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Ruined Program FINAL2
The 2010/2011 Season is made possible in part by the generosity of
Joan and Irwin Jacobs
Additional support is provided by
Helen K. and James S. Copley Foundation
Qualcomm Incorporated
The City of San Diego Commission for Arts and Culture
November 16 - December 19
Production Sponsors
Mandell weiss theatre
Bozeman Group LLC
WELCOME TO THE PLAYHOUSE
Dear Friends:
Ruined, Lynn Nottage’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play, personifies theatre’s power to bring the world to our
doorstep and make us listen and care.
Reports of the wars in the Democratic Republic of Congo rarely make the front pages of our newspapers,
and major occurrences have been at a distance from our daily lives. In Ruined, we are immediately drawn
into the mercurial world of Mama Nadi’s bar and brothel on the edge of a rainforest, where Congolese
miners and soldiers come for respite. The women under her aegis, victimized by soldiers as the spoils of
war, are refugees from plundered villages in the region.
Savvy and morally ambiguous, Mama Nadi exploits her women but also protects them. She lays down the rules for the men
who frequent her tiny oasis: no bullets, no brawling and leave the war at the door. As the plight of the women is brought
to the fore, their pain and suffering is given voice. We cannot turn our eyes from the brutal impact of their experiences as
they navigate the treacherous line between life and death. The miracle of Nottage’s Ruined is that it celebrates the women’s
resilience and victory over despair — they find hope where there appears to be none.
Under the circumstances of the strife in the Congo, interactions between men and women are fraught with danger and
suspicion. Yet, they drink, dance and sing in defiance of the hellish conflicts that can disrupt their reprieve at any moment.
Music, food, drink, sex and an occasional poem become tethers to the lifeblood of the Congo and their humanity.
I’m extremely proud to partner with the Huntington Theatre Company and Berkeley Repertory Theatre, where our production
will travel after its run at the Playhouse. When I first saw the play, I was riveted and ultimately shaken by its power. It lingered
with me for a long time. I hope it will with you.
Sincerely,
Christopher Ashley
Artistic Director
Bozeman Group LLC
We believe in theatre’s unique ability as
a force for change, entertainment and
enlightenment.
We have long been supporters of the arts
and the work Artistic Director Christopher
Ashley and Managing Director Michael
S. Rosenberg have accomplished
throughout their careers. We are proud to
join them and you in supporting
La Jolla Playhouse.
William Steven Bozeman Sr.,
William Steven Bozeman Jr. and Casey Bozeman
P2 PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Dear Patrons,
You are participating in a vibrant time at La Jolla Playhouse! A recent fall evening represented a microcosm
of our exciting season. Hundreds of area students and teachers gathered in the Forum to view a reading
of the next Performance Outreach Program (POP) tour production of Frida Libre; corporate executives
networked at a corporate supporter event Jai restaurant; Inner Circle donors listened intently to a
conversation between Christopher Ashley and Limelight Director/Choreographer Warren Carlyle; invited
guests attended a dress rehearsal of Notes from Underground; and an inspired audience gave a standing
ovation to a performance of Limelight. This diversity of offerings is what makes the Playhouse such a special place.
We were also proud to celebrate “La Jolla Playhouse 2010 Tony Award Day” on September 28, 2010, in honor of Memphis
winning the 2010 Tony Award for Best Musical. Just a week later, more than 400 leaders of the bio-tech and high-tech
industries came together to network and support the Playhouse during the third annual (and sold out) Innovation Night.
Tonight we welcome to the stage a socially important play Ruined, which won the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
So much of what La Jolla Playhouse has been able to accomplish is because of you — our audience and donors — and the
support you provide. Now, we are thrilled to announce a great opportunity for your donations to stretch even further. Thanks to
the generosity of a few lead donors, every new or increased donation to this season’s annual fund will be matched one-to-one.
By giving generously now, your contribution will double in its impact.
Please join us as we aspire to another pinnacle in the life of La Jolla Playhouse. You can make your gift today by contacting
Jessica Burger, Individual Giving Associate, at (858) 550-1070 x142. Every dollar ensures that outstanding theatre continues to
enrich the greater San Diego community, and indeed the nation. We thank you for working with us to make this happen, year
after year.
Sincerely,
David P. Dolgen
Chair, Board of Trustees
board of trustees
DAVID P. DOLGEN
Chair
Sheila Potiker
First Vice-Chair
JEFFREY RESSLER
Second Vice-Chair
Susan polis schutz
Third Vice-Chair
margret mcbride
Secretary
Michael eagle
Treasurer
TRUSTEES
Gayle Allen
Weston Anson
Barbara Bloom
Heidi Boruszewski
Linda L. Chester
Doug Dawson
Edward A. Dennis, Ph.D.
Susan E. Dubé
Victor M. Felix
Suzanne Figi
LaVonnya Michelle Fisher
Marye Anne Fox, Ph.D.
Hanna Gleiberman
Hanaa Hensersky
Debby Jacobs
Sheri Jamieson
Sal Janmohamed
Jeanne Jones
Gail Knox
Michael S. Levinson
Mary Keough Lyman
Lynelle Lynch
Alan M. Nahum, M.D.
Lucille Neeley
Steve Relyea
Judith Robbins
Donald Rosenberg
Tim Scott
Gad Shaanan
Judith C. Smith
Steven M. Strauss
Diane Tuchinsky
Arthur Wagner, Ph.D.
Mary L. Walshok, Ph.D.
Mark Zebrowski
Barbara ZoBell
HONORARY TRUSTEES
David Copley
John Goodman
Geri Ann Warnke
Robert Wright, Esq.
EMERITA TRUSTEES
Rita Bronowski (1917-2010)
Marian Jones Longstreth
(1906-1997)
Ellen Revelle (1910-2009)
EMERITUS TRUSTEES
Richard Atkinson, Ph.D.
Milton Fredman (1920-2005)
Ewart W. Goodwin, Jr.
Hughes Potiker (1925-2005)
Roger Revelle (1909-1991)
Willard P. VanderLaan, M.D.
Mandell Weiss (1891-1993)
1947 FOUNDERS
Mel Ferrer
Dorothy McGuire
Gregory Peck
PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE P3
LA JOLLA PLAYHOUSE presents
Michael S. Rosenberg
Managing Director
Christopher Ashley
Artistic Director
A co-production with the Huntington Theatre Company
and Berkeley Repertory Theatre
by
directed by
lynn nottage
Liesl Tommy
Featuring
Oberon K.A. Adjepong*, Pascale Armand*, Jason Bowen*, Carla Duren*,
Wendell B. Franklin*, Zainab Jah*, Joseph Kamal*, Adesoji Odukogbe,
Kola Ogundiran*, Okieriete Onaodowan*, Tonye Patano*, Adrian Roberts*, Alvin Terry
Choreographer
Scenic Designer
Costume Designer
Lighting Designer
Sound Design/Original Music
Wig Designer
Dramaturg
Fight Director
Vocal and Dialect Coach
Stage Manager
Assistant Stage Manager
Casting
West Coast Casting
Associate Producer
Production Managers
P4 PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE
Randy Duncan
Clint Ramos
Kathleen Geldard
Lap Chi Chu
Broken Chord
Leah Loukas
Shirley Fishman
Steve Rankin
Robert Barry Fleming
Anjee Nero*
Jess Slocum*
Alaine Alldaffer
Amy Potozkin
Dana I. Harrel
Peter J. Davis
Linda S. Cooper
THE CAST
in alphabetical order
Christian..........................................................................................Oberon K.A. Adjepong*
Salima.......................................................................................................Pascale Armand*
Fortune...........................................................................................................Jason Bowen*
Sophie...............................................................................................................Carla Duren*
Jerome Kisembe..................................................................................Wendell B. Franklin*
Josephine........................................................................................................... Zainab Jah*
Mr. Harari......................................................................................................Joseph Kamal*
Musician 2 .............................................................................................Adesoji Odukogbe
Laurent........................................................................................................Kola Ogundiran*
Simon...............................................................................................Okieriete Onaodowan*
Mama Nadi....................................................................................................Tonye Patano*
Commander Osembenga.............................................................................Adrian Roberts*
Musician 1...........................................................................................................Alvin Terry
Assistant Director/Assistant Choreographer
Music Direction
Assistant Set Designer
Assistant Costume Designer
Assistant Lighting Designer
Assistant Fight Director
New York Rehearsal Stage Manager
Christopher Windom
Broken Chord
Craig Napoliello
Erick Sundquist
James Tan
Shad Ramsey
Diane M. Ballering*
Ruined is performed with a 15-minute intermission.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Greene Music • Sharp Business Systems San Diego
*
Members of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States. This theatre operates under an agreement between
the League of Resident Theatres and Actors’ Equity Association.
