Transcript
Kirk Douglas Theatre
2011/12 Season
DouglasPlus
The Behavior of Broadus
by Burglars of Hamm: Carolyn Almos, Matt Almos, Jon Beauregard, Albert Dayan Original Songs by Matt Almos and Brendan Milburn with Burglars of Hamm Directed by Stefan Novinski A Staged Reading September 17-18, 2011
I’ve Never Been So Happy
Book and Lyrics by Kirk Lynn Music and Lyrics by Peter Stopschinski Directed by Thomas Graves and Lana Lesley Created by Rude Mechs A World Premiere Production October 6-23, 2011 FIRST SEASON PRODUCTION
The Night Watcher
Written and Performed by Charlayne Woodard Directed by Daniel Sullivan November 17 – December 18, 2011 SECOND SEASON PRODUCTION
Ebony Repertory Theatre Production of
A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry Directed by Phylicia Rashad January 19 – February 19, 2012
THIRD SEASON PRODUCTION
American Night: The Ballad of Juan José
by Richard Montoya Developed by Culture Clash and Jo Bonney Directed by Jo Bonney A co-production with La Jolla Playhouse March 9 – April 1, 2012 FOURTH SEASON PRODUCTION
The Convert
by Danai Gurira Directed by Emily Mann World Premiere Production A co-production with McCarter Theatre Center and Goodman Theatre April 17 – May 13, 2012
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CENTER THEATRE GROUP BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2010/2011 OFFICERS
honorary chairman Lew R. Wasserman† chairman Martin Massman president William H. Ahmanson vice president Ava Fries secretary Amy R. Forbes assistant secretary Susan Grode treasurer Dr. Steven Nagelberg board members Dean V. Ambrose Pamela Beck Judith Beckmen Norris J. Bishton, Jr. Dannielle Campos Ramirez Joseph C. Carieri Marcy Carsey Cástulo de la Rocha Vin Di Bona Frances Flanagan Barbara Fodor Eric R. Garen David I. Gindler Patricia Glaser Brindell Roberts Gottlieb Timothy G. Hanlon Brian Hargrove Stephen F. Hinchliffe, Jr. Darell L. Krasnoff Lucy M. Labruzzo Carol Mancino Antonio Manning Dale S. Miller Walter Mirisch Jo Muse Edward B. Nahmias Edward L. Rada Timothy A. Regler Bill Resnick Michael Ritchie Laura Rosenwald Eva Stern Louise Taper Rosalind Zane emeritus Harold Applebaum Ronald J. Arnault Gordon Davidson Phyllis Hennigan Leonard Hirshan Richard Kagan Samuel X. Kaplan† Nancy Olson Livingston O. Kit Lokey Diane Morton Lawrence J. Ramer Martin C. Washton past presidents Lew R. Wasserman† Marshall Berges† Armand S. Deutsch† Walter Mirisch Henry C. Rogers† Richard E. Sherwood† J. David Haft† Lawrence J. Ramer Stephen F. Hinchliffe, Jr. Phyllis Hennigan Richard Kagan Martin Massman †Deceased
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A Note From the Artistic Director
We constantly try to track the pedigree of our art. What past playwrights influenced the current crop? How did Waiting for Godot change theatre? Many of these questions will be debated forever but there is one thing we can say with absolute certainty — the Pulitzer-prize winning play Clybourne Park doesn’t exist without A Raisin in the Sun; they’re married together. Clybourne was written as a response to Raisin and while both plays are complete Kevin T. Carroll and Brandon David Brown. and satisfying works in their own right, photo by craig schwartz like any good marriage, they are even stronger together. Also like many great couples, they may have been born to be together, but the actual pairing required a touch of luck. I saw Clybourne Park in New York and immediately called the playwright Bruce Norris to begin discussions about bringing it to the Taper. A few weeks later I went out to see Ebony Repertory Theatre’s production of A Raisin in the Sun. I knew it was a terrific play and I’d heard great things about this production, so I went into the Nate Holden Performing Arts Center prepared for a great night in the theatre. Those expectations were clearly exceeded. It was in the middle of the first act that a light bulb went off. A Raisin in the Sun opened a conversation about race that we are still struggling with 50 years later. Clybourne Park continues that conversation, adding context and then bringing it into the present day. I spoke to Ebony Rep’s Founder/Producer Wren T. Brown at intermission and said I wanted CTG audiences to see this production. A Raisin in the Sun and Clybourne Park are powerful works on their own but the chance to see them together is an opportunity that I couldn’t pass up. I hope you will feel the same way.
Michael Ritchie
Michael Ritchie, artistic director Edward L. Rada, managing director
Presents the
Ebony Repertory Theatre production of
BY
Lorraine Hansberry WITH
Kenya Alexander Keith Arthur Bolden Brandon David Brown Kevin T. Carroll Jason Dirden Deidrie Henry Amad Jackson Scott Mosenson Kem Saunders Kim Staunton Ellis E. Williams SCENIC DESIGN
Michael Ganio WIG AND HAIR DESIGN
Carol F. Doran
COSTUME DESIGN
LIGHTING DESIGN
SOUND DESIGN
Ruth E. Carter
Elizabeth Harper
Bob Blackburn
CASTING
PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER
ASSOCIATE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Victoria Thomas
David Blackwell
Kelley Kirkpatrick
DIRECTED BY
Phylicia Rashad January 19–February 19, 2012 • Kirk Douglas Theatre A Raisin in the Sun is presented by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc.
