Kim Jong Funner out of Hiding, a Few Blocks Over, in Primetime

Nicholas Caprio presents, in association with

the World Premiere of Kim Jong Funner Out of Hiding, A Few Blocks Over, In Primetime

Directed by Todd Milliner and Nick Peet Produced by Michael C. Kricfalusi, Todd Milliner, Nick Peet Rebecca Eisenberg, Jason Moyer

Sound and Stage Managed by Lights by Rebecca Eisenberg* Matthew Brian Denman

with (in alphabetical order) Mary Buckley, John Colella*, Tamara Lynn Davis, Nathan Frizzell, Reamy Hall*, Jon Klaft, Marco Martinez, Jason Moyer, Justin O’Connor, Bobby Quinn Rice, Kelly Schumann, Michael Tauzin*

*Member of Actors’ Equity Association, The Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

The photographing, videotaping or audio recording of this performance is strictly prohibited. CAST (Alphabetical) MARY BUCKLEY MARCO ANTONIO MARTINEZ JOHN COLELLA* JASON MOYER TAMARA LYNN DAVIS JUSTIN O’CONNOR NATHAN FRIZZELL BOBBY QUINN RICE REAMY HALL* KELLY SCHUMANN JON KLAFT MICHAEL TAUZIN* PRODUCTION TEAM TODD MILLINER Director/Producer NICK PEET Director/Producer NICHOLAS CAPRIO Executive Producer REBECCA EISENBERG* Producing Director/Executive Producer/Producer/Stage Manager MICHAEL C. KRICFALUSI Executive Director/Executive Producer/Producer MICHAEL MATTHEWS Co-Artistic Director/Executive Producer MICHAEL A. SHEPPERD Co-Artistic Director/Executive Producer MICHAEL O’HARA Managing Director/Executive Producer NATHAN FRIZZELL Literary Director/Executive Producer MATT HOWARD Graphic Designer

*Member of Actors’ Equity Association, The Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

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Mary John Tamara Lynn Nathan Buckley Colella* Davis Frizzell

Reamy Jon Marco Antonio Jason Hall* Klaft Martinez Moyer

Justin Bobby Quinn Kelly Michael O’Connor Rice Schumann Tauzin*

*Member of Actors’ Equity Association, The Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

3 CAST BIOS MARY BUCKLEY (Company) Mary is happy to be working again with all these funny people. Recent credits include “Hot In Cleveland”, “Space Hospital” webseries and a short film called For Rent that was featured at Cannes Film Festival. Thanks to Todd & Michael and Celebration Theatre for making a new home.

JOHN COLELLA (Company) John is grateful to be working with Celebration, Todd, Nick and this talented ensemble again! He recently produced and acted in Niagara Falls at Theatre of NOTE where he is also a new company member. Other theatre credits include: Pinot Noir loving, Miles, in Sideways, Cyrano in Cyrano de Bergerac, It’s Just Sex, Revolver, Kim Jong Fun, Italian American Reconciliation, Faithful, & Lobby Hero. TV & Film: “Silicon Valley”, “Extant”, “Hot In Cleveland”, “Instant Mom”, “Parks & Recreation”, “Criminal Minds”, Hotel Noir, Girl Walks Into A Bar, & The Chicago 8. JohnColella.com

TAMARA LYNN DAVIS (Company) Tamara is a graduate of the University of Connecticut where she did very serious theater and studied Suzuki technique. Since moving to LA she has dropped Shakespeare for comedy. This summer she participated in the Hollywood Fringe Festival in the show The 7th Annual One Man Show World Championships. The show was nominated for Top of Fringe and Best Comedy! She has also been on your TV a few times as a waitress (“Hot In Cleveland”) and one glorious time as a mermaid (“How I Met Your Mother”).

NATHAN FRIZZELL (Company) This is Nathan’s 7th- or 8th (maybe 9th)- show with this crazy group of folks. When not referring to himself in the 3rd person, Nathan often can be found referring to himself in the 2nd person. I really hope you like this show. I mean, I have put a lot of work into it. If you don’t, you could at least pretend you do and laugh. Loudly. That would be nice of you.www.nathanfrizzell.com

REAMY HALL (Company) Reamy is excited to be in her first show at Celebration!!! She just finished a sold out run as an actor/producer of Niagara Falls at Theatre of Note (Company member). She has also recently completed a successful run in It’s Just Sex (Broadway World Nomination). Other L.A. theatre: Best of The L.A. Cafe Plays, Faithful, Cloud Cuckooland, Welcome to the Moon, Playboy of the Western World and Aven’U Boys. TV: “Castle”, “Chas- ing Life”, “Criminal Minds”, “Hot in Cleveland”, “General Hospital:Night Shift”, “The Game”, “Strong Medicine”, “NYPD Blue”, (Recurring) “Philly” and “Passions”. FILM: Girl Walks into a Bar, Bowfinger, Life, Scorched, and Ringmaster. She holds a BFA from The Theatre School/ DePaul University and has run her own successful Pilates studio for over 20 years.

