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ARDEN THEATRE COMPANY PRESENTS
by ANNIE BAKER Scenic Designer
Costume Designer
TIM MACKABEE+
REBECCA KANACH
Lighting Designer
Sound Designer
MARIA SHAPLIN
MICHAEL KILEY Assistant Director
EMILIE KRAUSE Stage Manager
KATIE RINGWOOD* Directed by MATTHEW DECKER^ January 12 - February 26, 2017 Special thanks to the Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust for supporting Arden Theatre Company. Applause, please, for our Media Partner:
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WELCOME from the Producing Artistic Director Welcome! Annie Baker is an extraordinary playwright. Still in her mid-thirties, she has been hailed as one of the most exciting playwrights of her generation and, in less than a decade, has received the Obie Award for Playwriting, a Guggenheim Fellowship, the New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award, the Steinberg Playwright Award, and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Her plays are marked by their extraordinary attention to detail, her empathy for her characters, and her truly original point of view. Perhaps Annie Baker’s greatest gift is her ability to listen. She listens to how people speak: what they struggle to say and struggle not to say. She listens to how people try to connect: to their false starts, their fumblings and uncertainties. She listens to silence, recognizing that it can speak louder than words. And she asks us to listen: to distant voices from above; to the sounds of eating; to the whisperings of a house. With patience and rigor and compassion, Annie Baker cultivates listening and, in doing so, creates plays that are beautiful and challenging and unique. We’re very excited to be sharing her most recent play with Philadelphia audiences. We strive to produce a wide range of work here at the Arden. From Stupid F**king Bird to The Legend of Georgia McBride to John—three playwrights with wildly different points of view—to be followed by new productions of A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Gypsy. Our goal is to bring to our stages the widest range of stories possible, and I’m thrilled by how we’re able to do that this season. It’s with this goal in mind that we are finalizing plans for 2017/18 – our 30th anniversary season. We’re not yet announcing the shows, but I can promise you that the plays and musicals that we will produce next year will represent writers with wildly different points of view and take you on five incredibly different journeys. As we look to next year, I ask you to become a Leap of Faith subscriber. Pease join us. Take the leap. Be part of the Arden’s 30th anniversary celebration of great stories.
Mary Martello | February 17 & 18 Five-time Barrymore Award winner sings her musical favorites
Ben Dibble | March 17 & 18
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Honorary Producers: David and Christina Fryman
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DIRECTOR’S Notes When writing John, Annie Baker has stated that she was interested in a play that investigated the numinous. The world of Mertis’ bed and breakfast was born out of her pondering, where discussions of the divine and the occult feel like regular occurrences. These intimate discussions are observed by the numerous inanimate objects that populate the parlor of the B&B. The spiritual life of the inanimate object also is explored deeply in this play, both through Mertis’ collection of dolls and figurines and Jenny’s complicated relationship with American Girl Doll Samantha. Annie’s investigation was inspired by Rainer Maria Rilke’s essay “Some Reactions on Dolls.” Below is an excerpt from his essay: “[The doll] made no response whatever, so that we [as a child] were put in the position of having to take over the part it should have played, of having to split our gradually enlarging personality into part and counterpart; in a sense, through it to keep the world, which was entering into us on all sides, at a distance. It was silent then, not deliberately, it was silent because that was its constant mode of evasion, because it was made of useless and entirely irresponsible material, was silent, and the idea did not occur to it to take some credit to itself on that score, although it could not but gain great importance thereby in a world in which Destiny, and even God Himself, have become famous above all because they answer us with silence. At a time when everyone was still intent on giving us a quick and reassuring answer, the doll was the first to inflict on us that tremendous silence.” In meeting with the designers before we began rehearsals, we spoke frequently on how the specifics of the environment are integral to capturing the right feel to this story. All of the details of the set and props - from the tablecloths of "Paris" to the plate that the peanut butter fudge is served on - help us to understand, and fully recognize, Mertis. So to fully prepare for rehearsing John, I visited Gettysburg with my father, who, like Elias, is a Civil War buff. Mirroring Jenny and Elias’ travels through the town, we started at the Visitor’s Center, did an audio tour of the battlefields, had a drink at Dobbin House, and participated in a ghost tour. I peeked into many bed and breakfasts (which had a very similar floral couch in their parlor) and learned that like Mertis' home, these places served as makeshift hospital durings the battle. As we traveled through the landscape of the bloodiest battle on American soil, I was struck by it’s serene and melancholy beauty, and felt the energy of the nearly 50,000 men who by battles end were laying dead or dying after fighting for their country. The many ghosts tours available claim that the spirits of some of these soldiers still haunt Gettysburg, searching desperately for an understanding of their untimely demise, and I began to understand why Annie decided to set this play - filled with spiritual musings, deep wounds and great divides - in this hallowed town. Thank you for coming.
Cast of Characters In order of appearance:
Mertis Katherine Graven................................................................ Nancy Boykin Jenny Chung....................................................................................................Jing Xu Elias Schreiber-Hoffman...................................................................Kevin Meehan Genevieve Marduk...............................................................................Carla Belver UNDERSTUDIES: Adam Howard (Elias), Francesca Nong (Jenny), Janet Wilkie (Mertis), Nancy Segal (Genevieve)
SETTING: The first floor of a Bed & Breakfast in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The very end of November.
