GIL CATES THEATER AT THE GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE

FROM THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

I AM A HUGE FAN OF CONOR MCPHERSON. In my first season as Artistic Director at the Geffen, I helmed his hauntingly beautiful play, The Weir. A few years later came The Seafarer — depicting a Christmas Eve poker game with the devil and revealing the importance of hope and redemption. I am continually drawn to Conor’s depictions of characters who, in spite of their quiet desperation amid the monotony of everyday life, are surprisingly funny and sweet. His plays are populated by people rich with quirks and idiosyncrasies that make them wholly individual and yet totally relatable to us all.

The intimacies of these stories are infused with huge heart, allowing the tales to transcend cultures. The Night Alive poses questions about our responsibility to one another and how someone like Tommy, the most reluctant of good Samaritans, cannot close the door on someone in need. These people, steeped deeply in their own flaws, find ways to rise above them, at least some of the time.

Once again I am joined by an incredible team of designers, including Takeshi Kata (scenery), David Kay Mickelsen (costumes), Dan Ionazzi (lights), Richard Woodbury (music and sound) and Ned Mochel (violence). Together they have created a setting ripe for the disturbance of a newcomer — someone to shake the foundation of this home and change the lives of its inhabitants forever.

I hope you enjoy our first play of 2015. If you are new to the theater, it’s a pleasure to welcome you. If you are a subscriber, it’s a pleasure to have you along for this ride that has thus far taken us into the locker room of a high school boys’ choir, the luxurious living room of Irving Berlin and now to a run-down Edwardian home in the heart of Phoenix Park, Dublin. Our hope is that these very different journeys leave you with something unexpected.

Enjoy the show!

Randall Arney Artistic Director

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS

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MARTHA HENDERSONCO-CHAIRPAMELA ROBINSON HOLLANDERCO-CHAIR

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HAPPY NEW YEAR! WE ARE DELIGHTED TO WELCOME you back to the Geffen Playhouse for The Night Alive directed by our very own Randall Arney.

We wanted to share a bit about two of our education and outreach programs — the High School Partnerships program and Lights Up.

With our High School Partnerships program, we hope to educate and inspire hundreds of high school students from Jordan, Roosevelt, Santee and Westchester High Schools through this production of The Night Alive. Students will participate in a pre-show workshop, attend a student matinee of the show and engage in a post-show talkback with the cast.

In addition to students, we are also proud to serve disadvantaged community members who will see this production as part of our Lights Up program.

But this is only a small sampling of the education and outreach programs here at the Geffen Playhouse. Each season, we serve more than 15,000 community members. To learn more, please visit geffenplayhouse.com/impact.

One way to support this incredible programming is by joining us for Backstage at the Geffen on Sunday, March 22, 2015. Our biggest fundraising event of the year is an evening of laughter, music and never-before-told stories from the other side of the curtain. This year we will present Mellody Hobson & George Lucas with the Distinction in Service Award, and Sir Elton John & David Furnish with the Distinction in Theater Award. To purchase tickets or learn more, please contact Chief Development Officer Regina Miller at 310.208.6500 ext. 112 or visit geffenplayhouse.com/backstage.

Thank you for joining us tonight. We wish you and your families well in this new year and look forward to seeing you at the theater.

Martha Henderson Pamela Robinson Hollander Co-Chair, Geffen Playhouse Co-Chair, Geffen Playhouse

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Rebecca Haithcoat: The Night Alive really is one of those plays better seen than read.

Randall Arney: Those words are meant to be spoken, not read. It’s dialogue. It’s to be heard. Reading a play is not like a novel. A novel is finished. All it takes is someone to pull it off the shelf and read it. The whole artistic process happens. But with a play, it’s really more like a blueprint than a finished product. You gotta fill in how it looks and how it lives later. It’s not done. It’s just a plan. You need the three dimensions. You need the blood and the sweat and the flesh.

And the ghosts —

In between people! I’ve always said the most exciting part of a play is what happens in the space between you and me. As much as anything you do or anything I do, what we can do together is so much stronger.

This is the third Conor McPherson play you’ve directed at the Geffen Playhouse. What are the special challenges of directing his plays?

