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BAD JEWS
FROM THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
JOSHUA HARMON KNOWS HOW TO GET OUR ATTENTION.
With the title of his beloved comedy, Bad Jews starts a conversation before
the audience ever gets into the theater. The question of what makes us good
people — good brothers, good sons and daughters, good cousins — all of
these ideas are unpacked and explored in this multi-layered play. Ultimately,
Harmon has written a play about family dynamics and our place within them,
and while his context is a multi-generation Jewish family, he has a gift for
finding the universal in the specific.
We welcome back director Matt Shakman (Good People, Wait Until Dark)
who has cast an extraordinarily gifted foursome of actors, and with designers
John Arnone (sets), E.B. Brooks (costumes), Elizabeth Harper (lights),
Jonathan Snipes (sound), he has created an environment where familial
emotions have room to simmer, to boil and ultimately to explode.
As Bad Jews closes out the 2014/2015 season, I thank you for joining us.
Whether you are a subscriber, a frequent regular ticket buyer, or a firsttimer, only with your presence and participation does the art continue to
thrive. We launched a season that focused on raising a voice, and over the
course of this season, you have given extraordinary post-show feedback, you
have responded with calls and emails to discuss the work you’ve seen and
you have continued to nurture the art by investing sincerely in it. Theater is
a collaborative venture, and you are the most vital part of this collaboration.
So from the entire Geffen family, thank you for your continued investment
in the art of theater.
Enjoy the show!
Randall Arney
Artistic Director
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MARTHA HENDERSON
CO-CHAIR
PAMELA ROBINSON HOLLANDER
CO-CHAIR
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MARY ANN CLOYD
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CHAIRMAN EMERITUS
MARTHA
HENDERSON
PAMELA
ROBINSON HOLLANDER
WELCOME TO OUR FINAL SHOW IN THE 2014/2015
Gil Cates Theater season: Bad Jews. Hailed by The New York Times as, “the
best comedy of the season,” we know this new play will delight Los Angeles
audiences all summer long. Congratulations to playwright Joshua Harmon
and director Matt Shakman for creating and assembling this boisterous
comedy for all to enjoy!
As the 2014/2015 season draws to a close, we would like to highlight the
extraordinary generosity of our Geffen Playhouse Board of Directors,
Trustees, Advisory Board, major donors and season sponsors, without whom
we could not exist. Our deepest gratitude to the loyal subscribers and single
ticket buyers who return season after season to support our art onstage,
who are bold enough to join us on this artistic journey every year. Thank you
for your trust and loyalty, as we could not create new work or take chances
bringing world premieres or American premieres to our stages without such
dedicated patrons in the audience.
Our sincere thanks to all of you for joining us today and for being such an
integral part of the 2014/2015 season. We cannot wait for you to see what
our 20th anniversary season brings in 2015/2016. We hope you enjoy today’s
performance of Bad Jews and look forward to hearing your thoughts about
this hilarious new play!
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“THEY’RE DOING BAG CHECKS
OUTSIDE THE THEATER”
BY ANDREW LOSOWSKY
Playwright Joshua Harmon
Reprinted with permission from The Guardian (March 13, 2015). Copyright Guardian News & Media Ltd 2015.
BAD JEWS DEALS WITH EXTREMES OF NEW YORK JEWISHNESS AND ITS
POSTER HAS BEEN BANNED ON THE LONDON UNDERGROUND — YET
JOSHUA HARMON’S NEXT PROJECT IS A SONG-AND-DANCE SPECTACULAR
It was a small but important change. When New York play
Bad Jews first transferred to the UK last year, its writer
Joshua Harmon cut a single line from the script.
“There’s a line with the phrase, ‘Now, when it’s safer to
be Jewish than it ever has been …’” he says. “It might still feel
true in New York, but it doesn’t feel that way in Europe right
now. They’re doing bag checks outside the theater.”
It’s a tense moment for Harmon’s dark comedy to open in
London — so tense that London Underground recently banned
the play’s posters from its stations because they “may cause
widespread or serious offence”. (“I’m not going to weigh in on
[the poster] situation,” Harmon wrote in a follow-up email.)
The play examines two extremes of New York
Jewishness through a tense, one-room comic drama: three
cousins, a necklace that belonged to Poppy, their recently
deceased grandfather. The necklace has significance not
for its monetary value, but because of what it symbolises:
Poppy kept it hidden for two years while in a concentration
camp, storing it under his tongue.
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The issues at stake in the play reach far beyond the
motivations of the characters and their religion. How can
the current generation of young people, the play asks, carry
forward the memory of such a major historical event that is
so recent, so closely connected to their identity, and yet so
far from anything they have experienced themselves?
Harmon grew up in a conservative Jewish family just
north of New York, and the idea for Bad Jews began when
he heard people of his age “botch and mispronounce names”
of Holocaust victims as part of a commemoration ceremony
at his local synagogue.
“If I were to get up and talk about when Jews were slaves
in Egypt, there isn’t anyone to remember the transition that
took place when the people who lived it suddenly weren’t
there any more.
