a play with music JULY 2022
Board of Directors 2021/2022
Dear Friends,
Michael Nemeroff
CHAIRMAN, BOARD OF DIRECTORS
David C. Bohnett
CHAIRMAN, EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Arnold Rosenstein
EXECUTIVE VICE CHAIR & ASSISTANT TREASURER
Honorable Vicki Reynolds VICE CHAIR, DEVELOPMENT
Jonathan Victor TREASURER
Welcome to Hershey Felder: Chopin in Paris — The Wallis’ final engagement of its 2022/2023 season. Hershey will perform — in his signature theatrical style — some of the pianist-composer’s most beloved and enduring music. We are delighted, for the first time since 2019, to present this crowd-favorite artist live as the finale to an eventful (and sometimes unpredictable!) and moving season.
Ronald D. Rosen
VICE CHAIR, OPERATIONS & SECRETARY
Susan Strauss
VICE CHAIR, PLANNING & ASSISTANT SECRETARY
Arnon Adar Ahsan Aijaz Debbie Allen Wallis Annenberg John Bendheim Thomas J. Blumenthal MeraLee Goldman Bruce Goldsmith Carol Goldsmith Halle Hammond Chad Hummel Cinny Kennard Donald P. Kivowitz Agnes Lew Mark Louchheim Peter Lowy Nigel Lythgoe OBE Linda May Daphna Nazarian Gretchen Pace Arline Pepp Ron Simms Stephanie Vahn Gregory Annenberg Weingarten Grant Withers Richard S. Ziman FOUNDING CHAIRMAN
Bram Goldsmith* FOUNDING PRESIDENT
Paul Selwyn*
The future looks even brighter. This summer, The Wallis will announce the recipient of the Walter & Peggy Grauman Fellowship in Classical Music. This inaugural fellowship at The Wallis will support a classical pianist or strings musician during the transition from formal education and training to the professional music world. From September 2022 through June 2023, the Fellow will work alongside Wallis musicians and staff while creating and stewarding a community-based project that expands access to classical music in Los Angeles. The Grauman Fellowship application deadline is July 10, 2022! Learn more at TheWallis.org/Grauman. In case you missed our recent major announcement - we’ve unveiled our 2022/2023 Season, our 9th since our opening in 2013. Becoming a subscriber unlocks savings and preferred seats to unparalleled performing arts experiences, including the World Premiere engagement of INVINCIBLE: THE MUSICAL, featuring the chart-topping songs of Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo. As an added bonus, subscribers will also have complimentary access to The Wallis in the Works — a series of new plays and musicals in development. Visit TheWallis.org/Subscribe to learn more. Lastly, we invite our community to The Wallis Delivers: An Evening with Shelli & Irving Azoff on September 21. Please join us in honoring the Azoff’s unsurpassed legacy in the music industry and contributions to the fabric of our great city. This spectacular and star-studded soiree will benefit the artistic, education, and outreach programs at The Wallis. Visit TheWallis.org/Azoff to learn more. We are so looking forward to seeing you and yours on many occasions this coming year. We hope you activate your relationship to an artistic community that deeply engages with our city’s civic and artistic life. Fondly,
CHAIRMAN EMERITUS
Jerry Magnin
PRESIDENT EMERITUS
Richard Rosenzweig* LIFETIME TRUSTEES
Eunice David Les Bider Max Salter* Luanne Wells*
* in memoriam
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Rachel Fine Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer
Rachel Fine Executive Director & CEO
PRESENTS
A PLAY WITH MUSIC THE MUSIC OF
Fryderyk Chopin BOOK BY
Hershey Felder SCENIC DESIGN
LIGHTING DESIGN
PRODUCTION MANAGER/VIDEO DESIGN
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR
ASSOCIATE PRODUCER
PRODUCTION CONSULTANT
Hershey Felder
Trevor Hay
Erik S. Barry
Tammy Globerman
Erik Carstensen
Jeffrey Kallberg, PhD
DIRECTED BY
Joel Zwick This production is made possible in part by generous support from:
JULY 5 - 24, 2022
Bram Goldsmith Theater Running Time: Approximately 90 minutes.
