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It Is my pleasure to welcome wrIters Jonathan lynn, antony Jay and Yes, Prime Minister to the Geffen playhouse. having been a fan of the television show and the subsequent stage adaptation, I jumped at the chance to bring the american premiere to los angeles.

as far back as shakespeare, the english have had an uncanny knack for dramatizing the foibles of their own political system. creating a microcosm for the larger world of politics, sex, deceit (and everything else that makes a good play), the writers have used farce, comedy, tragedy — all forms at their fingertips to tell stories that reach far beyond their shores into the macrocosm of world politics. the comedy and/or farce contained within Yes, Prime Minister is a perfect picture of the lines that are crossed for the sake of the “greater good” and of course, for re-election.

From the minds of two incredibly talented men, their first series Yes Minister premiered as a BBc series in 1980 and was followed up with Yes, Prime Minister in 1986. the ongoing popularity of these two series and the subsequent adaptation of Yes, Prime Minister which enjoyed great success in london, speaks to the fact that very little changes in politics other than the names of one’s allies and enemies. lynn and Jay have created a hilarious group of unscrupulous characters who find themselves in an international pickle.

as co-author and creator, Jonathan lynn expertly directs this production which boasts an incredibly talented ensemble of actors and designers who together bring the heart of the english politicos to the stage.

as we launch our fifth and final play of the Gil cates theater 2012/2013 season, I thank each of you for your continued investment and enthusiasm in our work at the Geffen. our pleasure is to bring plays to life for the people of los angeles, and we look forward to another season of bold and exciting theater.

Randall Arney Artistic Director

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hello, and welcome to the FInal GIl cates theater productIon of the 2012/2013 season: Yes, Prime Minister. we are excited to present this american premiere play written by antony Jay and Jonathan lynn and directed by Jonathan lynn. I had the pleasure of working with Jonathan while at paramount pictures.

Yes, Prime Minister is a fitting conclusion to a diverse and wonderful season here at the Geffen playhouse. this year in the Gil cates theater, we’ve featured the enthralling By The Way, Meet Vera Stark; enjoyed the holidays with Coney Island Christmas; beheld the wit of The Gift and enjoyed the company of American Buffalo. In our audrey skirball Kenis theater, we launched three new plays: we experienced life in a world of technology with Build; enjoyed the twenties with Miss Julie and shortly, we will enjoy the hilarity of The Judy Show. additionally, what started out as a special six week run for Nothing to Hide, magically played for 18 weeks.

off stage, our education and outreach programs have continued to grow. we are deepening the impact we have with programs including the mendez writing project, our Veterans nights, lights up, story pirates and student matinees. I am so proud of the work we are doing both on and off the stage.

speaking of being proud, I would like to express my sincere gratitude to everyone who helped make 2013 another record-breaking year for our annual Backstage at the Geffen fundraiser, honoring Billy crystal and Bruce ramer, our Founding chairman. this may 13th event raised over a million dollars in support of our artistic initiatives and our education and outreach programs. a feat of this magnitude would not be possible without the incredible generosity of our patrons, and for that, I thank each and every Backstage at the Geffen participant.

thank you for being a part of another fine year at the Geffen playhouse. I hope you have enjoyed yourself, and I hope to see you back at the Geffen playhouse next season.

now I invite you to sit back, relax and enjoy Yes, Prime Minister.

with warm regards,

Frank G. Mancuso Chairman, Geffen Playhouse

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Amy Levinson: Did you and Antony Jay know when you set out to write this play that you were going to use your original characters from the television series you co-created — yes minster and yes, prime minister.

JL: oh, yes. we’d been asked since the series first aired more than 30 years ago if we would turn it into a stage play. In england this series is much like Frasier or Friends, it’s always on the air, even all these years later. But tony (antony Jay) and I chose to stop the series when we did because we felt we’d said what we wanted to say. you know, there’s not enough money when you’re writing a series for British television to just carry on, come what may. and then paul eddington and nigel hawthorne, who had created the roles of Jim and sir humphrey, died within a short time of one another. at that point, with those two extraordinary

actors gone, we felt, well that’s that. But four years ago, when we realized we were coming up to thirty years since the show had first aired, I was thinking about the fact that daniel craig had just become the most popular James Bond ever, and he was maybe the seventh person to play that role. and dr. who has been played by numerous actors over the last 40 years. not to mention sherlock holmes! why shouldn’t we try sir humphrey and Jim played by other people? we didn’t know if the audience would accept them but we wanted to see if the characters were strong enough to stand on their own feet. I didn’t want this to be seen as though it were an interesting spin off from a well known series, I wanted the play to be accepted on its own terms. we wanted to write a play that was a play. so when it was time to cast it, we did it as differently as we could. the actors who

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played it in london were really great and they couldn’t have been more different. we were fortunate; within minutes people forgot about how the characters had been played previously. and what was universal about the show remained: both the British and american governments operate on the principle that if no one knows what you’re doing, then no one knows what you’re doing wrong. that’s why I’m hopeful that american audiences will understand and appreciate the play as much as the Brits did.

AL: What’s the main difference between the two political systems?

JL: america has the separation of powers built into the constitution. checks and balances. that doesn’t officially exist in Britain. you can only be prime minister if you have a majority in the house of commons and if you have a majority, either with your own party or by putting together a coalition, you can do whatever you like. so in Britain the checks and balances are completely unofficial, in the form of civil servants who quietly, secretly, obstruct everything behind the scenes — everything that they think is not in their interest or the interests of the country. as far as they are concerned, those two categories are interchangeable.

AL: How did you and Antony come to write a show about English politics?

JL: actually, it’s not about politics, it’s about government. tony and I met in 1972 when he started a company to make management training films. he had been a highly successful journalist at the BBc and then written two best-selling books on management. he partnered with John cleese and they started a company called Video arts to make management training films. normally these training films show people how to do their jobs and they are really boring. tony had the idea to make management training films showing people how not to do their jobs, because he realized that would be funny. I got a call from cleese saying he and this nice chap called tony Jay had started this company and would I mind acting in the first of their films for a deferred fee. with my usual financial acuity I felt sorry for John so I of course said yes. to my astonishment I received my deferred fee only a couple of months later. after a few films, John (cleese) was moving on to start work on Fawlty Towers and I had just finished writing and acting in a series, and tony asked me to write some of these films with him. I think we wrote about 20 of them. after a year or two tony suggested writing a series about the corridors of power, whitehall. I said that sounds fantastically boring to me, no thank you, and I went off to be artistic director of the cambridge theatre company. But about three years into my five years in cambridge I felt the need to be writing again. I asked tony if he had done anything with his idea and he hadn’t. so we started researching it. we took various members of the then current and previous administrations out to lunch and discovered the key to our research — if you take a politician out to lunch and give him a really nice bottle of claret he will

