Performances Magazine | Ahmanson Theatre, November 2025

WELCOME

Whether you’ve come in search of a thrill, a mystery, or just a great night at the theatre, you’re in the right place. Paranormal Activity transforms the chills and tension of the hit film franchise into a live event that asks us to suspend disbelief and lean into the unknown. What happens when we invite fear into the room—and then find ourselves laughing, gasping, and holding our breath together? That shared experience is the heartbeat of theatre itself.

At CTG, we’re proud to present work that takes risks and reimagines what’s possible on stage. We love stories that make your pulse race and your imagination run wild. This production invites us to explore the limits of perception, belief, and technology—all while reminding us that the most powerful force in any haunting story is the human imagination.

TO THE HAUNTED-SON... I MEAN AHMANSON THEATRE AND CENTER THEATRE GROUP!

So, keep your eyes open (even when you want to close them), your phones off (you don’t want to attract any unwanted attention…), and your minds ready for anything. Whether you believe in the paranormal or not, by the end of the night, you just might start to wonder.

I hope tonight surprises you, unsettles you (just a bit), and ultimately reminds you how live theatre can still make our hearts race and feel just that much more alive. Thank you for joining us in the dark. I look forward to seeing you on the other side...of the performance.

Sincerely,

Snehal Desai Brindell & Milton Gottlieb Artistic Director

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2025-2026

honorary chairman

Lew R. Wasserman† (1913-2002)

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Amy R. Forbes

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William R. Lindsay

vice presidents Miles Benickes

Jana Bezdek

Cecilia Estolano

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board of directors

Harry Abrams

Jonathan Axel

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Dannielle

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Richard Kagan

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Diane Morton

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Armand S. Deutsch†

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Kiki Ramos Gindler

A MAGICIAN CAN NEVER REVEAL HIS SECRETS, BUT ILLUSIONS DESIGNER CHRIS FISHER SHARES HOW HE MAKES AUDIENCES SHIVER IN THEIR SEATS.

By Jessica Doherty

STAGING SCARES

Chris Fisher was first drawn to magic at threeyears-old. After an injury left him in the hospital for six weeks, his parents bought him a magic set to help him pass the time. As an adult, he began his theatre career as a stage manager. Now, his love for magic and theatrical career have joined forces with Paranormal Activity, where he is tasked with bringing the scares and frights from the script to life.

“Illusion and magic in theatre often deals with every single element in a theatre production—you need to talk to lights, sound, props, costumes—so with my theatre experience, I can actually understand how to talk to each of those departments to get what [I] need for each illusion,” he said.

The process for Fisher always begins with the story. For Paranormal Activity, that meant sitting with writer Levi Holloway and director Felix Barrett to discuss what they would like to see.

Fisher then developed prototypes alongside his special effects prop company—like windows that smash. Those prototypes made their way into the workshop production, joining forces with other

design elements—lighting to help aid the effect, scenic to ensure the prop effortlessly blends in with the other furniture items in the set, and so on. Then, it’s time to test. And revise. And test. And revise.

This is where the tricks get, well, tricky.

“When you’ve seen an illusion once, you can never see it in the same way again,” Fisher said. That’s where the trust from the creative team comes in. Fisher then has to remind the team that audiences seeing the illusion for the first time won’t know what hit them. This is by design—misdirection plays a key role in illusions by averting audiences away from what they shouldn’t be seeing and drawing their attention to what they should.

But the one-time-use conundrum of illusions can pose a challenge to actors, who need to not only ensure these illusions go off without a hitch, but respond realistically performance after performance.

“It can be hard. It can feel contrived,” he said. “Anyone can go out and buy a magic trick and show it to someone, but it’s how you perform that trick, how you weave a story into that trick. That’s what makes it magic.” Actors tend to want to rush illusions, so Fisher advises them to slow down and allow for time for the audience to register what is happening. “If you make something appear and then quickly put your hand down, [the audience] can’t see what’s appeared—you need to give them a beat of seeing something then going to a blackout or to the next thing,” he explained. Fisher found that Patrick Heusinger, who plays

James, adapted quickly to the illusions. “He’s got some funny little bits of sleight of hand he has to do and he’s great with it,” Fisher praised. Together with Cher Álvarez, who plays Lou, the chemistry between their married characters makes it easier for them to perform the illusions—and for the audience to believe them.

“If you’ve got a believable couple on stage, you get drawn into the mundaneness of it,” he said. “There’s...things that make you think, ‘Oh, I can relax again.’ Bang! That’s where you get the big reactions.”

That’s partially thanks to the Jaws effect. “It’s scarier hearing the music and seeing the fin of the shark than seeing the mechanical head of the shark coming out of the water,” Fisher explained. “It’s ramping up the tensions and putting something in your head that is often scarier than showing you something. Your brain will go more places than you can see on stage.”

So, while Fisher can’t divulge too much about what you are about to see, let yourself get excited and, perhaps, a little scared when the house lights go down.

“ anyone can go Out and buy a magic trick and show it to someone, but it’s how you perform that trick, how you weave a story into that trick. That’s what makes it magic.”

–CHRIS FISHER

HOME IS WHERE

THE HAUNT

OTHER SOCAL HOMES USED IN HORROR FILMS

By Keeley Bell

A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET

(1984)

Thompson House

Can you believe that the town of Springwood, Ohio where Wes Craven’s protagonist Nancy Thompson lived in A Nightmare on Elm Street is actually nestled in Spaulding Square in West Hollywood? This Dutch-Colonial house, with both a guest house and a pool, was built in 1919 and is a common tourist attraction for horror fans.

ISThe 2009 horror film Paranormal Activity became a hit thanks to its found footage take on the haunted house horror genre. This technique transformed the movie’s San Diego filming location into a house of horrors that made many audience members afraid of their own dwellings. Take a look at some of the homes in Los Angeles brought to life by ghosts, zombies, and demons alike with Hollywood magic!

THE RING

(2002)

Katie’s House

The American remake of the Japanese horror film Ringu , The Ring displayed this huge, beautiful red brick house in Hancock Park as its opening shot. This is where the movie’s first victims succumbed to the curse of the haunted video tape.

HALLOWEEN (1978)

Myers & Strode Houses

The 1978 slasher flick that introduced the world to Michael Myers took place in the fictional town of Haddonfield, Illinois, but was filmed mostly in South Pasadena. The two main locations, the Myers house and the Strode house, were even right down the street from each other, a mere six minutes away by foot!

PSYCHO

(1960)

Bates Home & Motel

Perhaps the most commonly viewed horror house in LA, the Bates Home & Motel is viewed by thousands of people every day since it’s a part of the Studio Tour attraction at Universal Studios Hollywood. Both the mansion and the Bates Motel exterior live on the Universal Studios backlot.

AMERICAN HORROR STORY

(2011)

Murder House

American Horror Story’s first season took place in what was later referred to in the series as the “murder house,” the Rosenheim Mansion. This Tudor Revival home was built in 1908 and named after its architect, Alfred Rosenheim. It is a popular filming location and in 1999 was named a Los Angeles HistoricCultural Monument.

MICHAEL JACKSON’S THRILLER

(1982)

Movies aren’t the only pieces of media with spooky filming locations! Michael Jackson’s iconic short film/music video for his song “Thriller” ended with Ola Ray’s character narrowly escaping the dancing zombies by running up the stairs into this Victorian-style Echo Park home. Fun fact, the house next door is less haunted and more “charmed,” having been used as the home for the family of witches in the 1998 TV series Charmed.

POLTERGEIST II

(1986)

Freeling House

While the original Poltergeist film was shot just outside of LA County in Simi Valley, the sequel moved the family to “Phoenix, Arizona” which was really just a Craftsman house in Altadena. Unfortunately, in January 2025 the house was destroyed in the Eaton Fire among over 9,000 other structures, most of which were residential homes.

(2019)

Wilson Vacation House

Jordan Peele’s 2019 hit Us takes place in Santa Cruz, CA, and while the beach scenes were filmed on location, the Wilson family vacation home was located in Pasadena. The bone-chilling scene where the Wilsons are first confronted by their “tethered” selves was shot in the home’s spacious driveway.

REDEFINING COURAGE

MAMA OF THE ROW, LUIS ALFARO’S ADAPTATION OF BERTOLT BRECHT’S MOTHER COURAGE, PUTS LOS ANGELES’ INEQUALITIES IN THE SPOTLIGHT.

By Jessica Doherty

Playwright and former CTG Associate Artistic Director Luis Alfaro believes that “[Los Angeles] is a city of beautiful contradictions.” Hollywood’s glitz and glamour lives mere miles away from one of the largest unhoused populations in the United States.

“We’re a surreal city,” Luis said. “I love LA. It’s my home. It’s where I was born and raised, in the center of it—Downtown LA. But I think that when you’re a city’s biggest champion, you have to...be critical of it, too.”

His new play is a testament to the disparities and differing realities across the city of Los Angeles.

Mama of the Row or “Who Raised the Rent?” [A Los Angeles Vaudeville of Tragic Proportions] A Displacement of Bertolt Brecht’s Mother

Courage will be workshopped at Center Theatre Group this month, as a part of CTG’s larger new works development programs.

“I am a playwright who writes about social issues,” Luis said. “If I have a theme in my work, it’s about redemption, which is why I am so drawn to the classics. I usually do an adaptation of a piece and then an original and I like that, because, in some ways, I’m trying to bring the classics back to a modern audience. How can we see this great, beautiful idea or text live for an audience that doesn’t usually come into contact with classic works?”