ARDEN THEATRE COMPANY WISHES TO THANK: Harold and Christina Klein— for lending their player piano. Shane’s Candies (Eric and Ryan Berley)—for providing the fudge.
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Who’s Who CARLA BELVER (Genevieve Marduk) Her roles at the Arden have been among her favorites, including Violet in August, Osage County, Linda in Death of a Salesman, and Kate in All My Sons. Recent Regional credits: Driving Miss Daisy, and Amanda in The Glass Menagerie (Act II Playhouse). Carla is a long time company member at People's Light and Theatre Company where she was last seen in Auctioning the Ainsleys. Film/Television: Mrs. Perry in Dead Poet's Society. In 2014 Carla received the Barrymore's Lifetime Achievement Award. NANCY BOYKIN (Mertis Katherine Graven) Arden: Nell in Endgame, Lady in Superior Donuts, Olivia in Twelfth Night, Mary Jane in The Dead. Regional: Elizabeth in When the Rain Stops Falling, Alice in Rapture, Blister, Burn, Rose in Raw Boys (Wilma Theater), Martha Washington in The Spectacularly Lamentable Trial of Miz Martha Washington (Flashpoint), Marty in Circle Mirror Transformation (Theater Horizon), Kate in Silver Hill (Interact Theater), Lady Bracknell in The Importance of Being Earnest (Mauckingbird Theatre Company), Haley in Buried Child (Temple Repertory), Juno in Juno and the Paycock (Interact, La), Desdemona in Othello (Alabama Shakespeare Festival), Alarms and Excursions (Act II Playhouse). Nancy has been involved with new play development for many years and is proud to be on the Board of PlayPenn. She is delighted to reunite with Matt Decker in working on another Annie Baker play, after their time together with Circle Mirror Transformation at Theatre Horizon. KEVIN MEEHAN (Elias Schreiber-Hoffman) is very excited to be back at the Arden (Beauty and the Beast) with such a wonderful group of artists. A New Paradise Laboratories company member, a Wilma Theater HotHouse Resident Artist, and one half of the performance duo Miniature Refrigerator Operator, Kevin has also collaborated with Azuka, Lantern, PlayPenn, Interact, Theatre Company and Lightning Rod Special. He is a three time SoLow Fest contributor, the curatorial mind behind 4 Weeks In January, and a recipient of a 2016 Independence Foundation Fellowship. Next: New Paradise Laboratories/Free Library of Philadelphia's Gumshoe and then Simpatico’s Hir. Supreme love and gratitude to Matt, Terry and the Arden family for the opportunity, his family and friends for their support, and Susanne for being a babe. JING XU (Jenny Chung) Arden debut. Off-Broadway: Jomama Jones Radiate (Soho Rep). NYC Theater: Sweat & Tears (JACK), Torched (TADA Theatre), Once and Future (Theater for a New City). Regional: The Lily's Revenge (American Repertory Theater), Golden Lasso (Perishable Theatre). Film/Television: The Knick (HBO/Cinemax), Blindspot (NBC), Unforgettable (CBS), A Different Sun (Reed Films). Training: A.R.T. Institute/Harvard University, M.F.A. in Acting; Brown University, B.A. in Performance Studies. Jing would like to thank Mom, Dad, Dennis, and Sis for their love and sanity. ANNIE BAKER (Playwright) grew up in Amherst, Massachusetts. Her full-length plays include John (Signature Theatre), The Flick (Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Susan Smith Blackburn Award, Obie Award for Playwriting), Circle Mirror Transformation (Playwrights Horizons, Obie Award for Best New American Play, Drama Desk nomination for Best New American Play), The Aliens (Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, Obie Award for Best New American Play), Body Awareness (Atlantic Theater Company, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle nominations for Best Play/Emerging Playwright), and an adaptation of Chekhov's Uncle Vanya (Soho Rep, Drama Desk nomination for Best Revival), for which she also designed the costumes. Her plays have been produced at over 150 theaters throughout the U.S., and have been produced internationally in over a dozen countries. Other recent honors include a Guggenheim Fellowship, American Academy of Arts and Letters Award, Hull-Warriner Award, Steinberg Award, and the Cullman Fellowship at the New York Public Library. MATTHEW DECKER (Director) is the Associate Artistic Director at Arden Theatre Company where he has directed The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales (Barrymore Award), The Jungle Book, Great Expectations, Incorruptible, Pinocchio and Robin Hood. He is also the Co-Founder and Resident Director at Theatre Horizon where his credits include Annie Baker’s Circle Mirror Transformation (Barrymore Nomination), A New Brain, Lobby Hero, Into the Woods (Barrymore Award), Spring Awakening, Kimberly Akimbo and The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Barrymore Award). Other credits include 11th Hour, Philly Fringe, InterAct, Walnut Street Theater, PTC@Play, and Villanova University. Matthew is a graduate of New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts where he studied at the Atlantic Theatre Company, and serves on the advisory board of Team Sunshine Performance Corporation. Thank you to Terry, Amy and the Arden and the designers, actors, Emilie, Katie and the production team.
