ARDEN THEATRE COMPANY PRESENTS
Book and Lyrics by Brian Yorkey Music by Tom Kitt
Sep 27 - Nov 4
ARDEN THEATRE COMPANY PRESENTS
Next to Normal Book and Lyrics by Brian Yorkey Music by Tom Kitt Directed by Terrence J. Nolen^ Production conceived by Jorge Cousineau and Terrence J. Nolen^ Scenic and Video Designer
Music Director
Jorge Cousineau
Eric Ebbenga
Costume Designer
Lighting Designer
Alison Roberts
Thom Weaver+
Sound Designer
Assistant Director/Dramaturg
Daniel Perelstein
SaRAH ollove
Choreographer
Stage Manager
NIKI COUSINEAU^
Alec e. Ferrell*
September 27- November 4, 2012 F. Otto Haas Stage
Mainstage Season Sponsors: Special thanks to The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust for supporting Arden Theatre Company. NEXT TO NORMAL is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International [MTI]. All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI, New York, NY. Tel: 212-541-4684. Fax: 212-397-4684. www.mtishows.com
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
Welcome to Next to Normal and the start of our 25th Anniversary Season. It is amazing to think about how this city has changed since we first set down roots here in 1988. Philadelphia was a very different place. This was before Mayor Rendell set out to revitalize Center City – cheering and cajoling, a tireless advocate for the idea that Philadelphia could be a world class city. before Stephen Starr, Ellen Yin and the restaurant renaissance of the 90’s. before Old City was transformed into the vibrant and vital neighborhood it is today. Terrence J. Nolen
The Philadelphia theatre community has likewise flourished. The Philadelphia Live Arts Festival & Philly Fringe was founded. Dozens and dozens of theatres have been created (with more new companies being created each year). Audiences are growing. Artists are choosing to live here – buying homes, building careers, starting families. Nationally, Philadelphia is now recognized as an important theatre town with a rich and robust community of artists and audiences. What a time to be in Philadelphia. Next to Normal marks our 144th production – a body of work that includes 35 world premieres, 31 musicals, and 25 children’s theatre productions. but the story of the Arden’s history is best told by remembering some of the remarkable productions and performances that have lit up our stages: Tom McCarthy’s Willy Loman. Joilet Harris’ Caroline Thibodeaux. Michael Hollinger’s Opus. Baby Case. My Name Is Asher Lev. Frog and Toad. Carla belver’s Violet Weston. I’d love to hear from you what your favorite production or performance is.You can share your thoughts by emailing memories@ardentheatre.org. Over the course of the season, we’ll post your responses in our stagebill and blog – along with photos, comments from the artists you mention, and any behind-the-scenes gossip and background we can dig up. Theatre is an ephemeral art form – after a production closes, it lives on most powerfully in the memory of those who experienced it. What lives on in you? Much has changed since we started in the Walnut Street Theatre Studio back in 1988, but the essence of our mission has remained unchanged: to tell great stories by great storytellers. And to be a part of this great city and our extraordinary cultural community. Thank you for joining us.
P.S. As we celebrate our 25th anniversary, we are also planning for the future with the creation of the Hamilton Family Arts Center, a new building located just three doors north of the Arden at 62 N. 2nd Street. The fundraising campaign is in full swing and construction has begun! We look forward to keeping you updated throughout the year.
Cast of Characters In order of appearance
Diana............................................................................................... Kristine Fraelich* Gabe.....................................................................................................Robert Hager* Dan..........................................................................................................James Barry* Natalie....................................................................................................Rachel Camp* Henry................................................................................................Michael Doherty* Doctor Madden/Doctor Fine..........................................................Brian Hissong* UNDERSTUDIES: Brian Hissong*, Adam Hoyak, Billy Kametz, Brendan Norton, Sarah Spangenberg, Molly Tower
Orchestra Piano/Conductor....................................................................................Eric Ebbenga Guitar........................................................................................................... Jake Hager Cello............................................ Catherine Cavella, John Fink, Mimi Morris-Kim Violin............................................................................ Karen Banos, Rachel Mathey Bass.................................................................................................... Andrew Nelson Percussion..........................................................................................Mark Cristofara
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
Death of a Salesman
1988/89 - Productions at Walnut Street Theatre, Studio 5: Who Am I This Time? • The Good War • Jacques Brel is Alive and Well & Living in Paris • What Ho, Jeeves! • A Love of Light 1989/90: The Sneeze • As You Like It • Godspell • The Invisible Man • Philadelphia Phiction
Charlotte’s Web
1990/91 - Productions at St. Stephen’s Alley: The Girl with the Silver Eyes • Appalachian Ebeneezer • Hamlet • Working 1991/92: Talley’s Folly • Saint Joan • The Brothers K. • The Dragon 1992/93: Echoes of the Jazz Age • Change Partners and Dance • The Tempest • Sweeney Todd 1993/94: Man and Superman • Jacques Brel is Alive and Well & Living in Paris • Ellen Foster • Translations • Sunday in the Park with George
Sweeney Todd
1994/95: Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet) • An Empty Plate in the Café Du Grand Boeuf • Lovers • The Taming of the Shrew • A Little Night Music 1995/96 - Productions at 40 N. 2nd Street: Major Barbara • Falsettos • The Real Thing • Incorruptible • Henry V 1996/97: Death of a Salesman • Willi: An Evening of Wilderness & Spirit • The Countess Cathleen • Third and Indiana • Company
Baby Case
1997/98: Molly’s Delicious • Tiny Island • Hedda Gabler • A Midsummer Night’s Dream • Merrily We Roll Along 1998/99: Private Lives • The Grapes of Wrath • Charlotte’s Web • Coyote on a Fence • The Chosen† • Violet 1999/00: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof • Three Days of Rain • The Snow Queen • Red Herring • Much Ado About Nothing • And Then They Came For Me • Into the Woods A Year with Frog and Toad
Join us for this one-night-only concert featuring songs from 25 years of Arden musical theatre
Arden 25th Anniversary Concert
2000/01: Candida • The Weir • The Jungle Book • Exit Wounds • Picasso at the Lapin Agile • Cyrano • The Baker’s Wife 2001/02: The Pavilion • Baby Case • Bunnicula • Closer • As You Like It • My Lord, What a Morning • James Joyce’s The Dead 2002/03: Daedalus • All My Sons • The Boxcar Children • Northeast Local • Twelfth Night • Pacific Overtures
Caroline, or Change
2003/04: Café Puttanesca • Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead • Sideways Stories from Wayside School • Proof • Tooth and Claw • Franklin’s Apprentice • Hard Times 2004/05: The Underpants • The Arabian Nights • A Year With Frog and Toad • The Syringa Tree • Fences • Sweeney Todd - The Demon Barber of Fleet Street 2005/06: Loot • Winesburg, Ohio • The Dinosaur Musical • Opus • Dancing at Lughnasa • The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales • A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Opus
2006/07: A Prayer for Owen Meany • Crime and Punishment • The BFG (Big Friendly Giant) • Dex and Julie Sittin’ in a Tree • Caroline, or Change • Ferdinand the Bull • Lookingglass Alice 2007/08: Assassins • An Empty Plate in the Café du Grand Boeuf • Sleeping Beauty • Wittenberg • Go, Dog. Go! • The Piano Lesson • Our Town in Old City
Sunday in the Park with George
2008/09: Candide • Gee’s Bend • James and the Giant Peach • My Name Is Asher Lev • A Year with Frog and Toad • Something Intangible • The Seafarer 2009/10: The History Boys • Rabbit Hole • Peter Pan • Blue Door • Romeo and Juliet • If You Give a Mouse a Cookie • Sunday in the Park with George 2010/11: Ghost-Writer • The Threepenny Opera • The Borrowers • A Moon for the Misbegotten • Superior Donuts • Wanamaker’s Pursuit • The Flea and the Professor
My Name Is Asher Lev
