Wanamaker's Pursuit stagebill

WANAMAKER’S Pursuit

A new play by Rogelio Martinez Directed by Terrence J. Nolen

Mar 31 - May 22

Part of the Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts, inspired by the Kimmel Center

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ARDEN THEATRE COMPANY PRESENTS

WANAMAKER’S PURSUIT A new play by ROGELIO MARTINEZ Scenic Designer

Costume Designer

JAMES KRONZER

RICHARD ST. CLAIR+

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Lighting Designer

Sound Designer

F. MITCHELL DANA

JORGE COUSINEAU

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Assistant Director

EDWARD SOBEL

DAN PLEHAL

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Stage Manager

STEPHANIE COOK*

Directed by TERRENCE J. NOLEN^ March 31 - May 22, 2011 Arcadia Stage Part of the Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts, inspired by the Kimmel Center

WANAMAKER’S PURSUIT was commissioned by Arden Theatre Company and the Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts, inspired by the Kimmel Center WANAMAKER’S PURSUIT is produced under the auspices of the Arden’s Independence Foundation New Play Showcase.

Special thanks to The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust for supporting Arden Theatre Company.

This play is a recipient of an Edgerton Foundation New American Plays Award.

Arden Theatre Company receives state arts funding support through a grant from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency funded by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency.

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* Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the U.S.

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WELCOME from the Producing Artistic Director

Welcome to the world premiere of Rogelio Martinez’s Wanamaker’s Pursuit.

We’re thrilled that this production is part of the inaugural Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts (PIFA), a three week celebration of this region’s arts and artists running April 7 thru May 1. PIFA is inspired by Paris circa 1910-1920 – a time of unprecedented creativity and unbridled artistic energy. The festival will feature theatre, music, dance, fashion, fine arts and even cuisine and aims to bring international attention to this region’s extraordinary artistic community. We’re thrilled to be a part of it.

Terrence J. Nolen

Festivals are a wonderful way to make connections – with artists and organizations; artistic movements and artistic impulses; and most importantly, with audiences.

Look at the extraordinary connections made by the Live Arts/Philadelphia Fringe Festival since it was launched here in Old City in 1997. Now it is a thriving city-wide celebration that has done so much to showcase and foster the development of Philadelphia’s flourishing arts community.

In preparation for this production we have been making our own connections.

The cast spent the day at the Philadelphia Museum of Art (philamuseum.org), attending the current exhibition Paris Through the Window: Marc Chagall and His Circle in addition to having a private showing of dresses from the museum’s collection created by French fashion designer Paul Poiret, the “King of Fashion” and a character in this play. (The Chagall exhibition runs thru July 10; photos from our tour of the special collections can be found at ardentheatre.org/blog).

We visited the former Wanamaker’s Department Store, now Macy’s, to hear the Wanamaker Organ and receive a behind-the-scenes tour (June 22, 2011 marks the centennial celebration of when the organ was first heard; wanamakerorgan.com).

Connections were also made with the Rosenbach Museum and Library (rosenbach.org), The Barnes Foundation (barnesfoundation.org) and the Please Touch Museum where the Wanamaker’s monorail cars are on display (pleasetouchmuseum.org). Working on this play has reminded me what an extraordinary city Philadelphia is. I hope you check out PIFA 2011 (pifa.org) and make your own connections.

I want to thank the Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust for their support of our new play development efforts, the Edgerton Foundation New American Plays Awards for providing additional rehearsal time for Wanamaker’s Pursuit, and the Independence Foundation for their leadership in launching and sustaining the Independence Foundation New Play Showcase. Thank you for investing in new work and in our future.

Wanamaker’s Pursuit is the final play of our 2010/11 season. I look forward to seeing you back here next fall.

Cast of Characters Leo Stein .............................................................................................................................. David Bardeen* Larue/Fencing Instructor/Guard/Franz Reichelt/Picasso ................................................ Shawn Fagan* Paul Poiret..................................................................................................................Wilbur Edwin Henry* Nathan Wanamaker ............................................................................................................Jürgen Hooper* Denise Poiret ................................................................................................................. Geneviève Perrier* Gertrude Stein............................................................................................................. Catharine K. Slusar* Fight Captain: Shawn Fagan*

Understudies Jessica Dal Canton, Jeff Hunsicker, Matt Mancuso, Joe O’Brien, Sarah Robinson

Place

Paris, France

Time 1911

Arden Theatre Company is a professional company employing members of Actors’ Equity Association. *Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the U.S. Please check houseboards for program changes.

Taking pictures and/or making visual or sound recordings is expressly forbidden.

The Arden operates under an agreement between the League of Resident Theatres and Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

Actors’ Equity Association (AEA), founded in 1913, represents more than 45,000 actors and stage managers in the United States. Equity seeks to advance, promote and foster the art of live theatre as an essential component of our society. Equity negotiates wages and working conditions, providing a wide range of benefits, including health and pension plans. AEA is a member of the AFL-CIO, and is affiliated with FIA, an international organization of performing arts unions. www.actorsequity.org Arden Theatre Company proudly participates in the Barrymore Awards for Excellence in Theatre, a program of the Theatre Alliance of Greater Philadelphia.

Playwright’s Thanks I’d like to thank Arden Theatre Company and the Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts, inspired by the Kimmel Center, for commissioning this play. Their great generosity gave me the time to research and write the play. Thanks also to the Independence Foundation New Play Showcase for supporting the development of this play. I’d also like to thank the Edgerton Foundation New American Plays Award for all the extra rehearsal time. Without their support, you would be watching a different play tonight. In addition, I’d like to thank Ed Sobel whose suggestion to move backwards in order to go forwards helped the rewriting process immensely. I would especially like to thank Terry Nolen. In Terry I initially found a collaborator and mentor only to later discover that I had also found a friend. Finally, I’d like to thank my wife, Karen Martinez, for all her notes during the writing of the play, and her patience during the rehearsal process.

-Rogelio Martinez

DIRECTOR’S Notes “It’s not what Paris gives you; it’s what it doesn’t take away.”

Gertrude Stein An American abroad; the Paris of Gertrude Stein and Pablo Picasso; and the Wanamaker’s Department Store. Each of these carries powerful associations and conjures strong images for me. So I was thrilled when Rogelio Martinez told me they were some of the characters, themes and places that he wanted to explore in Wanamaker’s Pursuit.

Many of Rogelio’s plays feature characters that are thrust into new and unexpected worlds.

Last year I directed Rogelio’s When Tang Met Laika, a play about an American astronaut who falls in love with a Russian cosmonaut on the International Space Station (talk about being thrust into a new world), so the story of an heir to the Wanamaker’s Department Store traveling to Paris in 1911 to be a buyer for the family business seemed a perfect subject for this playwright.

Rogelio was born in Cuba and came to the United States on the Mariel boatlift in 1980 when he was nine years old. Perhaps this is one of the reasons that so many of his plays are about people traveling to new places and facing uncharted territory – both geographically and emotionally. Throughout his work, Rogelio explores what happens when cultures collide and how the individual responds to that experience.

The idea for this play was also attractive to me because of the Wanamaker mystique. For so many of us, the name evokes memories of a time gone buy – a time before the mall and Amazon.com when the department store was king.

When I was a kid my grandmother would bring us into Philadelphia on the El to visit the department stores in Center City around the holidays. My grandmother, Ramonde Anaise Van Parys, was born in France and emigrated to the United States in 1905 when she was a girl – like so many others, thrust into a new world. I remember standing with her in the Grand Court of Wanamaker’s, listening to the massive Wanamaker Organ and watching the Wanamaker Light Show (featuring the voice of John Facenda – my brother delivered his newspaper so I paid particular attention to that voice). As a kid, the store somehow spoke to me about Philadelphia’s greatness.

“Writing a play is a way of giving shape to your past,” Rogelio has said. I love the fact that Rogelio, a playwright born in Cuba, has written a new play about a man from Philadelphia who travels to Paris to find his place in the world. This play reminds me about the excitement of new beginnings and connects me with memories of my past.

I hope you enjoy it.

Terrence J. Nolen

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Wanamaker’s Pursuit

Interested in learning more about Wanamaker’s Pursuit? Join us for these events that take place during the run of the play.

Go further…

The Wanamaker’s: A History of Family and Fashion Thursday, April 28 at 7pm Sunday, May 1 at 1pm Independence Foundation Studio, Arden Theatre Company Award-winning author and historian Regina Lee Blaszczyk leads a conversation on the history of the Wanamaker family and the legacy left to Philadelphia. Drawing on her intricate knowledge of design and fashion, Reggie will shed light on the global fashion industry, and how Paris, the world’s fashion capital, influenced the world. These discussions will be moderated by Arden Associate Artistic Director Edward Sobel and presented in conjunction with the Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts. Free admission.

