Playbill - La Jolla Playhouse

THE 2009/2010 SEASON IS MADE POSSIBLE
IN PART BY THE GENEROSITY OF
Joan and Irwin Jacobs
September 29 - October 25, 2009
SHEILA AND HUGHES POTIKER THEATRE
Sponsored by
PRODUCTION SPONSORS
Molli and Arthur Wagner Ph.D.
Production Co-Sponsors
Susan Dubé
Suzanne Figi
Dr. Howard and Barbara Milstein
WELCOME TO THE PLAYHOUSE / EDUCATION & OUTREACH
Dear Friends,
Doug Wright is one of the most in-demand playwrights in America and one of a handful who
also directs. He directed the Page To Stage workshop of his own play, I Am My Own Wife, at the
Playhouse in 2001.
When we began our 2009/10 season planning process, I thought about the artists whom I
wanted to be represented on our stages. I immediately called Doug and said, “I’ll hold a slot
for you in our season. I want you to adapt and direct a classic.” After many conversations and
combing through many plays — from those of Arthur Schnitzler to Lillian Hellman — he called
to pitch me August Strindberg’s three-character gem, Creditors. The last play of the Swedish
master’s trilogy on marriage hasn’t had a major production in this country for some time. I was
excited by the idea of what Doug would unearth — both as adaptor and director of this play.
Strindberg was a controversial figure throughout his life, particularly when his work centered on relationships between
men and women. He believed that relationships were psychological battlefields on which love, hatred and jealousy drove
couples to their doom. While he intended his plays to be impartial and objective, essentially a kind of science, he also
managed to disarm his audiences by changing their perceptions of his three-dimensional characters, whose conflicted
emotions render them sympathetic, sometimes comic, and utterly human.
Not long after that initial conversation I received Doug’s adaptation. Although I knew he would never deliver a musty,
antique-shop version of the play, I was absolutely delighted by this taut, gripping and sexy psychological thriller in which
playful games become dangerously insidious. When I was in New York this past summer, I had the pleasure of hearing the
play read in Doug’s living room. I relished the opportunity to offer three meaty roles to amazing actors who would chew
on the play’s deliciously twisted emotional labyrinth, particularly under the direction of a contemporary playwright on
intimate terms — writer to writer — with his predecessor’s masterful work. I think Strindberg would be pleased.
Sincerely,
Christopher Ashley
Artistic Director
Education & Outreach Programs
PERFORMANCE OUTREACH PROGRAM
(POP) TOUR
Every school year, the Playhouse commissions a
new play that addresses real concerns of today’s
youth and brings a professional production
to schools and community centers in diverse
communities across San Diego county. School
performances are also integrated into the
classroom curriculum through pre-performance
visits by Playhouse Teaching Artists.
IN-SCHOOL RESIDENCIES
In partnership with San Diego County and
City Visual and Performing Arts Departments,
Playhouse Teaching Artists teach theatre skills in
classrooms across the county, ensuring theatre
becomes an integral part of the education of all
San Diego children while fostering a relationship
with the Playhouse that will continue as these
young people grow into adulthood. For more
information, call (858) 550-1070 x101.
YOUNG PERFORMERS’ WORKSHOP
Creative exploration of theatre arts in a summer
program for students entering into grades 2-12.
CONSERVATORY
Six-week summer intensive training in acting,
voice, movement and text for grades 10-12. By
audition only.
P2 PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE
Illuminating Audience Events
La Jolla Playhouse offers unique opportunities for
audience members to delve deeper into Creditors
with these special performance series options:
Talkback Tuesday: Join cast and crew for a
discussion following the performance.
• Tue., Oct. 6 and Oct. 13
Insider: Meet with a Playhouse staff member 45
minutes prior to the performance for an insider’s
discussion about the play you are going to see.
• Fri., Oct. 9, 7:15 pm
• Fri., Oct. 16, 7:15 pm
• Sat., Oct. 17, 1:15 pm
• Wed., Oct. 21, 6:45 pm
• Fri., Oct. 23, 7:15 pm
Sponsored in Part by
Discovery Sunday: Join special guest speakers
after the performance as they explore the themes
of the production.
• Sun., Oct. 25 (matinee)
Sponsored in Part by
Post-Show Reaction: A special post-show
discussion facilitated by Playhouse staff.
• Sun., Oct. 4 following the 2 pm performance
• Sun., Oct. 11 following the 2 pm performance
• Sun., Oct. 18 following the 2 pm performance
• Sat., Oct. 24 following the 2 pm performance
THEATRE TOURS
Tour the stages and production shops of the
Playhouse facilities and learn more about the
history of La Jolla Playhouse and the role that
it plays in the community. Tours are available to
groups for a nominal fee. To schedule a tour, call
(858) 550-1070 x101.
ACCESS PERFORMANCE SERIES
La Jolla Playhouse provides American Sign
Language interpretation for audience members
who are deaf or hard of hearing and live audio
description for audience members who are blind
or have low vision. Pre-show sensory tours provide
design information to enhance the experience.
• Sat., Oct. 10 (matinee)
Sponsored in Part by
For more information on Education & Outreach
programs at La Jolla Playhouse, please contact
Stephen McCormick at (858) 550-1070 x102.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Dear Patrons and Friends,
On December 9, the Playhouse will host our second annual Innovation Night, a networking
event that brings together the leaders of San Diego’s biotech, high-tech, clean-tech and
associated service industries for an extraordinary evening. If you are a member of this
community, you won’t want to miss the opportunity to mix, mingle and see great theatre with
hundreds of leaders from these innovative fields.
San Diego boasts one of the largest biotechnology and high-tech economies in the world,
producing major drug, medical device, diagnostic, biological and wireless products that have
led to breakthroughs in healthcare, technology and beyond.
We welcome these pacesetters to our theatre so that they may witness firsthand the innovation
that unfolds on our stages while also establishing business contacts and socializing with their colleagues.
This event, which directly supports new play development and education programs here at the Playhouse, is hosted by
an incredible team: Dr. Ivor Royston, Managing Partner of Forward Ventures; Len J. Lauer, COO of QUALCOMM; Duane
Roth, CEO of CONNECT and Susan Dubé, a veteran pharmaceutical industry consultant. With Lead Sponsorship from
QUALCOMM and Biomed Realty Trust, Inc., we are assured to repeat last year’s sell-out sensation.
Don’t miss out on the innovation community’s networking event of the year! For information on tickets or sponsorship,
please contact Jill McIntyre, Manager of Corporate Development, at (858) 550-1070 x137 or [email protected]. You can
also purchase tickets directly at lajollaplayhouse.org.
I look forward to seeing you there!
David P. Dolgen
Chairman of the Board
DAVID P. DOLGEN
Chair
MARK C. ZEBROWSKI
First Vice-Chair
SHEILA POTIKER
Second Vice-Chair
JEFFREY RESSLER
Third Vice-Chair
sheri jamieson
Secretary
Michael l. eagle
Treasurer
RAlph t. bryan
Immediate Past Chair
TRUSTEES
Gayle Allen
Michael Bartell
Heidi Boruszewski
Robert Caplan
Linda L. Chester
Florence Cohen
Doug Dawson
Edward A. Dennis, Ph.D.
Susan E. Dubé
Victor M. Felix
Suzanne Figi
LaVonnya Michelle Fisher
Pauline Foster
Marye Anne Fox, Ph.D.
Hanna Gleiberman
Hanaa Hensersky
Osborn Hurston
Debby Jacobs
Joan K. Jacobs
Sal Janmohamed
Jeanne Jones
Len J. Lauer
Michael S. Levinson
Mary Keough Lyman
Margret McBride
Alan M. Nahum, M.D.
Donna O’Donnell
Judith Robbins
Susan Polis Schutz
Gad Shaanan
Judith C. Smith
Dale Steele
Mary L. Walshok, Ph.D.
Dianne York
Barbara ZoBell
Geri Ann Warnke
Robert Wright, Esq.