The Geffen audiences have a real history with Conor. We produced The Weir in 2000, and in 2008, we produced

The Seafarer. He is, in my and many other people’s opinions, one of the finest writers of the English language working today. It’s such graceful writing. He weaves such warm, incredibly human stories, but it’s not easy material. The scripts are wonderfully rich, but they really separate those from who can do it, and those who can’t. Inevitably, that’s the great challenge — getting a great cast, finding the thoroughbreds to run the race. In many plays, an actor must juggle three or four balls. In Conor’s plays, it’s more like juggling six or eight balls. It takes a real pro. You’ve got the dialect, the milieu of Ireland, and then you’ve got these incredibly intense relationships.

What is it about Ireland that produces these exceptional playwrights?

The country creates wonderful storytellers. Conor has a real skill at capturing the loneliness of the Irish male. They’re stoic people, yet so human. In The Weir, when a woman comes into the room, things change. And in The Night Alive, Tommy, who’s been sidetracked and is living in a room in his uncle’s house, brings a bloodied girl into the room. He interrupted a fight where she was being beaten up. You could file this play under, “No good deed

THE BLOOD, THE SWEAT AND THE FLESHDIRECTOR RANDALL ARNEY ON FINDING AN IRISH CAST IN L.A., HOLDING HIS TONGUE AND THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING ABLE TO SAY “I DON’T KNOW”

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goes unpunished.” He doesn’t know what he’s unleashing on himself and his friends by bringing her in. The presence of her in the house changes everything forever. Both for the good, and in some ways, for the ill. But it releases things in this play that are incredibly exciting. One of the characters says, “You only get a few go’s in life.” And Tommy’s light is almost out — but he’s going to get another opportunity for a go at life. It’s a great carnival ride for the audience.

How does this play fit in your career?

I grew up at the Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago, and I’m attracted to plays that are great actor material and great ensemble pieces. I came up with a group of actors who got to pick our own plays. Oftentimes, we followed our passions to the plays we wanted to be in. This fits in that mode because the actors in the piece are tantamount to the success of the play. Conor’s such a wonderful storyteller — and in the theater, we’re in the storytelling business. This is a really special one. Artists all over the place have their hands up for The Night Alive because it’s such fun material to play.

Is it difficult to cast an Irish play in Los Angeles?

There’s a great Irish acting community living in Los Angeles, and they turn out in force whenever an Irish play is being done in town. So there’s a real authenticity in this production. I’m most looking forward to the exploration and excavation of this amazing script in a room with a group of really talented actors. We have a good time finding it together, carving out the story in these plays, which are so rich.

What’s your directorial style?

I really try to create an incredibly fun and safe room in which to play. It requires actors to be open to each other. If there’s tension at all in the room, the first thing that will happen is actors will close down. It’s really just setting the table. I always talk in the room of the importance of all of us living in the creative state of, “I don’t know,” for as long as we can. As long as you say, “I don’t know,” you’re still learning. It’s when you say you know something that you sort of stop.

Keeping that open exploration of the script and characters and encouraging the give-and-take between the actors is what I love doing. In the beginning of the process, I feel very comfortable moving them around, but I try not to get into their space. That’s where they’re doing the creating. After a week or two, when they have a little more confidence with what they’re doing, they’ll want me in there with them, giving advice and help. A lot of it is knowing the process, and not doing step 10 on day one.

I also find when you have really great actors, the challenge for a

director is knowing when to keep one’s mouth shut. You can always give a note tomorrow, but you can’t take back a note given too soon. You can’t get the toothpaste back in the tube.

Why this play now?

We’re thrilled to have this premiere on the West Coast. Because of our relationship with Conor, we were able to carve out the rights to the play before they really were available. I love being able to bring the play to our audience in such a timely way. It’s still a “new” Conor McPherson play. So the timing is right.

I also think the play is very timely for the reason I think many plays are timely. In our day and age of social media and sitting alone in our rooms typing on computers, the ability to come and sit in the dark side-by-side with a bunch of strangers while we turn the lights off and tell you a story — that communal experience is as important now as ever. I find that people are really hungry for that, for a good story. And no one tells a story like Conor McPherson.

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Opening Night: Wednesday, February 11, 2015

THE GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE PRODUCTION OF

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Directed by Randall Arney

Scenic DesignerTakeshi Kata

Costume DesignerDavid Kay Mickelsen

Lighting DesignerDaniel Ionazzi

Sound Designer & ComposerRichard Woodbury

Written by Conor McPherson

Violence DesignerNed Mochel

Production Stage ManagerYoung Ji

Assistant Stage ManagerElizabeth A. Brohm

Casting DirectorPhyllis Schuringa, CSA

American premiere presented by Atlantic Theater Company, New York City, 2013.World premiere presented at the Donmar Warehouse on June 13, 2013.

