BOOTYCANDYby

Robert O’Harawith (in alphabetical order)

Cooper Daniels*, Julanne Chidi Hill*, Anton Peeples, Michael A. Shepperd*, and Travina Springer*

BOOTYCANDY World premiered in June 2011 at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company (How-ard Shalwitz, Artistic Director, Jeffrey Herrmann, Managing Director) in Washington, D.C.

BOOTYCANDY was subsequently produced in May 2013 at the Wilma Theater Company (Blanka Zizka, Artistic Director).

BOOTYCANDY premiered in New York City in August 2014 at Playwrights Horizons (Tim Sanford, Artistic Director).

Scenic DesignStephen Joshua Thompson

Lighting DesignMatthew Brian Denman

Costume DesignAllison Dillard

Sound DesignRebecca Kessin

Properties DesignMichael O’Hara

Marketing/PRDavid Elzer/

DEMAND PR

CastingJami Rudofsky

Production Stage ManagerMarcedes L. Clanton*

Associate ProducersMark Giberson, Gino Marconi

& Tracey McAvoy

Assistant DirectorRyan Bergmann

Graphic DesignStephen Ayers

PhotographerMatthew Brian Denman

Directed by

Michael Matthews**

Produced byRebecca Eisenberg

*Member of Actors’ Equity Association, The Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

**The Director is a member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, a national theatrical labor union.

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A MESSAGE FROM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MICHAEL C. KRICFALUSI

Thank you for joining us at Celebra-tion Theatre’s first production in our new home. We are excited to show off what we can do and I hope you enjoy Bootycandy as much as we enjoyed bringing it to you. This is the first show this season but definitely not the last. We invite you to come back and join us for Dreamboy opening in early 2016 followed by The Boy from Oz opening Spring 2016.

Ticket sales are only a small portion of what it cost to cover the expenses of bringing these productions to you our audience. If you enjoyed this show, we invite you to help us continue bring-ing you 99-seat Theatre by donating at www.CelebrationTheatre.com.

“Bootycandy” is presented by special arrangement with SAMUEL FRENCH, INC.

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PRODUCTION NOTICES

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CAST (by Role)TRAVINA SPRINGER*ANTON PEEPLESJULANNE CHIDI HILL*MICHAEL A. SHEPPERD*COOPER DANIELS*

Actor 1Actor 2Actor 3Actor 4Actor 5

PRODUCTION TEAMROBERT O’HARAMICHAEL MATTHEWS**RYAN BERGMANNMARCEDES L. CLANTON*MATTHEW BRIAN DENMANALLISON DILLARDREBECCA KESSINMICHAEL O’HARASTEPHEN JOSHUA THOMPSONMICHAEL C. KRICFALUSIREBECCA EISENBERGNATHAN FRIZZELLMICHAEL MATTHEWSMICHAEL O’HARAMICHAEL A. SHEPPERDREBECCA EISENBERGMARK GIBERSONGINO MARCONITRACEY McAVOYJAMI RUDOFSKYDAVID ELZER/DEMAND PRSTEPHEN AYERSMATTHEW BRIAN DENMAN

WriterDirector

Assistant DirectorProduction Stage Manager

Lighting DesignerCostume Designer

Sound DesignerProperties Designer

Scenic DesignerExecutive Director/Executive ProducerProducing Director/Executive Producer

Literary Director/Executive ProducerCo-Artistic Director/Executive ProducerManaging Director/Executive ProducerCo-Artistic Director/Executive Producer

Producer Associate Producer Associate ProducerAssociate Producer

Casting DirectorPublicist

Graphic DesignerPhotographer

PRODUCTION INFO

UNDERSTUDY CAST (by Role)NIKETA CALAME*NICHOLAS ANTHONY REIDCONSTANCE JEWELL LOPEZ*PARNELL DAMONE MARCANO*CHRIS FERRO

Understudy for Actor 1Understudy for Actor 2Understudy for Actor 3Understudy for Actor 4Understudy for Actor 5

*Member of Actors’ Equity Association, The Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

**The Director is a member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, a national theatrical labor union.

Scene One - BootycandyScene Two - Dreamin In ChurchScene Three - Genitalia (A Phone [Land Line] Converstion)Scene Four - Drinks and DesireScene Five - MugScene Six - ConferenceScene Seven - Happy MealScene Eight - CeremonyScene Nine - The Last Gay PlayScene Ten - PrisonScene Eleven - IPHONEThere will be one fifteen minute intermission between Scene Six and Scene Seven

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UPCOMING FROM CELEBRATION THEATRE

Dream BoyAdapted by Eric Rosen from Jim Grimsley’s

gothic, coming-of-age/coming out novel Directed by Michael Matthews

A twisted, beautiful, lovely love story!

