Cyrano Stagebill

ARDEN THEATRE COMPANY PRESENTS

yRANO

By Edmond Rostand Translated and Adapted by Michael Hollinger Adapted and Directed by Aaron Posner

March 8 - April 15

ARDEN THEATRE COMPANY PRESENTS

CYRANO

By EDMOND ROSTAND Translated and Adapted by MICHAEL HOLLINGER Adapted and Directed by AARON POSNER^ Scenic Designer

Costume Designer

DANIEL CONWAY+

DEVON PAINTER+

Lighting Designer

Sound Designer

THOM WEAVER+

JAMES SUGG

Fight Director

Associate Director

DALE ANTHONY GIRARD

MATT PFEIFFER

Stage Managers

STEPHANIE COOk* kELLY O’ROURkE* March 8 - April 15, 2012 F. Otto Haas Stage

HONORARY PRODUCERS: Fred and Emily Anton Special thanks to The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust for supporting Arden Theatre Company.

This production was supported in part by the Dolfinger-McMahon Foundation.

CYRANO is produced by special arrangement with the Translator/Adaptors and Harden-Curtis Associates, 850 Seventh Avenue, #903, New York, NY 10019.

CYRANO was originally produced by Folger Theatre, Washington, DC, 2011 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. + Member of United Scenic Artists Local USA 829

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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

This isn’t the first time we decided to produce Edmond Rostand’s Cyrano de Bergerac.

That was in 1993, when we announced Cyrano directed by Aaron Posner as part of our 1993/94 season. Shortly after announcing our production, we found out that the Wilma and Walnut Street Theatres also planned to produce Cyrano as part of their upcoming seasons. Three productions of Cyrano seemed like too much of a good thing, so we decided to bide our time. Interestingly, the Walnut and Wilma joined forces to co-produce the play. Thus, the 1993/94 Philadelphia theatre season featured a singular Cyrano de Bergerac – and a very good one at that.

Terrence J. Nolen

That 1994 production was directed by Jiri Zizka, who was the co-Artistic Director and co-founder of the Wilma Theater. In a 1994 Philadelphia Inquirer article about Cyrano, Jiri was quoted as saying, “I love the story. I’ve always been attracted to it because it is, more or less, the story of a rebellious poet. It’s something any artist can relate to very easily.” Sadly, early this year, Jiri Zizka passed away. Jiri was one of this theatre community’s pioneers. He made an artistic home for himself in this city at a time when Philadelphia theatre still largely consisted of Broadway tours, proving that Philadelphia audiences were hungry for work that was challenging, provocative and original. Without the groundbreaking work of Jiri and Blanka Zizka, the Arden would not be here in Philadelphia. We celebrate and are grateful for the courage, artistry and singular vision of Jiri Zizka, a rebellious poet indeed.

And so nearly two decades later, the Arden returns to Cyrano, again with Aaron Posner directing. Now, Aaron is joined by Michael Hollinger (who happens to speak French), and together they have created this new adaptation of Edmond Rostand’s classic play. Aaron and Michael are two of the Arden’s most beloved writers. We have produced nine original adaptations written by Aaron and seven new plays by Michael. They have created an impressive body of new work here at the Arden, and we are thrilled to welcome them back with this production.

This year, we are expanding our commitment to new plays – and to playwrights – by launching The Writers’ Room, a program where we will have a playwright in residence, connecting them with this region’s incredible artists and audiences. The Writers’ Room is an extension of our desire to be an artistic home for writers, as we have been fortunate to be for Michael and Aaron, and to spread the word that Philadelphia has become a hotbed for new plays and playwrights. We are grateful for the leadership support’generously provided by the Independence Foundation through its New Theatre Works Initiative and by The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage through the Philadelphia Cultural Management Initiative.

Who knows if Jiri Zizka ever envisioned how the Philadelphia theatre community would flourish when he and Blanka first set down roots here in 1979. I do know that there are so many artists who are indebted to him for making Philadelphia his adopted hometown. Thank you for coming to see our Cyrano. And thank you for being part of the Philadelphia theatre community.

P.S. I am thrilled to announce that the Arden’s 25th anniversary will close with a production of Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler’s A Little Night Music with a cast that includes Grace Gonglewski and Mary Martello. I couldn’t be more excited.

Cast of Characters Ragueneau, Man, Philippe, Fighter ............................................................................David Bardeen* Roxane, Woman, Columbina ............................................................................... Jessica Cummings* Desiree, Pickpocket, Montfleury, Bellerose, Marcel, Fighter .................................. Scott Greer* Ligniere, Citizen, Jacques, Jean-Pierre, Sister Marthe ................................................. Doug Hara* Cyrano .............................................................................................................................. Eric Hissom* De Valvert, Etienne, Fighter .................................................................................................. Justin Jain De Guiche, Gambler, Fighter ...................................................................................Benjamin Lloyd* Le Bret .............................................................................................................keith Randolph Smith* Christian, Actor, Arlecchino, Angry Subscriber, Fighter ............................................ Luigi Sottile*

UNDERSTUDIES: Bethany Ditnes, Nathan Foley, Tim Rinehart, Thomas Robert-Irvin, Adam Rzpeka

TIME: Paris and Arras PLACE: 1640-1655

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.

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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.

DIRECTOR’S Notes I once wrote and delivered several love poems to the mysterious, dark-eyed Michelle Weill– the prettiest girl I had ever seen up close at the time. But I did not do it for myself. No, I did it for Pete Stevens, a charming, easy-going, almost insouciant fellow 5th grader in Mr. Macy’s class at Edison Elementary in Eugene, Oregon in 1975.

Aaron Posner

What exactly the upshot of my literary wooing was I can’t exactly say, it was quite some time ago-- but I do know that my first “date” of any kind was later that year and both Pete and Michelle were part of it. It was a double date one Saturday afternoon (kelli Murphy was my “date”), and I remember very little except that we walked some, rode our bikes some, and we ate French Fries amidst almost impenetrable awkwardness. That’s about it.

But I tell this story because I find it kind of wonderful that, in my own tiny way, I lived Cyrano before I saw it or read it, and I actually loved this play before I even knew it existed. We got close to doing it at the Arden more than 15 years ago, but I could not be more thrilled that we waited until now and that we have this group here to bring it to life.

The truth is, I can think of no better cadre of co-conspirators to help me share it with you than those we’ve assembled here. First and foremost, of course, is my chief partner-in-crime, the inimitable and ridiculously talented Michael Hollinger. It’s been a pleasure to play in this world with him. The exceptional cast and design team includes many folks I’ve been working with regularly for nearly 20 years, and some wonderful and inspiring new-comers as well. As a team, we’ve spared no effort in our attempt to offer our best-possible take on one of the truly great, quintessential romances ever conceived.

Finally, let me just say a sincere thank you to everyone at the fabulous Folger Theatre in Washington DC– my other artistic home for the last decade and more. We had the pleasure of first producing this new adaptation/translation there last season, and it was a fabulous launching pad for this project. We are now more than happy to continue the journey and evolution here at the wonderful Arden, and hope that these two are just the beginning!

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Fred and Emily Anton

Frederick W. Anton, III is President and CEO of the Pennsylvania Manufacturers’ Association. He has been a supporter of the Arden since 1990 when the Arden created St. Stephen’s Alley at 10th and Ludlow Streets, next door to PMA’s headquarters in the former Federal Reserve Bank Building at 925 Chestnut Street. During that time, he founded and hosted the Arden’s Leadership Night, an annual advocacy event that introduced leaders of this region to the Arden’s plays and programming. These Leadership events played a key role in broadening the Arden’s base of supporters, as well as introducing new board members and key contributors. During Emily and Fred Anton those St. Stephen’s Alley years, Mr. Anton and PMA generously donated use of a building on Ludlow Street that served as the Arden’s rehearsal space, as well as set and costume shops.

