Annual Report 2010/11
Mission In 2010, the Board of Directors adopted a revision to the Arden Mission Statement, its first revision since our founding in 1988, to include the phrase “on the stage, in the classroom, and in the community.” This updated mission statement reflects that our education programming and our commitment to serving and engaging the Greater Philadelphia community are equal priorities and crucial to our organizational success. Arden Theatre Company is dedicated to bringing to life great stories by great storytellers on the stage, in the classroom, and in the community. Great stories on the stage: We produce a wide range of stories in a variety of styles: classic and contemporary, intimate and epic, fiction and nonfiction, musical and dramatic. Producing the great playwrights allows us to measure ourselves against the masters of our craft, while sharing the voices of new writers gives us the opportunity to shape the future of American theatre. We embrace stories for audiences of all ages and bring the same artistic quality to all our work. Great stories in the classroom: Kids are celebrated at the Arden. We nurture curiosity, creativity and confidence through our educational programming. We foster connections between theatre and reading and promote literacy for our young audiences. We reach thousands of students each year, introducing many of our region’s kids to theatre for the first time. Great stories in the community: We believe in the power of stories to bring people together. We work to build a vital community of artists who excel creatively through shared experiences and with whom our audiences identify. The Arden strives to be Philadelphia’s hometown theatre; we seek community partnerships and collaborations, make our work affordable and accessible, and train the next generation of theatre leaders, contributing to the region’s cultural landscape.
Ghost-Writer, 2010
2010/11 Show Results GHOST-WRITER
A new play by MICHAEL HOLLINGER Directed by JAMES J. CHRISTY On the Arcadia Stage September 9 - November 7, 2010 Honorary Producers: Fred and Emily Anton Production Sponsor: Edgerton Foundation New American Play Award Recipient
Attendance: 10,099 Ticket Sales: $262,558 Performances: 66 “Michael Hollinger’s fine new Ghost-Writer starts off the Arden season with a quiet bang. This engrossing, old-fashioned play is about the drama of writing - and typing - and creativity and love. People who care about semicolons (and you know who you are), this show is for you…[An] extraordinary marriage between fiction and theater.” –The Philadelphia Inquirer
THE THREEPENNY OPERA
Play with music after JOHN GAY’S The Beggar’s Opera, in Three Acts Music by KURT WEILL German translation by ELISABETH HAUPTMANN; Adaptation and lyrics by BERTOLT BRECHT English translation of dialog by ROBERT MACDONALD English translation of lyrics by JEREMY SAMS Used by arrangement with European American Music Corporation, agent for The Kurt Weill Foundation for Music, Inc., and agent for the Brecht Estate Directed by TERRENCE J. NOLEN On the F. Otto Haas Stage September 30 - November 7, 2010 Attendance: 11,884 Ticket Sales: $291,683 Performances: 44 “Kurt Weill’s insidious and insinuating music is well-served here by an eight-piece orchestra led by Eric Ebbenga. The singing is never less than excellent...The show is blessed by the Arden’s usual first-rate production values.” –Talkin’ Broadway
The Threepenny Opera, 2010
2010/11 Show Results
THE BORROWERS
By MARY NORTON adapted for the stage by CHARLES WAY Directed by WHIT MACLAUGHLIN On the F. Otto Haas Stage December 1, 2010 - January 30, 2011 Production Sponsor: Community Partner: Attendance: 22,517 Ticket Sales: $298,182 Performances: 76 “The acting was great and the story-line was captivating. The best part was the curiosity that followed… truly a wonderful way to introduce your child to the live arts.” –PhillyParentCircle
A MOON FOR THE MISBEGOTTEN
By EUGENE O’NEILL Directed by MATT PFEIFFER On the Arcadia Stage January 6 - February 27, 2011 Attendance: 10,066 Ticket Sales: $275,099 Performances: 60 Named one of the Best Performances of 2011 by the Wall Street Journal (Grace Gonglewski)
