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TABLE OF CONTENTS

DECEMBER 2013

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CENTER THEATRE GROUP BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2013/2014 OFFICERS

honorary chairman Lew R. Wasserman† chairman Martin Massman president William H. Ahmanson vice presidents Ava Fries Susan Grode secretary Amy R. Forbes treasurer Dr. Steven Nagelberg

Matthew Bourne’s Sleeping Beauty.

Ahmanson Theatre Nov 21, 2013–Dec 1, 2013 The cast of Matthew Bourne’s Sleeping Beauty. photo by simon annand.

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board members Dean V. Ambrose Pamela Beck Miles Benickes Norris J. Bishton, Jr. Howard Bragman Diana Buckhantz Dannielle Campos Ramirez Joseph C. Carieri Marcy Carsey Nancy de Brier Cástulo de la Rocha Vin Di Bona Dante Di Loreto Frances Flanagan Barbara Fodor Eric R. Garen Kiki Ramos Gindler Patricia Glaser Brindell Roberts Gottlieb Aliza Karney Guren Tim Hanlon Stephen F. Hinchliffe, Jr. Darell L. Krasnoff Lucy M. Labruzzo Jennifer Altfeld Landau

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Carol Mancino Dale S. Miller Walter Mirisch Jo Muse Edward B. Nahmias Diane Neubauer Edward L. Rada Bill Resnick Michael Ritchie Laura Rosenwald Bruce L. Ross Dan Sernett Cheryl A. Shepherd Jack Simon Maggy Simon Sue Tsao

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emeritus Harold Applebaum Ronald J. Arnault Judith Beckmen Gordon Davidson Phyllis Hennigan Leonard Hirshan Richard Kagan Nancy Olson Livingston O. Kit Lokey Diane Morton past presidents Lew R. Wasserman† Marshall Berges† Armand S. Deutsch† Walter Mirisch Henry C. Rogers† Richard E. Sherwood† J. David Haft† Lawrence J. Ramer† Stephen F. Hinchliffe, Jr. Phyllis Hennigan Richard Kagan Martin Massman

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Center Theatre Group’s Mission: To serve the diverse audiences of Los Angeles by producing and presenting theatre of the highest caliber, by nurturing new artists, by attracting new audiences, and by developing youth outreach and arts education programs. This mission is based on a belief that the art of theatre is a cultural force with the capacity to transform the lives of individuals and society at large.

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UPCOMING PERFORMANCES Diana Krall

February 22 | Paddy Moloney THE CHIEFTAINS and special guests April 4 | Diana Krall May 9 | Lily Tomlin

Chita Rivera

MARQUEE December 7 | Brian Stokes Mitchell: Simply Broadway January 25 | Chita Rivera: A Legendary Celebration

BROADWAY Murray Perahia

January 18 | Royal Philharmonic Orchestra with Pinchas Zuckerman, violin February 19 | Bahia Orchestra Project with Chucho Valdés, piano February 20 | Bahia Orchestra Project: Samba Spectacular February 27 | Murray Perahia, piano

CLASSICAL

Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company

February 1 | Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company Play and Play: an evening of movement and music February 13 | Moscow Festival Ballet: Giselle February 14 | Moscow Festival Ballet: Chopiniana & Romeo and Juliet

DANCE February 7 | Béla Fleck and Brooklyn Rider

Béla Fleck and Brooklyn Rider

February 23 | Guitar Passions featuring Sharon Isbin, Stanley Jordan, and Romero Lubambo

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Center Theatre Group is a non-profit company that produces worldclass theatre at the Ahmanson Theatre and the Mark Taper Forum at the Music Center of Los Angeles, and the Kirk Douglas Theatre in Culver City.

Audience Services: 213.628.2772: Ticketing, subscriptions, full customer service including lost ticket replacement, ticket donations, Passport memberships, information about upcoming productions or events, and hotel and restaurant recommendations. Telephone hours: Monday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Tuesday through Friday 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., Saturday noon to 8 p.m., and Sunday 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Except major holidays.

Walk-Up Box Office Hours: The central box office for Center Theatre Group is located in front of the Ahmanson Theatre at the Music Center, and open Tuesday through Saturday from noon to 8 p.m., Sunday from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., and closed on Monday. Remote box offices that are located at the Taper and Douglas are open two hours before performances.

Receive Breaking News at CenterTheatreGroup.org Online ticketing plus information about upcoming productions, advance copies of the program and study guides, downtown restaurants, sponsorship programs, special community activities, and much more.

Season Tickets: 213.972.4444: Subscribers are assigned seats before tickets are released for sale to the general public. Plus, whenever special events are announced at any of our theatres, subscribers have first offer for tickets with no service or convenience fees.

Group and Corporate Services 213.972.8075: Discounts are available for groups of 10-15 or more. A variety of corporate employee/client ticket programs is also offered. Enjoy VIP service for theatre receptions, fundraisers and tour groups.

Flexible payment options and access to purchase tickets before single tickets go on sale.

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Hot Tix: A comprehensive and convenient discount ticket program called Hot Tix offers a $20 ticket to the general public. Beginning three weeks prior to the first performance of each production, Hot Tix can be purchased by phone or in person at CTG’s central box office. Cash or credit card (no checks; limited to two tickets per household). Hot Tix may also be purchased (subject to availability) on the day of performance at the central box office or two hours before the performance at the Taper or the Douglas.

Young Children and Babies: Children under age six are not admitted, unless the production is advertised for younger audiences. Regardless of age, everyone must have a ticket and be able to sit quietly throughout the performance. Babes in arms are not admitted.

Donations: Center Theatre Group is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that supports the Mark Taper Forum, Ahmanson Theatre and the Kirk Douglas Theatre. For further information, call 213.972.7368.

Gift Certificates: 213.628.2772: Available in any amount. They’re perfect for friends, employee recognition and special occasions. Complimentary cards for “Happy Birthday,” “Happy Anniversary,” “Season’s Greetings,” “Congratulations” or “In Appreciation.”

Taper and Douglas Stage Talks: Lively post-show discussions, led by staff who are often joined by members of the cast, are held on selected evening performances. Call Audience Services at 213.628.2772 or visit CenterTheatreGroup.org for a complete schedule.

Late Seating: To minimize disruption, patrons not seated when the performance begins will be asked to watch the lobby monitor until an appropriate break in the performance. Latecomers may also be given alternate seats until intermission.

Fragrances: Please refrain from wearing strong perfumes and cologne. Many people are allergic to heavy scents.

Special Access: Assisted listening devices for persons with limited hearing are available in the lobby at no charge. Accommodations are available for persons in wheelchairs and their companions for all performances. Specific dates are available for American Sign Language interpretation and Audio Description for deaf, hard of hearing, blind and low-vision patrons. Open Captioning for blind and low-vision patrons is available for specific dates at the Ahmanson Theatre and is provided by a generous anonymous Artistic Director’s Circle gift. Call 213.628.2772 or TDD 213.680.4017 or visit CenterTheatreGroup.org/ProjectDate.

Photographs and Recordings: Flash photography can be dangerous to performers and is very distracting to audiences. Photography and any other type of recording device are unlawful, unless authorized by Center Theatre Group. Your use of a ticket constitutes acknowledgement of willingness to appear in authorized photographs and video in public areas of the Music Center and the Kirk Douglas Theatre and releases Center Theatre Group, the Music Center and all others from liability resulting from the use of such photographs.

First Aid: In case of injury or illness, please see an usher.

Lost and Found: For the Ahmanson and the Taper, please contact one of our head ushers after the performance or contact the Lost and Found clerk at 213.972.2600. At the Douglas, contact the Performance Manager at 213.972.4435.

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Center Theatre Group | Donor Events

An Affair to Remember AT THE MILTON September 20, 2013

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rindell Roberts Gottlieb, one of Center Theatre Group’s most generous donors, hosted a fabulous “starry” night at her home, The Milton. This evening was a thankyou to significant individual donors to CTG whose support is recognized through the Artistic Director’s Circle and the Artists & Educators Forum, as well as to major corporate and foundation funders. Gottlieb transformed her home into the streets of New York for the featured performers, Joe Iconis and Family. Iconis is an up-and-coming Broadway lyricist and composer, and thanks to Gottlieb’s generous support, CTG presented the world premiere of his latest musical, The Black Suits, at the Kirk Douglas Theatre last month. The evening also generated more than $800,000 in major giving to CTG over the next five years.

Gottlieb transformed her home into the streets of New York for the featured performers, Joe Iconis and Family. clockwise, from top: Guest of honor Joe Iconis performs pieces from his new musical, The Black Suits • l to r: Felicity Huffman, hostess Brindell Roberts Gottlieb and William H. Macy • l to r: Sue Tsao, left, with Jon Hamm and Jennifer Westfeldt • l to r: Eva & Marc Stern, Artistic Director’s Circle members.

photos by steve cohn photography.

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DONOR RECOGNITION

Special Thanks to Artistic Director’s Circle Members for Supporting CTG The Artistic Director’s Circle, founded by Brindell and Milton Gottlieb, is comprised of individuals supporting specific areas of Michael Ritchie’s artistic vision for Center Theatre Group. The following individuals have made commitments of $100,000 and above.

(Donors listed as of October 31, 2013)

Emerald Circle Kirk & Anne Douglas Brindell Roberts Gottlieb Laura & James Rosenwald & Orinocco Foundation Eva & Marc Stern Ruby Circle Jeanette Shammas Sapphire Circle Anonymous Debra & Norris Bishton Louise & Brad Edgerton Lloyd E. Rigler – Lawrence E. Deutsch Foundation Diamond Circle Judith & Thomas Beckmen Margaret M. Bloomfield Diana Buckhantz & Vladimir & Araxia Buckhantz Foundation Joseph & Mara Carieri Ruth Flinkman-Marandy & Ben Marandy Eric & Nancy Garen Kiki & David Gindler In Memory of Morris A. Hazan Ann & Stephen F. Hinchliffe, Jr. June & Gareth Hughes Eileen & Ken Kaplan Alice Mathias Donna McKenna Dale S. & Shideh Miller Olivia & Anthony Neece Timothy A. Regler Maggy & Jack Simon Judie Stein and Stein Family Foundation Sue Tsao Sheila & Wally Weisman Misty Widelitz

Artists & Educators Forum The Artists & Educators Forum, founded by Joni and Miles Benickes, is comprised of individuals dedicated to providing significant funding for CTG’s new play development and Education and Community Partnerships programs. For more information, please call Erin Schlabach at 213.972.3069.

(Donors listed as of October 31, 2013)

from top: Board President Bill Ahmanson, left, his wife, Karla, and Chairman of the Board Martin Massman • Hostess Brindell Roberts Gottlieb and Carl Reiner • Sharon Lawrence and Brindell Roberts Gottlieb • Joe Iconis, left, with Tim Regler, who helped produce the event • Artistic Director Michael Ritchie and Brindell Roberts Gottlieb.

Melissa & Bob Alvarado Joni & Miles Benickes Annette Blum Linda Brown Bill Cohn & Dan Miller Erica & Vin Di Bona Dorskind Family Frances & Terry Flanagan Amy Forbes & Andrew Murr Aliza & Marc Guren Heather & Paul Haaga In Support of New Theatre Artists Mr. & Mrs. Gerald W. Kehle Vicki King Harry & Arlette Lumer

Renee & Meyer Luskin Linda S. Peterson Joyce & David Rabinov Bill Resnick Chester James Semel, M.D. Elliott R. Sernel Bui & Herb Simon Jane Rissman & Richard Sondheimer Sunshine Stone Mr. & Mrs. Ian D. Teague Karen & William Timberlake Robin & Gary Ungar Suzanne V. Wilson

Donors who have made additional gifts to Center Theatre Group’s Endowment.

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DONOR SPOTLIGHT

Center Theatre Group | Corporate Circle

Meet Corporate Circle’s New Chair

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enter Theatre Group’s arts education programs have a big-time advocate in Jennifer Landau, a litigation partner for Sidley Austin LLP specializing Corporate Circle Chair in complex, civil Jennifer Altfeld Landau. litigation and class action defense. When this CTG Board member isn’t in the courtroom, she’s courtside with her husband, Rodger — the managing partner of Landau, Gottfried & Berger LLP — watching their kids play sports.

As the Corporate Circle’s chair, she works behind the scenes to form new partnerships for CTG, and will lead its 44 members toward raising nearly $500,000 this year for youth arts exploration and emerging playwrights.

Your favorite CTG experience? A magical moment sharing War Horse and CTG’s Young Audiences Program with my children.

What CTG education program do you wish you could have experienced as a young adult? The August Wilson Program. The opportunity to stand on the Taper stage and speak the words of one of the country’s best playwrights — simply phenomenal.

What’s your must-see show this season? Harmony. Because who doesn’t love Barry Manilow?

What is your idea of the perfect play?

Anything that consists of rich dialogue, that makes me think, and that taps into the human condition. And if I’m moved to tears, all the better.

What show would you love to see at CTG? Wit at the Mark Taper Forum.

War Horse. photo by brinkhoff/mögenburg.

Landau Makes the Case for Arts Education What playwright would you trust to write your life story? Who would you cast as yourself? Wendy Wasserstein would have been perfect because she understood the dynamic of Jewish households. And I would cast Idina Menzel because her voice is extraordinary.

What character from a play is most in need of legal advice? Sweeney Todd.

Why does Sidley Austin support theatre in Los Angeles? Theatre is a critical part of the culture of Los Angeles. I’ve loved theatre since I was a child, and I am proud that Sidley supports my involvement with CTG. With approximately 1,700 lawyers in 19 offices worldwide, Sidley Austin LLP has built a reputation as a premier legal adviser for global businesses and financial institutions. For the third consecutive year, Sidley received the most first-tier national rankings of any U.S. law firm in the 2013 U.S. News — Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms” survey. ®

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DESIGN YOUR OWN WINNING SEASON

Your Way.

Season Tickets.

