DIRECTED by JULES AARON PRODUCED by DAVID HUNT STAFFORD Set Designer

Home , After the Dance (play), A Bequest to the Nation, Flare Path, Harlequinade (Rattigan), In Praise of Love (play), Separate Tables

WHO’S WHOIN THEATRE FORTY BOARD OF DIRECTORS Jim Jahant, Chairperson Lya Cordova-Latta Dr. Robert Karns Charles Glenn Myra Lurie Frederick G. Silny, Treasurer David Hunt Stafford, Secretary Gloria Stroock Bonnie Webb Marion Zola

ARTISTIC COMMITTEE Gail Johnston • Jennifer Laks • Alison Blanchard Diana Angelina • Cathy Diane Tomlin • Leda Siskind

ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF David Hunt Stafford ...... Artistic/Managing Director Jennifer Pars ons ...... Bookkeeper Richard Hoyt Miller ...... Database Manager Philip Sokoloff ...... Director of Public Relations Jay Bell ...... Reservationist Dean Wood ...... Box Office Manager Susan Mermet ...... Assistant Box Office Manager Larry Rubinstein ...... Technology Guru

PRODUCTION STAFF Artistic/Managing Director David Hunt Stafford Set Design Jeff G. Rack Costume Design Michèle Young Lighting Design J. Kent Inasy Sound Design Paolo Greco Makeup/Wigs/Hair Desi gn Judi Lewin Photographer Ed Kreiger Program Design Richard Hoyt Miller Publicity Philip Sokoloff Reservations & Information Jay Bell / 310-364-0535 THEATRE FORTY PRESENTS The 6th Production of the 2016-2017 Season

SeparateSeparate TablesTables BY TERENCE RATTIGAN

DIRECTED BY JULES AARON PRODUCED BY DAVID HUNT STAFFORD Set Designer...... JEFF G. RACK Costume Designer...... MICHÈLE YOUNG Lighting Designer...... J. KENT INASY Sound Designer ...... PAOLO GRECO Makeup/Wigs/Hair Designer...... JUDI LEWIN Stage Manager...... DON SOLOSAN Assistant Stage Manager ...... RICHARD CARNER Assistant Director...... JORDAN HOXSIE PRODUCTION NOTES "Loneliness is a terrible thing, don't you agree." "Yes I do agree. A terrible thing." -- Separate Tables

SPECIAL THANKS Theatre 40 would like to thank the BHUSD Board of Education and BH High School administration for their assistance and support in making Theatre 40’s season possible. Thanks to… HOWARD GOLDSTEIN LISA KORBATOV NOAH MARGO MEL SPITZ ISABEL HACKER DR. MICHAEL BREGY Also, a special thanks to the MAYOR, LILI BOSSE and the Beverly Hills City Council

The Audience’s Role You are the featured player in tonight’s performance. Here are some reminders of how you can play your role with style, grace and professionalism. • There is no louder sound in a theatre than the rattle of cellophane. Please unwrap candy or cough drops before the play begins. • If your companion can hear you whispering, other members of the audience, and the actors, can hear you also. • Please turn your cell phone, digital alarm watch or pager off, or set it to vibrate. THE CAST Separate Tables

BY TERENCE RATTIGAN

CAST Miss Cooper ...... DIANA ANGELINA* Sybil Railton-Bell ...... ROSLYN COHN* Jean Stratton...... MELISSA COLLINS* Mr. Fowler ...... JOHN WALLACE COMBS* Mr. Malcolm ...... ADRIAN NEIL Ann Shankland ...... SUSAN PRIVER Miss Meacham ...... MICHELE SCHULTZ Charles Stratton ...... CALEB SLAVENS* Doreen ...... SUZAN SOLOMON* Major Pollack ...... DAVID HUNT STAFFORD* Lady Mathison ...... MARIKO VAN KAMPEN Mrs. Railton-Bell ...... MONA LEE WYLDE* SETTING SEPARATE TABLES takes place at the Beauregard Hotel in Bournemouth England (ninty miles southwest of London) in 1958 ACT ONE: TABLE BY THE WINDOW: Scene One: The dining Room. Dinner Time Scene Two: The Lounge. After dinner Scene Three: The dining room. The following morning ACT TWO: TABLE NUMBER SEVEN; EIGHTEEN MONTHS LATER Scene one: The lounge. After tea Scene two: Dinner time Separate Tables will play with one ten minute intermission *Appearing courtesy of Actors Equity Association WHO’S WHO DIANA ANGELINA (Miss Cooper) is a Member of The Theatre Forty Company and serves on the Artistic Committee. Past performances at Theatre Forty include her Role as Theresa in Remembrance for which she won the 2014 LA WEEKLY LEADING FEMALE PERFORMANCE. Also seen at Theatre Forty in Double Door, Could I Have This Dance and The Vosey Inheritance. Diana has appeared in numerous productions on Los Angeles Stages. Some favorites are Stephen Metcalfe's The Tragedy of The Commons at The Ruskin Theatre Group. Mr. Williams and Miss Wood, Cages, The Stronger and Cherry Soda Water, all at The Chandler Studio Theatre, Happening In The City at The Matrix, Father's Day at GRT where she is a member of the Company. Diana also is a Member of The Ruskin Theatre Group. She has been seen in Commercials, Film and Tel- evision. Diana is thrilled to be working for the first time with renowned Director, Jules Aaron, and this talented Cast. Thank you to my Husband, Randy Lubas, for all his loving support.

