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GIL CATES THEATER AT THE GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE

AS WE CONTINUE CELEBRATING 20 YEARS OF producing theater in Los Angeles, we are thrilled to welcome playwright

Bess Wohl, and to welcome back director Trip Cullman, as they bring to

life a provocative new play, Barcelona. While the journey of the play’s two

characters is primarily personal, it delves into our global cultural divides

and shared fears. Bess has created two people sharing a relationship

fraught with assumptions and developed with a fragility that echoes the

uncertainty we all face. Her ability to draw us in to a small slice of life

to tell a story that contains universal truths is incredibly powerful and

further, makes for good drama.

A two-hander (a play with two actors) is always a tricky obstacle course

for the actors and the director. Charged with carrying the entirety of a

play, the volley is constant; Trip has helped to shape a back-and-forth

between strangers yearning to make sense of a world outside of their

control. As our allegiances shift between them, these two disparate and

also desperate characters trade secrets that forever change each other’s

lives. Trip has assembled a team of brilliant designers who, along with

compelling performances from Betty Gilpin and Carlos Leal, take us on a

surprising, funny, sexy, and even a little tipsy, journey to Barcelona.

As we move through 2016, we look forward to bringing you new plays by

some of today’s most exciting writers … beginning of course with this trip.

Enjoy the show!

Randall Arney ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

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WELCOME TO THE GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE

FROM THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

LETTER FROM THE CO-CHAIRS BOARD OF DIRECTORSMARTHA HENDERSONCO-CHAIR

PAMELA ROBINSONCO-CHAIR

PATRICIA KIERNAN APPLEGATERANDALL ARNEYARTISTIC DIRECTOR

BETH BEHRSDR. GENE D. BLOCKKEVIN BRIGHTHAROLD A. BROWNGIL CATES JR.EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

MICHAEL CENTENOMARY ANN CLOYDMERLE DANDRIDGEDR. BRAD EDGERTONMARK FLEISCHERHERBERT M. GELFANDCHAIRMAN EMERITUS

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MARTHA HENDERSON

PAMELA ROBINSON

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AT THE GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE

to kick off 2016 in the Gil Cates Theater with the West Coast premiere of

Barcelona, written by Bess Wohl and directed by Trip Cullman. With this

dynamic duo at the helm, you are in for a seductive, wild ride.

As we dive into the new year, we invite you to save the date for our 14th

annual Backstage at the Geffen event on Saturday, May 21, 2016. Our

biggest fundraiser of the year supports our Education, Veterans and

Community Engagement programs, as well as the artistic performances

on stage. This special evening promises to keep you totally entertained,

as surprise musical performances and guest artists take the stage to

share their favorite backstage stories and hilarious behind-the-scenes

memories of life as an artist. Our guest performers have included Lady

Gaga, Samuel L. Jackson, Helen Mirren, Tom Hanks, Anjelica Huston,

Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Andy Garcia, Arturo Sandoval, Steve Carell and

Jennifer Garner, just to name a few. We are delighted to share that David

Geffen has graciously agreed to be our Honorary Chair this year, and we

look forward to announcing the honorees soon.

We hope you will consider joining us on May 21 to help support Geffen

Playhouse’s critical Education, Veterans and Community Engagement

programs. We are committed to changing lives through theater, and

Backstage at the Geffen makes this possible. Be a part of this change

and join us on May 21! For more information, please contact Regina

Miller, Chief Development Officer, at 310.208.6500 ext. 112 or reginam@

geffenplayhouse.com.

We hope you enjoy the show!

Martha Henderson Pamela Robinson CO-CHAIR, GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE CO-CHAIR, GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE

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2015 honoree Elton John with Lady Gaga,

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As of printing date January 16, 2016.

SAVE THE DATE

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YOU NEVER KNOW WHO WILL TELL A STORY ...WHO WILL PERFORM ...

AND WHO WILL STEAL THE SHOW!For more information please contact Regina Miller

at 310.208.6500 ext. 112 or [email protected]

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ON PAGE ONE OF A PLAY, THE FIRST THING WE LEARN IS THE SETTING IN WHICH THE STORY TAKES PLACE.The towns, cities and countries in which these plots occur

represent anywhere on Earth, and sometimes beyond.

The interior rooms can be vast or cluttered, opulent or

humble, but are always specific and intentional. Before

a single line of dialogue is written, a playwright must

establish where his or her characters will live. So, in a

sense, the setting is the first “character” we meet and

serves to set the tone from the moment the lights come

up. The setting dictates, first for the writer, and then for

the audience, the very nature of the story that is about

to unfold. Consider John Patrick Shanley’s Outside

Mullingar, for instance. The Irish countryside is useful in

creating an overall ambiance, but the key element of the

setting is that two farms exist side by side with only a

small gate between them. This gate serves as a huge

bone of contention between these neighbors, and also

as the perfect metaphor for something so small having

the power to keep two people apart. Likewise, in Bess

Wohl’s Barcelona, the setting is telling in numerous

ways. The specificity of the setting roots us in a time

and place and provides clues to better understand the

play’s larger ideas. The title gives us a sense of where

we are going before we ever see the set. But more than

that, the story is contained in a soon-to-be demolished

apartment building located in the shadow of the Sagrada

Família, a Barcelona landmark and arguably one of the

most famous places of worship in the world.