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CAST AND CHARACTERS (In order of appearance)
Deidrie Henry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ruth Younger Brandon David Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Travis Younger Kevin T. Carroll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Walter Lee Younger Kenya Alexander . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Beneatha Younger Kim Staunton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lena Younger Amad Jackson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joseph Asagai Jason Dirden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . George Murchison Scott Mosenson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mr. Karl Linder Ellis E. Williams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bobo Keith Arthur Bolden, Kem Saunders . . . . . . . . . . . Moving Men STAGE MANAGER
Elle Aghabala TIME: PLACE:
Early 1950s
Younger apartment; Chicago’s Southside
There will be one 15-minute intermission.
Who’s Who KENYA ALEXANDER (Beneatha Younger). Hailing from Houston, Texas, Kenya won a full tuition scholarship to the Carnegie Mellon School of Drama. In Kenya’s senior year she accepted an elite invitation to attend a semester abroad at Europe’s premiere theatre school, MXAT (Moscow Art Theatre School). During the course, Kenya received intensive discipline in Russian language, ballet, singing, scene study and Droznin, the incomprehensible ability to leap over furniture and run up walls! With these tools, Kenya is blessed to be chasing her dreams in the City of Angels. I want to thank God and my family for their undying love and support as well as Ebony Repertory Theatre and Phylicia Rashad for taking a chance on me! KEITH ARTHUR BOLDEN (Moving Man). Theatre: L.A./Regional: House of Gold, Mlle. God (Ensemble Studio Theatre/L.A.), Neighbors (Matrix Theatre Company), Blood and Thunder (Moving Arts Theatre P 4 PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE
Company), Fences (dir. Ben Bradley), Gem of the Ocean (Fountain Theatre), Atlanta (Geffen Playhouse), The Last Seder (Ensemble Studio Theatre/L.A.), Take Me Out (Human Race Theatre), Blue (Penumbra Theatre), Ragtime (CentreStage, PA), A Raisin in the Sun (Hartford Stage and Cape Fear Regional Theatre), Owed to My First Love (Premiere Stages), Picking Up the Baby (New York International Fringe Festival), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (The Shakespeare Festival of St. Louis). Tours: Civil War (TheatreWorks/USA), A Christmas Carol, Treasure Island (Theatre IV), St. Louis Black Repertory. Other: LARK Development Center (NY), member of the Director’s Lab at Lincoln Center and Ensemble Studio Theatre/L.A. Film/ TV: S#!T My Dad Says!, Repo Men, SemiDead (semi-dead.com), Foreign Body (foreignbody.tv), More Than a Woman, Latter-Day Fake, Federal Underdog and The Coldest Winter.
BRANDON DAVID BROWN (Travis Younger). Brandon is proud to make his Center Theatre Group debut under the direction of Ms. Phylicia Rashad and in the company of such distinguished artists. Previous theatre credits include A Raisin in the Sun (professional debut, Nate Holden Performing Arts Center/Ebony Repertory Theatre); Christmas Without Christ, Estherday and with the Amazing Grace Conservatory, Stomp The School Yard, The Journey Continues, Life Is Not A Game and School Dayz. KEVIN T. CARROLL (Walter Lee Younger). Broadway: Angels in America (Belize); 45 Seconds from Broadway (originated role of Solomon Mantutu); Take Me Out (originated role of Davey Battle); Bring in
‘da Noise, Bring in ‘da Funk. Off-Broadway: 2008 Obie Award for Sustained Excellence; Home and Seven Guitars at New York’s Signature Theatre; Stop Kiss (originated role of George) and Satellites (originated role of Miles) at The Public Theater; Hamlet (Shakespeare in the Park). Regional: Blues for an Alabama Sky (Guy Jacobs) at Pasadena Playhouse; Stick Fly (Spoon) and Scapin. In Film: Paid In Full, Being John Malkovich, The Object of My Affection, The Secret Lives of Dentists, The Notorious Bettie Page, Always Outnumbered, Jesus’ Son, Margaret and Pipe Dream. Television: Law & Order: Criminal Intent and SVU, Law & Order, Detroit 187, Strong Medicine, Numb3rs, ER, 100 Centre Street and The Beat. Facebook.com/ aboutkevincarroll; aboutkevincarroll.com. JASON DIRDEN (George Murchison). Broadway: Fences (starring Denzel Washington and Viola Davis). Off-Broadway: The First Breeze of Summer (Signature Theatre). Regional: August Wilson’s Century Cycle (Kennedy Center), Every Tongue Confess (Arena Stage), Stick Fly (Huntington Theatre). TV: Tyler Perry’s House of Payne. Training: Morehouse College and University of Illinois. Thank you for supporting live theatre! jasondirden.com-@jasondirden. DEIDRIE HENRY (Ruth Younger). Los Angeles: A Raisin in the Sun (Ovation Award), Ebony Repertory Theatre, LA Theatre Works; Parade (Ovation nomination), Mark Taper Forum; Coming Home (Ovation nomination), Fountain Theatre; Small Tragedy (Odyssey Theatre); Yellowman (Ovation Award), Fountain Theatre; Crumbs From the Table of Joy (LA Theatre Works). Regional: Ballad of Emmett Till (Goodman Theatre); Yellowman (Berkeley Repertory Theatre); Crowns (Intiman Theatre, Prince Music Theatre); As You Like It, Julius Caesar, Oo-Bla-Dee, Three Sisters, Wit, Hamlet, Seven Guitars, Much Ado About Nothing (Oregon Shakespeare Festival); Blues for an Alabama Sky (Alliance Theatre, Hartford Stage, Arena Stage, Huntington Theatre). Film: Beautiful Boy and Beyond The Blackboard. TV: Touch, Harry’s Law, Chicago Code, The Whole Truth, Rizzoli & Isles, Bones, Ghost Whisperer, Southland, Lie to Me, The Riches, Shark, NCIS and ER. AMAD JACKSON ( Joseph Asagai) is a Los Angeles native. After a brief stint in politics, where he served as General Wesley Clark’s traveling assistant during the 2004
Presidential Cycle, Amad returned to Los Angeles to pursue his acting career. His film credits include The Ladykillers, Lackawanna Blues, Suburban Girl, Trucker and the upcoming independent film H4. Television credits include ER, West Wing, The Sarah Silverman Program, Weeds and The Finder. Amad has done a great deal of theatre in the Los Angeles area including Robey Theatre Company’s For the Love of Freedom trilogy and The Last Season. He most recently worked on a production of Macbeth at the Lillian Theatre. Amad recently completed a master’s degree in English Literature and would like to thank his family for their unwavering support — especially his daughter!