ROSLYN COHN (Sybil Railton-Bell): Hello Theatre 40 audiences! Thrilled to tread your boards!! Recently Jules Aaron's Witness for the Prosecu- tion at Group Rep and Daniel Henning's The Tragedy of JFK as told by Wm Shakespeare at The Blank – 2016 Broadway World Nominee, Best Play. 2014 Broadway World Nominee Best Female Cabaret Artist (came in 2nd behind Chita Rivera) about my 23 eyars in the Cult of Scientology entitled DiffiCult to Leave. It can be seen in it's entirety on Youtube. Broadway: Tony Nominated St. Joan with Tony Randall's National Ac- tors Theatre and Three Men on a Horse. Appeared in Broadway World's Best Special Event 2013 for Towne Street Theatre's 10 Minute Play Festival. Lots of theatre, some films, TV and commercials – yup, that was me in the Tide Super Bowl spot. Essential Tremors is a short I wrote about my neurological disorder and winning Best Dramedy and Best Actress Awards in Festivals. Active in the Pro99 Movement. Viva Intimate Theatre! Www.RoslynCohn.com

MELISSA COLLINS (Jean Stratton): Melissa graduated from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts where she studied with The Atlantic Theatre Company. Some of her credits include Theatre 40's production of Kin (Anna), The Confession (Madeleine) with Atlantic New Works Productions, The Win- ter's Tale (Hermione) and David Mamet's Joseph Dintenfass (Claire). She has appeared in The Los Angeles Theatre Ensemble's A Midsum- mer Night's Dream (Titania), Group (Julia), and in Nation of Two, the second play in the series of the Ensemble's acclaimed War Cycle, in which she originated the role of Sophia. She would like to thank Theatre 40 for welcoming her back, her family for always encouraging her to reach for the stars. She would also like to thank Phil, Kathryn, Travis, and Wendy of Studio Talent Group, and you for supporting live theater in Los Angeles.

JOHN WALLACE COMBS (Mr. Fowler): John is from Washington DC and spent 20 years in New York City as an actor before coming to Los An- geles. He has been an actor for more than 40 years on both coasts and across the country, doing theater, television roles, commercials and and films. He has worked with several theater companies in southern Cali- fornia over the last 18 years such as The Antaeus Co., and Circle X and Theatre Forty where he has appeared in The Real Inspector Hound, Twelfth Night, The Constant Wife, Opening Night, Kin, Light Up the Sky, The Love List, Hellman V. McCarthy, A Shred of Evidence. John can frequently be seen in commercials, as well as TV shows such as Law and Order, Judging Amy, The District, L.A. Dragnet, Crossing Jordan, Weeds, True Nightmares, My Crazy Sex, Family Law, Ea- gleheart, The Guardian as well as many films. Favorite role: Joe Keller in All My Sons at Sierra Repertory Co. WHO’S WHO ADRIAN NEIL (Mr. Malcolm) is thrilled to be returning to Theatre 40 and has great memories of performing here a couple of years ago with Educating Rita. Adrian was born and educated in Manchester, England, taking his BA (with honors) at Leeds University and his Drama Diploma at Arts Educational Schools. His theatre appearances in England include: “The Reeve” in Can- terbury Tales at the Garrick Theatre, London’s West End; "Burton" in Burn This at the Theatre Royal, Plymouth; "Autolycus" in A Winter’s Tale at the Dukes Head Theatre, Richmond; "Hippolytus" in The Revengers Tragedy, Shared Experience Theatre Company; "King John" in Robin Hood at the Theatre Royal, Nottingham, "Mr. Spock" in the stage premiere of Star Trek at the Bromley theatre, and the title role in Henry V at the Blackhorse Theatre, Camden. Theatre credits in the US include: The title role in Alfie at the Met Theatre (LA Weekly Best Actor nominee), "Lloyd" in Noises Off at the Pasadena Playhouse, San Jose Rep and the Marines Memo- rial Theatre in San Francisco, "Guy Jones" in A Chorus of Disapproval at the Odyssey The- atre, and Mammals and Confusions at the Lost Studios. Film credits in the U. S. include: Ocean's 13, Stacy's M om, Bruce Almighty, Mysterious Museum, Exposed, Almost Salinas, and Straight Jacket. Television credits in the U. S. include: Dexter, Castle, 24 (recurring as Liddy), iCarly (Mr. Devlin, recurring), State of Grace (Nigel Grenville III, recurring), Provi- dence, King of Queens, Frasier, Entourage, Just Shoot Me, Dharma and Greg and Sabrina the Teenage Witch. Adrian also runs a theatre program for kids called Upstage (up- stageschools.com) in South Pasadena and the westside.