The Night Alive is presented by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc., New York.


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CAST OF CHARACTERS(In order of appearance)

Maurice ......................................................................................................................................... Denis Arndt

Tommy .................................................................................................................. Paul Vincent O’Connor

Aimee ........................................................................................................................ Fiona O’Shaughnessy

Doc ............................................................................................................................................. Dan Donohue

Kenneth ................................................................................................................................. Peter O’Meara

UNDERSTUDIES(In alphabetical order)

Maurice .................................................................................................................................. James Gleason

Aimee ........................................................................................................................................ Sasha Higgins

Tommy ................................................................................................................................................ Tim True

Doc / Kenneth ...................................................................................................................... Jay Whittaker

SETTING An Edwardian house near the Phoenix Park in Dublin.

TIME Autumn. The present.

RUNNING TIME Approximately 90 minutes

There will be no intermission.

DENIS ARNDT(Maurice) Recently played Prospero in Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s Tempest. At OSF: title roles in King Lear, Titus Andronicus, Brand, The Father, and Coriolanus as well as Kurt in The Dance of Death, Burgoyne in The Devil’s Disciple, James Tyrone Jr. in A Moon for the Misbegotten, Jamie Tyrone in Long Day’s Journey into Night, Jack Rover in Wild Oats, Iago in Othello, Archie Rice in The Entertainer. New York theater: Soapy Smith in The Ballad of Soapy Smith, Richard II (The Public Theatre). Regional theatres include Seattle Repertory Theatre, Arizona Theatre Company, Alley Theatre, A Contemporary Theatre, The Studio Theatre, Artists Repertory Theatre, Kansas City Repertory Theatre, Mark Taper Forum, Intiman Theatre, Arena Stage, Goodman Theatre. TV/Film: Basic Instinct, Distant Thunder, Metro, Dolphin Tale 2, Bandidas, Sniper 3, Anacondas, S.W.A.T., Undisputed, How To Make An American Quilt, Firebeetle, Serious Money, Grey’s Anatomy, Supernatural, Boston Legal, 24,The Practice, CSI.

DAN DONOHUE(Doc)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, Dvornichek (Rough Crossing), and, most recently, Richard III. Broadway: Scar in The Lion King. Other credits include Radiance (Geffen Playhouse), The Triumph of Love (Long Wharf Theatre), The Game of Love and Chance (Seattle Repertory Theatre), Servant of Two Masters (Intiman Theatre), Vincent in the world premiere of Inventing Van Gogh (Arizona Theatre Company), and roles at Portland Center Stage, San Jose Repertory Theatre, Asolo Repertory Theatre, Utah Shakespeare Festival, and elsewhere. Dan was an inaugural recipient of the Lunt-Fontanne Fellowship and a 2012 Grammy Award Nominee (Best Spoken Word — HAMLET). TV/Film credits include Brooklyn Nine-Nine, The Mentalist, Shameless, Return to Zero, Water & Power, and The Closer. He currently resides in Los Angeles.

PAUL VINCENT O’CONNOR (Tommy)Paul has worked extensively in theater, film, and television. He was a 16-year member of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. He has worked at Berkeley Rep, The Aurora Theatre, California Shakespeare Theatre, LaJolla Playhouse, The San Diego Old Globe as well as the Ahmanson, Kirk Douglas, Odyssey, and VS. Theatres. He is most happy to return to the Geffen Playhouse where he has appeared in two other Conor McPherson plays, The Weir and The Seafarer. Paul has also done two international tours, Druid Theatre of Galway’s production of The Cripple of Inishmaan and Steppenwolf Theatre’s production of August: Osage County. He has appeared in many films including Seabiscuit, Inherit the Wind, The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox, Purpose and Octopus II: River of Fear. Television appearances include West Wing, 24, JAG, X-Files and many others. In January he will be appearing as Judge Keyes in the Amazon Prime series Bosch.