HONORARY TRUSTEES
David Copley
John Goodman
1947 FOUNDERS
Mel Ferrer
Dorothy McGuire
Gregory Peck
EMERITA TRUSTEES
Rita Bronowski
Marian Jones Longstreth
(1906-1997)
Ellen Revelle (1910-2009)
EMERITUS TRUSTEES
Richard Atkinson, Ph.D.
Milton Fredman (1920-2005)
Ewart W. Goodwin, Jr.
Hughes Potiker (1925-2005)
Roger Revelle (1909-1991)
Willard P. VanderLaan, M.D.
Mandell Weiss (1891-1993)
Financial support is provided by the City of San Diego Commission for Arts and Culture. Additional support provided
by the County of San Diego and Supervisor Pam Slater-Price, and the National Endowment for the Arts.
PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE P3
LA JOLLA PLAYHOUSE PRESENTS
Michael S. Rosenberg
Managing Director
Christopher Ashley
Artistic Director
translation by
august strindberg
Anders cato
Adapted and directed by
Doug Wright
Based on the play by
Featuring
Kathryn Meisle*, Omar Metwally*, T. Ryder Smith*
Scenic Designer
Costume Designer
Lighting Designer
Sound Designer
Wig Designer
Composer
Stage Manager
Casting
Dramaturg
Associate Producer
Production Manager
Robert Brill
Susan Hilferty
Japhy Weideman
Jill BC DuBoff
Tom Watson
David Van Tieghem
Jennifer Leigh Wheeler*
Telsey + Company
Shirley Fishman
Dana I. Harrel
Peter J. Davis
World Premiere
Commissioned by La Jolla Playhouse
P4 PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE
THE CAST
in alphabetical order
Tekla................................................................................................Kathryn Meisle*
Adolf...............................................................................................Omar Metwally*
Gustav...............................................................................................T. Ryder Smith*
Assistant Stage Manager
Directing Assistant
Stage Management Assistant
Sound Design Assistant
Scenic Design Assistants
Lighting Design Assistant
Costume Design Assistant
Erin Gioia Albrecht*
Tom Dugdale‡
Kevin Robert Fitzpatrick‡
Alyssa Ishii‡
Robert Tintoc‡
Steven Kemp
Michael Locher
Dustin O’Neill
Stephen Siercks‡
Christine Crook‡
• • •
Creditors is performed without an intermission.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Greene Music
Sharp Business Systems San Diego
La Jolla Crossroads
Natural Herb Cough Drops – Courtesy of Ricola USA, Inc.
*
Members of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States. This theatre operates under an agreement between
the League of Resident Theatres and Actors’ Equity Association.
‡ UCSD M.F.A. Candidates in residence at La Jolla Playhouse
The Director and Choreographer are members of the
Stage Directors and Choregraphers Society,
an independent national labor union.
The scenic, costume, lighting and sound designers in
LORT Theatres are represented by United
Scenic Artists, Local USA-829 of the IATSE.
La Jolla Playhouse is a member of the League of
Resident Theatres (LORT) and a constituent of Theatre
Communications Group (TCG), the national service
organization for the nonprofit professional theatre.
PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE P5
THE COMPANY
Kathryn Meisle
(Tekla)
Broadway: A Touch of
the Poet, The Constant
Wife, Tartuffe (Tony
Award nomination and
Calloway Award), London
Assurance, The Rehearsal,
Racing Demon (LCT).
Off-Broadway: Women Beware Women
(Redbull; Calloway Award); Living Out (Second
Stage); Old Money (LCT); What You Get and
What You Expect, The Most Fabulous Story
Ever Told (NYTW, Chris Ashley, dir.); Twelfth
Night, As You Like It (Drama Desk nomination);
Othello (NYSF). Recent regional: A Flea in Her
Ear (Williamstown); The Real Thing, Three
Sisters (Guthrie). Film and TV includes: The
Closer, Bones, The Unusuals, Lie to Me, Grey’s
Anatomy, Damages, New Amsterdam, Brothers
& Sisters, Without a Trace, You’ve Got Mail,
The Shaft and Rosewood.
Omar Metwally
(Adolf)
Broadway: Sixteen
Wounded (Tony and Outer
Critics Circle Award
nominations). OffBroadway: Beast on the
Moon (Century Center);
Quartet (BAM); The Fever
Chart (The Public Theater). Other New York and
regional credits include roles with Steppenwolf,
The Long Wharf, ACT, Berkeley Rep, Trinity
Rep, The Magic Theatre, San Jose Rep, Edge
Company, Synapse, Rude Mechanicals and
Campo Santo. Film: Munich, Rendition, City
of Your Final Destination, Amsterdam and
the forthcoming Miral with director Julian
Schnabel. Mr. Metwally is a graduate of the
American Conservatory Theater.
T. Ryder Smith
(Gustav)
Recent: Equus on
Broadway; Dead Man’s
Cell Phone (Playwrights
Horizons); Cornelia (Old
Globe). NY Theatre: world
premieres of plays by
Richard Foreman, David
Greenspan, Sarah Ruhl, Anne Washburn, Glen
Berger and Will Eno. Mr. Smith shared a 2007
Drama Desk Award for the three-actor, 50character Lebensraum. Regional theatre: world
premieres of Big Love (ATL); Compleat Female
Stage Beauty (CATF) and Lincolnesque (Old
Globe; Craig Noel Award, Outstanding Lead
Performance). Film and TV: Nurse Jackie, Happy
Tears, Conviction, Brainscan, The Venture
Brothers.
Doug Wright (Playwright/Director)
In 2004, Mr. Wright was awarded the Pulitzer
Prize, a Tony Award for Best Play and the
Drama Desk Award for his play I Am My Own
Wife. In 2006, he received Tony and Drama
Desk nominations for his book for the Broadway
musical Grey Gardens. He also authored the
book for the stage incarnation of Disney’s
beloved film The Little Mermaid. His stage work
has been seen internationally in countries from
Japan to Romania. Earlier in his career, Mr.
Wright won an Obie Award for his play Quills.
He went on to write the screenplay adaptation,
making his motion picture debut. The film was
named Best Picture by the National Board of
Review and nominated for three Academy
Awards. His screenplay was nominated for
a Golden Globe Award, and received the
Paul Selvin Award from the Writers Guild of
America. Other notable film work includes
production rewrites on major releases at Sony
Pictures, 20th Century Fox and The Weinstein
Company. For director Rob Marshall, Mr. Wright
penned the television special Tony Bennett:
An American Classic, which received seven
Emmy Awards. Directing credits include his
own play, Unwrap Your Candy at New York's
Vineyard Theatre and Kiki and Herb: Pardon Our
Appearance in Washington, DC, Philadelphia
and London. Acting credits include Little
Manhattan, Two Lovers and Law & Order.
Currently, Mr. Wright serves on the boards
of the New York Theatre Workshop, the Pen
American Center and the Dramatists Guild.
He is a member of the Stage Directors and
Choreographers Society and of the Writers
Guild of America. He lives in New York with his
partner, singer/songwriter David Clement.
Robert Brill (Scenic Designer)
For La Jolla Playhouse: The Wiz, Tartuffe, The
Laramie Project, Having Our Say, The Good
Person of Setzuan, A Midsummer Night’s
Dream, Much Ado About Nothing, The Hairy
Ape, Arms and the Man, Marisol, The Swan,
Fortinbras. Broadway: Guys and Dolls (Tony
Award nomination), The Story of My Life,
Assassins (Tony nomination), Cabaret, A
Streetcar Named Desire, Laugh Whore, The
Good Body, Anna in theTropics, Design for
Living, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,
Buried Child, The Rehearsal. Credits also
include Sinatra (Radio City); On the Record
(Disney); Wozzeck (SD Opera); An American
in Paris (Boston Ballet). Founding member
of Sledgehammer Theatre. 2004 Michael
Merritt Award for Excellence in Design and
Collaboration.
Susan Hilferty (Costume Designer)
has designed 15 productions at La Jolla
Playhouse, including How to Succeed…,
80 Days and Figaro Gets a Divorce. She has
designed over 300 productions across the
world, including Wicked (2004 Tony, Outer
Critics Circle and Drama Desk Awards), Spring
Awakening (Tony nomination), August Wilson’s
Jitney and has worked as set/costume designer
and co-director for Athol Fugard since 1980.