CenterTheatreGroup.org/GoLive 213.972.4444 photo credits (on this page) The cast of the Broadway production of Peter and the Starcatcher, photo by o&m co. (facing page) top to bottom, left to right: Brian Dennehy. The cast of the Broadway production of Peter and the Starcatcher, photo by o&m co. Larry Joe Campbell, Frank Caeti and Dan Castellaneta in The Second City’s A Christmas Carol Twist Your Dickens!, photo by craig schwartz. Barry McGovern in the Gate Theatre production of I’ll Go On, photo by amelia stein. Christopher Plummer in A Word or Two, photo by david hou. Original photograph of Daniel Beaty. photo by nathan yungerberg. The cast of the Original Broadway production of The Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess, photo by michael j. lutch. David Suchet and Brian Bedford in The Last Confession, photo by john haynes. Michael Urie in Buyer & Cellar, photo by sandra coudert. The cast of We Will Rock You.

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CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER SPECIAL EVENT

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BRIAN DENNEHY RETURNS

WRITTEN AND PERFORMED BY DANIEL

BEATY KAUFMAN WORLD PREMIERE PRODUCTION MARK TAPER FORUM DIRECTED BY MOISÉS

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CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER DIRECTED BY DES MCANUFF AHMANSON THEATRE

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QUEEN’S BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY

MUSIC AND LYRICS BY

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BARRY DIRECTED BY STEVEN ROBMAN WITH BRIAN DENNEHY

WINNER! 2013 TONY AWARD JANUARY 29 – MARCH 9, 2014 ®

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WINNER 5 TONY AWARDS DECEMBER 3, 2013 – JANUARY 12, 2014 ®

VANYA AND SONIA AND MASHA AND SPIKE DURANG MARTIN MARK TAPER FORUM

PORGY AND BESS

THE AMERICAN MUSICAL GERSHWIN, DUBOSE AND DOROTHY HEYWARD, AND IRA GERSHWIN MUSICAL BOOK ADAPTED BY SUZAN-LORI PARKS DIRECTED BY DIANE PAULUS AHMANSON THEATRE

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DAVE BARRY AND RIDLEY PEARSON REES AND ALEX TIMBERS MUSIC BY WAYNE BARKER AHMANSON THEATRE

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RE-LOADED! RE-TWISTED! DECEMBER 8–29, 2013

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HARMONY MUSIC BY

BOOK AND LYRICS BY

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BARRY MANILOW BRUCE SUSSMAN SPECIALE AHMANSON THEATRE

WHAT THE BUTLER SAW BY

DIRECTED BY TONY

JOE ORTON

DIRECTED BY JOHN

TILLINGER WHITEHEAD MARK TAPER FORUM WITH PAXTON

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A CHRISTMAS CAROL: TWIST YOUR DICKENS!

DAVID SUCHET + BRIAN BEDFORD

BY PETER

BY ROGER

GWINN & BOBBY MORT DIRECTED BY MARC WARZECHA KIRK DOUGLAS THEATRE

THE LAST CONFESSION

CRANE JONATHAN CHURCH AHMANSON THEATRE DIRECTED BY

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Miranda Wright Receives 2014 Sherwood Award photo by ryan miller/capture imaging.

SHERWOOD AWARD

Center Theatre Group | Education & Community Partnerships

Honoring Innovation M

eet Miranda Wright, a Los Angeles-based theatre producer and this year’s Sherwood Award winner.

As executive director of Los Angeles Performance Practice, a producing organization and artists’ network comprised of independent artists and companies, Wright has contributed to groundbreaking theatre through new approaches to collaboration, technology and social engagement.

Production values “I’ve been ‘producing’ since I was a small child,” Wright says. “I would gather the neighborhood kids together to watch Shelley Duvall’s Faerie Tale Theatre on VHS and then organize everyone into roles for replicated performances on the community lawn.”

With the support of the Sherwood Award, Wright looks forward to projects that embrace this same collaborative spirit.

“My favorite part of what I do is actually talking with artists about their ideas, and helping them think through ways to bring those ideas into reality,” she says. “The artists I work with never stop surprising me.”

Fusing genres, uniting audiences One of Wright’s proudest career moments was producing Deborah Asiimwe’s Cooking Oil with director Emily Mendelsohn. The piece explored women’s access to education in Africa, aid distribution, and the role of the arts in social change, all while challenging the traditional

boundaries between performer and audience. Throughout the play, everyone present sat in a circle while food was prepared onstage. After the final scene, the food was passed from performer to audience.

The piece began in 2010 in the playwright’s native Uganda and appeared at L.A.’s ATX / Art + Innovation in June — a journey emblematic of the values that permeate Wright’s work: building relationships between artists across national borders, pushing aesthetic boundaries and encouraging audiences to discuss timely issues.

Throughout 2014, Center Theatre Group will learn more about Wright’s creative vision, introduce her to other artists and support her work with a $10,000 award. She hopes that by fusing art, theatre, film and music, her projects will unite audiences and create new experiences for all.

Originally created in 1996 as an annual fund to support innovative, adventurous theatre artists, the Sherwood Award was established in memory of Richard E. Sherwood, president and chairman of Center Theatre Group’s Board of Directors from 1980-1993. The award is endowed by the Sherwood family and honors his passionate commitment to theatre.

For more about Wright’s work, visit TheGrid.

CenterTheatreGroup.org and search “Sherwood Award winner.” To learn more about this program, visit CenterTheatreGroup.org/Sherwood.

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There is no word to describe it... if I had to, the words might be ‘divine,’ ‘reborn’ and ‘hope.’

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BACKSTAGE TOUR

Center Theatre Group | Donor Benefits

Theatrical Pond Hopping Bringing the Boys to LA

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hen The Sunshine Boys’ production stage manager, Barclay Stiff, escorted donors on a backstage tour, the challenges of moving a production from London’s 700-seat Savoy Theatre to the big house of the Ahmanson Theatre became readily apparent.

A 3-hour tour (and then some) The set took a 3-week boat ride from London to Los Angeles. Just before it set sail for the U.S., the designers reassembled all the pieces one last time to make sure everything was there. After breaking it down again, they carefully packed it for shipment.

Push it under the rug The set uses all the props and stage pieces from the London production except the rugs and lamps. Those items were withheld due to customs regulations.

Fortunately, this all happened weeks before the government shutdown, or else the set may never have made the voyage to the New World.

Contributions from theatre-lovers like you enable the organization to delight, educate and inspire diverse audiences through the power of theatre. In appreciation of their support, CTG brings its donors closer to the magic onstage through events like this. To learn more, contact Maria Paredes at 213.972.7327, or email mparedes@CenterTheatreGroup.org. clockwise, from top: CTG donors look closely at the props for The Sunshine Boys • Danny DeVito. photo by johan persson • Danny DeVito and Judd Hirsch. photos by michael birt and joan marcus.

Put a plug in it London set designers excitedly re-created 1972 Americana for their production.

However, when the set was reconstructed in L.A. a few of the finer aspects of American culture were lost in translation. One of the most obvious errors: The London designers created electrical outlets that looked like the kind in England.

To learn more about the backstage tour, visit TheGrid.CenterTheatreGroup.org and search “Sunshine Boys tour.”

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Saturday evening • October 26, 2013 Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel

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Thank you to the following patrons for making Angels’ Night 2013 a huge success!

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The Capital Group Companies Beverly Haas Joey Freed & Rich Mendelson and Dinny & David Lesser Alan & Helen Gordon Lowy Diane & Mark Neubauer Edward L. Rada Lois Rosen June Sanders Sattler Southern California Gas Company PATRON SAINTS Denise & Terry Avchen Lanie Bernhard Alice Desobry Bowens Irma & Benjamin Breslauer Linda & Maynard Brittan Nancy & Donald DeBrier Lynda & Al Fadel Ernst & Young, LLP Ruth Flinkman-Marandy & Ben Marandy Linda & Gary Goldfein

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ARTIST TO WATCH

Center Theatre Group | Kirk Douglas Theatre

Second City, Re-Loaded

The Return of a ‘Twisted’ Christmas Carol

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enter Theatre Group is pleased to present The Second City’s A Christmas Carol: Twist Your Dickens! at the Kirk Douglas Theatre for the Director, Marc Warzecha photo by craig schwartz second year in a row.

According to Director Marc Warzecha, audiences can expect more of the unexpected this time around.

What makes this show different from other Second City performances?

Improvisers usually create their own material. This process was more like traditional theatre — we use a script written by people who aren’t in the show, although there is improvisation within the show.

What can we look forward to this time around? A few new scenes as well as more improvisation have been added, based on the reactions from audiences last year.

clockwise, from top: Richard Simmons, center, with the cast of The Second City’s A Christmas Carol: Twist Your Dickens! • l to r: Dan Castellaneta, director Marc Warzecha and Larry Joe Campbell in rehearsal for last year’s production.

• Ron West. photos by craig schwartz.

into the action — made the show much more adult. There were some shocking admissions that created some really great moments.

What challenges did you face when creating this show? Staging this was a challenge as moving set pieces and keeping track of props and costumes are not as common in the improv/ sketch comedy world, where these things are often pantomimed.

What was your favorite moment last year? Richard Simmons did one of the celebrity cameos last year. That portion of the show was supposed to be scripted, but Richard got out of his seat, got the audience out of their seats and then just took over. It was tremendous.

What surprised you about performing at the KDT? The show is relatively clean — probably PG-13. However, the audience participation element — in which audience members wrote “the worst thing they ever did” on a piece of paper in the lobby before the show, and then the actors incorporated it

“Twisted” memories like Richard Simmons’ cameo would not be possible without the support of Center Theatre Group’s nearly 6,000 donors.

This holiday season, CTG wishes to thank them for their important role in the art on our stages.

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heatre pieces find their way to Center Theatre Group in many different ways. With Rodrigo Garcia’s You Should Have Stayed Home, Morons, that path began in Bogotá, Colombia, when Associate Artistic Director Neel Keller and Director of New Play Production/Associate Producer Diane Rodriguez attended El Festival Iberoamericano de Teatro in 2010.

Director Manuel Orjuela’s site-specific staging of You Should Have Stayed Home, Morons and his unique aesthetic immediately caught Keller and Rodriguez’s attention. The piece, performed in Spanish and then titled ¡Haberos quedado en casa, capullos!, took them to various locations around Bogotá: in front of an apartment entrance, on the streets, in a bar and into Orjuela’s apartment.

When she returned to Los Angeles, Rodriguez approached New York-based Andrea Thome to translate Garcia’s text into English with the goal of bringing this immersive piece to local audiences.

This new version took audiences to four sites in downtown Los Angeles and raised important questions about parenthood, education, and individual social responsibility.

This project was presented as part of Radar L.A., an international festival of contemporary theater presented by REDCAT and CalArts in association with Center Theatre Group. You Should Have Stayed Home, Morons was made possible by funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, an organization that supports higher education, information technology, art history and conservation, performing arts, and conservation and the environment. To learn more, visit Mellon.org

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first season production Danny DeVito and Judd Hirsch in Neil Simon’s

The Sunshine Boys

Directed by Thea Sharrock September 24 – November 3, 2013

season bonus option

Matthew Bourne’s Sleeping Beauty

A Gothic Romance Music composed by Tchaikovsky A New Adventures Production Co-Presented with Glorya Kaufman Presents Dance at the Music Center November 21 – December 1, 2013

second season production

Peter and the Starcatcher

by Rick Elice Based upon the novel by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson Directed by Roger Rees and Alex Timbers December 3, 2013 – January 12, 2014

Joey deBettencourt and Megan Stern from the Peter and the Starcatcher tour company. photo by jenny anderson.

fourth season production

The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess

by George Gershwin, DuBose and Dorothy Heyward, and Ira Gershiwn Book Adapted by Suzan-Lori Parks Musical Score Adpated by Diedre L. Murray Directed by Diane Paulus April 22 – June 1, 2014

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The Last Confession

by Roger Crane Directed by Jonathan Church United States Premiere June 7 – July 6, 2014

fifth season production Queen and Ben Elton’s

We Will Rock You Created by Ben Elton Musical Supervisors – Queen’s Brian May and Roger Taylor July 15 – August 24, 2014

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A Word or Two

Written, Arranged and Performed by Christopher Plummer Directed by Des McAnuff January 19 – February 9, 2014

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Harmony

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Inspiring Our Future Special Thanks to Center Theatre Group’s Most Generous Annual Patrons Center Theatre Group wishes to thank the following leaders for their significant annual gifts and for their belief in the transformative power of theatre. $500,000 and above

Brindell Roberts Gottlieb $250,000 and above

The Dream Fund at UCLA Donor Advised Fund Center Theatre Group Affiliates Kirk & Anne Douglas The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation $150,000 and above

Eva & Marc Stern Wells Fargo Foundation Jeanette Shammas The Blue Ribbon Los Angeles County Arts Commission Laura & James Rosenwald & Orinocco Foundation The Shubert Foundation, Inc. Bank of America $100,000 and above

Anonymous Lloyd E. Rigler – Lawrence E. Deutsch Foundation Ann & Stephen F.Hinchliffe, Jr. JPMorgan Chase & Co. $75,000 and above

Elisabeth Katte Harris Trust Louise & Brad Edgerton The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation William Randolph Hearst Foundation Debra & Norris Bishton

This list includes gifts made to Center Theatre Group between September 6, 2012, and November 6, 2013.

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Michael Ritchie, artistic director Edward L. Rada, managing director

Nancy Nagel Gibbs Greg Schaffert Eva Price Tom Smedes Disney Theatrical Productions Jane Dubin Suzan & Ken Wirth Jack Lane Martin Hummel & R.K. Greene Catherine Schreiber Mike & Janet Slosberg Jamie deRoy Peter Stern Radio Mouse Entertainment Dan Shaheen Rich Affannato Mary Cossette Productions Probo Productions Beam Reach Entertainment Julie Boardman & W. Anthony Edson Daniel Frishwasser Michael & Gabrielle Palitz Freedberg & Dale Present

A New Play By

Rick Elice Based Upon the Novel by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson Starring

Joey deBettencourt John Sanders Megan Stern Harter Clingman Jimonn Cole Nathan Hosner Carl Howell Benjamin Schrader Luke Smith Ian Michael Stuart Edward Tournier Lee Zarrett Ben Beckley Robert Franklin Neill Rachel Prather Nick Vidal

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Roger Rees and Alex Timbers Originally Produced in New York City by New York Theatre Workshop.

