MAGAZINE
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THE AUDREY SKIRBALL KENIS THEATER
AT THE GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE
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dixie’s tupperware party
From the artistic Director
Welcome to summer at the Geffen Playhouse.
Continuing in our desire to fill the Audrey Skirball Kenis Theater with an
eclectic array of theatrical events, we joyfully welcome Dixie Longate in
Dixie’s Tupperware Party. We have been watching her charm audiences both
nationally and internationally, and we are thrilled to be able to carve out a
summer slot to welcome her to Los Angeles.
While uproariously funny and raucous, Dixie is part hell-raiser and part
inspirational motivator. At the heart of this journey is a woman who created
a life out of what little she had. You will find yourself cheering on this rousing
and cantankerous self starter to sell the hell out of her Tupperware.
The beauty of our ongoing Spotlight Entertainment Series is it allows us to
work outside the confines of our subscription season — to open up a show to
a larger audience in addition to our subscribers — and to continue to explore
diverse styles of theater. Sometimes these events are a single evening, as in
the case of Mel Brooks: Live at the Geffen, and sometimes we are able to
carve out several weeks. In each case, we are always thrilled to be part of the
journey of a play, whether a production early in its development or a seasoned
performance like that of Dixie’s Tupperware Party.
So I welcome you to sip your iced tea or something stronger and spend some
time enjoying Dixie’s Tupperware Party. We can’t think of a better way to
celebrate summer at the Geffen.
Cheers.
Randall Arney
Artistic Director
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letter from the co-chairs
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Martha Henderson
Co-cHAIR
Pamela Robinson Hollander
Co-cHAIR
Patricia Kiernan Applegate
Randall Arney
Behnaz Ataee
Beth Behrs
Dr. Gene D. Block
Harold A. Brown
Gil Cates Jr.
Vice Chairman
Mary Ann Cloyd
Dennis Doty
Dr. Brad Edgerton
Mark Fleischer
Herbert M. Gelfand
Chairman Emeritus
martha
henderson
pamela
robinson hollander
Patricia L. Glaser
Adi Greenberg
Arthur Greenberg
Joan Kaloustian
Glorya Kaufman
Loretta Everett Kaufman
Dr. Gerald S. Levey
Carla Malden
Susan Mallory
Ginny Mancini
Frank G. Mancuso
Chairman Emeritus
It is our pleasure to welcome you to the Geffen
Playhouse for Dixie’s Tupperware Party. We are excited to end this season
in our Audrey Skirball Kenis Theater with such a festive production, which is
unlike any other show you’ve ever seen at the Geffen. We hope you enjoy it!
As our 2013-2014 season comes to a close at the end of this summer, we
would like to extend our heartfelt thanks to the Board of Directors, Trustees,
Advisory Board and donors who have helped us reach our goals year after
year. Your generosity, leadership and dedication to the Geffen Playhouse
inspire us to make bold, visionary choices for our art on stage and for the work
we do in the community. Thank you for believing in our work and its impact
and for giving us the opportunity to dream.
We invite those of you who are new to the Geffen or who would like to deepen
your involvement in the theater, to become donors today. Help us reach our
goals this season so we can continue to create rich artistic experiences and
innovative arts education programming that will serve the greater Los Angeles
community and the American stage for years to come. To learn more about
how you can support our work and help us reach our goals, please call our
Chief Development Officer Regina Miller at 310.208.6500 ext. 112.
Thank you for joining us today.
Enjoy the show!
Barry Meyer
Regina Miller
Ken Novice
Steven A. Olsen
Loren Rothschild
Linda Bernstein Rubin
Teri Schwartz
Richard Sherman
Fred Specktor
Lorraine Spurge
DeeAnna Staats
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founding trustees
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Chairman Emeritus
IN MEMORIAM
Gilbert Cates
Founder
Martha Henderson
Co-Chair, Geffen Playhouse
Pamela Robinson Hollander
Co-Chair, Geffen Playhouse
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Audrey Skirball Kenis
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Karl Malden
lawrence ramer
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Lew Wasserman
Peter rosen
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A little
scribble from
Dixie’s notepad
Someone once said that things often
come much more into focus after that second shot of tequila.
