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Our mosT HEarTFElT GraTiTudE To:ALAN HORNwhose humanity, integrity, leadership, and many contributions to improving our world will continue to inspire us, long after this evening is over.

Thank you for your outstanding generosity to the Geffen Playhouse and for inspiring so many others to support our work.

STEVE MARTIN who helped launch the Geffen Playhouse when he brought his play, Picasso at the Lapin Agile to our stage 20 years ago, and continued to support our work when he brought his play, The Underpants, to help re-open the Geffen after its renovation.

Thank you for your outstanding passion for and support of live theater, and for inspiring so many others to support the Geffen through your great gifts and involvement as a playwright and artist.

GIL CATES, JR.(Volunteer) Vice Chairman of the Geffen Playhouse

(Volunteer) Producer of our Backstage at the Geffen Show

(Volunteer) Keeper of the Flame

(Volunteer) I-Just-Welcomed-A-New-Baby-Girl-To-Our-Family-But I Still Have Time & Energy to Help With This Major Project

One of the Funniest, Warmest, Entertaining, Most Talented People We Know.

ALL OF THE ARTISTSwho donated their time and talent to give us a one-of-a-kind night to help entertain and thank everyone who supports the Geffen and live theatre!

KELLY & RON MEYER and WILLOW BAY & ROBERT IGERfor helping pay tribute to Alan and Steve by serving as the Honorary Co-Chairs

MARTHA HENDERSON andPAMELA ROBINSON HOLLANDEROur new Board Co-Chairs for their endless dedication and leadership.

LORETTA EVERETT KAUFMAN, LINDA BERNSTEIN RUBIN and THEIR GALA COMMITTEE for leading us to a record-breaking year.

CITY NATIONAL BANK, AUDI OF AMERICA,WALT DISNEY COMPANY and SOCIAL

and to the

ENTIRE HOST COMMITTEE for making so much possible for so many through your outstanding generosity and philanthropy.

With much love from all of us who love and treasure the Geffen Playhouse including the Geffen staff, led by our Executive Team ofken novice, regina Miller, Behnaz Ataee & randall Arney

Martha HendersonCo-Chair

Pamela Robinson HollanderCo-Chair

Patricia Kiernan ApplegateRandall ArneyBehnaz AtaeeBeth BehrsDr. Gene D. BlockHarold A. BrownGil Cates Jr. Vice Chairman

Mary Ann CloydDennis DotyDr. Brad EdgertonMark FleischerHerbert M. GelfandChairman Emeritus

Patricia L. GlaserAdi GreenbergArthur GreenbergJoan KaloustianGlorya KaufmanLoretta Everett KaufmanDr. Gerald S. LeveyCarla Malden

Susan MalloryGinny ManciniFrank G. MancusoChairman Emeritus

Barry MeyerSusanna MidnightRegina MillerKen NoviceSteven A. OlsenLoren RothschildLinda Bernstein RubinTeri SchwartzRichard ShermanFred SpecktorLorraine Spurge DeeAnna StaatsCynthia P. StaffordHoward TenenbaumMichael Walsh

founding trusteesSuzanne Deal BoothKirsten Combs Robert A. DalyDavid GeffenQuincy JonesJeffrey Katzenberg

Ron MeyerLeslie MoonvesJerry MossJerry PerenchioBruce M. RamerFounding Chairman

Victoria Mann SimmsAndy SpahnSteven SpielbergSteve TischDr. Charles E. YoungChairman Emeritus

IN MEMORIAMGilbert CatesFounder

Marcia Israel-CurleyAudrey Skirball KenisCharles KenisKarl Malden Lawrence RamerEdie Wasserman Lew Wasserman

LEGAL COUNSEL Peter RosenLatham & Watkins LLP

Board OF dirECTors advisory BoardMichael Centeno Advisory Board Chairman

Annette BlumStephanie CarsonLori CollinsDebra DavisValarie De La Garza Priscila GiraldoKirsten HansenEric HeerLanre IdewuAdvisory Board Vice Chairman