SUSAN PRIVER (Anne Shankland) is delighted to be making her Theatre 40 debut, in this wonderful Terrance Rattigan play, and honored to be working with director Jules Aaron, and this talented cast. She recently performed in Tennessee William’s Kingdom of Earth, at the Odyssey Theatre, with Charles McNulty noting: “Priver’s Myrtle delightfully magnifies the character’s mis- guided maternalism, balancing aching sincerity with seedy humor,” and “the performances make the experience richly entertaining.” Other theater credits around town, include: Molnar’s The Guardsman, and Diary of Anne Frank, both at NoHo Arts Theatre, Harold Pinter’s The Lover (LA Weekly Best One- Act), at the Hudson, and his A Slight Ache at The Elephant. At the Lillian Theatre: The Great Sebastians, Shaw’s Ceasar and Cleopatra, Idiot’s Delight, and Twentieth Century. Susan has also appeared on L.A. stages, in John Patrick Shanely’s Four Dogs and a Bone, & Sav- age In Limbo, Edward Albee’s American Dream, David Mamet’s two-character, Reunion (Drama Logue award, performance), Sam Shepard’s ’Fool for Love, William Inge’s People in the Wind, & Incident at the Stan dish Arms, Detective Story (Drama Logue Award, Best Revival, Best Ensemble), God of Vengence, and Bertolt Brecht’s The Resistible Rise of Ar- turo Ui, amongst others. TV and Film: Guest starred in HBO’s Lucky Louie, and Fox’s Space: Above and Beyond. Starred in the Screen Media distributed, Serving Up Richard AKA The Guest Room with Jude Ciccolella of 24 and Ross McCall of White Collar, and starred in t he Ariztical distributed, What’s Up Scarlet, (which she co-wrote with director An- thony Caldarella) with Sally Kirkland, Jere Burns and Musetta Vander. Other indies include, My Brother Jack, and Mafioso, as a mafia wife, and the shorts Good, and Miss Dixie High. She’s at work on her memoir, Dancer…Interrupted.

MICHELE SCHULTZ (Miss Meacham) is an actor and singer who got her MFA from the Mason Gross School of the Arts. While at Mason Gross, she played Tele in the world premiere of Neil Cuthbert’s Snapping People and Sonya in Anton Chekhov’s The Wood Demon. She is a member of the Group Rep at the Lonny Chapman Theatre, where she recently played Mrs. Mayhew in Agatha Christie’s Witness For the Prosecution. Other recent roles include Madge in The Dresser, Mrs. Baines in Major Barbara, and Hippolyta in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, as well as singing in Gilbert & Sullivan’s Trial by Jury at the Wallis. Michele lives in Los Angeles with her husband and a small menagerie. She is also a practicing entertainment attorney, with a degree from Yale WHO’S WHO Law School, and performs choral works with the Santa Monica Symphony and the Legal Voices of the L.A. Lawyers Philharmonic.

CALEB SLAVENS (Charles Stratton): "Oh, reading the bio’s are you? Look- ing for some info on the who’s-who, and what’s-what of this production? Well, this is Caleb’s bio. He’s proudly from the Pacific Northwest. A good old Oregon farm-boy who’s gone from entertaining herds of cows with anecdotes and limericks, to entertaining people with anecdotes and Shake- spearian verse. If you’ve seen numerous Theatre 40 shows over the last few years you may have seen him in The Manor (Greg), Double Door (The Detective), American Wee-Pie (Zed), and Flare Path (“Dusty” Miller). To see his full acting resume, as well as read some of his original poetry, please visit; CastCaleb.Com. Enjoy the show!!"

