Reasons to Be Pretty Program

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From the artistic Director

We are fans of neil laBute. since We first produced Fat Pig in 2007, we went on to present four more of his plays (some Girl(s), Wrecks, The Break of Noon and his adaptation of august strindberg’s Miss Julie), and now i have the pleasure of directing our sixth, Reasons to Be Pretty.

an essential truth in all of laBute’s work draws us in time and again: We are all fallible — we make mistakes, sometimes irreparably, and yet most of us continue to struggle for the better person in each of us to make it to the surface. While laBute has garnered a reputation for pointing out the more unattractive aspects of human nature, particularly in his male characters, he also shows great faith in the human desire to be better. sometimes his characters manage to do so, and sometimes not, but the journey laBute sets before us is always a rich, surprising ride.

like Fat Pig, Reasons to Be Pretty questions the construct of beauty and the high emotional price we place on it. the story is less about who is beautiful and more about how each of laBute’s characters functions within these ideals of beauty. not very well, it seems. and what better city to highlight the pitfalls of perfection-seeking than los angeles? it seems the ideal place to unearth these complicated, eternal questions about what each of us sees in the mirror each morning.

once again, i have had the pleasure of working with a team of extraordinary designers who have built a world that seamlessly traverses locales and captures the specificity of laBute’s world.

like all good theater, the play frames as many questions as it answers. i hope you, like me, are as intrigued by the ideas our playwright poses and they leave you talking long after the curtain comes down.

enjoy the show.

Randall Arney Artistic Director

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Welcome to our Final proDuction oF the 2013/2014 season, Reasons to Be Pretty, directed by our very own artistic director randall arney. We are delighted to end 2013/2014 in our gil cates theater with this illuminating tony-nominated play, written by our good friend neil laBute.

this has been an extraordinary season, made possible by the support and involvement of each and every one of you. thank you for your dedication to the geffen playhouse year after year, for your enthusiasm to see new works as well as classics on our stages, and for bringing new patrons to the theater to experience our work for the first time.

We believe theater is a one-of-a-kind tool for learning, healing, connecting and profoundly enriching the lives of children and adults. thank you for inspiring us to use theater arts to ignite positive change for the most in-need communities and disadvantaged schools in los angeles. you make it possible for us to grow and impact generations of theatergoers from one season to the next.

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it has been our pleasure to serve as your Board co-chairs this season, and we look forward to experiencing the 2014/2015 season with you and your family, friends and communities.

now we invite you to sit back, relax and enjoy Reasons to Be Pretty.

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Sing out proud.

“Exhilarating!” — The Guardian

“Jaw-dropping! Musical interludes induce goose bumps!”

— Theatermania

Written by Tarell alvin McCraney Directed by Trip CullMan

Featuring JereMy pope Additional cast to be announced

WesT coAsT premiere begins sepTeMber 16

At the charles r. Drew prep school for Boys, a young black man knows what is expected of him. Work hard, fall in line and if you’ve got the voice for it, use it to praise God in the school choir. Within these walls, pharus Young, with the voice of an angel and a keen mind, should be a star.

But in the face of Drew’s time-honored traditions, can music overcome silence?

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i’m not actually posing that question, as i could quickly find out on my own by using my handy google button or whipping over to Wikipedia, but i haven’t bottomed out that far as a writer (or a human being) quite yet. i still like to look things up for myself occasionally, even cracking open an old leather-bound edition of encyclopedias from time to time to get a piece of information. i know somebody invented mirrors — they exist, after all; no doubt someone’s ancestors are taking credit for the discovery — but i’m asking in a more general way, a sort of, “Why did they bother?” do we really need to see ourselves that clearly? or at all? We see others for who they are — physically, at least — and yet we never actually see ourselves outright, always catching a glance in a window’s reflection or in the glimmer off a lake’s placid surface. But we want more. We want to know what we really look like, what people really think


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“i hope this play makes a

case For being yourselF anD

stanDing up For What you believe in. For being brave.”

