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TABLE OF CONTENTS

MARCH 2014

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

The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess Ahmanson Theatre April 22 – June 1, 2014 The cast of The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess. photo by michael j. lutch.

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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 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 †Deceased

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. 2 PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE

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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.

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.

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. Smoking is Prohibited. Smoking of any kind, including electronic devices, is prohibited.

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A History of Excellence Center Theatre Group is Los Angeles’ preeminent non-profit 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 nine seasons alone, over 170 productions have been selected for presentation, including 38 world premieres. Seventeen productions have subsequently been produced in New York. 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 47-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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The Greatest Band You’ve Never Heard Of Artistic Director’s Circle Members Help Bring a Forgotten Story to the Stage

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he Comedian Harmonists sold millions of records, played to packed houses all over the world and starred in many films until their career was cut short by events that profoundly changed history forever. Many have forgotten their story, but thanks to Artistic Director’s Circle members Ruth Flinkman-Marandy and Ben Marandy — proud supporters of Harmony now onstage at the Ahmanson Theatre — Los Angeles audiences can experience this unforgettable true story of friendship and adversity. A BRIGHT FUTURE The Comedian Harmonists, the real-life musical group upon which Harmony is based, were dapper and uproariously funny, but fans knew them best for their complex harmonies. Germany’s first “boy band,” the Comedian Harmonists had a vast repertoire ranging from folk and classical music to popular songs of the day. Early in their career, they performed only three or four of their own songs as part of a larger program, but audiences wanted more. Their first full-length concert catapulted them to stardom. “The shouting, the clamoring of the audience — I was flabbergasted,” remembered the group’s first tenor, Ari Leschnikoff, 45 years later. “I shed tears of joy.” Soon they were a global sensation, traveling to Berlin, Munich, Amsterdam, Paris and the United States. In the early 1930s, just one press notice could sell out a prestigious concert hall. They became popular on radio and recordings and starred in as many as 21 films. They had it all. AN UNEXPECTED FINALE Then the political climate in Germany began to change. Three of the group’s six members were Jewish, and a fourth was married to a Jewish

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ABOUT RUTH AND BEN

l to r: Douglas Williams, Chris Dwan, Shayne Kennon, Tony Yazbeck, Will Taylor and Will Blum in the Alliance Theatre production of Harmony. photo by greg mooney.

woman. As early as 1932, the Nazis banned them from performing songs by Jewish composers. By 1934, Nazi Germany barred Jews from performing onstage, and the Comedian Harmonists were forced to cancel their concerts altogether. Their final performance in Germany took place in March of that year. Soon after, the group disbanded. Their amazing story inspired the legendary Barry Manilow and theatre veteran Bruce Sussman, longtime collaborators, to create a new musical with an original score that celebrates this extraordinary group of friends, ensuring their quest for harmony in the most discordant chapter of human history will never be forgotten. ○

“ We are both thrilled to finally return to our first love — writing a musical together. Especially this one. It has been an indescribable honor to spend all this time in the company of these six extraordinary men.” –Barry Manilow and Bruce Sussman, creators of Harmony.

Center Theatre Group is profoundly grateful to Artistic Director’s Circle members Ruth Flinkman-Marandy and Ben Marandy for their generous support of Harmony at the Ahmanson Theatre. The Artistic Director’s Circle, founded by Brindell and Milton Gottlieb, is comprised of individuals supporting specific areas of Michael Ritchie’s artistic vision with commitments of $100,000 and above. For more information, please call Erin Schlabach at 213.972.3069.

Ruth Flinkman-Marandy and her husband, Ben Marandy, are dedicated philanthropists in their community. Supporting Center Theatre Group’s production of Harmony with their Artistic Director’s Circle membership seemed like a wonderful match for their philanthropic interests. The context of the show particularly appealed to Ruth, not to mention she has always been a big fan of Barry Manilow. “I grew up listening to him and watched him grow up,” she said. She even cajoled her kids to listen to him. “I deeply appreciate what he does.” A fellow singer herself, Ruth became smitten by the theatre as a child. She began performing at the age of three and a half. She sang on radio and television in New York through her teens and performed in regional theatre and at social events. She still performs to this day as a soloist and with The Songbirds, formerly the Club 100 Singers. Ruth is a deeply devoted supporter of the theatre. She has been a CTG subscriber for more than 45 years and joined the Artistic Director’s Circle in 2009. In addition to her dedication to Center Theatre Group, Ruth is on the boards of Theatre 40, American Friends of Hebrew University, American Technion Society and the American Associates of Ben-Gurion University. She is also a member of The Music Center, Beverly Hills Theatre Guild, West Coast Jewish Theatre, Ophira Hadassah, the Board of Governors of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, and the Malibu Jewish Center and Synagogue. PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE 9

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ARTS EDUCATION CORPORATE SPOTLIGHT

Center Theatre Group | August Wilson Monologue Competition

Celebrating Excellence Students Honor Playwright August Wilson at the Mark Taper Forum 2014 August Wilson Monologue Competition Los Angeles Regional Finalists gather to prepare for their performances on the Mark Taper Forum stage. photo by ryan miller/capture imaging.

“ All you need in the world is love and laughter. That’s all anybody needs. To have love in one hand and laughter in the other.” –Bertha Holly, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone by August Wilson

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welve high school students will speak lyrical words like these onstage at the Mark Taper Forum this month during the Los Angeles regional finals of the August Wilson Monologue Competition. Presented by Center Theatre Group Affiliates — a group that volunteers and raises funds for CTG’s education programs — the event brings together a panel of professional judges to select two finalists and one alternate for the seventh-annual national finals. In May, each will travel to Broadway’s August Wilson Theatre, where they will perform with students from seven other participating cities. COMPETITION WITH A MISSION “The importance of history to me is simply to find out who you are and where you’ve been. It becomes doubly important if someone else has been writing your history.” –August Wilson

Through this program, students of all backgrounds have the opportunity to learn about this important playwright of color and the African-American perspectives he chronicled. Eliana Pipes, a 2013 national finalist representing CTG, needed this chance. “This summer I realized I’d never read a play by a black playwright,” she said. “The revelation was astonishing and heartbreaking to me, especially as a person of mixed heritage. Since then I’ve been avidly trying to read more cultural plays and study ethnic characters.” AN EXPERIENCE TO CHERISH More than 100 students participated in Center Theatre Group’s preliminary auditions in November 2013, representing 34 schools and 39 local cities. A goal of the program is to introduce August Wilson and his work to a new generation. “Performing in our iconic theatre is an experience to cherish,” says CTG Director of Education and Community Partnerships Leslie K. Johnson. “Yet even more importantly, these students will gain confidence and a deeper appreciation for August Wilson — a significant African-American playwright about whom we believe every young person should know.” ○

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Center Theatre Group | August Wilson Monologue Competition

SAVE THE DATE SATURDAY MARCH Center Theatre Group’s

Season Celebration 2014 Honoree BANK OF AMERICA A special evening to benefit CTG’s Education and Community Partnerships featuring a special performance of

Center Theatre Group’s 2014 August Wilson Monologue Competition Los Angeles Regional Finalists. photo by ryan miller/capture imaging.

2014 August Wilson Monologue Competition Los Angeles Regional Finalists Maggie Cannan, Studio City Lana Cosic, Pasadena Erendira Di Giuseppe, Los Angeles Jonah Gould, Los Angeles Wayne Mackins-Harris, Los Angeles Ayanna McKnight, Pomona

Wendy Morrow, Los Angeles Leaf Rickard, Burbank Derrick Rose, Yucaipa Shan Shaikh, Panorama City Mykaela Sterris, Fullerton Taylor Walker, Pacoima

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To follow the students’ journey to New York, visit TheGrid.CenterTheatreGroup.org and search “August Wilson.” To learn more about Center Theatre Group’s August Wilson Program, visit CenterTheatreGroup.org/AugustWilson.

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Center Theatre Group | Donor Trips

Good Times on the High Seas The CTG Cruisers enjoy the Captain’s Farewell Dinner onboard the Crystal Symphony. Front row (l to r): Ben Marandy, Carolyn Fried, Mary Cutler, Babette Goldberg. Back row (l to r): Ruth Flinkman-Marandy, Kiki Gindler, David Gindler, Betty Phillips, Wes Schaefer, Cathy King-Schaefer, Becky Birdsong, Karen Donahoe, Deborah Deming and John Kinikin.

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hen Inner Circle Ambassador Cathy King-Schaefer and her husband, Wes, were asked to chair this year’s donor cruise, they immediately accepted. From November 2–16, the Schaefers led a group of 17 Center Theatre Group donors and subscribers on a luxurious cruise from New York City to Miami, tailor-made for film and theatre enthusiasts. This was CTG’s second voyage with our friends from Frosch Classic Cruise and Travel and the awardwinning Crystal Cruises, and neither disappointed! Travelers enjoyed lavish meals, live music, ballroom dancing, guest lectures and special movie screenings. A Q-AND-A WITH M-AND-K CTG Artistic Director Michael Ritchie and his wife, actress Kate Burton, were two of the featured artists onboard who shared anecdotes about their lives on- and offstage. Michael and Kate confided about the ups and downs of their early careers, but each said they feel as if they’re now hitting their stride.

“I loved traveling by land, air and sea to end up in a theatre on a cruise ship, listening to Michael and Kate chat about their careers and their life together to a full house of fans,” said CTG Board member Kiki Gindler. When asked what CTG production had been the most meaningful to him to date, Michael replied, “Dead End. It was my inaugural production and our son’s first time onstage.” “SUNDAY, MONDAY, HAPPY DAYS” Hollywood legend and CTG Entertainment Circle member Garry Marshall was also on board. He and his wife, Barbara, made a surprise appearance at CTG’s first cocktail gathering in the Palm Court. Later, the Schaefers attended an exclusive dinner with Mr. Marshall where he talked about his extraordinary career and signed copies of his memoir. “It was such a treat and a dream come true,” Cathy said. ○

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BACKSTAGE TOUR CORPORATE SPOTLIGHT

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Off to Neverland CTG Donors Go Behind the Scenes of Starcatcher

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enter Theatre Group donors stepped into the imaginative world of Peter and the Starcatcher when the show’s production stage manager, McKenzie Murphy, and company manager, Erica Norgaard, led a backstage tour in January. Whether longtime theatregoers or enthusiastic college students, attendees were transfixed by this up-close view of the show’s magic. Here are some secrets they learned about the production:

• In addition to their evening shows, the actors rehearsed twice a week while on tour. • The set designer wanted the giant pineapple, seen at the top of the proscenium arch, to be the first thing people saw because pineapples are symbols of hospitality. Welcome to the world of imagination!

• To reduce the show’s carbon footprint, scenic designer Donyale Werle made the proscenium with recycled materials, including approximately 300 wine corks! • If the blue backdrop in Act II looked familiar, perhaps that’s because much of the material was recycled from productions of Disney’s The Little Mermaid. • Starcatcher took up residence in the Ahmanson Theatre for six weeks, one of the touring production’s longest runs. Some cities on the tour route only had the show for one or two nights. • Actors from all over the country — Los Angeles, Chicago and everywhere in between — traveled to New York for the chance to tour with this spectacular production.

top to bottom: A close-up of the Peter and the Starcatcher proscenium mid-construction • The completed proscenium. photos provided by the peter and the starcatcher touring production.

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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 Donor Relations at 213.972.7327, or email DonorRelations@CenterTheatreGroup.org. 14 PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE

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Cause for Celebration Tim Hanlon Shares His Passion for Theatre

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ells Fargo demonstrates an enduring commitment to the Los Angeles arts scene and to educational programs at Center Theatre Group as a season sponsor, a Sterling-level Corporate Circle member and now as sponsor of Season Celebration, an annual gala that benefits CTG’s Education and Community Partnerships programs. For Wells Fargo and Executive Vice President Tim Hanlon — head of the organization’s charitable arm, the Wells Fargo Foundation — supporting arts education is critical to building and sustaining community.

IS THERE A COMMON THREAD BETWEEN THEATRE AND BANKING? Both, when done right, help people lead richer lives.

Drawn to its energy and diversity, Hanlon moved to L.A. five years ago with his husband, Anthony Klatt. A devoted supporter of many causes in the L.A. area, Hanlon has served on the board at the Hispanic Scholarship Fund, the Hammer Museum, the Palm Springs International Film Society and CTG. ○

WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE THING TO DO WHEN YOU ARE NOT AT WORK OR THE THEATRE? We have two rescue dogs, and often it seems our lives revolve around them. I’m active in the animal rescue community and have a real passion for all animals, though dogs will always have a huge place in my heart.

