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The Paula Marie Black Endowment for Women’s Voices in the Art of Theatre DECEMBER 4 - 30 LA JOLLA PLAYHOUSE PRESENTS A MESSAGE FROM THE

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Christopher Ashley Debby Buchholz Artistic Director Managing Director Robert Frost once wrote, “Home is the place where, when you have to go there, they have to take you in.” I’ve always been struck by the ambivalence with which MISSION STATEMENT: this line describes our relationship to MISSION STATEMENT: our families. I’m certain that anyone who LaLa Jolla Jolla Playhouse Playhouse advances advances theatre as recently reunited with their relatives – perhaps this past Thanksgiving – was both warmed by the love and memories shared over these antheatre art form as andan art as forma vital and social, as a moral meals, and exhausted by the inevitable political differences that arise. and political platform by providing vital social, moral and political unfettered creative opportunities platform by providing unfettered Families, like countries, are a single unit, but they’re also made up of for the leading artists of today and creative opportunities for the wildly-divergent people and points of view. And like America in 2018, tomorrow. With our youthful spirit and leading artists of today and the family at the center of Lindsey Ferrentino’s The Year to Come BY eclectic, artist-driven approach, we is comprised of a diverse cross-section of religions, ethnicities and tomorrow. With our youthful LINDSEY FERRENTINO will continue to cultivate a local and beliefs, as bound together by blood as they are capable of spilling nationalspirit and following eclectic, with artist-driven an insatiable it. As they gather together in their Florida backyard, they repeat the appetiteapproach, for weaudacious will continue and diverse to traditions and the stories that comfort them and remind them who DIRECTED BY work.cultivate In the a localfuture, and San national Diego’s La they are – even as the play begins to show us otherwise. Jollafollowing Playhouse with willan insatiablebe considered ANNE KAUFFMAN singularly indispensable to the The story unfolds over a series of New Year’s Eves, a day on which appetite for audacious and worldwide theatre landscape, as we we typically look forward. But Lindsey’s play asks us to look back diverse work. In the future, become a permanent safe harbor for and interrogate how we got here. In the rich tradition of shows like FEATURING theSan unsafe Diego’s and La surprising. Jolla Playhouse The day will Betrayal and Merrily We Roll Along, the show unfolds in reverse ‡ chronological order. It’s a riveting choice that puts the audience in ADAM CHANLER-BERAT*, MARCIA DeBONIS*, JENNA DIOGUARDI*, HANNAH FINN , JANE KACZMAREK*, comewill be when considered it will be singularly essential to enter the role of detectives, noting the changes from year to year and theindispensable La Jolla Playhouse to the villageworldwide in order POMME KOCH*, JONATHAN NICHOLS*, RAY ANTHONY THOMAS*, PETER VAN WAGNER* discovering what happened in the past that created the present. to get a glimpse of what is about to theatre landscape, as we become happena permanent in American safe harbor theatre. for the With The Year to Come, Lindsey introduces us to a unique family that unsafe and surprising. The day will nevertheless be instantly recognizable to any of us. She draws all SCENIC DESIGNER CHRISTOPHER ACEBO will come when it will be essential of her characters, complicated though they may be, with an assured COSTUME DESIGNER DEDE AYITE hand, an observant eye and genuine affection, creating a very to enter the La Jolla Playhouse funny and deeply moving story that reflects both the cowardly and LIGHTING DESIGNER LAP CHI CHU village in order to get a glimpse courageous ways our society behaves. SOUND DESIGNER BRANDON WOLCOTT of what is about to happen in VIDEO DESIGN ANNA ROBINSON American theatre. I’m delighted to welcome back Anne Kauffman as director, following her production of Hundred Days earlier this year. As a graduate of WIG, HAIR & MAKEUP DESIGN J. JARED JANAS UC San Diego’s MFA Directing program twenty years ago, it’s a fitting FIGHT CONSULTANT JAMES NEWCOMB La Jolla Playhouse has received the highest rating from return home to direct a play about returning home. Charity Navigator, the nation’s premier charity evaluator. DRAMATURG GABRIEL GREENE CASTING TELSEY + COMPANY; KARYN CASL, CSA CHRISTOPHER PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER CYNTHIA CAHILL* ASHLEY ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER MANDISA REED* ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER ASHLEY R. MARTIN* PRODUCTION MANAGER BENJAMIN SEIBERT THE COMPANY THE CAST

ADAM CHANLER-BERAT, Jim JANE KACZMAREK, Estelle La Jolla Playhouse: Debut. Broadway: The Dauphin in Saint is best known for playing Lois for seven award-winning (in order of appearance) Joan, Nino in Amelie, Peter in Peter and the Starcatcher, seasons of Malcolm in the Middle. Her television career Henry in Next to Normal. Off-Broadway: Dylan in Fortress of began with The Paper Chase and Hill Street Blues after Solitude (Public Theater/NYSAF; Lortel Award nomination, graduating from the University of Wisconsin and Yale Pam...... Marcia DeBonis * Best Actor); Harold in Fly by Night (Playwrights Horizons); School of Drama. In New York she has appeared both Mark in Rent (New World Stages); Benji in My Favorite Year (York); on and off-Broadway, and at the Williamstown Theatre Festival in Frank...... Jonathan Nichols * Next to Normal (Second Stage); Peter and the Starcatcher (NYTW). Jen Silverman’s The Roommate and with Alfred Molina in No More Regional: George in Sunday in the Park with George (Huntington Shall We Part, directed by Anne Kauffman. L.A. credits include Estelle...... Jane Kaczmarek * Theatre); Fortress of Solitude (DTC); Next to Normal (Arena Stage); Kinderstransport (Ovation Award), Raised in Captivity (LA Drama * Amelie (Berkeley Rep). Web Series: It Could Be Worse. TV: Law & Critics Award), Good People (Ovation nom), The Stage Manager in Jim...... Adam Chanler-Berat Order, Elementary, Veep, The Good Wife, Doubt. Film: Delivery Man. Our Town with Deaf West Theatre at the Pasadena Playhouse, and Sinan...... Pomme Koch * with Alfred Molina in Long Day’s Journey into Night at the Geffen. MARCIA DeBONIS, Pam The production was filmed and available for viewing on Broadway Joe...... Ray Anthony Thomas * La Jolla Playhouse: Debut. NYC Theater: Tracy Letts’ HD. Ms. Kaczmarek’s foundation Clothes Off Our Back raised over Mary Page Marlowe, Small Mouth Sounds (Drama League four million dollars for children’s charities by auctioning celebrity Pop-Pop...... Peter Van Wagner * Award nomination) and work at Ars Nova, Playwrights apparel. She serves on the boards of The Pasadena Conservatory Horizons, NYSAF. Regionally: The Old Globe, Huntington of Music, The Pasadena Educational Foundation and The Pasadena Performer...... Jenna Dioguardi * Theatre, Long Wharf Theatre, Berkshire Theatre Company Playhouse. She has three children and lives in Pasadena, California. and others. Film: Sully, That’s What She Said (2012 Sundance Festival), Woody Allen’s Whatever Works, Bride Wars, 13 Going on 30 and POMME KOCH, Sinan Understudy...... Hannah Finn ‡ L.I.E., among others. TV: recurring roles on Orange Is the New Black, La Jolla Playhouse: Debut. Broadway: The Band's Homeland, Lipstick Jungle, as well as guest roles on High Maintenance, Visit. Off-Broadway: The Public Theater, Lincoln Center Sneaky Pete, Divorce, The Big C, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Mercy, Law & Educational. Regional: A.C.T., O’Neill Theater Center, Order and many more. B.A., UCLA. Theatre Calgary, Marin Theatre Company, Theater Setting: J, Shakespeare Theatre Company, Folger Theater, JENNA DIOGUARDI, Performer Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Round House Theatre, Studio A screened-in patio in Florida. La Jolla Playhouse: Debut. Theatre: The Wolves (Lincoln Theatre, San Francisco Playhouse. TV: Blue Bloods, House of Cards. A backyard on Long Island, New York. Center Theater, The Playwrights Realm, NYSAF, Clubbed Education: B.F.A., University of Michigan. www.pommekoch.com Thumb/PHTS), Political Subversities (The PIT), Jen A series of consecutive New Year’s Eves. Silverman’s That Poor Girl and How He Killed Her (NYU), JONATHAN NICHOLS, Frank Game Night (Ars Nova). TV: Billy on the Street. Storytelling: La Jolla Playhouse: Debut. Off-Broadway: Measure for Caveat NYC, KGB Bar, The Duplex. Adapted from one of her short Measure (Lincoln Center). National Tour: Five by Ten, Much The Year to Come will be performed with a 15-minute intermission. stories, Ms. Dioguardi’s debut film, Superheroes At Your Door, premiered Ado About Nothing, Kabuki Macbeth (The Acting Company). this fall. Obie & Drama Desk Awards (The Wolves). Education: B.F.A., Regional: El Huracán (Yale Rep); Elemeno Pea and Anna NYU. www.jennadioguardi.com in the Tropics (South Coast Rep); Beauty of the Father (Seattle Repertory Theatre); Julius Caesar (Hartford Stage); As You Like It, HANNAH FINN, Understudy Necessities, Hamlet, La Fiaca (The Old Globe). TV: Grey’s Anatomy, Major ADDITIONAL STAFF/ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS is a third-year M.F.A. Acting candidate from San Francisco. Crimes, Without a Trace, CSI, The West Wing, Friends, Judging Amy, La Jolla Playhouse: Debut. UC San Diego credits: Mother NYPD Blue. Training: Juilliard School, RADA. Dedicated to my brother, Courage, 53 Percent Of, Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again., The Armando, whom I have always loved and looked up to. Pa’ti, mi hermano. Assistant Director...... Olivia Espinosa Green Cockatoo, Baby Teeth, Taming of the Shrew(d), The Assistant Costume Designer...... Desiree Hatfield-Buckley Last Laugh. Select NYC credits: My Daughter Keeps Our RAY ANTHONY THOMAS, Joe Hammer, Sarah Flood in Salem Mass, Jack the Bird, The Honest Whore. La Jolla Playhouse: Glengarry Glen Ross. Broadway: Stage Management Intern...... Valeria Garcia Select regional credits: It’s A Wonderful Life, As You Like It, An American Jitney (Tony Award, Best Revival; NY Critics Award, Best PA/Script Assistant...... Katie Grant Macbeth. Ms. Finn is a former company member of THE BATS and holds Ensemble); The Crucible (Ivo van Hove, director); Race a B.A. in Theater from Oberlin College. (David Mamet, director). Off-Broadway: Between Riverside and Crazy (Atlantic Theater Company; Pulitzer Prize for Special Thanks to Don Marallo at Vinyl Pool Works Inc. and Dr. Alexander A. Khalessi, MD, MS Drama); Volunteer Man (Obie Award for Performance). Regional: The Royale (The Old Globe); Water by the Spoonful (Hartford Stage; Pulitzer Prize for Drama). Film/TV: Trouble with the Curve, Shutter Island, Law & Order, High Maintenance, Blue Bloods.

