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Program for the Geffen Playhouse production of Outside MullingarTRANSCRIPT
GIL CATES THEATER AT THE GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE
TWENTY YEARS AGO, GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE OPENED
its doors with Four Dogs and a Bone, a play by none other than John
Patrick Shanley. We are journeying back into our own heritage by
bringing you another of John’s creations in this anniversary season, and
Outside Mullingar is also a pilgrimage of sorts for John. He says it is a
play that takes him into a rich Irish family history never before explored
in his work.
While Outside Mullingar is very much rooted in how things get passed
down from generation to generation, whether it be land, family feuds
or good ol’ Irish sarcasm, its story is, in fact, about what changes over
time. The cyclical nature of farm life is the perfect backdrop for John to
reflect on life’s opportunities grasped and those forgone. As two elderly
parents seek to leave thriving farms, their adult children discover a need
to turn the pages of their lives to something new while maintaining the
history so deeply embedded in them and the Irish countryside. This
wonderfully quiet story muses both on the passage of time and the
great need to embrace it before it’s gone.
As always, I have the great good fortune of working with a team of
wonderful designers who were tasked with creating not one farm
but two. The richness of time and place that this team brings to this
production, creating the Ireland that John has written with great detail,
allows the setting to be its own character.
As we joyfully welcome John back to the Geffen, we also welcome you.
The richness of the Geffen history is based on your participation in it,
and we are glad to have you here for Outside Mullingar.
Enjoy the show!
Randall Arney ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
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WELCOME TO THE GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE
FROM THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
LETTER FROM THE CO-CHAIRS BOARD OF DIRECTORSMARTHA HENDERSONCO-CHAIR
PAMELA ROBINSONCO-CHAIR
PATRICIA KIERNAN APPLEGATERANDALL ARNEYARTISTIC DIRECTOR
BETH BEHRSDR. GENE D. BLOCKHAROLD A. BROWNGIL CATES, JR.EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
MICHAEL CENTENOMARY ANN CLOYDDR. BRAD EDGERTONMARK FLEISCHERHERBERT M. GELFANDCHAIRMAN EMERITUS
PATRICIA L. GLASERSAM GORESADI GREENBERGARTHUR GREENBERGJOAN KALOUSTIANGLORYA KAUFMANLORETTA EVERETT KAUFMANDR. GERALD S. LEVEYCARLA MALDENSUSAN MALLORYGINNY MANCINIBARRY MEYERSCOTT MINERDSTEVEN A. OLSENHOLLY RICELOREN ROTHSCHILDLINDA BERNSTEIN RUBINTERI SCHWARTZRICHARD SHERMANFRED SPECKTORLORRAINE SPURGECYNTHIA P. STAFFORDHOWARD TENENBAUMVICE CHAIRMAN
FOUNDING TRUSTEESKIRSTEN COMBS ROBERT A. DALYDAVID GEFFENQUINCY JONESJEFFREY KATZENBERGFRANK G. MANCUSOCHAIRMAN EMERITUS
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VICTORIA MANN SIMMSANDY SPAHNSTEVEN SPIELBERGSTEVE TISCHDR. CHARLES E. YOUNGCHAIRMAN EMERITUS
IN MEMORIAMGILBERT CATESFOUNDER
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MARTHA HENDERSON
PAMELA ROBINSON
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US THIS HOLIDAY SEASON
for Outside Mullingar, written by Pulitzer, Tony and Academy Award
winner John Patrick Shanley and directed by our very own Randall Arney.
After a successful Broadway run in 2014, we hope this heartwarming
romantic comedy will delight Los Angeles audiences during this holiday
season filled with family, friends and gratitude.
We are grateful that you are part of the Geffen Playhouse family and that
you have chosen to support the theater by being here today. This fall, we
have expanded our Geffen Playhouse family to include a select group of
veterans who have been participating in our first-ever Veterans Writing
& Performance Workshop. This four-month pilot project began in August
and culminates in a final performance of monologues in our Gil Cates
Theater on Monday, December 7. If you’d like to learn more about this
new initiative or are interested in attending the culminating performance
on December 7, please contact Regina Miller, Chief Development Officer,
at 310.208.6500 ext. 112 or [email protected].
As our 20th Anniversary season progresses, we would like to thank the
many subscribers, donors, Board members and artists who have shared
their Geffen stories with us thus far. Please continue to send us your
favorite memories of how you fell in love with theater or the Geffen
Playhouse to [email protected].
Our sincere thanks to all of you for joining us for today’s performance
and for being part of our Geffen Playhouse family. Happy holidays to
you and your loved ones! We look forward to seeing you at the theater
in 2016.
Enjoy the show!
Martha Henderson Pamela Robinson CO-CHAIR, GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE CO-CHAIR, GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE
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LIMITED ENGAGEMENT DECEMBER 30 – JANUARY 17 GIL CATES THEATER AT THE GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE
Written byVANESSA CLAIRE STEWART
TAYLOR HACKFORD & JAKE BRODER
Directed byTAYLOR HACKFORD
Features Tony Award Winner ANTHONY CRIVELLO
as Louis Prima & VANESSA CLAIRE STEWART
as Keely Smith
“A CLASSY NEW SHOW!” — Chicago Tribune
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I NEVER WANTED TO WRITE ABOUT THE IRISH.When I got out of the Marine Corps in 1972, I was invited
to a lunch of Irish-American writers. At a table of perhaps
10, I was conspicuously underaccomplished. I’d been
brought along by my old professor Terry Moran (he was
perhaps 37), because I was a poet. At the table, among
others, were James T. Farrell and Jimmy Breslin. Farrell
had 50 books to his credit, including, most famously, the
Studs Lonigan trilogy. Breslin had reinvented blue-collar
New York and maybe journalism.
I had a good time. Breslin held forth about Nixon.
Around dessert, Farrell, who had downed several
brandies, burst into tears, pointed at me, and said,
“He’s the one we should be helping.” I tried to look less
in need.
A waiter appeared. There was a call. It was my then
wife, Joan. I’d just gotten an acceptance letter. Two of
my poems were going to be published. I was 22.
