Radiance: The Passion of Marie Curie Program

radiance: the passion of marie cure

from the producing director

WELCOME TO THE GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE

AlAn AldA hAs been A friend for mAny yeArs. i have admired his work as an actor on stages and screens large and small. What always astonishes me is the passion with which he infuses every role he plays, an energy that is so palpable that it reaches out to audiences and makes them feel as though they have seen the world through his impassioned eyes.

so it came as no surprise to me when Alan’s play Radiance: The Passion of Marie Curie contained this same fervor. Prior to even reading the play, Alan’s enthusiasm for his subject was easy to see, and i would be hard pressed to find another writer more in love with his protagonist. i read an early draft of the play and as one would expect, each page was infused with his excitement and love for marie Curie and her work. After writing five movies, many television shows and two best selling books, Alan Alda has come home to where he belongs: the theater.

We quickly found Alan’s enthusiasm to be contagious. Tony Award winner daniel sullivan, a three-time Geffen alum, was the ideal director for this project as he has a keen sense about, and love for, new plays. dan became fascinated with Alan’s play and the two, along with an extraordinary cast, have made Radiance into a wonderful evening of theater about a great woman of science.

As always, sullivan has assembled the best designers imaginable including Tom lynch (scenic designer), rita ryack (Costume designer), daniel ionazzi (lighting designer), Jon Gottlieb (sound designer) and John boesche (Projection designer). They have transformed our intimate Audrey skirball Kenis Theater into multiple locations of another time.

We are so pleased to have the opportunity to produce this world premiere. We continue our mission of new play development and production with a play that is sure to give you insight into the life of an extraordinary figure.

see you at the theater,

Gilbert Cates Producing Director

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iT is my PleAsure To WelCome you To The Audrey sKirbAll Kenis TheATer for the first show of its 2011/2012 season, Radiance: The Passion of Marie Curie. Playwright Alan Alda and director daniel sullivan have prepared a truly illuminating, profound story about the incredible life of marie Curie and her extraordinary discoveries – both scientific and personal.

The Audrey skirball Kenis Theater, which we affectionately call the Audrey, has emerged as a space with a personality all its own, and serves as a perfect complement to our Gil Cates Theater. The Audrey offers us countless opportunities to expand and diversify our programming, and we take much pride in the works showcased there by playwrights including Jane Anderson, neil labute, and now Alan Alda, among many others.

Therefore, i am delighted to share that this season we have introduced a new subscription model that now offers subscribers access to all shows in both theaters. The response thus far has been incredible, and we are so grateful that our wonderful Geffen Playhouse supporters have responded with such enthusiasm.

in the spirit of offering something for everyone here at the Geffen Playhouse, we surely cannot forget our younger generation of theatergoers. That’s why our Geffen education partners the story Pirates have a treat for students from elementary through high school, with a Radiance-inspired play, appropriately entitled Brilliance!

When they’re not here at the Geffen Playhouse, the merry troupe of story Pirates helm an educational tour at schools throughout los Angeles where they work with students in various grade levels to write plays, many of which the story Pirates select to perform in their delightfully silly yet smart style. We are privileged to work with such a dedicated group of performers whose admirable purpose aligns so perfectly with everything we stand for at the Geffen Playhouse: to instill in children and young adults a deep appreciation of artistic expression, and of course, the joy of theater. for more information on story Pirates or to purchase tickets to Brilliance!, please visit geffenplayhouse.com or call Jessica brusilow in the development department, at 310.208.6500 x141.

Thank you again for joining us this evening. i now invite you to sit back, relax and bask in Radiance.

respectfully yours,

Frank G. Mancuso Chairman, Geffen Playhouse

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HERO WORSHIP: PlaYWRIGHT AlaN ALDA DISCUSSES THE CHALLENGES AND PASSIONS OF MARIE CURIE

AL: what sparked your desire to write this play? why this subject, in this medium?

AA: About four years ago i thought of putting together a reading of marie Curie’s letters for the World science festival in new york. Then i found out her letters are stored in the french national library in Paris but they’re still radioactive. you have to sign a release before they’ll let you touch them. so, i switched to einstein. but in researching marie Curie’s life, i had come to realize how tremendously dramatic and potent her story is, especially

the years between her two nobel Prizes, from 1903 to 1911. from the beginning, i thought of it as a play. A character with a powerful desire to accomplish a goal with tough obstacles to overcome is, of course, the essence of drama. marie couldn’t have had a more deeply felt need to unravel the mysteries of nature, and she couldn’t have had more chilling obstacles thrown in her path. but she never gave up. That’s why she’s become my own personal hero. you go down many blind alleys and dead ends when you write a play — it’s part of the

process. but whenever i come up against an obstacle now, i think of marie and what she overcame and it pulls me through. i’m lucky i’ve had her and i’m lucky i’ve had dan sullivan, who is without doubt one of the best directors in the world.

AL: i never had the opportunity to read the earliest drafts — i think the first draft i saw was maybe 18 months ago and at that point you had already implemented the theatrical device in which the actors stay on the stage throughout the piece. was this something you had conceived of from the beginning? and what was the impetus for this type of framing?

AA: it’s how i saw the play from the beginning. The actors come out on stage to tell us a story. They watch the play along with us and when it’s time to play a scene, they frankly get up and become the characters. To me, there’s something both theatrical and personal about that. i think it makes the relationship between actors and audience a little more communal, more collaborative.

Alan Alda marie Curie

AlAn AldA hAs A GreAT PAssion for sCienCe. he is one of those rare people who can take a subject of great intellectual complexity and deliver it to an audience with as much raw emotion as if he were telling a great love story. but truth be told, his relationship with madame marie Curie is just that: a love story between writer and subject that has only intensified as he delved further into his new play during rehearsals. Geffen literary manager and dramaturg Amy levinson had the opportunity to sit down with Alan Alda and discuss his writing process, his love of science and most importantly, his ever growing admiration for madame marie Curie.

AL: in terms of the obstacles that Marie Curie faced, history would suggest that once they ran out of other walls to put in her way, they resorted to accusing her of being Jewish, and i was surprised by the way this was wielded as a weapon. Can you touch on this a bit?

AA: There was a strong streak of anti-semitism in france then. oddly, this was in part tied to a belief that they had lost the franco-Prussian war as God’s punishment because france had turned away from Catholicism. even three or four decades later, that feeling was still in the air. it fed the anti-semitism that led to the dreyfus Affair. if you wanted to destroy someone’s reputation in those days, you could hint that they were probably Jewish.

AL: what was her religious background?

AA: she was brought up Catholic but didn’t practice any faith as an adult.

AL: in reading about Paul, Marie’s second love, his friends and colleagues noted that his home environment never encouraged or cultivated his scientific study. in some way, do you feel Paul’s domestic life was a microcosm of what Marie had to contend with on a macrocosmic level?

AA: i do, and in fact, when her affair with Paul langevin became public and turned into a scandal, the press began to say that she wasn’t such a genius after all — that in fact, it was really Pierre (her husband and colleague) who had done all the work.

AL: and this was based on the fact that she was a woman? That she was involved in infidelity?

AA: she had so many things going against her. Certainly, the fact that she was a woman was one. it was often taken for granted then that a woman’s role was to be seductive and pleasing to a man. marie was proud of her intellect and she wanted to share her discoveries. And she wanted the same credit a man would enjoy. The scandal over her affair was an added problem and it had a peculiar twist. it was pretty much expected then that frenchmen would have mistresses. but these affairs had rules. They needed to

remain private and above all, the mistress was not to hold a social station equal to the man’s wife. That would be humiliating to the wife. in fact, a year or two after Paul and marie ended their affair, Paul took up with his secretary and his wife said nothing about it. This was a woman, apparently, who was far enough down on the social scale. marie was too far up.

marie also suffered from the xenophobia in the air then. At first, france was proud of her and considered her a french genius, but when the scandal broke, she suddenly became the Polish immigrant who had set out to destroy french motherhood and family. in some people’s minds, the idea that a foreigner might prevent a french man from impregnating his wife and making more french children was an act against the whole country.

she had so many obstacles to overcome. one of the biggest, of course, was the threat to her health from years of plunging her hands into radioactive materials. early on in her research, her fingers became stiff and cracked and eventually (after a surprisingly long life, at the age of 66) she died of aplastic anemia. There was probably no way to avoid radiation poisoning. she and Pierre didn’t realize at first how dangerous their work was and that their lab was covered with radioactive dust. While i was researching the play, i visited the Curie institute in Paris. The young man showing me around took me over to the wall where, behind a glass panel, was a page of her journal from the day she discovered radium. he swung open the glass and held a Geiger counter to it. it clicked like a tap dancer.

AL: so you didn’t handle her radioactive letters, but you did go to Paris?