PETER O’MEARA (Kenneth)A graduate of Trinity College Dublin, Peter began performing at the Lyric Theatre Belfast before joining the Abbey Theatre Dublin. He went on to the National Theatre London and the Royal Shakespeare Company, notably opening in Stratford-upon-Avon as Edmund in the Yukio Ninagawa production of King Lear opposite Sir Nigel Hawthorne. His work on the HBO series Band of Brothers introduced Peter to American audiences. He recently starred in Irish drama Love/Hate and will next be seen opposite Aidan Gillen in the political mini-series Charlie. This marks Peter’s debut at the Geffen Playhouse, one of his favorite venues. Other theater highlights include The Taming of the Shrew; She Stoops to Conquer; How Many Miles to Babylon?; The Colleen Bawn; The Rivals; Swan Song; Juno and the Paycock; Philadelphia, Here I Come! (EMA Best Actor Nominee). TV/Film includes Aristocrats, Peacemakers, CSI: NY, Alias, Without a Trace, Two Ceasefires and a Wedding, My Boy Jack, He’s Just Not That Into You, Traders.


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FIONA O’SHAUGHNESSY (Aimee)For The Gate Theatre Dublin: the title role in Oscar Wilde’s Salome as well as many other leading roles in plays by Charles Dickens, Noel Coward, Tennessee Williams and George Bernard Shaw. For the National Theatre of Ireland: The Shaughraun, which transferred to London’s West End. Other theater includes Blasted by Sarah Kane, The Country by Martin Crimp, Fando y Lis by Fernando Arrabal and a season of Ibsen. TV: Jessica Hyde in Utopia for Channel 4 in the UK, which recently won the International Emmy for Best Drama. She next will be seen in The Dovekeepers on CBS and in the role of Nina in the Blaine Brothers feature film Nina Forever, which premieres at SXSW in March.

CONOR McPHERSON (Playwright)Conor McPherson was born in Dublin in 1971. He attended University College Dublin where he began to write and direct. His stage plays include Rum & Vodka, The Good Thief, This Lime Tree Bower, St Nicholas, The Weir (Laurence Olivier,

Evening Standard & Critics Circle Awards), Dublin Carol, Port Authority, Shining City (Tony Award nomination), The Seafarer (Laurence Olivier and Tony Award nominations), The Veil, a translation of August Strindberg’s The Dance of Death and The Night Alive (New York Drama Critics Circle Best Play Award, Laurence Olivier Award nomination for Best Play).

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 more than 10 productions for the theater, most recently 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.

TAKESHI KATA(Scenic Designer) Geffen Playhouse: The Seafarer, Boston Marriage, Ruth Draper Monologues, Slowgirl and Reasons to Be Pretty. LA: November, Other Desert Cities (Taper), Forever, 2 Unrelated Plays by David Mamet (Kirk Douglas), Happy Days (Boston Court). NY: Through a Glass Darkly,

Storefront Church, The Intelligent Design of Jenny Chow (Atlantic Theatre Company), Adding Machine (Minetta Lane), Barrow Street Theatre, Playwright’s Horizons, Vineyard Theatre and Rattlestick. Regional: Alley, American Players Theatre, Dallas Theater Center, Ford’s Theatre, Goodman, Hartford Stage, Long Wharf, Nashville Opera, Old Globe, Steppenwolf, Yale Rep. Kata has won an Obie award and has been nominated for Drama Desk, Ovation and Barrymore awards. He is an Assistant Professor at University of Southern California, School of Dramatic Arts.

DAVID KAY MICKELSEN(Costume Designer)Mr. Mickelsen returns to the Geffen Playhouse having previously designed 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 Theater; 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 Reasons to Be Pretty; Ruth Draper’s Monolgues; 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 Theater, 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.

RICHARD WOODBURY (Sound Designer/Composer)Previous Geffen credits include sound design and original music for Reasons to Be Pretty, Slowgirl, The Jacksonian, Superior Donuts, The Seafarer, All My Sons, Boy Gets Girl, I Just Stopped By to See the Man and others. Broadway credits include Desire Under the Elms, August: Osage County, Talk Radio, A Long Day’s Journey into Night, A Moon for the Misbegotten, Death of a Salesman and others. Credits at Chicago’s Goodman Theatre, where Richard is Resident Sound Designer, include A Christmas Carol, Ask Aunt Susan, Luna Gale, Measure for Measure, Teddy Ferrara, Red, Other Desert Cities, Camino Real, Candide, The True History of the Johnstown Flood, Hughie, Krapp’s Last Tape, Animal Crackers and many others. Steppenwolf Theatre credits include The Night Alive, Slowgirl, Belleville, Up, The Seafarer, August: Osage County, I Just Stopped By To See The Man, Hysteria, The Beauty Queen of Leenane and others. Richard’s work also has appeared at the Stratford Festival in Canada, London’s Lyric and National Theatres, in Paris, France and at

regional theaters across the United States. He has received Ovation, Joseph Jefferson, Helen Hayes, IRNE and NAACP Awards for outstanding sound design as well as the Ruth Page award for Outstanding Collaborative Artist.