“Ms. Gonglewski is by all accounts one of Philadelphia’s top actors, and in A Moon for the Misbegotten you can see how she got that reputation... [she] is a find. I long to see her again.” –Wall Street Journal
SUPERIOR DONUTS By TRACY LETTS Directed by EDWARD SOBEL On the F. Otto Haas Stage March 3 - April 3, 2011 Attendance: 12,521 Ticket Sales: $306,149 Performances: 37 Philadelphia Weekly Top Ten Productions of 2010/11
“Under [Ed Sobel’s] careful direction, we become fully immersed in the characters’ lives… [Craig] Spidle’s and [James] Ijames’ nuanced performances give the production its emotional center… At the play’s core is a character-driven drama about the value of community, a subject that the Arden treasures perhaps more than any other local company.” -Philadelphia Weekly
2010/11 Show Results
WANAMAKER’S PURSUIT
THE FLEA AND THE PROFESSOR
Edgerton Foundation New American Play Award Recipient
Production Sponsors:
A new play by ROGELIO MARTINEZ Directed by TERRENCE J. NOLEN On the Arcadia Stage March 31 - May 22, 2011 Part of the Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts, inspired by the Kimmel Center
Attendance: 9,483 Ticket Sales: $250,499 Performances: 60 “Wanamaker’s Pursuit has everything a person could want in a great play: memorable characters, witty oneliners, sage wisdom, passion, and top-notch production values.” –Culture Mob
A world premiere musical based on the story by HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN By JORDAN HARRISON Music by RICHARD GRAY Lyrics by JORDAN HARRISON and RICHARD GRAY Directed by ANNE KAUFFMAN On the F. Otto Haas Stage May 4 - June 12, 2011 Community Partner:
The Flea and the Professor has been supported by The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage through the Philadelphia Theatre Initiative. This play has been supported in part by an award from The National Endowment for the Arts. The commissioning of The Flea and the Professor was made possible by the support of the Virginia and Harvey Kimmel Arts Education Fund of the Philadelphia Foundation.
Attendance: 16,859 Ticket Sales: $174,686 Performances: 53 “The Arden Theatre does not consider your children second-class citizens, not even the youngest ones. As is the case with their world premiere work The Flea and the Professor, they’re happy to create theatre for them.” –The Philadelphia Inquirer
Artistic Achievements
Wanamaker’s Pursuit, 2011
The Arden’s 23rd season showcased what we do best: from new work by cutting edge playwrights to classics of the American stage, our 2010/11 season was marked by timeless stories, expertly told by masters of their craft.
Led by Music Director Eric Ebbenga, an 8-piece orchestra filled a starkly hollowed out F. Otto Haas Stage with Weill’s melancholic, bold score that includes such classics as “Pirate Jenny,” and “Mac the Knife.”
We kicked off our 2010/11 season with Ghost-Writer, a new play by Michael Hollinger, directed by James Christy. This mysterious, delicate drama charmed audiences with its literary sophistication and a stunning central performance by Megan Bellwoar, for whom the role was written. Ghost-Writer took home the Barrymore Award for Outstanding New Play in 2011.
The holiday season saw the return of Arden Children’s Theatre, with director Whit MacLaughlin once again at the helm. To produce The Borrowers we played with ideas of scale, creating a ninefoot tall boot and a javelin-sized screwdriver to help us tell the story of the Clock family, who are only 5 inches tall. In addition to appearing in the production, Steve Pacek, Bi Jean Ngo and Delanté G. Keys, also served as teachers in our Arden for All program.
With our second show of the season, we shifted from the intimate to the epic, as Producing Artistic Director Terrence J. Nolen staged Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill’s The Threepenny Opera. This sexy, startling, and timely production featured performances by Arden favorites Mary Martello, Anthony Lawton, and Scott Greer who brought the tawdry corruption of capitalism gone awry to life.
