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Una K. Davis Brian & Silvija Devine The Paula Marie Black Endowment for Women’s Voices in the Art of Theatre Dear Friends, LA JOLLA PLAYHOUSE PRESENTS Christopher Ashley Debby Buchholz Like many of you, just the mere The Rich Family Artistic Director of La Jolla Playhouse Managing Director of La Jolla Playhouse snippet of a song can instantly and viscerally transport me back to a THE OREGON SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL PRODUCTION OF particular moment of my life. I can’t MISSION STATEMENT: hear the opening phrase of Bob Dylan’s “Tangled Up in Blue” without La Jolla Playhouse advances remembering road trips spent in the theatre as an art form and as a vital backseat of my family’s Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser, listening social, moral and political platform to our eight track tape player. Such is the power of music to by providing unfettered creative intertwine with our personal histories. And as Lauren Yee’s opportunities for the leading artists Cambodian Rock Band beautifully illustrates, the same is true of our national histories. of today and tomorrow. With our WRITTEN BY youthful spirit and eclectic, artist- Lauren’s story takes us to Cambodia in April, 1975 – a LAUREN YEE driven approach, we will continue moment when that country’s burgeoning music scene ran to cultivate a local and national headlong into the Khmer Rouge’s ascendancy after a years- FEATURING SONGS BY following with an insatiable appetite long civil war. Though the ensuing genocide claimed the lives DENGUE FEVER for audacious and diverse work. of millions of Cambodians – and nearly all of its musicians – In the future, San Diego’s La Jolla this play deftly shows us the ability of music to defy, to inspire, DIRECTED BY Playhouse will be considered to heal. Even when the artists themselves don’t survive, their CHAY YEW singularly indispensable to the art can rise from the ashes with more urgency than before. A CO-PRODUCTION WITH PORTLAND CENTER STAGE AT THE ARMORY worldwide theatre landscape, as With Cambodian Rock Band, Lauren joins the ranks of other we become a permanent safe UC San Diego MFA playwrights whose work has graced our FEATURING harbor for the unsafe and surprising. stages in recent years, including Jeff Augustin, Mat Smart and BROOKE ISHIBASHI*, ABRAHAM KIM*, JANE LUI*, JOE NGO*, The day will come when it will Naomi Iizuka, who also currently runs the MFA Playwriting JAMES RYEN*, DAISUKE TSUJI*, MOSES VILLARAMA* be essential to enter the La Jolla program. It’s a testament to UC San Diego’s stellar program Playhouse village in order to get a that so many of its graduates are creating excellent work SCENIC DESIGN TAKESHI KATA glimpse of what is about to happen across the country. COSTUME DESIGN SARA RYUNG CLEMENT in American theatre. LIGHTING DESIGN DAVID WEINER I’m delighted that the Playhouse will continue to be an artistic SOUND DESIGN home for Lauren in the years to come; we will be producing MIKHAIL FIKSEL the world premiere of her newest play in our upcoming MUSIC DIRECTOR MATTHEW MacNELLY season, and she is also under commission with us to create a FIGHT DIRECTOR U. JONATHAN TOPPO new show inspired by the craft brewing scene in San Diego. REPERTORY PRODUCER, OSF MICA COLE CASTING DIRECTOR, OSF JOY DICKSON Thank you for joining us for Cambodian Rock Band, and for VOICE & TEXT DIRECTOR, OSF REBECCA CLARK CAREY your ongoing support. DRAMATURG, OSF AMRITA RAMANAN STAGE MANAGER GWEN TUROS* ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER TYLER LARSON* CHRISTOPHER ASHLEY THE RICH FAMILY ARTISTIC DIRECTOR OF LA JOLLA PLAYHOUSE PRODUCTION MANAGER BENJAMIN SEIBERT Cambodian Rock Band was commissioned and first produced by South Coast Repertory with support from the Time Warner Foundation. This play is a recipient of an Edgerton Foundation New American Play Award. Developed with support from The Ground Floor at Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Berkeley, CA. This production of Cambodian Rock Band was originally produced at Oregon Shakespeare Festival Bill Rauch, Artistic Director Cambodian Rock Band is presented by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc. THE COMPANY THE CAST BROOKE ISHIBASHI, Neary/Sothea JOE NGO, Chum La Jolla Playhouse: Debut. New York: Good Person of La Jolla Playhouse: Debut. Regional: Cambodian Rock (in alphabetical order) Szechwan with Taylor Mac (The Public); A Beautiful Day in Band (South Coast Repertory, Oregon Shakespeare November (NY City Center); Takarazuka! (HERE Arts); Qui Festival); Nhan/Khue in Vietgone (Studio Theatre); Neary/Sothea...... Brooke Ishibashi* Nguyen’s The Inexplicable Redemption of Agent G (Ma- Actor 1 in King of the Yees, Xu Xian in The White Snake Rom...... Abraham Kim* Yi); Happy Sunshine Kung Fu Flower (Ars Nova). Regional: (Baltimore Center Stage); Actor 3 in King of the Yees (A Cambodian Rock Band (World Premiere: South Coast Repertory, Oregon Contemporary Theatre); Hotspur in Henry IV, Part One (Wooden O/ Pou/Guard...... Jane Lui* Shakespeare Festival); All’s Well That Ends Well (Oregon Shakespeare Seattle Shakespeare); Hortensio in The Taming of the Shrew (Island Stage Chum...... Joe Ngo* Festival). Developmental: originated new works in collaboration with Left); Hank in Marvin’s Room (Covina Center for the Performing Arts); Boy Qui Nguyen/Vampire Cowboys, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, Thomas Kail, in Blood Wedding (Odyssey Theatre Ensemble); Elvis in Miss Nelson Is Duch...... Daisuke Tsuji* Dave Malloy, Maltby & Shire, Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig, BD Wong, Evan Missing (Lewis Family Playhouse). Solo performances: Words, Words... Ted/Leng...... Moses Villarama* Cabnet, Lear deBessonet, May Adrales, Daniel Fish, Lee Sunday Evans, (The Barn Arts Collective and Leviathan Labs Living Room Series). Film/ Lloyd Suh, Kimber Lee, Baayork Lee, The Public, Geffen Playhouse, TV: Crashing, Off the Record, Beach Blossom. Education: B.A., Cal Poly Lincoln Center, La MaMa, Vineyard Theatre, Women’s Project, The Pomona; M.F.A., UW, Seattle. www.joe-ngo.com Understudy: Duch...... James Ryen* Lark, NAAP, NAATCO, Soho Rep., Clubbed Thumb, New Georges, The Foundry. Concerts: Joe’s Pub, Highline Ballroom, City Winery, JAMES RYEN, Understudy: Duch Setting: Stonewall Inn. TV: Series lead in DJ Nash’s People Are Talking (NBC, dir. La Jolla Playhouse: Debut. Other theatres: Cambodian Pam Fryman). Education: B.A. in Theatre/Musical Theatre, Marymount Rock Band, Othello, Snow in Midsummer, Shakespeare in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. 