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BACKSTAGE at the GEFFENSUNDAY, MAY 22, 2016
HONORING
T I T L E S P O N S O R
JEFF SKOLLDISTINCTION IN SERVICE AWARD
MORGAN FREEMANDISTINCTION IN THEATER AWARD
T I T L E S P O N S O R
BACKSTAGE at the GEFFEN
SUNDAY, MAY 22, 2016
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Katie McGrath & J.J. AbramsPaul G. Allen
AMCAnonymous (2)
Patricia Applegate†*Ariel InvestmentsAudi of America
Cathy & Shel BachrachHilaria & Alec Baldwin
Beth Behrs†Curtis Grisham & Charles Black, Jr.
Carol & Chancellor Gene Block†Annette Blum†
Andy & Carlo Brandon-GordonClaudia & Kevin Bright†
Heather Thomas & Skip BrittenhamCindy & Bob Broder
Eileen & Harold Brown†Linda & Jerry Bruckheimer
Maya Burkenroad & Tai LopezRoma Downey & Mark BurnettCapricorn Investment Group
Marcy CarseyStephanie† & Jonathan CarsonDavid, Christine & Leah Cates
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Jane CatesMelissa Cates, Roger Claman & Family
Amanda Brown & Justin ChangBeate & Christopher Chee
City National BankComcast | NBC Universal
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Carole Bayer Sager & Bob Daly†Elizabeth DallingMerle Dandridge†
& Christopher JohnstonThe David Geffen Foundation
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Patti & Dr. Paul EisenbergEvolution Media Capital
Susanna Felleman & Erik FeigFendi
Susan & Mark Fleischer†Sue & Eric Fleishman
Gagosian GalleryDavid Geffen†*
Beverly & Herbert Gelfand†The George Lucas Family Foundation
Ann† & Jim GianopulosPriscila Giraldo†
Patricia Glaser† & Sam MudieSue & Steve Glusker
Mary Ann & Irwin GoldGoldman Sachs
Karen & Russell Goldsmith*Gonring, Spahn† & Associates
Al Gore*Manuela & James Goren
The Gores FamilySam Gores†
Veronica & Brian Grazer*
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& Machtinger, LLPGuggenheim Partners
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& Robert HollanderCindy & Alan Horn*
Cheryl & Ron Howard*Willow Bay & Robert A. IgerLiberty Ross & Jimmy Iovine
Vicki Iovine & David CoiroJeff Skoll Group
Marilyn & Jeffrey Katzenberg†Loretta Everett Kaufman†*
& Victor KaufmanGlorya Kaufman†
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& Alex KurtzmanWendy Kurtzman†
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Janine & Peter Lowy
Mellody Hobson & George LucasCarla Malden†* & Norman Beil
Mona MaldenSusan† & Peter Mallory
Ginny Mancini†Fay & Frank Mancuso†*
Anne Stringfield & Steve MartinTeresa Kastl & Gary McArdleJohn McCrite† & Juan Lopez
Donna McKenna & Flynn ChernosKelly & Ron Meyer†*
Wendy & Barry Meyer†Hillary & Lance Milken
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THANK YOU TO OUR HOST COMMITTEE
*Special thanks to the Backstage at the Geffen Committee and Honorary Chairs. †Geffen Playhouse Board of Directors, Trustees and Advisory Board.
As of printing date: May 19, 2016.
MORGAN FREEMAN
DISTINCTION IN THEATER AWARD
Academy Award winner Morgan Freeman is
one of America’s most recognizable figures
and voices.
He began his acting career in the off-
Broadway productions of The Niggerlovers
and the all African-American production of
Hello Dolly. In 1978 Freeman won a Drama
Desk Award and a Tony nomination for The
Mighty Gents.
He has received accolades and awards,
including Obie Awards in 1980, 1984 and 1987
and a second Drama Desk Nomination in
1987 for Alfred Uhry’s Driving Miss Daisy and
reprised in the 1989 movie of the same name.
In 2005 Freeman won an Academy Award
for Million Dollar Baby. Freeman also has
received a nominations for Best Supporting
Actor for Street Smart, for Best Actor for
The Shawshank Redemption, and for Best
Actor for Invictus. He also won the Golden
Globe for Driving Miss Daisy. Freeman has
received the Kennedy Center Honor, the
Cecil B. DeMille Award at the Golden Globe
and the AFI Lifetime Achievement Award.