— neil labute

of us; if we’re pretty enough, good enough, the best. We are creatures of desire — we want all the time. it’s endless, how much we crave things — compliments and cars and lotto tickets (because if we win we’ll have a lot of money, and then we can get more stuff) — and so we work and spend time away from our loved ones, always telling ourselves that this is the way of the world and everybody does it and my kids want it, and so life slips away. you attend your school of choice (if you’re lucky), and you get your job of choice (if you’re lucky), and you slave away at it until it’s time to retire and somebody else takes your desk two days after you leave, and you go to florida a few times, and then you’re done. gone. What will you leave behind, dear reader? something, i hope.

every so often i think that all that’ll remain when i’ve left this place is two great kids and six inches of library space taken up by my published works. there is a lovely line in a. s. Byatt’s novel Possession that sums it up very well: “to a dusty shelf we aspire.” We writers stare into a variety of mirrors, studying the faces of people we don’t yet know as we make them up, working to create a series of believable psychological profiles for a bunch of folks who don’t really exist. i prefer it to life most of the time, as it’s much safer and a whole lot easier. these “people” all seem to be the same as us, unfortunately — my flaws become theirs and their wants and loves grow out of my own, and suddenly i’m surrounded by the same miserable, lovely, lonely, sad, terrific people that i was escaping from in the first place. and all these characters stare in their own mirrors and wonder if they too are good and pretty and smart and liked. or at least good and pretty and smart and liked enough. am i just pretty enough? enough to get by and not be laughed at, and to meet

someone and be happy? all because we can’t be sure, having never really seen ourselves. those damn mirrors are of absolutely no use to us, in the end. they tell us exactly what we wish to hear — everything, in fact, but the truth. What is it to be “pretty?” it’s not beautiful, and it’s certainly not ugly. Why do we care about it so much? Why do we get so caught up in what other people think? probably for the same reasons we use google and laugh along when somebody tells a joke that we don’t get and all continue to go into debt but keep these stupid smiles plastered on our faces. Because we’re deathly afraid of being singled out for

being anything but normal. We go to high school for three or four years, but it colors our entire lives — we continue to live some version of its schedules and cliques for the rest of our natural days. in school we were all desperate to fit in and yet desperate to stand out; the rest of life is merely a variation of all that. it’s a deadly game of push-pull.

if i could be anything but a writer — and i can’t, i’ve tried — i would be a braver person. one who just doesn’t give two shits about what other people say or think or feel; i don’t think that would make me callous or uncaring or stuck-up (to utilize a wonderfully high-schoolish word). i think it would simply

make me hold my head up a little higher, look people in the eye for a bit longer, make my smile a little broader (and any picture of me will attest that smiling is not my strong suit). i hope this play makes a case for being yourself and standing up for what you believe in. for being brave. for making choices that are hard and adult and not easy. for going out and being a part of the world instead of a mere observer. i’ve written about a lot of men who are really little boys at heart, but greg, the protagonist in this play, just might be one of the few adults i’ve ever tackled. the play talks a bit about our country’s (and, by extension, the world’s) obsession with physical beauty, but it’s really the first coming-of-age story i’ve written. a boy grows up and becomes a man. i suppose every writer has one of those stories to tell, and this one is mine. it also concerns a very blue-collar side of the work population, like the friends and family i grew up with. i know what a dead-end job is like. i know exactly what it’s like to be eating your lunch at 3: 00 a.m. and feeling like life as you know it is now officially over. i have a profound respect for work and workers and communities who live from paycheck to paycheck. the worst day i’ve had writing is better than the best day i ever had working in a factory, and the people who do it, year after year, because that’s life, and food and rent and child support must be paid, have all my respect. Writing is easy. life is hard. it’s more than hard — it’s a bitch (as many bumper stickers are happy to point out for us). i suppose that’s why i like the person who spends more time working than on facebook, the person who gets out there and lives his life rather than blogging about it or staring in the mirror wondering about anything so damn inconsequential as looks or hair or yesterday. the future is now. it’s time to grow up and be strong. tomorrow may well be too late.

— neil laBute

source: laBute, neil. Reasons to Be Pretty: A Play. faber & faber. foreword.


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opening night: Wednesday, august 6, 2014

the geffen playhouse presents

Written by neil labute

directed by Randall Arney

costume designerdavid Mickelsen

scenic designertakeshi Kata

production stage Manager Young Ji

assistant stage Manager Jessica R. Aguilar

casting by Phyllis schuringa, CsA

lighting designerdaniel ionazzi

sound designer & composerRichard Woodbury

violence designerned Mochel

original Broadway production produced by Jeffrey richards Jerry frankel Mcc theater

gary goddard entertainment ted snowdon doug nevin/erica lynn schwartz ronald frankel/Bat-Barry-productions

Kathleen seidel Kelpie arts, llc Jam theatricals rachel helson/heather provost

World premiere at Mcc theater on June 2, 2008, robert lupone & Bernard telsey, artistic directors;

William cantler, associate artistic director; Blake West, executive director

Reasons to Be Pretty is presented by special arrangement with dramatists play service, inc., new york.

the geffen playhouse gratefully acknowledges the following media sponsors for their generous support of Reasons to Be Pretty.