I can’t say that I disagree with that. And I reckon that many of
you have had that experience. You know when you are talking
to a friend as the bar bill climbs and you start to make sense
out of things that were plaguing you just a few hours before.
I have to think that there was a round of empty glasses sitting
on the counter when Brownie Wise thought to herself, “Hey,
if I take these plastic bowls off of the store shelves and
demonstrate how great they are to my friends in their own
living rooms, I might be on to something.” Over 60 years
have passed and boy was she on to something.
Who could have imagined that a single mother from the
middle of the country could take a plastic bowl and make it
an iconic piece of Americana. This is what inspires me about
Brownie Wise. She wasn’t just creating a way to sell more
plastic crap. She looked past the bowl, and found women
that were lost, who needed help, who just didn’t quite fit
in, and she gave them a network of friends and neighbors
who would come together to share recipes and cocktails.
They would talk about their families and their new Broyhill
recliner. They would show off their ultra-modern wood
paneling, and sometimes, their empty bed where their
husband had slept before he went off to war. These parties
not only provided creative food storage solutions, they also
provided opportunities for women to step up and in a small
way, take charge of their lives.
Now I haven’t had the easiest life, but the good times
happily have outweighed the bad times. At least that is how
I remember it. But there ain’t a day that goes by that I don’t
pick up a piece of Tupperware and thank my lucky stars at
how much better off I am now than I was just a couple of
years ago.
Brownie ain’t that much different than me. And I ain’t that
much different from you. Like they say, if you put your mind
to it, you can do anything. Even if you turn down that shot
sitting in front of you on the bar.
Welcome to my Tupperware Party!
Dixie Longate
Photo by Bradford Rogne
Maybe it’s the plastic containers, maybe it’s the drinking,
I’m not certain. But there is one thing I do know. I am
so grateful that Brownie Wise decided to walk into her
neighbor’s living room with that first set of bowls all those
years ago. If she hadn’t, I am not quite sure where I would
be right now.
THE GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE
and down south llc
Presents
Dixie Longate
in
Written by
Kris Andersson
Lighting Designer
Sound Designer
Hair Designer
Richard Winkler
Christopher K. Bond
Rebecca A. Scott
Tour Manager
General Management
National Press Representative
Michele Helberg
KL Management
Peter Cromarty & Co.
Directed by
Patrick Richwood
The Tupperware trademark is used with kind permission of the Tupperware Brands Corporations.
The production was presented by
The New York International Fringe Festival
a production of The Present Company
Originally produced in New York by Ars Nova, Jon Steingart, Jenny Wiener and Jason Eagan.
There will be no intermission.
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production biographies
PATRICK RICHWOOD
(Director)
Patrick Richwood has been
associated with Dixie Longate
since her earliest days in the
world of food storage and is
delighted to be collaborating
on her quest to save the world,
one collapsible bowl at a time!
As a director, he has garnered
critical praise for his work in
the one-person genre including
Dark Horse at the L.A. Theatre
Center, An Otherwise Empty
Room at the Geary Project, San
Francisco, and Ishmael for the
Center Theatre Group/Mark
Taper Annex, Los Angeles.
RICHARD WINKLER
(Lighting Designer)
Over 35 years as a lighting
designer for Broadway, OffBroadway, opera, ballet,
regional theatres, national
tours, concerts and arenas.
