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WHOS WHO IN THEATRE FORTY BOARD OF DIRECTORS Jim Jahant, Chairperson Lya Cordova-Latta Ruth Flinkman-Marandy Dr. Robert Karns Charles Glenn Myra Lurie Frederick G. Silny, Treasurer David Hunt Stafford, Secretary Gloria Stroock Bonnie Webb Marion Zola ARTISTIC COMMITTEE Gail Johnston • Jennifer Laks Diana Angelina • Cathy Diane Tomlin • Leda Siskind ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF David Hunt Stafford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Artistic/Managing Director Jennifer Parsons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Bookkeeper Richard Hoyt Miller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Database Manager Philip Sokoloff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Director of Public Relations Jay Bell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Reservationist Dean Wood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Box Office Manager Kori Beth Kaye . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .House Manager PRODUCTION STAFF Artistic/Managing Director David Hunt Stafford Set Design Jeff G. Rack Costume Design Michèle Young Lighting Design Ric Zimmerman Sound Design Joseph "Sloe" Slawinski Makeup/Hair/Wig Design Judi Lewin Photographer Ed Kreiger Program Design Richard Hoyt Miller Publicity Philip Sokoloff Reservations & Information Jay Bell / 310-364-0535
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WHO’S WHO IN THEATRE FORTYBOARD OF DIRECTORSJim Jahant, ChairpersonLya Cordova-Latta

Ruth Flinkman-MarandyDr. Robert KarnsCharles GlennMyra Lurie

Frederick G. Silny, TreasurerDavid Hunt Stafford, Secretary

Gloria StroockBonnie WebbMarion Zola

ARTISTIC COMMITTEEGail Johnston • Jennifer Laks

Diana Angelina • Cathy Diane Tomlin • Leda Siskind

ADMINISTRATIVE STAFFDavid Hunt Stafford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Artistic/Managing DirectorJennifer Parsons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .BookkeeperRichard Hoyt Miller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Database ManagerPhilip Sokoloff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Director of Public RelationsJay Bell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ReservationistDean Wood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Box Office ManagerKori Beth Kaye . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .House Manager

PRODUCTION STAFFArtistic/Managing Director David Hunt Stafford

Set Design Jeff G. RackCostume Design Michèle YoungLighting Design Ric ZimmermanSound Design Joseph "Sloe" Slawinski

Makeup/Hair/Wig Design Judi LewinPhotographer Ed Kreiger

Program Design Richard Hoyt MillerPublicity Philip Sokoloff

Reservations & Information Jay Bell / 310-364-0535

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THEATRE FORTY PRESENTS

PRODUCED BY DAVID HUNT STAFFORD

DIRECTED BY JULES AARON

The 5th Production of the 2015-2016 Season

Set Designer..............................................JEFF G. RACKCostume Designer................................MICHÈLE YOUNGLighting Designer................................RIC ZIMMERMANSound Designer ..................JOSEPH “SLOE” SLAWINSKIMakeup/Hair/Wig Design..........................JUDI LEWINStage Manager.........................................DON SOLOSANAssistant Stage Manager ..................RICHARD CARNERAssistant Director.................................JEAN SPORTELLI

BYR. C. SHERRIFF

A Shred ofEvidence

A Shred ofEvidence

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The Audience’s RoleYou are the featured player in tonight’s performance.Here are some reminders of how you can play your rolewith style, grace and professionalism.

• There is no louder sound in a theatre than the rattleof cellophane. Please unwrap candy or coughdrops before the play begins.

• If your companion can hear you whispering, othermembers of the audience, and the actors, can hearyou also.

• Please turn your cell phone, digital alarm watch orpager off, or set it to vibrate.

PRODUCTION NOTES... for now I am bent to know,

By the worst means, the worst. For mine own good,

All causes shall give way. I am in blood

Stepped in so far that, should I wade no more,

Returning were as tedious as go o'er.

Strange things I have in head, that will to hand,

Which must be acted ere they may be scanned.