Theatre). Los Angeles Theatre: The critically acclaimed Butterflies of Uganda (Greenway Court Theatre) and For the Love of Freedom Trilogy (Robey Theatre Co.). Recent Television: Love Bites, The Shield, Everybody Hates Chris and Chocolate News. His only thoughts related to this production are “What a true blessing.” Hope you enjoy.
KIM STAUNTON (Lena Younger). Regional: Denver Center Theatre Company (guest company member: 12 seasons), Seattle Repertory, Syracuse Stage, Colorado Shakespeare Festival, Berkeley Repertory, Arizona Theatre Company, Virginia Stage, Pittsburgh Public, South Coast Repertory, Folger Theatre, Arena Stage, Hartford Stage and the O’Neill Theater Center. Broadway/ SCOTT MOSENSON Off-Broadway: Walter Kerr Theatre, (Mr. Karl Linder). Second Stage, Negro Ensemble Company, Chicago – Brighton American Place Theatre and Theatre For A Beach Memoirs, New Audience. Film: First Sunday, Changing The Wings of Moony Lanes, Heat, Dragonfly, Bark, Holy Man, Fishbein (world Glory and Honor, Deceived and Amos & premiere), Biloxi Blues, Andrew. Television: Army Wives, Eleventh Body Parts (world Hour, The Nine, Bones, Strong Medicine, premiere), Jo Momma Judging Amy, Law & Order and New York (world premiere), Undercover. Ten Chimneys Lunt-Fontanne Hotel Universe. Colorado – Romance/ Inaugural Fellow, Colorado Theatre Guild Romance, Baby, Grease. Los Angeles – Open Henry Award, Westwood’s Best of Denver, Fist Theatre company: Car Cemetery, My Native of Washington, D.C. and graduate of Time, Goose and Tomtom (Ovation and LA The Juilliard School. Weekly nominations), The Last Word (world ELLIS E. WILLIAMS premiere), Vieux Carre, Journey of the 5th (Bobo). Broadway: Horse, God’s Country; The Coronet: Funny Once on This Island, Business; Matrix Theatre Co: The Seagull; The Pirates of Penzance, Ebony Repertory Theatre: A Raisin in the Requiem for a HeavySun (Ovation winner). Television: Prime weight, Solomon’s Suspect, Weeds, Psych, Without a Trace, Child, The Basic TrainJag, First Monday, Strong Medicine, ER, ing of Pavlo Hummel Friends, Just Shoot Me, Veronica’s Closet, and national tour of Charmed, Nikki, The L Word, Ellen, Tracy Driving Miss Daisy. Takes On, Kindred, Recue 8, The Cape, It’s Regional: Atlanta’s True Colors Theatre, All Relative, My 11:30. Film: Bulworth, The Theatre Company of Boston, Long Wharf Kid, Clock Watchers, The Best Man, Lucky Theatre, Mark Taper Forum, Public Theater Numbers, Extreme Honor, Illegal in Blue. and the famed Negro Ensemble Company. KEM SAUNDERS Radio Golf and August Wilson’s 20th Century (Moving Man). Kem at the Kennedy Center. Ebony Repertory is a graduate of Kent Theatre’s A Raisin in the Sun, which received State University with a eight 2011 L.A. Ovation Award nominations; master’s of education. winner for Best Play (Large Theatre). Also Kem attended The L.A. Ovation Award winner, Best Featured British American Actor, Distant Fires and NAACP Image Drama Academy at Award-nominee, Best Featured Actor, Blade Oxford University to the Heat. This performance is dedicated and studied under to the memory of Michael Collins, Alfonso the tutelage of such notable instructors as Collins, Raymond Baisden, and my father, Henry Goodman and John Barton. Regional Eugene Williams. Theatre: Touch The Names (Ensemble Theatre), To Kill A Mockingbird, A Soldier’s LORRAINE HANSBERRY (Playwright) Play (BoarsHead Theater), Let Me Live was born May 19, 1930, in Chicago to (The Goodman Theatre), My Children, My prominent real estate broker Carl Hansberry Africa (Barberton Playhouse), Pill Hill, The and Nannie Louise Perry. When Lorraine Piano Lesson and I Am A Man (Karamu was eight, her parents bought a house in PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE P 5
a white neighborhood. Their experience of discrimination led to her father winning an anti-desegregation case before the Illinois Supreme Court. A Raisin in the Sun was loosely based on these events. When it opened in 1959, it was the first drama by a black woman to be produced on Broadway. It also won the New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award as the best play of the year. Hansberry portrayed individuals — not only black — who defend their own and other’s dignity. “All art is ultimately social: that which agitates and that which prepares the mind for slumber,” she once said. Lorraine Hansberry died of pancreatic cancer on January 12, 1965. Her premature death, at the age of 34, cut short her promising career. PHYLICIA RASHAD (Director). Ms. Rashad has directed Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun at Ebony Repertory Theatre and August Wilson’s Gem of the Ocean at Seattle Repertory Theatre. As an actress — Broadway: August: Osage County, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Cymbeline, (Lincoln Center Theater), August Wilson’s Gem of the Ocean (Tony nomination), A Raisin in the Sun (Tony and Drama Desk Awards), Into the Woods, Dreamgirls, The Wiz; Off-Broadway: The Story, Helen, Everybody’s Ruby, Blue, Bernarda Alba; Regional: Every Tongue Confess, Blues for an Alabama Sky, Medea; Film: Gods Behaving Badly, Good Deeds, For Colored Girls, Frankie and Alice, Just Wright, Once Upon a Time When We Were Colored, Loving Jezebel, The