The Costumes of Wanamaker’s Pursuit Monday, May 9, 2011; 6PM – 7:30PM Arcadia Stage, Arden Theatre Company Spend an evening with Wanamaker’s Pursuit Costume Designer Richard St. Clair and actress Genevieve Perrier as they discuss how Paul Poiret’s 1911 Paris fashions influenced the design of the play. Chart the costume creation process from sketch to construction, and watch a demonstration of the draping technique that Poiret used on his wife and muse, Denise. Arden’s Associate Producer Matthew Decker hosts the salon. Purchase tickets for the evening at ardentheatre.org/salons.

Wanamaker’s: Meet Me at the Eagle Wednesday, May 4, 2011; 6pm Historical Society of Pennsylvania 1300 Locust Street

WANAMAKER’S PURSUIT

The Arden partners with the Historical Society of Pennsylvania and the Philadelphia History Museum to bring you this meet the author event! Wanamaker’s department store is fondly remembered for the massive bronze eagle in the Grand Court, concerts from the world’s largest pipe organ, and its spectacular Christmas festivities. In his recently published book, Philadelphia native Michael J. Lisicky takes a nostalgic journey through the history of the store, from its beginnings as a haberdashery to the final poignant closing of its doors. $10 Admission. Free for Arden subscribers. Register at www.hsp.org

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The Arden’s 2011/12 Season

By Matthew Decker, Associate Producer

The Arden has a history of producing stories about the American family. We continue this tradition by kicking off next season with August: Osage County – a play about THE American family of our time.

Written by Tracy Letts, who also penned this season’s Superior Donuts, August was a sonic boom that reverberated through theatre communities across the country, winning the Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize. This complex, darkly comic story of a pill-popping mother, a disappearing alcoholic father, and their three daughters is family dysfunction at a monumental scale. (And it features one of the best family dinner room scenes in the history of American theatre.) A play this grand in scope requires a cast of extraordinary skill to bring it to life. We’ve assembled a Who’s Who of Philadelphia theatre: Carla Belver. Grace Gongleswki. Eric Hissom. Mary Martello. Paul Nolan. Tony Lawton. Bill Zilenski.

They lead thirteen actors that tear through a three-story set constructed on the Haas Stage. Terry Nolen directs. It’s going to be epic.

Clybourne Park premiered at Playwrights Horizons in New York in 2010. Entertainment Weekly hailed it as the best play of the year. Multiple productions have since sprung up in regional theatres across the country to great critical acclaim. In London, it has recently won the Olivier Award for Best Play. This international sensation will be presented on the Arcadia Stage in the New Year. Written by Bruce Norris, Clybourne Park smartly spins the events of Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun. Act I is set in 1959, as a white family sells their home to a black family, causing an uproar in their middleclass Chicago community. Act II is set in 2009 in the same house where a white family is buying the house from a black family. Directed by Associate Artistic Director Edward Sobel, this insightful, biting comedy questions how far our ideas about race and gentrification have evolved.

We’ve talked about producing Cyrano since 1994, when the Arden, Wilma and Walnut Theatres all announced it as part of their seasons. The Walnut and Wilma presented a co-production of the play, and we decided to bide our time. We’re sure glad that we did, because eighteen years later we will premiere a new version that is translated by Michael Hollinger and adapted by Michael and Aaron Posner. The pair is more than up for the challenge of presenting a new version of Edmond Rostand’s classic play. Michael – who speaks fluent French – understands the translation process intimately, as his plays have been translated into multiple languages. Aaron is no stranger to adapting classic works; given his experience with preparing My Name is Asher Lev and The Chosen for their world premieres at the Arden. They put this impressive pedigree to good use in March 2012. Aaron directs the play, which features Scott Greer and Tony Lawton.

Michael Ogborn, the composer of Baby Case and Café Puttanesca premieres his latest musical, Tulipomania, in May 2012. This modern musical morality tale is set in an Amsterdam hash bar. The patrons spin the story of the Dutch Tulip Craze of 1636, the first recorded economic boom and bust in history. Men sacrificed everything they owned for a mere flower. The fascinating structure of this new musical interconnects the plight of the 21st century Wall Street Investment Broker with that of the 17th century Spice Trader. Ogborn’s contemporary score draws from the musical essence of Turkey and Afghanistan, 17th century sounds, and folk ballads to set the themes of obsession, greed, forgiveness and redemption to music. Terry Nolen leads Jeff Coon and Joliet Harris in this world premiere.

(There is one more production still to be announced – and we’ll be in touch when choices are finalized.)

Next season boasts one of the great plays of our time, a shockingly funny new play, a new look at a beloved classic and a new musical about obsession. It should be quite a ride.

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Who’s Who DAVID BARDEEN (Leo Stein) is thrilled to be back at the Arden! (Company, Candida, and Molly’s Delicious - Barrymore Nomination, Supporting Actor). Regional: Yale Rep., South Coast Rep., Wilma Theater, Walnut Street Theatre, Delaware Theatre Company, BoarsHead Theatre, Lantern Theatre, Hedgerow Theatre, and InterAct Theatre (2001 Barrymore Award, Supporting Actor). TV: Weeds, Numb3rs, Medium, Dirty Sexy Money, and Related. Film: The Dismissal, Cherchez La Femme, Seduction of the Will. M.F.A. - Yale School of Drama. Thank you to Terry, Matt, Erin, and Jeff.

SHAWN FAGAN (Larue/Fencing Instructor/Guard/Franz Reichelt/Picasso) is very happy to be back at the Arden, having previously played Mercutio in Romeo & Juliet and Hamlet in Wittenberg. Other regional credits include The Playboy of the Western World, Complete Works of Wllm Shkspr [abridged] (Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival); The Voysey Inheritance (Denver Center); Intimations for Saxophone (Arena Stage, dir.

Anne Bogart); War of the Worlds/Radio Play (SITI Company, U.S. Tour); The Misanthrope (Dallas Theatre Center); and seasons at Utah Shakespeare Festival and American Players Theatre. New York credits include the title role in Wife to James Whelan (Mint Theatre Co., U.S. premiere); The Misanthrope (Pearl Theatre Company) Peninsula (Soho Rep); Dearest Eugenia Haggis (Clubbed Thumb); Milk ‘n’ Honey, Ajax: 100% Fun (LightBox). More info at www.shawnfagan.net WILBUR EDWIN HENRY (Paul Poiret) is pleased to make his Arden debut. He was last seen on the Philadelphia stage in Orson’s Shadow in Philadelphia Theatre Company’s last production at Plays and Players Theater. In Philadelphia’s former CBS TV crime drama Hack he played District Attorney John Landi. NYC: Our Town; Is He Dead?; Orson’s Shadow; In the Matter of J. Robert Oppenheimer; Outward Bound; Pullman Car Hiawatha. Regionally: “Ralph” A Christmas Story, Capital Repertory Theatre and The Cleveland Play House; “Orson Welles”, Orson’s Shadow at Alley Theatre, Round House Theatre as well as Philadelphia Theatre Company; “Garfinkel”, Other People’s Money, John W. Engeman Theater. Other TV: Law & Order, One Life to Live, Guiding Light, Another World, All My Children.

JÜRGEN HOOPER (Nathan Wanamaker) Broadway: Brighton Beach Memoirs. Regional: The Cherry Orchard (Milwaukee Rep), Rabbit Hole (The Goodman). Chicago: Huck Finn (Steppenwolf Theatre Co.), Amadeus and Romeo & Juliet (Chicago Shakespeare), The Chosen (Writer’s Theatre), The Dark at the Top of the Stairs (American Theatre Co.), Paradise Lost (TimeLine Theatre Co.) and What’s Wrong With Angry? (Circle Theatre - Non-Equity Jeff Award Best Actor). Film/TV: A Legal Mind (USA).

GENEVIÈVE PERRIER (Denise Poiret) is thrilled to return to the Arden after playing Hattie and Spotted Dog in Go, Dog. Go! She is currently a MFA acting candidate at Temple University and will be graduating this August. She was most recently seen in Temple Reperetory Theatre’s Measure for Measure and Three Sisters, where she played Isabella and Irina. This summer she will play Dorine in TRT’s Tartuffe directed by Emmanuelle Delpech. She has performed with Act II, Azuka, Berserker Residents, Elastic Theatre, Theatre Exile, Headlong, Lantern, Mum Puppettheatre, and Pig Iron. She won a Barrymore for Outstanding Leading Actress and was nominated for Supporting Actress for her work in Skylight and The Lonesome West.

Sincere thanks to Terry & Rogelio for this opportunity. Love to pups.