Mama of the Row is an adaptation of German playwright Bertolt Brecht’s Mother Courage and Her Children set in Los Angeles’ Skid Row. Brecht’s

Mother Courage follows the titular character as she tows her wagon of wares across Europe during The Thirty Year’s War, making deals with different characters and losing each of her children along the way. In Luis’ version, Mother Courage is “Mama,” who lives on the row, and her wagon is now a cart—one they live out of after losing their home and end up on Skid Row.

Luis first started developing Mama of the Row in 2018 with an extensive research period. He not only studied other adaptations of Brecht’s Mother Courage (he views Lynn Nottage’s Ruined as a fellow contemporary), but interviewed members of the unhoused population. CTG first hosted a reading at the Benjamin Franklin Library in September 2018. He put pen to page again during the pandemic—at home. In 2024, Mama of the Row was also used as inspiration for CTG’s Storytelling Residency, an in-school program that engages students in the collaborative process of devised theatre. High school students studied the play, met with Luis, and experienced a reading of the show to explore how to tell stories of their own.

He is interested in exploring how the housing crisis in Los Angeles is a “connector issue” to other systemic social issues. “If we could get a hold of it, we would be able to deal with so much else in the city, like drug addiction, mental health, healthcare,” he said.

Brecht’s work spoke to the social and political issues of his time, from the late 1920s until his death in 1956. He wanted audiences to leave a theatre experience educated and upset by what they saw—not from an emotional perspective, but on a large, societal scale. This approach to theatremaking, dubbed Epic Theatre, relied heavily on “Verfremdungseffekt,” often translated to “the alienation effect,” in which audiences are distanced from the emotional aspects of the story through scene title placards, simple scenery and props, and satirical songs.

In an age where social media desensitizes its viewers, it might not have the same effect on audiences today as it did nearly a century ago. Luis wants audiences to feel upset as well—but not in the way one might think when imagining a Brechtian adaptation. continues on page 16 Want

“I love the word ‘upset’ because it’s not necessarily a negative word, right?” he said. “I want to be upset in a good way. I want to go to the theatre, I want to have a good time, and I want to learn something about myself.”

Despite the dark nature of Brecht’s Mother Courage, Luis said that Brecht initially wanted to cast comedic musical star Ethel Merman as the eponymous role. This inspired Luis’ characterization of Mama. “I get the investment in humor, in a larger-than-life character who is roaming through the world in this extraordinary way, who is able to say all the funny stuff, all the scary stuff, in a way I can hear it,” he said. But it is also Brechtian in the sense that he envisions the show meeting audiences where they are, unburdened by spectacle.

“Mother Courage’s carriage is whatever she is carrying with her and the environment that you’re in, which could be stripped down to nothing,” Luis said. “I love that we’re almost Greek in this way, that this kind of agitprop theatre invites you to be performed in a huge, gorgeous opera house or it should also be seen the same way on the street.”

Another key aspect of both Mother Courage and Mama of the Row are songs—Luis has opted to work with Mary Alfaro and Vaneza Calderon, bolero and mariachi musicians, to create the show’s original music.

“Mariachi is a very strong tradition that everybody knows, but no one’s really creating new mariachi work,” Vaneza said. “That’s the cool

continues on page 22

“when you’re a city’s biggest champion, you have to be critical of it, too.”

–LUIS ALFARO

A HISTORY OF

Kim’s Convenience is a hilarious, feelgood story about a Korean familyrun corner store in Toronto. Many know it as a hit Netflix series, but did you know the story started long before that? Check out how Kim’s Convenience began before it heads to the Ahmanson stage this spring!

2005:

Playwright Ins Choi was inspired to write the show because of his history working in convenience stores and his experience as a Korean Canadian. He started to develop the play while in the Soulpepper Academy, a year-long program at the Canadian performing arts venue that supports theatre artists across the country.

2011:

Kim’s Convenience premieres at the Toronto Fringe Festival, winning the New Play Contest. Choi starred as Jung Kim, Mr. Kim’s estranged son.

2011:

Later in the year, Kim’s Convenience is remounted at Soulpepper Theatre, becoming the company’s most successful commercial hits.

2012–2015:

Kim’s Convenience hits the road! The play toured across Canada for three years to soldout houses.

2016:

The play goes from stage to screen—Kim’s Convenience premieres on Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in October 2016 featuring the original cast from the Soulpepper production.

2018–2021:

Kim’s Convenience goes international once it becomes available to stream internationally on Netflix in 2018. The sitcom starring Simu Liu, Paul Sun-Hyung Lee, Jean Yoon, Andrea Bang, Andrew Phung, and Nicole Power ran for five seasons, airing its last episode in 2021.

2024–2025:

Kim’s Convenience returns to the stage for a tour across the United Kingdom in 2024 and 2025.

2025:

Twenty years after its initial development, Soulpepper revives Kim’s Convenience for the North American stage. Playwright Choi returns to star as Appa, aka Mr. Kim.

2026:

Kim’s Convenience will play at the Ahmanson Theatre from March 21 – April 19. Single tickets on sale November 19!

THE FOUNTAIN OF you

continued from page 16 thing about Mama of the Row—we get to bring out instruments and our flavors and our sounds to create something completely new.”

At first, the two were brought in to just play music for the show but have now become key collaborators in the process.

What unites the three is a shared love for and knowledge of Los Angeles.

“We have this deep appreciation and love for LA and all of its quirkiness and imperfections,” Mary said.

“Getting to work with Luis... and on a story about Latinos in LA and the social issues that need to be talked about, all of those were huge draws for me.”

Vaneza said that working with Luis has helped her feel more comfortable in theatre spaces, which she often finds are unfamiliarly Western. “I feel in theatre as outsiders, in the sense that theatre is very Western, very proper. I come from proper, too, but it’s Mexican Catholic ‘familia,’” she said.

“Any time I know Luis is there, it’s like this is family. This is home. [This play] is so true to what life is and

KEEP ON BEING THE INSPIRATION

Our history is rich with firsts. Like being the first to identify the AIDS virus and performing the world’s first human bladder transplant. Every step forward is more than a milestone. It’s proof that when we rise, we lift others too.

& JULIET

Book by David West Read

Music by Max Martin & Friends

Choreography by Jennifer Weber

Directed by Luke Sheppard

AUGUST 13 – SEPTEMBER 7, 2025

PARANORMAL ACTIVITY

A New Story Live on Stage

Written by Levi Holloway

Directed by Felix Barrett

Restaged by Levi Holloway

By Arrangement with Paramount Pictures and Melting Pot

A co-production with Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Shakespeare Theatre Company, and American Conservatory Theater

Based on the Paranormal Activity films, first written and directed by Oren Peli and brought to the screen by Blumhouse and Solana Films

TM & © 2025 Paramount Pictures. All Rights Reserved

NOVEMBER 13 – DECEMBER 7, 2025

BEN PLATT: LIVE AT THE AHMANSON

Directed by Michael Arden

DECEMBER 12–21, 2025

Soulpepper Theatre Company & Adam Blanshay Productions

In association with American Conservatory Theater

KIM'S CONVENIENCE

By Ins Choi

Directed by Weyni Mengesha

MARCH 21 – APRIL 19, 2026

MAMMA MIA!

Music & Lyrics by Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus

Book by Catherine Johnson

Directed by Phylida Lloyd

JUNE 23 – JULY 19, 2026

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SNEHAL DESAI The Brindell & Milton Gottlieb Artistic Director | MEGHAN PRESSMAN Managing Director/CEO | DOUGLAS C. BAKER Producing Director GORDON DAVIDSON Founding Artistic Director

Center Theatre Group by special arrangement with Paramount Pictures and Melting Pot In co-production with Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Shakespeare Theatre Company and American Conservatory Theater Presents

Written By LEVI HOLLOWAY

Starring (in alphabetical order)

CHER ÁLVAREZ SHANNON COCHRAN KATE FRY PATRICK HEUSINGER

with

CARON BRUNIS CAROLINE HENDRICKS MICHAEL HOLDING

Scenic and Costume Design FLY DAVIS

Lighting Design ANNA WATSON

Casting BOB MASON

Associate Artistic Director LINDSAY ALLBAUGH

Sound Design GARETH FRY

Illusions CHRIS FISHER

Video Design LUKE HALLS

Co-Production Technical Supervisor what iF we Productions

Production Stage Manager MELANIE J. LISBY

Directed By FELIX BARRETT

Restaged By LEVI HOLLOWAY

Based on Paramount Pictures’ Paranormal Activity films, first written and directed by Oren Peli and brought to the screen by Blumhouse and Solana Films. TM & © 2025 Paramount Pictures. All Rights Reserved.

NOV 13 – DEC 7, 2025

AHMANSON THEATRE

Any video and/or audio recording of this production is strictly prohibited. Please turn off all electronic devices such as cellular phones and watch alarms. The use of any recording device, either audio or video, and the taking of photographs, with or without flash, is strictly prohibited.

CAST

Latecomers will be seated at the discretion of management. Patrons with disabilities: wheelchair seating is available in a variety of theatre locations. When ordering tickets, please indicate any special needs. For our hearing-impaired guests, the theatre is equipped with listening devices; please contact an usher for assistance.

CAST (IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER)

Lou ............................................................................................................................. Cher Álvarez

Carolanne Shannon Cochran

Etheline Cotgrave Kate Fry

James .................................................................................................................. Patrick Heusinger

Should an understudy substitute for a listed performer it will be posted in the lobby at the time of the performance.

UNDERSTUDIES

Carolanne / Etheline Cotgrave Caron Buinis

Lou .................................................................................................................... Caroline Hendricks

James Michael Holding

STAGE MANAGER Julie Jachym

SETTING: PRESENT DAY, LONDON

Paranormal Activity will be performed with one fifteen minute intermission.

