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AUDREY SKIRBALL KENIS THEATER AT THE GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE
WELCOME TO THE GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE
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SWITZERLAND
FROM THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
DO NOT BE MISLED BY THE SERENE SETTING OF
Patricia Highsmith’s home in this new play. The formidable playwright
Joanna Murray-Smith has infused this premiere with a level of intellectual
and psychological intrigue fitting one of Highsmith’s own renowned crime
novels. I am so glad you could join us for this breathtaking battle of wills.
As ever, working with Joanna was a joy. This collaboration is our third after
The Female of the Species and The Gift and I am pleased that the Geffen
Playhouse could be part of this particular project from its very inception.
With the support of the Edgerton Foundation for new plays, the Geffen
Playhouse commissioned Switzerland and hopes to bring many more new
works to full production in the coming seasons.
We are pleased to welcome director Mark Brokaw to the Geffen. We are longtime admirers of his work, and he has helmed this play with a combination of
passion and precision.
And, of course, a play this character-driven demands the best of its actors.
Laura Linney and Seth Numrich, two extraordinarily talented people, bring to
life with ferocity and elegance these unlikely companions. Joanna’s play pulses
with her gift for language, and watching these masters of the stage take on the
verbal sparring is nothing short of mesmerizing.
Highsmith, while beloved and revered for her novels such as Strangers on
a Train and the Ripley series, was infamous for her abrasive and reclusive
personality. These traits make her ripe for a fiery dramatization but Joanna
has taken great care in adhering to what we know of the real Highsmith. The
result is an intoxicating and sinister mix of historic accuracy and our collective
imagination. Regardless of what is fact and what is fiction, Switzerland is true to
Highsmith’s sense of thoughtful thrill-seeking from beginning to end.
Enjoy the show.
Randall Arney
Artistic Director
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LETTER FROM THE CO-CHAIRS
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
MARTHA HENDERSON
CO-CHAIR
PAMELA ROBINSON HOLLANDER
CO-CHAIR
PATRICIA KIERNAN APPLEGATE
RANDALL ARNEY
BETH BEHRS
DR. GENE D. BLOCK
HAROLD A. BROWN
GIL CATES JR.
VICE CHAIRMAN
MICHAEL CENTENO
MARY ANN CLOYD
DR. BRAD EDGERTON
MARK FLEISCHER
HERBERT M. GELFAND
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CHAIRMAN EMERITUS
MARTHA
HENDERSON
PAMELA
ROBINSON HOLLANDER
WE ARE DELIGHTED TO WELCOME YOU TO THE
intimate Audrey Skirball Kenis Theater at the Geffen Playhouse for Switzerland,
an original Geffen Playhouse commission written by our dear friend, Joanna
Murray-Smith. We know this gripping production, directed by the talented
Mark Brokaw, will draw you in and leave you on the edge of your seat!
Thank you to the Edgerton Foundation for generously funding this Geffen
Playhouse commission. Without such tremendous support, we would not have
the opportunity to see this new work come to life. We are forever grateful to
the Edgerton Foundation for their visionary leadership and for encouraging us
to take risks by creating new works.
Each season, we are able to further cultivate our new play development
initiatives in part to the success of our biggest fundraising event of the year,
Backstage at the Geffen. Join us on Sunday, March 22, 2015 for an evening
of laughter, music and never-before-told stories from the other side of the
curtain. This year, we will present Mellody Hobson & George Lucas with
the Distinction in Service Award, and Sir Elton John & David Furnish with
the Distinction in Theater Award. Thank you to David Geffen for being our
Honorary Chair this year. Help us exceed our goals and purchase tickets to
the event or an ad in our Virtual Tribute Journal to honor these extraordinary
individuals. For more information, please contact Chief Development Officer
Regina Miller at 310.208.6500 ext. 112 or visit geffenplayhouse.com/backstage.
Thank you for joining us for our first production in the Audrey Skirball Kenis
Theater in 2015. We look forward to hearing from you, our loyal patrons and
supporters, about your experience seeing this new work come to life on stage.
We hope you enjoy the show!
Martha Henderson
Co-Chair, Geffen Playhouse
Pamela Robinson Hollander
Co-Chair, Geffen Playhouse
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SHINING A LIGHT
ON A DARK MIND
IN UNEARTHING PATRICIA HIGHSMITH’S INTERIOR LIFE,
PLAYWRIGHT JOANNA MURRAY-SMITH FOUND A WOMAN
WHO SUFFERED FROM “DEMONS NOT OF HER OWN MAKING.”
