Switzerland Program

AUDREY SKIRBALL KENIS THEATER AT THE GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE

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FROM THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

DO NOT BE MISLED BY THE SERENE SETTING OF Patricia Highsmith’s home in this new play. The formidable playwright Joanna Murray-Smith has infused this premiere with a level of intellectual and psychological intrigue fitting one of Highsmith’s own renowned crime novels. I am so glad you could join us for this breathtaking battle of wills.

As ever, working with Joanna was a joy. This collaboration is our third after The Female of the Species and The Gift and I am pleased that the Geffen Playhouse could be part of this particular project from its very inception. With the support of the Edgerton Foundation for new plays, the Geffen Playhouse commissioned Switzerland and hopes to bring many more new works to full production in the coming seasons.

We are pleased to welcome director Mark Brokaw to the Geffen. We are long-time admirers of his work, and he has helmed this play with a combination of passion and precision.

And, of course, a play this character-driven demands the best of its actors. Laura Linney and Seth Numrich, two extraordinarily talented people, bring to life with ferocity and elegance these unlikely companions. Joanna’s play pulses with her gift for language, and watching these masters of the stage take on the verbal sparring is nothing short of mesmerizing.

Highsmith, while beloved and revered for her novels such as Strangers on a Train and the Ripley series, was infamous for her abrasive and reclusive personality. These traits make her ripe for a fiery dramatization but Joanna has taken great care in adhering to what we know of the real Highsmith. The result is an intoxicating and sinister mix of historic accuracy and our collective imagination. Regardless of what is fact and what is fiction, Switzerland is true to Highsmith’s sense of thoughtful thrill-seeking from beginning to end.

Enjoy the show.

Randall Arney Artistic Director

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS

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MARTHA HENDERSONCO-CHAIRPAMELA ROBINSON HOLLANDERCO-CHAIR

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PATRICIA L. GLASERSAM GORESADI GREENBERGARTHUR GREENBERGJOAN KALOUSTIANGLORYA KAUFMANLORETTA EVERETT KAUFMANDR. GERALD S. LEVEYCARLA MALDENSUSAN MALLORYGINNY MANCINIBARRY MEYERSCOTT MINERDSTEVEN A. OLSENHOLLY RICELOREN ROTHSCHILDLINDA BERNSTEIN RUBINTERI SCHWARTZRICHARD SHERMANFRED SPECKTORLORRAINE SPURGECYNTHIA P. STAFFORDHOWARD TENENBAUM

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WE ARE DELIGHTED TO WELCOME YOU TO THE intimate Audrey Skirball Kenis Theater at the Geffen Playhouse for Switzerland, an original Geffen Playhouse commission written by our dear friend, Joanna Murray-Smith. We know this gripping production, directed by the talented Mark Brokaw, will draw you in and leave you on the edge of your seat!

Thank you to the Edgerton Foundation for generously funding this Geffen Playhouse commission. Without such tremendous support, we would not have the opportunity to see this new work come to life. We are forever grateful to the Edgerton Foundation for their visionary leadership and for encouraging us to take risks by creating new works.

Each season, we are able to further cultivate our new play development initiatives in part to the success of our biggest fundraising event of the year, Backstage at the Geffen. Join us on Sunday, March 22, 2015 for an evening of laughter, music and never-before-told stories from the other side of the curtain. This year, we will present Mellody Hobson & George Lucas with the Distinction in Service Award, and Sir Elton John & David Furnish with the Distinction in Theater Award. Thank you to David Geffen for being our Honorary Chair this year. Help us exceed our goals and purchase tickets to the event or an ad in our Virtual Tribute Journal to honor these extraordinary individuals. For more information, please contact Chief Development Officer Regina Miller at 310.208.6500 ext. 112 or visit geffenplayhouse.com/backstage.

Thank you for joining us for our first production in the Audrey Skirball Kenis Theater in 2015. We look forward to hearing from you, our loyal patrons and supporters, about your experience seeing this new work come to life on stage. We hope you enjoy the show!

Martha Henderson Pamela Robinson Hollander Co-Chair, Geffen Playhouse Co-Chair, Geffen Playhouse

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Rebecca Haithcoat: I love that you said in a recent interview, “The act of writing is profoundly irritational” — it sounds like something Patricia Highsmith would say herself! Creating a play about a writer sounds easy — “write what you know” and all — but was it?

Joanna Murray-Smith: No. First of all, writing about a real person can feel very constricting. Even if it isn’t a documentary, you want to honor the truth of that person, so you are making the play jump through much bigger hoops than theatricality and intelligence and entertainment — as if those weren’t enough! Secondly, writing or even musing about writing can be deadly dull, especially to writers. Most writers don’t like talking about writing — explanation seems to dilute the act. So I had to summon a writer and the nature of a writing life without didactic exposition. The first draft was weighed down with philosophizing. I had to peel off the layers of literary naval-gazing and let Patricia “live” in the moment.

You also mentioned that, “every play is about you.” How, specifically, is Switzerland?

I identified with Patricia Highsmith in lots of ways — despite, or maybe because of her ego! I have always liked examining the dark interior lives of human beings, although I could never presume to her acute sense of cruelty. I love

psychological thrillers. Like her, I often have the feeling of being consumed by creatures of my own making. Like her, I find my imaginative life at least as interesting as real life and often more. I am also (like many writers) wracked by self-doubt, a sense of injustice, a sense of racing the clock of mortality and an overwhelming belief that our childhoods either doom us or make us or both.

It seems like quite an undertaking, to make an audience empathize with this difficult character — was it? How did you manage it?

I don’t manage it. The actor does. If the actor brings humanity into the portrayal, we begin to understand that Highsmith, like all of us, suffered from demons not of her own making. She had endured a very difficult upbringing — no father, an over-controlling but emotionally distant mother, a disliked stepfather and proximity to great sadness and cruelty in her New York life near Rikers Island. For a sensitive and creative child — even for a tougher one — this early life would have a profound effect on destiny. My own feeling about Pat is that her cruelty was a defense mechanism to protect herself from the suffering and damage she was well acquainted with — and she managed to exploit that defense mechanism with her powerful imagination and create a potent and dark body of work, much of which is brilliant.

SHINING A LIGHT ON A DARK MINDIN UNEARTHING PATRICIA HIGHSMITH’S INTERIOR LIFE, PLAYWRIGHT JOANNA MURRAY-SMITH FOUND A WOMAN WHO SUFFERED FROM “DEMONS NOT OF HER OWN MAKING.”

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You’re incredibly prolific. What’s your process? Once you start writing, does the majority of the play develop in just a few sittings or over a longer period of time?

No process. Random collision of life and art! I think about ideas for quite a while and then write a first draft very quickly. Subsequent drafts are plentiful and take longer. But everything that is good in the finished play was born in that messy and spontaneous first draft.

How do you go about writing a commissioned play? Does it differ from your other writing?

It is very different writing a commissioned play that is built around an idea that is offered to you and a commissioned play that is your own idea. The flame is already lit when it’s your idea. I told the Geffen that this was the play I wanted to write, so it was wonderful to have their immediate support.

You and the Geffen have quite the history together with the prior productions of The Female of the Species and The Gift. How, if at all, does this history affect your writing?

Well, it makes me love the company and feel at home here. It makes me feel nurtured in a way that is rare these days. I know in a very real way that this company believes in me and my writing, through good times and bad. That is invaluable to a writer, because we spend such a large amount of time questioning our own abilities. It also makes me feel connected to the Geffen audience. I feel as if they have a relationship with my work now and I am grateful to them for their support of the other plays. All my plays get mixed reviews — they always have — so I have to pay strong attention to the audiences in order to keep writing. If your audience is there and they do not feel as if they want a refund, then that is strength enough to keep going despite the humiliation, depression and poverty!

