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from the Producing director

WELCOME TO THE GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE

Years ago, when we began our working relationship with neil labute, we were unsure how audiences would react to his stark and often dark portrayals of humankind. it turned out that his voice was exactly what our audiences had been seeking. Fat Pig extended to sold-out audiences and we began one of the most rewarding relationships with an artist that we have had to date. although he examines some of the more horrific aspects of people’s proclivities toward nastiness, he does so with an honesty and humor that is inevitably engrossing. in addition to Fat Pig we have seen this with Some Girl(s), Wrecks and now with this world premiere, The Break of Noon.

this play is a labor of love for many reasons. First, we are thrilled to have Jo bonney back at the geffen after her exemplary direction of Fat Pig. in addition, we are pleased to be co-producing The Break of Noon with labute’s east Coast theater home, MCC. For us, the idea of being able to participate in the process of a new play by producing it in direct succession has become a major component of our new play development. in this way, the playwright and director are able to go back to work on a new play after seeing it grow as they only can in production. the lessons learned in the first staging of a new play are invaluable tools to the further growth of a piece.

it must be said that bonney and labute have once again assembled a stellar cast and design team. the ensemble includes kevin anderson, tracee Chimo, Catherine Dent and John earl Jelks. this complicated and emotional piece requires each of these actors to exercise the breadth of their talent and they have done so in spades. add to this the environment created by neil patel (set designer), emilio sosa (costume designer), David weiner (lighting designer), Darron l west (sound designer) and Justin ellington (composer) for a production that hovers somewhere between our coldest realities and our most ethereal ideals.

i have often said that one of our primary missions here at the geffen is to create a home for artists. neil labute and Jo bonney have happily made the geffen just that, and we are so pleased to welcome them back.

see you at the theater,

Gilbert Cates Producing Director

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happY new Year anD welCoMe to neil labute’s The Break oF NooN, our first play of the new year. Mr. labute is a dear friend of the geffen playhouse and it is my pleasure to welcome him back.

as we begin 2011, i’d like to take a moment to talk about our work in the community and the incredible growth in our education and outreach programs. we continue to work with low-income and underserved students, and thanks to the leadership of our board member, susan Mallory, we recently began working with veterans through a new partnership with new Directions, a non-profit organization that provides comprehensive services and support to thousands of veterans across los angeles County. through our Create program, these veterans have been encouraged and inspired by the work on our stage and by the connections they’ve made with our staff and with one another. in addition to our work with veterans, we have teamed up with urban possibilities to create a special outreach program. our alliance affords us the rare opportunity to expose at-risk men and women to world-class performances as part of the geffen family – an opportunity most would never receive. thank you for your continued support in helping us to provide hope and inspiration to those who need it most.

one of the ways you can help fund these and other education and outreach programs is by supporting our annual backstage at the geffen gala. please save the date - May 2, 2011 for this wonderful evening celebrating our art and supporting our education and outreach programs. this year we’re honoring Julie andrews and Caa, and it’s sure to be a wonderful evening. it’s truly my favorite event of the year and i will look forward to seeing you there. For more information on this event and how to support these programs, please call regina Miller at (310) 208-6500 ext. 112.

on behalf of the entire geffen playhouse staff we wish you a very happy new year. now sit back, relax and enjoy The Break of Noon.

respectfully yours,

Frank G. Mancuso Chairman, Geffen Playhouse

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PUTTING ‘FAITH’ INTO NEW PlaYSbY amY leVinSon

the geFFen has Faith in new work as witnessed this passed year with the announcement of nine premieres (five world and four west Coast). but more than faith is required for new play development; additional time, space and resources must be part of the process. enter the audrey skirball kenis theater. the geffen playhouse’s 2005 renovation launched with a series of questions posed to the theater’s stakeholders. what if you could dream big and have anything you wanted — a larger fly gallery, expanded wing space, acoustic excellence . . .the list goes on and on. on the top of everyone’s list was a second theater: a space for new play development where scripts could be workshopped for future productions. there would be

a focus on the experimental, giving the theater room to explore other forms and styles of theater. From this part of the collective dream, the audrey skirball kenis theater was born.

here are some facts that you may not know about the stunning space right next door. the floor, with removable pallets throughout, is a perfect footprint of the gil Cates theater stage. the concept allows for rehearsals in a space identical (at least in dimensions) to the stage space in the larger theater. the theater’s elegant design was based on the famous piccolo teatro in italy, an idea spearheaded by geffen playhouse production Manager Dan ionazzi. Further, the theater was envisioned as a set designer’s dream with complete

flexibility in audience configuration that has already lead to performances in thrust, proscenium and tennis court seating with audience on opposite sides of the playing area. these are the so-called ‘nuts and bolts’ of the design, but what would this theater represent in relation to its larger counterpart?

now, five years into its renovated home, there has been extraordinary work emanating from within the audrey, as it’s affectionately called. rick Cleveland’s my Buddy Bill was the inaugural show, followed by works that included three neil labute plays, a commissioned world premiere by Jane anderson, the acclaimed musical Louis and keely, and most recently nora ephron and Delia ephron’s Love, Loss, and What i Wore. as with the gil Cates theater, the plays have run the gamut in terms of theme and scope. some cabaret, such as alan Cumming’s i Bought a Blue Car Today, and some far more interior and intimate such as Wrecks, which featured a very up-close ed harris. this is a place where diverse artists can find a creative home.

artistic needs and processes vary greatly from writer to writer; often, their creative needs are as different as the plays they write. in the case of Donald Margulies, it often means that he will close himself up in his office and write until he has material that he needs to hear read by actors. often times the initial ‘draft’ that Margulies delivers is nothing more than a series of non-sequential scenes that he needs to break open. Jane anderson, a twice geffen-commissioned writer, prefers to have a dramaturg or director read an early version and hammer things out prior to a first reading. after this initial meeting, she will go back into the room (where ultimately all writers must return) and write a new draft. our esteemed playwright of the evening, neil labute, shows up with a finished play ready to

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“the whole iDea oF Faith is interesting to Me, anD i know i’ll write a plaY about Faith soMetiMe.”

— neil labute in interview for February 2008 production of Some Girl(s) in the audrey skirball kenis theater

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go into production. he then rewrites like mad during the rehearsal process, as do anderson and Margulies, but his most aggressive rewrites seem to occur inside the production calendar. in fact, the work you are seeing tonight is undoubtedly different than the version of this play that our co-producers, MCC theater, did in new York less than two months ago. with that said, neil can also ruminate on an idea for years. when he directed his play Some Girl(s) in the audrey he discussed his relationship to faith — a relationship that would serve as one of the central ideas in The Break of Noon. he said in an interview, “the whole idea of faith is interesting to me, and i know i’ll write a play about it sometime. You can’t put your finger on it, it’s such a crazy notion that we rest so much of our lives on something we can’t tangibly touch. but we so want to, we want some evidence, show me a sign. and you’ll wait for years for that sign, and when it doesn’t come, can you still have faith?” sometimes the seeds are planted for these plays when writers least expect it.

as you can glean, no two writers are the same, no two processes are the same and, thankfully, no two plays are the same. the audrey was created with these artistic idiosyncrasies in mind. the space requires intimacy for readings but capacity and grandeur for full-scale production.

