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Need to Know Jonathan Caren featuring TIM CUMMINGS, CORRYN CUMMINS & LUCAS NEAR-VERBRUGGHE WITH ALTERNATES JEFF LORCH & PETER JAMES SMITH Directed by Bart DeLorenzo Rogue Machine in eatre/eater 5041 W. Pico Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90019 Opening Night October 25, 2015 by PRESENTS THE WORLD PREMIERE OF PRODUCED BY JOHN PERRIN FLYNN & MATTHEW ELKINS ASSISTANT DIRECTOR ILANA ROZIN LIGHTING DESIGN CHU-HSUAN CHANG SCENIC DESIGN STEPHANIE KERLEY SCHWARTZ PRODUCTION MANAGER AMANDA MAUER SOUND DESIGN JOHN ZALEWSKI COSTUME DESIGN E.B. BROOKS CASTING VICTORIA HOFFMAN STAGE MANAGER DANIEL CORONEL PROP MASTER BETHANY TUCKER is production made possible in part by the Henry Murray Fund for New Plays TECHNICAL DIRECTOR DAVID A. MAUER

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Need to Know

Jonathan Carenfeaturing

TIM CUMMINGS, CORRYN CUMMINS & LUCAS NEAR-VERBRUGGHE

WITH ALTERNATES JEFF LORCH & PETER JAMES SMITH

Directed by Bart DeLorenzo

Rogue Machine in �eatre/�eater 5041 W. Pico Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90019

Opening Night October 25, 2015

by

PRESENTS THE WORLD PREMIERE OF

PRODUCED BY JOHN PERRIN FLYNN & MATTHEW ELKINS

ASSISTANT DIRECTORILANA ROZIN

LIGHTING DESIGNCHU-HSUAN CHANG

SCENIC DESIGNSTEPHANIE KERLEY SCHWARTZ

PRODUCTION MANAGER AMANDA MAUER

SOUND DESIGNJOHN ZALEWSKI

COSTUME DESIGNE.B. BROOKS

CASTINGVICTORIA HOFFMAN

STAGE MANAGERDANIEL CORONEL

PROP MASTERBETHANY TUCKER

�is production made possible in part by the Henry Murray Fund for New Plays

TECHNICAL DIRECTORDAVID A. MAUER

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Rant & Rave happens one Monday night a month and is a Standing-Room-Only Sensation - it’s always fresh, funny & powerfully moving.

Upcoming Dates: November 16 & December 14

�e World Premiere of Need to Know is made possible in part by the generous contributions of supporters of

�e Henry Murray Fund for New Plays.

By nurturing and introducing new works to Los Angeles, the Henry Murray Fund and Rogue Machine work in partnership to engage the community with art that creates a dialogue and resonates

with our audiences long after the curtain closes.

A Thank You...

Mission Statement Rogue Machine only produces world premieres of new plays, primarily by Los Angeles based playwrights, and plays new to Los Angeles, including American, West Coast, and Regional premieres of signi�cant contemporary theatrical works. Rogue Machine seeks to be a theatre of ideas and imagination, a theatre which mirrors and examines contemporary culture, a theatre which nurtures contemporary playwrights, and a theatre whose work continually engages the community and creates a dialogue which resonates after the curtain closes.

Rogue Machine also considers building an audience for the future to be an important part of its mission and seeks to attract and serve a younger, more diverse Los Angeles adult audience.

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Rogue Machine Proudly AnnouncesThe Henry Murray Fund

�e Henry Murray Fund was created to honor our dear friend and Rogue Machine �eatre founding member Henry Murray, who passed away last December. Henry was a talented playwright and gifted dramaturg. Rogue Machine produced three World Premieres by Henry including Treefall and �ree Views of the Same Object, both of which have had signi�cant subsequent productions. Henry was Rogue Machine’s �rst Literary Manager and he created �e Dramaturg’s Table, Rogue Machine’s ongoing new play development program. �e Henry Murray Fund was created to nurture and support playwrights and new play development, two things Henry cared about deeply. If you wish to support this mission, we invite you to make a tax-deductible contribution to the Fund today.

TO DONATE ONLINE: Go to www.RogueMachine�eatre.com.Click SUPPORT US and indicate a donation amount.

In the NOTES section, add “For the HENRY MURRAY Fund.”

