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ARDEN THEATRE COMPANY PRESENTS

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

Scenic Designer

Costume Designer

Lighting Designer

TOM GLEESON +º

ROSEMARIE E. MCKELVEY

THOM WEAVER+

Sound & Video Designer

Musical Director

Dramaturg

JORGE COUSINEAU

ERIC EBBENGA

SARAH OLLOVE

Fight Director

Stage Manager

Assistant Director

JOHN BELLOMO

JOHN DAVID FLAK*

MALIKA OYETIMEIN

Assistant Musical Director

Assistant Stage Manager

MATHEW WRIGHT

CHERIE B. TAY

Directed by TERRENCE J. NOLEN September 30 - November 7, 2010 F. Otto Haas Stage

This play is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts. Applause, please, for our Media Partners:

Special thanks to The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust for supporting Arden Theatre Company. 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 * Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the U.S. º Tom Gleeson is the recipient of the 2010 Princess Grace Award to support his role as set designer of The Threepenny Opera and work with Arden Drama School. The Princess Grace Foundation-USA proudly continues to assist the career development of emerging artists nationwide.

WELCOME from the Producing Artistic Director

Welcome to our production of Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill’s The Threepenny Opera.

Terrence J. Nolen

I love that at the Arden, we are able to produce such a wide range of work. Currently running upstairs on the Arcadia Stage is the world premiere production of Michael Hollinger’s Ghost-Writer. This new play tells the story of a woman who works as a typist; its music is Michael’s language and the keys of the typewriter. The Threepenny Opera is a sprawling story about the mores and values of an entire society; it’s an epic tale brought to life by a cast of 17, an orchestra of 8 and a crew to match. In some ways these two very different projects represent the great range of stories we are privileged to bring to life on our two stages (Ghost-Writer runs thru November 7 if you haven’t yet seen it). Next up on the Haas Stage is The Borrowers, an adaptation of the classic children’s story by Mary Norton about a family of very small people who live under the floorboards, to be directed by Whit MacLaughlin. Later in this season, we will produce plays by two Pulitzer Prize-winning American playwrights, Eugene O’Neill and Tracy Letts; a new play by Rogelio Martinez; and our first commissioned project for Arden Children’s Theatre, a new musical based on Hans Christian Andersen’s The Flea and the Professor by Jordan Harrison and Richard Gray. In 2009/10, we presented seven productions, held 458 performances and reached an audience of more than110,000 people. The broad range of work we produce, from new plays and musicals to premieres and children’s theater, is part of our success and allows us to constantly expand our artistic reach. Thank you for joining us for The Threepenny Opera. This promises to be an extraordinary season at the Arden. I hope you will continue to be a part of it.

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Doug Hara and Ian Merrill Peakes in Something Intangible, 2009

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Cast of Characters PEACHUM, head of a gang of beggars.................................................................................. Scott Greer* FILCH, a beggar........................................................................................................................... Doug Hara* MRS. PEACHUM................................................................................................................... Mary Martello* POLLY PEACHUM, their daughter.....................................................................................Victoria Frings MACHEATH, head of a gang of crooks...........................................................................Terence Archie* MATT OF THE MINT..........................................................................................Darren Michael Hengst* CROOK-FINGERED JAKE........................................................................................................... Sean Lally CHAIN-SAW BOB........................................................................................................... Jamal Lee Harris* WALT............................................................................................................................................ Bi Jean Ngo* NED................................................................................................................................. Sebastian Naskaris* JIMMY............................................................................................................................................ Doug Hara* REVEREND KIMBALL..........................................................................................................Ken Robinson* TIGER BROWN, Chief of London Police....................................................................Anthony Lawton* BEGGARS.................................................................... Darren Michael Hengst*, Amanda Schoonover* JENNY.................................................................................................................................... Rachel Wallace* BETTY......................................................................................................................... Amanda Schoonover* DOLLY............................................................................................................................. Clare Ann O’Malley NELLY........................................................................................................................................... Bi Jean Ngo* VIXEN..................................................................................................................................... Brianna Horne* OLD WHORE.............................................................................................................................. Doug Hara* SMITH, a police constable....................................................................................................Ken Robinson* LUCY BROWN, Tiger Brown’s daughter.................................................................................... Liz Filios CONSTABLE..................................................................................................................... Jamal Lee Harris* Fight Captain: Darren Michael Hengst

Dance Captain: Doug Hara

Understudies Robert Ian Cutler, Jamal Lee Harris*, Brianna Horne*, Elisabeth Kersey, Anthony Lawton*, Matt Mancuso, Steven P. Nemphos, Kristen Norine, Clare Ann O’Malley, Sara Schmuckler, Candace Thomas, Davon Williams

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Musical Numbers Act I Overture....................................................................................................................................................... Orchestra The Flick Knife Song (Moritat)........................................................................................................Brown, Chorus Peachum’s Morning Song............................................................................................................................. Peachum Kids Today............................................................................................................................ Peachum, Mrs. Peachum Gang Song (Wedding Song)............................................................................................................................... Gang Pirate Jenny............................................................................................................................................................. Polly Cannon Song........................................................................................................................ MacHeath, Brown, Men Love Duet (Liebeslied).....................................................................................................................MacHeath, Polly Barbara Song.......................................................................................................................................................... Polly Life’s A Bitch (Dreigroschenfinale)....................................................................... Polly, Peachum, Mrs. Peachum

Act II Melodrama/Polly’s Song...................................................................................................................MacHeath, Polly The Ballad of Sexual Imperative....................................................................................................... Mrs. Peachum A Pimp’s Tango..................................................................................................................................MacHeath, Jenny The Ballad of the Easy Life........................................................................................................................ MacHeath Jealousy Duet............................................................................................................................................... Polly, Lucy What Keeps a Man Alive (II Dreigroschenfinale).........MacHeath, Peachum, Jenny, Mrs. Peachum, Chorus

Act III The Song of Inadequacy............................................................................................................................... Peachum The Socrates Song (Solomonsong).................................................................................................................. Jenny A Call from the Grave............................................................................................................................... MacHeath Ballad In Which MacHeath Begs All Mens’ Forgiveness (Grabschrift)............................................. MacHeath Act III Finale............................................................Chorus, Brown, MacHeath, Polly, Mrs. Peachum, Peachum

Orchestra Conductor, Piano, Keyboard .............................................................................................................. Eric Ebbenga Alto Saxophone, Flute, Piccolo, Clarinet, Soprano Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone .................................................................................. Ken Robinson Tenor Saxophone, Clarinet, Soprano Saxophone ................................................................... Brian Adamczyk Trumpet ............................................................................................................................................... Daniel Wright Trombone ............................................................................................................................................... David Doyle Bass, Keyboard ................................................................................................................................ Andrew Nelson Banjo, Guitar .................................................................................................................................. Stephen Kleiman Timpani, Percussion ....................................................................................................................... Mark Cristofaro

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DIRECTOR’S Notes The Threepenny Opera has a rich and storied history. Like Leonard Bernstein’s Candide, Brecht and Weill’s Threepenny is something of a hybrid. It is based on John Gay’s The Beggar’s Opera, a play with songs originally produced in 1728 and subsequently adapted and revived in London in the 1920’s to great success. It was that production that drew the interest of Elisabeth Hauptmann, Bertolt Brecht’s secretary and lover, who translated it into German. Around that time, Brecht received a commission from a novice producer in Berlin to write a new play for the opening of his theatre. Deciding to work from Hauptmann’s translation, and using lyrics from several poems he had previously published or used in several of his past plays (including a poem by Rudyard Kipling), Brecht enlisted a young composer, Kurt Weill, to write an original score. On August 31, 1928, The Threepenny Opera opened at the Theater am Schiffbauerdamm, and was an immediate sensation. Within a year, there had been 4,200 performances in theatres across Europe and, by 1933, when Brecht and Weill were forced to flee Germany due to the rise of Hitler, The Threepenny Opera had been translated into 18 languages and performed over 10,000 times. Shortly thereafter, the Nazis banned The Threepenny Opera as degenerate art. The American premiere of the then titled 3-Penny Opera was in 1933 at Philadelphia’s Garrick Theatre located at 130 Chestnut Street. The show opened to mostly favorable reviews. My favorite is Linton Martin’s of The Philadelphia Inquirer that stated: “Some mock-apprehensive souls declared they expected the patrol wagon to back up any minute and let ladies and children in first…As the saying goes, ‘Don’t take the kiddies.’” Though Philadelphia critics and audiences were intrigued by this unusual work, the musical had a short-lived Broadway run and closed after 12 performances. The Threepenny Opera did not find success in the United States until 1954 with Marc Blitzstein’s version at the Theater de Lys in Greenwich Village. This fabled production, starring Weill’s widow Lotte Lenya (as well as such notables as Ed Asner, Charlotte Rae and Beatrice Arthur) introduced Threepenny to American audiences—aided in no small part by Louis Armstrong, Bobby Darin and Frank Sinatra’s recordings of “Mack the Knife.” Like Candide, there are several versions of The Threepenny Opera, as well as numerous English translations. The Wilma Theatre’s production in 1997 utilized a translation by Michael Feingold (one originally created for a Broadway production starring Sting as MacHeath). The translation you are about to see was done by Robert MacDonald with English lyrics by Jeremy Sams and was first produced at London’s Donmar Warehouse. This translation is said by many to be truer to the darker aspects of Brecht’s original. I was attracted to the vitality and muscularity of the language and lyrics and was eager to hear actors give voice to these sometimes bawdy and often provocative words. Over 80 years have passed since The Threepenny Opera first erupted on that Berlin stage, yet this wonderful hybrid of a musical still has bite. Brecht was a poet, and I find myself listening to the ideas expressed through Brecht’s text and Weill’s insinuating score with fresh ears and an open mind. I invite you to do the same. Enjoy.