2008, 1975 and 1978. Manhattan College; Upright Citizens Brigade. Other: Proud Actors’ Love, Beauty and the Beast, Vietgone, The Winter’s Tale Cambodian Rock Band will be performed with one 15-minute intermission. Equity Association Western Region Principal Councilor and member (Oregon Shakespeare Festival); Fat Pig (SpeakEasy Theatre of Fair Wage Onstage. @BrookeIshibashi / @CambodianRockBand / Company); Romeo and Juliet (American Repertory Theater); FairWageOnstage.org Hamlet (New Art Theatre); Love’s Labour’s Lost (Huntington Theatre Understudies are never substituted for listed roles unless a specific announcement or notice is made at the time of the performance. Company); Arms and the Man (Lyric Stage Company); The Taming of ABRAHAM KIM, Rom the Shrew (Commonwealth Shakespeare Company); The Birthday Boys ADDITIONAL STAFF La Jolla Playhouse: Debut. Regional: Cambodian Rock Band (Texas Theatre); The Winter’s Tale (Actors’ Shakespeare Project); Julius (Pacific Playwrights Festival, South Coast Repertory, Oregon Caesar (Gamaliel Theatre Company). Film/TV: American Sniper, The Kill Shakespeare Festival); Son in LA Riots (Café-Club Fais Do Corporation, Minotaur, Summer’s End, Evidence, This Is Mortal Combat, Assistant Director ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������ Graham Schmidt Do); Orchestra, Alice in Wonderland (Hoover High School). Dark House, Shuttle, The Young and the Restless, General Hospital, Associate Scenic Designer ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Se Hyun Oh Music: National and international tours with Run River North, Anger Management, The Mentalist, Mighty Med, Days of Our Lives, DANakaDAN and Magnetic North & Taiyo Na. Drummer on Magnetic Mistresses, Kickin’ It, Body of Proof, GCB, Zeke & Luther, NCIS: Los Associate Lighting Designer ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Phil Kong North & Taiyo Na’s album, Home: Word. Music band affiliations: IXS, Angeles, Without a Trace, How I Met Your Mother, CSI: Miami, Lie to Associate Sound Designer ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������Ben Truppin-Brown Castor and Pollux, Monroe Street, The Blazing Rays of the Sun, Former Me, NCIS. Training: B.F.A. in Acting, University of Oklahoma. Production Assistant ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������Quy Ton Faces, Fyke, Ruth + the Library. TV/Film: Good Sessions (CBS pilot), Jasyn’s Theme (YouTube). Education: Craig Kupka, Daniel Yoo, Angelica DAISUKE TSUJI, Duch Thompson. @0abrahamkim0 La Jolla Playhouse: The Orphan of Zhao, American Night. Regional: Cambodian Rock Band (South Coast Repertory, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS JANE LUI, Pou/Guard; Co-Arranger Oregon Shakespeare Festival); With Love and a Major La Jolla Playhouse: Debut. Regional: Huong in Vietgone Organ (The Theatre @ Boston Court); Orlando in As You (East West Players); Pou in Cambodian Rock Band Like It (Antaeus Theatre Company); William Shakespeare “Uku” “Family Business" “One Thousand Tears of a Tarantula” “Cement Slippers” “Sni Bong” “Tooth and Nail” (South Coast Repertory, Oregon Shakespeare Festival); in Imogen Says Nothing (Yale Repertory Theatre); A Midsummer Night’s all written by Dengue Fever. Maudlin in All's Well That Ends Well (Oregon Shakespeare Dream (California Shakespeare Theater/Portland Center Stage); The Festival); Cecily Pigeon in The Odd Couple (Sierra Madre Orphan of Zhao (American Conservatory Theater). International: Public All Dengue Fever songs administered by Ellipsis Music Corp. (ASCAP) and Pentagon Lipservices (BMI) Playhouse); Shannon Baker in The Sparrow, Ute/Chief in Cannibal the Clown in Dralion (Cirque du Soleil); Meditations on Virginity (Poland Musical (Coeurage Theatre Company); Julie in John Doe the Musical tour). Other credits: Writing/directing: Clowns Are Peoples Too (OSF on behalf of (Lyceum Theatre); Penny in Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog (Chinese Midnight Project); Death and Giggles (Three Chairs Theater Company); CHHOM CHIMNEY • 1 ARMED CRAB PUB • FOOLISH MORTAL PUB Pirate Productions). Composition: Under Milk Wood, Secret in the Monkey Madness (Los Angeles Theater Ensemble). Film/TV: Love, NOON KEY MUSIC • S W O P SONGS • TROLL UNDER THE BRIDGE Wings (Coeurage Theatre Company), San Diego Zoo. Film/TV/Internet/ Death & Robots; Brockmire; The Man in the High Castle; The Blacklist. th Commercial: 67 Emmy Awards, Odious, The Soulman, Daylight Video Game: Jin in Ghost of Tsushima, Call of Duty: Black Ops 4, Prey. Savings, Luieland (YouTube personality, 4m views). Voiceovers: Call Education: B.A., UCLA. www.daisuketsuji.com Dengue Fever music and information are available from denguefevermusic.com of Duty, San Diego Zoo, Hibakusha. Awards: Stage Raw nomination for Best Original Music, Dublin Web Fest Best Music Video, San MOSES VILLARAMA, Ted/Leng "The Times They Are A-Changin’" Diego Best Recording nominations for albums Goodnight Company La Jolla Playhouse: Debut. Off-Broadway: Fast Company and Barkentine, YouTube's Unsigned Pick. Music: All original albums (Ensemble Studio Theatre); The Sonic Life of a Giant Written by Bob Dylan available on iTunes, Spotify. Upcoming fourth album to be released as Tortoise (The Play Company); Chairs and a Long Table (Ma- Copyright © 1963, 1964 by Warner Bros. Inc.; renewed 1991, 1992 by Special Rider Music. music project Surrija. Surrija.com Yi Theater). Regional: Cambodian Rock Band, Henry V, The Used by permission. All rights reserved. Odyssey, The Winter’s Tale, Snow in Midsummer (Oregon Shakespeare Festival); Vietgone (OSF/Seattle Repertory); Warrior Class (Alliance Theatre); Suspense! Radio Hour (Hudson Valley Shakespeare); "Cyclo" by YOS Aularan; "Today I Learn to Drink" "Old Pot, Tasty Rice" "I am 16" by Voy Ho; King Lear, Amadeus, A Christmas Carol (Denver Center); Swamp Is and "Champa Battanbang" by Sin Sisamouth On (Pig Iron). Training: M.F.A., National Theatre Conservatory. B.A., All used by arrangement with Minky Records, Inc. University of San Francisco @themightymos

