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ALLENLEECHTOMAKEU.S.THEATERDEBUTIN“CONSTELLATIONS”ATTHE
GEFFENPLAYHOUSE
GINNIFERGOODWINALSOSTARSINTHISLOSANGELESPREMIEREOFTHEHITBROADWAY
SHOW;GIOVANNASARDELLIWILLDIRECT
“CONSTELLATIONS”RUNSJUNE6–JULY16;OPENINGNIGHTISJUNE14
LOSANGELES(April24,2017)–TheGeffenPlayhousetodayannouncedthatDowntonAbbey
starAllenLeechwillmakehisU.S.stagedebutoppositeGinniferGoodwin(OnceUponaTime,
BigLove)intheLosAngelesPremiereofConstellations,NickPayne’s2015Broadwaysensation.
TheGeffen’sproductionisdirectedbyGiovannaSardelli(GuardsattheTaj)andmarks
Goodwin’sLosAngelesstagedebut.
ConstellationswillbeginpreviewsonTuesday,June6intheGilCatesTheaterattheGeffen
Playhouse,withopeningnightonWednesday,June14.TheproductionclosesSunday,July16.
ConstellationsisthestoryofRoland,abeekeeper,andMarianne,aquantumphysicist.What
aretheiroddsoffallinginlove?Withinfinitemomentsthatcanchangethetrajectoryofalife,
it’sanyone’sguesshowcosmiccollisionispossible.NickPayne’sOlivierandDramaLeague
nominatedhitisacharming,devastatingandprofoundexplorationoftheuniversaltruthof
findingandlosinglove.Aplaythatbalancesonthequestionof“whatif”is,atitscore,a
poignantpictureof“whatis.”
ManhattanTheatreClub’sproductionofConstellationsopenedonBroadwayin2015atthe
SamuelJ.FriedmanTheatre.StarringJakeGyllenhaalandRuthWilson,theproductionreceived
aTonyAwardnominationforBestPerformancebyanActressinaLeadingRoleinaPlay
(Wilson)andaDramaLeagueAwardnominationforBestPlay.
CONSTELLATIONS
WrittenbyNickPayne
DirectedbyGiovannaSardelli
CAST
GinniferGoodwinasMarianne
AllenLeechasRoland
Previews:Tuesday,June6–Tuesday,June13,2017
OpeningNight:Wednesday,June14,2017
ClosingNight:Sunday,July16,2017
PERFORMANCESCHEDULE
Monday
Noperformance
Tuesday–Friday
8:00p.m.
Saturday
3:00and8:00p.m.
Sunday
2:00and7:00p.m.
TICKETINFORMATION
Ticketscurrentlypricedat$32.00-$90.00.AvailableinpersonattheGeffenPlayhousebox
office,byphoneat310.208.5454oronlineatwww.geffenplayhouse.org.Feesmayapply.
Rushticketsforeachday’sperformancearemadeavailabletothegeneralpublic30minutes
beforeshowtimeattheboxoffice.$35.00General/$10.00Student
COLLEGEAUDIENCES
Throughavarietyofeventsandotheropportunities,theGeffenPlayhousewelcomescollege
studentstoexperiencethelivestorytellingpresentedonourstages.Weareproudofour
associationwithUCLA’sSchoolofTheater,Film,andTelevision,andopenourdoorstoall
collegestudentsthroughoutLosAngeles.Moreinformationisavailableat
www.geffenplayhouse.org/college.
