2008/09 Arden Theatre Company Annual Report

Annual Report 2008/09

Mission Statement Arden Theatre Company is dedicated to bringing to life great stories by great storytellers. The Arden draws from any source that is inherently dramatic and theatrical: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, music and drama. Arden Theatre Company stages works for the diverse greater Philadelphia community that arouse, provoke, illuminate and inspire.

Our Vision for the Future The Arden will be recognized as one of Philadelphia’s great cultural treasures and one of the leading regional theatres in the country. We will draw from the best actors, designers, artisans and arts administrators available nationally while remaining committed to homegrown artists. The Arden will be known as an important incubator for the creation of new work – plays and musicals that premiere at the Arden will be presented worldwide. Playwrights will seek to make the Arden their artistic home. Young people will be inspired, empowered and develop a life-long love of the arts when they experience the energy of Arden Children’s Theatre and participate in Arden classes. Graduates of the Arden Professional Apprentice Program will shape the future of American theatre – here in Philadelphia and elsewhere. Our audiences will see themselves and their humanity in the stories we tell and classes we teach and have a life-long relationship with this theatre. The Arden will be a source of civic pride, the theatre that Philadelphians point to as their theatre.

“The 2008/09 theatre season was the best the area has seen in years. But no company staged as many successful shows as Arden Theatre Company.”

– Philadelphia Weekly

Show by Show Results CANDIDE

The Royal National Theatre Version Music by Leonard Bernstein Book adapted from Voltaire by Hugh Wheeler In a new version by John Caird Lyrics by Richard Wilbur Additional lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, John Latouche, Lillian Hellman, Dorothy Parker and Leonard Bernstein Directed by Terrence J. Nolen On the F. Otto Haas Stage September 11 – October 19, 2008 Candide was made possible by the National Endowment for the Arts as part of American Masterpieces: Three Centuries of Artistic Genius, and by a grant from the Philadelphia Theatre Initiative, a program of the Philadelphia Center for Arts and Heritage, funded by The Pew Charitable Trusts and administered

by The University of the Arts.

Honorary Producers: Barbara and Leslie Kaplan Attendance: 14,309 Ticket Sales: $347,180 Performances: 43 “With its dry, smart humor, you might call the Arden’s production the Jon Stewart Candide.”

– The Philadelphia Inquirer

GEE’S BEND

Written by Elyzabeth Gregory Wilder Directed by Eleanor Holdridge On the Arcadia Stage October 9 – December 7, 2008 Attendance: 11,633 Ticket Sales: $283,918 Performances: 75 “Rich characters and a brilliant cast poignantly show something as simple as a quilt can represent warmth, history, freedom of expression, love and independence.”

– The Philadelphia Tribune

Show by Show Results

James and the Giant Peach

By David Wood from the novel by Roald Dahl Directed by Whit MacLaughlin On the F. Otto Haas stage December 10, 2008 – February 8, 2009

My Name Is Asher Lev

WORLD PREMIERE!

By Aaron Posner adapted from the novel by Chaim Potok Directed by Aaron Posner Artistic Consultant: Adena Potok On the Arcadia Stage January 8 – March 15, 2009

Production Sponsor: Community Partner:

My Name Is Asher Lev was the recipient of an Edgerton Foundation New American Play Award and also received funding from The National Endowment for the Arts.

Attendance: 25,263 Ticket Sales: $350,856 Performances: 80

My Name Is Asher Lev was developed under the auspices of the Independence Foundation New Play Showcase.

“Marvelously directed by Whit MacLaughlin, this clever retelling of James’s adventures in a traveling peach is brimming with spectacular special effects and family fun.” – Press Focus

Honorary Producers: Carole Haas Gravagno and Virginia and Harvey Kimmel Arts Education Fund Attendance: 14,209 Ticket Sales: $370,855 Performances: 82 “Actor Karl Miller [Asher Lev] brushes with greatness in a mesmerizing performance…he is a wunderkind who works wonders, knowing what it means to be torn between two loves. Absolutely arresting.”