A few facts about the Sagrada Família: Francisco

de Paula del Villar y Lozano was the first architect on

the cathedral. After laying the first stone in 1882 and

commencing construction, he was soon replaced by

the architect ultimately credited with the building’s

design, Antoni Gaudí. Gaudí’s vision brought together

traditions of Gothic and Byzantine cathedrals with

the almost whimsical Art Nouveau style flourishing

in Barcelona at the time. He continued work until his

sudden death in 1926, devoting 43 years to the creation

of the Sagrada Família.

133 years later, construction and renovation

continues on the Sagrada Família. This is a key factor

in this setting for this particular play. Each new spire

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adds to the grandiosity set forth by Gaudí. Because

it remains in a perpetual state of development, there

is often scaffolding covering various parts of the

cathedral, to the point where tourists expect evidence

of construction when visiting this monumental building.

But nothing can dampen the effect of the building.

Reminiscent of castles dripped from sand, the spires

are as fragile-looking as they are iconic and with each

new addition, the Sagrada Família cements its place in

the architectural world as one of the most profound

and awe-inspiring religious monuments.

Even for those who haven’t visited the cathedral in

person, there are aspects to the building that are fairly

well-known. The Sagrada Família is unique and even

foreboding on the exterior. Its Byzantine architecture

separates it from most European churches, houses of

worship that are more traditionally designed. While the

Sagrada Família is breathtaking, much of its beauty is

contained within — stained-glass, intricate carvings,

color and light that Gaudí created to try to imitate

heaven itself, are housed within the strange spires.

While the seemingly incongruous outer shell has its

own beauty, the stories of the spires are perhaps even

more important than their aesthetic appearance. Each

of the 18 towers has special significance. In the middle

is the tower dedicated to Jesus Christ and around it

are four towers representing the Gospels — the books

containing the life and teachings of Jesus. The tower

above the apse, crowned by a star, represents his

mother the Virgin Mary, while the remaining 12 towers

represent the 12 apostles, witnesses to Christ’s words

and deeds.1

Neither character in this play is native to Barcelona

and they’ve arrived in this place under very different

and extreme circumstances. We are introduced to

two people we think we understand immediately, and

there are suggestions early on that they will meet

our stereotypical expectations. But this is a device

employed by Wohl to lure us in and, much like the

building that is present outside the window, there

is far more to these two strangers than the surface

would initially suggest. Much like the Sagrada Família

illuminates complexities about the play’s two characters,

as a building perpetually under construction it serves

as a perfect juxtaposition to the dilapidated building in

which the action of this play occurs. The apartment is

beyond repair, and has been condemned. The Sagrada

Família, on the other hand, is forever undergoing

growth, change and further beautification. But the

change requires constant attention, and more than 100

years of architects, craftsmen and builders contributing

to continued expansion and adornment. The Sagrada

Família requires great and constant care. Without it, it is

under threat of becoming, like its neighboring building,

something unworthy of saving.

While this idea of attention and revelation can be

applied to many plays, there is also an undertone

here of what has already been destroyed. For fear of

revealing too much of the plot, the most that can be

said on this is that there are already ruins in this play

before we enter into the story, both architectural and

emotional. The constant reminder of landmarks in

need of repair hangs heavy in the air as we uncover the

secrets of Wohl’s characters.

Each setting we discover at the beginning of a

play promises us a journey to somewhere outside of

our experience. In the plays at the Geffen this season

alone, we’ve seen London, England in the 60s, India in

the 1600s, modern day Killucan, Ireland and Barcelona,

Spain. There is always an important reason for the

writer selecting a particular time and place. In fact, all

dramatic literature is defined by the period in which it

is written and set. With this in mind, the discovery of

“where” is as important as the “who” and the “what.”

In this case, in the shadow of the Sagrada Família, in

the city of Barcelona, we experience a story in which

what is broken and in need of repair may in fact contain

great beauty and grace.

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Opening Night: Wednesday, February 10, 2016

THE GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE PRODUCTION OF

Directed by Trip Cullman

EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS CIRCLE MEMBERS

Laurie & Bill Benenson • Martha Henderson • Pamela Robinson Hollander & Robert Hollander Loretta Everett Kaufman & Victor Kaufman • Jason & Yvonne Lee • Gail & Andrew Roth

Linda Bernstein Rubin & Tony Rubin • Miranda & Brett Tollman

Scenic Designer Mark Wendland

Costume Designer Leah Katznelson

Sound Designer Vincent Olivieri

Lighting Designer Japhy Weideman

Written by Bess Wohl

Fight Director Peter Katona

Assistant Stage Manager Amy Ramsdell

Production Stage Manager Maggie Swing

Casting Director Phyllis Schuringa, CSA

OPENING N IGHT SPONSORS

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Barcelona is produced with the generous support of Olympus Theatricals


CAST OF CHARACTERS(In alphabetical order)

Irene ....................................................................................................................................................... Betty Gilpin

Manuel .................................................................................................................................................... Carlos Leal

SETTING/TIME Barcelona, Spain. The Present.