This Theatre operates under an agreement between
the League of Resident Theatres and the Stage
Directors and Choreographers Society,
an independent national labor union.
This Theatre operates under an agreement
between the League of Resident Theatres
and United Scenic Artists, Local
USA-829 of the IATSE.
La Jolla Playhouse is a member of the League of
Resident Theatres (LORT) and a constituent of Theatre
Communications Group (TCG), the national service
organization for the nonprofit professional theatre.
PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE P5
THE COMPANY
Oberon K.A. Adjepong
(Christian)
has performed in New
York – Off-Broadway: Like
I Say, Cellophane (Flea
Theatre); Mother Courage,
The Blacks (Classic Stage
Company and Classical
Theatre of Harlem);
Wabenzi (Ohio Theatre); Hieroglyphic Graffiti
(Hip-Hop Theatre Festival); The Hamlet Project
(La MaMa E.T.C.); Oya (National Black Theatre).
Regional: The Piano Lesson (The Arden);
Timon of Athens, Coriolanus (The Shakespeare
Theatre); A Rhyme Deferred (National Black
Theatre Festival, Kennedy Center, Nuyorican
Café). TV/Film: Margin Call, Son of No One,
Hope & Faith, Law & Order: SVU. Training: Lola
Louie’s C.A.P.A.S./Oxford University/Howard
University.
Pascale Armand
(Salima)
is ecstatic to finally
embody Salima. Regional
credits include: Let
There Be Love (Baltimore
CENTERSTAGE); Eclipsed
(Yale Rep, McCarter
Theatre); Dance of the
Holy Ghosts (Yale Rep); Gee's Bend (Kansas
City Repertory Theatre); Doubt (Vermont Stage
Company); Gem of the Ocean (Arena Stage);
Jitney and The Piano Lesson (Actors Theatre of
Louisville); Hamlet and Blues for an Alabama
Sky (Syracuse Stage); Pericles (ART); A Raisin in
the Sun (Pittsburgh City Theatre). Off-Broadway
credits: Breath, Boom (Playwrights Horizons);
Four (Manhattan Theatre Club). European tour
with Peter Sellars: For an End to the Judgment
of God. TV/Film: The Good Wife, Law & Order:
Trial by Jury, Law & Order: CI, Strangers with
Candy, Kinsey.
Jason Bowen
(Fortune)
Mr. Bowen's regional
credits include Tom in
Prelude to a Kiss, Walker
Lewis in A Civil War
Christmas (Huntington
Theatre); Othello in Othello,
Antonio in The Duchess
of Malfi, Lorenzo in The Merchant of Venice,
Ferdinand in The Tempest (Actors' Shakespeare
Project); Thami in Groundswell (Lyric Stage
Co.); Little Monk in Life of Galileo (Underground
Railway Theatre); and Demetrius in A
Midsummer Night's Dream (Commonwealth
Shakespeare Co.). Mr. Bowen received a B.S. in
theatre from Skidmore College.
P6 PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE
Carla Duren
(Sophie)
is excited to be working at
La Jolla Playhouse for the
first time. Ms. Duren has
been seen on Broadway
as Snookie in 110 in the
Shade and L'il Inez in
Hairspray. Regional credits
include: Myrrhine in Give It Up (Dallas Theater
Center) and Taylor in High School Musical 2
(North Shore Music Theater). Ms. Duren is an
accomplished singer/songwriter, and her solo
project "BlackFolkRockStar" has been released
on carladuren.com and iTunes.
Wendell B. Franklin
(Jerome Kisembe)
is pleased to be making his
La Jolla Playhouse debut.
Other regional credits
include: Walter Lee in A
Raisin in the Sun (Virginia
Stage Company and
Weston Playhouse); Willie
in "Master Harold"...and the boys (Weston
Playhouse); Macon in Gee's Bend (Cleveland
Playhouse); Lyons in Fences (Arkansas Rep);
David in Benefactors (Pennsylvania Center
Stage); Duke Solinas in A Comedy of Errors
and Helicanus in Pericles (Illinois Shakespeare
Festival). New York credits include: Speak Truth
to Power (Culture Project); The Desire (Billie
Holiday Theatre). TV: Law & Order.
Zainab Jah
(Josephine)
Born in London, Ms.
Jah spent her childhood
in Sierra Leone where
she was a regular on
children's television
shows. She studied dance
at the London School of
Contemporary Dance and Leeds University
in Yorkshire. Theatre credits include: Maima
in Eclipsed (Yale Rep); Azmera in Tranced
(Merrimack Rep); Mayme in Intimate Apparel
(W.H.A.T); Helen of Troy in Trojan Women
- Drama Desk Award, Regan in King Lear
(Classical Theatre of Harlem); Hamida in In
Darfur (Public Theatre/NYSF); Beatrice in
Much Ado... and Queen Isabella in Edward
II (The Queen’s Company); Macaria in Peter
Sellars’ Children of Herakles. Film/TV: principal
roles in 100 Center Street, directed by Sidney
Lumet, Dinner Rush with Danny Aiello, Law
& Order: SVU. "Everyone’s doing it!!" Ms.
Jah received the Best Actress Award for Nick
Mwaluko’s Waafrika, which was presented
as part of the Fresh Fruit Festival, 2007 and
again for Nick Mwaluko’s S/HE in April 2009.
She also recently received a 2010 AUDELCO
Best Supporting Actress nomination for Koffi
Kwahule’s Bintou (The Movement Theatre
Company).
Joseph Kamal
(Mr. Harari)
Broadway: Dinner at
Eight (Lincoln Center).
Off-Broadway: Bengal
Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo
(Lark); Homebody/Kabul
(NYTW); Roar (The New
Group); Guantanamo (The
Culture Project); Ecco Porco (Mabou Mines);
The Brave (Atlantic Theater). Regional: Zorro
in Hell (La Jolla Playhouse); Fete De La Nuit
(Berkeley Rep); Omnium-Gatherum (ACT
Seattle); Anthems-Culture Clash (Arena Stage);
Gum (Baltimore CENTERSTAGE); Coriolanus,
St. Joan, Measure for Measure, Much Ado
About Nothing, A Midsummer Night's Dream
(Shakespeare Theater, Washington, D.C.).
Film/TV: 24, NCIS, Law & Order, Law & Order:
SVU, Lincoln Heights, The Unit, Blind Justice,
Preaching to the Choir, David and Layla.
Currently recurring as Dr. Cliff Brown on All My
Children. www.JosephKamal.com.
Adesoji Odukogbe
(Musician 2)
Born in Nigeria, Mr.
Odukogbe began his
music career performing
internationally as lead
guitarist for five years with
the late Fela Anikulapo
Kuti. He has recorded
and performed with such artists as Femi Kuti,
Baba Ken Okulolo, Babatunde Olatunji, Orlando
Julius Ekemode, and the afrobeat group Kotoja.
As a founding member of the musical groups
Afrobeat Connexion, West African Highlife
Band, and the Nigerian Brothers, he has
performed extensively in the U.S. and Canada.
This is his theatre debut.
Kola Ogundiran
(Laurent)
Mr. Ogundiran is pleased
to make his La Jolla
Playhouse debut. Other
credits include The
Godbotherers (59E59
Street Theater); Dreamplay
(Cleveland Playhouse); and
Babel (Avignon International Theater Festival).
TV credits: Law & Order, Johnny Zero, Law
& Order: SVU and Third Watch. Film credits:
Bella, Siri Oko Fo, From Other Worlds and the
upcoming Fair Game.
Okieriete Onaodowan
(Simon)
is excited and honored to
be at La Jolla Playhouse
with the phenomenal
cast of Ruined. Credits:
Neighbors (The Public
Theatre); Langston in
Harlem (Urban Stages);
The Shipment (The Kitchen); Pontius Pilate
in The Last Days of Judas Iscariot (Richmond
Sheppard Theatre). Regional credits: Sons of
THE COMPANY
the Prophet (NYSF) with F. Murray Abraham
and Joanna Gleason; Coalhouse in Ragtime
(New Jersey Performing Arts Center) and many
others. "Thank you and enjoy the show."
