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Borrowers The

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

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Borrowers The

By MARY NORTON, adapted for the stage by CHARLES WAY Scenic Designer

Costume Designer

LEWIS FOLDEN

ROSEMARIE E. MCKELVEY

Lighting Designer

Sound Designer & Original Music

DREW BILLIAU

NATHAN A. ROBERTS

Puppet Designer

Stage Manager

AARON CROMIE

STEPHANIE COOK* Assistant Director

DAN PLEHAL

Directed by WHIT MACLAUGHLIN December 1, 2010 - January 30, 2011 F. Otto Haas Stage

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Special thanks to The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust for supporting Arden Theatre Company.

This play was first produced by the Polka Theatre, London. Presented with the permission of The deFaria Company.

Arden Theatre Company receives state arts funding support through a grant from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency funded by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency. * Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the U.S.

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from the Producing Artistic Director

Welcome to The Borrowers, a play based on the books by Mary Norton.

The Borrowers is a story about people who are very small. All of us feel small sometimes. And all of us have been told that we can’t do something until we get bigger. Sometimes it’s hard to be small in such a big world.

But the Borrowers in our play are really small. They are about five inches tall.

The ruler printed on the side of this page shows you how big five inches is. Is your hand bigger than five inches? How about your foot? Imagine what the world would be like if you were five inches tall.

It’s cool to think about how the world would look if you were a Borrower.

Things that we use everyday would suddenly look so different. A toothbrush would be bigger than you. So how would you brush your teeth? What would you use as a bed? Use your great imagination to think about what you would do if you were a Borrower.

Our next Arden Children’s Theatre show is The Flea and the Professor, a musical based on a story written by Hans Christian Andersen, the man who wrote such great stories as The Little Mermaid and The Ugly Duckling. He also wrote a story about a very small girl who was called Thumbelina because she was the size of a thumb. The Flea and the Professor is the very last story Hans Christian Andersen wrote – and we’re turning it into a brand new musical just for you. The hero of The Flea and the Professor is one very small flea. He’s smaller than a Borrower.

He’s even smaller than your thumb. But like the Borrower Arrietty, he is curious and courageous and determined to explore this great big world. That’s one of the reasons I like The Borrowers and The Flea and the Professor – they remind us that small people can do very big things. I hope you’ll come back and meet the Flea!

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In our play, the Borrowers use a spool of thread as a table. Try thinking about the things in your house and imagine how they would look if you were a Borrower.

Imagine trying to use the remote for your TV if it was bigger than you! Imagine climbing LEGOS. Or swinging by a Silly Band.

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Terrence J. Nolen

WELCOME

Thanks for coming to The Borrowers. I’d love to hear what you think of our play.

You can leave me a message at 215.922.8900 ext 33 or write me at tnolen@ardentheatre.org. And I’m always looking for new stories, so if you have an idea for a play we can do, let me know.

Cast of Characters Pod......................................................................................................................................... Scott Boulware* The Boy/Uncle Hendreary...............................................................................................Delanté G. Keys* Arrietty......................................................................................................................................... Bi Jean Ngo* Crampfurl/Spiller/Gyspy Boy/Eggletina ................................................................................Steve Pacek* Mrs. Driver/Aunt Lupy..................................................................................................................... Jo Twiss* Homily............................................................................................................................ Catharine K. Slusar* Understudies Zoi Gianneas, Bryan Kerr, Stephanie Lauren, Margo O’Moore, Owen Pelesh, Ryan Walter

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DIRECTOR’S Notes Let’s set the play of The Borrowers aside for a minute.

It is a principle of my family that as a parent, my primary responsibility towards my children is to “keep them safe”. That was my explanation for why I had to buckle them into their car seats when they were really little, why they had to hold my hand when we crossed a busy street, and why they couldn’t practice tightrope on a seven-foot-high stonewall.

Simple. No confusion. Just doing my job.

It has gotten more complex as we discuss other things—like, for instance, when and how they should talk to strangers. It’s OK to converse with a wait-person in the local restaurant, OK to talk with Cookie, the sometimes unhinged but basically harmless neighbor, but not OK to talk with someone when, well, when I’m not there or when…I just might not want them to. When it just doesn’t seem right. As defined by me…don’t ask questions…I don’t know who you shouldn’t talk to, but I’ll know who those people are when I see them. I’m just trying to keep you safe.

Whit MacLaughlin

I have to admit, the “keep ‘em safe” mantra isn’t wearing so well over time. When, and how, do I grant my children the opportunity to play it a little less safe? There’s a list that has started to grow: when do they get to cross the street by themselves, walk to school, ride bikes to the playground? All part of “just keeping them safe”—in the city.

So Arrietty Clock is a growing, developing 13 year-old. Wants out of her parents’ reach. Wants to feel the wind in her hair. Wants to experience things full-throttle. Wants to be left alone. Average, you might say. Except that she’s a Borrower: inches tall, lives in a garret beneath the floorboards, and just might be on the verge of extinction. Then has to flee her home and become a refugee. Which she really sorta likes. Imagine trying to keep that girl safe!

The beauty of the story of the Borrowers is how real it is. And how fantastical—at the same time.

Ripped from the news and a complete fairy tale. Well, no, as Arietty says: fairies don’t exist. But Borrowers do.

For my part, I hear noises all the time in the walls of our house; not animals, I hope, but Borrowers, reminding me that walls just comprise the box that I imagine keeps us all safe from the dangers—and from some of the pleasures!—that the world offers.

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By Eugene O’Neill

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Two lost souls catch a glimpse of happiness in the moonlight. The newly lit fire within them seems strong enough to withstand a lifetime of disappointment and regret, but will it still be flickering when the cold dawn breaks?

One of America’s master storytellers at the height of his powers, O’Neill creates a mythic tale of old sins and the redemptive power of love. This companion piece to A Long Day’s Journey into Night was O’Neill’s final play.

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Here are some of your favorite Arden Children’s Theatre characters and how they measure up to each other!

The Flea 0.06 in

Arrietty 5 in

Peter Pan 4 ft 8 in

The BFG (Big Friendly Giant) 24 ft

Picture SEEK and FIND Arrietty and her family use everyday items for different things since they are much smaller than humans.

Arrietty and the Flea (who you will meet this spring in our next show The Flea and the Professor) might use a teacup for a bathtub! Or a blade of grass as a slide!

Find these everyday items hidden throughout the stagebill: CLOCK DOLLHOUSE CROW CRICKET

TEACUP CATEPILLAR SHOE

SNOWFLAKES

CURTAINS CANDLE MOTH

CAT SCREWDRIVER HALF A SCISSOR

FIND the Characters Find the names of The Borrowers characters hidden in this puzzle.