Heading home on the F train to Brooklyn, I thought
about what I wanted to do, big picture. And I decided right
then, I didn’t want to be helped, and I didn’t want to be
labeled an Irish-American writer. I wanted to be a writer.
I wanted to write about everybody. And for the next
30 years I did. I became a playwright and screenwriter.
Italian-Americans were my particular specialty. I liked
the way they talked. There was something free in it.
This attraction resulted in plays and films with titles like
Italian American Reconciliation and Moonstruck, and
not a lot of jobs for Irish-American actors.
I always knew I’d have to come home eventually.
I’m Irish as hell: Kelly on one side, Shanley on the
other. My father had been born on a farm in the Irish
Midlands. He and his brothers had been shepherds
there, cattle and sheep, back in the early 1920s. I grew
up surrounded by brogues and Irish music, but stayed
away from the old country till I was over 40. I just
couldn’t own being Irish.
Something in me hated being confined by an ethnic
identity, by any family. In addition, I have often found
procrastination to be an enriching exercise. Not saying
increases what I have to say. Not writing about the Irish
was building up a hell of a lot of pressure to do just that.
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RUNS GREENJOHN PATRICK
SHANLEY ON HIS IRISHNESS AND
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When I finally went to Ireland, I had to go. It was
1993. My father was finally too old to travel alone, and
he asked me to take him home. When an old man asks
you to take him home, you have to do it.
When I sat with my father in that farm kitchen, the
one that he had grown up in, and listened to my Irish
family talk, I recognized that this was my Atlantis, the
lost and beautiful world of my poet’s heart. There was
no way to write about the farm, yet I had to write about
it. I listened to the amazing language these folks were
speaking as if it were normal conversation, and I knew
this was my territory. But it was new to me. It was a time
to listen, not to write.
It took about 20 years. When I turned 60 and flipped
out (the number, the guy in the mirror with gray hair),
I felt I had nothing left to say or do. I wanted to go
on vacation some place warm for the rest of my life. I
was miserable, dead barren and solitary. I moved to an
apartment in Williamsburg where I could see the sun
and the river. My parents were dead now. It was just me
and the river and the sun and time. A year went by. One
quiet day, I sat down without a thought in my head and
wrote a play about the farm.
The farm had become a place in my imagination
where I had stored up so many things. My love for my
father was there. Feelings of grief. My romantic hunger,
my frustration with this unpoetic world. I had held
back much for a long time, and I kind of erupted with
language. I felt free suddenly, free to be Irish. Family
stories, family names, changed by dreaming, mixed
with my own long longings for love, and impossible
happiness unfurled across the page. I had turned 60,
and the knife at my throat woke me to the beauty of
my own people, the fleeting opportunities of life, the
farce of caution. I wanted to write a love story. I wanted
to find all the words I had not been able to find because
what I have been unable to express has caused me
anguish, even as what I have given adequate voice has
lent me peace.
I found a strange relief in the play. I called it Outside
Mullingar, a prosaic title perhaps to balance the poetry
it contained. The script was a refuge and a consolation
for me. Manhattan Theater Club signed on to do it, and
we put a team together.
I decided to return to the farm and bring my son Nick.
He drove me, as I had driven my father. He was taking
me home now. And then the director, Doug Hughes,
said, “I’m going to Ireland, too.” And the designer, John
Lee Beatty, said, “I’m coming as well, and bringing my
partner.” I announced I would make a documentary. (I
always go too far.) My son, who’s a photography major
at Parsons, was drafted as cinematographer. And, of
course, we never got around to that, but that’s O.K.
My cousin Anthony was not perfectly delighted that
I had written a play set on his farm and that the main
character was named Anthony. And he was openly
terrified when all these theater folk piled out of a couple
of cars to photograph his home and him. But his good
manners got the best of him, and he made us tea. Doug,
exhibiting his considerable social skills, talked Anthony
into a state of relative comfort, and we had a good
chat. After, we went into the fields where my father
had grown to manhood among the cattle, in the quietly
overwhelming green fields.
I knew I was imposing. That is the artist’s way. We
take the real and refashion it to our purpose. The desire
is strong, and reality must give way. Anthony, me, my
father, the farm, all of these things, my Uncle Tony, my
Aunt Mary, all things animate and otherwise, existed
only as materials for my use. I had a home being born
in me, and I had to build it before the dream faded. I
had written the play, but now, being on the farm, I held
the script like tracing paper over the real and looked for
gold in the differences. There was gold.
It was a strange week. Nothing was real to me, not the
play nor this world as it is. I stumbled forward with a kind
of double vision. The Irish side of my family is a patient lot
and endured my interviews with grace. They trusted me,
and they didn’t. They knew I wouldn’t be telling the truth
about them. I’d be telling my own truth, using them. They
watched as my designers photographed their stoves and
sheds, their cattle and mangers.
I came back to New York and went into rehearsal.
As the actors and director took the play, I watched
the world I’d created leave me and felt the supreme
loneliness of that. For a moment though, through the
spell of storytelling, I had a home. I was Irish. And then
the moment faded. That’s how it is with writers. We
keep getting evicted from our own imaginations. We are
wanderers, dreaming, and then our dreams become real
and push us out.
The play opens in New York shortly. The lights will
rise on a farmhouse kitchen in rural Ireland. If things go
well, my longtime traveling companions, the audience,
will share with me something of my Uncle Tony, my Aunt
Mary and my cousin Anthony. I’m glad.
Reprinted with permission from The New York Times
(January 9, 2014).