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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.

CAst of ChARACteRs(in order of appearance)

steph ....................................................................................................................................... Amber tamblyn

greg ............................................................................................................................................ shawn hatosy

Kent ..............................................................................................................................................nick Gehlfuss

carly ....................................................................................................................................................Alicia Witt

undeRstudies(in alphabetical order)

greg .......................................................................................................................................... shaun Anthony

carly/steph ..............................................................................................................................Kate huffman

Kent/offstage voice ................................................................................................. Christian Pedersen

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niCK Gehlfuss (Kent) new york off-Broadway: classic stage company’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, (for which he received the rosemarie tichler award) and 59e59’s summer shorts series. regional: Westport playhouse’s Beyond Therapy. tv: recurring roles: Murder in the First (tnt), shameless (showtime), The Newsroom (hBo) and Longmire (a&e); guest star roles: Royal Pains (usa), It’s Always sunny in Philadelphia (fX), Person of Interest (cBs), The Good Wife (cBs) and Rizzoli & Isles (tnt). film: Love and Mercy and in Lieu of Flowers. nick holds a Bfa in theater (Marietta college), Mfa in acting (university of Missouri Kansas city) and is an ohio native.

shAWn hAtosY(greg)hatosy transitioned from his critics choice award-nominated role on John Wells’ peabody award-winning southland into a memorable arc on showtime’s Dexter. amongst his two dozen plus films

are the likes of Alpha Dog which reunited him with his John Q director nick cassavettes, Michael Mann’s Public enemies, the remake of Bad Lieutenant, robert rodriguez’s The Faculty, Wayne Wang’s Anywhere But Here, In & out with Kevin Kline, and The Cooler which once again paired him with his outside Providence co-star alec Baldwin. hatosy also starred as John Mccain in a&e’s Faith of My Fathers, as well as in frank pierson’s peabody award-winning showtime drama soldier’s Girl, and the emmy-nominated Witness Protection for hBo. on the stage, hatosy landed the coveted role opposite al pacino in lyle Kessler’s orphans at the greenway court theatre in los angeles, and received accolades for his stage debut as the title role in the la Jolla playhouse production of The Collected Works of Billy the kid. off-Broadway, he starred opposite anna paquin in the paul Weitz comedy Roulette. he currently stars on the catherine hardwicke-directed cBs drama Reckless.

AMbeR tAMblYn (steph) amber has been an actress and author since the age of 10. she has been nominated for an emmy, golden globe and independent

spirit award for her work in television and film, including Joan of Arcadia, House M.D., The sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, danny Boyle’s 127 Hours and critically acclaimed stephanie Daley opposite tilda swinton. currently she can be seen on Two and a Half Men on cBs. Most recently, she starred in Quentin tarantino’s live reading of The Hateful eight at the ace theater in los angeles. she has two collections of poetry, free stallion and Bang ditto and her third book, Dark sparkler (harper collins 2015), is an intimate look into the lives and deaths of child star actresses, with art by david lynch and Marilyn Manson. next up, amber wrote and will direct a feature film based on Paint It Black, the acclaimed novel by Janet fitch.

AliCiA Witt (carly) starting with her film debut in david lynch’s Dune, alicia Witt has had a three-decade long career as an actor and singer-songwriter. Witt just finished season five of the emmy award-winning Justified on fX. she recently starred opposite peter Bogdanovich and cheryl hines in Cold Turkey for which she also co-wrote and performed the end credits song. alicia will soon film Holiday Help following

A Very Merry Mix-up — the hallmark channel’s highest rated christmas movie. film includes: Two Weeks Notice; urban Legend; Playing Mona Lisa; Last Holiday; Mr. Holland’s opus; The upside of Anger; 88 Minutes; Cowgirls ‘n Angels; Fun (sundance special Jury award for acting). tv includes: Friday Night Lights; Law & order: Criminal Intent; Cybill; The sopranos; Ally McBeal; Two and a Half Men; The Mentalist; The kingdom (upcoming on directv). theater includes: The shape of Things and Piano/Forte (West end); Dissonance (Williamstown). alicia has performed her original piano-based rock around the world and will be playing in la on sunday nights in august at hotel café — please come! she lives with her beautiful rescue dogs, Maggie and ernest. www.aliciawittmusic.com.