The Boy From Oz by Peter Allen, Nick Enright

and Martin Sherman Directed by Michael A. Shepperd

The Broadway musical hit based on the life of Peter Allen.

Plus don’t miss our Celebrating New Works reading series, the third Tuesday of every month at West Hollywood City Council Chambers.

CELEBRATION THEATRE MISSIONCelebration Theatre is a community of artists dedicated to presenting innovative, provocative and relevant work that examines the gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and queer experi-ence. We endeavor to challenge society’s perception of the community and give a vibrant voice to its evolving identity.

Follow us on Facebook and Twitter (@celebrationthtr)

Let me begin by extending a big welcome to you! It has been a while since Celebration Theatre has had a home to call our own and we are grateful that you have found us here at the Lex Theatre.

We are proud to kickoff our new season with the Los Angeles premiere of Bootycandy by Robert O’Hara followed by Dreamboy and and ending our season with the musical The Boy From Oz.

I want to personally thank you for attending tonight’s performance. I saw my first production at Celebration Theatre in 2001 and knew I had to be a part of this theatre. Since then I have worked as a stage manager, actor, props designer, costume designer, sound mixer, and in many other positions. You have seen me working box office, front of house, ushering, or serving you concessions, ensuring that you feel welcome and appreciated and making sure your Celebration Theatre experience, be it your first or your fifty-first, is enjoyable and memorable. Once you cross the threshold into Celebration Theatre, I want you to feel like you are part of Celebration’s family.

Celebration’s past and present have always been about being a place for family. As Michael Kearns pointed out in his Chuck Rowland Pioneer Award acceptance speech, Celebration in its early years “had overflowing capacity to speak to a tribe of

GLBT and, yes, questioning people who were finding their identity, inventing them-selves and reinventing themselves during a period of mourning that we thought would never end.” And today we are still endeavor-ing to be a place that speaks to the evolving identity and experience in the LGBT commu-nity.

And the LGBT community has often been a com-munity of individuals that had to create their own family in a world where their blood family members had not accepted them. Celebration has always strove to be an open and nurturing place where the LGBT com-munity could share experiences and feel a sense of understand-ing and acceptance among like-minded individuals. As RuPaul points out, “as gay

people we get to choose our family. We get to choose the people we’re around.”

And I think that is why I keep coming back. Celebration for me, and hope-fully for you, is about community and the family we choose. I choose to be around these crazy, talented individuals. This theatre and the people involved with it are more than colleagues, coworkers, or friends, they are my family.

And now that you are here, you are part of the family too.

Michael O’HaraManaging Director

Celebration Theatre

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A MESSAGE FROM MANAGING DIRECTOR MICHAEL O’HARA

“This theatre and the people involved with it are more than col-leagues, coworkers, or friends, they are my family.”

CAST

*Member of Actors’ Equity

Association, The Union of

Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

AntonPeeples

Michael A.Shepperd*

CooperDaniels*

Julanne ChidiHill*

TravinaSpringer*

UNDERSTUDY CAST

Nicholas AnthonyReid

Constance JewellLopez*

NiketaCalame*

Parnell DamoneMarcano*

ChrisFerro

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CAST BIOS (Alphabetical Order)COOPER DANIELS (Actor 5) Cooper recently moved to LA from NYC. In NYC, he originated the role of Stash in Bingo with the Indians, Keith in Los Angeles, both directed by Adam Rapp. In LA, Cooper played Jesus in the LA Weekly award winning production, The Last Days of Judas Iscariot. Film: he played George Lucas in Arthur 3 (dir. Luc Besson), Dylan in Zerosome (dir. Christopher Kublan), Luc in Friends of the Bride. Lifetime member of the Actors Studio. AEA, SAG/AFTRA.