SUZAN SOLOMON (Doreen) started her career as an actress-singer in NYC. She appeared off Broadway in Let My People Come and as young Sophie Tucker in the National Tour, Bubbling Brown Sugar. Other credits include Pil- lars of New York, See What I Wanna See, The Full Monty, Fetish, Internet Dating (The Musical), Stiltz; Fiddler On The Roof, and House Of Blue Leaves. TV credits include Telepathetic (Pilot for Nickelodeon); Raising The Bar, Married With Children, Fast Lane, Pushing Daisies and Sex Sent Me To The ER. Film Credits include Saturday Night Fever, School Daze; Impact, Tarot and The Sac Fly.

DAVID HUNT STAFFORD (Major Pollack) is a graduate of Cal. Arts theatre school in Valencia, California. Currently he is the Artistic/Managing Director of Theatre 40 and has performed in over 67 plays here including Kin, The Circle, Black Coffee, The Little Foxes, The Norman Conquests, Japanese Death Poem, Quartermaine's Terms, Heartbreak House, A Lie of the Mind, Arms and the Man, Our Town, and Morning's At Seven. Other performance credits include The Browning Version, On Borrowed Time, Confusions, Or- phans of the Storm, Ed Simpson's The Battle of Shallowford, Prin, Transla- tions, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, The Misanthrope, Tanglin' Hearts and his one-man show The Lights of My Life. His television and film credits are numerous but include M*A*S*H, Lou Grant, The Jayne Mansfield Story, Possums, and Orson Welles' The Other Side of the Wind among others.

MARIKO VAN KAMPEN (Lady Mathison): Mariko has has performed her acting career in two acts. Act I included earning her B.A. an d M.A. in Theatre from the University of British Columbia and appearing in productions across Canada, in her home town of Honolulu and in Los Angeles. Roles have included Juliet in Romeo and Juliet in rep with Maria in Westside Story as Artist in Residence at the University of Saskatchewan, Candida, Celimene, Mistress Page, Abigail, Kate in Kiss Me, Kate to name a few. Mariko can be seen in the first seasons of Magnum P.I and Hawaiian Heat as well as the final seasons of the original Hawaii 5-0 and Airwolf. A classically trained singer, Mariko sang several opera roles specializing in educational programs for school children, and she spent one exotic summer touring Japan as a Polynesian entertainer.During the long intermission between acts Mariko tackled motherhood, performed frequent en- gagements as church soloist and took on a new career as a motion picture marketing ex- ecutive working for MGM, Paramount and several advertising agencies. To date Mariko’s Act II includes independent films Pocket Listing, Into Dangerous Territory, Brennan, The Tour: Mother Mayhew, Ouija: Summoning and The Bet. Mariko was awarded the Best Ac- tress Award in 2013 at the Iowa International Film Festival for her work in short feature Sin- cerely. Recent television appearances include New Girl, The Bold and the Beautiful, Unusual Suspects and On the Move, as well as several national and regional commercials. WHO’S WHO A member of Theatre 40, Mariko is delighted to be back on the Reuben Cordova Stage where she last appeared as Carol Reynolds in The Last Romance. Last summer she originated the character of Coco in the premiere production of Eviction Notice presented by the Defiance Theatre Company.

MONA LEE WYLDE (Mrs. Railton-Bell): Last year at this time, on this very stage, I was two different characters in the play Separate Beds, playing Mary Todd Lincoln, came next, in Lizzie at The Ensemble Studio Theatre, then Marulla, an old crone, in Devil's Salt at The Odyssey Theatre. Before start- ing rehearsals for this play, I was "older" Sophie, in a movie that morphs from younger to older Sophie, entitled Fine Lines. (Out this August) It's been a wonderful year. This is an amazing cast, crew, and director! Thank you for coming."