– The Jewish Exponent

Show by Show Results

A Year with Frog and Toad

Music by Robert Reale Book and Lyrics by Willie Reale Based on the books by Arnold Lobel Directed by Whit MacLaughlin On the F. Otto Haas stage March 4 – April 19, 2009 Production Sponsor:

Something Intangible WORLD PREMIERE!

By Bruce Graham Directed by Terrence J. Nolen On the Arcadia Stage

By Conor McPherson Directed by David O’Connor On the F. Otto Haas Stage May 14 – June 14, 2009

April 9 - June 7, 2009 Something Intangible was the recipient of an Edgerton Foundation New American Play Award.

Community Partner:

Developed under the auspices of the Independence Foundation New Play Showcase

Attendance: 23,403 Ticket Sales: $310,705 Performances: 66

Production Sponsor:

“The Arden’s brilliant musicalization of the children’s classic returns with Jeff Coon [Frog] and Ben Dibble [Toad]. I hope these guys will be doing F&T for the next five years!” – City Paper

The Seafarer

Attendance: 10,126 Ticket Sales: $228,465 Performances: 67 “There’s no doubt Philly’s Bruce Graham is a master craftsman. He’s this town’s builder of guy-heavy narrative with thoughtful dialogue and stories that suck you in and make you want to stay. Actor Ian Merrill Peakes’ [Tony Wiston] performance is itself a vision.” – The Philadelphia Inquirer

Honorary Producers: Fred and Emily Anton Attendance: 10,010 Ticket Sales: $240,297 Performances: 36 “The Arden’s Seafarer is better than Broadway’s.

This version uncovers the humanity in McPherson’s devilish tale. In doing so, it remind us that life is both precious and fleeting.”

– Philadelphia Weekly

Artistic Achievements The 2008/09 season opened with a radiant production of Bernstein’s Candide featuring a cast of 20 and a lot of chalk. The score for Candide is over 50 years old, but matching it to the right libretto has befuddled everyone from Lillian Hellman to Harold Prince. We chose to use the 1999 National Theatre version written by Tony Awardwinner John Caird, making our production the American regional premiere. Producing Artistic Director Terry Nolen traveled to London to work with Caird on further revisions to the script. Caird was so pleased that he has chosen to use the Arden version in subsequent productions across the globe. Leonard Bernstein’s children, Nina, Jamie, and Alexander joined us opening night and were wildly enthusiastic about the production.

Elyzabeth Gregory Wilder’s play Gee’s Bend has enjoyed productions across the country, but only the Arden could offer it in tandem with an exhibit at one of the world’s leading museums. Our production coincided with the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s exhibit Gee’s Bend: The Architecture of the Quilt. Working in partnership with the Museum, we hosted an event featuring the real-life quilters from Gee’s Bend, Alabama – the women on whom the play is based. The show also ran during the historic presidential election of 2008, and Barack Obama’s trailblazing victory generated even more excitement for this stirring Civil Rights saga among Philadelphia area audiences.

My Name Is Asher Lev, the first Arden commission to be produced on our stage, went on to become the top selling new play in our theatre’s history. Director and adaptor Aaron Posner, the cast, and the design team all had the privilege to work alongside Adena Potok, widow of author Chaim Potok, as she served as artistic consultant for the piece. Our Pay-What-You-Can beneficiary for this performance was the National Museum of American Jewish History, which enabled the Museum’s supporters to be the very first audience ever to experience this play. Soon audiences across the country will have the chance to experience this compelling story. Productions have been scheduled in Delaware, Maryland, California, and Missouri, with many more likely to follow. Asher Lev was also the recipient of the 2009 Brown Martin Philadelphia Award, which honors plays that lead audiences to a better understanding of the unique experiences that make up our diverse global community.

Something Intangible marked the first collaboration of two of Philadelphia’s leading theatre artists: our own Terry Nolen and Bruce Graham, who the Philadelphia Inquirer has called the “dean of Philadelphia dramatists.” The fruit of this collaboration has proven bountiful, with Something Intangible garnering the most

Barrymore nominations of any play this season, including nods for the entire cast and design team.