JULANNE CHIDI HILL (Actor 3) Julanne Chidi Hill is thrilled to be returning to Celebra-tion Theatre! She is a graduate of SUNY Purchase Conservatory of Theatre Arts and Film. Theater: American Menu with CCAP at The Pico Playhouse, We are Proud to Present a Presentation about the Hero of Namibia at The Matrix Theater (LA Weekly Theater Award for Supporting Female Performance, Drama Critics Circle Award Best Ensemble), U.S. Premiere of Athol Fugard’s Blue Iris at The Fountain Theater (LA Weekly Theater Award nomination), The Award winning The Women of Brewster Place at Celebration Theatre under the amazing direction of Michael Matthews. Other theatre credits include The Kirk Douglas Theatre, The Son of Semele, The Mark Taper Forum, Ebony Rep, The McCarter Theater and The Seattle Repertory Theater. Some film and television credits include Barbershop 2, “Weeds”, and Lackawanna Blues.

ANTON PEEPLES (Actor 2) Born in Mount Clemens, Michigan Anton knew as a child he wanted to entertain. After attending the Detroit High School for The Fine And Performing Arts (the same school as Aaliyah) he then went on to finish his studies at The Professional Per-forming Arts School in New York (the same school as Alicia Keys). Upon graduation, Anton decided to move to Los Angeles to further his career in both singing and acting. Anton has opened up for R&B Artist’s Tweet, Eric Benet and Mario. His debut music video for his single, “Red” (off of his self titled mix-tape) which was directed by Nelsan Ellis of “True Blood” and features Naturi Naughton of “Power” can be viewed on his Youtube channel as well as his website www.antonrechard.com. Training with Marjorie Ballentine and Troy Rowland.

MICHAEL A. SHEPPERD (Actor 4) Michael is currently the Co-Artistic Director of Los Angeles’ multiple award-winning Celebration Theatre. CT producing, directing, and acting credits include: The Color Purple, Four, The Women of Brewster Place, Take Me Out, Coffee Will Make You Black, [title of show] and numerous others in his 10 year career at the theatre. Broadway/Off-Broadway/Regional credits include: Cathy Rigby is Peter Pan (Starkey); Little Shop of Horrors (Audrey Two); Caroline, or Change (Bus/Dryer); 5 Guys Named Moe (Big Moe), Fences (Troy) Choir Boy (Headmaster), Smokey Joe’s Cafe (Fred) and The Whipping Man (Simon) TV credits include: “Hot In Cleveland”, “Wizards of Waverly Place”, “Monk”, “Criminal Minds”, “NCIS”. Thank you Hutch, Sebastian and Maxwell Pearl for letting Daddy do this.

TRAVINA SPRINGER (Actor 1) Travina is excited to make her debut with Celebration Theater. Her credits include Shel Stories (Deaf West Theater, Regional Tour) and To Kill A Mockingbird (Orlando Repertory Theater, Regional). She’s also a stand-up comedienne, fea-tured in the new season of BET’s “Comic View”. Travina is fluent in American Sign Language, loves “Frasier”, and is a proud graduate of The Florida State University (Go Noles!) Follow her: @travinaspringer | www.travinaspringer.com

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UNDERSTUDY BIOS (Alphabetical Order)NIKETA CALAME (Understudy Actor 1) Niketa Calame hails from Los Angeles, CA. She is most noted as the voice of Young Nala in Disney’s feature film The Lion King. Niketa is a proud member of SAG/AFTRA and EQUITY. She received her MFA from The Actors Studio Drama School in New York and her BA in theater from UC Santa Cruz. Fav Theater Credits: Squeak in Celebration’s Ovation winning The Color Purple; Charlene in Ain’t Misbehavin’; Lady In Yellow in For Colored Girls. Tv/film Credits: “The Miller’s”, “Mad TV”, The Lion King, CB4, Megachurch Murder on Lifetime. Niketa is delighted to be back at Celebration Theatre.

CHRIS FERRO (Understudy Actor 5) Chris is thrilled to be back in the hands of Celebra-tion Theatre after his first run as Dillon/T-Bag in the Ovation-nominated Bash’d: A Gay Rap Opera, and couldn’t be more ecstatic to understudy such a great show built piece by piece by an insanely talented team. You can find him elsewhere ranting on Twitter @chrisferro, trying to secure every 6’2 douche bag role in Hollywood, and planting seeds for the #Kanye2020 run for President.

