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

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ARDEN THEATRE COMPANY PRESENTS

GHOST~WRITER

A new play by MICHAEL HOLLINGER Scenic Designer

DAVID

Costume Designer

P. GORDON+

CHARLOTTE CLOE FOX WIND

Lighting Designer

Sound Designer

JEROLD R. FORSYTH+

JORGE COUSINEAU

Dramaturg

Assistant Director

EDWARD SOBEL

MATT SILVA Stage Manager

ALEC E. FERRELL*

Directed by JAMES J. CHRISTY September 9 - November 7, 2010 Arcadia Stage

Production Sponsor:

Honorary Producers:

FRED AND EMILY ANTON

Produced under the auspices of the Arden’s Independence Foundation New Play Showcase.

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

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.

WELCOME from the Producing Artistic Director

Welcome to our 23rd season and the 7th world premiere production of a new play

by Michael Hollinger.

It’s been remarkable to be part of Michael’s work over the past 15 years. With the exception of Stephen Sondheim and William Shakespeare, we have produced no other writer more. This sustained—and sustaining—relationship is a vital part of the Arden’s artistic identity and something of which I am very proud.

Terrence J. Nolen

I love the fact that so many of our audience members have seen more than one Michael Hollinger play—and some of you have seen all of them. Our audience has a special connection with Michael’s work, and this ongoing relationship is very important to me. Of course people have their favorite plays—or favorite memories. For Fred Anton, the Honorary Producer for this production, it’s the image of two grown-up sisters recreating their cherished childhood flying game in the projection booth in Tiny Island. Others talk about the music of Opus or the vitality of “the monk play” (Incorruptible).

More and more, Michael’s work is being produced at theatres across the country, and many theatres have developed their own special relationships with his work, producing a number of his plays. We are proud that writers who choose to have their work premiere here are being embraced by theatres and audiences throughout the country. In this coming season there are numerous productions planned of Michael Hollinger’s Opus, as well as multiple productions of Aaron Posner’s My Name Is Asher Lev. And Wittenberg, written by David Davalos, will be produced at The Pearl Theatre in New York, with Scott Greer once again playing Faustus. In fact, there are already several productions of Ghost-Writer scheduled at other theatres later this season.

With each new play, we are committed to bringing our best resources and passion to bear to bring it to life. Yet in many ways, we are as committed to the playwright as we are to the play, for it is these ongoing relationships that truly define who we are as a company. We produce plays; but more importantly, we seek to develop playwrights—as they represent our best hopes for the work still to be created.

I want to thank the Independence Foundation, the Edgerton Foundation, Fox Chase Bank, and Fred and Emily Anton for their generous support of this production.

Their investment in this play, in the unknown, and in our artistic future is inspiring and deeply appreciated.

And so we begin—a new season and a new play. Thank you for being part of it.

It is especially gratifying to have Megan Bellwoar appear in this production since it was Megan who first introduced me to Michael’s work. Megan was working as my assistant at the time (she actually helped find this building in which you are now sitting), and she asked me if I would read her husband’s new play. That play was An Empty Plate in the Café du Grand Boeuf—which we produced in 1994 and then again two years ago as part of our 20th anniversary season. Who could have guessed that it would be such an incredible journey?

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Cast of Characters Myra Babbage...................................................................................................................... Megan Bellwoar* Vivian Woolsey.....................................................................................................................Patricia Hodges* Franklin Woolsey.................................................................................................................... Douglas Rees* Understudies

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

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

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

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

Playwright’s Thanks In addition to the current creative team, whose outsize talents and devoted labors are on display in this production, I am indebted to many others who have helped bring Ghost-Writer to life, most notably: Israel Horovitz and the New York Playwrights Lab, where the play first began.

Emily Morse, John Steber and New Dramatists, where it received its first reading.

Paul Meshejian and the 2009 PlayPenn new play conference, where it was first workshopped.

Fran Kumin and The Pew Center for Arts and Heritage through the Philadelphia Theatre Initiative, which supported a second PlayPenn workshop in May-June, 2010.

Arden Theatre Company and Villanova University, collaborative partners in the 2010 workshop.

Harriet Power, who directed the New Dramatists reading and 2009 workshop.

Jim Christy, who directed the 2010 workshop.

Actors Richard Bekins, Janis Dardaris, Nancy Boykin, Dan Kern, Elizabeth Dowd, and Greg Wood.

Dramaturgs Larry Loebell and Ed Sobel; Assistant Dramaturg Mark Costello.

Designers John Hoey and Rob Kaplowitz.

Jim Hollinger, Bob Hedley, Cary Mazer, Karen Getz, Michele Volansky, John Wooten and Erica Nagel, for inspiration and insight.

