JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH stagebill

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Arden Theatre Company presents

JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH

By DAVID WOOD from the novel by ROALD DAHL Scenic Designer MATT SAUNDERS

Costume Designer CHRISTAL WEATHERLY

Lighting Designer BRIAN J. LILIENTHAL

Video and Sound Designer JORGE COUSINEAU

Composer/Music Director JAMES SUGG

Stage Manager ELANA WOLFF*

Assistant Director MEGHAN WALSH

Musical Arranger/ Associate Sound Designer DANIEL KLUGER

Directed by WHIT MACLAUGHLIN December 10 - February 8, 2009

Production Sponsor:

JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH is presented by special arrangement with SAMUEL FRENCH, INC. * Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the U.S.

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.

Applause, please, for our Community Partners:

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WELCOME FROM THE PRODUCING ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Welcome.

photo by John Flak

We’ve been doing shows for kids for ten years. Think about it, some of you weren’t even born when we did our first Arden Children’s Theatre production Charlotte’s Web back in 1998, and now here you are, ready to see our 18th show for kids.

Terrence J. Nolen

Each production has its own challenges. How do you make a giant onstage? What kind of costumes should singing dinosaurs wear? How do you make the Stinky Cheese Man stink?

This play is based on a story by Roald Dahl. Mr. Dahl wrote his story as a great book – where anything is possible. Talking insects. Charging rhinos. And of course, a big giant peach. But how do you do that onstage?

You will soon see how we’ve brought this story to life. But I think it’s ok if I tell you that we are using video in today’s play. The video was created by an army of volunteers working in the Arden Animation Studio (which is actually in the basement of this building) working with our video designer Jorge Cousineau. Jorge is a very talented artist. Not only does he design video but he is also a sound designer. And for other shows, Jorge has designed sets and written music. Jorge has worked on 34 shows at the Arden. That’s a lot of different challenges! Jorge is also a father. He has two kids, Dalia, who is 10, and Willem, who is 6.

A lot of people who work on our children’s shows have kids. Whit, the director, has twin girls who are 7 years old, Emory and Jane. Alison, who built the costumes, and Glenn, who built the set, have three kids in their family, Abby, Maddie and Max, ages 13, 10 and 3. And I have two boys, Liam, 8 years old (9 after December 30th), and Flynn, who is 5. I think one of the reasons we love doing these shows for you is because we also love doing them for our own kids.

We do all of this for you. Everything you see was created just for this production. The set. Every costume. The music. The poster. And the video.

We hope you enjoy it.

Terry Let me know what you think. You are invited to post your comments on our CrewViews blog online at ardendramaschool.blogspot.com.

Thank you to all of the volunteers that helped create the animation you see in the show: Thomas Choinacky, Bob Dever, Ellen Foster, David, Christina, Sam and Liza Fryman, Steve Heumann, Barbara Jurgelewicz, John, Amy, Colleen, and Ryan McCawley, Harvey Swedloff, and Lee van de Velde

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CAST

Grasshopper/Tour guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Oberon K. A. Adjepong* Earthworm/Tour guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Frederick Andersen* Aunt Sponge/Shark/Captain/Newscaster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Stephanie English* James . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .James William Ijames* Centipede/Tour guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Brian Osborne* Spider/Tour guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ceal Phelan* Ladybug/Tour guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Amanda Schoonover* Aunt Spiker/Shark/Officer #1/Newscaster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Harum Ulmer, Jr.*

SETTINGS: Central Park, New York City, USA A really nasty part of England Inside a peach In the ocean In the sky

UNDERSTUDIES Bobby Bangert, Carl Clemons-Hopkins, Michael McElroy, Kate McLenigan, Sara Nye, Richard Sonne, Ryane Studivant, Gary Thayer

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.

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.

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DIRECTOR’S NOTES DARING – DO and the GIANT PEACH ADVENTURE #1: Roald Dahl writes James and the Giant Peach.

He had a lot of guts. Or else he was foolish.

Whit MacLaughlin

These are some of the things that happen in the story: James loses his parents in a freakish encounter with a hungry rhino. James is sent to live with aunts who think that child slavery is a mighty fine idea. James is terrified by a crusty, mysterious old man, climbs into an oversized juicy peach, and finds his own courage while piloting a group of shut-in insects across the Atlantic Ocean.

Unrealistic. Crazy. Outlandish!

ADVENTURE #2: Arden Theatre Company decides to produce David Woods’ adaptation of the story.

They have a lot of guts. Or else they are foolish.

There’s a special effect every two minutes. The action of the play goes up into the sky. Down under the ocean. Around the world. And then there’s this huge, huge, huge peach…

Preposterous. Ridiculous. Impossible!

ADVENTURE #3: I decide to direct the play.

I must be pretty foolish. And I hope I’ve got enough guts.

You never know what you’re in for with works for young audiences. Giant frogs in A Year with Frog and Toad. A giant teacher in the walls in Sideways Stories from Wayside School. A giant boxcar in The Boxcar Children.

Gigantic stink in The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales.

I’ve directed nine shows for the Arden since 2001. And I gotta say, this one has really stretched us—the brilliant production team, the wonderful cast, the amazing Arden staff—we’ve all had to dig deep.

Desperate. Doomed. Help!

ADVENTURE #4: You come to see James and the Giant Peach!

You are a kid or you have kids. You’ve gotta have guts.

Real guts and, yes, a certain amount of foolishness. And the hope is that this production will transport you - to all the outlandish places it goes - for its duration. And then set you back down in the middle of your own crazy, amazing, foolish, courageous lives.

The whole insane point!

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A MESSAGE FROM OUR SPONSOR

TICKETS ON SALE NOW! On behalf of PECO employees in the Greater Philadelphia region, including our Arden Theatre Company board member John McCawley, I am proud to continue our support for the Arden and their holiday production of James and the Denis P. O’Brien Giant Peach.

PECO has a proud tradition of community service in the Greater Philadelphia region.

