Kirk Douglas Theatre 2013/14 Season

DOUGLASPLUS SECOND SEASON PRODUCTION Three Solo Shows in Repertory Gate Theatre production of St. Jude Barry McGovern in Written and Performed by I’ll Go On Luis Alfaro By Samuel Beckett Directed by Robert Egan From Molloy, Malone Dies and World Premiere The Unnamable Texts selected by Gerry Dukes and Barry McGovern Uncle Ho to Directed by Colm Ó Briain Uncle Sam January 10 – February 9, 2014

By Trieu Tran with Robert Egan THIRD SEASON PRODUCTION Performed by Trieu Tran Directed by Robert Egan diff erent words for the same thing Rodney King By Kimber Lee Created and Performed by Directed by Neel Keller Roger Guenveur Smith World Premiere May 4 – June 1, 2014 September 14 – October 6, 2013 SEASON BONUS OPTION Part of RADAR L.A., The Second City’s An International Festival of Contemporary Theater, A Christmas Carol: presented by REDCAT and Twist Your Dickens! CalArts in association with Center Theatre Group By Peter Gwinnnn and Bobby Mort Directed by Marc Warzecha FIRST SEASON PRODUCTION DecemberDecembember 8 – 29, 2013 The Black Suits Music and Lyrics by Joe Iconis Book by Joe Iconis and Robert Emmett Maddock Directed by John Simpkins World Premiere October 27 – November 24, 2013

PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE P1 Inspiring Our Future

Special Thanks to Center Theatre Group’s Most Generous Annual Patrons

Center Theatre Group wishes to thank the following leaders for their signifi cant annual gifts and for their belief in the transformative power of theatre.

$500,000 and above Brindell Roberts Gottlieb

$250,000 and above The Dream Fund at UCLA Donor Advised Fund Center Theatre Group Affi liates Kirk & Anne Douglas The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

$150,000 and above Eva & Marc Stern Wells Fargo Foundation Jeanette Shammas The Blue Ribbon Los Angeles County Arts Commission Laura & James Rosenwald & Orinocco Foundation The Shubert Foundation, Inc. Bank of America

$100,000 and above Anonymous Lloyd E. Rigler – Lawrence E. Deutsch Foundation JPMorgan Chase & Co.

$75,000 and above Elisabeth Katte Harris Trust Louise & Brad Edgerton The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation William Randolph Hearst Foundation Debra & Norris Bishton

This list includes gifts made to Center Theatre Group between September 6, 2012, and November 6, 2013.

†Deceased

P2 PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE Michael Ritchie, artistic director Edward L. Rada, managing director

PRESENTS

BY Peter Gwinn Bobby Mort

WITH Frank Caeti Amanda Blake Davis Ithamar Enriquez Brendan Jennings Joe Liss Jaime Moyer Ron West

SCENIC DESIGNER COSTUME DESIGNER LIGHTING DESIGNER SOUND DESIGNER Tom Buderwitz Leah Piehl Brandon Baruch Cricket S. Myers

VOCAL MUSIC DIRECTOR/ ASSOCIATE ARTISTIC CASTING BY PRODUCTION STAGE COMPOSER DIRECTOR Beth Kligerman MANAGER David O Neel Keller Kirsten Parker

DIRECTED BY Marc Warzecha

The Second City’s A Christmas Carol: Twist Your Dickens! will be performed with a 15-minute intermission. December 8 – 29, 2013 Kirk Douglas Theatre

Please turn off all electronic devices such as cellular phones, PDAs, beepers and watch alarms. The use of any recording device, either audio or video, and the taking of photographs, with or without fl ash, is strictly prohibited.

PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE P3 CAST (in alphabetical order)

Frank Caeti...... The Ghost of Christmas Past and others Amanda Blake Davis ...... Tiny Tim and others Ithamar Enriquez ...... Bob Cratchit and others Brendan Jennings ...... The Ghost of Christmas Present and others Joe Liss...... The Ghost of Jacob Marley and others Jaime Moyer...... Mrs. Cratchit and others Ron West ...... Ebenezer Scrooge

UNDERSTUDIES Understudies never subsitute for listed performers unless a specifi c announcement is made at the time of the performance.

Steve Brewster...... For Frank Caeti, Brendan Jennings and Ron West Robyn Lynne Norris ...... For Amanda Blake Davis and Jaime Moyer Alex Staggs ...... For Ithamar Enriquez and Joe Liss

STAGE MANAGER Brooke Baldwin

There will be one 15-minute intermission.