PETER VAN WAGNER, Pop-Pop Members of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and The scenic, costume, lighting and sound designers in LORT theaters are La Jolla Playhouse: Debut. International: West Side Story * Stage Managers in the United States. The theatre operates under an agreement represented by United Scenic Artists, Local USA-829 of the IATSE. (La Scala), Phantom (German Tour). Broadway: A Thousand between the League of Resident Theatres and Actors’ Equity Association. Clowns (Roundabout). Off-Broadway: Othello (Free La Jolla Playhouse is a member of the League of Resident Theatres (LORT) and The Director is a member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, a constituent of Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the national service Shakespeare in the Park), The Chimes (Public Theater), So a national theatrical labor union. organization for the nonprofit professional theatre. Help Me God! (Lucille Lortel), Letters from Cuba (Signature), The Notebook (Second Stage). Regional: Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom This theatre operates under an agreement between La Jolla Playhouse ‡ UC San Diego M.F.A. Candidates in residence at La Jolla Playhouse. (Two River NJ), Curve of Departure (Studio DC), After the Revolution and the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees Local 122. (Baltimore Center Stage), The Cherry Orchard (Yale Repertory), Merry Wives of Windsor (Chicago Shakespeare). Film: The Post, Annie, Tower Heist, Arthur. TV: Boardwalk Empire, The Good Wife, Law & Order, Rescue Me. SAG Award: Ensemble - Boardwalk Empire. THE COMPANY THE COMPANY