Wells Fargo is proud to support organizations working to strengthen our communities. Through the efforts of its enthusiastic team member-volunteers and its contributions, Wells Fargo shares its success within our communities by giving back to non-profits and educational institutions addressing vital community needs and issues.

PLAYS OR MUSICALS? Depends. I’ve left some musicals, like Spring Awakening, convinced I’d just seen the reinvention of theatre. I’ve left some plays, like The Lieutenant of Inishmore, convinced my life had changed.

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WHICH PLAYWRIGHT WOULD MAKE THE BEST LUNCH DATE? Can you imagine lunch with Noël Coward? WHAT PLAYWRIGHT WOULD YOU TRUST TO WRITE YOUR LIFE STORY? Anna Deavere Smith is one of the most talented human beings on the planet. I don’t know what she’d do with my little life story, but it would be amazing in her hands. WHICH THEATRICAL TALENT OR THEATRE-MAKING SKILL WOULD YOU MOST LIKE TO HAVE? Set design is magic. That craftspeople can read a play, envision a set and make it appear — that’s an enormous talent.

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DONOR RECOGNITION

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Corporate Circle

Foundation Support

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 February 3, 2014.)

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.

Sheri Biller, Founding Chair Corporate Circle Cabinet Jennifer Altfeld Landau, Chair Jonathan Axel Dannielle Campos Ramirez Celeste Easton Michael Jung

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Ahmanson Theatre

47th 2013/14 Season

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

FoUrtH season ProdUction

The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess

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

season bonUs oPtion David Suchet in

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

sPeciaL event Presentation

A Word or Two

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

tHird season ProdUction

Harmony

A New Musical Music by Barry Manilow Book and Lyrics by Bruce Sussman Choreographed by JoAnn M. Hunter Directed by Tony Speciale March 4 – April 13, 2014

season sPonsors

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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. $1,000,000 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 Laura & James Rosenwald & Orinocco Foundation The Shubert Foundation, Inc. Bank of America $100,000 and above

Anonymous Debra & Norris Bishton Los Angeles County Arts Commission JPMorgan Chase & Co. Deidra Norman Schumann $75,000 and above

Elisabeth Katte Harris Trust The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation William Randolph Hearst Foundation Lloyd E. Rigler — Lawrence E. Deutsch Foundation

This list includes gifts made to Center Theatre Group between December 6, 2013, and February 4, 2014.

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

Center Theatre Group and Alliance Theatre, Atlanta, GA present

MUSIC BY

BOOK AND LYRICS BY

Barry Manilow

Bruce Sussman WITH

Matt Bailey Will Blum Kevin Brown Liberty Cogen Hannah Corneau Chris Dwan Kara Haller Bryan Thomas Hunt Greg Kamp Shayne Kennon Leigh Ann Larkin Chad Lindsey Lindsay Moore Brandon O’Dell Patrick O’Neill Charles Osborne Kim Sava Dave Schoonover Lauren Elaine Taylor Will Taylor Douglas Williams SET AND COSTUME DESIGN

LIGHTING DESIGN

SOUND DESIGN

Tobin Ost

Jeff Croiter & Seth Jackson

John Shivers & David Patridge

PROJECTION DESIGN

ASSOCIATE COSTUME DESIGNER

Darrel Maloney

Leslie Malitz

ORCHESTRATOR

CASTING

Doug Walter

Calleri Casting

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR

ASSOCIATE CHOREOGRAPHER

PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER

CTG ASSOCIATE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

Christopher Bowser

Mary Ann Lamb

Lora K. Powell

Neel Keller

MUSIC DIRECTOR

John O’Neill CHOREOGRAPHER

JoAnn M. Hunter DIRECTOR

Tony Speciale March 4 – April 13, 2014 Ahmanson Theatre Harmony was originally produced by The La Jolla Playhouse, La Jolla, CA. The Los Angeles engagement of Harmony is generously supported in part by Artistic Director’s Circle members Ruth Flinkman-Marandy and Ben Marandy.

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CAST (in alphabetical order) Harry Frommerman. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Matt Bailey Ari “Lesh” Leshnikoff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Will Blum Ensemble. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Liberty Cogen Ruth Stern. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hannah Corneau Erich Collin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chris Dwan Ensemble. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bryan Thomas Hunt Ensemble/Sturmann. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Greg Kamp “Rabbi” Josef Roman Cykowski . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shayne Kennon Mary Hegel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Leigh Ann Larkin Ensemble/Standartenfuhrer/Nazi Leader #1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chad Lindsey Ensemble. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lindsay Moore Ensemble/Richard Strauss/Albert Einstein/Synagogue Rabbi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brandon O’Dell Ensemble/Border Guard/Nazi Leader #3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Patrick O’Neill Ensemble/Obersturmfuhrer/Fritz Kruger/Nazi Leader #2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Charles Osborne Ensemble/Young Woman #1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kim Sava Ensemble/Ezra Kaplan/Cantor/Radio Announcer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dave Schoonover Ensemble/Marlene Dietrich/Ingrid. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lauren Elaine Taylor Erwin “Chopin” Bootz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Will Taylor Bobby Biberti. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Douglas Williams UNDERSTUDIES Understudies never substitute for the listed players unless a specific posting or announcement is made at the time of the performance. For Marlene Dietrich — Liberty Cogen For Ari “Lesh” Leshnikoff, Richard Strauss, Albert Einstein, Synagogue Rabbi and Cantor — Bryan Thomas Hunt For Erich Collin — Greg Kamp For Ezra Kaplan — Chad Lindsey For Erwin “Chopin” Bootz and Bobby Biberti — Patrick O’Neill For Harry Frommerman and Standartenfuhrer — Charles Osborne For Ruth Stern — Kim Sava For “Rabbi” Josef Roman Cykowski — Dave Schoonover For Mary Hegel — Lauren Elaine Taylor SWINGS

Kevin Brown and Kara Haller DANCE CAPTAIN

Patrick O’Neill STAGE MANAGERS

RL Campbell Elle Aghabala

Harmony will be performed with one intermission. Barry Manilow is a registered trademark of Hastings, Clayton & Tucker, Inc. All rights reserved.

ORCHESTRA Music Director/Conductor/Keyboard 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John O’Neill Associate Music Director/Keyboard 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Colin Freeman Woodwinds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jeff Driskill Trumpet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Fumo Trombone/Contractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Robert Payne Violin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jennifer Choi Fischer Keyboard 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ron Pedley Bass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ian Martin Drums. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark Scholl

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MUSICAL NUMBERS ACT I

Scene 1. Opening sequence: Carnegie Hall, 1933/Berlin, 1927 – 1929 OVERTURE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . THE GROUP “HARMONY”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RABBI and THE GROUP

Scene 2. Streets and alleyways in Berlin, early winter 1929 “AND WHAT DO YOU SEE?”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MARY “THIS IS OUR TIME” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RABBI, MARY, RUTH, HARRY, THE GROUP and RALLIERS

Scene 3. Club Cinderella, November 1929 “LOST IN THE SHADOWS”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MARLENE and THE GROUP “YOUR SON IS BECOMING A SINGER” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ERICH and THE GROUP

Scene 4. Kott’s Tailor Shop, December 1929 “EVERY SINGLE DAY”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RABBI

Scene 5. The Barbarina Club, January 1930 “HOW CAN I SERVE YOU, MADAME?” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . THE GROUP

Scene 6. The Berlin Synagogue, 1931 “THE WEDDING”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A RABBI, A CANTOR, CHOPIN, RUTH, RABBI, MARY & CONGREGATION

Scene 7. Concert stages around the world/Rallies in Germany, 1932 – 1933 “HARMONY”/“L’HARMONIE”/“GARMONIEI”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . THE GROUP OVERTURE (reprise). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . THE GROUP

Scene 8. Carnegie Hall, New York, December 1933 “HOME”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BOBBY, RABBI and THE GROUP

ACT II

Scene 1. Berlin Philharmonic Hall, January 1934 “HUNGARIAN RHAPSODY #20”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LESH and THE GROUP

Scene 2. Tivoli Park, Copenhagen, a few months later “COME TO THE FATHERLAND!” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HARRY and THE GROUP

Scene 3. Adjacent hotel rooms, Cologne, September 1935 “WHERE YOU GO”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MARY and RUTH

Scene 4. A movie set in Cologne, two days later “IN THIS WORLD” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CHOPIN, THE GROUP and THE FILM CAST “THE LIST”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RABBI

Scene 5. A train station/the night train to Munich, November 1935 “THRENODY”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RABBI

Scene 6. The National Theater, Munich, November 1935/California 1988 “STARS IN THE NIGHT”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . THE GROUP

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Comedian Harmonists: Low Comedy In High Art A Reflection of German Popular Music of the 1920s and 30s BY R O B WE INE R T- KENDT

GERMAN POPULAR MUSIC OF THE 1920S AND ’30S wasn’t all marches and schottisches (a slow polka). There was also a good deal of American-influenced music on the airwaves and in the dancehalls — so much so, in fact, that the world’s first courses in jazz theory and performance were taught not in New Orleans or Harlem but in Frankfurt, Germany. It was there, in 1928, at the venerable Hoch Conservatory that a young Hungarian composer, Matyas Seiber, began teaching a “Jazz-Klasse.”

Harmony projection designs, courtesy of Darrel Maloney.

American pop hadn’t just come via records and sheet music either, but in the flesh: Josephine Baker had played Berlin in 1925, and Paul Whiteman made a splash there a year later. In turn, Germany spawned its own bandleaders, including Eric Borchard and Stefan Weintraub, leader of The Syncopators. Dance-band sounds and harmonies soon found their way into the music of modernist composers like Paul Hindemith and Kurt Weill, and by the end of the decade, records by Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington were German radio staples. American-style pop and jazz, not to mention modernist music, had social implications as well as entertainment value; they may not even have known it at the time, but its practitioners and advocates were on the front lines of a culture war that would have real casualties within a decade. On one side were those, like the Hoch Conservatory’s director, Bernhard Sekles, who defended his school’s popular music courses by saying, “An infusion of ‘Negro’ blood can do no harm.” On the other were critics, either openly allied with or at least sympathetic to the Nazi party’s racist theories, who saw jazz and pop as part of a “plague” of “Negro noise.”

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Of course, popular music was also suspect to these reactionary critics because so many of Germany’s bandleaders, popular singers and nightclub owners happened to be Jewish. In the ensuing Nazi campaign against “decadent” art and artists, pop music was a particularly expedient scapegoat, since by silencing it — as the Nazis officially did in 1935, after a twoyear campaign of pressure and propaganda — they could also effectively silence some of Germany’s most popular Jewish public figures. Among these were members of the vocal sextet the Comedian Harmonists. The band was formed in 1927 by Harry Frommerman, an unemployed actor who’d heard some records by the American vocal quintet The Revelers and figured he could put together a German group along the same lines. Frommerman placed an ad in the Berlin Lokal-Anzeiger and was soon joined by a former rabbi from Poland, Roman Cykowski; a Bulgarian singing waiter, Ari Leshnikoff; an operatic bass, Robert Biberti; a young medical student, Erich Collin; and a skilled pianist, Erwin Bootz. But this eclectic group did more than sing close-harmony versions of American jazz standards, German folk songs and novelty numbers. What put them over the top, says Bruce Sussman, is that the Harmonists also included deft musical and physical comedy in their act — hence the qualifier “Comedian.” Sussman, who wrote the book and lyrics for Harmony, a new musical about the Harmonists, with Barry Manilow writing the music, turned himself into an expert on the band after seeing Eberhard Fechner’s 1977 documentary. “The pièce de résistance of their act was the overture to The Barber of Seville,” says Sussman, who like Manilow traveled to Germany to do research. “The lights were turned out, and you’d hear The Barber of Seville, and it sounded like a chamber orchestra playing. The lights would slowly come up, and it was six guys replicating all those instruments.” If that sounds a bit like the kind of concert-hall antics later practiced by the likes of Victor Borge and PDQ Bach, that’s not far off, Sussman says. “These were guys who found low comedy in high art. Their virtuosity was extraordinary; it was also hilarious.” For his part, Manilow makes a headier comparison.

“They were the Beatles of Germany,” says Manilow. “Every time I play Germany, I get into a limo and I say to the driver, ‘Do you know Comedian Harmonists?’ It doesn’t matter whether the guy is young or old, they all know them. These men are still the Beatles of Germany.”

