Kirk Douglas Theatre DouglasPlus

Kirk Douglas Theatre
2011/12 Season
DouglasPlus
The Behavior of Broadus
by Burglars of Hamm: Carolyn Almos, Matt Almos,
Jon Beauregard, Albert Dayan
Original Songs by Matt Almos and Brendan Milburn
with Burglars of Hamm
Directed by Stefan Novinski
A Staged Reading
September 17 – 18, 2011
I’ve Never Been So Happy
Book and Lyrics by Kirk Lynn
Music and Lyrics by Peter Stopschinski
Directed by Thomas Graves and Lana Lesley
Created by Rude Mechs
A World Premiere Production
October 6-23, 2011
FIRST SEASON PRODUCTION
The Night Watcher
Written and Performed by Charlayne Woodard
Directed by Daniel Sullivan
November 17 – December 18, 2011
SECOND SEASON PRODUCTION
photo by chris bennion
Ebony Repertory Theatre Production of
A Raisin in the Sun
by Lorraine Hansberry
Directed by Phylicia Rashad
January 19 – February 19, 2012
THIRD SEASON PRODUCTION
American Night:
The Ballad of Juan José
by Richard Montoya
Developed by Culture Clash and Jo Bonney
Directed by Jo Bonney
A co-production with La Jolla Playhouse
March 9 – April 1, 2012
FOURTH SEASON PRODUCTION
The Convert
by Danai Gurira
Directed by Emily Mann
World Premiere Production
A co-production with McCarter Theatre Center
and Goodman Theatre
April 17 – May 13, 2012
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CENTER THEATRE GROUP
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
2010/2011 officers
honorary chairman
Lew R. Wasserman†
chairman
Martin Massman
president
William H. Ahmanson
vice president
Ava Fries
secretary
Amy R. Forbes
assistant secretary
Susan Grode
treasurer
Dr. Steven Nagelberg
board members
Dean V. Ambrose
Pamela Beck
Judith Beckmen
Norris J. Bishton, Jr.
Dannielle Campos Ramirez
Joseph C. Carieri
Marcy Carsey
Cástulo de la Rocha
Vin Di Bona
Frances Flanagan
Barbara Fodor
Eric R. Garen
David I. Gindler
Patricia Glaser
Brindell Roberts Gottlieb
Timothy G. Hanlon
Brian Hargrove
Stephen F. Hinchliffe, Jr.
Darell L. Krasnoff
Lucy M. Labruzzo
Carol Mancino
Antonio Manning
Dale S. Miller
Walter Mirisch
Jo Muse
Edward B. Nahmias
Edward L. Rada
Timothy A. Regler
Michael Ritchie
Laura Rosenwald
Eva Stern
Louise Taper
Rosalind Zane
emeritus
Harold Applebaum
Ronald J. Arnault
Gordon Davidson
Phyllis Hennigan
Leonard Hirshan
Richard Kagan
Samuel X. Kaplan†
Nancy Olson Livingston
O. Kit Lokey
Diane Morton
Lawrence J. Ramer
Martin C. Washton
past presidents
Lew R. Wasserman†
Marshall Berges†
Armand S. Deutsch†
Walter Mirisch
Henry C. Rogers†
Richard E. Sherwood†
J. David Haft†
Lawrence J. Ramer
Stephen F. Hinchliffe, Jr.
Phyllis Hennigan
Richard Kagan
Martin Massman
Michael Ritchie, artistic director Edward L. Rada, managing director
Presents
WRITTEN AND PERFORMED BY
Charlayne Woodard
SCENIC DESIGN
Thomas Lynch
with Charlie Corcoran
ORIGINAL MUSIC
AND SOUND DESIGN
Obadiah Eaves
COSTUME DESIGN
Jess Goldstein
ORIGINAL
PROJECTION DESIGN
Tal Yarden
LIGHTING DESIGN
Geoff Korf
ASSOCIATE
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Neel Keller
PRODUCTION
STAGE MANAGER
Mary K Klinger
DIRECTED BY
Daniel Sullivan
There will be one 15-minute intermission.
November 17 – December 18, 2011
Kirk Douglas Theatre
The Night Watcher is presented by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc., New York.