Who’s Who

FRANK CAETI (The AMANDA BLAKE ITHAMAR Ghost of Christmas DAVIS (Tiny Tim ENRIQUEZ (Bob Past and others). The and others). Second Cratchit and others). Second City: wrote City: The Second City The Second City and performed Touring Company, e.t.c. (Chicago): two revues on The Second City Las From Fear To The Second City Vegas, The Second Eternity, Immaculate Chicago e.t.c. stage, City Does Dallas Conception. The The Second City Touring Company, (Dallas Theater Center), Sex, Love & Second City Main Stage (Chicago): War! The Second City Las Vegas, Twist Your The Second City (UP Comedy Club), Now In Its Fourth Smash Year!, Between Dickens! (Kirk Douglas Theatre), The Close But No Saquaro (Arizona Theatre Barack And A Hard Place, No Country Good, The Bad, and The I-5 (La Jolla Company). Wrote and performed in For Old White Men. The Second City Playhouse), Can You Be More Pacifi c? fi ve of The Second City e.t.c. stage Hollywood: Delicious Moments Presents: (Laguna Playhouse), The Second City revues including Studs Terkel’s Not That’s Show Bizzus, Ithamar Has Nothing Does Dallas (Dallas Theater Center) Working (Jeff Award, Best Actress in To Say. TV: Arrested Development, The and Reverie, a nonverbal a Revue), Campaign Supernova and League, The Offi ce, Raising Hope, Key show (Just for Laughs Montreal). Disposable Nation. She can currently be & Peele, Rules Of Engagement, How I TV: MADtv, Key & Peele, Reno 911, seen in Undateable (The Second City Met Your Mother, Law & Order: L.A., NCIS, The Jay Leno Show, and over 40 Hollywood). Improv: Armando Diaz Jimmy Kimmel Live, Gifted Hands. Film: commercials. Sketch/Improv: iO West, Experience, Virgin Daquiri (iO Chicago), Blackbird, The Promotion, Baby On Board. UCB, The Second City Hollywood, and Baby Wants Candy (Apollo Theater). She Special thanks and love to his family and one half of the acclaimed comedy duo also co-wrote 50 Shades! The Musical, Amie. Visit Ithamarenriquez.com. FrankenMatt. Frank is honored to be the original parody musical of the book Twisting his Dickens again this year. 50 Shades of Grey which is touring the BRENDAN JENNINGS (The Ghost Special thanks to his wife and daughter country and Europe. She is thrilled to of Christmas Present and others). The for being the best things to ever happen be returning to A Christmas Carol: Twist Second City e.t.c.: The Absolute Best to him. Your Dickens! Friggin’ Time of Your Life, Sky’s The Limit

P4 PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE (Weather Permitting) RON WEST Out (Metropolis (Jeff Award Winner). (Ebenezer Scrooge) Performing Arts National Tours: has appeared on Centre), The The Second City Third Rock from the Outfi t (Serendipity National Touring Sun, King of Queens, Theatre), The Company. TV: Parks Seinfeld, Key & Peele, Mysteries of Harris and Recreation, Super Good Luck, Charlie, Burdick (WNEP Fun Night, Cougar Anger Management, Theater), Popcorn Town. Other: Just for Laughs New Faces Law & Order: Los Angeles, Malcolm in the (Profi les Theatre), Hans and Robyn of Comedy. Middle and other TV shows. Usually he (Athenaeum Theatre), Fox Force Five (iO plays a guy who yells at the star. He has Chicago). Los Angeles: Tin Pan Radio JOE LISS (The Ghost directed many Second City productions, Hour, Mission Improvable (Mi’s Westside of Jacob Marley and including the award-winning Curious Comedy Theater), Undateable, Myrtle others) is one of George Goes to War and his own script (The Second City Hollywood), Hot Toddy the creators and Quick and Dirty. Ron won Chicago’s Jeff (iO West). Film: Azienda, Repetition. stars of the award- Award for his adaptation of The Comedy : Late Night with winning stage of Errors at Chicago Shakespeare. He O’Brien. musical The Bicycle and Phil Swann are the authors of The Men (London, New People vs. Friar Laurence: The Man Who ALEX STAGGS York, Los Angeles and Chicago). As a Killed Romeo and Juliet and Neil Simon’s (Understudy). New Second City Chicago veteran, Joe wrote Musical Fools, both of which are available York: Trapped in the and performed six original