In addition, Mr. Anton played a leadership role in the Arden’s move to our current facility in Old City. PMA’s Paul Luber used his real estate expertise and spent a considerable amount of time and energy working on the conversion of the facility with the architects and engineers. For his transformative contributions to the Arden, in 2011 Mr. Anton was selected by the Arden Board of Directors to be one of the inaugural members of the Cornerstone Society, an honorary group of individuals who have moved the organization forward in a significant way.

Mr. Anton acknowledges the role F. Otto Haas—the man for whom the theatre where you are about to see Cyrano is named – played in his life and career. “Otto was my mentor. He was Chairman of the Board of PMA when I first became President. Otto and I worked together on political action for the betterment of Pennsylvania. We also shared a mutual interest in the arts – first with the Walnut Street Theatre and then for Arden Theatre Company.”

Fred and Emily Anton are enthusiastic supporters of the Arden and served as the Honorary Producers of Sunday in the Park with George (2010) and The Seafarer (2009). They are thrilled to once again support the work of Michael Hollinger, after serving as Honorary Producer for Hollinger’s Ghost-Writer (2010) and An Empty Plate in the Café du Grand Boeuf (2007). As a graduate of Villanova University, Mr. Anton admires Michael Hollinger’s commitment to the university in his roles as Associate Professor of Theatre and Associate Artistic Director of Villanova Theatre.

Mr. Anton has long admired Michael Hollinger’s work and the artistic home that the Arden has provided for him.

We thank Fred and Emily Anton for their ongoing extraordinary support of the Arden and for their great passion for great stories by great storytellers. Their tremendous support helps to make possible our work on the stage, in the classroom and in the community.

NEXT ON THE F. OTTO HAAS STAGE

On stage May 24 – July 1

This spring, the Arden presents the world premiere of Tulipomania by Michael Ogborn, the composer of Baby Case and CafĂŠ Puttanesca.

Six strangers gather in a hash bar in present-day Amsterdam to tell a story of obsession, greed and beauty about the first recorded economic bubble, the Dutch Tulip Craze of 1636. This was a time when tulip bulbs were sold and traded on the open market and on paper rendering people wealthy almost over night.

One by one, intoxicated by their smoky surroundings, each stranger is drawn into the story of a man who sacrifices all he possesses in the world for a tulip.

Jeff Coon (Sunday in the Park with George), as the Owner of the hash bar, leads the cast of this new musical that gets high off our financial lows.

Billy Bustamante

Jeffrey Coon

Ben Dibble

Joliet F. Harris

Production Sponsor:

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Alex Keiper

Translator’s Note

Michael Hollinger

In conceiving this new adaptation of Cyrano De Bergerac with Aaron Posner, I’ve sought to produce an American translation that is true to the beating heart of the play, with a poetic sensibility that lets language soar when it should soar, but which is also lean, precise, spare, immediate and actor-friendly at all times. The play comprises a huge range of tones – comic, tragic, melodramatic, farcical, antic, elegiac – and I’ve tried to honor all of them, though the particular way each appears in our version may differ from the original. (What’s funny or poignant or scary in fin de siècle Paris may not have the same effect on Americans in 2012.)

Rostand set his “Heroic Comedy in Five Acts” in the mid-1600s, and wrote it in Alexandrine couplets – paired rhyming lines of six feet (twelve syllables ) each – a nod to 17th-century plays by Molière, Racine and Corneille, which often used the same form. English translators have typically chosen to either convert the whole script to prose, or retain the rhymed couplets and set the dialogue in iambic pentameter (five feet, ten syllables), a meter most of us associate with Shakespeare’s plays and sonnets, e.g.: So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see, So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.

(Sonnet #18) Except for explicit poetry – Montfleury’s soliloquy, Cyrano’s duel poem, the songs, etc. – my translation tends to avoid end rhymes, and employs tetrameter (four feet per line) with a variable number of syllables per line. My decision to abandon the rhymed couplets of the original derived not from the inherent difficulty of the task – as a lyricist, I use rhyme all the time – but rather from the way this formalism tends to distract me from the play itself, continually drawing my attention to the artfulness of the playwright or translator and away from the predicaments and souls of the characters. (I don’t feel this way about Molière, where a consciousness of the formal perfection of the verse enhances my delight.) Likewise, tetrameter gives lines a wonderful sense of velocity, though rhymed tetrameter tends to have a sing-song quality (think Dr. Seuss). Instead, I’ve employed a range of other poetic devices – alliteration, assonance, consonance, internal rhyme, etc. – that I believe keep the ear engaged while not encouraging the audience to begin listening for a rhyme at the end of every line.

The idea is to allow the poetry of the play to wax and wane, depending on the moment and the lyrical nature of each character.

Like the translation, this adaptation strives to be lean, precise, spare, immediate and actorfriendly. The greatly-reduced size of the acting ensemble – eight men and one woman – invites compression and theatricality; the use of direct address by the character of Le Bret (a nod to the Chorus in Shakespeare’s Henry V) allows for the imaginative and self-conscious use of the theatre and audience, and for devices familiar to contemporary theatre-goers but not in currency in 1897.

Throughout the process, my goal has been not to diminish the riches of the original play, but rather to release them so they will impact those who see it with force, feeling and panache.

Who’s Who DAvID BARDEEN (Ragueneau, Man, Philippe, Fighter) is thrilled to be back at the Arden (Wanamaker’s Pursuit, Candida, Molly’s Delicious, Company). Regional: Yale Rep., South Coast Rep., Walnut Street Theatre, Wilma Theatre, Eclectic Theatre Company, Boarshead Theatre, Interact Theatre (2001 Barrymore Award), and the Lantern Theatre, where he will be involved in the remounting of the play New Jerusalem this September. TV: Weeds, Numb3rs, Dirty Sexy Money, Medium, Related, and 86’d. Film: Cherchez La Femme, The Dismissal, Seduction of the Will. MFA from the Yale School of Drama. Thank you to Aaron Posner, Michael Hollinger, Matt Decker, and Jeff.

JESSICA CUMMINgS (Roxane, Woman, Columbina) Broadway: The Seagull (u/s); OffBroadway: Crimes of the Heart (Roundabout Theatre Company); Regional: Leveling Up (The O’Neill), The Dream of the Burning Boy (The O’Neill); Other NYC credits: Good Television (Atlantic Theater Company 29-hour reading), Laws of Motion (P.S.122), Balaton (Electric Pear Productions), Remembrancer Vessel (Red Fern Theatre Company), Cephalopod (FringeNYC). Television: The Big C, Law & Order: CI. Jessica is a graduate of Northwestern University.

SCoTT gREER (Desiree, Pickpocket, Montfleury, Bellerose, Marcel, Fighter) is happy to be back at the Arden and to be working with his pal Aaron. He has worked for Walnut Street, Wilma, 1812, InterAct, Theatre Exile and others. Regional: Actor’s Theatre of Louisville, Round House, Cape May Stage, Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival, and the Pearl Theatre in New York. He has appeared as a solo vocalist with the Philadelphia Orchestra. Scott has won four Barrymore Awards including the F. Otto Haas Award for an Emerging Theatre Artist. In 2003 his co-adaptation (With Michael Hollinger and Aaron Posner) of David Foster Wallace’s Brief Interviews with Hideous Men was produced by 1812 Productions for the Live Arts Festival, and was nominated for the Barrymore for Best New Play. Love always to Jen and Lily.

DoUg HARA (Ligniere, Citizen, Jacques, Jean-Pierre, Sister Marthe) Previous Arden productions include A Prayer for Owen Meany, Lookingglass Alice, Something Intangible and The Threepenny Opera. Doug is a veteran ensemble member of Lookingglass Theatre Company where he has participated in 16 productions since 1991 including Metamorphoses, West, Arabian Nights, Up Against It, The Master and Margarita, Lookingglass Hamlet and The Brothers Karamazov. Two River Theater productions include Our Town, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Charlotte’s Web, You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown, and HONK! Broadway credits - The Boys of Winter and Metamorphoses.