Just as theaters put faith into new playwrights, we must also put faith in the audience. a living, breathing artistic endeavor cannot be created in a vacuum. plays require an audience in order to become theater. what can be learned from those watching a play is invaluable to the writing process. nothing speaks volumes like the rustling of audience members to indicate boredom, or the profound silences suggesting rapt attention. after weeks of rehearsal and tech, nothing buoys tired actors and nervous playwrights

like the first peals of laughter from a crowd. these invaluable reactions are the tools that artists need to hone their craft, and so when the geffen speaks of a home base for writers, the patrons are an essential part of that home — the family who tells it like it is, as it were.

the geffen playhouse’s mission includes a dedication to expanding the canon of dramatic literature. apart from being a fundamental part of the geffen’s artistic mission though, it is one of the greatest joys of working in professional theater. to choose a writer to commission a play from an idea that doesn’t exist yet and then to invest in that play time, money, and faith is incredibly rewarding. thus far, the geffen playhouse has helped bring to fruition Donald Margulies’ tony award nominated Time Stands Still, Jane anderson’s acclaimed The Quality of Life and is currently in process on Jane anderson’s The escort (which opens in april of this year).

as we delve into 2011, there is no doubt this space is already serving one of its primary purposes. the announced season in the audrey included the west Coast premiere of Love, Loss, and What i Wore, the world premiere of Dick Van Dyke — Step in Time! — a

musical memoir, the world premiere of David wiener’s extraordinary Chambers and the second production of the new play, in mother Words. although Step in Time was unable to open due to an injury suffered by Mr. van Dyke, it is a testament to the space that this is where he felt at home enough to share his story. with in mother Words, originally read by a small group of actors in the spring of 2009, the audrey is giving life to a whole new set of stories – personal yet universal tales about motherhood. in the spring, the audrey will give extraordinary Chambers the opportunity to envelop audiences with a beautiful tale of how two couples cope with the consequences of the past and the opportunities of the future. giving voices to these stories – and ultimately the artists who create them – is precisely why the audrey was built. while it’s likely that neil labute will want to return to the audrey, a space he loves to work in, we are thrilled to finally have a play of his on the gil Cates stage.

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subscriptions to and more informationon audrey shows are availableat geffenplayhouse.com/Audrey

opening night: february 2, 2011

THE GEFFEN PLAYHOUSEand

MCC THEATER Robert LuPone and Bernard Telsey artistiC DireCtors • William Cantler assoCiate artistiC DireCtor

Blake West exeCutive DireCtor

PreSent

Directed by Jo Bonney

written by Neil LaBute

Dialect CoachesStephen Gabis and Paul Wagar

wig DesignJ. Jared Janas and Rob Greene

scenic DesignNeil Patel

Costumes byESosa

lighting DesignDavid Weiner

sound Design Darron L West

original Music Justin Ellington

Fight Choreographer Bo Foxworth

special effects Matthew Holtzclaw

production stage Manager Christina Lowe

assistant stage Manager Jennifer Brienen

Casting Telsey + Company

los angeles Casting Phyllis Schuringa

o P e n i n g n i g h t S P o n S o r e d b Y :

Gilbert Cates proDuCing DireCtor Randall Arney artistiC DireCtor Ken Novice Managing DireCtor


Presenting Sponsor

recipient of an “edgerton Foundation new american plays” award

CAST oF CHARACTERS

John smith ................................................................................................................. Kevin Anderson

Jenny/gigi ................................................................................................................. Tracee Chimo

ginger/Jesse ............................................................................................................ Catherine Dent

lawyer/Detective ................................................................................................... John Earl Jelks

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the geffen playhouse is supported, in part, by the los angeles County board of supervisors through the los angeles County arts Commission.

this project was also funded in part by the Department of Cultural affairs, City of los angeles.

the geffen playhouse, a non-profit theater company, is proudly affiliated with the university of California at los angeles.

KEViN ANDERSoN(John smith) kevin anderson just returned from london’s west end and Dublin as andy Dufresne in the new stage adaptation of The Shawshank redemption. an ensemble member since 1984, other plays at steppenwolf include the recent Detroit, i Never Sang for my Father, our Town, Three Sisters, earthly Possessions and orphans, which took him to new York (theatre world award), london’s west end and eventually the movie with albert Finney. other Chicago credits include a Guide for the Perplexed (victory gardens); Pal Joey and Death of a Salesman (the goodman); among others. broadway and off-broadway include Come Back Little Sheba (outer Critics nomination), Death of a Salesman (outer Critics and Drama Desk awards, tony® nomination), the musical Brooklyn, orpheus Descending, moonchildren, Brilliant Traces, The red address, Speaking in Tongues and Summer and Smoke. other london theatre credits include the original Joe gillis in Sunset Boulevard and Dinner with Friends. some of his films include Charlotte’s Web, miles from home, in Country, Sleeping with the enemy, Liebestraum, hoffa, The Night We Never met, rising Sun, Firelight, a Thousand acres, eye of God, Doe Boy and the new al pacino docu-drama Wilde Salome. Cable films include orpheus Descending, The Wrong man, hunt for the unicorn killer, ruby’s Bucket of Blood, monday Night mayhem and Power and Beauty. he starred in the tv series Nothing Sacred, which earned him a golden globe nomination.

TRACEE CHiMo (Jenny/gigi)tracee Chimo was last seen at second stage as regan in Bachelorette. broadway: irena’s Vow. off-broadway: Circle mirror Transformation (lucille lortel nom. for outstanding Featured actress, obie and Drama Desk awards for outstanding ensemble performance). regional: sundance ’08, humana Festival/actors theatre of louisville, Cleveland play house and philadelphia theatre Company. tv: guest star in the Fx series Louie and Guiding Light. Film: evening, What Would Jesus Do?, Daughters of Liberty and Wasted Time. last year tracee was honored by actress Marian seldes and the o’neill studio, where she studied, with the eugene o’neill award for her work in irena’s Vow.

CATHERiNE DENT(ginger/Jesse)Catherine Dent made her film debut as paul newman’s daughter-in-law in Nobody’s Fool. other feature film roles include auto Focus, The majestic, The replicant, Someone Like You, 21 Grams and the upcoming Carjacked. best known for the seven seasons she played officer Danny sofer on the award-winning Fx series The Shield, she also starred in the award-winning spielberg miniseries Taken. numerous other television credits include The Sopranos, Law & order: SVu, Frasier, CSi, The X-Files, Grey’s anatomy, Lie to me and most recently Law & order: La, The Closer and NCiS to name only a few. broadway: uncle Vanya. regional theatre: The Country, The Street of the Sun, Bang the Drum Slowly, Baby Doll and Cat on a hot Tin roof. Ms. Dent, a native of louisiana, graduated from the north Carolina school of the performing arts.

JoHN EARL JELKS (lawyer/Dectective) John earl Jelks was nominated for a tony award for his performance as sterling in august wilson’s radio Golf, which he also toured to the McCarter, goodman, Center stage, seattle rep., Mark taper and Yale rep. Jelks also appeared with phylicia rashad on broadway in august wilson’s Gem of the ocean as Citizen (after runs at the goodman, huntington and Mark taper, where he won an naaCp theatre award and an ovation award). in 2008, Jelks won an auDelCo award for his work in the off-broadway revival of The First Breeze of Summer. regional theatre: Fetch Clay, make man at the McCarter theatre; the world stage premiere of The Shawshank redemption at the gaiety theatre in ireland; magnolia at the goodman theatre; Joe turner’s Come and Gone at penumbra theatre Company and Missouri repertory theatre. recently, Jelks appeared as Detective Dillard in spike lee’s film miracle at St. anna.

NEiL LaBuTE (playwright) neil labute received his Master of Fine arts degree in dramatic writing from new York university and was the recipient of a literary fellowship to study at the royal Court theatre, london and also attended the sundance institute’s playwrights lab. his films include in the Company of men (new York Critics’ Circle award for best First Feature and the Filmmaker trophy at the sundance Film Festival), Your Friends and Neighbors, Nurse Betty, Possession, The Shape of Things (a film adaptation of his play by the same title), The Wicker man, Lakeview Terrace and Death at a Funeral. labute’s plays include bash: latter-day plays, The Shape of Things, The mercy Seat, The Distance From here, autobahn, Fat Pig (olivier nomination for best Comedy), Some Girl(s), This is how it Goes, Wrecks, Filthy Talk for Troubled Times, in a Dark Dark house and reasons to be pretty (tony award nomination for best play). labute is also the author of Seconds of Pleasure, a collection of short fiction which was published by grove atlantic. his new play, in a Forest Dark and Deep, will open on london’s west end in 2011.

