Media Center

Welcome to the Geffen Playhouse online media center. On the following pages you’ll find our electronic press kit which features information on the theater’s history, details about our two stages and background information on our productions and artistic team; in addition you’ll be able to browse our most recent announcements and access high-resolution production photography.

If you need any further information or have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact me directly.
I look forward to working with you.

Best,
Allison Rawlings
Director of Communications
allison@geffenplayhouse.com
Phone: (310) 966-2412

Latest Press Releases

June 19, 2008 DONALD MARGULIES’ SHIPWRECKED! SETS SAIL AT THE GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE WITH SPECIAL CHILDREN’S TICKET PRICES
Melody Butiu, Michael Daniel Cassady and Gregory Itzin Reunite with Director Bart DeLorenzo in Swashbuckling Family-Friendly Adventure Tale

June 13, 2008 GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE PRODUCES WEST COAST PREMIERE OF TONY NOMINATED THE SEAFARER
Artistic Director Randall Arney Helms Irish Playwright Conor McPherson’s Acclaimed New Work Both at Geffen Playhouse and Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theater
Previews Begin April 14, 2009
Runs April 22, 2009 – March 24, 2009

June 1, 2008 LA THEATER VET SUSAN BARTON ASSUMES ROLE OF MANAGING DIRECTOR WHILE GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE PREPARES FOR SEARCH


May 29, 2008 GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE MANAGING DIRECTOR STEPHEN EICH TENDERS HIS RESIGNATION

May 21, 2008 WORLD FAMOUS ARTIST RICKY JAY REAPPEARS AT THE GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE
Legendary Sleight-of-Hand Artist Brings His 52 Assistants to a Special Limited Engagement in the Audrey Skirball Kenis Theater
Seven Weeks Only: July 9 – August 26, 2008
May 9, 2008 EMERGENCY AT THE GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE EXTENDS UNTIL JUNE 1 DUE TO COMMUNITY DEMAND
Donations from Arts Lovers and Organizations Help Extend Daniel Beaty’s One-Man Show to Accommodate Free Performances for Public Schools

April 15, 2008 GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE ANNOUNCES 2008/09 SEASON
Two World Premiere Productions: "Time Stands Still" and "Nightmare Alley", Two Pulitzer Prize Winning Playwrights: Donald Margulies and Robert Schenkkan, The Completion of Hershey Felder's Composer Sonata: "Beethoven, As I Knew Him". 2008/09 Season Opens on August 27 and Closes on July 26