Terrence J. Nolen

Turn to the

Dark Side

Sarah Ollove, Dramaturg

A recent poll pit Luke Skywalker against Han Solo in an online popularity contest. Luke Skywalker is pure. Luke Skywalker is eager. Luke Skywalker lost by a two-to-one ratio. Although on paper the better man: loyal, earnest, dedicated, his moral superiority makes him aloof. Solo’s negative qualities–his selfishness, vanity, and rude exterior—make him much more relatable, easier to love, and definitely the guy you want as your co-pilot on a long interstellar flight. An archetypal hero is better than the average man: better looking, smarter, more charismatic, a cleaner conscience, braver. The anti-hero may possess one or two of the traits of the classic hero but also numerous negative qualities: a dark past, laziness, amorality, violent tendencies, womanizing. Most archetypal heroes have a fatal flaw, while every anti-hero needs at least one redeeming quality. Tony Soprano loves his family, Batman stops crime, Dr. House cures the ill, and Dexter only kills killers. Unsurprisingly, playwrights, directors, and actors embrace the anti-hero for the same reason audiences do: inhabiting the darker side of human nature guilt-free is fun. Not only can you vicariously indulge your basest desires, but when the curtain closes, the grime washes right off and you’re as moral a person as you’ve always been. Anti-heroes really shine in the modern musical. Music opens the door so the anti-hero can pull the audience in. It helps the audience relax, embrace a different set of values, and have a good time. Sweeney Todd, murderous barber, would be unpalatable without Sondheim’s beautiful melodies; Roxie Hart, conniving wannabe, would be insufferable without the slinky jazz numbers of Chicago; and Evita, South American tyrantess, would be incomprehensible without songs that illustrate her magnetism. Songs act as the bait: the more audience members an anti-hero entertains, the more followers he ensnares. This is how Mack the Knife, career criminal, walks off the stage with the audience in his pocket. A complex modern society needs complex heroes. Archetypal heroes make being good seem effortless. Living up to impossible standards can be exhausting while anti-heroes let us excuse our own shortcomings and have fun doing it. They see morality as a constant struggle and frequently lose. The dark side of the anti-hero calls to the darkness in our own souls: if they can be loved with all their faults, so can we.

Thom Sesma in Arden’s Sweeney Todd, 2005

Who’s Who TERENCE ARCHIE (MacHeath) A Detroit native and UNC School of the Arts graduate, Terence is pleased to make his Arden debut. Recently, Terence played the title role in the Off-Broadway Pulitzer finalist production of The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity. He also made his Broadway debut in the 2010 Tony-nominated production of Ragtime. Terence has performed alongside Avery Brooks at Shakespeare Theatre in Washington DC as well as numerous one-man shows with Urban Stages portraying Frederick Douglass, Matthew Henson, and George Washington Carver. TV credits include Law & Order, One Life To Live, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. His favorite role though is doting husband to his lovely wife Kedist. LIZ FILIOS (Lucy Brown) A graduate of the University of Michigan, Liz is grateful to be back at the Arden. Previous credits include: Candide (Cunégonde) and Sunday in the Park with George (Celeste #1/Betty/U.S. Dot). Other favorite shows include: Eurydice (Mezzo), Singin’ In The Rain (Kathy), The Enchanted (Lucy), The Tempest (Miranda), and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Narrator - Barrymore Nom.) Liz has also been fortunate to perform with The Cape Town Opera, the International Opera Theatre, Bang On A Can, the Philadelphia Orchestra and Celebrity Cruises. Love and gratitude to Mom and Dad. VICTORIA FRINGS (Polly Peachum) is overjoyed to be making her Arden debut with the wonderfully talented cast and crew of The Threepenny Opera. She has appeared locally with the Wilma Theater (Rock ‘n’ Roll; Leaving), Brat Productions (A 24-Hour Bald Soprano), PTW (The :nv:s:ble Play) and Plays and Players (Camelot). Ms. Frings received her BA in Environment Studies and Science, Technology and Society Studies from the University of Pennsylvania. She also studied at the American Conservatory Theater. Many thanks to Terry and Eric for this incredible opportunity, and to her family for, well, everything. Special thanks to Luigi for his unswerving love and support. You are loved. SCOTT GREER (Mr. Peachum) is always happy to be back at the Arden; particularly for such a thrilling and audacious play. Scott has worked for Walnut Street Wilma, Arden, InterAct, 1812 Productions, People’s Light, Theatre Exile and others. He has appeared as a solo vocalist with the Philadelphia Orchestra. Scott has won four Barrymore Awards, including the F. Otto Haas Award for an Emerging Theatre Artist. Thanks to Terry and Mary. Love always to Jen and Lily. DOUG HARA (Filch/Jimmy/Old Whore) Previous Arden productions include A Prayer for Owen Meany, Lookingglass Alice, and Something Intangible. Doug is a veteran ensemble member of Lookingglass Theatre Company where he has participated in 16 productions since 1991 including Metamorphoses, West, Arabian Nights, Up Against It, The Master and Margarita, Lookingglass Hamlet and The Brothers Karamazov. Recent roles include Puck in A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Cal Shakes and Two River, and the Stage Manager in Two River’s acclaimed production of Our Town. Broadway credits - The Boys of Winter and Metamorphoses. Off-Broadway - The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci, and Lookingglass Alice. Doug has performed at many regional theatres including The Goodman Theatre, About Face Theatre, Jellyeye Drum Opera, Huntington Theatre, Berkeley Repertory, Seattle Repertory, Mark Taper Forum, The Alliance Theatre, Syracuse Stage, Margaret Jenkins Dance Company, Brooklyn Academy of Music, and Joyce Theatre. Doug lives in Lambertville, New Jersey with his wife, Kirstin and daughters, Lyra and Harper.