Tonye Patano
(Mama Nadi)
is making her La Jolla
Playhouse debut. Ms.
Patano garnered multiple
nominations and an award
for her performance
as Heylia James on
Showtime’s Weeds. Film:
The Taking of Pelham 1, 2, 3, The Hurricane,
The Savages, Trainwreck, Little Manhattan,
The Great New Wonderful, A Price Above
Rubies, Fresh and Messengers. TV: Curb
Your Enthusiasm, Monk, Hope and Faith,
Sex and the City, Third Watch, Law & Order,
Law & Order: SVU, Eli Stone and Bunker Hill.
Theatre: numerous Off-Broadway and regional
productions, including Legends (national tour),
45 Seconds from Broadway (Broadway) and
most recently Neighbors (The Public). Upcoming
projects include the features The Company
Men, Stolen and Ponies.
Adrian Roberts
(Commander Osembenga)
is a graduate of American
Conservatory Theatre's
M.F.A. program. Mr.
Roberts was last seen
as Shaka in Tough Titty
(Magic Theatre). Other
regional credits include
Ken in Playboy of the West Indies (Lincoln
Center Theatre); Booth in Topdog/Underdog
(Sacramento Theatre Co.); Daniel Jamison in
First Person Shooter (San Francisco Playhouse);
Asagai in A Raisin in the Sun (Huntington
Theatre Co.); plus two seasons at the Oregon
Shakespeare Festival. He has also appeared in
such TV shows as Scrubs, Brothers & Sisters,
Criminal Minds and the Sci-Fi channel movie
Vampires: Out for Blood.
Alvin Terry
(Musician 1)
makes his home just
outside of Boston, MA. His
musical career started in
Springfield, MA. Mr. Terry’s
music is rooted in Funk,
R&B, Jazz, Gospel and
Samurai Taiko drumming
with The Academy of Kobudo. He has
performed with such artists as the late Horace
C. Boyer, Archie Shepp, Avery Sharpe, Valerie
Pomaroff, Ricky Ford, John Faddis, Leonard
Brown, Bill Lowe and many others. Recordings
under the leadership of Mr. Terry include:
Bipology, Common Denominator and The Art
of Boston. Mr. Terry performed in the Company
One production of The Emancipation of Mandy
and Miz Ellie by Lois Roach, directed by Victoria
Marsh, at the Boston Center for the Arts. Mr.
Terry is currently part of the music ministry at
Grant A.M.E. Church.
Lynn Nottage
(Playwright)
Ms. Nottage’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play
Ruined has also received an OBIE, the Lucille
Lortel Award, New York Drama Critics’ Circle
Award, Drama Desk Award, and Outer Critics
Circle Award for Best Play (Manhattan Theatre
Club, Goodman Theatre). It premiered in
London at the Almeida Theatre in April 2010
and is touring several U.S. regional theatres
in 2010/2011. Other plays include Intimate
Apparel (New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award
for Best Play; Roundabout Theatre, South Coast
Repertory); Fabulation, or The Re-Education
of Undine (OBIE Award; Playwrights Horizons,
London’s Tricycle Theatre); Crumbs from the
Table of Joy; Las Meninas; Mud, River, Stone;
Por’knockers and POOF!. Lynn’s many honors
include the 2010 Steinberg Distinguished
Playwright Award, the Dramatists Guild
Hull-Warriner Award, the inaugural Horton
Foote Prize for Outstanding New American
Play (Ruined), the 2007 MacArthur Foundation
“Genius Grant,” the National Black Theatre
Festival’s August Wilson Playwriting Award,
the 2005 Guggenheim Grant for Playwriting and
the 2004 PEN/Laura Pels Award for Drama. She
is a graduate of Brown University and the Yale
School of Drama.
Liesl Tommy
(Director)
Recent credits: Peggy Pickett Sees the Face
of God by Roland Schimmelpfennig, world
premiere (Luminato Festival/Volcano Theatre);
Ruined, by Lynn Nottage (Oregon Shakespeare
Festival); Eclipsed by Danai Gurira, world
premiere (Yale Rep, Woolly Mammoth Theatre
Company, McCarter Theatre); Angela’s Mixtape
by Eisa Davis, world premiere (Synchronicity
Performance Group, New Georges); The Good
Negro by Tracey Scott Wilson, world premiere
(Public Theater, Sundance Theatre Institute,
Dallas Theater Center); A History of Light by
Eisa Davis, world premiere (Contemporary
American Theatre Festival); Yankee Tavern,
Stick Fly (CATF); A Christmas Carol (Trinity Rep);
In the Continuum (Playmakers Rep); Flight (City
Theatre); A Stone’s Throw by Lynn Nottage,
world premiere (Women’s Project); Bus, Family
Ties (Cristian Panaite Play Company) for the
Romania Kiss Me! Festival. Ms. Tommy was
awarded the NEA/TCG Directors Grant, the
New York Theatre Workshop Casting/Directing
Fellowship, and is a New York Theatre
Workshop Usual Suspect. She has also been a
guest director and teacher at Juilliard, Trinity
Rep/Brown University’s MFA Directing and
Acting Program and NYU’s Tisch School of
the Arts. She is a native of Cape Town, South
Africa.
Randy Duncan
(Choreographer)
Credits: Ruined (Goodman Theatre, Manhattan
Theatre Club, OSF); Drowning Crow, Heartbreak
House, Vigils, Zoot Suit (Goodman Theatre);
The Tempest (Shakespeare Theatre Company);
Antigone, The Caucasian Chalk Circle, The
Clean House (South Coast Rep); Carousel (Court
Theatre, Long Wharf Theatre), among others.
Dance: Joffrey Ballet, River North Chicago
Dance Company, Giordano Jazz Dance Chicago,
Bat Dor Dance Company (Israel). Film/TV: Save
the Last Dance, Love in Four Acts and Man on
the Move (PBS). Awards: 3 Ruth Page Awards
for Outstanding Choreographer of the Year;
Chicago National Association of Dance Masters
Artistic Achievement Award; 3 Black Theatre
Alliance Awards; Jazz Dance World Congress
Award. Mr. Duncan is Chairman of the Dance
Department at Chicago Academy for the Arts.
He studied with, among others: Harriet Ross,
Joseph Holmes, Geraldine Johnson, Alvin Ailey
American Dance Center.
Clint Ramos
(Scenic Designer)
Recent sets and/or costumes: Ruined (Oregon
Shakespeare Festival); After the Revolution
(Playwrights Horizons); Angels in America
(Signature Theatre); The Winter’s Tale (NYSF/
Public); When the Rain Stops Falling (Lincoln
Center Theater); The Temperamentals (New
World Stages); The Good Negro (Public);
Regional: A.R.T., Guthrie, Alliance, Berkeley,
Huntington, CalShakes, Folger, Asolo,
CENTERSTAGE, Kansas City Rep, Dallas
Theater Center, Denver Center Theater,
Williamstown, others. Honors: 2010 Lucille
Lortel Award, 2009 TDF Irene Sharaff Award,
2007 & 2009 ATW Henry Hewes Award, 2008 &
2010 Drama Desk nominations.
Kathleen Geldard
(Costume Designer)
most recently designed A Fox on the Fairway,
a world premiere directed by John Rando and
written by Ken Ludwig; Chess, directed by
Eric Schaeffer; and Sycamore Trees, a world
premiere directed by Tina Landau and written
by Ricky Ian Gordon (Signature Theatre).
Ms. Geldard has also designed for Woolly
Mammoth Theatre (Eclipsed, directed by
Liesl Tommy), Studio Arena Theatre, Vineyard
Playhouse, Theatre, Imagination Stage,
Everyman Theatre, Round House Theatre, Olney
Theatre, Folger Theatre, Liz Lerman Dance
Exchange, and many others. Ms. Geldard lives
in the Washington, D.C. area.
Lap Chi Chu
(Lighting Designer)
Design credits include The Public Theater,
New York Theatre Workshop, Second Stage,
Dance Theater Workshop, PS 122, the Kitchen,
Primary Stages, Juilliard Opera, Mark Taper
Forum, Geffen Playhouse, Oregon Shakespeare
Festival, Arena Stage, Hartford Stage, South
Coast Rep, The Old Globe, The Shakespeare
Theater (D.C.), Dallas Theater Center, Intiman
PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE P7
THE COMPANY
Theatre, Portland Stage Company. He has
received multiple Bay Area Theatre Critics
Circle Awards, and a “Drammy” Award for Best
Lighting. Best Lighting nominations for The
Good Negro at the Public Theater in NY (Lucille
Lortel).