In February, Grace Gonglewski and Eric Hissom reunited onstage in our production of Eugene O’Neill’s A Moon for the Misbegotten. The Wall Street Journal extolled “Grace Gonglewski is by all accounts one of Philadelphia’s top actors, and in A Moon for the Misbegotten you can see how
she got that reputation...She comes on like a typhoon...” Grace received a Barrymore Award nomination for her turn as Josie Hogan in this, the first O’Neill drama to be produced on the Arden stage. The Wall Street Journal named Grace’s performance as one of the best of 2011, nationally. Superior Donuts by Tracy Letts marked the Arden directorial debut of new Associate Artistic Director Edward Sobel. Our design team, which included Tony Award-winning sound designer Rob Kaplowitz and Joseph Jefferson Award-winning set designer Kevin Depinet, created a Chicago storefront that was both specific and iconic. The show was named one of the ten best of the season by Philadelphia Weekly. Actors James Ijames (who won a Barrymore for this performance) and Craig Spidle were the capstones of a strong ensemble cast, earning nightly standing ovations and whetting our audience’s appetite for the work of Tracy Letts, whose Pulitzer Prize winner August: Osage County opened our 2011/12 season. Our Mainstage season concluded with the world premiere of Rogelio Martinez’s Wanamaker’s Pursuit. As Philadelphia Weekly noted, “Martinez succeeds in capturing the excitement of 20thcentury Paris, where everything is being born anew, particularly in the worlds of art and fashion.” Commissioned as one of the centerpieces of the citywide Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts, Wanamaker’s told the story of a fictional heir to the Wanamaker’s department store, who travels to Paris in 1911. There he encounters Pablo Picasso, Gertude and Leo Stein, and the famed haute-couture designer Paul Poiret and his wife. We closed 2010/11 with our third world premiere of the season: The Flea and the Professor. Our first ever musical to be commissioned for Arden Children’s Theatre, Flea benefited from a first-class creative team and multiple workshops, both at the Arden and the Kennedy Center in Washington DC. Playwright Jordan Harrison and Obie Award-winning director Anne Kauffman created a whimsical and witty adaptation of this Hans Christian Andersen story. With music by nationally admired composer Richard Gray, family audiences delighted in a magical journey from quaint flea circus to Cannibal Island. Flea won the Barrymore Award for Outstanding Production of a Musical, a testament to the quality of our work for young audiences.
Barrymore Awards for Excellence in Theatre 2010/11 Season Nominations: GHOST-WRITER • Independence Foundation Award for Outstanding New Play - Michael Hollinger* • Outstanding Costume Design Charlotte Cloe Fox Wind • PECO Award for Outstanding Light Design Jerold R. Forsyth
THE THREEPENNY OPERA • Overall Production of a Musical • Outstanding Direction of a Musical Terrence J. Nolen • Garfield Refining Company Award for Outstanding Leading Actress in a Musical Mary Martello
A MOON FOR THE MISBEGOTTEN • The Charlotte Cushman Award for Outstanding Leading Actress in a Play - Grace Gonglewski
SUPERIOR DONUTS • Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Play - James Ijames* • Brown Martin Philadelphia Award • Outstanding Choreography/Movement - John V. Bellomo
THE FLEA AND THE PROFESSOR • Overall Production of a Musical* • Garfield Refining Company Award for Outstanding Leading Actor in a Musical - Rob McClure* • Outstanding Direction of a Musical - Anne Kauffman • Garfield Refining Company Award for Outstanding Leading Actor in a Musical - Scott Greer • Outstanding Acting Ensemble in a Musical • Outstanding Costume Design - Olivera Gajic • PECO Award for Outstanding Light Design Thom Weaver • Outstanding Music Direction - Dan Kazemi • Earl Girls Award for Outstanding Set Design Louisa Thompson • Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Musical Aaron Cromie • Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Musical Kim Sullivan • Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Musical - Alex Keiper *Award Recipient
Community and Education Outreach In 2010/11 we continued our commitment to serving the young people of our community through our outreach initiatives. Arden for All (AFA) ensures that students from economically disadvantaged neighborhoods have access to the power of live theatre and essential arts education curriculum. We gave away 5,700 free tickets and books to students in Greater Philadelphia and more than 2,000 received the additional components of free bus transportation and in-class lessons. Education Director Maureen Mullin Fowler designs show-related lesson plans that meet local, state and national academic standards, and all lessons are taught by professional teaching artists with teaching experience. The program continues to be well received by teachers and students alike. One third grade teacher from Morrison Elementary in North Philadelphia said: In a time when there is so much emphasis on test-taking, the Arden For All Program reminds teachers and students there is a better way to teach children - a way to make them excited about learning, a way to make learning fun, creative and engrossing. Thank you for the privilege of being part of this wonderful program. It is also a gift to teachers. This season we also continued our partnership with the drama students at Camden Creative Arts High School. The students attended five productions and participated in master classes led by Arden artists. In 2010/11 we continued to expand our Arden Drama School program to meet our community’s demand for quality and affordable arts education. During the 2010/11 season, we offered after-school and Saturday classes and summer camps for