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LAUREN YEE, Playwright SARA RYUNG CLEMENT, Costume Design U. JONATHAN TOPPO, Fight Director TYLER LARSON, Assistant Stage Manager Her play Cambodian Rock Band, with music by Dengue Fever, premiered La Jolla Playhouse: POP Tours Home of the Brave and The Astronaut La Jolla Playhouse: Debut. In 28 seasons at Oregon Shakespeare Festival: La Jolla Playhouse: Stage Manager for Slam as part of the DNA New at South Coast Rep, with subsequent productions at Oregon Shakespeare Farmworker. Off-Broadway: Somebody's Daughter (Second Stage Resident Fight Director, As You Like It, Hairspray, Mother Road, Indecent, Work Series; ASM for The Coast Starlight, Diana; Sub ASM for The Festival, La Jolla Playhouse, Victory Gardens, City Theatre, Merrimack Uptown); Fruiting Bodies (Ma-Yi Theatre). Regional credits include the Cambodian Rock Band, Between Two Knees, How to Catch Creation, Squirrels. The Old Globe: Sub ASM for Almost Famous, Intern for Guys Rep, Signature Theatre, Portland Center Stage and Jungle Theatre. Her Guthrie Theater, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, South Coast Repertory, Macbeth, Alice in Wonderland, All’s Well That Ends Well, La Comedia and Dolls. San Diego Comic-Con: ASM for Hulu’s Castle Rock Activation. play The Great Leap has been produced at the Denver Center, Seattle Denver Center Theatre Company, Geffen Playhouse, Actors Theatre of Errors. Fight Director, Othello, Destiny of Desire, Oklahoma!, Snow Education: M.F.A. UC San Diego, B.F.A. Texas State University. Repertory, Atlantic Theater, the Guthrie Theatre, American Conservatory of Louisville, Folger Theatre, Pasadena Playhouse, Seattle Rep, in Midsummer, Henry V, Manahatta, The Way the Mountain Moved, Theater, Arts Club, InterAct Theatre and Steppenwolf, with future Mixed Blood, TheatreWorks, Center Stage Baltimore, Boston Court, Romeo and Juliet, The Book of Will, Julius Caesar, Shakespeare in Love, OREGON SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL productions at Long Wharf and Asolo Rep/Miami New Drama. Honors Perseverance Theatre, East West Players, Cornerstone Theater Company, Hannah and the Dread Gazebo, Henry IV Part I, Hamlet, Richard II, Guys Founded in 1935, the Oregon Shakespeare Festival (OSF) has grown include the Doris Duke Artists Award, Steinberg Playwright Award, A Noise Within, Yale Repertory Theatre and others. Set design faculty and Dolls, Fingersmith, Sweat, Pericles, The Comedy of Errors, Richard from a three-day festival of two plays to a nationally renowned Whiting Award, Steinberg/ ATCA Award, American Academy of Arts and at UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television, and a recipient of the III, A Streetcar Named Desire, King Lear, The Unfortunates, Cymbeline, organization that presents an eight-month season of up to 11 plays, Letters literature award, Horton Foote Prize, Kesselring Prize, Primus Prize, Donald and Zorca Oenslager Fellowship in Design. M.F.A., Yale School of August: Osage County, Ruined. Other theatres: Sweat (Studio 54, The including works by Shakespeare, classics, musicals and world-premiere a Hodder Fellowship at Princeton, and the #1 and #2 plays on the 2017 Drama; A.B., Princeton University. sararyungclement.com Public Theater, Dallas Theatre Company); Othello (A.R.T. Cambridge); plays. OSF’s commissioning programs have generated works that Kilroys List. She's a Residency 5 playwright at Signature Theatre, New Angels in America (Berkeley Rep); West Side Story, Pericles (Guthrie have been produced on Broadway, internationally, and at regional, Dramatists member, Ma-Yi Writers’ Lab member, and Playwrights Realm DAVID WEINER, Lighting Design Theater); Mojada (Portland Center Stage); The Pirates of Penzance community and high school theatres across the country. OSF’s mission alumni playwright. Her TV work includes Pachinko (Apple) and Soundtrack La Jolla Playhouse: The Darrell Hammond Project, American Night. (Portland Opera); All the Way (Seattle Repertory Theatre). Teaching: statement: “Inspired by Shakespeare’s work and the cultural richness of (Netflix). She is currently under commission from Geffen Playhouse, La Broadway: The Price, Stephen King’s Misery, Romeo and Juliet, Dead Certified associate instructor with Dueling Arts International. Awards: the United States, we reveal our collective humanity through illuminating Jolla Playhouse, Portland Center Stage, Second Stage and South Coast Accounts, Grace, Godspell, The Normal Heart, Reasons to Be Pretty, Drama Desk Award 2017 Best Fight Choreography, Sweat (The Public interpretations of new and classic plays, deepened by the kaleidoscope Rep. B.A.: Yale. M.F.A.: UC San Diego. www.laurenyee.com Butley, The Real Thing, Dinner at Eight, Betrayal. Off-Broadway: The Theater). of rotating repertory." Public Theater, Manhattan Theatre Club, Second Stage Theatre, CHAY YEW, Director Playwrights Horizons, MCC Theater, New York Theatre Workshop, Theatre GWEN TUROS, Stage Manager PORTLAND CENTER STAGE AT THE ARMORY Off-Broadway: The Public, Playwrights Horizons, New York Theatre for a New Audience, Vineyard Theatre, Atlantic Theater Company. La Jolla Playhouse: Debut. Oregon Shakespeare Festival: 22 seasons. is among the top 20 regional theaters in the country. Established in 1988 Workshop, Rattlestick, Ensemble Studio Theatre, Playwrights Realm, Regional: Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Goodman Theatre, Center Production Stage Manager: Cambodian Rock Band, Othello, Love's as a branch of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, the company became National Asian American Theatre Company, Ma-Yi Theatre. Regional: Theatre Group, Guthrie Theater, McCarter Theatre, Huntington Theatre Labour's Lost, Hannah and the Dread Gazebo, The Merry Wives of independent in 1994, and is under the leadership of Artistic Director Victory Gardens Theater, American Conservatory Theater, Berkeley Rep, Company, American Repertory Theater, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Windsor. Stage Manager: Hamlet; Pericles; The Tempest; Richard III; A Marissa Wolf and Managing Director Cynthia Fuhrman. The company South Coast Repertory, Long Wharf Theatre, Denver Center, Humana Berkeley Repertory Theatre. Theme Park: Frozen at Hyperion Theater, Streetcar Named Desire; A Midsummer Night’s Dream; Animal Crackers; offers a mix of 10 classic, contemporary, and world premiere productions; Festival, Kennedy Center, Mark Taper Forum, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Disney California Adventure Park. Music Festivals: Site Lighting Director Henry V; The Language Archive; Julius Caesar; Cat on a Hot Tin Roof; plus a variety of education and community programs. The company has Huntington Theatre, Woolly Mammoth, East West Players, Northlight for Bonnaroo, Outside Lands and Grandoozy. Awards include three Lucille The Merchant of Venice; Macbeth; Much Ado About Nothing; Welcome produced 27 world premieres and presents JAW, an annual new works Theatre, Curious Theatre, Pillsbury Theatre, Teatro Vista, GALA Hispanic Lortel Awards (Guards at the Taj, Through a Glass Darkly, Rodney’s Wife); Home, Jenny Sutter; The Further Adventures of Hedda Gabler; As You festival. The Armory (originally built in 1891) became the first building Theatre, Portland Center Stage, Cincinnati Playhouse, Mosaic Theatre LA Ovation Award (Venice); Drama Desk nomination (Small Fire); five Like It; The Taming of the Shrew; The Diary of Anne Frank; Richard III; on the National Register of Historic Places and the first performing arts Company, Playmakers Rep, Round House, Southern Rep Theatre, American Theatre Wing Hewes Design Award nominations. Twelfth Night; The Visit; Oedipus Complex; Romeo and Juliet; Richard II; venue in the country to achieve a LEED Platinum rating. Boise Contemporary Theatre, Laguna Playhouse, Geva Theatre, Empty Noises Off; Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?; Life Is a Dream; Troilus and Space, Cornerstone Theater, Theatre @ Boston Court, Highways, MIKHAIL FIKSEL, Sound Design Cressida; Wit; Crumbs from the Table of Joy; El Paso Blue; Rosmersholm; Northwest Asian American Theatre, Singapore Repertory Theatre. Opera: is a designer, composer, musician and DJ based in Chicago and NYC. Measure for Measure. Assistant Stage Manager: Indecent, Timon of Tanglewood Music Center, Los Angeles Philharmonic. Awards: Obie, La Jolla Playhouse: Seize the King, Tiger Style!. Other recent credits: Athens, Antony and Cleopatra, King Lear. Other theatres: Guthrie Drama-Logue awards. The Public Theater, Playwrights Horizons, The Civilians, The Goodman, Theater, Minneapolis; Folger Theatre, Washington D.C.; Group Theatre, Chicago Shakespeare, Steppenwolf, Albany Park Theatre Project, Third Seattle. Education: B.A., University of Northern Colorado. TAKESHI KATA, Scenic Design Rail Projects, Manhattan Theatre Club, The Geffen Playhouse, The Old La Jolla Playhouse: The Last Tiger in Haiti, Guards at the Taj. Broadway: Globe, Kennedy Center, Center Theater Group, Dallas Theater Center, Derren Brown: Secret. Off Broadway: Office Hour (The Public Theater); South Coast Repertory, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Williamstown Man from Nebraska (Second Stage Theatre); Through a Glass Darkly, Theater Festival, Victory Gardens, Writers Theatre and several audio Members of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in This theatre operates under an agreement between the League of Resident Theatres The Intelligent Design of Jenny Chow (Atlantic Theater Company); Until plays with Make-Believe Association. He is a recipient of two Lucille * the United States. The theatre operates under an agreement between the League of Resident and United Scenic Artists, Local USA-829 of the IATSE. the Flood (Rattlestick Playwrights Theater); The Profane (Playwrights Lortel Awards, multiple Joseph Jefferson Awards, the Michael Maggio Theatres and Actors’ Equity Association. La Jolla Playhouse is a member of the League of Resident Theatres (LORT) Horizons); Gloria (Vineyard Theatre); Forever (New York Theatre Emerging Designer Award, and is a proud member of TSDCA and USA. The Director is a member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, a national and a constituent of Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the national service Workshop); Adding Machine (Minetta Lane Theatre). Regional: Angels theatrical labor union. organization for the nonprofit professional theatre. in America (Berkeley Repertory Theatre), Cambodian Rock Band (South MATTHEW MacNELLY, Music Director/Arranger This theatre operates under an agreement between La Jolla Playhouse and the Coast Rep, Oregon Shakespeare Festival), productions at Alley Theatre, La Jolla Playhouse: WOW Festival production of Our Town, Glengarry International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees Local 122. American Players Theatre, Dallas Theater Center, Denver Theatre for the Glen Ross. MacNelly is a musician and actor living in Los Angeles. Other Performing Arts, Ford’s Theatre, Geffen Playhouse, Goodman Theatre, theatres: music direction: Cambodian Rock Band (South Coast Repertory, Long Wharf Theatre, Mark Taper Forum, The Old Globe, Portland Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Victory Gardens Theatre). Original music: Center Stage, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Williamstown Theatre The Trip’s This might be the end (Theatrelab, NYC); Founders Day Festival and Yale Repertory Theatre, among others. Awards: Obie; Awards (UC San Diego); In Search of Duende (UNESCO World Theatre Drama Desk, Ovation, San Francisco Critics Circle, TBA and Barrymore Festival, Peru). Acting: Time Sensitive (world premiere, Guthrie Theater); Award nominations. Other: associate professor at University of Southern Fourteen Flights (world premiere, New York Fringe Festival); Much Ado California, School of Dramatic Arts. About Nothing (Folger Theatre); F**king A (Studio Theatre). Film: Minor James’ Place is the Theatre District’s on-site restaurant. Developed Turbulence, lady-like, The War Inside. TV: Rizzoli & Isles. Education: M.F.A. by Sushi Master James Holder, the menu features his signature in Acting, UC San Diego; B.A. in Theatre and Performance, Georgetown sushi, delectable dishes created with Prime and Angus cuts of University. beef, locally and sustainably harvested seafood and other seasonal dishes. Lighter fare is served at the newly-redesigned sushi/ cocktail bar, which also offers craft beer and California wines.