Broken Chord
(Sound Design/Original Music/Music Direction)
Daniel Baker and Aaron Meicht created the
sound design and original music for Ruined.
Lyrics and rap for hip-hop tracks by Kacy-Earl
David (production by Broken Chord). New York:
Atlantic Theater Company, Cherry Lane Theatre,
Juilliard, La MaMa E.T.C., Primary Stages,
Manhattan Theatre Club, Rattlestick, Second
Stage and Women’s Project. Regional: Dallas
Theater Center, Oregon Shakespeare Festival,
Geva Theatre Center, Hartford Stage, Long
Wharf Theatre, Shakespeare Theatre Company
(D.C.), People's Light, Weston Playhouse,
Westport Country Playhouse, Portland Center
Stage. www.brokenchordcollective.com.
Shirley Fishman
(Dramaturg/Director of Play Development)
Now in her 10th season at the Playhouse, Ms.
Fishman recently served as dramaturg on A
Midsummer Night's Dream, Surf Report, Bonnie
& Clyde, Creditors, Herringbone, Unusual Acts
of Devotion, the Playhouse's production of
Xanadu and UC San Diego's The Revenger's
Tragedy, directed by Christopher Ashley. At the
Joseph Papp Public Theater, she dramaturged
such projects as Jessica Hagedorn’s Dogeaters,
Two Sisters and a Piano by Nilo Cruz, Tina
Landau’s Space, among others. She serves as
a Playwright's Dramaturg for UC San Diego's
Baldwin New Play Festival. She has been a
Creative Advisor/Dramaturg at the Sundance
Theatre Lab. She is an M.F.A. graduate of
Columbia University’s Theatre Theory/Criticism/
Dramaturgy program.
Steve Rankin
(Fight Director)
La Jolla Playhouse and other theatre credits
include: Surf Report, Bonnie & Clyde, Memphis,
The Adding Machine, Carmen, The Farnsworth
Invention, The Wiz, Zhivago, Palm Beach,
Jersey Boys, Dracula, The Musical, Randy
Newman’s Faust, The Who’s Tommy, The Swan,
Marisol, Elmer Gantry, Good Person of Setzuan
and The Collected Works of Billy the Kid.
Broadway: Memphis, The Farnsworth Invention,
Guys and Dolls, Jersey Boys, Dracula, Henry
IV, Parts I and II, The Who’s Tommy, Twelfth
Night, Two Shakespearean Actors, Getting
Away with Murder, The Real Inspector Hound
and Anna Christie. Off-Broadway: Pig Farm, The
Third Story, The Night Hank Williams Died and
Below the Belt. Film: Human Error, Renaissance
Man and Tumbleweeds. Stratford Shakespeare
Festival: Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, Caeser
and Cleopatra. Metropolitan Opera: Boris
Godunov, Iphegenie at Tauride, Rodelinda.
P8 PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE
Robert Barry Fleming
(Vocal and Dialect Coach)
has served as vocal and dialect coach for the
La Jolla Playhouse productions of Bonnie &
Clyde, The Adding Machine, Most Wanted and
The Wiz. Other representative coaching credits
include A View from the Bridge and Death
of a Salesman (Arena Stage); Sight Unseen,
Whisper House and the upcoming musical
Emma (The Old Globe). Mr. Fleming, a Bay Area
Theatre Critics Circle Award-winning director,
will helm upcoming productions of Stick Fly for
Mo'olelo Performing Arts Company and Blues in
the Night for Center REP in early 2011.
Anjee Nero
(Stage Manager)
La Jolla Playhouse: A Midsummer Night's
Dream, Herringbone, Tobacco Road, The Seven,
The Adding Machine, Current Nobody; Mother
Courage (also at Berkeley Repertory Theatre).
Elsewhere: Venice (Center Theatre Group &
Kansas City Repertory Theatre); The Savannah
Disputation, Cornelia, Kingdom, Measure for
Measure, Hamlet, Two Gentlemen of Verona
(The Old Globe); Antigone (SITI Company);
Post Office (Center Theatre Group); Filler Up!
(Adirondack Theatre Festival); Inspecting
Carol, A Chorus Line, Cyrano (Plano Repertory
Theatre). Other: Schick Machine (Paul Dresher
Ensemble); Dream Report (Allyson Green
Dance, featuring Lux Borreal); Garden of
Forbidden Loves, Garden of Deadly Sound
(IMAGOmoves & International Hungarian
Theater Festival in Cluj, Romania); Men Are
from Mars, Jerry Herman’s Broadway (The
Old Globe); Women Are from Venus (Dallas
Theater Center Gala) and industrials with MSI
Production Services, Inc.
Jess Slocum
(Assistant Stage Manager)
La Jolla Playhouse: The Third Story, Memphis,
Most Wanted. Broadway: In the Heights.
Regional: Robin and the 7 Hoods, Alive and
Well, Sammy, Cornelia, Since Africa, How
the Grinch Stole Christmas! (’07-‘09), The
Glass Menagerie (The Old Globe); Yellow
Face (Mo`olelo Performing Arts Company);
Tranquillity Woods (Steppenwolf Theatre
Co.); Romeo and Juliet (Nashville Opera
Association). Education: B.A. in Theatre and
Sociology from Vanderbilt University.
Alaine Alldaffer
(Casting)
Casting Director for Playwrights Horizons.
Credits include: Grey Gardens (Broadway
and PWH); most recently This, Circle Mirror
Transformation and Clybourne Park. Present
Laughter with Victor Garber for the Huntington
Theater and Roundabout Theatre. TV credits:
Knights of Prosperity aka Let’s Rob Mick Jagger
for ABC. Associate credits include Ed (NBC)
and Monk (USA). Theaters include Long Wharf,
Soho Rep, ACT in San Francisco and Arena
Stage. Festivals include Williamstown and
Humana. She casts for The Huntington Theatre
in Boston and the Women’s Project NYC. Lisa
Donadio is the Associate Casting Director.
Huntington Theatre Company
The Huntington Theatre Company, in residence
at Boston University, is Boston’s largest
professional theatre company. Under the
direction of Artistic Director Peter DuBois
and Managing Director Michael Maso, the
Huntington creates seven new productions each
season featuring world-class theatre artists
from Boston and Broadway. The Huntington has
transferred over a dozen of these productions
to Broadway, including recent favorites
Noël Coward’s Present Laughter and Alfred
Hitchcock’s The 39 Steps. The Huntington also
serves the local theatre community through its
operation of the Stanford Calderwood Pavilion
at the Boston Center for the Arts. As a national
leader in the development of new plays, the
Huntington has produced more than 50 New
England, American, or world premieres to date.
Berkeley Repertory Theatre
has grown from a storefront stage to a national
leader in innovative theatre. Known for its core
values of imagination and excellence, as well
as its educated and adventurous audience, the
nonprofit has provided a welcoming home for
emerging and established artists since 1968.
With two stages, a school, and a Tony Award
for Outstanding Regional Theatre, Berkeley Rep
is proud to premiere exhilarating new plays.
In the last five years alone, the company has
helped send five shows to Broadway: American
Idiot, Bridge & Tunnel, In the Next Room (or
the vibrator play), Passing Strange and Wishful
Drinking. Come see tomorrow’s plays today at
Berkeley Rep.
Christopher Ashley
(Artistic Director)
has served as La Jolla
Playhouse’s Artistic
Director since October,
2007. During his tenure,
he has helmed the
Playhouse’s productions
of A Midsummer Night’s
Dream, Restoration and the acclaimed musicals
Xanadu and Memphis, which won four 2010
Tony Awards including Best Musical. He also
spearheads the Playhouse’s Resident Theatre
program and was instrumental in developing
THE EDGE series. Prior to joining the Playhouse,
he directed the Broadway productions of
Xanadu (Drama Desk nomination), All Shook Up
and The Rocky Horror Show (Tony, Drama Desk
and Outer Critics Circle Award nominations),
as well as the Kennedy Center Sondheim
Celebration productions of Sweeney Todd and
Merrily We Roll Along. Other New York credits
include: Blown Sideways Through Life, Jeffrey
(Lucille Lortel and Obie Awards), The Most
Fabulous Story Ever Told, Valhalla, Regrets
Only, Wonder of the World, Communicating
Doors, Bunny Bunny, The Night Hank Williams
Died, Fires in the Mirror (Lucille Lortel Award),
among others. Mr. Ashley also directed
the feature film Jeffrey and the American
Playhouse production of Blown Sideways
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PLAYHOUSE SPECIAL EVENTS
Innovation Night 2010 was held on
Wednesday, October 6 at La Jolla Playhouse.