Other directorial collaborators include: Joe
Mantello, James Lapine, Michael Mayer,
Robert Falls, Tony Kushner, Robert Woodruff,
JoAnne Akalaitis, Garland Wright, Bartlett
Sher, Mark Lamos, Frank Galati, Des McAnuff,
Christopher Ashley, Laurie Anderson and
Richard Nelson. Ms. Hilferty also designs for
opera, film and dance and chairs the Graduate
Design program at NYU/Tisch. 2000 Obie.
Japhy Weideman (Lighting Designer)
At La Jolla Playhouse: The Adding Machine.
Off-Broadway: Stunning (Lincoln Center),
The Singing Forest (The Public-NYSF),
UNCONDITIONAL directed by Mark WingDavey (LAByrinth), Little Flower of East
Orange, The Last Days of Judas Iscariot
(directed by Phillip Seymour Hoffman), Jack
Goes Boating (Drama Desk, Lortel and Hewes
Award nominations) directed by Peter Dubois,
and The Flying Machine’s Frankenstein at
Soho Rep (Drama Desk nominations), among
others. International: Blackbird (West End),
Troilus and Cressida (RSC and Edinburgh
International Festival), Electra (Ancient Theater
of Epidaurus-Greece), Bluebeard’s Castle/
Il Prigioniero (Teatro alla Scala-Milan) and
Eugene Onegin (Opéra de Lyon), all directed by
Peter Stein. Regional credits include: American
Conservatory Theater, Houston Grand Opera,
Huntington Theater, Santa Fe Opera, Signature
Theatre-VA, Westport Country Playhouse and
others. www.japhyweideman.com
Jill BC DuBoff (Sound Design)
La Jolla Playhouse: Mother Courage. Broadway:
The Constant Wife, The Good Body, Bill
Maher: Victory…. Off-Broadway: Lincoln
Center, Atlantic, MTC, MCC, Playwrights
Horizons, Public, Vineyard, Second Stage,
NYTW, WP, New Georges, Flea, Cherry Lane,
Signature, Clubbed Thumb, Culture Project,
Actor’s Playhouse, Soho Rep, Adobe. Regional:
Minneapolis Children’s Theatre, Bay Street,
Cincinnati Playhouse, Westport Country
Playhouse, Berkeley Rep, Portland Stage, Long
Wharf, The Alley, Kennedy Center, NYS&F,
South Coast Rep, Humana, Williamstown,
Berkshire Theatre, ATF. Film: We Pedal Uphill.
Television: Comedy Central, NBC Radio: Studio
360, WNYC News. Nominations: Drama Desk,
Henry Hewes. Awards: Ruth Morley Design
Award. Faculty at Sarah Lawrence College.
David Van Tieghem (Composer)
Broadway: A Man for All Seasons, Doubt,
Reckless, Mauritius, Inherit the Wind,
Frozen, Three Days of Rain, The Good Body,
The Crucible, Judgment at Nuremberg.
Off-Broadway: Distracted, Mouth to Mouth,
Farragut North, Howard Katz, Jack Goes
Boating, Defiance, Wit, The Dying Gaul, Woman
Before a Glass, How I Learned to Drive, The
Grey Zone. Film/TV: Eye of God, Working Girls,
Penn & Teller, Wooster Group. Dance: Twyla
Tharp, Doug Varone, Elizabeth Streb, Michael
Moschen, Boston Ballet. Percussionist: Laurie
Anderson, Talking Heads, Brian Eno, Steve
PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE P9
THE COMPANY
Reich. CDs: Thrown for a Loop, Strange Cargo,
Safety in Numbers, These Things Happen.
www.vantieghem.com
Shirley Fishman (Dramaturg/
Director of Play Development)
most recently served as Dramaturg on
Herringbone, Unusual Acts of Devotion,
Xanadu, The Third Story, The Night Watcher, 33
Variations, Most Wanted, The Adding Machine,
Carmen, The Wiz and Culture Clash’s Zorro
in Hell. At the Joseph Papp Public Theater
she dramaturged such projects as Jessica
Hagedorn’s Dogeaters, directed by Michael
Greif, Two Sisters and a Piano by Nilo Cruz, Tina
Landau’s Space, Arthur Miller’s The Ride Down
Mount Morgan, Tony Kushner’s A Dybbuk: Or
Between Two Worlds, David Henry Hwang’s
Golden Child, numerous works-in-process and
co-curated the Public’s annual New Work Now!
Festival. She has been a Creative Advisor/
Dramaturg at the Sundance Theatre Lab,
working on such projects as Doug Wright’s I
Am My Own Wife, Naomi Iizuka’s 36 Views and
Moisés Kaufman’s The Laramie Project. She
is an M.F.A. graduate of Columbia University’s
Theatre Theory/Criticism/Dramaturgy program.
Jennifer Leigh Wheeler (Stage Manager)
is thrilled to be joining the La Jolla Playhouse
family with the wonderful Creditors team. OffBroadway: Clara’s Christmas Dreams (Theatre
at St. Clements). Regional: Six Degrees of
Separation, Working and the 2009 Shakespeare
Festival (The Old Globe); LA Philharmonic (Walt
Disney Concert Hall); JC Superstar, Oklahoma!,
My Fair Lady, Nine and the award-winning
Urinetown, The Musical and Ragtime (Starlight
Theatre); The Who’s Tommy (The Ricardo
Montalban); Cowboy vs. Samurai (Mo’olelo
Performing Arts). B.F.A. in Stage Management
from USC. Thank you to KJ, AR, LS, BM, JC,
Jess, Mom and Dad.
Erin Gioia Albrecht (Assistant Stage Manager)
The Third Story (La Jolla Playhouse); the 2009
Shakespeare Festival, Working, Bell, Book
& Candle (The Old Globe). New York credits
include: The Third Story (MCC Theatre);
Marvin’s Room (T. Schreiber Studio); The Great
American Desert (78th St. Theatre Lab); The
Chekhov Dreams (Manhattan Theatre Source).
The Misanthrope, Surf Orpheus, Medea, Red
State Blue Grass, Twelfth Night, The Labyrinth
of Desire (UC San Diego). Ms. Albrecht received
her M.F.A. in Stage Management from UC San
Diego.
Telsey + Company (Casting)
Bernie Telsey, Will Cantler, David Vaccari,
Bethany Knox, Craig Burns, Tiffany Little Canfield,
Rachel Hoffman, Carrie Rosson, Justin Huff,
Joe Langworth, Bess Fifer and Patrick Goodwin.
Broadway/Tours: Legally Blonde, The Drowsy
Chaperone, The Color Purple, Wicked, Hairspray,
Rent, Sweeney Todd, High School Musical, Deuce,
Talk Radio, Company, Grey Gardens, Tarzan and
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. Off-Broadway: The
Fantasticks, Blue Man Group, In the Heights,
Atlantic, MCC and Signature. Film: Dan in Real
P10 PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE
Life, Then She Found Me, Across the Universe, Ira
and Abby, Rent, Pieces of April, Camp, The Grey
Zone, Finding Forrester and The Bone Collector.
TV: Whoopi, HBO’s Undefeated, commercials.
Christopher Ashley
(Artistic Director)
has served as La Jolla
Playhouse’s Artistic
Director since October,
2007. During his tenure,
he helmed Restoration
and the acclaimed
musicals Xanadu and
Memphis, which opens on Broadway in
October 2009. He also spearheaded the
Playhouse’s Resident Theatre program and was
instrumental in developing THE EDGE series.
Prior to joining the Playhouse, he directed
the Broadway productions of Xanadu (Drama
Desk nomination), All Shook Up and The Rocky
Horror Show (Tony, Drama Desk and Outer
Critics Circle Award nominations), as well as
the Kennedy Center Sondheim Celebration
productions of Sweeney Todd and Merrily We
Roll Along. Other New York credits include:
Blown Sideways Through Life, Jeffrey (Lucille
Lortel and Obie Awards), The Most Fabulous
Story Ever Told, Valhalla, Regrets Only, Wonder
of the World, Communicating Doors, Bunny
Bunny, The Night Hank Williams Died, Fires in
the Mirror (Lucille Lortel Award), among others.