WHO’S WHO

CHER ÁLVAREZ (Lou). Television: Sugar (Apple TV); Leverage: Redemption (Amazon); NCIS Hawai'i (CBS); Chicago Med, Chicago PD (NBC); Station 1 (ABC); Shameless (Netflix). Education: BFA in Musical Theatre, Webster Conservatory of Dramatic Arts. Chicago Shakespeare: Debut. Chicago: Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Goodman Theatre, Writers Theatre, Drury Lane. Regional: Berkeley Repertory Theatre, American Players Theatre.

SHANNON COCHRAN (Carolanne). Off-Broadway: Bug (Barrow Street Theatre, Obie Award winner). Tour: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, August: Osage County, Cabaret. Regional: Mark Taper Forum, Geffen Playhouse, Long Wharf Theatre, Old Globe Theatre, South Coast Repertory, Cincinnati Playhouse. International: Bug (Gate Theatre), The Man Who Came to Dinner (Steppenwolf Theatre/Royal Shakespeare Company). Film: Lullaby (October), The Twin, The Ring, Star Trek: Nemesis, Captive State. Television: Ballard, Scandal, The Office, Modern Family, Star Trek: DS9, The Next Generation Chicago: The Importance of Being Earnest, Dance of Death (Joseph Jefferson Award Winner), Buried Child (Writers Theatre), The Christians (Steppenwolf Theatre), The Little Foxes, (Goodman Theatre, Victory Gardens Theatre, MarriottLincolnshire Theatre.) Education: Cincinnati Conservatory of Music. Awards: Obie Award, Theatre World Award, several Joseph Jefferson Awards. Cochran recently directed Fallen Angels at American Players Theatre.

KATE FRY (Etheline Cotgrave). Off-Broadway: A Minister’s Wife (Lincoln Center Theatre). Regional: McCarter Theatre Center, Center Theatre Group, Repertory Theatre of St. Louis. Chicago Shakespeare: Henry V, As You Like It, Henry IV parts 1 and 2 (Royal Shakespeare Company), The Merchant of Venice, The Molière Comedies, The Taming of the Shrew, Love’s Labor’s Lost, The Two Gentlemen of Verona. Chicago: The Cherry Orchard; A Winter’s Tale; Ah Wilderness!; A Christmas Carol (Goodman Theatre); Birthday Candles; Mother of the Maid; The Beauty Queen of Leenane; Outside Mullingar (Northlight Theatre); Wife of a Salesman; Marjorie Prime; Hedda Gabler; Oh Coward! (Writers Theatre); Mousetrap; The Belle of Amherst; Electra; Arcadia; Twelfth Night; Piano; The Romance Cycle; An Ideal Husband; Caroline, or Change (Court Theatre); In the Next Room, or the Vibrator Play (Victory Gardens Theatre). Awards: Four Joseph Jefferson Awards, Sarah Siddons Award, Court Theatre’s Nicholas Rudall Award, Chicago Tribune actress of the year.

PATRICK HEUSINGER (James). Los Angeles: Max in Moises Kaufman’s production of Bent by Martin Sherman (Mark Taper Forum/Center Theatre Group). International: Originated the

role of James in Paranormal Activity (Leeds Playhouse, UK). Broadway: Next Fall by Geoffrey Nauffts, dir. Sheryl Kaller, Fiddler on the Roof, dir. David Leveaux. Off-Broadway: Next Fall (Naked Angels). Regional: Lancelot et al in Spamalot, dir. Mike Nichols (First Nat’l Tour), Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa’s Abigail/1702, dir. David Esbjornson (New York Stage and Film). Film: Main villain in Jack Reacher: Never Go Back starring Tom Cruise (Paramount Pictures/Skydance), Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach’s Frances Ha, Ali Selim’s Sweet Land Television: Absentia (Sony/Amazon), Casual (Hulu), Girlfriend’s Guide to Divorce, Royal Pains, 30 Rock, Gossip Girl.

CARON BUINIS (Understudy). Regional: Asolo Rep, Penobscot Theatre, Forward Theatre, George Street Playhouse, Nebraska Rep. Film: Lacy’s Christmas Do-Over, Silent as the Grave. Television: Chicago Fire, Chicago PD (NBC). Chicago Shakespeare Theater: All’s Well That Ends Well. Chicago: True West, The Full Monty, Cabaret, Oklahoma! (Paramount Theatre), The Music Man, Oliver! (Marriott Theatre), Murder on the Orient Express, An American in Paris (Drury Lane Theatre), How Blood Go (Congo Square/Steppenwolf 1700), I Am A Camera, (Porchlight Revisits), Chimerica (TimeLine Theatre), King Liz (Windy City Playhouse), Education: MFA Theatre, University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

CAROLINE HENDRICKS (Understudy). Film: Room Six. Television: Chicago Fire (NBC). Chicago Shakespeare: Debut. Chicago: Infernal (Proboscis Theatre Company); Hooded, Or Being Black for Dummies (First Floor Theater, Joseph Jefferson Award Nominated Ensemble); The Queen’s Ball: A Bridgerton Experience (Netflix/Shondaland/Fever); Chicago Comedy Hour (The Second City’s de Maat Studio Theater); Junie B. Jones is Not a Crook (Merle Reskin Theatre); Liquidation Sale! (Judy’s Beat Lounge); Graduate Showcase: TenneSHE William’s The Glass Ceiling Menagerie (e.t.c. Theater at The Second City); It’s a Wonderful Laugh (Bughouse Theater). Education: BFA in Acting and Minor in Digital Cinema, The Theatre School at DePaul University, The Second City Conservatory Graduate at The Second City Training Center Chicago.

MICHAEL HOLDING (Understudy). Regional: TheatreSquared, Lakeside Shakespeare Theatre. Film: Reversed, Vampirus, Finn and the Sea of Noise. Television: Deli Boys (Hulu), Chicago Med (NBC), South Side (Comedy Central). Chicago Shakespeare: Debut. Chicago: Translations (Writers Theatre); Rutherford and Sons (Timeline Theatre), We are Proud to Present… (Steppenwolf Theatre Company); Koalas (16th Street Theatre), Posh (Steep Theatre), Truth and Reconciliation (Sideshow Theatre), Shining City (Irish Theatre of Chicago), The Diviners (Organic Theater), The Madness of Edgar Allen Poe, The Merchant of Venice (First Folio Theatre). Education: BFA in acting, Illinois Wesleyan University.

MELANIE J. LISBY (Production Stage Manager). LA Debut! Broadway: Jaja’s African Hair Braiding, Tina–The Tina Turner Musical, Grand Horizons, On the Twentieth Century. OffBroadway: Dark Disabled Stories, american (tele)visions, Our Dear Dead Drug Lord, Hurricane Diane, Wild Goose Dreams, Jersey Boys, Pacific Overtures, Dead Poets Society, Mobile Unit’s Hamlet, Once Upon A Mattress. Regional: Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, American Repertory Theatre, Williamstown Theater Festival, La Jolla Playhouse, Two River, Pig Iron, Gulfshore Playhouse, The Barnstormers, Crossroads Rep. Education: Indiana State University. Lisby has also worked on numerous showcases, readings, galas, and events and now makes her living as an Independent Travel Advisor.@ChooseJoyAdventures For Dad.

JULIE JACHYM (Stage Manager). Center Theatre Group: Debut. Chicago: Paranormal Activity, Sunny Afternoon, Jaja’s African Hair Braiding, Henry V, The Lord of the Rings A Musical Tale (Chicago Shakespeare Theatre). Prayer for the French Republic, 2 Pianos 4 Hands, Selling Kabul, Dial M For Murder (Northlight Theatre). Frida… A Self Portrait, Every Brilliant Thing, Hot Wing King, Athena, Wife of a Salesman, Dishwasher Dreams (Writers Theatre). Another Marriage, Chlorine Sky, Bald Sisters, The Most Spectacularly Lamentable Trial of Miz Martha Washington, Choir Boy, Seagull (Steppenwolf Theatre). How I Learned What I Learned, Welcome to Matteson (Congo Square Theatre). Judy’s Life’s Work, Fairview, ALAIYO, WHITE (Definition Theatre). Memorabilia, La Havana Madrid, Bernarda!, The Dream King, Enough to Let the Light In, Somewhere Over the Border (Teatro Vista Productions). A Christmas Carol 2019 (Goodman Theatre). Julie is a Definition Theatre Ensemble Member and a proud member of Actors Equity. juliejachym.com

LEVI HOLLOWAY ( Written and Restaged by). (Writer) Broadway: Grey House. Chicago: Pinocchio (Chicago Children’s Theatre) Haven Place, Grey House, Turret (A Red Orchid Theatre). (Director) Chicago: Pinocchio (Chicago Children’s Theatre), Turret (A Red Orchid Theatre) Co-founder: The Neverbird Project, Jeff Award Best New Work 2020 (Grey House), Best Production 2024 (Turret).

FELIX BARRETT (Director). Off-Broadway: Viola’s Room (The Shed), Sleep No More (The McKittrick Hotel), Luna Luna (The Shed).Regional: Sleep No More (Boston). International: Sleep No More (Seoul), Paranormal Activity (Leeds Playhouse), Viola’s Room (London), The Burnt City (London), Sleep No More (Shanghai), The Drowned Man: A Hollywood Fable (London), The Crash of the Elysium (Manchester International Festival), The Duchess of Malfi (London), Every Good Boy Deserves Favour (National Theatre UK), It Felt Like a Kiss (Manchester International Festival), The Masque of the Red Death (London), Faust (London), The Firebird Ball (London). Television: The

Third Day (HBO). Music: Shakira’s Sun Comes Out global tour, Mumford & Son’s Delta tour. Education: Degree in Drama and Honorary Doctorate from the University of Exeter. Awards: MBE in the 2016 Queen’s Birthday Honours, BAFTA nomination for The Third Day, Special Citation Obie Award for Sleep No More, Thea Award for Outstanding Achievement Sleep No More, Shanghai.