-- Macbeth, Act III Scene4

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THE CAST

CASTRichard Medway ...........................DAVID HUNT STAFFORD*Laura Medway ....................................ALISON BLANCHARD*Pamela Medway ..............................................KATY YODERJohn Cartwright.............................JOHN WALLACE COMBS*Inspector ....................................................DANIEL LENCH*Captain Foster...............................RICHARD HOYT MILLER*Mr. Bennett.............................................PETER MCGLYNN*Mrs. Bennett ..........................................ESTHER RICHMAN*Mrs. Bennett (alternate) .........................SUZAN SOLOMON*A Police Sergeant .....................................RICHARD CARNER

SETTINGA Shred of Evidnce takes place over a week in November in 1958

near Guildford in the countryside outside of London

A Shred of Evidence will play with one 15-minute intermission

Special Thanks to LINDA BRENNAN for her assistance with dialects

*Appearing courtesy of Actors Equity Association

BYR. C. SHERRIFF

A Shred ofEvidence

A Shred ofEvidence

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WHO’S WHODAVID HUNT STAFFORD (Richard Medway) is a graduate ofCal. Arts theatre school in Valencia, California. Currently heis the Artistic/Managing Director of Theatre 40 and has per-formed in over 65 plays here including Kin, The Circle, BlackCoffee, The Little Foxes, The Norman Conquests, JapaneseDeath Poem, Quartermaine's Terms, Heartbreak House, ALie of the Mind, Arms and the Man, Our Town, andMorning'sAt Seven. Other performance credits include The BrowningVersion, On Borrowed Time, Confusions, Orphans of the

Storm, Ed Simpson's The Battle of Shallowford, Prin, Translations, Rosen-crantz and Guildenstern are Dead, The Misanthrope, Tanglin' Hearts and hisone-man show The Lights of My Life. His television and film credits are nu-merous but include M*A*S*H, Lou Grant, The Jayne Mansfield Story, Pos-sums, and Orson Welles' The Other Side of the Wind among others.

ALISON BLANCHARD (Laura Medway): Alison Blanchard is de-lighted to work on this gripping thriller! She has previouslyappeared with Theatre 40 several times, most recently asJanet in Accomplice and Countess Doris in Flare Path, and inpast years in multiple roles (including the dog!) in ChristmasTimes, and as Annie in The Norman Conquests (also oppo-site David Hunt Stafford). She has performed locally withmany other theatre Companies, including as a member ofSeaGlass Theatre Co. (Christmas Twist, “Ghost of ChristmasPresent” and Wake, “Molly”), The Production Co. (Look

Homeward, Angel, “Eliza Gant”), I.C.T. Long Beach (To Kill A Mockingbird,“Miss Stephanie”), JACK Theatre (A Midsummer Night’s Dream, “Puck”), TheOdyssey Theatre (Threepenny Opera, “Lucy”), Mainstreet Theatre Co.(James and the Giant Peach, “Miss Spider”), and The Flower Street Players(The Boyfriend, “Hortense” and Lucky Stiff, “Rita La Porta”), as well as play-ing Ida Webb in Twentieth Century, Lady Macbeth in Macbeth, and SisterMary Ignatius in Christopher Durang’s demented Sister Mary Ignatius Ex-plains It All For You. Alison’s television work includes Everybody Hates Chrisand Side-Order of Life. Her voiceover work can be heard in Disney themeparks worldwide, including the Computer voice in “Mission: SPACE” atEPCOT Center, and “Star Tours” at Disneyland and Tokyo Disneyland. Whennot acting she sculpts, plays her ukulele, and takes far too many danceclasses. She’s a proud member of SAG-AFTRA and AEA. Many thanks toJules for this opportunity, and to all the cast, crew, and production staff, butmost of all to her beloved husband Bob. #Pro99. One day she will play LadyBracknell. www.AlisonBlanchard.com

KATY YODER (Pamela Medway): Katy Yoder is thrilled to bemaking her debut appearance here at Theatre 40! The LasVegas native received her BA in Theater at Northwestern Uni-versity. Past credits include Noises Off!, Vagina Monologues,Psycho Beach Party, Machinal, and 4.48 Psychosis. Up-coming projects include a leading role in horror short Girl #2directed by David Jeffery (producer, BONES) soon to hit thefestival circuit!