LINDSEY FERRENTINO, Playwright LAP CHI CHU, Lighting Designer GABRIEL GREENE, Dramaturg CYNTHIA CAHILL, Stage Manager is a New York-based playwright originally from Florida, where many La Jolla Playhouse: Queens, At the Old Place, Blueprints to Freedom, joined La Jolla Playhouse’s artistic staff in 2007 and currently serves La Jolla Playhouse: Debut. Broadway: Songs for a New World, Don’t of her plays are set. Her critically-acclaimed Ugly Lies the Bone was a The Orphan of Zhao, Ruined. Recent works include world premieres of as their Director of Artistic Development. In addition to curating the Bother Me I Can’t Cope (Encores! Off Center); Junk (Lincoln Center); New York Times Critic's Pick and played a sold-out, extended run at Lynn Nottage’s Mlima’s Tale, Sarah DeLappe’s The Wolves (Playwrights annual DNA New Work Series, he has dramaturged over two dozen Passing Strange (The Belasco). Off-Broadway: Second Stage, The Roundabout Theatre before being produced at The National Theatre in Realm), Rajiv Joseph’s Archduke (Mark Taper Forum) and Suzan-Lori new plays and musicals for the Playhouse, including The Squirrels, Public Theater, The Vineyard, The Atlantic Theater, The Culture Project, London in the 900-seat Lyttleton Theatre. In the 2017/2018 season, her Parks' Father Comes Home From the Wars (Public Theater). Other Wild Goose Dreams, The Last Tiger in Haiti and others without Playwrights Horizons, Theatre for a New Audience. National Tours: play Amy and the Orphans premiered at Roundabout Theatre Company lighting designs: New York Theatre Workshop, Signature Theatre, animals in the title. Goosebumps Alive, his immersive adaptation King Lear (London’s Globe Theatre); Tristan & Yseult (Kneehigh Theatre and was called “barrier breaking” by The New York Times and This Flat Geffen Playhouse, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Berkeley Repertory of R.L. Stine’s best-selling novels (co-written and directed by Tom Company). Regional: 18+ seasons at Berkeley Repertory Theatre: Earth premiered at Playwrights Horizons. Other plays include Kokomo, Theatre, Goodman Theatre, The Shakespeare Theater. Awards: 2018 Salamon) premiered in 2016 at The Vaults (London). With Alex Levy, plays include Anna Deavere Smith’s Notes from the Field, Doing Magic Man, Moonlight on the Bayou and Paradise Bar and Grill. Ms. Obie for Sustained Excellence in Lighting Design, Los Angeles Drama he co-wrote Safe at Home, which was developed as part of the Time in Education and Let Me Down Easy; The Wild Bride and Tristan Ferrentino is the recipient of the 2018 NYU Distinguished Young Critics Circle Angstrom Award for Career Achievement in Lighting 2016 DNA Series and received its world premiere at Mixed Blood & Yseult (dir. Emma Rice), among many others; Arena Stage, Yale Alumnae Award, the 2016 Kesselring Prize, Laurents/Hatcher Citation Design, Ovation Award, multiple Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle Awards. Theatre in 2017 (Ivey Award). B.A.: University of Michigan. M.Phil: Repertory Theatre, Guthrie Theater, McCarter Theatre, Hartford Stage, of Excellence, ASCAP Cole Porter Playwriting Prize, Paul Newman Education: Lighting design faculty at California Institute of the Arts. Trinity College, Dublin. B.F.F.: Mia Fiorella. gabrielgreene.com. The Folger Theatre, ACT, Kansas City Repertory Theatre, The Broad Drama Award, 2015 Kilroys List, finalist for the Susan Smith Blackburn, Stage, Lookingglass Theatre Company. International: Kneehigh Theatre nominee for the Outer Critics Circle John Gassner Award, and the only BRANDON WOLCOTT, Sound Designer TELSEY + COMPANY, Casting Company: Stage Manager (replacement), Tristan & Yseult (dir. Emma two-time finalist for the Kendeda Playwriting Prize. She is currently under La Jolla Playhouse: Debut. Credits: Dance Nation, The Profane Broadway/Tours: Pretty Woman; Straight White Men; My Fair Lady; Rice); Production Manager: European Tour of Hello Hi There. commission from Roundabout, Manhattan Theatre Club, The Geffen (Playwrights Horizons); Home, Good Swimmer (BAM Next Wave); The Carousel; Mean Girls; Frozen; SpongeBob SquarePants; Once on This and South Coast Rep. She holds a B.F.A. from New York University's Fever, The Record (600 Highwaymen, Under the Radar); Counting Island; Hello, Dolly!; Come From Away; Waitress; Hamilton; Kinky Boots; MANDISA REED, Assistant Stage Manager Tisch School of the Arts, and has two M.F.A.s in playwriting from Hunter Sheep (3LD); Signature Plays, Everybody, Venus (Signature); The Nether Wicked; The Color Purple; On Your Feet!; The King and I; An American La Jolla Playhouse: The Squirrels, Queens, The Cake, SUMMER: The College and Yale School of Drama. (MCC); The Good Person of Szechwan, Titus Andronicus (The Public); in Paris. Off-Broadway: Be More Chill, Sweeney Todd, Atlantic, MCC, Donna Summer Musical (SM PA), Wild Goose Dreams, At the Old Place, After the Blast, Kill Floor, Plot Points (Lincoln Center); Kansas City Park Avenue Armory, St. Ann’s Warehouse, Second Stage. Film: Mary The Bitter Game, Tiger Style! (PA). Regional: The Heart of Rock & Roll ANNE KAUFFMAN, Director Choir Boy (Prototype Festival, HERE Arts Center); Kiss the Air, Habeas Poppins Returns, The Greatest Showman, Miss Sloane, Into the Woods, (The Old Globe, ASM), Skeleton Crew (The Old Globe, Tour PA), The has worked with Ars Nova, New York Theatre Workshop, Playwrights Corpus (Park Avenue Armory); The Tenant, Confidence Man (Woodshed Margin Call, Rachel Getting Married. TV: Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Comedy of Errors (The Old Globe, SM Intern). Opera: The Bartered Horizons, The Public, MCC, Roundabout, WP, P73, Clubbed Thumb, Collective); A Great Wilderness (Williamstown); The Seagull (Lake Lucille). Concert, This Is Us, House of Cards, Divorce, NCIS: New Orleans, One Bride and Second Nature (Music Academy of the West). Education: New Georges, Yale Rep, Williamstown Theater Festival, The Goodman, Day at a Time, Atypical, commercials. www.telseyandco.com M.F.A. in Stage Management from UC San Diego; B.A. in Theatre Steppenwolf, The Wilma and Z Space. She is Artistic Director of ANNA ROBINSON, Video Design Technology from Dillard University. Encores! Off-Center, Resident Director at Roundabout Theater, Artistic La Jolla Playhouse: Assistant Scenic Designer on SUMMER: The Associate and Founding Member of The Civilians, a Sundance Program Donna Summer Musical. Projection Design Credits: The Funfair ASHLEY R. MARTIN, Assistant Stage Manager Associate, Clubbed Thumb Associate Artist and co-creator of the CT (US Premiere), Dear Harvey and The Drunken City (California La Jolla Playhouse: Seize the King, Queens, The Luckiest (DNA New Directing Fellowship, New Georges Associate Artist, an SDC Executive Repertory at CSULB); Death and Cockroaches (Atwater Village Work Series), Wild Goose Dreams and Junk. Other recent credits: Board Member and a SDCF Trustee. Awards: Lortel, three Obies, two Theatre). Scenic and Projection Design Credits: Julius Caesar (The Silkroad Ensemble and Yo-Yo Ma's 2018 Australia/Asia and National Barrymore Awards, the Joan and Joseph Cullman Award for Exceptional Old Globe); A Raisin in the Sun and Vieux Carré (UC San Diego). Northeast Tours, Ojai Music Festival Live Stream and La Jolla Music Creativity from Lincoln Center, the Alan Schneider Director Award and a Assistant Scenic Design Credits: Ain't Too Proud: The Life and Times Society’s SummerFest. Ms. Martin holds a B.A. in Psychology and Social Lilly Award. She holds an M.F.A. in Directing from UC San Diego. of the Temptations (Berkeley Repertory Theatre and Pre-Broadway Behavior from UC Irvine and an M.F.A. in Stage Management from UC Tour). Education: M.F.A. in Scenic Design from UC San Diego. San Diego. Based on the west coast, Ms. Martin enjoys jumping between CHRISTOPHER ACEBO, Scenic Designer AEA regional theater, corporate events and music touring. La Jolla Playhouse: Zorro in Hell, The Model Apartment. Broadway: All J. JARED JANAS, Wig, Hair & Makeup Design the Way (2014 Tony Award, Best Play). Regional: Oregon Shakespeare La Jolla Playhouse: The Squirrels. Broadway: Gettin' the Band Back Festival (also Associate Artistic Director for 12 seasons). World premieres: Together, Sunset Boulevard, Bandstand, Indecent, The Visit, The Real All The Way, Equivocation, Head Over Heels, Fingersmith, Mojada Thing, Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill, Motown, Peter and the and 30+ productions. Lincoln Center Theatre: The Clean House. BAM: Starcatcher, The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess, All About Me, Next to AUDIENCE ENGAGEMENT EVENTS: THE YEAR TO COME Throne of Blood. Center Theatre Group: Zoot Suit, Electricidad, Chavez Normal. Recent Off-Broadway & Regional: Jagged Little Pill (A.R.T.); Ravine, Water and Power, Living Out. Guthrie: West Side Story. South Miss You Like Hell and The Low Road (Public Theater); The Amateurs Coast Rep: Culture Clash (Still) in AmeriCCa, The Beard of Avon. Other (Vineyard Theatre); Jerry Springer the Opera (New Group); Yours theatres include Goodman, Yale Rep, Berkeley Rep, Denver Center Unfaithfully (Mint Theatre; Drama Desk nomination). Film/TV: Angelica, INSIDER EVENT Join Playhouse staff for a special pre-performance presentation FOODIE FRIDAYS Theatre, Kennedy Center, among others. Advocacy: Chair of the Oregon The Night Before, Six by Sondheim, Scream Queens, Gotham, Mozart in that gives an insider’s view of The Year to Come. Sponsored Enjoy delicious bites from a local Arts Commission and Board Member of Theatre Communications Group. the Jungle, Inside Amy Schumer. in part by food truck, beginning at 6:30 pm. Education: M.F.A. from UC San Diego. Wednesday, December 19 at 6:45 pm JAMES NEWCOMB, Fight Consultant Friday, December 7 DEDE AYITE, Costume Designer La Jolla Playhouse: The Squirrels, Loot, Sweet Bird of Youth, Jane Eyre. La Jolla Playhouse: The Last Tiger in Haiti. Broadway: American Son, Elsewhere: Moby-Dick, Lohengrin, Don Giovanni, Conquistador (San Friday, December 14 Children of a Lesser God. Select Off-Broadway: Fireflies, Marie and Diego Opera); The Illusion, Water and Power, The Seafarer (San Diego TALKBACK Participate in a lively discussion with The Year to Come Friday, December 21 Rosetta (Atlantic Theater); Collective Rage…, School Girls… (MCC); Repertory Theatre); Resident Fight Director 1990-1996 at Oregon TUESDAYS performers and Playhouse staff members immediately following Friday, December 28 Sugar in Our Wounds (MTC); Mankind, Bella: An American Tall Tale Shakespeare Festival; Idaho Shakes, Shakespeare Santa Cruz, South these performances. (Playwrights Horizons); JHAT (Signature); The Royale (Lincoln Center); Coast Rep, Denver Center Theatre, Shakespeare and Company, Chicago Sponsored Ugly Lies the Bone (Roundabout); brownsville song [b-side for tray] Shakespeare Theatre. Instructor for N.T.C. and UC San Diego Graduate in part by Tuesday, December 11 after the 7:30 pm performance (LCT3). Regionally: Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Williamstown Theatre Theatre Program (19 years). Training: B.H. Berry, J. Steven White. As an Tuesday, December 18 after the 7:30 pm performance Festival, Steppenwolf, Denver Center, California Shakespeare, Berkeley actor: Oregon Shakespeare Festival (14 seasons), Denver Center Theatre SONIC SATURDAYS Repertory, Baltimore Center Stage, Arena Stage, Cleveland Play House, (nine seasons), Goodman Theatre, Chicago Shakespeare, The Old Globe, Take in live music before the show, Signature Theatre, McCarter Theatre. Television: Comedy Central, FOX San Diego Rep, South Coast Rep, Berkeley Rep, The Public, BAM. starting at 7:00 pm. Shortcoms, COPPER Project. Awards: Recipient of Lucille Lortel, Helen Hayes, Theatre Bay Area and Jeff Awards; two Drama Desk nominations. ACCESS On select performances, La Jolla Playhouse provides American Saturday, December 8 Sign Language interpretation for audience members who are PERFORMANCE deaf or hard-of-hearing and audio description for patrons who Saturday, December 15 Sponsored are blind or have low vision. Saturday, December 22 in part by Saturday, December 22 at 2:00 pm Saturday, December 29 PLAYHOUSE LEADERSHIP