NED MOCHEL(Violence Designer)At the Geffen Playhouse Ned created fight/violence design for The Gift, The Jacksonian (both in LA and Off-Broadway), The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity, Superior Donuts, Next Fall, Ruined, Fat Pig, American Buffalo, Miss Julie, Wait Until Dark, The Country House and Reasons to Be Pretty. Additional fight choreographer credits include The Song of Jacob Zulu for Steppenwolf Theatre Company (Chicago and Broadway), and The Lyric Opera’s production of McTeague, directed by Robert Altman. Ned was stunt coordinator/fight choreographer on numerous feature films including A Marine Story from Final Battlefield productions, Jack Slash from Chicago Action Theatre, and Hit Parade from Man of Action Studios. In 2009 and 2014 Ned was awarded LA Drama Theatre Critics’ awards for fight choreography for the VS. Theatre productions of On An Average Day and Cops and Friends of Cops. Ned is certified by the Society of American Fight Directors.

YOUNG JI(Production Stage Manager)Geffen Playhouse: 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.

ELIZABETH A. BROHM (Assistant Stage Manager) Geffen Playhouse: Hershey Felder as Irving Berlin, Ruth Draper’s Monologues; Yes, Prime Minister; By the Waters of Babylon; Shipwrecked!; Joan Rivers: A Work in Progress; Boy Gets Girl; The Unexpected Man; Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks; Looking for




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Normal; The Weir; Dinner with Friends; Defiled; Wit; It Ain’t Nothin’ But the Blues. National Tour/Kennedy Center: Wit. Other: Production Coordinator, Geffen Playhouse 2001-2007; Visiting Assistant Professor in Stage Management, UCLA since 2005. MFA in Stage Management from UCSD. Love to Gino and Mack.

PHYLLIS SCHURINGA, CSA (Casting Director) Phyllis has been the Casting Director at the Geffen for 12 years and now is also an Artistic Associate. Recent plays are Reasons to Be Pretty; The Country House; Death of the Author; Wait Until Dark; American Buffalo; Yes, Prime Minister; The Gift; Coney Island Christmas; Build and the Los Angeles production of By the Way, Meet Vera Stark. 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 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.

KEN NOVICE (Managing Director)Since Novice joined the Geffen in 2009, the not-for-profit organization has ended every season in surplus while significantly expanding season productions, education and special events. His credits include Donald Margulies’ The Country House (directed by Daniel Sullivan and co-produced on Broadway with Manhattan Theatre Club), John Logan’s I’ll Eat You Last (directed by Joe Mantello and featuring Bette Midler) and George Stevens, Jr.’s Thurgood (directed by Leonard Foglia, featuring Laurence Fishburne and produced at The Kennedy Center). He previously served as Managing Director at Pasadena Playhouse, led marketing and public relations for the Tony Award-winning Old Globe Theatre and held key marketing and public relations positions at Denver Center Theater Company and Circle Repertory Company. Amongst his 30 years experience and over 300 show credits, notable

productions include Jack O’Brien’s Damn Yankees, Henry IV featuring John Goodman, the world premiere of Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas, the Tony-nominated musicals The Full Monty and Play On! and Sheldon Epps’ revival of Fences featuring Laurence Fishburne and Angela Bassett. As Director of Programming for YouthStream Media Networks, Novice developed national campaigns for most major motion picture studios. He served as Head of the Theatre Management MFA/MBA program at Cal State University Long Beach and lectures at other Cal State and University of California campuses. Novice was recently named an officer of the League of Resident Theatres (LORT) and has served as a member of LORT’s Executive and Negotiating Committees. He holds a BA from Pennsylvania State University and MBA from San Diego State University.

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, William J. Jefferson Clinton Foundation, Ben Affleck’s Eastern Congo Initiative, Hank Azaria’s Determined to Succeed, National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, Kind Campaign, Jewish Museum of Prague, 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 STAFF FOR THE NIGHT ALIVE

Assistants to Set Designer Hazel Ko and Victoria TamAssistant Lighting Designer John A. GarofaloLight Board Operator Josiah DavisProduction Assistant Cat SowaWardrobe Supervisor Cami ViandDialect Coach Paul WagarStage Crew Joel FullertonUCLA Lighting Design Intern Gelareh Soofiavash

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Set provided by Scenic HighlightsLighting Equipment provided by Entertainment Lighting ServicesSound Equipment provided by Jon Sound Inc. Production Photographer Michael LamontMedia Filming Four Leaf Media

SPECIAL THANKS

UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television Scene, Prop, Sound and Costume Shops; London Cleaners; Keurig

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 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. The Geffen Playhouse also draws upon the distinguished experts in the university to enhance the theater’s programs and research.