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Who’s Who CATHARINE K. SLUSAR (Gertrude Stein) is delighted to be back at the Arden where she just finished a run as Homily in The Borrowers. Also at the Arden: A Prayer for Owen Meany, Northeast Local,The Syringa Tree, Sideways Stories from Wayside School and The BFG. Other work in Philadelphia includes Iron and Any Given Monday (Theatre Exile), Frozen, Drink Me, Missing Link, and Lebensraum (InterAct) and Mr Bailey’s Minder (Walnut Street). She has performed regionally with Act II, People’s Light, The Lantern, Gas and Electric Arts, PlayPenn, The Philadelphia Live Arts and Fringe Festival, Long Wharf, BoarsHead and Bristol Riverside. Catharine is the recipient of The F. Otto Haas Award for Emerging Artists, a Barrymore Award, and an Independence Fellowship. Catharine teaches at Bryn Mawr College and privately.

Love to Whit, Jane and Emory.

ROGELIO MARTINEZ (Playwright) is an award winning playwright whose work has been developed and produced by some of the largest regional theaters across the country. Plays include When Tang Met Laika (Sloan Grant/Denver Center Theatre Co.), All Eyes and Ears (INTAR @ Theater Row), Fizz (NEA/ TCG Grant/Besch Solinger Productions at the Ohio Theatre, New Theater, Miami), and Arrivals and Departures (Summer Play Festival). Martinez’s play I Regret She’s Made of Sugar won the prestigious Princess Grace Award and will be published by Broadway Play Publishing later this year. He has received commissions from the Mark Taper Forum, the Atlantic Theater Company, Arden Theatre Company, and South Coast Repertory to list a few. Martinez was born in Cuba and arrived in this country in 1980 during the Mariel boatlift.

TERRENCE J. NOLEN (Director) is Producing Artistic Director and co-founder of Arden Theatre Company. Favorite Arden productions include all-Philadelphia casts of All My Sons, Death of a Salesman,The Grapes of Wrath and Hedda Gabler and such musicals as Sweeney Todd; Pacific Overtures; Falsettos; Violet and Caroline, or Change.

Terry directed the inaugural production of Arden Children’s Theatre, Charlotte’s Web. He has directed six world-premiere plays by Michael Hollinger, three by Dennis Raymond Smeal, Michael Ogborn’s Baby Case, Bruce Graham’s Something Intangible, and Rogelio Martinez’s When Tang Met Laika at Denver Center Theatre Company.

Terry has been nominated for 23 Barrymore Awards for his directing work at the Arden and received awards for The Baker’s Wife; Sweeney Todd; Opus; Winesburg, Ohio; Assassins and Something Intangible. He directed Michael Hollinger’s Opus at Primary Stages in New York and was nominated for a Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Director. His short film The Personal Touch was nominated for an Emmy Award.

JAMES KRONZER (Scenic Designer) Arden: Sunday in the Park, Something Intangible (Barrymore Award), Candide, Our Town, Caroline or Change, and Opus among others.

Washington DC: The Kennedy Center, Woolly Mammoth, Round House, Signature Theatre, Washington Ballet and The Shakespeare Theatre. Regional: Denver Center, The Wilma Theatre, People’s Light, Weston Playhouse and Portland Center Stage.

New York: Glory Days (Broadway), Opus (Off-Broadway). National tours: The Wizard of Oz, Spamalot (co-ordinator). Awards: Helen Hayes Award (8); Barrymore Award (2).

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Who’s Who RICHARD ST. CLAIR (Costume Designer) returns to the world of Haute Couture, having just designed costumes for the Opera Company of Philadelphia’s rival fashion house version of Romeo and Juliet.

Last season he designed costumes for Arden Theatre’s steampunk production of Peter Pan. He recently designed the world premiere production of Terrence McNally’s Golden Age for the Philadelphia Theatre Company and the Kennedy Center for the Perfoming Arts. He is a two time Barrymore Best Costume Award winner for the Arden productions A Year with Frog and Toad, and Sleeping Beauty. Other favorite Arden productions include The Grapes of Wrath,The Baker’s Wife and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. He is a member of United Scenic Artist local 829.

F. MITCHELL DANA (Lighting Designer) designed The History Boys and Something Intangible (Barrymore Award) at the Arden, hundreds of plays, musicals, and operas, on and off Broadway, on tour, and in theatres across the U.S., Canada, Spain, England and the Soviet Union. Broadway credits include The Suicide, Mass Appeal, Freedom of the City and Monday After the Miricale. He is Vice President of United Scenic Artists, and teaches at Rutgers University.

JORGE COUSINEAU (Sound Designer) has worked on over forty shows here at the Arden, designing sound and occasionally creating video as well. Highlights include The Threepenny Opera, Sunday in the Park with George,The History Boys and Something Intangible. Jorge also designs sets and composes music for many other theater companies in and around Philadelphia, such as the Wilma, 1812 Productions, Theatre Exile and New Paradise Laboratories. Together with his wife Niki he operates Subcircle, a collaborative performance/installation group.

EDWARD SOBEL (Dramaturg) is Associate Artistic Director of the Arden, where he directed the recent production of Superior Donuts. Previously he was Director of New Play Development at Steppenwolf Theatre Company, overseeing development of some 40 new plays into production, including Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winner August: Osage County, and Pulitzer finalists Man From Nebraska and Red Light Winter. Recent directing credits include the world premiere of Cadillac at Chicago Dramatists (5 Joseph Jefferson award nominations, including Best Director), Huck Finn,The Chosen, and A Lesson Before Dying (all at Steppenwolf), and Weapon of Mass Impact at A Red Orchid. Ed created and was the program director for the FIRST LOOK REPERTORY OF NEW WORK, for which he received the Elliott Hayes Award from the Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas for outstanding contribution to the field. Broadway credits as dramaturg include August: Osage County and Superior Donuts. He holds an MFA from Northwestern, and is currently on the faculty at Temple University.

STEPHANIE COOK (Stage Manager) is excited to be back at the Arden after working on The Borrowers earlier this season. Favorite Arden credits include: Assassins, Something Intangible and If You Give a Mouse a Cookie. She is grateful for the opportunity and sends love and thanks to Colin and her family.

D.C. PIXIE ROANE (Fencing Instructor) began fencing at Long Island City High School under Ms. Gladys Eaton. Since then, she has served as a member of the Hunter College Women’s Fencing Team, Empire State Games Fencing Team, and a ten-time qualifier to the U.S.F.A. nationals. Pixie graduated from Temple University, where she was a scholarship athlete fencing under U.S. Olympic member Dr. Nikki Franke. She medaled at prestigious collegiate tournaments and was a member of the first Epee Championships Gold Medal Team. Pixie is the founder and Head Coach of the WallingfordSwarthmore Panthers Fencing Club and has produced Junior Olympic fencers in all disciplines.

Pixie received her Masters in Health Education from Widener University. She continues as a Health, Physical Education and Dance teacher at Strath Haven Middle School.

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Who’s Who DAN PLEHAL (Assistant Director) is happy to be back at the Arden after assistant directing The Borrowers. Most recently he directed Little Plates, Big Tapas, a new play by The Groundswell Players, and performed in A New Brain at Plays and Players. Other Philadelphia credits include Walnut St. Theatre, Theatre Horizon, Pig Iron, Devon Theatre, and Team Sunshine Performance Corporation. This fall he will begin earning an MFA in Physical Theatre at the Accademia dell-Arte in Tuscany. www.PlehalPhotography.com AMY L. MURPHY (Managing Director) A Philadelphia native, Amy co-founded the Arden in 1988 with Terrence J. Nolen and Aaron Posner. She is especially proud of the Arden Professional Apprentice program and its contribution to the Philadelphia cultural community. A graduate of Susquehanna University, Amy received the university’s first-ever Young Alumni Achievement Award. She completed the Executive Program for Nonprofit Leaders-Arts which is a joint program of the Stanford Graduate School of Business Center for Social Innovation and National Arts Strategies. Amy has served on panels for the National Endowment for the Arts, the New Jersey State Arts Council and the Executive Committee of the League of Resident Theatres (LORT). Amy was named a Hepburn Fellow 2008-9 by the Katharine Houghton Hepburn Center at Bryn Mawr College.