CONSTANCE JEWELL LOPEZ (Understudy Actor 3) Theatre: The Who’s Tommy! (The Acid Queen) (East West Players), Dreamgirls (Effie) (DOMA), The Color Purple (Sofia) (Cel-ebration Theatre), Smokey Joe’s Cafe (BJ) (Center Rep), Working (Maggie) (Actors Ensemble of Berkeley), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Snug the Joiner/Lion) (Theatricum Botanicum). Television: “The Office”, “Melissa & Joey”. Awards: 2014 Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award (Effie-Dreamgirls), 2012 Ovation Award (The Color Purple). Constance thanks her sup-portive and loving husband, Jaime. www.constancejewelllopez.com, Twitter: @Divalopeezie AEA, SAG-AFTRA

PARNELL DAMONE MARCANO (Understudy Actor 4) Parnell made his first Celebra-tion Theatre appearance in the final cast of CT’s long running hit, Naked Boys Singing. “I was scurred to be naked onstage to audition for the original cast!” Since then he’s dropped trou onstage: Fucking Men, Jerker, and on film: Adults Only, Confessions of a Self-Hating Jew, and Her. Clothed performances include: Dreamgirls, Hello Dolly, Ragtime, Children of the Night, Bed, Boys & Beyond. He thanks his husband, Michael, family and friends for their love and support.

NICHOLAS ANTHONY REID (Understudy Actor 2) Born in Redlands, California, Nick is a rare SoCal native. After a short stint in college attempting to pursue a more practical pro-fession in engineering, Nick, moved to LA to pursue his true passion, acting. Recently, Nick stumbled upon the role of a lifetime in the art house film King of Pop by renowned artist, Adel Abidin, where he was honored to portray one of the most prolific artists of our time, Michael Jackson.

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CREW BIOSROBERT O’HARA (Playwright) Robert O’Hara received an OBIE Award for his Direc-tion of In The Continuum at Primary Stage/Perry Street Theater. He wrote and directed the World Premiere of Insurrection: Holding History at the New York Shakespeare Festival/Public Theater which received the Oppenheimer Award for Best New American Play and was sub-sequently published by both TCG and Dramatist Play Service. As a playwright, Mr. O’Hara has been commissioned by the Public Theatre, LaJolla Playhouse, Alliance Theatre, McCarter Theater, Mark Taper Forum and Woolly Mammoth Theater. His plays include Antebellum (Woolly Mammoth Theater and Cleveland Public Theatre) and Bootycandy (Wilma Theater). He adapted The Wiz (revival at LaJolla Playhouse directed by Des McAnuff) and has also written screenplays for Martin Scorsese, Spike Lee, Jon Avnet, HBO, ABC, Universal Pictures, Sony Pictures, New Line/Fine Line Cinema and Artisan Entertainment. Mr. O’Hara recently directed an all African-American reimagining of The Music Man which was co-produced by Two River Theatre Company and NJ PAC. His other directing credits include Katori Hall’s The Mountaintop at the Alley Theatre and Arena Stage and Coleman Domingo’s Wild With Happy at the Public Theatre. Mr. O’Hara has also directed at Primary Stages, Yale Rep, Wooly Mammoth, American Conservatory Theater, Magic Theater, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, The Culture Project, The Flea, Philadelphia Theater Company and The Goodman Theater. He has been an Artist in Residence at the American Conservatory Theater, New York Shakespeare Festival, and Theater/Emory as well as a Visiting Professor at DePaul University School of the Arts. Mr. O’Hara has been awarded a Rockefeller Fellowship, a TCG Extended Collaboration Grant, NEA/TCG Fellowship, and was a Van Lier Fellow at New Dramatists. He received Mark Taper Forum’s first Sherwood Award and the TANNE Award for Exceptional Body of Work.

MICHAEL MATTHEWS (Director/Co-Artistic Director/Executive Producer) Los Angeles: Homefree (World Premiere), Failure; a Love Story (Coeurage Theatre, LA Premiere, Ovation Nomination Best Director and Best Production), Sons of the Prophet (LA Premiere), Psyche; a Modern Rock Opera (World Premiere), Rabbit Hole (La Mirada), Funny Girl (3D Theatricals, Ovation Nomination Best Director), Peter Pan; The Boy Who Hated Mothers (LA Weekly Nominations Best Director and Best Production, Play; LA Premiere), Very Still and Hard To See (LA Weekly Nominations Best Director and Best Production, Play; World Premiere), The Color Purple, The Musical (Ovation and LA Weekly Awards Best Director and Best Production, Musical), What’s Wrong With Angry? (Ovation Nominations Best Direc-tor and Best Production, Play), Take Me Out! (Ovation Nomination Best Director, NAACP Award Best Director) The Women of Brewster Place, the Musical (Ovation Nomination Best Director, NAACP Award Best Director, Ovation Award Best Production, Musical; West Coast Premiere), Stupid Kids (LA Premiere), Beautiful Thing (Ovation Nominations, Best Direc-tor and Best Production,Play), The Bacchae (Ovation Nominations, Best Director and Best Production,Play), Broadway: Butley (Assistant Director). Chicago: What’s Wrong With Angry? (Jeff Nominations, Best Director and Best Production), In The Blood (Jeff Nominations, Best Director and Best Production), Porcelain (Jeff Nomination, Best Director), The Judas Kiss (Chicago Premiere), Being 11 (World Premiere), and...for colored girls who have considered suicide.... International: The Bacchae (Edinburgh Theatre Festival, 2010).

