WELCOME TO THE BLANK’S 26th SEASON!

A Note from the Author

Thank you for being here. It means the world to me.

I started studying the JFK assassination when I was a teenager. It fascinated me that in one moment our whole world changed forever, and I wanted to know why. I started doing theatre when I was 4 and I have always felt that the purpose of theatre was to help better understand our world.

One day I was reading Shakespeare, and then I saw it: the connections to people and situations that directly paralleled those of the JFK story. I noticed some things that made the hair on the back of my neck stand up because it seemed that Shakespeare was not just smart, but in this case almost prescient: he saw the future 350 years before it happened. And I could see that he could see it.

I then went down the rabbit hole of highlighting the connections and crafting the JFK story from what he wrote, bringing in other historical pieces to ll in where he left gaps. It took a while. Like more than 20 years! One of the reasons it took so long was that I needed some information that did not yet exist. I wanted to be as historically accurate as I could be and thanks to Robert Caro’s amazing work on LBJ in 2012, I got con rmation of what I had gleaned already. The other reason it took so long was fear: This idea was too crazy! Could it possibly work?

Whenever people nd out I am an “expert” on the assassination they always ask the same question, “Who do you think did it?” Well, The Tragedy of JFK (as told by Wm. Shakespeare) is my answer, written for the medium in which I speak best: Theatre.

I suggest you take the play at face value; some of it is metaphor, some of it is not. This is the story of what might have happened based on what I know. We may never be told the truth. But I hope this play at least makes you think and talk about the possibilities. And about how to make sure it never happens again.

Sit back, relax and enjoy the ride. Yours, Daniel Henning Founding Artistic Director The Blank Theatre Hollywood’s Resident Theatre Since 1990 TheBlank.com THE BLANK THEATRE DANIEL HENNING FOUNDING ARTISTIC DIRECTOR NOAH WYLE ARTISTIC PRODUCER PRESENTS THE WORLD PREMIERE OF THE TRAGEDY OF JFK (as told by Wm. Shakespeare) CONCEIVED, ADAPTED & DIRECTED BY DANIEL HENNING WITH TONY ABATEMARCO* FORD AUSTIN* CHAD BRANNON BRIAN BRENNAN ROSLYN COHN* BRETT COLLIER CRIS D’ANNUNZIO* JERRY DELLA SALLA SUSAN DENAKER* JOHN KNIGHT JONATHON LAMER* KELIE MCIVER* CASEY MCKINNON* BRUCE NEHLSEN JACOB SIDNEY JONNY WALKER TIME WINTERS* PRODUCERS DANIEL HENNING BREE PAVEY NOAH WYLE ASSOCIATE PRODUCERS CYNTHIA AQUINO AMANDA FAUCHER SHAH GRANVILLE

SET DESIGN LIGHTING DESIGN COSTUME DESIGN HAIR, WIGS & MAKEUP DESIGN SYDNEY RUSSELL BRANDON BARUCH NAILA ALADDIN SANDERS JUDI LUWIN SOUND DESIGN COSTUMES ASSSTANT ASSISTANT DIRECTOR BOX OFFICE MANAGER WARREN DAVIS NATALYA SHAHINYAN MIKEY HAWLEY GABBY BRUNO

PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER REHEARSAL STAGE MANAGER ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER CHRIS HOFFMAN BRITTNI FINLEY JOHN KNIGHT ROSLYN COHN

CASTING PUBLIC RELATIONS MARKETING DIRECTOR ERICA S. BREAM AND CARA CHUTE ROSENBAUM KEN WERTHER KATHARINE HUNTER BLYDEN PUBLICITY

A Visiting Production at Skylight Theatre

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

THE BLOOMBERG FOUNDATION This season at The Blank THE PLUM FOUNDATION made possible in part by: DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS THE ROSENTHAL FAMILY FOUNDATION CITY OF The Cast JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY Ford Austin* ROBERT FRANCIS KENNEDY Chad Brannon LYNDON BAINES JOHNSON Time Winters* J. EDGAR HOOVER Tony Abatemarco* CLYDE TOLSON/ CLINT MURCHISON Cris D’Annunzio* JACQUELINE BOUVIER KENNEDY Casey McKinnon* LADY BIRD JOHNSON Susan Denaker* EVELYN LINCOLN Kelie McIver* ALLEN DULLES Bruce Nehlsen MCGEORGE BUNDY Jacob Sidney CARLOS MARCELLO/ JACK VALENTI Jerry Della Salla GEN. EDWIN WALKER Jonny Walker GOV. JOHN CONNALLY Jonathon Lamer* REV. DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. Brett Collier LEE HARVEY OSWALD Brian Brennan AIDE/POLLSTER Roslyn Cohn* AIDE/POLLSTER John Knight Alternate Cast (Only appear with notice) JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY Dane Bowman ROBERT FRANCIS KENNEDY Greg Winter LYNDON BAINES JOHNSON Jonathon Lamer* J. EDGAR HOOVER Cris D’Annunzio* CLINT MURCHISON/ CLYDE TOLSON/ Don Lucas* GEN. EDWIN WALKER JACQUELINE BOUVIER KENNEDY Stasha Surdyke* LADY BIRD JOHNSON/EVELYN LINCOLN Roslyn Cohn* ALLEN DULLES/MCGEORGE BUNDY/ GOV. JOHN CONNALLY James Babbin* CARLOS MARCELLO/JACK VALENTI Vince DonVito* REV. DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. Stephen Anglin Jr.