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Post a question on our blog at ardentheatre.org/blog or send an email to askarrietty@ardentheatre.org. We’ll get back to you super quick!

Who’s Who SCOTT BOULWARE (Pod) is thrilled to be back at the Arden where he was last seen in Sunday in the Park with George. Most recently, Scott appeared in Love Jerry with the Nice People Theatre Company. Regional credits include: Indiana Repertory Theatre, Cleveland Playhouse Square Foundation (Hanna Theatre), Drury Lane Oakbrook (Chicago) and BoarsHead Theatre (Michigan). Philadelphia credits include: People’s Light & Theatre, Wilma Theater and Act II Playhouse, among others. Scott also appears in the soon-to-be released film, Mayor Cupcake. Love to Mollie, Eli and Ezra. This one’s for you tooter pants!

DELANTÉ G. KEYS (The Boy/Uncle Hendreary) is ecstatic to be making his Arden debut.

Delanté is a graduate of Arcadia University. He has been working as both an actor and teaching artist. He has taught for People’s Light & Theatre, Arcadia University’s Camp Shakespeare, and Philadelphia Young Playwrights. He has appeared in The Nutcracker, What the Butler Saw, Road (Curio Theatre); The 8: Reindeer Monologues (BCKSEET); Six Degrees of Separation (Allen’s Lane Theater); Black Gold (InterAct Theatre Company); Kid Simple (Azuka Theatre Company); Fatebook (New Paradise Laboratories); Living News (National Constitution Center); and One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (People’s Light & Theatre). Thanks to Whit, the cast, and production team. Love to Kyle!

BI JEAN NGO (Arrietty) is overjoyed to be back in the land of the Arden. She just finished The Threepenny Opera, and also appeared in last season’s Peter Pan. She holds an MFA in Acting from the Actors Studio Drama School, and a Bachelor of Science in Film & Television from Boston University. In addition to acting in theatre, commercials and film, she is also proud to be a teaching artist for the Arden, and a program actor for Philadelphia Young Playwrights. Thanks to all the great Philly theatre people who are contributing to her journey: Nice People Theatre, InterAct, Philadelphia Theatre Workshop, PlayPenn, the Arden...and all her friends and family who encourage her to play, and who also keep it real.

STEVE PACEK (Crampfurl/Spiller/Gyspy Boy/Eggletina) is a theatre artist/teacher born and raised in the City of Brotherly Love. He’s thrilled to be back at the Arden after last season’s If You Give a Mouse a Cookie. Other favorite Philly credits include: RENT, Bomb-itty of Errors (11th Hour Theatre Company); Little Shop of Horrors (11th Hour/ Theatre Horizon); 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Theatre Horizon); Les Miserables, Man of La Mancha (Walnut); The Dead, Franklin’s Apprentice, Pacific Overtures (Arden); and Untitled Project #213 (Philly Fringe) Steve is a co-founder and the artistic associate of 11th Hour Theatre Company. Much love and thanks to my family and friends, Whit, and everyone at the Arden! For Jorge, love always.

CATHARINE K. SLUSAR (Homily) is delighted to be here at the Arden where she has performed in A Prayer for Owen Meany, Northeast Local,The Syringa Tree, Sideways Stories from Wayside School and The BFG. Other work in Philadelphia includes Iron and Any Given Monday (Theatre Exile), Frozen, Drink Me, Missing Link, and Lebensraum (InterAct) and Mr. Bailey’s Minder (Walnut Street). She has also performed with Act II, People’s Light, The Lantern, Gas and Electric Arts, PlayPenn, The Philadelphia Live Arts Festival, Azuka and Bristol Riverside. Catharine is the recipient of The F. Otto Haas Award for Emerging Artists, a Barrymore Award, and an Independence Fellowship. Love to Whit, Jane and Emory.

Who’s Who JO TWISS (Mrs. Driver/Aunt Lupy) This is Jo’s Arden debut. Other recent Philly credits include the nurse in Romeo and Juliet at the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival, Up, Mrs. Bob Cratchit’s Wild Christmas Binge, Louise in Always Patsy Cline, and Josie in A Moon for the Misbegotten (Barrymore nom.) at Bristol Riverside Theatre, Louisa in Magic Fire at the Wilma, After Play at the Walnut, Maggie in Dancing at Lughnasa (Barrymore nom.) at Hedgerow.

Recent Regional credits include Nat in Rabbit Hole at Pittsburgh Public and Theatre Works, The Travels of Angelica and Big Mama in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof at Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park and St. Louis Rep. Broadway: u/s Big Mama and the nurse in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.

MARY NORTON (Author) was born in Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire in the early 1900s.

Her earliest ambition was to become an actress. After marrying, she lived in Portugal where she had four children and then moved to America, occasionally writing stories for adults. Norton returned to Britain in 1943 where she began writing children’s stories and taking up acting work again. Norton’s first book, published in 1943, The Magic Bed Knob; or, How to Become a Witch in Ten Easy Lessons and its sequel Bonfires and Broomsticks became the basis for the Disney film Bedknobs and Broomsticks.The Borrowers, which is set in the house in which Norton was raised, was published in 1952. It was an immediate success, winning the Library Association’s Carnegie Medal. There followed four more Borrowers books: The Borrowers Afield (1955), The Borrowers Afloat (1959), The Borrowers Aloft (1961) and The Borrowers Avenged (1982).

CHARLES WAY (Adapter) has written over fifty plays, many of them for young people, and his work has been produced all over the world. Way has won several awards and his play Merlin and the Cave of Dreams for Imagination Stage in Washington, D.C. was nominated for a Helen Hayes award for Outstanding New Play of 2004. This year Way had two new plays opening in the United States: Pirates at Imagination Stage and an adaptation of The Iron Ring in Minneapolis. Charles has also written several radio plays, and a TV poem for the BBC, No Borders, set in Wales, where he lives and has spent most of his creative life.

WHIT MACLAUGHLIN (Director) is the OBIE Award-winning Artistic Director of New Paradise Laboratories (NPL). He loves working at the Arden. His favorites plays there have been If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, A Year with Frog and Toad, Sleeping Beauty, The BFG, and The Stinky Cheese Man. He also has directed Tale of a West Texas Marsupial Girl, The Hobbit, and PROM for the Tony Award-winning Children’s Theatre Company of Minneapolis. He has created a number of productions with his company New Paradise Laboratories, including Fatebook, which premiered at the 2009 Philadelphia Live Arts Festival, Batch, a work commissioned by the Humana Festival of New American Plays and most recently, Freedom Club, created and produced with Adriano Shaplin and the Riot Group. Love to Catharine, Jane, and Emory.