Off-Broadway - The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci, and Lookingglass Alice. Doug has performed at many regional theatres including The Goodman Theatre, About Face Theatre, Jellyeye Drum Opera, Huntington Theatre, Berkeley Repertory, Seattle Repertory, Mark Taper Forum, The Alliance Theatre, Syracuse Stage, Margaret Jenkins Dance Company, Brooklyn Academy of Music, and Joyce Theatre. Doug lives in Lambertville, New Jersey with his wife, kirstin and daughters, Lyra and Harper.

ERIC HISSoM (Cyrano) appeared at the Arden last season in A Moon for the Misbegotten, and at the beginning of this season in August: Osage County. Recent credits include: the world premiere of ken Ludwig’s The Game’s Afoot at Cleveland Playhouse, Race at Gulf Shore Playhouse, the National Tour of The 39 Steps, the Vibrator Play at Woolly Mammoth, and directing a production of The 39 Steps at Florida Studio Theatre. He has an MFA from Florida State University and has performed and/or directed at many other theatres across the country including Actors’ Theatre of Louisville, La Jolla Playhouse, Seattle Rep, Meadowbrook, Cape Playhouse, Syracuse Stage, Milwaukee Rep, Asolo Rep, and Orlando Shakespeare Theater.

Who’s Who JUSTIN JAIN (De Valvert, Etienne, Fighter) is thrilled to return to the Arden, having last appeared as a 2004/05 Arden Professional Apprentice. A founding member of The Berserker Residents (www.berserkerresidents.com), whose original comedic work includes 2011 NYC hit The Annihilation Point, The Lapsburgh Layover at Ars Nova, and Philly favorite The Giant Squid. Other regional credits include: People’s Light and Theatre Company, Theatre Horizon, Shakespeare in Clark Park, The McCarter Theatre, Milwaukee Rep, and Teatro Delle Due, among others. Justin has also created several independent original theatre projects including shiFt / transFer and his solofantasia Neverboy. Justin is a 2011-2012 Live Arts LAB Fellow where he is developing his latest piece, Bedtime Stories For Special Boys. Much gratitude to everyone involved.

BENJAMIN LLoyD (De Guiche, Gambler, Fighter) was last seen at the Arden in Picasso At The Lapin Agile in 2001, also directed by Aaron Posner. Most recently he was in Gypsy at Bristol Riverside Theater. In addition to performing at every major theatre in Philadelphia, Ben has acted and directed in New York; Edinburgh, Scotland; and Prague, the Czech Republic. His second novel, The Deception of Surfaces, was published in July 2011. It is a follow-up to his first book The Actor’s Way: A Journey of Self-Discovery in Letters. Ben is the Founding Producer of White Pines Productions and he lives in Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, with his wife and two children. With gratitude for your friendship, Aaron and Michael.

KEITH RANDoLPH SMITH (Le Bret) Broadway: Fences; Come Back Little Sheba; King Hedley II; Salome; Piano Lesson. Off-Broadway: First Breeze of Summer; Fabulation; Jitney; Holiday Heart; Midsummer Night’s Dream; Before It Hits Home; Speak Truth To Power.

Regional: Resurrection; Les Trois Dumas; Looking Over the President’s Shoulder; God of Carnage; The Dreams of Sarah Breedlove; Antony and Cleopatra; Tartuffe; Death of a Salesman; Three Sisters; Ivanov; The Seagull; In Walks Ed; Coming of the Hurricane.

Television and Film: Law And Order; I’ll Fly Away; NY Undercover; Onion Sports Network; The Cosby Show; One Life To Live; All My Children; Malcolm X; Path To Paradise; Journeymen; Backstreet Justice; Fallout; Oreos With Attitude. Training: American Academy of Dramatic Arts.

LUIgI SoTTILE (Christian, Actor, Arlecchino, Angry Subscriber, Fighter) is excited to be making his Arden debut. Other Philadelphia theater credits include People’s Light and Theatre (Return of Don Quixote, Kidnapped, King Lear, Snow White Panto, Nathan the Wise), Lantern Theater (Government Inspector, Hothouse, Othello, School for Wives, Lonesome West), Azuka Theatre (Whiskey Neat), Shakespeare in Clark Park (Comedy of Errors), Act II Playhouse (Mystery of Irma Vep), and The Wilma Theater (Proliferation of the Imagination, In the Next Room or the Vibrator Play - Barrymore Nominee Supporting Actor - , Macbeth, Leaving) where he will also be performing in Angels in America Parts I and II later this Spring and upcoming Fall. Thank you so much to Aaron and much love to Victoria and my family.

MICHAEL HoLLINgER (Translator/Adaptor) is the author of Ghost-Writer, Opus, Tooth And Claw, Red Herring, Tiny Island, Incorruptible and An Empty Plate in the Cafe du Grand Boeuf, all of which premiered at the Arden, and have since been produced around the country, off-Broadway, and abroad. His musical A Wonderful Noise (with Vance Lehmkuhl) received the Frederick Loewe and “In the Spirit of America” Awards and a developmental production at Creede Rep. Other awards: a Steinberg/ATCA New Play Citation, a Mid-Atlantic Emmy, an Edgerton Foundation New American Plays Award, the F. Otto Haas Award, three Barrymore Awards, an L.A. Drama Critics Circle

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Who’s Who Award, and fellowships from the Independence Foundation, Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation, and Pennsylvania Council on the Arts. Michael is an Associate Professor of Theatre at Villanova University, and a proud alumnus of New Dramatists.

AARoN PoSNER (Director/Adaptor) is a freelance director, playwright, teacher, and Associate Artist at the Folger Theatre. He co-founded the Arden in 1988 with Terry Nolen and Amy Murphy and has now directed well over 100 productions at major regional theatres across the country. His many adaptations include Brief Interviews with Hideous Men by David Foster Wallace (with Scott Greer, Tony Lawton and Michael Hollinger), a musical adaptation of Mark Twain’s A Murder, A Mystery & A Marriage (with James Sugg), and Chaim Potok’s novels The Chosen and My Name Is Asher Lev, which have had more than 50 productions across the country and internationally. Aaron is an Eisenhower Fellow, holds a B.S. in Performance Studies from Northwestern University is originally from Eugene, Oregon, and currently lives in Riverdale, Maryland with his wife, actress and teacher Erin Weaver, and his tiny new daughter, Maisie.

DANIEL CoNWAy (Scenic Designer) Most recently at the Arden: August: Osage County. Also at the Arden: Franklin’s Apprentice, Crime and Punishment, The Pavilion, and My Name Is Asher Lev, all directed

by Aaron Posner. Recent/upcoming projects: The Merry Wives of Windsor directed by Stephen Raynes at The Shakespeare Theatre; Sucker Punch (premiere) directed by Leah C. Gardiner at the Studio Theatre; Sabrina Fair directed by Stephen Raynes at the Ford’s Theatre; …the Vibrator Play directed by Aaron Posner at the Woolly Mammoth Theatre; The Giver directed by kJ Sanchez at the Asolo Theater; The Game’s Afoot (premiere) directed by Aaron Posner at The Cleveland Playhouse. Nominated for the award ten times, he is the recipient of the 2000 and 2008 Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Set Design. He heads the M.F.A. in Design program at The University of Maryland, College Park.

DEvoN PAINTER (Costume Designer) is pleased to join this wonderful team of artists at the Arden.