RUNNING TIME Approximately 1 hour and 20 minutes

There will be no intermission.

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PRODUCTION BIOGRAPHIES

BETTY GILPIN

(Irene)

On stage, Gilpin has worked with Atlantic Theater (I’m Gonna Pray For You So Hard), Second Stage (Boys Life, Good Boys and True) and Manhattan Theatre Club (We Live Here and That Face). She has also appeared with Roundabout (The Language Archive); Williamstown (What Is the Cause of Thunder? and An Intervention); Colt Coeur (Fish Eye) and Rattlestick (Where We’re Born). Film roles include: True Story, Ghost Town, Take Care, Death in Love and Northern Kingdom. She played the series regular Dr. Carrie Roman on Nurse Jackie and has appeared in guest starring roles in numerous television series including: Mercy Street, Elementary, The Good Wife, Mysteries of Laura, Law & Order: SVU, Law & Order, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Medium, The Unusuals, Past Life and Fringe, among others. She lives in New York City.

CARLOS LEAL

(Manuel)

Born in Switzerland to Spanish immigrants and now based in Los Angeles, Leal began

his career as lead vocalist of the four-time Gold Record European hip hop group Sens Unik, before pursuing a serious acting career, training under director Jack Garfein at The Actors Studio in Paris. His on-screen credits include a host of American and European feature films including: Casino Royale, Snow White, There Be Dragons, The Way, Carré blanc, Verso, Collision, Spaceman and Broken Embraces directed by the incomparable Spanish filmmaker, Pedro Almodóvar. On television, he has had lead roles in several French and Spanish television series including The Team and The Boarding School and has appeared in Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., The Last Ship, Covert Affairs, Devious Maids and Perception in the U.S. Leal has received “Best Actor” awards from The Berlin International Film Festival, The Swiss Film Prize, Madrid Film Festival and Tamil Nadu Festival.

BESS WOHL

(Playwright)

Bess Wohl’s plays have been produced and developed at theaters in New York and around the country, including Second Stage, Ars Nova, and the Williamstown Theatre Festival. Most recently, her play, Small Mouth Sounds, had its world premiere at Ars Nova in New York, and was cited as one of the year’s best plays of 2015 by The New York Times, The Guardian, The New York Post, The Advocate and The Hollywood Reporter. Her original musical about the adult entertainment industry, Pretty Filthy, was nominated for both the 2015 Lucille Lortel and Drama Desk Awards for Outstanding Musical. Bess

herself won the Sam Norkin special Drama Desk Award for “establishing herself as an important voice in New York theater” in 2014/2015. She also has written features for Disney and Paramount, and has developed original television pilots for ABC, HBO, USA, FOX and the CW. Her work has been supported by a MacDowell Fellowship and she is the recent recipient of new play commissions from Manhattan Theatre Club, Hartford Stage and Lincoln Center.

TRIP CULLMAN

(Director)

Also at the Geffen: Tarell Alvin McCraney’s Choir Boy. Select NYC: Joshua Harmon’s Significant Other (Roundabout), Halley Feiffer’s I’m Gonna Pray For You So Hard (Atlantic), Simon Stephens’s Punk Rock (MCC, Obie Award), Jon Robin Baitz’s The Substance of Fire (Second Stage), McCraney’s Choir Boy (Manhattan Theatre Club), Julia Jordan and Juliana Nash’s Murder Ballad (Manhattan Theatre Club and Union Square Theater), Paul Weitz’s Lonely, I’m Not (Second Stage), Leslye Headland’s Assistance (Playwrights Horizons), Adam Bock’s A Small Fire (Playwrights Horizons, Drama Desk nomination), Adam Rapp’s The Hallway Trilogy: Nursing (Rattlestick), Headland’s Bachelorette (Second Stage), Terrence McNally’s Some Men (Second Stage), Bert V. Royal’s Dog Sees God (Century Center), Bock’s The Drunken City (Playwrights Horizons), Weitz’s Roulette (EST), Jonathan Tolins’s The Last Sunday In June (Rattlestick and Century

Center), Bock’s Swimming In The Shallows (Second Stage), Gina Gionfriddo’s U.S. Drag (stageFARM), and several productions with The Play Company. London: Bock’s The Colby Sisters of Pittsburgh, PA (Tricycle). Select regional: Williamstown Theatre Festival, Alliance, Old Globe, South Coast Rep, La Jolla Playhouse, Bay Street. Upcoming: Feiffer’s A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Gynecologic Oncology Unit At Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center Of New York City (MCC), Headland’s Layover (Second Stage).