In 2010, Freeman won the National Board
of Review Award for his performance as
Nelson Mandela in Invictus produced by
Revelations Entertainment, the company he
co-founded with producer Lori McCreary.
Freeman is executive producer on the
Revelations hit CBS series Madam Secretary
currently in its second season.
Freeman hosts and is an executive
producer for Revelations’ Emmy nominated
series Through the Wormhole with Morgan
Freeman, which is starting its seventh
season on Discovery Science. Also through
Revelations, he will produce The Story of
God with Morgan Freeman on the National
Geographic Channel.
His upcoming films include London Has
Fallen, Warner Bros.’ Going In Style, Alfa
Films’ Now You See Me 2 and Ben-Hur. Most
recently, Freeman starred in 5 Flights Up with
Diane Keaton, Last Knights, Lucy, Dolphin
Tale 2, Transcendence, The Lego Movie, Last
Vegas, Now You See Me, Oblivion, Olympus
Has Fallen and The Dark Knight Rises.
JEFF SKOLL
DISTINCTION IN SERVICE AWARD
Jeff Skoll is a philanthropist and social
entrepreneur, working to bring life to his
vision of a sustainable world of peace and
prosperity. As the first full-time employee
and President of eBay, Jeff developed the
company’s inaugural business plan and
helped lead its successful initial public
offering and the creation of the eBay
Foundation.
Over the last 15 years, Jeff has created
an innovative portfolio of philanthropic and
commercial enterprises, each a distinctive
social catalyst. Together, these organizations
galvanize public will and mobilize critical
resources to accelerate large-scale social
impact. His approach is unique: driving
social impact by investing in a range of
efforts that integrate powerful stories and
data with entrepreneurial approaches.
The Jeff Skoll Group supports his
organizations, which include the Skoll
Foundation, the Capricorn Investment
Group, Participant Media and the Skoll
Global Threats Fund.
Jeff created the Skoll Foundation in 1999
to pursue his vision of a more peaceful,
prosperous and sustainable world. The
Foundation drives large-scale change by
investing in, connecting and celebrating
social entrepreneurs and the innovators
who help them solve the world’s most
pressing problems.
Jeff founded Participant Media in 2004
with the belief that a story well told has
the power to inspire and accelerate social
change. Participant’s more than 70 films to
date have collectively received a total of 7
Academy Awards and 48 nominations, and
include Spotlight, Contagion, Lincoln, The
Help, He Named Me Malala, The Look of
Silence, CITIZENFOUR, Food Inc., And An
Inconvenient Truth.
He founded the Skoll Global Threats Fund
in 2009, whose initial focus is on five global
issues that, if unchecked, could bring the
world to its knees: climate change, water
security, pandemics, nuclear proliferation,
and Middle East conflict.
Martha HendersonCO-CHAIR
Pamela RobinsonCO-CHAIR
Patricia Kiernan Applegate
Randall Arney ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Beth Behrs
Dr. Gene D. Block
Kevin Bright
Harold A. Brown
Gil Cates Jr. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Michael Centeno
Mary Ann Cloyd
Merle Dandridge
Dr. Brad Edgerton
Mark Fleischer
Herbert M. Gelfand CHAIRMAN EMERITUS
Patricia L. Glaser
Sam Gores
Adi Greenberg
Arthur Greenberg
Joan Kaloustian
Loretta Everett Kaufman
Dr. Gerald S. Levey
Carla Malden
Susan Mallory
Ginny Mancini
Barry Meyer
Scott Minerd
Steven A. Olsen
Holly Rice
Linda Bernstein Rubin
Teri Schwartz
Richard Sherman
Fred Specktor
Lorraine Spurge
Cynthia P. Stafford
Howard Tenenbaum VICE CHAIRMAN
FOUNDING TRUSTEES
Kirsten Combs
Robert A. Daly
David Geffen
Quincy Jones
Jeffrey Katzenberg
Glorya Kaufman
Frank G. Mancuso CHAIRMAN EMERITUS
Ron Meyer
Leslie Moonves
Jerry Moss
Jerry Perenchio
Bruce M. Ramer FOUNDING CHAIRMAN
Victoria Mann Simms
Andy Spahn
Steven Spielberg
Steve Tisch
Dr. Charles E. Young CHAIRMAN EMERITUS
IN MEMORIAM
Gilbert Cates FOUNDER
Marcia Israel-Curley
Audrey Skirball Kenis
Charles Kenis
Karl Malden
Edie Wasserman
Lew Wasserman
LEGAL COUNSEL
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Annette Blum
Stephanie Carson
Lori Collins
Debra Davis
Colin Egglesfield
Ann Gianopulos
Priscila Giraldo
Kirsten Hansen
Eric Heer
Jason Lee
Yvonne Lee
Hannah Linkenhoker
Kevin Mark Lodie
Wendy Kurtzman
John McCrite
Allen Shay
John Sonego
Danny Passman
Laurie Ziegler
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THE GORES FAMILY
WE PROUDLY SUPPORT THE
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JOIN US IN YOUR BESTJEFF SKOLL VOICE AND SAY
T H A N K Y O U
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JOIN US IN YOUR BESTMORGAN FREEMAN VOICE AND SAY
CONGRATULATIONS
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Kudos to the Geffen’s Education and Community Engagement programs.