tell you anything. so long as he or she knows they won’t be named as sources. But we operated like journalists, we said we wouldn’t reveal our sources and we never, ever did. a few sources have since revealed themselves but we never did. we realized, much later, that we’d written a series of training films for politicians, showing them how not to do the job. anyway, the BBc bought the idea and we had the great good fortune of landing two truly great actors, paul eddington and nigel hawthorne to play Jim and humphrey respectively. after the pilot was shot we had to wait about eighteen months for it to go on the air because everyone was expecting a general election and the BBc is careful about putting anything political on the air prior to an election. In fact, it was about government, not party politics. we were always very careful not to identify which party Jim hacker belongs to. we actually expected the show to be disliked by politicians. we found the opposite. It famously became mrs. thatcher’s favorite show, which was a source of acute embarrassment to me but not to tony: tony is rather conservative and I am — rather not. politicians like seeing political talk on television, it’s the only thing they’re interested in. and we gave them an alibi — for the first time the public realized that if politicians didn’t keep their promises it might not be their fault. civil servants liked it too, because they were portrayed as brilliant, machiavellian manipulators who actually ran the country. so to our surprise, the two groups of people we thought would take greatest offense at the show were in fact the show’s greatest supporters.

AL: Because the show has had a long life — first on television and then on stage, have you found that you’ve had to make adjustments based on a changing political climate?

JL: no — funnily enough. I don’t know why but we often wrote scripts about things that hadn’t happened yet — and then they did happen. people in government are so busy dealing with the next immediate crisis — with yesterday’s editorial or today’s headline — that they play everything off the cuff. they are almost entirely reactive, there’s no time for anything else, whereas people like tony and me have the luxury to just sit back and speculate about what might happen in the future. things that have happened in real life, first happened in this play. the eurozone was not in good shape, and it seemed obvious to us — and many others — that the euro would work so long as europe was prosperous but would lead to all kinds of problems when the boom ended. In fact, it imploded the week the play originally opened. It’s been getting worse ever since, which of course is very bad for europe but extremely good for the play. we haven’t made significant changes since 2010 — at least not in terms of the political nature of the play. we have made a few changes for the sake of clarity for an american audience. For instance, we added more information about the european union, because audiences here may not be that familiar with it. the first editor of The Guardian famously said of his readers: “never overestimate the readers’ information but never underestimate their intelligence.” that’s the balance we try to strike with audiences.

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the geffen playhouse presents

by Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn

directed by Jonathan Lynn

production stage manager Young Ji

assistant stage manager Elizabeth A. Brohm

casting by Phyllis schuringa

opening night: wednesday, november 28 , 2012

o p e n i n G n i G h t s p o n s o r s

opening night: wednesday, June 12, 2013

costume designerkate Bergh

scenic designersimon Higlett

lighting designerDaniel Ionazzi

sound designersAndrea J cox & John Leonard

associate sound designerJonathan Burke

the world premiere production of this play took place on may 13, 2010 at chichester Festival theatre and the production transferred to the Gielgud theatre in the west end of london produced by mark Goucher, wimpole theatre

and matthew Byam shaw for playful productions opening on september 16, 2010.

these characters were first seen in the BBc tV series created by antony Jay and Jonathan lynn.

the Geffen playhouse gratefully acknowledges the following media sponsors for their generous support of Yes, Prime Minister.


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.

cAst oF cHARActERs(In order of appearance)

sir humphrey appleby, the cabinet secretary .............................................................................. Dakin Mattthews

Bernard woolley, principal private secretary to the prime minister...........................................Jefferson Mays

Jim hacker, the prime minister .............................................................................................................. Michael Mckean

claire sutton, special policy advisor to the prime minister.............................................................tara summers

the Kumranistani ambassador .......................................................................................................................Brian George

Jeremy Burnham, director-General of the BBc ..................................................................................... time Winters

simon chester, BBc presenter .............................................................................................................. stephen caffrey

tV cameraman / understudy for Bernard woolley/simon chester...............................Matthew Floyd Miller

tV cameraman / understudy for Jim hacker/Jeremy Burnham/the ambassador.......................Ron Bottitta

tV Floor manager / understudy for claire sutton ................................................................................ sasha Higgins

tIME/sEttInG the prime minister’s study at chequers, his official country residence.

Act Iscene 1: late Friday afternoon

scene 2: after dinner, that evening

Act 2scene 1: a moment laterscene 2: sunday morning

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Ron BottIttA(tV cameraman / understudy for Jim hacker/Jeremy Burnham/the ambassador)ron was last seen at the Geffen as the heroic russian entrepreneur max tarasov in tracy letts’ Superior Donuts. other l.a. stage credits include the recent american premiere of rank at the odyssey, Theatre in the Dark, The Arsonists and How the other Half Loves also at the odyssey, The Elephant Man at theatre 68, and as a company member at rogue machine theatre: A Bright New Boise, Monkey Adored, The Sunset Limited, Half of Plenty and razorback. he’s also the perennial host of rant and rave, rogue machine’s monthly spoken-word performance series. recent Film: The Den, Snow White and the Huntsman, The Adventures of Tintin, Chekhov and Maria, Transformers: Dark of the Moon, Going the Distance, The Social Network, Hereafter and A Christmas Carol. tV: Elementary, Grey’s Anatomy, Law & order: LA, NCIS, Cold Case and Lost. training: mFa-nyu, Ba-uc Berkeley. married to actress holly Fulger, danny and sasha’s dad, aviator, motorcyclist, member of the Iron Butt association.

stEPHEn cAFFREY (simon chester, BBc presenter)theater credits include: red (playmakers), Galileo (cleveland playhouse), one Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest (portland centre stage), Victoria Musica (cincinnati playhouse), king Lear and Autumn Garden

(anteaus), The Constant Wife (pasadena playhouse), Bach at Liepzig (south coast repertory), Heartbreak House (Berkeley repertory), The Voysey Inheritence, The real Thing, A Doll’s House (a.c.t. san Francisco), Thirty Six View (laguna playhouse), The Body of Bourne (mark taper Forum), All’s Well That Ends Well (shakespeare santa cruz), Bargains (the old Globe), The Miser (hartford stage), I Hate Hamlet (the royal George), What You Get and What You Expect (new york theatre workshop), Scarlet Letter (classic stage) and restoration Comedy (seattle repertory). Film and television: Cinema Verite (hBo), CSI Miami, Tour of Duty (series regular), Longtime Companion, Chicago Hope, Buried Alive, The Profiler, Indiana Jones Chronicles, Nothing Lasts Forever, Blowback and Murder of Innocence. stephen is a member of actors’ equity.