Who’s Who JAMAL LEE HARRIS (Chain-Saw Bob/Constable) is originally from Los Angeles, California. Now living in New York City, Jamal is thrilled to be working at the Arden for the first time. National tours: Miss Saigon, The Full Monty. Favorite credits include: Once On This Island (Daniel), Big River (Jim), Spelling Bee (Mitch). Jamal is also experienced working on the creative side of the process, serving as Director and/or Choreographer for many regional productions including Les Miserables (Northern Stage) and The Full Monty (Circa 21). He is a proud member of Actors’ Equity and graduate of Ithaca College. DARREN MICHAEL HENGST (Matt of the Mint/Beggar) Thrilled to be back! Just seen in Sunday in the Park as Franz/Dennis, past Arden shows include Candide and Winesburg, Ohio. Other credits include Of Mice and Men (Curley), Les Miserables, and Born Yesterday (Paul) at The Walnut Street Theatre. The Glass Menagerie (Jim) at People’s Light. MFA: UIUC. Darren resides in the Philadelphia area with his wife Jacquellyne and their three children Austan, Skyler and Harrison. BRIANNA HORNE (Vixen) Arden Theatre debut! Recent Wagner College graduate with a B.A. in Theatre Performance. Since graduating, Brianna has performed in Johnny Baseball and Best of Both Worlds at the American Repertory Theatre, both under the direction of Diane Paulus, Once on this Island at the Hangar Theatre, and All Shook Up at the Ogunquit Playhouse with Sally Struthers. New York Readings: Marcus Gardley’s The Voice Within and Morgan Street with music by Anika Noni Rose. SEAN LALLY (Crook-Fingered Jake) is excited to be back at the Arden for The Threepenny Opera. He was last seen in the Arden’s production of Romeo and Juliet. Other credits include Spring Awakening; Something Cloudy, Something Clear; and Bluebird with EgoPo Productions. He is also proud to have completed his first official production with Found Theater Co.: Tales. He would like to thank his family, friends and Sara for their support. ANTHONY LAWTON (Tiger Brown) has acted in Philadelphia for 18 years. Favorite roles include George in Of Mice and Men (Walnut); Austin in True West, Coleman in Lonesome West, and Feste in Twelfth Night (Lantern); “man” in Brief Interviews with Hideous Men (1812); and Friar Laurence in Romeo and Juliet (Arden). In 2005, Lawton received grants from the Independence Foundation and Philadelphia Theatre Initiative to write and develop The Foocy, which garnered five Barrymore nominations in 2005 (including Best New Play), and which was remounted this year at Delaware Theatre Company. Film: Unbreakable, Invincible; TV: Hack, Cold Case. The Philadelphia City Paper named him the city’s “Best One-Man Theatre” for his solo productions of The Devil and Billy Markham, The Great Divorce and The Screwtape Letters. MARY MARTELLO (Mrs. Peachum) started performing at seven and has continued through four kids and 50 years. She trained at BoarsHead Theatre in Michigan, doing everything from Shakespeare and musical comedy to original plays and musicals: in Virginia at Barksdale Dinner Theatre, Theatre IV and Virginia Museum Theatre; in New York at Light Opera of Manhattan, the Public Theatre and a variety of off-off Broadway; in New Jersey at Foundation Theatre, Passage Theatre, Theatre Intime and seven seasons at McCarter Theatre. In Philadelphia she found a creative home and has had the privilege of working at the Arden, Azuka, Interact, Lantern, People’s Light and Theatre, the Prince, the Walnut, the Wilma and 1812. SEBASTIAN NASKARIS (Ned) Film and TV credits include Ramblin’ Round, Six Degrees, and Criminal Minds. Theater Credits include MacBeth Lincoln Center Meet the Artists series. He is a proud graduate of The Maggie Flanigan Studio. No Farms No Food.

Who’s Who BI JEAN NGO (Walt/Nelly) is ecstatic to be back at the Arden. Last year, she appeared in Peter Pan. She holds an MFA in Acting from the Actors Studio Drama School, and a Bachelor of Science in Film & Television from Boston University. In addition to acting in theatre, commercials & film, she is also proud to be a teaching artist for the Arden, and a program actor for Philadelphia Young Playwrights. Thanks to all the great Philly theatre people who are contributing to her journey, Nice People Theatre, Interact, Philadelphia Theatre Workshop, PlayPenn, the Arden...and all her friends and family who remind her to keep it real. CLARE ANN O’MALLEY (Dolly) is honored to be making her Philadelphia professional debut with Arden Theatre Company. Clare graduated from the University of the Arts in May. Recent credits include: The Blue Monster (world premiere), Othello (Desdemona), The Fantasticks (Luisa), Bat Boy:The Musical (Meredith), The Cradle Will Rock (Moll), Realm of the Unreal (world premiere), The Dining Room and TinTypes. Love to everyone, on both sides of the Atlantic. KEN ROBINSON (Smith/Reverend Kimball) was born and raised in Oakland, California. His regional credits include Big River at STAGES St. Louis; Ain’t Misbehavin’ directed by Kent Gash; the new musical revue Soul of Rodgers at Reprise Theatre Company; Five Guys Named Moe at Casa Mañana Theatre; the Sondheim revue Being Alive! directed by Billy Porter and tick, tick … BOOM! directed by Scott Schwartz both at Westport Country Playhouse; Jelly’s Last Jam and A Christmas Carol at Alliance Theatre. Ken has an MFA in Acting from the Yale School of Drama and a BA in Economics from Morehouse College. Proud member of Actors’ Equity Association. AMANDA SCHOONOVER (Betty/Beggar) is a two time Barrymore Award recipient and a 2010 F. Otto Haas Emerging Artist finalist. She is delighted to be returning to the Arden! Amanda has worked with many area theaters including Theatre Exile, Azuka Theatre, Bristol Riverside and the Lantern. Favorite roles include Lucy in Mr. Marmalade, Dottie in Killer Joe and Moll in Kid Simple. She can be seen next in Jacqueline Goldfinger’s the terrible girls with Azuka and Saturn Returns with Exile directed by Brenna Geffers. Many thanks to Terry Nolen for this amazing opportunity! RACHEL WALLACE (Jenny) is thrilled to be making her Arden debut in The Threepenny Opera. A recent graduate of UNCSA, favorite school credits include “Dot” Sunday in the Park with George and “Anita” in the 50th Anniversary production of West Side Story, directed by Gerald Freedman, conducted by John Maucerri. Rachel has sung at the US Embassy in Vienna, conducted by John Maucerri. Since moving to NYC, just over a year ago, Rachel originated the role of “Solver girl” in Micheal Friedman and Itamar Moses’ Fortress of Solitude (CTG w/s). “Phillipa” in Babette’s Feast (Threads Theater). Beautiful Girls and SONDHEIM: A Birthday Celebration with Lonny Price, Paul Gemignani (Lincoln Center). Love to M, D, H, E & S. KURT WEILL (Music) (1900-1950) began his career in the early 1920’s, after a musical childhood and several years of study in Berlin. By the time his first opera, The Protagonist, was performed in April 1926, he was an established young German composer and married to actress Lotte Lenya. His works include: the Violin Concerto (1925), The Threepenny Opera (Bertolt Brecht, 1928), Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny (Brecht, 1930), The Pledge (Caspar Neher, 1932), The Seven Deadly Sins (Brecht, 1933), Lady in the Dark (Moss Hart and Ira Gershwin, 1941), Street Scene (Elmer Rice and Langston Hughes, 1947), and Lost in the Stars (Maxwell Anderson, 1949). BERTOLT BRECHT (Adaptation and Lyrics) (1898-1956) was born in Augsburg, Germany and was one of the country’s most influential poets, playwrights and screenwriters. He fled Germany in 1933 to emigrate to the United States and returned to Europe in 1947. Brecht settled in East Germany where he founded the famous “Berliner Ensemble.” His most famous work

Who’s Who was the The Threepenny Opera (with Kurt Weill, 1928). Other works include: The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny (with Kurt Weill, 1930), Mother Courage and Her Children (1941),The Good Person of Szechwan (1943),The Life of Galileo (1943), and The Caucasian Chalk Circle (1948). JEREMY SAMS (Translator) is a director, writer, translator, orchestrator, musical director, film composer, and lyricist. Directing credits include a revival of Michael Frayn’s farce Noises Off, for London’s Royal National Theatre and on Broadway. In 2002, Sams translated Amour, from the original French libretto for a 2002 Broadway production. Other translations include: The Marriage of Figaro,The Magic Flute, La Boheme, and The Ring Cycle for ENO; The Merry Widow for Covent Garden; Les Parents terribles, The Miser and Mary Stuart for the Royal National Theatre; and The Threepenny Opera for the Donmar Warehouse. ROBERT DAVID MACDONALD (Translator) (1929 - 2004), was a Scottish playwright, translator and theatre director. MacDonald worked as a translator for UNESCO and became assistant director at Glyndebourne and the Royal Opera at Covent Garden. He was also Co-Artistic Director of the Citizens Theatre in Glasgow. He translated over 70 plays and operas including The Threepenny Opera, Tamerlano, Die Entführung aus dem Serail, The Barber of Seville, Aida, The Marriage of Figaro, Cocteau’s Orpheus and The Human Voice, Chekhov’s The Seagull, Verne’s Around the World In Eighty Days, Wedekind’s Lulu and Gœthe’s Clavigo. TERRENCE J. NOLEN (Director) is Producing Artistic Director and co-founder of Arden Theatre Company. Favorite Arden productions include all-Philadelphia casts of All My Sons, Death of a Salesman,The Grapes of Wrath and Hedda Gabler and such musicals as Sweeney Todd, Pacific Overtures, Falsettos, Violet and Caroline, or Change. Terry directed the inaugural production of Arden Children’s Theatre, Charlotte’s Web. He has directed six world-premiere plays by Michael Hollinger, three by Dennis Raymond Smeal, Michael Ogborn’s Baby Case, Bruce Graham’s Something Intangible, and recently directed Rogelio Martinez’s When Tang Met Laika at Denver Center Theatre Company. Terry has been nominated for 23 Barrymore Awards for his directing work at the Arden and received awards for The Baker’s Wife; Sweeney Todd; Opus; Winesburg, Ohio; Assassins and Something Intangible. He directed Michael Hollinger’s Opus at Primary Stages in New York and was nominated for a Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Director. His short film The Personal Touch was nominated for an Emmy Award.  TOM GLEESON (Scenic Designer) is pleased to be returning to the Arden Theatre. Last season Tom designed the Arden’s production of Peter Pan. Arden Theatre Company is sponsoring Tom for the Princess Grace Award for 2010. Previous work includes: The Little Prince (BRT, coming ’11), Richard II (CSC,), Substitution (Playwrights Realm), Red Haired Thomas (Soho Think Tank), 100 Aspects of the Moon (Clubbed Thumb), Mayhem (SPF), FILM: Asst. Art Director, Sex and the City II (Warner Brothers). Production Designer, Resolve (Singularity Films); Production Designer, The Hollow Tree, (Cyprus Productions; Winner: Best Production Design/ Art Direction; First Run Film Festival, NYC.) Production Designer IFP 2007 and 2008 Independent Film Week. Tom has worked with companies such as MTVN, Lord and Taylor, HBO, ABC, MKG and The World Wildlife Fund. www.tomgleesondesign.com. MFA from NYU. ROSEMARIE E. MCKELVEY (Costume Designer) is delighted to be designing The Threepenny Opera for the Arden. Previous Arden designs include Sunday in the Park with George (Barrymore Award Nomination 2010), Romeo and Juliet, Something Intangible (2009 Barrymore Award for Costume Design) Candide;Winesburg, Ohio; Ferdinand the Bull; Caroline, or Change (2007 Barrymore Award for Costume Design);The Stinky Cheese Man; Twelfth Night; Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead; and Bunnicula. Other companies Rosemarie is designing for are The Peoples Light and Theatre Company, The Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival, New Paradise Laboratory, and Interact Theatre Company. Rosemarie is also an Adjunct Professor at Moore College of Art and Design. THOM WEAVER (Lighting Designer) For the Arden: Romeo and Juliet, Blue Door, My Name Is Asher Lev. In the area: Wilma, People’s Light, Lantern, Delaware Theatre Company, InterAct, Azuka, Curtis Opera, New Paradise Laboratories, Theatre Exile, and Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival. Other credits include: Theatre