“But I grew up hearing Holocaust survivors speak, and it’s
a profound experience. You hear people for whom English
is not a first language, they’re older, and it just feels like this
otherworldly thing. When you hear someone who sounds
like me talk about it to other people who sound like me, it
feels minimised.
“There’s this huge responsibility, whether we want it or
not. Figuring out how to grapple with that is complicated.
When I sat down to write this, I think I had questions, and
now I have more questions. They’re big questions, but I don’t
have answers. And I’d rather write from that place.”
In person, 31-year-old Harmon comes across as friendly,
thoughtful and sensitive, and his emergence as a playwright
whose work is performed internationally has been a swift
one — Bad Jews first opened in a 63-seat Roundabout
Underground theater in New York in 2012, then transferred
to Roundabout’s 420-seat venue the following year.
Entertainment newspaper Variety reported that Bad Jews
is the third-most performed modern play this season in the
United States, while after a successful run last year in Bath
followed by one at London’s St James Theatre, it opens this
month at the Arts Theatre in the West End.
Bad Jews is also the first play of Harmon’s that has been
performed for longer than three nights.
Before Bad Jews, Harmon gained experience working
for a theatrical agent, as well as putting on small plays and
readings, first while at graduate school in Pittsburgh and
then when studying at the renowned theatre school Julliard,
to which he applied four times before being accepted. In
2010, in order to put on a “one-night only performance” of
an earlier play, he successfully raised $700 on Kickstarter.
“I had never been produced in any kind of serious
way, so I didn’t write Bad Jews with any expectation of a
production, let alone the life that this play has taken on,”
he says. “I wrote it for myself. When you write for yourself,
there are things that you assume to be true that you don’t
have to question, and that seems to be the way to go for
me. I turn inwards for material.”
Harmon is currently in rehearsals for a very different
kind of production: the Radio City Spring Spectacular, a
huge new musical production in a New York theater that fits
6,000 people.
“The scale is just outrageous,” he says with a laugh. “They
don’t make shows like this any more. My goal is to make it as
true, fun and hopefully moving as it can be. Though this is the
first time when anybody has read something I wrote and said,
‘More animals.’ It’s an amazing note. I’ll never get it again.”
When the Spectacular opens, Harmon moves into
rehearsals for his next play with the Roundabout Theatre,
this time about friendship and love, called Significant Other.
“It’s about something very small and specific but it also
feels epic in scope for me,” he says.
“I have a lot of anxiety about the new play and how that will
go. I get very anxious about all this stuff. But confidence is death
to a play. Each play is a question. You just don’t know.”
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Jonathan Snipes
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Casting Director
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(In order of appearance)
Jonah Haber .............................................................................................................................. Raviv Ullman
Daphna Feygenbaum .......................................................................................................... Molly Ephraim
Liam Haber ........................................................................................................................................ Ari Brand
Melody ................................................................................................................................................ Lili Fuller
UNDERSTUDIES
(In alphabetical order)
Daphna Feygenbaum / Melody ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Alexis Jacknow
Liam Haber / Jonah Haber ........................................................................................ Paris Hunter Paul
TIME
March. Not quite winter, not quite spring.
SETTING
A studio apartment on the Upper West Side.
RUNNING TIME
Approximately 90 minutes
There will be no intermission.
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BAD JEWS
CAST OF CHARACTERS
PRODUCTION BIOGRAPHIES
ARI BRAND
(Liam Haber)
Ari Brand is an actor, musician
and writer, thrilled to be making
his Geffen Playhouse debut.
His previous credits include:
Broadway: The Neil Simon
Plays (Nederlander Theatre,
director David Cromer). OffBroadway: My Name is Asher
Lev (Westside Theater), Romeo
and Juliet (The Public Theatre/
NYSF, director Michael Greif),
Black Tie (Primary Stages).
Other: My Name Is Asher Lev
(Long Wharf), The Arabian
Nights (Berkeley Rep, Kansas
City Rep, director Mary
Zimmerman), The Diary of
Anne Frank (Westport Country
Playhouse), The Claw of the
Schwa (Midtown International
Theatre Festival Award), Much
Ado About Nothing (New
York Classical Theatre). TV/
Film: White Collar; To The
Flame; Blood Magic; Life,
Death, Afterlife, Etc. Ari is a
proud alum of both Wesleyan
University, where he received a
BA in Theater and Psychology,
and BADA in London. He was
born and raised in New York
City, and lives in Brooklyn with
his wife, Caitlin.
MOLLY EPHRAIM
(Daphna Feygenbaum)
Molly Ephraim is seriously
kvelling to be making
her Geffen debut in this
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terrific play. Best known
as Mandy in ABC’s Last
Man Standing and Ali Rey
in the Paranormal Activity
franchise. Other film/TV
credits include College Road
Trip, Gravy, Law & Order,
Royal Pains. Broadway: Into
The Woods (Drama League
Award Nomination), Fiddler
on the Roof. Off-Broadway/
Regional include: Rachel in
End Days at EST, Anne in
The Diary of Anne Frank at
Westport Country Playhouse.