We provide ongoing support to hundreds of local businesses, community groups, nonprofits and arts and cultural organizations.

We take our responsibility to our customers very seriously. We know you depend on us, not only to provide the energy you need to power your lives, but also for the support necessary to help our region grow and prosper.

As a company, we have demonstrated this commitment for more than 100 years. And, with 20 years of service myself at PECO and 40 years of service from my father, my family has been dedicated to this commitment for decades. I look forward to continuing that support to ensure the Greater Philadelphia region remains competitive as a business, community and cultural center.

Step through the wardrobe and discover the science and wonder of Narnia.

Enjoy the show and Happy Holidays!

Sincerely,

11.28.08 - 4.19.09 IN THE MANDELL CENTER AT THE FRANKLIN P urchase

tickets at www.fi.edu/Narnia or 1-877-TFI-TIXS

Denis P. O’Brien President and CEO - PECO

222 NORTH 20TH STREET, PHILADELPHIA, PA 1910 © DISNEY/WALDEN. THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA, NARNIA, and all book titles, characters and locales original thereto are trademarks and are used with permission.

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WHO’S WHO OBERON K. A. ADJEPONG (Grasshopper) Short Film: Sayque. OffBroadway: The Flea Theatre: Like I Say, Cellophane; The Classical Theatre of Harlem: Mother Courage, The Blacks; The American Globe Theatre: Hamlet; The 0hio Theatre/ Ignite Festival: Wabenzi; National Black Theatre: Oyo. Regional: the Arden: The Piano Lesson, Our Town; The Shakespeare Theater: Timon of Athens, Coriolanus; Oxford University: Othello, Measure for Measure, A Winter’s Tale; National Black Theatre Festival; The Kennedy Center. TV: Hope & Faith; Law & Order: SVU. Commercials: Twining Tea, Delta Airlines, Pepsi. Training: Lola Louie’s C.A.P.A.S./ Oxford University/ Howard University. Nominated: Audelco Award for best leading actor.

FREDERICK ANDERSEN (Earthworm) was last seen at the Arden in Our Town. Local credits include Crackpot and A Tuna Christmas at Society Hill Playhouse, and Theater District and Boys in the Band for the Philadelphia Gay & Lesbian Theater Festival. He performed his one-man show The Best of Everything in the Philadelphia and Dublin, Ireland Fringe Festivals and at the Walnut Street Theater Studio 5. Regional credits include Rumors and Scapino! at LA’s Pierson Playhouse.

STEPHANIE ENGLISH (Aunt Sponge) is blessed to perform in JGP. She hails from Delaware. This is her debut performance here and she is elated.

Some of her favorite roles include playing Sojourner Truth in Sojourner Truth and the Witch in Into the Woods, as well as a host of tours. When not performing, Stephanie loves to read, sing, and laugh… a lot. She would like to thank her loving family and friends for all their warm hugs and support.

JAMES WILLIAM IJAMES (James) is thrilled to be back at the Arden after appearing as Antoine in An Empty Plate in the Café du Grand Boeuf last season! James was most recently seen in New Paradise Laboratories’ production of Prom and Emmanuelle Delpeche-Ramey’s Oedipus at FDR in FDR Skate Park. This is James’ second production with the Arden and his third production working under the direction of the splendid genius of Whit MacLaughlin.

Other credits include: Ken in Ponies (Gloucester Stage Company), Floyd in Seven Guitars (Rowan University) and The Artist in Muralista (Philly Fringe).

BRIAN OSBORNE (Centipede) is an actor, playwright, director, aerialist and Artistic Director of Philadelphia’s Elastic Theater. Most recently, he appeared in Oedipus at FDR and CAR (08 Live Arts Festival), and wrote text for, and performed in Wind-Up (David Brick & Dan Rothenberg, dir.) at Princeton’s Atelier. For The Elastic Theater he has written and performed in The Word (07 Live Arts Festival, Suli Holum,dir.), Delicious Vaudeville (produced by David Binder: Hedwig and the Angry Inch) and Sons of Katherine. Off-Broadway: De La Guarda. Regional: Headsman’s Holiday (dir. Aaron Posner). Film & Television: Sophomore (forthcoming), Law & Order: SVU, Drivers Wanted, Threadbare, Sure Shot, and an original film adaptation of Harold Pinter’s Applicant. Dedicated to T & Mosh.

CEAL PHELAN (Spider) has been part of the People’s Light & Theatre ensemble for 20 years and recently did The Persians there. She has appeared at other Philly theatres and at regional theatres around the country. Ceal also directs and teaches acting. She and her husband Peter DeLaurier are two of the co-founders of the Delaware Theatre Company.

AMANDA SCHOONOVER (Ladybug) is thrilled to be making her Arden debut. Amanda is a proud two-time Barrymore Award recipient for her work as Dottie Smith in Theatre Exile’s Killer Joe. She has worked with many theaters in Philadelphia including People’s Light, the Lantern, Bristol Riverside, Azuka, Hedgerow and Pig Iron. Thank you to Whit and Terry for this opportunity!

HARUM ULMER, JR. (Aunt Spiker) also known as R.J. recently appeared as Hoke in Driving Miss Daisy, directed by Peter Reynolds at Hedgerow Theatre. Last season, he played Wining Boy in the Arden’s production of The Piano Lesson, directed by Walter Dallas and is happy to be back. He has worked Off-Broadway, in Pennsylvania and California. Mr. Ulmer earned a Bachelor of Science degree in theatre from Florida A&M University and is a teacher for the School District of Philadelphia. “Cherish Yesterday, Dream Tomorrow, Live Today! Ase’.”

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WHO’S WHO MATT SAUNDERS (Scenic Designer) is a Barrymore Award-winning performer and a scenic designer. He is a co-founding company member of New Paradise Laboratories, an OBIE Award-winning theatre company based here in Philadelphia. Matt has designed over 60 shows for such companies as the The Wilma Theater, the Arden, The Walnut, Pig Iron Theatre Company, Theatre Exile, InterAct, People’s Light, The Bessie Award Winning Headlong Dance Theatre and the Tony AwardWinning Children’s Theatre Company in Minneapolis.

