Slowgirl Program

MAGAZINETHE AUDREY SKIRBALL KENIS THEATER

AT THE GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE

From the artistic Director

i First met Billy Petersen in 1980 working on a ProDuction of Lanford Wilson’s Balm in Gilead. Fresh out of graduate school, my wife and I were making decisions about where we wanted to live, and former college classmate John Malkovich called to see if I wanted to be in this play he was directing. Of course, it didn’t pay anything, and we were performing in a Chicago community center, but I signed on and so began my career as an actor. Almost 35 years later, I can safely say it’s the best no-paying job I’ve ever had.

So when the opportunity arose to direct Billy in Greg Pierce’s Slowgirl at Steppenwolf, the theater where we had first met, it seemed too fortuitous to forgo. Here at the Geffen we had been considering Slowgirl for our upcoming season, and we were able to enter into a partnership wherein the play could have a home in both theaters. Now, all we needed to do was find the right young woman for the role of Becky. Enter Rae Gray.

We had the chance to rehearse the play at the Geffen before heading to Steppenwolf for a run last summer. An extraordinary team of designers were able to build a production that suited two very different theaters with equal elegance. But the chemistry and dynamism of Billy and Rae’s performances are what makes this production such a joy to direct. Greg Pierce wrote a beautifully crafted, quiet play about the failings and resurrection of that which ties each of us to the other. Billy and Rae portray these wonderfully complicated people with such honesty and integrity that Greg’s play is once again brought to life with heart and fervor.

Directing a play twice is a rare pleasure. As artists we always know there is more to be done, even once a play has opened. I’m so pleased to bring this play home to Los Angeles to share with you. Here’s to another 35 years of working with great actors.

Enjoy the show.

Randall Arney Artistic Director

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Amy Levinson: The environment of your play is so specific it is almost its own character. What was the impetus for placing the play here?

Greg Pierce: The location came first. I was in Costa Rica with a friend, working on a different play. I had a lot of free time so I was hiking a lot. I became really interested in Costa Rican animals. I started thinking, “What could happen here?” I thought of a 17-year-old girl who felt totally out of her element. I thought about her walking these trails, worrying about what was happening back home, and keeping an eye out for snakes. The rest of the story emerged from that.

AL: Becky’s dialogue — that of a 17 year old girl, is staggeringly authentic. How did you capture this voice so well?

GP: Thank you. One great thing about living in New york City is that you can hear whatever accents or dialects or speech patterns you want to. After I started writing Slowgirl, I listened for teen-girl rhythms on subways, on the street, in restaurants. Fortunately, some teen girls talk so loudly you can be a half-block away and still hear everything. My cousin Emma was that age while I was writing the play but she was too eloquent to be helpful.

AL: Can you speak to the specific challenges of writing a two-hander.

GP: One challenge in writing a two-hander is that once both characters speak, those are the voices we’ll be hearing all night. So I have to make sure they’re saying interesting things because I can’t rely on the entrance of a new voice to give the play an adrenaline boost. Sometimes while writing Slowgirl I’d have thoughts like, “Can’t I just have a messenger burst in, collapse on the floor, and deliver news about an invasion?” The answer is no. Since I’m stuck with these two, I have to keep figuring out who they are.

AL: (And the question I pose to every playwright I have the pleasure of interviewing) — Can you talk a bit about your process, how you cultivate ideas and get down to the business of writing?

GP: When I’m just starting work on a play, I like to think about the location and the scenario for quite a while. I walk around a lot. Certain interactions between characters start to replay over and over in my head, sometimes in different ways. When that world seems real enough, I write a first draft as quickly as I can. Then I put it aside for a while and work on something else. I try not to plot out too much before writing the first draft so that I’m not forcing characters into certain places by the end of a scene. I try to let them talk, and talk, knowing I’ll end up cutting most of what they say. For me, the most important thing about the early stage of a play is to not talk about it or get any feedback. That way it feels like a world you’re peering into, not a kit that needs assembly.


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— amy levinson, geFFen Playhouse artistic associate

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Written by Greg Pierce

Directed by Randall Arney

Costume DesignerJanice Pytel

Scenic Designertakeshi Kata

Lighting Designerdaniel ionazzi

Sound Designer / ComposerRichard Woodbury

Production Stage Manager Kyra hansen

Casting by erica daniels, CsA

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Becky .....................................................................................................................................................Rae Gray

Sterling .................................................................................................................................William Petersen

RAe GRAy (Becky)Rae Gray is thrilled to make her Los Angeles theater debut at the Geffen Playhouse. Chicago credits include Slowgirl, the Book thief and wedding Band (Steppenwolf Theatre Company), A Christmas Carol (Goodman Theatre), Sunday in the Park with George (Ravinia Festival with Patti LuPone and Audra McDonald), Circle mirror transformation (victory Gardens Theater), the north China Lover (Lookingglass Theatre), the Real thing (Writers’ Theatre), Inherit the wind (Northlight Theatre), the Crucible and Cry of Players (TimeLine Theatre Company), meet me in St. Louis (Drury Lane Theatre) and oliver! and State Fair (Marriott Theatre). Regional credits include the north China Lover (Berkeley Repertory Theatre) and meet me in St. Louis (Gateway Playhouse, Ny). Television credits include Boardwalk empire (HBO) and Chicago Fire (NBC). Rae is a student at The University of Chicago. Love and thanks to Billy and Randy.