AA: i did — to get a feel for what her life was like. i wanted to be accurate about her science, but i also wanted us to relate to her in the most human terms i could. she’s not a disembodied intellect — she’s warm-blooded and alive with the desires and passions and flaws we all have. i wanted to imagine the simple details of her life that would make her real to me. once, in Paris, i walked and half-ran from the sorbonne where she

taught to the apartment she kept with Paul — just to see how out of breath she’d be when she got there.

AL: here is another question on the process of writing, understanding that no two writers work in the same way. You have rewritten an enormous amount. now, having been in rehearsal, how do you come back to the script? what do you glean from rehearsal that furthers the development of the play and brings you back to it?

AA: i never really leave it. What’s nice is that through all the reading i’ve done about her, there’s always a channel in my head open to marie and the world in which she lived. i’ve written scenes in taxis, on airplanes and sometimes even waiting to cross the street — i’ll take out my iPhone and email myself an idea for a couple of lines. but there’s nothing like watching an actor live through a moment in rehearsal to make you realize you can cut a scene to its essence.

AL: as someone who has acted on the stage, and often in new plays, you are no stranger to collaborating with writers in production. what was one of the best experiences you have had as an actor working on a new play?

AA: i brought a book about the physicist richard feynman to Gordon davidson and we asked Peter Parnell to write a play based on feynman’s life. We thought we’d be on the stage within a year. but feynman was a very hard character to capture and it took six years and several completely different versions of the play. Peter was indefatigable. he never gave up. so i guess Peter and marie are both heroes of mine.

AL: and how is it now, being on the other side of the equation?

AA: it really is thrilling to watch wonderful actors take a scene three steps further than what you’ve imagined it could be. And dan sullivan is a rare earth element among directors. he’ll come up with staging that’s not in the script and turn to me to see if i’m all right with it and i’ll say, “Am i all right with it? Are you kidding me? i’m in awe at your feet.”



BY amY LeVinson

THE GEFFEN PLAYHOUSEpresents

directed by Daniel Sullivan

Written by Alan Alda

scenic designer Thomas Lynch

Costume designer Rita Ryack

lighting designer Daniel Ionazzi

sound designer Jon Gottlieb

Projection designer John Boesche

Production stage manager Young Ji

Associate director John Sullivan

Casting director Phyllis Schuringa

Gilbert Cates ProduCinG direCTor Randall Arney ArTisTiC direCTor Ken Novice mAnAGinG direCTor

opening night: Wednesday, november 9, 2011

o p e n i n g n i g h t s p o n s o r e d B Y :


Radiance: The Passion of Marie Curie is a recipient of the edgerton foundation new American Play Award.

T E Q U I L A

CAST oF ChARACTeRS (in order of appearance)

marie Curie ............................................................................................................ Anna Gunn

Paul langevin ........................................................................................................ Dan Donohue

Pierre Curie ........................................................................................................... John de Lancie

Émile borel ............................................................................................................. hugo Armstrong

marguerite borel.................................................................................................. Natacha Roi

Jeanne langevin .................................................................................................. Sarah Zimmerman

Törnebladh/Terbougie ...................................................................................... Leonard Kelly-Young

TIMe AND PLACe for the most part, the play is set in Paris,

between 1898 and 1911.

RuNNING TIMe Approximately Two hours and Ten minutes

There will be a 15 minute intermission



The Geffen Playhouse is supported, in part, by the los Angeles County board of supervisors through the los Angeles County Arts Commission.

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

The Geffen Playhouse, a non-profit theater company, is proudly affiliated with the university of California at los Angeles.

huGo ARMSTRoNG (Émile borel) hugo Armstrong’s los Angeles theater credits include plays at sacred fools, The Kirk douglas Theatre, electric lodge, redCAT, Ghost road, Theatre of note, The Powerhouse, The boston Court, uClA live in Medea and the Ahmanson Theatre understudying the male roles in God of Carnage. east Coast credits include plays at Quantum Theatre, The Kitchen and The Kennedy Center. Armstrong received an ovation Award for Bleed Rail at The Theatre at boston Court and received both The los Angeles drama Critics Circle Award and an ovation Award for Land of the Tigers with burglars of hamm. film credits include: upcoming stephen frear’s film Lay the Favorite, Voice on the Line, nanking, weak species, Political Disasters, and his own ok, GooD which he co-wrote and produced with filmmaker daniel martinico. he is also the executive producer for the acclaimed documentary Char-ac-ter featuring sydney Pollack, dabney Coleman and harry dean stanton. Television credits include: Monk, Criminal Minds, Mystery ER, and the upcoming pilot for The honorable. he has collaborated with artists Catherine sullivan in five Economies / Armond hammer museum, brody Condon in Death animations / machine Project, and daniel martinico in The safeway / moCA’s Geffen Contemporary. Armstrong is a graduate of Cal Arts.

JohN De LANCIe(Pierre Curie) John de lancie has had an eclectic career. his film and television credits include: The hand that Rocks the Cradle, The Fisher king, Taking Care of Business, Fearless, Multiplicity, women on Top, Torchwood, Breaking Bad, west

wing, The Closer, star Trek, and Legend. he has been a member of The American shakespeare festival, The seattle repertory Company, The south Coast repertory, The mark Taper forum and the old Globe. in the world of music, mr. de lancie has narrated with most of the major symphony orchestras in the us and Canada. he has also written and directed ten symphonic plays — ninety-minute, fully-staged productions with orchestra — as well as a concert series at disney hall that explored the life and music of famous composers. he is a graduate of Kent state university and The Juilliard school.

DAN DoNohue (Paul langevin) dan donohue has been a fixture at the oregon shakespeare festival since 1994, performing in over 30 productions in such diverse roles as hamlet, iago, mercutio, Caliban, mark Antony and dvornichek in Rough Crossing. he also had a three-year run as hal in henry iV Parts 1 & 2 and henry V. on broadway, donohue was scar in The Lion king. his other theater credits include: The Triumph of Love (long Wharf Theatre), The Devil’s Disciple, The winter’s Tale (Asolo repertory Theatre), The Beard of avon, a Midsummer night’s Dream, The Game of Love and Chance (seattle repertory Theatre), servant of Two Masters (intiman Theatre) and vincent van Gogh in the world premiere of inventing Van Gogh (Arizona Theatre Company). donohue has also performed at shakespeare santa Cruz, Portland Center stage, utah shakespeare festival, san Jose repertory Theatre, missouri repertory Theatre and elsewhere. he was an inaugural recipient of the lunt-fontanne fellowship. off the stage, donohue has guest starred on The Closer and The Drew Carey show and will soon be a regular on the nbC/universal web series in Gayle we Trust. he currently resides in los Angeles.

ANNA GuNN (marie Curie) Anna Gunn has starred for the last four hit seasons as skyler White on the emmy Award winning series Breaking Bad on AmC, earning both an Afi Award and the prestigious Peabody Award. she previously starred in the role of martha bullock in the iconic hbo series Deadwood. ms. Gunn’s extensive stage credits include the world premiere of Time stands still at the Geffen Playhouse also directed by daniel sullivan, the American premiere of hysteria at the mark Taper forum directed by Phyllida lloyd, isabella in Measure for Measure at the Ahmanson Theatre directed by sir Peter hall, and she made her broadway debut opposite roger rees in The Rehearsal at the roundabout Theatre directed by nicholas martin. film credits include the dark comedies, nobody’s Baby, directed by david seltzer which premiered at the sundance film festival, and santa Fe, written by Tony Award winner mark medoff. she was also seen in the blockbuster Tony scott film, Enemy of the state, appearing opposite Jon voight. ms. Gunn’s upcoming films include starring roles in the indie features sassy Pants and Little Red wagon. she can currently be seen in Kevin smith’s new film, Red state.

LeoNARD KeLLY-YouNG (Törnebladh/Terbougie) Theater: recently received two santa barbara independent Theatre Awards as dodge in Buried Child and as dr. lyman in Bus stop; Moonlight and Magnolias (laguna Playhouse), Titus in Titus andronicus (The old Globe Theatre), school for scandal (The mark Taper forum); assassination 1865 (Goodman Theatre, Jeff Award ensemble), of Mice and Men (missouri repertory Theater), Treasure island (Cincinnati Playhouse), inherit the wind and Christmas Carol (The Geva Theatre), Man of Mode

(studio Arena Theatre), hedda Gabler (Worcester foothills Theatre) and Cyrano, Don Juan, st. Joan and Twelfth night (The huntington Theatre). he has performed for many shakespeare Companies including; American Players Theatre, Three rivers shakespeare festival, Alabama shakespeare festival, virginia shakespeare festival and Will Geer Theatricum. young’s Tv credits include: house of Lies, The Defenders, Justified, Law & order: Los angeles, The Mentalist, Mad Men, Boston Legal, Csi, The shield, Life, Married with Children, Ellen, Pros and Cons, star Trek Enterprise, Method and Red, hunter, silk stalkings, Renegade and many more.