LOCATION
GilCatesTheaterattheGeffenPlayhouse
10886LeConteAvenue,LosAngeles,CA90024
ABOUTTHEARTISTS
NickPayne(Playwright)
Theater:IfThereIsIHaven'tFoundItYet(BushTheatreandRoundaboutTheatreCompany,
NewYork),Wanderlust(RoyalCourtTheatre),Sophocles’Electra(GateTheatre),OneDayWhen
WeWereYoung(PainesPlough/SheffieldTheatresandShoreditchTownHall),LayDownYour
Cross(HampsteadTheatre),Constellations(RoyalCourtTheatre,DukeofYork’sandU.K.tour),
TheSameDeepWaterAsMe(DonmarWarehouse,nominatedfor2014OlivierAwardforBest
NewComedy),BlurredLines(TheShed,NationalTheatre),Incognito(Nabokov/LiveTheatre,
Newcastle),TheArtofDying(RoyalCourtTheatre),Elegy(DonmarWarehouse).Film:TheSense
ofanEnding(adaptationofJulianBarnes’ManBookerPrize-winningnovelforBBCFilms/Origin
Pictures).Television:TheSecrets(WorkingTitleTVforBBCOne),Wanderlust(DramaRepublic
forBBCOne),Us(adaptationofDavidNicholls’novelforBBCOne).Awards:2009George
DevineAwardforMostPromisingPlaywright,2012HaroldPinterPlaywright’sAward,2012
LondonEveningStandardTheatreAwardforBestPlayforConstellations.
GiovannaSardelli(Director)
GiovannaSardellireturnstotheGeffenPlayhouse,havingmostrecentlydirectedGuardsatthe
Taj(OvationAwardforBestProductionofaPlay).Sheisanaward-winningdirectorwhohas
workedonworldpremieresofplaysbyRajivJoseph,MatthewLopez,TheresaRebeck,Lynn
Rosen,JoeGilford,JeffAugustin,LaurenYeeandZoeKazan,amongothers.ShehasworkedOff
BroadwayattheCherryLaneTheatre,SecondStageTheatre,VineyardTheatre,Playwrights
Realm,Women’sProjectTheater,EnsembleStudioTheatreandRoundaboutTheatreCompany.
ShehasdirectednumerousproductionsforDorsetTheatreFestival,wheresheistheResident
Director,BarringtonStageCompany,ActorsTheatreofLouisville,TheOldGlobe,HartfordStage
Company,ClevelandPlayHouse,CincinnatiPlayhouse,HudsonStageCompany,SanFrancisco
PlayhouseandTheatreWorksSiliconValley,amongothers.ShereceivedherM.F.A.inacting
fromNYUandisalsoagraduateoftheirDirectorsLab.ThoughbasedinNewYork,sheisthe
DirectorofNewWorksforTheatreWorksSiliconValley.Currentlyrunning:CrimesoftheHeart
byBethHenley(TheatreWorksthroughFebruary5,2017),ArchdukebyRajivJoseph(World
PremiereattheMarkTaperForum).
GinniferGoodwin(Marianne)
Amulti-facetedfilm,televisionandtheateractress,GinniferGoodwinholdsaB.F.A.inacting
fromBostonUniversity’sSchoolfortheArtsandwasadditionallytrainedinEnglandat
Stratford-Upon-Avon’sShakespeareInstitute,London’sRoyalAcademyofDramaticArtandthe
LondonAcademyofMusicandDramaticArt.ShewasmostrecentlyseenonstageinTheCornIs
GreenattheWilliamstownTheatreFestival,directedbyNicholasMartinandstarringKate
Burton.Sheappearedinherfirstplay,DeadEnd,alsodirectedbyNicholasMartin,atBoston’s
HuntingtonTheatreCompanyin2000.Goodwinisbestknownforherworkinthecritically
acclaimedHBOseriesBigLoveandiscurrentlystarringinthehitABCdramaOnceUponATime.
LastyearshelenthervoicetoDisney’sZootopia,whichearnedmorethan1billiondollars
worldwide.OtherfilmandtelevisioncreditsincludeWalktheLine,KillingKennedy,MonaLisa
Smile,WinaDatewithTadHamilton,SomethingBorrowed,He’sJustNotThatIntoYouandA
SingleMan.
AllenLeech(Roland)
AllenLeechisbestknownforhistelevisionwork,notablyasTomBransononthebelovedseries
DowntonAbbey,forwhichhewonthreeScreenActorsGuildawardsforOutstanding
PerformancebyanEnsembleinaDramaSeries,aswellasHBO’sRomeandBBCand
Showtime’sTheTudors.HisfilmcreditsincludeMortenTyldum’sTheImitationGame,opposite
BenedictCumberbatchandKeiraKnightley,whichwasnominatedforfiveGoldenGlobeand
eightAcademyAwards;TheSweeneywithRayWinstone,BenDrewandHayleyAtwell;andthe
independentfeatureGrandPianowithElijahWoodandJohnCusack.Onstage,Leechstarredas
MickintherevivalofMikeLeigh’shugelysuccessfulplayEcstasyatTheHampsteadand
DuchessTheatresinLondon.HewasmostrecentlyseenplayingtheleadroleintheCBC
miniseriesBellevueoppositeAnnaPaquinandwillnextbeseeninJonathanMostow’sThe
Hunter’sPrayerwithSamWorthington.