MARK WENDLAND

(Scenic Designer)

Broadway: If/Then, Merchant of Venice (Tony nomination), Next to Normal (Tony nomination), Talk Radio, An Almost Holy Picture, Death of a Salesman. New York: Significant Other (Roundabout), Heisenberg, Murder Ballad, Beauty of the Father, Iron (Manhattan Theatre Club), Punk Rock, (MCC), I’m Gonna Pray For You So Hard, (Atlantic), A Month in the Country, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Richard III, Hamlet (Classic Stage Company), Lonely I’m Not, Boy’s Life, Some Men (Second Stage), The Great God Pan (Playwright’s Horizons), The Intelligent Homosexual’s Guide..., Satellites, Fucking A, Pericles, A Dybbuk, The Winter’s Tale, Romeo and Juliet, Henry V, Cymbeline, Timon of Athens, (The Public Theater), Angels in America, Hot-N-Throbbing (Signature), UNCONDITIONAL (Labyrinth).

LEAH KATZNELSON

(Costume Designer)

Leah Katznelson received her bachelor’s degree from Columbia University with a


major in architecture and a concentration in film. Her varied body of work includes the upcoming Demolition directed by Jean-Marc Vallée and starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Naomi Watts; Don Jon directed by Joseph Gordon-Levitt starring Julianne Moore and Scarlett Johansson; Enough Said directed by Nicole Holofcener starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus and James Gandolfini; and Men, Women and Children directed by Jason Reitman starring Adam Sandler and Jennifer Garner. Leah also contributes to the costume design department of Saturday Night Live. She resides in and continues to work on projects both in New York and Los Angeles.

JAPHY WEIDEMAN

(Lighting Designer)

Broadway: Sylvia, Old Times, The Visit (Tony nomination), Airline Highway (Tony nomination), The Nance (Tony nomination), Of Mice and Men (Tony nomination), The Heidi Chronicles, Macbeth at Lincoln Center Theater (Drama Desk nomination), and The Snow Geese. Off-Broadway: Lincoln Center Theater, The Public, NYTW, Playwrights Horizons, Second Stage, Manhattan Theatre Club, MCC, Labyrinth, and The Vineyard. International: West End, Royal Shakespeare Co-Stratford, La Scala-Milan, Nederlands Opera-Amsterdam, Edinburgh International Festival, National Theater of Greece, National Theater of Korea and Opera Lyon.

VINCENT OLIVIERI

(Sound Designer)

Broadway: High. Off-Broadway: The Water’s Edge, Omnium Gatherum and Fatal Attraction: A Greek Tragedy.

Geffen Playhouse: Guards at the Taj, Miss Julie, Build, Extraordinary Chambers. Southern California: Five Mile Lake, In a Garden, Emilie, Noises Off, The Heiress and A Feminine Ending at South Coast Repertory; Jitney at Pasadena Playhouse; Clownzilla: A Holiday Extravaganza at Rude Guerrilla. New York and regional: Barrington Stage Company, Center Stage (Baltimore), Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, The Juilliard School, Pittsburgh The Public Theater, Portland Center Stage, The Public (New York), Syracuse Stage, Theatre Novi Most (Minneapolis), Woolly Mammoth, Virginia Stage Company and Yale Repertory Theatre. World premieres: Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, Rachel Bonds, Michael Golamco, Kirsten Greenidge, Lauren Gunderson, Howard Korder, Neil LaBute, Matthew Lombardo, Charles L. Mee, Kira Oblensky, Tira Palmquiest, Adam Rapp, Theresa Rebeck, Sarah Treem and August Wilson. For three seasons, he was the Resident Sound Designer at Actors Theatre of Louisville. International work: Romania, Italy, China, South Korea and the Czech Republic. Mr. Olivieri is a graduate of the Yale School of Drama and serves on the faculty at University of California-Irvine.

PETER KATONA

(Fight Director)

Primarily an actor, Peter received his MFA from the Yale School of Drama. He has worked as a professional fight director since 2001 and was a long-time assistant to Rick Sordelet. He was substitute stage combat instructor at Yale Drama and Neighborhood

Playhouse for four years and worked fights on numerous Broadway, Off-Broadway and many major regional productions. Peter is a Fox Foundation Fellow: Ancient Italian Rapier Fencing (Italy), Peking Opera Sword Dancing/Acrobatics (China) and Ancient Spanish Rapier (NYC).

MAGGIE SWING

(Production Stage Manager)

Geffen Playhouse: Guards at the Taj, Discord, The Country House, The Judy Show, American Buffalo. European Tour of The Apple Family Plays. Off-Broadway: Regular Singing, Sorry, Love’s Labour's Lost, Sweet and Sad, Knickerbocker, Compulsion, That Hopey Changey Thing (The Public Theater), Slowgirl (Lincoln Center), Blood Knot, The Orphans’ Home Cycle (Signature Theatre Company). Regional: Bell, Book and Candle (co-production with Long Wharf), The Orphans’ Home Cycle, Dividing the Estate, To Kill a Mockingbird, A Christmas Carol, A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Milk Train Doesn’t Stop Here Anymore, The Bluest Eye, Our Town (Hartford Stage Company).