WilliAM PeteRsen (Sterling)William Petersen has a distinguished background in theater, film and television. In 1979, he founded the Remains Theater Ensemble in Chicago with a group of fellow actors including Gary Cole and Amy Morton and first appeared at Steppenwolf in the seminal 1980 production of Balm in Gilead. In 1983, Petersen starred as Jack Henry Abbott in In the Belly of the Beast at the Wisdom Bridge Theatre in Chicago, the Edinburgh Festival and The Kennedy Center. Petersen made his Broadway debut in a revival of Tennessee Williams’ the night of the Iguana in 1996 and appeared in a number of regional stage productions including Blackbird, Dublin Carol, A Streetcar named Desire, the time of Your Life, Glengarry Glen Ross, Fool for Love and Speed-the-Plow. His feature film credits include to Live and Die in L.A., manhunter, Cousins, Young Guns II, Fear, the Contender and the films Hard Promises and keep the Change, both of which he also produced. He serves as executive producer on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and was nominated in 2004 for a Golden Globe Award for his portrayal of Gil Grissom, the lead investigator. His television credits include Long Gone, the Rat Pack,

the Golden Globe award-winning mini-series the kennedys of massachusetts and the Beast. Petersen was born in Evanston, Illinois and studied acting in Spain.

GReG PieRCe(Playwright) Greg Pierce is a playwright, lyricist and fiction writer. His play Slowgirl was the inaugural play of Lincoln Center Theaters Claire Tow Theater, and is published by Dramatists Play Service. His original musical the Landing, written with John Kander, will premiere at the vineyard Theatre in the 2013/14 season. His stage adaptation of Haruki Murakami’s novel the wind-up Bird Chronicle, written with director Stephen Earnhart, premiered at the Edinburgh International Festival and went on to play the Singapore Arts Festival. He has developed work with Manhattan Theatre Club, Second Stage Theatre, Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, Naked Angels and The New Group. He has received fellowships from the Edward F. Albee Foundation and the Djerassi Institute, and is under commission from Lincoln Center Theater and vermont Stage Company. A graduate of Oberlin College, Greg received his MFA from Warren Wilson College. He is a member of the Dramatists Guild and lives in New york City.

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 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: 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-


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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: American Buffalo, Coney Island Christmas, Female of the Species, the Seafarer, Boston marriage. LA: november, other Desert Cities (Taper), Bones, 2 unrelated Plays by David mamet, Palomino (Kirk Douglas), JDt Discord (NoHo Arts Center). Ny: 3 kinds of exile, 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, Rattlestick. Regional: Alley, American Players Theatre, Dallas Theater Center, Ford’s Theatre, Goodman, Hartford Stage, Long Wharf, Nashville Opera, Old Globe, Resident Ensemble Players, Steppenwolf, yale Rep. Kata has won an Obie award and has been nominated for Drama Desk, Barrymore and Ovation Awards. He is an Assistant Professor at University of Southern California, School of Dramatic Arts.

JAniCe Pytel (Costume Designer)Janice Pytel is pleased to return to the Geffen Playhouse, having previously designed costumes for the Seafarer. Most recently, Janice designed costumes for Partners and the Grown-up, both part of the 2014 Humana Festival of New American Plays. Additional recent credits include our town (Actors Theatre of Louisville), Appropriate (victory Gardens Theater), Joan of Arc (Chicago Opera Theater), Slowgirl (Steppenwolf Theatre) and Belleville (Steppenwolf Theatre). Broadway: 33 Variations, I Am my own wife. Regional: the whale (victory Gardens Theater), A Raisin in the Sun (Milwaukee Rep.), Clybourne Park (Alley Theatre), Broke (Alliance Theatre), Crime and Punishment (Centerstage). She has also worked with Kansas City Rep., Goodman Theatre, Madison Rep., Center Theatre Group, La Jolla Playhouse, Arena Stage and many small and mid-sized theaters in Chicago, where she is based. Feature film: mariachi Gringo (Speak Productions). Multi Media: Catherine Sullivan’s triangle of need (Walker Art Center, vizcaya Musuem and Gardens, Metro Pictures Gallery). Her online portfolio can be found at www.janicepytel.com.

dAniel ionAZZi (Lighting Designer)Daniel Ionazzi has designed for theaters across the country including Steppenwolf Theatre Company, South Coast Repertory Theater, Denver Center Theatre Company, Arena Stage and the

Geffen Playhouse. He most recently designed The New Group production of the Jacksonian at New york’s Acorn Theater. He has also designed the lighting installation for teatro alla moda for the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts and the lighting for 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 and 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/or original music for 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 Theater where Richard is Resident Sound Designer, include; 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: 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 has also 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 Joseph Jefferson and Helen Hayes Awards for outstanding sound design and the Ruth Page award for Outstanding Collaborative Artist, as well as nominations for Drama Desk and Ovation awards. He has composed numerous commissioned scores for dance and is an Associate Professor and “Distinguished Faculty Artist” at Columbia College Chicago where he serves as Music Director in the Dance Department.

KyRA hAnsen(Production Stage Manager)Past Geffen Playhouse credits include I’ll eat You Last: A Chat with Sue mengers, Play Dead, Good People, the Jacksonian, Radiance, extraordinary Chambers, Love, Loss, and what I wore and Coney Island Christmas. Other Los Angeles credits include Love noel at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, Cenerentola, Dulce Rosa and A Streetcar named Desire at Los Angeles Opera, tchaikovsky Secondary and zappa’s 200 motels at Los Angeles Philharmonic. Other credits include Beneath the Veil at Lincoln Center for Performing Arts and tosca, Arabella, Don Giovanni, Don Pasquale,




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La Grande Duchesse, La Donna del Lago, La traviata, elixir of Love, the magic Flute, oscar, Falstaff and La Boheme at The Santa Fe Opera. Kyra has a Bachelor of Fine Arts in theatre design and technology from the University of South Dakota.

eRiCA dAniels, CsA(Casting)Associate Artistic Director at Steppenwolf Theatre Company. She joined the company in 2001 as the casting director. She has most recently cast the Broadway Production of Edward Albee’s who’s Afraid of Virginia woolf?. She also cast the original production of August, osage County (also for Broadway, The National Theatre of London and Sydney Theatre Company) and the Broadway production of Superior Donuts. Prior to this, Erica worked as an agent for Geddes, Arlene Wilson and Shirley Hamilton and spent a year as The Theatre Department Coordinator at William Morris in New york. Working under George Lane, she worked with such writers as John Patrick Shanley, Richard Greenberg and Edward Albee and directors such as Michael Mayer, Robert Falls and Daniel Sullivan. Erica began her career as a casting assistant at Jane Brody Casting. She has freelanced with various Chicago companies including Lookingglass, Collaboraction, About Face and Profiles. Erica is on adjunct faculty at Ball State University. She holds a degree in Performance Studies from Northwestern.