Arden Theatre Company honored with 23 Barrymore nominations–

We wrapped up with Conor McPherson’s The Seafarer, a chilling dance-with-the-devil yarn featuring beloved Philadelphia actors Greg Wood, Anthony Lawton and William Zielinski. The play was directed by local upand-comer David O’Connor in his Arden debut.

2008/09 Winners of Barrymore Awards for Excellence in Theatre:

Our multi-media adaptation of Roald Dahl’s James and the Giant Peach featured eye-popping scenery by Matt Saunders, a truly “trippy” score by OBIE winner James Sugg, and astonishing animation by the cherished Arden designer Jorge Cousineau. We followed this show with A Year with Frog and Toad, reuniting all the key players from our beloved Barrymore Award winning 2004 production. Ben Dibble and Jeff Coon have had five kids between them since doing the show in 2004. Being fathers has only deepened their connection to Frog and Toad, and it enriched both their performances. Their winsome amphibious characters were brought to life with the help of director Whit MacLaughlin and costume designer Richard St. Clair. Willie Reale, the Tonynominated writer of the show, came to see our production and afterwards admitted that the Arden Frog and Toad “rivaled the Broadway production.”

more than any other theatre company in the Greater Philadelphia region.

Something Intangible by Bruce Graham garnered 13 nominations.

SOMETHING INTANGIBLE:

Outstanding Overall Production of a Play Outstanding Direction of a Play: Terrence J. Nolen Outstanding Leading Actor in a Play: Ian Merrill Peakes as Tony Wiston Outstanding Set Design: James Kronzer Outstanding Lighting Design: F. Mitchell Dana Outstanding Costume Design: Rosemarie E. McKelvey Outstanding New Play: Bruce Graham

CANDIDE:

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Musical: Mary Martello as Old Woman

Brown Martin Philadelphia Award for My Name Is Asher Lev

Community and Educational Outreach

This year we continued our commitment to serving the young people of this region through our outreach initiatives. We gave away nearly 5,000 free tickets to third through fifth grade students and we visited nearly 2,000 through our theatre access program Arden for All (AFA).

AFA has become the cornerstone of our educational outreach work. First piloted in two classrooms in 2005, the program served eight schools in Philadelphia, Ridley Park and Camden, New Jersey this season.

Education Director Maureen Mullin Fowler designed show-related lesson plans for AFA that met local, state and national academic standards, and all lessons were taught by professional actors with teaching experience.

Popular teachers this season included Barrymore nominee Kala Moses Baxter and our very own Frog, Jeff Coon. AFA ensures that students from economically disadvantaged neighborhoods had access to awardwinning live theatre and essential arts education curriculum.

This season we also continued our partnership with the drama students at Camden Creative Arts High School.

The students attended five productions and participated in master classes led by Kala Moses Baxter (Gee’s Bend), Gabra Zackman (My Name Is Asher Lev), Ben Dibble and Jeff Coon (A Year with Frog and Toad), Bruce Graham (Something Intangible), and Jorge Cousineau (James and the Giant Peach).

2008/09 was the first full season of the new Arden Drama School, our expanded offering of theatre classes for students in Kindergarten through twelfth grade. Made possible by a generous, four-year grant from the Wallace Foundation, Arden Drama School serves as a bridge between Children’s Theatre and Mainstage participants by keeping kids engaged through their tween and teen years.

Our first Teen Musical Theatre Camp sold out, and the students will reunite at the Arden to watch their teacher, Jeff Coon, perform as George Seurat in Sunday in the Park with George in 2010.

The Arden Professional Apprentice (APA) program continues to attract applicants from across the country.

Last year’s class included emerging theater professionals from Maine, New York, Maryland and Massachusetts.

The Pay-What-You-Can program continues to raise funds for area non-profits through open dress rehearsals of our Mainstage shows. Last year’s beneficiaries were the Cappie Awards, the African American Chamber of Commerce, the National Museum of American Jewish History, Philadelphia Cares, and After School Activities Partnership (ASAP).