Keep up the good work!
LORETTA & VICTOR KAUFMAN
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LOUISE & BRAD EDGERTON Congratulate the Geffen Playhouse for their
commitment to stage new plays.
THESE NEW PLAYS HAVE RECEIVED SUPPORT FROM THE EDGERTON FOUNDATION:
2007 Time Stands Still by Donald Margulies
2008 Farragut North by Beau Willimon
2008 Equivocation by Bill Cain
2009 The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity by Kristoffer Diaz
2010 Break of Noon by Neil LaBute
2010 Good People by David Lindsay-Abaire
2010 By the Way, Meet Vera Stark by Lynn Nottage
2010 Stage Kiss by Sarah Ruhl
2011 Radiance: The Passion of Marie Curie by Alan Alda
2011 Rapture, Blister, Burn by Gina Gionfriddo
2012 Build by Michael Golamco
2013 Death of the Author by Steven Drukman
2013 Outside Mullingar by John Patrick Shanley
2015 Switzerland by Joanna Murray-Smith
2016 Big Sky by Alexandra Gersten-Vassilaros
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I am honored to serve on the Board of the Geffen Playhouse.
We applaud everyone at the Geffen Playhouse and especially their wonderful and wide reaching Education and Community Engagement programs.
Heartfelt congratulations to honorees Morgan Freeman on receiving the Distinction in Theater Award
and Jeff Skoll on receiving the Distinction in Service Award.
TONY RUBIN & LINDA BERNSTEIN RUBIN
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Congratulations to Jeff Skoll & Morgan Freeman!
JASON & YVONNE LEE AND THE L & N ANDREAS FOUNDATION
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Congratulations to tonight’s honorees:
JEFF SKOLL and
MORGAN FREEMANTHE ADI & JERRY GREENBERG
FOUNDATION
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CONGRATULATIONS MORGAN & JEFF!
Thank you for supporting the Geffen.
NANCY HELLER & FRED SPECKTOR
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Our favorite part of the Oscars — Morgan Freeman presenting the Best Picture award to Spotlight!
Such a good prequel to tonight!
Congratulations Morgan Freeman & Jeff Skoll for your honors tonight and thank you for
your dedication to storytelling!
Love,
THE SMITH FAMILY
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LYN & NORMAN LEAR join in celebrating tonight’s honorees
and the Geffen Playhouse education programs, and all who move the arts forward.
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MORGAN,We go back a long way…
We are so happy you are being recognized. Congratulations!
With great affection, CINDY & ALAN HORN
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A big thanks to Regina and her team for making Backstage such a success!
LORETTA & VICTOR KAUFMAN
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salutes our client
MORGAN FREEMAN
JEFF SKOLLDistinction in Theater Award Honoree
Distinction in Service Award Honoree
and our friend
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JEFF,Our wonderful friend…
Congratulations on being honored!We are proud of you,
CINDY & ALAN HORN
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To the Geffen Playhouse for bringing the magic and inspiration of theatre to so many.
The Lowy Family
BRAVO
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To the Geffen Playhouse for bringing the magic and inspiration of theatre to so many.
The Lowy Family
BRAVO
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Thank you to our
GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Your leadership, loyalty and guidance has enabled us to expand our arts and outreach programs to reach more than 15,000 community members
with the gift of performing arts each year.