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

Time: November 1963 through June 1968 Place: Washington DC, Dallas TX, and Selma AL There will be no intermission.

Please turn o your cell phone prior to the performance. Please note that photographing, videotaping or audio recording the performance is strictly forbidden. Sorry, food and drinks are NOT allowed in the theatre. Thanks! WHO’S WHO IN THE CAST (In Alphabetical Order)

TONY ABATEMARCO (J. Edgar Hoover) Co-Artistic Director - Skylight Theatre Company. Awards: Ovation (Lead Performance – IRMA VEP), LA Weekly (multiple), two NEA Directing Fellowships. 3x LA Drama Critics’ Nominee (Lead), most recently for: “Rothko” in RED at ICT, Long Beach. He also appeared in Long Beach Opera’s The Soldier’s Tale by Stravinsky, 2014, and at ICT in this year’s A WALK IN THE WOODS and TRYING. Member: Antaeus. Regional credits: CTG, South Coast Rep, Pittsburgh Public, Williamstown, Arena, Folger. NY: Rattlestick, Public Theatre, Cherry Lane. Director: on Broadway (Julie Harris, LUCIFER’S CHILD) & in London’s West End (CATWALK CONFIDENTIAL). On camera: 66 appearances including How To Get Away With Murder (recurring), Beverly Hills Ninja 2, Town & Country, Sleeping with the Enemy, HBO’s Sacrice, The L Word, E.R., , etc. 7 Nat’l commercials. Teacher: USC & SMC Emeritus College. Playwright: LA Weekly & DramaLogue awards. His Beautied premiered at Skylight, 2012. Forever House premiered here 2016.

FORD AUSTIN (John F. Kennedy) is a New York stage actor. O - Broadway: A Recluse & His Guest by Tennessee Williams (World Premiere), Naturals In It, The Nektonic Facteur. Regionally: Death of a Salesman (Papermill Playhouse), Lawyers (Westport Country Playhouse), Treasure Island (Pirate Playhouse), Worldly Acts (Ti any Theater), The Tempest, The Grapes of Wrath (Philadelphia premiere), The Lower Depths, Macbeth, The Servant of Two Masters, The Elephant Man, The Learned Ladies, and more. He produced & directed roughly 100 movies and has appeared on camera as an actor since he was 1 year old in a feature lm produced by his parents. He is a Lifetime Member of The Actors Studio where he is trains with his mentor Martin Landau. This bicoastal actor loves his wife madly. Visit: EmployedActor.com to learn about his deadly car accident in 2011 where doctors gave him a 1% chance of survival.

CHAD BRANNON (Robert F. Kennedy) is an Emmy Award winning actor best known for his role as Zander on General Hospital, Lucas Mize on Friday Night Lights, and Ryan Archer on CSI. Other Film/TV credits include Soa Coppola’s The Bling Ring, Cold Case, Deadwood, JAG, and . Chad loves the theatre and is very excited to be on the stage again. He just nished a run in Venice, CA as the lead, Travis, in Blood from a Stone. Past credits include Hamlet in Hamlet, Torch in Beirut, Messenger in 1776, Christian in Cyrano De Bergerac, Laertes in Hamlet, and Malcolm in Macbeth. Chad just recently wrapped Slamma Jamma to appear in theaters this fall, and can be heard every day as the main voice of the History Channel and as one of the signature promo voices on Fox for Bones and American Grit, on CBS for MacGyver, NCIS: New Orleans and NCIS, Pure Genius and on SEC ESPN Network for College Basketball.

BRIAN BRENNAN Lee Harvey Oswald is excited for his debut with The Blank Theatre. He was just a lead understudy for The Celebration Theater’s production of ‘Dream Boy’ and before that, Long Beach Playhouse’s production of Shakespeare’s R&J where he played Juliet. Brian is a recent graduate from State University of Fullerton and hopes to use his training to the fullest by continually auditioning and performing in Los Angeles.

BRETT COLLIER (Martin Luther King Jr.) is delighted to be making his debut with The Blank Theatre. THEATER: “Sweet bird of Youth” (FLY) Strasberg Institute, LA; “Sick” (Condom Man) American Theater of Actors, NYC; “O Come O Ye Faithful” (Hasan) Bank Street Theater, NYC TELEVISION/FILM: Son’s of Anarchy, Medium, Young Americans, 28 Hotel Rooms. Special thanks to his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, his amazing wife Sonia and their fabulous son, Lincoln; Daniel for casting him in this amazing show; Susie for the opportunity (and Roy for being cool); along with the cast, the crew, and The Blank! MFA - Actor’s Studio Drama School at The New School. COOL FACT: When he’s not acting, he and his wife run their own wedding and event business called Cinch.