students in grades K-12. Now in its fourth season, Arden Drama School had 1,338 students in attendance, representing an increase of 32% from the previous year. We also provided scholarships to 34 students who would otherwise have been unable to attend classes. Made possible by a generous, four-year grant from the Wallace Foundation, Arden Drama School continues to serve as a bridge between Children’s Theatre and Mainstage participants by keeping kids engaged through their teen years. The Arden Professional Apprentice (APA) program continues to attract applicants from across the country. This season, we received 112 applications from 28 different states and 73 different colleges and universities. APA Class 18 graduated six aspiring theatre professionals from Indiana, Pennsylvania, New York, Ohio, and Maryland. Our Pay-What-You-Can program continues to be a successful mode of raising funds for local non-profits through open dress rehearsals of our Mainstage shows. This year’s beneficiaries included Villanova University/Sue Winge Marketing Internship, MANNA, the Rosenbach Museum and Library, and Moore College of Art & Design. In total, nearly $4,000 was raised for our fellow non-profits across the city. Making our work accessible to all of our neighbors in the Greater Philadelphia area remains a priority, whether that means offering half price tickets to Children’s Theatre through our Target 2-for1 program, or accommodating our patrons with special needs. To that end, we continue to offer audio description for patrons with limited vision, and open-captioned performances for patrons with
hearing challenges. We also partner with Hands UP Productions to provide American Sign Language “Shadow Signed” performances for Children’s Theatre, and are the only theatre in Philadelphia to do so. Unlike traditional ASL interpreting, our interpreters are included onstage and incorporated into the action, allowing our patrons with hearing loss to enjoy the performance more fully. We also provide large print programs and assisted listening devices at every performance.
Teen Company students
Teaching Artist Bi Jean Ngo, Arden Kids’ Crew Summer Camp 2010
APA Class 18
New Play Development 2010/11 was a banner year for new plays at the Arden. We produced three world premieres, and laid the groundwork to assume a role as a major contributor to the field of American theatre. • Michael Hollinger’s Ghost-Writer (the 6th Arden premiere of Hollinger’s work) has already received subsequent productions at Florida Stage, Florida Studio Theatre, and the Bloomsburg Theater Ensemble, with additional upcoming productions at The Ensemble Theatre of Cincinnati, Georgia’s Theatre in the Square, and the Merrimack Repertory Theatre in Massachusetts. • Our world premiere of Rogelio Martinez’s commissioned play Wanamaker’s Pursuit, was one of the centerpieces of the city-wide Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts (PIFA). • The Flea and the Professor was the Arden’s first-ever musical commissioned for Children’s Theatre. We developed the work both in-house and at the Kennedy Center’s New Visions/New Voices Festival, a biennial international festival for plays-in-progress written for young audiences. Laura Jacqmin delivered the first draft of her new play commissioned by the Arden, (before)The Beginning. A Yale graduate and winner of the Wasserstein Prize, which is awarded to an outstanding female playwright under the age of 30, Jacqmin has had work produced at Chicago Dramatists, Steppenwolf, and Joe’s Pub at the Public Theater in New York. We also initiated a new commission with playwright Laura Eason. Eason is one of the founding members of Lookingglass Theatre (winner of the 2010/11 Regional Theater Tony Award), and is the author and adaptor of a number of works, including Ethan Frome, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, and Huck Finn. Eason will adapt a piece for Arden Children’s Theatre.
The Flea and the Professor, 2011
This season, we also secured leadership support from the Independence Foundation and The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage through the Philadelphia Cultural Management Initiative, to launch an innovative program, The Writers’ Room. Through The Writers’ Room, a playwright will be in residence at the Arden, complete a play, and see it produced within a concentrated period of time. Audiences will have the opportunity to observe the development and rehearsal process, as well as see the play in production. The program’s inaugural year will be our 2011/12 season.
Connecting with Audiences: The Intrinsic Impact Study The Arden also participated in a nationwide study on the Intrinsic Impact of theatre. The study was commissioned by Theatre Bay Area and administered by WolfBrown with support from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and others. WolfBrown is one of the country’s top providers of researchbased knowledge to the cultural sector, serving foundations, public agencies, and charitable organizations. Its overall goal was to develop and test a new tool for the theatre field to better assess and communicate the impacts of live theatre experiences. The Arden was one of 18 theatres nationally to participate in this study. Over the course of performances of A Moon for the Misbegotten, Superior Donuts, and Wanamaker’s Pursuit, we distributed a total of 2,570 surveys to audience members. The survey results yielded useful
data regarding how audience members choose to interact and reflect following a performance, whether through social media, discussions with fellow audience members, or personal reflection. The open-ended questions in the surveys and post-show conversations produced a wide range of discussion topics, regarding production values, the artists involved, as well as deeper questions of meaning and personal reflection on life choices as they related to characters in the play. We will continue to analyze the data provided for artistic planning, positioning marketing statements, and grant applications. Some of the questions and tools from the Instrinsic Impact study have influenced our plans for surveying in the coming season, and how we plan to react quickly to audience interests in our communications.