NATAChA RoI (marguerite borel) natacha is pleased to be returning to the Geffen Playhouse. she was seen here this past summer in the role of mara in Extraordinary Chambers. her other recent theater credits include Aphra behn in or, (magic Theatre), Emilie — La Marquise Du Chatelet Defends her Life at the Petit Theatre at Cirey Tonight, The Real Thing and Vesuvius (south Coast repertory). on broadway her credits include: sixteen wounded, Closer and wait until Dark. off-broadway and regional theater credits include Fiction (roundabout Theatre Company); uncle Vanya (mcCarter Theatre and la Jolla Playhouse); Twelfth night (long Wharf Theatre); othello (The Public Theater); Passion Play (minetta lane Theatre) and many more great plays in great theaters across the country. Television credits include: The Beast, Journey Man, E.R., Bones, The unit, without a Trace, hack, Ed, Law & order, Law & order: sVu. you can visit her at www.natacharoi.com. enjoy!

SARAh ZIMMeRMAN (Jeanne langevin) sarah zimmerman recently returned from the uK where she performed Till we have Faces with lamb’s Players


aBout the pLaYers

WHO’S WHO IN THE CAST

Theatre. favorite theater credits include: The Full Monty and The Rivals (broadway); The Matchmaker, for which she received a helen hayes Award nomination, and The Rivalry (ford’s Theatre, d.C.); The seagull, Love’s Labour’s Lost and The Merry wives of windsor (old Globe Theatre); as You Like it (Weston Playhouse); The Voice of the Turtle (Westport Country Playhouse); The Glass Menagerie, susan and God, Cold Comfort Farm and The Great Divorce (lamb’s Players Theatre). zimmerman’s voice can be heard on numerous audio books and recordings including: Three sisters, The importance of Being Earnest, summer and smoke, Major Barbara, Tartuffe, La Bete and Design for Living (for l.A. Theatre Works). Tv includes: The office, Big Love, without a Trace, The Closer and The nine. she received her b.f.A. from The boston Conservatory and her m.f.A. from old Globe/usd.

ALAN ALDA (Playwright) Alan Alda has written five feature films (including The Four seasons and The seduction of Joe Tynan), two best selling books and 19 episodes of the television series M.a.s.h, for one of which he was awarded an emmy for writing. his long-time interest in science led him to interview hundreds of scientists around the world for 11 years on the award-winning Pbs series scientific american Frontiers. in 2010, he hosted the science series The human spark on Pbs. on broadway, he appeared as the physicist richard feynman in the play QED. in 2006, for his efforts in helping to broaden the public’s understanding of science, he was presented with the national science board’s Public service Award. he is a visiting professor at stony brook university’s Center for Communicating science where he helps develop innovative programs that enable scientists to communicate more effectively with the public.

DANIeL SuLLIVAN (director) recent broadway: Time stands still by donald margulies (Cort Theatre), The Merchant of Venice with Al Pacino (broadhurst Theatre), and david lindsay-Abaire’s Good People (mTC’s friedman). Also for mTC, mr. sullivan directed Time stands still, accent on Youth, Rabbit hole, Brooklyn Boy, sight unseen, after the night and the Music, Proof, in Real Life and Psychopathia sexualis. Among his broadway credits are The homecoming; Prelude to a kiss; Julius Caesar; Morning’s at seven; i’m not Rappaport; a Moon for the Misbegotten; The heidi Chronicles; Conversations with My Father; ah, wilderness!; and The sisters Rosensweig. Among his off-broadway credits are The Merchant of Venice, The night watcher, Twelfth night, a Midsumemr night’s Dream,

intimate apparel, stuff happens, Far East, spinning into Butter, Dinner with Friends, and The substance of Fire. from 1981 to 1997, mr. sullivan served as Artistic director of seattle repertory Theatre, where he directed more than 60 productions and established a new Play Program. mr. sullivan’s film and television credits include The substance of Fire and Far East. mr sullivan is the swanlund Professor of Theatre at the university of illinois, urbana-Champaign. ThoMAS LYNCh(scenic designer)Geffen Playhouse: Franny’s way. broadway: Master Class with Tyne daly, a Raisin in the sun sean Combs and Phylicia rashad, Contact (Tony nom), The heidi Chronicles (Tony nom) having our say, swing!, The Music Man (Tony nom), ah, wilderness!, The Young Man From atlanta, Tintypes. off-broadway: Me, Myself & i, Third, a woman Before a Glass (obie), Betty’s summer Vacation (obie- sustained excellence), Laughing wild, Driving Miss Daisy, still Life (shared obie). over 130 designs for major regional Theaters. opera: iphigenie en Tauride (met and met/simulCAsT), Rodelinda (met)The Ring Cycle, amelia, Lohengrin (seattle opera), bernstein’s a Quiet Place (vienna state opera), alcina (Covent Garden), Awards: four drama desk nominations, elliot norton, two Joseph Jeffersons. Professor of scenic design, university of Washington.

RITA RYACK(Costume designer)rita ryack collaborated at the Geffen Playhouse on Time stands still, directed by daniel sullivan. she has designed the costumes for many feature films including hairspray, martin scorsese’s Casino, Cape Fear, after hours and Bringing out the Dead, with robert deniro in a Bronx Tale as well as barry levinson’s wag the Dog. she received an emmy nomination for levinson’s You Don’t know Jack, starring Al Pacino as Jack Kevorkian. for director ron howard, she designed apollo 13, Ransom, a Beautiful Mind and how the Grinch stole Christmas which earned her an oscar nomination. she very recently completed filming the nbC pilot smash, and for the movie musical Rock of ages, starring Tom Cruise. she has also designed on broadway the musical My one and only, for which she received a Tony nomination, The human Comedy, and Time stands still as well as many off-broadway productions: Time stands still’s incarnation at manhattan Theatre Club, among many other mTC productions including The Loman Family Picnic, directed by lynne meadow, what’s wrong with This Picture?, Digby and it’s only a Play. her work at Playwrights’ horizons includes harry Kondoleon’s anteroom (obie Award) and also off-broadway,

Kondoleon’s The Vampires, The Foreigner, sam shepard’s a Lie of the Mind (obie Award) and The Foreigner. she spent a season as principle costume designer at robert brustein’s American repertory Theatre at harvard and is a graduate of the yale school of drama. ms. ryack designed the costumes for michael Jackson’s “bad” video, directed by martin scorsese. she has also received various awards for cartoon animation and illustration.

DANIeL IoNAZZI (lighting designer)daniel is Production manager for the Geffen Playhouse. he is also a member of the faculty of the uClA school of Theater, film and Television and director of Production for the department of Theater. mr. ionazzi is the author of The stage Management handbook and The stagecraft handbook. design credits include: wwii — Beyond all Boundaries for the national World War ii museum. for steppenwolf Theatre Company: The seafarer. for south Coast repertory Theater: in The next Room. for the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts: Teatro alla Moda. for the Geffen Playhouse: superior Donuts, a step in Time, nightmare alley, The Female of the species, The seafarer, atlanta, speed-the-Plow, a Picasso, wishful Drinking, all My sons, (ovation nomination), Cat on a hot Tin Roof, Paint Your wagon, Take Me out, i Just stopped By To see The Man, Boy Gets Girl (ovation nomination), under The Blue sky, oscar & Felix, God’s Man in Texas, The unexpected Man, The weir, Defiled, Merton of the Movies and all in the Timing (ovation nomination); for the dance Company diavolo: Catapult and Traajectorie; for the denver Center Theatre Company: henry iV Part i, The Three sisters, The night of the iguana, antigone. Additional design credits: The ahkmatova Project, amelia Lives, Telling Time, othello, Trojan women, Misalliance and Jenufa with Josef svoboda.