Last year we piloted two new initiatives geared towards increasing access to our shows and our facility. In partnership with ArtReach and Hands Up! Productions, we offered two fully accessible performances of A Year with Frog and Toad, including ASL-shadow interpretation.

While we have offered ASL interpretation in the past, this was the first time we integrated the ASL interpreters into the action of the performance. One patron wrote to us

afterwards, “Thank you not just for a great performance but for introducing us to the beauty and fun of theater with ASL. In one evening, you taught our daughters (and us) a great deal about the importance of creating arts accessibility for all.”

In May 2009 we opened up the F. Otto Haas stage, green room and dressing room to the Melmark Players for their year-end performance of My Fair Lady. The Melmark Players are a troupe of adults with developmental disabilities from the Meadows Campus at Melmark.

Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter was in the audience for the Melmark show. He wrote afterwards, “It was my pleasure to participate in the opening of this production…

The commitment of cultural institutions like the Arden to making the arts accessible to everyone in our city is essential to the success of my administration as we work together to bring real change to the quality of life for everyone who lives, works and visits Philadelphia.”

New Play Development In addition to tackling two world premiere productions this season, the Arden continued to make important strides in the area of new play development. The Independence Foundation New Play Showcase was featured in the New York Times, and garnered new national support from the Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust and increased national support from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Edgerton Foundation, which funded extra rehearsal weeks for both of 2008/09’s world premieres.

This season we held three workshops and commissioned two new plays. In addition, Terry Nolen directed developmental readings in New York and Denver. Here are some of the projects we have in the pipeline: •

Tulipomania: We held a four day workshop that culminated in a public sing-through of the new musical we commissioned from Michael Ogborn and Michael Hollinger. Mary Martello, Ben Dibble, Scott Greer, Adam Heller and Liz Filios all helped give voice to this musical-in-progress. The Michaels are currently at work on another draft of Tulipomania based on what they learned from the workshop.

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The Flea and the Professor: Our first commission for Arden Children’s Theatre affords us the chance to work with hot Off Broadway playwright Jordan Harrison on a whimsical, music-filled adaptation of the story

by Hans Christian Andersen. New York based director Anne Kauffman led a private one-day workshop and reading of the first draft for the Arden’s artistic staff that featured Arden favorite Doug Hara.

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Meticulous Gentlemen: A new play by Dennis Raymond Smeal (Arden Theatre Company’s Exit Wounds) weaves magical realism, knitting, and The Nutcracker to explore issues of love, family, and identity.

Together with actors Ian Merrill Peakes and Russell Leib, director Terry Nolen worked to probe the play’s intricate form and hot button issues during a one-week workshop in December 2008.

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Symbiotic Love: The first of two commissions made to up-and-coming Cuban American playwright Rogelio Martinez this season, this play, set in rural Pennsylvania, is about family, loss, forgiveness, and bee-keeping. Terry Nolen directed a reading of the first draft at New York’s Primary Stages last spring.

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The Bonesetter’s Restaurant: Our second Rogelio Martinez commission, this project will be part of the Kimmel Center’s inaugural Philadelphia Arts Festival in 2011.

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A new play by Michele Lowe (Broadway’s The Smell of the Kill). Michele is the first woman playwright to receive an Arden commission.

World premiere plays. Large scale musicals. Literary adaptations. Wondrous kids shows.

Celebrations of community. 2008/09 celebrated everything that we are known for and showcased the joys of bringing great stories to life.

“Superbly adapted... a passionate and poignant coming of age story...

Posner’s direction is wonderfully creative... a production that is as intimate as a family dinner and as vast as a young man’s dreams...

My Name Is Asher Lev is the first must-see production of 2009.”