LEWIS FOLDEN (Scenic Designer) is familiar to Arden audiences for his Barrymore-nominated Boxcar Children, as well as four other productions. Recent projects have been The Bench for the Pittsburgh Playhouse, ‘S Wonderful for Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera, and Hansel & Gretel for Central PA Youth Ballet. NY design credits include numerous international tours, Off-Broadway, resident, and showcase productions while other regional work includes sets for DC’s Woolly Mammoth & Theatre J, Minneapolis Children’s Theatre, Kennedy Center and the Boston, Miami City, Pittsburgh, and Milwaukee Ballets. In past seasons he has designed world premieres of Jules Feiffer’s A Bad Friend, Ariel Dorfman’s Picasso’s Closet, and Robert Brustein’s Spring Forward/Fall Back. He is a survivor of the Yale School of Drama.

ROSEMARIE E. MCKELVEY (Costume Designer) is delighted to be designing The Borrowers for the Arden. Previous Arden designs include The Threepenny Opera; Sunday in the Park with

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Who’s Who George (Barrymore Award Nomination 2010); Romeo and Juliet; Something Intangible (2009 Barrymore Award for Costume Design); Candide; Winesburg, Ohio; Ferdinand the Bull; Caroline, or Change (2007 Barrymore Award for Costume Design);The Stinky Cheese Man; Twelfth Night; Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead; and Bunnicula. Other companies Rosemarie designs for are People’s Light & Theatre, Delaware Theatre Company, The Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival, New Paradise Laboratory, 1812, and InterAct Theatre Company. Rosemarie is also an Adjunct Professor at Moore College of Art and Design. Special thanks to the costume shop.

DREW BILLIAU (Lighting Designer) Lighting design credits include Opera Company of Philadelphia’s Tea: A Mirror of Soul,Turandot, Madama Butterfly, Porgy and Bess, Faust and Macbeth; Abduction of Seraglio for Teatri SpA of Treviso: Iron for Theater Exile; Lucidity Suitcase’s Red Eye de Havre de Grace, The Melting Bridge and Flamingo Winnebago; New Paradise Laboratories Fatebook; and Prom; Arden’s Frog and Toad, All My Sons, Violet, and Falsettos; Lantern Theater’s Hamlet and Henry IV; Ballet X’s Le Baiser Inèvitable,They Break and Risk of Flight.

NATHAN A. ROBERTS (Sound Design & Original Music) Arden: Ferdinand the Bull (Sound Design/Music Direction). Regional: sound design and live music for Christopher Bayes’ production of The Servant of Two Masters (Yale Rep); music direction for Hedwig and the Angry Inch and The Who’s Tommy, and original music/sound design for Sarah Ruhl’s Late, a Cowboy Song (Yale Summer Cabaret). Off-Broadway: Jos Theatre’s Faust (Blue Heron Arts Center) and The Playwright’s Realm production of Dramatis Personae (Cherry Lane). MFA,Yale School of Drama. Nathan is a multi-instrumentalist who specializes in creating original music for plays. He also builds idiosyncratic folk instruments in his attic.

AARON CROMIE (Puppet Designer) is a Philadelphia based director, mask and puppet designer and performer who previously designed the masks and puppets for The BFG, A Prayer for Owen Meany and Pacific Overtures. He performed at the Arden in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum,Twelfth Night, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Charlotte’s Web. Aaron teaches theatre for The Unversity of the Arts and Headlong Performance Institute and is a graduate of the Dell’Arte International School of Physical Theatre. www.aaroncromie.com STEPHANIE COOK (Stage Manager) previous Arden Children’s Theatre credits include If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, Peter Pan and Go, Dog. Go! and she is very excited to be back again! A past Walnut Street Theatre apprentice, she has also worked with PlayPenn and most recently stage managed Theatre Horizon’s production of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. Proud member of AEA. She is thankful for the opportunity and sends love to her family and Colin.

DAN PLEHAL (Assistant Director) is ecstatic to be working on his first production with Arden Theatre Company. Previously, Dan has assistant directed with Theatre Horizon and Team Sunshine Performance Corp., performed with The Devon Theatre, Walnut St. Theatre Outreach, and will soon perform in A New Brain at Plays and Players. Thanks to the Arden, family, Maura, and Andrew. Need Headshots, Promotional or Production Photos? www.PlehalPhotography.com TERRENCE J. NOLEN (Producing Artistic Director) is co-founder of Arden Theatre Company. Favorite Arden productions include all-Philadelphia casts of All My Sons, Death of a Salesman,The Grapes of Wrath and Hedda Gabler and such musicals as Sweeney Todd, Pacific Overtures, Falsettos, Violet and Caroline, or Change.

Terry directed the inaugural production of Arden Children’s Theatre, Charlotte’s Web. He has directed six world-premiere plays by Michael Hollinger, three by Dennis Raymond Smeal, Michael Ogborn’s Baby Case, Bruce Graham’s Something Intangible, and recently directed Rogelio Martinez’s When Tang Met Laika at Denver Center Theatre Company. Terry has been nominated for 23 Barrymore Awards for his directing work at the Arden and received awards for The Baker’s Wife; Sweeney Todd; Opus; Winesburg, Ohio; Assassins and Something Intangible. He directed Michael Hollinger’s Opus at Primary Stages in New York and was nominated for a Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Director. His short film The Personal Touch was nominated for an Emmy Award.

Who’s Who AMY L. MURPHY (Managing Director) A Philadelphia native, Amy co-founded the Arden in 1988 with Terry Nolen and Aaron Posner. She is especially proud of the Arden Professional Apprentice program and its contribution to the Philadelphia cultural community. A graduate of Susquehanna University, Amy received the university’s first-ever Young Alumni Achievement Award. She completed the Executive Program for Nonprofit Leaders-Arts which is a joint program of the Stanford Graduate School of Business Center for Social Innovation and National Arts Strategies. Amy has served on panels for the National Endowment for the Arts, the New Jersey State Arts Council and the Executive Committee of the League of Resident Theatres (LORT). Amy was named a Hepburn Fellow 2008-9 by the Katharine Houghton Hepburn Center at Bryn Mawr College.