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Opening Night: Wednesday, November 18, 2015
THE GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE PRODUCTION OF
Directed by Randall Arney
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS CIRCLE MEMBERS
Laurie & Bill Benenson • Martha Henderson • Pamela Robinson Hollander & Robert Hollander Loretta Everett Kaufman & Victor Kaufman • Gail & Andrew Roth
Linda Bernstein Rubin & Tony Rubin • Miranda & Brett Tollman
Scenic Designer Anthony T. Fanning
Costume Designer David Kay Mickelsen
Composer Peter Golub
Sound Designer Jonathan Burke
Lighting Designer Daniel Ionazzi
Written by John Patrick Shanley
Assistant Stage Manager Amy Ramsdell
Production Stage Manager Young Ji
Casting Director Phyllis Schuringa, CSA
Recipient of the 2014 Edgerton Foundation New American Play Award
Originally commissioned by Manhattan Theatre Club (Lynne Meadow, Artistic Director; Barry Grove, Executive Producer)
with funds provided by U.S. Trust, and received its world premiere there on January 3, 2014
Outside Mullingar is presented by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc., New York
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CAST OF CHARACTERS(In alphabetical order)
Rosemary Muldoon ................................................................................................................... Jessica Collins
Tony Reilly .................................................................................................................................... Jarlath Conroy
Anthony Reilly ............................................................................................................................... Dan Donohue
Aoife Muldoon ................................................................................................................ Robin Pearson Rose
UNDERSTUDIES(In alphabetical order)
Rosemary Muldoon ................................................................................................................. Donnla Hughes
Tony Reilly ................................................................................................................................ Don Oscar Smith
Aoife Muldoon ............................................................................................................................... Eileen T’Kaye
Anthony Reilly .............................................................................................................................. Jay Whittaker
SETTING/TIME Killucan, Ireland, 2008 – 2013
RUNNING TIME Approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes
There will be no intermission.
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JESSICA COLLINS(Rosemary Muldoon)
Jessica Collins made her Broadway debut alongside Laura Linney in Les Liasons Dangereuses, for which she was nominated for an Outer Critics Circle Award. Off-Broadway Jessica was seen in We Live Here (Manhattan Theatre Club), Manic Flight Reaction (Playwrights Horizons) and King Lear (Shakespeare in the Park). On television, she has had starring roles in AMC’s Rubicon and ABC’s The Nine, and numerous appearances on House, Revolution, Law & Order, The Good Wife and CSI. On the film side, Jessica will next be seen in the independent So B. It, and Free State of Jones alongside Matthew McConaughey and Keri Russell. She was last seen in the Academy Award-nominated Zero Dark Thirty. She is a graduate of The Juilliard School.
JARLATH CONROY (Tony Reilly)
Broadway: The Seagull with Kristin Scott Thomas; The Weir; The Iceman Cometh; On The Waterfront; Ghetto; Philadelphia, Here I Come!; The Visit; Comedians. Off-Broadway: Loot, The Coward, Finn, A Man of No Importance, Our Lady of Sligo, A Life, Gardenia,
Translations, The Matchmaker. Regional: Annie Baker’s The Last of the Little Hours at Sundance Theatre Lab; The Homecoming; Catchpenny Twist; The Steward of Christendom (Barrymore Award); Juno and the Paycock (Helen Hayes Award); Henry V (Helen Hayes Award nomination); Faith Healer; Twelfth Night; Ah, Wilderness!; Inherit the Wind; A Christmas Carol. Internationally he has appeared at The Royal Court, London in Cromwell and Hamlet; The White Devil at The Old Vic and numerous plays at Nottingham Rep. Film and TV: Putzel, True Grit, Day of the Dead, Across the Universe, Kinsey, Stay, Day of the Dead, Heaven’s Gate, The Art of Getting By, Law & Order, Law and Order SVU, NYPD Blue, Summer. His directing credits include True West and Human Resources.
DAN DONOHUE(Anthony Reilly)
Broadway: Scar in The Lion King. Regionally: The Night Alive and Radiance (Geffen Playhouse); One Man, Two Guvnors (Berkeley Repertory Theatre and South Coast Rep). Dan has been a fixture at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival since 1994, performing in over 30 productions in such roles as Hamlet, Mercutio, Caliban, Iago, Henry V, Richard III and Dvornichek (Rough Crossing). Other credits include The Triumph of Love (Long Wharf Theatre), The Game of Love and Chance (Seattle Repertory Theatre), Servant of Two Masters (Intiman Theatre) and roles at Arizona Theatre Company, Portland Center Stage, San Jose Rep, Asolo Rep and elsewhere.
Dan was an inaugural recipient of the Lunt-Fontanne Fellowship and a 2012 Grammy Award Nominee (Best Spoken Word — HAMLET). Film/TV credits include Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Scream Queens, The Mentalist, Shameless, Return to Zero, Water & Power and The Closer. He currently resides in Los Angeles.
ROBIN PEARSON ROSE(Aoife Muldoon)
Theater: Broadway: Holiday, The Visit (Hal Prince, Director). Regional: Old Globe Theatre: Other Desert Cities, Good People, August Osage County, Vincent in Brixton, Da, All My Sons (San Diego Critics Circle Award), Voir Dire, Dancing at Lughanasa, Wonderful Tennessee, Remembrance. Roundabout Theatre: Summer and Smoke. Rubicon Theatre: Doubt (Ovation Award nomination), You Can’t Take It With You, All My Sons (Ovation nomination), Happy Days. Southcoast Repertory Theatre: The Carpetbagger’s Children, Dragon Lady. Center Repertory Theatre: Amy’s View. American Conservatory Theatre: Juno & The Paycock. Pasadena Playhouse: Joined at the Head. Film: Annabelle, Something’s Gotta Give, What Women Want, Speechless, Fearless (Peter Weir, Director), An Enemy of the People (opposite Steve McQueen). Television: Mad Men, NCIS, Enlightened, Life, Vanished, The Nine, Grey’s Anatomy, Boston Legal, Cold Case Files, Without a Trace, Boston Public. Associate Artist, The Old Globe Theatre. MFA, Yale School of Drama.
JOHN PATRICK SHANLEY (Playwright)
John Patrick Shanley is from The Bronx. His plays include Outside Mullingar (Tony nomination), Danny and the Deep Blue Sea, Savage in Limbo, Italian-American Reconciliation, Welcome to the Moon, Four Dogs and a Bone, Dirty Story, Defiance and Beggars in the House of Plenty. His theatrical work is performed extensively across the United States and around the world. For his play Doubt, he received both the Tony Award and the Pulitzer Prize. In the arena of screenwriting, he has nine films to his credit, most recently Doubt, with Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams and Viola Davis; Doubt, directed by Mr. Shanley, was nominated for five Academy Awards, including Best Adapted Screenplay. Other films include Five Corners (Special Jury Prize, Barcelona Film Festival), Alive, Joe Versus the Volcano (which he also directed) and Live From Baghdad for HBO (Emmy nomination). For his script of Moonstruck he received both the Writers Guild of America Award and an Academy Award for best original screenplay. In 2009, The Writers Guild of America awarded Mr. Shanley the Lifetime Achievement In Writing.