ARDEN THEATRE COMPANY Founded in 1988, Arden Theatre Company is dedicated to bringing to life great stories by great storytellers–on the stage, in the classroom, and in the community. We stage five productions each season as part of our mainstage series and two productions through Arden Children’s Theatre, the city’s first resident professional children’s theatre program. We create and produce new work through our new-work development program, the Independence Foundation New Play Showcase. The Arden Professional Apprenticeship program trains future theatre leaders, and our theatre classes teach children and teens about the craft of making plays. Our access program, Arden For All, makes our work available to the entire community through subsidized tickets and books for economically disadvantaged young people. We also offer sign language-interpreted, captioned and audio described performances and Pay-What-You-Can final dress rehearsals that benefit other nonprofits. The Arden has received seven Philadelphia Magazine “Best of Philly” Awards, the Arts & Business Council’s Arts Excellence Award, five City Paper “Reader’s Choice” Awards, four Philadelphia Inquirer “Theatre Company of the Year” citations, 54 awards and 250 nominations from the Theatre Alliance of Greater Philadelphia’s Barrymore Awards for Excellence in Theatre, and named “Best Theatre Company” by Philadelphia Weekly in 2009. Arden Theatre Company, a professional, nonprofit 501(c)(3) theatre company, is a member of the Theatre Communications Group, the League of Resident Theatres, the Theatre Alliance of Greater Philadelphia, Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance, Philadelphia Convention and Visitors Bureau and Old City Arts Association. The Arden operates under an agreement between the League of Resident Theatres and Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States. The Scenic, Costume, Lighting and Sound Designers in LORT theatres are represented by United Scenic Artists Local USA-829, IATSE. Arden Theatre Company wishes to thank: • East End Salon • Beth Yeagle, Kristina Haugland and the Philadelphia Museum of Art • Bill and Debra Stewart • Ray Biswanger and the friends of the Wanamaker Organ

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Even when a costume rips, a prop is misplaced, an ankle twists, a singing voice is lost

THE SHOW MUST GO ON – Join us for a behind-the-scenes fundraising event –

Sunday, May 22, 2011 Speed date with Arden favorite artists to hear of flukes and follies firsthand.

Tour backstage as the crew reveals quick changes and trap doors.

Small plates, cocktails and an auction.

For questions or more information contact Angela DuRoss, Development Director at 215.922.8900 x. 25 or aduross@ardentheatre.org.

Corporate, Foundation & Government Support $100,000 & above Hamilton Family Foundation Independence Foundation Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage through the Philadelphia Theatre Initiative The Pew Charitable Trusts Philadelphia Cultural Leadership Program The Wallace Foundation William Penn Foundation $50,000 to $99,999 Comcast Corporation The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust National Endowment for the Arts The Philadelphia Inquirer, Daily News and philly.com + Shubert Foundation $15,000 to $49,999 ACE Group Campbell Soup Foundation Edgerton Foundation New American Plays Fox Chase Bank Harmelin Media Hirsig Family Fund of the Philadelphia Foundation Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation Lincoln Financial Foundation Medical Legal Reproductions+ PECO Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Philadelphia Cultural Fund The Philadelphia Foundation Target Corporation Virginia Brown Martin Fund of the Philadelphia Foundation

$7,500 to $14,999 Anonymous (2) Aloe Investment Corporation Boeing Corporation PNC Charitable Trust Princess Grace Foundation-USA TD Charitable Foundation Wells Fargo Foundation $2,500 to $7,499 The 1976 Foundation The Addis Group Arronson Foundation Barra Foundation Caroline Alexander Buck Foundation Caroline J. S. Sanders Charitable Trust II Charlotte Cushman Foundation, in memory of Norma Pomerantz Civic Foundation Dolfinger-McMahon Foundation Ethel Sergeant Clark Smith Memorial Fund Anne M. and Philip H. Glatfelter Family Foundation Glenmede, investment and wealth management Greater Philadelphia Tourism and Marketing Corporation The Haley Foundation The Hassel Foundation Hatboro Beverages+ IBM Corporate Citizenship and Corporate Affairs+ Karr Barth Associates, Inc. Paul E. Kelly Foundation Liberty Property Trust Main Line Health SEI Wealth Management Susquehanna Bank Verizon The Victory Foundation Waldron Wealth Management Walter J. Miller Trust Wells Fargo Family Wealth

Make a donation through your workplace United Way program.

Matching Gift Partners ACE Charitable Foundation Archie D. and Bertha H. Walker Foundation AXA Financial Boeing DCR Environmental Services Inc. Dilworth Paxson LLP Endo Pharmaceuticals ExxonMobil Foundation Federated Department Stores Foundation First Horizon National Corporation First Tennessee Foundation

$750 to $2,499 The Agoge Group, LLC Drumcliff Foundation Eagle Village Shops Firstrust Bank The Franklin Institute Jenkintown Building Services+ KPMG Louis N. Cassett Foundation Media Copy+ MGA Partners, Architects: Daniel Kelley, Mary Keefe, Kathy Norris Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP Quaker Chemical Foundation The Rittenhouse Foundation Stephen Starr Events+ Union Benevolent Association BWF Foundation Zipcar Philadelphia $749 and under Actors’ Equity Association Foundation Catering By Design+ Pennsylvania Women’s Forum William Goldman Foundation +denotes gifts of services or goods

Looking for a business tax break in 2011?

Receive a tax credit through the Pennsylvania Education Improvement Tax Credit Program by supporting the Arden!

(Funds directly support Arden for All, education outreach program.)

Eligiblity info: Angela DuRoss at 215-922-8900 x25 or aduross@ardentheatre.org www.ardentheatre.org/support/eitc.html

Special thanks to EITC contributors ACE Group, Comcast Corporation, PECO and Susquehanna Bank

Our Donor Choice Number: 14198. Contributions made through the United Way support our work with children.

Gannett Foundation GE Foundation GlaxoSmithKline IBM Corporate Citizenship and Corporate Affairs Independence Foundation Johnson and Johnson Matching Gifts Program Macy’s Foundation Merck Partnership for Giving Merrill Lynch National Football League National Philanthropic Trust

Penn Virginia Corporation The Philadelphia Foundation PNC Foundation Quaker Chemical Corporation Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Saint-Gobain Corporation Foundation Sap America, Inc. Subaru of America Foundation United Way The Vanguard Group Foundation William Penn Foundation

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For 10 years, the Sylvan Society has recognized individuals who support the Arden’s work by making annual gifts of $1,000 or more.

ting its 10th Annivers a r b e ary Cel

Sassafras Grove ($10,000 & above) Mr. Frederick W. Anton, III Sally & Michael Bailin^ Phoebe W. Haas Charitable Trust A, recommended by Carole Haas Gravagno Phoebe W. Haas Charitable Trust A, recommended by John Otto & Dr. Janet Haas Mr. & Mrs. N. Peter Hamilton Hirsig Family Fund of The Philadelphia Foundation Virginia & Harvey Kimmel Arts Education Fund of the Philadelphia Foundation Anonymous

Cherry Grove ($5,000-$9,999)

John Bitman^ Joseph & Marie Field Matthew & Marie Garfield Ms. Elizabeth Gemmill Bonnie Graham Barbara & Leslie Kaplan Josephine Klein Suzanne F. Roberts Cultural Development Fund Charles Rose & Mindy Goldberg Rose^ Monica Horan & Philip Rosenthal Anonymous Lee & Christopher van de Velde Rosalyn & Stephen Weinstein Wyncote Foundation

Filbert Grove ($2,500-$4,999)

Mrs.Valla Amsterdam Carol & Tom Beam Lois G. Brodsky Thomas Burke & Rick Fountas John & Susan Coleman Anne M. Congdon Dorothy Delbueno Ann Diebold Bob & Nancy Elfant Tim & Ellen Foster^ Narinder & Patricia Garg Beatrice Fox Auerbach Foundation Fund at the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving, as recommended by Linda & David Glickstein David & MaryJane Hackney Ronna & Robert Hall^ Drs. Robin & Saifuddin Mama Peggy & Steve Morgan

Kurt & Mary-Ann Reiss Sally Walker & Tom Gilmore^ June & Steve Wolfson Family Foundation

Mulberry Grove ($1,000-$2,499)

Brian Abernathy & Elizabeth Ireland John Alchin & Hal Marryatt Bethany Asplundh Jim & Janet Averill Sheryl & Allen Bar Giséle Sambar Bathish Ivy Bayard Sandy & Mickey Bernstein Reggie Blaszczyk & Lee O’Neill Louis Bluver Jean G. Bodine Almut Breazeale Bernard Brewstein & Ellen Rosenthal DeDe & Tony Brown Nancy Burd Laurada Byers Chip Capelli Christina Clay MD Priscilla & John Clement Joy De Jesús & Jamie Reynolds Robert M. Dever Tobey & Mark Dichter Michael A. Donato & Peter R. Sonzogni Deirdre Dooner Marie & Peter Dooner Deb Dorsey & Mike Green Shafiq Ebrahim James R. Fairburn & David A. Wickard Stephen Falchek Shannon & Ted Farmer^ Jeanne Fisher Oliver M. Ford Sandi Foxx-Jones David & Christina Fryman* Lou & Rhoda Fryman Terry Graboyes Marcy Gringlas & Joel Greenberg Glenn Gundersen & Susan Manix Chara & John C. Haas Mr. & Mrs. Jon Harmelin Don & Lynn Martin Haskin Jane & Steve Heumann Susan Jacobson & Michael Golden* Mr. & Mrs. D. Scott & Carol Kelley Caroline Kemmerer Mr. Peter Kenney & Dr. Dorothy Novick Holly Kinser Kenneth & Eve Klothen

We are extremely grateful to acknowledge the exceptional generosity of the donors, shown below in bold, who have been members of the Sylvan Society for all 10 years.