A Moon for the Misbegotten, 2010
Statement of Functional Expenses For the Year Ended June 30, 2011
Program Services
$1,523,119 Salaries Payroll taxes and benefi ts $394,613 Total salaries and related expenses $1,917,732 Accounting 15,756 ACT program Advertising and promotions 442,785 Apprentice program 5,847 23,775 Box offi ce expense Capital campaign 7,500 Commissions 8,291 Computer services 25,265 Concessions Credit card fees 49,664 Depreciation 115,204 108,005 Designers 14,593 Dues and Subscriptions Fundraising costs 10,013 Housing 96,975 Insurance 86,531 Interest expense 1,106 Miscellaneous 199,376 Occupancy Offi 8,674 ce supplies Outreach program 34,759 52,480 Postage 191,148 Production costs 134,793 Royalties 24,529 Travel and entertainment Total expenses
$3,574,801
Total Program Management Supporting and General Fundraising Services
$243,050
$274,940
$2,041,109
$44,330
$75,393
$514,336
$287,380
$350,333
$2,555,445
38,626
38,626 15,756
30,372 24,874 23,041 50 22,522 5,000 14,086 9,451 34,043 11,152 13,366 1,629
9,195 5,518 15,361 1,005 98,704 1,100 4,956 9,608 530
442,785 5,847 23,775 39,567 7,500 33,165 25,265 55,182 153,606 108,005 15,648 121,226 10,013 101,975 100,617 10,557 234,519 24,782 34,759 75,454 191,148 134,793 26,688
$515,592
$496,310
$4,586,703
The Borrowers, 2010/11
Statement of Activities For the Year Ended June 30, 2011
Unrestricted Temporarily Permanently Restricted Restricted
Total
Revenue, Gains and other support
$1,998,442
$1,362,450
$209,400
$1,571,850
$556,512
$949,240
15,000
$1,520,752
$61,625
$61,625
$176,832
$176,832
$99,382
$99,382
$849,958
($849,958)
$5,105,201
$308,682
$15,000
$5,428,883
$3,574,801
$3,574,801
Management and general
$515,592
$515,592
Fundraising
$496,310
$496,310
$4,586,703
$4,586,703
$518,498
$308,682
$15,000
$842,180
Net assets– beginning of year
$4,136,648 $1,160,328
$50,000
$5,346,976
Net assets–end of year
$4,655,146 $1,469,010
$65,000
$6,189,156
Ticket and subscription sales $1,998,442 Contributions and grants Capital contributions Investment income Drama school tuition Miscellaneous income Net assets released from restrictions Total Revenue
Expenses Program Services
Total Expenses Increase in net assets
Corporate, Foundation and Government Support $100,000 & above Hamilton Family Foundation Independence Foundation The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage through the Philadelphia Theatre Initiative The Pew Charitable Trusts Philadelphia Cultural Leadership Program The Wallace Foundation William Penn Foundation $50,000 to $99,999 Comcast Corporation The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust The Philadelphia Inquirer, Daily News and philly.com + Shubert Foundation $15,000 to $49,999 ACE Group Campbell Soup Foundation Edgerton Foundation New American Plays Fox Chase Bank Harmelin Media Hirsig Family Fund of the Philadelphia Foundation Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation Kieran Timberlake Associates,LLP Lincoln Financial Foundation McLean Contributionship Medical Legal Reproductions+ National Endowment for the Arts PECO Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Philadelphia Cultural Fund Philadelphia Foundation Target Corporation $7,500 to $14,999 Aloe Investment Corporation Anonymous Boeing Corporation PNC Charitable Trust Princess Grace Foundation-USA TD Charitable Foundation Anonymous Wells Fargo Foundation $2,500 to $7,499 The 1976 Foundation The Addis Group Arronson Foundation Barra Foundation Caroline Alexander Buck Foundation Caroline J. S. Sanders Charitable Trust II +denotes gifts of services or goods