Visit; Television: A Raisin in the Sun (NAACP Image Award, Emmy and SAG nominations), The Old Settler, Free of Eden, The Cosby Show, Cosby. MICHAEL GANIO (Scenic Designer). Regional: Actors Theatre of Louisville, American Players Theatre, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Cleveland Playhouse, Denver Center Theatre Company, Ebony Repertory Theatre, Geffen Playhouse, Indiana Repertory Theatre, The Intiman Theatre, Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, Missouri Repertory Theatre, The National Theatre Conservatory, New Jersey Shakespeare Festival, New York University, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, The Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts, Portland Center Stage, Portland Stage Company, Repertory Theatre of Saint Louis, San Jose Repertory Theatre, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Shakespeare Santa Cruz, South Coast Repertory, Syracuse Stage Company, Virginia Stage Company, Willamette Repertory Theatre, Williamstown Theatre Festival. Opera: The Mannes Camerata Opera Company, Virginia Opera, Chicago Opera Theatre. RUTH E. CARTER (Costume Designer) has over 25 years experience as a costume designer for film, television, commercials and theatre. Beginning her career at the Santa Fe Opera and then moving to L.A., she is a two-time Academy Award nominee for Spike Lee’s Malcolm X and Steven Spielberg’s Amistad. Ruth is a long-time collaborator with P 6 PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE
Spike Lee; she has designed 11 of his feature films and numerous commercials. Currently, she designed costumes for Keifer Sutherland in the FOX Television pilot Touch and has just completed a remake of the film Sparkle with Jordin Sparks and Whitney Houston. Ruth’s costumes for A Raisin in the Sun are re-launched from the Ebony Repertory’s production. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Theater Arts from Hampton University and resides in Los Angeles. ELIZABETH HARPER (Lighting Designer). Theatrical Design: A Raisin in the Sun (Ebony Repertory Theatre, Ovation nomination), The Twentieth-Century Way (Boston Court, Ovation nomination), It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia and Family Guy Live (Gibson Amphitheatre), How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, A Night with Kristin Chenoweth (Reprise), Crescent City (The Industry, 2012), Our Lady of 121st Street (NYU, selected as part of an exhibit of emerging American designers at the 2011 Prague Quadrennial). Industrial and Event Design: Microsoft, OnLive, Viacom. Architectural Lighting: Focus Lighting (New York City), First Circle Design. Education: Guest instructor, California School of the Arts; MFA, Tisch School of the Arts, NYU. eharperdesign.com. BOB BLACKBURN (Sound Designer). At the Kirk Douglas Theatre: Dogeaters (2007). Recent Intimate Theatre Productions: Day Drinkers, Blood Wedding, Unmerciful Good Fortune, Bonded, The Sonneteer, The Preachers Daughter, Wallowa: The Vanishing of Maude Leray, Calligraphy, Amadeus, Born To Be Alive, The Jesus Hickey, The Road To Saigon. Bob is an Associate Artist with Playwrights Arena and has designed over 90 shows in the L.A. area over the last 17 years. He is working to help produce a musical based on cult film director Ed Wood. Four-time Ovation Award nominee, most recently last season for A Raisin in the Sun (Large Theatre), in 1995 for The Trojan Women (Intimate Theatre), 1998 for Request Concert (Intimate Theatre—won) and 2001 for Street Stories (Intimate Theatre—won). He dedicates this show to his family. CAROL F. DORAN (Wig and Hair Designer). CTG: Over 40 productions, including Lt. of Inishmore, Parade, Pippin. Other L.A.: Mask, Sister Act, Stormy Weather (Pasadena Playhouse); several shows for the Geffen and Deaf West Theatres. Broadway: Big River, King Hedley II, Seven Guitars. National Tours: Big River. Regional: Cirque du Soleil (Las Vegas, L.A., Japan), the Asolo Theatre, South Coast Repertory, La Jolla Playhouse, The Goodman Theatre, the Actors Theatre of Louisville, ACT and Ford’s Theatre. Internationally: England and South Africa. Film: The Dark Knight Rises, Thor, Eagle Eye, Borat, For Your Consideration, Spider-Man 3, The Alamo, Bad Santa, Adaptation, and many more. Television: One Tree Hill, Grey’s Anatomy, House, Angel, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Six Feet Under and others. Carol owns
the wig company, “Wigged Out,” and sits on the Board of Directors of Deaf West Theatre. VICTORIA THOMAS (Casting) is one of the most gifted and prolific casting directors working today. Vickie has worked her craft on a wide range of extraordinary films, both studio and independent. Her credits include Love And Other Drugs, Talk To Me, Blood Diamond, The Lords Of Dogtown, Ali, High Fidelity, The Last Samurai. Bulworth, Enemy Of The State, Crimson Tide, Con Air, White Men Can’t Jump, Devil In A Blue Dress, Ed Wood, Sid And Nancy, Edward Scissorhands, The Grifters and The Piano. Ebony Repertory Theatre debut. DAVID BLACKWELL (Production Stage Manager) became the youngest stage manager on Broadway at age 16! His work on original Broadway and national tour productions include A Raisin in the Sun, Dreamgirls, Sweet