FLY DAVIS (Scenic & Costume Designer). Theatre credits include: Caroline, Or Change (West End/ Broadway New York, Olivier and Tony nominated Best Costume Design); The Enormous Crocodile The Musical (Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre UK and USA Tour); Tao of Glass with Philip Glass (NYU North Carolina and International Tour). International: Ocean at the End of the Lane (National Theatre, nominated for What’s On Stage Best Set Design Award), Groan Ups (West End/UK Tour), The Human Body, Henry V, Appropriate (Donmar Warehouse, nominated for Evening Standard Award Best Set Design Award), Beginning, Middle, Pericles, I Want My Hat Back (National Theatre, Olivier Award-nominated for Outstanding Achievement), 50 First Dates The Musical (The Other Palace), Macbeth (RSC and The Barbican), Second Best (Riverside Studios), The Winter’s Tale, The Hour That we Knew Nothing of Each Other (Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh) Othello (Shakespeare’s Globe, Sam Wanamaker) A Streetcar Named Desire, Scuttlers (Royal Exchange Theatre), I’d Rather Goya Robbed Me of My Sleep Than Some Other Arsehole, Image of an Unknown Young Woman (Gate, Winner Off West End Award for Best Set Design), How Do You Lycett? (UK Tour and Channel 4), The Best and Worst of Mr Swallow, Show Pony, A Christmas Carol-ish The Musical (Soho Place, West End). Music: McFly music video for "Love is Easy". Opera: La Boheme (Gothenburg Opera House Sweden), Opera for the Unknown Woman (Welsh Millenium Centre). As Costume Designer: The Odyssey (National Theatre), Unreachable (Royal Court), Shipwrecked (Almeida). Training: Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and Motley Set Design Institute. Chicago Shakespeare Theatre Debut.

ANNA WATSON (Lighting Designer). International Theatre: Giant (West End/Royal Court), Anna Kerenina (Chichester Festival Theatre), Otherland (Almeida Theatre), The Unseen (Riverside Studios), Imposter 22, Hope has a Happy Meal, That is not who I am, Poet in da Corner (UK tour), All of it, Pity, You for Me for You, Plaques & Tangles, A Time to Reap (Royal Court Theatre), Paranormal Activity (Leeds Playhouse), The Band’s Visit, Appropriate, Becoming: Part One, Salt Root & Roe (Donmar Warehouse), All of Us (National Theatre), Three Sisters, Othello, The Winter’s Tale, Hamlet, Henry VI, Richard III (Sam Wanamaker Playhouse), Gaslight (Watford Palace), Christmas Carol (Bristol Old Vic), Leave to Remain, The Seagull, Shopping & Fucking (Lyric Hammersmith), The Fantastic Follies of Mrs. Rich, Snow in Midsummer, The Roaring Girl (Royal Shakespeare Company), Box of Delights (Wilton’s Music

Hall), King Lear (Globe Theatre), Dutchman, The Secret Agent, Fireface, Disco Pigs, Sus (Young Vic), Bank on it (TheatreRites/Barbican), Paradise, Salt (Ruhr Triennale, Germany). Dance: Merlin (Northern Ballet), Mothers, Soul Play (The Place), Refugees of a Septic Heart (The Garage), View from the Shore, Animule Dance (Clore ROH). Opera: Don Carlo (Grange Park), Orlando (WNO/Scottish Opera/San Francisco), Cendrillon (Gyndebourne), Ruddigore (Barbican/Opera North/UK Tour), Critical Mass (Almeida), Songs from a Hotel Bedroom, Tongue Tied (Linbury ROH), The Bartered Bride (Royal College of Music), Against Oblivion (Toynbee Hall). Chicago Shakespeare: Debut.

GARETH FRY (Sound Designer). Broadway: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, The Encounter. Off-Broadway: Blackwatch (St Anns Warehouse), Shun-kin (Lincoln Centre). Regional: Let The Right One In (Berkeley Rep). International: Viola’s Room (Punchdrunk), Hamlet Hail To The Thief (Royal Shakespeare Company), The Land of the Living (National Theatre), Macbeth (Donmar Warehouse/Harold Pinter Theatre). Education: Theatre Design, Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. Awards: two Tony Awards, two Drama Desk Awards, three Olivier Awards, two Helpmann Awards, one WhatsOnStage award and an Evening Standard award. Books: He is the author of Sound Design for the Stage. Chicago Shakespeare: Debut.

LUKE HALLS (Video Designer). Broadway: West Side Story. International: Aida (Circustheater); The Starry Messenger, Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, The Moderate Soprano, Frozen, 2071, The Nether and The Lehman Trilogy (West End); Shipwreck and Oil (Almeida); Linda and Girls & Boys (Royal Court); Miss Saigon (Austria, Japan, New York and UK tour); Antony and Cleopatra, Man and Superman, Ugly Lies the Bone, and The Great Wave (National Theatre); The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage, Talking Heads, A Christmas Carol, Alys, Always, and My Name is Lucy Barton (Bridge Theatre); Local Hero (Royal Lyceum Theatre); Desire Under the Elms (Crucible Theatre); Elegy for Young Lovers (Theater an der Wien); Half a Sixpence (Chichester Festival Theatre); Mary Poppins (Touring); Hamlet and The Master and Margarita (Barbican), I Can’t Sing (The London Palladium), The Little Big Things (Soho Place). Opera: Boris Godunov (Teatro alla Scala); Lucia di Lammermoor and Otello (Metropolitan Opera); The Merry Widow (Bergen National Opera); Atlas (LA Philharmonic); Don Giovanni and Król Roger (Royal Opera House); The Hobbit, The Cunning Little Vixen, Don Giovanni, and Der Freischütz (Danish Royal Opera); Zeitgeist (Coliseum); Das Liebesverbot (Teatro Real); Tristan und Isolde (Festival d’Aix-en-Provence), The Flying Dutchman (Finland National Opera), West Side Story (Malmö Opera); Don Giovanni (Barcelona Opera and Houston Opera); Marco Polo (Guangzhou Opera House); Madame Butterfly and Carmen (Bregenzer Festspiele); Porgy and Bess (National Opera, Amsterdam, and Met Opera). Dance: Like Water for Chocolate

(Royal Opera House, Costa Mesa, and Metropolitan Opera), Malgorzata Dzierzon (Ballet Rambert), Connectome (Royal Ballet). Television: The Cube (ITV). Awards: BAFTA for The Cube (2012), Knight of Illumination Award for Don Giovanni at the Royal Opera House (2014), Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Projection Design on West Side Story on Broadway (2020), Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Video / Projection Design on The Lehman Trilogy (2021/22), Telly Awards for Use of 360, Animation, and Interactivity on Frameless Immersive Art Gallery London (2023). Additional professional industry credits include Paris Fashion Week, Olympic and Paralympic 2012 closing ceremonies, FIFA World Cup Opening ceremony 2022. Halls has designed visuals for performing artists such as Adele, Rolling Stones, Genesis, Rihanna, Elton John, U2, and Dua Lipa. Chicago Shakespeare: Debut.

CHRIS FISHER (Illusions). Broadway: S tranger Things: The First Shadow (Marquis Theater), Back to the Future: The Musical (Wintergarden Theater), Company (Bernard B. Jacobs Theater), Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (Lyric Theater), Angels in America (Neil Simon Theater). London West End: Dr Strangelove (Nöel Coward); Stranger Things: The First Shadow (Phoenix); Back to the Future: The Musical (Adelphi); The Prince of Egypt (Dominion); Ballet Shoes, The Witches, Peter Gynt, Julie, Treasure Island (National Theatre); 2:22 A Ghost Story (Nöel Coward); Company (Gielgud); The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (Gillian Lynne); Big The Musical (Dominion). UK Regional: Paranormal Activity and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Leeds Playhouse), Merlin (Northern Ballet). International: The Illusionist (Tokyo), The Ghost and the Lady (Tokyo), Wicked (Germany). Awards: Special Tony Award 2025 for Illusions and Technical Effects for Stranger Things: The First Shadow. Chicago Shakespeare: Debut.

BOB MASON (CST Artistic Associate/Casting Director). OffBroadway: Rose Rage: Henry VI, Parts 1, 2 and 3, directed by Artistic Director Edward Hall (The Duke on 42nd Street), Marionette Macbeth (New Victory), Ride the Cyclone (MCC), Broadway: SIX (Tony nomination—Best Musical), The Notebook. International: The Lord of the Rings: A Musical Tale (CST, Auckland, NZ), Pacific Overtures (CST, Donmar Warehouse–Olivier Award, Outstanding Musical), Henry IV, Parts One and Two (RSC). Chicago Shakespeare: 150 plus productions over 24 years, including 35 plays in Shakespeare’s canon and eight Stephen Sondheim musicals. Chicago: Bounce (Goodman Theatre). Regional: SIX (CST, American Repertory Theater–Artios Award, Ordway Center, The Citadel), Ride the Cyclone (CST, Fifth Avenue Theatre/A Contemporary Theater, Alliance Theatre). Prior to casting, Mason enjoyed a career as an actor and singer and has been a visiting educator at Northwestern University and multiple college programs across the country.

what iF We Productions (Co-Production Technical Supervisor) delivers production management and technical direction for theatre, live experiences, and special events worldwide. Recent projects include Rob Lake Magic with Special Guests the Muppets, Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends, Heathers the Musical, Ava: The Secret Conversations, The Secret Garden, and Message In a Bottle. Learn more at whatifweproductions.com.