While in Berlin, Manilow scooped up not only all the Harmonists records he could find, “I went into a Tower Records store there, and there was an entire wall of their CDs.” There was also a collection of “Shlagerparades” (“hit parade” collections) from each year of the 1920s and ’30s. “That was where I began — I studied the pop music of Germany during the time they were huge,” says Manilow. How was it? “It was fantastic. Song after song after song was interesting and emotional and filled with interesting orchestrations. And the singers — they had their hearts on their sleeves, or they were funny.” Not all of it was such unalloyed fun. Amid the jazz and semiclassical and novelty tunes were plenty of marches, including a Bolshevik ditty that inspired an idealistic song in Harmony. Less inspirational but no less memorable: “I actually found a Nazi marching band song,” says Manilow. “It was creepy to listen to, but I can tell you, it was brilliant. That’s what’s so disgusting: They were brilliant and they were monsters at the same time.” Though Harmony is decidedly not a Holocaust musical — its narrative ends in 1935 — its dramatic grist is indeed the Nazi-led war against multicultural modernity. The pop music ban of 1935 didn’t just effectively disband the Harmonists; a reconstituted Gentile-only version of the group, with the unwieldy, state-mandated name Meistersextett, found nearly their entire old repertoire off-limits. “When the new group tried to do their show and follow guidelines that said they couldn’t do songs composed by Jews, with lyrics by Jews, arranged by Jews, or published by Jews,” says Manilow, “the only song they had left was ‘I Have a Cactus on My Windowsill.’ ” Indeed, for all their occasionally pointed comedy, the Harmonists were popular entertainers, not protest singers. But their very existence was enough to offend the Third Reich. Says Sussman, “This group represented the very diversity that the German nation at this point was saying was toxic. Not only were there Jews and Gentiles in the group; there was a Bulgarian, an Italian, a Pole, they were from all strata of class. The definition of harmony, the non-musical definition, from the Greek, is diverse elements brought together in a unified synthesis. They were the embodiment of that.” When the Nazis later shut down the pop music courses at Frankfurt’s Hoch Conservatory in 1933, they didn’t just end a brave effort to keep German musicians’ chops current with the sounds of the day. They also nipped in the bud Seiber’s ambitious plans for the school’s next course of study: vocal jazz. The Comedian Harmonists could have led a master class. ROB WEINERT-KENDT is senior editor at American Theatre magazine, and writes regularly for The New York Times and Time Out New York.

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Who’s Who

Harmony projection designs, courtesy of Darrel Maloney.

A note about the Comedian Harmonists The Comedian Harmonists were indeed the toast of Europe from the late 1920s through the early war years. The events of their career are dramatized here largely as they occurred. Some license has been taken with regard to chronology and locale. Greater license has been taken with regard to the characterization of the women, and this for several reasons. Most notably, much less has been documented about them. Also, there were several more of them. Some of the Harmonists were married several times. Ruth, for example, is a composite character — though Erwin Bootz (“Chopin”) did indeed marry a Jewish woman during the early years of the Third Reich. We thought it appropriate, therefore, to give her a fictionalized name. Mary, on the other hand, is dramatized very much as we believe her to have been. The characters of historical merit — politicians, performers, men of science and letters — all indeed factored in the story. The uncanny meeting on the train, dramatized in our second act, happened.

Berlin, Anhalter Bahnhof (railway station).

Berlin, Lehrter Bahnhof

MATT BAILEY (Harry Frommerman) is honored to be making Harmony in his L.A. debut! Originally hailing from Northern California, he has appeared in over 40 shows in 25 states including Jersey Boys (Tommy DeVito, first national tour), Cinderella, The Most Happy Fella (Lincoln Center), The Little Dog Laughed (Mitchell), Les Misérables (Enjorlas), Hamlet, The Full Monty, Romeo and Juliet, The Wrestling Season, Edward II, Mental, Ghostbrothers..., A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Jacques Brel..., The Musical of Musicals (Kevin Kline nomination) and most recently he played all 41 characters in the one man show Fully Committed. Also: The MUNY, The Olney, St. Louis Rep, Theatre Aspen, Arkansas Rep and Williamstown. Many thanks to Barry, Bruce, Tony, John, JoAnn and DGRW. Much love to his family and his Penguin (waddle waddle). www.mattbailey.info. WILL BLUM (Ari “Lesh” Leshnikoff) was recently seen on Broadway as Elder Cunningham in The Book of Mormon and as Buddy the Elf in the national tour of Elf: The Musical. Other Broadway and national tours include Hair (Margaret Mead/Dad/Tribe), Grease (Roger) and Seussical (Horton). Regional credits include Harmony (Lesh) at Alliance Theatre, The 25th Annual ... Spelling Bee (Barfée) at Paper Mill Playhouse and Philadelphia Theatre Company, Jesus Christ Superstar (King Herod) at Pittsburgh CLO, Sweet Charity (Oscar), A Funny Thing ... Forum (Hysterium), Big River (Huck) and Floyd Collins (Floyd). He has participated in numerous readings and workshops including a new musical by Jerry Zucker called You Are Here! He is an Eagle Scout from Nashville, Tennessee, and holds a BFA from The Boston Conservatory. Mr. Blum would not be here without the support of CGF Talent, his family and friends. Twitter: @will_blum

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KEVIN BROWN (Swing) is thrilled to be making his Ahmanson debut! Favorite Credits: The Time of Your Life (Harry), Spring Awakening (Otto), West Side Story (A-Rab) and Giselle (Ensemble). Last June, he performed an original piece in the Cincinnati Fringe Festival. CCM graduate and proud member of AEA. Thank you to the wonderful cast and production team for being so welcoming, and love to my family, friends, Jacob and Marilyn. For Betty and Kay. LIBERTY COGEN (Ensemble/ Understudy for Marlene Dietrich). Atlanta Credits: Woman on a Train in Harmony at the Alliance Theatre, Jeanie in Hair at Serenbe Playhouse, Aurora/Spider Woman in Kiss of the Spider Woman at Actor’s Express, Janet Van De Graaff in The Drowsy Chaperone at Aurora Theatre. Other credits include Legally Blonde in the first national tour (Kate/Chutney, understudy for Vivienne, Enid) and numerous productions at Surflight Theatre in Long Beach Island, N.J. Liberty received a BFA in musical theatre from the Cincinnati CollegeConservatory of Music and is a proud AEA member. Hugs, kisses, and huge thanks to Mom, Dad, Joe and Tyler. HANNAH CORNEAU (Ruth Stern). Regional: Harmony (Alliance Theatre; Best Actress in a Musical, BroadwayWorld Atlanta), Fiddler on the Roof (Paramount Theatre), Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson (Bailiwick Chicago), A Little Night Music (Writers’ Theatre). She is a proud graduate of Syracuse University. Many thanks to Barry, Bruce, Tony, John, CTG and James. Love to her family! www. hannahcorneau.com. CHRIS DWAN (Erich Collin). NYC: The Old Boy (Clurman, Theatre Row),

Peter & I (ATA). Regional: Harmony (Alliance Theatre; Best Actor in a Musical, Broadway World Atlanta), Lord of the Flies (Barrington Stage), Fox on the Fairway (Gulfshore Playhouse), Little Women (Syracuse Stage), The Producers (Arundel Barn). New Musical Workshops: If/Then (Kitt/ Yorkey), Little Miss Sunshine (Lapine/ Finn), Table (Shire/Gopnik). Film: No Stranger (director, Mandelstein), Campus Life (director Scorsese/ Waddell). Proud Graduate of Syracuse University. SU Credits: Cabaret, Room Service, Oklahoma, Steel Pier. Thanks to Tony, Bruce and Barry. Special thanks to James, Sam and the Abrams team. www. chrisdwan.net. KARA HALLER (Swing) still cannot believe she is part of such a fantastic show at such a fantastic venue! She is originally from Olney, MD, went to school for music at Belmont University in Nashville and has been moving around the country ever since. Favorite roles include Judy Bernly in 9 to 5, Ensemble/Kira understudy in Xanadu, Enchanted Object/Potts and Wardrobe understudy in the Beauty and the Beast national tour and Betty Haynes in White Christmas. Love to Mom, Dad, Kelly, the Family and of course her stunningly handsome husband, Michael. BRYAN THOMAS HUNT (Ensemble/ Understudy for “Lesh,” Richard Strauss, Albert Einstein, Synagogue Rabbi and Cantor). National Tours: Billy Elliot, Irving Berlin’s White Christmas (TOTS and Kennedy Center). Regional: Harmony (Alliance), IB’s White Christmas (Paper Mill Playhouse), Thoroughly Modern Millie (Ogunquit Playhouse), A Chorus Line (Berkshire Theatre Festival) and The Big Bank (NYMF). BFA Boston Conservatory. Love to Kelly and a huge thanks to CTG,

this amazing cast and creative team, but most of all his always supportive family. For Momma Hunt :) Proud AEA! GREG KAMP (Ensemble/ Sturmann/ Understudy for Erich Collin). Credits include Harmony (Alliance Theatre), Catch Me If You Can (first national tour), Titanic (Hangar Theatre), Bat Boy, Urinetown (Edinburgh Fringe Festival), A Chorus Line (Aurora Theatre) and Beauty and the Beast (Theatre of the Stars). TV: The Wronged Man (Lifetime), Solving Charlie (ABC) and Past Life (Fox). Greg is also a staff member with The Broadway Dreams Foundation, a CCM grad and proud member of AEA. Endless love and gratitude to this incredible team, Center Theatre Group, Lookers, teachers and family. More info at gregorykamp.com. SHAYNE KENNON (“Rabbi” Josef Roman Cykowski). Credits include Harmony (Alliance Theatre), Madagascar (European tour), The Rocky Horror Show, Angels the Musical (pre-Broadway workshop), Twelfth Night, One Touch of Venus, The Full Monty (The Boston Conservatory), Rent, 1776 (New Jersey Performing Arts Center), chorus singer with The Boston Pops (Symphony Hall), Ragtime, Cats, Grease and Parade (School of Visual and Performing Arts). Bottomless, flowing gratitude to everyone at BRS Gage, without whom I would still be just another exotic dancer with a heart of gold; eternal love and boundless debt to my indefatigable family, whose unconditional support continues to baffle and comfort me. Merde y’all! LEIGH ANN LARKIN (Mary Hegel). Broadway: A Little Night Music (Petra), Gypsy (Dainty June). National Tours: Disney’s On the Record. Regional Theatre: The Kennedy

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Center’s Ragtime (Evelyn Nesbit), New York City Center’s Gypsy (Dainty June), Williamstown Theatre Festival, Pittsburgh CLO, Pittsburgh Musical Theater, York Theatre. Cast Recordings: A Little Night Music, Gypsy, Disney’s On the Record. Film/TV: The Good Wife, Elementary, Lipstick Jungle, Flight of the Conchords, Remember to Breathe. Many, many thanks to the creative team: Barry, Bruce, Tony, Patrick, John, Mary Ann, JoAnn, Calleri Casting and everyone at Stewart Talent and Untitled Entertainment. For my family. Philippians 4:13. leighannlarkin.com CHAD LINDSEY (Ensemble/ Standartenfuhrer/ Nazi Leader #1/ Understudy for Ezra Kaplan) is an artist based in New York City. He holds a B.A. in music from Valparaiso University. He has danced with modern dance companies, been in a boy band (don’t ask) and held many other strange and lovely jobs. He is an artistic director of Hook & Eye Theater Company (www.hookandeyetheater.com). Recent favorite performances include Harmony at the Alliance, Classic Stage Company’s Midsummer (NYC), Pig Iron Theatre’s Obie Award-winning Chekhov Lizardbrain and Liz Swados’ Kaspar Hauser at The Flea Theater in NYC. Chad’s film credits include It’s Complicated (don’t blink), Girls will be Girls (Sundance), Straight Jacket, Totally Sexy Loser and Caught. On television he has co-starred on Unforgettable (CBS), Blue Bloods (CBS), Royal Pains (USA), The Beautiful Life (CBS), How I Met Your Mother (CBS), One Life to Live (ABC) and many others. LINDSAY MOORE (Ensemble). Credits include Harmony (Alliance Theatre), The Nutty Professor (Tennessee Performing Arts Center), Late Show With David Letterman (“It’s Raining Men” with Martha Wash), On the Town (Paper Mill Playhouse), The Wedding Singer (first national tour), Irving Berlin’s White Christmas (Denver Center Theatre Company). Western Michigan University alumna. Proud member of AEA. Love to my family and friends!