2011/12: August: Osage County • The Whipping Man • Charlotte’s Web • Clybourne Park • Cyrano • Robin Hood • Tulipomania • Women in Jep 2012/13: Next to Normal • Freud’s Last Session • Cinderella • Endgame • A Raisin in the Sun • Pinocchio • A Little Night Music Major Barbara
Monday, November 5, 7:00 PM
On the Arden’s F. Otto Haas Stage
Featuring: Jeff Coon, Ben Dibble, Mary Martello, Krissy Fraelich, Michael Ogborn and other Arden favorite artists Reserve your tickets: 215.922.1122 • ardentheatre.org/25concert
DIRECTOR’S Notes I am drawn to musicals that tell complex stories: from a revenge-seeking barber to would-be Presidential assassins; from the recounting of the “opening” of Japan by Admiral William Perry in 1853 to the story of an African American woman struggling with change set against the backdrop of the Civil Rights movement. These musicals were written by writers who dared to believe that the American musical can tell any story. I am also drawn to plays that tell the story of the American family: Death of a Salesman; A Moon for the Misbegotten; August: Osage County. These plays speak eloquently about the overwhelming emotion that can reside in familial relationships and the legacies that can be passed down from generation to generation. Next to Normal brings together these two great passions: the story of the American family and complex and audacious musical theatre. Composer Tom kitt has talked about seeing the plays of O’Neill and Miller as a teenager and wanting to create a musical that had that emotional punch and power. In addition, he and Lyricist/Writer brian Yorkey have acknowledged their debt to the groundbreaking work of Stephen Sondheim. When Next to Normal won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 2010, kitt was quoted as saying, “Without…Stephen Sondheim, there is no Next to Normal.” Original and courageous, Next to Normal tells the story of a woman who struggles with bipolar disorder and the impact this has on her family. Like the great family dramas of Miller and O’Neill, this musical depicts the extraordinary complexities, challenges and contradictions that families can confront. Plus it has a kick-ass score. Says kitt, “I’m sure there were those who, early on, questioned whether Next to Normal could be told in the musical theatre. but from the beginning, brian Yorkey and I cared immensely about these characters and ultimately just had to tell their story. In fact, we were certain that a musical was the best way to do justice to it, for only the songs could adequately encompass the human and emotional dimensions of mental illness. Sondheim’s gritty relentlessness at getting to the heart of deeply personal human stories showed us the way.” I am thrilled to be working on this production with such an extraordinary group of artists, designers, musicians and technicians. Special thanks to Designer Jorge Cousineau, who marks his 40th(!) Arden production with Next to Normal; to krissy Fraelich, who I have watched grow up and have known for over 30 years; and to my family – who provide the light.
P.S. We will be celebrating the Arden’s musical theatre history with a 25th Anniversary Concert on Monday, November 5th featuring some of our favorite performers re-creating some of their favorite roles. This one-night-only concert will be an event not to be missed.
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Musical Numbers ACT 1 Just Another Day ..................................................................................................Diana, Natalie, Gabe, Dan Everything Else ....................................................................................................................................... Natalie Who’s Crazy/My Psychopharmacologist and I ................................................Dan, Diana, Doctor Fine Perfect for You ........................................................................................................................... Henry, Natalie I Miss the Mountains ............................................................................................................................... Diana It’s Gonna Be Good ............................................................................................ Dan, Gabe, Henry, Natalie He’s Not Here .............................................................................................................................................Dan You Don’t Know .......................................................................................................................................Diana I Am the One ........................................................................................................................Dan, Gabe, Diana Superboy and the Invisible Girl .................................................................................. Natalie, Diana, Gabe I’m Alive .......................................................................................................................................................Gabe Make Up Your Mind/Catch Me I’m Falling ..........Doctor Madden, Diana, Dan, Gabe, Natalie, Henry I Dreamed a Dance ..................................................................................................................................Diana There’s a World .........................................................................................................................................Gabe I’ve Been ............................................................................................................................................ Dan, Gabe Didn’t I See this Movie? . .........................................................................................................................Diana A Light in the Dark ........................................................................................................................ Dan, Diana
ACT 2 Wish I Were Here .....................................................................................................................Diana, Natalie Song of Forgetting ........................................................................................................... Dan, Diana, Natalie Hey #1 ........................................................................................................................................ Henry, Natalie Seconds and Years ........................................................................................... Doctor Madden, Dan, Diana Better than Before .......................................................................................................... Dan, Diana, Natalie Aftershocks .................................................................................................................................................Gabe Hey #2 ........................................................................................................................................ Henry, Natalie You Don’t Know (Reprise) ..................................................................................... Diana, Doctor Madden How Could I Ever Forget? ........................................................................................................... Diana, Dan It’s Gonna Be Good (Reprise) ..................................................................................................... Dan, Diana Why Stay? .................................................................................................................................... Diana, Natalie A Promise . ...................................................................................................................................... Dan, Henry I’m Alive (Reprise) .....................................................................................................................................Gabe The Break ...................................................................................................................................................Diana Make Up Your Mind/Catch Me I’m Falling (Reprise) ............................. Doctor Madden, Diana, Gabe, Maybe (Next to Normal) ........................................................................................................Diana, Natalie Hey #3/Perfect For You (Reprise) ......................................................................................... Henry, Natalie So Anyway ..................................................................................................................................................Diana I Am the One (Reprise) ................................................................................................................. Dan, Gabe Light ...................................................................................................................................................... Ensemble