A Philadelphia native, Molly
grew up acting at the local
Bucks County Playhouse and
performed professionally
at the Prince Music Theatre
and Arden Theater Company
(Barrymore Nom). She
earned her BA in Religion
from Princeton University.
Special thanks to Phyllis and
Matt for the opportunity, and
to Josh, Peri, and Sean. For
my brother and my Big Al.
LILI FULLER
(Melody)
Lili Fuller is thrilled to be
making her Geffen Playhouse
debut. Regional: Come Back
Little Sheba (Marie) and
Grapes of Wrath (Rose of
Sharon) at A Noise Within;
Into The Woods (Little
Red) at Starlight Theatre;
You’re A Good Man, Charlie
Brown (Sally Brown) and
The Wild Party (Mae) at
Musical Theatre Repertory;
Revolutions, The Jungle
Book, NeverWonderLand and
Stations (Ovation Awardwinning) with Boom Kat
Dance Theatre. TV: Whitney
(NBC), recurring on Video
Game High School and a
series regular on BitTorrent’s
upcoming sci-fi series,
Children of the Machine.
Most recently, Lili created,
produced and starred in
Hulu’s Complete Works,
an award-winning comedy
series set in the world of
a collegiate Shakespeare
competition. Lili is a a
YoungArts winner in Theatre
and a proud graduate of the
USC School of Dramatic Arts.
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RAVIV ULLMAN
(Jonah Haber)
Raviv was last seen onstage
in New York alongside Holly
Hunter, Bill Pullman and
Richard Chamberlain in The
New Group’s revival of Sticks
And Bones. Theater credits
include Russian Transport
(The New Group), The
Bad Guys (Second Stage),
Loneliness Of The Long
Distance Runner (Atlantic
Theater Company), Dead
End (Center Theater Group,
director Nicky Martin), The
King & I (National Tour) and
A Rosen By Any Other Name
(Connecticut Critics Circle
nomination). He has worked
regionally at Long Wharf
Theater and last summer at
Bucks County Playhouse.
Raviv played lead characters
on the television series
Phil of the Future and Rita
Rocks, as well as guest spots
on House, Cold Case, Law
& Order SVU/CI, Criminal
Minds: SB and others.
He has also been seen in
several indie films, MOWs
and pilots, and is grateful for
this Geffen debut.
JOSHUA HARMON
(Playwright)
Joshua Harmon’s play Bad
Jews received its world
premiere at Roundabout
Underground and was the
first production to transfer to
the Roundabout’s Laura Pels
Theatre (Outer Critics Circle
and Lucille Lortel Award
nominations, Best Play). It
has since become the third
most-produced play in the
United States this season
and transferred to London’s
West End after sell-out runs
at Theatre Royal Bath and the
St. James Theatre. His newest
play Significant Other opens
at Roundabout this summer.
His work has been produced
and developed by Manhattan
Theatre Club, Williamstown
Theatre Festival, Hangar
Theatre, Ars Nova, and
Actor’s Express, where he was
the 2010-2011 National New
Play Network Playwright-inResidence. He has received
fellowships from MacDowell,
Atlantic Center for the Arts,
SPACE at Ryder Farm, and
the Eudora Welty Foundation.
Joshua is a recent graduate
of Juilliard and at work on
commissions for Roundabout
Theatre Company and Lincoln
Center Theater.
MATT SHAKMAN
(Director)
At the Geffen, Matt directed
the world premiere of Jeffrey
Hatcher’s adaptation of Wait
Until Dark and the West Coast
premiere of David LindsayAbaire’s Good People (Ovation
nomination, Production &
Direction). His feature film
debut — Cut Bank — starring
John Malkovich, Billy Bob
Thornton and Bruce Dern,
was released by A24 in the
spring of this year. Matt’s
television directing résumé
includes the upcoming pilot
for NBC’s Heroes Reborn and
the final two parts of FX’s
Emmy- and Golden Globewinning Fargo, Mad Men
PRODUCTION BIOGRAPHIES
JOHN ARNONE
(Scenic Design)
Tony Award-winner, John
Arnone began his career
designing critically-acclaimed
productions Off Broadway
for which he received two
Obie Awards. He designed
more than 30 sets at New
York’s Public Theater with
legendary producer Joseph
Papp, Lion Theater Company,
Playwrights Horizons, and
Circle Rep. He has worked
with Garland Wright and
Joe Dowling at the Guthrie
Theater and Des McAnuff
at La Jolla Playhouse. In
1993, The Who’s Tommy
opened on Broadway, for
which Mr. Arnone received
a Tony, Dora Mavor Moore,
Drama Desk and Outer
Critics Circle awards. Other
Broadway designs include
How to Succeed in Business…,
Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992;
Sacrilege; Tommy Tune’s
productions of The Best
Little Whorehouse Goes
Public and Grease; Sex and
Longing; The Goat, or Who
is Sylvia?; Fortune’s Fool; The
Full Monty; Marlene; The
Deep Blue Sea;Lone Star/Pvt
Wars; Minnelli on Minnelli;
The Best Man; The Ride Down
Mt. Morgan; and Lennon: The
Musical. His work has been
seen in Canada, London,
Vienna, Berlin, Japan, and
Australia. Designs for the
Geffen Playhouse: Nightmare
Alley, Atlanta, I Just Stopped
by to See the Man, Cat on
a Hot Tin Roof, Collected
Stories, Cryptogram and
Superior Donuts.