Most recently: musicals,
including Miss Saigon, The
Who’s Tommy, Hairspray at
Houston’s Theatre Under
the Stars; The Full Monty, A
Christmas Story, the World
Premiere musical Whatever
Happened to Baby Jane, Kiss
Me, Kate, Jekyll and Hyde,
Fame — The Musical. Most
recent plays include Jerusalem
(world premiere), Waverly
Gallery, Dirty Blonde, and
Wit. Now also a three-time
Tony-Award winning Broadway
producer: The Norman
Conquests (2009), Memphis,
The Musical (2010); La Cage
aux Folles (2010). Other
Broadway producing credits
include: A Little Night Music,
Lend Me A Tenor, La Bete
(London and Broadway), Long
Story Short with Colin Quinn,
and Nice Work If You Can Get
It. In the West End: Legally
Blonde, The Children’s Hour,
Betrayal, Long Day’s Journey
Into Night.
CHRISTOPHER K. BOND
(Sound Designer)
Christopher K. Bond is pleased
to be in his fifth season with
Dixie’s Tupperware Party. His
other work consists of more
than 40 top New York and
national touring productions,
including the New York and
HBO productions of Colin
Quinn: Long Story Short, Fame
On 42nd Street, Jack, A Night
with John Barrymore, and the
national tours of All Shook Up
starring Susan Anton, Some
Like It Hot starring Tony Curtis,
Guys & Dolls, Steve Martin’s
Picasso at the Lapin Agile, and
Forever Plaid. Mr. Bond has
designed more than 30 regional
productions across the US and
has served for ten seasons as
the Sound Designer for Theatre
Under the Stars in Houston, TX.
REBECCA A. SCOTT
(Hair Designer)
Rebecca A. Scott is currently
the Wig Master at the
American Players Theater in
Spring Green, Wisconsin and
the Associate Wig and Makeup
Manager at the Virginia Opera
in Norfolk, Virginia. She has
worked for and designed
for theaters across the
country such as Opera Grand
Rapids, McCarter Theater,
Chautauqua Opera, Todi
Music Festival and the Santa
Fe Opera. Thanks to Dixie for
this opportunity and Michele
for her friendship even after
20 years!
KL MANAGEMENT
(General Manager)
KL has been involved in over
70 shows in the last 30 years
that have toured throughout
the world. Recent productions
include Tuna Does Vegas, All
Shook Up, Some Like It Hot
starring Tony Curtis, Fame —
The Musical, Guys and Dolls,
Dirty Blonde, Fully Committed,
The Vagina Monologues,
Forever Plaid.
RANDALL ARNEY
(Artistic Director)
Randall Arney has been a
theater professional for over
30 years and has served
as Artistic Director of the
Geffen Playhouse since 1999.
In addition to his artistic
programming and oversight at
the Geffen, Arney has helmed
more than 10 productions for
the theater, most recently
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:
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
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dixie’s tupperware party
DIXIE LONGATE
(Your Tupperware Lady)
Hey hookers, I’m Dixie
Longate, America’s Favorite
Tupperware Lady. I’m from
Mobile, Alabama, born and
raised. What can I say, I’m
a southern girl through and
through. I started selling the
fantastic plastic crap in 2001
and I have never had so much
fun drinking for free in my life.
Within a year, I was one of
the top sellers in the nation
because, well, me and some
plastic bowls, and a bunch
of drunk women somehow
equals lots of sales. I have
3 kids; Wynona, Dwayne,
and Absorbine, Jr. and 3 exhusbands. All of ‘em have
somehow died, but I ain’t
crying about it. I’m way too
busy traveling all over the
place bringing creative food
storage solutions to your
town. My Tupperware party
caught the eye of some New
York theater producers and in
2007, I had a big opening in my
own show, Dixie’s Tupperware
Party Off-Broadway and
got a Drama Desk Award
nomination for Outstanding
Solo Performance. I know, shut
up, right! I have now played in
theaters far and wide across
these fruited plains as well
as 4 other countries with my
show. Some of those places I
didn’t even realize had food.