TO DONATE BY MAIL: Make check payable to ROGUE MACHINE THEATRE and add “For the HENRY MURRAY Fund” on the MEMO line and mail to:

Rogue Machine �eatre 12405 Venice Blvd. #153 Los Angeles, CA 90066

Betsy Hall & Sandy Keaton Angelica Huston Martha Hertsberg Jennifer Howard & Robert Schwentke Susan Moss Homola Gary Ireland & Elizabeth Zarlengo Amber Ireland Linda Janger Manson Jones & Susan Fitzgerald Gary & Enid Freund Mark Freund & Trice Koopman Trevor King Laurie Lathem Martin Leon of Alisal Builders Corp Martin Le�er Brian Letscher John Lichter & Linda Stonerock David Linde & Felicia Rosenfeld Nancy Linehan Charles Lynn Lobban Allan Mayer & Renee Vogel Carol Meckler Brian Nolan & Kadee Appleton Dottie O’Carroll Penny Orlo� Nina Paskowitz Tony Pasqualini Gary & Fre Pokoik

Ambrosia Knutson Associates Mary Appleton William Brady & Marni Ayers Lisa Beck Mitch & Danielle Bloch Alexandra Rebecca Borys Ann Buck Anne Gee Byrd K Callan Marcy Carsey Arline Chambers Chaspen Foundation Christopher Craig Jean Craig Michael Cohen Ry & Susan Cooder Hannah Cox Elina de Santos Je�rey & Kirsten Dermer Joan & Tom Dunsmuir AnnaLisa Erickson Je�rey Karo� & Nora Dvosin John Flynn & Ann Bronston Ben & Anna ForknerSte�en & Deborah Foster John Gray Jerry & Adi Greenberg Emily Hertzberg

Bruce & Linda Porter �omas Proctor James Rasmussen & David Rinehart Stephanie Ramer Lee & Susan Wertheimer Gail Rogers Gary Rosen & Holly Goldberg Sloan Rita Rubin David A. & Karen Richards SachsTom Safran Whitney Sander Carol Schoen Nadine SemerPatricia Shanks Peggy Shinner Gabriel Simon Calvin J. Sloan Maxwell Sloan Sold Out Crowd Sherry Sonnett Ari & Martha Swiller Shane Valentino Miki Warner Lewin Wertheimer Mary Westerman Diane Williams & Je� Doryland Jack & Sandra Williams

HENRY MURRAY FUND CONTRIBUTORS

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A Letter From the Artistic DirectorWhat happens when nothing can be kept private? �e change has already begun. We know more about the personal lives of our leaders and celebrities than we do of our friends. We know more about the personal lives of our friends than we do of our parents or any of our parents’ generation. In a world where nothing is private, there are no secrets and there is no shame. Already, today we publicly celebrate actions and eccentricities that we once would have done anything to hide.

Everything – how we think, how we perceive the world, how we interact, what and how we believe – is going to change. We will be forced to change how we process information, how we know what we know. We will no longer be the same humans we are, or think we are, now. �e change may take years, even decades, but it is a cataclysmic change. Will we survive? If we do, we will have to adapt. Our species is good at adaptation. But who or what will we become?

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times...

Welcome to our third show of the season, Need to Know, a World Premiere by Jonathan Caren. �is is our eighth season. Last year, we won �e American �eatre Wing’s National �eatre Award and we were also selected for the Bloomberg Arts Innovation and Management program, a program we believe will help us build a lasting foundation for our future. Our production of Samuel D. Hunter’s A Permanent Image has been nominated for six Ovation Awards including Best Production, Playwriting, Direction, Lead Actress, Acting Ensemble and Video/Projection Design. Earlier this year, Kemp Powers’ One Night in Miami… became Baltimore’s Center Stage’s best-selling production in their 52-year history and had a sold-out run at Denver’s Center for the Performing Arts. John Pollono’s Small Engine Repair, which had a critical and box o�ce smash run O�-Broadway in 2013, was published by Dramatists Play Service. His follow up play, Lost Girls, which premiered here in 2013, will open O�-Broadway in November.

Please join us for the season. Buy a �ex pass. Buy a power pass and see all the plays and come to all the Rant & Raves. You’ll be glad you did. And, if you like what you see, the best thing you can do for us is share your enthusiasm with a friend. Word of mouth will always be the best advertising.

- John Flynn

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Time: Summer Setting: Two adjacent apartments somewhere between Harlem and the Upper West Side

This performance will run WITHOUT an INTERMISSION

Cast and Characters

Steven .......................................... Lucas Near-Verbrugghe*Lilly .......................................................... Corryn Cummins*Mark ............................................................ Tim Cummings*

ALTERNATESSteven ..................................................................... Jeff Lorch*Mark .......................................................... Peter James Smith

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

Alternates/UnderstudiesActors never substitute for the listed players unless a speci�c announcement is made at the time of the performance.