ABOUT THE ARTISTS
CAST OF CHARACTERS HERSHEY FELDER.......................................................................................................... FRYDERYK CHOPIN
The action takes place in Fryderyk Chopin’s salon, 9 Square d’Orléans, Paris. The date is 4 March 1848, afternoon. HERSHEY FELDER (Fryderyk Chopin/ Playwright/Scenic Design) Following 28 years of continuous stage work and over six thousand live performances throughout the U.S. and abroad, Hershey Felder created Live from Florence, an arts broadcasting company, which has produced more than fifteen theatrical films to date. They include the recently release Violetta, the story of Verdi’s Traviata, Dante and Beatrice, Mozart and Figaro in Vienna, the world premiere musicals Nicholas, Anna & Sergei, the story of Sergei Rachmaninoff; Puccini, the story of famed opera composer Giacomo Puccini; Before Fiddler, a musical story about writer Sholem Aleichem; Great American Songs and the Stories Behind Them, Leonard Bernstein and the Israel Philharmonic, a documentary, with two seasons of programming currently available at www.hersheyfelder.net Hershey has given performances of his solo productions at some of the world’s most prestigious theatres and has consistently broken box office records. His shows include George Gershwin Alone (Broadway’s Helen Hayes Theatre, West End’s Duchess Theatre); Monsieur Chopin; Beethoven; Maestro (Leonard Bernstein); Franz Liszt in Musik, Lincoln: An American Story, Hershey Felder as Irving Berlin, Our Great Tchaikovsky, and A Paris Love Story. His compositions and recordings include Aliyah, Concerto for Piano and Orchestra; Fairytale, a musical; Les Anges de Paris, Suite for Violin and Piano; Song Settings; Saltimbanques for Piano and Orchestra; Etudes Thematiques for Piano; and An American Story for Actor and Orchestra. Hershey is the adaptor, director, and designer for the internationally performed play-withmusic The Pianist of Willesden Lane with Steinway artist Mona Golabek; producer and designer for the musical Louis and Keely: ‘Live’ at the Sahara, directed by Taylor Hackford; and writer and director for Flying Solo, featuring opera legend Nathan Gunn. Hershey has operated a full-service production company since 2001. He has been a scholar-in-residence at Harvard University’s Department of Music and is married to Kim Campbell, the first female Prime Minister of Canada.
JOEL ZWICK (Director) directed My Big Fat Greek Wedding, the highest-grossing romantic comedy of all time. Recent films include Fat Albert and Elvis Has Left the Building. Zwick directed the Broadway production of Hershey Felder’s George Gershwin Alone at the Helen Hayes Theatre. He began his theatrical career at La Mama E.T.C, as director of the La Mama Plexus and has directed on Broadway, Off-Broadway and Broadway touring companies. He and Hershey Felder have collaborated on Hershey Felder as Monsieur Chopin, Beethoven As I Knew Him, and Maestro. Currently, Zwick is recognized as one of Hollywood’s most prolific directors of episodic television, having the direction of over 650 episodes to his credit. New York productions have included Dance with Me (Tony nomination), Shenandoah (Broadway national tour), Oklahoma (national tour) and Cold Storage (American Place Theater). He acted in the original New York production of MacBird. He directed Esther (Promenade Theater, NY), Merry-Go-Round (Chicago and Las Vegas), Last Chance Saloon and Woycek (West End). Zwick has taught drama at Yale University, Brooklyn College, Queens College, Wheaton College, and the University of Southern California. He is a graduate (B.A., M.A.) of Brooklyn College. TREVOR HAY (Associate Director) Directed the world premieres of An American Story for Actor and Orchestra, Abe Lincoln’s Piano, Hershey Felder as Franz Liszt in Musik, Hershey Felder as Irving Berlin, Our Great Tchaikovsky, and A Paris Love Story. He is Associate Director for Mona Golabek’s The Pianist of Willesden Lane, George Gershwin Alone, and Hershey Felder in Maestro. Former member of the historic Old Globe Theatre in San Diego where, at the age of nine, his first position was selling Old Globe memorabilia. Over the next 32 years, Mr. Hay went on to various aspects of production on more than 80 presentations, including the Broadway productions of Jack O’Brien’s Damn Yankees, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, and Twyla Tharpe’s The Times They Are A-Changin’. Included in his 23 seasons at the Old Globe were eleven seasons of the Summer Shakespeare Festival Repertory, as well as work on Tracy Letts’ August: Osage County, directed by Sam Gold, and Hershey Felder’s George Gershwin Alone, Monsieur Chopin and Maestro.