RANDALL ARNEY (Director / Artistic Director)
Randall Arney has been a theater professional for over 30 years and has served as Artistic Director of the Geffen Playhouse since 1999. In addition to his artistic programming and oversight at the Geffen, Arney has helmed
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more than 10 productions for the theater, most recently The Night Alive, Reasons to Be Pretty, Slowgirl, American Buffalo, Superior Donuts, The Female of the Species, The Seafarer, Speed-the-Plow and All My Sons. Arney is an ensemble member and former Artistic Director of Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theatre where his directing credits include: Slowgirl, The Seafarer, The Beauty Queen of Leenane, Death and the Maiden, Curse of the Starving Class, Killers and The Geography of Luck, among others. Arney also directed Steppenwolf’s world premiere of Steve Martin’s Picasso at the Lapin Agile, as well as the subsequent national and international acclaimed productions. Mr. Arney’s acting credits with Steppenwolf include Born Yesterday, Ghost in the Machine, The Homecoming, Frank’s Wild Years, You Can’t Take it with You, Fool for Love, True West, Balm in Gilead and Coyote Ugly. As the Artistic Director for Steppenwolf from 1987 to 1995, he oversaw the creation of a new state-of-the-art theater which is Steppenwolf’s current home. Broadway transfers under his leadership include The Rise and Fall of Little Voice, The Song of Jacob Zulu (six Tony Award nominations) and The Grapes of Wrath (1990 Tony Award, Best Play). Mr. Arney has an MFA degree in Acting from Illinois State University and has taught master classes and workshops at UCLA, Steppenwolf, around the U.S. and in Tokyo.
ANTHONY T. FANNING(Scenic Designer)
Broadway: August Wilson’s Two Trains Running. National Tour: The Who’s Tommy directed by Victoria Bussert. Regional: The Guthrie, South Coast Repertory, The Old Globe, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Huntington Theatre Company, Ahmanson Theatre, San Diego Opera and
the Geffen Playhouse. As an Art Director for film, Tony has had the privilege of working with Steven Spielberg (Lincoln, Munich, War of the Worlds, Amistad), Robert Zemeckis (The Polar Express, What Lies Beneath), Sam Raimi (Spider-Man), Steven Soderberg (Ocean’s Twelve and Ocean’s Thirteen), Nancy Meyers (What Women Want) and Brad Silberling (Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events) Film and Television Production Design include: Jim Sheridan’s Brothers, Rod Lurie’s remake of Strawdogs, Jim Field Smith’s Butter, Ryan Murphy’s The New Normal, Chris Carter’s The After and Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould’s Better Call Saul. Tony won an Emmy for his Art Direction on the pilot episode of Aaron Sorkin’s The West Wing.
DAVID KAY MICKELSEN(Costume Designer)
Mr. Mickelsen returns to the Geffen Playhouse having previously designed The Night Alive, Reasons to Be Pretty, The Female of the Species, All My Sons and Paint Your Wagon. He has designed over 300 productions at many regional theaters across the country. Companies include South Coast Repertory; Pasadena Playhouse; The Old Globe; Laguna Playhouse; The Guthrie Theater; Ford’s Theatre; Berkeley Repertory Theatre; Seattle Repertory Theatre; Denver Center Theatre Company; Northlight Theatre Company; The Oregon, Colorado, Illinois and Utah Shakespeare Festivals; Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park; Arizona, Pioneer, and Geva Theatre Companies; Tennessee, San Diego, New Mexico, Missouri, and St. Louis Repertory Theatres; Williamstown and Sundance Theatre Festivals; and the Children’s Theatre Company of Minneapolis. Originally from Canby, Oregon, Mr. Mickelsen now makes his home in Long Beach, California.
DANIEL IONAZZI (Lighting Designer)
Recent designs for the Geffen Playhouse include The Night Alive, Reasons to Be Pretty; Ruth Draper’s Monologues; Slowgirl; Build; Yes, Prime Minister; American Buffalo; The Jacksonian; Radiance; Red Hot Patriot; and Superior Donuts. His work has also been seen at Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Berkeley Rep, Arena Stage, South Coast Repertory, and Denver Center Theatre Company. His design for the New York production of The Jacksonian garnered a Lucille Lortel nomination. He designed the lighting installation for Teatro alla Moda for the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts and Trajectoire and Catapult for the dance company Diavolo. His design work can also be seen in the 4-D cinematic experience, Beyond all Boundaries, at the National World War II Museum. Daniel is Production Manager for the Geffen Playhouse, a member of the faculty of the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television and Director of Production for the Department of Theater. He is the author of The Stage Management Handbook and The Stagecraft Handbook.
JONATHAN BURKE (Sound Designer)
Off-Broadway: Lonesome Traveler, The Best is Yet to Come: The Music of Cy Coleman (59E59). Regional: Heroes, You Can’t Take It With You, Cookin’ at the Cookery, He Hunts, The Weir (Geffen Playhouse), Avenue X, Beast on the Moon, If We are Women, Jack and Jill and Molly Sweeney (City Theatre Company), My Fair Lady, Last Five Years (Ovation Nomination), Hello! My Baby, Daddy Long Legs (Ovation Nomination), The Best is Yet to Come: The Music of Cy Coleman, Fiddler on the Roof, A Delicate Balance, Man of La Mancha, Lonesome Traveler,
Food Confessions, Our Town (Rubicon Theatre Company). Jonathan has been the Resident Sound Designer for Cabrillo Music Theatre (Ovation Nominations for Singin’ in the Rain and The Sound of Music) since 2003 and has worked on productions for the LA Opera, Mark Taper Forum, Dorothy Chandler Pavilion and Hollywood Bowl. In addition to designing, Jonathan is the Academic Coordinator and Lecturer for UCLA’s School of Theater and owner of JABWORKS, a theatrical sound rental and recording company. jonathanburkesounddesign.com
PETER GOLUB (Composer)
Geffen Playhouse: The Country House, Time Stands Still, Mizlansky/Zilinsky, He Hunts. Broadway: The Country House, The Heiress, Time Stands Still, Hedda Gabler, Come Back Little Sheba. Off-Broadway: The Laramie Cycle (BAM), Suddenly Last Summer (Roundabout Theatre Company), numerous scores for Charles Ludlam’s Ridiculous Theatrical Company. Scores for Delacorte, Public Theater, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Mark Taper Forum, Playwrights Horizons, Huntington Theatre Company, La MaMa, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Seattle Repertory Theatre, La Jolla Playhouse, Old Globe, others. Film scores: Songs My Brothers Taught Me, All Work All Play, These Amazing Shadows, Frozen River, The Great Debaters, The Laramie Project, Wordplay, Countdown to Zero. Recent concert works: Garden Paths (Debussy Trio), Sleepwalking (cello concerto for Matt Haimovitz); Dark Carols (song cycle at the Mark Taper Library); Suite from These Amazing Shadows (Chattanooga Symphony); Boxes, Buckets and Bags (Liederabend Festival at The Kitchen). He has written
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four ballets and has a DMA from the Yale School of Music; composition teachers include Toru Takemitsu, Jacob Druckman and Henry Brant. He has been Director of the Sundance Film Music Program since 2000 and currently teaches at UCLA’s Herb Alpert School of Music.