CHRISTOPHER ASHLEY, Artistic Director DEBBY BUCHHOLZ, Managing Director has served as La Jolla Playhouse’s Artistic Director since joined the Playhouse in 2002, serving first as General UP NET 2007. During his tenure, he has helmed the Playhouse’s Manager before becoming Managing Director. She is a Vice productions of The Squirrels, Hollywood, The Darrell President of the League of Resident Theaters (LORT) and Hammond Project, His Girl Friday, Glengarry Glen Ross, a member of its Executive Committee. She is a recipient A Dram of Drummhicit, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, of a San Diego Women Who Mean Business Award from Restoration and the musicals Escape to Margaritaville, Disney’s Freaky The San Diego Business Journal. Prior to joining La Jolla Playhouse, she WORLD PREMIERE Friday, Chasing the Song, Xanadu, Memphis, which won four 2010 served as Counsel to The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Tony Awards including Best Musical, and Come From Away, for which Arts and the National Symphony Orchestra in Washington, D.C. She BEGINS FEBRUARY 19 he won the 2017 Tony Award for Best Director of a Musical and the was a faculty member of the Smithsonian Institution’s program on Legal Craig Noel Award for Direction. He also spearheaded the Playhouse’s Problems of Museum Administration. Prior to The Kennedy Center, Without Walls (WOW) series and the Resident Theatre program. Prior to she served as a corporate attorney in New York City and Washington, joining the Playhouse, he directed the Broadway productions of Xanadu D.C. She is a graduate of UC San Diego and Harvard Law School. Ms. (Drama Desk nomination), All Shook Up and The Rocky Horror Show Buchholz and her husband, noted author and White House economic (Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Award nominations), as well policy advisor Todd Buchholz, live in Solana Beach and are the proud as the Kennedy Center Sondheim Celebration productions of Sweeney parents of Victoria, Katherine and Alexia. Todd and Merrily We Roll Along. Other New York credits include: Blown Sideways Through Life, Jeffrey (Lucille Lortel and Obie Awards), The DES McANUFF, Director Emeritus Most Fabulous Story Ever Told, Valhalla, Regrets Only, Wonder of the served as La Jolla Playhouse’s Artistic Director from World, Communicating Doors, Bunny Bunny, The Night Hank Williams 1983 through 1994, and from 2001 through April 2007. Died and Fires in the Mirror (Lucille Lortel Award), among others. Mr. Under his leadership, the Playhouse garnered more than Ashley also directed the feature films Jeffrey and Lucky Stiff, as well as 300 awards, including the Tony Award for Outstanding the American Playhouse production of Blown Sideways Through Life for Regional Theatre. His Playhouse to Broadway credits PBS. Mr. Ashley is the recipient of the Princess Grace Award, the Drama include: SUMMER: The Donna Summer Musical; Doctor Zhivago; League Director Fellowship and an NEA/TCG Director Fellowship. Jesus Christ Superstar; Jersey Boys (four Tony Awards); Billy Crystal’s 700 Sundays (Tony Award); How to Succeed in Business Without LA JOLLA PLAYHOUSE Really Trying (five Tony nominations); director and co-author with Pete is a place where artists and audiences come together to create Townshend on The Who’s Tommy (Tony and Olivier Awards for Best what’s new and next in the American theatre, from Tony Award- Director) and Big River (seven Tony Awards), among others. He also winning productions, to imaginative programs for young audiences, directed the premieres of Aaron Sorkin’s The Farnsworth Invention and to interactive experiences outside our theatre walls. Currently led by Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, which he co-wrote. Opera credits: 2017 Tony Award-winning Artistic Director Christopher Ashley and Faust (The Met, ENO). Film credits: Cousin Bette (director), Iron Giant Managing Director Debby Buchholz, the Playhouse was founded in (producer, BAFTA Award) and Quills (executive producer). Recipient 1947 by Gregory Peck, Dorothy McGuire and Mel Ferrer. Renowned of the Drama League’s 2006 Julia Hansen Award, Mr. McAnuff served for its development of new plays and musicals, the Playhouse has as Artistic Director at Canada’s Stratford Festival from 2007 through mounted 98 world premieres, commissioned 52 new works, and 2012. In 2012, he was awarded Canada’s esteemed Governor sent 32 productions to Broadway – among them the currently- General’s National Arts Center Award and the Order of Canada. running hit musicals Come From Away and SUMMER: The Donna Summer Musical – garnering a total of 38 Tony Awards, including the 1993 Tony Award for Outstanding Regional Theatre.

BOOK & LYRICS TOURING SCHOOLS JOE DIPIETRO ENGAGE AND LEARN MORE JANUARY 30 - MARCH 30 MUSIC & LYRICS PUBLIC PERFORMANCES DAVID BRYAN MARCH 9 10 LaJollaPlayhouse @lajollaplayhouse @LJPlayhouse LaJollaPlayhouse1947 CHOREOGRAPHY KELLY DEVINE DIRECTION CHRISTOPHER ASHLEY It feels as if American playwrights feel overly that they’ve grown about 80% for comedic effect or self- And Florida has been such a key state in so many of conscious of how expensive their plays might be aggrandizement. They make us feel more connected; the past presidential elections. It’s such a desired swing to produce, so there’s a tendency to write smaller we tell them to each other even though we all know state, and this is a play about swing voters in a swing shows. How freeing was it to paint on a larger the story because it’s a fun memory and we’re reliving state, so the setting became really important. And it's canvas? the past together in the present. I’m from a family of not Florida without a pool. ALL IN THE comedians and loud storytellers who exaggerate every LF: It was the most fun I’ve ever had writing a play. I word that comes out of their mouths. I’d never read You frame the play through a series of scenes set started by writing insanely big scenes, saying to myself, something that spoke so directly to this sort of myth that on different New Year’s Eves, a day where we all “Don’t limit yourself.” Just write the play that no one we’ve created for and about ourselves. look forward and contemplate what we want to will probably produce because it’s too big. improve. When in the process did you get the idea TIMING AK: But myths are a double-edged sword. In a time of to tell this story in reverse chronological order? AK: Quite frequently, you just don’t have enough need, myths can knit our country together, but they can rehearsal time, which comes down to economics. I feel also be used in detrimental ways. I also really like how LF: I actually had that idea first, even before I knew what like that can really shrink our ambition, which is a shame. our myths, our origin stories, never really leave us. I feel the play was about. I mean, I knew the play was going A conversation between playwright like this play is very much about being haunted. No to be about a family moving through time. All of my LF: I met with a director in London, and we were matter how far away you travel – either geographically, previous plays took place in one specific moment, or a Lindsey Ferrentino, director Anne Kauffman talking about Angels in America. What she loved about emotionally or time-wise – certain decisions and events few days in a character’s life. I was interested in changing and Director of Artistic Development that play was it was about people gorging. Everything just change our path forward and become the DNA of that, giving it a larger scale. It’s very personal to me; my Gabriel Greene I’d done up until that point was developed a long time our future. family really does gather every New Year’s Eve, and that before production, and new play development is about tends to be the day we gather with aunts and uncles cutting, cutting, cutting – making it more economical Aside from having been and cousins. We sit outside in my aunt and uncle’s and more sparse. And there’s value to that, too, but raised in Florida, was screen room and it’s this epic day where we swim during What inspired you to write The Year to Come? as a woman, and after the election, I felt my voice was there another reason the day and stay until midnight. And like any family being cut off. So I was like, screw it. I just want to gorge why it felt like the ideal tradition that happens over a period of time, someone LF: I was living in London, where the first play I’d ever a little bit. setting for the play? gets divorced; someone’s boyfriend isn’t there the next had produced, Ugly Lies the Bone, was being done at year; someone passes away. the National Theatre. It was first produced in New York in An unruly moment in time demands an unruly play. LF: I have a love-hate The group changes. Sort of the a tiny, 90-seat black box theatre, and now it was in a 900- relationship with Florida, same way as when you watch an seat theatre in London. I felt frustrated watching my play AK: I think so. In this country we’re not really indulgent as I think most people old home movie: the characters each night, because it's made up of mostly two-person of the messiness that a play can be. Our world is messy do with where they came change but it’s the same tape scenes and it wasn’t physically filling this massive stage in so we like our art neat, I guess. But doing theatre is from. When I first moved playing. So that idea has been the way I wanted it to. Also, my play was in repertory with my way of exploring what’s happening in the world, so there, I absolutely hated there since the very beginning. Angels in America, which obviously is this epic play. My I feel like we should be able to reflect what’s actually everything about it. I hated The political themes easily laid play just felt smaller and polite, not as big and loud as I happening. This play doesn’t come in neat messages that it was hot; that the KKK Anne Kauffman themselves on top of it, but it wanted it to be. or tied-up little boxes. There’s actually a lot of coloring came to my elementary started from a personal place. outside the lines and confusing arguments where both school to protest a book we were reading It was also just after the 2016 election, and my play was sides are right. about the Civil War. It was an eye-opening, AK: It’s also that question of the first American play programmed at the National after “where-am-I” type of experience. “How did we get here?” Going the election, so there were a lot of expectations that it Lindsey, a prefatory note in your script references Lindsey Ferrentino backwards is an interesting way would be more directly political than it was. I was thinking a February 2017 op-ed by David Brooks, a AK: I’ve worked there, and I remember thinking, “This is of attacking that question. It’s a a lot about politics and my family. Being in London made conservative columnist for The New York Times. just the weirdest place.” series of scenes in which things are being taken away. me look critically back at my country and family for the Why did that article strike a chord? You get used to someone, and then they’re gone or first time. I was thinking that the biggest and loudest LF: It’s a land of weird dreams: the space program and certain aspects of their wisdom are missing… things I ever am is with my really big and loud family – and I LF: It’s about myth: American myth, and myths in Disney and alligators and swamps. are disappearing. It’s interesting to track something wanted to figure out how to capture that. general and how we write the story of ourselves. through loss. There’s a great part of the article where he’s in the AK: Yeah, what is it? There are thoroughbred AK: The attempt at writing an epic right now is crucial Library of Congress, and on the ceiling is this painting horses being raised next to alligators – all of these LF: It’s asking the audience to listen very closely, since we’re dealing with a moment in our history that's showing the achievements of different cultures contradictions. because there’s a lot you have to deduce about what difficult to wrap our arms around. We need to investigate throughout history, with America coming last, a kind the changes are between the years. why we ended up where we ended up, and this is the of crowning achievement of the world. The article is LF: But as soon as I moved away, I was really nostalgic central concern of the play: how did we get where we about how we, over time, embellish the stories of who for the beaches and the small-town feel of where I came AK: I hope there’s a lot of recognition. The thing that’s are? What’s so brilliant about what Lindsey has done is we are, and I notice the same thing in my family. from. I always try to set my plays there if I can, and I’d so great about family dramas is, no matter who you are, that she’s located this investigation inside of a family, never seen a play set in a backyard in Florida, and that’s you’re from a family. You’re going to relate to this. I’m the ur-political unit, with all of its intimate connections In our big family gatherings, we have the same stories where I’d spent so much of my life. It’s where families hoping they’ll have a ton of fun, and they’ll think about and idiosyncratic alliances and vulnerabilities. It feels we’ve been telling over and over again for twenty, tend to gather in Florida. My aunts’ and uncles’ houses, how and if politics affects the family unit. necessary to dive into the mess and swim around in it. thirty years or more. I only know some of the oldest we don't really sit in their living rooms; you’re always Photos by Jim Carmody (That’s a joke, we have a pool onstage.) stories at the stage they’re at now, but I can assume outside. So it seemed like a logical place to set a play.