Over 420 leaders representing 160 companies
attended at the networking reception and
performance of Limelight: The Story of Charlie
Chaplin. The sold-out event raised over
$100,000 in support of innovation initiatives in
education and play development.
Innovation Night at La Jolla Playhouse. Photo by Daniel Norwood
Playhouse Artistic Director Christopher Ashley
introducing the world premiere musical, Limelight: The
Story of Charlie Chaplin. Photo by Daniel Norwood
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Colleagues from Digitaria. Photo by Daniel Norwood
Innovation Night at La Jolla Playhouse Co-Chairs: Susan Dubé, Consultant at Cypress Bioscience,
Camille Sobrian, President & COO of CONNECT, Daniel Khabie, CEO of Digitaria, and Tim Scott,
President of Pharmatek Laboratories. Photo by Daniel Norwood
Scott Foote, Managing Director at Square 1 Bank, and Mason Matthies,
Managing Director at RR Donnelley. Photo by Daniel Norwood
PLAYHOUSE SPECIAL EVENTS
Co-Chair Tim Scott introducing the short film, Innovation at La
Jolla Playhouse, donated by Loma Media. Photo by Daniel Norwood
Playhouse Trustee and Partner at Cooley LLP Steve Strauss with Event Co-Chair Camille
Sobrian, President & COO of CONNECT. Photo by Daniel Norwood
Barbara Cambon, Director at BioMed Realty Trust Inc. (center)
with husband John, Martha Dennis, Principal at Gordian Knot
and Playhouse Trustee Ed Dennis, Professor at UCSD School of
Medicine and Revelle College. Photo by Peter Meade
Bill and Lori Walton with Joan and Irwin Jacobs.
Debi Preece, General Manager of Vector USA, and guest.
Photo by Peter Meade
Partygoers at Innovation Night.
Photo by Daniel Norwood
Playhouse Trustee Don Rosenberg, General Counsel and EVP at Qualcomm Incorporated,
with Susan Wilson, Development at Tocagen, and Dennis Berman, Director and EVP,
Corporate Development at Tocagen. Photo by Daniel Norwood
Alan Talbott, Partner at Procopio, and wife Ellen
Talbott. Photo by Daniel Norwood
Paul Chambers (center), Manager of Facilities for
BioMed Realty Trust with Staci Chambers (far left) and
Patti and Scott Westover. Photo by Peter Meade
CORPORATE, FOUNDATION AND GOVERNMENT SUPPORT
Opportunities for corporations to partner with La Jolla Playhouse are numerous and varied, each providing
exclusive benefits and recognition. For information, please contact Jill McIntyre at (858) 550-1070 x137.
Corporate circle
Season Sponsors Circle
Production Sponsors Circle
Corporate Supporters Circle
San Diego Scottish Rite
Community Foundation
Allianz Global Investors
Capital
City National Bank
Holland America Line
Nordstrom
Event Supporters Circle
Avalon Ventures
Baldwin Group - UBS La Jolla
Carston Royston Group LLC/ Forward Ventures
Cooley LLP
Merck & Co., Inc.
Pfizer, Inc.
ResMed Inc.
GOVERNMENT & FOUNDATION
The County of San Diego and
Chairwoman Pam Slater-Price
Sidney E. Frank
Foundation
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The James Irvine
Foundation
Jordan Ressler
Endowment Fund
The Shubert
Foundation, Inc.
The William Hall
Tippett and Ruth Rathell
Tippett Foundation
Mandell Weiss
Charitable Trust
EDUCATION & OUTREACH
Education & Outreach Programs
PERFORMANCE OUTREACH PROGRAM
(POP) TOUR
Every school year, the Playhouse commissions a
new play that addresses real concerns of today’s
youth and brings a professional production
to schools and community centers in diverse
communities across San Diego county. School
performances are also integrated into the
classroom curriculum through pre-performance
visits by Playhouse Teaching Artists.
• Touring schools January 31 - April 1, 2011
• Public performances April 2 & 3, 2011
IN-SCHOOL RESIDENCIES
In partnership with San Diego County and
City Visual and Performing Arts Departments,
Playhouse Teaching Artists teach theatre skills in
classrooms across the county, ensuring theatre
becomes an integral part of the education of all
San Diego children while fostering a relationship
with the Playhouse that will continue as these
young people grow into adulthood. For more
information, call (858) 550-1070 x101.
YOUNG PERFORMERS’ WORKSHOP
Creative exploration of theatre arts in a summer
program for students entering into grades 2-12.
CONSERVATORY
Six-week summer intensive training in acting,
voice, movement and text for grades 10-12. By
audition only.
Illuminating Audience Events
La Jolla Playhouse offers unique opportunities for
audience members to delve deeper into
Ruined with these special performance series
options:
Talkback Tuesday: Join cast and crew for a
discussion following the performance.
• Tue., Nov. 23 and Nov. 30
Insider: Meet with a Playhouse staff member 45
minutes prior to the performance for an insider’s
discussion about the play you are going to see.
• Wed., Nov. 24, 6:45 pm
• Sun. Nov. 28, 6:15 pm
• Fri., Dec. 3, 7:15 pm
• Sat., Dec. 4, 1:15 pm
• Wed., Dec. 8, 6:45 pm
Sponsored in Part by
Discovery Sunday: Join special guest speakers
after the performance as they explore the themes
of the production.
• Sun., Dec. 12 (matinee)
Reaction: A special post-show discussion
facilitated by Playhouse staff.
• Sat., Nov. 27 following the 8 pm performance
• Thu., Dec. 2 following the 8 pm performance
• Fri., Dec. 10 following the 8 pm performance
• Sat., Dec. 11 following the 2 pm performance
• Sun., Dec. 19 following the 2 pm performance
THEATRE TOURS
Tour the stages and production shops of the
Playhouse facilities and learn more about the
history of La Jolla Playhouse and the role that
it plays in the community. Tours are available to
groups for a nominal fee. To schedule a tour, call
(858) 550-1070 x101.
ACCESS PERFORMANCE SERIES
La Jolla Playhouse provides American Sign
Language interpretation for audience members
who are deaf or hard of hearing and live audio
description for audience members who are blind
or have low vision. Pre-show sensory tours provide
design information to enhance the experience.
• Sat., Nov. 27 (matinee)
Sponsored in Part by
Sponsored in Part by
For more information on Education & Outreach
programs at La Jolla Playhouse, please contact
Stephen McCormick at (858) 550-1070 x102.
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continued from page 8
Through Life for PBS. Mr. Ashley is the recipient
of the Princess Grace Award, the Drama League
Director Fellowship and an NEA/TCG Director
Fellowship.
Michael S. Rosenberg
(Managing Director)
was appointed Managing
Director of La Jolla
Playhouse in April, 2009.
During his first season,
he worked in partnership
with Artistic Director
Christopher Ashley to
produce three world premieres, including two
Playhouse commissions and the hit musical
Bonnie & Clyde. He was also instrumental
in bringing two special engagements to the
Playhouse: the international sensation Aurélia’s
Oratorio and the Page To Stage workshop
of John Leguizamo Diary of a Madman.
Additionally, he fostered the growth of the
Playhouse’s award-winning Performance
Outreach Program (POP) tour, achieving
the most performances at local schools in
Playhouse history. Previously, Mr. Rosenberg
was Co-Founder and Executive Director of
Drama Dept., a New York non-profit theatre
company, where he produced new works by the
likes of Douglas Carter Beane, Warren Leight,
Isaac Mizrahi, Paul Rudnick and David and Amy
Sedaris. He has been a part of the producing
teams for the Broadway productions of Grey
Gardens and American Buffalo and the national
tour of Little House on the Prairie.
Debby Buchholz
(General Manager)
has served as General
Manager of La Jolla
Playhouse since 2002.