YOUNG JI(Production Stage Manager)
Geffen Playhouse: The Night Alive, Reasons to Be Pretty; The Country House; Mel Brooks: Live at the Geffen; The Pianist of Willesden Lane; Play Dead; Rapture, Blister, Burn; Yes, Prime Minister; American Buffalo; Nothing to Hide; Build; The Exorcist; The Jacksonian; Radiance: The Passion of Marie Curie; The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity; Extraordinary Chambers; In Mother Words; Love Loss & What I Wore; Ricky Jay: A Rogue’s Gallery; Louis & Keely: Live at the Sahara. NYC: The Jacksonian; Assistant Director (The New Group). Other Regional: Center Theatre Group: The Cherry Orchard (Taper); Wrecks, Trial of the Catonsville Nine, Pyrenees, A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings (Kirk Douglas Theatre). Other Los Angeles: Cousin Bette, King Lear, The Autumn Garden (Producer); La Ronde, The Glass Menagerie (Director); Tonight at 8:30, Phaedra (Getty Villa), Mother Courage and Her Children, Pera Palas, Chekhov X 4. Married to actress/director Jeanie Hackett.
AMY RAMSDELL (Assistant Stage Manager)
Past Geffen Playhouse credits include Bad Jews, Hershey Felder as Irving Berlin, Choir Boy, The Country House, Slowgirl. First Date: The Musical, Billy Elliot (McCoy Rigby Entertainment), Immediate Family (Center Theatre Group), Joffrey Ballet West. Additional credits include Once: First National Tour (Production
Assistant), The Awakening of Angel DeLuna (New York Musical Theatre Festival), American Night (La Jolla Playhouse), As You Like It, Inherit the Wind, Richard III, Broadway Bound and Brighton Beach Memoirs (The Old Globe), The Sound of Music, Love Changes Everything, Jekyll & Hyde and Jesus Christ Superstar (Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera). Amy graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Stage Management from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts.
PHYLLIS SCHURINGA, CSA (Casting) Phyllis has been the casting director at Geffen Playhouse for 12 years and now is also the Artistic Associate. Recent plays at the Geffen include Bad Jews; The Night Alive; Switzerland; The Country House; Wait Until Dark and American Buffalo. Before joining the team at the Geffen, she was the casting director for Steppenwolf Theatre in Chicago where her favorites include Frank Galati’s adaptation of The Grapes of Wrath (also La Jolla Playhouse, National Theatre in London, and Broadway, where it received the Tony Award for Best Play), the original production of Steve Martin’s Picasso at the Lapin Agile (and subsequent productions including Westwood Playhouse and Briar Street Theater in Chicago), Austin Pendleton’s Orson’s Shadow and Charles L. Mee’s Time to Burn. Broadway transfers include One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (Tony Award for Best Revival) and The Song of Jacob Zulu. She teaches auditioning at Steppenwolf West and is a member of the Casting Society of America.
GIL CATES, JR. (Executive Director)Gil Cates, Jr. has proudly served on the Geffen Playhouse Board since 2012 and has years of producing and directing experience in theater, film, and television. Gil’s theater credits include the award winning Names (Matrix Theatre) starring Dixie Carter and Greg Mullavey, The Night I Knocked Out Joe Frazer and Lost 90 Pounds (Gardner Stage Theater), as well as Three Sisters and David Mamet’s A Life in the Theatre (both at Syracuse Stage). Gil’s film credits include The Surface (starring Sean Astin and Geffen Playhouse alumnus Chris Mulkey), Jobs (starring Ashton Kutcher, Josh Gad, Dermot Mulroney, as well as Geffen Playhouse alumni Matthew Modine and Ron Eldard) and the 2011 feature film Lucky (starring Colin Hanks, Ari Graynor, Ann-Margret and recent Golden Globe winner Jeffrey Tambor). In addition, Gil produced and directed the critically acclaimed Life After Tomorrow, featuring Sarah Jessica Parker, which won best documentary at the Phoenix Film Festival and later had its premiere Christmas Eve on Showtime. His other films include Deal (starring Burt Reynolds, Bret Harrison and Charles Durning), The Mesmerist (starring Geffen Playhouse alumnus Neil Patrick Harris), and the critically acclaimed independent film Order of Chaos. Gil also made his TV directorial debut with an episode of the NBC comedy, Joey, starring Emmy winner Matt LeBlanc. He studied at the National Theatre Institute in Waterford, Connecticut, and holds a BFA in Drama from Syracuse University in 1991.