Oren Peli (Original Filmmaker) is a filmmaker best known for creating the blockbuster horror franchise ParanormalActivity and producing the Insidious films.

MELTING POT (Commercial Producer) is an independent theatre and film production company. We develop, produce and manage all of our own productions, which have won Academy Awards, Tony Awards, BAFTAs, and Olivier Awards. Simon Friend founded the company in 2015 (as Simon Friend Entertainment Ltd) and has been named in The Stage 100 most influential people in British theatre, and was joined by Hanna Osmolska in 2017. West End and London credits include: Paranormal Activity (Ambassadors), Ghost Stories (Peacock), Second Best (Riverside Studios), The Real Thing (The Old Vic), The Crown Jewels (Garrick Theatre), Life of Pi (Wyndham’s Theatre), Bad Jews (Arts Theatre), The Girl on the Train (Duke of York’s Theatre), The Starry Messenger (Wyndham’s Theatre), Admissions (Trafalgar Studios), The Height of the Storm (Wyndham’s Theatre), The Philanthropist (Trafalgar Studios), Million Dollar Quartet (Royal Festival Hall), The Father (Wyndham’s Theatre and Duke of York’s Theatre), Bad Jews (Arts Theatre, again!), Speed-the-Plow (Playhouse Theatre), Relative Values (Harold Pinter Theatre) and Fences (Duchess Theatre). UK tour and regional credits include: One Day-The Musical, The Battle, Inspector Morse: House of Ghosts, The Girl on the Train, Ghost Stories, Paranormal Activity, Here You Come Again, Drop the Dead Donkey, Life of Pi, Minority Report, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, The Da Vinci Code, Dial M for Murder, Dr Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas, The Entertainer, The Girl on the Train, The Messiah, Titanic the Musical, Around the World in 80 Days, and The Wipers Times. US credits include: Paranormal Activity (Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Center Theatre Group, Shakespeare Theatre Company, and American Conservatory Theater), Life of Pi (Broadway, Schoenfeld Theatre, Toronto’s Ed Mirvish Theatre and US Tour), The Height of the Storm (Broadway, Samuel J. Friedman Theatre), The Closet (Williamstown Theatre Festival) and Around the World in 80 Days (US tour). International credits include: Here You Come Again (Australian Tour), Life of Pi (Abu Dhabi, Mumbai, China & Taiwan Tour, South Korea), Million Dollar Quartet (New Zealand and India) and Titanicthe Musical (Germany). Film & Television: The Father, starring Anthony Hopkins and Olivia Colman (winner of 2 Academy Awards & 2 BAFTAs), and The Grinch Musical (NBC & Sky).

CHICAGO SHAKESPEARE THEATER (CST) is the nation’s largest year-round theatre dedicated to the works of Shakespeare. Led by Artistic Director Edward Hall and Executive Director Kimberly Motes, the Regional Tony Award recipient is committed to creating vivid, entertaining theatrical experiences that invigorate and engage people of all ages and identities by illuminating the complexity, ambiguity, and wonder of our world. With Shakespeare at the heart of the artistic work, CST also produces compelling, contemporary stories through North American and world premieres. CST annually welcomes more than 20,000 students and teachers to performances and programs, serving more than any theatre in the city. Free programs like Shakes in the City bring performances to parks and community spaces across Chicago’s 77 neighborhoods. Shared humanity and unforgettable stories—now THIS is Chicago Shakespeare. chicagoshakes.com

SHAKESPEARE THEATRE COMPANY

For nearly 40 years, the Tony Award-winning Shakespeare Theatre Company has been recognized as the nation’s premier classical theatre. Classical plays are realized best not by originalism but by walking the path Shakespeare himself followed, creating works that spoke to his own contemporary audience. Under the leadership of Artistic Director Simon Godwin and Executive Director Angela Lee Gieras, STC tells vital stories in audacious forms, stories that are Shakespearean in the deepest sense, even if (and especially when) they are not written by Shakespeare. By focusing on works with profound themes and complex characters, STC’s artistic mission is unique among regional theatres: to bring to vibrant life groundbreaking, thought-provoking, and eminently accessible theatre. shakespearetheatre.org

AMERICAN CONSERVATORY THEATER is an essential gathering place that brings artists and communities together to inspire and provoke. Under the leadership of Tony Awardwinning Artistic Director Pam MacKinnon and Interim Executive Director David Schmitz, A.C.T.’s mission is to engage the spirit of the San Francisco Bay Area, activate stories that resonate, promote a diversity of voices and points of view, and empower theatre makers and audiences to celebrate liveness. A.C.T. values inclusion, transformational learning, participation and rigorous fun. A.C.T. is a Tony Award-winning nonprofit theatre serving almost 200,000 people in the San Francisco Bay Area annually through theatre, training, education and community programs. act-sf.org

CENTER THEATRE GROUP

SNEHAL DESAI (Artistic Director, he/him) was appointed Center Theatre Group’s third artistic director in 2023. As an artistic leader, Snehal has sought to raise awareness on social issues that affect Angelenos through impactful and empowering storytelling. Previously, he was the Producing Artistic Director of East West Players. A Soros Fellow and the recipient of a Tanne Award, Snehal was the Inaugural Recipient of the Drama League’s Classical Directing Fellowship. He has served on the boards of the Consortium of Asian American Theaters and Artists (Caata), Theatre Communications Group (TCG), and currently serves on the board of the National Alliance for Musical Theatre (NAMT). Snehal was on the faculty of USC’s graduate program in Arts Leadership and is a graduate of the Yale School of Drama.

MEGHAN PRESSMAN (Managing Director/CEO, she/her) joined Center Theatre Group in 2019. Previously, she served as Managing Director of Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company (D.C.), Director of Development for Signature Theatre (N.Y.), and Associate Managing Director of Berkeley Rep. She is a graduate of Yale School of Drama/Yale School of Management and serves as a mentor in the Theater Management program. Meghan has served as the Vice-Chair for the Theatre Communications Group Board of Directors and is a member of the Broadway League.

DOUGLAS C. BAKER (Producing Director, he/him) joined Center Theatre Group in 1990. Doug is an active member of the Broadway League, the Independent Presenters Network (IPN), and is a proud member of the Association of Theatrical Press Agents and Managers (ATPAM). In 2013, Doug received the Broadway League’s prestigious Outstanding Achievement in Presenter Management Award.

GORDON DAVIDSON (Founding Artistic Director) led the Taper throughout its first 38 seasons, guiding over 300 productions to its stage and winning countless awards for himself and the theatre—including the Tony Award for theatrical excellence, Margo Jones Award, The Governor’s Award for the Arts, and a Guggenheim fellowship. The Kentucky Cycle and Angels in America (Part One) won the Pulitzer in consecutive years and, in 1994, three of the four plays nominated for the Tony Award for Best Play were from the Taper (Angels in America won). In 1989, Gordon took over the Ahmanson and, in 2004, he produced the inaugural season in the Kirk Douglas Theatre.

LINDSAY ALLBAUGH (Associate Artistic Director, she/her). Associate Artistic Director for Center Theatre Group and Los Angeles-based director and producer. Recent productions: Our Dear Dead Drug Lord by Alexis Scheer at the Kirk Douglas Theatre and Cry It Out by Molly Smith Metzler (Best Production: Ovation Award, LADCC Award, Stage Raw Award) at the Echo Theatre Company. Co-Artistic Director of the Elephant Theatre Company from 2004–2014. Selected CTG producing credits include—Mark Taper Forum: Hamlet adapted by Robert O'Hara, American Idiot with Deaf West Theatre, Slave Play, Archduke, Bent, Waiting for Godot; Kirk Douglas Theatre: Creative Producer behind Block Party, Tambo & Bones, Good Grief, Endgame, Women Laughing Alone With Salad, Chavez Ravine, The Nether.

ERIC SIMS (General Manager, Presentations, he/him) joined CTG in 2005 and has served in various capacities, including as the Director of Operations for the Kirk Douglas Theatre from 2008-2018. Previously, he was the Managing Director of the Powerhouse Theatre in Santa Monica. He is the Vice President of the Culver City Downtown Business Association and was the Co-Chair of the Ovation Rules Committee, producing the Ovation Awards from 2015-2019.

CENTER THEATRE GROUP, one of the nation’s preeminent arts and cultural organizations, is Los Angeles’ leading notfor-profit theatre company, which, under the leadership of the Brindell & Milton Gottlieb Artistic Director Snehal Desai, Managing Director/CEO Meghan Pressman, and Producing Director Douglas C. Baker, programs the Mark Taper Forum and the Ahmanson Theatre in Downtown Los Angeles, and the Kirk Douglas Theatre in Culver City. CTG is one of the country’s leading producers of ambitious new works through commissions and world premiere productions and a leader in interactive community engagement and education programs that reach across generations, demographics, and circumstances to serve Los Angeles. Founded in 1967, CTG has produced more than 700 productions across its stages, including such iconic shows as Zoot Suit; Angels in America; The Kentucky Cycle; Biloxi Blues; Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992; Children of a Lesser God; Curtains; The Drowsy Chaperone; 9 to 5: The Musical; and Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo. CenterTheatreGroup.org

ADDITIONAL STAFF

Assistant Director Travis A. Knight

Associate Scenic Designer Frank McCullough

Associate Lighting Designer Abby May

Associate Sound Designer Will Pickens

Associate Video Designer Lianne Arnold

Illusions Associate Daniel Weissglass

Illusions Consultant Skylar Fox

Intimacy/Fight Director Chels Morgan

Dialect Coach...............................................................................Susan Gosdick

Music Supervisor..............................................................................Brian Meiler

Production Assistant Dylan Dolson Gonzalez

Co-Production Technical Supervisor what iF we Productions Luke Ricca, Jonathan Cottle

MELTING POT

Director Simon Friend

Director Hanna Osmolska

General Manager Amy Hendry

General Manager

Aaron Rogers

General Manager Sophie Visscher-Lubinizki

Production Coordinator Mia Franey

Production Assistant Poppy Maxwell

Production Assistant Humnah Abdullah

Finance Director George Bradley

Payroll Toni Palmer & Francesca Oldnall

Trainee Accountant........................................................................Daniel O’Brien

CREDITS

Scenery by Hudson Scenic Studios

Trucking by Clark Transfer

Lighting by Christie Lites

Special Thanks: Stephen Carmody, Camille Etchart

MUSIC CREDITS "JUST"

By PHILIP JAMES SELWAY, THOMAS EDWARD YORKE, JONATHAN GREENWOOD, COLIN CHARLES GREENWOOD and EDWARD JOHN O'BRIEN WARNER CHAPPELL MUSIC LTD (PRS) All rights administered by WC Music Corp.