She is a member of the
Executive Committee and
of the League of Resident
Theaters (LORT). In 2009,
she received a San Diego Women Who Mean
Business Award from San Diego Business
Journal. Previously she served as Counsel to
the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing
Arts and the National Symphony Orchestra in
Washington, D.C.. She was a faculty member of
the Smithsonian Institution’s program on Legal
Problems of Museum Administration. Prior to
the Kennedy Center, she served as a corporate
attorney in New York City and Washington, DC.
She is a graduate of UC San Diego and Harvard
Law School. Ms. Buchholz and her husband,
noted author and White House economic policy
advisor Todd Buchholz, live in Solana Beach and
are the proud parents of Victoria, Katherine and
Alexia.
Des McAnuff
(Director Emeritus)
served as La Jolla
Playhouse’s Artistic
Director from 1983
through 1994, and from
2001 through April, 2007.
Under his leadership, the
Playhouse garnered more
than 300 awards, including the Tony Award
for Outstanding Regional Theatre. Playhouse
to Broadway credits: Jersey Boys (four Tony
Awards); Billy Crystal’s 700 Sundays (Tony
Award); How to Succeed in Business Without
Really Trying (five Tony nominations); director
and co-author with Pete Townshend on The
Who’s Tommy (Tony and Olivier Awards for
Best Director) and Big River (seven Tony
Awards), among others. Film credits: Quills, The
Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle, The Iron
Giant (9 Animation Society awards) and Cousin
Bette. Recipient of the Drama League’s 2006
Julia Hansen Award, Mr. McAnuff currently
serves as Artistic Director at Canada’s Stratford
Festival.
In Memoriam
Rita Bronowski
(1917 - 2010)
The staff, Board and patrons of La Jolla Playhouse are
saddened by the loss of our friend Rita Bronowski —
founding member, beloved trustee, donor, volunteer and
lifelong theatre enthusiast.
Rita was an early supporter of the effort to establish
a theatre on the campus of UC San Diego, and as a
member of the search committee for its artistic director,
helped to set the future course of the re-born La
Jolla Playhouse. She was active as a member of the
Playhouse Board of Trustees, serving on a number of
committees. A fervent believer in theatre for young
audiences, she also supported the Playhouse’s POP
Tour that brings live theatre to young people across San
Diego County.
Rita was a founding member of the Salk Institute Art
and Science Forum, recently renamed the Bronowski
Art and Science Forum, as well as a major supporter of
The Old Globe and the San Diego Symphony. She was
also a member of the Charter 100 Club and the English
Speaking Union, where for many years she organized the
Shakespeare Competition for high school students.
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A steadfast supporter of the Playhouse and numerous
cultural institutions in San Diego, Rita will always be an
indelible part of the theatre’s past, present and future.
PATRONS
Thank YOU!
La Jolla Playhouse gratefully acknowledges the generosity of our
donors, whose annual contributions support the high caliber of
work on the Playhouse stages and in our community. While space
constraints require that we limit our listings in the program, a
complete list of our generous and highly valued donors can be
found online at lajollaplayhouse.org.
For more information on becoming a donor and getting insider
access to the Playhouse, or to update your program listing, please
contact Deborah Trimble at (858) 550-1070 x140.
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Norinne McKinney
Christa McReynolds
Dr. and Mrs. Robert
Meredith
Dr. and Mrs. Harve Meskin
Laura and Eric Michelsen
Dr. and Mrs. Paul E.
Michelson
Anabel and Theodore Mintz
Barbara and Patrick Moran
Story and Richard Moreno
Marilyn Moriarty
Jane Morlino
Chandra Mukerji and
Zachary Fisk
Dr. Mark Niblack
Dr. Paul Pearigen and
Dr. Kim Kerr
Dr. William and Beth Penny
Don and Nola Picht
Stephen and Dee Queen
Dr. Kevin Rapeport and
Dr. Angeli Hill
Becky Robbins
Verne and Morley Rosenfield
In Honor of David Dolgen
Joy and Richard Rottenstein
Lita Roy
Dr. and Mrs. Peter Sacks
Mark and Theresa Sadoff
Milton and Jeanne Saier
Bert Salonen
in-kind donors
Wright & L'Estrange
MEDIA SPONSORS
Corporate Matching GIfts
Bank of America
Caterpillar Foundation
Intuit
Karen Santhanam
Sheryl and Bob Scarano
Jeff and Jean Selzer
Cynthia and Aaron Shenkman
Sandy and Stella Shvil
Joseph Sierra
Beverly and Howard Silldorf
Alan and Esther Siman
Drs. Ron and Marilyn Simon
J & J Slobodny
Mary Terlaak-Smith M.D. and
David G. Smith M.D.
Peter Smith and
Ralph Schneider
Norman and Judith Solomon
Barbara and Curt Spanis
Mark and Jill Spitzer
In Honor of Joan and
Irwin Jacobs
Gary and Susan Spoto
Louise Stanger
Francy Starr
Cyndy Stauffer and
Melinda L. Arnold
Dr. Jennifer Stewart and
Mr. Scott Harrison
Pfizer Foundation
Qualcomm Incorporated
Wachovia Securities
August Suszko and
Lorrie Tindel
Adrienne Swerdlow
Harriet and John Taylor
Michael Tierney and
Andrea Migdal
Yonina Tova
Doris Trauner M.D. and
Richard Stanford
Barbara Trohimovich
Maxine Trimble
Aldad and Ommid Vakili
Katharine Sheehan and
Frederick Walker
Gary Wasserman
Mel and Isabelle Wasserman
Jack and Judy White
Dr. and Mrs. Gregory Wiener
Caryl Lees Witte
Peter and Donna Worcester
Howard and Judy Ziment
Leo and Emma Zuckerman
Anonymous (6)
List as of October 19, 2010
IN GRATITUDE
La Jolla Playhouse Board of Trustees
and staff wish to express their deepest
appreciation and gratitude to Vivien
and Jeffrey Ressler for establishing the
Jordan Ressler Endowment Fund.
With the creation of this endowment,
La Jolla Playhouse will receive
much-needed annual support for the express purpose of
developing new work and sustaining key artistic projects
throughout the creative process.
FOUNDATION AND GOVERNMENT SUPPORT / PATRONS SERVICES
PARTNERS ($50,000 +)
The City of San Diego Commission for
Arts and Culture
Helen K. and James S. Copley
Foundation
The County of San Diego and
Chairwoman Pam Slater-Price
Ellen and David Dolgen Charitable
Fund
Milton and Faiya Fredman Fund of the
Jewish Community Foundation
The James Irvine Foundation
Joan and Irwin Jacobs Fund of the
Jewish Community Foundation
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Vivien and Jeffrey Ressler Family Fund
of the Jewish Community Foundation
Jordan Ressler Endowment Fund
Dr. Seuss Fund
The Shubert Foundation, Inc.