AMY RAMSDELL

(Assistant Stage Manager)

Past Geffen Playhouse credits include Outside Mullingar, Bad Jews, Hershey Felder as Irving Berlin, Choir Boy, The Country House and Slowgirl. Other Los Angeles credits: First Date: The Musical, Billy Elliot (McCoy Rigby Entertainment), Immediate Family (Center Theatre Group), Joffrey Ballet West. Additional credits include Once: First National Tour (Production Assistant), The Awakening of Angel DeLuna (New York Musical

Theatre Festival), American Night (La Jolla Playhouse), As You Like It, Inherit the Wind, Richard III, Broadway Bound and Brighton Beach Memoirs (The Old Globe), The Sound of Music, Love Changes Everything, Jekyll & Hyde and Jesus Christ Superstar (Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera). Amy graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Stage Management from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts.

PHYLLIS SCHURINGA, CSA

(Casting Director) Phyllis has been the casting director at Geffen Playhouse for 12 years and now is also the Artistic Associate. Recent plays at the Geffen include Outside Mullingar; These Paper Bullets!; Bad Jews; The Night Alive; Switzerland; The Country House; Wait Until Dark and American Buffalo. Before joining the team at the Geffen, she was the casting director for Steppenwolf Theatre in Chicago where her favorites include Frank Galati’s adaptation of The Grapes of Wrath (also La Jolla Playhouse, National Theatre in London, and Broadway, where it received the Tony Award for Best Play), the original production of Steve Martin’s Picasso at the Lapin Agile (and subsequent productions including Westwood Playhouse and Briar Street Theater in Chicago), Austin Pendleton’s Orson’s Shadow and Charles L. Mee’s Time to Burn. Broadway transfers include One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (Tony Award for Best Revival) and The Song of Jacob Zulu. She teaches auditioning at Steppenwolf West and is a member of the Casting Society of America.

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RANDALL ARNEY

(Artistic Director)

Randall Arney has been a theater professional for over 30 years and has served as Artistic Director of the Geffen Playhouse since 1999. In addition to his artistic programming and oversight at the Geffen, Arney has helmed more than 10 productions for the theater, most recently Outside Mullingar, The Night Alive, Reasons to Be Pretty, Slowgirl, American Buffalo, Superior Donuts, The Female of the Species, The Seafarer, Speed-the-Plow and All My Sons. Arney is an ensemble member and former Artistic Director of Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theatre where his directing credits include: Slowgirl, The Seafarer, The Beauty Queen of Leenane, Death and the Maiden, Curse of the Starving Class, Killers and The Geography of Luck, among others. Arney also directed Steppenwolf’s world premiere of Steve Martin’s Picasso at the Lapin Agile, as well as the subsequent national and international acclaimed productions. Mr. Arney’s acting credits with Steppenwolf include Born Yesterday, Ghost in the Machine, The Homecoming, Frank’s Wild Years, You Can’t Take it with You, Fool for Love, True West, Balm in Gilead and Coyote Ugly. As the Artistic

Director for Steppenwolf from 1987 to 1995, he oversaw the creation of a new state-of-the-art theater which is Steppenwolf’s current home. Broadway transfers under his leadership include The Rise and Fall of Little Voice, The Song of Jacob Zulu (six Tony Award nominations) and The Grapes of Wrath (1990 Tony Award, Best Play). Mr. Arney has an MFA degree in Acting from Illinois State University and has taught master classes and workshops at UCLA, Steppenwolf, around the U.S. and in Tokyo.

GIL CATES, JR.

(Executive Director)

Gil Cates, Jr. has proudly served on the Geffen Playhouse Board since 2012 and has years of producing and directing experience in theater, film and television. Gil’s theater credits include the award-winning Names (Matrix Theatre) starring Dixie Carter and Greg Mullavey, The Night I Knocked Out Joe Frazer and Lost 90 Pounds (Gardner Stage Theater), as well as Three Sisters and David Mamet’s A Life in the Theatre (both at Syracuse Stage). Gil’s film credits include The Surface (starring Sean Astin and Geffen Playhouse alumnus Chris Mulkey), Jobs (starring Ashton Kutcher, Josh Gad, Dermot Mulroney, as well as Geffen

Playhouse alumni Matthew Modine and Ron Eldard) and the 2011 feature film Lucky (starring Colin Hanks, Ari Graynor, Ann-Margret and recent Golden Globe winner Jeffrey Tambor). In addition, Gil produced and directed the critically acclaimed Life After Tomorrow, featuring Sarah Jessica Parker, which won best documentary at the Phoenix Film Festival and later had its premiere Christmas Eve on Showtime. His other films include Deal (starring Burt Reynolds, Bret Harrison and Charles Durning), The Mesmerist (starring Geffen Playhouse alumnus Neil Patrick Harris), and the critically acclaimed independent film Order of Chaos. Gil also made his TV directorial debut with an episode of the NBC comedy, Joey, starring Emmy winner Matt LeBlanc. He studied at the National Theatre Institute in Waterford, Connecticut, and holds a BFA in Drama from Syracuse University in 1991.