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ABOUT THE ARTISTS
ERIK S. BARRY (Lighting Design) Erik is a freelance lighting designer based in Chicago. He received the Non-Equity Joseph Jefferson Award for 2019 for The Displaced with Haven Theatre. His designs have been seen at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Carnegie Hall, Harris Theatre (Chicago), and the Detroit Music Hall. He is the Resident Lighting Designer for Underscore Theatre Company and the Chicago Gay Men’s Chorus. MFA - Lighting Design: University of Wisconsin-Madison. eriksbarry.com ERIK CARSTENSEN (Sound Design/Production Manager) Erik has worked for Eighty-Eight Entertainment since 2008. He has served as sound designer on Hershey Felder as Irving Berlin, Our Great Tchaikovsky, A Paris Love Story, Maestro, Louis and Keely ‘Live’ at the Sahara, An American Story, Beethoven As I Knew Him (Ovation Award Winner), The Pianist of Willesden Lane (Ovation Award Nomination), and numerous other productions. Formerly, he was the master sound technician at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego and was production engineer on over sixty productions, including Allegiance, Robin and the Seven Hoods, A Catered Affair, Hershey Felder’s George Gershwin Alone, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Chita Rivera-A Dancer’s Life, Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, The Full Monty, Dirty Blonde, and Floyd Collins. SAMANTHA F. VOXAKIS (Producer/Company Manager) Samantha is a proud native of Maryland where she spent twelve memorable years working in the front office of the Baltimore Orioles. Since 2004, Sam has been responsible for the day-to-day operations of Eighty-Eight LLC/Hershey Felder Presents. With special thanks to her very supportive family and Mr. Felder. HERSHEY FELDER PRESENTS (Producer) Hershey Felder Presents is the newest division of Eighty-Eight Entertainment which was created in 2001 by Hershey Felder and is devoted to the creation of new works of musical theatre. Current projects include the musical plays A Paris Love Story, Hershey Felder as Irving Berlin, Our Great Tchaikovsky, and The Pianist of Willesden Lane. Recordings include Love Songs of the Yiddish Theatre, Back from Broadway, George Gershwin Alone, Monsieur Chopin, Beethoven, An American Story for Actor & Orchestra, Hershey Felder as Irving Berlin, and Our Great Tchaikovsky.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Moses and Susan Libitzky, Daniel and Phyllis Epstein, Gail Gudmundsen and Mead Killion, Josef and Margot Lakonishok, Stephen and Jacqueline Swire, Tom Wirtshafter; Maria and Byron Janis, Mariusz Brymora, Phil Grabsky, Dr. Jeffrey Kallberg; Vivian Chiu, Dr. Benjamin Salisbury, and Steinway & Sons; Amy Carstensen, Karen Racanelli and MJ Bogatin, Esq. Baci e tanti abbracci a la nostra famiglia in Italia – Tomasso, Marzia e Alice (il principe, la principessa e la contessa). A heartfelt thank you to my team of devoted artists without whom none of our work would be possible, especially Erik Carstensen, Tammy Globerman, Trevor Hay, Erik Barry, Samantha and the Greek Family. Rachel Fine, Joel Hile, Coy Middlebrook, Michelle Wiesel, Lauren Wemischner, Chandra Jackson, Joyce Maddox, Thomas Yamamoto, Vanessa Mejia, the box office and house staff, and everyone at The Wallis. A special thank you to Candice and Joel Zwick, and Joel Zwick “Alone” My father Jack, my sister Tammy and my nieces Avery and Kiley. And of course, Leo and Kim (xo). The production thanks Steinway & Sons for their courtesy in providing the concert grand piano.
IN LOVING REMEMBRANCE LUANNE C. WELLS
Luanne C. Wells at The Wallis’ Construction & Topping-Off Ceremony, November 2011.
It is with great fondness that we remember our beloved Board member LUANNE C. WELLS, who passed in July of 2021. Luanne joined the Board of Directors of the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts (formerly known as the Beverly Hills Cultural Center Foundation) in 1998 and served as a director and member of the Executive Committee for 23 years. She was an active member of several Wallis committees including the Architect Selection Committee, Construction Committee, and Landscape Committee, and was a devoted and passionate steward of the beautifully designed campus gardens and landscape we enjoy today. As the namesake of our Wells Family Education Courtyard, she steered generous support to The Wallis early and consistently, allowing the organization to plan ambitiously to include not only performing arts, but also arts learning, education and community service in its programming.