BY REBECCA HAITHCOAT
Rebecca Haithcoat: I love that you said in a recent interview,
“The act of writing is profoundly irritational” — it sounds like
something Patricia Highsmith would say herself! Creating a
play about a writer sounds easy — “write what you know”
and all — but was it?
Joanna Murray-Smith: No. First of all, writing about a
real person can feel very constricting. Even if it isn’t a
documentary, you want to honor the truth of that person,
so you are making the play jump through much bigger hoops
than theatricality and intelligence and entertainment — as
if those weren’t enough! Secondly, writing or even musing
about writing can be deadly dull, especially to writers. Most
writers don’t like talking about writing — explanation seems
to dilute the act. So I had to summon a writer and the nature
of a writing life without didactic exposition. The first draft
was weighed down with philosophizing. I had to peel off the
layers of literary naval-gazing and let Patricia “live” in the
moment.
You also mentioned that, “every play is about you.” How,
specifically, is Switzerland?
I identified with Patricia Highsmith in lots of ways —
despite, or maybe because of her ego! I have always liked
examining the dark interior lives of human beings, although
I could never presume to her acute sense of cruelty. I love
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psychological thrillers. Like her, I often have the feeling of
being consumed by creatures of my own making. Like her, I
find my imaginative life at least as interesting as real life and
often more. I am also (like many writers) wracked by selfdoubt, a sense of injustice, a sense of racing the clock of
mortality and an overwhelming belief that our childhoods
either doom us or make us or both.
It seems like quite an undertaking, to make an audience
empathize with this difficult character — was it? How did
you manage it?
I don’t manage it. The actor does. If the actor brings
humanity into the portrayal, we begin to understand that
Highsmith, like all of us, suffered from demons not of her
own making. She had endured a very difficult upbringing
— no father, an over-controlling but emotionally distant
mother, a disliked stepfather and proximity to great
sadness and cruelty in her New York life near Rikers
Island. For a sensitive and creative child — even for a
tougher one — this early life would have a profound effect
on destiny. My own feeling about Pat is that her cruelty
was a defense mechanism to protect herself from the
suffering and damage she was well acquainted with — and
she managed to exploit that defense mechanism with her
powerful imagination and create a potent and dark body
of work, much of which is brilliant.
SWITZERLAND
You’re incredibly prolific. What’s your
process? Once you start writing, does
the majority of the play develop in just
a few sittings or over a longer period
of time?
No process. Random collision of life and
art! I think about ideas for quite a while
and then write a first draft very quickly.
Subsequent drafts are plentiful and take
longer. But everything that is good in the
finished play was born in that messy and
spontaneous first draft.
How do you go about writing a
commissioned play? Does it differ from
your other writing?
It is very different writing a commissioned
play that is built around an idea that
is offered to you and a commissioned
play that is your own idea. The flame is
already lit when it’s your idea. I told the
Geffen that this was the play I wanted
to write, so it was wonderful to have
their immediate support.
You and the Geffen have quite
the history together with the prior
productions of The Female of the
Species and The Gift. How, if at all, does
this history affect your writing?
Well, it makes me love the company
and feel at home here. It makes me feel
nurtured in a way that is rare these days. I
know in a very real way that this company
believes in me and my writing, through
good times and bad. That is invaluable to
a writer, because we spend such a large
amount of time questioning our own
abilities. It also makes me feel connected
to the Geffen audience. I feel as if they
have a relationship with my work now and
I am grateful to them for their support of
the other plays. All my plays get mixed
reviews — they always have — so I have to
pay strong attention to the audiences in
order to keep writing. If your audience is
there and they do not feel as if they want
a refund, then that is strength enough
to keep going despite the humiliation,
depression and poverty!
SYDNEY THEATRE COMPANY
As part of a co-world premiere arrangement between
Geffen Playhouse and Sydney Theatre Company, a
production of Switzerland directed by Sarah Goodes
opened in the Drama Theatre, Sydney Opera House, on
7 November 2014.
In 1980, Sydney Theatre Company’s first Artistic
Director, Richard Wherrett, defined STC’s mission
as to provide “first class theatrical entertainment for
the people of Sydney — theatre that is grand, vulgar,
intelligent, challenging and fun.” Almost 35 years later,
under the leadership of Artistic Director Andrew Upton,
that ethos still rings true.
STC offers a diverse program of distinctive theatre
of vision and scale at its harbourside home venue, The
Wharf; Sydney Theatre at Walsh Bay; and Sydney Opera
House, as its resident theatre company.