BRANDON O’DELL (Ensemble/Richard Strauss/Albert Einstein/Synagogue Rabbi) is excited to be on the West Coast reprising the role he premiered for the Alliance Theatre’s production of Harmony. He has been performing in and around Atlanta for 17 years. Favorite productions include Alliance Theatre (Into the Woods, The Wizard of Oz, My Fair Lady, Crimes of the Heart), Theatrical Outfit (Huck Finn in Big River), Horizon Theatre (The Watercoolers, The Thing About Men) and The New American Shakespeare Tavern (Matt in The Fantasticks, Hero in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum). He’s also done TV (Drop Dead Diva, The Red Road, Army Wives, Dawson’s Creek, One Tree Hill), film (Stephen King’s The Mist, The Bay, Dangerous Calling) and countless local and national TV commercials. Brandon has a beautiful wife and three incredible children, who he’s probably thinking about while you’re reading this. PATRICK O’NEILL (Ensemble/Border Guard/Nazi Leader #3/Understudy for “Chopin” and Bobby Biberti; Assistant to the Choreographer) is so glad to be back with this Harmony family after spending the summer with them at the Alliance. Broadway: On A Clear Day… with Harry Connick, Jr. Other Favorites: The Nutty Professor, directed by Jerry Lewis, Chicago (national tour), Oklahoma! (national tour), The City Club (Minetta Lane), Bat Boy (Helen Hayes Award nomination), Leonard Bernstein’s Mass (Kennedy Center). Film/TV: The Producers, Across the Universe, The View (twice — once as a giant chicken). Training: Catholic University. Proud member: AEA, IATSE 764. Huge thanks to this incredible Harmony team, especially to Ms. Hunter for the sixth in a string of proud and happy collaborations. CHARLES OSBORNE (Ensemble/ Obersturmfuhrer/Fritz/Nazi Leader #2/ Understudy for Harry Frommerman and Standartenfuhrer) is thrilled to reprise his role with the company of Harmony.

Having recently made his offBroadway debut in Forbidden Broadway: Alive and Kicking, he has had the privilege of performing regionally at the Hollywood Bowl (The Producers, directed by Susan Stroman), on PBS Television (Will Parker in Oklahoma!, directed by Terrence Mann), the Alliance Theatre (Harmony), two full seasons at the St. Louis Muny, and many others. Favorite regional credits include Cabaret (Emcee), What a Glorious Feeling (Gene Kelly), Anything Goes (Billy Crocker). Graduate of North Carolina School of the Arts. Special thanks to Dulcie, family, and CTG. charles-osborne.com. KIM SAVA (Ensemble/Young Woman #1/ Understudy for Ruth Stern). New York: Delores in Cutman: A Boxing Musical, starring Tony nominee Robert Cuccioli (Goodspeed). Regional: Ensemble/Woman on the Train/Ruth understudy in Harmony (The Alliance), Pegeen in Mame, (Goodspeed), Ariel in Footloose (Fireside), Rizzo in Grease (Tuacahn), Alana in The Little Mermaid (Tuacahn), Maria in Man of La Mancha (Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey), Boylan Sister in Annie (The Fulton Opera House), A Christmas Carol (North Shore Music Theatre), The Producers, Jesus Christ Superstar and Les Misérables (Maine State Music Theatre), All Shook Up (Carousel). Thanks to The Mine and to her amazing fiancé, Michael, for all of his love and support! AEA. DAVE SCHOONOVER (Ensemble/Ezra Kaplan/Cantor/ Radio Announcer/ Understudy for “Rabbi”). National Tours: Young Frankenstein (Dr. Frankenstein understudy), Cats (Tugger). Regional: Harmony at the Alliance, Young Frankenstein (Dr. Frankenstein) at Ogunquit Playhouse, Annie (Rooster) at TUTS, Sweeney Todd (Pirelli) at

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Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival, Irving Berlin’s White Christmas (Bob Wallace) at Westchester Broadway Theatre, Pirates! at both the Huntington and the Muny. NYC: Company (Bobby) at Gallery Players, That Other Woman’s Child (Leviticus Numbers) at NYMF. Thanks to The Mine and the Harmony family. BFA University of Wisconsin at Stevens Point. Proud member of Actor’s Equity Association. daveschoonover.com. LAUREN ELAINE TAYLOR (Ensemble/ Marlene Dietrich/ Ingrid/Understudy for Mary Hegel) is thrilled to be returning to Harmony after a wonderful run at the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta. National Tour: Rizzo in Grease. New York: Blossom in Something for the Boys, Nails in Red Hot and Blue. Regional: Esther in Meet Me in St. Louis, Petra in A Little Night Music, White Christmas and Damn Yankees (Paper Mill Playhouse), Sunset Boulevard and The Sound of Music (Ogunquit Playhouse). Lauren is grateful for the unending support of her family and friends. WILL TAYLOR (Erwin “Chopin” Bootz). Broadway: The Producers, A Chorus Line, La Cage Aux Folles, 42nd Street. New York Theatre: The Further Adventures of Hedda Gabler (Exit, Pursued By A Bear), Jason & Ben (New York Musical Theatre Festival), Lovers (Theatre Row) and many developmental workshops at Roundabout Theatre, Vineyard Theatre and Ensemble Studio Theatre. Regional: Harmony (The Alliance Theatre). World Tour Concerts with Kristin Chenoweth (Sydney Opera House, The Greek Theatre, L.A.). Choreographed the premieres of The Legend Of Georgia McBride (Denver Center Theatre), Restoration Comedy (The Flea), Dani Girl (Exit, Pursued By A Bear). Recently wrote and recorded original songs for season two of the series Wallflowers. Film and TV: Sex and the City 2, The Good Wife (“Thicky Trick” singer), Braddock & Jackson. Graduate

of Carnegie Mellon School of Drama. www.willtaylorsite.com. DOUGLAS WILLIAMS (Bobby Biberti). As an operatic bassbaritone, he has appeared in concerts and operas across North America and Europe. Recent opera credits include Tigrane at Opéra de Nice, Dido and Aeneas with the Boston Early Music Festival, the world premiere of Charles Wuorinen’s It Happens Like This at the Guggenheim Museum Theater, Oliver Knussen’s Higglety Pigglety Pop! at the Tanglewood Music Center, and Agrippina with Opera Omaha directed by James Darrah. Engagements this spring and summer include a Carnegie Hall debut as the bass soloist in Mozart’s Requiem with the Masterworks Festival Chorus and Orchestra, new productions of Handel’s Acis and Galatea directed by Mark Morris at Lincoln Center, and Monteverdi’s Orfeo at the Netherlands Opera and Berlin Staatsoper with dancer-choreographer Sasha Waltz. Doug can be heard on the Grammynominated recording of Psyché with the Boston Early Music Festival (2008). He trained at Yale School of Music, New England Conservatory and Shakespeare & Company. BARRY MANILOW (Music) is an internationally known star whose talents and success have reached every facet of entertainment. He has sold 80 million records. Rolling Stone called him “the Showman of our generation.” Manilow is a Grammy, Emmy and Tony Award winner, as well as an Academy Award nominee. His theatrical roots go back to his days in the mailroom at CBS in New York, when at 18, he wrote the entire original score for a musical adaptation of the melodrama The Drunkard. The show ran off-Broadway for eight years. He made his film scoring debut in 1994 with the Warner Bros. animated film Thumbelina, for which he contributed songs written with his Harmony

collaborator Bruce Sussman. His second animated feature, The Pebble and the Penguin (MGM), also featured songs by Manilow and Sussman. Copacabana – The Musical (written with Sussman) played a sold-out run in London’s West End for 18 months, toured the United States and is touring worldwide. Manilow was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2002. He recently finished a sold-out sixweek run in New York at the St. James Theatre. The show, called Manilow on Broadway, received glowing reviews and played to wildly enthusiastic audiences. He considers Harmony the most rewarding creative experience of his career. BRUCE SUSSMAN (Book and Lyrics) is the co-author of more than 200 published and recorded songs written for dozens of artists, films, TV programs and stage musicals. The majority of these projects were written with his collaborator of 40 years, Barry Manilow. For the stage, he co-authored the scores for Ted Tally’s Coming Attractions (Outer Critics Circle Award, Pulitzer Prize nominee) and Wendy Wasserstein’s Miami, both produced off-Broadway by André Bishop at Playwrights Horizons in New York. His songs have been featured in numerous stage revues including The Madwoman of Central Park West, Tuxedos for Hire and the long-running off-Broadway and London productions of Whoop-DeeDoo! (Drama Desk Award, Obie Award). With Mr. Manilow, he wrote the scores for the animated feature films The Pebble and the Penguin, Thumbelina and Disney’s Oliver and Company. He is particularly proud to have written a song with Mr. Manilow for the televised bicentennial celebration of the U.S. Constitution. The song, “Let Freedom Ring,” was later performed at the televised Inaugural Gala for President Bill Clinton. His songs have been featured in more than two dozen feature films and have been recorded by an array of pop, jazz, country and international artists, earning Grammy Awards and multiple Gold and Platinum records.

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TONY SPECIALE (Director) is the founder of Plastic Theatre — conceiving, coauthoring and directing the world premiere of Unnatural Acts: Harvard’s Secret Court of 1920 (Classic Stage Company, 2011 — Drama Desk nominee for Outstanding Play and Outstanding Director; GLAAD Media Award nominee for Outstanding NY Theater: Broadway & Off-Broadway; OffBroadway Alliance Award nominee for Best New Play). Other credits at Classic Stage Company include A Midsummer Night’s Dream featuring Bebe Neuwirth, Christina Ricci and Taylor Mac, Macbeth, Twelfth Night, Romeo and Juliet and The Taming of the Shrew. Tony’s work has been seen at Actors Theatre of Louisville, the Alliance Theatre, The Gym at Judson, Theatre Row, New York Musical Theatre Festival, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, HERE Arts Center and La MaMa. Tony is the former associate artistic director at Classic Stage Company, studied musical theatre at The Boston Conservatory and holds an MFA in Directing from Columbia University. He is also the proud recipient of a Princess Grace Theatre Honorarium. tonyspeciale.com. JoANN M. HUNTER (Choreographer). Harmony at the Alliance Theatre, world premiere of The Nutty Professor, directed by Jerry Lewis (Broadway World, Best Choreography). Broadway: On a Clear Day You Can See Forever, She Loves Me, Broadway Bound, Spring Awakening (associate choreographer), Curtains (associate choreographer),The Wedding Singer (associate choreographer), All Shook Up (associate choreographer). Off-Broadway: Dedalus Lounge, The Twelve (workshop), Drama League Galas honoring Kristen Chenoweth and Angela Lansbury. National Tour: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Oliver for PMP, Curtains for PMP/TUS, Princesses for The 5th Avenue Theatre. Petrouchka for ABT. Her performing credits include 12 Broadway shows: Gloria in Thoroughly