Who’s Who JAMES BARRY (Dan) is thrilled to be making his Philadelphia theatre debut with these great artists at the Arden. Broadway: Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson. NY: Sive (Irish Rep), It’s A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play (Queens Theatre), Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson (The Public). Regional: Man of La Mancha with Terrence Mann (Connecticut Rep), Wittenberg (Chester Theatre Co), Pumpboys & Dinettes (New Theatre, Kansas City), The Full Monty (Drury Lane, Chicago), Two by Friel (after Chekhov) (Irish Rep, Chicago), Bomb-itty of Errors (Syracuse Stage), and several productions at his home away from home, The Berkshire Theatre Group, where favorite credits include The Caretaker, A Thousand Clowns & The Who’s Tommy. For Tara and Sam, the loves of my life. RACHEL CAMP (Natalie) is honored to make her Arden debut with this phenomenal team, having understudied Sunday in the Park with George here in 2010. Recent credits: Buddy - The Buddy Holly Story (Walnut Street Theatre), Slip/Shot (Flashpoint Theatre Co.), The Great American Trailer Park Musical (11th Hour/Montgomery Theatre Co.), The Three Musketeers (People’s Light & Theatre Co.). Rachel won the 2011 Barrymore Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Musical for her work in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee at Theatre Horizon. Upcoming: Winter Wonderettes at 11th Hour Theatre Company and Marty in Grease at the Walnut Street Theatre. So many thanks to Terry, Matt, and the Arden. For her slightly dysfunctional and enormously loving family. MICHAEL DOHERTY (Henry) is thrilled to be back at the Arden. He was last seen here as Posner in The History Boys. Recently, he finished a successful run of an original Philly Fringe piece entitled, Jeff Coon and Ben Dibble Must Die (Los Jarochos). Off-Broadway: Dublin By Lamplight (Inis Nua/ 59E59; Winner Best Ensemble- 1st Irish Fest. Awards). Regional: Mr. Hart and Mr. Brown (People’s Light), The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Theatre Horizon; Barrymore- Supporting Actor/Ensemble), The Great American Trailer Park Musical (Montgomery Theater/11th Hour), Our Show of Shows (1812 Productions), and more. Up next: Assistance at the Wilma Theater. Huge thanks to Terry and Matt. Love always to Mom and Dad. Kristine Fraelich (Diana) was last seen at the Arden as Dot/Marie in Sunday in the Park with George. Other credits include Eva Peron in Evita (Walnut Street); Betty Gow in Baby Case (Arden); Narrator in Joseph...Dreamcoat and Ellen in Miss Saigon at Lenape Performing Arts Center. Broadway: Frank Wildhorn’s The Civil War, Narrator in the first national tour of Joseph....Dreamcoat. Performed with Jason Robert Brown in Songs for a New World in Concert at Symphony Space. Thanks to Terry for keeping the door open, Neill Hartley for finding my voice, Niki for keeping us balanced, and Eric for being brilliant. I’m in awe of the five incredible actors I get to share this experience with. Love to my three inspirations Zoe, Becca, and Tristan. Nick, this one is especially for you. Robert Hager (Gabe) is very excited to be a part of Next to Normal at the Arden! Broadway: How to Succeed in Business..., Bye Bye Birdie, Spring Awakening. National Tour/ Regional: Spring Awakening, Scrooge: The Musical, The Who’s Tommy, Jesus Christ Superstar. He has been involved in many workshops and readings. Robi is also pursuing his solo singer-songwriting career and gives solo concerts regularly in the NYC area. For updates, follow him on twitter @robihager or on Facebook. Go AEA! brian hissong (Doctor Madden/Doctor Fine) When the phone rang with an offer to work with Terry, Eric, Jorge, Niki and the Arden again, Brian couldn’t say “yes” fast enough. Audiences may remember him from Sunday in the Park With George and
Who’s Who Winesburg, Ohio (Barrymore Award for Outstanding Leading Actor in a Musical). A proud graduate of the University of Michigan and a member of Actor’s Equity, other credits include leading roles at the York Theatre, Paper Mill Playhouse, Goodspeed Opera House, TUTS, Lincolnshire Marriott, MTWichita, Arkansas Rep, WVPT, and Tony in the international tour of West Side Story. Of all the roles he has been onstage, being husband and father offstage are by far his favorite! Check out Hissong Productions at www.HissongProductions.tv! Brian Yorkey (Book and Lyrics) received the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award for Best Score for his work on Next to Normal and was also nominated for the Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical. Theatre credits include Making Tracks, which has played Off-Broadway and regionally; the musical adaptation of Ang Lee’s The Wedding Banquet; and the new country musical Play It By Heart. He has directed Off-Broadway and regionally, and for seven years was associate artistic director at Village Theatre in Washington State. He’s a graduate of Columbia University, where he was artistic director of the Varsity Show, an alum of the BMI/Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop and a proud member of the Dramatists Guild. Tom Kitt (Music) received the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Awards for Best Score and Best Orchestrations for Next to Normal, which had successful productions at both Second Stage (Outer Critics Circle Award for Best New Score; Drama Desk, Lucille Lortel, Drama League nominations) and Arena Stage (nominated for five 2009 Helen Hayes Awards including Best Musical). He composed the music for High Fidelity (Broadway) and From Up Here (MTC). He recently created new orchestrations for the CTG/DeafWest production of Pippin. Tom was the musical supervisor/arranger/orchestrator for Everyday Rapture at Second Stage, and his string arrangements appear on the Green Day album 21st Century Breakdown. Love to Rita and Michael. www.tomkittband.com TERRENCE J. NOLEN (Director) is co-founder and Producing Artistic Director of Arden Theatre Company. Favorite Arden productions include all-Philadelphia casts of August: Osage County; 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, three by Michael Ogborn, two by Rogelio Martinze, and Bruce Graham’s Something Intangible. 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. JORGE COUSINEAU (Scenic and Video Designer) has designed sound and video for over forty shows here at the Arden, highlights include Clybourne Park, The Threepenny Opera and Sunday In The Park With George. Jorge also composes music and designs sets 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. ALISON ROBERTS (Costume Designer) is starting her thirteenth season as Arden’s Costume Supervisor. She has a BA in Theatre Arts from Rowan University and an MFA in Costume Design and Technology from Illinois State University. In addition to her staff position, she has designed costumes for numerous Arden productions. Next up this season, she will design A Raisin in the Sun. You can also see her freelance design work with Theatre Exile and Philadelphia Young Playwrights later this year. THOM WEAVER (Lighting Designer) Arden: 9 productions. Philadelphia area: Wilma, People’s Light, Lantern, Walnut, Headlong, Delaware Theatre Company, InterAct, Azuka, Curtis Opera, New Paradise Laboratories, Theatre Exile, 1812, Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival, and Flashpoint Theatre Company,