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PUT YOUR HOUSE THE LUCKIEST KISS MY ATEC CAMBODIAN ROCK BAND By Directed by Book By Music By Lyrics By By Featuring Songs by Directed by IN ORDER MELISSA ROSS AIME CASTAEDA OHN LEGUIAMO BENAMIN DAVID KAMP, BENAMIN VELE LAUREN YEE DENGUE FEVER CHAY YEW VELE OHN LEGUIAMO By Directed by TONY TACCONE IKE HOLTER LILIANNE BROWN Based on a Screenplay Written by Directed by OHN LEGUIAMO STEPHEN CHBOSKY TONY TACCONE WORLD-PREMIERE PLAY WORLD-PREMIERE PLAY NEW MUSICAL A B R T P SAN DIEGO PREMIERE

Caroline and Rolan’s first date begins as a pretty When the vibrant Lissette gets a shattering When the Spanish set their sights on Mesoamerica Dubbed “fierce, gorgeous and heartwarming” by average night that ends at Caroline’s house in an diagnosis, she realizes her two biggest allies in the and its riches, they will destroy anyone and the Los Angeles Times, this epic play/rock concert upscale Chicago suburb. But when the city fight for control over her future may also be the anything that keeps them from conquering and thrusts us into the life of a young woman trying to around them begins exhibiting signs that likeliest roadblocks to it. Her best friend Peter and claiming it all for themselves. But the Aztecs are piece together her family history thirty years after something is terribly wrong, they quickly have to her mother Cheryl come bearing good intentions like, “Hell, no!” This fresh, irreverent and her father fled Cambodia. Featuring a cast that learn to trust each other to stand a chance wrapped in strong opinions, and Lissette must outrageous satire could only spring forth from the performs a mix of contemporary Dengue Fever hits against the horrors outside the gate. Equal parts navigate between the two while unflinchingly insanely hilarious mind of John Leguizamo, last and classic Cambodian oldies, playwright and UC romantic comedy and old-school thriller, this new making her own resolute plans. Developed during seen at the Playhouse in his acclaimed one-man San Diego alum Lauren Yee brings to vivid life the play from one of Chicago’s hottest playwrights the Playhouse’s 2018 DNA New Work Series, this show Latin History or Morons. Featuring a fusion of Cambodian rock scene of the 60s and 70s, a explores new beginnings at the end of the world. poignant, funny and keenly-observed play bolero, hip hop, merengue and rap, iss My Atec movement cut short by the Khmer Rouge’s brutal explores the gray and sometimes heartrending celebrates, elevates and commemorates Latinx attempt to erase the music (and musicians) once territory of how we choose to take ownership of culture in an uproarious new musical. and for all. A story about survivors, the resilient our lives. bond of family and the enduring power of music. Please note John Leguizamo will be behind-the-scenes this time — other fantastic actors will be performing!

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La Jolla Playhouse was recently tapped by the Educational Theatre Association (EdTA) as one of two theatres in the country to launch the national expansion of their acclaimed JumpStart Theatre Program that helps equip non-theatre middle school teachers with the skills and resources to produce their school’s first musical through a proven combination of hands-on mentoring and bootcamp-style training.

Beginning this school year, the Playhouse, in partnership with the San Diego Unified School District, is offering to help three middle schools – De Portola Middle School, Knox Middle School and Taft Middle School – launch a three-year, fully-funded musical theatre program. Schools will be mentored by La Jolla Playhouse teaching artists throughout the entire process. Teachers are taught the techniques and skills to develop a musical theatre program – everything from casting to rehearsal schedules, to staging and choreography, to cultivating community engagement – with the goal of building a sustainable, long-term musical theatre curriculum.

“The JumpStart Theatre Program provides a terrific proven For three decades the Playhouse Partners have donated their time, service and skills to support and promote method of empowering teachers to produce musicals in their La Jolla Playhouse. This dedicated group provides many ways to become involved, such as staffing the Patron middle schools,” said Playhouse Managing Director Debby Services desk, organizing breakfasts for the cast and crew and providing administrative support. In return, Buchholz. “The opportunity to partner with EdTA and SDUSD in bringing the joy of musical theatre to students and teachers Partners receive many exciting benefits and special events, all while representing one of the foremost producing in our community while building life skills through participation theatres in the country. La Jolla Playhouse is deeply grateful for the Partners’ efforts over the past 30 years, and in the arts, could not be a better fit for the Playhouse." for many years to come.

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Arts Academy pairs a classroom teacher with a InterACTion allows Playhouse artist instructors YP@LJP – Young Performers at La Jolla Playhouse offers Playhouse artist instructor. Through collaboration, they to work in partnership with City of San Diego exciting summer programs for kids: Young Performers’ work together to incorporate advanced theatre activities Police Department’s STAR/PAL Program to create Workshop (YPW), an exploration of theatre arts in a fun, and exercises into existing curriculum. interactive lessons that teach adolescents the creative way; Young Performers’ Academy (YPA), where importance of self-respect, community and the law. students build upon the skills they learned in YPW; Young Girl Scouts Empowerment Theatre is a collaboration Performers’ Conservatory (YPC), a 5-week intensive that between Girl Scouts San Diego and La Jolla Playhouse. Performance Outreach Program (POP) Tour prepares actors for serious college theatre programs; This program prepares young women, through the Each year, the Playhouse commissions a new play that and Tech Theatre, a class which introduces young people acquisition and application of theatre skills, to addresses real concerns of today’s youth and brings to the various aspects of technical theatre. Supported confidently tackle challenges and opportunities faced a professional production to schools and community by the Sidney E. Frank Foundation, the Jordan Ressler in life as empowered leaders. This program is made centers across San Diego County. School performances Endowment Fund, David C. Copley Foundation and the possible through funding from the Favrot Fund. are integrated into the classroom curriculum through Roberto Quiñones, Jr. Scholarship Fund. pre-show visits by Playhouse artist instructors. In-School Residencies – In partnership with San JumpStart Theatre – This three-year program Diego County and City Visual and Performing Arts Student Matinees – Special student matinees of consists of dedicated curriculum developed by Departments, Playhouse artist instructors teach theatre selected mainstage productions are offered throughout iTheatrics to provide middle school teachers with skills in classrooms across the county, ensuring theatre the school year. Study guides, pre-performance and staff the skills and resources needed to produce musicals becomes an integral part of the education of all San development workshops and post-show talkbacks are in their schools for the first time. From boot camp Diego children while fostering a relationship with the available to prepare students for these productions. training sessions to one-on-one mentorship by Playhouse that will continue as they grow into adulthood. Playhouse staff, this groundbreaking program targets schools in the San Diego Unified School District that For more information on Education & Outreach programs at La Jolla Playhouse, please contact Bridget Cavaiola at do not already have a theatre program in place. (858) 550-1070 x101. LA JOLLA PLAYHOUSE BOARD OF TRUSTEES save the date LYNELLE LYNCH Andrew Rasdal Chair Jeffrey Ressler* Becky Robbins RANDALL L. CLARK, SDG&E Don Rosenberg, Qualcomm March First Vice-Chair 23, 2O19 Tim Scott MICHAEL FLASTER Karen Silberman Second Vice-Chair Tina Simner DAVE BIALIS Laura Spielman Treasurer Scott M. Stanton, Mintz Levin, LLP SUSAN TOUSI, Illumina Steven M. Strauss*, Cooley, LLP Secretary Andy Thomas, The Lodge at Torrey Pines Mary Walshok, Ph.D., TRUSTEES UC San Diego Extension Michael Bartell Sharon Weremiuk** Gregg Brandalise** Charlayne Woodard Ralph Bryan* HONORARY TRUSTEES Robert Caplan, Richard Atkinson, Ph.D. Seltzer Caplan McMahon Vitek Ivan Gayler Lisa S. Casey John Goodman Linda Chester Ewart W. Goodwin, Jr.* Peter Cowhey, Ph.D., Joel Holliday* UC San Diego Julie Potiker Doug Dawson Geri Ann Warnke* Edward A. Dennis, Ph.D. Gary Wollberg* Brian Dovey, Domain Associates Robert Wright, Esq. Emily Einhorn Teri Evons EMERITUS TRUSTEES Mick Farrell Rita Bronowski (1917-2010) Dr. Lawrence Friedman David Copley (1952-2012) Noel Gillespie, Procopio Ted Cranston (1940-2012) Hanna Gleiberman Milton Fredman (1920-2005) Jeffrey Goldman Marian Jones Longstreth Lynn E. Gorguze (1906-1997) Kay Gurtin, Hughes Potiker (1925-2005) Gurtin Municipal Bond Management Sheila Potiker (1930-2011) Clark Guy, US Trust Bank of America Ellen Revelle (1910-2009) Dwight Hare Roger Revelle (1909-1991) Osborn Hurston, US Bank Willard P. VanderLaan, M.D.* Debby Jacobs (1917-2012) Top row: Andy & Camille Rasdal; Karen Quiñones with Lynelle Lynch. Middle Row: Randall L. Clark, Sheri L. Jamieson and Christopher Ashley; Randy Camp & Susan Tousi. Joan Jacobs Arthur Wagner, Ph.D. Bottom Row: Kay & Bill Gurtin; Margret & Nevins McBride, Barbara & Howard Milstein. Sheri L. Jamieson (1923-2015) Jeanne Jones Mandell Weiss (1891-1993) Kathy Jones, Ph.D. 1947 FOUNDERS A MESSAGE FROM Pradeep K. Khosla, Ph.D., Mel Ferrer THE BOARD CHAIR Chancellor, UC San Diego Dorothy McGuire Kay Matherly, Wells Fargo Gregory Peck Welcome to La Jolla Playhouse and our world premiere of The Year to Come. Margret McBride* This funny and deeply-moving new piece, directed by UC San Diego graduate Mark J. Muñoz, *Past Chair of the Board Dowling & Yahnke, LLC **Ex-Officio Anne Kauffman, couldn’t be more timely heading into the close of another Bennett Peji** Gala chairs amazing year at the Playhouse. Karen A. Quiñones List as of November 16, 2018 Joan Jacobs Debby Jacobs Lindsey Jacobs As we approach the holidays, many of us are considering our charitable giving plans. We hope you will continue to keep world-class theatre flourishing at the Playhouse through a year-end gift. Your donation supports the many new play development programs that allow the Playhouse to give birth to such new works as Come From Away Spectacular live performances, the ultimate in VIP and SUMMER: The Donna Summer Musical – both currently enjoying acclaimed runs on Broadway, as well as Wild Goose Dreams, experiences including custom booth seating, an exquisite now in an extended off-Broadway engagement. wine dinner and the best after party in San Diego! Your donation also helps sustain our award-winning education programs like the Performance Outreach Program (POP) Tour. The 2019 POP Tour, Light Years Away, begins its journey this February, and your donation will help introduce young people to theatre as this brand new play tours elementary schools throughout San Diego. To make a tax-deductible, year-end contribution, please Featuring Ariana DeBose, Tony Award-nominated star contact our Philanthropy Department at (858) 550-1070 x134. of SUMMER: The Donna Summer Musical