–Philadelphia Weekly

Statement of Functional Expenses For the Year Ended June 30, 2009

Program Services

$1,191,535 Salaries

Payroll taxes and benefits $317,078

Total salaries and related expenses $1,508,613

Accounting

30,123 ACT program

Advertising and promotions 465,266

program 5,713 Apprentice

expense 17,462 Box office

78,326 Building maintenance Capital campaign 14,009 expense

7,500 Commissions

services 4,511 Computer

33,553 Concessions

Credit 68,450

card fees 131,249 Depreciation

106,177 Designers

Directors 42,000

Dues and Subscriptions 13,239 Fundraising costs

27,799 Housing

100,613 Insurance

36,462 Interest expense Miscellaneous

81,235 Musicians

Office 6,181

supplies Outreach program 26,972

Parking

49,602 Postage

costs 172,925 Production

Receptions

169,941 Royalties

16,679 Shop rental

Taxes Telephone 8,201

Travel

and entertainment 18,478 120,421 Utilities

Total expenses

$3,361,701

Total Program Management Supporting and General Fundraising Services

$463,735

$141,899

$1,797,169

$118,679

$36,326

$472,083

$582,414

$178,225

$2,269,252

19,350

19,350 30,123

12,751

465,266 5,713 17,462 91,077

2,281

13,533

21,617

475

5,191 3,137 7,898

7,947

9,207 14,629

3,154 4,854

7,500 1,544

425 55,549

5,875

3,532

5,541

23,471

1,262

16,290 7,500 18,044 33,553 75,950 154,410 106,177 42,000 14,139 55,549 27,799 105,804 39,599 13,773 81,235 17,660 26,972 9,207 69,773 172,925 23,471 169,941 16,679

12,617 23,332 120,421

$708,438

$282,924

$4,353,063

Statement of Activities

2008/09 Income

For the Year Ended June 30, 2009

Unrestricted Temporarily Restricted

Total

1% Investments

Revenue, Gains and other support Ticket and subscription sales $2,225,262

$2,225,262

$1,277,421

$863,530

$2,140,951

$122,332

$122,332

$25,759

$25,759

$218,820

$218,820

$3,869,594

$863,530

$4,733,124

$632,217

($632,217)

$4,501,811

$231,313

$4,733,124

$3,361,701

$3,361,701

Management and general

$708,438

$708,438

Fundraising

$282,924

$282,924

$4,353,063

$4,353,063

$148,748

$231,313

$380,061

Net assets– beginning of year

$3,951,123

$901,104

$4,852,227

Net assets–end of year

$4,099,871 $1,132,417

$5,232,288

Contributions and grants Capital contributions Investment income Miscellaneous income Total Revenue Net assets released from restrictions Total Revenue, gains and other support

Expenses Program Services

Total Expenses Increase in net assets

48%

51%

Donations and Contributions

Ticket sales and Drama School tuition

INCOME

2008/09 Expenses

Fundraising

6% 16%

Administration

78%

Programming

EXPENSE

Corporate, Foundation and Government Support $100,000 & above The 1976 Foundation Hamilton Family Foundation Independence Foundation Pennsylvania Department of Community & Economic Development The Pew Charitable Trusts The Philadelphia Theatre Initiative, a program of the Philadelphia Center for Arts and Heritage, funded by The Pew Charitable Trusts and administered by The University of the Arts The Wallace Foundation William Penn Foundation $50,000 to $99,999 The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust Pennsylvania Council on the Arts The Philadelphia Inquirer, Daily News and philly.com+ Shubert Foundation $15,000 to $49,999 Campbell Soup Foundation Comcast Corporation Claneil Foundation Edgerton Foundation New American Plays Edward M. Story Memorial Fund of the Philadelphia Foundation Evantine Design+ Fox Chase Bank Harmelin Media Hirsig Family Foundation of the Philadelphia Foundation Horace W.Goldsmith Foundation Kieran Timberlake Associates, LLP Lincoln Financial Group Foundation McLean Contributionship Medical Legal Reproductions+ National Endowment for the Arts PECO