neil labute (playwright) geffen playhouse productions include a new adaptation of august strindberg’s Miss Julie (2013); The Break of Noon (2011, co-production with Mcc theater); and the West coast premieres of Wrecks starring ed harris (2010); some Girl(s) (2008); and Fat Pig featuring chris pine (2007). theater credits also include Bash: Latter-Day Plays (douglas fairbanks theatre, almeida theatre); The shape of Things (almeida theatre, promenade theatre); The Distance from Here (Mcc theater, almeida theatre); The Mercy seat (Mcc theater, almeida


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theatre); Filthy Talk for Troubled Times (Mcc theater); Autobahn (Mcc theater); This is How it Goes (donmar Warehouse, the public theater); Land of the Dead/Helter skelter (ensemble studio theatre, the Bush theatre); In a Dark Dark House (Mcc theater, almeida theatre); Reasons to Be Pretty (Mcc theater, almeida theatre); In a Forest, Dark and Deep (vaudeville theatre, profiles theatre); The Heart of the Matter (Mcc theater); Woyzeck — adaptation (schauspielhaus zurich); Things We said Today (profiles theatre, sala Beckett); The Furies/The New Testament/Romance (59e59); The Great War (ensemble studio theatre); Taming of the shrew — additional scenes (chicago shakespeare theater); short ends (open fist theatre); Lovely Head (spoleto festival-italy, fringe festival-Madrid, la Mama); In The Beginning (edinburgh fringe festival, theatre row); Reasons to Be Happy (Mcc theater); Good Luck (In Farsi)(59e59); over the River and Through the Woods (planet connections theatre festivity); Pick one (edinburgh fringe festival, young vic); one Day Like This (american academy of dramatic arts) and upcoming productions of Here We Go ‘Round The Mulberry Bush (59e59), The Money shot (Mcc theater) and The Way We Get By (second stage). film includes: In the Company of Men; Your Friends & Neighbors; Nurse Betty; Possession; The shape of Things; The Wicker Man; Lakeview Terrace; Death

at a Funeral; some Girl(s); some Velvet Morning; Dirty Weekend; Tumble (short); After-school special (short); sexting (short); Denise (short); Double or Nothing (short); Bench seat (short); sweet Nothings (short); BFF (short); It’s okay (short). television includes: Bash: Latter-Day Plays (showtime); Full Circle (directv); Ten X Ten (directv). fiction includes: seconds of Pleasure (faber & faber).

RAndAll ARneY (director/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 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.

tAKeshi KAtA (scenic designer)geffen playhouse: Death of the Author, Ruth Draper’s Monologues, slowgirl, American Buffalo, Coney Island Christmas, The Female of the species, The seafarer, Boston Marriage. la: November, other Desert Cities (Mark taper forum), Bones, Two unrelated Plays by David Mamet, Palomino (Kirk douglas theatre), JDT Discord (noho arts center). ny: 3 kinds of exile, Through a Glass Darkly, storefront Church, The Intelligent Design of Jenny Chow (atlantic theatre company), The Adding Machine (Minetta lane), Barrow street theatre, playwright’s

horizons, vineyard theatre, rattlestick playwrights theater. regional: alley theatre, american players theatre, dallas theater center, ford’s theatre, the goodman theatre, hartford stage, long Wharf theatre, nashville opera, old globe, resident ensemble players, steppenwolf theatre company, yale rep. Kata has won an obie award and has been nominated for drama desk, Barrymore and ovation awards. he is an assistant professor at university of southern california, school of dramatic arts. dAVid KAY MiCKelsen(costume designer)Mr. Mickelsen returns to the geffen playhouse having previously designed The Female of the species, All My sons and Paint Your Wagon. he has designed over 300 productions at many regional theaters across the country. companies include: the guthrie theater, ford’s theatre, Berkeley repertory theatre, seattle repertory theatre, denver center theatre company, northlight theatre company ; the oregon, colorado, illinois and utah shakespeare festivals; cincinnati playhouse in the park; arizona, pioneer, and geva theatre companies; tennessee, san diego, new Mexico, Missouri, and st. louis repertory theatres; Williamstown and sundance theatre festivals; and the children’s theatre company of Minneapolis. originally from canby, oregon, Mr. Mickelsen now makes his home in long Beach, california.