Who’s Who TIM MACKABEE (Set Designer) Arden: Stupid F**king Bird, Great Expectations,The Jungle Book. Broadway: The Elephant Man (starring Bradley Cooper), Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth (dir. Spike Lee). West End: The Elephant Man. Off-Broadway: Guards at the Taj (2016 Lucille Lortel Award, Best Set Design), Our New Girl (Atlantic Theatre Company), Heathers, Gigantic (Vineyard), Luce (LCT3), Much Ado About Nothing (Public Theater), Important Hats of the Twentieth Century,Vietgone (Manhattan Theatre Club). Regional: ACT San Francisco, The Old Globe, Denver Center, Center Stage Baltimore, Ford’s Theatre, Portland Center Stage, Dallas Theatre Center, South Coast Repertory, Cleveland Play House, Cincinnati Playhouse, Seattle Repertory, Philadelphia Theatre Company, Geva Theatre,Yale Repertory, Syracuse Stage, Studio Theatre, Arden Theatre Company, Asolo Rep, Bay St. Theatre, Barrington Stage, Williamstown, The Muny, Papermill Playhouse. Film/TV: Amy Schumer: Live at the Apollo (dir. Chris Rock), Gotham, Smash,The Today Show. Education: BFA, North Carolina School of the Arts, MFA,Yale School of Drama. timothymackabeedesign.com, @timmackabeedesign. REBECCA KANACH (Costume Designer) Arden debut! Regional: Color Me Bearded, Andy: A Popera, Bitter Homes and Gardens (Bearded Ladies Cabaret), Machinal (Associate Designer, EgoPo), The Jungle Book (Pa Ballet II), Spine (Inis Nua), Holden (George & co.) Training: B.S. in Fashion Design- Philadelphia University. Resident designer/Company member of The Bearded Ladies Cabaret. MARIA SHAPLIN (Lighting Designer) Arden: The Legend of Georgia McBride,The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales,The Jungle Book. Regional: Richard III (People’s Light); O Monsters (New Paradise Laboratories); Marcus and Emma (InterAct Theatre Company); MPA: Red in View (Whitney Museum); Circle, Mirror,Transformation (Theatre Horizon); 17 Border Crossings (Lucidity Suitcase Intercontinental). Education: M.F.A. Temple University. BA Hampshire College. Recipient of the 2015 Independence Foundation Fellowship in the Arts. Maria is the co-founder and lead designer of Applied Mechanics, a company who devises immersive, multi-narrative plays. Thank you to my trusted collaborator Matt Decker, and to my Applied Mechanics family. www.mariashaplin.com. MICHAEL KILEY (Sound Designer) Arden: The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales (Barrymore Nomination). Regional: The Aliens,The Invisible Hand (Barrymore Winner for Outstanding Sound Design, nominated for Outstanding Original Music, Theatre Exile), Rizzo (Philadelphia Theatre Company); Biloxi Blues (People’s Light and Theatre Company), Henry V (Lantern Theater); Ludic Proxy (The Play Company); As You Like It, Hamlet, Rozencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (The Acting Company). Michael recently received a production grant from The Pew Center for Arts and Heritage for Prescription, an immersive voice piece which will premiere in the FringeArts Festival, 2017. EMILIE KRAUSE (Assistant Director) Arden: Katharine in Funnyman, Belle in Beauty and the Beast, Leslie in Sideways Stories from Wayside School, Fern in Charlotte’s Web. Regional: Jill in Radiant Vermin (Inis Nua) Cleopatra in O Monsters, Mia in The Adults, Riley in 27 (New Paradise Laboratories); Martha in Children’s Hour (EgoPo Classic Theater); Honey in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Wolf (Theatre Exile); Lauren in Circle, Mirror,Transformation (Theatre Horizon); Dora in Our Class (Wilma Theater); Millie/Pauline in Legacy of Light, Irene in Dividing the Estate (People’s Light) Training: B.A. from Temple University. Emilie is a company member with New Paradise Laboratories. Special thanks to Matt, Terry, and the whole Arden family. Up next: Three Sisters at the Studio Theatre. KATIE RINGWOOD (Stage Manager) is thrilled to be back at the Arden for her 4th season. Arden credits include: Stupid F**king Bird,The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales, Equivocation, Passion, A Little Night Music, Next To Normal. Favorite past credits: Production Stage Manager for the International Tour of 50 Shades! The Musical Parody and regional credits such as Legally Blonde (Fulton Theatre). Penelope, Hand of Gaul (Inis Nua Theatre Company); Long Christmas Ride Home (Azuka Theatre). She was the 2011/2012 Mainstage Stage Management Apprentice at the Walnut Street Theatre. Love and thanks to Beaner, Joey, and the wonderful people who make this crazy life possible. AMY L. MURPHY (Managing Director) A Philadelphia native, Amy co-founded the Arden in 1988 with Terrence J. Nolen and Aaron Posner. She is especially proud of the Arden Professional Apprentice program and its contribution to the Philadelphia cultural community. She completed the Executive Program for Nonprofit Leaders-Arts. Amy serves on the Board of Theatre Philadelphia. She has served on panels for the National Endowment for the Arts, the New Jersey State Arts Council, Theatre Communications Group and the Philadelphia Cultural Fund. Amy was named a Hepburn Fellow 2008-9 by the Katharine Houghton Hepburn Center at Bryn Mawr College.