REGINA MILLER

(Chief Development Officer)

Regina has been a development professional for over 18 years, working with non-profit institutions, foundations and corporations on strategy, analysis and fundraising. She has worked for Simon Wiesenthal Center, The Clinton Foundation,

Ben Affleck’s Eastern Congo Initiative, Hank Azaria’s Determined to Succeed, Charlize Theron's Africa Outreach Project, Water.org, Codenow.org among others. Prior to the Geffen, Regina served as the Director of Partnerships for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Los Angeles and the Inland Empire where she led strategic planning and development while executing policies that advanced the organization’s visibility and growth. Regina also has a strong passion for teaching. After graduating from University of North Carolina School of the Arts, she taught in preschools and kindergartens in New York. From the age of 13, Regina worked as a professional dancer on Broadway as well as with a number of prominent modern dance ensembles. Fusing two of her interests, she created a highly successful program which incorporated dance therapy and creative movement into an early childhood curriculum as well as wrote and produced a television show based on this concept. In addition to being a published author and photographer with Tallfellow Press and Prometheus Books, Regina has taught and lectured at numerous schools in New York, Los Angeles and abroad.

PRODUCTION BIOGRAPHIES

PRODUCTION STAFF FOR BARCELONA

Assistant Set Designer A Ram Kim

Assistant Costume Designer Amanda Riley

Assistant Lighting Designer Ginevra Lombardo

Wardrobe Supervisor Jennifer Foldenauer

Rehearsal Production Assistant Emily Joe

Properties Artisan Cami Viand

Properties Artisan Devin Lennon-Davy

Assistant to the Director Kristen Osborn

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Set provided by Scenic Highlights

Lighting Equipment provided by 4Wall Entertainment Lighting

Sound Equipment provided by Jon Sound Inc.

Production Photographer Michael Lamont

Media Filming Four Leaf Media

Key Art Stockholm Design

OLYMPUS THEATRICALS, LLC

Elizabeth Timperman Executive Director

Kirsten Berkman Associate Producer

OLYMPUS THEATRICALS, LLC (Producer) is a New York-based company that

acquires, develops and produces commercial theatre projects in London and

New York. The company seeks innovative new musicals and plays as well as

adaptations and revivals of classics.

SPECIAL THANKS

UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television Scene, Prop, Sound and Costume Shops; London Cleaners

UCLA SCHOOL OF THEATER, FILM AND TELEVISION

Geffen Playhouse is affiliated with the University of California at Los Angeles,

specifically the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television. Geffen Playhouse

values its role as an important educational resource by providing students

with master classes, workshops and internships. Students are also able to work

and learn from distinguished visiting Geffen artists such as Alan Ayckbourn,

Jon Robin Baitz, Annette Bening, Ed Harris, David Ives, Neil LaBute, David

Mamet, Donald Margulies, Terrence McNally, John Rando and Kathleen Turner

in areas of directing, playwriting, acting, design, dramaturgy, management and

production. Geffen Playhouse also draws upon the distinguished experts in the

university to enhance the theater’s programs and research.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS GEFFEN AT A GLANCE

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AT THE THEATER

LATE SEATINGShould you arrive late to the theater

or vacate your seat during the

performance, please expect to be held

in the lobby until an appropriate pause

in the action on-stage. To minimize

disturbance to other patrons, you may

be seated in the first available location

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some productions or circumstances may

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This theater operates under agreement between the League of Resident Theaters and Actors Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers

in the United States.

The Actors and Stage Managers employed in this production are members of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States

This theater operates under agreement between the League of Resident Theaters and Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, an independent national labor union.

The scenic, costume, lighting and sound designers in LORT theaters are represented by United Scenic Artists Local USA-829, IATSE.

BE A PART OF THE SCENE AT THE GEFFEN AND ATTEND OUR OPENING NIGHT CELEBRATIONSCALL THE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT AT 310.208.6500 EXT. 128

Opening Night of Outside Mullingar

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The cast of Outside Mullingar with playwright John Patrick Shanley and director Randall Arney

Randall Arney, playwright John Patrick Shanley and Gil Cates, Jr.

Cast member Dan Donohue with Geffen artist Paul Vincent O’Connor, his co-star in The Night Alive

Geffen Board members Patty Applegate and Linda Bernstein Rubin with Geffen Production Manager Dan Ionazzi

Claudia Bright and Geffen Board member Kevin Bright Geffen donors Sandy Krause and Bill Fitzgerald

NEW COMEDY ON STAGE MARCH 1 – APRIL 10AUDREY SKIRBALL KENIS THEATER AT THE GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE

“A compelling, comic drama. An incisive look at the double edged quest for artistic

validation in the digital era.”— Newsweek

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Written by LAURA EASON Directed by KIMBERLY SENIOR

Featuring

When frustrated novelist Olivia meets fast-talking blogger Ethan — known more for his sexual prowess than his prose — she worries she will become just another chapter

in his little black book. Their funny and flirty union blurs the lines between rewrites, romance and royalties — proving you can’t judge a book by its author.