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WHO’S WHOJOHN WALLACE COMBS (John Cartwright): John recently ap-peared as Richard Nixon in The Gangbusters Theatre Co'sKing Dick, has performed onstage with many SoCal theatrecompanies such as The Antaeus Company. John recentlyplayed Joe Keller in All My Sons with the Sierra Repertory,appears briefly in Hail Caesar, and can be seen in numerouscommercials. At Theatre 40, John has been seen onstagewith Dick Cavett in Hellman v. McCarthy, as well as The LoveList, Kin, and Opening Night. On Television, John has been

on Judging Amy, The District, Crossing Jordan, Murder Book, How We GotHere, Eagleheart, Weeds, Family Law, Law and Order, The District and manyothers.

DANIEL LENCH (Inspector): Daniel is truly thrilled to be on The-ater 40's boards for the first time, and many thanks to Julesand David for inviting him to come and be part of this won-derful show. Daniel just completed his third year as Jamesat Theater 40's The Manor, Murder and Madness at Grey-stone. Prior to that he portrayed Don Pedro in DTSC’s MuchAdo About Nothing; Some of Daniel’s other favorite roles in-clude: George Gershwin in Gershwin’s Ghost, world pre-miere musical (also directed by Jules Aaron), at I.C.T.: Rev.Duncan Wooley, Leading Ladies; at Repertory East Play-

house: Atticus Finch, To Kill A Mockingbird; Antonio Salieri, Amadeus; Lt.Osborne [“Uncle”], Journey's End; Val, Laughter on the 23rd Floor; Detec-tive Tupolski, The Pillowman; Lt. Col. Jessep, A Few Good Men; at TheColony/Studio Theatre Playhouse: Little Harp, The Robber Bridegroom; WillMossop, Hobson's Choice, Hank Griffin, The Desperate Hours, Demetrius,A Midsummer's Night Dream; Other Stage: Judas, Godspell; Paul Verrall,Born Yesterday; Mike Talman, Wait Until Dark. FILM – Leads: Just finishedprincipal photography as Sariel, the Angel of Death in The Lurking Man (Di-rector: Jenn Page-August 2017); Completed: The Rich Man in Netflix's cultfavorite Circle (Dir. Aaron Hann/Mario Miscione), Conversations with Dam-aged Men, Treading Water, The Occupation of Miranda D., Smoke Break,Action Impossible II; Supporting: Patient Seven, starring Michael Ironside(Director: Danny Draven – Terror Films: Theatrical release due in 2016), Spin,Sticky: The Movie, The Price of Happiness; Featured, Charlie Wilson's War(Dir. Mike Nichols). TV/WEB – Guest Starring: The Vault (Dir. AaronHann/Mario Miscione), National Banana (Dir. Jerry Zucker), Diagnosis X,Homefront, Princesses, The Rascal, Treasure Trail, Zoey 101, Sisters; Star-ring roles: Untold Stories of the ER, Medicine Ways, and Heaven's REP.

RICHARD HOYT MILLER (Captain Foster) appeared in thehighly-acclaimed Off-Broadway production of A. R. Gurney'sChildren as well as in numerous regional theatres (The GreatLakes Shakespeare Festival, Cincinnati’s Playhouse in thePark, Pittsburgh Public Theatre, Trinity Square Rep, DenverCenter, Asolo State Theatre among others) in such plays asRomeo and Juliet (Mercutio), The Importance of BeingEarnest (Jack), Much Ado About Nothing (Don John),Tartuffe, Terra Nova and many others. In LA: Misalliance atSouth Coast Rep as well as Macbeth, Measure for Measure,

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WHO’S WHOThe Tempest (all three directed by Jules Aaron) and The Merchant of Veniceat The Grove Shakespeare Festival. He appeared in several plays for LATheatreworks including The American General with Richard Dreyfus andCharles Durning. At Theatre 40: Patterns, Opening Night, 7 Stories, Spider’sWeb, Quartermaine’s Terms, The Little Foxes, The Norman Conquests,Japanese Death Poem, The Constant Wife and Chekhov in Yalta among oth-ers. Film: Above Suspicion, Turbulence, Contact, and Running Mates. TV:Southland, ER, The Bold and the Beautiful, The West Wing, Becker, Buffy,The Vampire Slayer and Diagnosis: Murder among others.