He also directed the feature film Jeffrey and
the American Playhouse production of Blown
Sideways Through Life for PBS. Mr. Ashley is
the recipient of the Princess Grace Award, the
Drama League Director Fellowship and an NEA/
TCG Director Fellowship.
Michael S. Rosenberg
(Managing Director)
was appointed Managing
Director of La Jolla
Playhouse in April, 2009.
Mr. Rosenberg was CoFounder and Executive
Director of New York’s
Drama Dept., where he
produced 21 productions, including Douglas
Carter Beane’s As Bees in Honey Drown, June
Moon by George S. Kaufman and Ring Lardner,
The Book of Liz by David and Amy Sedaris,
and the Tribeca Theater Festival. After twelve
years at Drama Dept., he went on to run the
theatrical arm of East of Doheny, a theatre and
film production company, where he oversaw
numerous projects, including the Tony Awardwinning Broadway hit Grey Gardens. Prior to
Drama Dept., Mr. Rosenberg worked on the
management teams for Broadway’s The O’Neill
Plays and Off-Broadway’s The Real Live Brady
Bunch and Stars in the Morning Sky. He also
spent several years in Washington, DC, where
he produced and managed educational theatre
programs for the National Dance Institute at
The Kennedy Center, Kaiser Permanente and
the Shakespeare Theatre. Most recently he
was a producer of the 2008 Broadway revival
of American Buffalo, starring John Leguizamo,
Cedric the Entertainer and Haley Joel Osment.
Debby Buchholz
(General Manager)
joined La Jolla Playhouse
in September 2002.
Previously she served
as Counsel to the John
F. Kennedy Center for
the Performing Arts and
the National Symphony
Orchestra in Washington, D.C., where she
oversaw the business and legal arrangements
for the Kennedy Center and the National
Symphony Orchestra. She worked on numerous
special events and television and radio projects
including the Kennedy Center Honors and the
PBS special, The Kennedy Center Presents.
Ms. Buchholz was a member of the Kennedy
Center’s Senior Management Committee
charged with determining budgets, programs
and policies. She was a faculty member of the
Smithsonian Institution’s program on Legal
Problems of Museum Administration. Prior to
the Kennedy Center, she served as a corporate
attorney in New York City and Washington, D.C.
She is a graduate of UC San Diego and Harvard
Law School.
Des McAnuff (Director Emeritus)
served as La Jolla Playhouse’s Artistic Director
from 1983 through 1994, and from 2001 through
April, 2007. Under his leadership, the Playhouse
garnered more than 300 awards, including the
Tony Award for Outstanding Regional Theatre.
Playhouse to Broadway credits: Jersey Boys
(four Tony Awards); Billy Crystal’s 700 Sundays
(Tony Award); How to Succeed in Business
Without Really Trying (five Tony nominations);
director and co-author with Pete Townshend
on The Who’s Tommy (Tony and Olivier Awards
for Best Director) and Big River (seven Tony
Awards), among others. Recent Playhouse
productions: The Farnsworth Invention, The
Wiz, Zhivago and many others. Film credits:
Quills, The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle,
The Iron Giant (9 Animation Society awards)
and Cousin Bette. Recipient of the Drama
League’s 2006 Julia Hansen Award, Mr.
McAnuff currently serves as Artistic Director at
Canada’s Stratford Festival.
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Everyone has a dream...
they had a plan.
November 10 – December 20, 2009
Mandell Weiss Theatre
A lovesick waitress and a charismatic criminal
race to the top of the Public Enemies list in
this seductive new musical about America's
most infamous pistol-packing couple.
SPONSORED BY
World Premiere Musical
February 3 – February 28, 2009
Mandell Weiss Theatre
Behind the red velvet curtain lies a
topsy-turvy world of surreal surprises, tricks
and transformations, where dreams come to
life and the impossible happens before your
very eyes.
Perfect for the whole family
CO-SPONSORED BY
Playhouse Partners
The Playhouse Partners donate their time,
service and skills to support and promote
the Playhouse. This active, friendly group
provides many ways to become involved
at the Playhouse, such as leading
backstage tours, organizing special
events for the cast and crew, and staffing
the gift shop and information desk. In
return, Partners receive many exciting
benefits, from attending dress
rehearsals to learning more about the
backstage world of the theatre, all while
representing one of the foremost regional
theatres in the country. La Jolla Playhouse
is deeply grateful for the Partners’ efforts
on behalf of the theatre, and while space
constraints limit our ability to list all of
them in the program, a complete Partners
list can be found on our website at
lajollaplayhouse.org.
For more information about the Playhouse
Partners, please contact Anita Simons at
(858) 550-1070 x116 or [email protected].
PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE P11
PATRONS
INNER CIRCLE –
DIAMOND LEVEL
Thank YOU!
La Jolla Playhouse gratefully acknowledges the generosity of our donors,
whose annual contributions support the high caliber of work on the Playhouse
stages and in our community. While space constraints require that we limit
our listings in the program, a complete list of our generous and highly valued
donors can be found online at lajollaplayhouse.org.
For more information on becoming a donor and getting insider access to
the Playhouse, or to update your program listing, please contact Ellen Kulik,
Director of Development, at (858) 550-1070 x140.
Executive Producer’s
Club – Visionary Level
($100,000 and above)
David Copley
Joan and Irwin Jacobs
Rao and Padma Makineni
Sheila M. Potiker
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER’S
CLUB – IMPRESARIO LEVEL
($50,000 - $99,999)
Max Cooper
Faiya Fredman
Audrey S. Geisel
Sheri L. and Stuart W.
Jamieson
Harle Garth Montgomery
Anonymous (1)
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER’S
CLUB – SPONSOR LEVEL
($25,000 - $49,999)
Richard and Rita Atkinson
Michael Bartell and
Melissa Garfield Bartell
Gail and Ralph Bryan
Florence Cohen
Susan Dietz
Ellen Sarver Dolgen and
David Dolgen
Debby and Hal Jacobs
Jeanne Jones and
Don Breitenberg
William W. Karatz
Tamara and Kevin Kinsella
Michael & Karen Levinson,
Steven Strauss & Lise Wilson
Cooley Godward Kronish LLP
Sheila and Jeffrey Lipinsky
and Family
Maberry Theatricals
Des McAnuff
Molli and Arthur Wagner Ph.D.
Mark Zebrowski
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER’S
CLUB
($10,000 - $24,999)
Kenny and Marleen Alhadeff
In Honor of Christopher
Ashley
Christopher Ashley
Emanuel Azenberg
Lon and Denise Bevers
John and Toni Bloomberg
Carol Randolph and
Robert Caplan
P12 PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE
Mr. and Mrs. Adam Z. Cherry
Linda Chester and
Dr. Kenneth Rind
Ted and Warrine Cranston
Drs. Edward and Martha
Dennis
Susan E. Dubé
Michael and Juanita Eagle
Wendy Federman
Suzanne Figi
Pauline Foster
Margarete Gaffney and
Ivan Gayler
Hanna and Mark Gleiberman
Frank and Betsy Grasso
Joel and Rosanne Holliday
Drs. Paul and Stacy Jacobs
Neil and Barbara Kjos
Len and Beth Lauer
Alan Marks
Margret and Nevins McBride
Dr. Howard and Barbara
Milstein
Betsy and Greg Mitchell
Carrie Morrow
Alan M. Nahum and
Victoria J. Danzig
Jeffrey and Vivien Ressler
Judy and Alan Robbins
Alex and Laleh Roudi
Ivor Royston and
Colette Carson Royston
Bill and Dorian Sailer
Dr. Drew and Noni Senyei
Gad and Suzan Shaanan
Judith C. Smith and
Stephen W. Smith
Amy and Charles Spielman
Iris and Matthew Strauss
Karl and Barbara ZoBell
Anonymous (1)
INNER CIRCLE –
MANDELL WEISS LEVEL
($5,000 - $9,999)
Tony and Margaret Acampora
Kimberly L. Beane and
Michael S. Rosenberg
Barbara Bloom
Arthur Brody and Phyllis Cohn
Christa Burke and Walt Dittmer
Dorothy and Anthony Dain
Gail Ebner and Tom Stockfisch
Victor Felix and
Julie Nunes-Felix
Eric and Marsi Gardiner
Wendy Gillespie
Mr. and Mrs. Gary K. Herberger
Eileen and Leonard Herman
Rolf and January Knoke
George and Carol Ann Lattimer
Estelle and Hamilton Loeb
Carl and Barbara Maggio
Deirdra Price
Jonathan and Hillary Reinis
Edward H. Richard and
Warren P. Kendrick
Mr. and Mrs. Mason Rosenthal
Karen and Christopher SickelsMilagro Farm Winery
Dr. Edward and Evelyn Singer
Dr. and Mrs. David Smotrich
Dale and Mark Steele
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Strauss
Mary Lindenstein Walshok,
Ph.D.