dAniel ionAZZi (lighting designer)daniel ionazzi has designed for theaters across the country including steppenwolf theatre company, south coast repertory, denver center theatre company, arena stage and the geffen playhouse. he most recently designed the geffen playhouse production of Ruth Draper’s Monologues, the geffen and steppenwolf theatre productions of slowgirl as well as the new group production of The Jacksonian at new york’s acorn theater. he has also designed the lighting installation for Teatro alla Moda for the Wallis annenberg center for the performing arts and the lighting for Trajectoire and Catapult for the dance company diavolo. his design work can also be seen in the 4-d cinematic experience, Beyond all Boundaries, at the national World War ii Museum. daniel is production Manager for the geffen playhouse and a member of the faculty of the ucla school of theater, film and television and director of production for the department of theater. he is the author of The stage Management Handbook and The stagecraft Handbook.

RiChARd WoodbuRY (sound designer/composer)previous geffen credits include sound design and/or original music for slowgirl, The Jacksonian, superior Donuts, The seafarer, All My sons, Boy Gets Girl, I Just stopped By to see the Man and others. Broadway credits include Desire under

the elms, August: osage County, Talk Radio, A Long Day’s Journey into Night, A Moon for the Misbegotten, Death of a salesman and others. credits at chicago’s goodman theatre where richard is resident sound designer, include Ask Aunt susan, Luna Gale, Measure for Measure, Teddy Ferrara, Red, other Desert Cities, Camino Real, Candide, The True History of the Johnstown Flood, Hughie, krapp’s Last Tape, Animal Crackers and many others. steppenwolf theatre credits include: slowgirl, Belleville, up, The seafarer, August: osage County, I Just stopped By To see The Man, Hysteria, The Beauty Queen of Leenane and others. richard’s work has also appeared at the stratford festival in canada, london’s lyric and national theatres, in paris, france and at regional theaters across the united states. he has received Joseph Jefferson and helen hayes awards for outstanding sound design and the ruth page award for outstanding collaborative artist, as well as nominations for drama desk and ovation awards. he has composed numerous commissioned scores for dance and is an associate professor and distinguished faculty artist at columbia college chicago where he serves as Music director in the dance department.

ned MoChel(violence designer)at the geffen playhouse ned created fight/violence design for The Gift, The Jacksonian (both in la and off-Broadway), The elaborate entrance of Chad

Deity, superior Donuts, Next Fall, Ruined, Fat Pig, American Buffalo, Miss Julie, Wait until Dark and The Country House. additional fight choreographer credits include The song of Jacob Zulu for steppenwolf theatre company (chicago and Broadway), and the lyric opera’s production of McTeague, directed by robert altman. ned was stunt coordinator/fight choreographer on numerous feature films including A Marine story from final Battlefield productions, Jack slash from chicago action theatre, and Hit Parade from Man of action studios. in 2009 and 2014 ned was awarded la drama theatre critics’ awards for fight choreography for the vs theatre productions of on An Average Day and Cops and Friends of Cops. ned is certified by the society of american fight directors and is a black belt in JKa Karate.

YounG Ji(production stage Manager)geffen playhouse: The Country House, Mel Brooks: Live at the Geffen, The Pianist of Willesden Lane, Play Dead, Rapture, Blister, Burn, Yes, Prime Minister, American Buffalo, Nothing to Hide, Build, The exorcist, The Jacksonian, Radiance: The Passion of Marie Curie, 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. nyc: The Jacksonian; assistant director (the new group). other regional: center theatre group: The Cherry

orchard (taper); Wrecks, Trial of the Catonsville Nine, Pyrenees, A Very old Man with enormous Wings (Kirk douglas theatre). other los angeles: Cousin Bette, king Lear, The Autumn Garden (producer); La Ronde, The Glass Menagerie (director); Tonight at 8:30, Phaedra (getty villa), Mother Courage and Her Children, Pera Palas, Chekhov X 4.