Jo BoNNEY (Director) neil labute’s Fat Pig (MCC/geffen playhouse) and Some Girl(s) (MCC); Culture Clash’s american Night (oregon shakespeare Festival); Darci picoult’s Lil’s 90th (long wharf theatre); suzan-lori parks’ Father Comes home from the Wars (public lab); naomi wallace’s The hard Weather Boating Party (humana Festival) and The Fever Chart (public theater); Michael weller’s Beast (new York theatre workshop); alan ball’s all That i Will ever Be (nYtw); eric bogosian’s suburbia, Charles Fuller’s a Soldier’s Play and lisa loomer’s Living out (second stage); will power’s The Seven (nYtw & la Jolla playhouse; lortel award, best Musical); Christopher shinn’s on the mountain (playwrights horizons); universes’ Slanguage (nYtw/Mark taper Forum); lanford wilson’s Fifth of July (signature theatre; lortel award, best revival); José rivera’s references to Salvador Dali make me hot (the public theater); Diana son’s Stop kiss (the public theater); Jessica goldberg’s Good Thing (the new group); John osborne’s Look Back in anger (CsC); Danny hoch’s Some People and Jails, hospitals & hip-hop (usa/britain); numerous solos by eric bogosian (usa/britain). recipient of a 1998 obie award for sustained excellence of Direction and editor of extreme exposure: an anthology of Solo Performance Texts from the Twentieth Century (tCg). upcoming: lynn nottage’s By the Way, meet Vera Stark (second stage).

NEiL PATEL (set Designer)MCC: 50 Words, Some Girl(s), The mercy Seat, The Grey Zone. broadway: Wonderland; oleanna; [title of show]; ring of Fire; Side man; ’night, mother. west end: Side man, underneath the Lintel. off-broadway: Dinner With Friends (variety arts theatre), new York theatre workshop, the public theater, baM, Manhattan theatre Club, roundabout, playwrights horizons, etc. regional: kennedy Center, arena, guthrie, steppenwolf, Ctg, aCt, a.r.t., Center stage, etc. opera: opéra de Montréal, vancouver opera, new York City opera, santa Fe opera, Minnesota opera, opera theatre of st. louis, nikikai opera tokyo. international: rsC, parco tokyo, theater archa prague, hebbel theater berlin. television/film: in Treatment(hbo), alone. Dance: Shadowland (pilobolus). 2000 eDDY award; 1996, 2000, 2003, 2009 Drama Desk nominations; 1996 and 2001 obies for sustained excellence, 2008 helen hayes award.


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WHO’S WHO IN THE CAST

ESoSA (Costume Designer)broadway: Topdog/ underdog (also london and regional theatres). off-broadway: Juan and John, Father Comes home from the Wars, romeo and Juliet, The Story, radiant Baby (all the public theater); oroonoko and ohio State murders (theatre for a new audience); The misanthrope, all That i Will ever Be, The Seven and eyewitness Blues (new York theatre workshop); and Trust, Crowns, Birdie Blue and Living out (second stage theatre). regional: Twist (alliance); american Night (osF); Best of Both Worlds (a.r.t.); Fences (geva theatre); adoration of the old Woman and The Seven (la Jolla playhouse); Turandot: The rumble for the ring, ain’t misbehavin’, Pippin and once on this island (bay street theatre). 2003 auDelCo award. 2006 tDF/irene sharaff Young Master award. Project runway season 7 Finalist. upcoming projects include The Brothers Size at seattle rep; ruined at arena stage; and By the Way, meet Vera Stark at second stage.

DAVID WEINER (lighting Designer)The Break of Noon marks David’s ninth collaboration with director Jo bonney and fourth with playwright neil labute. geffen playhouse: Franny’s Way. MCC: reasons to be pretty (broadway and off-broadway productions), Still Life, The Third Story and Some Girl(s). broadway: Butley, Dinner at eight (lincoln Center theater); Betrayal (roundabout), The real Thing. recently, Venice (Center theatre group), Trust (second stage), american Night (oregon shakespeare Festival, Culture Clash), equivocation (Manhattan theatre Club), ethan Coen’s offices (atlantic), Die Vogel (l.a. opera). other new York: playwrights horizons, the public, vineyard, new York theatre workshop, theatre for a new audience, Culture project. opera: los angeles opera, bard summerscape. regional: Center theatre group, the guthrie, la Jolla playhouse, baltimore Center stage, the alley, McCarter theatre, huntington theatre Company, american repertory theatre, pasadena playhouse, williamstown, Cincinnati playhouse, a.C.t. seattle, new York stage & Film, berkeley repertory theatre. www.DavidweinerDesign.com

JuSTiN ELLiNGToN (Composer) Justin ellington is thrilled to work with the geffen playhouse, director Jo bonney and an amazing team on neil labute’s The Break of Noon. Mr. ellington’s theatre credits include The Pride (MCC); shakespeare’s as You Like it (stratford shakespeare

Festival); Fetch Clay, make man (McCarter theatre); Jitney (kenny leon’s true Colors theatre); The Seven (new York theatre workshop); Five Fingers of Funk (Children’s theatre Company); shakespeare’s Twelfth Night or What You Will (bristol riverside theatre); Black Nativity (goodman theatre/Congo square); Conversations With ice (Cosmic theater amsterdam); Soweto! Soweto! a Township is Calling (Freddie hendricks); Topdog/underdog (alliance theatre); king hedley ii, Shakespeare’s r&J and Ferdinand the Bull (alliance theatre); Class of 3000 Live! (alliance theatre/Cartoon network).

DARRON L WEST (sound Designer) his work has been heard in over 400 broadway, off-broadway, national and international productions. Currently represented on broadway by Time Stands Still. his accolades include the lortel and auDelCo awards, the princess grace, the obie award, the entertainment Design magazine eDDY award and a two-time winner of the henry hewes Design award. Former resident sound Designer for actors theatre of louisville and the williamstown theatre Festival. his directing credits include kid Simple for the 2004 humana new play Festival, Big Love for austin’s rude Mechs (austin Critics table award best Director) and siti’s War of the Worlds The radio Play and radio macbeth. Founding Member of anne bogart’s siti Company.

MATTHEW HOLTZCLAW (special effects) Matthew holtzclaw has been recognized as one of the top performers and technicians in the world of magic and special effects. Currently he is working on the off-broadway premiere of Play Dead directed by teller, and his own magic show, Strange Things. broadway: Finian’s rainbow. other credits include Penn & Teller Live at the rio (las vegas), macbeth (dir. teller; two river theater Company/Folger theatre, D.C.), Dracula (illinois state university), Pippin (illinois wesleyan university), Julius Caesar (bushwick shakespeare rep), haunted Poe (the brat, philadelphia). tv: Law & order: Criminal intent. as playwright/producer: red head (new York international Fringe Festival 2003), Cane’s Bayou (new York international Fringe Festival 2004).

THoMAS SCHALL (Fight Director)broadway: over 30 productions including a Free man of Color, The merchant of Venice, a View From the Bridge, Time Stands Still, after miss Julie, mary Stuart, Waiting for Godot, The Seafarer, rock ‘N’

roll, Coram Boy, Journey’s end, The Woman in White, Wicked, Noises off, art. off-broadway: The Pride (MCC); mother Courage, hamlet, The Book of Grace, Why Torture is Wrong…, The Singing Forest, The Good Negro (the public theater); Bernarda alba, Dessa rose, Belle epoque, a man of No importance (lincoln Center); ruined (MtC); Beast (nY theatre workshop); homebody/kabul (baM). thank you seth and gersh.

B.D. WHITE (production Manager)MCC: The Break of Noon, The Pride, Still Life, Coraline, The Third Story, Fifty Words, a Very Common Procedure, Nixon’s Nixon, Some Girl(s), Frozen, Fat Pig, runt of the Litter, a Letter From ethel kennedy, The mercy Seat, Scattergood, intrigue With Faye, Bright ideas, The Distance From here, The Wooden Breeks, in a Dark Dark house, Grace and reasons to be pretty. other off-broadway credits include The milliner, Temporary help, Cheat, hard Feelings, aloha Las Vegas, Birth of the Boom, The Strange Case of mary Todd Lincoln, Bitter Lemon, Nuyorican Stories, Night of the assassins, St. Lucy’s eyes, Leaving Queens, underneath the Lintel, Sophie Tottie and Bell, Songs of Paradise, Buicks, monsieur ibrahim andhe Flowers of the koran and several productions at theatreworks usa. brian has also toured with Jam on the groove, the hip-hop Dance Musical and the elevator repair service production of Gatz.