ARDEN THEATRE COMPANY Founded in 1988, Arden Theatre Company is dedicated to bringing to life the greatest stories by the greatest storytellers of all time. We stage five productions each season as part of our mainstage series and two productions through Arden Children’s Theatre, the city’s first resident professional children’s theatre program. We create and produce new work through our new-work development program, the Independence Foundation New Play Showcase. The Arden Professional Apprenticeship program trains future theatre leaders, and our theatre classes teach children and teens about the craft of making plays. Our access program, Arden For All, makes our work available to the entire community through subsidized tickets and books for economically disadvantaged young people. We also offer sign language-interpreted, captioned and audio described performances and Pay-What-You-Can final dress rehearsals that benefit other nonprofits. The Arden has received seven Philadelphia Magazine “Best of Philly” Awards, the Arts & Business Council’s Arts Excellence Award, five City Paper “Reader’s Choice” Awards, four Philadelphia Inquirer “Theatre Company of the Year” citations, 52 awards and 250 nominations from the Theatre Alliance of Greater Philadelphia’s Barrymore Awards for Excellence in Theatre, and named “Best Theatre Company” by Philadelphia Weekly in 2009. Arden Theatre Company, a professional, nonprofit 501(c)(3) theatre company, is a member of the Theatre Communications Group, the League of Resident Theatres, the Theatre Alliance of Greater Philadelphia, Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance, Philadelphia Convention and Visitors Bureau and Old City Arts Association. The Arden operates under an agreement between the League of Resident Theatres and Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States. The Scenic, Costume, Lighting and Sound Designers in LORT theatres are represented by United Scenic Artists Local USA-829, IATSE. Arden Theatre Company wishes to thank: East End Salon Old City Asian Bistro

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

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

Penn Virginia Corporation Philadelphia Foundation PNC Foundation Quaker Chemical Corporation Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Saint-Gobain Corporation Foundation Sap America, Inc. Subaru of America Foundation United Way The Vanguard Group Foundation Wachovia Foundation Matching Gifts Program William Penn Foundation 17

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Thank You to our Supporters $500 - $999 Iris Melendez and Henry R. Adamczyk, Jr. Rebecca and John Adams Stan and Lisa Altman Richard and Joan Behr Barry and Marilyn Bevacqua Daniel R. Blickman* Ruth E. Brown Carol Caswell Barbara R. Cobb Jim and Pat Lockhart Culbertson Shannon and Edward Farmer Mr. and Mrs. Richard and Rita Goldberg Bob and Jan Goren Edith Klausner Clara and Jorge LaBrake Karen and Mark Hite Mike and Helene Loeb Dr. Edward Lundy and Debra Reiff Mrs. Grace Madeira Dr. Arlen Marks and David Smith Donald J. Martin and Richard Repetto George and Judy McCarthy Laura Offutt and Steve Fukuchi Barbara and Don Parman Dan Promislo Whitney Quesenbery and John Chester Paul Rabe and Cheryl Gunter Irwin C. and Carole M. Saft Marilyn Sanborne and Richard Labowskie* Eva and Marvin Schlanger Family Foundation Ellen Schwartz and Jeremy Siegel James Akerberg and Larry Simmons Karen and Jon Sirlin Robert and Karen Sharrar Marilyn and Dean R. Staats Corinne Stahl Harold and Emily Starr Ms. Dorothy S Tomassini Dr. and Mrs. Stephen G.Vasso Michael Walraven and Mary Lou Starling Michael Zuckerman and Jan Levine

$250-$499 Howard Aaronson Dr. Ron Abrams Ron and Joyce Bayer Sheila Bell and Thomas Dodds Pat and Tom Bender Peter and Lynne Berman Steve Zettler and Cordelia Biddle Mr. and Mrs. J. Robert and Marilyn Birnhak Doris and Aaron Bitman Linda and Alden Blyth Philip and Elaine Bobrove Mr. and Mrs. Thomas and Mary Pat Boyle Bernard and Pamela Brownstein Sheryl Roser Debbie and Alan Casnoff Caroline Castagno Jennifer Coffey Dr. W. Robert and Margaret Cook Ruth Miller Cox James Crawford and Judith Dean Kathy and Jerry Drew Paul and Adele Epstein Joseph and Carolyn Evans Anne Ewers Mr. and Mrs. Farenback-Brateman Ms. Joanne E. Fields Buzz and Linda Gamble Dan Gannon In memory of Bob Gallagher Charles Gear Grace Gonglewski and Eric Schoefer Bernie and Carole Gottlieb Mary C. Harbison Barbara and Robert Hauptfuhrer Charles Head Betsy and Ted Hershberg Jim and Carolyn Hessinger Anonymous David and Beth Medoway Kagan Philip and Marge Kalodner Nancy Kane Barbara and Jerry Kaplan Margaret Keller Susan Kellogg and Dick Hoffman

Barbara and Leonard Klinghoffer Joel Koppelman Kenneth D. Kopple Marilyn and David Kraut Mary Ellen Krober Ruth and Peter Laibson Sarah and Ledlie Laughlin Richard Lee Lorraine and late Richard Leff Linda and Donald Lewis Barbara Patterson Lobb John and Martha Lubell Claudia Madrigale Frank and Sally Mallory Mary Louise Martin Gloria McNutt Madeline Miller Keith and Liz Mosley Dr. Robert and Diane Mullin Stephen and Janet Mullin Kathy Nolen Edwards Paul Nutaitis and Robert Clark Anonymous Susan Odessey and Paul Coff Alice and Albert Packman John and Judy Peeler John and Margaret Preg Sherri and Abe Reich Mary Jo Reilly Dulcie Romm Alan Rothenberg and Enid Krasner Jerry and Bernice Rubenstein Joan and Bill Saidel Brian Seaman Susan Greene Dr. and Mrs. Eugene Shuster Frank and Catherine Signorello William S. Simpson Leslie E. Skilton David and Carleene Slowik James L. Smith Elaine and Sal Tagliareni Eric Tamulonis and Deirdre Gibson In Loving Memory of Jordan Rosenfeld Hella and Lew Volgenau

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

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

Anonymous Jane Berryman James and Suzanne Hill Marilyn and Dean R. Staats We hope you will consider including the Arden in your will or estate plans. To be recognized as a member of the Legacy Society or with questions regarding planned giving, please contact Angela DuRoss, Development Director at 215-922-8900 ext. 25.