JULES AARON (Director): Jules' last productions for Theatre 40 were the crit- ically acclaimed The Consul, the Tramp and America's Seatheart and A Shred of Evidence (with a great performance by David Hunt Stafford). Ear- lier in the year he directed a sold out run of the west coast premier of That Lovin’ Feeling which broke every record at the Lonny Chapman Theatre (GRT) in Burbank. Jules previously directed Undercurrents and the acclaimed productions of The Circle, Kin, The Gamester and Blonde Poison (with the amazing Salome Jens) and Patterns for Theatre 40. Other the- atres: Artistic Director at Grove Shakespeare Festival; director at Public Theatre (New York Shakespeare Festival), South Coast Repertory, Actors Theatre of Louisville (Humana Festival) Pasadena Playhouse, Utah Sha kespeare Festival, ICT, Tom McCoy/Cathy Rigby Productions, Laguna Playhouse, Philadelphia Theatre Com- pany, TheatreWorks, Colony Theatre, Walden Media Productions. Other credits: directing Julianne Moore, Bug; Don Cheadle, Strider; Bruce Davison, To Kill a Mockingbird; Mercedes Ruehl, Bang Bang Blues; Alan Mandel, The Tempest; Joan Van Ark and David Birney, MacBeth; Ralph Waite The Gin Game; Michael L earned, Southern Comforts at ICT and Garry Marshal's Falcon Theatre. Directing Awards: L.A. Drama Critics Circle, Garland, Drama-Logue, Backstage West, Bay Area Drama Critics, Denver Critics Awards, Granada Chair (UC Davis), Santa Barbara Crit- ics Circle and 4 Stagescene LA awards (2011-2012) for directing Southern Comforts, Pri- vate Lives, Hunger: In bed with Roy Cohn and The Paris Letter (Critics Choice L.A. Times and Backstage West). Publications: TDR, Yale Theatre, Theatre Journal Teaching: Head, MFA Directing Program California Institute of the Arts; Head, M.A. program, University of California, Riverside Education: Ph.D. New York University Professional Affiliations / Projects: Member of SDC. He has also worked with Joan Beber on her plays with music and dance (Kay Cole choreographer), Hunger: In Bed With Roy Cohn and Ethel Sings. Jules directed a benefit concert at the Geffen Theatre for the second year, The Songs of Our Lives, for the Fulfillment Fund. He directed Joan Beber’s Ethel Sings at Soho Rep the summer of 2013 to rave reviews. Last year he directed the well reviewed The Ghost of Gershwin and Tiger by the Tail at GRT. He directed a successful staged reading of the new musical Rosen Street at the Jerry Orbach Theatre in New York. Jules is currently writing and directing a new Broadway musical headed for Broadway in 2017, I Will, I Can! about the life of Sammy Davis Jr.. It is being workshopped with such actors as Leslie Odum (Tony Award winner for Hamilton) and TV star Wayne Brady. Jules' production of Witness for the Prosecution at GRT was an enormous hit held over for several weeks. To Dale with love and gratitude. WHO’S WHO TERENCE RATTIGAN (Playwright) was born in South Kensington, close to the Finborough The- atre, in 1911. His many plays include French Without Tears, After The Dance, Flare Path, While The Sun Shines, The Winslow Boy, The Browning Version, Harlequinade, The Deep Blue Sea, The Sleeping Prince, Separate Tables, Variation On A Theme, Ross, Man And Boy, A Bequest To The Nation, In Praise Of Love and Cause Célèbre. He also wrote screen- plays for such classic films as The Way To The Stars, Journey Together, While the Sun Shines, The Winslow Boy, The Browning Version, The Prince And The Showgirl (referenced in the recent film My Weekend with Marilyn), Separate Tables, The Sound Barrier, The Deep Blue Sea, The VIPs, The Yellow Rolls Royce. Rattigan was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 1971, only the s econd playwright to be knighted since World War II (Noel Coward being the first) and was diagnosed with Leukemia in the same year. He died at his home in Bermuda in 1977. At the time of his death, two of his plays, Cause Célèbre and Separate Tables were playing successfully in the West End. Rattigan’s works were revived fairly frequently in the latter part of the 20th century but have recently experienced a major resur- gence, thanks in part to the celebration of the Rattigan Centenary in 2011. All of Rattigan’s twenty-four plays, even the most obscure ones, were performed across the English-speak- ing world, where they were recognized as “neglected classics.”