Joseph Kluger & Susan Lewis Bill & Beth Landman Winnie & Eric Lien William A. Loeb Richard Maimon & Susan Segal Larry & Mickey Magid Tina Manco Lewis R. & Sue Ann Marburg Gloria & Dan Mariano Jean S. Markovitz Barbara & Don Matheson Kirsten & James McCoy John & Amy McCawley* Andrea Mengel & George A. Ritter Seymour Millstein A.C. Missias Ellen & Michael Mulroney Amy L. Murphy & Terrence J. Nolen Ron & Suzanne Naples Michael Norris & Matt Varrato Diane Palmer Thomas Petro & Kristine Messner Dr. & Mrs. Joel Porter Aaron Posner & Erin Weaver Ann & Frank Reed, through the Malfer Foundation Amelia Q. Riley Phyllis & Martin Rosenthal Dolly Beechman Schnall & Dr. Nathan Schnall, in loving memory of Laurie Beechman Hether, Don & Sarah Smith Richard & Amanda Smoot Harold & Emily Starr^ Kathleen A. Stephenson William K. Stewart Foundation Keith & Jim Straw Adelaide Sugarman & Marshall Greenberg Harvey B. Swedloff Justin Thomas Marguerite V. Rodgers & James H. Timberlake Eileen Heisman Tuzman & Martin Tuzman Thomas & Patricia Vernon^ Sandy & Michael Wax Richard E. Woosnam & Diane Dalto Woosnam MIke Salmanson & Tobi Zemsky Ellen Yin+ ZAKARAK Productions * denotes gifts made through the United Way +denotes gifts of services or goods ^includes a matching gift

The special generosity of our members enables the Arden to tell great stories by having the resources to achieve the highest level of artistic quality. To join or for more information, please contact Angela DuRoss, Development Director at 215-922-8900 x25 or aduross@ardentheatre.org.

Thank You to our Supporters $500 - $999 Iris Melendez and Henry R. Adamczyk, Jr. Rebecca and John Adams Stan and Lisa Altman Peggy Anderson Ruth E. Brown Carol Caswell Barbara R. Cobb Gina Deflavia Carole M. Foley* Dan Gannon Richard and Rita Goldberg Edith Klausner Mary Ellen Krober Ruth and Peter Laibson Mike and Helene Loeb Donald J. Martin and Richard Repetto 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 Marilyn and Dean R. Staats Corinne Stahl Ms. Dorothy S. Tomassini Dr. and Mrs. Stephen G.Vasso

Matthew White* Nancy Wingo, in honor of Peter and Alta Hamilton, Amy Murphy and Terry Nolen Michael Zuckerman and Jan Levine $250-$499 Carol and Bennett Aaron James Akerberg and Larry Simmons Richard and Joan Behr Barry and Marilyn Bevacqua Cordelia Biddle and Steve Zettler Mr. and Mrs. J. Robert and Marilyn Birnhak Linda and Alden Blyth Ruth Miller Cox Santo DiDonato and George Koch Kathy and Jerry Drew Anonymous Joseph and Carolyn Evans Ms. Joanne E. Fields Buzz and Linda Gamble John Geronimo Bob and Jan Goren Bernie and Carole Gottlieb Betsy and Ted Hershberg Jim and Carolyn Hessinger David and Beth Medoway Kagan Mr. Philip Kalodner Nancy Kane Barbara and Jerry Kaplan

Barbara and Leonard Klinghoffer Clara and Jorge LaBrake Barbara Patterson Lobb Mrs. Grace Madeira Claudia Madrigale George and Judy McCarthy Gloria McNutt Alan and Susan Miller Madeline Miller Stephen and Janet Mullin Bill Edwards and Kathy Nolen Edwards Paul Nutaitis and Robert Clark Susan Odessey and Paul Coff Laura Offutt and Steve Fukuchi Barbara and Don Parman Vincent and Carmen Pezzullo Dan Promislo Mary Jo Reilly Dulcie Romm Irwin C. and Carole M. Saft Susan Greene Elaine L. Sherman Dr. and Mrs. Eugene Shuster Ellen Schwartz and Jeremy Siegel William and Mary Simpson Eric Tamulonis and Deirdre Gibson In Loving Memory of Jordan Rosenfeld Michael Walraven and Mary Lou Starling

ARDEN FOR ALL is supported by a generous gift from Virginia and Harvey Kimmel

The Legacy Society Arden Theatre Company would like to recognize the following supporters who have included the Arden in their will or estate plans. Their planned gift provides support which will help sustain the Arden’s work for decades to come.

Peggy Anderson Lou Bluver Jane Berryman Anonymous

James and Suzanne Hill Mary Ellen Krober Marilyn and Dean R. Staats

We hope you will consider including the Arden in your will or estate plans. To be recognized as a member of the Legacy Society or with questions regarding planned giving, please contact Angela DuRoss, Development Director at 215-922-8900 ext. 25.

Thank You to our Supporters $250-$499 continued Marlene Weinberg Mrs. Thomas A. Williams Mr. and Mrs. Harry W. Woodcock Tom and Jackie Zemaitis $125 - $249 Dr. Ron Abrams Alan and Sandy Ault Judith Barrett Joann White and William Beckett Jane Biberman Doris and Aaron Bitman Mr. and Mrs. Thomas and Mary Pat Boyle Marlin G. Brown* Bernard and Pamela Brownstein Nelly and Scott Childress Edwin G. Close, II Jennifer Coffey James Crawford and Judith Dean Nancy Davis Michele and Ray Decker Daniel Devlin Larry and Pat Dixon Ellen and Max Dooneief Beverly Dotter Beverly Dubin Jill Dulany Angela DuRoss Lois S Durso Paul and Adele Epstein Sue and Robert Evans Sylvia Beck Askold Zagars Larry and Maureen Mullin Fowler David K. Gifford Paul Goldenberg Robert and Patti Goodman Grace Gonglewski and Eric Schoefer Leonard Greene Mary C. Harbison Barbara and Robert Hauptfuhrer Ron Herman Laurie and Brad Ingerman Michael and Judy Jackson, in honor of John Bitman Anonymous Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kahn Scott and Margie Kasner Alan and Elaine Klawans Harold Kobb Joan and Marc S. Lapayowker Richard Lee Lorraine and late Richard Leff

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Helene J. Levine Linda and Donald Lewis Robert and Laurel Lipshutz Will and Sandy Lock Robert Lynam Lynn and Joe Manko Mary Louise Martin Martin and Sandra Miller Paul and Lee S. Miller Susie and Geoff Mills Ellen Monsees Keith and Liz Mosley Mr. and Mrs. Gene Nicholls Etta and Chuck Nissman Carol Ann and Thomas O’Leary Brenda J. Oliphant Michael L. and Judy Paul Douglas and Mary Peck Bob and Leila Peck David and Sylvia Perelman Mary and F. Laurence Pethick Helen Phillips Rhoda Polakoff Nancy Post John and Margaret Preg Teresa Reyes and John Hogenesch Sheryl Roser Alan Rothenberg and Enid Krasner Jerry and Bernice Rubenstein Joan and Bill Saidel Lucille Schlack Kenneth Schmitt Susan Schweitzer Victoria Sicks Bob and Harriet Singer Leslie E. Skilton David and Carleene Slowik Michael and Hannah Starobin John and Susan Stedman Robert Stewart and Barbara Barnett-Stewart Paul Stone Cathy Toner* Judith Shadden Torrance Lisa Truckess Vivian Weinblatt Benjamin Zuckerman and Marian Robinson $75 - $124 Emely Aiken Arthur S. Applebaum Theodora W. Ashmead, in honor of Amy Murphy Cynthia and Burgess Ayres

Richard and Eileen Bazelon Dr. Donald Bakove and Margaret G. McLaughlin Judith Beck Lisa Becker Harriet Bernstein Thomas H Blackburn Dr. and Mrs. Benjamin Blank Philip and Elaine Bobrove Janice and Roger Boe Marcia Bower Frank Boyer Michael P. Boyle Julianne Brienza Laurie Brown Bryn Mawr Alumnae Association Carol Buettger Anne Burridge Anonymous Bob Carfagno Barbara Carmine John Cehlar Sue Cohen Wanna Be a Star Carol Copland Jennifer Dalpiaz Barbara Daneluzzi Joseph and Helen D’Angelo Rita and Grace Denbo Stephanie Deviney Carole and Marc Dichter In Honor of Marjorie Dickey Stuart Donaldson Lei-Lynne Doo-Horvick Jean Dowdall Ray Doyle Donald and Geraldine Duclow Mr. Murray and Libby Rosof Dubin David Durham Dr. and Mrs. Richard Ellis Debbie and Jerry Epstein Mark and Rene Feitelson Marjorie Fiterman Drs. Barbara and Len Frank Ms. Judy Frank Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Frank Generocity Community Alliance Eileen Gildea Ms. Joan Gmitter Micki and Larry Goldberg Leigh Goldenberg and Aaron Bauman Virginia Gormley Diane Graboyes Miriam and Saul Grossman Nancy and Richard Grove

Your Gift

Makes It Happen New plays created

Captivating young audiences

Classic plays revisited

Audacious musicals come alive

• Over 5,000 free tickets for kids in Greater Philadelphia and Camden distributed • Philadelphia artists supported • Educating future theatre-goers • Dedication to the community

We depend on your support to sustain our work and help us grow.