Mary Harden and Harden-Curtis Associates.

The tireless, dedicated staff of the Arden, in particular Terry Nolen, for fostering my work these many years.

Megan Bellwoar, for all things, but especially patience.

– Michael Hollinger

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A Message From Our Production Sponsor Risk. Webster’s dictionary defines it as exposure to the chance of injury or loss, or to act in spite of the possibility of injury or loss. The risk-taker acts with the prize of a payoff juxtaposed against the vulnerability of failure, defeat and loss. Sometimes the loss is financial. Sometimes it is in the form of a shattered relationship.

Sometimes it is a loss of reputation, or track record, or bruised ego.

Thomas M. Petro

Risk is the common thread in Ghost-Writer. It begins with playwright Michael Hollinger taking the risk to showcase his newest creation before the Arden Theatre family. Will the story resonate with us? Will his carefully nuanced lines, worked and re-worked again and again, captivate us and draw us into the story line and plot?

Arden Theatre Company takes a risk with each new work they bring to the stage. New works are inherently risky simply because they are untried, untested, and unknown. The Arden family has been open to the risk-taking associated with so many new works birthed on our stage. As the 31st new work to come alive at the Arden, will Ghost-Writer further the Arden’s reputation for spotting great new works for the stage? Fox Chase Bank takes the risk of pinning our name as production sponsor to this brand new play.

Finally, we turn to novelist Franklin Woolsey’s secretary, Myra. She is about to take a gigantic risk.

Will it pay off for her or end in disaster?

Fox Chase Bank Charitable Foundation is delighted to be the production sponsor for Arden Theatre Company’s production of Ghost-Writer. We are privileged to share this new creation with you. We believe it was well worth the risk. And we salute all the risk takers, in businesses, and in the arts.

Thank you for the courage to risk, the courage to create, the courage to put it all on the line...

Cheers!

Thomas M. Petro Chief Executive Officer Fox Chase Bank and Fox Chase Bank Charitable Foundation

We Want You Back!

Doug Hara and Ian Merrill Peakes in Something Intangible, 2009

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DIRECTOR’S Notes Some Thoughts on Ghost-Writer The development of Michael’s writing has been fascinating to watch.

While there are constants–acute verbal wit, intellectual playfulness and real heart–his genre and style choices have been really wide ranging: from the farcical satire of Incorruptible to the tongue-in-cheek film noir of Red Herring, to the intellectual comic melodrama of An Empty Plate in the Café du Grand Boeuf and the sharply realistic probing of the dynamics of a small group of artists in Opus.

Ghost-Writer seems more private and intimate than his previous work. We are inside the head of Myra, an early 20th century typist-amanuensis to a famous author; she is giving an interview and the memory scenes she evokes are colored by her feelings and point of view. We follow her narrative as she struggles to present her controlled version of the events of the story, but Myra is often led by her underlying feelings to a more emotional and revealing version of the story than she intended. The strong concentration on a single character’s awareness, driving the play and leading to its catharsis, is different for Michael and riveting in its personal quality.

The unfolding of Myra’s memories involves a close investigation of the nature of the writer’s process from the extreme patience needed while waiting for the words to come, to the moment of inspiration when they start to flow (as the character of Woolsey is dictating his work, the moment of inspiration is quite literally marked by the inspiration of breath to speak), to the hard drudgery of revision and the exhilaration of completion. We experience the isolation and, indeed, loneliness of the creative process through the eyes and sensibility of a transcriber who must render herself invisible to aid her employer’s process. Myra’s self-effacement over the fifteen years of the story seems somehow to connect her to the source of the words, such that, finally, it feels perfectly natural that the words should continue after the writer is gone. It almost seems that the work, itself, is struggling to express and complete itself. The play poses fascinating questions about the nature and source of creative expression, in this regard.

The play depicts the reality of the writer’s isolation. He/she must separate the self from the world in order to have the perspective to recreate it, according to a particular vision, but he/she must not lose contact and awareness of the actual world to be recreated–a seemingly impossible, but wonderful, paradoxical tension. The awareness of audience and critic are part of this tension. Too little attention to them can lead to solipsism, and too much to can lead to artistic paralysis or vapidity. Michael speaks, in the play, of relaxation-in-tension as a necessary part of the typist’s waiting; the same, he implies is necessary for the creative artist.

Michael keeps these artistic concerns fundamentally human through the complex and loving portrait of Myra, the typist-amanuensis, and the story of her emotional and intellectual growth.