Originally Presented as a “Page to Stage” Workshop Production by La Jolla Playhouse, 2009, Christopher Ashley, Artistic Director and Michael S. Rosenberg, Managing Director.

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CAST

(in alphabetical order) Alf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HARTER CLINGMAN Slank. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JIMONN COLE Boy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JOEY deBETTENCOURT Lord Aster. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NATHAN HOSNER Prentiss. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CARL HOWELL Black Stache. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JOHN SANDERS Mrs. Bumbrake. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BENJAMIN SCHRADER Smee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LUKE SMITH Molly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MEGAN STERN Captain Scott . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IAN MICHAEL STUART Ted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EDWARD TOURNIER Fighting Prawn. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LEE ZARRETT

UNDERSTUDIES Understudies never substitute for listed performers unless a specific announcement is made at the time of the performance.

For Molly/Ted/Prentiss/Mrs. Bumbrake—RACHEL PRATHER; for Boy/Fighting Prawn/Captain Scott/Ted/Prentiss—NICK VIDAL; for Black Stache/Lord Aster/Slank/Alf/Captain Scott—ROBERT FRANKLIN NEILL; for Slank/Smee/Fighting Prawn/Alf/Mrs. Bumbrake—BEN BECKLEY; for Smee—IAN MICHAEL STUART; for Black Stache—NATHAN HOSNER, BENJAMIN SCHRADER; for Boy—CARL HOWELL

Movement Captain—RACHEL PRATHER; Fight Captain—BENJAMIN SCHRADER Music Director/Keyboard—ANDY GROBENGIESER Drums/Percussion—JEREMY LOWE Keyboard and Electronic Percussion Programmer—Randy Cohen Arrangements by Wayne Barker Additional Arrangements by Marco Paguia THERE WILL BE ONE 15-MINUTE INTERMISSION.

Please turn off all electronic devices such as cellular phones, PDAs, beepers and watch alarms. The use of any recording device, either audio or video, and the taking of photographs, with or without flash, is strictly prohibited.

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Flight of Imagination “Although it was based on a children’s book, we never thought of it as a show for children.”

—Alex Timbers

Peter and the Starcatcher is a play about flight.

No, not flying, which is almost incidental to the piece. It’s about the flight of imagination taken by the creative team in crafting the show, and by audiences that open themselves up to the magical journey.

Based on the children’s book Peter and the Starcatchers by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson, the play, written

by Rick Elice (co-author of Jersey Boys), ingeniously connects their novel in ways large and small to the original Peter Pan by James M. Barrie. The directors, Roger Rees and Alex Timbers, present Peter and the Starcatcher as story theatre, with actors taking on multiple roles and providing narration.

The set is barebones, with locations cleverly suggested rather than defined, requiring audiences to use their mind’s eye to see.

“We’re asking people to join in, like listening to the radio where everybody has their own image in their heads,”

said Roger Rees, who co-directed the show with Alex Timbers.

Rees originated the role of Nicholas Nickleby in the 1980 Royal Shakespeare Company production of The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, and his involvement in that landmark work is precisely why Thomas Schumacher of Disney Theatricals brought Peter and the Starcatchers to him. “It was the summer of 2007, and Roger was running Williamstown Theatre Festival at the time,” said Elice. “Tom called him and said, ‘You’ve got this great theatre, and I’ve got this great property.

Maybe you can take this book and do a Nicholas Nickleby kind of play with it.’ There was no commitment made; he was just handing a novel to Roger.” With limited time on his hands, Rees invited Timbers, who was at Williamstown developing the musical Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, to work on the piece with him.

“There were certain important things we knew for the first workshop,” said Timbers. “Although it was based on a children’s book, we never thought of it as a show for children. We knew we wanted to indicate a world, and let the

John Sanders and the Peter and the Starcatcher tour company. photo by jenny anderson.

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audience fill in the blanks. We knew there would be no pirate ships onstage.

We knew we wanted to use the same few props over and over to tell the story. And we knew it was going to be a play with musical elements.”

Unlike most shows, Peter and the Starcatcher began with a concept but without a script. “They went to the prop shop and grabbed what was laying around,” said Elice, “which was a few sticks, a length of rope, a bucket and a stuffed bird. Everything else was physical and psychological invention.

They spent a week developing some sections of the novel. Then Tom came to Williamstown with Ridley Pearson and some people from Disney to see what Roger and Alex had wrought.” It generated enough interest to lead to a second workshop later that year in New York.

This time, Rees and Timbers felt they needed proper text, and they asked Elice to write it. “At this point, nobody knew whether there was going to be a play,” Elice said. “But they needed words, and they wanted the play to have an adult sensibility.”

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“I thought it would be challenging to take a classic Hero’s Journey story in the Joseph Campbell vein, and divide the hero into two characters.”

—Rick Elice

Elice wrote a couple of scenes for the second workshop that had nothing to do with the novel. Dave Barry was so impressed that he turned to Schumacher and said, “Is this guy going to write the play?” Although there had been no discussion, Schumacher answered, “Yes.” “Tom, Dave and Ridley gave me, rather courageously, permission to do whatever I wanted,” said Elice. “And I thought it would be fun to invent as much connective tissue as I could between this contemporary novel and Barrie’s original play. I tried to emulate stylistically all of the verbal tricks that James Barrie used in 1903: high comedy, low bawdy humor, puns, alliterations, anachronisms, songs, verse, verbal hijinks, sentiment balanced by irreverence, and artifice balanced by contemporary references.

“In terms of the plot, I wanted to link all the mythology that James Barrie created and what we know about Peter Pan from the musical or the Disney animated movie, to the action of Dave and Ridley’s story,” he continues. “But I didn’t take any of the mythology as written in stone. I was a bit of an anarchist. I thought, ‘Wouldn’t it be fun to discover how Captain Hook really lost his hand? Wouldn’t it be interesting to know where Peter’s emotional attachment to his shadow comes from? Wouldn’t it be gratifying to learn why the dog who looks after the kids in Peter Pan is called Nana?’

There were dozens of connections, small and large.”

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The play was done in its entirety for the first time at La Jolla Playhouse in San Diego, as part of the theatre’s developmental Page to Stage program.

“You rehearse for four weeks and perform for three weeks, and after every performance the audience stays for a talk back,” said Elice. “Every day, people would tell us what worked, what didn’t, what was clear, what was puzzling. The feedback became part of the blueprint for the new draft of the play, which we worked on for New York.”

“The La Jolla production was a great first step,” said Timbers. “But the design was a bit rudimentary, and there were still aspects of the script that felt very child-like, such as a talking porpoise. We began cutting back on some of the kiddie-leaning material in the script and decided to go for a grittier, more downtown aesthetic visually.”

A considerably revised version premiered off-Broadway at New York Theatre Workshop in 2011, before moving on to Broadway the following year. “One of the things I’d learned at La Jolla was that nobody’s really interested in a hero who is the hero from page one,” said Elice. “So I eliminated the youngest and most feral Lost Boy, the one who was afraid of his own shadow, and gave his qualities to this boy who, by the end of the play, would become truly heroic.

And the only way he would be able to do that would be through a chance

encounter with a female character, who in the novel and the original version of the play was a sidekick, as female characters often are. I thought it would be challenging to take a classic Hero’s Journey story in the Joseph Campbell vein, and divide the hero into two characters. One would be the boy, Peter, and one would be the girl, the Starcatcher — a smart, spiky kid with the DNA of Scout Finch from To Kill a Mockingbird and Jo March from Little Women; these highly active, very empowered, super-bright, hypercurious girls who are kind of isolated because they’re so special.” Even the title of the play expresses this dualhero approach — which explains how the novel, Peter and the Starcatchers, lost a letter to become Peter and the Starcatcher on stage.

Through all the changes, the one constant has been the concept: an innovative use of time-honored stagecraft to stimulate our imagination.

“I think we excite the library in everyone’s minds, and that’s a good thing,” said Rees. “Theatre doesn’t need the descriptive elements that are used so often, when you have real objects, real things. You don’t need any of it. That’s the beauty of language, the power of ideas. It’s an adult way of looking at theatre, and it’s endlessly interesting for audiences. It’s also a lot of fun.”

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rather than defined, often with little more than a piece of rope and savvy lighting.

(Lighting designer Jeff Croiter and sound designer Darron L West also received Tony Awards for their work.)

However, the one defined space is the proscenium, which serves as an entry into this fantasy world. “We felt we needed a framework, like a portal, to tell the story,” said Werle. “In the Peter Pan story, there’s a window. The proscenium serves that purpose here; it puts us in a recognizable, Victorian musical hall. And we created the proscenium with trash.”

One Person’s Trash is Another Person’s Tony Award Designing for the Future THAT MAY BE AN EXAGGERATION, BUT NOT BY MUCH. Both scenic designer Donyale Werle and costume designer Paloma Young received 2012 Tony Awards for their inspired work on Peter and the Starcatcher, in which they repurposed discarded objects, items that had outlived their usefulness and, yes, rubbish, to create a magical, environmentally friendly ambiance for this vibrantly original show.

Werle is a leader of the Broadway Green Alliance, which educates the theatre community about making more sustainable choices. “It’s really uncommon for Broadway to think this way,” she said. “Who uses trash on Broadway? You have the money to build a brand new set. What the Broadway Green Alliance tries to say is there are so many different ways to think about what we put on stage.”

“Costume designers have been salvaging things for years,” said Young. “We don’t throw things out at the end of every show. But sets wind up in landfills. So what Donyale is doing is amazing.

She’s raising consciousness about the environment within the scenic community.”

Recycled and sustainable materials have long been integral to Werle’s set designs, and she uses them in delightful ways in Peter and the Starcatcher, a show, she said, that is “about creating something out of nothing.” It’s a celebration of the imagination. A dozen actors take on more than 100 characters. Locations, like a ship or an island, are suggested

The Broadway proscenium includes more than 3,500 corks, 800 bottle caps, and 300 pieces of cutlery, as well as toys, ropes, beads, cooking timers and tools, tops of cans, zippers, CDs, vinyl records, bamboo sticks and mannequin arms.

“We searched for things and collected things,” said Werle. “Through the Broadway Green Alliance, kids collected bottle caps and donated their little plastic toys. I didn’t start with a particular vision.

I rely on the materials that we find and the artists that I work with to create a piece.”

Cork is used to line the shape of the proscenium in place of Ethafoam, an expensive thermoplastic that eventually ends up in landfills and does not biodegrade quickly. But many of the items on the proscenium are not environmentally friendly. “I love plastic, and plastic is awful,” said Werle. “But I don’t purchase plastic; I find it. By using things like CDs — which we found in a trash bin — and bottle caps, we’re keeping them out of landfills.”

With each incarnation of the show from New York Theatre Workshop (NYTW) to Broadway to off-Broadway to the national tour, most everything was recycled. There is a transom seen on tour that first appeared in the NYTW production. “We were driving around one day in a Zipcar on a trash run, and there was a bodega that had smoke coming out of it,” said Werle. “The doors had been removed and put on the sidewalk because they were scorched, and we thought they would make the perfect transom. They were still warm from the fire when we grabbed them, and for the entire first run of the show, there was a smell of charred wood.”

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The first act takes place on two ships, The Neverland and The Wasp, and culminates in a storm-induced shipwreck. The second act is set on an island with a mountaintop, a jungle and a grotto. There are no realistic physical manifestations of any of these places, yet they are vividly clear thanks to some well-chosen props, lots of rope, and virtuoso lighting. The Neverland and The Wasp are represented by toy boats made out of popsicle sticks, bottle caps, corks, tongue depressors, cardboard and snaps. The island that rises at the end of Act I is simply a piece of silk, dyed and painted with a hint of sparkle.

Most of the locales in Act II were made out of fabrics and screens left over from the Broadway production of The Little Mermaid that were donated by “ecologically minded” Disney Theatrical, one of the show’s producers.

By sheer coincidence, Act II of Peter and the Starcatcher opens with a scene featuring some peculiar-looking mermaids, courtesy of Young’s hilarious costumes made up of recycled odds and ends. “The costumes reflect the sense of play that is in the show,” said Young, “the way in which the show celebrates a child’s imagination. As adults, we remember when our entire world was our house, and we used things that were in our house to imagine great worlds. The mermaid costumes are decorated with old domestic objects and items you’d find in boxes at a yard sale. There are a lot of old kitchen tools: strainers, steamers, colanders, wooden spoons, metal spoons, pie servers, hand juicers. There are dirty sponges and copper scrubbers, toys with grime all over them, doll parts, old soda cans and bottle caps.”

“Peter and the Starcatcher is about creating something out of nothing. It’s a celebration of the imagination.”

—Donyale Werle

The costumes for the lost boys were inspired by photos of 19th century orphans — and punk. “There’s an individuality that exists in the punk world,” said Young. “Because we were making ensemble costumes, and because our actors also become part of the set at times, there had to be some sort of similarity between the costumes that could make them all one at certain points. Within the punk community there is a very tight color palette and very specific textures. But at the same time, their look is individual in the ways that they’ve chosen to express these

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“...kids could then come with their families to see the show...and they would see their old teenage mutant Ninja turtle in the proscenium.”

—Paloma Young

very controlled colors and textures.

So each costume is inspired by the actor and the character he plays. The costumes have morphed slightly for each production, based on what the new actor brings to the show. The costumes are made almost entirely of cotton and wool; in all my work, I am very much a fan of natural fibers and things that are more environmentally friendly.”

On Broadway, about 90 percent of the set in Act II was made of recycled items. That is not the case on tour, where the rigors of moving from city to city require more durable material.