JessiCA R. AGuilAR(assistant stage Manager) Jessica couldn’t be more grateful to return to the geffen playhouse. she formerly stage managed Death of the Author and assisted on By the Waters of Babylon. select previous works include: the pre-Broadway tour of one Night with Janis Joplin concluding at arena stage; pasadena playhouse: 12 Angry Men, Intimate Apparel, Blues for an Alabama sky; Marin theatre company: Fences, Tiny Alice, Happy Now?, In the Red & Brown Water; latc: Devil’s Advocate, Dementia; ctg: ken Roht’s Nutcracker Workshops; once on This Island; cygnet theater: Man of La Mancha, Hedwig & the Angry Inch. she is a graduate of ucla, a proud member of aea, a fitness enthusiast and an avid sf giants fan. Many thanks to her f&f, hW, pa, Ml, MQh, JK2. JM, Jc, r+B, Ms, & ap. Kisses to tB!

PhYllis sChuRinGA, CsA (casting director) phyllis has been the casting director at the geffen for 12 years and now is also an artistic associate. recent plays are The Country House, Death of the Author, Wait until Dark, American



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Buffalo, Yes, Prime Minister, The Gift, Coney Island Christmas, Build and the los angeles production of By the Way, Meet Vera stark. 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 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.

Ken noViCe (Managing director)Ken novice’s career in the professional theater spans 25 years and over 250 productions. prior to joining geffen playhouse, he served as Managing director and director of external affairs at pasadena playhouse where his credits

include the revival of Fences starring laurence fishburne and angela Bassett and the world premieres of sister Act the Musical, Ray Charles Live, stormy Weather starring lesley uggams and many others. he was director of Marketing and public relations for san diego’s tony award-winning old globe theatre where his credits include Jack o’Brien’s acclaimed revival of Damn Yankees, the tony award-nominated musical The Full Monty, Henry IV starring John goodman and sheldon epp’s tony-nominated hit Play on! among many others. his credits also include marketing and public relations for 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 most of hollywood’s major motion picture studios. novice also served as head of the theatre Management Mfa/MBa program at california state university, long Beach and has been a guest lecturer at san diego state university and the university of california, san diego. he holds a Ba from pennsylvania state university and an MBa from san diego state university. novice was recently named the secretary of the league of resident theatres (lort) after previously serving as a member of lort’s executive committee.

behnAZ AtAee (general Manager)Behnaz ataee is a financial professional with more than 27 years of experience in for-profit and nonprofit financial management and auditing. Behnaz joined the geffen playhouse in 1999 and this marks her ninth season as the theater’s general Manager. she began her career in the Bay area as a partner in a small family start-up before joining fBs Management where she acted as director of accounting, overseeing the finances of more than 25 non-profit organizations. Behnaz continued her work with non-profits as an auditor for trump and van sloten cpa and then returned to the for-profit sector at ultratech, before ultimately landing at the geffen playhouse. Behnaz has a Master’s degree from pepperdine university.

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, William J. Jefferson clinton foundation, Ben affleck’s eastern congo initiative, hank azaria’s determined to succeed, national center for Missing and exploited children, Kind campaign, Jewish Museum of prague, 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 staff for reasons to Be pretty

assistant set designer dreem Qin and Jamie lewassistant costume designer Kathryn Poppenassistant lighting designer John A. Garofalolight Board operator daniel farrarautomation operator Kirsten Monson stage crew Alex norkusproduction assistant Kristen osbornproperties artisan devin lennon-davey

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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 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. 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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opening night of The Country House

sponsored by audi of america, inc., Los Angeles magazine,

luna, Malibu family Wines and napa valley grille

1. the cast of The Country House with director daniel sullivan and playwright donald Margulies

2. Board co-chair Martha henderson, director daniel sullivan, Board Member linda rubin and co-chair pamela robinson hollander

3. playwrights donald Margulies and Jane anderson with a guest

4. susan fleischer, geffen Board member Mark fleischer, vice chair of the geffen Board gil cates Jr. and friends

5. our partners at napa valley grille, general Manager chad cancelosi and chef taylor Boudreaux

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MUrDer For two Book and music by Joe KinosianBook and Lyrics by Kellen blair

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of our education and outreach programs on the students, parents, teachers, principals and community partners.

help us continue this critical work in the community by donating to the geffen playhouse.

for more information, call DeVelopment at 310.208.6500 ext. 141

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proDucer giFts oF $10,000+receive four tickets to all opening nights in the five-play gil cates theater season, which are by invitation only and include valet parking, a pre-show cocktail reception and a post-show cast party. plus, you’ll receive four complimentary house seats per show for the three-play audrey skirball Kenis theater season.*