PETER MCGLYNN (Mr. Bennett): Peter McGlynn is a first gen-eration American born in “The Garden State” to immigrantmusicians. His family home paved his way to the musical the-atre stage. His childhood also sensitized him to many cul-tural and language differences that generated an insatiablecuriosity in what makes people tick, and continues to informhis acting career. Peter continues to work mainly in film andtelevision, but enjoys performing regularly on L.A. stagesevery chance he gets. One film critic recently said Peter is

“developing a franchise playing the wolf in sheeps clothing”, see for yourselfin the upcoming releases VILE and De-frienDEAD. Peter’s has just finishfilming the first episodes of the upcoming sitcom Hollywood and Vine whereyou’ll see his comical side, as well as numerous sketch comedies shot atYouTube studios with ‘Just Another Production Productions’

ESTHER RICHMAN (Mrs. Bennett) was born an actress, ac-cording to her mother. Born in Brooklyn, she grew up on theVenice Beach. “Cookie” in Rumors at Laguna Playhouse,“Yetta” in Walking to Waldheim at Theatre Geo, (DramalogueAward), “Una” in Factory Girls at Odyssey Theatre, “Meg” inA Lie Of The Mind, “Peasant Woman” in Incorruptible at The-atre Forty, and 14 years as “Ellie” (Mute Maid) in Theatre40’s The Manor at The Greystone Mansion, are a few of herfavorite roles. Her major starring roles are: Mom to her 3special sons & their lovely wives, Grandma to her 4 delicious

grandchildren; She shares her love & life with her special BILL & “Dudley”& “Sophia.” Esther is so delighted to share the stage with such a talentedcast, & thrilled to be directed by the incredibly wonderful Jules Aaron. Estherdedicates all her shows to the loving memory of her son, Gregory David Levy.

SUZAN SOLOMAN (Mrs. Bennett - Alternate): Suzan Solomonstarted her career as an actress-singer in NYC. She ap-peared off-B'way in the legendary, Let My People Come. Fol-lowing, she appeared as the young Sophie Tucker in theNational Tour of Bubbling Brown Sugar. Other Theatre cred-its include See What I Wanna See, West Coast Premiere atThe Blank Theatre, The Full Monty, Fettish, Internet Dating(The Musical), Stiltz (A Musical), Fiddler On The Roof, Houseof Blue Leaves, recent new musical for Write Act RepertoryProduction, Pillars of NY. T.V. credits include, Telepathetic,

(Pilot for Nickelodeon) Raising The Bar, Married With Children, Fast Lane,Pushing Daisies, Sex, Sent Me To The ER. Film credits include Saturday

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WHO’S WHONight Fever, School Daze and Impact,(The Short Film), Tarot (A Love Docu-mentary), The Sac Fly, Composure, (Short Film) She appeared as a flyingwitch in The Toyota Rav4 Super Bowl Commercial.

JULES AARON (Director): Jules comes to A Shred of Evidencefrom directing the smash, sold out run of the west coast pre-mier of That Lovin’ Feeling which broke every record at theLonny Chapman Theatre (GRT) in Burbank. Jules previouslydirected Undercurrents and the acclaimed productions of TheCircle, Kin, The Gamester and Blonde Poison (with theamazing Salome Jens) and Patterns for Theatre 40. Othertheatres: Artistic Director at Grove Shakespeare Festival; di-rector at Public Theatre (New York Shakespeare Festival),South Coast Repertory, Actors Theatre of Louisville (Humana

Festival) Pasadena Playhouse, Utah Shakespeare Festival, ICT, TomMcCoy/Cathy Rigby Productions, Laguna Playhouse, Philadelphia TheatreCompany, TheatreWorks, Colony Theatre, Walden Media Productions.Other credits: directing Julianne Moore, Bug; Don Cheadle, Strider; BruceDavison, To Kill a Mockingbird; Mercedes Ruehl, Bang Bang Blues; AlanMandel, The Tempest; Joan Van Ark and David Birney, MacBeth; RalphWaite The Gin Game; Michael Learned, Southern Comforts at ICT and GarryMarshal's Falcon Theatre. Directing Awards: L.A. Drama Critics Circle, Garland, Drama-Logue, Back-stage West, Bay Area Drama Critics, Denver Critics Awards, Granada Chair(UC Davis), Santa Barbara Critics Circle and 4 Stagescene LA awards (2011-2012) for directing Southern Comforts, Private Lives, Hunger: In bed withRoy Cohn and The Paris Letter (Critics Choice L.A. Times and BackstageWest).Publications: TDR, Yale Theatre, Theatre JournalTeaching: Head, MFA Directing Program California Institute of the Arts; Head, M.A. program, University of California, RiversideEducation: Ph.D. New York UniversityProfessional Affiliations/Upcoming Projects: Member of SDC. Jules iscurrently writing the book for I Will, I Can! based on the life of Sammy DavisJr. for an opening on Broadway in 2017. He has also worked with JoanBeber on her plays with music and dance (Kay Cole choreographer), Hunger:In Bed With Roy Cohn and Ethel Sings. Jules directed a benefit concert atthe Geffen Theatre for the second year, The Songs of Our Lives, for the Ful-fillment Fund. He directed Joan Beber’s Ethel Sings at Soho Rep the sum-mer of 2013 to rave reviews. Last year he directed the well reviewed TheGhost of Gershwin and Tiger by the Tail at GRT. He will be directing a stagedreading of the new musical Rose Street at the Jerry Orbach Theatre in NewYork. To Dale with love and gratitude.R. C. SHERRIFF (Playwright): Sherriff was born in Hampton Wick, Middlesexto insurance clerk Herbert Hankin Sherriff and Constance Winder. He was