As we approach the climax of her story, we believe more and more in her almost mystical relationship to the work, such that at the end we participate in a miracle play moment in which the transcendent becomes real. I believe audiences will relate strongly to the portrayal of an intense and all-consuming, creative effort, and I believe that the wit and heart with which this intimate, special story is told will make for an unique and moving theatre experience.

– James J. Christy James J. Christy

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HONORARY PRODUCERS

Fred and Emily Anton

Frederick W. Anton, III is President and CEO of the Pennsylvania Manufacturers’ Association. He has been a supporter of the Arden since 1990 when the Arden created St. Stephen’s Alley at 10th and Ludlow Streets, next door to PMA’s headquarters in the former Federal Reserve Bank Building at 925 Chestnut Street. During that time, he founded and hosted the Arden’s Leadership Night, an annual advocacy event that introduced leaders of this region to the Arden’s plays and programming. These Leadership events play a key role in broadening the Arden’s base of supporters. Many Arden board members and supporters—including former Board President Fred and Emily Anton Lee van de Velde—were first introduced to the Arden through these events. During those St. Stephen’s Alley years, Mr. Anton and PMA generously donated use of a building on Ludlow Street that served as the Arden’s rehearsal space and set and costume shops. In addition, Mr. Anton played a leadership role in the Arden’s move to our current facility in Old City.

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

Fred and Emily Anton are enthusiastic supporters of the Arden and served as the Honorary Producers of The Seafarer (2009) and Sunday in the Park with George (2010). They are thrilled to once again support the work of Michael Hollinger, after serving as Honorary Producer for Hollinger’s An Empty Plate in the Café du Grand Boeuf in 2007. As a graduate of Villanova University, Mr. Anton admires Michael Hollinger’s commitment to the university in his roles as Associate Professor of Theatre and Associate Artistic Director of Villanova Theatre. Mr. Anton has long admired Michael Hollinger’s work and the artistic home that the Arden has provided for him. It is with great pride that he serves as the Honorary Producer for his seventh world premiere to be produced by the Arden.

We thank Fred and Emily Anton for their ongoing extraordinary support of the Arden and for their great passion for plays that, as stated in the Arden’s mission, “arouse, provoke, illuminate and inspire.” Their tremendous support helps to make possible our work on the stage, in the classroom and in the community.

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The Arden and New Work - Edward Sobel, Associate Artistic Director

This season the Arden has chosen to present three new plays. In addition to Ghost-Writer, we will be producing two commissioned works: Rogelio Martinez’s Wanamaker’s Pursuit and Jordan Harrison’s The Flea and the Professor. Devoting nearly half of our programming to new work at a time when many in our field are clinging to known quantities might seem foolhardy. But we believe our audiences not only tolerate, but actually demand we deliver vibrant and meaningful plays of the moment. We are fortunate to have the support of funders who allow us to develop and produce new plays and musicals under the auspices of our Independence Foundation New Play Showcase, and we are given further confidence knowing our approach to new plays is far from arbitrary, but based on clear ideals. Michael Hollinger is an outstanding example of the principles upon which the Arden’s new play programming is based.

Ghost-Writer, like most plays, did not move straight from Michael’s fertile imagination to the page and onto our stage. There were a number of intermediary steps, including a workshop this past June. A workshop allows for the writer and other members of the creative team to test ideas, make revisions and refinements, and begin to make concrete the possibilities the play offers.

Sometimes theaters use the workshop process to “audition” the play to decide if they want to produce it, or even more disingenuously, to be able to claim to their constituents that they are “doing new play development.” At the Arden, we invest in the workshop process with the intention of moving the play into full production. In this case, we had determined to produce Ghost-Writer even before the workshop, providing a clear objective for the process.

Arden’s work with Michael dates back to our 1994/95 season when we first produced An Empty Plate in the Café du Grand Boeuf, and includes the subsequent premieres of Incorruptible (1995/96), Tiny Island (1997/98), Red Herring (1999/2000), Tooth and Claw (2003/04) and Opus (2005/06). This extended and extensive collaborative relationship is testament not only to the quality of Michael’s writing, but also to our desire to create an artistic home for him. It is our belief that writers work best when they know well the community of artists with whom they are working, and the audience with whom they hope to communicate. Knowledge breeds trust. Trust allows for risk.

Risk makes great work possible.

It is our intention to extend that work, once achieved, outward—for plays we premiere to go on to reach other audiences. Red Herring has had many productions around the country since its original run at the Arden, and Opus, in addition to an acclaimed run Off-Broadway, was one of the ten most-produced plays in the nation last year. Whether Ghost-Writer will find that level of interest is impossible to predict. But if it does, you, as its first audiences, will have been part of it.

