SKYLIGHT THEATRE COMPANY in association with FLYING CUCUMBER PRODUCTIONS presents

By Ron HouseDirected by Alan Shearman

Starring:Paul Baird*, Olivia Cristina Delgado, Lila Dupree, Aaron Miller,

andMarcelo Tubert*as Pepe Hernandez

Set Design: JOHN IACOVELLI Lighting Design: JENNIFER EDWARDS Sound Design: JEFF GARDNER Costume Design: SARAH FIGOTEN WILSON

Properties: JEFF FAETH Choreography: TOR CAMPBELL

Production Stage Manager: CHRISTOPHER HOFFMAN

Associate Producer: RACHEL BERNEY NEEDLEMAN

PRODUCED BY GARY GROSSMAN

HONORARY PRODUCERS

BARBARA BOSSON, JEAN & TIMOTHY B. SCHMIT

Based on El Grande de Coca-Cola by Ron House, Diz White, Alan Shearman and John Neville-Andrews

Opening Night July 25, 2015* denotes member of Actors Equity Association

presents

HOLA!Welcome to the Skylight Big Top. I’ve always thought that producing new works was a high wire act and now I have living proof. Through the years we have opened our theatre doors to some of the most gi�ed writers and performers. We have continuous-ly challenged them and ourselves to push our collective theatrical imaginations with amazing results. Our stages have been the mid-wife of a vast array of theatrical settings, from traditional living rooms and boardrooms to a boat in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. We’ve even played one-on-one basketball on a fully functional court. Now add El Grande CIRCUS de Coca-Cola and the master entrepreneur, Señor Pepe Hernandez to our résumé.

Since the early eighties I have been a fan of Low Moan Spectacular and the endlessly talented Ron House. And when given the opportunity to house the newest installment of their O�-Broadway hit, we couldn’t say no.

Thanks to Flying Cucumber for thinking of us and allowing us to partner with them. Thanks to a brilliant cast of actors led by their masterful maniac, Alan Shearman and to an inventive creative team and Skylight’s undaunted technical sta� who always go where others fear to tread.

To my sta�, our Board of directors and you our faithful audience, thank you for taking the ride with us.

HURRY, HURRY, HURRY! THE CIRCUS IS ABOUT TO BEGIN. TAKE YOUR SEATS, HOLD ON TO YOUR CHILDREN AND PREPARE TO BE AMAZED.

“APURENSE, APURENSE, APURENSE! EL CIRCO DE PEPE HERNANDEZ ESTA POR CO-MENZAR! TOMEN SUS ASIENTOS, PROTEJAN A SUS HIJOS Y PREPARENSE PARA SER ASOMBRADOS!”

GARY GROSSMANThe PT Barnum of Intimate Theatre in Los Angeles

CAST IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE

Consuelo Hernandez… ………………LILA DUPREEMaria Hernandez…… ..OLIVIA CRISTINA DELGADOMiguel Vasquez…...…………………… PAUL BAIRD*Juan Rodriguez………… . .………….AARON MILLERPepe Hernandez…………………MARCELO TUBERT*

SETTINGHollywood, CA. - Present day

Pepe says the play is performed without intermission. (We hope!)

STAFF for El Grande CIRCUS de Coca-ColaStage Manager – GARRETT LONGLEY

Assistant Stage Manager - VANEH ASSADOURIANSet Construction - TIM DRIERPhotographer - ED KRIEGER

Social Media - CORRYN CUMMINSGraphic Designer- GUILLERMO PEREZ

Publicist - JUDITH BORNEScenic Artist - ORLANDO DE LA PAZ

Wire Horse-Head Created by MARC MCCORMICK (MARCMCC@GMAIL.COM)

THANK YOUSteve Apostolina, Judith & René Auberjonois, Rajia Baroudi, Madeleine & Larry Bascom, Melissa Baird & Richard Bresto­, Mitch Carter, Dan & Deb Castellaneta, Margaret Chapman, Audie & Tony Charles, Dick & Nancy Clement, Joanna & Kevin Connor, M.M. Cranston, Neil Dickson, Susan Dietz, Sharon & Dennis Dugan, Andrew Edwards, Joan Freed, John & Pam Grant, Annie Hall, Ansel & Susan Jonsson, Ian & Doris La Frenais, Lynne Lauders, Peter Lavin, Norman Powell & Ellen Levine, Daniel Mauser, Elizabeth Noone, Scott Paulin & Wendy Phillips, Moira Quirk, Darren Richardson, Diana Rockefeller, Chip Rosenbloom, Sandra Roveta, Harvey Saferstein, Armin Shimerman and Kitty Swink, André Sogliuzzo, Jacqueline & Ian Scorer, Joe Spano, Julian Stone, Isabelle B. Storey, Howard Storm, Betty Thomas, Emily Thorne, Michael & Dina Tuchner, Jared Wein, Mary & Fred Willard, Lynne M. Wheat, Lucas Wittman. And special thanks to Mike Myers, John Ruskin & Nicole Millar at the Ruskin Group Theatre for their encouragement and continued support.