Modern Millie, Suzanne in Thou Shalt Not, Lois/Bianca in Kiss Me, Kate, June and dance captain in Chicago, Vibrata in A Funny Thing Happened…, Hannah in Steel Pier, How to Succeed…, Damn Yankees, Havana Specialist and Mimi in Guys and Dolls, Yvonne in Miss Saigon, Kiku in ShoGun the Musical and Jerome Robbins’ Broadway. She is currently developing an original theatrical piece about a professional football player’s loss of identity and physical freedom through movement. JOHN O’NEILL (Music Director). John is very happy to be a part of the Ahmanson Theatre’s production of Harmony having also worked on the Alliance Theatre’s production in Atlanta. Broadway and offBroadway credits include A Chorus Line, Curtains, Cabaret, Jesus Christ Superstar and Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well… . Regional theatre credits include productions at Paper Mill Playhouse, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Berkshire Theatre Festival and North Carolina Theatre for the Arts. Tours include West Side Story, A Chorus Line, Cabaret (Japan), The Rockettes Spectacular, Grease (Hong Kong) and Forever Plaid in Las Vegas. John has been on the faculty of The Julliard School Drama Division, Rutgers University and CAP21. Published Compositions: Sunshine, a children’s musical based on a Ludwig Bemelmans story. Love and thanks to Jeff and family. TOBIN OST (Set and Costume Design). Broadway credits include Jekyll and Hyde (set and costume design), Disney’s Newsies (Tony nomination, Set Design), Bonnie & Clyde (set and costume design), The Philanthropist (costume design) and Brooklyn the Musical (costume design). OffBroadway: Nightingale (set design), Grace (set design), The Overwhelming (costume design), Zanna Don’t! (coset and costume design), Almost Heaven (costume design) and Fighting Words (set design). Selected Regional: Harmony for Alliance Theatre, Noah Racey’s Pulse and Bonnie & Clyde for Asolo Rep, Emma and Himself and Nora for The Old Globe, The Civil War and Shenandoah for Ford’s Theatre, Home for Williamstown Theatre Festival, and Nightingale and Pippin for the Mark Taper Forum. Current

productions include Violet at Ford’s Theatre and Tappin’ Through Life with Maurice Hines at Arena Stage. Tobin is a graduate of the Yale School of Drama. JEFF CROITER (Lighting Design). Broadway: Newsies, Peter and the Starcatcher (Tony Award), A Time to Kill, Soul Doctor, Jekyll and Hyde, The Anarchist, The Performers, The Peewee Herman Show, Next Fall, Kiki and Herb. Other NYC includes Comedy of Errors and Love’s Labor’s Lost in Central Park; The Last Five Years; Old Jews Telling Jokes; Silence; Love, Loss, and What I Wore; The Madrid; Harper Regan; Meet Vera Stark; Rapture Blister Burn; A Lie of the Mind; Ordinary Days; Streamers; Family Guys Sings; Rufus Wainwright’s Judy Concert at Carnegie Hall; The Voysey Inheritance; The Internationalist; Jacques Brel; Almost Maine; The Dazzle; and Jennifer Muller’s The Works. Regional: Guthrie Theater, Shakespeare Theatre, Dallas Theater Center, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Barrington Stage, McCarter Theatre, Kennedy Center, Old Globe, La Jolla Playhouse, Center Theatre Group, Huntington, Geffen Playhouse, George Street Playhouse, Trinity Rep, Berkshire Theatre Festival, Cincinnati Playhouse, Ford’s Theatre, Goodspeed Opera House and N.Y. Stage and Film. SETH JACKSON (Lighting Design). Seth has designed lighting and scenery for Don Henley, Jason Mraz, Hilary Duff, Melissa Etheridge, American Idol Live, Barry Manilow, Carrie Underwood, Toby Keith, Alice Cooper, Kenny G and countless others. He has twice been awarded the Parnelli Award for Set Designer of the Year in 2007 and 2008, and has received the Illuminating Engineering Society’s Award of Distinction in 1996. As part of the design team for Star Wars In Concert, he was awarded the Redden Award for Excellence in Lighting Design in 2010. In 2012, he designed six productions for the Muny Opera, including Chicago and Dreamgirls, as well as Spamalot and Shrek in the 2013 Season. On Broadway, he is the production designer for Manilow On Broadway. In Las Vegas, Seth served as creative director for Barry Manilow’s

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Music and Passion and is currently the creative director and production designer for Selena Gomez’s Stars Dance World Tour 2013. Seth is member USA829 and is an honors graduate and currently an Assistant Professor of Design at Webster University’s Conservatory of Theatre Arts. www.sethjackson.com JOHN SHIVERS (Sound Design). Broadway: Kinky Boots (2013 Tony Award), Leap of Faith, Bonnie & Clyde, Hugh Jackman Back on Broadway, Sister Act, 9 to 5, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, The Little Mermaid, Tarzan, In My Life and Billy Crystal’s 700 Sundays. Regional: Harmony, The Nutty Professor, Tales of the City, Emma, Robin and the 7 Hoods, Sammy and Ace. Associate credits include worldwide productions of The Lion King, Mary Poppins, The Producers, Hairspray, Aida, Titanic, How to Succeed in Business…’95, Big, The Who’s Tommy, Guys and Dolls and The Buddy Holly Story. Other credits include Savion Glover, Dionne Warwick, Burt Bacharach, Gregory Hines and engineering at Electric Lady Studios. John’s proudest production, however, is his gem of a daughter, Ruby. DAVID PATRIDGE (Sound Design). Broadway: Soul Doctor. Tours: Flashdance, Mamma Mia!, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Broadway Associate: Kinky Boots, Hugh Jackman, Leap Of Faith, Bonnie & Clyde, Sister Act, Come Fly Away, 9 to 5, The Little Mermaid, Mamma Mia!, Tarzan, Cat On A Hot Tin Roof, In My Life. Regional: Harmony, The Nutty Professor, Emma, Robin And The 7 Hoods, Sammy, Ace, Beauty And The Beast, Singin’ In The Rain, Sweeney Todd, Miss Saigon. David is a recipient of the Kevin Kline Award for Best Sound Design for Ace together with John Shivers and is fortunate to be able to continue his long-time collaboration with John on this project. DARREL MALONEY (Projection and Video Design) has designed

for broadcast, concerts, film and theatre. His designs for Broadway include Green Day’s American Idiot (St. James Theatre), A Night with Janis Joplin (Lyceum Theatre) and Everyday Rapture (Roundabout Theatre). Others designs include Checkers (Vineyard Theatre, Drama Desk Nomination), Kung Fu, Golden Child (Signature Theatre), Bikeman (Tribeca Performing Arts Center), Allegiance (Old Globe), Hughie (Shakespeare Theatre), Surf (Planet Hollywood, Las Vegas), Karen O’s Stop the Virgens (St. Ann’s Warehouse and Sydney Opera House), In Masks Outrageous and Austere (Culture Project), Tokio Confidential (Atlantic Stage 2), The Submission (MCC), SCKBSTD (Virginia Stage), The Elephant Man (Minnesota Opera), Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey 144th, as well as lighting and projections for Peer Gynt (La Jolla Playhouse and Kansas City Rep.). Darrel is also the founder of the design and production studio “the 13th” and serves on the faculty of the Yale School of Drama. www.darrelmaloney.com. LESLIE MALITZ (Associate Costume Designer) is excited to be back with Harmony as part of the design team. Leslie designed costumes for Samsung’s product release of the Galaxy S4 at Radio City Music Hall. Other Associate Costume Designer credits include the national tour and Broadway run of Jekyll and Hyde, the Musical and the regional and Broadway run of Bonnie and Clyde the Musical. Some of the other shows Leslie designed costumes for are Angels in America Parts I & II, State Fair, You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown and Alice in Wonderland. She has her MFA in Costume Design and Technology from San Diego State. Little known fact: Leslie worked on the 2004 costumes for the Olympics’ Opening Ceremonies in Athens, Greece. DOUG WALTER (Orchestrator). Equally comfortable on keyboards and woodwinds, Doug has shared the stage with artists as diverse as Smokey Robinson, Wynonna, Lea Salonga, Michael Crawford, Roberta Flack, Cyndi Lauper, Nelly Furtado and Ben Vereen, among many others. As pianist/music director he has worked with Paul Williams, Connie Francis, Sally Kellerman, Suzanne

Somers, Steve Tyrell, Rita Moreno, Michael Feinstein and Carol Burnett. Doug’s orchestrations have been heard regularly for years on The Young and the Restless and The Bold and the Beautiful, as well as in the features The Snow Queen, The Snow Queen’s Revenge and The Ugly Duckling, and in the Disney movies The Muppets, A Muppets Christmas and Muppets Most Wanted. He also conducted his own orchestrations on Daft Punk’s Grammywinning CD Random Access Memories. CALLERI CASTING (James Calleri, Paul Davis, Erica Jensen). Upcoming Broadway: Of Mice and Men, Hedwig and the Angry Inch. Some past Broadway credits: Venus in Fur, 33 Variations, A Raisin in the Sun, Chicago, James Joyce’s The Dead. Off-Broadway: Buyer & Cellar, Murder for Two, Satchmo at the Waldorf, The Hill Town Plays, My Name is Asher Lev, The Revisionist, All in the Timing, Passion, the long– running Fuerza Bruta and Silence! The Musical. Also Rattlestick, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Long Wharf, Keen Co., Playwrights Horizons (10 seasons) TV: Army Wives, Lipstick Jungle, Ed, Hope & Faith and Monk. Film: I Origins (Sundance 2014), Another Earth, That’s What She Said, Merchant Ivory’s The City of Your Final Destination, The White Countess, Lisa Picard is Famous. Awarded 12 Artios Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Casting. Member CSA. CHRISTOPHER BOWSER (Associate Director). Recent Directing: Pyre Cantata a new soul opera (Bushwick Starr), Golden Baby: Good Point! (Ars Nova), Valhalla (Secret Theatre), Invisible Art, a site-specific piece in Williamsburg. Lighting designs at HERE, the New Ohio, Strasburg studio. With director Tony Speciale: Macbeth (CSC), world premiere A Four Letter Word (Nottingham, England). AD: Three Pianos (NYTW) with Rachel Chavkin. BFA: NYU Tisch at Playwrights Horizons Theater School. MARY ANN LAMB (Associate Choreographer) happily returns to the Ahmanson having preformed here in Fosse and Curtains. She is thrilled to be associate choreographer with JoAnn Hunter whom she worked with in Harmony at The Alliance in Atlanta and Oliver at the Paper Mill Playhouse. PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE P 13

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Mary Ann is associate choreographer for The Shape She Makes at the ART Theater in Boston. Performer Credits: 11 Broadway shows, eight Encores! at N.Y. City Center. Film: Chicago, Rock of Ages, In Crowd. LORA K. POWELL (Production Stage Manager). Broadway/NY: Annie Get Your Gun, Chicago, The Life, Annie and The Wizard of Oz at Madison Square Garden. National Tour: Wicked. Los Angeles: The Scottsboro Boys, Backbeat, Seminar and Follies (CTG), Parfumerie (The Wallis), Wicked (also San Francisco), The Producers, The Lion King, Disney’s Aladdin - A Musical Spectacular. Regional: Alliance Theatre: Harmony; Paper Mill Playhouse (five seasons as resident Production Stage Manager). She thanks her parents and her son, Dylan, for their continued love and support. RL CAMPBELL (Stage Manager). Happy to be back at the Ahmanson on this beautiful show! Broadway/ first national tour: Bring It On. OffBroadway: The Choking Game. Regional: Alliance Theatre, Horizon Theatre, Theatre in the Square, Utah Festival Opera, Freddie Hendricks YEA. Ronnie dedicates this and all performances in loving memory of his mother DGBC. Proud member of Actors’ Equity Association. ELLE AGHABALA (Stage Manager) is excited to be a part of this production. New York: Epitaph for George Dillon, The Time of Mendel’s Trouble, The Bubble. National Tours: 2004 Gymnastics Tour, Annie. Las Vegas: Hairspray, Avenue Q, Phantom - The Las Vegas Spectacular, Hans Klok: The Beauty of Magic, Blue Man Group. International City Theatre: The Threepenny Opera, Leading Ladies. Center Theatre Group: Ain’t Misbehavin’, Eclipsed, Palestine, New Mexico, The Wake, An Evening with Sutton Foster, Venice, Circus INcognitus, The Author, The Cripple of Inishmaan, Juan and John, The Method Gun, This, A Raisin in the Sun, November, St. Jude, Uncle Ho to Uncle Sam, as well as numerous readings and workshops. Elle would like to thank her family and friends for their love and support. ALLIANCE THEATRE. Founded in 1968, the Alliance Theatre has become

the leading producing theatre in the Southeast, creating the powerful experience of shared theatre for diverse people. The Alliance values excellence, pursued with integrity and creativity, and achieved through collaboration. Under the leadership of Susan V. Booth, Jennings Hertz Artistic Director, the Alliance received the Regional Theatre Tony Award for excellence in programming, education and community engagement. Known for its artistic standards and role in creating significant works, the Alliance has premiered over 80 original productions. The Acting Program reaches 50,000 students annually through classes and in-school initiatives with programs like the Collision Project for teens and Theatre for the Very Young. The Alliance also nurtures young playwrights through the Alliance/ Kendeda National Graduate Playwriting Competition. www.alliancetheatre.org FOR CENTER THEATRE GROUP MICHAEL RITCHIE (Artistic Director) is in his ninth season as Center Theatre Group’s Artistic Director, and has led over 170 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 39 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 August: Osage County. In addition, Michael inaugurated CTG’s New Play Production Program, designed to

foster the development and production of new work. 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 entertainment-related 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. DOUGLAS C. BAKER (Producing Director) is now in his 24th 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.

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NEEL KELLER (Associate Artistic Director). For CTG Neel has directed the world premieres of Jennifer Haley’s The Nether and Jessica Goldberg’s Good Thing, the American premiere of David Greig’s Pyrenees and the decidedly silly Stones in His Pockets. This season he is directing the premiere of Kimber Lee’s different words for the same thing. As a senior artistic staff member Neel has helped produce a wide range of plays and musicals at CTG, including the world premieres of The Second City’s A Christmas Carol: Twist Your Dickens!, Leap of Faith, Randy Newman’s Harps and Angels, 13, Yellow Face, Poor Behavior, Bones, Of Equal Measure, Minsky’s and Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo. Before joining CTG, Neel served as Artistic Director of Chicago’s Remains Theatre, Associate Artistic Director at La Jolla Playhouse and was on the staffs of Williamstown Theatre

Festival, Lincoln Center Theater, the American National Theatre and Jerome Robbins’ Broadway. 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.