ROSLYN COHN (Aide/Pollster/Lady Bird Johnson U/S Evelyn Lincoln U/S) is thrilled to be a part of this important play! Thank you Daniel!! 2014 Broadway World Nominee as Best Female Cabaret Artist (came in 2nd behind Chita Rivera) about my 23 years in the Cult of Scientology entitled “DiCult to Leave”. It can be seen in it’s entirety on Youtube. Broadway: Tony Nominated “St. Joan” with Tony Randall’s National Actors Theatre and “Three Men on a Horse”. Appeared in Broadway World’s Best Special Event 2013 for Towne Street Theatre’s 10 Minute Play Festival. Lots of theatre, some lms, TV and commercials. “Essential Tremors” is a short I wrote about my neurological disorder and winning Best Dramedy and Best Actress Awards in Festivals. Active in the Pro99 Movement. Viva Intimate Theatre!!! For Jeremy

CRIS D’ANNUNZIO (Clint Muchison/Clyde Tolson/ J. Edgar Hoover U/S) recently appeared as Paul in the world premiere of Weapons at the Lounge Theatre. Other LA Stage Highlights: Buried Child (Whitere); Den of Thieves & In The Boom Boom Room (2 Cents Theatre Co.); Short Eyes (Urban Theatre Movement); Cobb (Falcon); Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune, High Rollers and his autobiographical solo show, Digging Up Dad (Ruskin); The Duchess of Mal (Uranium Madhouse); and Sisters of the Winter Madrigal & Cockroach Nation (Moving Arts). NY Stage appearances include: Miss Julie (Manhattan Theatre Club); and Vaudevillian (The Acting Company). Film and TV highlights include: “Straight Outta Compton”, “American Gangster”, “Animal Kingdom”, “The Mentalist”, “State of A airs”, “Torchwood”, “The Oce”, “New Girl”, “Law & Order”. *Member of Actor’s Equity Association.

JERRY DELLA SALLA Carlos Marcello/Jack Valenti) Film & TV: Green Zone (w/Matt Damon, Universal Pictures), A Christmas Blessing (TV ONE) For Love of a Fish (Short), Trooper (Garden State Film Festival) Personal Sergeant (w/Victor Argo- Hallmark Channel, Netix), Mourning Glory (w/Bill Sage, European TV) and the soaps One Life to Live and Guiding Light. LA Stage: A View From The Bridge (LADCC Nominee- Pacic Resident Theater), What the Butler Saw (Critics Pick- Odyssey Theater Ensemble). O - Broadway/Regional: Theater for a New City, The Ohio Theater, The Beckett,The Clurman, and The Shakespeare Festival of NJ. Jerry graduated from NYU Tisch. He’s a retired Army SSG, Combat Veteran,Father and Husband. He gives ALL glory to the one who saved his butt-Jesus Christ.

SUSAN DENAKER (Lady Bird Johnson) London West End: Accidental Death of an Anarchist; Budgie; Blockheads; Country Life; Ü.K.: Company; A Little Night Music; Side By Side By Sondheim; Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune; Julius Caesar; Breaking Legs, directed by Alan Ayckbourn; U.S.: Alice, Rapture, Blister, Burn, Rep; Mrs. Higgins, My Fair Lady, Rubicon; Abuela Claudia, In The Heights, San Diego Rep; u/s Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, u/s Tribes, and u/s and performed Bernstein, November, all at Mark Taper; Lola, Come Back, Little Sheba; Aunt Alicia, Gigi; Paulina, A Winter’s Tale; Miss Lucy, Sweet Bird of Youth and Mrs. Soames, Our Town, both La Jolla Playhouse; Beatrice, A View From the Bridge; Film and Television: American Friends; Accidental Death of an Anarchist; As Time Goes By with Judi Dench; Just a Gigolo; Me and My Girl; Royce; The Woman He Loved; Passport to Murder; Over 100 audio books.

JOHN KNIGHT (Aide/Pollster) is an actor from Fort Lauderdale, FL by way of Jamaica and grew up loving the art of acting, performing in various plays throughout his formative years. He attended Howard University in Washington, DC where he received his BA in Communications and a minor in Psychology. In the 3 years since arriving in Los Angeles John has kept busy with a couple commercials (7-Eleven Slurpee Summer to name one) while building his resume with a variety of other projects. It’s been a few years since he let the awesome power that is the stage envelop him and he’s ecstatic for this project and cast full of talent to be the mark of his return to theatre. He wants to thank his mother for her unapologetic support his dreams as well as every friend who let him sleep on their couch along the way to said dreams, haha! Thank you all from the bottom of my heart, John. JONATHON LAMER (Gov. John Connally/Lyndon B. Johnson U/S) has appeared in productions at Theatre Of Note, The Hudson Theater, Antaeus, A Noise Within, Company of Angels, Eclectic Company Theater, Long Beach Playhouse and The Chance Theater, as well as regional productions at The Arkansas Rep., The St. Louis Shakespeare Company, and Playhouse on the Square in Memphis, TN. Film credits include Soul of the Game, and Truman, both for HBO, and the independent lms Lovely by Surprise, and Night Sights. Jonathon received his education at Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville. He also had the honor to be an adjudicator for the US Army Tournament of Plays in Europe since 2011. Sadly, funding has been cut, e ectually closing community theatre programs for service men and women and their families stationed in Europe.