STC has a proud heritage as a creative hub and
incubator for Australian theatre and theatre makers,
developing and producing eclectic Australian works,
interpretations of classic repertoire and great
international writing.
The theatre careers of many of Australia’s
internationally renowned artists have been launched
and fostered at STC, including Mel Gibson, Judy Davis,
Hugo Weaving, Geoffrey Rush, Toni Collette, Rose
Byrne, Benedict Andrews and Cate Blanchett.
STC often collaborates with international artists
and companies and, in recent years, the company’s
international profile has grown significantly with
productions touring extensively to great acclaim.
Renowned artists Tamás Ascher, Philip Seymour
Hoffman, Liv Ullmann, Steven Soderbergh, Michael
Blakemore, Max Stafford-Clark, Howard Davies, Declan
Donnellan and Isabelle Huppert have all worked with
STC in recent years. STC has presented productions by
Abbey Theatre, Traverse Theatre, Complicite, Cheek by
Jowl, Out-of-Joint, the National Theatre of Great Britain
and Steppenwolf Theatre Company.
STC is assisted by the Australian Government
through the Australia Council, by its arts funding and
advisory body, and by the New South Wales Government
through Arts NSW.
sydneytheatre.com.au
Board of Directors
David Gonski AC (Chairman)
The Hon. Bruce Baird AM
Jonathan Biggins
Toni Cody
John Connolly
Ann Johnson
Mark Lazberger
Patrick McIntyre
Justin Miller
Ian Narev
Gretel Packer
Daniel Petre AO
Andrew Stuart
Andrew Upton
Peter Young AM
Artistic Director
Andrew Upton
Executive Director
Patrick McIntyre
Director, Programming
and Artistic Operations
Rachael Azzopardi
Director, Finance
and Administration
Francisca Pena
Director, Marketing
and Customer Services
Nicole McPeake
Director, Private Support
Danielle Heidbrink
Director, Community &
Corporate Partnerships Paul O’Byrne
Head of Production
Simon Khamara
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THE GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE
PRODUCTION OF
Written by
Joanna Murray-Smith
Scenic Designer
Costume Designer
Anthony T. Fanning
Ellen McCartney
Lighting Designer
Composer & Sound Designer
Lap Chi Chu
John Ballinger
Fight Choreographer
J. David Brimmer
Production Stage Manager
Cate Cundiff
Casting Director
Phyllis Schuringa, CSA
Directed by
Mark Brokaw
An original Geffen Playhouse commission funded by the Edgerton Foundation
Opening Night: Friday, March 13, 2015
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(In order of appearance)
Patricia Highsmith ................................................................................................................... Laura Linney
Edward ....................................................................................................................................... Seth Numrich
TIME
Early fall, 1994.
SETTING
The study of Patricia Highsmith’s home
in Tegna, Locarno, Switzerland.
RUNNING TIME
Approximately 95 minutes
There will be no intermission.
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CAST OF CHARACTERS
PRODUCTION BIOGRAPHIES
Award, one National Board
of Review Award. Education:
Honorary doctorates from
Brown University and The
Juilliard School.
LAURA LINNEY
(Patricia Highsmith)
Theater (Broadway): Time
Stands Still, Sight Unseen, and
The Crucible opposite Liam
Neeson. Other plays include
Six Degrees of Separation,
Honour, Uncle Vanya, Les
Liaisons Dangereuses,
Holiday and The Seagull.
Film: You Can Count on Me,
Kinsey, The Savages, The
Fifth Estate, Hyde Park on
Hudson, The Squid and the
Whale, Mystic River, Absolute
Power, The Truman Show,
Primal Fear, The Mothman
Prophecies, Love Actually,
P.S., The House of Mirth, The
Details, Congo, the upcoming
Mr. Holmes and John Logan’s
Genius. Television: She
starred in and produced the
Showtime series The Big C
for which she won several
awards, as she did for her
portrayal of Abigail Adams
in the HBO miniseries John
Adams; Armistead Maupin’s
Tales of the City series (an
early role for which she
remains grateful and proud);
Frasier (as Kelsey Grammer’s
girlfriend in the final six
episodes), Love Letters
(directed by Stanley Donen)
and Blind Spot (opposite
Joanne Woodward).