Regional design credits include: Guthrie, Milwaukee Rep, Denver Center, Indiana Rep, Actors Theatre, Folger Theatre, Studio Theatre. In addition to numerous New York productions in many Off Broadway venues, she assisted the 2011 Tony Award Winner, Desmond Heeley, on The Importance of Being Earnest on Broadway. Her costume designs were exhibited in Curtain Call; Celebrating a Century of Women Designing for Live Performance. Member of United Scenic Artists THoM WEAvER (Lighting Designer) For the Arden: August: Osage County, The Whipping Man,The Flea and the Professor, The Threepenny Opera, Romeo and Juliet, Blue Door, My Name is Asher Lev. In the area: Wilma, People’s Light, Lantern, Walnut, Delaware Theatre Company, InterAct, Azuka, Curtis Opera, New Paradise Laboratories, Theatre Exile, 1812, Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival, and Flashpoint Theatre Company, where he is Artistic Director. Other credits include: Theatre J, Two River Theatre, Cal Shakes, Children’s Theatre Company, Virginia Stage, Roundhouse, CENTERSTAGE, Folger Theater, Cincinnati Playhouse, Hangar, Cleveland Playhouse, Syracuse Stage, Berkshire Theatre Festival, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Signature Theater Company, Lincoln Center Festival, Spoleto, Pittsburgh Public Theatre, and Yale Rep, among others. 2011 Barrymore for In the Next Room, 9-time Barrymore Award nominee, Helen Hayes nominee, and winner of the 2007 AUDELCO Award. Education: Carnegie Mellon and Yale.

JAMES SUgg (Sound Designer) is a member of Pig Iron Theatre Company with whom he has created 18 original pieces. He has also worked with Arena Stage, Seattle Rep, Actors Theater of Louisville, Milwaukee Rep, The Wilma, The Arden Theater, Folger Theater, Headlong Dance Theater, Rainpan 43 and Lucidity Suitcase Intercontinental. He is the composer of the musicals A Murder, A Mystery And A Marriage (book and lyrics by Aaron Posner), James Joyce is Dead and So Is Paris (Pig Iron), The Sea(a one man electric chamber opera) and Cherry Bomb (book and lyrics by Jen Childs). His work has been recognized with 2 Obies, four Barrymores for Outstanding Sound Design, the F. Otto Haas

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Who’s Who Award for Emerging Theater Artist and a Pew Fellowship.

DALE ANTHoNy gIRARD (Fight Director) An award winning Fight Director, Stunt Coordinator and author of the stage combat manual Actors On Guard. His credits include productions at the Metropolitan Opera, New York City Opera, Folger Theatre, Signature Theatre, Yale Repertory Theatre, Hartford Stage, Denver Center Theatre, Florida Grand Opera, American Repertory Theatre, Opera Carolina, Long Warf Theatre, Pioneer Theatre, Studio Arena Theatre and San Diego Opera. Recent film credits include Eyeborgs, The Key Man, Sleeping Around and the critically acclaimed Junebug.

STEPHANIE CooK (Stage Manager) favorite Arden credits include: Assassins, Something Intangible and If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, and she is very excited to be back again! A past Walnut Street Theatre apprentice, she most recently stage managed Theatre Horizon’s production of Kimberly Akimbo and The Whipping Man here at the Arden earlier this season. Proud member of AEA. She is thankful for the opportunity and sends love to her family and Colin.

KELLy o’RoURKE (Stage Manager) recently relocated home to Philadelphia, and is tickled to be back at the Arden after stage managing A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Hedda Gabler in 1998. Since then, kelly has stage managed most often in Wisconsin at American Players Theatre and Milwaukee Repertory Theater. Much gratitude to family and friends for all their support; love always to Matt and Annie, no matter what. Thank you for coming!

MATT PFEIFFER (Associate Director) is a Philly born actor and director who serves as the Associate Artistic Director of Theatre Exile. Recent Arden credits include directing The Whipping Man, A Moon for the Misbegotten, and Romeo and Juliet. Other directing credits; 1812 Productions, Flashpoint Theatre, Walnut St. Theatre, Delaware Theatre Co, Orlando Shakespeare Theatre, Brat Productions, Lantern Theatre, and 15 seasons with the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival. Thanks to Aaron for having me on board. Love to kim.

TERRENCE J. NoLEN (Producing Artistic Director) is 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 24 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.

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 serves on the Board of the Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance and the Local Advisory Council of the Non Profit Finance Fund. She 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, 58 awards and 272 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

Arden actor transportation courtesy of PhillyCarShare

Spring Gala

Saturday, April 21, 2012 6:30pm – 10:30pm Rittenhouse Hotel

In support of Arden Theatre Company’s 2011/12 season and educational programming

Honoring the inaugural members of the Cornerstone Society:

Frederick W. Anton, III former Arden board member and advocate in the corporate and civic community

Gerard J. Conway, Sr. founding board chair of the Arden

Carole Haas Gravagno

former board member and chair of the successful New Home in Old City campaign

Aaron Posner

Arden co-founder, playwright and director

The Cornerstone Society will pay tribute to a distinguished group of individuals who have made transformative contributions to the Arden. Please join us for an elegant evening of cocktails, dinner, dessert and special appearances by a few of the Arden’s favorite artists.

For tickets or more information, call Angela DuRoss at 215-922-8900 ext. 25.

Corporate, Foundation & government Support $100,000 & above Hamilton Family Foundation Independence Foundation The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage through the Philadelphia Cultural Management Initiative The Pew Charitable Trusts Philadelphia Cultural Leadership Program The Wallace Foundation William Penn Foundation $50,000 to $99,999 Ballard Spahr+ Comcast Corporation The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust The Philadelphia Inquirer, Daily News and philly.com+ Shubert Foundation $15,000 to $49,999 12th Street Catering+ Anonymous ACE Group Campbell Soup Foundation Edgerton Foundation New American Plays Fox Chase Bank The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Harmelin Media Hirsig Family Fund of the Philadelphia Foundation Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation Lincoln Financial Foundation Medical Legal Reproductions+

National Endowment for the Arts PECO Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Target Corporation Universal Health Services, Inc. $7,500 to $14,999 Boeing Corporation Anne M. and Philip H. Glatfelter Family Foundation The Horner Foundation Philadelphia Cultural Fund PNC Charitable Trust Susquehanna Bank TD Charitable Foundation The Wells Fargo Foundation $2,500 to $7,499 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 The Haley Foundation Hatboro Beverages+ kieranTimberlake Louis N. Cassett Foundation Paul E. kelly Foundation PhillyCarShare+

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 Brandywine Realty Trust DCR Environmental Services Inc. Dilworth Paxson LLP Endo Pharmaceuticals ExxonMobil Foundation Federated Department Stores Foundation First Horizon National Corporation

Quirk Books Sovereign Bank Foundation Subaru of America Foundation Verizon The Victory Foundation Walter J. Miller Trust $750 to $2,499 Actors’ Equity Association Foundation Beneserv Drumcliff Foundation The Hassel Foundation Jenkintown Building Services+ The kesher Fund of the Cohen-Fruchtman-krieger Family, Inc. The Pittsburgh Foundation The Rittenhouse Foundation $749 and under William Goldman Foundation +denotes gifts of services or goods

Looking for a business tax break in 2012?

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, Harmelin Media, PECO, Susquehanna Bank & Universal Health Services, Inc.

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

First Tennessee Foundation 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

For 11 years, the Sylvan Society has recognized individuals who support the Arden’s work by making annual gifts of $1,000 or more.