Who’s Who TERRENCE J. NOLEN (Producing Artistic Director) is co-founder and Producing Artistic Director of Arden Theatre Company. Favorite Arden productions include all-Philadelphia casts of August: Osage County, Death of a Salesman, The Grapes of Wrath and Hedda Gabler; and such musicals as Next to Normal, Sweeney Todd, Pacific Overtures,Violet, and Caroline, or Change. Terry directed the inaugural production of Arden Children’s Theatre, Charlotte’s Web. He has directed seven worldpremiere plays by Michael Hollinger, three by Dennis Raymond Smeal, three by Michael Ogborn, two by Rogelio Martinez, and Bruce Graham’s Something Intangible. Terry has been nominated for 25 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. ARDEN THEATRE COMPANY Founded in 1988, Arden Theatre Company is dedicated to bringing to life great stories by great storytellers–on the stage, in the classroom, and in the community. We stage five productions each season as part of our mainstage series and two productions through Arden Children’s Theatre, the city’s first resident professional children’s theatre program. We create and produce new work through the Independence Foundation New Play Showcase. The Arden Professional Apprenticeship program trains future theatre leaders, and Arden Drama School classes teach children and teens about the craft of making plays. Our access program, Arden For All, makes our work available to the entire community through subsidized tickets and books for economically disadvantaged young people, and our Arden Arts Education Fund provides scholarships for Arden Drama School classes and camps. The Arden has received eleven Philadelphia Magazine “Best of Philly” Awards, the Arts & Business Council’s Arts Excellence Award, six City Paper “Reader’s Choice” Awards, four Philadelphia Inquirer “Theatre Company of the Year” citations, 65 awards and 331 nominations from the Theatre Alliance of Greater Philadelphia’s Barrymore Awards for Excellence in Theatre, and was named “Best Theatre Company” by Philadelphia Weekly in 2009. Arden Theatre Company, a professional, nonprofit 501(c)(3) theatre company, is a member of the Theatre Communications Group, the League of Resident Theatres, Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance, Philadelphia Convention and Visitors Bureau, and Old City Arts Association. The Arden participates in The Barrymore Awards, a program of Theatre Philadelphia.
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Philip and Marge Kalodner Ginny and Len Karabell Phyllis Kauffman Susan Kellogg and Dick Hoffman David Kim John and Cheryl Kirby Christina and Harold Klein Barbara and Leonard Klinghoffer Steven Knepper George Koch Bernadette Koller Marilyn and David Kraut Joyce Laskin Richard Lee Reinsel Lesher, in memory of Dr. Andrea Mengel David and Deborah Lesher Warren and Arline Lieberman John and Martha Lubell George and Judy McCarthy John McCormick and Ken Schmitt Gloria McNutt Missy and Bob McQuiston Cheryl Meyer Alan and Susan Miller Madeline Miller and Gordon Leggett Douglas and Fredaricka Moffitt Robert Morris, in memory of Richard W. Repetto Theodore and Theresa Munz Kenneth and Susan Myers Lora and Michael Northen Paul Nutaitis and Robert Clark Matt and Judy Ochs Brenda J. Oliphant Barbara and Don Parman Clifford Pearlman and Lynn Marks Jane G. Pepper Valerie Pipano
David Plante, in memory of Dr. Andrea Mengel Dulcie Romm Sandy Portnoy, in honor of Sydney Portnoy Ilene and Coleman Poses Dr. Nancy Post Janet Poth Jennifer Potts Mary Jo Reilly Alice Reyes and David Glancey Rachel Reynolds James and Mary Ann Rich Bernard and Camille Rosenberg Daniel and Faye Ross John and Melanie Rowley Adelle Rubin Carole M. and Irwin C. Saft Lawrence and Phyllis Sager Harold and Sharon Schwalm Gail Scott and Thomas D. Quinlan Heather Spears Roy and Corinne Stahl Robert Stewart and Barbara Barnett-Stewart Ms. Sheila Vaidya, in memory of David Schu Helene and Bill Van Hoeven Lewis and Hella Volgenau Jeannette and William Webb Jeannine and David Webber Donna and Andrew Wechsler Marlene Weinberg Vivian J. Weinblatt Joann White and William Beckett Richard Willis and Linda Hartnett James Wilson Mr. and Mrs. Harry Woodcock Paul Yaros
The Legacy Society