Charity, The Wiz, Timbuktu, Showboat, Sophisticated Ladies and Beauty and the Beast. In 1988 David moved into his television career as key stage manager/guest director for A Different World, Fresh Prince of Bel Air, Sister Sister and Last Comic Standing. Most recently David returned to theatre for Twist at the Pasadena Playhouse. He brings to every project he approaches the gifts of a culturally rich childhood and the invaluable professional and ethical lessons learned from his phenomenal parents, the beloved Mr. Charles and Mrs. Frances Butler Blackwell. ELLE AGHABALA (Stage Manager). New York: Epitaph for George Dillon, The Time of Mendel’s Trouble, The Bubble. National Tours: 2004 Gymnastics Tour, Annie (30th Anniversary Tour). Las Vegas: Hairspray, Avenue Q, Phantom—The Las Vegas Spectacular, Hans Klok: The Beauty of Magic, Blue Man Group. Center Theatre Group: Ain’t Misbehavin’, Eclipsed, Palestine, New Mexico, The Wake, An Evening with Sutton Foster, Venice, Circus INcognitus, The Author, The Cripple of Inishmaan, Juan and John, The Method Gun, This, as well as numerous readings and workshops. EBONY REPERTORY THEATRE (ERT) was founded in 2007 by Wren T. Brown (Founder/Producer), Israel T. Hicks (Founding Artistic Director, 1943–2010) and a small group of concerned residents, artists, politicians and colleagues. The mission of the organization is to create, develop, nurture and sustain a world-class professional theatre rooted in the experience of the African Diaspora and shaped by a dynamic perspective that incorporates an understanding of, and respect for, the unique African American journey to freedom. In February 2008, ERT became the Resident Company and Operator of the Nate Holden Performing Arts Center. As the first African American professional (Equity contract) theatre company in this city’s history, ERT’s inaugural production (2008), Two Trains Running, garnered three NAACP Theatre Awards (Best Production, Best Director, Best Set) and two Ovation Awards
(Best Production – Large Theatre, Best Lead Actor – Large Theatre). In 2009, Pasadena Playhouse joined ERT for a co-production of the L.A. debut of Crowns, which received an NAACP Theatre Award (Best Ensemble Cast). Most recently, ERT’s 2011 production of A Raisin in the Sun received critical praise, winning two Ovation Awards (Best Production – Large Theatre, Best Featured Actress in a Play). While theatre is ERT’s cornerstone, they have presented Dance: Complexions Contemporary Ballet and Rafael Amargo, Music: Ahmad Jamal, Dianne Reeves, and Speakers: Dr. Cornel West and Dr. Keith Black, among others. Ebony Repertory Theatre produces an annual tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and a month-long Celebration of Black History. This production is dedicated to our Founding Artistic Director, Israel T. Hicks. MICHAEL RITCHIE (Artistic Director) is in his seventh season as Center Theatre Group’s Artistic Director, and has led over 100 productions to the Ahmanson, Taper and Douglas stages since his arrival in 2005. From 1996 to 2004 Michael was the Producer of the Williamstown Theatre Festival and prior to that he was a Production Stage Manager in NYC. At CTG, he premiered five musicals that moved to Broadway – The Drowsy Chaperone (which won 13 Tony Award nominations), Curtains (eight Tony nominations) 13, 9 to 5: The Musical and Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson. He has produced 26 world premieres including the musicals Minsky’s, Leap of Faith, Venice and Sleeping Beauty Wakes, and the plays Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo (a Pulitzer Prize finalist that also moved to Broadway), Water & Power and Yellow Face, and he presented a broad Ebony Repertory Theatre Wren T. Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . Founder/Producer Gayle Hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . Managing Director Andi Chapman . . . . . . . .Associate Artistic Director Ebony Repertory Theatre (ERT) acknowledges and appreciates funding support from The James Irvine Foundation, Broadway Federal Bank, Northrop Grumman, U.S. Bank, Honda Corporation of America, LA County Arts Commission, City of LA Department of Cultural Affairs, Mr. Tavis Smiley, and the Friends of ERT. ADDITIONAL STAFF FOR A RAISIN IN THE SUN New Play Production Associate . . . Malcolm K. Darrell Assistant Director . . . . . . . . . . . . Andi Chapman Studio Teacher . . . . . . . . . . . Carolyn Hermanson Assistant Lighting Designer . . . . . . . Jenna Pletcher Production Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Eja Wong Stage Supervisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Victor Cobos Light Board Operator . . . . . . . . . . Aaron Staubach Head of Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adam Phalen Production Electrician . . . . . . . . . . Meghan Hong Wardrobe Supervisor . . . . . . . . . Christian Svenson Wardrobe Crew . . . . . . . . . Wendell C. Carmichael Shop Supervisor & Properties Artisan . . Sarah Sowell Properties Artisan . . . . . . . . . . . . Mara Holland Prop Shopper . . . . . . . . . . . . . Elizabeth Leonard Scenic Artist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Katie Polebaum