As part of a co-world premiere arrangement between Geffen Playhouse and Sydney Theatre Company, a production of Switzerland directed by Sarah Goodes opened in the Drama Theatre, Sydney Opera House, on 7 November 2014.

In 1980, Sydney Theatre Company’s first Artistic Director, Richard Wherrett, defined STC’s mission as to provide “first class theatrical entertainment for the people of Sydney — theatre that is grand, vulgar, intelligent, challenging and fun.” Almost 35 years later, under the leadership of Artistic Director Andrew Upton, that ethos still rings true.

STC offers a diverse program of distinctive theatre of vision and scale at its harbourside home venue, The Wharf; Sydney Theatre at Walsh Bay; and Sydney Opera House, as its resident theatre company.

STC has a proud heritage as a creative hub and incubator for Australian theatre and theatre makers, developing and producing eclectic Australian works, interpretations of classic repertoire and great international writing.

The theatre careers of many of Australia’s internationally renowned artists have been launched and fostered at STC, including Mel Gibson, Judy Davis, Hugo Weaving, Geoffrey Rush, Toni Collette, Rose Byrne, Benedict Andrews and Cate Blanchett.

STC often collaborates with international artists and companies and, in recent years, the company’s international profile has grown significantly with productions touring extensively to great acclaim. Renowned artists Tamás Ascher, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Liv Ullmann, Steven Soderbergh, Michael Blakemore, Max Stafford-Clark, Howard Davies, Declan Donnellan and Isabelle Huppert have all worked with STC in recent years. STC has presented productions by Abbey Theatre, Traverse Theatre, Complicite, Cheek by Jowl, Out-of-Joint, the National Theatre of Great Britain and Steppenwolf Theatre Company.

STC is assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, by its arts funding and advisory body, and by the New South Wales Government through Arts NSW.

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O P E N I N G N I G H T S P O N S O R S

Opening Night: Friday, March 13, 2015

THE GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE PRODUCTION OF

Written by Joanna Murray-Smith

Directed by Mark Brokaw

Production Stage Manager Cate Cundiff

Casting Director Phyllis Schuringa, CSA

Costume DesignerEllen McCartney

Scenic DesignerAnthony T. Fanning

Lighting DesignerLap Chi Chu

Composer & Sound DesignerJohn Ballinger

Fight ChoreographerJ. David Brimmer

An original Geffen Playhouse commission funded by the Edgerton Foundation


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CAST OF CHARACTERS(In order of appearance)

Patricia Highsmith .................................................................................................................. Laura Linney

Edward ...................................................................................................................................... Seth Numrich

TIME Early fall, 1994.

SETTING The study of Patricia Highsmith’s home

in Tegna, Locarno, Switzerland.

RUNNING TIME Approximately 95 minutes

There will be no intermission.

LAURA LINNEY(Patricia Highsmith)Theater (Broadway): Time Stands Still, Sight Unseen, and The Crucible opposite Liam Neeson. Other plays include Six Degrees of Separation, Honour, Uncle Vanya, Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Holiday and The Seagull. Film: You Can Count on Me, Kinsey, The Savages, The Fifth Estate, Hyde Park on Hudson, The Squid and the Whale, Mystic River, Absolute Power, The Truman Show, Primal Fear, The Mothman Prophecies, Love Actually, P.S., The House of Mirth, The Details, Congo, the upcoming Mr. Holmes and John Logan’s Genius. Television: She starred in and produced the Showtime series The Big C for which she won several awards, as she did for her portrayal of Abigail Adams in the HBO miniseries John Adams; Armistead Maupin’s Tales of the City series (an early role for which she remains grateful and proud); Frasier (as Kelsey Grammer’s girlfriend in the final six episodes), Love Letters (directed by Stanley Donen) and Blind Spot (opposite Joanne Woodward). Awards/Nominations: Three nominations each for both the Tony and Academy Awards, five nominations and four Emmy Awards, six nominations and two Golden Globe Awards, a BAFTA Award nomination, one SAG

Award, one National Board of Review Award. Education: Honorary doctorates from Brown University and The Juilliard School.

SETH NUMRICH (Edward)Theater (Broadway): Golden Boy (Lincoln Center Theater), War Horse (Lincoln Center Theater; Dorothy Loudon Award for Excellence, Outer Critics Circle and Drama League Award nominations), The Merchant of Venice (The Public Theater). West End: Fathers and Sons (Donmar Warehouse), Sweet Bird of Youth (Old Vic; Evening Standard Award — Outstanding Newcomer). Other plays include: Yosemite, Slipping, Blind (Rattlestick Playwrights Theater), On the Levee (LCT3), Iphigenia 2.0 (Signature Theater), Too Much Memory, Favorites, Break My Face On Your Hand (Rising Phoenix Rep), Gates of Gold (59E59), Dutch Masters (LABrynth), Slipping (Rattlestick West, Los Angeles), The History Boys (CTG/Ahmanson Theater, Los Angeles), The Cure at Troy (Seattle Rep), Measure for Measure (Chautauqua Theater Co.), Summer and Smoke (Guthrie Theater) and The Judgment of Paris (NYC and Edinburgh Fringe Festival). Film: Private Romeo, How to Kill a Mockingbird. Television: Turn (AMC, series regular), The Good

Wife (CBS), and Gravity (Starz, series regular). At 16, Seth became the youngest person ever accepted to The Juilliard School’s Drama Division. He is a company member of Rising Phoenix Repertory based in NYC, and a teaching artist for the non-profit Artists Striving to End Poverty (ASTEPonline.org).

JOANNA MURRAY-SMITH (Playwright)Joanna Murray-Smith’s plays include Honour; Rapture; Nightfall; Love Child; Songs For Nobodies; Redemption; Rockabye; The Female of the Species; Ninety; The Gift; Day One, A Hotel, Evening; Bombshells; Fury; Pennsylvania Avenue and the adaptation of Scenes From a Marriage for Sir Trevor Nunn. Many have been performed around the world and have been translated into dozens of languages. Several of her plays have appeared on Broadway, at the Royal National Theatre and on the West End, including Honour, The Female of the Species (nominated for an Olivier Award) and Bombshells. U.S. Variety described her as, “Australia’s foremost female playwright.” Joanna has written three novels, Truce, Judgement Rock and Sunnyside, all published by Penguin/Viking, two opera librettos and a number of screenplays.

MARK BROKAW (Director)Mark Brokaw directed the Broadway productions of Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella, The Lyons, After Miss Julie, The Constant Wife, Reckless and Cry-Baby. He has directed the New York

premieres of works by David Auburn, Douglas Carter Beane, Eric Bogosian, Charles Busch, Julia Cho, Lisa Kron, Kenneth Lonergan, Craig Lucas, Nicky Silver and Paula Vogel. His regional credits include Yale Rep, Guthrie, Seattle Rep, Steppenwolf, Hartford Stage, Berkeley Rep, South Coast Repertory, Center Theatre Group, Sundance Theater Lab, O’Neill Conference and the Kennedy Center Sondheim Celebration. He has directed at London’s Donmar Warehouse and Menier Chocolate Factory, Dublin’s Gate Theatre and the Sydney Opera House. Mark is the artistic director of the Yale Institute for Music Theatre and artistic associate of the Roundabout Theatre.