E.B. BROOKS
(Costume Designer)
Geffen Playhouse: Choir
Boy, Wait Until Dark, Good
People, Build, The Exorcist
(Associate to Scott Pask),
Switzerland (Assistant to
Ellen McCartney) and The
Power of Duff (Assistant to
Bobby Fredrick Tilley III).
Black Dahlia Theater: Hey
Morgan!, Forgiveness, Finally,
Secrets of the Trade and The
Last Days of Judas Iscariot
directed by Matt Shakman.
The Industry: Invisible Cities.
Artists Repertory Theater,
Portland: Ten Chimneys.
Center for New Performance/
RedCat: Brewsie and Willie
directed by Travis Preston
(2010 LA Weekly Award for
Best Production Design),
What to Wear directed
by Richard Foreman. A
Noise Within: Blithe Spirit
(2010 Ticketholder Award
Best Costume Design). Los
Angeles Shakespeare Festival:
Midsummer Night’s Dream.
East West Players: A Nice
Indian Boy and The Language
Archive. Theater@Boston
Court: Cassiopeia, Courting
Vampires, 1001 and 365 Plays.
Her costumes have been
on exhibit at the Hammer
Museum and Machine
Project alongside the film Fly
Amanita directed by David
Fenster and at Steve Turner
Contemporary alongside
the film The Murder of Hi
Good directed by Lee Lynch.
Other film and video projects
include: D.I.C.E. Awards
2013 Official Introduction
Video, The White Orchid
and 3 Nights in the Desert.
She received her MFA from
California Institute of the Arts
and has taught at Willamette
University, USC, UCLA and
CalTech.
ELIZABETH HARPER
(Lighting Designer)
Geffen Playhouse: Play
Dead, Wait Until Dark and
Good People. Theatrical
credits include: Throw Me on
the Burnpile and Light Me
Up and A Raisin in the Sun
(Center Theatre Group, Kirk
Douglas Theatre); Immediate
Family (Center Theatre
Group, Mark Taper Forum),
Reunion, Venus in Fur and
tokyo fish story (South Coast
Rep); The Twentieth-Century
Way and Stupid Fucking
Bird (The Theatre at Boston
Court); Crescent City (The
Industry). Industrial and Event
Design: Microsoft, Ubisoft,
Universal Studios, On-Live,
Comedy Central and Spike
TV. Elizabeth is a five-time
Ovation Award nominee
and NAACP award nominee.
Education and Affiliation:
Guest Instructor, California
Institute of the Arts; MFA,
Tisch School of the Arts,
NYU; Member United Scenic
Artists Local 829.
JONATHAN SNIPES
(Sound Designer)
Jonathan Snipes is a
composer and sound designer
for Film and Theater living
in Los Angeles. Theater
credits include Good People
and Wait Until Dark (Geffen
Playhouse), Nocturne
(Black Dahlia Theater) and
Meditations on Virginity
(National Theater in Warsaw,
Poland). Film credits include
Room 237 (IFC), Starry Eyes
(Dark Sky), The Nightmare
(Sundance 2015), and Excess
Flesh (SXSW 2015). He
teaches sound design in the
theater department at UCLA,
and is a member of the rap
group “clipping.”
ELIZABETH A. BROHM
(Production Stage Manager)
Geffen Playhouse: The Night
Alive; Hershey Felder as
Irving Berlin; Ruth Draper’s
Monologues; Yes, Prime
Minister; By the Waters
of Babylon; Shipwrecked!;
Joan Rivers: A Work in
Progress; Boy Gets Girl;
The Unexpected Man; Six
Dance Lessons in Six Weeks;
Looking for Normal; The
Weir; Dinner with Friends;
Defiled; Wit; It Ain’t Nothin’
But the Blues. National Tour/
Kennedy Center: Wit. Other:
Production Coordinator,
Geffen Playhouse 2001-2007;
Visiting Assistant Professor
in Stage Management, UCLA
since 2005. MFA in Stage
Management from UCSD.
Love to Gino and Mack.
AMY RAMSDELL
(Assistant Stage Manager)
Amy has served as a member
of stage management teams
for various productions.
Past Geffen Playhouse
credits include Hershey
Felder as Irving Berlin, Choir
Boy, The Country House
and Slowgirl. Other Los
Angeles productions include
Immediate Family (Center
Theatre Group), Billy Elliot
(McCoy Rigby) and Joffrey
Ballet West. Additional
credits include Once: First
National Tour (Production
Assistant); American Night
(La Jolla Playhouse); As You
Like It, Inherit the Wind,
Richard III, Broadway Bound
and Brighton Beach Memoirs
(The Old Globe); The Sound
of Music, Love Changes
Everything, Jekyll & Hyde
and Jesus Christ Superstar
(Pittsburgh Civic Light
Opera). Amy graduated with
a Bachelor of Fine Arts in
Stage Management from the
University of North Carolina
School of the Arts.