Arden Theatre Company would like to recognize the following supporters who have included the Arden in their wills or estate plans. Their planned gift provides support which will help sustain the Arden’s work for decades to come. Anonymous Ms. Peggy Anderson* Stanley Baurys* Jane Berryman Louis Bluver Mary and Charles Burr Pearl M. Carpel Larry S. Friedman and Dean H. Rishel Ellis Ginsberg* Peter Gistelinck and Kim Bloom
Grace Gonglewski and Eric Schoefe Suzanne and James Hill Mary Ellen Krober William Loeb Donald Martin and Richard Repetto* Tom Petro and Kristine Messner Madeline Portnoy Dr. Harry Rosenthal Marilyn and Dean Staats
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Thank You to Our Supporters Mary Zove, in memory of Rose Engelmyer
$125-$249 Anonymous (3) Barbara Abrahams CW Henry School Janet and Roger Alwang Drs. Rita Axelrod and Howard Naidech Sylva Baker George and Judith Balock^ Sally and Morris Barron Pamela and Kenneth Barroway Patricia and Alfred Basilicato Susan Becker and Aaron Rubin Dr. and Mrs. Joseph and Lisa Becker Barbara Bell Timothy Berger Thomas Blackburn Benjamin and Libby Blank Allen G. Bonner Judith Borie, in honor of Lee van de Velde Marcia Bower Michael P. Boyle Eadie and Allan Brooks Ann and David Brownlee Harold and Camille Buchanan, in memory of Camille Buchanan Stephen and Eleanor Bulova Leah Chaplin and Eileen Gildea Scott and Nelly Childress Monica and Sung Jin Choi Saul and Sandra Clair Annemarie F. Clarke and David L. Buch Steve and Helene Cohen Dr. Marie Conn, in memory of Alice and Ira Conn Elizabeth P. Cornman Sandra and James Corry Nancy and Michael Davis Ellen Deacon and Ernest Cuff Daniel P. Devlin The Blue Moon Sisters, in honor of Jean Markovitz Mr. and Mrs. Stuart and Diana Donaldson Ellen Dooneief Michael Dotsey Darrell Dotson W. Wallace and Joanne C. Dyer Paul and Mary Lynn Ellis Brynn Evans Anne and Steven Fassler Adam Foxx Cecile and Kenneth Frank Jon Blum and Frances Freedman Ofelia Garcia Greg Gephart Blossom Gica Daryl Graham Paul Green Robin Greene Susan Greene and Kathleen Sheridan
Rick Greenstein and Claudia Tesoro Marsha Gross and Paul Siegel Marcia Halbert Ona and Stephen Hamilton Brian Hanna Andrew and Michele Harbison Carol Hauptfuhrer Charles W. Head Jr. and John Fagotti Sue and Doug Heckrotte, in memory of Dr. Andrea Mengel Ruth Herd Betsy and Ted Hershberg Daniel and Monica Hilferty Ed Hillis, in memory of David Schu Terry Hirshorn Daniel and Dorothy Hofer Michael J. Hozik and Margaert L. Rea Margaret Huntsman David Ingram and Melanye Finister Dr. and Mrs. William and Nancy Jantsch Jackie Jefferson Sarah C. and Joe Jordan Nancy Kane Sandi Karlson Douglas and Ruth Keating Kate Kidder Doerr Mr. and Mrs. Stephen and Barbara Kieran Rick Kiley and Meital Waibsnaider Brian and Caren Kirschner Alan and Elaine Klawans Patricia and Charles Kling Walter Kraft and Deborah Hung Barry and Janet Kushner Marilyn Kutler and Ira Silberman David Ladov Marion Laffey-Ferry, in memory of Richard Repetto Bob and Mary Lawler Linda L. Lenard Alan and Susan Levin Bob and Lynn Levitt Craig and Stephanie Lewis Susan and Philip Lipkin Laurel and Robert Lipshutz Linda and Dan Litwin Nadine Lomakin Lynn and Joe Manko Mary Ellen Marzullo Rosalie Matzkin Kenneth and Margery Maurer Linda McAleer and Maitlon Russell Faith and Arthur McDowell Michelle McFarlane Marianne Miller Paul and Lee Miller Sandra and Martin Miller Ellen Monsees John and Gina Moore Martha Moore Stephen and Janet Mullin Etta and Chuck Nissman Betsy Oliphant Mr. Larry Pace Michael and Judy Paul
Marcia Paullin John and Judith Peakes Ann and Andrew Perch Donald and Carol Plank Stephen Platt and Robin Schaufler Martha Platt and Marlis Kraft David and Amy Pollack Preston Family Ms. Aneira Puttaswamy Miriam Reimel and Jack Sirott Leslie Rescorla and Thomas Achenbach Mx. Pax Ressler Robin and Gary Risler John and Claire Rodgers Kenneth and Shelley Rosenberg Richard and Anne Rosenberg J. Randall Rosensteel Edwin and Sally Rosenthol Sheryl Roser Alan Rothenberg and Enid Krasner Barbara and Bernard Ruekgauer Ruth and Marvin Sachs Bill and Joan Saidel David and Margie Saland Alexandra Samuels and Peter Kohn David Scheibe Karen Schermerhorn and Evan Seymour Bobbie and Al Schmidt Brian Schu Warren