ANTHONY T. FANNING(Scenic Designer)Tony began his design career with the original Broadway production of August Wilson’s Two Trains Running. Other stage credits include the National Tour of The Who’s Tommy directed by Victoria Bussert, as well as productions at the Guthrie, South Coast Repertory, The Old Globe, San Diego Opera and the Geffen Playhouse. As an Art Director for film, Tony has had the privilege of working with Steven Spielberg (Lincoln, Munich, War of the Worlds, Amistad), Robert Zemeckis (The Polar Express, What Lies Beneath), Sam Raimi (Spider-Man), Steven Soderberg (Ocean’s Twelve and Ocean’s Thirteen), Nancy Meyers (What Women Want) and Brad Silberling (Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events) Film and Television Production


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Design include: Jim Sheridan’s Brother, Rod Lurie’s remake of Strawdogs, Jim Field Smith’s Butter, Ryan Murphy’s The New Normal, Chris Carter’s The After and Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould’s Better Call Saul. Tony won an Emmy for his Art Direction on the pilot episode of Aaron Sorkin’s The West Wing.

ELLEN McCARTNEY(Costume Designer)Professional work in L.A. includes: Prometheus Bound (Getty Villa), King Lear (the Brewery), The Treatment (Boston Court), PeP! (Machine Project), Track 3 (Bootleg), Bones (CTG/ Kirk Douglas Theatre), Café Oublie, Dry Cleaning, Tug of War (Getty Villa), Monster of Happiness (24th St Theatre) and Snow White (Fantasyland Theatre, Disneyland). On Broadway, Ellen designed A Walk in the Woods, directed by Des McAnuff. Ellen has designed nationally and internationally at venues including the Wooster Group; Builder’s Association; Second Stage, NY; Playwrights Horizons, NY; American Repertory Theatre; Yale Repertory Theatre; Opera Theatre of St. Louis; Minnesota Opera; The Guthrie; Hartford Stage; Seattle Repertory Theatre; Folger Shakespeare Theatre, DC; Bunkamura, Toyko; The Kaaitheatre, Brussels; The Hebbel Theatre, Berlin. Ellen is the Director of the Design and Production Program at CalArts.

LAP CHI CHU(Lighting Designer)Regional designs include Mark Taper Forum, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, La Jolla

Playhouse, The Old Globe, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, The Goodman Theater, The Shakespeare Theater, Arena Stage, Hartford Stage, San Jose Repertory Theatre, Dallas Theater Center, and Portland Center Stage. New York design credits include The Public Theater, New York Theatre Workshop, Signature Theater, Second Stage Theatre, Performance Space 122 and Kitchen Theatre Company. He is the lighting/video designer for ChameckiLerner Dance Company (Costumes by God, Visible Content, Hidden Forms, I Mutantes Seras, Por Favor and Não Me Deixe), which has performed in the United States and Brazil. Awards have included the LA Drama Critic’s Circle Angstrom Award for Career Achievement in Lighting Design, multiple Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle Awards, a “Drammy” for best lighting, as well as a Lucille Lortel nomination for The Good Negro at The Public Theater. Mr. Chu is on the lighting design faculty at California Institute of the Arts.

JOHN BALLINGER (Composer/Sound Designer) John is an award-winning composer/sound designer based in Los Angeles. Notable collaborations include Fast Company, The Borrowers and A Midsummer Night’s Dream at SCR; Annapurna at the The New Group; Coney Island Christmas, The Joan Rivers Show and Death of the Author at the Geffen Playhouse; Cymbeline at A Noise Within; Justin Love at Celebration Theater; Songs & Dances of Imaginary Lands, The Woman Who Forgot Her

Sweater and Celebration of the Lizard for O-lan Jones’ Overtone Industries; Echo’s Hammer, 1001, The Government Inspector and Missing Pages at Theater @ Boston Court; The Many Mistresses of Martin Luther King at EST-LA; Ken Roht’s 99 cent Only Holiday spectacles at The Evidence Room and Bootleg Theater; The Breakup Notebook at ReVision Theater New Jersey; F***ing Hipsters: the Musical at The Signature Theater (NYMF).

J. DAVID BRIMMER (Fight Choreographer) Fight Master, SAFD. David has choreographed some stuff: (Broadway: Spring Awakening, The Lieutenant of Inishmore, Grace, An Enemy of the People, Hands on a Hardbody, The Big Knife, Wit, Born Yesterday, A Life in the Theatre, Speed-the-Plow, Come Back, Little Sheba. NY premieres: An Octoroon, Punk Rock, Mr. Burns, Blasted, The Whipping Man, Bethany, We are Proud to Present, Ages of the Moon, The American Pilot, Blackbird, Bug, Killer Joe), worked at some wonderful venues: (The Public Theater, Metropolitan Opera, MTC, The Atlantic Theater, LCT3, The Women’s Project, Soho Rep, MCC, Signature Theatre, TFANA, Roundabout, Dallas Theater Center, Hartford Stage, The Old Globe, NSMT, A.R.T., Baltimore Centerstage, Yale Rep, The Guthrie), and with some great folks: (David Mamet, Sam Shepard, Ethan Coen, Martin McDonagh, Conor McPherson, Tracy Letts, Kenneth Lonergan, Ken Russell, Franco Zeffirelli). “Walk cheerfully over the world, answering that of God in everyone.” — G. Fox.

CATE CUNDIFF(Production Stage Manager) Cate is so thrilled to be back at the Geffen! Select Los Angeles stage management credits include The Break of Noon and Death of the Author (Geffen Playhouse); Memphis (Cabrillo Music Theatre); When You’re in Love the Whole World is Jewish, Salam Shalom and Good Bobby (Greenway Court Theatre); When You Wish (Pat Boone/Dean McClure/The Freud Theatre); ModRock (ElPortal); Man of La Mancha, Godspell, and Jesus Christ Superstar (GPC/The Brehm Center); This and Venice (Center Theatre Group); Dissonance (The Falcon); Oedipus the King Mama (The Falcon/Troubadours); and Battle Hymn (Circle X). She recently spent time in New York working as a Company Manager for Bard SummerScape. Cate attended the University of Louisiana theater program where she learned about theater, but more importantly how to cook a good jambalaya. Proud Equity member. Love to family and friends.

PHYLLIS SCHURINGA, CSA (Casting Director) Phyllis has been the Casting Director at the Geffen for 12 years and now is also an Artistic Associate. Recent plays are Reasons to Be Pretty; The Country House; Death of the Author; Wait Until Dark; American Buffalo; Yes, Prime Minister; The Gift; Coney Island Christmas; Build and the Los Angeles production of By the Way, Meet Vera Stark. Before joining the team at the Geffen, she was the Casting Director for Steppenwolf


Theatre in Chicago where her favorites include Frank Galati’s adaptation of The Grapes of Wrath (also La Jolla Playhouse, National Theatre in London, and Broadway, where it received the Tony Award for Best Play), the original production of Steve Martin’s Picasso at the Lapin Agile (and subsequent productions including Westwood Playhouse and Briar Street Theater in Chicago), Austin Pendleton’s Orson’s Shadow and Charles L. Mee’s Time to Burn. Broadway transfers include One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (Tony for Best Revival) and The Song of Jacob Zulu. She teaches auditioning at Steppenwolf West and is a member of the Casting Society of America.