Who’s Who where he is Artistic Director. Other credits: Theatre J, Shakespeare Theatre, Cal Shakes, Children’s Theatre Company, Roundhouse, CENTERSTAGE, Folger Theatre, Cincinnati Playhouse, Hangar, Cleveland Playhouse, Syracuse Stage, Berkshire Theatre Festival, Williamstown, Asolo, Signature Theater Company, Lincoln Center Festival, Spoleto, Pittsburgh Public Theatre, and Yale Rep. 2011 Barrymore for In the Next Room, 14-time Barrymore Award nominee, Helen Hayes nominee, and winner of the 2007 AUDELCO Award. Education: Carnegie Mellon and Yale. DANIEL PERELSTEIN (Sound Designer) is a freelance sound designer, composer, and musical director in Philadelphia. Previous designs at Arden: Robin Hood, Women in Jep; Upcoming: Pinocchio. Recent designs at Wilma, Live Arts, Walnut, Peoples Light, Kimmel Center, PlayPenn, Azuka, Lantern, Theatre Horizon, Flashpoint, others. Resident designer for Bearded Ladies Cabaret. Education: B.S. Engineering, B.A. Music, Swarthmore College. In loving memory of Dad. Thanks Matt, Terry, Ed, Jorge; Chris, Nick, Rob; Mom & Sarah. Hear samples at www.danielperelstein.com ERIC EBBENGA (Musical Director) is thrilled to return to the Arden, where he has music directed The Threepenny Opera; Sunday in the Park with George; Candide; Assassins (Barrymore Award); Caroline, or Change; Sweeney Todd and Pacific Overtures. Other recent shows include The Light in the Piazza (Barrymore award); Grey Gardens; Ordinary Days and the Philadelphia and west coast premieres of The Scottsboro Boys. Love to daughters Caite and Carley and to the lovely H.R. NIKI COUSINEAU (Choreographer) is a Philadelphia based choreographer and dancer. She co-directs Subcircle, a company she founded with Jorge Cousineau in 1998. Their work together transforms theatrical and site-specific spaces, merging dance, sound, set design, lighting and film. Niki is a recipient of a Pew Fellowship and was recently a choreographic fellow at MANCC in Tallahassee, Florida. She is excited to return to the Arden after working on Sunday in the Park with George. RYAN TOUHEY (Assistant Musical Director) is honored to be a part of the Arden’s 25th Anniversary season! Arden credits include: Tulipomania & The History Boys. Regional favorites: Theatre Horizon’s Spelling Bee (Barrymore nomination), Resident Ensemble Players’ All the King’s Men directed by Trinity Rep founder Adrian Hall & 11th Hour’s Rent.This winter he will serve as music director for Aladdin at People’s Light & Theatre as well as The Threepenny Opera with the REP at the University of Delaware. SARAH OLLOVE (Assistant Director/Dramaturg) is excited to be back at the Arden for her seventh production. A freelance dramaturg, she is a graduate of the ART/MXAT Institute for Advanced Theatre Training. She has worked nationally with companies including ART, Signature Theatre, the Flea, and Woolly Mammoth. Local dramaturgy credits include work with Theatre Exile, PTC, the Bearded Ladies, Gas & Electric Arts, and she is the Resident Dramaturg at Azuka Theatre. Thanks to Terry and the Arden staff. ALEC E. FERRELL (Stage Manager) is happy to be joining the Arden for their 25th Anniversary Season. Past Arden credits include: August: Osage County; A Moon for the Misbegotten; Ghost-Writer (World Premiere); Blue Door; Rabbit Hole; My Name Is Asher Lev (World Premiere); Robin Hood; Charlotte’s Web; The Flea and the Professor (World Premiere). Other work with PlayPenn, PTC@Play, the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center, Theatre Horizon. Proud Member AEA, SMA. Many thanks and love to the family. NEIL HARTLEY (Dialect Coach) has acted with many companies including the Arden, InterAct, People’s Light and Philadelphia Shakespeare Theater. He has six one-man shows that he presents and can be seen and heard in many voice-overs, commercials and films. He is the Artistic Director for Acting Without Boundaries, a theater company for physically disabled performers and he has directed for
Who’s Who many local colleges and theaters. Most recently he has directed Annie for AWB and The House of Blue Leaves for Isis Productions. He is on the theater faculty at the University of the Arts and has been a speech/dialect coach for several professional productions, including many for the Arden. MTI (Music Theatre International) is one of the world’s leading theatrical licensing agencies, granting schools as well as amateur and professional theatres from around the world the rights to perform the largest selection of great musicals from Broadway and beyond. MTI works directly with the composers, lyricists and book writers of these shows to provide official scripts, musical materials and dynamic theatrical resources to over 60,000 theatrical organizations in the US and in over 60 countries worldwide. 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 the Independence Foundation New Play Showcase and The Writers’ Room, a new play residency program made possible by the Independence Foundation’s New Works Initiative and the Pew Center for Arts and Heritage through the Philadelphia Cultural Management Initiative. The Arden Professional Apprenticeship program trains future theatre leaders, and Arden Drama School 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 276 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, 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
From Villain to Super-Genius to Next to Normal: The Bipolar Character in the 20th Century By Sarah Ollove, Assistant Director/Dramaturg
Early in the 20th century, mental illnesses in fiction were rarely well defined, often jumbling aspects of different mood disorders together. Media depictions painted the mentally ill as grotesque monsters – think of the villains in Psycho or the Halloween franchise. These portrayals contributed to the still widely held belief that all serial killers must be mentally ill, a trope often parroted by contemporary police procedural shows. Even when singled out in mid-century, bipolar was still used as shorthand to explain criminal behavior, such as in Stephen King’s Misery in which a deranged woman with manic highs kidnaps her favorite author. More complicated is William Styron’s Sophie’s Choice. Sophie’s boyfriend Nathan is portrayed as a magnetic and talented man who loves Sophie, but in his manic moments, becomes violent, out-of-control, and abusive. Though not a pure villain like King’s Annie Wilkes, Nathan’s good qualities are negated by his disease. As bipolar became better understood in the second half of the 20th century, a new prototype emerged: the tortured genius. Appearing almost exclusively in biographies of historical figures, examples include Kirk Douglas’ Van Gogh in the 1954 film Lust for Life, Ed Harris’s 2000 portrayal of Jackson Pollack, and 2003’s Sylvia Plath biopic, Sylvia. Even Michael Cunningham’s novel The Hours suffers from this tendency, although Cunningham’s stylistic choices add a bit of nuance. All hint that while the disorder destroys the personal lives of the artists, it makes accessible a wellspring of inspiration and drive unavailable to the general populace. Finally, in the late 90s, hit TV show ER featured guest appearances by Sally Field as Maggie Wyczenski. While lauded for its in-depth portrayal, Maggie’s noncompliance with treatment, and rapid mood swings received criticism from the mental health community. They had waited a long time and Maggie was hardly the poster-patient to help bipolar people gain acceptance in the wider world. Recently, the Showtime network debuted two shows featuring major characters with bipolar. While occasionally suffering from the mental-illness-as-superpower stereotype, Homeland’s Carrie Mathieson fights her disease while remaining committed to her treatment. Shameless features a character whose day-to-day struggles on the ground with the disease reverberate through her family. Unlike her all-or-nothing predecessors, she is honestly torn between wanting to be a good family member and missing the intensity of her feelings off medication. Like Shameless, Next to Normal depicts the daily battles and conflicting desires of characters with bipolar disorder. Diana’s journey looks like a dance: one step forward, two steps back. She’s not a tortured martyr, she’s not a mad genius and she’s not the bad guy. She’s a normal person dealing with a disease that afflicts 2-3% of the population. There are millions like her. The musical recognizes that bipolar people are more than a collection of symptoms and even fictional characters shouldn’t be defined by their disease.
Corporate, Foundation & Government Support $100,000 & above The Albert M. Greenfield Foundation Hamilton Family Foundation Independence Foundation The Kresge Foundation The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage through the Philadelphia Cultural Management Initiative The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage through the Philadelphia Theatre Initiative The Pew Charitable Trusts Philadelphia Cultural Leadership Program William Penn Foundation $50,000 to $99,999 Comcast Corporation The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust John S. and James L. Knight Foundation The Philadelphia Inquirer, Daily News and philly.com+ Shubert Foundation $15,000 to $49,999 Anonymous ACE Group Campbell Soup Foundation 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 Main Line Health Philadelphia Cultural Fund PNC Charitable Trust Susquehanna Bank Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals TD Charitable Foundation $2,500 to $7,499 Arronson Foundation Barra Foundation Caroline Alexander Buck Foundation Caroline J. S. Sanders Charitable Trust II 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 Philadelphia Insurance Companies Quirk Books Sovereign Bank Foundation Subaru of America Foundation Verizon The Victory Foundation