Ken noViCe (Managing Director)Ken Novice’s career in the professional theater spans 25 years and over 250 productions. Prior to joining Geffen Playhouse, he served as Managing Director and Director of External Affairs at Pasadena Playhouse where his credits include the revival of Fences starring Laurence Fishburne and Angela Bassett and the world premieres of Sister Act the musical, Ray Charles Live, Stormy weather starring Lesley Uggams and many others. He was Director of Marketing and Public Relations for San Diego’s Tony Award-winning Old Globe Theatre where his credits include Jack O’Brien’s acclaimed revival of Damn Yankees, the Tony Award-nominated musical the Full monty, Henry IV starring John Goodman and Sheldon Epp’s Tony-nominated hit Play on! among many others. His credits also include marketing and public relations for the Tony Award-winning Denver Center Theater Company and New york’s Circle Repertory Company. As Director of Programming for youthStream Media Networks he developed national marketing and public relations programs for most of Hollywood’s major motion picture studios. Novice also served as Head of the Theatre Management MFA/MBA program at California State University, Long Beach and has been a guest lecturer at San Diego State

University and the University of California, San Diego. He holds a BA from Pennsylvania State University and an MBA from San Diego State University.

behnAZ AtAee (General Manager)Behnaz Ataee is a financial professional with more than 25 years of experience in for-profit and nonprofit financial management and auditing. Behnaz joined the Geffen Playhouse in 1999 and this marks her ninth season as the theater’s General Manager. She began her career in the Bay Area as a partner in a small family start-up before joining FBS Management where she acted as Director of Accounting, overseeing the finances of more than 25 non-profit organizations. Behnaz continued her work with non-profits as an auditor for Trump and van Sloten CPA and then returned to the for-profit sector at Ultratech, before ultimately landing at the Geffen Playhouse. Behnaz has a Master’s degree from Pepperdine 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, The Clinton Foundation, Ben Affleck’s Eastern Congo Initiative, Hank Azaria’s Determined to Succeed, The Millan Foundation and Whole Child International, 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.


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The Geffen Playhouse recognizes the following individuals and organizations for their generous support of our Annual Fund and Backstage at the Geffen. Donors are listed at the Associate level and higher for gifts made between November 1, 2012 and January 15, 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.

chairman’s circle $50,000+AnonymousAria Resort & SpaAudi of America, IncBen/Joyce Eisenberg FoundationCity National BankMary Ann CloydDavid Geffen FoundationSusan & John EbeyEdgerton FoundationJoyce Eisenberg-Keefer & Melvin KeeferFox Entertainment GroupHerbert M. & Beverly J. GelfandIn Memory of Alice Ghostley & Felice OrlandiJim & Ann GianopulosThe Adi & Jerry Greenberg FoundationGuggenheim PartnersCarole & Bill HaberHarold & Mimi Steinberg Charitable TrustMartha HendersonRabbi Uri D. Herscher & Dr. Myrna HerscherCindy & Alan HornJ.P. Morgan Private BankMarilyn & Jeffrey KatzenbergGlorya KaufmanLoretta Everett Kaufman & victor KaufmanKeyes Automotive GroupSandra Krause & William FitzgeraldLatham & Watkins LLPMr. and Mrs. Jason & yvonne LeeGinny ManciniFay & Frank MancusoJohn McCrite & Juan LopezDonna McKenna & Flynn ChernosRon & Kelly MeyerAnn & Jerry MossMoss FoundationPricewaterhouseCoopersRalph M. Parsons FoundationMadeline & Bruce RamerLinda Bernstein Rubin & Tony RubinRichard & Barbara ShermanShubert FoundationSkirball FoundationKaren & vic SmithKate Capshaw Spielberg & Steven SpielbergDeeAnna Staats, Staats & Co.Cynthia P. Stafford & Lanre IdewuJudith & Bruce SternJodi & Howard TenenbaumThe UCLA Dream FundDeborah & Michael E. WalshThe Walt Disney Company Westfield GroupJudy & Chancellor Charles E. youngDirk & Natasha ziff

executiVe proDucer $25,000 - $49,999AnonymousPatricia Kiernan ApplegateThe BackyardRobert C. BaralBulgari Corporation of AmericaStephanie & Jonathan CarsonCBS CorporationClassic Party RentalsDesigner 8 Event Furniture RentalThe Douglas FoundationThe Edward A. & Ai O Shay Family FoundationGang, Tyre, Ramer & Brown, Inc.Greater Los Angeles New Car Dealers AssociationHilton Bora Bora Nui Resort & SpaInterActive CorpJ.P. Morgan Chase FoundationLaurents / Hatcher FoundationThe Lear Family FoundationLos Angeles County Arts Commission

