Family Guy Live (Gibson Amphitheater), How to Succeed In Business Without Really Trying (Reprise Theatre Company).

Industrial and Event Design: Microsoft, Universal Studios, On-Live, Comedy Central, and Spike TV. Her design work and sketches were selected for display at the 2011 Prague Quadrennial and were part of an exhibit showcasing the work of emerging American designers.

Education and Affiliation: Guest Instructor, California Institute of the Arts; MFA, Tisch School of the Arts, NYU; Member United Scenic Artists Local 829.

Jonathan Snipes (Composer & Sound Designer) Jonathan Snipes makes sound and music, often at the same time. He is a member of the rap group clipping. His work has been featured in Good People (Geffen Playhouse, 2012). He is a founding member and resident composer of Three Chairs Theater Company.

From 2003-2006, Snipes was the resident sound designer at Los Angeles’ Black Dahlia theater under artistic director Matt Shakman. His first original musical (with Kristin Erickson and Patrick Kennelly), Patty: The Revival, was performed at Highways Performance Space in Santa Monica in 2012. www.jonat8han.com

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Ned Mochel (Fight Director) Ned’s violence design work at Geffen includes American Buffalo, Miss Julie, The Gift, The Jacksonian, The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity, Superior Donuts, Next Fall, Ruined, and Fat Pig. This fall Ned will be joining the design team of Geffen’s production of The Jacksonian opening in New York. Ned was fight director for both west coast premiers of the Tracy Letts plays Killer Joe and Bug. Ned was fight director for Steppenwolf’s The Song of Jacob Zulu on Broadway, and The Lyric Opera’s production of McTeague, directed by Robert Altman. Ned’s action work on feature films includes A Marine Story from Final Battlefield, Jack Slash from Chicago Action Theatre, and Hit Parade from Man of Action. In 2009 Ned received an LA Drama Theatre Critics’ award for VS. Theatre Company production of On An Average Day. Ned was certified by the Society of American Fight Directors in 1988 and is a black belt in JKA karate.

Elizabeth Himelstein (Dialect Coach) Geffin Playhouse: Good People, Broadway: Serious Money , The Secret Rapture, Death of a Salesman, Cabaret.

Films (partial list): Cut Bank with Matthew Shakman, Fargo, The Big Lebowski, Dogville, The Butler, August, Osage County, The Bling Ring, Men Who Stare at Goats, Tinker Tailer Soldier Spy with Gary Oldman, among others. TV: True Blood, Ray Donovan.

James T. McDermott (Production Stage Manager) Proud member of Actors’ Equity Association. Jimmie is returning, with Wait Until Dark being his seventeenth

show Stage Managing for the Geffen Playhouse. He has also stage managed across the country at theaters in cities including New York, Princeton, Charleston, Washington D.C., Chicago, St. Louis, Kansas City, Minneapolis, Las Vegas, and San Francisco. In Southern California he has stage managed at Center Theatre Group (Ahmanson, Mark Taper Forum, Kirk Douglas Theatres), Los Angeles Theatre Center, La Jolla Playhouse and South Coast Repertory. Jimmie is starting his fourth five year elected term on the Council of Actors’ Equity Association, the governing body of his fellow actors’ and stage managers’ union.

In 2001 he was the first stage manager to be named as the outstanding professional stage manager in whose name the USITT Outstanding Stage Manager Award was given. This 2013/2014 school year marks Jimmie’s 18th year on the faculty of California Institute of the Arts. Jimmie would like to thank his stage management partners Susie Walsh and Tim Dyess and many thanks to his life partner Pat Brymer.

Susie Walsh (Assistant Stage Manager) In Los Angeles Susie has stage managed over 100 shows at theaters such as the Mark Taper Forum, the Ahmanson Theatre, the Geffen Playhouse, and LATC. Her favorites include: The Royal Family, Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Measure for Measure, The Heiress, Flower Drum Song, Living Out, Stuff Happens, Arcadia, The Drowsy Chaperone and Leap of Faith. In New York, Susie stage managed Putting it Together with Carol Burnett.

Love to Ken.

AMY LEVINSON (Dramaturg) Amy Levinson is the Artistic Associate and Literary Director at the Geffen Playhouse. As dramaturg, Amy has overseen more than 40 productions including the commissions and world premieres of Donald Margulies’ Time Stands Still and Jane Anderson’s The Quality of Life. She has also had the privilege of working with numerous writers on premiere productions including Neil Simon, Neil LaBute, Bill Cain, Joanna Murray-Smith and David Weiner, among others. Production dramaturgy credits include: The Weir, Boy Gets Girl, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Extraordinary Chambers, The Escort and Equivocation.