Awards/Nominations: Three
nominations each for both
the Tony and Academy
Awards, five nominations
and four Emmy Awards, six
nominations and two Golden
Globe Awards, a BAFTA
Award nomination, one SAG
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SETH NUMRICH
(Edward)
Theater (Broadway): Golden
Boy (Lincoln Center Theater),
War Horse (Lincoln Center
Theater; Dorothy Loudon
Award for Excellence, Outer
Critics Circle and Drama
League Award nominations),
The Merchant of Venice
(The Public Theater). West
End: Fathers and Sons
(Donmar Warehouse),
Sweet Bird of Youth (Old
Vic; Evening Standard
Award — Outstanding
Newcomer). Other plays
include: Yosemite, Slipping,
Blind (Rattlestick Playwrights
Theater), On the Levee
(LCT3), Iphigenia 2.0
(Signature Theater), Too
Much Memory, Favorites,
Break My Face On Your
Hand (Rising Phoenix Rep),
Gates of Gold (59E59), Dutch
Masters (LABrynth), Slipping
(Rattlestick West, Los
Angeles), The History Boys
(CTG/Ahmanson Theater,
Los Angeles), The Cure at
Troy (Seattle Rep), Measure
for Measure (Chautauqua
Theater Co.), Summer and
Smoke (Guthrie Theater)
and The Judgment of Paris
(NYC and Edinburgh Fringe
Festival). Film: Private Romeo,
How to Kill a Mockingbird.
Television: Turn (AMC,
series regular), The Good
Wife (CBS), and Gravity
(Starz, series regular). At 16,
Seth became the youngest
person ever accepted to
The Juilliard School’s Drama
Division. He is a company
member of Rising Phoenix
Repertory based in NYC, and
a teaching artist for the nonprofit Artists Striving to End
Poverty (ASTEPonline.org).
JOANNA MURRAY-SMITH
(Playwright)
Joanna Murray-Smith’s plays
include Honour; Rapture;
Nightfall; Love Child; Songs
For Nobodies; Redemption;
Rockabye; The Female of
the Species; Ninety; The
Gift; Day One, A Hotel,
Evening; Bombshells; Fury;
Pennsylvania Avenue and the
adaptation of Scenes From a
Marriage for Sir Trevor Nunn.
Many have been performed
around the world and have
been translated into dozens
of languages. Several of
her plays have appeared
on Broadway, at the Royal
National Theatre and on the
West End, including Honour,
The Female of the Species
(nominated for an Olivier
Award) and Bombshells.
U.S. Variety described her
as, “Australia’s foremost
female playwright.” Joanna
has written three novels,
Truce, Judgement Rock and
Sunnyside, all published by
Penguin/Viking, two opera
librettos and a number of
screenplays.
MARK BROKAW
(Director)
Mark Brokaw directed the
Broadway productions of
Rodgers + Hammerstein’s
Cinderella, The Lyons, After
Miss Julie, The Constant Wife,
Reckless and Cry-Baby. He
has directed the New York
premieres of works by David
Auburn, Douglas Carter
Beane, Eric Bogosian, Charles
Busch, Julia Cho, Lisa Kron,
Kenneth Lonergan, Craig
Lucas, Nicky Silver and Paula
Vogel. His regional credits
include Yale Rep, Guthrie,
Seattle Rep, Steppenwolf,
Hartford Stage, Berkeley
Rep, South Coast Repertory,
Center Theatre Group,
Sundance Theater Lab,
O’Neill Conference and the
Kennedy Center Sondheim
Celebration. He has directed
at London’s Donmar
Warehouse and Menier
Chocolate Factory, Dublin’s
Gate Theatre and the Sydney
Opera House. Mark is the
artistic director of the Yale
Institute for Music Theatre
and artistic associate of the
Roundabout Theatre.
ANTHONY T. FANNING
(Scenic Designer)
Tony began his design career
with the original Broadway
production of August
Wilson’s Two Trains Running.
Other stage credits include
the National Tour of The
Who’s Tommy directed by
Victoria Bussert, as well as
productions at the Guthrie,
South Coast Repertory, The
Old Globe, San Diego Opera
and the Geffen Playhouse.
As an Art Director for film,
Tony has had the privilege
of working with Steven
Spielberg (Lincoln, Munich,
War of the Worlds, Amistad),
Robert Zemeckis (The Polar
Express, What Lies Beneath),
Sam Raimi (Spider-Man),
Steven Soderberg (Ocean’s
Twelve and Ocean’s Thirteen),
Nancy Meyers (What Women
Want) and Brad Silberling
(Lemony Snicket’s A Series
of Unfortunate Events) Film
and Television Production
PRODUCTION BIOGRAPHIES
ELLEN McCARTNEY
(Costume Designer)
Professional work in L.A.