Los Angeles magazineLouis XIII de Remy MartinSusan & Peter MalloryMarcia Israel Foundation, Inc.Nancy & Sir Paul McCartneyMontage Hotels & ResidencesLeslie Moonves & Julie ChenMorgan StanleyNapa valley GrilleNorthern Trust, NAThe Richenthal FoundationSOCIAL by Samantha Sackler & Tammy RatnerShel & Cynthia StoneTransamerica Insurance & Investment GroupUniversal StudiosWarner Bros. Entertainment

proDucer $10,000 - $24,999Ariel Investments, LLCBeth BehrsCharles A. Black, Jr.James L. BrooksBrotman Foundation of CaliforniaEileen & Harold BrownGilbert Cates, Jr. & Elizabeth LaceyBrunello CucinelliMark Burnett & Roma DowneyThe Capella ResortsCapital Group CompaniesMarcy Carsey & Leo yoshimuravalarie de la Garza & Michael CentenoCity of Los Angeles Department of Cultural AffairsCarole Bayer Sager & Robert A. DalyDreamWorks StudiosFielding Edlow & Larry ClarkeDr. & Mrs. Paul EisenbergSusan & Mark FleischerCarol & Paul FrimmerG.E. FoundationPatty Glaser & Sam MudieArthur GreenbergC. Curtis GrishamIn Memory of Morris A. HazanHBOEric & Samantha HeerMellody HobsonJoseph Drown FoundationJoan KaloustianKenneth T. & Eileen L. Norris FoundationPeter & Janine LowyCarla MaldenMona MaldenMalibu Family WinesNancy & Michael McClellandSandra E. MilkenThe Muse New york, a Kimpton Hotel

& Nios RestaurantAnna K. NupsonOccidental Petroleum CorpParamount PicturesRollin Ransom & Chris LacroixReaders Fine JewelersDr. Judith ReichmanPamela Robinson Hollander & Robert HollanderLoren Rothschild & Hon. Frances RothschildRichard Ruskell PastriesRonen Levy EventsThe Simms/Mann Family FoundationSony Pictures EntertainmentFred Specktor & Nancy HellerHeather Thomas & Skip BrittenhamLynda ThomasSteve TischUnion BankU.S. BankvarietyW Hotel WestwoodWells Fargo FoundationWilliam Morris Endeavor EntertainmentRita Wilson & Tom HanksRuth zieglerziffren Brittenham LLPKen & Ellen ziffren

Director $5,000 - $9,999Jehan F. Agrama & Dwora FriedAmgen FoundationJack & Hilary AngeloAnschutz Film Group/Walden MediaAnnette BlumMara & Jonathan BlumBobcat Productions, Inc.Jerry Breslauer, Mickey Rutman

& Tammy AndersonLinda & Jerry BruckheimerGlenn & Lynn CardosoCreative Artists AgencyCreative Intelligence IncorporatedDirectors Guild of AmericaLauren Shuler & Richard DonnerMica ErtegunAndrew FickmanEric Flamholtz & yvonne RandleFour SeasonsGary Sinise FoundationMichael S. GendlerGeorge Hoag Family FoundationPriscila GiraldoGloria & Peter GoldStanley & Ilene GoldJay Gordon & Meyera RobbinsBrian & Myra GreenspunLynne & Michael HeslovStanley Iezman & Nancy StarkHugh Jackman & Deborra-lee FurnessWendell & Bernice JeffreyMannon KaplanJulie & David KavnerWendy KurtzmanLa valenciaLeo S. Guthman FundDavid & Susan LevetonDrs. Gerald & Barbara LeveyLuxFit SpaMarlene & Sandy LouchheimLucasFilm LTDDes & Bryna McAnuffTobias Meyer & Sotheby’sMOCA FoundationKate Moran & Mikki RosenbergMorris & Libby Singer FoundationMy vienna GelatoNeda Nobari FoundationChristine Marie OfieshCarol & Bill OuchiLaurie MacDonald & Walter ParkesShana & Don PassmanLee & Lawrence* J. RamerKay & Bob RehmeCarl ReinerJoyce ReyMayor Richard RiordanJane Rissman & Richard SondheimerRikki RosenThomas L. SafranTed Sarandos & Hon. Nicole A. AvantJudi & Bruce SchindlerJody & Arthur SchmidSidley Austin LLPMr. & Mrs. Keong SimSimon Strauss FoundationSondheimer FoundationSt. Regis Princeville ResortBen Stiller & Christine TaylorLarry & Kiki TaylorLarry & Barbara TenanThomas Safran & AssociatesTanino RistoranteDavid Tillman, MD & Karen zoller, MDWilliam & Karen TimberlakeMiranda & Brett TollmanThe Travel CompanyAlice & Norman TulchinUBS Private Wealth ManagementUS Playing Card CompanyJennifer young & Katrina Nason

Gail zappaRobert & Leslie zemeckisRuth & Stan zicklinIn Loving Memory of Herman ziegler

sponsor$3,000 — $4,999AnonymousJanis Adams & John LyonsConnie Kramer AlexanderChancellor Gene D. Block & Mrs. Carol BlockSusan Booth & Christopher WaddenRobert Brook & Jacqueline KosecoffTerri ann Cooper KonheimScott, Susan & Joshua Corwinvictoria DummerDora & Neil KadishaSally & Dr. Manny J. KarbelnigThea & Neal KossRobin & Seth KuglerPhyllis & Ken LembergerPam, Amanda, Lianna & EddieRenee & Meyer LuskinMichael & Cecil PulitzerPaula & Allan RudnickAnne C. Taubman & David Boylevernon, Barry & Dale Tyerman

In Honor of Ruth Tyerman LentzThe Waterman Family FoundationLeslie White & Al LimonKaren & Rick WolfenUniworld River Cruises, Inc.

eDucation aDVocate $1,000 - $2,999Anonymous (2)23rd Street JewelersHarry & Gay Abrams/Abrams Artists AgencyDr. Richard Ackerman & Miriam ShakterMiriam AguiarOlga S. AldersonRichard AlonsoMerryl & David A. AlpertPatti & Harlan AmstutzArizona BiltmoreMargaret & Howard ArveyD.C. & Carol Ann BakemanAlec Baldwin FoundationRobert E. & Maria H. BarronBattista FamilyRichard Bautzer & David McDowellRichard & Shelley BayerSusan & Eric M. BenderPeter & Barbara BenedekPatricia & Mark BenjaminShelly & Libby BergenCathy & Bill BindleyHelen BingJoe Blackstone & Jamie MohnThe Bordy & Leibovic FamiliesBrenda & Alan BorsteinHelen Breitwieser & James JacksDr. Wallace P. BrithineeCarolyn & Gerald BronsteinWendy & David BrotmanJanet & Mark BrownMr. & Mrs. Todd Brown & FamilyMarcia BurnamThe Busch-Schifino FamilyTimothy J. CarlsonCassidy TurleyChancellor Emeritus Albert Carnesale