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WHO’S WHOeducated at Kingston Grammar School in Kingston upon Thames. After he leftschool Sherriff worked in an insurance office as a clerk (from 1914) and asan insurance adjuster (1918 to 1928) at Sun Insurance Company, London.Sherriff served (1915 to 1918) as a captain in the 9th battalion of the East Sur-rey Regiment in World War I, serving at Vimy and Loos. He was severelywounded at Passchendaele near Ypres in 1917. He was awarded the Mili-tary Cross during the war.Sherriff studied at New College Oxford from 1931 to 1934. He was a fellowof the Royal Society of Literature and the Society of Antiquaries of London.He first wrote a play to help Kingston Rowing Club raise money to buy a newboat. His seventh play, Journey's End, was written in 1928 and published in1929 and was based on his experiences in the war. It was given a single Sun-day performance, on 9 December 1928, by the Incorporated Stage Societyat the Apollo Theatre, directed by James Whaleand with the 21-year-old Lau-rence Olivier in the lead role. In the audience was Maurice Browne who pro-duced it at the Savoy Theatre where it was performed for two years from1929.Sherriff also wrote prose. His own novelised version of Journey's End waspublished in 1929. His 1939 novel, The Hopkins Manuscript is an H. G. Wells-influenced post-apocalyptic story about an earth devastated because of acollision with the Moon. Its sober language and realistic depiction of an av-erage man coming to terms with a ruined England is said to have been an in-fluence on later science fiction authors such as John Wyndham and BrianAldiss. The Fortnight in September, an earlier novel, published in 1931, is arather more plausible story about a Bognor holiday enjoyed by a lower-mid-dle-class family from Dulwich.His other notable plays include A Hitch in the Proceedings, Badger's Green,Home at Seven,The White Carnation among sever others.Sherriff was nominated along with Eric Maschwitz and Claudine West for anAcademy award for writing an adapted screenplay for Goodbye, Mr. Chipswhich was released in 1939. His 1955 screenplays, The Dam Busters andThe Night My Number Came Up were nominated for best British screenplayBAFTA awards.DON SOLOSAN (Stage Manager): Don made his debut as stage manager onTheatre 40’s production of “The Last Romance,” and most recently just fin-ished up the 14th season of “The Manor” at Greystone Mansion. In his freetime, he creates promotional videos for the Los Angeles Historic TheatreFoundation exploring LA’s classic movie palaces, which can be seen atwww.youtube.com/lahtf. The most recent is a peek inside the Rialto Theatrein South Pasadena. His video profile of set designer Jeff G. Rack can beseen on Theatre 40’s YouTube channel www.youtube.com/theatreforty.JEAN SPORTELLI (Assistant Director): Returning to Theatre 40, after assistingBruce Gray with Double Door, she is thrilled to have had this opportunity toassist Jules Aaron in this ‘moral dilemma’ production of A Shred of Evidence.More than just an avid audience member, she has Stage Managed, DesignedLighting & Sets and Assisted in several productions with Los Angeles Actor’sTheatre & Marla Gibb’s Crossroads Theatre in the 80s & early 90s, including