Please call (858) 638-7778 for reservations. Visit JamesPlaceSD.com for more information. GG: Part of what makes the play so propulsive GG: That contrast – “effervescence and and unique is the live music component. Was that avoidance” – speaks to the tonal tightrope that PAINFULLY FUNNY aspect part of your initial conception? this play walks so skillfully. It covers a time that was incomprehensibly horrific, but it does so with LY: No, I initially imagined it as a play about music. a disarming sense of humor. How did you strike And gradually, during the initial workshop process, that balance? A conversation between Cambodian Rock Band we started magically casting extraordinary actors with musical ability, so I was like, “Oh, well, if you have LY: It was sort of through trial and error. I will say playwright Lauren Yee and Director of Artistic these instruments, you might as well bring them in that in all of my plays, there is a deep undercurrent and we’ll try playing them and see what happens.” of painfully funny humor. These two things lie right Development Gabriel Greene And that’s how I realized I could create a play with next to each other, so any play that I write, even if it’s music. The play would not have become what it is about the Khmer Rouge and genocide, will contain without those actors already having those talents. some measure of joy. My first couple attempts with this play were very dark and heavy – and this play, In the show, half of the music is by Dengue Fever, while it’s dramatic, is ultimately not that. GG: What first inspired you to write a play GG: Once you became aware of Cambodia’s and half of it is actual Cambodian oldies from the ‘60s about Cambodia and its music? musical history, how did that carry you to your and ‘70s. And the band plays all of it. It’s a great way I think that [balance] came from working with one of story? to demonstrate both the original music scene that the actors, Joe Ngo, whose parents are survivors of LY: It actually came from being in San Diego. In 2011, one of my friends dragged me to the Adams LY: I didn’t just learn about the music, it was also existed and modern-day interpretations of that sound. the Khmer Rouge labor camps. You meet his parents Avenue Street Fair to hear this band she loved called what happened to all those musicians after America and they’re the most joyful, happy, wonderful, open Dengue Fever. I didn’t know anything about them pulled out of the Vietnam War and the Khmer Rouge GG: Several of your plays – I’m thinking of King and generous people. And that’s incongruous with or their music, but as soon as I heard them play – it’s took over the country. I was really struck by the way in of the Yees, Young Americans and obviously how we think of survivors of genocide, so that was like this magical, incredible experience: you hear a which the Khmer Rouge targeted Cambodia’s artists this play – hinge on their father/daughter something that was really helpful to keep in mind band that you’ve never heard before, but the music and intellectuals first. The first thing to go when they relationships. What keeps you coming back to with the character of Chum. sounds immediately familiar and relatable, but also took over the country was the music, and the people that theme? wildly original. And that was my experience when I who made it. Reading about this, I felt like this was a GG: It’s a joy to have you back on the campus of first heard Dengue Fever. staggering and incredible story. For years I was like, LY: My father’s an interesting person! (laughs) My UC San Diego, where you received your M.F.A. “there’s a play in here; one day I’ll write it.” relationship with my father is interesting, because in in Playwriting several years ago. How did that I went home that night and immediately Googled some ways, it’s really undramatic. Our relationship graduate program help guide you to becoming is actually quite good. But at the same time, like in them. They’re a Los Angeles band that formed in GG: What ultimately unlocked the play for you? the writer you are? the early 2000s. The lead singer, Chhom Nimol, is any family, there are unspoken truths and histories Cambodian American, but the rest of the band is LY: In 2015, I got commissioned by South Coast and secrets that lie under the surface. And a friendly, LY: UCSD taught me how to be a writer in the long non-Cambodian; they’re Los Angelenos who were Rep through their Crossroads program, which brings jovial demeanor can mask those deeper traumas. run. It’s almost like it was some sort of training camp. inspired by the rich history of Cambodian surf rock. playwrights to Orange County for about ten days to The character of Chum is not my father, obviously, Like, Michael Phelps is good at swimming, but Unless you’re kind of a music junkie, you may not be look around and research anything they’re curious but he contains a lot of my father’s effervescence how do you become someone who can continually aware of the whole psychedelic surf rock scene that about. That experience was incredibly fruitful; it and avoidance. perform and make swimming, or writing, a large part existed in Cambodia. I certainly didn’t know about it. was like it had been ordained by the universe. That of your life? It was developing those habits of being was when I first met Dengue Fever, because they a writer that would help me on the next play and the play after that. GG: What was that scene like? happened to be playing a gig in Long Beach – which happens to have the largest population of The cast of Cambodian Rock Band. Photo by Jenny Graham, Oregon Shakespeare Festival. LY: Prior to 1975, Cambodia was a musical hotbed. Cambodian Americans in the country. A lot of the The prince at the time, Prince Norodom Sihanouk, seeds that came to fruition later were first planted in composed his own music and travelled with his own that trip in 2015. orchestra. His wife was part of the Royal Ballet. The country as a whole had this incredibly rich music GG: How did your story take shape? Did you history. And in the ‘60s and ‘70s, the music scene start with a relationship, a character, a setting? was a collision of all of Cambodia’s music history: Afro-Cuban beats, French New Wave, Vietnam-era LY: I started with the scenes set in the ‘70s, the radio [that played American rock music]. What you historical parts of the play that directly dealt with the end up with is an incredible combination of sound, Khmer Rouge’s takeover. And early on, I found out and that’s what Dengue Fever bases their music on. that it really helped to have a more contemporary setting, because an American audience has so little context for what happened there. So creating the daughter character, and having part of the play be about her exploration of the past, was really helpful to let an American audience in to that history. PLAYHOUSETHE LEADERSHIP COMPANY