Thank You to our Supporters $250-$499 continued Marlene Weinberg Fred and Arleen Weinstein Matthew A. White* Mrs. Thomas A. Williams Nancy Wingo Mr. and Mrs. Harry W. Woodcock Mr. and Mrs. Howard Yusem* Tom and Jackie Zemaitis $125-$249 Carol and Bennett Aaron Emely Aiken Janet and Roger Alwang Beverley Anderson Carl and Pat Bach Judith Barrett Robert and Sandy Clay Bauer Susan Becker and Aaron Rubin Joann White and William Beckett David and Nancy Bergman Jane Biberman Joseph and Mary Lou Breidenstine Marilyn Sifford and Robert Butera Charlotte E. Cady Joseph T. Casey Scott and Nelly Childress Saul and Sandra Clair Edwin Close John and Ellen Condello Mary Ann and Jacob Dailey Daniel Devlin Marla and Andrew Diamond Rhonda Dickey Larry and Pat Dixon Ellen and Max Dooneief Beverly Dotter Beverly Dubin Kathleen Duffy Jill and Mike Dulany Lois S. Durso Sue and Bob Evans William and Anne Ewing Judith and Paul Farber Sylvia Beck and Jay Federman Askold Zagars and Marie Feehan Cynthia Heininger and James Feeney Milton and Charlotte Feldman Ruth and Andre Ferber Larry and Maureen Mullin Fowler John and Elaine Frank Kenneth and Cecile Frank Paulette Freeman David and Christina Fryman Nancy and Richard Gabel Miriam Galster Stan Gibell David K. Gifford Tim and Carol Golden Paul and Kathleen Goldenberg Robert and Patti Goodman Kelley A. Grady* Leonard Greene Miriam and Saul Grossman Carl and Helene Gumerman Dona and Curt Haltiwanger Mary and Bill Hangley Brian Hanna D. Keith Hargreaves Ronald Herman John Houle and Katherine Hayden Peter and Barbara Hutcheon Laurie and Brad Ingerman Sarah and Joe Jordan Barbara and Charles Kahn Sandra R Karlson Phyllis Kauffman Lucy Kaufman Mr. and Mrs. Doug and Ruth Keating

Cynthia Killion Alan and Elaine Klawans Harold and Maris Kobb Christal Kozloski* Walter Kraft and Deborah Hung Dr. Marc S. and Joan Lapayowker Bob and Mary Lawler Craig and Stephanie Lewis Laurel and Robert Lipshutz Perry Watts and Samuel Litwin William and Sandy Lock Leroy and Ruth Loewenstern Robert and Patricia Lynam Lynn and Joe Manko Irwin Matusow and Barbara Rudnick Rosalie Matzkin Linda McAleer and Maitlon Russell Faith and Arthur McDowell Lorraine and Bruce McMahon Alan and Susan Miller Paul and Lee S Miller Martin and Sandra Miller Susie and Geoff Mills Ellen Monsees Dr. Kathleen Moyer Jerome Napson Etta and Chuck Nissman Carol Ann and Thomas O’Leary Brenda J. Oliphant Gerald and Margaret O’Neill Karin and Thomas Pajak Richard Pariseau Michael and Judy Paul John and Judith Peakes Douglas and Mary Peck Bob and Leila Peck Dave and Sylvia Perelman Mary and F. Laurence Pethick Helen Phillips Lisa Pinto Trucksess Donald and Carol Plank Rhoda Polakoff Nancy Post Linda Quam Teresa Reyes and John Hogenesch Clifford Ridley and Betsey Hansell Graham and Betsy Robb Claire Rocco Susan Rock Francoise and Louis Rollmann Jane Rose Dr. Harry Rosenthal Daniel and Faye Ross Bernard and Barbara Ruekgauer Janet Rupert Bill and Denise Ryan Joan Ryder and Robert Ludwig Ruth and Marvin Sachs Thekla W. Sacksteder Lucille Schlack Kenneth Schmitt Mary Ellen and Carl Schneider Jim Klein and Addy Schultz Susan Schweitzer Jeanne and Donald Scott Elliott Seif Elaine L. Sherman Marie Cornelia Shew Thomas and Janice Showler Victoria Sicks Susan and Robert Simon Bob and Harriet Singer Margaret R. Spencer Phillip and Karen Spiker, in honor of Courtney Spiker Martin Michael and Hannah Starobin Fred Stevens and Usha Srinivasan Robert Stewart and Barbara Barnett-Stewart

Paul Stone Ruth and Norman Stuessy Sally Switzer Joyce Ann Swoyer Bob and Tina Tate Richard and Anne Tax Julie and Craig Tobias Lorraine Toji Cathy J. Toner* Judith Shadden Torrance Brenda Freitag and Chet Tuthill John Urofsky Emily and Charles Wagner Clifford and Ann Wagner Laurence Ward and Rossana Jaffe Thomas Watkins Vivian Weinblatt Sally Wojcik and Will Lambrakos Bertram and Lorle Wolfson Barbara Wright Benjamin Zuckerman and Marian Robinson $75-$124 George Ahern Nan Alderson Dr. and Mrs. Anthony J. Andrews Arthur S. Applebaum Theodora Ashmead Alan and Sandy Ault Lauren and Joshua Averill Cynthia and Burgess Ayres Katherine Baker Dr. Donald Bakove and Margaret G. McLaughlin Robert Baron Robert R. Baron* Sally and Morris Barron Richard and Eileen Bazelon Judith Beck Lisa Becker Jay and Nancy Berkowitz Harriet Bernstein Sydney and Doris Beshunsky Thomas H. Blackburn Dr. and Mrs. Benjamin Blank Patricia and David Boath Janice and Roger Boe Frank Boyer Michael P. Boyle Martha Brandriff Charles Brennan Paul Breslin Julianne Brienza Laurie Brown Marlin G. Brown* Anonymous Michael P. Buckley Carol Buettger Anne Burridge Regina Byrne Bob Carfagno Barbara Carmine John Cehlar Ronald and Christina Chang Mary Chomitz Annemarie Clarke and David Buch Sharyn F Clauson Rhoda and Michael Coben Sue Cohen Dr. Marie A. Conn Carol Copland Ms. Elizabeth P. Cornman Zoe Coulson Charles J. Coyle Emily and Bob Cronin Kimberly L. Crown* Jennifer Dalpiaz Barbara Daneluzzi Joseph and Helen D’Angelo Ellen Deacon

Give the Gift of Theatre Support Arden For All

Morrison Elementary School kids with Chris Bresky, star of Peter Pan (2009/10)

Provide kids in Greater Philadelphia and Camden with tickets to an Arden Children’s Theatre performance, a show-related book, bus transportation to the show and in-classroom lessons from an Arden teaching artist.