CHRISTINA LOWE (production stage Manager)off-broadway: MCC: The Break of Noon; Classic stage Company: Venus in Fur directed by walter bobbie, an oresteia, and The Tempest with Mandy patinkin. public theater: Father Comes home From the Wars (Parts 1 & 8) written by suzan-lori parks, directed by Jo bonney, The Fever Chart by naomi wallace directed by Jo bonney, The Bacchae (workshop), Durango by Julia Cho directed by Chay Yew (asM). lincoln Center theater: open stages’ production of macbeth, lCt Directors lab 2008 & 2009; nY international Fringe Festival: The hurricane katrina Comedy Festival, kaddish (or the key in the Window) Directed by kim weild. rattlestick playwrights theater; rag and Bone & Stay. regional: art, hartford stage Company, paper Mill playhouse & trinity repertory Company.

JENNiFER BRiENEN (assistant stage Manager)geffen playhouse: Third, atlanta, Joan rivers: a Work in Progress by a Life in Progress, The Seafarer, Farragut North, matthew modine Saves The alpacas, The Female of the Species, Nightmare alley, Thurgood,

ruined. the kennedy Center: Thurgood. Center theatre group: Dead end (ahmanson theatre); Water & Power, 13, Yellow Face, Pippin (Mark taper Forum); Sleeping Beauty Wakes, Two unrelated Plays by David mamet, of equal measure, This Beautiful City (kirk Douglas theatre). other los angeles: once on This island (reprise theatre Company); Nine Circles (ojai playwrights Conference); Stephen Sondheim’s 75th: The Concert (hollywood bowl); rapture (hysterica Dance Company); Paheliyan – The Story of alice (blue13 Dance Company at the Ford amphitheatre). education: bFa, university of southern California.

TELSEY + CoMPANY (Casting – new York) broadway/tours: Spider-man: Turn off the Dark, The addams Family, race, memphis, Superior Donuts, Next to Normal, rock of ages, South Pacific, in the heights, Wicked, rent, Legally Blonde, The Color Purple. Peep Show and Bette midler in Vegas. off-broadway: atlantic, Signature. Film: Jonah hex, main Street, 17 Photos of isabel, i Love You Phillip morris, rachel Getting married, Sex and the City, Dan in real Life, Then She Found me, across the universe, ira & abby, rent, Pieces of april, Camp, The Grey Zone, Finding Forrester, The Bone Collector. tv: ugly Betty(pilot), Whoopi, hbo’s undefeated, commercials.

MCC THEATER (producer) the MCC theater was founded in 1986 by artistic Directors robert lupone and bernard telsey with the mission of bringing new theatrical voices to new York audiences. along with associate artistic Director william Cantler and executive Director blake west, MCC theater accomplishes this through three interrelated programs: a three-play off-broadway season committed to new York, american and world premieres; a literary Department that nurtures new and emerging writers; and an education & outreach Department which brings theater to nearly 1,200 nYC high school students each year. this mission is rooted in the belief that every artist — whether a student in the MCC theater Youth Company or an experienced playwright in the Mainstage season — has a voice that is waiting to be heard. as a not-for-profit theater, MCC theater is able to take risks on tough, engrossing plays that investigate the issues and morality of our times, such as bryony lavery’s Frozen (four tony award nominations including best play, award for best Featured actor), tim blake nelson’s The Grey Zone (four obie awards), Margaret edson’s Wit (1999 pulitzer prize), rebecca gilman’s The Glory of Living



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(2002 pulitzer prize finalist) and neil labute’s reasons to be pretty (three 2009 tony award nominations including best play), Some Girl(s), Fat Pig and The mercy Seat. to facilitate this work, MCC theater envisions itself as a home where artists are empowered to do their best by giving them artistic freedom, a strong sense of community and full institutional support. with each season, the impressive list of artists who work at MCC theater continues to grow, and many of the plays first produced by MCC theater continue to be performed around the world. www.mcctheater.org

PHYLLiS SCHuRiNGA (Casting Director – los angeles) phyllis is in her seventh season as Casting Director at the geffen playhouse. recent plays include: equivocation, matthew modine Saves the alpacas, Farragut North, The Seafarer, Time Stands Still, By the Waters of Babylon, The Quality of Life and Third. prior to the geffen, phyllis served as casting director for the steppenwolf theatre in Chicago. her favorites include Frank galati’s adaptation of The Grapes of Wrath (also la Jolla playhouse, national theatre in london, and broadway, where it received the tony award for best play), the original production of steve Martin’s Picasso at the Lapin agile (and subsequent productions including westwood playhouse and briar street theater in Chicago), austin pendleton’s orson’s Shadow and Charles l. Mee’s Time to Burn. broadway transfers include one Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest (tony for best revival) and The Song of Jacob Zulu. she teaches auditioning at steppenwolf west.

AMY LEViNSoN (Dramaturg)amy levinson is the literary Manager and Dramaturg of the geffen playhouse. her dramaturgy credits at the geffen playhouse include The Weir, Looking for Normal, Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks, under The Blue Sky, rose and Walsh, Boy Gets Girl, i Just Stopped By To See The man, Cat on a hot Tin roof, Third, The Quality of Life and equivocation among others. also a translator of Yiddish drama, she holds an MFa in Dramaturgy from the university of Massachusetts, amherst, where she taught until 1997. she has worked in literary offices at hartford stage and the Mark taper Forum.

GiLBERT CATES(producing Director) gilbert Cates is recognized as a leader in television, film and theater. Currently presiding as the producing Director of the geffen playhouse, he is dedicated to enriching the los angeles theatrical spectrum by presenting the finest in contemporary and classical theater. in november 1996, Cates was the recipient of the Jimmy Dolittle award for outstanding Contribution to los angeles theater. he received the 1999 ovation award for best play for Collected Stories, starring linda lavin and samantha Mathis, which he directed at the geffen. the accolades for Cates expand into other areas of the entertainment industry. he produced and directed the 1970 film version of the broadway hit i Never Sang for my Father, starring Melvyn Douglas, gene hackman and estelle parsons. the movie earned three academy award nominations. Cates also directed Joanne woodward and sylvia sidney in the 1973 film Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams, which received two oscar nominations. other film directing credits include: The Promise, one Summer Love, The Last married Couple in america, oh! God Book ii and Backfire. he further distinguished himself as director and/or producer of a number of television dramatic specials. these include nbC’s 1972 emmy award-winning To all my Friends on Shore, starring bill Cosby, abC’s 1974 The affair starring natalie wood and robert wagner, nbC’s 1975 after the Fall starring Faye Dunaway and Christopher plummer. other credits include: Johnny, We hardly knew Ye, The kid from Nowhere, County Gold, Faerie tale theater’s rapunzel and Goldilocks and the Three Bears, hobson’s Choice, Burning rage, Consenting adults, Fatal Judgment, Do You know the muffin man, Call me anna, absolute Strangers, in my Daughter’s Name, and tom Clancy’s Netforce (Cates directed James agee’s a Death in the Family for Masterpiece theater’s american Collection of pbs and Donald Margulies’ Collected Stories for pbs hollywood Presents). in september 2002, he directed David eldridge’s under the Blue Sky for the geffen

playhouse and directed Cat on a hot Tin roof in 2005, the inaugural production in the newly-renovated geffen playhouse. in February 2007 he directed Jeffrey hatcher’s a Picasso in the audrey skirball kenis theater. he served two terms as president of the Directors guild of america from 1983 to 1987. in 1989, he received the guild’s robert b. aldrich award for extraordinary service and, in 1991, he received the Dga’s honorary life Membership. he also served as Dean of the uCla school of theater Film and television (which he founded) from 1990—1998. in 2008, Cates produced the 80th annual academy awards show for abC, his 14th occasion producing the awards, for which he has already garnered 84 nominations and 17 emmy awards. Mr Cates was born in new York City and attended syracuse university. Married to Dr. Judith reichman, he has four children, two stepchildren and six grandchildren.

RANDALL ARNEY(artistic Director) randall begins his eleventh season as artistic Director at the geffen where he has directed The Female of the Species, The Seafarer, atlanta, David Mamet’s Speed-The-Plow, arthur Miller’s all my Sons, richard greenberg’s Take me out, stephen Jeffreys’ i Just Stopped by to See the man, rebecca gilman’s Boy Gets Girl, David rambo’s God’s man in Texas and Conor Mcpherson’s The Weir. an ensemble member of Chicago’s steppenwolf theatre Company in 1984, arney also acted as the company’s artistic director from 1987 to 1995. broadway transfers under his leadership include The rise and Fall of Little Voice, The Song of Jacob Zulu (six tony award nominations) and The Grapes of Wrath (tony award winner). arney’s acting credits with steppenwolf include Born Yesterday, Ghost in the machine, The homecoming, Frank’s Wild Years, You Can’t Take it With You, Fool for Love, Coyote ugly, True West and Balm in Gilead. Film/tv credits include Normal, Weapons of mass Distraction (both for hbo), Grey’s anatomy (abC) and Judging amy (Cbs).