Director giFts oF $5,000+receive two tickets to all opening nights in the five-play gil cates theater season. plus two complimentary house seats per show for the three-play audrey skirball Kenis theater season.*

sponsor giFts oF $3,000+receive two complimentary center orchestra house seats to each show in the five-play gil cates theater season.*

eDucation aDVocate giFts oF $1,000+enjoy exclusive access to the Marcia israel-curley founders room, featuring complimentary snacks, beverages and private restrooms. also receive recognition on our glass wall and access to purchase house seats throughout the season.*

artistic aDVocate giFts oF $500+access to vip parking directly across the street from the geffen playhouse.*

associate giFts oF $250+receive recognition in all programs and a season-long coffee card good for unlimited coffee and tea at our bar.*

affiliate giFts oF $150+enjoy two complimentary drinks and a snack at our bar.*

*additional benefits for each level of giving available online. see the full list at geffenplayhouse.com/benefits.

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at Barefoot Wine & Bubbly their passion is giving back and they believe that starts right in the local community. since the beginning Barefoot Wine & Bubbly knew that to inspire people all you needed was a little fun and a lot of heart. Barefoot is all about making wine more fun, but giving back is really what’s at Barefoot’s heart and sole. over the past 3o years, Barefoot has made some great “foot fans” sponsoring over 3,000 charities and nonprofits.

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We graciously thank Barefoot Wine and Bubbly for their continued support of numerous geffen playhouse special events including Barefoot Bubbly at lounge fridays, Barefoot fusions at girls night out and Barefoot Wine sweet red for the run of Dixie’s Tupperware Party! from our family to yours, we raise our glass and look forward to a bare footin’ summer at the geffen!

enhance your evening at the geFFen!attend one of our signature series and enjoy the free festivities with your ticket purchase.

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to learn more aBout Becoming a Donor to the geffen playhouse, please call Jamie miKelich at 310.208.6500 ext. 128

on June 13, 2014, as a thank you for their support, we invited geffen playhouse donors to hotel angeleno

for our season finale reception with cocktails, appetizers, music by Meredith pegula and a photo booth.

thank you to our generous donors for their incredible generosity and support and thank you to our

sponsors hotel angeleno, Malibu family Wines and Mugshots photo Booths.

1. geffen playhouse Board member carla Malden and norman Biel

2. geffen playhouse donors Jody and arthur schmid

3. singer Meredith pegula with shea carter

4. geffen playhouse donors sherry Martin and chaim troman

5. geffen playhouse donor eric Mark and friend

6. geffen playhouse donors Jennifer young and Katrina nason

7. geffen playhouse donors ruth and stan zicklin

8. geffen playhouse friend chris pegula, geffen playhouse advisory Board member lanre idewu and chief development officer regina Miller

9. geffen playhouse donors larry and Julie Blivas8

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the geffen playhouse recognizes the following individuals and organizations for their generous support of our annual fund andBackstage at the Geffen. donors are listed at the associate level and higher for gifts made between april 1, 2013 and June 15, 2014.

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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Management holdings, llccarole & Bill haberharold & Mimi steinberg charitable trustMartha hendersonrabbi uri d. herscher & dr. Myrna herschercindy & alan hornJp Morgan private BankMarilyn & Jeffrey Katzenbergglorya Kaufmanloretta everett Kaufman & victor KaufmanKenneth t. & eileen l. norris foundationKeyes automotive groupsandra Krause & William fitzgeraldlatham & Watkins llpMr. and Mrs. Jason & yvonne leeginny Mancinifay & frank MancusoMarilyn & Jeffrey Katzenberg fund for

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charitable foundationMarcy carsey & leo yoshimuraelizabeth lacey & gilbert cates, Jr.valarie de la garza & Michael centenocity of los angeles department of cultural affairscarole Bayer sager & robert a. dalydreamWorks animationsusan & John ebeyfielding edlow & larry clarkedr. & Mrs. paul eisenbergsusan & Mark fleischerfox entertainment groupcarol & paul frimmergagosian gallery, incJim & ann gianopulospatty glaser & sam Mudiearthur greenbergc. curtis grishamin Memory of Morris a. hazanhBosamantha & eric heerMellody hobsonvicki iovineJoseph drown foundationJoan KaloustianJanine & peter lowycarla MaldenMona MaldenMalibu family Winessusan & peter MalloryMartin Katz, ltdnancy & Michael McclellandWendy & Barry Meyersandra e. Milkennorthern trust, naoccidental petroleum corpparamount pictureslaurie Macdonald & Walter parkespopland studios

rollin ransom & chris lacroixJudith reichman, Mdpamela robinson hollander & robert hollanderronen levy eventsloren rothschild & hon. frances rothschildrichard ruskell pastriesthe simms/Mann family foundationsony pictures entertainmentfred specktor & nancy hellerst. regis princeville resortlynda thomassteve tischu.s. Bankunion BankW hotel los angelesWestfield groupWilliam Morris endeavor entertainmentlynn & Mark Williamsrita Wilson & tom hanksruth zieglerellen & Ken ziffrenziffren Brittenham llp