To support the Arden, visit us online at www.ardentheatre.org/support or call Megan Staples, Development Assistant at 215-922-8900 ext. 46.

Thank You to our Supporters $75 - $124 continued Susan and Adam Guttentag Cyndi Haas Joyce K. Hackman Judge Marvin R. and Mrs. Marcia O. Halbert Martha Ann Hanson Adrienne and Eric Hart Gail Hauptfuhrer Douglas and Harriet Heath Angela and Michael Hennessey Ruth Herd Susan W Herron Heidi Hertfelder Arnold and Esther Horn Patricia and Paul Kalata Sandra R. Karlson Robert and Ellen Kavash Margaret Keller Cynthia Killion Brian and Carin Kirschner Ken, Eva and Aaron Klein Marlena and Lazar Kleit Steven Knepper Christal Kozloski* James Kronzer Anne B. Ladenson Aileen Lange John and Joanne Lawson Robert Lazar Daniel T. Lee Alan and Susan Levin Karen Lewis Warren and Arline Lieberman Leroy and Ruth Loewenstern Nancy and Jerry Lutin Gerald Marrington Irwin Matusow and Barbara Rudnick Donald and Nancy Maclay Ted and Ronnie Mann Ronnie and Larry Margel Dr. Rosalie G. Matzkin Linda McAleer and Maitlon Russell M. McDonald

Faith J. McDowell Celeste McMenamin Marianne Miller Kathleen Moyer Carmen Mucci and Lois Marianni Jerome Napson Bonnie and Eliot Nierman Anonymous Virginia Owen Stacy Paris Donald and Carol Plank Bruce and Lynne Podrat David and Amy Pollack Aaron Posner and Erin Weaver Ellen Schlenker Karen and Mark Reber Sue and Bruno Rescigna Leslie Rescorla Clifford Ridley and Betsey Hansell Lorraine Riesenbach Dr. Elnora Rigik and Andrew Bushko Sharon and Mark Robb Linda Robinson, Ph.D. and Peter Krill John and Claire Rodgers Francoise and Louis Rollmann Edwin and Sally Rosenthol Janet Rupert Diane Rurode William F. Ryan Jane A. Rose, CPA/PFS, CFP Dr. Harry Rosenthal Joan Rozanski Thekla Sacksteder Janet S. Saltzman Roberta Sampson Carl W. and Mary Ellen Schneider Mr. and Mrs. A. Schmidt Ms. Adeline R Schultz Karen Schermerhorn and Evan Seymour A. Paul Shallers Lenore and Bernard Sherman Marie and James P. Shew Catharine Shippen Mr. and Mrs. J. Thomas Showler

Shirley Sivitz In Memory of Ruth Soloman Smith James L. Smith John and Georgia Smyth Gail Snitzer Jay Snyderman Suzanne Spain Margaret R. Spencer Anne Speyer Phillip and Karen Spiker, in honor of Courtney Spiker Martin Arthur P Staddon Leon Steinberg Fred Stevens and Usha Srinivasan Michael Sullivan Sally Switzer Nina Tafel Richard and Anne Tax Joel Temple Lorraine Toji Maureen Torsney-Weir Gilda Verstein Beth Brooks and Bob Waterston Thomas Watkins Perry Watts and Samuel Litwin Brock and Mary Weatherup Harry and Helen Weinheimer Paul and Barbara Yeagle * Denotes gift made through the United Way + Denotes gift of goods or services ^ Includes matching gift This list acknowledges donors as of Mar 4, 2011. If your name has been omitted or misprinted, please accept our apologies.

Notify Development Assistant Megan Staples at 215.922.8900 x46 or mstaples@ardentheatre. org. Although space does not allow listing gifts less than $75, we gratefully acknowledge the contributions.

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ON STAGE May 2011 Hamlet The Philadelphia Shakespeare Theatre 3/18/2011 – 5/14/2011 (215) 496-8001 The Good Doctor Resident Ensemble Players 3/31/2011 – 5/14/2011 (302) 831-2204 Wanamaker’s Pursuit Arden Theatre Company 3/31/2011 – 5/22/2011 (215) 922-1122 As You Like It The Philadelphia Shakespeare Theatre 4/7/2011 – 5/15/2011 (215) 496-8001 Two Jews Walk Into a War… InterAct Theatre Company 4/8/2011 – 5/8/2011 (215) 568-8079 The Full Monty New Candlelight Theatre 4/8/2011 – 5/22/2011 (302) 475-2313 Chasin’ Dem Blues Delaware Theatre Company 4/13/2011 – 5/1/2011 (302) 594-1100 Hail Mary!

Montgomery Theater 4/14/2011 – 5/7/2011 (215) 723-9984 ext. 10 The Diary of Anne Frank The Ritz Theatre Company 4/14/2011 – 5/15/2011 (856) 959-5230 O Beautiful, A world premiere Resident Ensemble Players 4/19/2011 – 5/14/2011 (302) 831-2204 Importance of Being Earnest Quintessence Theatre Group 4/20/2011 – 5/15/2011 (1-877) 238-5596

Hell EgoPo Classic Theater 4/26/2011 – 5/14/2011 (1-800) 595-4TIX

Mistaken Charity B. Someday Productions 5/4/2011 – 5/21/2011 (215) 427-9255

Way to Heaven Resident Ensemble Players 4/27/2011 – 5/13/2011 (302) 831-2204

Phoenix Flashpoint Theatre Company 5/4/2011 – 5/28/2011 (215) 665-9720

Saturn Returns Theatre Exile 4/27/2011 – 5/21/2011 (215) 218-4022

The Flea and the Professor Arden Theatre Company 5/4/2011 – 6/12/2011 (215) 922-1122

Club California Arcadia University Theater 4/28/2011 – 5/8/2011 (215) 572-2112

Rent The Dramateurs 5/6/2011 – 5/21/2011 (610) 539-BARN

A Moon for the Misbegotten South Camden Theatre Co 4/29/2011 – 5/15/2011 (856) 409-0365

The Nerd MN Players

The Cripple of Inishmaan The Actors’ NET 4/29/2011 – 5/15/2011 (215) 295-3694

Dividing the Estate People’s Light & Theatre Co. 5/10/2011 – 6/4/2011 (610) 644-3500

4th Annual PlayShop Festival Philadelphia Theatre Workshop 4/29/2011 – 5/22/2011 (215) 316-1361

Art Act II Playhouse 5/10/2011 – 6/5/2011 (215) 654-0200

Alter Boyz The Broadway Theatre of Pitman 4/29/2011 – 5/22/2011 (856) 384-8381

My Wonderful Day The Wilma Theater 5/18/2011 – 6/19/2011 (215) 546-7824

Don Giovanni Academy of Vocal Arts 4/30/2011 – 5/14/2011 (215) 735-1685

The Cripple of Inishmaan Annenberg Center 5/19/2011 – 5/22/2011 (215) 898-3900

Little Women Bristol Riverside Theatre 5/2/2011 – 5/21/2011 (215) 785-0100

Vigil Lantern Theater Company 5/19/2011 – 6/12/2011 (215) 829-0395

The Bridge Club Society Hill Playhouse 5/3/2011 – 5/29/2011 (215) 923-0210

Playing Leni Madhouse Theater Company 5/27/2011 – 6/19/2011 (215) 260-4968

Jack and the Beanstalk Storybook Musical Theatre 5/3/2011 – 8/6/2011 (215) 659-8550

In a Daughter’s Eyes InterAct Theatre Company 5/27/2011 – 6/19/2011 (215) 568-8079

5/6/2011 – 5/21/2011 (610) 353-9181

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Board and Committee Members Board of Directors Ellen P. Foster, President Brian Abernathy, Vice President Andrea Mengel, Vice President Michael A. Donato, Treasurer Nancy Hirsig, Secretary

Personnel Committee Ellen P. Foster, chair David Fryman Elizabeth Gemmill Charles Rose Lee van de Velde

Nancy Burd Joy L. De Jesús Nancy Elfant Robert Elfant David Fryman Matthew Garfield Elizabeth H. Gemmill Darrel A. German 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 Lee van de Velde Diane Dalto Woosnam Ellen Yin