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Thank you @JohnJpshanley & @GeffenPlayhouse for breaking my heart and weaving it back together.

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& #dandonohue. What a great play. Such lovely work all around.

DAWN DAVIS

I absolutely adored Outside Mullingar. I was either laughing or crying through the

entire play. It resonated so deeply with me; beautifully done.

@DENISE_CAROLE

Go see #OutsideMullingar @GeffenPlayhouse! Fantastic play and

wonderful performances. Kudos to Phyllis Schuringa casting and @JohnJpshanley.

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Outside Mullingar is one and a half hours of sheer joy. Great writing. Fabulous talent. And I felt on top of the world when I left.

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I laughed, I cried and left satisfied.

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The multitalented @RitaWilson @GeffenPlayhouse gives songwriters

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family for the support and the stories we got to share with everyone.

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veterans for an audience of veterans and civilians! @GeffenPlayhouse.

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@GeffenPlayhouse you did it again! Great show tonight!

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@LAURIE_DAVID

Starry night @GeffenPlayhouse with @RitaWilson curating a gorgeous

night of music. Bravo!

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NEW COMEDY ON STAGE APRIL 5 – MAY 15GIL CATES THEATER AT THE GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE


#STAGEKISS

CRITICS’ PICK! “Suffused with warmth and humor.

Ruhl frothily whips together a romantic comedy and backstage farce.”

— The New York Times

Written by SARAH RUHL Directed by BART DeLORENZO

When long-lost loves are cast as long-lost lovers, two squabbling actors are slow to learn their lines but quick to ignite an old flame. MacArthur “Genius”

Sarah Ruhl leads us on-stage, back-stage and out the stage door as reality collides with fiction in this raucous and revealing play within a play.


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CONTACT THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION PARTNERSHIPS AT 310.208.6500 EXT. 141 TO HELP THE GROWING NEEDS OF THE GREATER LOS ANGELES COMMUNITY

HUNDREDS MORE HIGH SCHOOLERS SERVEDTHANKS TO A GENEROUS CHALLENGE GRANT BY THE EDWARD A. & AI O. SHAY Family Foundation and individual donors, Geffen Playhouse recently added a second all-student

matinee for Barcelona. 500 students will experience theater for the first time, as well as in-class sessions

with Geffen Playhouse Teaching Artists before and after the show.

This additional matinee performance will effectively double the number of students served, as the High

School Partnerships Program currently supports 500 students from 4 different high schools. Many of

these students are living in some of the most low-income, isolated neighborhoods of East Los Angeles,

South Los Angeles and the San Fernando Valley. The depth of this program, which includes pre- and

post-show workshops, coupled with exposure to a full season of Gil Cates Theater productions, yields a

strong, lasting impact on the students. Their progress as thoughtful theatergoers has been witnessed on

a continual basis by teachers, principals and parents. Through your gracious spirit, your generosity and

your commitment to the entire Los Angeles community, Geffen Playhouse has been able to build new

partnerships with these underserved high schools, extending the program’s impact into 2016.

However, the job is far from over. There are still more than 10 high schools on a year-long waiting

list for this extraordinary High School Partnerships Program. While the addition of a second student

matinee for a single production is exciting, Geffen Playhouse aims to add a second student matinee for

every Gil Cates Theater production in the 2016/2017 season! This is only possible with the continued

support of generous patrons like you.

WORLD PREMIERE EVENT BEGINS MAY 3 AUDREY SKIRBALL KENIS THEATER AT THE GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE


#DEREKDELGAUDIO

Untitled, Derek DelGaudio

“CAPTIVATING! DAZZLING! WONDROUS!”— The New York Times

“CLEVER! SURPRISING! INCREDIBLE!”— Entertainment Weekly

“REMARKABLE! SKILLFUL! MASTERFUL!”— Time Out

Written & Performed by DEREK DelGAUDIO

Derek DelGaudio, critically acclaimed writer/magician of Nothing to Hide (directed by Neil Patrick Harris), returns for a world premiere.

This radically new show traverses uncharted regions of imagination by way of impossible happenings, poetic interactions and awe-inspiring gestures.

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Geffen Playhouse recognizes the following individuals and organizations for their generous support of our Annual Fund and Backstage

at the Geffen. Donors are listed at the Associate level and higher for gifts made between November 10, 2014 and January 10, 2016.

In appreciation, donors enjoy a host of special benefits including house seats, complimentary drinks, receptions and much more.

For more information, please call Jamie Mikelich at 310.208.6500 ext. 128.