range of plays and musicals ranging from Dead End to The Black Rider to Edward Scissorhands to blockbusters such as God of Carnage, Mary Poppins, Jersey Boys and August: Osage County. In addition, Michael inaugurated CTG’s New Play Production Program, designed to foster the development and production of new work. EDWARD L. RADA (Managing Director) returns to Center Theatre Group this year after previously serving as CTG’s Chief Financial Officer for 12 years (19962008). Rada spent the past three years as President of the Music Center Foundation, a non-profit corporation that holds and invests the endowment and reserve funds for the Music Center and its resident companies (including CTG). Prior to his years at CTG, he was the Director of Finance at The Old Globe in San Diego and principal of Rada & Associates, an accounting firm that specialized in entertainment-related non-profit organizations and theatrical productions. He is a graduate of Occidental College in Los Angeles with numerous postgraduate coursework and credentials. He currently serves on the board of trustees for the pension, health and welfare and 401(k) plans of I.A.T.S.E. Local 33 Stagehands Union, on the board of directors of Theatre @Boston Court, and on the board of United Support of Artists for Africa/USA for Africa, among other affiliations. DOUGLAS C. BAKER (Producing Director) is now in his 22nd season at CTG. Previously, he managed Broadway and touring productions including Tru, Born Yesterday, The Gospel at Colonus, Annie, A Chorus Line, Working, The Wiz and Legends! starring Mary Martin and Carol Channing
Technical Crew Eric Adams, Sal Aguilar, Randy Bosh, Katrina Coulourides, Elizabeth Eggert, Evan Friedman, Ryan Godbout, Meghan Hong, Sean Kloc, Aaron Martin, Matt Mellinger, Mathew Micucci, Mark Migdal, William Posley, Justin Preston, Sam Rosenblum, Ryan Tirrell, Erin Whitcomb. Concierges Trevor Algatt, Jen Bailey, Brooke Baldwin, John Brooks, Laura Cheek, Olivia Choate, Amin El Gamal, Michael Hanson, Sarah Harburg-Petrich, Jaquelyn Johnson, Stephen Lydic, AJ Meijer, Janice Motuapuaka, Michael Pappas, Adam Wright. Ushers Jane Bacon, Benito Cardenas, Marilyn DePaula, Mimi Erlick, Angela Garcia, Julie Morris, Erin Mulvey, Nicole Naito, Max Oken, Jill Steele, Kotaro Watanabe. Lead Ushers: Bonita Carter, Elizabeth Motuapuaka. Concessions Michelle Exarhos, Burgandy Kohout, Michelle Martinez, Sondra Mayer, Jackie Milian, Dane Rold, Tonni Williams. Stage Door Attendants Cory Aycock, Danika Burmester, Christopher Nucho, Ian Ray. Special Thanks Ed Lapine and the Denver Center Theatre Company; Toni Casala, Children in Film; Sheldon Patrick Lane, Nate Holden Performing Arts Center; Anne Haley Brown; Willard Brown, House of Willard Brown.
which premiered at the Ahmanson Theatre in 1986. Baker is a graduate of Albion College, is an active member of the Broadway League, the Independent Presenters Network and is a proud member of the Association of Theatrical Press Agents and Managers. KELLEY KIRKPATRICK (Associate Artistic Director). Since arriving at CTG in 2005, Kelley has produced over 35 productions at the Ahmanson, Mark Taper Forum and Kirk Douglas Theatres, many of which have gone on to have future lives on Broadway, off-Broadway and beyond. He has had the privilege of collaborating with local and national theatre artists including The Civilians, Rainpan 43, David Henry Hwang, Ken Roht, Eric Rosen, Matt Sax, Lisa Kron, Michael Friedman, Culture Clash, Alex Timbers, Rude Mechs, Itamar Moses, Melissa James Gibson, Danai Gurira, Nick Jones, Roberto Aquirre-Sacasa and Roger Guenveur Smith. GORDON DAVIDSON (Founding Artistic Director) led the Taper throughout its first 38 seasons, guiding over 300 productions to its stage and winning countless awards for himself and the theatre — including the Tony Award for theatrical excellence, Margo Jones Award, The Governor’s Award for the Arts and a Guggenheim fellowship. The Kentucky Cycle and Angels in America (Part One) won the Pulitzer in consecutive years and, in 1994, three of the four plays nominated for the Tony Award for Best Play were from the Taper (Angels in America won). In 1989 Gordon took over the Ahmanson and, in 2004, he produced the inaugural season in the Kirk Douglas Theatre.
Credits Costumes provided by the Center Theatre Group Costume Shop and additional staff: Stitchers – Ophelia Brown, Leslie Rehm-Hunt, Charlotte Stratton, Jennifer Wolff; Shopper/Costume Assistant – Elizabeth A. Cox; FIDM Interns – Kelly Cercone, Kayla Helfrich-Campbell, Naomi Moore, Sarah Timm, Lindsey Vaniman. Scenery originally constructed and props provided by Denver Center Theatre Company. Production photography by Craig Schwartz. Website CenterTheatreGroup.org The Actors and Stage Managers employed in this production are members of Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers in the United States. The Director is a member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, an independent national labor union. Center Theatre Group is a member of the American Arts Alliance, the Broadway League, Independent Producers’ Network (IPN), LA Stage Alliance, League of Resident Theatres (LORT), National Alliance for Musical Theatre (NAMT) and the Theatre Communications Group (TCG).