Dedication to timely full production, commitment to ongoing relationships, preparing a future life for the play: these are some of the basic values upon which we operate, and you are seeing the results tonight.

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AN EMPTY PLATE IN THE CAFÉ DU GRAND BOEUF

Who’s Who MEGAN BELLWOAR (Myra Babbage) So good to be back at the Arden! Favorites here: Dancing at Lughnasa, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, The Weir, Bunnicula, and Translations. A proud member of the Philadelphia theatre community, other credits include Act II Playhouse, 1812 Productions, PA Shakespeare Festival, Walnut Street Theatre, People’s Light and the Philadelphia Live Arts/Fringe Festivals. Look for her this spring in Dublin by Lamplight with Inis Nua. By day, she teaches and directs for Abington Friends School; by night (and everywhere in between), mama to Jam and Willa. Love and thanks to Jim, Terry and Michael—always, Michael. Also to Mrs. McDermott at Villa Maria Academy, who taught us all how to type.

PATRICIA HODGES (Vivian Woolsey) is thrilled to be making her debut at Arden Theatre Company in this elegant and passionate new play. She appeared on Broadway in A Man For All Seasons, Dancing at Lughnasa, and Six Degrees of Separation. Off-Broadway credits include Rose’s Dilemma (Manhattan Theatre Club), Communicating Doors, On the Verge, and The Normal Heart (NY Shakespeare Festival). Regionally she has played leading roles in Night of the Iguana (Guthrie), Lettice and Lovage, Mrs.Warren’s Profession,The Seagull,The Cherry Orchard,Woman in Mind, Betrayal,Three Tall Women,The Clean House, Hay Fever, and Much Ado About Nothing. Her most recent TV credits are Royal Pains, Another World, and Law & Order.

DOUGLAS REES (Franklin Woolsey) Doug is thrilled to be back at the Arden, and proud to be continuing his association with Michael Hollinger. He created the role of “Carl” in the world premiere of Opus, and subsequently performed in the New York City premiere. He next appeared at the Arden in the revival of Michael’s An Empty Plate in the Café du Grand Boeuf. He has performed at numerous theatres across the country, and recently appeared with Alec Baldwin and Elizabeth Banks on 30 ROCK. Though he now resides in New York City, he is a native Pittsburgher–GO STEELERS! MICHAEL HOLLINGER (Playwright) is the author of Opus,Tooth and Claw, Red Herring, Incorruptible, An Empty Plate in the Cafe du Grand Boeuf, and Tiny Island, all of which premiered at Arden Theatre Company under the direction of Terrence J. Nolen. These plays have since enjoyed numerous productions around the country, in New York City, London, Paris, and elsewhere in Europe. Michael’s new translation of Cyrano De Bergerac (co-adapted with Aaron Posner) premieres next spring at the Folger Theatre in Washington, D.C. His new musical A Wonderful Noise (co-authored with Vance Lehmkuhl) received the Frederick Loewe Award for Musical Theatre and a developmental production at Creede Repertory Theatre in 2009. Other awards include an ATCA/Steinberg New Play Citation, a Mid-Atlantic Emmy, the F. Otto Haas Award, two Barrymore Awards, and fellowships from the Independence Foundation, MidAtlantic Arts Foundation, and Pennsylvania Council on the Arts. Michael is Associate Professor of Theatre at Villanova University, and a proud alumnus of New Dramatists.

He shares a life with actress Megan Bellwoar and their children Benjamin and Willa.

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JAMES J. CHRISTY (Director) is delighted to be back at the Arden where he has happy memories of directing productions of Translations,The Real Thing, Coyote on a Fence, Rabbit Hole and others. Recent productions include a King Lear at the Pittsburgh Irish and Classical Theatre and Playboy of the Western World for the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival. Four years ago, he was honored with the Philadelphia Theatre Alliance’s Lifetime Achievement Award, a real highlight of his longtime career as a director and educator in Philadelphia. His productions for Villanova, the Arden, and the Philadelphia Theatre Company and others have won numerous Barrymore awards including many nominations and two wins for best directing. He is a Professor Emeritus from Villanova

Who’s Who University where he taught theatre for thirty nine years. He looks forward to more directing, travel, and good times with his wonderful wife, Franny, and their fabulous kids, and grandkids.