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Walter J. Miller Trust The Wells Fargo Foundation $750 to $2,499 Actors’ Equity Association Foundation Beneserv Drumcliff Foundation Enterprise Holdings 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 Boxcar Brewing Company+ Café Excellence+ Victorian Savories+ William Goldman Foundation +denotes gifts of services or goods
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For 12 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 In memory of Ruth and Herbert Dordick+ Otto Haas Charitable Trust Mr. & Mrs. N. Peter Hamilton Hirsig Family Fund of The Philadelphia Foundation Wyncote Foundation, at the recommendation of Leonard C.Haas Cherry Grove ($5,000-$9,999) Anonymous Sally and Michael Bailin^ Ann Diebold Marie and Joseph Field Josephine Klein Suzanne F. Roberts Cultural Development Fund Charles and Mindy Goldberg Rose^ Monica and Philip Rosenthal Lee and Christopher van de Velde Rosalyn and Stephen Weinstein 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 Bob and Nancy Elfant Tim and Ellen Foster^ Ms. Elizabeth Gemmill Linda and David Glickstein David and MaryJane Hackney Ronna and Robert Hall Leslie and Barbara Kaplan Virginia and Harvey Kimmel Arts Education Fund of the Philadelphia Foundation 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 Hank Adamczyk and Iris Melendez John Alchin and Hal Marryatt Lisa and Stan Altman Theodora W. Ashmead 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 Deirdre 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 David and Christina Fryman* Andrea Gelzer Terry Graboyes Peggy and Richard Greenawalt Marcy Gringlas and Joel Greenberg Mr. and Mrs. Albert M. Greenfield, III Glenn Gundersen and Susan Manix Ronna and Robert Hall Mr. and Mrs. Jon Harmelin Don Haskin and Lynn Martin Haskin Jane and Steve Heumann Karen and Mark Hite Dr. David and Patricia Holtz* Susan Jacobson and Michael Golden* Carol and D. Scott Kelley Caroline Kemmerer Mr. Peter Kenney and Dr. Dorothy Novick
Holly Kinser Kenneth and Eve Klothen Joel Koppelman and Sharon Sorkin Winnie and Eric Lien William A. Loeb Richard Maimon and Susan Segal Tina Manco Lewis R. and Sue Ann Marburg Gloria and Dan Mariano Jean Markovitz Sarah and Lee Marks 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 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 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
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Thank You to our Supporters $500 - $999 Rebecca and John Adams Sheila bell and Thomas Dodds Mr. and Mrs. J. Robert and Marilyn birnhak Dorothy Tomassini and barry brenner Ms. Ruth E. brown Whitney Quesenbery and John Chester In Honor of Lisa burns kathy Nolen Edwards and bill Edwards* Carolyn N. and Joseph M. Evans, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Farenback-brateman^ Carole M. Foley* Dan gannon Paul H. and Jeanne geskes barbara and Jerry kaplan Ronald kershner and Catherine Dolan Steven and Patricia king* Mary Ellen krober Frank and Sally Mallory Donald J. Martin and Richard Repetto Laura Offutt and Steve Fukuchi Paul Rabe and Cheryl gunter Franklyn and Cintra Rodgers Irwin C. and Carole M. Saft Marilyn Sanborne and Richard J. Labowskie* Jane Scaccetti Eva and Marvin Schlanger Family Foundation
Harold and Sharon Schwalm^ Anne Speyer Marilyn and Dean R. Staats Harold and Emily Starr Eric Tamulonis and Deirdre gibson Dr. and Mrs. Stephen g.Vasso Matthew White* William H. Ross School $250-$499 Anonymous Carol and bennett Aaron Howard Aaronson David Ardrey Ron and Joyce bayer Susan becker and Aaron Rubin bill beckett and Jo White^ Peter and Lynne berman barry and Marilyn bevacqua Thomas H. blackburn Daniel blickman Alden and Linda blyth Michael P. boyle Mary Pat and Thomas boyle Marlin g. brown David brownlee Chip Capelli bob and Cheryl Carfagno Caroline Castagno Nelly and Scott Childress Mr. and Mrs. Fred and karen Clark barbara R. Cobb Marc and Margie Cohen Ruth Miller Cox James Crawford and Judith Dean
barbara Daneluzzi george koch and Santo DiDonato Tika and Issac Djerassi Jill Dulany John and Lois S. Durso Robert English Wally and Jane Evans William and Anne Ewing Askold Zagars Cynthia Heininger and James Feeney Mark and Rene Feitelson Ruth and Andre Ferber Paulette and Paul Freeman In memory of bob gallagher Charles gear karhnak-glasby Family bob and Jan goren Mary C. Harbison Linda Hartnett and Richard Willis barbara and Robert Hauptfuhrer Charles W. Head betsy and Ted Hershberg Heidi Hertfelder^ Jim and Carolyn Hessinger glenna Huls David and beth Medoway kagan Scott and Margie kasner Phyllis kauffman Susan kellogg and Dick Hoffman Edith klausner Mary and Justin klein* In honor of Ronnie kleppert barbara and Leonard klinghoffer bernadette koller kenneth D. kopple^
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 Louis Bluver Ellis K. Ginsberg Peter Gistelinck and Kim Bloom
James and Suzanne Hill Mary Ellen Krober William A. Loeb Madeline Portnoy 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 Ruth and Peter Laibson Joan and Marc S. Lapayowker kathryn Lee Lorraine and late Richard Leff David Lerman David and Deborah Lesher Warren and Arline Lieberman John and Martha Lubell Dr. Edward Lundy and Debra Reiff grace Madeira Allison Wilson-Maher and John Maher Robert Manning Dr. Arlen Marks and David Smith Mary Louise and gerald Martin george and Judy McCarthy gloria McNutt Madeline Miller Stephen and Janet Mullin Jerome Napson Paul Nutaitis and Robert Clark brenda J. Oliphant Mr. and Mrs. gerald O’Neill^ Hugh C. and Susan O’Neill barbara and Don Parman John and Judy Peeler Jayme Powers Dan Promislo Mary Jo Reilly graham and betsy Robb in honor of Lee van de Velde Mark and Sharon Robb Dulcie Romm Joseph and Louise Shaffer Susan greene Ellen Schwartz and Jeremy Siegel James Akerberg and Larry Simmons Robert and Susan Simon William and Mary Simpson James L. Smith John and Susan Stedman Dennis Updegrove^ Hella and Lew Volgenau 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 Tom and Jackie Zemaitis $125 - $249 Anonymous Dr. Ron Abrams Janet and Roger Alwang^
Dr. and Mrs. Anthony J. Andrews Alison bauer Pat and Tom bender Jay and Nancy berkowitz Jane biberman Doris and Aaron bitman Fran Freedman and Jon blum^ Maxine blum and Samuel bobrow Janice and Roger boe Austin borie, in honor of Lee Van de Velde Mr. and Mrs. Thomas and Mary Pat boyle J. Joseph and Mary Lou breidenstine Eadie and Allan brooks Laurie brown bernard and Pamela brownstein Sheryl L. Roser Michael P. buckley Carol buettger Jeannine D. burky Sara and Michael Chernoff Jennifer and Daniel Coffey Dr. Marie A. Conn Sandra and James Corry Mary Ann Dailey and Jacob Dailey Jennifer Dalpiaz Nancy Davis Ellen Deacon and Ernest Cuff Raymond and Michele Decker Daniel Devlin In Honor of Marjorie Dickey Larry and Pat Dixon Ms. Diana Donaldson Ellen and Max Dooneief beverly Dotter kathy and Jerry Drew Angela DuRoss Joan Earley Marcia Eisenberg Helene D. Estes^ Anne Ewers Paul and Judith Farber The Mullin Family, in honor of Diane Dawson Mullin Curt Foxworth Drs. barbara and Len Frank Mr. and Mrs. kenneth Frank Mr. Allan P. Freedman Helene and Michael Freidman Wendi Furman Dennis T. gallagher Judith and Edwin gerber Stan gibell David k. gifford grace gonglewski and Eric Schoefer Mac and Naomi gorson Nancy and Richard grove
Susan and Adam guttentag Anne Halkedis^ Virginia Hedden Sarah C. Jordan Nancy kane Sandra R. karlson Lawrence kaufman Marjorie Epps kennedy Elisabeth kersey Peter and Margarita kind Andrew kite and karl Martin Alan and Elaine klawans gregory kleiber Christina and Harold klein Charles and Patricia kling Steven knepper bob and Mary Lawler Richard Lee Robert Woodcock and Sally Leiderman Alan and Susan Levin Helene Levine bob and Lynn Levitt Linda and Donald Lewis barbara and Richard Linde David and kim Lipetz Robert and Laurel Lipshutz Will and Sandy Lock Donald and Nancy Maclay Claudia Madrigale Ellen Magen and gerald katz Lynn and Joe Manko Linda McAleer and Maitlon Russell Faith and Arthur McDowell Cheryl Meyer Paul and Lee S. Miller Martin and Sandra Miller David and Laurel Mosteller kathleen J. Moyer, Ph.D. Carmen Mucci and Lois Marianni Theodore and Theresa Munz Jr. John Musarra kenneth and Susan Myers Etta and Chuck Nissman Carol L. O’brien William O’Connor Virginia Owen Mr. Richard Pariseau Michael L and Judy Paul John and Judith Peakes Mary and F. Laurence Pethick Vincent and Carmen Pezzullo Nancy Post John and Margaret Preg karen and David Pressel Linda Quam Sherri and Abe Reich Alan Reinach and Dana Perlman Eleanor Reinhardt Leslie Rescorla
