Ruined Program FINAL2
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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 continued on page 18 Plus two musicals to be announced! Subscriber? Renew today for the most savings and to keep your same seats. Want to subscribe? Order today to make sure you don't miss a Playhouse moment. PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE P9 P10 PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE P11 P12 PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE P13 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 P14 PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE 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 P16 PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE 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. PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE P17 THE COMPANY 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. P18 PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE 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. Executive Producer’s Club – Visionary Level EXECUTIVE PRODUCER’S CLUB INNER CIRCLE – DIRECTOR’S LEVEL ($100,000 and above) David Copley Joan and Irwin Jacobs Rao and Padma Makineni ($10,000 - $24,999) Weston Anson and Susan Bailey In Honor of Adelaide Bailey John and Toni Bloomberg Drs. Edward and Martha Dennis Susan E. Dubé Michael and Juanita Eagle Suzanne Figi Pauline Foster Hanna and Mark Gleiberman Frank and Betsy Grasso George and Gail Knox Mary Keough Lyman Margret and Nevins McBride Alan M. Nahum and Victoria J. Danzig Judy and Alan Robbins Bill and Dorian Sailer Tim and Emily Scott Dr. Drew and Noni Senyei Gad and Suzan Shaanan Amy and Charles Spielman Mickey Stern Karl and Barbara ZoBell Anonymous (1) ($2,500 - $4,999) Scott Aylward Robert Baizer and Diane Jacobs Baizer In Honor of Ralph Bryan Mrs. Jane Bastien Lon and Denise Bevers Carol Randolph and Robert Caplan Arthur Brody and Phyllis Cohn William and Karen Dow Homer and Nina Eaton Joan R. Fisher Miles Grant Leonard and Elaine Hirsch Mary Beth Jernigan Jeffrey and Carolyn Levin Estelle and Hamilton Loeb Betsy Manchester Lyn Nelson Shearn and Linda Platt Tina and Marvin Simner Iris and Matthew Strauss Susan and Richard Ulevitch Pamela J. Wagner Karin E. Winner Gary L. Wollberg and Dr. Yumi Miyamoto EXECUTIVE PRODUCER’S CLUB – IMPRESARIO LEVEL ($50,000 - $99,999) Faiya Fredman Audrey S. Geisel Sheri L. and Stuart W. Jamieson Harle Garth Montgomery Jeffrey and Vivien Ressler EXECUTIVE PRODUCER’S CLUB – SPONSOR LEVEL ($25,000 - $49,999) Christopher Ashley Richard and Rita Atkinson Michael Bartell and Melissa Garfield Bartell Bozeman Group LLC Gail and Ralph Bryan Linda Chester and Dr. Kenneth Rind Florence Cohen Ellen Sarver Dolgen and David P. Dolgen Debby and Hal Jacobs Jeanne Jones and Don Breitenberg William W. Karatz Tamara and Kevin Kinsella Michael & Karen Levinson, Steven Strauss & Lise Wilson, Cooley Godward Kronish LLP Des McAnuff Dr. Howard and Barbara Milstein Sheila M. Potiker Ivor Royston and Colette Carson Royston Judith C. Smith and Stephen W. Smith Molli and Arthur Wagner Ph.D. Mark Zebrowski Anonymous (1) INNER CIRCLE – MANDELL WEISS LEVEL ($5,000 - $9,999) Tony and Margaret Acampora Kimberly L. Beane and Michael S. Rosenberg Barbara Bloom Christa Burke and Walt Dittmer Joseph M. Cassin Dorothy and Anthony Dain Earl and Sarah Feldman Victor Felix and Julie Nunes-Felix Wendy Gillespie Jeanne and Gary Herberger Eileen and Leonard Herman George and Carol Ann Lattimer Jennifer and Jay Levitt Sheila and Jeffrey Lipinsky and Family Carl and Barbara Maggio Paula and Brian Powers Dr. and Mrs. David Smotrich Mary Lindenstein Walshok, Ph.D. Anonymous (1) INNER CIRCLE – DIAMOND LEVEL ($1,000 - $2,499) Katherine Adams Ahern Insurance Brokerage/Brian Ahern Edward L. Anderson and Joan E. Parsons Dr. Bob and Jill Andres Jeremy Asher Ginger and Ken Baldwin Ina and Rusti Bartell Joan and Jeremy Berg Sondra and Robert Berk Matt and Nancy Browar Loyce R. Bruce Jaleh and Robert Brunst Todd and Debby Buchholz Capt. and Mrs. John A. Byrne, Jr., USN (Ret.) Daniel and Deborah, Michael and David Carnick Jack and Carol Clark Leonard and Susan Comden Dr. Roger Cornell Stacy Cromidas and Ruth Gilbert Doug Dawson Marty and Sheldon Diller Dr. Ralph B. Dilley Dr. Robert Doban Nina and Bob Doede Burl and Cathie East Ron and Devora Eisenberg– Great News! Barbara and Dick Enberg Daniel and Phyllis Epstein Kurt and Jennifer Eve Inge Feinswog Carol Fink LaVonnya Michelle Fisher Nancy Fisher and Mike Salt Susanna and Michael Flaster Marye Anne Fox and Jim Whitesell Ellen Fujikawa Bill and Judy Garrett Allen and Kathleen Glick Lee and Frank Goldberg Pat and Rick Harmetz Suzanne and Lawrence Hess Paul and Lorna Hodge Jerry and Ingrid Hoffmeister Benita Hofstetter Koman George and Maryka Hoover Mark and Frances Huettinger Richard and Janet Hunter Ruth and Paul Jacobowitz Pat JaCoby Salim and Alice Janmohamed The Honorable and Mrs. Anthony Joseph Lewis and Patricia Judd Jim and Jennifer Kelly Dr. and Mrs. Warren Kessler Bill and Linda Kolb Rosalie Kostanzer and Mike Keefe Paul and Samara Larson Dr. K.B. and Linda Lim John and Angie Longenecker Leanne Hull MacDougall Jasna Markovac and Gary Miller Marianne Marsch-Nakamura James and Anne McCammon Valorie McClelland Prof. Marianne McDonald Dr. Ken Melville and Dr. Sabina Wallach Dawn Moore and Lawrence G. Alldredge Gregg Motsenbocker Esther Nahama Brigit and Alan Pitcairn Kenneth and Lori Polin Sara Rosenthal, M.D. and Julie Prazich, M.D. Peter and Peggy Preuss Emanuel and Shirley Ravet Richard and Laura Romero Lee Rosenbaum and Corinna Cotsen Mr. and Mrs. Mason Rosenthal Murray and Janet Rosenthal Larry and Robin Rusinko Dr. Joseph and Carol Sabatini San Diego Branch English Speaking Union Warren and Beverly Sanborn Judge and Mrs. H. Lee Sarokin Ann and Herb Schnall Jacquelyn Johnston Schoell Morton and Marjorie Hansen Shaevitz Herbert and Elene Solomon Rodney and Gloria Stone Place D. Tegland David and Tina Thomas Eloise Fletcher Thomas J. Marie Tuthill Bill VanderLaan Mary G. Walker Jim and Kathy Waring Geri Ann Warnke and Joseph F. Kennedy, M.D. David and Sharon Wax Z.J. Waxenberg Mr. and Mrs. James Weil Jo and Howard Weiner David and Anne Westcott Carrie and Wayne Wilson Poo Wyer and John Amberg Howard and Christy Zatkin Karl and Joan Zeisler Jack and Sandy Zemer Helene and Allan Ziman Anonymous (5) PLATINUM ($500 - $999) Alice B. Alperin Dr. and Mrs. Jorge Barrera Mona Baumgartel and John DeBeer Barbara Beltaire Joni and Miles Benickes Nick, Pepper and Byron Binkley Kay Chandler and Chris Bertics Joan and Lou Chesner Peter B. Clark Carol and Pedro Cuatrecasas Dale Downs Mr. and Mrs. John Eggemeyer Elliot and Diane Feuerstein Barbara M. Finn Drs. Bessie and Ron Floyd Dr. and Mrs. James D.R. Foster Dr. Charles Freebern Mr. and Mrs. James R. Furby Susan and Steven Garfin Ross and Mary-K Gilbert Anne and John Gilchrist Kathryn Goetz Chris Graham and Michael Albo Cherie Halladay Dr. Carol A. Harter and Mr. William D. Smith Tracy C. Hatfield In Memory of Cheryl L. Sarno Bob and Sharon Hubbard Becky Ivans PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE P19 THE COMPANY PATRONS Ed and Linda Janon Dr. David S. Johnson Wendy S. Johnson Rob and Kathy Jones Marjorie Kalmanson Harry L. Katz Kranzler Family Jerry and Martha Krasne Dr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Leach Richard and Sherry Levin Gerald and Ann Lipschitz Harry