PHYLLIS SCHURINGA, CSA
(Casting Director)
Phyllis has been the casting
director at the Geffen for
12 years and now is also an
artistic associate. Recent
plays are Reasons to Be
Pretty; The Country House;
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and The Good Wife. He is
also a director and executive
producer of It’s Always Sunny
in Philadelphia. Matt is the
founder and artistic director
of the Black Dahlia Theatre
in Los Angeles, which was
named “one of a dozen young
American companies you
need to know” by American
Theatre Magazine and “Best
Small Theatre” by Los Angeles
Magazine. The Dahlia’s new
home — The Circle Theatre —
will open this fall in Hollywood.
PRODUCTION BIOGRAPHIES
Death of the Author; Wait
Until Dark; American Buffalo;
Yes, Prime Minister; The Gift;
Coney Island Christmas;
Build and the Los Angeles
production of By the Way,
Meet Vera Stark. Before
joining the team at the
Geffen, she was the casting
director for Steppenwolf
Theatre in Chicago where
her favorites include Frank
Galati’s adaptation of The
Grapes of Wrath (also La
Jolla Playhouse, National
Theatre in London, and
Broadway, where it received
the Tony Award for Best
Play), the original production
of Steve Martin’s Picasso
at the Lapin Agile (and
subsequent productions
including Westwood
Playhouse and Briar Street
Theater in Chicago), Austin
Pendleton’s Orson’s Shadow
and Charles L. Mee’s Time
to Burn. Broadway transfers
include One Flew Over the
Cuckoo’s Nest (Tony for
Best Revival) and The Song
of Jacob Zulu. She teaches
auditioning at Steppenwolf
West and is a member of the
Casting Society of America.
RANDALL ARNEY
(Artistic Director)
Randall Arney has been a
theater professional for over
30 years and has served
as Artistic Director of the
Geffen Playhouse since 1999.
In addition to his artistic
programming and oversight at
the Geffen, Arney has helmed
more than 10 productions for
the theater, most recently
The Night Alive, Reasons to
Be Pretty, Slowgirl, American
Buffalo, Superior Donuts, The
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Female of the Species, The
Seafarer, Speed-the-Plow
and All My Sons. Arney is an
ensemble member and former
Artistic Director of Chicago’s
Steppenwolf Theatre where
his directing credits include:
Slowgirl, The Seafarer, The
Beauty Queen of Leenane,
Death and the Maiden, Curse
of the Starving Class, Killers
and The Geography of Luck,
among others. Arney also
directed Steppenwolf’s world
premiere of Steve Martin’s
Picasso at the Lapin Agile,
as well as the subsequent
national and international
acclaimed productions. Mr.
Arney’s acting credits with
Steppenwolf include Born
Yesterday, Ghost in the
Machine, The Homecoming,
Frank’s Wild Years, You Can’t
Take it with You, Fool for Love,
True West, Balm in Gilead and
Coyote Ugly. As the Artistic
Director for Steppenwolf
from 1987 to 1995, he oversaw
the creation of a new stateof-the-art theater which is
Steppenwolf’s current home.
Broadway transfers under his
leadership include The Rise
and Fall of Little Voice, The
Song of Jacob Zulu (six Tony
Award nominations) and The
Grapes of Wrath (1990 Tony
Award, Best Play). Mr. Arney
has an MFA degree in Acting
from Illinois State University
and has taught master classes
and workshops at UCLA,
Steppenwolf, around the U.S.
and in Tokyo.
GIL CATES, JR.
(Interim Managing Director)
Gil Cates, Jr. has proudly
served as Geffen Playhouse
Board Vice Chairman
since 2012 and has years
of producing and directing
experience in theater, film,
and television. Gil’s theater
credits include the award
winning Names (Matrix
Theatre) starring Dixie
Carter and Greg Mullavey,
The Night I Knocked Out
Joe Frazer and Lost 90
Pounds (Gardner Stage
Theater), as well as Three
Sisters and David Mamet’s
A Life In The Theatre (both
at Syracuse Stage). Gil’s film
credits include The Surface
(starring Sean Astin and
Geffen Playhouse alumnus
Chris Mulkey), Jobs (starring
Ashton Kutcher, Josh Gad,
Dermot Mulroney, as well
as Geffen Playhouse alumni
Matthew Modine and Ron
Eldard) and the 2011 feature
film Lucky (starring Colin
Hanks, Ari Graynor, AnnMargret and recent Golden
Globe winner Jeffrey
Tambor). In addition, Gil
produced and directed the
critically acclaimed Life
After Tomorrow, featuring
Sarah Jessica Parker, which
won best documentary at
the Phoenix Film Festival
and later had its premiere
Christmas Eve on Showtime.
His other films include Deal
(starring Burt Reynolds,
Bret Harrison and Charles
Durning), The Mesmerist
(starring Geffen Playhouse
alumnus Neil Patrick Harris),
and the critically acclaimed
independent film Order of
Chaos. Gil also made his TV
directorial debut with an
episode of the NBC comedy,
Joey, starring Emmy winner
Matt LeBlanc. He studied
at the National Theatre
Institute in Waterford,
Connecticut, and holds a
BFA in Drama from Syracuse
University in 1991.