JoN GoTTLIeB(sound designer)Jon Gottlieb is an award-winning sound designer who currently serves as director of summer Programs and head of the sound design program for the school of Theater at the California institute of the Arts. A los Angeles-based artist, his recent design work at the Geffen includes: Matthew Modine saves the alpacas, Time stands still, By the waters of Babylon, George Gershwin, alone (2007 ovation Award), Cat on a hot Tin Roof and Collected stories directed by Gil Cates, hedda Gabler with Annette bening directed by daniel sullivan, and Four Dogs and a Bone with martin short directed by lawrence Kasdan. he has been heard regionally, internationally and on and off-broadway. recent broadway credits include QED with Alan Alda

at lincoln Center, neil simon’s Dinner Party and Terrence mcnally’s Tony award-winning Master Class, starring zoe Caldwell and later faye dunaway in the national tour plus the spring 2011 production featuring Tyne daly. during his 15 year tenure as resident sound designer for Center Theater Group his designs included Taper productions of iwitness (La Drama Critics Circle award), The Flower Drum song (ovation Award), Distracted, hughie with Al Pacino, Enigma Variations with donald sutherland, Putting it Together with Carol burnett, in association with Cameron mackintosh, The Cider house Rules directed by Tom hulce and Jane Jones, nine armenians directed by Gordon davidson, Master Class (ovation award) and henceforward (La Drama Critics Circle award). his designs at the Ahmanson Theater include The history Boys, Cinderella (La Drama Critics Circle award) and Measure For Measure and a Midsummer night’s Dream directed by sir Peter hall. Jon has received eight lAdCC Awards, three lA Theater Alliance ovation Awards, over 60 drama-logue, l.A. Weekly and nAACP Theater awards, Career Achievement awards from The los Angeles Theater Alliance, the lA Weekly and the los Angeles Theater Center, and the distinguished Artist Award from the music Center Club 100. he served for five years as the resident sound designer at the los Angeles Theater Center, fifteen years as resident sound designer at Center Theater Group, and prior to teaching at CalArts was a member of the teaching faculty at both the usC and uClA schools of Theater. for disney imagineering, he created original sound effects and design for two attractions at Walt disney World in florida.

JohN BoeSChe(Projection designer)John boesche’s scenic and projection designs have been seen by Chicago audiences at the Chicago shakespeare Theater, Goodman Theatre, lyric opera of Chicago, lookingglass Theatre, steppenwolf Theatre, victory Gardens and others. broadway credits include The Glass Menagerie at roundabout Theatre, directed by frank Galati. regionally his work has been seen at Arizona Theatre Company, denver Center Theatre Company, mcCarter Theatre (Princeton), milwaukee repertory Theatre, new york shakespeare festival (nyC), seattle repertory Theatre, shakespeare at the folger (Washington d.C.), south Coast repertory (Costa mesa) and Theater on The square (san francisco) among others. Projection design accompanying the performance of music includes work with The Chicago symphony orchestra, eos orchestra (new york), and The ravinia festival Chicago. his designs for opera have been seen at barbican Theatre Centre




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(london), brooklyn Academy of music, Canadian opera Company (Toronto), dallas opera, houston Grand opera, lyric opera of Chicago, opera Carolina, opera lyon, opera lyra ottawa, opera Pacifica, opera Theatre of st louis, Portland opera, salt lake opera, san francisco opera, Theatre de la monnaie (brussels), Washington opera (d.C.), and vancouver opera among others. in 2005 mr. boesche received a Joseph Jefferson special Award for projection design in theatre.

YouNG JI (Production stage manager) Geffen Playhouse: The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity, Extraordinary Chambers, in Mother words, Love Loss & what i wore, Ricky Jay: a Rogue’s Gallery; Louis & keely: Live at the sahara. Center Theatre Group: The Cherry orchard (Taper); wrecks, Trial of the Catonsville nine, Pyrenees, a Very old Man with Enormous wings, apollo, Flight, new Works festival (Kirk douglas Theatre); speak to me (CTG P.l.A.y. in-school program). other los Angeles includes Antaeus Company: Cousin Bette, king Lear, The autumn Garden (Producer); La Ronde, The Glass Menagerie (director); american Tales, Tonight at 8:30, Phaedra (Getty villa), Classicsfests 04, 06, 08, 10, Mother Courage and her Children, Pera Palas, The Dickens Project, Chekhov X 4 (Production stage manager). lA Theater Works: secret order, sonia Flew, work song; matrix Theater: Dealing with Clair; Theatre@boston Court: a winter People. Tour: Jerry Quickley’s Live from the Front in finland: urban festival, nyC: Public Theater, Apollo Theater, Portland: TbA festival, seattle: bumbershoot festival, and others; mariachi los Camperos de nati Cano; Fiesta navidad ’06.

PhYLLIS SChuRINGA (Casting director) Phyllis is in her ninth season as Casting director at the Geffen Playhouse. recent plays include: The Escort, Ruined (lA Casting), Equivocation, Matthew Modine saves the alpacas, Farragut north, The seafarer, Time stands still, By the waters of Babylon, The Quality of Life and Third. Prior to the Geffen, Phyllis served as casting director for the steppenwolf Theatre in Chicago. her favorites include frank Galati’s adaptation of The Grapes of wrath (also la Jolla Playhouse, national Theatre in london, and broadway, where it received the Tony Award for best Play), the original production of steve martin’s Picasso at the Lapin agile (and subsequent productions including Westwood Playhouse and briar street Theater in Chicago), Austin Pendleton’s orson’s shadow and Charles l. mee’s Time to Burn. broadway transfers include one Flew over the Cuckoo’s nest (Tony for best revival) and The song of Jacob Zulu. she teaches auditioning at steppenwolf West.

GILBeRT CATeS(Producing director) Gilbert Cates is recognized as a leader in television, film and theater. Currently presiding as the Producing director of the Geffen Playhouse, he is dedicated to enriching the los Angeles theatrical spectrum by presenting the finest in contemporary and classical theater. in november 1996, Cates was the recipient of the Jimmy dolittle Award for outstanding Contribution to los Angeles Theater. he received the 1999 ovation Award for best play for Collected stories, starring linda lavin and samantha mathis, which he directed at the Geffen. The accolades for Cates expand into other areas of the entertainment industry. he produced and directed the 1970 film version of the broadway hit i never sang for My Father, starring melvyn douglas, Gene hackman and estelle Parsons. The movie earned three Academy Award nominations. Cates also directed Joanne Woodward and sylvia sidney in the 1973 film summer wishes, winter Dreams, which received two oscar nominations. other film directing credits include: The Promise, one summer Love, The Last Married Couple in america, oh! God Book ii and Backfire. he further distinguished himself as director and/or producer of a number of television dramatic specials. These include nbC’s 1972 emmy Award-winning To all My Friends on shore, starring bill Cosby, AbC’s 1974 The affair starring natalie Wood and robert Wagner, nbC’s 1975 after the Fall starring faye dunaway and Christopher Plummer. other credits include: Johnny, we hardly knew Ye, The kid from nowhere, County Gold, faerie Tale Theater’s Rapunzel and Goldilocks and the Three Bears, hobson’s Choice, Burning Rage, Consenting adults, Fatal Judgment, Do You know the Muffin Man, Call Me anna, absolute strangers, in My Daughter’s name, and Tom Clancy’s netforce (Cates directed James Agee’s a Death in the Family for masterpiece Theater’s American Collection of Pbs and donald margulies’ Collected stories for Pbs hollywood Presents). in september 2002, he directed david eldridge’s under the Blue sky for The Geffen Playhouse and directed Cat on a hot Tin Roof in 2005, the inaugural production in the newly-renovated Geffen Playhouse. in february 2007 he directed Jeffrey hatcher’s a Picasso in the Audrey skirball Kenis Theater.

he served two terms as President of the directors Guild of America from 1983 to 1987. in 1989, he received the Guild’s robert b. Aldrich Award for extraordinary service and, in 1991, he received the dGA’s honorary life membership. he also served as dean of the uClA school of Theater film and Television (which he founded) from 1990—1998. in 2008, Cates produced the 80th annual academy awards show for AbC, his 14th occasion producing the Awards, for which he has already garnered 84 nominations and 17 emmy Awards. mr. Cates was born in new york City and attended syracuse university. married to dr. Judith reichman, he has four children, two stepchildren and six grandchildren.

RANDALL ARNeY (Artistic director)randall Arney is known to Geffen audiences for his direction of superior Donuts by Tracy letts, The Female of the species by Joanna murray-smith; speed the Plow by david mamet; all My sons by Arthur miller, richard Greenberg’s Take Me out, stephen Jeffreys’ i Just stopped by to see the Man, rebecca Gilman’s Boy Gets Girl, david rambo’s God’s Man in Texas and Conor mcPherson’s The weir and The seafarer. he is an ensemble member and former Artistic director of Chicago’s steppenwolf Theatre, where he directed The seafarer; i Just stopped by to see the Man; The Beauty Queen of Leenane; Death and the Maiden; Curse of the starving Class; Bang; a walk in the woods; killers and The Geography of Luck. in addition, he directed the world premiere of Picasso at the Lapin agile at steppenwolf, as well as the subsequent los Angeles (Westwood Playhouse, drama-logue Critics’ Award), off-broadway, san francisco, Washington d.C. and Tokyo productions. in Chicago, he oversaw the design, creation and completion of a new state-of-the-art theatre with a main stage and studio. 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’s acting credits with steppenwolf include Born Yesterday (opposite Glenne headly); Ghost in the Machine; The homecoming; Frank’s wild Years (with Tom Waits, directed by Gary sinise); You Can’t Take it with You; Fool

for Love; True west (directed by Gary sinise); and Balm in Gilead and Coyote ugly (both directed by John malkovich). on film he has appeared in normal and weapons of Mass Distraction (hbo); Mystery, alaska; The out-of-Towners; Chain Reaction; The Color of Money and Miles from home. mr. Arney has an mfA degree in Acting and has taught acting and directing at Columbia College in Chicago and illinois state university. he has also held master classes and workshops at steppenwolf, around the u.s., and in Tokyo.