BRIAn GEoRGE (the Kumranistani ambassador)Brian George started his professional acting career in canada, where he co-founded the Bear theater company with friends from the university of toronto. a few years later, he was brought in to perform with the cast of second city, alongside catherine o’hara and martin short. he has performed in countless television sitcoms and dramas, among them Seinfeld, Star Trek, Grey’s Anatomy, Secret Life of the American Teen and The Big Bang Theory. on stage he appeared in the Kirk douglas theater’s opening production of charles mee’s A Perfect Wedding and in david hare’s Stuff Happens at the mark taper Forum.

sAsHA HIGGIns (tV Floor manager / understudy for claire sutton)los angeles theater work includes Cages (the matrix), kowalski (two roads theater), The Christmas Present (sacred Fools), and Build (Geffen playhouse). new york off-Broadway: Mean Time (workshopped at the Vineyard theater and new york theater workshop), Seven Ways to Mourn the Dead (mcc playlab), and London Cries (old Vic/Irondale ensemble production). In london, on the west end, she appeared as miranda in The Tempest (at the Barbican), and off west end in The Dresser (watford palace). radio: The Tempest for the BBc. Film/tV: Dark Fields (lionsgate/showtime), Monday Morning, Dead Men and the upcoming feature The Badger Game. sasha attended the american academy of dramatic arts in new york.

DAkIn MAttHEWs (sir humphrey appleby, the cabinet secretary) Broadway: The Best Man, Man for All Seasons, Henry IV (Bayfield, drama desk awards). other ny: All’s Well, Measure for Measure (shakespeare in the park); Winter’s Tale, Cherry orchard (Bridge project at Bam and world tour); Freedomland (playwrights horizons); Where’s Charley? (encores); The Hostage, School for Scandal, Women Beware Women (the acting company). center theatre Group: 15 productions including The Nether, History

Boys, Stuff Happens, Water & Power, The real Thing and Hedda Gabler. other l.a.: Misalliance, Major Barbara, Shadowlands (scr); Much Ado, Julius Caesar (shakespeare center); king Lear, Mercadet (antaeus); Prince of L.A., The Liar, San Fran Scapin (andak). regional: 250 productions. Film: 25 films including Lincoln, True Grit, Zero Charisma, White Mile, And the Band Played on, Nuts, Clean and Sober. tV: 250 episodes, regular and recurring roles in 13 series, including recently king of Queens, Gilmore Girls, and Desperate Housewives.

JEFFERson MAYs (Bernard woolley, principal private secretary to the prime minister)Broadway: The Best Man, I Am My own Wife, Pygmalion, Journey’s End and of Thee I Sing. off-Broadway: Blood & Gifts, Measure for Measure, Lydie Breeze, Quills and orestes. regional: A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, My Fair Lady, Quartermaine’s Terms, Misalliance, rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead, Importance of Being Earnest, The Cherry orchard, Tartuffe, Twelfth Night, Macbeth, Hamlet, Miss Julie, Private Lives, Triumph of Love, The Show off, She Stoops to Conquer, The Winter’s Tale and Peter Pan. Film and television credits include: Alfie, kinsey, The Notorious Bettie Page, Cousin Bette, The Good Wife, Mildred Pierce, Detroit, 1-8-7, Lie to Me, Fringe, Law & order, Nurse Jackie, The Closer and Dolley Madison. awards include: tony, lucille lortel, drama desk, obies, outer critic’s circle, helen hayes, elliot norton, theatre world, drama league, Jefferson, drama-logue and helpmann. education: yale college, Ba; ucsd, mFa.


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MIcHAEL MckEAn (Jim hacker, the prime minister)los angeles theater credits include: randy newman’s Harps and Angels (taper) and rupert holmes’ Accomplice (pasadena playhouse). new york: Gore Vidal’s The Best Man, king Lear, our Town, Superior Donuts, The Homecoming, The Pajama Game, woody allen’s A Second Hand Memory and Hairspray. Film credits include: This is Spinal Tap, Clue, Best in Show, A Mighty Wind, Whatever Works, Planes, Trains & Automobiles, The Brady Bunch Movie and The Words. tV credits include: Family Tree (hBo), Homeland, Law & order SVu, Castle, Happy Endings, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Sesame Street, Saturday Night Live, Laverne & Shirley, The X-Files and Smallville. he is the first million dollar Celebrity Jeopardy champion. awards: theatre world award for Accomplice on Broadway; Grammy for title song A Mighty Wind, written with christopher Guest and eugene levy; oscar nomination for Best song A kiss at the End of the rainbow, written with annette o’toole.

MAttHEW FLoYD MILLER (tV cameraman / understudy for Bernard woolley/simon chester)Broadway: Not About Nightingales, dir.trevor nunn (circle in the square); The Invention of Love (lincoln center theatre). off-Broadway: Another Part of the Forest (peccadillo theatre co.); of Mice and Men (urban stages); Letters From Cuba (signature theatre co.); The Seagull (nyu director’s

lab). regional highlights: The 39 Steps (ensemble theatre co.); Noises off (la mirada theater center); Private Lives (rubicon theatre/laguna playhouse);tom stoppard’s rock‘n roll, The Pillowman, The underpants (act-seattle); Hysteria (wilma theatre); Around the World in Eighty Days (san Jose rep./laguna playhouse); This Wonderful Life (portland center stage); A Prayer For owen Meany (u.s. premiere, playmaker’s repertory); Theophilus North (world premiere, arena stage/Geva theatre center); Desire under The Elms (dean Goodman award, san Jose rep.); A Midsummer Night’s Dream (the old Globe); The Tempest (playmaker’s rep.); tV/Film: Major Crimes; Criminal Minds; Law & order; Pop rocks (audience award, Breckenridge Film Festival); All Good Things; End of the Line. training: nyu Graduate acting. he is delighted to be making his Geffen debut — thanks to phyllis and suzanne!

tARA suMMERs (claire sutton, special policy advisor to the prime minister)British actress, tara summers is perhaps best known for her role as Katie lloyd on david e. Kelley’s hugely successful series Boston Legal. she has done numerous arcs on other critically acclaimed shows such as Damages, ringer and Sons of Anarchy. past film and television credits include Hitchcock, Private Practice, Factory Girl, Alfie, Dirt and What a Girl Wants. most recently, tara starred opposite Greg Kinnear in the pilot rake, directed by sam raimi. the pilot has just been picked up to series and will air in the spring on Fox. tara wrote, produced and starred in a one-woman autobiographical show, Gypsy of Chelsea. she performed the play at the royal court theatre (london), studio 54 (ny) and the hudson (los angeles). an

alumna of Brown university where she received a Ba in history, tara trained at the national theatre Institute at the eugene o’neill, connecticut and has an mFa in acting from l.a.m.d.a. she currently resides in Venice, ca.

tIME WIntERs (Jeremy Burnham, the director-General of the BBc) time has appeared on Broadway and in legion theatres regionally, including Camelot (national tour with michael york and lou diamond phillips) and Amadeus. local theater credits include: Cymbeline and The Beaux Stratagem (a noise within), The Merchant of Venice (Banshee theatre), The Good Book of Pedantry and Wonder (los angeles drama critic’s circle nominee) and How to Disappear Completely (theatre @ Boston court), How the World Began (south coast repertory), holmes in Sherlock’s Last Case (colony theatre), The Good Doctor (pasadena playhouse) and many others. Film appearances include: Angry Video Game Nerd: The Movie, Sweet Talk, The runaways, The Life and Death of Peter Sellers, Nosferatu L.A., Little Princess, Doc Hollywood, Defending Your Life, Sneakers, Gremlins 2 and more. Guest starred on television’s Southland, Criminal Minds, Big Love, Carnivale, Ghost Whisperer, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Er, Star Trek: The Next Generation and more. he is married to the brilliant actress tracy winters.