and Carole Lee Schwomeyer Mary Ellen and Bob Scott Karen and Bob Serenbetz Lori Severino Polly Shaffer Elaine Sherman and Robert Cohan Lenore and Bernard Sherman Jim and Cathy Shippen John and Maryann Shivers Mr. Mahlon Simon, in honor of Ellen and Mickey Simon Robert and Harriet Singer Judith Skillings The Smith Family Barbara and Steven Speece Joel Spiller Usha Srinivasan Susan Cook and Jeff Staikoff Megan Staples JD Stokely Corinne Stone Lalitha Swart, in honor of Jean Markovitz John Tarves Marion and Richard Taxin Lorraine Toji Claire and Paul Toy Linda M H Traver Lisa Trucksess April Tvarok John Urofsky William Vogel, in memory of Richard Repetto Emily and Charles Wagner Debbie and Tom Walker
Thank You to Our Supporters Susan and Tom Walther Tom and Beth Warms Mr. Thomas Watkins Wayne Watson, in memory of Hazel and Edward S. Watson, Jr. Oscar Weber, in memory of Wallburga E. Weber Elizabeth Weinreb Thomas and Dawn Weiss M. Jane Williams Bertram and Lorle Wolfson Peter and Nancy Wood Marie Zartler and William Klump
$75-$124 Anonymous (8) Anonymous, in honor of Penny Carmack Anonymous, in honor of Anne Cook and Russ Troyer Emely Aiken Dr. Alison Anderson Kay and Scott Armstrong Jose Aviles Dr. and Mrs. Stuart and Elaine Baer Wade Bailey Dr. Donald Bakove and Margaret G. McLaughlin Samuel and Judith Barbush Carolyn and George Bassett David Beech Linda and Melanie Belinsky
Mr. and Mrs. David and Nancy Bergman Constance and Richard W. Berman Charlotte Biddle Fern and Robert Billet Jocelyn Block Patricia Bourke and Robert Downie, in honor of Jason Slavick and Liars & Believers Hazel Bowers Leslie Bowman, in memory of Dr. Andrea Mengel Frank Boyer Judith Broudy Kathleen Buckley, in memory of Dr. Andrea Mengel Carol Buettger and Allen Bonner Donna Burkholder Eli Cameron+ Barbara Carmine Paul and Kate Carpenter Lucy Carroll and Robert Mccaffrey William and Lillian Cassel Alice Chittenden Barbara Ciesla Robert and Sandy Clay Bauer Charlotte Cody Mark Cohen and Marty Johnson Judith Cohen John and Mary Ann Collett Rick and Carol Collier Richard and Janet Conn
Ms Cheryll Conway, in memory of Constance Marrone Janet Cook S Gerald Corso, in memory of Richard Repetto B. Karen Coyne John and Fern Culhane April Cummings Karen Cuzzolino Barbara Daneluzzi Mr. and Mrs. Joseph and Helen D'Angelo Don and Kathy Dantonio, in honor of Jean Markovitz Howard and Barbara Davis, in memory of Rose Engelmyer Robert and Bonnie DeAngelo Rita and Grace Denbo Mr. David Devan, in memory of Dr. Andrea Mengel Miriam and Samuel Diamond Lawrence Difranco Gerald and Ellen DiPinto Ruby Dowd and Angela Dowd Burton Ray and Ellen Doyle The Drew Family, in memory of Rose Engelmyer Beverly Dubin Mr. and Mrs. Donald and Geraldine Duclow John and Lois S. Durso Patricia Eames
Thank You to Our Supporters Joan Earley Linda and Nick Eiteljorg Linda Ellsworth Wendy Epstein and James Steiker Ted and Joann Erfer Mark and Rene Feitelson Charlotte T. Feldman Ruth Ferber Joan Finger John and Nancy Fischer Joan and Aron Fisher Pamela Fisk Sandi Foxx-Jones, in honor of Charles and Barbara Kahn's 70th Wedding Anniversary Judy Frank Judy and Richard Franken Ms. Mary Frantz James I. Frazer Mr. and Mrs. Michael and Helene Freidman Paula Freilich Paul Friedman Larry S. Friedman and Dean H. Rishel Patricia and Jim Fritz Brenda Furtak Jennie and Michael Gallagher Eileen and William Gemmell Steven and Susan Glauser Peggy Glover Ms. Joan Gmitter Becca Goland-Van Ryn and
Leah Kahn Jerry Goldberg^ Paul and Kathleen Goldenberg Brian Goldsmith Mr. and Mrs. Harvey and Mary Goldstein Maxwell Gorson Diane Graboyes Mary Jo Grdina Kathleen Greenacre Gladys Greenfield Adele A. Greenspun Patricia Greer Grace Grillet and Rich Eagan Priscilla Grosick Trudy and Paul Gulterman Leigh Gustafson Marlane and Harvey Guttmann Nicole Hackel Michael Hairston, in memory of Richard Repetto Sue Harasink Huntley Hardison, MD and Marge Niven, in memory of Dr. Andrea Mengel Joanne and Jon Harmelin Libby Harwitz and Burton Blender Beverly and James Hayden and Taylor Susan Heckrotte Eileen Heisman, in memory of Harvey and Mildred Heisman Madeleine and Phil Henderson, in