“Pain In My Heart" Written By NAOMI NEVILLE

Published by BMG Platinum Song US (BMI) obo Arc Music Corp (BMI) Used by permission. All rights reserved.

The Actors and Stage Managers employed in this production are members of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers of the United States. This theatre operates under an agreement between the League of Resident Theatres and 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.

The House Managers employed in this production are represented by the Association of Theatrical Press Agents & Managers.

The following employees are represented by the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Moving Picture Machine Operators, Artists and Allied Crafts of the United States, its Territories and Canada, AFL-CIO, CLC: Stage Crew Local 33; Treasurers and Ticket Sellers Local 857; Wardrobe Crew Local 768; Make-up Artists and Hair Stylists Local 706

United Scenic Artists represents designers and scenic artists for the American Theatre.

Center Theatre Group is a member of the League of Resident Theatres (LORT), the American Arts Alliance, the Broadway League, Independent Producers’ Network (IPN), the National Alliance for Musical Theatre (NAMT), and the Theatre Communications Group (TCG).

LEARNING CONNECTING ANGELENOS

SNEHAL DESAI The Brindell & Milton Gottlieb Artistic Director | MEGHAN PRESSMAN Managing Director/CEO | DOUGLAS C. BAKER Producing Director

GORDON DAVIDSON Founding Artistic Director

Center Theatre Group would like to thank its exceptional staff for their ongoing commitment, dedication, and extraordinary efforts.

ARTISTIC

LINDSAY ALLBAUGH♦ Associate Artistic Director

BRANDON IVIE Artistic Producer

SONIA DESAI Director of Literary and Dramaturgy

PAIGE VEHLEWALD Artistic Programs Manager

TIFFANY SLAGLE° Artistic & Literary Associate

RANDOLPH MEREDYTH-DRAKE Executive Assistant to the Artistic Director

EXECUTIVE

NAIMA OROZCO-VALDIVIA° Executive Programs Manager

MADISON QUIROZ Executive Office Liaison

MANAGEMENT

NAUSICA STERGIOU♦ General Manager

ERIC SIMS♦ General Manager, Presentations

KATIE SOFF ♦ Associate General Manager

JEFFREY UPAH♦ General Management Associate

KIARA BRYANT Company Manager

TAYLOR ANNE CULLEN Assistant Company Manager

EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS

CAROLINA SAN JUAN Interim Director of Arts Education

JESUS REYES♦ Director of Learning and Community Partnerships

TRACI KWON♦ Arts Education Initiatives Director

AURORA ILOG Creative Workforce Initiatives Director

MEIGHAN LA ROCCA Program Manager

COURTNEY CLARK° Digital Learning Manager

NATALIA QUINTERO-RIESTRA Programs Associate

JORDAN GELOTTE Education & Community Partnerships Coordinator

ESTELA GARCIA, CHRISTINE BREIHAN Resident Teaching Artists

ZACHARY BONES, REBECCA GRAUL, ELIJAH GREEN,° AJA HOUSTON, JOHNATHON L. JACKSON, CARENE ROSE MEKERTICHYAN, MARA PALMA, ROBERT PATERNO, MADDOX PENNINGTON, MARTA PORTILLO,TARA RICASA,

TIANA RANDALL-QUANT, MONIQUE SYPKENS Teaching Artists

MIRIAM CERVANTES Dramaturgy Apprentice, Touring Project

PAUL GALAVIZ Directing Apprentice, Touring Project

PRODUCTION

JOE HAMLIN♦ Director of Production

SHANNON G. BICKNELL Senior Production Manager

LESLEY GONZALEZ Associate Production Manager

CAMBRIA CHICHI° Production Supervisor

ISAAC KATZANEK Technical Director

SHAWN ANDERSON♦ Head Carpenter (Ahmanson Theatre)

SCOTT LUCAS Head Properties (Ahmanson Theatre)

JARED BATTY Head Electrician (Ahmanson Theatre)

ROBERT SMITH♦ Head Sound (Ahmanson Theatre)

SHANE ANDERSON Head Flyrail (Ahmanson Theatre)

MICHAEL GARDNER♦ Wardrobe Supervisor (Ahmanson Theatre)

MARY BORGIA Hair & Make-up Supervisor (Ahmanson Theatre)

CHRISTINE L. COX♦ House Manager (Ahmanson Theatre)

EMMET KAISER♦ Head Carpenter (Mark Taper Forum)

MARY ROMERO Head Properties (Mark Taper Forum)

AARON STAUBACH♦ Head Electrician (Mark Taper Forum)

CHRISTIAN LEE Head Sound (Mark Taper Forum)

LORETTA BUSSEN Wardrobe Supervisor (Mark Taper Forum)

THERESE LEVASSEUR Hair & Make-up Supervisor (Mark Taper Forum)

MERRIANNE NEDREBERG♦ Shop Director

KATE REINLIB

Associate Prop Director

ERIC BABB♦° Associate Prop Director

RAUL VEGA MARTINEZ° Shop Supervisor

SHANTA FARIA DE SA Costume Shop Manager

CAYLYN DABNEY Resident Assistant Costume Designer

ASHPHORD JACOWAY Costume Shop Coordinator

TAYLOR DECKER First Hand/ KDT Wardrobe Supervisor

OPERATIONS

PETER WYLIE

CARLOS AYALA

VANESSA DE LOERA

Operations & Facilities Director

JULIO A. CUELLAR,♦ OSCAR DOMINGUEZ, MADIE GILLETTE

JASMINE BRAFF

SIMON MARTIN

Facilities Manager

Facilities Associate

Facilities Assistants

Operations Manager

Operations Assistant

NATALIE MARCEAU, HERVIN HERNANDEZ, REGINA NILES, ANTONIO DIXON Drivers

VANESSA BRADCHULIS, OLIVIA CHOATE, PRESSLY COKER, MONICA GREENE, PAT LOEB, TWON POPE, SAM UDERO Stage Door Attendants

FINANCE, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, AND HUMAN RESOURCES

CHERYL SHEPHERD Chief Financial Officer

PETER BANACHOWSKI............................................................Controller

DENICE BEHDAD Assistant Controller

ANAHITA ASHRAFIPOUR Senior Accountant

XOCHITL ORTEGA Accounts Payable Supervisor

KERRY BETH KAUFFMAN° Accounting Assistant

JESSICA HERNANDEZ Payroll Manager

MYLAH BARRETO, TIFFANY GARDE Payroll Specialist

TOM MEGALE IT Director

JANELLE CABRERA TORRES Tessitura & Web Administration Director

JOEY LAMBERT-SOLANO Digital Product Manager

CRIS SPACCA♦ Information Technology Manager

JODY HORWITZ♦ Director of Human Resources

JERMAINE CARTER HR Generalist

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SARAH SULLIVAN Director of Institutional Advancement

RICKY CARTER Director of Development

CRYSTAL DIAZ Director of Special Events

KATASHA ACOSTA-ROWE Director of Advancement Operations

PAULA MATALLANA Director of Institutional Grants

ANASTASIA RUTKOWSKI Corporate Relations Officer

GRACE PIPER Assistant Director, Prospect Research and Strategy

CORALEE YOUNG Assistant Director of Individual Giving

NICOLE SCIPIONE♦ Senior Individual Giving Officer

ZAIN PATEL Individual Giving Officer

CLAIRE PEARSON Institutional Giving Manager

NICKI BONURA Advancement Associate

RACHEL BONDS Senior Analyst, Gift Accounting and Reporting

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IRENE CHO Executive Assistant to the Director of Institutional Advancement

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TIM CHOY, PETER GOLDMAN,

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DEANNA McCLURE♦ Design Director

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ANDRESSA ROYER Senior Manager, Audience Development & Marketing Events

NINA PERRY Account Sales Manager

CHASE ANDERSON-SHAW Kirk Douglas Theatre Manager

ROMAN DICESARE Email Marketing Associate

MARC GOODMAN Senior Analyst, Sales Strategy & Data

TINTIN NGUYEN Ticket Operations Coordinator

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AARON HIGAREDA° Membership Engagement Supervisor

MICHAEL AGUILO, LA'RAE CARMICHAEL, JOE CASPER, BRAD GRIFFITH, DAVID HUNTER, NATALIE KEEZER, KATHLEEN LITTLEFIELD, JOSEPHINE NUNEZ°, IAN PRICE, DONALD RIZZO, BENJAMIN SCHWARTZ♦ ,

DIANE WARD♦ Membership Engagement Representatives

CAROLINE THOMPSON/IMPACT 123 Media Planning

SANDY CZUBIAK♦ Audience & Subscriber Services Director

JENNIFER BAKER,♦

CHERYL HAWKER♦ Audience Services Senior Supervisors

JONATHAN FLORES Audience Services Supervisor

JURGEN SANTOS Audience Services Sales Associates

JOSHUA BADILLO, CLAY BUNKER, FRANK ENSENBERGER, DANIEL GARCIA, HARPAL KHOSLA, MICHAEL MUNOZ, SAMUEL ROQUE, DAVID SALAZAR, ASHLEY SANDOVAL,

CHRISTINA WRIGHT Audience Services Representatives

JUSTINE PEREZ♦ Donor Associate

DANUTA SIEMAK♦ Subscriber Services Senior Supervisor

CHRISTINA GUTIERREZ♦ Subscriber Services Senior Supervisor

LIGIA PISTE,♦

PETER STALOCH♦ Subscriber Services Senior Representatives

MICHAEL VALLE♦ Box Office Treasurer

KEANA JACKSON, YULIZA BARRAZA 1st Assistant Treasurers

LUIS ESPINOZA, KAITLYN GALVEZ,

MICHAEL KEMPISTY♦ 2nd Assistant Treasurers

ARTISTIC DEVELOPMENT & COMMISSIONS

As part of our commitment to supporting new plays and playwrights, we foster and develop a broad range of theatrical work from diverse artists locally, nationally, and abroad.