Anonymous In Honor of A.N.
Anonymous (1)
INNER CIRCLE –
DIRECTOR’S LEVEL
($2,500 - $4,999)
Dr. Bob and Jill Andres
Weston Anson and Susan
Bailey
Robert Baizer and
Diane Jacobs Baizer In Honor
of Ralph Bryan
Mrs. Jane Bastien
Carol and Pedro Cuatrecasas
William and Karen Dow
Homer and Nina Eaton
Sue K. and Charles C.
Edwards, M.D.
Earl and Sarah Feldman
Joan R. Fisher
Steve Grady and Joan Warren
Pat and Rick Harmetz
Leonard and Elaine Hirsch
Mary Beth Jernigan
Ellen Kulik and Bill Barry
Jeffrey and Carolyn Levin
Dr. Leo and Madeline Miller
Lyn Nelson
Shearn and Linda Platt
Paula and Brian Powers
Timothy and Emily Scott
David and Anne Westcott
Karin E. Winner
Mr. and Mrs. Gary Wollberg
Anonymous (1)
($1,000 - $2,499)
Katherine Adams
Ahern Insurance
Brokerage/Brian Ahern
Edward L. Anderson and
Joan E. Parsons
Jeremy Asher
Susan Atkins and
Crystal Weathers
Ina and Rusti Bartell
Joan and Jeremy Berg
Sondra and Robert Berk
Chris Bertics and Kay
Chandler
Nick, Pepper and Byron
Binkley
Gary and Barbara Blake
Matt and Nancy Browar
Loyce R. Bruce
Jaleh and Robert Brunst
Todd and Debby Buchholz
Daniel and Deborah,
Michael and David Carnick
Amy and Reid Carr
Jack and Carol Clark
Karen and Donald Cohn
Ned Collins
Roseann Concannon and
Bill Waggoner
Heidi Marie Conlan
Dr. Roger Cornell
Gigi Cramer
Stacy Cromidas and Ruth
Gilbert
Peter J. Davis and
Bonnie DeBouter
Marty and Sheldon Diller
Dr. Ralph B. Dilley
Burl and Cathie East
Ronald Eisenberg
Barbara and Dick Enberg
Daniel and Phyllis Epstein
Inge Feinswog
LaVonnya Michelle Fisher
Susanna and Michael Flaster
Mary Lou Fox
Marye Anne Fox and
Jim Whitesell
Ellen Fujikawa
Jim and Joy Furby
Bill and Judy Garrett
Allen and Kathleen Glick
Robert and Merrill Haimsohn
Tracy Hatfield In Memory of
Cheryl Lynn Sarno
Suzanne and Lawrence Hess
Jerry and Ingrid Hoffmeister
Benita Hofstetter Koman
George and Maryka Hoover
Gene and Janet Householter
In Honor of their perfect
daughter
Mark and Frances Huettinger
Richard and Janet Hunter
Osborn and Dea Hurston
Salim and Alice Janmohamed
Craig and Suzanne Johnson
Natasha Josefowitz
Judge and Mrs. Anthony
Joseph
Lewis and Patricia Judd
Jim and Jennifer Kelly
Bill and Linda Kolb
Rick and Carol Kornfeld
Rosalie Kostanzer and
Mike Keefe
Kiwanis Club of La Jolla
Paul and Samara Larson
Dr. and Mrs. James Lasry
Dr. K.B. and Linda Lim
John and Angie Longenecker
Jasna Markovac and Gary
Miller
Dr. Donna Marshall
Mary Lou Matthews
Valorie McClelland
Dr. Marianne McDonald
Analia McLeod
Dr. Ken Melville and
Dr. Sabina Wallach
Dawn Moore and
Lawrence G. Alldredge
Maree and Michael Mossmer
Gregg Motsenbocker
The Murray Family
Esther Nahama
Rod and Barbara Orth
Mary and David Palmer
Kenneth and Lori Polin
Sara Rosenthal, M.D. and
Julie Prazich, M.D.
Manny and Shirley Ravet
Richard and Laura Romero
Lee Rosenbaum and
Corinna Cotsen
Janet Rosenthal
Helen Warren Ross
Charles Royce
Dr. Joseph and Carol Sabatini
Barbara J. Saltman
San Diego Branch English
Speaking Union
Warren and Beverly Sanborn
Judge and Mrs. H. Lee
Sarokin
Ann and Herb Schnall
Jackie Johnston/Schoell
Morton and Marjorie Hansen
Shaevitz
Marvin and Tina Simner
Robert Singer and Judith
Harris
Rodney and Gloria Stone
Kathryn Sturch and Mike
Doyle
David and Tina Thomas
Eloise Fletcher Thomas
J. Marie Tuthill
Susan and Richard Ulevitch
Bill VanderLaan
Pamela J. Wagner and
Hale Maher
Jim and Kathy Waring
Geri Ann Warnke and
Joseph F. Kennedy, M.D.
David and Sharon Wax
Z.J. Waxenberg
Mr. and Mrs. James Weil
Poo Wyer and John Amberg
Dianne York
Howard and Christy Zatkin
Karl and Joan Zeisler
THE COMPANY
Patrons / Corporate Circle
Members
Jack and Sandy Zemer
Helene and Allan Ziman
Anonymous (3)
PLATINUM
($500 - $999)
Alice B. Alperin
Jeanette Andre
Asolo Repertory Theatre
In Honor of Joan Jacobs
Beverly L. Bartlett and
Barbara Sailors
Mona Baumgartel and
John DeBeer
Terrie Boley
Capt. and Mrs. John A. Byrne,
Jr., USN (Ret.)
John and Nancy Jo Cappetta
Joan and Lou Chesner
Mary Lou and James Clark
In Honor of their favorite
granddaughter
Peter B. Clark
Elizabeth Clarquist
Deni and Mary Cook
Patti and Coop Cooprider
Joan and Doug Cumming
Dave and Elaine Darwin
Doug Dawson
Drs. Robert and Melanie Dean
Wayne and Liz Dernetz
Nina and Bob Doede
Jinx Ecke
Daniel and Emily Einhorn
Rob Ernst and Jen
Marchese-Ernst
Barbara M. Finn
Steven and Susan Garfin
Ross and Mary-K Gilbert
Samuel Goldwyn Jr.