& Mrs. Robin CarnesaleDr. Fanya Carter, Ph.D.David Cates & Christine vavakJane CatesJonathan & Elena CatesMelissa Cates & Roger Claman The ChatwalSheldon Cherry & Carolyn RunowiczRich-Chiocchi FamilyRoy & Dorothy Christopher


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Laurel & Aaron ClarkLinda & John ColemanLou ColenTed CordesJames CostaCarolyn Crandall & Harley KornblumShelley Wike CranleyJanine CristianoIn Loving Memory of Ed CypertRuth DaughertyLawrence G. DavidShirley Lu & Norman DavidsonGavin de BeckerDeluscious CookiesBill & Kate in honor of Blanche SchimmelDaniel & Gayle DevinCarolyn Dirks & Brett DoughertyDennis & Jeralyn DotyDr. Laura’s Wholesome Junk FoodJan & Thea DrayerDream Warrior GroupGerald & Sally DucotWilliam DuncanColleen M. EllisTerri & David ElstonKevin Watts & Christine EnlowCarl & Courtenay EnrightEnyart, Doyle & Daniels Family FundCarol & J.B. EsterkinFairmont MiramarMarc FeldmanDonnovan FieldLawrence N. FieldGloria & Morton FieldMichael FilermanBurt & Nanette ForesterJoan & Charles FoxSteve FreedmanThomas Fuller & William KellyFuture LightingG2 Graphic Service, Inc. Pat & Sandy GageSharlene & Sol GalperKathleen GarfieldJeanne & Arnold GeffnerMr. & Mrs. Arthur GeoffrionDiane & Bruce GewertzRose GilbertKiki & David GindlerCherna & Dr. Gary GitnickCharlotte GoldDr. Irene GoldenbergMarion GoldenfeldEric GoodmanAdrienne Grant & Paul JenningsHeidi GreggJill GreyJack Grossbart & Marc SchwartzAllen & Deborah GrubmanMichael GrunwaldThe Guerin FoundationHarlan D. GulkoMadeline GussmanAndrea & Marc GuthHalbert Hargrove Global Advisors, LLCMonty & Marilyn HallAlan & Michelle HeilpernMel & Faith HenkinHernand FamilyGrant & Lysa HeslovHeys USAJean Himmelstein & David ColemanStephen Sass & Steven HochstadtDr. John D. Hofbauer & Dr. Laura E. FoxGail & Stanley HollanderIn Honor of DevelopmentRoger & Linda HowardToni HoytLisa Ingallsvicki IovineLynn Hunt & Margaret JacobJason & Courtney JandaJerome & Linda JangerJordan Strauss PhotographyJoseph B. Gould FoundationLinda & David KagelKarney Guren Family FoundationRobert KatzPatricia KeatingLenny & David KeltonLauren & Richard KingBarbara & Stuart KlabinKent Klavens & Judy vourlasKlingenberg FamilyJudy Knapp

Leslie & Norman KoplofCarol KrauseEric & Melissa KurtzmanDeborah Lacusta & Daniel CastellanetaLas ventanas al ParaisoHelene & Arthur LaubLaura & Harvey Alpert Charitable FoundationJohn LiebesSteven & Nancy LippmanDorothy LipskyJudith Locke & Dennis MassieKaren & Frederick LorigWilliam E. Low & Hana Ptacnikova The Jennifer & Greg Malins FoundationMr. & Mrs. Frank Mancuso Jr.Janis B. McEldowneySue McHugh & Herb SeeseBarbara & Fred MillerAndrew & Laura MintzerJoanne & Joel MogyGarry Morris & Kent Harrison HayesGreg MorrisonIn Loving Memory of Harvey S. MorseRio & Frank MorseLon Morse & Toni Hollander MorseJoan & Fred NicholasAlbert & Barbara NicholsBenedicta & Geoffry OblathBobbi & Rory O’DonnellOrnest Family FoundationGuy OsearyLondon, Alex & Marty PadillaParadigm Talent & Literary AgencyMichael Parks & Judith HaywardJulie PiepenkotterHerbert & Marilyn PikenIn Memory of Michael PillerRuth PopkinPopland StudiosPortico by Exclusive ResortsJeanne McDonald-Powers & Travis PowersRichard Rasiej & Joan HermanHarvey & Joyce ReichardDonald B. & Susan F. RiceIn Memory of Frances RichmanEsther & Howard RichmondBeth Roberts & Warren SmithJoseph & Cynthia RodriguezBrad & Nancy RosenbergSue Weiss RosenwasserLori & David RoussoRuss August & KabatLaura & John SaadeSabrina Kay Charitable FoundationDavid A. & Karen Richards SachsRichard & Amber SakaiMark San FilippoSarah Leonard Fine JewelersToni & John SchulmanJonathan SchwartzSteve & Paula SchwartzIn Memory of Diane Barnett-ShapiroTraci SheltonSherak FamilyShowtime Networks Inc.Holly & Larry ShulmanRita & Jose SigalRon Silverman & Soraya RossSnyder Family FoundationSold Out CrowdDrs. Matthew & Marion SolomonBruce & Patti SpringsteenSt. Regis Monarch BeachSt. Regis Punta Mita Mitch & Sherry SteinJoannie SternEric Strom & Eileen GoodisAlec Sulkin & Tal RabinowitzElaine F. & Radoslav L. SutnarKaty SweetFred Tatasciore FamilyJohn Teeples & Nicolas Martinez, Jr.Audri & Stan TendlerPaul TetreaultDaniel TongbaiThe Lodge at Torrey PinesLaura Trice, M.D.Peter & Susan van HaftenAnthony vasekAlan van vlietPeter & Denise WalshRhonda & Mark WapnickJoanne & Ken WeinmanRoberta WeintraubGelena & Seth Weissman