DON SOLOSAN (Stage Manager): The stage manager is the man in the dark little booth to the left of the stage. He pushes the buttons that make the sound and lights work. Like the “man behind the curtain” in The Wizard of Oz, when the theatrical magic is working, you won’t know he exists. As you might imagine, it’s a lonely existence. In his free time, Don is involved in the movement to preserve, protect, restore and sustain Los Angeles’ historic movie palaces. He has served on the board of the Los Angeles Historic Theatre Foundation, and his photos and videos are used to promote the cause online and in newspapers and mag- azines, most recently in the current Los Angeles-themed issue of Marquee magazine. JEFF G. RACK (Set Designer): Jeff is the resident designer for Theatre 40. Some of his many designs here include: Patterns, Flare Path, Light Up the Sky, KIN, Opening Night, Remembrance, 7 Stories, Voysey Inheritance, The Bat, Modern Orthodox, LUV, Constant Wife, and Black Coffee. He has won or been nominated for multiple Ovation Awards. Jeff is also a writer, director and the Producing-Artistic Director of Unbound Productions, which produces the popular, immersive Wicked Lit Halloween shows in October. Look for their Sherlock Holmes Mystery Lit show in June at the Arboretum. Shows Jeff has directed here at T-40 are: Dr. J ekyll & Mr. Hyde, The Mystery Plays, and PEN. He will be directing a production of The Birds at the Santa Paula Theatre Center end of June. Jeff is also involved in Production Design, Sculpting and EFX work for the film industry, having worked on Planet of the Apes, Armageddon, Flubber, Con-Air, and Universal Studios’ Back to the Future ride. Jeff would like to thank Amanda Sauter, Ernest McDaniel an d Kurtis Bedford for their contributions to this set. Also his wife Christine and David Stafford for their support, and ac- knowledge his parents who continues to be an inspiration to him. MICHÈLE YOUNG (Costume Designer): This is Michele’s seventh season as Theatre 40’s resident costume designer. Productions include Perfect Timing, Double Door, 7 Stories, Blonde Poison, Night Watch, Kin, God Only Knows, Remembrance and Luv. Other LA productions include: The Road Theatre White Guy on The Bus, The Play About The Baby, John Is A Fa- ther and Birder (in association with CTG), Broken Fences, The Mongoose, Homefree, The Other Place, Rogue Machine - Luka’s Room, Where The Great Ones Run, Bootleg Theatre - Day Trader, Theatre Banshee - Lay Me Down Softly, By The Bog of Cats, Brendan, WCJT - The Whipping Man, The Immigrant, Ahmanson Theatre - Matthew Bourne’s Sleeping Beauty, LA Opera, most recently La Boheme, The Ghosts of Versailles, Pantages - Annie, White Christmas plus many musicals including Ragtime, Hairspray, Parade and more! In New York, premier of Ethel Sings (Walkerspace Theatre). Recognized, for the fifth consec- utive year, as ‘Costumer Designer of The Year’ by StageSceneLA (2011 throug h 2016) and for Outstanding Costumer Design in 2010-11 for Theatre 40’s Luv and Spider’s Web. On film, costume design - Linkin, for The Toscars VI 2013 festival, and the award winning Pep- per. Michèle began her career as a film production manager in London, her hometown. She WHO’S WHO is also a photographer, graphic designer, art teacher and long-time advocate for the arts in education! J. KENT INASY (Lighting Designer) is a multi-award winner for his work in LA theater. He has designed shows all across the country and Canada from the Pasadena Playhouse to Fords Theater in DC. Recently, he designed sets and lights for A Dull Ache Turned Sharp at the Group