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.

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.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS GEFFEN AT A GLANCEADDRESS

Geffen Playhouse10886 Le Conte Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90024

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Accessible AccommodationThe Geffen Playhouse is fully committed to ensuring a satisfying theater experience for our patrons with special needs or disabilities. Please contact the box office or an usher to discuss your needs.

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Opening Night of Hershey Felder as Irving Berlin

Sponsored by Audi of America, Inc., Keurig, Los Angeles magazine,

Malibu Family Wines and Napa Valley Grille

1. Board Vice-Chair Gil Cates, Jr. with Artistic Director Randall Arney, Board Co-Chair Pamela Robinson Hollander, Hershey Felder, Director Trevor Hay and Managing Director Ken Novice

2. Miriam Kabatchnik, Board member Patty Applegate, Board member Adi Greenberg, Jerry Greenberg and Amnon Kabatchnik

3. Geffen supporters Taylor Hackford and Helen Mirren with Hershey Felder

4. Advisory Board member Valarie De La Garza and Board member Michael Centeno

5. Board Co-Chair Pamela Robinson Hollander with retiring LA County Supervisor and major arts advocate, Zev Yaroslavsky

6. Managing Director Ken Novice with Audrey Davis, Advisory Board member Debra Davis and donor Gary Reisman

7. The Honorable Frances Rothschild, Board member Loren Rothschild and friend

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Written by JOANNA MURRAY-SMITH Directed by MARK BROKAW

Acclaimed novelist Patricia Highsmith is racing to finish her latest thriller when an attractive young man interrupts her work. When might the publishers expect the next anticipated addition to her sinister “Mr. Ripley” series? The author’s real-life dry humor and macabre imagination meet with this mysterious character’s own darkly

seductive agenda in this gripping new play — leaving you breathless through its very final chapter. In this original Geffen Playhouse commission, Joanna Murray-Smith (The Female of the Species), with her unique brand of humor

and mystery, brings to life this literary giant best known for Strangers on a Train and The Talented Mr. Ripley.

A Geffen Playhouse commission funded by the Edgerton Foundation.

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Deadlines are murder.

“A gripping psychological thriller about renowned crime writer Patricia Highsmith, creeps up on you and then

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UCLA PARTNERSHIPTHE GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE’S ONGOING PARTNERSHIP WITH UCLA was further strengthened this fall with a new professional theater practicum. The 10-week course offered UCLA undergraduates a detailed understanding of what it takes to run a professional not-for-profit theater. UCLA students have also participated in master classes with Geffen Playhouse artists such as Annette Bening, gained real-world experience through employment at the theater and interned in directing, playwriting, acting, lights, sound and much more. Perhaps the greatest benefit of the partnership is also its simplest: UCLA students receive low or no-cost access to Geffen Playhouse season productions. Thanks to generous donor support, more than 1,000 UCLA students will attend a performance at the Geffen Playhouse this year.


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SEE MORE RESULTS OF THESE PROGRAMS AND DONATE TO THEIR CONTINUTED SUCCESS AT GEFFENPLAYHOUSE.COM/EDUCATION

“The Geffen allowed this class to be a gateway to exploring other careers that I would have

otherwise never thought about.”

“I greatly enjoyed getting insider perspectives on parts of the theater I do not normally

consider or think about.”

“This was the best class I have taken in a while!”

“I have taken away so much more from this class than I had expected, and I love the

Geffen more so now than ever!”

“I loved being able to hear directly from theater professionals and their journey to

their position. I also like that we could better understand the workings of a theater from

all perspectives.”

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AS ACTORS, THEATER ADMINISTRATORS and producers, Jason and Yvonne Lee have first-hand knowledge of the significant role good rehearsal space can play in a production’s development. The couple, who are generous Geffen Playhouse donors and founding company members of Lower Depth Theatre Ensemble (LDTE), will see their generous gift to the Geffen Playhouse be used precisely to aide that process: the Jason and Yvonne Lee Geffen Playhouse Annex will be the rehearsal home for future rehearsals as well as education and outreach events programmed by the Geffen Playhouse.