DAVID P. GORDON (Scenic Designer) This production marks David’s 25th design for the Arden. Having designed almost 300 productions for theatre and opera, his work has also been seen in Philadelphia at the Wilma Theater, Philadelphia Theatre Co., Walnut St. Theatre, and many others. Other recent credits include designs in NY for The Public Theater, Theatre for a New Audience, Classic Stage Co., Juilliard Opera and Lincoln Center, as well as regionally for Long Wharf, Williamstown, Old Globe, Goodspeed, Huntington, McCarter, LA Opera, Kennedy Center, Arizona Opera, Opera Theatre of St. Louis, and Berkshire and Sarasota Operas. He has received three Barrymore Awards and 11 nominations for Outstanding Scenic Design, as well as IRNE and Connecticut Critics Circle Award nominations, and the 2003 Elliot Norton Award. David is a professor of Set Design at Rutgers University, Mason Gross School of the Arts.

CHARLOTTE CLOE FOX WIND (Costume Designer) Credits include Crime and Punishment (Arden); Cherry Bomb, Always a Lady, Suburban Love Songs (1812 Productions); and productions with Act II Playhouse, Azuka, Exile, and Interact.Villanova credits include Barrymore-nominated Le Dindon,The Illusion and Don Juan. Cloe received the F. Otto Haas Award for Emerging Philadelphia Theater Artist in 2009. In 2002, Cloe won the Barrymore for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Musical as Roxie in Villanova’s Chicago.

JEROLD R. FORSYTH (Lighting Designer) has designed over 300 productions to date. Philadelphia area credits: Wilma Theatre, Arden Theatre Co., Amaryllis Theatre, Philadelphia Shakespeare Theatre, Villanova University Theatre, Walnut Street Theatre, Interact, A.M.T.F., People’s Light,Venture, and the Philadelphia Drama Guild. Additional east coast credits: Kennedy Center, New York Shakespeare Festival, Lincoln Center,York Theatre,Village Theatre, and Opera Ebony–New York. Awards include twelve nominations and two Barrymore Awards for Outstanding Lighting Design.

JORGE COUSINEAU (Sound Designer) designed 40 shows for the Arden, highlights including The History Boys, Sunday in the Park With George, Something Intangible,The Piano Lesson, Opus and most Children’s Theatre productions. Jorge also designs sets and creates video and music for many other theater companies in and around Philadelphia, such as the Wilma, 1812 Productions and New Paradise Laboratories. Together with his wife Niki he operates Subcircle, a collaborative performance/ installation group.

EDWARD SOBEL (Dramaturg) is Associate Artistic Director at the Arden. Previously he was Director of New Play Development at Steppenwolf, overseeing the development of more than 40 new plays into production, including the Pulitzer Prize winner August: Osage County and Pulitzer finalists Man From Nebraska and Red Light Winter. Broadway credits as dramaturg include August:Osage County and Superior Donuts. Recent directing credits include Cadillac at Chicago Dramatists (Five Joseph Jefferson Award nominations, including Best Director and Best Production). Ed is a recipient of the Elliott Hayes Award from the Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas for outstanding contribution to the field.

He holds an M.F.A. from Northwestern University and is currently on the faculty at Temple University.

ALEC E. FERRELL (Stage Manager) is very happy to be back at the Arden for the 2010/11 Season. Alec was most recently Asstistant Stage Manager for the National Playwrights Conference at the Tony Award Winning Eugene O’Neill Theater Center. Past Arden stage management credits include Blue Door, Rabbit Hole, and My Name Is Asher Lev. Past work with PlayPenn New Play Initiative, Theatre Horizon. Proud member AEA, SMA. Love to Amy and the Dibblets.

MATT SILVA (Assistant Director) Matt is returning to the Arden for his second stint as an assistant director after last seasons production of Rabbit Hole. Matt has previously directed the world

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Who’s Who premiere of Burt & Me at The Act II Playhouse, in addition to helming the Devon Theatre’s production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, for which he earned a Barrymore nomination for outstanding direction of a musical. Matt has also assistant directed for Azuka Theatre, Kimmel Center, and Mauckingbird Theatre, and is currently directing a new work called Applesauce in Purgatory for the Philly Fringe Festival. Much love and gratitude to Mom, Dad, AXB, Jenny, and of course—Jim. TERRENCE J. NOLEN (Producing Artistic Director) is co-founder of Arden Theatre Company. Favorite Arden productions include all-Philadelphia casts of All My Sons, Death of a Salesman,The Grapes of Wrath and Hedda Gabler and such musicals as Sweeney Todd, Pacific Overtures, Falsettos, Violet and Caroline, or Change. Terry directed the inaugural production of Arden Children’s Theatre, Charlotte’s Web. He has directed six world-premiere plays by Michael Hollinger, three by Dennis Raymond Smeal, Michael Ogborn’s Baby Case, Bruce Graham’s Something Intangible, and 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.

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.

