$150 towards the purchase of tickets at the Geffen Playhouse by UCLA. This season, which runs the gamut from satire and farce to musical and biography , kicked off with the world premiere of Blair Singer's Hollywood parody Matthew Modine Saves the Alpacas - featuring Matthew Modine himself, segues into Bill Cain's witty historical fiction Equivocation , is followed by the North American premiere of Joanna Murray-Smith's wild comedy The Female of the Species - featuring Annette Bening which leads into the world premiere of Jonathan Brielle's gritty musical Nightmare Alley , and concludes with the West Coast premiere of George Stevens, Jr's stunning biography Thurgood - featuring Laurence Fishburne .