The William Hall Tippett and Ruth
Rathell Tippett Foundation
Mandell Weiss Charitable Trust
SPONSORS ($10,000 - $49,999)
The Crawford Smith Foundation
Drs. Edward and Martha Dennis Fund
of the Fideltiy Charitable Gift Fund
Eagle Family Foundation Trust
Kathryn C. Fishback Family Foundation
Foster Family Foundation of the Jewish
Community Foundation
Sidney E. Frank Foundation
Gleiberman Family Fund of the Jewish
Community Foundation
Deni and Jeff Jacobs Fund of the
Jewish Community Foundation
Debby and Hal Jacobs Family Fund of
the Jewish Community Foundation
New York Community Trust, Barbara
and William Karatz Fund
Kenneth and Jane S. Libby Foundation
The National Endowment for the Arts
The Parker Foundation; Gerald T. and
Inez Grant Parker
Hughes and Sheila Potiker Family
Foundation
Ivor and Colette Carson Royston Fund
Alvin and Dorothy Schwartz
Foundation
Ellen Browning Scripps Foundation
L. J. & Mary C. Skaggs Foundation
The Wilson-Strauss Family Fund of the
Jewish Community Foundation
Donors ($125 - $9,999)
William and Betty Andres Foundation
Baldwin Family Fund of the Fidelity
Charitable Gift Fund
Baumgartel DeBeer Family Fund of the
Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund
Ben-Yehuda Family Fund of the Jewish
Community Foundation
Sondra and Robert Berk Fund of the
Jewish Community Foundation
Arthur and Barbara Bloom Foundation
LaVerne and Blaine Briggs Donor
Advised Fund at the Rancho Santa
Fe Foundation
Browar Family Fund of the Jewish
Community Foundation
Robert Brunst Leichtag Family
Foundation Fund of the Jewish
Community Foundation
Conrad and Christa Burke Fund
The City of Encinitas & Mizel Family
Foundation Community Grant
Program
Doede Family Charitable Fund of the
Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund
Enberg Family Charitable Foundation
Epstein Family Foundation
Inge Feinswog Fund of the Jewish
Community Foundation
Diane and Elliot Feuerstein Fund of the
Jewish Community Foundation
Karney Flaster Family Foundation
The Samuel I. and John Henry Fox
Foundation at Union Bank of CA
Zdenka Fronek and Walter Olsen of the
Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund
Girard Foundation
The Samuel Goldwyn Foundation
Leo S. Guthman Fund
Gary K. and Jeanne L. Herberger Trust
Leonard M. Herman Fund of the
Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund
Gerald and Ingrid Hoffmeister Fund
J.C. Foundation
Warren and Karen Kessler Fund of the
Jewish Community Foundation
La Jolla Kiwanis Foundation
Bernard and Muriel Lauren Foundation
The Levitt Foundation
Jeffrey and Sheila Lipinsky Family
Foundation
Gerald and Ann Lipschitz Fund of the
Jewish Community Foundation
Witt Matheny Fund at the East Bay
Community Foundation
Mulliken Family Fund
Novak Foundation
Julius J. Pearl Fund
Alan Pitcairn Family Fund at the
National Philanthropic Trust
Shearn and Linda Platt Fund of the
Jewish Community Foundation
Lori and Kenneth Polin Family Fund of
the Jewish Community Foundation
The Arthur and Jeanette Pratt
Memorial Fund
Price Family Charitable Fund
Ravet Family Fund of the Jewish
Community Foundation
Edward H. Richard Fdn. & Henry & Ida
Richard Foundation
Scarano Family Foundation
Schwab Charitable Fund
The Shared Fund
Herbert J. and Elene Solomon Fund of
the Jewish Community Foundation
Stone Family Foundation of the Jewish
Community Foundation
Thomas Family Trust
Tilles Family Foundation
Denotes Fund at the San Diego Foundation
List as of October 19, 2010
Ellen and Roger Revelle helped revive La Jolla Playhouse in the early 1980s. For more than 20 years, they helped sustain
live theatre through volunteer leadership and charitable giving. Now they are helping endow the Playhouse for future
generations through a bequest in their estate.
The Revelle Society is dedicated to telling the story of Ellen and Roger Revelle’s visionary philanthropic legacy.
La Jolla Playhouse hopes you will be inspired by the Revelles to review your financial and estate plans to consider how
philanthropic legacy planning could benefit you and help build the Playhouse endowment. Regardless of the size of your
estate or the size of your gift, we would be honored to be counted among your philanthropic priorities.
Create a lasting legacy through The Revelle Society.
Learn more about philanthropic legacy planning for gifts that:
• Cost you nothing during your lifetime
• Generate income for you during your lifetime
• Preserve wealth for your family
Please contact Deborah Trimble, Director of Development, at (858) 550-1070 x140 or dtrimble@ljp.org for
a confidential consultation.
These generous supporters have been so inspired and, in turn, are inspiring others:
Christopher Ashley
Scott Aylward
Cynthia Bolker
Ralph and Gail Bryan
Leslie J. Cohen*
Armando de Peralta, Sr.*
Bob Jacobs
Joan and Irwin Jacobs
Charmaine* and Maury* Kaplan
John O'Dea
Margaret F. Peninger*
Jeffrey and Vivien Ressler
Ellen* and Roger* Revelle
Michael S. Rosenberg
Ruth Shepherd*
Mickey Stern
Kathryn Sturch
Arthur and Molli Wagner
Mandell Weiss*
Anonymous (1)
* denotes deceased
PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE P21
COMMUNITY PARTNERS
is proud to introduce our community partners for
Alliance for African Assistance
serves refugees in San Diego, providing
them with access to housing, employment,
and all the tools they need to become
self-sufficient in an adoptive nation so
different from their past reality, it’s difficult
to envision. Every day, we do for refugees
what playwright Lynn Nottage hopes to
achieve with Ruined: “…connecting with
living, breathing human beings, not just statistics.” Our
refugees come from Congo, Uganda, Somalia, Rwanda,
Iraq, Colombia, Nepal, and Burma, to name a few. All of
them have been through ruin. All of them have persevered.
Call Tara Hunt at (619) 286-9052 or visit
www.alliance-for-africa.org for more information.
Women’s International Center [WIC]
was founded in 1982 with the mission to "acknowledge, honor, encourage, and educate
women." For twenty-eight years this 501(c)3 non-profit charity has brought people together
to celebrate the accomplishments of women and encourage relief initiatives around the world.
Please join them on January 15, 2011 for our Living Legacy Awards at the Joan B. Kroc
Institute for Peace and Justice at San Diego University from 4:00 - 8:00 pm. Their honorees
include Dilkhwaz Ahmed, Natalie Cole, Marye Anne Fox, Kathryn Marie Arger Gang, Jackée
Harry, Mary Lyons, Scripps McDonald Center, Women‘s Resource Center and Other Worlds
are Possible.
Visit www.wic.org for more information.
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PLAYHOUSE PARTNERS / PATRON SERVICES
Special Thanks to the Playhouse Partners
The Playhouse Partners donate their time, service and skills to
support and promote La Jolla Playhouse. This active, friendly group
provides many ways to become involved, such as leading backstage
tours, organizing special events for the cast and crew, and staffing
the gift shop and information desk. In return, Partners receive many
exciting benefits, from attending dress rehearsals to learning more
about the backstage world of the theatre, all while representing one
of the foremost regional theatres in the country. La Jolla Playhouse
is deeply grateful for the Partners’ efforts on behalf of the theatre.
Tell us. Tell everyone.
SHARE YOUR
EXPERIENCE
A full listing of the Playhouse Partners is available online at
lajollaplayhouse.org. For more information about the Playhouse
Partners, please visit lajollaplayhouse.org, or contact Jessica Burger
at (858) 550-1070 x142 or jburger@ljp.org.
@LJPlayhouse
facebook.com/LaJollaPlayhouse
LaJollaPlayhouse1947
lajollaplayhouse.org/blog
Partners Carmen Mannarino and Lois Bradbury prepare company breakfast.
Patron Services
PATRON SERVICES is located in the lobby area
of each theatre. A representative is available to
answer questions and hand out assisted listening
devices, restaurant guides, performance schedules
and subscription information.
BARS AND CONCESSIONS are open one hour
prior to curtain and during intermissions. To avoid
the rush, intermission beverages can be ordered
before the show.
Concessions by
CAMERAS AND RECORDING DEVICES are
strictly prohibited in the theatre. Please check these
items with the House Manager and turn off your
camera phone.
PARKING is $2 on weekdays, Monday – Friday.
Upon arrival to campus, please enter your parking
space number and pay the automated paystations
(debit or cash) located by the information kiosk.
Spaces that are not paid for are subject to ticketing
by UC San Diego Campus Police.
DOCTORS AND PARENTS expecting calls during
the performance should leave their names and seat
numbers with the House Manager before the show.
Leave the following number with your service:
(858) 550-1030.
ACCESSIBILITY
La Jolla Playhouse provides wheelchair-accessible
seating and parking. Wheelchair seat locations
are available for wheelchair users and a
companion at all performances; be sure to advise
the reservationist that you require a wheelchair
location. Additionally, a golf cart is available to
assist patrons with accessibility needs to and
from the parking lot. Please notify the Box Office
prior to your performance if you are in need of
this service; additionally, you may pull into the
five minute parking in front of the theatre, and a
friendly La Jolla Playhouse greeter will assist you.
The Playhouse also provides assisted listening
devices for patrons who are hard of hearing.
Devices are available, free of charge, at the Patron
Services Center prior to performances (subject to
availability).
Listening Devices Provided in Part by
One performance of each production is designated
as an ACCESS performance. These performances
feature American Sign Language interpretations
for the deaf and hard of hearing and live audio
description for blind/low-vision audience members.
Pre-show sensory tours provide design information
to enhance the production experience for blind/
low-vision patrons as well.
BABES IN ARMS
Out of respect for fellow audience members and
the performers, babes in arms are not permitted in
the theatre during performances.
LATECOMERS or PATRONS WHO LEAVE
THEIR SEAT DURING THE PERFORMANCE
will be admitted to the standing room section of
the theatre at the discretion of the House Manager.