JonAtHAn LYnn(playwright and director) lynn’s west end theater debut, aged 23, was as motel the tailor in the original london cast of Fiddler on the roof. london directing credits include: The Glass Menagerie working with tennessee williams; Songbook (Best musical, society of west end theatres award and evening standard award); Anna Christie

(rsc, stratford and the donmar); Joe orton’s Loot; Pass The Butler by eric Idle, shaw’s Arms And The Man and The Gingerbread Man (old Vic, two successive christmas seasons). at the national theatre, lynn directed A Little Hotel on the Side by Georges Feydeau and Three Men on A Horse (society of west end theatres award, Best comedy). as artistic director of the cambridge theatre company, lynn directed 20 productions, producing 20 others, 9 of which transferred to the west end. Film directing includes the cult classic Clue (also wrote the screenplay), Nuns on the run (also written by lynn), My Cousin Vinny, The Distinguished Gentleman, Sgt. Bilko, Greedy, Trial And Error, The Whole Nine Yards, The Fighting Temptations and most recently, Wild Target. For television, lynn’s writing credits include dozens of episodes of various comedy series, creating and starring My Brother’s keeper and the phenomenally successful, multi-award-winning BBc series Yes Minister and Yes, Prime Minister, co-written and created with antony Jay. lynn authored The Complete Yes, Minister and Yes, Prime Minister Volumes I and II, which cumulatively sold more than a million copies in hardback and have been translated into numerous languages and are still in print nearly 30 years later. his new book, Comedy rules (Faber and Faber) received rave reviews. lynn received an ma in law from cambridge university and describes himself as a recovering lawyer.

AntonY JAY (playwright)sir antony Jay has enjoyed a distinguished career as writer, broadcaster and producer. he was a founder member and became editor of the BBc’s legendary Tonight program and is founder-editor of The oxford Dictionary of Political Quotations and author of Elizabeth r and two acclaimed documentaries on the royal family. he is a commander of the royal Victorian order. his books include two management classics Management and Machiavelli and Corporation Man. antony Jay co-founded (with John cleese) Video arts ltd and was chairman from 1972 to 1989. the company won over 100 national and international awards for its comedy training


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films and won the Queen’s award to Industry in 1982. Jonathan lynn and antony Jay’s BaFta award-winning political comedy Yes Minister first aired on BBc2 in 1980 and ran until 1984 (three series). the sequel, Yes, Prime Minister, ran from 1986 until 1988 (two series). Both series are now released in their entirety on BBc dVd. lynn and Jay also wrote three novels, The Complete Yes Minister and Yes, Prime Minister, volumes one and two; which cumulatively sold more than one million copies in hardback, were on the British top 10 bestseller list for three years and have been translated into numerous languages.

sIMon HIGLEtt (scenic designer) extensive credits in london include: Singin’ In The rain, rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, Yes Prime Minister, Hay Fever, Long Day’s Journey Into Night, The Taming of the Shrew, Antony and Cleopatra, The Prisoner of Second Avenue, Nicholas Nickleby, of Mice and Men (all west end), Singer, A russian in the Woods and Thomas More (royal shakespeare company), Accidental Death of An Anarchist (donmar), Clubland and The Force of Change (royal court), Enemies, Whistling Psyche and The Earthly Paradise (almeida), Pygmalion (old Vic). north america: Blithe Spirit (ontario), Lady Windermere’s Fan, The Imaginary Invalid, An Ideal Husband and Mrs Warren’s Profession (shakespeare theatre, washington d.c) resurrection (houston Grand opera), The School of Night (los angeles). opera worldwide: The Magic Flute, The Marriage of Figaro, The Barber of Seville, Guilio Cesare, Don Giovanni, La Traviata, La Boheme, La Cenerentola, Albert Herring. awards: manchester theatre award for Wonderful Town, two tma Best design awards for elizabeth rex and Three Sisters and helen hayes award for Lady Windermere’s Fan (usa).

kAtE BERGH (costume designer) Kate is happy to be back at the Geffen playhouse after having designed costumes previously for Next Fall. she has also designed Sleepless in Seattle, under My Skin, Art, and South Street at the pasadena playhouse. For reprise

theater she did the costumes for A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, The Fantasticks, Gigi, I Love My Wife, They’re Playing our Song, How to Succeed in Business Without really Trying and Cabaret, for which received the Backstage Garland award for Best costume design. she worked with Jason alexander at the el portal theater on Prisoner of Second Avenue and When You’re in Love, the Whole World is Jewish at the Greeway court theater. other productions include Blame It on Beckett, The Savannah Disputations, The Morini Strad and old Wicked Songs at the colony theater. she also designs for films and commercials, but designing for the theater is her first love and she is delighted to be part of this production of Yes, Prime Minister.

DAnIEL IonAzzI (lighting designer)daniel is production manager for the Geffen playhouse. he is also a member of the faculty of the ucla school of theater, Film and television and director of production for the department of theater. mr. Ionazzi is the author of The Stage Management Handbook and The Stagecraft Handbook. design credits include: WWII - Beyond all Boundaries for the national world war II museum. For arena stage: red Hot Patriot: The kick-Ass Wit of Molly Ivins. For steppenwolf theatre company: The Seafarer. For south coast repertory theater: In The Next room. For the wallis annenberg center for the performing arts: Teatro alla Moda. For the Geffen playhouse: American Buffalo, Build, The Jacksonian, red Hot Patriot: The kick-Ass Wit of Molly Ivins, radiance: The Passion of Marie Curie, Superior Donuts, A Step In Time; Nightmare Alley, The Female of the Species, The Seafarer, Atlanta, Speed-the-Plow, A Picasso, Wishful Drinking; All My Sons; (ovation nomination); Cat on A Hot Tin roof; Paint Your Wagon, Take Me out, I Just Stopped By To See The Man, Boy Gets Girl (ovation nomination), under The Blue Sky, oscar & Felix, God’s Man in Texas, The unexpected Man, The Weir, Defiled, Merton of the Movies and All in the Timing (ovation nomination); for the dance company diavolo: Catapult

and Traajectorie; for the denver center theatre company: Henry IV Part I, The Three Sisters, The Night of the Iguana, Antigone. additional design credits: The Ahkmatova Project, Amelia Lives, Telling Time, othello, Trojan Women, Misalliance and Jenufa with Josef svoboda.