Matt is the proud recipient of the 2007 F. Otto Haas Award for an Emerging Philadelphia Theatre Artist.

CHRISTAL WEATHERLY (Costume Design) is thrilled to be making her Arden debut with James and the Giant Peach. She has designed costumes for theatres across the country. Upcoming projects include Lydia at the Mark Taper Forum, The Servant of Two Masters at Oregon Shakespeare Festival and a new and Magical project with Rainpan 43. www.christalweatherly.com BRIAN J. LILIENTHAL (Lighting Designer) at the Arden: Sleeping Beauty. Regional: Actor’s Theatre of Louisville (resident designer), Arizona Theatre Company, Trinity Repertory Company, Merrimack Rep, Capital Rep, InterAct, New Paradise Labs, Pig Iron Theatre Company, Sledgehammer Theatre, Hartford Stage, A.R.T. New York: La Mama E.T.C., NY Theatre Workshop, 29th Street Rep, Cherry Lane. Opera: Bard Summerscape, Long Beach Opera, Portland Opera Repertory Theatre, Boston Academy of Music. MFA California Institute of the Arts.

JORGE COUSINEAU (Video and Sound Designer) is very proud to have worked on most of the recent children’s theater productions here at the Arden including favorites like The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales, The BFG, A Year with Frog and Toad and Sleeping Beauty. He also designs scenery, sound and video for theater companies such as the Wilma, Philadelphia Theatre Company, 1812 Productions, Theatre Exile and InterAct. As always, Jorge has to thank his children who help and inspire much of his work.

JAMES SUGG (Composer/Music Director) is an actor, sound designer, composer and 10 year member of Pig Iron Theatre Company with whom he has created 10 original works. He has also worked with Seattle Rep, Actors Theater of Louisville, Folger Theater, The Wilma, Arden Theatre Company, Headlong Dance Theater, Rainpan 43 and Lucidity Suitcase Intercontinental amongst many others. His work has been recognized with four Barrymore’s for Outstanding Sound Design and the F. Otto Haas Award for Emerging Theater Artist.

He is the composer of the musicals A Murder, A Mystery And A Marriage, James Joyce is Dead and So Is Paris (Pig Iron), The Sea (a one man electric chamber opera) and the upcoming Cherry Bomb (1812 Productions).

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ELANA WOLFF (Stage Manager) is happy to return to the Arden after stage managing An Empty Plate in the Café du Grand Boeuf and Sleeping Beauty. Previously she worked an extended run of Menopause the Musical.

Other credits include Prince Music Theater, Walnut Street Theatre, Delaware Theatre Company, Act II Playhouse, Media Theatre, Rebecca Davis Dance Company, Boheme Opera New Jersey, 11th Hour Theatre Company, Sanctuary Theatre. New York: Gorilla Rep, the Spotlight On festival, new musical readings at Manhattan Theatre Club. Love to B. ROALD DAHL (Author) (1916 - 1990) was a British author, famous as a writer for both children and adults.

Among his most popular children’s books are Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The BFG, James and the Giant Peach, Matilda, and The Witches. Dahl’s first children’s book was The Gremlins, commissioned by Walt Disney and published in 1942. In addition to writing some of the best-loved children’s stories of the 20th century, Dahl also wrote adult short stories and screenplays, including Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and the James Bond film You Only Live Twice (both adaptations of novels by Ian Fleming). He adapted his own work into the 1971 film Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.

DAVID WOOD (Playwright) is an actor, playwright, composer, theatre producer and director, author and magician. He began acting and writing at Oxford University in the sixties. His stage adaptations of well-known books include Dick King-Smith’s Babe, the Sheep-Pig, Roald Dahl’s The Twits, Fantastic Mr. Fox, James and the Giant Peach, Danny, the Champion of the World, The BFG and The Witches. He has published, to rave reviews, Theatre for Children : Guide to Writing, Adapting, Directing and Acting, co-written with Janet Grant; this has become a set text in many colleges in the UK and the US. He directed many of his plays for his own company, Whirligig Theatre (founded with John Gould in 1979), which toured to major theatres nationwide including Sadler’s Wells in London.

WHIT MACLAUGHLIN (Director) is the OBIE Awardwinning Artistic Director of New Paradise Laboratories (NPL). For the Arden he directed Sleeping Beauty, The BFG, The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales, The Dinosaur Musical, A Year with Frog and Toad, Sideways Stories from Wayside School, The Boxcar Children and Bunnicula as well as Twelfth Night, The Syringa Tree and An Empty Plate in the Café du Grand Boeuf. He has created a number of productions with his New Paradise collaborators, Matt Saunders and Jorge Cousineau, including Frozen by Bryony Lavery at InterAct Theatre and Batch for NPL. He directed Tale of a West Texas Marsupial Girl, The Hobbit, Prom and the upcoming Fatebook: A Cyberspace Ghost Story for the Tony Award-winning Children’s Theatre Company of

WHO’S WHO Minneapolis. Whit expresses much gratitude to Terry Nolen for the genesis of this aspect of his work. And love to Catharine, Jane, and Emory.

MEGHAN WALSH (Assistant Director) vividly remembers the way her imagination went wild reading James and the Giant Peach as a child, and honestly feels that the only place fit to bring the story to life is the Arden– and particularly Whit MacLaughlin. She thanks everyone involved for allowing her to be a part of this, especially after she pestered them incessantly. Meghan graduated from George Mason University with a BA in Theatre, and from the Arden Professional Apprentice program with a BA equivalent in “how to make a living in theatre.”