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CREW BIOS (cont’d)RYAN BERGMANN (Assistant Director) Recent Directing Highlights: Niagara Falls (Theatre of NOTE), Bronies: The Musical (LA Fringe, Best Musical), revolver (Celebration The-atre), The Real Housekeepers of Studio City (LA Fringe); Recent AD Highlights: Psyche (The Greenway Theater), Wolves (Celebration Theatre), Justin Love (Celebration Theatre, LADCC Award, Best Production; World Premiere), A Little Midsummer Night’s Dream (Los Angeles Rock Opera Company), The Color Purple (Celebration Theatre; Ovation Award, Best Musical in an Intimate Theatre along with five other Ovation Awards). Recent Producing Highlights: Push Play 3 (LA Rock Opera), The Next Fairy Tale (Celebration Theatre), BASH’d: A Gay Rap Opera (Celebration Theatre), A Little Midsummer Night’s Dream (LA Rock Opera), Tonya & Nancy: The Rock Opera (LA Rock Opera); Ryan is always excited to work with Celebration Theatre and the superstar Michael Matthews! It’s such a honor to be working on this piece with such beautiful talent! As always, thanks mom!

MARCEDES L. CLANTON (Production Stage Manager) Credits include: Sons of the Prophet (West Coast Premiere); ModRock (Premiere), Wolves (LA Premiere), Justin Love (World Premiere; LADCC & LA Weekly Awards), The Color Purple, The Musical (six Ovation awards, LADCC, LA Weekly Awards), Leslie Jordan Fruit Fly (World Premiere), What’s Wrong with Angry?, Take Me Out! (NAACP & LA Weekly awards), The Temperamentals (West Coast Premiere) and [title of show]. In eighth season as Resdient Stage Manager at Celebration Theatre.

MATTHEW BRIAN DENMAN (Lighting Designer) Matthew Brian Denman has designed lighting for productions across the country, most recently Failure: A Love Story for Coeurage Theatre and Niagara Falls at Theatre of NOTE as well as Corpus Christi, revolver, What’s Wrong With Angry?, The Next Fairy Tale, [title of show], Women Behind Bars, Chil-dren of Eden, Reckless, Much Ado About Nothing, Simpatico, and Songs for a New World. He has worked with 108 Productions, Theatre J’Nerique, Cambridge Summer Stages, and Hasty Pudding Theatricals. www.MatthewBrianDenman.com

ALLISON DILLARD (Costume Designer) Allison Dillard has an MFA in Costume De-sign and Technology from the University of Missouri-Kansas City and works as a freelance designer and technician locally and regionally. She is proud to to be back at Celebration Theatre, recent design work includes: Something Truly Monstrous (Blank Theatre), Failure: A Love Story (Coeurage Theatre), Into the Woods, Seussical (Milken Schools), The Discord Altar (OperaWorks), Sons of the Prophet (Blank Theatre), James and the Giant Peach (Mirman School), The Arsonists (Western Stage), The Homosexuals (Celebration Theatre). Her work can be seen at www.allisondillard.com.

