Arden Theatre Company's 25th Anniversary Season

ARDEN THEATRE COMPANY 25TH ANNIVERSARY SEASON

NEXT TO NORMAL Book and Lyrics by Brian Yorkey Music by Tom Kitt Directed by Terrence J. Nolen

FREUD’S LAST SESSION

By Mark St. Germain Directed by Ian Merrill Peakes

ENDGAME

By Samuel Beckett Directed by Edward Sobel

A RAISIN IN THE SUN

By Lorraine Hansberry Directed by Walter Dallas

A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim Book by Hugh Wheeler Directed by Terrence J. Nolen

“Next to Normal is a work of muscular grace and power. It is much more than a feel-good musical; it is a feel-everything musical.” –The New York Times

August: Osage County (2011)

The Pulitzer Prize Winning Musical

Book and Lyrics by Brian Yorkey Music by Tom Kitt Directed by Terrence J. Nolen Production conceived by Jorge Cousineau and Terrence J. Nolen September 27 – November 4

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F. Otto Haas Stage

Winner of the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, this electric and emotional musical follows the Goodman family’s struggle to maintain connection amidst crisis.

Set to a contemporary score, Next to Normal’s bold storytelling redefines the American musical.

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“A wholly engaging play [that] will leave you thinking… Freud’s Last Session is a show you don’t really want to end.” –Chicago Tribune

Ghost-Writer (2010)

FREUD’S LAST SESSION

By Mark St. Germain Directed by Ian Merrill Peakes October 25 – December 23

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Arcadia Stage

On the day England enters World War II, Sigmund Freud invites a young C.S. Lewis to his London flat. Here, the father of modern psychology challenges a little known professor on the brink of literary fame. Freud’s Last Session imagines a collision of these two brilliant minds over love, God, and life.

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“Beckett’s plays became the cornerstone of 20th century theater.”

–The New York Times

The Threepenny Opera (2010)

Directed by Edward Sobel

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Nobel Prize-winner Samuel Beckett influenced generations of writers, from Pinter to Mamet, Albee to Stoppard. The Arden now presents this master storyteller for the first time, with the darkly comic Endgame under the direction of Edward Sobel (Clybourne Park, Superior Donuts). Featuring Philadelphia actors Scott Greer and James Ijames as co-dependent clowns Hamm and Clov, this visceral and vital production introduces Arden audiences to the funny, gritty, and rich world of Beckett.

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“A Raisin in the Sun changed American Theatre forever.�

-The New York Times

Caroline, or Change (2007)

By Lorraine Hansberry Directed by Walter Dallas

March 7 – April 14

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In Chicago’s South Side in 1959, a life insurance check sent to the Younger’s home arrives with the promise of change. This African American family then considers buying a house in the all-white Clybourne Park, but conflicting aspirations and a neighborhood’s intolerance threaten the dream’s reality. Walter Dallas (The Piano Lesson, Blue Door) directs this classic drama that paved the way for the African American voice to be heard on stage.

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A production from the team behind 2010’s Sunday in the Park with George, called by the Wall Street Journal: “One of the strongest Sondheim productions of the past decade.”

Sunday in the Park with George (2010)

Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim Book by Hugh Wheeler Directed by Terrence J. Nolen

A Little Night Music

May 23 – June 30

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This romantic waltz of a musical whisks you away to a weekend in the country. One of Sondheim’s most brilliant works is brought to life on the Arden’s stage by the team behind 2009’s Sunday in the Park with George, hailed as one of the Best Musicals of the Year by the Wall Street Journal. Ben Dibble, Grace Gonglewski and Mary Martello lead a cast of 16 in this enchanting and passionate romp.

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Featuring Ben Dibble, Grace Gonglewski and Mary Martello

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Clybourne Park (2012)

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Superior Donuts (2011)

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Season media partner: All photos by Mark Garvin. Cover: Cast of August: Osage County (2011). P2-3: (l-r) Jeffrey Coon (Sunday in the Park with George); Steve Pacek, Erika Rose & Josh Tower (Clybourne Park); Grace Gonglewski (A Moon for the Misbegotten); Cody Nickell, Johnnie Hobbs, Jr. & James Ijames (The Whipping Man); Amanda Schoonover (The Threepenny Opera); Cast of Tulipomania; Cast of The History Boys; Eric Hissom & Justin Jain (Cyrano); Adam Heller & Karl Miller (My Name Is Asher Lev).

P5: (l-r) Eric Hissom, Grace Gonglewski & Dylan Gelula (August: Osage County). P7: Douglas Rees (Ghost-Writer). P9: Scott Greer (The Threepenny Opera). P11: Joilet F. Harris (Caroline, or Change). P13: Jeffrey Coon & Kristine Fraelich (Sunday in the Park with George). P15: Maggie Lakis & Ian Merrill Peakes (Clybourne Park). Back: James Ijames (Superior Donuts).