includes: Prometheus
Bound (Getty Villa), King
Lear (the Brewery), The
Treatment (Boston Court),
PeP! (Machine Project),
Track 3 (Bootleg), Bones
(CTG/ Kirk Douglas Theatre),
Café Oublie, Dry Cleaning,
Tug of War (Getty Villa),
Monster of Happiness
(24th St Theatre) and Snow
White (Fantasyland Theatre,
Disneyland). On Broadway,
Ellen designed A Walk in
the Woods, directed by Des
McAnuff. Ellen has designed
nationally and internationally
at venues including the
Wooster Group; Builder’s
Association; Second Stage,
NY; Playwrights Horizons,
NY; American Repertory
Theatre; Yale Repertory
Theatre; Opera Theatre of
St. Louis; Minnesota Opera;
The Guthrie; Hartford Stage;
Seattle Repertory Theatre;
Folger Shakespeare Theatre,
DC; Bunkamura, Toyko; The
Kaaitheatre, Brussels; The
Hebbel Theatre, Berlin. Ellen
is the Director of the Design
and Production Program at
CalArts.
LAP CHI CHU
(Lighting Designer)
Regional designs include
Mark Taper Forum, Oregon
Shakespeare Festival, La Jolla
Playhouse, The Old Globe,
Berkeley Repertory Theatre,
The Goodman Theater, The
Shakespeare Theater, Arena
Stage, Hartford Stage, San
Jose Repertory Theatre,
Dallas Theater Center, and
Portland Center Stage. New
York design credits include
The Public Theater, New
York Theatre Workshop,
Signature Theater, Second
Stage Theatre, Performance
Space 122 and Kitchen
Theatre Company. He is
the lighting/video designer
for ChameckiLerner Dance
Company (Costumes by
God, Visible Content, Hidden
Forms, I Mutantes Seras, Por
Favor and Não Me Deixe),
which has performed in the
United States and Brazil.
Awards have included the
LA Drama Critic’s Circle
Angstrom Award for Career
Achievement in Lighting
Design, multiple Bay Area
Theatre Critics Circle Awards,
a “Drammy” for best lighting,
as well as a Lucille Lortel
nomination for The Good
Negro at The Public Theater.
Mr. Chu is on the lighting
design faculty at California
Institute of the Arts.
JOHN BALLINGER
(Composer/Sound Designer)
John is an award-winning
composer/sound designer
based in Los Angeles. Notable
collaborations include Fast
Company, The Borrowers
and A Midsummer Night’s
Dream at SCR; Annapurna at
the The New Group; Coney
Island Christmas, The Joan
Rivers Show and Death of
the Author at the Geffen
Playhouse; Cymbeline at A
Noise Within; Justin Love at
Celebration Theater; Songs &
Dances of Imaginary Lands,
The Woman Who Forgot Her
Sweater and Celebration
of the Lizard for O-lan
Jones’ Overtone Industries;
Echo’s Hammer, 1001, The
Government Inspector and
Missing Pages at Theater
@ Boston Court; The Many
Mistresses of Martin Luther
King at EST-LA; Ken Roht’s 99
cent Only Holiday spectacles
at The Evidence Room and
Bootleg Theater; The Breakup
Notebook at ReVision Theater
New Jersey; F***ing Hipsters:
the Musical at The Signature
Theater (NYMF).
J. DAVID BRIMMER
(Fight Choreographer)
Fight Master, SAFD. David
has choreographed some
stuff: (Broadway: Spring
Awakening, The Lieutenant of
Inishmore, Grace, An Enemy
of the People, Hands on a
Hardbody, The Big Knife,
Wit, Born Yesterday, A Life in
the Theatre, Speed-the-Plow,
Come Back, Little Sheba. NY
premieres: An Octoroon, Punk
Rock, Mr. Burns, Blasted, The
Whipping Man, Bethany, We
are Proud to Present, Ages of
the Moon, The American Pilot,
Blackbird, Bug, Killer Joe),
worked at some wonderful
venues: (The Public Theater,
Metropolitan Opera, MTC,
The Atlantic Theater, LCT3,
The Women’s Project, Soho
Rep, MCC, Signature Theatre,
TFANA, Roundabout, Dallas
Theater Center, Hartford
Stage, The Old Globe, NSMT,
A.R.T., Baltimore Centerstage,
Yale Rep, The Guthrie), and
with some great folks: (David
Mamet, Sam Shepard, Ethan
Coen, Martin McDonagh,
Conor McPherson, Tracy
Letts, Kenneth Lonergan,
Ken Russell, Franco Zeffirelli).
“Walk cheerfully over the
world, answering that of God
in everyone.” — G. Fox.