Thank You to our Supporters $125 - $249 continued Alice Reyes Rachel Reynolds Joy Rickabaugh Dr. Elnora Rigik and Andrew Bushko Linda Robinson, Ph.D. and Peter Krill Claire Rocco Francoise and Louis Rollmann^ Jane A. Rose, CPA/PFS, CFP Mr. and Mrs. Edward Rosen Bernie and Camille Rosenberg Faye and Daniel Ross Bernice and Jerry Rubenstein Bernard and Barbara Ruekgauer Robert and Joan Ludwig Peter Ryker Thekla Sacksteder Joan and Bill Saidel Ms. Kim Schmucki George Schuler Carleton Schwager Warren and Carole Lee Schwomeyer A. Paul Shallers Catharine Shippen John and Maryann Shivers Celeste Simon and Brian Keith Bob and Harriet Singer Shirley Sivitz Leslie E. Skilton Gail Snitzer Margaret R. Spencer Ruth and David Steinman Rita Stevens Robert Stewart and Barbara Barnett-Stewart Ruth P. Stuessy Lorraine Toji Cathy Toner* Harold and Judith Torrance The Vandergrift-Baxter Family Helene and William Vanhoeven Emily and Charles Wagner Clifford and Ann Wagner Vivian Weinblatt Elizabeth Weinreb Theresa Williams The Wisnewski Family Bertram and Lorle Wolfson Sam and Kuna Yankell $75 - $124 Anonymous Emily Aiken Stephen Albert Janet Andereck Albert and Patricia Anderson
Art-Reach, in honor of Maureen Mullin Fowler Rita Axelrod Harry Bambrick Robert Baron* Linda Barron, in honor of Courtney Baxter’s Graduation Robert Bauer and Sandy Clay Bauer Stanley Baurys Richard and Eileen Bazelon The Rev. Judith T. Beck Lisa Becker Julie Becker Constance and Richard Berman Linda Berman Dr. and Mrs. Benjamin Blank Joan Blum Marcia Bower Carrie and John Boxer* Frank Boyer Joshua and Susan Braunstein Jeanne and Arnold Brenman Charles Brennan Judith Broudy Francis and Mary Calter Jessica Calter Alice A. Chittenden Monica Choi Mary Chomitz Sandra and Saul Clair Annemarie Clarke and David Buch Sharyn F. Clauson Florence and Wilbertl Clyman Rhoda and Michael Coben Judith Cohen Sue Cohen Kelly McBride Susan Cook Janet Cook Carol Corson Kimberly Crown* Karen Cuzzolino Cynthia D’Ambrosio Charles H. and Suzanne Davis Bonnie and Robert DeAngelo Judith Dederick Rita and Grace Denbo Carole and Marc Dichter Ellen and Gerald Dipinto Ray Doyle Mr. Murray and Libby Rosof Dubin Marlene Dubin Louisa Dubin Donald and Geraldine Duclow David Durham Leah Chaplin and Eileen Gildea Debbie and Jerry Epstein
Wendy Epstein Barry and Beth Evans Brynn Evans Samuel and Helene Feinberg Suzanne Feld John Fischer Deborah and Martin Fishbein Lana Fishkin Mrs. Pamela Fisk Marjorie Fiterman Walter Fitzgerald Ms. Judy Frank Jim and Fran Frazer Ellen and David Freeman Larry S. Friedman Paula Fuchsberg Mary Jane Fullam Chaim Galfand Miriam Galster Julia Gardner and Aidan Young Maria Giunta Peggy Glover Leigh Goldenberg and Aaron Bauman Virginia Gormley Anna and Kenneth Gottschaldt Robin Greene Priscilla Grosick Marsha Gross Miriam and Saul Grossman Doris and Jack Guttentag Stephen and Ona Hamilton Adrienne and Eric Hart Gail Hauptfuhrer Douglas and Harriet Heath Ruth Herd Ron Herman Susan W. Herron Richard and Barbara Hirsh Isidore and Sharon Hofferman Ann Marie Horner Donna and Bill Hower Michael J. Hozik and Margaret L. Rea Kerry Huntsman Thomas K. Hurster Judith Hyman Elyssa Kane and Jeff Levine Jackie Jerrehian Timothy and Carol Johnson Sondra N. Jones Jennifer and Kevin Julian Donald and Mary Kane Ira and Linda Katz Robert and Ellen Kavash Margaret Keller Cynthia Killion Lorraine Kilmer Cheryl and John Kirby Brian and Caren Kirschner
Thank You to our Supporters David Klein Ken, Eva and Aaron Klein Marlena and Lazar Kleit Mary and Dean Kline Joseph Kluger and Susan Lewis Harold Kobb Thomas Kohn Christal Kozloski Martha Platt and Marlis Kraft James Kronzer Sherman and Pauline Labovitz David Ladov Robert Lazar Ellen Le Lisa Lee Sylvia Lee and Charles L. Hillis, Jr. Kathryn Lemmon Ruth Lesser Mr. and Mrs. Craig and Stephanie Lewis Norman and Sylvia Lieberman David and Susan Lipson Karen Lisker Perry Watts and Samuel Litwin Daniel and Linda Litwin Robert Lynam Barbara and Bob Maerten Mickey and Larr Magid Milton and Renee Margulies Gerald Marrington Glenda Marshall Vincent Massimiano Irwin Matusow and Barbara Rudnick Alice McCreary Patricia McCunney-Thomas M. McDonald Dr. Donald Bakove and Margaret G. McLaughlin Lorraine and Bruce McMahon Tom and Helen McNutt Linda Merrylees Marianne T. Miller Shirley G Miller Sylvia R. Miller Ellen Monsees Jeff and Maxine Morgan Melissa Morris Claire Moyer Tema Muchnick Paul Yaros and Craig Murray The Nolen/Brooks Family Nonprofit Center at LaSalle University, in honor of Angela DuRoss Marianne O’Connor Susan Odessey and Paul Coff Carol Ann and Thomas O’Leary Linda Osler Stanton S. Oswald Larry Pace
Sandra Packel John and Janette Paull Rebecca Peck Jane G. Pepper Ruth B. Petkofsky Helen Phillips Karen Phinney Lisa Truckess Donald and Carol Plank Dan and Lisa Pliskin Bruce and Lynne Podrat Jeff and Elizabeth Podraza David and Amy Pollack Sharon Pollak and Fred Baurer Paul Polsky Madeline Portnoy Shirley Preston Janet Poth Keith and Cynthia Quinton Ellen Schlenker Karen and Mark Reber Michael Reitter David and Diane Richman Alyssa and Michael Rickels Clifford Ridley and Betsey Hansell Lorraine Riesenbach Mary Ann Robinson David and Laurie Robinson John and Claire Rodgers Patricia A. Rosenberg Kenneth and Shelley Rosenberg J. Randall Rosensteel Dr. Harry Rosenthal Joan Rozanski William F. Ryan Roberta Sampson Mark Sandberg Lucille Schlack Ruth Ann Schlesinger Mr. and Mrs. A. Schmidt^ Carl W. and Mary Ellen Schneider Ms. Adeline R Schultz Robert and Karen Serenbetz Sarah L. Sexton Richard and Kathleen Sexton Karen Schermerhorn and Evan Seymour Polly Shaffer Lenore and Bernard Sherman Janice and Thomas Showler Mel and Susanne Shuster Stephen and Marilyn Skwire David and Carleene Slowik Richard Smith Susan L. Smith Larry Smoose and Linda Lee Jay Snyderman Ruth and Rick Snyderman Hester Sonder
Phillip and Karen Spiker, in honor of Courtney Spiker Martin Leon and Marcia Steinberg Paul Stone Carol and Ronald Stump Sheri and Jeff Sturgis Michael and Marianna Sullivan Sally Switzer Nina Tafel Marion and Richard Taxin Joseph Terry William and Joan Thomas Anna Coxe Toogood Claire Toy Marian Tracey Frank Trotta William T. Tsiouris Brenda Freitag and Chet Tuthill John Urofsky Walter Vail Constance Villiers Christopher Waters Beth Brooks and Bob Waterston Thomas Watkins Jenny and Bill Webb Oscar Weber Bob Weinberg and Eleanor Wilner Jim and Suellen Weiner Harry and Helen Weinheimer Barbara and Richard Weiss Marvin and Betty Weiss Ann Wilkerson M. Jane Williams Therese Willis Lydia Winderman Michael Winterrowd The Yablonovitz Family Carol Yetter Roger and Lillian Youman Michaeline Young William Zeidner* Michele Zeldner and Ian Wachstein Benjamin Zuckerman and Marian Robinson Joseph and Renee Zuritsky * Denotes gift made through the United Way + Denotes gift of goods or services ^ Includes matching gift This list acknowledges donors as of September 12, 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 2012/13 Board of Directors Brian Abernathy, President Nancy Burd, Vice President Holly Kinser, Vice President Michael A. Donato, Treasurer Nancy Hirsig, Secretary
Joy L. De Jesús Nancy Elfant Robert Elfant Jeanne Fisher Ellen P. Foster David Fryman Elizabeth H. Gemmill Darrel A. German Albert M. Greenfield, III Ronna F. Hall N. Peter Hamilton Joanne Harmelin Lynn Martin Haskin, Ph.D. Eileen Heisman Barbara Kaplan Virginia Kimmel Richard L. Maimon Dr. Saifuddin T. Mama John J. McCawley Andrea Mengel 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 Brian Abernathy, chair Nancy Burd Joy L. De Jesús Michael A. Donato Ronna F. Hall N. Peter Hamilton Nancy Hirsig Virginia Kimmel Holly Kinser Charles H. Rose H. Hetherington Smith Lee van de Velde
Engagement Committee Nancy Elfant, co-chair Lee van de Velde, co-chair Nancy Burd Bob Elfant Jeanne Fisher Betsy Gemmill Darrel German Ronna Hall Joanne Harmelin Eileen Heisman Steve Heumann Nancy Hirsig Virginia Kimmel Holly Kinser Charles Rose Steve Wolfson Diane Dalto Woosnam
Advocacy Committee Brian Abernathy, chair David Glancey Terry Gillen Julie Hawkins Susan Jacobson Holly Kinser
Facilities Committee Hether Smith, chair Mike Green James Kronzer Richard L. Maimon John J. McCawley Paul Thais Chris van de Velde
Board Development Committee Brian Abernathy, chair Michael Donato Ellen Foster Peter Hamilton Ronna Hall Lynn Martin Haskin, Ph.D. Lee van de Velde Diane Dalto Woosnam
Finance Committee Michael Donato, chair Nancy Burd Ellen Foster Harvey Swedloff Steve Wolfson
Education Committee Sheryl Bar Marla Diamond Dr. Dennis W. Creedon Dr. Carol Domb Jacqueline Matusow Ilene Poses Sally Wojcik