AnDREA J cox (sound designer)studied physics and philosophy at liverpool university. after working and designing shows for the liverpool everyman and Bristol old Vic she joined the royal shakespeare company designing over 50 shows, including: The Histories (all eight plays at stratford on avon and the roundhouse london), Twelfth Night, Winter’s Tale, Measure for Measure, Macbeth, Hamlet, Comedy of Errors, Theban Plays, Little Eyolf, Tales from ovid, Henry VI’s & richard III (power center, michigan, usa), As You Like It (Kennedy center, washington dc), Ghosts, Phoenician Women, The Mysteries, Servant of Two Masters, Back to Methuselah. other sound designs include: Pull of Negative Gravity (edinburgh and 59e59, new york), Sons of York (Finborough), Scarecrow & His Servant (southwark playhouse), The oresteia Trilogy (Fisher center, Bard college, new york), Pieces (theatr clwyd and 59e59 new york), onassis (novello theatre, west end), Basket Case (northampton, (associate designer)), Calendar Girls (associate designer), Sex with a Stranger (trafalgar studios), Yes, Prime Minister (west end and on tour). Charlotte’s Web – The Musical (derby theatre).

JoHn LEonARD (sound designer)John started work in theatre sound over 40 years ago and during that time he has provided soundtracks for theaters all over the world, written an acclaimed guide to theater sound, won various awards and published several collections of sound effects. most recent theater: Quartermaine’s Terms (west-end), Turn of The Screw, The Dark Earth & The Light Sky (almeida theatre); untold Stories, (national theatre and west-end), Detroit (national theatre); Birthday, Tribes (royal court); Bully Boy (northampton theatre royal & st.

James theatre, london), Ladies In Lavender (national tour), Heresy of Love (rsc); amongst many others in the uK and usa.

JonAtHAn BuRkE (associate sound designer)off Broadway: The Best is Yet to Come: The Music of Cy Coleman (59e59) regional: Heroes, You Can’t Take It With You, Cookin’ at the Cookery, He Hunts, The Weir (Geffen playhouse), Avenue X, Beast on the Moon, If We are Women, Jack and Jill and Molly Sweeney (city theatre company). Hello! My Baby, Daddy Long Legs (ovation nomination), The Best is Yet to Come: The Music of Cy Coleman, Fiddler on the roof, A Delicate Balance, Man of La Mancha, Lonesome Traveler, Food Confessions, our Town (rubicon theatre co.). Jonathan has been the resident sound designer for cabrillo music theatre (ovation nominations for Singin’ in the rain and The Sound of Music) since 2003 and has worked at the la opera, mark taper Forum, dorothy chandler pavilion and hollywood Bowl. In addition to designing, Jonathan is the academic coordinator and lecturer for the sound design program at ucla’s school of theater and runs a recording studio in sherman oaks.

YounG JI (production stage manager) Geffen playhouse: American Buffalo, Nothing to Hide, Build, The Exorcist, The Jacksonian, radiance: The Passion of Marie Curie, The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity, Extraordinary Chambers, In Mother Words, Love Loss & What I Wore, ricky Jay: A rogue’s Gallery; Louis & keely: Live at the Sahara. other los angeles: center theatre Group: The Cherry orchard (taper); Wrecks, Trial of the Catonsville Nine, Pyrenees, A Very old Man with Enormous Wings (Kirk douglas theatre). antaeus company: Cousin Bette, king Lear, The Autumn Garden (producer); La ronde, The Glass Menagerie (director); Tonight at 8:30, Phaedra (Getty Villa), Mother Courage and Her Children, Pera Palas, Chekhov X 4.

ELIzABEtH A. BRoHM (assistant stage manager) Geffen playhouse: 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 and 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.

PHYLLIs scHuRInGA, csA (casting) phyllis has had the pleasure of working with wonderful directors throughout her career and especially this season — Jo Bonney, will Frears, Bart delorenzo, maria aitken, randy arney and Jonathan lynn. she has been the casting director at the Geffen for 10 years and before that she served as 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.

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 Superior Donuts, The 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: 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 state-of-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.

kEn noVIcE (managing director)Ken novice’s career in the professional theater spans 25 years and over 250 productions. prior to joining the Geffen playhouse, he served as managing director and director of external affairs at pasadena playhouse where his credits included the revival of Fences starring laurence Fishburne and angela Bassett and the world premieres of Sister Act the Musical, ray

Charles Live, Stormy Weather starring lesley uggams and many others. he was director of marketing and public relations for san diego’s tony award-winning old Globe theatre where his credits include Jack o’Brien’s acclaimed revival of Damn Yankees, the tony award-nominated musical The Full Monty, Henry IV starring John Goodman and sheldon epp’s tony-nominated hit Play on! among many others. his credits also include marketing and public relations for the tony award-winning denver center theater company and new york’s circle repertory company. as director of programming for youthstream media networks he developed national marketing and public relations programs for most of hollywood’s major motion picture studios. novice also served as head of the theatre management mFa/mBa program at california state university, long Beach and has been a guest lecturer at san diego state university and the university of california, san diego. he holds a Ba from the pennsylvania state university and an mBa from san diego state university. novice is a member of the league of resident theaters (lort) executive committee and has served in various capacities including as a member of the negotiating team for the lort/actors’ equity association collective bargaining agreement.

BEHnAz AtAEE (General manager)Behnaz ataee is a financial professional with more than 25 years of experience in for-profit and nonprofit financial management and auditing. Behnaz joined the Geffen playhouse in 1999 and this marks her ninth season as the theater’s General manager. she began her career in the Bay area as a partner in a small family start-up before joining FBs management where she acted as director of accounting,

overseeing the finances of more than 25 non-profit organizations. Behnaz continued her work with non-profits as an auditor for trump and Van sloten cpa and then returned to the for-profit sector at ultratech, before ultimately landing at the Geffen playhouse. Behnaz has a master’s degree from pepperdine university.

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, the clinton Foundation, Ben affleck’s eastern congo Initiative, hank azaria’s determined to succeed, the millan Foundation and whole child International, 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, she taught in preschools and kindergartens in new york. From the age of 13, regina worked as a professional dancer on Broadway as well as with a number of prominent modern dance ensembles. Fusing two of her interests, she created a highly successful program which incorporated dance therapy and creative movement into an early childhood curriculum as well as wrote and produced a television show based on this concept. In addition to being a published author and photographer with tallfellow press and prometheus Books, regina has taught and lectured at numerous schools in new york, los angeles and abroad.