“Jason and Yvonne Lee’s gift and our partnership with UCLA expand the Geffen Playhouse’s artistic and community-engagement mission,” says Artistic Director Randall Arney. “We are programming and producing more than ever before and, subsequently, have been squeezing every bit of use out of our current spaces.”

Indeed, the last few years at the Geffen have seen an increase from five to eight season productions plus added special events and augmented education and community outreach programs. The result: a significant increase in demand for real-estate in one of the busiest commercial districts in Los Angeles.

Enter longtime partner UCLA, which owns the space in which the Geffen Playhouse continues to operate and which recently agreed to a long-term lease for the Jason and Yvonne Lee Geffen Playhouse Annex. The newly named space, located in a previous retail location at 930 Westwood Boulevard, is a close neighbor to the primary Geffen Playhouse campus.

Mr. Lee most recently played Lord Capulet in Classical Theatre of Harlem’s Romeo and Juliet. He also played Malcolm X in One Night in Miami by Kemp Powers at Rogue Machine Theatre. His other L.A. stage credits include work at the Geffen Playhouse, Evidence Room, Robey and Towne Street Theatres. His Chicago credits include work at the Goodman, Victory Gardens, Lookingglass, Northlight and Court Theatres.

Mrs. Lee began her professional career in Chicago working at the Goodman Theatre, Lookingglass Theatre and Victory Gardens Theatre. She appeared in LDTE’s production of Dontrell, Who Kissed the Sea by Nathan Alan Davis and recently played Neyla Dirbash in Hatikva Production’s Closely Related Keys. Other L.A. stage credits include LDTE’s Three Sisters After Chekhov, Stop Kiss with Theatre 150 and Private Battle with Watts Village Theatre.

Mr. and Mrs. Lee are Geffen Playhouse Advisory Board members, philanthropists, art lovers, backgammon and Parcheesi fanatics and the proud parents of Grace and Maya.


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The Geffen Playhouse recognizes the following individuals and organizations for their generous support of our Annual Fund andBackstage at the Geffen. Donors are listed at the Associate level and higher for gifts made between October 15, 2013 and December 31, 2014.

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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& Ellie Kanner-Zuckerman

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ENHANCE YOUR EVENING AT THE GEFFEN!Attend one of our Signature Series and enjoy the FREE festivities with your ticket purchase.

Event details at geffenplayhouse.com/signatureseries

TGIF AT THE GEFFEN

FRIDAY OF PREVIEW WEEK

TALK BACK TUESDAYS

EVERY TUESDAY AFTER PREVIEW WEEK

GIRLS NIGHT OUT

THIRD THURSDAY OF EVERY RUN

LOUNGE FRIDAYS

FOURTH & FIFTH FRIDAY OF EVERY RUN

WINE DOWN SUNDAYS

EVERY SUNDAY AFTER PREVIEW WEEK

DATES TO NOTE

FEBRUARY 3 – MARCH 15 GIL CATES THEATER

MARCH 3 – APRIL 12 AUDREY SKIRBALL KENIS THEATER

THIS TIME IN GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE

HISTORYFEBRUARY 6, 2013

Joanna Murray-Smith’s The Gift opens in the Gil Cates Theater. The acclaimed playwright’s latest work, Switzerland, opens in the Audrey

Skirball Kenis Theater at the Geffen Playhouse March 11, 2015.

MARCH 19, 2009 Louis & Keely: Live at the Sahara opens

in the Audrey Skirball Kenis Theater. The musical would run through an

unprecedented nine months. Another musical, Murder for Two, is scheduled to open in the Audrey June 17, 2015.

FEBRUARY/MARCH 2001 Artistic Director Randall Arney helms

Conor McPherson’s The Weir. The production featured Paul Vincent

O’Connor who would later join Arney for his productions of McPherson’s The Seafarer (2009) and The Night Alive.

switzerland Rehearsals Begin 2/6/15The production team and cast assemble for the latest Geffen Playhouse commission, funded by the Edgerton Foundation.

story pirates The Flagship Show Saturday, 2/14/15 at 11:00amThe Geffen Playhouse Story Pirates set sail with their signature show. Perfect for the kid in all of us.

the night alive Talk Back Tuesdays 2/17/15 – 3/10/15Geffen Playhouse artists lead a post-performance discussion of The Night Alive while guests enjoy complimentary beverages courtesy of Keurig.