On behalf of the Board of Trustees, thank you for making 2018 such a resounding success, and we look forward to seeing you at and the original Broadway cast of Hamilton the Playhouse in the new year! LYNELLE LYNCH For more information please contact [email protected] Photo by Kevin Berne CHAIR, BOARD OF TRUSTEES THE YEAR TO COME PRODUCTION SPONSORS LA JOLLA PLAYHOUSE CORPORATE CIRCLE

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Illumina is proud to partner with La Jolla Playhouse, whose innovative approach and passionate commitment to producing the new and the next in American theatre has been rewarded with fans around the globe. Founded and based here in San Diego with over 3,000 employees locally and 7,500 globally, Illumina is improving human health by unlocking the $25,000 + power of the genome. Discoveries that were unimaginable even a few years ago are now becoming routine – and are making their way into patient treatment to make a difference now and empower a healthy future.

The Paula Marie Black The Paula Marie Black Endowment Fund for Women’s Voices in the Art Endowment for Women’s of Theatre supports female playwrights and directors both on-stage Voices in the Art of Theatre and off. Established by former Playhouse Trustee Paula Marie Black, this Endowment provides female artists, like The Year to Come playwright Lindsey Ferrentino and director Anne Kauffman, with invaluable resources to develop their work at the Playhouse. This generous gift helps amplify $15,000 + the voices of women that will benefit not only these female artists, but the countless lives they will affect by sharing their work with the world.