“Salvaged materials have a shorter life span,” said Werle, “which means that it’s more sustainable to use new, green material.”

used in the show. “Those kids could then come with their families to see the show,” said Young, “and they would see their old teenage mutant Ninja turtle in the proscenium, or the bottle caps they collected in the crown of a mermaid. I think it’s very empowering for a child for their effort to be seen. Some of what they collected is being used on the tour. So this little bottle cap that a kindergartner collected a few years ago is now going to be touring the country and seen by thousands and thousands of people. I think that embodies what this show does. It celebrates performing and the imagination, and how far a small gesture can go.”

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Who’s Who JOEY deBETTENCOURT (Boy). Proud Chicagoan and Northwestern graduate. Theatre: South of Settling (Steppenwolf Theatre), Punk Rock (Jeff Award), Flare Path (Griffin Theatre), Cherrywood (Mary-Arrchie). Film: At Any Price. Thanks to Julie, my family and Shirley’s.

JOHN SANDERS (Black Stache) returns to Neverland after appearing on Broadway as Black Stache, Aster, Bumbrake and Capt.

Scott. Other credits include Sergei in the original Broadway cast of Matilda the Musical, and Sam in Mamma Mia! North American tour.

Chicago Credits: Goodman (Turn of the Century), Chicago Shakespeare (Cymbeline, Troilus & Cressida), Writers’ (The Real Thing, Oh, Coward!), Drury Lane Oakbrook (Spamalot, Miss Saigon), Stage Left, Chicago Dramatists. TV: Last Man Standing. Film: Alleged; No God, No Master.

MEGAN STERN (Molly). Credits include Be the Death of Me (The Civilians), Raptured (Play Co.), The Material World (Dixon Place), The London Merchant (Storm Theatre), The Tempest (Porpentine Theater Co.), Straight Up Vampire (Joe’s Pub) and Pride and Prejudice (NYMF).

HARTER CLINGMAN (Alf) is a graduate of Columbia College Chicago. Recent credits include Terry Twyman’s Saloon (Peninsula Players), See What I Wanna

See (Bailiwick/Steppenwolf), Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson (Bailiwick), State Street (City Lit), Absolute Hell (The Gift Theatre) and Spring Awakening (Griffin Theater).

JIMONN COLE (Slank). OffBroadway: New York Theatre Workshop, Signature Theatre, The Culture Project, The Acting Co., Keen Co. Regional: The Old Globe, The Shakespeare Theatre DC, Arena Stage, Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Film: Spinning Into Butter. Graduate of The Juilliard School. For Ava. NATHAN HOSNER (Lord Aster).

Chicago: Chicago Shakespeare, Goodman, Writers’, Paramount and First Folio Theatres.

Regional: Alabama, Arkansas, Door and Illinois Shakespeare Theatres, American Players, Boarshead and Madison Rep Theatres. Nathan is a graduate of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. CARL HOWELL (Prentiss) is a Hammonton, N.J. native. Credits include Romeo and Juliet (Romeo, Hudson Valley Shakespeare), Halo/ Titanic (Old Vic New Voices), The Seagull (Konstantin), New Victory, The Pearl, Shelby Company. BFA NYU. Major thanks to Mom, Dad, Meredith and Angie. carlhowell.com BENJAMIN SCHRADER (Mrs. Bumbrake).

Broadway: The Book of Mormon (Original Elder White and Yoda), Avenue Q, Ragtime. National tour: Big River. Film/ TV: Disney’s Frozen, BBC’s Rebels and

Redcoats. Host of SiriusXM radio’s The Stage Door Supper Club. benjaminschrader.com LUKE SMITH (Smee). OffBroadway: Hit the Wall (u/s). Regional: The Buddy Holly Story, Hedwig…, My Fair Lady, Godspell.

BFA University of North Carolina School of the Arts. Songwriter for band Awning: awning.bandcamp.com.

IAN MICHAEL STUART (Captain Scott). NYC: Rocky, The Last Goodbye.

Regional: Sweeney Todd, Phantom, A Man Of No Importance and Tick, Tick…BOOM! Graduate of UC Irvine. Thanks BRS, Jason, Roger, Alex, Jillian and Roundabout. Love to Jimmy and Jenn.

For Mom and Dad! Ianmichaelstuart. com and Ianstuartphotography.com EDWARD TOURNIER (Ted).

Selected credits: Mother Courage and Her Children (American Repertory Theatre), The Rivals (Huntington), The History Boys (Ahmanson), Secrets of the Trade (Black Dahlia), Mercury Fur (Needtheater), Supernova (Elephant), Futura (Boston Court), Monkey Adored (Rogue Machine).

LEE ZARRETT (Fighting Prawn).

Broadway: Hair, Spelling Bee, Jane Eyre.

Tour: Les Misérables, My Fair Lady. OffBroadway: New Victory, Vineyard, Encores! Regional: La Jolla, N.Y. Stage and Film, Williamstown.

TV: Boardwalk Empire, Louie.

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BEN BECKLEY (u/s Smee/Slank/Alf/ Fighting Prawn/Mrs. Bumbrake). Theatre: The Assembly, The Actors Company, New Georges, Berkshire Theatre Group, Joe’s Pub, Flea, HERE, Temporary Distortion. Film: The Onion. Ben has premiered work with Christopher Durang, Adam Rapp and Robert Wilson. For Jess. benbeckley. com ROBERT FRANKLIN NEILL (u/s Lord Aster/Slank/Alf/Black Stache/Captain Scott) is a founding member of the N.Y. Neo-Futurists.

Broadway: London Assurance. London: The Cherry Orchard. Regional: You Never Can Tell, Tartuffe. Off-off Broadway: Spring Awakening, Hamlet, Doughboy. He studied at LAMDA, NTI and Grinnell. robneill.com RACHEL PRATHER (u/s Molly/Ted/ Prentiss/Mrs. Bumbrake) is honored to join the cast of PATSC. Regional credits include Fiddler on the Roof (WBT); Nine (SpeakEasy Stage). BFA, The Boston Conservatory. Thanks to God, her family, friends, CGF and Jim Carnahan Casting.

NICK VIDAL (u/s Boy/Prentiss/Ted/ Fighting Prawn/ Captain Scott).

Chicago Credits: Iphigenia 2.0 (Next Theatre), The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (Steppenwolf for Young Adults), Aftermath (Signal Ensemble), The Picture of Dorian Gray (Life Line Theatre). TV: Chicago Fire.

Film: Black Box. RICK ELICE (Playwright). Broadway: Jersey Boys (Tony Award, Best Musical), The Addams Family. In the works:

Superfly (directed and choreographed

by Bill T. Jones), Dog and Pony (world premiere, Old Globe in San Diego, 2014). Rick is proud to share this fivetime Tony Award-winning production of Peter with you. “When I was a boy, I wished I could fly…and work in the theatre. Thanks to Roger Rees and Alex Timbers, I do.”

ROGER REES (Director). Peter and the Starcatcher (co-director, Tony nomination, Obie Award), Mud, River, Stone (Playwrights Horizons), Arms and the Man (Roundabout), Here Lies Jenny (Zipper). U.K.: Bristol Old Vic: Julius Caesar, Turkey Time, John Bull. Artistic Director, Williamstown, 2005–07: Film Society, Rivals, Taming of the Shrew, Double Double, Late Middle Classes, Anything Goes; Herringbone (WTF, McCarter, La Jolla); Red Memories (NYS&F); Merry Wives of Windsor, Love’s Labour’s Lost (Old Globe); The Primrose Path (Guthrie); Treemonisha, The Juniper Tree, A White House Cantata, The Firebrand of Florence (Collegiate Chorale, N.Y.). Oz (HBO).

ALEX TIMBERS (Director) is a twotime Tony nominee and the recipient of Lucille Lortel, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle awards as well as two Obie Awards. Peter and the Starcatcher (codirector, Tony nomination, Obie Award); The Pee-Wee Herman Show, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson (also book writer; Drama Desk, Lortel and OCC Awards, Tony nomination); A Very Merry… (Obie Award); Gutenberg! The Musical! (Drama Desk nom.); Hell House (Drama Desk nom.); Here Lies Love (OCC nom. and Drama Desk nom.).

WAYNE BARKER (Composer). Tony nomination and Drama Desk award for Peter and the Starcatcher. B’way: Dame Edna: Back With a Vengeance! (composer, co-lyricist with Barry Humphries). Regional: The Primrose Path, The Great Gatsby (Guthrie); Twelfth Night and The Three Musketeers (Seattle Rep). TV: A Little Curious.

Other: Mark Bennett’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream (orchestrations), Chicago City Limits, The Raymond Scott Orchestrette, orchestras worldwide.

Upcoming: Let Me Live!; Dramatists Guild; Artistic Associate for New Musicals at NYTW.

STEVEN HOGGETT (Movement).

Recent work includes Let The Right One In (NTS), The Full Monty (Sheffield Crucible), The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time (National Theatre and West End), Rigoletto (Met Opera), The Glass Menagerie, Once, Peter and the Starcatcher and American Idiot (B’way). Steven was Associate Director (movement) on Black Watch for the National Theatre Scotland (Olivier Award, Best Choreographer). Steven was founder and Artistic Director of Frantic Assembly Theatre Company.

DONYALE WERLE (Set Design). B’way: Peter and the Starcatcher (2012 Tony Award), Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson (2011 Tony nom.). Other: The Explorers Club (MTC), Broke-ology (Lincoln Center Theater), Allegiance (Old Globe), Bare (New World Stages), Paper Mill, Vineyard, The Public, NYTW. Obie, Lortel and Hewes awards. Member of Broadway Green Alliance.

PALOMA YOUNG (Costume Design).

N.Y.: Peter and the Starcatcher (Tony Award), Natasha, Pierre… (Kazino), Brooklyn Babylon (BAM Next Wave), Wildflower (Second Stage). Regional: Troublemaker…; You Nero (Berkeley Rep); Current Nobody; Hoover Comes Alive! (La Jolla); Titus Andronicus (California Shakespeare Theatre); Heart of Robin Hood (Oregon Shakespeare Festival); A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Old Globe); Pride and Prejudice, Charlotte’s Web (South Coast Rep), 1001 (Mixed Blood). Graduate of UCSD. JEFF CROITER (Lighting Design). B’way: Newsies, Peter and the Starcatcher (Tony Award), Soul Doctor, The Performers, The Anarchist, The Pee-Wee Herman Show, Next Fall, Kiki and Herb. Other NYC: Comedy Of Errors; Loves Labors Lost; Old Jews Telling Jokes; Silence; Love, Loss, and What I Wore; A Lie of the Mind; Ordinary Days; Almost Maine; and Jennifer Muller The Works.

DARRON L WEST (Sound Design) is a Tony and Obie award-winning sound designer whose work has been heard in more than 500 productions nationally and internationally. Other accolades include the 2012 Princess Grace Statue and Lortel, AUDELCO and Henry Hewes awards. He is a founding member of Anne Bogart’s SITI PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE P 11

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Company and Former Resident Sound Designer, Actors Theatre of Louisville.

MARCO PAGUIA (Musical Supervisor).

Music Director for Peter and the Starcatcher, Everyday Rapture (B’way), Disney’s On the Record. Marco performs with singer Lindsay Mendez (LMandMP. com). Love to friends and family, especially Helen, Olivia and Landon.

ANDY GROBENGIESER (Music Director). Broadway: Ghost the Musical, Disney’s The Little Mermaid, Lestat.

Tours/Regional: Elf, Shrek the Musical, White Christmas, Disney’s The Lion King, Miss Saigon, Les Misérables. Hometown: Altamont, IL. Millikin University ‘91 and and UT-Austin ‘93.

LILLIAN KING (Associate Director) has loved working on Peter and the Starcatcher since NYTW. She worked for the last six summers at the New London Barn Playhouse, and is looking forward to working with Alex again on Rocky the Musical. B.A.: Dartmouth College. MFA: Boston University.

PATRICK McCOLLUM (Movement Associate). Rocky (Associate Fight Director), Wicked (Dance Supervisor/ Dance Captain/Swing), Murder Ballad (Associate Choreographer), Westport Country Playhouse. Thanks to Steven for the opportunity, to DR for the love, Mom and Dad for everything.

MICHAEL CARNAHAN (Associate Scenic Designer). Off-B’way: The Happiest Song Plays Last (Second Stage), The Piano Lesson and The First Breeze of Summer (Signature), The Marvelous Wonderettes. Regional: ACT, McCarter, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Pasadena Playhouse, Two River, Cleveland Playhouse, Laguna Playhouse, Utah Shakespeare Festival. Broadway (Assoc): Peter and the Starcatcher, Ann, Cyrano de Bergerac, The Importance of Being Earnest, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, All About Me, White Christmas, Curtains.

JACOB GRIGOLIA-ROSENBAUM (Fight Director). Credits include - Broadway: Peter and the Starcatcher, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, Cyrano de Bergerac. OffBroadway/Regional: Starcatcher (NWS, NYTW), BBAJ (Public), Here Lies Love (Public), Sailor Man (Fringe NYC), The

Buccaneer (Tank NYC). Jacob was a Junior Olympic fencer and Div1 varsity fencer at Yale.

KATHERINE WALLACE (Production Supervisor). B’way: Peter and the Starcatcher, Other Desert Cities, After Miss Julie, A Man for All Seasons. OffB’way: Peter and the Starcatcher (New World Stages and NYTW), Death Takes a Holiday (Roundabout); Restoration (NYTW); The Break of Noon, The Pride (MCC); Blood Type: Ragu (Actors’ Playhouse). Proud AEA member.

SHAWN PENNINGTON (Production Stage Manager). Broadway: Wicked, Next to Normal, Sondheim on Sondheim. National tours: Rock of Ages, Spelling Bee, The Pajama Game, Gypsy, Will Rogers Follies, Smokey Joe’s Café. Regional: Little Miss Sunshine (Sundance Theatre Lab), Dallas Center for the Performing Arts. Love to Mom, Dad, Mark and Beth!