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RABBIT HOLE * Outstanding Direction of a Play James J. Christy * The Charlotte Cushman Award for Outstanding Leading Actress in a Play - Grace Gonglewski as Becca * Outstanding Original Music Christopher Colucci

BLUE DOOR * Outstanding Direction of a Play - Walter Dallas * Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Play Kes Khemnu as Simon, Rex, Jesse * Outstanding Original Music - Robert Kaplowitz * PECO Award for Outstanding Lighting Design - Thom Weaver

IF YOU GIVE A MOUSE A COOKIE * Outstanding Overall Production of a Play * Outstanding Leading Actor in a Play Steve Pacek * Outstanding Set Design - David P. Gordon

SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE * Outstanding Overall Production of a Musical * Outstanding Music Direction - Eric Ebbenga * Earl Girls Award for Outstanding Costume Design - Rosemarie E. McKelvey

The Arden would like to congratulate all of the nominees.

Arden Drama School Play-in-A-Day receives

KIDS CLASSES

Your gift makes it happen.

Captivating young audiences

Classic plays revisited New plays created Audacious musicals come alive

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

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

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

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 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 Comcast Corporation 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 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. and Charles and Dr. Mindy Rose 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 Is your business looking for a tax break in 2010?

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

EITC funds directly support our educational outreach program, Arden for All. To find out if your business is eligible, visit:www.ardentheatre.org/support/ eitc.html or contact Angela DuRoss at 215922-8900 x25 or aduross@ardentheatre.org.

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

ting its 10th Annivers a r b e ary Cel

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

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.

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^

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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 * denotes gifts made through the United Way

Susan Jacobson & Michael Golden* Mr. & Mrs. D. Scott & Carol Kelley 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 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 of services or goods

^includes a matching gift

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 Jan Levine & Michael Zuckerman 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 Karen & Jon Sirlin Marilyn & Dean R. Staats Corinne Stahl Harold & Emily Starr Ms. Dorothy S Tomassini Dr. & Mrs. Stephen G.Vasso Thomas & Patricia Vernon $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 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 Robert Mullin 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 Doris & Aaron Bitman

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

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

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 Mr. & Mrs. Thomas & Mary Pat Boyle Michael P. Boyle Joseph & Mary Lou Breidenstine Bernard & Pamela Brownstein Sheryl Roser Robert J Butera Ms. Charlotte E. Cady Mr. Joseph Casey Nelly & Scott Childress Sandra & Saul Clair Edwin G. Close, II Jennifer Coffey John Condello Cosi 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 Sylvia Beck Askold Zagars 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

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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 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 $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 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

Thank You to our Supporters Wally & Jane Evans Barry J Evans 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 O’Connor Hugh C. O’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 Aug 13, 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.

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THANK YOU for making

a great success!

Jessica Hamilton, Alta Hamilton, Granfalloon Honoree and Arden Board of Directors Vice President N. Peter Hamilton , Mrs. Dorrance Hamilton, Nat Hamilton, Charlotte Hamilton.

HONOREE: N. Peter Hamilton HONORARY CO-CHAIRS: Rhonda and David Cohen CO-CHAIRS: Lee and Chris van de Velde SPECIAL EVENT CHAIR: Ronna Hall SPONSORS

Arden Board Member Diane Dalto Woosnam, Richard Woosnam, Arden Board Member Ronna Hall, PIFA Executive Director Ed Cambron, Chuck Finch.

Aloe Investment Corporation Anonymous Independence Foundation Hamilton Family Foundation Comcast Liberty Property Trust SEI Wealth Management Glenmede, investment & wealth management Karr Barth Associates, Inc. & Charles & Dr. Mindy Rose Main Line Health PECO Waldron Wealth Management Wells Fargo Family Wealth The Addis Group

HOST COMMITTEE

Arden Managing Director Amy Murphy, Arden Board Member Lee van de Velde, Arden Board Member and Incoming Board President Ellen Foster.

Arden Executive Assistant Christopher Hines, Arden Board Member Betsy Gemmill, and Randy Rosensteel.

All Photos by Mark Garvin.