Your Gift

Makes It Happen

To make a contribution, visit us online at ardentheatre.org/afa or call Angela DuRoss, Development Director at 215-922-8900 x25.

Thank You to our Supporters $75-$124 continued Roseann Muziani Deal Rita and Grace Denbo Stephanie Deviney Stephanie Deviney Carole and Marc Dichter George Koch and Santo DiDonato Ellen Dipinto Stuart Donaldson Lei-Lynne Doo-Horvick Sonya Dore Jean Dowdall Mr. Murray and Libby Rosof Dubin Donald and Geraldine Duclow David Durham Angela DuRoss Eileen Gildea Marcia Eisenberg Linda V Ellsworth Debbie and Jerry Epstein Wally and Jane Evans Barry J Evans Mark and Rene Feitelson Allan Fellner Malcolm and Martha Fick John Fischer Marjorie Fiterman Curt Foxworth Ms. Judy Frank Drs. Barbara and Len Frank Mr. Allan P. Freedman Helene and Michael Freidman Paula Freilich Paula Fuchsberg Wendi Furman Susan Gasteyer John Geronimo David Glancey Carrie Glasby and Kathleen Karhnak Ms. Joan Gmitter Joan and Marvin Goldberg Micki and Larry Goldberg Virginia Gormley Priscilla Grosick Marsha Gross Nancy and Richard Grove Susan and Adam Guttentag Cyndi Haas Joyce K Hackman Judge Marvin R. and Mrs. Marcia O. Halbert Ona and Stephen Hamilton Martha Ann Hanson Adrienne and Eric Hart Linda Fowler Hartnett Gail Hauptfuhrer Beverly Hayden Douglas and Harriet Heath Ruth Herd Bill Herman and Laurie Navin Susan W. Herron Heidi Hertfelder Tom and Wendy Hibberd Daniel and Monica Hilferty Lisa and Bill Hoffman Dr. David Holtz Patricia and David Holtz Arnold and Esther Horn Glenna Huls Aram and Jackie Jerrehian Donald and Lorraine Jones Valerie M. Jones Associates Patricia and Paul Kalata Donald and Mary Kane Alex and Joanne Karras Scott and Margie Kasner Robert and Ellen Kavash Toni and Herb Kestenbaum John and Cheryl Kirby

Brian and Carin Kirschner Ken and Eva Klein Robert Klein Marlena and Lazar Kleit Steven Knepper Bernadette Koller James Kronzer Stephen and Helene Kunkel Peter and Peshe Kuriloff Anne B. Ladenson David Ladov Aileen Lange John and Joanne Lawson Robert Lazar Daniel T. Lee Pamela Levin Alan and Susan Levin Karen Lewis Norman and Sylvia Lieberman Warren and Arline Lieberman Barbara and Richard Linde Karen Lisker Melissa Lore* Terry Domsky and Leon Lubiejewski Anonymous Donald and Nancy Maclay Ted and Ronnie Mann Ronnie and Larry Margel Milton and Renee Margulies Robert Stern and Mary Ellen Weber Richard and Gretchen McCann M. McDonald Celeste McMenamin Cheryl Meyer Marianne Miller Nancy Miller Claire Moyer Carmen Mucci Kenneth and Susan Myers Natalie Levkovich Mary Ann Naulty Mr. and Mrs. Gene Nicholls Eliot Nierman Janet Novack William O’Connor Hugh C. O’Neill Linda Osler Clare and Dewaine Osman Stanton S. Oswald Virginia Owen Sandra Packel Stacy Paris Cheryl and Paul Parker Sydney S. Pasternack Ruth Petkofsky Bruce and Lynne Podrat David and Amy Pollack Helene B. and Nelson Porter Janet Poth Karen and David Pressel Keith Quinton Ellen Schlenker Karen and Mark Reber Alan Reinach and Dana Perlman Sue and Bruno Rescigna Leslie Rescorla Joy Rickabaugh Lorraine Riesenbach Dr. Elnora Rigik and Andrew Bushko Sharon and Mark Robb George and Zara Roberts Douglas Robinson Linda Robinson, Ph.D. and Peter Krill John and Claire Rodgers Kenneth and Shelley Rosenberg Chad and Jennifer Rosenberg J. Randall Rosensteel Hal and Sue Rosenthal

Edwin and Sally Rosenthol Joan Rozanski Diane Rurode Roberta Sampson Mark Sandberg Ruth Ann Schlesinger Mr. and Mrs. A. Schmidt Ms. Kim Schmucki Bonnie Schorske Harold and Sharon Schwalm Warren and Carole Lee Schwomeyer Alex and Stefanie Seldin Robert and Karen Serenbetz Phyllis Sexton Karen Schermerhorn and Evan Seymour Antoinette Farrar Seymour A. Paul Shallers Lenore and Bernard Sherman Catharine Shippen John and Maryann Shivers Mel and Susanne Shuster Suzanne Simons and David Borgenic Shirley Sivitz Bruce and Penny Smith Richard Smith In Memory of Ruth Soloman Smith Richard and Doranne Smith John and Georgia Smyth Gail Snitzer Jay Snyderman Suzanne Spain Anonymous Anne Speyer Paula Spielberg Arthur P Staddon Leon Steinberg Rita Stevens Sharon and Robert Strochak Michael Sullivan Nina Tafel Marion and Richard Taxin Joel Temple Maureen Torsney-Weir Linda and Ken Traver-Neeld Gilda Verstein Kathe Villanova Mr. John Waldie Wanna Be a Star Beth Brooks and Bob Waterston Brock and Mary Weatherup Jenny and Bill Webb Harold Weiner Harry and Helen Weinheimer Marvin and Betty Weiss Anonymous Edward Wilk Lydia Winderman Sam and Kuna Yankell Paul and Barbara Yeagle Barbara Zalkind Joan D. Zeidner* John and Donna Zappacosta Carlos Ziegler and Elizabeth Hasson * Denotes gift made through the United Way + Denotes gift of goods or services ^ Includes matching gift List acknowledges donors as of Nov 3, 2010.

If your name has been omitted or misprinted, please accept our apologies. Notify Development Assistant Megan Staples at 215.922.8900 x46 or mstaples@ardentheatre.org. Although space does not allow listing gifts less than $75, we gratefully acknowledge the contributions.