revues. from Samuel French, though Ron’s Closet Live! (The Los Angeles Credits: Room Service favorite Swann/West collaboration is the People’s Improv (LA Weekly Award nomination), Sex, award-winning deLEARious, in which he Theater), Eat Me Death, and Other Annoyances, Buddy played Lear. The Doctor bats right and (N.Y. Int’l Fringe Jack (Open Fist); Once in a Lifetime, throws right. Festival), Clockwork Twentieth Century, This Town (LA Orange: The Musical (Show Palace). Theatre Works); Margot’s Bush (LA STEVE BREWSTER Los Angeles: Groundlings Swimsuit Weekly Award Best Sketch Group/Lillian (Understudy). Steve Edition, Groundlings Your Body and Theatre); Off -Broadway and Chicago: is excited to return You, Groundlings in the Study with Wild Men! (with George Wendt). Film: to A Christmas Carol: the Candlestick, Hold Me Closer Tiny God Bless America, Wayne’s World II, Twist Your Dickens! Groundling, After School Groundling, Home Alone 2, Curly Sue, Meet The at the Kirk Douglas Live! Nude! Groundling!, St. Groundling’s Applegates, Major League. TV: According Theatre, where last Orphanage, Groundlings Online to Jim, Less Than Perfect, That 80’s Show, year he appeared University (The Groundlings Theatre), Curb Your Enthusiasm, Strangers with in several shows as Jacob Marley, Fred Mortifi ed (M Bar, King King), The Richard Candy. Scrooge and others too numerous to Simmons Mysteries ( mention. He has performed in comedy Stage). Film: Recount. TV: True Jackson JAIME MOYER theatres throughout Los Angeles VP, 10 Things I Hate About You, Ernesto, (Mrs. Cratchit and including The Second City, The Comedy Important Things with , others). The Second Central Stage, iO West, UCB, The The Defenders, The Wedding Band, The City: wrote and Laugh Factory and The Comedy Store. Young and the Restless, Partners, The performed on the He has also appeared at The Chicago Middle, Modern Family, 2 Broke Girls. mainstage at The Sketch Festival, The San Francisco Second City Detroit, SketchFest, The Los Angeles Comedy PETER GWINN (Co-Writer) is one of and was a member Festival and The Los Angeles Improv the original writers for The Colbert of the Detroit touring company. Theatre: Comedy Festival. Steve produced and Report (two ) and a writer favorites include The Book of Liz (Liz, starred in the short Insight Into the for the Amazon series Alpha House. The Ringwald Theatre), A Streetcar Enemy, which was selected for the Other Written Works: Moulin Scrooge! Named Desire (Eunice, Performance HBO Aspen Comedy Arts Festival and (WreckingBall Theater Lab, Denver; Network), The Bald Soprano (Mrs. the Montreal Comedy Festival. Los iO Chicago), Listen Kid! (UCB Theatre, Smith, Zeitgeist Theater). TV: Parks and Angeles theatre credits include The NYC; iO Chicago), Peter Gwinn’s The Recreation, Lifetime MOW. Film: Street Only Song I Know, Museum, Ripper! and Confi dence Ladder (UCB Theatre), The Boss, The Planning Lady. Sketch/Improv: his critically acclaimed turn as Dromio Awesome Show (iO Chicago). Founding Jack, Morris, & Jones, iO West, in The Comedy of Errors. Regional Member of Baby Wants Candy, a troupe My Tweet, Second City Hollywood. theatre credits include Picnic, Pirates of that improvises one-act musicals (N.Y. Improvises weekly at iO West and Penzance, Twelfth Night and the eight- Times Critics’ Pick). Other Performer Second City Hollywood. Awarded sole character, one-man show 21A. Credits: ASSSSCAT (UCB), The Armando prize of Maestro at the Out of Bounds Diaz Experience (iO), The Second City Comedy Festival, 2011. Fancy Catz. ROBYN LYNNE NORRIS (Understudy). Touring Company, Late Night With Jaime would like to thank her parents National Tours: The Second City Touring Conan O’Brien. He would like to mention and friends, who are very amazing Company (Second City Chicago). that the set and costumes for this all. Jaime is represented by Pine River Regional: Too Busy to Hate, Too Hard show are far nicer than what he was Entertainment. to Commute (Alliance Theatre, Atlanta), envisioning when he wrote it. The Second City Las Vegas, Girls’ Night

PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE P5 BOBBY MORT (Co-Writer) recently LEAH PIEHL (Costume Designer). Recent: Subject Was Roses. Kirk Douglas Theatre: returned to Los Angeles after writing for The Steward of Christendom (Mark Taper Twist Your Dickens! (Ovation nomination), The Colbert Report during the 2012-2013 Forum), The Most Deserving (Denver The Wake, Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad season (one Emmy Award). He grew Center Theatre), The Motherf**ker with Zoo (Ovation nomination), The Little up in South Carolina before moving to the Hat and The Light in the Piazza Dog Laughed (Ovation nomination). Chicago where he trained at iO Chicago (South Coast Repertory). L.A.: Intimate Regional: Sideways, The Nightingale (La and performed for a number of years Apparel (LADCC Award – Best Costume Jolla Playhouse), Book Club Play (Arena with the improv group People of Earth design, NAACP nomination) and The Stage), In the Wake (Berkeley Rep), Play and sketch comedy trio Maximum Party Heiress (Ovation nomination, Pasadena Dead, Wrecks, Some Girl(s), Emergency Zone. Bobby can currently be seen as Playhouse), The Dinosaur Within, Futura, (Ovation, NAACP nomination; Geff en), part of the online comedy group Titled Tartuff e and The Pain and the Itch 4000 Miles, The Fantasticks, Elemeno Sketch Project and improvising at (Theatre @ Boston Court), The Doctor’s Pea (South Coast Rep), Crowns, Orson’s theatres around L.A. Bobby is extremely Dilemma and The Eccentricities of a Shadow (Pasadena Playhouse), Marvelous excited to be working with Peter Gwinn Nightingale (A Noise Within), Satyr Atlas Wonderettes (Laguna Playhouse). Cricket and the fi ne folks of The Second City and (The Getty Villa), bobrauschenbergamerica has earned 16 Ovation nominations, as CTG on Twist Your Dickens! He hopes that and Tree ([Inside] the Ford), Love Water well as winning an LADCC and a Garland everyone enjoys the show and is careful (Open Fist Theatre). : Bull Award. www.cricketmyers.com. driving home. Seriously. The traffi c Spears (La Tea Theater), Someone in around here can get pretty nuts. Florida Loves Me (Paradise Factory). DAVID O (Vocal Music Director/ Regional: Paradise Lost (Intiman Theatre), Composer) has written a lot of crazy MARC WARZECHA (Director). The The Borrowers, Robin Hood (South Coast stuff for the theatre and the concert Second City: War! Now in Its 4th Smash Repertory). Film: All Stars (Director hall, but had never written a barbershop Year! (Jeff nomination, Best Director; Lance Kinsey), The Men’s Room, (Director quartet for ghosts. Now he has. More The Second City Chicago), Pratfall Jane Pickett), Buzzkill, (The Second City information can be found at www. of Civilization (Jeff nomination; Best Presents), director Steven Kampmann; davidomusic.com. Director; The Second City e.t.c.), An The Macabre World of Lavender Williams, Evening with Martin Short (tour), Can Director Nick Delgado. Television: BETH KLIGERMAN (Casting). Beth You Be More Pacifi c? (Laguna Playhouse), Mullercizeit!, pilot (Tom Lennon and Ben Kligerman has been with The Second City Barack Stars (Woolly Mammoth, Garant). Commercials: Ford, Nissan, since 1993. In that time, she has helped Washington, D.C.), The Art Of Satire KFC, Tostitos, Chevy, Prius. produce countless Second City revues in (tour in collaboration with The Economist Chicago. Other Second City producing Magazine), Not Ready for $3.99 Prime BRANDON BARUCH (Lighting credits include work at Vienna’s English Rib Players (The Second City Las Vegas), Designer). L.A.: Bare - A Rock Musical Theatre, Vienna, Austria, Arkansas The Second City Touring Company. (The Hayworth Theatre), eve2 (Bootleg Repertory in Little Rock, numerous Writer: Oprah! A Musical! and F*ck You, I Theater), Lost Moon Radio - America appearances at Charleston, Norwegian Love You, Bye: The Rahm Emanuel Story (South Coast Rep Studio Series), The Cruise Line, South Carolina’s Piccolo (Annoyance Theatre Chicago), Kwame a 33rd and 34th Annual LA Weekly Theater Spoleto Festival, and a USO tour that River: The Chronicles of Detroit’s Hip Hop Awards (Avalon Hollywood), Spring has included stops in Saudi Arabia, Mayor (Wilde Award nominee; Best New Awakening (The Arena Stage at Theatre of Alaska and Bosnia. As Director of Talent, Script). Arts - Ovation Award nomination), Sheet Ms. Kligerman oversees casting for the Cake Sliding, Hot Cat, Copy and Have three Second City Touring ensembles TOM BUDERWITZ (Scenic Designer) has You Seen Alice? (Theatre of Note), Lost based in Chicago as well as a variety of designed for South Coast Repertory, Moon Radio Presents: Roger Wodehouse’s other projects. Beth is honored to have Geff en Playhouse, Pasadena Playhouse, Androgymnasium (Hollywood Fringe nurtured some of today’s comedy stars, Intiman Theatre, Portland Center Stage, Festival), The Good Boy (Bootleg such as T.J. Miller (Comedy Central’s Denver Center Theatre Company, Theater, transfer to LATC), Stanley Ann Mash Up), Keegan-Michael Key (Key Laguna Playhouse, Chautauqua Theater (Powerhouse Theatre) and Ken Roht’s & Peele, MADtv) and Jason Sudeikis Company, Arizona Theatre Company, Same-o, A 99 Cent Only Eclectic Ballad (, Horrible Bosses). San Diego Repertory, Artists Repertory, and Calendar Girl Competition (Bootleg Florida Studio Theatre, The Antaeus Theater). NYC: Me Love Me (The Players KIRSTEN PARKER (Production Stage Company, Reprise Theatre Company, Theatre), The Hat (Steve and Marie Manager). Center Theatre Group: The The Theatre @ Boston Court, PCPA Sgouros Theatre), Someone’s Trying To Black Suits, Neva (co-production with Theaterfest, Riverside Theatre, Rubicon Kill Me (HERE Arts Center), Wildboy ’74 South Coast Rep and La Jolla Playhouse), Theatre Company, Deaf West Theatre, (Walkerspace). TV: Cinema Verite (HBO). The Nether, A Christmas Carol: Twist Your Ensemble Studio Theatre and A Company lighting designer for Lost Moon Dickens!, Jomama Jones: Radiate (KDT Noise Within, among many others. Radio, staff lighting designer for the workshop), The Massoud Project (Taper Tom has been honored with four L.A. Hollywood Fringe Festival. workshop). Off -Broadway: Food and Stage Alliance Ovation Awards (24 Fadwa (New York Theatre Workshop, nominations) and three L.A. Drama CRICKET S. MYERS (Sound Designer). ASM), Five Second Chances and Icarus Critics Circle Awards. For television, Tom Broadway: Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Burns (Playwrights Realm, readings). has designed specials and series for Zoo (Drama Desk Award, Tony Regional: Romeo and Juliet (Northern every major broadcast and cable network nomination). Off -Broadway: Marvelous Stage), Romeo and Juliet (Yale Repertory and has three Emmy Award nominations Wonderettes. Mark Taper Forum: Joe Theatre), The Servant of Two Masters and an Art Director’s Guild Award Turner, Vigil, Burn This, The Lieutenant (Yale Rep, ASM). Other New York nomination. tombuderwitz.com of Inishmore (Ovation nomination), The Credits: Break (N.Y. Fringe Festival), Her