REGINA MILLER
(Chief Development Officer)
Regina has been a
development professional
for over 18 years, working
with non-profit institutions,
foundations and corporations
on strategy, analysis and
fundraising. She has worked
for Simon Wiesenthal Center,
William J. Jefferson Clinton
Foundation, Ben Affleck’s
Eastern Congo Initiative,
Hank Azaria’s Determined
to Succeed, National Center
for Missing and Exploited
Children, Kind Campaign,
Jewish Museum of Prague,
among others. Prior to the
Geffen, Regina served as
the Director of Partnerships
for Big Brothers Big Sisters
of Greater Los Angeles and
the Inland Empire where she
led strategic planning and
development while executing
policies that advanced the
organization’s visibility and
growth. Regina also has a
strong passion for teaching.
After graduating from
University of North Carolina
School of the Arts and touring
the world as a professional
dancer, she worked as a
teacher in preschools and
kindergartens in New York, as
well as lecturing at numerous
schools in the U.S. and abroad.
Regina is also a published
author and photographer
with Tallefellow Press and
Prometheus Books and is
currently working on a book
with her 11 year old son Jaden.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
GEFFEN AT A GLANCE
ADDRESS
PRODUCTION STAFF FOR BAD JEWS
Assistant Set Designer Daniel Willis
Assistant Costume Designers Stephanie Petagno and Angela Trivino
Assistant Lighting Designer Ric Zimmerman
Violence Designer Ned Mochel
Wardrobe Supervisor Dara Fargotstein
Production Assistant Kristen Osborn
Stage Crew Alexandre Norkus
Properties Artisans Hazel Kuang & Cami Viand
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Set provided by Scenic Highlights
Lighting Equipment provided by Entertainment Lighting Services
Sound Equipment provided by Jon Sound Inc.
Production Photographer Michael Lamont
Media Filming Four Leaf Media
SPECIAL THANKS
UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television Scene, Prop, Sound and Costume
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UCLA SCHOOL OF THEATER, FILM AND TELEVISION
The Geffen Playhouse is affiliated with the University of California at
Los Angeles, specifically the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television.
The Geffen Playhouse values its role as an important educational resource
by providing students with master classes, workshops and internships.
Students are also able to work and learn from distinguished visiting Geffen
artists such as Alan Ayckbourn, Jon Robin Baitz, Annette Bening, Ed Harris,
David Ives, Neil LaBute, David Mamet, Donald Margulies, Terrence McNally,
John Rando and Kathleen Turner in areas of directing, playwriting, acting,
design, dramaturgy, management and production. The Geffen Playhouse
also draws upon the distinguished experts in the university to enhance the
theater’s programs and research.
This theater operates under agreement between the League of Resident
Theaters and Actors Equity Association, the union of professional actors
and stage managers in the United States.
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AT THE THEATER
Late Seating
Should you arrive late to the theater or
vacate your seat during the performance,
please expect to be held in the lobby until
an appropriate pause in the action on-stage.
To minimize disturbance to other patrons,
you may be sat into the first available
location by the house staff even if different
from your assigned seat. Be advised that
some productions or circumstances may not
allow for late or return seating.
This theater operates under agreement between the League of Resident
Theaters and Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, an independent
national labor union.
The scenic, costume, lighting and sound designers in LORT theaters are
represented by United Scenic Artists Local USA-829, IATSE.
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A “remarkable portrait!
Richly entertaining and
ultimately touching.”
— Los Angeles Times
“Enriching, humorous and replete with
most of the brilliant Berlin tunes. You do not
want to miss a delicious moment of it!”
— Broadway World
Hershey Felder brings to life the remarkable story of Irving Berlin, “America’s Composer.”
From the depths of anti-Semitism in Czarist Russia, to New York’s Lower East Side, and
ultimately all of America and the world, Berlin’s story epitomizes the American dream.
Featuring the composer’s most popular and enduring songs from “God Bless America,”
to “White Christmas” and beyond, Hershey Felder’s masterful creation of character and
musical performance makes this evening with Irving Berlin an unforgettable journey.
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The Power of Duff, is a terrific and thought
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We saw Switzerland last evening —
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I laughed, almost cried, I thoroughly
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Saw The Power of Duff last night.
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SCENE AT THE GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE
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Opening Night of
The Power of Duff
Sponsored by Audi of America, Inc.,
Keurig, Los Angeles magazine,
Malibu Family Wines
and Napa Valley Grille
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4
5
1. The cast of The Power of Duff with writer
Stephen Belber and director Peter DuBois
2. Vice Chair of the Board Gil Cates, Jr.,
Elizabeth Cates, Fay Mancuso and
Chairman Emeritus Frank Mancuso
3. Geffen Board member Adi Greenberg
with her parents Miriam Kabatchnick and
Amnon Kabatchnik
4. Geffen donors Rich Sondheimer and
Jane Rissman with friend
5. Randall Arney with The Night Alive cast
member Paul Vincent O’Connor
6. Elaine Hoffman and Geffen Board
member Arthur Greenberg
7. Geffen donors Manuela and Jimmy Goren
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Photos by Jordan Strauss
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BACKSTAGE AT THE GEFFEN
Honorees George Lucas & Mellody Hobson and Sir Elton John & David Furnish were proud to support
the Geffen Playhouse Education & Community Engagement programs. Here is what they had to say
about the importance of giving to the arts:
Photo by Jordan Strauss
“I have to say that George and I feel a little odd about being
honored for doing what we are suppose to do. To us, our
good fortune is not really for us, it is for society, I always
tell people that we are the stewards of society’s money.