Miles Grant
Harry Griswold and
Stephanie Webber
Jerome and Anita Gutkin
Cherie Halladay
Mr. and Mrs. A. Evan Harbottle
The Hunter Group
Becky Ivans
Margaret Jackson and
Neil Hadfield
Jay and Kendra Jeffcoat
Neil and Vivien Joebchen
Dr. David S. Johnson
Stephen Johnson and
Lynette Kamachi
Vince and Sabrina Johnson
Rob and Kathy Jones
Marjorie Kalmanson
Barbara Katz
Harry L. Katz
Kranzler Family
Jerry and Martha Krasne
Dr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Leach
Gerald and Ann Lipschitz
Johnny Mah
Carole and Henry Manfredo
James and Anne McCammon
Helga and James Moore
Judith and Neil Morgan
Victoria Padula
F. Richard Pappas
Julius Pearl
Brigit and Alan Pitcairn
Ronald Evans and Ellen Potter
Gino and Bingo Roncelli
Larry and Robin Rusinko
Hermeen Scharaga
Dr. Marilies Schoepflin
Alan and Esther Siman
K. Snyder
Herbert and Elene Solomon
Doris Trauner M.D. and
Richard Stanford
Deborah Szekely
Place D. Tegland
Phoebe and Gene Telser
Charles and Brita Tesar
Graydon and Dorothy Wetzler
Frankie and Allen White
Carrie and Wayne Wilson
Stephen Worland and
Joanne Chory
Brendan and Kaye Wynne
Frances O’Neil Zimmerman
Anonymous (3)
Season Sponsors Circle
Production Sponsors Circle
GOLD
($250 - $499)
Benedetto and Debra Abate
Mary Beth Adderley
Dr. Randolph and
Leslie Alexander
Rich and Mary Lou Amen
Craig and Christine Andrews
Dr. and Mrs. Jorge Barrera
Dick Bayer
Lauren Lee Beaudry
Robert and Helene Beck
Arnold and Esther Belinsky
Constance Benson and
Robert Schooley
Jane and Michael Benton
Charles Bergan and
Lisa Kanetake
Arlene and Martin Berger
Greg Beuerlein
Donald Blaikie and
Sandra Shapiro
Judith Blick
Mr. and Mrs. Colin Bloor
Joyce and Bob Blumberg
David and Ginger Boss
LaVerne and Blaine Briggs
Craig and Bridgett Brown
Dr. and Mrs. Simon C.
Brumbaugh
Kristyn Burnitz
Michael and Wendy Carey
Lynne and Glenn Carlson
Jenny Case
Alberto and Marta Chavira
Jean Cheng
Robert and Rosemary Cockburn
Catherine Cole
Leslie and Thomas Coll
Nancy Shimamoto and Dan Collins
Bowers Jewelers, Sheila Combe
Leonard and Susan Comden
Ed and Melissa Cook
Skip and Maureen Coomber
Harry and Valerie Cooper
Linda S. Cooper
Linda Corey
Mary Cory
Danny and Beth Dabby
Betsy Dam
Bruce and Joanne Dane
Marcus and Ann De Barros
John deGroot
Corporate Supporters Circle
San Diego Scottish Rite
Community Foundation
City National Bank
Bloomingdale’s
Employees Community Fund of
Boeing California
Holland America
Nicholas-Applegate
Nordstrom
Target
Corporate Matching Gifts
Bank of America
Caterpillar Foundation
Glaxo Smith Kline Foundation
Goodrich Foundation
Harcourt Education
Houghton Mifflin
IBM International Foundation
Intuit Foundation
Pfizer, Inc.
Qualcomm
Sempra Energy
The Shubert Organization, Inc.
Takeda San Diego
Teledyne Technologies Inc.
Wachovia Securities
Washington Mutual
Opportunities for corporations to partner with La Jolla Playhouse are
numerous and varied, each providing exclusive benefits and recognition.
For information, please contact Jill McIntyre at (858) 550-1070 x137.
PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE P13
PATRONS / IN-KIND DONORS
Marjorie Derezin
Wally and Linda Dieckmann
Dr. and Mrs. Paul Dores
Peggy Dornish
Mark and Jenny Dowling
James and Dale Downs
DramAntiks
John and Mary Ann Driscoll
Ana Drobnies
Jacqueline and Stanley Drosch
Bob Duffield
Dr. and Mrs. Ronald Edelson
Deirdre Elliott, M.D.
Maria Elswick
Equal Access ADAAccessibility Consultants:
Bob & Kieu Evans
Esther and Robert Feier
Maria Ferry
Dieter Fischer’s Mercedes
Service, Inc.
Drs. Ronald and Bessie Floyd
Ms. Pauline Forman
Dr. and Mrs. James D.R. Foster
Charles Freebern
Sylvia and Harry Friedman
Bernard and Virginia Frogel
Jan and Helane Fronek
Pam and Hal Fuson
Martin and Doris Gannon
Robert and Melissa Gans
Roy and Mary Garrett
Peter and Christine Gault
Michael Albo and
Chris Graham
Arthur and Marlene Greenberg
Carolyn and Jimmie
Greenslate
James and Carrie Greenstein
William D. Smith and
Carol A. Harter
Thomas Harvey and
Bonnie Drolet
Marie Heavey
Harriett and Frederick
Heinzelman
Betty Hiller
Peter and Megan Hoagland
Bill and Nancy Homeyer
Patricia A. Howley
Christine Ingalls
Bronson and Linda Jacoway
Ed and Linda Janon
John Johns
Barbara and Casey Johnson
David and Betty Johnson
Russell and Mary Johnson
In Memory of James &
Adrienne Jones and
Edward & Betty Thomas
Armon and Barbara Kamesar
Robert and Dorothy Karen
Michael and Linda Karin
Ardyth Kennedy
Kaaren H. Kerlin
JoAnn Kilty
Shirley King
Kobey and Squeaky
Ed Koch
Mr. and Mrs. Robert M.
Koslow
Leona Krevat
Louis Krueger
Carol Krysko
Steve and Theresa Kurtz
P14 PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE
Vic and Mary Landa
Juan and Alexis Lasheras
Elizabeth Lasley
Mick and Sherrie Laver
Dixon and Pat Lee
Rebecca LeVasseur
Vivian Lim, M.D.
Chuck and Robin Luby
David MacCormack
Joan O. MacFarlane
Drs. Gina Fleming and
Anthony Magit
Jain Malkin
Susan and Peter Mallory
Mr. and Mrs. Carlo Marcuzzi
Dr. and Mrs. Warren Marsh
Harold and Beverly Martyn
Lance and Jan Mason
Edward and Barbara Mayers
Dennis McConnell
Alan McCormack
Neil and Wendi McKenna
John and Cheryl McPherson
Christa McReynolds
Dr. and Mrs. Harve Meskin
Richard and Linda Meyerson
Eric and Laura Michelsen
Dr. and Mrs. Paul E. Michelson
Dr. and Mrs. William H. Miller
Anabel and Theodore Mintz
Dr. and Mrs. Charles Mittman
Montana Del Mar LLC
Barbara and Patrick Moran
Story and Richard Moreno
Marilyn Moriarty
Chandra Mukerji and Zachary
Fisk
David and Noreen Mulliken
Bette and Jesse Nagelberg
Marianne Marsch-Nakamura
Wm. Nelson at Regents Bank
Dr. Mark Niblack
Susan Nixon
Paula Olson
Tom and Gerri Orred
David and Jeanette Osias
Paul and Kim Pearigen
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Petras
Marina Piccioni
Don and Nola Picht
Sharon and Howdy Pratt
Stephen and Dee Queen
Dr. Kevin Rapeport and
Dr. Angeli Hill
John and Rebecca Reddoch
Charles and Pam Richardson
Dennis and Claire Richmond
Donald and Lillian Ritt
Becky Robbins
Jodyne Roseman
Reuben and Sarah Rosen
Gerald and Ruth Rosenbaum
A. M. Rostan
Joy and Richard Rottenstein
Dr. and Mrs. Peter Sacks
Mark and Theresa Sadoff
Bert Salonen
Karen Santhanam
Judi Sanzo
Sheryl and Bob Scarano
Mario and Anna Scipione
John and Patricia Seiber
Jeff and Jean Selzer
Sandy and Stella Shvil
Shelley Siegan
Joseph Sierra
Drs. Ron and Marilyn Simon
J & J Slobodny
Dr. Robert and Mrs. Jacquelyn
Slotkin
Mary Terlaak-Smith M.D. and
David G. Smith M.D.