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215.922.1122 • ardentheatre.org

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Board and Committee Members Board of Directors Ellen P. Foster, President Brian Abernathy, Vice President Andrea Mengel, Vice President Michael A. Donato, Treasurer Nancy Hirsig, Secretary Nancy Burd Joy L. De Jesús David Fryman Matthew Garfield Elizabeth H. Gemmill Darrel A. German Carole Haas Gravagno Albert M. Greenfield, III Ronna F. Hall Joanne Harmelin Lynn Martin Haskin, Ph.D. Steve Heumann Susan G. Jacobson Barbara Kaplan Virginia Kimmel Holly Kinser Richard L. Maimon John J. McCawley Amy L. Murphy Terrence J. Nolen Aaron Posner Charles H. Rose H. Hetherington Smith Harvey B. Swedloff Lee van de Velde Diane Dalto Woosnam Ellen Yin Board Executive Committee Ellen Foster, chair Brian Abernathy Michael Donato Ronna F. Hall Peter Hamilton Nancy Hirsig Virginia Kimmel Andrea Mengel Charles Rose Hether Smith Lee van de Velde Board Development Committee Michael A. Donato Peter Hamilton Lynn Haskin Lee van de Velde Diane Dalto Woosnam

Education Committee Sheryl Bar Marla Diamond Dr. Dennis W. Creedon Dr. Carol Domb Jacqueline Matusow Dr. Douglas Overtoom Ilene Poses Sally Wojcik Facilities Committee Hether Smith, chair James Kronzer Richard Maimon John McCawley Paul Thais Chris van de Velde Finance Committee Michael A. Donato, chair Nancy Burd Ellen Foster Elizabeth Gemmill Steve Heumann Martin Rosenthal Harvey Swedloff Personnel Committee Ellen P. Foster, chair David Fryman Elizabeth Gemmill Charles Rose Lee van de Velde The Scene Committee Mike Donohoe Talia Yellin Fisher Brooke Fortier Seth Goldenberg Genvieve Goldstein Jason Greenfield Dana Marston Meghan McKeown Amelia Riley Jessica Sharp Advocacy Committee Brian Abernathy, chair David Glancey Terry Gillen Julie Hawkins Susan Jacobson Holly Kinser

Individual Giving Committee Virginia Kimmel, chair Charles Rose, chair Sheryl Bar Giséle Bathish John Bitman Chip Capelli Joy L. De Jesús Terry Graboyes Wendy Greenfield Lynn Haskin Steve Heumann Nancy Hirsig Jill Kaplan Eric and Winnie Lien Peggy Morgan Richard Quinn Steven Segal Harvey Swedloff Rosalyn and Steve Weinstein Diane Dalto Woosnam Ellen Yin Institutional Giving Committee Michael A. 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

Staff Artistic Producing Artistic Director.........................................................................................................................Terrence J. Nolen Associate Artistic Director ...............................................................................................................................Edward Sobel Associate Producer....................................................................................................................................... Matthew Decker Artistic Assistant ......................................................................................................................................................... Erin Read Literary Manager................................................................................................................................................... Dennis Smeal Artistic Interns.................................................................................................Nathan Gabriel, David Mackay, John Schultz Administrative Management Managing Director .......................................................................................................................................... Amy L. Murphy General Manager................................................................................................................................................... Jennifer Peck Business Manager............................................................................................................................... Courtney Spiker Martin Associate General Manager......................................................................................................................... Mary Beth Simon Arden Professional Apprentices................................................ Tara Demmy, Rob Heller, Bryan Kerr, Shanna Tedeschi, Harry Watermeirer, Andrew Wojtek Arden Volunteer.................................................................................................................................................. Jean Markovitz Marketing Director of Marketing and Public Relations......................................................................................................... Gigi Lamm Art Director........................................................................................................................................................... Kristy Giballa Marketing and Public Relations Manager................................................................................................. Leigh Goldenberg Marketing Analyst ................................................................................................................................................ Abigael Reed Group Sales Associate.............................................................................................................................................Nanci Cope Marketing Intern....................................................................................................................................................... Aimee Kerr Development Development Director.................................................................................................................................... Angela DuRoss Director of Institutional Advancement........................................................................................................... Jessica Calter Manager of Institutional Giving ....................................................................................................................... Sarah Sexton Development Assistant...................................................................................................................................... Megan Staples Development Intern....................................................................................................................................... William Connell Education Education Director............................................................................................................................. Maureen Mullin Fowler Arden Drama School Coordinator................................................................................................... Joanna Mongelli Smith Education Intern....................................................................................................................................................Dani Lencioni Arden Drama School Faculty....................... Kala Moses Baxter, Alex Bechtel, Chris Bresky, Matt Decker, Liz Filios Steve Gravelle, Jefferson Haynes, Millie Hiibel, Alex Keiper, Matt Lorenz, Michael McElroy, Bi Jean Ngo, Steve Pacek, Hillary Rea, Jacqueline Real, Alison Roberts, Ryan Touhy, Anneliese Van Arsdale Arden For All Teaching Artists.............................................. Kala Moses Baxter, Chris Bresky, Matt Decker, Liz Filios, Steve Gravelle, DelantĂŠ Keys, Courtney Spiker Martin, Michael McElroy, Bi Jean Ngo, Steve Pacek, Davy Raphaely, Hillary Rea, Maura Roche, Jane Stojak, David Sweeny Front of House Box Office Manager.................................................................................................................................................... Lynn Keily Assistant Box Office Manager.......................................................................................................................... Corey Masson Box Office Assistants.............................................Michael Durkin, Carla Emanuele, Mark Kennedy, Elisabeth Kersey, Monica Obaga, Fred Ott, James Yandoli Production Production Manager...................................................................................................................................... Courtney Riggar Technical Director............................................................................................................................................ Glenn Perlman Associate Production Manager.................................................................................................................. Jessica Day West Assistant Technical Director.......................................................................................................................... Will Lambrakos Master Electrician......................................................................................................................................... Martin Stutzman Costume Supervisor........................................................................................................................................ Alison Roberts Properties Master....................................................................................................................................... Meredith McEwen Charge Scenic Artist.................................................................................................................................. Kristina Chadwick Production Fellow ........................................................................................................................................... Paul Arebalo, Jr. Production Stage Managers.......................... Stephanie Cook, Alec E. Ferrell, John David Flak, Katharine M. Hanley Audio Engineer .................................................................................................................................................... Larry Fowler Stitchers ....................................................................... Lorraine Anderson, Meghan Diehl, Rachel Ford, Thomas Sirkot Costume Interns .............................................................................................................. Elena Grace Smith, Regina Yecco Assistant to the Stage Manager .......................................................................................... Tara Demmy, Andrew Wojtek Assistant Lighting Designer ....................................................................................................................... Christopher Frey Assistant Sound Designer ...................................................................................................................................... Jacob Riley Props Painter ....................................................................................................................................................... Maura Roche Deck Crew ...................................................................................................................................................... Ashley Esterline

When dining in Old City, we recommend these restaurants that support the Arden!