Association, and Shambala, a rescue program for wild animals. Luanne was a graduate of Beverly Hills High School and was a beloved member of the Beverly Hills community. An avid basketball and Los Angeles Lakers fan, she was well known to and loved by all those who worked at Staples Center. Luanne’s meaningful work across so many disciplines will forever resonate and benefit us and our community for many years to come. We remember her so fondly and mourn her loss greatly.
Outside of The Wallis, Luanne and her late husband, Frank G. Wells, former president of The Walt Disney Company, established Environment Now, where she served as Executive Chairman. Other examples of Luanne’s enlightened philanthropy encompassed the creation of the Frank G. Wells Environmental Law Clinic at UCLA and the launch of the Santa Monica Baykeeper and the San Diego Baykeeper, where she served on the Board of Directors. She spent much of her spare time in Malibu breeding horses and other animals, as well as cultivating various species of trees. Luanne was a member of the California Institute of the Arts’ Board of Trustees, the Getty Conservation Council, the Junior League of Los Angeles, Blue Ribbon of the Los Angeles Music Center, and served on the boards of the Bravo Colorado Vail Valley Music Festival, the Hereditary Disease Foundation, the American Diabetes
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INVINCIBLE - THE MUSICAL FEATURING THE MUSIC OF
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BROADWAY BABIES
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MAMBO KINGS & CAMILLE ZAMORA SEPTEMBER 29 Writers Bloc: Anthony Doerr OCTOBER 1 An Evening with Motown 7-8 Ballet Hispánico 13 Havana Nights: Mambo Kings & Camille Zamora 15 Stewart Goodyear Pheonix 21-23 BODYTRAFFIC 23 Writers Bloc: John Irving 27 Osvaldo Golijov’s Falling Out of Time NOVEMBER 1 Writers Bloc: Reza Aslan 3 Lillias White with Seth Rudetsky 22-30 Invincible - The Musical DECEMBER 1-17 Invincible - The Musical 1-17 The Sorting Room JANUARY 11-22 Wuthering Heights 28 LACO Presents Baroque Concerti FEBRUARY 2-5 Dahlak Brathwaite: Try/Step/Trip 17-18 Luminario Ballet Company 23 Anthony McGill with Pacifica Quartet
ALONZO KING LINES BALLET
MARCH 3 The Last Sorcerer (Le Dernier Sorcier) 4 An Evening with Isaac Mizrahi 9 Seth Parker Woods 16-18 Shanghai Sonatas APRIL 22-23 Acoustic Rooster’s Barnyard Boogie: Starring Indigo Blume 27 Ulysses Owens, Jr. & J’Nai Bridges: Notes on Hope MAY 4 6 11 12-13 20 23-31
Stephanie J. Block with Seth Rudetsky LACO Presents Masterworks for String Orchestra Jeffrey Kahane Goldberg Variations Blue13 Dance Company Miró Quartet with Special Guest Kevin Puts My Lord, What a Night
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TEENTIX LA
The Wallis is an official partner of TeenTix LA, a new program that exists to break down the barriers that prevent teens from accessing art in our community, such as ticket or admission cost, not knowing where to look for events, navigating transportation around the city, and feeling insecure around arts-going.
ANY TEEN (ages 13-19 years old) can sign-up for a FREE TeenTix pass! The pass entitles teens to purchase $5 day-of-show tickets (and sometimes advanced!) at any of their partner organizations in Los Angeles County, including yours truly.
Check out the TeenTix LA events calendar and browse through all of the amazing arts offerings at LA.TeenTix.org Follow @TeenTixLA on Instagram for event announcements!
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"If our minds can conceive it, and our hearts can believe it - then we can achieve it."
- Inspired by Muhammad Ali
AN EVENING WITH
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The application deadline for the inaugural Grauman Fellowship has been extended! Submissions are now due SUNDAY, JULY 10, 2022. This program will support an emerging classical pianist or strings musician during the transition from formal education and training to the professional world. The Fellow will have an inside look at how classical music is programmed and the essential role of philanthropic support and community outreach. In addition to receiving a $15,000 fellowship award, the Grauman Fellow will receive mentorship from The Wallis, including live performance opportunities, guidance related to successful auditioning, ongoing support in implementing a community outreach project, and the chance to meet with and learn from leading artists. THIS FELLOWSHIP IS MADE POSSIBLE BY GENEROUS SUPPORT FROM WALTER AND PEGGY GRAUMAN.