KEN NoViCE(Managing Director) prior to joining geffen playhouse novice served as Managing Director and Director of external affairs at pasadena playhouse. prior to that he was Director of Marketing and public relations for san Diego’s tony award-winning old globe theatre developing marketing and public relations programs for Jack o’brien’s revival of Damn Yankees, the tony award-nominated musical The Full monty, henry iV starring John goodman as well as the tony-nominated hit Play on! among many others. novice’s credits also include marketing and public relations with the tony award-winning Denver Center theater Company and new York’s Circle repertory Company. as Director of programming for Youthstream Media networks he developed national marketing and public relations programs for major motion pictures from Columbia pictures, Dreamworks s. k. g. , buena vista pictures, paramount pictures, Fox broadcasting, 20th Century Fox, MgM, new line Cinema and warner brothers pictures. he also managed ken novice entertainment Marketing, working with such clients as the salvation army, sephra Fountains llC, and promotional partners including warner brothers, american express and gelson’s among others. novice served as head of theatre Management for the California state university long beach theatre management M. F. a. /M. b. a. degree program and has been a guest lecturer at san Diego state university and the university of California, san Diego. he holds a b. a. from the pennsylvania state university and an M. b. a. from san Diego state university.


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ACkNOWLEDGEMENTS

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Deck supervisor dwayne BarnesMaster electrician darren rezowallisound Master james grabowskiwardrobe supervisor leah a. lewisproduction assistant leia crawfordstage Crew brad ashten assistant lighting Designer david sextonassociate sound Designer M. florian staabassistant Master electrician ryan tirrell

ACkNOWLEDGEMENTS

lighting equipment provided by entertainment Lighting servicessound equipment provided by Jon sound inc.

SPECIAL THANkS

UcLA school of theater, film and television scene, Prop, sound and costume shops, London cleaners, peet’s coffee and tea

UCLA SCHOOL OF THEATER, FILM AND TELEvISION

the geffen playhouse is affiliated with the university of California at los angeles, specifically the uCla school of theater, Film and television. the geffen playhouse values its role as an important educational resource by providing students with master classes, workshops and internships. students are also able to work and learn from distinguished visiting geffen artists such as Donald Margulies, annette bening, terrence Mcnally, alan ayckbourn, David Mamet, David ives and Jon robin baitz in areas of directing, playwriting, acting, design, dramaturgy, management and production. the geffen playhouse also draws upon the distinguished experts in the university to enhance the theater’s programs and research.

the actors and stage Managers employed in this production are members of actors’ equity association; the union of professional actors and stage Managers in the united states.

the Director is a member of the society of stage Directors and Choreographers, inc., an independent national labor union.


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ExPANDING ON EDUCATION


the geFFen plaYhouse reCentlY DiversiFieD anD expanDeD its education and outreach programs. knowing that exposure to the arts significantly improves the learning experience of all students across educational disciplines, the geffen increased vital programming to serve more than 19,000 students, seniors and veterans last year. at a time when public and nonprofit arts education budgets are shrinking, this work becomes even more important. in the coming months, a series of articles and photographs in the geffen playhouse programs will highlight this work. the series begins with a look at one of these efforts: the geffen playhouse story pirates.

THE GEFFEN PLAYHouSE SToRY PiRATESthe geffen playhouse story pirates program was formally launched in the 2010/2011 season but has roots going back several years. looking for ways to expand its in-school initiatives, the geffen partnered in 2009 with the story pirates, a nationally recognized arts and literacy organization founded in new York in 2003. the program engages students in under-resourced public schools by showing them that their ideas, words and stories are important. the geffen playhouse story pirates program now visits over 20 title one los angeles public schools each year in addition to performing for the general public as part of the geffen playhouse’s saturday scene program.

this unprecedented educational effort proved so successful that it required additional space to organize the nearly daily in-school efforts. the geffen playhouse kinross annex was unveiled on november 5, 2010 in the heart of westwood village. the annex serves as headquarters for the geffen playhouse story pirates to rehearse their in-school creative writing and drama programs. the annex is also home to a variety of classes, performances written by local school children and workshops that are open to the community.

JoiN THE FuN!any child under twelve years old may submit a story to the geffen playhouse story pirates! information on submitting new stories can be found at geffenplayhouse.com/story.

“the geffen playhouse story pirates program is an experience our students will never forget. they were captivated by the story pirates’ ability to bring the students’ ideas and stories to life on stage... many of these youngsters will use the inspiration they

found from your programs to inspire them to attend college.”— Dennis Hagen-Smith, 5th grade teacher, toluca lake elementary

“our students loved this program! after completing the geffen playhouse story pirates workshops, their attitudes and skills in creative writing, reading, using their

imaginations and expressing themselves improved a lot.”— Michael Popovac, 3rd grade teacher, braddock Drive elementary

“our school children never have the opportunity to see their creativity - their own stories - transformed into a live performance. this greatly inspired and

motivated them. For them, the geffen playhouse story pirates created an authentic purpose for writing. the program increased their vocabulary, writing skills, and

exposed them to totally new experiences and thinking.”— Elizabeth Martinez, 3rd grade teacher, lorena street elementary

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west boasts a stYlish setting high atop the hotel angeleno with panoramic views of los angeles through floor-to-ceiling windows. a California fresh italian steakhouse with menus featuring prime dry aged steaks, chops and roasts with traditional pastas and small plates. the innovative wine program has a varied selection of italian and California wines for the perfect pairing for every dish. the bar and lounge offers specialty cocktails and live entertainment to enjoy in this cool relaxed space. inspired by the love of italian cooking, tradition and wine, the menu at west invites the natural essence of the ingredients to come through with California’s fresh farmer’s market produce and italian influences.

we graciously thank west at hotel angeleno for their continued support of numerous geffen playhouse special events including girls night out at the geffen and lounge Fridays. we are thrilled that west will be our exclusive restaurant partner for all lounge Fridays events for the remainder of the 2010/11 season! we welcome you to join us at these events at the geffen to experience the unique and delicious menus that the west team will provide. From our family to yours, we say thank You!

Unwind and enjoy delicious culinary delights courtesy of WEST at Hotel Angeleno served pre-show with complimentary champagne.

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opening night of maestro: The art of Leonard Bernsteinsponsored by Los angeles magazine

Geffen Playhouse supporter Dora kadisha with her sisters, Daphna Salimpour and Dalia Sassouni

artistic Director randy arney, Julian Sands, Board member Pamela robinson hollander and robert hollander

Geffen Playhouse supporters Curtis Grisham and Charles Black

Board member Glorya kaufman and richard Chernick

Board member Dean Teri Schwartz and Debra Smalley

monty hall, hershey Felder, marilyn hall and Chairman of the Board Frank mancuso

Board member Joan kaloustian, heather robinson and ellen Catania, Director of Corporate and Foundation Partnerships

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DONOR SPOTLIGHT


ViDAL & RoNNiE SASSooNvidal and ronnie sassoon are two extraordinary individuals who have been generous annual supporters of the geffen playhouse’s education and outreach programs for over 12 years. we are honored by their outstanding long-time support, and honored to have this opportunity to share a little bit about their incredible lives and philanthropy.

as a very young boy, vidal sassoon spent seven years in a Jewish orphanage in london after his father abandoned the family. “i remember being hungry much of the time, and of course, i longed to see my mother, who was only allowed to visit once a month and never permitted to take us out. i ran away once, when i was 10, to my auntie polly’s. she promptly called my father, the man i had been longing to see for years. but when he arrived he did not show me any kindness or love and just took me straight back to the orphanage.”

when his mother remarried in 1940, she picked up vidal from the orphanage. “My mother promptly sat me down and told me of her ambitions for me. she wanted me to train as a hairdresser. she’d had a dream about it and told me not to argue with her premonition. though i vigorously protested, she had none of my nonsense. i started work as an apprentice with a man called adolph Cohen, in the Jewish ghetto of london. it was wartime and london was being bombed almost every night.”

in 1948, vidal left britain to fight in the israeli war of independence. he would have liked to have stayed in the new country, attended university and become an architect, but his family’s east end poverty forced him back to london. “i thought if i had to do hairdressing i’d try and be the best i could at it,” reflects sassoon.

he worked under Mr. teasy-weasy (aka raymond bessone) who was the most famous celebrity hairstylist of the 1950s. when vidal started his own salon, it soon spawned the trendiest looks of the 1960s. vidal invented the “bob” in 1963, and pioneered geometric hairdos in 1966. he was paid $5,000 to fly across the atlantic to create Mia Farrow’s crewcut for rosemary’s Baby. the rest is history.