CATE CUNDIFF
(Production Stage Manager)
Cate is so thrilled to be back
at the Geffen! Select Los
Angeles stage management
credits include The Break
of Noon and Death of the
Author (Geffen Playhouse);
Memphis (Cabrillo Music
Theatre); When You’re in Love
the Whole World is Jewish,
Salam Shalom and Good
Bobby (Greenway Court
Theatre); When You Wish
(Pat Boone/Dean McClure/
The Freud Theatre); ModRock
(ElPortal); Man of La Mancha,
Godspell, and Jesus Christ
Superstar (GPC/The Brehm
Center); This and Venice
(Center Theatre Group);
Dissonance (The Falcon);
Oedipus the King Mama
(The Falcon/Troubadours);
and Battle Hymn (Circle
X). She recently spent time
in New York working as a
Company Manager for Bard
SummerScape. Cate attended
the University of Louisiana
theater program where she
learned about theater, but
more importantly how to
cook a good jambalaya. Proud
Equity member. Love to
family and friends.
PHYLLIS SCHURINGA, CSA
(Casting Director)
Phyllis has been the Casting
Director at the Geffen for
12 years and now is also an
Artistic Associate. Recent
plays are Reasons to Be
Pretty; The Country House;
Death of the Author; Wait
Until Dark; American Buffalo;
Yes, Prime Minister; The Gift;
Coney Island Christmas;
Build and the Los Angeles
production of By the Way,
Meet Vera Stark. Before
joining the team at the
Geffen, she was the Casting
Director for Steppenwolf
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Design include: Jim Sheridan’s
Brother, Rod Lurie’s remake of
Strawdogs, Jim Field Smith’s
Butter, Ryan Murphy’s The
New Normal, Chris Carter’s
The After and Vince Gilligan
and Peter Gould’s Better Call
Saul. Tony won an Emmy for
his Art Direction on the pilot
episode of Aaron Sorkin’s The
West Wing.
PRODUCTION BIOGRAPHIES
Theatre in Chicago where
her favorites include Frank
Galati’s adaptation of The
Grapes of Wrath (also La
Jolla Playhouse, National
Theatre in London, and
Broadway, where it received
the Tony Award for Best Play),
the original production of
Steve Martin’s Picasso at the
Lapin Agile (and subsequent
productions including
Westwood Playhouse and
Briar Street Theater in
Chicago), Austin Pendleton’s
Orson’s Shadow and Charles
L. Mee’s Time to Burn.
Broadway transfers include
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s
Nest (Tony for Best Revival)
and The Song of Jacob Zulu.
She teaches auditioning at
Steppenwolf West and is
a member of the Casting
Society of America.
RANDALL ARNEY
(Artistic Director)
Randall Arney has been a
theater professional for over
30 years and has served
as Artistic Director of the
Geffen Playhouse since 1999.
In addition to his artistic
programming and oversight
at the Geffen, Arney has
helmed more than 10
productions for the theater,
most recently Reasons to Be
Pretty, Slowgirl, American
Buffalo, Superior Donuts, The
Female of the Species, The
Seafarer, Speed-the-Plow
and All My Sons. Arney is
an ensemble member and
former Artistic Director
of Chicago’s Steppenwolf
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Theatre where his directing
credits include: Slowgirl,
The Seafarer, The Beauty
Queen of Leenane, Death
and the Maiden, Curse of
the Starving Class, Killers
and The Geography of Luck,
among others. Arney also
directed Steppenwolf’s world
premiere of Steve Martin’s
Picasso at the Lapin Agile,
as well as the subsequent
national and international
acclaimed productions. Mr.
Arney’s acting credits with
Steppenwolf include Born
Yesterday, Ghost in the
Machine, The Homecoming,
Frank’s Wild Years, You
Can’t Take it with You, Fool
for Love, True West, Balm
in Gilead and Coyote Ugly.
As the Artistic Director
for Steppenwolf from 1987
to 1995, he oversaw the
creation of a new stateof-the-art theater which is
Steppenwolf’s current home.
Broadway transfers under his
leadership include The Rise
and Fall of Little Voice, The
Song of Jacob Zulu (six Tony
Award nominations) and The
Grapes of Wrath (1990 Tony
Award, Best Play). Mr. Arney
has an MFA degree in Acting
from Illinois State University
and has taught master
classes and workshops at
UCLA, Steppenwolf, around
the U.S. and in Tokyo.
GIL CATES, JR.