New York premiere produced by Primary Stages (Casey Childs, Founder and Executive Producer;
Andrew Leynse, Artistic Director; Elliot Fox, Managing Director) in October 2009.
The Night Watcher was originally produced by Seattle Repertory Theatre, Seattle, WA
(David Esbjornson, Artistic Director; Benjamin Moore, Managing Director).
A Page to Stage Workshop of The Night Watcher was produced in 2008 by La Jolla Playhouse, La Jolla, CA
(Christopher Ashley, Artistic Director, Steven Libman, Managing Director).
The Night Watcher was developed at the Ojai Playwrights Conference (Robert Egan, Artistic Director/Producer).
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Who’s Who
CHARLAYNE WOODARD (Actress/Playwright). Charlayne is
thrilled to be back at Center Theatre Group. The Night Watcher is
her fourth solo play. Developed at the Ojai Playwrights Festival
and La Jolla Playhouse’s Page To Stage, The Night Watcher was
produced at Seattle Rep and Primary Stages. Previous Solo
Plays: Pretty Fire (Manhattan Theatre Club), LA Drama Critics
and NAACP Awards; Neat (Mark Taper Forum, Manhattan
Theatre Club), Irving and Blanche Laurie Theatre Vision Award,
Outer Critics Circle nomination; In Real Life (Mark Taper
Forum, Manhattan Theatre Club) commissioned by CTG and
Seattle Repertory Theatre, Audelco, Back Stage West Garland
and NAACP Awards, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle
nominations; Flight, a multi-character play, was commissioned
by CTG and produced at the Kirk Douglas Theatre. Off-Broadway
credits include The Witch of Edmonton (Red Bull Theater), Obie
Award; Stunning by David Adjmi (Lincoln Center); In The Blood
by Suzan-Lori Parks (Public Theater), Obie Award; Fabulation
by Lynn Nottage (Playwrights Horizons); Sorrows and Rejoicings
by Athol Fugard (Second Stage). Broadway credits include
Ain’t Misbehavin’ (original company), Tony and Drama Desk
nominations. Regional credits include A Midsummer Night’s
Dream (Titania/Hippolyta) at La Jolla Playhouse and The Taming
of the Shrew (Kate) at Shakespeare Theatre Company. Film
credits include John Sayle’s Sunshine State; M. Night Shyamalan’s
Unbreakable; Nicholas Hytner’s The Crucible; John Schlesinger’s
Eye for An Eye. TV credits include recurring roles on Law & Order:
SVU; Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles; ER. Charlayne
completed a TCG/PEW Charitable Trust National Theatre Artist
Residency Program Fellowship at CTG and is a guest artist at Cal
Arts. She trained at Goodman School of Drama in Chicago and
is a member of The Actors Studio. CharlayneWoodard.com
DANIEL SULLIVAN (Director). Among his Broadway credits are
Good People, Time Stands Still, Accent on Youth, The Homecoming,
Prelude to a Kiss, Rabbit Hole, After the Night and the Music, Julius
Caesar, Brooklyn Boy, Sight Unseen, I’m Not Rappaport, Morning’s at
Seven, Proof, the 2000 production of A Moon for the Misbegotten,
Ah, Wilderness!, The Sisters Rosensweig, Conversations With My
Father, The Heidi Chronicles. Off-Broadway credits are The Night
Watcher, Intimate Apparel, Far East, Spinning Into Butter, Dinner
with Friends and The Substance of Fire. For the Public Theater,
Mr. Sullivan directed All’s Well That Ends Well, Merchant of Venice
with Al Pacino, Twelfth Night with Anne Hathaway, A Midsummer
Night’s Dream, Stuff Happens and The Merry Wives of Windsor.
From 1981 to 1997, he served as artistic director of Seattle
Repertory Theatre. Mr. Sullivan is the Swanlund Professor of
Theatre at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
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THOMAS LYNCH (Scenic Designer).
Broadway: Master Class with Tyne Daly,
A Raisin in the Sun with Sean Combs
and Phylicia Rashad, Contact (Tony
nomination), The Heidi Chronicles (Tony
nomination), Having Our Say, Swing!,
The Music Man (Tony nomination), Ah,
Wilderness!, Tintypes. Off-Broadway: The
Night Watcher, Me, Myself & I, Third, A
Woman Before a Glass (Obie), Betty’s
Summer Vacation (Obie – Sustained
Excellence), Laughing Wild, Driving Miss
Daisy, Still Life (shared Obie). Over 130
designs for major regional theatres,
currently Alan Alda’s Radiance, Geffen.