honor of Ella, Matt, Nate, and Noah Angela and Michael Hennessey Colin Hennesy and Dr. Jeremy Cohen Herbert and Gayl Henze Susan Herron Alice Hershberger National Nursing Centers Consortium, in memory of Dr. Andrea Mengel Marlene Hilkowitz Deborah Hluchan, in memory of Edith Freeman Morton and Lois Joy Hoffman Lisa and Bill (William) Hoffman James and Hollie Holt Jean and LW Homeier Esther and Robert Hornik Donna and Bill Hower Thomas Hurster and Jacqueline Salmon Richard Izard and Helen Angelina Sandy Jarratt Charles and Rebecca Johnson Shari and Andrew Johnson Timothy and Carol Johnson William Jordan Joshi and Fioretos Family Kevin and Jennifer Julian Anthony and Joanne Kahn Barbara and Jerry Kaplan David Kaufman and Nicole Kahn Margaret Keller Kristy Kelly
Thank You to Our Supporters Marjorie Epps Kennedy Margaret Kerr Maria Kiernan Lorraine and David Kilmer Margarita and Peter Kind Richard and Marcia Klafter Kenneth Klein Harold and Maris Kobb Kristen Koenigsbauer, in honor of Lauren Hughes Jerry and Deena Koffler Ina Li and Michael Kostal Vicki Kramer Melvin and Rhoda S. Kreiner Andrew Kurovsky Andrew Lees Stewart Leftow Garry Lennon Ms. Ruth Levikoff Natalie Levkovich Norman and Sylvia Lieberman Lisa Linder and Richard Grossman Karen Lisker Mr. William Loeb J. Lyttle Steve Fischer and Tobi Mackler Whit MacLaughlin Donald and Nancy Maclay Barbara and Bob Maerten Brenda and Richard Mandel, in honor of Charlie Rose
Renee and Milton Margulies Mary and Jack Markov Joseph Markovitz and Nancy Kramer, in honor of Jean Markovitz Eileen Mccomb Anne McHugh Kathleen McKinley Lorraine and Bruce McMahon Kathy McMaster Celeste T. McMenamin Tom and Helen McNutt Arthur and Sallie Melvin Helen Mengel, in memory of Dr. Andrea Mengel Barbara Miller Sylvia R. Miller Francis Mitchell Jeff and Maxine Morgan Elizabeth Fernandez-Vina and Adam Mussel John and Charline Neigh Elesa Nelson Joan Heyne Nerenberg Andrew Norton Frances Novack Janet and Dennis Novack Linda Osler Stanton Oswald Karin and Tom Pajak Mr. Richard Pariseau Robert and Sydney Pasternack
F. Laurence Pethick Lois and Paul Plotnick Jeff and Elizabeth Podraza John Pontician R. Brooke and Linda Porch Mary Pugh, in memory of Richard Repetto Linda Putnam Erat Ms. Linda Quam Mark and Karen Reber Abi and Craig Reed Alan Reinach and Dana Perlman Jon and Karen Richter Clifford Ridley and Betsey Hansell Lorraine Riesenbach Elizabeth R. and William H. Rivers, Jr. Linda Robinson Ph.D. and Peter Krill J. William Robling Michael Rogers, in memory of Richard Repetto Chris Rosario, in honor of Mya Klein Maxine Rosen Marcia Rosner Carolyn Rosner Martin and Sue Rubel Mitchell Russell Judy Ruttenberg, in honor of Charlie Rose Roberta Sampson Kim and Ross Schmucki Mary Ellen and Carl Schneider
Thank You to Our Supporters Perlita and Frank Schorfheide Ms. Adeline Schultz Irene and Marvin Schuman Hideko Secrest Kathy and Richard Sexton Craig Sheetz Jan and Tom Showler Neil and Cheryl Shusterman Donald and Marilyn Silberberg Bart and Sandy Silverman, in memory of Dr. Andrea Mengel Glenn and Mary Simmons Jo Ann and Richard Simon Barry Simpson, in memory of Richard Repetto Carleene and David Slowik Jay Snyderman Paula Solomon Margaret R. Spencer Stephen and Esther Springer Arthur and Marcia Staddon Mr Michael Starr Daniel and Judith Steiker Dylan Steinberg Ruth and David Steinman Rita and Neil Stevens Karen Strauss Jordan Strauss, in memory of Dr. Andrea Mengel
Ms Barbara Sucidlo, in honor of Suzanne and Anthony Sally Switzer Joanna Sykes-Saavedra Daniel Szyld and Kathleen Ross Robert W Tafel Jr Cecilia Tannenbaum Anne and Richard Tax Joseph Terry Marian Tracey Frank Trotta William and Mary Tsiouris Brenda Freitag and Chet Tuthill Linda Tyler Tom and Patricia Vernon Constance Villiers Eric Moss and Margaret von Mehren Ian Wachstein and Michele Zeldner Ann Mintz and Clifford Wagner Cathryn and Thomas Walsh Marisa Waxman Charlotte and Dr. Carroll Weinberg Bob Weinberg and Eleanor Wilner Dr. Harold M. Weiner Shelly and Fred Weiner Helen and Harry Weinheimer Marsha Weinraub Constance West Harold and Janet Whaling
Steve and Jan Whittaker Ann and Doug Wilkerson Doris Williams Kent and Jean Williams, in memory of Edith Freeman Sam and Kuna Yankell Dr. Herbert and Carol Zemble Rebecca and James Zug List represents gifts made between November 1, 2015 and December 7, 2016.