ADDITIONAL STAFF FOR HARMONY COMPANY MANAGER

Kimberly Helms John Raley. . . . . . . . Assistant Scenic Designer Kenneth James Wills . . . . . . Assistant Lighting Designer David Patridge. . . . Assistant Sound Designer Steve Kennedy . . . . . . Sound Design Associate David Horowitz . . . . . . . . . . . Audio Technician Hugh Sweeney. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sound Mixer Lucy Mackinnon. . . . . . . . . . Projection Design Associate Asher Robinson. . . . . Projection Programmer Rick Geyer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wigs and Hair Howard Begun. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Copyist Colin Freeman . . . . . . . . . . . . Rehearsal Pianist Ron Pedley. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rehearsal Pianist Jenna Shively . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Script Intern Ash Nichols . . . . . . . . . . . Production Assistant Marc Hulett . . . . . . Assistant to Barry Manilow ADDITIONAL CASTING

Jody Feldman and Mark B. Simon, CSA CREDITS AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Physical production provided by West End Productions, Inc. Lighting equipment provided by Christie Lites. Audio equipment provided by Masque Sound. Video and projection equipment provided by SenovvA, Inc. Trucking provided by Stage Call. Piano tunings provided

by 88 Keys Piano Service. Original Costumes provided by the Alliance Theatre Company. Additional costumes provided by the Center Theatre Group Costume Shop and additional staff: Lead First Hand — Iris Marshall; First Hands — Lydia Harmon, Stephanie Molstad; Stitchers — Cambria Chichi, Agnes Ingram; Crafts — Camilla Hansen. Original Wigs and Hair by Rick Jarvie. Production photography by Craig Schwartz. SPECIAL THANKS

Max Leventhal, Terry Dwyer and Ray Gin Harmony is based in part on the Comedian Harmonist Archive curated by the late Dr. Peter Czada. ONLINE CenterTheatreGroup.org #Harmony Like us on facebook Center Theatre Group Follow us on Twitter @CTGLA Subscribe on YouTube CTGLA 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).

The Actors and Stage Managers employed in this production are members of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers of the United States. This Theatre operates under an agreement between the League of Resident Theatres and 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. he Director/Choreographer is a T member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, a national theatrical labor union. United Scenic Artists represents the designers and scenic painters for the American theatre. The following employees are represented by the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Moving Picture Machine Operators, Artists and Allied Crafts of the United States, its Territories and Canada, AFL-CIO, CLC: Stage Crew Locals 33; Local Treasurers and Ticket Sellers Local 857; Wardrobe Crew Local 768; Make-up Artists and Hair Stylists Local 706. The Press Agents, Company and House Managers employed in this production are represented by the Association of Theatrical Press Agents and Managers.

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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 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, 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 NIJEUL PORTER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Temporary Program Associate KELLY CHRIST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Communications Coordinator ASHLEY LAMPSON OPSTAD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Project 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) ALANA BEIDELMAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Executive Assistant to Managing Director PATRICK BELL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . General Management Associate EMIKA ABE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Yale School of Drama Fellow 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

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 ERIC SEPPALA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Executive Assistant to the Development Director ERIN SCHLABACH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Major Gifts Coordinator JESSICA THORSON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Corporate Relations Coordinator AL BERMAN, ELIZABETH DELLORUSSO, DAVID GARVER, GINA EAST, LILI HERRERA, TONY LEWELLEN, HOLLY RAMOS, NICOLE SCIPIONE, LENA THOMAS, PAUL VITAGLIANO, 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 SUSAN BARTON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Interim Associate Director of Marketing 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

ANDREW THIELS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Prop Manager MERRIANNE NEDREBERG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Associate Prop Manager SARAH KRAININ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Prop Associate CANDICE CAIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Costume Director BRENT M. BRUIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Costume Workroom Supervisor MADDIE KELLER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . On leave - Costume Generalist WHITNEY OPPENHEIMER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Interim 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

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

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)

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

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

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

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, MAGGIE DODD, NIC DRESSEL, SOFIJA DUTCHER, MARC “BYRON” DROTMAN, SAMANTHA ELSE, AMBER FRIENDLY, LOU GEORGE, KATE HALL, JERRY JOHNSTON, LISA KESSLER, SHEP KOSTER, MATT PELFREY, DONALD RIZZO, KEN SALLEY, KRISTEN SCHRASS, BOBBI LYNNE SCOTT, ANDREW SEVERYN, ANASTASIA SILVA, MICHAEL SMITH, JEFFREY STUBBLEFIELD, QUINN SULLIVAN, DIANE WARD, JIM WATERMAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Representatives INTERNS ABIGAIL BROWN, ANDREW BUENROSTRO, CATHERINE CAMPBELL, SAMANTHA CHAFFIN, JAYNE DUTRA, SYNNOVE ERIKSEN, NADINE FLORES, MERCEDES FRIERSON, ALYSSA GARCIA, TOBY JACOBROWN, JADE JOHNSON, SOFIA LUGO, ANA MENENDEZ, CECILIA MONTES, ERIN NEEL, ERICA OCHOA, LAURA SARDISCO, ERIC ZHAO

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Center Theatre Group | 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 February 3, 2014.) Emerald Circle ($1 million+) Kirk & Anne Douglas Brindell Roberts Gottlieb Laura & James Rosenwald & Orinocco Foundation Eva & Marc Stern Ruby Circle ($500,000+) Jeanette Shammas Sapphire Circle ($250,000+) Anonymous Debra & Norris Bishton Louise & Brad Edgerton Lloyd E. Rigler – Lawrence E. Deutsch Foundation

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Diamond Circle ($100,000+) 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 Renee & Meyer Luskin Alice Mathias Donna McKenna Dale S. & Shideh Miller Olivia & Anthony Neece Timothy A. Regler Deidra Norman Schumann Maggy & Jack Simon Judie Stein and Stein Family Foundation Sue Tsao Sheila & Wally Weisman Misty Widelitz

Artists & Educators Forum ($20,000+)

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 about leadership gifts, please call Erin Schlabach at 213.972.3069. (Donors listed as of February 3, 2014.) 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 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

*Five-year $100,000 commitment. Donors who have made additional gifts to Center Theatre Group’s Endowment or Planned Gifts programs.

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Inner Circle

Frances Flanagan, Inner Circle Chair The Inner Circle is an organization of community leaders who provide outstanding support to Center Theatre Group. CTG also wishes to acknowledge its generous supporters in the Entertainment Circle, who are leaders in the entertainment industry (denoted below with *). In appreciation, members enjoy a host of special benefits, including meet-the-artist receptions, backstage tours, premium theatre seating, and much more. For information, call Donald Jolly at 213.972.3149. (Donors listed as of January 2, 2014.)

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Dido & Aeneas/ Bluebeard’s Castle

Guarantor Circle ($15,000+) Betsy & Harold Applebaum Rob & Joan Blackman Jonna Bollenbacher Lynn Booth Maynard & Linda Brittan Marcy Carsey Susan & Stephen Chandler Morgan & Helen Chu Jay & Donna Gallagher Patricia Glaser & Sam Mudie Annie & Georges Gross Lydia Hao Leonard Hirshan & Family Joyce & Don Kaiserman Kelton Fund/Lenny & David Kelton Darell & Elizabeth Krasnoff Joyce & Kent Kresa Janay & Eugene La Pietra Nahum & Alice Lainer Lee Levin

Doug Little* Carolyn & Kit Lokey The Isabel Foundation Harry & Arlette Lumer Kelly Sutherlin McLeod & Steven B. McLeod Family Foundation Edward & Deena Nahmias Kay & Bob Rehme Michael Ritchie & Kate Burton Melissa L. Rhone Catherine Schreiber & Miles Ruthberg Drs. Joan & Harry Saperstein Rary Simmons George Takei & Brad Takei* Lynda Thomas Roberta & James Vigneau Mr. & Mrs. William M. Wardlaw

Benefactor Circle ($10,000+) Anonymous (2) Robert & Sara Adler William J. Aisley Geraldine & Harold Alden Constance A. Austin G.W. Bailey* Jackie & Howard Banchik Greg Basser & Kiera O’Neill* Shelley & Rick Bayer Laurie Benenson Phyllis M. Berger Carole Black Howard Bragman Rose Marie Browning & Michael Fletcher Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Burdorf Beth Burnam Lou Colen Roberta A. Conroy Dr. & Mrs. Frederic Corbin Eunice & Hal David Ms. Diana Davidow Nancy & Donald de Brier Cástulo de la Rocha & Zoila Escobar Dante Di Loreto Connie Elliot Rhonda C. Evans Dennis L. Field & H. Douglas Galt Polly Fleming Barbara & Peter Fodor Ava & Charles Fries Cindy & Rick Goldman Roslyn & Abner Goldstine Susan A. Grode Timothy G. Hanlon & Anthony Klatt Shirley J. Hess Lorraine & Jesse Hizami Ellen & Tom Hoberman Mary N. Howey

Mr. & Mrs. James L. Hunter James Jennings & Deidre Steine Jacqueline & Marvin Jubas 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 Lucy Labruzzo & Jim Zaniboni David & Tam Lachoff Jennifer & Rodger Landau In Memory of Malcolm Lewis In Loving Memory of Anna Strahlman John Liebes Phillips & Emily Marshall Martin Massman Carol & Douglas Mancino William O. McClure Janis B. McEldowney Betty L. McMicken Margot & Mitch Milias Janice & Bruce Miller Carrie & Ben Mui Sheila Muller Kari L. Nakama Arline M. Nakanishi Chris & Dick Newman/ C & R Newman Family Foundation

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Center Theatre Group | Donor Recognition

for the first time in Los Angeles

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an extraordinary event performed with a 200-member orchestra and choir

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Benefactor Circle (continued) Joan & Fred Nicholas Christine Marie Ofiesh Michael R. Oppenheim Dr. Mary Kay Park Dr. Renee Boblette & Dr. Robert G. Patterson Ann & Donald Petroni Gregory Pickert & Beth Price Jack & Jane Pollock Edward L. Rada Harry E. Rice, M.D. David & Natalie Roberts Barbara & Peter Rosenthal Bruce & Randy Ellen Ross Joyce & Deane Ross Greg Scott Dan Sernett Nina & Steven Sheldon Cheryl A. Shepherd Marcia & David M. Spaid Phyllis J. & Steven F. Spierer

Stanley Iezman & Nancy Stark Eugene & Marilyn Stein Clumeck Stern Schenkelberg & Getzoff Stone Family Judy Stone Lisa A. Sugimoto Donna & John Sussman Anne C. Taubman & David Boyle Peter & Iona Tompkins 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 Marilyn Ziering

Patron Circle ($6,000+) Anonymous (7) Elizabeth Alexander & Daniel Glober Russi Taylor Allwine 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 Susan Baumgarten Fran R. Berger Alan & Marilyn Bergman Dr. Saul Jay & Jan Berman Charles Berney & Family I. Mark Bledstein Family Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Morgan Yvonne Bogdanovich & Family Bill Bohnert Tracey Boldemann-Tatkin & Stan Tatkin Chuck & Karlyn Boppell John Bowab* Paula Brand The Saul Brandman Foundation Geri Brawerman Pamela & J. Garfield Broussard David Burch Beth Burnam Joan & Allan Burns Dr. & Mrs. Ronald Busuttil Dr. & Mrs. George Byrne Andy Cadiff * In Memory of John W. Carner Kristin & Carolyn Carty Paula & Richard Castanon Arthur & Katheryn Chinski

Nicholas Chrisos Mary Coates Dr. & Mrs. Lawrence J. Cohen The Terry L. Cole Family Corbell Family Donald & Zoe Cosgrove Reverend Daniel J. Coyle Nancy Cypert Lee & Janet Dicker Kenneth Donaldson Julia Donoghue Anne M. Dougherty & David B. Dobrikin Bob & Gabrielle Ducsay Ms. Anita H. Dymant & Mr. Richard Drooyan Michael A. Enomoto Joanna Exacoustos Lynda & Al Fadel Alan & Barbara Faiola Larry Field Chris Cookson & Lauren Firestone Pat Fleming Judith R. Forman & Richard N. Weiner 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 Dr. Ellen Smith Graff Beverly & Felix Grossman Lisa Guerin Dana Guerin Lorrie & Richard Gurewitz The Harshberger Family Dr. & Mrs. Chester Hasday Dr. & Mrs. Randy W. Hawkins Hays & Clark Family