In Order of Appearance

PRODUCTION STAFF

Publicity ...................................................... Judith Borne Key Art Design ......................................... Shawn CooganScenic Artist .......................................... Jennifer Kuberka

#N2Kplay@RogueMachineLA

Special Thanks!Larry Biederman, Teddy Bergman, Michelle Bossy, Adrea Caren, Kimberly Colburn,

Shawn Coogan, Carmela Corbett, Michael Cyril Creighton, Di Glazer - ICM, Adrienne Campbell Holt, Erik Horine & Kevin Crotty, Winnie Holzman,

IAMA �eatre Company, Steven Klein, Joanna Lipari, Kelly Miller, Anna O’Donnague, Allison Pill, Laura Savia, Paul Schnee, Matt Shakman, and Vs. �eatre

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TIM CUMMINGS (Mark) Selected LA: � e Woodsman (Coeurage), Reunion and Eurydice (SCR), � e Normal Heart (� e Fountain), � e New Electric Ballroom (Rogue Machine), � e Walworth Farce (� eatre Banshee), Tartu� e (Boston Court), � e Winter’s Tale and Hamlet (� eatre 150), � e Last Schwartz (Zephyr), � e Pursuit of Happiness (Laguna Playhouse). Selected NYC: Broadway revival Frankie & Johnny… (w/ Edie Falco & Stanley Tucci, dir. Joe Mantello), the O� -Broadway run of � e Guys (w/ Sigourney Weaver, Susan Sarandon). Tim serves as Literary Manager for Rogue Machine and Associate Director of the Youth Workshop for the Ojai Playwrights Conference. Awards: LADCC, LA Weekly, Broadway World, StageSceneLA, Ovation, Obie, etc.

CORRYN CUMMINS (Lilly)At Rogue Machine: Blackbird (LA Weekly Award: Duo Performance) and Bingo with the Indians. LA credits include: � e Missing Pages of Lewis Carroll (Boston Court), Killer Joe (Lost Angeles, Ovation Awards: Ensemble & Production), � e Lonesome West (Odyssey), Hamlet Max and � e Box (Sacred Fools), A Hole in the Dark (� e Blank), Bewildered Herd (Greenway Arts), Atlanta/LA/Berlin tour � e Black Glass (Padua). Chicago credits: Fahrenheit 451 (Steppenwolf ), Race (Lookingglass, dir. David Schwimmer), � e Grey Zone (A Red Orchid) and � e Hot l Baltimore (Mary-Arrchie, Je� Award: Supporting Actress, dir. David Cromer). Graduate of the School of � eatre at Illinois State University.

LUCAS NEAR-VERBRUGGHE (Steven)Broadway: Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson (dir. Alex Timbers), � e Ritz (dir. Joe Mantello). O� -Broadway: Permission (MCC), Love Labour’s Lost and Macbeth (Public), boom (Ars Nova), Oohrah! (Atlantic), � e Common Pursuit (dir. Moises Kaufman, Roundabout), and Assistance (Playwrights Horizons). Regional: Seminar opposite Je� Goldblum (Ahmanson). Film: Our Idiot Brother, A Birder’s Guide to Everything; the upcoming � lms � e Tiger Hunter, A Woman, a Part (w/ Maggie Si� ), Lazy Eye, and � e Bad Guys and Lunch Break (short) both premiering at the Austin Film Festival this fall. TV: Law & Order, Law & Order: SVU, and NBC’s Grimm.

Whos Who‘

Graduate of the School of � eatre at Illinois State University.

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JEFF LORCH (Alternate for Steven)In � lm, he has worked with Robert Zemeckis in a motion capture project as Philippe Petit (precursor to the � lm � e Walk); with Jon Gries in the indie hit Pickin’ & Grinnin’; in the indie festival hit Jonny’s Sweet Revenge, garnering 10 awards and counting including best actor. TV: Masters of Sex, Criminal Minds, Whitney, Brothers & Sisters, and iCarly. � eatre: A View from the Bridge, Rocket to the Moon, Of Mice and Men, Blue Dahlia (Paci� c Resident � eatre); Uploaded (Rogue Machine); Modigliani (Open Fist); My Antonia (Rubicon). Years of improv at Groundlings, iOWest, UCB. UCLA Alumnus.

PETER JAMES SMITH (Alternate for Mark)Peter’s credits include World Premieres by Neil LaBute, Luis Alfaro, Tom Jacobson, EM Lewis, Steven Dierkes, Larry Dean Harris, Rich Nathanson, Nancy Beverly, Andy Lowe, G. Bruce Smith and Tracy Young (� e Actors’ Gang). Other selected credits: Civilization, Moving Arts’ � e Car Plays (Radar L.A./O� Center Festival/La Jolla Playhouse), Porcelain, � e Dybbuk, A Murder of Crows, M. Butter� y, New Image Teen � eatre (co-founded / directed by Kathy Najimy). Film/TV credits include: Parenthood, Castle, Revenge, Serenity, 24, Monk, Friends, ER, � e King of Queens, CSI: Miami, Dwelling, Westworld and all seven seasons of � e West Wing. twitter.com/PJSActor