P6 PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE Lightness (Yale Rep, workshop), 69°S: 70’s cult fi lm in Toronto, Ontario; Broadway League, the Independent The Shackleton Project (Phantom Limb, and The Good, The Bad and The I-5, Presenters Network and is a proud workshop). Ojai Playwrights Conference a commissioned work for the La Jolla member of the Association of Theatrical 2013 (Company Manager). MFA: Yale Playhouse. Second City Theatricals Press Agents and Managers. In May School of Drama. also maintains fi ve full time ensembles 2013 Doug received The Broadway aboard Norwegian Cruise Line. League’s prestigious Outstanding BROOKE BALDWIN (Stage Manager). Achievement in Presenter Management Moonlight Stage Productions: The MICHAEL RITCHIE (Artistic Director) is Award. Wizard of Oz, The Most Happy Fella, in his eighth season as Center Theatre Cats, The Foreigner and Swingtime Group’s Artistic Director, and has led NAUSICA STERGIOIU (General Canteen. What Goes Around (Kaiser over 130 productions to the Ahmanson Manager, Mark Taper Forum and Permanente Educational Theatre). Theatre, Mark Taper Forum and the Kirk Douglas Theatre) has worked UCLA: The Greeks, Cleansed, Homer Kirk Douglas Theatre including the supporting artists in theatres of all in Cyberspace, Big Love and Anything premieres of six musicals that moved types including many seasons at CTG Goes. Local credits include Kiss Me, Kate to Broadway — The Drowsy Chaperone, as General Manager and, previously, as (Cabrillo), I Love My Wife (Reprise); Curtains,13, 9 to 5: The Musical, Bloody Audience Development Director. She Geff en Playhouse: Shipwrecked!, Time Bloody Andrew Jackson and Leap of oversees Taper and Douglas mainstage Stands Still, Through The Night and Faith. productions as well as CTG’s new Love, Loss and What I Wore; Center play commissions and developmental Theatre Group: The Nether, Venice, The EDWARD L. RADA (Managing Director) productions. MFA, Yale School of Night Watcher, Waiting for Godot, The returned to Center Theatre Group Drama, and Outward Bound trekker. Convert and last year’s production of in 2011 after previously serving as Twist Your Dickens! CTG’s Chief Financial Offi cer for 12 NEEL KELLER (Associate Artistic years (1996-2008). Rada spent three Director). For CTG Neel has directed THE SECOND CITY THEATRICALS years (2008-2011) as President of the Jennifer Haley’s The Nether, Jessica is the live entertainment arm of Music Center Foundation, a non-profi t Goldberg’s Good Thing, David Greig’s the legendary comedy institution corporation that holds and invests Pyrenees, and Stones in His Pockets. that produces an eclectic array of the endowment and reserve funds As a senior artistic staff member Neel entertainment in venues worldwide. for the Music Center and its resident has helped create and produce many Recent productions include The Second companies (including CTG). CTG shows, including The Second City Guide to the Opera at Lyric Opera City’s A Christmas Carol: Twist Your Chicago featuring Renee Fleming and DOUGLAS C. BAKER (Producing Dickens!, 13, Yellow Face, Poor Behavior, Sir Patrick Stewart; Slapshot Live! the Director) is now in his 23rd season at Bones, Of Equal Measure, Minsky’s and fi rst stage adaptation of the iconic CTG. He is an active member of the Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo.