As Artistic Associate and Literary Director, she has helped to build programs for new play development including the commissioning and development of emerging and established playwrights.

Also a translator of Yiddish drama, she holds MFA in dramaturgy from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

PHYLLIS SCHURINGA, CSA (Casting) Phyllis has been the Casting Director at the Geffen for 12 years and now is also an Artistic Associate. Recent plays are American Buffalo, Yes, Prime Minister, The Gift, Coney Island Christmas, Build and the Los Angeles production of By the Way, Meet Vera Stark.

Before joining the team at the Geffen, she was the Casting Director for Steppenwolf Theatre 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

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

In addition to his artistic programming and oversight at the Geffen, Arney has helmed more than 10 productions for the theater, most recently American Buffalo, Superior Donuts, The Female of the Species, The Seafarer, Speedthe-Plow and All My Sons.

Arney is an ensemble member and former Artistic Director of Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theatre where his directing credits include: The Seafarer, The Beauty Queen of Leenane, Death and the Maiden, Curse of the Starving Class, Killers and The Geography of Luck, among others. Arney also directed Steppenwolf’s world premiere of Steve Martin’s Picasso at the Lapin Agile, as well as the subsequent national and international acclaimed productions. Mr. Arney’s acting credits with Steppenwolf include Born Yesterday, Ghost in the Machine, The Homecoming, Frank’s Wild Years, You Can’t Take it with You, Fool for Love,

True West, Balm in Gilead and Coyote Ugly. As the Artistic Director for Steppenwolf from 1987 to 1995, he oversaw the, creation of a new stateof-the-art theater which is Steppenwolf’s current home.

Broadway transfers under his leadership include The Rise and Fall of Little Voice, The Song of Jacob Zulu (six Tony Award nominations) and The Grapes of Wrath (1990 Tony Award, Best Play). Mr. Arney has an MFA degree in Acting from Illinois State University and has taught master classes and workshops at UCLA, Steppenwolf, around the U.S. and in Tokyo.

KEN NOVICE (Managing Director) Ken Novice’s career in the professional theater spans 25 years and over 250 productions. Prior to joining Geffen Playhouse, he served as Managing Director and Director of External Affairs at Pasadena Playhouse where his credits include the revival of Fences starring Laurence Fishburne and Angela Basset and the world premieres of Sister Act the Musical, Ray Charles Live, Stormy Weather starring Lesley Uggams and many others. He was Director of Marketing and Public Relations for San Diego’s Tony Awardwinning Old Globe Theatre where his credits include Jack O’Brien’s acclaimed revival of Damn Yankees, the Tony Award-nominated musical The Full Monty, Henry IV starring John Goodman and Sheldon Epp’s Tony-nominated hit Play On! among many others. His credits also include marketing

and public relations for the Tony Award-winning Denver Center Theater Company and New York’s Circle Repertory Company. As Director of Programming for YouthStream Media Networks he developed national marketing and public relations programs for most of Hollywood’s major motion picture studios. Novice also served as Head of the Theatre Management MFA/MBA program at California State University, Long Beach and has been a guest lecturer at San Diego State University and the University of California, San Diego. He holds a BA from the Pennsylvania State University and an MBA from San Diego State University.

BEHNAZ ATAEE (General Manager) Behnaz Ataee is a financial professional with more than 25 years of experience in forprofit and nonprofit financial management and auditing.

Behnaz joined the Geffen Playhouse in 1999 and this marks her ninth season as the theater’s General Manager.

She began her career in the Bay Area as a partner in a small family start-up before joining FBS Management where she acted as Director of Accounting, overseeing the finances of more than 25 non-profit organizations.

Behnaz continued her work with non-profits as an auditor for Trump and Van Sloten CPA and then returned to the for-profit sector at Ultratech, before ultimately landing at the Geffen Playhouse. Behnaz has a Master’s degree from Pepperdine University.

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including Westwood Playhouse and Briar Street Theater in Chicago), Austin Pendleton’s Orson’s Shadow and Charles L. Mee’s Time to Burn. Broadway transfers include One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (Tony for Best Revival) and The Song of Jacob Zulu. She teaches auditioning at Steppenwolf West and is a member of Casting Society of America.