DANIEL KLUGER (Musical Arranger/Associate Sound Designer) Credits include: Heartbreak House, A Murder, A Mystery and A Marriage (Two River Theatre Company), The Persians (People’s Light & Theatre), Metamorphoses (Weston Playhouse), The Dining Room and Keen Teens (Keen Company), The Ones That Flutter (SPF/The Public Theatre), Talley’s Folley (Dorset Theatre Festival), Cecilia’s Last Tea Party (Todd Mountain Theatre Project), Platonov and Uncle Vanya (Lake Lucille, dir. Brian Mertes), Running (Milkcan), The Framer (Broken Watch), The Woodpecker, The Young Left, Jailbait (Cherry Lane Mentor Project), Couldn’t Say (MITF), New York Innovative Theatre Awards (dir. Jose Zayas).

TERRENCE J. NOLEN (Producing Artistic Director) is the Producting Artistic Director and co-founder of Arden Theatre Company. Favorite Arden productions include all-Philadelphia casts of All My Sons, Death of a Salesman, The Grapes of Wrath and Hedda Gabler and such musicals as Sweeney Todd, Pacific Overtures, Falsettos, Violet and Caroline, or Change. Terry directed the inaugural production of Arden Children's Theatre, Charlotte's Web. He has directed six world-premiere plays by Michael Hollinger, three by Dennis Raymond Smeal, and Michael Ogborn's Baby Case. Terry has been nominated for 19 Barrymore Awards for his directing work at the Arden and received awards for The Baker’s Wife, Sweeney Todd, Opus, Winesburg, Ohio and Assassins. He directed Michael Hollinger’s Opus at Primary Stages in New York City 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 six 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, and 44 awards and 211 nominations from the Theatre Alliance of Greater Philadelphia’s Barrymore Awards for Excellence in Theatre. 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.

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The Sylvan Society recognizes individuals who make annual gifts of $1,000 or more. The exceptional generosity of these donors enables the Arden to tell great stories by having the resources to achieve the highest level of artistic quality. Sylvan Society benefits bring members closer to our work and deepen their appreciation for the role they play in the Arden’s success. To join the Sylvan Society or for more information, please contact Manager of Individual Giving, Angela DuRoss, at 215.922.8900, ext. 25 or aduross@ardentheatre.org.

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ARDEN FOR ALL provides 5,000 tickets to underserved students in the Greater Philadelphia region each season. It costs about $12 to bring each of these students to the Arden.

We have been presented with an exciting challenge!

If we can raise $5,000 in support of Arden for All, the 1976 Foundation will match it!

Every gift makes a difference – thank you for your support!

For more information please contact Angela DuRoss, Manager of Individual Giving, at 215.922.8900 x25, aduross@ardentheatre.org or visit ardentheatre.org/support/afa

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My Name is

World Premiere Adapted by Aaron Posner from the novel

by Chaim Potok Directed by Aaron Posner Asher Lev is a young Hassidic artist torn between his observant Jewish community and his need to create. His artistic genius threatens his relationship with his parents and community while weighing heavily on his conscience.

In 1999, the Arden presented Aaron Posner and Chaim Potok’s co-adaptation of Potok’s classic novel The Chosen to critical and audience acclaim. Posner, in consultation with Adena Potok, now introduces this world premiere based on Potok’s novel, My Name is Asher Lev.

January 8 – March 15 on the Arcadia Stage Recommended for 8th/9th grade students and older

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ANNUAL DONORS 2008/09 $500 - $999 Rebecca and John Adams Stan and Lisa Altman Judith Borie Robert & Almut Breazeale James & Mary D Brown Debbie and Alan Casnoff Carol Caswell Barbara R. Cobb Ellen Deacon James R. Fairburn & David A. Wickard Charlotte & Mickey Feldman Carole M. Foley* Mary Geisz Edith Klausner Kenneth D Kopple Ruth & Peter Laibson Jim and Pat Lockhart Culbertson Donald J. Martin and Richard Repetto Stephanie & Michael Naidoff Barbara & Don Parman Paul Rabe and Cheryl Gunter Franklyn and Cintra Rodgers Carmen and Donna Romeo Jerry & Bernice Rubenstein Julianna Schauerman Eva and Marvin Schlanger Family Foundation Philip and Susan Schlegel Robert & Karen Sharrar Karen & Jon Sirlin Harold and Emily Starr Dr. & Mrs. Stephen G. Vasso Paul and Barbara Yeagle $250-$499 Iris Melendez & Henry R. Adamczyk, Jr. Carl and Pat Bach Ron and Joyce Bayer Joann White and William Beckett Richard & Joan Behr Edward & Myra Bell Sheila Bell and Thomas Dodds Pat & Tom Bender Peter and Lynne Berman Barry & Marilyn Bevacqua Frank and Suzanne Binswanger Ruth E. Brown Mr. Joseph Casey Nelly & Scott Childress Marc & Margie Cohen Zoe Coulson Ruth Miller Cox Jean & George Dowdall Paul and Adele Epstein

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$125-$249 Carol and Bennett Aaron Emily Aiken Anonymous Janet & Roger Alwang Peggy Amsterdam Charles and Stephanie Andrews Alan & Sandy Ault Joe and Susan Baltake Ron Baron Judith Barrett Susan Becker & Aaron Rubin Bikki Bevelhymer-Chiang Doris and Aaron Bitman Fran Freedman and Jon Blum Linda & Alden Blyth Craig H. Boddorff* Joseph & Mary Lou Breidenstine Bernard & Pamela Brownstein Robert J. Butera John and Lucille Byrne Bob Carfagno Caroline Castagno Paula Castagno Arminta & William B. Collins Marta Dabezies Angelina & Michael DeAngelis Larry & Pat Dixon Ellen & Max Dooneief Marie and Peter Dooner Kathy & Jerry Drew Donald & Geraldine Duclow Sylvia Egnal Linda V. Ellsworth Paul & Judith Farber Cynthia Heininger & James Feeney Mark & Rene Feitelson Jonathan and Catherine Fiebach Fund of the Jewish Federation Ms. Joanne E. Fields Marian and Elliott Fisher Drs. Barbara and Len Frank Dr. John & Elaine Frank Ms. Judy Frank Mr. Allan P. Freedman Ellen and David Freeman Nancy and Richard Gabel Buzz & Linda Gamble Mark Garvin David K. Gifford Micki and Larry Goldberg Judge Marvin R. & Mrs. Marcia O. Halbert Ona and Stephen Hamilton* Susan Harries Charles Head Betsy & Ted Hershberg