John Alchin & Hal Marryatt Mrs. Gustave Amsterdam George & Suzy Dorrance Margaret H. Duprey Bob & Nancy Elfant Chuck Finch & Ed Cambron Jeanne B. Fisher & Robert F. Lang Tim & Ellen Foster David & Christina Fryman Rhoda & Louis Fryman Elizabeth H. Gemmill Terry Graboyes Carole & Emilio Gravagno Albert M. Greenfield, III Marcy Gringlas & Joel Greenberg Ronna & Bob Hall Anne & Matt Hamilton Mary & William Hangley Nancy G. Harris Don & Lynn Martin Haskin Eileen Heisman-Tuzman & Marty Tuzman Jane & Steve Heumann Nancy & Al Hirsig Mr. & Mrs. Michael Bruce HolmesJr. Susan Jacobson & Michael Golden Barbara & Leslie Kaplan Harvey & Virginia Kimmel Holly Kinser Mr. & Mrs. James Kolea Charisse R. Lillie

MGA Partners, Architects: Daniel Kelley, Mary Keefe, Kathy Norris The Agoge Group, LLC Campbell Soup Company Eagle Village Shops Firstrust Bank Fox Chase Bank The Franklin Institute Harmelin Media KPMG Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP Susquehanna Bank TD Bank

Mr. & Mrs. McKinley C. McAdoo John J. McCawley George H. McNeely IV Anita Packard Montgomery Mrs. J. Maxwell Moran Steve & Peggy Morgan Diane & Dave Palmer Dr. Joel & Mrs. Porter Mr. & Mrs. James H. Rich Jr. The Suzanne Roberts Cultural Development Fund Franklyn & Cintra Rodgers Allen Sabinson & Elba Hevia y Vaca Mr. & Mrs. Jesse D. Saunders Jane Scaccetti Dr. Nathan & Dolly Beechman Schnall Hether & Donald Smith Richard & Amanda Smoot Andrew & Anne Strawbridge Harvey B. Swedloff Marguerite V. Rodgers & James H. Timberlake Archie & Helene van Beuren Lee & Chris van de Velde Thomas & Patricia Vernon Sandy & Michael Wax Mr. & Mrs. Cortright Wetherill Jr. Richard E. Woosman & Diane Dalto Woosnam Eliza & Peter Zimmerman

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 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 Coordinator........................................................................................................ Thomas Choinacky 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 to the Stage Manager......................................................................................................................... Kate Nelson Assistant Set Designer................................................................................................................................ Jasmine Vogue Pai Assistant Costume Designer........................................................................................................................ K. Moriah Smith Fox Trot Choreographer..................................................................................................................... Kate Watson-Wallace Audio Engineer ................................................................................................................................................. Austen Brown Stitchers .................................................................................................... Lorraine Anderson, Megan Diehl, Thom Sirkot Electricians ............................................................................................... Chris Frey, Amanda Jenson, Christine Richards Scenic Artists .................................................................................................................................. Jillian Keys, Michael Leon

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Writers and Secretaries - Edward Sobel, Dramaturg

“I suppose he found me harmless and I know that I found him overwhelming…Once I was seated opposite to him, the strong, slow stream of his deliberate speech played over me without ceasing.” – Theodora Bosanquet, from Henry James at Work Michael Hollinger reports one of the inspirations for Ghost-Writer was the relationship between the novelist Henry James and his secretary Theodora Bosanquet. Bosanquet began working for James in the autumn of 1907 and continued until his death in 1916. She went on to become a woman of letters in her own right, publishing critical studies of Harriet Martineau and Paul Valery, as well as serving as the literary editor of the journal Time and Tide. There is little whiff of any more intimate entanglement between them, and if there were it was most likely unrequited; most scholars agree that James was either a closeted or repressed homosexual, or take him at his word that he was celibate.

But the odd and complicated intertwining of creative head and scribing hand has lead to some controversial and dramatic events. Renowned novelist James Joyce took on a fellow Irishman as an amanuensis. Joyce’s daughter Lucia fell in love with the intelligent and intense young man at her father’s elbow. Upon rejection of her affections she fell into mental illness from which she never fully recovered, remaining institutionalized for most of the rest of her life. You may have heard of that young secretary, who went on to have his own acclaimed if tortured career as a writer. He is the author of Waiting For Godot, Happy Days, and Endgame, the Nobel prize winner Samuel Beckett. Would we have those plays if Beckett had not spent the time he did with the Joyce family?

Coming up shortly this season you will have the opportunity to see The Threepenny Opera. That masterful work has become the subject of a good deal of argument, not the least of which are claims by some scholars that Bertolt Brecht was not in fact the author of the great majority of the piece, but rather that it was written primarily by Elisabeth Hauptmann, his secretary and lover. Indeed, Robert Vambery, the dramaturg of the original production is quoted as having said that Hauptmann was the author, and as he graphically put it, she was “payed only in semen”. What does it do to our appraisal of the play if that is true?

Ghost-Writer raises similar questions about the nature of authorship, the origins of inspiration, the legitimacy of voice in the telling of a story. By creating his work of fiction as a play rather than a novel or short-story, and by placing us as the auditor of Myra’s narrative, Michael Hollinger provokes us into active scrutiny and judgement. He also makes us voyeurs into a most intimate moment: when creativity is born.