Charlotte Cushman Foundation, in memory of Norma Pomerantz Civic Foundation Dolfinger-McMahon Foundation Ethel Sergeant Clark Smith Memorial Fund Anne M. and Philip H. Glatfelter Family Foundation Glenmede, investment and wealth management Greater Philadelphia Tourism and Marketing Corporation The Haley Foundation The Hassel Foundation Hatboro Beverages+ IBM Corporate Citizenship and Corporate Affairs+ Karr Barth Associates, Inc. Paul E. Kelly Foundation Liberty Property Trust+ Main Line Health Rosenlund Family Foundation SEI Wealth Management Susquehanna Bank Subaru of America Foundation Verizon The Victory Foundation Waldron Wealth Management Walter J. Miller Trust Wells Fargo Family Wealth $750 to $2,499 The Agoge Group, LLC Drumcliff Foundation Eagle Village Shops Firstrust Bank The Franklin Institute Jenkintown Building Services+ KPMG Louis N. Cassett Foundation Media Copy+ MGA Partners, Architects: Daniel Kelley, Mary Keefe, Kathy Norris Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP The Pittsburgh Foundation Quaker Chemical Foundation The Rittenhouse Foundation Stephen Starr Events+ Union Benevolent Association BWF Foundation $749 and under Actors’ Equity Association Foundation Catering By Design+ Pennsylvania Women’s Forum William Goldman Foundation
Photos by Mark Garvin. Cover: James Ijames and Craig Spidle, Superior Donuts. Pg2: Megan Bellwoar, Ghost-Writer. Pg3: Liz Filios & Victoria Frings, The Threepenny Opera. Pg4: Bi Jean Ngo, The Borrowers; Grace Gonglewski & Eric Hissom, A Moon for the Misbegotten; James Ijames, Superior Donuts. Pg5: Geneviève Perrier & Jürgen Hooper, Wanamaker’s Pursuit. Pg6: Scott Greer & Rob McClure, The Flea and the Professor. Pg6: Catharine K. Slusar, Wanamaker’s Pursuit. Pg10: Rob McClure, The Flea and the Professor. Pg11: Eric Hissom & Grace Gonglewski, A Moon for the Misbegotten. Pg12-13: Bi Jean Ngo (foreground), Scott Boulware & Catharine K. Slusar, The Borrowers. Pg14: Opening of renovated lobby. Back Cover: Rob McClure, The Flea and the Professor.
Fund for the Future Since the Arden moved to Old City in 1995, well over a million people have passed through our doors. Each year over 100,000 people fill the lobbies, use the restrooms, and occupy the dressing rooms. This 16 years worth of success and high attendance called for some improvements to the facility. In January 2011, thanks to generous support from The William Penn Foundation, the Arden completed the “Secure the Facility” portion of Fund for the Future capital campaign. The success of this campaign, co-chaired by Lee van de Velde and N. Peter Hamilton, allowed us to invest significant resources into making our building a better place for our artists and audiences. During the summer of 2011, the Arden completed significant renovations to the lobby, restrooms, green room and dressing rooms. These renovations, designed by distinguished architecture firm KieranTimberlake and led by principal Richard Maimon, were the final portion of a $1.5 million investment that also included installing new HVAC units; upgrading electrical equipment; and the replacement of the roof. In September we celebrated the completion of these renovations, cutting the ribbon on a renewed and refreshed Arden Theatre Company ready for many more seasons of great stories.