ADDITIONAL CTG STAFF FOR THE SECOND CITY’S A CHRISTMAS CAROL: TWIST YOUR DICKENS!

Assistant Costume Designer . . . . Mara Holland Leads ONLINE Assistant Lighting Designer. . . Katelan Braymer Jaquelyn Johnson, Michael Pappas, CenterTheatreGroup.org Deck Crew ...... Eric Adams, Ryan Tirrell Elizabeth Motuapuaka. #TwistYourDickens Production Electrician ...... Lunchbox Like us on Facebook Center Theatre Group Wardrobe Supervisor ...... Cambria Chichi Concierges Follow us on Twitter @CTGLA Wardrobe Crew ...... Anges Ingram, Trevor Algatt, Jane Bacon, Jen Bailey, Subscribe on YouTube CTGLA Sarah Steinman Olivia Choate, Jessica DeBruin, Prop Artisan . . Zach Istrin, Donavan Martinelli Amber Espinoza-Jones, Christina Hjelm, The Actors and Stage Managers Scenic Artist ...... Katie Polebaum Britt Keller, Joan Kubicek, Stephen Lydic, employed in this production are Gina Manziello, Amanda McRaven, AJ Meijer, members of Actors’ Equity Tiff any Moon, Erin Mulvey, Janice Motuapuaka, Carpentry Crew Association, the union of Isabella Petrini. Eric Adams, Hal Berkstresser, Victor Cobos, professional actors and stage managers in the United States. Adam Coggins, Cate Cundiff , Samantha Else, Ushers Bo Foxworth, Ryan Godbout, James Jonson, Ashley Brown, Amy Buchwald, The Director is a member Sean Kloc, Donavan Martinelli, Benito Cardenas, Bonita Carter, of the Stage Directors and Eugene Montiero, II, Boude Moore, Marilyn DePaula, Amber Espinoza-Jones, Choreographers Society, an independent Patricia Moore, David Patrick, Katie Polebaum, Angela Garcia, Nicole Naito, national labor union. Brian Slaten. Denise Reynoso, Jill Steele. Center Theatre Group is a member of the Electrics Crew Credits American Arts Alliance, the Broadway League, Veronica Acosta, Randy Bosh, Mark Dougherty, Charles Dickens illustration by Chris Mould. Independent Producers’ Network (IPN), LA Evan Drane, Meghan Hong, Juan Lozano, Costumes provided by the Center Theatre Stage Alliance, League of Resident Theatres Lunchbox, Dallas Lucero, Matt Petosa, Group Costume Shop and additional staff : (LORT), National Alliance for Musical Theatre Aaron Staubach, Boston Stergis, Ryan Tirrell, Cutter/Draper - Vivienne Friedman; First (NAMT) and the Theatre Communications Erin Whitcomb, Dean Wright, Cameron Zetty. Hands - Iris Marshall, Lydia Harmon; Stitchers Group (TCG). - Kelly Cercone, Allison Dillard, Agnes Ingram, Leonardo Lopez, Susan Wilde; Crafts/Dyer/ Painter - Kitty Youngs; Intern: Domitille Angoulvant. Production photography by Craig Schwartz.

PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE P7 CENTER THEATRE GROUP L.A.’s Theatre Company MICHAEL RITCHIE, Artistic Director EDWARD L. RADA, Managing Director DOUGLAS C. BAKER, Producing Director ARTISTIC NEEL KELLER ...... Associate Artistic Director DAVE ALTON ...... Chief Information Officer KELLEY KIRKPATRICK ...... Associate Artistic Director STAN GRUSHESKY ...... Director of Information Systems DIANE RODRIGUEZ ...... Associate Producer/Director of New Play Production SEAN PINTO...... Database and Web Manager PIER CARLO TALENTI ...... Resident Dramaturg/Literary Manager MANDY RATLIFF ...... Tessitura Administrator LINDSAY ALLBAUGH...... Producing Associate JARED WATANABE ...... Information Systems Analyst MALCOLM K. DARRELL ...... New Play Production Associate JOY MEADS ...... Literary Associate and Artistic Engagement Strategist JODY HORWITZ...... Director of Human Resources MARK B. SIMON ...... Casting Director MADRIO FLEEKS ...... Senior Human Resources Generalist ANDY CROCKER ...... Casting Associate SINGER LEWAK, LLP ...... Auditor STEVEN PIESZCHALKSI ...... Casting Assistant MICHAEL C. DONALDSON, LISA A. CALLIF ...... Legal Counsel GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER ...... Legal Counsel DAVID ADJMI (FADIMAN), JESSICA BLANK, SHEILA CALLAGHAN (FADIMAN), TIM DEVELOPMENT CROUCH, JUSTIN ELLINGTON, GINA GIONFRIDDO, GOB SQUAD, MATT GOULD, DANAI YVONNE CARLSON BELL...... Director of Development GURIRA, JENNIFER HALEY, JOE HORTUA, ERIK JENSEN, RAJIV JOSEPH, LATINO THEATER PATRICK OWEN ...... Deputy Director of Development COMPANY, GRIFFIN MATTHEWS, LAURAL MEADE, JULIE MARIE MYATT (FADIMAN), NATALIE BERGESON...... Director of Donor Contributions DAN O’BRIEN, EVANGELINE ORDAZ, DAEL ORLANDERSMITH, WILL POWER (FADIMAN), JEAN KLING ...... Director of Institutional Support RAINPAN 43, MARCO RAMIREZ, MATT SAX, THEATRE MOVEMENT BAZAAR, LIZ LIN...... Director of Corporate Relations and Communications YOUNG JEAN LEE THEATER COMPANY...... Commissioned Artists CHARITY WU ...... Director of Individual Giving BECKY BIRDSONG...... Major Gifts Officer BEKAH BRUNSTETTER, CARLA CHING, JASON GROTE, SARAH GUBBINS, TIM McNEIL, JAMIE CATALDO ...... Corporate Relations Manager HENRY ONG, MADHURI SHEKAR ...... CTG Writers’ Workshop Members MANDI OR ...... Special Events Manager ERIC BROWN ...... Communications Coordinator EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS JENNIFER CHAN ...... Special Events Associate LESLIE K. JOHNSON ...... Director of Education and Community Partnerships JUSTIN FOO ...... Donor Contributions Associate PATRICIA GARZA ...... Assistant Department Director SARAH HARBURG-PETRICH ...... Development Assistant TRACI CHO KWON ...... Director of School Partnerships KATY HILTON ...... Grant Writer CAMILLE SCHENKKAN ...... Program Manager, Emerging Artists and Arts Professionals DONALD JOLLY ...... Donor Relations Associate for the Inner Circle JESUS REYES...... Program Manager, Community Partnerships KRISTEN LEVY-VAUGHAN ...... Individual Giving Assistant KATRINA FRYE ...... Program Associate JESSICA NASH ...... Donor Contributions Supervisor ASHLEY LAMPSON OPSTAD ...... Program Associate MARIA PAREDES ...... Donor Relations Associate for The Guild VICTOR VAZQUEZ...... Program Associate COURTNEY ROBERTSON ...... Institutional Giving Associate BRANDON TURNER ...... Temporary Program Associate ERIC SEPPALA...... Executive Assistant to the Development Director KELLY CHRIST ...... Communications Coordinator ERIN SCHLABACH...... Major Gifts Coordinator SHANNON WINSTON ...... Department Coordinator JESSICA THORSON ...... Corporate Relations Coordinator DEBRA PIVER ...... Resident Teaching Artist AL BERMAN, ELIZABETH DELLORUSSO, GINA EAST, LILI HERRERA, TONY LEWELLEN, MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION HOLLY RAMOS, NICOLE SCIPIONE, LENA THOMAS, BILL WALTON, TOM WINKLER NAUSICA STERGIOU ...... General Manager (Mark Taper Forum, Kirk Douglas Theatre) ...... Donor Advisors JEFFREY UPAH ...... General Manager (Ahmanson Theatre) ADAM BURCH, KARLA GALVEZ ...... Donor Services Associates SUZANNE HEE MAYBERRY ...... Assistant General Manager (Mark Taper Forum) ANNE BRUNER, MURRAY E. HELTZER, MARCI MILLER, KATIE BRUNER SOFF...... On leave - Assistant General Manager (Kirk Douglas Theatre, NPP) JULIE NADAL ...... Development Volunteers ELLE AGHABALA ...... Interim Assistant General Manager (Kirk Douglas Theatre, NPP) ALANA BEIDELMAN ...... Executive Assistant to Managing Director MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS PATRICK BELL...... General Management Associate JIM ROYCE ...... Director of Marketing, Communications and Sales ERIC SIMS ...... Operations Manager (Kirk Douglas Theatre) NANCY HEREFORD...... Director of Media and Communications TOM BURMESTER . . .Audience Experience Design/Front of House Mgr (Kirk Douglas Theatre) PHYLLIS MOBERLY ...... Media and Communications Associate LAUREN BAXA ...... Assistant Performance Manager (Kirk Douglas Theatre) JASON MARTIN ...... Media and Communications Associate MAX OKEN ...... Facility Assistant (Kirk Douglas Theatre) LYN COWAN ...... Media and Communications Coordinator SONDRA MAYER ...... Concessions Manager (Kirk Douglas Theatre) CHELSEY ROSETTER...... Media and Communcations Coordinator PRODUCTION NISHITA DOSHI ...... Art Director DAWN HOLISKI ...... Production