KeN NoVICe(managing director) Prior to joining Geffen Playhouse novice served as managing director and director of external Affairs at Pasadena Playhouse. Prior to that he was director of marketing and Public relations for san diego’s Tony Award-winning old Globe Theatre developing marketing and public relations programs for Jack o’brien’s revival of Damn Yankees, the Tony Award-nominated musical The Full Monty, henry iV starring John Goodman as well as the Tony-nominated hit Play on! among many others. novice’s credits also include marketing and public relations with the Tony Award-winning denver Center Theater Company and new york’s Circle repertory Company. As director of Programming for youthstream media networks he developed national marketing and public relations programs for major motion pictures from Columbia Pictures, dreamWorks s. K. G. , buena vista Pictures, Paramount Pictures, fox broadcasting, 20th Century fox, mGm, new line Cinema and Warner brothers Pictures. he also managed Ken novice entertainment marketing, working with such clients as The salvation Army, sephra fountains llC, and promotional partners including Warner brothers, American express and Gelson’s among others. novice served as head of Theatre management for the California state university long beach theatre management m. f. A. / m. b. A. degree program and has been a guest lecturer at san diego state university and the university of California, san diego. he holds a b. A. from the Pennsylvania state university and an m. b. A. from san diego state university.


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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

PRODUCTION STAFF FOR rAdiAnCe: The PAssion of mArie Curie

Assistant scenic designers charlie corcoran & cameron irwin Assistant Costume designer ASHLEY GAMBAAssistant sound designer heather sorensenProperties master Rich Gilles Wardrobe supervisor HOLLY VICTORIAWig master Byron J. Batistamaster electrician Darren RezowalliProduction electrician dan tuttlesound board operator MICHAEL GUNDERSONProduction Assistant kyra hansenstage Crew BOUDE MOORE

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

set provided by scenic highlightslighting equipment provided by Entertainment Lighting Servicessound equipment provided by Jon Sound Inc.

Translations of certain french-language materials appeared originally in Marie Curie: a Life, now available as an ebook, published by Plunkett lake Press, 2011 (courtesy of and © 1995 susan Quinn).

SPECIAL THANKS

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

UCLA SCHOOL OF THEATER, FILM AND TELEVISION

The Geffen Playhouse is affiliated with the university of California at los Angeles, specifically the uClA school of Theater, film and Television. The 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 donald margulies, Annette bening, ed harris, neil labute, John rando, Terrence mcnally, Alan Ayckbourn, david mamet, david ives and Jon robin baitz in areas of directing, playwriting, acting, design, dramaturgy, management and production. The Geffen Playhouse also draws upon the distinguished experts in the university to enhance the theater’s programs and research.

The actors and stage managers employed in this production are members of Actors’ equity Association; The union of Professional Actors and stage managers in the united states.

The director is a member of the society of stage directors and Choreographers, inc., an independent national labor union.




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eDuCATIoN ADVoCATe$1,000 - $4,999Anonymous (5)23rd street Jewelersharry and Gay Abrams/Abrams

Artists Agencydr. richard A. Ackerman

and miriam shakterJanis Adams and John lyonsJoanna Adlermiriam AguiarAiG matching Grants Programolga s. Aldersonmichael Alexanderdebbie and norman Allenrichard Alonsolaura and harvey Alpert

Charitable foundationmerryl and david A. AlpertKatherine AmberAmgen foundationPatti and harlan AmstutzAngell foundationJohn Antonimargaret and howard ArveyAvion Tequilashelli Azoffbadrutt’s Palace hotelbrandon bailod.C. and Carol Ann bakemanAlec baldwinheather barlow

robert e. and maria h. barronJericho Poppler and dr. Greg bartlowmike baxterrick and shelley bayernorman beilshelly and libby bergenWendy and John bergquistJason berkmoCA foundationhelen bingCaron blockChancellor Gene d. block

and mrs. Carol blockPamela and bill bohnertThe bordy and leibovic familiesJeff borrisGreg and elizabeth borrudbrenda and Alan borsteindeanne bosnakbrentwood Gardensbrentwood schooldr. Wallace P. brithineerobert broderCarolyn and Gerald bronsteinrobert brook and Jacqueline KosecoffJames l. brooksWendy and david brotmanmr. and mrs. Todd brown and familyross G. brownmichael bunindianne burnett and Joan minervaJason CalacanisCanine Companions for independenceCliff Cantorhenry CapannaChancellor emeritus Albert Carnesale

and mrs. robin Carnesaledr. fanya Carter

and dr. harold J. delchampsJosh Chaitlisa, michael and rachel ChalfinCirque du soleillaurel and Aaron Clarksandy ClimanJon Cohenlinda and John Colemanlou ColenTerri Konheim CooperCreative brandJeremiah Cuertasnancy A. Cypertdaedalus foundation, incstephen Philibosian foundationsandy daneshradshirley lu and norman davidsonsky daytondeluscious Cookiesdawn denoonJonathan derosadr. udayakumar devaskarvin di bona and erica Gerardnicolina Clark and robert dinlockerCarolyn dirks and brett doughertysteven dubinGerald and sally ducotrichard duffyWilliam duncanmarilyn P. dunnrich s. eisendr. and mrs. Paul eisenbergColleen m. ellisKevin Watts and Christine enlowCarl and Courtenay enrightdaniel ericksonmica ertegunCarol and J.b. esterkinbill fagerbakkemark feldmanAlex ferrariGloria and morton fieldrabbi harvey and sybil fieldsrobert finkelsteineric flamholtz and yvonne randlefreshTom fullerfuture lightingmike Gaineylois and Gerald GallopKathleen Garfield

inez Gelfandrick Genowmr. and mrs. fereydoon GhaffariPaul and Cheri Giengerharry A. Gilbertrose GilbertKiki and david Gindlerbenita and bert GinsbergCherna and dr. Gary GitnickJacqueline m. GlassCharlotte Goldmarion GoldenfeldAbner and roz GoldstineChristopher Gorelikedith GouldJoseph b. Gould foundationGwen and Albert GrabbAdrienne Grant and Paul JenningsAllen GrubmanThe Guerin foundationmadeline GussmanKathryn hahnmonty and marilyn hallAudley harrisonJulian hartmichael hauptmanmr. and mrs. William hellmanmel and faith henkinGrant and lysa heslovlynne and michael heslovJean himmelstein and david Colemandr. John d. hofbauer and dr. laura e. foxmrs. dorothy hoffmanstanley and Gail hollanderhotel shangri-laroger and linda howardToni hoytThomas Pryor and vincent imhofflynn hunt and margaret JacobTerry and marc J. JacobyJoshua Jahnkemelina JampolisJerome and linda JangerPaul JohanssonJack and Cindy Jonesmr. and mrs. vernon d. JonesJordan strauss Photographymichael KaneKarney Guren family foundationKelly Kellnerlenny and david Keltonshelah KiddChris Kingbarbara and stuart KlabinKent KlavensJoe Klemashron Kolarleslie and norman Koplofhrag KopooshianThea and neal KossWolf KramerCarol KrauseKrol vodkaseth Krugliakla Costa resort and spahelene and Arthur laubJ. michael lee and layne raineysteven leesteve lehrermichael lembeckPhyllis and Ken lembergerdrs. Gerald and barbara leveyAlan s. levined and betsy levineCarla and rodney liberrodney libermae and hugh lichtigvictor liebermanJohn liebessteven and nancy lippmansteve lipscombelisabeth s. lipsmanKevin liptonJudith locke and dennis massiemr. and mrs. Kalman loebJennifer loPataKaren and frederick loriglost iguana resort and spamarcia e. Williams and Gene lucero

The Geffen Playhouse recognizes the following individuals and organizations for their generous support of our Annual fund. donors are listed at the associate level and higher for gifts made between June 1, 2010 and september 15, 2011.