KELIE MCIVER (Evelyn Lincoln) L.A. Shakespeare credits: The Nurse/Romeo & Juliet, Lady Macbeth/Macbeth at Kingsmen Shakespeare Festival; Kate/Taming of The Shrew, Rosalind/As You Like It, Titania/Midsummer Night’s Dream with Arroyo Repertory; Viola/ for Shakespeare@ Play. Regional credits include several seasons with Shakespeare Festival, including Puck/Midsummer Night’s Dream, Viola/Twelfth Night, Luciana/Comedy of Errors. Film credits include again playing Midsummer’s Titania in Table For Three. No Shakespearean TV credits – yet…! – though you may recognize her voice from Fox promos and animation. Thrilled for her Blank debut to be in this very special piece, conceived and guided with such love and dedication by Daniel Henning. “Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.” –JFK “I knew he was special.” –Evelyn Lincoln “What’s past is prologue.” –W.S. Enjoy the ride!

CASEY MCKINNON (Jackie Kennedy) was born and raised in Montreal, Canada. She studied Shakespeare at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), and holds a BA degree from McGill University. Her LA stage credits include: Henrietta in The Baby Snooks Show (The Autry); Grete in Sight Unseen (Lounge Theatre); Lady Stuteld in A Woman of No Importance (Sacred Fools); and Guildenstern in Hamlet Max (Hollywood Fringe Fest). Best known for her extensive web series career dating back to 2005, her series have accumulated over 13 million views, and she has built an online fanbase of over 3.5 million followers. She would like to thank Corryn Cummins and Armin Shimerman for helping her on this journey to Camelot. For more information: www.caseymckinnon.com BRUCE NEHLSEN (Allen Dulles) Bruce’s favorite Stage roles include Cardinal Zambelli in Becket; Mcwilliams in Boy in the Backroom; Dr. Baugh in ; The Lion in the Wizard of Oz; Roy in Plaza Suite; Snow in First Monday in October; Weller in The Gin Game; and Costello in The Departed. Bruce’s TV and Film roles include Guest in Father; Collin Rogers in My Crazy Ex; Jon Hudson in Sunny Side Up; Uncle Bruce in The Greatest Cooking Show; and Jimmy in The Funeral. Bruce is a member of The Group Repertory and Movable theater companies and an observer at the Actor’s Studio.

JACOB SIDNEY (McGeorge Bundy) Los Angeles: THE BEHAVIOR OF BROADUS; HAMLET MAX (Hamlet, Sacred Fools); WE ARE PROUD TO PRESENT… (Matrix); YOU CAN’T TAKE IT WITH YOU (Antaeus); THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTOR, THE TREATMENT (Boston Court); Sparks’ THE SEDUCTION OF INGMAR BERGMAN (Ford Amphitheater, Dir. Guy Maddin); THE TEMPEST (Caliban); HAMLET (Dir. Jessica Kubzansky); HAMLET (Guildenstern, A Noise Within, Dir. Michael Michetti); THE BEASTLY BOMBING; PEER GYNT (Peer). Seattle: SAINT JOAN (Dir. Dan Savage); A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM (Lysander). Films: WORM, COCKROACHES, KILLER BUD, THE VELOCITY OF GARY. Further stage: BENT (Horst); THE NORMAL HEART (Felix); A CHORUS LINE (Paul); THE GRAPES OF WRATH (Tom); WEST SIDE STORY (Ri ); LA BOHÈME (Schaunard). Soloist, San Gabriel Valley Choral Company (Dr. Zanaida Robles); Director, ROSE AND THE RIME, Sacred Fools Jan 2017.

JONNY WALKER (Gen. Edwin Walker) was born and raised in Los Angeles, and just recently completed a 28-year career, as a Sergeant in, the Los Angeles Police Department. He is also a vocalist, with his own country band “Jonny Walker and The Whiskey Shooters”. He is now embarking on his new career as an actor, and stand-up comic. He has done comedy across California and Texas, and up until now, had a few T.V roles, most notable “”. He recently made his theatrical debut in, Alan Sorkin’s “A Few Good Men” as is extremely excited to be a part of this show.