Who’s Who J, Two River Theatre, Cal Shakes, Children’s Theatre Company, CENTERSTAGE, Folger Theater, Syracuse Stage, Berkshire Theatre Festival, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Signature Theater Company, Lincoln Center Festival, Spoleto, Pittsburgh Public Theatre, and Yale Rep, among others. Six-time Barrymore Award nominee, Helen Hayes nominee, and winner of the 2007 AUDELCO Award. Thom is artistic director of Flashpoint Theatre Company, member of PNPI and Wingspace Design Group. Education: Carnegie Mellon and Yale. JORGE COUSINEAU (Sound and Video Designer) worked on over 40 shows here at the Arden, designing sound and occasionally creating video as well. Highlights include Sunday in the Park with George, The History Boys, Something Intangible, Assassins and Opus. Jorge also designs sets and composes music for many other theater companies in and around Philadelphia, such as the Wilma, 1812 Productions, Theatre Exile and New Paradise Laboratories. Together with his wife Niki he operates Subcircle, a collaborative performance/ installation group. ERIC EBBENGA (Musical Director) is thrilled to return to the Arden after the recent run of Sunday in the Park with George (Barrymore nomination). Other Arden productions include Candide; Assassins (Barrymore Award); Caroline, or Change (Barrymore nomination); Sweeney Todd (Barrymore nomination) and Pacific Overtures. Other recent shows include The Light in the Piazza, Grey Gardens (PTC, Barrymore nominations), Cherry Bomb!, (1812), and See What I Wanna See (UArts). Eric is also on the musical theatre faculty at University of the Arts. Love to Monica, Caitlyn and Carley. SARAH OLLOVE (Dramaturg) is excited to be back at the Arden following her work on Sunday in the Park with George, The Seafarer, The History Boys, and Peter Pan. Sarah is a local freelance dramaturg who holds an MFA in dramaturgy from the ART/MXAT Institute for Advanced Theatre Training. In addition to her work at the Arden, she has enjoyed working with the ART in Cambridge, Signature Theatre in New York, and the Philadelphia Theatre Company among others. Thanks to Terry and the Arden staff for another wonderful experience. JOHN BELLOMO (Fight Director) is a Philadelphia based Director/Fight Director, directing productions of Shakespeare for Teatro Delle Due in Reggio Emilia, Italy and The Maryland Shakespeare Festival. John has choreographed violence for many of Philadelphia’s theatre companies and is a four time Barrymore nominee for his fight choreography. John eared a B.F.A. from The University of the Arts, an M.F.A. from Temple University and is a graduate of The International School for the Comic Actor in Italy. JOHN DAVID FLAK (Stage Manager) is excited to be back working with the Arden. John has been an Actors’ Equity stage manager for over 19 years in Louisville, Chicago and Philadelphia. The theaters he has worked at include Actors’ Theatre of Louisville, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Arden Theatre Company and the Broadway Tour of Ragtime. Some of John’s favorite Arden productions have been A Year with Frog and Toad, Sweeney Todd and Caroline, or Change. In addition, John is a photographer and artist whose work has been published in American Theatre Magazine, Chicago Magazine, Philadelphia Magazine and all major newspapers in Chicago and Philadelphia. He is the proud father of two little girls: Dylan Lorraine and Harper Isabel. MALIKA OYETIMEIN (Assistant Director) is thrilled to be returning to The Arden! Ms. Oyetimein is a Director in the Tri-State area. Her most recent credits include: Director in the Philadelphia Urban Theatre Festival (Roost), Assistant Director on the Arden’s production of Blue Door, Delaware Theatre Company (The Piano Lesson), Oregon Shakespeare Festival (A View from the Bridge), and Contemporary Stage Company (The Island, Exits and Entrances). She would like to thank her friends and family for their constant love and support! MATHEW WRIGHT (Assistant Musical Director) holds a BA in Theatre and French from Rutgers and a recent MFA in Directing from Temple (The Madness of Lady Bright, A Doll’s House, RENT). 2007 Barrymore Award winner for musical direction with Aaron Cromie (The Fantasticks). Other work: Scapin at Lantern, Words

Who’s Who and Music and Marat/Sade with Egopo. Assisted Billy Porter on Twilight in Manchego (2008 NY Musical Theatre Festival). Upcoming: Artaud Unbound (EgoPo), [title of show] (Mauckingbird), and Erik Ransom in Concert at L’Etage. CHERIE B. TAY (Assistant Stage Manager) is thrilled to work at the Arden with such an amazing cast, crew, and staff! Cherie recently completed her stage management apprenticeship at the Walnut St. Theatre. Thanks to God; Mom, Dad, and Cristal for your support; to Frank, Margie, and Anna for your guidance and knowledge; and to all my friends for the laughs. Broadway: August: Osage County, London: Shakespeares Globe, Royal National Theatre, Philadelphia: Walnut St. Theatre, Act II Playhouse, Kimmel Center. Thanks, Flak! AMY L. MURPHY (Managing Director) A Philadelphia native, Amy co-founded the Arden in 1988 with Terry Nolen and Aaron Posner. She is especially proud of the Arden Professional Apprentice program and its contribution to the Philadelphia cultural community. A graduate of Susquehanna University, Amy received the university’s first-ever Young Alumni Achievement Award. She completed the Executive Program for Nonprofit Leaders-Arts which is a joint program of the Stanford Graduate School of Business Center for Social Innovation and National Arts Strategies. Amy has served on panels for the National Endowment for the Arts, the New Jersey State Arts Council and the Executive Committee of the League of Resident Theatres (LORT). Amy was named a Hepburn Fellow 2008-9 by the Katharine Houghton Hepburn Center at Bryn Mawr College. ARDEN THEATRE COMPANY Founded in 1988, Arden Theatre Company is dedicated to bringing to life the greatest stories by the greatest storytellers of all time. We stage five productions each season as part of our mainstage series and two productions through Arden Children’s Theatre, the city’s first resident professional children’s theatre program. We create and produce new work through our new-work development program, the Independence Foundation New Play Showcase. The Arden Professional Apprenticeship program trains future theatre leaders, and our theatre classes teach children and teens about the craft of making plays. Our access program, Arden For All, makes our work available to the entire community through subsidized tickets and books for economically disadvantaged young people. We also offer sign language-interpreted, captioned and audio described performances and Pay-What-You-Can final dress rehearsals that benefit other nonprofits. The Arden has received seven Philadelphia Magazine “Best of Philly” Awards, the Arts & Business Council’s Arts Excellence Award, five City Paper “Reader’s Choice” Awards, four Philadelphia Inquirer “Theatre Company of the Year” citations, 52 awards and 250 nominations from the Theatre Alliance of Greater Philadelphia’s Barrymore Awards for Excellence in Theatre, and named “Best Theatre Company” by Philadelphia Weekly in 2009. Arden Theatre Company, a professional, nonprofit 501(c)(3) theatre company, is a member of the Theatre Communications Group, the League of Resident Theatres, the Theatre Alliance of Greater Philadelphia, Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance, Philadelphia Convention and Visitors Bureau and Old City Arts Association. The Arden operates under an agreement between the League of Resident Theatres and Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States. The Scenic, Costume, Lighting and Sound Designers in LORT theatres are represented by United Scenic Artists Local USA-829, IATSE. Arden Theatre Company wishes to thank: East End Salon Michael Cristaldi Philadelphia Theatre Company Clayton Tejada The Wilma Theater A special thanks to Ted Newbold and Helen Cunningham for generously opening their home to our artist.