Peter Smith and Ralph
Schneider
Richard Smith
Barbara and Curt Spanis
Gary and Susan Spoto
Ray and Lauren Stainback
Susanne Stanford and
Tom Matthews
Francy Starr
Eric Stassevitch
Cyndy Stauffer and
Melinda L. Arnold
Mickey Stern
Edward Stickgold and
Steven Cande
August Suszko and Lorrie
Tindel
Adrienne Swerdlow
John and Gail Taushcer
Harriet and John Taylor
Rod Taylor
James and Marieke Thayer
Edward and Karin Threat
Michael Tierney and
Andrea Migdal
Barbara Trohimovich
Aldad and Ommid Vakili
John Venekamp and
Clifford Schireson
Cynthia Walk
Gary Wasserman
Isabelle and Mel Wasserman
Jack and Judy White
Dr. and Mrs. Gregory Wiener
Susan and Bud Winbigler
Caryl Lees Witte
Mr. and Mrs. Keene Wolcott
Anonymous (15)
List as of August 21, 2009
in-kind donors
CRUSHPAD
Wright & L’Estrange
MEDIA SPONSORS
410 Degrees
Bartell Hotels
Eat Drink and Sleep
Karl Strauss Brewing Company
La Jolla Shores Hotel
J.T. MacMillan Photography
Stone Brewing Co.
X Winery and Amicus Cellars
TheRevelle
Revelle Society
The
Society
creating a lasting legacy through
Honoring the memory of Ellen and Roger Revelle
I
n recognition of the extraordinary leadership of Ellen and
Roger Revelle and their family in the establishment of La Jolla
Playhouse, we are honored to announce the formation of The
Revelle Society. The Society recognizes those generous individuals
who have chosen to provide for the Playhouse’s future through
their estate plans.
1910 - 2009
In the year ahead, we will begin recognizing our Founding
Members, those individuals who inform us that they have made
arrangements for the Playhouse in their wills or estate plans.
Revelle Society Founding Members
Ellen Revelle*
Joan and Irwin Jacobs
Cynthia Bolker
Ralph and Gail Bryan
Leslie J. Cohen*
Armando de Peralta*
Bob Jacobs
Charmaine* and Maury* Kaplan
Mandell Weiss* Charitable Trust
Ruth Shepherd*
Arthur and Molli Wagner
*denotes deceased
If you would like to receive more
information or be included as a
Founding Member of the Revelle
Society, please contact Ellen Kulik
in the Development Department
at (858) 228-3080 to have a
confidential conversation.
FOUNDATION AND GOVERNMENT SUPPORT / PATRON SERVICES
PARTNERS
City of San Diego, Commission for
Arts and Culture
Helen K. and James S. Copley
Foundation
County of San Diego
Educational Foundation of America
William Randolph Hearst Foundations
The James Irvine Foundation
The Jewish Community Foundation
Sondra and Robert Berk Fund
Gary and Barbara Blake Family Fund
Bloom Family Fund
Robert Brunst Leichtag Family
Foundation Fund
Einhorn Family Fund
Inge Feinswog Fund
Foster Family Foundation
Milton and Faiya Fredman Fund
Hanna and Mark Gleiberman Family
Fund
Robert and Merrill Haimsohn Family
Fund
Debby and Hal Jacobs Family Fund
Deni and Jeff Jacobs Fund
Joan and Irwin Jacobs Fund
Gerald and Ann Lipschitz Fund
Shearn and Linda Platt Fund
Lori and Kenneth Polin Family Fund
Ravet Family Fund
Vivien and Jeffrey Ressler Family
Fund
Herbert J. and Elene Solomon Fund
Stone Family Foundation
Wilson-Strauss Family Fund
Hughes and Sheila Potiker Family
Foundation
Jordan Ressler Endowment Fund
The Shubert Foundation
Mandell Weiss Charitable Trust
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
The San Diego Foundation
Mary Ann Blair Fund
Conrad and Christa Burke Fund
Community Endowment Fund
Edward and Martha Dennis Fund
Dr. Seuss Fund
Gerald and Ingrid Hoffmeister Fund
Julius J. Pearl Fund
Oliver R. Porter Memorial Fund
Ivor and Colette Carson Royston Fund
Richard N. and Louette Smith
Foundation
Weingart-Price Fund
Anonymous
William Hall Tippett and Ratnell
Tippett Foundation
SPONSORS
Alvin and Dorothy Schwartz
Foundation
Big Blue Sky Foundation
Crawford Smith Foundation
Ellen and David Dolgen Charitable
Fund
Edgerton Foundation
Eagle Family Foundation Trust
Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund
Baldwin Family Fund
Baumgartel DeBeer Family Fund
Leonard M. Herman Fund
Zdenka Fronek and Walter Olsen
Fund
Kathryn C. Fishback Family Foundation
Joel and Rosanne Holliday Family
Foundation
Las Patronas
Kenneth and Jane S. Libby Foundation
Jeffrey and Sheila Lipinsky Family
Foundation
Cynthia and George Mitchell
Foundation
National Endowment for the Arts
New York Community Trust, Barbara
and William Karatz Fund
Ellen Browning Scripps Foundation
Donors
William and Betty Andres Foundation
LaVerne and Blaine Briggs Donor
Advised Fund at the Rancho Santa Fe
Foundation
Sophie and Arthur Brody Foundation
Cappetta Family Fundation
Greenside Foundation
J.C. Foundation
Enberg Family Charitable Foundation
Epstein Family Foundation
Karney Flaster Family Foundation
The Samuel I. and John Henry Fox
Foundation at Union Bank of
California
Girard Foundation
Samuel Goldwyn Foundation
Leo S. Guthman Fund
Householter Family Trust
La Jolla Kiwanis Foundation
Novak Foundation
Alan Pitcairn Family Fund at the
National Philanthropic Trust
Pratt Memorial Fund at Union Bank
John and Marcia Price Foundation
Price Family Charitable Fund
Edward H. Richard Foundation and
Henry and Ida Richard Foundation
SahanDaywi Foundation
Scarano Family Foundation
Schwab Charitable Fund
Simner Foundation
L. J. and Mary C. Skaggs Foundation
Szekely Family Foundation
Thomas Family Trust
Tilles Family Foundation
List as of August 21, 2009
Patron Services
PATRON SERVICES is located in the lobby area
of each theatre. A representative is available to
answer questions and hand out assisted listening
devices, restaurant guides, performance schedules
and subscription information.
BARS AND CONCESSIONS are open one hour
prior to curtain and during intermissions. To avoid
the rush, intermission beverages can be ordered
before the show.
Concessions by
CAMERAS AND RECORDING DEVICES are
strictly prohibited in the theatre. Please check these
items with the House Manager and turn off your
camera phone.
PARKING is $2 on weekdays, Monday –
Friday. Upon arrival to campus, please enter your
parking space number and pay the automated
paystations located by the information kiosk.
Spaces that are not paid for are subject to ticketing
by UC San Diego Campus Police.
DOCTORS AND PARENTS expecting calls during
the performance should leave their name and seat
number with the House Manager before the show.
Leave the following number with your service:
(858) 550-1030.
ACCESSIBILITY
La Jolla Playhouse provides wheelchair-accessible
seating and parking. Wheelchair seat locations
are available for wheelchair users and a
companion at all performances; be sure to advise
the reservationist that you require a wheelchair
location. Additionally, a golf cart is available to
assist patrons with accessibility needs to and
from the parking lot. Please notify the Box Office
prior to your performance if you are in need of
this service; additionally, you may pull into the
five minute parking in front of the theatre, and a
friendly La Jolla Playhouse greeter will assist you.
The Playhouse also provides assisted listening
devices for patrons who are hard of hearing.
Devices are available, free of charge, at the Patron
Services Center prior to performances (subject to
availability).
Listening Devices Provided in Part by
One performance of each production is designated
as an ACCESS performance. These performances
feature American Sign Language interpretations
for the deaf and hard of hearing and live audio
description for blind/low-vision audience members.
Pre-show sensory tours provide design information
to enhance the production experience for blind/
low-vision patrons as well.
UPCOMING ACCESS DATES
Creditors
Saturday, October 10, 2009 – 2:00 pm
*Please note: these dates are subject to change. To
confirm, contact the Box Office at (858) 550-1010.
BABES IN ARMS
Out of respect for fellow audience members and
the performers, babes in arms are not permitted in
the theatre during performances.