REGINA MILLER (Chief Development Officer) Regina has been a development professional for over 18 years, working with non-profit institutions, foundations and corporations on strategy, analysis and fundraising.

She has worked for Simon Wiesenthal Center, The Clinton Foundation, Ben Affleck’s Eastern Congo Initiative, Hank Azaria’s Determined to Succeed, The Millan Foundation and Whole Child International, among others. Prior to the Geffen, Regina 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. Regina also 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 which incorporated dance therapy and creative movement into an early childhood curriculum as well as wrote and produced 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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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

GEFFEN AT A GLANCE ADDRESS

PRODUCTION STAFF FOR WAIT UNTIL DARK Assistant to the Director Lauren Patten Assistant Costume Designer Kate Fry Assistant Lighting Designer Phil Kong Assistant Sound Designer Jason Tuttle Properties Artisan Hazel Kuang Properties Artisan Devin Lennon-Davey Production Electrician Yelena Babinskaya Production Assistant Tim Dyess Wig Designer April Metcalf Stage Crew Joel Fullerton

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Set provided by Scenic Highlights Lighting Equipment provided by Entertainment Lighting Services Sound Equipment provided by Jon Sound Inc. Production Photographer Michael Lamont Media Filming Four Leaf Media SPECIAL THANKS UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television Scene Prop, Sound and Costume Shops; London Cleaners; Peet’s Coffee & Tea

TICKET SERVICES Box Office Window When shows are not in performance, the box office window is open: Weekdays.........................10:00 am — 6:00 pm Weekends........................ 12:00 pm — 6:00 pm During the run of a show, the window will be open until curtain. Please note: the box office is unable to process exchanges and future sales one hour prior to curtain time on any performance day.

UCLA SCHOOL OF THEATER, FILM AND TELEVISION The Geffen Playhouse is affiliated with the University of California at Los Angeles, specifically the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television.

The Geffen Playhouse values its role as an important educational resource by providing students with master classes, workshops and internships.

Students are also able to work and learn from distinguished visiting Geffen artists such as Alan Ayckbourn, Jon Robin Baitz, Annette Bening, Ed Harris, David Ives, Neil LaBute, David Mamet, Donald Margulies, Terrence McNally, John Rando and Kathleen Turner in areas of directing, playwriting, acting, design, dramaturgy, management and production. The Geffen Playhouse also draws upon the distinguished experts in the university to enhance the theater’s programs and research.

The actors and stage managers employed in this production are members of Actors’ Equity Association; The Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

The director is a member of the society of Stage Directors and Choreographers, Inc., an independent national labor union.

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Accessible Accommodation The Geffen Playhouse is fully committed to ensuring a satisfying theater experience for our patrons with special needs or disabilities. Please contact the box office or an usher to discuss your needs.

AT THE THEATER Late Seating Should you arrive late to the theater or vacate your seat during the performance, please expect to be held in the lobby until an appropriate pause in the action on-stage.

To minimize disturbance to other patrons, you may be sat into the first available location by the house staff even if different from your assigned seat. Be advised that some productions or circumstances may not allow for late or return seating.

welcome new board members

Mr. Mancuso and the Geffen Playhouse Board welcome new Board members Barry Meyer and Lorraine Spurge.

We are thrilled to have you with us.

Barry M. Meyer, one of the most respected executives in the entertainment industry, serves as the Chairman of Warner Bros., following nearly 14 years as the studio’s Chairman & Chief Executive Officer.

During his tenure as Chairman & CEO, Meyer oversaw one of the most successful collections of entertainment brands and companies in the world.

Warner Bros., a Time Warner company, is a global leader in all forms of entertainment and their related businesses across all current and emerging media and platforms. The studio stands at the forefront of every aspect of the industry from feature film, television and home entertainment production and worldwide distribution to DVD, Blu-ray, digital distribution, animation, comic books, product and brand licensing, and broadcasting.

Under Meyer’s leadership, Warner Bros. consistently ranked as one of the strongest, most profitable and best-positioned studios in the industry.

An active leader in the entertainment industry, Meyer often serves as a key advisor on industry-wide production, labor and regulatory issues. He is a member of the Board of Councilors of the USC School of Cinematic Arts; a member of the Board of Directors of the Motion Picture Association of America; a member of the Board of the Museum of Television & Radio; a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences; a member and former Governor of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences; and a member and past member of the Board of the Hollywood Radio and Television Society. He also is involved in numerous charitable and civic activities, including serving on the Board of Directors of Human Rights Watch and on the Advisory Board of the Smithsonian National Museum of American History.