Playing the roles of much-deserving honorees in tonight’s performance are
JEFF SKOLL and MORGAN FREEMAN
Congratulations on this well-deserved honor, Lynda & Stewart Resnick
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MORGAN FREEMANand
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Our congratulations to
JEFF SKOLLAnd to one of the most outstanding and
distinguished actors of our time
MORGAN FREEMANBEVERLY & HERB GELFAND
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Congratulations
MORGAN FREEMAN & JEFF SKOLLA heartfelt thank you for supporting
our beloved Geffen Playhouse.
PAMELA ROBINSON & ROBERT HOLLANDER
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We are proud to join the Ge�en Playhouse
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Congratulations and thank you to the
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The Geffen Playhouse Board of Directors offers our heartfelt gratitude to
JEFF SKOLL &MORGAN FREEMAN
for allowing us to honor you!
WENDY & BARRY MEYER CONGRATULATE TONIGHT’S HONOREES
JEFF SKOLLDISTINCTION IN SERVICE AWARD
and
MORGAN FREEMANDISTINCTION IN THEATER AWARD
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“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.”
—John Quincy Adams
JEFF & MORGAN,your actions, each in your unique way, have inspired
so many to dream, learn, do and become more. Thus we thank you both this evening and
congratulate you on these prestigious awards. So fully deserved and earned.
MADELINE & BRUCE RAMER
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We are proud to support the Geffen Playhouse in its efforts to share
theater with the community.
THE SIMMS/MANN FAMILY FOUNDATION
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On behalf of the staff of the Geffen Playhouse, we would love to thank the
BOARD & ADVISORY BOARD for being the most generous and committed Boards for which any non-profit could hope.
We appreciate your tremendous dedication and leadership.
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Warner Bros. Entertainmentproudly supports
Backstage at the Geffenand
warmly congratulates
our friends and colleagues
Jeff SkollRecipient of the
Distinction in Service Award
and
Morgan FreemanRecipient of the
Distinction in Theater Award
and
salutes the
important work of the
Geffen Playhouse
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Scott Rouse and Gary McArdle
are pleased to support the artistic mission
and programs of the Geffen Playhouse
and we congratulate tonight’s honorees
Jeff Skoll and Morgan Freeman.
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OUR PROFOUND GRATITUDE TO UCLA & CHANCELLOR GENE D. BLOCK For extending its outstanding partnership with
the Geffen Playhouse to include allowing us to use the Jules Stein grounds and parking lots
for Backstage at the Geffen.
Thank you for all of the extra work and time involved in supporting and helping to
coordinate this grand event.
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Congratulations to tonight’s honorees
JEFF SKOLL &MORGAN FREEMAN
who understand the power and value of a well-told story, and with warm regards to our
beloved Geffen Playhouse, a place to share community and a few good plays.
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TWENTIETH CENTURY FOXPROUDLY SUPPORTS
GEFFEN PLAYHOUSEAND CONGRATULATES
JEFF SKOLLDISTINCTION IN SERVICE
AWARD RECIPIENT
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MORGAN FREEMANDISTINCTION IN THEATER
AWARD RECIPIENT
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The Geffen Playhouse staff and Board humbly thank Backstage at the Geffen Committee Co-Chairs
LORETTA EVERETT KAUFMAN ADI GREENBERG
LINDA BERNSTEIN RUBIN and Committee members:
PATTY APPLEGATE • MARTHA HENDERSON CARLA MALDEN • PAMELA ROBINSON
HOLLY RICE • LORRAINE SPURGE
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Ariel Investments proudly supports the
Geffen Playhouseand salutes
Jeff Skoll & Morgan Freemanon their remarkable dedication to the entertainment industry
To learn about Ariel, call 800.292.7435 or visit arielinvestments.com.
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Ariel Investments proudly supports the
Geffen Playhouseand salutes
Jeff Skoll & Morgan Freemanon their remarkable dedication to the entertainment industry
To learn about Ariel, call 800.292.7435 or visit arielinvestments.com.
DEAR MORGAN & JEFF,Knowing you both and your continuing
support of the arts, this is a much deserved recognition.
We send our congratulations and our deepest appreciation.
With admiration,
LAURIE & WALTER
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MANUELA & JAMES GORENwould like to congratulate the
Geffen Playhouse and this year’s honorees!
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Thank you for all you do to support theater and the arts.
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Love,
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Congratulations to the Geffen Playhouse for another exciting year of theater and outstanding
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CHRISTINE MARIE OFIESHDiva Zappa delights in supporting The Geffen Playhouse
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