Sassafras grove ($10,000 & above) Anonymous Mr. Frederick W. Anton, III CHG Charitable Trust Otto Haas Charitable Trust Mr. & Mrs. N. Peter Hamilton Hirsig Family Fund of The Philadelphia Foundation Suzanne F. Roberts Cultural Development Fund Cherry grove ($5,000-$9,999) Anonymous Sally and Michael Bailin ^ Marie and Joseph Field Matthew and Marie Garfield Josephine klein Charles and Mindy Goldberg Rose^ Monica and Philip Rosenthal Lee and Christopher van de Velde Rosalyn and Stephen Weinstein Wyncote Foundation, at the recommendation of Leonard C.Haas Filbert grove ($2,500-$4,999) Carol and Tom Beam John Bitman ^ Lois G. Brodsky John and Susan Coleman Anne M. Congdon Dorothy Delbueno Robert M. Dever Ann Diebold Bob and Nancy Elfant Tim and Ellen Foster^ Ms. Elizabeth Gemmill Linda and David Glickstein David and MaryJane Hackney Ronna and Robert Hall^ karen and Mark Hite Leslie and Barbara kaplan Drs. Robin and Saifuddin Mama Peggy and Steve Morgan kurt and Mary-Ann Reiss keith and Jim Straw Sally Walker and Tom Gilmore^ June and Steve Wolfson Family Foundation Mulberry grove ($1,000-$2,499) Anonymous Brian Abernathy and Elizabeth Ireland

John Alchin and Hal Marryatt 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 Almut Breazeale DeDe and Tony Brown Nancy Burd Thomas Burke and Richard Fountas Vicki and Russ Carlson Christina Clay, M.D. Priscilla and John Clement Joy De Jesús and Jamie Reynolds Tobey and Mark Dichter Michael A. Donato and Peter R. Sonzogni Deirdre Dooner Marie and Peter Dooner Deb Dorsey and Mike Green Shafiq Ebrahim James R. Fairburn and David A. Wickard Stephen Falchek Ted and Shannon Farmer Jeanne Fisher Sandi Foxx-Jones Richard and Diane D. Frey David and Christina Fryman* Terry Graboyes Peggy and Richard Greenawalt Marcy Gringlas and Joel Greenberg Mr. and Mrs. Albert M. Greenfield, III Glenn Gundersen and Susan Manix Mr. and Mrs. Jon Harmelin Don Haskin and Lynn Martin Haskin Jane and Steve Heumann Dr. David and Patricia Holtz* Susan Jacobson and Michael Golden* Carol and D. Scott kelley Caroline kemmerer Mr. Peter kenney and Dr. Dorothy Novick Virginia and Harvey kimmel Arts Education Fund of the Philadelphia Foundation Holly kinser kenneth and Eve klothen

Joel koppelman and Sharon Sorkin Beth and Bill Landman Winnie and Eric Lien William A. Loeb Richard Maimon and Susan Segal Larry and Mickey Magid Tina Manco Lewis R. and Sue Ann Marburg Gloria and Dan Mariano Jean Markovitz Barbara and Don Matheson John and Amy McCawley* Andrea Mengel and George A. Ritter Seymour Millstein A.C. Missias Ellen and Michael Mulroney Amy L. Murphy and Terrence J. Nolen Michael Norris and Matt Varrato Thomas Petro and kristine Messner Dr. and Mrs. Joel Porter Ms. Carol and John Rauch Ann and Frank Reed, through the Malfer Foundation Amelia Q. Riley Ellen Rosenthal Phyllis and Martin Rosenthal Dolly Beechman Schnall and Dr. Nathan Schnall, in loving memory of Laurie Beechman Laura and Ron Siena, in honor of Nancy and Bob Elfant Hether, Don and Sarah Smith Richard and Amanda Smoot Marilyn and Dean R. Staats^ kathleen A. Stephenson William k. Stewart Foundation Adelaide Sugarman and Marshall Greenberg Harvey B. Swedloff Eileen Heisman Tuzman and Martin Tuzman Thomas and Patricia Vernon^ Sandy and Michael Wax Richard E. Woosnam and Diane Dalto Woosnam Mike Salmanson and Tobi Zemsky Michael Zuckerman and Jan Levine, in memory of Jonathan Levine Ellen Yin+ Hope Yursa 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.

40% of our income comes from donations from patrons like you.

Without your support we couldn’t tell the whole story.

To make a gift, please call Angela DuRoss, Development Director at 215.922.8900 x25 or go online: ardentheatre.org/support/

Thank you to our Supporters $500 - $999 Anonymous Rebecca and John Adams Stan and Lisa Altman Ms. Ruth E. Brown Carol and Bruce Caswell Drs. Fred and karen Clark Ruth Miller Cox James Crawford and Judith Dean In Honor of Lisa Burns Gina Deflavia Mr. and Mrs. Farenback-Brateman^ Carole M. Foley* Dan Gannon Paul H. and Jeanne Geskes Dr. and Mrs. Michael Golden Edith klausner Marilyn and David kraut Mary Ellen krober Mike and Helene Loeb Allison Wilson-Maher and John Maher Frank and Sally Mallory Mary Louise and Gerald Martin Donald J. Martin and Richard Repetto Jerome Napson Whitney Quesenbery and John Chester Paul Rabe and Cheryl Gunter Franklyn and Cintra Rodgers Marilyn Sanborne and Richard Labowskie*

Michael Sanyour and Laurada Byers Jane Scaccetti Eva and Marvin Schlanger Family Foundation Philip and Susan Schlegel Robert and karen Sharrar Ellen Schwartz and Jeremy Siegel Corinne Stahl Harold and Emily Starr Eric Tamulonis and Deirdre Gibson Dorothy S. Tomassini and Barry Brenner Matthew White* Dr. and Mrs. Stephen G.Vasso $250-$499 Anonymous Carol and Bennett Aaron Howard Aaronson Iris Melendez and Henry R. Adamczyk, Jr. In Memory of Gerald Alpaugh Arden Professional Apprentices David Ardrey Ron and Joyce Bayer Susan Becker and Aaron Rubin Bill Beckett and Jo White^ Peter and Lynne Berman Sidney Beshunsky Barry and Marilyn Bevacqua Mr. and Mrs. J. Robert and Marilyn Birnhak Linda and Daniel Blickman*

Alden and Linda Blyth Philip and Elaine Bobrove Janice and Roger Boe J. Joseph and Mary Lou Breidenstine Marlin G. Brown* Bob and Cheryl Carfagno Debbie and Alan Casnoff Caroline Castagno Mr. and Mrs. Fred and karen Clark Patricia M. Collins Jim and Pat Calbertson George koch and Santo DiDonato Tika and Issac Djerassi Michael Dotsey Joseph and Carolyn Evans Wally and Jane Evans Cynthia Heininger and James Feeney Mark and Rene Feitelson Ruth and Andre Ferber Dr. John and Elaine Frank In memory of Bob Gallagher Charles Gear John Geronimo karhnak-Glasby Family Mr. and Mrs. Richard and Rita Goldberg Bob and Jan Goren Clara and Jorge LaBrake Brian Hanna Mary C. Harbison Barbara and Robert Hauptfuhrer Charles W. Head, Jr. Betsy and Ted Hershberg

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 Jane Berryman Lou Bluver Ellis K. Ginsberg

Peter Gistelinck and Kim Bloom 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 Jim and Carolyn Hessinger Glenna Huls David and Beth Medoway kagan Barbara and Jerry kaplan Scott and Margie kasner Susan kellogg and Dick Hoffman Gregory kleiber Barbara and Leonard klinghoffer Bernadette koller kenneth D. kopple^ Ruth and Peter Laibson Joan and Marc S. Lapayowker David Lerman David Lesher Pat and Jim Lobb John and Martha Lubell Dr. Edward Lundy and Debra Reiff Mrs. Grace Madeira Robert Manning Dr. Arlen Marks and David Smith George and Judy McCarthy Gloria McNutt Stephen and Janet Mullin Paul Nutaitis and Robert Clark Carol L. O’Brien Brenda J. Oliphant Mr. and Mrs. Gerald O’Neill^ Barbara and Don Parman John and Judith Peakes Valerie Brand Pipano and Tal Pipano Jayme Powers Dan Promislo Mary Jo Reilly Joy Rickabaugh Dulcie Romm Irwin C. and Carole M. Saft Harold and Sharon Schwalm Susan Greene James Akerberg and Larry Simmons Robert and Susan Simon William and Mary Simpson James L. Smith Anne Speyer In Loving Memory of Jordan Rosenfeld Hella and Lew Volgenau Emily and Charles Wagner Michael Walraven and Mary Lou Starling Marlene Weinberg Fred and Arleen Weinstein Judy and Julian Weinstein Wendy and Larry White Mrs. Thomas A. Williams Nancy Wingo, in honor of Peter and Alta Hamilton