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WHO’S WHOthe original theatrical production of 227. She produced & managed the TolucaLake Players. She would like to thank David Hunt Stafford & the Theatre 40Patrons as well as theatre patrons everywhere who keep theatre alive andcreative as it looks to the future reflecting and embracing the diverse & in-clusive world we live in. RICHARD CARNER (Assistant Stage Manager / Police Sergeant) has been withTheatre 40 where he has been working backstage and a bit on stage for Ed-ucating Rita, The Love List, The Gamester, Affluence, Flare Path, Hellman V.McCarthy, Accomplice, Sisyphus, Patterns, Double Door, Life... Death... AndEntertainment, Perfect Timing, Dearest Friend, and Two Sisters. Before hiswork at Theatre 40, he worked with the West Coast Jewish Theater on a pro-duction of The Whipping Man. He began his theatre career at the L.A. Con-nection Comedy. He would like to thank his parents, grandparents (Connie &Leslie Martinson), and friends, who have always supported him in his en-deavors.JEFF G. RACK (Set Designer): Jeff is the resident designer for Theatre 40.Some of his many designs here include: Patterns, Flare Path, Light Up theSky, KIN, Opening Night, Remembrance, 7 Stories, Voysey Inheritance, TheBat, Modern Orthodox, LUV, Constant Wife, and Black Coffee. He was nom-inated for 2 Ovation Awards last year for Nightwatch and God Only Knows.Jeff is also a writer, director and the Producing-Artistic Director of UnboundProductions, which produces the popular, immersive Wicked Lit Halloweenshows in October. Shows Jeff has directed here at T-40 are: Dr. Jekyll & Mr.Hyde, The Mystery Plays, and PEN. Jeff is also involved in Production De-sign, Sculpting and EFX work for the film industry, having worked on Planetof the Apes, Armageddon, Flubber, Con-Air, and Universal Studios’ Back tothe Future ride. He also teaches production design at IAFT film school. Jeffwould like to thank Amanda Sauter, Ernest McDaniel and Phil Biondich fortheir contributions to this set. Also his wife Christine and David Stafford forall of their support, and acknowledge his Dad who continues to be an inspi-ration to him. MICHÈLE YOUNG (Costume Designer): This is Michele's sixth season with The-atre 40 and seventh collaboration with director Jules Aaron. Theatre 40 pro-ductions include Perfect Timing, Double Door, 7 Stories, Blonde Poison, NightWatch, Kin, Spider's Web, The Gamester, God Only Knows, Light Up TheSky, Remembrance, and Luv. Other LA productions include: The Road The-atre - Broken Fences, The Mongoose, Homefree, The Other Place, RogueMachine - Luka’s Room, Where The Great Ones Run, Bootleg Theatre - DayTrader, Theatre Banshee - Lay Me Down Softly, By The Bog of Cats, Bren-dan, WCJT - The Whipping Man, The Immigrant, Secret Rose - Classic Cou-ples Counselling, Ahmanson Theatre - Matthew Bourne’s Sleeping Beauty, LAOpera, most recently The Ghosts of Versailles, Pantages - Annie, DOMA -The Playground, Operetta Foundation - Zip Goes A Million, plus many musi-cals including Ragtime, Hairspray, Parade, Seussical and more! In New York,premier of Ethel Sings (Undercover Productions/Walkerspace Theatre), di-rected by Jules Aaron. Recognized, for the fourth consecutive year as Cos-tumer Designer of The Year by StageSceneLA (2014-15, 2013-14, 2012-13and 2011-12) and for Outstanding Costumer Design in 2010-11 for Theatre