Alison Whalen & Steven MarenbergGeoffrey & Susan Whartonyoung FamilyMs. Patricia youngmanDebra zavalaBarbara & Stanley zaxMarcie & Howard zelikowEllen & Arnold zetcherDavid & Ellie zuckerman

artistic aDVocate $500 - $999Anonymous (3)Terry & Richard AbramsDale AdrionKatherine AmberRoss & Lindsey AvnerSheila & Raymond BangsLucia BarbaroJanet & Irwin BarnetDawn & Marshall BeinJames & Diane BerlinerDiane & Richard BirnholzRuth & Jake BloomFrances & Thomas BoothDr. R.W.G. BugentalDavid & Kathy BurkeMs. Martha ChaseJP CherryBeverly & Dennis ChesterPhil Johnston & Jill CordesDonald & zoe CosgroveGail CottinghamCameron CroweMorgan DameronJeffrey S. DavidsonDaniel DodsonRichard & Lauren DonnerThe Milton L. & Betty J. Dranow Family FoundationPatricia L. EisenbergRoni & Ethan EllerThe English Language CenterMyrna & Howard FabrickMimi FeldmanAbby & Malcolm FieldMarjorie & Arthur FineSydney M. Finegold, M.D.Michael & Lynne FlynnMyrna ForestGlenn & Jane FowlerFran Fredella & Scott RubinLois & Gerald GallopBenita & Bert GinsbergDonna & Lee B. Gold, M.D.Francine Golden & Marvin SchlossmanLouis & Linda GoldsmanEllie & Barry GoldsteinAbner & Roz GoldstineEllie GoodmanLori & Robert GoodmanMike & Elaine GrayRobert & Gabrielle GreenbergLance HagenbuchMary & Alan HalkettPeter E. HallCarolyn & Bernie HamiltonStanley HandmanRonald HansenMs. Tess HarperSheila & Chester HasdayBarbara & Bud HellmanMurray & Gail HeltzerHelene HendricksonNeal Hersh & Lynda KleinAndy HeywardMrs. Dorothy HoffmanRand Hoffman & Charlotte RobinsonKelley M. HoganJudith HohmanGerald IsenbergJackie & Warren JacksonEdward & Aya JakobovitsBill & Tiiu JacobsonNancy & Len JacobyTerry & Marc J. JacobyJosh JonesRuth & Marvin KalinTrudy & Albert KallisDrs. Elaine & Jeff KamilMr. & Mrs. Bernard KamineAnita KarbelnigLaurence O. Karsh

Roy KaufmanRima & Saul Rima KaySusan & Greg KayMilly & Robert KayyemJoyce & Don KaisermanAvi KamiennyDr. Ann Kirsch & Mr. Jonathan KirschKouy T. KolarMary KoppelDr. Marina & yana KovalevskyRon & Joanne KramarJay & Billie KubrinCarol & Richard KurlandTam & David LachoffJoan & Christopher LarkinJeanne & Christopher LavagninoJoyce LedererPeter Levin & Audrey Davis LevinBarry LevinsonBurton & Anita LevinsonDr. Isaac & Barbara LevyCharles & Lydia LevyDonald LipschutzLoris & Kory LunsfordNeil L. & Ora D. MacfarlaneElizabeth MarcellinoMr. & Mrs. Phillips H. MarshallJim & Kathryn McCafferyCindy MediavillaRobert MercerPhilip & Joan MillerPamela & Mark MischelAllan M. Mohrman Jr.Bill & Gail MorinoSandra MossJohn & Sandy MurdockSherri & Arnold NelsonAdrienne & Arthur OmanskyMark Paluch & Bryan OzamotoCynthia PalmDr. & Mrs. Emil & Dolores PascarelliBarbara & Gary PasquinelliC. Alexander PayneMr. John PerkinsCarol F. PhillipsLisa PierozziJon PolitoJack & Jane PollockGary & Gail RacheletskyLinda & Manny RiderCarlene RingerRichard RobertsonCraig E. RogersDolores RogersRonda & Fred RoseMaxine & Gene RosenfeldLawrence Ross & Linda NussbaumPaul A. Rudnick, M.D.Nancy & Ted SanbornLarry & Carole ScherzerMalcolm Schneer & Cathy LiuElaine Carey & vincent J. SchodolskiDavid & Margaret SchwankeBob & Susan SchwartzDr. & Mrs. Jack SchwartzSusan SchwarzMichele & Peter SerchukRobert ShadurAnnette & Leonard ShapiroPeggy & Robert ShapiroPearl ShultzMelinda & yossi SidikaroSteven Siegel & Lily CareySignificance FoundationCarol & Arthur F. SilbergeldRobin & Robert SillsSteven SillsDon & Marie SirneyMartin & Leah SklarDione & Joe SmithKaren SmitsTrudy SokolRoberta SperoSusan & Alfred SternEdith L. Stoell & Linda Gach RayAaron StroudLance & Maureen TanMr. & Mrs. David TannMichael E. Tennenbaum FamilyJudy & Art TompkinsBrigitta TroyDeborah valdezDaniel & Shauna valenzuelaIra & Laurie WaldmanMarcia & Dr. Charles Wasserman