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

$7,500 to $14,999 Aloe Investment Corporation Anonymous Boeing Corporation Pennsylvania Cultural Management Initiative PNC Charitable Trust Princess Grace Foundation-USA TD Charitable Foundation The Vanguard Group Foundation $2,500 to $7,499 The 1976 Foundation The Addis Group Arronson Foundation Barra Foundation Brook J. Lenfest Foundation Caroline Alexander Buck Foundation Caroline J. S. Sanders Charitable Trust II Charlotte Cushman Foundation Civic Foundation Dolfinger-McMahon Foundation Eagles Youth Partnership+ Ethel Sergant 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 The Victory Foundation The Wachovia Wells Fargo Foundation

Make a donation through your workplace United Way program. Matching Gift Partners ACE Charitable Foundation Archie D. and Bertha H. Walker Foundation AXA Financial Boeing DCR Environmental Services Inc. Dilworth Paxson LLP Endo Pharmaceuticals ExxonMobil Foundation Federated Department Stores Foundation First Horizon National Corporation First Tennessee Foundation

Waldron Wealth Management Walter J. Miller Trust Wells Fargo Family Wealth Zipcar Philadelphia+ $750 to $2,499 The Agoge Group, LLC Arronson Foundation Connelly Foundation Drumcliff Foundation Eagle Village Shops Firstrust Bank The Franklin Institute Jenkintown Building Services+ KPMG Louis N. Cassett Foundation Maxwell Strawbridge Charitable Trust Media Copy+ MGA Partners, Architects: Daniel Kelley, Mary Keefe, Kathy Norris Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP Quaker Chemical Foundation The Rittenhouse Foundation Stephen Starr Events+ Union Benevolent Association BWF Foundation $749 and under Actors’ Equity Association Foundation Pennsylvania Womens Forum William Goldman Foundation +denotes gifts of services or goods

Looking for a business tax break in 2010? Receive a tax credit through the Pennsylvania Education Improvement Tax Credit Program by supporting the Arden! (Funds directly support Arden for All, education outreach program.)

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

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

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

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

Penn Virginia Corporation Philadelphia Foundation PNC Foundation Quaker Chemical Corporation Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Saint-Gobain Corporation Foundation Sap America, Inc.  Subaru of America Foundation United Way The Vanguard Group Foundation Wachovia Foundation Matching Gifts Program William Penn Foundation 15

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

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

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

John Bitman^ Joseph & Marie Field Matthew & Marie Garfield Ms. Elizabeth Gemmill Bonnie Graham Phoebe W. Haas Charitable Trust B, recommended by Leonard C. Haas Barbara & Leslie Kaplan Josephine Klein Suzanne F. Roberts Cultural Development Fund Charles Rose & Mindy Goldberg Rose^ Monica Horan & Philip Rosenthal Terry & Amanda Foster Spahr, through the Betty & Wes Foster Family Foundation Anonymous Lee & Christopher van de Velde Rosalyn & Stephen Weinstein

Filbert Grove ($2,500-$4,999) Mrs.Valla Amsterdam Carol & Tom Beam Lois G. Brodsky Thomas Burke & Rick Fountas John & Susan Coleman Anne M. Congdon Dorothy Delbueno Ann Diebold Bob & Nancy Elfant Tim & Ellen Foster^ Narinder & Patricia Garg Linda & David Glickstein David & MaryJane Hackney Ronna & Robert Hall^ Drs. Robin & Saifuddin Mama

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

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

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

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

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

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

Thank You to our Supporters $500 - $999 Iris Melendez & Henry R. Adamczyk, Jr. Stan & Lisa Altman Daniel R. Blickman* Ruth E. Brown Carol Caswell Barbara R. Cobb Jim & Pat Lockhart Culbertson Shannon & Edward Farmer Mr. & Mrs. Richard & Rita Goldberg Clara & Jorge LaBrake Karen & Mark Hite Edith Klausner Mike & Helene Loeb Donald J. Martin & Richard Repetto Laura Offutt & Steve Fukuchi Whitney Quesenbery & John Chester Paul Rabe & Cheryl Gunter Franklyn & Cintra Rodgers Marilyn Sanborne & Richard Labowskie* Ellen Schwartz & Jeremy Siegel Karen & Jon Sirlin Marilyn & Dean R. Staats Corinne Stahl Harold & Emily Starr Ms. Dorothy S Tomassini Dr. & Mrs. Stephen G.Vasso Michael Zuckerman & Jan Levine $250-$499 Howard Aaronson Dr. Ron Abrams Ron & Joyce Bayer Richard & Joan Behr Sheila Bell & Thomas Dodds Pat & Tom Bender Peter & Lynne Berman Barry & Marilyn Bevacqua Mr. & Mrs. J. Robert & Marilyn Birnhak Philip & Elaine Bobrove Debbie & Alan Casnoff Caroline Castagno

Dr. W. Robert & Margaret Cook Ruth Miller Cox James Crawford & Judith Dean Paul & Adele Epstein Joseph & Carolyn Evans Anne Ewers Mr. & Mrs. Farenback-Brateman Ms. Joanne E. Fields David & Christina Fryman Buzz & Linda Gamble Dan Gannon In memory of Bob Gallagher Charles Gear Bob & Jan Goren Barbara & Robert Hauptfuhrer Charles Head Betsy & Ted Hershberg Jim & Carolyn Hessinger Anonymous David & Beth Medoway Kagan Barbara & Jerry Kaplan Susan Kellogg & Dick Hoffman Barbara & Leonard Klinghoffer Joel Koppelman Kenneth D Kopple Marilyn & David Kraut Mary Ellen Krober Ruth & Peter Laibson Sarah & Ledlie Laughlin Barbara Patterson Lobb John & Martha Lubell Dr. Edward Lundy & Debra Reiff Mrs. Grace Madeira Claudia Madrigale Frank & Sally Mallory Dr. Arlen Marks & David Smith Mary Louise Martin George & Judy McCarthy Gloria McNutt Madeline Miller Dr. Robert & Diane Mullin Bill & Kathy Nolen Edwards

Paul Nutaitis & Robert Clark Susan Odessey & Paul Coff Alice & Albert Packman Barbara & Don Parman John & Judy Peeler Dan Promislo Sherri & Abe Reich Mary Jo Reilly Dulcie Romm Irwin C. & Carole M. Saft Brian Seaman Susan Greene Dr. & Mrs. Eugene Shuster Frank & Catherine Signorello James Akerberg & Larry Simmons James L. Smith Elaine & Sal Tagliareni In Loving Memory of Jordan Rosenfeld Hella & Lew Volgenau Michael Walraven & Mary Lou Starling Fred & Arleen Weinstein Matthew A. White* Mrs. Thomas A. Williams Nancy Wingo Mr. & Mrs. Harry W. Woodcock Paul & Barbara Yeagle Mr. & Mrs. Howard Yusem* Tom & Jackie Zemaitis $125-$249 Carol & Bennett Aaron Janet & Roger Alwang Anonymous Carl & Pat Bach Judith Barrett Robert Bauer & Sandy Clay Bauer Susan Becker & Aaron Rubin Joann White & William Beckett David & Nancy Bergman Jane Biberman Steve Zettler & Cordelia Biddle Sylvia Beck