Facilities Committee Hether Smith, chair James Kronzer Richard Maimon John McCawley Paul Thais Chris van de Velde

Board Development Committee Michael A. Donato Peter Hamilton Lynn Haskin Lee van de Velde Diane Dalto Woosnam Finance Committee Michael A. Donato, chair Nancy Burd Ellen Foster Elizabeth Gemmill Steve Heumann Martin Rosenthal Harvey Swedloff

Institutional Giving Committee Michael A. Donato David Fryman Elizabeth Gemmill Carole Haas Gravagno Joanne Harmelin John McCawley Hether Smith Individual Giving Committee Virginia Kimmel, chair Charles Rose, chair Sheryl Bar Giséle Bathish John Bitman Chip Capelli Joy L. De Jesús Terry Graboyes Wendy Greenfield Lynn Haskin Steve Heumann Nancy Hirsig Jill Kaplan Eric and Winnie Lien Peggy Morgan Richard Quinn Steven Segal Harvey Swedloff Rosalyn and Steve Weinstein Diane Dalto Woosnam Ellen Yin Education Committee Sheryl Bar Marla Diamond Dr. Dennis W. Creedon Dr. Carol Domb Jacqueline Matusow Dr. Douglas Overtoom Ilene Poses Sally Wojcik

Staff Artistic Producing Artistic Director ........................................................................................................................Terrence J. Nolen Associate Artistic Director ...............................................................................................................................Edward Sobel Associate Producer ...................................................................................................................................... Matthew Decker Artistic Assistant ........................................................................................................................................................ Erin Read Literary Consultant ............................................................................................................................................ Dennis Smeal Artistic Interns................................................................................................Nathan Gabriel, David Mackay, John Schultz Administrative Management Managing Director .......................................................................................................................................... Amy L. Murphy Business Manager .............................................................................................................................. Courtney Spiker Martin Associate General Manager ........................................................................................................................ Mary Beth Simon Arden Professional Apprentices............................................... Tara Demmy, Rob Heller, Bryan Kerr, Shanna Tedeschi, Harry Watermeirer, Andrew Wojtek Arden Volunteer ................................................................................................................................................. Jean Markovitz Marketing Marketing and Public Relations Manager ................................................................................................ Leigh Goldenberg Art Director.......................................................................................................................................................... Kristy Giballa Marketing Analyst ................................................................................................................................................ Abigael Reed Group Sales Associate............................................................................................................................................Nanci Cope Marketing Assistant ..............................................................................................................................................Drew Daniels Marketing Intern ............................................................................................................................... Janeale Gottlieb-George Development Development Director ................................................................................................................................... Angela DuRoss Director of Institutional Advancement .......................................................................................................... Jessica Calter Manager of Institutional Giving ....................................................................................................................... Sarah Sexton Development Assistant ..................................................................................................................................... Megan Staples Development Volunteer ................................................................................................................................. Elizabeth Grady Education Education Director ............................................................................................................................ Maureen Mullin Fowler Arden Drama School Coordinator .................................................................................................. Joanna Mongelli Smith Arden Drama School Faculty...................... Kala Moses Baxter, Alex Bechtel, Chris Bresky, Matt Decker, Liz Filios Steve Gravelle, Jefferson Haynes, Millie Hiibel, Alex Keiper, Matt Lorenz, Michael McElroy, Bi Jean Ngo, Steve Pacek, Hillary Rea, Jacqueline Real, Alison Roberts, Ryan Touhy, Anneliese Van Arsdale Arden For All Teaching Artists..................... ........................ Kala Moses Baxter, Chris Bresky, Matt Decker, Liz Filios, Steve Gravelle, DelantÊ Keys, Courtney Spiker Martin, Michael McElroy, Bi Jean Ngo, Steve Pacek, Davy Raphaely, Hillary Rea, Maura Roche, Jane Stojak, David Sweeny Front of House Box Office Manager................................................................................................................................................... Lynn Keily Assistant Box Office Manager ......................................................................................................................... Corey Masson Box Office Assistants ................................................ Michael Durkin, Carla Emanuele, Mark Kennedy, Dani Lencioni, Monica Obaga, Fred Ott, James Yandoli Production Production Manager ..................................................................................................................................... Courtney Riggar Technical Director ........................................................................................................................................... Glenn Perlman Associate Production Manager ................................................................................................................. Jessica Day West Assistant Technical Director ......................................................................................................................... Will Lambrakos Master Electrician......................................................................................................................................... Martin Stutzman Costume Supervisor ....................................................................................................................................... Alison Roberts Properties Master ...................................................................................................................................... Meredith McEwen Charge Scenic Artist ................................................................................................................................. Kristina Chadwick Production Fellow ........................................................................................................................................... Paul Arebalo, Jr. Production Stage Managers ......................... Stephanie Cook, Alec E. Ferrell, John David Flak, Katharine M. Hanley Assistant to the Stage Manager ................................................................................................................. Shanna Tedeschi Stitchers ................................................................. Joy Craig, Megan Diehl, Rachel Ford, Patrick Mulhall, Thom Sirkot Costume Interns ............................................................................................................ Alexa O’Neill, Elena Grace Smith Electricians ........................................................................................................... Christine Richards, Georgia Schlessman Audio Engineer ................................................................................................................................................. Austen Brown Fencing Instructor ........................................................................................................................................ D.C. Pixie Roane Dialect Coach ...................................................................................................................................................... Neill Hartley French Coach .................................................................................................................................................... Gisele Bathish

When dining in Old City, we recommend these restaurants that support the Arden!

All offer a special 10% discount to Arden patrons. Please ask your server for details.

BISTRO ROMANO

2010/11 Dining Partners

120 Lombard St. 215.925.8880 • www.bistroromano.com

This Historic Landmark, nestled in an 18th century granary, will stimulate your senses with an ambiance of candlelight and casual elegance while creating an unforgettable dining experience. Wine Spectator Award for our wine list! Voted a “Best of Philly” Restaurant, guests enjoy Bistro Romano’s acclaimed Regional Italian Cuisine and rave of the award-winning Caesar Salad prepared tableside and the romantic underground wine cellar for two. Please call for Wine Cellar reservations. We invite you to visit our restaurant and find out first hand what keeps our guests coming back for 22 years.

BISTRO 7 7 N. 3rd St. 215.931.1560 • www.bistro7restaurant.com

Bistro 7 is a small, elegant, food-first BYOB owned and operated by Chef Michael O’Halloran. Relying on a network of local organic farmers, Bistro 7 offers a contemporary take on the classic French bistro.

CAMPO’S

214 Market St. 215.923.1000 • www.camposdeli.com

A legacy of quality, this classic, deli-style restaurant has been churning out delicious sandwiches since 1947.

Order any of the special soups, salads, and sandwiches from this Philadelphia kitchen and you’ll see why it’s “where the locals go.” –USA Today

COSI 325 Chestnut Street

215.399.0214 • www.getcosi.com

Our look and feel was first inspired by a small Parisian café—a warm inviting spot where people liked to go for coffee, spend time with the community, and of course, enjoy a great sandwich. There is an immediate connection with Cosi that so many feel when they first walk in the door.You’re surrounded by a sophisticated, modern and warm atmosphere complete with interesting music from around the world, inviting you to relax and savor the innovative flavors.

DELICATESSEN

703 Chestnut St. 215.923.4560 • www.Delicatessenphilly.com

Delicatessen, Philadelphia’s first Modern Jewish delicatessen, serves traditional delicatessen favorites with a twist, seven days a week. Join us for Breakfast, Lunch or Brunch any day of the week or for Dinner (BYOB), served Wednesday through Saturday which features updated comfort food classics like Pastrami Mac & Cheese and Chanukah salmon, with a Latke Crust. Conveniently located at 7th and Chestnut, Delicatessen is perfect for the whole family, before or after the theatre. Delicatessen offers both On-Site and Off-Site Catering, Eat-in, Take-out and Delivery.

FORK and FORK:ETC

306 Market St. 215.625.9425 • www.forkrestaurant.com

Fork continues to set the standard for New American bistro dining. Chef Terence Feury’s fresh, seasonal cuisine reflects his passion for artisanal and local foods from home made pastas to house smoked pork chops.

Part of Fork’s allure is its sophisticated beautiful interior, where the dining experience is anything but

stuffy and uncomfortable. Open seven days a week, there is plenty of time before or after the show to enjoy lunch, dinner, or even just dessert. Come in to Fork:etc, our gourmet café for a quick and satisfying breakfast, lunch, or dinner. Our private dining room and catering services are also available for any party.

Reservations are recommended.

FRANKLIN FOUNTAIN 116 Market St. 215.627.1899 • www.franklinfountain.com

The Franklin Fountain invites you to visit our Ice Cream Saloon, located in Old City, Philadelphia. Taste our bedazzling array of house-made ice creams, consisting of the finest ingredients produced by nature. Our dairy arrives from the rolling hills of Berks County, where pasture-fed cattle graze freely.