Personnel Committee David Fryman, chair Ellen P. Foster Betsy Gemmill Albert M. Greenfield, III Charles H. Rose 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 P. Foster Susan Jacobson Diane Dalto Woosnam Strategic Planning Committee Joy De Jesús, chair Ellen P. Foster David Fryman Andrea Mengel Ellen Yin
The Cornerstone Society pays tribute to a distinguished group of individuals who have made transformative contributions to the Arden. The inaugural members:
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
Producing Artistic Director.................................................................................................................................... Terrence J. Nolen Associate Artistic Director ........................................................................................................................................... Edward Sobel Associate Producer................................................................................................................................................... Matthew Decker Artistic Assistant .................................................................................................................................................................. Bryan Kerr Literary Consultants ........................................................................................................................................................Dennis Smeal Commissioned Playwrights..................................................... Stephen Belber, Laura Eason, Laura Jacqmin, Rogelio Martinez
Marketing
Director of Marketing and Public Relations..................................................................................................................... Ryan Klink Marketing and Public Relations Manager..............................................................................................................Leigh Goldenberg Art Director........................................................................................................................................................................Kristy Giballa Marketing Assistant .................................................................................................................................................... Catherine Logan
Development
Development Director................................................................................................................................................ Angela DuRoss Director of Institutional Advancement........................................................................................................................ Jessica Calter Manager of Institutional Giving .................................................................................................................................... Sarah Sexton Development Assistant.................................................................................................................................................. Megan Staples Development/Special Events Intern................................................................................................................................ Joanne Velez
Education
Education Director..........................................................................................................................................Maureen Mullin Fowler Arden Drama School Faculty............................... Chris Bresky, Rachel Camp, Matthew Decker, Mike Dees, Tara Demmy, Liz Filios, Charlotte Ford, Alex Keiper, Bryan Kerr, Kaleigh Malloy, Bi Jean Ngo, Samatha Pedings, Hillary Rea
Front of House
Managing Director ...................................................................................................................................................... Amy L. Murphy Business Manager............................................................................................................................................Courtney Spiker Martin General Manager............................................................................................................................................................Hannah Olanoff Associate General Manager......................................................................................................................................Mary Beth Simon Executive Assistant to the Managing Director............................................................................................................... Eric Colton Arden Professional Apprentices.................................................Nile Arena, Laura Barati, Wendy Blackburn, Angela Coleman, Sophie Kruip, Jenna Stelmok, Katie Sink Arden Volunteer............................................................................................................................................................. Jean Markovitz
Box Office Manager................................................................................................................................................................ Lynn Keily Assistant Box Office Manager........................................................................................................................................Corey Masson House Manager........................................................................................................................................................... Samantha Pedings Front of House Assistants.................................................................... Nanci Cope, Tara Demmy, Sarah Dugan, Kaleigh Malloy, Matthew Mastronardi, Emily Mattison, Samatha Pedings, Katherine Perry, Jacqui Schneider, Max Vasapoli, Flora Vassar, Harry Watermeier, Andrew Wojtek
Production
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................................................................................................................ Alec E. Ferrell, John Grassey Assistant to the Stage Manager ............................................................................................................................... Katie Ringwood Assistant to the Lighting Designer ...................................................................................................................... Leilani Macomber Assistant to the Sound Designer ..................................................................................................................................... Toby Pettit Video Assistant ......................................................................................................................................................... Spencer Sheridan Dialect Coach . ................................................................................................................................................................... Neil Hartley Scenic and Props Interns....................................................................................................................... Liz Nugent, Alyssa Velazquez Scenic Construction Intern................................................................................................................................................... Jeremy Toy Costume Intern ..............................................................................................................................................................Karalyn Factor Dresser/Deck Crew/Stitcher ....................................................................................................................................................Jill Keys Carpenter ...............................................................................................................................................................Georgia Schlessman Electrician .................................................................................. Amanda Jenson, Ashley Mills, Georgia Schlessman, Flora Vassar Light Board Programmers ........................................................................Peter Escalada-Mastick, Ashley Mills, Jessica Wallace Audio Engineer ........................................................................................................................................................... Mitchell Marzec Video Operator.................................................................................................................................................................... Kate Sabato Followspot Operators .............................................................................................................................. Ryan Pollock, AJ Garrigus
When dining in Old City, we recommend these restaurants that support the Arden! All offer a special discount to Arden patrons. Please ask your server for details.