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MICHAEL RITCHIE, Artistic Director EDWARD L. RADA, Managing Director DOUGLAS C. BAKER, Producing Director ARTISTIC NEEL KELLER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Associate Artistic Director KELLEY KIRKPATRICK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Associate Artistic Director DIANE RODRIGUEZ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Associate Producer/Director of New Play Production PIER CARLO TALENTI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Resident Dramaturg/Literary Manager LINDSAY ALLBAUGH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Producing Associate MALCOLM K. DARRELL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . New Play Production Associate JOY MEADS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Literary Associate ERIKA SELLIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director of Casting MARK B. SIMON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Casting Director ANDY CROCKER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Casting Associate SUZANNE FRANCINE MILLER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Casting Administrator STEPHEN PIESZCHALSKI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Casting Intern ROBERTO AGUIRRE-SACASA, THE BURGLARS OF HAMM, TANYA BARFIELD, THE CIVILIANS, STEVE CUIFFO, KRISTOFFER DIAZ, STEVEN EPP, ELLEN FITZHUGH, GINA GIONFRIDDO, SAM GOLD, DANAI GURIRA, JOE HORTUA, NICK JONES, RAJIV JOSEPH, MICHAEL JOHN LACHIUSA, TREY LYFORD, DAVE MALLOY, LAURAL MEADE, JULIE MARIE MYATT (FADIMAN), DAN O’BRIEN, EVANGELINE ORDAZ, WILL POWER DOMINIQUE SERRAND, GEOFF SOBELLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Commissioned Artists PADRAIC DUFFY LARISSA FASTHORSE, SIGRID GILMER, PRINCE GOMOLVILAS, JENNIFER HALEY, MATT SAX, STEVEN YOCKEY . . . . . . . . . . CTG Writers’ Workshop Members EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS LESLIE K. JOHNSON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director of Education and Community Partnerships DEBRA PIVER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Associate Director of Education and Community Partnerships TRACI CHO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director of School Partnerships PATRICIA GARZA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Senior Manager for Education and Community Partnership CARLA CORONA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Educational Programs Associate DAN HARPER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Educational Programs Associate ASHLEY OPSTAD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Educational Programs Associate KELLY CHRIST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Educational Communications Coordinator VICTOR VAZQUEZ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Educational Services Coordinator SHANNON WINSTON . . . . . Assistant to the Director of Education and Community Partnerships MANAGEMENT & ADMINISTRATION NAUSICA STERGIOU . . . . . . . . . . . General Manager (Mark Taper Forum, Kirk Douglas Theatre) JEFFREY UPAH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . General Manager (Ahmanson Theatre) SUZANNE HEE MAYBERRY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistant General Manager (Mark Taper Forum) KATIE BRUNER SOFF . Assistant General Manager (Kirk Douglas Theatre, New Play Production) ALANA BEIDELMAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Executive Assistant to Managing Director DAVID BARNATHAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Executive Assistant to Producing Director ERIC SIMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Operations Manager (Kirk Douglas Theatre) TOM BURMESTER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Performance Manager (Kirk Douglas Theatre) LAUREN BAXA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistant Performance Manager (Kirk Douglas Theatre) MIKE KINDLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Facilities Assistant (Kirk Douglas Theatre) SONDRA MAYER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Concessions Manager (Kirk Douglas Theatre) PRODUCTION ALYS E. HOLDEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director of Production CELESTE SANTAMASSINO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Production Manager (Kirk Douglas Theatre) JAMIE THOMA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistant Production Manager (Kirk Douglas Theatre) RICHARD PETERSON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Master Electrician (Kirk Douglas Theatre) ADAM PHALEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Head Audio (Kirk Douglas Theatre) JOE HAMLIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Technical Director RYAN CHRISTOPHER HALES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistant Technical Director CHAD SMITH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistant Technical Director DAWN HOLISKI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shop Director ANDREW THIELS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Prop Manager MERRIANNE NEDREBERG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Prop Lead SARAH KRAININ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Prop Shopper CANDICE CAIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Costume Shop Director DIAN CAMARILLO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Costume Shop Coordinator KATHY CHRISTIANSEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Draper DIANNE K. GRAEBNER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistant Costume Designer CASEY K. CLARK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Production Operations Manager JULIO A. CUELLAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Driver/Custodian MELODY MATTOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Production Business Manager JENNIFER ACHTERBERG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Production and Facilities Manager AMANDA CAMPBELL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Production Administrator JONATHAN BARLOW LEE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Production Manager (Mark Taper Forum) KELSEY MARTINEZ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistant Production Manager(Mark Taper Forum) EMMET KAISER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Master Carpenter(Mark Taper Forum) ROBERT RUBY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Master Propertyman (Mark Taper Forum) WILLIAM MORNER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Master Electrician (Mark Taper Forum) BONES MALONE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Master Soundman (Mark Taper Forum) DENNIS SEETOO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wardrobe Supervisor (Mark Taper Forum) RICK GEYER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hair & Make-up Supervisor (Mark Taper Forum) LINDA WALKER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . House Manager (Mark Taper Forum) MARA HOLLAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stage Door (Mark Taper Forum) SHAWN ANDERSON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Master Carpenter (Ahmanson Theatre) ANDREW W. ARNOLD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Flyman (Ahmanson Theatre) JIM BERGER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Master Electrician (Ahmanson Theatre) STAN STEELMON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Master Propertyman (Ahmanson Theatre) ROBERT SMITH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Master Soundman (Ahmanson Theatre) MICHAEL GARDNER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wardrobe Supervisor (Ahmanson Theatre) PATRICE MIRANDA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hair Supervisor (Ahmanson Theatre) CHRISTINE L. COX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . House Manager (Ahmanson Theatre) FINANCE, INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND HUMAN RESOURCES MICHAEL F. THOMPSON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chief Financial Officer DANA KELLY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Controller JANIS BOWBEER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistant Controller FELICISIMA LAPID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accounts Payable Supervisor ALEGRIA SENA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Staff Accountant