Opera: Iphigenie en Tauride (Met and Met/
Simulcast), Rodelinda (Met, upcoming
simulcast), The Ring Cycle, Amelia,
Lohengrin (Seattle Opera), Bernstein’s A
Quiet Place (Vienna State Opera), Alcina
(Covent Garden). Awards: four Drama
Desk nominations, Elliot Norton, two
Joseph Jeffersons. Professor of Scenic
Design, University of Washington.
CHARLIE CORCORAN (Co-Scenic
Designer). Mark Taper Forum: Without
Walls (co-design with Tom Lynch). OffBroadway: The Emperor Jones (Hewes
Design Award nomination), Sive, Prisoner
of the Crown, Defender of the Faith, The
Field, Banished Children of Eve (Irish
Repertory Theatre); The Night Watcher,
Exits and Entrances (Primary Stages); A
Perfect Future (Cherry Lane Theatre); Don
Giovanni (Juilliard); The Late Christopher
Bean (TACT); Sophistry, The Black Monk,
The Bully Pulpit (Beckett Theatre);
Rock Doves (Irish Arts Center); Shogun
Macbeth, Tea, Yohen (Pan Asian Rep);
The Dishwashers, The Man in Room 306
(59E59 Theater). Regional: The Molly
Maguire’s (Kirby Center); The Last Smoker
In America (Catco); Women Who Steal,
Sirens (Penguin Rep); The Nibroc Trilogy,
Mercy of a Storm, Gravity of Honey, Dear
Liar (Chester Theatre Company); No Way
to Treat a Lady (Cape Playhouse).
JESS GOLDSTEIN (Costume Designer).
Selected Broadway and off-Broadway
credits include The Merchant of Venice with
Al Pacino; Jersey Boys (also for London,
Australia, Canada and U.S. tours); Proof;
Take Me Out; How I Learned to Drive; Love!
Valour! Compassion!; Buried Child; Sight
Unseen; Enchanted April; Stuff Happens;
The Normal Heart; Next Fall; Tintypes;
The Apple Tree with Kristin Chenoweth;
Julius Caesar with Denzel Washington;
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Happy Fella, The Substance of Fire, Far
East, Henry IV with Kevin Kline and The
Rivals (2005 Tony Award); Il Trittico for
The Metropolitan Opera, Heart of a
Soldier for San Francisco Opera and Lucia
di Lammermoor for LA Opera. Jess is a
graduate of Yale School of Drama and has
served on their faculty since 1990.
GEOFF KORF (Lighting Designer).
Broadway: Two Trains Running. OffBroadway: The Shaggs (Playwrights
Horizons), The Night Watcher (Primary
Stages) and others. Los Angeles: The
Body of Bourne, Electricidad, Mules and
others (Mark Taper Forum); Pyrenees and
Flight (Kirk Douglas); Three Truths, For
All Time, attraction, Los Illegals, For Here
or To Go and many others (Cornerstone
Theater); Beautiful Science (Huntington
Library). Regional: The Guthrie, The
Goodman Theatre, South Coast Repertory,
La Jolla Playhouse, Seattle Repertory
Theatre, San Francisco Opera, Long Beach
Opera, Children’s Theatre Company of
Minneapolis, Seattle Children’s Theatre
and many others. Education: Graduate of
California State University, Chico and the
Yale School of Drama. Other: Head of
Design at the University of Washington,
Seattle.
OBADIAH EAVES (Original Music/Sound
Designer). Broadway: A Life in the Theatre,
Collected Stories, Accent on Youth, Come
Back, Little Sheba, The Lieutenant of
Inishmore and Shining City. Recent OffBroadway and Regional: Lemon Sky (Keen
Company), Three Hotels (Williamstown),
The Collection/A Kind of Alaska, Gabriel,
Offices, The Bald Soprano/The Lesson
(Atlantic), The American Pilot (MTC), The
Understudy (Roundabout). Los Angeles:
The Subject Was Roses, Romance (both
with CTG), Nine Parts of Desire (Geffen),
Hamlet (South Coast Rep). Awards: Lortel,
Viv and BACC. TV: HBO, Nickelodeon,
Discovery, History Channel, TLC and
Fisher-Price toys.