Mr. and Mrs. Harry W. Woodcock Askold Zagars Tom and Jackie Zemaitis $125 - $249 Anonymous Dr. Ron Abrams Janet and Roger Alwang Dr. and Mrs. Anthony J. Andrews Theodora W. Ashmead Alan and Sandy Ault Judith Barrett Alison Bauer Richard and Eileen Bazelon Jay and Nancy Berkowitz Jane Biberman Doris and Aaron Bitman Thomas H. Blackburn Mr. and Mrs. Thomas and Mary Pat Boyle Laurie Brown David Brownlee Bernard and Pamela Brownstein Sheryl L. Roser Evelyn and Gary Carpenter Mr. Joseph Casey Nelly and Scott Childress Jennifer and Daniel Coffey Sue Cohen Dr. Marie A. Conn Sandra and James Corry Charles J. Coyle kimberly Crown* Mary Ann Dailey Jennifer Dalpiaz Nancy Davis Ellen Deacon Raymond and Michele Decker Cordelia and Don Delson Daniel Devlin Andrew and Marla Diamond Larry and Pat Dixon Ellen and Max Dooneief Beverly Dotter kathy and Jerry Drew Jill Dulany Angela DuRoss Lois S. Durso Paul and Adele Epstein Wendy Epstein Anne Ewers William and Anne Ewing Paul and Judith Farber Lana Fishkin Curt Foxworth Mr. and Mrs. kenneth Frank Helene and Michael Freidman Wendi Furman

Dennis T. Gallagher Judith and Edwin Gerber Stan Gibell David k. Gifford kathleen and Paul Goldenberg Grace Gonglewski and Eric Schoefer Virginia Gormley Susan and Adam Guttentag Judge Marvin R. and Mrs. Marcia O. Halbert Dona and Curt Haltiwanger Virginia Hedden Heidi Hertfelder Lenora Hume Jackie Jerrehian Sarah C. Jordan Nancy kane Sandra R. karlson Phyllis kauffman Lawrence kaufman Alan and Elaine klawans Charles and Patricia kling Bob and Mary Lawler Richard Lee Lorraine and the late Richard Leff Ruth Lesser Alan and Susan Levin Helene Levine Linda and Donald Lewis Warren and Arline Lieberman Barbara and Richard Linde Robert and Laurel Lipshutz Will and Sandy Lock Robert Lynam Ellen Magen and Gerald katz Lynn and Joe Manko Ted and Ronnie Mann Linda McAleer and Maitlon Russell Faith and Arthur McDowell Cheryl Meyer Paul and Lee S. Miller Sylvia R. Miller kathleen J. Moyer, Ph.D. Claire Moyer Carmen Mucci and Lois Marianni Theodore and Theresa Munz, Jr. John Musarra kenneth and Susan Myers Eliot Nierman Etta and Chuck Nissman Laura Offutt and Steve Fukuchi Hugh C. O’Neill Virginia Owen Sandra Packel Mr. Richard Pariseau Michael L. and Judy Paul Mary and F. Laurence Pethick

Thank you to our Supporters $125 - $249 continued Vincent and Carmen Pezzullo Bruce and Lynne Podrat Rhoda Polakoff John and Margaret Preg karen and David Pressel Sherri and Abe Reich Alan Reinack and Dana Perlman Leslie Rescorla Alice Reyes Mark and Sharon Robb Debbie Robinson Linda Robinson, Ph.D. and Peter krill Claire Rocco Francoise and Louis Rollmann^ Jane A. Rose, CPA/PFS, CFP kenneth and Shelley Rosenberg Faye and Daniel Ross Bernice and Jerry Rubenstein Bernard and Barbara Ruekgauer Robert and Joan Ludwig Peter Ryker Ruth and Marvin Sachs Thekla Sacksteder Joan and Bill Saidel Ms. kim Schmucki Carl W. and Mary Ellen Schneider Warren and Carole Lee Schwomeyer Robert and karen Serenbetz Joseph and Louise Shaffer Catharine Shippen Mel and Susanne Shuster Virginia P. Sikes, Esq. Celeste Simon and Brian keith Ms. Anne Singer Leslie E. Skilton David and Carleene Slowik Gail Snitzer Ed Sobel Margaret R. Spencer John and Susan Stedman Rita Stevens Robert Stewart and Barbara Barnett-Stewart Paul Stone Ruth P. and Norman Stuessy Richard and Anne Tax William and Joan Thomas Lorraine Toji Cathy Toner* John Urofsky The Vandergrift-Baxter Family Vivian Weinblatt Marvin and Betty Weiss Theresa Williams Bertram and Lorle Wolfson

Michaeline Young William Zeidner* Michele Zeldner and Ian Wachstein Benjamin Zuckerman and Marian Robinson $75 - $124 Anonymous Art-Reach, in honor of Maureen Mullin Fowler Lawrence Abramson Emily Aiken Eileen and Daniel Alva Albert and Patricia Anderson Peggy Anderson Arthur S. Applebaum Helen Aster Ann and Larry Auerweck Rita Axelrod Dr. Donald Bakove and Margaret G. McLaughlin Robert Bauer and Sandy Clay Bauer The Rev. Judith T. Beck Lisa Becker David and Nancy Bergman Bikki Bevelhymer-Chiang Dr. and Mrs. Benjamin Blank Joan Blum Myron and Sharon Blumberg Samuel Bobrow Judith Borie Marcia Bower Frank Boyer Michael P. Boyle Charles Brennan John D. Brewster, Jr. Michael P. Buckley Carol Buettger Robert J. Butera Francis and Mary Calter Barbara Carmine Alice A. Chittenden Mary Chomitz Estelle Chunn Annemarie Clarke and David Buch Sharyn F. Clauson Edwin G. Close, II Rhoda and Michael Coben Judith Cohen Rabbi and Mrs. Henry Cohen Janet Cook Susan Cook Ms. Elizabeth P. Cornman Carol Corson Brett Alan Costello*

Zoe Coulson Charles H. and Suzanne Davis Judith Dederick Rita and Grace Denbo Stephanie Deviney Ellen DiPinto Stuart Donaldson Ray Doyle Mr. Murray and Libby Rosof Dubin Donald and Geraldine Duclow Leah Chaplin kathy Nolen Edwards and Bill Edwards Marcia Eisenberg Linda V. Ellsworth Debbie and Jerry Epstein Barry and Beth Evans Sylvia Beck and Jay Federman John Fischer Deborah and Martin Fishbein Ms. Judy Frank Drs. Barbara and Len Frank Mr. Allan P. Freedman Larry S. Friedman Paula Fuchsberg Mary Jane Fullam Chaim Galfand Buzz and Linda Gamble George and Pooh Gephart Greg Gephart Maria Giunta Geoffrey and karen Glauser Ms. Joan Gmitter Leigh Goldenberg and Aaron Bauman Brian Goldsmith Mac and Naomi Gorson Anna and kenneth Gottschaldt Diane Graboyes Miriam and Saul Grossman Nancy and Richard Grove Anne Halkedis Stephen and Ona Hamilton Donald Hargreaves Adrienne and Eric Hart Gail Hauptfuhrer Douglas and Harriet Heath Gerald Hebert Alice Hennessy Ruth Herd Ron Herman Judy Herman and Steve Small Susan W. Herron Tom and Wendy Hibberd Richard and Barbara Hirsh Terry Hirshorn Mauriel Holland