ANNUAL DONORS 2008/09 $125-$249 continued Daniel and Monica Hilferty Isidore & Sharon Hofferman Mr. Frank Hollick Brian Husowitz Timothy and Carol Johnson Mr. Philip Kalodner Nancy Kane Lucy Kaufman Steven & Patricia King Lonnie and Howard Klein Bernadette Koller Joan Kremer and Jim Luther Alice Milrod & Tony Krol Sylvia and Robert Lange Robert & Leslie LaRocca Jeff Larsen Lisa Lee Lorraine and late Richard Leff Murray & Lonnie Levin Robert & Laurel Lipshutz Karen Lisker Perry Watts & Samuel Litwin Will & Sandy Lock Mike and Helene Loeb William Lutz Donald and Nancy Maclay Mrs. Grace Madeira Richard Maimon and Susan Segal Robert Manning Linda McAleer and Maitlon Russell Tom McCarthy George & Judy McCarthy Patrick and Judith McCoyd Emmett & Patricia McVey Paul & Lee S. Miller Ilene and Steve Miller Martin & Sandra Miller Keith and Liz Mosley William O’Connor Stanton and Bernice Oswald Mr. Richard Pariseau Sydney S. Pasternack Ms. Sandra Paul John & Judith Peakes Douglas and Mary Peck David and Carolyn Peyster Helen Phillips Rhoda Polakoff Joy Rickabaugh Sharon & Mark Robb Francoise and Louis Rollmann Dulcie Romm Edwin and Sally Rosenthol Janet Rupert Ruth & Marvin Sachs

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$75-$124 continued Barbara Carmine Ronald and Christina Chang Elissa & Norman Chansky Rhoda and Michael Coben Sue Cohen John Condello Piper Mary Ann Coon Robert and Frances Corlies Charles J. Coyle James Crawford and Judith Dean Daniel Dagle Michael Daly Rita and Grace Denbo Daniel Devlin Carole Dichter Rhonda Dickey Ellen Dipinto Beverly Dotter Catherine Dougherty William & Joan Douglas Judith Drasin Anonymous Lois S. Durso Marcia Eisenberg Beth Elkin Lorraine Kilmer Debbie and Jerry Epstein Wendy Epstein Jeffrey Farenback-Brateman Stephanie & Stanton Felzer Mitchell & Pia Fenimore Ronald and Barbara Fink Leonard & Leila Finkelstein John Fischer Deborah and Martin Fishbein Mr. and Mrs. Dan & Beth Fitzpatrick Kenneth Frank Paulette and Paul Freeman Helene and Michael Freidman Paula Fuchsberg Miriam Galster Caroline Simon & Louis Gambaccini Stan Gibell David Glancey Carrie Glasby & Kathleen Karhnak Ms. Joan Gmitter Grace Gonglewski & Eric Schoefer Maxwell Gorson Anonymous Priscilla Grosick Joyce K Hackman Jeanne & Murray Halfond Donald Hargreaves Nancy Hartenstine Linda Fowler Hartnett Barbara & Robert Hauptfuhrer

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ANNUAL DONORS 2008/09 $75-$124 continued John and Shirley Neff Bonnie Schorske Bonnie and Eliot Nierman Harold and Sharon Schwalm Douglas & Harriet Heath Sue Heckrotte Diane Nissen Frances Sheehan and Rick Etta & Chuck Nissman Gelman Jane Henderson Joseph Herbst Kathy Nolen Edwards Susan Greene Alan & Caroline Novak Betty & Arthur Sherman Susan W. Herron Carol L. O’Brien Elaine L. Sherman Grace Hershman Jim & Carolyn Hessinger Anonymous Anne Shuff and Mike Creech Dave & Arline Olim Leslie E. Skilton Marcia and John Hiehle Eric Hoffman & JoAnne Fischer Betsy Oliphant Jason and Danielle Smereczynski Dr. Charles K Hordis Brenda J. Oliphant Corey and Jonne Smith Linda Osler Richard Smith Arnold & Esther Horn Clare and Dwayne Osman Richard and Doranne Smith Kerry Huntsman Sandra Packel Arthur P. Staddon Sarah C. Jordan Alice and Albert Packman Paul Stone Barbara & Charles Kahn, Jr. Mary Jo Pauxtis Bethy & Vinson Stouck Mr. and Mrs. Tom and Susan Jane G. Pepper Ruth P. Stuessy Kaiden David & Sylvia Perelman Paul Tate Kenneth S. Kaiserman Mary and F. Laurence Pethick Richard & Anne Tax Thomas Lloyd & Jane Kamp Dan & Lisa Pliskin Marion and Richard Taxin Ginny & Len Karabell Leslie and Curt Pontz Pamela Thaxter Sandra R Karlson Aaron Posner Sunny and Len Thomas Scott and Margie Kasner Nancy Post Linda and Keith Thomson Anonymous Avra and Harry Pressman Lisa Truckess Margaret Keller Linda Quam Thomas & Francine Tudor Cynthia Killion Robin Ratliff Arturo Valenzuela Gregory Kleiber Karen & Mark Reber Pam Ventrella Judy Kornfeld Mary Lou and Pace Reich Martin & Dorothy Vogel James Kronzer Ferne Kuhn Mary Jo Reilly Clifford & Ann Wagner Eleanor Reinhardt Harold Weiner Russell Leib Leslie Rescorla Susan Weiss Marlies Levenger Kelly Resinger and John Beirne Samuel and M. Judith Wenzel Jack and Donna Levin Lorraine Riesenbach Anna Whitman Barbara and Dick Linde Whit MacLaughlin and Catherine Nancy and Sam Roberts Sam & Kuna Yankell George & Zara Roberts Askold Zagars Slusar Claire Rocco Joan D. Zeidner* Lynn & Joe Manko Ronnie and Larry Margel John and Claire Rodgers Joseph and Renee Zuritsky Jane A. Rose, CPA/PFS Betty Margolis & Sidney Arenson * Denotes gift made through the United Way J. Randall Rosensteel Joseph A. Marrazzo, Jr + Denotes gift of goods or services Dr. Harry Rosenthal Mary Martello Alan Rothenberg Mary Louise Martin The list acknowledges donors as of Richard and Julie May Bernard & Barbara Ruekgauer November 20, 2008. If your name has been Diane Rurode Deborah McKinley & David Rich omitted or misprinted, please accept our Tom & Helen McNutt Romayne and David Sachs apologies. Notify us by contacting Pat and Gerald Mergen Thekla Sacksteder Manager of Individual Giving Angela Samuel and Cecile Merion Joan and Bill Saidel DuRoss at (215) 922-8900, x. 25 or Alan & Susan Miller Mark Sandberg aduross@ardentheatre.org. Although space John and Elaine Schaefer Madeline Miller does not allow us to list supporters whose Deanne and Darrel Schmucker Marianne Miller gifts are less than $75, we gratefully Douglas & Fredaricka Moffitt Ms. Kim Schmucki acknowledge their contributions.