McKENZIE MURPHY (Assistant Stage Manager). Broadway: Cinderella, Elf, Peter and the Starcatcher, Wit, Everyday Rapture, Bye Bye Birdie, 9 to 5. This is McKenzie’s fourth production of Peter and the Starcatcher. B.A., Stony Brook University.

JIM CARNAHAN, CSA (Casting).

Roundabout’s Director of Artistic Development. Roundabout: Big Knife, Picnic, Drood, Cyrano, Harvey, Anything Goes, Sunday in the Park…, Pajama Game, 12 Angry Men, Assassins, Nine, Big River, Cabaret. Other Broadway: Matilda, Once, Peter and the Starcatcher, Jerusalem, Scottsboro Boys, American Idiot, Spring Awakening, Boeing-Boeing, Pillowman, Democracy, Fiddler, Millie.

Film: Home at the End of the World, Flicka. TV: Glee (Emmy nom).

ALLIED LIVE (Marketing and Press) is a full-service marketing and advertising agency representing Broadway shows, national tours, performing arts institutions and experiential entertainment entities. Current clients include Blue Man Group, The Book of Mormon, A Christmas Story, Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella, Elf, Ghost, Kinky Boots, Mamma Mia!, Motown, Once, Peter and the Starcatcher, Stomp, We Will Rock You, West Side Story and Irving Berlin’s White Christmas.

PHOENIX ENTERTAINMENT (Production & Technical Supervision) is pleased to be on-board with Peter and the Starcatcher on its trek through North America and grateful to its entire production team under the direction of long-time colleague Shawn Pennington. As a well-established international theatrical producing and management enterprise founded by Stephen Kane and Michael McFadden, Phoenix Entertainment’s mission is to develop, produce, manage and present the very finest in touring Broadway musicals and family entertainment worldwide. Over the past three decades, the Phoenix team has produced and/ or supervised over 100 live productions on four continents. Current and recent touring projects include Rock of Ages, The Addams Family, Monty Python’s Spamalot, The Color Purple and the longrunning Korean language production of Grease. phoenix-ent.com 321 THEATRICAL MANAGEMENT (General Management). Nina Essman, Nancy Nagel Gibbs and Marcia Goldberg’s past B’way, off-B’way and tour management credits include Starcatcher Broadway and New World Stages; Wicked; Bring It On: The Musical; Sister Act; Traces; Next to Normal; The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee; Man of La Mancha; The Graduate; I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change; and Bat Boy: The Musical. Additional productions: The Lion King; Smokey Joe’s Café; The Vagina Monologues; The Santaland Diaries; and The Diary of Anne Frank.

DAVE BARRY (Original Novel) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist and author of more than two dozen books, most recently Insane City. Along with Ridley Pearson, he is the co-author of Peter and the Starcatchers, Peter and the Shadow Thieves, Peter and the Secret of Rundoon, Peter and the Sword of Mercy and The Bridge to Never Land.

RIDLEY PEARSON (Original Novel) is the co-author of Peter and the Starcatchers with Dave Barry. He also writes the award-winning Kingdom Keepers series as well as best-selling crime novels for adults. In 1990, Ridley was awarded the Raymond Chandler/ Fulbright Fellowship at Oxford University.

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NANCY NAGEL GIBBS (Producer) has been a Producer, General Manager, and Company Manager for Broadway and Off-Broadway for over 30 years.

Producer: If/Then, Bat Boy: The Musical, Striking 12, All Shook Up, The Big Bang, The Last Session, Fully Committed, and Smoke on the Mountain. General Manager: I Love You You’re Perfect…, De La Guarda, Over the River and Through the Woods, Visiting Mr. Green, Full Gallop, The Santaland Diaries, Hank Williams: Lost Highway, John & Jen, Ford’s Theatre, and The Lamb’s Theatre. Thanks to Chris, David and Jeanne.

DISNEY THEATRICAL GROUP (Producer). With productions worldwide, a Disney musical is being performed professionally somewhere on the planet virtually every hour of the day. Their Broadway productions— Beauty and the Beast; King David; The Lion King; Elton John and Tim Rice’s Aida; Mary Poppins, a co-production with Cameron Mackintosh; Tarzan, The Little Mermaid, Peter and the Starcatcher and Newsies—have won a combined 19 Tony Awards. Aladdin, their newest musical, opens in Toronto this fall.

GREG SCHAFFERT (Producer). B’way: Peter and the Starcatcher, Burn the Floor, All Shook Up. Off-B’way: Bat Boy: The Musical, Striking 12, Magnetic North, How to Save the World and Find True Love in 90 Minutes, Cornered and Alone. Regional: Homestead Crossing, No Wake, Three Musketeers, The Girl in the Frame. In development: Great Wall (Kevin So, Kevin Merritt, David Henry Hwang), Painted Alice (William Donnelly and Michael Mahler), Hot Mess in Manhattan (Cait Doyle).

JANE DUBIN (Co-Producer). Tony winner; Double Play Connections.

Productions: Ann (B’way, Holland Taylor), unFRAMED, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (London), The 39 Steps, The Norman Conquests (Tony), Groundswell, Beebo Brinker Chronicles, MentalPause.

EVA PRICE (Producer). B’way: John Grisham’s A Time To Kill, Peter and the Starcatcher (five Tony Awards), Annie (current revival), Lewis Black…, Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, Kathy Griffin Wants a Tony, Colin Quinn: Long Story Short, The Merchant of Venice, The Addams Family, Wishful Drinking, Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas.

Selected off-B’way and touring: Forever Dusty, Voca People, Ella, The Magic School Bus Live!, ’S Wonderful. Eva was recently named to Crain’s New York 40 Under Forty Rising Stars in Business and Blouin Art Info’s Top 25 Under 35 Emerging Broadway Players.

TOM SMEDES (Producer). B’way: Pippin (Tony), Next Fall (Tony nom), [title of show]. London: The Musical of Musicals (The Musical!), Side by Side

by Sondheim. Off-B’way: Natasha, Pierre and The Great Comet of 1812, Naked Boys Singing!, Dog Sees God. General Manager: Silence! The Musical, Desperate Writers, [title of show], The Musical of Musicals (The Musical!), Altar Boyz (off-B’way and tour). TomSmedes. com.

SUZAN & KEN WIRTH (Co-Producer).

Thrilled to be involved with this continued journey. Background in education and family along with four-decade financial service firm in Greenwich. Thanks to all.

JACK LANE (Co-Producer) is the Kevin Kline Award-winning Executive Producer of STAGE ST. LOUIS, a 27-year-old regional musical theatre company. Peter marked his Broadway producing debut.

MARTIN HUMMEL & R.K. GREENE (Co-Producer). Martin Hummel (Big River, Little Ham) and R.K. Greene (StoryLineProject.com: Room Service, The Other Side of Newark) last produced Starcatcher on Broadway and Love Child off.

CATHERINE SCHREIBER (CoProducer). Tony-winning producer, Clybourne Park. The Scottsboro Boys (Young Vic London), The Scottsboro Boys B’way, Next Fall, Stick Fly, The King’s Speech, Desperate Writers (offB’way), El Chico de Oz (Peru).

MIKE & JANET SLOSBERG (CoProducer). Involved with all aspects of theatre. Board members of Atlantic Theater Company; The New Dramatists. Co-Founders, Off Broadway Angels - financial supporters of small theatre companies.

JAMIE deROY (Co-Producer). Tony Awards: Vanya and Sonia…, Norman Conquests, Peter and the Starcatcher, Nice Work…, Addams Family, Catch Me, Blithe Spirit, Thurgood, Asher Lev (OCC Awards) among others.

RADIO MOUSE ENTERTAINMENT (Co-Producer). Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike (Tony Award, Best Play), Peter and the Starcatcher, The Pee-wee Herman Show. www. radiomouse.com PETER STERN (Co-Producer) is a leading art attorney. Currently coproducer B’way: Pippin (Tony award).

Co-Producer: Peter and the Starcatcher B’way and off-B’way. Member, Advisory Council of the Royal Shakespeare Company and supporter of Matilda on B’way.

DAN SHAHEEN (Co-Producer) is also a producer of the hit comedy Buyer & Cellar and numerous Jones & Schmidt musicals including The Fantasticks and I Do! I Do! RICH AFFANNATO (Co-Producer) is Executive Artistic Director of Nederlander Worldwide Productions; Ann on Broadway, Silence! The Musical, Broadway Rox. www.

AffannatoProductions.com MARY COSSETTE PRODUCTIONS (Co-Producer). Tony Award winner: Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike.

Other B’way productions: Peter and the Starcatcher, Will Rogers Follies, That Championship Season, The Addams Family, Bonnie and Clyde. Off B’way: Mindgame and Winner Brighton Festival, U.K. Woody Sez. PROBO PRODUCTIONS (CoProducer). Broadway: The Norman Conquests (Tony Award), Next Fall, The Scottsboro Boys. Off-Broadway: Groundswell, The 39 Steps.

BEAM REACH ENTERTAINMENT (Co-Producer). Partners Paula Kaminsky Davis and Bruce Joseph share a love of theatre, sailing and risk. Is a proud supporter of Tours: La Cage and Ghost.

Broadway: Dead Accounts, Cinderella and Vanya…

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JULIE BOARDMAN (Co-Producer).

Recent: Dreamgirls, Submissions Only and Witness Uganda. Proud graduate of the University of Southern California. boardmanproductions.com

August: Osage County. In addition, Michael inaugurated CTG’s New Play Production Program, designed to foster the development and production of new work.

DANIEL FRISHWASSER (Co-Producer).

Cinderella, Clybourne Park (Tony), Memphis (Tony). Movies: Girl Most Likely, Mister & Pete, Freezing People Is Easy, Life of An Actress.

EDWARD L. RADA (Managing Director) returned to Center Theatre Group in 2011 after previously serving as CTG’s Chief Financial Officer for 12 years (1996– 2008). Rada spent three years (2008– 2011) as President of the Music Center Foundation, a non-profit corporation that holds and invests the endowment and reserve funds for the Music Center and its resident companies (including CTG). Prior to his years at CTG, he was the Director of Finance at The Old Globe in San Diego and principal of Rada & Associates, an accounting firm that specialized in entertainmentrelated non-profit organizations and theatrical productions. He is a graduate of Occidental College in Los Angeles with numerous post-graduate coursework and credentials. He currently serves on the board of directors for Entertainment Industry Foundation, Theatre @ Boston Court, and United Support of Artists for Africa/USA for Africa, among other affiliations. He also serves on the board of trustees for the pension, health and welfare and 401(k) plans of I.A.T.S.E. Local 33 Stagehands Union.

MICHAEL & GABRIELLE PALITZ (Co-Producers). Michael: Two-time Tony winner. Gabrielle: Avid theatre lover. Upcoming together: Empire, the Musical, The Scottsboro Boys (London).

FREEDBERG & DALE (Co-Producer).

Avram Freedberg and Marybeth Dale formed Maximum Entertainment, a developing, investing and producing company, in 2006. Numerous Broadway, off-Broadway and touring productions.

FOR CENTER THEATRE GROUP MICHAEL RITCHIE (Artistic Director) is in his eighth season as Center Theatre Group’s Artistic Director, and has led over 130 productions to the Ahmanson, Taper and Douglas stages since his arrival in 2005. From 1996 to 2004 Michael was the Producer of the Williamstown Theatre Festival and prior to that he was a Production Stage Manager in NYC. At CTG, he premiered six musicals that moved to Broadway—The Drowsy Chaperone (which won 13 Tony Award® nominations), Curtains (eight Tony nominations) 13, 9 to 5: The Musical, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson and Leap of Faith. He has produced 33 world premieres including the musicals Minsky’s, Venice and Sleeping Beauty Wakes, and the plays Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo (a Pulitzer Prize finalist that also moved to Broadway), Water & Power and Yellow Face, and he presented a broad range of plays and musicals ranging from Dead End to The Black Rider to Edward Scissorhands to blockbusters such as God of Carnage, Mary Poppins, Jersey Boys and

DOUGLAS C. BAKER (Producing Director) is now in his 23rd season at CTG. Previously, he managed Broadway and touring productions including Tru, Born Yesterday, The Gospel at Colonus, Annie, A Chorus Line, Working, The Wiz, and Legends!, which premiered at the Ahmanson Theatre in 1986 and starred Mary Martin and Carol Channing.

Doug is a member of the Achievement Hall of Fame of Chagrin Falls Schools in Ohio and a graduate of Albion College. He is an active member of the Broadway League, the Independent Presenters Network and is a proud

member of the Association of Theatrical Press Agents and Managers.

In May 2013 Doug received The Broadway League’s prestigious Outstanding Achievement in Presenter Management Award.

JEFFREY UPAH (General Manager, Ahmanson Theatre) has worked in management at Center Theatre Group since 2006 on more than 50 musicals, plays and special events including both pre-Broadway productions and Broadway tours. Some of his favorites include Follies, God of Carnage and The Black Rider (having previously worked on Robert Wilson productions in Boston, Houston and São Paulo, Brazil). Prior to CTG, he was the marketing manager for the last two of his 11 seasons with The Santa Fe Opera, and worked in various capacities at Yale Repertory Theatre, American Repertory Theatre and Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, among others. He graduated magna cum laude with his studies in film and theatre from Washington University in St. Louis, and received an MFA in theatre management from the Yale School of Drama.

GORDON DAVIDSON (Founding Artistic Director) led the Taper throughout its first 38 seasons, guiding over 300 productions to its stage and winning countless awards for himself and the theatre—including the Tony Award® for theatrical excellence, Margo Jones Award, The Governor’s Award for the Arts and a Guggenheim fellowship. The Kentucky Cycle and Angels in America (Part One) won the Pulitzer in consecutive years and, in 1994, three of the four plays nominated for the Tony Award® for Best Play were from the Taper (Angels in America won). In 1989 Gordon took over the Ahmanson and, in 2004, he produced the inaugural season in the Kirk Douglas Theatre.