2016/17 Dining Partners
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WISTER
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LUNA CAFE
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For complete restaurant descriptions visit: ardentheatre.org/dining
Board and Committee Members Board of Directors David Fryman, President Nancy Burd, Vice President Holly Kinser, Vice President Michael A. Donato, Treasurer Nancy Hirsig, Secretary Brian Abernathy Rhonda Ball Rayenne Chen Joy L. De JesĂşs Nancy Elfant Robert Elfant Steven Engelmyer Jeanne Fisher Elizabeth H. Gemmill Darrel German Albert M. Greenfield, III N. Peter Hamilton Joanne Harmelin Richard L. Maimon Dr. Saifuddin T. Mama John J. McCawley Amy L. Murphy Terrence J. Nolen Kristen Phillips Charles H. Rose Monica Horan Rosenthal H. Hetherington Smith Lee van de Velde Steve Wolfson Diane Dalto Woosnam Ellen Yin
The Cornerstone Society Frederick W. Anton, III Gerard J. Conway, Sr. Carole Haas Gravagno Aaron Posner Board Executive Committee David Fryman, chair Nancy Burd Michael A. Donato Nancy Elfant N. Peter Hamilton Nancy Hirsig Holly Kinser Charles H. Rose H. Hetherington Smith Lee van de Velde Board Development Committee Robert Elfant, chair Brian Abernathy Joy L. De JesĂşs Michael Donato N. Peter Hamilton Eileen Heisman Holly Kinser Lee van de Velde Diane Dalto Woosnam
Engagement Committee Lee van de Velde, co-chair Rhonda Ball Nancy Burd Anne Cook Robert Elfant Jeanne Fisher Nancy Hirsig Holly Kinser Steve Wolfson
Master Storyteller Award Selection Committee Eileen Heisman, co chair Nancy Burd, co chair Rayenne Chen Monica Rosenthal David Fryman
Facilities Committee H. Hetherington Smith, chair Mike Green James Kronzer Richard L. Maimon John J. McCawley Chris van de Velde Finance Committee Michael A. Donato, chair Nancy Burd Ellen P. Foster Elizabeth H. Gemmill Kristen Phillips Harvey Swedloff Steve Wolfson
Personnel Committee David Fryman, chair Elizabeth H. Gemmill Albert M. Greenfield, III Charles H. Rose
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Producing Artistic Director............................................................................................................. Terrence J. Nolen Associate Artistic Director.............................................................................................................. Matthew Decker Commissioned Playwrights........................................................................Greg Banks, James Ijames, Lorene Cary Artistic Assistant...........................................................................................................................................Sarah Scafidi
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By William Shakespeare | Directed by Matt Pfeiffer We opened the F. Otto Haas Stage in 1998 with A Midsummer Night’s Dream directed by Aaron Posner. It was a remarkable production, featuring a set designed by David Gordon of floating beds and ladders that scaled the new heights this theatre afforded us. The Haas Stage was designed by the Philadelphia-based architectural firm Kieran Timberlake, who have since gone on to develop an international reputation, including designing the new US Embassy in London. The cast for that production was also remarkable, featuring actresses and actors who, in the almost 20 years since then, have become some of the Philadelphia theatre community’s leadTerrence J. Nolen, Aaron Posner, Amy Murphy. The Haas Stage, 1998 ing artists: Tony Braithwaite, Pearce Bunting, Jen Childs, Melanye Finister, Grace Gonglewski, Scott Greer, Leonard Haas, Ian Peakes, among others. These artists have helped shape what the Philadelphia theatre community is today. When Director Matt Pfeiffer started talking with Terry Nolen about doing a new production of Midsummer, he talked about how he was inspired by Aaron’s acclaimed production and by the acting ensemble who have gone on to create such extraordinary work in the years since. Says Matt, “One of the joys of working on Shakespeare is engaging with the history. These plays have been done for 400 years. They are foundational texts in Western culture. So I love engaging with that history. Thinking about the way Shakespeare and his company would've rehearsed the play. What tools they had at their disposal and how that translates to me as a 21st century theater artist. How can I tell the story in the spirit of the way the playwright wrote it for his company of artists. And part of that history is each individual play’s own production history. So when I started thinking about doing A Midsummer Night’s Dream for the Arden, it became very inspiring to think of this production as being in spiritual conversaBunting, Robert Christophe, Ian Merrill tion with Aaron's production. We sought to produce the play Pearce Peakes, Scott Greer, Grace Gonglewski, & with a new generation of outstanding talent in Philadelphia. Jennifer Childs. A Midsummer Night's Dream. Arden Theatre Company, 1998.
On the F. Otto Haas Stage | March 2 – April 9, 2017 Our production features galvanizing Philadelphia theater artists. My hope is that some of the magic that got kicked up in the Haas all those years ago still lingers and that our company carries it forward.” Our new production will feature music by Philadelphia artist Alex Bechtel, a 2015 F. Otto Haas Award nominee for his extraordinary body of work as a composer, musical director and performer. Matt and Alex have collaborated on several Shakespeare productions and, together, they are exploring ways that music can play a key role in bringing these plays to life. Says Matt, “I have sought to use live music as a way to welcome the audience into the play. In the way that Shakespeare often had musicians playing before and during the show, live music has a way of activating the poetry in the text, as well as keeping the live nature of the event palpable. Shakespeare didn't have the advantage of 21st century lighting and sound equipment. So to make the magic, they needed to find live and kinetic ways in performance. Music allows me and the company to add depth to the emotional and psychological experience of the characters. And just about every member of our company plays an instrument. So you'll see all of the actors in the company partaking in making the play happen. Which of course is the goal, to reinforce that we are here, in this room with you, telling this story.” Midsummer returns to the F. Otto Haas Stage this March. There are new heights to be scaled, new songs to be sung, and a new generation of theatre artists looking to bring this magical play to radiant life. Pearce Bunting and Melanye Finister. A Midsummer Night's Dream. Arden Theatre Company, 1998
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