Wendy KurtzmanJason LeeYvonne LeeJohn McCriteAdrian PasdarRollin RansomAllen ShayJohn SonegoMiranda TollmanDeborah Benson WalshLaurie Ziegler

Gerald AbramsKatie McGrath & J.J. Abrams

Andy Spahn† & AssociatesAnonymous

Patricia Applegate†*Ariel InvestmentsAudi of America

Beth Behrs†Laurie & Bill Benenson

Annette Bening & Warren BeattyCarol Block & Chancellor Gene Block†

Annette Blum†Andy & Carlo Brandon-Gordon

Heather Thomas & Skip BrittenhamEileen & Harold Brown†

Linda & Jerry BruckheimerRoma Downey & Mark Burnett

Marcy Carsey & Leo YoshimuraStephanie† & Jonathan CarsonDavid, Christine & Leah Cates

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Melissa Cates, Roger Claman & FamilyElizabeth Lacey & Gil Cates, Jr.†

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Cassandra & Brad GreyJill Grey

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Martha Henderson†*Alan Hergott & Curt Shepard

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Gail & Stanley HollanderPamela Robinson Hollander†*

& Robert HollanderInterActive Corp

Willow Bay* & Robert A. Iger*Vicki Iovine & David Coiro

Tracey JacobsMarilyn & Jeffrey Katzenberg†

Glorya Kaufman†Loretta Everett Kaufman†*

& Victor KaufmanJoyce Eisenberg-Keefer & Mel Keefer

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Wendy Kurtzman†Lyn & Norman Lear

Yvonne† & Jason Lee†Drs. Barbara & Gerald† Levey

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Elizabeth & Michael MaherCarla Malden†* & Norman Beil

Susan† & Peter MalloryFay & Frank Mancuso†

John McCrite† & Juan LopezDonna McKenna & Flynn Chernos

Kelly* & Ron Meyer†*

Wendy & Barry Meyer†Ann & Jerry Moss†

Natural Resources Defense CouncilDiane Sawyer & Mike Nichols

Northern TrustAnna K. Nupson & Thomas J. Budd Mucci

Christine Marie OfieshMo Ostin

Paramount PicturesLaurie MacDonald & Walter Parkes

Jerry Perenchio†Brenda R. Potter

PricewaterhouseCoopersMadeline & Bruce Ramer†

Dr. Judith ReichmanCarl Reiner

Michele & Rob ReinerMayor Richard Riordan

Nadine & Fredric D. RosenThe Honorable Frances

& Loren Rothschild†Linda Bernstein Rubin†* & Tony Rubin

Steve SauerBarbara & Richard Sherman†

The Simms/Mann Family Foundation†Karen & Vic Smith

SOCIAL by Samantha Sackler & Tammy Ratner

Sony Pictures EntertainmentNancy Heller & Fred Specktor†

Kate Capshaw & Steven Spielberg†Lorraine Spurge†* & Patrick Mitchell

DeeAnna StaatsCynthia Stafford† & Lanre Idewu†

Start MediaJudith & Bruce Stern

Arnold StiefelChristine Taylor & Ben StillerJodi & Howard Tenenbaum†

Lynda ThomasSteve Tisch†Dan Tishman

Alice & Norman TulchinTwentieth Century Fox Film

United Talent AgencyWachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz

The Walt Disney CompanyWarner Bros. Entertainment

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William Morris EndeavorLynn & Mark Williams

Gail ZappaLeslie & Robert Zemeckis

Laurie Ziegler†Natasha & Dirk Ziff

THanK yOu To our HOST CommiTTEE

*Special thanks to the Backstage at the Geffen Committee and Honorary Co-Chairs†Geffen Playhouse Board of Directors, Trustees and Advisory Board

As an actor, comedian, author, playwright, screenwriter, producer and musician — Steve Martin is one of the most diversified performers and acclaimed artists of his generation.

Martin has been successful as a writer of and performer in some of the most popular movies of recent film history — appearing in more than 50 films over the course of his career. With titles such as Planes, Trains and Automobiles, Parenthood, Father of the Bride and Cheaper by the Dozen franchises, Baby Mama and It’s Complicated, Martin’s films are the kind that are viewed again and again. Martin wrote the screenplays for some of his most celebrated films including The Jerk, Roxanne, Bowfinger, L.A. Story and Shopgirl.