Thank you to our Supporters Ann Marie Horner Thomas k. Hurster Elyssa kane and Jeff Levine Timothy and Carol Johnson Sondra N. Jones Thomas Lloyd and Jane kamp Donald and Mary kane Robert and Ellen kavash Margaret keller Heather J. kelley Cynthia killion Peter and Margarita kind Steven and Patricia king Janice king Cheryl and John kirby Brian and Caren kirschner Christina and Harold klein ken, Eva and Aaron klein Marlena and Lazar kleit Mary and Dean kline Steven knepper Harold kobb Thomas kohn Christal kozloski Martha Platt and Marlis kraft James kronzer Sherman and Pauline Labovitz David Ladov The Reverend and Mrs. Joseph Laird Robert Lamb Ellen Le kathryn Lee Lisa Lee Sylvia Lee and Charles L. Hillis, Jr. Bob and Sharon Leib Bob Levitt Natalie Levkovich Mr. and Mrs. Craig and Stephanie Lewis Norman and Sylvia Lieberman David and Susan Lipson karen Lisker Perry Watts and Samuel Litwin Leroy and Ruth Loewenstern Donald and Nancy Maclay Betty Margolis and Sidney Arenson Milton and Renee Margulies Gerald Marrington Glenda Marshall Irwin Matusow and Barbara Rudnick kelly McBride Patricia McCunney-Thomas Lorraine and Bruce McMahon Tom and Helen McNutt Marianne T. Miller Ellen Monsees Stephen and Lisa Morano

Jeff and Maxine Morgan Mr. and Mrs. David N. Mosteller Tema Muchnick Dr.and Mrs. Stevens Munzer Paul Yaros and Craig Murray Nonprofit Center at LaSalle University, in honor of Angela DuRoss Jay and Joan Ochroch William O’Connor Susan Odessey and Paul Coff Timothy O’Malley Linda Osler Stanton S. Oswald Martin and Jacqueline Page Sydney S. Pasternack John and Janette Paull Rebecca Peck Jane G. Pepper Ruth B. Petkofsky Lisa Truckess Donald and Carol Plank Dan and Lisa Pliskin David and Amy Pollack Madeline Portnoy Linda Quam keith and Cynthia Quinton Ellen Schlenker karen and Mark Reber Eleanor Reinhardt Rachel Reynolds Clifford Ridley and Betsey Hansell Lorraine Riesenbach George and Zara Roberts Douglas Robinson Mr. and Mrs. David and Laurie Robinson Debby Robinson Mary Ann Robinson John and Claire Rodgers Mr. and Mrs. Edward Rosen Bernie and Camille Rosenberg Patricia A. Rosenberg Enid Rosenblatt J. Randall Rosensteel Edwin and Sally Rosenthol Joan Rozanski Diane Rurode William F. Ryan Roberta Sampson Mark Sandberg Lucille Schlack Ruth Ann Schlesinger Mr. and Mrs. A. Schmidt karen Schermerhorn and Evan Seymour Antoinette Farrar Seymour

Lenore and Bernard Sherman Marie and James P. Shew John and Maryann Shivers Janice and Thomas Showler Bob and Harriet Singer Shirley Sivitz Jay Snyderman Judy and Michael Soloman, in honor of the Yudenfriends Suzanne Spain Phillip and karen Spiker, in honor of Courtney Spiker Martin Courtney Spiker Martin Leon and Marcia Steinberg Ruth and David Steinman Joel and Barbara Stewart Debra Strauss Michael and Marianna Sullivan Sally Switzer Nina Tafel Marion and Richard Taxin Joseph Terry Marian Tracey Brenda Freitag and Chet Tuthill Gilbert Feinberg and Nadeen Van Tuyle William Vaughn Clifford and Ann Wagner Mr. John Waldie Beth Brooks and Bob Waterston Thomas Watkins Barbara Watson Jenny and Bill Webb Oscar Weber Bob Weinberg and Eleanor Wilner Jim and Suellen Weiner Harold Weiner Harry and Helen Weinheimer Elizabeth Weinreb Barbara and Richard Weiss M. Jane Williams Christine Winkelvoss Sam and kuna Yankell * Denotes gift made through the United Way + Denotes gift of goods or services ^ Includes matching gift This list acknowledges donors as of Feb 1, 2012. 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.

Board and Committee Members 2011/12 Board of Directors Ellen P. Foster, President Brian Abernathy, Vice President Andrea Mengel, Vice President Michael A. Donato, Treasurer Nancy Hirsig, Secretary Nancy Burd Joy L. De Jesús Nancy Elfant Robert Elfant David Fryman Elizabeth H. Gemmill Darrel A. German 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 Charles H. Rose H. Hetherington Smith Lee van de Velde Stephen Wolfson Diane Dalto Woosnam Ellen Yin Board Executive Committee Ellen Foster, chair Brian Abernathy Joy L. De Jesús Michael Donato Nancy Elfant Ronna F. Hall Peter Hamilton Nancy Hirsig Virginia kimmel Andrea Mengel Charles Rose Hether Smith Lee van de Velde

Advocacy Committee Brian Abernathy, chair David Glancey Terry Gillen Julie Hawkins Susan Jacobson Holly kinser Board Development Committee Brian Abernathy, chair Michael Donato Ellen Foster Peter Hamilton Ronna Hall Lynn Haskin Lee van de Velde Diane Dalto Woosnam Education Committee Sheryl Bar Marla Diamond Dr. Dennis W. Creedon Dr. Carol Domb Jacqueline Matusow Ilene Poses Sally Wojcik Engagement Committee Nancy Elfant, co-chair Lee van de Velde, co-chair Brian Abernathy Nancy Burd Bob Elfant Betsy Gemmill Darrel German Ronna Hall Joanne Harmelin Nancy Hirsig Sue Jacobson Barbara kaplan Virginia kimmel Holly kinser Charles Rose Diane Dalto Woosnam

Facilities Committee Hether Smith, chair Mike Green James kronzer Richard Maimon John McCawley Paul Thais Chris van de Velde Finance Committee Michael Donato, chair Nancy Burd Ellen Foster Steve Heumann Martin Rosenthal Harvey Swedloff Steve Wolfson Marketing Committee Reid Bodek JoAnne DiSanto Jeanne Fisher The Scene Committee Mike Donohue Seth Goldenberg Genvieve Goldstein Janeale Gottlieb-George Dana Marston Meghan Mckeown Special Events Task Force Ronna F. Hall, chair Nancy Burd Nancy Elfant Ellen Foster Sue Jacobson Diane Dalto Woosnam Strategic Planning Committee Joy De Jesús, chair Ellen Foster David Fryman Andrea Mengel Ellen Yin Personnel Committee David Fryman, chair Ellen Foster Betsy Gemmill Moose Greenfield Charles Rose

Director of Marketing and Public Relations .................................................................................................................... Ryan klink Marketing and Public Relations Manager .............................................................................................................Leigh Goldenberg Art Director.......................................................................................................................................................................kristy Giballa Marketing Assistant ................................................................................................................................................... Catherine Logan Group Sales Associate ............................................................................................................................................... Shanna Tedeschi Marketing Intern ...................................................................................................................................................... Emily Poworoznek Development Director ............................................................................................................................................... Angela DuRoss Director of Institutional Advancement ....................................................................................................................... Jessica Calter Manager of Institutional Giving .................................................................................................................................... Sarah Sexton Development Assistant................................................................................................................................................. Megan Staples Development Interns .................................................................................................................................................. Marissa Moylan

Front of House

Education Director .........................................................................................................................................Maureen Mullin Fowler Arden Drama School Coordinator......................................................................................................................... Shanna Tedeschi Arden Drama School Faculty.................Chris Bresky, Rachel Camp, Matt Decker, Tara Demmy, Liz Filios, James Ijames, Alex keiper, Bryan kerr, Bi Jean Ngo, Hillary Rea, Alison Roberts, Ryan Touhey Arden For All Teaching Artists..................... kate Altman, kala Moses Baxter, Chris Bresky, Rachel Camp, Matt Decker, Charlie DelMarcelle, Liz Filios, Sarah Gliko, James Ijames, Michael McElroy, Aubie Merrylees, Bi Jean Ngo, Steve Pacek, Hillary Rea, Leah Walton Education Intern ..................................................................................................................................................................Mandy Fahey Box Office Manager............................................................................................................................................................... Lynn keily Assistant Box Office Manager .......................................................................................................................................Corey Masson House Manager............................................................................................................................................................. Elisabeth kersey Front of House Assistants ...........Tara Bankard, Nanci Cope, katie Dahm, Tara Demmy, Sarah Dugan, Michael Durkin, Nathan Nolen Edwards, Brielle Hart, kate kennedy, Mark kennedy, Hilary kissinger, Emily Mattison, Calee McCauley, katherine Perry, Jacqueline Schneider, Meredith Sonnen, Andrew Wojtek