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Lab Jennifer Hirsch Joan Stroh Margret and Nevins McBride Mabel Beckman Foundation Emma and Leo Zuckerman Dea & Osborn Hurston Ms. Mary Elinger Witztum Beverly and Howard Silldorf Thomas and Linda Hawkins Marylou and James Straub Patricia Hoffman Joseph and Ann Tebo Dr. Howard and Barbara Milstein Labowe Family Foundation, Selwyn and Hilary Isakow Howard and Christy Zatkin Alan and Esther Siman Suzanne and Lawrence Hess Mark and Christine Stuhmer Dr. and Mrs. Michael Holland Edward and Karin Threat Maryanne and Irwin Pfister Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth Labowe INNER CIRCLE - $1,000+ Jay Jeffcoat Helene and Allan Ziman Norman and Judith Solomon Beth Hulsart and Stephen L'Heureux Dr. Michael Sutherland and Claudia Baranowski and Tom Horvath Susan Vaage Julie and Lowell Potiker Fund of the Paul and Samara Larson Anonymous (4) Dr. David S. Johnson Stephanie and Alan Tarkington Jerry and Linda Hirshberg Linda Greenberg Jenny Price and Tony Hunter Johanna Vertullo Jewish Community Foundation Veronica and Miguel Leff, Esq. Ahern Insurance Brokerage Anthony and Joyce Joseph CENTER STAGE CLUB - $500+ Charles and Brita Tesar Randy and Carrol Jackson Larry and Marie Sweeney Ms. Frances Irving Zelda J. Waxenberg Becky Lynne Robbins Charitable Fund The Levin Family Fund at Schwab Kenneth X. Baca Lewis and Patricia Judd Anonymous (4) Susan Chortek Weisman and Edward and Linda Janon John and Gail Tauscher John Jaeger Sylvia Wechter Karen and Jeffrey Silberman Charitable Fund Robert Baizer and Diane Jacobs Baizer Richard and Kate Kelley Philip Anderson and Verónica Valdés Eric Weisman David and Betty Johnson Richard and Joy Vaccari Jim and Sharon Justeson Sharon Weremiuk and Jerry Doppelt Sheila and Jeffrey Lipinsky and Family Rick Barton and Elaine Feuer-Barton Bill and Linda Kolb Lynell Antrim Graydon and Dorothy Wetzler Mark Johnson Crissy Pivonka and David Valentine Nancy and Michael Kaehr Dr. John and Darice Westwood LEADERSHIP CIRCLE - $15,000+ Patricia and David Marino Mrs. Esther W. Belinsky Mike Keefe Barbara and Charles Arledge Judy White Dario and Dan Jones Drs. Katharine Sheehan and Robert Kaplan and Marina Baroff Rod Whitlow Anonymous (2) Darlene and James Milligan, Joni and Miles Benickes Michael and Katharine Lee Francis and Diane Bardsley James N. Woody and Dr. and Mrs. Joel Kaplan Frederick Walker Koji and Sue Kasuyama Bill Peters and Bev Willey Stephanie Bergsma and Dwight Hare Robert Glenn Rapp Foundation Amnon and Lee Ben-Yehuda Arthur and Sandy Levinson Helene Beck Suzanne Mann Moore Edward and Glenda Knight Anne Walter Gretchen B. Kelly Caryl Lees Witte Linda Chester and Dr. Kenneth Rind Elspeth and Jim Myer Family Fund Lisa and Jay Berlin Estelle and Hamilton Loeb Barbara Y. Beebe Brendan and Kaye Wynne Jeff and Joel Harms Audrey and Byron Warfield-Graham Rolf and January Knoke Mr. and Mrs. Keene Wolcott Drs. Edward and Martha Dennis Bernard Paul and Maria Sardina Gary and Barbara Blake Family Fund of Sacha Mackels and Sebastien Loubert In memory of Rita Bronowski Debbie S. Zeligson Robert and Elena Kucinski Diane Watson Vic and Mary Landa Peter and Donna Worcester Susanna and Michael Flaster Wendy S. Pincus the Jewish Community Foundation Barbara and Carl Maggio Anita Busquets and William Ladd Sue Lasbury and John C. Cochran Drew Auker and Arlon Staggs Bena Leslie Bennett Wright Gleiberman Family Fund of the Jewish Polis-Schutz Family Foundation of Larry and Cindy Bloch Sally and Luis Maizel Roberta M. Campbell OVATION CLUB - $250+ Mick and Sherrie Laver Philip and Claire Wise Pamela Hamilton Lester Paul and Kathy Zucker Community Foundation Jewish Community Foundation Michelle Braatz David Marchesani, CFA June Chocheles Anonymous (6) Dixon and Pat Lee Curry Wolfe Lucy and Mitch Levy Kimberly and Jeffrey Goldman Brian and Paula Powers Pamela and Spencer Burkholz Jasna Markovac and Gary Miller Robert and Maggie Cooper Timothy W. Alexander Richard Leib and Sharon Rosen Leib Drs. Adaline Corrin and Conyee and Jonathan Lim Jeanne Jones and Don Breitenberg Peter and Peggy Preuss John and Nancy Jo Cappetta Rob and Holley Martens Patti and Coop Cooprider Rich and Mary Lou Amen Family Fund of JCF Matthew Zetumer John Lomac and Jill Schmidt Reflects giving to annual fund, endowment and Rob and Kathy Jones Gerry and Jeannie Ranglas Cheryl and Greg Carlson Valorie McClelland Jack and Karen DeLaria Penny and Paul Arenson Steven and Honey Leshaw Howard and Judy Ziment Sue and Peter Madsen Gala underwriting support from April 1, 2017 to Karen Quiñones, Jessica Dee Rohm and Kay Chandler and Chris Bertics Professor Marianne McDonald Lori and Tony Demaria Dr. Stephen Baird and B. Leonard Levy Jordana March November 16, 2018 The Quiñones Family Trust Eberhard H. Rohm Joan and Lou Chesner Bill and Mim McKenzie Bob Duffield Carol Davidson Baird, in Honor of Louis and Jocelyn Libby, in honor of FRIEND - $150+ Dr. and Mrs. Alanson Mason Camille and Andy Rasdal Rosenthal Family Fund, Janet and Maarten Chrispeels Helga S. Moore Barbara M. Finn Ernest and Eva Davidson Linda Chester and Kenneth Rind Anonymous (5) Richard Mastaler We apologize for any errors or accidental Diane Bayles Roberts, Renaissance Charitable Foundation Carol Clark Chandra Mukerji Drs. Bessie and Ron Floyd Beverly L. Bartlett Drs. John and Mary Sanfelippo Lilley Ben and Debra Abate Nancy McCleary omissions. Please contact the Individual Giving Roberts Foundation Dawn and Phil Rudolph Betty Clarquist Laurie Dale Munday Diane Bradley and Lawrence Forman Sharon G. Beamer Dr. and Mrs. Stuart Lipton Dr. Randolph and Charlotte McConnell Office at (858) 550-1070 x134 if you would like to Don and Stacy Rosenberg, Bill and Dorian Sailer Daniel Collins and Nancy Shimamoto Esther R. Nahama Susan Forsburg and Lisa Churchill Thomas Beardslee Chuck and Robin Luby Leslie Alexander Patricia and Ken McCormack change your listing. Rosenberg Family Fund Gad and Suzan Shaanan Ambrose and Lucy Conroy Mark C. Niblack, MD Catherine R. Friedman Trudy and Paul Beebe David MacCormack Gene and Pat Alfaro Elijah and Adelle Nicolas Larry and Robin Rusinko Dr. and Mrs. David Smotrich Stacy Cromidas and Ruth Gilbert Dr. Walter Olsen and Dr. Zdenka Fronek Anne and Mark Smith Bradley Behrendt Jain Malkin Inc. Betty Anderson Tim and Emily Scott Barbie and Dan Spinazzola Denise and Gary David Dr. Rodney and Barbara Orth Steven Garfin and Cheryl Kendrick The BenMichel Family Fund of the Russell Mangerie Edward and Susan Ball Spielman Family Foundation Susanne Stanford and Tom Matthews The DePodesta Family Christopher and Susan Pantaleoni Martha and Bill Gilmer Jewish Community Foundation Carlo and Mary Ann Marcuzzi Dr. and Mrs. David J. Barnette Jr. IN LOVING MEMORY Iris and Matthew Strauss Elizabeth Taft Bethany Derrough F. Richard Pappas Drs. Charles and Nancy Girvin Gerlinde and Greg Beuerlein Marianne Marsch-Nakamura Phylaine Bemel-Schermerhorn Jordan Ressler, 1981-2004 Tom and Judy Tullie Dr. Ralph B. Dilley and Susan C. Parker Fred and Lisa Goldberg David Bevilaqua and Craig Caldwell Edward and Barbara Mayers Arnold Berlin DIRECTOR’S CIRCLE - $10,000+ Pamela J. Wagner and Hans Tegebo Mr. Brian Danielson Drs. Kim Kerr and Paul Pearigen Stephen and Karen Gray Nicholas and Samantha Binkley Wallace McCloskey and Lynn Dolby Ms. Christine Blantz A Film and Theatre graduate from Cornell Denise and Lon Bevers Geri Ann Warnke Mary Donnelly David and Julieta Peterson Bernard and Judith Greenspan Michael and Jana Birch Jim and Cheryl McIlhon Joyce and Bob Blumberg University, Jordan was an adventurer with a Barbara Bloom Dr. Steve and Lynne Wheeler Mark and Jenny Dowling Lori and Kenneth Polin Family Fund of Ed Greulich Andrea Bjeldanes David and Patricia Meyers Cindy and Steve Blumkin passion for the arts. Here at La Jolla Playhouse, Florence Cohen David and Sherry Winkler Jacqueline and Stanley Drosch the Jewish Community Foundation Rick and Leslie Hackley Andrew Boyd Norma and Scott Miller Peter Boland he served as an assistant to Des McAnuff on Billy Jeanne L. Herberger, Ph.D. Susan E. Dubé Dr. Julie Prazich and Dr. Sara Rosenthal Dana Harrel and Daniel Roemer Helen and Douglas Boyden Susan Motenko Arthur Brauner and Brenda Scott Crystal’s 700 Sundays and was the script supervisor for Jersey Boys. Kevin J. Kinsella ACTORS’ CIRCLE - $2,500+ W. Byron and Pamela Dunn Dr. Adele Rabin, Thomas Harvey and Bonnie Drolet Jennifer Briggs Braswell, PhD Ann L. Mound Mead The Jordan Ressler Endowment Fund was established by his parents, The Mansfield Family Anonymous Toby Eisenberg in memory of Stephen Cohen Jamie Henson and Robert Houskeeper LaVerne and Blaine Briggs Susan Muha Mary E. Brewer Vivien and Jeffrey Ressler, to honor their son and his love of theatre Ginger and Ken Baldwin Doris and Peter Ellsworth Dr. William and Marisa Rastetter Dr. Peter and Mrs. Megan Hoagland Ruth Bunn Martha Mutschler and Mel Ingalls Alice W. Brown and film. Dr. Kim E. Barrett Jennifer and Kurt Eve Dan Romano and Alice Garfield Hon. Herbert Hoffman Ret. PATRON SERVICES

ACCESSIBILITY CONCESSIONS AND RESTAURANT PATRON SERVICES is located in the lobby or courtyard of each theatre. A volunteer is available to distribute assisted listening devices and La Jolla Playhouse provides wheelchair-accessible James’ Place provides bar and concessions at answer questions. seating and parking. Wheelchair seat locations each theatre lobby or courtyard. The restaurant are available for wheelchair users and a (James’ Place) is open Tuesday – Friday 4:00 PHOTOGRAPHY/RECORDING DEVICES companion at all performances; be sure to advise pm until 8:30 pm and Saturday – Sunday 3:00 Photography and video or audio recording of the reservationist that you require a wheelchair pm until 9:00 pm. Please call (858) 638-7778 performances is strictly prohibited. location. Additionally, a golf cart is available to for reservations or visit jamesplacesd.com. assist patrons with accessibility needs to and PLEASE SILENCE or turn off all electronic devices, from the parking lot. Please notify Patron Services POP Tour for LATE SEATING including cell phones and watches, before the Young Audiences prior to your performance if you are in need of Should you arrive late for any performance or performance. this service; additionally, you may pull into the need to leave your seat during the performance, Military Date Night SUMMER: The Donna Summer Musical; 2018 DNA New; Workphoto Series by Grace reading Madamba of photo by Kevin Berne ten minute parking area, and a La Jolla Playhouse you may be asked to wait in the lobby until an SAFETY IN THE THEATRE DISTRICT The Coast Starlight greeter will assist you. The Playhouse also appropriate moment. To minimize any disturbance La Jolla Playhouse is constantly working with UC provides assisted listening devices for patrons to actors or other patrons, you may stand or be San Diego Police Department and Transportation who are hard of hearing. Devices are available, seated in the first available location by House and Parking Services to maintain a safe and free of charge, at the Patron Services desk Management even if not your assigned location. secure environment in the parking lots. Patrons are prior to performances (subject to availability). Please be advised that some performances welcome to use the UC San Diego escort service Listening Devices Provided in Part by may not allow for late seating or return to your by contacting UC San Diego Community Service The Joy of Giving assigned seat. Officers (CSOs) at (858) 534-9255 (WALK). Further questions regarding security, please contact UC San CHILDREN under the age of 6 are not permitted PARKING is free for subscribers; $2 for the Diego Police at (858) 534-4357 (HELP). During this season of giving, we want to thank all of our generous donors who made 2018 unforgettable. in the theatre during performances unless general public on weekdays (free on weekends). otherwise posted. Unaccompanied minors ages Upon arrival to campus, please enter your parking THEATRE TOURS To make next year even better, please consider joining our family of donors and support our military 12 and under are not permitted in the theatre. space number and pay the automated pay stations Tour the stages and production shops of the Out of respect for fellow audience members outreach initiatives, new play development, education programs and so much more. located in the parking lot. Spaces that are not Playhouse facilities and learn more about the history and the performers, babes in arms are not paid for are subject to citations by UC San Diego of La Jolla Playhouse and the role that it plays in the permitted in the theatre during performances. Parking Enforcement. community. Contact (858) 550-1070 x101. All gifts are appreciated and treasured, and a gift of $150 or more will provide you with exclusive benefits throughout the year to come.