It is for that reason that we are enthusiastic supporters
of Geffen Playhouse because they are bringing theater
to communities and schools and they are sparking the
imaginations of kids.”
— Mellody Hobson
“The humanities, unlike math and science that tell us
how to do things, the humanities tell us why to do things
and there is nothing more important than theater, there
is nothing more important than the arts, there is nothing
more important than basically giving people a different
view of society and hopefully allowing them to stretch
their imaginations and their experience with the world —
and that is really what Geffen Playhouse does.”
— George Lucas
“To be able to give a legacy to people — to give people
hope in life, of being able to achieve something, of being
accepted, of being loved, of being not left behind, but
being embraced. You people out there have contributed
tonight to make sure that people in this city have a legacy
of theater, people that normally don’t have a chance
to come to the theater, to partake in something that is
dream-like. The theater is like a dream — acting, singing,
performing arts, dance, whatever — it is like a dream, it’s
ethereal, it takes you away from being who you are and
takes you to someplace wonderful.”
— Sir Elton John
“I want to thank all of you, this amazing theater and all the
programs that it supports would not be possible without
your support. The outreach program that this theater
has, getting into communities and bringing theater into
people from all walks of life is just so important, and so
crucial to our society.”
— David Furnish
FIND OUT MORE ABOUT GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE EDUCATION & COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
PROGRAMS AND HOW YOU CAN HELP AT GEFFENPLAYHOUSE.COM/EDUCATION
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Storytellers Anjelica Huston and Samuel L. Jackson
Randall Arney with honoree Sir Elton John, performer Lady Gaga and honoree David Furnish
BACKSTAGE AT THE GEFFEN
Sponsored by City National Bank, Audi of America, Inc.,
Clay Lacy Aviation and Robert K. Kraft
Backstage at the Geffen is a once-in-a-lifetime show where surprise guests
share never-before-told stories of life backstage and performances dedicated
to the honorees. This year, we honored Mellody Hobson & George Lucas and
Sir Elton John & David Furnish. But what happens at Backstage lasts much
longer than just one night. Proceeds from the event bring inspiration, hope and
healing through the arts to the most underserved of the community.
To learn more about Backstage at the Geffen, contact Regina Miller
at 310.208.6500 ext. 112 or [email protected].
Photos by Jordan Strauss and Jeff Lorch Photography
Founding Chairman of Geffen Playhouse
Bruce Ramer with Madeline Ramer
Honorees Mellody Hobson and George Lucas
Violin virtuoso Lee England Jr. performing John Legend’s “All of Me”
Gil Cates, Jr., Board Co-Chair Pamela Robinson Hollander, honoree Sir Elton John, Board Co-Chair Martha Henderson,
honoree David Furnish and Randall Arney
Lee England Jr. with presenter Quincy Jones
Board of Trustee member Jeffrey Katzenberg
and donor Alan Horn
Storyteller Samuel L. Jackson with host Nathan Fillion
Presenting Sponsor Robert K. Kraft with Gil Cates, Jr.
Presenting Sponsor Audi of America
Dance performance choreographed by Toni Basil
SEASON SPONSOR SPOTLIGHT
THANK YOU TO THE LUXURY BRANDS WHO
HAVE SUPPORTED US IN THE 2014/2015 SEASON
WITH IN-KIND DONATIONS
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ANNUAL DONORS
In appreciation, donors enjoy a host of special benefits including house seats, complimentary drinks, receptions and much more.
For more information, please call Jamie Mikelich at 310.208.6500 ext. 128.
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Martha Henderson
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Arts Education at the Geffen Playhouse
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The Geffen Playhouse recognizes the following individuals and organizations for their generous support of our Annual Fund and
Backstage at the Geffen. Donors are listed at the Associate level and higher for gifts made between March 1, 2014 and May 1, 2015.
ANNUAL DONORS
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DATES TO NOTE
MAY 26 – JULY 5
AUDREY SKIRBALL KENIS THEATER
JUNE 9 – JULY 19
AUGUST 4 – AUGUST 16
GIL CATES THEATER
MURDER FOR TWO Opening Night GIL CATES THEATER
6/3/15
The original New York cast of Murder for Two opens the hit musical comedy
in the neighboring Audrey Skirball Kenis Theater at the Geffen Playhouse.
MURDER FOR TWO Special Performance
Monday, 6/15/15
Special Monday evening performance of the, “hilarious musical whodunit,”
(The New York Observer) and “snazzy double-act,” (The New York Times)
of Murder for Two in the Audrey Skirball Kenis Theater.