JONATHAN CAREN (Playwright)Plays include Need to Know (Colt Couer Play Hotel), � e Recommendation (IAMA, � e Flea, � e Old Globe), � e Morning � e Sun Fell Down (MTC 7@7), � e Venerable Raman Gupta (New Group New Works, Sundance Finalist), and Catch � e Fish (NY Fringe Outstanding Play). 2016 Dorothy Strelsin New American Writer’s Group, McDowell Fellow, Dramatist Guild Fellow, New York Stage and Film Founder’s Award, T.S Eliot Old Vic/New Voices Network member, SPACE @ Ryder Farm, two-time Lecomte du Nouy award winner. M.F.A. Juilliard School, B.A. Vassar College where he studied mythology and religion. BART DELORENZO (Director) Artistic director of Evidence Room theater where he recently directed � e False Servant, Passion Play, Annapurna (revived O� -Broadway with � e New Group), Ivanov, Margo Veil, and � e Receptionist, (produced with Odyssey � eater). LA recent: Death of the Author and Coney Island Christmas (Ge� en Playhouse); tokyo � sh story, Fast Company, Doctor Cerberus, and Shipwrecked! (South Coast Rep); and � e Projectionist (CTG). Other recent: � e Night Watcher (Studio � eatre), Legacy of Light and Around the World (Cleveland PlayHouse). He is on the faculty at CalArts. Awards: LA Drama Critics Circle, LA Weekly, Backstage Garlands, and the Alan Schneider Director Award.

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STEPHANIE KERLEY SCHWARTZ (Scenic Design/Resident Designer) Rogue Machine: Scenery and/or Costumes for: Nice �ings, Penelope, Falling, One Night in Miami…, Blackbird (LA Weekly Award), Treefall (LA Weekly, Backstage Garland Awards), ...Stage Beauty (Garland Award, Ovation nomination), among others. South Coast Repertory: Costume Design for Reunion. �eatre @ Boston Court: Scenic Design for Shiv and Stupid Fucking Bird. Pasadena Playhouse: Pygmalion (Scenery) and Twelve Angry Men (Scenery & Costumes). CTG/Mark Taper Forum: Costume Design for �e Lieutenant of Inishmore and Harps & Angels. Sacred Fools: Scenic Design for Absolutely Filthy. Scenic Design for Song of Extinction (Winner LA Weekly’s Production of the Year) for Moving Arts Inside the Ford. www.kerleydesign.comE.B. BROOKS (Costume Design) Ge�en: Bad Jews, Choir Boy, Wait Until Dark, Good People, Build. Artists Repertory �eatre, Portland: Ten Chimneys. REDCAT: Brewsie and Willie (LA Weekly Award Best Production Design), What to Wear. A Noise Within: Blithe Spirit (Ticketholder Award Best Costume Design). �e Industry: Invisible Cities at Union Station. Other theaters include: Celebration, Antaeus, IAMA, Boston Court, Native Voices at �e Autry, East West Players, LA Shakespeare, and �e Black Dahlia. Commercial/ Film/ Video design include: D.I.C.E. Awards 2013 O�cial Introduction Video, �e White Orchid, and �ree Nights in �e Desert. MFA from CalArts and has taught / lectured at Willamette University, USC, UCLA, and CalTech. Member of USA 829.CHU-HSUAN CHANG (Lighting Design)Chu-hsuan is a Los Angeles-based lighting artist working in theater, dance, music performance and installation. As a lighting designer, Chu-hsuan’s notable collaborations include Janie Geiser’s puppetry production Fugitive Time, Maria Hassabi’s live performance installation PLASTIC at the Hammer Museum, performing artist Takao Tamaguchi’s Touch of the Other, theater director Chi-wang Yang’s �ey Are Dying Out. He has also worked with Lars Jan on the Institute of Memory. In addition to lighting, Chu-hsuan’s passions include puppeteering, �lmmaking and lighting instrument design.

JOHN ZALEWSKI (Sound Design)John is an early member of Evidence Room. Work seen at Arena Stage, Alliance, Guthrie, Portland Center Stage, South Coast Rep, Humana Festival, Disney Hall, CTG, LATC, Broad Stage, Cherry Lane, Boston Court, Antaeus, Padua, Odyssey, Actors’ Gang, 24th Street. Awards include 6 Ovations, 7 LA Weeklys, 2 LADCCs, 10 Garlands. Recent work: �e Day Shall Declare It, with Wilderness in London and DTLA; tokyo �sh story at South Coast Rep; My Barking Dog at Boston Court; AZAK at �e Gym at Judson, NYC; and Destiny of Desire at Arena Stage, Washington, DC.

BETHANY TUCKER (Prop Master)Bethany Tucker is thrilled to be prop master for the �rst time for Rogue Machine. Most recently she was prop master for Boston Court’s production of Seven Spots on the Sun, Circle X’s productions of ICU and Trevor, the Los Angeles LGBT Center productions of �e Goat, or Who Is Sylvia? and �e Laramie Project: Ten Years Later.