RANDALL ARNEY (Artistic Director)Randall Arney has been a theater professional for over 30 years and has served as Artistic Director of the Geffen Playhouse since 1999. In addition to his artistic programming and oversight at the Geffen, Arney has helmed more than 10 productions for the theater, most recently Reasons to Be Pretty, Slowgirl, American Buffalo, 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: Slowgirl, The Seafarer, The Beauty Queen of Leenane, Death and the Maiden, Curse of the Starving Class, Killers and The Geography of Luck, among others. Arney also directed Steppenwolf’s world premiere of Steve Martin’s Picasso at the Lapin Agile, as well as the subsequent national and international acclaimed productions. Mr. Arney’s acting credits with Steppenwolf include Born Yesterday, Ghost in the Machine, The Homecoming, Frank’s Wild Years, You Can’t Take it with You, Fool for Love, True West, Balm in Gilead and Coyote Ugly. As the Artistic Director for Steppenwolf from 1987 to 1995, he oversaw the creation of a new 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.

GIL CATES, JR. (Interim Managing Director)Gil Cates, Jr. has proudly served as Geffen Playhouse Board Vice Chairman

since 2012 and has years of producing and directing experience in theater, film, and television. Gil’s theater credits include the award winning Names (Matrix Theatre) starring Dixie Carter and Greg Mullavey, The Night I Knocked Out Joe Frazer and Lost 90 Pounds (Gardner Stage Theater), as well as Three Sisters and David Mamet’s A Life In The Theatre (both at Syracuse Stage). Gil’s film credits include The Surface (starring Sean Astin and Geffen Playhouse alumnus Chris Mulkey), Jobs (starring Ashton Kutcher, Josh Gad, Dermot Mulroney, as well as Geffen Playhouse alumni Matthew Modine and Ron Eldard) and the 2011 feature film Lucky (starring Colin Hanks, Ari Graynor, Ann-Margret and recent Golden Globe winner Jeffrey Tambor). In addition, Gil produced and directed the critically acclaimed Life After Tomorrow, featuring Sarah Jessica Parker, which won best documentary at the Phoenix Film Festival and later had its premiere Christmas Eve on Showtime. His other films include Deal (starring Burt Reynolds, Bret Harrison and Charles Durning), The Mesmerist (starring Geffen Playhouse alumnus Neil Patrick Harris), and the critically acclaimed independent film Order of Chaos. Gil also made his TV directorial debut with an episode of the NBC comedy, Joey, starring Emmy winner Matt LeBlanc. He studied at the National Theatre Institute in Waterford, Connecticut, and holds a BFA in Drama from Syracuse University in 1991.

REGINA MILLER (Chief Development Officer)Regina has been a development professional for over 18 years, working with non-profit institutions, foundations and corporations on strategy, analysis and fundraising. She has worked for Simon Wiesenthal Center, William J. Jefferson Clinton Foundation, Ben Affleck’s Eastern Congo Initiative, Hank Azaria’s Determined to Succeed, National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, Kind Campaign, Jewish Museum of Prague, among others. Prior to the Geffen, Regina served as the Director of Partnerships for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Los Angeles and the Inland Empire where she led strategic planning and development while executing policies that advanced the organization’s visibility and growth. Regina also has a strong passion for teaching. After graduating from University of North Carolina School of the Arts and touring the world as a professional dancer, she worked as a teacher in preschools and kindergartens in New York, as well as lecturing at numerous schools in the U.S. and abroad. Regina is also a published author and photographer with Tallefellow Press and Prometheus Books and is currently working on a book with her 11 year old son Jaden.



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Assistants to Set Designer Meghan Mitchell and Hye Sun LeeAssistant Costume Designer E.B. BrooksAssistant Lighting Designer Alexander FreerProperties Artisan Hazel KuangLight Board Operator Dan TuttleSound Board Operator Mitchell HamptonProduction Assistant — Los Angeles Leia CrawfordProduction Assistant — New York Jensen Clifford

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Accessible AccommodationThe Geffen Playhouse is fully committed to ensuring a satisfying theater experience for our patrons with special needs or disabilities. Please contact the box office or an usher to discuss your needs.

AT THE THEATER

Late SeatingShould you arrive late to the theater or vacate your seat during the performance, please expect to be held in the lobby until an appropriate pause in the action on-stage. To minimize disturbance to other patrons, you may be sat into the first available location by the house staff even if different from your assigned seat. Be advised that some productions or circumstances may not allow for late or return seating.

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ANNUAL DONORS

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, 2013 and January 31, 2015.

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

CHAIRMAN’S CIRCLE $50,000+

AnonymousAudi of America, IncBen/Joyce Eisenberg FoundationCity National BankElizabeth Lacey & Gilbert Cates, Jr.Mary Ann CloydDavid Geffen FoundationEdgerton FoundationJoyce Eisenberg-Keefer & Melvin KeeferHerbert M. & Beverly J. GelfandIn Memory of Alice Ghostley & Felice OrlandiThe Adi & Jerry Greenberg FoundationGuggenheim Partners Investment Management

Holdings, LLCCarole & Bill HaberHarold & Mimi Steinberg Charitable TrustMartha HendersonRabbi Uri D. Herscher & Dr. Myrna HerscherCindy & Alan HornMarilyn & Jeffrey KatzenbergGlorya KaufmanLoretta Everett Kaufman & Victor KaufmanKenneth T. & Eileen L. Norris FoundationKeyes Automotive GroupSandra Krause & William FitzgeraldLatham & Watkins LLPMr. and Mrs. Jason & Yvonne LeeGinny ManciniFay & Frank MancusoMarilyn & Jeffrey Katzenberg Fund for Arts

Education at the Geffen PlayhouseJohn McCrite & Juan LopezDonna McKenna & Flynn ChernosKelly & Ron MeyerScott MinerdAnn & Jerry MossMoss FoundationRalph M. Parsons FoundationPricewaterhouseCoopersMadeline & Bruce RamerPamela Robinson Hollander & Robert HollanderLinda Bernstein Rubin & Tony RubinRichard & Barbara ShermanShubert FoundationSkirball FoundationKaren & Vic SmithKate Capshaw Spielberg & Steven SpielbergDeeAnna StaatsCynthia P. StaffordJudith & Bruce SternJodi & Howard TenenbaumUCLAThe Walt Disney CompanyJudy & Chancellor Charles E. YoungDirk & Natasha Ziff

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER $25,000 - $49,999

AnonymousAegon Transamerica FoundationPatricia Kiernan ApplegateAria Resort & SpaRobert C. BaralBeth BehrsStephanie & Jonathan CarsonCBS CorporationValarie De La Garza & Michael CentenoClassic Party RentalsDaedalus Foundation, IncDesigner 8 Event Furniture RentalThe Douglas FoundationDwight Stuart Youth FundThe Edward A. & Ai O. Shay Family FoundationCarol & Paul FrimmerGang, Tyre, Ramer & Brown, Inc.Greater Los Angeles New Car Dealers AssociationInterActive Corp (IAC)J.P. Morgan Chase FoundationLaurents / Hatcher FoundationThe Lear Family FoundationLos Angeles County Arts CommissionLos Angeles magazineLouis VuittonMarcia Israel Foundation, Inc.Sandra E. MilkenLeslie Moonves & Julie ChenNapa Valley GrilleMike Nichols & Diane SawyerAnna K. NupsonSOCIAL by Samantha Sackler & Tammy RatnerShel & Cynthia StoneWachtell, Lipton, Rosen & KatzDeborah & Michael E. WalshWarner Bros. EntertainmentWells Fargo Foundation