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Tuchner, Jared Wein, Mary & Fred Willard, Lynne M. Wheat, Lucas Wittman. And special thanks to Mike Myers, John Ruskin & Nicole Millar at the Ruskin Group Theatre for their encouragement and continued

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PEPE HERNANDEZ ACADEMY OF ACTINGOrdinary in every way

“All the world’s a stage now that Pepe is teaching acting.” William Shakespeare (deceased)

WHO’S WHOCAST

Paul Baird (Miguel)Paul Baird is an actor, writer, and musician. Though born in San-ta Cruz, he spent much of his life performing while living abroad. His favorite productions include Cabaret (Emcee), Becoming Julia Morgan (BACC Best ensemble) Odysseus (Greek Tour), his award-winning co-written play Ni Una Más (Voice 6), and his two autobiographical solo shows My Brother’s Keeper and The White Knuckle Driver. Award-Winning films include EBX 3000, Jesus Blues and Undocumented. ThePaulBaird.com.

Olivia Cristina Delgado (Maria)Olivia has had the privilege to perform new plays with marvel-ous people, including: the Latino Theater Company, several productions, most recently La Olla at the Getty Villa; the LTA Playwright’s Nest, as part of the development and performance of the dark-comedy thriller Karina Plays Pachanga Music; and now...EL GRANDE! Olivia is classically trained and last summer toured Hamlet and A Midsummer Night’s Dream with Shake-speare By The Sea, performing for over 20K people.

Lila Dupree (Consuelo)Lila Dupree (Consuelo Hernandez) is delighted to reprise the role of Consuelo Hernandez a�er playing her at the Ruskin Group Theatre in the critically acclaimed hit El Grande de Coca-Cola (LA Weekly Theatre Awards Best Comedy Ensemble Nomina-tion). Other stage work includes All Over (O�-Bway collab with Edward Albee, Marian Seldes), Young and Named (Lucy Thurber World Premieres, O�/O�-O� Bway), Our Town (Sierra Madre Playhouse) and numerous roles during six seasons at Acadia Repertory Theatre. On-screen credits include Extant (CBS), LA Apocalypse (Syfy) and The Golden Boys (with David Carradine,

Bruce Dern). Training: LAMDA, Atlantic Theatre Company Conservatory. B.A. Columbia University.

WHO’S WHOAaron Miller (Juan)If the name Aaron Miller sounds familiar, it’s because it’s a fairly common name. Or, perhaps you were canoodling through the bargain bin at the 99 Cent Store and found one of Aaron’s mov-ies?… Highly unlikely. Aaron has starred in various original plays and things around LA for quite some time now. He’s ALMOST been cast in several neat movies and television shows. He is dy-ing for a part on The Real Housewives of Any City or even Keeping Up with the Kardashians because, well, that’s where the world is now. You can also currently see Aaron at the grocery store or in his filthy studio apartment.

Marcelo Tubert (Pepe) Marcelo Tubert is delighted to join this latest incarnation of Co-ca-Cola. Thanks Steve Apostolina for telling me about the audi-tion! Marcelo is one of the founding members of The Antaeus Theater Co., performing in Henry IV, Part l, The Wood Demon, The Man Who Had All the Luck, You Can’t Take it With You, Trial by Jury, Patience, Of Mice and Men and many more. Other theaters where he’s performed are The Mark Taper Forum, Yale Rep, Milwaukee Rep, The Old Globe, New Mexico Rep, The Colony. He received an Ovation award for San Fran Scapin, adapted from Molière’s Scapin. His TV, film and voice over work covers over 30 years and

are too numerous to list, so you can go to MarceloTubert.com or IMDB to check it out. Argentinian born, Marcelo and his multi-talented wife, Lori (she’s actually a force of na-ture!), are the proud parents of Emily, a pro golfer and Sarah, an aspiring actress and make-up artist. His philosophy: Live simply and remain grateful.