Daniel P. Monbourquette Ellen Monsees Effortlessly raise money for the Arden Jeff and Maxine Morgan Claire Moyer while doing your holiday shopping!

Kathleen Moyer Use a special link to Amazon.com from the Arden’s website, and Dr.& Mrs. Stevens Munzer a percentage of your purchase will be donated to the Arden!

Jerome Napson

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BOARD AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS Board of Directors David Fryman, President N. Peter Hamilton, Vice President Andrea Mengel, Vice President Michael A. Donato, Treasurer Nancy Hirsig, Secretary Brian Abernathy Nancy Burd Karen Butler Regina Canfield Joy L. De Jesús Ellen P. Foster Matthew Garfield Elizabeth H. Gemmill 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 Joseph A. Tammaro, Jr. Lee van de Velde Diane Dalto Woosnam Ellen Yin Board Executive Committee David Fryman, chair Brian Abernathy Jean Canfield Michael A. Donato Ronna F. Hall Peter Hamilton Nancy Hirsig Virginia Kimmel Andrea Mengel Charles Rose Hether Smith Lee van de Velde Board Development Committee Michael Donato, chair Peter Hamilton Lynn Haskin Lee van de Velde Diane Dalto Woosnam

Education Committee Sheryl Bar Marla Diamond Dr. Dennis W. Creedon Dr. Carol Domb John King Jacqueline Matusow Ilene Miller Judy Paul Ilene Poses Facilities Committee Hether Smith, chair Richard Maimon John McCawley Myles Pettigrew Paul Thais Finance Committee Michael Donato, chair Nancy Burd Ellen Foster Elizabeth Gemmill Steve Heumann Martin Rosenthal Ed Stavetski Harvey Swedloff Personnel Committee Lee van de Velde, chair David Fryman Elizabeth Gemmill Charles Rose Advocacy Committee Brian Abernathy, chair David Glancey Terry Gillen Julie Hawkins Susan Jacobson Holly Kinser Institutional Giving Committee Jean Canfield, chair Michael Donato David Fryman Elizabeth Gemmill Carole Haas Gravagno Joanne Harmelin John McCawley Hether Smith Strategic Planning Committee Andrea Mengel, chair Ellen Foster David Fryman Ellen Yin

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 Ilene Miller Peggy Morgan Richard Quinn Steven Segal Harvey Swedloff Rosalyn and Steve Weinstein Diane Dalto Woosnam Ellen Yin Special Events Committee Ronna F. Hall, chair Gary Bramnick Tom Burke Karen Butler Chip Capelli Michael Donato Nancy Elfant Carmel D. Ferrandino Ellen Foster Sara Furey David Hackney Marlo Hall Jamie Joffe Barbara Kaplan Joanne Lawson Kelly Lee Barbara Link Bob Marburg Peggy Morgan Michael Norris Betsy Oliphant Dolly Beechman Schnall Brian Seaman Bill Swoope 2008/09 Honorary Producers’ Circle Frederick W. Anton, III Carole Haas Gravagno Barbara and Leslie Kaplan Harvey and Virginia Kimmel

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KIDS ACTIVITY PAGE What if one morning your teacher said, “Class, your assignment this week is to make the following: A flock of seagulls A life-sized rhinoceros that moves A tiny rhinoceros A bunch of peaches (but don’t use real peaches, please) An octopus arm A dollhouse with a porch swing Two teddy bears A bunch of crocodile tongues How would you do it?

Well, making all these things is our prop master’s JOB. Jonathan Ward grew up doing art. His mother is an artist and his grandfather is an artist and a sculptor. Jon also grew up acting. After college, he realized that he could work in theatre as an ARTIST by making props for shows. (A prop is anything you see on stage that isn’t an actor, a set piece that doesn’t move around or a costume.

Although, sometimes an actor wears a prop, so sometimes something is both a prop and a costume. Jon calls those proptumes!)

Propmaster Jon Ward tests the Rhino The Arden offers all kinds of theatre classes for kids, not just acting. If you like art, like Jon did when he was a kid, we’ve got the class for you!

See pages 22 and 23.