Matheny Mary Lou Matthews Dennis McConnell Helga and James Moore Judith Morgan Dr. Katherine L. Morse and Mr. David L. Drake David and Noreen Mulliken Dr. Rodney and Barbara Orth F. Richard Pappas Julius Pearl Liz and Mason Phelps Ronald Evans and Ellen Potter Urmi Ray Edward H. Richard and Warren P. Kendrick Debbie and Lyle Rosenfield In Honor of Joan and Irwin Jacobs Hermeen Scharaga Dr. Howard and Frankie Schiffman Dr. Marilies Schoepflin K. Snyder William and Gloria Snyder Place D. Tegland Phoebe and Gene Telser Charles and Brita Tesar Cynthia Walk Graydon and Dorothy Wetzler Frankie and Allen White David and Sherry Winkler Brendan and Kaye Wynne Anonymous (2) GOLD ($250 - $499) Ben and Debra Abate Mary Beth Adderley Dr. Randolph and Leslie Alexander Rich and Mary Lou Amen Charles and Barbara Arledge Susan Atkins and Crystal Weathers Steven and Pamela Auerbach Polly Ball Lewis and Yvonne Barnum Beverly L. Bartlett and Barbara Sailors Dick Bayer Sharon and Bill Beamer Lauren Lee Beaudry Arnold and Esther Belinsky Constance Benson and Robert Schooley Jane and Michael Benton Amnon and Lee Ben-Yehuda P20 PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE Charles Bergan and Lisa Kanetake Greg Beuerlein Judith Blick Julie and Douglas Bodenstab Heidi and Kelly Boruszewski LaVerne and Blaine Briggs Kristyn Burnitz Janice Byrne John and Nancy Jo Cappetta Michael and Wendy Carey Lynne and Glenn Carlson Larry Carter Shelley and Raymond Chalupsky Daniel Collins and Nancy Shimamoto Ed and Melissa Cook Skip and Maureen Coomber Kathleen Corcoran Linda Corey Gigi Cramer Bruce and Joanne Dane Marcus and Ann De Barros Beile de Gilead Drs. Robert and Melanie Dean Marjorie Derezin Wayne and Liz Dernetz Wally and Linda Dieckmann Bob and Chris Dilworth Mark and Jenny Dowling Ana Drobnies Jacqueline and Stanley Drosch Dr. and Mrs. Ronald Edelson Deirdre Elliott, M.D. Maria Elswick Marit and Michael Evans Layng Esther and Robert Feier Maria Ferry Charles Fike Dieter Fischer's Mercedes Service, Inc. Lora and Tom Fisher Ms. Pauline Forman Sylvia and Harry Friedman Bernard and Virginia Frogel Pam and Hal Fuson Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gans Roy and Mary Garrett Brad and Cathy Geier Gary Gist Michael and Brenda Goldbaum Dr. and Mrs. Richard Gomez Marti Gray Arthur and Marlene Greenberg Carolyn and Jimmie Greenslate Dr. Jeffrey Hall and Fern Platt Beverly and Steve Halsey Blake Harper and Janice Deaton Thomas Harvey and Bonnie Drolet Marie Heavey Michael and Shelley Herron Betty Hiller Dr. and Mrs. Peter Hoagland Barbara Hoenecke Bill and Nancy Homeyer Bronson and Linda Jacoway Jay and Kendra Jeffcoat Neil and Vivien Joebchen Barbara and Casey Johnson David and Betty Johnson Vince and Sabrina Johnson In Memory of James & Adrienne Jones and Edward & Betty Thomas Michael and Linda Karin Marian Kenney-Frick Kaaren H. Kerlin Jo Ann Kilty Shirley King Edward T. Koch Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Koslow Carol Krysko Theresa and Steve Kutz Robert and Susan Lapidus In Honor of Joan and Irwin Jacobs Juan and Alexis Lasheras Elizabeth Lasley Dixon and Pat Lee Leonard Levy Vivian Lim and Joseph Wong Lone Pine Embroidery & Design Karen and Charles Macbeth Joan O. MacFarlane Sally and Luis Maizel Janaki and Mahesh Makhijani Betty Joan Maly and John Meyers Daniel and Edna Maneval Carole and Henry Manfredo Russell Mangerie Lance and Jan Mason Edward and Barbara Mayers Neil and Wendi McKenna 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. P22 PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE 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 P24 PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE 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.