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DANNY LAMPSON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Staff Accountant YUEN KI “ANNIE” LAW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Payroll Manager MARIANA GONZALEZ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Payroll Specialist DAVE ALTON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chief Information Officer STAN GRUSHESKY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director of Information Systems SEAN PINTO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Patron Database Administrator SCOTT LANDES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Information Systems Analyst MICHELLE MACGAFFEY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director of Human Resources MADRIO FLEEKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Interim Senior Human Resources Generalist DAMON JOSEPH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Office Services SINGER LEWAK, LLP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Auditor MICHAEL C. DONALDSON, LISA A. CALLIF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Legal Counsel GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Legal Counsel DEVELOPMENT YVONNE CARLSON BELL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director of Development PATRICK OWEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Deputy Director of Development NATALIE BERGESON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director of Donor Contributions JEAN KLING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director of Institutional Support LIZ LIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director of Donor Communications BRUCE W. RISE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director of Major Gifts CHARITY WU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director of Individual Giving BECKY BIRDSONG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Associate Director of Donor Relations SANDRA EBEJER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Institutional Giving Officer KIM LA TOUR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Corporate Giving Officer MANDY RATLIFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Development Database Manager RICK LEE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Donor Contributions Supervisor ANA ROSE O’HALLORAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Donor Marketing Manager JENNIFER RYEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Special Gifts Manager JENNIFER CHAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Development Assistant DONALD JOLLY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Donor Relations Associate for the Inner Circle MANDI OR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Special Events Coordinator HELEN H. OTA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Executive Assistant to the Development Director COURTNEY ROBERTSON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Institutional Giving Associate ERIN SCHLABACH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Donor Contributions Associate ELIZABETH WACHTEL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Special Gifts Assistant JASON BASS, AL BERMAN, JOHN CARDELLO, ANN CAVOTO, GINA EAST, KEVIN MCDEVITT, JESSICA NASH, HOLLY RAMOS, NICOLE SCIPIONE, NATASHA SOUDEK, BILL WALTON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Donor Advisors ADAM BURCH, KARLA GALVEZ, DEBORAH REED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Donor Services Associates ANNE BRUNER, JULIE NADAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Development Volunteers MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS JIM ROYCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director of Marketing and Communications NANCY HEREFORD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director of Media and Communications PHYLLIS MOBERLY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Media and Communications Associate JASON MARTIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Media and Communications Associate TAYLOR RAE JOHNSON, SHANNON SMITH . . . . . . . . . Media and Communications Assistants CHRISTOPHER KOMURO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Art Director IRENE KANESHIRO, NISHITA DOSHI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Senior Designers HARUKA HAYAKAWA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Graphic Designer TERESA ENGLISH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Junior Graphic Designer MICHAEL ANDERSON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Advertising & Promotions Director ANDREW DARCEY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Advertising Associate AMELIA HEAPE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Associate Director of Marketing JOEY OLIVIA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Interactive Production Manager ROSE POIRIER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Webmaster KIM VARHOLA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marketing Manager, Events & Partnerships (on leave) KAREN VOCK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Interim Marketing Manager, Events & Partnerships JIM HALLORAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marketing Coordinator TICKET SALES AND SERVICES SHAWN ROBERTSON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ticket Sales Director SKYPP CABANAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ticket Operations Coordinator SANDY CZUBIAK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Audience and Subscriber Services Manager JENNIFER BAKER, CHERYL HAWKER, RICHARD RAGSDALE . . . . Audience Services Supervisors ALICE CHEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Audience Services Asst. Supervisor SAM AARON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Audience Services Sales Associate JEREMIE ARENCIBIA, CARRIE BRADAC, RJ CANTU, CARLOS D. CHAVEZ, JR., PETER COLBURN, HESPER COLOHAN, DONALD CRANDALL, EMIL LIN, KAY LOCHARD, JUSTINE PEREZ, DEBORAH REED, LEX SAVKO, CRIS SPACCA, TRAVIS WOOD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Audience Services Representatives DANUTA SIEMAK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Subscriber Services Supervisor CHRISTINA GUTIERREZ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Subscriber Services Asst. Supervisor LIGIA PISTE, CELIA RIVAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Subscriber Services Senior Representatives IRENE CHUANG, PETER STALOCH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Subscriber Services Representatives SARAH K. GONTA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Box Office Treasurer KISHISA ROSS, GISELE FRAZEUR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistant Treasurers YULIZA BARRAZA, ANGELICA CARBAJAL, MICHAEL KEMPISTY, LEROY PAWLOWSKI, MICHAEL SALTZMAN, GEORGE SOVIAK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Box Office Staff MICHAEL ZOLDESSY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Account Sales Manager KERRY KORF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Priority Services Director SUSAN F. TULLER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Priority Services Operations Manager JAY BURNS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Priority Services Sales Manager PAUL CUEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Priority Services Manager CAROLE BAXTER, ERIN BOND, STEVE BRIAN, RUSTY COLLINS, MARC “BYRON” DROTMAN, ALISHA GADDIS, LOU GEORGE, KATE HALL, SUSAN “LILY” HALL, JERRY JOHNSTON, SHEP KOSTER, EDWARD “MAX” RAZOR, KEN SALLEY, BOBBI LYNNE SCOTT, MICHAEL SMITH, JEFFREY STUBBLEFIELD, QUINN SULLIVAN, KATHRYN TABB, DIANE WARD, JIM WATERMAN . . . . . . . Representatives