AMERICAN/ INTERNATIONAL FARE CUBA LIBRE
10 S. 2nd Street • 215.627.0666 • www.cubalibrerestaurant.com
2012/13 Dining Partners
FORK
CHLÖE
232 Arch Street • 215.629.2337 • www.chloebyob.com
WEDGE + FIG
160 N. 3rd Street • 267.603.3090 • www.wedgeandfig.com
306 Market Street • 215.625.9425 • www.forkrestaurant.com
ITALIAN
GIGI RESTAURANT & LOUNGE
BISTRO ROMANO
319 Market Street • 215.574.8880 • www.gigiphilly.com
RACE STREET CAFÉ
208 Race Street • 215.627.6181 •
120 Lombard Street • 215.925.8880 • www.bistroromano.com
POSITANO COAST BY ALDO LAMBERTI
www.racestreetcafe.net
212 Walnut St. 2nd Floor • 215.238.0499 • www.positanocoast.net
REVOLUTION HOUSE
RISTORANTE PANORAMA
200 Market Street • 215-625-4566 • www.revolutionhouse.com
14 N. Front Street • 215.922.7800 • www.pennsviewhotel.com
SERRANO
SANDWICHES, SALADS AND PUB FARE
20 S. 2nd Street • 215.928.0770 • www.tinangel.com
COMFORT FOOD THE TWISTED TAIL
509 S. 2nd Street. • 215.558.2475 • www.thetwistedtail.com
STEAKHOUSE MARMONT
222 Market Street • 215.923.1100 • www.marmont.net
WINE PINOT WINE BOUTIQUE
227 Market Street • 215.627.WINE • www.pinotboutique.com
CAFE OLE
147 N. 3rd Street • 215.627.2140 • facebook.com/PhillyCafeOle
CAMPO’S
214 Market Street • 215.923.1000 • www.camposdeli.com
SASSAFRAS
48 S. 2nd Street • 215.925.2317 • www.sassafrasbar.com
TRIUMPH BREWING COMPANY
117 Chestnut Street • 215.625.0855 • www.triumphbrewing.com
SMALL BITES AND TREATS THE FRANKLIN FOUNTAIN
BYOB
116 Market Street • 215.627.1899 • www.franklinfountain.com
BISTRO 7
SHANE CONFECTIONERY
7 N. 3rd Street • 215.931.1560 • www.bistro7restaurant.com
110 Market Street • 215.922.1048 • www.shanecandies.com
Theatre Meals & Light Bites Grab a bite AT the theatre!
Purchase these selections in advance and your meal will be waiting for you at the Box Office or Concessions stand an hour before your performance.
$15 THEATRE MEALS:
Each includes lightly salted potato chips, cookie, and choice of drink
Pineland Farms Roast Beef, Vermont Cheddar, Horseradish: Mustard Butter, Baby Arugula on Sourdough
Turkey on Whole Wheat, Bacon, Lettuce, Tomato Grilled Chicken Banh Mi on french Baguette: House-Made Pickles,
Siracha Mayonnaise, Cilantro
Veggie Wrap: Seasonal Vegetables, (no cheese)
$10 LIGHT BITES: Personal-size sampling of 3 cheeses (bleu d’auvergne, gouda, Fromage du jour), toast points and grapes
HOW TO ORDER: • ardentheatre.org/theatremeals • 215.922.1122 • boxofficer@ardentheatre.org Order must be submitted no later than 48 hours before your performance and paid by credit card. No food or drink is allowed inside our theatres; all consumables must be enjoyed in the lobby. For your dining pleasure, café tables are available overlooking historic Old City. BYOB is encouraged!
Gourmet meals prepared by
306 M a r k e t S t , O l d C i t y
WHY WE GIVE Bob and Nancy Elfant
We have fond memories of our early times at the Arden. After trying out other Philly theatres with Nancy’s parents, we were thrilled to discover all the Arden had to offer: the intimacy, the consistent high quality and variety of productions, the welcoming atmosphere... An early dinner in Old City and then a show became a tradition. It was quality time with family, and the best thing going. We had found our theatre home. As we found out, the Arden is even more than just good shows. It’s really well run. The box office folks are warm and accommodating, the staff is always friendly, and everyone generally makes us feel welcome–the overall operation is just so smooth. And, of course, co-founders Terry and Amy are virtually ever-present, either in the lobby greeting the crowd or bringing their own special flair to welcoming us all on opening nights. They are truly the warm and beating heart of this special place. We went from being subscribers to Sylvan members, and then became members of the Board. We were hooked. Along the way we were introduced to the Arden for All education outreach program, which pairs teaching artists with schools in need, providing experiences for children who otherwise would have little or no exposure to theatre. It was a moving experience that reinforced all our good feelings about the Arden. So, when we were asked to make a gift in support of the new building, it was a nobrainer. The Hamilton Family Arts Center will allow the Arden to expand children’s programs, add more space for actors, increase community outreach, and further build on all the positives of the Arden’s influence in Old City. We are so confident in the leadership of Amy and Terry and the Board, that we elected to make the largest charitable commitment of our lifetime. We encourage all who read this to join us in supporting this effort, to whatever degree you are comfortable. It’s a guaranteed winner. Bob and Nancy Elfant
Arden Theatre Company’s
A campaign for Education and Innovation.
The Hamilton Family Arts Center will be a place that celebrates kids, embraces new work, and invests in the vitality of the community. This building will provide the room to expand the Arden’s new play development work, create a permanent home for Arden Drama School, and increase opportunities for community partnerships. The Hamilton Family Arts Center is our investment in the future. You can join in this dramatic expansion of the Arden! The $5.8 million campaign to fund this project is more than 60% complete. Your support will bring us one step closer to turning the vision for the Hamilton Family Arts Center into a reality.
Find out more info at ardentheatre.org/new For additional details or to make a gift, contact Director of Institutional Advancement, Jessica Calter at 215-922-8900 x49 or jcalter@ardentheatre.org
Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals is proud to serve as the Co-Mainstage Sponsor of the
Arden’s 25th Anniversary Season!
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Main Line Health is proud to serve as the Co-Mainstage Sponsor of the
Arden’s 25th Anniversary Season! Main Line Health supports the Arden in telling great stories by great storytellers on the stage, in the classroom and in the community.
mainlinehealth.org
1.866.CALL.MLH
Where learning and growing happen at a higher level. Fall Open Houses: October 13 & November 12, 2012 A Quaker Independent Day School for Grades K-12 3 1 We s t Co u l t e r S t r e e t , P h i l a d e l p h i a , P A 1 9 1 4 4 215-951-2345 • w w w. g e r m a n t o w n f r i e n d s . o r g
ARDEN CHILDREN’S THEATRE 2012/13
C I N DE R E LLA By Charles Way Directed by Whit MacLaughlin Production Sponsor:
BY CARLO COLLODI ADAPTED BY GREG BANKS DIRECTED BY MATTHEW DECKER
Nov 28 - Jan 27
Apr 10 - Jun 16
Arden Children’s Theatre sponsored by:
Arden
Sponsored by
ardendramaschool.com
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Theatre classes for Pre-K – grade 12
LS KI O F D O S R
DRAMA SCHOOL
A R D E N T H E AT R E C O M PA N Y
25th ANNIVERSARY SEASON Sept 27 – Nov 4 The groundbreaking rock musical tells the story of a family in crisis. Book and Lyrics by Brian Yorkey Music by Tom Kitt
A Little Night Music FREUD’S
Oct 25 – Dec 23
LAST SESSION
a little night music
A chance meeting of great minds – psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud and writer C.S. Lewis.
By Mark St. Germain Directed by Ian Merrill Peakes
Directed by Edward Sobel
Jan 17 – Mar 10 The Arden’s introduction to the Nobel Prize-winning master storyteller.
A Little Night Music
Mar 7 – Apr 21 The beloved American classic about the Younger family’s struggle in 1959.
By Lorraine Hansberry Directed by Walter Dallas
Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim Book by Hugh Wheeler Directed by Terrence J. Nolen
May 23 – Jun 30 The Arden returns to Sondheim’s masterworks with this Tony Award-winning musical.
3 or 5-show Subscriptions & Tickets: 215.922.1122 • ardentheatre.org
A Little
Sponsored by:
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