Philadelphia Cultural Fund PNC Bank Target Corporation $7,500 to $14,999 Anonymous Boeing Corporation Gallagher Family Memorial Foundation John S. and James L. Knight Foundation Philadelphia Cultural Fund Philadelphia Humanities Council PNC Charitable Trust TD Bank The Vanguard Group Foundation Verizon $2,500 to $7,499 The Addis Group Allegiance Bank Arronson Foundation Aqua Pennsylvania, Inc. Barefoot Wine + Barra Foundation Berwind Corporation Brook J. Lenfest Foundation Caroline Alexander Buck Foundation Caroline J. S. Sanders Charitable Trust Catering by Design+ Civic Foundation Dolfinger-McMahon Foundation Eagles Youth Partnership+ Larry Farnese Anne M. and Philip H. Glatfelter, III Family Foundation Graboyes Commercial Window Co. Greater Philadelphia Tourism and Marketing Corporation The Haley Foundation The Hassel Foundation Hatboro Beverages+ Independence Blue Cross Karr Barth Associates Merck, Inc.

National Association of Musical Theatre Nordstrom, Inc. Paul E. Kelly Foundation Philadelphia Activities Fund Samuel S. Fels Fund Studley, Inc. Susquehanna Bank Tierney Communications The Victory Foundation Wachovia Foundation Walter J.Miller Trust Zipcar Philadelphia+ $749 to $2,499 Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC Citizens Bank Foundation Dilworth Paxson, LLP Dramatists Guild Fund, Inc. Drumcliff Foundation Garfield Refining Co. Albert M.Greenfield Co., Inc. Jenkintown Building Services+ Johnson and Johnson Louis N. Cassett Foundation Manko Gold Katcher and Fox, LLP Maxwell Strawbridge Charitable Trust Media Copy+ Park America+ Philadelphia Activities Fund Quaker Chemical Foundation Ann Shaw Foundation Union Benevolent Association Walker Foundation Whole Foods Markets+ $749 and under Actors’ Equity Association Foundation Bluecoat Gin+ Corporate Synergies Eclat Chocolates+ Pennsylvania Womens Forum The Rittenhouse Foundation William Goldman Foundation +denotes gifts of services or goods

The Show Must Go On On March 15, 2009, the Arden held our biannual “The Show Must Go On” gala at Loews Philadelphia Hotel on Market Street. 175 guests joined us for a night of casino-style games and entertainment, courtesy of Arden stars Jeffrey Coon, Ben Dibble, Scott Greer, Mary Martello and Michael Ogborn. The evening, which raised $29,500, was chaired by Arden board member Ronna Hall, David Hall of Loews Hotel Philadelphia, and Brian Kappra of Evantine Design.

Sylvan Society 2008/09 Sassafras Grove ($10,000 and Above) Mr. Frederick W. Anton, III Sally and Michael Bailin Mr. and Mrs. Albert M. Greenfield, III Phoebe W. Haas Charitable Trust A,recommended by Carole Haas Gravagno Phoebe W. Haas Charitable Trust A,recommended by John Otto and Dr. Janet Haas Mr. and Mrs. N. Peter Hamilton Hirsig Family Fund of The Philadelphia Foundation Virginia and Harvey Kimmel Arts Education Fund of The Philadelphia Foundation Cherry Grove ($5,000-$9,999) Dorothy Delbueno Marie and Joseph Field Matthew and Marie Garfield Ms. Elizabeth Gemmill Phoebe W. Haas Charitable Trust B, recommended by Leonard C. Haas Barbara and Leslie Kaplan Peggy and Steve Morgan The Suzanne F. and Ralph J. Roberts Foundation Charles Rose and Mindy Goldberg Rose Monica Horan and Philip Rosenthal Anonymous

Terry and Amanda Foster Spahr, through the Betty and Wes Foster Family Foundation Rosalyn and Stephen Weinstein Sally Walker and Tom Gilmore Filbert Grove ($2,500-$4,999) Mrs. Valla Amsterdam Carol and Tom Beam John Bitman Lois G. Brodsky Chip Capelli Anne M. Congdon Robert M. Dever Ann Diebold Bob and Nancy Elfant Tim and Ellen Foster Narinder and Patricia Garg Glenn Gundersen and Susan Manix Ronna F. and Robert Hall Paul Kelly Josephine Klein Lee and Christopher van de Velde June and Steve Wolfson Family Foundation Mulberry Grove ($1,000-$2,499) Brian Abernathy and Elizabeth Ireland John Alchin Peggy Anderson Bethany Asplundh Jim and Janet Averill