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STAFF for PETER AND THE STARCATCHER GENERAL MANAGEMENT 321 Theatrical Management Nina Essman Marcia Goldberg Ken Silverman JIM CARNAHAN CASTING Jim Carnahan, CSA Jillian Cimini Carrie Gardner, CSA Stephen Kopel, CSA Lain Kunin Logan Reid TOUR PRESS & MARKETING Allied Live Laura Matalon Marya Peters Mary Alyce Blum Jacqueline Smith Production and Technical Supervision by PHOENIX ENTERTAINMENT Stephen B. Kane Michael McFadden Shawn Pennington Scott Orlesky Bruce Perry www.phoenix-ent.com COMPANY MANAGER. . . . . ERICA NORGAARD Production Stage Manager. . . . Shawn Pennington Assistant Stage Manager. . . . . . McKenzie Murphy Dramaturg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ken Cerniglia Associate Producer. . . . . . . . . . . . . Daniel Posener Associate Scenic Designer. . . . . Michael Carnahan Assistant to Scenic Designer. . . . Craig Napoliello Associate Costume Designer. . . . . . Irma Brainard Assistant to Costume Designer. . . . . Caitlin Conci Costume Intern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ruth Mongey Hair Consultant. . . Brandon Dailey, J. Jared Janas Associate Lighting Designer . . . . . . . . Cory Pattak Assistant Lighting Designer. . . . Peter W. Mitchell Associate Sound Designer. . . . . . . . . Charles Coes Technical Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Scott Orlesky Assistant Carpenter. . . . . . . . Tim “Rizzo” Dhority Production Electrician. . . . . . . . John J. Anselmo Jr. Head Electrician. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Michael Bert Spotlight Operator. . . . . . . . . . Lionel “Train” Riley Moving Light Programmer . . . . . . . . . . Colin Scott Production Sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gabriel Bennett Head Sound. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jarrett Krauss Assistant Sound. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jeremy Oleska Production Props. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jonathan Knust Prop Supervisor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Darcy Bert Assistant Prop Supervisor. . . . . . . Daniel R. Naish Wardrobe Supervisor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kim Lozan Production Assistants . . . . . Jen Ash, Allison Long Merchandise. . . . . . Broadway Merchandising, Inc. Banking. . . . . . . . Signature Bank/Thomas Kasulka Payroll. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Castellana Services Inc. Accountant. . . FK Partners CPAs LLP/Robert Fried Insurance . . . . . . AON/Albert G. Ruben Insurance Legal Counsel. Brooks & Distler/Tom Distler, Esq. Travel Agent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Road Rebel

321 THEATRICAL MANAGEMENT Bob Brinkerhoff, Amy Merlino Coey, Mattea Cogliano-Benedict, Veronica Decker, Tara Geesaman, Tracy Geltman, Andrew Hartman, Adam Jackson, Ryan Lympus, Brent McCreary, Alex Owen, Rebecca Peterson, Susan Sampliner, Haley Ward EXCLUSIVE TOUR DIRECTION Stephen Lindsay Brett Sirota The Road Company theroadcompany.com peterandthestarcatcher.com SPECIAL THANKS Wendy Lefkon, Broadway Green Alliance, Tom Casserly, Paul Jepson, Chris Ashley, Dana Harrel, Gabriel Greene, Jim Nicola, William Russo, Bill Darger, Kris Kukul, Amanda Charlton, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Michele Steckler, Neil Patel, Joe Huppert, Eric Stahlhammer, Kelly Devine, Adrienne Campbell-Holt, Amy Groeschel, Steve Rosen, Eric Love, Adam Green, Danny Deferarri, Rob O’Hare, Alicia Quirk, all the actors who helped us along the way.

CREDITS Scenery and Rigging by Showman Fabricators, Inc., Daedalus, & Scenic Solutions Costumes by Artur & Tailors, Inc., Giliberto Designs, Inc., Katrina Patterns, Marie Stair Millinery by Jeffrey Wallach and Rodney Gordon, Inc. Fabric Dyeing & Painting by Jeff Fender Studios.

Sound by Masque Sound.

Lighting by Christie-Lites.

Props by Paper Mache Monkey, PropStar/Kathy Fabian, Tom Carroll, Daniel Moss, Jessica Provenzale Trucking by Janco Ltd.

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 musicians employed in this production are members of the American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada.

United Scenic Artists represents the designers and scenic painters for the American Theatre.

The Press Agents and Company and House Managers employed in this production are represented by the Association of Theatrical Press Agents & Managers.

The Director and Choreographer are members of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers, Inc., an independent national labor union.

This production is produced by members of The Broadway League in collaboration with our professional union-represented employees.

Center Theatre Group is a member of the American Arts Alliance, the Broadway League, Independent Producers’ Network (IPN), LA Stage Alliance, League of Resident Theatres (LORT), National Alliance for Musical Theatre (NAMT) and the Theatre Communications Group (TCG).

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MICHAEL RITCHIE, Artistic Director EDWARD L. RADA, Managing Director DOUGLAS C. BAKER, Producing Director ARTISTIC NEEL KELLER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Associate Artistic Director KELLEY KIRKPATRICK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Associate Artistic Director DIANE RODRIGUEZ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Associate Producer/Director of New Play Production PIER CARLO TALENTI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Resident Dramaturg/Literary Manager LINDSAY ALLBAUGH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Producing Associate MALCOLM K. DARRELL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . New Play Production Associate JOY MEADS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Literary Associate and Artistic Engagement Strategist MARK B. SIMON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Casting Director ANDY CROCKER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Casting Associate STEVEN PIESZCHALKSI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Casting Assistant DAVID ADJMI (FADIMAN), JESSICA BLANK, SHEILA CALLAGHAN (FADIMAN), TIM CROUCH, JUSTIN ELLINGTON, GINA GIONFRIDDO, GOB SQUAD, MATT GOULD, DANAI GURIRA, JENNIFER HALEY, JOE HORTUA, ERIK JENSEN, RAJIV JOSEPH, LATINO THEATER COMPANY, GRIFFIN MATTHEWS, LAURAL MEADE, JULIE MARIE MYATT (FADIMAN), DAN O’BRIEN, EVANGELINE ORDAZ, DAEL ORLANDERSMITH, WILL POWER (FADIMAN), RAINPAN 43, MARCO RAMIREZ, MATT SAX, THEATRE MOVEMENT BAZAAR, YOUNG JEAN LEE THEATER COMPANY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Commissioned Artists BEKAH BRUNSTETTER, CARLA CHING, JASON GROTE, SARAH GUBBINS, TIM McNEIL, HENRY ONG, MADHURI SHEKAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .CTG Writers’ Workshop Members EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS LESLIE K. JOHNSON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director of Education and Community Partnerships PATRICIA GARZA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistant Department Director TRACI CHO KWON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director of School Partnerships CAMILLE SCHENKKAN . . . . . . . . . Program Manager, Emerging Artists and Arts Professionals JESUS REYES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Program Manager, Community Partnerships KATRINA FRYE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Program Associate ASHLEY LAMPSON OPSTAD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Program Associate VICTOR VAZQUEZ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Program Associate BRANDON TURNER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Temporary Program Associate KELLY CHRIST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Communications Coordinator SHANNON WINSTON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Department Coordinator DEBRA PIVER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Resident Teaching Artist MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION NAUSICA STERGIOU . . . . . . . . . . General Manager (Mark Taper Forum, Kirk Douglas Theatre) JEFFREY UPAH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . General Manager (Ahmanson Theatre) SUZANNE HEE MAYBERRY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistant General Manager (Mark Taper Forum) KATIE BRUNER SOFF . . . . . On leave - Assistant General Manager (Kirk Douglas Theatre, NPP) ELLE AGHABALA . . . . . . . . . . . Interim Assistant General Manager (Kirk Douglas Theatre, NPP) ALANA BEIDELMAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Executive Assistant to Managing Director PATRICK BELL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . General Management Associate ERIC SIMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Operations Manager (Kirk Douglas Theatre) TOM BURMESTER . . Audience Experience Design/Front of House Mgr (Kirk Douglas Theatre) LAUREN BAXA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistant Performance Manager (Kirk Douglas Theatre) MAX OKEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Facility Assistant (Kirk Douglas Theatre) SONDRA MAYER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Concessions Manager (Kirk Douglas Theatre) PRODUCTION DAWN HOLISKI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Production Department Operations Director JOE HAMLIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Technical Director/Ahmanson Production Manager SHAWN ANDERSON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Master Carpenter (Ahmanson Theatre) ANDREW W. ARNOLD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Flyman (Ahmanson Theatre) STAN STEELMON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Master Propertyman (Ahmanson Theatre) JIM BERGER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Master Electrician (Ahmanson Theatre) ROBERT SMITH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Master Soundman (Ahmanson Theatre) MICHAEL GARDNER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wardrobe Supervisor (Ahmanson Theatre) PATRICE MIRANDA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hair and Make-up Supervisor (Ahmanson Theatre) CHRISTINE L. COX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . House Manager (Ahmanson Theatre) CHAD SMITH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Associate Technical Director SAM CRAVEN-GRIFFITHS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Associate Technical Director ANDREW THIELS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Prop Manager MERRIANNE NEDREBERG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Associate Prop Manager SARAH KRAININ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Prop Associate CANDICE CAIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Costume Director BRENT M. BRUIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Costume Workroom Supervisor MADELINE KELLER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Costume Generalist SWANTJE TUOHINO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tailor ELIZABETH LEONARD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Production Operations Manager JULIO A. CUELLAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Driver/Custodian DONAVAN MARTINELLI, EUGENE A. MONTEIRO II, BRIAN SLATEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Drivers JENNIFER ACHTERBERG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Production Administrator JONATHAN BARLOW LEE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Production Manager (Mark Taper Forum) CELESTE SANTAMASSINO . . . . . . . . . . . . Associate Production Manager (Mark Taper Forum) EMMET KAISER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Master Carpenter (Mark Taper Forum) ROBERT RUBY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Master Propertyman (Mark Taper Forum) WILLIAM MORNER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Master Electrician (Mark Taper Forum) BONES MALONE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Master Soundman (Mark Taper Forum) DENNIS SEETOO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wardrobe Supervisor (Mark Taper Forum) RICK GEYER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hair & Make-up Supervisor (Mark Taper Forum) LINDA WALKER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . House Manager (Mark Taper Forum) CHRISTY WEIKEL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Production Manager (Kirk Douglas Theatre) KATE COLTUN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistant Production Manager (Kirk Douglas Theatre) RICHARD PETERSON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Master Electrician (Kirk Douglas Theatre) AARON STAUBACH . . . . . . . . . . . . . Light Board Programmer/Operator (Kirk Douglas Theatre) ADAM PHALEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Head Audio (Kirk Douglas Theatre) VICTOR COBOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stage Supevisor (Kirk Douglas Theatre) FINANCE, INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND HUMAN RESOURCES MICHAEL F. THOMPSON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chief Financial Officer MELODY MATTOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Controller JANIS BOWBEER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistant Controller LIZ LYDIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accounts Payable Coordinator FELICISIMA LAPID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accounts Payable Specialist DANNY LAMPSON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Senior Staff Accountant ALEGRIA SENA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Staff Accountant YUEN KI “ANNIE” LAW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Payroll Manager AMEETA SHARMA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Payroll Specialist DAVE ALTON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chief Information Officer