(Interim Managing Director)
Gil Cates, Jr. has proudly
served as Geffen Playhouse
Board Vice Chairman
since 2012 and has years
of producing and directing
experience in theater, film,
and television. Gil’s theater
credits include the award
winning Names (Matrix
Theatre) starring Dixie
Carter and Greg Mullavey,
The Night I Knocked Out
Joe Frazer and Lost 90
Pounds (Gardner Stage
Theater), as well as Three
Sisters and David Mamet’s
A Life In The Theatre (both
at Syracuse Stage). Gil’s film
credits include The Surface
(starring Sean Astin and
Geffen Playhouse alumnus
Chris Mulkey), Jobs (starring
Ashton Kutcher, Josh Gad,
Dermot Mulroney, as well
as Geffen Playhouse alumni
Matthew Modine and Ron
Eldard) and the 2011 feature
film Lucky (starring Colin
Hanks, Ari Graynor, AnnMargret and recent Golden
Globe winner Jeffrey
Tambor). In addition, Gil
produced and directed the
critically acclaimed Life
After Tomorrow, featuring
Sarah Jessica Parker, which
won best documentary at
the Phoenix Film Festival
and later had its premiere
Christmas Eve on Showtime.
His other films include Deal
(starring Burt Reynolds,
Bret Harrison and Charles
Durning), The Mesmerist
(starring Geffen Playhouse
alumnus Neil Patrick Harris),
and the critically acclaimed
independent film Order of
Chaos. Gil also made his TV
directorial debut with an
episode of the NBC comedy,
Joey, starring Emmy winner
Matt LeBlanc. He studied
at the National Theatre
Institute in Waterford,
Connecticut, and holds a
BFA in Drama from Syracuse
University in 1991.
REGINA MILLER
(Chief Development Officer)
Regina has been a
development professional
for over 18 years, working
with non-profit institutions,
foundations and corporations
on strategy, analysis and
fundraising. She has worked
for Simon Wiesenthal Center,
William J. Jefferson Clinton
Foundation, Ben Affleck’s
Eastern Congo Initiative,
Hank Azaria’s Determined
to Succeed, National Center
for Missing and Exploited
Children, Kind Campaign,
Jewish Museum of Prague,
among others. Prior to the
Geffen, Regina served as
the Director of Partnerships
for Big Brothers Big Sisters
of Greater Los Angeles and
the Inland Empire where she
led strategic planning and
development while executing
policies that advanced the
organization’s visibility and
growth. Regina also has a
strong passion for teaching.
After graduating from
University of North Carolina
School of the Arts and touring
the world as a professional
dancer, she worked as a
teacher in preschools and
kindergartens in New York,
as well as lecturing at
numerous schools in the
U.S. and abroad. Regina
is also a published author
and photographer with
Tallefellow Press and
Prometheus Books and is
currently working on a book
with her 11 year old son Jaden.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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PRODUCTION STAFF FOR SWITZERLAND
Assistants to Set Designer Meghan Mitchell and Hye Sun Lee
Assistant Costume Designer E.B. Brooks
Assistant Lighting Designer Alexander Freer
Properties Artisan Hazel Kuang
Light Board Operator Dan Tuttle
Sound Board Operator Mitchell Hampton
Production Assistant — Los Angeles Leia Crawford
Production Assistant — New York Jensen Clifford
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Set provided by Scenic Highlights
Lighting Equipment provided by Entertainment Lighting Services
Sound Equipment provided by Jon Sound Inc.
Production Photographer Michael Lamont
Media Filming Four Leaf Media
SPECIAL THANKS
UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television Scene, Prop, Sound and Costume
Shops; London Cleaners; Keurig; Primary Stages Studios
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Los Angeles, specifically the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television.
The Geffen Playhouse values its role as an important educational resource
by providing students with master classes, workshops and internships.
Students are also able to work and learn from distinguished visiting Geffen
artists such as Alan Ayckbourn, Jon Robin Baitz, Annette Bening, Ed Harris,
David Ives, Neil LaBute, David Mamet, Donald Margulies, Terrence McNally,
John Rando and Kathleen Turner in areas of directing, playwriting, acting,
design, dramaturgy, management and production. The Geffen Playhouse
also draws upon the distinguished experts in the university to enhance the
theater’s programs and research.
This theater operates under agreement between the League of Resident
Theaters and Actors Equity Association, the union of professional actors
and stage managers in the United States.
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AT THE THEATER
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Should you arrive late to the theater or
vacate your seat during the performance,
please expect to be held in the lobby until
an appropriate pause in the action on-stage.