REBECCA KESSIN (Sound Designer) Recent designs include The Whiskey Maiden (The-atre of NOTE), If You Can Get to Buffalo (Son of Semele), Niagara Falls (Theatre of NOTE), What the Butler Saw (Associate Design - Mark Taper Forum), The Why (The Blank), The Max Factor Factor (NoHo Arts Center), Object of Her Affection (Automata), Woman Parts (Son of Semele), The Homosexuals, revolver (Celebration), Peter Pan: The Boy Who Hated Mothers (The Blank Theatre), The Black Suits (Assistant Design - Kirk Douglas), Tribes (Associate De-sign - La Jolla Playhouse), Wrap Your Heart Around It (Falcon Theatre), Thoroughly Modern Millie, Dancing at Lughnasa, Children of Eden, Hot L Baltimore, Once On This Island, Caba-ret, The Secret Garden, Twelve Angry Jurors, Legally Blonde, A Christmas Carol (AMDA), Vera Stark, Next Fall, In Motherwords (Associate Design - The Geffen Playhouse), Clybourne Park (Associate Design - Mark Taper Forum), The Savannah Disputation, On Golden Pond, The All Night Strut!, Educating Rita (The Colony), Gypsy, Three Tall Women, Crumbs..., Fabulation!, Miss Witherspoon (West Coast Ensemble), Stranger (Bootleg Theatre - Garland Nomination), Kiss of the Spider Woman (Havok - Garland Nomination), The Miracle Worker (High Street Arts Center - Four Star Award). www.rebeccakessin.com

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CREW BIOS (cont’d)MICHAEL O’HARA (Properties Designer/Managing Director/Executive Producer) Michael saw his first show at Celebration Theatre in 2001 and never left. He has been Resi-dent Properties Designer since 2005. He has been Managing Director since January 2013. Recent design credits include: Homefree (The Road Theatre), Chinglish, (East West Players), Failure: A Love Story (Coeurage Theatre Company). Michael has also worked as a Stage Man-ager, Assistant Stage Manager, Sound Mixer, and Actor around Los Angeles. Many thanks to the cast, crew, and Celebration family. Thank you for supporting Celebration Theatre.

STEPHEN JOSHUA THOMPSON (Scenic Designer) Stephen Joshua Thompson is thrilled to be working with Celebration Theatre on this inaugural show in their new space having arrived from NYC only a few weeks ago. Past designs include Les Misérables, 9 to 5: The Musical, and The Great American Trailer Park. As an actor, Stephen has been seen in Mary Poppins (Bert), Les Misérables (Marius), The Producers (Leo Bloom), Forbidden Broad-way (Man #2), Into The Woods (Jack), and Legally Blonde (Emmett) to name a few. Wright State University. Proud AEA member.

MICHAEL C. KRICFALUSI (Executive Director/Executive Producer) Michael has directed, acted, produced or distributed numerous projects for the stage as well as film and television. He has produced The Color Purple which took home six Ovation awards includ-ing Best Production of a Musical in an Intimate Theatre, Take Me Out, The Daddy Machine, WEHO, The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told and Twelve Angry Men. He has appeared onstage in The Mikvah Monologues at the Wadsworth Theatre, Los Angeles, as well as Twelve Angry Men, Three Sisters and Blood Wedding in Los Angeles and The Trial Off-Broadway. Besides the stage, he has acted in, produced and distributed the film Special Needs. Other film and television credits include Dear J, Deep In The Valley and “The Young and the Restless”. He is probably most recognized for having been a passenger seated behind Wendie Malick, Jane Leeves & Valerie Bertinelli in the pilot for “Hot In Cleveland”. Michael currently is the Execu-tive Director of Celebration Theatre as well as the current Board President of the Theatrical Producers League-Los Angeles for intimate theatre. Special thanks to the management team at Celebration Theatre for getting our new space ready for curtain as well as to Todd Milliner for his continued support. A shout out to both his now adult children for making him realize he’s almost as old as his passport says he is.

REBECCA EISENBERG (Producer/Producing Director/Executive Producer) Rebecca Eisenberg is a Los Angeles based producer and stage manager. With a passion for develop-ing new works, she has been a part of many world premiere, west coast premiere, and Los Angeles premiere productions including, Failure: A Love Story (Ovation nominated for Best Production, Acting Ensemble and Best Direction of a Play), Psyche: A Modern Rock Opera, Justin Love (LADCC Award, Best Production), The Trouble With Words (Ovation Award, Original Lyrics and Music; Hollywood Fringe Award, Best Musical), The Real Housekeepers of Studio City (Best of Hollywood Fringe), Bronies: The Musical (Best Musical and the Golden Elephant Producer/Director award at The Hollywood Fringe Festival), Fireman (5 LADCC Awards including Best Production, Ovation Award, Featured Actress in a Play), and Backyard (Ovation Award, Featured Actor in a Play, Fight Choreography). Rebecca also specializes in events and benefits. Her most recent events include the 14th and 15th Annual Les Girls con-cert to benefit the National Breast Cancer Coalition, The 24th Annual Ovation Awards, and If All The Sky Were Paper, an event to benefit U.S. Veterans at the Kirk Douglas Theatre. www.rebeccaeisenberg.com