By Andy Knight CHRISTOPHER ASHLEY, The Rich Family Artistic Director DEBBY BUCHHOLZ, Managing Director of La Jolla Playhouse The Sound Before the Silence of La Jolla Playhouse joined the Playhouse in 2002, serving first as General has served as La Jolla Playhouse’s Artistic Director since Manager before becoming Managing Director. She is a Vice 2007. During his tenure, he has helmed the Playhouse’s President of the League of Resident Theaters (LORT) and productions of The Squirrels, Hollywood, The Darrell a member of its Executive Committee. She is a recipient Hammond Project, His Girl Friday, Glengarry Glen Ross, of a San Diego Women Who Mean Business Award from The A Dram of Drummhicit, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Restoration and San Diego Business Journal. Prior to joining La Jolla Playhouse, she served the musicals Diana, Escape to Margaritaville, Disney’s Freaky Friday, as Counsel to The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and n 1953, after 90 years as a French protectorate, Western-inspired melodies with Chasing the Song, Xanadu, Memphis, which won four 2010 Tony Awards the National Symphony Orchestra in Washington, D.C. She was a faculty Cambodia won its independence. The Southeast Asian a distinctly Cambodian sound. including Best Musical, and Come From Away, for which he won the member of the Smithsonian Institution’s program on Legal Problems of I 2017 Tony Award for Best Director of a Musical and the Craig Noel Museum Administration. Prior to The Kennedy Center, she served as country was now the Kingdom of Cambodia. In 1955, The music’s unique identity was Award for Direction. He also spearheaded the Playhouse’s Without Walls a corporate attorney in New York City and Washington, D.C. She is a general elections were held. Prince Norodom Sihanouk, also embodied in its greatest (WOW) series and the Resident Theatre program. Prior to joining the graduate of UC San Diego and Harvard Law School. Ms. Buchholz and who had abdicated as king in pursuit of a political stars. Singers such as Ros Serey Playhouse, he directed the Broadway productions of Xanadu (Drama her husband, noted author and White House economic policy advisor career, and his newly established party, Sangkum Reastr Sothea and Sinn Sisamouth Desk nomination), All Shook Up and The Rocky Horror Show (Tony, Todd Buchholz, live in Solana Beach and are the proud parents of Victoria, Niyum (People’s Socialist Community), triumphed: the appealed to a wide audience Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Award nominations), as well as Katherine and Alexia. the Kennedy Center Sondheim Celebration productions of Sweeney Sangkum party won every with a modern sound that was Todd and Merrily We Roll Along. Other New York credits include: Blown DES McANUFF, Director Emeritus seat in Parliament, and complemented by traditional Sideways Through Life, Jeffrey (Lucille Lortel and Obie Awards), The served as La Jolla Playhouse’s Artistic Director from 1983 the Prince was appointed looks and performance styles. Most Fabulous Story Ever Told, Valhalla, Regrets Only, Wonder of the through 1994, and from 2001 through April 2007. Under prime minister. The Other artists, such as Pen Ran World, Communicating Doors, Bunny Bunny, The Night Hank Williams his leadership, the Playhouse garnered more than 300 Sihanouk era had begun. and Liv Tek, epitomized the term Died and Fires in the Mirror (Lucille Lortel Award), among others. Mr. awards, including the Tony Award for Outstanding Regional Sinn Sisamouth Ashley also directed the feature films Jeffrey and Lucky Stiff, as well as Theatre. His Playhouse to Broadway credits include: “rock star” with their unrestrained, the American Playhouse production of Blown Sideways Through Life SUMMER: The Donna Summer Musical; Doctor Zhivago; Jesus Christ The Prince envisioned raucous performances. for PBS. He is the recipient of the Princess Grace Award, the Drama Superstar; Jersey Boys (four Tony Awards); Billy Crystal’s 700 Sundays postcolonial Cambodia as a League Director Fellowship and an NEA/TCG Director Fellowship. (Tony Award); How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (five modern nation. He sought By 1969, Cambodia was on the brink of a new political Tony nominations); director and co-author with Pete Townshend on The to improve the country’s era. While Sihanouk ruthlessly contended with the LA JOLLA PLAYHOUSE Who’s Tommy (Tony and Olivier Awards for Best Director) and Big River is a place where artists and audiences come together to create what’s (seven Tony Awards), among others. He also directed the premieres of infrastructure and to foster country’s far-left communist revolutionaries – whom new and next in the American theatre, from Tony Award-winning Aaron Sorkin’s The Farnsworth Invention and Yoshimi Battles the Pink a strong national identity he nicknamed the Khmer Rouge – he lost the support productions, to imaginative programs for young audiences, to interactive Robots, which he co-wrote. He also directed the current Broadway (which often meant harsh of urban Cambodians, who disapproved of his experiences outside our theatre walls. Founded in 1947 by Gregory hit Ain’t Too Proud: The Life and Times of The Temptations. Opera punishment for far-left government’s corruption. Finally, in March 1970, while Peck, Dorothy McGuire and Mel Ferrer, the Playhouse is currently led credits: Faust (The Met, ENO). Film credits: Cousin Bette (director), dissidents). To Sihanouk, Sihanouk was in France, General Lon Nol and Prince by Christopher Ashley, the Rich Family Artistic Director of La Jolla Iron Giant (producer, BAFTA Award) and Quills (executive producer). Playhouse, and Managing Director Debby Buchholz. Internationally- Prince Norodom Recipient of the Drama League’s 2006 Julia Hansen Award, Mr. McAnuff modernity also required Sisowath Sirik Matak, both high-ranking government renowned for the development of new plays and musicals, the Playhouse served as Artistic Director at Canada’s Stratford Festival from 2007 Sihanouk cultural relevance, and the officials, orchestrated a coup with the unspoken has mounted 102 world premieres, commissioned 52 new works, and through 2012. In 2012, he was awarded Canada’s esteemed Governor arts and entertainment permission of the United States. The Kingdom of sent 32 productions to Broadway – including the currently-running hit General’s National Arts Center Award and the Order of Canada. boomed in Cambodia during the 1950s and '60s. But the Cambodia was now the Khmer Republic. musical Come From Away – garnering a total of 38 Tony Awards, as country’s music enjoyed a particular renaissance – for it well as the 1993 Tony Award for Outstanding Regional Theatre. was during this era that rock and roll came to Cambodia. During the five years that followed, Cambodia was enmeshed in a civil war as the U.S.-backed Lon Nol Even before the arrival of rock and roll, Cambodia’s government fought the tenacious Khmer Rouge. But in AUDIENCE ENGAGEMENT EVENTS: CAMBODIAN ROCK BAND popular music had incorporated foreign influences. Phnom Penh, Cambodia’s capital, the music persevered. While the country was still a protectorate, folk musicians The sounds of rock and roll would not be quieted – not integrated Western instruments into their ensembles by the U.S. bombs dropped on eastern Cambodia in the Talkback Tuesdays Sponsored in part by The Green Room Sponsored in part by and Latin beats into their songs. By the 1960s, the name of the Vietnam War, nor the rampant corruption Participate in a lively discussion with Cambodian Rock Band Join us before the show on the first Friday of the run to youth in urban Cambodia were hooked on yé-yé music, within Lon Nol’s government, nor the growing number performers and Playhouse staff members immediately following hear directly from writers, directors and designers about French pop named after the common refrain “yeah, of Khmer Rouge guerilla fighters. these performances. their process from the page to opening night. yeah.” Then, as the United States’ military presence in Nov 19 & Nov 26 following the 7:30 pm performances Nov 15 at 7:00 pm neighboring Vietnam increased, English-language rock Then, on April 17, 1975, the Khmer Rouge breached and roll became popular. Phnom Penh, and the music finally stopped. The war was over, and the victors swiftly instituted their Throughout the 1960s and early '70s, Cambodian vision for a new society. Over the next four years, ACCESS Performance Sponsored in part by Discovery Sunday musicians recorded Khmer-language covers of foreign approximately two million Cambodians would be songs. But as a whole, Cambodia’s rock was far more exterminated by the Khmer Rouge, including ninety On select performances, La Jolla Playhouse provides Join us post-performance with special guest Dr. Chinary Ung, than a mere imitation of a Western form. Artists percent of the country’s musicians. American Sign Language interpretation for audience UC San Diego professor and renowned composer, for a composed and recorded original songs that addressed members who are deaf or hard-of-hearing and audio moderated discussion exploring the play's themes. description for patrons who are blind or have low vision. national concerns and challenged contemporary But miraculously, many of their recordings survived. attitudes; and both covers and original pieces combined Nov 30 at 2:00 pm Dec 1 following the 2:00 pm performance Used with permission from South Coast Repertory, which commissioned and premiered Cambodian Rock Band (2018).