JON KLAFT (Company) Jon is thrilled to be performing in his second sketch show at Celebration Theatre. Jon spent five years as an on-air radio DJ in his hometown of Detroit, MI before relocating to New York City to pursue a career as an actor. Now living in Los Angeles, Jon is involved in the improv scene at The Second City in Hollywood and is a member of Fred Willard’s MoHos sketch group. Early next year, Jon can be seen in the feature film, National Lampoon’s Snatched.

4 CAST BIOS (cont’d) MARCO ANTONIO MARTINEZ (Company) Marco was a member of the Roadside Theater in Heidelberg, Germany and attended the Rose Bruford College of Performing Arts in London, England. He has guest appeared on several television shows including “The West Wing”, “House M.D”. and “Castle”, to name a few. In 2011, he was hired by Forest Whitaker, to serve as Mr. Whitaker’s personal dialect coach on the feature film Catch .44. Marco has performed stand-up comedy and starred opposite Billy Dee Williams in the FunnyorDie.com sponsored, “The Most Interesting BLACK Man in the World”.

JASON MOYER (Company/Producer) Jason really wanted to write something funny here. In fact, this sentence you are reading right now, had to be typed 10 times, because he kept deleting the previous sentence for fear that it wasn’t funny enough. Things like “Jason is the type of guy who likes to sip champagne while watching a sunset,” “Jason likes to run wild in a rainstorm,” or “Jason enjoys playing mahjong while drinking a Tequila Sunrise” had all been a sentence in this bio before they were deleted. But Jason thought better of it because, not only are those things ridiculous, but they are also true and Jason thought people might not realize that he was just being cute. www.thejasonmoyer.com

JUSTIN O’CONNOR (Company) Justin is doing his 8th Sketch Show and we all know that after your 8th sketch show, you get a network sitcom. Since the last show, Justin has been successfully performing and improvising comedy for his 2 year old son, Oliver. Sadly, none of this writing will be seen in tonight’s show. Apparently, there is no room for extreme dancing and fart noise scenes which kill with the 2 year old demographic. Thanks to Susana for letting me sneak away for rehearsals.

BOBBY QUINN RICE (Company) Bobby came from Colorado to study comedy at the Groundlings, I.O. West, and ACME comedy theaters. He performs improv and sketch comedy around the Los Angeles Area. Bobby has won awards for both comedy and theatrical per- formances working in film, tv, and for online comedic content. He has written and worked in sketch for NBC, Funny or Die, and recently “The Worlds Best Impressionist” with Dana Carvey. Go Denver Broncos

KELLY SCHUMANN (Company) Kelly is excited to be back with Todd in the sketch show. Her previous Celebration credits include Leah in Beautiful Thing, Kimberly in Stupid Kids, Linda in What’s Wrong With Angry? and three previous sketch shows, Bar Tricks and Other Human Feats, Five Finger Discount and Kim Jong Fun!. TV credits include “Bones”, “The Mentalist”, “American Horror Story: Asylum”, and Kelly was a recurring character on TVLand’s “Hot In Cleveland” starring Betty White.

MICHAEL TAUZIN (Company) Michael is a graduate of Louisiana State University with a BA in theatre. Regional theatre credits include The Bacchae, Beautiful Thing, Snoopy!!! The Musical, Master Harold...and the Boys, Haram Iran, and Very Still and Hard to See. He also works in TV and film. Michael would like to thank the cast and crew for another ridiculous sketch show.

5 CREW BIOS TODD MILLINER (Director/Producer) This is Todd Milliner’s Eighth sketch show at Celebration. Todd hails from Chicago where he worked and taught at The Second City. Todd formed Hazy Mills Productions with Sean Hayes in 2003. Currently Todd is the executive producer of “GRIMM” (NBC) “Crowded” (NBC) and the recently wrapped (after six seasons: “Hot In Cleveland” (TVLAND) which debuted to the largest basic cable comedy audience in history. Also Todd produces the NBC Game Show hosted by Jane Lynch “Hollywood Game Night,” and the Cedric the Entertainer comedy, “The Soul Man.” Todd also produced the Ovation-nominated production of Richard Greenberg’s Take Me Out in 2011 for Celebration Theatre.