“now, when i think back on my career, and how i have cut the hair and listened to the secrets of some of the most beautiful women in the world, i

remember that it is all because of one great lady and her belief in me, Mum.”

vidal married his beautiful wife, ronnie, in the 1990s. they met while she was designing a product for his “if you don’t look good, we don’t look good” line, and has trusted her design eye ever since. she has a passion for design and recently took on the complete restoration of richard neutra’s 1959 singleton house, a major project to say the least, that they have made their home.

vidal just recently completed his autobiography as well as a documentary entitled, “vidal sassoon the Movie” with the innovative Michael gordon, founder of bumble and bumble that premiered at the tribecca Film Festival.

ronnie and vidal fund dozens of organizations around the world including habitat for humanity, the vidal sassoon international Center for the study of antisemitism in Jerusalem, and are ardent supporters of the arts and major museums. they brought the hair industry together to help rebuild new orleans after the hurricane. we are honored to welcome this very special couple to the geffen playhouse throughout the year when they see plays and attend our opening nights, and we are equally honored by their many years of outstanding support of our education and outreach programs.


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the geffen playhouse recognizes the following individuals and organizations for their generous support of our annual Fund. Donors are listed at the associate level and higher for gifts made between november 1, 2009 and December 15, 2010.


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ANNUAL DONORS

brad and nancy rosenbergsue weiss rosenwasser and Joseph sinayJ. nathan and Michele rubinthomas l. safranrichard and susan sagerrichard and amber sakaiDaphna salimpourJonathan schwartzgeorge shapiroDora r. sherDiane sherman-smith in Memory of gordon a. smithrita and Jose sigalDine with nine Catering and eventssimon strauss Foundationsnyder Family FoundationDrs. Matthew and Marion solomonsony pictures entertainmentMitch and sherry steinJoannie sternaaron stroudradoslav and elaine sutnarDr. s. Jerome and Judith D. tamkinanne C. taubman and David boyleaudri and stan tendlerthe Dillon FundJane thomaswilliam and karen timberlakeFrancine and James traversubs Financial servicesshauna and Daniel valenzuelaalan van vlietJosephine r. walkerJon alon walzsheila wassermanin Memory of sylvia and george weinergelena and seth weissmanwitt thomas harris productionskaren and rick wolfenMimi and werner F. wolfenDr. Charles and Judy YoungMs. patricia Youngmanahmet zappaFletcher ozborneMr. stanley zaxellen and arnold zetcher

ARTiSTiC ADVoCATE$500 - $999anonymous (6)Mr. and Mrs. norman abramsMr. and Mrs. adamickDale and ruth adamssharon hulse and louis adlerhelen and herb allenlaura and harvey alpertJan altemusrenette andersonMaria avilaelizabeth and Marc axelrodayres Films, inc.gerald bagg and pamela stevensCharles barkerJanet and irwin barnetpatricia barryanne barryDr. greg and sheila spirolaurie and bill benensonaviva bergmanlarry and Julie blivas in Memory of Maxine handelmannathalie blossomruth and Donald blumkin, pharm D.Judy boekensheila bouttierreveta bowerskevin breenlionel brownrebecca brownJanet and Mark brownhoward D. browneJolene and robert burkMarcia burnambruce Carrlisa, Michael and rachel ChalfinJanet regina Chapmanbarry CharlesMs. Martha ChaseMark Clymer and Marc MullendoreCoach

ken CoelhoDonell Cohented Cordeszoe and Donald Cosgrovearline Covellsusan georgine Craigvalerie and Donald CravitzCreative brandDiana Davidow and Deborah Constanceshirley DavidsonMrs. Dom DeluiseJennifer and Jeffrey DenkerDr. udayakumar Devaskerkevin and betsy Dillwil* and glorya Dixonrichard and lauren DonnerMr. and Mrs. paul Dooleypaul Dowlingwilliam DuncanChristophe and liz Dupin De saint Cyrtracy williamsMike elisofonrebekah and howard Farbersteven rossi and Janette webb; Marjorie l. Fasmangloria and Morton Fieldsusan and Mark FienMarjorie and arthur FineMichael and lynne Flynnburt and nanette ForesterJ.D. Foxrhonda FrancesMrs. lorraine FrankelDottie FriebandMichael shaw and Janie Friedl.t. FriesenDouglas C. FrostMike gaineylois and gerald gallopsharlene and sol galperCharles gerberJeff gerberpamela gerkenFereydoon ghaffarikaren berko gibsonpeter and namhee gilhulybenita and bert ginsbergwilliam and Charlene glikbargnorman b. goldbergirene goldenbergFred and gale goldringabner and roz goldstinesusie and bruce gorensimon gratyruth and steve greenbaumFeris greenberger and David Dolinkoalan greenstadtsusan and Michael gregoryeric gritzmachergary grossneelam gupta louise halevy and kenneth erlichMarvin hamlischbruce and Martha hanrahanJulia harisheila hasdayDr. and Mrs. samuel havesongary heckerMurray and gail heltzerneal hersh and lynda kleinJack hileman and roxanne huddlestonrand hoffman and Charlotte robinsonkelley M. hoganstanley and gail hollanderDr. sharron holmanMarc and Michelle howardimhoff and associates, pClonnie levi israelrobert and gail israelMelissa and Jonathan Jaivinargentum photo labJil sanderlaurie Jonesvernon and sylvia Jonestrudy and albert kallisMr. and Mrs. bernard kamineMr. stephen kandelMilton kaplanDora kesslerlinda and Michael kestonnam kim and Jeff katemanann and Jonathan kirschkaren and Joe knott

in loving Memory of Danny rouzerJanice white and eugene kriegerkrol vodkaFrumeh labowsteve lappin and andrea spyrosJoan and Christopher larkinJill and Michael laskykatie lee and brian FinckMatt levinburton and anita levinsonlydia levyJoanne lindsayneil and ora Macfarlanesacha and DoriJoshua Malinaalan Mandelbergelizabeth Marcellinoruth k. March and Familyrichard Marcusbarry and evie Marlinstewart Mayedaanne and bedford Mcintoshneil MeronDebra Michellawrence MirischCarol Moranbill Morinosimona Morrislon Morse and toni hollander MorseMichael Mothner wpromotebill MullinsFran neimanJanice b. nelsenMs. sherri nelsonMark and Diane neubauerbetsy newmanandrew h. newmanshelby notkinrick nyholmrobert and Monica o’hagano’Melveny and Myers llpMr. and Mrs. Martin padillabob parisJo anne pattersonnaidu and Jane permaullisa pierozzitiffany and John plunkettgregory poirierpeggy and george polingerJack and Jane pollocklisa and steven pompannancy porterMitchell Quarantagary and gail rachelefskyJoan ransohoffedward b. raschJoyce reed rosenbergCarlene ringerterrence robertsDolores rogersbarbara and David rognlienraymond rogowskiFred and ronda roseruth and larry rosenalison rosenthalkelli sager and steven rosenwasserDr. Martin and lorraine rossJoyce and Deane rosssamantha rothlisa M. rowleyDavid russell and amy gordonMark and sharon salachnancy and ted sanbornCharlene and vic sandsMalcolm schneer and Cathy liususan and peter schwabDavid schwankebob and susan schwartzMichele and peter serchukpeggy and robert shapiroroman silberfeldronald i. silvermanleigh silvertonMarty and leah sklarstacey and katherine williams-sloanMichael smallMelvin spearsrita spiegelCharlene and burt spurberscott b. stokdykwilliam stringerkayser and renee sumekeith and Judy swayne