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 Ardenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s work for decades to come. Anonymous James and Suzanne Hill 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 $125-$249 continued Doris & Aaron Bitman Mr. & Mrs. Thomas & Mary Pat Boyle Michael P. Boyle Joseph & Mary Lou Breidenstine Bernard & Pamela Brownstein Robert J Butera Ms. Charlotte E. Cady Mr. Joseph Casey Nelly & Scott Childress Sandra & Saul Clair Edwin G. Close, II Jennifer Coffey John Condello Mary Ann Dailey Daniel Devlin Andrew & Marla Diamond Larry & Pat Dixon Ellen & Max Dooneief Beverly Dotter Kathy & Jerry Drew Anonymous Jill Dulany Lois S Durso Sue & Robert Evans William Ewing Paul & Judith Farber Cynthia Heininger & James Feeney Charlotte & Mickey Feldman Ruth & Andre Ferber Larry & Maureen Mullin Fowler Dr. John & Elaine Frank Paulette & Paul Freeman Nancy & Richard Gabel Miriam Galster Stan Gibell David K. Gifford Tim & Carol Golden Grace Gonglewski & Eric Schoefer Robert & Patti Goodman Kelley A. Grady* Miriam & Saul Grossman Carl & Helene Gumerman Dona & Curt Haltiwanger Mary & William Hangley Brian Hanna Mary C. Harbison Donald Hargreaves Joanne & Jon Harmelin John Houle & Katherine Hayden Joanne M. Huggard Laurie & Brad Ingerman Sarah C. Jordan Mr. & Mrs. Charles Kahn Mr. Philip Kalodner Nancy Kane Phyllis Kauffman Lucy Kaufman Anonymous Margaret Keller Alan & Elaine Klawans Christal Kozloski* Walter Kraft & Deborah Hung Joan & Marc S. Lapayowker Bob & Mary Lawler Richard Lee Lorraine & late Richard Leff Mr. & Mrs. Craig & Stephanie Lewis Linda & Donald Lewis Robert & Laurel Lipshutz Perry Watts & Samuel Litwin Will & Sandy Lock Robert Lynam Lynn & Joe Manko

Dr. Rosalie G. Matzkin Faith J McDowell Alan & Susan Miller Paul & Lee S Miller Ellen Monsees Keith & Liz Mosley Kathleen Moyer Jerome Napson Etta & Chuck Nissman Anonymous Carol Ann & Thomas O’Leary Betsy Oliphant Brenda J. Oliphant Mr. & Mrs. Gerald O’Neill Anonymous Mr. Richard Pariseau John & Judith Peakes Douglas & Mary Peck Bob & Leila Peck David & Sylvia Perelman Mary & F. Laurence Pethick Helen Phillips Rhoda Polakoff Nancy Post John & Margaret Preg Linda Quam Teresa Reyes & John Hogenesch Graham & Betsy Robb in honor of Lee van de Velde Claire Rocco Susan Rock Sheryl Roser Faye & Daniel Ross Alan Rothenberg & Enid Krasner Jerry & Bernice Rubenstein Bernard & Barbara Ruekgauer William F. Ryan Joan Ryder & Robert Ludwig Ruth & Marvin Sachs Joan & Bill Saidel Lucille Schlack Kenneth Schmitt Ms. Adeline R Schultz Susan Schweitzer Jeanne C. Scott Elliott & Ellie Seif Elaine L. Sherman Marie & James P Shew Susan & Robert Simon William S. Simpson Leslie E. Skilton David & Carleene Slowik Margaret R. Spencer Michael & Hannah Starobin Fred Stevens & Usha Srinivasan Robert Stewart & Barbara BarnettStewart Ruth P. Stuessy Anonymous Bob & Tina Tate Richard & Anne Tax The Tobias Family Lorraine Toji Cathy J. Toner* Judith Shadden Torrance Brenda Freitag & Chet Tuthill John Urofsky Emily & Charles Wagner Clifford & Ann Wagner Richard & Fenching Wainstein Rossana Jaffe Sally Wojcik & Will Lambrakos Bertram & Lorle Wolfson Askold Zagars

$75-$124 George Ahern Emily Aiken Nan Alderson Natalie Levkovich Dr. & Mrs. Anthony J. Andrews Alan & Sandy Ault Lauren & Joshua Averill Katherine Baker Dr. Donald Bakove & Margaret G. McLaughlin Robert Baron Robert R. Baron* Sally & Morris Barron Judith Beck Jay & Nancy Berkowitz Harriet Bernstein Sydney & Doris Beshunsky Thomas H Blackburn Dr. & Mrs. Benjamin Blank Patricia & David Boath Frank Boyer Martha Brandriff Charles Brennan Paul Breslin Julianne Brienza Marlin G. Brown* Anonymous Bryn Mawr Alumnae Association Michael P. Buckley Carol Buettger Anne Burridge Dr. Elnora Rigik & Andrew Bushko Regina Byrne Barbara Carmine John Cehlar Ronald & Christina Chang Mary Chomitz Annemarie Clarke & David Buch Sharyn F Clauson Rhoda & Michael Coben Sue Cohen Dr. Marie A. Conn Carol Copland Zoe Coulson Charles J. Coyle Emily & Bob Cronin Kimberly L. Crown* Jennifer Dalpiaz Barbara Daneluzzi Joseph & Helen D’Angelo Ellen Deacon Roseann Muziani Deal Rita & Grace Denbo Stephanie Deviney Stephanie Deviney Carole & Marc Dichter In Honor of Marjorie Dickey George Koch & Santo DiDonato Ellen Dipinto Stuart Donaldson Lei-Lynne Doo-Horvick Sonya Dore Jean Dowdall Beverly Dubin Donald & Geraldine Duclow David Durham Angela DuRoss Eileen Gildea Marcia Eisenberg Linda V Ellsworth Debbie & Jerry Epstein Wally & Jane Evans Barry J Evans

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Thank You to our Supporters $75-$124 continued Mark & Rene Feitelson Allan Fellner Malcolm & Martha Fick John Fischer Curt Foxworth Ms. Judy Frank Drs. Barbara & Len Frank Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Frank Mr. Allan P. Freedman Helene & Michael Freidman Paula Freilich Paula Fuchsberg Wendi Furman Susan Gasteyer Generocity Community Alliance John Geronimo David Glancey Carrie Glasby & Kathleen Karhnak Ms. Joan Gmitter Joan & Marvin Goldberg Paul Goldenberg Virginia Gormley Leonard Greene Priscilla Grosick Nancy & Richard Grove Susan & Adam Guttentag Cyndi Haas Judge Marvin R. & Mrs. Marcia O. Halbert Ona & Stephen Hamilton Linda Fowler Hartnett Gail Hauptfuhrer Douglas & Harriet Heath Ruth Herd Bill Herman & Laurie Navin Susan W Herron Heidi Hertfelder Tom & Wendy Hibberd Daniel & Monica Hilferty Dr. David Holtz Patricia & David Holtz Arnold & Esther Horn Glenna Huls Lynda & Paul Hummer Peter & Barbara Hutcheon Aram & Jackie Jerrehian Donald & Lorraine Jones Valerie M. Jones Associates Patricia & Paul Kalata Donald & Mary Kane Alex & Joanne Karras Scott & Margie Kasner Robert & Ellen Kavash Toni & Herb Kestenbaum Cynthia Killion John & Cheryl Kirby Brian & Carin Kirschner Ken & Eva Klein Robert Klein Marlena & Lazar Kleit Steven Knepper Harold Kobb Bernadette Koller James Kronzer Stephen & Helene Kunkel Peter & Peshe Kuriloff Anne B. Ladenson David Ladov Aileen Lange John & Joanne Lawson Robert Lazar Alan & Susan Levin Karen Lewis

Norman & Sylvia Lieberman Warren & Arline Lieberman Barbara & Richard Linde Karen Lisker Leroy & Ruth Loewenstern Melissa Lore* Terry Domsky & Leon Lubiejewski Anonymous Donald & Nancy Maclay Ted & Ronnie Mann Milton & Renee Margulies Robert Stern & Mary Ellen Weber Irwin Matusow & Barbara Rudnick Richard & Gretchen McCann M. McDonald Lorraine & Bruce McMahon Celeste McMenamin Cheryl Meyer Martin & Sandra Miller Claire Moyer Carmen Mucci Kenneth & Susan Myers Mary Ann Naulty Mr. & Mrs. Gene Nicholls Eliot Nierman Janet Novack William Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Connor Hugh C. Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Neill Linda Osler Clare & Dewaine Osman Stanton S. Oswald Virginia Owen Sandra Packel Stacy Paris Cheryl & Paul Parker Sydney S. Pasternack Michael L & Judy Paul Ruth Petkofsky Lisa Truckess Donald Plank Bruce & Lynne Podrat Karen & David Pressel Keith Quinton Ellen Schlenker Karen & Mark Reber Alan Reinach & Dana Perlman Sue & Bruno Rescigna Leslie Rescorla Joy Rickabaugh Clifford Ridley & Betsey Hansell Lorraine Riesenbach George & Zara Roberts Douglas Robinson Linda Robinson, Ph.D. & Peter Krill John & Claire Rodgers Francoise & Louis Rollmann Jane A. Rose, CPA/PFS, CFP Chad & Jennifer Rosenberg Kenneth & Shelley Rosenberg J. Randall Rosensteel Dr. Harry Rosenthal Hal & Sue Rosenthal Edwin & Sally Rosenthol Joan Rozanski Diane Rurode Thekla Sacksteder Roberta Sampson Mark Sandberg Ruth Ann Schlesinger Mr. & Mrs. A. Schmidt Ms. Kim Schmucki Carl W. & Mary Ellen Schneider Bonnie Schorske