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NATHAN FRIZZELL (Literary Director/Executive Producer) As an actor, Nathan’s the-atre credits include: Celebration: Four (LA Premiere, LA Weekly nomination, Best Ensemble), Beautiful Thing (Ticketholder, Garland nominations Best Actor; Ovation nomination, Best Play), Stupid Kids (LA Weekly Award, Best Ensemble), plus numerous sketch comedy shows directed by Todd Milliner; Los Angeles: He Asked For It (ElevenEleven Productions/Macha Theatre), West Side Story (MTLA; The Hudson Theatre); Eisegesis, SpiderMan: Turn On The Lights, The Exceptional Childhood Center (The Blank Theatre’s Young Playwrights Festival); Regional: Shakespeare In Briefs! (Colorado Shakespeare Festival); International: The Bacchae (Edinburgh Fringe Festival). Nathan currently serves as Producer of Celebration Theatre’s new play reading series “Celebrating New Works” and will be re-introducing the workshop series “CT Tuesdays” in 2016.

MICHAEL A. SHEPPERD (Co-Artistic Director/Executive Producer) See bio under CAST BIOS.

MARK GIBERSON (Associate Producer) Mark Giberson is an award-winning journalist and public relations executive, now retired. He serves on the board of directors of The Barn Studio of Art, is past president of the Flying Samaritans and is the founder of No Boundaries Art Workshops®. He also is an active supporter of the Bald Head Island Conservancy, the Bayshore Discovery Project, and others. A recovering parent of two former teenagers, he is married and lives in Pasadena.

GINO MARCONI (Associate Producer) Gino is a proud company member of Celebra-tion and is honored to be part of the talented production team for the first show of the season in our new home Bootycandy. Gino’s previous producing credit is Songs For A New World at The Hollywood Fringe. Thank you Celebration for all you do!

TRACEY MCAVOY (Associate Producer) Tracey is so happy to be celebrating good times with her CT Family again. Previous Celebration credits include Assistant Director (revolver), Stage Manager (Coffee will Make you Black, Porcelain, Prodigal Father, Fucking Men, and many late night and special event performances.)

JAMI RUDOFSKY (Casting Director) Jami Rudofsky is proud to be the Resident Casting Director for Celebration Theatre. Celebration credits include The Color Purple, The Musi-cal, The Women Of Brewster Place, Take Me Out, The Homosexuals, Haram Iran, Porcelain, and many more. Most recently she also co-cast, Hit The Wall for LGBT Cultural Arts Center. Film and Television credits include “Masters of Sex” for Showtime , “Sing It!”, Deserted and New Breed shooting this March. So honored to be back working with the Celebration Theatre Family!

DAVID ELZER/DEMAND PR (Marketing/Publicity) David Elzer/DEMAND PR repre-sents Actors Co-op, Cabrillo Music Theatre, Celebration Theatre, Circle X Theatre Company, Colony Theatre Company, Independent Shakespeare Co., Laguna Playhouse, La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts, NoHo Arts Center Ensemble, Ojai Playwrights Conference, Open Fist Theatre Company, Road Theatre Company, Rubicon Theatre Company, Theatre of NOTE, Theatre Tribe and VS. Theatre Company. He loves working with the very talented Celebration team and is thrilled they have a new home - thank you for supporting Celebration and L.A. theater!

CREW BIOS (cont’d)

SPECIAL THANKSCelebration Theatre would like to thank the following

for their contributions to the production:Our Subscribers, Membership Holders and patrons; Our Company Members; Jon Imparato, Patricia, Cody and Mike and the LGBT Center; Tim Wright and the AVT staff; Theatre of NOTE; Sarah Bauer and the Blank Theatre

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PRODUCTION SPONSORS

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PRODUCTION SPONSORS

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Celebration Theatre is proud to have received grant support from:The Arch and Bruce Brown Foundation

City of Los Angeles, Department of Cultural AffairsCity of West Hollywood, Arts and Cultural Affairs Commission

Los Angeles County Arts CommissionThe David Bohnett Foundation

Sony Pictures EntertainmentLiberty Hill Foundation

California Community FoundationJames Irvine FoundationThe Mattel Foundation

The Clarence E. Heller Charitable Foundation

CELEBRATION THEATRE BOARD OF DIRECTORSCameron Faber (President)Todd Milliner (Vice-President)Nicholas CaprioSamantha KernMichael C. Kricfalusi