Mr. and Mrs. David tannMichael e. tennenbaum FamilyDr. anita F. thompsonDavid tohlJoyce and Josh trabulusbrigitta b. troyJean t. truebloodbob tuttlekevin van beloisvitamin waterCarole wagner and peter vallianosJohn J. waller, Jr.Judge Joseph and Mickey wapnershirley wargonMarcia and Dr. Charles wassermansander weiner and Marcia gilbertMartin and gloria wertliebkeith westpat westsandy and Jon willenJohn willeyin Memory of Milton a. williams, Jr.linda a. wilsonwinnick Family Foundationherb wiserobbie workthelma and sam Yellenisis and Michelle YoussefCraig zadanandrew and kimberly zakanycharnold zaneMr. and Mrs. Mark zimmermanDayle and abram zukor

ASSoCiATE$250 - $499anonymous (10) Constance abell and herbert ehrmannJeffrey and linda abellbob and Jan ackermanbarbara adamsCathy and alan adelmansara adlerwarren adler and bobbi armbrusterelaine and Michael agrantony albanyin honor of the birth of leo Jacob alexanderrobert r. alfordsusan allisonarthur alperrobert C. andersonirving andersonelise andrewsMr. and Mrs. gerald anenbergeloise appel steven D. arias and rann D. leebarbara and ethan aronoffMr. and Mrs. bert p. aronsasahiDonna ashleylynne and lee babbittsarah backusJanis baerMadhavan balachandranDon bankslucia barbarobillie baron and edward Marcinkorandall C. bassettJames w. baugharnold and susan beckerMichael bedner and kathy eldonterry and lionel bellMillie and Julius bendatJoanne benickesannette bening and warren beattyCarole a. and Charles bennettbunny wasser and howard bernsteinbeverly biererJudith ann billingsadrienne and Michael blackmanronald and Jamie blackstoneMarjorie blattsandra blumbarry boehmludmila bojmanthomas boothFrances and les boxerin Memory of evan haight-boydsandra bradley and shelagh Moriartypaula brandbernardean broadousshelli and bill broder

aaron and Merav broderronald brownsusan and roy brownsue and peter bunzelDick and eleanor burkeJoann busuttillaurie J. butlerMichael and sandy buttittaJon bykMarlene and David CapellDeborah Carabetanthony CarboneCharles Carrgift garden antiquesleigh Chapman and peter wilkinsonJudy and Mike Fantasiarobert Cochranelsbeth M. CollinsDavid Conney, M.D.D. Conteanthony and kim CooksonDebra Colletti and scott Cooperira and Marsha CoronDoug CossFred and Joyce CowanDr. and Mrs. earle e. Crandallely Dahanstacy Dalgleishhedva and Dudley DanoffJeff and pat Dasteelpamela Davesruth b. Davis and pearl schultzChris and lindsey Deemshal and roberta Delevievirginia DibonaDennis and Catherine Dietzsuzanne and bruce DoddsCarol Jean DoehringJonathan and susan DolgenMarlene Davis and David l. DorseyDaryl and paul F. Doucettesusan b. DowneyMr. and Mrs. ed Dreyfusvalerie entwellamnon and Christine hadanielizabeth a. evansalan and barbara FaiolaFamous Cupcakesearl i. Feldhorngladys Fellmanshawn Ferjaneclarry Fieldabby and Malcolm Fieldsydney M. Finegold, M.D.Frances and terry Flanaganelisabeth Fleischmansheldon FogelDiana gragson and tom FogelsangerCharles l. FonarowJanet Fourticqglenn and Jane FowlerDarryl FrankDorothy FrazierFran Fredella and scott rubinrichard Freemanbarbara and louis Friedmanelaine and larry Friedmankenneth J. Friedman and Marilynn J. Friedman Family Foundationlaurelle FromeYuki Fukumotohoward Fulfrost and tim Morneaupeggy n. FurmanYelena Furmananya epstein and Daniel Futtermansandy gagekaren and raymond gallagherlee gardenswartzDiane gardnereugenia gateskim and r.b. gautierrobert and esmeralda gibsonDennis gimianrachel and Jack gindiDiane glazeredna Mae glikmannrichard and lori glucksmanlinda and Craig godingann M. goldbergMarilyn and allen goldenpeter goldmanlouis and linda goldsmanelinor goodmanMrs. Mae goodsonMadeline goodwinJeffrey and Diana gordon

Charles gracestanley graham and Christine bounceDiana and ronald granitChristopher and lori grantgigi and Don grantnorma and harvey greenbergnancy and ron greenbergbrenda gyllenswanDavid Johnson and eve haberfieldlance hagenbuchMary and alan halkettCarolyn hamiltonstanley handmantess harperarlene harristodd hawkinsalan heimpenny and steve heldMs. Marg helgenbergerzvia hemplinggunter hermanhella hershsonkaren hill-scottMarion and todd hindinCrystal hinesCina hodgesJohn hofbauer, M.D. and laura e. Fox, M.D.adrienne and elliott horwitchJoseph horwitzgordon hubbardJohn hubersusan hullrobin hurshChristopher and kristin iannaconeanne ichiuji and todd humphreyharold and evelyn igdaloffgerald isenbergbruce iwasakiFred and nancy Jacobusnancy and len JacobyMichael Jenkinssherrill Johnson and albert Mooregrant and Christine JohnsonJewell Joneskenneth and roneet kahanDavid kaiserJoyce kaisermanruth and Marvin kalinDavid and Cindy kammMr. and Mrs. David kaplanMr. and Mrs. kenneth M. karminallan kartun and ronnie weinstockowen katoMr. and Mrs. william keastJames and elizabeth kerswellshirlee kesslerirwin kishnerphyllis kleinnancy and howard kleinphyllis kleinDonna and Jeffrey kleinlaurie and Milton klormanray and barbara klostermannbarbara and stan krasnoffsuzanne lakerodger and Jennifer landauDwight and Christine landisaleyne larnerrhoda lautenJeanne and Christopher lavagninoMichele lavinrhonda lawrence and arthur rosettleslie lawson and norman Cooksheelagh boyd and larry layneJoyce lederer and FamilyDavid and karen leichengerbetty and ron leiterMarsha levineric levineMarla e. levineevelyn and barry levittJay levittgloria levysheldon and Marion levywendy lewisin Memory of wee-luang limwarren and brenda lincolnMartha lindbergJoan and robert lippmanbonnie lisleMrs. Monte e. livingstonsteven llanusa and glenn Miyaleslie and adam lobelkaren and peter lockeadam loeflori and tom low

Dianne lumloris and kory lunsfordteresa l. Maguireguillaume MailletJoyce l. MalleanConnie and leslie Martinsonphyllis and bert MassingCecile M. Matzkinbill Mcgill and Mary anne McCarthykathleen McCarthyMonique McDavidpatrick w. McDivittlaura Mcgaugheysean Mcghee and Carol Fanwilliam e. and Marcela h. MckennaCathy and John McMullenDr. and Mrs. king M. MendelsohnJean Midgleynatalie Milaniteddie J. Milnernicole behrstock-Miner in Memory of rae behrstock and Celia lewgloria MitchellMarc MitchellJean Miyamotolaurie and Chuck MondrusMichael MooneyJanet Mooresharon and John MorrisDavid neilanDena nelsonpatricia nettleshipsheila newmanalex olivares and susan nickersonburt and bonnie noveckDr. ronald and iris onkinsusan opsthe topol-ostroff Familyedward parkertracy parsons and keith grossmanin Memory of robert and stephen paskusMr. and Mrs. herman passDonald s. passmanabhilash and kelly patelbarbara and peter patmanJohn k. perkinsFrank J. pfizenmayer and Josh brownCarol F. phillipsphyllis piano and roy JonesJoy and gerald picusJeanne l. pocraslily and rick pollackpop Chipsphilip pritchettMr. and Mrs. howard privettetom pryorJennifer and ron purisimaCharlotte raerobert rechordMildred reidelyse reschkatie rhodesJudy l. richmanlynda rickrodney M. rideauJill robinsonnadine and Fred rosenJacob and lilly rosenberglynne w. rosenberglinda and Marvin rosenfeldbeverly and Mel rosenthallawrence ross and linda nussbaumlori and David roussoCharles and barbara rubinFred and veronique sablDr. and Mrs. george and Joyce sachsJulie and Dennis saffrosandor samuelskaren and nathan sandlersusan and kenneth sarnoalice saulsMaxine savitzMarilyn sayeghJay evan schoenfeldtJane and william schopfelizabeth and Justin schwartzDr. and Mrs. Jack schwartznadya scott