All offer a special 10% discount to Arden patrons. Please ask your server for details.

BISTRO ROMANO

2010/11 Dining Partners

120 Lombard St. 215.925.8880 • www.bistroromano.com

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

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

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

CAMPO’S

214 Market St. 215.923.1000 • www.camposdeli.com

A legacy of quality, this classic, deli-style restaurant has been churning out delicious sandwiches since 1947.

Order any of the special soups, salads, and sandwiches from this Philadelphia kitchen and you’ll see why it’s “where the locals go.” –USA Today

COSI 325 Chestnut Street

215.399.0214 • www.getcosi.com

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

DELICATESSEN

703 Chestnut St. 215.923.4560 • www.Delicatessenphilly.com

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

FORK and FORK:ETC

306 Market St. 215.625.9425 • www.forkrestaurant.com

Fork continues to set the standard for New American bistro dining. Chef Terence Feury’s fresh, seasonal cuisine reflects his passion for artisanal and local foods from home made pastas to house smoked pork chops.

Part of Fork’s allure is its sophisticated beautiful interior, where the dining experience is anything but

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

Reservations are recommended.

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

The Franklin Fountain invites you to visit our Ice Cream Saloon, located in Old City, Philadelphia. Taste our bedazzling array of house-made ice creams, consisting of the finest ingredients produced by nature. Our dairy arrives from the rolling hills of Berks County, where pasture-fed cattle graze freely.

See, on elegant display, a full spectrum of twenty-seven varieties of soda syrups, which we stir into a cascading stream of sparkling water, sprung from the oldest functioning soda fountain in the United States, circa 1905. Chatter amiably with friends and family under our pressed-tin canopy, or gaze lovingly with a date at our century-old marble counters. Our ambiance is old-fashioned, diplomatic, and awash in lively rag-time & jazz music.

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

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

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

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

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

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We wanted to tell you about a really cool play that will be on stage at the Arden this spring. It’s called The Flea and the Professor.

You may have seen plays here before–Peter Pan or A Year with Frog and Toad or If You Give a Mouse a Cookie–where you knew the story before you saw it on stage. The Flea and the Professor is a story by a guy named Hans Christian Anderson, who also wrote The Ugly Duckling and The Little Mermaid. We liked the story of The Flea and the Professor so much that we’ve asked some friends to turn it into a brand new play just for you. You would be one of the first kids EVER to see it.

The hero of our play is a Flea. Now, normally you wouldn’t be able to see a Flea on stage. In real life, a Flea is about 1/16 of an inch big and looks like this:

But in our play, we’ve made the Flea big enough for you to see. And our Flea also dances and sings. We don’t think most fleas do that, but fleas are pretty awesome—they can jump REALLY high in the air. They also like to bite people and suck blood. (Ew.) But in this play, the Flea is kind of a nice guy. And he has a best friend called the Professor.

When you hear “Professor”, you may think of a mean old teacher like Professor Snape from the Harry Potter books. But this Professor is way different and doesn’t assign homework. He’s pretty cool and likes to go on super exciting adventures with the Flea.

They like to fly high in the sky in a hot air balloon, explore a deserted island where creepy Cannibals live, and perform an act in a three-ring circus.

Plus they sing a bunch of songs that we think you’ll really like.

We hope that you’ll come and check The Flea and the Professor out when it starts performances in May. Since it’s a play about two friends, you might like watching this play with a friend. Or bring along your mom and dad or brother or sister. And, like all the plays at the Arden, you’ll get to meet the actors after the show. But be careful when shaking hands with that Flea...We hear he bites.

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10-11am $160

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10-11:30

$160

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10-noon

$160

PLAY PRACTICE: Peter Pan

Sat, Jan 8,15,22,29 5 Feb 5,12,19,26

12:30-2:30 $160

IMPROV

Feb 5

3-5

1-4pm

$30

Dec 4

3-5

2-5pm

$30

Jan 29

3-5

1-4pm

$30

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K-2

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Jan 8

K-2

3-5pm

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ONCE UPON A TIME Dec 4 Jan 22

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10am-1

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3-5pm

$20

CHOOSE YOUR OWN Dec 11 ADVENTURE Feb 26

3-5

1-4pm

$30

3-5

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$30

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1-4pm

$30

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Jan 22

3-5

1-4pm

$30

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K-2

1-3pm

$20

8 WEEK

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Journeys & Voyages

ONE DAY

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Sat, Jan 15,22,29, 6-12 10-noon $120 Feb 5,12,19

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6-12 1-4pm

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6-12 1-4pm

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Wicked

Jan 8

6-12 1-4pm

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Jan 22

6-12 1-4pm

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6-12 1-4pm

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Come learn from The Borrowers actors in a unique acting class that takes you on the stage and behind the scenes of our production.

Follow the Yellow Brick Road to visit Penn Charter and the David L. Kurtz Center for the Performing Arts.

Call the Admissions Office for a tour.

Spend the Day at the Arden!

Tue, Dec 28

The Borrowers Costume Design Class GRADES K-5: 10-11:30am $40/st uden t Learn the fundamentals of costume design as you sketch, watercolor and make renderings for a character from The Borrowers. Find out how the designer came up with the costumes you saw on stage. Taught by the Arden’s own Costume Supervisor.

The Borrowers Performance Family Fun Day

12pm

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Go backstage, work with the actors, and see how we make The Borrowers come to life.

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Spend the day! Take all three for $15 off the total price.

Teaching artists and stars of The Borrowers:

Bi Jean Ngo

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Arden Children’s Theatre FUN USHER VOLUNTEERS Kids ages 7 and older are invited to join the Family

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FUN ushers receive an exclusive backstage tour, hand out programs, tear tickets, seat patrons and help straighten up the theatre after the show.

For information call the box office at 215.922.1122.

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A R D E N C H I L D R E N ’ S T H E AT R E COMING THIS SPRING! May 4 - June 12

M d Premiere usical based on l r o A W story by Hans Christian And the ersen the

Flea and the Professor The

By Jordan Harrison Music by Richard Gray Lyrics by Jordan Harrison and Richard Gray Directed by Anne Kauffman

THE FLEA AND THE PROFESSOR is produced under the auspices of the Arden’s Independence Foundation New Play Showcase.

THE FLEA AND THE PROFESSOR has been supported by The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage through the Philadelphia Theatre Initiative.

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