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JOHN PERRIN FLYNN (Producer/Artistic Director) John is Rogue Machine’s founding Artistic Director and he has produced all 30 of our mainstage productions. He has directed many plays for Rogue Machine including the World Premieres of John Pollono’s Lost Girls and Henry Murray’s Treefall; Enda Walsh’s �e New Electric Ballroom and Penelope; Samuel D. Hunter’s A Permanent Image and A Bright New Boise; �e Sunset Limited, and our inaugural production, Compleat Female Stage Beauty. John was the Executive Producer and Director of Lifetime’s long-running series Strong Medicine and has produced two other series and 14 television movies or miniseries including the Emmy-nominated Burden of Proof. In 2012, he received the Career Achievement Award for �eatre from the LA Weekly.

MATTHEW ELKINS (Producer/Producing Director) As Rogue Machine’s founding Producing Director, he produced Blackbird, Yard Sale Signs, Stop Kiss, our inaugural production Compleat Female Stage Beauty, and last season’s award-winning production of Cock, in which he appeared. Other Rogue Machine appearances include Falling and Samuel D. Hunter’s A Bright New Boise (LA Weekly Nomination) and A Permanent Image. He directed MilkMilkLemonade for Rogue Machine and Raised in Captivity for the PRT Co-op. He has acted on the stages of the Kennedy Center, Hollywood Bowl, Asolo Rep & the Utah Shakespearean Festival. MFA from Florida State University Asolo Conservatory.

DAVID A. MAUER (Technical Director) For Rogue Machine, David produced and designed the set for Samuel D. Hunter’s A Permanent Image and Rajiv Joseph’s Gruesome Playground Injuries, which he produced at the Edinburgh International Fringe Festival this past August. David was awarded the 2013 LA Weekly Award for the scenic design of Rob Mersola’s Dirty Filthy Love Story at Rogue Machine. He also designed the sets for John Pollono’s Small Engine Repair and Lost Girls, and Samuel D. Hunter’s A Bright New Boise. David is Rogue Machine’s Technical Director and, more importantly, married to Amanda.ILANA ROZIN (Assistant Director) Ilana is a Colorado native and a new Los Angeleno. She recently directed Rum and Vodka at Burning Coal �eatre Company in Raleigh, North Carolina, and was the Assistant Director for A Permanent Image here at Rogue. Her favorite directing credits include: In the Next Room, Cloud 9, God of Carnage, and �e Vagina Monologues. VICTORIA HOFFMAN (Casting) Victoria is a proud member of Rogue Machine, where she has been the resident Casting Coordinator on Lost Girls, Falling, Penelope, Gruesome Playground Injuries, Cock, and Nice �ings. Recent casting projects include Padua Playwrights’ Villon by Murray Mednick at the Odyssey and Beyond Sight, an original musical for CRE Outreach. A veteran of the commercial casting community, she’s worked as an associate and session director for o�ces such as Terry Berland, Francene Selkirk, and more. As an actor, she has worked in regional theaters as varied as the Kodak, South Coast Repertory, Kansas City Rep, and �eatricum Botanicum.

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DANIEL CORONEL (Stage Manager) Daniel has been a member of Rogue Machine for going on six years. His stage managing credits include Small Engine Repair and One Night in Miami.... As an actor he has done several plays, including �e Around-the-Clock Play Festivals. Go Rogue!

AMANDA MAUER (Production Manager) Amanda is a playwright, stage manager and occasional actress with a penchant for baking, crossword puzzles and peculiar physical activities. Several of her plays have been produced at Rogue Machine and beyond. As a founding member and long-standing Production Manager of Rogue Machine, she is delighted to be a part of another remarkable show. Love to all, but mostly to David.

RICK BERNSTEIN (Managing Director) Rick has worked in LA theatre for over 10 years and is thrilled to join Rogue Machine. He has been the Managing Director of �e Road �eatre Company and Elephant �eatre Company, has worked on sta� at �e Colony �eatre and �e �eatre @ Boston Court, and has been a general manager, company manager and marketing consultant on many productions. Film/Television production credits include �e Tonight Show, Tomb Raider and Frozen Assets, which Gene Siskel named “Worst Film of the Year.” Rick is also the Managing Director of Impro �eatre, and he is a graduate of Stanford University.

ELINA de SANTOS (Co-Artistic Director)Directing credits include the World Premieres of Dirty Filthy Love Story, Yard Sale Signs, Razorback and Nice �ings, as well as Falling, Stop Kiss and Bhutan, all here at Rogue Machine. For West Coast Jewish �eatre: New Jerusalem and Broken Glass. For PRT: a workshop of Galileo, Death of a Salesman, Orpheus Descending (LADCC Award for Direction). At the Odyssey: Awake and Sing!, �e Blue Room and Misalliance. She has directed at the Pasadena Playhouse and regionally at theatres including the Berkshire �eatre Festival and the Pittsburgh Public. In 2013, Elina received the LADCC Award for Career Achievement in Directing.