See what I have learned by
traveling so much. I’m happy
to be here partying it up with
all y’all this evening. Now
grab a Tupperware sippy
cup and let’s have ourselves
a party! For more info or to
see pictures of me doing fun
things, go to my website,
www.DixieLongate.com
Kris Andersson
(Playwright)
Andersson debuted Dixie’s
Tupperware Party at the 2004
New York International Fringe
Festival. Following that run,
he teamed up with playwright
Elizabeth Meriwether (New
Girl) and director Alex Timbers
(Rocky, Peter and the Star
Catcher) to create the OffBroadway version of the
show at Ars Nova. The show
received the 2007/08 Drama
Desk Award Nomination for
Outstanding Solo Performance.
The show has now become the
longest-running Off-Broadway
tour of the last decade. His
follow up shows include Broken
Shit and Baby Jesus, My Bags
Went Where?, No Instructions
and Dixie’s follow up show,
Never Wear A Tube Top While
Riding A Mechanical Bull and 16
Other Things I Learned While
I Was Drinking Last Thursday
which is slated for a U.S. tour
starting in 2016.
production biographies
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 stateof-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.
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 Awardnominated 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 forprofit 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 nonprofit organizations. Behnaz
continued her work with nonprofits 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.
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.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
GEFFEN AT A GLANCE
ADDRESS
PRODUCTION STAFF FOR DIXIE’S TUPPERWARE PARTY
Light Board Operator Dan Tuttle
Sound Board Operator Jackson Campbell
tour MANAGEMENT
General Management Kl Management
Richard Martini • Elinor Prince
Sharon Pratt • Christy Ellingsworth
National Press Representative Cromarty & Co.
Peter Cromarty/Alice Cromarty • www.cromarty.com
Tour Manager Michele Helberg
Wigs Rebecca A. Scott
Bookkeeper Elinor Prince
Insurance Dewitt Stern Group
Broadcast Materials Frank Basile/Fresh Produce NY
freshproduceprod@hotmail.com
Payroll Castellana Services
Press Assistant Felicia Velasco
Exclusive Tour Direction
Please Contact: Down South, 1501 Broadway Suite 1401, New York, Ny 10036
212.730.9500 • dixie@martinient.com
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Lighting Equipment provided by Entertainment Lighting Services
Sound Equipment provided by Jon Sound Inc.
Video Equipment provided by Future Lighting
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AT THE THEATER
Late Seating
Should 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 or return seating.
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CHOIR BOY
Written by Tarell Alvin McCraney
Directed by Trip Cullman
Featuring Jeremy Pope Additional cast to be announced
September 16 – October 26, 2014
West Coast Premiere
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? Award-winning playwright Tarell
Alvin McCraney navigates expectation, alienation
and the overwhelming desire to be heard.
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THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO
THOMAS JEFFERSON, CHARLES
DICKENS AND COUNT LEO TOLSTOY:
HERSHEY FELDER AS
IRVING BERLIN
Written by Hershey Felder
Directed by Trevor Hay
Featuring Hershey Felder
November 11 – December 21, 2014
World Premiere
“Irving Berlin has no place in American music —
he is American music.” — Jerome Kern
Hershey Felder brings to life the remarkable
story of Irving Berlin, “America’s Composer.”
From the depths of anti-Semitism in Czarist
Russia, to New York’s Lower East Side,
and ultimately all of America and the world,
Berlin’s story epitomizes the American Dream.
Featuring the composer’s most popular and
enduring songs from “God Bless America,” to
“White Christmas” and beyond, Hershey Felder’s
masterful creation of character and musical
performance makes this evening with Irving
Berlin an unforgettable journey.
DISCORD
Written by scott carter
Directed by matt august
Featuring Larry Cedar, David Melville
& Armin Shimerman
october 7 – november 16, 2014
A Founding Father, a Victorian novelist and a
Russian revolutionary walk into a … stop me if
you’ve heard this one. Thomas Jefferson (yes
that one), Charles Dickens (the very same) and
Count Leo Tolstoy (who else?) are brought
together in a blistering battle of wits for the
ages. From Scott Carter (Executive Producer
of Real Time with Bill Maher), this whip-smart
comedy examines what happens when great
men of history are forced to repeat it.