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The Wallis is committed to accommodating and ensuring a pleasant experience for all of our patrons with special needs or disabilities. Please contact Ticket Services, our House Manager or an usher to discuss your needs. LATE SEATING
Should you arrive late for any performance or need to leave your seat during the performance, please expect to be held in the lobby until an appropriate moment or pause. To minimize any disturbance to other patrons, you may be seated in the first available locations by our staff even if different than your assigned seat locations. Please also be advised that some performances or circumstances may not allow for late seating or return seating. LARGE PRINT PROGRAMS
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In The Bram Goldsmith Theater TELECOIL INDUCTION SYSTEM FOR HEARING ASSISTANCE
A state of the art “hearing loop”—a thin copper wire—has been installed beneath the floor of the orchestra seating in the Bram Goldsmith Theater. For guests wearing a hearing aid with a copper telecoil wire or who have a cochlear implant, the system captures electromagnetic waves and broadcasts signals directly to your hearing aid device. For assistance, please inquire with Patron Services. Gifted by Virginia and Frank Maas.
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QUIET ROOM
The Lynn and Les Bider Family Foundation Quiet Room is available during the performance for patrons who wish or need to step away for a moment. You can still see and hear the performance in progress, but we can’t hear you.
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Ambassadors
Les Bider CO-CHAIR
Marc Zachary CO-CHAIR Betty Hayman HONORARY CO-CHAIR Ronald D. Rosen
BOARD LIAISON TO THE AMBASSADORS
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SILVER CIRCLE
Anonymous City of Beverly Hills Lynn and Les Bider Family Foundation Capital Group Companies Charitable Foundation Louise and Brad Edgerton Hon. MeraLee Goldman Betty Hayman Morris and Shîla Hazan Charitable Fund Elisabeth and Jeffrey Lipsman National Endowment for the Arts Gloria and Richard Pink Karen Sulzberger and Eric Lax Bob Tuttle and Maria Hummer-Tuttle Catherine and Grant Withers
DIRECTORS CIRCLE
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STAFF
SENIOR LEADERSHIP TEAM Rachel Fine
EDUCATION Debra Pasquerette
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR & CEO
DIRECTOR OF CREATIVE AGING PROGRAMS
Christine Bernardi Weil
Rachel Kilroy
DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT
EDUCATION PROGRAM MANAGER
Joel Hile
Madeleine Dahm
DIRECTOR OF MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS
ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE FOR GROW @ THE WALLIS
EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR & CEO
Erin Mahan
Victoria Kemsley
FACILITIES Roland Henriquez
DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES
Coy Middlebrook
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David Truly
DIRECTOR OF SPECIAL PROJECTS
Michelle Wiesel GENERAL MANAGER
Thomas Yamamoto
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
ARTISTIC Camille Jenkins
PROGRAMMING MANAGER
Rachel Stormoen
ARTISTIC COORDINATOR
DEVELOPMENT Summer Grubaugh
DONOR RELATIONS AND SPECIAL EVENTS COORDINATOR
Loren Hayes
INSTITUTIONAL GIVING COORDINATOR
Minh Yin
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TEACHING ARTIST, CREATIVE AGING PROGRAM
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MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS CONTENT MANAGER
Libby Huebner Laura Stegman
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Emily Bisno
FACILITIES MANAGER
TICKET SERVICES Jacob Houser
ASSISTANT TICKET SERVICES MANAGER
Tori Long
TICKET OPERATIONS SPECIALIST
Eric Latham Kevin Pass
TICKET SERVICES ASSOCIATES
PUBLIC RELATIONS CONSULTANTS
PRODUCTION Samantha Else
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Ojin Kwon
TECHNICAL DIRECTOR
Claudia Peterson
ASSISTANT TECHNICAL DIRECTOR
Lauren Wemischner LIGHTING SUPERVISOR
Joe Skowronski
INTERIM LIGHTING COORDINATOR
Joyce Maddox
PRODUCTION ADMINISTRATOR
FRONT OF HOUSE Bryan Puckett
AUDIENCE SERVICES MANAGER
Heather Hewko Elizabeth Roman Piatrice Shekerjian HOUSE MANAGERS
USHERS Diana Borja Timm Carney Jacqui Creekmore Judith Halle Nick Johnson Ruby Layne Adam Linde Laura Long Ann McDowell Gary Pannullo Charlie Pinel James Poulin Jade Robinson Nina Salazar Sharon Thomas
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