TAL YARDEN (Original Projection Design).
Off-Broadway: Lush Valley, Sounding
(HERE); Distracted (Roundabout); Little
Foxes, Beast, Liberty City, The Misanthrope
and Kaos (New York Theatre Workshop);
Pop! (Yale Rep); The Night Watcher
(Primary Stages); Futura (NAATCO);
Nixon’s Nixon (MCC). Europe: Ludwig
(Münchner Kammerspiele); The Russians,
Children of the Sun, Cries and Whispers,
Antonioni Project, Angels in America,
Roman Tragedies and Mourning Becomes
Electra (Toneelgroep Amsterdam);
Edward II, Misanthrope (Schaubühne,
Berlin); Mozart’s Idomeneo (La Monnaie,
Brussels); Wagner’s Der Ring des
Nibelungen (Vlaamse Opera, Antwerp);
The King is Dead, Not Garden (Stephen
Petronio Company); Reza Abdoh’s Tight
Right White and Quotations from a Ruined
City. Also numerous video installations
and projections for clients including
Microsoft, Smart Car, Puma, Levis,
Juilliard, New York Comedy Festival, Coca
Cola, CFDA, Heineken, Red Cross, Reem
Acra, Rimmel, Armani, Visionaire, Ghost,
Rosa Cha, Tokyo Street Pop, Timberland
and Ford Thunderbird.
MARY K KLINGER (Production Stage
Manager). Broadway: “QED” with Alan
Alda, Angels in America, Parts One and
Two. National Tours: Death of a Salesman,
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Regional:
Shakespeare Theatre Company (D.C.):
Julius Caesar, Geffen Playhouse and
Intiman Playhouse: Ruined. The Old Globe
Theatre (selected): Othello, A Midsummer
Night’s Dream, Titus Andronicus, Measure
for Measure, Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet,
All’s Well, Cyrano de Bergerac, Coriolanus,
Merry Wives, Twelfth Night. Center Theatre
Group (selected): The School for Scandal,
Intimate Apparel, Topdog/Underdog, Gem
of the Ocean, Ten Unknowns, The House
of Bernarda Alba, The Molière Comedies,
Radio Golf, In Real Life, Expecting Isabel,
Enigma Variations, Tongue of a Bird, Nine
Armenians (L.A. and Denver), Changes of
Heart, Slavs! (L.A. and La Jolla), Angels in
America, Bandido!, Unfinished Stories, Jelly’s
Last Jam, Spunk (L.A., London, Berkeley).
Pasadena Playhouse: Arms and the Man,
Spoke Song, Look Homeward Angel. LATC:
1951-2006, The Kathy and Mo Show, Joe
Turner’s Come and Gone, Stars in the
Morning Sky. Corporate events (selected):
opening of The Valley Performing Arts
Center, Spotlight Awards, Organ Power
5-10, THEA Awards, Chevy, Pontiac,
opening of Our Lady, Queen of Angels.
Other: Teaches stage management at
USC. Proud Member of Actors’ Equity
Association.
MICHAEL RITCHIE (Artistic Director) is
in his seventh season as Center Theatre
Group’s Artistic Director, and has led
over 100 productions to the Ahmanson,
Taper and Douglas stages since his arrival
in 2005. From 1996 to 2004 Michael
was the Producer of the Williamstown
Theatre Festival and
prior to that he was
a Production Stage
Manager in NYC. At
CTG, he premiered
five musicals that
moved to Broadway –
The Drowsy Chaperone
(which won 13 Tony
Award nominations), Curtains (eight Tony
nominations) 13, 9 to 5: The Musical and
Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson. He has
produced 25 world premieres including
the musicals Minsky’s, Leap of Faith,
Venice and Sleeping Beauty Wakes, and
the plays Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad
Zoo (a Pulitzer Prize finalist that also
moved to Broadway), Water & Power and
Yellow Face, and he presented a broad
range of plays and musicals ranging from
Dead End to The Black Rider to Edward
Scissorhands to blockbusters such as
God of Carnage, Mary Poppins, Jersey Boys
and August: Osage County. In addition,
Michael inaugurated CTG’s New Play
Production Program, designed to
foster the development and production
of new work.