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Una K. Davis Brian & Silvija Devine Dr. Howard & Barbara Milstein Patron Services - LaJollaPlayhouse.org All p roductions and artists are subject to change. LA JOLLA PLAYHOUSE La Jolla Playhouse and National Disability Theatre Team Up BOARD OF TRUSTEES to Create 2020 POP Tour LYNELLE LYNCH Karen A. Quiñones Chair Jeffrey Ressler* Becky Robbins RANDALL L. CLARK, Don Rosenberg, Qualcomm La Jolla Playhouse is proud to partner with National a standards-based engagement guide that enables Sempra Energy Tim Scott Disability Theatre (NDT) to create the 2020 Performance educators to integrate the play into their existing First Vice-Chair Shane Shelley, Morrison Foerster Outreach Program (POP) Tour, Emily Driver’s Great curriculum. MICHAEL FLASTER Karen Silberman Race Through Time and Space. The piece follows Second Vice-Chair Laura Spielman Steven M. Strauss*, Cooley, LLP Emily, a young girl who takes her worn-out wheelchair To ensure that the POP Tour is accessible to all schools, SUSAN TOUSI, Illumina Andy Thomas, Evans Hotels Secretary on a time traveling journey where she meets disability the Playhouse offers partial and full scholarships to Carrie Vilaplana, Union Bank activists. She gains inspiration from schools to cover the minimal program SCOTT M. STANTON, Mintz Mary Walshok, Ph.D., leaders who have blazed trails before fee charged. Approximately 75% of Treasurer UC San Diego Extension Charlayne Woodard her to advocate for the rights of all schools received scholarships in 2019, TRUSTEES Barbara ZoBell individuals with disabilities. A team including all Title 1 schools, thanks to Christopher Ashley** of actors, writers and designers with corporate and foundation support, as Michael Bartell HONORARY TRUSTEES Denise Bevers Richard Atkinson, Ph.D. disabilities will bring this story to life. well as the Adopt-a-School program. Andrew Boyd** Ivan Gayler Patrons can support the POP Tour by Ralph Bryan* John Goodman The POP Tour is an annual world- underwriting performances at schools Debby Buchholz** Joel Holliday* Robert Caplan, Julie Potiker premiere, Playhouse-commissioned in need. Once a patron is matched with Seltzer Caplan McMahon Vitek Geri Ann Warnke* production that brings the magic of a school, they are invited to attend the Hope Carlson, Gary Wollberg* theatre to more than 20,000 students school’s performance and workshop Dowling & Yahnke, LLC Robert Wright, Esq. Lisa S. Casey Wright, L’Estrange & Ergastolo per year. Introduced in 1987, this to share the students’ experience of Linda Chester EMERITUS TRUSTEES travelling performance is created for watching the play. Peter Cowhey, Ph.D., Rita Bronowski (1917-2010) UC San Diego students grades 3-6, touring San Diego county schools, David Copley (1952-2012) Doug Dawson libraries and community centers. To book the POP Tour at your local elementary school, Ted Cranston (1940-2012) Edward A. Dennis, Ph.D. Milton Fredman (1920-2005) please contact Hannah Reinert, Education Coordinator, Brian Dovey, Domain Associates Ewart W. Goodwin, Jr.* Prior to each performance, a Playhouse teaching artist at [email protected]. To learn how you can participate Emily Einhorn Tony Lattimore Photography (1938- 2019) Annie Ellis, Procopio visits each school to engage students in an interactive in the Adopt-a-School program, contact Cristina Marian Jones Longstreth Top row: Stephanie Bergsma & Dwight Hare with Becky Robbins; Vivien Ressler and Charlayne Woodard. Middle row: Tom Evons, Teri Evons Karen Quinones and Teri Evons; Debby Jacobs and Lynelle Lynch. Bottom row: Ashley Gosal and Annie Ellis; Michael & Randy Clark (1906-1997) workshop to explore issues and themes at the core Hernandez at [email protected]. Mick Farrell with Barbara & Howard Milstein. Hughes Potiker (1925-2005) Dr. Lawrence Friedman of the play. The Playhouse also provides schools with Sheila Potiker (1930-2011) Hanna Gleiberman Ellen Revelle (1910-2009) Lynn E. Gorguze Roger Revelle (1909-1991) A MESSAGE FROM THE BOARD CHAIR Luke Gulley, Show Imaging, Inc. Willard P. VanderLaan, M.D.* Dwight Hare (1917-2012) LA JOLLA PLAYHOUSE EDUCATION & OUTREACH PROGRAMS Kevin Hilderman, Welcome to La Jolla Playhouse and this performance of Cambodian Arthur Wagner, Ph.D. Bank of America Private Bank Rock Band. This widely-acclaimed piece marks a wonderful (1923-2015) Osborn Hurston, US Bank Lead Supporters: The William Hall Tippett and Ruth Rathell Tippett Foundation | Qualcomm Foundation Mandell Weiss (1891-1993) homecoming for playwright and UC San Diego graduate Lauren Yee. Debby Jacobs Joan Jacobs 1947 FOUNDERS Arts Academy – Through the Kennedy Center's JumpStart Theatre – This three-year program Student Matinees – Student matinees of select With the holidays approaching, we hope you will consider La Jolla Cynthia James-Price** Mel Ferrer Sheri L. Jamieson Partners in Education program, San Diego County consists of dedicated curriculum to provide mainstage productions are offered throughout Playhouse in your charitable giving plans through a year-end gift. Dorothy McGuire Jeanne Jones Gregory Peck Office of Education and the Playhouse team up middle school teachers with the skills and the school year. Each school receives teacher Your donation supports our many new play development programs Kathy Jones, Ph.D. to provide professional development for non- resources needed to produce musicals in their training and an online engagement guide. After that allow the Playhouse to commission new works from artists like Pradeep K. Khosla, Ph.D., *Past Chair of the Board Chancellor, UC San Diego theatre teachers on how to use arts integration schools for the first time. the performance, students hear directly from the Lauren, while helping to launch such new works as Come From Away **Ex-Officio strategies in the classroom to enhance their cast at a post-show talkback. Kay Matherly – about to celebrate its third anniversary on Broadway – and Diana, List as of October 15, 2019 existing core curriculum using theatre activities. Performance Outreach Program (POP) Tour which will open in New York in March, marking the Playhouse’s 33rd Each year, the Playhouse commissions a new YP@LJP – Young Performers at La Jolla Broadway transfer. In-School Residencies – Playhouse teaching play that addresses real concerns of today’s youth Playhouse offers exciting summer training artists lead multi-day workshops focusing on and brings a professional production to schools programs for kids: an exploration of theatre arts a variety of theatre topics in dozens of K-12 and community centers across San Diego County. in a fun, creative way. Your donation also helps us sustain our award-winning education programs like the Performance Outreach Program (POP) Tour. The 2020 POP Tour, created through an exciting collaboration with National Disability Theatre, will begin schools throughout San Diego. Each residency is Supported by the Sidney E. Frank Foundation, the Jordan customized to the individual school's goals. Spotlight On – Playhouse teaching artists lead Ressler Endowment Fund, David C. Copley Foundation and the its journey this February, and your donation will help introduce thousands of young people to the world of theatre as classes for adults on Improv, Musical Theatre, Roberto Quiñones, Jr. Scholarship Fund. this brand new play tours elementary schools throughout San Diego. To make a tax-deductible, year-end contribution, Innovation Lab – Focusing on how theatre can Playwriting, Acting and Technical Theatre. Each please contact our Philanthropy Department at (858) 550-1070 x134. improve communication, creativity, collaboration class closes with a performance or presentation For more information on La Jolla and critical thinking skills, Playhouse teaching for invited guests. Playhouse's Education & Outreach On behalf of the Board of Trustees, thank you for helping us make 2019 such a tremendous success, and we look artists are available to lead interactive activities programs, please contact Julia Cuppy at forward to seeing you at the Playhouse in the new year! that build teams to be effective in any industry. (858) 550-1070 x103. LYNELLE LYNCH CHAIR, BOARD OF TRUSTEES CAMBODIAN ROCK BAND PRODUCTION SPONSORS LA JOLLA PLAYHOUSE CORPORATE CIRCLE