There is no book that teaches you how to make crocodile tongues or a flock of seagulls. You have to combine artistic skill, creativity and lots of old fashion research. You basically have to make it up! Jon made the crocodile tongues out of burlap and Christmas lights. The porch swing on the dollhouse is made from popsicle sticks. In the rhino there are: wires, plastic, pool noodles, paper towels, Elmer’s glue and tin foil. Its eyes are made from the foam ice cream cones we used in our production of Go, Dog. Go! Jon decided he wasn’t going to be able to make a seagull puppet himself, so he went online to see if he could buy one. His research led him to a YouTube video of the 1996 Olympic Opening Ceremonies in Atlanta. An artist named Marguerite Stankus had made 100 dove kites for the ceremony. “They were amazing!” said Jon. More research showed Jon that Marguerite also made seagull kites and that they were for sale. You’ll see them in today’s performance.

As you watch today’s show, try to figure out how Jon made some of the objects that you see. If you have a question about one, ask about it after the show!

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KIDS ACTIVITY PAGE The actors in James and the Giant Peach have a very interesting job to do. Some of them get to act like humans, like James or Aunt Spiker or Aunt Sponge, but most of them have to act like insects! Now, it’s one thing to act like a human (another to act like a dog in Go, Dog. Go! or a dragon in Sleeping Beauty), but how in the world do you act like a talking earthworm or a singing spider?

Actors have to think about how the characters they are playing – in this case, earthworms, grasshoppers, spiders, Elyse McKay Taylor in Go, Dog. Go! ladybugs and caterpillars – move, look and sound. They try to get into their character’s head and figure out how they think. Then they try some stuff out.

They move around the room like the character, they talk like the character, they do an everyday task like taking a drink or making a bed or doing a little dance like the character.

Try this exercise for fun, either in the lobby at intermission or at home in your bedroom. Pick one of the insect characters in James and the Giant Peach. Think about how that insect moves.

How many legs does it have? Does it even have legs? Can it fly? Does it squirm? Is it graceful or is it clumsy? Is it easy for this character to move or is it difficult? Now walk across the room as the character. (If you’re doing this at the Arden, walk from the theatre to the drinking fountain as an earthworm!) Next, think about how your character feels about life. Is your character happy, sad, nervous, shy, silly? Choose one and let that affect the way you walk. Now try out different voices. Say one of the character’s lines (or try out a great theatre line,“To be, or not to be”) as the character. Try it a couple of ways until you think es cis er you’ve really got a voice that sounds like your character. ex e is is one of th Th g classes for we use in actin out Arden k ec kids! Ch nter classes wi ol Drama Scho u will get yo on the poster show! after today’s

Once you’ve done this exercise, pat yourself on the back (unless you’re an earthworm, and have no hands…). You just started building a character, which is one of an actor’s most important jobs.

THE WRITING HUT Roald Dahl wrote all of his children's stories in a hut he built in his garden.

This was a private place and Roald Dahl did not let people in. Inside he had his favorite chair that had a wooden board attached to it. He would always use pencil when he wrote and would wipe all of his eraser pieces on the floor. He called erasing “rubbing out” and he called the pieces “rubber filings.” He would never allow anyone to clean up the floor in the hut even though it would be covered with rubber filings. Roald surrounded himself with his favorite things. Pictures, model airplanes, pencils, cups, pencil sharpeners, and books could all be found on his desk or around the hut.

If you were going to write a story where would you want to write? Describe how you would decorate your own writing hut. What are some of your favorite things you would want to surround you?

Roald Dahl in the writing hut.

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JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH SPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES FAMILY SALON You’ve read the book.

You’ve seen the show.

Now come for a special behind-the-scenes look at the Arden’s James and the Giant Peach!

Kids, Moms, Dads, and Grandparents will all love to spend time with James’ Video and Sound Designer Jorge Cousineau. He will reveal all the bells and whistles of his ingenious design as well as tell people how he created it. Jorge will show the tricks of his trade and share secrets from the Arden Animation Studio. Far from a lecture, there will be oodles of time for people to ask Jorge questions and lay their hands on some real props, costumes and equipment used during the show.

Jorge has won a ton of awards for his work, including four Barrymore Awards for Excellence in Theatre as well as a Lucille Lortel Award for his work Off-Broadway. He’s designed 11 shows for Arden Children’s Theatre. He even wrote music for The BFG. Come to a family salon and touch, listen, talk and learn all while spending time with one of the Arden’s most talented designers!

The JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH FAMILY SALON is scheduled for Saturday, January 17 from 2 – 3pm. Tickets are $25 for an entire family.

Families need not have seen a production of James and the Giant Peach although it is recommended. Tickets for performances of James and the Giant Peach are sold separately.

LEARN ABOUT ACTING – FROM JAMES! Come play with James on the set of James and the Giant Peach at a special, one-time-only acting class and backstage tour!

The class kicks off with a backstage tour of the Giant Peach and is followed by a two-hour acting class taught by James himself! Kids will learn how to create a character from James and the Giant Peach in this fun, high-energy class on the set in the Haas Stage. It’s a perfect post-holiday outing for the theatre-loving kid in your family.

Monday, December 29 from 12:30 – 3pm Taught by: James Ijames (the actor who plays James) Perfect for kids in grades 1 – 5. Admission is $40 per child.

Create your own animation! Hold your stagebill with the back cover up. Grab the bottom left corner and begin flipping the corners of the pages. Watch the earthworm climb up the page.

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With a reputation for serving international fare at neighborhood prices, it is the perfect place to visit, kick back and enjoy, to bring friends and make friends. After dinner, move the evening upstairs to the Tin Angel, our intimate acoustic café. Tin Angel has presented an astonishing array of stars from the world of blues, rock, folk and country and has earned a reputation as the best club of its size in the country.