ANNUAL DONORS


ANNUAL DONORS

neil l. and ora d. macfarlaneThe Jennifer and Greg malins foundationGary malouffrank mancuso Jr.and Kim mancusobrian mannmarie marcianoeric G.C. markmarketCaststeve markoffmarlborough schooldan marrowPaul martinomax mashourlesia and William maxwellKaren mbanefoJohn mcCrite and Juan lopezJanis b. mceldowneysue mchugh and herb seesedianne and burton merrillmona metwalliThe miles familybarbara and fred millerPhilip millerAndrew and laura mintzerG2 Graphic service, inc.dr. Kirstin moerk, mr. neil e. Woodburn,

mr. malcolm r. down and Kenneth r. Johnson in memory of larry G. mathis

Joanne and Joel mogylaurie and Chuck mondrusrich and michele monossonrobert s. mooremorgan stanleylowell m. morgenGarry morris and Kent harrison hayesdavid morselon morse and Toni hollander morseKate mowlenebenjamin and hedy nazarianJoan and fred nicholasAlbert and barbara nicholsshelby notkinGerald and Gail oppenheimersteve and Judy orichlaura ornestPearl o’rourkeGuy osearyCarol and bill ouchiCharles Pachecolaurie macdonald and Walter Parkesmichael Parks and Judith haywardPhilip and leslie Patonherbert and marilyn Pikenin memory of michael Pillermitch PindusPaula, lauren, nicole, and Joseph Pinhasmarilyn Pinzurrobert PisanoPlanet hollywooddavid PlastikPolachecksPeggy and George PolingerJack and Jane Pollockruth PopkinPopland studiosPure Cheesecakesedward C. rainey, Jr. and scott C. britainrichard rasiej and Joan hermanParviz razavianrob reinerdonald b. and susan f. ricein memory of frances richmanesther and howard richmondlinda and manny riderCarol and Ward ritterbeth roberts and Warren smithdoug robinsonJames rodaydolores rogersraymond rogowskisusan rosebrad and nancy rosenbergKenneth and rochelle rosenbergsue Weiss rosenwasser and Joseph sinayTodd rubensteinblanche and bruce Joel rubinKathleen hughes rubin and stanley rubinPaula and Allan rudnicklawrence rudolphdavid A. and Karen richards sachsbob safairichard and Amber sakaidaphna salimpourJanet salter

in memory of hon. maxwell hillary salter

mark san filippobarry and nancy sandersWendy schneidersteve and Paula schwartzJonas scottse san diego hotelCynthia C. searsJed seidelmichele and Peter serchukAndrew shackmartin shaferGeorge shapirorobert shapirolowell sharronJohn and lori shawTraci sheltondora r. sherdiane sherman-smith

in memory of Gordon A. smithsussan and michael shoreshowtime networks incholly and larry shulmanrita and Jose sigalron silverman and soraya rossdine with nine Catering and eventssimon strauss foundationsls hotel at beverly hillslisa smelkinsonvictor snidersnyder family foundationdrs. matthew and marion solomonrichard sondheimersondheimer foundationspa ritualbruce and Patti springsteenJonathan st Clairmitch and sherry steinThomas and lisa sternroger stokereric strom and eileen Goodis-stromAaron strouderic suddlesonsugarfishelaine and radoslav sutnarJudd swarzmanAnne C. Taubman and david boyleJohn Teeples and nicolas martinez, Jr.larry TenanAudri and stan TendlerThe dillon fundThe lodge at Torrey PinesGreen dot filmsWilliam and Karen Timberlakedaniel TongbaiKenny Tranfrancine and James Traverslaura Trice, m.d.larry Tullubs financial servicessusan and Peter van haftenAlan van vlietstayce and robert WagnerPeter and denise WalshAdam Waredavid Weberdavid Weilin memory of sylvia and George WeinerAdam WeissGelena and seth WeissmanAdrian WennerWestin Kierland resort and spaAlison Whalen and steven marenbergleslie Whitesandy and Jon WillenChris WilliamsWinnick family foundationfred WolfKaren and rick Wolfenmimi and Werner f. WolfenJames Wongms. Patricia youngmanyves saint laurentAndrew and Kimberly zakanychdean zanderdebra zavala and Alpha zavalabarbara and stanley zaxmarcie and howard zelikowellen and Arnold zetcherdavid and ellie zuckermanAdam zwicker

ARTISTIC ADVoCATe$500 - $999Anonymous (4)dale and ruth AdamsThe Adams-Cohen familyGeraldine and harold Aldenrenette AndersonThe Paul Apel familysteven d. Ariasbarbara and ethan Aronoffbert and ruth Aronsmaria Avilalynne and lee babbittCharles barkerJanet and irwin barnetbillie baron and edward marcinkoPatricia barryJames W. baughTerry and lionel belllaurie and bill benensonJoanne benickesroger P. bergbeverly biererAdrienne and michael blackmannathalie blossom and howard levysherry borkgrenreveta bowersfrances and les boxerrobert boynePaula brandKevin breenJanet and mark brownlionel brownrebecca brownhoward d. brownedr. r.W.G. bugentalmarcia burnambruce Carrbarry Charlesms. martha ChaseJudy and mike fantasiaCoachrobert Cochrandonell CohenTed Cordesdonald and zoe Cosgrovemichael and Arline CovellCraft los AngelesPatrick Cranleyvalerie and donald Cravitzhedva and dudley danoffsharon darnovdiana davidow and deborah ConstanceJeffrey s. davidsonruth b. davis and Pearl schultzAtum demontedaniel and Gayle devinKevin and elizabeth dillWil* and Glorya dixonCarol Jean doehringJonathan and susan dolgenfred and marilyn dorerdee dee dorskinddaryl and Paul f. doucetteAnne dougherty and david b. dobrikinThe milton l. and betty J. dranow

family foundationPatricia l. eisenbergmike elisofondoug endicottelizabeth A. evansexxon mobil Corporation/matching

Gifts Programsearl i. feldhornGladys fellmansteven and randy fifieldmarjorie and Arthur finesydney m. finegold, m.d.dr. barbara fishmeg fishermichael and lynne flynnburt and nanette foresterJ.d. foxlorraine frankelfran fredella and scott rubinlora fremontdottie friebandAndrew and Jennifer friedmanfranky and Art friedmanKenneth J. friedman and marilynn J.

friedman family foundationGwen and Jacob friendl.T. friesen

sandy Gagehelena Galatolosharlene and sol Galperbrian GeltCharles GerberJeff GerberPeter and namhee Gilhulydiane GlazerWilliam and Charlene Glikbargrichard and lori Glucksmandr. and mrs. lee b. Golddr. irene Goldenberglouis and linda Goldsmanlori and robert Goodmansusie and bruce GorenGotta have s’moresdiana and ronald Granitsimon Gratyneelam GuptaCarolyn and bernard hamiltonlinda hanadarobert hardingKay harringtonGary heckerPenny and steve heldmurray and Gail heltzerneal hersh and lynda KleinKathryn hibbsmarion and Todd hindinCina hodgesrand hoffman and Charlotte robinsonKelley m. hogandr. sharron holmanAdrienne and elliott horwitchGerald hundertrobin hursh and familyharold and evelyn igdaloffrobert and Gail israelfred and nancy Jacobusnancy and len Jacobysteve, Alex and emma Jaffemelissa and Jonathan JaivinJil sanderlaurie JonesTrudy and Albert Kallismr. and mrs. bernard Kaminemr. and mrs. William Keastnam Kim and Jeff Katemanrichard Kindmr. and mrs. William KingAnn and Jonathan Kirschirwin KishnerPhyllis Kleinsuzanne K. Kleinlaurie and milton KlormanJudy KnappJoe and Karen KnottAndrew KnoxJay Kogenbarbara and stan Krasnoffrodger and Jennifer landauJoan and Christopher larkinJeanne and Christopher lavagninolarry layne and sheelagh boydThe lederer familyrann d. leeThe bordy and leibovic familiesAlexandra leichtermrs. monte e. livingstonsteven llanusa and Glenn miyaleslie and Adam lobelJoe lotrugliovincent lupomichael lyntonJoann magidow messermalibu beach innsacha malin and dori levanoniJeannette and mervyn mandelbaumAlan mandelbergelizabeth marcellinoruth K. march and familydr. and mrs. King m. mendelsohnregina millerlawrence mirischJean miyamotoTrudy monrosusan mooreCarol moranbill morinosimona morrisCaroline mossbill mullinsmax mutchnickAndrew h. newmanAndy newmanbetsy newmanTimothy noonan

rick nyholmdr. ronald and iris onkinmr. and mrs. martin PadillaPalace head foundationin honor of eunice, widow of