Jeremy MannMichael MatthewsMichael A. ShepperdLarry Dean Harris (Honorary)Scott Monson (Honorary)

CELEBRATION THEATRE COMPANYErinn AnovaKevin BickwermertTony BruceOlivia ChoateMarcedes ClantonElizabeth Higgins ClarkParnell DamoneJosette DiCarloChrisanne EastwoodRebecca Eisenberg, Producing DirectorNathan Frizzell, Literary DirectorTodd GaebeMark GiberrsonGregory Guy GordenMichael Taylor GrayCharls Sedgwick HallMatt HowardSamantha KernMichael C. Kricfalusi, Executive DirectorJeffrey LandmanChe LandonConstance Jewell LopezChristopher Maikish

Gino MarconiMary MatherKarnell MatthewsMichael Matthews, Co-Artistic DirectorTracey McAvoyDaniel MontgomeryMatthew Scott MontgomeryMichael O’Hara, Managing DirectorJovan OlagueChristopher PearsonNina SallinenChristopher SepulvedaMichael A. Shepperd, Co-Artistic DirectorMichael ShuttPeter James SmithAmy StoddardStasha SurdykeGina TorrecillaDavid TranIsabella WayJason WeissBrittney S. WheelerMatt Wool

Plus over 500 Associate Company Members who consider Celebration Theatre home.

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CELEBRATION THEATRE DONORS (September 1, 2014-August 31, 2015)If your name is omitted or listed incorrectly, please contact kric@celebrationtheatre.com

Fellows ($500-$999)AnonymousChris Meyer and Gary Holm In memory of: Dick Wagner by Ken Bennett for their 52 years together

Partners ($250-$499)Jamila Hunter (EM)

Friends ($100-$249)AnonymousTony Arn Dr. Richard J. Bower Rick CJosette DiCarloKevin Goetz In memory of: Gregg, my first love Charls Sedgwick Hall & Henry BachoferTed Heyck Kroger-Ralph’s Community

PartnersRocky LaFleur Erick Long Tracey McAvoyDennis Nollette Chris PhillipsLarry Rubinstein Sandro-Yepes family Robert Schwartz & Herluf KanstrupMichael SeelRon WassermanMartin Kim Zimmerman

CELEBRATION THEATRE LEGACY CIRCLEDion AnticBurton BreznickMartin D. Burley & Bobby MezaNicholas CaprioGreg CopelandFrederick DechowArthur Dennis & Fred MadjarJay Paul DeratanyDavid ElzerCameron FaberLarry Dean HarrisElizabeth L. & Mark K. KoganTom Jacobson & Ramone MunozMichael C. KricfalusiJeffrey LambertErick H. LongJane Lynch

Martin Massman & Chris McKinneyTodd Milliner & Michael MatthewsScott Monson & Brian HoganDennis NolletteJohn L. Rarick & Piotr IzdebskiTimothy ReglerLarry Reitzer & Matt FunesCalvin RemsbergMichael A. Shepperd & Hutch FosterShowtime TelevisionTed SkidmoreJames E. SmithWilliam StoddardDavid TarlowBilly TauzinThomas E. WarrenBruce W. Zisterer

The Legacy Circle is made up of patrons who donated and gave over $1,000 each. The Legacy Circle was closed in 2010 but we recognize and honor those donors who helped Celebration Theatre in the past. Legacy Circle donors names will always be part of our donor recognition program

Donate to Celebration each time you shop at Ralph’s with your Ralph’s Rewards Card! You must re-enroll to ensure Celebration receives benefits from your purchases. Celebration’s NPO number is 83663. Sign into your Ralph’s account and provide that NPO and Celebration can start receiving a contribution from Ralph’s each time you shop. You MUST renew every year under the terms of the Ralph’s program!!

http://www.ralphs.com/community/Pages/community_contribution.aspx

Associates ($10-$99)Steven Baird Jay Bevan David DasseyIn memory of: Andrew Gold In memory of: Jeff Goldman

Tijuana & Robyn GrayPaul HeadMichael Kosiba Paul MarchegianiIn honor of: Michael Matthews & Michael A. Shepperd

Mike Page Ray Paolantonio In honor of: Christopher Grant PearsonNick PeetSimon PetrieDeborah Puette

In memory of: Rex Walter ReecePeter James SmithDave and Beverly Speak Chuck Willett

Did you donate to our Indiegogo Campaign?Check the insert for your program acknowledgment.