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Patron Circle (continued) Betty & Irwin Helford Zvia Hempling Winifred C. Hervey* Phil Hettema Alicia Hirsch & Jesse Russo* Walmilly Foundation Sam Ho, M.D. Elizabeth Hoage Rand Hoffman & Charlotte Robinson Dorothy Hoffman Gail & Stanley Hollander Joan H. Hotchkis Harold Igdaloff Jennifer L. Jackman & John P. Hott Jerry & Ellen Jacobson Carol & Bruce Johnston Mary Quon Jung & Michael Galindo Gary & Denise Kading 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 In Memory of Lynn Kinikin Annette & Dr. Charles Kleeman Sharon L. Kline Bob & Karen Ulman Knapp Ellen & Harvey Knell J. Koenig Vicki & Seth Kogan Norman & Leslie Koplof Thea & Neal Koss 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 Mrs. Gayle Leventhal 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 Barbara & Garry Marshall* Theodore K. Martinez* Melanie McDaniel Dreux & Lynn McNairy M. Wayne Metcalf Barbara & Fred Miller Lee & Ron Miller

Philip & Joan Miller Lawrence A. Mirisch* Patricia Mock & Judson Mock Joanne & Joel Mogy Mary Lou Mooney Diane Morton Patricia W. Mullenbach & Mary Mullenbach Hooper Sylvia & Ron Myrick Robert & Florence Nairin Robert & Sally Neely Deidra Norman Schumann Judy Nussenblatt Margrit and Norman Oberstein Valerie Oishi Gail & Gerald Oppenheimer 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 Dean Madeline Puzo Gail & Gary Rachelefsky Mr. Richard J. Ramirez, Jr.* Paula F. Reach Mr. & Mrs. Boyd C. Reeves Ms. Carlene Ringer Belinda Robins Barbara & Bill Roberts Elaine Binder Robinson William & Sue Roen Lois Rosen Ellen & Mike Rosenberg Jaclyn B. Rosenberg Leonard J. & JoAnn Roth Maggie Russell Dana Saladen Janet Salter in Memory of Maxwell Hillary Salter Faith Annette Sand & Albert Gleaves Cohen In Memory of Honey Sanders Wes Schaefer & Cathy King-Schaefer Eloise Schlesinger & Peggy J. Schlesinger Martin Salvin & Barbara Schneider Peter & Susan Schwab Todd W. Seabold Ruth & Mitchell Shapiro Nina Shaw & Wallace Little* Gloria Sherwood Loretta H. Shine Jan & Carl Siechert Louis & Mary Silver Foundation Stephen & Judith Slagle Shani Smolens & In Memory of Dr. Bernard Smolens Drs. Debra & Philip Sobol Sue & Steve Soldoff Judith & Stan Solomon Betty & Al Spivak Tracy A. Stone Rick & Barbara Sulier

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Mr. & Mrs. Robert D. Volk Susan & William Weintraub Jessica M. Weisel

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Fellow Circle ($3,000+) Anonymous (12), Gay & Harry Abrams/Abrams Artists Agency, Brenda & Alan Abramson, Ilene & Larry Abramson, Florence C. Agcawili, Bertha Aguilar, Dawn Brewer, Andrew Aichlmayr, Ignacio Alfaro, Helen Allan, Dr. O. Allen Alpay, Mr. Domenic Andreone, Carol L. Archie & Edward L. Keenan, Charles Arias, Deanna & Richard Ashby, Suzanne & Bill Attig, Linda A. Ayers, Mr. David Bailey & Mr. Ronald Shalowitz, W. Lee Bailey, M.D., David Baltimore & Alice Huang, Eric & Jasna Baron , Patricia Barry, Ms. Kathy A. Bartkowiak, Barbara Bauer & Lawrence Cox, Dr. Martine Bauwens, Elissa & Sheldon Becker, Bernie Beiser, Bob & Terry Bennett, Beth Bennett & Larry McAdams, Elliot & Roberta Berkowitz, Drs. Jack & Barbara Berman, Ed Bernstein, Bob Besser, Ellen Bienenfeld*, Diane & Kendall Bishop, Nathalie Blossom & Howard Levy, Susan Booth & Christopher Wadden, In Memory of Evilo Bouchey, Alice Desobry Bowens, Lynne Braiman, Paul & Carol Bressan, Sandra Brewer*, Robert Brook & Jackie Kosecoff, Dr. Leon & Rochelle Brooks, Stu Brower, Neil H. & Karen Hochman Brown, Regina & Todd Brown, Anne Bruner & James Bremner, Rick Buche & Vin Reilly*, Todd Michael Buchner, Norman Buckley & Davyd Whaley*, Mr. & Mrs. James Burrows*, John J. Byers, Erica Hiller Carpenter & Kevin E. Carpenter*, Rosemary & Peter Casey*, The Castaldo Family, Deborah Castro & Creative Productions*, Mr. Peter Chapa, The Honorable Judith C. Chirlin, Ruth Choi, Joseph Cochran, Nadege & Jay Conger, Kim & Anthony Cookson, Hon. Candace Cooper, Leah M. Coulter, Christine & Kevin Crombie, Mr. & Mrs. Richard Crook Jr., Robert Cushnir & Perry Lewis, Paula F. Cwikly*, Bill & Ellie D’Elia*, Mr. & Mrs. George DeRoy & Cathy DeRoy, Dr. Allison Diamant, Mike & Jamie DiFiori, Milton L. Dranow & Betty J. Dranow Family Foundation, Nick Dudzak*, Robin C. Dumas, James A. Durant, Dr. & Mrs. William Duxler, Leslie J. Edmonds, Leslie B. Einstein, Earl & Karen Enzer, Lorraine Espinosa Nall, David & Joyce Evans, Carmen & Bob Farmer, Gloria & Morton R. Field, Joseph P. Figlow, Darcy Fleck*, Shirley The only upscale boutique in greater Ford, Laura E. Fox, M.D. & John D. Hofbauer, M.D., Sylvia Fredricks, Lora Fremont, Sharon & Elliott T. Friedman, Los Angeles for women size 12 and up. Rosalie Friis-Ross, Ellen Fujikawa, Tomas Fuller & William Kelly, Suzanne & Howard Furst, Elizabeth Gans, Donna From comfortable to casual or dressy— Garber, Robin & Leonard R. 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Lawrence, Michael A. & Mattie Lawson, Eleanor & Nathan Leanse, Ron & Pat Lebel, Bob Leibowitz, M.D., Charlotte P. Levine, Pam, Amanda, Lianna & Eddie, Marla E. Levine*, Carrie & Mark Levinson & Emily, Lauren & Max, Lydia & Chuck Levy, Michael D. Lewis, Mae & Hugh Lichtig, Barbara K. Lilly, Lisa Hinchliffe & Dave Link, Herbert Linville, Marilyn & Tom Lippiatt, Dennis & Holli Lipton, Philip LoGiudice, M.D., Mr. & Mrs. Mark S. Louchheim, Alan & Irene Lund, Michael S. Lurey & Laurie Hasencamp, Anita & Steve Layton, E&B Natural Resources, Roger & Julie Mairs, Daniel & Jeremy Burton, Ginny Mancini, Janice E. Mangerino, Jean Marcon, Dorrie & Paul Markovits, M. Michele Martin, Susan D. Martynec, Laura & Jim Maslon, Amy & Harold Masor, James A. Zapp & Elizabeth A. McGlynn, Jerry & Tami McHarg, Gordon & Dale McWilliams, Robert L. Mendow, Marcy Milan, Neal S. Millard, Carolyn Miller, Marshall & Gretchen Milligan, Steven Modglin, Joan I. Moe, Sue & Monty Mohrman, Mildred M. Moon, Louise Moriarty, Toni Hollander-Morse & Lon Morse, Loula Moschonas & James Edgerton, Wendy A. Moss, Richard Newcome, Marianne & Michael Newman, Patty & John Nickoll, Marc I. Nishino, D.D.S., Bob & Renee Nunn, Dale & Ayako Okuno, Janie & Allan Orenstein, Edward & Mary Rose Ortega, Tye Ouzounian & Karyn Wong, Christina Owen & Marvin Isaacson, Jennifer N. Owens & Jay T. Ornellas, John Paley, Thomas Payne, Helen Pekny, Ken Perry, Cynthia Ann Petty, Carol Phillips & Bob Shapiro, P. Joseph Piazza, Polinger-Cohen Foundation, Sheila Poncher, Patty & Mike Post*, Eleanor Pott, Shelley Powsner & Stephen Skrovan*, Cheryl & Joel Prell, Gamward C. Quan, Don Foster & Erin Quigley*, F. Ronald & Deborah Rader, James H. Radin, Dr. Gary Ramelli, Lee Ramer, Rollin A. Ransom & Chris Lacroix, Dudley Rauch, Michael in Reisz, James & Melanie Renfroe*, Dr. Marguerite Renner, Ellen & Irwin Rennert, Rona Cele Resnick, Mrs. Mark A. Resnik, Susan & Walter Reutimann, The Reynolds Family, Brian Reznick & Alison Prior, Mrs. Judy Richman, Ms. Woodie R. Rogers, Jaye Rogovin, Bingo & Gino Roncelli, Fred & Suzie Rose, Julie A. Rosser, Jennifer & Matthew Rowland, Phyllis Rubel, Joel, Kai & Piper Saken, June & Samuel Sale, John Salter, Harvey Saltz & Carmen Carrillo, Olga Samuel-Alderson, Nancy & Ted Sanborn, Francine E. Sanders, Gail Sandford & Beatrice Castillo, Linda & Jay Sandrich*, Stephen J. Sass & Steven Hochstadt, June Sanders Sattler, Marlene & Roger Schaffner, From Darlene in Memory of Harry Schultz, Jackie & Charles H. Schwartz, Joan & Arnold Seidel, Robert & Cathy Sevell, Scott Shagrin, James & Alexis Sheehy , The Sheldon Family, Livia S. Shemansky, Linda M. Sherman, Howard & Stephanie Sherwood, Mrs. Mary Louise Shnier, Steven E. Shulem, Mike & Charlene Sievers, Keong Sim*, Dr. & Mrs. Vahe H. Simonian, Kurt & Keli Skarin, Deborah E. Small, M.D., Ellen Donaldson, Diane Sherman Smith, Mr. & Mrs. Randy Snyder, Mr. & Mrs. Richard Sobelle, Kathleen Spearman, Melvin Spears, Jacque & Herb Spivak, Allen & Arleen Steiner, Mrs. Barbara Stern, Mr. James C. Stewart, Susan R. Stockel, Ellen & Steve Sugerman, Sullivan & Hargreaves Court Reporters, Mr. & Mrs. Mitchell Sussman, Robin & David Swartz, Dr. Allan & Roslyn Holt Swartz, NATE HOLDEN PERFORMING ARTS CENTER Rosalie Swedlin & Robert Cort*, Elayne & Thomas Techentin, Peter & Mary Tennyson, Cliff Teston & Todd Dickey, 4718 W. Washington Blvd. Sandra Tufts, Roberta Turkat, Ms. Andrea Valcourt, Tebby & Kathryn Wafer, Dr. & Mrs. Daniel Wallace, Bunny Wallach, Hope Landis Warner, Wendie Warwick & Ken Pierce, John & Charlene Wasilczyk, Seymour Waterman & Los Angeles, CA 90016 Family , Dean E. Weichel, Norman & Barbara Weiler, Winifred P. & William Weisinger, Pat West, Carol S. 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Advocate Circle ($2,000)