Artists creating new work commissioned by Center Theatre Group this season:

LISA D’AMOUR

JENNIFER HALEY

ALESHEA HARRIS

KIMBER LEE

QUI NGUYEN

ELIANA PIPES

LUIS VALDEZ

SEAYOUNG YIM

KAREN ZACARÍAS

LA WRITERS’ WORKSHOP

Since 2005, we have invited local playwrights to spend a year researching and writing a new work with the feedback of their fellow writers and artistic staff as part of our L.A. Writers’ Workshop. Learn more at CTGLA.org/ARTISTS

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Trust

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Kim White Peterson

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Lori Williams &

Stephen Schulte

Eric Winston & Jacqueline

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Edward Wolkowitz Family

In Honor of Laura Woolls

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Laurie Zaks & Jeff Horn

Matt J. Zaslow

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City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs

Dove/CROWN Coalition

The Edward A. and Ai O. Shay Family Foundation

Joseph Drown Foundation

JP Morgan Chase & Co.

Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP

The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation

Rosenthal Family Foundation

Tiger Baron Foundation

Weston Milliken at Tides Foundation

$15,000+

California Arts Council

Culver City Unified School District

Eastside Arts initiative

Edison International

The Friars Charitable Foundation

The Kenneth T. & Eileen L. Norris Foundation

The Otis Booth Foundation

Pasadena Showcase House for the Arts

Sascha Brastoff Foundation

Warner Bros. Discovery

$10,000+

The City of Culver City Cultural Affairs Commission

The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust

Jones Day

Lawrence P. Frank Foundation

Payden & Rygel

The Fran and Ray Stark Foundation

$7,500+

Sony Pictures Entertainment

USI Insurance Services

WHH Foundation

$5,000+

Chubb

The Brookside Fund

The Ella Fitzgerald

Charitable Foundation

Find Your Light Foundation

SoCalGas

$1,000+

The Caplin Foundation

The Sheri and Les Biller

Family Foundation

Sidney Stern Memorial Trust

We gratefully recognize the long-term dedication of The Affiliates, who have supported Center Theatre Group through active fundraising, volunteering, and outreach since 1971.

PRESIDENT

Marsha Tauber Sallai

EXECUTIVE BOARD

Stephanie Germeraad

Roberta Haft*

Christine Harte

Marianne Tobé Karns

Melinda J. Kelly

Thea F. Koss

Joan Krause

Marianne Mandel

Jerri Nagelberg

Lisa Nichols

Sharon Reisz

June Sanders Sattler*

Dr. Carmen Estrada Schaye*

Mary Kay Schumacher

Donna Sussman*

Janice Brock Wallace*

Janice Weiner

Beth White

MEMBERS

Dana Ostroff Abelson

Jamila Abu-Omar

Jacqui Assadi

Vi Ballard

Janet Barnet*

Sue Bass

Judith Beckmen*◆

Marjorie Bender

Lestrita Boardman◆

Elnora Guerraro Campos

Eileen Cohen

Judy Colich

Judi Davidson

Ilene Eisenberg

Lynda Wolfson Fadel

Carolyn H. Fried

Dina Goldstein

Debra C. Gordon

Meg Greenwood

Kristina Greiner

Gina Harpur

Kim-Chi Hoang

Barbara Krasnoff

Cheryl Lacsina

Rita Lee ◆

Diane Lesser

Shirley Lipstone

Helen Gordon Lowy

Dr. Elizabeth Lu

Gladys Lyons

Phyllis Massing

Diane Morton

Deena Nahmias

Anita Naiman

Randy Jill Nalin

Olivia Neece

Diane Neubauer*

Sheila Poncher*◆

Gina Russ Posalski*

Nan Rae

Courtney Rangen◆

Elissa Refold

Linda Rendleman

Corina Rinaldi

Harriett Chatter Rose ◆

Lois Rosen

Marla Rubin

Gaile Gray Ryan

Carole Schiffer ◆

Angela Shah

Suzanne M. Shapiro

Maggy Simon

Christine Smith

Verra Smith-Terrell

Carole Solomon◆

Robbie J. Solomon

Marilyn Stambler*◆

Roslyn Holt Swartz

Louise Taper

Katherine L. Todd*

Sue Tsao ◆

Elinor Turner

Susan Tyssee

Barbara Van Orden

Donna Marie Venick*

Barbara Weber

Kim White Peterson*

Rosaline Zane*◆

“THE

IMPACT OF A DONOR’S GIFT IS AMPLIFIED BY ITS ABILITY TO CHANGE THE CITY”

The Music Center Foundation was established in 1973 by Dorothy Bu um Chandler to provide endowment support to The Music Center, its educational activities, dance programs, and its four Resident Company campus partners: Center Theatre Group, LA Master Chorale, LA Opera, and LA Philharmonic.

Lifting up the performing arts in Los Angeles is a unique opportunity that we can take on together. By making a gift through the Foundation, you can be a part of supporting inspirational new work that threads our community together through a vibrant, emotional connection to the performing arts.

In the spirit of Mrs. Chandler, the impact of a donor’s gift is amplified by its ability to change Los Angeles.

To learn more about how to leave a lasting legacy with the Music Center Foundation, contact Justin Marsh: 213-972-8046, jmarsh@musiccenterfoundation.org

For more information on the Music Center Foundation musiccenterfoundation.org

OUR SUPPORTERS: ENDOWNMENT + PLANNED GIFTS

for investing in our future. THANK YOU

We are honored to recognize contributors who have provided support that extends well beyond the current season and safeguards the future of Center Theatre Group. We thank all of our endowment and Ovation Circle donors for making a commitment that sustains the finest theatre artistry.

ENDOWMENT GIFTS

$500,000+

The Ahmanson Foundation

Gordon Davidson Tribute Fund

Doris Duke Charitable Foundation

Ann & Stephen F. Hinchliffe, Jr.

The Norman and Sadie Lee Foundation

Renee & Meyer Luskin

Martin Massman

John S. Surabian, Jr. and in memory of Faith and Sharon Ann Surabian

$250,000+

S. Brower Trust

The Michael Shaw Jacobs Fund

Patricia Glaser & Sam Mudie

Mr. & Mrs. Jack Simon

$100,000+

Betsy & Harold Applebaum

Judith & Thomas Beckmen

The Sheri and Les Biller

Family Foundation

Maynard & Linda Brittan—

Traub-Brittan Family Trust

Center Theatre Group

Affiliates

Kenneth Corday

Regina Fadiman

Barbara & Peter Fodor

Ava & Charles Fries

Brindell & Milton Gottlieb

The Hearst Foundation, Inc.

Vicki King

Gloria Lothrop

Richard G. & Virginia L. Martin

The Estate of Frank J. Sherwood

Louise Taper

$50,000+

Moira Byrne Foster Foundation

Margaret Sheehy Collins

Deborah M. Hyde

Ellen & Michael S. Korney

Dorothy & Richard Sherwood

$25,000+

Abbott Brown

Linda Brown

Joseph Drown Foundation

Greve Foundation

Dr. Tom Hickey

Renata Landres and Family Levine Foundation

Diane & Leon Morton

The Estate of Anita Mae Hirsh

$10,000+

A and J Davidson Skipper Award Fund

George A. V. Dunning

Carolyn & Kit Lokey

Betty & Sanford Sigoloff

PLANNED GIFTS

Shirley & Irving Ashkenas

W. Lee Bailey, M.D.

Angela Bardowell

Chris & Rose Bauss

Dr. Adrienne Brandriss

Tim Curtis and Shandon Youngclaus

BANC WITH STRENGTH

Pamela & Dennis Beck

Judith & Thomas Beckmen

The Bennetts

Linda Brown

Allan & Joan Burns

Richard & Norma Camp

Bill Cohn & Dan Miller

Earl & Christine Cory

Zoe Cosgrove Estate

Susan D. Clines & Charles Dillingham

Anne M. Dougherty & David Dobrikin

Kirk & Anne Douglas

Elisabeth Katte Harris Trust

Amy Forbes & Andrew Murr

Kiki and David Gindler

Mr. & Mrs. Walter E. Grauman

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Classical

Colburn Orchestra

Carlos Miguel Prieto, conductor

Zi Yang Low, violin

Mert Yalniz, assistant conductor

Ray Chen, violin

Chelsea Wang , piano ONSTAGE CLASSICAL

Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Riccardo Muti, conductor

Academy of St Martin in the Fields

Joshua Bell, violin and music director

Mahler Chamber Orchestra

Yuja Wang , piano and director

Matthew Truscott , concertmaster and leader

Yuja Wang

KATIE

LINDSAY

Join us on the Jerry Moss Plaza at The Music Center for an interactive audio experience by LA-based theatremaker Katie Lindsay as she reflects on what it means to feel a sense of belonging at CTG.