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WHO’S WHOPRODUCTION TEAM

Ron House (Writer)Ron House created the role of Pepe Hernandez in El Grande de Coca-Cola. He le home at 15 and traveled the world, becoming fluent in five languages. Starting his theatrical career as a member of the Second City Company, he later moved to New York with El Grande de Coca-Cola. Ron founded Low Moan Spectacular, the London underground theatre company that spawned the hit Bullshot Crummond, which ran in London, New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco, and was eventually produced as a film by Beatle George Harrison. Ron’s latest work, Decorum Maintained, was inspired by personal experiences while working as an under butler in the London townhouse of Klaus and Sonny Von Bulow.

Alan Shearman (Director, Musical Director)Alan is delighted to be debuting at the Skylight Theatre and for the opportunity to work with this extraordinary cast and crew and co-producers Gary Grossman and Lila Du-pree. Alan has been directing comedies, musicals, musical comedies and comedies-with-music for over 20 years and has collected five Best Director awards. Alan came to the U.S. over 35 years ago with Low Moan Spectacular, the British comedy group found-ed by Ron House, with whom he created the original El Grande de Coca-Cola, Bullshot Crummond, Footlight Frenzy and The Scandalous Adventures of Sir Toby Trollope. All four shows continue to be performed across the country and around the world. Bullshot Crummond became the movie Bullshot, in which Alan played the title role. He lives lo-cally in LA with his beautiful, talented wife Anna Mathias and son Alastair. Alan works both on and o�-screen as an actor, writer and director with voiceover credits on several hundred movies, TV shows and video games. He is a member of the Dramatists Guild of America. www.lowmoan.com/ashearman/director

Tor Campbell (Choreography)This is Tor’s second run with El Grande de Coca-Cola! Tor started dancing his freshmen year in high school. Tor continued to dance while at Marymount Manhattan College. More recently Tor returned from Macau, China where he was a choreographer for the Venetian & Sands Hotel. Tor now resides in LA where he works full-time as a choreogra-pher and dance instructor.

Jennifer Edwards (Lighting Design)Jennifer is so honored to be working with this uber talented company of actors and de-signers on El Grande CIRCUS de Coca-Cola. Recent lighting designs include: Broomstick & Reborning (Fountain Theatre), Cabaret (Welk Theatre), Broadway and Beyond (Alex Theatre), Step Up (Pasadena Playhouse), Celtic Fusion (Eden Court Theatre), Window Panes (California Center for the Arts), West Side Story (Poway Center for the Arts), Into the Woods (S.D. Starlight Bowl) The Full Monty (Birch North Park Theatre) and many oth-ers. Jennifer is also a proud AEA Stage Manager since 1994. Thank you Gary, Je� and Alan for this opportunity. Gram and Dan this light is yours, Always Shining.

WHO’S WHOJe� Faeth (Props Design)Je� has been designing, building and dressing sets for film, events and theater produc-tions since 2005. His most recent accomplishment was coordinator/lighting designer for a dance production that is to air later this year. It is an honor to be asked again to create the props and necessary design functions for El Grande de Coca-Cola.

Sarah Figoten Wilson (Costume Design)Costume design work includes El Grande de Coca-Cola (LA Weekly nomination), Niagara Falls, Paradise: a Divine Bluegrass Musical, Cyrano De Bergerac and Mutiny at Port Chi-cago (NAACP nomination). Directing credits include Mary Poppins (current- MTOC) She Loves Me (Chance Theater- LA Times Critics’ Pick), The Face in the Reeds (Ruskin Group Theatre), Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well… (Costa Mesa Playhouse). Assistant Director on Death of a Salesman and The Motherf**ker with the Hat at South Coast Repertory. www.sarahfwilson.com

Je� Gardner (Sound Design)Je� is an actor/sound designer born and raised in Los Angeles. Je� has designed and performed throughout the country including The Shakespeare Theatre, DC, The Studio Theatre, A Noise Within, Circle X Theatre, IAMA Theatre, The Kennedy Center, William-stown Theatre Festival and is a member of The Antaeus Company in North Hollywood. Je� can be seen at LA Theatre Works where he regularly performs live sound e�ects and is the resident sound designer for the Westridge School in Pasadena.