PRODUCER $10,000 - $24,999

AnonymousJ.J. Abrams & Katie McGrathAriel InvestmentsCharles A. Black, Jr.Board of Supervisors County of Los AngelesHeather Thomas & Skip BrittenhamBrotman Foundation of CaliforniaEileen & Harold BrownBrunello CucinelliBulgari Corporation of AmericaRoma Downey & Mark BurnettThe Capella ResortsThe Capital Group Companies

Charitable FoundationMarcy Carsey & Leo Yoshimura

City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural AffairsCarole Bayer Sager & Robert A. DalyDreamWorks AnimationFielding Edlow & Larry ClarkeDr. & Mrs. Paul EisenbergSusan & Mark FleischerFox Entertainment GroupGagosian Gallery, IncDr. Hilary GarlandJim & Ann GianopulosThe Rosalinde & Arthur Gilbert FoundationPatty Glaser & Sam MudieArthur GreenbergC. Curtis GrishamIn Memory of Morris A. HazanHBOSamantha & Eric HeerMellody HobsonStanley Iezman & Nancy StarkVicki IovineJoseph Drown FoundationJoan KaloustianJanine & Peter LowyCarla MaldenMona MaldenMalibu Family WinesSusan & Peter MalloryMartin Katz, LtdNancy & Michael McClellandWendy & Barry MeyerMOCA FoundationMarcia & Brett MolotskyMontage Hotels & ResidencesNorthern Trust, NAParamount PicturesLaurie MacDonald & Walter ParkesPopland StudiosRollin Ransom & Chris LacroixJudith Reichman, MDHolly RiceLoren Rothschild & Hon. Frances RothschildRichard Ruskell PastriesThe Simms/Mann Family FoundationSony Pictures EntertainmentFred Specktor & Nancy HellerSt. Regis Princeville ResortSteve TischMiranda & Brett TollmanU.S. BankUnion BankW Hotel Los AngelesWestfield GroupWilliam Morris Endeavor EntertainmentKen Willner & Jim StineRita Wilson & Tom HanksLinda YellinRuth ZieglerEllen & Ken ZiffrenZiffren Brittenham LLP

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DIRECTOR $5,000 - $9,999

Jehan F. Agrama & Dwora FriedAmgen FoundationHilary & Jack AngeloThe Baxter International FoundationLaurie & Bill BenensonAnnette BlumMara & Jonathan BlumLinda & Jerry BruckheimerGlenn & Lynn CardosoComcast | NBC UniversalCreative Artists AgencyDirectors Guild of AmericaLauren Shuler Donner & Richard DonnerMica ErtegunJo & Larry FeldmanLawrence N. FieldEric Flamholtz & Yvonne RandleFour Seasons Resort Maui at WaileaLela Rochon & Antoine FuquaMichael Gendler & Jessica TeichPriscila GiraldoGloria & Peter GoldGoldman SachsAndy & Carlo Brandon-GordonGrand Wailea, a Waldorf Astoria ResortJill GreyAlan Hergott & Curt ShepardGail & Stanley HollanderTracey JacobsLibby & Arthur JacobsonBernice & Wendell JeffreyMarvin Jubas & Janet WaldMannon KaplanJulie & David KavnerKissick Family FoundationWendy KurtzmanLa ValenciaSusan & David LevetonDrs. Gerald & Barbara LeveyMarlene & Sandy LouchheimPadma & Rao MakineniKate Moran & Mikki RosenbergNatural Resources Defense CouncilChristine Marie OfieshMo OstinCarol & Bill OuchiBrenda R. PotterKay & Bob RehmeCarl ReinerMichele & Rob ReinerGary Reisman | LEAP Media InvestmentsThe Residences at Kapalua BayJoyce ReyMayor Richard RiordanJane Rissman & Richard SondheimerNadine & Fredric D. RosenRikki RosenThomas L. SafranHon. Nicole A. Avant & Ted SarandosJody & Arthur SchmidKen & Carol Schultz FoundationSteve & Paula Mae SchwartzSidley Austin LLPThe Simon-Strauss Foundation

Singer Family FoundationSondheimer FoundationLorraine Spurge & Patrick MitchellSusan & Don StarrStart MediaArnold StiefelBen Stiller & Christine TaylorTanino RistoranteTanzy RestaurantBarbara & Larry TenanLynda ThomasThomas Safran & AssociatesKaren Zoller, MD & David Tillman, MDKaren & William TimberlakeDan TishmanThe Travel CorporationAlice & Norman TulchinUBS Private Wealth ManagementUnited Talent AgencyLynn & Mark WilliamsKaren & Rick WolfenJennifer Young & Katrina NasonGail ZappaLeslie & Robert ZemeckisRuth & Stan ZicklinIn Loving Memory of Herman Ziegler

SPONSOR$3,000 — $4,999

Janis Adams & John LyonsPat & Sandy AdamsShelly & Libby BergenMrs. Carol K. Block

& Chancellor Gene D. BlockSusan Booth & Christopher WaddenRobert Brook & Jacqueline KosecoffDr. Fanya Carter, PhDLisa, Michael & Rachel ChalfinTerri ann Cooper KonheimScott, Susan & Joshua CorwinPerry GoldbergBucky Hazan, Teles PropertiesYvonne & Damien JordanDora & Neil KadishaSally & Dr. Manny J. KarbelnigThea & Neal KossRobin & Seth KuglerPhyllis & Ken LembergerRenee & Meyer LuskinMerle & Jerry MeaserBenedicta & Geoffry OblathLori & David RoussoPaula & Allan RudnickJudy & Mike SapirAllen Blue & Kira SnyderVernon, Barry & Dale Tyerman

In Honor of Ruth Tyerman LentzUniworld River Cruises IncJennifer von SchneidauThe Waterman Family FoundationLeslie White & Al Limon

PARTNER$1,500 - $2,999

Olga S. AldersonRobert E. & Maria H. BarronRichard Bautzer & David McDowell

Laurel & Aaron ClarkLinda & John ColemanLou ColenDavid Conney, M.D.Shelley Wike CranleyPhil DavisGerald & Sally DucotVictoria DummerSusan & John EbeyThomas Fuller & William KellyMichael Parks & Judith HaywardAlan & Michelle HeilpernMel & Faith HenkinStephen Sass & Steven HochstadtRoger & Linda HowardSherry MartinJanis B. McEldowneyRichard MillingRio & Frank MorseHerbert & Marilyn PikenJoseph & Cynthia RodriguezDominique SheltonSnyder Family FoundationPaul & Margaret SteinAnne C. Taubman & David BoylePaul TetreaultSusan & Peter Van HaftenDavid Weber and the Arnold

& Edna Weber FoundationRoberta WeintraubBarbara & Stanley ZaxMarcie & Howard ZelikowEllen & Arnold ZetcherDavid Zuckerman

& Ellie Kanner-Zuckerman

EDUCATION ADVOCATE $1,000 - $1,499

Anonymous (4)Gerald AbramsHarry & Gay Abrams/Abrams

Artists AgencyDr. Richard Ackerman & Miriam ShakterMiriam AguiarLaura & Harvey Alpert

Charitable FoundationMerryl & David A. AlpertPatti & Harlan AmstutzBonnie & Bill ApfelbaumMargaret & Howard ArveyAudioQuestRuss, August & KabatCarol Ann & D.C. BakemanIrene BaronRichard & Shelley BayerJerry BeckmanSusan & Eric M. BenderPeter & Barbara BenedekPatricia & Mark BenjaminWendy & John BergquistCathy & Bill BindleyJohn Bjorge & Mary McKelveyJoe Blackstone & Jamie MohnThe Bordy & Leibovic FamiliesBrenda & Alan BorsteinHelen Breitwieser & James Jacks