EDWARD L. RADA
(Managing Director)
returns to Center
Theatre Group this
year after previously
serving as CTG’s
Chief Financial
Officer for 12 years
(1996-2008). Rada
spent the past three years as President
of the Music Center Foundation, a nonprofit corporation that holds and invests
the endowment and reserve funds
for the Music Center and its resident
companies (including CTG). Prior to
his years at CTG, he was the Director of
Finance at The Old Globe in San Diego
and principal of Rada & Associates,
an accounting firm that specialized
in entertainment-related non-profit
organizations and theatrical productions.
He is a graduate of Occidental College
in Los Angeles with numerous postgraduate coursework and credentials.
He currently serves on the board of
trustees for the pension, health and
welfare and 401(k) plans of I.A.T.S.E.
Local 33 Stagehands Union, on the board
of directors of Theatre@Boston Court,
and on the board of United Support of
Artists for Africa/USA for Africa, among
other affiliations.
DOUGLAS C.
BAKER (Producing
Director) is now in
his 22nd season at
CTG. Previously,
he managed
Broadway and
touring productions
including Tru,
Born Yesterday, The Gospel at Colonus,
Annie, A Chorus Line, Working, The Wiz
and Legends! starring Mary Martin and
Carol Channing which premiered at the
Ahmanson Theatre in 1986. Baker is a
graduate of Albion College, is an active
member of the Broadway League, the
Independent Presenters Network and is
a proud member of the Association of
Theatrical Press Agents and Managers.
NEEL KELLER
(Associate Artistic
Director). For CTG
Neel has directed
Pyrenees, Stones
in His Pockets and
Good Thing. He has
also directed and
produced plays and
musicals at theatres across the country
and served, in wildly varying capacities,
on the staffs of La Jolla Playhouse,
Williamstown Theatre Festival, Remains
Theatre, Lincoln Center Theater, the
American National Theatre and Jerome
Robbins’ Broadway.
GORDON
DAVIDSON
(Founding Artistic
Director) led the Taper
throughout its first 38
seasons, guiding over
300 productions to
its stage and winning
countless awards
for himself and the theatre — including
the Tony Award for theatrical excellence,
Margo Jones Award, The Governor’s
Award for the Arts and a Guggenheim
fellowship. The Kentucky Cycle and Angels
in America (Part One) won the Pulitzer
in consecutive years and, in 1994, three
of the four plays nominated for the Tony
Award for Best Play were from the Taper
(Angels in America won). In 1989 Gordon
took over the Ahmanson and, in 2004,
he produced the inaugural season in the
Kirk Douglas Theatre.
ADDITIONAL STAFF FOR THE NIGHT WATCHER
Associate Projection Design . . . . Jason H. Thompson
Assistant Lighting Designer . . . . . . . . . Yuriy Nayer
Resident Assistant Lighting Designer . . Heather Graff
Production Assistant . . . . . . . . . . Brooke Baldwin
Stage Supervisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Victor Cobos
Light Board Operator . . . . . . . . . . Aaron Staubach
Head of Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adam Phalen
Wardrobe Supervisor . . . . . . . . . Christian Svenson
Production Electrician . . . . . . . . . . . .Randy Bosh
Shop Supervisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sarah Sowell
Video Technician . . . . . . . . . . Matthew Mellinger
Video Operator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ryan Tirrell
Scenic Artist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Katie Polebaum
Assistants to Mr. Lynch . . . . . . . . . . Andrea Bush,
Cameron Irwin, Etta Lilienthal
Technical Crew
Eric Adams, Sal Aguilar, Katrina Coulourides,
Meghan Hong, Sean Kloc, Elizabeth Kocimski,
Aaron Martin, Mark Migdal, Boude Moore,
Hilda Outwater, Jenna Pletcher, Justin Preston,
Michael Rhea, Boston Stergis, Erin Whitcomb. Concierge
Trevor Algatt, Jen Bailey, Brooke Baldwin,
John Brooks, Laura Cheek, Olivia Choate, Amin El
Gamal, Michael Hanson, Sarah Harburg-Petrich,
Jaquelyn Johnson, Stephen Lydic, AJ Meijer, Janice
Motuapuaka, Michael Pappas, Adam Wright.