Sylvan Society 2010/11 Sassafras Grove ($10,000 & Above) Mr. Frederick W. Anton, III Sally and Michael Bailin ^ The CHG Charitable Trust Phoebe W. Haas Charitable Trust A, recommended by John Otto and Dr. Janet Haas Mr. and Mrs. N. Peter Hamilton Hirsig Family Fund of The Philadelphia Foundation Virginia and Harvey Kimmel Arts Education Fund of the Philadelphia Foundation Anonymous Cherry Grove ($5,000-$9,999) John Bitman ^ Marie and Joseph Field Matthew and Marie Garfield Ms. Elizabeth Gemmill Leslie and Barbara Kaplan Josephine Klein Suzanne F. Roberts Cultural Development Fund Charles and Mindy Goldberg Rose^ Monica and Philip Rosenthal Anonymous Lee and Christopher van de Velde Rosalyn and Stephen Weinstein Wyncote Foundation Filbert Grove ($2,500-$4,999) Mrs. Valla Amsterdam Carol and Tom Beam Lois G. Brodsky Thomas Burke and Rick Fountas John and Susan Coleman Anne M. Congdon Dorothy Delbueno Ann Diebold
Bob and Nancy Elfant Tim and Ellen Foster^ Narinder and Patricia Garg Linda and David Glickstein David and MaryJane Hackney Ronna and Robert Hall^ Drs. Robin and Saifuddin Mama Peggy and Steve Morgan Kurt and Mary-Ann Reiss Sally Walker and Tom Gilmore^ June and Steve Wolfson Family Foundation Mulberry Grove ($1,000-$2,499) Brian Abernathy and Elizabeth Ireland John Alchin and Hal Marryatt Bethany Asplundh Jim and Janet Averill Sheryl and Allen Bar Peggy J. Anderson Giséle Sambar Bathish Ivy Bayard Sandy and Mickey Bernstein Reggie Blaszczyk and Lee O’Neill Louis Bluver Jean G. Bodine Almut Breazeale Bernard Brewstein and Ellen Rosenthal DeDe and Tony Brown Nancy Burd Laurada Byers Chip Capelli Christina Clay, M.D. Priscilla and John Clement Joy De Jesús and Jamie Reynolds Robert M. Dever 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 Oliver M. Ford Sandi Foxx-Jones Richard and Diane D. Frey David and Christina Fryman* Louis and Rhoda Fryman Terry Graboyes Bonnie Graham Marcy Gringlas and Joel Greenberg Glenn Gundersen and Susan Manix Chara and John C. Haas Mr. and Mrs. Jon Harmelin Don Haskin and Lynn Martin Haskin Jane and Steve Heumann 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 Joseph Kluger and Susan Lewis 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
Kirsten and James McCoy 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 Ron and Suzanne Naples Michael Norris and Matt Varrato Diane Palmer Thomas Petro and Kristine Messner Dr. and Mrs. Joel Porter 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 Hether, Don and Sarah Smith Richard and Amanda Smoot Harold and Emily Starr^ Kathleen A. Stephenson William K. Stewart Foundation Keith and Jim Straw Adelaide Sugarman and Marshall Greenberg Harvey B. Swedloff Marguerite V. Rodgers and James H. Timberlake 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 Ellen Yin+ ZAKARAK Productions
Annual Fund Donors 2010/11 $500 - $999 Rebecca and John Adams Stan and Lisa Altman Sheila Bell and Thomas Dodds Carol and Bruce Caswell Drs. Fred and Karen Clark Gina Deflavia George Koch and Santo DiDonato Dan Gannon In memory of Bob Gallagher
John Geronimo Barbara and Jerry Kaplan Mary Ellen Krober Ruth and Peter Laibson Mike and Helene Loeb George and Judy McCarthy Paul Rabe and Cheryl Gunter Marilyn Sanborne and Richard J. Labowskie*
Eva and Marvin Schlanger Family Foundation Philip and Susan Schlegel Robert and Karen Sharrar Dorothy S. Tomassini and Barry Brenner Nancy Wingo, in honor of Peter and Alta Hamilton Edith Klausner Whitney Quesenbery and John Chester
* denotes gifts made through the United Way
Franklyn and Cintra Rodgers Carole M. Foley* Donald J. Martin and Richard Repetto Marilyn and Dean R. Staats Roy and Corinne Stahl Matthew White* Michael Zuckerman and Jan Levine Listing does not include gifts under $500
+denotes gifts of services or goods
^includes a matching gift
Board of Directors 2010/11 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 Matthew Garfield Elizabeth H. Gemmill Darrel A. German Carole Haas Gravagno Albert M. Greenfield, III Ronna F. Hall Joanne Harmelin Lynn Martin Haskin, Ph.D. Steve Heumann Susan G. Jacobson Barbara Kaplan Virginia Kimmel Holly Kinser Richard L. Maimon John J. McCawley Amy L. Murphy Terrence J. Nolen Aaron Posner Charles H. Rose H. Hetherington Smith Harvey B. Swedloff Lee van de Velde Diane Dalto Woosnam Ellen Yin
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The Flea and the Professor, 2011