Art director ross bellahdonald s. Passmanfran and bruce Petersfrank J. Pfizenmayer and Josh brownlisa Pierozzilou and berta Pittlily and rick PollackKevin Pollakmildred seigleAndrea PourmoradiGary and Gail rachelefskyJeralyn refeldTimothy d. reubenricki and marvin ringCarlene ringerTerrence robertsrichard robertsonbarbara and david rognlienmarie rolffred and ronda roseruth and larry rosenlinda and marvin rosenfeldbeverly and melvin rosenthalJoyce and deane rossmarlene rotblatt and familynancy and Ted sanbornKaren and nathan sandlerCharlene and victor sandssusan and Kenneth sarnobonnie A. saylormalcolm schneer and Cathy liuJane and bill schopfmr. and mrs. John schumannsusan and Peter schwabdavid and margaret schwankedr. and mrs. Jack schwartzelizabeth and Justin schwartzsusan schwartzrodolfo segoviadiana seidmanyossi sidikaroroman silberfeldCarol and Arthur silbergeldrobin and robert sillsdr. leigh silvertonin memory of ross hunter

and Jacque mapesJoseph sinayms. Gerry sinclairmichael smallmarcia l. and mark J. smithKaren smitsTrudy sokolmelvin spearsdebra and bruce spectorroberta sperorita spiegelArthur sternWilliam stringermr. and mrs. robert sugarKayser and renee sumeJohn and eva suttonKeith and Judy swaynemr. and mrs. david Tannmichael e. Tennenbaum familyrobert r. Thompsondavid TohlJoyce and Josh Trabulusbrigitta b. Troybob Tuttlenancy valdiviadaniel and shauna valenzuelaKatja van herlevitamin WaterCarole Wagner-vallianos

and Peter vallianosira and laurie Waldmanshirley Wargonseymour Watermanelisa and brad WayneAnnette Weilsander Weiner and marcia Gilbertroberta Weintraubmarsha and steven Weissfred and marlene Weissmanlinda WenglikowskiKeith Westlinda A. Wilsonherbert Wiseelaine and donald Wolfrobbie WorkCherie Wrigley

Karen and frank WurtzelThelma and sam yellenArnold zanedavid zuckermansandy zwirn

ASSoCIATe$250 - $499Anonymous (10)herbert ehrmann and Constance AbellJeffrey and linda Abellmr. and mrs. norman Abramsdrs. helen and marvin AdelbergCathy and Alan AdelmanTamara Adenelaine and michael AgranTony Albanyin honor of the birth of

leo Jacob Alexanderin memory of malena shladovskyCharles and Annick Allenhelen and herb Allensusan AllisonArthur AlperJan Altemussuzanne Altfeldirving Andersonrobert C. Andersonelise Andrewsmr. and mrs. Gerald AnenbergPhilip Angerhofer and stephen A. Joneseloise Appelbetsy and marc Axelroddeborah bainemadhavan balachandrandon banksPatricia barryCecile bartmanruthlee beckermichael bedner and Kathy eldondawn and marshall beinmillie and Julius bendatCarole A. and Charles bennettdelores and roger bergellen bergeron and Gary ottosonKaren berko-Gibsonbunny Wasser and howard bernsteinPaula bernsteinJudith Ann billingsWesley bilsonAva bisemr. and mrs. ronald bitzerronald and Jamie blackstoneKaren blakeneymarjorie blattruth and Jake bloomruth and donald blumkin, Pharm d.barry boehmludmila bojmanfrances and Thomas boothToby bornsteinmary boulwarein memory of evan haight-boydsandra bradley and shelagh moriartyhelen breitwieser and James Jacksbernardean broadousshelli and bill brodersusan and roy brownGerald buckbergsuzanne budd and vicki dellaversonAllen and Carola bundyAudrey Tawa and Jeffrey burbankdavid burkeArden burstein and Todd GriffithsJoann busuttillaurie J. butlerJon bykvalerie Cantwellmarlene and david Capelldeborah CarabetAndrew CarlbergCindy Carlin and Jeff roussoJill CarmonaCharles Carrmarjore Chronistermark Clymer and marc mullendoredr. Judy Cohnira and marsha CoronConstance danielsonJaye T. darby and david fosterJeff and Pat dasteelPamela davesJoel davidman and Cheryl davidChris and lindsey deems

hal and roberta delevielinda levenson delsack and Kurt delsackAlan and debbievirginia dibonamr. and mrs. dennis dietzsuzanne and bruce doddsyoram dordrs. don and donna dorseymarlene davis and david l. dorseyPaul dowlingsusan b. downeymr. and mrs. ed dreyfusrachel and John edwardsPat and marvin elliotdr. robert and natalie engelkirkvalerie entwellmauricio and lidia epelbaumAllan erdynorma lorene evansAlan and barbara faiolaJustice and mrs. robert feinermanAnonymoose foundationArnold Anderson and Conchata ferrellAbby and malcolm fieldlarry fieldmrs. eva fieldlisa finkelsteinfrances and Terry flanaganelisabeth fleischmanWilliam and elisabet fleischmansuzanne follmerCharles l. fonarowGlenn and Jane fowlerdarryl franknadia and ray freedbarbara and louis friedmannorman friedmannyuki fukumotoyuri and yelena furhamPeggy n. furmanlee Gardenswartzeugenia GatesKim and r.b. GautierPamela Gerken ebsGGW direct, llCKaren berko Gibsonlaura GibsonWillie r. Gibsonrachel and Jack GindiGlaceau Wateredna mae GlikmannAnn m. Goldberglorain Goldbergsy Goldbergfrancine Golden and marvin schlossmanmarilyn and Allen Goldendr. Peter GoldmanPatricia GoldmanGene Goldsteinellie Goodmanmrs. mae Goodsonl. newton Goodwellin memory of eugene s. GoodwinJo-Ann Gordonruth and Alison GrabellCharles Gracestanley Graham and Christine bounceGigi and don Grantin memory of Jack Greenruth and steve Greenbaumnorma and harvey Greenbergferis Greenberger and david dolinkoAlan GreenstadtPam Grissommaria GrittmanGary Grossmarcy and edgar Grossin loving memory of eileen floodJez Guitoeve haberfield and david Johnsonmary and Alan halkettPeter e. hallevelyn and nat handelstanley handmanCindy and Jason harlemms. Arlene harrissheila hasdaydr. and mrs. samuel havesonTodd hawkinsirene hazon-Argamanyms. marg helgenbergerscott shagrin and dr. Jacqueline hellerJackson henryGunter hermanrobert hermanhella hershsondiana and Joe hilberman

Karen hill-scottCrystal hinesGail hollanderdale and John hopmansAda and Jim horwichCarol hove-Ahmansonsusan hullGerald isenberglonnie levi israelCraig Jacobsonin memory of roger Javormichael Jenkinsmarcia Jindalrosemarie JohnstoneJewell JonesKenneth and roneet Kahanseymour Kahndavid KaiserJoyce Kaisermanruth and marvin Kalinmark Kalukdrs. elaine and Jeff Kamilmr. stephen KandelJoyce Kaplanmr. and mrs. david Kaplanmr. and mrs. Kenneth m. Karminowen Katoeleanor K. KaufmanKevork and Cecile Keshishiandavid T. Kesslershirlee KesslerAnnette and Charles Kleemandonna and Jeffrey KleinCharles Kolstaddonald KottlerJanice White and eugene KriegerChristina Kummer hardtCarol and richard Kurlandfrumeh labowsuzanne lakeAleyne larner fawcettJill and michael laskyrhoda lautenrhonda lawrence and Arthur rosettbill and Tiiu Jacobsondr. and mrs. eric leibovitchGinger leibovitzdavid and Karen leichengerbetty and ron leiterAnn lelandmarsha levinJeff and Joyce levinemarla e. levineGloria levysheldon and marion levynan lewisdavid lichtin memory of Wee-luang limWarren and brenda lincolnmartha lindberglee lindenvictor and madeline lindenheimirma and Allen lipinKaren and Peter lockeGeri loelori and Tom lowArlene ludwigloris and Kory lunsfordAnne l. lynchTeresa l. maguirelynn marksConnie and leslie martinsondon and Terry maxwellstewart mayedadavid israeli and dr. marie mazzoneGeorgianna mcburneyKathleen mcCarthymonique mcdavidPatrick W. mcdivittsean mcGhee and Carol fanWilliam e. and marcela h. mcKennaCathy and John mcmullenbetty and estelle mednickbarbara s. meisterAlex menesesCynthia mercerdebra michel

natalie milanisusan millisTeddie J. milnernicole behrstock-miner

in memory of rae behrstock and Celia lew

Pamela and mark mischelAmie mitchellGloria and Accie mitchellmarc mitchellAllan m. mohrman Jr.dr. and mrs. William e. mollemonsterdion and Glynis morrowsusan and robert morsedeborah mymanCatherine namethdrs. ronald and Ariane nataledr. deborah natoli and Justin natolidavid neilandena nelsonmark and diane neubauerlillian and Joseph nizinskinapoleon and Afra nobayelad offerrobert and monica o’hagansusan r. opas Phdmr. and mrs. david ostroveAllen Pack and rikki Gordonedward ParkerCouncil member bernard C.