REGINA MILLER (Chief Development Officer)
Regina has been a development professional for over 18 years, working with non-profit institutions, foundations and corporations on strategy, analysis and fundraising. She has worked for Simon Wiesenthal Center, The Clinton Foundation, Ben Affleck’s Eastern Congo Initiative, Hank Azaria’s Determined to Succeed, Charlize Theron's Africa Outreach Project, Water.org, Codenow.org among others. Prior to the Geffen, Regina served as the Director of Partnerships for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Los Angeles and the Inland Empire where she led strategic planning and development while executing policies that advanced the organization’s visibility and growth. Regina also has a strong passion for teaching. After graduating from University of North Carolina School of the Arts, she taught in preschools and kindergartens in New York. From the age of 13, Regina worked as a professional dancer on Broadway as well as with a number of prominent modern dance ensembles. Fusing two of her interests, she created a highly successful program which incorporated dance therapy and creative movement into an early childhood curriculum as well as wrote and produced a television show based on this concept. In addition to being a published author and photographer with Tallfellow Press and Prometheus Books, Regina has taught and lectured at numerous schools in New York, Los Angeles and abroad.
PRODUCTION BIOGRAPHIES
PRODUCTION STAFF FOR OUTSIDE MULLINGAR
Assistant Set Designer May Mitchell
Light Board Operator Ramine Ameli
Wardrobe Supervisor Lisa Leonhardt
Rehearsal Production Assistant Dana Lundblad
Production Assistant Cat Sowa
Automation Operator/Stage Crew Kirsten Monson
Stage Crew Alex Norkus
Stage Crew Jack Herndon
Properties Artisan Cami Viand
Properties Artisan Devin Lennon-Davey
Properties Artisan Lillian Bartenstein
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Set provided by Scenic Highlights
Lighting Equipment provided by Entertainment Lighting Services
Sound Equipment provided by Jon Sound Inc.
Production Photographer Michael Lamont
Media Filming Four Leaf Media
Key Art Stockholm Design
SPECIAL THANKS
UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television Scene, Prop, Sound and Costume Shops; London Cleaners
UCLA SCHOOL OF THEATER, FILM AND TELEVISION
Geffen Playhouse is affiliated with the University of California at Los Angeles,
specifically the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television. Geffen Playhouse
values its role as an important educational resource by providing students
with master classes, workshops and internships. Students are also able to work
and learn from distinguished visiting Geffen artists such as Alan Ayckbourn,
Jon Robin Baitz, Annette Bening, Ed Harris, David Ives, Neil LaBute, David
Mamet, Donald Margulies, Terrence McNally, John Rando and Kathleen Turner
in areas of directing, playwriting, acting, design, dramaturgy, management and
production. Geffen Playhouse also draws upon the distinguished experts in the
university to enhance the theater’s programs and research.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS GEFFEN AT A GLANCE
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Administrative Offices ... 310.208.6500
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for our patrons with special
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AT THE THEATER
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 seated in the first available location
by the house staff even if different from
your assigned seat. Be advised that
some productions or circumstances may
not allow for late or return seating.
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This theater operates under agreement between the League of Resident Theaters and Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, an independent national labor union.
The scenic, costume, lighting and sound designers in LORT theaters are represented by United Scenic Artists Local USA-829, IATSE.
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Opening Night of These Paper Bullets!
Sponsored by Audi of America, Inc., Guitar Center, Hint Water,
Los Angeles magazine, Malibu Family Wines, Napa Valley Grille
and Richard Ruskell Pastries
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The cast of These Paper Bullets! with playwright Rolin Jones and director Jackson Gay
Playwright Rolin Jones with These Paper Bullets! songwriter Billie Joe Armstrong
Geffen donors Jim, Manuela and David Goren get into the ‘60s theme with The Quartos
Geffen donors Donna McKenna and Flynn Chernos in front of the newly renamed Geffen Playhouse bar
Geffen donors Jonathan and Mara Blum have fun with the ‘60s theme
UCLA Center X Teacher Leaders for the Geffen Playhouse Literacy Project with Director of Education & Community Engagement Jennifer Zakkai and their guests
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20th Anniversary Open House
On Saturday, October 10, 20 years after the curtain first went up on the theater’s very
first production, Four Dogs and a Bone, Geffen Playhouse celebrated with a 20th
anniversary open house.
Guests enjoyed bagels, coffee, donuts and mimosas prior to Randall Arney and Gil Cates, Jr.
taking the stage to talk about 20 seasons of memories and the current season of shows.
Geffen Playhouse artist Merle Dandridge joined Randy and Gil to share her favorite Geffen
Playhouse stories and her love for the Geffen. It was a wonderful morning for all who
were able to attend!
THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS
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Some of the Geffen Playhouse staff ready for a wonderful open house
Gil Cates, Jr. and Randall Arney speak to the crowdMerle Dandridge joins Gil Cates, Jr. and Randall Arney to tell her story and have some fun
Geffen Playhouse patrons showing some loveGeffen Playhouse patrons Emily and Rob Bishop20-year Geffen Playhouse subscriber Arlene poses in front of the Geffen Playhouse
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Shakespeare-Beatles mashup These Paper Bullets! @GeffenPlayhouse
is fantastically entertaining. Funny, rowdy, sharp, great music.
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Going to see These Paper Bullets! at the @GeffenPlayhouse again.
I’m in love. It’s amazing.
GARY CLARK
Shakespeare meets The Beatles! Incredible, witty, fun, cool music — takes you back to 1964. Never a dull moment with music by Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day fame.
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These Paper Bullets! was perfect! Shakespeare redone by Rolin Jones and
The Beatles respun by @BJAofficial. Don’t miss!!
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SYRIE JAMES
I LOVED it! Fun script, fab costumes, great performances, and how awesome is it to rip off (pay tribute to?) Shakespeare and
The Beatles all in the same show!
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WEST COAST PREMIERE BEGINS FEBRUARY 2 GIL CATES THEATER AT THE GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE
“It has been a long time since a new work has challenged the very core of existence.”
— The Philadelphia Inquirer
GEFFENPLAYHOUSE.COM | 310.208.5454
#BARCELONA
Written by BESS WOHL Directed by TRIP CULLMAN
When a young American tourist has a wild night out with an elegant Spaniard, what begins as a drunken fling becomes a searing and seductive look at two lost
souls seeking solace in each other. Bess Wohl’s biting humor uncovers the individual tragedies and triumphs that build us up as well as tear us down.
GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE SUBSCRIBERS
CORRINNE MANN KEMPINSKY & LOUIS KEMPINSKYHow long have you been subscribing to the Geffen
Playhouse?