Rep in NoHo. J.Kent is also an accomplished Director of Photography with many television shows to his credit. A special shout out to BB....And to you Jules. PAOLO GRECO (Sound Designer): Paolo holds a BA in Music from The Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts, and an MA in Music & Media Technology from Trinity College Dublin. While in Dublin, he worked for October Eleven Pictures in their preternatural documentary The Twilight Hour: Visions of Haunted Ireland, narrated by British actor John Hurt for Discovery Channel. His music progressively acquires a notably narrative and atmospheric demeanor. He is hired by Die Badische Landesbühne Theater in Germany to write music for their stage productions. Since 2007, he has scored ten shows ranging from the American icon A Street- car Named Desire by Tennessee Williams to the German classics Michael Kohlhaas by Heinrich Von Kleist and Mary Stuart by Friederich Schiller. Other more experimental productions were invited and/or awarded at international theater festivals in Berlin, Stuttgart, Trento and Tallinn. JUDI LEWIN (Makeup/Wigs/Hair Designer) moved to Los Angeles 27 yrs. ago with her family from Toronto, Canada where she worked extensively in Theatre and for The Canadian Opera Company. Since moving to Los Angeles she has incorporated television and film into her repertoire in and around the Los Angeles area where she now works in all aspects of the Industry Designing Makeup/Hair and Wigs. Some of the other Theatre Companies in the L.A. area Judi has Designed for include Pasadena Playhouse, The Rubicon Theatre Company in Ventura, The Fremont Center Theatre in Pasadena, Interact Theatre Company in North Hollywood, The Blank Theatre Company In Hollywood, The Fountain Theatre in Hollywood, McCoy Rigby Entertainment in La Mirada and the Sacramento Music Circus in Sacra- mento. Along with some National Tours, including the most recent in which she was Hair/Wig Designer for I Love Lucy:Live on Stage. Other productions Judi has Designed for Theatre 40 are Light Up The Sky, The Circle, Luv, Blonde Poison, Patterns, Double Door, Two Sisters, Shred of Evidence, Separate Beds, Breath of Spring and, most recently, The Consul, The Tramp and America’s Sweetheart. Judi is pleased to be working on Separate Tables and wishes all connected with this production a successful run. RICHARD CARNER (Assistant Stage Manager) has been with Theatre 40 for 3 years where he has been working backstage and a bit on stage for Educating Rita, The Love List, The Gamester, Affluence, Flare Path, Hellman VS McCarthy, Accomplice, Sisyphus, Patterns, Double Door, Life... Death... And Entertainment, Perfect Timing, Dearest Friend, Two Sis- ters, A Shred of Evidence, Separate Beds, A Breath of Spring, Moral Imperative, The Con- sul, The Tramp, and America's Sweetheart, The Manor, and April , May, and June. Before his work at Theatre 40, he worked with the West Coast Jewish Theater on a production of The Whipping Man. He began his theatre career at the L.A. Connection Comedy. He would like to thank his parents, grandparents (Connie & Leslie Martinson), and friends, who have always supported him in his endeavors. JORDAN HOXSIE (Assistant Director): previously worked as Production Stage Manager for Agatha Christie's Witness for the Prosecution (Group Rep Theatre), Sound Board Operator for Moonchildren (NoHo Arts Center), and Light Board Operator for The Shoplifters (Victory Theatre Center). Jordan is the founder of Varsity Goth Press, the Social Media Editor for the literary magazine Reality Beach, and the author of several poetry books.