Harold & Sharon Schwalm Warren & Carole Lee Schwomeyer Alex & Stefanie Seldin Robert & Karen Serenbetz Karen Schermerhorn & Evan Seymour Antoinette Farrar Seymour A. Paul Shallers John & Maryann Shivers Mr. & Mrs. J. Thomas Showler Anne Shuff & Mike Creech Mel & Susanne Shuster Catherine Simile Suzanne Simons & David Borgenic Bob & Harriet Singer Bruce & Penny Smith Richard Smith Richard & Doranne Smith John & Georgia Smyth Gail Snitzer Suzanne Spain Anonymous Phillip & Karen Spiker, in honor of Courtney Spiker Arthur P Staddon Leon Steinberg Rita Stevens Paul Stone Sharon & Robert Strochak Sally Switzer Nina Tafel Marion & Richard Taxin Joel Temple Maureen Torsney-Weir Linda & Ken Traver-Neeld Gilda Verstein Kathe Villanova Mr. John Waldie Beth Brooks & Bob Waterston Thomas Watkins Brock & Mary Weatherup Jenny & Bill Webb Marvin & Betty Weiss Anonymous Edward Wilk Lydia Winderman Anonymous Sam & Kuna Yankell John & Donna Zappacosta Joan D. Zeidner* Carlos Ziegler & Elizabeth Hasson

* Denotes gift made through the United Way + Denotes gift of goods or services ^ Includes matching gift This list acknowledges donors as of Sept 10, 2010. If your name has been omitted or misprinted, please accept our apologies. Notify Development Assistant Bobby Bangert at 215.922.8900 x46 or bbangert@ardentheatre. org. Although space does not allow listing gifts less than $75, we gratefully acknowledge the contributions.

THE THREEPENNY OPERA

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Board and Committee Members Board of Directors Ellen P. Foster, President Brian Abernathy, Vice President Andrea Mengel, Vice President Michael A. Donato, Treasurer Nancy Hirsig, Secretary Nancy Burd Joy L. De Jesús 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 Board Development Committee Michael A. Donato Peter Hamilton Lynn Haskin Lee van de Velde Diane Dalto Woosnam Finance Committee Michael A. Donato, chair Nancy Burd Ellen Foster Elizabeth Gemmill Steve Heumann Martin Rosenthal Harvey Swedloff Personnel Committee Ellen P. Foster, chair David Fryman Elizabeth Gemmill Charles Rose Lee van de Velde

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

Staff Artistic Producing Artistic Director.........................................................................................................................Terrence J. Nolen Associate Artistic Director ...............................................................................................................................Edward Sobel Associate Producer....................................................................................................................................... Matthew Decker Artistic Assistant ......................................................................................................................................................... Erin Read Literary Manager................................................................................................................................................... Dennis Smeal Intern.....................................................................................................................................................................Elizabeth Hanz Administrative Management Managing Director .......................................................................................................................................... Amy L. Murphy General Manager................................................................................................................................................... Jennifer Peck Business Manager............................................................................................................................... Courtney Spiker Martin Associate General Manager......................................................................................................................... Mary Beth Simon Executive Assistant .................................................................................................................................... Christopher Hines Arden Professional Apprentices................................................ Tara Demmy, Rob Heller, Bryan Kerr, Shanna Tedeschi, Harry Watermeirer, Andrew Wojtek Arden Volunteer.................................................................................................................................................. Jean Markovitz Marketing Director of Marketing and Public Relations......................................................................................................... Gigi Lamm Art Director........................................................................................................................................................... Kristy Giballa Marketing and Public Relations Manager................................................................................................. Leigh Goldenberg Marketing Analyst ................................................................................................................................................ Abigael Reed Group Sales Associate.............................................................................................................................................Nanci Cope Development Development Director.................................................................................................................................... Angela DuRoss Director of Institutional Advancement........................................................................................................... Jessica Calter Manager of Institutional Giving ............................................................................................................................ Matt Ocks Development Assistant.................................................................................................................................... Bobby Bangert Education Education Director............................................................................................................................. Maureen Mullin Fowler Arden Drama School Faculty................................. Kala Moses Baxter, Chris Bresky, Matt Decker, Michael Doherty, Nathan Nolen Edwards, Liz Filios, Steve Gravelle, Jefferson Haynes, Millie Hiibel, Matt Lorenz, Michael McElroy, Bi Jean Ngo, Hillary Rea, Jacqueline Real, Alison Roberts, Anneliese Van Arsdale Front of House Box Office Manager.................................................................................................................................................... Lynn Keily Assistant Box Office Manager.......................................................................................................................... Corey Masson Box Office Assistants................................... Christopher Dorman, Michael Durkin, Carla Emanuele, Mark Kennedy, Elisabeth Kersey, Monica Obaga, Fred Ott Production Production Manager...................................................................................................................................... Courtney Riggar Technical Director............................................................................................................................................ Glenn Perlman Associate Production Manager.................................................................................................................. Jessica Day West Assistant Technical Director.......................................................................................................................... Will Lambrakos Master Electrician......................................................................................................................................... Martin Stutzman Costume Supervisor........................................................................................................................................ Alison Roberts Properties Master....................................................................................................................................... Meredith McEwen Charge Scenic Artist.................................................................................................................................. Kristina Chadwick Production Fellow ........................................................................................................................................... Paul Arebalo, Jr. Production Stage Managers.......................... Stephanie Cook, Alec E. Ferrell, John David Flak, Katharine M. Hanley Assistant Lighting Designer.............................................................................................................................. Marielle Eaton Assistant Video Designer................................................................................................................................ Janelle Kaufman Tango Consultant.......................................................................................................................................... Deirdre Finnegan Audio Engineer ............................................................................................................................................... Zachary Brown Stitchers ........................................................................ Lorraine Anderson, Meghan Diehl, Karla Irwin, Thomas Sirkot Costume Interns .............................................................................................................. Elena Grace Smith, Regina Yecco Electricians ................................................................................. Dominic Chacon, Marielle Eaton, Georgia Schlessman Video Operator .................................................................................................................................................. Kristen Sorek Followspot Operators ..................................................................................................Ashley Esterline, Meredith Sonnen Deck Crew .........................................................................................................................Thomas Chionacky, Kate Sabato Painter ..................................................................................................................................................................... Kate Sabato

When dining in Old City, we recommend these restaurants that support the Arden! All offer a special 10% discount to Arden patrons. Please ask your server for details.

BISTRO ROMANO

2010/11 Dining Partners

120 Lombard St. 215.925.8880 • www.bistroromano.com

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

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

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

CAMPO’S

214 Market St. 215.923.1000 • www.camposdeli.com

A legacy of quality, this classic, deli-style restaurant has been churning out delicious sandwiches since 1947. Order any of the special soups, salads, and sandwiches from this Philadelphia kitchen and you’ll see why it’s “where the locals go.” –USA Today

COSI 325 Chestnut Street

215.399.0214 • www.getcosi.com

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

DELICATESSEN

703 Chestnut St. 215.923.4560 • www.Delicatessenphilly.com

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

FORK and FORK:ETC

306 Market St. 215.625.9425 • www.forkrestaurant.com

Fork continues to set the standard for New American bistro dining. Chef Terence Feury’s fresh, seasonal cuisine reflects his passion for artisanal and local foods from home made pastas to house smoked pork chops. Part of Fork’s allure is its sophisticated beautiful interior, where the dining experience is anything but

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

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

The Franklin Fountain invites you to visit our Ice Cream Saloon, located in Old City, Philadelphia. Taste our bedazzling array of house-made ice creams, consisting of the finest ingredients produced by nature. Our dairy arrives from the rolling hills of Berks County, where pasture-fed cattle graze freely. See, on elegant display, a full spectrum of twenty-seven varieties of soda syrups, which we stir into a cascading stream of sparkling water, sprung from the oldest functioning soda fountain in the United States, circa 1905. Chatter amiably with friends and family under our pressed-tin canopy, or gaze lovingly with a date at our century-old marble counters. Our ambiance is old-fashioned, diplomatic, and awash in lively rag-time & jazz music.