Susan A. Grode

Virginia Hayes

Sharon L. Henderson

Mr. Kim L. Hunter

Deborah M. Hyde

The Doug Jones and John Sanger

Theater Ticket Fund

Richard & Julie Kagan

Arlene M. Kageyama-Chikami

Sarah & Andy Kane

Debra L. Karrenbrock

Dr. & Mrs. Jack Kavanaugh

The Paul Kowal Charitable Foundation

Darell L. Krasnoff Sandra Krause & William Fitzgerald

Joyce & Kent Kresa

Marla E. Levine

Steven Llanusa & Glenn Miya, M.D.

Carol & Douglas Mancino

George Manet

Meg McComb

Betty McMicken in honor of Jeanette Shammas

Diane & Leon Morton

Merle & Peter Mullin

Isabel F. Newman

Bob & Renee Nunn

Doug Palmer

Linda S. Peterson

Sally & Frank Raab

Edward L. Rada

Nan Rae

Stuart & Laurie Rice In Loving Memory of Adam Rice

Rocco-Davies Foundation

Penelope C. Roeder, Ph.D.

Bruce & Randy Ellen Ross

Allyson S. Rubin

Eileen B. Salmas

Wes Schaefer &

Cathy King-Schaefer

Elliott Sernel

Margaret Sheehy Collins

Sue & Steve Soldoff

I.H. Sutnick

William Tierney and Barry Weismarys

Karen & William Timberlake

Paulette Toumazos & Michael Lorenz

Sue Tsao

Carol Vernon & Robert Turbin

Peter & Susan Van Haften

Magda & Frederick R. Waingrow

Dr. & Mrs. Daniel Wallace

Pat Warford

Susan & William Weintraub

Lauri N. Weiss

James Blair White

Margaret H. White

Mary J. Witt

to be able to...not only uplift that story but make it accessible in a certain way...and breaking down the barrier of theatre—it’s like yes, I want to do that.”

Luis hopes that Mama of the Row can help audiences across Los Angeles realize that theatre can be—and is—everywhere and for everyone.

“I want my community to know that going to a place like The Music Center is a part of your civic activity. You pay money to have that space there—use the spaces that you pay for and inhabit them,” Luis said. “We don’t just think about theatre as just an artistic or civic practice but [also] a spiritual practice. This is a version of church, right? And there is a kind of sermon that Mama of the Row is trying to get across—why is it so hard to get by in our city? When do we fail ourselves and when does our city fail us?”

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C.P.E. Bach, Symphony No. 3 in F major

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This is your place to experience the magic of live performances and special events, experiencing the joy that moves you, the stories that unite us and the moments that remind us why the arts matter. Across our theatres, on Jerry Moss Plaza and in Gloria Molina Grand Park, there’s always something to inspire and connect us all.

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TAKE A FREE TOUR!

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Tours run daily—visit musiccenter.org to check the schedule and make a day of it in Downtown L.A.!

OFFICERS

Robert J. Abernethy

Chair

Cary J. Lefton

Darrell D. Miller

Vice Chairs

Rachel S. Moore

President & CEO

Susan M. Wegleitner

Treasurer

William Taylor

Assistant Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer

MEMBERS AT LARGE

Charlene Achki Repko

Charles F. Adams

William H. Ahmanson

Romesh Anketell

Jill C. Baldauf

Phoebe Beasley

Kristin Burr

Dannielle Campos

Alberto M. Carvalho

Elizabeth Khuri Chandler

Riley Etheridge, Jr.

Amy R. Forbes

Greg T. Geyer

Joan E. Herman

Jeffrey M. Hill

Jonathan B. Hodge

Mary Ann Hunt-Jacobsen

Ronald D. Kaplan

Richard B. Kendall

Lily Lee

Keith R. Leonard, Jr.

Kelsey N. Martin

Elizabeth Michelson

Cindy Miscikowski

Teresita Notkin

Michael J. Pagano

Karen Kay Platt

Susan Erburu Reardon

Joseph J. Rice

Beverly P. Ryder

Thomas L. Safran

Maria S. Salinas

Corinne Jessie Sanchez

Mimi Song

Johnese Spisso

Michael Stockton

Jason Subotky

Timothy S. Wahl

Jennifer M. Walske

GENERAL COUNSEL

Rollin A. Ransom

DIRECTORS

EMERITI

Peter K. Barker

Judith Beckmen

Darrell R. Brown

Ronald W. Burkle

John B. Emerson **

Richard M. Ferry

Bernard A. Greenberg

Stephen F. Hinchliffe, Jr.

Kent Kresa

Mattie McFaddenLawson

Fredric M. Roberts

Richard K. Roeder

Claire L. Rothman

Joni J. Smith

Lisa Specht **

Cynthia A. Telles

James A. Thomas

Andrea L. Van de Kamp **

Thomas R. Weinberger

Alyce de Roulet

Williamson

** Chair Emeritus

Current as of 9/24/25

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES

Support from the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors plays an invaluable role in the successful operation of The Music Center.

Janice Hahn Supervisor, Fourth District

Lindsey P. Horvath Supervisor, Third District

Kathryn Barger Chair, Fifth District

Holly J. Mitchell Supervisor, Second District

Hilda L. Solis

Chair Pro Tem, First District

(From left to right)

LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT

As a steward of The Music Center of Los Angeles County, we recognize that we occupy land originally and still inhabited and cared for by the Tongva, Tataviam, Serrano, Kizh and Chumash Peoples. We honor and pay respect to their elders and descendants — past, present and emerging — as they continue their stewardship of these lands and waters. We acknowledge that settler colonization resulted in land seizure, disease, subjugation, slavery, relocation, broken promises, genocide and multigenerational trauma. This acknowledgment demonstrates our responsibility and commitment to truth, healing and reconciliation and to elevating the stories, culture and community of the original inhabitants of Los Angeles County.

We are grateful to have the opportunity to live and work on these ancestral lands. We are dedicated to growing and sustaining relationships with Native peoples and local tribal governments, including (in no particular order) the:

• Fernandeño Tataviam Band of Mission Indians

• Gabrielino Tongva Indians of California Tribal Council

• Gabrieleno/Tongva San Gabriel Band of Mission Indians

• Gabrieleño Band of Mission Indians-Kizh Nation

• San Manuel Band of Mission Indians

• San Fernando Band of Mission Indians

To learn more about the First Peoples of Los Angeles County, please visit the Los Angeles City/County Native American Indian Commission website at lanaic.lacounty.go

Happening at The Music Center

SAT 1 NOV / 2:00 & 8:00 p.m.

Jaja's African Hair Braiding CENTER THEATRE GROUP

@ Mark Taper Forum Thru 11/9/2025

SAT 1 NOV / 4:00 p.m.

The Music Center Presents Black Planetarium: Uncharted Anthologies

THE MUSIC CENTER

@ Digital Art Space at The Music Center Thru 12/14/2025

SAT 1 NOV / 8:00 p.m.

Faye Webster with Orchestra

LA PHIL

@ Walt Disney Concert Hall Thru 11/2/2025

FRI 7 NOV / 8:00 p.m.

Mehta Leads Bruckner's Eighth

LA PHIL

@ Walt Disney Concert Hall Thru 11/9/2025

SAT 8 NOV / 11:00 a.m.

Symphonies for Youth

LA PHIL

@ Walt Disney Concert Hall Also 11/22/2025

SUN 9 NOV / 7:00 p.m.

LA Sings! What a Beautiful City

LOS ANGELES

MASTER CHORALE

@ Walt Disney Concert Hall

TUE 11 NOV / 8:00 p.m.

Recovecos: Angélica Negrón & Lido Pimienta

LA PHIL

@ Walt Disney Concert Hall

THU 13 NOV / 7:30 p.m.

Paranormal Activity

CENTER THEATRE GROUP

@ Ahmanson Theatre

Thru 12/7/2025

THU 13 NOV / 8:00 p.m.

Mozart, Ravel & Pintscher

LA PHIL

@ Walt Disney Concert Hall Thru 11/16/2025

SAT 15 NOV / 8:00 p.m.

Patti Smith and her band

LA PHIL

@ Walt Disney Concert Hall

NOVEMBER 2025

SUN 16 NOV / 7:30 p.m.

before and after nature

LOS ANGELES

MASTER CHORALE

@ Walt Disney Concert Hall

TUE 18 NOV / 8:00 p.m.

Brahms Strings

LA PHIL

@ Walt Disney Concert Hall

FRI 21 NOV / 8:00 p.m.

Elgar's Enigma

LA PHIL

@ Walt Disney Concert Hall Thru 11/23/2025

SAT 22 NOV / 7:30 p.m.

La Bohème

LA OPERA

@ Dorothy Chandler Pavilion Thru 12/14/2025

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Experience L.A.'s Favorite Holiday Tradition

See it LIVE at The Music Center's Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. December 24, 2025 | 3:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.

ALVIN AILEY

March 25–29, 2026

This groundbreaking company embodies African American strength and resilience through mixed repertory programs featuring beloved classics and new works, including Alvin Ailey’s soul-stirring Revelations.

The Music Center’s Dorothy Chandler Pavilion musiccenter.org/ailey | (213) 972-0711

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