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The Show Cant Go On Without You! Dear Friends,

Whether this is your 41st play or your �rst at Rogue Machine, welcome to the family and our eighth season. By coming here today, you’ve joined a growing community of theatregoers in Southern California who are looking for new work – adult drama, the stories of today, and the voices of contemporary writers from the English-speaking world, perhaps from London, Dublin, New York, Chicago, or especially, Los Angeles.

�is is my second season as Board Chair, and as an architect, one of my primary long-term goals is a permanent

home, all our own, as exciting as the plays we produce.So bring your friends, talk about us, buy season tickets, endow a chair, join the Founder Circle. Hey, put your name on a building.

Lewin Wertheimer Chair, Rogue Machine �eatre Board of Directors

Become a Founder Circle Member

We are establishing a group to advance our vision to create and produce the most relevant, engaging, and exceptional regional theatre today. For theatre to survive and thrive, we must develop and nurture the diverse voices of a new generation, who will speak to and for the emergent audience of the 21st century.

As a Founder, you will support the most remarkable theatre being produced today. �is work speaks to the lives we live now and makes the art of theatre vibrant and necessary. With a range of exclusive bene�ts at various giving levels, we invite you to participate, bringing enhanced stability to Rogue Machine and bringing you unparalleled advantages. By joining the Founder Circle, you have access to intimate and exclusive events year-round, as well as other special bene�ts for your �ve-year commitment. We enthusiastically look forward to your reply, and to welcoming you as a member of our Founder Circle.

To join the Founder Circle or learn more, please email Development Director Marni Ayers at [email protected] or call (855) 585-5185

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Our Donors�ank You to Our Supporters!

Contributions from January 1, 2014 - October 1, 2015

FOUNDER CIRCLE Platinum Circle ($5,000+ Annually)

Anonymous (2)Jean Craig

Irving & Gail Weintraub�e Rosenthal Family Foundation

(Rick Rosenthal & Nancy Stephens)

Silver Level ($1000+ Annually)Dr. Joanna Lipari

GRANT & FOUNDATION SUPPORTAmerican �eatre Wing - National �eatre Company Grant

Annenberg FoundationAttias Family FoundationBloomberg Philanthropies

City of Los Angeles Cultural A�airs DepartmentGeorge Lichter Family FundHamilton Street Foundation

Henry Murray Fund for New Plays�e Los Angeles County Arts Commision

Nancy E. Barton FoundationRosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation

�e Rosenthal Family FoundationSachs Family Fund

�e Shapiro FoundationU.S. Bank

INDIVIDUAL DONATIONS$5,000+Anonymous (2)Marcy CarseyJean CraigJohn Flynn & Ann BronstonGeorge Lichter Family Fund(John Lichter & Linda Stonerock)Bruce & Linda Porter�e Rosenthal Family Foundation(Rick Rosenthal & Nancy Stephens)Irving & Gail WeintraubLewin Wertheimer

$1,000 - $4,999�e Attias Family FoundationOrson Bean & Alley MillsAnne Gee ByrdAdrea CarenCynthia ChapmanHannah CoxTerry DavisElina de SantosJe�rey & Kirsten DermerMichelle EskinPatricia GlaserJerry & Adi GreenbergHamilton Street Foundation (Mr. Lawrence Goldstein & Mrs. Rosa Goldstein)Paula HoltJennifer Howard & Robert SchwentkeAmber IrelandMason Jones & Susan FitzgeraldJe�rey Karo� & Nora DvosinJoanna LipariAllan Mayer & Renee VogelDavid Morisaki & Callista CardJohn MorrisseyJon NeustadterPenny Orlo�

$1,000 - $4,999 continued James Rasmussen & David RinehartGary Rosen & Holly Goldberg SloanDavid A. & Karen Richard SachsTom SafranMichael Schwartz & Stephanie Kerley SchwartzPatricia ShanksJosephine ShokrianTucker SmallwoodAri & Martha SwillerRita TaggartRussi TaylorBruce Wright & Nathan Clum

$250 - $999Anonymous (2)Dylan & Dean BaquetJennifer Barry�omas BeetonMichael BierbauerRon Bottitta William Brady & Marni AyersAnn BuckDavid Chertock & Melissa HermanSteve ConnellChristopher CraigErin P. CraigJaz DavisonNaren & Ashli DesaiSusan DexterDaniel DulingPeter DvorakMatthew ElkinsKate & William ForwardSte�en & Deborah FosterMark Freund & Trice KoopmanJohn GrayDebra GreibMark Gurvitz

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To �nd out how you can help or if you believe our records are inaccurate, please contact us at at (855) 585-5185 or email [email protected].