Sheryl and Allen Bar Giséle Sambar Bathish Ivy Bayard Sandy and Mickey Bernstein Reggie Blaszczyk and Lee O’Neill Louis Bluver Jean G. Bodine Patty Bowman Tony Braithwaite Bernard Brewstein and Ellen Rosenthal DeDe and Tony Brown Nancy Burd Thomas Burke and Rick Fountas Laurada Byers Jean Canfield Priscilla and John F. Clement Jeffrey Coon John and Susan Coleman Joy De Jesús and Jamie Reynolds Ben Dibble Michael A. Donato and Peter R. Sonzogni Deb Dorsey and Mike Green Stephen Falchek Jeanne Fisher Oliver M. Ford Sandi Foxx-Jones Richard Frey David and Christina Fryman Lou and Rhoda Fryman Linda and David Glickstein Terry Graboyes Bonnie Graham

Marcy Gringlas and Joel Greenberg Chara and John C. Haas David and MaryJane Hackney Mr. and Mrs. Jon Harmelin Don and Lynn Martin Haskin Jane and Steve Heumann Karen and Mark Hite Susan Jacobson and Michael Golden Mr. and Mrs. D. Scott and Carol Kelley Caroline Kemmerer Mr. Peter Kenney and Dr. Dorothy Novick Holly Kinser Bill and Beth Landman Winnie and Eric Lien William A. Loeb Richard Maimon and Susan Segal Drs. Robin and Saifuddin Mama Lewis R. and Sue Ann Marburg Gloria and Dan Mariano Jean S. Markovitz John J. McCawley Andrea Mengel and George A. Ritter Seymour Millstein A.C. Missias J. Williams Mills III Ann and George Morris Ellen and Michael Mulroney Amy L. Murphy Ron and Suzanne Naples

Terrence J. Nolen Michael Norris and Matt Varrato Diane Palmer Thomas Petro and Kristine Messner Dr. and Mrs. Joel Porter Aaron Posner and Erin Weaver Anonymous Ann and Frank Reed, through the Malfer Foundation Kurt and Mary-Ann Reiss Phyllis and Martin Rosenthal Mike Salmanson and Tobi Zemsky Julianna Schauerman Dr. Nathan and Dolly Beechman Schnall Hether, Don and Sarah Smith Richard and Amanda Smoot Kathleen A. Stephenson William K. Stewart Foundation Keith and Jim Straw Adelaide Sugarman and Marshall Greenberg Harvey B. Swedloff Justin Thomas Marguerite V. Rodgers and James H. Timberlake Eileen Heisman Tuzman and Martin Tuzman Tom and Pat Vernon Sandy and Michael Wax Richard E. Woosnam and Diane Dalto Woosnam Ellen Yin

Richard and Joan Behr Pat and Tom Bender Barry and Marilyn Bevacqua Mr. and Mrs. J. Robert and Marilyn Birnhak Ruth E. Brown Bob Carfagno Mr. Joseph Casey Ruth Miller Cox Charles J. Coyle Daniel Devlin Sue and Robert Evans Anne Ewers Mr. and Mrs. Farenback- Brateman Shannon and Edward Farmer Charlotte and Mickey Feldman Ruth and Andre Ferber Dan Gannon Charles Gear

Terry Gillen Susan Greene Douglas and Harriet Heath Bill Hendrickson Jim and Carolyn Hessinger Mr. Philip Kalodner Susan Kellogg and Dick Hoffman Patricia and Charles Kling Barbara and Leonard Klinghoffer Marilyn and David Kraut Mary Ellen Krober Ruth and Peter Laibson Barbara Patterson Lobb Frank and Sally Mallory Tina Manco Lynn and Joe Manko George and Judy McCarthy Gloria McNutt Laura Offutt and Steve Fukuchi Mary and F. Laurence Pethick