Born in New York City, Meyer holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Rochester and a law degree from Case Western Reserve University School of Law. He is a member of the bar in New York and Ohio.

Lorraine Spurge is CEO of Maplestone Capital Advisors, LLC. Maplestone Capital is a diversified financial service company that is focused on women-led and family-owned businesses. Spurge previously was a senior managing director and head of business development at Guggenheim Partners, LLC. She joined Guggenheim in 2008, focusing on strategic business development, marketing and client services. From 2001 to 2006, Spurge was a partner and managing director at Metropolitan West Financial and MW Post Advisory Group, where she helped to expand a $400 million asset manager into an institutional high-yield and distressed firm with more than $8 billion of assets under management.

Previously, she managed the capital markets group for Drexel Burnham Lambert, raising more than $200 billion for large and small corporations.

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World Premiere Limited Engagement Begins January 3 How can one evening at the theater change history? The unfolding of events of April 14, 1865 did just that as the lives of those in the audience and those in our country would never be the same. Uncovering Abraham Lincoln’s White House piano and many of the era’s personalities to tell these stories best, Hershey Felder regales us with a stunningly new and insightful look at the artistry, politics and individuals surrounding that fateful night at Ford’s Theatre.

From vaudeville to minstrel shows to American hymns and songs of patriotism, Felder’s signature storytelling and music reminds us of our collective history and how the history of the brave emboldens us all.

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“The play that first staked out Harold Pinter’s defining hold on modern drama.”

— Variety

“Time has proven its brilliance.”

— Chicago Tribune

“Creepily sinister … darkly funny.”

— Chicago Sun Times

“Pinter subjected the comedy of keeping up appearances to an intimate scrutiny not seen since Anton Chekhov.”

— Variety

“This is Pinter Land, where menace and mystery rule … and nothing is quite as it seems.”

— The New York Times

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harold pinter directed by

william friedkin february 4 — march 16 the classic returns in the gil cates theater at the geffen playhouse

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your impact The Geffen Playhouse’s extensive education and outreach programs work with student, senior, low-income and veteran groups to ensure the most underserved of our community participate in the artistic work done at the Geffen Playhouse and beyond.

California ranks dead last — 50th out of the 50 states — in the amount spent per child and adult on the arts: 14 cents per person.

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The City of Los Angeles has a budget of only $3.7 million a year to support the arts, versus New York City’s support of $29 million and San Francisco’s $13 million for the arts.

Your support brings unparalleled strength, insight, humanity and hope to those working hard to transition out of homelessness, through season-long work with Geffen artists and performances.

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Your gift improves our economy. Every dollar spent on the arts generates more than $11 in revenue to the surrounding community.

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Your support changes lives — inspiring profoundly disadvantaged youth across Los Angeles County to stay in school and to realize their potential as writers, critical thinkers, and much more through their time and work with Geffen artists, casts and teaching artists.

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You will have a role in bringing each play to life this coming year. Subscriptions and single ticket sales cover only half of the costs of our nonprofit operations and productions.

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Your support gives veterans and their families the opportunity not only to experience our plays at no charge throughout the year — but also to feel honored, recognized and welcomed home.

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Your gift will give more than 25,000 profoundly disadvantaged children, youth, seniors and adults access to the one-of-a-kind beauty, power and inspiration of live theater.

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Your support gives recently emancipated foster youth, women and families living in domestic violence shelters, and many other isolated populations the opportunity to feel connected to society, experience relief through entertainment, and gain renewed strength and perspective through plays and workshops with our artists and casts.

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Your support improves the quality of life for all of us.

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Here are the top ten reasons to support the work:

Imagine being a 14-yea r-old who, on top of the normal angst and pre age, was also surround ssure most young peo ed by the lure of gangs, ple experience at this drugs and more in a nei high school diploma.