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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.

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An Interview with The Threepenny Opera’s

Scott Greer and Mary Martello Philadelphia actors Scott Greer and Mary Martello have performed in more than 30 Arden productions, and they were last seen on the Arden stage together in the 2008/09 season’s Candide.This season, they will be playing Mr. and Mrs. Peachum in The Threepenny Opera. Gigi Lamm, the Arden’s Director of Marketing and Public Relations spoke with them the week before rehearsals began.

GL: Do either of you have a preference for performing in musicals?

MM: No. SG: Me neither. It’s all about the material. A good show is a good show.

And an interesting role is an interesting role.

GL: How familiar with The Threepenny Opera were you before being cast?

MM: I was actually cast in it many, many years ago at the Boarshead Theater in Michigan, but when it came time, I was too pregnant to do it.

SG: When I was in college, we did Brecht on Brecht and we added some material from [Threepenny] and I sang the Tango with a classmate. That was my first exposure to Brecht.

GL: This is such an iconic work in the history of musical theatre, how do you feel about performing it?

MM: I try never to think about things like that. I’m just going to take Mrs. Peachum one line at a time and try to figure her out.

SG: I think there’s a big pitfall when you do Brecht because you’re supposed to do a style and you have to really avoid that and find the truth that these characters are in. Brecht writes about social problems and you have to invest in the ideas that are a part of the fabric of the character. It’s a human being that wants things and fears things and that’s what you start with.

GL: What are your thoughts on the show’s message about morality and humanity?

SG: My seven year old daughter is very interested in whatever plays I’m working on, so I was trying to tell her about this and playing the music for her and as I described everybody in the show, she said, “oh, so he’s a bad guy…” They’re all basically bad guys. But I was trying to explain Peachum’s world view and it was very hard to do because it’s a very bleak way of looking at humanity.

MM: I think that it’s a fine time to be doing this show because all of the characters are in it for what they can get. They’re trying to survive or trying to save their own asses, or trying to get ahead, and everyone is using everyone. However, I like that nobody really pretends that they’re not doing that. As opposed to society today where we all pretend like we’re altruistic.

GL: Are there any skills and experiences you’re bringing to playing Polly Peachum’s parents?

SG: The Peachums feel about their child the way any parents feel about their children. They want the best for her. They are identifiable parents that care about education and a good job—I’m firmly in their camp!

I’m a little more optimistic and less coldly practical but who doesn’t want that for their children?

MM: Mrs. Peachum wants the best for her child, but she also wants to make sure that Polly gives them the best that they deserve as her parents.

GL: What are you most looking forward to about the show and your roles?

MM: Doing them! I love the music. I love Kurt Weill and I’ve sung him plenty before and I can’t wait to get in that world.

SG: That music is so down and dirty. It doesn’t sound like anything else. It reminds me of a street version of Sweeney Todd. And the role is irresistible.

MM: And the opportunity for learning is going to be great because even though I may have sung some of these songs before in a cabaret, when you’re doing a role in a show, it gets in your bones in a way that is much more grounded and then you have that at your disposal for the rest of your life.

For the full interview, please visit the Arden Blog at http://ardentheatre.org/blog/.

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FALL SEMESTER 2010

STORYCRAFTERS: Fairy Tales

4-5pm

$160

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

10-11am $160

GRADE TIME $

ACTING:

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

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

Character Development

Steel Magnolias

4:30-6:30 $120

10-noon $120

Fairy Tales

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

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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 DATE(S)

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

CLASS DATE(S)

Saturday Classes

ONE DAY

GRADES TIME $

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

Modern Fairy Tales

Play in a Day

DATE(S)

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

After School

TEEN COMPANY: 6 WEEK

CLASS

8 WEEK 8 WEEK

After School

KIDS’ CREW:

BOOKWORMS: Caretaker/Child Book Club

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

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

REGISTER NOW: 215.922.1122 • ardendramaschool.com

KIDS CLASSES

Join us for the rest of Arden Theatre Company’s 2010/11 SEASON THE THREEPENNY OPERA

Sept 30 - Nov 7

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

Who is the greater criminal: he who robs a bank or he who founds one?

Mack the Knife is on the prowl through London’s most virtuous whores and upstanding thieves in this raucous, outrageous, and salacious musical. Conspire with some of Philadelphia’s favorite actors as they stab, scheme and steal their way into Brecht’s saucy script and Weill’s smoky score.

A MOON FOR THE MISBEGOTTEN

By Eugene O’Neill Directed by Matt Pfeiffer

Jan 6 - Mar 6

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.

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