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40’s Luv and Spider’s Web. On film, costume design - Linkin, for The ToscarsVI 2013 festival, and the award winning Pepper. Michèle began her careeras a film production manager in London, her hometown. She is also a pho-tographer, graphic designer, art teacher and long-time advocate for the artsin education! RIC ZIMMERMAN (Lighting Designer) Previously with Theatre Forty: Light UpThe Sky, Kin, 7 Stories, Mrs Mannerly, Remembrance and Tanglin' Hearts.Select theatrical credits: Down in the Face of God, White Hot, and Bottom ofthe World with The Vagrancy. Telltale Heart and Wicked Lit 2013 (UnboundProductions); Art, The Taming of the Shrew and Wait Until Dark (HermosaBeach Playhouse); Working,The Diviners and Equus (The Production Com-pany); Out of My Head and Twelfth Night (The Mechanicals); After the Au-tumn, and Juliet & Her Romeo for Vanguard Repertory. Other collaborations:Kingsmen Shakespeare Festival, The Madrid Theatre, AMDA, The IllyrianPlayers, The Visceral Company, Theatre of Note, and corporate design forthe NHRA, Panasonic, Hard Rock Café and Center Theatre Group. DanceDesign: Viver Brasil, Lula Washington Dance Theatre (China, Russia, Brazil),Theatre Bethune, Keshet Chaim, Synapse, Rhapsody in Taps and LineageDance. JOSEPH "SLOE" SLAWINSKI (Sound Designer): Sloe has designed over 200plays. He was the sound designer for the exciting production The Ugly Onefor Gates McFadden. His other recent designs include Gidion’s Knot for theFurious Theatre Company directed by Darin Anthony and Gabrieal Griego, Rxdirected by John Pleshette, Flowers For Algernon for Deaf West, Down InFront directed by Gabrieal Griego, and Land Line directed by Bill Charlton.He is the sound designer for The American Academy of Dramatic Arts. Hewould like to thank the incredible and amazing Gabrieal Griego for her con-tinuous support during all of his creative endeavors. He is proud to be partof this great production.JUDI LEWIN (Makeup/Wig/Hair Designer) moved to Los Angeles 25 yrs. agowith her family from Toronto, Canada where she worked extensively in The-atre and for The Canadian Opera Company. Since moving to Los Angelesshe has incorporated television and film into her repertoire in and around theLos Angeles area where she now works in all aspects of the Industry De-signing Makeup/Hair and Wigs. Some of the other Theatre Companies in theL. A. area Judi has Designed for include Pasadena Playhouse, The RubiconTheatre Company in Ventura, The Fremont Center Theatre in Pasadena, In-teract Theatre Company in North Hollywood, The Blank Theatre CompanyIn Hollywood, The Fountain Theatre in Hollywood, McCoy Rigby Entertain-ment in La Mirada and the Sacramento Music Circus in Sacramento. Alongwith some National Tours, including the most recent in which she wasHair/Wig Designer for I Love Lucy:Live on Stage. Other productions Judi hasDesigned for Theatre 40 are Light Up The Sky, The Circle, Luv, Blonde Poi-son, Patterns, Double Door and, most recently, Two Sisters. Judi is pleasedto be working on A Shred of Evidence and wishes all connected with this pro-duction a successful run.

WHO’S WHO

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SPECIAL APPRECIATION

Special Thanks to LYA CORDOVA LATTA for her many contributions and enormous support

We would like to extend our heartfelt thanks to

RUTH FLINKMAN-MARANDY&

BEN MARANDYfor their very generous contributions to

Theatre 40.

SPECIAL THANKS TODR. MANNY & SALLY KARBELNIG

FOR THEIRVERY GENEROUS CONTRIBUTIONS

SPECIAL THANKS TO MARTIN KELLNERFOR HIS MANY CONTRIBUTIONS

All of us at Theatre 40 want to extend a huge thanks to the great MARILYN ZIERING

for her generous support of Theatre 40.

SPECIAL THANKSTheatre 40 would like to thank the BHUSD Board of Educationand BH High School administration for their assistance andsupport in making Theatre 40’s season possible. Thanks to…

HOWARD GOLDSTEIN LISA KORBATOVNOAH MARGO MEL SPITZISABEL HACKER STEVE KESSLER

Also, a special thanks to the MAYOR, JOHN MIRISCH

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THEATRE FORTY PATRONSPLATINUM SPONSOR($25,000 AND ABOVE)

THE AHMANSONFOUNDATION

FOUNDERSSUSAN FRENCH CIRCLE($2,501 - $25,000)

Lili & Jon BosseRobert L. CannonLya Cordova LattaLA County Arts CommissionMichael J. LibowThe Ruth Flinkman Family Trust Brindell Roberts Gottlieb Trust Jack & Maggie SimonMarilyn Ziering

ANGELS($1,501 - $2,500)

Mark B. Eskander Alice J. Hamilton Charitable TrustDavid Goldman & Myra LurieSally KarbelnigConstance MartinsonMarla Rubin & David ShapendonkGloria Stroock SternCarol & Jordan Weiss

SPONSORS($851 - $1,500)