Department Operations Director IRENE KANESHIRO...... Senior Design Manager CHRISTY WEIKEL ...... Production Manager (Kirk Douglas Theatre) HARUKA HAYAKAWA ...... Graphic Designer KATE COLTUN ...... Assistant Production Manager (Kirk Douglas Theatre) TERESA ENGLISH ...... Graphic Designer RICHARD PETERSON ...... Master Electrician (Kirk Douglas Theatre) AARON STAUBACH...... Light Board Programmer/Operator (Kirk Douglas Theatre) ANDREW DARCEY ...... Advertising Manager ADAM PHALEN ...... Head Audio (Kirk Douglas Theatre) KAREN VOCK ...... Marketing Manager VICTOR COBOS ...... Stage Supervisor (Kirk Douglas Theatre) JAMES SIMS ...... Marketing Creative Manager JEWEL MOORE...... Marketing Coordinator JOE HAMLIN...... Technical Director/Ahmanson Production Manager ROSE POIRIER ...... Webmaster CHAD SMITH ...... Associate Technical Director CRAIG SCHWARTZ ...... Production Photographer SAM CRAVEN-GRIFFITHS...... Associate Technical Director LARRY DEAN HARRIS ...... Copywriter CINEVATIVE/MARK CIGLAR...... Production Video TOM BURMESTER, TREVOR ALGATT, KEVIN MAPP...... Event Video ANDREW THIELS...... Prop Manager ALLIED LIVE: MERRIANNE NEDREBERG ...... Associate Prop Manager LAURA MATALON, SHANNON WILLETT, KELLY ESTRELLA ...... Advertising Agency SARAH KRAININ ...... Prop Associate CANDICE CAIN ...... Costume Director TICKET SALES AND SERVICES BRENT M. BRUIN...... Costume Workroom Supervisor SHAWN ROBERTSON ...... Ticket Sales Director MADELINE KELLER ...... Costume Generalist SKYPP CABANAS ...... Ticket Operations Coordinator SWANTJE TUOHINO...... Tailor SANDY CZUBIAK ...... Audience and Subscriber Services Manager ELIZABETH LEONARD ...... Production Operations Manager JENNIFER BAKER, CHERYL HAWKER, RICHARD RAGSDALE. . . Audience Services Supervisors JULIO A. CUELLAR...... Driver/Custodian ALICE CHEN ...... Audience Services Asst. Supervisor DONAVAN MARTINELLI, EUGENE A. MONTEIRO II, BRIAN SLATEN ...... Drivers SAM AARON, DEBORAH REED ...... Audience Services Sales Associates JENNIFER ACHTERBERG...... Production Administrator JEREMIE ARENCIBIA, VICKI BERNDT, RJ CANTU, CARLOS D. CHAVEZ, JR., PETER COLBURN, DONALD CRANDALL, GARY HOLLAND, SHAWN ANDERSON...... Master Carpenter (Ahmanson Theatre) KAY LOCHARD, JUSTINE PEREZ, LEX SAVKO, DANNY SCHMITZ, ANDREW W. ARNOLD...... Flyman (Ahmanson Theatre) CRIS SPACCA ...... Audience Services Representatives STAN STEELMON ...... Master Propertyman (Ahmanson Theatre) JIM BERGER ...... Master Electrician (Ahmanson Theatre) DANUTA SIEMAK...... Subscriber Services Supervisor ROBERT SMITH ...... Master Soundman (Ahmanson Theatre) CHRISTINA GUTIERREZ ...... Subscriber Services Asst. Supervisor MICHAEL GARDNER ...... Wardrobe Supervisor (Ahmanson Theatre) LIGIA PISTE, CELIA RIVAS...... Subscriber Services Senior Representatives PATRICE MIRANDA ...... Hair and Make-up Supervisor (Ahmanson Theatre) IRENE CHUANG, PETER STALOCH ...... Subscriber Services Representatives CHRISTINE L. COX...... House Manager (Ahmanson Theatre) SARAH K. GONTA ...... Box Office Treasurer JONATHAN BARLOW LEE...... Production Manager (Mark Taper Forum) KISHISA ROSS, GISELE FRAZEUR ...... Assistant Treasurers CELESTE SANTAMASSINO...... Associate Production Manager (Mark Taper Forum) YULIZA BARRAZA, ANGELICA CARBAJAL, MICHAEL KEMPISTY, EMMET KAISER ...... Master Carpenter (Mark Taper Forum) LEROY PAWLOWSKI, MICHAEL SALTZMAN...... Box Office Staff ROBERT RUBY ...... Master Propertyman (Mark Taper Forum) MICHAEL ZOLDESSY ...... Account Sales Manager EILEEN ROBERTS WILLIAM MORNER ...... Master Electrician (Mark Taper Forum) Account Sales Associate BONES MALONE ...... Master Soundman (Mark Taper Forum) KERRY KORF ...... Priority Services Director DENNIS SEETOO...... Wardrobe Supervisor (Mark Taper Forum) SUSAN F. TULLER ...... Priority Services Operations Manager RICK GEYER ...... Hair & Make-up Supervisor (Mark Taper Forum) JAY BURNS ...... Priority Services Sales Manager LINDA WALKER ...... House Manager (Mark Taper Forum) PAUL CUEN ...... Priority Services Manager CANDICE WALTERS...... Priority Services Assistant Supervisor FINANCE, INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND HUMAN RESOURCES MICHAEL F. THOMPSON ...... Chief Financial Officer CAROLE BAXTER, RUSTY COLLINS, MAGGIE DODD, NIC DRESSEL, MARC “BYRON” MELODY MATTOS ...... Controller DROTMAN, SAMANTHA ELSE, LOU GEORGE, KATE HALL, JERRY JOHNSTON, LISA JANIS BOWBEER ...... Assistant Controller KESSLER, SHEP KOSTER, MATT PELFREY, KEN SALLEY, KRISTEN SCHRASS, BOBBI LYNNE LIZ LYDIC ...... Accounts Payable Coordinator SCOTT, ANDREW SEVERYN, MICHAEL SMITH, QUINN SULLIVAN, DIANE WARD, FELICISIMA LAPID...... Accounts Payable Specialist JIM WATERMAN ...... Representatives DANNY LAMPSON ...... Senior Staff Accountant ALEGRIA SENA ...... Staff Accountant INTERNS YUEN KI “ANNIE” LAW...... Payroll Manager DOMITILLE ANGOULVANT, SAVANNAH BARKER, CARLY BARNHILL, CATHERINE AMEETA SHARMA ...... Payroll Specialist CAMPBELL, MADDIE DIAL, SYNNOVE ERIKSEN, CLINTON FOLEY, JENNIFER HARRELL, KEVIN HERALD, GERMAIN HERNANDEZ, TOBY JACOBROWN, JADE JOHNSON, TIFFANY MOON, RACHEL KAUDER NALEBUFF, MIRIAM NEIGUS, ARMANDO PINA, KIRSTIE SELLS, MIMI SILVEYRA, SARA WAUGH

Center Theatre Group would like to thank its exceptional staff for their ongoing commitment, dedication and extraordinary eff orts.

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