Ushers
Jane Bacon, Benito Cardenas, Marilyn DePaula,
Mimi Erlick, Angela Garcia, Julie Morris, Erin Mulvey,
Nicole Naito, Max Oken, Jill Steele, Kotaro Watanabe.
Lead Ushers: Bonita Carter, Elizabeth Motuapuaka.
Concessions
Michelle Exarhos, Burgandy Kohout,
Michelle Martinez, Sondra Mayer, Jackie Milian,
Dane Rold, Tonni Williams.
Stage Door Attendants
Cory Aycock, Danika Burmester,
Christopher Nucho, Ian Ray
Credits
Costumes provided by the Center Theatre Group
Costume Shop. Los Angeles production
photography by Craig Schwartz.
Website
CenterTheatreGroup.org
The Actors and Stage Managers
employed in this production are members of Actors’ Equity Association, the
union of professional actors and stage
managers in the United States.
The Director is a member of the Stage
Directors and Choreographers Society,
an independent national labor union.
Center Theatre Group is a member of the
American Arts Alliance, the Broadway League,
Independent Producers’ Network (IPN), LA
Stage Alliance, League of Resident Theatres
(LORT), National Alliance for Musical Theatre
(NAMT) and the Theatre Communications
Group (TCG).
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C E N T E R T H E A T R E G R O U P L.A.’s Theatre Company
MICHAEL RITCHIE, Artistic Director EDWARD L. RADA, Managing Director
DOUGLAS C. BAKER, Producing Director
ARTISTIC
NEEL KELLER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Associate Artistic Director
KELLEY KIRKPATRICK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Associate Artistic Director
DIANE RODRIGUEZ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Associate Producer/Director of New Play Production
PIER CARLO TALENTI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Resident Dramaturg/Literary Manager
LINDSAY ALLBAUGH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Producing Associate
JOY MEADS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Literary Associate
MALCOLM K. DARRELL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . New Play Production Associate
ERIKA SELLIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director of Casting
MARK B. SIMON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Casting Director
ANDY CROCKER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Casting Associate
SUZANNE MILLER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Casting Administrator
NICOLE KNUDSEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Casting Intern
ROBERT AGUIRRE-SACASA, THE BURGLARS OF HAMM, TANYA BARFIELD,
THE CIVILIANS, STEVE CUIFFO, KRISTOFFER DIAZ, STEVEN EPP, ELLEN FITZHUGH,
SAM GOLD, DANAI GURIRA, JOE HORTUA, NICK JONES, RAJIV JOSEPH,
MICHAEL JOHN LACHIUSA, TREY LYFORD, DAVE MALLOY, LAURAL MEADE,
JULIE MARIE MYATT (FADIMAN), DAN O’BRIEN, EVANGELINE ORDAZ,
DOMINIQUE SERRAND, GEOFF SOBELLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Commissioned Artists
PADRAIC DUFFY LARISSA FASTHORSE, SIGRID GILMER, PRINCE GOMOLVILAS,
JENNIFER HALEY, MATT SAX, STEVEN YOCKEY . . . . . . . . . . CTG Writers’ Workshop Members
EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS
LESLIE K. JOHNSON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director of Education and Community Partnerships
DEBRA PIVER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Associate Director of Education and Community Partnerships
TRACI CHO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director of School Partnerships
PATRICIA GARZA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Senior Manager for Education and Community Partnership
CARLA CORONA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Educational Programs Associate
DAN HARPER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Educational Programs Associate
ASHLEY OPSTAD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Educational Programs Associate
KELLY CHRIST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Educational Communications Coordinator
VICTOR VAZQUEZ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Educational Services Coordinator
SHANNON WINSTON . . . . . Assistant to the Director of Education and Community Partnerships
MANAGEMENT & ADMINISTRATION
NAUSICA STERGIOU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Associate General Manager
JEFFREY UPAH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Associate General Manager
ALANA BEIDELMAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Executive Assistant to Mr. Rada
SUZANNE HEE MAYBERRY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Associate Manager (Taper)
DAVID BARNATHAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistant to the Producing Director
ERIC SIMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Operations Manager (Douglas)
KATIE BRUNER SOFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Company Manager (Douglas)
TOM BURMESTER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Performance Manager (Douglas)
LAUREN BAXA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistant Performance Manager (Douglas)
MIKE KINDLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Facilities Assistant (Douglas)
SONDRA MAYER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Concessions Manager (Douglas)
YUEN KI “ANNIE” LAW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Payroll Manager
MARIANA GONZALEZ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Payroll Specialist
DAVE ALTON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chief Information Officer
STAN GRUSHESKY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director of Information Systems
SEAN PINTO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Patron Database Administrator