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Jay Weinstein & Lori WoldarAnnabelle Weston & Steven ShulmanBruce WhizinDeborah WissElaine & Donald WolfKyra WooPat WestAndrew & Kimberly zakanychArnold zane

associate $250 - $499Anonymous (9)Norman & Toshka AbramsElaine & Michael AgranTheo AlexanderMarjorie & James AljianCharles & Annick AllenSylvia AlmstadtJan AltemusRobert C. AndersonElise AndrewsPhilip Angerhofer & Stephen A. JonesNancy AntoniouEloise & Mark AppelAudrey & Martin AppelBonnie ArnoldBarbara & Ethan AronoffCharles & Tana AxelrodMarc & Betsy AxelrodAKWLynne & Lee BabbittBetsy BakerAnne BarryCecile BartmanRandall C. BassettLynne & Bernie BasseySheila Spiro & Dr. Gregory BearmanMr. & Mrs. Paul BechelyArnold & Susan BeckerWayne Biswurm & Brock BennettCarole A. & Charles BennettBarbara BerenyRoger P. BergGeorge E. BergerRichard N. BergerKaren BerkowitzJoAnn BernardLaurie BernhardBeverly BiererMr. & Mrs. William BirnkrantAdrienne & Michael BlackmanMrs. Marilyn BlankRuth & Donald BlumkinPamela & Bill BohnertSusan Boiko & Martin SchwartzToby BornsteinBetsy BosakWanda BoulgaridesPaula BrandMona BrandlerLaura BrawnerFelix BrennerDr. and Mrs. Neal & Ruth BrickerDr. Gerald BuckbergG & Ashley BuonannoMark & Penny BurleyHoward BushinskyLaura D. CampbellGrace Diehaus & Pauline CannyAndrew CarlbergMarlene & David CapellCindy Carlin & Jeff RoussoBarry CharlesBeverly & Dennis ChesterCarole & Leslie CohenDavid Conney, M.D.Dino ConteSusan Georgine CraigSandy & Alan CrollJudith & Mel CronerElse DahlMuriel DanceHedva & Dr. Dudley DanoffJaye T. DarbyDiana Davidow & Deborah ConstanceDebra DavisJeffrey DavisRuth B. Davis & Pearl SchultzHal & Roberta Delevievirginia DiBonaSusan & Kevin DobsonBruce & Suzanne DoddsCarol Jean DoehringFred & Marilyn DorerSteven & Beverly Dorfman

Daryl & Paul F. DoucetteMs. Susan DowneySharon & Ron Dunas Dr. & Mrs. William M DuxlerChris EasleyIn loving memory of Howard EichenMr. & Mrs. EpelbaumLarry & Elke EreshefskyDavid & Joyce EvansAlan & Barbara FaiolaCarole FaxonBarbara & Denny FedermanCarolyn FernandezLila & Fred FinkPaul & Karen FinkelFran FlanaganWilliam & Elisabet FleischmanIn Loving Memory of Frank & Eileen FloodEdward FloresSandy FrancisMarilyn FreemanFrancine FreidKenneth J. Friedman & Marilynn J. Friedman

Family FoundationLynn & Barry FriesenMs. Laurelle Fromeyury & yelena FurmanLee GardenswartzLarry & Judith GarshofskyAdleen & Richard GibbsLinda GibbsKaren Berko GibsonDiane GlazerAnn M. GoldbergCarol & Neil GoldbergMarilyn & Allen GoldenDr. Peter GoldmanLouis & Linda GoldsmanEllie & Barry GoldsteinMark GordonRoger GordonSusie & Bruce GorenEllen GreeneSusan & Michael GregoryGary GrossMarcy & Edgar GrossSuzi & Bob GuerinEve Haberfield & David JohnsonPeter & Sarah HallMark & Monica HaloossimCarolyn & Bernard HamiltonTess HarperKay HarringtonSalli HarrisNancy HarrisonDr. & Mrs. Samuel HavesonHBC Protocols Inc.Richard Hefner & Greg HoffmanAllan HeinbergMr. & Mrs. William Hellmanzvia HemplingJackson HenryCarla & Alan A. HerdMichael & Candice HermanMs. Kathryn HibbsCina HodgesShirley HoffJackie & Dr. Irwin HoffmanDr. Sharron HolmanMr. & Mrs. John HopmansMr. & Mrs. John HuberLonnie Levi IsraelRobert & Gail IsraelCraig & Lynn JacobsonJosh JacobsteinFred & Nancy JacobusMr. & Mrs. vernon D. JonesCarolyn & Dan JordanPeter & Cynthia JoyceMarlene KaneJean KaplanJo Ann KaplanDr. & Mrs. Mitchell KarlanHarris KatlemanOwen KatoJudith P. KatzClaudia Kazachinsky & Richard A. ShererJames KellyJordan & Nicola Kerner FamilyIrwin KishnerPhyllis KleinDr. Phyllis KleinDonna & Jeffrey KleinAnnette & Charles KleemanLaurie & Milton KlormanCharles KolstadMr. & Mrs. Richard KorchienDolph Kornblum & Florence Robins

Donald KottlerBarbara & Stan KrasnoffJanice White & Eugene KriegerCharles KristensonMichelle & Bob LaemmleCarol D. LandeDr. & Mrs. Eric LeibovitchGinger LeibovitzAnn LelandMarla E. LevineWayne LevineDr. Isaac & Barbara LevyRichard & vivian LevyNan LewisMae & Hugh LichtigLee & Therese Lindenvictor & Madeline LindenheimJoanne LindsayIrma & Allen LipinLeslie & Adam LobelGeri LoeLori & Tom LowAnn & Bill LucasAnne L. LynchTeresa L. MaguireGuillaume & Crystal MailletCarol & Doug MancinoJeannette & Mervyn MandelbaumMyrna & Irving MargolRobert B. & Dona MartinSylvia MasonPhyllis & Bert MassingStewart Mayeda David Israeli & Dr. Marie MazzoneSheri & Jim McCashinCheryl McCormickLawry & Charles MeisterKimberly MeyeTeddie J. MilnerPamela & Mark MischelThomas MitchellDr. & Mrs. Leon MizrahiAndrew MolaskySusanna MorganShelagh MoriartyJohn MoschittaBill MullinsBonnie NashDavid NeilanFran NeimanMark & Diane NeubauerSheila NewmanRobert & Anita NittaNapoleon & Afra NobayShelby NotkinElad OfferSandy & Alan OlickJudy OrlanskiAnton & Olivia PacinoAllen Pack & Rikki GordonBill PalmerBob ParisEdward ParkerDara & Greg PayneKathy & Jeff PerkinsMichael PerlsteinNaidu & Jane PermaulSusan Petelik Bruce PetersFrank Pfizenmayer & Josh BrownFrank PiontekDr. Ronald & Alyson Podellzazi PopeDavid PosnerPhilip PritchettJoan & Martin RansohoffKaren ReckampMildred Reidvicki ReissMr. & Mrs. Anthony RennickLinda & Steve RichmanLee RodgersElizabeth RoeweBarbara & David RognlienMr. Avi & Mrs. Janis RojanyRose BrandGeorge M. RosenBeverly & Melvin RosenthalJoyce & Deane RossDr. Martin & Lorraine Ross