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sponsoR$3,000 — $4,999Janis adams & John lyonschancellor Gene d. Block & mrs. carol Blockmarcy carsey & leo yoshimuraterri ann cooper Konheimdora & neil Kadishathea & neal Kossrobin & seth Kuglerphyllis & Ken lembergerpam, amanda, lianna & eddierobert luketicrenee & meyer luskinmichael & cecil pulitzeranne c. taubman & david Boylewilliam & Karen timberlakeleslie white & al limonKaren & rick wolfenuniworld river cruises, Inc.

eDucatIon aDvocate$1,000 — $2,999anonymous (2)23rd street Jewelersharry & Gay abrams/abrams artists agencydr. richard ackerman & miriam shakterrichard acostatamara aden-llewellynmiriam aguiarolga s. aldersonrichard alonsonicole alpemerryl & david a. alpertamgen Foundationpatti & harlan amstutzarizona Biltmoremargaret & howard arveyasicshank azariad.c. & carol ann Bakemanrobert e. & maria h. BarronBattista Familyrichard & shelley Bayerrobert Beitcher

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 december 1, 2011 and april 15, 2013.

In appreciation, donors enjoy a host of special benefits including house seats, complimentary drinks, receptions and much more. For more information, please call Jamie sherman at 310.208.6500 ext. 128.

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susan & eric m. Benderpatricia & mark Benjaminshelly & libby Bergenwendy & John Bergquistcathy & Bill Bindleyruth & Jake Bloomsusan Booththe Bordy & leibovic FamiliesBrenda & alan BorsteinBrentwood schooldr. wallace p. Brithineecarolyn & Gerald Bronsteinrobert Brook & Jacqueline Kosecoffwendy & david BrotmanJanet & mark Brownmr. & mrs. todd Brown & Familyscott carlbergchancellor emeritus albert carnesale

& mrs. robin carnesaledr. Fanya carter & dr. harold J. delchampsdavid cates & christine VavakGilbert cates, Jr. & elizabeth laceyJane catesmelissa cates & roger clamanlisa, michael & rachel chalfinsheldon cherry & carolyn runowiczrich-chiocchi Familyroy & dorothy christopherlaurel & aaron clarklinda & John colemanlou colentim & charlene conwayJanine cristianoBrunello cucinelliIn loving memory of ed cypertdaedalus Foundation, Incruth daughertyshirley lu & norman davidsonroger davisGavin de Beckerdeluscious cookiesdaniel & Gayle devincarolyn dirks & Brett doughertydennis & Jeralyn dotymichael douglas & catherine zeta-Jonesdr. laura’s wholesome Junk FoodJan & thea drayerdream warrior GroupGerald & sally ducotVictoria dummerwilliam duncancolleen m. ellisterri & david elstonKevin watts & christine enlowcarl & courtenay enrightcarol & J.B. esterkinstacey Feinbergmarc Feldmansusanna Felleman & erik FeigGloria & morton Field lawrence n. Fieldmichael FilermanJoan & charles Foxsteve Freedmantom & Kathy FrestonFuture lightingG2 Graphic service, Inc.Jim GarfieldKathleen GarfieldJeanne & arnold Geffnerharry a. Gilbertrose GilbertKiki & david Gindlercherna & dr. Gary Gitnickcharlotte Golddr. Irene Goldenbergadrienne Grant & paul JenningsKen Greenblatt & peter walshJack Grossbart & marc schwartzallen & deborah Grubmanmichael Grunwaldthe Guerin Foundationmadeline Gussmanandrea & marc Guthmonty & marilyn hall

alan & michelle heilpernmr. & mrs. william hellmanmel & Faith henkinhernand FamilyGrant & lysa heslovheys usaJean himmelstein & david colemanstephen sass & steven hochstadtdr. John d. hofbauer & dr. laura e. Foxmrs. dorothy hoffmanGail & stanley hollanderroger & linda howardVicki Iovinelynn hunt & margaret Jacobterry & marc J. JacobyJerome & linda Jangerlori JohnsonJordan strauss photographyJoseph B. Gould Foundationlinda & david Kagelcarol Kahnmr. & mrs. Bernard KamineKarney Guren Family FoundationJulie & david Kavnerpatricia Keatinglenny & david Keltontamara KeoughBarbara & stuart KlabinKent KlavensKlingenberg Familyleslie & norman Koplofcarol Krauseeric & melissa Kurtzmandeborah lacusta & daniel castellanetadespina Gianopulos landers & Jay landerslas Ventanas al paraisohelene & arthur laubJoyce ledererlydia levyJohn liebessteven & nancy lippmanGerald & dorothy lipskyJudith locke & dennis massieKaren & Frederick lorigwilliam e. low & hana ptacnikova marcia e. williams & Gene lucerothe Jennifer & Greg malins FoundationBrian & renee manneric G.c. markJohn mccrite & Juan lopezJanis B. mceldowneysue mchugh & herb seesemelia cozumel all Inclusive Golf & Beach resortdianne & Burton merrillandrew & laura mintzerJoanne & Joel mogylaurie & chuck mondrusrichard & Kioko morgansternlowell & Jackie morgenBill & Gail morinoGreg morrisonIn loving memory of harvey s. morserio & Frank morselon morse & toni hollander morsemusic express, Inc.Joan & Fred nicholasalbert & Barbara nicholsoccidental Grand cozumelsteve & Judy orichornest Family FoundationGuy osearylaurie macdonald & walter parkesmichael parks & Judith haywardphilip & leslie patonJennifer peltzherbert & marilyn pikenIn memory of michael pillerpaula, lauren, nicole, & Joseph pinhasJack & Jane pollockruth popkinpopland studiosJeanne mcdonald-powers & travis powerspure cheesecakesGary & Gail racheletsky

daniel rappaportrichard rasiej & Joan hermanharvey & Joyce reicharddonald B. & susan F. riceIn memory of Frances richmanesther & howard richmondBeth roberts & warren smithric robertsonron robinsonBrad & nancy rosenbergsue weiss rosenwasserlori & david roussoruss august & Kabatlaura & John saadedavid a. & Karen richards sachsrichard & amber sakaidaphna salimpourmark san FilippoJoseph schrageJonathan schwartzsteve & paula schwartzscreen engine, llclillian seidman-davisalex & danielle shahiditony shalhoub & Brooke adamsIn memory of diane Barnett-shapirotraci sheltonsherak Familydiane sherman-smithshowtime networks Inc.holly & larry shulmanrita & Jose sigalGreg & amanda silvermanron silverman & soraya rosssnyder Family Foundationdrs. matthew & marion solomonBruce & patti springsteensprinkles cupcakesst. regis monarch Beachst. regis punta mita mitch & sherry steinJoannie sternBarbra streisand & James Brolineric strom & eileen GoodisKathryn & mark sullivanelaine & radoslav sutnarFred tatasciore FamilyJohn teeples & nicolas martinez, Jr.larry & Barbara tenanaudri & stan tendlerGreen dot Filmsdaniel tongbaiJenno toppingthe lodge at torrey pineslaura trice, m.d.peter & susan Van haftenalan Van Vlietpaula wagnerpeter & denise walshsander weiner & marcia GilbertJoanne & Ken weinmanroberta weintraubGelena & seth weissmanpat westalison whalen & steven marenbergyoung Familyms. patricia youngmanmarcie & howard zelikowellen & arnold zetcherIn loving memory of herman zieglerdavid & ellie zuckerman