Martin’s first film was a seven-minute short he wrote and starred in, The Absent-Minded Waiter. The film was nominated for an Academy Award® for Best Short Film, Live Action in 1977.

Martin was most recently elected to receive The Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Honorary Award at the Academy’s 5th Annual Governors Awards. He has also hosted the Academy Awards® three times.

As an author, Martin has written several books including his most recent, An Object of Beauty which is being developing into a feature film. He has also written a bestselling collection of comic pieces, Pure Drivel, a bestselling novella, Shopgirl, children’s books and an art collection book, as well as a collection of plays. His award-winning comedy, Picasso at the Lapin Agile, premiered on The Geffen Playhouse stage in 1994 (just as the theater was opening and renamed from its former title, Westwood Playhouse). Ten years later, Martin’s The Underpants, was the first play produced to celebrate the Geffen’s groundbreaking, renovation and expansion. Martin wrote his first memoir Born Standing Up in 2007. His work frequently appears in The New Yorker and The New York Times.

Martin began his career as a writer on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, for which he earned his first Emmy Award® for Outstanding Writing Achievement in Comedy, Variety, or Music in 1969. In the mid-1970s, Martin shone as a stand-up on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, made appearances on HBO’s On Location and NBC’s Saturday Night Live, and became the first comedian to sell out an arena performance.

As one of the most celebrated comedians, Martin’s comedy album Let’s Get Small (1978) went platinum in the United States and won a Grammy® for Best Comedy Album. His second album, Wild and Crazy Guy, was a comedy album that featured his first music single “King Tut.” This album reached double platinum status in the U.S. and earned Martin his second Grammy® Award for Best Comedy Album. Martin’s third comedy album, Comedy is Not Pretty, was nominated for a Grammy® Award for Best Comedy Album in 1979.

Ever-evolving his body of work, Martin is also a Grammy® Award winning musician who found his love for the banjo at the age of 17. Martin originally used his passion for the banjo as part of his standup comedy routine, but in 2010, he released his first album, The Crow: New Songs for the 5-String Banjo. Since then, Martin has played many prestigious stages including Carnegie Hall, Royal Festival Hall in London, and the Capitol Building in Washington D.C. Martin released his second full-length bluegrass album Rare Bird Alert in 2011. The album featured 13 Martin-penned tracks as well as special guest vocal appearances by Paul McCartney and The Dixie Chicks. Additionally, Martin co-wrote two of the CD’s songs with the Grammy®-winning bluegrass band, Steep Canyon Rangers. That year, Martin won the International Bluegrass Music Association’s Entertainer of the Year Award. He most recently collaborated with Edie Brickell on the critically acclaimed album Love Has Come to You, which combines Martin’s five-string banjo work with Brickell’s vivid vocals. Martin also created the Steve Martin Prize for Excellence in Banjo and Bluegrass for those who exemplify outstanding bluegrass performance.

Born in Waco, TX, in 1945, Steve Martin was raised in Southern California and began working as a comedian and magician at area amusement parks, including The Magic Shop at Disneyland. Martin went on to Santa Ana College, and then earned his Theater Arts degree from UCLA.

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As Chairman of The Walt Disney Studios, Alan F. Horn oversees worldwide operations for The Walt Disney Studios including production, distribution, and marketing for live-action and animated films from Disney, Pixar, Marvel, and Lucasfilm, as well as marketing and distribution for DreamWorks Studios films released under the Touchstone Pictures banner. He also oversees Disney’s music and theatrical groups.

A prominent figure in the film and television industry for four decades, Horn has overseen creative executive teams responsible for some of the world’s most successful entertainment properties including the Harry Potter film franchise and the hit television series Seinfeld.