Louis Kempinsky: For 20 years, since the beginning!
What keeps you coming back year after year?
LK: The art. We like to think of ourselves as open-minded,
and we love the variety of offerings at the Geffen.
Corrinne Mann Kempinsky: Even though we may not
love everything we see, we value the artistic quality
at all times. I also enjoy hearing other audience
members’ conversations about the plays. It’s always
interesting to hear how different people are affected
by the same material. You learn a lot about the art
from the dialogue it inspires in the audience.
LK: And onstage! Years ago, I remember bringing my
daughter, who was then a teenager, to see Carrie Fisher
in Wishful Drinking. It had not been a great father-
daughter bonding day, and she sat down in our front row
seats intent to watch the show with her arms crossed
and a scowl on her face. Early in the first act, though,
Carrie, having observed her, walked over and said, “You
really don’t want to be here, do you?” They then had a
brief exchange, and my daughter immediately cheered
up. I couldn’t believe it! I learned then and there that the
actors can definitely see the audience from the stage!
What a fun show — and experience.
What other fun memories or Geffen stories would you
like to share with us?
CMK: We really do feel like this is our neighborhood
theater. It has such a comfortable, warm feel to it
when you walk in the building, an authentic quality we
appreciate. And the staff is wonderful — always helpful.
LK: There was a time years ago where we were traveling
for work a lot and had to exchange our season tickets
frequently. We almost didn’t renew our subscription
around that time, but the lovely ticketing staff was
so supportive and fantastic that they encouraged us
to continue subscribing … and here we are, after 20
years!
IF A PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS, THEN A MEMORY MUST BE PRICELESS.
This season, after 20 amazing years of storytelling from the stage, it’s time to hear your stories
from the audience! What first inspired you to come to the Geffen Playhouse? What keeps
you coming back? This is your time to shine! Please email your stories to anniversarystories@
geffenplayhouse.com.
For this installment, we celebrate the early days of the Geffen with stories from long-time
subscribers Corrinne Mann Kempinsky & Louis Kempinsky, as well as a true Geffen love story
between actors Vanessa & French Stewart.
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GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE ARTISTS
FRENCH STEWART & VANESSA STEWARTIn what ways has being a Geffen artist added value to
your life?
Vanessa Stewart: Our show Louis and Keely: Live at the
Sahara opened originally at Sacred Fools Theater. Gil
Cates, Sr. helped us move it to the Geffen back then,
and I’ve had a career ever since. As an artist, it was a
dream to get a start here. It really validated me as both
a writer and performer.
French Stewart: I’ve been fortunate to work in multiple
capacities at the Geffen. Be it on stage, fundraisers,
readings, Story Pirates for kids, or new play workshops.
It’s an extremely warm and productive community. I’ve
always walked away feeling the enrichment of building
something: large, small, or just helpful.
What is your favorite memory (backstage/onstage) of
being at the Geffen Playhouse?
FS: I was doing a play with the wonderful Matthew
Modine when I saw a stunning actress walking down the
hall in a nurse’s outfit. I said “Hello, nurse.” She said: “You
better take your medicine.” Matt saw my face and said
“Well, that’s that.” The nurse and myself are now happily
married with a two-year-old daughter.
VS: It was a green room romance. He had to introduce
himself to me twice because I looked completely different
out of the Keely wig. The Geffen gave me more than my
career. The Geffen gave me my husband and daughter.
In your mind, what is unique or special about the Geffen?
VS: The Geffen feels like a family that really cares about
the artists that come through its doors. I remember
being schooled by Gil Cates about how to make my
show better. And every time I see Randall Arney, I feel
included in this lovely way that makes me want to keep
telling stories here.
FS: Location. It’s smack dab in the middle of Westwood
and the UCLA campus. There’s a youthful energy
that’s an irresistible reminder to have fun. Walking to
rehearsal from your parking spot can be like a really
good cup of coffee.
Why do you choose to give your talent to this theater
in particular?
VS: I’m inspired by the people I see coming in and out
of the doors. Not just the incredible actors, writers and
directors. It’s also the backstage crew, the staff, the
people running the joint: everyone has such a passion
for what they do. It’s this infectious energy and love that
spills out of the offices and into the rehearsal experience
when you come to work.
FS: Passion, craftsmanship and care. As an actor that
regularly works in 99 seat theater, I deeply appreciate the
Geffen’s cultivation of local artists. Truly encouraging.
Is there anything else you would like to say about the
Geffen?
FS: Yes. The next time I walk through the lobby, you can
forget the gracious greeting or marvelous entertainment
and place a 103 degree double latte into my greedy little
hand. Up your game already.
VS: Actually, the beautiful glass of wine from Malibu
Family Wines suits him just fine.
FS: Fair enough.
FS & VS: We love you, Geffen Playhouse.
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PLEASE SHARE YOUR STORIES AND MEMORIES OF THE GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE EMAIL [email protected]
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In 1995, founder Gil Cates named the theater
“Geffen Playhouse” in honor of entertainment
mogul David Geffen’s generous founding gift.
Since then, the nonprofit has relied on generous
donations from the Geffen Playhouse family —
a community of foundations, corporations
and individuals (including you!).
You can thank founding Board member
Ginny Mancini for cutting down those lines to the
ladies’ room! In 2003, she generously funded and
redesigned the Ginny Mancini Women’s Lounge
which doubled its previous size. The men’s room
also received its own Mancini makeover —
it was renamed the Moon River Men’s Lounge
and relocated from the mezzanine level to the
lobby for convenience.
To gear up for 2009’s Matthew Modine Saves the Alpacas, Geffen Playhouse founder Gil
Cates led staff on “Save the Alpacas” marches
throughout Westwood. “You know what would
be great?” he said one day, a rhetorical query
that always signaled to the staff that they were in
for something wild. “If we had live alpacas!” Sure
enough, alpacas joined one of the marches and
made an appearance at Opening Night!
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Geffen Playhouse is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit
organization. Ticket sales cover only 60% of the
cost of a production. Its mission to enrich the
cultural life of Los Angeles through plays and
educational programs that inform, entertain and
inspire would not be possible without donations
from generous supporters like you.