John and Pinkie Philbrick Helen Phillips Rhoda Polakoff Sherri and Abe Reich Eleanor Reinhardt Irwin C. and Carole M. Saft Harold and Sharon Schwalm James Akerberg and Larry Simmons James L. Smith Drs. Richard and Rhonda Soricelli Marilyn and Dean R. Staats Robert and Sydney Stevens Eric Tamulonis and Deirdre Gibson Hella and Lew Volgenau Marlene Weinberg Fred and Arleen Weinstein Paul and Barbara Yeagle

Annual Fund Donors 2008/09 $500 - $999

Rebecca and John Adams Stan and Lisa Altman Peter and Lynne Berman Robert and Almut Breazeale Debbie and Alan Casnoff Carol Caswell James R. Fairburn and David A. Wickard Carole M. Foley Edith Klausner Alan and Elaine Klawans Kenneth D. Kopple Jim and Pat Lockhart Culbertson Donald J.Martin and Richard Repetto Iris Melendez and Henry R. Adamczyk, Jr. Stephanie and Michael Naidoff Paul Nutaitis and Robert Clark

Barbara and Don Parman Michael L and Judy Paul Dan Promislo Whitney Quesenbery and John Chester Paul Rabe and Cheryl Gunter Franklyn and Cintra Rodgers Marilyn Sanborne and Richard Labowskie Eva and Marvin Schlanger Family Foundation Frank and Catherine Signorello Harold and Emily Starr Dr. and Mrs. Stephen G.Vasso Tom and Jackie Zemaitis

$250-$499*

Charles and Stephanie Andrews Alan and Sandy Ault Joann White and William Beckett

*Listing does not include gifts under $250

Board of Directors 2008/09 David Fryman, President N. Peter Hamilton, Vice President Andrea Mengel, Vice President Michael A. Donato, Treasurer Nancy Hirsig, Secretary Brian Abernathy Nancy Burd Karen Butler Jean Canfield Joy L. De Jesús Ellen P. Foster Matthew Garfield Elizabeth H. Gemmill Carole Haas Gravagno Albert M. Greenfield, III Ronna F. Hall Joanne Harmelin Lynn Martin Haskin, Ph.D. Steve Heumann Susan G. Jacobson Barbara Kaplan Virginia Kimmel Holly Kinser Richard L. Maimon John J. McCawley Amy L. Murphy Terrence J. Nolen Aaron Posner Charles H. Rose H. Hetherington Smith Harvey B. Swedloff Joseph A. Tammaro, Jr. Lee van de Velde Diane Dalto Woosnam Ellen Yin 40 N. 2nd Street • Philadelphia, PA 19106 215.922.1122 • ardentheatre.org

Photos by Mark Garvin. Front cover: Ben Dibble and Liz Filios in Candide. Pg 2: Cast of Candide. Pg 3: Edwina Findley in Gee’s Bend. Pg 4 (l-r): Ceal Phelan and Oberon Adjepong in James and the Giant Peach; Adam Heller and Karl Miller in My Name Is Asher Lev. Pg 5 (l-r): Ben Dibble and Jeffrey Coon in A Year with Frog and Toad; Ian Merrill Peakes in Something Intangible; Cast of The Seafarer. Pg 6: Scott Greer and Ian Merrill Peakes in Something Intangible. Pg 8-9 (l-r): Ben Dibble and students - A Year with Frog and Toad lobby meet and greet; Summer Camp 2009; 2008/09 Arden Professional Apprentices; Arden for All classroom. Pg 10: Karl Miller in My Name Is Asher Lev. Pg 12: Mary Martello in Candide. Pg 14: Top: Scott Greer and Jeff Coon with Arden board member Peter Hamilton at Show Must Go On. Bottom: Scott Greer and Arden supporters at Show Must Go On. Back cover: Nick Gaswirth, Erin Driscoll and Ben Dibble in A Year with Frog and Toad.