Dr. Wallace P. BrithineeWendy & David BrotmanMarcia BurnamThe Busch-Schifino FamilyChancellor Albert Carnesale

& Mrs. Robin CarnesaleDavid Cates & Christine VavakJane CatesJonathan & Elena CatesMelissa Cates & Roger ClamanMartha ChaseSachiko T. Cochran, MD

& Joseph T. ArakiTed CordesJames CostaJanine CristianoIn Loving Memory of Ed CypertRuth DaughertyGavin de BeckerDeluscious CookiesSusan & Jonathan DolgenCarolyn Dirks/Brett DoughertyDennis & Jeralyn DotyJan & Thea DrayerWilliam DuncanMarilyn P. DunnDr. & Mrs. William M DuxlerColleen M. EllisTerri & David ElstonThe English Language CenterKevin Watts & Christine EnlowElizabeth J. Enyart, Mark Doyle

& Sarah DanielsCarol & J.B. EsterkinMr. & Mrs. Michael FeldmanDonnovan FieldGloria & Morton FieldMarjorie & Arthur FineBarbara FodorJoan & Charles FoxRobert & Sonia FreedmanSteve FreedmanBen & Susan FriedmanGwen & Jacob FriendG2 Graphic Service, Inc.Pat & Sandy GageKathleen GarfieldJeanne & Arnold GeffnerMr. & Mrs. Arthur GeoffrionDiane & Bruce GewertzKiki & David GindlerCherna & Dr. Gary GitnickDr. Irene GoldenbergHelene GordonAdrienne Grant & Paul JenningsJack Grossbart & Marc SchwartzSunny & Alvin GrossblattCraig GrosvenorDeborah & Allen GrubmanThe Guerin FoundationMadeline GussmanHalbert Hargrove Global Advisors, LLCMonty & Marilyn HallSalli HarrisNeal Hersh & Lynda KleinJean Himmelstein & David ColemanDr. John D. Hofbauer & Dr. Laura E. Fox


ANNUAL DONORS

In Honor of DevelopmentTamara Horwich & Gerry LipshutzLynn Hunt & Margaret JacobJason & Courtney JandaJerome & Linda JangerCarrie JohnsonLori JohnsonJoseph B. Gould FoundationLinda & David KagelBarbara & Ronnie KahnJoyce & Don KaisermanKarney Guren Family FoundationPatricia KeatingLenny & David KeltonGerrold & Nina KesslerLauren & Richard KingBarbara & Stuart KlabinKent Klavens & Judy VourlasLeslie & Norman KoplofCarol KrauseDeborah Lacusta & Daniel CastellanetaLas Ventanas al ParaisoHelene & Arthur LaubJohn LiebesSteven & Nancy LippmanDorothy LipskyJeffrey & Elisabeth LipsmanJudith Locke & Dennis MassieKaren & Frederick LorigThe Jennifer & Greg Malins FoundationMr. & Mrs. Frank Mancuso Jr.Eric G.C. MarkEdina Somlai & Rob MarkusMarlene Matlow & FamilyJeanne McDonald-Powers

& Travis PowersSue McHugh & Herb SeeseThe Miles FamilyBarbara & Fred MillerCraig & Catherine MillerAndrew & Laura MintzerJoanne & Joel MogyIn Loving Memory of Harvey S. MorseLon Morse & Toni Hollander MorseLawrence NelsonPatricia NewcombAlbert & Barbara NicholsJohn NickollBobbi & Rory O’DonnellDeborah & Stacey OlliffMichael R. OppenheimOrnest Family FoundationCharles OrtnerAnne OsbergLondon, Alex & Marty PadillaGia Paladino & Michael WisePhilip & Leslie PatonTara & Robert PietriIn Memory of Michael PillerRuth PopkinStephen PrudhommeLee RamerRichard Rasiej & Joan HermanHarvey & Joyce ReichardRabbi Steven & Didi Carr ReubenDonald B. & Susan F. RiceIn Memory of Frances Richman

Esther & Howard RichmondChristy RittsBeth Roberts & Warren SmithRichard RobertsCraig E. RogersBrad & Nancy RosenbergSue Weiss RosenwasserLaura & John SaadeDavid A. & Karen Richards SachsMark San FilippoNancy & Ted SanbornSarah Leonard Fine JewelersJill SattingerDawn & Joel SchererJoanna & Jonathan SchwartzSusan Schwarz BertonCarole Server & Oliver FrankelAnnette & Leonard ShapiroIn Memory of Diane Barnett-ShapiroJohn & Lori ShawPhyllis & Martin ShephardDoris & Michael ShermanHolly & Larry ShulmanSteven Siegel & Lily CareyRita & Jose SigalRon Silverman & Soraya RossJoan & Jerry SnyderSold Out CrowdDrs. Matthew & Marion SolomonThe Somaini FamilyBruce & Patti SpringsteenMitch & Sherry SteinJoannie SternSusan StockelJordan Strauss PhotographyDavid & Katherine StritzingerEric Strom & Eileen GoodisAaron & Melissa StroudAlec Sulkin & Tal RabinowitzKaty SweetThe Tatasciore FamilyJohn Teeples & Nicolas Martinez, Jr.Audri & Stan TendlerDaniel TongbaiCatherine UngerDaniel & Shauna ValenzuelaAlan Van VlietPeter & Denise WalshRhonda & Mark WapnickDoris WeinbergJoanne & Ken WeinmanGelena & Seth WeissmanAlison Whalen & Steven MarenbergMarcia Williams & Gene LuceroLesley & Jeffrey WolmanCherie WrigleyAnna & Stephen YallourakisPatricia YoungmanDebra ZavalaAnthony P. Zinge

ARTISTIC ADVOCATE $500 - $999

Anonymous (3)Nancy AntoniouAres Management LLC

Janet & Irwin BarnetJoanne & Miles BenickesJim & Diane BerlinerBeverly BiererRuth & Jake BloomJanet & Mark BrownMarilyn & Anshel BrusilowBecky & David BrusilowDr. R.W.G. BugentalLee & Shelby ChadenWilliam & Patricia ChinMichael CollinsDonald & Zoe CosgroveRobert CushnirMorgan DameronMuriel DanceGeraldine DarrowDiana Davidow & Deborah ConstanceDaniel DodsonDavid & Joyce EvansMyrna & Howard FabrickSydney M. Finegold, M.D.Myrna ForestBurt & Nanette ForesterLois & Gerald GallopSharlene & Sol GalperRussell GerstenBenita & Bert GinsbergCarol & Neil GoldbergFrancine Golden & Marvin SchlossmanLouis & Linda GoldsmanAbner & Roz GoldstineLori & Robert GoodmanRoger GordonDiana & Ronald GranitMike & Elaine GraySusan GreenCarolyn & Bernie HamiltonStanley HandmanRonald HansenKay HarringtonRichard HartSheila & Chester HasdayMr. & Mrs. William HellmanMrs. Dorothy HoffmanRand Hoffman & Charlotte RobinsonKelley M. HoganJonathan HowardGerald IsenbergJackie & Warren JacksonTerry & Marc J. JacobyMary JamesJosh JonesRobert JonesTrudy & Albert KallisDrs. Elaine & Jeff KamilMr. & Mrs. Bernard KamineMarcy Kaplan-GoldJames KellyCharlene KodimerRon KolarDr. Marina Kovalevsky