To minimize disturbance to other patrons,
you may be sat into the first available
location by the house staff even if different
from your assigned seat. Be advised that
some productions or circumstances may not
allow for late or return seating.
This theater operates under agreement between the League of Resident
Theaters and Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, an independent
national labor union.
The scenic, costume, lighting and sound designers in LORT theaters are
represented by United Scenic Artists Local USA-829, IATSE.
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ANNUAL DONORS
The Geffen Playhouse recognizes the following individuals and organizations for their generous support of our Annual Fund and
Backstage at the Geffen. Donors are listed at the Associate level and higher for gifts made between December 1, 2013 and January 31, 2015.
In appreciation, donors enjoy a host of special benefits including house seats, complimentary drinks, receptions and much more.
For more information, please call Jamie Mikelich at 310.208.6500 ext. 128.
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ASSOCIATE
GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE STAFF
Randall Arney
Artistic Director
ARTISTIC
Gil Cates, Jr.
Interim Managing Director
MARKETING & SALES
Mary Garrett
Amy Levinson
Phyllis Schuringa
Young Ji
Nick Johnson
Artistic Manager
Artistic Associate / Literary Director
Artistic Associate / Casting Director
Artistic Coordinator
Literary Associate
DEVELOPMENT
Regina Miller Chief Development Officer
Ellen Catania Director of Major Gifts &
Corporate/Foundation Partnerships
Jessica Brusilow Rollins
Director of Education Partnerships & Donor Relations
Jamie Mikelich
Associate Director of Individual Giving
Kristen Smith Eshaya
Development & Education
Programs Coordinator
Scott Kriloff
Development Associate &
Donor Database Administrator
Jessie Sherman
Development Assistant
Ava Bogle
Development Assistant
Joseph Yoshitomi
Director of Marketing & Communications
Karen Gutierrez
Director of Advertising &
Sponsorships
Mark San Filippo
Ticket Services Director &
Database Administrator
Stephanie Strand
Audience Services Manager
Brian Dunning
Graphics / Production Artist
Jodi Feigenbaum
Advertising & Promotions Assistant
Janice Bernal
Box Office Manager
Bryan Martin
Box Office Manager
Korie Benavidez, Audrey Cain, Joshua Davis, Clay Dzygun,
Natalie Gregory, Zack Hamra, Richard Martinez,
Alyssa Tyson
Box Office Staff
COMMUNICATIONS
Tim Choy, Peter Goldman,
David Barber, Niki Blumberg Davidson & Choy Publicity
Rebecca Haithcoat
Communications Editor
EDUCATION
FRONT OF HOUSE
Jennifer Zakkai
Director of Education &
Community Outreach
Connor White
Resident Teaching Artist &
Education Associate
Jeni Pearsons Director of Special Events
David Gerhardt Supervising House Manager
Michelle Cantrell, Kevin Cernansky, Josiah Davis,
Amy Farkas, Brennan Kelleher, Roxana Meyers,
Erik Odom
House Managers
Sevana Baghdasarian, Kailey Bray, Taylor Cerny,
Vianney Cossyleon, Brett Donaldson, Brigid Donovan,
Dan Foote, Chelsea Fryer, Kari Hall, Mariel Higuera, Sean Jones,
Netta Lee Joseph, Erica Keller, Caroline Harrison Kohler,
Nathaniel Meek, Keith Mitchell, JoJo Nwoko,
Chase O’Donnell, Cassandra Orrantia, Jonathan Schwartz
Oliver Vaughn
Ushers
Rob Mersola
Bar Manager
Manuel Mayorga
Weekend Bar Manager
Adam Carr, Brenda Davidson,
Lyndsi LaRose
Bartenders
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Kathy Trank
Controller
Frankie Ocasio
Executive Assistant to
the Managing Director
Peter Banachowski
Accounts Payable
Marguerite Harris
Receptionist
PRODUCTION
Daniel Ionazzi
Jill Barnes
Matthew Carleton Evan Friedman
Rich Gilles James Grabowski
Darren Rezowalli
Production Manager
Associate Production Manager
Technical Director
Assistant Technical Director
Properties Master
Sound Master
Master Electrician
FACILITIES MANAGEMENT
Miguel del Castillo
Mario Santillan-Perez
Juan Carlos Umaña
Facility Manager
Custodial
Cleaning Custodial
The Geffen Playhouse is supported, in part, by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors
through the Los Angeles County Arts Commission.
This project was also funded in part by the Department of Cultural Affairs, City of Los Angeles.
The Geffen Playhouse, a non-profit theater company, is proudly affiliated with the University of California at Los Angeles.
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