Production

Education

Marketing

Producing Artistic Director................................................................................................................................... Terrence J. Nolen Associate Artistic Director .......................................................................................................................................... Edward Sobel Associate Producer .................................................................................................................................................. Matthew Decker Literary Consultants ............................................................................................................................ Carl Granieri, Dennis Smeal Artistic Assistant .................................................................................................................................................................. Bryan kerr Commissioned Playwrights ..................................................................................Laura Eason, Laura Jacqmin, Rogelio Martinez Writers’ Room Playwright in Residence .............................................................................................................. Wendy MacLeod Writers’ Room Producer...........................................................................................................................................Rebecca Wright Writers’ Room Artistic Circle .......................................................... Jorge Cousineau, Melanye Finister, Grace Gonglewski, Michael Hollinger, Thom Weaver Managing Director ...................................................................................................................................................... Amy L. Murphy Business Manager ...........................................................................................................................................Courtney Spiker Martin Associate General Manager .....................................................................................................................................Mary Beth Simon Arden Professional Apprentices .................................................................. kaleigh Malloy, Alan Paramore, Samantha Pedings Ryan M. Prendergast, Zach Trebino, Flora Vassar Arden Volunteer ............................................................................................................................................................ Jean Markovitz Administrative Intern .................................................................................................................................................... Fen Tamulonis

Development

Administrative Management

Artistic

Staff

Production Manager .................................................................................................................................................. Courtney Riggar Technical Director........................................................................................................................................................ Glenn Perlman Associate Production Manager ............................................................................................................................ Jessica Day West Master Carpenter/Shop Foreman ....................................................................................................................................... Jon West Master Electrician...................................................................................................................................................... Martin Stutzman Costume Supervisor..................................................................................................................................................... Alison Roberts Properties Master .................................................................................................................................................... Christopher Haig Charge Scenic Artist ............................................................................................................................................ kristina Chadwick Production Stage Managers ................................... Stephanie Cook, Alec E. Ferrell, katharine M. Hanley, kelly O’Rourke Assistant to the Stage Manager ...................................................................................................................................... Flora Vassar Assistant to the Lighting Designer ........................................................................................................................... Jessica Wallace Assistant Set Designers .................................................................................................................Andrew Cohen, Paige Hathaway Projections Consultant .............................................................................................................................................. Jorge Cousineau Vocal Coach........................................................................................................................................................................Lynne Innerst Etiquette Consultant .................................................................................................................................................. Deidre Finnegan Masks provided by .................................................................................................. Brendon Gawel of Ombelico Mask Ensemble Electrics and Sound Intern ................................................................................................................................... Rebecca Adelsheim Scenic Construction Intern................................................................................................................................................ AJ Garrigus Props Intern ................................................................................................................................................................... Tate Obayashi Stitcher ................................................................................................................................................ Becca Austen, Lillian Dunham Costume Interns ............................................................................................................. Sarette Dymkowski, Catherine O’Brien Sound Operator .............................................................................................................................................................. Daniel kontz Dresser/Deck Crew ................................................................................................................................................. Meredith Boring

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DRAMA SCHOOL

Classes taught by Arden actors you’ve seen on stage

KIDS’ CREW (Pre-K - 5) Spring semester starts March 12th!

8-Week Classes, One Day Workshops, After School and Saturdays Acting, Storytelling, Musical Theatre, Design and more!

Classes start at just $20 per child.

SPRING BREAK CAMP April 2 - 6, Monday - Friday, 9am - 3pm

TEEN COMPANY (Grades 6 - 12) Spring semester starts March 17th!

6-Week Classes, One Day Workshops, After School and Saturdays Acting, Musical Theatre, Improv, Stage Combat, Design and more!

SPRING BREAK ONE DAY WORKSHOPS One Day Musical Theatre Intensive - April 2, 10am - 3pm Cyrano – One Day Intensive (includes the 2pm performance) April 4, 10am - 5pm

SUMMER CAMP DATES ONLINE NOW! Action packed and taught by theatre professionals!

• KID’S CREW CAMPS (Grades 1-5) One and two week options • TEEN CoMPANy CAMPS (Grades 6-8 and 9-12) One, two, and three week options Full Descriptions including daily schedules online.

Full class descriptions online at ardendramaschool.com Register online or call 215.922.1122 Arden Drama School is sponsored by:

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The Writers’ Room Wendy MacLeod This spring and into the summer, the Arden will be introducing an innovative new program, The Writers’ Room, in which a playwright is in residence at the Arden for six weeks completing the draft of a play. Several weeks later the play begins a workshop and rehearsal period, culminating in a production with a limited run of public performances.

The Writers’ Room, led by Arden Associate Artistic Director Edward Sobel, is designed to allow playwrights to stay in closer contact with their original creative impulse and have a more wholesome relationship with the larger institution than most new play development processes currently allow. The program provides playwrights direct monetary and institutional support, a guaranteed production, and dramatically shortens the time between the writing and production process.

The Writers’ Room marks a continuation of the Arden’s commitment to developing new plays for the national canon. Notable Arden premieres include Michael Hollinger’s Opus (one of the top 10 most produced plays in the United States in 2009-10), Aaron Posner’s adaptation of My Name Is Asher Lev, and Wittenberg by David Davalos. Award winning writers Bruce Graham, Michael Ogborn, and Jordan Harrison have all premiered commissioned pieces at the Arden.

With The Writers’ Room, Arden audiences will have an unusual opportunity to participate in the play development process. A limited number of the public will purchase “Inside the Writers’ Room” passes, providing “behind the scenes” access throughout the writing, workshop, rehearsal, and performance.

Pass holders will have the opportunity to observe rehearsals, discuss the on-going work, and become educated about the new play development and production process.

The first playwright to take up residence in The Writers’ Room will be Wendy MacLeod. Wendy’s play The House of Yes became an award-winning Miramax film starring Parker Posey, and was produced by many theaters including The Magic Theater, Soho Rep, The Washington Shakespeare Company, The Maxim Gorki Theater in Berlin, and The Gate Theater in London. Her other works for the stage include Sin and Schoolgirl Figure, both of which premiered at The Goodman, Juvenilia and The Water Children, both of which premiered at Playwrights Horizons, and Things Being What They Are, which premiered at Seattle Repertory Theatre and had an extended run at Steppenwolf in Chicago. Her new play Find and Sign premiered in January at the Pioneer Theater where it was called “both entertaining and thoughtprovoking” by the Salt Lake Tribune. Her prose has appeared in Salon, Poetry magazine, McSweeney’s, The Rumpus, The Awl and on All Things Considered. A graduate of the Yale School of Drama, she is the James E. Michael Playwright-in-Residence at kenyon College.

For further information about the Writers’ Room, and Writers’ Room passes, please email writersroom@ ardentheatre.org.

The Writers’ Room is funded by The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage through the Philadelphia Cultural Management Initiative and the Independence Foundation through its New Theatre Works Initiative.

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Follow us online for the latest show selection updates L to R: August: Osage County (2011), A Moon for the Misbegotten (2011), The Whipping Man (2011), August: Osage County (2011), Clybourne Park (2012), The Whipping Man (2011), The History Boys (2009), Sunday in the Park with George (2010), Superior Donuts (2011), The Threepenny Opera (2010)