All of us at Procopio congratulate the Playhouse on yet another incredible SEASON SPONSORS production. Lauren Yee’s powerful story illustrates the profound importance of community, family and music. Procopio is the largest San Diego-based law firm and an AmLaw 200 Top Ten firm for Diversity. We actively support more than 150 community organizations across the county, and are proud to count the Playhouse as one of our community partners.

Union Bank is proud to sponsor Cambodian Rock Band here at La Jolla Playhouse. From award-winning musicals and plays to impactful education and outreach $25,000 + programming, the Playhouse continues to do incredible work in the San Diego community and beyond. Union Bank is honored to play a part in helping important stories such as this one reach new audiences throughout our region.

Una K. Davis As a long-time supporter of the arts, it is my pleasure to co-sponsor Cambodian Rock Band, coming to La Jolla Playhouse having received multiple new play awards in the past year. What excites me most about partnering with the Playhouse is their commitment to developing new plays and musicals that ignite conversation and change, and this work will certainly do just that. Beyond this production, I am proud to be a part of the Artistic Director’s Circle to help bring a wonderful 2019/2020 Season to San Diego audiences.

Brian & Silvija Devine Supporting the performing arts has been our lifelong endeavor, and we are very $15,000 + pleased to sponsor Lauren Yee's Cambodian Rock Band. This is a story that must be told! We appreciate the opportunity to partner with both Lauren and the Playhouse to share this tale of redemption through the transforming power of theatre. As we reflect on our past, may the lessons we learn bring us all healing, reconciliation and hope for our future.

The Paula Marie Black Endowment The Paula Marie Black Endowment Fund for Women’s Voices in the Art of Theatre for Women’s Voices in the supports female playwrights and directors both on stage and off. Established by Art of Theatre former Playhouse Trustee Paula Marie Black, this Endowment provides female $10,000 + artists with invaluable resources to develop their work at the Playhouse. This generous gift helps us amplify 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. It is a great honor to support the work of Lauren Yee, who has been named the second most-produced playwright in the country for the 2019/20 season!

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The cast of The Coast Starlight; photo by Jim Carmody All gifts are appreciated and treasured, and a gift of $150 or more will provide you with a variety of exclusive benefits designed to bring you closer to the theatre you love.

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“La Jolla Playhouse commissioned, developed “For many of my students, this is their first and produced The Coast Starlight, giving me professional theatre experience. At intermission rigorous and exacting support along the way. of Diana, one of my students turned to me, wide- A playwright dreams of this kind of relationship eyed, and said ‘So this is what theatre is like? This WAYS TO GIVE DOUBLE YOUR IMPACT with a theater – it’s a rare and precious thing.” is amazing!’” with a CORPORATE MATCH! • By mail: La Jolla Playhouse, Attn: Philanthropy – Keith Bunin, playwright of The Coast Starlight – Kirsten Giard, IDEA Center High School Dept, PO Box 12039, La Jolla, CA 92039 Many corporations will match your charitable donation. Check with your company to double • By phone: Cristina Hernandez, Individual your 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 Sarah Goodwin, Corporate and Foundation Relations Assistant, Please give by December 31 for 2019 tax credit* at (858) 228-3088.

Ciarlene Coleman and Amanda Arbués-Gille in the 2019 POP Tour Light Years Away; photo by Jamie Scott Lytle. In addition to cash, checks and credit card donations, the Playhouse gratefully accepts donations from donor-advised funds and appreciated stock or securities.

Performance Outreach Program (POP) Tour Programs for our Local Military If you are 70 ½ or older, you may designate part of your IRA’s required minimum distribution to support the Playhouse. “Thank you so much for coming to our school “This event helped to make up for all of the and for showing us how important teamwork is birthdays, anniversaries and special occasions through this play.” we have missed.” FROM ALL OF US AT LA JOLLA PLAYHOUSE, – Joshua, Student at Curie Elementary – Danae, Military Spouse at Military Date Night THANK YOU AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS! * La Jolla Playhouse (Theatre and Arts Foundation of San Diego County) is a 501 (c)(3). Federal Tax ID: 95-1941117 PATRON SERVICES Srh lford tt cell in oon uren ee Srin ACCESSIBILITY CONCESSIONS AND RESTAURANT PATRON SERVICES is located in the lobby or Sn ieo Thetre nce courtyard of each theatre. A volunteer is available to distribute assisted listening devices including La Jolla Playhouse provides wheelchair-accessible James’ Place provides bar and concessions at hearing loop and answer questions. CAMBODIAN ROCK BAND ictured playwright Lauren Yee is a 2012 seating and parking. Wheelchair seat locations each theatre lobby or courtyard. Please call [UCSDMFA AD/TBD]Playwriting alumna of UC are available for wheelchair users and a (858) 638-7778 or visit jamesplacesd.com for PHOTOGRAPHY/RECORDING DEVICES San Diego Theatre and Dance. companion at all performances; be sure to advise hours and reservations. Photography and video or audio recording of the reservationist that you require a wheelchair performances is strictly prohibited. The department welcomes her location. Additionally, a golf cart is available LATE SEATING back to the Theatre District for to assist patrons with accessibility needs to Should you arrive late for any performance or PLEASE SILENCE or turn off all electronic devices, this Playhouse production! and from the parking lot. Please notify Patron need to leave your seat during the performance, including cell phones, before the performance. UC San Diego playwrights are Services prior to your performance if you are in you may be asked to wait in the lobby until an making a name for themselves need of this service; additionally, you may pull appropriate moment. To minimize any disturbance SAFETY IN THE THEATRE DISTRICT nationally. San Diego audiences into the ten minute parking area, and a La Jolla to actors or other patrons, you may stand or be La Jolla Playhouse is constantly working with UC can be the fi rst to see plays that Playhouse greeter will assist you. The Playhouse have gone on to be produced seated in the first available location by House San Diego Police Department and Transportation Off-Broadway and in regional also provides assisted listening devices for Management even if not your assigned location. and Parking Services to maintain a safe and theatres across the country patrons, free of charge, at the Patron Services Some performances may not allow for late seating secure environment in the parking lots. Patrons are during our Wagner New Play desk prior to performances (subject to availability). or return to your assigned seat. welcome to use the UC San Diego escort service Festival each May. Listening Devices Provided in Part by by contacting UC San Diego Community Service PARKING is free for subscribers, $2 for the Officers (CSOs) at (858) 534-9255 (WALK). Further general public when parking attendant is present. questions regarding security, please contact UC San CHILDREN under the age of 6 and Upon arrival to campus, please enter your parking Diego Police at (858) 534-4357 (HELP). unaccompanied minors under the age of 12 are space number and pay the automated pay not permitted in the theatre unless otherwise stations located in the parking lot. Spaces that THEATRE TOURS posted. Out of respect for fellow audience are not paid for are subject to citations by UC San Tour the stages and production shops of the members and the performers, babes in arms are Diego Parking Enforcement. Please note, UC San Playhouse facilities and learn more about the history Come back to the Jacobs Theatre Distict and see a UC San Diego Theatre & Dance department show not permitted in the theatre during performances. Diego will be adjusting parking rates and pay on of La Jolla Playhouse. Contact (858) 550-1070 x101. with this special offer for La Jolla Playhouse ticket holders: weekends in the future. $7.50 tickets when you use the code LJP Go to theatre.ucsd.edu/season. Click on ‘BUY Tickets’ for any of the shows, click on the ‘Enter a Password or Discount Code’ and enter code LJP. PLAYHOUSE PARTNERS