LATECOMERS or PATRONS WHO LEAVE
THEIR SEAT DURING THE PERFORMANCE
will be admitted to the standing room section of
the theatre at the discretion of the House Manager.
They may take their assigned seats at intermission.
La Jolla Playhouse accepts no responsibility for
inconvenience to latecomers.
PLEASE SILENCE all electronic devices including
cellular phones, watches and pagers before the
performance.
Safety in the Theatre District
La Jolla Playhouse is constantly working with the
UCSD Police Department and UCSD Transportation
and Parking Services, which operates the parking
lot and security system, to maintain and improve
security conditions for patrons and staff members.
Additionally, patrons and staff are welcome to
use UCSD Community Service Officers (CSOs)
for an escort to their cars by calling
(858) 534-WALK (9255). Further questions
regarding security may be addressed to UCSD
Police at (858) 534-HELP (4357).
PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE P15
LA JOLLA PLAYHOUSE STAFF
Christopher Ashley
Artistic Director
Michael S. Rosenberg
Managing Director
ARTISTIC
Director Emeritus Des McAnuff
Director of Play Development Shirley Fishman
Associate Producer Dana I. Harrel
Literary Manager Gabriel Greene
Executive Assistant to Christopher Ashley
Rick VanNoy
Artistic Assistant/Local Casting
Marike Schultz-Meyer
Commissioned Artists Kirsten Greenidge, Joe Iconis,
Naomi Iizuka, Claudia Shear, Alfred Uhry,
Doug Wright, Rhiana Yazzie
ADMINISTRATION
General Manager Debby Buchholz
Associate General Manager Jenny Case
Executive Assistant to Michael S. Rosenberg
Anita Simons
Front Office Administrator Mike Hausberg
Human Resources Manager Cindy DiPiero
Corporate/Legal Counsel Robert C. Wright,
Wright & L’Estrange
Theatre/Legal Counsel F. Richard Pappas, Esq.
COMPANY MANAGEMENT
Company Manager Anjanette Maraya-Ramey
Associate Company Manager Alyssa Gardner
Company Management Assistant Desiree Williams
FINANCE
Director of Finance John O’Dea
Comptroller Manny Garcia
Finance Associate Mary Harris
Production Accountant Sharon Ratelle
IT Systems and Data Manager Roy Waters
Database Administrator Amanda Freeman
Payroll and Accounts Payable Eric Brown
DEVELOPMENT
Director of Development Ellen Kulik
Individual Giving Officer Glenn Paris
Manager, Corporate Development Jill McIntyre
Manager, Institutional Grants Caroline Harwood
Manager, Development Operations
Jayne Atkinson
Project Manager, Special Events Lisa Jenkins
Assistant Special Events Manager Jennifer Tom
Development Coordinator Mike Hausberg
MARKETING
Director of Marketing Mary Cook
Director of Public Relations Becky Biegelsen
Marketing Manager Tiffany Gilman
Multimedia Designer Mark Wierenga
Public Relations Coordinator Erika Owens
Marketing Associate Jamie Householter
TELESALES / TELEFUNDING
Director of Telesales and Telefunding Claire Keaton
Telesales and Telefunding Assistant
Stephanie Kalulu
Subscription Sales / Fundraising Associate
Paul Preston
Subscription Sales / Fundraising Representatives
Matt Costa, Taylor Dorius, Suzanne Eliasson,
Ninotchka Pascua, Jeffrey Redondo,
Ben Weintraub
P16 PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE
BOX OFFICE
Box Office Manager Jennifer Bantelman
Box Office Assistant Manager Noah Longton
Box Office Lead Operators Pearl Hang, Steven Lone
Box Office Reservationists Samuel Carr,
Cheyenne Collins, Blake Eaton
EDUCATION & OUTREACH
Director of Education & Outreach
Stephen McCormick
Education Programs Associate Jennifer Stoessner
Education Assistant Nicole Keepers
Audio Describers Brian Berlau, Robert Hitchcox,
Shari Lyon, Kay O’Neil, Neil Pisk,
Deborah Sanborn, Janet Schlesinger,
Syliva Southerland, Janine Tarkow,
Helen Warren Ross
ASL Interpreter Daphne Craft, Billeanne McLellan
ASL Volunteer Esther Shen
Access Coordinator Shari Lyon
Teaching Artists Sherri Allen, Leticia S. De Anda,
Brian Hammond, Cynthia Lewis, Lori Petermann,
Erika Phillips, James Pillar, Cynthia Stokes
INTERNS
Company Management Heather Losey,
Meghan McCauley
Development Jon Denise Mallari, Alison Young
Dramaturgy Gabriela Hills
Education Nicole Cantalupo, Annie Middleton
Finance Angela Do, Cynthia Spensieri
Marketing Michelle Peltz
Production Kay Carver, Angela Emerson, Kelly Hardy,
Julie Lorch, David McKray Jones,
Samantha M. Watson, Evangeline Rose Whitlock
Public Relations Christie Mitchell
OPERATIONS
Director of Operations Ned Collins
Operations Associate Jen McClenahan
FRONT OF HOUSE
House Manager John Craft
Assistant House Managers Katherine Cordova,
Amy Covington, Philip Kerksha,
Cameron McMartin, Eric Nickerson, Heather Wolf
Janitorial Professional Maintenance Systems
PRODUCTION
Production Manager Peter J. Davis
Associate Production Manager Linda S. Cooper
Assistant Production Manager Sara T. Danford
Production Management Assistant Melinda Clark
SCENE SHOP
Technical Director Chris Kennedy
Associate Technical Director Chris Borreson
Assistant Technical Director Steven Gerlach
Scene Shop Foreman David Weiner
Lead Carpenter Mike Curtis
Joint Staff Carpenter Bill George
Carpenters Tom Lucenti, Stephan Lutz,
Camren Wakefield
Staff Show Carpenter Preston Spence
Shop Helper Stuart Doug Collind
PAINT SHOP
Charge Scenic Artist Mark Jensen
Assistant Charge Artist Jennifer Imbler
COSTUME SHOP
Manager Susan Makkoo
Assistant Manager Gina Davidson
Costume Shop Foreman/Tailor Lissa Skiles
First Hand/Master Stitcher K-Joy Lehmann-Way
Draper Sarah Maisel
Alterations Table Head Greg Burke
First Hands Jan Blankenship, Armen Khachiyan
Dyer/Craftsperson Jeannie Galioto
Stitcher Yangchen Dolkar
ELECTRICS
Lighting Supervisor Mike Doyle
Assistant Lighting Supervisor Kathryn Sturch
Staff Electrician Matt Wilson
Electricians Andy Lowe, Mike Lowe, Andrea Ryan
SOUND
Sound Supervisor Joe Huppert
Assistant Sound Supervisor Rachel LeVine
Sound Technicians Eric May, Steve Negrete
PROPERTIES SHOP
Prop Master Debra Hatch
Associate Prop Master Kelly Corrigan
Soft Goods Elizabeth Egan
Prop Shop Foreman Will Widick
Prop Artisans Jeni Cheung, Jenny Fajerman,
Ryan Lewis
CREDITORS STAFF
Technical Director Chris Kennedy
Show Carpenter Mark Dewey
Prop Master Jenny Fajerman
Wardrobe Supervisor Michael Dondanville II
Light Board Operator Andrea Ryan
Sound Engineer Sam Lerner
Prop Runner Giovanni Velasco
OUR MISSION
La Jolla Playhouse advances
theatre as an art form and as a
vital social, moral and political
platform by providing unfettered
creative opportunities for the
leading artists of today and
tomorrow. With our youthful
spirit and eclectic, artist-driven
approach, we will continue to
cultivate a local and national
following with an insatiable
appetite for audacious and
diverse work. In the future,
San Diego’s La Jolla Playhouse
will be considered singularly
indispensable to the worldwide
theatre landscape, as we
become a permanent safe harbor
for the unsafe and surprising.
The day will come when it will
be essential to enter the La Jolla
Playhouse village in order to get
a glimpse of what is about to
happen in American theatre.