Bert Royal & Clay BlackAdrienne & Stanford RubinBlanche & Bruce Joel RubinJoyce Hokin Sachs Mr. & Mrs. Daniel SackheimMr. & Mrs. Simon Salloom Janet Salter

In Memory of Hon. Maxwell Hillary SalterKaren SandlerDr. victor Sands & Mrs. Charlene SandsSusan & Kenneth SarnoMaxine SavitzCarole & Michael ScheinbergCarole ScherzerGary & Karen SchneiderNancy & Steven SchneiderJane & Bill SchopfBarbara SchulmanSusan & Peter SchwabMr. Charles Schwartz & Mrs. Carol SchwartzJohn H. ScottEarlene & Herb SeymourScott ShagrinMary & Paul ShaneTom & Judy SharpMadeline & Robert SharplesShelly & Greg SherwinSideshow Rare & Remarkable Books, Art

& CuriositiesRenee & Joe SiegelSeymour & Dorothy SiegelBonnie Sturner PhD

In memory of Peter SiltonJoan SilverDiane Good & Frank SmithDiane SmithMarcia L. & Mark J. SmithKaren SmitsJoan & Jerry SnyderFanya & Sidney SollMichael & Millie SondermannAnne-Marie & Alex SpataruDebra & Bruce SpectorMs. Rita SpiegelMs. M.L. StearnsDr. Jay Stein & Mrs. Carol SteinMr. & Mrs. Tom StempelArthur Stern Gloria Stroock SternSally StevensHolly StromMr. Kayser Sume & Dr. Renee SabshinKatherine SungI.H. SutnickDeepak SwarupDonna ThompsonDorothy ThornhillJay & Courtney TobinMr. & Mrs. Art TompkinsDavid TrainerLaura & John Lincoln UelmenRobin & Gary UngarCatherine Unger Leon & Stephanie vahnPia & Steve vaiAnthony vasekvital Research LLCLois von MorganrothCarole Wagner-vallianos & Peter vallianosJane WangBunny & Jay WassermanElisa WayneAnnette & David WeilJulie & Peter WeilIn Memory of Eunice WeinerMarsha & Steven WeissJohn WestonRae Jeane WilliamsBruce & Marci WisemanDeborah WissRowie & Jeffrey WolfGeorge WolfbergAlbert WolskyJess WomackLynn Woods Karen & Frank WurtzelKevyn WynnHarriet zaretskyLynn & Meir zivSandy zwirn

Randall Arney Artistic Director

Ken novice Managing Director

behnaz Ataee General Manager

Regina Miller Chief Development Officer

artistic

Mary Garrett Artistic ManagerAmy levinson Artistic Associate / Literary DirectorPhyllis schuringa Artistic Associate / Casting Directorshannon noel Artistic CoordinatorKristina leach Literary Associate nick Johnson Literary InternKristen osborn Intern

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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 Grants Manager & Major Gifts Executive Assistantscott Kriloff Development Associate & Database ManagerAva bogle Development AssistantJessie sherman Development Assistant

aDministration

frankie ocasio Executive Assistant to the Managing DirectorMaryam Meehan Accounting and Payroll Manager francisca lopez Accounts PayableMarguerite harris Receptionist

eDucation

Jennifer Zakkai Education Projects LeaderConnor White Resident Teaching Artist & Education Associate

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daniel ionazzi Production ManagerJill barnes Associate Production Manager Matthew Carleton Technical Directorthomas Watson Assistant Technical Director Rich Gilles Properties MasterJames Grabowski Sound Masterdarren Rezowalli Master Electricianleah A. lewis Wardrobe Supervisor

marKeting & sales

Karen Gutierrez Director of Advertising & SponsorshipsMark san filippo Ticket Services Director & Database Administrator stephanie strand Audience Services Manager brian dunning Graphics / Production Artist Jodi feigenbaum Advertising & Promotions Assistantl.J. stevens Group Sales Janice bernal Associate Box Office Manager bryan Martin Associate Box Office Manager Korie benavidez, Audrey Cain, Clay dzygun, Zack hamra, Richard Martinez, lilach Mendelovich, Alyssa tyson,Martin Wurst Box Office Staff

puBlic relations

Andy Perez Public Relations Director

front of house

Jeni Pearsons Director of Special Eventsdavid Gerhardt Supervising House ManagerMichelle Cantrell, Kevin Cernansky, Amy farkas, tommy french, Matt Jones, erik odom, Julianne tveten House Managers Abdoulaye n’Gom Head Ushersevana baghdasarian, taylor Cerny, Vianney Cossyleon, Josiah davis, dan foote, netta lee Joseph, erica Keller, Caroline harrison Kohler, brigid leahy, nathaniel Meek, Keith Mitchell, Roxana Meyers, lindsay nyman, Chase o’donnell, Jonathan schwartz, Chelsea smachetti, danielle Weisberg UshersRob Mersola Bar ManagerManuel Mayorga Weekend Bar ManagerAdam Carr, brenda davidson, Jared White, lyndsi laRose Bartenders

facilities management

Miguel del Castillo Facility ManagerMario santillan-Perez CustodialJuan Carlos umaña Cleaning Custodial

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.

The scenic, costume, lighting and sound designers in LORT theaters are represented by United Scenic Artists Local USA-829, IATSE.


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