TIME WINTERS (Lyndon B. Johnson) was in L.A. Shakespeare Center’s TWELFTH NIGHT. He just nished Disney’s THE LITTLE MERMAID(National Tour) having also appeared in CAMELOT and MARY POPPINS. OTHER THEATRES: Pasadena Playhouse: PYGMALION, THE GOOD DOCTOR; Ge en: YES, PRIME MINISTER; A Noise Within: THE TEMPEST, BEAUX STRATAGEM, CYMBELINE ; South Coast: HOW THE WORLD BEGAN, Boston Court : MISSING PAGES OF LEWIS CARROLL, GOOD BOOK OF PEDANTRY & WONDER, AMADEUS (Broadway), and others. FILM: LAVALANTULA, ANGRY VIDEO GAME NERD, RUNAWAYS, LIFE & DEATH OF PETER SELLERS, A LITTLE PRINCESS, DOC HOLLYWOOD, THINNER, SNEAKERS, GREMLINS II , more. TV: SHAMELESS, ABOUT A BOY, , CARNIVALE, STAR TREK:N.G., and others. He is married to the Actress/Dialect Coach Tracy Winters.

ALTERNATE CAST

STEPHEN ANGLIN JR. (Martin Luther King Jr.) is a Native of Los Angeles California and is Thrilled to be working with this production and honored to get the opportunity to play the role of such an Iconic gure such as Martin Luther King Jr. Stephen’s other Credits include, DreamGirls, Measure for Measure, Hairspray, Ragtime, Westside Story and A Raisin in the Sun. Stephen is Grateful for the Blessings God has given him and the Support of his family and friends. Always holding the Memory of Stephen Anglin Sr. close to him.

JAMES BABBIN (John Connally/Allen Dulles/McGeorge Bundy) has appeared onstage in Los Angeles, New York and regionally at the Fountain Theatre, Deaf West, Fierce Backbone, Santa Monica Rep, Will Geer Theatricum, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Hangar Theatre, Riverside Shakespeare, Trinity Rep, Rubicon Theatre, Suright Theatre, Playwrights Horizons, Barrow Group, Hypothetical Theatre and Alliance Repertory Company. His television and lm work includes Mimi & Mo, J. Edgar, Hawk P.I., Water On Mars, The Bathroom Attendant, Carl’s Day O , Absinthe & Chocolate, Night Shift, As The World Turns, One Life To Live, Sex And The City, Angels In America, The Main Distraction, Pleasure and As Luck Would Have It. On the radio, James has worked as a disc jockey in a variety of formats and narrated several audiobooks. As a producer/ writer, he has two series, Hacker and Paradise Rising, heading into production. Member of SAG/AFTRA & AEA

DANE BOWMAN (John F. Kennedy) has loved, and worked in theatre since the age of 6, beginning with A Christmas Carol, and running the gamut of playwrights from Shakespeare to Bukowski, at theatres such as Oregon Shakespeare Festival, with directors the likes of Frank Galati. He has a strong penchant for stage ghting and dialects, and the greatest compliment he ever received was being hit with a purse by an elderly patron for his portrayal of a villain. He was most recently seen on Grey’s Anatomy, and can’t wait to work with the likes of Helen Mirren and Steven Spielberg. He is so thrilled to understudy in this New play, and nally get the opportunity to work with The Blank Theatre and Daniel Henning. ELLIOTT DAVIS (Lee Harvery Oswald) is a Los Angeles transplant from Richmond, Virginia. While in Los Angeles he’s been seen as Hugo in The Claw (2015) at Theatre West as well as Simon in The Aftersex (2014) and Davey in Catching Up (2013), two short plays at The Eclectic Company Theatre.

VINCE DONVITO (Carlos Marcello/Jack Valenti) originally from the Bronx, NY is happy to be a part of this wonderful cast. Film credits include: La La Land, How To Beat A Bully, Promoted, NEXUS, Angels On Tap, 8 Days in September, The Long Way, The Runaway, Danny Boy, Behind The Blinds, Barney, Champion, (N)Convience, Mobsters Wedding, The Pinhole A ect. TV credits include: Squeeze, CSI NY, Seinfeld, Wizards of Waverly Place, Time of Your Life, 4 Corners, and V.I.P. Theater: Monster, God: The Early Years, The Odd Couple, Garbo’s Cuban Lover, Fixing Frank, In The Boom Boom Room, As Is and American Bu alo. Vince is a 5th degree Black Belt (Master) in Tang Soo Do and founded the popular Martial Arts school Karate 4 Kids USA. Vince has taught Karate to thousands of children. He also volunteers for Boxer Rescue Los Angeles.

DON LUCAS (Clint Murchison/Clyde Tolson/ Gen. Edward Walker) In regional theatres around the country, Don has shared the stage with John Lithgow, Rosemary Harris, Roger Daltrey, Harry Groener, John Mahoney and Loretta “Hotlips” Swit. Los Angeles premieres include Eating Raoul, original works at the Taper and Ti any Theatres, and multiple productions of Hello Mudduh, Hello Faddah including O - Broadway. He has backed up Barbra Streisand (way back!) and “Jersey Boy” Frankie Valli as one of the Four Seasons in Frankie’s farewell tour. Don entertains locally as leader of the Palm Beach Orchestra and just nished up ten years with the Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra as musical director of The Pied Pipers vocal group. Don recently completed lming “The First Tycoon”, coming soon to a lm festival near you.