STAN GRUSHESKY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director of Information Systems SEAN PINTO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Database and Web Manager MANDY RATLIFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tessitura Administrator JARED WATANABE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Information Systems Analyst JODY HORWITZ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director of Human Resources MADRIO FLEEKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Senior Human Resources Generalist SINGER LEWAK, LLP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Auditor MICHAEL C. DONALDSON, LISA A. CALLIF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Legal Counsel GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Legal Counsel DEVELOPMENT YVONNE CARLSON BELL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director of Development PATRICK OWEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Deputy Director of Development NATALIE BERGESON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director of Donor Contributions JEAN KLING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director of Institutional Support LIZ LIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director of Corporate Relations and Communications CHARITY WU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director of Individual Giving BECKY BIRDSONG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Major Gifts Officer JAMIE CATALDO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Corporate Relations Manager MANDI OR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Special Events Manager ERIC BROWN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Communications Coordinator JENNIFER CHAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Special Events Associate JUSTIN FOO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Donor Contributions Associate SARAH HARBURG-PETRICH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Development Assistant KATY HILTON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Grant Writer DONALD JOLLY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Donor Relations Associate for the Inner Circle KRISTEN LEVY-VAUGHAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Individual Giving Assistant JESSICA NASH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Donor Contributions Supervisor MARIA PAREDES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Donor Relations Associate for The Guild COURTNEY ROBERTSON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Institutional Giving Associate ERIC SEPPALA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Executive Assistant to the Development Director ERIN SCHLABACH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Major Gifts Coordinator JESSICA THORSON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Corporate Relations Coordinator AL BERMAN, ELIZABETH DELLORUSSO, GINA EAST, LILI HERRERA, TONY LEWELLEN, HOLLY RAMOS, NICOLE SCIPIONE, LENA THOMAS, BILL WALTON, TOM WINKLER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Donor Advisors ADAM BURCH, KARLA GALVEZ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Donor Services Associates ANNE BRUNER, MURRAY E. HELTZER, MARCI MILLER, JULIE NADAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Development Volunteers MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS JIM ROYCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director of Marketing, Communications and Sales NANCY HEREFORD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director of Media and Communications PHYLLIS MOBERLY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Media and Communications Associate JASON MARTIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Media and Communications Associate LYN COWAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Media and Communications Coordinator CHELSEY ROSETTER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Media and Communications Coordinator NISHITA DOSHI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Art Director IRENE KANESHIRO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Senior Design Manager HARUKA HAYAKAWA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Graphic Designer TERESA ENGLISH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Graphic Designer ANDREW DARCEY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Advertising Manager KAREN VOCK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marketing Manager JAMES SIMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marketing Creative Manager JEWEL MOORE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marketing Coordinator ROSE POIRIER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Webmaster CRAIG SCHWARTZ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Production Photographer LARRY DEAN HARRIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Copywriter CINEVATIVE/MARK CIGLAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Production Video TOM BURMESTER, TREVOR ALGATT, KEVIN MAPP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Event Video ALLIED LIVE: LAURA MATALON, SHANNON WILLETT, KELLY ESTRELLA . . . . . . . . . . . . . Advertising Agency TICKET SALES AND SERVICES SHAWN ROBERTSON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ticket Sales Director SKYPP CABANAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ticket Operations Coordinator SANDY CZUBIAK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Audience and Subscriber Services Manager JENNIFER BAKER, CHERYL HAWKER, RICHARD RAGSDALE . . Audience Services Supervisors ALICE CHEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Audience Services Asst. Supervisor SAM AARON, DEBORAH REED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Audience Services Sales Associates JEREMIE ARENCIBIA, VICKI BERNDT, RJ CANTU, CARLOS D. CHAVEZ, JR., PETER COLBURN, DONALD CRANDALL, GARY HOLLAND, KAY LOCHARD, JUSTINE PEREZ, LEX SAVKO, DANNY SCHMITZ, CRIS SPACCA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Audience Services Representatives DANUTA SIEMAK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Subscriber Services Supervisor CHRISTINA GUTIERREZ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Subscriber Services Asst. Supervisor LIGIA PISTE, CELIA RIVAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Subscriber Services Senior Representatives IRENE CHUANG, PETER STALOCH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Subscriber Services Representatives SARAH K. GONTA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Box Office Treasurer KISHISA ROSS, GISELE FRAZEUR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistant Treasurers YULIZA BARRAZA, ANGELICA CARBAJAL, MICHAEL KEMPISTY, LEROY PAWLOWSKI, MICHAEL SALTZMAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Box Office Staff MICHAEL ZOLDESSY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Account Sales Manager EILEEN ROBERTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Account Sales Associate KERRY KORF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Priority Services Director SUSAN F. TULLER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Priority Services Operations Manager JAY BURNS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Priority Services Sales Manager PAUL CUEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Priority Services Manager CANDICE WALTERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Priority Services Assistant Supervisor CAROLE BAXTER, RUSTY COLLINS, MAGGIE DODD, NIC DRESSEL, MARC “BYRON” DROTMAN, SAMANTHA ELSE, LOU GEORGE, KATE HALL, JERRY JOHNSTON, LISA KESSLER, SHEP KOSTER, MATT PELFREY, KEN SALLEY, KRISTEN SCHRASS, BOBBI LYNNE SCOTT, ANDREW SEVERYN, MICHAEL SMITH, QUINN SULLIVAN, DIANE WARD, JIM WATERMAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Representatives INTERNS DOMITILLE ANGOULVANT, SAVANNAH BARKER, CARLY BARNHILL, CATHERINE CAMPBELL, MADDIE DIAL, SYNNOVE ERIKSEN, CLINTON FOLEY, JENNIFER HARRELL, KEVIN HERALD, GERMAIN HERNANDEZ, TOBY JACOBROWN, JADE JOHNSON, TIFFANY MOON, RACHEL KAUDER NALEBUFF, MIRIAM NEIGUS, ARMANDO PINA, KIRSTIE SELLS, MIMI SILVEYRA, SARA WAUGH

Center Theatre Group would like to thank its exceptional staff for their ongoing commitment, dedication and extraordinary efforts.

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Center Theatre Group | DouglasPlus

From the Page to the Stage DouglasPlus Celebrates Solo Artists

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or the past three years, members of Center Theatre Group’s Inner Circle have ventured to the Ojai Playwrights Conference to see new works in their early stages of development. With DouglasPlus, donors had a chance to see how two of these works — St. Jude and Uncle Ho to Uncle Sam — evolved over time.

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enter Theatre Group is Los Angeles’ preeminent nonprofit theatre company. On our three stages — the Ahmanson Theatre, the Mark Taper Forum and the Kirk Douglas Theatre — we present the highest quality and broadest range of theatre: groundbreaking new works, explosive productions of the classics and hit Broadway plays and musicals.

In the most current eight seasons alone, a total of 133 productions has been selected for presentation, including 33 world premieres. Fifteen productions have subsequently been produced in New York.

“Luis Alfaro’s St. Jude was the highlight of the 2012 Ojai Playwrights Conference. It was a work in progress, the first part of Alfaro’s memoir of growing up Hispanic in California and dealing with his father’s life-threatening illness. To have seen the full version at its opening night — with its wonderful mix of love, respect, honor and humor — was a special thrill. Watching an exceptional artist like Alfaro take his work from page to workshop to stage is what makes the adventure of theatre so exciting.” – Miles Benickes, Artists & Educators Forum Co-Chair

To learn how you can get closer to the creative process through giving to CTG, contact Donald Jolly at 213.972.3149.

A History of Excellence

toP to bottom: Luis Alfaro in St. Jude. Trieu Tran in Uncle Ho to Uncle Sam. Roger Guenveur Smith in Rodney King.

The same high standards that we apply to our stages extend to our education and community outreach programs. Through special performances, residencies at schools, discount tickets and educational materials, we reach each year over 19,000 students, educators and community members who would not otherwise experience professional theatre.

We are proud to continue our 46-year tradition of contributing to the culture of our city and to the enrichment of the national theatre community, and we are grateful to our subscribers, donors and board whose generous support makes our work possible.

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DONOR RECOGNITION

Center Theatre Group | Donor Recognition

Corporate Circle The Corporate Circle comprises companies that support Center Theatre Group’s community and educational programs. Members receive VIP concierge service at theatres in Los Angeles, New York and London; complimentary and discounted tickets to CTG shows, business development opportunities and more. For more information, call Jamie Cataldo at 213.972.7536. (Donors listed as of October 31, 2013)

Sheri Biller, Founding Chair Corporate Circle Cabinet Jennifer Altfeld Landau, Chair

Jonathan Axel Dannielle Campos Ramirez Celeste Easton

Michael Jung Lucy Labruzzo Jeff Levy Carol Mancino

Douglas Mancino Antonio Manning Ed Nahmias

Allan Schare Dan Sernett Angel Zapata

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Inner Circle | Judith Beckmen, Chair The Inner Circle is an organization of community leaders who provide outstanding support to Center Theatre Group. In appreciation, members enjoy a host of special benefits, including meet-theartist receptions, backstage tours, premium theatre seating, and much more. For information, call Donald Jolly at 213.972.3149. (Donors listed as of October 31, 2013)

Producer Circle ($25,000–$74,999) William Ahmanson Dean V. Ambrose Judith & Thomas Beckmen Joni & Miles Benickes Debra & Norris Bishton Margaret M. Bloomfield Linda Brown Diana Buckhantz & Vladimir & Araxia Buckhantz Foundation Dannielle Campos Ramirez Joseph & Mara Carieri Marcy Carsey Cástulo de la Rocha Erica & Vin Di Bona Louise & Brad Edgerton Frances & Terry Flanagan Ruth Flinkman-Marandy & Ben Marandy Barbara & Peter Fodor Amy Forbes & Andrew Murr Ava & Charles Fries Eric & Nancy Garen Kiki & David Gindler Patricia Glaser & Sam Mudie Heather & Paul Haaga Timothy G. Hanlon & Anthony Klatt In Memory of Morris A. Hazan Ann & Stephen F. Hinchliffe, Jr. June & Gareth Hughes

Susan A. Grode Eileen & Ken Kaplan Vicki King Darell & Elizabeth Krasnoff Lucy Labruzzo & Jim Zaniboni Jennifer & Rodger Landau Carol & Douglas Mancino Martin Massman Alice Mathias Donna McKenna Dale S. & Shideh Miller Andy & Laura Mintzer The Music Center Leadership Council Jerri & Dr. Steven Nagelberg Edward & Deena Nahmias Olivia & Anthony Neece Joyce & David Rabinov Bill Resnick Michael Ritchie & Kate Burton Timothy A. Regler Bruce & Randy Ellen Ross Bui & Herbert Simon Maggy & Jack Simon Eva & Marc Stern Judie Stein & Stein Family Foundation Louise Taper & Doug Walker Sue Tsao Misty Widelitz

Guarantor Circle ($15,000+) Melissa & Bob Alvarado Betsy & Harold Applebaum Rob & Joan Blackman Annette Blum Jonna Bollenbacher Lynn Booth Maynard & Linda Brittan Susan & Stephen Chandler Morgan & Helen Chu Bill Cohn & Dan Miller Dorskind Family Jay & Donna Gallagher Annie & Georges Gross Lydia Hao Leonard Hirshan & Family Mr. & Mrs. Gerald W. Kehle Kelton Fund/Lenny & David Kelton Joyce & Kent Kresa Janay & Eugene La Pietra Nahum & Alice Lainer Lee Levin In Memory of Malcolm Lewis Carolyn & Kit Lokey The Isabel Foundation Harry & Arlette Lumer

Renee & Meyer Luskin Kelly Sutherlin McLeod & Steven B. McLeod Family Foundation Marsha J. Naify Chris & Dick Newman/ C & R Newman Family Foundation Christine Marie Ofiesh Linda S. Peterson Melissa L. Rhone Jane Rissman & Richard Sondheimer Catherine Schreiber & Miles Ruthberg Drs. Joan & Harry Saperstein Elliott R. Sernel Rary Simmons Sunshine Stone George Takei & Brad Takei Mr. & Mrs. Ian D. Teague Lynda Thomas Karen & William Timberlake Robyn & Gary Ungar Roberta & James Vigneau Mr. & Mrs. William M. Wardlaw Suzanne V. Wilson

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DONOR TRIPS

See the Heart of New American Theatre

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hat do Kentucky Bourbon, a fabulous party at a southern mansion, a hotel that is also a museum of contemporary art and the best new American plays have in common? They are just part of the fun you’ll experience on a donor adventure to the Humana Festival of New American Plays in Louisville, Ky.

chaired by artists & educators forum co-chairs

Joni and Miles Benickes April 2-6, 2014 The Humana Festival is this country’s most renowned new play festival, and our friends at Actors Theatre of Louisville are offering us an all-access pass to experience great new works, meet the artists, and attend special events. This adventure has room for only 20 attendees and is almost full, so reserve your spot today!

For more information, contact Patrick Owen at powen@CenterTheatreGroup. org or 213.972.7621.

Benefactor Circle ($10,000+)

Patron Circle (continued)

Anonymous (2) William J. Aisley Geraldine & Harold Alden Constance A. Austin Jackie & Howard Banchik Shelley & Rick Bayer Laurie Benenson Carole Black Rose Marie Browning & Michael Fletcher Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Burdorf Beth Burnam Lou Colen Eunice & Hal David Ms. Diana Davidow Rhonda C. Evans Dennis L. Field & H. Douglas Galt Polly Fleming Cindy & Rick Goldman Roslyn & Abner Goldstine Shirley J. Hess Lorraine & Jesse Hizami Ellen & Tom Hoberman Mary N. Howey Mr. & Mrs. James L. Hunter James Jennings & Deidre Steine Jacqueline & Marvin Jubas Mark A. Kadzielski Andrew & Denise Katz Dr. & Mrs. Jack Kavanaugh Diane Kessler Laura King & Charles Nagurka In Memory of Salem Ludwig Joanne & Roger Kozberg Sheila Krasnoff Sandra Krause & William Fitzgerald Jeff & Griselda Kreitzman Joan Kroll & In Memory of Irving Kroll David & Tam Lachoff In Loving Memory of Anna Strahlman John Liebes Phillips & Emily Marshall William O. McClure

Nicholas Chrisos Mary Coates Dr. & Mrs. Lawrence J. Cohen The Terry L. Cole Family Roberta A. Conroy Corbell Family Donald & Zoe Cosgrove Reverend Daniel J. Coyle Nancy Cypert Mrs. Marc F. Davis Kenneth Donaldson Julia Donoghue Anne M. Dougherty & David B. Dobrikin Bob & Gabrielle Ducsay Michael A. Enomoto Joanna Exacoustos Lynda & Al Fadel Alan & Barbara Faiola Larry Field Chris Cookson & Lauren Firestone Pat Fleming James W. Franke Cindy & Gary Frischling Mr. & Mrs. Homer Garten Debra Gastler & Andrew Malloy Dr. & Mrs. Stephen Geller Rocky & Deborah Gentner Jeri & Keith Gertzman Marylyn Ginsburg & Chuck Klaus Eleanor Gorman Edith Gould Beverly & Felix Grossman Lisa Guerin Dana Guerin Lorrie & Richard Gurewitz The Harshberger Family Dr. & Mrs. Chester Hasday Dr. & Mrs. Randy W. Hawkins Zvia Hempling Walmilly Foundation Sam Ho, M.D. Elizabeth Hoage Rand Hoffman & Charlotte Robinson Dorothy Hoffman Gail & Stanley Hollander Joan H. Hotchkis Jennifer L. Jackman & John P. Hott Jerry & Ellen Jacobson Dr. Richard L. Jacobson Carol & Bruce Johnston Mary Quon Jung & Michael Galindo Gary & Denise Kading Joyce & Don Kaiserman Deborah & Ivan Kallick Alan & Sharon Kane Ms. Debra Kasirer Hon. Mary Lou Katz Cari & Marty Kavinoky Gary W. Kearney Mille & Bob Kern Janice A. Kido Sharon L. Kline Ellen & Harvey Knell J. Koenig Vicki & Seth Kogan Thea & Neal Koss