How could you believ ghborhood where mo e you would make it st adults do not have neighborhood did so? to graduation when so a few, if any, adults in yo ur Boyle Heights is only 11 miles from the Geffe n Playhouse, but it mi brought the first buslo ght as well be 11,000 mi ad of our students to a les away. In fact, when play at the Geffen a few different state. They cou we months back, some ask ldn’t believe how green ed if we had travelled it was here. They had never been east of Down to a nev town Los Angeles. Fou er been to such a beauti rteen-year-olds who had their neighborhoods. ful building. They had never been more than a few miles outside of I am the principal of the se students who attend Mendez High School — Angeles. My parents bro a public high school in ught me here to Boyle Boyle Heights, East Lo Heights when I was fiv elementary school. Bu s e. Neither of my parent t they knew the powe r of education to chang s had completed more a Master’s in education e than liv es. Several years ago, . I am back in Boyle He I graduated from UCLA ights to give back, to hel with p more kids get on a gre We were shocked when ater path in life. the Geffen Playhouse answered our call for schools in economical help last year at this tim ly depressed neighbor e. As is the case for mo hoods across LA and acr each year who decide st high oss the US, we were los d to give up because the ing too many 14-year-o y didn’t think they cou high school diploma. lds ld ever make it to 12th This is abysmal not on gra ly de. for footsteps and in this do Less than 50% obtain them, but for all of us, a wnward spiral if nothi and for the generations ng is done. who will follow in the ir One of the top reasons 14-year-olds make the disastrous decision to of how far behind the drop out of high school y are academically and ? They are acutely aw are convinced they wo to graduate. One of the are n’t be able to catch up most painful reminders to meet the requirement of how far behind the tasks. Kids so far behind s y are? Daily struggles they don’t even know wi th even basic writing how to write one senten coherent essay. ce in response to a tea cher’s question, let alo ne a Writing is a complex ski ll, as we all know. Even the most celebrated, pro writing. How can we help kids who are so fro lific writers of all time zen with fear about wr have shared their dread having to learn how to iting that they will dro for do it? p out of high school ins tead of The Geffen answered our call for help. The org anization worked with and classroom work wi us to develop a year-lo th teaching artists and ng runway of experienc experts from UCLA to critical thinking and wr es gradually build studen iting — skills that will ts’ comfort and succes jet propel them for life. s with Leveraging the rich and no world-class teaching art vel experience of seeing each Geffen play thr oughout the year, and ists to decipher and int working with the Geffe erp express their thoughts n’s , these young people dev ret the plays in ways that comfortably forced them to organize and eloped muscle, clarity and con fid enc e in writing, in speaki I can tell you that becaus ng, in life. e of the Geffen Playhou track to graduate. Our se program at our school school was just cited as thi s past year, 70% of the one of the top in LA for youth are now on improvements in the lite We have to share this mo racy scores of its studen del and get it out to mo ts. re schools across Los An understand the precious, geles. With your help, on we will. We know you Please include the Geffen e-of-a-kind value of live theater. Hopefully, thi s letter has underscored Playhouse in your yea r-end charitable giving its value even more. gratitude to you for rea this year. We have a lot ding this long letter, and more work to do. My dee for considering an invest pest me nt in these children and Sincerely, in their futures.

Mauro Bautista

Principal, Mendez High

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2013/2014 Geffen Playhouse Teaching Artist Intensive July 22 – 23, 2013

Photos by Lorman Photography

Thank you to our brilliant facilitator, Jennifer Zakkai, Education Projects Leader at the Geffen Playhouse, for designing and leading our first-ever Teaching Artist Intensive at the Geffen Playhouse.

Thank you to our esteemed partner from UCLA Center X, Shervaughnna AndersonDemiraz, Director of the California Reading and Literacy Project, for sharing your time and expertise with our Teaching Artists.

Thank you to our talented Teaching Artists for participating and for helping the Geffen weave theatre arts and literacy together in new, exciting ways in the most underserved schools in Los Angeles.

To support our Teaching Artists’ critical work in the schools in 2013/2014, visit geffenplayhouse.com/education or call 310.208.6500 ext. 141 P18 PERFORMANCES MAGAZINe

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Opening Night of Rapture, Blister, Burn Sponsored by Audi of America, Inc., Los Angeles magazine, Malibu Family Wines, Napa Valley Grille and Luna 2

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1. The cast of Rapture, Blister, Burn with director Peter DuBois, Artistic Director Randall Arney and Managing Director Ken Novice 2. Geffen Artistic Director Randall Arney with Geffen friends Dana Delany, Bill Smitrovich and friend 3. Board member Pamela Robinson Hollander with Chairman of the Board Frank Mancuso and Fay Mancuso

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4. Geffen Playhouse donors Stanley and Ruth Zicklin 5. Geffen Board member Michael Walsh with Bud Benson, Advisory Board member Deborah Walsh, Elaine Hoffman and Board member Arthur Greenberg 6. Geffen Playhouse donors Paul and Patti Eisenberg 7. Geffen Playhouse friends Beth Behrs and Steve Sauer with their guests 6

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annual donors The Geffen Playhouse recognizes the following individuals and organizations for their generous support of our Annual Fund and Backstage at the Geffen. Donors are listed at the Associate level and higher for gifts made between July 1, 2012 and August 25, 2013.