John Iacovelli (Scenic Design) John Iacovelli has designed on Los Angeles stages large and small since 1986. Memo-rable productions include shows at The Mark Taper Forum, The Pasadena Playhouse, South Coast Rep, The Ge�en Playhouse and The Matrix Theatre. He received the LADCC lifetime Achievement in Scenic Design and he has a Prime Time Emmy for the broadcast of the Broadway production of Peter Pan starring Cathy Rigby which originated in La Mirada. He has also designed for 30 years in Film and TV, including the movie Honey, I Shrunk the Kids! and Babylon 5 among many others. He received his MFA from NYU Tisch School of the Arts. See more of his work at www.iacovelli.com

Gary Grossman (Producer) Gary is the Producing Artistic Director for the Skylight Theatre Company. He started his career in New York owning two theater companies and a theatrical lighting company by the age of 23. Gary worked at the Public Theatre, Café La Mama, and Sheraton Square Playhouse before traveling west in the 70’s to join up with the emerging theatre move-ment in Los Angeles. He has produced over 300 stage plays, including more than 50 world premieres. Among his celebrated productions are Dontrell, Who Kissed The Sea, Disconnection, Years to the Day, Bullrusher, Wrong Man (3 Ovation Awards), Pray To Ball (1 Ovation Award), Hermetically Sealed, Sexsting, Mad Women (LA Weekly Award for Best Solo Performance), Romeo and Juliet directed by Milton Katselas (3 LADCC Awards), Dylan (3 LADCC Awards), Influence, Open House, Dream Man, Lone Star, Balm in Gilead, Visions and Lovers, Rabbit Hole, Beautified and La Ronde De Lunch.

WHO’S WHOChristopher Ho�man (Production Stage Manager)Christopher has been building sets and running light boards ever since high school. During college he worked at LATC and for the Los Angeles Opera as well as on the run-ning crew for countless shows at The Shrine Auditorium. In New York, Chris got to work in a ton of great theaters as well as building half a dozen or so shows from the ground up on Theater Row. During his years working for The Skylight Theatre Company, he has worked on the world premieres of La Ronde de Lunch, Influence, The Jesus Hickey, Birth-day Present 2050, A Death in Colombia, Hermetically Sealed, Beautified, Tomorrow, the Rogue Machine’s Dirty Filthy Love Story, The Wrong Man, Pray to Ball, Bullrusher, Reasons to Live, and most recently, Dontrell Who Kissed the Sea.

Garrett Longley (Stage Manager)Garrett hails from Orange, California. He spent some of his formative years in the red rocks of southern Utah. A�er working years in production he decided to pursue his dream. He has studied at Beverly Hills Playhouse since January, 2011. He recently stage managed Project X and Skylight Theatre Company’s Disconnection at the Playhouse. Garrett currently lives in Sherman Oaks with his crazy dog.

WHO’S WHOTHE SKYLIGHT THEATRE COMPANY

The Skylight Theatre Company discovers, develops and produces new, exhilarating works while nurturing and educating the writers who create them. A vibrant and ex-panding family of artists giving voice to original perspectives of today’s world, Skylight won 4 Ovation Awards in 2014 for The Wrong Man and Pray To Ball (the most of any in-timate theatre in LA) while last year LA Weekly named their productions of Years To The Day, Open House and Sexsting to their Top Ten Plays list of 2013. Skylight’s first year as a company dedicated to developing new plays was 2011, their production of Hermeti-cally Sealed made the LA Times annual list of Top Ten Plays, and Mad Woman moved from Los Angeles to La MaMa in New York. Since then plays developed by Skylight have played Chicago, New York, Edinburgh, Paris and local venues.

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FLYING CUCUMBER PRODUCTIONS

Flying Cucumber Productions was created by Lila Dupree and Alan Shearman with the goal of developing and producing new theatrical works with broad international appeal. A�er working together on the recent hit revival of El Grande de Coca-Cola, Lila and Alan immediately saw El Grande CIRCUS de Coca-Cola, the sequel to the legend-ary international hit, as the natural next step. They are currently pursuing taking the show to London’s West End. Lila has produced new plays in New York, LA and South Africa, o�en with her company The Common Tongue. Producing credits include a re-imagined version of All Over (collab with Edward Albee, Marian Seldes, Kathleen Butler), O�-Broadway World Premieres of Obie-Award Winning Playwright Lucy Thurber and award-winning playwright Wendy MacLeod and a staged reading of 2008 Yale Drama Award Winner, Grenadine. Recent on-screen work includes Walk The Light, an award-winning short film she wrote and produced, starring Michael Richards (Seinfeld), that played at over 40 festivals around the world. Alan has decades of experience producing theatre and film from London to LA. Origins of the phrase “Flying Cucumber” available on request.