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Anonymous (3), Matthew Adler & Greg Weinberg, Davis Alexander, Liz & Lou Altman, Elizabeth Bawden, Mr. & Mrs. Steven B. Bergjans, Jamie & Joel Berman, Mr. & Mrs. John Bettfreund, Rochelle Wilson Blank & William Hellman, Mrs. Lois Bock, James & Lauren Briggs, Willie & Charlene Brownlee, Laura Calderone, Thomas J. Carmichael, Jean & Ray Cassetta, Mrs. Joseph Cerrell, Eric Chien, Maria & Brenton Chinn, Don & Claudine DeFazio, Gerald & Sandra Dorfman, Ellen Eubanks, Ronald & Sandra Fein, Roland & Joy Feuer, Lesley & Kenneth Geiger, The Gelfand Family, Jeanne K. Gerson, The Gold Family, Neal Goldman & Kate Harrington, Myles & Barbara Goodson, Rhonda & Stanley Green, Tom & Claudia Grzywacz, Philip & Kyoko Handler, Don Herman, Dr. Karen Hill Scott, Jody L. Isenberg, Hal & Agnes Jackson, Roz & Jerry J. Joseph, Albert & Marjorie Kelly, Paul & Sharon Kleiter, Gaylen Kobayashi, Bob & Karen Kushell, Anne & Michael Landsburg, Julie Lawrence, Julia & Anthony Lewinter, Linden Optometry, Doris Luster, Suzanne J. Marks, Sharon Matsumoto & Ron Rose, Bill Meyenberg & Doug Loewy, Jack Needleman, Isabel Friend Newman, Linda Nussbaum & Lawrence Ross, Thomas Patrick, Mary Phillips, Paulene Popek, Erwin “Sonny� & Jean Raffle, Tracy L. Ramont, Charles Reinhart, Tim Reynolds, M.D., Tom & Gerry Rische, Lauren Ross, Rabbi & Mrs. Moshe Rothblum, Anna J. Rundle, Lee Anne & David Sanderson, Ruth Silveira, Harlean & Joseph Silverman, David Snow, Nancy Horii, Diane & James Staes, Tom & Kerstin Stempel, Maria Straith, Jayashree & Jeff Sung, Ellen Tam, Sheila & Lawrence Teplin, Paulette Toumazos & Michael Lorenz, J. R. Vincent, Alan Wilson & Ina Coleman, Jill Wondries, Dr. Merilynn Yamada

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Associate Circle ($1,000) Anonymous (29), Josefina Aaronson, M.D., Michael & Susan Abeles, Cynthia Abrams, Amy & Bob Abramson, Dr. Gladi Adams, Robert W. Adams, M.D., Jennifer & Brad Agens, Andrew Agle, James & Marsha Alexander, Patricia K. Allen, Allysha Almada, Merryl & David A. Alpert, Lynn K. Altman, Mrs. Nora Amrani & Mr. Israel Amrani, Mr. Irving H. Anderson*, Paula & Douglas Anderson, Milt & Anne Andres, Dr. & Mrs. Joseph E. Anthony, Amy Aquino & Drew McCoy*, Paula & Don Arii, James Armitage, Art Works Hollywood, Inc.*, Rich & Annette Atwood, Maggie Austin Moir*, Audrey L. Bahr, Deborah G. Baine, David Baird, Carol Ann & D.C. Bakeman, Barry M. Baker, Shelly Baker, Corinne Baldassano*, Dr. Stewart & Eileen Balikov, Jill Banks Barad, Lynn G. Barancik, Gregory & Melanie Barbee, John & Carol Barcal, Pat Barkley, Howard A. Barmazel, Mrs. Jericho Poppler & Dr. Greg Bartlow, Ginger G. Bauer, Chris & Rose Bauss, Judy & Chuck Beck, John & Linda Belsito, Frederic & Linnea Benning, Delores & Roger Berg, Jeffrey & Susan Berman, Peter & Helen Bing, Leah M. Bishop & Gary M. Yale, In Memory of Sy & Maxine Gomberg, Michael & Patty Blakely, Louise Blanchard, Marjorie Blatt, Cheryl Bledin, David & Vivian Block, Richard & Patricia Bongeorno, Harriet Rossetto & Rabbi Mark Borovitz, Linda Bradley, Dr. Grace Emery Brandt, Kim Brant-Lucich & Tony Lucich, Marti Breier, Ronda & Stanley Breitbard, Devra Breslow, Bill & Susan Brewer, Henry Brown, L.D. Brucker, D.D.S. & Shirley White, Dr. Lisa Bukaty & Mr. Raymond M. Bukaty, Ward & Mari Bukofsky, Carola & Allen Bundy, Constance Burg, Lore & Thomas Burger, Jan Burnett, Linda Stafford Burrows, Daniel R. Burschinger, M.D., Robert & Angie Butler, Mike & Sandy Buttitta, Allen B. Cagle, M.D., Christine Cahill, Richard & Norma Camp, Marla S. Campagna, Lynne Campbell, Vickie Camper, Cathy Paul, Kelly Cantley & Kevin Kashima*, Carol & Ken Carlson, Melinda Carmichael, Joseph A. Carter, Sandra L. Carter, Veronica Cartwright*, Marc Castagnola, Carolyn Castillo, Don & Ellen Castleman, James Castranova, Kathryn Cencirulo, Ling Chan, Catherine & Anthony Chanin, Dorothy Mae Chapple, Rita Chenoweth, Tim Cherry, Mrs. James L. Chew, Mr. & Mrs. Melvin Chin, Linda & Doug Clarke, Becky & Mike Clements, Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Clemmer, Timothy Cline Insurance, Ms. Jean F. Cohen, Dr. Melvin S. Cohen,

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bach’s birthday Iconic violinist Jaime Laredo and his studentturned-star, Jennifer Koh team up for two double concertos. The first is by Bach and the second, Anna Clyne’s Prince of Clouds, is a Baroque-style concerto inspired by Laredo and Koh’s artistic family tree. sat mar 22 @ 8 pm

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James Feddeck conductor Jaime Laredo violin Jennifer Koh violin Mendelssohn “The Fair Melusina” Overture Anna Clyne Prince of Clouds Bach Concerto in D minor for Two Violins Schubert Symphony No. 3 in D major after-party — you’re invited! Join us for free drinks and appetizers.

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Planned Gifts Center Theatre Group is grateful to these donors, whose irrecovable deferred estate gifts to CTG’s endowment ensure the organization’s financial wellbeing for generations to come. $1,000,000+ Richard & Julie Kagan Martin Massman Betty McMicken in honor of Jeanette Shammas Diane & Leon Morton Carol Vernon & Robert Turbin $500,000+ Mary Levin Cutler Virginia Hayes Ann & Stephen F. Hinchliffe, Jr. Merle & Peter Mullin Magda & Frederick R. Waingrow $250,000+ Patricia Glaser & Sam Mudie Edward L. Rada Susan & William Weintraub

$100,000+ W. Lee Bailey, M.D. Angela Bardowell Allan & Joan Burns Sandra Krause & William Fitzgerald Deborah M. Hyde Sarah & Andy Kane Dr. & Mrs. Jack Kavanaugh The Paul Kowal Charitable Foundation Darell L. Krasnoff Joyce & Kent Kresa $50,000+ Pamela & Dennis Beck The Moira Byrne Foster Foundation Mr. Kim L. Hunter Sally & Frank Raab $25,000+ Charles Dillingham & Susan D. Clines

Endowment Gifts These gifts ensure a stable source of support for new work and CTG’s many initiatives to make theatre accessible to underserved audiences. $500,000+ Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Renee & Meyer Luskin John S. Surabian, Jr. and in memory of Faith and Sharon Ann Surabian $250,000+ The Norman and Sadie Lee Foundation $100,000+ Betsy & Harold Applebaum Judith & Thomas Beckmen The Sheri and Les Biller Family Foundation Kenneth Corday Center Theatre Group Affiliates Regina Fadiman Barbara & Peter Fodor Ava & Charles Fries Brindell & Milton Gottlieb

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 Dorothy & Richard Sherwood $25,000+ Abbott Brown Linda Brown Greve Foundation Dr. Tom Hickey Diane & Leon Morton $10,000+ A and J Davidson Skipper Award Fund Levine Foundation Carolyn & Kit Lokey Betty & Sanford Sigoloff

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Five virtuosos face-off in a fun-filled display of one-upmanship on the Ruby (1708), Leonora Jackson (1714), Titian (1715), Milstein (1716) and Beechback (1720) Strads. Program includes: Ravel Pièce en Forme de Habanera Piazzolla Oblivion & Libertango Bartók Romanian Folk Dances

Featuring Margaret Batjer, Chee-Yun, Cho-Liang Lin, Philippe Quint & Xiang Yu with Jeffrey Kahane (piano) and Nico Abondolo (bass) in acrobatic solos, duets, trios and quartets. Part of Strad Fest LA , LACO’s celebration of luthier Antonio Stradivari’s 370th birthday

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Center Theatre Group Affiliates 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. PRESIDENT

Diane Neubauer EXECUTIVE BOARD Alice Desobry Bowens Anne Bruner Ruth Flinkman-Marandy Joanne Freed Ava O. Fries* Linda Goldman Beverly Haas Diane Kessler* Diane Lesser Jerri Nagelberg

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MEMBERS Helen Abbott Gail Ann Andrews Arthe P. Anthony Shirley Rae Ashkenas Sandy Avchen Janet Barnet* Mimi Barry Sue Bass Judith Beckmen* Marjorie Ann Beradino Lanie Bernhard Lestrita Boardman Roanna Araneta Brown Elnora Guerrero Campos Wilma Glenn Chappelle Marlene Theresa Charbonnet Barbara Mansfield Cheyne* Beverly Cohn Mary Levin Cutler Jean Crawford Donald* Babe Eagle Ilene J. Eisenberg Gloria H. Ellwood* Lynda Wolfson Fadel Stephanie Fisher-White Carole A. Gillie Linda Goldfein Vicky Goodman Debra Gordon Brindell Roberts Gottlieb Joan Greiff Roberta Haft* Carol Halperin Christine Harte Stephanie Hibler Audrey Jessup Sondra Jolles Diane Papo Kaplan* Tobé Karns

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INTERNATIONAL CURTAIN CALL 2014 Deluxe Opera & Music Tours 2014 European Music Festival Tours VIENNA WAGNER RING (June 17 – 30, 2014) Jeffrey Tate-Sevn Eric Bechtolf WAGNER'S DER RING DES NIBELUNGEN– CYCLE. featuring Nina Stemme- Brünnhilde, GunBrit Barkmin- Sieglinde; Tom KoniecznyWotan; Lance Ryan- Siegmund; Stephan Gould- Siegfried, Eric Owens- Alberich. PLUS: Ariadne Auf Naxos (Magee, Schäfer; Klaus-Florien Vogt); Tosca (Urmana; Giordano, Hampson); Janacek's Cunning Little Vixen; and Die Fledermaus. 5-Star Deluxe Hotel Grand-Vienna. Selected Sightseeing & Meals At Leading Vienna Restaurants •••••••••••••••• BERLIN & DRESDEN (June 2 – 17, 2014) BERLIN– Don Giovanni; Carmen; Maria Stuarda; Billy Budd; Prokofiev' Romeo and Juliette Ballet; PLUS Staatskapelle Concert- Mahler Lieder and Mahler's 1st Symphony (Berlin Philharmonic Theater). DRESDEN– Così Fan Tutte; Turandot; Simon Boccanegra; and Barber Of Seville. 5-Star Deluxe Hotels: Kempinski BristolBerlin. and Taschenbergpalais- Dresden. Selected Sightseeing & Meals At Leading Restaurants ••••••••••••••• MUNICH OPERA FESTIVAL (June 29 – July 9, 2014) Macbeth (Netrebko; Keenlyside, Calleja); Frau Ohne Schatten (Pieczonka, Polaski; Botha); La Traviata (Damrau; Calleja, Keenlyside); Guillaume Tell (Poplavskaya; Volle); Der Fliegende Holländer (Pieczonka; Held, König); and Festival Chamber Concert-Lazart Quartet (Beethoven and Bartok String Quartets). 5-Star Deluxe Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten. Selected Sightseeing & Meals At Leading Munich Restaurants •••••••••••••••• MILAN & VERONA (July 8 – 20, 2014) MILAN La Scala– Così Fan Tutte (Dragojevic, Bengtsson; Plachetka, Sonn); Le Comte Ory (Kurzak; Flòrez, Tagliavini). VERONA Arena– Aida; Carmen; Ballo In Maschera; Turandot; PLUS Special Placido Domingo Verdi Concert Gala. 5-Star Deluxe Hotels: Palace- Milan, Due Torri- Verona. Selected Sightseeing & Meals At Leading Restaurants ••••••••••••••• ROYAL OPERA- GLYNDEBOURNE & EDINBURGH TOURS To Be Announced LIMITED SPACE AVAILABLE Contact International Curtain Call 3313 Patricia Ave. – Los Angeles, CA 90064 Ph: (310) 204-4934; (800) 669-9070 E-Mail: Icctours1@aol.com www.IccOperaTours.com

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THE MUSIC CENTER 2013-2014 BOARD OF DIRECTORS OFFICERS

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