$250 - $999 continued David Higlen & Marilyn Renton GayJoan Pearce Research AssociatesRichard Katz Kevin Kilner & Jordan Baker-Kilner Trevor KingSteven Klein & Kristine Penner KleinJason LeeBeverly LeechRobert LeventerMeg Liberman PohlShih Hua LiuLynn LobbanKim & Marsha LovettKareen MartinDavid MauerPatrick & Eva MauerLillah McCarthyRob MersolaRobert D. MooreAnn NobleBrian NorrisDottie O’CarrollTony Pasqualini & Sarah BrookePenny PeyserGary & Fre PokoikLee RamerStephanie RamerJoey & Anthony RichEdwin RobinsonWhitney SanderCarol SchoenGabriel SimonNanci & Ron SlayenSold Out CrowdMark & Judith TaylorLee & Susan WertheimerMary WestermanJack & Sandra WilliamsChase WintonHarriet Zaretsky

$100 - $249 AnonymousMatthew & Kristen AldrichEloise AppelMary AppletonDeborah BarylskiFrawley BeckerScott BehrendtDavid & Nessa BernsteinAdam BesterDanielle BlochSarayu BlueJim BoelsenAlexandra Rebecca BorysStephen BurleighK CallanArline Chambers

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Members

* Playwright-in-Residence + Founding Member

Board of DirectorsLewin Wertheimer, President/Chair

Jean Craig, Vice PresidentDavid Morisaki, SecretaryJe�rey Dermer, Treasurer

Callista CardCynthia Comsky

Hannah CoxJohn Perrin Flynn

Paula HoltPenny Orlo�

Neely Swanson

Advisory Board Darrell BrownSheldon EppsHany Haddad

Annie PottsOz Scott

Production Team John Perrin Flynn+ .................. Artistic DirectorElina de Santos+ ................ Co-Artistic DirectorRick Bernstein ...................... Managing DirectorMatthew Elkins+ .................. Producing DirectorAmanda Mauer+ ................ Production ManagerDavid Mauer+ ........................ Technical DirectorJen Pollono+ ... Off-the-Clock Producing Director

Stephanie Kerley Schwartz+ ... Resident DesignerTim Cummings ........................ Literary Manager John Pollono*+ ................ Rant & Rave ProducerTracie Lockwood+ ... Around-the-Clock ProducerRamón Valdez................. Membership CoordinatorJudith Borne+ ........................................ PublicistMarni Ayers ......................... Development DirectorSherry Sonnett .......... Dramaturg’s Table Director

Tony AbatemarcoGiovanni Adams

Skylar AdamsRhonda AldrichJennifer Allcott

Zibby AllenTony Amendola

Tasha AmesBen Anderson

Erin Lee AndersonSam AndersonSekou AndrewsSusan Angelo

Michael AntosyElizabeth ArendsHugo Armstrong

Brett AuneRachel Avery+

Marni AyersTim Bagley

Diane Alayne BakerJordan Baker+Melissa Bales

Michael BalsleyEileen Barnett

Dana Lyn BaronOrson BeanJim BeaverTom Beyer

Melina BielefeltJoshua BittonSarayu Blue

Jeff BlumAlan Blumenfeld

Jim BoelsenAva Bogle

Curt BonnemRon Bottitta+William BradyMark BramhallBrendan BrandtJonathan Bray

Robert John BrewerKevin BriefCorey Brill

Bill Brochtrup+Ann Bronston+Sarah BrookeTaylor Bryce

Benjamin BurdickStephen BurleighAnne Gee ByrdStephen Caffrey

K CallanMatt CaplanCate Caplin

Kristin CareyEmma Rose Carson

Ginna CarterPhil Casnoff+

Nicolette ChaffeyStacie Chaiken

Blaire ChandlerWill Chandler

Nancy Linehan CharlesMaureen ChesusJoan Chodorow

Ewan ChungRachel Clentworth

Michelle ClunieAvery Clyde

Michael D. CohenFrank CollisonDavid Combs

Steven ConnellKate ConnorLuke Cook

Daniel CoronelKatherine Cortez

Tiffany CotyMatt CrabtreeGregory Crafts

James Patrick CroninJD Cullum

Corryn CumminsChristopher Curry

Gregg DanielKevin Daniels

Maia Danziger+Brenda Davidson

Julia DavisTerry Davis

Darius de la CruzJulia Davis

Ramon de OcampoJason Dechert

Gugun Deep SinghJason Delane

Jerry Della SallaRob DerringerSusan Dexter

John DiFusco+Anna DiGiovanni

Paul DillonFrancia DimaseHeidi DippoldRob Dodd+Mark DoerrNike Doukas

Denise DowsePeggy Dunne

Edward EdwardsMichael Philip Edwards

Stephanie ErbAnnaLisa Erickson

Richard Fancy+Sara FentonLesley Fera

Alex FernandezPeter Finlayson

Tom FiscellaBradley Fisher+Frances Fisher

Karianne Flaathen

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Patrick Flanagan+Brad FleischerJulia Fletcher