SCOTT LANDES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Information Systems Analyst
MICHELLE MACGAFFEY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director of Human Resources
MADRIO FLEEKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Interim Senior Human Resources Generalist
DAMON JOSEPH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Office Services
SINGER LEWAK, LLP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Auditor
MICHAEL C. DONALDSON, LISA A. CALLIF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Legal Counsel
GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Legal Counsel
DEVELOPMENT
YVONNE CARLSON BELL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director of Development
PATRICK OWEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Deputy Director of Development
NATALIE BERGESON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director of Donor Contributions
JEAN KLING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director of Institutional Support
LIZ LIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director of Donor Communications
BRUCE W. RISE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director of Major Gifts
CHARITY WU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director of Individual Giving
BECKY BIRDSONG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Associate Director of Donor Relations
SANDRA EBEJER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Institutional Giving Officer
KIM LA TOUR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Corporate Giving Officer
MANDY RATLIFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Development Database Manager
RICK LEE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Donor Contributions Supervisor
ANA ROSE O’HALLORAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Donor Marketing Manager
JENNIFER RYEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Special Gifts Manager
JENNIFER CHAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Development Assistant
DONALD JOLLY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Donor Relations Associate for the Inner Circle
MANDI OR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Special Events Coordinator
HELEN H. OTA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Executive Assistant to the Development Director
COURTNEY ROBERTSON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Institutional Giving Associate
ERIN SCHLABACH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Donor Contributions Associate
ELIZABETH WACHTEL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Special Gifts Assistant
JASON BASS, AL BERMAN, JOHN CARDELLO, ANN CAVOTO, GINA EAST,
RONALD MCCANTS, KEVIN MCDEVITT, HOLLY RAMOS, NICOLE SCIPIONE,
NATASHA SOUDEK, BILL WALTON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Donor Advisors
ADAM BURCH, KARLA GALVEZ, DEBORAH REED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Donor Services Associates
ANNE BRUNER, JULIE NADAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Development Volunteers
MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS
JIM ROYCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director of Marketing and Communications
PRODUCTION
ALYS E. HOLDEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director of Production
NANCY HEREFORD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director of Media and Communications
PHYLLIS MOBERLY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Media and Communications Associate
JASON MARTIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Media and Communications Associate
TAYLOR RAE JOHNSON, SHANNON SMITH . . . . . . . . . Media and Communications Assistants
CELESTE SANTAMASSINO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Production Manager (Douglas)
JAMIE THOMA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistant Production Manager (Douglas)
RICHARD PETERSON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Master Electrician (Douglas)
ADAM PHALEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Head Audio (Douglas)
CHRISTOPHER KOMURO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Art Director
IRENE KANESHIRO, NISHITA DOSHI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Senior Designers
HARUKA HAYAKAWA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Graphic Designer
TERESA ENGLISH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Junior Graphic Designer
JOE HAMLIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Technical Director
RYAN CHRISTOPHER HALES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistant Technical Director
CHAD SMITH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistant Technical Director
MICHAEL ANDERSON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Advertising & Promotions Director
ANDREW DARCEY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Advertising Associate
AMELIA HEAPE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Associate Director of Marketing
JOEY OLIVIA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Interactive Production Manager
ROSE POIRIER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Webmaster
KIM VARHOLA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marketing Manager, Events & Partnerships
JIM HALLORAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marketing Coordinator
CANDICE CAIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Costume Shop Director
DIAN CAMARILLO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Costume Shop Coordinator
KATHY CHRISTIANSEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Draper
DIANNE K. GRAEBNER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistant Designer