Sharon & Joseph FreedJeanne K. GersonMilton & Sheila HymanJames JahantDr. Robert M & Oradee KarnsDr. Robert M. & Donna M. LetteauLissa MarcusSaltzberg & AssociatesSamuel Urcis & Marion ZolaKaroline & Irwin WaldmanSteve & Bonnie Webb

PATRONS($550 - $850)

Elizabeth Armour & Jonathan LewisDaniel FaveroDr.s Seymour & Norma FeshbackRhonda FrancesDiane Futterman

Donna Ellman GarberLynn GidlowBert & Benita GinsbergMarshal & Hannah KramerRichard & Carol KurlandNonie LannNorman & Gay LevinDon & Olga OwenAdele ShapiroGloria ShulmanNeal SiegelFrederick G. SilnyLeon & Batya SturmanBob & Sherry TedeschiSheldon Wolf

FRIENDS($50 - $549)

Ira & Sandra AbramowitzFrancisco AguirreJanet R. ArenbergShirley AppletonNorman & Carol AuslanderErwin BakerJoe & Myrna BarthGreg & Shelley BaySusan T. BeckerCynthia BerchanRoger BergPaul & Lee BernsteinRichard & Leah BernsteinJay BevanCelina BojarskySandra BorieDr. Richard J. BowerSuzanne BranchflowerMona F. BrandlerFred & Judith BrendemihlStan & Sherry BrentJudy & Alan BunnagePauline L. CarrollCharlotte ChittersDvorah ColkerJan ComskyWalter & Molly CoulsonNelson CostelloShirley & Norman DavidsonElaine DeutschJudith DeutschHelen N. DevorMarlene DietrichNancy DuboisStan & Mitzi Eisenberg

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THEATRE FORTY PATRONSGladys FellmanBarbara FergesStephen J. FischerJudith J. FlaxRobert J. & Linda G. FleischmanLois & Jay FoonbergSharon FreedRay & Lorraine FreedmanLenore FurmanCarol GagneBernard & Ann GivonCharles O. & Linda A. GlennAbner D. & Roslyn GoldstineJanice GootkinHarry GorenMarcia GouldDorothy C. GourrichElliot Goldberg & Fernanda GrayTrudi & Victor GreenJeanine GrossRichard & Elaine GrossHoward & Barbara HackettLois HaytinHerbert HechtMarion HillmanCynthia HirschowitzPaul G. & Sue C. HoffmanGail F. & Jim HuntAndy & Helen HymanGedda IlvesJoy T. IwamotoJeanne JacovesClaudia & Gerald KatzJoshua KheelSandra Jacoby KleinVincent KleinLeslie KleinBrita Kohlfuerst-MillardDr. Robert & Myra KrausCharles KristensonRobert & Susan KwanClaire & Ellis LandsbaumMyron Le VineElizabeth R. LesanAnnette LeveyJim & Linda LevittNan LewisRhonda LordBernice LurieMorris & Cecilia MagidFred ManasterSol MarcoSharon MarcusRuth Matthias & Ted Benjamin

Carol McCallMarcia McMartinMary Jane McMasterDavid MichlinMartin & Sandra MildenSharon MonroeMarguerite MountnerPatricia MuellerDr. Barbara NewtonRuth NourafchanElaine & Sherwin OlkenJerrold J. & John Trumpler ParrishEvelyn R. PerlNancy PorterZamira PortnoyJose & Lillie ReinesLinda & Ed RiceJane Luna RiegerEsther RoseDavid RosenfeldBeth RothschildVic SabahJohn & Gayle A. SamoreElizabeth J. SchwartzJoan & Zachary SeffMartin R. & Klara N. ShandlingRhoda SharpBeverly & Robert ShpallMerle SiegelSteve SilonJamshid & Jacqueline SoomekhAnn SpicerSusanne SpiraPeter & Rhonda StudnerMartin & Ethel TaftLinda ThiebenJoseph N. TilemVicki ThorlandMarvin WaldmanArlene WaltDr. Stephen Weisberg & Caryl Sherman

Lanbert WestElizabeth Winters

LIFETIME PATRONSElizabeth FrankfatherMing Cho Lee

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NEXT AT THEATRE 40

Directed byMELANIE MACQUEEN

May 19 thru June 19

BY M.J. CRUISE


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