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Linda Bernstein Rubin & Tony Rubin

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& Hon. Frances RothschildThe Simms/Mann Family FoundationFred Specktor & Nancy HellerSugarfishSteve TischMiranda & Brett TollmanU.S. BankUnion BankWell Done CateringWestfield GroupWilliam Morris Endeavor

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TIMELINE

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t. WISHFUL DRINKINGInspired by her life in Hollywood, and created

right here at the Geffen Playhouse, Carrie Fisher’s

Wishful Drinking was a wild romp with hilariously

revealing stories ranging from her debut in

Shampoo to a galaxy far, far away in Star Wars.

The production then traveled to Berkeley Rep

and on to New York’s famed Studio 54.

NOVEMBER 2006 – JANUARY 2007

Randall Arney Artistic Director

Gil Cates, Jr. Executive Director

ARTISTIC

Amy Levinson Artistic Associate / Literary Director

Phyllis Schuringa Artistic Associate / Casting Director

Young Ji Artistic Coordinator / Company Manager

Rachel Wiegardt-Egel Literary Associate

Lauren Buangan Artistic Intern

Emily Zetterberg Artistic Intern

Clara Shader-Seave Literary Intern

DEVELOPMENT

Regina Miller Chief Development Officer

Ellen Catania Senior Vice President, Development

Jessica Brusilow Rollins Director of Education Partnerships & Donor Relations

Jamie Mikelich Associate Director of Individual Giving & Spotlight Manager

Kristen Smith Eshaya Development & Education Programs Coordinator

Scott Kriloff Development Concierge Manager

Clay Dzygun Development Associate

Taylor Dearden Development Assistant

Justin Baer Development Intern

Sophia Jane Wilkof Development Intern

EDUCATION

Jennifer Zakkai Director of Education & Community Engagement

Carolyn Marie Wright Manager of Education & Community Engagement

Corky Dominguez, David Guerra, Mariel Higuera, McKenna Kerrigan, Kristina Leach, Juan Rivera, Connor White Teaching Artists

Richard Tucker, Jr. Education Intern

ADMINISTRATION

Behnaz Ataee Chief Financial Officer

Frankie Ocasio Executive Assistant

Peter Banachowski Accounting and Payroll Manager

Marguerite Harris Receptionist

PRODUCTION

Daniel Ionazzi Production Manager

Jill Barnes Associate Production Manager / Company Manager

Sam Craven-Griffiths Technical Director

Evan Friedman Assistant Technical Director

Rich Gilles Properties Master

James Grabowski House Sound Supervisor

Darren Rezowalli Lighting & Video Supervisor

Ramine Ameli Production Electrician

Joel Fullerton Stage Supervisor

MARKETING & SALES

Karen Gutierrez Director of Advertising & Sponsorships

Brian Dunning Graphic Design Manager

Kevin O’Brien Marketing & Graphics Coordinator

Mark San Filippo Ticket Services Director & Database Administrator

Stephanie Strand Audience Services Manager

Janice Bernal Box Office Manager

Bryan Martin Box Office Manager

Zack Hamra Box Office Assistant Manager

Korie Benavidez, Kaitlin Huwe, Richard Martinez, Cameron Reck, Celia Rivera, Christine Rivera, Celeste Russi, Alyssa Tyson Box Office Staff

COMMUNICATIONS

Katy Sweet, Pam Giangregorio Katy Sweet & Associates Public Relations

Sue Fleishman Consultant, September Media

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Karim Bouzzit System Administrator

FRONT OF HOUSE

Jeni Pearsons Director of Special Events

David Gerhardt Supervising House Manager

Jane Phillips Harper Deputy Supervising House Manager

Josiah Davis, Brett Donaldson, Amy Farkas, Caroline Harrison Kohler, Roxana Meyers, Jonathan Schwartz House Managers

Ally Aberrotman, Rebecca Birstock, Kailey Bray, Christopher Caron, Taylor Cerny, Vianney Cossyleon, Taylor Dearden, Ida Herndon, Mariel Higuera, Netta Lee Joseph, Brigid Leahy, Nathaniel Meek, Keith Mitchell, Aaron Newman, JoJo Nwoko, Shannon O’Hara, James Porter, Juan Rivera, Luis Ruiz, Oliver Vaughn, Cody Williams, Dennis Woullard Ushers

Rob Mersola Bar Manager and Mixologist

Manuel Mayorga Weekend Bar Manager

Adam Carr, Brenda Davidson, David Gregory, Mariel Higuera, Lyndsi LaRose, Kimberly Legg, Ryan Turner Bartenders

FACILITIES MANAGEMENT

Miguel del Castillo Facility Manager

Mario Santillan-Perez Custodial

Juan Carlos Umaña Cleaning Custodial


Geffen Playhouse is supported, in part, by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors

through the Los Angeles County Arts Commission.

This project was also funded in part by the Department of Cultural Affairs, City of Los Angeles.

Geffen Playhouse, a not-for-profit theater company, is proudly affiliated with the University of California at Los Angeles.

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