Cynthia searsMarc M. seltzer and Christina snyderestelle shane and arthur gelberMary shaneDr. and Mrs. william sharkJohn and lori shawstacey shiehted shpack and etiennette lowenDan shusterYossi sidikaroJama and gary siegelrobin and robert sillsken and Marinette simon in Memory of ross hunter and Jacque MapesMs. gerry sinclairDr. laura Caghan and Mark, Jonah and sophia sklankellie sleeDonna sloanDr. and Mrs. sylvain smadjaDonald smileyDr. Jerry and Marci smithMarcia l. and Mark J. smithronald smithkaren smitslaura snoke and ed orretttrudy sokolalfred sommer and Joyce weissDebra and bruce spectorelizabeth and sidney sperlingroberta speroalice Cortez and richard spitzersondra sprungCarol and paul stagerChristopher stasiarthur sternDonald and stacey sternbergsally stevensarthur streetergloria stroock-stern and leonard sternwilliam stuartbrian studlerrobert and barbara sugarJohn and eva suttone. M. sweeneythe Mortimer levitt FoundationJesse and theresa thornpearl and bernard tillipmanMr. and Mrs. art tompkinsCristobal tostadoantigoni tsamparoispia and steve vaiDr. David F. vargasanthony vasekMiriam vogellaurie and ira waldmanandrew walkerherb wallersteinpeter and Denise walshrichard walterJane wangernest e. warsawJulie waxmanelisa and brad wayneannette weilpaula weinsteinroberta weintraubJosh weismansheila weismanruthie and David weissMatthew weitzmanelayne and walter wentzthe whizin Foundation, bruce whizinMisty and Milt widelitzrae Jeane williamsin lovng honor of Miki leerosalie and Jeffrey wolfalbert wolskykaren and Frank wurtzelDon and anna YlvisakerJoanne and tom zaccaroMarcie and howard zelikowlaurie zieglerlynn and Meir zivsandy zwirn

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THE GEFFEN AT A GLANCE

ADDRESS

geffen playhouse10886 le Conte avenue los angeles, Ca 90024 administrative offices ............310.208.6500 Box Office ................................ 310.208.5454 Subscriber Hotline ................. 310.208.2028 geffenplayhouse.com

TICkET SERvICES

Box Office Windowwhen shows are not in performance, the box office window is open: 7 Days a week ..............................12 pm— 6 pm During the run of a show, the window will be open until curtain. please note: the box office is unable to process exchanges and future sales one hour prior to curtain time on any performance day.

Phone Center ......................310.208.5454if you are calling regarding single tickets or general information, the box office phone Center is open: 7 Days a week ..............................12 pm— 6 pm the box office window and phone Center are closed on major holidays.

SUBSCRIBER SERvICES

Subscriber Hotline ..............310.208.2028if you are a geffen subscriber, the subscriber hotline is available to assist you Monday through Friday from 10 am until 6 pm.

Listening Devicesinfrared listening devices are available free of charge at all performances. listening devices

can be retrieved at the theater Concierge Desk in the lobby. please arrive early to obtain a listening device, they are subject to availability.

Signed Performanceswhen appropriate, each play of the season will have a special performance that will be sign-language interpreted for the deaf and hearing impaired. Call the box office for more info or email [email protected].

Late Seatingshould you arrive late to the theater or vacate your seat during the performance, please expect to be held in the lobby until an appropriate pause in the action on-stage. to minimize disturbance to other patrons, you may be sat into the first available location by the house staff even if different from your assigned seat. be advised that some productions or circumstances may not allow for late seating. to ensure you enjoy the performance in your assigned seat, please arrive at the theater early.

PARkING

the geffen playhouse has negotiated a special $4 flat rate for ticket holders at the following location: Palazzo Parking 1030 glendon avenue los angeles, Ca 90024

phone ..............................................310.208.4549Open 24 hours • 7 Days a Week located 1.5 blocks away from the geffen playhouse and even closer to many restaurant partners.

validation tickets allowing a $4 flat rate are available upon presentation of your same-day ticket to the box office or concierge. * please note this facility does not honor

Donor parking passes. rates and availability are subject to change.

SUPPORT THE GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE

become a geffen playhouse donor! pleasecontact regina Miller: 310.208.6500, ext 112 or [email protected]

TICkET DONATIONS

if you cannot use your tickets, you may release them to the geffen prior to the date of your show, in time for resale, and you will receive an acknowledgement for a charitable contribution. please mail to: geffen Ticket Services 10886 Le Conte Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90024 or call the box office.

REFUNDS

it is the policy of the geffen playhousenot to issue refunds on subscriptions or on any single performance tickets.

AT THE THEATER

Accessible Accommodationthe geffen playhouse is fully committed to ensuring a satisfying theater experience for our

patrons with special needs or disabilities. the theaters have been designed to provide excellent seating for patrons in wheelchairs. please call the box office to discuss your needs.


GEFFEN PlaYHOUSE STAFF

Gilbert Cates producing Director

Randall Arney artistic Director

Ken Novice Managing Director

Behnaz Ataee general Manager

ARTISTICMary Garrett artistic ManagerAmy Levinson literary Manager/DramaturgShannon Noel Webb executive assistant to the producing DirectorPhyllis Schuringa Casting Director & assistant to the artistic DirectorKristina Leach literary associate

DEvELOPMENTRegina Miller Development DirectorEllen Catania Director of Major gifts & Corporate/Foundation partnershipsAngela LaManna annual Fund ManagerJessica Brusilow associate Director of Donor relationsAva Bogle Development assistantJamie Sherman Development and events Manager

EDUCATIONDebra Pasquerette education DirectorLouise Hung resident teaching artist & education associateAlex Rogals education Coordinator

ADMINISTRATIONFrankie ocasio executive assistant to the Managing DirectorMaryam Kermani staff accountantJanet Huynh staff accountantMaureen Lestelle human resources/benefits ManagerMarguerite Harris receptionist

FACILITIES MANAGEMENTMiguel del Castillo Facility ManagerVictor Cueva De Loera MaintenanceMario Santillan-Perez Custodial

PRODUCTIONDaniel ionazzi production ManagerMatthew Carleton technical DirectorJill Barnes production CoordinatorDwayne Barnes assistant technical Director James Grabowski sound MasterDarren Rezowalli Master electricianLeah A. Lewis wardrobe supervisor

COMMUNICATIONSAllison Rawlings Director of CommunicationsTyler Tangalin Communications intern

MARkETING & SALESJoseph Yoshitomi Marketing DirectorKaren Gutierrez associate Marketing DirectorMark San Filippo ticket services Director & Database administratorivy Khan Marketing Coordinator Brian Dunning graphics / production artistStephanie Strand audience services & subscription Manager Paul Millet group sales Janice Bernal associate box office Manager Bryan Martin associate box office Manager Janet Huynh assistant box office ManagerKorie Benavidez, Audrey Cain, Ariel Goldberg, Scott Kriloff, Richard Martinez, Lilach Mendelovich, Ryan Sandoval, Martin Wurst box office staffZack Hamra, Rodrigo Perez, Grace Resler, Ben Seay audience services

FRONT OF HOUSEJeni Pearsons events CoordinatorTyler Tangalin supervising house ManagerJessica Kummer, Sarah Rosenbloom, Zack Schultz house Managers Abdoulaye N’Gom head usherBeth Behrs, Adam Carr, Lindsey Cerny, Tiger Curran, Tommy french, Matt Jones, Sean Jones, Kimberly Legg, Katie Mitchell, Leah Munson, Jonathan Schwartz, Julianne Tveten ushers

this theater operates under agreement between the league of resident theaters and actors equity association, the union of professional actors and stage managers in the united states.

the scenic, costume, lighting and sound designers in lort theaters are represented by united scenic artists local usa-829, iatse.


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