STASHA SURDYKE (Jackie Kennedy) most recently played Jenny Diver in The Threepenny Opera at A Noise Within and Emma in Stupid F**king Bird at Boston Court Theatre (LADCC Awards: Best Ensemble, Best Play, etc.). Other roles: Joan of Arc in Ethel Sings, Soho Repertory/Walkerspace O - Broadway. Time Stands Still, Sierra Repertory Theatre (Best Actress, BroadwayWorld SF). Private Lives, Grove Theatre Center (5 StagesceneLA Awards). The Value of Names (Best Actress, StagesceneLA) Pico Playhouse. An Empty Plate in the Café du Grand Boeuf, Laguna Playhouse. Dreams of Anne Frank, Lewis Family Playhouse. Charlotte: Life? Or Theatre? A 3-Color Opera, The Met. The Shelter, Odyssey Theatre (Ovation Nominee). Mamaleh! (Originated the role of Debra, written specically for her), Egyptian Theatre. Taming of The Shrew (Katharina), LA Shakespeare Co. Education/Training: BA Theatre, University Of Washington; Beverly Hills Playhouse/Skylight Theatre. Stasha is a proud member of Actor’s Equity and Pro99.

GREG WINTER (Robert F. Kennedy) was born into a military family just outside of Boston. His family nally settled in Grand Haven, Michigan upon his father’s retirement. He received a BA in Theater from Western Michigan University. Greg is best known “Cody Kurtzman” on the Showtime series, The Chris Isaak Show. He has also made appearances on House MD, The Game, Hot In Cleveland, CSI Miami and CSI Cyber. The Tragedy Of JFK marks Greg’s Blank Theatre debut. He was also in the West coast premier of The Good Negro at the Hudson Theatre. WHO’S WHO IN THE PRODUCTION

DANIEL HENNING (Writer/Director/Founding Artistic Director) founded The Blank Theatre where he has produced over 65 Mainstage productions, 25 seasons of the Living Room Series and 24 Young Playwrights Festivals. Henning’s productions have been nominated for 189 LA theatre awards, winning 59 including “Best Production” from LA Drama Critic’s Circle Awards, LA Weekly Awards, Ovation Awards, NAACP Theatre Awards, BackStage Garland Awards etc. Henning is a recognized expert on the JFK assassination and has been heard on all across the country including KABC, KFI, WABC, KPFK & WMAL. He has directed 30 Mainstage productions for The Blank and won the NAACP Theatre Award for “Best Director of a Musical” for THE WILD PARTY. He directed the rst play by 2016 Tony Award Winner for Best Play Stephen Karam, when Stephen was 17 and a winner in The Blank’s Young Playwrights Festival. He has directed at Lincoln Center, Laguna Playhouse and others. As writer, his other plays include DICKIE & BABE: THE TRUTH ABOUT LEOPOLD & LOEB. As director and writer, his television and lm work include MTV’s ROB DYRDEK’S FANTASY FACTORY and the lm CRITIC’S CHOICE. He serves on the Western Regional Council for the Actor’s Fund. His initiative Stayin’ Live! to support the Intimate Theatre movement in LA most recently achieved the ocial city declaration for “Hollywood Theatre Row.” He is a graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, Circle in the Square Theatre School, and American Conservatory Theatre.

NOAH WYLE (Artistic Producer) best known for his role as Dr. John Carter on NBC’s long running hit, E.R., Noah has served as Artistic Producer for The Blank since 1997. His history with the company, however, dates back to its inception, as he was cast in its inaugural production of SEXUAL PERVERSITY IN CHICAGO in 1993. Whether acting, directing or producing for The Blank’s Living Room Series, Young Playwright’s Festival, or mainstage, he remains as committed as ever to assisting The Blank achieve its goal of becoming the FIRST regional theatre in Hollywood. He splits his time between Santa Ynez, CA and Los Angeles with his wife Sara and three beautiful children, Owen, Auden and Frances. Noah can be seen in the TNT dramas, FALLING SKIES and THE LIBRARIAN.

BREE PAVEY (Producer) is a theatre jack of all trades who is honored to join The Blank, and Daniel, on this incredible journey. An avid JFK conspiracy theory fan, Bree is delighted to be part of this show. In addition to producing, Bree is an actor, writer and director who also serves as Managing Director at Loft Ensemble Theatre Company. She has produced roughly 30 plays and musicals in the last 8 years. Bree sends huge thanks to this wonderful cast and crew for their creativity, enthusiasm and support! Thanks to Daniel for making that call. Extra special thanks to Tor, he is her husband and is pretty cute. Finally, thank YOU, the audience, for supporting intimate theatre in Los Angeles! SYDNEY RUSSELL (Scenic Designer & Properties Designer) is a Scenic Designer and Scenic Artist based out of Santa Clarita, CA. She holds her BFA in Theatre Design & Technology from Oklahoma City University, and worked as a Scenic Designer and Scenic Charge Artist at Lexington Children’s Theatre before relocating to LA in 2014. She began with The Blank as the Scenic and Props Coordinator for the 24th Young Playwright’s Festival, and boasts credits with the Rubicon Theatre Company, Will Geer’s Theatricum Botanicum, ALONE, and Viewpoint School in addition to assorted lm and commercial credits as a scenic artist.