WAYS TO GIVE: DOUBLE YOUR IMPACT with a CORPORATE MATCH! • By mail: La Jolla Playhouse, PO Box 12039, Attn: Philanthropy Dept, La Jolla, CA 92039. Many corporations will match your charitable donation. Check with your company to double your • By phone: Cristina Hernandez, Individual impact and your benefits. Giving Manager at (858) 228-3089 For more information and to see if your gift • Online anytime: lajollaplayhouse.org/support qualifies, visit:lajollaplayhouse.org/support/ corporate-giving or call Adeline Duke, Institutional Please give by December 31 for tax credit* Giving Manager, at (858) 228-3081.

In addition to cash, checks and credit card donations, the Playhouse gratefully receives donations from Donor Advised Funds and appreciated stock or securities. If you are 70 ½ or older, you may roll over part James’ Place is the Theatre District’s on-site restaurant. Developed by Sushi Master James Holder, the of your IRA’s required minimum distribution to support the Playhouse. menu features his signature sushi, delectable dishes created with Prime and Angus cuts of beef, locally and sustainably harvested seafood and other seasonal dishes. Lighter fare is served at the newly-redesigned FROM ALL OF US AT LA JOLLA PLAYHOUSE, THANK YOU AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS! sushi/cocktail bar, which also offers craft beer and California wines. * La Jolla Playhouse (Theatre and Arts Foundation of San Diego County) is a 501 (c)(3). Federal Tax ID: 95-1941117 Please call (858) 638-7778 for reservations. Visit JamesPlaceSD.com for more information. LA JOLLA PLAYHOUSE STAFF Christopher Ashley, Artistic Director* Debby Buchholz, Managing Director*

ARTISTIC ADMINISTRATION EDUCATION & OUTREACH Producing Director Eric Keen-Louie General Manager Ryan Meisheid Associate Director of Education & Outreach, Director of Artistic Development Gabriel Greene* Assistant General Manager Samantha De La Riva Education Programs Julia Cuppy Associate Producer Teresa Sapien Corporate/Legal Counsel Robert C. Wright, Wright & L’Estrange Associate Director of Education and Outreach, Artistic Programs Manager & Local Casting Director Theatre/Legal Counsel F. Richard Pappas, Esq. Outreach Programs Bridget Cavaiola Jacole Kitchen COMPANY MANAGEMENT Interim Associate Director of Education & Outreach, Director Emeritus Des McAnuff Company Manager Erica Martin Education Programs Lydia Real Executive Assistant to Christopher Ashley Rick VanNoy* Company Management Assistant Jacob Sinclair Audio Describers Mernie Aste, Brian Berlau*, Tina Dyer, Commissioned Artists Todd Almond, Jeff Augustin, Shari Lyon*, Kay O’Neil*, Deborah Sanborn*, Daniel Beaty, Keith Bunin, Guillermo Calderón, FINANCE Sylvia Southerland* Kara Lee Corthron, Kristoffer Diaz, Kirsten Greenidge, Director of Finance Laura Killmer ASL Interpreters Hilda Colondres, Lynn Ann Garrett, Joe Iconis, Hansol Jung, Jon Kern, Mike Lew, Payroll George Kelly Anelia Glebocki, Alycen Haynesworth, Rehana Lew Mirza, Martyna Majok, Mona Mansour, Staff AccountantJanet Gray Suzanne Lightbourn*, Billieanne McLellan*, Geri Wu Gregory S. Moss, Lisa Peterson, Theresa Rebeck, Sr. Production Accountant Jared Jackson ASL Usher Esther Shen* Laura Schellhardt, Dan Moses Schreier, Brian Selznick, Accounts Payable Manager Sharon Ratelle* Teaching Artists Frankie Alicea, Samantha Ginn, Claudia Shear, Mat Smart, Charlayne Woodard, Lauren Yee Employee Benefits CoordinatorKathy Silberman Cory Hammond Artistic Intern Farah Dinga Playhouse Teen Council Justin Canning, Zoe Goldstein, PHILANTHROPY Emre Gumus, Madison Hoffman, Ariella Markus, PRODUCTION Director of Philanthropy Julia B. Foster Christina Martino, Lexi Smith, Emily Talerman, Production Manager Benjamin Seibert Associate Director of Philanthropy Bonnie Broberg Shelby Westbrook Associate Production Manager Becca Duhaime Major Gifts OfficerJini Bernstein Archibald Education & Outreach Intern Mekala Sridhar Production Office ManagerCaren Heintzelman Individual Giving Manager Cristina Hernandez Production Intern Emily Stark Institutional Giving Manager Adeline Duke OPERATIONS SCENE SHOP Philanthropy OfficerTony Dixon Director of Operations Ned Collins* Technical Director William Hartley Philanthropy Coordinator Sarah Huddleston Operations Manager Jen McClenahan* Assistant Technical Director Jonathan Gilmer SPECIAL EVENTS Network Systems Specialist Daryl “Scooter” Davis Master Carpenter David Weiner* Special Events Manager Samantha Watkins FRONT OF HOUSE Charge Artist Melissa Nalbach Special Events Coordinator Erica Kao House Manager John Craft* Production Carpenter Laura McEntyre Assistant House Managers Avery Henderson, Jessica Loomer, Carpenters Megan Birdsong, Jacob Bruce, Matt Clark, COMMUNICATIONS Sara Lucchini, Amy Marquez*, Chastyn Rauh, Mondis Vakili James Fogarty, Nick Jackson, Scott Kinney, Paul Mares, Director of Communications Mary Cook* Audience Concierges Ashley Carbonell, Christopher Ferreria, Albert Rubidoux, Zane Whitmore Director of Public Relations Becky Biegelsen* Cory Kurkierewicz, Benjamin Nelson, Sultan Saeed, Scenic Painters Edee Armand, Dwaine Best, Jennifer Imbler Director of Sales & Marketing Mia Fiorella Gemina Soriano Shop Helper Doug Collind* Communications Manager Grace Madamba Janitorial Professional Maintenance Systems: Luis Bagshaw, PROPERTIES SHOP Senior Multimedia Designer Nancy Showers Nora Gomez, Francisco Lopez, Juan Mena, Maria Mena, Prop Shop Supervisor Deb Hatch* Multimedia Designer Jane Sanders Santiago Servin, Tony Villafuerte Prop Shop Foreman Quinn Becker Marketing Database Analyst Dani Meister Props Artisans Zlatko Mitev, Jeff Rockey, Gabe Serbian Direct Sales Associate Andrew Fink THE YEAR TO COME STAFF COSTUME SHOP Patron Services Sales Specialist Paul Preston* Stage Carpenter Zane Whitmore Costume Supervisor Jennifer Ables Communications and Marketing Intern Lily Medofer Production Props Zlatko Mitev, Gabe Serbian Resident Costume Design Assistant Desiree Hatfield-Buckley PATRON SERVICES Master Electrician/Light Board Operator Kristyn Kennedy Draper Alexander Zeek Director of Patron Services Nikki Cooper Audio Engineer Matthew Birchmeier First Hand Rebecca Fabares Patron Services Manager Travis Guss Wardrobe Supervisor Veronica Von Borstel Stitcher Keira McGee Senior Lead Patron Services Representative/Ticketing Specialist Dresser Stephanie Gift Craft Artisan Tess Mattraw Pearl Hang* Video Operator Haley Wolf ELECTRICS Lead Patron Services Representative/Group Sales Specialist Electrics Supervisor Jeff Brewer Renee Shinske Master Electrician Kristyn Kennedy Lead Patron Services Representative/Group Sales Concierge Electrician Ramon Wenn Mike Brown SOUND/VIDEO Patron Services Coordinator Bill Washington Sound/Video Supervisor Lane Elms Patron Services Representatives Devon Gonzales, Resident Sound Engineer Matthew Birchmeier Makayla Hoppe, Devin O’Reilly Sound Technicians Haley Wolf, Jon Fredette Sales Concierge William Guiney

* Ten years or more with La Jolla Playhouse