Prior to joining The Walt Disney Studios in 2012, Horn served as President and COO of Warner Bros. Entertainment, leading the studio’s theatrical and home entertainment operations, including the Warner Bros. Pictures Group, Warner Premiere, Warner Bros. Theatrical Ventures and Warner Home Video. During Horn’s tenure from 1999 to 2011, Warner Bros. was the top-performing studio at the global box office seven times and released numerous critically acclaimed films and box office hits including the eight-film Harry Potter series, Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Happy Feet, Sherlock Holmes, The Departed, Million Dollar Baby, the second and third Matrix films and the Ocean’s Eleven trilogy. He is an executive producer on The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey.

In 1987, Horn co-founded Castle Rock Entertainment, where as Chairman and CEO he oversaw a diverse collection of popular, acclaimed film and TV properties including A Few Good Men, The Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile, When Harry Met Sally, City Slickers, In the Line of Fire, and Seinfeld, the most successful show in television history. Horn previously served as President and COO of Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation and as Chairman and CEO of Embassy Communications.

Horn is a co-founder of the Environmental Media Association and a vice chairman of the Natural Resources Defense Council. He is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, and the Museum of Broadcasting, and he serves on the American Film Institute Board of Directors, Harvard Business School Board of Dean’s Advisors, the Autry National Center Board of Trustees in Los Angeles, and the board of Harvard-Westlake School. He is the recipient of the Will Rogers Motion Picture Pioneers Foundation’s 2004 Pioneer of the Year Award, Harvard Business School’s 2007 Leadership Award, and the Producers Guild of America’s 2008 Milestone Award.

Horn earned his MBA from Harvard Business School and served as a captain in the U.S. Air Force. In 2010, he received an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree from New York’s Union College, his alma mater.

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for producing, directing and casting tonight’s event —

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A heartfelt thank you for supporting our beloved geffen playhouse

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for all you do for the theater and in entertainment,thank You and Congratulations!

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Love,Carole & Bob

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And we couldn’t be prouder!

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To the Geffen Playhouse for bringing the magic and inspiration of theatre to so many.

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B R A V O

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We love the geffen, not only for what they do for the education of children,

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We are thrilled to attend another Backstage At the geffen!

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Alan,

What a story! from the new kid at tandem productions (All in the Family) to

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WoW and Congratulations!

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on behalf of the staff of the geffen playhouse, we would love to thank the

Board & advisory Board for being the most generous and committed Boards for which any non-profit could hope.

We appreciate your tremendous dedication and leadership.

the geffen playhouse Board thanks KELly & ron mEyEr

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wilLOw Bay & roBErT a. iGErfor serving as

2014 Backstage at the Geffen Co-Chairs.

COnGraTuLaTiOns alan & sTEvE!

thank you for supporting the geffen.love,

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Congratulations to tonight’s honorees

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two lights in entertainment and the world.

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Congratulations to two wonderful men, steve Martin and Alan horn!

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Congratulations to steve Martin for continuing to inspire an entire community, and to Alan horn for enriching lives through

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Best wishes for your continued success.

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Congratulations to Mr. horn and Mr. Martin on their fantastic accomplishments!

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We are thrilled to join tonight in celebrating artistic achievements, educational outreach

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dear steve and Alan,

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With admiration,lauriE & walTEr

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Dan Tishman, Chairman Frances Beinecke, President

and all your friends at the Natural Resources Defense Council

Congratulations, Alanon your well-deserved

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the geffen playhouse staff and Board humbly thank Backstage at the Geffen Committee Co-Chairs

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and Committee members:

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FOR DECADES, GLOBAL AUDIENCES HAVE BEEN engaged, amused, entertained and heartened by the work of

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sTEpHaniE & JOnaTHan CarSOncongratulate steve Martin, Alan horn

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to our dear friend Alan, congratulations on your many achievements in the entertainment industry and for all of the exceptional work

you do for society that makes this a better world.

With love and admiration,Fay & FranK manCuso

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“i like things to happen; and if they don’t happen, i like to make them happen.”

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Alan, you always do make things happen. good things.

We congratulate you on receiving the distinction in service Award.

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the geffen staff and Board of directors would love to thank

Backstage at the Geffen 2014 host sTEvE CarElL,

and all the amazing artists that grace our stage this evening.

sTEvE SauEr & mEdia Fourtake great pride in supporting the geffen playhouse

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