BRANDON BARUCH (Lighting Desinger) Design highlights include Dana Foglia Dance’s VATIC (LA, Long Beach, and NYC); American Idiot (Vortex LA); The Temptation of St. Antony (Four Larks - Ovation Award Nomination, Stage Raw Award Nomination); Queenie Pie (Long Beach Opera and Chicago Opera Theater); Twist Your Dickens (Kirk Douglas Theater); bare - A Rock Musical (The Hayworth Theater); and Spring Awakening (The Arena Stage at Theatre of the Arts - Ovation Award Nomination). Brandon’s theatrical design was featured in an episode of Freeform’s “The Fosters.” Brandon is also a playwright, and his plays Me Love Me and NO HOMO have been staged in Los Angeles and New York City. www. brandonbaruch.com

NAILA ALADDIN SANDERS (Costume Designer) Some recent credits include CLOSELY RELATED KEYS, NEIGHBORS,IN THE RED & BROWN WATER, THE BALLAD OF EMMETT TILL, GEM OF THE OCEAN, JOE TURNER’S COME AND GONE, BRONZEVILLE, THE RIVER NIGER, A HOUSE WITH NO WALLS, and PERMANENT COLLECTION. THE HAITIAN TRILOGY by Levy Lee Smith was designed by Naila for The Robey Theatre Company, for which she received an NAACP Award and several nominations. Recent Musical credits are THE COLOR PURPLE, THE WOMEN OF BREWSTER PLACE: THE MUSICAL, THE CRADLE WILL ROCK, and HAIR, THE MUSICAL.

NATALYA SHAHINYAN (Costume Designer Assistant) Natalya Shahinyan studied Fashion and Costume Design at the ATEX institute in Yerevan, Armenia. After moving to Los Angeles she earned her degree in Costume Design from the LACC Theatre Academy. She is currently working as an independent freelancer. Her most recent work as a costume designer includes: “Inside Out”( for Kritzerland label), “A Family A air” (directed by Mel Green), “The Misanthrope”(directed by Tony Tanner), “LA Now and Then” (musical,created and directed by Bruce Kimmel) and more. Natalya is very honored to be a part of this amazing, talented and creative team.

JUDI LEWIN (Hair/Wig/Makeup Designer) has had extensive design experience in both Toronto, Canada where she is originally from and now Los Angeles. In Toronto, Judi Designed for theatre and spent a few years with the Canadian Opera Company. Since moving to L.A. with her family in 1990 she has incorporated both television and lm into her repertoire and now works in all aspects of the industry. Some of the noted theatre companies Judi has Designed for are: Pasadena Playhouse Pasadena, The Rubicon Ventura, The Fremont Center Theatre Pasadena, Interact Theatre North Hollywood, Fountain Theatre Hollywood, McCoy Rigby La Mirada, Sacramento Music Circus Sacramento,Theatre 40 Beverly Hills, The Blank Hollywood. Judi has also Designed several tours Including Sisterella, Happy Days The Musical and I LoveLucy Live. Judi is proud to be a part of the team creating The Tragedy of JFK (as told by Wm. Shakespeare). WARREN DAVIS (Sound Designer) is pleased to be working again with Daniel Henning. Prior collaborations include Something Truly Monstrous, Dusk Rings A Bell (winner of a scenie award), Lobster Alice, Speech And Debate and Why Torture Is Wrong And The People Who Love Them. Other sound designs for The Blank: Sukie And Sue, The Temperamentals, The Santaland Diaries, Terre Haute and The Book Of Liz. For Actors Co-Op: The Baker’s Wife, My Children My Africa, Pride And Prejudice, The Mystery Of Edwin Drood, Lend Me A Tenor, Going To St. Ives and, And Then There Were None. Touring: Dr. Keeling’s Curve with Mike Farrell. And for various other companies... Confessions Of A Catholic Child, Gail Can See For Three Days, Tape, Barbara’s Wedding and Demon Slaying Drag Queens.

MIKEY HAWLEY (Assistant Director/Dialect Coach/Music Director) studied theater, and voice and speech at UCLA under Paul Wagar and Mike Fallon. Stage: Benedick in “Much Ado”, Hollywood Fringe Festival Best of Fringe Winner “The Lights Are O ”, The Blank Theatre’s “The Cradle Will Rock”, Richard Sherman’s “Pazzazz”, Malibu Playhouse’s “Cabaret”. Voice Over: “Halo 4”, “Batman: Arkham Knight”, “Mad Max”, “Call of Duty: Ghosts”, “Lego: Jurassic World”, “Skylanders”, “World of Warcraft: Mysts of Pandaria”.