They may take their assigned seats at intermission.
La Jolla Playhouse accepts no responsibility for
inconvenience to latecomers.
PLEASE SILENCE all electronic devices including
cellular phones, watches and pagers before the
performance.
Safety in the Theatre District
La Jolla Playhouse is constantly working with
the UC San Diego Police Department and UC San
Diego Transportation and Parking Services, which
operates the parking lot and security system,
to maintain and improve security conditions for
patrons and staff members. Additionally, patrons
and staff are welcome to use UC San Diego
Community Service Officers (CSOs) for an escort to
their cars by calling (858) 534-WALK (9255). Further
questions regarding security may be addressed to
UC San Diego Police at (858) 534-HELP (4357).
PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE P23
LA JOLLA PLAYHOUSE STAFF
Christopher Ashley
Artistic Director
Michael S. Rosenberg
Managing Director
ARTISTIC
Director Emeritus Des McAnuff
Director of Play Development Shirley Fishman
Associate Producer Dana I. Harrel
Literary Manager Gabriel Greene
Executive Assistant to Christopher Ashley
Rick VanNoy
Artistic Assistant/Local Casting Director
Marike Fitzgerald
Commissioned Artists Amanda Green,
Kirsten Greenidge, Joe Iconis, Naomi Iizuka,
Adam Rapp, Alfred Uhry, Doug Wright,
Karen Zacarías
ADMINISTRATION
General Manager Debby Buchholz
Associate General Manager Jenny Case
Human Resources Manager Cindy DiPiero
Corporate/Legal Counsel Robert C. Wright,
Wright & L’Estrange
Theatre/Legal Counsel F. Richard Pappas, Esq.
Executive Assistant to Michael S. Rosenberg
Jennifer Correia
COMPANY MANAGEMENT
Associate Company Manager Alyssa Gardner
Company Management Assistants Heather Losey,
Katherine Stout
FINANCE
Director of Finance John O’Dea
Assistant Director of Finance Mary Harris
Comptroller Dominic Cabantong
Payroll AP George Kelly
Production Accountant Sharon Ratelle
IT Systems and Data Manager Roy Waters
Database Administrator Amanda Freeman
DEVELOPMENT
Director of Development Deborah Trimble
Corporate Development Manager Jill McIntyre
Foundation and Government Relations Manager
Erin M. Knight
Development Database Manager Paul Sapiano
Special Events Manager Lisa Jenkins
Individual Giving Associate Jessica Burger
Special Events Assistant Manager Amber Wood
MARKETING
Director of Marketing Mary Cook
Director of Public Relations Becky Biegelsen
Multimedia Designer Mark Wierenga
Marketing Associate Amy Nguyen
Communications Specialist Deanna Chew
Marketing Assistant Amanda Buzzell
TELESALES / TELEFUNDING
Telesales and Telefunding Manager
Steven Kang
Subscription Sales / Fundraising Associate
Paul Preston
Subscription Sales / Fundraising Representatives
Matthew Bantelman, Amanda Cornell,
Suzanne Eliasson, Michelle St. George
BOX OFFICE
Box Office Manager Jennifer Bantelman
Assistant Box Office Manager
M. Nikki Cooper-Grigalunus
Box Office Lead Operators Samuel Carr, Pearl Hang,
Steven Lone
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Box Office Reservationists Emily Kane,
Jessica Rolfsmeyer, Julia Smith
EDUCATION & OUTREACH
Director of Education & Outreach
Stephen McCormick
Education & Outreach Associate Marisol Best
Education & Outreach Coordinator Nicole Keepers
Production Insider Cynthia Stokes
Audio Describers Brian Berlau, Robert Hitchcox,
Shari Lyon, Kay O’Neil, Deborah Sanborn,
Janet Schlesinger, Helen Warren Ross
ASL Interpreters Anelia Glebocki,
Suzanne Lightbourn
ASL Volunteer Esther Shen
Audio Description Coordinator Shari Lyon
Teaching Artists Leticia S. De Anda,
Matthew J. Bovee, Nicole Cantalupo,
Lisel Gorell-Getz, Brian Hammond,
Shelly Hart Breneman, Jason Maddy,
Wendy Maples, Lori Petermann, Erika Phillips,
James Pillar, Cynthia Stokes, Miriam White,
Eric Vest
INTERNS
Artistic Amanda Buzzell
Company Management Jessica Rolfmeyer
Dramaturgy Elle Shaps
Education Michelle Che
Finance Peggy Lo, Winnie Yu
Production Sarah Kolman
Public Relations Sonia Balanay, Julia Rutherford
Marketing Stacey Hunsucker
Scenic Art Kerby Solognier
Sound Melanie Chen
2010 STUDENT BOARD OF TRUSTEES OFFICERS
Carmen Quiñones (Chair), Brent Roach (Vice Chair),
Lila Gavares (Secretary)
OPERATIONS
Director of Operations Ned Collins
Operations Associate Jen McClenahan
Front Office Administrator Anita Simons
FRONT OF HOUSE
House Manager John Craft
Assistant House Managers Katherine Cordova,
Amy Covington, Philip Kerksha,
Cameron McMartin, Eric Nickerson, Heather Wolf
Janitorial Professional Maintenance Systems
PRODUCTION
Production Manager Peter J. Davis
Associate Production Manager Linda S. Cooper
Assistant Production Manager Sara T. Danford
Production Management Assistant Melinda Clark
SCENE SHOP
Technical Director Chris Kennedy
Associate Technical Directors Chris Borreson,
Steven Gerlach
Scene Shop Foreman David Weiner
Lead Carpenter Mike Curtis
Staff Carpenters Kyle Ahlquist, Bill George,
Tom Lucenti
Staff Show Carpenter Preston Spence
Carpenters William Hartley, Stephan Lutz,
Michael Moglia, Camren Wakefield,
June Higgebotham
Shop Helper Stuart Doug Collind
PAINT SHOP
Charge Scenic Artist Mark Jensen
Assistant Charge Artist JR Bruce
Scenic Artists Sarah Arakaki, Dwaine Best
COSTUME SHOP
Costume Shop Manager Susan Makkoo
Assistant Manager Gina Davidson
Costume Shop Foreman/Tailor Lissa Skiles
First Hand/Master Stitcher K-Joy Lehmann-Way
Drapers Ingrid Helton, Sarah Maisel
Alterations Table Head Greg Burke
First Hands Jan Blankenship, Armen Khachiyan
Stitcher Maria G. De La Mora, Yangchen Dolkar,
Donna Goodbody, Claudia LaRue
Crafts Jeannie Galioto, Christine Jones
ELECTRICS
Lighting Supervisor Mike Doyle
Assistant Lighting Supervisor Kathryn Sturch
Staff Electricians Mike Lowe, Matt Wilson
Electricians Patricia Lesinski, Areta MacKelvie,
Ramon Wenn
SOUND
Sound Supervisor Joe Huppert
Assistant Sound Supervisor Rachel LeVine
Sound Technicians Eric May,
Steve Negrete, Giovanni Velasco
PROPERTIES SHOP
Prop Master Debra Hatch
Associate Prop Master Kelly Corrigan
Assistant Prop Master Jeni Cheung
Soft Goods Elizabeth Egan
Prop Shop Foreman Will Widick
Prop Artisans Jason Butcher, Ryan Lewis
RUINED STAFF
Technical Director Chris Borreson
Prop Master Jeni Cheung
Prop Assistants Sarah Kolman, Alisa Zeljeznjak
Show Carpenter Kyle Ahlquist
Wardrobe Senia Vanyan
Hair Adalyn Wilson
Wardrobe Supervisor Erick Sundquist
Light Board Programmer Ramon Wenn
Sound Engineer Shaun McAdams
OUR MISSION
La Jolla Playhouse advances theatre as an
art form and as a vital social, moral and
political platform by providing unfettered
creative opportunities for the leading artists
of today and tomorrow. With our youthful
spirit and eclectic, artist-driven approach,
we will continue to cultivate a local and
national following with an insatiable
appetite for audacious and diverse work. In
the future, San Diego’s La Jolla Playhouse
will be considered singularly indispensable
to the worldwide theatre landscape, as
we become a permanent safe harbor for
the unsafe and surprising. The day will
come when it will be essential to enter the
La Jolla Playhouse village in order to get
a glimpse of what is about to happen in
American theatre.