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The Department of Theatre & Dance at UC San Diego offers undergraduate 2019-2020 Season Lineup includes and graduate degree programs right here in the Jacobs Theatre District. Man In Love Balm in Gilead Through our partnership with La Elektra Jolla Playhouse, current students and alumni receive internships and Orestes 2.0 professional residencies on La Jolla Wagner New Play Festival 2020 Playhouse productions. New Directions 2020 For three decades the Playhouse Partners have donated their time, service and skills to support and promote Theatre & Dance MFA alumni Lauren Visit theatre.ucsd.edu/season La Jolla Playhouse. This dedicated group provides many ways to become involved, such as staffing the Patron Yee, Matt MacNelly & Tyler Larson are all part of La Jolla Playhouse’s Services desk, organizing breakfasts for the cast and crew and providing administrative support. In return, Cambodian Rock Band. Partners receive many exciting benefits and special events, all while representing one of the foremost producing theatres in the country. La Jolla Playhouse is deeply grateful for the Partners’ efforts over the past 30 years, and for many years to come. Duchess! Duchess! Duchess!, 2019 photo by Jim Carmody For more information, please visit LaJollaPlayhouse.org. For information: THEATRE.UCSD.EDU • 858.822.3152 LA JOLLA PLAYHOUSE Christopher Ashley* Debby Buchholz* STAFF The Rich Family Artistic Director of La Jolla Playhouse Managing Director of La Jolla Playhouse

ARTISTIC Producing Director Eric Keen-Louie ADMINISTRATION EDUCATION & OUTREACH Director of Artistic Development Gabriel Greene* General Manager Ryan Meisheid Director of Education & Outreach Julia Cuppy Artistic Programs Manager & Local Casting Director Assistant General Manager Samantha De La Riva Associate Director of Education & Outreach Bridget Cavaiola Jacole Kitchen Corporate/Legal Counsel Robert C. Wright, Wright & L’Estrange Education & Outreach Coordinator Hannah Reinert Director Emeritus Des McAnuff Theatre/Legal Counsel F. Richard Pappas, Esq. Audio Describers Mernie Aste, Laurielynn Barnett, Executive Assistant to Christopher Ashley Rick VanNoy* COMPANY MANAGEMENT Brian Berlau*, Michele Dixon, Tina Dyer, Lisa Iliana, Commissioned Artists Todd Almond, Jeff Augustin, Company Manager Erica Martin Shari Lyon*, Ann McDonald, Kay O’Neil*, Daniel Beaty, Guillermo Calderón, Kara Lee Corthron, Company Management Assistants Alex Bezdeka, Deborah Sanborn*, Leslie Satz, Sylvia Southerland* Steph Del Rosso, Noah Diaz, Kristoffer Diaz, Ava Geyer, Jacob Sinclair ASL Interpreters Hilda Colondres, Lynn Ann Garrett, Kirsten Greenidge, Joe Iconis, Hansol Jung, Mike Lew, Company Management Intern Hannah Meade Anelia Glebocki, Alycen Haynesworth, Rehana Lew Mirza, Martyna Majok, Mona Mansour, Suzanne Lightbourn*, Billieanne McLellan*, Geri Mu Gregory S. Moss, Lisa Peterson, Theresa Rebeck, FINANCE ASL Ushers Regina Moxley, Esther Shen* Dan Moses Schreier, Brian Selznick, Claudia Shear, Director of Finance Laura Killmer Teaching Artists Frankie Alicea, Adrian Alita, Vivian Barnes, Christopher Shinn, Mat Smart, Octavio Solis, Payroll George Kelly Kelly Derouin, Kristen Fogle, Donny Gersonde, Charlayne Woodard, Lauren Yee Staff AccountantSara Kiebooms Samantha Ginn, Cory Hammond, Levi Kaplan, Artistic Intern Cambria Ruth Controller Jared Jackson Justin Lang, Mara Nelson-Greenberg, Wilfred Paloma, Accounts Payable Manager Sharon Ratelle* Michael Shantz, Bex Walker, Gary Ware PRODUCTION Human Resources Manager Jennifer Boaz Playhouse Teen Council Nikki Astor, Ava D'Amore, Production Manager Benjamin Seibert Lilith Freund, Elizabeth Gelber, Zoe Goldstein, Associate Production Manager Becca Duhaime PHILANTHROPY Mia Grust, Emre Gumus, Sonia Halle, Rivers Harris, Assistant Production Manager Carrie Bates Director of Philanthropy Julia B. Foster Madison Hoffman, Mila McCoy, Sasha Moscano, Production Office ManagerCaren Heintzelman Associate Director of Philanthropy Bonnie Broberg Dylan Nalbandian, Nicky Redd, Vivian Romero, SCENE SHOP Foundation & Government Relations, Senior Manager Fiona Salbato, Lexi Smith, Emily Talerman, Carly Walton, Technical Director William Hartley Elizabeth Pennington Sabrina Webster Associate Technical Director Jonathan Gilmer Philanthropy Operations Manager Tony Dixon Assistant Technical Director Michael Strickland Individual Giving Manager Cristina Hernandez OPERATIONS Shop Foreman David Weiner* Philanthropy Coordinator Sarah Huddleston Director of Operations Ned Collins* Production Carpenter Laura McEntyre Corporate and Foundation Relations Assistant Operations Manager Jen McClenahan* Carpenters Mihai Antonesco, Ryan Beasley, Michael Brodsky, Sarah Goodwin Network Systems Specialist Daryl “Scooter” Davis Jacob Bruce, Matt Clark, David Hanna, Nick Jackson, Philanthropy Assistant Anna Juarez FRONT OF HOUSE Scott Kinney, Paul Mares, Brylan Ranscht, Syd Svetz, SPECIAL EVENTS House Manager John Craft* Tim Van Der Lind, Zane Whitmore Special Events Manager Samantha Watkins Assistant House Managers Avery Floto, Jessica Loomer, Shop Helper Doug Collind* Special Events Coordinator Erica Kao Sara Lucchini, Amy Marquez*, Chastyn Rauh, Mondis Vakili Charge Artist Melissa Nalbach Audience Concierges Ashley Carbonell, Sara Delgado, Scenic Painters Dwaine Best, Jenn Imbler COMMUNICATIONS Christopher Ferreria, Benjamin Nelson, Teya Searles, PROPERTIES SHOP Director of Communications Mary Cook* Gemina Soriano Prop Shop Supervisor Deb Hatch* Director of Public Relations Becky Biegelsen* Janitorial Professional Maintenance Systems: Juan Mena, Lead Prop Artisan Zlatko Mitev Director of Sales & Marketing Mia Fiorella Maria Mena, Tony Villafuerte Props Artisans Quinn Becker, Caroline Kvaas Communications Manager Grace Madamba COSTUME SHOP Senior Multimedia Designer Nancy Showers CAMBODIAN ROCK BAND CREW Costume Supervisor Jennifer Ables Multimedia Designer Jane Sanders Stage Carpenter Brylan Ranscht Resident Costume Design Assistant Desiree Hatfield-Buckley Marketing Database Analyst Dani Meister Stage Automation Zane Whitmore Draper Alexander Zeek Marketing Specialist Jacey Aldredge Props Runner Rai Feltmann First Hand Rebecca Fabares Direct Sales Associate Andrew Fink Wardrobe Supervisor Debbie Lou Allen Stitchers Stephanie Gift, Keira McGee Patron Services Sales Specialist Paul Preston* Dresser Carissa Ohm Craft Artisan Tess Mattraw Marketing & Communications Intern Kristina Stahl Wigs/Make Up Albert “Albee” Alvarado ELECTRICS PATRON SERVICES Master Electrician Kristyn Kennedy Electrics Supervisor Jeff Brewer Associate Director of Ticketing Services Pearl Hang* Sound Engineer Valerie Lawrence Master Electrician Kristyn Kennedy* Senior Patron Services Manager Travis Guss A2 Daniel Silva Electricians Alex Cluff, Jessica Dean, Xavier Luevano Patron Services Assistant Manager Mike Brown Video Supervisor Toby Egan SOUND/VIDEO Senior Lead Patron Services Representative/Group Sales Sound/Video Supervisor Timothy Rigg Specialist Renee Shinske Sound Technician Haley Wolf Lead Patron Services Representative Bill Washington Patron Services Representatives Devon Gonzales, Devin O’Reilly, Heidi Smith * Ten years or more with La Jolla Playhouse

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