SKYLIGHT THEATRE COMPANY

SKYLIGHT THEATRE STAFFProducing Artistic Director - GARY GROSSMANCo-Artistic Director - TONY ABATEMARCOExecutive Director - SANDRA GROSSMANArtistic Associate - MICHAEL KEARNSAssociate Producers - RACHEL BERNEY NEEDLEMAN, RYLAND SHELTONDirector of PlayLab - SHEM BITTERMANAssociate Directors of PlayLab - RON BURCH, TIM FURLONGLyric Project Program Director - SARI ROSE BARRONLiterary Manager - BONNIE BREWSTERPublicist - JUDITH BORNESocial Media Manager - CORRYN CUMMINSGraphic Design - GUILLERMO PEREZProduction Stage Manager - CHRISTOPHER HOFFMANStage Manager - GARRETT LONGLEYBox O�ice - REBECCA TESSIER, RAQUAEL TORRES, ANNA ZAK

BOARD OF DIRECTORSChair SUSAN DIETZ Treasurer and Legal Counsel STEVEN KARICHOWARD DEUTCH, FR. GREGORY GOETHALS, GARY GROSSMAN, ROBERT ISRAEL, PETER JASON, MARY McDONNELL, ROBERT C. McNUTT, DALE RAOUL, DORIS ROBERTS, CHIP ROSENBLOOM

ARTISTIC ADVISORY BOARDAndy Ackerman, Brooke Adams, Ed Asner, Dan Bucatinsky, Marcia Milgrom Dodge, Scott Ellis, Johnny Galecki, Peter Gallagher, Buck Henry, John Benjamin Hickey, Winnie Holzman, Sheryl Kaller, Stacy Keach, Sharon Lawrence, Eric McCormack, Terrence McNally, Alfred Molina, Geo�rey Nau�ts, Billy Porter, Joan Rater, Je�rey Richman, Don Roos, Thomas Sadoski, Marc Shmuger, Joe Spano

SUSTAINER $25,000+John Frankenheimer

ANGEL $10,000+Susan DietzSteven KaricWarner/Chappel Music

SPONSOR $5,000+ASCAP FoundationAllen Barton & Ti�any YuNancy E. Barton FoundationSusan & Robert EmmerRobert HolmesPeter JasonLA County Arts Commission & SupervisorsDale RaoulChip Rosenbloom

UNDERWRITER $2,500+Andy & Elizabeth AckermanBroadway Cares /Equity Fights AIDSHoward DeutchRobert & Gail IsraelDoris Roberts

SUPPORTER $1,000+AnonymousNan Knighton BreglioJean Crupper Nancy Fawcett Patricia Glaser Gregory Goethals, SJJe�rey LeitcherCecilia MartinJonathan Mitchell

PARTNER $500+AnonymousAnonymousTani Barash & Altman Brent CampbellDiane Cary & James ParriottNancy ChimskyLaurie GradGlenn PerkinsSteven SongJill SumiyasuChuck Workman

ASSOCIATE $250+Anthony AbatemarcoJudith & René Auberjonois Meredith BesserMarvin BukemaVickie CamperScott CarterCatherine CappsJohn DensmoreHelene EmeryJames FawcettElizabeth FerrisJan MunroeJack NeedlemanAlan OkagakiAndrew SchneiderSandy SheppardBart & Pam Wald

PATRON $100+Jehan AgramaMike AllenTeri AllenMike AnglesAnonymousAnonymousAngela BeansTerry BeaverLaurie BlakleyMargaret BowmanAnn Bronston & John Flynn Ron BurchJudith BushMargaret & Burke ByrnesAndy Cadi�Katherin CampagnaAnna CohenRoslyn CohnCarrie CollierJessica DrakeDianne DuaimeRon FasslerDanny FeldmanJeanne E. Field & John BinderEdith FieldsCarmen FinestraBente GrindeArye GrossTerri HanauerDorothy Hastey

THANK YOU TO OUR 2014 SUPPORTERS

Mark HauserMichelle JordanLizzi JudaCarrie KaneJerry KatellMoira KeefeMitchell Klebano�Nita LafontaineMarilyn & David LandyTom LavagninoRosita LineschAlan MandellEva MansellCharston McDonaldKathy McGuireJean McIntoshFrankjoan McNabbMark MetcalfRob NagleDennis NolletteTeresa PierceH.M. PiperBill RatnerSuzanne ReedBarbara RileyHugh RobertsDon RoosMichael SeelWoody SidesMichael SigmanAdam SochKathy & Steve Soll Robert SteinEileen T’KayeJeanne TannerPaul TrippSteven WarheitDavid WeberEileen & Harlan Westenberg John WestenbergWill WheatonPatricia Jackson WoolridgeRobert WymanScott Zaretsky