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& tammy andersonlinda & Jerry Bruckheimerglenn & lynn cardosodr. fanya carter, phdcomcast | nBc universalcreative artists agencydirectors guild of americalauren shuler donner & richard donnerMica ertegunandrew fickmaneric flamholtz & yvonne randlefour seasons resort Maui at Wailealela rochon & antoine fuquaMichael gendler & Jessica teichpriscila giraldogloria & peter goldstanley & ilene goldgoldman sachsandy & carlo Brandon-gordongrand Wailea, a Waldorf astoria resortBrian & Myra greenspunJill greyalan hergott & curt shepardgail & stanley hollanderstanley iezman & nancy starktracey JacobsBernice & Wendell JeffreyMarvin Jubas & Janet WaldMannon KaplanJulie & david KavnerWendy Kurtzmanla valencialeo s. guthman fundsusan & david levetondrs. gerald & Barbara leveyMarlene & sandy louchheimtobias Meyer & sotheby’sMoca foundationMarcia & Brett MolotskyKate Moran & Mikki rosenbergMy vienna gelato

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Randall Arney artistic director

Ken novice Managing director

behnaz Ataee general Manager

Regina Miller chief development officer

artistic

Mary Garrett artistic ManagerAmy levinson artistic associate / literary directorPhyllis schuringa artistic associate / casting directorshannon noel artistic coordinatornick Johnson interim literary associate blair simmons literary intern

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ellen Catania director of Major gifts & corporate/foundation partnershipsJessica brusilow Rollins director of education partnerships & donor relationsJamie Mikelich associate director of individual givingKristen smith eshaya grants Manager & Major gifts executive assistantscott Kriloff development associate & database ManagerJessie sherman development assistant

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Jennifer Zakkai education projects leaderConnor White resident teaching artist & education associate

aDministration

frankie ocasio executive assistant to the Managing directorMaryam Meehan accounting and payroll Manager francisca lopez accounts payableMarguerite harris receptionist

proDuction

daniel ionazzi production ManagerJill barnes associate production Manager Matthew Carleton technical directorthomas Watson assistant technical director Rich Gilles properties MasterJames Grabowski sound Masterdarren Rezowalli Master electrician

marKeting & sales

Joseph Yoshitomi director of Marketing & communicationsKaren Gutierrez director of advertising & sponsorshipsMark san filippo ticket services director & database administrator stephanie strand audience services Manager brian dunning graphics / production artist Jodi feigenbaum advertising & promotions assistantJanice bernal associate Box office Manager bryan Martin associate Box office Manager Korie benavidez, Audrey Cain, Clay dzygun, Zack hamra, Richard Martinez, lilach Mendelovich, Alyssa tyson,Martin Wurst Box office staff

communications

tim Choy, Peter Goldman, david barber, niki blumberg davidson & choy publicityJonathan Josephson public relations consultant

front of house

Jeni Pearsons director of special eventsdavid Gerhardt supervising house ManagerMichelle Cantrell, Kevin Cernansky, Amy farkas, Matt Jones, Roxana Meyers, erik odom house Managers Abdoulaye n’Gom head ushersevana baghdasarian, taylor Cerny, Vianney Cossyleon, Josiah davis, brett donaldson, dan foote, Kari hall, netta lee Joseph, brennan Kelleher, erica Keller, Caroline harrison Kohler, brigid leahy, nathaniel Meek, Keith Mitchell, lindsay nyman, Chase o’donnell, Cassandra orrantia, luis Ruis, Jonathan schwartz, Chelsea smachetti ushersRob Mersola Bar ManagerManuel Mayorga Weekend Bar ManagerAdam Carr, brenda davidson, Jared White, lyndsi laRose Bartenders

facilities management

Miguel del Castillo facility ManagerMario santillan-Perez custodialJuan Carlos umaña cleaning custodial

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.


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