SPECIAL APPRECIATION

All of us at Theatre 40 want to extend a huge thanks to the great MARILYN ZIERING for her generous support of Theatre 40.

Special Thanks to LYA CORDOVA LATTA for her many contributions and enormous support

We would like to extend our heartfelt thanks to RUTH FLINKMAN-MARANDY & BEN MARANDY for their very generous contributions to Theatre 40.

SPECIAL THANKS TO DR. MANNY & SALLY KARBELNIG FOR THEIR VERY GENEROUS CONTRIBUTIONS

SPECIAL THANKS TO JANET SALTER FOR HER MANY CONTRIBUTIONS

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Becker Lissa Marcus Jill Bender Edward Saltzberg & Associates Cynthia Berchan Gloria Stroock Stern Roger Berg Steve & Bonnie Webb Marianne Berman ATRONS Mr. & Mrs. Paul Bernstein P Richard & Leah Bernstein ($550 - $850) Jay Bevan Elizabeth Armour & Jonathan Lewis Carole Black Marlene Dietrich Sid & Jacqueline Bogin Stanley & Mitzie Eisenberg Celina Bojarski THEATRE FORTY PATRONS FRIENDS (CONT.) Marsha Gould Darian Bojeaux Roxanne & Aaron Gould Sandra Borak In memory of Kori Beth Kaye toward Saundra Borie seat nameplate Lili & John Bosse Dorothy C. Gourrich Dr. Richard J. Bower Elliot Goldberg & Fernanda Gray Suzanne Branchflower Dennis & Dee Dee Graves Mona F. Brandler Trudi & Victor Green Fred & Judith Brendemihl Ida Grobman Stan & Sherry Brent Richard & Elaine Gross Judy & Alan Bunnage Jeanine Gross Merritt & Dorothy Buxbaum Adrian & Maryann Gruia Pauline L. Carroll Isabel Hacker Carolyn Cherness Howard & Barbara Hackett Rita Chotiner Carole & Lev Hakak William S. Cohen Arlene Harris Dvorah Colker Harold & Lois Haytin Foundation Jan Comsky Herbert & Esther Hecht Adele Cooper M. Henshaw Nelson Costello in memory of Kori Beth Kaye Walter & Molly Coulson Marion Hillman Earle Crandall Cynthia Hirschowitz Irwin H. Jr. & Carrol J. Cutler Paul C. & Sue C. Hoffman Dr.s Alan D & Melinda P. Dauer Richard & Barbara Hoffman Shirley & Norman Davidson Susan Howard Elaine & Warren Deutsch Patricia Ann Huberman Helen N. Devor Gail F. & Jim Hunt Dr.s Alan D. & Melinda P. Dauer Andy & Helen Hyman Dinah Day Getta & Daniel Ilves Nancy Dubois Joy T. Iwomoto Adrienne Enzer Jeanne Jacoves Gladys Fellman James Jahant Barbara Ferges Alice Kahn Stephen J. Fischer Claudia & Gerald Katz Shirley F. Fishbach Joshua Kheel Jeanne Fisher Leslie & Patricia Klein Lola Fisher Renny & Herald Klein Judith J. Flax Sandra Klein & Donald A. McCallum Robert J. & Linda G. Fleischman Vincent Klein Ruth Elaine Flinkman Loren & Sandy Kleinrock Lois & Jay Foonberg Brita Kohlfuerst-Millard Lenore Furman Nili Kosmal James Freed Dr. Robert & Myrna Kraus Sharon Freed Charles & Jan Kristenson Ray & Lorraine Friedman Robert & Susan Kwan Dr. & Mrs. E. Peter Gabor Jack Kriegsman Carol Gagne Howard & Mimi Landres Jean & Arnie Geffner Claire & Ellis Landsbaum Bernd & Ann Givon Pat Lebel Charles O. & Linda A. Glenn Annette Levey Abner D. & Roslyn Goldstine Rhoda F. Levine Survivors Trust Janice Gootkin Rhoda F. Levine THEATRE FORTY PATRONS FRIENDS (CONT.) Ann Saltzman Myron Le Vine John & Gayle A. Samore Elizabeth R. Lesan Gloria Schimmel Annette Levey Lydia Schneider Jim & Linda Levitt Joanne R. & Gunther H. Schiff Nan Lewis Elizabeth J. Schwartz Wendy S. & Ivan I. Light Claire Schweitzer Bernice Lurie Joan & Zachary Seff Lea Loewinger Dale & Lily Seltzer Morris & Cecilia Magid Martin R. & Klara Shandling Fred Manaster Linda Shapiro Sol Marco Rhoda Sharp Sharon Marcus Beverly & Robert Shpall Lynette Joan Marcy Merle Siegel Peggy E. & Varda M. Marlow Steve Silon Ruth Matthias & Ted Benjamin Joel B. Smason Carole McCall Jamshid & Jacqueline Soomekh Bob McCoard Kenneth M. & Susan W. Solovy Marcia McMartin David Soroko Mary Jane McMaster Ann Spicer David & P. Minou Michlin Susanne Spira Martin & Sandra Milden Howard Storm Sharon Monroe Peter K. & Rhonda Studner Patricia Mueller Martin & Ethel Taft Hannia K. Nadel Linda Thieben Nathan Nahmias Vicki Thorland Andy & Roslyn Natker Joseph N. Tilem Dr. Barbara Newton Dorothy Victor Allan S. Rivka V. Night Marvin & Dina Waldman Ruth Nourafchan Arlene Walt Elaine & Sherwin Olken Betty Weiner Jay O’meilia Barbara L. Weinstock Julie Peccorini Dr. Stephen Weisberg & Caryl Sherman Jerrold J. Parrish & John Trumpler Marvin & Dina Waldman Julie Peccorini Arlene Walt Evelyn R. Perl Lambert West Shirley L. Pollack Betty Weiner Nancy Porter Barbara L. Weinstock Anthony & Jeanne Pritzker Iain & Carrie Whyte on behalf of Judy & Bruce Schroffel Janie Williams David & Judith Rand David & Seidel Winer Jerome B. & Carol R. Redston Penlope Windust Lee Reed Dr. David H. & Sydell Winer Jose & Lillie Reines Janie Williams Ed & Linda Rice Elizabeth Winters Jane Luna Rieger Sandra E. & Alan G. Rogier LIFETIME PATRONS Esther Rose Elizabeth Frankfather David Rosenfeld Ming Cho Lee Beth Rothschild Janet Rowe Vic & Rica Sabah NEXT AT THEATRE 40 It’sIt’s thatthat timetime again!again! TimeTime toto subscribesubscribe oror renewrenew youryour subscriptionsubscription toto TheatreTheatre 40’s40’s 52nd52nd seasonseason ofof 66 terrificterrific plays!plays!

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