the night alive Girls Night Out 2/19/15The Geffen Playhouse’s popular after-party, held at Westwood’s stunning Skylight Gardens restaurant, features artist and author, Toula Mavridou-Messer plus DJ Mike, hosted bar and buffets, photo booth, a Keurig coffee and tea bar plus a Pixi Beauty take-away gift.

the night alive Student Matinee 2/26/15Students from Mendez, Jordan, Santee, Roosevelt and Westchester High Schools attend a special matinee performance featuring a post-show discussion with Geffen Playhouse artists and staff.

switzerland Opening Night 3/11/15The American premiere begins after a successful Sydney Theatre Company run.

Los Angeles Drama Circle Critics Awards 3/16/15The annual awards show honoring excellence in Los Angeles theater takes place at Beyond the Stars Palace in Glendale.

Backstage at the Geffen 3/22/15Mellody Hobson & George Lucas and Sir Elton John & David Furnish are honored at this exciting event. For more information, visit geffenplayhouse.com/backstage.

SATURDAY MORNING – FEB 14GIL CATES THEATER

Randall Arney Artistic Director

Ken Novice Managing Director

Regina Miller Chief Development Officer

ARTISTIC

Mary Garrett Artistic ManagerAmy Levinson Artistic Associate / Literary DirectorPhyllis Schuringa Artistic Associate / Casting DirectorYoung Ji Artistic CoordinatorNick Johnson Literary Associate

DEVELOPMENT

Ellen Catania Director of Major Gifts & Corporate/Foundation PartnershipsJessica Brusilow Rollins Director of Education Partnerships & Donor RelationsJamie Mikelich Associate Director of Individual GivingKristen Smith Eshaya Development & Education Programs CoordinatorScott Kriloff Development Associate & Donor Database AdministratorJessie Sherman Development AssistantAva Bogle Development Assistant

EDUCATION

Jennifer Zakkai Director of Education & Community OutreachConnor White Resident Teaching Artist & Education Associate

ADMINISTRATION

Kathy Trank ControllerFrankie Ocasio Executive Assistant to the Managing DirectorPeter Banachowski Accounts PayableMarguerite Harris Receptionist

PRODUCTION

Daniel Ionazzi Production ManagerJill Barnes Associate Production Manager Matthew Carleton Technical DirectorEvan Friedman Assistant Technical Director Rich Gilles Properties MasterJames Grabowski Sound MasterDarren Rezowalli Master Electrician

MARKETING & SALES

Joseph Yoshitomi Director of Marketing & CommunicationsKaren Gutierrez Director of Advertising & SponsorshipsMark San Filippo Ticket Services Director & Database AdministratorStephanie Strand Audience Services ManagerBrian Dunning Graphics / Production Artist Jodi Feigenbaum Advertising & Promotions AssistantJanice Bernal Box Office Manager Bryan Martin Box Office Manager Korie Benavidez, Audrey Cain, Joshua Davis, Clay Dzygun, Natalie Gregory, Zack Hamra, Richard Martinez, Lilach Mendelovich, Alyssa Tyson Box Office Staff

COMMUNICATIONS

Tim Choy, Peter Goldman, David Barber, Niki Blumberg Davidson & Choy PublicityRebecca Haithcoat Communications Editor

FRONT OF HOUSE

Jeni Pearsons Director of Special EventsDavid Gerhardt Supervising House ManagerMichelle Cantrell, Kevin Cernansky, Josiah Davis, Amy Farkas, Brennan Kelleher, Roxana Meyers, Erik Odom House ManagersSevana Baghdasarian, Kailey Bray, Taylor Cerny, Vianney Cossyleon, Brett Donaldson, Brigid Donovan, Dan Foote, Chelsea Fryer, Kari Hall, Mariel Higuera, Sean Jones, Netta Lee Joseph, Erica Keller, Caroline Harrison Kohler, Nathaniel Meek, Keith Mitchell, JoJo Nwoko, Chase O’Donnell, Cassandra Orrantia, Jonathan Schwartz Oliver Vaughn UshersRob Mersola Bar ManagerManuel Mayorga Weekend Bar ManagerAdam Carr, Brenda Davidson, Lyndsi LaRose Bartenders

FACILITIES MANAGEMENT

Miguel del Castillo Facility ManagerMario Santillan-Perez CustodialJuan Carlos Umaña Cleaning Custodial


GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE STAFF

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.

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