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ON STAGE December 08-January 09 Christmas City Follies IX* Touchstone Theatre 12/3/2008 - 12/21/2008 (610) 867-1689 2008 New Voices: Workshop Productions of Picasso at the Lapin Agile* Delaware Theatre Company Winning Student Plays 12/3/2008 - 12/21/2008 Philadelphia Young Playwrights (302) 594-1100 10/1/2008 - 5/31/2009 (215) 665-9226 Oliver!* The Media Theatre OnStage Philadelphia - Performing 12/3/2008 - 1/4/2009 Arts Preview Night (610) 891-0100 Plays and Players Schmucks* 10/6/2008 - 5/4/2009 The Wilma Theater (215) 735-0630 12/3/2008 - 1/4/2009 The Music Man* (215) 546-7824 The New Candlelight Theatre Little Women 10/17/2008 - 12/23/2008 University of the Arts (302) 475-2313 12/5/2008 - 12/13/2008 Hairspray (215) 545-1664 Walnut Street Theatre A Christmas Carol* 11/4/2008 - 1/4/2009 Hedgerow Theatre (215) 574-3550 12/5/2008 - 12/28/2008 The Government Inspector* (610) 565-4211 Lantern Theater Company The Snow Queen* 11/21/2008 - 12/28/2008 Enchantment Theatre Company (215) 829-0395 12/10/2008 - 1/4/2009 Cinderella* (215) 881-9899 People’s Light & Theatre Company James and the Giant Peach* 11/21/2008 - 1/4/2009 Arden Theatre Company (610) 644-3500 12/10/2008 - 2/8/2009 A Tuna Christmas (215) 922-1122 Walnut Street Theatre Winter Musicale 2008 11/25/2008 - 1/4/2009 Bristol Riverside Theatre (215) 574-3550 12/11/2008 - 12/21/2008 The Little Prince (215) 785-0100 Players Club of Swarthmore Theater Cherry Bomb: The Worst Act in 11/28/2008 - 12/14/2008 Vaudeville for the Holidays* (610) 328-4271 1812 Productions You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown 12/11/2008 - 1/4/2009 Footlighters Theater (215) 592-9560 11/28/2008 - 12/14/2008 A Christmas Carol* (610) 296-9245 Curio Theatre Company The Eight: Reindeer Monologues* 12/11/2008 - 1/4/2009 BCKSEET Productions (215) 525-1350 11/28/2008 - 12/31/2008 An Evening of Russian Romances* (215) 923-0210 The Academy of Vocal Arts Look Mom, I’m Swell* 12/16/2008 - 12/18/2008 Act II Playhouse (215) 735-1685 x10 12/3/2008 - 12/14/2008 (215) 654-0200 She Loves You Society Hill Playhouse 9/24/2008 - 12/31/2008 (215) 923-0210

The Great Divorce* Lantern Theater Company 12/21/2008 - 1/4/2009 (215) 829-0395 Romance Romance Players Club of Swarthmore Theater 1/8/2009 - 1/17/2009 (866) 811-4111 Give My Regards to Broadway Venice HP, Inc. 1/8/2009 - 1/31/2009 (215) 297-8540 42nd Street The Ritz Theatre Company 1/8/2009 - 2/7/2009 (856) 858-5230 My Name is Asher Lev* Arden Theatre Company 1/8/2009 - 3/15/2009 (215) 922-1122 A Raisin in the Sun* The Stagecrafters Theater 1/9/2009 - 1/24/2009 (215) 247-8881 Incorruptible Old Academy Players 1/9/2009 - 1/25/2009 (215) 843-1109 A Streetcar Named Desire Walnut Street Theatre 1/13/2009 - 3/1/2009 (215) 574-3550 No Child . . .* Delaware Theatre Company 1/14/2009 - 2/1/2009 (302) 594-1100 Imagination’s Revenge Footlighters Theater 1/16/2009 - 1/31/2009 (610) 296-9245 Looking Over the President’s Shoulder*

Hedgerow Theatre 1/16/2009 - 2/8/2009 (610) 565-4211 Orange Flower Water* Luna Theater Company 1/16/2009 - 2/15/2009 (215) 704-0033 Improv Comedy: The N Crowd* The N Crowd Friday Nights (215) 253-4276

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STAFF ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF Producing Artistic Director. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terrence J. Nolen Managing Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amy L. Murphy Associate Managing Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amanda Ditsky Associate Artistic Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amy Dugas Brown Artistic Associate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Matthew Decker Artistic Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Erin Read Artistic Intern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Elana Boulos Literary Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dennis Smeal Director of Marketing and Public Relations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Beth Yeagle Marketing Associate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Abigael Reed Public Relations Associate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Janine Zappone Design Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kristy Giballa Education Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Maureen Mullin Fowler Education and Group Services Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sally Wojcik Manager of Individual Giving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Angela DuRoss Manager of Institutional Giving. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Matt Rosenbaum Development Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tina Morrison General Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jennifer Peck Associate General Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mary Beth Simon Business Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Courtney Spiker House Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ryane Studivant Box Office Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lynn Keily Assistant Box Office Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tamesha Hawkins Box Office Assistants . . . . . . . . . . . Thomas Choinacky, Carla Emanuele, Shari English, Joanna Falcone, Amanda Grove, Michael McElroy, Rachel Robbins, Ryane Studivant, Vanda Thomas, Aubrie Williams Arden Professional Apprentices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bobby Bangert, Katherine Fritz, Hillary Rea, Maura Roche, Richard Sonne, Gary Thayer Arden Volunteer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jean Markovitz

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^ASL interpreted performance Most enjoyed by families with children ages 5 and older.

40 N. 2nd Street Old City, Philadelphia

Jeffrey Coon (Frog) andand BenBen Dibble (Toad) return for afor revival of one Jeffrey Coon (Frog) Dibble (Toad) return a revival ofofthe Arden’s celebrated productions in its history!

Nominated one of themost Arden’s most celebrated productions in its for six Barrymore Awards inAwards Theatre for andExcellence a Tony Award history!

Nominated for for sixExcellence Barrymore in Best Theatre and this a Tony Awardstory for Best Musical, this whimsical for Musical, whimsical features an unlikely friendship story features an unlikely between a cheerful Frog between a cheerful Frog andfriendship a rather grumpy Toad and the life and a rather grumpy Toad and the life lessons they learn lessons they learn during the four seasons of one year. during the four seasons of one year.

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