DAWN HOLISKI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Prop Director
ANDREW THIELS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Prop Manager
MERRIANNE NEDREBERG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Prop Lead
SARAH KRAININ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Prop Shopper
MELODY MATTOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Production Business Manager
JENNIFER ACHTERBERG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Production and Facilities Manager
CASEY K. CLARK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Production Operations Manager
JULIO A. CUELLAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Driver/Custodian
SHAWN ANDERSON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Master Carpenter (Ahmanson)
ANDREW W. ARNOLD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Flyman (Ahmanson)
JIM BERGER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Master Electrician (Ahmanson)
STAN STEELMON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Master Propertyman (Ahmanson)
ROBERT SMITH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Master Soundman (Ahmanson)
MICHAEL GARDNER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wardrobe Supervisor (Ahmanson)
PATRICE MIRANDA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hair Supervisor (Ahmanson)
CHRISTINE L. COX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . House Manager (Ahmanson)
JONATHAN BARLOW LEE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Production Manager (Taper)
KELSEY MARTINEZ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistant Production Manager(Taper)
EMMET KAISER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Master Carpenter(Taper)
ROBERT RUBY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Master Propertyman (Taper)
WILLIAM MORNER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Master Electrician (Taper)
BONES MALONE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Master Soundman (Taper)
DENNIS SEETOO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wardrobe Supervisor (Taper)
RICK GEYER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hair & Make-up Supervisor (Taper)
LINDA WALKER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . House Manager (Taper)
MARA HOLLAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stage Door (Taper)
FINANCE, INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND HUMAN RESOURCES
MICHAEL F. THOMPSON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chief Financial Officer
DANA KELLY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Controller
JANIS BOWBEER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistant Controller
FELICISIMA LAPID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accounts Payable Supervisor
ALEGRIA SENA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Staff Accountant
DANNY LAMPSON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Staff Accountant
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TICKET SALES AND SERVICES
SHAWN ROBERTSON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ticket Sales Director
SKYPP CABANAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ticket Operations Coordinator
SANDY CZUBIAK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Audience and Subscriber Services Manager
JENNIFER BAKER, CHERYL HAWKER, RICHARD RAGSDALE . . . . Audience Services Supervisors
ALICE CHEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Audience Services Asst. Supervisor
SAM AARON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Audience Services Sales Associate
JEREMIE ARENCIBIA, CARRIE BRADAC, RJ CANTU, CARLOS D. CHAVEZ, JR.,
PETER COLBURN, HESPER COLOHAN, DONALD CRANDALL, EMIL LIN,
KAY LOCHARD, JUSTINE PEREZ, DEBORAH REED, LEX SAVKO,
CRIS SPACCA, TRAVIS WOOD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Audience Services Representatives
MICHAEL ZOLDESSY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Account Sales Manager
BEN PRONSKY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Account Sales Associate
DANUTA SIEMAK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Subscriber Services Supervisor
CHRISTINA GUTIERREZ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Subscriber Services Asst. Supervisor
LIGIA PISTE, CELIA RIVAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Subscriber Services Senior Representatives
IRENE CHUANG, PETER STALOCH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Subscriber Services Representatives
SARAH K. GONTA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Box Office Treasurer
KISHISA ROSS, GISELE FRAZEUR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistant Treasurers
YULIZA BARRAZA, ANGELICA CARBAJAL, MICHAEL KEMPISTY,
LEROY PAWLOWSKI, MICHAEL SALTZMAN, GEORGE SOVIAK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Box Office Staff
KERRY KORF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Priority Services Director
SUSAN F. TULLER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Priority Services Operations Manager
JAY BURNS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Priority Services Sales Manager
PAUL CUEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Priority Services Manager
CAROLE BAXTER, ERIN BOND, STEVE BRIAN, RUSTY COLLINS, MARC “BYRON” DROTMAN,
ALISHA GADDIS, LOU GEORGE, KATE HALL, SUSAN “LILY” HALL, JERRY JOHNSTON,
SHEP KOSTER, PAUL “JOSEPH” MARCOUX, EDWARD “MAX” RAZOR, KEN SALLEY,
BOBBI LYNNE SCOTT, MICHAEL SMITH, JEFFREY STUBBLEFIELD, QUINN SULLIVAN,
KATHRYN TABB, DIANE WARD, JIM WATERMAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Representatives