NICK PEET (Director/Producer) Nick graduated from Bard College with a concentration in Film Production. There he did a number of theatre productions, including a co-written and directed adaptation of Paddy Chayefsky’s television play Printer’s Measure. After gradua- tion, he moved from New York to Los Angeles to start working in the writers’ office for NBC’s “Grimm”. He then became the show’s Digital Writer and wrote and directed several of the show’s web series. He has since been involved in a number of digital projects and short form films; including the award winning Endless Love and Threshold which he wrote and directed for the 2012 and 2014 Los Angeles 48 Hour Film Festival. Now the Manager of Development at Hazy Mills Productions, his creative endeavors have varied. Last year Peet co-wrote a one- hour drama with Milliner entitled “Roanoke” for NBC. The duo also recently co-wrote and directed a sketch comedy pilot for NBC entitled “We Interrupt this Program”. Peet is excited to be back producing and directing in the theatre world and thanks Celebration for having him.

NICHOLAS CAPRIO (Executive Producer) Nicholas is a current board member of Cel- ebration Theatre and an avid supporter of its work. Outside of theatre, Nicholas is the Chief Content Officer of Pilgrim Studios.

REBECCA EISENBERG (Producing Director/Executive Producer/Producer/Stage Manager) Rebecca is a Los Angeles based stage manager, producer, and director. With a passion for developing new works, she has been a part of many award winning world premiere productions including, Fireman, Backyard, Bronies: The Musical, Justin Love, The Trouble With Words, The Real Housekeepers of Studio City, and most recently Psyche: A Modern Rock Opera. Rebecca specializes in special events and benefits. Her most recent events include The 24th Annual Ovation Awards, If All The Sky Were Paper, an event to benefit US Veterans at the Kirk Douglas Theatre, the 14th and upcoming 15th Annual Les Girls concert to benefit the National Breast Cancer Coalition.

MATTHEW BRIAN DENMAN (Ligthing Designer) Matthew has been involved with over 100 productions across the country, and has recently designed lighting for the criti- cally acclaimed Failure: A Love Story, Niagara Falls, revolver, What’s Wrong With Angry?, The Next Fairy Tale and [title of show], as well as productions of Becoming Butch, Women Behind Bars, Seascape with Shark and Dancer, Corpus Christi, Missionary Position, Children of Eden, Reckless, Much Ado About Nothing, Simpatico, and Songs for a New World. He has worked with the Central California Ballet, Theatre J’Nerique, Cambridge Summer Stages, and the historic Hasty Pudding Theatricals. He is extremely thankful to his family and friends for all of their support. www.matthewbriandenman.com

MATT HOWARD (Graphic Designer) Matt is happy to be a part of this production.

6 CREW BIOS (cont’d) MICHAEL C. KRICFALUSI (Executive Director/Executive Producer/Producer) Mi- chael has directed, acted, produced or distributed numerous projects for the stage as well as film and television. He has produced The Color Purple which took home six Ovation awards including Best Production of a Musical in an Intimate Theatre, Take Me Out, The Daddy Ma- chine, WEHO, The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told and Twelve Angry Men. He has appeared onstage in The Mikvah Monologues at the Wadsworth Theatre, Los Angeles, as well as Twelve Angry Men, Three Sisters and Blood Wedding in Los Angeles and The Trial Off-Broadway. Be- sides the stage, he has acted in, produced and distributed the film Special Needs. Other film and television credits include Dear J, Deep In The Valley and “The Young and the Restless”. He is probably most recognized for having been a passenger seated behind Wendie Malick, Jane Leeves & Valerie Bertinelli in the pilot for “Hot In Cleveland”. Michael currently is the Executive Director of Celebration Theatre as well as the current Board President of the The- atrical Producers League-Los Angeles for intimate theatre. Special thanks to the management team at Celebration Theatre for getting our new space ready for curtain as well as to Todd Milliner for his continued support. A shout out to both his now adult children for making him realize he’s almost as old as his passport says he is.

UPCOMING FROM CELEBRATION THEATRE Booty Candy Written by Robert O’Hara Directed by Michael Matthews

A fun, satirical look at what it means to be both black and queer in today’s society. Previews begin October 23, 2015

Dream Boy Adapted by Eric Rosen from Jim Grimsley’s gothic, coming-of-age/coming out novel Directed by Michael Matthews

A twisted, beautiful, lovely love story!

The Boy From Oz by Peter Allen, Nick Enright and Martin Sherman Directed by Michael A. Shepperd

The Broadway musical hit based on the life of Peter Allen.

