THE BIRTHDAY OF THE CENTURY
June 26-30, 1996
California Plaza Watercourt Stage, Los Angeles, CA
Written By Shishir Kurup
Produced at California Plaza’s Watercourt Stage in Downtown Los Angeles
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In celebration of Cornerstone's 10th Birthday - June 30, 1996 - a play created with Angelinos of all ages born on June 30th. Written by Shishir Kurup and performed outdoors in English, with five other languages, at California Plaza.
Cornerstone invited diverse Angelenos who were born on June 30th (the anniversary of the first day of the company’s operations) to create a play together. Inspired by a Thornton Wilder one-act, the play traced a single family through 90 years and several generations, all at a singly non-stop birthday party.
Written By Shishir Kurup
Director - Bill Rauch
Assistant Director - Tim Banker
Executive Producer - Leslie Tamaribuchi
Production Manager - Geoff Korf
Stage Manager - Tim Banker
Producer - Debra Piver
Producer - Janice Mabry
Set Design - Lynn Jeffries
Costume Design - Lynn Jeffries & Dori Quan
Lighting Design - Geoff Korf
Sound Design - Benajah Cobb
Choreographer - Page Leong
Assistant Choreographer - Deborah Greenfield
Poster Design - Toby Yoo
Assistant Stage Manager - Dina Tank
Properties - Dan Forcey
Technical Director - Benajah Cobb
Carpenter - Kimberly Schwartz
Light Board Operator - Joe Friedman
Marketing and PR - Susan Bursk
Crew Head - Aaron Fagel
Running Crew - Lera Ashe, Alfred Pierfax, Aaron Fagel, Michael Garrett, Kene Jones
Sound Board Operator - Benajah Cobb, Fred Stitt
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Birthday Clown | Harvey Kiltz |
Ava | Page Leong |
Oscar, her husband | Paris Barclay |
Ma Angeles, his mother | Edith Dume |
Youngest Lee, born on June 30th | Emma Carey Cobb |
Nurse 1 | Alison Carey |
Felix (Oscar's Childhood friend) | Van Stewman |
Nurse 2 | Natalie Temkin |
Carey (Lee's lifelong friend) | Christopher Liam Moore |
Chui/Charles | Armando Molina |
Lina | Diane Robertson |
Eleanor | Kathleen Cronin |
Sam | Christopher Egger (Thur/Fri/Sun), Alberto Perez (Wed/Sat) |
Ava II | Celeste Maglan |
Oscar II | Robert Simon |
Evangeline (a distant cousin) | Carolyn Murray |
Oldest Lee | Irma Ashe |
Cabbie | Shishir Kurup |