Janis B. McEldowney Betty L. McMicken Janice & Bruce Miller Carrie & Ben Mui Sheila Muller Kari L. Nakama Arline M. Nakanishi Joan & Fred Nicholas Michael R. Oppenheim Dr. Renee Boblette & Dr. Robert G. Patterson Ann & Donald Petroni Gregory Pickert & Beth Price Jack & Jane Pollock Edward L. Rada David & Natalie Roberts Jaclyn B. Rosenberg Joyce & Deane Ross Greg Scott Chester James Semel, M.D. Nina & Steven Sheldon Marcia & David M. Spaid Phyllis J. & Steven F. Spierer Stanley Iezman & Nancy Stark Eugene & Marilyn Stein Clumeck Stern Schenkelberg & Getzoff Judy Stone Stone Family Lisa A. Sugimoto Donna & John Sussman Anne C. Taubman & David Boyle Peter & Iona Tompkins Vera Tsai Elinor & Rubin Turner Peter & Susan Van Haften Carol Vernon & Robert Turbin Jerrie D. Whitfield & Richard W. Motika Jenene J. Wilson & Kristiana A. Wilson Mary J. Witt The Wolkowitz Family Dr. Lester Wong & Dr. Cynthia Chock Marilyn Ziering

Patron Circle ($6,000+) Anonymous (6) Robert & Sara Adler Elizabeth Alexander & Daniel Glober Russi Taylor Allwine Dr. O. Allen Alpay Laura & Harvey Alpert Chris & Yvonne Amantea Robert C. Anderson James Asperger & Christine Adams Laura Awazu & David Moromisato Cheryl & Elliott Balbert Angela Bardowell Linda Barnett Mark & Jody Barnhill Philip & Norma Barretta Anne Barry Lois Barth & Michael Schubach Fran R. Berger Phyllis M. Berger Alan & Marilyn Bergman Charles Berney & Family I. Mark Bledstein Family

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Deborah & Jacob Kotzubei The Paul Kowal Charitable Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Stan Krasnoff Carol Krause Nita Whitaker LaFontaine Sharon Lapid/LFCF Infiniti of Thousand Oaks Dr. & Mrs. Martin S. Lasky Craig Lawson & Terry Peters Michael & Sandy Leahy Barbara & Andrew Leigh Gordon Lemke & Brian Rogers Ronald Levenson & Marcia Gold Levenson Michael D. Levin & Andrew Abowitz Edward Lewis Janell & Randall Lewis Steven Llanusa & Glenn Miya, M.D. Marlene & Sandy Louchheim Crystal & Elwood Lui Mr. & Mrs. Matt Lyons Sandra & Kenneth Malamed Mrs. Sheldon C. & Mr. Jeff Mandel Melanie McDaniel Dr. & Mrs. Basil W. McManus Dreux & Lynn McNairy M. Wayne Metcalf Margot & Mitch Milias Barbara & Fred Miller Lee & Ron Miller Philip & Joan Miller Patricia Mock & Judson Mock Joanne & Joel Mogy Diane Morton Patricia W. Mullenbach & Mary Mullenbach Hooper Sylvia & Ron Myrick Robert & Florence Nairin Robert & Sally Neely Deidra Norman Schumann Judy Nussenblatt Norman & Margrit Oberstein Valerie Oishi Gail & Gerald Oppenheimer Dr. Mary Kay Park Mr. Peter T. Paterno Dennis J. Perrone Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Pescetti Dr. & Mrs. Irv Posalski Ruth & Allen Potts Dr. Sheila Phillips & Michael Powell Drs. Laurence J. & Isabell B. Purdy Gail & Gary Rachelefsky Paula F. Reach Mr. & Mrs. Boyd C. Reeves Kay & Bob Rehme Harry E. Rice, M.D. Ms. Carlene Ringer Belinda Robins Elaine Binder Robinson

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President Shelli Dodell

Winter 2013

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Dear Friend,

Secretary Anita Aratow Treasurer Marla Smith Board of Directors Donna Benjamin Deborah Berger Sylvia Brown Betty Jane Bruck Gail Cohen Helen Davidov Lorraine Joffe C. Jean Pearlstein Peggy Schwartz Merle Siegel Lotte Sohn Marilyn Szatmary RenĂŠe Tener-Hertzberg Executive Director Hillary Selvin

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This time of year provides many ways to reflect on who we are and what we have accomplished during the past year. It is a time in which we celebrate the New Year and wish each other health and happiness. We spend these months celebrating our faith, our families and our friends. It is also a time to think of others and about giving to organizations that we know do great work in our community. The list of charitable organizations seems to get longer each year.

Our challenge, as we each think about giving, is to help as many people in our community as we can and for National Council of Jewish Women/Los Angeles to make those donations go as far as possible.

As you make your choices on where to give, please consider giving to the National Council of Jewish Women/Los Angeles a grassroots organization of volunteers and advocates that strive for social justice through the direct services we provide. We are a determined group of women and men who continue to serve our community as long as there is need.

NCJW/LA serves over 19,000 individuals each year along with providing thousands of pieces of free clothing for those in-need and at-risk. We continue to fill in gaps of service for Los Angeles through our Women Helping Women Community Counseling & Support Services and Women Helping Children Art & Literacy Programs for Youth. You can give through our website www.ncjwla.org or through donations of goods to our Council Thrift Shops.

Very few people like to ask for donations, but if we do not ask we will not receive the donations needed to support the many programs and services NCJW/LA provides in our community. It takes just a little bit from everyone to help a lot of people. If each of you reading this gives a few dollars or donates goods to Council Thrift Shops, you will know that you are helping your neighbor, a friend or someone in your community. What better way to celebrate the holidays this year.

Your support of our Los Angeles community through your generosity in donating to Council Thrift Shops and support of the National Council of Jewish Women/Los Angeles has an enormous and positive effect on the lives of so many individuals.

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Foundation Support

Center Theatre Group Affiliates

These institutions support Center Theatre Group’s operations, arts education programs, new play production initiatives or specific projects. For more information, call our grants information line at 213.972.3090.

CTG-A has supported CTG since 1971. Through volunteering and fundraising, members introduce young people to the magic of live theatre. Its biennial gala, Angels’ Night, raises significant funds for CTG’s Education and Community Partnerships programs.

THE AHMANSON FOUNDATION CENTER THEATRE GROUP AFFILIATES EDGERTON FOUNDATION ELISABETH KATTE HARRIS TRUST THE WILLIAM RANDOLPH HEARST FOUNDATION THE ANDREW W. MELLON FOUNDATION THE RALPH M. PARSONS FOUNDATION LLOYD E. RIGLER-LAWRENCE E. DEUTSCH FOUNDATION LAURA & JAMES ROSENWALD & ORINOCCO FOUNDATION THE SHUBERT FOUNDATION, INC. STEIN FAMILY FOUNDATION THE DREAM FUND AT UCLA DONOR ADVISED FUND THE WELLS FARGO FOUNDATION

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Entertainment Circle

Planned Gifts

The Entertainment Circle is comprised of leaders from the entertainment industry who provide outstanding support to CTG’s play development programs that foster new and emerging talent. For more information, please call 213.972.3149. (Donors

Center Theatre Group is grateful to these donors, whose irrecovable deferred estate gifts to CTG’s endowment ensure the organization’s financial well-being for generations to come.

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Ava & Charles Fries The Hearst Foundation, Inc. Vicki King Joyce & Kent Kresa Richard G. & Virginia L. Martin Louise Taper $50,000+ Maynard & Linda Brittan Ellen & Michael S. Korney $25,000+ Abbott Brown Linda Brown Dr. Tom Hickey Martin Massman Leon Morton Memorial Fund $10,000+ Jane Buel Bradley George A.V. Dunning Carolyn & Kit Lokey Betty & Sanford Sigoloff

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National Corporate Theatre Fund National Corporate Theatre Fund is a not-for‑profit created to increase and strengthen support from the business community for this country’s most distinguished professional theatres. The following donors support these theatres through their contributions to NCTF: Chairman’s Circle ($250,000+) Ford Foundation* The James S. and Lynne P. Turley Ernst & Young Fund for Impact Creativity** Leadership Circle ($100,000+) Clear Channel Outdoor**† CMT/ABC**† The Hearst Foundations** Theatre Executives ($50,000-$99,000) AOL† Bank of America BNY Mellon Ernst & Young Benefactors ($25,000-$49,999) American Express Cisco Systems, Inc. Citi Goldman, Sachs & Co. MetLife Morgan Stanley Pfizer, Inc. Wells Fargo** Pacesetters ($15,000‑$24,999) Acquis Consulting Group† Bloomberg Steven Bunson** McGraw Hill Financial Frank Orlowski** Southwest Airlines** Theatermania.com/ Gretchen Shugart James S. Turley UBS Donors ($10,000‑$14,999) James E. Buckley Christopher Campbell/ Palace Production Center† Datacert, Inc. Dorfman and Kaish Family Foundation, Inc. Dorsey & Whitney Foundation Pamela Farr Marsh & McLennan Companies

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Lisa Whitney ASSISTANT TREASURER AND CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

DIRECTORS EMERITI Cindy Miscikowski Shelby Notkin Diane Paul Kurt C. Peterson Max Ramberg Joseph Rice Richard K. Roeder Thomas L. Safran Carla Sands Joni J. Smith Catharine Soros Marc I. Stern Cynthia A. Telles Franklin E. Ulf Walter F. Ulloa Timothy S. Wahl Susan M. Wegleitner Alyce Williamson Rosalind W. Wyman Stephen G. Contopulos GENERAL COUNSEL

Peter K. Barker Judith Beckmen Eli Broad Ronald W. Burkle Lloyd E. Cotsen John B. Emerson* Lois Erburu Richard M. Ferry Bernard A. Greenberg Joanne D. Hale Stuart M. Ketchum Kent Kresa Robert F. Maguire, III Ginny Mancini Edward J. McAniff Walter M. Mirisch Fredric M. Roberts Claire L. Rothman James A. Thomas Andrea L. Van de Kamp* Paul M. Watson *­CHAIR EMERITUS

SUPPORT THE MUSIC CENTER

CONTACT THE MUSIC CENTER

The Music Center Annual Fund supports world-class dance programming, nationally recognized arts education programs and participatory arts programs that inspire people of all ages and create opportunities for expression.

It is only through unrestricted annual support that our innovative programs continue to grow.

General Information Theatre Rentals Filming Patina Restaurant Group/Catered Events Audio Description/Project D.A.T.E. (Direct Audience Theatre Experience) Lost and Found

For more information, please call (213) 972-4349.

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(213) 972-7211 (213) 972-3600 (213) 972-7334 (213) 972-3331 (213) 680-4017 (213) 972-2600

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Giselle ROYAL NEW ZEALAND BALLET WITH LIVE ORCHESTRA

Gillian Murphy and Qi Huan in Royal New Zealand Ballet’s Giselle

January 31 – February 2, 2014

Giselle is the most dramatic and beautiful of all ballets, harnessing the power of forgiveness and redemption to vanquish the anguish of love and betrayal.

Dance at The Music Center. Join the Movement. musiccenter.org/RNZB | (213) 972-0711

Tickets make wonderful holiday gifts gifts!

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COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES

Through the support of the Board of Supervisors, the County of Los Angeles plays an invaluable role in the successful operation of The Music Center.

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

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Gloria Molina

Zev Yaroslavsky

Michael D. Antonovich

FIRST DISTRICT

THIRD DISTRICT

FIFTH DISTRICT

Mark Ridley-Thomas

Don Knabe

William T Fujioka

SECOND DISTRICT

FOURTH DISTRICT, CHAIRMAN

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

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A presentation of Glorya Kaufman Presents Dance at The Music Center and The Apollo Theater

February 14–16, 2014 Ahmanson Theatre

Dancers in The Philadelphia Dance Company’s By Way of the Funk. Photo by Richard Finklestein.

Get up offa’ that thang! Don’t miss this no-holds-barred engagement celebrating James Brown’s enormous worldwide influence and offer audiences a fresh perspective on the rich history of Harlem’s famed Apollo Theater.

Dance at The Music Center. Join the Movement. musiccenter.org/jamesbrown | (213) 972-0711

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At The Music Center December 2013 The Music Center Holiday Sing-Along.

LA Master Chorale. Photo by Andrew Brown.

The Magic Flute. Photo from the Komische Oper Berlin, by Iko Freese.

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 1

Matthew Bourne's Sleeping Beauty 1:00 PM Center Theatre Group with & 6:30 PM Glorya Kaufman Presents Dance at The Music Center / Ahmanson Theatre

The Steward of Christendom 1:00 PM Center Theatre Group / & 6:30 PM Mark Taper Forum Runs through Jan 5 Falstaff 2:00 PM

LA Opera / Dorothy Chandler Pavilion

Zacharias Leads Bach & Schumann 2:00 PM LA Phil / Walt Disney Concert Hall

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 3

Peter and the Starcatcher 8:00 PM Center Theatre Group / Ahmanson Theatre Runs through January 12 Green Umbrella: L.A. Now: New Angeleno Composers 8:00 PM LA Phil / Walt Disney Concert Hall

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5

The Magic Flute 7:30 PM LA Opera / Dorothy Chandler Pavilion Runs through Dec 15

Scheherazade 8:00 PM LA Phil / Walt Disney Concert Hall Runs through Dec 8

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7

Festival of Carols 2:00 PM LA Master Chorale / Walt Disney Concert Hall Runs through Dec 14

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 8

Rejoice! Ceremony of Carols 7:00 PM LA Master Chorale / Walt Disney Concert Hall

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13

Ukulele Christmas Orchestra 6:00 PM The Music Center / Stern Grand Hall / Dorothy Chandler Pavilion

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 15

Handel: Messiah 7:00 PM LA Master Chorale / Walt Disney Concert Hall Runs through Dec 22

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 17

A Judy Collins Christmas 8:00 PM LA Phil / Walt Disney Concert Hall

Go Tell It on the Mountain: The Blind Boys of Alabama Christmas Show 8:00 PM LA Phil / Walt Disney Concert Hall

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20

Messiah Sing-Along 7:30 PM LA Master Chorale / Walt Disney Concert Hall

Holiday Organ Spectacular 8:00 PM LA Phil / Walt Disney Concert Hall The Music Center Holiday Sing-Along 6:30 PM The Music Center / Plaza

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12

The Nutcracker with Gustavo Dudamel 8:00 PM LA Phil / Walt Disney Concert Hall Runs through Dec 15

For more information, visit musiccenter.org or call (213) 972-7211. JOIN US:

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