& Yana KovalevskyJeffrey KramerCarol & Richard KurlandTam & David LachoffEleanor & Mark Lainer

Joan & Christopher LarkinJeanne & Christopher LavagninoSandi LawlessBrenda & Warren LincolnMary Shannon LittleNeil L. & Ora D. MacfarlaneGeorge ManetElizabeth MarcellinoMr. & Mrs. Phillips H. MarshallJoel MendelsohnRobert MethGeoff & Seema MillerThomas MitchellAllan M. Mohrman Jr.Bill & Gail MorinoSandra MossErika & James MuhlfeldMy Vienna GelatoMy-PetiteDavid NeilanSherri & Arnold NelsonChris & Richard NewmanAdrienne & Arthur OmanskyBarbara & Gary PasquinelliDonna & Paul PekarRebecca PerlowJimi & Inna Petulla, Film ConnectionRuth PilotJon PolitoJack & Jane PollockMichael PostGary & Gail RacheletskyWilliam RayAmy RichardsLinda & Manny RiderCarlene RingerDolores RogersRonda & Fred RoseDiane Ross-GlazerBarry & Nancy SandersSusan & Martin SchmittNancy & Steven SchneiderDavid & Margaret SchwankeBob & Susan SchwartzMr. Charles Schwartz

& Mrs. Carol SchwartzDr. & Mrs. Jack SchwartzMichele & Peter SerchukPeggy & Robert ShapiroMelinda & Yossi SidikaroRobin & Robert SillsMartin & Leah SklarTrudy SokolDr. Jerry E. Spicer & W. Todd StevensEdith L. Stoell & Linda Gach RayMr. & Mrs. David TannNancy ThomasDeborah ValdezAnthony VasekIra & Laurie WaldmanJay Weinstein & Lori WoldarPat WestAnnabelle Weston & Steven ShulmanJohn WestonRae Jeane WilliamsLauren Wing & Luke Brown

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ASSOCIATE $250 - $499Anonymous (10)Norman & Toshka AbramsTerry & Richard AbramsAnne Adair & Steve GanzbergBarbara AdamsElaine & Michael AgranJoan AkinsAKWHelen AllanCharles & Annick AllenSylvia AlmstadtJan & David AltemusRobert C. AndersonPhilip Angerhofer & Stephen A. JonesAudrey & Martin AppelEloise & Mark AppelSteven D. AriasMichael & June AriffBonnie ArnoldBarbara & Ethan AronoffBert & Ruth AronsMarc & Betsy AxelrodLynne & Lee BabbittBabyShakesDeborah BaineBetsy BakerAimee BakhshandehpourEdward Barad & Carol McCullyLinda BarnettLois & Paul BechelyDawn & Marshall BeinMarshall BellCarole A. & Charles BennettNancy & Scott BennettWayne Biswurm & Brock BennettJoel BergerEllen Bergeron & Gary OttosonYvette BergeronEllen BienenfeldWilliam Bigelow & Bridget KarlinBrad BishopMichael & Adrienne BlackmanMarjorie BlattLarry & Julie Blivas

In Memory of Maxine Handelman

Ruth & Donald BlumkinSusan Boiko & Martin SchwartzMichael J. BordyToby BornsteinJudge & Mrs. Anthony BorwickBetsy BosakBurt BoyarCarol J. BradshawPaula BrandMitchell BrownDr. Gerald BuckbergG & Ashley BuonannoDaniel & Ellen BurgessDavid & Kathy BurkeMichael & Sandy ButtittaColin CampbellGrace Diekhaus & Pauline CannyAnthony CarboneAndrew CarlbergTia CarrereMiss Irene CastaldoSteven Cerasale

& Mary Katherine CocharoBarry CharlesNancy ClarkDonell CohenGinger ConradIvan ContrerasGail CottinghamNorman & Nancy CravensSandy & Alan CrollIngrid Curtiss, MDAmes CushingBeverly D’Angelo

Hedva & Dr. Dudley DanoffJaye T. Darby Bonnie & Brian DavidoffJeffrey S. DavidsonNancy & Arthur DaySusan & Kevin DobsonCarol Jean DoehringTraci DonatPenelope DonnellyFred & Marilyn DorerSandy DorfmanDaryl & Paul F. DoucettePaul Dowling Jacki & Murray DrechslerSharon & Ron DunasIn Loving Memory of Howard EichenMr. & Mrs. EpelbaumLarry & Elke EreshefskyEllen FarwellAmy & Richard FassJanet FattalBarbara & Denny FedermanMimi FeldmanAbby & Malcolm FieldDonna FinleyWilliam & Elisabeth FleischmanEdward FloresMichael & Lynne FlynnLoren FordJackie FoxFran Fredella & Scott RubinMarilyn FreemanDonald & Sandy FrenchKenneth J. Friedman & Marilynn J.

Friedman Family FoundationLynn & Barry FriesenMs. Laurelle FromeTatiana FroudYury & Yelena FurmanGina FurthLori GalinLee GardenswartzLarry & Judith GarshofskyLaura GianniLinda M GibbsAndrew Glassman

& Pilar Frausto-GlassmanLorain GoldbergMarshall & Patti Goldberg and FamilyDenise GoldfarbDr. Peter GoldmanJulie Clayton GoldsmithEllie & Barry GoldsteinFrances Goodman & William KobinDavid GorenLiz Gottainer & David SadkinGigi & Don GrantGlenn & Debbie GrayJoan GreenGary Gross & Keith VanderlaanMarcy & Edgar GrossLawrence J. GuliEve Haberfield & David N. JohnsonKambiz HakimMary & Alan HalkettJane HallPeter & Sarah HallSusan HallmanKatherine HardieTess HarperEugene HarrisDiane HartJudy L. HartleyDr. & Mrs. Samuel HavesonRichard Hefner & Greg HoffmanZvia HemplingCarla & Alan A. HerdMichael & Candice HermanMatthew HerrmannHella HershsonCharles Harder & Kathleen HiroseCina Hodges

Mr. & Mrs. Rob HollmanDr. Sharron HolmanMr. & Mrs. John HopmansLynn & David HorowitzAnna HorsfordMr. & Mrs. Gordon HubbardInSight Consulting PartnersBrian Irving & Dayna CusslerLonnie Levi IsraelRobert & Gail IsraelFred & Nancy JacobusBarbara & Buford JamesMartha JonesCarolyn & Dan JordanMartha KaduePat & Stan KandelJean KaplanHarris KatlemanOwen KatoMorgan KayStuart KesslerIrwin KishnerDr. Phyllis KleinLaurie & Milton KlormanCorie & Michael KossEugene KriegerJohn & Kimberly KruseDoctors Mark & Lena LaboweMichelle & Bob LaemmleCarol D. LandeElizabeth LandeJill & Michael LaskyRhonda LawrenceLarry Layne & Sheelagh BoydDr. & Mrs. Eric LeibovitchGinger LeibovitzAnn LelandAleyne Larner FawcettMatthew LessallSteve & Valerie LevRon & Marcia LevensonDonna LeviMarla E. LevineLawrin & Linda LewinLee & Therese LindenVictor & Madeline LindenheimMolly & Peter LindgrenJoanne LindsayIrma & Allen LipinChaz LittlejohnLeslie & Adam LobelMireya LundMarilyn LunebergAnne L. LynchKenji & Sara MachidaDr. Linda MaederJohn & Susan MamerJeannette & Mervyn MandelbaumDoug & Cindy MaxwellStewart MayedaTracy & Noah MazeDavid Israeli & Dr. Marie MazzoneJim & Kathryn McCafferyCheryl McCormickPatrick W. McDivittMaria McDowellKatrina McLeanNicolas MiccolisTeddie J. MilnerPeter Minarik & Sharon VeraFarbod MirfakhraiMatlin & Robert MirmanDr. & Mrs. Leon MizrahiAndrew MolaskyShelagh MoriartyCarol & Jerry Muchin