Rori FlynnSuzanne Ford+David FraioliBruce FrenchHolly Fulger

Jeff Thomas GardnerLaura Gardner+Renae Geerlings

Lena GeorgasTania GettyKip Gilman

Lindsey GinterMaria GobettiEddie Goines

Alexandra GoodmanStephanie Dawn Greene

Brad GreenquistRochelle Greenwood+

Burt GrinsteadChet GrissomArye Gross

Choppy Guillotte+Jaxon Duff Gwillim+

Paul HaitkinGraham HamiltonMichael Hanson

Augustine HargraveAmy K. Harmon

James HarperKymberly HarrisAndrew HawtreyJennifer Hawtrey

Erik HegerJosh Helman

Deidrie Henry+Elizabeth Herron

Andy HirschVictoria Hoffman

Kate Hollinshead+Susan Hope

Gregory HoytJon HuertasYvonne Huff

William Dennis HuntGregory ItzinTom Jacobs

Mark JacobsonEmma Jacobson-Sive

Katherine JamesDaniel Jimenez

Dylan JonesSullivan JonesVeralyn Jones

Jason E. KelleyKaitlin Kelly

Connor Kelly-EidingAnna Khaja+Kevin Kilner+

Jeff Kober

Kirsten KollenderCasey KramerHazel KuangAnil KumarEdgar LandaKaren Landry

Rebecca LarsenDarrell Larson

Tracey A. LeighJeremy LelliottSusan LeslieLoren Lester

Brian LetscherAmir LeviWest Liang

James LiebmanJoanna Lipari

Jonathan LipnickiBill Lithgow+

Matt LittleLynn Lobban

Joey LongJeff Lorch

Melanie LyonsMichael Mantell

Nick MariniLeo Marks

Leon MartellSandy MartinA Martinez

Robert McCrackenNeil McGowanMolly McGraw

Jennifer McHughMarilyn McIntyre

Julie McKayNan McNamaraMatt McTighe

Vince Melocchi*Rob Mersola*Rebecca MetzAllan Miller

Matthew Floyd MillerAlley MillsParker MillsNed Mochel

Alfred MolinaAlex MorrisIona Morris

Burl MoseleyRebecca MozoRyan MulkayChris MulkeyJan MunroeJeff Murray

Susannah Myrvold+Marco Naggar

Rob NagleAnna Nicholas

Austin NimnichtAnn Noble

Lloyd Noonan

Jeffrey NordlingBrian NorrisBruce NozickJenny O’Hara

Erik OdomJustin OkinLaurie Okin

Penny Orloff+Tom OrmenyJaimi Paige

Melissa Paladino+Carolyn Palmer+

Hersha ParadyHalei Parker

Andrew ParksTony Pasqualini

Scott PaulinLisa Pelikan+Theo Perkins

Trevor PetersonPenny Peyser

Wendy PhillipsJoel Polis

Mary PortserAnnie Potts

Kemp Powers*Justin Preston

Michael PrichardRoses Prichard

Deborah Puette+Suzanne QuastKevin Quinn

Michael Redfield+Elain RinehartLisa Robins

Jonathan Sayres RosenthalMichael Rothhaar

Will RothhaarKatie Rubin

Elizabeth RuscioLeon Russom

Elizabeth SampsonDickie SandersonOlivia SandovalMolly SchafferSteven Schub

Michael SchwartzDavid SelbyJah Shams

Christopher ShawSharron ShayneScott Sheldon

Michael ShepperdArmin Shimerman

Devin SidellAdam SilverTracey Silver

Julia SilvermanColin Simon

Samantha SimonDarin Singleton

John Sloan

Tucker Smallwood+Donnie Smith

Peter James SmithSammi Smith

Scott Alan SmithYesenia Solis

Jennifer SorensonJoe Spano

Mark St. Amant+Patrick Stafford

Steve StajichHollace Starr+

Keith StevensonMary Alexandra Stiefvater

Ann Colby StockingJoanna StrappSusan Sullivan

Angeline Summers-MarvelStasha Surdyke

Kitty SwinkJeanne SyquiaRita Taggart

Barbara TarbuckJennifer Taub+Elayn J. TaylorMark L. TaylorTreva Tegtmeier

Alec TomkiwEdward TournierMageina Tovah

Michael Traynor+Rebekah Tripp

Inger TudorTyson Turrou

Heather L. TylerLauren Tyler+

Nick UllettSophie Ullett

Michael UribesPeter Van NordenKirsten Vangsness

Tania VerafieldTimothy WalkerCameron Watson

Jennie Webb*Mari Weiss

Norbert WeisserCarole Weyers

Paige Lindsey WhiteDavid WilcoxSusan WilderJules Willcox

Jonathan WilliamsMark McClain Wilson

Tara WindleyChase Winton

Megan Wright+Timothy Michael Wright

Becky Wu+Craig Robert Young

Betsy ZajkoJosh Zuckerman

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