aRtIstIc aDvocate$500 — $999anonymousnorman & toshka abramsrobert c. andersondr. sandra & dr. charles aronbergross & lindsey avnersheila & raymond BangsJanet & Irwin Barnetdawn & marshall Bein

stu & lucy BilletJoe Blackstone & Jamie mohnFrances & thomas Boothdeanne Bosnakdr. r.w.G. Bugentaldavid & Kathy Burkethe Busch-schifino FamilyBush Gottlieb singer lopez Kohanski adelstein

& dickinsonms. martha chasedavid copperfieldted cordesdonald & zoe cosgroverobert cushnir & perry lewisJeffrey s. davidsonJames dixoncarol Jean doehringthe milton l. & Betty J. dranow Family

FoundationGood works Foundationrichard & lauren donnerpaul dowlingpatricia l. eisenbergroni & ethan ellermimi Feldmanmarjorie & arthur Finesydney m. Finegold, m.d.dr. Barbara Fishmichael & lynne FlynnBurt & nanette ForesterGlenn & Jane FowlerFran Fredella & scott rubinlora FremontGwen & Jacob Friendl.t. Friesenlois & Gerald Gallopsharlene & sol GalperBenita & Bert Ginsbergrichard & lori Glucksmanlouis & linda Goldsmanellie & Barry Goldsteinabner & roz Goldstineellie Goodmanlori & robert GoodmanJulie c. Graham, olivia c. zeiden, liam d. zeidendiana & ronald Granitlance hagenbuchmary & alan halkettpeter e. hallronald hansenms. tess harpersheila hasdaymurray & Gail heltzerdiana & Joe hilbermanmarion & todd hindinrand hoffman & charlotte robinsonKelley m. hoganJudith hohmanpaula holtcarol hove-ahmansonGerald Isenbergrobert & Gail Israeledward & aya Jakobovitstrudy & albert Kallissusan & Greg Kaymilly & robert Kayyemann & Jonathan Kirschannette & charles Kleemancarol & richard Kurlandrick KurtzmanBill & tiiu Jacobsonpeter levin & audrey davis levinmarla e. levineBarry levinsonJordan & sheri levydonald lipschutzloris & Kory lunsfordsacha malin & dori levanonineil l. & ora d. macfarlanecindy mediavillarobert mercerphilip & Joan millerallan m. mohrman Jr.John & sandy murdocksherri & arnold nelson


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Vicki niemimark paluch & Bryan ozamotodr. & mrs. emil & dolores pascarellic. alexander paynecarol F. phillipslisa pierozzilynda ricklinda & manny riderrichard robertsonrandy rodedolores rogersronda & Fred roseIn memory of Gil cateslawrence ross & linda nussbaumsamantha rothnancy & ted sanbornnadine schiffmalcolm schneer & cathy liudavid & margaret schwankeBob & susan schwartzsusan schwarzmichele & peter serchukrobert shadurannette & leonard shapiropeggy & robert shapirodanelle sherrodpearl shultzsteven siegel & lily careysignificance Foundationcarol & arthur F. silbergeldrobin & robert sillsdon & marie sirneyKaren smitstrudy sokolmichael & millie sondermannmelvin spearsroberta speroms. rita spiegelstaples center Foundationcori steinbergthomas & lisa sternsally stevensmr. & mrs. robert sugarJerry & diana swartzlance & maureen tanmr. & mrs. david tannBrigitta troyanthony VasekIra & laurie waldmanmarcia & dr. charles wassermanJay weinstein & lori woldarrae Jeane williamsherb wiseBen & anne youngbloodandrew & Kimberly zakanych

assocIate$250 — $499anonymous (5)herbert ehrmann & constance abellterry & richard abramsacademy of motion picture arts & sciencesIrwin & helene adlerelaine & michael agrancharles & annick allensylvia almstadtarthur alperJan altemusIrving andersonclayton andersonelise andrewsphilip angerhofer & stephen a. Jonesnancy antonioueloise appelBarbara & ethan aronoffmarc & Betsy axelrodcharles & Kayatana axelrodlynne & lee BabbittIrene Baronanne Barrycecile Bartmanrandall c. Bassettarnold & susan Beckerterry & lionel Bell

Barbara Berenyroger p. Bergrichard n. BergerJames & diane Berlinermr. & mrs. william Birnkrantadrienne & michael Blackmanpamela & Bill Bohnertmary Bosakpaula Brandmona Brandlerdennis & Bobbi Brownmarcia Burnamthe schifino Familylaura d. campbellmarlene & david capellcindy carlin & Jeff roussoBarry charlesmarjore chronisterwilma chungdavid conney, m.d.dino conteGail cottinghamsusan Georgine craigwhitney cummingsrandall & diane danielsarah danielshedva & dr. dudley danoffJaye t. darbydiana davidow & deborah constanceruth B. davis & pearl schultzGregory dawleyhal & roberta deleviedr. udayakumar devaskarVirginia diBonaFred & marilyn dorersteven & Beverly dorfmandaryl & paul F. doucettems. susan downeydr. & mrs. william m duxlermr. chris easleyphyllis Factoralan & Barbara Faiolacarole FaxonGladys Fellmancarolyn Fernandezabby & malcolm Fieldlila & Fred Finkwilliam & elisabet FleischmanIn loving memory of Frank & eileen Floodedward FloresJanet FourticqFrancine FreidKenneth J. Friedman & marilynn J. Friedman