and bobbie ParksTracy Parsons and Keith Grossmanin memory of robert and stephen Paskusmr. and mrs. herman PassAbhilash and Kelly PatelJo Anne Pattersonnaidu and Jane PermaulCarol f. PhillipsPhyllis Piano and roy Jonesbeverly PineGregory PoirierPop ChipsTravis Powersmichelle PrinvalePhilip Pritchettmr. and mrs. howard PrivetteCharlotte raeJoan ransohoffedward b. raschrobert rechordJoan redlichharvey reichardmildred reidholly rice and vince Gilliganlynda rickellen rileydavid robbinsJill robinsonmr. and mrs. Avi rojanybarry rosen and neil bokallynne W. rosenbergJanet and lenny rosenblattKathleen and dale rosenbloomdr. and mrs. James rosenblumbrendan and Jill rosslawrence ross and linda nussbaumlori and david roussolisa m. rowleyms. francoise rozzellTerry ryanfred and veronique sabldr. and mrs. George and Joyce sachsJulie and dennis saffrosandor samuelsmaxine savitzmarilyn sayeghCarole and michael scheinbergCarole scherzermr. bernard schiffersteven and JoAnna schillingGary and Karen schneiderJohn schwartzArlene and Arthur schwimmernadya scottmarc m. seltzer and Christina snydermary shane

Annette and leonard shapirodr. and mrs. William sharkJill sheardorothy shepherdJeff shermanmuriel f. shermanstacey shiehnetta and uri shohetdan shusterJama and Gary siegelseymour and dorothy siegelChuck simonsatori CommunicationsJulie and don davisdonna sloandr. and mrs. sylvain smadjadiane Good and frank smithdr. Jerry and marci smithlaura snoke and ed orrettJoyce and Al sommerdr. and mrs. sidney C. sperlingKalee st. Clairmark stankevichron and elaine steinmr. and mrs. Tom stempelJoannie sternsally stevensJane l. stiglitzedith l. stoell and linda Gach raysybil stollerbrian studlerAmy sweeneylance and maureen TanThe mortimer levitt foundationThe stewart family Trustdr. Anita f. ThompsonTroy Thompsonmr. and mrs. Art TompkinsJudith ToscanoJean and hal TrifonPia and steve vaiJane valentineCarol and Arnold vinsteinmiriam vogelJohn J. Waller, Jr.William WalshJudge and mrs. Joseph Wapnermarcia and dr. Charles Wassermandr. George and Pat WatsonJulie Waxmanlouise Weber and sean laveryJulie and Peter WeilPaul J. Weinerbrian WeinstockJackie and fred Weintraubsheila Weismandonna and Jason WeissJacqueline WeitzJessica Wenelayne and Walter WentzThe Wexler familyrichard and Joyce Wicklinemisty and milt WidelitzJohn Willeyrae Jeane Williamsdavid Wintroubdeborah Wissrowie and Jeffrey WolfPam and leo WylerGene and margaret yatesyou rock Guitarmark young and Patty everettvicki ziegellaurie zieglermr. and mrs. mark zimmermanlynn and meir zivdayle and Abram zukorCandice and Joel zwick

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* Please note that Talk back Tuesday events for Radiance: The Passion of Marie Curie are subject to change. Please visit geffenplayhouse.com for an updated listing.

THE GEFFEN AT A GLANCE

ADDRESS

Geffen Playhouse10886 le Conte Avenue los Angeles, CA 90024 Administrative offices ............310.208.6500 box Office ................................ 310.208.5454 subscriber hotline ................. 310.208.2028 geffenplayhouse.com

TICKET SERVICES

Box office WindowWhen shows are not in performance, the box office window is open: 7 days a Week .............. 12:00 pm — 6:00 pm during the run of a show, the window will be open until curtain. Please note: The box office is unable to process exchanges and future sales one hour prior to curtain time on any performance day.

Phone Center ......................310.208.5454if you are calling regarding single tickets or general information, the box office Phone Center is open: 7 days a Week .................7:00 am — 6:00 pm The box office is closed on major holidays.

SUBSCRIBER SERVICES

Subscriber hotline ..............310.208.2028if you are a Geffen subscriber, the subscriber hotline is available to assist you monday through friday from 10:00 am until 6:00 pm and saturday and sunday from 12:00 pm until 6:00 pm.

Listening Devicesinfrared listening devices are available free of charge at all performances. listening devices

can be retrieved at the Theater Concierge desk in the lobby. Please arrive early to obtain a listening device, they are subject to availability.

Signed PerformancesWhen appropriate, each play of the season will have a special performance that will be sign-language interpreted for the deaf and hearing impaired. Call the box office for more info or email [email protected].

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

PARKING

subscribers have been provided parking passes for each season show. The Geffen Playhouse has negotiated a special $4 flat rate for other ticket holders at the following location: Palazzo Parking* 1008 Glendon Avenue los Angeles, CA 90024

Phone ..............................................310.208.4549Open 24 hours • 7 Days a Week located less than two blocks away from the Geffen Playhouse and even closer to many restaurant partners.

validation tickets allowing a $4 flat rate are available upon presentation of your same-day ticket to the box office or concierge. * Please note this facility does not honor

donor Parking Passes. rates and availability are subject to change.

SUPPORT THE GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE

become a Geffen Playhouse donor! Pleasecontact regina miller: 310.208.6500 ext.112 or [email protected]

TICKET DONATIONS

if you cannot use your tickets, you may release them to the Geffen prior to the date of your show, in time for resale, and you will receive an acknowledgement for a charitable contribution. Please mail to: Geffen ticket services 10886 le Conte Avenue los Angeles, CA 90024 or call the box office.

REFUNDS

it is the policy of the Geffen Playhousenot to issue refunds on subscriptions or on any single performance tickets.

AT THE THEATER

Accessible AccommodationThe Geffen Playhouse is fully committed to ensuring a satisfying theater experience for our

patrons with special needs or disabilities. The theaters have been designed to provide excellent seating for patrons in wheelchairs. Please call the box office to discuss your needs.


GEFFEN PlaYHOUSE STAFF

Gilbert Cates Producing director

Randall Arney Artistic director

Ken Novice managing director

Behnaz Ataee General manager

ARTISTICMary Garrett Artistic managerAmy Levinson literary manager/dramaturgShannon Noel Webb executive Assistant to the Producing directorPhyllis Schuringa Casting director & Assistant to the Artistic directorKristina Leach literary AssociateJen Fingal literary intern

DEVELOPMENTRegina Miller development directorellen Catania director of major Gifts & Corporate/foundation PartnershipsJessica Brusilow Associate director of donor relationsJamie Sherman development managerLiz Sellier development Associate Scott Kriloff development Assistant

EDUCATIONDebra Pasquerette education directorConnor White resident Teaching Artist & education AssociateMichael Faulkner education Coordinator

ADMINISTRATIONFrankie ocasio executive Assistant to the managing directorMaryam Kermani staff AccountantJanet huynh staff AccountantMarguerite harris receptionist

FACILITIES MANAGEMENTMiguel del Castillo facility managerVictor Cueva De Loera maintenanceMario Santillan-Perez Custodial

PRODUCTIONDaniel Ionazzi Production managerJill Barnes Associate Production manager Matthew Carleton Technical directorRich Gilles Properties masterDwayne Barnes Assistant Technical director James Grabowski sound masterDarren Rezowalli master electricianLeah A. Lewis Wardrobe supervisor

COMMUNICATIONSAllison Rawlings director of CommunicationsChelsey Rosetter Communications Coordinator

MARKETING & SALESJoseph Yoshitomi marketing directorKaren Gutierrez Associate marketing directorMark San Filippo Ticket services director & database Administrator Brian Dunning Graphics / Production ArtistStephanie Strand Audience services & subscription manager Paul Millet Group sales Janice Bernal Associate box office manager Bryan Martin Associate box office manager Janet huynh Assistant box office managerKorie Benavidez, Audrey Cain, Zack hamra, Richard Martinez, Lilach Mendelovich, Ryan Sandoval, Ben Seay Martin Wurst box office staff

FRONT OF HOUSEJeni Pearsons events CoordinatorTyler Tangalin supervising house managerJessica Kummer, Sarah Rosenbloom, Zack Schultz house managers Abdoulaye N’Gom head usherAdam Carr, Lindsey Cerny, Tiger Curran, Tommy French, Matt Jones, Sean Jones, Kimberly Legg, Katie Mitchell, Leah Munson, Jonathan Schwartz, Julianne Tveten ushers

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 scenic, costume, lighting and sound designers in lorT theaters are represented by united scenic Artists local usA-829, iATse.


Documents

Radiance: The Passion of Marie Curie Program