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the night alive
Written by conor mcpherson
Directed by RANDALL ARNEY
FEBRUARY 3 – MARCH 15, 2015
West Coast Premiere
Tommy owes more than he earns. When he
is unexpectedly compelled to help Aimee, a
young woman with much harder luck than his
own, the taste of turmoil he suffers becomes a
full-blown meal. With his trademark humor and
humanity, Conor McPherson (The Seafarer, The
Weir) makes Phoenix Park, Dublin a place where
anyone can rise from the ashes.
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murder for two
Written by joanna murray-smith
Book and Music by Joe Kinosian
Book and Lyrics by Kellen Blair
Directed by Scott Schwartz
march 3 – april 12, 2015
co-world Premiere
Patricia Highsmith, master of the macabre, is
racing to finish her novel when an attractive
young man arrives representing her impatient
publisher. Anxious to be rid of him and return to
self-imposed exile, she attempts to terrorize him
into fleeing. But he has a dark agenda of his own
and will not leave until the final chapter is written.
In this new Geffen Playhouse commission, Joanna
Murray-Smith (The Female of the Species), with
her unique brand of humor and mystery, brings to
life this literary giant best known for Strangers on
a Train and The Talented Mr. Ripley.
A Geffen Playhouse commission funded by the Edgerton Foundation
may 19 – june 28, 2015
Officer Marcus Moscowicz is a small town
policeman with dreams of making it to detective.
One fateful night, shots ring out at the surprise
birthday party of Great American Novelist Arthur
Whitney and the writer is killed … fatally. With the
nearest detective an hour away, Marcus jumps
at the chance to prove his sleuthing skills — with
the help of his silent partner, Lou. Everyone
is a suspect in Murder For Two, a hilarious
musical murder mystery with a twist. One actor
investigates the crime. The other plays all the
suspects. And they both play the piano.
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the POWER OF DUFF
Written by STEPHEN BELBER
Directed by PETER DuBOIS
april 7 – may 17, 2015
West Coast Premiere
Charlie Duff’s nightly newscast makes him a
voice to be heard, so why isn’t his teenage son
listening? When an on-air prayer for his father
goes viral, Duff finds himself at the center of
a firestorm over God’s place in the newsroom.
When his prayers turn prophetic, Duff suddenly
has the power to reach everyone — except his
own son. Stephen Belber’s sharp new play asks
if there is anything more vital than the faith we
have in one another.
BAD JEWS
Written by Joshua Harmon
Directed by Matt Shakman
June 9 – July 19, 2015
west coast premiere
In the Feygenbaum family, Daphna is the most
devout. Just ask her. But her cousin Liam has
the rights of the first born grandchild. Just
ask him. When their grandfather dies leaving
a treasured family heirloom, a battle ignites,
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the first to see each play
A Big Welcome
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Geffen Playhouse Veteran Nights in partnership
with the Gary Sinise Foundation
Through a partnership with the Gary Sinise Foundation, we welcome veterans and their families
to attend a dinner and the final dress rehearsal before each Gil Cates Theater production. A big thank you to the Gary Sinise Foundation, the Kenneth T. and Eileen L. Norris
Foundation, Guggenheim Partners, JP Morgan, Northern Trust, Fay & Frank Mancuso and
all of our donors for making our programs that serve veterans possible.
1) Gil Cates, Jr., (Geffen Playhouse Vice Chair), Randall Arney (Geffen Playhouse Artistic Director), and Stacy Taylor (former Gary Sinise
Foundation Development Director) welcome veterans. 2) Veterans attend special final dress rehearsal of American Buffalo.