Family Foundationms. laurelle Fromeyury & yelena Furmansandy Gagelee GardenswartzKaren Berko Gibsondiane Glazerann m. GoldbergFrancine Golden & marvin schlossmanmarilyn & allen Goldendr. peter Goldmanmark Gordonroger Gordonsusie & Bruce Gorentiki Greenbergsusan & michael Gregoryeve haberfield & david Johnsonmark & monica haloossimcarolyn & Bernard hamiltonKay harringtondr. & mrs. samuel havesonpenny & steve heldJackson henrycarla & alan a. herdGunter hermanmichael & candice hermanneal hersh & lynda Kleincina hodgesJackie & dr. Irwin hoffmandr. sharron holmanada & Jim horwichFred & nancy Jacobusdaniel & carolyn Jordan

nancy Josephsonseymour KahnJoyce Kaisermanruth & marvin Kalindrs. elaine & Jeff Kamilanita Karbelnigharris Katlemanowen Katomr. & mrs. william Keastwilliam & renee Kendallstuart KesslerIrwin Kishnerphyllis Kleindr. phyllis Kleindonna & Jeffrey Kleinlaurie & milton KlormanJudy Knappcharles Kolstaddonald Kottlerrichard KraftBarbara & stan Krasnoffhoward & Vivian KrepackJanice white & eugene Kriegercharles Kristensondoctors mark & lena laboweJoan & christopher larkinJill & michael laskyJeanne & christopher lavagninoann lelanddr. Isaac & Barbara levynan lewislee & therese lindenVictor & madeline lindenheimleslie & adam lobelGeri loelori & tom lowann & Bill lucasdianne lumanne l. lynchliz lytleteresa l. maguireGuillaume mailletJeannette & mervyn mandelbaumconnie & leslie martinsonphyllis & Bert massingstewart mayedacheryl mccormickKimberly meyeBettina michaelsteddie J. milnerankica milosavljevicandrew molaskysusanna morganJohn moschittacatherine namethBonnie nashdavid neilanmark & diane neubauersheila newmannapoleon & afra nobayshelby notkinelad offeradrienne & arthur omanskymartin ordmandonald ottallen pack & rikki Gordonmichael pannulloBob parisedward parkerdavid paymerKathy & Jeff perkinsnaidu & Jane permaulwilliam pesetskiFrank J. pfizenmayer & Josh BrownGloria pinkFrank pionteklily & rick pollackzazi pope

nancy porterdavid posnerandrea pourmoradiphilip pritchettmr. & mrs. howard privettedrs. laurence & Isabell purdylisa Quatemanedward B. raschKaren reckampmildred reidVicki reisslinda & steve richmanwilliam ridgewaycarlene ringerBarbara & david rognlienmr. & mrs. avi rojanyBeverly & melvin rosenthaladrienne rosenthalJoyce & deane rossBlanche & Bruce Joel rubinterry ryanmr. & mrs. daniel sackheimJanet salter

In memory of hon. maxwell hillary saltercharlene & Victor sandssusan & Kenneth sarnomaxine savitzcarole & michael scheinbergGary & Karen schneidernancy & steve schneiderelaine carey & Vincent J. schodolskiJane & Bill schopfsusan & peter schwabdr. & mrs. Jack schwartzmr. charles schwartz & mrs. carol schwartzarlene & arthur schwimmerrodolfo segoviascott shagrinmary & paul shanethom & Judy sharpmadeline & robert sharplesmelinda & yossi sidikaroseymour & dorothy siegelmarcia l. & mark J. smithdr. Jerry & marci smithdiane Good & Frank smithFanya & sidney solldebra & Bruce spectorms. m.l. stearnsmr. & mrs. tom stempelholly strommr. Kayser sume & dr. renee sabshinKatherine sungrobin & david swartzcheryl tiano & Frank GerechterJay tobinmr. & mrs. art tompkinsJoan townsenddavid trainerpia & steve Vaianthony Vasekcarole wagner-Vallianos & peter VallianosJane wangannette & david weilJulie & peter weilmarsha & steven weissrichard & Joyce wicklinedara & Greg paynerowie & Jeffrey wolfGeorge wolfbergalbert wolskyKenneth & teresa worleyKaren & Frank wurtzelKevyn wynnBarbara & stanley zaxlynn & meir zivdayle & abram zukorsandy zwirn

have we maDe an eRRoR?to report a misspelling or omission in these listings, please contact the development department at 310.208.6500 ext. 128

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Randall Arney artistic director

ken novice managing director

Behnaz Ataee General manager

Regina Miller chief development officer

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Mary Garrett artistic managerAmy Levinson artistic associate / literary directorPhyllis schuringa artistic associate / casting directorshannon noel artistic coordinatorkristina Leach literary associate

Development

Ellen catania director of major Gifts & corporate/Foundation partnershipsJessica Brusilow Rollins associate director of donor relations & strategic partnershipsJamie sherman associate director of Individual Givingkristen smith Grants manager & major Gifts executive assistantscott kriloff development associate & database managerAva Bogle development assistantJessie sherman development assistantMeg Burkart, Adam carr, David Gerhardt, Afton Quast, John Ruegsegger, Jonathan schwartz donor support

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Jennifer zakkai education projects leaderconnor White resident teaching artist & education associateBenjamin salka story pirates ceoDuke Doyle story pirates producing directorLee overtree story pirates artistic directorQuinton Johnson story pirates education directorGabe Jewell story pirates producer

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Frankie ocasio executive assistant to the managing directorMaryam Meehan accounting and payroll manager Francisca Lopez accounts payableMarguerite Harris receptionist

facIlItIes management

Miguel del castillo Facility managerMario santillan-Perez custodialJuan carlos umaña cleaning custodial

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Daniel Ionazzi production managerJill Barnes associate production manager Matthew carleton technical directorRich Gilles properties masterJames Grabowski sound masterDarren Rezowalli master electricianLeah A. Lewis wardrobe supervisor communIcatIons

tim choy, Peter Goldman davidson & choy publicity

maRKetIng & sales

Joseph Yoshitomi marketing directorkaren Gutierrez director of advertising & sponsorshipsMark san Filippo ticket services director & database administrator stephanie strand audience services manager Brian Dunning Graphics / production artist Jodi Feigenbaum advertising & promotions assistantL.J. stevens Group sales Janice Bernal associate Box office manager Bryan Martin associate Box office manager korie Benavidez, Audrey cain, zack Hamra, Richard Martinez, Lilach Mendelovich, Martin Wurst Box office staff

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Jeni Pearsons director of special eventsDavid Gerhardt supervising house managerMichelle cantrell, Amy Farkas, tommy French, Matt Jones, Erik odom, Julianne tveten house managers Abdoulaye n’Gom head ushersevana Baghdasarian, kevin cernansky, Vianney cossyleon, Josiah Davis, caroline Harrison kohler, Brennan kelleher, Rebecca zoe Leigh, Rebecca McGroerty, nathaniel Meek, Roxana Meyers, katie Mitchell, Lindsay nyman, Jonathan schwartz, chelsea smachetti ushersRob Mersola Bar managerManuel Mayorga weekend Bar managerAdam carr, Jared White, kimberly Legg, Lyndsi LaRose Bartenders

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.

the scenic, costume, lighting and sound designers in lort theaters are represented by united scenic artists local usa-829, Iatse.


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