Plus don’t miss our Celebrating New Works reading series, the third Tuesday of every month at West Hollywood City Council Chambers.

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10 CELEBRATION THEATRE BOARD OF DIRECTORS Cameron Faber (President) Jeremy Mann Todd Milliner (Vice-President) Michael Matthews Nicholas Caprio Michael A. Shepperd Samantha Kern Larry Dean Harris (Honorary) Michael C. Kricfalusi Scott Monson (Honorary) CELEBRATION THEATRE COMPANY Erinn Anova Gino Marconi Kevin Bickwermert Mary Mather Tony Bruce Karnell Matthews Olivia Choate Michael Matthews, Co-Artistic Director Marcedes Clanton Tracey McAvoy Elizabeth Higgins Clark Daniel Montgomery Parnell Damone Matthew Scott Montgomer Josette DiCarlo Michael O’Hara, Managing Director Chrisanne Eastwood Jovan Olague Rebecca Eisenberg, Production Director Christopher Pearson Nathan Frizzell, Literary Director Nina Sallinen Todd Gaebe Christopher Sepulveda Mark Giberrson Michael A. Shepperd, Co-Artistic Director Gregory Guy Gorden Michael Shutt Charls Sedgwick Hall Amy Stoddard Matt Howard Stasha Surdyke Samantha Kern Gina Torrecilla Michael C. Kricfalusi, Executive Director David Tran Jeffrey Landman Isabella Way Che Landon Jason Weiss Constance Jewell Lopez Brittney S. Wheeler Christopher Maikish Matt Wool Plus over 500 Associate Company Members who consider Celebration Theatre home. Celebration Theatre is proud to have received grant support from: The Arch and Bruce Brown Foundation City of Los Angeles, Department of Cultural Affairs City of West Hollywood, Arts and Cultural Affairs Commission Los Angeles County Arts Commission The David Bohnett Foundation Sony Pictures Entertainment Liberty Hill Foundation California Community Foundation James Irvine Foundation The Mattel Foundation The Clarence E. Heller Charitable Foundation

11 CELEBRATION THEATRE DONORS (September 1, 2014-August 31, 2015) If your name is omitted or listed incorrectly, please contact [email protected] Fellows ($500-$999) Friends ($100-$249) Partners Anonymous Anonymous Rocky LaFleur Erick Long Chris Meyer and Gary Holm In Tony Arn Dr. Richard J. Bower Tracey McAvoy memory of: Dick Wagner Rick C Dennis Nollette by Ken Bennett for their Josette DiCarlo Chris Phillips 52 years together Kevin Goetz Larry Rubinstein In memory of: Gregg, my first love Sandro-Yepes family Charls Sedgwick Hall & Henry Robert Schwartz & Herluf Kanstrup Partners ($250-$499) Bachofer Michael Seel Jamila Hunter (EM) Ted Heyck Ron Wasserman Kroger-Ralph’s Community Martin Kim Zimmerman Associates ($10-$99) Tijuana & Robyn Gray Mike Page In memory of: Rex Walter Steven Baird Paul Head Ray Paolantonio Reece Jay Bevan Michael Kosiba In honor of: Christopher Peter James Smith David Dassey Paul Marchegiani Grant Pearson Dave and Beverly Speak In memory of: Andrew In honor of: Michael Nick Peet Chuck Willett Gold Matthews & Michael A. Simon Petrie In memory of: Jeff Goldman Shepperd Deborah Puette CELEBRATION THEATRE LEGACY CIRCLE Dion Antic Martin Massman & Chris McKinney Burton Breznick Todd Milliner & Michael Matthews Martin D. Burley & Bobby Meza Scott Monson & Brian Hogan Nicholas Caprio Dennis Nollette Greg Copeland John L. Rarick & Piotr Izdebski Frederick Dechow Timothy Regler Arthur Dennis & Fred Madjar Larry Reitzer & Matt Funes Jay Paul Deratany Calvin Remsberg David Elzer Michael A. Shepperd & Hutch Foster Cameron Faber Showtime Television Larry Dean Harris Ted Skidmore Elizabeth L. & Mark K. Kogan James E. Smith Tom Jacobson & Ramone Munoz William Stoddard Michael C. Kricfalusi David Tarlow Jeffrey Lambert Billy Tauzin Erick H. Long Thomas E. Warren Jane Lynch Bruce W. Zisterer The Legacy Circle is made up of patrons who donated and gave over $1,000 each. The Legacy Circle was closed in 2010 but we recognize and honor those donors who helped Celebration Theatre in the past. Legacy Circle donors names will always be part of our donor recognition program

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