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DID YOU KNOW?
ANNUAL DONORS
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Geffen Playhouse recognizes the following individuals and organizations for their generous support of our Annual Fund and Backstage
at the Geffen. Donors are listed at the Associate level and higher for gifts made between August 20, 2014 and October 20, 2015.
In appreciation, donors enjoy a host of special benefits including house seats, complimentary drinks, receptions and much more.
For more information, please call Jamie Mikelich at 310.208.6500 ext. 128.
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FoundationFred Specktor & Nancy HellerSugarfishSteve TischMiranda & Brett TollmanU.S. BankUnion BankWell Done CateringWestfield GroupWilliam Morris Endeavor
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AnonymousJehan F. Agrama & Dwora FriedAMCAmgen FoundationHilary & Jack Angelo The Alec Baldwin FoundationAVIDThe Baxter International FoundationRuth & Jake BloomAnnette BlumMara & Jonathan BlumThe Eli & Edythe L. Broad FoundationGlenn & Lynn CardosoMarcy CarseyComcast | NBC UniversalDebra DavisDream Warrior GroupFielding Edlow & Larry ClarkeJo & Larry FeldmanLawrence N. FieldEric Flamholtz & Yvonne RandleSusan & Eric FleishmanFour Seasons Resort Maui at WaileaKiki & David GindlerPriscila GiraldoGloria & Peter GoldGrand Wailea, a Waldorf Astoria
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Carrie Johnson
Janis B. McEldowney
Richard Milling
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TIMELINE
EXPERIENCE 20 UNFORGETTABLE SEASONS OF GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE PRODUCTIONSONLINE AT GEFFENPLAYHOUSE.COM/TIMELINE
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FOUR DOGS AND A BONEIn October of 1995, Gil Cates embraced the idea of a theater opening
in the heart of a movie town and selected John Patrick Shanley’s
Four Dogs and a Bone, a Hollywood satire, to launch the newly
minted Geffen Playhouse. Directed by Lawrence Kasdan and
starring Brendan Fraser, Elizabeth Perkins, Parker Posey and
Martin Short, this play set 20 seasons into motion.
OCTOBER 1995
Randall Arney Artistic Director
Gil Cates, Jr. Executive Director
ARTISTIC
Amy Levinson Artistic Associate / Literary Director
Phyllis Schuringa Artistic Associate / Casting Director
Young Ji Artistic Coordinator / Company Manager
Rachel Wiegardt-Egel Literary Associate
Rebecca Birstock Artistic Intern
DEVELOPMENT
Regina Miller Chief Development Officer
Ellen Catania Senior Vice President, Development
Jessica Brusilow Rollins Director of Education Partnerships & Donor Relations
Jamie Mikelich Associate Director of Individual Giving & Spotlight Manager
Kristen Smith Eshaya Development & Education Programs Coordinator
Scott Kriloff Development Associate & Donor Database Administrator
Clay Dzygun Development Associate
Ava Bogle Development Coordinator
Taylor Dearden Development Assistant
Justin Baer Development Intern
EDUCATION
Jennifer Zakkai Director of Education & Community Engagement
Carolyn Marie Wright Manager of Education & Community Engagement
Corky Dominguez, David Guerra, Kristina Leach, Juan Rivera, Connor White Teaching Artists
ADMINISTRATION
Behnaz Ataee Chief Financial Officer
Frankie Ocasio Executive Assistant
Peter Banachowski Accounting and Payroll Manager
Diana Chang Accounts Payable
Marguerite Harris Receptionist
PRODUCTION
Daniel Ionazzi Production Manager
Jill Barnes Associate Production Manager / Company Manager
Sam Craven-Griffiths Technical Director
Evan Friedman Assistant Technical Director
Rich Gilles Properties Master
James Grabowski House Sound Supervisor
Darren Rezowalli Lighting & Video Supervisor
MARKETING & SALES
Joseph Yoshitomi Director of Marketing & Communications
Karen Gutierrez Director of Advertising & Sponsorships
Brian Dunning Graphic Design Manager
Kevin O’Brien Marketing & Graphics Coordinator
Mark San Filippo Ticket Services Director & Database Administrator
Stephanie Strand Audience Services Manager
Janice Bernal Box Office Manager
Bryan Martin Box Office Manager
Zack Hamra Box Office Assistant Manager
Korie Benavidez, Kaitlin Huwe, Richard Martinez, Cameron Reck, Celia Rivera, Christine Rivera, Celeste Russi, Alyssa Tyson Box Office Staff
COMMUNICATIONS
Katy Sweet, Pam Giangregorio, Carly Yates Katy Sweet & Associates Public Relations
Sue Fleishman Consultant, September Media
Rebecca Haithcoat Communications Editor
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Karim Bouzzit System Administrator
FRONT OF HOUSE
Jeni Pearsons Director of Special Events
David Gerhardt Supervising House Manager
Jane Phillips Harper Deputy Supervising House Manager
Josiah Davis, Amy Farkas, Caroline Harrison Kohler Roxana Meyers House Managers
Ally Aberrotman, Rebecca Birstock, Kailey Bray, Christopher Caron, Taylor Cerny, Vianney Cossyleon, Taylor Dearden, Brett Donaldson, Megan Fitzgerald, Mariel Higuera, Netta Lee Joseph, Nathaniel Meek, Keith Mitchell, Aaron Newman, JoJo Nwoko, Shannon O’Hara, James Porter, Luis Ruiz, Jonathan Schwartz, Oliver Vaughn, Dennis Woullard Ushers
Rob Mersola Bar Manager and Mixologist
Manuel Mayorga Weekend Bar Manager
Adam Carr, Brenda Davidson, Mariel Higuera, Lyndsi LaRose, Kimberly Legg Bartenders
FACILITIES MANAGEMENT
Miguel del Castillo Facility Manager
Mario Santillan-Perez Custodial
Juan Carlos Umaña Cleaning Custodial
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Geffen Playhouse is supported, in part, by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors
through the Los Angeles County Arts Commission.
This project was also funded in part by the Department of Cultural Affairs, City of Los Angeles.
Geffen Playhouse, a nont-for-profit theater company, is proudly affiliated with the University of California at Los Angeles.
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