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

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

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

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

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

An eclectic and intimate restaurant with a tinge of romance. “International Home Cooking” has been the Serrano way for over 20 years. Each dish takes the palate on a journey to taste sensations that existed long before the world’s taste buds were impaired by fast food.

TRIUMPH BREWING COMPANY

117 Chestnut St. 215.625.0855 • www.triumphbrewing.com

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

The Music Of THE THREEPENNY OPERA –Matthew Decker, Associate Producer

The Threepenny Opera’s score has been hailed as a milestone of 20th century musical theatre. When composing, it was a goal of Kurt Weill’s to create a musical that transformed the saccharine, old-fashioned opera form and incorporated a sharp political perspective with the sound of the 1920’s Berlin dance bands and cabaret. Weill’s score, with its spiky rhythms and biting harmonies, was a revelation to musical theatre, and its influence has been seen in such musicals as Cabaret, Chicago and Urinetown. Perhaps its most famous legacy is “The Flick Knife Song (The Ballad of Mack the Knife)”, which is one of the most covered songs in the jazz repertoire. “The Ballad of Mack the Knife” was added to the score at the eleventh hour after the actor playing MacHeath in the original production vainly demanded there should be a song to build up his first appearance. Brecht and Weill wrote the lyrics and music practically overnight, and then promptly assigned the song to be sung by the Street Singer, not MacHeath! When writing the score, Weill spent time pondering what function the music would have within Brecht’s script. In a letter written to the journal Anbruch in 1929, he said “I had a realistic plot, so I had to set the music against it, since I do not consider music capable of realistic effects. Hence the action was either interrupted, in order to introduce music, or it was deliberately driven to a point where there was no alternative but to sing.” This is different from most musicals, in which the music advances the plot, and navigating through that unique challenge requires bold, fearless performers. Eric Ebbenga, The Threepenny Opera’s musical director, shared insight about working with actors on such a complex piece. “This score places challenging demands on its actors. Though it has operatic qualities, it feels to me more like a play with music. The music is more about stopping the action and making a point with the songs. [When singing], the actors aren’t always in character.” Ebbenga adds, “To perform Weill’s score, you have to have faith in the music and the lyric. We’re encouraging the actor to serve as a vessel for the music. They must be straightforward and simple – not just perform the song, but live it.”

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By Mary Norton, adapted for the stage by Charles Way Directed by Whit MacLaughlin

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December 3 & 4

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Villanova warmly congratulates its Theatre faculty members Michael Hollinger, Associate Professor, and James Christy, Professor Emeritus, on Ghost-Writer.

Enroll your favorite kid or teen in theatre classes!

FALL SEMESTER 2010

DATE(S)

GRADES TIME

TREASURE TRUNK: Thu, Sep 30, Oct 7,14, K 21,28, Nov 4,11,18 Fairy Tales STORYCRAFTERS: Fairy Tales

10-11am $160

GRADE TIME

ACTING:

Mon, Oct 4,11, 9-12 4:30-6:30 $120 18,25, Nov 1,8

ACTING:

Sat, Oct 9,16 6-8 23,30, Nov 6,13

Steel Magnolias

4:30-6:30 $120

10-noon $120

Nov 6,13,20

STORYCRAFTERS:

Sat, Oct 2,9,16 23,30, Nov 6,13,20

1-2 10-11:30

$160

ACTING:

Sat, Oct 9,16 9-12 10-noon $120 23,30, Nov 6,13

ACTING:

Sat, Oct 2,9,16 23,30, Nov 6,13,20

3-4 10-noon

$160

DESIGN:

Steel Magnolias

Sat, Oct 9,16, 6-12 10-noon $120 23,30, Nov 6,13

PLAY PRACTICE:

Sat, Oct 2,9,16 23,30, Nov 6,13,20

ACTING A SCRIPT

Oct 2

6-8

1-4pm

$30

IMPROV

Oct 2

K-2 1-3pm

ACTING

Oct 9

6-12 1-4pm

$30

Dec11

6-12 1-4pm

$30

Rent

Oct 16

6-12 1-4pm

$30

AUDITION

Oct 23

6-8

1-4pm

$30

Nov 20

9-12 1-4pm

$30

STAGE MAKEUP

Oct 30

6-12 1-4pm

$40

IMPROV

Nov 6

6-12 1-4pm

$30

SHAKESPEARE:

Nov 13

6-12 1-4pm

$30

STORYTELLING

$20

Nov 13

3-5 1-4pm

$30

Oct 2

3-5 1-4pm

$30

Dec 4

3-5 2-5pm

$30

Oct 9

K-2 3-5pm

$20

Oct 16

K-2 3-5pm

$20

Dec 4

3-5 10am-1pm $30

CHOOSE YOUR OWN Oct 23 ADVENTURE Dec 11

3-5 1-4pm

$30

3-5 1-4pm

$30

STAGE MAKEUP

Oct 30

K-5 1-3pm

$40

FAIRY TALE MIX UP Nov 6

K-2 3-5pm

$20

COSTUME DESIGN

Nov 20

3-5 1-4pm

$30

FROG & TOAD MUSICAL THEATRE Dec 11

K-2 1-3pm

$20

Mon, Oct 11 (Columbus Day) ... Grades K-5 10am-3pm $50

MUSICAL THEATRE:

Romeo & Juliet

PRE-SCHOOL AND PRE-K: CLASS

6 WEEK

ACTING

12:30-2:30 $160

Saturday Classes

James and the Giant Peach

Character Development

Steel Magnolias

ONE DAY

Fairy Tales

ONCE UPON A TIME

ONE DAY

DATE(S)

Mon, Oct 4,11, 6-8 18,25, Nov 1,8

Character Development

8 WEEK Saturday Classes

CLASS

ACTING:

Fairy Tales

Modern Fairy Tales

ONE DAY

$160

Wed, Sep 29, Oct 6,13, 1-2 4-5:30pm $160 20,27, Nov 3,10,17

TREASURE TRUNK: Sat, Oct 2,9,16 23,30,

Play in a Day

4-5pm

After School

TEEN COMPANY:

6 WEEK

CLASS

8 WEEK

After School

KIDS’ CREW:

BOOKWORMS: Caretaker/Child Book Club

Sat, Oct 23 .................................... Grades K-2 10am-3pm $50

DATE(S)

Tue, Oct 5,12, 19,26, Nov 2,9

AGE TIME

3-4 4-4:45 with adult

$90 or $15/ class

Thu, Nov 11 (Veteran’s Day) ..... Grades K-5 10am-3pm $50 Sat, Dec 4 ..................................... Grades K-5 10am-3pm $50

KIDS CLASSES

GHOST~WRITER A new play by Michael Hollinger Directed by James J. Christy

DON’T MISS the show The Philadelphia Inquirer says “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.”

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And the don’t miss the rest of the 2010/11 SEASON A MOON FOR THE MISBEGOTTEN Jan 6 - Mar 6 By Eugene O’Neill Directed by Matt Pfeiffer

Two lost souls catch a glimpse of happiness in the moonlight. The newly lit fire within them seems strong enough to withstand a lifetime of disappointment and regret, but will it still be flickering when the cold dawn breaks? One of America’s master storytellers at the height of his powers, O’Neill creates a mythic tale of old sins and the redemptive power of love. This companion piece to A Long Day’s Journey into Night was O’Neill’s final play.

SUPERIOR DONUTS Mar 3 - Apr 3 By Tracy Letts Directed by Edward Sobel

The neighborhood, the donut shop, and Arthur have all gone to pot. When young Franco Wicks busts in with fresh dough and even fresher dreams, Arthur can no longer pretend he doesn’t care. Tracy Letts, author of the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning August: Osage County, turns up the comedic heat on a man and a community grappling with change.

WANAMAKER’S PURSUIT Mar 31 - May 29 A new play by Rogelio Martinez Directed by Terrence J. Nolen

Part of the Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts, inspired by the Kimmel Center Produced under the auspices of the Arden’s Independence Foundation New Play Showcase. This play is a recipient of an Edgerton Foundation New American Plays Award

Paris, 1911. A world on the brink of change.Young Nathan Wanamaker arrives in search of stock for the family department store and instead finds Paul Poiret and the first truly fabulous party of the 20th century. Surrounded by Poiret’s extravagances, Stravinsky’s music, and Picasso’s art, Nathan soon finds himself having to make the difficult choice of what he must bring back to Philadelphia and what he must leave behind.

SUBSCRIPTIONS AND TICKETS: 215.922.1122 • ardentheatre.org