BAD JEWS Opening Night 6/17/15
Bad Jews opens to press and VIP donors in an exclusive evening sponsored
by Audi of America, Los Angeles magazine, Malibu Family Wines
and Napa Valley Grille.
QUINCY JONES PRESENTS LEE ENGLAND JR. Monday, 6/22/15
BAD JEWS Talk Back Tuesdays 6/23/15 – 7/14/15
Geffen Playhouse Board Member and Founding Trustee Quincy Jones presents
the “soul violinist” Lee England Jr. in a special one-night-only concert in the
Gil Cates Theater at the Geffen Playhouse.
Join Geffen Playhouse artists for a lively post-show discussion about plot,
character and themes in Bad Jews.
HERSHEY FELDER AS IRVING BERLIN 8/4/15 – 8/16/15
The hit production returns for a limited engagement in the Gil Cates Theater
at the Geffen Playhouse.
THIS TIME IN
GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE
HISTORY
JUNE 12, 2013
Michael McKean performs the title
character in the American premiere of
Yes, Prime Minister. The production
featured a cast of ten including Geffen
Playhouse alumnus and Tony Award
winner, Jefferson Mays, who recently
performed in A Gentleman’s Guide to
Love and Murder on Broadway.
JULY 7, 2010
Laurence Fishburne opens the
West Coast premiere of Thurgood.
The Kennedy Center had previously
presented the Geffen Playhouse
production. Both runs played to
sold-out houses.
JUNE/JULY 2001
Uta Hagen and David Hyde Pierce
perform the hit run of Six Dance
Lessons in Six Weeks. A feature film
based on the play was recently released.
ENHANCE YOUR EVENING AT THE GEFFEN!
Attend one of our Signature Series and enjoy the FREE festivities with your ticket purchase.
Event details at geffenplayhouse.com/signatureseries
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EVERY TUESDAY AFTER PREVIEW WEEK
THIRD THURSDAY OF EVERY RUN
FOURTH & FIFTH FRIDAY OF EVERY RUN
EVERY SUNDAY AFTER PREVIEW WEEK
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GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE STAFF
Randall Arney
Artistic Director
ARTISTIC
Gil Cates, Jr.
Interim Managing Director
MARKETING & SALES
Mary Garrett
Amy Levinson
Phyllis Schuringa
Young Ji
Nick Johnson
Artistic Manager
Artistic Associate / Literary Director
Artistic Associate / Casting Director
Artistic Coordinator
Literary Associate
DEVELOPMENT
Regina Miller Chief Development Officer
Ellen Catania Director of Major Gifts &
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Jessica Brusilow Rollins
Director of Education Partnerships & Donor Relations
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Kristen Smith Eshaya
Development & Education
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Scott Kriloff
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Ava Bogle
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Clay Dzygun
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Brian Dunning
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COMMUNICATIONS
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David Barber, Niki Blumberg Davidson & Choy Publicity
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FRONT OF HOUSE
EDUCATION
Jennifer Zakkai
Director of Education &
Community Engagement
Connor White
Resident Teaching Artist &
Education Associate
ADMINISTRATION
Behnaz Ataee
Chief Financial Officer
Frankie Ocasio
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the Managing Director
Peter Banachowski
Accounting and Payroll Manager
Diana Chang
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Receptionist
PRODUCTION
Daniel Ionazzi
Jill Barnes
Matthew Carleton Evan Friedman
Rich Gilles James Grabowski
Darren Rezowalli
Production Manager
Associate Production Manager
Technical Director
Assistant Technical Director
Properties Master
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Jeni Pearsons Director of Special Events
David Gerhardt Supervising House Manager
Michelle Cantrell, Kevin Cernansky, Josiah Davis,
Amy Farkas, Brennan Kelleher, Roxana Meyers,
Jane Phillips Harper
House Managers
Ally Aberrotman, Sevana Baghdasarian,
Kailey Bray, Christopher Caron,Taylor Cerny,
Vianney Cossyleon, Brett Donaldson, Brigid Donovan,
Dan Foote, Chelsea Fryer, Kelsey Gold, Mariel Higuera,
Netta Lee Joseph, Erica Keller, Caroline Harrison Kohler,
Nathaniel Meek, Keith Mitchell, JoJo Nwoko, Chase O’Donnell,
Luis Ruiz, Jonathan Schwartz, Oliver Vaughn,
Dennis Woullard Ushers
Rob Mersola
Bar Manager
Manuel Mayorga
Weekend Bar Manager
Adam Carr, Brenda Davidson, Mariel Higuera, Lyndsi LaRose,
Kimberly Legg Bartenders
FACILITIES MANAGEMENT
Miguel del Castillo
Mario Santillan-Perez
Juan Carlos Umaña
Facility Manager
Custodial
Cleaning Custodial
The Geffen Playhouse is supported, in part, by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors
through the Los Angeles County Arts Commission.
This project was also funded in part by the Department of Cultural Affairs, City of Los Angeles.
The Geffen Playhouse, a non-profit theater company, is proudly affiliated with the University of California at Los Angeles.
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