In appreciation, donors enjoy a host of special benefits including house seats, complimentary drinks, receptions and much more.

For more information, please call Jamie Sherman at 310.208.6500 ext. 128.

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Anonymous Patricia Kiernan Applegate Aria Resort & Spa Audi of America, Inc Ben/Joyce Eisenberg Foundation City National Bank Mary Ann Cloyd Susan & John Ebey Edgerton Foundation Joyce Eisenberg-Keefer & Melvin Keefer Fox Entertainment Group Herbert M. & Beverly J. Gelfand In Memory of Alice Ghostley & Felice Orlandi Jim & Ann Gianopulos Adi & Jerry Greenberg Guggenheim Partners Carole & Bill Haber Harold & Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust Martha Henderson J.P. Morgan Private Bank Marilyn & Jeffrey Katzenberg Glorya Kaufman Keyes Automotive Group Sandra Krause & William Fitzgerald Latham & Watkins LLP Mr. and Mrs. Jason & Yvonne Lee Ginny Mancini Fay & Frank Mancuso Donna McKenna & Flynn Chernos Ron & Kelly Meyer Ann & Jerry Moss Moss Foundation OneWest Bank PricewaterhouseCoopers Ralph M. Parsons Foundation Madeline & Bruce Ramer Linda Bernstein Rubin & Tony Rubin Richard & Barbara Sherman Shubert Foundation Skirball Foundation Karen & Vic Smith Kate Capshaw Spielberg & Steven Spielberg DeeAnna Staats, Staats & Co. Cynthia P. Stafford & Lanre Idewu Jodi & Howard Tenenbaum The UCLA Dream Fund Deborah & Michael E. Walsh The Walt Disney Company Westfield Group Judy & Chancellor Charles E. Young Dirk & Natasha Ziff

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The Edward A. & Ai O Shay Family Foundation Gang, Tyre, Ramer & Brown, Inc. Greater Los Angeles New Car Dealers Association Hilton Bora Bora Nui Resort & Spa J.P. Morgan Chase Foundation Loretta & Victor Kaufman The Lear Family Foundation Los Angeles County Arts Commission Los Angeles magazine Susan & Peter Mallory Marcia Israel Foundation, Inc. Nancy & Sir Paul McCartney Susanna Midnight & Charlie Midnight Montage Hotels & Residences Leslie Moonves & Julie Chen Morgan Stanley Napa Valley Grille Northern Trust, NA The Richenthal Foundation Judith & Bruce Stern Shel & Cynthia Stone Transamerica Insurance & Investment Group Universal Studios Variety W Hotel Westwood Warner Bros. Entertainment

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$10,000 - $24,999 Ariel Investments, LLC Charles A. Black, Jr. James L. Brooks Brotman Foundation of California Eileen & Harold Brown Brunello Cucinelli Mark Burnett & Roma Downey The Capella Resorts Capital Group Companies Valarie de la Garza & Michael Centeno City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs Carole Bayer Sager & Robert A. Daly DreamWorks Studios Dr. & Mrs. Paul Eisenberg Electric Entertainment Susan & Mark Fleischer G.E. Foundation Patty Glaser & Sam Mudie Arthur Greenberg C. Curtis Grisham In Memory of Morrie Hazan HBO Eric & Samantha Heer Mellody Hobson Cindy & Alan Horn Joseph Drown Foundation Joan Kaloustian Kenneth T. & Eileen L. Norris Foundation Peter & Janine Lowy Carla Malden Mona Malden Malibu Family Wines Nancy & Michael McClelland Sandra E. Milken Anna K. Nupson Occidental Petroleum Corp Paramount Pictures Rollin Ransom & Chris Lacroix Readers Fine Jewelers Dr. Judith Reichman