SIGNATURESERIES
Inadditiontotheopeningnight,therunofConstellationswillfeaturetheGeffen’sSignature
Seriesevents.TheseincludeTalkBackTuesdays,GirlsNightOut,LoungeFridaysandWine
DownSundays.ThankstothesupportofGeffenPlayhousepartnersandsponsors,allelements
ofSignatureSerieseveningsarecomplimentaryaspartoftheticketprice.SignatureSeries
eventsinclude:
•
TALKBACKTUESDAYS
TalkBackTuesdaysgivetheaterloversachanceforadeeperconversationtodiscuss
plot,characterthemesoranyotherquestionsdirectlywiththeartistswithapost-show
Q&Afromthestage.Dates:June20,June27,July4andJuly11,2017
•
GIRLSNIGHTOUT
It’sagloballyacceptedpieceofpop-culturethatgirlsjustwannahavefun,andthis
SignatureSerieswasdesignedwiththatinmind;althoughgentlemenarewelcometo
join.TheseuniqueeventsonlyhappenonceduringeachGilCatesTheaterproduction,
andeveryGirlsNightOutfeaturespartnershipswithdifferentlifestyleexperts,brands
orproductsthatkeeppatronsonthecuspofwhat’shotinLA.Eachnightfeatures
differentpartnersrangingfromprivateshoppingeventstoshowcasingthelatestbeauty
trends,buteveryGirlsNightOutpromisesafestiveeveningoftheaterfollowedbya
uniquepartycompletewithcomplimentarysignaturedrinks,delectablebuffets,the
popularGNOphotobooth,plusaPixiBeautytake-awaygift.Date:June22,2017
•
LOUNGEFRIDAYS
HappyhourLoungeFridaysturntheGeffenPlayhouseintoahaventohelpfast-paced
Angelenoseaseintotheirweekendandunwind.Complimentarysparklingjoinsother
enticingrefreshmentsstartingat7:00p.m.witheclecticjamsfromDJMikeonthe
courtyardpatio.SponsoredbyLAArtsOnline.com.Dates:June23,June30,July7and
July14,2017
•
WINEDOWNSUNDAYS
WineDownSundaysprovidestheperfectpairing–pre-performancewinesampling
followedbya7:00p.m.curtaintimetocloseouttheweek.Theseeveningsfeature
differentvintagesforeachproduction,sopatronswhocomeregularlywilldiscovera
newwinebrandbeforetheirtheatricalexperience.Dates:June18,June25,July2,July9
andJuly16,2017
ABOUTGEFFENPLAYHOUSE
GeffenPlayhousehasbeenahuboftheLosAngelestheaterscenesinceopeningitsdoorsin
1995.Notedforitsintimacyandcelebratedforitsworld-renownedmixofclassicand
contemporaryplays,provocativenewworksandsecondproductions,thenot-for-profit
organizationcontinuestopresentabodyofworkthathasgarnerednationalrecognition.
NamedinhonorofentertainmentmogulandphilanthropistDavidGeffen,whomadetheinitial
donationtothetheater,thecompanywasfoundedbyGilbertCates,andiscurrentlyhelmedby
ArtisticDirectorRandallArney,ExecutiveDirectorGilCates,Jr.,andCo-ChairsoftheBoard
MarthaHendersonandPamelaRobinson.ProudlyassociatedwithUCLA,theGeffenwelcomes
anaudienceofmorethan130,000eachyear,andmaintainsextensiveeducationand
communityengagementprograms,designedtoinvolveunderservedyoungpeopleandthe
communityatlargeinthearts.www.geffenplayhouse.org
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