Bill MullinsAlex Levine & Catherine NamethFran NeimanMark & Diane NeubauerTom NevermannMark NeveuRobert & Anita NittaShelby NotkinRoberta NovickSandy & Alan OlickDr. Ronald & Iris OnkinAndrea OrdinMr. & Mrs. Irving OstrowVictor J. OwensAnton & Olivia PacinoThe Palm FamilyEdward ParkerJoanne PattenKathy & Jeff PerkinsNaidu & Jane PermaulSusan PetelikBruce PetersFrank Pfizenmayer & Josh BrownJoy & Gerald PicusBeverly PineFrank PiontekDr. Ronald & Alyson PodellZazi PopeMichael & Rose PorterfieldDiane & Michael PoryesDavid PosnerAstrid & Howard PrestonPhilip PritchettSusan RaphaelJody Rath & Shannon McIntoshMr. & Mrs. Anthony RennickJoyce S. RichJames RichardsRobyn RidgleyLindy RobbinsNatalie RobertsCharles RobertsonMaria Rodriguez & Victoria BullockJanis & Avi RojanyRobert RosaniaRose BrandAdrienne RosenthalBeverly & Melvin RosenthalLawrence Ross & Linda NussbaumGeorgina & Alan RothenbergTyler RubinTerry RyanJoyce Hokin SachsMr. & Mrs. Simon SalloomPenny SalomonJanet Salter

In Memory of Hon. Maxwell Hillary Salter

Laurie & Gary SamsonTawny & Gerry SandersJanet SassonMaxine SavitzLaurie SchechterMr. & Mrs. Michael ScheinbergJoel & Sonia SchneiderGary & Karen SchneiderJane & Bill SchopfSusan & Peter SchwabJanet & Michael SchwartzJohn H. ScottAlvin SegelRodolfo SegoviaBarbara SeidmanBob & Sue ShadurScott ShagrinMelanie Sharp & Kevin Miller

Tom & Judy SharpMuriel F. ShermanPearl ShultzSideshow Rare & Remarkable Books,

Art & CuriositiesRenee & Joe SiegelSeymour & Dorothy SiegelJoan SilverNancy & Bruce SilvermanAdam SingerRonald & Linda SlatesStephanie Small, MFT

& Constance Kaplan, MFTEvelyne & Joel SmasonDiane Good & Frank SmithDiane SmithJames Smith & Loreen AyerJennie SmithDr. Jerry & Marci SmithJimmie Smith & Tommy GarceauMarcia L. & Mark J. SmithPamela SmithJean Smith-MooreBill SmitrovichKaren SmitsMichael & Millie SondermannDebra & Bruce SpectorLynette SperberRobert StanleyM Leslie StearnsTom & Kerstin StempelArthur SternGloria StroockMs. Sally StevensStanley & Dee StoneWilliam StringerBonnie Sturner, PhD

In Memory of Peter SiltonTeresa L. SufanaMr. Kayser Sume & Dr. Renee SabshinKatherine SungDeepak SwarupLance & Maureen TanPhyllis & Franklin TellRobyn TenenbaumMr. & Mrs. Asadour TerterianDonna ThompsonBrigitta TroyLaura & John Lincoln UelmenRobin & Gary UngarBobette VikanArnold & Carol VinsteinMandana VisiVital Research LLCCarole Wagner-Vallianos

& Peter VallianosDr. & Mrs. William WalshJulie & Peter WeilBen & Rose WeinsteinMarion & Russell WeisMarsha & Steven WeissTerri WeissHaskell & Rita WexlerBruce & Marci WisemanMarc WishingradRowie & Jeffrey WolfJess WomackDiana Lynn WoodsKaren & Frank WurtzelThe YarkinsGerald YoshitomiArnold ZaneHarriet ZaretskyCarol L. ZeldenDayle & Abram ZukorSandy Zwirn

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Randall Arney Artistic Director

Gil Cates, Jr. Interim Managing Director

ARTISTIC

Mary Garrett Artistic ManagerAmy Levinson Artistic Associate / Literary DirectorPhyllis Schuringa Artistic Associate / Casting DirectorYoung Ji Artistic CoordinatorNick Johnson Literary Associate

DEVELOPMENT

Regina Miller Chief Development OfficerEllen Catania Director of Major Gifts & Corporate/Foundation PartnershipsJessica Brusilow Rollins Director of Education Partnerships & Donor RelationsJamie Mikelich Associate Director of Individual GivingKristen Smith Eshaya Development & Education Programs CoordinatorScott Kriloff Development Associate & Donor Database AdministratorJessie Sherman Development AssistantAva Bogle Development Assistant

EDUCATION

Jennifer Zakkai Director of Education & Community OutreachConnor White Resident Teaching Artist & Education Associate

ADMINISTRATION

Kathy Trank ControllerFrankie Ocasio Executive Assistant to the Managing DirectorPeter Banachowski Accounts PayableMarguerite Harris Receptionist

PRODUCTION

Daniel Ionazzi Production ManagerJill Barnes Associate Production Manager Matthew Carleton Technical DirectorEvan Friedman Assistant Technical Director Rich Gilles Properties MasterJames Grabowski Sound MasterDarren Rezowalli Master Electrician

MARKETING & SALES

Joseph Yoshitomi Director of Marketing & CommunicationsKaren Gutierrez Director of Advertising & SponsorshipsMark San Filippo Ticket Services Director & Database AdministratorStephanie Strand Audience Services ManagerBrian Dunning Graphics / Production Artist Jodi Feigenbaum Advertising & Promotions AssistantJanice Bernal Box Office Manager Bryan Martin Box Office Manager Korie Benavidez, Audrey Cain, Joshua Davis, Clay Dzygun, Natalie Gregory, Zack Hamra, Richard Martinez, Alyssa Tyson Box Office Staff

COMMUNICATIONS

Tim Choy, Peter Goldman, David Barber, Niki Blumberg Davidson & Choy PublicityRebecca Haithcoat Communications Editor

FRONT OF HOUSE

Jeni Pearsons Director of Special EventsDavid Gerhardt Supervising House ManagerMichelle Cantrell, Kevin Cernansky, Josiah Davis, Amy Farkas, Brennan Kelleher, Roxana Meyers, Erik Odom House ManagersSevana Baghdasarian, Kailey Bray, Taylor Cerny, Vianney Cossyleon, Brett Donaldson, Brigid Donovan, Dan Foote, Chelsea Fryer, Kari Hall, Mariel Higuera, Sean Jones, Netta Lee Joseph, Erica Keller, Caroline Harrison Kohler, Nathaniel Meek, Keith Mitchell, JoJo Nwoko, Chase O’Donnell, Cassandra Orrantia, Jonathan Schwartz Oliver Vaughn UshersRob Mersola Bar ManagerManuel Mayorga Weekend Bar ManagerAdam Carr, Brenda Davidson, Lyndsi LaRose Bartenders

FACILITIES MANAGEMENT

Miguel del Castillo Facility ManagerMario Santillan-Perez CustodialJuan Carlos Umaña Cleaning Custodial


GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE STAFF

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.

Switzerland Program

Documents

Transcript of Switzerland Program