64 and 65 ... Co-founded South Coast...

64 and 65 ... Co-founded South Coast Repertory in 1964 ... Today,

they are the co-artistic directors of the theater ... Legend has it

that they wrote up their long-term plan on a napkin from a coffee

shop ... What began as doodles turned into a small theater on the

Balboa Peninsula ... SCR starts its 40th season this year as an

award-winning theater company with a Tony Award among its accolades

... Emmes is a resident of Laguna Beach, Benson a resident of

Huntington Beach ... Met each other at San Francisco State College in

1960 ... Both are married ... Emmes has four children, Benson has

four stepchildren ... Emmes enjoys traveling, and Benson likes to fly

his restored antique airplane, a 1941 U.S. Navy open-cockpit biplane

trainer ... Last year’s ranking: 11