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Mayor Richard Riordan Jane Rissman & Richard Sondheimer Jay D. Roth & Sherry E. Grant Thomas L. Safran Safran & Associates Judi & Bruce Schindler Jody & Arthur Schmid Sidley Austin LLP Mr. & Mrs. Keong Sim Simon Strauss Foundation Sondheimer Foundation St. Regis Bora Bora Resort St. Regis Princeville Resort Ben Stiller & Christine Taylor Larry & Kiki Taylor Larry & Barbara Tenan Thomas L. Safran & Associates David Tillman, MD & Karen Zoller, MD Miranda & Brett Tollman The Travel Company Alice & Norman Tulchin UBS Private Wealth Management US Playing Card Company Jennifer Young & Katrina Nason Gail Zappa Robert & Leslie Zemeckis Ruth & Stan Zicklin

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annual donors John & Sandy Murdock Sherri & Arnold Nelson Mark Paluch & Bryan Ozamoto Dr. & Mrs. Emil & Dolores Pascarelli C. Alexander Payne Carol F. Phillips Lisa Pierozzi Linda & Manny Rider Carlene Ringer Richard Robertson Dolores Rogers Ronda & Fred Rose Lawrence Ross & Linda Nussbaum Paul A. Rudnick, M.D. Nancy & Ted Sanborn Larry & Carole Scherzer Malcolm Schneer & Cathy Liu Elaine Carey & Vincent J. Schodolski David & Margaret Schwanke Bob & Susan Schwartz Dr. & Mrs. Jack Schwartz Susan Schwarz Michele & Peter Serchuk Robert Shadur Annette & Leonard Shapiro Peggy & Robert Shapiro Danelle Sherrod Pearl Shultz Melinda & Yossi Sidikaro Steven Siegel & Lily Carey Significance Foundation Carol & Arthur F. Silbergeld Robin & Robert Sills Steven Sills Don & Marie Sirney Dione & Joe Smith Karen Smits Trudy Sokol Sold Out Crowd Roberta Spero Ms. Rita Spiegel Susan & Alfred Stern Sally Stevens Edith L. Stoell & Linda Gach Ray Lance & Maureen Tan Mr. & Mrs. David Tann Brigitta Troy Deborah Valdez Ira & Laurie Waldman Marcia & Dr. Charles Wasserman Jay Weinstein & Lori Woldar Kyra Woo Pat West Andrew & Kimberly Zakanych Arnold Zane

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geffen playhouse staff Randall Arney Artistic Director

Ken Novice Managing Director

ARTISTIC

Behnaz Ataee General Manager

Regina Miller Chief Development Officer

MARKETING & SALES

Mary Garrett Amy Levinson Phyllis Schuringa Shannon Noel Kristina Leach

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

DEVELOPMENT Ellen Catania Director of Major Gifts & Corporate/Foundation Partnerships Jessica Brusilow Rollins Director of Education Partnerships & Donor Relations Jamie Sherman Associate Director of Individual Giving Kristen Smith Grants Manager & Major Gifts Executive Assistant Scott Kriloff Development Associate & Database Manager Ava Bogle Development Assistant Jessie Sherman Development Assistant

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

public relations Andy Perez

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ADMINISTRATION

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Frankie Ocasio Executive Assistant to the Managing Director Maryam Meehan Accounting and Payroll Manager Francisca Lopez Accounts Payable Marguerite Harris Receptionist

Jeni Pearsons Director of Special Events David Gerhardt Supervising House Manager Michelle Cantrell, Amy Farkas, Tommy French, Matt Jones, Erik Odom, Julianne Tveten House Managers Abdoulaye N’Gom Head Usher Sevana Baghdasarian, Kevin Cernansky, Vianney Cossyleon, Josiah Davis, Erica Keller, Caroline Harrison Kohler, Brennan Kelleher, Rebecca Zoe Leigh, Nathaniel Meek, Roxana Meyers, Lindsay Nyman, Chase O’Donnell, Jonathan Schwartz, Chelsea Smachetti Ushers Rob Mersola Bar Manager Manuel Mayorga Weekend Bar Manager Adam Carr, Brenda Davidson, Jared White, Lyndsi LaRose Bartenders

EDUCATION Jennifer Zakkai Education Projects Leader Connor White Resident Teaching Artist & Education Associate

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

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

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

Facility Manager Custodial Cleaning Custodial

This theater operates under agreement between the League of Resident Theaters and Actors Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers in the United States.

The scenic, costume, lighting and sound designers in LORT theaters are represented by United Scenic Artists Local USA-829, IATSE. P24 PERFORMANCES MAGAZINe