KEN WERTHER (Public Relations) KEN WERTHER PUBLICITY has been a staple in the Los Angeles performing arts community since 1982. Public relations, producing, directing. As producer: All Your Hard Work; The Good Boy; the Queer Classics productions of The Importance of Being Earnest and The Taming of the Shrew. Assistant director: Stop the World, I Want to Get O (Musical Theatre Guild); The Women of Brewster Place (Celebration Theatre); The Woodsman (Coeurage Theatre Company). For a complete listing of PR activities, visit kenwerther.com.

KATHERINE HUNTER BLYDEN (Marketing Director) leads KHB Marketing Group, a strategic marketing and advertising consultancy. She has over 20 years experience in traditional and digital marketing. Katherine’s experience includes working with Fortune 500 brands as well as nonprots. She is a board member for SCORE Los Angeles and Parents as Partners: The Autism Education and Change Network. Katherine is a graduate of Creighton University and Dartmouth College.

ERICA S. BREAM (Casting Director) is delighted to be back working with The Blank for another great season. Recent credits include new Netix series, ALTERED CARBON, along with CBS’ AMERICAN GOTHIC and the latest season of USA’s COLONY, plus many others. Love to all at The Blank who feed her theatre hunger so often and spectacularly, to her partner in crime, Cara, for being the best always, and to her handsome husband, Hartley for loving theatre as much as she does.

CARA CHUTE ROSENBAUM (Casting Director) is honored to be working again with her family at The Blank on this incredible play. Television casting credits include: “The People vs OJ Simpson,” “The Last Man On Earth,” “The Mindy Project,” “The League,” “The Carmichael Show,” “Hawthorne,” as well as many others. A million thanks to QS and HP for their constant trust and vision. Thank you to her partner in crime Erica for always making it so easy and fun. Thank you to her husband for being awesome. CYNTHIA AQUINO (Associate Producer) is a graduate from Cal State University, where she received a B.A in Psychology, and of University of Southern California, where she received an M.A in Psychology. Cynthia leans towards nonprot organizations and at this time is employed by the J. Paul Getty Trust. She is currently taking a Getty sponsored course in Mandarin. She is bilingual (Spanish/ English) and not yet condent enough to claim to be trilingual. As an aspiring musician, as a guitarist/songwriter, a ballad she composed recently got picked up by a Mexican Latin pop band. Cynthia enjoys the outdoor life, camping and hiking. While exploring her aquatic side, she experienced a two person kayak capsizing in the Colorado River and is hesitant to take the plunge and prefers to remain terra rma for the foreseeable future. Cynthia is excited to expand her experience in the arts, and looks forward to being a part of a successful production team.

AMANDA FAUCHER (Associate Producer) is an LA native who grew up performing in theatre. An undergraduate psychology and lm student at UCLA, her most beloved role is as Managing Director of HOOLIGAN Theatre Company, providing educational theatre for students of all majors. She is experienced on and o the stage, recent projects including Oklahoma! (Assistant director), RENT (Alexi Darling) and Our Town (Stage Manager). Currently, she is working as a Producer on Pippin. Amanda is ecstatic and very grateful to be participating in her rst show with The Blank Theatre Company.

SHAH GRANVILLE (Associate Producer) is an actress, writer and proud Bruin, born in the City of Angeles. She has worked closely with The Blank, studying under the tutelage of Daniel Henning, serving as a Weekly Producer of the Living Room Series, and as an Associate Producer for A Singular They. Shah graciously joins the JFK team and anticipates a vibrant and successful run!

SPECIAL THANKS

Ed Asner Stephen Mosher & Pat Dwyer Je Zubik Benjamin Thomas Robert Groden Jim Marrs Marc Germain Sixth Floor Museum Dallas Audubon Society Laura Savage Sta Founding Artistic Director Daniel Henning Artistic Producer Noah Wyle Producer Bree Pavey Technical Director Aaron Lyons O ce Managers Katie Woerner and Gabby Bruno Press Representative Ken Werther Marketing Director Katherine Hunter-Blyden LRS Executive Producer Elena Campbell-Martinez LRS Artistic Committee Beth Bigler Elena Campbell-Martinez Lainnie Felan Shelagh McFadden Chris Raymond Ryland Shelton Gene Franklin Smith Jennie Webb L Trey Wilson LRS Dramaturge Beth Bigler LRS Associate Producer Christopher Reiling LRS Technical Director Megan Frances LRS Submissions Coordinator Lainnie Felán Graphics Rick Baumgartner Producing Assistants Casey Leach Melanie McComb Sarah Jo Provost

BOARD OF DIRECTORS Paulo Andrés Rick Baumgartner Laura Bousman Daniel Henning Pekka Kauranen Susie Landau Finch Barbara Ligeti Angela Oh Angel Parker Priscilla Pesci Stacy Reed Payton Marcia Seligson Troy Thompsen Ken Werther Noah Wyle (Chairman) BOARD OF ADVISORS John Bowab John Holly Debbie Reynolds DB Sweeney Ti ani Thiessen April Webster Vanessa Williams Martin Wiviott

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