3) Regina Miller (Geffen Playhouse Chief Development Officer), guest, Freddy Rodriguez (actor, American Buffalo), Judith Otter (Executive
Director of the Gary Sinise Foundation) welcome Michael Schlitz, a veteran wounded in Iraq. 4) Dinner before the show.
dinner together
meet & Greet the artists
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To learn more about our programs that serve Veterans
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at 310.208.6500 ext. 112 or ReginaM@geffenplayhouse.com
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Backstage at the Geffen. Donors are listed at the Associate level and higher for gifts made between April 1, 2013 and May 31, 2014.
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Mrs. Marilyn Blank
Larry & Julie Blivas
In Memory of
Maxine Handelman
Ruth & Donald Blumkin
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Daryl & Paul F. Doucette
Paul Dowling
Sharon & Ron Dunas
Chris Easley
In Loving Memory of Howard Eichen
geffen playhouse staff
Randall Arney
Artistic Director
Ken Novice
Managing Director
ARTISTIC
Behnaz Ataee
General Manager
Regina Miller
Chief Development Officer
MARKETING & SALES
Mary Garrett
Amy Levinson
Phyllis Schuringa
Shannon Noel
Nick Johnson
Blair Simmons
Artistic Manager
Artistic Associate / Literary Director
Artistic Associate / Casting Director
Artistic Coordinator
Interim Literary Associate
Literary Intern
DEVELOPMENT
Ellen Catania Director of Major Gifts &
Corporate/Foundation Partnerships
Jessica Brusilow Rollins
Director of Education Partnerships & Donor Relations
Jamie Mikelich
Associate Director of Individual Giving
Kristen Smith Eshaya
Grants Manager &
Major Gifts Executive Assistant
Scott Kriloff
Development Associate &
Database Manager
Jessie Sherman
Development Assistant
Joseph Yoshitomi
Director of Marketing & Communications
Karen Gutierrez
Director of Advertising &
Sponsorships
Mark San Filippo
Ticket Services Director &
Database Administrator
Stephanie Strand
Audience Services Manager
Brian Dunning
Graphics / Production Artist
Jodi Feigenbaum
Advertising & Promotions Assistant
Janice 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 Publicity
Jonathan Josephson Public Relations Consultant
EDUCATION
Jennifer Zakkai
Education Projects Leader
Connor White
Resident Teaching Artist &
Education Associate
ADMINISTRATION
Frankie Ocasio
Executive Assistant to
the Managing Director
Maryam Meehan
Accounting and Payroll Manager
Francisca Lopez
Accounts Payable
Marguerite Harris
Receptionist
PRODUCTION
Daniel Ionazzi
Jill Barnes
Matthew Carleton Thomas Watson Rich Gilles James Grabowski
Darren Rezowalli
Production Manager
Associate Production Manager
Technical Director
Assistant Technical Director
Properties Master
Sound Master
Master Electrician
FRONT OF HOUSE
Jeni Pearsons Director of Special Events
David Gerhardt Supervising House Manager
Michelle Cantrell, Kevin Cernansky, Amy Farkas,
Tommy French, Matt Jones, Erik Odom,
Julianne Tveten House Managers
Abdoulaye N’Gom
Head Usher
Sevana Baghdasarian, Taylor Cerny, Vianney Cossyleon,
Josiah Davis, Dan Foote, Netta Lee Joseph, Brennan Kelleher
Erica Keller, Caroline Harrison Kohler, Brigid Leahy,
Nathaniel Meek, Keith Mitchell, Roxana Meyers, Lindsay Nyman,
Chase O’Donnell, Jonathan Schwartz, Chelsea Smachetti,
Danielle Weisberg
Ushers
Rob Mersola
Bar Manager
Manuel Mayorga
Weekend Bar Manager
Adam Carr, Brenda Davidson, Jared White,
Lyndsi LaRose
Bartenders
FACILITIES MANAGEMENT
Miguel del Castillo
Mario Santillan-Perez
Juan Carlos Umaña
Facility Manager
Custodial
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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