See, on elegant display, a full spectrum of twenty-seven varieties of soda syrups, which we stir into a cascading stream of sparkling water, sprung from the oldest functioning soda fountain in the United States, circa 1905. Chatter amiably with friends and family under our pressed-tin canopy, or gaze lovingly with a date at our century-old marble counters. Our ambiance is old-fashioned, diplomatic, and awash in lively rag-time & jazz music.

GIGI RESTAURANT & LOUNGE 319 Market St. 215-574-8880 • www.gigiphilly.com

Fine dining food in a “fun” dining atmosphere. A local gem in Old City where everyone feels at home. A new American menu with an international flare.

RISTORANTE PANORAMA 14 N. Front St. 215.922.7800 • www.pennsviewhotel.com

Featuring contemporary authentic Italian cuisine such as homemade pastas, tender veal, and daily seafood specialties, Ristorante Panorama is located in the charming Penn’s View Hotel, in Old City, one block from the Arden. The wine program offers over 120 wines by the glass, and has received Guinness World Records™ “World’s Largest Winekeeper/ Cruvinet System”, Santé Magazine’s “Wine Restaurant of the Year”, Wine Spectator’s “Best of Award of Excellence”, Philadelphia Magazine’s “Best of Philly”, and Decanter Magazine’s “Best Wine By The Glass Program in North America”.

SERRANO 20 S. 2nd St. 215.928.0770 • www.tinangel.com

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Triumph Brewing Company is a sophisticated restaurant & brewery featuring regional American cuisine and hand-crafted freshly brewed beer. Triumph is located in the heart of Old City.

The Life of a New Play Matthew Decker, Associate Producer

Arden Theatre Company is deeply committed to producing new plays.

Wanamaker’s Pursuit is the 32nd play to premiere here, and the 15th under the auspices of the Independence Foundation New Play Showcase.

Producing a new play is one of most important things the Arden does.

It introduces our audiences to an original story that they’ve never seen before. It can expose the work and experience of our artists to a larger, national audience. And it allows the Arden to become a creative hub for playwrights, providing them a home to grow their talent.

Opus, 2006

My Name Is Asher Lev, 2009

Throughout the Arden’s history, we have developed ongoing relationships with playwrights such as Michael Hollinger, Bruce Graham, Aaron Posner and composer Michael Ogborn. We have developed and commissioned new plays with these writers. Commissioning begins with the Arden and the playwright discussing ideas and deciding a timeline for drafts of the play. Then the writing begins. Throughout the process, feedback is given, revisions are made, and there is a reading, at which Arden staff (and sometimes the public) can hear the play read by actors and respond to it. When it is decided that the play is finished, the Arden has the option to either produce the play or release it, which allows the playwright to submit the work to other theaters. New relationships we have cultivated through recent commissions include playwrights Jordan Harrison, Laura Jacqmin and Rogelio Martinez, who wrote Wanamaker’s Pursuit.

Commissioning a new play is like tending to a garden – it requires the time, care and attention of skilled hands to flourish. The seeds for Wanamaker’s Pursuit were planted in 2008 when Terry Nolen directed the world premiere of Rogelio Martinez’s When Tang Met Laika at the Denver Center Theatre. Terry recognized Martinez as an exciting playwright and following that experience, the Arden first commissioned Rogelio to write a piece that was workshopped in 2009, and though it is still taking shape, is expected to have its premiere at the Arden in a future season. Wanamaker’s Pursuit is the second Martinez commission, inspired by the Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts and the Kimmel Center.

An early draft of the play was read out loud by actors this past August.

Rogelio continued to write and edit. A week long workshop followed in December. This workshop gave Rogelio, Terry and the creative team the opportunity to try out new ideas, make revisions, and gain clarity on the characters and themes of the play. More revisions were made, and a new draft emerged.

Rehearsals began in February. Typically, a play at the Arden rehearses for three and a half weeks with a week of previews. The Arden knows that a new play strongly benefits from additional rehearsal time, which we can’t always afford due to budget constraints. Thanks to funding from the Edgerton Foundation New American Plays Award, Wanamaker’s Pursuit was able to rehearse for an extra two weeks.

Ghost-Writer, 2010

“With a new play, you’re often wrong,” says Rogelio. “That’s why so often the first production of a new play doesn’t get it right. Time gives you the luxury to be wrong. Thanks to the extra two weeks, the first production can be the playwright’s vision.”

With every new play produced, there is great hope that it will have continued life. Michael Hollinger’s Opus, which premiered at the Arden in 2006, has been produced in over 30 theatres across the country, including an acclaimed run Off-Broadway at Primary Stages. 2009’s My Name Is Asher Lev, adapted by Arden co-founder Aaron Posner has been produced at 15 theatres.

Ghost-Writer, also by Hollinger, premiered here in September and has already had three additional productions, including one currently running at Florida Stage. New plays developed at the Arden have been recognized with 24 Barrymore Awards, a Lucille Lortel Award and a L.A. Critics Award.

It is encouraging to know that the Arden’s work is having national impact.

It is exciting to note that while Wanamaker’s Pursuit is running we will be producing another world premiere play downstairs in the Haas. The Flea and the Professor, by Jordan Harrison with music by Richard Gray, is the first Arden Children’s Theatre we’ve commissioned thanks to support from the Virginia and Harvey Kimmel Arts Education Fund of the Philadelphia Foundation. It is thrilling that we can apply what we’ve learned about new play development to the work we do for kids. With two world premieres occurring at the same time, it feels as if the Arden is bursting with new life.

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Arden Salons are a great way to get up close and personal with the artists! Enjoy a lively discussion and get the inside scoop while sharing a glass of wine and light hors d’oeuvres with the region’s hottest theatre professionals.

WANAMAKER’S PURSUIT SALON Monday, May 9th, 6pm – 7:30pm On the Arden’s Arcadia Stage Come explore the fashions of 1911 Paris with Wanamaker’s Pursuit costume designer Richard St. Clair and Geneviève Perrier, who plays Denise Poiret, as they discuss the background of “The King of Fashion” Paul Poiret and how he influenced the design of the play. Join this voyage and learn how to “drape” fabric on actress Genevieve, just like the famous designer Paul Poiret used to drape fabric on his muse – his wife.

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By Jordan Harrison Music by Richard Gray Lyrics by Jordan Harrison and Richard Gray Directed by Anne Kauffman

THE FLEA AND THE PROFESSOR is produced under the auspices of the Arden’s Independence Foundation New Play Showcase.

THE FLEA AND THE PROFESSOR has been supported by The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage through the Philadelphia Theatre Initiative.

The commissioning of THE FLEA AND THE PROFESSOR was made possible by the generous support of the Virginia and Harvey Kimmel Arts Education Fund of the Philadelphia Foundation.

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August: Osage County

By Tracy Letts Directed by Terrence J. Nolen Sept 29 – Oct 30

A father disappears on a hot summer night.

A pill-popping mother summons her grown daughters back home. Dinner is served, lies are told, and the battle commences. We continue our tradition of presenting great American family stories with this fiercely funny Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winning play. Grace Gonglewski and Carla Belver lead thirteen Philadelphia actors in this vivid portrait of familiar dysfunction.

Clybourne Park

By Bruce Norris Directed by Edward Sobel Jan 26 – Mar 11

Clybourne Park tells the story of a house, a neighborhood and the people who have come and gone over five decades. This daring comedy, leasing characters and property from the 1959 classic A Raisin in the Sun, unearths that gentrification is not just black and white.

Cyrano

By Edmond Rostand Translated and Adapted by Michael Hollinger Adapted and Directed by Aaron Posner Mar 8 – Apr 8

Aaron Posner has adapted nine different works at the Arden. Michael Hollinger has premiered seven plays here; and he speaks fluent French.

Put that all together and what do you get? You won’t want to miss the latest installment in this beloved character’s evolution.

Tulipomania

A new musical by Michael Ogborn Directed by Terrence J. Nolen May 24 – July 1

Before we had the sub prime mortgage crisis, Holland had the Tulip bulb bubble. Six strangers in an Amsterdam hash bar recall this seedy story of love, sex, money, and power. From the writer and composer of Café Puttanesca and Baby Case comes a new musical that gets high off our financial lows.

Plus one more show, soon to be announced! (shows subject to change)

Checkout the stagebill insert, stop by the subscription table, call the box office at 215.922.1122 or visit us online at ardentheatre.org L to R: Ghost-Writer (2010), Blue Door (2010), Romeo and Juliet (2010), The History Boys (2009), Sunday in the Park with George (2010), The Threepenny Opera (2010), Rabbit Hole (2009), Sunday in the Park with George (2010) Photos: Mark Garvin